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A REFLEX Of POPULAR EVE2TO.
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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For the Southern Enterprise.
We roved at morn through the gny-green wood,
There was gladness around us and light above,
Oh! wo cried, our Father is grcnt and good,
The Lord of glory?the God of Love 1
And will we not bend the knee to llim, [hymn f
And blend with the wood-notes our moruing
Glad sounds did greet us?and oh ! we heard
The aweetest strain from a mocking-bird.
And down in the shade of a deep ravine
We found half hid 'neatli the tangled green,
A stream whoso watery murmurs ciear,
Were awoet as the laugh of a maiden fair,
And thay gladdoaed the heart, while they charmed
the ear.
The flowers that sprang on our shadowy way,
Looked sweet and fresh in the smile of day ;
Frail beautiful worshipers of light.
They were crowned with the jewels of darkbrowed
Night
The fern lenTes waved on the brooklet's side,
And the lily bent with a graceftil pride,
TTap lta.llltr (in |Ka fi/ia
The violet looked from its lovely bed,
And n pearly tear in its blue eye shone;
Such a tear as 1'ity for grief might shed.
Or Repentance weep in her closet lone.
Why do I love the violet sol
la it because that in days ogonc,
When life and pleasures were in their dawn,
The eyoe I loved wore the same sweet hue,
And the lips I loved praised the violet too t
Is it because, thou geutle flower,
She was fair, and modest and meek like thee,
Or because she olaimed the peerless dower
Of violet purity f
I love thoe more, oh! violet fair,
Than all the flowers, the rich and rare,
That bloom in the world's parterre!
Tis aweet?yea, sweet in the morn to rove,
Through each winding path of the dewy grove;
To breathe tho aweet that is offered up
From the openipg flow'ret's incense eup;
To be fanned by the restless zephyr's wing
As spirit-like it wander's by?
To hear the anthems of joy that ring
From the grateful earth to the list'ning sky.
Oh! this is a beautiful world of ours,
In its time of frost or in its time of flowers.
Well bend each knee to the grassy sod
In thanks for the blessings we all receive;
We'll praise forever our Father, God,
Who makes a joy to us to lit.
T\TTA i IffrtT
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Jfiiatdlfltitmig 'llciiiiag.
Ihe turenl'* J.egqcy.
an inctdbnt in heal life.
Whoever line travelled among the Scottish
hills and dales, cannot have failed to observe
the scrupulous fidelity of the inhabitants to
the old family Bible. A more honorable trait
of character than this cannot be found ; for
all men, whether Christians or infidels, are
proud to put reliance in those who make
the Bible their confident, and whose wellthumbed
pages show the confidence which
their owners possessed iu it.
A few years ago there dwelt iu Ayersiiire
an ancient couple, possessing of this world's
gooi# sufficient to keep them independent
from want or woe, and from tottering steps.
A gallant of a fanner became enamored of
the daughter, and she being loath, consented
to become his. As tiro match was every
flrgy w?rthy of her. the old Whs conspnfnd
smd as thev were desirous of seeing their brain
comfortable, they were mado one. In a
few short years, the scytho of tiuse cut
?lown the old oouple, aud they gftvo their
bodies to the dust and their souls to their
Creator. ;
The young former having heard much of
the promised land beyond the sea. gathered
together his duds, aud selling such as wore
useless, packed up those calculated to be of
service tc him at his new home, Soino neighbors,
the same itching for adventuro,
sold off their homes and homesteads and set
sail lor America, * - *? /
, Possessed of considerable property in the
shape of "siller" this company were net Hke
vu* generality ui ?nign?n?,w?f and rrlencSbm
i hut hapj>y, anil full ofliope for the ftjture,
?w taking oat their old heir loom, and
^.^nka and praiee to^llim who had
the farmer'a d<ipP*i oeaaing to tliia
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? I rin.V,F^T-^=?ac
grkenvi
country wan to purchase a fawn and t'oltyw
his occupation, but fitjtifi.time. wa^ spent in
the city lie had arrived ip, ancl as his fellow
passenger* had previously determined en
J their destination, Uo ba<}e them^cwell, and
With, alight heart (urned lus fiuio towards the
setting sun. d^aim at .tgis tiido was settling
tast, and having heard of its cheap and
fvrtiio lands, ho determined on settling within
its borders.
