The Wilmingtonian., 1823-09-25
ELEGANT EXTRACTS.

Ito perpetuate the blessings of friendship,
lbe careful to deserve them. Never Tor
eet, that he who has friend must sho"
himself friendly. Between minds, as well
as between bodies, attraction can sgbslst
no longer than it is reciprocal: and mutu-
al kindness can only be cherished by mu-
tual endeavours TO serve and oblise. ~
gou are frequently receiving from your
Ifriend tokens of attachment and affection,
watch for opportunities of making equlva-
Ilent returns; or If inequality Of condition
should on your part render this impract'-
cable, be the more careful to seize every
Occasion of expressing, in ways not incon-
lsistent with the delicacy of friendship,
lyour sense of obligation. Above all, study
Ito render yourself worty OF the friendship
Iyou value, by cheri.hing all those amlabe
Qualities, and practising all those substan-
ltial virtues, which unite to form the char
lacter of true friend. More particularly
cultiyate the kind and generous affections.
Friendship is the reciprocatlon OF afec-
1tion; and he who has none to bestow, has
no right to expect any IN return. 10
hope to gain friend without this, IS as II
the merchant should expect to purchase a
,;ewel of the highest value without being
fable or willing to pay the price for it. On
the contrary, kindness will always be
found to produce kindness; and no man
Twill fail to be rich in the returns OF love,
wheis careful to purchase it with the pay
ment .of love. Exercise an habltual com
Imand over yourselves, to check those sud-
den gusts OF i'll humour or passion which
the casual Interference of opinions, incl.
-lnations, or interests may tend to excite.
The maxim is well founded, that friend
shin i NOT to be formed with angry men
BE ever ready to allow to your friend that
Indulgence which you claim for yourself
: and rather by gentlcncss and forbearance
.''inyite generosity, than by rude and un.
! yielding assertion ofyour right awaken the
.Ilatent spirit Of discord. BE upon youl
guard against every propensity to peevlsh-
ness aud frettuness nothing is more dis.
Iconsonant TO the tones of love, than tho
harsh murmurs of discomfort Friendship
Lowest TO breathe free and pleasant air, an'
. to bask in the sunshine OF cheerIulness
: amidst the fogs and damps OF lretsulness
slit sickens and dies! Even In sorrow, !
a YOU wish to secure the consultations 0
lIiriendship, you must refrain from peevls
: and i'll humoured complaints. Frendsh
Unjust provide itself against the storm a
dwell as the calm; and he who wishes
,rpreserve friend to the last hour OF hi
si!fe, must endeavour to carry mild, pis
dcil. and affectionate temper through a
otthe yicissitudes of the world. ''-Dr. Ei
/ Jiea.
y .5foctanical Uonders Of a Feather.-
"a" Every single feather is mechanics
If we lock at the quill, we tin
~ properties not easily brought together,-
/ strength and lightness. | know few thln'
,c more remarkable than the strength az
Brightness OF the very pen with whis
| am now writing. If we cast our eye t
~ wards the upper part of the stem, we St
OF a material made for the purpose, used
We no other class of animals, and in no 9th
islpart of birds; tough, light, plant, elastl
e.IThe nth, also, which feeds tile feather
;rlis neither bone, flesh, membrane, nor te
III don. -. ~ =
AZ is the beard, or as it is sometimes calle
" the var; which we usually strip of fro
all one side or both when we make pen.
ia The separate pieces Of which this
N. .lcomposed, are called threads. iliaments
- lrays. Now the first thing which an attic
Tive observer will remark il, how mu
y stronger the beard Of the feather shows
ar self to he when pressed in dlrecti
m -perpendicular 10 its plane, than when ru
either up or down in the line of t
,ss stem; and he will soon discover, that
,le threads of which these boards are comp
~ sed are flat, and placed with their Il
~ y SIDES towards each other; by which meai
pe eIwhile they easily bend fer the approat
lu- ing of each other, as any one may p
me ceive by drawing his finger ever 50 llgh
1ve upwards, they are much harder to be
ye out of their plane, which is the direct
to in which they have to encounter the
i pulse and pressure of the air, and in VII
their strength is wanted.
fis- 1t is also to be observed, that when t
the threads. separated by accident or for
ed. are brought together again, they imme
tity ately reclasp. Draw your finger down
ose feather which is against the grain, and ,
t break. probably the junction Of some
= the contiguous threads; draw your fin
~" up the feather, and you restore all thi
PER to their former state.