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Scientific Farming Memoranda,

ErhduSttny tie SOu-lt is well known
that if the same kind of crops are planted
or sown for several years in succession on
the same soil they will at last cease to
yield. This is called 'exhausting the soil
for which a partial remedy is found by
the use Of manures, but even with thor
ough manuring every season. the soil vii,
fail to yield, if the crops are not frequent
ly changed by what is called rotation of
cropping To account for this, it is be
Ileved that each crop exhausts the soil Of
the peculiar nutritive matter which it re
qulres, and thus it takes some wears to
bring back or restore such matter to the
land. 1t is well know that some soils are
so rich in certain salts as TO be capable o.
raising succession Of crops for mum.
Der OF years. but this is not the case gen
orally. A rotation Of crops and frequent
manurlng can alone ensure any soil from
becoming exhausted. A grain crop should
always be succeeded by root or a green
crop, and Cice verSa. Thus wheat, then
grass, oats, potatoes, com, wheat, turnips,
barley, potatoes, rye, clover.
NdnureS. is powerful fertili-
ger, but 1t is too concentrated to be used
slngIy. 1t is found to produce superior
effects when mixed with equal quantities
OF common salt, and then stirred up with
about four times their quantity of moist
loamy soil. The superphosphates are
coming into more general use for roo,
crops, and they are valuable for such pur.
poses. They should be applied AS early
IN the season as possible, as they require
considerable moisture TO ensure their ab
sorpuon by the plants. There are many
aduIterations Of guano sold, and as 1t is
ali expensive fertilizer, deception IN its
quality Is heinous crime. In Burning
Peruvian guano, it should loose from So
to 60 per cent OF its weight; its ash shout,
be white, aud dissolve readily without ef
tervcscence in dilute miriatic acid Leaving
an rnSouhe residue of only about . pc
cent. a bushel Of pure guano weigh
about 20 lbs; if adul,erated with clay
mari or sand, it will weigh more thar
this. This latter test will detect cros
aduIteration; the former more retir Q,
aduteratiOn
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Sunnng Rfahin9,
He is Faithful that Promise d."

How multiplied are the proofs that
God is faithful TO his promises. A case
in point is the following:
Deacon " was n plain man.
who lived, during the latter part of last
century, III quiet country town in Con.
necticut. lie was an intelligent, hard
working farmer, contented to support his
family Of eighteen children by unremt
ting toll, and to serve God in the humble
sphere in which He had seen fit to place
him.
Only one fact Of special interest in re.
gard to him has come down to us, and
that preserved in an old letter written
more than half a century since, TO one Of
his numerous children. Il was this: that
he was in the habit of praying for all his
children every day by name.
What a patrimony for that large fami-
ly How many prayers, warm from that
fathers heart, were offered and accepted
at the mercy seat, and LAID up in remem
braute before God.
i. W, one of the sons of this
good man, passed through his college
course without becoming Christian
lie entered the medical profession and
pracuced in his native State few years,
when he was separated from ali the hall
lowed associations of his old home. Here
his indifference to the truths of the COS.
| pei was more and more confirmed. until
he became decidedly skeptical in regard
to all religious truth.
Years passed on. The praying father
was taken to his heavenly home. and the
unoe!lcvIng son was already past the
meridian of life, without hope and with
out God in the world" He Iivea in neg.
Iect of the Bible, or read it only to cavi
at its sacred truths, and remembered no,
the God of his father.
Yet Gods long suffering failed not
lie was out one day alone in the woods
when it seemed to him that he heard hi.
name called and that, on turning round
his father said to him in solemn tones
"AlI scripture is given Iy inspiration 0
Cod" 1t seemed to him like voice from
heaven. lie was seized with deep con
viction for sin. He saw, rs he had neve,
seen before, his guilt in rejecting the worC
IF God, and with the humility OF a child
he cried, "Lord, | believe help thou
mine unbelef.
From this time this son began TO leaG
n new life, and till the time Of his death
which occurred when about eighty year
of age, he was faithful and consisten
Christian.
What an answer TO that fathers pray
er His voice had long been slen, in tn
grave, yet the eye Of God had foIlowe,
that rebellious and skeptcaI son through
his life OF unbejei, til, in Gods own tim,
truth was sent home 10 his heart with ir
rcslstabIe power.
What an encouragement to parents {,
pray for their children, 30 "prav for ,her.
every, day by name" Ia this case it wa
doubtless the holy life and example O
that father which came back upon hin
like living voice, and was to him ndee,
as life from the dead"
how sure is Gods remembrance Of Li
promises. The praying father or mothe
may sink into the grave. vet the fervent
ettectual prayer Of the righteous is ueve
forgotten before God.-1m MesseDger.
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A Good Suggestion.

