OHE DOLLAR PER AfiNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TO WANDA:
QatnrDao HUirninn, XotTctnbcr 2i, 1835.
(Original |potlrji.
[Kor the Brad lord Reporter.]
THE SUNBEAM.
I flashed—* glittering sunbeam.
And vr >ke the early day,
A thing of glowing beauty,
Al uig my darrling way.
! gave the deep blue kkiva
Their h >ty azure hue,
I :.t the sparkling stars.
And with thelightuing flow.
! sat upon the violet,
w;..a its gentle eye ;
I heard the low wind's murmur,
1 caught the zephyr's sigh.
I giaaoed al >ng the -treamlet,
lr. w !d and laughing giee.
1 -a t h:-s the tlew'rets.
And clap the w ide blue sea.
1 phr .the veil that shrouded
K 1! iuaay a breast iu glx-m,
1' 11 .o h> ;>c!es sorrow
That '.ingered at the tomb.
1 gleamed np -n a turv>w
Of .'old a..J breathless clay,
1 t;.'.g 1 It th the beauty
Of fade.esS. ceaseless ray.
A . "a • the joyful bearaing
T at lingers in a smile :
. # g'.ar- :c laughing uiirth,
Th.: r ug- ti.e merry while
-1 -e not for tlie cloud*.
That hale the soft blue sky;
1 lu :-e aot for the uars,
T.—t a. in the maiden's eye.
I tarry at in sadness.
I • :d the heart be gar.
Ac cherry a.- the warbler.
I -.t -reed- w;th song-capt way.
', c-:ae aot. tall a tinge
Of , ire and holy ray.
>: . ten heart aud home,
\ : iag the frowns away.
1 w n >t. till the guerdeoa
Of a., my -eareh is o'er ;
at. t.U a sunbeaci
;ii .eiTlsi - fit-ItC Ru UloTd
- swri. Iv . L. W. L.
liie Widow's Cream Ckeese :
08.
THE JEALOUS HUSBAND'S MISTAKE
T-o travelers were ia a £r*t rlas?
c - - a the few frota B->rlcil to "Pari*.—
0 - '.va< a nu of a ; >ou: thirty, ud the oUmt
- nty. apjnireutlv five aa i tweuty. It
- . v aorniag in June—the -ky \va cloud-
Seat, snd the sanbemms fell *!autlt:cly tl.r >u_-i.
1 window on the sde on wfidl >at the I.vU
~ ■' appeareJ. much anncycu at the circam
jliDff.
" Tae -u:t e-n:* to ar.-. y y ma.Uai." said
- ' 1 n..i ir l.a: jy tovlaa^o
H Wy arkiwrifdgvd v "-
ww and a snore, -ayintr t " I am uticudr ia
*• '• '•> y fir so polite an offer, bin i" re
'iri :e 5 L It •< ?>-, howt vcT.
: tpeV that 1 am afraid of the soa, but for
t" - \**k> *
" . to a ceat little l-a-k-H ob
■ " ■ ■ " 'rem w hose ltd afvw -trav
• t y ■ ■ 'iinr forth
Port fßidaiar. the na dM trot
f* a el! t'rot-v te-i "
t • ' r. : * r." said the lady ; " thi*
*4-: t , ••* a cream cheese: bat I
•" - - • i 1 ; it does not reach Paris is
- <■ y . desiroas of
v -" : * - - :a kine to a respcctar '.e jicr
- • .a iyracious air. calculated li>
s ' i ' ufatletqg purjiort of her ques
- 1 I the honor of *:>?ak.az ?"
1 : ' ."..a :aut of Cor boil, witere
ir. l.:vse-T ah* ase to wrack I
yr _ -i. My aame is LVlanaoy."
1 . . . . .'. acd. Soft that the name
- - mack t-ri.ghteaed her, but
i- -a* that a mac who had ju-:
- " : .: Bt fat respectable.
: it :_rm a hether the la iy
A'_i U:;,£ answered ia tie
• ' A; y if my residence were in
I: is atcatea ia ti.e Rat
• * - - -.1 have been ne ghbors
■ r said the lady ; " for 1 thee
| -et ou the first floor of a
. " - ; : the Xogentels," adding :
~ r - j: v name of my husbwad's fam.-
'*■ " xc sf *aid :ke ert!rmar
•i ' L ? - T Cj- ""
• : at M* tame X vrr-tei
j. ' " : that she had See black hair, ex
- - --, - . sin? t w
i " 1 * ' -ma:! wh\e battl JIF
*-•' - . *-•_ r rather a ftsciaarintr
r .-•*
At ... . - , . ,
.-.v year rwsiei oa my s.oe
aw -aa ~ si<i he
v . - * t- reached oct tu hand aad
.'- i" y-sai iato effort.
