OIL DSLIAI PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
(Tlliirsban fUontmn. ircbrnarn 4, 1557,
poctrn.
ALL'S FOR THE BEST.
All's for tin- Lest: le sanguine and cheerful,
Trouble and sorrows are friends in disguise ;
Nothiii r hut fully goes faithless alal fearful,
(.'mirage forever is happy and wise.
AU'> for the la-st : i. man would but know it,
UP vuke.ee wishes us all to Tie lilest;
Tbis is no dream of the pundit or poet,
Heaven is gracious—and all's for the best.
All's for the be.-t; set this in your standard,
Soldier of fortune, or pilgrim of love,
Who to the shores of despair may have wandi red,
A wiry-wearied -wallow or heart-stricken dove.
All's for tin I <t : be a man but confiding
Providence tenderly governs the rest,
And the frail bark of His creature is guiding
Wisely and warily, all for the best.
All's for the I -t : then Ring away terrors.
Meet all yor foes ami fears in the van ;
Ami in the midst of your daugers or errors,
Trust iike a child, while'you strive like a man.
All's f>r the Lest; unbiassed, unbounded,
1' ovidenee reigns fr nil the east to the west,
And by both wisdom and mercy surrounded,
Hope and be happy, that all's for the best.
i'H i s 1111 ;uu ou s.
MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
Mont Blanc is unquestionably the lion of
tin." \ ale of (Jhamouni—the mountain magnet
that attracts tourists from all parts of the
globe. Everybody has read of I)c Saussure,
hi- anxieties and achievements, anil a myriad
of Alpine Directories tell of the exploits of
Auhljo, Barry, Bosworth, Count Bonille, and
iiabriel Ilendrcngen, flic Swedish adventurer.
No one who lias passed the glaciers fails to
hear of Madame Henriette d'Angeville, and
i<: heroism on the summit of " the Monarch."
Everybody has read of the (Irastds Alu/els and
tit.' rosy Miiisets —the Grand I'lateau and the
moonlight—the sharply defined .1 iguiJ!es and
the I l ine dii (i/'Ufe. —the Cascade of Pclerius,
ami the Ice-towers of theßossons—the chasms
iu tin- Taco-iay, and the terrors of the Murde
l.i Cote. All these wonders are the special
j.iojxrty u! wondrous Mont Blanc, and under
l gorgeous circumstances he can afford to
rear his white head with his robes of clow, and
di runs ot snow, in so cold and haughty a
A! East once a year tln re i> a candidate for
tie horror- of tlie summit, which is tbe "event
of the season" with the resident tourists. And,
to say truth, an ascension and its preparations
■ii • uiculuted to bestir a community like that
of Ciiamouni, wiio, bored with the Breveut,
and familiar with every fissure of the Mon
ti-avert, turn to any new excitement with alac
rity.
Tbe Jtingfran, the Wetterhorn, (lie Grimsel,
and a thousand of peaks and passes that one
"t- on familiar terms with in Savoy and Swit
ianri, go for nothing, in point of interest and
).r stige, when compared with Mont Blanc.—
From the first anxious glance we get of it on
the Jura, near the Fort de FEclusc, with the
i _ r ht blue waters of the Rhone at our feet, to
h grand view froin t'le Florentine bridge at.
> ; iiu he, ami, finally, straying neath its sha
d.c.is in the Chainouni valley, one is kept iu a
throb of excitement.
Tee diligence, or char, no matter in what
• rtiori of Savoy yon be traveling, is certain to
' rnwdeil with enthusiastic people of both
talking of Mont Blanc, sonic rapturous
ly, others doubtingly, a few knowinglv.
1 he ladies, too, arc always rapturous in rc
- el to Mont Blanc. For many reasons. Some
• ii ti-d by its grandeur—others have read
1.-.rd Myron's familiar description iu Childe
H iroli! others think its top is "so nice and
'•*' fe.' arid occasionally a languid bus lieu
- - - that it denies its snowy crest to the foot
"t :lie gentler sex. In this respect Mont
biiiiic is wanting in taste. Its icy barriers are
s. " -sible to female feet. What a joyous
' :• would be to traverse those snow-paved
'Veins - .1 we had ladies as guides, instead of
a ruab of ill-looking Savoyards. llow the
Hingt-is would be assuaged, and the perils eni-
To ilcr. if with a female voice, low and sweet,
' • a.-company us on the journey Every ice
I" 1 lit in the sunlight would wear a richer hue.
