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DAVIS it CKKWS,
JiiiiiHi r;
J.KM iV. WILSON,
1'itf /'/*<.? <
X&ISCjZIjXIAX*?.
Doctor Liviiigston the Traveller.
Dr. Living-ton was bun in the village <?f
Blantyre, Scotland. 11wrought in tlie
mills as a piecer-boy, ;uui before lie left as
a spinner?attending the classes in < Il.-i.sgow
during the winter months, and resuming
his work as a *-piniier in the mills <jtiring
the summer vacations. Jle left lirantrye
Works in 18*o, jibuiit the time lie
was engaged by the London Missionary
Society tu go out to South Africa, and has
only recently rclunio.tl to England, from
his seventeen years' wanderinirs.
Dr. Livingston is nearly forty years of
ncre :?his face is furrowed Ilimiifli hard
D ' # ~ * t C*""
ships and is almost black with exposure to
a burning sun. I hesitates in speaking,
lias a peculiar accent. is at a h?ss sometimes
for a word, and the words ot his sentences arc
occasionally in veiled. His language is,
however, good, and lie lias an immense
fuud of most, valuable and interesting information,
which he coiumuicHles most I'm:Jy.
lie is in good health an J spiiits. He
has scarcely spoken .the English language
Tor the last sixteen years.
The last news that \)w Livingston heaid
from Europe, while far away from tli e
coast, was when he was near Loando. He
then read of the battle of Balaclava. It
was a twelve month before he heard l'urtbther
news.
The wife of Dr. Living-ton is* the daughter
of Mr. MolYatt, civilizer ?>f the liechua
na nation. Mr. Moffattt had lost sight of
his son-m-law for some time, ami attempted
penetrate into the interior to see what was
become of him. Lie failed to reach him,
however, but he sent by friendly tribes a
a package of books, new? papers, and letters.
This package was brought to the southern
bank of the river Which separated two hostile
tribes. Dr. Livingston was then living
far to the North of the river. Southrons
called to the Northmen, and told thein that
they had some property belonging to the
Doctor, who was held in great respect bv
both, tribes. The Northmen refused to
cross over for it; saying that the books and
papers contained witchoraft-medicino.
"Very well,"said '"'the Southrons, '*we
'leave them here, and if they are lyst, on
your heads the blame will f^}," They then
retired.
The Northmen thought better of it, eroised
over, placed the parcel on an inland in
the river, and built a hut over it. * Twelve
. months afterwards Dr. Livingston found the
^ ^parcel there, safe. The Doctor has been
ifitrtick down by African fever upwards'-ytt
thirty times. Ila has constantly slept jfl
the most uuwholcfigm'e climates, and he has
travelled ovc.r mul eli/->r<.c nn/l /l/.c.
ert willdcrness," with no earthly defence, lie
Bays save his own right arm, but under tin
protection of tl^e Aljnighly.
lie found a lar'je portion of the space
that is represented hy.-a blimk ig J&joutli African
maps, t^cdhsist of fertile countries, inhabited
by popujous thibt#} and interspef.sQtl
by large rivers. lie speaks of negro nation!
in the iuterior ruled' by politic laws and hu
inane customs, some of wjjieb might be cop
lea., wim .*iu vantage D|f roromaB)tpan? f
higher preten sions to ernnzation and refine
Sent* The. inhabitants of flio interior ar
it<kind, especially tlie wopien?as Muti
Co Park l?as already Hold ?s. ,r .,
Mhe \vo;nen:jrfe he Id in higl> estimation
many of them become chietis. ^ .
Z" Ka wife beats her ht^sbaod-'^wbicii -sire
fiOnietimcrt does, th|)Q r6Verain
cuatofns of morb civilized <;pmrf?yhjiit?
i? *ii i i ** ?**'- -S * '
777/rei? ^uuiaucu uy oeing. taneo to tu
market-fcUoe, autl. compelled 4^ taktt-. b<j
hukhaiMi boTira on her back, amid the cheoi
of th people. On tlieso occadowT
- ' - men generally-cry out?
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I "Uive it t<? liiiti again !"
I The liechuanas, who arc generally fru- [ '
gal and industrious, do not. treat their wives :
| so well. The women, however, are com-; 1).
1 plete mistresses of the house and the proI
duce of the garden. A man dares not en- sic
i ler his wite's hut in her absence. Mi
i Many of the tribes Dr. Livingston visit|
ed, had never before seen a white man.
j They all had a religion, believed in nn exi
istencu after death, worshiped idols, and per- !
i formed religious ceremonies in groves and |
j woods. They consider themselves superior * Th
; to white men who cannot speak their lau- j
| gunge. I fie
Lions are numerous and destructive, bo- j
' cause nmiiv of I lie. trihi*s lii-licv^ 11 int. tlio !
j soul oftheir chiefs migrate into the bodies ]
j of those animals. Therefore when the na- j
( lives see a lion they clasp their hands to tim
i cheer and honor him. \
There is quite a scarcity of diseases a- j Mei
j moug them?no consumption, scrofula, hy- . ]
I drophobia, cancer, cholera, small pox or ]
measles. These, we are left to conclude, I
are civilized distempers. Physicians arc Sco
not in demand, yet they have rain-doctors, J
| \\ ho resort to all sorts of quackery to make I
I the people believe they have power to com- i
j pel the clouds. Fra
1 Immediately beyond the Irishmen there 1
: is :i curious people called Bakoba, who are 1
; tin? Ouakcrs ?>f the body politic in Africa. ! lor.
