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THE DAWSON JOURNAL,
Vol. i.
THE II AUNTfeD lIOESE.
BY MBS. N SAHQENT.
Many years ago,.a house waß adver
tised Tor sale, in one of the thickly
populated streets of Nov York. It
was large, airy, and comnvdi us, in
the central part of the city, and con
venient to business, having a line yard
attached with an arbour at the choicest
grapes. And yet strange as it may
appear, with all these advantages com
bined, the owner could not meet with
a purchaser. The reason was a re
port of the house being haunted.
As the story went, one of the for
mer occupants had in a causeless fit of
jealousy slain his young and beautiful
wife, whose 'inquiet spirit continued
still to haunt the scene of her former
happiness and unmerited disgrace
She was said to be habited in gar
ments of white, loosely flowing, a veil
of gauzy texture coviring tier head
and shoulders. Her features bore an
expression of great sweetness, though
pale and melancholy, while the wound
from which the blood still streamed
was distinctly visible Such was the
1 ‘gend, which had occasioned one of
the finest houses in the ciiy to remain
unoccupied.
It was about this period,- that an
Uncle of mine, a bachelor, married I
should like to have you know the dear
old gentleman. lie vr as a curious
compound of mixed qualities. Shrewd
and calculating. I would have defied
any one to have caught him napping
No wonder he grew so rich, or that
the multitude should have asserted he
was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth. With him everything pros
pered, and whether his good fortune
arose from luck, as people said, or
whether from the knowledge he posses
sed, in an uncommon degree, of dis
crimmuting character, he was assured
ly the most successful man in his ad
ventures I ever knew. To the sur
prise of every body in general, and mv
self in particular, as I before stated,
the old gentleman got married, ami
ere the wonder accompanying such an
unlocked for event had subsided, be
threw the neighbors again into con
sternation, by becoming the proprietor
of the Haunted House. With the keen
eye of a successful bargainer, he had
watched the depreciation of the prop
erty, and when, in despair, the owner
offered it for about half the original
value, he became its purchaser.
Well do l recollect my agrcoablo
sensations upon first wandering
through the spacious and newly fur
nished apartments. It was one of our
school vacations. My sister Emma
an 1 myself were invited to spend our
holidays with my Une’e and tils bride,
I and though the hou e was certainly
j inferior to Blue Board’s man-ion, I
! doubt whe her the sisters Fatima and
Irene derived greater delight in their
exploring expedition than we did.
j Among my Uncle’s domestics, was
j one he had purchased, a negro boy by
I the name of (Jnarlcs. In those days
1 persons were allowed to hold slaves n
New Yi rk until a certain age. in much j
| the same way as apprt ntir.es are held j
j now. Charles and Tty so If were on
I the be t footing imaginable. His num- i
berl ss propensiti s to evil had not
gai eil him much favor in the family, j
| and finding that I had always a kind !
I ward to bestow, and whs e er ready to
i excuse his faults, and ward oti punish- j
j ment from him, he had attached hint- |
t elf the more readily to me. During j
!my abscence f.om the city, (J aides j
was employed to take cogii'zanoe of ;
j all that happened, so that, when I re
turned lit le had passed that l and and n t
! become acquainted with This t tno
; the poor lad had more than usual to
communicate. His new mistress had
spoken kindly to h'm, giving him the |
assurance ot her favor, so long as he
continued deserving of it, and anew
rra had brokeu over his existence.—
1 But the most wonderful portion of his
revelations related to my Uncle s new
house. Drawing as cl se to my side
as possible, with a mysterious shake
of the head, he said, sinking his voice
many notes lower than ordinary :
“You be very happy h re now, lit
t'e Miss Rosy, in g ing over dia fine
hou eob your Uncle, but when I tell ;
you aD, you be w ishing your.-elf back
to school again.”
“No, no, Charles,” I answered laugh
ing, “not so bad as that neither ; I
shan’t wish to go to school while the
holidays last.”
“Aye, but you will though,” said
Charles, shaking his head still more
ominously than bifoie.
“Wny shall I?” 1 asked, seeing he ;
was burst ng to unravel something
f I tell you —dis had house, Miss
Ro>y, it be haunted.”
“Huunted,” I reiterated, quite
enough a "hast to satisfy my informer
for his important developement; “haun
ted by what?”
“A g ost that walks about, and
keeps folks from sleepiing.”
