they esteem far more highly. The farmers pay 
“Trav” $5 for every wolf tail caught in near 
proximity to their sheep pastures. Really, “Old 
Tkav” is very popular, simply because he is very 
useful, and very goodnalured. 
Gold is the grund stimulent of society on the 
Pacific coast. Gold, gold, gold, rings out on the 
air, as the eager multitude pursue their yellow 
chase, grasping for fortuues, and restless to 
become millionaires. The present is truly a 
Golden Era. During the last decade, there has 
been coined in the world and pnt into circulation, 
the vast sum of twenty-two hundred millions of 
dollars,—over three hundred and ten millions of 
which was coined last year, thus showing that the 
amount is every year increasing. The discovery 
of new gold and silver mines in Oregon eon- 
tines. The placers at Pike’s Peak are constantly 
improving, and the gold districts of California 
are yielding an increased supply every jear. 
The truth is, the quantities of this precious uietal 
which still lie concealed in the bowels of the 
American continent, are beyond calculation. 
Every year some new discovery will he made, till 
at length it will be found that in their vast mine¬ 
ral resources as well as in their boundless agricul¬ 
tural wealth, the United States stand at the head 
Not only is the surface of its 
TIS A FEARFUL THING TO LIVE, 
[Special Correspondence of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. 
We frequently hear persons remark that it is a 
fearful thing to die; but seldom do we hear them 
say ’tia a feftrfal thing to live. It. may be a fearful 
thing to die, (certainly a solemn one,) but to mo 
it seems more solemn, more fearful to In v. That 
is a solemn hour wheu we gaze upon the pallid 
cheek of a loved and dying one,— when we feel 
the last pressure of those lips upon ours,—when 
the last farewell is faintly whispered,—and to the 
dying one It may be solemn to leave earth and its 
loved objects, and to enter the “dread unknown;” 
hut surely one need not fear to die who has 
thought, Bpoken, and acted in the tear ot God, 
framing all his actions with that great day in 
view, when all decisions must remain os they are 
made; when every secret shall be revealed, all 
mystery solved, nothing concealed. To one who 
has thus lived, dying can only he like 
“ Wrapping the Uriipwry of liis couch about him, 
Ami lying down to plciiaant drsnins,” 
But Life! O, Life! what is it to fine? Not merely 
to eat, drink, and sleep,—it is to love, to rejoice, 
to mourn, to feel the keenest sorrows, to know the 
greatest pleasures. 
“ W« livn in deed*, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; 
In I'oelinge, not in ligurca on a dial,” 
Man dies, but his influence lives; it ceases not 
with the pulsations of bis heart, but shall live and 
he felt even when he is forgotten. This makes it 
a solemn, yes, fearful thing to live. 0, who does 
not shudder at the thought of exerting an influ¬ 
ence which shall tell unfavorably upon tut undy¬ 
ing soul through nil eternity! 
Prof. Hitchcock, in his chapter on the “Tele¬ 
graph System of the Universe,” introduces the re¬ 
markable theory,that our words, our actions, even 
our very thoughts, make an indelible impression 
upon the universe; that, "not a word has ever 
escaped from mortal lips, but it is registered 
Indelibly upon the atmosphero wo bxeathe.” 
Whether this bo true or no, it Is certain that wo 
all have an influence, and that this influence is 
continually exerted for good or ill upon all 
around us. Knowing this, how cautiously should 
we tread life's pathway; ever keeping a seutiuel 
at the door of our mind that no evil thought 
enter, and at our mouth that no evil word go out. 
Dausvllle, Steuben Co., N. Y., 1860. L. K. 
The. Pressing Want of Oregon — Pneifir. Railroad — 
Indian Statistics — Wheat Converted into Bacon—Great 
Fall of Rain —“ Cascades'* and Indian Traditions — Old 
“ Trap," the Hunter — The (laid Mania, and its Fruits, 
Portland, Oregon, Juno 6, ISfO. 