•i? c s " A i v#rj r.tiicalows in mak
" * '- x 4 • a cheese," sajtl the iasiy.
■ ; T _'. • r- I, : .A— J "
L / : -v.; aunt, who resides lathe
c t : - , " i it Prs* contiahwf the la
. . .
. ' >dtsd to perfection ia the ea
sed being much attached
- - r x the worii. nepect t
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
a. -w. •
bring her one every time I go to Paris ; and of
course I wish her to receive it in the best con
dition, which must be my excuse."
" Your explanation, madaui, does but justify
the favorable impression vour appearance must
create."
i?ir 1 said Madame Xogentel, bowing to
this pretty compliment.
And, on looking more attentively at her fel
low traveler, she thought him well favored both
as to face am! figure.
" And pray, said she. "is it with a view to
a temporary or a definite residence that you
have purchased au estate iu our neighbor
hood ?"
" 1 do not know, madam ; it must depend
how the air snits my wite."
" Oh, so vou are married, sir V' asked the
lady.
Here the conversation dropped.
The road had now described a curve, and
the sunbeams fell full ou the whole inside of the
carriage.
" Thar me 1" cried Madame Xogentel. "what
shall 1 do with my basket
" Really, madame." answered Delannoy, af
ter a moment's reflection, " I think the ouly
safe place won! ! be under the seat."
" \ ou are right, sir ; the simplest means ne
ver occur to oue at first "
The ba.-ket was placed under the seat, on
Madame Xogentel's side.
But the conversation seemed to flag. Per
haps the lady thought it a pity so agreeable a
man should be married : aud perhaps Delan
noy considered it dangerous for a married man
to grow more intimate with so fascinating a
widow.
The train now stopped at the Choisy-le-Roi
stati'ju. ,
Madame Xogentel uttered au e.v lamatiou
of surprise. Among the persons waiting the
arrival of the train she recognized a former
school-fedow -he had not s-vn for vearc She
imm- t:atv!y determined to alight, thinking she
couid resume her journey by the next train,and
that au hour's delay, or more, would not much
matter to her old aunt.
Delannoy remained alone. Presently his eye
fill on the basket, which the prettv widow had
forgotten in her haste to run after her new
found friend.
" Fortunately." thought Delannoy. •• she has
told u:e her u&uie, and mentioned the street
where her old aunt lives, so 1 can carry the
much covet d cheese to the person it is intend
ed for."
Delannoy indeed considered that as a well
bred man. he could Jo DO less. And for fear
he -houid prove as forgetful as Madame Xo
gentel had been, he drew out the ba-ket from
under the seat and placed it on his knees
While thinking of a variety of thing*, he lift
ed the i;d almost mechanically ; ii*t to soehow
it looked : for. after all. curio-.ty is not the
ex. : tsive inheritance of Eve's daughters.
Ou si;_ :tiy removing th v:u> leaves, he per
ceived a most relish, g looking golden -tirface
t"nit would have iuatie his r.cuth w : ,t r. had
not his attention been arrested ' y a corner of
the in which the c!.-v>e was wr._: ivst.
o . which he recognized the - mature of his
wife, whose name was Yalentii e.
How very strange a coiacideni-e." sawl h-:
"a ad how much stranger t1...t Valentine
-houid never have mentioned this Madame
with whom ?:e evideutly icrre-
H:s curiosity could not. how ever. re<t ajv
with merely l at the signature—
he taast needs see in what manner his wife
was in the Laoit of writing to Madame No
geutel
lb. i.ft.as up the cheese he managedb kn*-
eu the rwqer. wh u prove ;to a fragment
of the third pitge of a letter, bearing on tae in
side tw fines pr i>edi:ie the signature, aud on
the oat- : de a ;-union of the address. But these
two r.ues were ot a nature to excite the most
viv _.:t tit of gr - I aud indignation.