“A ghost,” 1 uttered, creeping more
closely to Charles thin before. “Why,
what sort of a thing is a ghost ?”
“It be very terrible,” Charis an- ,
swered, with a mixed expression of im- j
portance and dread, “ lis neither
flesii, nor blood, but a —a —” here
Charles got completely flounlered, and ;
greatly as it annoyed him, confessed
he kn< w no more what a ghost was j
than I did, but this much be was cer- ;
tain, his master would never have been
the owner of the house, if the spir.t
had not ho'ped him to it.
“Well, then,” I replied, “it is cer - j
tainly a goo l-natured ghost; but ex
plain, bow the house, being haunted, :
procured for my Uucle so valuable an
establishment..”
in his own way, Charles then fela
ted the report- in circulation, conclud
ing, by an especial warning to myself, 1
not to go into the upper stories unat- j
tended, as I had done There was
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY t*r», 1W(57.
much in the relation I had listened to,j
calculated tn alarm, a girl of ten years
of age; but, though for a moment it
shook my system with a few nervous
tremors, it left no permanent impres
sion, and on my return to school, the
whole faded like the fabric of a dream.
Two years expired ere I again be
came an occupant of my Uncle’s hos
pitable mansion. I had grown into a
great girl, though not a whit wiser
than formerly. On inquiry I learned
that all things in regard to the terrible
visitant remained in the same state no
one of the family having as yet seen
her ; and the neighbors, who always
did and always will meddle with oth
ers’ business, had pronounced the un
easy spirit to be laid at last.
But though matters bad resulted so
favorably in regard to the spirit, other
changes had wrought themselves, less
easily subdued. My aunt’s hea th, al
ways delicate, had been gradually on
the decline, and at the period of my
return, it had became so greutly im
paired, as to render it necessary for
my Uncle to procure a housekeepi r, to
superintend their domestic affairs.
T his housekeeper had evidently been
a fine looking woman in her day, But
time brings changes, and forty winters
had somewhat impaired the lustre of
her charms. She had an eye rather
singular, with a sort of twinkle about
it, betokening mischief, which belied
the demureness of her manner. Her
usual gaib was .hat of a methodist,
witn a stifl'starched hankerciiief pin
ned down in fiont like the pictures of
some of ear ancient grandmothers—
her voice was at times si.rill and pierc
ing, not 1 w and mus’eal, one of wo
man’s strongest charms; and when
she was a little angry, which was not
seldom the case, the very dogs anil
cats fled to avoid her. Poor Charles,
his head bore ample testimony to toe
strength and sinew ofher musoles, and
under all circumstances it was not sur
prising that with him, at least, she
never was a favorite. Over my Uncle
I soon four and she had obtained ent re
control, while iny aunt hud sunk into
that common character —a cypher in
her own house. It would be unneces
sary here to state that I viewed her
with an insuperable dislike.
On the second night after our arri
val, my sister and myself had gone to
bed at our usual hour for retiring, and
bad been sleeping soundly when a lit
tle beyond the hour of twelve, Emma
awoKu suddenly. The moon-beams
were reflected so brightly into the
chamber, every object was discernible,
and to her extreme surprise she saw a
figure clothed in white, standing di
lectly at the loyt .*f the bad. Cever -
mg her head with the Ded-clolhes, to
shut out the dreadful sight, she begau
pinching me in a manner that was not
long in arousing me also, and between
half sleeping and waking, 1 begged to
know the reason ot so unlooked for a
proceeding. She was about answering
whf n l exclaimed, —
“Emma ! look at that wr man sit—
| ting on the foot o( our bod ’’
i “Oh dear,” she whispered, “do you
! see i—what can it bo ?’’
“’Lis a woman,” I said, in tho same
I constrained tone, half peeping from be
; noatii the coverlet, the pars; iration
! s'reaming at every pore. “Let’s
scream.”
“I daro not,” she answered : “Oh
Rose do be still on your life, it must
be the drsadful ghost ” This to me
was a terrible Version of the fact. The
ghost, yes, there’ it sat, looking with
its ca'm, searching glance fixed upon
us as if ready to annihilate us on the
spat.
