THE STAR OF THE NORTH. H. IF. Hearer, Proprietor.] VOLUME 8. THE STAR OF THE NORTH IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOUNINU BY H. W. WIIAVEIt, orricß up stairs, in the new brick build ing, on the south side of Main Street, third square below Market. T ®.". " 9 • —Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six mouths 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 discontinuance permitted until all arrearages I are paid, unless at the option of the editor, j ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square will be inserted three limes foi One Dollar 1 and twenty-five cents for each additional in- ! aerlion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year. THE SONG OP' TUpIcA Mi\ i A CRIMEAN INCIDENT —BY BAYARD TAYLOR. ' "Give us a song!" the soldiers cried, The outer trenches guarding, When the heated guns of the camps allied 1 Grew weary of bombarding. The dark Redan, in silent scoff, Lay, grim and threatening, under; And the lawny mound of the Malukoff No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. The guardsman said: . '"We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may, another day Will bring enough of sorrow." Then lay along the battery's side, Belnw the smoking cannon Brßve hearts, from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory- Each heart recalled a difierent name, But til sang ''Annie Laurie." Voice after voice caught up the song, Until its tender passion Rose like an anthem, rich and strong— Their battle-eve confession. Dear girl, her name ha dared not speak, Yet, as the song grew louder, Something upon the soldier's cheek Washed off the stains of powder. Beyond the darkened ocean burned The bloody sunset's embers, While the Crimean valleys learned How English love remembers. And once again a fire of hell Rained on the Russian quarters, Wi'h scream of shot, and burst ol shell, And bellowing ol the mortars. And Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer dumb and gory ; And English Mary mourns for him Who sang of ''Annie Laurie." Ah, soldiers! to your honored rest, Your trntb and valor bearing; The bravest are the tenderest — The loving ate the dating. j ii IN KUTY DT' t iiiiA, Or Notes of a Traveler in the Tropics, by Mar- t turin M. liallou. The prospect of acquisition by the United j States of the Island of Cuba, renders ail in- | formation respecting that "affluent piecu of earth" doubly interesting. Mi. Ballou has I given us a political, historical and statistical account of the island from its discovery try | Columbus up to the present time. The lar- I ger portion of bis book is compiled from a j journal kept during a brief residence on the island—around which he may almost be said to have "put a girdle." His style is remark ably spirited and his Statistical information has been pronounced reliable. We leave our readers to judge from copious extracts of the value of the work: PROSPECT or THE PURCHASE OF CUBA.—"A peaceful solution to the question of Cuba, by its sale to the United States, is not regarded as probable by the best informed Creoles.— They say that, even if the Queen were dis posed to sell the island it would be impossi ble to obtain the consent of the Cortes. The integrity of the Spanish domain, including all the islands, is protected by legal enact ment ; end it would require the übrngation of a fundamental law before it could be con summated. Now the Spanish subjects well j understand that they would not be likely to j be gainers by the sale of Cuba, however large a sum the United States might be willing to 1 pay for it, while the monopoly to trade, the j bestowal of lucrative insular offices on Span iards alone, and other incidental advantages, give them a direct interest *in the mainte nance of the present order of things. Those who lake this view of the question say that if Spain has r.ot promptly lejected the over tures supposed la have been made by our Minister at Madrid, litis decay indicates only . ■ conscious weakness, and not any Imitation of purpose, ft is simply a diplomaliu trick; • temporizing policy. Why, they ask, if Spain bad any idea of parting with the isl and, would she be be making naval and mil itary prepartions on a grand and costly scale, at home, while in the island she is making large levies and enrolling colored troops, not as militia, as the government have falsely given out, but as regulars? We are reluct ant to abandon the hope of our purchasing the island, but candor compels us to state the plausible arguments-of those who assert that oo success can possibly attend to the plan for its peaceable acquisition. "Within a brief space of time, the admin istration of Gen. Pezuelahas been signalized by measures of great significance and im- 1 portanca. The decree of the 3d of May; the older for the registration of sluves introduced into the island in violation of the treaties of 1817; the