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THE 1'EIULS OF T1IE BORDER
While rending recently an account o
tho frightful massacre of several white fami
lies l?y the Blak-foot Indians, we were re
minded of a thrilling event which occurred
in the" AVild West," a short time subsc
quent to the Revolution, in wich a highly
accomplished young lady, the daughter ol
a distinguished ollicer of tho American
Army, played an important part. The
atory being of a most thrilling nature, and
exhibiting in a striking manner the " lVrils
.f it.. 1? _ 1 M ? 111.
ui me uoruer, wo nave coiiciuueu 10 give
an extract from it, as originally published,
as follows :
The angle on tlic right bank of the
Great jCanawha, formed by its junction
ivitk the Oi.'o. >:J called l'oirit l'leasant,
and is a place of h istorical note. Ilero, 011
tho 10th of October, 1774, during what is
known as Lord Duntnore's \Var, was fought
one of the fiercest and most desperate bathes
that ever took place between tho Virginian*
and their forest 'foes.
After liV"- buttle in question, in which
the Indians wci? defeated with great loss,
a fort was here orC."tcii l>y l,|c victors,
which became a post of g'.roat importance
throughout the sanguinary scoJK'5 ol strife
which almost immediately followed, .and
wliich in this scclion of the country were
continued for many years after that establishment
of peace which acknowledged the
United Colonies of America a free and independent
nation.
At the landing of the fort, on the day
our story opens, was fastened a tlal-boat of
the kind used by the early navigators of i
#the Western rivers.
Upon the deck of this boat, at the moment
we present the scene to the reader,
stood five individuals, alike engaged in
watching a group of persons, mostly females,
who were slowly approaching the
landing. Of these five, 01:0 w:is a stout, |
sleek negro, in partial livery, ami evidently j
a lionse or bod}* servant; three were boat- j
men and borderers, as indicated by their j
rough, bronzed visages ond coarse attire ; I
but the fiflh was a young man, some twonnd-twenty
years of age, of a line commanding
person, and a clear, open, intelligent
countenance ; and in the lofty carriage
of his head?in the gleam of his large,
bright, hazel eye?there was something
which denoted one of superior mind ; but
as we shall have occasion in the course of
our narrative to fully set forth who and
what Eugene Fairfax was, we will leave
biin for the present, and turn to the approaching
group, whom ho seemed to be
regarding with lively interest.
Of ibis group, composed of a middleaged
man and four females, with a black
female servant following some live or six
paces in the rear, there was one whom the
most casual eyp would have singled out
and rested upon with pleasure. The lady
in question, was apparently about twenty
years of ago, of a slender ami graceful figure,
and of that pecular cast of feature,
which, besides being beautiful in every
lineament, rarely fails to affect the beholder
with something like a charm.
Her traveling costume?a fine brown
habit, high in the neck, buttoned closely
over the bosom and coming down to her
small pretty feet, without trailing on the
ground?was both neat and becoming;
and with her riding-cap and its waving
ostrich plume, set gaily above her flowing
curls, her appearance contrasted forcibly
ii.? k.I.- i i-i ? -
mtu me luugiij uiipuil&UUU lOOKS OI IIIOSC
of licr sex beside her, with their linsey bedgowns,
scarlet flannel petticoats, and bleached
linen caps.
"Oh, Blanche," said one of the venerable
of her female companions, pursuing a
conversation which had been maintained
since quitting the open fort behind them,
411 cannot bear to let you go; for it just
seems to me as if something were going to
happen to you, and when I feel that way,
something generally does happen."
* "Well, aunt," returned Blanche, with a
light laugh, " I do not doubt in the least
that something will happen?for I expect
one of these days to reach my dear father
and blessed mother, and give them such
an embrace as is due from a dutiful daugbf/sf
to her parents?and that will be something
that has not happened for two long
years at J oast."
v But I don'-t mean that, Blanche," reiurnedthe
other, somewhat petulantly; "and
you just laugh like a gay and thoughtless
girl,'when you ought to be serious. Because
you have come safe thus far, through
A partially settled country, you think, perhaps,
your own pretty face will ward oft'
dangft* in the more perilous wilderness?
but I .warn you that a fearful journey is before
you 3 Scarcely .* boat descends ibe
Ohio, that does not encounter more or less
peril from thesavages thatprowl along either
shore; and some of them that go down
freighted with human life, arc heard of no
more, and none ever return to tell the
tale", "
iViiat why repoat this to me, dear a?nt,M
returned Blanche, with a more serious air,
z1 when you know it is my dost'my, either
goe4 or bad, to atteihpt the voyage ? My
putmle frave sent for me to join them in
^bejf nj&ni boi&e, and it is my duty to go to
^ them, be lii? pacil .^hat it may."
