Show from the columbus 0 journal jacob strawn the great drover I 1 the papers frequently mention this wonderfully successful farmer and drover who imig emigrated ana ara gome some timer lime pines from muskingum ngum county of this state to ilinoe in a letter to the tribune buney a correspondent thus tells of hip him him in the vicinity of jacksonville is is the mot noted man in I 1 IIIi 11 ino rno noi nol Q n not 0 t e excepting the he little clant y lam told that he is a native of diuk aluk county ohio and that he emigrated to the prairies many years ago with money enough to buy a quarter section of land he is of medium stature statute but his frame basteen has his hrs been of immeke im mente menie power pod and t toughness sometimes when he has been punch alinz cattle cattie he has accomplished accomplish h ed the almost incredible feat of riding on horseback nine successive days dars and night with no sleep steep but xv what athe he I 1 cat eat in ia the ibe saddle hii his judgement jud gement of cattle eattle is in fallible ile he will ride into a drove of cattle clance stance over it with incredible quickness huntin hunting the number singling out the average ox computing from him the he whole drove and offering fiering of a price foh foe the whole more promptly than many many manx would for one or he ha has s the reputation r f being a fair dealer healer and will not lia iia haggle gie gle wit with thos those who sell to and bulof buy of him if his t ors ars rg like his terms that ends the matter and if ir no not t it certainly ends it he measures out highlan his hig plan weeks ahead by the half hour never failing in iii his engagement engagements sand tind never forgiving the h lazzard laggard who keeps him waiting his 3 cattle bunnies bus hies nies enlarged egorin ansly until he mir dir purchased chased anti and soil sold many thousands abear all th nany nans not needed in this bui bit business siness was invested ii lands ani nna it is said that he never has been known to sell lri iri ti ail acre his home farm contains feri lert en thon thou thousand sand acres acnes and a gentleman told me roe that one field on that farm planted ver after aver vear year with corn cont contains alis aris i three thou thousand sana acs and another four thousand near la salleh has a tract of some six or seven acres and besides thoe those many smaller farms of a section less or more in ore Hs landed estate is said to be worth a tn million illion of dollars hig hii his mode of dealin dealing with tenants is characteristic he assigns them certain tracts and anti tells them he w wants anta them thern to put in in fo so many acres of corn if they work well to pay them so muck much a bushel for the crop when ripe in the fall he brings beings each man ills his money and then drives to each h man a certain number of cattle and hogs hog and says will pay you yon oll oil so much a ahead licad to feed these this winter ail nil tiey they can eat and yon you are to have bave tham at my house on the he first day of next may oa on the specified day his droves are j i corst coming in in from all directions and buyers from the ea eastern er n cities are there attend attending inz the greatest grea feat teat cattle cattie market in the west if not in Amei amel america amelica ica the beer beef cattle cattie on the grounds amount to thousands and the he drovers are able to get pet just what they want and what is singular this man never keeps book accounts retaining tile the minutest details of his immense business in his memory and filling 7 up tip his enga engagements foments with perfect exactness CA A few years tears since such much protract protracted ea tasking of cf in mind ind and body broke him dowa down and I 1 am told lold that he is showing too many signs of age for a man ald aid said not to bo be GO 60 in some respects he is the most roost remarkable man in illinois the like of whom will not be seen again azain his name is jacob strawn 1 A BIT of op advia ADVIL E mave have you enemies go st aishton on and dont mind them if they get in your irav way walk round them regardless of theli their spite A man who hlad no enemies is seldom good for ary arv anything thing he is made of that kind of matei matel material ial lal which is so easily worked that every one has a hand in it A sterling character one who thinks for himself and ant speaks what he be thinks is always sure sune to have enemies they are as nf ne him bim as fresh air airthea they keep him alive antl and active A celebrated character who was waa surrounded by enemies used to tb remark 1 they are sparks which if yot you I 1 do not blow will go out of elf themselves them selve y let this be your feeling while endeavor endeavoring inc inZ to live down clown the scandal of those who are bitter against you if you stop to dispute you do but as they desire ana and open the way for more abuse let the poor fellows talk here will be a reaction if you perform but your duty and hundreds huni hunt 1 I reds neds who were once a from you will flock to you and acknowledge edge their error THE HABITANTS ct ok THE OCEAN says ay maury from studying the works of the physical agents odthe of the universe we are led to perceive reelie that the inhabitants of the ocean are 9 as much the creatures of clime as are