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Sunhay Rrahiu9,
Home Heather.

There is a class Of heather AT home
who do not usually go under that name
"a class that must be looked after more
energeticalIy than they have generally
been, before those beyond them can be
reached. We do not mean the denizens
of the Five Points, the mass of paganized
Romanists, nor the atheists who come in
from Germany. There are enough Of these
10 busy hundred times as many city Ia,
borers as are actually engaged in their
behalf.
But there is an immense number of
men and women, native born. Of Protes
lant descent. who have no religion at all.
They abound in city ard country. Some
of them profess TO be UniversaIists. or
have some other form Of organized un
belief by courtesy styled Christian but
most Of them neither hear nor read, Meth.
er think nor care FOR any thing religious.
Add TO these the number in habitual AT
tendance on our places Of worship who
give to religion only cold and distant
respect, and the aggregate becomes lear
tul. We are afraid that it is 2heuome-
non less regarded by Christians than it
deserves. For the sake Of these irreigious
people themselves, for the salvation of
Their souls, there is need and abundant
reason Tor most ferveut prayer and ea-.
nest labor. And for the sake also of the
class first referred to- the foreigners, who
are slaves to Romanism, or avowed ene-
mics of the Christian religion-it is need.
tul that lhe gospel should have more
complete and eilectual diffusion upon
those to whom it was first preached
We would not underrae the success
that has been gained in winning any
class OF men to ihe eiiowsfrip Of Christ
But there are muititudes who no colpor.
teur reaches, and alas the Christians
around scarcely try to reach them.-
There is no doing any thing with these
lr'sa, thev say. and yet they send men
to India 10 preach to victims Of supersti
lton there. And they are partly right.
The influence Of one or tive warm hearted
Christians, whether neighbors or colpor
'eurs, iA greatly neutraIizsd by the daily
contact Of these Irish so many goddess
persons who are indiscriminately reckon
ed ny them as Protes,auts. Were the
business men, the manufacturers, the me-
chanics, tue farmers, the housekeeoers.
with whom the victims Of priestly delu
sion come IN contact, ferven. and cxcrn.
plary Chrlstian-men who could bring
the gospel to them not only on purpose,
and officially, hut freely and spontaneous
iy in their ordinary conversation, and hv
their daily infuence-is it likely that SO
many would continue far removed from
sympathy with evangelical religion
A higher importance must attach TO
the efficiency Of the local church, as 4
hight to the community in which it exists.
Let the mass Of mere hearers within our
sanctuaries, and Of non hearers around
them, be brought by the grace Of God 20
the actual experience Of religion, and we
might hope that those who are captivated
by another gospel which is not another
would be more numerousIv and more
speedily gathered into the Saviour's fold.
-New York Eraminer.
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lgruultural.
From the Southern Homestead.
What Constitutes A Good Farmer


G. ID. Harmon thus asks and answers
this important question, in late number
OF the Cotton Planter:
If the Disposer of human events should
permit this world to stand a thousand
years longer, the time will surely come
when every man who tills the earth will
be compelled to be a good farmer or starye
to death. This is a strong expression,
but as true as it is strong. Old fogyism
may continue to deuounce those who la.
Dor TO improve the agriculture of the
South but the time will come when their
posterty will see their folly, and be forced
TO improve the soil which their ancestors
bu,chered. The day has already come
with England, Frence, Germany and Ire
land, where agriculturists ale compelled
from true necessity, to study their proies.
sion, and improve their systems of farm
ing economy, to an extent limited only
10y their power TO do SO. II they were to
pursue the course that the planters Ct the
South are now pursuing, in less than
twenty years they would either starve to
death or be forced 20 leave their own.
their native land
But the question arises, what is a good
tarmerP There is much diversity Of opin.
ION on this question. Sometimes the men
who run over the most land, per hand,
and drag out Of the soil the most money,
regardless OF the wear and tear Of land, =,
and team and force, are called good far.
mers, yea, the best farmers But is that
iruei | admit it no.. To do SO would
be equivalent TO admitting that the doctor
who made the most meney, regardless of
the lives he destroyed, was the best doc.
tor. The one would be about as true as
the othcr-both are utterly false.
A good farmer, according to the best
and most intelligent agriculturists of the
South, is the man who Improves his land
and the appearance Of his place improves
his stock aud takes care Of his force. And
| think this Giinition Of the term is cor
rect.
No man, however intelligent on other
phJects-no matter how much money be
may be making for the time being, should
be considered a good farmer in the
stric,est sense Of that term, who grossly
neg Iects the improvement Of his soil, and
force, and stock. No man who cultivates
the hills, and permits his fields to wash
into yawning gulies, and turns them on,
for his children to reclaim, at the cos, o
much labor and expense. or leave thei
old homes, o. starvs, is, to any extent
whatever, a good farmer. A man who
denounces agricultural improvement, and
agricultural journals, totes corn in one END
of his sack, and rock in the other end
TO balance it, because his daddy done i;
cannot possibly be good farmer.
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AGREEING WITH lIER.-A clergyman.
who VAS bit Of humorist, once took tea
with lady OF his parish, who prided her
self much upon her nice bread, and was
also addicted to the common trick of de.
preciating her viands to her guests.
AS she passed the nice warm biscui, to
the reverend gentleman, she said -
They are not very good; am almost
ashamed to offer them
The minister took one. looking at it
rather obviously, and replied -
They are not so good as the, might
be
The plate was Instant, Withdrawn, and
with heightened color the lady exclaim.
ed -
They are good enough for you =
Nothing further was said about the dis.
cult.
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It's What You Spend "