The great want of Oregon is an iuerease of 
population. Instead of 50,000, she ought to have, 
immediately, 500,000 inhabitants. Oregon is an 
inviting field for emigration. Here rich and 
chpap lands, fine climate, and beautiful scenery, 
hold out flittering inducements for eastern men 
to make their homes on the western slope ot the 
Rocky Mountains. Were the Atlantic and Pacific 
coasts connected by a continuous line of railroad, 
immigration would pour into these valleys, like 
rain from surcharged clouds. A Pacific railroad 
is tbc great desideratum of the age! In compari¬ 
son, every other public enterprise is dwarfed to 
insignificance, it utters its appeals in all ears, in 
all places, and all times,—pleads for self-creation 
with nn eloquence and power that ere long will 
give it birth and being, and prove a blessing to 
humanity throughout, our wide and free domain' 
Recently we were favored with an interview 
with Mr. Gary, General Superintendent Of Indian 
Affairs. From him we gathered the following 
items. His jurisdiction extends from (he 42d to 
the 4‘.)th parallel, and from the Rocky Mountains 
to the ocean coast. Within this Indian territory, 
there are, at present, about 30,000 Indians. They 
speak some forty different tongues. Some of the 
trihcB are very athletic and healthy, others dimin¬ 
utive and sickly. There are sixteen reservations, 
varying from H00 to 1,200 square miles each. 
One, however, contains 0,300 square miles, and is 
as large as Connecticut and Rhode Island com¬ 
bined. Government disburses from five to six 
hundred thousand dollars annually among these 
various tribes; not in gold and silver, but in arti¬ 
cles conducive to their happiness, 
call all Americans “Bostons, 
of all nations, 
virgin soil nuequaled in extent and fertility, but 
the depths beneath are filled with inexhausti¬ 
ble stores of precious metals, which will hasten 
the development of agriculture, quicken the 
energies of commerce, foster the arts into ex¬ 
cellence, and stimulate the growth of popula¬ 
tion and prosperity, beyond a precedent in human 
annals. Forty years hence,—in the year 1000,— 
this Republic will present a feature of grandeur 
and wealth, to which no parallel can be found iu 
the records of the past, s. b. r. 
ing off unharmed from the combat, and proved 
too many for a full-sized spider. 
The general use of this order of insects, is to 
remove putrescent animal and vegetable matter 
from dark, moist places, such as they commonly 
frequent. These seem nearly related to the 
Scalopeiidra. Homo species of this genus grow 
to an enormous size. Tiie giant centipede iu the 
British Museum is more than a foot long. 
They have the second pair of legs terminating 
in a strong claw, which is pierced at the apex for 
the emission of poison—the 11 rst pair being consid¬ 
ered tho lip, hcncc called ChUopodans, lip-footed. 
Fig. 2,the palpl-liko first pair. Fig. 3, tho clawed 
pair, one of each enlarged. Fig. 4, a front view 
Of the bead. Fig. 5, an intermediate leg. Fig. G 
is tho Scnloprndm morsitans of tho West Indies; 
also called Mnlfaisante, which meauH mischievous. 
The pain caused by their bite, though it never 
proves mortal, is, however, greater than that 
produced by the sling of the scorpion. 
in connection with those frequenting bed¬ 
rooms, I will add, that when such are infested 
with bedbugs, they had better be encouraged, as 
they come in search of that, vermin; but I would 
of course, recommend cleanliness and a total 
banishment of the one; the other then may seek 
a hunting-ground better adapted to its necessities. 
This imparts a further lesson. There is a war 
of one part of the creation upon another, that 
the sacrifice of a part may maintain tho health 
and life of the whole; or, when cleanliness is 
not observed, vermin will result; these, again, are 
kept iu check by another class, also noxious, but 
conservative; so that, notwithstanding all the 
drawbacks, creation, with man at its head, is still 
progressive to higher development and usefulness. 
Description of Fig. 1.—Scales of a dull yellow 
color, margined, (a variety has the margin spot¬ 
ted with black,) and a central dark stripe; the 
scales are emargiriate and carinated behind, form' 
Lug a callous point of an oval shape, slightly 
elevated and of a lighter color, ten iu number, 
with about eighteen pairs of legs, the hind pair 
exceedingly long. J. Stauffer. 
Lancaster, l J a., September, 1800. 
Dear Rubai,:— They who interest themselves 
by examining the insects they meet with, often 
find specimens undcsoribod by such authors as 
they may have, when consulted. Many such are 
among my collections, and some of which have 
Binee been noticed aud described by Mr. FlTOB, 
for which he deserves Credit, The trouble is, 1 
have never opened a scientific channel, and only 
within a tVw years past availed myself of Agri¬ 
cultural journals, which, though moro extensively 
read, are not those expressly devoted to the 
mere notice of new species; and consequently 
those only of importance in an agricultural point, 
of view, are calculated for such pages. Your 
paper, however, is a proper medium for the fol¬ 
lowing remarks, in a domestic point of view, if 
not. particularly connected with agrieulturo. 