On the banks of th.fi W^^gh hp fued on
a farm, and having paid cash for one h*lC
gave a mortgage Tor (he halauce, payable
m one year, uaving stocked his farm and
put seed in the ground, he rested from Ju*
labor, and patiently waited tho time when ho
might go forth and repp thy harvest; but.
alasl .no groin'gladdened his heart or rewarded
his toil. Tho fever of the cofuntry
attacked hifn, ayd at the time when tho
fields were white with the fulness of the laLu.'.
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mv>w o ??.ii h uwui vhucu mui nume, auu ten
his disconsolate w ife a widow, and bis only
child an orphan.
We loavo this sorrow, and pass on to t|ie
struggle of the afflicted .widow a Year afterwards.
The time having arrived when the
mortgage was to be paid, she borrowed the
money of a neighbor who had been very attentive
to her husband and to herself, one
who knelt at the same table with her to renew
their professed obligations to the Giver
of all good, llard and patiently did she toil
to repay the sum against the promised time ;
but all would not do?fortune frowned, and
she gave way to her accumulated troubles.
Di&hcarted and distracted she relinquished
the farm and the stock for a less sum than
she owed her Christian neighbor, who, not
satisfied with that, put an execution on her
furniture.
On the Sabbath previous to tlio sale she
tookcourago aud strengthened herself witl
the knowlcdgo of having wronged no ono, 1
went tc the temple of her father, with a heart I
filled with humanity and love, poured out
her sotil to "Him who turneth not away," and
having communed side by side with her
Christian neighbor, returned to her desolate
home.
Hero her fortitude bad like to have forsaken
her, but seeing the old family Bible, slie
reverently put it to her lips and sought consolation
from its pages. Slowly she pursued
its holy inspiring verses, and gathered hope
from its never falling promises.
The day of sale having arrived, her few
goods and chatties were in due course knocked
off to the highest bidder.' .Unmoved she
saw pass from her possession article after article
without a murmur, till the constable
held up the old family Biblo. ! This was too
much. Tears flowed and gave silertt nttcrrahco
to a broken heart. She begged the
constable to spare her this memento of her
reverod and departed parents; and the humane
man of the law would willingly have
given it to her, but her inexorable creditor
declared that everything should be sold, as
he was determined to have all that was owing
him.
The book was therefore put up, and about
being disposed of for a few shillings, when
she suddenly snatched it, and declariing she
would have some relic of those she loved,
cut the slender tluroad that held the brown
linen cover, with the intention of retaining
it. The cover fell into her hands, and with
it two flat pieces of thiu, dirty papor. Surprised
at tho circumstance, she examined
them, and what was her joy and delight to
find that they called for five hundred }>ounds
on the lbank of England. On tho back. of
one, in her mother's bund-writing, were the
following words:
"Wheu sorrow overtakes, ye, seek yer Hi-,
ble." And on tlie other in her fathers hand :
uYer father's ears ore nover deaf."
The sale was immediately stopped, aud the
family Bible given to its faithful owner.?
Tho furniture sold was readily ofl'ered to her
by those who had purchased, which she gladly
took back.
Having paid off her relentless creditor the
utmost farthing, and rented a small house in
the village of* , she placed the bahinco of
her money in such a way as to receive interest
ohougkito fceep her . comfortable, and is
now able to on joy tlio proepOote of the iold
family ltible without fear or molestation.?
Her time and attention are devoted to tho
bringing up of tli^bright, Uuo-eyod Alice,
and if the happy smiles of the counteuance
may be considered an index.of tike heart and
rnind, little Alice bids fair 'to be a shining
star in the community of which she at proaent
forms but a unit.
At tl>a aaiin/* i*a???a -
<.> bhi iikvui'^ iwumj, u? uiu veuve ui win
village, may bo seen every Sunday, sitting
about half way up the south iele, a lady about
thrily years of ago, droned in deep
mourning, with tho beauty of holiness, but
on whom may. be seen deep truces of sorrow.
