" POETRY,
corn l.o .
" 1 7 ' ft rtrtrif .
Scorn nut Iocs, the hallowed vision,
, . Hot deny It bright tl putl ' .''!'
It ean make thla rurlll l.ltslah, '
And ttin'n rl.irk.est talm ontie arc. '
-, " ' '
rMamler not Oie fMttiM spirit )
' " Scorn not hcarli to Softness ironr (
,, Love' a dowe r we all inherit
(inly from Ui Eternal throne.
Sneer not when, bright eyes are vlinminp
' Beaming Hoft 1y through the tears
Which their lustre now air dimming---,,
I.ol a ton) Divine appears !
("mile tint when young Up "hall trouble
Oft the bravest hearf must Mail
Ere life leachelh to dissemble, , '
. Rid the mar of truth shine pair. ;
Never spurn flic warm alTrrtioii
Gushing f ish from purest spring,
V I.est tlirtu call'st to Ufa dejection J
Doubt and grtcf leave time to bring.
' Rend tint thou lmhtesi'd, despairing,
From thy heart Ihe hearts (lint seek
Rest from woes beyond lltn-ir hearing i
I - Rome are atrong ami some are weak.
, Can'al thou weft the Tempter boldly ?
Rear lif' troubles bravely rutin ?
Treat nol, therefore over coldly ,
' ' Tliuio nlio need aflrrtion's balm I '
Are thou proof a-raiimt temptation?
Lol some fall on every aide j
Help them, then, to keep their station,
Stand not by In scornful prij. . ,
' Paid not one In long-gone ages.
' " " Slroiig olien, strengthen yc the weak?''
', Ever f,rom historic pairet , .. .
..Thita atill seers and martyr speak. '
Re a light ami uoi n darkness I
, Bo a helper not ie snare ! . '
i For (lift aea oa which we embark In
' Fraught w ith perils rvcrywheje.
AGRICULTURAL.
t Weight und Measure
Ofvnriovn Farm Pi'vdurts and othrr thing
', . in Various Countries.'
In England bikI America grain is gen
erally rated by tin bushel, though it is not
tho sniuo measure;, for hero we use tho
Winchester bushel, which cuntuins 2,151
4'i-lOO i-idiic iiu hotfc. A There, since IWti,
the legal metuura ia railed tlif iiurHrial
bushel, which cunlains ,-lHcid ie inches ;
so that 3"2 of thi'if lrtshelj are ul H'lll tMtUll
to 3J1 of our ' 1
The following uro.ilie ccihimircinl
weights of h husiii'l 'of (lilli;rcnt nrticli's,
riz r V1; Icans, potatoes and clovcreed
60 j; ' fc;;'.l. .Cam, rye, flaxseed and onionx,
50 i ".l-i. loi'M on the cob weighs 70
rHiuinl.-. lU.tkwheut, 6'J ; bnrley.'JH;
iieinn heed, -11 ; tiiiKlly : t-eed 4.1; castor
leans 4(5; oats &)( bran 20; blue-rass
seed M ; aalt 60, nceordinf; to onenivrtunt
but Onondaga t-alt is AO, (the real weight
of coarse salt U S-l pounds to the bushel;)
dried appeln, 'J I ; dried (teaches 'M ; ho
ooiding t & tnble lately pithlislied in
numerous papers; I'Wl ucuordiiitr to our
experience loth nre wronsi. Wo buve
seen thousands of bushels sold ul 22 pounds
to the bushel, which will measure altout
three nod..'
! Hutiiing Mtt.turrx. Potatoes., turnips,
nud esculent root, uitplea ami other l'ruilc,
meal aim uran, una in some states, oats,
are sold by heaping measure, which con
tains '2 Ulii cubic inches. The bize ef
Winchester huhel measure is n. cirridnr
rinc with sttaiarht ide S inches hij;h
aud IS 1-2 in diameter. . A box 12 inches
square, with aides 7.7 l-'J-l inchea high,
will hold half o bushel. ' '
; Conctratii'( drain .Measures. Besides
tho dillerences lietween tho Winchester
and imperial and henped bushels, na lefore
arntwl, there tiro n doien or more local
bushels. Tor instance, at Abiuglon, Eng.
