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BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVjLLE, S C., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 35, IS.V.> VOL. XVI NO. 18
litis rui?IHjAK maw.
1JY CEUX1X.
Late one pretty fall afternoon, 1 rode
leisurely into the small village of M ,
situated 011 a far southern slope of the
Alleghanies. The quiet influences of the
day had bo lulled me into a dreamy
thoughtfulness, and I scarcely noticed
the crowded streets and stirring throng
of the village as I entered. However, the
excited shouts of 4 Hurrah for Watson'
soon recalled my mind to the retncmbrancc
that it was election day, and informed of
kite fact that somo individual by the
name of Watson, was probably the fortunate
candidate.
4 Watson,1 thought I, 4 Watson What
a name for a Congressman ! Wliy, it
.is very, little better than Watts. 4 l .?o it
"Watson !'
' Hooray for W. W.," roared out a
drunken fellow, Mumbling into the street j
from a grogshop.
W. Watson, 'l'ho rift me stiuck me :
forcibly, and I repeated it tu myself sev- ;
eral tunes. \V by, surely./ ! tnuiight, ' it
can't bo Bill Watson, of col lego times, j
And yet, now tliat'l remember, lie wax from i
tliis State. But lie was of su'.'li a liery, j
uncompromising disposition 'tint be never
could be elected corporal of ilio company, j
or even secretary of the delaiin^ miciety
at college. It can't be ovr \v \\ j
Afi r putting up at tiio inn, am! cluunsing
my person arid apnai-J fro/;- 11,:
dunt of travel, as well a> I eotiid w i11 <ln: \
implements for that pur;)->?c, coiiveiiient'v
located on tbe side porch ot the 'j.MubiUli.
'meut, I inquired of mine bu^t, 'vbcslier
there were will)in the circle of li*s ae
quaintanco ;u? individual by liio name ul
Win. Wallace Waison. The jolly land
lord, who evidently lliuiight bo saw through
the joke, shut one eye and replied, ' Ub
uo, Qui by no means. Never beam on
him.'
Nut having exactly expected an :*.f
firmative reply, I was ratiier taken
aback by ibis ironical negative, but in I
a moment recovered sullioiently to yo
Oil.
4 lie isn't about thirty years old, I sv.pnuai,
tall and dark ?'
4 Of course not ; no more'u hu's run j
for Congress and beeV. elected tbia very
day.'
.mm mine nohi roneu on ci;ucK;i?g a:
my dry, quiet humor.
I was noii plussed. \Y. \Y. Watson,
name natr.o precisely as oCr W. W.; tail,
dark and thirty, the same man tu a fr;u;
tion, and of the fiaVn'j ji'.~e Llial ours ought
to bo by tf'.ls time. And then again it
could ViOi bo. Our W. W., though at
heart a clever fallow and honorable, was
unpopular, lie had somo of the wannest
friends, b'.'t a n'imber of bitter enemies
wiio continually worked against
him, some openly, others covertly.
4 Look here, Sambo,1 said I to the
darkey, who had taken my horse' 'did
this Mr. Watson ever ?o to collogo at
V
Lor bleia you, r.iassa, 1 don't k:;ov/
you, sir, dzaclly. Spect he did, though
he's might'ly educated, sir, tell vou.'
aiju mum liic myraery i>:uiieu my researches,
the i^.ore rvtf rested .t le'_*a?ne in
solving it. Beside", Watson ha<l always
been a favorite of mine, and so, bending
my course up what seemed to bo Main
street, I started on a voyaga of discovery.
* W. W. Watson, attorney and counsellor
at law,' soon caught i'ny oye, h-.iintcd over
the door of an office, before which a throng
of people were collected. I pushed my
way through the crowd until I cattfo immediately
in front of A gentleman who
Ippmnrl r\ l>n tlw* r\T r?t i ? .?#># ?#?
Oar eyes met, and there was a mutual
recognition, though a dozen years had
elapsed since our last meeting. Then
came the warmest greeting on both parts,
and an introduction of myself to the
crowd, who extended their enthusiasm to
my owii ptjrsdn with such hearty good will
tlial I began to think I could run right well
for Congress myself.
Ten o'clock that night found me snugly
ensconsed in mv friend's cheerful library
the atmosphere somewhat redolent of Cuban
perfthnn. At length I said, ' Well,
now, Dili, tell ine candidly, how did you
ever Tjet lo l>o a popular man ?' Watson
reflected a moment, his eyes fixed on the
ceiling, and a slight smile of satisfaction
on hia bandsonio filch, leforo he replied
:
It is the story of a struggle. You know
yourself what obstacles I iriust l.avo
encountered id achieving such a position.'
1 Yes,' I said, ' yoti always managed to
keep on band a plentiful stock of enemie?
tit college.'
fact,' ho replieed, laughing heartily,
1 BuJ now I never allow myself to indulge
ih one. They, are, ii is trilo, coutihuallj
springing up here and thife bdt ;ts dooii as
1 find it out, I take special pains to citer
fhioate tbeih:"
1 How on earth do ybu manngo to keej
on good terms with everybody ? Wliat'i
the secret!'
' Compromise, ?ir, compromise. I hav<
learned to comp'roiliiafe oven with tlie pre
judiecs of men. A mail, sir, is as inex- |
o ruble in support of a prejudice, as of'
a ratioi:cl conviction, ami frequently more
30.'
