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BY DAVIS & CREWS- , ABBEVILLE, S. C? THURSDAY MORfrilN-G, l^pyARY 16*186(1^' " ' * * VOL. XVI.----~NQ.48.
From the Field and I^ircride.
LOVABLE HEROINES.
by mary e. bryan.
In the many novel^gnovelettes and romances,
which navo been, and aro still, annually
poured out at the feet of the public,
l>y the bushel-fp'; lijce bo many plums?
^oou, brta^-niiu indifferent?how few are
the really lovable heroines 'tiu flnrf?
;) e heroines one would seriously like to
uiarry i
The Belindas, Amandas and Mclissas of
the former chivalric romances are morel)
pretty, characterless puppets, whoso business
it was to wear white silks and satin
slippers, to faint and " do " hysterics at
every denoement, and to got into all manner
of difficulties and dangers for their
Lord Filz Mortimers to deliver them.?
These persecuted females, who are described
as being angelic mirucles of curls,
complexions, eyes, etc., are about as true
representations of womanhood as the fashion
plate figures in a second rate magazine.
Dimly defined, as Shellv's picture of Queen
Mab, they move through the scones of the
Btory, a? the indistinct figures of a magic
lantern across the canvass of tho exhibition.
for the class of moral and religious
novels?of which Hannah More's " Celebes"
is a sample?their heroines are
as merely personified virtues or vices, as
the characters iu 41 Dred" are pcrambulatiug
abolition opinions.
The heroines of modern novels, plays
and novelettes, are, with some exceptions,
not a whit more lovable than their satinslippered';
predecessors. Female authors,
who might he supposed better able than
men to delineate tho idiosyncrasies of tlieir
sex, sometimes fail signally in making
their "pets" as lovely as tliey.no .loubt,
wish them to appear. My Lord Byron's
bump of self esteem was so largely developed
that, in drawing characters, he
seems always to have consulted the lo king
glass and drawn portraits of himself: so
in his Caii , Lucifer, Lara, Childe Harold
Manfred and all tho rest, we have my Lord
Byron held'up to our admiration?a little
magnified, perhaps, because viewed through
l?by itself I spectacles, but still unmis?
takably Lord Myron. So, some of our
female novelists and story writers seem incapable
of producing anything but daguerreotypes
of themselves. They follow Tapper's
example of " magnifying" their " office,"
to such an extent, that they almost
, ignore the many sweet, amiable, sensible
women, who might be made interesting as
heroines, though no suspicion of indigo
sullied their immaculate hose. Nothing
but bluestockings like themselves will
serve their purpose. Their heroines are
usually .writers, who fight desperate battles
for fame and bread with thepoiutsof their
pen, wear their hair plain, dress in grey or
black livery, are as destitute of archness*
humor and coquetry as owls, and as firm,
independent and fiat footed as?as his Ex
cellency Joseph Brown of Georgia.
Tlio usual plan of such novels, so far as
the horoine is concerned, is this: She is
poor and gifted, is scorned by rich fools,
whom she regards with lofiy contempt, being
absorbed in the contemplation of her
foreshadowed destiny; at length, after
passing through innumerable tribulations,
6he writes, creates a sensation, hero appears
and makes love to hear, but receives
the cold shoulder?through some far-fetched
crotchet of pride or duty in heroine's
jraiu; or else, because her ambition or
:ier martyr proclivities decide her to crush
he orange blossoms for the prospective'
vurels. So she writes on : becomes uu*aVl>y,
mopish and dismal; but writes on;
grows thin, sallow and famous, and finally
discovers that laurels are scentless vegetables
and won't make a good tea, or thnt
they " crumble to ashes in her grasp."?
Fortunately, at this critical juncture, the
^ hero turns up, and, the crotchet having
^ evapoi ated in s, ine way, sho condescends
to bestow her hand upou him.