Among the terrestrial crustaceans, we have 
what are termed tho Myriupoda, or many-footed 
creatures, also called centipedes, millipedes, Ac. 
These undergo a metamorphosis, by acquiring, 
in their progress from the egg to the adult, state, 
several additional segments, each with one or 
two pair of legs attached. These are divided 
into two orders, thus distinguished: The first 
have a body generally cylindrical, each segment 
with two pairs of legs; antenna) 7, jointed— rhi- 
lognathans. The second, a body depressed (sag. 
covered with a plate,) each segment one pair of 
many-jointed— ChUopodans. 
SAULT Ste. MARIE. 
A voyage of eight hours, by steamer, from 
Mackinac will bring us t,o the famous Falls of St. 
Mary, in the Strait of St. Mary, which connects the 
waters of Lake Superior and Lake Huron, and 
separates Canada West from the upper part of 
Michigan. The strait extends 63 miles from the 
south-east extremity of Lake Superior until it 
reaches Lake Huron. Its course is sometimes 
narrow, and broken into angry rapids; again, it 
widens into beautiful lakelets, and winds amid 
enchanting Islands. It is navagable for vessels 
drawing eight feet of water, up to within a mile 
of Lake Superior, where the passage is inter¬ 
rupted by the great “Sault” or Falls, The Sault 
is a Hories of turbulent rapids, with a total descent 
of 22 feet in the coarse of three-quarters of a mile. 
The exhilarating sport of descending this pas¬ 
sage, or of running the rapids, as the adventure is 
called, iH thus described in the Lake Superior 
Journal:—"Wast thou ever in a gondola in 
Venice?” is nothing to the question constantly 
" Hast thou ever ruu the St. 
The Indians 
,” because the first 
they saw came from the city by that name. They 
call Englishmen King-Ceorge-men. The number 
of Indians is decreasing,—the race is wasting 
away. 
Wheat is the principal grain used here for fat 
tening hogs. Pork-making is a leading branch of 
farm pursuit, and wheat is thus readily turned to 
cash. It is said that a well-bred hog never turns 
up his nose against a dinner of good white wheat 
soaked in fresh butter milk. Bacon is usually 
worth from 18 to 20 cents per pound. 
Oregon is in the midst of the moistest “spell of 
weather ” that she has had at this season for sev¬ 
eral years. The amount of rain that has fallen 
during the last three weeks lias been very great— 
at least eight inches of water, and probably more. 
The weight of eight inches of water is 39 pounds 
to the square foot,—• 10,540 pounds to the square 
rod,—M2 tuns (and a fraction) to the square acre, 
— aud 539,200 tuns to the square mile. Extend 
these figures over the Willamette Valley—an area 
of some 4,550 square miles,—and we find that 
about two thousand four hundred and fifty-three mil¬ 
lions three hundred and sixty thousand tuns of water 
have fallen in this Valley within a period of a few 
weeks. When we reflect that this immense weight 
is carried up from the .ocean to a height of two to 
four thousand feet, aud evenly distributed over 
the bind by an agency which is not capable of 
holding up a mustard seed, we are filled with the 
most profound astonishment. 
In leaving Oregon, the “Cascades” come in for 
a pasBiug notice. This is a point of great inter¬ 
est in the Columbia River. It is a narrow defile 
between towering piles of rocks on either hand, 
through which all the accumulating waters caused 
by the rains and melting of snows on the moun¬ 
tains press on their way to tho ocean. There is 
much evidence to show that this passage has at 
no remote period been partially dammed up by 
some action in nature; for above the "Cascades” 
are acres of submerged foiests. Tho tops of large 
trees are discovered just peering themselves out 
of their watery bed. The Indians have a tradi¬ 
tion regarding, or touching it, running in this 
wise:—“Mt, Hood,” say they, “became mad with 
Mt. Adams and his wife,— and in his anger, tore 
down a natural bridge which led over the “Cas¬ 
cade " to prevent his wife from coming and quar¬ 
reling with him.” There is much evidence to 
show that the natural bridge was thrown down, 
hut it is not quite clear that the Indians give the 
correct solution of the matter. 
