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Tur SIX GRnwlSG Coo1.-Onn of the II q,

TIE Sun GRowiNG CooL.-One of the n oit
interesting theories Of modern physical science
is that concerning the gradual cooling of the
sun; the fact being demonstrated that if it
cools nj the cooling ratc Of water, it would,
since the six thousand years Of human history,
have lost heat equivalent to four times the
temperature Of red hot iron. This must. of
course, have affected the temperature of the
earth to some extent The sun, indeed, need
not be much hotter than melted iron to send
us the heat we have. The distinguished
French astronomer Arago. has shown, by an
application Of the principles of optics respect
ing the polarization of light, that the sun is
not a Icd-hot ball. but that it is surrounded
by an atmosphere Of flame, through spots in
which we occasionally see the suns dark
body. The SUM- then, is not incandesccnt,
and the comets shine by light reflected from
it. How the sun derives its supply Officiating
material will perhaps never be ascertaincd.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE BARN-Let thu
utmost n,a,n,Ss he observed in the manage
ment of the barn. No more hay or other
fodder should br thrown on lie floor at one,
than is requisite to supply one feed BY
throwing large quantities from the mows or
scatioldingS, there is an unavoidable loss from
the driving Of the fibre. which renders it less
palatable to the animals as well as less nutr
tious. Sweeping the floor daily promotes
cleanliness, and conduceS to the heal h
and consequently the comfort of animals. -
The "tie.ups" ana " s,anchcls." AS well as
the managers, cribs, &c. should he daily
cleaned out and frequently washed. An oc-
casional whi'ewaShng should be given to the
ceilings and partitions: Its sanatory eff CTS
are wel-known, and Of a nature too indispu-
table obvious to admit of doubt Ne~nln
rarely inles' barns or animals treated in hi,
way. The tloorS ofal tic-ups should always
he of stones large fags:-which can be
thoroughly ceanscd by the diffusion of water
and which do not become impresnated with
the ammonacal matter contained in the u, inc,
and the iGtid animal matters of he excre.
mcnt.
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CAPT. MAECY's March TO New MGxiCo.-
Suffering and dco'h-Thc journey of Capt.
Marcy from Fort Bridger, the head quarters
Of the army Of Utah. across the mountains,
to New Mexico, was attended with incrod bic
hardships. The party, numbering forty
three ali told, left the fort on the 2Sth of
Novcmbcr) and reached Santa. Fe about the
18th of January. The route they passed
over had never before been ,rayersed in mid
winter In the mountains they encountered
snow storms CT great sevcrity--sior,As such
as the intrepid Fremont was compelled to
turn his back upon. In one stretch of TWO
hundred and fifty miles the party wadod
through snow from two to five feet in depth
For. eleven days they snbsisted on mule and
horse meat, without bread, Or so much as
pinch of salt. 1t is u marvel that, rolN ith-
standing these hardshipS, but one of the men
died on the route, though many of them were
badly frost bitten. The animals of the expe-
dlllon suffered severely. Forty out Of
sixty Of them died of cold and starvation
Captain Marcy was sent to New Mexico 10
purchase animals for the army, and was to
return to Fort Bridgcr as soon as his ar
Engagements were completed, escorted by q
force competent to protect HIM from the at.
tachs Of Of the Mormon guerrillas.
New York Herald.
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To PREVENT HENS SITTING. Make a
small, open pen, of laths. Or some similar
material In one corner of your henhousc.
about eight inches WIDE and of any convc-
nent length and height. Let one Of the larhs
or Stats be so secured that it may be easll,
taken out, or moved one side, SO that hen
may be conveniently passed into or taken
out of the pen. On the bottom of this pen
and running leng hwise through it, Set up a
couple Of lalhs on edge, and fastcn them
about the same distance from each other,
aud from the sides Of the pen. Run small
perch across the pen and the work is done.
Whca a hen wishes to sit, put her in there.
She will soon find that she can walk le,surc.y
upon HE floor, OF roo>t Conf 'rtablr upon the
perch, but she can't sit without riding on a
rail" and that they seem to think, ism t
decorous. The length of imc for which they
will have to c confined " Il vary somwI q ..
and IN obstinate eases il ina, be necessary 20
put few pegs or tacks into the edges OF the
laths. -Genesee Farmer.