Tliis is the general plot, for whose filling
up we need only search the newspapers
and magizines. Virginia Townsend, whose
stories pleased the public until it surfeited
with their repealed sameness, has uerved it
up for us?rehashed or more or Icbs nSodi/ :
fied, in every novelette of here 1 have read
lately ; the heroines bcini; writers of books
or, contributors to magazin^ and invariably
becoming celebrated for and n$aiy-7?-.Our
two best American novels by la<j(y jiuthore?the
" Ilidden Path" and ? Beaulab',",
also afford examples. Both the most proro--'
inent female characters wrote and werp
sternly intellectual. This " Benlab," which
- "the gifted Miss Evans has given us ns-her
i^foroine, seems to bo#a young- woman, rath>
er tart of temper, and laconic in speech a*
^Dutch sea captain ; afflicted with an \ii_j
oane desire to make herself uglyj>y kn\ttiug
her ejebrows, compressing her lip*
an J wearing Quakerish dresMfc; being also
. addicted to spoiling her complexion by siiiv
?I1 o'ght, searching thtoujjh bush.
el-id. ?)f metaphysical ohaff for a single
/ gUi\X M truth, and making herself and afj
1 arouV?er lj)i?Wftblo on account,^ the
1;ih, J|ly As we admirer Uiten^nd
a walking eneyclopedia < f
metaphysics, is certainly not lovable.? I
There is much of the authoress, but little
of the woman about Ler, and we find it
diQicult-to sympathize with Ilnrtwell's infatuation.
Such i& not the bosom that erring,
rcnentinsr. lovint? human nature would
liko to shed its tears upon. Olio would as
likely think of caressing the statue of Miner
va, as of petting such a self-sufficient female
As for marrying her, ho would as soon
thiglf of manying a library edition of
the Spectator or Webster's Unabridged.
Such characters are admirable, estimable
without doubt, but wo aro talking now of
lovablf heroines ; of the heroines which, as
wo read, we can fancy standing besido us,
with thoir large, loving eyt-s, and long to
put our arms around and call friend, or, if
we chanco to bo of tho masculino sex,
by names yet sweeter and more tender.
It is not to be understood, that such
strong willed, self reliant, intellectual women
should never appear as heroines in
tho page# of the novel. Since such exist
in reality, and arc needed and honored
in society they should be sketched by
the story-writer, whose provinco it is to
give us faithful pictures of men and
nature, but they need not bo made to figure
so conspicuously and constantly in tales
of fiction ?thus seeming to assumj a
superiority over others, whoso hearts do
not happen to bo starved by tlicir brains.
There are plenty of women worth being
made heroines of, who arc yet innocent
of printer's ink, ignorant of German,
and not at all addicted to metaphysics.
Let our novelists remember that the two
heroines best known and best beloved in
..kvinu.V; tut; iblllU VI kUU JJIUIC, nilU LUU
Jcannie Deans of Scott?were sublime ouiy
in womanly tenderness and patient, selfforgetting
love. Neither of these had any
pretentions to intellectual superiority, yet
none have ever written or spoken of them,
but with the reverent affection due to true
and noble women. Who shall say that
they are not more lovable than those terrible,
writing and philosophizing heroines
who sit, stern and stoical, in the Diogenes
tub of their own " will" and can analyze
you love in the crucible, of philosophy,
until it is reduced to ati abstract idea \
At the ri.-k of having the inky forefingers
of my sisterhood shaken at me in
ire and indignation, I protest that a confirmed,,
dyed-in-the wool blue stocking of
the independent type is not a lovable or
ma r r it Iy cable woman, either in fiction, or in
real life.fi Now, there are milder forms of
the cutoelhvs scribundi, when the disease
only runs into rhymed versicles, or breaks
out into little Fanny Fernish eruptions.
This is not dangerous, and slight friction
with a marriage ring, generally effects a
euro. Many young damsels fancy themselves
smitten with poetic furor when in
fact, they are only love-smitten, (the conditions
are somewhat analogous) or they
write because of the superfluous life, energy
and feeling (hat are in them ami which
soon find natural and safe vent, when home
duties and affections keep hands and heart
empl- yed. Such blue stockings as these,
who wear their blue chiefly in thier eyes,
are often quite lovable enough ; but the
real Simon Pure?solemn, and decided as
the Declaration of Independence, with not
a vesligo of graceful coquetry, or archness
in her angular nature, and who has existed
so long in an atmosphere of books and
manuscripts that it is fair to conclude she
has undergone a metamorphosis, and that
her hearj, is changed to a roll of foolscap
and the blood in her veins to Arnold's writing
fluid?deliver us from loving such
monstrous and unlovable anomalies ! We
would set ihgra _on a pedestal* to be admired,
perchance, but would uever give
them the rocking chair by the fireside,
with rose-cheeked children to cling to them,
like the fruit that burdens vine?, and keeps
them " low and wise." They should write
!>s many books and newspaper articles as
they pleased, and we wonld praise them
and pay tliem, but wo couldn't love them
and wouldn't marry them?that's clear?
that's flat.