There is a type of mind, in all new States and 
Territories, which revels in border scenc-s and 
pioneer life. Such a mortal organism we recently 
fell in with. The fellow had once been a slave in 
Missouri, and was brought to this coast. He 
worked one year, split 15,000 rails, and obtained in 
return a title deed to himself. He is now a pro¬ 
fessional hunter, — the owner of guns, several 
horses, and Beven large, full-grown hounds. To 
the question whether he made it pay to keep so 
many dogs, he replied, “ it pays so finely that I 
intend to increase the number to twenty-four.” 
He was attired in a suit of backskin. Among his 
assets were large numbers of deer skins and wolt 
hides, but the most prominent item in his stock 
tf trade vras a rolliesome heart, and an enthusi¬ 
astic love of his profession. Judging from his 
airs and conversation, it was evident that he 
had not a doubt flitting across his brain, but that 
he was a very important personage. And so he 
was. The farmers, or sheep raisers, suffer much 
from the ravages of the tryote or prairie wolf. 
“Old Trav,” for this is his name, delights in 
vetoing the designs of Mr. Wolf, and his hounds 
find their meat tolerable, after a hard run, pro¬ 
vided they have not on hand any venison, which 
legs ; antennm 14, 
The names derived from the compound Greek 
words for a lip and a Jaw, No. 1; and a Up and u 
foot , No. 2, has reference to their oral structure 
also, which distinguishes them. 
The ChUopodans, or centipedes, are again divi¬ 
ded; those having the six hind pairs of legs 
longer than the restate denominated lntcqitipedes. 
Those having all their legs equal In length (ex¬ 
cept tho last pair,) arc called xKquipedes. 
There is but one genus mentioned among the 
Innquipedes, which genus is named Certnalia, by 
Ilmukk & Leach, and Scutigera, by Lamako ami 
Latrtllk. SAYbarely mentions a single species, 
the Cerwntia coleoptrata of VlLLlERS, found in 
Georgia and East Florida. He considers these 
introduced by our shipping from abroad. This 
is all I can find respecting it, so that I am unable 
to say whether it is like one that has become a 
real nuisance hero at Lancaster, or not. Kirby 
B ays they are not found in England, but they are 
found on the Continent, in France, at leash 
Fig. 1 represents a Species that infests our 
dwellings, bed-rooms, and out-houses. They 
conceal themselves during the day, and are rarely 
abroad, unless disturbed from their lurking-place 
between the washboards, joists, or any crevice 
in which they can hide. When night comes they 
may be seen running upon the waits and floor 
with great velocity, coursing for prey, which 
consists of bedbugs and smaller insects. These 
they puncture with their oval fangs, and the 
venom they instill acts very quickly, thus ena¬ 
bling them easily to secure their victims. A 
lady acquaintance, finding them running upon 
the walls in the bed-room occupied by her chil¬ 
dren, in one of our first-class dwellings, brought 
one to me, inquiring what they were. I gave her 
to understand that they were more poisonous 
than the bite of a spider, aud ought to be ex¬ 
pelled from the bed-chambers, and every lurking- 
place secured, by using thick lime plaster in the 
chinks, or otherwise closed up. In corroboration 
of my own views, I will give the observations of 
Mr. Wm. H. Thackauy, in his own words, as 
nearly a3 I can remember them, on observing 
the drawing of one in my boob. He said that 
on the 2()th day of June last, having disturbed 
some rubbish, one of these cieatures, in running 
along the wall, got into a spider’s web. A small¬ 
sized spider ran out, but retreated instantly, while 
a larger, robust specimen, the adult parent, per¬ 
haps, came to secure the prisoner. She adroitly 
pulled tho ropes and kept her victim entangled, 
notwithstanding violent jerks aud exertions to 
become disengaged; the spider was evidently 
shy of her customer, and exerted all her skill at 
a respectful distance from her adversary. The 
fight becamo interesting, without exciting any 
sympathy for one or the other of the vermin; it 
was “devil kill devil” to me. Determined, how¬ 
ever, to await the issue of the contest, I closely 
watched the maneuverings of both. After strug¬ 
gling for some time, the persevering spider, 
either with a view to bite or get her victim’s 
head secured, approached close enough to receive 
a stroke on her rotund corporosity from the fangs 
of the millipede. It was truly astonishing to 
notice the effect; the moment the spider was 
struck she keeled over, stretched her legs, and 
that was the end of her. The body seemed to 
Bwell to twice its previous bulk, and subsequently, 
on a post mortem examination, I found two white 
spots where the fangs had struck. Ab to the 
victorious prisoner, he made a few energetic 
efforts and cleared himself from the web, rnarch- 
TWILIGHT THOUGHTS, 
How calm, how placid are the hours of sunset 
and twilight. Nature in all her works betokens 
rest, for scarce a leaf stirs or bough sways, so still is 
all around. As I sit. by the open window gazing 
upon tbe scene without, how varied are the emo¬ 
tions that crowd themselves upon me. 
