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PlosrB,m ""I be Pabbd weekly t th i; "I 10 wecka (teo number,) i Hates of Advertising:." 1 00 XUcb aaheaoesl lMprtlan.... 60 DoqaAr three taonttu , ...: - .- tlx - ...i................U..i 6 00 10 00 IS 60 t iff on 15 00 S5 00 80 00 three 9lX " tw)re " Oarter eoUne twelve ioobUm .. . lull eolaflia iwetve moetke c"3l0 twelve Months J.vakl lint a)stituU a mrmar . . . . 90 00 150 00 For aoeonncuix endidt f or aroantT office.,.. ,....$ 00 ror aanoa ocln candidate for a St ate o'fflce. 00 joo wwkdonewkh nitB and diapaUh at hort notice, at Tbe caah wrraponcinjf wud I ae time. B"i pilea of adTerti.lng ; Job work to" be paid for on dellrerr fy; AH persoiu orderlox adrertijinenta are kcld repouf- m turiaeHne. jTHe boldiee's dream: T TBOVA4 CAMrBKLU v bngtea sang truce, for the night-cloud ' I r . lowered,' : ' ' ' i - V .' had And the kcutloel stars set their watch in the sky. i And thottsaada had sunk onTe eround OYcrnow- The weary to Ieep, and the woundfcd to die. V - '. 1 ' J i When reposing dial night on my pallet of traw, By the-wulf -scaring fagot that guaftied the blain, At the dead of the night Vsweet Tisioii I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. ilethonght from the battle-field's dreadful amy, Far; far I had'roamed on a desolate rack Twas autumn and sunshine arose on . the way ' To the home of my father, that welcomed me ' I flew to the pleasant fields traversed, so .oft. f 'la lifejs morning march when mjjr bosom was j . young; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the cornjreapers f SUDZ. ' i . i. ' --lTftcn plegetl we the wine-cup and fondlyjl swore I lrom rny home and my weeping friends never to r . ' -rtt; . . . . J . t - v ' i.'J I . f 3Iy. little pnes kbsed me a thousand timed oer, ; And nry, wife "aobbed aloud in her fulness of i ' heart"' ' . " ' ' ' ---. ; -' :j r - . , t . - ; , ! 'Stay, tay wt h us res t, thou art weary and worn And fuin was their war-broken soldier to stay; . But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn, And thi voice in my dreaming ear'.mclte away. It i GRADUATED vs. EDUCATED, tn these latter dnj'3 of wisdom,whcn new books appear faster than snow flakes in a ,Xev England storm, and ncw authors, more numerous than stars In. an autumn evening, arise in the jlitcrary firma- , ment, itfhasbeen playfully affirmed that the only 1 distinction consists in being un-distinguihecL If this assertion is true in the world of letters it is ; doubly thie in the world of scholars. " So common a process has "graduating" becomej that a vouth 4 who has 'rarely seen the inside of a college would I bermore jbf ah anomaly than be wlu complacently iharigs upon the wall his framed record of virtues - and accomplishments, the existence pf which might jKHtiMy never have been suspected were they not . embodied in visible form and displv ed to the gaze of an admiring world. r . The term graduated may comprehend much ; or : it may be'only great in that strange pcll a name." - It may represent months and years of earnest labor ; ; inwoven with pure purposes andnoble aims; freighted ith high hopes and an ever-present faith J in the opening future. , It may mean not that the graduate ?Is merely the professor of certain 'bistort ; cal, mathematical or scientific facts it may mean that he feducaUd. Not educated in that full sense of the term which a life time is insufficient to com--1 ple"te, and which -can never be perfected but under j I tlie tuition of the Great Teacher, but it may mean ; that the dementaof knowledge are fully mastered ; Mm trt tAki the nurnesi ana purest inouea - ill m i r- i 'carry theta out to their highest results. s - Their Is no real antagonism bcti-cen the terms 'edncated'and graduated, altliough they are come to .'be Very far from synonumons. The difference is only like; the supposed hostility belween England - -i Vritf( r between En gland arid slavery. No QUM m -a - w t ' one can lofford to rank among thelionored list o college graduates until he is reallyj truly, educat ed -and fnieW will any amount of outside knowl edg in (elf-educated men fully supply the place trh mllre traininir- The amount of via e w-- Q 0- knowiedie possessed is often of farjlesa importance than thei manner m which it is. obtained. ? juiowi ;ffre. toibe useful, must be available. lhy any I amount of mere facts and dates--good in them f 8clve3 perhaps, but good for nothing lo the possessor- r, nhould bt esteemed so valuable is aa difficult tot un ? derstand fas it was to the old lady that the price of ' candles snouia oe so nign aannK r,. dles,r aaid she, Vblesa me ! do! they ght by caridle- i that habijts of rigorous, Indcicndent thought have j been cultlrated; and, better than a'l, it may mean that be tas attained that moral strength enabling piujbir-1 ;. , if , - 4 ' those whose .names appear in the lijt of alumni in Uiw catalogues. :The names of Washington and t ? t t-sn vpt wvvmnd down the corridors of .:U those of Philips and Everett arc lost iJn the dlrik distance. . Z: i .1 "Whene'er a noble deed Is wrtiifrhf. ' S Whene'er Is spoken a noble thought," -B-n Mftm the results of true culture, whether j inr w, aw 3 ' i ihat culture be gained in classic walls or the great I school of .life expeience. " j : 1 " like ail other great gifts or acqrnrernentj, edu- ' catiom irnries responsibility. : What (s but the open ing to.lu rxssessor of another world a world of srfevsvpd tiKmghfc.rid bcauty--a world abbanding in bleiarfneM," ind also 'In (oiL and ufering," and temptation. It is not "a world to Renter "with jcare- 'lesa, aelf cdent footateps,cqntenti with negative rirtsMS -coMdipZ eviL;VJast thoiglts, ri8ht f eel- . ings. arevnot u, that ia-required oi; us. aoSethlflr to don inkbis busy wprldVana' There Is for each "r I t ii oTae Ufe-work waiting. . ' V jVliv in eieniial Mmea.if . Th WirtrssJ mind is narcMngi witb'roajestic strides, rabving through f- - r r- --. j ' ' . time as the xrods of Homer through space, and each day -rereals more clearly the great mystery bf pro gression. Truths and principles dimly apprehend ed in the past, rise clearly upon the present Eve rry step toward the outer infinite reveals more clear ly thef magnitude of life's Lvbor. j "Get leave to work in this world. Tis the best ypu cangetatalL Get work."' Be sure 'tis better .than what you work to get" '.Work and wait; ; ; " -!. . ; " , ; "Where the world needs worker, theret . V- - Where there's wropj there make it right. Where there's ned. there Is thr miselon." : , f " . - Toll through darkness on to light. Give as given the one Oreat Giver, - t s Of the best thj nonl hath found. Sat thos done a noble action 1 . j ' -; There la consecrated ground."