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TIE President GREENHOUSE. On Sa tur-
day afternoons. from one TO three, the green.
house attached to the executive mansion, says
a Washington letter, is open to the public. =
The visitors having paid their respects to
Miss Lane. at her afternoon reception, file to
the west. and to the greenhouse, as inevitably
As on Tuesday Qcvee) nights they head
casterly. Then Imagine the long lanes Of
flower spangled verdure in this magnificent
conservatory, extending one hundred and
seventy feet in one line east and west. and
sixty feet north and south. 10y an uniform
width Of thirty two feet. Imagine these lanes
-partcrres- chinkcd in to the fullest with
the b'anty of the metropolis the nation
The world draped in brilliant coors, and
each individual beauty fairy building over
with musical canary-bird, like twitel and
chatter, naturally ellci'od by tie surroundings,
and every way i'll keeping with them Imagine
all this, and say if the White House conserva-
tory is not well worth seeing when thus in
double blossom on sunny Saturday?
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AN EMPIRE AT THE NORTH effort is
making TO unite the British American Colon
les IN one grand conf'dcracy, contemplating
ultimately an ind pendent government. a
conference with tie lmperIal Government
has been had on the subject, and the reply
was that her Majesty would be ruled entirely
10y the wishes Of the colonies themselves on
this subject and in pursuance Of this init
nation, Nova Scotia has opened he quotations
with the other Provinces. The territory
embraced in this c, ntrlnpla,od confrdcracy il,
nearly thee million of square miles. and the
population nearly three millions. This is
good foundation for another empire.
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PRETTY TRUE.---A clever young bride says
that gentlemen talk nonsense before young
lad es, because they think the ladies like it !;
for it makes them laugh. If the ladies would
ridiculous nonscnce. and smile when they talk
scn"e, gentlemen might improve. But ladies
often begin to yawn VIII n gentlemen attempt
sense and so, in self defence. the gen tlcmen
are compelled to adhere to the line of CONVEX
sation which brighlens up the ladies' faces
most. The fact is the ladies are difficult to
please with sense and they want so much
poetry, sentimentality and cye-white, that
very few gentlemen are able to supply them.
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DLTThr New York Commercial Adrrr,ser
truly and forcibly says of the great religious
Awakening now in progress -
Never, perhaps, certainly never during
the life time Of the present generation, was
religious movement less open to ridicnlc,
Oh less liable to exception of any kind. We
say this without any hesitation or qualilica.
ton. There has been from the first. and is
now. nothing prctcntious in it: nothing ex-
travagant nothing forced or Fictitious. 1t
grew up unnoticcd it came almost literally
without Observation or remark and was first
seen IN some Of its bencficcnt fruits It's
increase las been gradual. though rapid and
great. and it hus been free to wondr, ful
extent from sectaiianiSm and from extremes
of every kind, A work OF this kind is to be
judged of by Its effects upon the people, and
upon those who are prominent in it's promo
ton and, judged by this standard the pres
ent religious movement is justified before the
world, for its influence has been mc.iorative
of scctarian asperities and promotive of fra
ternal feeling"
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No MAN CAN BORROW HIMSELF Our OF
DEBT, If you wish for rcIicfyou must work
for lt-cconomisc for it: you must make
II orc and spend less than you did when you
were running in debt: You must wear home
spun Instead Of broadolnlh drink water in
stead Of champagne, and Use at four instead
of seven. Industry, frugality, economy
lhesc are landmarks Of wealth, and the
sure sources Of relief a dollar earned is
worth ten borrowed, and a dollar saved is
better than forty times its amount in useless
gcwgaws. Try our scheme, ard STE if it is
not worth thousand banks and valuation
laws.
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PARSON BRnwNLows PoLt11Cs From
the Montgomery tAla) Mail we learn that
Parson brownlow is now lrcturing on slavery
IN that city. a report of his speech appears
N The Nail from which We make The follow
ing extract defining the parsons poii'ca
position:
Mr.. Brownlow dis:laimed the intention OF
saying anything that would destroy the
equanimity Of party men, only taking oc-
casion to define his own position. He was
whig-had always been wing and
would rather now vote for the suit of clothes
last worn by Henry Clay, stuffed with straw
than for any Of the whining, cringing, party
demagogues Of the present day.
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GJ7Contcnt is the tranquility of the heart
prayer is It's aliment, 1t is satisfied under
every diSpensation of Providence, and takes
its allott,d portion; never inquif-
ing whether little more would not be q
little better; knowing that if God had so
Judged, it would have been as easy for him
to have given the more as less That is not
true content which does not enjoy, as the
gift Of infinite Wisdom what it has nor is
hat true patience which does not suffer meek
ly the loss of what it had, because it is not
His will that it should have it longer.
