gßßßnßgggggggggßggg==gggg 1 1 1 1 " , ... .= : • 1 •■■■■ 1 .fv _ _ ~~ '■ ■ THE STAR OF THE NORTH. I* f. Wwwr Priprktir.] VOLUME 7. TIE BTAK OP THE NOBTH > VDBLIBBED KVXRY THURSDAY HORNINO BY R. W. WEAVBRt OFFICE— Up stain, in Ikt tint brick build ing, on the south side of Main Street, third square below Market. TER MB:—Two Dollar* per annum, if paid within six month* from the time of sub scribing; two dollar* and fifty cent* if not paid within the yegr. No subscription re. ceived for a lei* period than *ix months ; no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages aire paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADVCRTISBMBMT* not exceeding one square will be inserted three limes for One Dollar and twenty-five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year. From the New Hampshire Patriot. Tit K INITIATION. We have seen nothing to cope with the annexed among the literary productions of • this remarkably productive age. A foreign er whom a few old fogy book worm* know a* Wm. Shakspeare, attempted to describe a similar scene which once occurred in pre sence of an excellent individual named Mac beth ; but the operators in his case being mere old women, who ought to have been burnt as witches, Sbakspeare's bungling at tempt to describe their ceremonies must fall before the labors of a genius which i* exci ted by the sublime spectacle of an initiation eonduoled in impressive and rnanly style by MEM and PATRIOTS. We borrow the poem from the Nashua (N. H.) Gaxette : Set NX.— lnterior of a Lodge of Know-Noth ings Time, Midnight—Grand Master in the Can ir— Candidate supported by two ushers- Tin shaving-pot boiling over a spirit lamp, on a table, besidt a marrow bone and cleaver. MASTER OF CEREMONIES, RlStaO. Brothers I 'tis Ibe mystic Lout For the exercise of power. Lo! the sacred fire ia hot— Boils the sacred shaving-pol. As within its brim I fling Every native offering; Bunch of wool from Afric skull- Feather from a full fledged gull- Down new-plucked from callow-goose— Emblem fit for us to use- Double, double, toil and trouble In the tin pot squeak and bubblp. (OMNES solemnly) Bubble ! MASTER. If 1 read the omes clear, Happy auapices are here. "> Lei tbe candidate appear. {The candidate is brought forward.) Stranger—ere you awear obedience We rauat know your antecedents. CANDIDATE. If it's politics you mean, Everything by turns I've been— I bave been a locofooo, ' But I found that that was no go— Woolly-head and silver-gray, Putty head in a small way, Wild-cat, Piszarinctum, too, And freesoiler. MASTER. That will do. Brother renegade, I greet you— Joyed I am as such to meet you. Now mark my words and their intent, And bow your head if you assent. Can you a questioner put by ? And can you on occasion lie 1 (Candidate bows.) Can you all orders blindly follow ? And have you a capacious swallow 1 Don't you believe that tome years hence Popes will appoint our Presidents ? Don't you believe the Jesuits thrive Because in secret they contrive f You bate confessionals I—l see You do—but you'll confess to me. Don't yon believe the Romish prießts Are awom to slaughter us like beasts' That all the Irish arms are hiding Ic all Ihe shanties they abide in I That ail the Irish girls combine To purchase arsenic and strychnine? That in know-nothings lies our hope To fight the Devil and the Pope ? (The candidate bows repeatedly ) Now left the bone and claaver high in air And fell obedience to our order swear.* (Candidate obeye ) The ordeal'a past—and you I hero proclaim A know-nothing in intellect and name. •' Around you aee a band of brothers true— None of these hooest men knew more than you. From diflsrent parties they have fallen away, And now go in for plunder and for prey; Like yon, they're bound our lead to blindly follow— Like you, they have • most ospacious swal low; They bolt whatever prodigy we nam*— A gate or saw-mill, ilia all tha same. Honors we'll make a* equal as we can, Were each expects to be a congressman If not a governor. Our signs are few And easy to be learned—even by you. The grip i* this—you'll get it in a minute; Then yon most shake your head—there's nothing in it! Nuxla wise look—for wisdom's our profes sion— A good stuffed owl will aid yon in expres sion— .. Mineivs's bird acd ours—no soaring lark- Bat one that goes a mousing in the dark. But to I the night is vsrging into day— Freeborn Americans I let's aneak away Down the backstairs, and than we'll oat and run, And vanish through datk alleys, one by / ens— ... . Fittcy