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The Chinese are 81 punctiiiOus TIA. TEL
code OF etiquette Outvies the most ceIe4o
NOUS courts in Europe. A. soon asa Cues
.alighis from his sedan char, he IS mat b,
the host, who bows has head. bends rs -.
dy and his knees, joins both hands II fr5nl.
and with them knocks has chest When
he wishes 10 be very polite. be takes h,
guests hand with bis and knocks il UPON
his chest. This is their mode Of shaking
hands. Now follows a polite contest 4s
10 precedence, which. alter various knock
ings, bOwings, and genufect,ous, lrlm.ns --
by the host and guest entenng the L5as.
together. 40 the sitting apartment alJ-
Their ceremony take place, equally Pr
tracted and irksome. The point 10 Dc
determined is where each shall sit, and Who
shall be seated first. Etiquette extends even
10 decision Of the size OF char. By which
invariably the rank OF importance ola CUES
is determined. The host now motions 10 q
large CHAIR and attempts 10 take q smaller
one himself Good breeding eomPels Tie
guest, IN turn, 10 refuse this compliment,
and after a welrying contest Of POlilenes',
the point is amicably al jusied to The ss,.,-
faction Of the belligerents, either By OO.h
parties sitting down simultaneously On ne
same bench, or upon two chars OF equl.
dimensions. The fatigue Of tbs courtesy
may be easily conceived, as the same I0u-
tine is performed on the arrival Of eact
guest. As soon as the guests ATE assembled.
tea is handed round in covered cups, whel
are placed IN silver stands in The form Of 4
boat. These are huted and beaunIuL.'
chased. The cups on the occasion 10 Whlfa
| refer were OF that antique porcelain -
exceedingly valued. which IS as thin a. p.
per, pure white. perfectly Transparent 1ni
is ornamented with obscure figures, WHOSE
dark outlines are only PercePh5le Shsn
the vessel is filled with tea. The mode Of
making tea in China Is similar TO that q
which coffee is made in Turkey. The lea
is put into a cup, boiling water Podlei o'ei
il, and instantly covered, to prevent The -
cape Of the aroma, with lad, which 5 lsel
as a spoon to sip the tea. They nsy5f 5''
sugar or milk with tea in China. -DAs..'
URiueTSuy Magazine.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-13

Nine-tentbs Of the miseries and vices Of
mankind proceed from Incidence and idle.
ness. Persons who have naturally active
minds, whose quick thoughts like lightning
are alive, are most perniciously affected by
the evils Of sloth. The favored sons of ge.
MUS, endowed with great original powers,
were not made for repose; Incidence will
quickly freeze the genial current OF the
SOUL and if left idle long they per-
ish from inaction, like scimitar conoded
and destroyed by rust. But the active oc.
cupation Of our faculties is a safeguard
against three great evils, vice, penury, and
Responding gloom. Says Colon, 'Ennui
has made more gamblers than avarice, more
drunkards than thirst, and more suicides
than despair IL we would be both useful
and happy, we must keep ourselves indus.
triously and virtuously employed. Old
Dumbledikes was wise in charging his son
to be aye sticking in tree when he had
naething else to do Count de Caylus. a
French nobleman, being born TO wealth
and princely idleness, turned his attention
to engraving, and made many fine copies of
antique gems. One Of the nobility demand
ed from him reason for this procedure. and
was told by the industrious Count, Il en-
grave, that may not hang MYSELF.
L.. Magoon.
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CHAPTER III.

At length Olaf has returned from Dron-
theim. ALI his preparations have beer CON-
pleted, and Saturdays first feast is over, \
and the Sabbath morn has opened with its
glorious light, and the waters are calm, the
trees green, and the boats are all assembled,
that are TO carry that bridal party to the
parish church. And the waters are smooth,
as is TO be the life of that young bride and
bridegroom. Now the oars strike into the
water, and the three boats are off from the
bank. The first carries Margaret and her
female friends and relatives; and they are
dressed in gay attire; and Margaret is all in
white; and upon her head she wears gilt
crown, the Norwegian emblem of virgin
bride. Her eyes are Laughing, and gay eyes
are answering their meaning looks. AT the
head of that fist boat sit two youths with
pan-pipes. playing their sweetest music; all
arms have laid down their oars to listen to
that music; light sail has been unfurled to
catch the favoring breeze, and all are happy
there--happy as though life had no ills in
the future.