" iou nev/er aia Know wnat it was to
ibc^goocj woman, rntlier
r
t
I
. proudly. "No," she repealed, turning to
j. the others, " JJIancho Hertrand never did
know what it was to fear, L bolive!"
"Just like her father!" jdindH in the
I husband of the matron, the brother of
lilantlio's mother, the commander uf the
station, and the middle-aged gentleman
. mentioned as one of the party ; " a true
daughter of a true soldier. Her father,
Colonel l'hilip ]>ertrand, God bless him for
? 1; i _ -
.. uuti iiviiu. never 11 hi seem 10 kiiow what
it was to fear?and Blanche is just like
him." By
litis time the parties had reached the
boat; and the young man already described
?Eugene Fairfax, theseeretaiy of Blanche's
father?ot once stepped forward, and, in a
polite and deferential manner, offered his
hand to the different females, to assist them
on board. The hand of Blanche was the
last to touch his?and then but slightly, as
she sprung quickly and lightly to the deck
<?but a close observer might have detected
the siigi.'t flush which mantled his noble.
expressive foatw.'cs its his eye for :i single
instant met hers. She might herself have
secu it?perhaps .she did?i'Ut there was
no corresponding' glow on .her own
bright, pretty face, as she inquired, in the
calm, dignified tone of one having the ii?_jlit !
to put the question, and who might have 1
bi'cn aware of the inenunlitv r>f
bet ween herself and him she addressed : <
" Eugene, is everything prepared for our i
departure? It will not do for our boat to ;
spring a lean again, as it did coming down :
the Kanawha?*for it will not be safe for I
us, 1 am told, to touch cither shore bctwen i
the forts and trading-posts on our route, t
this siilo of our destination,?the l-'alls of 1
the Ohio " I
" X?, indeed!" rejoined liur aunt, ?juiekly; s
"it will be as much as your lives arc worth '
to venture a foot from the main current of r
the < >liio?for news reached lis onlv the i
other day,'hat many boats had been at- 0
tacked this spring', and several lost, with all
on hoard." J
" Xo one feels nunc concerned about the o
safe pa-sago of Miss Bertrind than myself, 1
replied Eugene, in a deferential tone ; " and il
since our arrival here, I have left nothing s
undone that 1 thought might possibly add li
to her security and comfort." t
" That is true, to my personal knowledge,' o
joined in the uncle of Blanche; "and I t
thank you, Mr Fairfax, in behalf of my a
fair kinswoman. There will, perhaps," lie t
pursued, " be no great danger, so long as (
yon keep in the current; but your watch <j
, . . i i -
musi iiol ue nt'ijiecicu lor a moment, i v
= ?
either night or day ; and do not, I most I tl
solemnly charge and warn yon, under any si
circumstances, or on any pretence whalso- o
ever, stiller yourselves to bo decoyed to fi
either shore !" b
" I hope we understand our duty better, f(
Colonel," said one of the men, respectfully, h
" I doubt it not," replied the commander tl
of the Point; " 1 believe you arc all faith- b
fnl and true men, or you would not have h
been selected by the agent of Colonel Beit- w
rand, for taking down more precious freight e
than you ever carried before : but still the s
wisest and the best of men have lost their i;
lives bvgivingear to the most earnest appeals f<
of humanity. You understand what I |i
mean 5 \\ lute men, apparently in the t
greatest distress, will hail yom boat, represent
themselves as having just escaped from s
the Indians, and beg of you, for the love of a
God, in the most piteous tones, to come to ii
their relief; but turn a deaf car to them 'J
?to each and all of. them?even should r
you know the pleaders to be of your own t
kin; for in such a case your own brother c
might deceive you?not wilfully and vol- 1:
unlarily, perhaps?but because of being t
goaded on by the sivages, thcmselvs con- ;i
cealed. Yes, such things have been known I
as one friend hninrr time ntn.l <-> ??
