■■ s —* . _ THE STAR 01 THE NORTH. *. W, frMT^rroPrlrtvo V6LI3BE 7. THEjfAR OF THE NORTH 18PV4F IED evC *Y THURSDAY MOHNINH BY -JT. • W. WI'AVKII, OpfiPt-o—Up stairs, in the new brick buM- Mrg, on the south side of Main Stecrt, ! tAird square below Market, -vf ERIMS : —Two Dollars per annum, if |taid within six months from the lime of sub "scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months ; no J discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADveRTisERrENTs not exceeding one square will be -inserted three times for One Dollar and twenty five eems for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year. A'STIKIIING WAR SONU Ant—-'Sir Unci* Ned " was mi old Briton, whose namu was And he lived far away, far away, Ahd.be 'had some brains in the top of his scull, . InTthe place where his brains ought to stay. Then lay down the Minnie and keep cool, Hang up the sword and the Colt, For Ithere's no fighting here lor old Johnny Bull, | And he's gono ne'er to be such a dolt, ' And.bis finger has been itching like those of j the Czar, But he has yet some eyes for to see; And though he,sltowed his teeth at the signs of war, He found very soon he'd belter let it be. Then lay dowr. the Minnie and keep cool, Hang ur> the sword and the Colt, j for there 'a no fighting here for old Johnny ! Bull, | And he's gone ne'er to be such a dolt! \ " - I Condition or Uussla. . Tl.e New York Herald of the 3d insl. con- ! tains a long article on the present condition and resources of Russia, as represented by Col. T. P. Shaffner, who has returned in the Atlantic, after spending five or six months in travelling throogh the country. He states that the nobility and the people are alike earnestly in favor of s vigorous prosecution of the war, and that the country appears to bo firmly resolved to endure a protracted struggle. The nobility are convinced that j peace cannot be obtained on any terms that i will be less injurious to their interests than the expenses and burdens incident to a long continued war. The Czar finds no difficulty in raising new levies without resorting to compulsory means. The crops nave been abundant, and hence •he blockade of all the ports on the Baltic and Black Seas cannot produce even a scarcity of provisions. ' The fosse* fudured Irj -Russia. iLu* far would seem to be far less than the actual ex pense of the A'lies ir. producing them. The ordinary sources of revenue have been found nearly adequate to most the requirements of the war. The Toss-ol lives on the part of Russia, since the commencement of hostilities, is estimated at one hundred and thirty thou sand. The article to which we refer, con cludes thus: " With the exception of the small loan which has been made eir.ee the commence ment of the war, the whole expenses have been defrayed Irom the revenues of the coun try. There is no lack of means; and as a proof of this it is only necessary to state that the public works which were commenced last year with unabated vigor, and on the same extensive scale on which they were begun. The charge has been made that the government has aken the church money, but so far from this being the fact it is- actu ally increasing lliejwealth of the oburuh by the expenditure of millions for the erection of edifices of still greater magnificence than any yet built. The very domes of some of these are of gold, and the ornaments in the interior are of the same valuable material aud many of them studded with diamonds and other precious stones. The yield of the W silver and platina mines this year lias ■ Exceeded that of any former year by three I iqAllions of dollars. In addition to. this the I government have forbid the exportation of the precious metals ; the mint is kept in con stant operation night and day, and the paper rouble passes as current now as ever When it is considered that all the money which is expended for the war is still kept in the coun try, and only passed from the possession of one Russian to that of another, there appears to be but little reason to believe in the asser tion of tbe Allies, that Russia is already in an impoverished condition. There is no disguising the fact that they have entirely miscalculated the strength of their enemy, or that they have intentionally misrepre sented the actual condition of things in Rus sia. Tbe effects of the war are scatcely per ceptible, and so little dread is entertained of the Allies that the government is making oreparations for a ten years' war. The means 0 of tbe Imperial family alone would be suffi | qjenl to carry it on at its present rate for sev f erst years, without calling upon the • nobles S to make tbe sacrifice of what they have half | promised, Tbe manufacture* have been In -1 creased, and those of iron particularly are at % present in a more flourishing eonditton (ban % before tba breaking out of bostilitlee. Of W tbe lighter branches of manufacture, such as Wees and other articles ot ladies' dress, ■ Coli Sbaffner has showed us some very bean- M liful specimens, all of which, he informed ■ us, were made by serf women. So /at. as H w ® could judge, they were not inferior to W anything of the kind we have seen at some vt our publio exhibitions. 