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How uaek Rice.

This tropical production is not
always favorito, but oftener from
being spoiled in tho cooking than
otherwise.
Rice should be put in warm water
TO swell, on tho top of stove or in a
moderate oven, where it will not boil,
for an hour or so; then put to boil in
saited water a few minutes, after
wards pouring on rich milk and lit
tlo butter. 1t is better at this point.
to put into a pudding dish, and bake
half An hour. The addition of a few
raisins or English currants will i'm.
prove it much.
Ibis should be eaten with q thor
.onghly beaten dressing OF battcr
:asd3 sugar, favored with vino and
.nntmeg or rsweetaned cream. ~ !
Rice needs to DO thorougbly5cooked
10 Sc psiatable or digestibie; bnt ii
overdone, 90 that the kernels lose
their shapo. il becomes a sickly, unsa.
vpfy mess, re
Some enjoy Aha old fashioned rice
pndd dings with tho nsn6i. ophdinssnts
pf spless, tFait egga5 sugar, eto., But
|sI, ss sfs rsalty more inviting withouk
I. when oskad aocordlpg to. thess stsgs ~
Egeslions ssss 81
Ben tsuit e scarce sioe can d &be l,s
made q ses pretty aidd dition Jsol IN
ItsA tabls, acil asin ths naoEa,aa. s aSs.,
Itusa Into batte tered tsaenps ; sswhsn cold
tsfita out ths eont tsnas of ths iiu seyeral
Esnps oa piasfsts mi a altfla
a ths aor ofs D S each d af 81 m,
f1ils mould placinc q (
ltesspesaials sslns lind ID 81 . ssiaIjs i IS II Y si,s
Iepsnsns md 81 sRs asoea
Sor dayossd cream you si lhaYos fsn,
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PAREnTs.-In certain locality in
Nevada, is a large urea Of stone of a
peculiar character as to its component
substances, but more strikingly pecu.
liar, in having it's surface all over.
indented with the tracks Of various
animals.
These were doubtless Impressions
made there long back in The past, but
unrecorded, history OF our world,
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DIDN'T THINK.


house ono day, Imadc my..way through
the entry to tho small back court,
whcro Ned, tho only son was crying
bitterly
"Ah, Ned, what is tho matter 2"
"Mothcr won't let mo go fishing.
Harry and Tom aro going to tho har
Dor, and I want to CO." Here Ned
kicked his toes very angrily against
tho post to tho great danger of his
new boots.
"Whose littlo dog is this7 ?" 1 asked
rs brown spaniel camo bounding up
tho garden walk.
"It is minc," cried Ned in an altered
tone. Didn't you know I had ono 2"
"No, indeed. What fino fellow.
Whcro did you get him, Ncd2"
"Fathcr bought him for mo. lie
is 80 knowing, and teach him many
things. SEQ him find my knife )" and
Ned, wiping away his tears, throw
his knife into tho clover. "Thcro
Wag," said he, "now go and find my
knife" Wag plunged into tho grass,
and after great deal of smelling and
wagging, ho came ctriumphantly forth,
and brought tho knife to his young
master.
"Give it to him." said Ned pointing
to Me ; .sse' 1Essr laid it at my feet.
''This is knife worth having" said
I; "four blades"
"'Tis a real good ono," said Ned;
''fathcr gave it to mo on my birthday;
and he gave mo splendid box of
tools, too" Ned looked up brightly
and quite forgot his crying.
'Lct mo think" said I, "Was it
this knife that you hurt your feet so
with?'
ooh no." cried Ned, "that was done
with tho axe; but Two got we'll now"
II was afraid you would bc laid up
all the Spring"
"Wcll, it was mothers nursing, tho
doctor says. Mother and father took
great care Of me. It was lonely stay
ing in the house so; but mother used
to leave her work and read to me, and
father often stayed with me-"
II should think you had very kind
parents, Ned" Tho boy looked down
on the floor, and slight pout puckcr-
cd his lips. "I suppose, thcro arc
mono who have your interest and hap
piness so much at heart
"But 1 want to go fishing" muttcr-
cd Ned.
