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VOL. 2. NO. 21. BEAUFORT S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1872. {ftjra,ric25
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MY FIRST MYSTERY.
I am going to relate an occurrence which
some people will think very insignificant.
Li the even tenor of my homely life, how
ever, it was what is termed an "event."
It turned out lor the besf as many bittei
things do in this life of struggle. Many,
1 am told, are scourged by the affliction
under which I unconsciously suffered.
1 was always a staid, quite fellow, who
liked home and a punctual, comfortable
life, but being a bachelor, I began at the
age of nine-and thirty, to feel a little
lonely, and my income being nearly five
hundred a year, and my house and appurtenan
es being quite enough for a modest
family, I very secretly, and with much
precaution, began to look out for a wife,
1 believe people supposed me to be
rather older than I actuallv was. Mv hair
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? little flitn at. inn nflonlft said
I was bald: perhaps I was so. My face is
not short and dumpy. I don't think there
is anything vulgar about it It is long
and thin, not a smirking, impudent countenance,
but vt ry grave, and perhaps a
little shy. I called young ladies " miss,"
and their mammas " madatu," and treated
both equally with the ceremonious respect
that flatters their seif-es eetn. without
for a mom< nt violating that profoun 1
sense of decorum which is ever uppermost
in the mind of a young laly of delicate
'eelings and refined education.
I had no doubt that I should be fortunate
enough, in con-e juenceof the marked
% superiority, in the poin's I lmve indicated,
of my manners over those cf the young
men who were then to be met?I say I
had no doubt that I should be fortunate
enough to please whatever young lady out
of the eleven with whom I had the lienor
to l?eacquainted Ishon'd ultimately se act
f<?r the partuer o.r my life aud the regulator
of niy ho.iseho: 1. I clioto Miss Mar ha
1 end'es She was tall-and silent, had
commanding bl :ck feves. t nJ was full of
prudence. I knew I had only to speak. I
<lid. She looked surprised, ller m gaificent
black eyes were fixed st?adily u}>on
me for nearly half a minute, while she
meditated, and then she cepte 1 me.
She cntne home. 1 t sb Med her of my
undying : fiV-c ion, rnd t lkel of culinary
a::d household n! airs. 1 asko 1 her, among
other things, how much wine?it w;>s a
subject 1 was sensitive up >n?she thought
wo -Id quite sniilce her every we.-k. fhe
tod me she never drank w ne. beer, or
any othec encit g fluid; and it dinner,
luncheon, and supper, her gl ss ; Iways
etoo i oniptv, except v. hen tin te was w .ter
i i X 1 loved her more and more every
<!av.
1 found her a 1 vice mo^t val iabh\ She
recommended me tt.ongly, for insirnco,
to cuhiv. te her cous'n, Captain Thunder,
lie was all, lo id. an 1 had l?!a< k whirkers.
ll's name was Thomas l'riak Thunder,
r ;d his air was f-stive an 1 mili ary.
lie was in delicate he lth. though he
1 oked rnb-.t: t. lie was threaten ?i with
oo sumj ti ; but his <oh>r v as lii r-d. and
} is ap; etit-* excellent. llut consumption
is a tre chcrous complain*. : nd its advances,
1 am to d, i..s di us and disgui.-ed.
He bad twenty ;h<.u.-a:td pounds in three
er cent, government stock, at.d ha 1 quarrelled
with all his relath us except our
eei vea.
1 quite agreed with my wife. TTere
kin lues* an 1 prudence pointed In the
same dire tion. We were very attentive
t ? hi in. He a'most lived at Poplar Hollow.
tint was the name of our linu.-s. We
Ixir a great deal from hiin. He h id that
loose way of flinging his limbs about,
winch Martha detested as nuch as I; and
he was t tally destitute of the roj>e tfnl
de e-tne an 1 reserve which ate found
a - ays so winning with the fair sex. I
l a e s< en him, when he thought I was
ii looking, ci uok Martha under the ch'n.
And, or hotli our sakes, she bore it liko
iiM a- gel, 1 ut when 1 talked of it to her,
mi requested me to tell him how it dis.
git ;ed her; which 1 did, i n I bt gge 1 of
him to consider a lady's feelings ; which
lie 1'iomis d me he would.
; verythiug was going on thus happily,
ami lie was growing *o like us more ai dmore,
when his regiment wa orders to
the V e t Indies, and in little more than a
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ye r anil a half, poor lellow, he died uf
yellow fever.