It's what thee'il spend, my son. said a
sage old Quaker, mot what thee'I make,
which will decide whether thee's to be
rich or not This WAS only FrankIin's ad
vice in another form Take care Of the
pennies, and the pounds will take care OF
themselves A cotemporsry remarks: Men
are continually indulgIng IN small expen
ses, saying 10 Themselves that il is onlv
trlile, yet forgetting that the aggregate is
serious, that even the sea shore ia IN ade
up Of pretty grains of sand. Ten cents
day, even, is thirty six dollars and a half
n year and that is the interest Of capita
Of six hundred dollars.
The man that saves ten cents a day
only is so much richer than him who does
not as If he owned life estate in a house
worth six hundred dollars. Every sixteen
years ten cents a day becomes to six
hundred dollars and, II invested quarter.
ly, does not take half that time. But ten
cents a day is chilG's play. some will ex
claim. Well, then, Jbon Jacob Astor use
to say that wbeh man, Who wishes to
b1 Tich, has saved ten thousand dollars,
he has won half the battle. Not that As
tor thought ten thousand dollars much.
But he knew that, 10 making such sum,
man acquired habits Of prudent eeono
my, which would constantly keep him ad.
vsucing in wealth. How many, however,
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How To Live Long.

More people die annually from want
OF sufficient brain work than from an ey
cess Of II. Good health Of body and mind
depends on each having his fall share of
exercise and work, aud it would seem
from history that we can better afford the
body TO he IN state Of !assitude than al.
low the intellectual powers to lie dormant.
There may be aphysicI cause for this,
from the fact that much thought induces
a temperate life ; but the exceptions to
such a rule would be found SO enormous
as 10 show that it was not the only secret.
We are rather inclined To think that the
most general rule and the one capable Of
the brocdest application, 10y which to at
tain 10 that great desideratum, "A green
Old age is to give the mind full play-to
expand the powers of thought hv reading
and observation, and to banisn the fear of
death, resulting from ar exhausted 'knowI
edge box We have shown TO what AGES
the old philosophers lived, and manv
modern ones have been equally long.
lived. GalIleo and Roger Bacon both
lived 10 iS, Button d:ed at 81, Goethe
and West were 80, Franklin aud Hers
chel lived to "a, and Newton and Vol
taire did not finish their labors until s5.
The astronomer HALEY was SO At his de.
cease, and Sir Hans Soane was 90 Mich
e Angelo and Titan, the great master of
art, lived tc 90. These, surely, are iustan
ces enough TO stimulate the Individual
who wishes to live Iong, BOT 10 forget to
cultivate the intellectual faculties, and i'm
ag'nA,on, while he is attending to the
'physiesi aids Of exercise, cleanliness and
tsmperance. We all think too much Of
the oody and neglect the higher and d-
viner part within us we cleans the tenn.
pie and adorn its pillars, but we forget
that the dweler therein also requires at.
tenlion and care.
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The USE OF LARGE WoRps.-Bip
words pass for sense with some people,
and sometimes may be very successful
employed when nothing else will answer.
AS when man in great alarm ran to his
minister to tell him he could see spots on
The sun, and thought the world mus. be
coming to an end.
%, don't be afraid said the clerical
gentleman, its nothing but pkantasma-
goria.'
is that ali e asked tie frightened :ssn,
and went away quite relieved.
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5elett Durtry.
The Motherless.

