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/ ^NNUJ^. ..... ?.,. ' IN. Advance NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, UONMERUIAL,, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME III. LANCASTER. C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, YEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1855 NUMBER 43 _ * 4' AM flDIPTMAI TAI P k gonial heat?how Jeligluful?how | nT7IT TTinm ' fTI I T Fin I 1 )nnr irinn Iniinrv<?/1 ?L? I If ? P-l* * Jl 1 ' " *" v nu uiuuinnij imjEj. t For the Ledger. \ SLANDER, * OR BROWN AND 1113 FRIENDS. -''/ d > nv ai.pRa. Brown was A good, honest, onen hearted man, but ho was poor, lie had a wife and two small children to provide for, and it required his utmost exertions to provide thoin with the most common necessaries. Brown was a mechanic, and worked faithfully and diligently, but when the sustenance of his wife, children and himself, depended hIoiio and entirely upon fc, his exertions, he would often after one tnea), scratch his head, and wonder where I J the next would come from. He got plenty of work, md if all his customers would pay him promptly, he would have heen I enabled to push along some way, bu< the r:ch and the poor alike complained of hard times, and Brown was more than once mortified v.*hen he presented Ids bills, to be repulsed with the never changing cry?no money ! Brown did not despair, and although reduced to such an extremity, he worked his way along, and his ft'ilily w 're pr ivide j for, even tf the provisions were of the in >st si nolo and co irs?* kind. Poverty is a hard master. Those who have lived in ease and alHucuce, shiver dreadfully when lie otiiru les upon the>u, and are ready to sink in sorrow and despair. Not ,so is it with the poor?they h tve ooco ne accustomed to tns cold bee/.nig calls, and with that hope whichbrightens the path way of life, they endure ins visits, and thai same angelic influence points aiiea 1 to belter times. Ye-, it is liurd to 'as poor, it is hard to see otheis around us enjoying the comforts wliicli money can atfbrd. and woe untied ed to envy thn poor dog the crumbs which fall from ilie rich mam table. And yet riches, nor [tower, nor lame, bring thai which cheoiR the heart, and renders the heart peaceful and happy. Kic tea in ay bring cotufort to the physical man, bui there is a comfoii enjoyed in the etui, fre- ! <]uently by the poor, which ttf# ricn nnver feel. A clear conscience, a knowledge of <lo:ng unto his neighbor as he would wish nis neighbor to do unto him, this it an inmost joy too often unfell by the rich, while it is the anchor of hope and peace to the poor and wretched. Brown was a good man. lie tried to do right., lie defra'uled no man, and if the world did use him roughly, he thanked G ?d it w is no worse. His wife lo.'ed him, his chil drcn were healthy, and mig.it on? d ty be able to contribute to Ins wants and necessines, and in that hum Me dwelling of Brown's, although their fare w ts sc uiiy and of the cheapest kind, and although their dwelling was small and r nigh, vet t tore was more nctud comfort, more poaco of mind than is ?ftcn enj ?v.*d by those possi ssod of ihoua >nds. Not far from Brown's house lived Mr. Green. Mr, Green was once p ?or. but ho was one of those kind of men who m ike money fast. In the sp tee of a few years, from a dealer in small wares, he had he - como a merchant of character anJ important. There is a fable of E*>p's, about a frog, who in his pride exptn d"d to such a sue, j that he hurst open. Now Mr. Green, had i swelled considers dy, wnen success follow- | > I'd hun so adventimisly. lie became a j big in in. Ho thought mightily of hiin- I aelf, and as lor his wife, it w,?s coiijeetured | bv some, if she would accept of a seat in ' Ileaveu, unless drawn th tlier by a car- j riago and four. Green lived in style, as "tight limes" came upon linn,he eh a little crainjmd i soiiietimes, but .Mrs. G. would not hear of j retrenchment in the domestic economy.? She was not willing to fall even a button hole,' so they hved on in style, sneered at tuners, caiteii me poor, laxjf people, nnu many a liine Green was in such ft tight fix when a tank .note would come due, that he would look