The consuls did not turn up. I snpp so
lie v as extravagant. lie must have soid
h s ok.
We hal act'-d for the best, however,
and did not ie^ret it much, although ho
had I ho n a \ery heavy item in tlieexj enscs
of our little hoes hold for upwards of a
year. lie liked ducae and peas, and asj
aragus and oysters, aud drunk a ridiculous
ouantitj of port.
1 expressed to dear Martha's mofliet,
when next 1 saw her in town, my surpi -e
at the total disa|>; a-.mce of poor Thuu/]
i.c'o tieanf e li Alton ii nrmnrlc ct A/ilr u n<l
1. ri ?* b )* VliV bltVVIOUUU ci-wva , ntiu
#ih looked at me for s >me seconds, as if I
had two heads, and th*n, being one of
tioso fat women who see something 1 dicrous
in everything.she shook and wheezed
with laughter, until a good siiff ..t of
to igh ng pulled her up.
Then diving lu-r eyes, she croaked with
a most unfetnin ne grin 6t 11 panting:
" Who on earth, my dear Jeiry told you
that p. or Frisk had twenty thousand
pounds? He never had twenty thousand
pence! And this was the secret of y. ui
haute and oysters, and port wine, aud
bourdng and lodging poor pennilesa
Frisk w henever he had a month's leave,"
and the cynical old creature laughed
again, till the chair creaked and the tioor
trembled. I was disgusted, and could not
help saying:
...a.itt.n, it vvais from v<-ur daughter,
who corn-eels nothing from me, that I
learned that fact: who she may have
lcarne! it from 1 neither know nor ctre.
Ji-.tshe it wa- who advis-d our little hospitalities
to jioor Frisk. It w as her advice,
and 1 followed it; and I mention the fact
because, however ridiculous you may be
disposed to think me, you can hardly Laugh
at your own dajghter. You may treat
the d^appointment, if you please, as mine
only, but you must feel that the ducks,
and oysters, and ham% and other thing3
you arc so good as to remember with so
inu h particularity, though pioceeding
from me, in the first instance, were nevertheless
some little loss also to Martha, a
loss which I m'ght nut unnaturally have
expected h'm, in some trifling way, to have
made good to her."
This rebuke, wliirh I de'iverel sternly,
had some little e.Tect on her for a moment.
f>r she "hemmed," and btid'el up. an I
looked a little ijnecrly along the carpet;
but the old wretch, I regret to have to
apply such a term to my Martha's mother,
(but such a want of common sympathy in
bo near a relative is positively odious)
burnt out again into another peal of the
saino heartless and stupid laughter,
though she was pa'pnbly a little a?hnm<*d
of it; and in that unludv-like condition 1
| left her.
1 must now relate a painful orcnrren'-o ;
| a mysterious si ate of tilings ; a discovery :
and an affliction, which 1 remember still
with consternation.
Dear Martha had retired to rest, perfectly
well, at ten o'clock. 1 had some letters
to write, which detained me, for some
hours later, in tho draw.ng-room. Whllo
writing them, 1 had occasion twice to coneult
accounts, which were filed in a little
pros; in our bedroom.
My first visit wat at about a quarter to
eleven. I found lier in bed. but wide
awake, and, apparently, perf< ctly well,
except that Iter face was unusually flushed,
and lier eyes unnaturally brilliant. She
6aid she felt very nervous, and complained
of my stealing about the house, disturbing
her.
1 e .troitel Iter to eomyoso herself to 1
sleep. She answered that if I were good
enough eltherto s'ay in the room, or to
stay out of it, it would compose her more
than anything she could do.
She hod such a pointed way of putting
things.
I was obliged to go np a second time on
a sim lar errand, ab >ut an hour later. I
put o 1'my shoes lest I should disturb lier.
a :d I I^.-teueti ut the door. Su.> was
breathing s ertorousiy; or, in lei-'s t.*ch iical
1 it11^:sa ? ", snoring.
Dear Martha never admitted tliat she
snored. It made her very nngry that I
should insinuate or 1 elieve any such thing.
On this occasion the sounds were welcome
to'nit1, hi cause I could enter the room
wit out four of disturbing her. nun on
doing so, 1 found her still very much
flushed, but in a piofoun.l steep.
