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v» waves-1w »- '._‘ 123nm]. .A THE VACANT CHAIR. There'is‘no home, no earthly horneâ€" However bright and clear, Buthas‘. some aching bursting heart, ‘ It has one vacant chair. And seldom is’a’ table spread : With costly viands rare. But tearful eyes will sadly gaze 'Upon our vacant chair. an'o there were hearts which gladly beat, Allufree from pain and care; Now crushed. oppressed. they sadly gaze ’ Upon one vacant chair. '_ _ Once hopes ,were bright, and fortune smiled ‘ Upon a happy pair; A noble boyâ€"an only childâ€"t , Now filled the vacant chair. Hosported mid the wild-wood flowers ' And pulled each bud most rare;- ' But evening found him at his books, 'Within his little chair. Ah ! Death had marked him for his own. That idle boy so t'air, ‘ ' And left deserted ones to gaze Upon his vacant chair. Fond hopes are crushed, the world a blank, Hearts filled with gloom despair, AI tearful eyes are fastened on i. That angel’s vacant chair. . But Heaven’is filled with changeless joys Yos.-banisli every care, crushed, bleeding hearts not ’there’ll be found For there’s no vacant chair. Elititt’tihttt. [Forthe York lleraid, MEDICAL bTUIIEI‘iT’S FIRST ADVENTURE. In early youth Ihcquircd, a taste" for books, an. as ladvunccd in, years my passion for reading corn: tinucd to grow stronger and stronger As might be expected of a boy'of my 'studious hubits, I made \ery good progress, considering the dit-‘ A -V/\_/-.-/ v \z“., ALEX. SC OTT, Proprietor. versation. ' occasion. AURORA AND RICHMOND HILL ADV \.. V‘»"\¢ \/*\./\/\/\_r\~»\/\_r ‘Yes,’ I replied in a ‘ Well,’ be con- tinued. ‘I have but very few in nquly carry them off, but there is in the dissecting-room a lower extre- mity (a leg) which you can have ; it will do you good, for you Will have the advantage ofcxamining its various parts, and observing pre- crscly the relative position of the bones for study. If you will take it. Come to my office on Saturday evening next, and [shall let you have it.’ I thanked him as politely asI could, and promised to be on hand. The appointed time arrived. It was a vet and unpleasant evening, and a memorable One in the history of my life. I may forget many inr- portant events, but I never can for- get the misery I endured on that I boarded in the house of a worthy mechanic, whom I shall call Mr. Palmer"; from him I got a horse and buggy. It had rained al- most incessantly for a day or twu, and; consequently“the road leading to Yonge Street was all but impos- sible; the mud was deep, and pools “V sw- \_/ VWWW V\.r\_/\rW\rv (if: water flooded the road in many pld‘cc’s. However, I resolved to make out my point ;' nothing daunt- ed, olf I started, and in an hour or .so made my entrzriit‘c into the vil- lage. I made directly for the doc- mi‘s oilice. l was told by a ' hard looking case,’ that ho was not in, ficulties of various kinds which I had to encounter. No sooner had I emerged from boylrotrd, than I was found competent by my educa- tion to hold an lttipm‘ltint situation, which of course I accepted.â€", While thus engaged I \vasin receipt. of not a bad S-tlill'y, and bud plenty}, 0” lime I" “W’- Tl‘lsa hO‘VUVel's but would be in the cou*se of half did trot satisfy my ambition. I err-,3,” hm]... [ drove up street in order .Icl'lilmc‘l 3” l‘lc“ "1 ” rising in llle to spend the lmlt'hour pleasantly ; I world.” Like too many of Cit-’djd “my ho\\'cvcp‘ proceed fur when nutla’s fast sons, I thought that in ' “ms “,0, 5V ,1”, ducmr, who very order I“ “"50” I I‘m“ bi3"””l’~?.iinccrcmonidUslv shouted ‘Mr. ‘3”"0" “ in“? W "f ‘1 (inl'lm'i l “'“S ’ ()ooncr. come dbwn to the ollicc ’â€" zrlways ready for :r r_iiscr_i~'sion orrqpphipm', swim, ,, “MM, [wheclcd P") ” mum" "‘“l ("3”"»"‘l"“’” 0" ll‘cs“ :.;;bout. and in an fruitless attempt at Vlm’fcssmmi “‘“l "(’“Sl‘lm'ml I’ll“ “I” kccpirrtz up \\llll him, dcaâ€"lt inV poor tainment of either one the highest lhmso {same seven, MSij "Night flight of a lllilll’S ambition. , lint“; was “M’V ,,,),,,.U,L,,,l,;,,g. and i, ,j,,.