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THE HEAD AND THE HEALZT
BY JOHN G. SAXE
The Head is stately, calm, and wise,
And bears a princely part ;
And down below, in secret lies
The warm, impulsive Heart.
The lordly Head that sits above,
The Heart that beats below,
Their several ofHces plainly prove•,
Their true relation show,
The Head, erect, serene, and cool,
Endowed with Reason's art,
Was set aloft to guide and rule
The throbbing, wayward Heart
And from the Head, as from the high T
Cothes all-dirceting Thought ;
And in the Heart's transforming
All noble deeds are wrought.
And each is beet when both unite
To make the man complete ;
What were the heat without the light
The light without the heut ?
nasty Expressions ; or the Perils of In-
discretion.
All of us are more or less indiscreet.—
There are few who can keep constant watch
and guard upon the temper and the tongue.
Human nature is erring and fallible at the best,
and while it is comparatively easy to preach,
it is very difficult to practice. Most of man
kind concede that they have frailties and in
firmities, but few possess the self-control
and self possession necessary to cheek, re
strain, subdue and command. There are
many who are so thoughtless, eager and im
pulsive, that they speak without thinking,
and thus often, not only indiscretely, but
with folly, arid impropriety. A moment's
reflection and they would have hesitated 3
but in this very duty in which they are sad
ly deficient. An unkind word, moreover a
harsh expression, a bitter remark, may be
recalled, but its effect cannot be wholly cured
or done away with. We may be disposed to
forget and forgive, but the memory in such
cases will not yield obedience to the will.
The harshness will recur again and agairi
rankle, deepen, and thus become an incura
ble wound.
Many persons, moreover, mistake flippan
cy for wit, and in an effort to say a smart
thing, they ,not only betray a want of heart,
but a want of brains. "FL_ jests with scars
who never felt a wound." There is a prac
tical philosophy in this remark. It is pithy
and pointed, and describes the condition of
the thougtless would-be wit, who, while giv
ing utterance to his rashness and his folly,
irritates some partially healed wound, or
- touches upon some tender but concealed
grief. Only a few days since, an acquain
tance of ours met with • a severe rebuke.—
Several gentlemen were' conversing freely
and cheerfully together, when one ventured
to make a remark which called the blood to
the cheek of another, and our friend then
discovered for the first time that he had ven
tured on forbidden ground, and had in fact
alluded to a ease, in which the . gentleman
with whom he was conversing was a deeply
interested, if not a deeply injured party
The' error was'seen in a moment, but an ex
planation and apology would only have made
the matter worse, would in fact have made
all the listeners acquainted with facts of a
.strictly private and confidential nature.—
Hence there was no remedy. The error had
been committed, and while the gentleman
had so unwittingly and unintentionally woun
ded the feelings of another, felt cut to the
quick, at his indiscretion, he also felt con
vinced that the true course under the circum
stances, was to drop the subject entirely.
The lesson, however, will not soon be for
gotten.
Scarcely a day goes by in which,.errors of
this character are not committed. The lit
tle indiscretions of conversation and society
are the sources of much anxiety and misery.
Some persons are particularly sensitive, and
thus are readily annoyed. Trifles light as
air will give them pain. Others have partic
ular weaknesses or tender points, and these,
when once touched or enlarged upon, make
them truly wretched. A singular indiscre
tion occurred some years since in a neigh
boring city. A gentleman who had just
married his second wife, and was unexpect
edly waited upon by an old friend, who resi
ded in another State, and to whom the fact of
the second marriage had never been commu
nicated. On visiting the newly wedded
couple he mistook the second wife for the first
and made some awkward and unpleasant re
mark at the extraordinary change in her ap
pearance, since he had seen her on a former
occasion ! The parties looked confused, and
endeavored to stammer an explanation ; but
some seconds elapsed before the truth was
ascertained, and then the embarrassment was
mutual, ludicrous, and painful in the extreme.
The visit was consequently a short one, and
the effect generally was unpleasant.
But there are other indiscretions of expres
rion which are of almost constant occur
rence, Some individuals seem to be partic
ularly unfortunate in this way The reason
is, they are heedless, thoughtless and incon
siderate. They talk too much and think too
little. They ramble on hap-hazard, and are
consequently certain to say some silly or
some inappropriate thing. They do not suf
ficiently respect themselves or the feelings
of others. All are bound as it strikes us, to
afford as much pleasure as possible, and to
give as little pain. if we cannot gratify by
a kindly remark, let us hold our peace. if
we cannot compliment with some justice and
propriety, let us say nothing at all. - The
sweet amentties of life are every way I.3:or
thy of cultivation. They serve to soften our
intercourse with society, they call forth the
bettet feelings of our nature, they inspire
generous impulses, and they may be said. to
constitute the sources of exquisite pleas
ure. Benevolence of spirit, kindliness of
thought, and considerateness of expression,
and characteristics not only of refinement
and education, but of true gentility.—Penn
sgleonia Inquirer.