1 *&~A. writer in one of th northern papers, ■ on School Discipline, says, "without e liber ■ al use of the rod, it is impossible to make * boys smart." BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1856. Deaattes of Ofllce-tloldtng. Mr. Atwood, the editor of the Clinton Dem ocrat, lately resigned his situation as Post master at Lock Haven, and thus congratu lates his successor: We would congratulate our friend Caller, on his appointment, if wedid not know by experience fhaf it is ralher-a subject of con dolence tban congratulation. He becomes a slave the moment be take* upon himself the duties ol the office. He must move at the command of every man, woman, and child in the community . he must labor seven days and nights in the week; he must do more work than ought to be done by two men, for less pay than ought to be giverfto one, for doing the half of it; he can employ no as sistance, for the emoluments of the office will not permit it; bis duties will be of tbs most tedious, vexauLps, jr.d- aunoying ohat acle r, and he oantioh*yvhil# he holds tbe of fice, for a moment escape from them. Wher ever he goes, il he ventures out of the office at all, the annoyances will attend him. For his faults m an officer, if he has any, he will be censured by everybody, and for his mer | its, he will be censured fully as much as for I his faults. The largest amount of censure I will be given him by those who have the least business in tbe post office. The mtn who receives a lottery circular once a month from the Baltimore blacklegs, will discover more irregularities, and make louder com plaints, than all the lawyers, merchants and I business men in town. Those who have the I largest correspondence will make the least complaint and give him the least trouble.— j All the children in every family will call up | on him at least once erety day, (and it will | be a lucky day that they do not call oflener,) j and at each call, no matter how often he has looked the same day before, he must look again, or be charged with neglecting his du ty. He must have the suspicion of stealing lottery circulars, Irish letters and Dutch newspapers. For all failures of newspapers and correspondence to arrive at the office at the proper lime, he will be held responsible. If he can not patiently endure this cease- I less round of irksome, tedious, night and day j labor, these constant annoyances, suspicions, ! complainings, and fault findings; if he can not cheerfully comply with every demand, reasonable or unreasonable, that may be made upon him, at any hour ot the day or night; if he cannot get along without eating or sleeping, it will be said of bion, as it prob ably is of Ins predecessor, "he is not fit for a postmaster." If any man in the world can endure all that will be demanded of him, Mr. Caller is the man; but we have strong vxrajjiciuu'limit"?trn *>mr pvrvom7r min> - humor will not stand the wear and tear of the post office in Lock Haven. We venture the prediction that, like him whose place he is taking, he will "rejoice and be exceeding glad" when the day of his emancipation ar rives. A Short I'ollUikle SCrmti.l. Mr BRCTHERIXG, 1 will take for my text the same which was preached onto you by my brother,at Brandon, Mississippi, ol whioh you have doubtless heerd :—"And he played on a harp of a tlion'and strings—sperits of just men made perlic." My brelhering, there is as many strings to politix as there is to a lye—an a good many liars to eenymost every string; then there aim but one on 'era all that rings out the music of the union to which evety true pa triot had ought to keep step—lur "he played on a harp of a thousand mrings—sperriis of jusi men made perfic." Fust there's the know nothin'! His name expresses the amount of his information, but it don't convey an idee of his resources. He's 'he most extraordinary animal in the show—he is fur aud a variety of to pics; he's temperance, an he drinks—he's fur the Maine law so pervided he can violate il—he's fur an against fusion—he's an abol itionist an he aint an abolitionist—he's here an lie's tliar —and he will be no whar in No vember—fur he played on a harp ol a thou sand strings—sperrits of just men made per fic." ' Then there's the polittikle cobbler, goin' round like a roarin' green bay Jackass seek in' where he may humbug somebody. He's all the eolors of the rainbow), an more ohangeable lhan the Camelia Joponiky, He is a whig and an anti-whig—and know noth m' and anti-know nothin'—fur furriners and agin furriners, fur every body and agin every body, but principally a long-heeled, wooly headed, rantin', ravin niggerist and abolition ist and disunionisl— fur "lie played on a harp