Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M'MIIHIl 15. ! | I ???? ??? ????mmimtmmm?????????? <E/l)c .?nntl)trn (Buttr^jvinr IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORtiINO, BY PRICE & McJUNKIN. WIIJ.IAM P. PPICJE, EDITOR ANb 1MIOI'll1EXUR. 4 C . M . M'JU N K I N , PRINTER. terms. Omr Don.*n and Fiktt Cents in advance; Two Dollar* if delayed. CLUBS of FIVE and upwards, One Dollar, the money in every instance to accompany the order. V ~ ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at the rates of 75 cents nor square of IS lines for t,l?e first insertion, ana 37 J cents for each subsequent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising made reason able. AOENTS. Vr, W". Walk tea, Jr., Columbia. R. C. I'jsrna Str.volky, Esq., Flat Rock, N. 0. a. ii. i'kden, l'airviovv t*. u., uroeovuie j Mot William C. liutRT, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. Cap*. R. Q Asimiuos, Knoree, Spartanburg. Itltrfefr ^nctrtj. Kitty Clidc. Oh, who has not seen Kitt\ Glide? She lives at llio loot of the hill, In a sly nittlc nook, liy the babbling brook That carries her father's old mill Oh, who does know Kilty Glide f That sunny-eyed, rosy-cheeked lass, Willi a aweel-diinpled chin, That looks roguish as sin, With always a smile as you pass ? Sweet Ivitly?denr Kitty? My own sweet Kitty Glide ; In a sly little nook, tiy the clear babbling brook, Lives tny own sweet Kilty Clide. With a bnskct to put in her fish, Evorv morning with a line and u hook, J Ills SWt 151 Utile Hiss, Through the lull heavy grass, Steals along (lie dear running brook ; Site throws Iter line into the stream, And tiips it along the brook aide; Oh, how I do wish That I was a fish, To bo caught by sweet Kitty Clide. Sweet Kitty?dear Kitty, <fee. IIow T wish that I was a bee, I'd not gather honey from flowers, Hut would steal a dear sip From Kilty's sweet lip. And make my own hive in the bowers; Or, if 1 was some little bird, 1 would not build my nest in the air, But would keep close by the side Of sweet Kitty Clide, And sleep in her soft silken hair, 6weet Kitty?dear Kitty, Jtc. cwweniiTifii. r jBgiipaBwwwajWj "iii tmmmmam Ipiois.?Idiocy is arrested development. There is, in all cases, a deficiency of brain, a low physical organization. The Uuinane mid accomplished Dr. Wilbur says, that out of a class of twenty pupils only three could count leu. Their almost universal fault was gluttony. Their groat want is the want of attention. Many cannot talk; it often re quire* two or three years to enable them to utter a single word distinctly. In almost all cases home treatment only confirms the malady. In threo hundred and fifty-nine c~sea, hII hut four originated in parents who had brought on some confirmed disease by the violation of the laws of nature In eve- j ry instance, lltu four excepted, either one or Ixrtb parents were either unhealthy, scrofu lous, disposed to insanity, indulged in ani- J tnal excesses, or had married blood relations. Let every reader commit to memory these causes, tor to have an idiot child, how terrible the infliction ! More than one-fourth of three hundred and fifty-nine idiots were the children of drunkards; one out of every twenty was the child of the marriage of near relations; in one such family five child rou out of eight were idiotic. If, then, health, temperance, and cha-tity arc not duties, then are we irresponblc. [// lira Journal of Health. TTow tim Tkrit Camk to iiavb a Siiom Taii..?A Norwegian fable satisfactorily accimp'? far tbo short tail of the bear. The bear, it seem*, was once met by a fox who carried a load of fish, and who, in answer to th&question how he had obtained them, replied that he had caught them by angling. The bear ex pros ed a desire to know an Hrt so useful, when the fox informed him that he had ouly to make a hole in the icc and insert his tail. " You must slop long enough and not mind if it hurt you a little,'' said the friendly adviser, * for a sensation of pitiu is a euro sign that you have a bite, t longer tbo tiute, the inoio tbo fish. Nevertheless, when you have a good strong f fig bite, be sure to pull out.' Tfct credulous ?