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WRITTEN OS PARIS VOOkTAIN;
All nature is hushed in silent repose.
And the moon in her beauty is gleaming.
Making all seem as a beautiful dream:
Thus enchanting ray fancy and feeling,
Pre torn myself from my companions away,
Aad bright Luna's rays are enjoying.
And now I'm listening to the Katydid's song.
Would you know of what I am thinking!
Tbo' my eyea now rest on far distant mounts^
And feel that their beauties are o'erpowering;
Vet mefhluka this enchantment would be more
Were anoth.r, toe, them gating. [dear,
But I look on the stars, and the brightest of all,
ljfSM* njr heart with sweet thoughts to be
^ thrilling,
For I fancy his eyea in that bright orb I can
t^aee,
And with mine they fondly seetn meeting;
He'd sympathise with me, in my excess of Joy,
Aad bis heart with mine would b? beating.
While K gaze on this scene, which no pen can
dawwib*
JinA the fragranac of sweet flowers are breathing,
I look me around and say, this eannot be earth.
To fairy-land aure I've been straying; ;
But now fro awakened from my enchanted
ti renin.
For some one my name is repeating.
So bright a tar, fairy land. 111 bid thee goodTo
hasten away at their bidding, [night,
Tin with reluctance I leare thee, but I must
away.
Bat it's of thee bright star, TO be dreaming.
GENKVIEVE.
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JhHWof Hiqg'g Woimtqii).
Mteene Editors:?It will be recollected
that at our ctlebration of the 4th of July, I
1853, the initiatory steps were taken for the
celebration of the anniversary of the battle
of King's Mountain. For reasons not neces
WT W UICIIUUU, IUO piVJCVW WW ttUMIUUUOU,
with s pretty general understanding that the
celebration should take jdace on some sue
ceading ammerenrt. Since that time we
bare scarcely heard the subject mentioned.
We seem to have fbrgotion what deep intcrrd
was excited by the bare announcement
that the citizens of York had dfl|*rmined to
celebrate the anniversary of the great battle,
so gtoriou* in the annals of our revolutionary
history. A general enthusiasm pervaded
the State from the mountains to the seaboard,
at the prospect of commemorating an
event attended with such happy results in the
controversy then pending.^ The. patriotic citizen*
of South Carolina know the importance
of such a celebration. The time, the place,
the occasion are well calculated to arouse
feelings, more intense than the recurrences
of any other anmvenasy we are wont to commemorate.
From moral as well as local
cause*, it must exert a healthful appearance
on us a free, enlightened and patriotic people;
indeed its influence would be as permanent
as the consequences flowing from the event
wn eeMrate.
Item Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carotin A, Georgia, and Tennessee, can meet
and Ipsa as sisters. It was here their sons
were immolated, willing victims on the altar
of their ecnatry'i freedom. *t is their common
heritage, their richest treasure. Is the
spot thcr not sufficiently dear to us to make
at least one pilgrimage to this, the Mecca of
o?r Hbertieat We can here meet and shed
the tear Jfemnnpathy, and pay homage to
exalted tWth, without being shocked and
disgusted with the indecencies and excesses
of th e moty the low obscenity and vulgarism
that profanes and desecrates the fourth of
? inly celebration, by bnrning the Constitution-'?the
sacrod charter of our rights and
liberties. What Dare we for the celebration
ofao anniversary on terms of ?quality with
tboM^d^ound* of fanaticism, dead^alike to
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not but grieve, and patriotic pride must be
humbled that it ia thus prostituted. Wo
oeed not wonder, that tho daj consecrated
to liberty is mocked and sneared at?that
the Constitution is burned, that patriots and
public benefactors are hnng and burned In
effigy, when wo reflect that it is in a region
where religion, and even the Bible itself,
hare been nullified, and set at nauglft;
j where fanaticism and iufidelity will ever dare
1 encounter uthe thick bosses of' Jehovah's
buckler." Those abominable abominations
are the legitimate offspring where such
principles reign Lord of the ascendant.?
Monsters though they be, they are the unmistakable
miniatures of their hideous paternity.
Bnt what are we to do! It will
not do to dispense with the celebration of
such epochs in our history as give us charac
ter as, a people. The celebration of a nation's
birth when patriotism is the ruling
spirit has a great and important effwrt on
national character. What then will be the
benefit* resulting from a celebration of Kind's
Mountain! Its most beautiful feature is.
that it will bring together some three or
four Southern Stales. This seems to be a
great desideratum, clearl v evinced by Southern
Conventions, drc. 6ut as these are convened
for great political purpose*, great diversity
of opinion must necessarily exist,?