of a thousand strings—sperrits of just men made perfic." Then that's the straight-out whig—a re . speclable charactei in contrast with the pre ceding, who represents the fusioqist. He don't want to see the Ur.ion destroyed but he kr.ows he can't help it if he runs on his own hook, an that he'd better run wid der ma sheen that's bound to be ahead and wash the other tubs. He plays on a harp of a single string, but bis execution is imperfee. Then thar's the liberal and the genuine old-fashioned democrat. Tbey don't go whirl . ing round th circumbendibuses ; they aint afeerd of nobody nor notbin*. They carry their Ualon flag aloft ;—the bunting all kiv ered oe'r with stars and stripes;—glorious and victorious because its the banner of tbe Union. They go for personal freedom fur popu lar rightsfar justice to ell men and all parts of the country ;— fur light instead of darkness ;—fur open discussion instead of midnight Cabal; —fur self-government and not fur oligarchy;—-and they go in to win, ' for thair instrument it tuned with pop'lar ' feelio'sod tbey play on a harp of a. thou -1 sand strings, and every string an honest prin ciple.—Boston Post. VON SWEITZEL ON POLITICS- Von Sweitzel's experience is not peculiar. Many have had similar experience but the story will be instructive just at tbe ptesent time. "Mine neighbor, Wilhelm vot you tink of bolides, hey' asked Peter Von Slug, of his neighbor Von Sweitzel, the Twelfth Ward blacksmith, last evening, as he seated him self beside him a 'Bierhouse.'" "1 t'inks much," said Sweitzel, giving his pipe a long whiff. "Veil, vot you tiriksl" "I comes to dor conclusion dat bolides is one big fooi." " Ah I" exclaimed Peter, after taking a draught from his mug, "how do yon make him dat!" , "Vejl, mine jriancl tell you," replied Sweil >{el,'after. fsw wbtß* atul • ttrtnk, "! Comet to dish place ten yearn last-evening by der Dutch Almar.ic, mil mine blacksmith shop, I buils fine little bouses, I pools up mine bel ters , I makes mine fire, I beats mine non, I strikes mit my hammer, 1 gets plenty of woik and I makes ntoouish." " Dat is good," remarked Pele, at the same time demanding that the drained mugs be fil led. "I say that I made much friends," contin ued Wilhelm, relighting his pipe "Der bee pels all say, Von Sweitzel bes a good man, he blows in der morning he strikes in der night and he minds his business. So dey spraken to me many times, and it made feel me much goot here," slapping his breast. "Yaw, yaw, dat ißh gooter," remarked Pete who was an attentive listener. " Fell, it goes long dat way tree year. Let me see, von yeaT 1 make tree hoondred lot lar der next year tree hoondred and fify, der next year four hoondred and swonzy, der next year five hoondred tollar; dat makes five year, when old Mike, der watchman, who pees such a bad mau, comes to me, and he say, 'Sweitzel, vol makes you work so hard.' 'To make moonish,' I dell him. 'I tells you how you makes him quicker as dat, he say. I ask him how, and den he dells me to go in to Loiitics and get big office, I laugh at him, ven he dells me that Shake, der lawyer—vat makes such purty speeches about Farderlaud —bees again to run for Congress, and dat Shake, der lawyer, dells him to dell me, il I would go among der beeples and dell them to Vote mid him all the while, he would put me in von big office, where I makes twenty tousand tollarsa year. "Twenty tousand ! mine Got!' exclaimed Pete, thunderstruck. shust slops der striken and goea to'my frTent, and all der Yarmans for Shake, and Shake bes elected to der Congress.', Here Mynheer Von Sweitzel, stopped took a long draught ol beer, and fixing his eyes on the floor,puffed his pi[ie as if in deep thought. "Veil, mine neighbor," said Pete, after wai ting a due length of time for him to resume, "vat vou do, eh!" "Veil, I ask Mike, der swellhead watch man, for der office, and he dells me I gels him next year. 1 waits till after der next krout making time, and den I say again— "Mike ven vill Shake give me that twenty tousand tollar office!" "In two year, sure," he say, "If I work for der barty." Veil, 1 stop a blowin mit mine betters again, and I blow two years for der barty mit mine moat. "Two yeat mit your mout!" asked Pete in astonishment. •'Yaw, two year. Den again Igo to Mike, der swellhead watchman, and dell him der twenty tousand dollar office about, and he dells me in one more year I gets him, sure, I dinks he lools me, yet I blows for der barty anudder year and den vat you dinks! "Dinks I Vy you gets him twenty tousand tollar!" "Gets hin>! Py sbinks, Mike, der swell head watchman, dells me I bes von big fool, and dat I might go to der bad place and eat sour krout." "He tell dat !" "Yaw, sure as my name be Von Sweit zel." "After you do der blowing mit your mout for de barty !" "Yaw." "Mine Got! vat you do den, mine neigh bor !" "Make a fire in mine blacksmit shop, 1 blows on my own belters again, I heats my own iron, and