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HKLF IK COMPOSITION. 



r bM come to b« qui" » goner*! article of belieF 

 I. people 0*0 .ttp-.d cnminnn school eihibitions, 

 l the papers and separate essays, wH-*- '- 



large • 



., and claim to be 

 (be work of the pupil", are often little more tt>U 

 ei.mpJ" of what Hwirr mildly terms "digressing 

 fromuoe'-sclf." A«suruioglbal foundation for such 

 MitfcziaU, il il but fair In regard those who thus 

 P«m off as their own what belongs, in wbole or in 

 part, to another, as more sinned against than sin 

 Ding iD the- ca«e; since, in perhaps nearly eve^ 

 in.isnrr, the a item pled fraud is less the re«uli of i 



.h-i Km I* d«?cire, by appearing in borrowed ai 



slilen plumage, than of a wish to come «p to thi 

 requirement* of ambitious teachers and nn less nm 

 hi'inm ftirnds. In tnsny OHM tbe pu nil ib merely t 

 passive party to thefraud; the piece which the pub 

 tic are u» enpnosi b« gompflsed being placed in bit 

 li.o,.|. .....I ii,r-, -. |f.-i.-M!i«'d in tin' properde1i«ryo; 



|| , or In- own production submitted for criticism 



•ode ". i" '".'■ " turned lo him so altered that 



ha itcagnuc* it only hy the title. Wilhoutioqi 

 .. .m-.I.kn nf nl)' iL'i'i" pupils to write 

 l.i apftar i» write, when they feel that they h 

 DOtblng to IBT, 1*4 us indulge in a few general 

 reflect inni on thr mi«otiicTous prnelice teachers 

 nfii-n Bneoarage, and even connive el. of beg inn 

 in liurnrv composition begging or borrowing the 

 mntrritiln for lln-ir pre tended production; sni. 

 cipient outlu.ru sometimes ransacking work' 

 Rhetoric and tbo confessions of experienced wr 



for a patenl rni'Mimi of putting the elements oft 



■ together. 

 H , eommii i fatal mistakewhen we imagine und 

 ul on the supposition tbat n particular acquain- 

 tance with the intellectual modes employed by 

 oilier* ib essential tu u successful prosecution of our 

 own wmk, or eren affords valuable nid thereto. 

 Kacept for the nr.il i Ileal ion of curmsiitT such knowl- 

 edge is useless ; fur another's processes are not ours 

 — and if it were possible for him to explain them 



mil ly, which it seldom or never is, we could not 



iiihipl ilu'iii il we would , I he cunhuued attempt to 

 do so would very likely cost us what skill we have 

 gained in our own method. So, if my friend fur- 



gtneroiit] on his part, no vehemence in disclaim- 



OUR TEACHERS 



Bow thoughtless must they be who con appn 



professed teachers; sud how illiterate must the 

 be who-e guide in practical life is confined to the 

 say-ao uf books? Hook* era great belps, and they 

 point uo to tbe beautiful objects tliui snrroui 

 tL. formation «f which display* the skill of a t 

 human arubcer- tbey inspire us, too, with lofty 

 aspirations, and kiodle the flame of human am 



knowledge of this world to what tbey may lei 

 from ptnfrased teachers ood books* Lctua rami 

 abroad, with eyes open, aud see these things for 

 oureel.es. Heboid tbe modest, blushing How. 

 it springs forth from the bosom of mother eartl 

 eliogl to her like a lond child to its paren 

 sucks from ber unbounded resources all its 



i,hed 



by thus giving t No. Look again 



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! 



oilier sense llian Hint of acceptance, just as the 

 o1di'»l Ihongbt in Literature may belong to me; 

