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Why Don't we Feel the Mischief?

The heart is great muscle, containing
two great chambers. Into these great
chambers the blood goes, to be pumped
out into the lungs, and, when properly
purified, sent again through the arteries
to the utmost extremlties of the system.
In its entrance ard exit, the blood passes
through certain valves, delicate tissues,
capable of great injury. Every drop of
alcohol taken into the body passes through
these fine valves, and its pressure causes
your heart to beat, and your circulation
to increase. This is the virtue of alcohol
as a stimulus, and this IS precisely its
vice as an article Of daily diet. 1t ex-
hausts the muscular contractility, or ir-
ritability of that organ, and it tends to
harden the tissue like valves of that
life-pump. Can you now comprehend
how drinking freely or moderately for
many years tends to heart-disorders p
A young man went to beautiful scene
in Yorkshire. where stream. through an
opening in the limestone mountain, rushed
down upon the rocks below. As the wa
ter holds carbonate of lime in solution,
it always leaves its traces there. Well,
he took a fancy to select little rock,
and carved out his initials where the
spray of the water fell Next time |
come" says he, II will look for that
stone-I shall know my mark" Nearly
fifteen years elapsed before he went again.
The mark was not to be found, it had
been covered with the incrustations.-,
What had done this? The falling spray
of that season? No. The season be-
fore? No; but every drop that had fallen
since the mark had been carved. And
so it is if you take this alcohol day by
day; it leaves its footprints upon that
heart, and the day at last comes when
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brushmaker. Every day I used to carry
her half my dinner, and at night took
her secretly to my room, and she slept
on the bed while slept on the floor
But it appears she had not enough to eat
One day she begged on the Boulevard,
and was taken up. When | heard that,
1 said to myself, Come, my boy, things
cannot last so; you must find something
better soon found good place where
am lodged, fed, and clothed, and have
twenty francs a month. | have also
found a good woman, who, for those
twenty francs, will take care of Lucille,
and teach her needle-work. l claim my
sister"
"My boy" said the judge, ''your con-
duct is very honorable. However, your
sister cannot be set at liberty till to-mor-
row."
Never mind, Lucille" said the boy,
81 will come and fetch you early to-mor-
row." Then turning to the magistrate,
he said, Il may kiss her, may not, SIR"
He then threw himself into the arms
of his sister, and both wept warm tears
Of affection.
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A Boy That Had A Heart.

A French paper says that Lucille Rome,
pretty girl with blue eyes and fair
hair, poorly but neatly clad, was brought
before the Sixth Court of Correction
under the charge of vagrancy.
"DOes any one claim your" asked the
magistrate.
"Ah my good sir, said she, 81 have
no longer any friends; my father and my
mother are dead have only my brother
James, but he is as young as l am. 0,
sir what can he do for me?
"Here l am, sister; here l am do
lot fear!' cried d childish voice from the
other end of the court. At the same
instant, little boy with a lively counte-
nance started from amidst the crowd and
stood before the judge.
WHO are you?" said he.
"James Rome, the brother of that
IOor little girl"
Your age?"
Thirteen"
"And what do you want?"
Il came to claim my Lucille"
but have you the means of providing
for herr"
yesterday had none, but now 1
have. Don't be afraid, Lucille"
80, how good you are, james,
EWelI, let US see, my boy" said the
1.-the court is disposed TO do
all that it can for your sister. But you
must give us some explanation.
about fortnight ago, sir, continued
the boy, my poor mother died of bad
cough, Tor it was verv cold at home
We were in great trouble. Then l said
to myself, l will become an artizan, and,
when know good trade, | will support
my sister, went an apprentice to a
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Anecdotes of Dr.. Wayland.