He thongtu at first his eye- must s irelv de
ceive him—yet there it stod in biai-k and
vrv e. He c ild not mistake the identity cf
Y deatine's hand. wu*ch had traced these .a
tai s-.-utcuees :
'• 1 -ha!! never forget h -w kin i hareal-
W.i V* * - a X %
B l "ve in mv everlatiag
"
Ewfaitn| love obsU not be a{qiicacle 11
a k'.ni. Jr.tad—ttiat was cncar. To w..i.vn.
thtii. did it apply ? Delannoy tur.i-d ;i.e pa
>.r. : at wlj f <ind " To Monsieur the
m~s: - . ■ g :■ ra -.5.
N • r m.; i," tried he. is ".rtr.cn: f r..g -
*" this - -rtof ; - : ve. Im il sal. her to ac
:n: first, and tba> I sLali find out h-r ac-
_ .
Tae trala sto{>pc-l otii*e more at the t rm;-
n-.s With * e .sk<.t iu one hand and the
n.-.per c.n- .l-'v.ly en bed ;u th- other. IK-
Unnoy jumped Into a cab and drove home. He
had s-nt their - rvnnt. Marietta that taoraing
was ready, ami that he would come to fetch
her in the iOtir-e if the day.
Or. r acMng horn- he found Yaier.t r.e. aid
ed ' y Mari-.tta. {ackinsf np gowus and o lars
and a number of stray objects. Tie youug
wife *as ularroed at the rutrnnc-; of h-.r hns
bic-i a i the v..1 n: agi:a:l n deji.*:e*icaids
cour.tenaace.
• W is: is :he matter, for heaTec's sake !"
cried -he
• Yd si a", hear, mn iam : but first tell me.
do you kaow any a: Corbel. T~
A"alec.:.;ic was s:m:k dumb fw a moment by
her hisbaiufs kindiiog lochs.
*• T J me :hv truth," coutinued be, " ardkt
nsbxvcT e -Irxauoa. It was a: roar re
quest that I chose Cocbeil Is pn fereocc to ail
other yoa hud s-wnc motive
foc.y<*ar ch. we. aod .t .s :oa: nx nse I want to
.-.am. cow directly. Well, madam, are yoa
toogne-ti-d ?" * *
" If I spottf so," rvp' ed N n'ert.ae calmly.
; :sc I wis trying to tu.v;r-tand :ce
(Irifi of ;.-ur ar.4 the .an-e ft v.or
arg-r I knew lh a sou. •: C.fbfx rny -ear.
an J ociy prcferw-i it because I have Ls. toid
:t n? a rcrv fccaltßv iaoe "
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FRO* ANT QUARTER."
" So you deny everything
" Deny what ? Tills is all a riddle to me,"
said the wife.
"Then I will exjxnind it. Look at this pa
per. madame!—do you recognize the hand
writing ?"
" To be sure ! it is my own."
Aud having read the "two lines precediug her
signature, she looked alternately at the paper
aud at her hnsband with unspeakable surprise.
" Yes. madam, your writing ! as I well knew
before your own confession,' resumed Del an no v.
with a fresh outburst of rage. '• And so vou
know nobody in a place where lives somebody
to whom you write, " Believe in mv everlasting
love !"
" .Nobody," replied the wife ; nor can I un
derstand—"
" Enough, madame ! Such a seutence can
not be justified by auy artifice, liut as I hate
scandal, 1 shall endeavor to master ray indig
natidh. on two conditions—the first being that
you leave this house within four-aud-twenty
hours, and return to your family ; and the
next, that you immediately reveal the name
of the villain to whom this letter was address
ed."
'• Sir." replied Valentine, with a degree of
dignity that would have overawed Delannoy
under auy other circumstances, " you are not in
a state to listen, nor am I iu a position to jus
tify myself. I will not deny iny signature, but
how it comes to be placed under these words.
I cannot explain. However. I wilt return to
my father's house, for with all my wish to com
ply with your every desire, I can not perform
impossibilities."
Delannoy knew not what to think of such a
degree of assurance on the part of his wife,
who had always leen gentle, and even timid,
and fearing that his resentment should carrv
him too far, he very prudently retired to his
study.
Ilis reflections for the next half honr were
of the bitterest description. Here was he con
dom t.d to the saddest sjtectes of widowhood,
and all his happiness destroyed like a baseless
fabric ! The death of the vile seducer who
had robbed him of everything could alone aj>-
pease his thirst for revenge. But how was he
to find him, since Valentine refused to name
j him ? Suppose he applied to Madame Nogcn
tel ? But perhaps she *a- unaware of the ex
istence of this letter, and he would only appear
ridiculous by taking such a step. Still, it had
been HI her {possession—that w as evident ; and
i thereon Delannoy built a whole edifice of con
jecture-.
