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THE EDITOR’S dream.
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*Tw..fct *tA*J ev*-J and the eJitor sat-
Hr sal in his old arm chair,
Hi. Wend it a S leaning uponbia ton.
Hi, hand, they were grasping h,s lia,r •
lie sadly was dreaming “pon Ins .catc-
The state of his pockets too?
Os unpaid bills, the quarterly rate,
Os notes that were tuning due.
The more that he dreamed the worse the smart,
He felt like ft mn of doom;
For there was nothing to cheer his heart—
His heart it was nothing but gloom.
His wife was ill-fed, and his children too —
His children no shoes had they;
The weather was getting so terribly blue,
•Too cold for a bare-looted play.
So the editor sat in his grim old chair,
And dreamed of it o’er and o’er;
He'd paid his last dime his help, sadlv, then* —
His help, he could pay them no more.
“What shall I now do?” the editor cried,
He cried in very despair;
“My sorrow* to stem in vain I have tried,
J find them too heavy to be;.r,
“My &milv at home, expecting a treat,
To-morrow will dine on a crust;
I’ll fix ’em, but sorrow I tell, for meat
The butcher no longer will trust.
Subscribers are plenty, ami good, too, I see
I see they arc slow as nr snail ;
They’ll pay when I’m dentil —my executor he,
He’ll fetch ’em all in without fail!”
Just then a loud rap he heard at the door,
The door that did lead to the street ;
It ope’d, and a codger walked over the floor,
The bill for his paper to meet.
Oh! then how the editor grinned in delight!
And grinned in his huge min chair ;
The sun of his hope bail risen in light,
Through the fog of his black despair.
Two dollars he clutched in his tight-closed fist—
His fist, and he started to leave;
To think that his help had taken *hort grist
Made the editor laugh in his sleeve.
The door as he opened, and thought to rejoice,
An imp stood blocking the way—
The editor shrieked and woke, while a voice
Said—^“Please, hear is the devil to pay !”
HOW SOFTLY ON THE BRUISED
HEART.
How softly on the bruised heart
A word of kindness falls,
And to the dry and parched soul
The moistening tear-drop calls ;
0, if they knew, who walk the earth
’Mid sorrow, grief and pain,
The power a word of kindness hath,
‘Twere paradise again.
The weakest, and the poorest, may
This simple pittance give,
And bid delight to withered hearts
lie Burn again and live ;
O, what is life if love be lost !
If man’s unkind to man—
Or what the Heaven that waits beyond
This brief and mortal span!
As stars upon the tranquil sea
In mimic glory shine,
So words of kindness in the heart,
Reflect their source divine ;
O. then be kind, who’er thou art
That breathest mortal breath.
And it shall brighten all thy life,
And sweeten unto death.
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EFFECTS OF SCOTCH WHISKEY.
Old Judge 8., of South Carolina,
was a great admirer of whiskey
punch. One night, on circuit, some
scamps of lawyers, after the old
gentleman was pretty oblivious, de
termined to play him a trick, and
letting the inn-keeper into the joke,
wrapped a number of the latter’s
silver spoons in a handkerchief, and
stowed them away in the Judge’s
trunk. The next morning, while
the stage was leisurely wading
through a stretch of sandy road,
who should overtake them “at full
speed but the tavern-keeper, who,
with much apparent embarrassment
made his errand known. He infor
med the party that lie had missed
some spoons from his house, and,
as he intended making a thorough
search, he was afraid some he sus
{>ected would not let him do so.
But it he should say to them, *‘Vou
needn’t he so particular now; I’ve
just lett Judge B and Mr. So
and-So, and they didn’t hinder me
the rogues wouldn’t have a word
to say in excuse.” “Oh, certainly,
certainly !” cried everybody, all hut
the Judge being in the joke; and
down they all jumped, opened their
trunks one after another, and shook
their separate'artides of clothing to
sho w the re was nothing in the m.
Presently it was the Judge’s turn.
“Oh, to be sure!” said he, produc
ing his keys. But the search among
his properties was scarce begun,
when, to his tremendous amaze
ment, out of a handkerchief dropped
the landlord’s spoons! Everv one
looked at the Judge. After a mo
ment’s reflection, he broke out with
—“Well, now, boys, you see it’s all
owing to that miserable Scotch
whiskey l drank last night. I know
it’s that which made me steal these
spoons.”