0 v.^v. .u.u nil- V
oilier lo his destruction ; and so be cau- f,
tious, vigilant, brave and true, and may tiie 1:
good God keep you all from harm 1" c
As lie finished speaking, Blanche pro- j
cecded to take an affectionate leave of all, re- e
ceiving many a tender message for her pa- 1
r uts from those who held them in love and j
veneration ; and the boat swung out, and
began to float down with the current, now c
fairly entered upon the most dangerous por- I
tion of a long and perilous journey. u
The father of Blanche, Colonel Philip n
liertrand, was a native of Virginia, and a ii
descendant of one of tlie Huguenot refuges, c
who fled from their native land after tlie r<
revocation of the edict of Nantz in 1005. He d
had heen an oificer of some note during tha v
Revolution?a warm political and personal
friend of the author of the Declaration of
Independence?and a gentleman who had s
ahvnys stood high in the esteem of his associates
and coteinporarie*. t
Though at ono time a man of wealth, v
Colonel Uertrand had lost much, and suf- n
ferc<X much, through Hritish invasion; and t
when, shortly after the c1ok? of the war, t
he had met with a few more serious reverses.
ho had been fain to accept a grant of land, I
near the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, t
tendered him by Virginia, which then held? 8
jurisdiction over the entire territory now
constituting the State of Kentucky. t
The grant had decided the Colonel upon r
seeking his now possessions and building
up a new home in the then Far West, and t
as his wife had insisted upon accompany- j
ing him on his first tour, he had assented <
to her desire, on condition thnt Blanche
should l?o left among lier fronds, till such .
time as a place could ho prepared which t
might, in some degree ho considered a fit
abode for one so carefully and tenderly t
roared. t
Blanche would gladly have gone with \
her parents; but on this point her father 1
had been inexorable?declaring that she i
would have to remain at the East till ho
should see proper to send for hi r ; and as v
lie was a man of possilivc character, and a v
rigid disciplinarian, the matter had been 11
settled without argument.
When Colonel Bertram! removed to the
West, Kugene Fairfax, as we have seen, accompanied
liim ; and coming of age short- 0
ly after, he had accepted the liberal offer of
his noble benefactor, to remain with him ''
in the capacity of private secretary and con- u
Iklential agent. On taking possession of his
grant, the Colonel had almost immediately ^
1 1
erected a fort, and offered such inducements
to settlers as to speedily collect around liiin ,l
<juitu a little community?of which, as a 11
matter of course, he became the head and
c
'ieif; and to supply ' se wants of his own
family and others, and increase his gains ^
in a legitimate way, he had opened a store, j.
and filled it with *roods from the Eastern .
u
marts, which goods were transported by
ami over the mountains to the Kanawha,
md thenci> by water to the Falls of the
>hio, whence" I heir removal to Fort Bertand
became an ca^y matter. To put chase S(
md ship these goods, and deliver a pack- 0
ige of letters to friends in tne East, Kugeno
lad been thrice dispatched?his third com- ,,
nissiou also extending to the escorting of
lie beautiful heiress, with her servants, to s,
ir-r now I.iiiiia 'I'l.ja l..~? - ill
nin mm commission nau ej
icon so far executed at tlic opening of our
lory, as lo bring llio dill'erent parlies to llic w
noulli of the great Kanawha, win nee the .1(
eader has seen ihem slowly lloalincr oil
ipon the still, glassy bosom of "the belle n(
f rivers." v .
in
The day, which was* an auspicious one, ;l
assed without anything occuring worthy
!' note, until near four o'clock, when, as al
Manche was standing on the fore part of lo
lie dock gazing at the lovely scene which at
urrounded her, she saw a seemingly flying
ody suddenly leave a limb of a gigantic l''
ice, (whose mighty branches extended far !U
ver the river, and near which thcboal was
hen swayed by the action of the current,) n<
nd alight with a crash upon the deck of iU
lie boat, not more than eight feet from her. l''
)ne glance sufliced to show her what the
bject was, and lo freeze the blood in her ,u
eins, The flowing eyes of a huge pan- cv
Iter met her gaze. Tho suddenness of the (ll
liock which this discovery gave her was j
vorpowei ing. With a duafciiiug shriek she .
.11 i..." 1 ' -i- < 1,1
... "I/wit ?ii-i ivuvo aim ciasp ?j ncr jjauus
til
eforc her breast. Tlic panther crouched
ir his deadly l<jap, but ere lie sprang, the
unting knife of Eugene Fairfax (who, with ^
lie steersman, was the only person on deck
cs.ides Blanche), was hurried to the hilt in jj
is side, inflicting a severe but not fatal ov
round. The infuriated beast at once turn- jr
d upon Eugene, and a deadly struggle enued.
But it was a short oiue. The pol- j
died blade of the knife played back and
jrth like lightning llashes, and at every
lunge it was buried to the hilt in the panlier's
bodv, who soon full to the deck, dra?*
, . an
;ing the dauntless Eugene with hun. Ou
eeinir her protector fall, ltlanche uttered
ex
notlier shriek and rushed to bis aid ; but
saistance from -stouter arms was at hand,
'lie boatmen gatherd round, and the savacc .