Madame Xogentel being a pretty widow, ar
gued he, was of course surrounded by a host of
admirers. Her choice had perhaps" fallen on
one of those gay deceivers, who are the pests
of society. AN itn the carelessness of his tribe,
he had pro' ably dropped this letter, and on
tae widow's learning Lis delinquencies, she had
no donbt only jardoned on the condition of his
* • r r': ring the whole batch of letters. Aud he
be red up Lis reasoning by the natural de
-.1 action that Madame Xogentel must be pos
sesacd not only of the remaining fragment of
this individual letter, but of a great many more
besides.
Act; g on these rath-r plau-ible surmises.
D '.annoy determined to seek au interview with
Madame Nogeutel : but he felt it woold re
quire some diplomatic tact on his { art to come
at the truth, since the widow would not ot
coarse betray her future husband's name to a
man on " hostile thonghts intent."
He had. as we know, an excellent pretext
for calling on the lady ; so taking np the little
basket which was to -erve as a letter of intro
duction. he hastened to the Roe de Varecr.es
A:::r inquiring at several houses, he at U-t
discovered her annt's dwelling, and on enterifH*
the drewtcg-room. was welcomed with great
v\ n snow of gratitude.
" How k • ,-d f yoa to repair tr.y foolish f>r
g>.*!a.u. ** ! * : tae lady : "how pleased mv
poor aunt uhi be. Yoa can't think bow d
aghtci i am a: recovering ray basket."
Tt .a I tru-t, mauame. y u wit; u:-{ •osod
toward a i.tti. in-.iu'ger *e in my f..v->r."
" \ on mean gratitude. sir." said the widow,
eolhusai-ti ally.
By no means, r.ta- .an:e. as y .hi sbaii juice."
Deiaaaoy then re.ated L* he had been
Tsapteu to . •*■• sa ah was the ob
- • ; v- r
ed the paper to question, and the words in-
NcriAjKvi ou ii.
No ! Was t ;lu; upon ii r
x - wri
Y ~ !
exhibitbur tltf" tape* *
• A love letter, I declare ! What a pity
there jj ot iy the end remaining."
" The beginning cacn-jt be far off," said the
gent'eman.
•• yo<j thick so?" asked the widow.
" The imprudent person who traced these
lines," Deianaoj, " to a re
s; -*• tu*. v family, wf .. h-. rs mow.::. ;ts mi
d | "Now, you mnst perceive that the letter,
if --en entire run-: of a nature to ir.mre
that person's reputation, if she be a married
woman, for instar e "
It would certainly he disagreeable for her
itu_- ami, sa.u toe .act.
" Xow. madame, though I have no right to
inquire this and other letters tame into
v.v 2 *yx"*e*s*h r> j ~r ™ p-i rem"ad
distress it wonld occasion this respectable fami
ly. were such a **.!*: bruited about."
• S r," :ad Mad-vce X -gen:eh " I confess I
rave not the slightest notion of what yoa are
aiming at."
"T> entreat fee, r:sd-:* to give -p this
tetter, and any osiers in *be ase hand, y>q
may happen to have by you."
" I wocdd with the greatest pleasure, in re
turn for par kindness." replied the wid w ;
'- bat this L* the only sptclißeQ
of the swt 1 bTe my p>.>ssrx!. b-ac wsg I
aware I had even that."
Ddaacoy apreared ereatly iiisap;wvß*rd.
-To whoc: shall I appiv he. half
aloud
*- Whr. to the fnrt wocran in the Ru" Saint
Spare, at Corbei who s:ki rae the eheesf."said
' tae lady.
| . • Maa* a bright timrh: I'.exrlahsed De
lannov. " A thousand thanks and apologies."
added he, as he flew off to the railway termi
nus. But a train had just started for Curbed,
so he was obliged to wait a couple of hours.—
Wheu the next train returned from Corbeil,
one of the first persons who alighted was Ma
riette.
" Where do you come from ?" asked he.
" From Corbeil, jtUase sir."
""Who sent you thither?"
" My mistress."
" NVhat for ?"
" ior some things which had beeu removed,
aud which mistress now wants."