So much for the most rccent typo of
story and novel heroines, who wijh- far
more individuality and strength of character?are
hardly more lovable than the insipidities
of the old remances.
It has been admitted that there are ex"
cepttons to the prevalence of unlovable he
roinesj And Jeannie Deans haa already' been
named. Mis# Austen, whose .characters
unfold theattclveii as gradually and naturally
08 the DuNiaoming of a rose, baa given
us sonUMjroally. delightful heroines?lively,
| rank, affectionate, hjiman^ TI16- sensible,
prlghily I i z ft b e i L B en n ?tie U Jier ch'tf
d1 autre. Sonqe of DickefllV female chliracters'
fire rfweet and anrnble, but in tho
rare ^tale^^of dramatic presentation and
nftlural^delineation of character ho is infoHdP
to Mi#? Austeir; Raid, iff that queer
toed ley Love' rue Long#
has painted for^sa woman of^he^ world;,
andr ao-^portWi'throughout th?
tu,^v. " ??uWkteot
only in her mconaTa^pcieff," proud
Aft U. k.!-tafltan 1?r*aIP' .4v)?aA?aa4 .
?8 a co ra
Ate, kindt full of-inischief. flnd keuii1
appreciation of- the ridiculous;' ?fo?htly
coc&^\iv,trwt <li#poBttd W
tho wheels of society with the oil of little
flatteries and insincerities, proceeding from
her wish to have everybody -pleased. But
in spite of her faults, we love her ; she is
buman, and wo sympathize with' and forgive
her, and when -David Dodd, }he
rejected suitor, -at "last wins the priso ho so
well deserved, and "curls his powerful arm
around her," wo feel disposed, liko Asmodeus
in the play of the M Little Devil." to
demand 44 our share."
The author of that strong, rich book
"Adam Bede," has evinced capability of
drawing a lovablo character?having just
massed it in Dinah and Hetty Sorel. Dinah's
pure, oval, flower-like face, with its
delicate touches of color ou lips and
brows, is a sweet picture; and even her
cant is so quaintly simple and earnest, that
it enhances the interest with which w? regard
her ; but she is a trifle too evangelical,
and there is not enough of piquantness
or rich warmth in her nature to quickeu
our admiring respect into love; while
poor, sweet, pretty Hetty with her dimpled
pink limbs, her childlike vanity and weak
ness, and her winning, kitten-like ways !?
if it were not that the blight of sin falls so
soon upon ber beauty, we could almost
lovo her, notwithstanding ber shallowness.
But after all, it is the great master artist
?the Michael Angelo of literature, whoso
clear-seeing genius read the most folded and
delicate leaves of the human heart, and
whose knowledge of men, and more especially
of women, seems inspiration?after
all, it is Shakspeare himself who has bequeathed
to us the most life-like portrait
of a fascinating woman. Not his artless
Miranda, his tender Perdila, his gifted Portia,
his high-spirited Katharine, his impassioned
'Juliet; but ono who combines all
the qualities of these?the piquant, chariniiicr.
wittv. noble minded and wnrm-hflarlnd
" Rosalind," of "As you Like it." Was
ever a true woman (li ne in the 6enso of natural)
so truly portrayed ? See how irgeniously
she conceals her own feelings in
those masqurndinginterviews with Orlando
in the forests of Ardena, and how prettily
her wit plays battledoor and shuttlecock
with his in good humored retoH ! With
what womanly artifice she contrives?under
cover of her boy's dress assumed for" the
protection of herself and her cousin?to
make Orlando repeat the story of his love
for her (whom he supposes to bo far away),
and thus enjoys all the pleasure of hearing
" that tale, to every woman's ear so sweet,"
without the embarrassment which would at
tend such a declaration, were she in her own
proper person and petticoats ! And when,
in spite of male attire and assumed manliness,
the loving; anxious woman makes itself
manifest, and she swoons on suddenly
hearing of Orlando's wound, how clevcrly
and quickly she turns it off by exclaiming,
" Ileigho! a body would think this well
counterfeited ; I pray you tell your brother
how well I counterfeited."