decree freeing more than fifteen thousand emancipados in the space of a fort night ; that of May 251h, enrolling and arm ing negroee and mulattoes; the project for importing negroes and mulattoes from Africa, under the name of free apprentices; the in stitution of free schools for the instruction of the blscke, while the whites are abandoned to their own resoureee; and, finally, the le galization of intermarriages of blaoks and wbitos, which last measure has aolually been serried into effect, to the indignation of the BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1856. cigples—all these measures show the deter, ruination of the Spanish government to bring about the emancipation of slavery, and the social equalization of the oolored and white population, that it may maintain its grasp upon the island, under the penalty of a war l of races, which could only terminate in the extinction of the whites in cese of a revolu | tionary movement." CUBAN YOUTH DEBARKED YROM EDUCATION IN THE U. STATES.—"An order was not long since Dromulgated by direction of the home government, by which iho inhabitants are forbidden to send their children to the United States for the purpose of education. A bold, j decided order. j "Of course the reason for this is quite ap ' parent, and is openly acknowledged in Ha var.na, viz: that these youths, during their residence here, adopt liberal ideas and views of our republican policy, which become fix ! Ed principles with them; nor is there any ; doubt of this being Ibe case, for such stu- I dents as have thus returned, unhesitatingly ■ (among friends) avow their sentiments, and I most ardently express a hope fur Cuban in dependence; and this class, ton, upon the island, are far more numerous than might at first be supposed. Those who have been ed ucated in France, Germany and Epglund. seem at once to imbibe the spirit of those youths who huve returned from the United States; and long before there was any dem onstration relative to the first Lopez expedi tion, these sous of the planters had formed themselves into a secret society, which is doubtless still sustained, with the avowed purpose of exorcising il* ability and means to free Cuba, sooner or later, frotn the Spanish yoke." CUBAN LADIES.—"We have said that the Creole ladies never stir abroad except in the national volatile, and whatever their domes tic habits may be, they are certainly, in this respect, good housekeepers. A Cuban belle would never, wo fancy, be made to under stand the pleasures of that most profitless ol all employ ment, spinning street yarn. While uur ladies ure busily engaged in sweeping the sidewalks of Chestnut stieet and Broadway with their silk flounces, she wisely leaves that business to the gangs of criminals who pstform the office with their limbs chained, and a ball attached to preserve their equilib rium. 11 is, perhaps, in part owing to these habits that the feet of the Cuban senorila ate ' such a marvel ol smallness and delicacy, j seemingly made rHther for ornament than use. Stiu il Jrowe I lis charms uf the petit Men ! chcuse that delights Ihe- Purisian, and accord- j iugly as you catch a glimpse at it, as she steps into the volan'.e, you perceive that it is j daintily shod in a French slipper, the sole of ■ which is scarcely more substantial in appear- i tines than writing paper. "The feet of the Havanr.a ladies are made (or ornament and for dancing. Though with I a roundness of figure that leaves nothing to ! bo desired in symmetry of fortn, yet they are ! light as a sylph, clad in muslin and in lace,! so languid and fight that it would seem as if a breeze might waft them away like a sum mer cloud. They are passionately fond of dancing, and tax the endurance of Ihe gen- { | llemen in their heroic worship of Terpsichore. Inspired by the thrilling strains of those Cu- | ban airs which are at once so sweet and brilliant, they glide and whirl through the mazes of the dance hour after hour, until j daylight breaks upon the soene of fair revel. | Then, exhausted but not satiated, they betake j themselves to sleep, to dream of the caden- j oes of some Cuban Strauss, and to beat titne I iu imagination of the lively notes, and to [ dream over the soft words and winning glan- 1 | ces they have exchanged. "Beautiful as eastern kouries, there is a striking and endearing charm about the Cu- I ban ladies, thqir very motion being replete 1 with a native grace; every limb elastic and I supple. Their vnices are 6weel and low, 'an ; excellent thing iu a woman,' and the subdu j ed tone of their complexions is relieved by the arch vivacity of night-black eyes, that alternately swim in melting lustre or sparkle in expressive glances. Their costume is vne er ostentatious, though costly ; the most del icate muslin, the finest linen, the richest silk, the most exquisitely made satin shoes, these, of course, render their chaste attire