9 gallous; tit Penrith, 1(1 ; at Carlisle, 21
at ClteMer, 3"2, &r. In France, the metier
Is as 4,4'27 to 1,(HH) compared with the
imperial . bushel ;, that is 4,427-1,000
bu-iliels. Iu Holland the nualde is as 3.
157. In Pruasin, the fceheti'el, 1 ,470. In
Poland, the koree, 1.151. lu Spain, the
fancga, 1 .51)9 ; that is, U0-1 ,000 over a
bushel and a half. . .
Birrrl Mtxurrs. Rico 600 pctunds;
flour 190 pounds; jutwiler 25 pounds;
cider and other liquid AOgulloua; coru
5 buJuls, shelled, By thi latter ineaure
crops nro estimated, and corn bought and
sold throughout most of the Southern and
Western States. At New Orleans, a bar
rel of corn is a flour barrel full of ears, lu
some parts of tho West it is common to
count a hundred ears for n bushel.
Tun Weight and Tun Mtiisure. A tun
of bay or any coure bulky article usually,
sold by that measure, is twenty gross hun
dred ; that is. 2,21') pounds; though in
many places that ridiculous olj fasln m i
.1 Clvvrr WM T pi or bnlf a
stone. Kei)llccl, n mom? t 1 1 pound,
when tulUi.g i if wnl, fuathers, SwC,, In it
vvlieiiiii)ilieil loU'i f, lisli.Hud other in. U'l,
it I only H jionrHl'i.
. . 7 Trust vf ILy, new, f0 pounds ; ok!
.j0nf ttraw, 40' poumla. i A loail
tnis.e..
. Firkin rif, HuUer ii 6i pounds ; a tub
bl pjMitl.-i.
.1 Switch Piirnntiiini 10.j cubic inches
und is i ipial to 1 Eu.Uh pints. .
.1 Frht of WhcttU 21 1-1 Scotch
pillH.
Woe IVtiaht nnd .fhoinlnnni.te W right.
One hundred and fortv-four pounds
avoivdnpoij nre cnnal to 17.) pounds Troy
1 to ounces Tl'ov are equnl to Jir (Minces
avoirdupois. All precious metals nre
Itought and sold by Troy w eight
The hiloftrommr of France) is 1,000
ernmmen and erpml to 2 puitTids 2 nmn-e,
4 grains nvoirdnpois.
. A Chaldron of Coal is W 3-8 fubic feel
srenornllv estimated 30 bushels. A bushel
of itnlhrncite ronl weighs HO pounds, which
makes th weight of a rhnldron i!,W0.
PI riffhf nl n ( nhir runt. tit sand or
loose earth IKi pounds; romnnct soil 121 ;
a strong or clayey soil 127 ; pure clay 133
mhture of stones nnd clay 100; masonry
6f stone 205; brick 125; cast iron 450;
steel 4Si copper 4R0 lend 700 ; silver
054; frold 1203; Platinn 121H; ijlasslHO
water (2; tallow 50 ; cork n oak tun
ber 73: niohorrnnv 00: air 0.0753. In
the nbove, frnctions nro discarded.
.1 Unit of Ccltoti, in Ivjvpt, is JM) pound
in Ameriiu, a commercial bale is 400
pounds, but is nut up in different States
vnrvliur 'from 2H0 to 720 pounds.- St
Island cotton is put up in sacks if 300
pound..
.7 Unit of lb ly is 300 pounds.
.1 Cord of Won t is 12 tsilid foot, u-n-ally
nut up 8 feet lone, 4 feet wide and
1 feet Jiio-h. In France a ronl of wood is
576 feet.
.1 Slink of Wood U IfH solid feet ; 12
feet long, 3 high nnd 3 w ide
.1 Sk id of Wood is a round bundle of
small sticW, 4 feet long, girting for a one
notch, 10 inches; two-notch, 33 incho
three-notch, 2S inches ; four-notch, 33
inches; five-notrh, 3 inches.