strikes mit my own hemmer. I say to mineself: Wilhelm Von Sweitzel, do your own blowing and let bolitictans do ders!" Neighbor Pete thought he had come to a wise conclusion, and after wishing all sorts of bad luck to 'politicians,' that class of men whose patriotism and integrity lies in their pockets, they ordered their mugs to be again refilled, and changed the topic of conversa tion. Scarcity of ItorsCs in Europe. A correspondent of the Spirit of the Times, writing from Paris, under date of May 31st, remarks on the siate of the London horse market as follows" Ladies' saddle horses are not to be had, neither are carriage hor ses, whioh will surprise you. In thirteen days search I could not find a decent pair for ■ale at any price. If this war lasts another year, the European* will be importing hor ses from America, end it would be well worth the attention of our formers and breed ers to raise large horses fit to draw a heavy carriage, or carry a heavy man. Good sad ' die'horses for gentlemen, are still 16 be found by paying for them ; a flrabrate one stands you #300." A Utioa, N. Y., paper stater that a gentleman is now in that eity purobae ing carriage and saddle horses for the Pant market. * ufl ftiftlft—Mr f: •i'VV': • | Another new year graciously sent, It is welcom'd with Hit and with revel; 'Midst the joy we herewith present 1 Tbe kindest regardsjif—the Devil. Hail, Patrons, all haillinay the hopes of the * past-, fn blissful fruition beaded, May the shadows wbicl Fate o'er your path way has cast, No more with your pmshine te blended. 1 May your treasures iiraase, of your lives may the lease Be lengthen'd to three score and ten; May you never "sing sioall" when the car rier doth call, But always be "men amongst men." SEASONABLE. Old Winter's come withgleesome sports— His broad, bright fires, and cheerful hearth, His blithesome days, and lingering nights Of undisturbed and genial mirth. The keen, clear air, the splendid sight, We waken to a world of ice; Where ail things are enshrined in light, As by some genie's quaint device. 'Tis winter's jubilee—this day His stores their countless treasures yield, See how the diamond glances play In ceaseless blaze from tree and field. Anon the sable furs are brought, The notes of jangling bells resouud; i The bright plateau of ice is sought, And skaters whirl in giddy ronnd. The whizzing srrowdjau flies its way, The young with anxious glee retire, The older marshal for the fray. i Then strip lads and to it, tho' sharp be the weather, And if by mischance yod should happen to > lull, There are worse slips itflifo tban a slip of (he leather, 1 And life is itself but a game at snow-ball. i - And when it is over we'll drink a blithe meas ure ' To each gent and each lady that witnessed I our fun, I And to every blithe heart that took part in our pleasure, • To the lads that have stood, and tbe lads that have run. \ PATRIOTIC, s The hopes and the fears of six thousand years I Had kept all the world iu commotion, r When "the States" in their youth developed the truth I That Freedom's a great Yankee notion. ■ We live to enjoy the rich boon of our sires, , And a monarch's gilt trappings disdain; t While churches and school-houses send up their spires " On mountain, on prairie and plain. Freedom, freedom, what a treasure 1 t Yankee doodle, glorious measure ! Thirty millions sing the song, Millions yearly join the throng; Seas are crossed, and forests fall, Here's a freeman's home for all I ' Our artists are masters, our farmers are thrifty, ' Our preachers are piyus,nurjayerg are shifty, Our statesmen are patriots true; I They work for the nation > In beaute'ous rotation, And never, oh never, get blue! 1 They never contend for the spoile, oh no! 8 They never contend lor the spoils ; 1 They never engage in broils, oh no! r They never engage in broils. I MISCELLANEOUSLY, METAPHYSICAL LY, AND SUGGESTIVELY DESCRIP TIVE AND HISTORICAL. Alas, and alack, and what shall I say i, On topics so glibly discussed every day ! i, Tbe war in tbe Crimea— no Speaker elected— e The last filching banker so snugly detected— e The legalized jug witb its handle ao handy, > That old-fashioned water gtve* plaps to bad a brandy— ; • ... ; r The spirit* departed, that take on such airs, ir That tables and bedsteads go lum'bting down •tain— -i II The blood that in Kansas so horridly flows, ... (Albeit'the red flood finds its source in the v nose—) , |. Tbe effort new made la promote true sobri d ety la By the introduction of the New-York-Baby is * tonian-Freelove Society, i- And then for tho smaller affaire of the towo, is How boarding goe* up, ae provisions oome down j How gobblers and geese in a manner most vefious, Each nigbt disappear in a style most myste \ rious— How dead-heads by dozenj with innocent V facet, ho take, at the concert, the very beet places-- low tbe old labor on for much coveted la \ ere, Wfijle the younger most leisurely spend it in