They never enlightened the
Judge, and he always fitmly believ
ed there was nothing like Scotch
Whiskey for weakening a man’s
sense ot ri_ht— especially touching
the appropriation of his neighbour’s
properly. 1„ f act , it was said,
\vhene\er a prisoner charged with
stealing was brought before him, he
would gravely ask if he hadn't been
drinking Scotch whiskey lately, “for
if you have,” he would add, “you’d
better leave it off, I tell you : \ stole
spoon* once !”— Knickerbocker.
INTERESTING STORY.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters,
and after many days it shall return
to thee this is a scripture truth,
which, like all truth, has been veri
fied a thousand limes. The follow
ing story may serve to illustrate the
variety of this text. Allow me to
promise that my story is a true one
in all particulars:
Some thirty years since, a lad of
one ol our Eastern States, about ten
years of age, was sent by his em
ployer to carry a basket, heavily
laden with wares to a purchaser.
While staggering under its weight
up a somewhat steep hill, a gentle
men of about thirty years proffered
his assistance, and beguiled the
tediousness of the way by’ a pleas
ant anecdote, good advice, and
kind words. They parted —fifteen
years passed away—the senior of
these two, now nearly fifty years of
age, sat in his study with a melan
choly countenance and a sad heart.
His door opened and his young and
fascinating daughter, just blooming
into wonanhood, entered to an-
nounce that a gentleman desire to
see her father. “Show him in my
darling daughter, and do you, my’
child, leave us to ourselves.” She
obeyed. The old gentlemen enter
ed. “Well, sir,” was his salutation,
“have you considered my proposi
tion !” “I have, and have deter
mined, happen what may, I will not
force or sway, by any act of mine,
the will of my child. She shall he
left to her own free choice.” “Then,
sir, to-morrow, by three o’clock,
your property must go into the
hands of the sheriff, unless you find
some friend to pay the twenty
thousand dollars.” This he said
with a sneer, and coldly bowing
left the house. The poor father’s
heart was racked. “1 am a beggar
—my daughter is homeless—l have
no friends to offer assistance in this
hour of my severest trial.”
In the midst of these bitter reflec
tions, again his daughter entered,
introducing a gentlemen of some
twenty eight years of age—a stran
ger. “Am lin the presence of Mr.
(J. ?” was his opening remark;
which being affirmatively answered,
he continued by saying that he was
a successful merchant of New York,
had heard of the misfortunes of
Mr. G., and come on purpose to
ask the amount of his liabilities,
that he might loan the necessary
funds to relieve his wants. Nor
was he shocked at the mention of
the large amount of twenty thous
and dollars. He handed him his
check, which was duly honored—
the father was once more a happy
man—his daughter was not house
less— he had found some friend to
pay, despite the sneer of his hard
hearted creditor. “But pray, sir,”
said he agitated, “to what am I in
debted for this munificent kindness,
from an .entire stranger?” “Per
haps you have forgotten,” was the
reply, “that some eighteen years
since you aided a friendless boy, of
ten years of age, to carry his loaded
basket up a hill—that you gave
good advice and kindly words? I
am that bov. I followed your ad
vice—l have lived honestly—l have
gained wealth—and now, after ma
ny years, I have come to return to
you, kind sir, the bread which
you then cast so freely upon the
waters.
The man of Integrity.—lt will
not take much time to delineate the
ch aracter of the man of integritv,
as by its nature it is a plain one,
and easily understood. He is one
who makes it his constant rule to
follow the road of duty, according
as the word of God, and the
voice of his conscience pointeth out
to him.
lie is not guided merely by
affections, which may sometimes
give the color of virtue to a loose
and unstable character. The up
right man is guided by a fixed prin
ciple of mind, which determines
ii;n to esteem nothing but what is
honorable, and to abhor whatever
is base and unworthy in moral con
duct. lienee you find him even
the same; at all times the trusty
friend, the affectionate relation,
the conscientious man of business,
the pious worshipper, the public
spirited citizen. He assumes no
>orrowed appearance. He seeks
no mask to cover him for he acts
no studied part, but he is in truth,
what he appears Jo be, full of truth,
candor, and humanity. In all his
pursuits he knows no part but the
fair and direct; and would much
rather fail of success, that attain
it by reproachful means. He never
shows you a smiling countenance,
while, he meditates evil against you
in his heart.—He never praises you
among your friends, and then joins
in traducing you among your
enemies. You will never find one
part ot character at variance
with another. In his manners, he
is simple and unaffected ; in all his
proceedings, open and consistent.
