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Central 3rrsbptulan,
Richmond. Va. Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1872.
SMILE WHENEVER YOU CAN.

When things don't 90 TO suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don't waste your time in fretting,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft perplexing,
lis much the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravely,
And smile whene' er you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus despoil to-day?
For when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay.
1t is a good old maxim,
Which should be often preached
Don't cross the bridge before you,
Until the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much signing,
Ifyou would keep in mind
The thought tina. good and evil
Are always here combined
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from your casket
That precious jewel-health.
And though you're strong and sturdy,
You may have an empty purse;
And earth has many trials
Which I consider worsel)
But whether Joy or sorrow
Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
10 smila ~ -na'er ven cen.
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S5Msbandtp.
Waste in Farming.

Not less than twenty per cent. of the entire capt.
tai employed in farming in this country is wasted
This is low stimate, for on manyfarms the amount
of waste is more than double the sum named
Perhaps the scarcity and high price of labor in a
few localitie may be considered reasonable ex-
cuse for this loss, but we hold that no man should
undertake more than he can accomplish without
waste. The irst and most prolific source of waste
can readily he traced to large FARMS as nine out of
every ten o. our farmers own or undertake to work
twice as much land as they are able to, with any
sort of credit or profit to themselves or others.
In spring, more corn, potatoes, and crops re.
curing culture during the period of growth, are
put in than can be attended to- and the results are
that haying and harvesting Of grain crowd upon
the boeing, ami waste occurs on all sides. Scarcity
of labor is always put forward as an excuse for this
waste, but the farmer was well aware that he could
not obtain the required amount long before his
crops were put into the ground and should have
known just how many men were required to take
care of and harvest any certain number of acres of
any particular crop. We are not disposed to ex-
cuse a man for waste on the score of ignorance
especially in farming, because the business is one
well understood,
Contrary to the general idea, we believe that the
curse of American agriculture is cheap lands, pro-
ducing low standard of farming, and encouraging
grasping disposition to possess broad acres, with
a corresponding neglect of the same when once
they are obtained. The first thought of the far
mer or his sons is, how much land can purchaser
not, how much will my capital permit me to buy
and improve? 10 ninety-nine cases out of every
hundred, man puts his entire capital into land,
and then runs ia debt for few acres more reserv-
ing nothing with which to make improvements or
purchase stock A merchant who would put his
entire capital into building, and leave himself no
capital with which to commence trade would not
deserve pity if he did fail in business; and yet this
is Just what majority of our farmers have been
and are still doing. The result of such system
is savish life for term of years in order to pro
cure stock, implements, barns, and finally, COM
Portable house for the wife and family.
Now there is but one way to remedy this wide
spread evil, and that is to own less land; make it
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Feed the Fruit Trees.

1t must be apparent to every rejecting person
that the material round about fruit tree which
renders important aid in the production of fine
fruit, of any kind, must necessarily be more or
less exhausted after a vine, bush or tree has pro
duced abundant crops for several successive sea-
sons. For example: large pear or apple tree
will frequently yield from ten to sixteen bushels Of
fruit annually. Many trees have produced more
than twice these quantities at one crop. After a
few seasons the material that the roots must be
supplied with, in order to develop fruit, will more
or less be exhausted. For this reason fruit begins
to fail, and the failure is often attributed to an
east wind, or some mysterious atmospheric infu
eDce, when in reality the sole cause is from starva-
ton, arising from an impovished soil. The RENE
dy is to feed the roots of all kinds of fruit trees
with lime, wood-ashes gypsum chip,dirt, bones,
fishes and anything that will renovate an impov-
ished soil 1t is evident that fruit trees cannot
produce fine fruit out of nothing or out of such
material as may be desirable for some other pur-
pose.
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The Union of the Past &
Londoi