 whatever felicity resides in those words is inalien- 

 ably his; the success is bis, aud not mine; for, 

 instead of doing tfao little I was capable of, 1 hove 



I BO lived from him aud accomplished noth- 



iagmjaeU 



Nor does the 1. is-* uf practice in fi.rming and giv- 

 inir expression lo thought, which is the price of 

 allowing another to say for us what we are pretend- 

 ing to soy for ourselves, constitute the entire disad- 

 vantage of accepting ibis falsely -termed aid. It 



to the dunger of self deception — of un- 

 consciously falling into Ibe persuasion that wo are 

 mill* nr-ilitiii^ m n disciplinary sense— ore gaining 

 skill and cxeeution by these efforts of others added 

 to trilling exertion of our own. But the immense 

 moral Injury involved outweighs every other con- 

 sideration. Though innocent of willful fraud in 



. ■ our own creation what is only partly 

 ours, the praetiec, perhaps slowly and insensiblv, 

 but surely, induces a false estimate of respecta- 

 bility; an eslimuio in which appearance supplants 

 reality— slum and show take the place of substance, 

 and the superior case of shining by reflected light 

 sets aside the homely, prosaic truth that more 

 honor resides in professing but little and btimjbut 

 Utile, thnu in high, baseless pretension. We see, 

 ilien, Unit whfll our djetorted vision loo often 

 rcgurds as helps, are, in both a moral and an intel- 

 lectual view, tbe worst of hindrances. 



How imiuy of us, though scorning to accept tnn- 

 - ' ' ' ! ' " " u| . lll "i jealous of anything that proposes 

 t.i Knooil. the ilitlieult approaches to the formidu- 

 lile la-k, yet find ourselves longing for direction— 

 guidance! Rut the feeling of satisfaction with 

 win. I, .w contemplate the finished work, fully bal- 

 ances the dread wo experience in entering on its 

 elocution ; when commencing it, we, in spite of our- 

 ■ '■■■ Bdjh (br some invisible agency, something 

 that n ill not detract from our own merit, if merit 

 there be,— that will assist us and yet not assist us 

 U Unit Qui work wheu done, shall be fairly un.l 



I' 1 '■'*'*■ our*,— to help us through it. When 



I ill : ' id, we rejoice that we were compelled to do 



deed, fortunate, who early learnsotbat in 

 ail ihe world there is no belp for him equal to self- 

 help ; tlmi though millions combiue to thrust grcat- 

 iims r>n him, they cannot elevate him a hair's 

 '"' L " 1U| ■>'■"■.. l.i. piir.'hiisid level,- purchased by 

 oono.awing, inci, ), v [ n0B anJ stc b 8t the 

 ground that u y Wfur , lum ftnJ i[)ukjug b l diii[ 

 ofcar..fn, U a rJ ie K , afMtrov , cssioa 8 4 



fession has its 

 moral and intellectual u 



that of the teacher ,* bv no meaoaT. 

 ,. „ . , ,, , • " u ln ians exempt from 

 them. Besides the danger of growing orbitrarv 

 and dogmatic, Which he ought to remember m b,', 

 daily prayer, he is particularly liable to become 

 roulinuf. As he obtains experience in bis caUb» 

 wbjflh La aa valuable to him as lo the physician oi 

 the lawyer, be may sink into that state of indiflcr 

 eace wherein his words and his acts are lifeless- 

 wherein he becomes a machine, and discharge* 

 "• dntu, „ t gristmill grinds corn. In ih„ 

 wadit.on.Leij no longer a teacher; he literally 

 ° T " , <4rale ** 00 *-" He puts questions, and, b t 

 mStoJ ** c »«ical skill, determmea whether the 

 frnm tho t " 8 - or wr ong. He scolds and frets 



„ .", ';,",■ ,■■' '■' '..>. ...ri, ,ni,,„ k»„„Lu. 



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sciousness of having done good. Let us learn a 

 lesion from tbe flower, and as we drink in so boun- 

 teously of nature's goodness, let it bud forth into 

 new life, losing none of its varied richness by a 

 1.1'igriting and withering influence; but, gathering 

 fresh impulsesfrom evcy contact with our natures, 

 tuning our voices to sweet melodies, making our 

 hands more helping, and our hearts more easily 

 impressed with one's relations to humanity and 

 our duty to our Maker. Oscar Talcott. 



Usb or KsowLKncE.— Some men think that the 

 gratification of curiosity is ibo end of knowledge 

 some tbe lovo of fame; some the pleasure of dis 

 pule; some the nece*»'iy of cuppo-iing themselves 

 by their knowledge ; but the rod use of all knowl 

 edge is this, that wo should dedicate that reasoi 

 which was ^iven us by Ood to the use and advan- 

 tage of man. — Lord Macon. 



«£ I) c H c u i c iu c r . 