A lady was the other day des
cribing to her husband some poor
but decent people she had visited,
and concluded by revealing the
following climax of folly to which
they had attained :—“And my
dear, only to think, that the\r have a
rag carpet on the floor— and yet. their
children call their parents pa and ma /”
A SLY DASH AT THE ‘CRITTER.’
One of our subscribers, says the
Rhode Island Republican , who hap
pened to be in Newport last sum
mer, got down in a bar room at a
very early hour, when there was
nobody but a boy in attendance
when lo ! who should come but a tall
well-dressed Quaker gentleman,
who had been attracted thither by
the yearly conference. The Friend
looked about for a moment, and
turning to the.bov, inquired—“ Boy,
dost thee ever make any lemon
ade ?”
“Certainly, sir—a great deal
every day.”
“Well, make me a glass. Take
that largest sized tumbler.”
Boy mixes ingredients, and pours
in water about half full.
“Stop —leave a vacancy. Has
thee any old French brandy !”
•‘Yes, sir.”
“Well, pour till I tell thee to stop.”
The boy acted accordingly.
“Stop ?” exclaimed the Quaker
in due time; “has thee any good
Jamaica rum ?”
“No, sir.”
“Any Santa Cruz?”
“Yes.”
“Well, pour till I tellthee to stop.”
It was done, and the hoy mixed
the contents of the tumbler, which
was brimful, in the usual mode, our
Quaker friend raises it to his lips,
and poured down, in one continu
ous stream, the whole ‘arrange
ment,’ without the interruption of
breath. Then, with a look of satis
faction to the inner man, which,
on such occasions, is seen hut not
described, he sat down his glass,
and inquired what was to pay He
paid and turned to go away, hut
stopped as if he forgot something
just as he reached the door and
casting an eye to the fountain of
refreshments where he had receiv
ed the exhilerating beverage, he
exclaimed :
“Lad, thee is a very small boy,
but thee makes agr-gr-great lemon
ade !”
Streams of Influence. —Could men
see distinctly the streams of in
fluence, which daily', and hourly,
and steadily flow out from their
conduct in all directions, blessing
or withering their friends, their
children, their relatives, their neigh
bors, and all with whom they come
into contact, how much more watch
ful and circumspect would they he
than they now generally are. When
we come to examine the constitution
of society we shall find ourselves
surrounded by an atmosphere of
influences in which every element
is in constant, vigorous reaction.
Here man speaks, and eloquence is
heard ; he desires, and art becomes
his handmaid ; he defines and re
solves, and law reigns ; he reasons,
and philosophy ascends her throne ;
he unites his will with the will of
fellow men, and a world of his own
appears.—Every action draws af
ter him a train of influences.
Every individual is a centre, con
stantly radiating streams of in
fluence. From the first moment of
his active existence, his character
goes on daily and hourly, streaming
with more of moral influence. A
power which operates involuntarily;
for though he can choose in any
given case what he will do, yet he
cannot choose what influence it will
have. It operates universally, never
terminating on himself, hut extend
ing to all within his circle, eman
ates from each of these again as
from a fresh circle, and thus trans
mitted on in silent yet certain effect
lo the uttermost parts of social ex
istence. It is indestructible; not
a particle is ever lost, but the whole
of it is taken up into the general
system ; it is always in operation
somewhere. And the influence
which thus blends and hinds him tip
with his race, invisible and im
palpable as it is, is yet the mightiest
element of society.
Down East Girls. —Speaking of
Barnum’s Chinese lady,who is hold
ing court at Armory Hall,and who
boasts a foot nly two and a half
inches long, the Post observes that—
“ln some countries one thing, and
in other countries something else
indicates beauty. “What a splen
did woman !” says the Hottentot,
“she weighs over 300 !” In Ameri
ca it is, “What a lovely girl, her
waist is only a span !” In China
it is, “What a lily ! her foot is only
two inches!” So we go. Which
is the best!”
To this the wag of the Belfast
(Me.) J ournal, who is evidently as
shrewd a connoisseur of female
beauty, as the Moor whom Shak
speare has immortalized, replies in
the following satisfactory style ;
“Nature of course. We can
show you some specimens down
east, who have not been deformed
by liver squeezers nor tight shoes,
fatted after the manner of Hotten
tots, or starved ala mode in cities.