The celebration of the Anniversary of the
battle of King's Mountain would obviate this
difficulty. The genius of patriotism presiding,
but one sentiment would prevail, consequently
it would eventuate in greater
good, ft would strengthen the strong bond
by which we are already indiasolubiy connected.
Let this be the rallying point, and
link after link will be added to the golden
chain that will eventually embrace in its extension
all tho Southern members of this
great Confederacy. Let us be prepared to
celebrate these espousals in a manner worthy
of the occasion. A downward tendency of
our Republic seems to bo its manifest destiny.
It will be difficult for political Alchemists
to find an adhesive principle by which
'the discordant materials of which it is composed,
can bo much longer held together.-?
But I will abstain from further discussion of
such unwelcome topics. "Will not the press
of the State take this matter in band^pnd
endeavor to arouse public attention to a
grand celebration as soon as possible, on the
annivetsarv of the battle of KINtiN MOt V
TAIN.?Irorkviilt Miscellany.
itplt.
Light nod soft as fleecy snow, it protects
the finest cutlery ; pressed into tho form of a
roller, it becomes hard as metal; and turned
in a lathe, is used as an instrument for manufacturing
paper itself. It is a package for
the most common wares, and a thin slip of
it pays for in estate or a cargo of the richest
merchandise. It now constitutes the chief
monfy of the world. The bulk of all commerce
is carried on by its means. All the
wealth of the most opulent classes consists of
bits of paper. Preserving the impression of
priceless skill, jealousy guarded in portfolios,
or surrounded with rich frames, it is among
the most valued possessions of the man of
genius; at the swiie time it is proverbially
the cheapest of all materials. 1'laying cards,
trays of all kinds, drinking vessels, boxes,
mouldings, and cornices for rooms, pannels
for apartments, and bulkheads for ships, are
all made of paper. It covers our walls.?
Boards for binding books, frames for pictures,
toys for children, ornaments for boudoirs,
are amongst a few of the countless
uses to which ingenuity has applied old rags.
Perhaps the most singular part of the whole
is that paper is made from articles which
hare no value except as materials for its
manufacture. The vilest refuse?our cast
off garments, tho beggar's rag% the waste of
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CUVIUII, fiviu wv ivpra, nil ui uiutll WC
should be troubled to disposo of?is converted
by the paper-maker into an article indispensable
to eivilixod man. , .< y r .
Saoacity of thk Hours.?Under Ibis j
head, the Columbus Knquirtr gives tho following
as true:
A certain well known marc, tho property
of one of our citizens, whoso docility ami
sagacity have long since been a subject of
general notice, and which is particularly remarkable
for standing any length of time
without hitching, was on one oceasion driven
to a storo in our efty, and stopped at a
tree in front of tho house, while the owner
alighted for the purpose of making a purchase.
lie had scarcely left the vehicle,
when, contrary to all habit, tho animal deliberately
backed nut from the tree, and took
up a position quietly at another tree some
, twenty yards distant. The owner, being
i somewhat surprised at this unusual freak on
the part of hi* favorite, was induced to investigate
the cause, and, to his utter aatonishment,
discovered, attached to the first
mentioned tree, the following notice?
"Don't hitch kortex to this tree/"
The inference is irresistible.
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I Railroads.?It is calculated that (hero
>,. will be twenty-one thousand miles of railway
I in operation in the United States upon
t the first of January next The longest rail
i way upon the surface of theglobe is the lllii
now Central, which is 781 miles in length,
and i* rapidly approaching completion.
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We find an excellent article under the above
head in a late number of Dickon's
Household Words. We quote a few paraaraphs
in which we are sure our readers will
find instruction and pleasure.
"No woman who does her duty faithfully
to her husband and children will find her
time unemployed, or her lifo incomplete.?
The edncation of |?cr children r.lone would
[ sufficiently employ any true-hearted womnu;
I for education is not n matter of school-hour*
but of that subtle influence of example which
makes every moment a seed time of future
good or ill. And the woman who is too
gifted, too intellectual, to H?><1 scope for her
mind and heart in the education pf hoi ohiW,
who pants for a more important work than
the training of an immortal soul, who prefers
quarter-decks and pnlpits to a still home
and a schooldesk, is not a sea captain, nor a
preacher by mission?she i? simply upt a
woman. She is a natural blunder, a mere
unfinished sketch; fit neither for quarterdocks
nor for home; able neither to command men
nor to cducnte children.