excceed iugty expensive. Tnere are no 'strong mind ed' women among them,nor is it hatilly pos sible to conceive of any extremity that could induce them to gel up a woman's right con vention—a suspension of fans and volantes might.produce such a phenomenon, but we very much doubt it. "The creole ladies lead a fife of decided ease and pleasure. What little work they do is very light and lady-like, a little sewir.g or embroidery; llje bath snd siesta divide the sultry hours of the day. They wait until nearly sunse! for the drive in the dear volante,and then go to respond by sweet smiles to the salutations of the caballeros on the Pasooas, and alter the long twilight to the Plaza de Armas, to listen to the Governor's military band, and then perhaps to join the mazy dance. Yet they ure capable of deep and high feeiing, and when there was a pros pect of Ihe liberation of the island, these fair patriots, it will be remembered, gave their most precious jewels and ornaments as a contribution to the glorious cause of liber ty." THE SABBATH IN CUBA.—"On no occasion is the difference between the manners of a Protestant and Catholic community so strong ly marked as on the Sabbath. In the former a sober seriousness stamps the deportment of Ihe people, even when they are not engaged in devotional exercises ; in the latter, world ly pleasures and religious exercises are pur sued, as it were, at the same time, or follow each other in o-congruous succession. The Parisian flies from the Church to the railway station, to take a pleasure excursion into the country, or pats with careless levity Irom St. Genevieve to the Jordan Mabille. In New Orleans, the Creole, who has jußt bent his knee before the altar, repairs to the French opera; and the Cuban, from the blessing of the priest, to the parade in the plaza. Even the Sunday ceremonial of the church is a pageant; the splendid robe of the officiating priest, changed in the course of the offices i like the costumes of actors in a drama; the music, to Protestant ears, operatic and exci ling; the clouds of incense that scatter their intoxicating perfumes; the chants in a strange tongue, unknown to the mass of worshippers; all these give the services a holiday and car nival character. "Far be it from us to charge these congre gations with an undue levity; many a lovely cteole kneels upon the marble floor, entirely estianged from the brilliant groups around her, and unconscious for the time of the ad miration she excites; many a cabal/ero bows in reverence, forgetful, for the time being, of the bright eyes that are too often the load stone of attraction to the church; and there ure very many who look beyond the glitter ing symbols ',o the great truths and the great Being they are intended to typify. But we fear that a large portion of the community who thus worship, attach more importance to the representation than to the principles or things represented. The impression made by the Sabbaih ceremonies of the ohurch spikes us as evanescent, and of such a char acter as to be at once obliterated by the ex citement of worldly pleasures that follow.— Still, if the Sabbath, in Catbolie countries,he not wholly devol<4fto religious observances, neither are the week days wholly absorbed by business or pleasure. The churches and chapels are always open, silently but elo quently inviting to devotion; and il is much to be able to step aside, at any moment, from the temptations, business and cares of file, into an atmosphere of seclusion and religion. The solemn quiet of an old cathedral on a week day is impressive from its very contrast with the tumult outside." THE ROYAL FICTION. —''The oonslanl pres ence ol a large military force increases the | discontent and indignation of the Creoles.— j They know perfectly well its object, and re-1 gurd it as a perpetual insult, a bitter, ironical j commentary on the epithet of 'ever faithful' ! with which the home government always ' addresses its western vassal. The loyalty of | Cuba is, indeed, a royal fiction. Ac well might the highwayman praise the generosity of a rioh traveler who surrenders his purse, watch and diamonds at the muzzle of the pis tol. Cuban loyalty Is evinced in an annual tribute ol some twenty-four millions of hard i money; the freedom of the gift is proved by ! the perpetual presence of twety-five to thirty ' thousand men, armed to the teeth." BRIGHT AND THE DARK SlDE. —"Cuba has been justly elyled the garden of the j world, perpetual summer smiling upon its favored shores, and its natural wealth almost j badling the capacity of estimation. The wa- > ters which surround it, as we have already intimated, abound with a variety of fishes, whose bright colors, emulating the tints of precious stones and the prismatic hues of the rainbow, astonish the eye of the stranger.