‘,,,,_ which should I study? This Wusi,,,,,(,,p,,,q,e {,mw‘durk. 1 advanced “"W ll)” grill” ‘Vl““Sll"“'l" b“ "91"itr'i' the oliicc (thin, and was met b." "’l‘lc‘l- A‘l'lfl‘ ‘ll'gl‘ll'ls’ Ill" ‘l'-“’5’~;“1” ‘rr nrnn 'whosc hutre ll’lUUSlittillC) “'l'h “‘0 Will’s “l my mom l’." "Iii-{I'd I whiskers and long gown, painfully and the bed'l’OSls by Willi!” ll’r reminded mei1'cr‘lfrl’fpersonugc “ho months together, I determined on- studying medicine. \‘v’ilh 2t nnnd full of prejudices. it is strange” how Iarrived at such a conclusion. At my father’s tir‘cSrdc I had listened to Izorrifying tales of the cruelties prac- tised by doctors; I had heard them, described us'u class ofd’renrtlessl wretches, nttcrlv destitute of‘cithcrr morals or religious principles. , This, in addition to stories about body- snatching, the adventuresfo resurw rectionists, the interposition ,of ghosts and disembodied beings in general, served to make an unfavorable i'm- pression upon my mind, and caused me to entertain many strange no- .tions about the profession. As I- mingled in society I found that -' the‘ common people especially held VIC'WS similar to my own. I now began to be somewhat inquisitive about the nature of the professron,I and the charch brought against its members,when on a thorough exa- mination of the facts, the only charge against doctors was found to be this: that they made use of the remains of departed persons for the fbenefit of the living. Certainly,l said, (as I mused) that is no crime. ~ When my neighbor breaks a leg, he goods for the surgeon _'and not for - me. Why sol Because the sur- goon has studied all about the broken, bone, and, knows exactly how to place it. A very good reason, to be sure. Very well then, I argued, it his otlice costume. shall be nameless. M’lrcn light was procured l recognist this person as my good friend the doctor, who had made his entry a few minutes pre- viously, and just had time to assume No one was to ivitness the next: scene, so the doctor sent off to supper an acquaintance who happened to be in the office.â€" He then remarked, ‘I suppose, Mr. Cooper, yen have come for that ex- trcmrty l’ ‘ch,’ was my quick re- sponse. Instantly he passed out through a back door. and in a few moments rcturrnbd, bearing the ar- ticlc, which I-a‘ml'svure some day supported the colossal proportions of a six-footer. Hp advanced to where-I was sitting,’and requested the to take it in charge. By this time the perspiration had oozgd through every inch of my skin, and was rapidly filling up my boots, which made admirable cisterns.â€" Vv’hcn I rose from my seat to comâ€" ply with his request, I trembled from the crown of. my head to the sole of my feet. l.just could mus- ter strength enough to walk out to. my buggy with the extremity-«â€" which by the way: was not very weighty, it being” minus a consider- able portion of its former dimen- sionsâ€"41‘ feared that some one would pass on the'st‘reet as I got out to put it in my conveyance, but, luckily no eye was upon me.â€" .is equally necessary 10 "now every (lines and whip, and strut'ted home- part of the body, and that know? "ledge cannot be obtained without a *‘subject.”, Though I had now di- vested myself of groundless pre- judices, yet. there lurked in my brain small impressions of the original stampâ€"something that is more easily , imagined than described. 0 'I now resolved to commence my studiesâ€"but in a private way; I communicated my intentions to a .medical gentleman residing a'few miles distant. Anatomy,he told me, was the first study, and advised me “to commence without delay. "New Without saying a word I seized the ward. So great was my embarass- ment, that I did not bid the doctor- a ' good night.’ I was soon out of, the village, and as soon found myself without moon, lantern or any other" congenial companion. ing through the village the light emitted by the windbws of the houses, illuminated my path. I was soon deprived of that enjoyment; I now found myself surrounded by the impenetrable darkness. I could not see four test in any direction, save where the window of a cottager emitted the light of the burning came the tug of war. Human bones I never had seen, but it must be so no longer. One night] visited a sick 1’ person in my neighborhood; during my visit the doctor above referred to called to see his patient. After at- tending to the sick he came into the parlour and said, ‘Mr. Cooper, a word if you please.‘ I followed “Eng!” _Wllh pu’S‘3 beating highfmd ghosts, but no w I could almost see muCh»~agllaWdi for 1 had aQOOd Idea the ghost of the six-footer, , whose l was the scene of my ()per'a.tioris..â€"tI 10 fix me- candle. Nothing could exceed my misery at that moment._ Tire rain was descending in torrents, the mud was deep, the night was the darkest I e-verhad seen. Everything unit- ed to make me the .most miserable of living mortals. Strange thoughts intruded upon my mind; [never before believed in the existence of While (lriv-i \_/"\/’ WVW yrs, *V‘ GATE AND ADVERTISER. .xu/V "‘ Let' Sound Reason weigh more with us than Popular Opinion.” of what would be the subject of con- right extremity at every jott gave W'hcn we had Walked n a loud tap on the bottom of the little distance from the house, he buggy. said ‘you want some bones, Nr. Cooper.’ tremulous voice. I now tried the virtue of prayer, but it was-to no purpose. My prayer seemed to partake more of the nature of blasphemy than fer- proper order, for my Students conti- vent devotion to Him whom I was accustomed to worship. All being lost in this direction for the time, I feared that the six-looter was joined by a fellow-traveller, and that the spirit world had determined on my destruction. I pray ed again, but to no better purpose. 'I said, ‘O God be merciful to me once more ; dclrcver me, I pray thee, from allj evil, and support me in this hour of need.’ Of course this was not heard, for it was alloyed with too many other thoughts of a sinful nature.â€" As I drove slowly over the rough and muddy roadl thought of the words ‘Jordon is a hard road to travel, I'bclieve,’ and I earnestly wished I had the moral courage ‘ to roll up my sleeves’ and shout, ‘victory or deatlr.’ _ As I 'thus mused and began to be somewhat composed, I was startled ‘at the sound of the words 'good,cvening. sir,’ us they were uttered by the gruff loud voice of an invisible per- son. Instantly my hair stood upon an end, my heart was ready to leap out, and my whole frame was con- vulsed with strange emotions.â€" VVithout uttering a response, I im- mediately applied the whip to my horse in such a violent manner as to cause him to leap and rush forward with the speed of a greyhound, and setting alloat a perfect torrent of mud and water. I was not long in reaching Mr. I’alrncr"s'gute. I now fancied all would be well, but I was doomed to grievous disappointmcnt. I feared the inmates would detect the poor smuggler and brand him with eternal infamy. I therefore re- solved to enter the yard as quietly as possible, that I might not be ob- served. On arriving at the gate I got out to open it, but just as I made :1 loop out of the buggy, my left hand caught in the braces of the seat; were my ‘shsrnks’ one inch shorter I am sure my lingers would have been broken, for as it was, I suffered the most excruciating pain. ‘ O, my God,’ I exrtlrrimed, ‘ when am I to get out of my present, trouble and misery.’ At last I re- covered somewhat, and led the horse up to the stable door unobserved.