T ' . lie
nonster was literally hacked in pieces with
heir knives and hatchets, and Eugene, cov- |lC
red with blood, was dragged from under jj,
lis carcass. Supposing him to be dead or
nortally wounded^ Blanche threw her arms al<
round his neck and gave way to a passionate re
>urst of grief. But he was not dead?he in
ras not even hurt, with the exception of a pc
jw slight scratches. The blood with which at
ic was covered was the panther's, not his pi
>wn. But Blanche's embrace was his?a wl
ricelcss treasure?an idex of her heart's fi<
motions and affections. It was to color su
lis whole future life, as will be seen in the in
>rogrcss of our story. bfl
Slowly and silently, savo the occasional sc
reak, dip, and plash of (lie stecrinan's oar, al;
lio boat of our voyagers was borno along as
poll tbc bosom of the purrent, 011 the third in
ight of the voyage. Tho hour was waxig
late, and Eugene, the only one astir ex- in
ept tho watcli, was suddenly startled, by a wi
ough hand being placed upon his shoul- pc
er, accompanied by tlie-words, rfi tho gruft' lei
oice of the boatman : tli
"I say, Cap't, here's trouble!" vc
"What is it, Dick ?" inquired Eugene,
tarting to his feet. tli
"Don't you sco thar's a heavy fog rising, Ti
bat'll soon kivor us up so thick that wo th
ron't be able to tell a white man from a
ligger?" replied tho boatman?Dick Win- pr
er by name?a tall, bony, muscular, athle- es
ic specimen of his class. nc
"Good heaven ! so thcro is !" -exclaimed nc
Cugene, looking off upon the already mis- Bl
y waters. "Ii must have gathered very lto
uddenly, for all was dear a minute ago.? th
iVhat is to be dono now ? This is some- th
hing I was not prepared for, on such a
light as this." sa
"It looks troublous, Cap'n, I'll allow," ro- w
umed Dick ; but we're in for't, that's uartin, ?
ind I s'pose we'll have to make the best
>n't." M
"Bu^wliat is to be done.!?what do you v<
ulvise V asked Eugeue, in a <juick, excited e
one, lliaf. indicated some degree of alarm, a
" Wlij', cf you- warn't so skcered about it
lie young lady, and it warn't so dead agin \>
lie orders from liead quarters, my plan 1:
von Id be a el'ar and easy one?I'd just si
mi over to the Kaintuek shore, and tie a
I p." C'
" Xo, no," said Kugene, positively ; " that
rill never do, Dick?that will never do ! I
vould not think of such a tiling for a mo- ]3
nent! AVe must keep in tlio enrrotit. 1>"
- -J II
11 moans!" ;i(
u Kf you can," rejoined tlio boatman ;
but when it gits so dark as we can't toll ^
ins tiling from other, it'll bo powerful hard
a do ; and ef wc don't run amn a bar or
' ? v<
ank aforo morning, in spite of the best o'
s, it'll be the luckiest go that over I had a s.
and in. See, Cap'n?it's thickening up .
>st; wc can't see eyther bank at all, nor
lie water nvthor ; the stars is gettin' dim,
lid it looks as if tliar war a cloud all round 41
I see! I see!" returned TCucfcnc, cx- ,K
itedlv. "Merciful Heaven ! I hope no >(
11
ccidciit will befall us here?and yet my
cart almost misgives me !?for this, I beove,
is the most dangerous part of our m
)urnoy?the vicinity when most of our
oats havo been captured by the savn
tii
'a'es.
Savinsr this. Knwno 1...1 ?
C7 . ?"O ?W*<?>-? "
here lie found the other boatmen sleeping fo
> sonndly as to require considerable elTort,
n his part, to wake tlicin. At last, getting j.u
icin fairlv roused, ho informed them, al
. ' t
lost in a whisper, for he did not caie to OI
isturb the others, that a heavy fog.had gi
iddctilv arisen, and lie wished their pres- at
icii on deck, immediately. j
"A fog, 0:ip'ti ?" exclaimed one, in a lone C(!
hieh indicated that he comprehended the h lil
with the word. 01
"Hush!" relumed Eugene; "there is s"
) necessity for waking the others, and liav- j.'
g a scene. Up ! and follow me, without m
word!" Y
1 Lj glided back to the deck, and was tli
most immcdiatelv joined bv the hoatmon to
i whom he briefly made known his hopes
id fears.
