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.-* r , I mil IP, 1,1 IM inlii. >;v ' : / A. REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. 0 - BMHBBBBBggBggg I' J . ". f ,11 I I ' . . , mum/mm^?*?****} '. ,. ??* 1 1 . ? I 111 I'M1* I ' J;AAttlow* <?euotqd to fkogrj^s, the Rights of lltq Jstoutlt, and the |3ifu*ion of ^scfttl Itnorctydge among all glasses of ^rhing t^n i 'il ii I ' nlnl * '' ' I " ' ' ' " ? f *?' ' I , ,\ mt i yi i m ? **' 1' " ' " '' ' ' \ 1 ' ' * ' i * ^ ij ' j * ? t+ m'* l t " ? + * i n ' ? Vbt^lG VT; '! " Tj- 6REENV1LLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNINGrFEBRlIAHlT IOTTMO. NUMBER 41, n?C?lLjUkkZ-E_- ._ - - }THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE Is H.uod E?err Ttenrsdar Morning, t>f M'JU N KtN & BAILEY. PROPRIETOBS. ,4k M. Koluoklft. ... . John O. Bailor. , $1 ft tear, in ftdrftneei SI 50. if delayed -- n 'ii. -r- rir1 in.1. ?=?-= . ^ The Maiden'e Firet Lore. Soft M the perfumed twilight breeze, TUet fl >ets through pjarly bells shore; Wm tho sweet trembling roice that first Woks In hor hoart ths dreetn of lore. Bo gentle, guileless, pure aud rroo, ( Uor young heart owned the mystio power, And lore dreams nestled round her eoul Like dew upon a sleeping flower. Oht she was beautiful, her brow Was pure as drivon Atpino snow; , And her soft rounded obeeks wero tinged With beauty's orimson ebbing glow. Her looks were silken, soft and bright; And the sweot laogor of ber eyes Was like the trembling twilight alar Just paling in the qniet skies. Bat lie who woke this soft, sweet dream, Alas 1 was false, and eoid and rain ; And needed not a broken heart, A weary life of languid pain. lie knew she lored him, warmly, true, Ah! loved him more than words can tell; And yet he crushed hor trusting heart, And parted with a cold farewoll. He left her in hor quiet home, To languish out a lite of pain ; lie left her with the parting word That they should neter must again. | But other* cam* and sought to win ( Her from the memories of yore ; I But, oh ! tho young heart onco betray'ti, | la* 1 ale* I would tru*t no more. ( He wandorod 'neath a brighter sky, J In land* of beauty, wealth and art, And wen the fond impassioned love Of many a young and noble heart; , But she, that gentle, trusting one, Too proud to murmnr or complain, Lired out a woary. weary lifo, But nevor, never breathed hie name. Jflinrltammts limbing. 1 Letter to the Oil Is. ST AOT HATTtr, | Annt Tlaitie mnet eet right down now and give J you a 1 ( litre, if it ie Monday morning, and everything of course to b? done, for elio cannot 1 work well till Iter mind'e duty ie performed. I was at church yesterday, and I saw yon there, ' an* von Jookod eo fresh and pretty 1 Yonr eyes i made id? tflink of a little clu-rub, now in (leaven, 1 who v*?-d to, oven when on earth, make me 1 dreani of Ileaven, and yonr chock a, were as red 1 as the clouds blushing at the last good night king ' of the eun. Oh! you seemed eo joyous, eo light-. i hearted and ha}>py, as if the fountain of life within you had-only rippled over the unooth and 1 mossy atottco where tlie sun shine laughed, and ' the birds sunir. and the violet* touched you wilii their Hp*-?not down into the deep, dark cav?rr.a of torror, vh?i? tin- ?linrp, jogg'-d rooks fret, nd the huge rough boolilm luh tli? hurrying ' waters into foam ! I could hardly take my *>y<? off of yon, and that vm the reason I saw what I did, r . ' When the ohoir was singing one of the sweetest 1 iu songs of Zion. and ail the congregation stood up 1 r*| ?a girl of slight form and modest countenance, came into the sent hack of you. ller bonnet 1 km of the eonrwest straw and old-fashioned. and ' her crinoline did not tmuhl? her about entering tlic pew-door, and her faded ehawl, in coittraat with your bright onda, look na unaightly as a mound of gray earth, in the midst of the most lovely, parterre of flowera. You noted eneli gir- 1 mem in * aeeoud, and an almoai involuntary, but Very perceptible unile atole to ynurHp\ n* yon gtaneed at the atraugcr, and then at one another; lb* poor girl raw It tort, for her chfn quivered, and the t<-are aprong to hor meek blue eye*, mid aha ma da a movement aa if t?p>w out of the door, but the hymn closing jintthcn recalled her, aad the tented heraelf in the furl heat eorn>r of 1 the alip, a* if *h? would abrink from eight; Now let nic draw a pen-pietur* for yon; it 1 may do van good, end aave the angola from ever having reaeon again Lo look a>> end when they ? gate into your sparkling, laughter-loving eyea ? The gloom of twilight it editing dowu eloaeiy arouod !?? unsusufci-d windows of s dimly lighted room in tlte ooukirta of the Tillage,? 