Fu ii yawning crevice would be robbed of its
'"'irs. Desolation would become a delight.
I'it ' cyond the " Cascade of the Pilgrims,"
1,1 Ii Us rainbow flood of bright water, it is
jiiniost impossible for ladies to go. They must
•"■content to use their lorgnettes on the Bre
' :to pluck slips of rhododendrons on the
' 'hi shelves of the Montunvert ; to gaze at
■ !l unless cloud wreathed pinnacles from the
c: and with pavilion visits to the Flegere,
'"'we the winding waters of the Arvc. The
u i'l" r grandeur" of Mont Blanc to thein
j he a sealed book. Its heavenward tiiys
di 1 - must lie cold ai d silent, away from their
scrutiny.
, J '''"member meeting a lady at Ravenna who
■ ""1 jTo-sed the St. Bernard on a mule, (after
hi-liion of Napoleon le Grand,) who con
it iy looked forward to the epoch when all
is t;u pa-scs and summits would lie reach
y the gentle means of comfortable balloons.
,''" eve- comes to pass, then ladies will not
1 "imi' d from enjoying the beauties of un
• njLi.. jiiar e>sil)ilities. of which Mont Blanc
•' malavu are twin tyrants The "Clia
ami Mont Blanc Incorporated Steam
S ••'ton ( oinpany" would most certainly be
| ' and -would do a soft, posting busi-
I Fuagh by no means original in this feeling,
| . years I have had a passion for moun
| " (Htaks, and lt f a || others that of Mont
| " ''' Twice have I visited the Chamouni
[nr the purpose of making the ascent,
' Fee failed inglorious record as this may
seetn. Not that I lacked enterprise (though
I say it, who perhaps should not ;) not that
the dread of dangers subverted the desire, nor
that I could not bring to bear the energy and
fortitude the task requires. There are other
reasons, which 1 shall presently detail. There
is a consolation in the knowledge that my fail
ures were only two in ten thousand, for if a
faithful catalogue had been maintained, they
would surely reach that number. I am, there
fore, not the only individual who has turned
his back on the defiant peak with a vexed
spirit, and then wondered why nature has shut
her portals of snow directly in my face. It
was clear I was not a chosen one, no matter
how burning my ardor or intense my* desires.
Buhver has written a famous line—-" In the
bright lexicon of youth there is no such word
as fail,' and there is a sea of apothegms float
ing from lip to lip in which we are told " not
to be cast down," but " try on, try ever," and
" upward, onward, Excelsior 1" but all this
praiseworthy advice does not stand one's friend
when Mont Blanc makes up his mind you shall
not stroll on his crown. lie mocks your mighti
est efforts, laughs at your spent skill, and cold
ly spurns you from his breast. It takes more
than maxims to surmount a chn<tn, and in the
matter of glaciers, a pair of hobnailed boots is
worth the tersest epithets ever coined. Never
go to Savoy with nothing to your back but
proverbs. They will serve you only as stairs
of sand.
My first essay in the Chamouni vale was
i early in the mouth of June ; and having con
' suited the chef of the guides, he assured me
I that it was at least a month too early to make
the ascent. At that time, not fully compre
hending the difficulties, 1 pressed the matter,
and at my suggestion lie collected the guides
and separately questioned each as to the pro
priety of the undertaking. A murmur ran
' through the group, and with one exception,
I tlicy all refused, urging that the glaciers were
j in too dangerous a condition at that early pe
riod of the year. A glance at the Arveafter-
I wards convinced me of their knowledge in this
| respect, as that stream was swollen from the
! water of the glaciers to the extent of'overflow
ing in many places. Ten hours after, I cross
ed tlie Tele jYoirt', with the conviction that
Moat Blanc would, some other day, claim the
j honor of my society—and it did.