U1ulah More
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COLLEGES. BY the annual statement inst

COLLEGEs, BY the annual statement inst
printed. it appears, that in forty seven col.
lcgcs Of the land there are S 80 students, OF
whom 3,US2 are professors Of religion -9S7
who intend 10 become ministers, According
to the fuics, report we have ever seen, there
are l22 colleges in the United States. Of which
III are Protestant, and are Roman Catholic.
DC the Protestant colleges, Ii are controlled
by the Baptlsts, l3 by the Methollsts, by
The Eplscopalians some II by the Consrcga-
tionaiists. . by the Unitarians, and one by
the univcrsalists, and the remainder by the
various branches of the Presbyterians.
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Wyandotte Prolific Corn,

" orh millions 10 the Nation: Its success fMh
Established producing t,rice as much ys
acre as The usunl raileiits nor cultivated ni
an immense yield Of folder.
FT'llE subscriber has for sale some Off,
Il above celebrated variety of com: III,
seed obtained last season of an agent of Mr.
Banded. in Baltimore, and warranted eenuins
DIEtcrIcNs-Plant only one grain in hill
to + IT. apart; product, from 3 to s ami
sometimes more stalks, with from to - ears
ofprarl white corn, to l5 inches Ions. ond
~ t ii rows on the ears. o. "A'
PRIcE-One dollar Quart, which is emf
hcient to plant an acre, aud at this rate gor
larger or smaller quantities. 1t may be nh.
tanned Of X. Reynolds, Esq, Sheriff Eui,mr
or OF the undersigned. S b. STUBBS.
Rising Sun, Jan 9, l859.-sm
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RcMARNABI.E WoEEs OF HUMAN LARon -
Nlnevah Was 10 miles long, wide, and 40
miles round, with y wall Ion feet high and
lhicli enough for three cha,iuts abreast
Babylon was 50 mile, within the walls
which were Is feet lhiak and loo high. with
loo brazcn gates The temple Of Diana, at
Eplt sn', was 40 feet to the support of the
roof. 1t was hundred years in building
The largest Of the pyramids is ISL feet high
and COB ON the sides its base covers eleven
acres. The stones are about GO feet in
lrngth. and the layers POS. 1t employed 800
900 men in building. The labyrinth in
Egypt contains 600 chambers and 10 halls,
ThcbcS, in Egypt, presents ruins y miles
around. and 100 gates. Carthage was %
miles round. Athens was IS miles round
and contained 359 600 citizens and 400, coo
slaves. The temple OF Delphos was so rich
in donations, that it was rlundsrld of
$50 900 600 and Nero carried away from it
200 statues. TAe.wals Of Rome were l3
miles round.
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Nor TO BE OurDoNE. An Engllshman and
Yankee were recently dlspullng. when the
former sneeringly remarked: Fortunately,
the Americans could 60 no furtl er than the
Pacific shore" The Yankee scratched his
prolific brain for an instant and thus
triumphantly replied: "Why good gracious
they re already cveling tn Rocky Mountains
and carring the dirt out West. had le,,er
last week from my cousin, who is living
200 miles west of the Pacific shore-on maue
land." The Engliskman gave in.
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Use OF CoHK. The Romans used it as
solcs to put into thcii shoes, TO keep their
feet warm and dry; AID die ladies used it to
make them appear tall. Camillus SWAIN the
Tibcr with the aid Of a cork jacket; fisher
men used it as fl ats to thrl nets and buoys
TO thor anchors, and Pny tells us that it
was employed as shoppers to vessels Of all
kinds. The old Spanjords lined the walls of
their houses with cork, bccalsc it kept them
warm. and prevented dampncss lastly. the
Egyptians manufactured collins Of it. which
being lined with 4 rcslnous composition. pre-
served their dead f!om decay. The method
employed III Portugal of cutting the bark
and burning the outside. is the same to-day
as it was one thousand years ogo' 1t is quite
time that we discoycrd some new Uses fJl
this cheap aid plentiful material.
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NEVER LoITEn. you have anything to
do, do it forthwith. Never loiter by the
way; never stop to banter with this one and
the other. Stopping and turning and hest
tatlng, has ruined many a man. The only
safe course, the only way to succeed. is to go
ahead, not turning to the right or the left.
You may as well die as lingcr and give up ?
who respect you who notice you afterward !:
We would rather trust man who had failed
and preserved dozen times. than one who
sunk and was discouraged at the fist head
flaw
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Select HlisrcllauD.