you've robbed a hen-roost and trasd light, > Then will your skulking gait befit your light. (Exeunt omnee) BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1855. The Selection of Bnsinese. Men have physics), moral and mental gifts thai peculiarly fit tbera for some pursuits, and peculiarly unfit them for others; and the taste for, ar.d tha attraction of, certain pursuits should incline each young man to look well at hi* chosen occupation, and when once chosen, to follow it to the end : and his earlier trainings should have special reference to bis position and occupation. Before this choice is made, he should con sider the obstacles in his path, and his fit ness to remove or overcome them. Law, medicine, divinity, mechanics, present an inviting field. One may thine in the law wDo would be a driveller in the pulpit; and | many a man has attempted to mend a bro ken limb with not talent enough to repair the leg of a stool. Young men have marked characteristics and talents ; these all are well known as their faces, belter known often toothers than to themselves. One is quick in figures; an other would make a capital salesman. One has a legal mind and would revel in the in- Iricates of the law; another can only gen* eralize, and is happy only in active employ ment. Some have great dirpatoh ; others are cautious, careful and trustworthy in mi nute matters. The bent of each mind, the taste and the talent must be consulted in the selection of business. All business has a settled price or marked value. Success is to be won by obeying the laws of the calling selecled; and who would be eminent in auy pursuit, must pay the market price for success. Two kinds of bus iness may be found, to one of which the as pirant lor employment must address him self. The one is bad and the other good; the one can be found in a day, the other may be sought for diligently, and often with "patience." The one pays et once : for the other money must often be paid. BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. Principle and integrity are good capital to begin and continue for life with. In many large nouses men enter as partners who are destitute of wealth and can only put into the firm their business reputation. Each man has a buiiness repute, and his character is judged by little things. As Dr. Johnson said when he condemned a book of which he had ouly read a few pages : "One need not eat a whole joint of meat to know that it is tainted," so you need not be very familiar with a man of business to know what his principles of trade are. It was -said that Cuvier, the naturalist, could take the bones of any animal, no mat ter how insignificant these bones might be, and by its aid construct the entire nnimt.l, and tell you its character and the climate it called its home. So out ol small matters, words spoken, principles avowed, acts dene, or deeds omitted, you build up the character of a man and make up your opinion about him. You say of some one: "I like bia ap pearance ; 1 will employ him ; he suits me." You do not analyze your feelings ;but your mind is made up. Of another you may say: "I do not like that young man." Perhaps you satisfy yourself why, if a reason was called for. You have taken certain acts of the young man, trivial though they be, and made up your opinion. A friend of mine said lo me one day "I shall dismiss my clerk." I knew the young man ; he was smart and intelligent, well disposed and genteel. I asked the rea son. "I am not quite satisfied," was the re ply ; "he dresses too well; he has too much jewelry; his room is too well furnished ;ho rides too much ; I know his meant; the salary I pay him will not admit of such ex penses." The young man thought he was producing a sensation. He was ; but not of ihe cliaraoter he supposed. It is said that men cannot do business on strict principles of integrity and honor. But it is certain that they can be conducted on no other. If it be ttue, or if the statement of all approximates to the truth, that in Boston for the last twenty-fire years ninety out of each hundred of all our merchants have been successful, how much worse would it have been if all had conducted their business on high moral principles t The men who suc ceed in life and become eminent are few.