eucre. To riyme or reason on these themes Mightsadly discompose your dreams; Besidis, our "STAR," of steady ray, Disperses light both night and day. So 6vw, good friends, With your consent, To end my rhymes is my intent; Riu befbie Ig® Tbe rhllotophy of Fusbinns. There are many would-be reformets who defeat ends that are good in themselves, by the violence of the methods they make use of to carry them. Amongst those there are some persons who have employed the most extreme methods to push into notoriety their peculiar opinions witb regard to female cos tume. A year or two since, some well-tnnning persons Conceived that the fashion of long heavy skirts, hanging from the waist, and trading on the ground, was nntidy, extrava gant and absurd, and that the whole arrange ment of ladies' dresses was ur.heatlhful and highly inconvenient, preventing them from taking exercise and interfering with their dai ly occupations. In alt these views there was undoubtedly a measure of Itull); and had a number of ladies made real improvements dress, and quietly adopted them by degrees, so that the eye should become accustomed to them, tbey might doubtless have shorten ed and narrowed the skirts to any suitable proportions, without opposition or ridicule. If the principle of action has been simply to introduce a fashion that should remedy each in- ! convenience with tire least possible interference with ■ established custorhs, all tbe proposed good ef fects might have been accomplished. But when the Bloomers came out, their au thors at once showed that tbey knew less i about the msthetics of dress than those tbey sought to supersede. Dress, and particularly ' ladies' dress, ii designed to answer a variety o(piirpQS£S. Protection against the extremes J of weather is one of tliese, ornament another, but a certain expression of character, and es pecially of modesty, is also one principle fea ture, Suppose, then, that the Bloomers had succeeded in establishing superiority as to 1 ' the first two of these ends, the very way in 1 which they went to work to introduce them showed they understood nothing of tbe lal , ter. The Derfection of modesty and good taste in dress is that it shall so suit aud set off the person, that the speolator, forgetting the dress, shall only admire the wearer. All dress in man that costs obvious thought, and draw* I attention to its otoh appearance', is foppery, and all dress in woman that renders itself and r thus its wearer conspicuous, is immodest.— O.: this account alone, the violent effort that i the proprietors of the Bloomers made to at tract attention and to defv publio opinion, drawing crowds night after night on Chestnut street and Broadway,was enough of itself toa i waken prejudice in the mindsof sensible people against tbe fashion, however intrinsically ex- j I cellent the innovation might otherwise have been. Il proved, moreover, to every one, that the philosophy of dress wits but little un derstood by those who had attempted this sudden alteration, and those whose opinions had weight, prefered to adhere to the Paris ' fashions, which, though adapted for a differ ent sphere,were yet based ou some establish ed principles. Nothing, indeed, proves 60 completely the inability to appreciate all the higher laws of appropriateness in costume, as the very ar gument by which the innovators undertake to prove Bloomer dresses not immodest.— They say that Greeks and Turks think il im modest for ladies to show their faces—that • St. Paul thought it immodest for women to > sit in publio assemblages with uncovered beads—English and American women think difterently, therefore the dislike of Bloomers is only a prejudice. St. Paul better knew the laws of modesty tban these reformers. — His idea was all that which by violating the innocent cctloms and usages of .society for sheltering woman from an undue conspiou ousness, is immodest', and ought to be avoid - ed simply on that account. Hence, in civil ized society, all l&dical changes of fashion in ladies' dress are brought about by degrees, ' "b6 that' the eye of good taste may never be offended, as it would be by any sudden alter . ation. It will J>e said that if conspicuousnesa in dress be always a fault, many of the leaders 1 of fashion, or rather tbe followers of the new est." fashion in this country, are eminently wrong. And this is unquestionably the case, a Those who thus follow: are generally desti tute of taste, and run blindly into tbe mad dest and most indelicate extremes. The Par b is head-dress, suited only for tbe opera, will, if just imported at two hundred dollars, grace i* (he bead of some young lady promenading on Broadway, or making a morning call; ■- and dresses fit only for evening parties are there exhibited in broad daylight continually , by our would-be faseionables. Thus also it s cornea to pass that long skirts and dainty slippers, and other fashion*, fit only for the velvet carpets o'f a drawingroom, or