Tlnv never light hut submit quietly to every j '1
tribe which conquers the country adjacent : ?[
1 ti? llw> liver on which tlicv >d\v:tr<t resiih. ' t
Tliov sav tln-y never light, because their ' to i
forefathers tiie^to do bo once; with bows of
palma christi, and as they broke, thev gave
up (he practice entirely. gr:
Tin* spirit of ira?le is strong in the Afri1
ran. ati?l many articles of commerce are abundant,
as sarsaparilla, indigo, beeswax,
! coal, iron and gold. It is most important sec
! to observe that the further Dr. Livingston
' travelled into ihu interior of Africa, the
| more civilized and numerous he found the
i inhabitants. They wore Ic.** ferocious and
; suspicions, had better and more settled j
j forms of government, and more wants than j
th< trilx> which lived near tiie soa coasts. ! Chi
j 11? met vviih tribes in the interior who prac- j (.
: tieed inoculation, and knew ilic medicinal! UsI
: virtues c?1" quinine, although they did not j J
i adminisU r it in tin; concentrated form, as ; niet
I pr< p red in Europe : ami moreover, they j 'I
' had ;i radii ion of N*oah,s deluge. They j 'i
i trailed in ivorv and :;old, which were sold ! Ghr
l>v oiietiii e to nnotlier until those articles j /
! reached Europeans on the coast. The J T
, number ot iargts animals of the chase which j \
I>r. !.i\iuir-'oii met with between the Oth die
' atid 'J'Jii degrees of south latitude, wis per- | (
, fee!ly marvellous. They find their subsis- Joh
tence upon extensive plains of coarse her- \
j bage, which, together with the abundant eepl
; water-melons, enable both man and beast les.
j to travel in Africa.?Many tracts in that 'I
j country, however, cannot be traversed, on I.
j accounts of insects that stiny beasts of bur Jan
i den to ill ad i jess. The doctor describes the ; I
fear of African \vil<I beasts to be much i ^
' greater in Knglaud than in Africa. I not
? ? IAn
Affccting Scene. 1 |0|,?
i Lieutenant Parsons. in his Nelsonian I
J lieminiseeiiecs, relates ihe following : can
i "KUliaril l'cnnett, when mortally wound- F
led in oue <>f Nelson's great battles had rc- myt
quested that a iiiiniaturc and a lock of his I
hair shouM be given by Lieutenant P. to ; all i
liis sweetheart Snsette, in Scotland. The
gallant lieutenant lliu.s describes the inter- 3
view. _ 1
"It was at tlie closc of a day, when a bright ^'sfi
July suu was setting, that I arived at the ^',l1
! pretty cottage of Susette's mother. I tretn- onts
j ulously stated who 1 was to the most res anu
; pectable looking matron I saw, of French ?v.01
j extraction. In broken, bitter accents of ^rii!
j heartfelt grief the told me that her daughter's 'IU."
death was daily expected, and requested c'''c
time to prepare her to see me. 1 10
"At last she expressed a wish to see the j'1"'1
friend of Richard Bennet t : and 1 was ad- i ^'IC
j initted to (lie fairest daughter of live. And j an''
j T found tlx; world unequal to her charms j s .
I She was propped up with pillows, near the | 1ml
: open lattice of her bedroom that was clus- "otored
with roses. Her white dress and the Wl
drnperv of the room accorded with the an- 0
gelic vision who now turned her lustrous an^
eyes upon me, veiled in long, fringed eye- RC^'
j lids.?-She held out her trasnparent hand, j .
j and gently pressed mine as I stood to kiss ^n<
I it ; and, as slie felt my tears drop on it, soft~> ,on
: ly murmured ; '*1 wish I could cry : ;,ut
1 ,1.., ... .i , I- i . ** r,. Lrnr
I hi at wouiu relieve nriy poor liean." one | *y
I gapped for breath, and respired with diffi- | lnn
j culty. "The lock of hair?quickly, let me i a,K
i sec it !" She caught at it, wildly pressed |W<
; it tu her lips and heart, aud fell back. '
Her mother and I thought she had fainted ; j w:.'
