The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, May 31, 1860, Image 1
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A EEPLEX OP POPULAR EVENTS. ' . . '
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^ AAxjrt^meni^ not fubjoet ^o*tr?*<?hmild j
? h?M. Tb<^ will bo gmbllahad *i.?i chorgod for <
^atfrq. ,
Pot Your Anas Around Me* Darling, f
Put jour arms around me, dimoi,
Draw me closer, closer yot ; 1
for my honrt W torn and fcWdhig . ' 4
/Jin tbe etroggle to foTget _
AH tbe World 1a dark and cboorlea*, 8
And tha gorda of aympathy, '
Spakea by lipo U?a bodovod, - "
Soon) lUco mo<^ccry to me. '
*' w "\ ' C
With an offort I bare eonqnerad ?
All tlm HMcr Unr^hat jtartl ? *
And my weary bead io sorting
On a food'and taHfafbl heart.
Prom thy lipn am a woolly falling '
Wordo of temMrtiM and nraror:
Thai gar Father?the Sternal . ,
Ahl me in this wild despair
ji. '?
Then, fet*, thy Ydioe uplifted) * *, f
Siogeth gently unto Me, ' <
Of that peaceful h?cen W&Jting
TVr bey and Ufe'i} stormy not, j
There, Uiy mother, lost so eurly, t
Peels a holy; tranquil real j . ,? {
There, thou sayest, 1 may meet her, N
In thorn i dan da of the bUat. R
Thy strong arms en^lotpcd me, darling, I
In that dark fix! <b*Thd boor; 1
Whhn toy brain and heart had perished,
Bwl for-God'* sustaining power. * 1
Draw them once again arouhd me, * ? I
Pram once more toy Jercred brow j |
Speak to ?ae sweet words of comfort, J
For my Ufa if iqnely. now.
Something in thy presefnee calm* me, )
Tamee-agy way ward aool to reet;
in4 I gnv* ttiliodqiltt,
When you fold mo'to yonr breast. x j
*Tis thy look of trie doTotlon, ^
m ' f i? thy fWHhftd, aamyt prayer; R
wbw I see thy clear eyes beaming * ' '
With the holiness that's there. * f
Tbou wert with to* in that hour,. t
When they laid her to the tomby -<
In the dark auji lonely hoaaahold, 11
Where wan naught but rayieee gloom. 1
Oh. my Ioeoly, darling stater,
Dearer than Jlils life fn me\* * t
Dark the world bae been and-lonely,
Vary loneiy without .thqe. *' _ I
Tbwa didst leech mn in that beer,
W be* my twurt MkI br&in wero ieil<i; ,
That ray raother, in fin Wren, 'J"' 1
?nd Hwwd her orphnh'd VbUcI- .
r?t your ?OM About W, dsrltof, <
(wpenk th>? gwie womu wc* > i
Piwy that I may ?o ??t meet her
Wt*.y Mft't rtffcHS^'arb o'er. 1
..-; a fjiitrt $tonj.
HOW OODfteT HOBtOK t
a w o rt&: ,a wit en,
Br MMrr sV ptAAvfe., ? ' <
V Godfrey, old boy,M said llenry.Clftyton,
m he tiltod back bis dbair, and put
)ti? feet opoti the ttiitntleotece, "when ]
* tb* wftKliog to be r V;>
" Whoee wedding I" t* I
jm -aura Bonier*, or Jenny, which 1.
" I do not Jr?ow, Iawwn" i
' " Now, don't b# myeterioue, Godfrey; <
yem know you aro a moat constant via- j
itd*v:*u*d all * our set * art talking r.Uoul
'iw eutih. TWt prtfewd y<H iiare j
rnoijtfected OMQT
* iioW do wu know either of ibem
' * -? - I
Don't ho sbeurff, old boy. Yp*V \
yotmg, handsome, (alentod, and wfUb a I
large fortune, need not be over basbftd. ]
CdHM, he /rank, 'which ia the faro rile
stater f" ' 1
" WeW, frankly, then, Ilenry, I,eannoi
tell jop. 1 have visited ibe family
for WMPdhroonlbe, a* yen know, I Hit f
cannot deeide Laura ia &rtaioly the
liandataueat, with her flanking Mack
eyea and tjoeenly manner^ but .Jenny
rneiai, although the youngest, ft bo tfcia
rpoit womanly nod uaeful of tW two.