Within The second boat sits Olaf; he
handles no oar now; and around him sit his
friends and relatives and some of them car
ny fddles, and some carry the rife, where
with the Norway peasant is found to be ex.
pert in killing wolves and cock; and the
third boat carries more friends, and one of
them carries drum; and around them are
piled the wedding presents OF numerous
friends. making Store Of winter food and
clothing-the kegs ofspiced meat puddings,
the dried fist, the fiozen venison, the cock
Of the north, the ptarmigan, the hare, the
cloaks and shawls Of for, the cloth, woven
in domestic looms, and the various articles
Of furniture; and neuly all are gifts to the
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BY JOHN SWAIN.

nv JOHN SWAIN
Come, and the years decline behold;
Ger grove and green, and wood and void,
Chased are the leaves by the wild winds cold.
Wasted and worn, away. away,
Vanish the graceful, fly the gay,
As before valor flies dismay.
Win We who will, and when won, claim
This worlds best good-wealth. pleasure, fame
But holds there no nobler SIM
II not, then man Is made to mourn;
And springs are but to mock US born;
And summers they but smile in scorn.
For pleasure---bfight as blushing spring;
And fame-lIke songs wood warblers sing;
And riches fly like birds on wing.
But man was never ma de to mourn,
Never was spring to mock US born;
Never did summer smile in scorn.
They come that man may live-they 90
That he may learn-may learn to know
His hearts best home Is not below
The blessed days that visit earth,
Awaking beauty, gladness, mirth,
Speak Of the sky their place Of birth
For there's better world than this,
Where the true good immortal is;
Else whence our light. and love, and bliss
And now, amid the years decline,
thousand monitors combine,
To bid us seek the land divine.
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reached his friends again. and -,
ed as one from the grave. UDon ~ = Selc0n-
Tug OF his loss, search was mad ,"' even
feeuonS and signal guns fired ma. - al d
would have heard, had he no, ba. winch be
sensible by the buffslos skeIs,on 5tSs II.
was also continued upon The SesIeh
days, as the caravan moved aIo0g ' ss
wandering had been 50 inegulsT - Su' MS
a lar and opposite direction rbs, ;'lOlng IN
possible to trace him. The 6vs a.. vas m
ing Of this unfortunate man NO suiieI-
laIntly imagined. Deserted and / O7 oe'
out hope, in the interminable ,oI;,' - With
in vast domain Of sky and g,a.a 1' : alons
ing and tomented with ra0;6o Ian. 'al'''St-
terms may not be found Of nSr,oa ,.N, u
sufficient to thrill the natural ,vn,Ds,s. iOIe7
should such story as this. Of r. Is
Man. TIC Los
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LITERARY EXAMINER.
From the Home Journal.
Life ts n Dream Z Cherish.
~ SINGING sYsIL.

Youthful hearts will seek romsnces-
Youthful hearts will have their faneies;
And there 10 dream i cherish
That 10 with me all the day,
OF a grand, old tree that springeth,
Where its waving foliage fiingeth
A soft shadow on the easement,
Where | muse the hours away
A soft shadow, weary never
OF its light and shifting play.
This dream-an angel spirit
l. forever towering near it,
And within il and above il,
With mission from the sky.
For the old tree seems TO love me,
As Il waves its boughs above me
With a faint and gentle murmur,
Or q low and saddened sigh
For Il seems to guard and cherish
Even the wayward dreamer-l!
There's whisper and blessing
In the beautiful caressing
OF the leaves that stoop 10 kiss me
As Ilean upon the sill
And their murmur makes a feeling
That on earth hath no revealing,
But that sleepeth in my bosom
Mute, and eloquent, and still,
A I'D their touch upon my forehead
Wakes q strangely pleasant thrill.
Where the topIaost bOughs are swinging
And the waving leaves are singing,
One low song Of love forever
To the azure up on high,
Does my soul delight TO hover,
With the cool leaves for a cover,
Looking up into the sky
With q motion soft as music
Swinging in the tree-top high
Oh! how blessed is my wild spirit,
When no earthly thought is near H,
As IL lies mid dreams and visions
In the arms Of the old tree.