' But tho true Woman, for wliose ambition
a husband's love and her children's adoraiton
arc sufficient, who applies her military
instincts to the discipline of her household,
and whose legislative faculties exercise themselves
in ranking laws for her nursery ; whose
intellect has field enough for her husband,
and whose heart aides no other honors tlinu
his low and admiration ; a woman who does
not think it a weakness to attend to her toiletto
and who does not disdain to be beautiful
; who believes in the virtuo of glossy hair
and well fitting gowns, and who eschews
rent* and lo.ellcd edges, slipshod shoes,
and audacious makeups; a woman who
speaks low, and who does not sjieak much ;
who is patient "and gentle, and intellectual
and industrious; who loves moro than she
reaaous, sud yet does not love blindly ; who
never scolds, and rarely argues, but who
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"??vg mm > cnrcsK, ana najusu Willi a
smile; n woman who is tbo wife we all have
dreamt of oik* in our Hves. ami who is the
inotlier we still worship in the backward distance
of the past; such a woman as this does
more for human nature, and more for woman's
cause, than all the sen captains, judges,
barristers, and member* of parliament put
together?God given and Ood-blcssed as she
is ! If such a wife as this has leisure which
she wishes to employ actively, she will always
find occupation, nnd of a right kind
too. There are the poor nnd the sick round
her home ; she will visit them, and t^arh iK?i?
children, and lecture theirdninkcn husbands;
she will fulfil her duty better thus than by
walking tho hospitals, or preaching on Sundays
! There are meetings to attend also,
and school committees, and clothing clnbs
nnd ragged schools to organise; and her
voice will sound more sweet and natural
there than when shrieking through a speaking
trumpet or echoing in court. And there
are books to read, aud then to discuss by the
fireside with her husband, when lie conies
home in the evening?though perhaps his
attention may sometimes wander from the
subject to her little foot, peeping out from
under the flounces over the fender, or to the
white hands stitchiug so busily,?and is not
this better than a public lecture in a Bloom1
er costume P*
HABK YE, OIELS.
If Su liiivli limn anmolwlf IaLI vaii o
Klitin truth. You have been watchod for a
>ng time, a certain claw of yon, nnd it is
plain enough you are trying plan* to cheat
somebody. You intend to sell chaff for wheat;
and there is danger that some of the foolish
gudgeons will be sadly taken in.
It may be your fault that you belong to
, the 'one idea party'?that the single idea of
getting a husband i* the only one that engrosser
much of your time and attention.?
Hut it is your fault that you pursue this idea
in .the wrong Yimi# wM>?r..ti?
mother of Eden memory was called a 'help'
for a man, and yon are looking for a in an to
help you ; to help you tirth j naif silly w&y
VOM have commenced. Men who are worth
having, want women for their wives. A bundle
of gew-gaws, bound with a string of tint*
and quavers, sprinkled with cologne, and set
in a carmine saucer : this is no help for a
man who expects to raise a family of tars
and girls on rentable bread and meat. The
piano and the lace frame are well enough
in their places : and so are ribT>ons, and tin
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eiR, qui you van i m.-ino a umner ui uie wrmer,
nor a red blanket of tho latter. And
awful aa the idea may aeem to yon, botli dinner
and red blanket ore nocevary to domestie
enjoyment. Life has its realities as well
as it* fancies ; but you malcc. it all a matter
of decoration ; remembering (lie tassals and
curtains, but forgetting the bedstead. Sup
pose a young man of good sense, and oi
course good prospects, to bo looking for ?
wife, what chance have you to^ be ehoscn 1
You may canjiint, or trap him, or catch
bf'm, bnt howynuch better to make it: an ob
jeet for hftn to eateh yonf Render your
selves north mtchiag, and pm b iH heed rw
^To fUd^^rWbfptK<ri tobe|J
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Jeqiri) io Cock 3Mc M.
Thf. health of the family depends upon
1 it. We know there aro those who associ'
ato luxury, effeminacy, ami all the depenI
dent ill*, with every attempt of the kiud re1
commended. Hut we do not believe that
health is promoted by eating raw carrots or
| dowghy l?read?or, that to secure long lifo, it
m .occetRary to turn cannibal.