Ye^.1 ckanoo he anreof that. My ?>tranee
!a the signal for -cordial j weleome
and sm&tea, ItM, let me cat) at what
'* Go there as a washerwoman I" ci led
Clayton.
'sNot exafclly, tyit t will obtain ad-.
mUtance to a morning's privacy
* Well, lit mo know the resuU."
Laura and Jenny Somera were the
only children of a widower: who, although
in moderate circumstances, toovetjpn'
very fashionable society. At the
period of my short sketch, ho was about
tq supply the 'lamented Mrs. -Somers'
place,.after nearly ten years' mourning,
and, although a kind indulgent parent, had
ho objection to his daughters marrying,
and, indeed, bad t??Id them so.
Laura, whose high Spirit resented the
probnblo supremacy of a stepmother.
Lad already selected Godfrey Ilorton as
her husband; and Jenny, who was
younger and gentler in spirit, tried to
jonquer a carefully concealed preference
Tor the same person. All his attentions
were ascribed, by her, to a brotherly regard,
though every net of kindness or
;ouriesy touched her very heart.
?t was the morning after a large hall, i
ind sisters wero in the breakfast
oom together. Laura, her glossy hair <
Pushed negligently off her face, wiih
lie rough Dun;bled braids of last ovenng's
elaborate coiffure gathered loosely '
nto a comb, wearing a soiled wrapper, <
orn stockings, and presenting rather an i
ilaisning contrast to the brilliant ball
oom belle, was lounging on * sofa.
enny, in a neat morning dress, with s |
arge gingham apron on,. Jittle white <
ollar, ana hair smoothly brushed into i
i neat knot, was washing the breakfast <
lislies. I
" There is-an old man at the door ,
villi some artificial flowers," said the
erva-M, opening tire dining-room door,
1 will you see him I*
No," said Jenny,
"Yes," cried Laura, "send him up."
The servant departed to obey the lust
>lAer, *
In a few moments the old man came
n. He was poorly clad, with a coarse ;
?lue clonk, winch whs much too larxre I !
or Irim. His hair 'was white, and he |
voro a beard and moustacho of llie -j
a me snowy hue. Making a low bow,
re placed tire large basket he carried on 1
i table, and opened it. I
44 I have a. bunch of blue -flowers
lero" (be said, taking them from the (
>a?ket, 44 that will just suit your golden |
>air, Miss," and he held them before
r '
'enny.
" It waa my sister who wished, to j
Ook at your Uowers," said Jenny, qui- j
:tly."
44 Yes, bring them here," was Laura's f
mperious command. (
The old raan'a eye followed Jenny, as .
he washed, wiped, and put away the j
1 idles, swept the room, and dusted it, :
ind then sat down beside Laura, who (
fas still looking over the basket.
44 See, Jenny, this scarlet bunch.?
Will it not be lovely, with a few dark (
eaves 10 wear with my hew bilk ?"
44 But," whispered Jenny, " you can't
iflFord it just now,"
,44 Yea, 1 can. Father gnve me -some
ooney yesterday*
44 To pay the last dry goods bill."
i ".Well, I can have that carried to my
trivate account."
" Oh 1 Lanfa, I hate to hear you talk
>f that private account. It seems so
nuch like cheating father."
"Nonsense! It will stand till! am
narricd, and then I can easily save it
>ut of my housekeeping money."
" I Should not wish to marry in
iebt," said Jenny.
The old .peddler looked earnestly at
he sisters. v , 44
You had better take this bunch,
tftsa," ho said to Jenny. 44 If it ain't
xmrenient to pay for it now, I will
K>(ne again."
" No, T shall not take them."
44 They are very becoming, Miss.?
Look in this glass."
They were becoming, . mixing with
the glossy golden huir, and setting off
Jenny's dazzling complexion.
" 1 wish my hair was light," said
LaUra. " I should lilrn tn ?ao? l.laia
Godfrey Horton said lust night, that i
forget-mc-noU were his favorite llowew."