Illustrated, [pp. 424.] 



pletenne. The reputation of the 



Bar. [pp. 301 ] Net 





careful study and practice of th 

 ijustsuchvolumesastheono be 

 Host important part of the eJuca 

 ■eparing lo become public speaker 

 i of life. ProllDo as is the Englia! 



?olland; National 



Books Received. 



Tut _• 



wledge. Edited by C 



.p.it.ir In. 



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'nZt. I1 ' 1 ' J'V .f"" w lort: D - *PP'eton. Sold 

 Bochcaier by D. M. Di.it, BubacrlpUon AgeuL 

 CotTHTST Lira: A Hnndtiook of Agriculture, Uorticul- 

 Oonxum, fSvo.— pp sib.) Bo&n- Jobri p jew^ 



ssh Da*i**ui. The PrinrlplM, Proeewes, and Ef 



l.i. ..I priiit.iiie Li.u.i mhIi m w,,..,,) P1|1W , 



ana Open Dliobi - and I ipi . lalh .- [it Tiles [ncind. 



lug Table* of lt.iiu-l.-mi, ):,.,..„.,.,.,„, Filtration 

 I-.v.-a.ah..,,. (Mpu.-i.y of Pipes; Cal aud Nn-.,!,. r i.l 

 the Acre, .if Tile*. Ac. ±e., and more tban 100 Illus- 

 T.it. ..n.. H* Hrsav F. Fu.tCIL [Um. - j. (> . ..vi 1 

 No* Y,rl; : A- O. Moore ± Cv. Eocbester-E. D*t- 



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Bvlheautl 



■■ A L ':iiii.'i'< Basband, ' 



This edifice, though smnll, fbeing 50 feet front 

 by 89 deep.l will, when completed, be one of the 



finished and occupied, but the audience room is yet 

 n an unfinished state. Tbe style partakes some- 

 what of tbe Romanesque, but like the great major- 

 ly of American churches, heluugs to no order, 

 unless it be an American Church Order. It is 

 built of brick, and is to be covered with mastic; Hie 

 .s slate, tho windows stained glass. Tho 

 which is very tapering oud graceful, is 1U0 

 feet in height. 



Tho nudience room is to be 48 feet wide by 74 

 deep, with a Gothic ceiling, divided iuto panels by 



raised moulding*. The height from the floor to 

 apex of ceiling is 3(1 feet, and 28 feet at the Bidet. 



The basement or lower room, for it can hardly he 

 called a basement, being entirely above ground, is 

 the pleusuniest room of the kind in tbe city, — dry, 

 airy, and the nrched windows and stained gla-s 



■ oft 





..ill,.-, 



The ceiling is eleven feet from 

 the floor. This room is now used as the audience 

 room, but is designed for the Sabbath School and 

 weekly meetings. 



The building, wheu finished, will cost about 

 $15,000. Messrs. Ausnx & WanKEK, of this city, 

 were the architects. 



Rev. Israel II. Kellogo is the present Pastor 



QUEER NOTIONS. 



FmmDRuiU! 



>en of Ca 



In paruaing tho Young Uurat- 

 obaeced a ahorl effusion from the 

 '""tied m 9 \ A oiiOTM; Md> M nlJ 

 nwen* mi am exactly eoinoldB with his I tako 

 the l.ber.y of d„ freeing with biru. I think that 

 there is an old adage wh-cb .»,,, prMtic< wbn% 

 you preach, which is equivalent la th.,*, T11 that 

 io order lo preach you must have rom , practice. 

 If fnend Chips would grwp tho plow haudl« for 

 one year, and hang on to it, I think that his !<}„„ 

 of farming would assume a rather difl.rontpoai- 

 Hon. At all events, he would find himself bettor 

 prepared to discourse on the subject. 

 I should like to ask how much time the farmer 

 is for atudy. If he is an enterprising farmer, he 

 ses early ; and if ho is an industrious man he 

 eks how much ho can accomplish, aud of cuuraa 

 oiks late. His chores, and keeping things to 

 glvs about the house, employa his odd hours, 

 eicept evenings, and when night comes he much 

 prefers re*t lo itu.fi/. Now this is tbe exact course 

 called enterprising farmers, 

 _ — • less than absolute slavery. 

 If a farmer does not take thot courie. he is denom- 

 inated lazy or thiftiou by bis harder- working 

 brethren. 