1 The home ie very humlde, the r, .rile are hare, the 1 floor nnearp*-t?d, ?nd not a ample article of furniture hut what la ahaolutely needed ia ranged round the room, lo a corner, talstered op r?y pillewe in a large arm chair, rite the mother, holding a poor moaning bubo in Iter arm*, and at her aide leaning In avily ngainat her, round aaleep, ia another 0I1IM of three aummera?aaweet, onrlyheaded, dlmpled-cheek thing, with white, , rounded ahonldera peeping above h.r ecanty dreaa, and Her soft delicato feet rearing on the eotd floor. Ry the table ironing, agenda a girl ?>f rixteen, hor alight form, ao young, bending beneath the double burden of oare and labor early a I -a 1. Uiruvi upon ir. "Mary, ore you moot through T" Inqulree the motlier, In a low. weak voice. Only two or three garment* more ! Are yoo tired sitting up to long nu t hoi ling the hahy?-r Jf you are, I will stop now and take him." M No. no. chlhl, I was only thinking of yon.? Tom hnve l>rrn on yonr f*. t since early morning; oh ! it i* to hard to have your young life blighted bj Mine.'* 0 " Mother, don't talk so," replied the dangntner, piicUly going to her sldo and tenderly kissing ter cheyk. "If you eould only grow strong, md this darling liojr pet welt. I should bo n? hap?y or a bird, eten If 1 had to work harder titan I Io no** | don't yon think h? in bettor tliia week I lee his little arm! it begins to look plump and onnd as Ida's did ; but, mother, I forgot to toll mil, til.it Mrs. ttimitmns said o-day, that she eonld pay me a shilling extra eterjr ihht I nako for her?I sew tln-m so nicely now. Can ou nut go home to grandpa's when 1 finish Jienif The doctor tliougbt a journey would alrtost en re yori I"* " And.what will you do, poor child, for a bontot and shawl? I cannot think of your ?taying it hoimt from cliirrli and Sunday School!" "1 can wear my oldym* this year, it will make >ut little dKT^renee, anil just think how happr vo should nil lit, if you and bob}- were welll" Tiiera, llgbt hMrtMl, hnppy girls, with your dcasant homes, nnd your fingers unsoiled jsilh slier, how would yon like to change placos with icr?leave your carpets of velvet, and couclics? oft as eider down, and go to that hare, unoarpet>d room and work from the dawning till almost lie small hours of night, crush down the longngs of the beautiful to deeply Implanted in the inning heart, and satisfy the thirst for knowledge vith the dry, arid snndsof ignorance, nnd at Inst, it night, lie down to sleep with aching Hinbs, tnd burdened thoughts, and only a dark gloomy utiire looming up before youf Is not the cup if tiia poor full enough, without having the inhering smiles and scuffs of the rich added to it, si fill it. to overflowing I 1 know, dear girls, it vas partially thoughtlessness in you, hut the votind was not less deep ; and again, when you ire tempted to smile at the uncouth attire of tho loor, think that He, wlio makes your lot to direr front theirs, is also their Father, and regards lis children with an equal love ; and also tremlie for fear that you may bring down the frowns >f Ilim, who is not only loving aud merciful, but u#t.?Arthur'* Mayirint. Artemas Ward and Woman's Eights. I pitcht my tent in a amnil town in Injianny ine dny lurat #ee?on, Jk while I ?m standin nt he dure tnkin munney, a deppytaahun of Indie* same up dt eed they nna members of the Bunkimvill Femitle Moral Reform A Wimin'e Rite# \*BOfia*hun, and ihny axed me if thay coo J go 11 without pay in. " Not exactly," aea I, " bat you can pay with>nt going in." " T/cw you know who we air ?" aed one of the wimen?a tall dt frroahua lookin critter, with a Ldew koUon uinhrrllcr under her arm?