They thought, like their companion, that
ic boat would be safest if made fast to ar
1 overhanging limb of the Kentucky shore; ol
it frankly admitted that this could not rc
jw be dune without difficulty and danger, cj
id that there was a possibility of keeping jJ(
le current. w
"Then make that possibility a ccrtainty,
id it shall be the best night's work you ^
ot
er performed !" rejoined Eugeue, in a ^
lick, cxcii'id tone.
" We'll do the best we can, Cap'n," was ?
e response : " but no man can be sartin o^
e current of this here crooked stream in ar
f 1 , *> "I
foggy night.
A long sileuco follow ?the voyagers drift- 1,1
rj down through a misty darkness impen- Pr
rable to the eye?when, suddenly, our riJ
uing commander, who was standing near ?
o bow, felt the extended branch of an 1,1
i:.?i. i?#i.. i i. t.i-- 9C
v;i i*?itignig iiiiiu niicutij ui u^ii lim * ?vv*
ii started, with an exclamation of alarm, 1,1
d at the samo moment the boatmen on
c light called out: 8''
" (^nick, here, boys! we're agin the shore, 10
sure as death !" su'
Then followed a scene of hurried and 011
ixious coufusion, ihe voices of tlie three
laltni'ii mingling together in loiul, quick, l'I(
cite ! tones. t'1(
44 Push off the bow !" cried one. uc
" Quick! altogether, now ! over with ,n<
:r !" bhoutcd anollicr. Wl
" The dc'll's in it! she's running aground ho
:re on a muddy bottom !'* almost yulled a bh
ird. ini
Meantime the laden boat was brushing" try
jng against projecting bushes and over- ha
aching lirffbs, and every moment getting be
ore and more entangled, while the long th<
?les and sweeps of the boatmen, as they fa
tempted to push her off, wero often tin
unged, without touching bottom, into by
lint appeared to be a soft, clayey mud,
jin which they were only extricated by ^
eh an outlay of strength as tended still ^
ore to draw the clumsy craft upon the
ink llicr wished to avoid. At length
' * tll<
arcely more than a minute from the first ^
arm, there was a kind of settling together,
it were, and the boat became fust rfnd
imovable. ^
The fact was announced by Dick Winter*
his characteristic manner?who added.
vu
ith an oath, that it was just what he exictcd.
For a moment or two a dead siSMI
nco followed, as if oach comprehended ^
at tho matter was one to be viewed ii; a r,
. .. , ul
:ry serioua light. j.
"I'll got over tho bow, anl try to git
e lay of the land with my feet," said
>m Harris; and forthwith he set about ,
vel
e not very pleasant undertaking.
At"this moment Eugene fteard his name
? iW yyf
onounced by a voico that seldom failed to
cite a peculiar emotion in his brpat, and f
>w sent a strangd thrill through every ~
srvc; and hastening below, he found ^
lanchc, fully dreq^ti, with a light in her ^
md, standing just'outside of her cabin, in .
o regular passage which led lengthwise
rough the center of the boaU ' .
" I nave lieard something, Eugene," she
id " enough to know that we have mot
itb an accident, but not sufficient to fully
imprchend its nature'* for
" Unfortunately, about two hours ago,rt he
plieft Eugeuo, " we suddenly became in- loc
>ived in a denso fog; and in spite of our Gr*
very precaution and care, we have run
ground?it may bo against the Ohio shore
, may bo against an island?it is so dark
ro can't toll, liut bo not alarmed, Miss
llanoho," lie hurriedly added ; " I trust wo
liall soon bo afloat again ; though in
ny event, the darkness is suflicicnt to concal
us from the savages, even were they in
ic vicinity."
"I know little of Indians," returned
Uauchc; "but I liavo always understood
tat thev are somewhat remarkable for their
lutenesss of hearing ; and if such is the
ise, there would bo no necessity of their
^ ..y iiu.ii, l?o mauc acquainted
itli our locality, judging from tlic loud
>iccs I hoard a few minutes ago."
M 1 fear we've been rather imprudent,"
iid Eugene, in ft depreciating tone ; "but
i the excitement "
Ilis words were suddenly cut ahort by
:veral loud voiccs of alarm from without,
Mowed by a quick and heavy trampling
;ross thy duck; and the next moment
2th Harper and Dick Winter burst into
10 passage, the former exclaiming:
" We've run plum into a red nigger's
jst, Cap'n, and Tom Harris is already
iitchered and scalped !"
And even as he spoke, as if in confinna,.e
i.:,. -i if-i J
j,, u. i.i-> uic;iui ui iiHuiiigcncc, Mere arose
scries of wild, piercing, demoniacal veils,
llovvcd by a dead and omiiiods silence.