! , . Work and wait, and of all the lessons life gives us, the lesson "wait" is the hardest, to Jearn; Not wait by aimlessly drifting; but" with physical," ment al, moral powers carefully, cultivated, ever praying for . .... ; . n;u.;:r. . iv::;,;,:--,., l .: "More of reawn, more of right, , ., ' i- More of truth and more of might, '". . i ; . i . ' More of love and more of light,". $ v.. 1 j . would we send one student to. his work ,m ufe, feel ing fully assured that he is educated, though per chance not graduated. ? i i SUN AND SHADOW. As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green, ; To the billows of foam-crested blue,- . , r i Yon bark, that afar in the distance is-seen, f . ; I Half dreaming my eyes will pursue; v ! . Now,dark in the shadow; she scatters the spray, As the cuatt in tne strosie or trie nail. 1 i . Now white as the sea-gull she flies on her way; The sun gleaming bright on hersaiL : . '- : . I i ; ! ' .. V i ; Yet her pilot is thinkingtof dangers to shun,; ut Dreakers that whiten ana roar: i ' ; ' How little he cares if in shadow orisun ' ' 1 They see him who craze from the! shore ! v i He looks to the beacon that looms from the reef, . To the rock that is under- his lee. ' As he drifts on the blast,- likea wind1 wafted leaf, O cr the gulfs of the desolate sea, ; -, if"! -iin.it j V " i ' M . . i " Thus drifting afar to tlie dim-vaulted caves Where life and its ventures are laid,- ' I - The dreamers who gsizo While we battle j the Waves, Afnv c n in Suncliinn nr lirlf - J T ' '. I Yet true to our course, though our 'shadow grow Mark, . ' . JH- :;. j ; :. - ; We'll trim our broad sail as before, I i And stind by the rudder that governs the bark, Nor ask how we look from the shore 0Ucert 'endtU Homes. The Aurora Koreans. We extnict some paragraphs from an article on the Northern Light, in Harper's Magazine, written by Prof.. Elias Loomis pf Yale College, who pro nounces the auroral beams simply; spaces which are illumined by the flow of electricity through- the upper regions of the atmosphere :"j : : ' ; ? v They exhibit an endless variety! of appearances. In the United States an-aurora is 'uniformly, pre ceded by :i hazy or slaty appesirance of the . sky, particularly in the neighborhood 'of the northern horizon: When the auroral display commences-, this hazy portion of the sky assumes the form of a dnrk bank or segment of a ciicle n the north, ris ing ordinarily to the height Of from five to ten de grees.' This dark segment is" not a. cloud, for the stars are seen through atas through a smoky atmos phere, with little diminution of brilliancy. iThis dark bank is simply a dense haze, and it appears darker from the contrast with the luminous are which rests upon it J;!!; '.Mill: j . -I J The height of a large number of auroras has been computed, and the average result for the upper lim '. . . r h t ' 1 it of the streamers is 4.M), miles. t;ro.m a multitude of observations, it is concluded that the aurora sel dom appears at an elevation less than about45 miles above the earth's surface,' and that it frequeutly ex tends upward to an elevation of 5000 -miles. - Auro ral arches having a well-defined border are general ly less than 100 miles in height ; j I f ) AuroraLexhibitions take place b the upper re gions of the atmosphere, since they partake of ithe earth's rotation. All the celestial bodies have an apparant motion from cast to west,' arising from tlie rotation of the earth; but; bodies belonging to ..the earth, including the atmosphere f and i the clouds which float in it, partake of tlie earth's rotation so that their relative position is not affected by i t The same is true of auroral exhibitions. Whenever, an auroral corona is iormeti it maintauis sensiDiy ; uie same xsition in the heavens during the whole perir od of its continuance, although the stars meanwhile revolve at the rate of 15 degrees per hour. ; P. ' ' The grosser rxtrt of the earth's atmosphere is lim ited to a moderate distance from the earthj At i the licight of a little over four miles, the density of j the air is only one-half what it is at the earth's surface." At the height of 50 miles the' atmosphere is wvell nigh inappreciable in Its effect upOn twilight The phenomena of lunar eclipses indicate an appreciable atmosphere at tlie height of CO miles.; The. phenom ena of shooting-stars indicate; an atmosphere at ! the height of 200 miles, while the aurora indicates that the atmosphere does not entirely cease st the height of 500 miles. Auroral exhibitions: take place, there fore, in an atmosphere of extreme " rarity j so rare indeed that if, in experiments with-an-air-pump, we could exhaust the air as completely, wje should say that we had obtained a perfect vrcuum. I . ' 1 ' !! ! i ? i! ' V! - ' i r . i '!'"- V BnEATniNG Night Air.A writer in the July numler of " Good Health" denies the truth of 'the popular idea fiat " night air "is hurtful to thelqngs or the general health of the system. He says: v It was formerly the universal belief that the air of night was very injurious.