For a minute my sister and myfelf
carri and on the same desultory whis
peril)g, buried beneath the bedclothes,
till human nature could stand it no
longer, and routing upright, I com
menced a succession of screams, loud
enough to have brought tho dead to
life. They certainly produced an ef
fect upon the spirit before us. She
arose, parted the bed curtains, thin
spreading her wild drapery before her,
walked with extended arms siowiy
iron) tho chamber ; but whether she
vanished through the ceiling, door, or
window, was left to conjecture; for
when the household in answer to the
outcry I had made, assembled, they
found my sister and myself reduced to
such a state of nervous iiritability, we
could give no distinct Recount of the
spirit’s departure.
Nothing was of course Ulkfcd of tho
fo.lowing day but our severe fright
My uncle and his echo, the housekeep
er, persisted in believing the whole )in
aginary—but we continued so accu
rately to describe tho particulars, oth
ers were less iueredulous, and reports
again circulated more vehemently than
ever Several months then wore away
without further alarm, and the subject
ot the ghost being interdicted, by my
uncle, peace and quietness were lestor
ed.
For the first tiire since his marriage
I had left my uncle’s house joyfully
The impression created by our myste
rious visitant bad proved t o forcible
to be easily eradicated. My poor aunt
was confined almost exclusively to her
chamber, and the odious housekeeper
had become trie presiding minister ol
the whole establishment
Another year passed without our
again visiting them. My aunt’s health
had not materially altered, though she
seemed much more feeble. The ghost
had also remained tranquil and Charles
said the servants had begun to doubt
the evident e of our seeing it.
The fatn ly had assembled round the
parlor fire, about dusk, the second
evening ufour arrival, when my aunt's
bell, suspended over the hsad of her
bed, rung violently. Dreading some
disaster, we flow up stairs, followed
by every servant from the kiteffn,
who had also beard tne alarm ; when
questioning the different individuals
she asked in a voice differing from he:
usually quiet manner, “who had been
eo thoughtless as to attempt to fright
en her.” It a’us a serious charge, ami
coming from ono usually so passive,
and with such a ‘.one, struck terror
into all
“Who has frigktentd you demand
ed my uncle ?”
“I am sure I cannot tell my aunt re
plied. I was lying with my eyes par
tially cuZod wlu n s ime one entered my
chamber Supposing it to bo one of
the family, and not wishing to bo dis
turbed, I said nothing, but the noise
continuing, I asked, why Sally{ did not
bring the light ? It was then that
having no answer, I began wondering
who it could be, and rai ling mvs»!f up,
I beheld a figure clothed iu white,
standing at the foot of my bed. The
room was not sufficiently light to dis
tinguish her features, buts noticed
that she wore a long veil, and conciuu
thg that it was Aunt Abby, or some
of my aequaintenoes, who supposing me
a-1 ■< p wen? a'Yi.id of disturbing mo, I
began at ng lie who she was, and
still no answer was returned, though
she continued mo? ion loss as before,
You know that I ant not cowardly,
and wearied with importuning lurthcr,
I stretched out my hand to lay hold ot
her, hut eluding my grasp, sue arose
ard left the roam, waving her arms in
a most tragic manner, as she did so.
Not one of those present hul been
near my aunt’s chamber. The huuoc
keepefhad gone to take tea with a
friend,and every other member of the
family, was present. The Aunt Abby
whom she spoke of, bad been dead
for more than a month, although for
fear of unfavorable effect on her health,
the family had not disclosed it. 'Twas
strange rouid it have beeu a ghost?
a cold shudder pervaded every frame at
the suppositi >n.
fn no very pleasing humor, my un
cle left the assembled throng, looking
as if he c uld have sent ghost, sick wo
men nod frightened children to—most
any place, and grumbling his way down
stairs, disappeared. Then you should
have heard the mingling of voicis, it
was like the rushing of a mighty wind
till Sally with a little more prudene)
than the rest, drove us all before her
out of the chamber, to discuss tlie sub
ject in a more appropriate place.
Emboldened by escaping detection,
the ghost next appeared to a serving
man of my uncle’.-. The poor fellow
bad been going into an upper chamber
of au errand for bis master, when he
discovered the spirit standing at tie
head of the stairs, in the same white
dress and flowing tcU Half frightened
out of bis wits, he rushed below, and
more than ari hour passed before bo
could rceovi r from the panic tho ter
rible sight bad thrown him into.
Hitherto my uuele had ridiculed all
idea.- of the ghost, but the matter had
now become a very serious one. That
someone was playing pranks to the de
triment of bis family, be became c n
vinced- Oue might have been mis
taken, nay the children no doubt had
boeu deciivcd, but that his wife, a wo
man superior to all idle terr rs, and his
trusty Abraham should have leea—
the thing was impos ible.