4 When, and how, did one of your itnpctuor.s
nature ever take time to thin!: of
that. I should like to oiofit by your er.j
Jletience.'
j 1 Well, it is seldom a man profits much
j hy any other expeuencc than his own ir:
j tlio science of human nature, but to amuse ;
you, I will give it. J*\?r several years afler
| leaving college, L remained, as you know !
me, stiietly i:ncoinprmiii-.ing. 1 vutsld not |
put up with '.lie .slightest wrong, real or
! fancied. The conseuuoiice was that lliere
| were cor.strtntly broils and 'JiO'eulti'js <>r:
| tny hands. A trilling -light, v.;is sure t-<
j occasion sovio exhibition of resent men t on
1 my part ; an e?iuivocal wrd nu>t In; ex- j
'plained ililmedia' ,i\, am.! I would rather'
1 I
| have lost all my friends and fortune than j
! to leave unpur.islK-d the smallest, act of in- !
; justice not apologized for. To be sure, ?. ;
saw that certain good humored persons were ,
in liie 11 h I * i I oi passing over just su-Ji !
things without notice, ami they did no", i
seem to lose anything by it. livciv on; |
Iiked them, favored them in b::si:-?ss, ij. 1 j
spoke kindly ami respectfully of lliem. j
ltut 1 attributed their way '?? obtuseiiet::; of
i
perception, and believed t!s:it they weix :
constitute. I as iiut to feci thu utiuoyuiicc <
that stung me so keenly.
And so ii went on for years. In
every business transaction of any <-;.tei?t j
iuy iiill?-xi! :!ily was a source of coiistair
animosity mi the pail of some one ttit? :*
i e->tc ai.d of li? l.Io to myself. If 1
I taimnt M'ii'M,1, a<-o i to ;hc cu-tnin < t
i ,
j this i oii:.tiy, 1 did win.u i;g l.iv , the
i V/iiole two vears \\:.m one i11 1 !
I ' " """*'
i In;' w?e? m-; m.'.I my jitij .Is. lite t
t.-sit;11;ir'ion ol ^"<ni <?i S? r was as. . lii lux.
I and, on [fi iiu-ijiii;, munt be ]?uu:-I ? ?I. I ?i. 1
! lint refbci lb.mi that many olfences are the
! ie>'.!ll of thout'bllc-sness or impulse, and ;
i not bo treated as ib h'^-rati- badne-s j
| Their occiineiicc may be olicrkc-] with !
[ out iiuiiih'iiii' tit. 1 wa-? d'-teimiucl, !: >vv
i iit* i i * 1
I ever, to si''ij>ivss all <1-r 1 v t; j .slienil
! !u? ??!, 111 1 u ?:.! ! m .!: i. ? ?. :?.j< ?:ui--r wi.b
; tlie lev:ty of childhood. 1 lie i:oii?.e?jueucc
j was a spirit o*' resistance ami revi.it fit '
j more t'Mbcletu and di.-oideily titan lb
I origin il levitv.
J. v ov!-' diH'er with a m..u as to die t- j
tl'-IU is: . I'!l.-:!le.in. It be i.. i.sted on bis I
viewI could not but bvlieve that it was ;
in bad la'lh. 1 made no allowance for the !
'blinding inlbieiice of amj.-r, oriidi:v, oi 1
: any pther |>ass:u!s. lie differed with me;
| it was enough : ho must be a rascal, ami I J
generj'.!!y guv* to vm.'o'.stav.d that 1
thought so.
As you may imagine, the number of
j my enemies st-aililv increased. I hail, inj
deed, many warm friends, fur apart from
i my uncompromising spirit when opposed '
j 1 W'-uid ma lie any concession, if Veuple j
I would only take a lower tone In an that of j
j op>-n contest. 15ut men will not submit to
such terms fcrcvor, and by degrees I
found the number cf t':oso ranged
against me getting greater and greater.
One morning I was sitting alone in my
ollice, plunged in a rather bitter train o>
thought. My friends were leaving me, unsocial
relations were becoming very disa!
greeablo, and wiiat brought the subject to
: my attention still more forcibly was that
I 111 V hlltilio.e 1VIC KlllV.irinn ' ' '
j -- ? -- ""S ?? ?'??'""j !
this state of things. Was it my fault? 1 j
ha J done no wrong, that I knew of. I i
could S'jo thai my course was rendering me
unpopular, but was a man to flinch from ;
asserting what he knew to be his rights
IroVn such a motive as that? How far I
| would it go ? V/here would ii end, this
yielding to the wrongful whims of oihers,
for the sake of conciliating their favor I 1
became indignant, and springing from inv
chair, paced the room in a spirit of bitter
determination to play the game through at
all hazards, and whatever the consequences i
might be. j
'.'oiirt was in scs.->*or.. I toi.k niv lint
Iand rwaited over to lite Cuurl-house. ]
entered with Ji kind of iiulcpcndant deeper
ation, and in so doing happened to make j
a little unnecessary noise with tin- j
chairs.
' Mr. Clerk, put down a fine of five dol
lars against Mr. Watson !' exclaimed live
Judge in a tone of severoity. He was a
harsh, stern man, very disagreeable to tinbar
in general, and especially pointed in hi?
usual hostility to myself.
4 May I ask,' said I, if your Honor's order
referred to ine !'
Yen, sir. I have but this moment finished
a warning to all persons on tho iin
proper disorder which is habitual hero, anil
you drown tho very echo of iny words with
your noise.'
1 41 was not presont when your Honor
1 spoke.'
It mnl'Pl nn ?! v?' '
? w.mv.v.?W| on. 1UII KIIOW
tlio riilo, and I am dotcrniined to enforce ii
rigidly. I cannot repeat my expostula'
lions to every separate citizen of this coun*
try.1
' Oh! I'd rather pay the five dollars
than to havo heard -tlio lecture,' I ro>
plied.
