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Prot 1ichat0's DaxiMs.

These maxims by DR.. Franklin
though often printed, lose nothing of
their value by repetition.
1. Plough deep, while the sluggards
s'eep, and you shall have grain to sell
and to keep.
2. Pride is as loud a beggar as
Want, and great deal more saucy.
8. Silks, satins, scarlets, velvcts, put
out the kitchen fire. ar,,
4. Diligence is the mother of good
Luck. ...... ..
5. Pride breakfasted with plenty,
dined with poverty, and supped with
Intamy.
6. Extravaganza and Improvidence
end at the prison doors.
7. 1t is easier to build two chimneys
than keep one in fuel.
s. Ii you would know the value of
money go and try to borrow some.
8. The eye of the master, will do
more work than both his hands.
10. What maintains one vice would
bring up two children.
II. lie that goes borrowing goes
sCTTOWlHS.
II. Rather go to bed supperless than
rise in debt.
is. Sioth, like rust, consumes faster
than labor wears. . ... ..,......
II, A life of leisure and a life oflaz-
mess are two different things.
Is. Three removes are as bad as a
fire.
1G. Creditors have better memories
than debtors. .t. ... .r.
H. The rolling stone gathers no
moss. --- T.. .....t III, ........ .
Is. If you would have your business
done; go if not send. ..... ......
10. 1t is foolish to lay out money in
the purchase of repentance. ...
20. Buy what thou modest not and
thou shalt sell all thy necessaries,
4. ..r. . - <@~SS
A RICH officer of revenue one day
asked wit what kind of thing opu,
lence was. ''It's thing" replied the
philosopher, "which can give rascal
the advantage over an honest man"
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..5rItrtra puttrg.
ZINES

.5a Zines o" '
Suggested (by visiting the Rose Hill Cemetery
At Macon. Ga, TO Mrs. D. NJ. LAwros, Principal
ofthc Charleston Female High School ,> {
The Oriental Cypress here @'
Doth, rear its graceful head, %
Where all is sad, and calm and fair,
Oh stranger lightly tread.
For many loved, and early lost .-4 !,
Here lie beneath this sod, rf.yis
Their lives were chilrd by deaths cold frost
And d;they now rest with God.
How lovely is their silent home
Near dell and murmuring stream, Z ,
No thought Of earth should with US come
Willie now of death we dream.
o., here ''tis sadly sweet to roam,
At days departing hour, -. " -, >, , ...,
And think Of that bright upper home
Where storms can never lower.
Now see the beauteous evening shades
Fail slowly all around, -
While gently through the. verdant glades
Is heard the soft low sound, r :
Ocmulgee, of thy ripping wave,
AS thou dost fiow aloug,48
Near rock and hill and new made grave
To ocean ever on.
So With the tide Of human lie, ....
Which bears us swiftly on;
We too, must leave these scenes Of strife,
And lie beneath the stoae. -
Whea then sioald mortal care or pain
Or fortnns's darkening frown,
Make rs forget that heavenly plain
Where we may wear crown.
A crown of everlasting peace,
Bought by our Savior's blood, q
Away, aiiunag earth oh cease
To draw US from our God.
And thou oh Fsther tbroned on high,
In mercy deign to bless
UsfeebIe worms, who to thee cry;
Ciothe us in righteousness. .Y y.
And may we wear robe 4f' p '
Of spotless white, at thy right hand
In thine own blest abode
Where, ever chant the cherub band.
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MARSHAL NnY's DEAru SoENE!---Tha