* , bear followed the instructions, and keut his b* X tail in tho hole til) it wae frozen lost.? When,he pulled, the end of tile tail c ute ad ; and b-m> the sho! i no . of l ;<).[>< ud Tniiifa' Department. A Word to Young LadiesWe wish lo say a word to you, young Indies, ftl>out your influence over young men. Did you ever think of it ? Did you ever realize that you could have nnv influence at all over them ! We believe that a voting lady, by her constant, consistent, Christain example, may exert nu untold power. You do not kiiow the respect, and almost worship which young men, no matter how wicked the)* may be themselves, pay to n consistent, Clubman lady, be sho young or old. A gentleman once said to a lady who boarded in the enme house with him, that her life was a constant proof of tho truth of the Christian religion. Often the Ritnple request of a lady will keep a young man from doing wrong. Wo have known this to be the case very frequently ; and young men have been kept Irom breaking the Sabbath, from drinking, from chewing, just Ik? cause a lady whom lliey respected, and for whom they had an affection, requested it A tract given, an invitation to go to church. | ii request mm your tncncl WotHd read thy Biblo daily. will often bo rcgardod, when more powerful appeals from other sources would fall unheeded upon his heart. Many of the gentlemen whom vou meet in society are away froin the influence of parents and sistors?and they will respond to any interest taken in their welfare. We all speak of a young man's danger from evil associates, and the very had influence which his dissipated gentlemen companions have over him. Wo believy it is all true, that a gentleman's character is formed, to a great extent, by tlio ladies that ho associate* with before he becomes a compieto man of the ' world I We think, in other words, that a young man is pretty much what his sisters and young lady frienja choose to make him. We knew a family where the sisters encouraged their younger btoihcr to smoke, thinking it was manly, and to mingle with gay, dissipatud fellows, because thev thought it " smartand ho did minglo with them, until he became just like thetl), body and soul, and abused the same bisters shameful ly. The influence began farther hack than with his gentlemen companions. It began with his sisters, and was carried on through the forming years of his character. On the other hand, if sisters were watchful and affectionate, they may, in vaiious ways?by entering into any little plan with interest, by introducing their younger hi others to good lll/liu-.' Inn.l !.? I ! ? MM.VM rwv.* KJ IIICIII IIUIII illCli character is formed, and then h high-toned respect for ladies, and a manly self respect will keep them from mingling with low society. If a young man sees that the religion which in youth he was taught to venerate, is lightly thought of, and perhaps sneered at, l?y the young ladies with whom he associates, we ceu hardly expect him to think it is the thing for liiin. Let none say that they have no influence at all. This is not possible. You cannot live without having some sort of influence, any more than you can live without breathing One is just as unavoidable as tbe other. Beware, then, what kind of influence it is that you are constantly exerting. An invitation to take a glass of wine, or to play a game of cards, may kindle the flt es of in temperance or gambling, which will burn forever. A jt?*t given at the expense of religion, in n light, trifling manner, in the house of God, or any of the numerous ways in which you may show your disregard for the souls of others, m?y be the means of mining others for time and eternity. [Qcnio C. Scott, in the -Hotnc Journal. Tub Mothkr.?J)espise not thy mother when she is old. Age may wear and waste h moiner s ueatuv, strength, lnnt>*, senses, and estate; but her relation a.? mother is as the fitm when it goes forth in his might, for it is always in the meridian, and knowelli no evening, The person may be gray headed, but her motherly relation is ever in its flourish, It may be autumn, yea, winter, with a