? 'Twenty-five dollars more,-Mr. Clerk,'
shouted the Judge?, his eyes fairly blazing
0 with porsonal animosity to myself. Tho
i- hot blood raourfted to my head with that
sudden Louiid which upset reason lor the |
IllOliletll.
'I will not pay it,' 1 exclaimed, striking
tlio table violently with my clcnched
hand.
' lake that man to j iil, Mr. Sheriff, for
contumacy and continued contempt of
oouit,' said tlio Judge, pointing his long,
bony forefinger at ino.
The shades of evening wcro gradually
dark'aiiing the objects around me. as I sat
iii my !>iis"ii room, in tho very same posi j
lion into which L had sunk when tho key ;
turned dii in.; in tho morning. I will not ;
undertake to doscribu to you tho pi:rfoot j
clinos of fooling that had in tho meantime
reigned \ 1-iiiin ire. 'iho stupor as of ono
jn>t stunned l?v some great catastrophe i
which ho hardly yet comprehends?sliamc J
that 1 had at last eomo to this pass?so If j
condemnation for having so \ve;?l-:l? given I
an enemy tho advatila^o oi 1110?rage !
with its thousand frantic schemes of hit lor |
e. _;e, by turns had possession of all j
my faculties. My friends called?no aJ? !
mission. My servants brought dinner? '
iii a i.uwoti. The ja.lor fumbled at tho .
door as though intending to come in and j
favor mu with his utiwelcome condolence? I
no adroit-ion. 'lour after hour liasw'.? !
At length p isMoti grew somcvhal \.earv i
frotii its violence, and r>-'i>o'i begat) ioli't .is j
he:-.'! ro'aiu al ovo t!:e iroiioled waters.? !
A nil ;;ow, :is I sat llion*, tli<; ?!:ir k'ui-ss ot !
ir^iit ritrcjiin^ <>v< r tin*, :i i-aini int<*i i*?r I
]i-_'lit si'i-ni'- I t-j <lawn, nrnl s-traiiiji! tiion^iil< j
I i; j>.?-f' r?y triml. I iia<i Ik- mi
,U lia ! i not i.Mvii unitiUMitioii I
?rn' i ctii*'is in I!.<; saiiii; wav ? |
I.. ! - lt* 1 lia>! fii'-'l m<\ :it lir?t, f?ir a!
'i? . < !: f i!"' ni!c : l>'H J, loo, '
!. i < !: n jnii.:n?'l utlhm< lor ?>!1<mi<'i*s |
v.','. !, T: . i;i-i!v llHV.- i " ' II t !? dl-ct ?>t
in ! i!i !!. 1 t"-'s^ii'-vs, ;i11>11-_f 1? v.mv atiti< v? j
:n_; ! ? 1 l?."_;-4!i ? > iiiliik t!; it, Hot? ;
i:iis?a,:'l"' 4 mv i?-?-1 ;!? - ?rv aii'i |>i.i?-t ;? *, !
mi a'-Tciivi.t wr<it?^ iua\ ii"t ! a u-al wrunt; i
a'"t<M' all* tl;at t""ii. ;is " vil as vl::! 1 rcti. !
of'mi il<?, wiilio.it t it in.: i 'j, wli ? ! '
?mii t<> ! ' It..'!, a?nl ar>; v- iy <1 i>:i^r?-?a' ! . but
.-lioiiM ii'.., ::: ns'irn, Ik> 11111<i~>l i i
' v.atf-.e 15. v !.v !: t'?? i is * f ntal j
'
tl.o Jii'-if'. 1 ".i t: I mo f
I
r>-:n-:i -jf to | :*y t:.y i ?: ?\v o!t\n
!.:?.! 1 II-*1 filing 'lit *v::ii m> I.
iio ic'ti-e ( ? j'iv Uii nr onu-r j
t'a?'ti"ii tii.a I i".:.-.: !..i. ! .-nii.l tin >..e
very liK-ii too, may, like mv-clf. have been
mi inili'li i: i> . ! l?v ai:^ r <-r .j> ]
|i.iiiilnn'iit, or i-v, n avarice, as uot it-ally t" |
>ee cleailv that ihev w.*r: wroiiif. I .-hoiii 1 '
therefore, !i;iv.: | in.ci-i| with them gently j
ami patiently, ami m?l put them ?lown quite |
so ln>'ily as rascals. I co?clu*lc<l, finally^ j
that often, when men arc really wronjj, j
tliey may l;o ;:?-tii!g u:.<Jcr influences which
biiml thorn to the fact, <>r excitements \vl. ?;!? ;
ir.;J:c them almost irresponsible fur their ;
r.cta. j
Men were not so had, then, after all, j
Life bejjan to dawn <>?? me in a m?ire amia- j
b'e aspeci, i f.*L a sensible increase of
chaiitv. Vus, T thought, all these fellows
whom 1 have despised so iiiucii, have, after
all, much of good in the.a. a ' oven their
badness is more the result of warm passion
than of cohl malice. They are, in fact,
to he pitied rather than punished lor nitiotviith?
of their hateful :;c:.c.