At the pubiio house, in the same place and
at the aauie time, may also l>e eoeu a being
in the garb of inan, bloated and setting over
the poisoning bowl.- The one i? the professing
widow?the otlutr the prol'uaaing ueigh-a
bor, ' I . \ /.* $ \ *>? 1 ' ...
"Dobs thia raeor go easy f asked a barber
of a victim who was writhing under n
oltunay instrument, whose cheif recommendation
was a strong handle. "Well, that dopends
upotx what you call the operation. If
yon are skinning me, it gues tolerable easy ; I
but if you art shaving, it goes mighty hard.
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LLE, S. C: FRini")
3Dby q ?qci)eW 3W* ifojrty
I rkckktlv road a rteivapapcf ja&ilfppic
against bachelor*, which was Anything but
just Indeed I sometimes think that editors
gonor?J|y with all their supposed umartness,
rush into matrimony with tho common
crowd of green 'liprns. ?)ocs anybody shpjjoeo
that wo bachelors, are so from cnoicef
?that with maliff prepense wC have devo^
ted ourselves to a life of single unblessed urns f
It is because, we cannot iiud wives to
our minds. 1. speak for myself I am 32 ;
my appearance is as good as my neighbors;
?temper allowed by my landlady and her
daughter to be excellent"; habit* sobfer, and
deeidedly domestic prospccts-^a good business,
at any rate, for U>ur thousand
ujwr, jiuu increasing,j with a few thousand
iu vested. I want a wife. I am willing to
marry as speedily as a decent regard for conventional
rnlea will permit?provided I can
fiiul a proper person consenting to perform
lier pari of the ceremony with me. I do not
wSnt a dolly nor a spoiled miss whose intellect
cannot ascend beyond the subject of dry
goods, nor a shrewd beauty who even in her
teens, is schemingtowedan "establishment."
I want a sensible woman, moderately unselfish,
to aharo my fortunes; one who, iu return
for unremitting kindness, will think it.
her duty to make one's home a little comfortable,
and condescend, at times to take
an interest event in buttonicss shirts?in
short a "helpmato," not a burden ! ^
1 was at one period rather smitten by tlio
attractions of Mary Jones. She Was handsome
and ''accomplished" ?i. e., she could
dance, dress, write a bad hand, prattlo on
nothing with great volubility, aud perform,
upon the piano with some mechanical skill,
but without taste or understanding. In the
first stage of inv attack, I easily deluded myself
into tho belief that sho was the very
person calculated to make inn lmnnv Mv
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eireuuistauces at that period were far better
than at present. 1 proposed, and my proposal
was accepted, us were also several costly I
presents I felt a pleasure in offering my
f ame. The day was fixed for our weddiug*,
but a week beforo its advent, a confounded
fire swept away all 1 was worth in the
world except a few thousand dollars, just
sufficient to recommcucc life with. Mary
condoled with ino in my misfortune, coolly
broke off the engagement, and kindly retained
my costly presents?as souvenirs of
her broken promise, I presume. I thought
this was pretty sharp practice in a girl of
eighteen, and almost thanked the fire 'escape'
that had saved me from immolation on the
altar of Hymen. Slid Is tfght-and-tweuty
now. II<* father has failed in business, and
she is still single, although, as I learn on the
eve of marriage with a widower of forty,
who lias a young family of six children aud
precarious business in the cheap clothes
line. I take the opportunity of wishing
ihem inv frt Jifrni U.nt t '?1
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ings against tlio bride.
Xuey Smith afterward* exerted all the pretty
little arts sh<} wus mistress of to eusnaro
nx?, and finally succeeded, to a certain extent.
I found myself growing most assiduous
in my attentions, and inclining more every
day into the amiable "spooney" state of feeling
; but I soon found that she strove with
eijual pains to ensnare ever)' fellow she met
with, evcu iu my presence, and could not
refrain from practicing her strange ocular
experiments on married men. I withdrew ;
for though I have no objection to "variety as
a spice of life," I do not approvo of as a seasoning
to love or matrimony.