Determined up tu uuraveliug the mys
tcry, the way to set about it became
the question
That he would have proved suesca?-
ful in pursuing the inquiry, do one that
know my uncle’s untiring paoscrvance
of character could doubt,Out at tbe very
period of investigating it, the long look
ed for demise of iuy aunt put an end to
all other proceedings.
Years have rolled away since then;
the grave, the reccpticle for all living
has long since held the elder members
of the fi.mily, and the property, like all
sublunary tbing-i, has passed into the
hands of other owuers.
Whether or not beings of another
world are ever p rrnitted to reviiit the
earth again, has been a question, which
haspuzzlid wiser heads than mine.
This much I know, if it were so, 1
should have no objection to again see
ing that same housekeeper, for I believe
now that her spirit has beeu purified
and i hastened, she might ts she would
elucidate tbe mystery which still haDgs
over the White Lady of my uncle's
Haunted House.
To Young Men. — Young man, in
the following short paragraph you will
find tLe entire law and testimony:
Young man ! save that peuny—pick
up that pin—let that account be correct
to a f; rlbing—find out what that bit of
ribon cost before yon say you will take
it—pt>y that half dime your friend
handed you to make change with, —in a
word, ba economical, b accurate, know
whot you arc doing • be honest an 1 then
be generous; for all you have or re
quire thus belongs to you by evety rule
of right, and you may put it to any good
use you pleas", it is no’ pars'tnony to
bo economical. It is not miserly to
save a | iri from loss. It is not selfish
tojje correct in your dealings. It is
not small to know the prise of articles
you are about to purchase, or to remem
ber that little debt you owe. What if
you do meet Bill Bride decked out in a
much belter suit than yours the price of
which he has not yet learned from the
tailor, who laughs at your faded dross,
aud old fuel toned no ions of hones'y
aud right,—your day wtd come Frank
lin from a peony-saving boy, wulked io
the streets with a loaf of btetd under
libs arm, became tho companion of
king".
Times arc now so bard that some tai
lor suggest the making of pan aloons
without pockets.
Why is a kiss like a rumor ? Because
it goes from mouth to m.u'b.
THE HEIRESS.
“By the bye, are you a marrying man ?
said Charles Russell to his bachelor
fiend Frcderiok Somerville, as they
discussed a cool bottle together at the
Star and Garter, at Richmond. “By
tho by', Fied. are you a marrying man ?
“My dear Uliarlos, with a pvrinn
ny of one hundred a year and an allow
ance from my anut of a second, for
gloves and shoe-strings, how can I en
tertain mch an idea? But why do
you aik ?’’
“Becausel have jii9t board a strange
whim which my cou in Ellen has takeu
into her head ; and ’port my soul, it
she persevirs iu it, I should like tom*?
good fellow like yourself, who will take
care of her and her couple of thousand
a year, to be the exeentrio partner.”
Fred’s curiosity was now raised,
linen rested to be made arquaiated with
this ttrango whiui; aud, a Irish bottle
having been plae and before tho frien’-,
it was not long before tbo generous op
eration of the wine, and our friend
Fred’S inquiries, prevented Russ 11 from
burtbeniug himself any longer with tho
secret.
And the secret was this:—Elbn
Cameron, a high-spirited ami self-willed
girl, of two and twenty years of age,
and an unincumbered income of as ma
ny hundred, having been disgusted at
the treatmeut which a fair relative Ltd
received from one whom, after an at
tachment of some years, she had made
her hut band, vowed that, if she ever
married, it should be to a man to
whom she should be introduced, for the
first time, at tho alter where she was to
become his bride.
It was a strong idea, double's : but
young girls who are mistresses both of
themselves and their fortunes are apt
to have strange notions. Ellen was ono
of these. \V ith a good heart, an ex
cellent understanding, aud a cultivated
(ate, she had just so much of oddity in
her disposition as prompted her to make
and enabled her to pers-vere, in this
extraordinary determination.
The strangeness of (be notion seemed
to possess charms for the somewhat ro
mantic mind of Somerville, who hav
ing enquired as narrowly into the case
as Russell’s relatiom-bip to the lady
would admit, expressed himself willing,
could she bo prevailed to accept him,
to undergo the ceremonies of iuir duc
ti n and marriage at the same moment?