Jenny colored, and placing the bunch i
again in the basket, said : I
" Ci>rne, Laura, deoide. Yon arc <
keeping one waiting whose tiiuoproba- |
hly it valuable,'1 then passing a chair,
the added, " Do seated, sir, you look
tired.**
* " I aro tired, indeed," was the reply,
?I will take the scarlet bunoh, and
these red catnellaa, and tins white cluster,"
has* Laura.
" Bnt, sister, you cannot afford it}1
"'Yea, I (an. Godfrey llorlon ia
rich."
f Tbo old man bit hit lip.
* Think}1 said Jenny, ?n a low tone,
" If you loyo him, bow rmtcli tt would
grieeo 1dm if be sbpuld discovor this
deceit/' .
- "^onr?n?e 1 Well. I'll tell you how
to reinody It. Lentf ine acnm money
oui of the housekeeping fund*."
" 80," thought ilia did lean, Mahe is
housekeeper. Miaa Laura always gnre
?be ta understand that was her posi.n" '
* " Laura 1 Steal from my father f
' " Then doh'v preanh." \
" Miaa Jenny, said a servant, entering
at that moment, ".the dinner has
come." Jenny left tbo room, and laura
atlll .Vtiroid ^irer the^gay f
*bile *do old man poi-* A
ruHM Lea??i?"- * ^ ">?r v*' I
> * fcve, lu the qjeautimc, I
t ? "" ?-* '* v * *
BbKbl... *
running-over tho disordered liair, shabby
dress, and lazy position, whilst ho l
mentally contrasted tlietn with Jeuny's .
neat attire.
' Not decided yet?" said Jenny, ro- i
turning after n short abscuce. 1
"No.' Come here.''
" I can't. Father has sent homo a i
calfa heml, and Fin afraid to-trust it c?- I
tirely to Matgaret. I must superintend i
the dinner, make a pudding, and the
parlors must ho dusted, and there is my 1
white mulle to bo finished." <
" Before J would be tho drudgo you I
nre !" ciied Laura. I
" Drudge I 1 havo plenty of time- 4
left for enjoyment, and .father cannot I
have a comfortable house, if spine one '
does not superintend these things.?
When 1 mairy, you may do it," aud
biio laughed merrily. *
" As if I should not marry first," said '
Laura. " There, I hnvo chosen all 1 '
want." t
*' Shall T call again for the change,"
said tho pedler. '* I shall bo happy to I
put the Misses Somurs on my list of
customers,"
" Yes, call again." I
So the pedler toot up his basket,
talked home, threw aside his l?-ard and
Jisgulsc, and wrote an ofler of his hand
snd heart to Miss Virginia Somers, ?
which was accepted. <
Laura Somers has two sources of 1
profound speculation : One is, " Why 1
iid Godfrey Jlorlon propose to Jenny x>
Instead of me f Tho other, " I wonler
why that old 'tian never called to '
JO paid for those exquisite flowers f" ^
, t
31Iisrcllnittnua Hwbing. j
An Affecting: Inicident.
T recollect one member of Congress j
vho was always rallying mo about our
Jougressiotinl Temperance Society.
" Brigjjjs," he used td any, " I am go- ^
ng to join your temperance society as .
ioon as my demijohn is empty." But t
" at before it becomo empty, he nlwajs
illed it. At one time, toward tho close
>f the session, lie said to mo : j
" I nm going to sign the pledge when M
[ get home. 1 am in earnest," continu t
id he; " my demijohn is nearly empty, j
ind I am not going to fill it again. ? 0
Lie spoke with such an air of serious- 8
less as I had not before observed, and v
t impressed me; and 1 asked liitn what s
t meant?what had changed his feel- v
ngs. t
44 Why." ho said, " I had a short time j
once a visit from my brother, who staled
to me a fact that more deeply impressed
and effected me than anything
[ recollect to have heard upon tho sub- j
ect, in any temperance speech I have ^
jver heard or read.