They have grown up according to
organic laws, dieted on beef steak
and corn bread, exercised as the
Greeks used to ; are up and com
ing like a flock of partridges with a
poilter among ’em ; can wash the
tea things, go out and milk the cow,
and jump over a five rail fence with
the paintul and never spill a drop.
Need’nt ‘rap;’ we have seen ’em do
it.”
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHILDREN.
I once saw a preacher trying to
teach the children that the soul
would live after they were all dead.
They listened, but evidently did not
understand it. He was too abstract.
Snatching his watch from his pocket,
he said ;
“James, what is this 1 hold in my
hand?”
“ A watch sir.”
“ A little clock,” says another.
“ Do you all see it?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ How do you know it is a
watch ?”
“ It ticks, sir.”
“ Very well —can any of you
hear it tick ?”
“ All listen now.”
After a pause —
“Yes, sir, we hear it.”
He then took off the case, and
held the case in one hand and the
watch in the other.
“ Now, children, which is the
watch? You see there are two
which look like watches.”
“ The little one ip your right
hand.
“ Very well again. Now I will
lay the case aside —put it away
down there in my hat. Now let
us see if you can hear the watch
ticking!”
“Yes sir, we hear it,” exclaimed
several voices.
“ Well, the watch can tick, and
go, and keep time, you see, when
the case is taken off and put in my
hat. The watch goes just as well,
So it is with you, children. Your
body is nothing but the case, the
soul is inside. The case—the body
—may be taken off and buried up
in the ground, and the soul will live
and think, just ns well as this watch
will go, as you see, when the case is
off'.””
Mrs. Partington on the Sweden
borgians.—Our learned and amiable
friend Professor Bush, will doubt
less feel agrieved at Mrs. P’s. attack
upon his favorite theory’ of faith.
‘I never liked the Swedenbor
gians,’ said Mrs. Partington. She
was orthodox and always sat in
the Asylum pew in the north east
corner of the gallery, and had
charge of the children in sermon
time. Her raised finger was an
admonition that brought young
refractories to their propriety at
once. Every’ Sunday she was
there, and people expected to see
the faded black bonnet above the
high railings in prayer time, as
much as they did the parson. ‘I
never liked the Swedenborgins,hut
I aint one that believes nothing
good can come out of Sweden for
a 1 that. Nowjhere’s Jenny Lind
may heaven shower hags of dollars
on her head, that is so good to everv
body, and who sings so sweet that
all are falling in love with her, tipsy
turvy, and acting as mismazed as
Massey Maiden was when he was
tossed by the bull. She gives away
so much to indignant people, to
bless her heart and keep her rich.
They call her an angel and who
knows but she may be one, for the
papers say her singing is heavenly.
How 1 would love to hear her,’
She grasped hastily at a long bead
purse in her basket, but an unsatis
factorily response came from it to
her hopes, and she laid it hack again
with a sigh.
‘Children everywhere !’ said Mrs.
Partington, as she read the exquisite
poem by Mrs. Dennison, of the
Olive B ranch : ‘search the whole
category, from Gencysis to Renova
tion, you won’t find anything truer
than that. Children everywhere;
l guess they are, and into everlhing,
too. You can’t trust them.—Talk
about children taking toanytbing!
l really believe the first thing a
child takes to, is sugar, and the
next, pots and kettles. Sometimes
I’m so proved with ’em—like, you
rogue, get out of that flower gar
den.’ ‘I vvan’t doin’ nothin’ aunt,’
said Ike, ‘only over there after my
ball.’ ‘Well, dear, there,’ said the
old lady, be a good boy and don’t
tear your clothes,’ and she put into
his open hand a half apple that she
had saved three days for her own
tooth ; and she patted him on the
head repeating the injunction to be a
good boy. ‘Ah,’ said the old lady,
as she took out her box, and tapped
the cover, and opened it, and held
it in her left hand, and took a pinch
of snuff’ with her right—‘ah, we
were all boys once and she smil
ed upon him as the door closed be
hind him with a bang.— Pathfndcr.
A Nice Point. —During the pro
gress of a case in our County Court
on Tuesday, one of the gentlemen
“objected to a young man who was
giving evidence being asked if he
knew his own age. No man could
know his own age, and hence any
statement on the subject would be
“hearsay evidence,’’ and must go
for nothing; or, to use other words,
the learned gentleman’s objection
was, that although it must be true
that every man must be present at
his own birth, it is equally true that
he would be too young at the time
to recollect the circumstance. The
noveity of the objection tickled the
fancy of every one who appreciated
the joke. The judge permitted the
question to be put to the young man
in another shape, namely, as to
what age he believed himself to be.