â€" Tlie next thing to be done, was to conceal the calamity. I had previ- ously decided to hide it in the hay, loft, which I proceeded to do. Byl feeling I found the door, which I opened ; next I seized the extremity, and had just got it in the stable when I received a tremendous blow on the head that made me roll like, :1 drunken man. Oh! what a wretched man I am. What on earth induced me to commence the! study of medicine! This is studyâ€"l ing medicine! May God speedily} deliver the from such a study. This was the silent language of my heart, as I strnigthened my much enfcebled and almost pr‘Ostrntc body to make a fresh attempt at concealing the cx-t tremity. At last I got to the top of the laddcr,and then crawled over the hay, carrying the leg in one hand and feeling the way with the other. It is beyond the power of a pen to de-l scribe or iinagir’ration to conceive thel state of my feelings while thus en-' gnged in the darkhay-loft. Ifeared lest every moment should be the last. ldrcnded the hand of some IIIVIthlC demon in that dark hole.â€" However, I buried it deeply in the' hay, and then returned without re- ceiving further bodily injury. Af~ ter giving myself breathing time, I made for the house, thanking Pro- vidence for my return. Mrs. Pal- mer was sitting at a table busy with some work. She" looked at me in astonishment, and said ‘ \Vlry, Mr. Cooper, what on earth is the matâ€" ter ; you are all of a tremble P' Noâ€" thing serious, was my reply. I have : been out in the mud and rain, and in addition to that, I have just received a'heavy blow on the head,which hap- pened accidentally when in the stable; the consequence is, I sup- pose, that I appcar somewhat ex- ,cited. The explanation was not sa- tisfactory, but nothing more was said. In :1 day or two my Senses re- turned to me, and I then calmly contemplated the whole matter. I accused myself'o‘f folly and coward- ice, and resolved to make amends for my past misconducts. For seâ€" veral evenings in succession a dim light was seen in the remotest cor- RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY, Mr. Palmer was not long fathoming land has to sew for us. by peace-meals. I wish ’twas always summer, George the secret; he watched my dark lantern mOVements very closely, and ‘ soon became’acquainted with the; whole matter". He made no secret of his discovery; indeed to my- mortification he told it to every-i body. In the short space ofia week I became a terror to Mr:- Palmer’s family, as well as. to‘ the Whole: neighbourhood. ’I' was the subject of conversation whenever two or three happened to meet. I was' denounced as a heartless wretch, unfit to enjoy the benefit of chrisr tian society. This took me down: a .notch or two. Finally I deter-, mined to try the Virtue of a fulll explanation of the whole affair.â€" Tho bones being properly prepared, I invited any that would to exa- mine them. Ishowed how neces- sary it was to know all about the human system, in order to be able; to cure the various diseases to which ‘ it is subject, I spoke of the wisdom of the Creator, as displayed in the formation of the mechanism of the human frame, and of the superiority of Nature over the boasted works of man. The effect of this course' was truly marvellous. I regained the esteem of all my former triends, and am now allowed to study unmo- lested. The extremity which OCTOBER 5, 1860. lect a full and jcomfm‘table suit for family. " You‘are a good boy said,’ cried he. know it, mother,’ he answered, in a gentle tone; ‘ Oh, I know, and it is so rough in me; aunt. will you for- give me speaking so .97 aunt and mother, both smiling. George on his return, bringing home like the tropics geogi'aphy’tclls us abouL’ , . j: ‘ I’oor Jed,’ saiduGeor-ge ’ to him- self, as he ran homegiifpoqr fellow. poor fellow.’ ‘ Mother,’ he cried, as be bounded info the house with his gloWing cheeks, ‘ [Want to make up a bundle of my 'clot‘ne's, ’f'or Jed Little; quick, mother, ,guick‘.’ is dinncr~timé,’h said his aunt. ‘ Din- ner I’ cried the eager boy; ‘what do] care about dinner when peer Jed Little is, freezin‘g’l’ But his'moé ther quieted his impetuosuy ‘un‘til . after dinner, when’shewent up stairs with him and gave him leave to se- the boy. George shouldered the bundle, and took’in his othdr hand a. tin pail full ofdinner for the'd'estit‘ufd his aunt. ‘Good, I am not good, I’ve not a spark of goodness in me,’ ‘ My child, how you speak toyour aunt,’ said his mother gent- ly, laying her hand on his head. ‘I ‘Go,’ said ‘I have had a good visit,’ said .