Nor in it necessary, in order to shun the
error* of which we speak, to run into the
opposite extreme. Good cookery docs not
consist in producing the hightest seasoned
diauea, r.cr such as to foster a morbid appetite:
but in preparing every dish well, however
simplo.or common it tnay bo. There
arc, for instance, families who never eat any
good bread from one century to another,
and linro no idea in what consists. Nor
arc mrr*r~ tsooked any better in their pre-!
cinct. Those little, simple, and healthy;
delicacies, which the goo<l house-keeper
knows intuitively how to produce, arc never
seen here. Even a dish of potatoes cannot
get themselves well boiled. These things
ought not to be, nor is there uny need of
their existence, if the wife hus any just notions
of her obligations to herself and those
about her.
Tho science of bread making, of meat
broiling, stewing, roasting, or boiling of vegetable
cooking, and of preparing the multifarious
small dishes of all sorts, which go to
make pleasant the table, and all about her,
are Iters to understand and practice.
There is a good deal of common sense in
the above article, and we rejoice that such a
! large majority of our most intelligent and
| refined ladies understand the art of cooking
| well. To do this, it is not necessary to be a
domestic drtidge, with no timo to devote to
intellectual improvement: but simnlc. well
cooked dishes which require but little timo
I in prrpiraiuw,? momtij iprout table with an
intelligent woman to provide, is more inviting,
even to the epicure, than the most elaborate
entertainment where the lady who
j presides is nothing but a cook. The objection*
is often made by those of tho opposite
sex, who are averse to the moral elevation
of woman, that an intellectual woman
it unfitted for the duties of domestic life;
but as very few men of intelligence are amonjjr
such objectors, it is not at all necessary
to bring anv proofs to the contrary.
We would only hint to young ladies who
may not be particularly in love with the
kitchen, that so lady is fitted for the duties
of life, unless she is practically acquainted
with the entire tnodu* operandi of house-keeping.
Those who have acquired false notions
of gentility, those whoso minds never rose
above tho frivolties of fashionable life, are
ttiuw poor house-keepers and bad
cooks, while the intelligent woman who
trace the relations of cause and effect, who
understand woman's duties and responsibilities,
will never consider the trifles which
make up the sum of every day happiness as
beneath the notice of her cultivated powers.
A truly intelligent and well educated woman
must necessarily be a good cook and a good
hoiise-koeper.
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Preserved Tomatoes.?A friend in this
city has sent us the following receipt for
preserving toinntoa, (a most healthy and nutritious
vegetable,) which places it in the
power of erory housekeeper to have upon
her table every day iu the year a fresh article,
at a nominal expense. We have availed
ourselves of his information so kindly furnished
:
uTake ripe toinntocft, wash them in cold!
water, and boil them for twenty minutes;
have your cans (or bottles) prepared in the
moan time by pacing them in cold water in
a boiler; put your tomotoes in the cans with
a very little salt and pepper, and set the
boiler with them over a slow Are, where let
them remain until the water boils, at which
time cork and seal them hermetically.-?
By this simple process you can have the
vegetable always ready for your table, with
all the freshness and flavor of the season."
Butter. ?
Not one pound in Ave of butter sold in
this city is tit for human food. Butter makers
wo^'d rrtucraber few short rule* :
Tito newer and sweeter the cream, the
sweeter and higher flavored will be the butter.
The air must be fresh and pure in the room
or cellar where the milk is set.
The cream should not remain on the milk
I HHIVT-CIA UVUIAt
Keep the creiuo in tin pans, or stone pots,
into wUieh put n spoonful of salt At the beginning,
then stir the cronm lightly each
morning and evening : this will prevent the
cream from moulding or soming.
Churn m often aa once * week, and ra
much often or as the circumstances will permit
Upon churning, add the cream upon al
the milk in the dairy.
Use nearly an ounce of salt to a pound o
batter, :s"
f Work the butter over twice, to free it fron
; the butter milk and brine, beforo lumping
and packing.
1 Be oartian that it is entirely free from eve
l7P*rt^e **butter-milk,or coagulated milk
?' to Ml^jjcji^rMii the cream, instead
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J<oicl(eirbocl(ignQ.
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Tlie Knickerbocker for August seta out1
some good things on its "Little People's Side
Table
"Our4Ann' has a little girl to help her with
the4 house work'?as mi pentria a little creature
as the tablo Topsv. A few days since,
when 4Ann' came in from having, ns she said,1
a short'chatter with a friend, sho detected
her little 'help' in some misdemeanor, nnd
proceeded to reprimand her for it. In the
course of her Anna-hnnd versions, slio said :
44 4I >o vou think you are fit to die V n
ii it J.."? w?-*J 'I ?" ? * * * *
i uu iiu i saiu me nine gin, laKing hold
of her dress and inspecting it, 'I guess so, if
I ain't too dirty !"'