but lh? pure and innocent soul'had return j ^
ed to God?God who gave it.1*"'? * j ll'L'
' I A Fft.^Tic ^ IlroiiAxn on Woman's j bai
! It i outs.?A day or two since we met a j vol
j friend coming out of one of ou? first class ! On
' j dry goods stored, with the most lamentable wb
1 ! expression of countenance, and a most vin- div
1 l dictivo firmness and* determination visible la:
: HOOUl lite mouth.?"Wha'.o up Y said we. ! Uli
"Up !" lie replied, "everything's up. Look tlit
J | here," said he dragging" n* into a store, "loolf he
here," and hre produced several long strips di\
of p.tperingeniously tired together at their ev<
i ends, covered with cabalistic characters, the str
solution of which was represented by $218 bo
31. i'Tliere," said be,"is my wife's account' er
* at one Hry.goofo *t#re /or three months. lh
" 4 My salary isjiist $900. aud xherc's one quarter m<
'* of it gone for furbelow and (JiTuity.^ Look ph
' n?re,' huu uis eye showed ft TtpUictvvenew,
. nnd his altitude Rumnlcd itself upasdangerc
; 911s ; 'TvttJVkMids in tlie Lugislatilre^' tpcy ' (
Uhall pass"#Jaw to tl^.offW.tUiat no woman ; "
| bhull be allowed in tlic streets- wilhouL a "
'? i written pa?? froni -her lw^R<nd? If caught ^
oni wunouiu, s#e miMVl ire placed in a'potlrid Jr?
t aftfl k<-)?t till called j'ojfr Tfi#re," audV ftfc
S wttql oii^lfp a whale in ., ki? flurry, \We r?
i agi wid Willi iiiro, rjjowever; in-every partic- S1:
i vlafr ^ " v-^ -'T ^
that wJH idl?tf lid unemployed, * ^
Tho Last Words of th? Great.
Tetc 1'armee. Napoleon.
r liavc loved (Jod, my father, liberty, j
Steal.
Let me die to the sound of delicious Murabeau.
Is this your fidelity- ? Nero.
I must sleep so. Hyron.
Kiss me, Ilardv. Nelson.
I )on'l give up the ship. Lawrence
['111 shot if 1 don't belive I'm (lying. |
urlow.
Jlasp my hand, dear friend I die. A I- .
i.
ioil preserve the emperor. Ilaydn.
['lie artery ceases to beat. 1 taller.
..et the light enter. Goethe.
Ml my possessions for a moment of!
p.?Elizabeth.
lYIiut, is there no bribing of death ? |
uifort.
Plonks, monks! Ilcnry VIII.
?o serious, (.Irotius.
feel as ifl were myself again. "Walter
It.
t is well. Washington.
ndepeudenco forever. Adams.
V dying man can do nothing easy. ;
nklin.
)on't let poor Netty starve Charles II. j
have endeavored lo do my duty. 'Pay- j
'here is not a drop of blood on my hand. !
"red rick V.
resign my soul to (iod, in)' daughter
ny country. .k-lTerson.
l is the last of earth. J. Q. Adams,
on't let that awkward squad lire over my 1
t'e. 1 Sums.
,ord, make haste. A Hammond.
Vccious salvation. Sir J. Stonehou'e.
have sent for you. (Lord Warwick) to i
Jiow a Christian can die. Addison. !
shall he happy. Archbishop Sharpc.
iod's will he done. Bishop Ren.
linen. Bishop Bull.
have peace, l'arkhurst.
'ome, Lord Jesus. Burkitt.
thank (Jod I was brought up in the ;
irch of Kngland. B. Gunning.
) Lord, forgive my sins of omission ,
ler.
.ord, rcceive my spirit. Ferrar, Cran
Ilooper, CJ. llerhert.
"by will he done. Bonne.
"his day let me see the Lord Jesus ,
ist. Sewell.
ind is this death ? OJeorge IV.
.<>rd, taku my spirit. Edward VI.
Yhat ! do thev run already? Then I.
happy. Wolf. '
io?l Mess you, dear (Miss Morris.) Dr. !
iison.
Vhat I f.annot utter with my mouth, ac- ;
L Lord, from my heart and soul. ! ' i^uar
"lion I am safe. Corn well.
.et the earth be filled with Ilis glory. ;
les Karl of Dcrhv, l?ishoj> liroughton. !
go to my God and Saviour. P. Hevlyn. i
ly days nro past as a shadow that returns ;
li. lluoker.
.et me hear once more those notes, so
r my solace and delight. Mozart. j
wish the true principles of government .
ied out, I ask no more. Harrison,
'or my coining clown, let me shift for
self on the scalfolil. Sir T. More.
11 me be hold the end of this world with
ts vanities. Sir P. Sidney.
Baptism of one Hundrad Mormons.