1 left my card for him next, late in the
month of August, when the weather was su
' perb, and not wreath of mist had been seen in
in the valley for a week. Chamouni (provok
ing fact,) was full of company at the time,and
the whole community, from La Comptesse d'-
Angl- bert, at the Hotel Royal, to the (lirtv
luird-ygurdy lov at the IV.erius, predicted 1
should lie successful.
The night before tbe morning.l was to start,
albeit I retired early for the purpose of re
freshing, I did not close my eyes, or if 1 did,
they might as well have been open. All 1
could do was to get up and look out of the
window at the moon, and then seek iny pillow
again, which in no way encouraged the desire
to slumber.
I arose at five, and the florid east, as far as
the mountain barriers would permit the gaze
to extend, gave promise of a brilliant day.
Many of the guests of the Hotel de Londres
were assembled to see rnc start, and the guides
j and porters (seven in number) were equipped
and loaded in due form. 1 was attired in a
| coarse, warm suit of dark woolen stuff, with
knapsack full of minor necessities, in the way
; socks, veils, spectacles (a protection against
the glare of the sun on the ice,) and little bars
of chocolate. A male, elaborately caparison
ed by my favorite guide, stood at the door, on
which 1 was to ride as far as the Pelerins. A
hasty breakfast in the sal/e a manger, a stupen
dous shaking of hands, a few glances of bright
eyes from the lattices overlooking the court
yard, the bustle and confusion among the por
ters, the division of the knapsacks and lanterns,
wdb three loud cheers from the assembled
lookers on—these matters settled and enacted,
off 1 went on my mule, with the guides lead
ing the way, and tbe porters and a lot of their
rabble compatriots bringing up the rear in a
very picturesque manner.
For two hours we toiled through a copse of
pine and shrubs up a rugged path, avoiding
the ravine and torrent on the left, and occa
sionally having glimpses of the ice turret of the
j Glacier des Bossous on the right, as the path
i assumed a hasty elevation in its course. I was
j the only one of tbe party mounted, but my
; animal, in its deep, zig-zag progress, threw nie
. into so many painful attitudes, that I was tru
ly delighted when 1 got to nvy feet attheCha
j let de la I'ara, on the arid hillside.
The Chalet was quite deserted, and looked
| very bleak and crazy, but the guides insisted
! on refreshing here; and produced their ila>ks
jof Cognac and viu ordinaire, throwing down
i the knapsacks and staff's.
On quitting the Chalet, after partaking of
| the refreshments, the ground grew at every
step more desolate and arid, and, with the ex
ception of a clump of rhododenrons here and
there, struggling with the sharp air for exis
tence, there was nothing to be seen but frag
ments of rock, and the coarse stones left in the
descent of avalanches. We found the famous
I Pierre Pointue nothing more than a great mass
|of granite. Here I consulted my tliermomc
j ter, and it stood at thirty-three degrees—just
above the freezing point—but, the exertion
' being excessive, we did not observe the change
of temperature. We were now traversing the
j huge buttress of the" Aiguille du Midi, which
was somewhat dangerous, great rocks rearing
j their broad fronts on the left, and the right
looking over the precipice down to the moraine.
of the vast glacier. The view that here pre
-1 sented if off wis very impressive ; but as tbe
precipice i -tccp, and the route narrow and
uncertain. 1 found it better to keep my eyes
ahead, and not permit them to wander over the
cracLTV grandeurs ot the glacier. A false step
might have bait a fatal teriniuatiou.
Another hall-hour, after crossing a trouble
some collection of stray boulders, and we reach
! Ed what tlve guides termed the Pierre a I'Ech
elle, where we found a ladder iu tolerable re
. pair, and an old knapsack, full of short billets
lof wood, which had evidently been left by
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some former pilgrim. Jean told me that a
ladder is constantly kept here, to assist trave
lers in crossing crevices, and I found its servite
was most important, after getting into the gla
cier.