RULES FOR BUSINESS MEN.
Take advantage of modern facili
ties, and accomplish as much in a
single day as required weeks,months
or years formerly.
Don’t depend upon your own
lungs alone —use the lungs of the
press.
Use the means: they are open to
all.
Don’t depend alone upon your
own hands, or other men’s hands:
use steam power.
Make it known that you are pre
pared to do business.
Calculate the probabilities of the
future : increase and multiply the
means of information.
To complete successfully with a
neighbor participate in the facilities
afforded you to go ahead.
Establish yourself on the broad
and sound basis of integrity —con-
duct your business with intelligence
anti judgment.
Let the business of others alone,
and attend toyonr own.
Don’t buy what you don’t want :
use every hour to the best advantage
and studyeven to make leisure hours
useful.
Find recreation in looking after
your business, and your business
will not be neglected in looking
after recreation.
Buy fair, sell fair, and take care
of the profits.
Be civil and obliging to all—it
costs nothing and is worth much.
Rest satisfied with doing well,
leave others to talk as they will.
Never regret what is irretrievably
lost.
Treat your customers as your
friends, by serving them in the best
manner.
Wives well Appreciated. —The
clergy of the Greek Church are
permitted to marry while in deacon’s
orders, but iheir Bishops and Monks
are unmarried. If, however the
wife of a papas dies, he cannot
give her a successor ; and it is said
that the knowledge of this gains
her a larger amount of respect and
attention than is usually the lot of
her sex in the East. A friend of
mine, who had resided some time in
Syria, was much surprised, upon
entering the house of one of the
principal priests, to find the
Reverend Papas, washing with his
own hands the linen of the house
hold. On inquiring the reason, the
papas replied, “I do this to save my
wife labor, that she may live the
longer; for you know, oh, Kyrie,
that the law of our Church does
not permit me to have another, and
1 wish to keep this as long I can.”—
Notes from Nineveh.
A Capital Anecdote. — Prof. Risley
who is now in Italy says that recent
ly,when he was in Venice, an Amer
ican captain and Englishman met at
dinner.
“Yon are an American, sir ?” said
the Englishman.
“I reckon I am,’’returned the cap
tain.
“You have the name of beino
O
great warriors ?”
“Yes” said the Yankee,“we shoot
pretty well.”
“But how is it you were so anxious
to make peace with Mexico ? This
does not appear much like spunk.”
“You are an Englishman ?” inter
rogated the Yankee.
Cj
“Yes,” replied the Englishman.
“Well,” said the Yankee, “I don’t
know what our folks have offered
to do with Mexico, but stranger, I’ll
jest tell you one thing—l’ll be darn
ed if ever we offered to make peace
with you !”
This home thrust at the English
man set the whole table in an up
roar of laughter.
Hanging —A Scotch parson in his
prayer said—“ Laird bless the grant
Council, the Parliament, and great
that they may all hang together.”
A country fellow standing by,
replied, “Yes, with all my heart,
and the] sooner the better, I’m
sure it is the prayer of all good peo
ple.”
“But, friends,” said the parson.
“I don’t mean as that fellow does,
but pray they may all hang togeth
er in accord and concord.”
“No matter what cord,” replied
the other, “so ’lis but a strong
one !”
A late San Francisco paper has
the following paragraph :
A few days since an* American
opened a hole at the head of Jack
ass Gulch, near the Stanislaus, and
after digging eight or nine fee.t,
found imbedded in the slate a small
coin, perfectly black. After rub
bing it some lime, he discovered it
to be a copper coin, about the size
of an English shilling. On one
side is the representation of the sun,
and on the other an Indian, with
bow and arrow in hand, shooting at
a bird in a tree. The date of the
coin is so much worn you can only
discern three figures, 108-’ The
coin was purchased by Mr. Still,
and sent to Dr. Radcliff.
“I say John, why is that umbrella
of yours,” pointing to one full of
holes, like the one I lost the other
day ?”
“ I don’t know, Sam. Why is
it?”
“ Because it ought to be recover
ed.”