MI
It is quite a mistake to suppose that chil
dren love the parents less who maintain a
proper authority over them. On the contra.
ry, they respect them more. It is a cruel
and unnatural selfishness that indulges chil
dren in a foolish and hurtful way. Parents
are guides and counsellors to their children.
As a guide in a foreign land, they undertake
to pilot them safely through the shoals and
quicksands of inexperience. if the guide
allows his followers all the liberty they
please ; if, because they dislike the con
straint of the narrow path of safety, 'he al
lows them to stray into holes and precipices
that destroy them, to slake their thirst in
brooks that poison them, to loiter in woods
full of wild beasts or deadly herbs, can he
be called a sure guide ? And is it not the
same with our children 1 They are as yet
only in the preface, or, as it were,' in the first
chapter of the book of life. We have nearly
finished it, or are far advanced. We must open
the pages for these younger minds. If chil
dren see that their parents act from principle
—that they do not find fanit without reason
—that they do not punish because personal
offence is taken but because the thing in
itself is wrong—if they see that while they
are resolutely but affectionately refused what
is not good for them, there is a willingness
to oblige them in all innocent matters—they
will soon appreciate such conduct. If no at
tention is'paid to rational wishes—if no al
lowance is made for youthful spirits—if they
are dealt with in a hard and unsympathizing
manner—the proud spirit will rebel, and the
meek spirit be broken. Our stooping to
amuse them, our condescending to make our
selves one in their plays and pleasures at
suitable times, will lead them to know that it
is not because we will not, but because we
cannot attend to them, that at other, times
we refuse to do so. A pert or improper way
of speaking ought never to be allowed. Clev
er children are very apt to be pert, and if too
much admired for it, and lailgbed at, become
eccentric and disagreeable. It is often very
difficult to check our own amusements, but
their future welfare should be regarded more
than our present entertainment. It shetild
Children
HUNTINGDON, JANUARY 24, 1855.
never be forgotten that they are tender plants
committed to our fostering care—that every
thoughtless word or careless neglect may
destroy a germ of immortality —"that fool
ishness is bound up in• the heart of a child"
—and that we must ever like watchful hus
bandmen, be on our guard against it. It is
indeed little that we can do in our ,own
strength, but if we are conscientious per
formers of our part—if we earnestly com
mend them in faith and prayer to the foster
ing care of their Father in Heaven—to the
tender love of him, the Angel of whose
presence goes before them, and who carries
these lambs in his bosom —we may then go
on our way rejcicing—for "He will never
leave nor forsake those who trust in Him.
The Marriage Relation
The following sound, clear and Christian
views of the marriage relation are taken from
a popular work, entitled 0 Martyria, a La
gend," published a few years ago, from the
pen of a gifted clergymen:
Of earthly relations, those of husband and
wife, parent and child, friend and neighbor,
master and servant, constitute much the lar
ger portion of man's happiness, and are more
important than any of them, than all others
together. It is the observance, the refining,
the strengthening of these commonest, these
greatest, these primal relations, that happi
ness is increased, and not in the inordinate ac
cumulation of money, the acquisition of empty
fame, or in luxurious indulgences.
Happiness is to be attained in the accus
tomed chair by the fireside, more than in this
honorary occupation of civic office; in a wife's
love, infinitely more than in the favor of all
human beings else; in children's innocent
and joyous prattle, more than in the hearing
of flattering; in the reciprocation of little and
frequent kindnesses between friend and
friend, more than in the most anxiously
achievments of wealth, distinction and gran
deur; in change of heart, more than in change
of circumstance; in full, firm trust in Provi
dence more than in hoping for fortune's fa
vor; in a growing taste for the beauties of
Nature, more than in the free-simple inheri
tance of whole acres of land ; in the observ
ance of neatness and regularity, household
virtues, rather than in the means of ostenta
tious, and therefore rare, display; in a hand
maiden's cheer fulness, more than the impro
ved tone of politics, and in the friendship of
our next - door next door neighbor, than in the
condescending notice of my lord duke.