those of the dry land for the same almighty hand that decked tie tle tho tto lilly filly eind and cares cires for the sparrow fashioned also tiie tile pearl peari and feeds the great whale whether of the lie land and or of the se they are all his creatures subjects of ills his laws and agents of his economy the sea therefore we infer has its offices icess ciff and duties to perform so may its inhabitants consequently quent ly lie he who undertakes und to study its phenomena mut must cease to regard it as a waste of water waters ile he must look upon it ss its a part of the exquisite e machinery by which the harmonies of 0 nature are preserved preserve df and then lie will begin to perceive developments of order and the evidence of design which make it a most beautiful and interesting subject for contemplation disinfectants DISINFECT ANTS charcoal which is strongly recommended by some borne will not nox no act as a bisin agen agent L after it athes lies iles become wet and aud on athla thi thia account should not be relied on oa its property of i ab bases rases of any kind only exists whilst it I 1 remains dry when wet it has no more active in absorption than a piece of wood there is is no one cheap substance which should bo be relied 1 ed on as a dis infecting agent there should r be used at the same time either elther plaster phister 0 or copperas lime and gas tar dime lime should be scattered over ail all places where animal or vegetable matter is de decainy caving and then plaster or copperas should be used after which gig gas tar should be applied these thee three lh reavill will effectually arrest of or destroy all poisonous exhalations exha lations arasin arising c from decaying ah mal or vegetable matter MASON AND DIXONS Dix oris LINE in the seventeenth century jumes jimes J umes imes 11 II of england then the tho duke of york eive give certain lands to lord baltimore and to william penn and a soon sprung up tip as to the proper owner df of these landi on n the delaware Deh ware again and ana acain arain u pas was as the carried into the courts till in 1760 when george III lii cameto came to the crown the lord chancellor of england made a decision de cislon but nev neg rose up in lit drawing the boundary lines the commissioners finally employed aless Alegs re mason son and dixon diaan w who lo 10 h had a j jut returned from the cape of good hope where wl ee they had been to observe the transit of venus they succeeded hi in establishing the line between delaat delaware are and maryland which has ever since been called mason and dixons line LADIES DONN i ra stella stelia 1 I 1 in lit her liek Suburban I 1 letters to the worcester palladium makes I 1 pertinent allusions to the present style of ladies bonnets she sha says i they are ruining the eyesight of all who wear them the tha rays of t the fie til ail iun inn it come directly upon the eye and the victim squints wrinkles up her forehead sheds a few natural tears and hur ries rips on 0 to o the shade of the nearest building to give tive her eyes a moments rest no gentleman wears a hat without a brim or a cap cup without a visor but tile the ladies though soft creatures that they t lev are can ohly seek seeh shelter behind what mav may be ile supposed to be their motto orin grin and bear it I 1 or as it has been poetically rendered tendered suffer and be strong FLEAS AND bidd bugs buos A writer in the he gardeners chronicle recommends the use of oil of wormwood to keep off the insects above abose named put a few drops on a handkerchief or a pece eee pee of muslin anti and put it in in the bed haunted by byleen he on emy einy neither of these tribes can bear wormwood and the hint is especially recommended to travellers trav ellers who are liable to fall among the topers copers of blood ax D sir moses dionte Alonte montefiore flore carries with him to jerusalem the product of a subscription for his hia corell co rell reil religionists rhile ests amounting to or while at constantinople much attention was shown him by tile the ministers of the porte amongst other favors a firman was granted authorizing thor izing the establishment of a jewish hospital at jerusalem 1348 T at ff E 0 B D effs EEE E E EE JJR E T 21 N T E EST ess vi S T continued from pane page 2171 6 alet let us consider those e of ot ui us wh milo 0 have had dad the privileges and blessi blessings mys mrs that thit at s great many have hove riot lint joyed enjoyed tn we who ave have hare lia lla had d the experience experience of a score of years since bince we first heard the gospel explained talked about since it was first suggested to io MS that the heavens hav have been wen leen propitious in sending tr an invitation to the erring son sons of earth to rett return rn from their wandering and place thein themselves selves under the tuition which heay hear en has instituted to developed in them a perfect knowledge of the principles of truth I 1 say what do we know more today to day than then what capacity do we possess more inore says one 11 know a great deal more inore and we are enabled to tn accomplish more iov tov rov now than we w could then it is simply because we know more truth and in the application of it we can occupy a wider field and are prepared to encounter a I 1 greater variety of circumstances arid and under them all to be enabled to apply the tile truth and create circumstances cum crim stances that ara arn good and acceptable to god to our increase in the truth and to the increase ot the kingdom of god upon the c earth arth the kingdom of god is being developed under tinder lie influence ol 01 the gopel how fast just ns as fast fist as true trae principles are developed in the hearts of men and women just zo fast last and juat just jetso so far the kingdom of god ia is actually devel opel posse possesses ses strength and is bit built bulit lit up with s sund jund kund substantial materials tl tint 1 it will outlive the waste Y aste of time continuing to grow in strength and a n d might when sublunary things have passed uway taking this view of salvation we see eee iW ifa object is to put that thit in our possession without which it is impossible for us v to he happy g well then should we be subject ta u counsel and be advised adair ed yes men here bick sick up tip their noses and complain bec bee because ture tuse they are required to be ve subject to counsel says one 11 1 I know enough ta to attend to to ay moy roy own business I 1 dont vish wish dish auy auy man to manage for me I 1 cannot endure it I 1 am too ton independent now you poor independent son sou soul you that are igo too independent to learn ae ahe truth to he taught ayour duty what independence have you yolk got 11 10 loi iol 1 have haven the privilege of moving round in this bre breathing athina world as Os I 1 please and I 1 wont be con I trolle tro v t lyou i bonti wont but I 1 say you will and you are controlled and that is the very reason you say as you say and do as you do you yon are control iad every moment of your lives and still you say you are not you are not independent you never vad vas ana and yon you never will be that being does not exist within the rane rang ol 01 mans history the very principles upon which we exist make Z 1 us usi the th e objects ot of dependence I 1 11 10 10 ll I 1 know the historia shat that independent kman iman i what is il it esthe is tiie tile hist history ory nry of every man inan that cornea into the world man comps comes into the 11 world a beggar naked destitute and the of dependence and li poverty that ever evert everl was iala laid out on the stage or tit lit lihan ithan existence J could cald he belp leip himself cloth his ins nakedness 1 hi ra the i verv ery first thim thih he needed when lie he i aked d upon this airth he be had to borrow horrow from ni rl tiie tife I 1 11 I 1 atmosphere that god h had ad prof provided aided ro for r him oberre jb erre efre he came herm here ere pre and 1 had d it not been ar or ihie the ifie pa provision 0 of bia his great benefactor he be would bavy havy been birn irn only 0 0 o perish wish in ia the of his hi days is man who tells us lie he is independent he is too independent to he ile taught and atul instructed nl ill say what did lie lle know or what could coul dhe he do cin in llie tile hedaya day of hla hia infancy th thi crawl fitl fill ling insect that wiggles its way along along through bithe dust of the earth was as independent na as he ii ti and had more mote help for itself talk about inde lie lip has forgot that he ivas born and Ah that atis is the difficulty ile he ii is not annly ignorant truth but he has been shutting tig his eves ever eyes nii nil insl insi it all the tim tima a since he be has hat been in the world por voi 16 I 1 I 1 ile ite has forgot helas borri born naked and helpless less 1 fi I 1 suii suli suppose pose lie helas born in silken robbs nobel when lie he does think about it because lid have worril hem ever since I 1 dant arit know buthe but he thinks lie he was born in the bedecki bedecks his ins body fince sance lie he has been I 1 on n the tarthur as the j saying has it with a in 10 his mouth 1 heis hers independent dent ahe be says what does lie he do m anthe the first pla pia p he had to be cradled in helpley helplessness sue sa and eared cared ared for fr it ii is to a moly mother s anxiety and tender lender care he is indebted for hla his lle ile lie for the perpetuity nf ins his beningna be ingin the earth when 1 lie he became of sufficient age to draw his nour bour 41 mient wient and means to sustain his being fr irm irn other sources lie he ale ate the bread thattie th that atthe the ati ail aft a tl produced that was as here before him he had tib rift liand hand in preparing it he eats it enjoys T ane lne he blevin estina P flowing from it and ind still looks up to heaven ho kvell on ani oni i lik ilk like of old ex t r hal 11 1 I have made all inese chese thin as 1 he is so ird lad had IRA veen veen been no earth to havis hav prod pro produced dured bread for his nouri nourishment how could he lie have lived supposing there had been no handt handi hat hal had tilled the earth and produced bread as til ill the result of in lifbor bor he ile was not able abie to tharel abbad oad cad to gin fin findig find dit it and couig not manu minu in anu facio facture i ile lle heis hels is depend depOnd dependent ent all the time here xie find irh irn clad in in gin fin fine robes enjoying the hi fellows occupied tind nd man men on the L and on ane left that go at his bidding mid Vid ding a and rid come athis call but what could he do supposing they |