"When my grand-mother, long siuce in
ITeaven, was about three years of age, she
was taken to the funeral of a deceased playmate.
Tho little corpse was lying in its coffin,
around which flowers were strewn ; and
she, being lifted up, kissed its cold cheek and
whispered :
" 'Please givo my love to Ood !'"
"This strikes me as one of the sweetest
expressions I ever heard made by a child. i
"Our little Charlie has always been in the |
habit of saying a littlo prayer l>eforo going ;
to bed. A few evenings since, all things being
ready for retiring,and when he was about ]
to kneel at bis mother's knee, he stopped, |
and looking earnestly into his mother's face i
said :
"Mamma, I am tired of saying somebody
else's prayer; mayn't I make one myself ?'
"His mother said, certainly, my boy, if
you really wish to."
"lie knelt very reverently and clasped his
hands ; then, with the earnestucss of unaf- j
fected childhood, said to bis mother:
" 'Mamma, if I get stuck, will you Help me
out r
"My little boy, after listening some time
to his mother's efforts to get a peddler to
'throw in something with everything she'
piirchn.* (d c st his longing eyes on some prim- j
era in the trunks. The peddler, rending
his wishes, offered to give him one. The lit- j
tie fellow hesitated, and when urged, said :'
'I don't know as I will take it, unless you j
will throw in something.'"
"A little girl had been playing in the street
until she had become pretty well covered with 1
dust. In trying to wash itotfshe didn't use
enough water to prtvont the dust rolling up
in little balls upon her arms. In her trou-;
ble, she applied to her brother, a little older;
than herself, for a solution of the mystery. It
was explained at once?to his satisfaction, at!
least:
"Why, sis, you've made of dust, and if,
you don't stop you'll wash yourself all away!" j
" 'This opinion, coming from an elder!
brother, was decisive, and the washing was
dMoontinued.'"
"One day, a little school mate of Willie's
was in here, and the two got to disputing
about the number of days in a week ; Willie
persisting that there were seven, and his little
opponent stoutly maintaining that there
were only six. 'Well,' said Willie, 'you say'
them over and I will count*" So the days
were named and counted, from Monday to
Saturday, inclusive; and then there was a
pause, which Willie broke by saying :
"'And Sunday.'"
" 'Oh !' said his diminutive opponent, with
a look of supremo contempt, 'that belongs
to the other week.'
"One pleasant day last summer, I took my
seat in the stage coach bound from Fall River
to C Among the passengers was n
little gentleman who nod possible seen five
summers. The coach being quite full, he sat
in the lap of another passenger. While on the
way, something was said about pick-poekots,
and soon tho conversation became general
on that interesting subject. The gentleman
who was then holding our young friend remarked
:
" 'My lino fellow, how easy I could pick
yoar poekot ?
M 'No, you couldu't,' replied he, Tvo been
looking out for you all the time!' "
Asking tor Wohk.?To mo,?speaking
from my heart and recording my deliberate
opinion upon a material, which will fur outlast
my own fabric?there is something deeply
affecting in tho spectacle of a young man,
in the prime of his life anJ vigor, offering
himself n voluntary slave in the labor mark
ei, wimoui n pnrcnnscr, eagerly ottering tc
barter the use of his body, tire day-long exertion
of hie strength, the wear and tear ol
his flesh and blood, bono and muscle, for th<
common necessaries of life?earnestly craving
for bread cm the penal conditions prescribed
by his Creator,?and in vain, in vain 1 Wei
1 for the drone of the social hivo that there
arc bees of an industrious turn, willing for
k an infinitesimal share of the honey to under;
take the labor of its fabrication.? Thonui*
1 Hood.
f Prscit has a carncaturo satirizing ttic
present absurd fashion which threatens tc
j place the bonnet on the extreme verge o'
f the organ of philoiirngonitivenoss. The pic
(tiro represents a lady dressing a la mode
- with a boy behind her holding hor bonne
, on a stick near the back of her head.
I "Tommy, how's all your folks P "-A1
t well but Grow lor?be", got the bow-wo we
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W ouldn't Harry a Xechania.
A young man?steady, sober, industriou*,
and intelligent?once visited a young lady;
ami was very much pleased with her. One
evening he called when it was quite late,
which led the girl to inquire where he had
been.
4I had to work to-night,' he replied.