— Stately trees, of various species, the most conspicuous being the royal palm, rear their luxuriant foliage against the azure heavens, I along the sheltered bay, by the way side, on J the swells of the haciendas, delighting the j eye of the traveler, and diversifying the evers charming face of the tropical landscape.— I Through the woods and groves flit a variety j of birds, whose dazzling colors defy the pal lette of the artist. Here the loquacious par rot utters his harsh natural note. There the red flamingo stands patiently by the shore of the lagoon, watching in the waters—dyed by the reflection of its plumage—for his uncon scious prey. It would require a volume to describe the vegetable, animal and mineral kingdoms of Cuba. Among the most famil iar birds, and these the names of which, even the casual observe, is apt to learn, are the Cuban robin, the blue bird, the cat bird, the Spanish woodpecker, the gaudy-plumed par rot, the pedoreva, with its red throat and breast and its pea-green head and body. There is also a great variety of wild pigeons, blue, gray and white ; the English lady-bird, 1 as it is called, with a blue head and scarlet ' breast, and green and white back ; the indi- I go bird, the golden-winged woodpecker, the ; ibis, the flamingo, and many smuller species, i like tbe humming bird. Parrots settle on the sour orange trees when the fruit is ripe, and fifty may be secured, by a net, at a time. The creolSß stew and eat them as we do the pigeon; the flesh is rather tough, and as there are plenty of fine water and marsh birJa, about tbe lagoons, which are most ten der and palatable, one is at a loss to account for the taste that leads the people to eat the parrot. The brown pelican is very plenty on the sea coast, like the gull of our own shores ajul may be seen at all times sailing lazily over the sea, and occasionally dipping for fish. Here, as among other tropical regions, and even in some southern sections of this country, the lazy-looking bald-headed vul ture is protected by law, being a sort of nat ural scavenger or remover of oarrion. "The agriculturists of the island confine their attention almost solely to the raising of sugar, coffee and tobacco, almost entirely neglecting Indian corn (whioh the first set tlers found indigeoious here) and but slight ly attending to the varieties of the orange.— It is scatcely creditable that, when the gen erous soil produces from two to three crops annually, the vegetable wealth of this island Truth au<f Bight—Cut aid Mr Country. shoulfl be so poorly developed. It is capa ble of supporting a population of almost any density, and yet the largest estimate gives only a million and a half of inhabitants. On treading the feflile soil, and on beholding the clustering fruits offered on all sides, the delicious oranges, the perfumed pine-apples, the luscious bananas, the cooling cocoanuts, and other fruits for which our language has no name, we are struck with the thought of how much Providence, ar.d how little man has done for the Eden of the gulf. We long to see il peopled by men who can ap preciate the gifts of nature, men who are willing to do their part in reward for her bounty, men who will meet her half way anp second her spontaneous efforts. No where on tho face of the globe would intelli gent labor meet with oVicher reward—no where on the face of the globe would repose from labor be so sweet. The hour of rest here sinks upon the face of nature with a peculiar charm; the nigjt breeze comes with its gentle wing tn fan the weary frame, and no danger lurks in it* etieer. Il has free scope through the unglazed windows. Beau tifully blue are the heavsos, and festally bright the stars of a tropical night. Pre eminent in brilliancy among the constella tions is the southern cross, a galaxy of stars that never greets us in the north. At mid night its glittering frame-work stands erect, that solemn hour passed, the cross declines. How glorious the night where such a heav enly sentinel indicates its watches! Cuba is indeed a land of enchantment, where na ture is beautiful, and where mere existence is a luxury; but it requires the infusion of a sterner, more eetf-deii) Mljßsi li I'm prising race to fully teat its capabilities, and to as- I lonish the world with its productiveness. "We have thus dilated upon the natural resources of Cuba, and depicted the charms that rsst about her; but every picture ha* its dark side, and the political situation of the Island is the reverse in the present instance. Her wrongs ate multifarious, and the restric tions placed upon her by her oppressors are each and all of so heinous and tyrannical a character, that a chapter upon each would be insufficient to place them in their true light before the world. There is, however, no better way cf placing the grievances of the Cubians, as emanatiug Irom the home government, clearly before the reader, than by staling such of them as occur readily to writer's mind, in brief: She is permittLd no voice