ROwDYlSM AT WASH NGroN.-Thc cores =.
pondtntS noe the rowdicS at the seat of
Government. Says the correspondent of the
New York Couyler:-
One week ago to-day, a crew OF the most
notorious of these wrctchrs. six or eight in
number, formed themselves in fighting order in
thc middle Of the day. before the National
Hotel, the most public place in the whole
city. and not two squares from the Ci,v
Hail and the Police Offices, aud deliberately
set utor two brothers, respectable mechanics.
beat both Of them dIeadIullr, and hen, four
being upon one stabbed him 10 death with
bowie knife. The affair created scarcely
any Sensation.
need hardly again allude to the frequent
street battles between fireman and their ASSOC
cIa'ei, III which the killing and woGuding of
h'Ci"DtrS among the. cUmbatantS are incidents
50 c"'h!non rs to produce liitlc remark and
10 De unworthy the attention Of thc public
authorities III. ilvbic attempts to check
disorders Is made the rIrt,xt for other crimes.
Many OF the most desperate and dangerous
characters who mieS the city pretend 10 have
been expelled from Baltimore only for politl-
cal ItuoGni. They are, they claim, thv
victims o! political prescription.
lAry have lost employment, and must rob
to 1--we, and IN order to rob thcy mus, somc-
times xiii. y few nights since a gentleman
turned ont of Pennsylvania avenue irto a
respectable and fIeqacntcl stree. lie was
almost Immediately beSct by gang Of mar
audcrS, who demanded his money lie gave
th,m what triliing amount lie had, and they
Then explained to him that they were patriot
refugees lrom our ncighborne city who were
compelled to Ibis pursuit, rs the only one left,
lhIm 10y the malice of thclr enemies.
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HUMANITY TO HORSES. "A person who has

had some experience with horses says
when horse had fallen, from the slip
perry state of the ground, the readle>t method
of enabling him 10 rise is 10 place piece OF
old rug o, carpet under his fee feet and he
will be able to get up at once Many horses
are seriously strained by their efforts TO rise
On slippery ground. and this is most rarllcu.
larly the cas- with those Of high spIit, and
frequently those of greater value are SO fright.
ened by the fall that greater injuries to them
selves, as well as danger to those in the car
ria &C. ensuc from vain Efforts TO get up than
BY The fall. Let the driver leap down at once
and assist the horse TO in position to get
ur, at the same lime placing the rug, carpet,
or even old coat, und h s feet
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Ubc 1oll5GI:ccpcr.
UniCayenCd Bread.


IA .4rf'cle far Homchotl. Tile subject Of
brcnd-Inakhg is >ne IF great importance to
every household as w,l III a sanitary as III
an economical point view. S<ratuS bread
whirh has been, and is now, with many, very
popular, has fallen under the ban of ply
>i"loslSts. and We believe for good reasons.
9a!rratus bread is S";t to be Injurious to the
teeth, hnrful 10 the digestive ORGANS, and
less uuliiyc !han other forms in which
wheat flour can be prepaid. We know
lli"t families who have used it for years still
cling TO 1t, because their tastes aic f'rnIcd
we also Know That an article called &" djrtctc
anleIatnS pnrSod tiom Us deietrrlous qWali-
TICS II prepared but Still we think it will
be Wei enough to turn 10 other descriptions
ol pr'ad Tor season, and let salcralus and
cream OF tartar alone Tor while.
ihe chl'l reason why tins description Of
bread las Leu 50 popular huwc'er, has
been the readiness With which 1t can be
prepared. In n few minutes from the time
The Hover is 'Xcd, the pan Of bread is
ready Tor the oven. ! his IS great merit in
our eyes. We are an uneasy. restless pco.
PIE; are continually STRIVING against time.
and whatS"rv,r ili'nGS our hands find to do.
we want to DO htn with rush. We are
forever driven 'y our impat'nce, and We
use umIcavrnod bread as the Jews did when
they were thrust out OF Egypt: And they
baked unlrhvrhrd bread because they were
.mnS; out OF h+yht, and could not larry"
a substitute then. tor Salcratas bread
sl"l!d n DC, received with high d'grcc Of
favor. rms Substitute is found IN the mixing
ct the H'Nf win cold Waiet cutting tie
cough INTO snail cakes, and baking inmcdI-
atcly. we have eaten cakes so prepared and
IAN testify that they wtre light, highly
pa!a'ahle and very desirable. II housewives
could be induced to try this style OF bread
aud pGrStvcle, even if they shoad happen to
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0J'Thc New York correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury has the following:
:" An interesting wedding took place few
days since between Nj. Henry B. Melvl'e
and Mrs Sarah X. Seymour The parties
have both been married before and each
have family Of seven children those
of the gentlemen comprising six daugh-
tcrs and son. aud those of the lady six sous
and Il daughter. The sons acted on the &C.
casion as gloomS,nrn to their future father,
the daughters as bridesmaids to their future
mother. The wnole fourteen children dress.
cd alike according to heir Sex, entered the
church arm in arm, and ranged themselves
On either side of their parents who a'e both
remarkably handsome. and looked superb.