Can our story writers give us occasionally
by way of variety, some such sprightly,
captivating, flesh-and blood heroines as this
Rosalind ??a heroine with a little animation,
and a spice of humor about her,?
though by no means the female monkey,
which Mrs. Southwood manages to intro
duce into all her novels?being merelv ft
disgusting and comparatively harmless little
ape in " Jacqulina" "Cap" and half
a dozen besides, but coming out a regular
Gorilla, with full grown teeth, in the " Lionno"
of her last Ledger production.?
Not such extravagant creations as these,"
on any account, but such a heroine as
Wordsworth has described?
" A creature, not too bright or good
For human nature's duily food,
For simple pleasures, harmless wiles,
Prnise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smllcs,"'
with an ainplo fund of good sense and
good humor, a warm heart and qm6Icsensibilities,
and why may I not ndd, ft roiy
cheek and a bright^ge?albeit: tho pale
anu piain neroine TS'TUI tlici fashion J?r
Why should heroines be made sallpW/i^>
ugly, when it is obviouly. contrary Co:
lure? Health should wait on j youtJ>V
and to youth, health, and chqerfujneis^
boauty is most frequently the imnd maiden
while these austere, 6trong willed personages,
whoso acquaintance we make in mod- ;
em stories, are usually pale, taciturn;i.pu'4
far too often an the habit of making
solves miserable about something Of #th&rr
The popularity of Mrs. Souihwoi^ii^)||^^
has proved that even such mortk^yfied
caricatures of woman, are.
those grave petticoated philosophers.
"With-load*of learned lumber in their Itead^V
! and with aims, hopes, and sorrow*
our sympathies.' - >
A Judy was passing along a enroot Wtiefi
she was mot by ay on tig to an
goring past, stepped on Lcr drew. Tdirn j
ing to, ilie lady, lie remarked, * Hoops iafce
up sojmuch room," to wind) the iajy quiet-'
ly replied, iNot so much n? whiskey,
SCENES IN THI* AlKUTIC 8XAJJ.
Captain iftoChntocfc, tiflhe British Na^f,
has published a narrative'of his'Into voyage
to tho Arctic peftfc and of tho discovery
of tho fate of Sir Miltu . Frajjkliu: and
his companions, of' which tho ifa* York
? "
Commercial Advertiser savs ; ?
' ^
Nmnerous-ns tin vqtymes of Arctic ex>
ploratious have been during the past few
years, the story of 'tncoo modern sea kings
is road with an eve'r frer-h interests.
perils and hazards of lie voyage, iho sufferings
and privalioij^of ofllcers and mcrt,
me experience oi ineiotig polar n:glit anU"
of tho short summer time, tho pnculiaritics
of tli3 scattered tribes jliat ding out existence
in tisese hyperborean rvgions^- alj
these and tho thousan 1 other incidents aticf
*- 'Si*
nccidcnts lend a curious charm tonarrathttt
of this class. They tc-li of heroism and
perseverance, struggles ?nd failures, of untiring
zeal in tho solution of problems
t
whoso development has been brought about
only by tho loss of valuable life and by the
waste of many years ofJubpr. Possibly,,
afier all these sacrifices, tho civilized world
will bo conteut to regaid the problem ns
solved, and to indulge iu thirst for adventure
and novelty in fields perhaps as dangerous,
but more inviting. Ti e narr"* jr
of Captain McClintock is told in simple
language, and with a sailor's frankness.?1
The slory Hows on from begin ing to end
with littlo attempt at fine writing, nnd without
deviation from a direct line. Wo subjoin
a few extracts.
TUE ARCTIC SHARK.