in tbtf Cortes; this' press is under the viiest censtjfclitp; ure compelled to pay ten per cent, for all their harvest except sugar, and on that article two and a half per cent.: the island has been under martial law since 1825; over $25,000,000 of taxes are levied upon the inhabitants, to be squander ed by Spain ; ice is monopolized by the gov ernment : flour is taxed so high as to be in admissible ; a Creole must purchase a license before he can invite a few friends to lake a cup of lea at his board ; there is stamped paper, made legally, necessary for special purposes of contract, costing eight dollars for a sheet; no goods either in or out ol doors, can be sold without a license ; the natives of the island ard excluded entirely Irom the ar my, the judiciary,the treasury, and the cus toms; the military government assumes the charge of the schools; the grazing of cattle is taxed exorbitantly; newspapers from a broad, with few contraband; letters passing through the post are opened and purged of their contents before delivery; fishing on the coast is forbidden, it beiug a government monopoly; planters are forbid den to send their sons to the United States for educational purposes ; the slave trade ie secretly encouraged by the government; no person can remove from one house to another without first paying for a government per mit ; all cattle (the same as goods) that are sold must pay six per cent, of their value to government: in short, every possible sub terfuge is resorted to by the government offi cially to swindle 'he people, everything being taxed, and there is no appeal from the deci sion ol the Captain General!" Treatment of Scarlet Fever. Julia A. M , of Pottsville, Pa., desires our advice in refer ence to the domestic treatment of scarlet fe ver. - , ■ Keep tho bowels moderately open with castor oil: give freely of elder blossoms, balm or composition tea to promote perspi ration: if much fever present sponge the body occasionally with weak ley, and give enough lobeliaj-infusion or tincture—every two or three hours to slightly nauseate: —in- deed if the throat is ulcerating and the symp toms putrid, increase it to produce occasion al vomiting. This will not only aid in cleans ing the throat, but prevent an accumulation of putrid matter iu the stomai h, which in all bad cases should be guarded against. If the throat is sore, keep it well gargled or swabbed with composition or pepper tea, sweetened with honey, and a poultice of brewer's yeast, thickened with powdered elm bark externally, changing every 4 or 6 hours. Mixing a little of the yeast with cold water and administering it in table spoonful doses every 3 or 4 hours will prove anti-septic in all cases where the putrid symptoms predominate.— Medical Reformer. Coolness of Wellington. —lt is related ol the Duke of Wellington that he was once in great danger ol beiug drowned. It was bed time, when the captain of the vessel came to bim, and said: "It will soon be alt over with us?" 'Very well," oooly responded the Duke, 'then I shall not lake off my boots!' 17* Do not go into a sick room, while perspiring freely. The pores being opeo, they will absorb infection. ANECDOTEN OF WEBSTER. When Daniel Webster was a law student, he helped to support his brother Ezekiel, at College, by oopying deeds. &c., while the latter occasionally recruited his finances by schoolteaching. Under date of Salisbury, N. H., Nov. 4, 1802, Daniel wrote.Ezekiel as follows: "I have now by me two cents in lawful federal currency. Next week I will send them, if they be all. They will buy a pipe—with a pipe you can smoke—smoking implies wisdom—wisdom is allied to forti tude—from fortitude it is but one step to sto icism, and stoicism never pants for litis world's goods. So, perhaps, my two cents, by this process, may put you quite at ease about cash." After having declined a comfortable officii, in order to pursue his profession, Daniel wrote from Salisbury, (on the 10th of June, 1804,) to his brother, in this wise : "Zeke, I don't believo but what Providence will do well for us yet. We shall live, and live comfortably. I have this week come within an ace of be ing appointed Clerk of the Court ol Com mon Pleas, for Hillsborough county. Well, you will say, you are no better off than if you had not come within an ace. Perhaps I RM—say nothing, but think a good deal, and 1 do not 'distrust the gods.'