In no city Of Europe 4 almost sald'
in not all of them toge can be found
more that is picturesqr interesting in
the way of architecture Renaissance.
Below the streets run lin Roman pave
ment which still sometim me to hight IN
der the pickaxe andspade orkmen; West
minister Abbey. that M um of the Eng
lish great, takes one 10 Saxon times
the gloomy Tower hae K,pt watch beside the
Thames since the Conquest the Temple
Church, with its Gro ,s-legged knights, be-
longs to the Crusades IKE intermarriages of
the Norman kings al their successors will
foreign princesses m pc traced step o.
step in the various re and royal abodes
of which vestiges rem There are gabled
ends and queer corr old and curious
as ANYTHING in BRUCE lremberg-names
and traces of pap, emacy as plain as
ANYTHING in Italy. hey are overpow-
cred. lost swallowe the Protestant,
the national, the n Most great cities
are either new or ola, Jr they are new ana
old: they have had an early season OF power
and prosperity, and then great halt, when
life has been suspended for centuries; then
another impulse initiates their vitality, and
once more they flourish and grow strong;
and between the Past and the Present there
is great visible gulf, across which one can
look from now TO then. But in London there
has been no halt, no pause, no obscure epoch,
dividing whs.t apqs from what IS. For eight
hundred r hae gone steadily on, and
each age rch has effaced the foot
steps Of vent befOre-pushed Its
pecuIisrs. es ii Of the way, elbowed its
characteristics side, thrust its lumber into
odd corners md removed the landmarks
from its own widening track. Look into the
corners, follow the byways, and you will find
fragments of them all buried deep, built in,
walled no. stiHed and strangled by the growth
of so many generations, of which the last
shall be sTst for ever. Not that London
looks neville deposit of SCOT and the &C
ton of tie atmosphere, which in England is
very destl ucl We, do away rapidly with fresh
tints and sharp edges-but it looks old, not
antique; notaew, but entirely modern. AS
with the different epochs, so it has been with
the various elements which have gone TO
make London what we see it. We know
that French, Flemish, Dutch, German, even
for brief unhappy period Spanish infu-
ences, we're potent if not paramount; and yet
so strong is the assimilating power and in
tegral vigor of the nation that all these he
terogeneous forces were taken up and incor-
porated at once; and we cannot find any
trace of time when London was not Eng
lish. The Turks, Armenians and strange
races from the Danubian provinces give vi
emma an Eastern aspect, but pour the whole
of Europe, Asia, and Africa into London,
and it would still be English.-FTOm A
SUMNER BETWEEN THE Four SEAS, By Sarah
B. Wister, IN tie September number of LIP
pincOtt's MagGziaet
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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER
THE OLDEST AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
PUBLISHED IN VIRGINIA.

A ND second in point of age, in the United States,
n having been established since January 1st, lS4l.
The best talents of the State have been engaged
upon its pages as Editors and Contributors and our
aim shall be to make it a general medium of commu.
nication among the Farmers and Planters of every
section of the country.
1.-The Southern Planter and Farmer has gained
the reputation ofbeing OF the best Agricultural
Journals of the country We earnestly
advise our patrons to subscribe to this Journal which
is devoted exclusively the farming interest of the
couutry-ReligiOuS Herald.
1t will be mailed to subscribers the first of each
month at 81 per annum, in advance
Specimen copies sent on receipt of 25 cents.
Address JOHN W. RIS0N,
Editor and Proprietor,
No. 2, Columbian Block, Richmond, Va.
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WHAT A CONCENTRATED THROB WOULD
Do,-A mans total outward work, his whole
effect upon the world in "a hours, has been
reckoned about $50 foot tons. That may
be taken as good "hard days work. -
During the same time the heart has been
working at the rate of 120 foot-tons. That
is to say, if all the pulses of day and night
could be concentrated aDd welded into one
great throb, it would be enough to throw a
ton of iron 100 feet into the air; and yet
the heart is never weary.
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He took the cup of life TO sip,
But bitter twas to drain;
He meekly put it from his lips,
And went 70 sleep again.
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AN Ice LENs.-It is interesting to observe
that radiant heat from the sun may be col
lected into focus by means of an ice lens,
and yet produce all the effects of an ordi-
nary burning-glass. Such lens, for exper-
iment, may easily be made by placing fat
cake of ice upon warm concave surface
of metal or porcelain dish, such as an evap
Grating dish used chemists; as soon as
one side has assumed the proper form, the
ice must be turned to make both sides alike.
Any sunny, crisp, frosty morning will be
suitable for this experiment; from which we
learn that in Northern regions it would be
quite possible to raise fire without matches
"a fact not altogether unworthy of being
known.
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Subscription price $3.50 per year payment u
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for expires.
In connection with this journal there is published
a WEEKLY SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON, on
the graded SYSTEM containing the same questions as
those published in the ChildrenS Friend, with the
addition of brief, comprehensive EXPOSITION, and
other helps for parents and teachers.
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7. BAIRD, D. D., Editor, and all orders sent to
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In GERMANY the secular schools have
heretofore been decided opponents of the
Sunday Schools. About a half century ago
one was started by the piouS English wife of
a German clergyman, but it was prohibited
by the Board of Education, with the sapient
remark, "How can they give instruction
until t'ey have received license from the
GOVERNMENT" Opposition is still encoun-
tered from this source, and efforts have been
recently, made to induce Won Muller to in
terfere with the work. He wisely has de-
cliued to do so, and the Sunday School
ScIioc4 work is steadily spreading through
out Germany. The secular school, in an
other half century perhaps, will accept the
Sunday School as one of its most efficient
allies.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.-0n
" and after JULY 1st, PASSENGER TRAINS
leave Richmond Sundays excepted) as follows:
$3.50 A. M.-MAIL TRAIN for the White Sui
phur Springs, connecting at Gordonsville with the
Orange, Alexandra and Manassas train for Wash
ington and North, and Lynchburg and South.
4:45 p. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN lex
cept Sunday for Gordonsvile, arriving at 1926 P.
NJ. on Saturdays through to Stanton, arrv-
ing at IL 2. M. This train connects at Gordons
vile with the night trains on the Orange, Alexan
dria and Manassas Railroad for LYNCHBURG and
WASHINGTON.
A train leaves Gordonsville Except Monday at
els A. NJ. for White Sulphur Springs, arriving at
lie P NJ.
Through tickets, at low rates, sold to all points
Northwest and Southwest.
Storage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Havre, Ro:ter
dam, Bergen, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg, to all
points on this road can be bought of the General
Ticket Agent at Richmond, or can be ordered
through any station agent on the road.
Further information may be obtained at the COM
pany's Offices A. II. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
j. F. NETHERLAND, General Ticket Agent.
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GOING EAST.