Happiness, then, must be so ught for in
simplicity, and not in costliness; in the per
petually recurring more than in the rare, in
abiding peace, rather than in temporary rap,
tures ; and next, after the well of living wa
ter which springeth up into everlasting life, in
no source else so seduously as in those foun
tain which are fed by the never failing love
of relatives and friends.
Wait a Minute,
Such was the exclamation of one mart to
anuther in the street yesterday.
" Wait a minute." For what was he desi ,
red to wait—whether to listen to a dainty bit
of scandal, or to transact some item of busi
ness, we know not, we only heard the words.
"Wait a minute," and we passed on our
way, thinking the while, ho wever that we
had picked a real pear 1 of a text for future
use
" Wait a minute." The world is much
given to waiting. All of us are apt to loiter
in the path of Effort. The least obstruction
dampens our ardor, and we will sit down to
"wait a moment," hoping that shortly some
angel will beat down the impediment. and
lead us safely forward. It matters not how
important may be the work we have to do,
the moment an idling brother calls upon us
to " wait a,moment," we pause from our la
bor, and leaving our weapons,' let the pre
cious moments •slip away unimproved, un
sanctified.
" Wait a moment." Not a man of us does
not some time or _other put up his cry. Du
ty calls, but we bid it wait. Pleasure beckon,
but we are not quite ready to embrace her.—
Virtue sommons us, bnt we stand upon the
order of going, asking her to bear yet a little
while with our delay. And so we go through
life, squandering our time and opportunities,
making all things that can, wait upon our in
dolence.
"Wait a minute." Brother heed not the cry.
It is that syren, sweet it may be, but luring
to r: ,, tith and . ruin. Pause not in your march
towards the Last Rest. Do what you have
to do, instantly and earnestly; lift your ban
ner boldly upon the air,'and push straight on
towards the goal. Do otherwise—pause
whenever your neighbor bids you " wait a
moment" and you will prove but a oumberer
of our master's'ground, passing away at last
un honored and unsuing. Let no one who tias
a good work to perform, waste a single min
:ate of the time allotted - him.—Newark Mer
cury.
COLUMN FOR BUSINESS MEN.
A member of the Suffolk bar in Massachu
setts, named Matthew Hale Smith, has delitr.
Bred a lecture before a Commercial Institute
in Boston, that is veqy fu'..! of merit. We
find it in Hunt's • Merchant's Mag,azine.
THE SELECTION OF BUSINESS.
Men have physical, moral and mental gifts
that peculiarly : fit them for some pursuits,
and peculiarly unfit them for others; and the
taste for,-and the attraction of certain pur
suits should incline each young man to look
well at his chosen occupation, and when once
chosen, to follow it to the end : and his ear
lier training should have special reference to
his position and occupation.
Before this choice is made, he should con
sider the obstacles in his path, and his fitness
to remove or overcome them. Law, medi
cine, divinity, mechanics, present an inviting
field. One may shine in the law who would
be a driveller in the pulpit ; and many a man
has attempted to mend a broken limb with
not talent enough to repair the leg of a stool.
Young men have marked characteristics
and talents; these all are well known as their
faces, better known often to others than to
themselves. One is quick in figures; anoth
er would make a capital salesman. One has
a legal mind and would revel in the intricates
of the law ; another can only generalize, and
is happy only in active employment. Some
have great dispatch; others are cautious,
careful and trustworthy in minute matters.—
The bent of each mind, the taste and the tal
ent must be consulted in the selection of bu-
SMPSS
All business has a settled price or marked
value. Success is to be won by obeying the
laws of the calling selected : and who wo'ild
be eminent in any pursuit, must pay the
market price for success. Two kinds of bu
siness may be found, to one of which the as
pirant for employment must address himself.
The one is bad and the other good; the one
can be found in a day, the other may be
sought for diligently, and often with " pa
tience." The one pays at once ; for the oth
er money must often be paid.
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
Principle and integrity are good capital to
begin and continue for life with. In many
larg,e houses men enter as partners who are
destitute of wealth and can only put into the
firm their business reputation, Eaeh man
has a: business repute, and his character is
judged by little things. As Dr. Johnson said
when he condemned a book of which he had
only read a few pages: "One need not eat a
whole joint of meat to know that it is taint
ed," so you need not be very familiar with a
man of business to know what his princi
ples of trade are.
It was said that Cuvier, the naturalist,
could take the bones of any animal, no mat
ter how insignificant these bones might be,
and by its aid construct the entire animal,
and tell you its character and the climate it
called its home. So out of small matters,
words spoken principles avowed, acts done,
or deeds omitted, you build up the character
of a man and make up your opinion about
him. You say of some one :"I like his ap
pearance; I will employ him; he suits me."