the inside I of a close carriage, are trailed throogh tbe j mod Of publio streets. We believe there is no city in tho United ! States where so great tn amount of good taste is to be seen in ladies' dress as in Phil adelphia, and this isowingto the quiet avoid- ! ance ol all extremes, the, perfect modesty j that avoids conspicoonsued*. At present in j this country, we Lave generally followed the fashions of Europe, and particularly those of France, because there is a class of persons there who devote themselves to the study of what is becoming in dress. They know how to introduce endless variety of costume, all harmonious and becoming, without be tcg lumes of Louis XVI and Madame de Pompa dore, is, in fact, the representation in dress of the political effort of Louis Napoleon's ca reer, that is, to reproduce the gorgeousness and splendor of the fashions at Versailles in the most luxurious days of that iniquitous monarchy which destroyed France to build a palace. It is said that we republicans are as fond of gaiety and extravagance as cny other peo ple. But persons of good taste, in every part cf the world, by degrees adapt the fsshiotlffi' to their own circumstances, and.a due knowl edge o! the philosophy of dress has in it the advantage of enabling the possessor to unite convenience with good taste, and to ensure all the advantage of comfort and even econ omy; without inconvenience or conspicuous ness.—Ledger, That's Ihe.rince for I.ncy stone. The Constitution framed by the recent Con vention of the people of Kansas, contains the following provision : RESOLVED, That the General Assembly shall ( have no power to pass any law whereby the { separate estate of a married woman, either in property real, personal or mixed, shall ev er be made subject to the disposal of the hus band, or subject to the payment of the debts I of the husband in any manner unless by | written consent of the wife first obtained, du ! ly acknowledged anil recorded, witnessed by ' at least two witnesses to be named by . wile. That the General Assembly shall no power to pass any law depriving ihu rofcgliZJ or of an eqnaiiiy '.villi the fattier in the maiiiS tenonce, education and care of their children! i and in tio case shall the mother be deprived! t of her children except per account of in-1 i saniiy, intemperance or other gross impropri eties. Thus forlune-huuleis will stand but a very poor cftance in Kansas, since they will have but a very limned control of the purse-onal affairs of their partners. Some curious re- ! , suits tnay however flow from the regulation, | which allows husband and wife an equal; share" in the management and education of I I the children. Suppose the Infant Johnny to ; have a violent ache under the apron, and the I father to bo a believer in the Tliorasonian , system Of medicine while the mother is a I decided Hydropath. Think of them divide ing their management, be sweating and pep pering the infant to within the sixteenth of an inch of its life, during the morning while the ' j mother freezes her darling itty phenomena in [ , Sitz baths and slieeis of cold water. Or, eup j pose tliern to be of differeut religions; will the difference be split by sending (he boys | and girls to one church Sunday morning and to another in the afternoon! Suppose the j mother is a Baptist and the father a Presby- I terian, the children must be both sprinkled and dipped to fulfil the law. Or will the I mother have the girl* and the father the boys! , How will they manage the schooling of their: offspring; suppose one wants the young hope- I luls of the family to become learned and the j . other wants no such stuff, will (hey be obliged I I to learn Algebra, Latin and Greek one week and sedulously set to forgetting it the next week! Or, suppose the parties differ as to politics, how will the sons vote! They can only stay away from the election, and com , roil themselves neither way. These are a , few of the difficulties that will beset women ' in securing their rights a la Kansas. GOOD AT GUESSING. —"WeII, Pal, which is the waj to Burlington!" ' How did you know my name was Pat." "Oh, I guessed it." "Then by the powers, if ye are so good at ' guessing, ye'd better juess the way to Bur lington." I ... I. ' 1 "Mister, what's your house!" asked a eu ' rious traveler, of a half horse, half alligator squat'.er. , "House, eh! D'ye think I'm one of them > sort, stranger! I sleep in the praire; I eats > raw buffalo, aufl dinks out of tbe Mississip ; p' l " _ The following advertisement under the > head of aWi fe Wanted, is in a Batesville pa • per.