Maria Brown's notions of "weddod bliss"
apjteared to consist in an undisturbed state
of rockiog chairs and new novels, relieved
only with interviews with milhiers. Sophia
abhorred the idea of 'housekeepingand I
who bclievo in domestio hoartns, cheerful
firesides, and that kind of obsoleto thing, as
associated with married life, could not consent
to be merely a temporary lord of a bod
chamber, even in the most splendid of our
hotels.. Kmma fancies that a wife is a pet
to be dandled, humored, and submitted to?
a lazy tiling on Which every luxury is
to bo lavished, without tbMiks or return. Of
course, she won't do for a tradesman ! She
ia well suited for a doting aki gentleman,with
much money and little wit. in short, I can't
tind n lady fit to be the companion of un
unpreteuditig business man,'and that is the
reason why i am a Bachelor.?Sunday
Tirttts, !,-r, a . Tub
Scientific American thinks thore is
much moonshine iu tho argument that the
wearing of a long board js conduct ivo to
health, and says: "Some men say that Nature
gave tnan A beard for some purpose, and
it is a violation of hor laws to denude the
moustache and annihilate tho whisker. But
as females have no board*;'htfd as Nature
first tried her prentice hand on man and then
made woman, it may be suggested that the
unbearded type iatlio most perfect, and that
tho moustache is but a uselean and uuormvr
mental appendage.
Thk duties collected on tho sale of spirits
in tho United Kingdom last year amountod
to fivo million*! There were ttf enty-thrie
million gallons of spirits distilled' What n
phalanx of death and hiuiian misery ! Hero
w the secret of national distress.
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0cc npqflop.
Man's business never ennoblos bis character.
A bad uiau elevated to an honorable
office is still tho same original scoundrel ho
was beforo bis preferment,only he has on op
ndrtunlty of doiug a larger amount of injury.
Virtue, honor,' truth and integrity are thesame
whether found in the struct scavenflpr
or iu the judge. Au honest man peddiug
inatokes, jack knives or gun Hints is as
much entitled to respect, as be whose freighted
ships whiten tho ocean, lis tnau that
ennobles bis business. Fathers ar.d guardians
make a sad mistake, when they persist
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i nt wvnuiuy lucir boiis or warus into me uuferent
professions instead of giving tbom a
trado, as though a briiless lawyer was a whit
moro respectable tban a good shoe black,
carpenter, or printer. Young ladies, too,
show their want of gumption, when they
give honest worth the "sack" beoauso it is
concealed under a coating of tar, chalk, smut,
ashes, or ink, and give their hearts and hands
to some of the "learned professions* who
have not learned to behave decently, or to
earn the salt in the bread they destroy.
An honest, upright man is an ornament
we lovo to contemplate. His industry and ]
integrity are priceless jewels and they will
give him independence. Point to one professional
man who has distinguished himself
in proportion to his opportunities, and we can
point you to Bcores of merchanics, farmers
and laborers who bavo risen to an enviable
eminence despite the impediments by which
they were surrounded. The learned professions
are well enough, but all men were
not designed for luwyers and doctors. Suppose
we wero all tinkers, what a chattering
r.f tin pans there would be !?Spt. of the Age.
The Greatest Steamer in the World.
The immense screw and pnddlo steamer,
building by liussel, nt Millwull, England,
for the EMWern Steam Navigation Company,
is to be completed in twelve months,
lier keel has been laid down, and several of
her bulkheads, or compartments, are raised.
and the works arc proceedingiug with energy
and expedition. A railroad 1i?b boon laid
down the entire length of her way, to faciltate
the conveyance of the materials from tho
factory to tho different parts of the vessel.
The exact dimensions of tho ship are jus follows
:?Tunnage, builder's measurement,
22,000 tuns; tunnage burthen, 10,000 tuns;
extreme length, 080 feet; oxtreme depth,
08 feet; power of engines are in tho course
of construction, and will bo fitted in the vessel
before she is floatod off. Tho hull will be
entirely of iron, and of more than usual
strength, the magnitude of her sire enabling
Mr. Brunei, the architect, to introduce many
precautionary measures conductive to support
and security. From her keel up to six feet
above tbe water-liue is double, of a cellular
construction. The upper deck will also be
strengthened on the same principle, and will
form a complete beam, similar to the tube of
tho Britannia bridge, so that any external injury
will not affect tlie tightness or the safety
of the shin. She is divided into ton separate
watcr-tigfit compartments, each being sixty
feet in length, embiing her to take out sufficient
fuel for a voyage to Australia and bock
to England without stopping.