God help and shield he motherless,
The stricken, bleeding dove
For whom there gushes no rich fount
or deep and deathless love
The saddest title grief confcrs,
For who SO sad rs they,
Upon whose path mothers love
Sheds not it's holy ray'
No gentle form above them bends
To soo,he the couch Of pain
No voice so fond as hers essays
TO calm the feverish brain.
Oh, other tongues may whisper love,
In accents soft and mild,
But none on earth 80 pure rs that
A mother bears child.
Judge kindly OF the motherless-
a weary lot is theirs,
And oft the heart of the gayest seems,
a load Of sorrow bears.
No faithful voice directs their steps,
Or bids them onward press,
And il they gang kennin' wrang."
God help the motherless!
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II, AND HIS PnoaExy.-If every on,

IL, AND HIS PRoGENY.-If every one
were honest, we need not lock on! door.
IL everybody would mind Just his own
business, there would be more business
done.
II We would talk less about other peo
pie, other people would talk less about
us.
IL there were fewer novels in the world
there would be fewer numsculIs.
IL the mistress would scoid less, sine
would have less need of scolding.
II you often charge servants with ly.
ing, they will soon become liars. il they
are not 50 already.
II fstudents would read less, and think
more, there would be larger number Of
really great men in our community.
IL young ladies now days did not be.
come women at thirteen, men would have
better wives.
!fyou want TO get rich, work bard
and spend little.
u you want to render your husband
unhappy, blame him for everything he
does, right or wrong scoId him for this
or that, before you know whether he did
IL
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A Miss'ssppian was dragging to a
ankee Of the fertility OF the soil of his
region. To give practical illustration
OF his subject he said he wen, to the
woods to cut an oak tree. After he had
chopped for about week or ter DAYS. he
thought he would take walk round the
tree to see how much more he had to cut
when he got to the other side. he saw
another man chopping on the same oak.
4 say says our friend, how long have
you been cnttingF
Just three weeks says the stranger.
The tree Was so big tha. they did not
hea, the sound Of each others ayes
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a very sham l,wvar :,

A very sharp lawyer in Washington,
N. G.. had the misfortune to lose suit
for client, who had every reason to ex.
pect success. The client, who was plain
old farmer, and unacqualnted with the
duplcity Of mankind, was aslounded BY
the long bill Of cost, and, Fastening to the
LAWYERS office, said:
Il thought you told me we should ces-
tainly gain that suit =
so | did, answered the lawyer, but
you see when l brought it up there before
the Judges, they said it was quorum no ~
judice.'
We'll, if they said it was rs bad as that.
SAID the farmer. 4 don't wonder we lost,
and paid the cost and fee.
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A LARGE FIsH.-OId Joe PhIlips ~ss
an awful story teller. When a stranger
came TO !'is .a.era, !! he appeared e, Il!
credulous, old Joe would tell y long warn
to his village acquaintance, but talk At
stranger. A short time since q stranger
came into his barroom, with rod. line
and other fishing paraphernal:s, when
Joe seized friend and started him by the
question /:
Did you hear about that big fish Col,
Potter caught in the river q
The stranger prcked up his ears. Joe
and bis friend, talked on after ,h:s silvia
NO, said tas friend, in answer 10 Joe's
question.
biggest sturgeon that ever WAS caught
any where
You don't say"
Yes, when l came away be badny
caught all of him, although he had about
six feet Of him ashore
Gracious how much did it weight
Three hundred pounds and be made
nine barrels Of OIL
Nine barrels Of DILL inquiriDg the
stranger, advancing, did ,ou say nine
barrels 4
Yes said Joe, fercely, Il said nine
barrels. is that anything strange. sir y
'0n, no, beg pardon, said stranee,.
mpsingly 'on'y ] was thinking It a littls
singular that you could extract twenty.
seven hundred pounds Of oil from three
hundred pounds Of fish + and, gathing up
bis fishing uiensila he laf,
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LANCASTER H, SOUTH MORNING. SEPT H. 1885,

spend ten thousand in few years in exr
tra expenses, and wheu, on looking back,
canno, tell, as they say, where the money
went to. To save is the golden rule to
get rich. To squan1er, even in small sums,
IS the frs, step towards the poor house.
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Tom, why did you not marry Lucy I
Oh, she bad sort of hesitation in her
speech, and | left her. a hesitation in
her speech never heard of that before
are you not mistaken T.
No, not at all ; for when | asked her if
she would have me, she hesitated to say
yes, and-so cut her for another girl
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Why is the mischevou. boy who at
taches tin lantern to the caudIe appen,
dage of his dog. like the poets hero -
Because he Points moral, and adorns
q tail
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N U NJ B E R 81.
Allllluraug.

why don't yon ask your sweetheart
TO marry yOuP 4 have asked her.
w hat did she say! 30, I've the refusal
Of her
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Mr.. John Jack, Kentucky editor, sars
that one day his gal slapped him in the
lace averlng, 10y way Of apology, that she
was fond Of slspjacks.
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why, doctor, said lady, you talk as
though horse were better than mar y
lie is replied the doctor, he never
decelves lady-his tongue is bridled-
and he hates hoops.'
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WALNUT PUFFs.--Two tsblespoonfuls
Of Hour, two ounces melted butter, two
ounces sugar, two ounces hickory nuts
beston fine, Bake in cups well buttered.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
NO. 145.