*1 dew sou know who we air. Sur?" " My imprctshnn is," and I, "from a kursery ! tew, that yon air female#." " We air, Sur," aed the feroehna woman-?" we lielong to a So'i.ty which bh*cvcs wiiniu haa rite#?which hlcevee in rarin her to her proper ?,>c?r?which bhcvce the la indowd with aa w.Hi intellaok aa man i#?w hiu-h bleevea she i# rampild on & nboozed ?t whitcb will rc#i*t liensIth A forever the incroachmcnte of proud Jtdoiuinoerin man." Dlirin her discourse, the .1-1 me by Uie cnat-kollai- 4 wns swihgiu her un>breller wildly ever my lied. "I hope, raaim." scz I. start in back, " tlmt your iiitenshuns is honorable! Ime a lone man, hear in a strange place. Ilec-idea, Ire a wife to hum." fc Yc?," erido the female, " A ihti r slave!? Doth ?he never droetM of freedom?'loth shenevrr think of throwin <>tf the yoke of tyriuny A th'mkir. 4 speak in 4 votin for herself! Doth she s.cr think of those here thingsf* "Not I win a mitral horn fool," sed I, hy this time a little riled, ' 1 kin safely say that she dothunt." "O, trhot?whotl" acreemed the female, swingIn her nuihrellur in the air, " O. wlmt is the price that woman pays for her xpeeriunse !" * I don't know, martn," sez 1 ; " the price to my Show is 16 cents per individooul." " 4 can't our Bosiety go in free ?" asked the female. " Not if I know it,'" sed T. " Crooil man !" she ?rld.\ 4 host into Icara e " Won't you let my darter in h" #ed annther of the exsentria wiinin, tuken me ffeckshunitely hy the hand. wt), please let my darter in?shoes a sweet gusliin child of nntur." " Let l? r gusli I" "oati'il I. as mad as I coo l slick at their tarnnl noncenta ; " let her gush '* V6 tiereupou they all sprung hack with the simultaneous otwervnshun that I was a IJee.it. " My female friends," sed [, " kt you leeve; lve a few remarks to remark ; wa tliern wall.? The female woman is 1 of the greatest institoosliuns of whitch this hind kin bo*t?. Its onpos* slide to git along without her. Had thure bin no fcutale wiinin in the world, I shood scarcely he hear with nr.y anpansleled show on tills very j horsesphhus ocoasliun. She is good in sickness ?good in Wellness ?good all the time. I), woo- j man, wootnun I' 1 criJc, my feelins worked up lo * in poeiicK I'licii, - yon an- u un^n when you l.ahuve yourself; l>ut wh*n you tuke off your proprr apparll k (inettnforicnMy spenkiii)get Into puntyloons?when you desart your tiresidea, ?fc with you# heed* full of wimins rites no# huns go round I'ka roarin lyonseeekiu whom you may devour amboddy?in short-, when you undertake to piny the man, yon play the devil, ?fc air an euifatio nooeanee. My female friends," 1 continued, as they was Indlxnantty dcpnrtin, " wa, wall what A. Ward has scdT" Rrurr rsow Xxuraloia.?The editor of the Halifax County (Vs.) helm aays that a few bur* d.?ek leaves, heated or coddled and applied to a jan* afflicted by neuralgia, will surely give relief. Its h?a seen the *sp?riu>aot tried with ehuoet magical effect ' . -J-J LJ- .-I - Opposition to Religion. y?t forsaking the ft?eembling ourselves together, a-* the rammer of ooiuu Is but exhorting one ; another, and so much more, m ye see the ?ley ap- i proa tilling.?P+hL J I 1 believe I'll stay at home to day, aa U ia rainy and 1.don't like to go andopsnd my time listen- < ing to Uro. \V? for ho ean't praaoh much any- ! how.-?Fair \V<vth?r. J-axifir ti. ' Pray witiinut ceasing, and in every thing give thank*, for this ie the will of God is Christ Jesus concerning you.?Paid. I on n't find time to pray, and then I have to iiiaiijr mi auena u>, una my muni is bo taken up with the business of the day that I am : not prepared to prny.?- \lWldlyruinJedness. See that 110 one rynder evil for evil tin to any 1 man, but ever follow that which is good, both : among yourselves and toward all men.?Paul. < My neighbor ha* done me ao much evil, and < ha* acted to badly, that I will not stand it any < longer, I'll make him know that 1 have rights ae I oilier men, and I'll make linn respect thein.?Re- 1 vetir/e. ) Kcpent and be baptized avery one of you in 1 the name of Jt??i Chriat for the remieeion of tint. 1 and you shall receive the gift of tlie Holy Spirit.? Ptter. I do not tee wlmt good baptism will do; if the Spirit of God doca its work upon the sinners, heart, out ward forms and erremonlet are not of any use.?Scepticism. 