." After Daniel had taken up his residence at Portsmouth, and commenced practicing as a young lawyer, he also soon commenced prac ticing as a young lover, by visiting Miss Grace Fletcher. At one of these visits, prob ably with a view of combining utility and enjoyment, he had been holding skeins of silk thread for Miss Fletcher, when he sud denly stopped, saying, "Grace, wo have been tlius engaged in untying knots; let us seo if we can tie a knot—one which will not untie for a lifetime." He then took a piece of tape, and, after Beginning a knot of a pecu liar kind, gave it to her to complete. This was the ceremony and ratification of their engagement' And now in a little box, mark ed by him with the words "Precious Docu ments," containing the letters of bis early courtship, this unique memorial is still to be found. The knot has never been untied. [The subjoined anecdotes are related by a correspondent of the Boston Transcript.] Soon after Mr. Webster came to the bar, he was retained in a suit between two neigh bor?. It seemed that they had got to logger heads abont a disputed line, out of which had grown trespass suits and all'sorls of con (rover*ie, and tliut ihe more malicioua and artful of the two had so plied the other with law in one shape or another, that he had nearly ruined him. The latter at last became aroused, and brought an action against the other for malicious prosecution, and retained Mr. Webster to manage it. On Ihe trial, proof of malice was clear aud convincing, and it was evident that the day of reckoning had at last come. In summing up for the plaintiff, Mr. Webster, after making a strong argu ment against the defendant, showing that he had again and again instituted suits against his client, merely to perplex and annoy him, closed as follows : "In a word, gentlemen, I do not see how I can better conclude than in the words ol the good old psalm." Then, looking at the jury but pointing to the defen dant, be repealed from his favorite authors, Sternbold and Hopkins: He digged a pit, he digged it deep, He digged it lor his brother, - By bis great sin, he did tail ill The pil he digged for 'tolher. And so it proved. The verdict was heavy 1 against the "digger." In 1852, when the Whig Convention was in session, first came news (hat Gen. Scott, who was supposed to bo a little too prone to display, particularly in plumage, was nomi nated for the presidency. Then came news that William A. Graham, of North Carolina, the land of tar, pitch, aud turpentine, was nominated to the vice presidency. When the latter piece ol intelligence was conveyed to Mr. W. he was engaged shoving himself. He stopped, and having heard the news, re marked, in his slow, emphatic manner, as he deliberately wiped his razor: "Well, I do not see, then, but that the Whig party have tarred and feathered themselves." It is related of Mr. Webster and Mr. Ma son that they were once riding the circuit to gether ih the winter season. The snow was deep and the weather cold, and both were well muflled in buffaloes. Mr. Mason was an uncommonly tall matt, and Mr. Webster, it is well known, had a very deep voice, a mounting at times almost to a growl. On the road, where it was not very easy turning out, they met a bluff countryman, with his ox team, who shook his goad nt them and sang out "turn out there—turn out!" They gave him half Ihe track, but he insisted up on the whole, and began to threaten, when Mr. Mason began to rise, until lie had got up six feet and more, and to the astonished view of the teamster, seemed to be going higher, when Mr. Webster giowled out in his most bearish manner, "Turn out yourself, ir!'i "Gee, gee," cried out the teamster, "why don't you gee ?'' putting the brad into his ox en as he cleared, 'he track for what, to hia j astonished vision, appeared a brace of gianta. This latter anecdote reminds me of the case of the gentleman who was riding with a span-new turn-out, when he was saluted by a teamster he was about meeting with an imperative order—"Turn out, there! turn out! or I will serve you as I did the man the other day." Our owner of the gay equip page, not oaring to risk his carriage in an encotiDler with an ox-carl, look up a position on the extreme right, and waited patiently for the horrid deepuiler of vehicles to pase. | He could not, however, resist his ourioeily to | know what dreadful thing the cartman did dojjand so, leaning his head out of the car riage, he accosted him with the inquiry— "Howdid you serve the man the other day?" "How did I serve him?" replied the team ster ; "why, he wouldn't turn out, so 1 turn ed out myself!" LOVED AND LOST. [Mr. BRADBURY, Editor of Musical Gazette and Review, having recently lost a little daughter, thus louchingly alludes to the sorrowful event. ] Kittie is gone. Where? To Ueaveu. An ar.gel came and took her away. She was a lovely child—gentle as a lamb; the pet of the whole family ; the youngest of them all. But she could not stay with us any longer. She had an angel sister in heaven, who was waiting for her. The angel sister was with us only a few months, but she has been in heaven many years, and she must have loved Kittie, for everybody loved her. The loveliest flow ers are often soonest plucked. II a little voice sweeter and more musical than others was heard, 1 knew little Kittie was near. If my study door was opened so gently and slyly that no sound could be heurd, 1 knew