-: But the fact is, that,.! except under certain circumstances, it is as health ful, or even more so, than that of the day-time. The night air of large cities such as London, when the bustle and commotion, which ' cause it to be loaded with dust particles, is comparatively quelled, and the numerous fires which contaminate it with their smoke are mostly extinguished, is purer than that of the day. ; Nothing conduces more to healthy sleep than good ventilation, and no mode of ventila tion surpasses that obtained by opening a window at the top, by which the influence of -draught is avoided, while the upper stratum of air, to .which imnurities ascend, is constantly renewed. , 1 " r L '.But there is still another reason for at times adopt ing night even in perference today ' ventilation.. In sultry weather it is a common mistake to open I the windows instead : of keeping them altogether closed, as is the case in. very hot i climates.- But a. little reflection, will show that since the height, of I the thermometer in the sun always greatly exceeds that shown at the same lime Dy another thermometer Tlred in the shade, by opening the ; windows! we admit air much heated into our rooms. The proper timn nnder such circumstances for ventilation is during the night, when the external atmosphere has COOled dOWn. J auvpiuig mto ym in uuk.ncaiHCT, tomnprHtnre of a room I may always be kept several degrees lower than if the opposUe course is ji ., . il : : :X !: 4 ii ! pursued. ;t CriEERFCI.. People. God bless the cheerful per son t man, woman or emiu, iu jyjuu&yuuuiin.c . a i v?anm nrhnmelv. Orerand above or eaucaveu, r-rrr v--- np Whftt th" which knows Jiow to. lean nponHim,:ara1 cheerful rSsona Tin the house and. by tb waysida They ydouw Tinmnsciouslv. about 'their si- f'J1..!. -iriyhtenine ur society around them with the happiness beaming xrom,their faccai -r We El. tn U near them;, we Joyethe glanca, of, their ioyo f,.i vrti i . ' Liltla children find 4 rZl- ZL annnieklv.- amid the" densest crowd. vnaa Tnrmaia. - - 1 - i r:T tjassing by. the knotted browand compressed liSStowwfWid baying W, confiding Ulo:hand: on their knee, lift their clear young; eyes - to those loving faces., - v. ;r ..;;- jv .model. if e. uniy lei a. woman oe sure sn3 is loved by her husband: by little acts of devotion and attention, 'such as. were. so; common and K) frequently bestowed upon her while she was court Rl by him: that she is only useful, valuable and con venient, but lovely. Let his wishes tastes, desih?, and opinions be consulted: and her judgment in spected and let her feel that she is cherished aj.- cording to botlvspirit ,and letter of the marriaere vow, and as love begets love, so will its hands come strengthened and her toils be made flight the approving smile and notice of : her husband, everv little act of attention " : i i ' I ' , And when adversity or sorrow overtakes them Jit will hAxt lnat if a atina -frf the cnncliinonf dinTmol r i: will gleam through the clouds of sorrow j and X -- - Jl i ,1 t . : f. pia a luiure iionzon meiioweainio soiuiesv i sober tranquility as she rests her aching hfead, uj n. nis preast.. the lee 13 a j confidence ana joy in lis strength." Let this romance of poetrof realjfftr' cultivated and will it i abundantly, pay in place of uselesss fiction and worthies cosmetics,, foi neitlier will then need any artificial paint' to beautify the countenance, for those whon we love are alwaj's pretty Willi such attentions bestowed arid con stant surprises and plots which' love' delights in, woman becomes a lyric poem, the voice of the din- ner piaies ana lea-Keme asii sings wiin aeiignt, sweet mnsic to these souls, and as she glides -about her household affairs with It elastic andi airys stepr making labor a sacred delight, and fj pleasant - duty, the house a real home and domestic duties a reward of constant enjoyment and even pleasure, fand let the husband. spend his evenings andj leisure time in the house making love to his wife--when she is not too busily engaged and he will have a j wifo to be proud of and she a husband to boast of i in these degenerate days of divorce" and domestic infelicity; and by sharing her society he will avoid company which is worse and save him from that bane and curse of modern life, drunkenness. And let her ambition be to make the house attractive, and pleasant; refrain from annoying each other, wilh their daily little vexations as much as passible, and thus bear each others burdens, so will life pass like si summer dream, happy in the consciousness of each others love, with such "love is ? heaven, and heaven is love.' 4:1 Pawkbrokixg. During the summer months the business of the pawnbrokers, though good, is not by any means pressing. The - laboring i classes .are then, for themost part well and profitably em ployed, aftd iF1t,wcre not" for rum, idleness, and real misfortune-!-such as sickness4-there would be, comparatively little, for , "my " uncle" , to do. As i winter conies on, however, one source of employ ment after another is closed, expenses j increase, while, curiously enough, miscellaneous crowds with slender resources flock in from-the country. ' In this city the stream of people from over-seaf urnishes a'never-failing supply, of business to j the pawn broker, and these people seem to hold off wonder fully until the approach of coldj weatheri ' rThen, .however, his shelves begin to fill upl Allj the early summer they grew thinner, as one pledge after an other was" redeemed by those who once more found a1 remunerative demand for their time, and labor; but now' even the rapidly , accruing "forfeits",-do not make room enough for the j fresh 'offerings. Bits of jewelry ; furniture; clothing of all kinds ; relics of better days; odd mementoes of far 'away lands beyond the spa ; articles of domestic usq be yond mention or unmentionable all is j fish that comes to' his net, if only it have a niarket value, or, in hi3 opinion,' a reasonable . prospect of; ultimate redemption. Hardly an article is offered , upon which the pawnbroker is not begged to advance "more,"4 but his trade h-irdens him, and he in variably decides in accordance with what he con siders his own interests. , These, be it