woman, but with the mother, as mother, it is always spring. Ajas, how little do we npprceiato a mother's tenderness while living ! How heedless are woin a'l Iter anxieties and kindness I But, when she is dead and gone?when the cares i and coldness of the world come withering to ' our heart?when we experience how hard it I is uj fitui i. ? ? oj impat?,y -liv?T few ,vtw , for ourselves?how few will befriend us in misfortune f Then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. Woman's Tonou*.?An Indian Chief being H>kod his opinion of a cask of Madei* rn wine, presented to him by an officer, said he thought the juice extraoted from women's tongues and lion a hear:*; for when he drank a Itolile of it, ho could talk forever, and light the devil. Tub women ought to make a pledge not to kiss a man who uses lobaco, and it would soon break up tl>9 practice; and a friend of our* say* they ought also to kiss every man ] that don't use it?we go in for that, too ! liooK KEgriKo taught in three words? .. .. i ?i?-?s .JJ J. J Jtlistcllmirung Untiling. Carious Mode oi Getting' & Wife. One little net of politeness will sometimes pave tlio way to fortune and preferment. The following (-ketch illustrates this fact: A sailor, roughly garbed, was sauntering through the streets of New Orleans, then in a rather damp condition from the recent mill and the rise of the tide. Turning the corner of a much frequented alley, he observed a young lady standing in a perplexity, up |>nreiitly measuring the depth of the muddy water between her ami the opposite side walk with no very vatisfied countenance. The sailor paused, for he was a great admirer of beauty ; and certainly the fair face that peeped out froin. under a little chip hat, and auburn cutis hanging glossy and uucontiuod 1 over Iter mu-liii dress, might tempt a curi ous or admiring glance. Perplexed, the la 1 dy put forth one little foot, when the gallant sailor, w ill) characteristic impulsiveness, ' exclaimed I "Thai pretty foot, lady, should not be soiled with the tilth of this lane; wait for a i moment only, and 1 will make you a path." I i?o, springing past Iter into a carpenter's i sllOt) OTllllwila till I....I V..- .. I.........1 . r ..ri ..v MM a uuaiu II1.U J stood in the doorway, and coming back to the uniting girl, wlio was coquettish enough I to accept the services of the handsome voting < sailor, he bridged the narrow black stream, i Htul she tripped aeros" with a merry " thank you," and a roguish smile, making her eyes as dazzling as they could be. i Alasl our young sailor was perfectly i charmed. What els* could make him catch < up and shoulder the plank, and follow the ' line witch through the stteets to her home. , She twice pei formed the ceremony of : ' walking the plank," and each time thank I i g him with one of her eloquent smiles. | 1'iesenily oar young hero saw the young In- i dy trip up the marble steps of a palace of a I house, and disappear within its rosewood I entrance. l*'or a full moment l.e stood looking at the dooi, and then, with a wonderful i big sigh, turned away, disposed of his draw i bridge, and returned to bis ship. > Next day ho was astonished with an or- j der of promotion from tl.o captain. ]\>.?r i Jack was speechless with amazement, lie i lino not dreamed of being exalted to the i dignity of second mate's ollice on board one i ul 1110 most splendid ships tliat sailed out of ibe port of New Orleans. lie knew he was i competent, for, instead of spending his uion i oy for amusements, visiting theatres and i howling alleys, on his return from sea, he < purchased books and became quite a stud ' eut; but lie expected years to intervene be- j fore bis ambitious hopes would bo realized. I Ilis superior ollieeis seemed to look upon ' him with considerable leniency, and gu\e I liiiu many a fair opportunity of gathering marine knowledge, a id in a year the hand some, gentlemanly young man lind acquired unu.Mial furor in the eyes of the portly commander. Captain Hume, who had first taken tho smart little black-eyed fellow with his neat tarpaulin and tidy bundle, us cabin boy. One night tho young man