Again, I do not agree with friend Cnips, as re- 

 ;ards waiting for destiny to shape your course. 

 think if he will look around a Mile, he will see 

 good many that are waiting for destiny to shape 

 licir course, or, iu other words, wailing for same- 

 lung favorable to turn up. Now, that is the great 

 tumbling block of three-fourths of tbo young 

 nen of our country; they have not got decision 

 of character sufficient to drive ahead and carry 

 their designs. The only path lo distinction is 

 idopt the course tb.it you are best qualified for, 

 I then bcud every effort to its accomplishment. 

 tick to it with the teuueity of .. bulldog, and 

 itually crown your efforts. 



F.rm Dam. 



SUPPLY OF STREAMS. 



nente, made by a Young Iiuralist of Illinois, 

 article entitled Tht Supply of Streams. He 

 says the constant supply of streams is from & 

 depth, tho water riling, and that water is raised 

 p to high fountains by tho Wtlght of the land— 

 ihicb is at varianco with philosophy and science. 

 Water will rise nearly us high, but cannot rise 

 igher *hnn the source from whence It Issues, un- 

 IH it is by extpiltary attraction. It is well known 

 hat though rivers frequently rise in lakes or 

 springs from small elevations, the great store" 

 bouse from which the mightiest streams are sup- 

 plied are the ice-olod mountains of tho (able lands. 

 Taut streams ore supplied by rain aud snow 

 from tho surface of tho earth, is proved by many 

 demonstrative facts, as we have the largest streams 



irface of tho laud < 



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sBorrra. [Kmo.-pp. is\) 



^o?rVra£ R. \ " * ^hyslesJ D«cr1ptlr, n of the 



«rom^K*0«; * ''• V " s "' —ot-i'V. Translate 



, ■ ■ !' ''> t i "TTK an. I W. 8, limn, 



ilT'V* 9ono ° l : <*. L««o» from the T rdm and 

 can ■£&, Leh^i^;" 7 ^,/^" a<l-lpb*iM : Ameri- 



IS THE NEW CENT POISONOUS 1 



is. Rural:— Sometime since I noticed a 



it in a New York paper of tbe death of a i 

 caused, it was supposed, by swallowing a c« 



coinage of 1657— otherwise, the "newc 

 s account was sent abroad on the authority of 



attending physician, and ut the same time im- 

 plying thut tbe swallowing of this coin was most 

 ul in its effects. Since then every mother 

 bos guarded the new cent with more than a 

 tr's care," least her child should lay hold of 

 the poisonous currency. This course is right 

 enough; but as I have never seen Ihe New York 

 physician's statcmentcontradicled, the facts of the 

 thin* are different from bis account, as there is but 

 Tery little or no danger from tbe injesta of this 



Twelve cases are reported where children, from 

 the ages of ten months to five years, have swal- 

 lowed the uew cent, none of which proved of any 



' to the child, and but little or no change was 

 produced in the appearance of the coin. 



i new cent was to weigh 72 grains — in grains 

 being nickel ood 21 grains being copper. "Nickel 



iblcs very much the ferruginous (iron) pre- 

 parations, and is not injurious when taken into (be 

 system." This being the case, tbe danger, if there 



, mull be from the copper, and thai cannot 

 be very great, for often has the cent of the "old 

 nage" been swallowed without any bad conse- 

 quence, and there being less copper in ihe new 



Lhe danger must be consequently less. 



believe that tbe great aniouut of danger at- 

 tending the swallowing of such substances as 

 money, buttons, Ac, is due to attempting to do 

 mcA lo procure their expulsion from the sya- 



and the consequent irritation and prostration 

 that follow tbe employment of harsh remedies. 

 Emetics, as a general thing, are useless, as are also 

 active cathartics. If anything at all is done, give 

 the child a mild portion of oil ; but, above all, ex- 

 ercise eefifflw, ami the satisfaction trill be in 

 knowing that nature alone is sufficient for Ihe task. 



EFFECT OF BTUSIC ON ANOLALS. 



chas 



has long been known. The seuse of hearing 

 many animals is very acute. They love to In 

 gentle voices, and are grateful for kind wot-. 