— Their characters are well known—almost all of them have been men of high moral prin ciple. It was Daniel's moral character that raised bim from the slave to the Premiership of Babylon ; and he maintained his noble pos ition beoause be conducted the affairs of the realm with such integrity and honesty that bis keen-eyed enemies ooohl find no fault with him at all in the king's matters. And Cornelius, who had such proof of God's fa vor, was a most royal captain in the Roman army. Permanent success is found only in eonneotion with principle, and integrity in business, The man who purchases cutlery from the renowned manufactory ef Rogers, is anxious only to know that the stamp of the plate is genuine. Years ago that house resolved not to send a poot article into the market. Its work is good; it cannot afford to sell poor articles. The fame of Day & Martin's blaekir.g is as wids as cililization. No man tries it; he aska only if it be a gen uine article; and a man that can secure iu the " 97 High Holborn," has his, fortune se cured. It is said that the stores in that building will eommiDd almost any rent. If the United States need in instrument for the oorps of Eegineers, or glass for the Observatory at Washington, an order is aent to England fei one instrument, and to Frtnse for another and to Germany for a third—tha reputation of the house that min ufoctuters ia a guaranty lot toe emeUenoe of the article. ID the small town of Douglass, in Ihe Com monwealth of Massachusetts, there ie • man ufactory of axet. Immense numbers are shipped to all parts of the earth. No man but the marker eeea them till token from the boxes, pot on Ihe shelves, and swung in the forests of the West, on our Paoifio posses sions, or in Africa, or in the islands of the sea; and if each axe was tried in the man ufactory of Doqgldsa before the purchase, no more confidence would be put ic the ex celltnce of the article than the name of the maker inspires. The invariable perfection of the article is the business capital of the j maker. We have men among us—now ranking among Ihe merchant princes of Boston—who [ began life peor. Some of them were grooms some waited and tended in families, some dug gravel, others wheeleJ coals ; but all (Jiat they did waa well done. When the late William Gale was taunted by an envi ous man, who said that he could remember when the same W. Gale was drummer, his reply gave the key-note to his success.— "And did I not drum WELL ?" The late Judge Chickering, whose memo ry as yet green among us, and who is a r.o ble specimen of one who is the architect of his fortune owed quite as much to the sub stantial and invariable excellency of his workmanship, as to his indomitable indus try and perseverance. And it was no idle boast of a man m the British Parliament who was reminded by a noble that his fath er was a butcher; that be had arison to bis position by his own labor; and all admitted the report to be just when he added, " if Ibe father ol the noble lord had been a butcher, bis son this day would be slaughtering calves." Honesty is the best policy, and high mor al principle can alone lead lo permanent success. We admit a man must have other qualities with these, but without the princi ple all will not avail. LOVE AND FAME. A mother watched by the slumbers of her first born. Bending over the tiny cradle, its sweet breath swayed the soft curls on her forehead ; as she felt their gentle movement there came to her soul in overwhelmingcon sciousr.ess of her responsibility. That little, puny, helpless thing was to live forever ! She had not thought seriously of the start ling fact before, and realized, for the first time, that Ihe soul of the feeble creature lo which she had given being, was as deathless as the God who made the heavens and earth. Nothing could destroy its everlasting life ; it might ba blotted from lime, but never from eternity. On her she felt depended its good or evil, its happiness or misery, in that endless hereafter. And the mother trembled as she thought of the magnitude of he: trust; all, all was in her hands. As sbe sal there looking at the little face with eyes of mournful tenderness, two voices assailed her bearing. • "I am fame; dedicate your child to me ; I alone can satisfy the cravings of her im mortal spirit!" "1 am love," whisftored the other, and the voice added nothing more. The mother paused, then cried palionate !y : "Oh, what is fame to woman!