1 Strive to enter ia at the strait gate.?<Chri*t. All will be made holy aud happy, and there It ' no use of striving, as there it no danger.?Pre- 1 sumption. 1 Contend earnestly for the faith, once delivered to the saints.?Jml*. Don't preach doctrinal sermons, or you will offend some people.?Fait hear tednese. Withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly, and have no fellowship with the unfaithful works of darknets, but rather reprove tbem.?PauL If wt withdraw from Bra B., he will ?lo a* ell I the injury he can, end 1 think we had better let him nlone.?Trimmer. Seek tiiat the kingdom of God and hie righteousness.? thrift. 1 Aa toon as you get settled in life it will be easy for you to serve God, but you cannot well do i before.?Sat tin. They that preach the gospel should live of the 1 gospel.?Paul. 1 think that they should preach for nothing, at least they should follow some other buaiueae for their living.?(JoretoutruM*. 9 ? ? Self Respect. One's reputation is graduated hy his self-roepect. In the scafe of morals, if one rate# himsf lf with vugn'iondr ami thieves, he will he like, ly to merit their reputation. If he considers himself honest, and wishes to he known for honesty, he will probably acquire that character, and so be reputed honest It Is a bad sign when one says, " No matter what I say, no ono cares for me. Nobody notices me; no inatttcr how I look or what I do.'' If this is true of the individual, the lack of attention and want of influence are effects of the little value he lias set on himself, by which low estimate lie feels 5n?ltn?/I ?e i-ll- ? I spective of results. Would he always speak correctly and act properly, ho would never luck the best kind of influence. Even now, hie influence is weight}*; hut it dreg# down character* of those about him as surely as it lessens hi# own worth. The fiirmer and the mechanic say, " This is good enough for u*; we are mere plodders ; society makes no account of us." Why should society account to those who will not account for themselves! So they who are of the first importance in the world, take low grade, from their low estimate of themselves. Think, no matter for us they plod on?with defective education, rude spirits, and course manners, society str ides ahead. If one will not learn his value, and promote hi# own interest, who will? Society ? Nay. Act for yourself, upright and vigorously ! and wh"n society sees you thus moving, it wilt respeet yon. Ay, it will he proud to show you at Win lull. In respect to mental and bodily pw?n>, to onltnre nnd influence, tho farmer and the mechanic might be in advance of all the reel of mankind. None enn have "better facilities for developing the hotly and doing his own thinking then they might have. When they feel the need of this, they begin to achieve it. Begin now, farmer. Begin now, mechanic. Think, with this article before yon, deliberate, plan, decide. How enn you respect yourself? How can you show that by word and act yon reaped yourself ? liow ia.-s you become strong in body, vigorous in mind, and influential in character? Think. The answer will do yon no good, ntilesa j on work it out for yourself. Begin now ; never leave the problem until it is solved. Fan* AUD Slave Powita?An anecdote is having the run of our exchange* which illustrates quite well the notions which some people obtain as to the much talked of "slave power" in the (inveriimelit It is related that a irood old ladv who hnd rvkUrd nil her <lnv? in a country innoe<-nt of railroads^ bat well auppHod with AKolition newspapera end docurp ate. ntede her first visit to t town acquaintance. In the street a locomotive drawing a heavy train au seen approaching, puffing and blowing to ita utmost ? " What on airth la thatf eald the old lady.? Tluit" rejoined her friend?" why that is a locomotive." "A locomotive T" said the lady "why Ides* my eyes, I thought it was the 'tarnal alava powerJ"?Troy Whig. "Tn oar turn now," as the antoron leaves said to the west wind. "Yon be blowed," waa th? reply, and the leafsa bluahedat the rudeness. % m Tell Your Wife. If yon are in %py trouble or quandary, tell