In my neighborhood is a gentleman (
>f my acquaintance, well educated, who j (
pnee had somo property, but is now re- j t
Juced?poor 1 Ho has a beautiful and (
lovely wife?a lady of cultivation and j (
refinement?and a most charming |
laughter. I
Tl.i. .1 I- 1- ? - ? * I
mis ^t'liiiuuinu linn Decome aeoided- I
ly intemperate in his habits, and had (
fully alarmed hia friends in regard to >
fiiro. At one time, when a number of 6
!iis former assoeiates were together, they j
counseled as to \vhnt could he done for s
dm. Finally, one of them said to hiiu, ,
why don't you send your daughter j
\w?y to a distinguished school !' which t
ne mentioned."' (
"Ob, I cannot," said he; "it ia out i
A tho question. I ntn not able to hear |
ho expense. l'oor girl ! I wish 1 ?
:ould." , f
" Well," anid hia friend, " if yon will f
dgn tho temperance pledge, I will bo at c
ill the expense ot hor attending school
ror ono vear." 1
44 What doe* litis menn I" said he.? <
' Do you think ine in danger of bo- t
coining a di unkMrd 1" i
14 No matter," said his friend, " about ?
that now ; I will do as I said." i
44 And I," said another,44 will pay the I
rent of your farm n year, if you will I
?ign tho pledge." f
4* Well, these offers are certainly libo- \
rftl?but what do they mean ? Do you *
think mo in dnnger of becoming a , t
drunkard ? What can it mean 1 lint, | *
gentlemen, in view of your liberality, I r
will make an oiler, 1 will sigu if you t
will," j f
This was a proposition thev had not I
considered, and were not very well pre- *
pared to meet; but for bis sake, llicy r
would, and did sign, and bo with them. | *
And now for tbe first lime, lire truth l
poured into his mind, and ho -aw bin i
condition, and sal down bulbed in tears, 1
M Now," said be, " gentlemen, you I
must go and communicate these hats to t
my wife?poor w oman I 1 know she >
will be very glad to hear of it, but X can- t
not tell lier." ,
Two of them started for that purpose. i
Tbe -lady met them ut ibe door, pule >
and trembling with emotioti. '
M What," she enquired, " is the mat- i
ter f What baa bsppeucd*lo my hue- ']
tntud r I
They bade her dismiss her fears* as- ?]
soring her they had ooroc to bii**? \lCr
tidings oj' her hu*bai?d?h\it good' tid- '
ings,suchV.be ,ftl, to !lCHr.
" ^our ^""'.^itnd has signed the letfi
pledgo?)Ort, signed it ia good
feith/v
Tho joyous news nearly ovcreojno l?cr;
she IretnhlcU with exciieracut?wej>u
freely, niid clasping her hands dovo- n
tionallr, >>he looked ill) into heaven, t
and thanked Clod for t!ie hapftv change, ti
44 Now," said she, " I have a liu'sbatid ..a
aa he onco was, in the days Of our early
love."
44 But this wna not what moved 100,"
said the gentleman. "There was, in
llie same vicinity another gentleman? t]
a genorous, noble soul?married young ,|
? married well?into a charming fami- |,
Iv, and the flower of it. His liquor J?
Linking habits had aroused the fears of \
liis friends ; ami one day w hen several of 1;
hem wore together, one said to another, f}
Let us sign the pledge.' ' I will if
rou will,' said'one to another, till all.
ind agreed, to it, and the thing was
lone."
... y<
Tliis gentleman tlionglit it rather a
'mall business and felt a litllo sensitive J,
ibout revealing to liis wife what he had ,?>,
lone. But on returning home, he said i,
o her :
" Mary, my dear, I have dotio what J if
"ear will displease yon."
44 Well, what is it!" y
".Why, I have signed the temperance
dedge." ir
44 Have you 1" 4vYes,
I have, certainly." r<
W etching liia manner as ho replied,
ind reading in it sincerity, she entwined
her arms around his neck, laid her r(
iead upon his bosom, and burst into h
ears. Her husband was affected deep* J
y by this conduct of his w ife, and said:
44 Mary, don't weep; I did not know ?
t would afflict you ao, or I would not re
lave done it?I v il! go and take my
lame off' immediately."
"Tuko your name off!" said she, ff,
no, no! lot it be there. I shall now p,
lave no more sofieiiudo in reference to ar
'our becoming a drunkard. I shall
pend no more wakeful midnight hours,
shall no more steep my pillow in tears."
Now, for the first, the truth shone Jn
ipon his mind, and he folded to his
>osom his. young and beautiful wife, til
md wept with her. Now 1 can't stand
hese facts, and I am going to sign the ' jn
>ledge. _ > .