All the whispering leaflets bless il,
And the wild wind doth caress it,
And the soft and dreamy azure
Can my spirit only see,
And that seems to grow and deepen
Into strange infinity.
But there 10 a solemn hour
When the tree hath wilder power
In the deep and starry midnight,
When sit and watched the sky
When the foliage means and shiveTs
And the starlight Ger il quivsrs,
And the shadows creep and trembie
Ger the easement where they lie
Then the shadow and the whisper
Thrill my soul with mystery
When the summer-day is breaking,
And the earth is slowly waking
When | throw the shutter open
To the morning fresh and fair,
Then the spray doth bend before me,
D4shing shining dew-drops Ger me,
While the little leaves a-laughing,
Clap their hands in the bright air,
As the Perfumed shower 0f Jewels
Sparkies in my unbound hair.
Oh! | know no monarch olden
Wore acrown so brightly golden
Nor a robe as richly crimson
As the tree that loves me, wore,
When the air was bright and dreaming,
And the heavens were blue and cleaning
In the glorious days Of Autumn,
That are now, alas. no more.
Then its murmur grew so mournful
AS the sunny hours past Ger
Therefore, as M wsywsrd spirit
Is forever blessed when near it
AS il seems to know and love me,
And is 90 beloved by me
AS its every whisper thrills me,
And its midnight shadow fills me
With thought Of mystery
Do think some angel mission,
hovers ever in that tree
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-13

Use not evasions when called upon to do
good action, nor excuses when you are
reproached for doing bad one.
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Plato often inculcates this great P'sc'P'
DO thine own work, and know thyseii
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The snsincibIe Champion.

Providence has clearly ordained. thai ils
only path Fl; and salutary for man on eani'
is the path for Persevering iortIude-'he
unremitting struggle Of deliberate seli-PTePa'
ration and humble but active relisnes o.
divine aid. Such persons are The cleo
spirits, chosen to glorify God in serving maa-
kind; they are the luminous exPOundel' o.
heavenly designs, the Predestined 'oien-
bearers who transmit primitive wisdom ald
cheering promise from the beginning 10 'hs
contamination Of the world. Their sublime
course here below was symbOlised BY VIA
the observant child saw when he inqGiis''
What Is that, mother
The EAGLE ms boz,
Proudly careering his course Of JOY.
FIrm, on his own mountain vigOT les hs
BreaSting the darn storm; the Ted boii deiShs
His wing on the wind, and has eye ga me san,
lie sweTves not hair. but bears ohu ard, nsAi %.
Boy, may the eagles night ever b thinei
Onward. asd upward and irue 70 the Inc
Ii is not the magnitude OF the GTrcs"
army, nor the martial skill Of Achilles ihsI
leader, that conquered the great eily o.
Troy, but the ten years Of IheIr Persevsi
ance. As Christians, We have hereer lOs'
to fight, and nobler eonquests TO win' 'h'A
had the armies OF pagan nations. LEI -
remember the moral laws under which "
live, and learn to use means s. well % g
ercise faith. lie who kneels IN has held u
pray, without wedding it; and he VINO :.
sumes the attitude Of devotion IN as OOsr
withOu, pulling the oar, will neither %.
serve nor receive the fulness OF the DIVINE
blessing. Our hands mus, toll while Vll
supplicahons ascend, if We hope 10 D'
heard with acceptance. Carateh. IN lf',n,
er's Bonduca. when sdmOnished to LnqHl'
into the mind of the god Andaie, rsPLs'
s.Hts hidden Hesnias hes IN enaessofs'
E. L. Mas0'H-
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Look for great things, expect sfss' ' NJ.
and WORK for great things, and gTsa' 'AD's
will surely be accomplished.
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A word spoken pleasantly IS large 'P''
Of sunshine on a sad heart.
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No manner Of speaking Is so offensive as
giving praise and closing it with an excep.
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Proudly eareering ms course Of JOY,
FIrm, on his own mOuntain vlsOT Tc. }ihs
BreaSting the darn storm: the Ted boii deiSiAs
His wing on the wind, and has 2 " ga INC -, -
ne SvseTves not a hair. but bears cav ard nshi ~
Boy, may the eagles fiight ever BE- thinei
Onward ard inward and irue 70 the lne.