__._..»._â€"-r ‘tt‘; WV TERMS :- $1 50 In Advance. ,5 :.Wholc No. 97’. (. cuss... ’R‘Ars; ‘_' We lately ’Itravelled overlie ‘ large rpo‘rtronliof: this State, and find grievous complaints of rats every- ‘ where. Onefarmertold us that they destroyed "each year more than one hundred dollars worth ofi’his’ crops; and some 'of his neighbors, he de- ' clared, were even worse off than he. The yidestr‘oy the'newly planted corn ears just fit for boiling. and make 'sad havOe in the cribs. They bur- Erow in corn shocks, and in grain ‘staCks o'fall kinds. They undermine doorsteps,‘gnaw through partitions. and play the very mischief with cel- lars. Illinois loses $3,000,000 'a'year by them, besides the'annoyance. Now, we are not going to f offer any new remedy. We have traps, and exterminators, and all such con- trivances; and they proved to be a vanity and a vexation ofspirit. The rats Seemed to grow bolder when they saw what futile means we em- ployed to destroy them. Try cats. You say you have tried them, and they won’tdo. them? Did you ever train neat to kill rats? Certainly not. Do you keep dogs? Of course. Did your neighbors have dogs winch ran at large? Yes. Then you have never tried cats, and you dont know any- thing about the matter. Cuts need How have you tried ’ MORE" MANURE. , Did any farmerjs‘ ever know ,0 hour of d farmer who" ac'cu‘mulkt’ét on his farm all the manure that be possibly could? It is thoughgtgay so’in‘e‘ good people that this w (I must ul‘.imately become worn out and barred by cropping. It certainly w’o‘uldfif farming was everywhere c‘afr'icd bit as inseme of our thrived less‘ slaVe states, but so long as every ' available fertilizer is freely.- used, that result is‘impossible, Liebig to the contrary notwithstanding. This is the great point, to which all experic ence abroad and at home bears arm- ple witness that our attention must bemaiply directed in order to secure a system of agricultural that is not exhaustive. If We can procure m‘anure enough to get really go« d ‘ci'ops, fromfour‘ land now, we can mike “and procure enough to main« tair‘i’ these creps, in‘ all probability. What'is true l-Of all pursuits-e-ttre rarest cases ofxapparjpnt chance alo'n'e excepted-4s, ’. we bélicvc,f_‘equ'ally~ tryu'e' in farmingyâ€"If we do our very best in. the present, the future, viii l to a great degree take care of itself. A high authority says: As a general rule these forms are undergoing the exhausting skinning process fastest, where the crops are and have been the smallest. Go do with their draining and d'cep plow-r ing, and “exhausting tillage,” just so long as you get increasing fertiliâ€" ty to reward your labors,- but at the same time add these substances which you remove, or stand ready to do so the moment or rather juSt before the supply in the soil is too much exhausted. If you fail in your' calculations and nycar or two crops; drag hard upon the supply, the worldi will not come to an end; there is’ manurial material enough left in the‘ soil and at large in the world, and a little time and preper additions will make all right. Tlrrs is not a desir- able condition of things, certainly; but it is much better to be able to caused me such pain and misery at first is now an object of delight and curiosity, not only to me, butalso to Mr. Palmer’s family. m WHAT A SUIT or CLOTHES CAME 'ro. a serious, thoughtful, and softened look with him. ‘ Jed could not speak, he only looked and looked; his moth- er did the thanking. I did not want thanks, only it seemed to do her good. Jed grabbed my hand when I came off, and squeezed it so; ‘ some take all out of the soil that you choose, than to be able only to take a certain limited portion. trainingâ€"Loot as dogs do; but they need training. Raise them in the barnâ€"énot in the house. Prepare for them comfortable sleeping quar- ters, Do not let your children play with them. Feed them moderately, Ho TO PREVENT THE POTATO DISEASE.