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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!"