The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-06-13
mo. 454.
THOUGHTS FOR MECHANICS.

we nbu III ono OF our exchange papers
the following remarks under The above
head. We know not from whence they
originated, bu, they are deserving an at.
tenlIve perusal.
Old Ben Franklin was one Of the wisest.
sarewdest and greatest mechanics Of his
day. His " Poor Richard 4" will make anv
poor man rich. What is the secret of his
success many mechanic may ask. All
this is the thing. When we find out the
secret, we can all be Ben Fraukins. and
we can all be rich.
We have often studied the character of
this truly great man, from the time he was
sticking types 10 Boston TO the time when
ne wandered through the streets Of Phlla.
delphla with loaf Of bread under his arm
or sat with Kings and Queens in Paris, or
brought do"n the lightning by his kite.
The secret Of his success have thong t,
IN part, was industry, which very many
also have, bu, above all he thoueh, and
acted for himself. He was no mans man,
but he was Ben Frankin's man.
But, says one, "you say industry and
trugalliy are common virtues with me.
chances. " by then are not all mechanics
rich ]" The reason is there are many who
viii not think for themselves in an affair oE
business, for example, instead of sitting
down and making their own calculation,
they trust Others to sit down and calculate
Tor them. Instead Of employing their lei.
sure hours in studying out for themselves
how fnn ,xorIH - tko,, -,
listen TO others, and take their ay.so that
this is right and that is wrong.
The great obstacle in the way of the adj.
vancement of the poor, and Of the working
men OF this country, is that they do mol al.
ways thlnk for themselves, and that they
too often suffer others TO think for them.
But let them remember that the very mo.
ment they cease TO belong TO themselves,
they belong to bun TO whom they have in.
trusted their thinking powers.
For what else has God given US our eyes
and ears but to see and hear for ourselves?
Ii we trust these eyes and these ears to
others, We are sIayes-whlte though we be.
Above all, then, think for yourselres-
act for yourselves.
BEAUTY OF THE JEwEss-By Chateau.
BRAND .-Fontaine asked me one dav, why
the women Of the Jewish race were so much
I handsomer than the men. | gave HIM a
reason at once poetical and Christian
The Jewesses, replied, have escaped the
curse which has aIighted upon their faith.
ers husbands and ssns. Not Jewess was
! TO be seen among the crowd of priests and
the rabble who insuted The Son of eiau,
scourged him, crowned him with thorns,
subjected him to iguominy and the cross.
I The women of Judea believed in the Sa.
ylour-they loved, they followed him, they
soothed him under Affections. A woman
OF Bethany poured on his head the precious
ointment which she kept in a vase of ala.
baSler; the sinner anolnted his feet with a
perllmed oil, and wiped them with her hair.
Christ, on his part extended his grace and
mercy TO the Jewesses he raised from the
dead the son of the widow of Main, and
Martha'S brother, Lazarus; he cured ST.
mons mother-in law, and the woman who
touched the hem of his garment. To tho
/ Samaritan woman he was spring Of living
water, and a compassionate Judge 10 the
woman in crime. The daughters of Jeru.
salem wept over him; the holy woman &C.
comPanled him to Calvary; balm, and spi.
ces, and weeping, sought him at the sepul.
chre: +" woman, why weepest thou :" His
first appearance was TO Magdalen; be said
10 her, Mary AT the sound of that
voice Magdaleb's eyes were opened, aud she
answered, "Master" The reflection of
some very beautiful ray must have rested on
the brow Of the Jewesses.
Jim Cro,c IN The Society Islands. re.
cent traveller relates as follows In nv
rambles through the forest TO dav, was
surprised 10 hear stave of the old familiar
song, jim Cro,c, sang by little voice but
with singular fidelity OF tone and time and
after a short search, perceived little
naked native girl, of not more than four
years of age, washing her only calico car.
ment in a creek which flowed by, aud
amusing herself at her work, BY singing
""heel about, and turn about, and do iuss
So" The child attempted TO escape when
she found she was observed, but | capgh,
her, and by dlnt of persuasion, and the Of.
sr of a RIAL, induced her to sing several
verses to me.
Holding her tonsue.-The late DR.. Alb.
ernethy would never permit his patients TO
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