I 'Why, do you work for a living T inquired
1 the >?8tonished girl.
-uertainly,' replied the young man ; 'I am
a mechanic.'
My brother doesn't work,' returned the
' lady ; 'and I halo the name of a mechanic !'
ami she turned up her pretty aristocratic
nose. #
"This was the last time he visited the young
lady, lie is now a wealthy man, and has
one of the best women for a wife. The proud
lady, who disdains the name of a roecnanie,
is now the wife of a miserable fool, a regular
vagrant about grogshops?and *hc, poor
miserable creature is<jBiged to take in washing,
in order to suppowherself and children ;
while her brother, who 'didn't work for a
living,' now fills a drunkard's grave.
Ye who dislike the name of a mechanic,
w hose brothers do nothing but loaf and dress
beware bow you treat young men who work
for a living. Faf better discard the well-fed
pauper, with all his broadcloth, jewelry, brazen
faccdness, and pomposity and take to
your afi'ections the bard fisted, intelligent,
and industrious mechanic. Thousands havo
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uiueriy regretted their folly, who have turned
their backs upon honest industry. A few
years of bitter experience have taught them
a severe lesson. In this country, no man or
woman should be respected, in our way of
thinking who will not work, mentally or
physically, and who curl their lips with scorn
when introduced to n hard working' man.
Why Work bo Hard.?Where's the u?<J
of toiliug and sweating to mako money, unless
we are to enjoy our earnings as we go
along i Depend upon it, it is all vexation,
?vanity and nothing else. That a man
should wish for so much as will permit hint
to enjoy an occasional holiday, to be sick for
a mouth or two if circumstances are so disposed,
to be relieved from the necessity of
labor when the strength fails, and to have a
snug something over for the widow and Itttle
ones, is nntural and right. But why should
one strive to hoard large sums for his children
1 Perhaps one in a hundred of children
who inherit weatlh improves his inheritance.
A few, with mo6t marvelous of good
sense, strive to turn their money to a good
account, and improve the Superior facilities
for providing the world with what it needs.
But tho vast majority, knowing no better
how to use than to mako the money that falls
into their hands, by their thriftlessnoss wound
' the reputation of their dead fathers in tho
very point where the)' were most sensitive
while living,?they proclaim that financial
ability is no heir loom in the family. Iu
view of the constant rotations of Fortune's
wheel and the assurance whi.-li all family history
gives the wealthy man, that if he leaves
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;v uirge property u> tm son he will scatter it
1 without much increasing the family reputation,?that
really, too, the heir is not likely
I to prove so steady and worthy a citizen as
if simply well started in the world, it becomes
a mystery that we should consent to eat always
the broad of carefulness, and watch
night and day to board.?N Y Timet.
Wit.?Why is wit mean t It is admired,
and yet it is considered inferior. The witty
man is not often able to think deeply. All
this is not the case because wit is contrary
to direct thought. It consists is discovering
resemblances, not in the ultimate meaning
of things, but in their specialities or coverings,
which are non-essentials. Wit is therefore
very attractive to thoeo who are blind to
essentials, and by practice becomes their faculty.
They are continually busying theaosolves
about individualities and subordinate
points. To the definition of wit, 'That it is
the finding of resemblances in things very
ditferent,' might have been added, "dealing * *
with iufcrior or subordinate meanings.
Alas tiik Baciiklou.?Wo dropped in
suddenly on a visit to a bachelor acquaintance
the other day, eavs the St Louis LedgI
rr, and just as we mnde our appearance he
put something in his pocket very hurriedly,
> and looked guilty as if he had been .caught
. on a visit to a spinster. We cast our eyes
r at his pocket, and half-way ojyt hung the
i secret. It wns his stockings ! Thepoormisr
crnble fellow had been darning it, and it asI
tonished us to see what perfection he arrived
I at in that branch of homo industry. You
? may give him up girls.
Wk heard the other day a good ono of
, John Check who always had kin ^ea flocked
both ways for justice and perhaps for Sunday.
It seems he had fined an Irishman,
, who having used a little too much of tits
, crayther, was foolish enough to let theorayf
ther use him. Pat on leaving the office
. met a friend to whom he held forth-^4Bv
jabbers, and I was fined, Martin!*
[ 4Ah, wlio fined you!'
That's tellin' just. Twas a m<m in lhare
who's oither a justice of peace or a pieoS of
f justice?and I don't know which ; ind he's
i left handed in both eye*,'?that's what ha w
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