understood, prompt him to loan as much as he safely can upon each item,' for a forfeit is by "no means an invariable prouk lie btes uciow nun, an urtjr iuug, uuu the yeari round; the improvident, the recklessj-the vicious, and the victims of unutterable misfortune. It i3 not his fault that he becomes! hardened, and yet he fills an important and useful place in society a place that must and will be ruled, and that al- wajrs has been filled. Harper1? Magazine. TnE Best Time for Bathing. The robust and practiced bather, will suit his convenience or his pleasure generally with impuniiy.lj But the norice should observe certain rules until he nnus he din do without them: The first in importance, is tjat the sea .water should not be too cold, or, if cold, lis own person should be warm at the time he plunges into the water. Now the water will be the warmest when the tide has just come in, and especially if it be a sandy beach upon which the rays of a hot sun have been playing some hours, v There j is of teri a I ,. difference in this case of five or six'degrees between high water and ebb tide. 'Hence it follows that tlie forenoon, or about noon if the tide; serve; is the best time. A bath before breakfastr or late in tl je even ing, is only suitable or even safe for the robijst, and those whose reaction,1 is vigorous.! The sjomach should have been already fortified with brqakfast, and for delicate persons a glass of wine- is no bad preparation for- the bath. ; J Never , bathe i on, a full meal. It, is bf importance. where chlldrtfi and weak persons are concerned, that they should have their dip during the flow, and not during thepbb of the tide not only because there are less impurities on the beach during the flow than the ebb tide'but because the force of the waves often overfhrows them. I But if overset during the flow of tht tide, they are propelled towards the shore, and intt shal low water ; they accordingly find themselves h safe ty, and may laugh at the mishap, j j But (f the same thing occurs when the sea is "going out'.thev may be sucked back byhe receding wave, and losing' their- footings may get terribly frightened on find ing themselves carried almost out bf their depth. i i v -! '.. .'- Uentleman s Magazine. ':s1r : -i . Incivility. Incivility has not! only) often lost many ni customer, but has through that one loss, suffered the further injury, that others have been kept by ithe reported discourtesy from the establish ment In the end, like crime, all incivility is its own Nemesis. I Nor should it .be forgotten that a foolish pride is of ten at the bottom of: discourtesy: It arises, perchance, from some "Who! are you?" sort of feeling, and thu3 working its way into, the speech, he becomes discourteous who at first was at heart self -conceited land proud. ! fin every act of courtesy there is an acknowledgment of j the "claims On our attention ana respect and so iar mere is virtue in the thing itself. It is very easy to speak of it as a dancing-masters accomplishment, anil to sneer at it as though.it belonged only to psendo refiuement Any studyj of the essence of words shows us that courtesy and civility comprehend in themselves the relations we sustain to others; and those relations are not only those of buying and selling with all other commercial aspects of the case i they are social and moral as well, and include the general happiness and the common weab Thus it is that civility relates to bur acting well the part as signed ito us! as citizens, living not as isolated beings,' indulging, selfish tastes, and looking only at ourselves, but as those who feel themselves to be part of the great common wealth of human interests and . hopes,- and' as such desirous to minister, by Courtesy and civility, to the peace and joy of those around us in the world. ropviar. Educator. Newspapeks. Where I have wandered in my missionary labors, whether in the East, West North, or South, I have always bbservfed that where the newspaper was, taKen ay tue tamlly. there thntt. morality, and general intelligence were to be found. In the -log cabins of t&e. VV est, as soon, as mv eve caught sight of the newspaper I thought to myself, 'Here, j at least, I will find, morality, intelligence, eonrtesv: and i welcome, as tLeardehLrine ta: receive Xhe gospel seed.P and. I was. seldom mistaken, j On me cquiraxy, waere nuiiuer newspapers nr gooa books' were to be seen, there ignorance, bigotry; snnerstition and erossriess- were found in all their forms, j Yes,'! have often tho.nght that the newspa per- was mv pioneer or civilization, and- did " much to make, the way easy for the successful labors of the home missionary. Lorenzo Dow.- " y ' ' ' il ' i - - a - r , tt J Rising ik the World. You should bear con Etantly in mind that nine-tenths of us are, from the very nature and necessities of the world, born to earn our livelihood by the sweat of the brow. What reason have we then to presume that lour children are' not to do the same ?v If they be, j as now and then 'one will be, endowed with extraordinary pow ers bf mind, those' powers may haVe' an opportuni ty of developing "themselves ;' and if , they .never haYe that opportunity, the liarni is not very great to: us or to thenr -Nor does it hence follow thaf the! descendants bf laborers are ajways to be ; laborers.! l he path upwards i steep and iongJ to be sure. In dustry, ;care skill, excellence iri thej present. parent: lav: the tounaation of arise under imore favorable: circumstances for the children, r The children of these take another rise ; and by and by the descen dants of the present .laborer f become gerttlemenj. This i3:the natural progress'. It is by attempungto u reach the top at a single leap tht so much misery is proauced in the world; and the. propensity to make such attempt bas been cherished and encouraged by; the - strange projects that we have of late years for making the laborers virtuous and happy by giving them .what is called education. ' 1 The education which 'I