with nil the officers was invited to an entertainment at the captain's house. He went, and to his astonishment, mounted the identical stops, up which two years beforo tripped the bright vision lie had never foigotten.? Thump, went his brave heart, as ho was ushered into the great parlor; and like a sledge-hammer it beat again when Captain Hume introduced his blue eyed daughter, with a pleasant nijiile, as " the young lady once indebted to your politeness for a safe and dry walk hutile." Her eyes were all a blaze, and his brown cheek flushed holly, as the noble Captain sauntered away, leav-* ing fair Uruce Hume at his sido. Ami in all that assembly there was not so handsome a couple us the gallant sailor and the " pretty lady." It was only a year from that time the sa; end male trod the quarter deck, second onh in command, and pail owner with the Captain, not only in his vessel, but in the affections of his daughter, gentle Grace Hume, who had always cherished respect, to say nothing of love, for the bright-eyed mwIoi. llis homely but earliest ?ct of politeness , toward* 11in child had pleased the Captain, | Mild, though the youth knew it not, wa> the ( cause of hi* lirst promotion. Bo that now the old man has retired from business. liar ry Well*, is Captain \N ells, and (iiaee !Itime, arcorditig to polite parlance, Mrs. 1 Captain Wells. In tact, our honeai sailor ' is one of the richest men in the Crescent City, and he owes, (rerlmpa, tho greatest part of his prosperity to his taut and politeness in ' crossing the street, Aiitivicial limbs are now made of wil- < low, covered with parchment, painted a flesh color, and beautifully oruaincnte t. The knee joint. Iwing a successful invention of i the ball and socket, Avoid* the deformity that the ordinary tendon and morticed-joint ex|rose* upon bending the limb.' Tho ankle and u>e joints are also inriiatcd, and Cords, operated by springs, cords, and eceertftics, give great certainly to fho movcnieuu of ibo OODtrivanoo. fahtnovipt v a nan h hit v.?An old w.o man in hooped ski ts. ^ i A' ... _ i ? mm????a The Tools of Animals. The tongue of a humming-bird is very cnriouSt It tv?o ttsl/Cn alongside of one It other. like (ho (wo barrels of a double-barrel gun. At tho tip of the tongue thest3 tubes are a little separated, and their ends are shaped like spoons. The honey is s|atoned up, as we may sny, and then it is drawn into the mouth through the long lubes of the tongue. Hut the bird uses its tongue in nnoiher way. It catches insects with it, for it lives i?n these as well as on honey. It does it in this way?the two spoons grasp the insect like a pair of longs, and the Uuigne, bend lag, puts it into the bird's mouth. The tongue, then, of the humming bird i* not meicly one instrument, but it contains several instruments together?two puiups, two *po ns, and a p..ir of tongs The tongue of the cat is a singular inurnment. It is her curry-comb. For this purpose it is rough, as yon will find if you foci it. W hen she cleans herself so indus triouslv, she gets off the dirt, and smooths Iter coat just ns the ostler cleans and smooths tlit* liniW< r?n??f wiiK II-.. - -. - -w Mil ?uv vul I y v'lll I/. ***"1 head she cannot get at with her tongue, and <o she has to make her porcpaws answer t!ie purpose instead. There is one bird that lives chieflv on oyslers. It has n bill, therefore, with which it pens an oyster as skillfully as an oyster man can with his oyster-knife. Some birds can sew very well with theii hills and feet. There is one bird that sews no well it is called the tailor bird. Its nest is bid in leaves which it sews together, b Joes this with a thread which it makes it ?elf. It gets cot toll from the cotton phi at, mill with its long delicate bill and little feet 'pins it into a thread. It then pierces the lioles through the leaves with its hill, and. passing the thread through the holes, sews hein together. I believe that in getting die thread through the holes its uses bot.i its hills and its feet. There is another strange bird, which ha< no wings. It has a very long hill, which it uses in gathering its food, which consists