At subsequent period of his life, he
was conversing with brother in the
ministry, who had held a number of pub
lie positions. and who remarked, "Wher-
ever | have been / have always been
thinking of something else, and prepar-
ing myself for another position. DR..
Wayland replied, II have gone on just
the opposite principle. Whatever [ was
doing, have always fixed my mind on
that one thing, and tried not to think of
anything else"
During visit to Boston, Mr.. Wayland
attended the trial of Judge Prescots
then under impeachment, and heard the
speech of Mr.. Webster. He says, 81
lost, as l suppose, some reputation, if l
had any to lose, by saying that | thought
Mr.. W. less eloquent man than DR..
Mott"
I stand to whatever God has said;
what men infer from it is merely human,
and weighs with me just nothing. As
Christian, l think | can, in my poor way,
defend what God has said; what man has
inferred from it, man may defend if he
can; am not responsible.
Only few plain people found their
way down to hear the awkward young
stranger, just settled at the North End.
No crowd thronged the long plank walk
that led from the street back to the old
and unattractive wooden Westinghouse,
nor did any benches obstruct the aisles,
as Mr.. Winslow, the sexton, with the
dignity of beadle, gravely preceded the
minister, and ushered him into the desk.
Nor was the new minister a man calcu-
lated speedily to draw a crowded house,
and impart popularity to waning inter-
est His manner in the pulpit was I'M
attractive; he was tall, lean, angular,
ungraceful, spoke with but little action,
rarely withdrawing his hands from his
pockets save to turn leaf. his eye sell
dom meeting the sympathetic eye of the
auditor. To those who conversed with
him, he appeared distracted and embar-
raised. The work of composition was
laborious, and, with his habits of study,
consumed so much time as to leave him
little leisure to via by personal inter-
course, the affections of the people.
How often have We heard him quote
those memorable words addressed by the
first Napoleon to the Polytechnic School:
"Young gentlemen, never waste half
hour: if you do, the time will come when
you will be embarrassed, and perhaps
will fail of your destiny. for want of
what you might have gained in that half
hour. life published by Sheldon g. Co.
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DR.. Brewster edited and wrote mum
Der of scientific works, besides contribu-
ting largely to all leading English and
Scotch periodicals.
1t was principally owing to Sir David
Brewster's exertions that the British AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science
owes its existence, he having proposed
the scientific meeting at York in which it
originated. In January, 1849, he became
one of the eight foreign associate men,
bers of the Imperial Institute of France,
filling the vacancy caused by the death
of the celebrated chemist, NJ. Berzelius.
He also received the Prussian Order of
Merit founded by Frederick the Great,
and in 1856 the Emperor of the French
conferred upon him the decoration OF an
officer of the Legion of Honor.
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Sir David Brewster.

The cable announces the death of Sir
David Brewster. No ancient or modern
discoverer has done more to make the
study of natural science attractive than
Brewster. Turning his attention to a
department of physical science that was
before almost wholly UNEMPLOYED, his OBJ
servations and experiments led to results
as beautiful as they were unexpected
Sir David Brewster was born at Jed
burgh, Scotland, on the 11th of Deem
Der, 1871, and was, therefore, at the time
of MS death, in the 87th year Educa-
ted for the Church of Scotland, he studied
theology at the University of Edinburgh,
became hcentiate of the Presbyterian
Church, and received the honorary de-
gree of VI. A. in the year 1900 His
tastes, however, led him to turn his at
tentiOn from theology, and he refused a
living which was offered him by the Duke
of Roxbury. While studying at Edn-
burgh, Mr.. Brewster was under the IN
struction of three of the most profound
scholars of their time-RObisOn who then
occupied the chair of Natural Philoso-
ply Playfair, the mathematician, and
Dugald Stewart, the metaphysician.
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Effects of Early Teaching upon RObber
ANEcDoTE OF JAMES MONTGOMERY, ESQ.

ANECDoTE OF JAMES MONTGOMERY, ESQ.
During the absence of Mr.. Montgome-
ry at public worship, one Lords day,
some robbers entered his house at Shelf
field, and stole, amongst other articles, a
silver inkstand which had been presented
to him by the ladies of that town. "The
loss, however, was but for time, and
proved" remarked Mr.. Montgomery,
"the occasion of the greatest compliment,
which, in my opinion, | ever had paid
me A few days after my loss, box
came directed to me; and, opening it, 10
there was, uninjured, the missing ink
stand, and note in which the writer ex-
pressed his regret that he had entered
my house and distracted it. The thief
said, his mother had taught him some of
my verses when he was boy, and, on
seeing my name on the inkstand, he first
became aware whose house he had robbed,
and was so stung with remorse that he
could not rest until he had restored NY
property, hoping God would forgive him.
The above auecdote is an encourage
ment to parents and instructors to store
the youthful mind with all that is good
for that which is learned in youth, is not
easily forgotten. The writer of this has
never forgotten the verses which he
learned at his mothers knee, and, to this
day, remembers with gratitude her solicit
tude that he might walk in the ways Of
God. Sunday School teachers should
not be disheartened if they do not i'm
mediately see the fruit of their labors,
They may, like ministers of the gospel,
often SOW in tears; but they shall reap in
JOY. A young man who had formerly
been in attendance on a Sunday School,
fell into habits of dissipation and vice
which injured his constitution, and, it is
thought, eventually induced consumption.
During his illness, his former instructions
were recollected, and his mind impressed;
he died, leaving in the minds of those
who visited him, a good hope, that he
had experienced divine change; his
trust was solely in the blood of Jesus for
pardon, and in his righteousness for eter-
nal life.
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Paying for a Bible.