Kiltie j was coming. If, after an hour's qulet]play, a little slim shadow passed me, and the door opened and shut, us no one else could open and shut it, "so as not to disturb papa," I knew Kiltie was going. When, in the midst of my composing, I heard a gentle voice saying, "Papa, may I stay with you a little while? I will be very still," I did not need to t.lc n fT my work '.o assure me th'al it was j 'y Utile lamb. You m.u me too loilg Kittie, dear, to leave me so suddenly ; ami you are too still now. You became my little assistant—my home angel—iny youngest and sweetest singing bird, and f miss the little voice that I,have so often heard in the adjoining room, catch ing up and echoing little snatches of melody as they were being composed. I miss those soft and swift kisses. I miss the little hand that was always first to be jilaced upon my forehead to "drive awuy the pain." I miss the sound of those little feet upon the stairs. I miss little knock at my bedroom door in the morning, and the triple good-night kiss in the evening, I miss the sweet smiles frotn the sunniest of faces. I miss, oh ! how I miss, the foremost in the little group who came out to meet me at the gate for the first kiss. I do not stoop so low now, Kittle, to give that first kiss. I miss you at the table, and at family I miss your voice in "I want to be an angel," for nobody could sing it like you. I miss you in my rides and walks. I miss you in the garden. I miss you everywhere; but I will try not to miss you in Heaven. "Papa, if we are good.wiH an angel truly come and tske us to Heav en when we die ?" When the question was asked, how little did I think the angel was so near. But he did "truly" come, and the flower is transplanted to a more genial cliine. "1 do wish papa would come." Wait a little while, Kiltie, and papa willcome. The jour ney is not long. He will soon be "home." Tlic Price of Success. Effort is the price of success in every de partment of human action. From attainment of ludimental knowledge to the salvation of the soul, every step in progress is made by undaunted toil. The boy drones over his book, a slave to listless laziness, thereby se curing to himself a place at the loot of socie ty. The Christian, who, like Bunyan's Tim orous Mistrust, flees at the voice of lions, is undone. The man who shrinks from diffi culty in his business or profession, who refu ses to climb because the rock is sharp and the way sleep, must make up his mind to slide back and to be in the shadows below, while others use him as a stepping stone to their own rising. For this—such is the con stitution of society—there it 110 help. The poet wrote truly who said— "Thou must either soar or sloop, Fall or triumph, stand or droop Thou must either serve or govern, Must be slave or must be sovereign, Must in fact be block or wedge, Musi be anvil or must be sledge." To shake off on indolent epirlt, or stir one's self to exertion, to reach constantly upward, to struggle with a firm foothold on the most slippery places, to wrestle maulully, even when principalities and powers are our foes, to refuse submission to any evils however frowning, are conditions we must either ful fil or sink to littleness, to uselessness, —per- chance to ruin. Therefore, with a brave heart and unconquerable spirit, every man should address himself to Ihe work of the day; striving with pure views and religious trust for an increase of his talent, and for a victory, which shall enable him to stand un abashed in the last day. He who strives need fear no failure. His triumph, though delayed for a time, shall come at last.—Ad vert iter. RATIIEH Too HONEST. —At a late meeting of a County Temperanoa Association, mem bers were asked to relate their experience of the effects of the new law. One aged and somewhat uusophisticated gentleman, on being importuned to give his opinion on the subjeot of the local sale and use of liquor, said: "Well, 1 guess about all I can say is, that I used to buy rum for tew shillings a gallon, and now they tax me six, and it ain> raore'ii half as good as it was wont to be, either." Ho was permitted to sit down. MR. HAMMOND, assistant editor of the Albs ny Register, lays he was not born rich, and thinks it "was a doubtful piece of luck" that ha "was aver born at all 1" [Two Dollars per Annua. NUMBER 19. • From the Medical Reformer. HAI'l'Y ItESULTS ofa POSITIVE OVKK A NEGATIVE MIND. BY \YM. riBI.CS, M. D. The physician lhat would be successful in llio practice of medicine,, must possess and exercise a positive influence over the mind of his patient. Ido not mean by blus ter, arrogance or a domineering sfftrit, for he should always treat his patients with the most perfect respect and kindness for this is always due to every one solicting his pro fessional aid. But I mean that when called to see a patient he should in the first place examine the case most thoroughly, not only to