. BUM, of wood is similar to n skit
hehiLT 3 feet lontr, 7, 10 nnd 11 inches
round. Thevnrr sold bv the score or
hundred. A score is 20 in number.
.Fugzote nre bundles of brush 3 feet
lonif nnd 2 feet round. A load of fagot
is 50 such bundler. . i
.7 unndftl of wood is 100 pounds. A
fuel tdiould be sold by the pound.
. 1 Vrrrh of Slime is 2-5 cubic feet, pilei
or 22 in the wall. . -
Lime and Sand to a perch of trtonn
Three pecks of lime, nnd two-thirds of a
one-horse cart bmd of snnd.
Wright of I.imr. A bushel of lime
stone weighs 112 pound.1, nfter it h
burned, if weitrhetl directly From th kiln,
75 jiouiids ; showina that 67 pounds of
carbonic acid ami water have been driven
off by fire. This bushel of Jimo will ab
sorb 20 pounds of water, gradually. ap
plied during several davs, and will then
be in a state of dry powder, weitrbini? 00
pounds; showing tbnt IS pounds of water
havo been converted into a solid, dry sub
stance. To .M asure a Ttw vf Ifau. One hun
dred cubic feet of hay, in a solid mow or
stack, will weigh a ton. . .
To Jlfutmirf Citlle hu Compute Weiehl.
Ascertain the girth back of tha should
ers, and the length along tho tiack, from
tho sqoure of the buttock, to a point even
with the point of the shoulder blade ; say
the girth is 0 feet 4 inches, nnd the
length 5 feet 3 inches, which multiplied
together, gives 31 feet. Multiply this by
23, the number of pounds allowed to the
foot, between 5 and 7 feet girth, and the
result is 713 pounds, for the number of
pounds of beef in tho four quarters.
(lirth, from 7 to 0 feet, nllow 31 pounds
to the bi-ot. t-'-ftttle inu.it be fat and square
built to hold out weight.
To vM.mu'y Grain in Mils, multiply
die length and width together, and that
product by the height in cubic inches, nnd
divide by 2,150, nnd you have the num
ber of bushels.
To .V-'ftwre Corn in 1hr F.ar. find the
cubic inches as nbove, nnd divide by
2.S15. the cubic inches in a hen ped. bush
el, and lake two-thirds of tho quotient for
the number of bushels of shelled corn.
This is upon the rule of giving three
heaping half-biaJiels of ears to make a
bushel of grain. Some falls short and
some overruns this measure
Hoard Mriisvrt. Hoards are sold by
face menstiro. Multiply the width in
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VARIETY.
Fosse! Female Dress
The reinurks of a valued friend of ours
on the fair sex are sometimes sufficiently
amusing to make us forgive the sarcastic
tyle in which Runy are conveyed. one
of his latest speculations is in regard ti
the possible finding, by a succeeding race
of mankind, of a femnle dress of the pre
sent day ; in which case, he says, a Cu-
vieriun examination ot the various articles
would probably bring out the following
results :
"The being to whom this nltire belonged
must have been constituted in a peculiar
manner, and probably w ith some strange
natural defects which it required art to
remedy. Allowing some space fur Uie
principal exterior robe to sweep clear ef
the ground, the length would be ubout
seven feet. The diameter of the creature
in the centre w as in singular disproportion
to this longitude, being only seven inches
und u half. Still more disproportionate
appear to have been the anterior extreini.
ties, which were not ntiove a toot and a
half in length, and whnt is remarkable
while narrow at the top, they seem to have
expanded ltelow to an enormous size
Probably they resembled paddles, rather
than arms and hands. The vertebral col
umn seems to have liecn weak and insuFi
cient, n rigid case of buckram and whale
bone being required in that region to give
support to the body. But for this, the or
dinary nttidude would probably have been
prone, like that of an insect. The must
peculiarity, however, was the form nnd
size of the head. The lionnet indicates a
creature almost entirely destitute of brains.