Sept. 27, 1857.?I much*wished to capture
one of these monsters (shark,) as
nvuuvuui muiics am IU1U US OI lliull- UOlUCfS
in Greenland ; whether they are the whito
shark or tlio basking shark of natural history,
I cannot find out. It is only of late
years that the shark fishery has been carried
on to any extent in Greenland ; they
are captured for tlio sake of their livers,
which yield a considerable quantity of oU,
It ba9 very recently been ascertained tlmy
a valuable substance resenibli?gspermaceti5
may he expressed from the carcase, and!
for this purpose powerful serow prc?uea ar;now
employed. In early winter the sharks
are caught with hooks and lines though
holes in the ice. The Esquimaux asserts
that they are insensible to pain ; and Petersen
assures mo ho has plunged a long
knife several times into llie head of onfr
whilst it coutinucd to fced upon a while
whale entangled in lib net! It is nwt sufficient
to drive them away with sujulrv
thrusts of spears or knives but tliev must
be towed away to some distance from th6
nets, otherwise they will return :o feed. K
must bo remembered that the brain of a
shark i9 extremely small in proportion -i'Q1
the size of its huge bend. I have seen;
bullets fired through them with very, liltjd.
apparent effect; but if these creatures
feel, the devices practised upon them -fcy
Tthe Fsquimaux must be cruel indeed. It
is only in certain localities that sharks are
found, and in these places they are often
attracted to the nets by the animals entangled
in them. The dogs are not suffer-'
ed to eat either the skin or the head, the
former ""in consequence of its extreme
roughness, and the latter because it causes
giddiness aud makes them sick.
SNOW CUYSTALS.
October 3, 1857.?The snow crystalsof
last night are extremely beautiful. TKa'
largest kind is an inch in length ; its form;
exactly resembles the end of a rioiotetf
leather. Stella crystals two-tenths of -pn.
inch hi diameter, have also fallen ; these
have six points, and are the most exqufsii&
things when seen under a microdcoppi^Mi
remember noticing them at MuIlyJIfo IslajfiJ?
in March, 1853, when the temper,
to eight degrees. As these'were ffnigd Ift^t
night between the tcmperatard bf
grees abd twelve legraes;, it WoqI4 f^H0|
that the form is due to a certaiti.^te^^to
perature. Tn the sun or
all these, cryilals gliaten most
' ihg^ij^^^B|BS^fflH H^SH
jjjjj^
nearly a-month; iboy were
jewa:Jed ou llio spot with the offal. All
of Ihicro, lipwever, lmd not sltown equal
'> .j^lwoV;?^tte.*raD off ill evident fright, but
oth^ri ehoW6d no sygBptom of fear, plung<
l{tig.or fafjin,c; into the water with Bruin.?
l?aor old Sophy was amongst the latter, and
irbofeiv^ a deep.^^Ojat in the shoulder from
. bnO 'of fliia claws. "The authorities have
.giresCfibed double allowance of food for
-; W, aud say she will recover. For the few
rbblilenti* of ils duration the chase and
11 v. nnrA nvnilii*'. A~-l 1 -'
..v.v vaviuu^. x\uvi now strange
and trt)vc@ho scene ! A misty moon, affording
but scanty light?dark figures gli.l
ing singly about, not daring to approach
each other, for the ice trembled under their
fact; the enraged bear, tlio wolfish, howling
dogs, and the bright ilashc9 of the
deadly riiies.
' ff' BEVERB COt.D.
' November 15, I 808.?We have enjoyed
tan days of moderate winds andcalniR, but
the temperature has fallen as low as thirty^onotdegreGs.
This causes frost cracks in
"tbo ice-tfl^oss tlio harbor ; they will freeze
o'vej Brt'il others will form and gape, and
freeze' '#jt. intervals, so that by the next
spring we.ahall probably ho moved several
inches, perhaps feet off shore. Mists have
obscured the sun of latej ami now it does
not rise at all. Wo are indifferent; its
departure has become to us a matter of
cOUrte.: Tho usual winter covering of snow
ha* been spread upon deck rather more
than a-foot thick. Its? utility in preventing
th^ e&iape of heat became at once appar&pti;V
Nothing has been seen but a few
ptarmigan and one reindeer, which trotted
oft towxrd the ship. Our bullets missed
hipj, and tlie dogs, unfortunately, caught
fcightv6f him and chased him away. I do
nofr"th[nk any dogs could overtake a reindeer,
jh this rough country; tho rocks
would speedy lumfe thein, and ..the snow
jn ina'tyr-, places is quite deep enough to
fajilgUC them greatly, whereas it offers hut
flight impedirjieiu to the jleer, furnished as
'Ue'-j? with long lc<xs and spreading hoofs,
? 1 ?