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1t went down full OF life and beauty, full
Of Joy and hope-hope that was pressing
into future times, and carrying happy years
And this is life! Alas the uncertain life
the dreamy thing Of blasted wishes anc
drowned hopes, to which we all so londly
cling.
Olaf made no plunge into the water tc
seek for Margaret the power to do SO hac
passed away with that moment of intense
mental agony. 1t was too much for his sim
pie nature; he had lost the object Of hi.
life, and with the loss, reason had fed for
ever.
As that boat went down, his companion.
raised the short, quick cry of men who are
Mortified. A moments cry-a shout of ter
ror. Is il echo?-that shrill, and rapid, bu
prolonged scream-that comes from yondel
rock! The boatmen look at Olaf, and a
each other, and speak not as they listen
Poor Olaf, he hears it not, or heeds il not;
that iatuous and vacant stare Of his, it hath
no intelligence, no consciousness. And
now their eyes follow in the direction Of
that unearthly screaming, and there, her
head uncovered, her long black hair and
wild skin dress floating like banners in the
wind. wringing her hands with passionate
motion, stands Una And the boatmen are
seized with a sudden awe, and marvel-It
is all her doing. And some will have il
she is the wood-demon, for no Norseman
ever saw the water-demon; and some recog-
Mise her as Lapland girl whose evil eye
or wish has done il all.
How superstition wrongs our nature!-
Poor, hapless. broken-hearted Una! She
who had prayed SO constantly to Nipen to
make Olaf and Margaret happy. She too,
who had beside her the presents, efforts Of
her needlework, to cast to Margaret as she
passed. She who had come down, for she
knew the day and watched the day, with
bleeding heart, but heart full Of gratitude,
to see her benefactor and his bride upon the
day that was to give them Joy, though il
brought worse than death to her. She who
would have poured out her life for that
young couple. was now regarded with
fearful awe by those simple boatmen, who,
in their hearts charged her with it all. She
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The unhappy wretch lay groaning aloud.
alone in the midst Of an interminable
waste, abandoned to desperation and de-
spair, when the thin bark OF a small prairie
dog attracted his attention. Once more he
charged his rife, for the little creature was
in sight, with its nose lifted Just above
the mound surrounding its hole. The starv-
ing man lay PROSTATE upon the earth, took
slow and cautious aim at the dog. and was
fortunate enough to knock it out Of its hole
with broken back; but before ne could
reach the spot, the dying creature had wrig-
gled back into his hiding place and disap-
peared. With his ten fingers. the desperate
man raked up the earth. and succeeded in
dragging the dying dog out upon the grass,
where without waiting to finish his agony,
he tore its warm flesh with his teeth, Ike
wolf, while the expiring creature was still
biting at his fingers.
This unnatural sustenance restored the
dropping man and he was enabled to re-
sumo his wanderings. which he continued
for three more days and nights, alone, desc
late and miserable, until he encountered
hunting party Of Camanches, whom, so far
from avoiding, he rushed TO embrace, as
though they were kindred near and dear,
and the best friends. he could meet on earth.
They were friends. as it turned out, for they
ser him upon the track to regain his CON-
rades. with instructions to direct him, and
buffalo meat to support him. paying them
selves by stripping him Of his rife, and
everything else Of the slightest value he had
about him.
After four days travel the poor trader |
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-03-29
The Horses Eve.

I will now inform you how for certain, YOU
may know whether horse has strong and
good eye, or a week eye, and likely to GO blind.
People in general turn horses head 10 bright
light to examine his eyes. You can know
very little by this method, what sort of an eye
The horse has, unless il be very defective one.-
You must examine the eye first. when the horse
stands with his head TO the manger. Look
carefully at the pupil Of the eye. in the horse !;
it is of an oblong form, carry The size of the
pupil in your mind. then turn The horse about,
bring him 10 bright light, and it, in the bright
light the pupil of the eye contracts, and appears
much smaller than it was in the darker light,
then you may be sure the horse has strong
good eye but provided The pupil remains near
ly the same size as it appeared in the darker
light, the horse has weak eye, therefore have
nothing to do with him old Almanac
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From the Victoria { (Teras) Advocate
"A Wild Woman.