When 1 finally return *d she was still
snoring: bat, to my horror, 1 found her
lying on tho floor. My terror increase 1,
for, on endeavoring to get her up, 1 could
not waken her. Wit-It the assistance of
the housemaid 1 got her into bed. Hut she
continued insensible till five o'clock in the
morning, when 1 found that on raising her
l end, by an additional pillow, she mumbh
d a little, and showed some, signs of ro
turn ng consciousness, and shortly after,
to my gieat rel.ef, I did succeed in waking
her. After talking for a few minutes quite
like herself, she fell into a natural and
llCUitll* DlCtp, AUU UOAI iuviuiu^ ?V*AC? juow
as usual.
I became, iu consequence of what I had
witnessed, extremely uneasy about dear
Martini's state of hea'th.
1 bcgati to watch her more close'y, and
I found to my constellation, that these
alarming 'ei/.ures were of frequent occurrence,
and always at the same tune. Sho
would s o to bed perfectly well; we would
both f: II ash ej>; 1 would then, perhaps an
hour or two later, be wakened by her persistent
snoring, and fiud her iu the state I
have des ribed.
1 fell into a habit of waking at about
one o'clock every morning, and I found
that this stnte of coin a had actually become
of nightly recurrence.
1 became to > anxious to allow an afTect
on of so formidable a kin I to become iucurably
established without taking active
incus, res fir the restoration of my excellent
wi.e.
Without a hint of mv indention to h"r I
made up my mind to consult i octor 1V1h
in, in wh< in 1 had implicit couiidence,
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(i pu.i ni'i ?
i was lucky. A dim e would brinij
him by my house, on Lis way back to
town, at about one o'clock the very next
morn ng. lie would t'..en make me a quiet
\ isit, aiul he wou'd so the patient, and
consider the case carefully.
1 d d not rea h home till twelve o'clock.
My wife, the servant told me, had gone to
bed at her usual hour, and was quietly
asleep. He knew nothing of my arrangement
w th Doctor lVlhani.
1 grew more nervous as the moment an.
I roaehed. The clock struck one. : n I not
very li ng after Doctor Pellmn's brougha/a
g.h.ed up to t!?o little garden gate, an i,
leaving the hall-door open, I ran out to
meet him at his carriage di or, and to consi
ttst* liSnt intn lt(\nuo
UUV ? uuu ?U?V ?uu MV'MUV,
(Quietly we came in, he asking me a lew
quest one as we did so. The hall-door was
fioitlv shut, and, at his request, I led him
at OQie up to the patient's room.
There she lay, just as usualrio the same
i! profound coma. _ _
He felt her pulse, tie stood by the side
of the bed, candle in hand, and examined
her face. He made mo torn her In the
bed, first on one side, and then on the other;
then he made me shake her gently, then
more briskly. Then he made me call her
gently, then loudly, and finally I satisfied
him that she was in a state of coma. He
raised her eyelid, and looked at her eye,
and stooped, as he did so, very close to her
feoe. Then he stood again at the side of
her bed, looking down on her, with his
lips compressed and drawn down at the
corners, and a hard frown, and lie noJded
once or twice as he was thinking.
" That will do," said he. " Let us go
down."
I was very much alarmed; his fare
frightened me. I led him again to the
front room.
" Is it anything very serious, doctor?" I
asked, very much afraid oMlie answer
that was coming.
" Serious enough." said he.
* i ;.<u uu something for it?"
Said.
" Xothin r," he nn.iwcre 1.
" (,?oo 1 Heaven! sir, what is it?" I ex
claimed.
' Yon and your vicar may do her more
poo' linn I could," said Doctor Pelbam.
" But wlnt is it?" I exclaimed, in sornetlrng
bordering on distraction.
Ho smile-l faintly, and nodded, and
looked out throng i the window for a moinept,
and then, turning to me with a littie
shrug, 1 : said:
" 1 see there are more things in heivcn
and earth than are dreamed of in your
philosophy. Have you read your Arabian
Nights?"
"Genii?" I asked, thinking he meant
thereby to indicate supernatural agency.
"Ycu remcinl>er, then," he contiuuod,
"a story of a lady who had cer.ain unaccountable
peculiarities which puzzled her
husband. He lay awake one night, pretonding
to be asleep, as usual; he watched
her, saw her rise, and leave the room. He
followed, keeping her in view, and tracked
her to the tombs, where he saw her'infernal
repast, and discovered her to be a
ghoul r
" A ghoul!" I exclaimed.