â€"â€"â€"I\’IGSSI‘S. A. Hardy and but do not starve them. If your Sons, scedgrowers and merchants, ‘ Mother,’ said George Maxwell, ‘there’s a poor boy in our school who I wish had some of my clothes. The boys call him Pinch, he looks so pinched; but he is real clean. his knees and elbows are well patched: he was derendfully cold in school to- day; I know he was, he keptshivcr- ing so.’ , ‘ The poor do not “suffer half so much from cold as we think for,’ said his aunt; ‘ they get used to it.’ ‘ Let’s see you try it,’ cried George. ‘ Hush, my son,’ said his mother. ‘Well mother, just as if tlcsh and blood would not feel such weather as this, with only a thin strip of old cloth time or other,’ said hcâ€"and that was all he could say.’ Twenty years or more passed away, and a poor miner was taken fromone of the Sacramento boats and landed atSan Francisco. Poor, friendless, and sick, he was scarcely able to Walk, and sank down on a box of goods under a shed. 1n the hurry nobody noticed him, or notic~ ing him, thought it worth while to inquire into his misfortunes. At last, when the bustle began to lull, a couple of men came along. "l‘here’s that poor fellow,’ they said; ‘ he is never likely to see his home again.’ ‘ Who is it ?’ asked a third. ‘Don’t know his name,’ answered OIIC. Maldon, Essex, who write dolefully of the incessant rains in that part of England, thus speak with respect to the potato disease :â€"-“ Pray do, as soon as symptoms appear of the plague spot in the leaves (it is too late when it is far advanced), advise all to adopt our plan by cutting every atom of the stalks oil close 10* the ground, and clearing them away. None are scarcely saved here but by this ‘ amputation or sort of phlebor tomy of the stalks and roots, so as to' kill them at once and to stop putrc-- faction,’ which we recommended in years gone by. Most of our own, though small, are saved by this exw pedient, also by planting them on' dogs chase or worry them, kill the dogs. If strange dogs race over your fields, sheet or poison them. Cats will not hunt, when curs threat- en their lives every time they ven- ture a rod from home. Raise them in your houses, and they will give up the burns to the rats. We have known them to scour the fields for halt a mile around, and woe to the rat or mouse that was out of its hole; but there were no dogs to scare thorn, and they were not spoiled by children. . Haifa dozen cats are not too many for an extensive farm yard. \Ne know two or three such cstablish~ ments in which a rat or mouse has between thorn. Aunt is covered with flannel from trend to foot; no wonder she dosn’t know what cold is.’ Geor- go and his aunt were not apt to agree and the worst of it was, they did not agree to disagree. ‘ What is the boy’s name besides Pinch.” ashcd his mother. ' Jed Little.’ I guess he has no father, and I do not know where he lives. I only know he isa good fellow, and real pitiful this weather.” ‘ Well,’ said Mrs. Maxwell, ‘if you can do anything for him, I should be very glad tolrzive you.’ " Good,’ cried George turning to his book again; ‘ before to-morrownight I'll take the shiver out of poor Jed, ifI can.’ He could new study better. Jed was not at school the next forcnoon. George asked where he lived; none of the boys knew, none at least that he asked. After school the master told him, and away he scnmpered to find him. It was an old block of buildings in another part of the town, which he made a business to search through and through when he got there. Pre- sently there was a tap at one of the basement windows, and George spied .ch's face at one of the squares. ‘Hallo,’ cried be. Jed came to the door and pecpcd out. ‘ Where you bound. down here 'I’ he asked. ‘ Looking upyou, old fellow,’ said George. ‘ Mother is lining my trousers, and I’ve got nothing to wear while she is doing it,’ said the boy; ‘I cannot go out, so you come in.’ George went into the little room where the Littles lived-a poor wid- o.v with four childrei, whom the long winter was pinching to the very extent of their scanty means. Such a box of a stove, George thought, and about a porringer of potatoes; and Jed with old summer pants on and a blanket 0Vet‘ his shoulders; while his mothsr was busting strips of flannel in his schoolâ€"trousers, and they the best he had. ’It was the reality of poverty, which he seldom saw. ‘I just thought I ivOuld hunt you up, Jed,’ Ire said, making as if togo, for he felt half ashamed of his thick coat beside his poor half-clad school- mate. "I‘h'ank you, ever so much, for coming,’ said Jed; 'rts good in you. Why, you see I almost froze in school yesterday, and mother did ‘ Maxwell, 1' think.’ said the other; ‘ Maxwell, a down Easter.’ The name arrested the attention of a stranger, who stood near the wharf looking goods. and said, ‘Maxwell; where I’ They pointed him to the sick man, who seemed to have fallen asleep. went towards him. older knew,‘ he said. well,’ be repeated half aloud, and the name seemed to flood him with memories which took lrim back to his boyhood again. said again, and again was drawn to over an invoice of ‘Maxwell,’ he looked up He ‘A good deal than any Maxwell I ever ‘ Maxwell, Mair? ‘ Maxwell,’ he the poor miner. ‘ Your name is Maxwell,’ he said, seeing him awake. ‘ That is my name, sir, George‘Max- well,’ answered the man; ‘ wrecked on a forlorn coast.’ ‘George Mnxwell,’ cxulaimed the stranger, grasping the miner’s thin handin his righthonest, healthy grip, ‘ God bless you; and who am I but Jed Little, able to carry a dozen of you on my back. Come, come, my home is your borne. It is all summer with me now, and you shall share my summer with me, George Max- well.’ Who can describe the meet- ing, or the wonderful faithfulness of God’s providence, whereby a bundle of old clothes, planted twenty’br twenty-five years before, yielded an abundant harvestâ€"friendship, food, hope, shelter, medicine, and a pros- pect of better business than mining could ever be to one so delicately brought up as George Maxwell had been.â€"â€"â€" Child’s Paper. PROCRAS'I‘INA'I‘ION.â€"“ Going to do it.’ never made a fortune, built a house, or won a name. “Going to do it,’ has been the bane of more people than would fill the census ot'a dozen New Yorks. The man who always is going to do it rarely if ever does it. The only thing he does do, is to go out of the world without doing it. II he has a task that must be done he at once announces, with a great deal of boasting and a great waste of words, time and breath, that he is “gomg to do it.’ And while he is thus “going to do it,’ some- body else wlro'is not suspected of“ going to do it,’ does it and reaps the reward. The man who is always “ going to do it,’ is a friend of procrastination. He is ever just on the eve'of doing it, when same trivial object interferes and he gives up in des- pair, or puts of the going todo it, until anâ€" other timeâ€"â€"â€"until that eternal to-morrow. nor of an unoccupied building; this not want me to go till she had time She sews for the shop, ,ness which never did pay and never will pay its way. not been seen for ten years; and not a mile distant there are plenty. Dogs and Children, and house raising, are, the causes which have made cats un- popular. As for dogs, the most profitable use that could be made of nine-tenths of them, would be to mix about five dogs with abarrelof lime and ten cart loads of muck in a com- post heap. A barrel of wood ashes may be added to help the decompo- sition of the , bones. We believe that a dressing ‘ of this compost, ap- plied to sheep pastures, would great- ly enhance the production of wool. Kim) Wonns.