This seemed so natural that Delannoy asked
no further, and i\lnriette bustled awav. Her
very haste now awoke some suspicions in his
mind, and he recollected she had blushed on
his first questioning her. But she hud gone
I too far by this time to be overtaken ; besides, j
the traiu was about to start, so Deiaunov got
into one of the carriages.
In an hour's time he entered the fruit-wo
man's shop, at Corbeil.
Have you not a load of old papers to wrap
up your goods ?" aA-.-d he.
" Yes, sir."
" W hat will you take for them ?"
Instead of auswering. the fruit womau stared !
at the stranger.
" Well, good woman, don't vou hear?" said I
he.
" \ es, sir : but short of weighing the pa- \
per—" ~ " i
" Come, will twenty francs satisfv vou V I
Then, thinking she was about to object, head-'
ded, " let's sav forty, and let me have every 5
scrap> you can lay hands on."
The fruit-woman never earned half so much
on the buric-t day -lie ever spent, and when •
Delannoy took out the monev, and she saw a '
real piece of gold, she no longer considered him j
I out of his senses. She then looked up everv
morsel of paper in the shop, and produced a 1
tolerable load, which she hauded over to her j
new customer, declaring she had not kept back
the smallest scrap.
Delannoy hastened to his receutly purchased
' house, and began to examine the bundle very j
' attentively. He found tradesmen's bills, com- !
meri-ia! letters, schoolboys' exercises, and so
| forth, aixJ after reading th roach the whole lot. i
j he was Ix>th tired aud exasperated at the use- <
I lessnes? of his search. He ran back to the
! Iruit woman's.
She was sitting in her back shop, and gossip
ing with a charw..rr.an about the eccentric ceu
tleaian. when his voice met ber ears, exclaim
ing in an angry tone :
" You have deceived me "
llow so. sir, -aid -he. hastening forward,
and alarmed for the forty franc piece he had
given her.
j " Yoa have more papers."
" You may look ail about here, sir." said
she, " and open al! the drawer-, if vou plea-e.
I am quite sure that you will not catch me in
fault."
" Then, why don't I fiud a single one of the
pieces 1 -aanted amongst ail this rubbish?"
s-iid he. "It is not to be sup{i-od that von
picked ou: the very ones I require for some
other customer ?"
" I'm *?ipe I can't say." ren'icd the fruit-w : >
man. " but it is just possible they were taken
away by a jw-rson who came a couple of hours
ago. a:id off rii me anything I liked to a.-k.
to pick "ut w!;at bits of j taper she pleased."
A sti'Men h.r..t now beamel u|on Delannov
" Can vou tell me who this person is said
he
" Let me see. I think she is servant to a
family who is corn'ug to live at Corbeil."
" I - her name Mariette V*
" I think it is. sir."
"A: i yet." -lid Delannoy to himself. " it is
v-.ry a. .y M..:..:te sw.-uii k:. ..v arvthii.g
at a.i u it t:,.? u.jtter. and have just come
! on parp-tse to fir- -tall cue. However, I must
ct - s-g:e*t: -n her."
He airain n:jaired to the station, and
w;nt to Paris, and on reaching home, it wa.-
Mar.ette who op*riit-i the door.
" You we at to C-.-rbeii to buy a bundle of
| papers of afVait-woauui in the Rueriaint Spire."
1 I--. " IK)n*t attempt to deny it. I know
ai. about it."
" Indeed, sir—" began Marietta.
" D.d your mistress scL-i you ?" interrupted
he.
Marietta cast her eyes to the fi or.
her aj-roo U-'w - n h-r finger*, and >r.'y au:-
tere-i *• me taar: ulate words.
" W Ii yoa give t.e an answer?" thundered
forth Dekuiuoj, wq.>*c patience was quite ex
hausted.
Marietta bogan to cry.
'• Pray f *_~ve roc." -aid *he. I am an
boocst (riri.for all that—doa't turnm- away—
I ihoug it it *;t.* a {n.rtwjC my lawful profit* :
indeed. I ii i B-.-t tn.nk there was aay faarm
in it."
I< t'r- rir! -'arc? r.ad ?~ **'! Dc
-•""••\v. re. ring tip and d •*: the room in d r uWe
! qui 'A time.
The d > r opened, and Madame I V!annoy en
tere>i.
