Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-07-06
Alexander /. of Russia.

When Russia was, in 1912, thrown in
to CONSERVATION by the invasion of the
I French, no one in the imperial household
or council maintained a calm and conf
posed spirit, under the daily reports of
/ fresh disasters, except Prince Galitzio.-
The Emperor marked this with surprise,
and one day while they were alone, asked
how il happened. The Prince drew forth
small Bible from his pocket, and held
it toward the Emperor, who stretched out
his arm to take it. when by accident the
volume fell to the ground. Being instant
Iy picked up by the Prince, it was found to
have opened at the ninty-frst Psalm
" He that dweleth in the secret place of
the Most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty. | will say of
the Lord, lie is my refuge and my for
trcss my God, in Him | will trust"
(yer. -
ooh that your Majesty would seek
that refuge" replied the Prince, after his
royal master and he had read the passage
together and then hastcned from the
presence Emperor retained the Bible.
and doubtless read the Psalm to the end
Shortly after, a day Of supplication and
fasting was ordered by Alexander; and
the Pope, as tie priests of the Greek
Church are called, whose turn it was to
preach before the Court, chose for his text
the ninety-frst Psalm, without having
been induced thereto by any hint from
either the Emperor or his minister.
On the afternoon of the fast day, Al
exander sent to his private chaplain de-
string him to come and read a portion Of
tho Bible to him in his tent The official
came, and commenced his duty with the
ninety-frst Psalm.
Hold ~ cried the Emperor, rather
offended by what he naturally con :luded
must be the result of collusion who
desired you to read that particular Psalm
to me ~
tod! - replied the chaplain, with
great solemnity.
How mean you ," exclaimed the En-
peror
Taken by surprise" resumed the
chaplain, " by YOU Majesty's command,
and feeling the high responsibility which
would rest on my choice. | knelt down
and impIored the Almighty to guide me
in the selection Of the Scripture | should
read in the the event of your Majesty
leaving me without directions on the sub
iect,and the ninety first Psalm was brought
80 powerfully to my mind that / could
not doubt that was the answer to my
prayer
The impression made on the Emperor
by these remarkable coincidencies is said
to have been deep and lasting.
How To Nova smile wrcathes the
lip of our veteran farmer. as he reads the
heading Of this article. Can an editor
teach me anything new in that line? Oh
no, sir, perhaps not, bullet Us hint word
or two to your sons, or to some young meu
who have not such skillful fathers to teach
them, We want them to learn this art
Alright, then they will never forget it.
This il one of the most fatiguing oper-
has to be done in very warm weather.
Any hints to tighten the labor will be very
useful In the first place, then rise early,
and begin before sunrise. By doing so,
AMI having the seythe sharpened and in
perfect order the night before, You may
ret half days work done by nine o'clock.
Tho coolnc.s OF the morning air, and the
dew on the grass, will both help along the
labos. At nine O'Clock YOU may retire to
the house, or some shady tree, and rest
Yourself for several hours, while your
slow neighbor is sweating through midday.
and perhaps hurting himself by oyerwork
and by taking down large draughts of
water to allay ms thirst. Between two
and three o'clock you may begin work
again, refreshed and vigorous, and may
labor till sunset with little fatigue.
BY all meats keep your scythe in good
order. Let it be adapted to the surface
Of the ground to be moved If that is
level and free from distractions the scythe
may be long and almost straight, and it
will work easy If the ground is broken
or covered with STONES or low stumps, the
scythc must be short and crooked
Whie the sriath should not be too
heavy, neither should it be 50 light as to
tremble and shake in the mowers hand
also let it never become loose from the
blade, as they will cause it to catch on ev-
cry obstruction, and require great waste
of strength TO make it cut.-Amerioan
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