of mails, insects, and worms. lie u*es his bill in another way. lie often in resting, places die tip of his bill on the ground, and thus makes the same use of his bill that the old man does of bis cane, when he stands lean ing upon it. There is a fish that lias a singular iiistru inent. It is a squirt gun for shooting insuets. It can shoot them not only when they are still, but when they are Hying- It watches them as they me Hying over the ......... -...1 .V.I I - ? ! nnH'i, mm i?ii3 uiic 1*4 tHL'iii wueiicvur IV (.'ail jet the chance, with a tine stream of water join its little gun. The inject, stunned ivtilt the blow, falls into the water, and (.lie lish eats it. Our Country's Greatness The gicalc-t cataract in the woild is the Falls of Niagara, where the waters, accumulated from the great upper lakes, forming a river three quarters of a mile in width, are suddenly contracted and plunged over the rocks in two columns, to the depths of one hundred and sixty feet The greatest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where one can make a voyage on the waves of a subterranean river, and catch fish without eyes. The greatest river in the world is the Mississippi, four thousand one hundred miles in length. Its name is derived from an Indian word, meaning " the Father of Waters." The largest valley in the world is the valley of the Mississippi. It contains five lainI red thousand square miles, aiut is one of [he most prolific regions on the globe. The largest lake in the world is Like Superior, four hundred and thirty miles long. The greatest natural bridge in the world is thai over Cedur Creek, in Virginia. It extends across h chasm eighty feet in width, aid two hundred and fifty feel deep, at the bottom of which a creek flows. The greatest solid jmass of iron in the world is the iron mountain of Missouri. It s three hundred and fifty feel high, and two miles in circuit. The longest railroad in the world is the Central ltuilroad of Illinois, which is seven hundred and thirty one miles long?and just fifteen millions of dollars. The greatest nnmkr of mile* of railroad, in proporiion to its *urface, of any country in the world, is in Ma?*Mi,hu.setts, which has vcr one mile to every ?qUMid mile of ib?r?-a, The greatest number of clocks manufjclured in the world, is turned out by the -mall Sute of Connecticut. . 1 The largest number of whaleships in the world are sent out by Nantucket and New Med lord. The greatest grain port in the world is Chicago. The laigoHt aqueduct in the world is the Crotou aqueduct in New York. It is forty and a hail' miles.long, and cost twelve and it half million* of dollars. . A Lotto Tivk in There, is a lady in Halifax, N. S.t who has bfii lying in bed for the last thirty years. Iter health is good, but ahogje too helpless even to til up. Tiierk is a vast deal of a ceria'n kind of originality about negro coiniHndfloii. Tak?this example oCan illustration, lately used l?y a colored exhorter at an evening confer 1 enec meeting in ihe lower part of Philadelphia : "My brcdicu, God bless your souls, ligion is like the Sohtiykill niter. In tln> -pring ootnc the fresh, and ho laing in the tfio old logs, slabs, and stick dnt liab been l\in' on de bank, ami carrying dein down in the current, Uiineby de water go down ; don a log colch Iteie on dis island don, a slab get oott'hcd on de shore, anil de sticks 11 de bushes; and dere dey lie, wid'iin'and dryin* till comes 'nod-.er fresh. .list so dere come 'viva! 'ligion; dis old sinner brought in, dnt old backslider brought bnck; an' all the folks seem Co 111 in'?and mighty g<?od times. Hut, bred ten, God bless yum souls, bitm-by 'rival's gone ; den dis olo sinner is stuck on his ole sin, dou dal backslid or is coiched where he was afuro, on jus' such ii rock : den one arter minder got *li gion lies 'long do shore, mid dere dey lie till nodder 'vivaL Beloved bredren, Clod bless your souls, gel deep in do current !" How many a divine lias waded through the logi e?I "divisions" of a discourse which has not, in its whole compass, so furciblo ?u il lustration as this ! F.ffkct of tiik Abkkncf. ok Sun