Xo. *:r. Mariette is not mad." said she ;
• and s' e ioes daty in owning a fault,
which nri.ri : ha" led to serious ci aseqaeneej ;
bet I hope you will u. w fi-rrive her a: mv re
qaest."
INelanaoy's bl 1 wo* boillnjr iu his veins.—
NVhat. t_ -git* he. was he * v forgive Mariette
'or ? A-si why W2- ">< n forgive at the r>
i quest of a wife who required forriven-: ■ * t
L ,-^lf
"Leave -* t *ne " -al: Yaleati-.e to her t?*ald
•• I assure too. .•>, I'll never do so
said Mariette. ieavin? the room.
"Well, dA laai. w 1 ycc give me a xsy to
thh* mystery V *aM D- !ann> y
'* Here it sai<i Valentiae handing a pa
per to bcr hwsbaad.
Tnc t-4per f-ag-nent of a letter, exact
ly i::, :.scrap already passrssed by IV'iaa-
He uttered an exdaisatioo of joy. and
fi.ll cn his wife's neck. Tie when
nr4eted ran thas : "T Mr-esieur Delano-: v.
Pcste Restisv. Tesi!-">ose."
A few rears befior* IVlaanoy bad travelled
I to the ri- nrit of F.asez
" I am truly happy," said he ; " but I can't
vet understand how it all came about."
"That s easily explained," said Valentine.
" W hen Mariette was arranging the things wc
sent to the house at Corljeil, she found a quan
tity of old pajers, and thought to turn a pen
ny by selling them. Among them were the
letters I wrote to you wheu you were staying
at Toulouse. The poor girl has an houest
heart, so we must forgive her for having taken
so unwarrantable a liberty in this one instance,
particularly as she came and confessed what
she had done, with many tears, when she found,
on overhearing your passionate outbreak this
morning, how much mischief she had occasion
ed. I then dispatched her at once to Corbeil,
and you know the rest."
Delannoy now expressed the hope his wife
I would overlook bis transgressions as easily as
; she seemed inclined to pardon Mariette s fault.
Of course \ alentiae wmuld uot lose the oppor
| tunity of lecturing him a little on the evils of
jealousy, and so forth—would she have been a
' woman if she had not?—but the end of it was
that, like all other women, she finished by for
giving a repentant sinner.
mm
; Arab Oddities. — An Arab, entering a house,
| removes his shoes but uot his hat. He mounts
! l.ls horse upon the right side, while his wife
| oiilks their cows upon the left side. With him.
! the point of a pin is its head, whilst its head is
| made its heel. His head must be wrapped up
warm, even iu summer, while his feet may well
I enouirh go uak-_*d in winter. Every article of
; merchandise which is liquid he weighs, but
measures wheat, barley, and a few other arti
cles. He reads and writes from right to left,
but figures arc read from left to right. He 1
eats almost nothinsr at breakfast, about a.- :
much for dinner, but after the work of the
* 'lay is done, sits down to a hot meal swimming 1
jin oil. or better yet, boiled batter. His sons
. eat with him, but the females of the house j
wait till his lord-hip is done. 11c rides his
, donkey when travelling, his wife walking be
hind. He laughs at the idea of walking in !
the street with his wife, or of ever vacating |
| his *eat for a woman. He know* no use for 1
chairs, tables, knives, or even spoons, nn!es
they are wooden ones Bedsteads, bureaus
' and fire-places may be put in the same cate
gory. If he be an artisan he does his work
sitting, perhaps using his toes to hold w hat j
his hah-Is are engaged upon. Drinks cold wa
ter like a sponge, but never bathes in it, un
less his home be on the seashore. Is rarely
seen drunk—too seldom sneaks the truth—is
deficient in affection for his kindred—has lit
tle cariosity and no imitation—-no wish to im
prove his mind—no desire to surround himself
. with the comfurts of life.
Steering BY the XORTH Star. — A year or
two since, an ebony individual, answering to
the name of Bob," —in fact ao one knew
whetlier he had any other name—was em
ploy* Iby a .-kipper, to as-Ist him in sailing a
small schooner on the waters of Chesapeake
Bay. Bob didn't understand, and couldn't be
made to learn the compass : so the skipjier
never dared to tru-ri him to manage the craft,
except during a very light night. wLenbecoald
point out to him ome headland to steer for.—
Un one occasion, however, thecapt&in. who had
been up two night* previously, concluded he
would tn:-t the --booner to Bob, ami take a
little nar> on the deck : so he pointed out the
Xorth Star to his jet companion, and toll him
to continue steering for it until he wak--d up.