Train No. 2, Through Mail and Express) leaves
Greensboro daily at a. M; leaves Danyllle daily
at 4:4O a. M; arrives at Richmond daily at l2:45
p. m.
Train No. 7, Through Pessenger) leaves Green's
boro' daily Except Sundays) at lilo a. m; leaves
Danville at l.52 p. M; arrives at Richmond at $3.50
p. m.
Train No. 9, Qynchburg Pessenger) leaves Lynch.
burg daily at a. M. leaves Burkevile at 1906
D. m arrives at Richmond at 3:45 p.
Trains Nos. and 10 connect at Greensboro with
Trains on n Carolina Railroad for all points South.
Train No 10 connects at Greensboro with train
for Raleigh; arrives there at 1905 a.. Passengers
leaving Raleigh at 7.15 m, connect at Green's
boro' with train No. for Richmond.
Train No. connects at Burkeville with Train on
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad tor all
points Southwest and South.
Lynchburg Accommodation Train leaves Rich
mond at 4:55 p m daily Except Sundays arriving
at Lynchburg IN time TO connect with the Morning
Passenger Train on the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad for the southwest.
Passengers coming east leave Lynchburg after the
arrival of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Pas.
senger Train from Bristol, and arrive ~ Richmond
at 9:48 a. m.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
South west can be procured at the ticket office in
Richmond, and of K. +. WALKER, Agent of AT.
lantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, No. 1875
Main street, Richmond
JOHN r. MACMURDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. R. TALCoTT, Eng'r and Supt au 10
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KELLOGG & GIBSON.
Importers, Wholesale and Retail dealers in
CHINA, GLASS, EARTHENWARE,
and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
No. 1907 Main street, Richmond, Va.
We have removedto the large and elegant Store
lately occupied by Messrs. Butler d Son, where,
with increasing facilities and much larger STOCK,
we are prepared to offer to our friends and the
public, a complete assortment of goods in our line
at very low prices =,
With grateful thanks for the very liberal patron
age extended to us heretofore, respectfully soh
cit continuance KELLOGG i GIBSON,
ia lS-tf No. 1907 Main ST., Eagle Square.
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hood. The teacher in such school is one
of band doing mighty work for our
country, for the souls of children, and for
the honor of our common Lord.
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THE CHILDREN's FRIEND.
This is Sabbath School journal, published by the
Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
RICHMOND, Va.
1t is designed to make it an instructive and enter
tanning paper for general circulation in Sabbath
Schools, and contains nothing offensive to any
evangelical Church. In each issue is published a
WEEKLY LESSON, on the graded system, making
1t convenient means for family and Sabbath School
instruction.
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Larger packages at same rates.
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advance
Communications should be addressed to Rev. E.
7. BAIRD, d. D, Editor, and orders for the paper
to j. D. K SLEIGHT, Business Agent.
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THE EARNEST WORKER.