Singular Suicide. —An old and
long resident citizen, near Monte
zuma, Pike County, Illinois, named
Francis Tucker, had been laboring
under mania a potu, from the effects
of excessive drink. On Monday
evening last, he was left alone in
his room. On the morning, when
his friends came to the room, they
found by the appearance, and the
imprints of his blood, that he had
seated himself on the floor, and with
a knife made an incision into his ab
domen ; from this opening he drew
out the intestines, an arm’s length
or more, and then cutting them,
until he had cut off five pieces, he
went to the table, laid the knife on
it, adjusted the pillows and laid
down. When found in the morning
he was dead.
Causes of Failure in Business. —An
excellent writer in Hunt’9 Maga
zine enumerates the following cau
ses of failure among business men :
1. The leading one is an ambition
to be grasping too much,
it defeats itself. 2. Another cause
is aversion to labor. 3. The third
cause is an impatient desire to
enjoy the laxuries of life before the
right to them has been acquired in
any way. 4. Another cause arises
from the want of some deeper prin
ciple for the distinguishing between
right and wrong, than reference
merely to what is established as
honorable in the society in which
one happens to live.
To Make Rich Sausages. —Thirty
pounds of chopped meat; salt, 8
ounces ; pepper, 2 1-2 do.; two tea
cupsful of sage, and one and a half
do. of sweet marjorurn. Pass the
two last through a fine sieve. If
you prefer it, thyme and summer
savory may be substituted for the
latter.
Learn a Trade. —A notorious
burglar named Tay, was sentenced
to the penitentiary, the other day,
at Toronto, for 20 years! He made
a speech to the court, admitting
the justice of his sentence, and beg
ging that he might be taught a trade
in prison ; adding, that had be been
brought up to a trade, he never
would have been a thief. A fact to
which thousands of others will bear
testimony.
Horrible Murder. —A most brutal
murder was perpetrated hear Cen
tre, Cherokee co., Alabama, on
Sunday, the 3d inst., upon the per
son of a young female. She had
attended Sabbath school in the
village, and was returning home,
some half a mile distant, when she
was attached hv a villian, who cut
her throat, etc. She was about
fifteen years old, the daughter of a
Mr. Garrett, residing near Centre.
“You’ve fairly got on the
breeches,” snarled an affectionate
husband to his better half, “Then
why, in the name of wonder, didn’t
yon keep them on yourself?”
asked she, “If you’d been in the
way of your duty, I couldn’t have
taken possession. They certainly
ought to be worn by one of us, and
if you leave them empty, 1 take it
for granted that I’m expected to
fill them.” Wasn’t she more than
half right?
A Frenchman came into B ,
one day, stole a watch was arrest
ed, tried, condemned to State pris
on, and sent off in a wagon, with
some others, all in the space of
two hours and a half. When
he reached the top of the hill,
whence the whole village could be
seen, he stepped, turned about, and
gazing at it for a moment, at last
exclaimed, “Well, dis is de smart
est little place for beeziness zat I
ever see! ”
How to get to Sleep. —How to get
to sleep is, to many persons, a mat
ter of high importance. Nervous
persons, who are troubled with
wakefulness and excitability, usu
ally have a strong tendency of
blood to the brain, with cold ex
tremities. The pressure of blood
on the brain keeps it in a stimulated
or wakeful state, and the pulsations
in the head are often painful—Let
such rise and chafe the body and
extremities with a crash towel, or
rub smartly with the hands, to pro
mote circulation, and withdraw the
excessive amount of blood from the
brain, and they will fall asleep in a
few minutes. A cold bath, or
sponge bath, and rubbing, or a good
run, or rapid walk in the open air,
or going up or down stairs a few
times, just before retiring, will aid
in equalizing circulation and pro
moting sleep. These rules are sim
ple, and easy of application in castle
or cabin, and minister to the com
fort of thousands who would freely
expend money for an anodyne to
promote “ Nature’s sweet restorer,
balmy sleep.”
One Good Turn Deserves Another.
A favorite magpie had been accus
tomed to receive dainty bits from the
mouth of its mistress. The other
day it perched as usual on hershoul
der, and inserted its beak between
her lips, not to receive, for, as one
good turn deserves another, the
grateful bird dropped an immense
green caterpillar into the lady’s
mouth!
An Enlightened Flock. —U \sre\a
ted of a worthy divine, whose field
ot labors was situated not many
hundred miles from Salem, that he
preached politics to his congrega
tion for such a length of time that
even the oldest church members
forgot all about the gospel, and fell
into a profound ignorance with re
gard to creeds, forms of worship,
and church regulations. After the
clergyman’s death, the ddefs of his
flock went to consult a celebrated
divine about obtaining a successor.