— God cre ated her to love and be beloved again. Take her, Love, for she ia yours by birthright!"' CAUSE OF YANKEE EMIGKA HON. When Tom. Corwin was a member of the General Assembly of Ohio, he brought in a bill for tbo abolition of public punishment at the whipping post. He made as/ieech there on, to which an elderly gentleman replied somewhat as follows: "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman ia not as old as I am, and has never teen so much of the practical operation ol the system of punish ment which he desires to abolish. When f lived in Connecticut, if a fellow stole a horse, or cut up any other rustics, we used to tie him right up and give htm a real good thrash in', and he always cleared right out, and we never saw no more of him. It's the best way of getting rid of rogues that ever was tried, and without expense to the Slate." Corwin rose to reply : "Mr. Speaker, I have oflen been pnzzled to account for the vast emigration fiom Connecticut lo the West; buf the gentleman last up has ex plained it to my entire satisfaction." The bill passed without further discussion. BEAUTIFUL. It oannot be that earth is man's abiding place. It cannot be that our life is oast up by the ocean of eternity to float upon its waves and sink into nothingness. Else why is it that the glorious aspirations which leap like angels Irom the temple of our hearts are forever wanderiug about unsatisfied? Why ia it that the rainbow and tho clouds came over with a beamy that is not of earth and pass off to leave us to muse on their faded love liness ? Why is it that the stars who hold festival around the midnight throne., are set above the grasp of our limited faculties,, forever mocking us with their nnapproaoba ble glory ? And, finally, why is it that the bright forms of human beauty are presented to our view and then taken from us, leaving the thousand stream* ot our affections to flow into Alpine torrents ? We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth. There ia a realm where rainbow* never fade, wbere the stars will be out before na like islet* that slumber on the ocean, ami where the beings that paas before ua like shadow* will stay in our possession forever. Cicero says that no bey dance* while so : ber. If Cicero we* right, every danoe ie a I reel. Troth and Sight Clod aid oar Country. MODERN YOUNG GENTLEMAN. Is jatt twenty one. First gels a new hat, wide-rimmed, and savagely furred on the in side ; a pair of pants with the smallest pos sible quantity of cloth in their formation ; exceedingly short, tight boots, a pair of straps and a "perfect killer" of a frock ooat as re gards length. Then pompously orders the baber to "trim his whiskers in the latest im ported style," and struts home to show mam ma his freedom suit. Thinks it bis duty to devote a portion of his exceedingly valuable time to saving his country from ruin. Feels very indignant when closely ques tioned as to his age, and drawing his dimin utive figure to its fullest height, and stroking fondly his budding whiskers, says, proud iy : "I am a man, sir; and it needs men to support-our institutions." The interrogator feels annihilaled, and lets him pass. Comes home feeling very important and looking very knowing; insinuates to his younger brother that it was probably in his power to decide the next election, lo which they listen in mute admiration, while mam ma remarks aside to papa: "Adolphus was always a precocious child." When the next meeting comes round, it storm*, and opening the door a crack, be shrinks back, and determines to let theonun-1 try go till it clears up, and dropping patriot ism for the present, sits down lo indite a let ter to one of the numerous young ladies who have been smitten with his chamrs.. He only does it to please her, for he real ly pities her; and to console her for his re cent neglect, feels it his -duty lo writejvery affectionately. After he has finished, takes up the even ing paper, and reads about the war. Thinks it is all vary grand to be a soldier, but not quite so pleasant to be killed. Turns to tho marriages, and sees among them the young lady he has boen writing to. Feels rather surprised, but accounts for it, that she had quite given up all hopes of having him; and thrown herself away on some miserable scamp, in a fit oi despera tion. Is sorry to cause so much trouble among the fair sex, but really is not responsible for being so attractive. Spends an hour and a half before the mir ror, racking bis brains trying to determine the exact length he ought to have an over coat, to be both becoming and iR style. Is unable to decide the momentous question, and resolves to leave it with the tailor. Is quite fatigued with bis immense men tal and physical exertions, and after smoking two or three cigars, retires to bed to dream of what is his greatest care, asleep or awake —himself. SINGULAR