The past, lighted up by memory’s gleams, seems 
almost a present reality. Imagination carries me 
back to the happy hours of childhood, now gone 
for ever, and the friends of youth, now scattered 
far and wide over this broad earth, seem again 
to surround me. But memory loves not always 
to be sad, and now she bids the heart be gay, 
lighting up its dark rccesseB, guiding us back 
through joys which once we prized as never to be 
forgotten, and happiness long buried in oblivion, 
is renewed at this quiet hour. 
But not alone with the past do we love to dwell, 
for thought, glides gently to the present, and from 
thence out into the uncertainties of the vast future. 
Dark, indeed, is the vail that separates us from its 
untried realities, and the most penetrating eye 
fails to pierce its sable folds, yet Hope bids us not 
despair, and lures ua on with expectations of 
happiness greater than it has been our lot to en¬ 
joy. O, Hope! how wonderful is thy power.— 
Poverty and distress but adds to thy lustre. The 
traveler on life's journey, bowed down by disap¬ 
pointment and cares, turns to thee, his guiding 
star, aud is revived. The fainting oue, almost 
giving up in despair, oft catches a gleam from 
thy countenance which lights him far out upon 
his weary journey. J. A Smith. 
Geneva, Wis., I860. 
asked nnw-a days, 
Mary’s Rapids in a birchen canoe?” One who 
can decide that interesting question iu tbc affirm 
alive can boast of the most delicious sport ever 
enjoyed on the water. The Rapids, bright and 
sparkling, and white with foam, are beautifully 
broken and dashed into a thousand eddies by 
small islands and huge boulders; some rearing 
their frightful heads above the Burface, some 
bowing themselves under the foaming, rushing 
currents, seeming like so many sea-monsters 
forcing their way madly up the rapid stream. 
The bark canoe is beautifully adapted to this 
“leap;” light as a feather in tbe hands of its only 
true master and builder, the Indian, it bounds 
with every motion of the dancing waters. None 
but an Indian can pilot our bark down among 
those furious waters and frightful rocks; but 
guided by an Ojibwa, a people rocked from their 
infancy in these birchen canoes, we ftel safe as 
we do on land. For a perfect enjoyment of this 
descent, the day should be warm, calm, and clear 
— so warm that it is a luxury to be out upon 
these cool waters, so still that not a breath of air 
can be felt stirring. Though the excitement of 
the trip never wears off, yet the first venture in 
the frail boat has a freshness of interest never to 
be forgotten. One walks up to the “Head,6 
beside the roaring rapids, where the boat is in 
waiting for the leap, and the never-ceasing roar 
fills his mind, as well as bis ear, with vague sensa¬ 
tions of fear; he sees every where the ugly-looking 
boulders in the chanuel of the river; he sees the 
waters dashed into foam around them; he lias 
heard of all the accidents that have happened in 
makiug the descent, and he step3 into tbe giddy 
little craft with more of fear than pleasure. But 
that sensation is of short duration. He feels 
encouraged by the ease and pleasant coolness of 
his Indian voyageurs, aud by their dexterity in 
guiding the canoe. 
At first the current is smooth and unbroken, 
and one looks down through the crystal water at 
the boulder-covered bottom, and is suiprised and 
delighted at the cunoe’s rushing into an abyss, 
gradually subsiding into the quiet flow of a broad 
river, so that steamboats may run into the very 
foot of the rapids, and tbe frail bark canoe of the 
adventurous aud skillful half-breed dash far up 
among them in pursuit of the white fish. These 
rapids are broken up into several different chan¬ 
nel, and among them are scattered little islands, 
such as you 6ee at Niagara, and, like them, brist¬ 
ling with cedars in all possible attitudes. 
These rapids are not unlike those of Niagara, 
excepting that, instead of ending upon the briuk 
of a terrible precipice, they decline with the 
steady flow of a wide river; and Bteamers and 
canoes may fearlessly enter them. They run in 
different channels, everywhere dodging the nume¬ 
rous little cedar-covered islands in their way. 