The head must have been a mere knob at
the extremity of the con ical column such
an eneephaion ns would be represented
by that of a female of our race at a very
early stage of its development. In this
respect the creature reminds us of the class
1res above all, ihe Alcidre or Auks,
which are recognized ns amongst the most
stupid of all creatures of that grade.
Another peculiarity, taken in connection
witli the above, has induced certain" the
exaiuitiiitors to surmise thnt toe cri-ati'ira
really was connected with the liaioria1
bird.;. This is a v--Mire composed of a::
a i r-t iulit integuiio'i;,t. which tin- cr tit r-
could inflat' at pi astire. as Mime ii t;
c.t'phnlopodous luoliisk - of nn earlier t;a
could do with the air i t 1L in their -i ", ,
so tis put merely to float thi'iu-i ;V' li; :
water, In! adjust the depth in il ,
which they desired to ll-.:t i ! - , !
so long and slender a liur-:"-'. ' mi. ;i
hi, i
spire, so small a in ail. a.i an a
inent for Hunting in the ocean, the
of the pa.-t race of mankind would
I ... 1 ! . .1 I
u nave neon auogetner a .singular ano
maly in crention."
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Church Etiquette.
Let the lady advance one pace beyond
the door of the pew she wishes to enter,
halt, about face, and nalute. The pew
inusst then be vucuted by such gentlemen
as are in it by a flank movement. The
squad should rise simultaneously when the
lady present herself, ami face by the right
llnnlf then deploy into the aisle, the head
man fucing the lady, and the rest passing
to his rear and right, the direction of the
line being changed by a right counter
march, and forming again a line up and
down the aisle, fctill faced by the right
flank. The lady when she sees the coast
is clear, completes her salute, and advances
to her position in the pew. The gentle
men break oir by angles from the rear,
and . resume their places. Great care
should be taken, of course, by other par
ties not to enter the aible while this evo
lution is in progress. If the lady has nny
claims to aristocracy, tho preaching had
best be slopped to avoid insult.
The Power of Widows.
" Widows are the very mischief. There's
nothing tike 'em. If they make up ihcir
minds to marry, if $ done. I knew one
that was terribly afraid of thunder and
lightening, and every time a storm came
on she would run into Mr. Smith's house
(Smith was a widower) and clasp her
little hands, and fly around like a beu
with her head cut oir, till the man was
half distracted for fear she would be killed
and the consequence was, she was Mrs.
John Smith before three thunder storms
rattled over her head. How many they
had a'ter that, 1 dou't edzackly know myself."
A Lady who had on her upper lip some
thing approaching to a moustache, lately
called on nn oflicer and his wife, whose
laughing merry little boy happened to be
present at the time, Iu the course of con
versation this little fellow inquired what
he must do to gel hair on his lips. ' Why,
rub it against papa's was the reply. " 01b
mamma," said he, "is that the way Mis
has o-ot hers?"
Dow, Jr., says "Life is a country
dance; down outside and luck, triad ''"
the euros of your
nose i vi ry !;. re ;
and h ft. It il v i.i
is i ieb il. Ti.ie
death put.i o.o ih
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T.1P i , . What is the difference between f
EXTR richer wi,h water, and throwing .
Mills, Mo. H.T.CLARKE. ""'n overboard t One is " water i
i oi wuMing .V. Commission M-rcliant
He'li'Vie. 11,1. ls-,il1.,f
for V
" Hill h,v
on mv In ad."
" Well yoi, are
family on whrtin t!
b'a-t iiiqires- ion."
" I supp ii'," -tid an area ui qna-'k.
feeling ihe pi:!. , f hi-: pati'-t.t, " tli"' V
think in" a fool " Sir," r l i - I the -x
iimn, " I Mrci'ivit you ( an dis. river a iuh'i "
thoughts by his pulse."
What is the difference between fi"ifl
a w-
in m"
pitcher," and the other " pitch her in l"e
water."