I singular and it may be added a most
;raceful scene took place on a recent
irsday evening at Chesterfield. On the
ikii'ih m me uiwiKTuiis a narrow stream j
?ng llie fieldj^called the river llother,
r which, on the Ilusland road, is a
Igo, called Stony Bridge. About one
died or 0110 hundred and fifty persons,
fly women, are scattered on the verge of!
water, waiting for the appearance of the j
ided fanatics who are to be "dipped."
y call to each other from opposite sides,
crack jokes of a most indecent and
melcss character. It is past eight and
tedark ; the moon being obscured and
a stnr to shed even a glimmer of light,
p or three candles are brought down to
water and stuck in the mud by the side, 1
I presently a coarse featured man deids
info the middle of the stream and
es up his petition under the arch of the
lge. This is the priest, who is to peril
the ceicmony. lie lias nothing on
ft pair of trouscm, tucked up at the
:o, and ft waistcoat with sleeves. He inates
to his attendant* that he is ready
1 in a few minutes emerges from ft house
> or three hundred yards off, men (some
fand others entirely naked,) mid they
Ik over the ground, which is strewed :
h pieces of broken bottles, bricks and
s to the water. They are compelled to
vs through the women who line the
uks, and the remarks which ensue are reting
and indelicate beyond description,
e by x?no they are received by the priest?,
o, amid shouts of laughter, dips each iu
cium, pronouncing over tlic.ti tlie formuMI,
being commissioned by Jesus
rist, baptize thee, Father, the Son, and
) Iloly Ghost." As he utters these words
lays them beneath the water, and the in-idual
who is being baptized being in
jry cnse blinded by the water, there is a
uggle to rise, and on several occasions
Lh priest and baptized rolled over togetbin
the stream. As may be imagined,
is affords immense amusement to the
>b, who testify their approbation by clapig
of hands, shrieks and roars of merrijpt.
Cor. Manehcttcr (Eng.) Examiner.
i m j - ' - *' V%
Death or liev. Calvin Oolto* L. L.
?This,eminent divW, scholar and
. /_ a.- L-tr ' ~
i, uicu iii Ditvnnnnn on rriaajr last, -lUfl
tth i 04. II u laat great work, the
4fe. Correspondence ana Speeches of Ilen'
Clay J1 was completed, and the last, the
ijth volume, press at the time of his
|ft(h, . J f/tf
tfin.^ for citing dowrv Che s?roeVlj*>und'SiB
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Farmers Daughters.
A fair correspondent of the Ohio Cultivator
addresses the following sensible remaik
to those of our rural districts.
"Farmer's daughters are soon to bo the
life as well as the pride of tho country : a |
glorious race of women which no other j
liuid can show. I wish not lo flatter them ; i
for before thoy can become this, they will
have to make earnest elfortsof one or two j
kinds. There are some who depreciate ;
their condition, and some who have a fal-e J
pride in it because they demand more con- ;
sideration than they merit. A want of in- ;
telligence upon all subjects of the day, and ,
a refined education, are no more excusable \ 1
in a country than in a town-bred girl, in |
this age of many books and newspapers. j
Many girls are discouraged because they ,
cannot be sent away from home to board- j
ing schools : but men of superior minds (
and knowledge of the world, would rather :
have for wives, women well and properly :
educated at home. And this education
can be had wherever the desire is not
milLiny. /v WISIU mr lenMUIg (1?)(!S WOlUlCIS, "
jituI an earnest thirst after the knowledge is '
almost certain to attain a sweet draught of j v
the "Pierian spring." There is a farmer's I
daughter in this very room in which I am
writing a beautiful refined and intellectual
woman, in whose girlhood hooks were not c
so plentiful as now, and who gained her j ts
education under dilliculties which would i
have discouraged any one hut me who had ~
as fond a love lor study. j 1<
I will state why I think the country girls j
are yet to prove the hope of the country.?
The women in towns and cities are becom- j
ing so universally uidicalthy and almost uni- 1 v
versally extravagant, foolish and las)ii<>na- j ?
ble, that men almost in dispair of obtain- j t
ing wives win: are invalids, and of provid- j c
ing them with what they want after they 1
i ~ : - i ?i - * i .>
mix; mill null Uiein . IliOSS 1110 J'OUUg |
man has the fortune (good or bad) to poss- j li
ess wealth, lie must spend the best bloom ii
of his youth in acquiring enough to "start j v
upon," as people are expected to begin j i
now-a-days. Men even in high places, ; a
would go to the country for their choice, j c
if thej* met. there equal refinement and in- f(
telligenc-e. Women are preparing to take 1 ;i
a noble stand in history, and they cannot t
do it in ignorance.
Town girls have the advantage of more ! v
highly polished manner and greater ac- ' a
compli>hment ; but the connUy girls have 1 h
infinitely more to recommend tlieui as rivals I,
of their city sister*. They have more : j,
truth, household knowledge and economy, ' |
health (and consequently more beauty) im- ! ?
pulse and thought. When they have cul- . <]
tivated minds, there are more chances in ! j|
their favor for good sense and real abili- j]
ty,because so much is not demanded by , s
llio frivolities ol" society. The added 1 us- |<
lor .of foreign accomplishment could easily l>o
caught by .-uch a mind from a very little t
contact with the world. ] r
I would not speak as though our far- I c
trier's daughters are deficient in education. : ],
Many brilliant scholars and talented women i
arc found among them ; and in .W.v En-I
gland this is especially so, but I would seek j
to awaken the ambition of all to become ;
that admired and favored class which tiny
ought to be, if they will unite refined cul- i t
ture with their most excellent graces. I
A sweet country home, with roses and 1 c
honeysuckles trained to climb over it ; , c
with frntid taste. iiilr>lliiM>iw? ?IIII 1 lifrmli' \
within, taste enough lo court acquaintance t
with books and flowers, and the lovliness
of nature , with peace, plenty and love, is i
surely one of the paradises which Heaven
has left for the attainment of men." I
A New Remedy. >
A (tertnan who resides in Mill Creek '
township, while recently suffering from a *
pulmonary attack, sent for a physician who J
resides on College llill. In a short time j 1
the doctor called on him, prescribing two
bottles of cod liver oil, and receiving his foe
of eight dollars, was told l>y the German, .
who disliked the size of the bill, that he 1 1
need not come again.