Leader, was not that ono of the
mppiest times that ever that beautiful a,
ind loving wife experienced since the i1(
ime when first she gave her heart and
land to him she loved above all ]e
itliers in this world ; the one to whom
he lobked for love and protection m
rhen the cares and trials of this world
hould come ? Are there not many more cr
fho would rejoico in the same glad ty
idings that this lovely woman did? on
' have signed the pledge ? X'
- I
Woman and Flowers.
Let woman summon around her
ionic all the beauty with which t'
Creator has endowed this earth,
ler surround herself with a wile
?f sweets, and there, amid fir
md beauty, she will find that '
ues which are germain to the
>d heart, will also spring uf>.
lien will have more tendei
ieauty of character, and will
ipt to go astray among the
>rambles of vice and error.
>f cultivating beauty around
vill bo to caUse every sentin
weetens ber own existence to sp
oto newness of life, to bud and t<
om in all its loveliness. She, to..
omo to prefer a display of rich co.
n her garden walks, to such a displa
>n her own person, and learn to appi\
into that habit which covers the Corn
n a profusion of hugo and brilliant
>rintcd flowers on muslin, and which 1
,eems to indicate an abseneo of the flow-' j
>rs of sentiment, and an absolute want
>f that taste which shows itself in the c
llilltvnlion of nrarrh.n
? ? ? fe C
We would have everv woman l>ot1? n
over nnd a sedulous cultivator of flow- U
re. We aro confident that, many of ih
ho?o women who grow niulycxpnnd ' in
ike weeds in (lie heated npnrfhionts of ;
[niety nnd fashion, and become dried : pi
n heart, and stulo in sentiment, might ' in
>o resetted by a timely attention to ' in
lowers. They would regain their lost ' fa
reshness, the bloem would re-visit their '
van nnd wasted cheeks, nnd fresh life ' b<
vonld circulate its healthful currents '
hrough their chilled reins. The effect 1 at
vottld bo to re-clothe the saddened nnd 1 til
it tenanted victim of fashion with bean- I
y,'and to cause flowers of sentiment at
ignin to spring up in hearts which had ' g<
a.en overrun with weeds. Take a thin '
md sallow and diseased person from the i lit
porn in which ho lias respited ihe nn- l
vliblesoinc and close atmosphere that |
here prevails, and place him On the i
nonntrrin side, and How Imrg will it lie r.
the blood in hie system, that, has ' tti
ndf the time beon congealed, and oifly 111
lowed last-under the lmjMilse of favor, t?
fill go meirilv <>n ite* "winding way" J<
hrongb nrteiics find Coins, arid be will
ujain becntrro Midl and vigorous. fck>, m
dao. ortd who has wanted her bcnutv tl
ind her fre*hnei#, '.Is* tone of her heart, i<
ind'.he; refinements of her s&nlimeuts, t'
n those saloons in whieh tho nlmos-. tl
ihere is full f?f moral disease, and where l.c
i'addan n*,u fn)K dance haiui in hand in f
[K-jiiire loeckerv of ?H thoH> qualities <1
of whieh men a u& women have a iij^Uv d
to bopst, and vrhiAh uHy tirein to the d
angelic existences, will, when twins- ,L
planted like a Uightod Hqwor to A gar- a
den, v>d there learns V>\vvlo y/orship ?
naturo, in-Aeatl of tiro P"?f*ted idol*, she c
has Keen accustomed to, soon begin to 'J
regain a portion of the original lovoU-1 <
ess of her nature, nod ?nny, by and by,
ecomo entirely redeemed from the
sint thnt lias stolen " fire from ber eye,
nd vigor from Iter limbs."
[Louisville Journal.
11 - "
The Census of 1860.
Tito following excellent take off on
?e questions proposed to bo asked by
to takers of the Census of 18G0 ltns
een variously credited "to tho Buffalfl
!xpre.-s and the Cleveland IMaindealer.
Vithriut ntteinpting to settle the ques<m
of paternity, wo present it as wo
nd it:
What is your nge !
Whero were yott born ?
Are you married, and if so, how do
ou like it ?
How many childron^have yon, and
o they sufficiently resemblo you a* to
reclude possibility of their belonging
> any of your neighbors ?