You do not analyze your feelings; but your
mind is made up. Of another you may say:
"I do not like that young man." Perhaps
you satisfy yourself why, if a reason was
called for. You have taken certain acts of
the young man, trivial though they be, and
made up your opinion.
A friend of mine said to me one day :—"I
shall dismiss my clerk." I knew the young
man.; he was smart and intelligent, well dis
posed and genteel. I asked the reason. "I
am not quite satisfied," was the reply ; "he
dresses : too well ; he has too much jewelry;
his room is too well furnished; he rides too
much ; I know his means; the salary I pay
him will not admit of such expenses." The
young-man thought he was producing a sen
sation. He was; but not of the character he
supposed.
Permanent success is found only in con
nection with principle, and integrity in busi
ness. The man who purchases cutlery from
the renowned manufactory of Rogers, is anx
ious only to know that the stamp of the plate
is genuine. Years ago that house resolved
not to send a poor article into the market,—
Its work is good; it cannot afford to sell poor
articles.
In the small town of Douglass, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, there is a
manufactory of axes. Immense numbers are
shipped to all parts of the earth. No man
but the maker sees them till taken from the
boxes, put on the shelves, and swung in the
forests of the West, on our Pacific posses
sions, or in Africa, or in the islands of the
sea; and if each axe was tried in the manu
factory of Douglass before the purchase, no
more confidence would be put in the excel
lence of the article than the name of the ma
ker inspires. The invariable perfection of
the article is the business capital of the ma
ker.
We have men among us—now ranking
among the merchant princes of Boston—who
began life poor. Some of them were grooms,
some waited and tended in families, some dug
vsavel, others wheeled coals ; but all that they
did was well done. When the late William
Gale was taunted by an envious man, who
said that he could remember when the same
W. Gale was drummer, his reply gave the
key note to his success. "And did f not
drum WELL'?"
Honesty is the best policy, and high moral
principle can alone lead to permanent suc
cess. We admit a man must have other
qualities with these, but without the princi
ple all will not avail.
Domestic Happiness
Ah ! what so refreshing, so soothing, so
satisfying, as the placid joys of home ! See
the traveler—does duty call him for a season
to leave his beloved circle? The image of
his earthly happiness continues vivid in his
remembrance, it quickens him to diligence,
it makes him hail the hour which sees his
purpose accomplished, and his face turned
towards home; it communes with him as he
journeys, and he hears the promise which
causes him to hope—" Thou shalt know also
that_thy tabernacle, shall be in peace, and
thou shalt visit thy tabernacle, and not sin."
Oh the joyful re-union of a divided family—
the pleasures of renewed interview and con
versation after days of absence ! Behold the
man of science—he drops the laborious and
painful search—closes his volume—smooths
his wrinkled brow—leaves his study, and un
bending himself, stoops to the capacities,
yield's to the wishes, and mingles with the
diversions of his children. Take the man of
trade—what reconciles him to the toil of bu_
siness ?—what enables him to endure the as
tidiousness and impertinence of customers?
—what rewards him for so many hours of te
dious confinement 1 By and by the season
of intercouse will behold the desire of his
eyes and the children of his leve, for whom
he resigns his ease , and in their welfare and
smiles he will find his recompense. Yonder
comes the laborer—he has borne the heat and
burden of the day—the descending sun has
released him of his toil, and he is hastening
home to enjoy repose. Half-way down the
lane, by the side of which stands his cottage,
his children run to meet him, One he car
ries, and one he leads. The companion of
his humble life is ready to furnish him with
his plain repast. See his toil-worn counte
nance assume an air of cheerfulness. His
hardships are forgotten—fatigue vanishes—
he eats, and is satisfied. The evening fair,
he walks with uncovered head around his
garden—enters again, and retires to rest; and
"the rest of a laborinr , man is sweet wheth
er he eat little or much."
Matins for a Young Man
Your character cannot be essentially inju
red except by your own acts.
Always speak the truth.
Keep good company or none.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to a person, look him in
the face.
Good company and good conversation are
the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never listen to loose or idle conversation.
You had better be poisoned in your blood
than your principles.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your life
be so virtuous that none will believe him. .
Drink no intoxicating liquors.
Ever lives, misfortunes excepted, within
your income.
When you retire to bed, think over what
you have done during the day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
•Make no haste to be rich, if you would
prosper.
Small and steady- gains give competency
with 'tranquillity of mind. '
Never p]ay at any kind of game.
Avoid temptation through fear that you
may not withstand it.