"And can't you trust them, Ned,
and willingly agree to their wishes
You may not know the reason why
they object to your going; but from
all your experience Of their kindness
and wisdom, arc you not sure that
they would not cross your wishes
without good reason for doing so?
And surrounded as you arc by so ma
ny proofs of their love, will you sit
there and murmur and cry, and fill
your heart with angry and stubborn
thoughts, because of ono little dcnial.
OF your wants? Is not this poor
and ungrateful return for their kind
tnsss IL islittae enough that q child
lean. DO fora parent, and that little hh
Isaght go do laaoss cheerfu1I sup
pose, tho best return child can make
to parents is cheerful obedience.
How small that seemsl And will
You grudgc giving that, Ned2"
! Ned looked sober. Tears started
in his eyes. "Oh, sir" said he hum
bly,, 81 didn't think of all this-I
didn't think of it,"
"Didn't think" is at tho bottom Of
o groat deal of our ingratitude and
murmuring against both our earthly
parents and our Father who is in
Heaven.-C Chiidrsn's Friend.
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THE MYSTERY OF NATURE

The works of God are fair for naught,
Unless our eyes, in seeing,
Sec hidden in the thing the thought
That animates its being.
The outward form is not the whole,
But every part is moulded
To image forth an inward soul,
That dimly is unfolded.
The ow, pictured in tho lake
BY every tree that trembles,
Is cast for more than just the sake
Of that which 1T resembles.
Tho dew falls nightly, not alone,
Because the meadows need it,
But on an errsnd Of it's own
To human souls that heed it.
The stars are lighted in the skies,
Not merely for their shining.
Bat, like looks of loving eyes,
Have meanings worth divining.
Tho waves that moan along the Shore
Tho winds that sigh ir blowing,
Are sent to teach mystic lore
Which men arc wise in knowing.
Tho clouds, around the mountain peak,
The rivers in their winding,
Lave secrets. which, to all who seek,
Arc secrets in the finding.
Thus natnre dwells within our reach.
But, though wo stand so near her.
We still interpret half her speech
With ears too dull to hear her.
Whoever, at tho coarscst sound,
Still listens for the finest,
Shall hear the noisy world 60 round
To music the d,vinest.
Whoever yearns to see Alright
Because his heart is tender,
Shall catch glimpse of heavenly light
In every earthly splendor.
80, since the universe began,
And till it shall he ended,
The soul of nature, soul of man,
al d soul Of God ore blended
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Y w. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON,

every Finlander who left tho Luther.
an Church had to leave the country :;
now tho Greek Church is placed on
an equality with tho Lutheran, and
Greek Catholics are allowed to hold
otficc.-Lutheran and Visihor.
TO BE Continued
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DEAR LITTLE READERs: A little
boy onco said to his grandma: "I
suppose l will have to be very good
now, because NC have this baby, for
mother won't want her to be naughty,
and she'll very likely be so if 1 am"
This was Il very thoughtful little boy
surely; and your friend, the editor,
wishes all little boys and girls were
so thoughtful. Most children never
think what effect their actions are
likely to produce on others.
But just stop a minute, Charlie or
Ben, as you read this, and ask your
self, "Havo / ever seen my baby
brother trying to do what he saw
me do" "Why, yes" you say, ait
was only this morning when I was
playing soldier, that 1 saw him try
to play soldier too; and yesterday,
L remember, when I was scolding
and whipping my AoJby-Aorse, I after
wards saw him trying to do like me,
and look real cross as he laid on the
whip" And little Mary and Kate
very well remember, one day, after
hey had been playing, calling on Meir
neigh6ors, and acting like real women,
how lille sister came toddling in with
nama's shawl dragging about her,,
coming up to them, shaking hand hd
saying in her baby way, askdSo 6 askdoz ssDrs D,
and trying hor best to play Indy to6: L s.