Did you ever have the measles, and
so, how many f
Have you a twin brother several
eais older than yourself?
Ilave you parents, and if so, how
mny of them ?
Do you read the Now Testament
gularly ?
What is your fighting weight ?
Which do yon like best for light
ending, "The (>unmaker of Moscow,"
y Cobb, or the President's Message, by
. B.f
IIow many time9 lias your wife
wished slio was dead," and did you
riproeate the wish ?
Do you use boughten tobacco ?
Were you and your wife worth allying
when married, and if not, what
oportion of her things were your'n
id your things were lier'n ?
Were you ever in the penitentiary ?
Are you troubled with biles!
IIow many empty bottles have you
the house ?
Have you all of Tliayet's speeches on
ie Itorse railroad !
Are beans an article of regular diet
your family, and it' so, how do tbey
) ?
IIow many chickens have you, and
e they on foot or in the shell ? Also,
>w many succeedaueuin ?
Is lharo ? slrnuilmrni ?
? .. ? vvi J uiai n 1/?1 \ Ulir
ft nun ?
Which fnpil do you prefer, rum or
ixed drink*I
State how much pork, impending
bis, Dutch cheese, popular sovcreign,
standard Fayele, paper, slave code,
itnip, red tbinm.1, ^Constitution and
eion. old Junk, perfumery, coal oil,
-|lioop skirt, die., havo you on
\ liable to l>e " consulted "
* to cut the above out and
V conspicuous place.
1
Xr Home Education.
Ing are worthy of being
^tlera of gold, and being
tMteuous position in ev^k^dren's
earliest inBnccersity
of instant
^ess with gentleness.
J!i always understand
'actlv what you say.
Vniso them anything un'.hq
you can ffive them
)iso.
\l a child to do an ything,
}j do it, and see thai it
finish your children for
>ing you, but never puuet
them perceivo that they
or maku you lose your aclf1'
givo way to petulencc and
\it till they are calm, and
> J reason with them on tho
/of their conduct.
S. .. \ibcr that a littlo present
iiiishinenL when the occasion arises, is
uch more effectual than the threateng
of a greater punishment should the
nil he renewed.
0. Never give your children anything
>cause they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to do
ono time what you have for hidden,
uler the like circumstance*, at another.
11. Tench them that the only sure
id er.sy way to appear jgood is to he
>od.
12. Accustom them to mnke their
.tie recitals with perfect truth.
13. Never allow of tales bearing.
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SOXNE IS Tim IxtkRIOR Of tiik IlutfAniAK.?Mr.
Sheridan, diver, has reirnctl
to Halifax fiorti Capo Sable.
[? descended several times into the inlior
of the wrecked steamer. 'ihe
jurnnl-says i
"The scene which presented itself
iw appalling in (lie extreme ; for ullOugh
(here wert ?? corjme# in (ho iniuor
rif (lie ship, (bm> were iiesvly
iver.ty bodies Uncovered eplangled in
lie wreck along #id? and in tbe gnllie#
)oee by. '1 bv*o fiigbttul remnant* <>f
?>or humanity exhibited all (bo
iiuneinboi iueut, <///.* bead#, jupis, leg#.
i:c? And all iiiom- or, Iru ill H suite ol
Ocom posit inn. 'j'lmso rtgn appear to
iavc been up nnd dretwed, or purity #o(
i# $oine of them were evidently In tlio
ict of putting on their liliOeA, elbowing*
>r other clothing, wlien (bo King o
1'error* put a flop (o their toilet for
iver," W
Pkayki) to Dkath,?" Did I understand
you to say there is uo Sabbath
School in S I"
44 None."
"Ho* many church members?"
" Over one hundred."
" The people livo a groat distance
from tho church, I suppose ?"
" Generally within one mile."
" 13ut tlicy never hud a Sabbath
School there ?"
"Yes, one; hut it soon died out.
We had a superintendent who was a
good sort of a man, but a bad manager.
lie used to pray so long at the
opening of tho school, (hat the children
and teachers got tired. And then he
made the same prayers in SabbathSchool
that bo did in class meeting,
and the children could not understand
them. One after the other left, and so
the school expired."