The German, who, hy iho hy, had not j
heard the doctor's prescription very well, j
supposed he could gettheoil and treat him- ! ,
self. Tha-dqctof saw no more of his patient i
for some time/hiit one day, "riding past the j '
residence oTtfie German, he was pleased to j
see him out in the garden, digging lustily. |
The case fieemed such a proof of ihe virLues ,
of ?od livpr oil, that ho stopped" to make j |
more pnrticnlar inquiries,about it.
"l ou seem to be getting well," sa>il lie, |
addres$iug the German,y,
"YaW, well," responded the former sick
rnnn.
"You took as much oil as I told you ?" !
inquire the doutor. .
"OI> yaw, 1 Imvo used more as four gal- j
Ions of de dog liver, oil."
"The whut J" said the astonished doctor.
/ .. \
uDe dog liver .oil d?*t you say I shall take.
I have killed most every fat little dog I
could eatcli,.aod de dog liver oil have euro
I me. It isb ft' great medioiue, dat doer liver
oil." , ~ ?i
The doctor find nothing to say, but rode
quickly away, and noted in his memorandum
book that.coMHumption might bo as readily
cured with dog liver oil as cod liver oik
Cincinnati Commercial.
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A Nom,f Deed.?Yesterday afternoon, as
tfye traiu on. the Ev?naville and Crawfordsvillerail
road waa-atarting, and had got- underronsiderpble
headway, a child was di?-1
covered ott the track only a short diatanpe
ahead of the locomotive. TBp' engineer
Immediately bare the signal and revra^d
bis*ogioe., The fireman, Mr. Chas; Miller
seeing that>the*traiol could not be stopped
in tins?, spra'Bg-thwJugh. the look out,
window ?ftbe> dbgine, ran nlonawwitil-bo
carive to 4^ forward end, ^nrrf^cd :off,. ?.ml
locopootive wis" within' five feet of.^ifa
. when he saved the chjld^
^ Terra Ha m te Jnd. Expteu. j
The Bachelor and Baby.
"What shall 1 do .", and tho old bache- j
or's tamped about the silling room in a percct
rage ot" doubt, looking first at the napting
bal>? in the little willow cradle, and
lion at the bu.?v French clock on the inutile
shelf.
"As sure as my name is Joseph Phelps,
lint little, two-listed, large-lunged nephew
>t* mine is about waking, and it wants one I
vhule hour of llie time which its mother j
ippoiuted for her return. Wliew ! I acually
sweat thinking about it. What can
do with it?how can L treat it to sugar
vhat d'ye calls 'cm, or hold it, or trot it, or
lo anything with it
At this juncture a faint wail from the
Kiby receptacle brought bachelor Joseph
o his tabs. With an energy and alacrity
hat would not illy become a husband and
Ulbv U*lnlo.r_ lu? w\..L'nw# *!"?
; ? ? v.^v. ?"'o |
radio, sending the indignant baby into a !
lerfect tremor of kicks and squalls. lJackvards
and forwards, 1'rum one side of the
?il!o\v to the other, the round red face rolL'd
; the infant fiats were clenched with a
orce that purpled them : while from the
white plump throat came aery that set the
lachelor wild with fear.
Again Joe looked at the cloek"Whatin
the deuce can 1 do lie exlaimed,
viewing, woefully the little inflatnd
face before him.
Lie sat down in a big chair before baby
?spread a double cradle quilt over his
:necs, and with a look of terror unon his
ncc, proceeded to take baby from its rest- |
ng place. Jle drew the von nig liopeful intuit
to his lap just as a very neat old lady
i'ould pick up a pocket handkerchief, with
lis thumbs and lingers. A fresh yell from
ho rosy mouth of ihe baby was the only
xprcssioii ot thanks as he commenced the
tever-out-uf-fashioi) baby trot.
"I must bo that something is pricking I
lim. .Shoo! shoo !" said Joe, commcnctig
a.search for the aggravating pin, that
ras driving the child into such a rage. l>ut
10 pin was to be found, and lie made an
ttempt to tiirn baby over, but oh! the
lumsiness of his lingers?the eellikc form
ull out of his lap t<> the lloor, sending forth
, cry that was ''louder, clearer, deadlier,than
efore.
' Lord save me ! I've broken its neck !"
i as tlie exclamation as he picked baby up, !
nJ in the agony of dispair tried to quiet i
im. A thought struck Joe. IIo ssw a
t.-i-jac hanging against the wall of the adjitiing
bed room, an I with a smile of deight
upon his couutdunncu he went for it.