KEW VF.Ai; AT TIIK I'OI.n
yt'^anunry 1, 1859.?This being Saturday
..^j^R^well as New Year's Day, 4 sweetwives'
were remembered with
gverj i$orc than the ordinary feeling. New
^etrVeve was celebrated with atl the joy(ujhe^a
which ardent hope can inspire; and
_ we.htioe reasonable ground for xtrony hope.
midnight the expiation of the old year
and comiiwnrruni lit <->f ilia > >?> ?->n?
j Announced lo me by the band?flutes, ao!
conlcon .and gong?striking lip at mv
<tqs>ry.. Some song* wcru sung, and theper^q^plhnce
concluded flith ' God save the
Oilmen.1 The few who could find space in
0,9r n^eas.room sang tlie chorus; but this
i SBy no 'means satisfied all the others who
I t$ifr&-without and unable to show themselves
to the officers, so they echoed the
jijghorus, and tho effect was very pleasing.?
. ^Qfiif New Year's d?y has been commeino*
rated with all the substantiate of Christ:
tj^fare, but without so nnich display?less
taila'ortjjin pastry, not quite so much clipi
dough into roses, and anchors and
'SBjg^feK^pt animals, ike, The past week
< co'^ nlu^ 8tor,ny ? now blows
fitr'opg, and tho temperature is 44 degrees.
: 3SKBE^. THE ESQUIMAUX.
859.?These Esquimaux woro
Jut Clothed in reindeer dresses, and
\ ^T^&ed'cleiui ; they appeared to have abun
.4^^;Of,'; provisions, but scarcely a scrap
I ipf^Ypod was.seen among them which had
from tho lost expedition. Their
w'^! *',c exception of the ono al
spoken of, were wretched little af..^fn^ortsi&ting
of tjvo frozen rolls of seal
(tfraH^OiUed with ice, and attached to each
' bo^e^, which served as the cross
y. 11 HCIW OlUUl, UttlinV ICIIOWS,
\V<jsrt)cii arrant flflevcs, but all wcro
' jBTOS^h^d'rrtoreU and friendly. Tho women
<^^H^^dcdly plain; in fact, this term
. ^BMWMfevo been flattering to most of
i jj|5rjrffit thore was a degreo of viv,icily
^^^^twenes8 in the manners of some that
1,3 }? these Arctic specifair
sex. They bad fine eyes
as veryBinall hands, and
; ;Uijgj^TOg- ^irl.s had a fresh rosy hue not
I^Bsgulhiaux mothers carry their
l^lnbir backs, within their largo
K'Jtad where Cho babes can only
jjy pulling tlium out over the
^'Whilst intent upon my barfcjtfjjldr
&pooifc and forks belongKiWtliiV^xpedilion,
at the rate of
jjjte^or^^cnife for each relic, one
jgi oldffhme, after having obtainRjr&dfl^y.'
to get from me fur
Door .crcHturfl (far it I
'nftVeil) before rrto iqt' theII
'^^Mffl^W^n^irBperature At the same time
'below freezing point.
,?? l'ml ?he was beggiug
forlier child. I need not sity
oxpeiiiously as possible;
elapsed before the iirfnnt
of sight to alarm mo
K|jjfo ;^?Vett/t(yweyer, .seeiued
ART AND ITS WORKERS.
Art is indeed a long labor, no matter
how amply nature lias bestowed the gift of
tho artistic faculty. In most cases this
has shown itself early, and illustrations of
apparent precocity have been noted in Iho
lives of most great artists. Tho aneedoti'
related of We.-t is well known. When
only sevon years old, struck with the beauty
of the sleeping infant of his eldest sister
while watching bv its cradle, he ran seek
?o:ne paper, ami forthwith drew its portrait
in red and black ink. The litile incident
revealed the artist in him, and it was found
impossible to draw him from his bent.?
West might have been a greater painter
had ho not been injured by too early success
: his fame, though great, was not purchased
by study, trials, and difficulties, and
it has not Lc'en eiuluiing. liichard Wilson,
when a mere child, indulged himself
with tracing figures of men and animals on
the walls of his father's house with a burnt
stick. Ho first directed his attention to
portrait painting; but when in Italy, calling
one day at the house of Zitcan Hi, and
growing weary with waiting, he began
painting the scene on which his friend's
chamber wiudow'looked. When Zucarclli
arrived, he was so charmed with the pictere,
that he asked if Wilson had not studied
landscape, to which lie replied that he
had not. "Then I advise you," said the
other, "to try, for you are sure of great success."