The fact is, thought I, I have not
treated my fellow-man with common justice,
and no wonder they are turning
against me. I have under-estimated them
and over-estimated myself. I see that I
am subject to the same frailties as they
myself; and if 1 would hut give them reaj
credit for their worth, and show them that
1 ap^rejiate their nrjiils, I :nignt he as
popular as any body. My mind was made j
up. Henceforth compromise should be my I
int'i1.-- ' i !?: ) tlivr tli'Vud Ircvi inc, j J
would, at iuast, j^ivo iiim credit for every-j
thing?ignorance, prejudice, <>r t>a?sion?
tiint ccti'd j;.d!i.ilo hi:> error and viudicaU'
iiis sincerity, even though it should l>c a
\ aiikcc on tin; Abolition <|Ucstion, South
Carolinian on i>ulifloati'.>u, or a Merchant as
l<? onr accounts. I saw clearly that but
oik.' thing w.?s i?e< ei:.a:y to in;i!;o any and
rvi-rv mail ii!;<: lilt*, which was to show him
that I thought highly of him in suiiiu
respect or other, and tliu more resjiccls llic
b-'H'T.
I thought nnd thought, till my mind
was clear, and my resolution fixed. t
would commence :t new rysteia of social
intercoms, and I would commence immediately.
I was impatient to tost it. But
how ! Ilero I was in jail and no one to
operate on, I must send in the fine. Still
no one could release mo without an order
from the Judge. At this point my spirit
recoiled. Ask a favor of the Judge??the
old tyrant! Never! I think that was tie
critical moment of my public life. I wa
vereil. It was evident that I could not make
an exception of tljo Judge without giving
up my principle?my panacea just
found. .Thci resolution I hnd formed triumphed,
and by dint of streniioiis kicks
upon rtfy room' door, I summoned the
jailor. A peri, ifile and paper wero soon At
hand and I wrote:
' Dear Judge?I tako tliia mode of npol
ogizing privately, as I intend doing pub
licly to-morrow, for my disrcnpectful conduct
hq^I l%Dguagc to-day. I bltall at the
. ea rllqjlJ^rfieDt hayd over to tbo clerk the
amount in which 1 am lined, and hope tlia
no bad impression will be left upon yon
mind by my excited manner of this morn
ing. Yliotigli I must say tliat I think vot'.i
Hone.' s-ome times a little severe, according
to my inexperience ! ideas ; yet my respeel
for vonr Honor's impartiality and ability
should certainly put the impre-sion, even i
correct, entirely out of view.
i __.r-.ii? c _ 1
in^in'tiiuiiy, ivc.
The r.olo had not i?ecn gone ten niititstes,
when 1 saw lights approaching. Tin
Sheriff himself opened tii'j door Ihis time
and the Juilge enter'.".!.
4 Mr. Watson,' lie said, in an agitated
tone. an 1 hesitated a inoiuy.it, I must acknowledge
before these persons that I have
done you wrong. At the same time I thank
you, sir, for the lesson of moderation whicli
you have given n:", and which, from my
r.;;c an ! position, it was my duty to giv?
you. I shall try to profit l>y it. Com-.
out of this sir. To?morrow, yoiu
fines will be publicly remitted, ut:J tliv
court will not allow y-. -i to make any ai)olOgV.'
i sico(i r.;nazed at the success of wv first
essay, as well as toadied ami embarrassed
by the tone of the From that day
to this ho has been my warmest
fi iviul. ami though be still retain-, his-constitutional
sternness, it has been remarket!
that harshness has almost entirely disappeared
from bin official nterconiM'.
1 have hitherto faithfully persevered *.;i
my resolution, though otter wiili gr.*at
sacrifice of my feeling*, and have reaped
the reward of it. I r;i!i safely say
that I have not h singi.; em my, but bun
dleds of fiieiid-of the m devo'e I kind. It
li;..? woiked the nioit womletful ehr.nge. too,
for t" v own happiness as v.'? '1 as pro-peiitv,
for, aimmg all the sacrifice*. <:f which I
spoke as nece-Mtatjd by it, there was not
on - which a lino man or a gentk-man
c m!d it or ccnsure.
?.s then,' said 1 ' y-vr cecret :* com
j>r< u'.jxj '
' Yes. Show every ns:>r. that you hav*.
p. 11ii;11 opinion ??f him, >u;<l sIimw it especially
whet. tlcre is any conte-t In-1weet
lv comjiroiui>*ii!:" with his con\ict
-jiis, .mi 1 cV'.ii his pt?-juiiivs anil oa'?
-i'lti.-..
I was so inui'li jilea^'-il with iiiv <:!
t' th a I tanio'l \vit!i Urn t"?r ;i i'. \\
lays, contrary to previous iute..i" am
i>efore leaving the village asccrlaineil conclusively
tliat lie was the i-l.jl of tlie wlioh
lisiriot. His popularity, however, u-uite.
not only ft /in his winning manner ; it wa;
t?as<?l on the strictest i'tt<-gri:y of eli;.rae
tor, without which, the respect neccssarv
sustain popularity would have been wanting.
I left with regret; l>ut keep a constat)
t ye upon the congressional career of nn
frcttd, expecting to .<ee him, some day, sto]
ping, liken second Clay, with his pritieipl<
of compromise, between antagonistic interests
of our country, to preseve ita union
IHjalutin.?Perhaps the following ina'
not amuse either yourselves or your readers
but it did inc. In our drug store I have :
feUowc'.unrlc, somewhat ceLbratou ainotij
bis acquaintances as a conductor of pun:
and the ntterer of dry jokes. He is a boy
ishdo -king youtli, and olliciatcs?when hi
services are required, behind the soda foun
tain. A few mornings, since, a fashonabk
dressed, poetical looking young gentlcmai
entered, ana scaled inmselt on ;i stoool u
front of the counter, in a choise selection c
terms requested the clerk to prepare him i
scidlitz powder. The followong con versa ton
lidicuoious in its earnestness, resulted:
C'.eri:?With ryrup!