Sriliioflt dJDljifctoflgi).
Much is said of tho brilliant stucco whitewash
on the east of tho President's house at
Washington.
Tho following is a receipo for making it,
with some additional improvements learned
liv ATMrimcnf. 'I'hI*a n Imulmt r>f
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slacked lime; slack it with boiling water,
covering it in the process, to keep in the
slenm. Strain the liquor through a sieve or
strainer, and add to it a peek of clean salt,
previously well dissolved in warm water,
threo pounds of ground rice, ground
to a thin pnste ami stirred and boiled liot;
half a pound of Spanish-Whiting, and a
pound of clean ^jluo, which has been dissolved
by first soaking it well, and then hanging
it over a slow fire, in a largo one filled with
water. And five gallonsx>f hot water to the
whole mixture, stir it well, and let it stand
a few days covered from the dirt. It should
ho put on quite hot; for this purpose it can
bo kept in a kottlo on n purtablo furnace. It
is said that about ono pint of this mixture
will cover a square yard upon the outside of
a house, if properly applied. lirushos more
or less small may he ueod, according to the
neatness of the job roquired. It retains its
brilliance for many years. Thero is nothing
of the kind that will comparo with it, either
for outside or inside walls. Coloring matter
may be put in, and made of any shade you
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iiito. opaniffTi Drown surreu in wui mako a
rod or a pink, more or ices deep, according to
quantity. A delicate tinge of this is very
pretty for inside wal Is. Finely pulverized comtnon
clay, well mixed tip witkHpaniah brotvn,
before it is stirred into mixture, makes it n
lilac color. Lamp black and Spanish brown,
mixed together, produce a reddish atone
color. Lamp black in moderate quantities
makes a slate-color, very suitable for tho outside
of buildings. Yellow wash, chrome ochre
goes furthor and makes a pvottier color. In
I all these cases the darkness of shade w ill of
' course bo determined by the quantity of col'
-iriug matter used. It is dillkultto make a
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rule, because the testes aro very ditferent; it
would -be'beet to try tlie experiments on a
shingle, and let it dry. .1 have been told that
green must not bo mixed with lime. The
lime destroys the color, and the color has an
effect on the whitewash which makes it crack
and peal. w
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Gibe 1 be B oljs q Cbqpcc.
Do yon know anyl>ody that wants to hire
a boy ? AVe confess that wc never hear this,
the most common of inquirers, without a
feeling of sadness, and never say no, without
a hearty wish that wo had something for a
uuy tu uo. jroor nine ienows, liiv Kepi ami
poorly clad, turn their, anxious faces up to
yours in the hone to find a farornble answer,
and thus to cini a'ro'ngl painful question for
tlie means to earn a'mouthful of honest bread.
They move on with drooping heads to repeat
for a thousand times tho inquiry, and to receive
the same response, in tones of every variety
of difference. "A l?oy" is learning'his
first sad lessors in the coldness of the world
and the harshness of life. AVo will not go
boyond him to seo what aching heart there.
I is iu some poor homo, that, mingled with
liopo and fear, has sent him forth on his
thankless mission : for that tho boy him.self
should bo obliged to go and aslc again and
bo refused the opportunity to bo useful, is
sad enough of itself.
In this fast ago?this struggling, crowding
world, there is little room for the boys and
there is far too little thought taken of tho obligation
that rests upon men to make place?
for them. Tbeso materials of which men arc
made are neglected, and we nre too prono t<
forget how important an element wooursclve;
arc in settling the question, whether they art
to 1m> ffrxvl fir liail W?,,Sa /sf ?.