Rev. DIR. Murray closes some excellent
remarks on long sermons and minute sub.
dtr'StOns, with the following prominent
quotation
Some preachers cut the bread Of life so
small,
The greater par; does through the basket
fall;
So full Of heads that nothing else there
seems.
No room is left for body. life or limbs.
Whate'er the text, the sermon still must be
A little body Of divinity.
Sweet is the gospel, and it well beseems
10 dwell with rapture on its glorious
themes ;
Yet some diScourSes would be full as good,
If they were not compressed in latitude.
They lose in substance what they gain in
Length,
As thread, spun out too fine, impairs the
strength.
Some are more garrulous the more they're
lost,
And when they've least to say, enlarge
the most"
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Yankee Trade,

| calculate couldn't drive a trade with
you to day said true specimen of a
Yankee pedler, at The door of merchap,
in St. Louis.
calculate you calculate about right,
for you cannot, was the sneering reply.
Wall, guess you needn't get huffy
about it. Now here's dozen real genu.
inc razor s,rops, worth two dollars and q
half you may have 'em at two dollars.
tell you don't want any Of YOUR
trash, so you had better be going.
Wall, now, / declare ~ bet YOU five
dollars if you make me an offer for them
are strops, well have trade vet.
Done I! replied the merchant, placing
the money in the hands Of a bystander.
The Yankee deposited the like sum {;
when the merchant offered him couple
of cents for his strops.
They're yourn, said the Yankee, as he
pocketed the stakes But he added, with
apparent honesty, calculate a ioke's a
joke and if you don't want them strors
I'll trade back.
The merchants cour teDance brighten
ed as nc replied-You're not so bad a
chap, after all. Here are the strops-
give me the money.
There it is, said the Yankee, as he re-.
ceiSed the strops. and passed over the
couple Of cents. A trades trade. and
now you'Ne wide awake in earnest. I
guess the next time you trade you'll do a
little better than to buy razor s;rops. And
away he went with his strops and bis
wager, amid the shouts of The laughin Q
crowd.
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chin on the side OF his throat 2