A missionary lodged one night in the
house of gentleman among the noun
tains of Kerry, in Ireland In the morn
ing, as he stood beside his host, looking
over the wild and beautiful country, they
they saw shepherd tending some sheep
at little distance. The gentleman
pointed him out to the missionary.
"There is Peter" said he, zone of
the shrewdest men we have in the dis
trict."
Then the missionary went up to him,
entered into conversation, and gave him
tract in Irish A few weeks after he
and Peter met again.
GIVE swallowed the tract" said the
latter.
eff I give you an Irish Bible will you
swallow that"
II won't be indebted for it, but I'll
buy it"
"Well, I've got two or three"
"What is the price :"
"The price 1 ask is this: When God
shall strike the light and love of it in
your heart, that you will teach six men
like yourself to love the Bible" Peter
took it.
Some time after an Englishman, ac,
companied by the missionary, started
across the mountains. Just before them
was Peter.
"Och!' said he, "but your reverence
is welcome so early"
"Why, Peter, what are you doing
here"
"Sure, I'm doing honestly; I'm pay.
ing for the book p
And on the top of the mountain
where by this time it was broad day
light, he led them to haystack, behinG
which there were six Roman Catholic
men. away from the eye of the priest
waiting for Peter to teach them the wore
God.
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The Support of Ministers Widows and
Orphans.

Extract Of Letter s0rstten to the ReU.
DR.. j. Leighton Wilson, By the ReU.
Hereunder Reid, Missionary to the
ChOctaws::
| have read resolution of the Gene
raj Assembly, authorising the Commit
tee of Sustentation to aid the destitute
widows and children of ministers" etc.
The poor widows and children of minis
tiers have my tenderest sympathies. This
morning, whilst thinking of their priva-
tons and suferings, | was so affected that
| could not refrain from weeping. The
tender emotions Of my heart are excited
and tears caused to flow at any time by
simply glancing for a moment at my
motherless children, aud then saying to
myself, IF | were to die soon, who would
provide for my precious Lambs That
fathers heart must be hard indeed upon
whom such thought has no melting
power. The father who has this worlds
goods, and seeth the orphan of his broth
er have need, and shutteth up his bowels
of compassion from him, how dwelleth
the love-I will not say of God-but of
his owR children in that man? The Gen
eral Assembly directed the Professors in
our Summaries to Undue the minds of
their students with implicit faith in the
word of God This was well. All our
ministers ought to receive the Bible with
a most firm faith. | wish the Assembly
had gone step farther, and had directed
all our pastors and elders to Undue our
people with an implicit and operative
faith in those passages of the word of
God Which teach the duty and -5,reSSedNsSS
of giving literally of their substance to
religious and benevolent objects in gen
eral, and to the poor widows and orphans
III particular.
If the very words of the Saviour will
not induce those unto whom God has
given this worlds goods to open wide
their hearts and their hands unto the des-
titute widow and orphan, know of none
that will. Ny dear brother, if ministers,
elders, and people, would mediate upon
the word of God until they became "im-
bued" with an implicit faith in it, the
tithes would soon flow like river into
the various treasures of the Church, and
there would be in the Lords house abund-
ance of meat for all his widows and or
phans. And our blessed Lord, well
pleased with the sweet smelling SAVIOR of
the citations of his obedient and willing
people, would soon open the windows of
heaven and pour down so rich blessing
that there would not be room enough to
receive it.
Now to come to the point | have in
view in writing you at this time. Please
retain one hundred dollars out of my
salary for 1868 for the "destitute widows
and children of ministers. pray God
that may be able to make at least one
widows heart to sing for joy.
Southern Presbyterian.
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A5ntas.
Stars in the Daytime.