MARSHAL NEYs DEATH SoENR,--T The I
vengence of the allied powers comand.t
ed some victims, and the intrepid New I
who had well nigh put the crown a.
gain on Bonapart's head at Waterloo;
was to be one of them Condemned
to be shot, he was led TO the garden of
Luxenburg on the morning of the 7th
of December, and placed in front of a
file of soldiers drawn up to kill him.
One of the officers stepped up to band
age his eyes, but he repulsed Him
saying: la..z aaG3 :arS
care you ignorant chat for twenty.
five years | have been accustomed to-
face both ball and bullet {" a;-aiaaretJ
lie then lifted his hat above his
head, and with the same ca IN voice
that had stead;cd his columns so tre-ti
quenly in the roar and tnmult OF ,bat-aT
tie, said: lH .aE4H ll ,ialq o4,I
81 declare before God and mdnstllat I.
Inever betrayed my country. May
my death render her happy. yiSea
la France!' . ...-,.s 5. 49,. ,.t.a gr'
He then turned TO the soldiers, and
striking his hand on his heart, gave
the order, "Soldiers, tirem ~ 81,
a simultaneous discharge followed, e
and the ''bravest OF Tic b-aven selrkn
to rise no more. . ..a ,df
Gle who had fought five hundred
battles for France, not one against her,
was shot as y traitoryr' .q..a: -!
DoDDs MAKES "PINT." ."-Dobbs
walked into a Dry Goodory, on Court :
street, and began to look around. A.
double iiAted clerk immediately APP
peared to Dubhs. 81 ...,..'@ -
"What canI do for YOU, Sir 20. says
he. ,' .... . '.......rI -.
GA good leal," says Dobhs, shut 1
let YOU WON'T" ..,.,'.-.. ID,
CPL bet / WILL" says the knight of
the yard-stick,n - il caas.o ,..r :. ..',7
"What'lI yon bet ofthat?" says tho
impcrturhabIe Dobbs. -.s 10
'Ill bet a fourpcnco - says the clerk
with cute nal. ...F.F
"pll go it," says Dobbs. ,"Now,
trust me for a couple of deIl,syo' wuth Of
yur stufs.'
"Lost, by Ncd!7 says they yard-stick.
"WelI, there's the fourpcnce." -.so..
"Thank You; call again when I
want to trade.i" says Dobbs. q n.- '"'~-
'Do, if You please wouldm't like to
loso your custoin," says the clerk, no
how" ~ =
Polite younG man that-as soon as
his chin regelates, provided his dick
ey don't cut his throat, he'll be arter
tho gals, Dobbs thinks! '..t.-.
Uum0rS of Ed2comJrfdge. l. .
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A PRINTER IN a ScRApE.-The St.
Louis Republican tells a story of a
printer, well know to the craft, who
was recently found "locked up" in the
apartments of q lady, at one of the
hotels in that city. The lady had Il
husband, who suspecting the devil"
was "subbing' at his "case," broke in.
to the room, where he was furnished
with a 'procf7' Of their guilt. The
printer, however, had shooting
stick" one barrel ofwhich he discharg,
ed at the cnraged husband and then
fled. The !:leaded matter.n fortunate,
ly, did no injury to the "form" of the
husband, who after giving "chase" for
a short distance, returned TO his room,
satisfied that his domestic happiness
was knocked into "pi." The craft Gen,
orally consider it "lnatter" that cannot
be 'justified," and that the guilty fel-
low ought to "distribute" himself as
wide as possible. '".
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by the diffused unity of interest Gf we
use the express;on) thus secured, would
present an unbroken front to every as
sault, inside or outside of legislation,
that might be made upon their rights
or domestic tranquility and security.
We fear there is no such unity OF
interest at present, and though the
South may bravely face her foes, we
doubt that she can do SO with serried
front. -'
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sEssroN PApER.--nr, w, r, 0ibbes win
furnish the Caroliniaa daily, containing full
reports Of the acts and doings Of the Legisia
ture, for 81, The same matter, including an
interesting original story, will appear in the
columbia Banner" q large weekly paper
pfioe, - year. Address r. W. Gibbs,
Columbia, s, G,
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10 Enthusiast.