It was still twenty minutes' walk to the bor
der of the ice. which we reached without diffi
culty. We had here a fine view of the Mon
tague de la Cote, on which the celebrated de
Saussure, tbe pioneer of this hazardous route,
proceeded, on his ascent in 1787. Beneath us
the valley sloped away, and its chalets and
sloping pasturages looked like a confused and
chequered surface far in the distance. The
pine forests on the mountains looked like a
sear livery, while many of the chain of peaks,
rising behind the village, stood out bold and
lofty, their summits tipped with white. Above
us vast ridges of suow rose on all sides, and
through them we could distinguish colossal
masses of glittering ice, that looked as if thcy
had been split and torn asunder by the furv of
a tempest. Looking up tbe glacier, jutting
pinnacles and frosted crags fiercely broke the
gaze. '1 Uese glistened in the sunlight so that
we could scarcely look at thcin. The shatter
ed surface ol the two ridges shutting in the
channel we were about to traverse, presented
ledges cf ice ol inconceivable magnitude. Had
we been nearer to them our wonder would
have been still more excited, as the vastness
of the view, and the impossibility to calcu
late distance, destroys all idea of proportionate
bulk.
Jean Carrier now went ahead on the glacier,
and, the snow being linn, we found no difficul
ty in proceeding while we kept in each other's
track. \\ e all put on glasses and veils, and
found them extremely useful in protecting our
eyes from the dazzling shimmer of the sun on
the ice. As we advanced, we found the way
less practicable, and frequently encountered
chasms of terrific width, which caused us to
make detours of several hundred yards. The
upper part oi the glacier, as seen from the val
ley, presents no remarkable feature beyond
that ola score of glaciers met with in Switzer
land ; but, when on it, how startling the im
pression ! A million ice-crags, rent and torn
asunder in the most giotesque shapes, and
secattered about on all sides, forms a scene
of the most splendid and overwhelming cha
racter.
We found it necessary, as a mutual protec
tion, to tie ourselves together with cords, and
step with extreme caution. The fissures were
every moment growing more numerous, and
sinali walls ol ice had to be clambered by means
of footholds cut with a hatchet by Jean, who
displayed wonderful nerve and .-kill in his ope
rations. Several of these walls or arches were
steep and narrow, and after two of the guides
had reached tho top, the rest of us were half
drawn up, assisting ourselves as best we could
by clinging like flies to the footholds. I stood
more in awe of treacherous paths across the
crevices than any other of the various dangers,
' as a single block of the path giving way, the
I whole would slide, and we should be hurried
mercilessly down to a chasm of unknown depth.
1 was truly glad when we began the ascent of
the Grand Mulcts, the lofty rocks that rise from
the desert of ice at the extremity of the glacier
we had just toiled over. a
We scrambled on to these rocks with no lit
tle trouble, and immediately set about arrang
ing the knapsacks and contents, which had
been violently knocked about by our troubles
on the glacier. Jean arranged a sort of tent
for me on a platform of rock, with batons and
a couple ol blankets, that looked excessively
inviting, considering we were two thousand
feet above the line of eternal frost. It was
the cold, though, that bad annoyed ns after we
had changed our garments, but the tierce heat
of the burning sun striking on the cornices of
the rock. The tent so kindly thought of serv
ed as a protection against its rays ; and, after
covering the surface of the ledge with two or
three knapsacks, and blankets over these, I
assumed a lounging position, and rest from the
fatigue jiHt undergone.
Our bivouac on the cone-like rocks present
ed a wild and singular aspect. We seemed to
be wrecked on a great barque of rock in an
immense ocean of tempest-driven ice, desolate,
and lost, beyond human reach. This was mere
ly a thought, however, for here we were out
of the way of the avalanches, and in no dan
ger of slipping- down crevices. The only thing
we had to look out for was not to go too
near the edge of the parapets and slip off,
but tbis only wanted an exercise of ordinary
caution.
The novelty of our position, the pure uir.ariii
the favorable situation for r ,>f, nil comb u d to
put us in good spirits. When tli sun shifted
his beams from my ledge we prepared dinner—
fashionable hour, it being about five—and all
fell to in earnest.
It was arranged that wc should quit tho
Mu}cts, and start for the Grand Plateau as
soon as the moon arose, but it seems we reck
oned without our host. During our banquet
a mass of clouds appeared in the south-east,
and gradually spread wound tbe loftiest sum
mits, including the ailotie of Mont Blanc,. Jean
seemed to lie uneasy at this, and stood with
lis arms f'ylded, gazing above, as if something
important was passing in his mind. At length
lie clambered over to my tent, and, with a se
rious air, communicated the unpleasant convic
tion that be believed the weather was going to
change. The very thought palled me for the
moment, as 1 knew it would be impossible to
ascend La Cote, as there was a cloud in that
quarter. I suggested it might possibly clear
up before midnight, lie shook his headdoubt
iugly, but promised to wait. After passing,
securely, one of the most difficult portions of
the Journey, this was indeed dispiriting, and I
anxiously watched my barometer with tbe hope
of detecting a fa>orable alteration iu the
glass.
