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tn a hot-bed or cold-frame, but if trans¬ 
planted it should be done when the plants 
are quite small. We have found that the 
little flea beetles which attack young cab¬ 
bage and turnip plants are also fond of the 
seed leaves of the young Stocks, and would 
recommend sowing where they can be pro¬ 
tected from these voracious enemies. If 
the plants which are not too far advanced 
be taken up carefully in autumn and pot¬ 
ted they will flower elegantly in wdnter. 
ADVICE TO A BACHELOR. 
BY W. B. DERRICK. 
You asked me, sir, to write for you 
A poem or a song: 
I’ll now comply, if this will do, 
But will not make it long; 
For, if I should let loose my thoughts, 
Which close their vigils keep. 
You would, I fear, to grief be brought, 
Or else—would fall asleep! 
You are quite fair, (the ladies say!) 
And I presume you’re human, 
But why, dear sir, do you delay 
To get yourself a woman? 
Just think of all the pretty girls, 
And of their lovely charms, 
And of their switches, bangs aud curls, 
And—clasp one in your arms. 
From top to toe, I do declare, 
You might, my darling lad, 
Possess one of those ladies fair, 
And two in one make glad; 
And this the scriptures bade you do, 
As sure as you're a sinner, 
So now proceed to win and woo 
Some one to cook your dinner. 
You’re going to a western state 
To seek your fortune there, 
But first, you should select a mate 
Your joys and griefs to share. 
I’ve now advised you for your good, 
And hope you’ll profit by it; 
To do so, it is understood, 
The best way is to try it. 
ttaileyville, III. . 
From the Depths. 
BY W. B. FOX. 
A thorough, moral and religious training 
in youth, is the true foundation stone of 
every human life. It matters not how 
humble that life may be, or in what land 
•*t has its existence, if the pure and holy 
mfluence of the religion of Christ come 
into it, ameliorating and lifting it up from 
the debased plane of existence to which 
the animal proclivities tend, it will be a 
shining light to guide the weary fainting 
souls around it, and as a rock planted in 
the midst of the sea. Upon such a foun¬ 
dation you may build and the structure 
will stand firm and invincible, no matter 
how fiercely the waves of worldly strife 
and adversity dash around it. And yet, 
when we look around us we are pained to 
note how few young persons there are who 
are building upon this foundation. How 
many are turning away fro m the path of 
virtue and true man and womanhood, to 
barter the wealth of their souls away for 
the paltry enjoyment which the world and 
its evanescent pleasures afford them. How 
many, to stifle the voice of conscience and 
satiate depraved appetites and passions, 
are seeking the companionship of those 
whose corrupt natures and influence can 
not fail to contaminate and blight all the 
pure and noble aspirations of their lives, 
and pave the pathway to eternal dissolu¬ 
tion. And how many parents, by encour¬ 
aging and allowing such associations, are 
opening the flood-gates of ruin upon their 
children. Mammon is steadily strengthen¬ 
ing his outposts and the damning degrada¬ 
tions are sweeping wider and wider over 
our land. Parents are asking themselves— 
perhaps in vain—how they may shield the 
sacred precincts of , their family circles 
from the sacrilegious presence and ruining 
influence of that dread enemy to society— 
The Human Wolf. The man who has no 
other vocation in life than to prey upon 
and defame his own species, who uses the 
talent and ability which God has given 
him, to seduce and entrap the unwary, 
leaving them scorned and loathed and 
cast as wrecks on life’s tempest tossed 
ocean; and who, if need be, will not hes¬ 
itate to drape about him the holy mantle 
of Christ, to accomplish his fiendish aims, 
and think it is no sacrilege. 
Take up any current newspaper of the 
day, that you will, and its columns teem 
with details of the inroads and encroach¬ 
ments that lust and crime are making 
upon society every day. Each hour, almost, 
is rife with the fall of some high official in 