So far we liave followed tlie lovely heroine
id her friends in this adventure; but the
redoing is all that we can publish in our
tlumns. The balance of the narrative can
lly be found in the New York Ledger, the
eat family paper, which can be obtained
, all the periodical stores where papers are
ild. Remember to ask for the " Ledger,"'
ited May 2:2nd, and in it vou will get the
mlinualicn of the narrative from where it
aves oil' here. If there are no book-stores
news-ofiiccs convenient to where you reile,
the publisher of the Ledger will send
mi a copy by mail, if you will send him
re cents in a letter. Address, Robert T5on}? ,
Ledger Office, 44 Ann street, Now
ork. This story is entitled, " Perils of
e Border,'' and grows more and more inresting
as it goes on.
RISING IN THE WORLD.
You should bear constantly in mind that
ne-tenths of us are, from the very nature <
id necessity of the world, born to gain
ir living by the sweat of the brow. What
asons have we," then, to presume that our
lildren are not to do the same? If they
:, as now and then one will be, endowncd
ith extraordinary powers of mind, the
nvers may have an opportunity of dcvel>ing
themselves ; and if they never have
at opportunity, the harm is not very great
us or to them. Nor does it hence folw
that tho descendants of tho laborers
o ever to remain laborers. The path
>ward is steep and long, to be sure.?
idustry, care, skill, excellence in the
esent parent, lay the foundation of a
ie, under more favorable circumstances,
r the children. The children of these
ko another rise, ami l>y and by, the deciulanla
of the present laborer become
en of mark. This is the natural progress,
is by attempting to reach the top at a ]
:gle leap that bo much misery is produced ,
the world ; and the propensity to make |
uh ?n attempt has been cherished and ,
couragtid by the strange projects that we ]
ve witnessed of late vears for innlcimr i
? o I
2 laborers virtuous anil happy by giving ,
2111 what is called an education. The eJ. (
ation which I speak of consists in bring5
children up to labor with steadiness, .
th care, and with skill; to show them (
w to do as many useful things as possi- (
j; to teach them to do all in tho best ,
inner; to set them an example in indus- |
, sobriety and neatness; to nuiko all these (
bitua! to them, so that they never shall |
liable to fall'into the contrary; to let
em always see a good living proceeding (
>m labor, and thus to remove from them , (
E5 temptations to get at the goods of other.1; ^
violent or fradulcnt means. ,
A Chapter on AToscs.?A little turned up '
se, suggests at once a chilish and imper- '
;t character. Little stumpy noses among '
3ii are rare in the higher races, and, when
By occur, seldom fail to indicate weakness
mind, or imperfect moral development. ,
they are short and thick, wo may safely <
csume a strong sensual disposition. A
rnedup nose, with wide open nostrils, is a
rely discovering sign of empty, pompous j
nity. A hirge, strongly*marked nose, is ^
re in the fairer sex, and where found, is n ^
re sign of masculino temper, or unduo de- f
lopment of the less refined sensation. ^
eat, general leanness, the excessive Use t
snuff, and the frequent touch of the finr
in deep meditation may reduce a nose
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ii jmiiui snuuow, ana give it a most mar- g
llous sbarpucs9. AVben coupled with
lc, prim lips, such a nose is a certain
irning against the narrow mind that
'ells within, or speaks of melancholy ^
nper. Faces of fa?fauied beauty, in art ^
in life, ?Wow mostly a nose approaching
i Greek ideal, which perfect as it is in
3ory, still does not convey to us the feel- ^
j we most prize, of a highly devoted ^
nd and vigorous character. It may ^
>aso the senses but it cannot content the ,
art, "v m
r
An Irishman being nsk<fd> Iriah t
? certificate ?f ^ marriage, barfed ^js t
ad, and exhibited a huge scar, which n
iked as if it might have been made with a t
ii shovel. i
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BATHING.
Oiicc a week is often enough for a decent
white man to wash himself all over, and
.
whether in summer or winter, that ought
to he done with soap, warm water, and a
hog's hair brush, in a room showing at least
seventy degrees Fahrenheit.
Baths should bo taken early in the morning
for it is then that the system possesses
the power of reaction in the highest degree.
Any kind of bath is dangerous soon after
fatiguing exercise. No man, or woman,
should take a bath at the closo of the
day, unless by the advice of the family
physician. Many a man, in attempting to
cheat his doctor out of a fee, has cheated
himself out of his life ; ay, it is done every
day.