In the Sabbath School and in the Family.
Is a weekly jour for Sabbath School teachers and
Christia rents, published by the
Presbyterian Committee of Publication.
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INVENTED BY

7 IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR LAND
SURVEYING.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

UHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
UP DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-Street station, ]
p. m.
UP NIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd Street station,
$40 p M, Except on Sundays.)
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad-Street
station p m. Except on Sundays.l
DOWN DAY MAIL arrives at Byrd-Street sta
ton. 33 p. m
DOWN NIGHT MAIL arrives at Byrd
station, 1850 p. m. Except on Mondaysl
DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives at
Broad station. 837 a. m. Except Sundays.)
Accommodation Train runs to Milford only.
Travellers bound west Via Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will by taking the 1920 p. m. mail hence
connect with the 9 II p m. train at Relay House,
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. By the 8 p.
M they will connect with the 20 a. m, at Relay
House, on the same road-the former being the
quicker line for points west
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RICHMOND, May l, 1872.

THE DAY MAIL TRAINS Uia the above route
now run to QUANTIC0 in lieu of Aqua Creek.
The schedule will otherwise remain unchanged until
further notice. Passengers breakfast and dine on
boat Ed. L. d. MYERS,
my2 General Superintendent.
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d ichmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
~ Route.

O6HtIdI II5IsIIV dIlu IIOhCV 5OIIV'
T. M. R. TALCoTT, Eng'r and Supt. au Is
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Bab7,s Epitaph.

TE Missionary.
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COIN, STERLING, BANK NOTES, BONDS,
STOCKS, INLAND BILLS, &c.
COLLECTIONS made on ell accessible points in
the United States, Canada and Europe
STERLING BILLS drawn on Messrs. Barring Bros.
& Co., London, from 81 upward.
EXCHANGE on Northern Cities, payable in Coin
or Currency, in sums to suit.
DEPOSITS received, against which checks may
be drawn as with the Banks.
OFFICE HoURs-From A. NJ, to P. M.
ap Ivy
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NEUEAL BEAUTIES AND CRY BELLIES
Country girls are not whit behind their met
ropolitan sisters in natural elements of love
illness, but II must be conceded that the city
bellies hest unlers tand tIe art Of preserving
aud heightening their person al beauty
The most perfect features lose half their at
traction unless the complexion is proper y
cared for, and If the pretty girls of the rural
districts wish to compete with the ''F'air
stars" of the fashion able world to refined at
fractions, they must pay due attention TO
this important point. They ought to know
for the fact is notorious that Hagan's Meg
nolia Balm imparts to the skin delicate,
pearly appearance unproduceable by any
other preparation under the sun. No mat
ter how the curtice may have been rougben
ed by exposure or discolored by the sun, the
Balm will render il soft and pliabe, and
removes every blenish.
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Reunion Tenth I.os,t p. Il. C. v.

MERCER. Pa, JUNE lsT, 1872.
At a reunion of 10th P. r. c. Vols, held
in Mercer in last June, 1t was resolved to
hold<tb next re union at stonebore, Mercer
county. Pa, on the jamestown aud Frank,
lin Railroad, on Friday, June goth, and that
the entire regiment be invited TO participate
With view to making these re unions Rcgi.
mental affairs.
Hon. John S. M'Camont, the first Colonel
Of the Regiment, was chosen orator Of the
day, with Hon. Geo. W. M'Crackeu as alte =
nate, and General A. J. Warner, hisori-
uu.
On motion, Captains Shipler, Tanner
and Whistler were appointed a Committee
Of Arrangements, and members of the Regi-
ment designing 10 attend the reunion
should at once SO write to the Committee
at Mercer.
E. L. GARVIN, Secretary,
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

Will be received by the Board of Directos
OF Cornplanter. until June 22nd, at l2
o'clock. ioi BUILDING THREE SCHOOL
HOUSES in said Township, one at Silver.
lyville, one at Columbia Farm, aud one at
Kane City. Separate proposals must b
made for each building.
The Board reserve the rights to reject any
or all Of the bids.
Plans and SPECIFICATIONS may be had on
application TO Gro. ii. DIMoND. Secretary
of the Board, Oil City, Pa. Office at FoI's
Planning. mill p. o. Box l,Gs2.
ltd,