speak of consists in bringing up children to jlaborlwith steadiness, with care and with, skill ;! to ' show them hov' to do as many useful things' as. possible; to teaebMhem how to do' them all in "th best manner ; to sekthem an example in industry,! sobriety, cleanliness and neatness;' to make' all these habitual to them, so that they shall. never, be liable! to ;faimnto the contrary.; to. let them' always see a s goou nving proceeuiiig iroiu iaour anu mus 10 re-; move from them the temptation to get at the goods of, others by violent or fraudulent means, and to! keep f$r from their minds all the inducements to hypocrisy and deceit WiUiamdCohett. . A - t j i : The : Rev. Mr. Punshon, writing to the '3fet?iod ist Recorder, in England, respecting, tle . dedication1 exercises of the new Methodist church at Washing-: ton, makes this criticism on onr national lack of re-. verence : i- ' Phreno logically speaking, the American has a finely developed head, but I have sometimes thoughtl that where the organ of i veneration should bo, therel iiub 1K B pence y uuuu w. s aiiureis axi luauiiesiuai: revereiice for sacred places, days, ! and things. .L have seen the hat worn almost up to Ithe alter the? newspaper read during the sermon, the ; reporter writing his leading article during the ministers prayer: ! should, rather welcome than rebuke any things that would have! a tendency j to increase the- national reverence, ior:as the expression or holy things languish, the things themselves are apt to become enfeebled!and die. Time-hbnpred, moreverf as Ihe American; practice of j raising money for churches on the Sabbath has befcomb, and great as, may nave ueen lis success, i snouia line to see .it buried I in the ' tomb of all the Clap alets, I and I, should; feel, as I followed its-funeral, that a sworn foe .to! the higher interests of churches lay there interred: We spent. eight hours in the Metropolis tan church' on tlie day-bf dedication five iri the house of (jrod, and three in, the house of merchan dise that is, nve hours were spent m worship, and three in raising money. " 1 Or, iUtteklt Impossible Things. (That the old la dy who believes in "signs and.symproms,"; always looks o"Ut for the new moon over her left shoulder and -never ; makes pickles on a Friday, will not know something, to happen" with the year, partic-i ularly If she has the bad luck to break the looking glass ! As the old Dutch farmer said, "Things is .always; happening, most years r I .. ; 'That the man who says, "plenty of time- there's no nurry,' should not miss the boats, ose the trains; and get generally behindhand ! ! Jjuk notice whether 'people that have "plenty -of time," jdon't i usually aiii.ena WHU-IiaviDgflO linjcat aiL! ' k' 1 nax, tne woruamwno puts . oir her baking the washing is "done and the; washing until the i weather is a little warmer, and sits down to read a dog's-eared novel in .the meantime, should have any- thing out a drmKing -nushand, shiftless children, and a desolate home ! ! That the man who carries his hands in his trowsers' ; pockets, should ever assess anything else to carry in ms pocKets I : r : J f Tha thejoung lady who . sleeps m kid gloves and powders her race ior the benefit of her com?- plexion,", should have more than her share of com mon sensd ! : ; . . ; ij - ' j . j .- That the man who' wears an j imitation diamond ring, will ever own a real one ! ft For niock jewelry indicates a lack of brains, and it I takes a certain amount of brains to make money enough for real diamonds, or anything else that is genuine: -; Phrenological Joui nal. i Bather a Damper, A newly married pair, who arrived on their honey moon trip: a a celebrated German watering place at a time when accommoda tion was at a premiumj' had a mattress "spread for them by a compassionate inrj-keeper sn one of his baths.f In the middle of the highf the house was alarmed by loud shrieks proceeding from the nupr tial chamber. What was the matter? Well, this: The young bride, wishing to ; ring the bell for it maid,; had caught hold of. what she supposed to be the bell rope, and pulled it smartly; ; Unhappily for her arid her spouse, it was the cord bf "the shower bath above - their heads, and forthvith down plumped such a, deluge of cold water, a.s would throw a damper upon the' most dvbted. of honey mooning couples. Her husband, j in his! dismay, caught fraticaliy at another corq on his side of their extemporized couch, but the only (response was an, equally liberal deluge bf water, this time neariy boiling hot The unhappy pair then screamed in unison; and the bride, in the eicitement of the moment, uttered sentiments anything but compli mentary to her fond spouse. ; When ' the servants camel they jwere just in time to rescue the unlucky pair from drowning," for the room vas already half full of water, and the wife j was perched like a monkey on her husband'? back, uttering5 lamentable cries,1 while her good jman was fumbling in the dark Irving to find the door. 'Let us hope that the subsequent wedded life of. this unfortunate couple may be happiefthan its commencement f v A Kiss in the DAii-K. Horace V?rnet, 'the dis tinguished f French "painter, happened once to be travelling from Versailles to Paris in the same railway-carriage with two 'English spinster ladies, very prudish and prim, and of a certain lage ; Vernef s appearance was striking, and the ladies, if ter scan ning; him jattentivelyiwhenever they thought he was looking the other i.yf&y, began! to communicate: to each bther their observations upon him in a rather loud whisper, thinking, apparently! that as they spoke in their own language they were at liberty to make what comments; they pleased .The veteran painter was intensely amused on was too much fa man ;of Ithe world to manifest the slightest con sciousness J;of what going on.! It was not long before the train had to pass through tunnel. Ver net, seizing the opportunity, leaned forward, so as to be within hearing of his neighbors, tand