COUPLE. Along with my brother, who waa collect ing matter for a wwrk he waa about to pub-' lish, I visited the interesting town of Hex bam—interesting at least to him, for it was a fine field for historical research, although, for my own part, I found little to admire be sides the ancient Church. The circumstance which, more than anything else,obiained the dingy town a place in memory, was our ta king a lodging with a husband and wife who were living without child or servant, subsist ing on the letting of their parlor and two bed rooms. They were tall, thin, and erect, though each seventy years of age. When we knocked at the door for admittance, they answered it together; if we rang the bell, husband and wife invariably appearedjide by side ; all our requests and demands were received by both, and executed with the ut most nicety and despatch. The first night, arriving late by eosch from Newcastle, and merely requiring onr tea and a good fire, we were puzzled to un derstand the reason of this double attend ance, and 1 remember my brother wonder ing whether we were always to be waited upon by these Siamese Twins ! On ring ing the bell, to retire for the night, tbey both appeared as usual; the wife carrying the bed-room candle, the husband standing at the door. I gave her some directions about breakfast for the following morning, and the husband from the door quickly an swered for her. "Depend upon it she is dumb," whisper ed my brother. But this was not the ease, though she rarely made use of tho faoulty of speech. They both attended roe into my bedroom, when the old lady, seeing me look with some surprise towards her husband, said, "There's no offence meant by my husband coming with me into the chamber—hs's STONE BLIND!" " Poor man I" I exclaimed. "But why, then, does he not sit still ? Why does he ac company everywhere 1" "It is no use in your speaking t my Did wife," said the husband, "she oan'l bear you— iht'i quite deaf I" I was astonished. Here was a compensa tion. Could a pair b# better matched 7 Man and wife were, indeed, one flesh ; for he saw with her eyes, and aha heard with bis earslt was beautiful to me, even af ter, to watch the old man and woman in their inseparableoess. Thairsympathy with eaeb other waa as swift ap electricity, and made thair deprivation as naught. I have often thought of that old couple, and can not but hope, that as id life tbey i were inseparable to aaph other, so in death [ thay might pot be divided, bat either be spared the calamity of being alone iu the world.— Ckimben' Journal. From Ihi Doily Pennsylvanian. - TIME AMP THE ACORN. BT HON. ELLIS LEWIS. As I stood by a (juiet stream. And gazed on its silvery sheet, Realities changed to a dream, New objects my rision to meet. Par down through the water appear'd, (As mirrers their images show,) A form, which all ages have fear'd, Thoogb be brings rest as well as woe. The skeleton frame seemed to tell Of sympathies gone with his breast; The fore-lock and hour-glass reveal. With tho scythe, his mission of death. In silence he held up to view AN ACORN, just rais'd from the sand, Which far o'er the prairie he threw ; Then wav'd to the glass with his hand. The sands in the honr-glsss told, As the soyfhe work'd fearfully well, That a century pasa'd; ar.d bebold ! Stands an Oak where the Acorn tell! The Summers to Winters give place: The foliage puts forth and departs! But the glass still numbers the days, .As earth's creatures enact their parts. The branches are toss'd to and fro, Rock'd and torn by an unseen pow'i! The king of the forest bows low, As the sands are telling the hour. Lo! it falls ; and its head so high, In its pride, is humbled in dust; And the roots now point lo the sky, That late bad been scorn'd in their dust. With his scythe, at a single stroke, He block'd to the heart-growth, to tell The age of the uprooted oak, By the circles that mark'd it well. And those faithful registers told Ev'ry summer the tree had seen ! 