Washington telegraph., 1851-01-15

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He 2aused-and she gazed more curl
ousiy upon him. t,.a
"Perhaps you do not remember the
time, the place; perhaps you do not re
member how two children OF wealth
passed along that lane; it may be you
have forgotten the poor ontcast, grasping
at science (though then scarcely con-
scious,) with his untutored mind. The
laugh of derision that was then flung
upon this lonely heart; for am that child
reused the latent fire of ambition with.
in my breast;saud, he continued, more
softly. 81 thank you for the taunt, and
the scornful path to honor; had but to
think OF them, and my soul was nerved
anew. l thank YOU for them;" and tri
umphant smile illuminated his splendid
cOuntenance ss sa ,. bts.
The lady faint, mortified, glided away
from her rebuker. and in less than an
hour sat. hnmbled and weeping in her
own mansion. She had wished, nav,
coveted. just one little word. from the
being who, in her naughty childhood,
she had derided aud despised for poverty;
aud she had been paid with contempt.
though smoothly worded and deicately
expressed, by The neglected boy. whose
name now rang the world through
Have care then, sons and daughters
Of plenty.
Scorn not the child of poverty, who
with pensive eye and lifted hands tolls
up the ragged heights of Parnassus un-
cared for and unalder. Though clothed
in rags. he may gain The dizzy height,
while you decked in the meaner para.
phernalia of wealth., hunbly grope along
the mountain base, and under the very
feet OF hun whom you dlsdaiEed.
HARK YE. GIRLs.-It is high time that
somebody told you Ette PLAN truth.-
You have been watched for long time
"a certain class of you-and it is plain
enough you are trying to cheat somebody.
You intend to sell chaH for wheat; and
there is danger that some of the foolish
"gndgeons" will be sadly taken in.
1t may not be your fault that you be-
long to the zone idea party''-that the
single idea OF getting husband is the
only one that engrosses much of your
time or attention.. But is it your fault
that you pursue this idea in the wrong
direction. Your venerable first mother of
Eden memory. was called "help'' for
man, and you are looking for man to
help you live in the half idle aud half
silly way which you have commenced.
Men who are worth having, waEt wO-
men for wives. A bundle of gew gaws,
bound with string of flats aud quavers,
sprlnkied with cologne and set in a car
mine sancer.-thls is no hope for man
who expects to raise family of boys
aud girls on verirable bread aud meat.
The piano and the lace-frame are well
enough i'm their places; and SO are rib
hons and frills. and tiusels, but you can't
make a dinner of the former, nor bed
blanket of the latter. Aud, awful as
the idea may seem to you both dinner
aud bed blanket are necessary TO domes-
tic enjoyment Life has its realities as
well as its iancies; but you make II all
matter of ion-rememhering tas-
sells aud curtains, but forgetting the bed
stead. Suppose young man of good
sense. and of course good prospect, to be
looking for wife, what chance have
you 10 be chosen! You may cap him, or
trap hiln, or catch him, but how much
better to make 1t an object for him to
catch you! Render yourselves worth
catching, and you will need no shrewd
mothers, or managing. relations to help
you find market WaterUiLke MUsl.
The first Fugittve Stare laa0.-The
Boston Post has the following bit of po
lltical history:
The Fugitive Slave bill of 1892 was
drafted by George Cabot, of Massachu-
setts, in November. and it was passed by
the Senate on the 18th of January unan-