i your wife?that ie if you here one?all about it i it ono?. Ten to one her invention will solve i your difficulty sooner than ell your logic. The wit of woman has been praised, but herlnslincts ire quicker and keener than her reason. Counsel with your wife, or your mother or sister, and be assured light will (lush upon your darkness.? Women are too commonly adjudged as verdant in all but purely womanish affaire No philosophical student of the sex thus judges them.? Their intuition, or iu?iglit?, nre the nioel subtle and if they cannot see a cat in the meal, there is no cat there. In counselling a man to tell his trouble to his wife, we would go farther, and advise him to keep none of his affairs secret from lier. M.iny a homo has hern Itnppilv saved, and many a fortune retrieve J, by a inan't full oonfiJeuce In liU " better-halt" Woman U far inore \ aecr and prophet than a man if alio be given a fair chance. As a general rule, wives confide the minutest of their plana and thoughts to tlicir husbands, having no in volvements to screen front them. Why not reciprocate, if but foe the pleasure of meeting confidence with confidence T We are certain that no man succeeds so well in the world as he, w ho taking a partner for life, makes her the partner of ail his purposes and hopes.? What is wrong of Lis impulse or judgment, she will check and set right with her almost universally right instincts. " Helpmeet" was no insignificant title, ns applied to tr.nu's companion ? She is h meet help to him in every darkness, dif ficulty, and sorrow of iife. And what she most craves and most, deserves, is caujulmc*?without which love is never free from a shadow. Two Viitws or tiir Case.?.fudge C U. S. Senator from Vermont, related to us a good anecdote the other da)', illustrative of Abolitionism. Tint morning lie was leaving home to enter npon his duties in the eity a straight faced deacon, who looked upon the whole South ns a great pandemonium, called for hirn, and said: " Now, Judge, I want you to do all in your power to abolish slavery !" "Well," soid the Judge, "how shall I proceed r "Oh, I don't know ; hut you must altoiisli it. It is a damnable curse, and must be atmKshedVou know more about law than I do. The church "is my stronghold, but you understand national matters. Judge, and can devise some plan, and I know it." "The only way I see to abolish It," said the Judge, "is to buy all the slaves and set them free." " Well, go in for that; have a law pasaed that the North shall buy them, and then this trouble will end. Yw, go in strong for thnt, Judge."* " Just us you say, deacon. I will agree to it in a moment, and will stand my sh-tre of the expense. Here is Woodstock, with .three hundred inhuhilants, and this town would he called on for nhout six hundred thousund dollars?and I will urge it before the Senate." The good deacon opened his month, then his eyes, allowed his tongue to escape from one cor ner of itis face, scrntched his head and tapped impatiently on the floor with his feet. As the Judge was leaving the room, the deacon's power of speech came to him, and he called out: MOh, say. Judge?I guess you'd belter let slavery alone; the poor hlnce devils are better off South than up here in this cold climate !" There are several just such deacons in the country.? Wathiugton Staff*. All thnt a wife really craves in this world is love?-the love of her husband and children. Now. the word Love means respect, attention. pretty compliment*, tenderness, fondling, companionship?and eight women out ot ten will he supremely happy?even in poverty?if their linebands treat them with lovitfg kindness. Mnke a companion, confidant, friend of your wife?and she will he happy even with the hunger pnin gnawing at her atomneh. Without love, woman is usually miserable, even when surrounded with pomp and eircnrustancc. Any hushaud enn make his wife love him if he chooses. but he must he devoted, tender, gallant, and should not spare those little terms of endearment which are so easily spoken. A half-dozen well delivered kisses will leave a sensible woman in heaven for a whole day. Show us the man who will deny his w ife this felicity, and we will show you a man who is indifferent about his own happiness. [ Selma Reporter. i i aw e Save You* Maxvhk.?It rouses oor agricultural indignation to sec a farmer throwing away , all the manure about his lot and stable. For | throwing it into a heap for the sun, air and rain to ruin, is truly wasting it. We propose n plan for taking care of It, which, if faithfully followed, will enhance the farm of \ t u ?