'Twas more than a thousand years old! And still it was vtg'rous and green 1 "Behold it!" cried he with his glass; The lesson's intended for all: The lowliest things, as I pass, Are raised, while the proudest fall! A Tower, though unseen controls, And smites, as the wind doth the tree, And the world, as it onward rolls, To that Tower shall bow the knee. FART SECOND. Lo! the sands still fall in the glass I The Nations come forth and retire ; While a thousand centuries pass [fire ! Strew'd with wars and with floods and The oak is no more ! but, instead, Where the tree had mouldered away, Stands a mound which its roots had made And a pit by the hillock lay ! "Lo !" said time, for 'twas he 1 saw, "This lesson is taught to your rage:— All actions bring honor or woe; The record I never efface." "All things leave their track upon earth ! The ship marks with bubbles its way ; The tear, to which sorrow gives birth, Leaves the salt when it dries away/" "Tho Sun, as it sets in the Wesl, Leaves its light reflected behind ; And the sins of the guilty breast, Like spectres appear to the mtfld." ' "The deeds that we think are vain, Bring their fruits of evil or good; As the mounds and the pits that remain, Mark the spots where the trees have stood 1" MEMORABILIA- A DOUBLE CHARGE. A talkative youth being brought to Socra tes to be instructed in oratory, tbe sage ask ed bim double price. "Why,"said the young man, "do you charge ire double?"—" B ecause," said Socrates, "I shall have lo leach you two arts: the one to hold your tongue; and the other how-to speak." ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE. When a king asked Euclid, the mathema tician, whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner?— He was answered that there was no royal way to geometry. Other things may be sei zed by might, or purchased with money, but knowledge is to be gained only by study and study t be prosecuted ouly iu retire-' merit. CHARACTER OF ENVT. | Bion, observing an envious person appa rently very sad, said: "Either some evil has happened to this fellow, or some good lo his neighbor." WHT WE HAVE TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH. To a talkative young man, Zeno once said: —"For this reason we have two ears and ont mouth that we may hear more and speak | less." A BENEVOLENT DISTINCTION. Aristotle being reproved because he had, on a certain occasion given alms to a bad person, said "1 had compassion on the man not on his manners " SILT CONCLUSON* Antisthenes, being once applauded by a bad man, said :—" lam afraid 1 have been doing something wrong." A GREAT DIFFERENCE S Anacarsis, the Scythian sage, being asked In what respect learned men differed from un learned, answered -—"As the living from tbe dead." MAN versus MONEV. Themiatocles being asked why he prefer red a worthy poor man to a rich one for his daughter, assigned his reason as follows: "I bad rather she should have a man without money, than money without a man." STIUEE, BUT PIAR 1 F.urybiades, the Spartan, while command er of the combined Greoian fleet, being fitm ly opposed by Themiatocles, the Athenian, in hia desire to weigh anehot and sail to tbe lattraue, where the land foroea of the Pelop onnesiuns had been assembled, raised hi* staff in a threatining manner, aa it to strike him j whereupon Tbemtatocles, with entire composure, exolaimed: Strike bat hear.!" A FOIITTED UUISTION. Tbemistoole#, being asked by some one whether he would rather be A chillis ot Ho- X* • A'M X* •' mer, replied: Which would you raiher be the vktor in the Olympic games or the mere her ald that proclaims the victor) 1" PRIDE HUMBLED' Croesus, king of Lydia, who felt presump tuously proud on account of bis power and his riches, bad dressed himself in bis utmoet splendour of apparel and royal ornament, and seating himself on bis throne, exhibited his person to Solon, as comprehending within itself the substance and sum of all worldly glory. " Have you ever beheld " said he to the Grecian sage, " a spectacle mors august?" " I have," was the answer; " there is nei ther a pheasant in our fields, nor a peacock in our cnuit-yard, that does not surpass you in glory." A DEVOTED STUDENT Anaxsgoras, the Clazomenian philosOphir and preceptor of Socrates, being asked for what purpose he conceived he had come in to the world, answered: "Tosee sun,moon, and stars !" The same philosopher being utterly negligent regarding the politics of his town of Clazomene, was twitted for his in difference on that subject by some of his most zealous fellow-citizens, who asked him whether he entertained no concern for bis native country ? "For my country," replied the sage, "I have always a great concern.- My native city," pointing to the heavens, " is perpetually the subject of my thoughts." A SUGGESTIVE REGRET. When Ptolemy, the Second, king of Egypt looked forth one day trom bis palace win dow, afflicted as he was at that time with the gout,the oonsequence of his luxurious in dulgences, and distracted with kingly anxie ties, he observed a multitude ol his poorer subjects reclining in festal ease on the sandy banks of the Nile—"Miserable fate," said the monarch, "that my fate hath not allowed me to be one of them.'