? ^ ? \/i j\inviiiv.xj nuvi
encouragement to those who aro first launch
ing their frail harks upon the vo} age of life
arc worth thousands of dollars spent in pro
cesses lo reform such as through neglect and
despair have forgotten their good impulses,
and suffered themselves to be led into courses
of transgression. A little word may stimulate
a hope that glimmers ou the verge of
extinction, into a motive strong and unerring
to impel its owner forward in the paths ol
usefulness and honor Tie kind to the boys
And to the boys we would say, never dos
pair. If one man does not want a boy trj
another. You have the right to make tin
innuiry. Tho world was uiado for you iu
well as for the men, and God has determined
tluit yon shall hnvo a phice in it. Tho hopes
of tho world are the hoys?the poor boys?
and insignificant and placelcsa as yon foe
yourselves, your mission is important, and il
you pro worthy your day will surely come.?
There is another thing. Go to tho country
chances for useful employment are numerou:
and various in the agricultural districts. A
void the town, with its places of low amuse
ment and lower dissipation. Determine tc
be men, and honest men, and the time wil
corao when you will bo disposed to tliinl
ovor tho hardships you have suffered, foi
their effect hi developing your euergics am
fixing your character.
^oblc
Fredrick tho Second, King of Prussia, wa
remarkable for an extravagant humor of sup
porting a regiment of tho tallest men tlin
could possibly bo procured ; ami ho wouli
give a fellow of C feet and a half high 80 or ;
100 guineas bounty,besides the cliargeof brin
ging him from the farthest part of the glob
if it so hap|>cncd. One day, while his muj
csty was reviewing this regiment of gianti
attended by all the foreign ambassadors, an<
most of tho officers of rank both in the cour
and army, he took occasion to ask the Freud
minister, who stood near him, if he though
that his master had an egual number o
troops in his service able to engage those for
midable mon. The Frenchmen, who was n<
soldier, said ho believed not. The king picas
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vm ???u? omvii i? ivjm) iiuiii u itauvu oi 111'
vainest nation in tlio world, asked the impe
rial ambassador the satuo question, and tin
Gorman frankly declared his opinion that In
did not believe thoro was such another regi
ment in tjic world. 'Well, my Lord Hynd
ford,' said the king to the British ambuss*
dor, 'I know you have brave troops in En<>
land ; but would an ecjunl number of you
countrymen, do you think, beat these ?' 1
wt'l not te.}-e upon mo absolutely to ?*iy th?'
replied his lordship, 'but 1 dare be bold t
say that, half the number would try.'
A Damper.?A young city fop, in com
pany with some belles of fashion, was ridinj
into tlio country a pleasuring, when
saw a poor rustic looking lad at work b^h
road-side. Thinking it a fine chance toshov
his wit to the damsels l?y sporting with tin
poor boy's ignorance, ho thus accosted him
"Can you toll me, Mr. Zebodee, how far i;
it to whore I ain going, and which is tin
raoet direct road i" l'oor /ebby, not ftt nl
daunted, with tlio most sober and compose
countenance, replied: "If you aro goin<; ti
the gallows, it is but a short distance ; if ti
iail, it stands a few rods this side ; hut if on
ly to poverty and disgrace, yon are approach
ing your journey's end. Ar for the most di
rect road, you are now in it, and cannot mis
the way. Dandy dropped his head au<
rode on.
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i Ihe perils of Go 10 DJinlflg.
A correspondent of tho Williamsburg
Times writing from Australia, narrates tno
following incidents, illustrative of the dangers
Which beset tlio Australian miner:
' Perhaps no death is moro terrible than
that which awaits the diggor. Tho heavy
yellow dust, with its tempting look, keeps
the miner burrowing in tho earth with thousands
of tons suspended over his head, and
by a tenure less reliable than that which held
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...v w .. v.. v. v ^UMiuvirai AU IKlfUHlllUtnCO OI
mine?Null or, from the state of Maine?persisted
in taking out a rich pillar from a very
dangerous hole, and succeeded ; but lie was
not fairly on tho ground again, when fifteen
or twenty square yards sunk down wfcli a
dead, heavy crash. Little stones accidentally
falling and hnrd luinj>9 of earth have killed
those in holes, and great care is nccoesary
to guard ngainst these evils.