The St. Mary’s Ship Canal now overcomes the 
obstruction made by these rapids in the passage 
from Lake Huron to Lake Superior. Heretofore, 
merchandise from Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, and 
other places, had to be discharged and conveyed 
over a railroad to the upper end of the Sault, and 
then hauled down to the waters at the opposite 
extremity; and the locks in this massive canal 
are, perhaps, the largest in the world.— Ilaml- 
Buok of American Travel. 
THE NEW PLANET VULCAN. 
The latest number of the North British Review 
contains an interesting summary of the discus¬ 
sions by the Frrnch astronomers on the alleged 
discovery of a new planet between Mercury and 
the sun. M. LeBcarbault, an hnmhle but honest 
physician, living at Orgcres, who has studied as¬ 
tronomy from his earl.est youth, and has provided 
himself with rude but accurate instruments of 
observation, saw on the 26th of May, 1859, a black 
point immediately after its entrance upon the 
suu’s disc, which it crossed in one hour and 17 
minutes, From calculations soon after made, it 
was estimated that the new body, which is appro¬ 
priately named Vulcan, is only one-seventeenth 
as large in mass as Mercury, uud that the time of 
its revolution iB 19 days and 17 hours. It is never 
at a greater elongation, or distance, from the sun 
than eight degrees. 
Leverrier, the discoverer of Neptune, and the 
head of the National Observatory, bad expressed 
his partial belief in the theory that certain dis¬ 
turbances in tho movements of Mercury could be 
accounted for by the existence of small bodies 
circulating between Mercury and the 3un, like the 
ring of such bodies as there are between Mars 
and Jupiter. He received, however, with doubt 
the news of Lescarbault’s discovery, mid it was 
not until after a severe examination of the latter’s 
work, papers and instruments, that he became 
convinced that the Doctor had really made tho 
discovery. When satisfied that an intra-Mercurial 
planet had actually been seeu, he made the facts 
public, and the discoverer of Vulcan became fa¬ 
mous. Soni' 1 of the leading astronomers, here¬ 
upon, took up the subject, holding opposite opin¬ 
ions. M. Wolf made calculations founded on tbe 
records of many black spots which had passed 
across the sun since 1762, confirmed the credibil¬ 
ity of Lescarbault’s narration, and moreover ex¬ 
pressed the opinion that the observatios can only 
be reconciled by the admission of at least three 
intra-Mercurial planets. 
On the other baud, M. Lisis, another French 
astronomer, denies the whole story of Dr. Lescar- 
bault, both as to tho observation, which he de¬ 
clares to be false, and as to the truth of his hypoth¬ 
esis. He argues the matter with great skill and 
force; his course of reasoning, however, being 
too elaborate to be properly condensed in this 
paragraph. It is perhaps sufficient to say, that 
the Reviewer in the North British, after carefully 
stating all tbe facts and criticisms, does not doubt 
the honesty of Dr. Lescarbault, nor does he be¬ 
lieve that he is mistaken. 
TREE PLANTING. 
“Have you never heard of the student who, 
on being told that the cow would sometimes live 
a hundred years, bought a young cow to try the 
experiment?" Yes, indeed, we have heard of 
him,—the irony is excellent,—and of Dr. John¬ 
son’s growl about “the frightful interval between 
the seed and tho timber.” Still, we say, plant 
trees. They who plant at once, instead of wast¬ 
ing their breath in selfish complaints of the short¬ 
ness of life, find luxuriant foliage waving over 
them much sooner than tl.ey expected. But, 
whether you live to see the maturity of your 
trees or not, be benevolent enough to plant for 
posterity. Transmit to your children the inheri¬ 
tance of rural beauty received from your fathers, 
greatly augmented. By all meanB plant, and 
plant well, and the result will overpay the labor. 
And let not your work end with planting. Feed 
your trees from year to year with generous food, 
aud gaard them from injury. And, in the words 
(slightly altered) of an old planter:—“What joy 
may you have in seeing the success of your 
labors while yon live, and in leaving behind yon, 
to your heirB or successors, a work that, many 
years after your death, shall record your love to 
your country! Andthe rather, when you consider 
to what length of time your work is like to last” If 
yon have country homes to embellish, be content 
with simplicity. Remember that a great estab¬ 
lishment is a great care, and that the proprietor is 
apt to become slave to it. Let your dwclling-piaeeB 
be marked with what painters call "repose.” 
Make them the abodes of comfort and refined 
enjoyment, places which will always afford you 
agreeable occupation, but not oppress you with 
care .—North American Review. 
Fbosfbrity is no just scale; adversity is the 
only true balance to weigh friends. 
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