* FRUITS OF THE VINE. Anacharsis, though n Scythian, uttered Me sentiments as beautiful as those of Plato him setf. Among hia fine sayings is the one— "The vine bears three grapes:—the first is that of pleasure ; the second is that of drun keduess: the third is that of sorrow." DRINKING AND RUNNING. When Mark Anthony was fast fleeing from bis conqueror after the battle of Mutins, one of his acquaintances give a reply lo some person that inquired of him what his master was about: "He is doing what dogs do in Egypt, when pursued by the crocodile— drinking and running." * JUPITEE'i EMPLOYMENT. Chilon, the aage of Sparta, inquired ol dEsop Jupiter's employment—what his reg ular daily business in the skies 1 "To hum ble those that are elevated, and elevate those that are humble." said the fabulist. LITTLE GIRLS. " What has become of all the little gtrh now-a-days ? One sees plenty of miniature 'young ladies, with basque waists and floun res,dress hats, and tiny w-atcbes,promenading the streets or attending juvenile parties ; but, alas ! a little girl ti a rarity—one who will play baby-house, and live a life-time in a few hours, making day and night succeed each other with astonishing rapidity, a fif teen minutes' recess at school affording plen ty of time for weeks of play-house life; one to whom a neat plain gingham Jress and sun bonnet is the perfection of school dress—sun bonnets that will not be.injured if they are wet in river or brook, and sprons strong en ough to bring home any quantity of nuts from the woods, in lien of baskets, good strong shoes that will coma nffwith ease on a warm summer's day, when the cool brook tempts the warm little feet to lave themselves in its waters, instead of delicate gaiters, which shrink from such rude treatment. " Well! it is to be hoped the race of little girls will not become utterly extinct. There must be eome 'wasting their sweetness upon tbe desert air,' for surely they bloom not in our cities, and but rarely in our vifiages. 'At an age when iiltle girls used to be dres sing dolls, we now see them decked in all their finery, parad ing ——street, and flirt ing with young students. Where on earth are the mothers of these precious flirts 1 Are they willing to allow suoh folly 1 "Then as to dress —why, little miss must new be dressed as richly as mamma; and the wonder to, bow will she be able to out vie her present splendour when she 'oomes out.' But in this go-ahead age, some new inventions will enable her to accomplish her desire. ''As there are no little girls, so there will be no young ladies ; for when miss leaves school she is engaged, soon marries, and takes her place in tbe rank of American ma trons. How will she fill her place ? for how or when has she found time to prepare for life's duties. Wonder if it would be • good plan to turn over a new leaf, begin with them in season, and see if it is impossible to have again darling little creatures, full of fun and glee, who can run and jump without fear of tearing flounces, and finally have a set of healthy yonng ladies, upon whom the sun baa been allowed to shine, and active exar oise in lbs opeu air bestowed an abundant snpply of life and energy. "Unite a healthy body to the highly culti vated minds oi our American wives and mothers, and they would be the admiration of the world, instead of being pitted for their frugality."—Warns Journal. Cant yon give me a clean towel, oaptoin t " No, moro than fifty passengers have used that towel there, and you are Ate first man that's said a word against it •" [Two Dollars per Annas NUMBTER4. a A SERMON ¥OR TUB PAIR SRX. "The preservation of her own and her children's health, moat surely, ought to claim the attention of every mother. She can lend , to the physical education of her children t long before the intellect needs cultivation; I and let ber begin in season, and bbild a no ( We, solid foundation, then, when graceful structures are reared, we need not sigh at their frailty, or morn their early decay. " The constitution of many a one is ruin ed by the careless neglect of an hour, in in fancy or early childhood; and suffering in manhood can be traced diractly hack to the . imprudent thoughtlessness of an ignorant nurse, like the one worm eaten plank which was inserted in a noble ship, by oarelees workmen, vhen-*s(lttr passing through storm and tempest in safety—at last the. wa ter