>iu-o enough, thero it was, slulling, bodice
and all ! a real monument of feminne
ingenuity. Jle was wild with joy. ILc
linned it ovor his coat, and fastened the
loevo.s behind him.- lie toook baby and
nid its head against the false breast work.
"Shades of Southern plantations and coton
factories !" exclaimed Joe, as baby
ootcd its nose into it about a mile, then
uddlcd for a snooze. Thou the b.ichcI>r
COIlllllGllef-d sitKfincr
Women arc all a th-eliot; sliovv,
For man's delu-ioii givi-n,
"When filled with brain and stuffed with two,
They Ionic quite well?"
A tap upon the door stopped Joe in tJie
nidst of his suggestive song, and before ho
tad time to disarray himself, the door was
poucd, and a roguish, laughing pair of
:yes peered in upon him.
"Your sister is not at home, is she ?"
:hiiTtippcd (lie visiter.
"No, ma'am," stammered Joe, growing
ed in the fat e : "and 1 have turned nurse."
Miss Ilnycs Inughnd ; offered to relieve
litn of his charge; which he willingly conionfed
to; silling nearhv, tlio wliilo, intently
vatching her. She mannged hahy to a
:harm, without the basque, and .Joe was
:aplivaU;d.
J>>u|?h 1'helps, married Fanny Hayes?
ipon my word, he did.
Value of a Elonde Ringlet.
There seems to he one thing, after all that
s more valued, for not having coal any\king
! The following incident, which we
ind in a French paper, illustrates tlie truth
if this apparent impossibility.
At a Charity Fair, lately got up by the
benevolent fashionables of Paris, the PrinL-ess
1' had a counter, covered with elegant
trifles. One of her guy acquaintances,
Count do P? ?, approached llie stall, and,
nfter looking at all tlie articles, was walking
quietly away. The lovely shop-woman,
upon this, called out to know whether he
was going to be so uncourteons as to pass j
without buying something of her.
''I would," lie said, with a significant look, '
,4if y'Au wonlil sell 1110 what I want."
"Well, wliat is it Y'
"That, lock of golden liair wliicli falls so
beautifully to your shoulder."
''Youahidi have it," replied ihe Princess,
very promptly, and, seizing a pair of scissors,
Hhe clipped it, dose to Iter temples. It was
then duly wrapped in a piece of paper, apd
minded across tlic counter. - ...
"Five hundred franca," said' tliq Princess.
The Count as promptly.drew a chock from
his wallet and filled it up for the amount,
secretly thinking it was rather dear, )x^t
pocketing it with a very chivalric grace.
The next day, the Count, telling the stpry
with 8omaJ.riutnph tb his sister-in-law, who
happened to be an intimate friend of the
Princess's, was surprised to find it received
with # .b$irst of hearty laughttt.
"The.Princess made a.gootfbarjjai|i oat
of you," said liis sister^ "for, as,I chance to
knoj^ the' five hundred francs which she
charged you for that single <:url, is three/of
four times as much ftfc'aho.'pajd liairdreasuf-for
the ipholi iitff.* , U
' Now, would h'ot the'C6'unt'Tiavo*. vah/^d
that loSft of hair considferribly" 'nionj. If* the
"^rtncesd Had charfefed ne&rta Katrj nrrtuot{$ty
fictid anything'fot H J" }1'1 ,
M^-4Al>rdp ofhalr
Vri^fe than Vheu ft'iff
| families.
One by One.
One by one the sands are flowing;
One by one the moment'a fall; (
Sonic are coming, some are going, t
I)o not strive to grasp them all. I
One by one thy duties wnit thee, '
Let thy whole strength go to each ; ^
Let no future dreams <-late thee,
Learn thou first what these eau teneh.
One by one (height gifts from heaven) c
Joys are sent thee here below ; t
1"nko them readily when given. c
Heady too to let theiil go. C
One by one th\* gifts shall meet thee, ^
Do not fear an armed Land;
One will fade as others greet thee,
Shadows passing through the land.
l>o not. look at life's long sorrow ; ti
Sec how small each moment's pain;
God will help thee for to-morrow, jj
Kvcry day begin again. t
livery hour that fleets so slowly ^
11.is its task to do or hear;
5
Luminous the crown, and holy, ,
If thou set gem with care.
J)o not linger with regretting, (1
Or for passing hours despond, t
Nor, the daily toil forgetting, v
Look too eagerly beyond. y
Hours are golden links God':- token,
Reaching heavens; but one by one, j(
Toko tliein, let the chain be broken, ,
Ere the pilgrimage be done. .
?
Old Love Song.
This is the birthday of my love, i
Then vanish care and sorrow ; J.
To-day shall mirth and plensure reign, I
'l'lioiiirh L'riof should com?> tn-mnrrnw ?