But you say, "Well, what of all
that2 think it so funny to sec
them trying to do such cute things"
Yes, so do we. And it would all be
very amusing and nice if it would end
there. But here's the danger. If
they will try to do what they sec
their older brothers and sisters do
in one thing, they will in another; so,
if you do wrong, they will likely imi-
tate you in this. And thus you teach
your innocent baby brother Or sister it's
first lesson in sin. You look in your
nOthers plass and Won 6ef, raf4ecfed
there every axnreaa;on Of vonr fso
ture. whether a ,nsi.e : Or = f,o.,n ' .
every motion of vour body wbetbs..
| sandio .,,oE;ao r.. ha,r Of vonr lind
ma, or in anger sa;sing your hand to
strike Aer. Now, your younger broth
er or sister is very. much like that
/ glass, catching and reproducinp AN An
! your moods, and looks and acts.
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THE HOG FOR THE SOUTH,

Of the multiplicity of subjects that
present themselves to tho Southern
farmer Mt this time, mono is of moro
Importance than tho hog for tho
South, sinco it is clear that wo must
raise our meat, and BY sufficient prop.
aration, judicious selection and proper
management, West Tennessee can
compare with Western Kontucky,
whore thorc is great profit realized
by raising hogs. But simply to pro-
euro hogs for fine blood, fino form and
sizo, is not sufficient to guarantee a
successful aud profitable propagation
of the same in our climate. Tho
want of success which has heretofore
attended the raising Of stock in this
country, has occurred from insufficient
preparation and want of pfopcr at.
tcntion to crossing with OUR hardy
and native breeds. Relying upon tho
propagation OF tho pure hlesod of
stock imported within our parallels uYc ;,
latitude, bred and raised within 9th
ers far from ua, impressed by differ
ent atmosphere, and subsisted upon a |
different food, will always bo fail
ure. Water is tho fishes clement, |
and he must havo water to thrive. |
Feed carniverous bird on grass, and |
it will soon die. Tho Chester, the !
Berkshire, the Grazior and Suffolk, all |
have nature peculiar to themselves.
They flourish in their own country ::
here they do not, and to attempt to |
preserve and raise the pure blood |
hero, would always be sinking busi-
ness. The Chester hog is, undoubt-
edly, tho best hog that We can pro-
euro, though a serious objection to
him is his color-he is white. A |
white hog is more easily and deeply
impressed by the dcbilitating influ.
encc of tho hot summers sun, than
tho long-haired black hog. Hence,
he is moro subject TO disease in sum-
NOR. In hot summer no gots lazy,
lies around, becomes dobilitated and |
diseased, and is moro subject to an
attack of the hog cholera, than the
long haired black hog. The Chester
hog natures early, takes on fat easily,
and carries a great deal. of flesh. We
might procure the finest Chester hogs
that Pennsylvania could furnish, give
hcm our best care and attention, en-.
deavor to propagate the pure blood,
and they would degenerate and be-
come mere scrubs; but to cross them
with our long-haired native black hog,
and be careful 10. select for breeders
those that rsblack and mos. resem.
bic tho ChcFterin form, we can pro:
cure an imptoysd stock. We have
the aptness be sts Chester to take on
flesh, comttns With tho industry
and hardihopdpfthe sele-supporting
woods Ehegsg ssh ort, ssS haso 81
4 tIaS 5 90 voty s Isl IN
se wslt a sson-
EsHHAMMoNTREE.
-Aen.phis Apessf.
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CONVERSION OF CHILDREN EX-
PECTED.