chin on the side OF his throat Z
'Ies.'
These are the cause of trouble, and As
loug as they remain you had better look
out. Now rs a friend | would advise
you TO cut them of the first time you get
a chance, and thus end the trouble
If you say so WILL replied the credu
lous old lady.
Soon after this the hag started for home
and made it convenient to meet Mr.. B.
on the way. Much the same talk in rela.
tion to his domestic happiness passed be
tween them, as did between her and the
old woman.
But, friend Bluefor',' said she, 4 think
1t my duty rs Christian, to warn YOU to
he on your guard, for tell you that your
wife intends your ruin.
Old Mr.. u. was very much astonished,
yet he could not wholly discredit her
words. When he reached home he threw
himself upon the bed in great perpIexity,
and ieigning sleep, studied over the MAJ,
ter in his own mind. His wife thinking
this good opportunity to cut of the
obnoxious hair, took her husbands razor
| and crept softly to his side. Now tic
old lady was very much frightened at
holding razor so close to her husbands
throat, and her hand "as not SO s,ea
dy as it once WAS SO, between the two
she went to work very awkwardly and
pulled the hairs instead Of cutting them.
Mr.. Is. opened his eyes and there stood
his wife with a razor at his throat? AT
ter what had been told him, aud seeing
this, lie could not doubt thar she :nten
ded to murder him. lie sprang from the
bed in horror, and no explanation or en-.
treaty could convince him TO :he contrary.
SO from that time forth there was no
more peace in that house 1t was Jaw,
jaw, quarreIing and wrsrglirg all the
time.
With delight the Devil heard OF the
success of the faithful emissarv, and sent
her wor! T. at if she would meet him "A,
the end OF the lawn, at certain time
he would pay her the shoes.
At the appointed time she repaired to
the spot and found the Devil at tho place.
He put the shoes on tho end OF long
pole and standing on the opposite side Of
the fence, handed them over TO Eer. She
WAS very much pleased wit, them, they
were exactly the article.
But there is one thing, Mr.. Devil.
wonId ike to have explained, that is, why
you hand thcm To me on a stick {!
Very easy 10 eXplain,' replied he {;
ANY one who has the cuuniug and mean.
ness to do rs you have douc. don't get
nearer tha" twenty teet Of me- SO say
ing he i,cd III terror.
After IA While tho old woman died. and
when she applied for ADMISSION 20 the
lower regions, the Devil would not Iet her
III, for fear she might drthrone INN, as
she was his superior. SO the old woman
is yet compelled to wander over the world
creating quaTreIs and strife in peaceful
families aud ncighbCraoods.
Would you like to know her name ?
1t is Malame Scandal When she
died, Leg children, the Young Scandal
zers, were left orphans, but the Devil, in
consideration of the service doue bv the
mother, adopted thaia, 80 you see he i,
the father OF that Respectable class Of peo
| pie called scandal mougers
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TIE GUANO TRADE Few of our read
ers. perhaps, are aware of the amount Of
business that has been reached in the
Guano trade oi this city, which is but in
its commencement. We have received
some figures from a well informed friend,
and witout, at present, going into details,
we may state that the amount sold in
this city since the lst September, 1858,
is nearly 100000. There was little done
in the frs: quarter OF the commercial
year--Septer,ber October, November
so tina, this amour, may be fairy credited
from the lst December, a: which time
the large transactions began. OF this
amount, one thousand tors Of Peruvian
Guano were Of direct import to this city.
-Charleslon Courier.
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ful descent upon Boulogre, which con
signed him, n poltics! prisoner. to the
Fortress of Ham. In 1916 he escaped to
England, where he renamed until the
Revolution of l84S RECALLED him to
France, and soon placed hm in the Pres
identa! chair there. On deember 2, 1851,
in consequence (his appologists saw Of a
knowledge that his opponents medilated
a heavy blow at his aothority, he executed
the coup detat, which Over,hrew the
National Assembly, and caused his cleo
ton, first as President for ten years, and
next as Emperor, with successor III his
family. lie was procls 'Ned Emperor on
December 2, 1852, and Immediately
after married Eugenie, Countess de Teba.
His recognition as Emperor was immcdi-
ATE on the part Of the United States and
Eng land, and rather tardy by the Ger
man States influenced by Nicholas OF
Russia. Napoleon had his revenge, soon
after, when be persuaded England Aus
,ria, and Sardinia to make an alliance
against the Czar, which caused the Cri
mean war, and the defeat OF Russia. Tha,
alliance was as unexpected as The more
recent compact which F:ance has made
with Sardinia against Austria, which is
said to include Russia also. Il remains to
be seen whether this new condition Of
affairs will not disturb the friendly rela
lions hitherto existing between England
and france. That great changes are on the
tapis we cannot doubt. Austria.
"Cries havoc, and lets slip the dogs of war;
and no one can say where or how it will
end. The sympathy of the nations 90
strongly with Italy-so long crushed, SC
wretchedIy mlsgoverned. Justice demand,
that Italians, not Austriars, shall rule
North Italy.
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THE WHOLE CHURCH AT THE PRAY.
MEETING.-What an encouragement. il
would be to many a discouraged and al
most woEn out pastor! What tes,i.
mony TO the world that Christians were
in earnest in their profession, and tn at
they loved communion with God! How
would it make sermons and means OF
grace full OF intsnsst, life and power, tina.
now seem dull and lifeless 4! How would
it promote growth in grace, and honour
Christ, and quicken zeal, and increase
spirituality, and make the Church on
earth like the Church in heaven LIE,
all the Church be regularly at the pray.
er meeting, and all would be faithful, and
active, and useful all would be help to
the pastor and to each other; all would
feel the power Of The Gospel in their own
hearts, and thus be burning and shining
lights and men would take knowledge
Of them that they had been with Jesus
See to it, Christian reader, that you do
your part toward having all the church
always at the prayer.meeting.
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is it anybodys business
IL n gentleman should choose
10 wait upon II lady,
If the lady don refuse
Or to speak n little palmer,
That my meaning all NAV know,
Is it anybody's business
lr a lady has beau !
Is it anvhody's business
When that gentleman does call,
Or when he leaves lady,
If he leaves at all ?
Or is it necessary
That the curtain should be drawn,
To save from farther trouble
The outside lockers. on
is it unvbody's business
But the Iady's, if her beau
Rides out with other ladies
And docsn'r L. her know
Is it anybody's business
But the gentlcman's, If she
Should accept another escort
Where lac doesn't chance to be!
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A YOUNG physician, a recent graduate,
was asked why he had not gone to see
his father, who had just died. The father
lived in Indiana, the son in Virginia. lie
replied that the immense torridity Of the
circumambient atmosphere had, by its
condensation, so diluted the placid aque-
oas fluid Of the enormous river Ohio,
that with the most superlative reluctance,
| had to procrastinate a pTemeditated
egress into the palatinate province, until
the morbid excitement Of the pericranium
had extinguished the vital spark
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Bones For Trees.