The best, safest, cheapest, and most uni
vursHiiy accessible mode ot keeping the
surface of iho body clean, besides the once
a week washing, with so:ip, warm water,
and hog's hair brush, is as follows :
Soon as you get out of bed in the morning,
wash your face, hands, ucck. and '
breast; then, into the same basin of water, j
put both feet at once, for about, a minute,
rubbing them briskly all the time ; then,
with the towel, which has been dampened
by wiping the face, feet, ?fcc., wipe the
whole body well, fast and hard, mouth shut,
breast projecting. Let the whole thing be
done within five minutes.
At night, when you go to bed, and
whenever you get out of bed during the
night, or when you find yourself wakeful
or restless, spend from two to five minutes
in rubbing your whole I ody with your
hands, as far as you can reaeh, in every direction.
This has a tendency to preserve
that softness and mobility of skin, which is
essential to health, and which loo freouent
wa*>hin?*s will nl\v;iv?
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That precautions are necessary, in connection
with the bath room, is impressively
signified in the death of an American lady
of refinement au?l position, lately, after
taking a bath soon after dinner ; of Surgeon
Hume, while alone, in a warm bath ;
and of an eminent New-Yorker, under similar
circumstances, all within a year.?Jlallis
Journul of Ifcaflh.
SMART CHILDREN:
A writer in Blackwood's Magazine thus
discourses on the habit of trying to stick
'book larniu" in the heads of children while
they are vet babies :
How have I heard you, Euschius, pity
the poor children ! I remember you look
ing at a group of them and reflecting : "For
of such is the kingdom of heaven," and
turning away thoughtfully, and saying:
"Of such is the kingdom of heaven."
A child of threo years of age! What
should a child threo years old?nay, five or
six years old?he taught ? Strong meats
for weak digestion, make no bodily strength.
Let there bo nursery tales and nursery
rhymes.
I woulv say to every parent, especially lo
every mother, sing to your children; (ell
them pleasant stories; if in the country, be
not too careful lest they gist a little dirt upon
their hands and clothes; earth is very
much akin to us all, and in children out of
loor piny soils them not inwardly. Thero
is a consanguinity between all creatures;
by it wo touch upon the common sympathy
our filot substance, and beget a kindness
lor our poor relations, the brutes.
Let children have free, open air sport,
iiid fear not though the}' make acquaintance
with the pigs, the donkey and the
chickens?they may form worse friendships
with wiser looking ones; encourage fainiiarity
with all that love to court them?
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iuiiiu ainmais iovc ciuiurcn and children
love them*
"Above all tilings make them loving?
lien they will bo gentle and obedient; and
lien, also, parents, if you become old and
poor, these will be better than friends that
never neglect you. Children brought up
lovingly at your knees will never shut their
ioora upon you, and point wliero they would
lavo you go.
A DEAR KISS.
A curious trial was recently held at a
Middlesex Sessions in England. Thos.
savorland, the prosecutor, stated, on the
lay after Christmas ho was in the top room
vhore the defendant) Caroline Newton, and
ler sister who had come from Birmingham,
vcre presenti The latter jokingly observed
hat she had protriiscd her sweetheart that
10 man should kiss hdt while absent. It
>eing holiday time, Saverland considered
i.:? ~ ? j * * * - ?
ui? u ^unnuugo, ?n? caugni no id ot Iier
mcl kissed her. The young woman took it
is a joke, but her sister, the defendant, said
ho would like as littlo of that kind of fuu
is lie pleased*,.,. Saverland told her, if she '
yas angry, he would kiss her also ; ho then
ried to do il, and they fell to the ground. '
)n rising, the woman struck him } he again '
ried to kiss her and in tho scuflto she bit
iQ' his nose, which she spit out of hor
aoutb. The action was brought to recover
lamages, for the loss of the nose. The demidant
said lie had no business to kiss her;
f she wanted kissing she had a husband to |
;lss her, a better looking man than ever the
iroeecUtor was. The jury .without Iiesita- i
ion acquitted her; and the chairman said, i
hat if any man attempted to kiss a woman t
igainst her will, she had a right to bite i
>ff his nose if she had a fancy for so do* 1
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THE FATE OF GENIUS.
In a recent article t'rouitlio pen of Charles
Lowell, wbich we find in the Baugor Whig,
is tlio following passage :
"The calamities of genius are notorious,
llomer was a beggar?Plautus turned a
...hi?\-ervantes died of hunger?Bacon
lived a life of meanness and distress?Sir
Walter Raleigh died on tho scalfold?