^ " Now, iu this case," he continued, "you
mustpracti e a similar stratagem. Y'oa
must have nerve to follow it up."
' And what shall I eee?" 1 said*
" Wonders," he replied.
''But what?" 1 insisted.
" Fav nothing to put her on her gna^d,
and your eyes will tell you that. I.slian t
say a word more on the subject. Go->dni'lit,"
he sa.-l, and went quickly to the
ha'l-i'oor.
I followed him, and tried to slip his fee
into his hand as he passed me. But he
<r doplirie.t \t- nnd rereatinc
"<iood-n?ght." ran down the steps, through
' the cnrden, jumped into his carriage, and
l'ii 1 dr'.v'en away beforo 1 half recoveroJ
the stun of wliai he had said.
1 took a long walk next day. T kept as
much as possible out of my wife's way.
The dor.or's mysterious conduct had given
nie vague and secret misgivings about her;
and a sense of the espionage I meditated,
a duplicity imposed upon me a matter
of conscience, and such as 1 had never
practised before in all my life, combined to
embarrass me in her presence.
I don't know whether it was fancy, but
I thought her fine black eyes followed me
about, with a steady but stealthy suspicion,
all that evening, as if she were intuitively
informed of the altered state of my
thoughts, and knew, with a fearful anticipaiion.th&t
light was about to break in
upon me.
I did my best to appear unconcerned and
easy. We played our short came of ecarte
as usual after tea. I read aloud a chaj tei
of Miss Barney's charming novel of Ce i
lia, and then oar portion of the Pilgrims
Progress, and, lastly, our accustomed
chapter of the Bible.
I saw her look at me, as I did so, in a
marked and suspicious way, and before we
went up-stairs she asked a little abruptly:
"Are you quite, well this evening,
Jerry ?"
I laughed (what a hypocrite I was be
coming) as well as I was able, and assured
her that nothing was amiss with me. that
I never felt better, and only wisliel that
she were half as well.
She teemed satisfied, and we went to
rest.
It was my habit, ever since I had discovered
her liability to the seizures which
I have described, and which appeared tc
me since my secret interview with Doctoi
Pel ham, the night befoie, unspeakably
; more awful than ever, to keep a light
; burning in the room all night. I was
therefore furnishe 1. without any departure
| from ordinary habits, with means and op
j portunity of observing all that should pas<.
I afibcted to fall into a soun 1 sleep ; my
I wife appeared to me really to do so.
At ubout a quarter to twelve my wifc
sat up in the bed, and looked at me, I bad
closed my eyes, except the least hit it
life She sat as still as a wax image. look
in^at me. Tien she leaned over me and
listened. Then i-oftly and lightly the slid
out of l e 1 at the far side, without a sound
unlocked a press in the wall, and applied
a black l?otUe to her lips,
1 had risen, followed her round the bed
with a noi8elees tread on the thick carpet,
and before 6he had made three great gulpi
from its content*, stretched my hand ovei
her shoulder, and seized the bottle by the
neck.
* Give me that," I said, gently but firm;
It, withdrawing the bottle from her hand
! The smell tftld bm jrbjll it was befoje ]
raided it, and read " beat cognac brandy ,rt
on its scarlet and green labeL 1
I peeped into the press, or rather eloeet,
round which broad shelves ran. Whole
regiments of empty bottles, similarly la- 1
belled, stood there beside some helf-dozea
next the door, with their seals unbroken.
This I saw at a glance. My wife attempted 1
a little swagger, and effected indignation,
but it broke down. The case waa too
strong for her. She sat down on the aide
of the bod and cried; I cried also.
She* said at last:
" I'll be a better wife in future to you,
Jerry."
I kissed her, and we ttried together a
great deal.
Poor tiling! She made a noble effort.
She was very much chagrined after that. I
used to seo her looking at me when she
thonght I was not minding, sn I her fne
eyes fill up with teara. I never alluded to
the occurrence. There was goo 1 in her;
and I think iny forbearance touched hm.
She resisted bravely ; and, thank Heaven,
quite m*s erei her f iulk
About tx months after she was attaked
with inflammation of the lungs. It was an
unspeakable comfort to me that our good
1 1 1 tAhna trultna at l.'Kvll
OIU Yicnr wv?i uv ...v
at that time. Before she died, for it waf
lier last illness, she became comparative^
serene and hopeful.
Mr married life was of less than three
years' duration, and I have never thought
of marrying again.