81 wish those stars were in the sky all
day long, said Fannie to her eldest Sis
ter Mary, when they were looking up one
winter night to the sky, which was COW
cred all over with brilliant stars.
$50 they are, said Mary; "Only we
can not see them, because the sunshine
outdoes their softer lights. From the
bottom of deep, narrow pit, where we
could see nothing but piece of the sky,
high up, we should perceive on this frag
ment, stars, even at noon, brilliant and
clear as we see them now. The high,
narrow walls of the pit prevent our eye
from wandering about; and it becomes
able to see those heavenly lights which
only shine when all is dark around. -
So we are often most able to feel heaven
ly joys when it is darkest about us, and
the Joys of the earth are shrouded.
Banner.
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London at Night.

\ writer in Tinsley's Magazine for
September, gives the following descrip-
ton of the view of London he obtained
by balloon ascent at night:
London, in its mass and magnitude,
in the whole of its metropolitan grandeur,
is to be seen only from the air. | have
foated slowly over it as the evening closed
in, and watched, for instance, the light
ing of the lamps. Nothing romantic in
that No; nothing particularly strik
ing, if you only survey your individual
lampighter from your window. But it
is different thing when the subtle fame
hurries along, visible in its glittering
coils for miles of streets, and claspng the
whole city in its folds like serpent of
fire. In the parks and on the bridges,
on square and streets, out in the building
wilderness that circle London, You see
the lights awaking. Lazily, remember,
We foated that night over the city, with
scarcely breath of air to move the bal
loon; and then, firing of the dead calm,
We tried for breeze by going up through
the clouds. 1t was long, even then, be-
fore We moved very briskly; but when
we dropped little to reconnoitre, behold,
London! We were obviously few miles
away from it; but there it was; and as,
earlier, We had seen the swift gas, run
ming as it seemed, from street to street, so
now, all united in one mighty glare, the
whole light of the wonderful city burnt
upon eyes that had been peering mo-
ment before through the gray folds of its
clond canonv."
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The Cultivation of Small Fruits.

The great progress which has been
made during the last ten years regarding
the culture of grapes, strawberries, cur
rants, aud other small fruits, is surpris-
ing. Perhaps we have more acres planted
in these fruits than altogether had been
planted from the commencement of the
world to the discovery of America
There is 10 doubt but We have more acres
than can be found in all the rest of the
world. And yet we have done little more
than fairly to commence. As would be
expected, many are investing time and
labor to poor account for want Of proper
knowledge, and in the aggregate their
loss must be enormous. Still, the needed
knowledge is accessible, for many skillful
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and practical cultyators are continually
imparting what they know. Perhaps the
Rev. J. Knox. of Pittsburgh, equals any,
while he excels many, particularly in
makirg the actual growing of fruit pay.
Some suppose that he has a soil peculiar
to his locality. We are satisfied that this
is not so, and that we have many millions
of acres between the Atlantic and the
Pacific equally as good as his His sue
cess seems to arise from a judicious use
of capital, study of what is required,
and a strict attention to the business
So far from having any secrets ne has
published catalogue for ten cents giving
such particulars of his methods as will
enable any one, with like application, to
be equally successful. The system of
apprenticeship has passed away, for the
reason that men who have property and
land of their own learn far more readily
than hirelings without expectations.
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Committees of Education and Publication