applied i a smacking salute to the back of his hand. On emerging from ! the temporary obscurity, his face had assumed a mischievous expression, which, as he intended, was soon interpreted by each ,lady to the predjudie of the other, each charging the other with having received from the moustached stranger the mysterious kiss iri the dark.1 Arrived at the terminus, as all were alighting, Vernet offered his hand to help his fellow-travellers out of the carriage, and then, with a graceful bow, took;Ie&ve of them, saying, as he retired, to there dismay, in (perfectly correct English : . " Adieu, ladies, I suppose I shall never have the satisfaction of knowing to whiph of ybu I am indebted for th6 unexpected but valued favor I received in the tunneL; ' t r . i ..II! ,r; 4V . ';--iJ: j-.: V'V- V 1! it. "Abb you familiar with' short-hand Y asked ah editor, of a ehap .who badfrpplied for a situation as reporter. - -Yes, sir, I am that, is, rather, the fact I naven i naa a aoiiarxor a monin.-,-. ' - f r Jbsn Billings at Lo(ko BRAJrcfa. -The best de- scription !pf this, fashionable bathing place, is that bf Josh BllingsVftIn his letter ftejsays: v W i : f Arrived. here , just, in time 1 tewj see the Allan tik . Osean, which is now on . exhibition and dewing a good bizziness tew full houses. Tpok a bath tew onst4 and was astonished to find the watr o saltu rous ; inquired the cause of an intelligent natiff, and he informed me he didn't I care ; lthink the cuss lied. if There is about 160,000 human beings and other folks; here now, az near' as I can git at it: I koun ted till I got tired, and then I estimated. It is uerxecuy iiean-renting. w sue me leeuiaus uere m searcn r, naturaiproxecKiorat J. Kounteifi io yes- terday in one pile, they all j sighed as : I passed by them, "with downcast eyes.! I felt sorry for them, but I couldn't help them, for I aim thoroughly mar-. ned and intend tew' remain so. f there is tew bree zes? here, !i se breeze', and a Jcrste breeze, and I advise air bersons to use the ''sea breeze, for Ithe dir er a so-used tip before itreachasj here,, that it aoop uses up eferybody after; it, gets here. ,-; bhoddy and Pefrbliumf are "both here, and exsite as much notis as patteat churn; warranted to make butter in ten mihuites :rom, skim milk, but they say they shant remain lorig,bekause the aii smells so much like old brinej f I Yesterday ,1 went out Vkrabbing"; and ketched a. peck of them, they bite sideways, and, hang on like ' a dead ' boss 'shoe1 5 Hhey make good ' vittals enough, but they aint profitable to cat, if you kount your-time worth, ennythingi ' They) have a they roam about in : herds and are much respected py the inuaDitants ; l cawt j one qay. Deiore yester day,' sticking sbmething sharp into. me,, and carried tlie bug into my room, and smashed him on the sli. The bathing is luxurious, rand thejbath'ers Resemble mermaids; ' half men and half women ; and they driess in the chocktaw kostom, and -khen they emerge trpni the water, you can't tell wnich is who unless you ask them. ' After bathing ryM feel a kind of lackness bf limberness, for whicli f. was "advised to bathe in whiske. I - took ene iiimershun, about d tuimbler, and never felt so stout inirmi life.f v'l tho't I bbuld lift an aker of thejr;landl butbimeby, after I licker had let go, I felt 'as! though. I could f oiler an angei worm; into qis noie anu unu. i mieniu cuuu tcj ask a dog to f oiler me---if I evtef druik some mqre iersee whiskee, it, will be after I km ded and gone. There is one church here, but it wjbuld hold so few that nobody never go out of politeness, v There is 21 hotels, and they are principally biiilt out of doors, to give the guests as much brtnalqneous anf az pos sible. The lodging rooms is Email, but handy, each one has a' door to them and! a; looking glass on the Wall, and two washboles and tbwell. ' Dinner is served at ttWo o'clock, opens witni" soup and jshuts tip with huckelburry.if The seryants are generally blak; butfmanybf them have lived so long among the whites that they begin to adopt our color: The beach,-by . moonlight, is : worthy) of a phy Joseph er. Lovers meet herefrom all parts pf the kuhtry tew know and sware. and menny a harte comes .here tuff and goes home smashed, and pleediug jat every pour. But the grand attraction is the 'Atlantic Ocean; a great hemisphere ov liquid life and power blue water evrywhare the eye can reach, as gentle as a summer evening mil ;pond, rahd then agin, az awful as a water, earthquake. ! J .Upon the whole, to visit I lI tfiink there is aa httle nonsense there genera ly aa the same number of visitors are capab e ov. Putting Things too far ArAnT Hambo was slave to a toaster who was rconstitutionlally ad dicted to lyingl Sambo,-being fetrjorigly devoted to his master, had,: by dint or long . practice, made himself ap adept in giving plausibi ity to his master's tiuiic . f-'f . ! ii - - r- r-i " J ' One! day when his master whs entertaining ' his guests in I his coustomary, manner,, he related ;an jineident which , took place on bfael of his hunting excursions. .:!, v- i r !. i .1 . -. ' j "Ifiredatabuck,'?saidhe'atld hundred yards dis- tance, the. ball passing through Ms 3ef t hindi f oo t and through his headust pacK ot the? ear." I This evidently producing some' little doubt' in the minds of his! guests, he called! upon, Sambo . to corroborate him. j ..!. -;: I j - If -- v ' ! " Yes, massa, " said the almost confounded slave, after a moment's hesitation, "ifne see de .ball hit him. v Jesv. as , massa lift npde gbri to he eye de old buck ' lift up him foot to scratch him ear ; msssa's (ball went clear through him heel and Jiead at j de same time ! " -i,r -'-.) ' ; M. . ! J- ' The guests were perfectly satisfied with sambo's explanation, and swallowed thejw lole without hesi.J' tation; but when the guests uwere gone Sambo ventured as far upon his masters f: ood humor as to remonstrate. M -i ! I - j ;!';! I f . ",For goodness sake massa, I. i tell . nud- wben you der suchi big lie, dont put 'um! 6o far apart me had tarnation hard work to get um together. TouchingIy True. -The Mobile Advertiser and Register says ! "We do pot renj ember to have read a poem more sweetly sympatheticand more touch ingly true, than the following, j t is brief, but its brevity detracts nothing from its beauty. Let every man who has a heart j in- his! bplom, every gentle matron who would have peacief Ul home, and every single'man who would "go and do Ukewise," see what is ; : -i f - - "1 vi; i f ;.. ; ; OWED TO TRINTEES.