After wa: .i;ing him a short time ami finding
that ue cou i keep tae vesssei hea.l*i right, the
skipjwr stretched :.iuis*.l' upu the deck and
was - -on asleep. Shortly afterward, a squall
arose from the Xorth, and blew the craft com
pletely away from her cour-e. After it had
cleared away --mewhat, B -b looked around and
foar.i the Xorth Star at hi* back. He sailed
I aloag an boor or so, doing the best be could,
aud rogi tatug over how he should get out of
his difficulty. Bat at .ast he gave it up, and
| -aoving ius ssum 1 "-er.ag master into wakeful
ness with his foot, shouted : "Capm '. Cap'n !
Li ire me another star to steer by ; I'se got dean
s by that oue."
j Cleanliness.—( . :ar.,.ness. absc-late purity
f p-rs. a. the first requrite in the appear
ance of a goatlenian or la iy. Xot only shoaal
the face and hands be kept clean, but the
whole skin should be su' jected t< fir-.quc-at &b
--!ut::>n*. Better * ar coarse clothe* with a
c'.-an *k:r. than silk st ockings drawn jver dir
ty feet. Kerr.ent'jer that dirt is the never fail
< ing sgo vgigarity. a* *!ea;. a ess is of gen
tility. Let the whole -k abe kej.it pure and
sweet, the teeth and nai!* ar.i hair lean, and
I the last two of a median '-rSgth. and natural
i: !y cut. Xothing d- ' na* a mac c "r? tiar bad
hair-catting, and nr.natural deformity in wear
ing it. Absta.a fir.a af! eccentri dies Tikr
-j msd'.m nalvre z%d f< which is
per its the 'est m!- 1 :a re-gari to dress ar. i
apiicaraoee that can he given.
m
Sfcr" A Female school tether in ber i-
Terttspmeat. statdl x.ia: " *he was
mistress of Ler own tongue " "I? tbat> tha
case." said a eacstic < A ba:bel- r. " she caa't
ask zoo coca for her *-nri -es."
(.'har' s I.imb hit th®
w en l • ii " W* ter wa* t \fl as the de-
I tge. • n'y the fir*: great aj-jdicatioa killed
a -re than it ..xrevl."
■Bar* A man shocM tever fcc to
wa :La; he has bee aia the wrote. It <:-
iy saying. ; a r wori*. taa: he is wistr to
day thaa he vi ye*ter>iay.
G.n-versauoc sboaid be nicasact with
out acorr'uty wstty withoutaf rtatiou. kars
- witri:<*it tedaatry. aai i*>rei withoat faisc
ncrxL
rivLr-DsNtAt.—Lcoking oat of the fir*: fl*r
win*iow and in'orm s? tbe tax-co-liectx that
■' t-x, are 30: a* hente
VOL. XVI.—XO. 24.
ILL Do IT WELL.'" —There lives in .NEW
England a gentleman who gave the following
interesting account of his own life. lie was
an apprentice in a tin manufactory. When
twenty-one years old he had lost his health,
so that he was thrown out Ui >on the world to
seek any employment for which he bad strength.
He said that he went to find employment
with the determination that whatever he did
he would do it well." The first and only
thing he found that he could do, was to black
boots and scour knives in a hotel. This he
did. and did it well, as the gentlemen, now
living, would testify. Though the business
was low and servile, he did not lay aside -his
self-respect, or allow himself to be
by hisbusiuess. The respect and confidence
of his employers were soon secured, and he was
advanced to a more lucrative and less labori
ous position.
In course of time he was enabled to begia
for himself a business, which he carries on ex
tensively. He has accumulated an ample for
tune, and is t aini ig an interesting fam'ly I j
giving them the best advantages for moral
and mental cultivation. He now holds an ele
vated place in the community where he lives.
Young meu who may chance to read the
above statement of facts should mark the suc
cess. The man's whole character, of whom I
have spoken, was formed and directed bv the
determination to do whatever he did well
Do the thing you are doing so well that you
will l>e respected in your plans, aid vou may
!be sure that it will be"said, "Go up" higher."
j" •*
i A LITTLE TOO RIPE. —As many of our read
| ers are doubtless aware, it is the custom for
planters at the South to purchase clothing for
i their slaves by tly> wholesale ; and, as of
i course they have not the opportunity to exam
' ine closely every article, they are sometime*
swindled by a few bad ones being thrown in
I among the good. An acquaintance of unrs
teiis us that, 011 one occasion he had laid in a
box of shoes, and distributed them among his
' negTK-s. A few days aft.rward " Old Job'' a
| favorite servant, found that the shoes that had
fallen to his lot were bursting out. So going
i to his master, he said :
" Mtosa. whar did yoa buy dese shoes?"