|,o . i BuiM n g??<l shed, plunk up the ends and sides four or five feet. Then dig out I he dirt within the enclosure some throe feet or more. Inking off the sides and ends, so ns to make it elope inwardly ftoin sll sides, looking, when completed, like the hnlf of A largo hogshead buried. Now, iu this hole, under this shed and within these planked up sides, throw the manure from your stables and hogpen, the wet straw and leaves from the lot, the refuse uelu-s froin the lye rrum> the sweeping of your yard, die , &<\ On this, ns oouvenivnee and oppm luuity will permit, pour all your strong soap-suds, which will aid fermentation, and our word for it, you will have a manure heap worth its weight in guano or anything else as a fertiliser. Try it?Franklin Obmrver. Maxy of ns?too many of n??are apt to attribute a bad motive to a go?? action ; but few of us, when a poor devil baa been guilty of a had netion, ever think of attributing a good motive to it, I o Sioxatukk or tin Cross.?The murk which per? ioim who are nnalde to write are required to make instead of their signature is In the form of a cross, and this practice, having formerly been followed by king* and nobles, la constantly referred to as an instance of the deplorable ignorance of nnciont t imes. This signature Is not, however, invariable proof of sucli ignorance : anciently, the use of this mark was not confined to illiterate pertons ; for amongst the Saxons the mark of the cross, ns an attestation of the good faith of the person signing, was required to be attached to the signature of those who could write, ns well as to stand in the place of the signature of those who could not write. In those times, if a man could write, or even read, his kuowlcdge war considered proof presumptive that he was in holy orders. The word ciericH? or clerk was synonimoun with penman ; and the laity, or people who were not. clerks, did-not feel any urgent neces-i'y for the use of letters. The ancient use of the cross was therefore universal, alike hy those who could and tho?e who could not write; it was, indeed, the symbol of nn oath from its holy associations, and generally the mark. On this account, Mr. Charles Knight, in his notes to the Pictorial ?3uim?-i?|>vnr??, explains me eijiresfion 01 "" uon save tlie mark," a* n form of ejaculation approaching to the character of an onth. This phrase occurs three or more times in the plays of Shakespear; but hitherto, it has been left by the commentators in its original obscurity. A T.rrrr.e Child at Prater.?A child at prayer ?a beauteous eight! Pimpled hands c'asped. eyes lifted heavenward imploring a blessing up on the youthful one. An orphan of six summer# ?Ood helptheorphan?though not ore word was breathed, her looks would bo eloquent enough. Ati orphan 1 sweet child, like a frail bark upon the uncertain sea of life, to battle with the waves of sorrow and disappointment. But a mother's spirit watches over yon, and though the canopy of heaven veil her from view, yet she is a talisman. The evening hour bears upon its fleeting wings your orison to the shrine of heaven ; angels there the record write. Who could harm you I Who could say one cruel, unkind word, when tliey gnze upon you and reflect that you are indeed an orphan ? An orphan !_ What doon that word convey f It is but a name, alas' of too many thrown upon the unfeeling world, trusting to kindness when so little U to be found. Heaven shield you from all harm; pluck the I storms from your pathway, and strew flowers. A# I watch you on your bended knees, does it not ee.