ROWLAND HILLS manner, and the power
Of his voice, were almost overwhelming
Once, at Wotton, he was completely carried
away by his feelings and raising himself to
his full stature, he exclaimed Because am
in. earnest men call me an enthusiast but I
am not mine are words of truth and sooer-
ness. When first came into this part of
the country, was walking on yonder hill /;
saw gravel pit fall in and bury three hu.
man beings alive. lifted up my voice for
help so loud that was heard in the town
below, at the distance of a mile; help came
and rescued two of the sufferers. No one
called me an enthusiast then; and when 1
see eternal destruction ready to fall upon
poor sinners and entomb them irrecoverably
in eternal woe, and call aloud on them to
escape, shall be called an enthusiast No.
sinner, l am not an enthusiast in so doing I;
| call on thee aloud to fly for refuge to the
hope set before thee in the gospel
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"A FRENcHMAN in Canada thus ad-
vertises his better-half, who had left
bis bed and board :---Yotes--My wife
that's Oatrine--she lefny hous-shant
AK me--any man truss him on my
name that's loss for yon.
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SLIPPERY FELLows.-The Fremon.
ters are all slippery fellows, as the sen,
tence following abundantly proves -
The Fremont papers are getting out OF
PATIENCE with the New York Herald
They say 1t takes half a dozen now to
watch the HeraJ3 after it goes to pross,
lest is sholud change its politics, from
the force of, habit, before the edition
sees daylight,
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IT Is said that powder ON lady's
face has the same effect as in the pan
OF q musket -assists her to go off,
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DIP you ever have your house t,rsv
turvy and cleaning or repairing going
on, without being flooded with vis.-
tors t'''
Did you ever start off in great haste
to reach a place in y given time, but
what you had to go back for some.
thing you forgot, or met somebody to
detain you!
Did you ever feel extremely anxious
to see a certain number of q newspa-
per or periodical, or book, without
some one carryingit or before you did
so? '. -,
Did you ever, IN fact, 90 through q
whole day without finding things play
ing thus at cross pnrpose2
SITTING HIM RIGnT.-''I stand, said
n Wester stump orator, con, the broad
platform Of the principles of '9S, and
palsied be mine arm if desert'um!" !"
"You stand on nothing of the kind"
interrupted little shoemaker in ,he
crowd "you stand in my boots, that
you never paid me tor, aud I want the
money, ~
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A RICH officer of revenue one day
asked q wit what kind of q thing opu-
lenceswas. ''It's thing" replied the
philosopher, "whioh can give rascal
the adyantage over an honest man"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-15

E SOAKING CLOVER SEED.-Many farmers
whosow clover seed defer it to SO late Pc
riod in the spring that the surface of the earth
has become too dry to afford sufficient mois-
ture to cause the seed to vegetate readily
and that portion that finally grows the plants
are SO email and weak that they have not
sufficient depth Of root 10 withstand the bur-
nirg su. OF Spring. and finally perish. This
is the case with large portion of the Clo-
yer Seed that is sown.
A writer in the Rural Ne,U Yorker, who
has practiced soaking his Seed for a period
Of twelve hours in weak brine, and then roll
ing it in Plaster Of Paris before sowing, finds
that by comparing the result with seed sown
dry in the usual wey, in pats Of the same
field, great advantages are gained by the
practice. He says the next Spring you can
see the difference in favor o. the soaked seed
as far as you could See the lot, and it con-
tinued 10 produce more and better Clover
until be piowed it up. He has continued
the practice ever since, and has not missed a
were dry.
In scattering the seed, it is placed while
in the bag into some vessel large enough to
give roum to swell, and an hour or two be-
f,re using it is taken out of the water to drain
when it is rolled in plaster. The soaking
and plaster adds to the weight, and enables
the farmer to SOW it much more evenly, espe-
cially if the weather lie windy.
As The present season is backward and
Clover Seed is scarce and dear, the plan of
soaking the Seed is worthy Of trial. On most
spills plaster is the best application that can
be made, and when applied directly to the
Seed it receives en- important stimulus just at
the period when it is most needed.
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AgrltnGure.
Trimming Trees.