and Aiu. ? Dr. Moore, the chapient and amiable author of "The use of the bodv in relation in the mind," says a tadpole confined in darkness would never become a frog, and nil infant bt iug deprived of light, will only grow into a shapeless idiot, insteud of a beauteous and reasonable thing. Hence, in the deep dark gorges and ravines of the Swiss Valots, where the direct sunshine never reaches, tho hideous prevalence of idiocy startles the traveler. It is a strange, me! uncholy idiocy. Many citizens are inoapa ble of any articulate speech : some are deaf; some are blind ; some labor tinder all the privations, and all are misshapen in almost eveiy part of the body. I believe theio is in all places, a marked difference in the healthiness of hotiso*, according to their' aspect with regard to the suit, and that those are decidedly the healthiest cspleries paribus, in which all tho rooms are, during some part of llic day, fully exposed lodirecl light. It is a well known fact that epidemics attack inhabitants on the shady si?je of the street, and except those on the opposite side ; and even in epidemics, such as ague, the morbid influence is often thus partial in i's action." I pI I Tin kb Before You Si?knd.?Do you really need the ariicl? ? It is prohahlv a petty trifle in dross, in furiiiturc ; but' what sol it! benefit would it be to you ? Or is it some luxury for the table, that you can as well do without ? Think, therefore, l>efore you spend your money. Or you need .1 new carpet, new sofa, new chairs, new beostead. new dress, you are tempted to buy noinetliing a little handsomer than you had inteudod ; and while you hostiate, the denier says to you, " It's only a trifle more, and see how far prettier it is." But, before yon purchase, slop to think. Will you be the heller a year hence, much less in old age, for having squandered money? Is it not wiser to " lay by something for a rainy day ?" All these luxuries gratify you onlv for a moment; you soon tiru of them ; and their only permanent etfoct is to con same your menus. It is by such little extravagances, not much separately, but ruin ous in the aggregate, that the great majority of families are kept comparatively poor The first lesson to learn is to deny yourself useless expenses; ami the first step towards learning this lesson is, think before you spend. Cunning or a Fox.?A gamekeeper on an estate near Loch nine, who bad been annoyed by the depredations of foxes, discovered a kennel in a glen at the side of a small loch. While watching one evening for the * .1 . A 1. - -1 fc aj>j>L?;ir;uicu ?u nit* inmnus, iiu ?u?>t?rvcm a brace of wild ducks Homing on I lie loch ; in a little while a fox wa* aeon approaching llio water aide with cautious sli-ps; on reaching it he picked up a hunch of heather and placed it in hi* ltteulh, so an to cover his head ; then, slipping into the watei, and immersing all hut his nose, lie floated slowlv and quietly down to where the bird* were quacking with delight, in fancied security, ftCOing nothing near them but a bunch ot weeds.- In due time he nenred the ducks, dropped the heather, and rclged ona 61 them, with which lie returned to tho loch side, and was making off to his young with the piize, when the keeper, who had noted all hi* movement*, closed them by tho discharge of hi* double barrel. A Tauis Woman.?A young British ofli cor, who was mutilated and disfigured in tiatlle. requested a comrade to write to hibetrothed in Knglaml and release her from the bri<l(d engagement. Her answer was worthy of a true woman : " Tell him, if there is enough of his bnly loft to contain nit soul, f shall hold him to hjs engage nut.t.'' ^ I Jnpi.kasan f ?- a IImi rate appetite and Itotbi ig to t U Quito us agreeable?plenty to oat nod uo yppoihe. MyjtiaLfr'y:-. ' s--' v ,7v^ mmsnaiLVL_f_, ? mi um Mil A TAI.1., still* sliii t c"I!;ir, l;ifcly snvfd a Mian's life in an 14 nfl'uir of )?ot?or," ?l*n Francisco. 