-m an example bidding nte to " go and dolikcwisef And us the sweet words, " Our Fa* ther," tall from your lips, arigels nrethe listeners' l?et it breathe its simple prayer. He who hath said, " Suffer litlla children to come uuto tne," J will hear your voice, sweet one. A ITor?r,?There are two aspects of a house that are mighty interesting and suggestive. One is when the house is finished, yet. before it is oc copied ; the other, when it has received many tenants, ntul has returned to solitude nnd silence. In the former instance, the mind is ready at picturing the future of the house?what varieties of future will be realized there, what, human passion evoked?some good, some bad. Children have to he horn therq, lovers to meet, and many old people to die, nnd so on, until tlio head aches under the weight of the probable to eome of the p!.?ec. In the second instance, all those matters ara of the past, and flit through the apt brain of the man eontempluting out of doors. To him, the beyond is more suggestive than the future has proved to the previous watcher. One has beeu content with the actual and the ordinary; our present watcher looking up to the dwelling of one or more lapsed families, imagines n murder, perhaps; and (it is not improbable),a ghost, in connection with the wasting pile. The " Wr" or Fpitoua.?It is a prevailing idea among some people that bresow Editors in referring to themselves, use tlie word " we," they consider they amount to two or three ordinary men. This is a mi-take. Editors nre nntnrally, very modest and unassuming class; indeed re ntnrkaldy so. The word " we " merely includes the editor and Vbe "devil." The custom originated with Faust, the founder of the distinguished profession. Tlie superstitions people of the day supposed him to he leagued with the devil. Faust, to encourage the idea, which rendered him a person of so much importance, and command such a high respect, was accustomed to indite himself in his " lenders" and " grocery pit (Is," | as " we," which includes himself and highly distinguished assistant, the Prince of Darkness. In modern times his internal Highness has doubtless louinl the printing business a poor investent, and has entirely witb<ii??n bis |?trsnsgt from the craft.?Jin/. Jit p. (etn Undoubted Saxon.) IIvwan Nattj**.?An Eastern paper tells a good anecdote of an opulent widow ladj\ who once afforded a qneer illustration of that cold compound of innompn tibles called " human nntuie." It was a Christmas Eve of one of* those old fashioned winters which were so cold. The old lady put on an extra shawl, and ns she hugged her shivering frame, she said to her faithful negro servant: " It's a terrible cold night, Soip. 1 ant atraid my poor neighl?or, widow (?reen, is Buffering. Take the wheelhnrrow, Seip, fill it full of wood; pile on a good load, and tell the poor woman to keep herself comfortable, lint before you go, Seip, pot some^toiW wood on the fire, end mats me a nico mug of flip.4 Those last orJers were duly obeyed, and the old lady was thoroughly warmed, both inside and ont? And the trusty Seip waa about to depart on his errand of mere*, when his conn'ob-rute niistr-ss interposed again: "Stop, Seip. You need not go now. Tht mother km mou~-ral?d. * A Wire's Pbatkr.?-If there is anything that coma nearer to the imploration of Naomi than the subjoined, we liave not aeen it: Lord, bless and protect that dear person whom Tliou Imht chosen to he my husband ; let liia life he long and tleaw), eootfortahlu and lioly; and let me nlao become a great bleating and comfort unto hi n* a aharer in all bit sorrow* a meet helper in all the accidents aid changes in the world; make me amiable forever in his ayee, and forever dear to him. Unite his heart to me in the dearest love and holiness, and mine to him in all the sweetness, charity and compliance. Keep me from all ungentlcnees, all discontented* nee* and unreasonableness of passion and humor, and make tne humble and obedient, useful and observant, that we may delight each other according to Thy blessed Word, and both of ua may rejoice in Thee, having our portion in the love and service of God forever. Amen. Pat ai Too Go.?Good doctrine?first rateadmirable philosophy?more good sense and more economy in these four wWrds, than roost of people are aware of. If yon lake a paper, pay as yon go; if you trade with a merchant, pay a* you go; your butcher, your baker, yonr tailor, pay as yon go. It's the