Customer?(slowly and ni'jtli?
rc-nuir*; it not as a refreshment. If the syi
up vitiato not the effect of the compoud
you may mit'jjlo villi :t such at: amount o
the suhatance as will render the pvluliot; pa!
atalde. Or to bu better understood.
Clerk?(Interrupting?I comprehend yo
perfectly. Permit :no to bssuic you tha
the tendency of the syrup will be rather t
enhance than diminish the purgative virtue
..I I I.A f 1 rn.r
*" v,,v M' "c
Customer?-(Indignant at observing th;i
bis sty Ic is ailectod by tlie othi-i)?The
proceed, miracle of mcdicid lileraturo an
wisdom!
Cleark?With dispatch, confounder o
I'uyls.
Customer?Thin, if not sruck inoulioli
less, use haste
All tins was so quietly, so politely said, lh;i
although amused beyond expression at th
conversation, I stared in wonder at the pm
lies. The clerk evidently f? It cut at the Iat
romark of the other, hut mixed the p<nvd<
which the stranger triumphantly swallowcc
paid fur, and btartcd to leave the t>ton
when?
Clerk?Should you fool nny utleanine.<
in :ho region of the stomach within the p!
riod of fifteen minutes, illustrous patrol
attribute lliu cause to tlio accidental tnlr^
duclion into tlio draught yoii have just tal
en of some drug of vigorous effect nhd bail
ful consequences.,
Customer- (a trifle frightened)?If I <j
d?n you I'll punch your head!
Cl-'i k?I thought I'd bring you down I
plain English; but I guoss you'll And tl
i powder all right. [Exit co?tomer, with co
i tail standing strait out.]
( GOOD CHILDRENr
TIsc I'rofussor at tlio HrcaUfast t:il>lo, in
__ i bis talk to lliu readers uf tlio Atlantic, T<>r
r I August, oilers so'.Mo pungent suygcr.tions
i concern i;ooJ children and their r:iu
[ ! Moirs :
i:i early years, while tin: child ' feels i!s
'.ife in every lii:il>,' it. livas iti thvj hod? and
for the hi dy to :t very great extent. It
ought to he so. There have h'jeti many
i very interesting children who have shown
! a wonderful itidifi'eieiico to thitiu.3 of earth,
i j . rt t
and n:i e::traoidinary development of the
spiritual nature. There is a perfect litemi
lure their biographies, a!! :di!:e i:i thei.essentials,
the same 4 di>U!i?tio!i? to the
usual amii<eiui:nts of childhood the same
i |
i dosi'ity ; lli'j sai?'o coti.sch-ntioiisne.ss; in
J short an almost unif.inn c'uui'.cle", ;:ta;!:c-.!
; l>y h'jav.tif" I trails, which wo loidi at with
: painful admiration. It will he found that
' :-lOot of thesu children arn tl. . snlii...-i< ..f
! some constitutional uiililnc.-s for living, tlio
| most frequent of whieh I need not me"*
j tioti. They are like (lie beautiful, blu-diiug
j half grown fruit that falls before its time,
i because its core is gnawed out. 'I lley have
: their meaning,?they <lo not livj in vai::?
: but they are windfall::, i am convinced
that many healthy children aru inju.-e.i
. moinllv bv bciti*; forced to read to<> uitn-h
i *
: about them little lncck sutVeren an-.? tii -.r
j spiritual er^rcire:;. Mere it a boy i.iat
!..ves to run. swim, l.ick football, tun:
' soitXM-.et':, make faces, v.-histL*, !>h, tear
his v! 'h - s'.-.ati*, lire rrarheis, bb?\v
I '
! s<j!!:s?!i '! >: *>* c?l !iis uaitiu on iViu.v.->
r?.a>! 11.- !>ius .i ';!nha !
| the Sv.iloi", o'.i. th ; wi?!o?sl at>;;!e<] .s.-ces (.1
; pie a:.'I uutoM rake* an<l cin?li'-s, < k
nuts wiili his ha<k at-.'l hi to oat I..
' i hr'.ior part ot aix.tiior hoj "s apple, \\ itii i;it'i..iit
ones, turn up copper^, ' slick' kniv. '
?*a!' iiaiiu,uf throw stones, ka'M-k oil"
j ?<*t iii'/;.-uti:ip>, cliall; i!-. i.i'?-p?. ' cat. ho'
liiul' anything on wlu-t-js or i uiiiicrs, wliis ?
| tlo tl?liis toctli, ' hol'icr' 1 iru ! on
^ !i.,!it cvi-!>:n?:i', run aftor so! tiers, palroniz
I an ctij^mo company, or, in hi.-. own wor>!>,
: i I,low for tuh No. II,1 or wh'ttev." it may
" j !? ,? isn't thai a pretty nii-c ort of a l< <yt
1 1 tlioiioli ho lias not ?j..t aitV'.I.in^ tin* matter
" 1 with him that ta!;.-> the t-i.-U'of thi> uoivi
" ; i>*i! ? Xiiw, wh-n you 11til into sti. > h"?
I ! ioi'.h-.l haidti-ud, round ! !!::! :
I J
* ? ro^u-rs U iw\ ;i sa<l looking volume < ?
. -i!et>, witli the portrait of thin,
' | whit*: ' i !! !. lift; !s really a"
| mtieli a training f<>r death as the las'.