'Ih?.. patties wcu TriiicJiWep? the weapons duelling pistols, and di*titico fifteen paces. The seconds mensuiod the ground.tho parlies wo e st,.tinned, and tho word given. At the word "fne," they both let go. The hall of one grnzed the cheek of the otlier, and glanced ofi*ngahist a stiff and highly glazed shirt collar, which piobahly saved jiis life, 'j'he other hall went skyward, in Kcaich of the comet. The parties were anxious to fight ii out, tat (hey were provented by tlicir kccomih who adjusted the J difliculty. ... _ A bchoolmA8TK1!, after giving one of his pupils a sotind drubbing for speaking bad grammar, sent htm to the end of the room to inform another boy that lie wished to sjioak to him, plumbing to repeat tho dose if ho spoke to him ungrammatically. The youngster, being quite satisfied with what he had got, determined to be exact, tmd thus addressed hi* fellow pupil : 44 A corainon substantive of the masculine gender, singular number, nominative case, and in nr> angry mood, that sits peiched upon tho eminence at tho other end of the room, wishes to articulate a few sentence# t? yog in tho presetit tense,*' Aruebtf.o.? A man, calling Uiuwelf Murray, was arrested by Mr. G. W. P. Poggf, near Pickensvillc. orf Wednesday last, charged with being a fugitive f:om justice. After liia arrest, lie stated that his reAl nnino was Kevel. lie is charged with the murder of a man named Henry, in Henderson county, N. C.. and lias been committed to tho common jail of the district* to await the requisition of the Coventor of North Carolina.?Pickens Courier. One Each !?Wo read in the Normandie : " A most extraordinary fact has just occurred in the neighborhood of Conteville. The daughter of a fisherman, Marie C , who married, about a year ago, John D , a negro sailor,- native of an English colony, has just given birth to twins, a girl and a boy. The former is white, liko the mother, and the latter black, like the father." Ladies should have but one given name, and when they are married should retain their maiden name as a middle name. This is a practise among the Society of Friends, and, were it generally adopted, it would have many advantages. We should know at once, on seeing a lady's name, whether she was married or single; and if the former, what the name of her family was. Ripples on the Sea of Reading. Every art is best taught by example; good deeds are productive of good friends. Common sense and substantial homespun garments are not much used in these days. Keki" your temper in disputes. The cool hammer fashions the red hot iron in any sliann iiocdorb r, Fkw tilings are necessary for the wants of this life; but it takes an indefinite number t1 satisfy the demands of opinion. Happiness is a perfume that, one cannot alicd over another without u few drops failing on one's self. IIk submits himself to bo seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to l>e caught in a passiou. Great men lose somewhat of their great. ne?s, by being near us; ordinary men gain mucb. A lovixg couple up country have a pipo with two handles, so ihul they can both smoke together. Tuf. good heart, the tender feeling, and the pleusant disposition, make stniles, love, clieeifulness and sunshine everywhere. Be gentle! Ilar.di words are like hail stones in summer, which if melted, would fertilize tho tender plants they batter down. There is nearly as much ability requisito to know bow to unike use of good advice, ns to know how to act for one's self. 0v all the projects of reformers and onthudasts, no one has done so much to enlargo the sphere of woman, in a practical vfay, as?Ilonps. A whiter in 1 Hack wood any* that every man who it not a monster mat beinaiurtan or a mad philosopher, U the stave of some woman or other. A French wit said of a man who was exceedingly fat, that nature only made him to show how far the human skin w'opJd stretch without breaking, To Tkm. Coot) Eoos.?If you dosfra to be certain that your eggs are good and fresh, put them in wafer} if the btits turn up they are not fresh. 'J hi* is an infslible rule to distinguish a good egg from a bad one. FRIENDSHIP.?Tr?a friendship. like trtlo love, it is with can never forget. .When tile Article is pure, doubtless (Ids is tl?A case.?r Thtr* have been friendships which have sur v ived tho tetnb. |JL w % & ' i J*? 4 . .