fused to recognize her, and she again started
away, bright cloud directing her course.
Ascending Mount Calamon, she abode many
years in a cave healing all the sick, so that
her fame having gone abroad, the physicians
Of the country conspired to cause the de-
bauch of the virgin whom they thought q
priestess of Diana, believing that thereafter
Thecla would no longer have power to de-
stroy their business by healing the sick, but
when the Iuffians came to her cave, Thecla
said Though am mean old woman, yet
am | a servant of Christ; young men, have
patience see and having prayed, the rock
opened and the aged saint entering the cleft
the rock closed again, so solid that no seam
was to be found, cutting eff piece of her
gown wherewith many miracles were
wrought thereafter. Thus ended her life at
the age of ninety, having testified to the
truth seventy-two years.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
LIE, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY t. 1859
Speria1 4utites,

To the Affiicted.--Let no false delcacy prevent
the invalid from seeking medical relief-the card Of
DR. L. j. CzAPKAY, to be found in another column, In
dicates where to obtain a reliable and competent ply
scian. It seldom that we are called upon to bear
testimony in favor Of the skill Of any physician, but
sense of duty as well justice demands that we
should not pass nr. Czapkay by, without something
more than mere mention. Unlike the greater por-
ton of those who thrust themselves and their nostrums
before the public, whose practices are empirical, Dr.
Czapkay Is gentleman of rare medical and scientific
attanmen having held the position ofchief surgeon
OF the lberating army during the late Hungarian
Revolutions being voted honorary member of the
Philadelphia College of Medicine, and is possessed Of
all the requisite experience and skill for the
fu practice of his profession. 1t is to the and adj
vice of such physician would recommend all
suffering from the effects of sexual private diseases
feeling assured that in all such complaints, whether
arising from infection, indiscretion selfabuse, loss
of vrility, he guarantee from his extensive prac
tice, speedy AMI permanent cure. To those suffer-
ing from the effects OF physical and mental debility
we would say, let common sense take the place Of
false modesty, and seek such advice will save you
from an untimey grave, and lead you back again to
pristine health, consLlt DIR. Czapkay, whom we cheer
fully endorse sklful and tried physician, capa-
Bile of coping with aud successfully eradicating those
selfnfcted mseres, the evils Of empirical practices
and all diseases of seminal nature, DR.. Czapkay's
rooms are on Sacramento street, opposite the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co S Office, San Francisco.
decl6-3m
Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
8utels and Restaurants.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
(FoRMzRLY THE HAUN HousE)
Corner of D and Third Streets,
MARYSV WILLIE.
FOUR STORY BRICK BUILD

FOUR STORY BRICK BUILD
IA ING, with front Of one huldred and sixty feet,
with verandahs encircing the same, parallel with each
story.
rhe above House is situated in the centre of the
business portion Of the city, and built and fur
nished for first class HOTEL and as such has su-
perior on the Pacific coast.
There are no dark rooms or corral In the building.
All the rooms are light and well ventilated.
Having recently purchased the above property, l
have made extensive improvements in the building,
and re-furnished the same in superior style. am
now enabled to offer the public first class Hotel at
prices that will suit the times.
The entire establishment will be under my personal
supervision having determined not to rent any por-
ton of the premises.
The house will be kept open at all hours and rooms
reserved for the travelling public arriving by the stea
mers and coaches.
Single Malls. so cts. Board per week, ...S1 90
Board per week, (according TO NJ $l0 $l2, el5.
i'o iglng per night. 50 cents Is cents, 81 90.
decl4-my LEE McGOWN. Prnprietnr.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
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D THE COMPOUND SYRUP
.Sdrsdpdrilld. YeLLot1 Dock and
Todi,3a of Dof1oo =

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Is no more nor less than what its name implies each
dose OF tablespoonful contains five grains of To-
dide of Potass We defy competition in this article,
as our arrangements such that get Sarsa-
parilla Root direct from Honduras and Iodide of
Potas> drectfrom igand, in large quantities; con-
ssquently we beevewe are the only firm who can fur
nsh the SAME ARTICLE at 81 per Ottle; 1t be sold
by all respectable druggists at the above price Be
careful and get the genuine aricle-use other,
and from past experience well assured that
will give perfect satisfaction to every person who
may use it-packed in and dozen cases, ready to
ship to any part of the country. Druggists will find
il b. their vtntage TO sell this Sarsapara in pre-
ference to all others r. HALL CO., Propretors,
143 ond las Clay st., below Montgomery,
San Francisco.
For SALE wholesale and retail, by
RICE, COFFIN co, Agents,
nov273m d street, Marysvie.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-01
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