“Bat foil Hie, my dear Ilus-ell, do
you know anything objectionable in
her temper or disposition ?”
“N tuing, upon my word, Fred.
No w man is perfect, and Ellen uas
her failings, bu k , despite certain eccen
tricities and pecu iariti s, I do believe
ytt would live very happy together.”
“Uuf, ray dear nusscit. i
vowed I never would marry even an
angel if she exhibited a superabundance
of sot and ancle. Till me—-has my
fair incognita a pretty foot
‘ (>u ms word, she has—there is n ’t a
filiuw to if, I can assure you But 1
will tell you what, although it is al
m st unfair to Ellen—yet I will let you
into a secret; she will be at the opi ra
to-morrow night—yoa may get a peep
at her there ”
Full particulars of what box she
was to ee upy, together with other
mesne of identifying her, were asked
and given. The following night saw
Frrd at the opera bif>rc Soagnoletti’s
bad given the signal for the
commencement of the overture. Ilia
eyes wero instantly turned upon the
box that was dostiued to contain the ob
ject of bis search —but that, of course,
was eroty. During tho whole of the
first act of the opera his attention was
riveted to that spot, but not ft soul broke
in upon its solitude.
During the divertissement which fol
lowed, and exhibited attractions so pow
erful as to seduce the eyes of our hero
from the object on which they had so
long been fixed, tLe box was filled ;
and when Fred turned his eyes again
in that direction, he felt conviueed that
the most prominent personage which it
contained was the eccentric F.llen.
His glass was now directed for some
momentous minu'os to the box, aud
w hen he removed it. to return the salu
tion of bis friend Russel, who now ap
proached him, be was muttering to him
self, “By heavens ! she is a line girl!”
Nor did ho exhibit any si ifishncss with
regard to this filling—he never at
tempted to keep it to hiruself, but iu
stantly confos-ed as much to Rowell.
•She is certainly a very line gill.
Can’t yon introduce me to your cousin,
my dear friend f” said he.
“Then the two thousand a year have
no charms Lr you, Fred,” was the re
ply.
“Faith 1 but they hove, though, and
so has your c uud ; tber fire, tbe sooti
er you say a good word for me the bet
ter.’
Whether or not Charlos, w ho adjourn
ed to his cousin's introduced the sub
ject of his flit tid’s admiration ct her
that evening we cannot take upon our
selves to assert; but certain it is that
Ellen’s opera glass was for the remain
der of the night, much in'>re frequently
directed to the part of the pit which
was occupied by her aspirant that any
other.
The subject was introduced, however,
atsoir e period, and, after sui dry blush
ings end hesitations, lies ell’s wooing,
in his friend’s namv, sped fhvorble ; and
six weeks after the tvefi ful dinner at
Richmond saw a trav. ling charriot, wi'b
ft ur i ( Ne' man's quickest, draw up at
S’. Oe'irgo’s Hanover Squirt, and tie
post t at the snug and sly vestry do r
the bridegroom expectant of E ien Gam
er, n and her twenty-two hundred per
enema.
He e ho was met by his friend F!iij
sell, wboee obvious oonfu-iot) and aux
i- ty oould not escape tbe notice of Fred
Somcvillc. lie was about to enquire
in’o the cause which produced this cf-
IVo. r»0.
feet, when he was pfovented by the ar
rival of the bride.
Ho would havo flown to a=sist her
from her carriage, But Russell seiz’d
him, and motioning him to withdraw,
succeeded in leading him ioto the body
of the church—not however, Ixffre Le
discovered that his intended had a very
pratty foot, which was certiinly with,
■tut its fellow —Jor h* taw she had Itu/
one ! Ito wasti>t bitterly enrag dat |
tho deception which had b in
upon bitn, but Russell s ton calmed h
filiation by a satisfactory explanatio 0
of his conduct.
Well assured of Fred’s worth and
his cousin amiability, he had felt convin
ced in his own mind tint their union
would prove a happy one ■ lut tho cit
eumstauco of Ellen having unfortunate
ly been doprivid of oue of her legs, be
feared, would prijuilice Fred againit
her. llis anxiety for the happiness of
bjth partienbad tempted him, therefore
to conceal this fact f,r, knowiug ns he
did, Fred’s devo ion to a pr t y foot,
bo feared lest this enthusiastic admira
tion of the cxtroiuo of ftmiuine beau
ty should lose him an amiable and weal
thy woman, had he boeu told at once
that although t-hn had s singularly pret
ty foot, she hail but one !