rushed through the unseen apertute, and •uddenly, with its precious living freight, the noble bark ssr.k beneath the waves open a summer sea. " Bathing, with its manifold advantages, is often brought forward for public notioe, as its benefits are equally intended for both saxes, and all are willing to own the necessi ty of frequent ablutions; bu: let me tell the fair lady who may faithfully perform that duty, that there is one very important one she often neglects. She does not ahange her diess in accordance with the changes of the weather, but obeys the dictates of Fash ion instead of common sense. " A street dress is never more becoming than when, chosen of good material, quiet colors, and well made, it show* tba fair wearer it not one dependant upon gewgewa for attraction, or without a suitable field for display of dress. "It is astonishing to tee this utter disre gsrd for health, as evinced by both young and old in the careless mode of dressing, with shawl or scarf thrown off the shoulders, I leaving throaßand chest covered only wiih embroidered muslin or Isce. I wonder how many strong men would think themselves able to bear such exposure to the wind of autumn, when it has lost its summer soft ness. Consumption surely claims its vic tims with sufficient rapidity, without their affording any aid: but bow fearfully fast are the broken ranks filled with those who have thus prepared themselves, for their fate. " I know a young girl now, who has bad 'a slight cough' the past year; she has lately added to it. I have plead with her in vain to be careful of her health, but she per eists in dressing the same ae if she was well, and it were summer. while not an hour passes by w.lheel ite unheeded warning, in the hacking cough. She will not be influen ced by ftiendly advice, but I fear ahe will, ere long, be convinced of her folly—when it is 100 late. " Bathing the cheat each morning, upon rising, diminishes the susceptibility to cold . and if 3 oung girls will persist in leaving the chest so exposed, they can at least strive to render themselves less liable to be injured by the change; but Tar wiser would they be, would they follow the example of the geutle men—not, I mean, in the pattern of their garments, but in going as warmly clud, and as well guarded against atmospheric expo sure. "It is very easy, when youth is taken away, to exclaim. ' what a sad Providence)' but ia there no impiety in imputing to Prov idence evils brought on by their own want of caution 1 How many homes are left des olate, when, by suitable oara, the vacant places might yat ba filled by loved ones, and, as a writer said many years ago,' bow many more, under the smiling but inexora ble sway of faabion, are gayly gliding it muslin and prunella down to the chambers of death 1' Flowers I'poo a Mother's Grave. Four mothsrless little children I Who can think of them witkout a saddened heart f True, they are to youog to know how great .is their loss; but ah ! now. Who will talir !to them of Jeans) Who will teach than to lisp hit name* Who will teach them to be Christiana early 1 The father's business calls them away during their waking honta— When he comes home sleep hangs heavy upon their eyelids. He can pray for them,, and sometimes with them. But ah ! a moth er's constact oare and influence are buried with her in the grave. Not long siace there was four such little ones. Their mother had bean home to a sunny land of flowers, that ahe might cateh again the bloom, that had faded Irom haf cheek. But it came not—and there amqpg strangers, she died- Her soul want to the spirit land, and her body was bronght to rest among its kindred. Two of the little ones weu! to the tomb; with those who bore there their mother's preciooi form. As thsy pass ed the grave, and loosed down deep into it, each one east some flowers open the" eoffin lid. It was a%weet sight—a pretty tribute to the memory of a mother—all (key tumid do now to tall of their deep affection. Ynung reader, doee your motbor still tieel How should you eherieh he; affection* end treasure her words! She may die. Then you will feel that you have never done enough lor her 3 sever obeyed bet aa yon ought ; sever loved ber helf enough. Try to be more earnest in your attenrioeetowarde her. Then, should you oome to Mat flow ers into her tomb, no teem of regret will fell upon them. - : The firtt step towards virtue la to abstain from vice. No man has true, sound sense, I who is immoral s/>f tutor
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