— "Any gal, what's got a bed, a coffee pot , and a skillet, and knows how to cbt our t britches, and make a hunting shirt; and ! knows how to take care of children, ean have ; my services until death parts both of os." i ..... > i Wise men are instructed by reason, men t of less understanding by experience, the i moat ignorant by necessity, end brutes by • nature. [Two Diitert pgr Alttu* ' ■ NUMBER 50. - ■ ■ , g^CTg A Needed^Slovemeul. Two years ago, Rev. WARREN BURTON, of j Boston, who is devoting himself lot he cause of Domestic Education, proposed, through newspapers and circulars, to the people of I his own Slate, that there should be meetings ' during the more leisure season, to discuss j questions appertaining to Family Discipline, and to the relation of speakers, others made effective addresses who had neverjspoken in public before, and latent talent was unex pectedly brought ont. The young manifest ed peculiar interest, and were slimulsted*<o' new efforts for improvement. The relation of the home to the school, and of the school '° agjgS WM be " er .^understood, both ■ VMtIMMjP?, < n be read j , rethMMßpWTilt everyjtlowu tnMUM noble use. Now that the long evenings have again come, why shall not this most useful move mem be carried, at once, widely beyond the Slate where it started! Anxious'patents, earnest teachers, public-spirited men and wo men! think, confer,* co-operate, persevere, and if is done. A few topics lor consideration are?aubjoin ed as a specimen, and, possibly, to save lime at first in seeking; numerous others will doubtless occur in the course of proce dure. • QUESTIONS FOU DISCUSSION. 1. What combined movement of neigh borhood or town could be Entered 1 on for tM improvement of schools, and especially to ef fect a reform in the morals and manners of the young ? 2. How much should parents depend on school teachers to correct the bad dispositions and habits of their children? and bow fir are teachers justly resposible for the conduct of their pupils out of school? 3. HoW early should a child be rttade to obey the parent; and how shall reverence be induced and authority maintained, without that fear on the one part, and and distance on the other, which formerly pre vailed? 4. At what age, and irt what manner, should the religious impressions be made ? and how should spiritual' culture be contin ued? 5. What is the L '!!! a vWrw-tf. t r^^^^rSWrcrime; itj what way, and how far., does such crime originate in the early home? What can, and ought each commu nity to do toward prevention? 7. What effect has much of the light reading of the present day on the character of the young? and what is to be done with i reference thereto? J 8. How can it best be ascertained for what occupation in life a boy has the moat | natural fitness? and should any difference be i made in the previous education at borne or schools, with reference to this? 9. Should not children be early trained to work with their hands for the sake, at least, ,of forming a useful habit, whatever the con dition of the parents as to wealth ? | 10. How do luxuries for the palate, to ; getlter with the irregular use of them, affect [ the health of children? What is the influ ence on.the moral chafacler? 11. tVhal is the cause of the early decay of female health in this countiy? and what is I the remedy? I 12. Would not a sanitary investigation j and a report by a committee, be of great ser j vice in every town, by making known ex , isliug and possible causes of sickness, espe j cially those appertaining to the location and other material conditions of dwelling? SMART CHILDREN. A clii'd three years of nge, with a book i a Us infant hands, is a fearful light. It is too" often the death warrant, such as the condemned stupidity looks at—fatal, yet beyond his com prehension. What should a child three yeah* old—nay, five or six years old—be taught ? ! Strong meats for weak digestions make no { bodily strength. Let there be nursery tales, j and nursery rhymes, I would say to every patent, especially to every mother, sing to your children, tell them plea rant stories; if in the country, be not too careful lost they get a little dirt upon their hands and clothes; earth is very much nkir. to us all, and in children's cut-of-door plays suits them not inwardly. There Is in it a kind of consan guinity between ull creatures; by it we touch upon the common sympathy of our first sub- I stance, and it begets a kindnesßfor our rela- the brute*. Let ohildren have a free, open, air sport, and fear not though they make acquaintance with the pigs, the donkeys, and the ohiokeos— they may form worse friendships with wiser looking ones; encourage a fami'iarity with a'* that love to court them—dumb animals lov, children; and children love them. There is a language among them, wbicb the world's language obliterates in the elders. It is of more importance that you should ma kg your children loving, than you would make- them wise. Above all things, make then) loving, end then, parents, If you become old and.pQor, these will be better than friends that wiU trov er neglect you. Children brought up loving at your knees will never shut their doors up on you, and point where they would have you go.— Blucbmo<rs Magazine.
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