- ! motr.h of a condi-p'rii-! criiTiitial's exi>tetire,
'' , what does I:'j f':ni in common between lr?>
' i ok:: 'jver.owing ami i-xiiltini* fc?:u>ts of \i
j '.alitv ami the experience ot tho cli>otiiv?l
' i otl?pi ing cf :::va!M pa enis ? It is 11 >t until
ho has worked his way through the perioj
of honest, hearty, animal existence,
t j which every robust e!iil<l should make the
' 1 i?io?t of?not until he has learned the li?'
of his faculties, *.vhic!i h h;s first duty?
L* that a boy of courage and at.imal vigor i~
in a proper state to read these fearful re'
cords of premal'.u G decay. I have tic
doubt that disgust is implanted in (hi
f j mimls of many healthy children l>y carl}
' surfeits of pathological pictv. 1 do verilv
1 believo that lie who took children in 11ir
=? anus and blessed them, loved the heullhics!
s and most playful of them just as well as
* those w ho wero richest in the tubcl'culou:
s riches.
A Xovcltj in Music und Michauics.?
livery pianoforte amateur has longed loi
^ swine supernatural agency which uhouU
^ note down and preserve a record of tlu
^ sounds which l:o calls forth from his in
blrunient when the divine nHhitus is oi
' | him, and the spirit of melody takes nos
session of his brain. To adopt a tnor<
T chaste style of rhetoric, every player i*n
provisos soino strain: which he would l><
^ glad to repeat, winch, perhaps, contaii
f' soiuo iileas worthy of further develop
inent, but which onco played, cannot b<
recalled, and nro Joui. ?.ir. Henry b
Bond has invented a beautifully simph
11 apparatus, which is easily to bo applict
' to any pianoforte, and by which ever)
? note played, whether by design or acci
s dent, is recorded in its proper place upon i
slip of music paper. In a few words
ll the plan of ibis apparatus may be thus do
'j scribed:
Upon a cylinder placed in or.o em
of the pianoforte, tho ruled music papei
is wound, by means of clock work, thi:
cylinder is made to revolve, at a uniforn
rate of speed ; the paper thus unwound
I.., i
%'J HiiVUlVi IIIPJCI wit'*
a surface of ink ; each key of the instru
0 incut, acting upou a lover, raises a incla
point against the paper, presses it upoi
the inky surface, and causes a mark tc
r l>e made, the length of the mark show
'? ing nccuralcly llio duration of the note
L'? A pedal, by a similar action, marks tlx
bars; TVith five minutes of practice, anj
>9 person who understands tlio music cai
i rapidly translate tlieso marks into tin
i, li^iial system . of iiotes. The whole nr
j- fangeiiient is so simple that the first fee!
c- ing is astonishment that the itivenlioi
i* bus never been born before.? Jlostvi
Courier.
lo I Tho article on Pope in tho new cilitioi
of tho Encyclopaedia. Britlannica is In
to De Quincv ; U>h article on Proscott \v
io William Stilling, M. P.; that on poetr;
at by Prof. Aytoun ; and tbat on the Quaker
fey William Howitt.
VARIATIONS OF TUh ENGLISH LANUUrtGH I
I
JiY jui! N* s.
A M K IM(! A V I S \T ^
- ? - I
'j'roitsicut W often used by Americans in j
such plira-cs as 'transient poisons,' mean- I
j ing sojourners, travelers;'tran.Moiit I *;:>i'K-1s,
j moaning boai.ler.s staving at a hou-o l"r
' a low da**soi?iv ; 4 trai.>ient vos<eU,' meanj
ing vessels Mopping in a port without bo- '
in^ outraged in its lobular trade, 'i"I?i- u-o
I ' .
! of transient is an Amor'kniit-m, not adoi>t.
1
oil a:; vol in V.iM'land ; b.it it i.s :i and
" . .
will lind favor in time.
Tfinsjiirc, in tlio sensr.) of ' happen,' or
' bo done,' is condoiucd by ''n^!i>!i authoii- '
i . {
j tics. It is l'n<|UoiitIy tv.od in the I'nitcd
i
| IVhisoii, in lh<j Lnitcil Stati:<, im-uns ,
I ilucr meat; in Knirlatitl it i? I also u> ;
j the meal of Iiarc nn<l iratiiu l>ii?!s. In i
j iforni;*, v.l!.i: meal <>f tin- mile!"'*-! ami
i 'jlie is .ibumlant in tlio imiiktt, ?.!i
! mi-.:s ovly tlefi- : t, th'ii:.;h, in aci-onl j
j aiicu with Kngii.-h u-a^v, it mi_;ht ui:-j
?! u' '. _ *!!" 1'0 ai't>!ie'l t<> l!.*- meat < ?' ;.!
! * * i
] V?iiu iditlllll..') O. nit! U'.'Ui Kllul.
I )1 O'j'joUy ui' acuoii!;ii j lc lh-j
' Mftiial An.viit-aii ' % ??!V.-:i as a
I \ t;ih ill lli>: I nitfi ^ in k;ii*!i ]-l:raM <
. a->' ' 'i 1. '*)' !-j v.l:o v.:i-"i! ! -'.t.r jM i'.