Ax Eloping IIi>u.vnd and a Dieter*
mined Wife.?The late Mi:aha Tnu >?
publishes the following:?Passengers on
a recent Western bound train on tl?o B. and
M. Railroad were treated to an immense
sensation. In a first clas coach were n man
and woman?the former, judging from his
appearance, was about forty-five yenrs of
age, and evidently a workingman ; the w<v
man was a really pretty girl, not over
twenty one years old. Those two took tl#>
train at Chariton, Iowa S?>oo after leaving
that station, they commenced gradually
to lean toward < a h other, "and eyes
looked love to eyes that spoke aga'n," an 1
f >t a while "all went merry as a marr'are
1*11 " She whs reposing with her head on
his shoulder.and their bard- w.-re clasped
tog ther, as if they feared they would lo-e
each other during the night Their over~T
flowing affection attracted the attention of
every other passenger in the car. The/
s'ept sweetly, and all tinmindrul that Mr.
Man's true an i legal wife was in the first
car ahead of the oue in which they were
riding.
Bight here wo must say that Mr. Man
rvna chmincr with the handsome voting
girl. His neighbor# in Chariton know of
the elopement before it mine off", and they
raised r siyn of money, w.tli which they
purchased a revolver for Mrs. Men. and a
railroad ticket fcrliich would enable her to
follow hor runaway husband. So when
they stepped into a first-class coach at the
' station, she walked into a second-class <?ar,
and they left Chariton on the same train.
1 The situation can now be easily compreh-nded.
Mrs. Man waited, until the
train had pns.<ed two stations, when she
prepared for action, and firm y walked int
> the car where the elopers were firmly
1 held by Morpheus The first thing the
gui ty pair knew they were suddenly
awakened, and there stood Mrs Man with
1 a revolver poin'ed straight at her husband's
head. The girl igmpel up, and
rus'ied into the sleeping car, claiming protection
from the Pullman conductor, who
lorked her up in the stateroom. At the
1 stopping plate Mrs. Man. who kept guard
over her husband, walked him out of the
train, and when they were on the platform
' of the do ot, she actually kicked him, beat
him, stamped on him,and thoroughly subdued
him in much the same manner as a
1 man gets a vicious horse under control,
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How two California Boys Killed \
) Pantiii:h.?The following story, narrating
how two boys killed a panther and two
cul s. is told the Sac am nto Union by a
subscriber, rea ding in Colusa County, t'al.:
"Permit me to make known to you
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RU llli lueili vtiiiiu iraiii^iifcu unruly mo
Summer months at the north fork of
Grindstone, in ('olus-i County. 'I'he particulars
are related to me by Howrroft, a
( gentleman residing in t ie vicinity of Newvillo,
upon whose veracity you can safely
rely. . lie save two young mon. wi: h whom
he is personally ac mainted, started o tho
( mountains, as is customa y.with a band of
sheep. One was named Orlando Harris,
aged fourteen years, and the other < has.
i Hull, aged eighteen. After getting thor.
, oughly settled in their cabin and the
, sheep up ler good control, they started oil"
oue bright morning trout fishing, having
with thoin a sheep dog and a jack knife,
the lutter in tlie possession of young Hull,
and the only weapon of defeo e in case of
j an attack from any wild animals. They
[ had not gone far, when they came to an
k old moss grown log, *..d were about to
step on it, wlieu out sprang a largo sheI
panther and her two cube. Young Burrs
[ hissed the sheep dog on 'ho panther. She
1mm diately seized the dog by the head and
[ was punishing him in a frightful manuer
when young Burris came to the rescue,
catching the-panther by the tail and endeavoring
to pull her 08'the dog. Incase
I the panther let go her hold it would have
been sure death to the young adventurer.
Just in the nick of time young Hull, seeing
the danger his companion was in,
drew his jack-knife and rushed to the
scene of the oonfiici Banning his hand
I down over the panther uot 1 hp felt thp
pulsation of the heart, he raised the knife,
and with unerring aim, drove it straight into
the panther's heart '1 he animal fell
dead between them. Thus, by the merest
accident, the lives of the two young heroes
w? re spared. A few days afterwarda^they
hunted np the two cubs which escaped
d ring the light with the old one, and
killed them also. Auy person paying ft
visit to their father's residence can see tha
three skins hung up as a trophy of tha
victory they accomplished The dog recovered
and is as faithful as ever.''