My love draws tioar with airy troail,
And glances sliy and sweet;
Si"*, little birds above licr head !
liloom, (lowers, beneath her feet. ^
The happy earth is once a year y
Drest out in Spring's array; ]
But, when my lady walked abroad, i
With me 'tis every May.. 1
Not Honest, But Frank. j
An Eastern traveler gives the following 1
account of a brief, pointed, and, wo think,
rather unsatisfactory interview with an Arab *
of Jebel Hain an : I t
"What brought you to the spring when i
vou saw us there ?" I asked him. I i
"To strip you," lie coolly replied. :
"Ami why did you not do it?" i
"1 Serialise Malimud was with you." t
"But why would you plunder us ? We <
are strangers and not enemies."
"It is our custom." I
"And do you strip all strangers ?n f
"Yes, all we can get hold of." 1
"And if they resist, or are too strong for
you 3"
"In the former case wo shoot them from
behind trees ; in the latter, we run." !
"How do the people of your tribe live 1 1
Do tlicy sow or plant ?"
"No, we arc not slaves /" said he, with
i. ,i: ..i-.:- 1
IIIUIU1 UIMJMIIJ. '
"What do you do for a living ?" 1
"We keep goats, huut partridges, and 4
steal.'' '
"Are you all thieves ?" 1
"Yes, all." ]
Tho Jewish Passover.
This soleni feast, in commemoration of ,
the passing over of the first-born of the Is- ,
raelites, when the first borniof their Egyptian
masters perished, will begin on Thurs- ,
day, the Oth of this month, (it being the (
15th dAy of tho Jewish month, Nisan, in ,
their year 5G1V,) and last tor, seven days. ,
l^iiiMnnr tliic hiun oil Intvc tulin ftrlluira #.-v
tlie faith of their fathers, eat, "mazot" or ,
unleavened bread. The Penntylvanian, ,
of Philadelphia, snys : "The mazot" is |
manufactured in this city, Baltimore and j
New York, and sent to all other pruts of
the country where it is needed. It is made ,
of the finest wheat flour and purest water, i
knended by a wooden leaver, and afterwards :
''rolled ont between wooden rollers, and then ,
out liy machinery, without being touched j
l>v human hand. It looks and tastes like ,
.some kinds of water crackers, and is rather
meagre food for an entire week." ,
I ?
?> - ,
Tub i.ats Hon*. S. W. Harms.?Tele- i
graphic despatches have mentioned the deaih I
at Washington, of the Hon. Sampson \V. i
Harris. The cause of his death 'was pn'tfi- J
tnonia, from which ho had been suffering for ' i
sometime. Mr. Harris was the son of Jlou. I
Stephen \V. Harris, formerly a Judge ottho : i
Superior Courts of the Ocinulgeo Circuit-of !
Georgia, and was born in i'utham count)',
On., After the dentil of his father his family
remove<l to Athens, where he was gradtiated
from the State University. About
fifteen years ago lie'emigrafed to Wcturapka,
Ala., and was soofi after elected to Congress
from theSeventh District of that State, where
he has been retained ever since. In Congress
he won an honorable reputation,
and whijst his death is mourned by s
cirde otlncndsrtncl relatives in tnw oiaie
ftfid' Alabama, it will bo sincerely deplor<s<? %
by the constituency ho lias served so " fajtlJ-' t
fully for so longa time.
th > v; ^r?rRii
Tub BLoeHidob RaitnoaV.-^W? are*.
tn lonrn that the nrivatd sUbftcrin
tiona to this great enterprise are Mow- sufficient
to secure the second instalment of the
St&fe aubeoriptioik The road from Anderson
to Picking ia now ready for layiug
down the iron, $nd tl?i? pert, of the A work
wiU be.?peedik oomjJUi?d.- The remaining
portions o/the u rofejU[ will ho, hereafter
. proseevJed J?e oonaideted ^ [
?i bctb jwihl iiwiiiwih H1Mn?a?|
First Things in a Man's Life.
A French paper lias an amusing article
lescribing minutely tlie successive first
hings I lull liapen to a man in the course of
lis life. J lis first hour as a new-hornbaby,
lis first trowsors, his first clay in college,
lis first scholnslio prize, liis first cigar, bis
irst lovo letter, his first sweetheart. And
hen, coming to his various experiments in
he way of profession, it describes his first
ause as a lawyer, his first "case" as a docor,
his first battle as a soMier. It then proeeds
to his first wedding night, his first
hild, his first gray hair, his first wrinkle,
lis first rejection as an admirer, his first pair
if spectacles, his first rheumatism, and?
lis first grave! The Parisian view of tlio
pproach of old ago is (lie most amusing
(art of all this, awl wo omit the long list of
irstlings, till we Rome to tlie
First (.tray Hair.?"Adolphe carefully
ilucks it out. Ho lias no sooner done it
lian another apear at its side. A pest on
liem ! It is just like a barrel of apples?
s soon as one is rot ton tho whole lot is
poiled. Oh, thou dressing-glass, in which
adolphe has, for so long, seen reflected a
outhful and fresh face every morning, say,
lo you recognize him now ? It is indeed
lie once handsome man?that old fellow
nth the care-worn count nuance, tho blush
ellow under the eyes, nnd the dulled complexion
f"
The First Wrinkle.?It starts from tlio
3tt eyebrow and coils over the right eyoirow
with a serpen lino inovitablctiess. Ah,
hat trilling furrow! Of how many iliuions
is it the grave?of how many pleasures
?of how many hopes! But cheer up I
^ftcr all, it is but a wrinkle! And a wrin;le
does not. prevent you from drinking, nor
"roin laughing, nor from loving?ay, and
here have been instances of its not preventing
i man from being loved ! Yet a little while,
mil Adulpii'; guts beyond even this possibility,
and meets with
The First Repulte of his Administration.?Alas
! he is no longer agreeable to
ivotnan ! Uut he can luxuriate in the past.