|
IIK 'iiitriii.i
. i
j M /cU/Vio li.'J .V Jl'Ci 1 Wi.Uii.j 43
' the Kn't!;-.li iiliiiai r \\
It". ! :. > ficjim'ly ' iMii>n>|>fr!v in the
; ' iiitf! Slat- i !' ' .-hail i:i th'
I ho fir. ui <: t-.n-', in-lit ilivu siivt
j A in- ri?-aj!<, win u th v v.iis to ?an '
i t -la'.it.n "i it.l< i.;i' ii, sav, ' I will ?.!.>
:i, 'l . ?:-j i!.' i lie Lti^iish, ' I shall do j
', " \* c s!:;.;! do ill>:.t it he wiahes to
j iwUi'.sc or l} v.\j?r?-s a string ?1? I: mi::-.- '
. ?>r :i threat, he .sny.s ' I will,' wo will,
j iVc. !: ; Amct:. an mi-Hsu of 'v. ill' is of;
, lii?h o;!.;!n. A ! : .t. lin.aii wl? . !' 1! into j
! t!.- Tii-nns i!.;? i.i a curious :?:> ! !i:<l".ions
; iiii*.:*i i . uti- ?: .au'.i' stud In-|
I
, cii?- l < :t, *1 vlil' o uro vi:cd; nobody shall \
i help in**.' 1>: iyh'.'\id wrote?
j *1j? iIi?: first j>-r- ti, shtij-ly, t't-M f?;*?. tUa; I
> i:i :li' i .u.l ;i?ii .iiu 1 ! - ; '
! i
-MHl 'v I lira til.. lout. '
j T< I'*/// i.i :;i < itnr.'i!) si--.- in the 1.7: iI
I . 1
t- ! J..; M^iri'y to I < ' H to Wither.
...
i I im v..,:d i-. j i j\i:ni:il in K.:-'..ind.
ir.o.Ay is t.h<; .-o.iirioii Ati.'-rican name}
: tor what ti; : i ?.trli>ii lei ill 'a Wood.'
j A'lro A-tire and yVovn vv, used ?a i
! vi-ilis, wvre oncu co:i.?i.!(.-i.. ! as American- '
i'ln-, bat have been ;;.K''U ! l-v the cus'.oiii i
: of Kngland.
i ''{a it wj is a tract of land in a wooded !
j district, from which the- limber has been |
ijetit away, and tin! woid usually implies j
1 j that the land has been j,rcpai?d tor culiiva
' j tioti.
To to cut a liny several inches i
wide through tl. rom.d tho trunk cfi
a tiee, two or t!?: <. foot 11 tJ.* ground j
' so that the tive uili i.ie. Some'iiuies tho j
' chip pierces through t!"j v.o'jd as we!! j
as tlie harlc.
DanUn'ui'j is :i tract of timbered laud
' on which the trees have hcoii kiiied. Tin;
L word is o.d'.nari'y -i;un'v to placc-j
' whole tre-'s have ln on killed hv <;ird!mg, or j
' lire, so as to prepare the land for cu!tivi * j
lion.
(t'lticrnulo/ial i j said to bo an .*.tr..:ir
I eaui.sin.
1 I JL.ccculice, as a noun, i.: such phr.-r.er. as
; j 'The Executive,' meaning an executive of I
- j licer, has had its origin credited l?v lhitish I
I I ciitic.1 to .AuKlicall 'lKJH'l!. |
j Lcir/iiir is said to be ?.?t Atnoi Wraii coin
} | ?ye, but it now passed current in JJiiiain.
- j '/// thin conncctionhas been put down
i !-y Liiijl.il. c: il.c:; as i::er!c;;::. in its orijji;;
i ami diameter ; they say it would b<; tnore j
proper to write, 'In connection with thy '
3 subject,' or bomethlnj cf thy kind ?All:- i
. Cuf'forniun. j
i Ail hdilov.-?The passion was nuv j
I cr inoro ainu-ingly illustrated than in the I
' j subjointd hit tVoni a letter from the editor I
" of thu l'ittsburj' Chronicle, who i? now in :
i | Cleveland. II? thinks ii is a reliet to got
! away Irons "copy" and "leaders"' and ail
ilial, and says:
' Wo have managed to ?\oid all this fur
a fortnight, intending to devote ourselves ro1
ligiotisiy ami exclusively to pleasu: e and re
r ereaton. Oar dibits shall not close upon a
s l>oolc, paper, periodical or anything at all,
which is stained with printer'r ink?in
brief, as the exquisite explained the ele
? gauc.o of his immaculate sliirt tic, wo intend
1 to 'devote our whole attention' to do notli
ing, and to do it in the laziest and mobt
I agreeable manner possible."
And yet, hero you see the first chance the
editor }>ets, ho seizes a pen arid tells how
' delightful liberty is, instead of enjoying it
- with clean hands and a heart puro of edito,
rial botheraiions. And we'll warrant that
, he wished he could see the proof of tire
very letter, to get every word ? f liis liberty
1 raptures pioperly printed. The fact is, thAt a
' w.,rkiug editor, or a reporter so nearly I
J mollis every thought into the paper,^tlurf"'
. lie is sensationalizing nearly all the time.
Enjoying n fine piece of music, or a
pli-r.saut evening, or a.visit to the sea shorn,
1 or tho country air, carrying with it enough
1 oif~**lho shop " to make him think ?>f tho
cipaciiies of all Nature and tho universe of
1 all. Art for a good, fresh, sparkling article
Bvron hated, .
V '
' Your author wlio'swll author, fellow
P In foolscap uniform turuod up with ink'1
f But what would ho h;ivo thougtof an
8 American daily nowspapor editor??Philadelphia
Bulletin.