1t cannot be Gods purpose that for
fourteen or sixteen years, children
should grow up unregencrate-chil-
dren Of the dcvil-and then by q vio-
lent revolution, a conversion, q great
change Of heart and life, become his
children. If they haze grown up in
sin, we cannot be too thankful for tho
grace that converts them. But why
should they grow up in sin? Is it
not Gods injunction that we s'bring
them up in the nnatare and adm6ni-
.tion or the Lord zAnd IL wo obey
shall we not, % q rule, realize the
great promise of their pious manhood7
As q rule, we say-for exceptions
there will be, as there arc to every
law-no culture will always insure
goodness; tho tendcrcst father may
mourn his reckless and prodigal; the
holiost homo may be forsalsen for tho
far country of riotous living; but tho
exception does not abrogate the law;
piety will be the general issue of a
pious and ,wise education. Children
trained for God, will bo found Gods
children tsnurtured for heaven, they
will be found in heaven.
2 May notour want Of faith in this bo
one great reason why we so frequent.
~ fail to realize it2 Do waanDs alsi
most take for grant m siirftaaI
childhood7 Is notpgg comnacnssE
idea a child's pictS e6tsd With
conver1on in advanced, youth?
And where this is tho expectation, it
viii al:Aost necessariiy color our feel
ings, giyea hesitating character to our
efforts and dash our prayer with la
tent upbeiief. Oh, if we fully expec-
ted that our children would.b eonse-
Eerated from the womb, and trained
them and prayed for them in the.
strong, glowing, enthusiastic faith Of
snch IN expectation how. ,nneh more
of hSart, and vigofy and joy there
wohM be in training, and how much
oft ssr weshouM see blessed dresulti
arediy nothing can be moro
plural, more anbelieving moro
El EElo es. than morbid fears, almost ex-
|I ssation. that the ehildren whom
H9d gives as his ahefitage" will break
tl5 heart Of the mother thpt bore
ae1n, and bring dewn their fathers
Esy hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Ibis is tho spirit of fear and not Of
ith. ~ y
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Horses In Battle

Tho extont to which O charger
can apprchend the porils of battle
field may bo easily undcrratcd by one
who confines his observation to horses
still carrying their riders; for as
long as q troop-horso in action feels
the weight and hand of master, his
deep trust in man keeps him seeming
iy free from great terror, and he goes
through tho fight, unless wounded, as
though it wcro field-duy at home !;
but the moment that dca dist.
bling wound deprives him of his rider
he seems all at once to know what
battle is-to perceive it's l-al dangers
with the clcarncss of n human being,
and to be agonizcd with horror of
the fate he may incur for want of n
hand to guide him careless of tho
mere thunder of guns, he shows plain
1y enough that he more or less knows
the dread accent that is used by mis-
silcs of war whilst cutting their way
through the air; for as often as these
.souds disclose to him tho near passage
OF bullet OF round shot, he shrinks or
cringcs. His eye balls protrudc; wild
with fright, he still docs not most COM
monty gallop home into camp. Ills
instinct seems rather to tell him that
what safety, if any, there is for him
must DO found in tho ranks; and he
rushcs at the first squadron he can find
urging piteously yet with violence
that he too by right is q troop horse;
that he too is willing to charge, but
not to be left behind; that he must
and that he will 'tfalli in" Sometimes
ridcrlcss charger thus bent on align
ing with his fellows will not be con-
tent to range himself on that flank of
tho line, but dart at some point in the
squadron which he seemingly judges
to be his own rightful place, and strives
to force himself in. Riding, as is usu-
al.for the commander of regiment,
to do, some way in advance of his reg
iment, Lord George Paget was cspc-
cially tormentcd and pressed by the
horses which chose to turn round and
align with him.
At one time there wero thrcc or
four of these horses advancing close
abreast of him one side, and as many
,as fys en the other. Impelled by ter
regarieus instinct, and by
q bar hdbit OF raging in line, they. SO
'Aeicsef in upon Lord George asto be-
smear his overalls with blood from tho
CORY TANKS Of tho nearest intrudcrs,
and oblige him to use his sword.
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THEoDoRE's IIoRsE.-King Theo-
doro's Horse which arrived in Eng
laud on Tuesday night, was exhibited
at the Crystal Palace on Saturday.
He is small bay gelding, and certain.
~ gives put poor idea of charger.
