The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-01
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s. IS The WIFE.--It needs no guilt to
i. break. a husbands heart; the absence of
content, the mutterings of spleen; the
!. the.untidy dress, and cheerless home;
!ithe forbidding scowl, and deserted
hearth; these and other nameless neg
lects, without q crime among them, have
Narrowed to the quick the core Of ma
ny; q man, the germ of dark despair.
Oh! may. woman, before that long, sad
sight arrives, dwell on the recollections
other youth, and cherishing tho idea Of
that Stuneful time, awake and keep alive
the ,promises she then SO kindly gave;
and though she may be the injured one
the forgotten, not the forgetful wife
a---ahappy allusion to that hour of peace
and love--a kindly welcome to COM
home-smile of love to Danish
nshostile words--a kiss of peace to par.
don all the past, and the hardest heart
that overlooked itself within the breast
7 of selfish man will soften to her charms,
and bid her live as she had hoped, for
years in matchless bliss--loved, loving
and ,content--the soother Of the sorrow.
ing hour--the source of comfort and
the spring of joy.
PATENT INDIA RUBBER OIL.---Of
oil the substances Of modern applica-
tion, that of India rubber seems to be
one of the most useful. One of its
:, most recent, and probably one Of its
most useful applications has recently
been made in using it as an oil, or rath-
er in so combining it with oil, that it
-ysylsolds tin, such o condition as to. rem
der it capable of increased fuidity, ut
the same timo that it has sort of
btoughness, or fbrous quality like
glue. This composition is called "Del-
tPha,'s Patent .Oil.' We have seen it
tested, and have been shown several
: certificates from responsible parties,
tending to prove that besides having all
the useful qualities of the best of sperm
oil for bearings of machinery, it has still
.sgreaterlubrioating qualities, and not SO
subject to evaporation or waste. If so,
jitowill introduce an important saving in
the expense Of working machinery. TO
railroad companies and machine shops,
it is q matter Of great Importance.
'.s, .s%.it- j, .. Railroad Journal.
: SAGAcITY OF A MONKEY. The SER
want Of q medical gentleman, who was
!. sometime in India, caught young mon.
key, and brought it to his tent, where
every care was taken Of it; bnt the moth
.erIwas 80 greatly distressed with the
loss other progeny, that she never cca.
,sednuttering the most p,teous tones,
night or day, in the immediate vicinity
of the tent, The doctor at length tired
out with the inccssant bowling, desired
the servant to restore the young one
back TO its mother, which he did, when
II very cheelfully retired, and sped its
iway TO the community to which it had
belonged.--H Here, however, she found
she could notIibe received. She and
herprogeny had lost caste, and, like
sthe hunted deer, were beaten and re-.
.jected blythe flock. "A few days after,
our medical friend was greatly surpris.
ed to sec the monkey return to his tent
of its own accord, apparently very
much exhausted; and having deposited
Its young one, igitt then retired a few
yardsfrom the tent, and tllcrelaid itself
down and died. On examining the
,carcase of. the poor animal, it was found
inia@tnost emaciated state, starved,
wounded, and scratched all over, 50
that there can be no doubt that it had
been dreadfnliy maltreated by its com.
rades; and, finding no safety for itself or
it's offspring, returned the little one into
the hands of those whowere the cause
Of itsimisfortupes.ra na!fifan' sril hgH
.H<F aSJ &c asSyqa g8iI liJ.