<Vt
? i WBB??in i? i i ? uIQ?omsmummn???i?^
GET H' R^UV:t\
it is not necessary for us to profess to
be enthusiastic admirers of women, livery
sensible male biped is so. Time or climu
lias Utile to Jo with the natural liomago
which men render to the virtues ami
cliaiins of the gentl-j sex. Of one thing',
howev.-r, this American people of ours can
honestly ami ju<tlv boast. We have put
woman in higher a:rl holier places than
any people ever accorded her. Whatever
of formal politeness or pretentions *al!u:itrv
may he wanting in cur tteutnient of
lier, nothing that is true and substantial is
t.milled. \\ ?: \ it-'iI her, not tlie showv <Jellei'eiiec
<>t tlie ii|> or knee, l?nt the deep
aii< 1 solemn homage of tin: heail. li-pe
lially the wife ami mother sta: ds in tho
r:: ! -t place ami is guarded xviih a solicitit'll
the tenderness of which has nc
hounds. This is the universal title ul'Aineriean
lifij. Casual at.<l unfieipieiu exvep
lions, like a il'.til ami leaden hack ground,
the golden ehaiaetei.s in which it i.-:
writ It'll tn ' 1 i 111 -1- ..V..I f.v 1.-..
? "I"-"' *'?"
ii i::i! story Willi :.:i added Ulster. Uenco
il is that Auieiman men and \v<j>iii..>n look
l'i matriag? as the prime reward of a life?
no mailer w hether o5 poverty or wealth.
They look around lip -n whatever circle
they riay nipvu :n ami arguing from what
tla-vsee, feel thai there will In* honor with
the:.i i:i that stair, and :i daily addition oi"
rc^pvt niij consequence in the commitiii:
\.
Modern I'j.o: vlmi, a:s J investigation by
s i.-ntiho men, throw a bright and happy
light up-m mar: ingo, and by their statistics
drawn from other countries pay an unintentional
but brilliant compliment to tho
L'iiile 1 Stales. It is directly shown that
our sujK-rkrii** ;.!.y!>i.'al condition, moral
power, increase of population, national
iv.sot.roes, industrial energy, and genera!
health and longevity, arc referable ^to tho
high honor ' ? "jarilage is held, tho
g> i.er.d tem.ency to contract it and tho
.sauci'.y v.:t!? v/hi"': it is invested in tho
I- :. i ? ' -
u uiicti >jiaiu.i. r ;t: , ot the register
general's olliec, ;ays in his paper
on the subject of i:.:.. i i.'.gu in Franco, that
the married I'.v., ;r.;:el. longer than tho air.
or widowed. 11v: conbiders it, from all
the slatistieS, the healthlust state. lie also
truly ami justly considers it the only ?afe
guard fiuin i;h:\\1 invgnlaiities, and, in
nine oases i.1.:'. vi i*t?its to piuloct from
tho.se !.i.n;i!si and oiiieksaa.U, deceitful rocks,
of vice which lie, like Scy 11a ami Clmrybdis,
upon either side of the lonely voyager on
the ocean o! cXls'el:c?*.
I he faet-, ihclefvle, being established
that m- n ae-iuiie iiuriease of honor by marriage
; that they !. romo tnoro useful tr>
their country ; thai they are l?y the a el insured
from vice ; that they increase their
ehai..'j': worldly success, and ensure,
In a curtail, iy, a greater number of
years ..;m fuller health to enjoy a lengthened
life?we say get married. Take the
lirst lrn.o hearted woman who will take
you, O yf.'ng mail, am! let tlio nearest
pardon jierfi>ii?i his priestly otlicc on you.
Uilow nc.i for ascton Shipboardm
?"h- v,ii|?|>er hliijt Wild l'igonn, which
went to sea yesterday, bound for Valparaiso
had on hoard oi;e of, D reason's caloric engines.
Tiiero me i....uy i; a tics connected
Willi ii.e loading, unloading and working
of a shij>, wh'ul:, emuiw performed, require
severe am! ioiitinuotis in mu:.I labor, necessarily
;n i:.- operations, w 11i ! tiiis engine
will accomplish with relnritv, and at
a great saving to l!ie >!;:p owner. Among
llie labors which may he d?>ini to advantage
by it, are working (lie ship's pumps
hoisting heavy spars u> llieir places, tfce.
The f?i<v:m* on board the Wild l'igeon is
nominally of four hoi?o power, llie expense
cfrunning it per day in but thirty cents ;
::.) ! Um ?'>ii:)i:ianikr ! llie \\ 11 1 l'igeon
i'ates in South Ameiioan ports, where
iabor is ?;:!!: u!t to obtain, aiu! very inefli
eicitt, ti.is engine will save Ave hundred
dollars to the ship in unloading and loading.
The ship Underwriter was supplied
with one of these engines some lime sineo,
and her master writes of its performance in
very favorable terms. The condition of
the shipping interest has been so unsatisfactory
to owners for years past that Mr.
Kitching, the agent, has made little effort
to promote the general introduction of
these engines on shipboard, but the time
will undoubtedly soon come when they will
? t-i
vw II^IIIUVU UJ UMUUOt IDUnjJUIItlilUIO.
Il is easy to conceive of cnses in which
by working (ho pumps, an engine of (kit*
diameter would savo h ahip fiom sinking?
keeping her aleiir wlien leaking sufficiently
to exhaust tho crew at the pumps in tho
course cf a day or two. The space occupied
by the engine of the Wild Pigeon ia
very small not more tlian seven feet by
four, and il ia a question whether the insurance
companies ought not to favor tho
general introduction of similar engines by
an abatement on the policy of chips carrying
them.?X. Y. Journal of Commerce.
? ^ ^ ?
'This too shall pass Away'?Many of
our readers will probably remember'lUo re|
ply of tho philosopher to the monarch,
I. - -1 f- - i -
who ucsireu some nentence, easily remembered,
that would always alluvial? the
weight of calamity, aud check the exultution
of prosperity. 'This too khall pW
aw fir,* was the chosen mo'to.
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