Wilson adopted the advice, studied
and worked hard, and became our first great
iMigliMi landscape painter. Sir Joslina
Reynolds, when a boy, foigot his lessons,
and look pleasure only in drawing, fur
which his father was accustomed to rebuke,
him. The boy was destined for the profession
of physic, bnthis strong instinct for
art could not be repressed, and lie became
a painter. Gainsborough went sketching,
when a school-boy, in the woods of Sudbury,
ami at twelve he was a confirmed artist
; he was a keen observer and a hard
worker, no picturesque featuro of any scene
he had once looked upon escaping his diligent
pencil. William lilnke, a hosier's
son, employed himself in drawing debugs
on the backs of his father's shop bills and
milking sketches on the counter. Edward
Bird, when a child only three or four years
old, would mount a chair and draw figures
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English soldiers. A box of colors was
purchased fur him, and his father, desirous
of turning his love of art to account, put
him apprentice to a maker of tea-trays!
Out of this trade lie gradually raised himself,
by study and labor to the rank ef a
Royal Academician.
The Way the JUnylish briny up Ch i I
dren.?The English bring up their children
very differently from the manner in which
we bring up ours. They have an abundance
of fresh out door air, every day
whenever it is possible, The nursery-maids
are expected to take all the childien out
airing every day, even to the infant. This
custom is becoming more prevalent in this
country, and should be pursued wherever
it is practicable. Infants should be accustomed
to the open air. We confine them
too much, anil Il<?ilt llimn Inn <mif>t> <V?i- iri.r.
orous growth. One of the finest fealures
of the London parks is said to bo the
crcwds of nursery maids with their groups
of healthy children. It is so with the promenade's
of our largo cities to a great extent,
hut is less common in our country towns
than what it should he. In consequenco of
their training English girls acquire a habit
of walking that accompanies them
through life, and gives them a much healthier
middle life than our women enjoy.?
They are not fatigued with a walk of^ve
miles, and are not ashamed to wear wfrah
walkiug, thick soled shoes, fitted for the
dampness they must encounter. Half of
the consumptive feebleness of our girls results
from the thin shoes they wear and ihu
cold feet they must necessarily have, English
children, especially girls, are kepi in the
nursery and excluded from fashionable society
and all the frivolities of dress, at an
ago when our girls are in the very heat
of flirtation, and are think ng of nothing
but fashionable life.
Tho T;A, Tl.~ 1 nr..
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ill by far the greater number of cabub, must
necessarily bo fought up bill; and to win
it without ft struggle wero perhaps to win
it without lienor. If there were no difficulties,
there would bo 110 success; if tho.ro
wc?o nothing to strugglo for, there. would
be nothing to be acheived. Difficulties
may intimidate the woak, but they net
only na a stimulus to men of pluck mid
resolution. All experience of life, indeed
serves to prove that' the impediments
thrown in the way of human advancement
may for the most part be overcome by
steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity,
perseverance, and, above all by' A determine
ed resolution^ to surmount difficulties, and
stand up manfully against misfortune.-rBjilfhtlp,
' ?i?
A person having occasion to. notify, his ,
doctor to visit his wife, said to hiip- aa-ho; ?
was stepping into the chaise : 1 $bw,<h>c.
tof, you'll dcivo to "kill, Won^t you
What Women think of Themselves.?
Hut let us Lave a lodk llirough oilier
one) of the glass ! See what a woman says
hs (o hUr sex's instinctive goodness :?