 The tiny mouse charmed by the whistle of tho 

 Alpine herdsman, will abide in his hul, and 

 from its covert to listen to his song. In at 

 limes the grazing herds were charmed in 1 

 ing to the flulc of tho shepherd. The bell c 

 proud of her bell, and shows it in her gait, i 

 leads off the herd, and shows grief when 

 taken from her, und cattle have been known ti 

 away and die when deprived of their harmonious 

 ornament. The horse is particularly charmed 

 with music, for 



Al lhe shrill trumpet's sound he pricks his cai 

 Many will remember the account of tbe Libyan 

 mares, who would only be handled when soothed 

 with soft music, and of the horses of the Syba- 

 rites, that had been taught to dance to pleasing 

 melodies, and then, wheu bearing their masters 

 into battle, suddenly beard, in the enemy's 

 ranks, the well-remembered sounds, nnd instant- 

 ly act to dancing instead of fighting ! The same 

 love of music in the horse bos been noted in 

 more modern times. The eccentric Lord Hol- 

 land, of tho reign of William III., used to give 

 bis horses a weekly concert in a covered gaUnrr, 

 especially erected for lhe purpose. He main- 

 tained that it cheered their temper, and an eye- 

 witness says that tbey seemed to be greatly de- 

 lighted tburewith. 



Music is appreciated by the elephant in a re- 

 murkable degree-. Sweet, gentle strains delight 

 him, while loud, hursb notes rouse his passions 

 to uncontrollable fury. The Arab entertains 

 his camel with music, song and fairy tule, and 

 with the plaintive tones of his voice. Birds are 



have what many men lock, a genuine talent to 

 learn and appreciate musical notes and "> ,J " ,J " - 

 You sing and they will repeat, bar after bar; 

 others listen with eager attention lo a hood-orguii, 

 and, little by little, learn wbole ton.' 

 of ull even imitate the songs and notes of others. 



The writer also says, that inland seas in 'de- 

 pressed valleys are salt, for the reason that fresh 



atergoes up to higher fountains, iivt by capillary 

 attraction, but by the weight of tht AW, in which 

 I think my friend is mistaken. 



It is well known that all lakes end seas that 

 have no outlet, are salt, us they have no means of 

 discharging the saline matter that is brought 

 down by streams; such as tbe Caspian Sea, which 



2,200 miles long,— and also the water or the Ural, 

 and many other streams of considerable magni- 

 tude, aud yet its level ir- never changed, though it 

 has no outlet. It is therefore supposed its erapo- 



The surface of all fluids, when iu a state of rest, 

 partake of the sphencul form of the earth, to 

 which they all gravitate; and the influences that 

 govern the tidts uf tbo ocean, do not cause rivers 

 to flow, hut they are governed by the same laws 

 that cause water to flow down an inclined plane. 



roltneyville, N. Y-, Juno, 1669, B. 



FOR YOUNG MEN TO THINK OF. 



\y tbe latest of bis preachings upon " Popular 

 Proverbs," Dr. Hollanu closes a thoughtful ond 

 suggestive discourse on sensual pleasure, with tho 

 following earnest remarks to young men, wbich 

 deserve to be thought of: 



"Oh I if this world could rise out of IbJl swamp 

 of sensuality, rank with weeds and dark wltbdetjUj 

 vapors — full of vipers, thick with pitfalls, end 

 lurid with deceptive lights— and stand upon the 

 serurc heights of v 



where God's sun shines, 

 uds of heaven breathe blandly and 

 healthfully; how would but 



life become bles-a-d 

 full The great burden of tho 

 rolled off, bow i 



change, ( 



spring I 



of prosperity and progress! This 



a country, rusts almost entirely upon 



i of the country. It lies with them 



i than any other class, and more than all other 



es, to soy whether this country shall descend 



loner in its path to brutality, or rise higher 



tbe standard uf its loftiest dreams. Tho de- 



■s of sense, themselves, have greatly lost their 



power for good, and comparatively few will change 



of hie. Woman will be pore if man 



Young men! this great result abides 



If you could but see how beautiful a 



S upon the thorny stalk of solf-denial, 



you would give tbe plant the honor it deserves. 



bard and homely, despise it not ; for * a 



it sleeps the beauty of heaven and the breath of 



angels. If you do not witness the glory of its 



blossomings during the day of life, '" I ,ctftlft w > 11 



. night of death come; 

 yoar closing eyes n 

 and fill vour soul n 



and gladdei 

 r grateful perfume.' 