He is about as large as good.sized
mule, thoroughly we'll built, however,
finely formed in tho fore and hind legs,
has q small head and bright eyes. His
teeth are SO far gone as to cease to give
any correct indication of his age, and
be is certainly over twenty years old.
He has no shoes, and judging from tho
appearance Of bis hoofs, which are
hard as iron, ho has never been shod.
His coat ID fue and sleeky, bus the
raane and tail have been sadly disGg-
:ured by the quantity Of relics, in the
shape. Of parcels Of hair, which have
been out off orspnlied off by soldiers
anx:ons to poasess some naeniento Of
the campaign in Abyssinia. = He.can-
tors vel, and was ridden by his captor
for nearly the, whole distance from
Magdais to zoalls, and Was fonnd ia.
markablY snrG.footed, and picked his
way With ths sagaeity which might
be expeet if an snimaI acoastpmsd Id
rough and precipi pitons roads. B 5isswas
:anohjecto intense attraefion,npwards
Eof. thonesn persons havina paid
hin sisili IN bis stable ifs tiia5 5poi,
essrrsdns az ths barls cpnoers.
room $50 81 SIS
Z;
asyeEy ssnela ere sfs fsahy, ssasfis
dssk sa M rs d lsssi sso'isisd So
III i snt 4 & S ssiss ssasal 81 81
sess dssEss S slaSlss 4
s9aIs q hsn 10 fssals g6sqaat u sEs M bpssssia
si sapjsali alioss ssa q Slsss
Lsat II 30: alone iias saaFk
g s s. hne ,tnluk s.s,sss z rzz.sl tTa11 8.
sMApls Tasy srs NE scs l, hIaens q s.
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THE SUFFERING FINLAND.
From the KirchenEietung.

spaflnSty cnuoWcu Dy nature, and yC
they are probably moro attached t
their barren and inhospitablc shores
than tho Southerncr to his favored
sunlit and flowery home. The Fin
lander clings lovingly and faithful,
ITO tho land of his fathers, and h
praises it in his ballads and simpl
.songs. Nor is Finland deprived o
beautiful scenery. 1t has lakes; i
has hills; and tho deop-bluc sea girtl
Its southern and western shores; bu
tho soil is sterile, and the northern
portion is an uninhabitcd desert
Scarcely one-twcnticth Of tho Who'll.
country is arcable, one-third is cover
cd with forest, and moro than one
third is lake and bog; tho rcmainde,
is hills, brush, briars, and swamp
Tillage is tho main branch of industry
in the southern districts, but it is both
laborious and difficult. The season
is brief; heavy rains and carly frost
blast often the expectations ii d1c nhiv I'll
.4hMslandman.
Finland comprises an area of 6,844
Herman square miles, and is divided
into eight districts. The population
lis sparse, numbering about 1,63G,915
souls. OF these 1,5s9,771 arc Luther
ans. The rest-about 5000 Russians
and 80, 144 Finlanders-arc members
of the Greek Church.
The relation of Finland to the
Russian empire, differs from that of
the Baltic provinces. In Churland,
Livonia and Esthonia, the German
conquerors became both rulers, law
:givers, and owners of the soil. The
Lifianders and Esthonians were COM
pletely subjugatcd. It was different
IN Finland. When the Swedes, from
tho middle of tho twelfth century to
the close of the thirteenth, became
masters of Finland, the rights and
privileges of the Finnish nobility
were left unmolestod; and as in SUI
den, so in Finland, the peasants were
never serfs. No animosity existed,
therefore, between the Finlandcrs and
the Swedes, while in the German
provinces of the Baltic q constant,
though vain, struggle was carried on
by the weak natives against the
strong intruders.
The Finlander is, therefore, more
manly and more independent than
the Lifiander and the Esthonian. .The
man by his pord the or by his horns"
is an old Finnish proverb, and it very
aptly describes the national character,
especially in the interior, where the
people have retained, to greater
extent, their primitive traits.