Earn your money before you spend it.
Never run in debt, unless you see a way to
get out again.
Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it.
Be just before you ate generous.
Keep yourself innocent, if yon would be
happy.
Save when you are young, to spend when
you are old.
Never think that which you do for religion
is time or money mispent.
WOMAN.—How beautiful are the smiles of
innocence, how endearing the sympathies of
love, how sweet the solace of friendship, how
lovely the tears of affection. These all com
bined are characteristic in woman. These
are the true poetry of humanity ; rich pres
ents clustering around the altar of domestic
happiness.
VOL. 10, O. 32.
Credit and Character
There is no lesson more important for the
young, than that which inculcates prompt
ness and punctuality, not only in all momen
tary dealings, but in every transaction of life.
Nevertheless, it is a common error with ma
iny to disregard both qualities. and thus to
impair conftcience, destroy credit, and weak.
en character. Only let it once be understood
that an individual is reliable and may be de
pended upon, and the character of that man
will be established upon a rock of adamant.
This is one great secret, not only of success
in trade, but of confidence, esteem, and re.
spect among friends and neighbors. It forms
the soul and source of an enlarged credit.
Reliability is indeed not only a great virtue,
but it is absolutely essential in our dealings
with one another, and in every phase and
condition of life. Never make a promise
that you do not intend to perform, and be es.
pecially careful in entering into an engage
ment that you know will be almost impossi
ble to fulfil. The consequence of such art
error must be to impair confidence, induce
caution, and excite distrust
A Good Time Coming.
The love for others and for the race is as
much a part of human nature as the love of
self; it is a common instinct that man is re
sponsible for man. The heart has its oracles
not less than the reason, and this is one of
them. No practicable system of social equal
ity has been brought forward, or it should,
and it would have been adopted. It does
not follow that none can be devised. There
is no necessary opposition between labor and
intelligence. To elevate the masses, they
themselves must have culture to know their
rights, courage to assert them, and self-re
spect to take nothing else. The good time
is coming when the spirits of humanity will
recoanise all members of its family, as more
equally entitled to its care; when the heart
less jargon of over-production in the midst of
want will end in a better science of distribu
tion ; when man will dwell with man as with
his brother when political institutions will rest
on the basis of equality and freedom. But this
result must come from the developement of
internal life by universal culture; it can not
be created by the force of exterior philan
thropy, and still less by the reckless violence
of men--[I ancroft's Oration.
rigin of the American Flag
The American Congress, on the 14th of
June, 1777, resolved, "that the flag,-of the
thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, al
ternately red and white; that the Union be
thirteen stars, white, in a blue field, repre
senting a new constellation." Some suppose
that the idea of this combination was deri
ved from the coat of arms of General Wash
ington, which contained three stars in the
upper portion, and three bars running across
the escutcheon. But this Union flag was
first hoisted on the heights near Boston, Jan.
2, 1776. At this time different flags were
used in different portions of the colonies, and
were continued until Congress adopted the
stars and stripes. For a time a new stripe
was added for each new state, but it was
found that in this way the flag would soon
become too large. By an act of Congress
the number of stripes . was reduced to the or
iginal thirteen, and now a star is added to the
Union at the accession of each new state.
Co-operation of the Wife
No man ever prospered in the world with
out the co-operation of his wife. If she
unites in mutual endeavors, or rewards his
labors with an endearing, smile, with what
confidence will he resort to his merchandise
or his farm fly over lands, sail upon seas,
meet difficulty and encounter danger, if he
knows that he is not spending hiS strength in
vain, but that his labor will be rewarded by
the sweets of home I Solicitude and disap
pointment enter the history of every man's
life, and he is but half provided for his voy
age who finds but an associate for happy
hours, while fur his months of darkness and
distress no sympathizing partner is near.
BEAUTIFUL.—We find the following beau
tiful-anecdote in the editor's table-of Janua.
ry number of Graham :
" We know a beautiful little blue-eyed girl,
of some three years old, who was nestled in
her mother's arms, at twilight, looking out at
the stars.
Mother, said she, it is getting dark.
And what makes it dark, Caroline ? said
her mother
Because God shuts his eyes, replied the lit.
tie poet."
Q. Whenever you see a man spending his
time in lounging about the streets, talking
politics, you need not expect that he has any
money to lend.—Gundison.
THE UsEs OF ADVERSITY.-ME.I are Ire
quertly like tea—the real strength and good
ness isnot drawn out of them until they have
been far some time in hot water.
Oa' Charity. like the sun, brightens every
object around it.