That this explanation was satisfacto
ry wo have asserted already, and it was
made evident by the worthy cler
gyman being called upon immediately
to perform the matrimonial s rvice, to
say nothing ot the worthy clerk receiv
ing triple foes upon the occasion.
The marriage created a great derl of
attention at tho time, and many ill-na
tured jokes were cut upon the parties f
but they heeded them cot, and have,
baeu rewarded by it by a succession of
many haj py years. Ono o'their ma
lioious witici.-ms only wi.| »o record.
“rio Fred Somcrvillo has married a
woinr nos property, I hear—old, ofcourse
said a young guardsman et Brooks.”
“Not exactly old,’ was the answer,
from a quondam rival of Fred’s—“not
exacly old, but with ono foot ia the
grave.
The Sicy an Indicition of tiik
Weather. —The color of tho sky at
particular times affords wonderful good
guidance. Not only does a rosy sonnet
prosago a giod weather, and a ruddy
sunrise bad weather, but there are other
tiuts which rpeak w,th equal cloirneps
of accuracy. A bright yellow sky io
the evening .udica'es wind ■ a pale yel
low, wet ; a neutral gray color consti
tutes a favorable sigu in the evening,
and an unfavorable one in the morning.
The clouds are again full meaning
in them circa If their forms aro sol:,
undefined, full and fealb ly, tha weath
Wil be tine ; ts tnitr edges are baiU,
sharp and defined, it will be foal. Gen
tr.dly speaking, any deep, unu.-ual
hues betoken wind aud rain, while th
more quiet and dedicate tin's bespi ak
fair weather. These arc simple max
ims and yet not so simple but that the
British Board of Trade has thought lb
to publish them for the use of sea far
ing men—as we le:ru from the Sci
entific American.
Whois thk_ Dotard? —Sir Isaac
Nawton wrotea enmmortaty upon the
Prophet Daniil, and up .a the Bo k of
Revelations; in ono of which ho saiel
that, iu order to ftx'fil certain nrophi
cies, beforo a certain date was termina
ted—the 1,2G0 days or piophetie veats
of Daniel—there would be a mode of
traveling diseovi r and, of which the men
of ttiis time hid no conception : car
thu' the know,edge of mankind would
be so increased that they would he able
to travel at the rate of fifty mil s an
hour! The irfidel Vnltiire got hold > 1
this, and sDCi-ringly said “Now look ar
that mighty min i of Nowtvn, who dis
covered gravity, and told such mar
vels for us to admire f When be be
carno an old man and got in his dotage,
he began to study a book called the Bi
ble, and i's emsjtbat in order to cred
it its fabulous pouscuse, we must be
lieve that the knowledge of matik trl
will be so increased, as that we shall be
able ;o travel at the rate o f fifty mi'.os
an hour. The poor Dotard !’’ exclaim
cd the pbihsiphio infidti, in tbe self
complaceDey cf his profound ignorance.
Items Worth Committing to Mem
gp.y. —A bit of glue ui odved in slim
milk and water, will res'oro old crape
Half a cranberry hound on a corn, wil!
soon klt it. An inkstand was turned
over u, on a white tab’* cloth ; a ser
vant threw over it a mixture of salt an
pepper, and all traces of it disap
peared. Picture frame) and glasses are
preserved from flits by painting them
with a brush dipped into a mixture
made by boiling throe or four ot ii nsin
- pint of water. B:d bugs are kept
away by washing tho crevices with
strong salt water, put on with a brush.
Soft iosp should le kept in a dry
place iu the c. llur, and not to ba used
uotill tbre months old.
Editng a newspaper Is a good deal
like making tr fire. Everybody sup
poses he can do it a little better that)
anybody els . We have seen people
dinbt their fitness for appdo piddling,
ox dr ting, aud couttirg laths; but in
all cur experience, we never met with
that’ idividual who did not think he
could double the circulation of any pa
per tu two months
A story is tolil ts a soldier, who
about oue hundred and fifty yeata ago
was frozen in Btberi>. The last express
i>n he made was, “Ir is cx . Ha
then fri ze ass iff as marble. In the
summer of 1860, French physicians
found him after having laid Irtzm for
one hundied rnd fifty years.
They gradually thawed him, and up
on animaticD biiog restored, ho oc
cluded Lis seutctKQ with “oeedicgly
cold.”