philosopher's stone?we wish tt was impressed on some people's heart with a sledge hummer. Pay as you go f Yea, folks; pay as you go, and yowMl never be troubled with duns staring you in the face when you least expert it. Pay as you go ; and youH never be tormented by sheriff's or magistrates. Pay as you go; the weather will never seem gloomy, and the skies will always be bright! Pay as you go?and you'll never have a wave of trouble to roll across your peaceful breast. Fnor.ta.tTixo Fbvit Turks.?Tha Chinese have a singular method of propagating fruit trees.? They strip a ring of bark, about an inch in width, from a bearing branch, in the spring of the year. The place is then surrounded with a hall of rich earth or loam, bound to the limb with a piece of matting. Over this is suspended a small vessel containing water, and having a iiole in the bottom, just large enough to let the water drop slowly through the ball of earth, in order to keep it moist. Hoots spring out from the branch, just above the ring, and enter the ball of earth, where I they grow and spread out. In the autumn, the limb i.- cut off just below the ball, and then planted out. at tlia time of the fall of the leaf. The following year, this small tree producee fruit. IIow to Sron. a Giau?Tell her she L# a little lady, and must not run, and make her a eun-bonnct a yard deep, to keep her from tanning. Do not let her play with her hoy cousins, " they are so rude." T-ll her not to apeak loud, it is so masculine ; aud that loud laughing isquite ungenteel. Teach her music, but never mind her spelling. Give her ear-rings at six years of age.? Tench her to set her cap for the beaux at eleven. And after your pains-taking, if she 0oes not gi ow up a simpering, unreflecting nohody, that cannot answer a love-letter without some smart oh) aunt to help her, give her up?she is past all remedy. a Ql..n u /.? '' * ?** - MLtM. oirc|? ima uii.ru ucrii inrnvmncu int image of death: "So much like it," says Sir Thomas Browp, " that I dare not trust it without prayer." Their resemblance is. indeed, su ik> ing and apparent; they both, when they seize the body, leave the aoul at liberty ; and wise is he that remembers both, and that he can be made safe and happy only by a living faith ia Jesus Christ " Why did you leave your last place?" Inquired a you rig housekeeper about, to Engage a new servant, " Why, you see, ma'am," replied the applicant, ' T was too good looking; and whan I o|tene>l the do?.r, folks took me for the missus. ? " Who'* afraid!" said a young man to himself, in order to screw his courage to the sticking place. Why, yon arc," said the object of lite affection, "or you would have taken courage six months ago " " What's the metter with that man ?" asked a passer-by, as lie recognized a fellow in the gutter. " He's slewed." " Who slow liitn ?" " Oiil .1 otnntr>? " Givic me death, or give mn Mary! Whsfe life without. Mary 1?and what's Mary without lifef Then give me d<-ath, or give me Mary !?with a decided prcfereneo for Mary. A Touno lady send* us some verses, and saya she know 4 the metre is eorreet, as she has counted the feut in every line. But a genuine poetess should never fount her feet, (counterfeit) Harmless mirth is the best cordial against the consumption of the spirits; wherefore, jesting is not unlawful, if it trespasses not in quantity, quality, or season. Dirtt H.\s?na~Lamb onoe said to a brother wiiiic playing wiiii Aimim uurnev, ? none imnda were none of I lie cleanest. "Mai tin, if dirt wai trump*, what n hnnd you'd have." Am old Grecian pliiloiwmher advise* all men to know themselves. That's advising a good many to form very low aud disreputable aequmutanc-s. Ir asked what. physician stood at the top of his profession, we should say it was the gentleman who was in the habit of attending "patients on a monument" An editor in North Carolina says he is so poor thai when two dimes meet in his pocket, he formerly introduces tliem, they are such strangers. An Iiishruan once olieerved that mile-slot as were kind enough to answer your questions without giving you the trouble to ask them. Win is an Cng'dstimsn like nineteen shillings f B?-vaire* he is under a sovereign.