Ruhs, who was intimately acquaint-
cd with Finland and the Finlanders,
and whose book, though written
sixty years ago, affords still tho most
correct. and, reliable information of
that country and it's inhabitants that
we have, writes: "The Finlander is
shy Of strangers, tho he entertains
them Hospitality. It is, however,
worth the trouble to make adxsnaas
to him. Lathek W 9 aisiisfs
ii,s n -,
IS rom sunrise to sunset
is Satisfied with the coarsest food, and
Y sleeps hardly four hours ont of the
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anbn llanklr, a iIiiatiya Xfricad,
and dest sInsn ia ksssfgia disd
st sdeAs ia vinssills Gsy
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Mr.. Joseph Emanuel, Of Savannah
II pilot, had q fall on tug boat q m
days ago, and broke hia neck. 80
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-01
Nutiny board.
An UNSOUGHT ADVENTURE.
From Cas>ell'S Magazine.

At Sidney, towards the close Of a sultry
day in December, [ was pacing the quar-
ter-deck of H. NJ frgate Herald, when the
old quartermaster called my attention to
an unusually fine merchantmen that was
just rounding Macquarrie Point.
She was a very handsome clipper, and
as she slowly came up before the faint
breeze, her sun-blcached sails shone out in
dazzling whteness against the dark forests
of gum trees that surround the lovely har
Dor of port Jackson. Her long hull, though
low and black, was yet exceedingly grace
full, and for a vessel of her tonnage she
seemed to sit lightly on the water.
Having nothing better to do, [ resolved
to board her, and accordingly ordered the
gig to be manned.
AS with long steady strokes we approach
ed the vessel, the slovenly way in which
they were taking in sail, the general slack
ness and untideness of everything connec-
ted with her, became painfully apparent.
Not that she was worse than the generality
of merchant vessels; but leaving, the fri
gate in the magnificent order and seaman
like condition of the Herald without so
much as rope-yarn out of place, the con-
trast was so very great. On board all was
noise, hustle and confusion. The captain,
who received me courteously at the gang
way, was surprised to find, was a gentle
manly looking man.
In command of these Australian clippers,
one generally finds rough, bearish old
Scotchmen, who take pride in saying that
they " came in through the hawse holes, -
by which they mean that they were orig-
nally common sailors. Any one knowing
much about them would never doubt tn G
truth of this favorite boast of theirs.
However, in this case it was entirely
different. The captain, as l surmised, was
protege of the owners, and was accord
ingly placed in command of this vessel as
soon as he had satisfied the moderate re-
quirement of the Board of Trade.
He was most agreeable man, of good
educa IN. but totally deficient in any
strength of purpose, any firmness of will, or
quickness of decision hence | saw that he
was by no means the right man in the right
place.
After onr first meeting, we were a good
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A FLowERY AUcTIoNEER.-An auctioneer
in advertising the sale of herd of cattle in
Northumberland, observes that the owner,
from an aversion to overfeeding, has with
drawn the herd of late years ''f from the area
of competition for those bovine bays !"
which it was ouce wont to win. He then
proceeds q True TO the traditions of eighty
years, it relies not upon the apocryphal ev-
idence of bucolic mythology. Strong in
the irrefragable proofs of orthodox descent,
it invites, in the confidence of superiority,
the criticisms of the commentators upon our
domestic zoology. Acclimatized from infan-
cy to the temperature of the Cheviots this
stock may, with perfect safety, ba removed
to the highest attitudes compatible with an
imal civilization Rich in colors as elegant
in contour, the votaries of fashion, agreeing
with the common saying of Colbert, will
find that focus of attraction in Northumber-
land on the 18th of March, the Theatre
of Auction with the border of the E'lod-
den Field for a stage. and the sublimities
of the Bowmont for scenery, resplendent
in the radiance of the rosiest compilations.
a genealogical tree, with its roots deep in
a primary formation, and its stem stamped
with the autographs of the celebrities of the
shorthorns, is here submitted to public crit
icism, in the hope of due appreciation of
the produce"