AAAA%SS
"As 5000 as having IS over, fruit trees OF
all kinds moy be trimmed. Now is the time
10 expect the wounds 10 hes! rapidly, as the
trees make wood fast al tins season"
Massachusetts PIorman.
If the only ;ling TO lie taken into conside-
ration is the rapij healing of the wounds
this season OF the year would, most assured
", be tie most suitable of any. II on the
contrary d.ie regard is had TO the growth
aud health ef the tee, OF all seasons this
would be the most improper; for the very
reason that ";rees make wood fast Al this
season."
Strip tree entirely OF IL lsaves. and the
formation OF wo5d ceases Deprive tree
Of one of its boughs. We take from il a num-
Der OF its digestive organs, It's leaves and
thereby impair lis growth as also that oi ats
roofs.
The principles Of vegetable physiology
that relate to the growth of trees are as ioi-
lows: The sap is absorbed by the roots, as
cends the stem. traverses the branches, Is
elaborated in the leaves and descends again
toward the roots, deposi!ing rev layer OF
wood.
Those who have paid atten'i"n TO the
growth o. trees must have Observed that the
period of increase ls divided into two sea-
sons.
After he second growth is completed,
which in most trees Is in the month of Au-
gust or September, the effects o: the descen-
ding sap, ia the formation uf W sod, proceeds
with more ACTIVITY than at any other season
of the year; and as grow h always cores
ponds 10 the action ot-the leaves aid branch
cs, their removal at this season must b pref
udical 10 the formation Of wood accordingly.
The energies Of the roJ.s, also, have been
taxed thus FAR in furnishing the needed sup
plies 10 the growing leaves and branches,
and it is necessary that they, in return,
should have the full benefit of the returning
elaborated sap. TO increase their growth and
enable them to maintain healthy vigorous
organization.
1t fruit treas, needing pruning. hive re-
manned without it until leaving is over, lei
them remain without il until heir leaves have
fully performed the office Tor which they were
designei.
Early spring. before the swelling Of the
buds, and the active circulation Of sap COM
mences. regard as the most proper AMI ra-
tional time for pruning fruit trees.
am we'll aware that the naiues Of Buel
Dowing, Thomas, and others can be quoted
as authority for summer pruning; at the
Il.
meudations, regarding them as unsound il
theory, and, SO far as my experience goes
prejudicial in prac,ice.-Tse. Homestead
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-15
The Oats Crop.

1t is very common opinion that oats as
one of the most exhausiing Of all grain crops.
One of the best farmers o: Western New
York informed Us that he never permitted
this crop on any portion oil his farm devoted
TO wheat or other grain, but only on IanI
otherwise exclusively used for meadow and
pasture Another skillfu farmer never rails.
ed the crop at all, preter.ing 10 buy all he
might need.
We have Just conrersed on this subject
with T. A. Slocom, an enterprising, surce>s-
ful farmer of PeTinton, Monroe county, n.
Y, who entertains quite different opinion.
He has cultivated the crop for many years
pas: Oh large scale, and regards ii as one OF
the least exhausting For the past six years
he has raised frUTI icrty 10 seventy acres
During this period portion OF his land has
been cropped with it every year, and with
uui single exception, without any diminu-
tion in the amount This annually crop
ped ground has averaged for these six years
sixty bushels per acre. The lanl throu gh-
out this period has netted hun (above all ex-
penses) twelve dollars per acre, as an annual
average.
Our readers will doubtless feel interested
to learn his mode of arrangement. After
the crop is harvested, he passes q spring
tooth horse rake both ways across the field,
for securing all The gleanings; but as he OBJ
served this kind of rake ha, ing a sort OF
"baby jumper motion" over the field, con-
siderable portion OF the grain is shelIed cut
from the gleanings, and partly narrowed in
BY the points of the IKE. A thorough har
rowing afterwards insures good growth OF
oats, which is about foot high before win
ter. Before the ground freezes, the whole
is turned under with ;he plough in the most
manuring.
Early the following spring, the surface is
rendered mellow BY means of the harrow
and two horse culiivator, and the crop sown
seven peeks to the acre, by means OF gram
dill.
There is no dorbt that the annual green
manure assists in keeping up The fertility of
the soil, and there msy be some kinds Of soil
including this, that will long bear heavy
cropping without oats. 1t NAV be question
ed, however, whether it is good permanent
policy to pursue this course, instead of a
more varied rotation.
When we have strong fertile soil. we
prefer to Keep it SO, to its fullest capac ities,
rather than to draw too hard upsn il, as
even tie strongest may ultimately fail
But cultiyaturs of the oat crup may boH-
ever, derive scme excel ent suggestions from
the practice detailed above Country Gen.
tlemdn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-15