towards Brown and envy j the poor man that which lie cmthl not pontes* ; ye*, thai which he never womd J p hmwm, a clear, conscience,-?an e ?sy mind. Many a poor mm had been ruined; roateti out i>f lionte and home, in order ' to fill the coffer* of thi* same Green. A man owee him $100 or $1000, what i care* he whether he riae or full, survive or 1 perish, he must have his money ; and al- , though the grating dmir of the prison 1 house when opened to receive the poor debtor, although the cries of fiupwissl citfMren, an?l Uie wailn of a heart Hfcoken mother, would **nd a chill to an infidel'* heart, Oreon would be unmoved connoting himself with the refleotioii, "he m? and wiu*t |>hv." Money in th ro<>t of aii evil, and a!- i m,' tho?|?h he van t ? pioeent hiinnelf at I he bar of (MjihmmiI in (gold, and a dtunond turhan on hi* !?< ?d, it* would not nave him. TtiO weight of the precitHi* metal*, would nink linn de?|??r into hell. A rich man'* word curio* weight wijtl^ it When any thin# came firpin th# Oroen#, it wan hearkened to, aAen any ii.:__ f i IJ- fT* ? - I 1?MI| (MP wuni Uir IHHWII ?, ll Wil* IU * o**!'! winUr nflpfrnmn in rWfeiWrr. when Mr*. White called to tm% Jyfr- l #o- u, (Ivtrj comfortable wan K|iTh0 Well wad* flr* threw out ' - | tH- ~ * pleasant?what a glorious lime will Mrs. Green and Mrs. White have to defame their neighbors. "Good evening Mrs. Green ; I was lonesome at home, and thought I would step round to see you and the dear children." "Mr?. White, I am really delighted to see you come, take a seat." After they have conversed for a time or minor topics, Mrs. W. resumes, "Does Brown still live over there I" "Yes."? "IIow do they get along." "Well?I don't know," which clearly meant she knew a great deal. "Does he get much work,"continues Mrs. White. "Why yes, ' if he would work." "Does he sot work ?" "Why this whole week Mrs. White, ho has done nothing. They d?*ervc to starve, lie idles away his time from ' morning to night." "Well," says Mrs. 1 Wtnie "Mrs. Blaek was telling me about ' his had ha hits. Mrs. Kcd's husband's 1 | brother brought the flown of ins heing trunk Hi the muster llio other day, and 1 hoy say ho gambles "Yen, they say he plays cards <lav and night. I would not Ire surprised to see iliein cotno to tho flogs." . $0011 Mrs. White leaves, when in comes Mrs. Iled,"Well, 1 met Mrs. hite just now, has that gossip been here I"? en, uint she a gossip f She was telling me that Mr. Brown was drunk at the muster the other day." "Well 1 never heard it, Mr. Red my husband's brother was there, and mentioned the names of some that were intoxicated, but did not mention Mr. Brown's name as I r?H5olleet." Now, the way of it was this. Mr. Red hud mentioned that mar's name ; he said when asked, that Mr. so ami so, a relative >f Brown's was intoxicated. Mrs. White heard "drunk" and 'Brown" and hence the report. "Well Mrs. Green how do those people get along ?" "Why, bad enough Mis. Red, Brown is a dissipated character, lie gambles away all he makes." "Oh, shocking!" exclaimed the other. What admirable men must Messrs. Green and Red be. Could tho pencil of ihttarlisl be brought into requisition, and the scenes of their early life be laid before the reader, the blood would mantle Tiis"cheek at the evidences of their depravity and licentiousness. Mrs. Green *|M>ke to every one cf Brown's getting drunk, of Ins gambling propensities, lie had lost so much money ? Mrs. Red would toll Mrs. White, Mrs. White would tell Mrs. B H>'k, and on it would go. like a snow bail getting i lie larger as it progressed, until the whole town looked *wspMouslv upon Brown. He was innocent. lint rumor hastened lii*? downfall. Men ' began to *u>*. Mr. Green was the first to have everything which the Ihw would give liihi Hold. " Lie reduced liim to beg- t gar v. 1 *** What we have written render,occurred , -ouie year* ago. Many change* have happened since then. Come with me, ' and this last scene concludes our sketch. NVe are at the house of Mr. Green.? That same house, but how gloomy and disinal ! Mr. Green had two daughters, and laith had married dissipated vaga- . bond", contrary to the wishes of their parents. They had removed to the filr west. We are in Mr. Green's chain tier. Il? is stretched on his dying lied. "Oh G.?d ' ^ lie exclaims, "how many homes have I made desolate f I have toiled for gold, and in doing so have brought many to ruin 1" His wife sits'beside him. Where s is tier pride now I "My wife" nay* the lyiug man, "what can I do I Send for ' Drown, 1 want to see him." ConleiouHnf his rectitude of character, and unyielding to despair, Mr. lir .wn had struggled on. liy dint o' industry and perseverance, he arose Phoenix like from ruin to competency. He nAw lived in a belter home, ami enjoyed more comf sends for Brown, and the latterhllitens to his summons. And * there beside the bedside of the dying man, ? he stands, tie endeavors to pacify and console him. lie points him to God, to r seek for forgiveness, not from man, but ^ from Hun who nays, "Cotne unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I ( will give you rest. Though your sins be red as scarlet, I will nt ike them as white as siiow. Lei the wicked forsake Ins ways j and come u..to me and I will abundantly pardou him." "No I no! Brown** ex- ( claims tbe dying man, "I am lost, lost, lost ! Already do I see starving children and heart-broken women rejoicing at tny ' entrance into hell. Groat God I I am | lost, lost, lost r And tlius the rich man died. A bore to society is scandal. It cor rode* and destroys all the Biter feeling* of ( tnan. Liko a hereditary disease n a family, it is carried from parents to children. Often a party of ladies assemble, ' and this man is spoken of in contempt, tin* woman's character is assailed, a spe- ( oies of idle gossip is engaged in, which is detrimental to themselves and injurious j t> others. If p?ople would mind their wn business. they would have enough to ' employ them, end tie not unjustly charged lor retailing slander. ?W The heart of a young girl is like a nest where the little swsllow chirps, < shows its bead, tries He wings, and watch* < n the favorite moment to tj. j T- V * *; ; . v, | j I MLM/I TALKS. From the Star S/Hinr/leJ Banner. HARD TIMES; or, THE PHILOSOPHER'S 8T0NE ny oi>iver oitic. CHAPTER I. "What makes you so dull this morning, Ellen ?" inquired Mr. Chester, a young merchant in a small way, of his wife. They had been married about % year, ?nd thus far not a cloud had lowered over their house, not an illnatured word had t>een spoken by either, and they were is happy as love and plenty could make hem. At his marriage, Chester had ta ion h small, but neat ami convenient louse in tlie upper part of the city, lie iad l?een ahle to furnish it only in a very Ijiin manner; but since his marriage his uisiiioss had been so prosperous that he lad added many articles of luxury to his| stablishment. The "times'' hail begun to tighten up, iowever, and business was dull. The lolea wore due, and he had to hosier himtelf to make his payments. Fortunately or him, however, as the stringency in the Honey market began to weigh the most icavily, his father's administrator placed din in possession of two thousand dollars vhieh had been reserved to await the coningencies of a lawsuit, and which had low l?een satisfactorily adjusted. With this sum he had been able to pay >fl" his more pressing demands, and to lay ) ' a surplus of five hundred dollars to nect a note which woti'd fall due some wo months hence. The receipt of this sum had alsoinduc?d him to increase the luxuries of his louse. The parlor had been newly fuin shed, and the old parlor furniture had icon transferred l?? thesittingroom. They tad everything that was necessary for torn fort, ami for a creditable appearance n the world. HV?u ImU .. r .? ,iv? ! a. luslmnd, as he ro<e from the breakfast able. Kllen I.xiked up at liiin with a languid mile hut made no reply. "What ails you ?" "I was thinking how lonesome I should >e, here alone all day," replied she. "Lonesome! Why don't you go out, hen, ami take the air? Walk down Washington street, round the Common ?it will revive your spirits." "How absurd you talk! Walk round lie Common in the mont'.i of December! Why, I should freeze to death !" "Not so bad as that," replied the young ....a......i ..i i.;? ...:r i?- ?i...?i.:~ ............4, VUV.~...? ?MV .....IV. . '<ro to the Athentcum, then, and see the >ict ures." "I couldn't do that every day; and on don't know how lonesome I am !" "Can't you read ?" "I don't want to read all the time." "Head part of the time, then ; 1 brought tuili Hall home last night; have vou uud it!" "No, I don't like it vorv well. It is milting hut the tnos', disgusting personJit if s, coarse, vulgar flings; I am afraid f 1 read it I should liecotne like ' "Halt ! your judgment is hasty." "Hut, Fred, 1 have heon thinking of outfitting," and a smile played upon the iretty hps of tlie young wife. "What, Ellen I" "! miss something in our liouse." "Do you!" "O, very much indeed." "Well, Ellen, what is it?" ."A piano. It would Ihi so nice topraeice these long dreary day*. I should tat is happy as a princess if I only had a tiano." Mrs. Chester's father was in affluent iroumstanoes, and before her marriage he had hoen accustomed to many luxuies, which her hushand's limited means vould not permit lii.o to provide. "Hut, Ellen, I cannot buy a piano. The imes have not l>een ho hard before for ten rears." "You have five iiundred dollars in the iank." "Hut I have reserved that to pay a >ote." "hon'l you expect to make enough to ?ay ii ?" "It is very doubtful; my business hanly pars expense*." "You wdl be able to pay that. I know," continued the eloquent petitioner. "Wall, well, my dear, you shall have ho piano." "You are a dear husband I You will jet ine one of Chickering'a P "Any kind you please, my dear." And before dinner time the instrument aino home, ami Mrs. Cheater was as happy a* a piano could make her,-albeit she liad little idea of the significance of "three per month," and protealed notes. CHAPTER II. Men said the time* would be better, but the prophecy wm rain. Merchant* failed, broken failed, bank* and insurance eompatilea foiled. Uuainew wan duller than it had been before for twenty yean. * Mb Wk w. ivuu^\>va nVfUC wr VI HIO UVI streets, vainly waitini for a job, while he their wives and chihiret shivered with the hai cold, and hungered jr even a crust of kit bread. Ruin and disater were the order ' of the day, and men wondered where for would be th? end of it ill. gol Fred Chester's bulimss did not pay his nol shop expenses, to sal nothing of his house- he, hold, and when tlat dreaded note fell tra due, he had not a d?)lar tow :rds redeem- ice ing it. Ruin stared jiin in the face, and it was now his turn jo look sad. wh Five hundred dolkrs was a small sum, Fr< yet ho could not rake it. Even "three ' per cent a month," without "collateral," wil would not procure it Something must is." be done. Some friend must get him out of the scrape, or he mutt certainly fail.? int His wife's father was wealthy, but he had married his daughter agsirst his wishes, 1 and there wis no hope n that quarter, eai Rut El leu's uncle, a Uunt, honest master cer mason, had always looknl kindly upon cor him, and perhaps be would open his purse wit strings. top The note was due on tie following day, est and he decided to make the application 1 to Uncle Luke, as be was familiarly call- the ed. In the course of tin forenoon, how- ed ever, he happened to call at the store, and 1 L* 1 ? 11! i nil mhivu wis position. ' "Eh ?" said the hltiiit ?lil mechanic, "I 1 thought things were goingon swimmingly ? h with you." cle "So they were, hut die times are so ten dcuccdly hard that I UHiiiot make euough 1 to pay expenses," replLil Fretl, with a 1 dolorous expression of eointenanee. ( "Where's the two thoisand dollars you ' received from your fat bet's estate I" mo "I paid my debts with it." 1 "But didn't you tell tne you didn't owe ' above three thousand dollars ?" left "I paid off titleen hundred." 1 "And the rest." Ell "Well, that went iu various ways." 1 "And your stock is mortgaged f" rot "Yes, tor otie thousand." "You have done a good business ?" < "Yes, till these hard times caine on." tlit "Well, well, I inn in * hurry just now; 1 but I will go up and dine with yon, and |y. wo will talk it all ovtA^''Mtd Uncle Luke ( left the shop. "* -Ai-r haifUkf hi* uncle's in- 1 quisi.ivcness, butlie had a strong hope that he would get him out of his present scrape. Writing a hasty note, he de- tin spatched his boy to inform his wife that an Uncle Luke would dine with them. Th CIIAPTKI& III. ou Dinrer time came, and so did Uncle trj, ' Luke. Kileti had a nice dinner ready, t|u and lier pretty face was covered with jt , smiles when she welcomed the honest old fec man to the hospitalities of her board.' Uncle Luke seated him*el at the table. we His accustomed smile had disappeared, (|j, and he looked rather stern. ;s|, "Fred," said he, suddenly, as the young t|,f merchant inserted his fork in the breast of i the nicely browned roast turkey, "You haven't found the philosopher's stone ^j0 yet." . pr< Fred suspended dm operation of carv j,lH ing tlie turkey, and gazed with a look of astonishment into the face of the speak- |)H or. Ur "What do you mean, uncle Luke?" an, ashed he. far "You don't kn?>\v what the philosopher's stone is, do you ?*' jl "No." lh< "I found it when I was quite a young t|,( man, and whatever prosperity has crowned me, I owe to that." i.It i..:? I T..~l^ T '? i rnj| 1'iiv.i*; uuku. ujj, "After dinner, I will." ju "Somehow in spite of tlio extraordinary 80| preparations Ellen had made for the re 8|1( eeption of her uncle, the dinner did not p>r pass oft' verv pleasantly. There was a Rn< reserve on the part <>f all the party, which p;tj threw cold water on the wboie atfair.? jy] Hut it was finished at last to the relief of Blj; all. "Now, uncle, come into the parlor, and \y Ellen shall play you a tuna or two on her (e<j piano," said Fred, leading the way. lrft "On her what!" exclaimed the old man with a start of surprise. "On the piano, of course." CQ; "Then you keep a piano!" j( "Centainly; we could not pneaibiy get lo, along without a piano, could we, Kl- a,, len." tin "I am anre we couldn't," replied the jjj, young wife. "0, it is such a comfort!" "Such a luxury, you mean," answered Uncle Luke, with a cold sneer, "What W!! ditl you give for it I" A J "Five hundred." "Is it paid for?" "Certainly it is." w' "And your note due to-morrow, which you cannot meet." ,ie Fred glanced at Ellen, who looked as Wl woe begono, as though she had lost eve- ve ry friend she bail in the world. to "It was not his fault, uncle; I te&xed it out of him," said she. "Then he is a bigger fool than I took h:m to be," replied Uncle Luke, con temp- nr tuouslf. "And when he wu not doing m buaineaa enough to pay expenaea, you '} dine on roaat turkey, and all manner of l" fancy a tuff." Uncle Luke, though conaciotta that he waa meddling with what did not concern " him, could not control hia indignation at the wanton extravagance of the young vi ij>ic. nu nni Kiiiuiy lowarus mem, as always had and though his words were rsh and cold, he intended to do them a idness. "Yes, and Ellen, you wear a silk gown every day, and to crown all, you liavj I t a piano. Do you expect to pay your i tes in this manner, Fred!" continued I ( "here is the secret of hard times, ex- < vagance?silk dresses, roast turkeys, creams, ami pianos." "Things were going very well with me en I bought the piano," suggested ' Ml. , I "No matter, you are a fool. Now I 1 I tell you what the philosopher's stone J Uncle Luke paused and looked coldly j 0 the eye of the young merchant. "Well, uncle,-what is itI" ' 'Live within your means. Ifyou don't I II but a dollar, spend only seventy-five its," and Uncle Luke put on his great it and hat, edged towards the door, 1 .hnut even alluding to the important ' lie in whic i Fred felt so much inter- 1 t "lint, Uncle Luke, can you lend me 1 money 1 want?" asked Fred, dismay- 1 nt the thought of failure. 'No, I cannot." "Then 1 must fail." "You ought to have thought of that ' en you liought the piano," replied Un- i Luke, sternly, "Do you know \Va* I" t "The carpenter ?" "Yes." "I do." "App Iv to him; he will lend you the I < >ney." "Ilut he is almost a stranger to me." "No matter; g^ to him," and uncle Luke I ; the house. "Oli, Fred, this is all my fault," said i on, bursting into tears. I "No matter, my dear. It will all come ind right." I Fred did apply to Waters. "What security can you give!" asked ! carpenter. I "I don't know," replied Fred, doubting"Mv stock i9 mortgaged." "Household turniturner "No." "What have you goti ' "A piano, ami ** "That will do; give me a bill of sale of it. If not paid in lliirthy day? the pi0 is mine." Fred assented, and received tlie money, e papers were executed and Fred got t of the ser ipe. During the succeeding thirty days he ed hard to raise the money to redeem ? piano, without success. Waters took it the appointed time, and seemed pertly satisfied with his bargain. A few days after, the young couple re surprised to receive an invitation to , ic with Uncle Luke, and to their aston- | ment, when they arrived, they found | >ir piano in his snug little parlor. | "Di<l you buy this ?" asked Fred. Hut Uncle Luke would answer no qties- < ns. yet he promised to make him a | sent of it as soon as ho had paid all j debts. i The dinner consisted of corned beef and i ked nutates, with an apple pie for desert, icle Luke was in unusually good spirits, | rl never once apologized for the singular e he had set lajfore his guests. I Hut they understood the meaning of it. | was intended as a lesson for them, and * >y profiled by it. Tliey brought borne j philosopher's stone and began to live | a much humbler system. The hired , 1 was disehunged, and Ellen had so leh to do in attending to her household lies that she had no time to he lonene. She was much happier than when 5 moped all day in the parlor, and bet- , than this, the times began to mend, , I Fred's business prospered again. lie i id off bis mortgage, and the piano was , ly returned to them, because they could i i?rd to support such a luxury. I'ncle Luke hail put the money i ito ater's hands to relieve Fred. He *:inI to take the piano, to punish the exvagant couple for their want of econoWe are happy to say that Fred haH ned money s;nce he found the philoso er's stone, and he has moved down vn. He is considerable of a man, in ite street, and though the present hard res are making fearful havoc around n, he is free and unembarrassed. He v. Mr. Foster, oPlTew Salem, Mass. is a factious man, and usually roady at ioke and repartee. He had a parish ier, carpenter by trade, pretty well icked with roady wit, and withal,somelat given to boasting. One day while at work for Ins minister, wing a stick of timber, the carpenter is boasting in bis usual style of the marls that be could preform. The pastor, put an extinguisher upon him, said : "Governor (his nick-name,) do you ink you could make a devil t" "Make a devil!" responded the Gover>r, "why, yes, oh yea!" (his broad axe oving a little more rapidly) "here put > your foot?you want the least altera>n of any man I ever saw !" It was rsre that the minister came off j cond best in such encounters, but be did lis time. J3T All virtues are in agreement; all cm Are at variance. MISCELLANEOUS. [; In days of Baby Shows and prize in- j |j lants, it may not be amiss to oiler some tl assistance to young mothers in the care of p their offspring, and with that view we cl copy the following : c, ^;are of infants. ? It is evidently that there is only something, but much, the matter with the |( present prevailing treatment of infancy j* and childhood. Uue fourth of the race lJ( iie in the lirst year, and one half before tr Sve years. Can this be the ordinance of L'rovidence 1 Is this to be always so ?? ^ The farmer does not lose one half of his ^ calves, colts or pigs in any corresponding n) Period. What is the matter i ji( We find the following directions afloat. (,| fliey seem to us eiuineutly just, though i little extreme, perhaps, in some purlieu- n] 'ars. We should like, however, to see 9C thein followed out a few times, that the ^ effect might be ascertained. j 1'rior to the growth of the deciduous (j eetli, let the fooJ be that and that only j which nature has provided. Let this rule 0j ?e as fixed as the laws ' f the Medea and L'ersians. Milk should be the entire food a| or the first year of life, until the first teeth st ?re grown. No exception to this rule. jn During the presence of the first crop of w ,eeth until the permanent and adult teeth 0j ire mature, let the food of the child be ;iew milk and cold wheat bread. Abetter rugiiiicn cauiiui ue ouuimou. 11 is just what the growing body wants to make it w rigorous, sound and durable. Let tbo infant and tbe child have its food but three times in twenty -four hours. s, And let these times be as regular as the bounding of the clock. Never disobey N this injunction. At once adopt this rule, feed the child nothing after sundown, or S before sunrise. From birth, bathe the infant in cool A water, each day. lie in this unvarying, tt followed by dry friction. Let the clothing a be comfortable, but very loose and How- tt ing. (Jays, shirts, shoes and wa'sts are wholly mischievous, unwarrantable ami dangerous to life. Linen, a {/own, draw- o ers, stockings, and a blanket,Tire ill that d the intant should wear. At tpi* period n of life bo simple in dress. rStudy the physical comfort of the childf and not a vain mothers tastes. f J Put the infant upon a neat, comfortable, yet comparatively bard bed, let tiiis be r in a safe crib. Let this be its home.? ti Handle it as little as possible. Do not d carry it or bold it. Never move it suddenly, by its arms. At its meals, <fce., it si must be removed from its crib, but let it be done with great care. It wants no more exercise than it can take itself. Its n own motions should be free, wholly un- R trammelled, llemembcr that it must not ^ be handled, tossed, carried, held, but al- w lowed to remain in its little home. y The great propliylatic against summer complaint and diHicull teething, is habit oj Vom birth. Cultivate uniformity in all 81 ts wants and offices. In nothing are ^ mothers more faulty than in their treat- '1; mcnt of infants. The practices of all sre alarmingly pernicious. Line upon *1 line is needed. As soon as children can creep and run, they should bo allowed to do so to their n full satisfaction. A ooin or safe yard P diould beset apart for their particular use. w Sleep should be regulated with tbe most exact order. Regularity in this will save immense annoyance, pain and tier- . vio.isncss. ' Tis ruinous to cliiidliood to eat at the tables of adults. So loaded are they with a ail kinds of drink and edibles, that if they d sat at them, they form a taste for all, and soon eat some of all, which are to their li tender stomachs most mischievous. Cliil- c Jren should have dimples?bread and milk should be their food.?Prairie Far- h mcr. a Aovkrtisino.?At a banquet given to C the employees of a large establishment in ? New York city, the owner of the estab- 81 lishrnent, says the Sun, in the course of a brief history of his rise and progress as a ^ manufacturer, alluded to his indebtedness to the press as the great medium by which lie had made the public acquainted with ^ his business and drawn them to him as customers, lie said he regarded tbo pre+s, in this ago of competition, as the h great fulcrum upon which the tradesman o rested his advertisement, and by this h means overturned his adversaries. That 11 he who advertises most judiciously and * extensively was sure to reap the reward of triumph. ^ If every man dealing wares to the pub- fc lie was guided by as truthful conviction ii of his interests as the manufacturer, few t would have to complain of small sales or c ill success in trades. A few enterprising f men of the various trades and professions " have got hold of the great secret of suecess; and it is not strange to ua that they rise to fortune and eminence, to tho wonder and annoyance of their less sagacious < and non-advertising neighbors. A New York paper, announcing the wreck of a vessel near the Narrows, ssys? "The only psssengers were T. B. Nathan, who owned three-fourths of the car- I go and the captain's wife." Hi ET _ /j , * * * MM Roughs.?An editor cannot step, with1st he trend* on somebody's toes. If lie xpresses his opinion fearlessly and fraukr, he is arrogant and presumptuous. If c states facta without giving anv coin tents, lie dares not arow his sentiments, f lie conscientiously refuses to advc cate laims of irti individual to ofli'e, he is acused of personal hostility. If ajacknn|>e, who measures off words into verses, * a clerk does tape, by the yard, band im a mess of stuff that jingles like a andful of rusty nails and a gimlet, and the editor be fool enough to print the onsense?stop my paper; I will not paonize a man who is no better jupge of ae try. One man grumbles because the adversements engross too much room ; an,her complains that the paper is too large, e can't find time to read it. Another ass finds fault because the paper is too nail. They don't get the worth of their loney ; and we believe non-paying sub ribers. One wants the type so small iat a microscope would be indispensable i every family. Another threatens to iscontinne the paper unless the letters are alf an inch long. An old lady actually tiered an additional price for a paper tat should be printed with such type as re used for handbills. In fact, every subriber lias a plan of his own for conductg a journal, and the labor of Sisyphus as recreation, when compared with that r an editor who undertakes to please rerybody. "Class in Geography, stand up?Jaines, ? hat is Geography f" "Jography is a scription of the airth." "Good, where is the State of Massacliu:tts ?" "All right, two to one on the Nnowlothings?daddy jined 'ein last week." "Silence?next?Robert, bow is the tale of Mass. bounded ?" "ifonndud i?y Maine Liquor Law and itlantic Ocean on the cast and north, on te south and west by wooden nutmegs, bolitionists, railroads, Nebraska meetins nd so forth." "What are its productions?" "Snow-storms, hard-up Authors, fish, il, clambakes, Know-Nothings, yelier ogs, newspapers, and 1>tinker llill moninent." "What are its animal productions?" "Mince pies, sassagos, doughnuts, danlies and swaller-tailed coats." "Sit down?Class in Geography takes ecess. Robert you can go home and ell your fHthcr I'll take some animal prouctions for dinner." "Yes sir?Wev'o got some bunkum nssages." Duelling.?Tegg's dictionary of Chroology recently published, contains under te head of "duelling," a list of most celerated duels fought in all parta of the orld during the last hundred and fifty ears, with the remarks that in one hunred and seventy two duels sixty-eight f the combatants were killed and ninety x wounded ; in eight both combatants ill, and in eighteen the survivors were ringed. These statistics will enable genemcn combatively inclined to calculate teir chances. HW McCracken has two reasons for ot going to the theatre; when there is oor acting he don't want to go, and hen there is good acting, the house is so rowded that the only part of his person tat can get a glimpse of the stage is his oee?the very part that can't tell Hamlet om a bass viol. His reasons are good. flT A Western editor in speaking of concert singer, says her voice is as lener as a three shillmg shirt. ... .Indulging in dangerous pleasures U ke licking honey frotn a knife and getting ut with the edge. .... The conduct of some politicians who ave joined the order of Know Nothings, floe heiMn/# anM anm<? L.?-J *k.~ ? i?vi sa*?viiig ncina ohiiio TUIJf 11*11 u ullilgs gainst it, in not unlike that of Robins >n rusoe, when ho saw a piece of gold lying n the ground, on his desolate island. lie idressed it in a moral and rather conu-mplous strain, as 'a vile drug, the root of all vita,' &c. Having made his observations, e took it up and put it in his pocket. .... I,nbor is a school of benevolence as .-ell lis justice. \ext unto virtue, let chitron be trained to industry. Coustf.rff.it.?The Charleston Courier ?srns that two or three counterfeit $10 bills ? f the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank have eon prosenled for payment at that instituion recently. It m an old counterfeit, vhich first made its appearance in 1814, of he genuine bills, having an agricultural vigiette,few of which are now in circulation, rhe engraving, however, is very light arid iad, and the paper very thin. 't'be engrav. rig of the genuine bills Is adinfoshle, and he paper good. The counterfeit therefore an he easily detected. The now issue of en dollar bills of the Planters' and Mechanca' Bank baa for its vignette a large spread agio. One of the counterfeits alluded to, >.an be seen at our desk. 4 Union Elkctiohs.?R. Macbeth has been Birciea anerui ; J. w. mcivimmcK, eirrK, ami B. Johnaon, ordinary of Onion dlatricL No notice of the death of Mr. Maaon, o?r Miniat* r to France, haa bean received by tbe government in Waahington. Their lant ad- . <nfl vioee wore dated Para, 28 th December ? P. M., and raoreaented him to be llicn ie a critical condition from the attack of pun- 4 ir*. -?