Bones are always accumulating in
villages ANA about country residences
which might be put 10 better use than
TO encumber the streets or to emit n dis.
agreeable odor from under the fences.
There is nothing like Gecaving bones
for all sorts Of fruit tees. They are per,
haps best for pear trees, next for apples,
and then for ounces ; but are good for
any kind of fruit, unless it be cranberries,
which seem to grow on little else but air
and water
The true way would be to make the
bones INTO superphosphate of lime by
grinding, and then adding half their
weight OF suIphuric acid to be applied in
small doses every year. But as there are
not bone mills every where. and as the
making of suPerphospha,e is a trade,
which could hardly be recommended to
cutlvators to learn, the next best thing
to be done, is to break them up into inch
pieces and mix them with the soil in
which trees are transplanted. From half
peck to peck for dwarf trees, and two
or three pecks for trees designed for stan.
dards, is enough.
The action will be slow bu, vetv las.
ting, continuing through the life Of any
ordinary tree. Bones are richly worth
saving for this purpose, and at the small
price at which they can be had in mos,
country places, they can be brought to
advantage. They render tree vigorous
and healthy, and greatly improve its fruit.
1t is not bad plan to dig thenl into the
soil about oil trees.
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An lrshman on visiting a menagerie
for the first time, while stalking around
the pavilion, suddenly came on the ele
phaut where upon he turned to the
keeper with surprise; 'Tunder and light
ming mister; what critter have you got
there, with a tail on both ends
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ABUSE OF THE ERANKINC PRIvILEGE.-
The Constitution stales lhat a man named
Philips has been arrested in Washington,
charged with forging the frank of mem
Der OF the United States Senate, and
attaching it to circular for circulation
through the mail. The grand jury had
indicted him before his arrest. The circu.
lars related exclusively to his private bust
ness and large number Of them had
been sent to the post office.
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SPECIAL Request The prayers Of the
pious are earnestly desired in behalf of
several members of the Church who are
making money very fast, that they may
MT love it too much, and thus lose their
souls. All who fee they are in no danger,
are requested to unite in this service.
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A little three year old girl was riding
in the CARS with her mother a few days
since, when lady remarked, That's
pretty baby! The little girls eyes fash
ed fire as she drew herself up TO her full
est height, and replied,T amt a baby,
wear gaiter boots and hoops
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why don't you wheel that barrow Of
coal, Ned 2 said miner 70 one of his
sons :; 1T is not a very hard job. There is
an inclined plane 10 relieve you 'Ah,' re-
piled Ned, the plane may be inclined,
but hang me if am
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A modern philosopher gives several
potent reasons why man should never
marry for money but an old epigram-
matst argus the case very pleasantly on
the other side -
"Whene'er YOU marry, CrGsus said,
Take one rich widow or rich maid
For any wife may turn out i'll,
But, 'gad the money never will !"
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MANURE MAX1MS.-At late meeting
OF the Farmers Club of the American
Institute, Mr.. I. w. Field read PAPER
on manures, in which he saiG
'The whole subject Of Manures may be
stated in this proposition
l. Manure does not waste so long as
it is unfermented, or undesoIved, and
these conditions may be effected by dry
ing saturation.
2. Fresh manure is unfit for food for
plants.
3. Fermenting manure, in contact with
iasrt matter, has the power Of neutrali.
zlng vicious prophecies, such as tannic
acid of peat and making it fertilizer.
4. Manure waists in two ways-the es.
cape Of gas and The dissoIving Of its soIu.
bic salt.
5. The creative power Of manure, mixed
with other substance, is capable Of multi.
plying its value many times.
6. The value of manure 10 crops is in
proportion to its diyisibiIity through the
soil. The golden rule of manure should
be small quantities of manure throughy
divided and, intermingled with the soil.
There are seven reasons why farmers
are healthier than profession men, viz:
l. They work more and develope all
the leading muscles Of the body.
g. They take their exercise in the open
air, and breathe greater amount of oxy-
gen.
8. Their food and drinks are common
ly less aduterated and far more simple.
4, They do not overwork their brain
as much as industrious professional men.
8. They take their sleep commonly dur
ing the hours Of darkness, and do no: try
to turn. day into night
O. They are not so ambitious and do
not wear themselves out so rapidly in the
contest Of rivalry.
4. Their pleasures are simple and less
eShausting.
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Dull1uraug.

There is man in Boston who walks
so slow that he wears pair Of spurs to
keep his shadow from treading on his
heels!
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Aunt Betsy has said many good things
among the rest that newspaper is like
a wife, because every man should have
one Of his own.
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FuNNY.-Au absentminded woman
washed the face Of clock, then wound
the baby up and set it forward fifteen
minutes.
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Whatever you may choose to give a.
way, always be sure to keep your temper.
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How multiplied are the proofs that
God is faithful TO his promises. A case
in point is the following
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Selert Hprtrq.
Is it Anybody's Business,

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