What is the object of all this pious policy? Is it to keep the national mind as far as possible in a state of political stagnation, or, otherwise, to ostracise politically the preachers of the land with reference to party success? How is this? Are the preachers of the United States a dangerous element in our land? If they are, then the fewer we have of them the better we are off. Do any but infidels take that view of the subject? It correllates with infidelity, but not with Christianity. TO KEEP A ROOM PURE. To keep a room purified it is only necessary to keep a pitcher or some other vessel full of water in it. The water will absorb all the respired gases. The colder the water is the greater is its capacity to hold the gases. At ordinary temperature a pail of water will absorb a pint of carbonic acid gas and several pints of ammonia. The capacity is nearly doubled by reducing the water to the temperature of ice. Water kept awhile in a room is unfit for use. The pump should always be emptied before catching water for use. Impure water is more injurious than impure air. * * * * * Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory, and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward. INTERESTING FACTS. Glass windows were used for lights in 1180. Chimneys first put up to houses in 1236. Tallow candles for lights in 1290. Spectacles invented by an Italian in 1240. Paper made from linen in 1302. Woolen cloth made in England in 1341. Art of printing from movable types in 1440. The first book printed with movable types in 1450. Watches first made in Germany in 1447. Telescopes invented by Porta and Janson in 1590. Tea first brought from China to Europe in 1501. Circulation of blood discovered by Hervey in 1610. Newspaper first established in 1629. Pendulum clocks first invented in 1639. Barometer invented by Torricelli in 1535. Steam engine invented in 1649. Bread made with yeast in 1650. Cotton planted in the United States in 1759. Fire engine invented in 1685. Telegraph invented by Morse in 1832. * * * * * CURE FOR A FELON.--"Take common salt, dry it in the oven, then pound it fine and mix it with turpentine, equal parts. Put it on a rag and wrap it around the finger, and as soon as it gets dry put on some more, and in twenty-four hours the felon will be as dead as a door nail."--_Old Mr. Mix._ Transcriber's Note The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected.