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P0&T&Y. Questions and Answers nY MONTOOMKRY. Flowers ! wherefore ?lo yo bloom? Wc vtrew thy pathway to the totnb. Stars! wherefore <lo ye rise? To light thy spirit to the skies. Fair moon! why dost tliou wane? That I may wax again. 0, Sun ! what make* thy beams so bright ? Tlio Word th:it said, " I,ct there be light." PI mot.<! what guides you in your course ? Unseen, nnfclt, unfailing force. Nature! whence sprang thy glorious frame? My maker called me, and I came. ( , bight! thy subtile esscnco who moy know? Ask not; for all things but myself 1 show. ?lint is von urch which ever.vwliei'O 1 sec? The *ig? of Omnipresent Dicty. Where rests the horizon's nil-embracing zona? Whore earth. God'a footstool, touches llcavcn liis throne. Ye clouds! what bring ye in your train If Uoil'rt embassies?storm, lighting, liuil or rain Winds 1 whcncc ainl whither do ye blow ? Thou must be born again to know. How in the cloud! what token dost thou hour? That Justice still erica "ttrike," and Mercy " spare." I>cws of the morning! wherefore were ye given? To shine on earth, then rise to Heaven. i\im\ giuicr, nrcsiK : yci. ouooic . icu nie wny ; To . 'how the course of all beneath the sky. Stay. Meteor! stay thy falling fire. No: thus .shall all the ho^t of Heaven expire. I Ocean! what law thy chain' "<8 v>:> ves confined? | That which in rcasou's limits holds thy mind. Time! whither dost thou Hoc? 1 travel to eternity. Ktornity ! what art thou!?say. Time past, time present, time to come?tj-'laj Ye Dead here can your dwelling he? The house for all the living; conic and see. *lillU . ? llill lr! I MY OTCiUIl : A vapor lost in death. <). Death! liow ends thy strife? In everlasting life. <), Uravewhere is thy victory ? \nk lliiu who rone nguin for ir.c. vatw?T:\ WomanThe following eloquent tribute to Wo man was spontaneously given, at tlio semi- J contenui.nl celebration of the Now York j .Historical Society, iu 1851, by Thco<lorc ! Jv Tomlinson, l?sq. It was dclivored at tho closo of tiio feast, and after Mr. Jfcin- I croft and the most celebrated orators had spoken in reference to the most imposing regular toasts. It was then that the J'resident, Hon. Luther liradish, announced the last one, thus : " Woman : although last in our toasts, yet ever first in our affections." A smile passed over the faces of the grave j , s ivans, and with what might have been ' deemed a sort of patronizing sneer, they j . looked towards Mr. Tomliuson, who was the 1 | yongest member of them ah by ninny years ! ! and called on him to respond. Mr. Tom- I liuson at once sprang to his feet, and it j ] would seem, by the impassioned vindication , < he made of the grandeur of his text, that j i lie intended to administer a rebuke to the | sentiment which had waived the response ! to him as a sort of joke : " Woman !" if first in our affections, ^ should not be last iu our toasts. She has > fallen into my arms, and 1 will uphold her with all the chivalry of the feudal ages! Woman is a theme worthy of the poet or orator! Did not Homer, the blind bard, sing of woman ; and when we read of Hector, bearing thick battle on his sounding shield, or holding aloft young Astyanax, trembling at his nodding plume, do we not i revert to the beauteous Helen?sad An- I dromnchc 1 11 Did not our orator-historian to-day, from whose hand centuries seemed to fly? : did he not pause to play celestial music to ; woman?did he not say that of all things i beautiful of earth, the veil of her spirit was most beautiful; that in our briery life, she was the lily, or?I forget, for the flowers were all emulous; tho gentle daisy lifted up its head, the violet breathed a newer fragrance, and the rose angrily bl ished woman's pride, and woman's loveliness. She is greater than the historian ; he hut records | the past, sho makes history; her gentle hand bends the twig that gives inclination to the oak ; on the infant hrow she stamps i the character of the nation. It was only j when luxury crept into the domestic circle : and stained the fireside, when there were ' no Spartan mothers, no lloinan matrons,! that Home and Sparta fell. "Woman is the type of civilization ; in ; K-ivago life, a slave; in refined, a queen ! I What distinguishes this nation most, what I impresses the noble of other lands that the u American" is the more delicate, the 1 higher refinement, is our veneration for! woman. Sho can go, unharmed, all through 1 our vast country?rhor gnat-Man angel t!ie spirit of the people. " I cannot read tlie future, the horizon is obscured, the firmament is not clear.? Who can tell what will grow out of the conflicts of tho Old World, and the anxieties of the New ? This I helicvc, that as long as the American People preserve their ' respect for woman, and respect follows worth, the American Republic will live ? This I know, that if the mothers of the nation arc good and pure, the sons of the nation will be strong and free. " woman ' Winntre is in thy hand.? Lead forth fpini neyond the mountains, from the far Pacific, ont of the virgin hosom of the peerless West, the young States, nnd they will comc to our union as mighty ns our own, without a canker to consume their youth, without a cloud to darken their destiny. ' Power m arms, or song, or eloquence, hns mnd^ man immortal. IIin very origin enshrined fcho muse of Milton. Woman's is creator than his. Man is made of the .1 i ii_. ii. ? i e ?? - tniffu ui tin* uiu tn, wuuittii out ui uie linn^c of Owl. She is Biipreme in good or evil. Jiid not Cleopatra lend captive conquerorrf ? "Who but Eve could have destroyed PnraTO* - - disc, where day wos ccstatio joy, nnd night oiiiuo as the approach of gentle inu?;o ; whore the rich, luscious grape fell without the wooing?where the very mountains arose in their sublimity to extend their shady over ninn's repose'( Through tho chosen ' 'angel" of the " Destroyer," still her name is stamped on the decalogue, " lloiiur thy i father and thv mother." ' ' What eloiiuenco so exquisite as Ruth's : | "Thy people ?lmll he my people, and thy (Joel ' my (>uil !' " In song, win) more impassioned than Sappho? in prophecy, who more inspiring than Mirinm with harp and timbrel, by the shores of the sounding sea ? " Her destiny overshadows man's?his fate trembles in hers. Napoleon tore from its heaven his morning star, Josephine; and St. Helena, in retribution, arose in the ocean. " Did not Mary, the mother of Washington, fashion his threat mind. and breathe her stain less purity into his greater heart? | " More eloquent than tongue can toll, more glorious than pen can write, are the sininlo I words: Mother?Daughter?Sister?Wife! | 'Mother'?1 low sweet from the lips of the gleeful girl! how holy from the trembling j voice of age! To the dying enptiro, to the j blooding soldier, to the great im\n, to the malefactor on thescaftold, thy name, 'Moth' nr." comes radiant with the light of young Kden days! I ' Wife is thy better self: Sister, thy lovolii est peer ; Daughter, sunshine dancing on thy i knee. In heathen mythology. Jove was the pn* | rent of wisdom, that sprang a goddess, all j create, from his immortal mind. In Chris- j tian religion, the Virgin was the Mother of I i 11 "Woman lms ever boon divine. With the ancients, the symbol of plenty, of beauty, of | purity and wisdom. Minerva nil perfect, | Cores, with her sheaf of wheat, Diana with I hor bended bow, Venus arising from the I crowning foam of the great sea. With u> of tho New Testament, sho has hoen chosen as wife and daughter for the expression of I miracle?at the marriage-feast, when the waI ter blushed to wine; and when ho hade the daughter of Jairus arise and walk. "Faith, i Hope, and Charity abidcth most in her who ; touched hut tho hem of I Lis garment and was I made whole; and in tho widow, who, with 1 her mite, Rave most ' > her Lord. " Yes, Woman is divine. How many ori' sons asfntul in llioo V,,.**;,. w ? > ,W ...vv, ? u^lll .UHIj . II UIIIUU 1 is divine even in Iter fall. Do you not remember that our holy Lord bowed to the earth, wrote upon the sand, and would not look upon her shame, her degru lution, or her punishment J" Win* iif. Foloiit \ l>LKii.?Our readers may, or may not, icmonibcr (it is most likely j they do not) that there was a talk?all talk; j during the late session of Congress, of a light , between Mr. Hughes, M. C. from Indiana, ! and Mr. Harris, M. 0. from Illinois. But it j seems that the thought of gunpowder is as | distasteful as the smell of it to the brave men j m i nuiiuiii, ana no .ui\ iingiies lias Ijcen tain to apologize and excuse himself to his constituents for his ini)iroper conduct in " calling in ft friend." lie does it in this wiso : i I challenged Harris, not because I wished to light, hut to bring on an honorable settle- j inent?and 1 should have done the same in j Indiana. Congress has its rules and customs \nd I say to you that a man who takes a public, unprovoked insult, without resenting c t as a man of honor, might as well _tro home. 1 lie has influence no longer. This is made i Gainfully evident when he rises to make a >s motion or speech, or discharge any Congros- j j nonal duty. 1 found this state of things there j Mid did not cr ate it. Harris called me a liar, and I referred the I * matter to ft friend, who met with a friend of < Mr. Harris, talked over the matter, and a j < greed on a basis of settlement, which was ae- I : eepted. The code of honor is not such a bad | thing after all. These gentlemen talked the | nuuicr over aim camo to a decision. A'o nnis- | k ns at ten paces ever wore mentioned, for it I never camo to that pass. You, of course, my j friends, cannot be aware of the intense anx- i ioty I felt while this" question was in the | hands of our friends. 1 had sent my family away to Baltimore that they might know nothing of it till the affair was settled. I could attend to no public business whil > the prospect of a duel was before inc. But, gentlemen, I will never sit in that House a dis- | graced man. Do you wish to bo represented | by a man whom even the boys in the streets , would hiss as dishonored? In Washington,! a man must adopt this course to protect himsoil" from insult and disgrace. Ick From tiik Glowing Cuwiiii.k.? : A now brunch of physics has of late years 1 been inaugurated by the discovery of what is called the spheroidal state of matter.? When we had got as far as steam and gas, we fancied wo had fathomed the uttermost secrets of nature ; but now marvels which a writer of fiction would hardly dare to introduce into a fairy tale or a legend, turn out to be incontestible and demonstrably j true. For instance, a bold experimental- j ist?some people might call him an impu- j .1 1. ?? i : i uuub ([iiiiuK?sui nis neari, on manuraetur-' ing n lump of ice. And where dues ho .sue-1 o?o(l in making it? Of all preposterous ! places in the world, he produces it iiiHidc j a glowing crucible standing in a heated fur-' nace ; the heat of the furnace, moreover, ! not being the gentle temperature which ha- ! kois use to redueo beef and potatoes to a j savory dish nioely browned and with the | gravy in, but a chemist's white hoat j audi the bit of ice, so turned out, is not a half melted hailstone, which Won would fiuek ' with pleasure (if clean) after n Bummeraf-1 tnrnniui'u lmn/lAw ? JI..1?1! ?1 ' kuikwii o tiiuiiui'i-nwj uij Utll/ U UlilUUIK'lll | little lump of such intense coldn\ss that you would take it to bo the concentration of a | whole Russian winter, or an essential ice I drop distilled out of the very North 1'ulc i itself.? Household Word*. A coui'l.B of idle fellows stroded into the colorod church at f lighshiro, a few I evenings since, to enjoy the fun ; hut when j , the colored minister rose up to preach, he-1 finrn nnimnnoiniv liiu (nvf lm lAnun.1 1 ' IIIU Iiv IUUU U lUi ITillll on the pulpit, and looked around on the < congregation. " Brethren," Bays lie, at length, " May dc Lor' hub nicrcy on all . ' do scoffers." ( Long pause.) " May de Lor' hab nicrcy on all de laughers." (Solemn j , pause) " May dc Jxir' hab nicrcy on de I , two peanut-caters down by de door." The < two young men did not .vait for the benediction. +- -* A story is told of a person asking nn- < outer wneincr nc would atfviso lnm to lond 1 a cortain friend of theira money; "wlint! < lend him inonoy ! You might give liiir. i an cuiclic and he would'nt return it " ' < Not an Uncommon CaseA traveler from Virginia, as his blooded horse, plethoric saddle bags and haughty in*<yuciunrc. indicated, stopped at a comfortable wayside inn in Kentucky, one night, i many yearn ngo. The landlord was a jovial, j whole-souled fellow, as landlords were in ! those days, and gave the stronger the best I i-: iii .. .. i v<iiiiiiiuiii3 iii? utuiu aim uar would atj ford, as well as his own merry company to make him glad. Karly iu tho morning the stranger was up and looking around, when lie espied a rich bed of mint in the garden. He straightway sought Boniface, and indignant at what he supposed his inhospitubty in setting plain whiskey before him when the means of brewing licct;..* was so easy of aeeess, he dragged him forth to the spot, and pointing with his linger at the mint, hecxclaimcd :? I * - j j say landlord, will you be good enough to say what that is ?" " A bod of mint," said the somewhat astonished landlord. " And will you please tell me what is the use of it ?" " Well, don't exactly Know, 'eept the old woman dries it sometime with the other 'yarbs.' " The Virginian almost turned pale at the j enormity ot* this assertion. " And do }'ou mean to tell me that you I don't know what a mint julep is ? I " Not 'copt it's something like sage tea ! stranger." " Sage tea ! (Jo risrht alon?? to the lmiicn ^ O " 'w j I <*ct a bucket of ice, loaf sugar and your host liquor." The landlord obeyed, and tlio stranger j 300U made his appearance with a handful of j fragrant, dewy mint, and then they brewed, i and drank again; breakfast was over, and the stranger's horse was brought out, only to be ordered back. Through the livelong day they brewed and drank ; one or two neighbors dropped in, who were partakers, and late in the night were their orgies kept ! up ; ere they made it bed time, the land-I I - . I lord and his Virginia guest, who had im- j 1 tiatcd him into tlio pleasant mysteries of i mint julep, were sworn brothers, and when | the latter departed the next morning, Hon ifacc exacted a pledge that lie would stop ! 011 his return, and stay as long as he pleas- ! cd, free of cost. The stranger's business, however, detain- , nod, him longer than ho expected, and it ! was the next summer before he came back. Riding up late in the evening, he gave his horse to an old negro who -was at the gate, and at the same time inquired : " Well, Sam, how is your master '! " " Yonder him corns," said tho negro, ] pointing to a youth who was approaching. " I moan your old master, fool !" . " Old Mnssa ! him douo doad dis three , mouths." , ' Dead ! What was the matter with lim? lie was in lino health when I left .. ,1m. " " Yes ; hut you see, Massa Stranger, one if dom Yirginny gemmans come 'long here r list year, and show'd him how to cat{/ro n* ( n his linuor: he like it so well, lie Hmho tuck it till it kill him," said the old dar- s coy, shaking his head. The stranger passed a less jovial night ' hau on his previous visit, and was off by i luybrenk next morning. 11o quieted h'.s t jonscicnec, however, in the end, with the reflection that "good things are sometimes j, misused." Cotton Factoiuks.?The St. Louis ' Republican is giving an interesting and in- j structive series on the "manufactories of J St. Louis," from which we quote a para- ' graph concerning the "Phoenix Cotton Fac- 1 tory" : 1 This factory is quite new, and is not yet in full operation; yet, on onr visit, wo 1 found some si sty hands employed, and when i ' thev uet an addition finished, whinh is now I in course of erection, nnd for which the ( machinery ("curds nnd looms) is now on hand, it will afford employment for nhout two hundred or two hundred and fifty.? , Here tli<?y manufacture cotton yarns, twine, , cotton hatting and candle-wick. Most of the machinery used is made upon the prem- ( isc.s?the company having a complete ma- ( chine shop attached, with nil the tools re- ( (|ui?itc for the j>urposc. Among the oh- j jeets deserving special notice, is a new invention of one of the firm, which is design- i cd to make glazed cotton hatting, white or colored, all of which is done by this machinery at one and the same time. It is ' claimed by tlic inventor us the only tiling < 1 of the kind in existence, and to St. Louis i belongs the invention. Wo were r.lso | 1 shown a very simple and complete machine | 1 for makiiu; the finer sort of candle-wick, i i used for stir candles. This, also, is an in- I vention of one of the partners, and one, too, that is an immense importance to our trade. ? ^ > >- < Suicide.?T.ask wnnlr n iinmliAi. /.f I 1 suicide* oecurod in ditfoi'vnt places: I j At NVaterhury, Conn., a German named ! , Sehmidst, took arsenic. Cause? jealous/, ' At Vinconnos, Ind., Benjamin Mattrix took laudanum. Cause?unknown. At Richmond. Ind., Mrs. Elizabeth Bur- , ?Oss threw herself into a cistern. Cause? insanity. At Lewi.-iport, Ky., an Englishman named ' Brothorton, hung himself. Cause?delirium ! ' tremens. < At St. L mis, Joseph King, book keoper j < for Henry Dean, took strychnine. Cause? ( dismissal from employment. I At East Boston. Dr. lienja.nin Jt. Bridge took laudamiw. Cause?depression of spirits* . . i At St. Louis, Robert MoAlister cut Iiih , throat, ('iuiso?loss of ;,ronorty. .At Chicago, Mrs. Cnthanno Schneffer cut t 1 !>er throat. Cause?Ilalluoinntion. ' A t Philadelphia, Andrew A ray, 50 years 1 ild, hung himself to his hod post. No cauue assigned. In tho samo city, samo day, Law* ronqo Mashorson, a Scotchman, 40 years old, 1 :uthi? throat. Causo?want of employ WOttt. I A cri.F.nnATKi) American judge hn? a < I'Crv Htincv Wife. On :? WJ?flnt. nnoiminn ! ' / #n,' t v " . ' """" j die rocoived his friends in i drawing voom ' with n single candle. " 1 Jo pleased, my 1 :loar," Huid his lordship, " to let us havo u second candle, (lint we may seo where tho i jthcr staud.s." i I The Newspaper as an Educator. Singularly enough thoro nro somo who rof;nrd tlio newspaper as at bost an expensive usury, very woll in its way, but very often not worth its price. But rending a paper, like advertising, though it sometiiiios may not bear a retail test, is sure to pay On the wholesale scale. Thus wo lmrn from the OgdeiiKburg Sentinel that a school master, who hud | paid attention to tiiis subject, bad ascertninI od tliat children of both sexes, who bad boon j familiar with newspapers at home, could road i spell, pronounce and duiine words better and inuro understaudingly than those who bad I not. Tliey obtained a knowledge of geoi graphy in almost half tho time it required others?a very obvious though curious fact, since no places aro fixed so readily in the memory as those of w hich wo have heard bci fore, and the newspaper familiarizes oven the ' dullest with the most important places on I the globe. The great varioty of style in a i I newspaper, from common advertisements to | j orations and poetry, has hnon found to have [ ) a very remarkable effect in making scholars j i go.td grammarians, and in enabling them to ] ' readilv eomnrnhotnl the mpiinin<r nf n imi : i and to analyze its construction?a mutter I ! loading, of course, to writing hotter compo-j sitions, and using clearer and more re lined 1 language?the characteristics in all schools I of the host writers of composition. This com- | maud of language, and the mastery of the general information contained even in the [ poorest papers, invariably trains the lender* debatingsoeiotion?audit is from the.<c societies that the country lias its orators. If wc wore to answer w here our so-called solfi educated statesmen got their education we I should not hesitate to say. from the newspapers." Quietly, but f fleetually, the news Iuij>or is at ways educating its tons of tlious- I ands. It is not long since we hoard of a tea1 clier who introduced newspapers into liis scliO'?l.s as substitutes for reading hooks, lie found that examining the hoys ou their contents gave them a vast amount of general knowledge and made thein qttlek-wittod. We tlo not doubt it. There is many a worse textbook than n newspaper in nmnv a school.? The printing office also litis proved a better college to many a boy, has graduated more useful and conspicuous members of tlie society, has brought more intellect out and turned it into practical, useful channels, awakened more minds, generated more active and elevated thought, than many of the literary colleges of the eonntrv. A Imv win memos in such a school as the printing office, ' wil! have his talents and ideas brought out; ) and if lie is a careful observer, experience in his profession will contribute mnro toward an education than can be obtained in almost any other manner. Disoorcji.no.?The police reports of the Now Vork papers furnish a rather singular ( case of disgorging. A man named Koch- ! lor was under arrest for passing counterfeit I bills on a Boston bank. After being ox- < imilied and nothing found on his person, : the following dialogue ensued: Prisoner?Well. I hone now. sir vim i ire satisfied that J don't carry any stuff! J vith me. J trust I can now go home about 11 y business. Captain?My officer tells 1110 that he lias ' 1 eason to believe that you have swallowed : 1 onic counterfeit bills. Prisoner?Not I, sir; I do all my busi- I ' icss square and above hoard?it is soiuc of f ho nonsense of that pusillanimous clerk, j A Captain?.V slight emetic would toll the i j tory. It will take but a moiueut to clear t ouisolf. Prisoner?Clear myself! Do you sup- . >osc that 1 am going to degrade myself by j ' aking any d?-d emetic? ('jmt.'iin 1 nr .,(1 innvion T ' i ~n "tuv, j. w>i lider it my duty to try the thing on. I Prisoner?(Waxing wroth and putting ' i timsclf in an indignant attitude)?I'd like 1 o see you try it on ! If a man touches me i I'll he if 1 dou't thrust my list down ' liis throat, and give him an emetic that j will throw his boots and big toes out of his j mouth. Three emcties wore given him, and in a diorttimohc threw up four counterfeit j bills, ile was then marched off to his coll. ! Pkkntioe, of the Iiouisville Journal, j nbjects to the five minute rule in tho New ' Vork prayer meetings. lie says, " I mag- ; ine, for instance, old Bennett, of the Her- | ild, confessing his sins, in the ridiculous space of five minutes : It is nut the fashion in New York, to soniess tuoir hins in detail. Hennett could I jay, in five minutes, that he is tlie greatest >ld reprobate in New York, which would includeevcry imaginable villainy) and without loss of tune, the congregation would respond?Anirn ! New York is a fust city, j A kkw years ago, when the river Dela- j ware was frozen over, a number of booths i were erected on the ice, near one of which j in Irishman observed a person to fall in ; j fie ran immediately to the proprietor of the 1 booth, mid told him that ho hud just kccii I i man enter his collar, and advised him to take cure of his liquor. l)o not teach your daughters French before they can wood a flower-bed at sunrise, )r walk a mile to get up an nppctito for breakfast. Remember that red cheeks and i vigorous frame arc preferable to ft simpering tongue and fashionable accomplishments. Toilkt for Gkntlrmkn.?For proscr ring the complexion, temperaneo; to preicrve the breath sweet, abstinence from tobacco; for whitening bauds, honesty ; to remove a sin, repentance; easy shavingKWp, ready money; for improving the sight >bservation ; a bcuufciful ring, a family circle ; for improving the voice, civility ; the ucst companion at the toilet, a wife. A MINISTER, approiibhing ftniixchevoiw jrchin, about twelve years old, and laying liis hand calmly upon his shoulder, tlm uhlresaed him: "Myson, I believo tho levil has cot hold of you." " I believo i%? l.oo " .......? i ??~ I?U ?K?nj vv\/; Htio IfiH/DI^IIIIIUUIIl IT-piy. At Damascus, in the very henrt of n fllty | 5*ivon to Mohammedanism, ut ono gatoof tho j jji-oat Mosque, is a ?paoious, nnuiont doorway. ; 3\or whioh in a cross, with tho following j rorso in good Greek loiters: " Thy kingdom, 3 Christ, is nn ovorlasting kingdom, anrl thy lnmintou oudnroth throughout all gouorn;ion?." CrKAM limy be frozen bvximnlv nuttinrr t into a <jhi88 vessel, and tlicu placing the I ivhulo iu au old bachelor's bosom. Lord Byron's Terrible SecrotThe unhappy character of Lord Jiyron may perhaps bo traccd to tho woorot of' his I terrible deformity, tl?6 extent of which was never suspected cvon by his nearest friends and which is now revealed to tho world for the first tinio, by his friend, Mr. Trcluwny, in a new work just issued. The little vhuitv, which was one of the illustrious poet's \vnjil'no??au inmln fl??? o | v.... ..vs/wxmj IIUUV via i*7 M OVUIVVy VI continual irritation during his life, and at his death ho exacted from his confidential servant a solemn promise that no one should see his body, in order that the secret should doHcend with him to the grave.? Mr. Trelawny, hovevcr, got the servant to leave the room on some errand, and then uncovered the dead poet. The great mystery was solved. JJoth his feet were clubbed, and his legs withered to the knee?the form and features of an Apollo with the feet of a sylvan satyr. This was a curse, chaining a proud and soaring spirit lil'e his to the dull earth. It was generally thought this halting gait originated in some defect of the right foot or ankle?the right i foot was the most distorted, nnrl it luul ! nuulo woiuci i his boyhood by vain efforts to set it right. 11 i.s shoes were peculiar?very high-heelod, with the soles uncommonly thick on the inside, and pi red thin on the outside? toes were stuffed with cotton-wool, and his trowsers were very large below the knee, and strapped down so as to cover his feet. The peculiarity of his gait was now accounted for; lie entered a room with a sort of run, :t.> if he could not stop, then planted hi* best leg will for wild, throwing back his body to keep his balance. In early life, whilst his frame was light and clastic with j the aid of a stick he might have tottered along a mile or two ; but after lie had wax- | ..,1 i. i.~ ....1-1 -i* - . ? ? ' vu Iiv.mti, in; ?UIUUIU UllLMIipiCd l<) WMK j more than :i few hundred yards, without, leaning against the liist wall, bank, rock or i tree, at hand, never sitting on the ground as it would have been difficult for him to get up again. In the company of strange , occasionally, he would make desperate efforts to conceal his infirmity, hut the hectic flush on his face, his swelling veins and flllllWIhir UiilH'rtC! !? ? ~.?-l 1 . ?'' !..v >v,n wviihi:u III' Mllfered for many days after such exertions." Wiikx Jones, the schoolmaster. boarded at No. 101, ho wuh continually replying to hi* landlady's importunities that ho had secured a goodly number of pupils, and would soon pay her. Finding that ho didn'teomo down alio consulted old IJoger about it. at the same tiiuo speaking of the pupils. '* Dopoiid upon it. ma'am" said tho old inan, "his pupils aro all in his eye." Tiikuk was vnucli sound argument in the reply of a country lad to an idler, who boasted of his ancient family : " So much he worse for you," said the peasant ; "as ive plowmen say, the older tho seed, the ivorse the cro]>." ' Qubiiy.?"What is the origin of the driving. | : ' Sardonic laugh ?" Answer.?In the island ( >f Sardinia is found a poisonous herb, which, vhon eaten, contracts the nerves, and pro- ' luces a distortion of the mouth, resembling uughter, called a Sardonic laugh, in which lie patient dies. As tup. sun, in its full splendor, was peeping over the eastern hills, pays a Yankee pa- 1 l>er, a newly-married man exclaimed : "The ^lory of the world is rising !" His wife, who happened to be getting up at that moment, taking the compliment to herself, simpered jut, "What would you say, dear, if 1 had my tdlW gown on ?" " " ^ ' * " Home.?To build a happy home six things are requisite. Integrity must bo the architect, tidiness the upholsterer. It must ho warmed by affection, lighted up with cheerfulness, and industry must be the ventilator renowing the atmosphere and bringing in fresh salubrity day by day; whilo over all as II ni'Otei'tin" r:\lionv nml irlnvv Ii.itliinn wilt i n 1-.? O"",' ' . vvm?i?q " m* suffice except the Messing of Gutl. " Look here, Pete," said a knowing darkey to his companion, "don't you stand on do railroad." "Why, Joel"' " Ivase if do cars see dat inouf ofyourn dcy'll tink it am a depot and run rite in." Somk great genius has discovered that the " contro of gravity" may be found in a v^unKcr s meeting. "Samuo, you black tiof, Sambo, you betray tint secret 1 told you do odor day ?" "I betray t' ^secret? I scorn do 'putation. 1 f'ounu I onldn't keep niu, bo I told uin to somebody that could !" A French mas, repeatedly hearing the word proj-a used to imply persuade, on oveuing, when in company, exclaimed ; " I say, Bcpiee/e tlmt lady toning." NOTICE. I PP1.1CATION will bo mado to the Lcgislax V (live of South Carolina, at its next session, for a charter for "The Chuuga Lime and Manufacturing Company." July 18. 1 8~>8 61 ftm iwiTciTr A 1'1'I.ICATION will be niado lo the I.cgislaiV tme of Mouth Carolina, at its next session, for an act to incorporate tho town of Piekensville, with the usual pc.var and privileges. .1 tily ;{, 18f?8 60 ?m NOTICE. VPPLIGATION will lit) mad* to the noxt . Legislature for n charter to construct a Turupiko ll'iiul from the w?*t. nnd of the great Tunnel, tlio nearest and l)0?t route to PuluHki. to he culled the Braautown and Panther Creek Turnpike. Juno 12,1858 47 3m flfovui IS hfcrobv given that application will he miulo I to the Legislature, at its next i?c*Hioii, for an net to incorporate the Church (Mount Olivet) and tlie (Jump Ground, at rioken3vilIo. ii.it, h inr.tt r.i> l'iuik'1 Alexander "1 * I v.t. \ SuinmonH iu Partition. j Jas. Alexander, et. alaj | T appearing lo me tlfat Juntos Alexander, Wm, * Durham and wife Slo1inflrvv and Sally Boat- j ner, defendants in this ouho, roside without (ho | limits of" this State) It is Oidcrod tltnt they do J appear In the Ordinary's office, at Pickens 0. ; If., on Monday the 4th day of October next, and object to iho division or fcalo of the Ileal Kstate of Thomas Alexander, deceased, or their consent to Utc sr.ino will bo entered of rocord, W. J. JWIlHOr^N, 0.1*.I>. Qrdinnry'a Office, July 2, 1853 Sa ... I HIDES ANi) BARK WILL 15K BOUGHT AT FAIR l'lUOKS by J. L. N. SMITH. T?n Yttr<l, Jnn \. IH.r>H 26-tf Final Notico. ffMIB Estate of John Abbott, deceased, will bo fliiallv soifln.l - . v.v.v<* > ? tuv viuiuai y o viuvv, | ;\t Pickonu C. H. on Monday the 27th day of i September next. Those indebted niunt mako I payment by tluit time, und those having do* | maud* will render them to me legally utlos| ted on or by that dav. 0. PHILLIPS, Kx'or. ! Juno 19, 18f>8 48 3m lyoncii. VLL persons indebted to the K?tnt?of Allium Powoll, deceased, must pay promptly, and thiiso having demands ngninst mid Kstato will rondor them to me legally attested. HOJJ'T POWELL, Adm'r. May 3, 18.'?8 A'2 3m iwiicii. rilHOSK having demands against tho Kstate of A. P. White, ucccated, will ren,i..? n...... ? i?i'.. ... ? ? mui im in hi iii" lugmijr ;u?umuo, anu ail uiof-e indebted to said Estato must make immediato payment to the undersigned. W. W. WHITE, Achn'r. Jtino 7.1R58,. . 47 3iu WANTED TO HIRE, rpEX Oil TWKLYE N EG 110 MEN to 1. work on the Hlue Ridge lluilrnnd, threo miles above alhalla. Apply on tho Head, or to the .subscriber. ELAM 8IIARPK. Dec 10. 1857 22 . 0m NOTICE. 4 lM'I.R'ATlON will bo inndo to tlio Comnnt.V sioucr.s of lloadn, nt their next mooting, for leave (o (hitngo the public voad lending from l'iekens t". 11. to Ctighier Valley, by leaving tho present rond at or near Dryinan hill, four miles inun ii. ? lortner place, ami connecting agnin li.-ilt" r.iilo beyond this point. Diverge again at or near Stump Creek iiml intersect the sumo road in or ncum mile's length; also, such oilier changes an may bo thought necessary. Notico _ is also given that should this application to the Hoard f.iil, the I.eigslaturc will be petitioned for leave to change tho above road a? its herein set forth. May 2-5. 1808 -to 3m Klalc of Noailli Carolina, IN onDISAtlY PIOKK.NH. J. W. Kelly | vs J- Summons 111 Partition. .fames J. Kelly, et nls. J IT appear.ng to me that Tames J. Kelly, rlcfp infant in (his enBo.resitles without tholimitn of tliis State: It in ordered t hut ho do appear in the /hdlnnry'a Oflice. (it l'ickcns C. 11on Monday tlie lltli day of October next, and object to the division or sale of tlio Heal F.statc of Andrew Kelly, deceased, or 1i1h consent to tho same will bo entered of recoi * W. J. PAKROSS, o.p.n. Ordinary's Office. July 8. 1 F.'iS Sin .Stale of South CiH'olinii) IX ORDINARY PICK KNS. Jos. Merck aud wife j rs - Summons in Partition. Joel ChApmnn, et nls J IT appearing to uie t lint Thomas MeKinneyand wil'o Mary, .lcvl Chapman, O. J. Wipgimon mid wife Until, and Israel Chapman, defendants in this ease, reside without the limits of this State: It is ordered that tlicy do appear in the Ordinary's oflice. nt Tic-kens C. 11, on Monday agq the .10th day of August next, and object to the livision or salo of the Real Instate of Joshua [Minpman. deceased, or their const nt tothesamo will bo entered of record. W. J. PARSONS, o.r.n. Ordinary's Office. Mny 2"?. Km JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. JEAN Btk. FISCIIE88KR, Wiillmlln, S. t'., nAS just now returned from New York with n large ami beautiful assortment ot' WATCHES, JEWELRY, (lloth O.OI.D uu?l SILVKlt,) Clocks, Music Holes, Combs, Brushes, Fancy Articles, l'erl\iinery, Soups, Qolil Pons, etc.; all of which has been bought for CASH, mul which lie offers lor sole on the most accommodating terms. SHy- lie nlso REI'AIUS WATCIIKS mul other article.* in hit* line, nn<l solicits the putrontxpo in (i>e ]iin)iic. ins xiniiu is Mcnr 1 itc public gqitnrc, tit Wnllmlla, 8. C> Dec. 1",. 18,1(5 'J I tf J. V. NOltlllH, JK. J. W. IIARKIMIX. T. C. rFl.MAM. NOR 1US. MA imTsO-V & FUIJJAM, / Alio)iit!)'N at Low, / "IV" ILL Attend promptly to nil business cnlmai T tod to their cur?. Mit, Fclliam enn ulways be found In the Office. OFFICE AT 1'ICKENS fi. It., S. IT. Sept. 0, 18E0 '.> .,tf XV. K. KASI.KV. ISA AC WIOKU^fc. ~ EASLEY & WICKLIFiFE7^ Attorney** at Lntv. \J A'ILL nttond punctually to nil liusinc/s cni T trusted to thoir euro in the Districts comprising iho Wwttrn Circuit. OFFICE AT FICivKNS C. II., S. C. j rppi', Ji* tt. LUMBER! LUMBER! * rpilK unrter.sighcd aro now prepared to fill orL dor*. for I.UMHKJl of all kinds, nt tljc&MB! on Oconee Creek, Fcvcn miles nortli-cnM of Wifllialla. Lumber will be dclircml if i' in dejircw hy tliu purclmsor. Our tormn will lie mndeitfcoiiimoilutinK, and we renpectfully nolioittliopatronage of tlie public. .1AMKS QKOltUK, M. F. MlTCIlKM., Fcb.~10J857 I J, N. i.AWKKSCE, 8tfttc of South Carolina, PIOKKXS?IN OBOISAUV. iBlmm 8ii.mx.na u.ul who ) Summons Itt Parti. VH V Henry Trotter and other*. ) IT appearing to iny ?;it inflict ion tlmt Henry " x t roii.er, <<iio 01 ino uciumiiiiiM in till? cnne, V nwldc-S without tlio limits <of tljlq Hlnte: It is or- I doted thut ho do appear In the Ordiniiry'H oflloc, nt I'kkcnR C. H.t on Momlaty tlio Tfitli duy of August next, und object to f.lic division or Rule oftlio Ileal KhIhIc of .lames Gillilnnd, dccenHcd, or bin consent to the name will bo entered of record. AV. J. 1*/, It SONS, o.i'.!). Ordinary s Office. Mity 15, 18o8 ttni notiuik. 1 "IT^ISOW nil persons that I, Lucinda Mnodv, 1\_ wife of Martin Mowv, docon*nd, do .unite an Agent of my nun, li. A. Moot>r, to i trade, traffic nnd attend to my buninc** pj<?n-> I orally. LUCINOA MOODY, I ; Mfty25.185H *% 4tt tf Final Estate Notice. -*Tfl1'l/IL' I. 1 -t- - * ? imi vftivx* in iiov.Miy given inni a ilnnl ?el? 1> tleniont of the ttntnle of .Tame* IlilN \ burn, doccn*cd. will be nnido In tho Ordinary's Oflico, ntViekona 0, H., on Monday tho 13th day of 8cptombor next. Those indehtud musi innko payment, and perrons having demand? will rondor them loyally utteHcq by that linio, Notlcc i? ?deo given that I will nol bo responsible for Interest nflcrihat tlnio, JAMKS E. JIAGOOP, Adm'r. Juuc 3, lew 16 3m "' j