we Know not but our reputation for veraciiy
may suffer by the following statement, bu, we
have been laying eff for the last two years 10
give il, we think there Is no use waiting any
longer. Ii will require some creduli,y TO be.
ieve The story but we can assure the reader
that what we shall slate could be established
by the testimony of some of the odes, and most
respectable cilizens of our neighborlng County
of Jackson
For the last ten years there has lived aud ,n-
habiled the thickes. Of the Nayidad oottoms in
Jackson County, an animal universally be-
liesed 10 be woman and though dll,gent
search has frequently been made. not living
soul has ever been able to see it though on
one OCCASION several years ago, a party driving
cows through the bottoms, came so close upon
its camp or den, as to compel il to drop kind
OF basket or trunk, which on examination wa4
found 10 be perfect curiosity, containing
most astonishing variety of litie trinkets. such
as pins, needles, knives, brushes, and several
articles, whose uses We're originally unknown,
and all of the most ingenious and exquisite
workmanship, and also small pocket Bible.
with New York" written in il In a beautiful
hand writing, together with two guns, one of
which IL had stOcked-haviDg stolen an old
gun-barrei from the settlements.
The principal reason for believing il to be a
woman, arises from its track, which has often
been seen, and which resembles that Of a small
and delicate female. II frequently visits The
neighborng houses al night for the purpose of
picking up such articles as il can lay its hands
on-cloihing particularly, of which it is sup
posed from The quantity missing from time to
time, ii has enough 10 sci up respectable mil
linary shop and clothing slore. Abon, a year
ago, il went TO the house of Samuel A. Rogers,
when he was absent, opened his medicine
chest took portion of all the medicines in it,
carefully putting back the Shoppers. and COM
mltling no other damage beside that of taking
several articles Of clothing, which after going
10 the edge of the bottom. it appears TO have
sorted out, and left such articles hanging upon
stick it did not seem 10 require. /, also came
10 Mr.. Rogers's place recently and brought
back wooden bow taken about year since,
and trace chain that had been missing fof
eight years. They are but 1.-THE Of The many
eccenirlcities of the man, woman or animal
but they serve as specimen.
So sure are the people or the Nevidad thar
it is wild human being, that we uhders,anif
lha, forty cows and calves have been offered
TO any one who would capture il. l. Is sup
posed by some that there was once man aud
woman, but the man had died How true this
conjecture is, We cannot say bot there can
hardly be doubt but wild man or woman
has inhabited the Navidad Mustang, bottoms,
near 'Fexana. for many years. II cannot be a
negro male or female, because The track for
bids The conclusion. We are inclined TO think
ii Mexican woman.
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the ease with which these changes can be eff
fected, and the good which surely follows thei,
relinquishment. l am addressing dyspeptic and
highly nervous nvalids.
Brandy, rum, achiskey, Hollands, and Gun, ana
their mi1tures.-To denounce all these as poison.
Gus is excessively arrogant and doematic, We,
many well-disposed persons have done so.
have in some ofmy earlier publications advised
dle same myself; and although my personal ex-
perence of their several effects does authorize
me to conntenance the habit of using them, would
not discard them in case ofnecessity nor would
forbid the seasonable glass of grog to the fatgued
and industrious fellow -adventurer in this hive of
incessant work, or exclude its influence from the
social table. lntemperance no one can recon-.
mend, but the good things of this world and those
which are included in the present category are not
designed for mischief. If man convert them into
such, he has only himself to blame The question
at issue is as 10 their whoesomeness They
should be viewed as cordias, and taken for the
same intentions wine. For medicinal purpo-
ses they are ircontestably useful, but they are
quite out Of character comforters for the de-
after night either diluted or commingled together,
is bad-is hurtfu-is dangerous. The morning
dram is most mischievous, and, persisted in,
productive of diseases of the liver, kidneys, and
absorbent and secretive system at large; spirits
should only be taken on certain occasions, 10
counteract specific conditions; as for instance,
colds, fatigue, great depression, and other tempo
rary disturbances. Employed incidentally, they
form powerful adjuncts, at the command of the
physician. Spirits the preservers of many
medicinal preparation. especially tnctures, which
are usually prescribed as addenda to infusions
and decoctions, when ordered for the sick; and if
admissible the stomach in that form there is no
reason why the more agreeable cordials, added to
warm water, instead of herbal or vegetable boil
ings, for the like purpose. should be excluded