" O t that's perfectly natural. I don't
wonder you have no school. But it is
a pity, and I am greatly afraid your
pious brother is not tho only superintendent
who has prayed a school to
death."
1 wish Sunday School superintendents
would always pray very short, and
in very simple language, at Sabbath
School. A prayer in words of one or
two syllables, to last one or two minutes,
is about right. Is not that so ?
A Challenge.?We extract fho following
paragraph from the Atlanta
Confederacy :
" We are authorized bv parties of
well knowu integrity, to state that there
is a man now living in Allunta, who
will flght the " Benecia Boy," for the
sum of ten thousand dollars, the fight
to come off during the present year, at
any point south of Mason and Dixon's
line. The person spoken of is a native
of Georgia, stands six feet one inch in
height, and weighs two hundred and
ten pounds. Ho is just in the prime of
life, a perfect Apollo in size and shape,
and a Hercules in strength. As will
be seen, he is a first class man, physically
speaking, in size and strength, and
under a proper system of training, he
would prove a foimidable competitor to
the 'Benecia Boy' in the prize ring.
Should lleenan not accept the proffered
challenge, the Atlanta Boy challenges
any man in Kurope or America, to fight
him for the above amount?the offer
being open for three mouths from this
dale.
The key note.?Nothing is more |
unaccountable than the spell that often
lurks, in a spoken word. A thought
may uo present to the mind, so distinctly
that no utterance could make it moro
so; and two minds may be conscious of
the same thought, in which ono or both
tak$ the profbundest interest; but as
it remains unspoken, their familiar talk
flows quietly over the hidden idea, as a
rivulet may sparkle and dimple over
i something sunken in its bed. Rut,
| spenking the word ; and it is like bringing
up a drowned body out of the keepest
pool of the rivulet, which has heen
aware of the horrible secret all along,
in spite of its smiling surface.
JItauilhornc.
A Novklty in Fasuion.?Among
the novelties recently introduced in ladies
apparel is a new article of suspenders.
They bear resemblance to those worn
by the gentlemen, except that they nre
of delicate, white, elastic fabric, frilled
edge al?out ono inch wide, and are attached
to the skirt by buttons in like
manner. We doubt not this invention
will generally bo adopted with a view
to relievo the waist of the unlimited bur-,
den which such habiliments produced.
Reason and experience teach us that old
and absurd methoch, while followed, impairs
the health and impedes locomotion.
! Tub Tka Pi.ant.?The progress of
j the experiment in acclimating the tea
I plant, so far as hoard from, is fAi-nrul.lo
j mid llicre is reason to believe, that it
, can l?o grown in the open air south of
tire northern lino of North Carolina and
j Tennessee. Eighteen thousand plahts
I have been sent into this Southern rei
gion, and eight thousand more have
i been distributed to persons in the
i Northern States, owning green-houses,
, as objects of curiosity;
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I Coxsuwt'Tron ov EoRKtny SrrnrTs
( ix tiik I 'mtko Statu*.?Tho importslion
of foreign distilled spirits into the
Uuiled Slates in the } ear* 8.59 amounted
to *.Vtl>0.080 or nearly a million
| and a half more than in 1858. The
total consumption of all imported bev1
erages during the last year was as fob
J lows ; l>i-liilod spirits, $3,300,880 ;
Wines, $8,502,148 ; Beer, Ale ami Porjtcr,
$7 71,1Total, ?9,503,027.
Tnnr.F. hundred women of the city of
! Ayle>l?ury, England, have forwarded a
petition to the House of Lorda against
' the legalization of marriage with a d?!
ci jxiJ whV* vixtcr, on the ground, that
' audi nuiniagea are calculated to des '
troy the freedom of family intercourse.
,[t>ulhe other hand, four hundred and
' twenty>eight have signed a petition ir.
11 fitvor of the measure.
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H N.Komi was five luindied and eighty
: years old when she married. Nevet
I despair, ancient maiden*! *
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ilUIBJICIU t?
A STUDKvt went into a boofc-Mov*v
and inquired of (lie proprietor if he had
ayy pocket testaments in Oreek. " Iq
Greek ?" echoed pur good Friend, hesitatingly:
"I believe not, fir;- but I have
a lot of elegant ones in morocco." .