Spencer, tho charming Spencer, died forsaken
and in want?Milton sold his copyright
of "I'aradise Lost" for fifteen pounds,
and closed his life in obscurity?Dryden
lived in poverty and distress?Otway died
through hunger?Steele lived a life of perfect
warfares with she rills?Goldsmith's Vicar
of Wakefield was sold for a trifle to
keep him from tho gripe of the law?
Savage died in prison, where ho was conlined
for a debt of eight pounds?and
Chattern, the child of genius and misfor-*
tune, destroyed himself.
" And while genius has thus suffered, in
all ages, and in all lands, " countless
thousands," bankrupt in all the higher attributes
of a noble nature, have been pampered
and honored by an ungrateful, heartless
World, envious or regardless of thoso
creative, spiritual endowments that have for
pges given to humanity its chief glory?it3
onward and its upward progress ? Yes,
exhaustless stores of wealth are hoarded,
and boundless patronage squandered, upon
iniuc-ciiiiy ana mcanues, while
the fountains of genius are dried up, tlio
movements of philanthropy embarrassed,
and the wants of suffering humanity unheeded
! The world is usually just, if not generous,
to departed merit?but it is not yet sufciently
discriminating, impartial, and magnanimous,
10 thus deal with its living, suffer
ing benefactors!"
Mr. Lowell, says the Whig, is himself
a genius, whose whole life, since tho accident
by which his hip was broken, has been
a conflict. His aspirations have been those
of true genius, welling up from tho full
fount of nervous energy and mental power,
while his poor body has suffered pain, nnd
his position has been such as to deny him
that no(>lo aud generous sympaty which
his soul craved, and which, had it been realized,
would have made hi in a burning
and a shining light in the intellectual
world.
Intuitions of IVuman.?The intuitive judgments
of women are often more to bo relied
upon than the conclusions which wo
reach by an elaborate process of reasoning.
No man that has an intelligent wife, or
who is accustomed to the society of educated
women, will dispute this. Times without
number you must have known them
decide questions on the instant, and with
unerring accuracy, which you had been poring
over for hours, perhaps with no other
result than to find .yourself getting deeper
and deeper into (he tangled maze of doubts
and difficulties. It were hardly generous
to allege that they achieved these feats less
by reasoning than by a sort of sagacity
which approximates to the sure iustinct of
the amiimal race; and yet there scoms to
be some ground for the remark of a witty
French writer, that, when a man has toiled
step by step, up a flight of stairs, lie will t
be sure to find a woman at the top; but
she will not be able to tell how she yot
there. How she got there, however, is of
little moment. If the conclusions a woman
has reached are sound, that is all that eon
ceins us. And that they are very apt to bo
sound on the practical mattars of domestic
and scenlar lifo nothing hut prejudice or
self-conceit can prevent us from acknowledging.
The inference, theveforo, is unavoidable,
that the man who thinks it beneath
his dignity to Uike counsel with an
intelligent wife stands in his own light, and
betrayB that lack of judgment which ho
tacitly attributes to her. .
Water. ?How beautiful, how sublime,
how terrible is AVater. Smilc3 in the raindrops
which dance in the sunshine, bubbling
over the white pebbles in the mountain
hill, gushing at the fountain, rushing
in tho river-, fttid flashing and roai>
ing in tho sea. Sweet, healtsome, refresh- ^
ing?salt, sickening, poisonous?giving lifo
to myriads of creatures, substaining commerce
and aiding civilization, cooling the
fovered brow of cafe end tho parched Uj>a
of disease, fructifying the plant and freshen*
inf?"thn flow?>r?
"O ' " ' *
? Costly Candleslick.?An'Irish** gentle*
man" hail occasion to vist the South soma
months since. When he returned, ho re
marked to a friend that the Southern peoplo
were very extravagant. Upon being
asked why bo, he remarked that, w^oro he
staid, they had a candlestick worth
hundred dollars 1 " Why, how in the worldl
could it havo cost that much !" inquired tb?friend.
" Dch, be jabbers I It waaroylhiu'' t?
rtiol-'n ft higger fellow holdiiV a torch, for, U*
to ate by."
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It is not what the people, eat, says tlra
Boston Curier, but what -tkeg digest, Ibafc
makes them strong. Itjr*ot What they
gain, but what they save, that nuikea thonv
rich. It iityot nfliat thej^hd, but^hat^cy <
remerab?t gtb?t?i?b<? tbem learned, * i*L
not what they profess, but whattbey prAc-,
bice that makes the? righteous TUew *r?-.
Very plain and imjfortant truth*,-too
beeded by gluttons, speudUirifi^
worms aud hypocrites, - a