- Wheri luckless" printers; stoop ioi credit, And find too late that, men won't pay What charms can soothe the serines who edit f .What ait can wash the doubt away 7 v i --ni .! -v- ii Mill 1 The only art their case can bett sr$ n To wring the money when 'tis due, to grve repentance to the aeotar, And wring hia pockets is tip sue, j'-iu . , At St Louis, not long ago, a couple of rural in Some of dividuals were walking along j the levee, the sewerr mouths were expo d, and a few of the ljso that they lbok- smaller ones were broken dow ed like natural springs. J One of the countrymen, the other, suddenly who was fwalkmg in front of balled out: ' ' 5 , 1 v! .-' J '!l I '' "Looknere, Jim, here s another spring. WII oroTil rlnm if " rpnliPrt Jim it the wateH i3 ho better in this one than in the last one, I don't Want to qnnk f rom it" n j I Not lorisr pince an elderlv iladv! entered a railroad carriage at one of the Ohio stations, anddisturbed the passepgers a good deal Wi(.h corhplaints of a most dreadful rpeumatiz" -that she, was troubled With.- A? gentleman present; who had himself been a severe sufferer with the sane complaint, said to her' -tr- . ;"1 ! JvF.i-i . i ' . -I vM "Did rbu ever try electricity, madam ? I' tried' it J and in the course of a short timet it cured nie." i "Electricity 1" exclaimed the old lady ; "yes, I've ified it to my satisfaction, j I (was struck by light- imorsel Osgood." t i l l !.- ' 1 I - ' i-. , i f- - , - j A ladv in Providence, ! R. L, lately brought a lit tle negro' girl' from Charleston id live in her family: -1 like to give about her "bringing Jup." .- The father, who was one! of the pillars (black marble) of the Unitarian Church; said: "I jcsWant her: bring up strick Uriitarfan, and nebber to go to de public school, for she'll be 'taminated by de Irish boysand irirla" -f ' i 1 i t i - i X . "i"- T; J , , -i ... ii j. I ! .'j ON, kissing. (Men scorn to kiss among themselves, r And scarce woutd kiss a orothera ; But women want to kiss so bad, They kiss kiss and -Kiss each, other. i I APT' REPLIES. Jen do not kiss among themselves ; U It's well that. they refrain; - -; v The bitter dose would vex hem so '-'Jv-f; r '.-rV!-':, t . ... ... . j.1 if; - f- I don't believe f'-ifeany 'use, this vaccination. n said, j . Yankee ;vfLhad a child vaccinated, and be fell out of a window a week After, 'and got killed. yirrible ! theri stupid What's tne next word i i vvnat comes alter Dull Boy fA mousesfr.? f. ; ; V-Y'-: -p-'--"-. i Agricultural. We welcome the reorganiza tion of N the. tatei Agricultural Soclety;:ndare pleased to 'see it officially aanuancea zliat be annu al Fairs (in October) would be resumed ihi-faJL The brilliant crop prospects . at-? thlswritina,, (15th July) in Eastern N$rth Carollnarfilhi the -heart of. the farmer with gladness. , Everything looks hrtght for, an abundant-crop of cotton and ;corn, and lor paying prices. We trust, then, to sea a full atten dance in Raleigh at the first annual Fair? slnce'Hh close of the war. Let 'the East and West oomo'io gether as of yore. Ii Bring your fine' milch -oowsy your (butter, cheese, fcc, from the mountainsrvtW of the East take pleasure in seeing your flnt speci mens of good-living, ij Let the East nave thdrfeioo, heryaried products, jlj Eastern and Western people should see; more of each other, - .'become, bettanac- ' quainted, and remove that old pohtlcal jeajoyey fp. tirely, .that..hasvand, we presume i to some extent still exists: We -take. :it there is nd Slkte of the Union where the people are so far removed from ! each other as Eastern and Western North Carolina. , Come, then, brethren! of the hills and mountains, meet us in Raleigh in October, and have a chh-.chat with'us. il--- ; j-Ki.i )"'' i ! Do not overlook thf Fair in Wilmlngtot in No vember. 1 Ample preparations are making to accom modate Everybody. We shalhbe happy jto" see'lhe mountains come down and take a look; at our Cape Fear country, and get a peep at 4old.ocean." Wll- mington can truly j boast of more enterprise than anv town in the State. She stands first and fore most in her imports and exports, j VT14 meet that such enterprise ehbuld.pay its respects' to 'Agricul ture.! The Fair there in November must be a sue cesaj The Cape Fear and' railroad counties tributa ry to Wilmington will make it so. ! We hope to: see Edgecome there .h heavy 4force her :, sturdlnen and fair women must be on hand. Recon'd JFarnnr.- ! The ! IFloweR-Garden. The . flower-garden should not be forgotten even though 'it Is paving timei, (There are fddd. hbure when the wnerrcin ' pull but -tlie .weeds, or f .that cannot l4 donetiet the hired !hian or boys at the work."- If f such bp isinot available,; let thxyyoungladies of he-boue-hold engage-in the work. What more jhonbrablo employment than this?' 0idn6t:bur ikind.Father place Eve; with -Adam in the- garden to keep It r V e can hardly oyercstimate the 'Value pf flowers and flower-gardens, especially where theje are chil dren. It seldom happens that those who cultivate i flowers turn out to be bad men or women; J-'-KloV- I ers have a' softening, humanizing Influence orpour natures. Flowers have been giveh to ni Ad enjoy, ' arid ' let us make, the highest .and. bestlufe pf the i blessing. ;" v x f ! - lir'f-'i h -v j' The garden,, to give satisfactionj muit pQ kept In ; good condition ; no. Weeds should be allowed 'with- j in its limits. Stir thesoil occasionally for the ben j' efit of the nlants. ' i Stake un the ?ladiolua. dahlias. . arid Svhatever will be likely to.be injured by the ; wind.' If i transplanting is lobe done, perform the . work towards night, and better just before a. rain, j it the garden. has. not been properly dressed and i the plants small and lack vigor, just hoe in a little superphosphate around them aud it will gi re them a good start. Take a little pride in' having a good ' nower-garaen, and tne messing oz Aii,ieven:ne traveller who may happen to pais that way; will ; rest upon you.