If women liavo ouo weakness inoro
marked than mull, it is towards voncraFion. ?r
They are born worshippers?makers of
silver shrines for .sonfe divinity or other,
fjt:
wliic.h, of ?ourse, they always thitik, full
straight do\yi from heaven. T|,ie first step
towards their falling in4ovc with an ordi?
nary mortal js genernlly to dress him out
with all manner of real or fancied superiority
; and having ujLndjp'him up, they wor? '*
ship him. ^\ow, a truly great man, a matt
really grain] and noble in git and intellect,
has this advantage willy women, that ho is
an iftol ready made to Tiand; and so that
very painstaking. ?jyd ingenious sex have '*
less labor in getting him tip, and can bo
ready to worship him o"n shorter notice.?- *
In particular is this the case where ft "sacred
profession and a moral supremacy are ad?
ded to the intellectual. Just think of l|ie
career of celebrated preachers and divines
in all agos. Doos irM poor old llichard
Uaxter tell us, with delightful single-heartedness,
how his wife fell in lovo with him
first, Kp'to of his lony palo face; and ho'w
she confessed, dear soul, after many years
of married life, that she had foifnd him less
sour a1nl bitter than she had expected ??
The fact is, wo^jp-n are burdened with:futility,
faith, ruvercnce, n&to * than they know
what^to do with ; they stwnd like a hctfgo
01 swcei peas, throwing out lluttcringUen?
drils everywhere for something high ami"
strong to climb tip ami wlidK they find
it, bo it ever so rough in tlio bark, they
catch upon it. And instances are not wanting
of those who have turned away from
the flattery of admirers tcT pioRtrate then)?
selves at the feet of "n genuine''-hero who
never wooed them except by heroic deeds
and the rhetoric ef a*noble life.
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Anticipating Evils.?Eiyoy the present
whatever it may be, and bo not solcitony
for the future ; for if you take* your foot
from the present standing, and thrust it .
forward towards to morrow's ^vent, you
are in a restless condition. It is like ?e?
fusing to quencl* your present tliir&L by
fearing you will want drink the next day.
If it be well to-day, it is madness mako
the present miserable by .fearing that it
m:iv III* ill ?fi
j ... .v ...viivti ?f ucii juu iiru IUII
of lo day's dinner, to fear that you shall
want thernext. day's supper; for it may be .
you sluvj|. not, and tlien^fo wliat purpose
was this day's afflic'ion ? But iT to mor
row you sliall want, our sorrow will come
time enough, though you do not hasten it:
let your trouble tarrv till its tjay comes.?
l?ut if it chance to be ill to day, do not increase
it by tha cares' of to morrow. Enjoy
the blessing of this day, if God send
tliem, and tlie evils it bear patiently and
sweetly ; for tliis day is only ours?we are
dead to yesterday, arid we are born to the
morrow. He, therefore, is tviso who en?
joys ns much as possible ; and if only llint
day's lrouble leans upon him it is singular
ami finite. "Sufficient to tlie day (said
Christ) is the evil thereof," sufficient, but not
intolerable. But if we look abroad, and ?
bring iuto one day's thoughts the evils
of many*, certain and uncertain, what will
be and 3what will never be, our load will
be as intolerable as it is unreasonable.?'
Jeremy Taylor.
The Northern Lights in Mexxco.?The
late celestial phenomena, which attracted
so much attention here, and iq the tropics,
were equally objects of wonder to the simple
minded people of the ncighbosjug"republic.
And various were the interpretations
thereof. Among the Indians the gen*
eral opinion seems to have been tlfat the
end of the world was at band, and thAt
these llickering lights were pnly tln^ad?
vancing flames. The daily contfisis of the
U'lillA nAniilrtlmn -l*~
....... i,?|....u?<vh, ui/nctci, its iiiiiurany leu
i hem to a- political interpretation of tlie
phenomena, which of course varied with
thuir sympathies. These thought to Sdo- - St.
Ignatius, St. Francis ^of,other founder?,
of religious orders riding<4$ chatiots of fir^
?in their hands barinef$"ch vfhich were
inscribed " death to' the lZiUoe'" while t&Q
lively'imagination* of th^Wtter saw Rights *
equally complimeiUiyrjr -?tlieir. opponents.?Ph.
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The Tuleut of Succcds.-~*Everj man*
snys LongfofltS'w^Hnit.J patiol)Uy abfye hi*
time, lie must iu.listlttMidle* ?
i)ess, not in- quoruteys-d^.ctiirti^.but in
constant, study, ehwei ful endeavor," always
willing, fulfilll^^i^ a^complishifTg hfcju
task, "that *;henTrio occasion comas, be
may be equal t<^Uly ?c6u?roi).n The taWnt' ?
of success is n^?hjr%??fore than rir.W '