I bought them in 2\"ew Orleans, Bob,"
; responded our friend.
"Well, whar di<J de Yew Orleans people
buy "era ?"
| " Thay bought them from the people up
Nurtu. They bought tham from the Yankees."
j "Well, whare do the Yankees get'eml"
; persisted the negro.
" The \ ar.kees ? why, they pick them vff
tree<. Bob."
Ww-weU," responded the dark-y, holding
up his shoes, 41 1 reckea de Yankee didn't pick
i dese pair soon enough, mac-a, I reck'n he wait
| ed till—till— till dry tecs a little tor, ripe."
j POOR BOY'S COLLEGE. —The Printing
ha* indeed proved a better College to many a
P".or boy. ha gradaated more useful and con
spicuous members of society, has brought
m re i;ite!iect and turned it into practical,
, useful channels, awakened more mind, gene
rated more active and elevated thought, than
many .f tne literary colleges of the countrv.
H'*w many a dance has passed throcsh these
colleges with*t:o taocfble pro-.-f of fitness other
th&a his inanimate piece of parchment • him
vdf. if possible, more inanimate than bii
leather diploma. TV-r is something in the
very atmosphere of a printing office calculated
to awaken the mlud and insure a thirst for
knowledge. A boy who commences in such
a chool. will have his talents and ideas
brought oat : if ae ha no mind to craw out,
the body itoel? will be driven out.
IXJIRRAEX E. —We prefer ar. oat-and-oot
, enemy to a milk-and-water, indifferent friend.
Indifference is perfectly detestable. If a man
spits in your face, or kooeks yr>i down, you
'Can wipe off the one. and if the blow L? rot too
hard, get up when the effect of the other haa
somewhat subsided ; but when a man. looks at
you and does not Jock at you, at the saaaa
time—wt-.n he speaks as though he .-appu*ai
! voa were dreaming, and was afraid to awaien
y ..a—when he shakes hands as though he
thoagh? y i had the plarne and wa3 afraid of
catching it, we say, from sc .-fa men and from
such Komer. guod Lord, delirer us. We
would rather live on a'cup cf water a-.iairust
of br: id. wear Unsr-y-woolsey. ani lcdire tz
the grass, than he under any obligation*
whatever to such persons.
ai?" " Pat. I think you should bur that
trunk. ' An" :.at ?h >a.d Ido vitn it V re
plied Pat. w;th s-joie degree of as* nishmeni.
"Pat your cloth-- ia it.~ *ii his aivis- r's re
ply. Pat euzed upon him with a look of sur
prise. an-1 then with a Lacor _• eimjneafe which
& peculiar to a sou of the Lißtraid I-ie, ea
ciaimed—"" .a'/• icir-; f
| A s-:'ebratel Hanzraaa in Erg'e-.d.
*h wig the gallows attached to N>*nie. ob
e* rv ei to the bystander- that be had hang
twenty persons or. it at oue time. S.-me one
; ~_rge-ted that it was t- =mal!. "Oh, DO.
I yrna, twenty-5-.e pec-t ie would -wing oa
j that very c. s* -r-M>.**
*r~ A lady ptayinr on a ptsao-forte. on
inr railed at 00 for a dead taaroh. e-k d a cele
brated. pr:fesfv>r of raw-a- what she should war.
ne repiied. *" Any inarch that TOO say rev
will a dtzd *, for yoe're to as'iw
*np- Gertl-mer." said art ear tee* byway
of oettHrz a dispa'e is to the relative ***-ed of
tarines. " the last time I ran the BtowhaM
from jjm.-ase. we wrat so fast the itlegrari
poles oa the :ra>.s W-rkci hi* a Jlae t&aekccmi
Hag- •Do you think jo ire ft todie sa.:
1 sterymotivr to her neglected child.
" I don't know,"* said the little rr? taking
, hotd ri her dirty drew, and itsr-ecrrrr ; t : ~ I
gurts —if I aafi't 'OO dirr*.~