"At ltularat, where tho holes are very deep,
accidents arc common, ono occurred there
lately. A man digging found tho bottom
growing soft, but paid little attention to it
until his legs sunk in so that he could not
I pull thcin out; ho shouted for his mates to
let the rope down, and he fastened it around
his waist, but they could not pull him up,
help came and twisted off tho crnnk of the
windlass, then seized the rope in their hands,
but it was of no avail; tho water bubbled up
; around the man iu tho hole, the quicksand
i rushed in, buried him |o his waist and neck,
stilled his cries, and rose thirty feet above his
s head. To dig him out was useless in fact,
> next to impossible. The rope was cut and
> its end pushed beneath tho quicksaud.
i "In another instance a man driving sixty
? feet under ground loosened a large stone, and
I found water trickle through where it hnd
. been, but, not dreaming of danger from iva
, ter, stuck ins pjek jii, when the water burst
through with gre.it force. lie had the presI
encc of luiiul to drop his pick and turn round.
( The water drove him voilently into the main
hole, and, being a swimmer, he kept upright
. in the holo until ho was drawn, when eure'
lessly getting out, he slipped and fell, losing
j his life by the fall.
f ''But^otwithstanding the many accidents
. that occur, pohaps tliey are not greater for
. the persons employed than in any other busr
incss or traiHc in lite. There are numbers
3 at the mines who would not go to the bottom
s of somo of tho holes for the gold in Australia
; but tho great majority would gladly
i place their lives agaiust a fortune, myself for
. one."
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f The Blessings ok Longevity.?Tho po.
riod of maturity is tho only one which admits
of prolongation. Iufancy, childhood,
\ ;iud youth, have each certain limits, which
. are seldom come short of or exceeded ; iu a
. given number of years the human being ar,
rives at the highest dcvelopcmcut of which
I it is capable, and art can do but little to lias.
ten or retard tho arrival of that epoch. So
r it is with old age?it cannot endure beyond
1 a certain time, but sj>codily leads to tho grave.
The peiiod of manhood?the period iu which
all the powers both mental and bodily, are
in the highest nerfectioii. is alone onnnhle
, w 41 ? - w*
extension ; and it is so capable almost infinitely.
What a strong luotivo does not this
a consideration alt'ord tor taking care of the
i- health?for studying the natural laws, on
t which health depends?and for putting ourJ
selves, as far as possible, in conformity with
a those laws! And how clearly docs this
i show that longevity is good?a real, a sul>e
stantial good, the attainment of which is well
l- worth striving for, and tho jiosscssion of
t, which must contribute largely to happiness!
1 ?Curtis on Health.
i The Xewsi'AI'EU.?In promotion of so dot
sirable an object as the union of tho intellecf
lual with the useful, tho newspaper is an iiu.
port ant auxilliary. It is more. It is typical
3 of tho community in which it circulates and
is encouraged. It tells its character as well
o as its condition its tastes as well as its neces
sities, the moral, as well as the physical staa
mina of population and soil. It is the map
a whereon are traced our tendencies and desit.i
a.- -i?,
- tiuiv^, mav mu cuHii 10 curect tno traveller
- and settler to safe and pleasant harborage,
r or to direct' them from the shoals and quick -
sands of social degradation. At home it
r bring* us to our firesides, it imparts to our
[, household, it impresses on our childron its
> sentiment of propriety or its tono ofeooLnno
ination. Abroad it is regarded as our oracle,
and speaks volumes for or against us. In
its business features may be discerned the ini
dications of our prosperity, or otherwise, in a
? worldly sense ; but in its general complexion
y will be discovered our moral ?ud spiritual
0 lienlthfulness or disease. It is the portraiture
v of our imperfections as well as the chronicler
a of our udvaucemout.? Washington Intdli
ycnccr.
A 'e ? 11 % *
e Ax old lady, out West, for tw enty suecs
1 sive years darned stockings with the same
1 needle?in fact, so used was the needle to
a its work, that frequently, on the lady's leavo
ing the room, it would continue darning
- without her. When the old lady died, the
i- noodle was found by her rcjativia, and for a
- long time no one could thread it, nor conld
s they corer what obstructed the threads,
.1 until by a microscopic observation they discovered
"a tear drop in ft* eye I"
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