BEAUTIFCL IsCIDEXT.-One of the swee'
est incidents which We have noticed TOR many
day, and one which shows the effect ot
early training. assisted by a sinpe and un-
defiled Imagination, has just fallen under
our observation. II is thus related:
A lady lately visited New York city, and
saw one day on the sidewalk, ragged, cold
and hungry lite girl, gazing wishlully at
sume cake in shop window. She stopped
and taking the little one by the hand, led
her into the store Though she was aware
that bread might be better for the child than
cake. yet desiring - gratify the shigering
and iorlorn one, she bought and gave her
the cake she wanted. She then took her
to another place, when she procured her o
shawl, and other articles of comfort. The
grateful little creature looked the benevo-
lent lady full IN the face, and with artless
simplicity, said, "Are you Gods wiie!" Did
the most eloquent philosophers employ
words TO better advantage!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-15

TAKE CARE OF YOUR THouGHTs.-Sin
begins in the heart. If you keep your
thoughts pure, your life will be blesscdneSs.
The indulgence 81 sinful thoughts and de-
sires produces sinful actions. When lust
hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. The
pieasurable contemplation OF a sinul deed
is usually followed by its commission. Never
allow yourself 10 pause and consider the
pleasures or prufits you might derive from
this or that sin. Close your mind against
the suggestion at once, as you would lock
and bolt your do1r againsta robber. | Eve
had no; stood parleying with the devil, and
admiring the beautiful fruit, the ear h might
yet have been paradise. No one becomes
a thief, u fvrnicator, or a murderer at once
The mind must be corrupted. The wicked
suggestion must be indulged and revolved
in the tn ,uyhts until it loses its bideous de-
forInity, and the IN icipated gain or plea sure
Comes to outweigh the evils of transgreSson.
Your Imagination is apt 10 paint forbidden
pleasure in gay and dazzling colorS. 1t is
the serpcnt's charm. Gaze not upon the
picture. Suffer net The intrudfr TO get a
lodSment. Meet the enemy at the thresh-
hold and drive it from Your heart. As a
rule, the more familiar you become with sin,
the less hateful il appears; that the more
completely you preserve fuur mind from un-
holy and wicked thoughts the better.
Avoid the society where obscenity and
bias pbcmy is heard. Cultivate the society
of the virtuous. Read nothing that is un-
chaste or immoral. Make u covenant with
your eyes. Familiarize not your mind with
the Ioathsome details of crime. Never har-
Dor any malicious or envious thong hts
Direct your thovghts towards pure and holy
subjects. Contemplate the character Of the
spotless and perfect Son of God. Keep your
spirit untainted, your thoughts uncontami-
mated, SO shall your life be virtuous. As u
man thinketh, so is he. Take care Of the
Thoughts, and the actions will take care of
themselves.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-15

BE NOT ID scoURAGEp.--lt is a fine re
mark Of Fenelon, "Bear with yourself, in
correcting faults, as you would with others. 81
We cannot do all at once. But by constant
pruning away of little faults, and cultivating
humble virtues, we shall grow towards per-
fcciion. This simple rule-not to be dis
couraged at slow progress, but to persevere,
overcoming evil habits one by one, such as
sloih, negligence and bad temper; and adding
one excellence after another--to faith, vir-
tue; and TO virtue, knowledge; and to tenn
perance, patience, and to patience, godliness;
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
broiherly kindness, chariiy--wilI conduct
the slowest Christian at last to high religi-
ouB attainments.