Tho clouds, instead of disappearing, slowly
thickened, and by midnight all around was
dense, dark, and threatening. The guides held
a consultation, and determined that an attempt
to proceed would be rash, with the weather
wearing an unsettled propped. Jean added
that we had better de.-ctnd to the valley
early iu the morniug or no might suffer from
" RESAK.DL.ESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
what seemed to be approaching storm. With
all my anxiety to accomplish the ascent, I could
offer no objection, feeling convinced that he
based his advice on an experience and sagaci
ty which I had not.
The sunset glories seen from these rocks
have been so often vividly detailed by able
writers that I will not attempt to describe
what I saw. A feeble pen like mine never do
justice to tbe gorgeous scenes that passed
around and above tne. I remember them as a
magnificent dream, wild, splendid, inconceiva
ble ! I was spell-bound and entranced by the
changing glories that hovered like fairy visions
on every side. It was an atmospheric romance ;
soft, transparent, changing, and beautiful, be
yond comprehension. I tiembled with rapture
as 1 watched those wondrous effects ; and
when they passed away, it was as if I had
awakened from a strange unearthly vision, the
memory of which filled we with emotion I could
not comprehend.
After the resolve to remain at tbe Mulcts
all night, the guides arranged themselves about
the edges of the rocks as best they could, and
soon were wrapped in slumber. Jean sought
my tent, and was also quickly asleep, and I
I alone kept watch in the dreary ice-bound soli
| tude. It was fearfully impressive, with not a
! star to be seen, nor light, except the dim cold
reflection from the ice of the glaciers that lay
silently beneath. The clouds above still thick
ened, and gloom, black, and impenetrable, hung
over us like a canopy of evil.
* * * * * * *
/kt last the morning dawned. It was raw,
chilly, and uncomfortable. The clouds were
still overhanging the high peaks, and we pre
pared to descend. The guides attacked the
remainder ot the provisions, and once more as
sumed the packs, now well nigh emptied of
theii contents. I was so stiff and paralyzed
by the cold, and regretful of the necessity of
returning, that 1 could partake of nothing but
a cup ot chocolate. The men seemed to rcsrard
the whole affair as a " matter of course," and
uttered nothing iu complaint except a few idle
remarks, which in no way tended to soothe my
disappointment. In twenty minutes after bid
ding adieu to tiie rocks, the descent of which
required some caution, we were full upon the
glacier.
Xbc r( passage of ibis vast ice field was mark
ed by no incidents of importance. It was the
same toilsome undertaking as before With all
my desire to attain the summit, 1 felt that the
m\i iad anxieties, labor, oppression and danger
overbalanced the solitary glory-of standing on'
.he (Tov.ii of the Monarch. I was contented
in the knowledge that I was once more alive,
and on a Soil unencompassed with danger. 1
readied Chamouni in a deplorable state of ex
haustion, where every comfort was prepared
tor my reception. I sought my bed with a
weary, intense disgust of everything iu the
shape of mountains and glaciers. I was liter
ally worn out. Just as 1 was settling my jnd
od faculties into slumber, Jean rattled at inv
door to say that a furious flood of rain was
dashing over our recent path. We had es
caped it. I remember I attempted ta utter a
sentiment of thankfulness, but the effort died
ou my lips. I was asleep.
A NEW REMEDY, —A German who resides
in Mill Creek township, while recently suffer
ing from a pulmonary attack, sent for a phy
sician who resides on College Hill. In a short
time the doctor called on him, prescribed two
bottles of cod-liver oil. and receiving his fee of
*B, was told by tlie German, who disliked the
size ol the bill, that be need not conic again.