“ What is your creed?” asked
tile divine.
“ Our creed ? ”
“Yes, your principles; wliatare
they ? ”
“Oh, we are all Democrats but
two! ”
“I mean what is your platform,
your church ? ”
“Oh ! ” exclaimed one, “that is
principally oak.”
A Concert in Heu.icn. —Will there
not be a concert in heaven ? Mu
sic there unknown to earth?
In halls, not made with hand?
away beyond this sinful world, shall
there not echo a song which mortals
cannot sing? Nor even angels?—
Angels know not the power and
sweetness of that song which shall
dwell for ever upon the lips of re
deemed spirits? We cannot de
scribe it. Earth has no notes like
it.
There will be an innumerable
host gathered out of every kindred,
and tongue, and people, and nation,’
all singing anew song “ unto him
who had washed us in his blood,
and made us kings and priests unto
our God.” The richest melody
shall fall from the lips of each soul,
swelling into a sweeter harmony
than we can conceive of! Redemp
tion eternally shall be the strain !
David the sweet singer of Israel
will be there, and all those holv men
apostles and prophets, whose"char
acter we love.
And may we not all go to enjoy
the music of those heavenly saints?
Jesus bids us come. We may en
ter in his name. Who that loves to
sit with rapture and listen to earth
ly music, would stay away from
heaven? There the voice shall
never fail, nor we be weary in prai
sing the Lamb !— Christian Observer.
As the shadow of the body fob
lows in the splendor of the fairest
sunlight, so will the wrong done to
another, pursue the soul in the hours
of prosperity.
FRIEiND OF THE FAMILY.
E. J. PURSE, CITY PRINTER.
Proceedings of Council.
SAVANNAH, Decemberstb, 1850.
Council met.
Present, his Honor, It. Wayne, Mayor .
Al dernien Posey, Cohen, Lippmnn, Mallery,
Screven, Griffin, Cumming, Snussy, Walker
an and Purse.
The minutes of the last regular and ad
journed meetings were read and confirmed.
Reports Read and Adopted.
The Committee on Public Sales and City
Lots to whom was referred the petitions of
Mr. John Cass, and O. H. Luffburrow, att’y
for Mr. E. Smith, for renewal of lease to
lots in New Franklin Ward, recommend the
renewal of lease on lot No. 16, in said ward,
to Mr. John Cass for five years, at sixty dol
lars poranuutn; also the renewal on lot No.
6 in same ward to Mr. E. Smith for fiv
years at fifty-five dollars per annum.
THOS. M. TURNER-
J. P. SCRETEN,
SOLOMON COHEN.
The Committee on Public Sales and City
Lots, report the sale of 14 lots in Chatham
Ward, at $447 increase over the vnluntion,
and 14 lots in Monterey, Ward at $172 in
crease.
TIIOS. M. TURNER Chairman.
Resolutions Read and Adopted.
By Alderman Saussy, seconded by Aider
man Screven,
Resolved, That the work on the Spring
field Plantation be hereafter conducted by
the Marshal under the supervision and di
rection of the Dry Culture Committee.
By Alderman Screven seconded by Atdor
man Saussy,
Resolved, That a Committee consisting of
three Aldermen and three Citizens, be P*
pointed by his Honor the Mayor tojnppraiw
the lots laid out on the Augusta Road, and
that when thus valued they be reported to
Council.
His Honor the Mayor, appointed the fol
lowing Commmittee: Aldermen Screven*
Purse and Turner; Citizens: Francis M*
Stone, Hiram Roberts, and Isaac D- k*
Roche.
By Alderman Screven, seconded by Ald° r
man Walker,
Resolved, That the Treasurer under the
direction of the Dry Culture Committee, be
authorized to settle the accounts for work
done upon the Springfield Property.
Resignation.
The resignation of William Humphrey 1
Jr., Contractor to supply the sick poor with
medicines, w r as read and accepted, and oa
motion of Alderman Griffin, soconded by
Alderman Cohen, the foilowiug resolutio®
was read and adopted, viz:
Resolved, That the subject of supply
the sick poor with medicines, be reffi*re
the Health and Cemetery Committee
instructions to report at the next re 6 t}
meeting of Council.
Amount of Accounts passed, $697,
Council adjourned.
EDWARD G. WILSON, C* C*