The General Assembly resolved that the Chair.
pan of the Presbyterial Committees on EdUcs-
ton and Publication should be regarded as
corresponding member Of the Assembly's Com.
mittees on these subjects We give below the
names of such members as have been appointed
by the Presbyteries.
EDUCATION.
East Hanouer Pres6ytery-E. II. Rutherford,
Petersburg. Va.
Montgomery J. D. Mitchell, Lynchburg, Va
Rappahannock-John W. Pugh, Wauenton. Va.
Tuscdtoosa-D d. ID. Sanderson, Eutaw. Ala.
Florida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Kacon-W. 81. Hall, Columbus, Ga.
Roanoke-J 81. Davis. Charlotte c. H., Va.
Cherokee-Dr N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Concord-G. Wilson McPhail, Davidson Col
lege, n. g.
Charleston-W E. Boggs, Columbia, S. c.
South Carolina-D. Mcneil Turner, Abbevlle
S. Carolina.
BetheI-Wiliam Banks, Hazlewood, s. c.
South ALabdma-James W atson, Selma, Ala
East Alabama-G. R. Foster, Weumpks, Ala
TuScumbia-W. 81. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Georgia-D. l.. Buttolph, Marietta, Ga.
Knorriue- james Park. Knoxville. Tenn.
Memphis--D. H. Cummns. Covngton, Tenn.
NashviUe-J. W. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
MisSiSSippi-T. II. Cleland, Fayette. Miss
North Mississippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grena
ia, MISS.
New Orleans-R. Q. Mallard, New Orleans
Red Riuer-J. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Western Terds-J. f. Martin, San Antonio, Tex.
arkansas. j. Long, Batesville, Arkansas.
Oudchitd-A. l.. Crawford, Arkadelphia, Ark.
hdian-C. c. Copeland, Wheelock, c. Nation.
PUBLICATION
E. HanOrer Pres6ytery-D. W. Shanks, Amelia
G. H., Va.
West Hanorer-E. Woods Charlottesville, Va
Aontgomery-L. II. Blanton, Salem, Va.
Roaloke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut Va.
Rdppdhannock - James I. Leftwich Alexan
ria. Va.
FIorida-W. j. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor
South Alobdma-Dr. j. II. Rice, Mobile, Ala
East ALabdmd-J. X. Hazen, Pratsville Ala.
Tuscaloosa-C. NJ Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Concord-G. d. Parks, Charlotte, n. c..
Fayetteville Mcdonald, Fayetteville, n G.
Orange. H Smith, Greensboro, y. c.
CherOkee-Dr. n. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Knorrale-T. H. McCallie, Chattanooga Tenn.
MemphiS-Wm. A. Sempe, Memphis. Tenn.
NashUiUe-J. w. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
MisSissiDpi-T Fl Clelpnd Fayet:c, Mss.
North AtsSissippi-E. NJ Richardson, Grens.
da, Miss.
s. Carolina--A. A. Porter Spartanburg, S. c.
Charleston-W. d. Adams, Charleston, 5. G.
Bethel-James Ii. Sage, Lewisville. S. c.
NeU Orleans-R. u. More, New Orleans
Red Riper-J. +. Ford, Shreveport, La.
y eStern Terds-G. G. Moore, Victoria, Texas.
ARKANSAS. W. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine Bluff, Ark
indiana. Hotchkin. Doaksville, c. Nation.
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Feeding Bees.

The first few days in spring after the bees be-
gin to fly out from their winter confnementth they
feel very anxious to commence work There is
probably about week in spring after they begin
to fly Of warm that there is nothing they can
gather from natural sources. By providing
them with material to work upon they will readi-
ly accept it, rather than run the risk of life by
trying to enter neighboring hives By keeping
finely ground, unbolted rye meal, or buckwheat
flour, before them until they can gather from
natural sources, it will prevent them from rob-
bing and start them on industrious habits Some
contend they cannot get their bees to notice such
feed. 1t should be placed in a box about three
feet long, two feet wide, and six inches in depth,
the bottom covered two or three inches deep
with the -four, with piece of old brood comb
in the center of the box, and so set that the sun
will shine directly upon it. The comb will at
tract the bees TO the box, and they viii COM
mence work more readily. Set the box in
santing position, and as they work upon it the
coarse particles will fall to the lower end of it.
Change ends with the box after they have worked
it down, and let them repeat the operation. Re-
plenish after two or three workings over. They
only work out the fine, dusty particles. 1t was
quite mystery to me how they could retain the
fine dry -four upon their legs and convey it to
the hive; but upon close examination while at
work they could be seen TO dampen their feet
and legs with their bills thereby causing the
dusty particles to adhere like the farina of flow
ers, which is gathered more readily while damp.
In addition to the preceding advantage, it start.
them to breeding earlier than they otherwise
would. 1t is well demonstrated fact that they
cannot rear their brood without bee bread,
(pollen,) and this answers for substitute.
Correspondent Rural Ne,o Yorker