Vo nr {ffisfion.
If you cannot on the coean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
RocUii g ou the h'ghest billow*,
Laughing at the storms jou meet,
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them
As they launch tbeir boats awty.
If you aro too week so journey
Tp the mountains steep and high;
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes goby;
You con chant in happy measure
As they slowly pass alpng—
Though they may forget the singer^
They will not forget tho song.
If you have not gold or slfve?
Ever ready to command,
If you cannot tow’rd the needy
Reach an ever open hand,
Y*ou can visit tho affl cted,
O’er tfie erring you can weep,
You can be a true disciple,
Sitting at the Siviour’s feet.
If you cahnot in the conflict
Provo yourself a sfifdier true,
If where smoke and fire are thickest
There’s no work for you to do,
WHen the battle field is silonr,
Ynu can go wilh silent tread,
Yon can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up tie dead.
Do no’, then, stand idly waitiug
For some greater work to do,
Fortune is a lazy goddass,
She will never come to you ;
Go and toil in any vineyard,
Do not fear te do o: dare,
If you want a field of labors
You can find it anywhere.
A Few Words on Squeezing-
While we are growing very sensible
iuileoil, in the matter of dress, in thu
way of boots balmoral skirts, warm
stnekiogs, and high neck", we are de
generating iu many respects quite as im
portant. The corset is not a necessary
p.urt of woman’s wardrobe; and alas!
when a woman begins to wear corsets,
she wears them to small, and will tilg
at the laces until her breath becomes
short, and she feels it necessary to ab
stain from anything like a comfortable
moal. Wo ray nothing against a wtll
shaped corset, worn loosely, but there
lies the difficulty.
A loose oorsst it jure* the appearance;
instead of improving it, and people
wear corsets that they may have smalt
waists. All we can say is, don’t
squeeze whatever you do. You may
b vo small waists, but you are exposing
yourself to a dozen misfortunes which
aro as bad as a Inrge waist.
First you’ll surely have dyspepsia,
and grow yellow, cross and unhappy ;
secondly your hands will grow red,
thirdly, your nose, fourth, you will bo
unable to walk a mile at one time ;
fifthly, dinnnor will be a misery ;
lixtbly, your shoulder blades will in
crease in stz ; seventhly, your eyes
will grow weak ; eighthlyl, you wilt
break down at thirty or thereabout, and
be a sickly old woman from that time
f ,<b.
If these truths do not frighten w»-
tn>-n from tight c rsets, perhaps tl e in
furmatton that gentlemen generally do
not admire what dress makers call a
retty fijjure,” sa much, as a natnral
ono may have some influence.
Texas—Cheap Tram?,— A late lat
ter from C lin county, Texas, says pork
sol's in that county for six cents a pound
butter at twelve and a half cents, eggs
at ten cents ad zen, wheat, one dollar it
bu-bel, and fi mr tlree di liars a hund
red weight. CtV.n is r.ftled off at fifty
cents a bushel. These rates are fc t
apccio. In that, portion of Texas ono
and dial* of the United states paper curren
cy is worth only two-tLirds es a silver
dollar. In Husk county, mast fed pork
readily brings six cants, errn fid seven
cer ts There is an abundant supply
of food in that region, particularly of
eorn and hominy.
To I’r.EAsE ix Conversation. —A
man may be sprightly, elegant and witty
in conversation j lull of anecdote, and
even interesting, nnd yet not please ;
while another whhtut wit, elegance, el*
i rpienca or much anecdote, win the af
fections of everybody. The first one
fxcitesthe admit atinn, without touching
the heart ; ho talks only fir himself,
and selfi-hncss l>_trays itself, and is
not tolerated easily. The ether one is
humble ; thinks well of others and little
of himself. Remember when envers
ivg, always to listen toothers with com.
placency.
It is suggested that the graduate of
female colleges be diplomatized as A. M.
Artful Maidets.
The world annu lly conyun o abm i
five and a half million bal b‘ of cotti i*.
A poo l nature! colored woman says
the Danville liegis'er, wasboas'irg tba
other day to her firmer | roprietor of
the progress wLieh hersort, a dark, bright
urchin if ten, was making at school*
She said ho was in ‘de mortification
table.’
Squabosb the philanthropist, advo
cates negro suffrage on the gronnd that
woolly fabrics are particularly needed
at the poles.
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