The bIi'c is wealthy. and was richly dressed
III pcar,coored noirc antique, witt costly
laceS, and diamond breach aud bracelet"
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the New Jersey and Mr.. FELTON,. of the Phil
adelphia and Baltimore railroads, have just
all arrangement with the Post office
Department to facilitate the mail between
Washington and Boston twelve housekeeping
Washington at 2 p. m. arriving at New
York at 2 a. NJ, SO as to leave in the early
New Haven train.
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PRocRAsTINATIoN.-- Near the close of his
life, Patrick Henry laid his hand on the
Bible, and said to friend, " Here is book
worth more than all others and yet it is
my misfortune never to have read it with
proper attention until lately" William
Pitt, when he Came to die. said =" |
have, like many Others neglected my rci-
gious duties too much to have any ground to
hope that they can be etlicacious Oh my
dcathbud
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TIE CAMALs.-In looking over our Calior-
MA IiIgs we fad that Lieut.. BEALM with
fourteen canals, arrived at Los Ang, les on
Tie ottuf January. The appearance Of these
ncouth ANNALS created great excitement
among the people. The animals under Lieut.
Bcalc have all grown scrviccablc. avd most of
them are well broken 10 the saddle and are
very gentle. The San Francisco Bulletin
SAYS:
:" All the camelS belong 10 tie one hump
species, except one, which is a cross between
the one and two hump kinds. Tins follow is
much larger and more powerful than either
sire or dam. He is grizzly looking hybrid
camel mule Of colossal proportions, and
weighs POO pounds. Their drivers say they
would &c, fat where a donkey would starve to
death. The camcls are now on their return
to the Colorado river, for The purpose of cary
ihg provisions cor Lieut.. Bcale and the militia
ry escort who ii is con jcctur,d, win penetrate
from thence to as far as possible in the
Mormon country. Afterwards Lieut.. Braic
will return by the ncw wagon route that he
has surveyed, to verify it, and 50 OH to
Washington. lie is expected 20 reach the
capital before the first Of March, in order to
lay his report before Congress"
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FAMILY NAMES. - The following facts are
from All interesting article on the family
nomenclature Of England and Wales, in the
sixteenth annual report of the registers gen.
cral Of England
The indexes Of births, marriages and
deaths for seventeen and half years contain
more than q 00O,O00 names. In England
Smith is by far the most common name.
while in Wales the name of jones prc,,omi
mates. During the period above show 2S5.-
U31 persons named Saith, add 2S2 900
named Jones. OF the whole population of
England and Wales in 1853, one person in
- was named Smith, one IS was a Jones.
one l'j Williams, one in lis a Taylor :.
one in l52 a Davis and one in LIS Brown.
Over half a million of the whole population
were named Smith or Jones'
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DMr. Schoolcraft says that he has new.
er yet heard Indians " swear" They have
terms to indicate cheat, liar, thief. murderer,
coward, fool, lazy man, drunkard, and bah
bier but he never heard of All imprecation
or oath,
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o YES! O n
AUCTIONFF

a C7T1ONE E4 y ].
'HFlE subscriber respe eff Issss y
L to all persons having p, OIL
Public Sale. that he gives his
calling Fendues, Auctions, and
of Ill descriptions. q business Z
has had much experience and "A
residence is two miles west Of T n
road to North East, aud letters
him at the Elkton post Office
leave to refer to the following gem ss
whom he has called sales:
Jas 7. McCullough,l +. w. Jams
Cha les W. Benny Vim. ]. JOB.
Richard Booth. F A Flis
ALEXANDER W. KINLs
Jan l6. lS5S-3m. g
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CrBeautiful is the love and sweet the kiss
Of a sister. old Paper.
Exactly, and Of pretty cousin, too. If
you have not q sister or cousin, try some
bodys else'S sister or cousn-it's all the
same.