[Ie can luck his door and stealthily re-color
lis faded illusions bv reading over again the
ove letters of his former days! But soon
igain this occupation of his solitude flags
n interest, and instead of letters to read,
le has another occupation to attend to.
J fits First Rheumatism.?The enemy
ileitis on with its slow and sure approaches
.o the citadel. And with it come Bleeplessless,
loss of aopetite, cough, deafness, Mindless,
gout in the stomach?invisible sappers
ind miners, who gradually and certainly
nake their fatal advances, till finally the
;reat foe, death, has but to look around up:>n
the ruins of the place. He is gone to
ms nrsi (j rare?and ins neirs place a
tandsomo and heavy stono over it, to bo
sure that h(S will not return. And ao, drop
;he curtain ! Tlio farce is over !
Court?Important Cases.
The business of Hie Court'has been usually
large. .Several casts of considerable interest
have been tried. Among them wo
may mention the case of Joseph Frey vs.
The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad
Company. This was an'action in the
jase brought against the Company to re
i a fttn aaa r f_i?
;uvtm u<im?u?i;s i?iiu m. cnyji/uu, ior injuries
sustained by the plaintiff wbich were caused
by the running oft' and capsizing of the
passenger train several months since.
The allegations were that the road of
Lhe company was in a defective state, and
that in consequence thereof the plaintiff
was seriously and permanently injured, and
entitled to heavy damages. The defence
was, that there had been no negligence on j
the part of the company in keeping their
track in good order, nor had the plaintiff
sustained anything like serious injury. It
was proved that al'tor the plaintiff had re*
reived the injury. Dr. Fair, of Columbia, :
was sent for by the company to attend him,
mo that the plamtm was taken back to Columbia,
to Hunt's Hotel, where he wbs
particularly cared for by ilie company in !
procuring a very skillful physician, and all
nccessary attentions, which were paid for by j
Lho company.. The case was prosecuted by
Major Kion, and defended by Messre. Roborison
and Boylaton. Vl'be jury, after hearing
tli? arguments of council and chargo of
lho jwdgi', rendered a verdict for only $10.
Wo iiko pleased to see tliat the juries of
Dur district arc ready to discharge justice
jveiili}Hiik'd)x.t0 raj I toad companies, and
*ro not biased in their verdicts by the nibrtiid
pivjudtto tliat prevails against- thera jo
more nortfi(;m latitudes. And- wo do nbt
:loubt, tbat. so long as the same tindly^ton- .j
sideration for the welfare and comforts
those under their charge shall animate- Ifie 5
company, so lojig will they find justice a- . "J
warded them without stint <?r prejudice ^ |
from the jury box. j*
We also mention tbe case of John^ ilari
i8on, Sr.,- vs. G. II. Parker. .TbVwps. an . j
action to recover damages for lofe.of a veiy
I I . l_ . i ? 1
Oriyill lliniiiuu >ui wiuuiwu wui^
The boy hail been hired by M&owqityr, -Mr>
Harrison, Mr, farkor, under
served, bis-ftpprentieeehip,; '^13r.''.Parker,<*!Jj^
Christinas, we believe, gave the bpy- a pass ^
to visit his brother ia Columbia.'/JjJe^
and lias not been heard of. The allegation
jvm that Mr. l'aiker, by giving, hinj a ffaai,
had furfiisliod him with'means of. e^featMhc ? 1
lit a free State, aud should therefore bef^iUl }
responsible. The jury rendered a.- veraict
fur defendant. Mr. liutlnncf appeared^for
plaiutiftaud Mr. Boylstonfor defond&fafc; ,
^Winusboro Register,
A dying Irishman was asko'd-J^r. li?*< c5?P
fessor, iC-ho jyas prepared to renounoflf tft&
devil an'd allliis workl"Oh yotfr;bfyj$ft*
said Pat, "doo'taskqnp that;,I'm gojng ib
a strange country, I.doa't want to niajfce'j$yj^IF
enemies. t. ? - * " ]
? ?? ? t -J
"Sully," sajd a follow to a gjAwFo- bad
rodhair."keop^way from mo, or?.yo{*^Awil
brtfiro.'?<lNo dftDgor of4hafj*jNf*
the answer,; yoii ate too green to bmn
. ' 7?'." ''
Both houses oftft6 Minnesota LogisI&buro ^ J
bayo passed a bill to remove ; the i seat of,