Tbe German, who by the bye, bad not heard
the doctor's prescription very well, supposed
be could get the oil and treat himself. The
doctor saw no more of bis patient fur some
time, but one day. riding past tbe residence of
the German, lie was pleased t.o see him out in
the garden digging lustily. The case seemed
such a proof of the virtues of the cod-liver oil,
that he stopped to make more particular en
quiries about it.
" Von seem to be getting very well," said he,
addressing the German.
" Yaw, I isli well," responded the former
sick man.
" You took as much oil as I told yoti ?" que
ried tbe doctor.
" Oli yaw, I have used more as four gallons
of de dog-liver oil."
" The w ltatsaid tbe astonished doctor.
" De dog-liver oil dut you say I shall take.
I have killed most every fat little dog I could
catch, and de dog-liver oil have cured me. It
is great medicine, dat dog-liver oil."
The doctor had nothing to say, but rode
quickly away, and noted in his memorandum
book that consumption might be us readily
cured with dog-liver as cod-liver oil.
Dors the Wom.n H err Piety ?—Tn answer
to ibis question, the rvietrrated Sidney Smith
says : " it is not true that tiie world hales
piety. That modest and uuobyious pictv which
fills the heart with all human ehhritiefj and
makes a man gentle to others and severe to
himself, is an object of Universal love and ven
eration. But. mankind hate the lust of power
when it is veiled under the garb of piety ;
they bate cant and hypocrisy ; they hate ad
vertisers and quacks iu in piety ; they do not
choose to he insulted ; they love to tear folly
and impudence from the altars which should
only be a sanctuary for the righteous and the
good."
L.vlohabue Sußsriri'ri'o.v.— A verdant young
lawyer in one of the California diggins, who
had a strange mode of manufacturing words
when at a loss for the light one, was recently
invited to act as a clerk in the absence of the
minister at the " district meeting," and during
the exercises he undertook to "give put a
hymn" fu which the word doxoiogy" occur
red,; as he could could not get hold of the
word, he requested the congregation to sing
" four verses and a soek-doUigtr
Say what yoq will, a marriage by ad
vei'Uaeuicnt, after all. (says Punch,) must be
ill!' Milfoil of two' *" coiTt ponding" ni'iuF
Rats.
A systematic attack was made, not long
ago, at New ILxven, Connecticut, by rats on
some children, each singling out his victim,
and jumping with a simultaneous squeal upon
the little girls playing in the yard. A little
boy of two years was caught by the knee, and
held until the child's grandfather went to his
assistance, and then, as the rat scorned to run
it had to be killed. Attempts laid been made
to poison these rats, with partial success, and
it may have been iu retaliation for their poi
sonous attempts thut this concerted change was
made.
The rat is one of the most interesting ani
mals on the globe. In Europe he makes his
torical eras—different hordes of invaders hro't
their peculiar rats in their train. Europe has
seen the rats of the Goths, the Yaudals and
the Huns. Europe now has its Norman rat,
and its Tartar rats, and the great rat of the
Bat isian sewer is of recent date and Muscovite
origin.
The brown rat, otherwise known as the Nor
man rat, has established itself all over the
world, by the commerce of civilized times. It
had possession of France for the last six'or se
ven centuries ; but within the last it has found
its master in the Muscovite and Tartar rat,
called in Paris the rat of Montaucon. These
new rats, previously unknown to Europe, des
cended from the heights of the great central
plateau of Asia, from which the Hun and Mon
gol horseman descended, who spread right and
left, and took possession of Rome on the one
hand and Pckiu on the other.
The establishment of the must ovi trat in
France commenced with the extirpation of
brown or Norman rat—that rat has almost
disappeared, and is found only in the cabinets
of the curious collectors—while the Muscovite j
rat is daily increasing iu size, ferocity and con-;
rage, The Russian rat devours tbe dog, the
cat, and attacks the child asleep. The corpse !
of a man is a dainty for this beast, and it al
ways commences by eating out the eyes. Its
tooth is most venomous ; and the author from i
whom we derive much of this article states
that he has known of ten cases of amputation
of the leg, necessitated by tbe bite of this rat.