Missouri Tin Mixes.?The GreenviHei
(Mo.) Reporter says:
The reduction and smelting works of
the Missouri Tin Company, near Fredericktown,
Madison County, are at last
completed, and are pronounced by competent
experts to be as complete in every
rcsj>ect as can be found anywhere?even
in Cornwall. The machinery has been
tested, and ever/tiling works s:.t factorily.
We understand the Company will in a feir
days commence the smelting of tin. Those
who have investigated the subject most
thoroughly have no doubt as to the re
J ? annAi?n/?A tliA
BUlt. UUU wo uu|?d dwu w nuuvuuw >uv
receipt of pigs of tin of Missouri manufacture,
thus adding another important 1
product of industry to the already long '
list which has entitled Missouri to ths
name of being the richest mineral State i
in the Union. Tin is not an abundant 1
metal, particularly in the United States,
and it is not strange that statements re*
spe -ting the mines in Missouri are received
by the public with a great deal of allow* i
ance. Hut those who have satisfied them* i
selves by careful and thorough investigation.
have shown their faith by their '
works, by investing nearly |20'),000 in the I
niin?'i and in the most per'ect machinery i
and buildings for mnnipula ing the ore.
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Rich Deposit of Mineral Paint Discovered.?Our
atten 'o.i(s;ys the Indiana
Democrat) lias been called to the wonder
'ul prod ctious of sienna, or mineral
paint, found in large quantities upon the
farm of Sohn Cessna, in Dauks Township,
this county. 'J his paint oo e.i from a bank
of rocks 011 Straight's Run, and is deposite
1 in large'lusntities in a dam. It has
be- n pronounced by competent judges a
sui ei ior article, really better than the sienna
imported from France and Ita'y, for
the reason that it is entirely with rnt grit.
Acco ding to the definitions, it is a silicate
of iron, and is also called t< f/'ft sir una, It
is estimated that tliedepost is inexhaustible,
hundreds of thousands of tons lit ing
exposed; and this is increa-tied every
day by the quantities which flow from the
rocks.
Candy*
In New York alone there are more than
four hundred manufacturers of confect.onerv,
some of whom make an average of
four thousand pounds a day through the
yeur. Plates of sale are innumerable. almost
every block has its candy store, sometimes
several of them. It is pleasant to
be a-sured by those who have carefully In
*1 * t.n n ? V* net li a * tlio una , ?f iv#?t.
vca llg? ion mr ouu^bi, vhm, ?>v u^v <?? IJ^tr
sonous materials in coloring candies has
greatly diminished within a few years.
Certain fancy bonbons, made more for
show than for eating, are still colored with
poisonous materials, and adulterated with
objectionable substances. Purchasers
should understand this, and swre-meats of
this kind should never l>e given to children
for eating. While there is n> doubt
that some kinds of candy are Injurious?
that which is made from puresugar, with
no adulteration, is usually regarded nowadays
bb harmless?provided it is eaten
moderately and at a proper time. Candy
should never l>e allowed to take the place
of substantial fo >d ; it should bear the
Bame relation to ordinary food as other
condiments do; and the most wholesome
time for taking it is after a meal. To bo
nibbling at it all day long will surely dostroy
the appetite and injure the health,
just as constant nibbling of anything else
would injure the health. Candy would
not have to bear the blame of all the colics
and headaches which befall children booq
after Christmas gifts are bestowed, did
they not so often carry a pocketful of it
around with them. The comm n substan
ces use.I for adulteration are starcu, terra
alba, and clay: and, unfortunately, some
manufacture rs who make pure confectionery
make also an adulterated kind. which
they sell to a certain class of customers.
An adu'teratlon may readily be detected
by taking a tumblerof water and dissolving
a pie e of randy in it. If the candy is
pure, it will completely dissolve; if one
of the articles above mentioned is in it,
there will be u precipitate,
One cannot learn everything; the objects
of knowledge have multiplied beyond
the }>owers of the strongest miud to keep
pace with them all.
What we do for ourselves, w}ll soon be
forgotten ; what we do for others, may be
the vision to * heer the soul when the eye
can no 1 >nger behold the loved ones.
Men are found to be vainer on account
of those qualities which they fondly belU
eve they have than those of which they
really have.
Nothing would fortify us more against
all manner of aocldents than to remember
that we can never be hurt but by our*
elves. If o'r reason be what it ought,
and our actions according to It, we are lavnlatn.iili.