â€"â€"Word‘s, we are inclined to think, are rated much too low in the scale ofinfiuence. Verily, many honest people rather pride themselves on gracing a favor with a rough remark. They boast their motto to be. ‘Deeds, not words,’ and plume themselves on a generous act. but scoff at the gentle sympathy of speech. Alas! could they but know how greatly those surlywords had diminished the benefit of a good deed, they would perhaps lament as a fault what they now almost deem a virtue. Look into your own expeâ€" rience, and don’t count kindness in talk as idle, or harsh words, miles that won’t hurt. Remember what is done is in a thousand cases only the effects of what is saidâ€"an act to which an angry taunt has stung, or a kind word stimulated the deer. ‘ There is that speaketh like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health,” and how many can testify that the most exquisite pain, and the dearestjoy ol their lives, were alikethe consequence of words. They can make or inarr the happiness of this present life; foras we use them, so will they return unto us a curse or blessing: .“For he that will love life and see good days. let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.’ And who can gainsay their power, when He has pronounced, ‘ But I say unto you, that every idle word that man shall speak, he shall givean account thereof in the day of Judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.â€" lRic/rmond Christian fldvocate. It is better to be wrong by wrong by “Going to doit,’ ,is a style of doing bust- rule, than to be wrong with nothing but the fitful caprices of our disposition to im- pcl us hither and thither. ridges, as are many others who have taken our counsel; but three-fourths“ of the entire crop here Is already ab- solutcly rotten. They should be: left in the ground in their own naâ€"- tural separate cells to take their fate for at least one month to be proved and matured, and not hurriedly taken up and laid in“ heaps to heat. and spoil those which are good.” LABOR.â€"-â€"-In that simple word lies the‘ true secret of human success. This is the talisman which solves the mysterious difli'r-- ence between one man’s history and anâ€" othcr’s. The open sesame of life is labor. Carlyle was not. for wrong when Ire pro- nounced labor to be the very essence of heroism. One of the ancients went fur- ther, and called it the universal conqueror. In the little ant, the slow snail, and the ‘feeble folk’ ofthe ‘conies,’ it supplies the lack of sizo, speed and strength; an'd'in man, where its operations are directed by light; from within from high, scarce any- thing seems impossible to it. Who of its has not seen it begin its undertaking in conflict with every kind of difficulty, grad- ually but surely master than all, and, though often bullied and defeated, again. at last; complete and brilliant success? ‘ The only way,’ said Doctor Johnson, ‘to- bring anything to pass is to go doggedly about it.’ Mr. \Vilberforce amended the maxim as followsâ€"to go about it cheer- full, thankfully, with unshaken faith in God, and unflinching perseverance. At a late ball in Paris, a very stout. gentleman, a proprietor of a bad catarrh and a very charming wife, insisted, very in- conveniently at the close of a polka, that Madame should return to the bosom of her family. ‘ Never urind,’ she said to. her partner, ‘ask me to dance in thezsr'. juctdrille all the sameâ€"I will find a way to stay for it.’ Slipping out while the set were forming, she went into the gentle- man’s dressing-room, found her husband’s hat, and threw it out of the window. Then returning, and requesting her spouse to find his hat and then call for the carriage she accepted partners for the next six dances, quite sure of two hours before the but could be found. A ‘sz’ Dr: Normâ€"Somebody asked , Baron Rothschild to gtake venison, ‘No,’ said the Baron, ‘ I never eatsb whnsbnm; don"t think it is so coot as mutton.’ ‘Olr,’ laid the Baron’s friend, ‘I wonder at you saying so; if venison is not better than mutton, why does venison cost; so much more 2’ ‘Vy,’ replied the Baron, ‘1 viii tell you vy; in dish varld the people al‘ ways prefersh vat ish deer to vat is sheep. A man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would beat and do well, I