satisfy himself, but to convince the pa tient that you not only understand his ail ment but are really concemedjfor the restor ation ol his health. This course inspires the confidence of the patient and givos you possession of at least one half of the ground without a single grain of medicine. In the next place after a thorough and rational ex planation of his or her disease, speak with assurance in reference to your ability to erad icate it—speak positively, and thus by mind acting on mind you gain another fourth at least of the ground in the management of the case. Thus may three fourths of th,e cure be performed, I most positively believe, in almost every curable case. The next and' last step is to give the medicine. Deal it out with your own hands to the patient or nurse, telling them exactly how you desiro it to act in every particular, and charge them to watch as with an eagle's eye in order that they may rennnto <lm uiUvaicifttt at his next y isii. It the physician understands nnr-m,.- iness he can do it, and the result will prove most salutary, especially if he confines his appliances to the innocuous materia medicu. To illustrate, I will relate a case or two out of the hundreds I could refer to were it necessary:— Mrs. Moore, seven miles from Steuben ville, Jefferson Count)', Ohio, was confined with her second child, took cold and brought on a fever. Had two physicians attending her for four months. At length she took to sweating, drinking quarts of water, which would pass off through every pore of the surface: her clothes would be so thoroughly wot through that her friends would have to change her two or three times a day. At this time, after her physicians and friends had given her up to die, I was called in to see her. I examined the case most thor oughly, and though never having met with a similar ono In all my practice, I assumed all the confidence imaginable. I told her I could check the perspiration in one hour. 1 did so, and had her relieved of all the worst symptoms in a short time, and that too by tho most simple treatment. My confidence and positive assurance exerted a boneficial influence over her negative condition— this done mqre than all tho medicine I gave her. Mrs. Cotner, of Jhe same county, lay for two years with a torpid state of the liver, dyspepsia and nervous debility. She was confined to her bed during this whole peri od. Her physicians had salivated her, keep ing her mouth discharging most excessive ly. I examined the symptoms in my usual thorough manner, spoke positively in refer ence to the name and character of her dis ease and that 1 could certainly cure her. She recovered rapidly, turned off her hired girl and done her work without assistance. Spilling Blood. Joseph C ,of Colum bia, N. Y. I have had two attacks of hem orrhage from the lungs. lam of sanguine temperament, with some little tendency to plethora. The attacks camo 011 with scarce any premonitory symptoms. My occupa tion has been that of Agriculture. lam now engaged in Teaching. Am I consumptive? Wh.at shall I do? If you would live long quit the School room instanler. It is not the place for you : it is too close and confining. You heed a continual supply of phre fresh air, and you must have it. Resume your former occu pation. You need exercise, but be careful that it does not amount to actual fatigue ; that would prostrate you. Spitting of blood, if neglected, will terminate in confirmed consumption. It is an evidence that the fa tal disease is already lurking in the system —that the destructive work is already be gun. There may be slight ulceration, but it is evident that there is a decided tenden cy of tho blood to determine to the pulmo nary organs. This tendency must bo divert ed. Plenty of good air; gentle exercise; bathing twice or thrice a week in tepid wa ter, following it with moderate friction over the whole surface; occasional applications of mustard to the chest and on the spine just opposite to slightly irritate tho skin,— all those conjoined will be found servicea ble. Internally, aside from good nutritious diet, but little is needed. Whenever symp toms of an attack supervene take of pleuri sy root (asclepias) 10 grains, capsicum 5 grains, mixed in a little sweetened water, three times a day. Persevere and you will get well. GOING WEST.—A Brother Jonathan, in a warm argument with John Bull, on our na tional institutions, was endeavoring to floor his antagonist, who had sneeringly renwh ed that ' fortunately the Americans could not go any farther westward than the Paci fic shore." Yankee searched his pregnant brain for an instant, and triumphantly re plied, "Why, good gracious, they are al ready levelling the Rocky Mountains and carting the dirt out West; 1 had a letter last week from my cousin, who is living two hundred miles west of the Pacific shore on made land!"
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