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Humorous.
Paradoxical?In Surgery tlie lancet la
ilways applied in vein.
" Beware," said the potter to the clay,
ind it became ware.
The way to keep your silk umbrella.?>
)nly lend your cotton one.
When is butter like Irish children??
When It is ma le into little Pate.
When is a lady's check not ache -k??
When it's a little pale pail).
Why is a young girl like a music book?
?Because she Is full of airs.
Why are "culled piunons" first rate to
whisper a secret to ?-< Because they always
teep dark.
Why is John Bi trier's hov larger than
Ins father??Because lie is a little Bigger.
When i.s a skein of thread like the root
jf an oak??When it is full of knots.
Many young men are so Improvident
that they cannot keep anything but !ate
lioura,
What is that which haw a month and
never speaks, an I a be I iu which it never
iloeps??A river.
. How would you express in two lette.s
that you were twice the si>.e of you'
companions ??I W (1 double you\
What is the difference between a school /
master and an engine driver??One train*
the mind, the other minds the train, sometimes.
The follow'tig advertisement wag In a
New York paper recently:?" Wanted, by
a hoy. a situation hi an eatingdiouse. He
is used to the business."
An Omaha paper advises the peopl*
" not to make such a fuss over the shoot*
Ing of one constable, as there are over forty
candidates for the office."
A Yankee down Ka?t has made the
discovery, that a window glased with old
hats in a mire indication mature occupauts
bftve seen a rum bottle.
Mr. Speckle* saya the beat vegetable
pill ret invented is an apple dumpling;
for destroying a gnawing in the stomach,
it is a pill wh'ch may always bo relied on.
An Indiana editor makes the following
announcement:?" We positively decline
to publish any anonymous commmicat on
in the future, unless it ii accompanied
with the name of the writer."
" My friend, don't you know that it is
verr dangerous to take a nap while the
train is in motion ??"Why no," exclaim *d
the astonished individual, waking up ;
"why to7"?"Because this train runs
over sleej ere,"
A married friend of ours said he would
always have remained single, but he
couldn't afford it. What it cost him for
" gals and ice cream," was more than be
now pays to bring up a wife and eight
children. Bachelors should think of this.
The pioneer Methodist, Peter Cartwright,
uttered many wise and odd and
witty sayings. He was often much annoy,
ed at one sister, more noisy than pious,
who would go off on a high key at every
opportunity. At an animated does-meeting
one day she broke ont with, " If I bad
one more feather in the wing of my faith,
I could tty away and lie with the Saviour."
" Sti'.k in the feather. O Lord! and let
her go," fervently reap >n led Brother Cartwright.
Wisdom and Truths.
Kin 1 words do not cost much.
He is good who does good to others.
One cannot always be a hero, but one v
may a'ways be a man.
He thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow,
thou shalt not escape calumny.
A promise should be given with caution
and kept with care.
Equity judgeth with lenity, laws with
extieinity.
He that wi'l sell his fame, will also sell
the public interest.
The prodigal robs bis hoi r, the miser
robs himself.
The great secret of success in life, is for
a man to be ready when his opportunity
comes.
T e greatest men live unseen to view,
while thousands are not qua'ified to oxpress
their influence,
One of the most iinpor ant rules of the
science of manners is an absolute silence
n regard to yourself.
In proportion as we ascend the social
scale, we find as much mud there as below.
only it is hard and gilded.
True liberty cons'sts in the privilege of
en'nvin ' mip own r'orhts?not in the de
struct ion < I the lights of others.
Di ficulty excites the mind to* the dignity
which sustains und finally conquers
misfortune, and the ordeal refines while
it chastens,
J'ovy Is rtrontrly characteristic of little,
r.es- o." rn'nd ; a truly noble and geuerous
nian feels no enmity towards a successful
rival
By i nited effort, the theor st an 1 tlio
prno.tipil man may accomplish much,
which neither cou d etfect alone.
The wise man stands firm in all extrem
ities, and bears the lot of his humanity
with a divine temper.
Tdvitnlr unrtt*aa it tl\a na ran r\f m r\at r\f hov
I'lUitnviiu' raw aw iiiv fwivue wi iu?/o? vmioi
vices, It quenches the salutary power of
reason, and makes us the sport of raging
passion.
To be well spoken of, you mast dia.
Even a pauper, when dead, la mentioned
without asperity, and that is as much m
any pauper can expect.
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