The cat turns tails upon this rat, in the most
ferocious state. A good rat terrier is the best
destroyer, but fortunately, rats and ratopha
gus, oat one another, fiurht duels, and grand
destructive battles. Were it otherwise they
would make this world an unpleasant place for
man to live in. We should have to fight our
way, and not (infrequently like the Archbishop
of .Ha vener, should be dragged from their beds .
at midnight, by an army of rats and devoured
upon the spot.
The rat is the emblem of misery, murder
and rapine—a cannibal and a robber—devot
ed to the priuciple of war spoilatiou. Will it
ever disappear ?
f'.-sT" Amelia Simcox unbosoms her wrongs
as follows : —" I married Simcox eight years
ago, at which time my gowns were fastened
by eight hooks and eyes. Now you will readi- j
lv conceive that no woman can hook and-eye
herself. Whilst a spinster, she obtains the aid
of her sister, cousin, mother, or Betty the maid. |
When she becomes a married woman, the hook- !
and-eye duty naturally devolves upon the bus- 1
baud. For tho first year of my marriage, Sim- j
cox, like an affectiouate husband, hook-ami- j
eyed the whole eight ; tiie second year lie some- j
what peevishly restricted bis attention to se
ven ; the third to six, the fourth to five, the i
fifth to four ; and so on decreasing until this j
morning—the anniversary of our eighth wed
ding—when you would have supposed him pos
sessed by the dearest and fondest recollections,
he dropped another hook and eye, intimating
to me that for the term of his natural life he 1
should restrict himself to one—the hook and i
eye at the top. As I know you have a crowd j
of female readers, 1 thought it a duty I owed :
to the sex to warn them, through the medium '
of your publication, of the craftiness and, I j
must say it, selfishness of man. They will, 1
hope, take warning by my condition, and ere
they enter into matrimony, stipulate for a due
performance of toilette attention oa the part
of their husbands."
Vf.getac.i.k Sores. —All vegetables that are
put into soups should be put into eold water, j
and gradually brought to the boiling point
This will cause them to diffuse their flavor j
through the whole mass. Irish potatoes should
never he put in soups until first having been
cut up iu coid water ; this extracts their bit
terness and renders them fit to mingle in the
other vegetable mass. The meats to flavor
vegetables soups may be beef, veal, mutton or
chicken, and like the vegetables should be put
into cold water. There are fewer good soups
made iu the country than almost any other
dish, and liie reason is obvious—it takes time
to cook them. An okra gumbo soup should
boil incessantly six hours, then the flavor of
the meat, vegetables, and condiments are so
intimately and delicately blended that they all
seem one delicious mass. Salt hardens water
and flesh, and should not be put into soups un
til the mass is done.
" Pray, Mrs. Zabriska, why do you
whip your children so often ?"
" La, Mr. Worthy, I do it for their enlight
enment. I never whips one of them in my life
that he didn't acknowledge that it made him
smart."
Dr. Johnson compared plaintiff ntid de
fendant iu an action at law, to two men duck
ing their heads in a bucket, and daring each
other to remain longest under water.
frxT The use of magnesia, as powder forajv
jflicaiion to the face, is decidedly injurious, and
ultimately ruins the complexion, by reuderiiig
it hard, scurvy, and liableeruptions.
Betting Is immoral, but how can the
m m who beta be worse than he who is no bet
ter ?
vol.. XVII. NO. 35.
A Soulptor'3 Systom of Modelling.