A I'AI'kk. lately gave an account of a
duel, aiul announced the rosnlt'of the
meeting in these words44 The One
party was wounded severely in tbo.
chest, and the other fired hi tbe *ir."-r?
Ciuery?who wounded the sufferer 1 -v
MrnMrniNn.?Oh, precious-time that*/
is buried in the grave of murmuring !
When the murmurer sho.uld bo praying
he is murmuring against the Lord *,
whop ho should bo hearing, he is murmuring
against the Divine Provideneaj
when he should be reading, he is nmr
muring against instruments; and In
"these and a thousand other ways do
murmurers expend that precious time
which some would redeem with a world.
Church Behavior.-?The "Western
Christian Advocate says : 14 A bad, nrd
a very 'irreverent, habit with, some poople,
is always to hare a spell of loud
talking with somebody on some subject
or other, in church, just befiire preaclring
or prsyer meeting begins."
We commend this item to sotno of
our readers, who know themselves to bo
guilty.
The N. Y. Qbserver says a young
lady lately ran a rusty nail into her
foot. The injury produced the lockjaw,
and physicians prouunced her ca?e
hopeless. An old nurse pounded beetroots,
applied the poultice as ofton as
it dried, aud the lady^ was completely
cured. . -v\A
Mother's Lovk.?A Mrs. Locke
recently walked from her home in Ar
kansas, to Osceola, Mo., a distance' of
several hundred miles, to see Iter son,
who was confined in jail for killing an
Indian, and then started back home as
she came, a foot, unprotected and alone.
The muscles of the human jaw produco
a power equal to four hundred,
and 4'uirty four pounds. This is only
what science tell? us ; but wo know llu?
jaw of some of our lawyers is equal to it
good many tbousuud pounds a year u>
them. *
m ?m? ' . . -
in .mm auk, wuuoui ioveri3 iuo suicnfo
1 of happiness. As well might a person
undertake to build a dwellirig without
I either cash, credit or material, as to expect
to live happily in the marriage
stale without lo\o.
A pert young lawyer once toasted
to an old member of the bar, that lm
had received two hundred, dollars for
speaking in a certain law Rttit.
" l'ooh 1" replied the other, " I received
double that sum for keeping si*
lent in that very case."
A tou'so poet out west, in describing
heaven, savs: It is a world of bliss, fenced
in with girls.
If that is true,and we arc so fortunato
as to get there , we intend to ask permission
to sleep in the fence corners.
"BAsnrtri. Men.?Mrs. Penison say?
that she never yet saw a bashful fnan
who was not the soul of honor. Tinman
who is bashful in the presence of
ladies, i* their defender when the loose
tonguo of the slanderer would defame.
Tnic greatest of all external blessings
is to be able to lean your heart ngaiust
another heart, faithful, tender, truo and
tried, nnd record, with a thankfulness
that years deepen, instead of diminishing,
" 1 have got a friend."
In what two oases are precisely tlio
same means u<ed for directly opposite
purpose*,? Why, bars, to -to sure.?They
are put on bank windows to keer*
thieves out, and on jail windows to
keep them in.
It is in vain to hope to place all
alike. Let r man stand with his faco
i in what direction ho will, he must necessarily
turn his back upon half of the
world. ' *
Tub human heart is like a feather-,
bed?it must be roughly handled, well
shaken, and exposed to a variety of.
turns, to prevent it becoming hard and
I knotty. > *
It is observed that an English journal
pots forth" the statement that the
common .elder bush, scattered among
cuciimuer ami melon vines, will keep 6fl"
tbo bug* which infest them.
Mart nre said to admire that which
they look up to, and to lovo that tyhlch
they look down npon. * 1
Enjoy the glory of the sun, mid no'*
prtt out your eves by trying to count
the spots upon his face.
Au.ow a boy to run at large in ind>?
lence. and yon have laid the foundation
whereon will be built his future ruin.
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p110v tnc a land that has mountain*
without valleys, and I will sho^v Jou a
man who has joyrf without Mfrjpws.
Tiik tradesman Velio docs hot advertise
liberally, baa. been appropriate)*
compared to a man who litis a lantern,
but is loo stingy to buy.a candle.
TmtaW is a lady in New York ao-ig>
norant of all domestic work that she
1 cannot even knit her brows.
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