- - irr - K I!. ' ' .1,' . -' EifGAGEMEKTS; FOR 'NEXT "YEAR. ThOf Who crop on shares should now have a' thought, for the; future. The crops aremade so -far as rnannal la- ! bor is concerned.' j Next year begins' to Iopm.ufl to , the mind's visage, and preparations should be made t accordingly. The freednian whb crops on'shares ii equally interc'stedl with . - .the" land o.vfner.'.t.T.he j larger, the product to the acre, -the belter lujs for both. ! So! now isthe time, freed man arid land own-; er, to have your -!ltalks," and let them be short -for , two much mouthing worries the spirit. Come to a . bargain and go to work shrubbing.' cleaning-but 'i . ditches, repairing fences, getting tbtfetheisTimterial ! for your compost .heap, or youf stable iand atock; -yards. Everything of this kind wlll.add dollar to ; your next year's share and improve, (he land. JDo' not let tne warm sun or August, or too rang a non day, prevent you" from heeding, arid taking ad van-1 tfigepf this advice, ii , ; : j. f . Jx''- j Sunshine for Animals. As plants. cannoti prosper and come1 to j perfection Without bclhgac-j ted on by the sun, so neither can tlie growing young stock,; which is sometimes shut up! in barns or sta-. . bles for weeks at a time. Therefore all farm build-i ings should, be so arranged that -in. winter evw-y an- - imal on the premises can stand 6r lie for several hours if it chooses basking in the bun. f it h relly ; of far greater importance than many will admi, at . first, and is most certainly & matter fbr obrfsidera-i, tion when erecting farm. buildings; !I bayjtten seen young stock which has been well,' led come to grass in. the spring in a weak, unnatural looking condition1, which was owing entirelyjito .Ktyg fed oo closely, Keep everything .m a ccid season as Warm and comfortable as possible at tilght anrPon cold, stormy days, but give them, tlie benefit of ex erefce and the natural warmth bf tlie raya of the sun iri some sheltered position; whenever -it-'cari be done.,'?! :A 1-1 - Ii .t4'"b:f-ra -1 Chicken Pupping. Make a batter of five eggs.1 milk, flour and a little salt;- cut two young chick ens into joints, grease a tin orearthenrian; ufid lay the piece? in ; put in some lumps 6f butter, sad fea son well with pepper and salt; thenpur the baiter over and nake it an aour. coia mast or rxnied veal or lamb makes ! a very nice pudding dope in . the same Way; but the batter need not, be as rlcfrl as for chicken. Or it makes a good diah, if yexficut sliees of ham after it will not do to appear on the . table; make a batter as for other puddingi. put in a little butter and pepper, and bake it In! a pan. ,Tha batter for all of these puddings must only be s-lit-tle thicker than cream. - ' -l - ,J' . ; " 1 f l m t.ll.' :' " uf, I - . -(" i i Geavel and Tar Walks, Take good gas tr (on a dry1, hot day) and clean sharp sand, or -ralher gravel first, and lay it down in successive layersun- ' til il 53 two inches thick ; let it setj before applying too many coats. - Apply very coafse gravel for the first layer or foundation, and finish with. liner gra vel or saridif the tar Is thickened with'hrfck clay, finely pulverized and boiled, it wilj Jmprore ft ; IPbu may drive a loaded cart with a'tOn, weight on . this pavement; no grass will grow thrbeghit: It is not! Injured, by heat or frost .' i It ia preferable to brick, cheaper and fully as durable. J t,-0fi., I CnicnENS in Paste 3fake a crust as forplev and roll it out in cakes large enough to cover a chicken. The chickens should bf very -nice)y pick , ed arid washed, and the inside wiped1 dry ; .put in eacha small lumpof butler, a lifUesalt.ppptnind parsley. Have the pot boiling, close ,tha cbi,ckens in the dough, pin them up in separate ejbthinnd boil them an hour. ) Unpin the cloth In'a deerf-'dish so as not to lose the gravy. igeTOacahbecookedin th a fanmrt manner. I'i ll " ' Ii : 1 ; "."!' ! I . PnTKTs ov a Good Fowl. For general use a hen should be a good layer, sitlcii sod mothlr. she must.be a good feeder, bright; cleared) quick in, her motions' but not scary, and vitl these points she f will pay to keep. Besides she thould liirgei well feathered, with small, snort icgs.wnn a smaimead. broad shoulders, and.adeep bodyr Tbe fcockiHoud be thicker in thie leg.' broader across the .shpoldcrs fully a' third heavier He should, have a gaWant strut,1 be first out in tbe morning, first b'glto-rooat, inclined to take on flesh easily, gen erpua in-picking out titbits for the hens, and not ouarrelsome. j! T -- - ).,.. ,.iTj,r-: V.-v' '-.If io -.; It 1 I . Fnurr, Garden. Every one who has land enough should have a'separate lenclosari for ifruitHln a mixetl garden, wberevegetablea and frttW aregrpww together; neither can be grown to the best,dvan tagev The land should be'dralnel, if at-alPdJs-posed to be wet, and the . soil deep, well arorked, and of moderate richness Care Iho.iild be liken to protect the trees, 'ti from In Joryri iisitx- j In the summer old jpotatoes should beIcXasd soaked in cold water ( several hours before rthey are cooked. I This makes them nearlt 3 dry kbd'good as when first dug In Utmra.h.Oll pcI&if kLDuld t he pat in t com water, witn-a jutie -sa in ttanot CHeese r Rfl s!owlv tha i slower th htf: " Tf a' tri .- v' '1 I I i A . c -1 J 1 - t -!'.' . t-; f-'' .., :VK:i-V'j . j - : ', .. " J i. .. w -, ' -jl ;; . - . ' '
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 26, 1869, edition 1
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