A writer in the London Athnieum of a late
date, thus describes one of the first and most
important processes of producing a marble
statue :
" Mr. llirain Power's process of sculpture
modelling in plaster of Paris was most courte
ously explained to me in a detailed manner, by
himself, in Florence, in the year before lost.—
He reverts to literal sculpture, manufacturing
in the first place a block of sulphate of lime,
(bounded merely by the rough outlines of his
intended statue,) which he then cuts down, by
means of hatchets and chisels, to the more ac
curate figure, and finishes by means of spuds
and files of his own invention. The original
block is constructed in masonry of small bricks
; laid in piaster, and of dimensions varying from
| three to four inches long by two and a-half
i inches wide, and about three-quarters to one
i inch thick. These piled together, become a
homogeneous mass of sulphate of lime, and uu
easibly workable artificial stone. The block
so made is next chipped down to the required
size, the component limbs and trunk being hewn
out of the solid, principally by the aid of small
and light chisels and hammers. Upon the
scaly chipped surface of the figure in this state,
the modeling of the muscles and features is ef
fected in a paste of plaster, dabbed on with
trowels, floats, and finally spuds of various si
zes The finished surface of the nude is lastly
worked up by hollow files, pierced at one end,
like a Cullender, with holes, half round, which
a tooth is raised. These tiles are extreme!v
effective : they are made by the artist himself,
of every shape, size, and curvature, and rasp
the dry piaster away beautifully, leaving a plea
sant texture of surface. In the fingers and ex
tremities of the plaster model, copper wires are
inserted, being the only representatives of the
unwieldy mass of iron frame-work necessary
for the setting up and support of a elay model ;
and these wires, by their ductility, afford suf
ficient liberty for changing the pose and atti
tude of members, if, as the work proceeds, oc
casion arises for so doing. A linger, for in
stance, requires to be more bout ; it is sawn
through to the wire at the joint, the wire is
twisted into the required position, and a fresh
modelling of the joint-mnscles is alone requir
ed. The v ires, in fac-t, take the place of bones.
For fin : iiing the limbs of his figures with that
extreme nicety which he does, Mr. Powers
adopts a bold aud novel mode, lie has invent
ed a vice—which, is set npou a ball-and-socket
joint—and has, by virtue of raising and depres
sing screws, every possible variety of motion.
This instrument is the perfection of ingenuity.
The sculptor cuts off from his figure an arm,
a head, a leg, when modeled sufficiently for his
purpose, and, fixing it in the vice, turns, twists,
scrapes and polishes it at his ease, to the most
detailed finish. In cutting off, a dowel is in
serted into one side of the cut, and a mortise
hole left in the other—and these are so arrang
ed, with regard to a groove which is first made
on the outside of the limb, as to insure an ab
solute accuracy in refitting. By arrangements
of this kind, the working of the torso is ren
dered much less difficult than when covered
in part by limbs stretching before it ; and the
finishing of the nude to that exactness which
Mr. Powers always adopts before touching the
drapery, becomes a less tedious operation. The
several advantages obtained by his system Mr.
Powers explained to bo—the saving of one
whole operation, viz, casting—the model it
self being used for the points ; the convenience
of being able at any time to put aside or re
sume a study without that intervening watch
fulness and care in moisteuing aud covering up
which a clay model requires ; the facility of
bending the extremities when modelled by
means of their central wiry bones, which would
only cut through instead of moving the clayey
limbs ; the saving of time and labor by remo
delling a portion only, instead of a whole limb,
when slightly altered in position ; and, last
ly, the better anatomical exactitude with which
members detached from the body may, as mem
bers, be worked."
The Athens (Ha.) Messenger, gives Uic
following obituary notice of a deceased citisfeli
of that country : " He was the father of eleven
sons—five of the sons having married five sis
ters. fie had also one hundred and eiglity
tiine grand-children : and at his futy.-fal, two
weeks ago last Sabbath, two horses were stung
to death by bees, and another came near losing
his life by the same !"
A Yankee is self-denying, self-relying,
and into everything prying. He is a lover of
piety, propriety, notoriety, and the temperance
society. He is a bragging, dragging, striving
thriving, swapping, jostling, wrestling, musical,
quizzical, astronomical, philosophical, poetical
and criminal sort of a character, whose mani
fest destiny is to spread civilization to the re
motest corner of the earth.
" Where's Mrs. XulT?" asked an ac
quaintance. with a shawl round his shoulders,
of Mr. Nuff, who was shivering over a dying
lire.
"(lone out," was the reply ; "she has the
shawl to-day—to-morrow'l) be my turn.' 7
It is an extraordinary fact, that those
who get to high words, generally use low lan
guage.
A few days since, a barber offered a
reward for instantly removing superfluous hair.
Among the answers was one forwarded bv a
gentleman in Kingston. We give it—" Un
dertake to kiss a woman against her will."
t: . An old gentleman of our acquaintance
says l hat he is the la.t man in the world that
u ill ever tyrannize over a daughter's aflfectlous.
So long us Hie marries the man of his choice,
he don't care who she loves.
To square a circle—settle up your wife's
bill for fa;eft at the dry goods store or uiilh
t tier's