The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-12-25

LIVE FOR SoMETHiNG.-'Th OF
men, says Chalmers, breathe, move and
live--pass off the stage of life, and are
heard of no more. Why? They do not par
take of good in the world, and none were
blessed hy them; none could point to them
as the means Of their redemption; not iiue
they wrote, not a word they spoke could be
recaled' and so they perished; their light
went out in the darkness. and they were no,
remembered more than insects Of esterday.
Will you thus live and die, o man imnor-
tai, Live for something. Do good, and
leave behind you a monument of virtue,
that the storms OF time can never destroy
Write your name by kindness, love and
mercy on the hearts Of thousands you come
il contact with year ny year, and you will
never be forgotten. No, yonr name, your
deeds will be as lrgible on the hearts you
leave behind, as the stars on the brow of
evening. Good deeds will shine as bright
on the earth as the stars in heaven
Confidence NOT ARRoGANcE.-But the
truth is, that with maiden aunts and grand
mothers, and oftentimes even with sisters,
confidence in young people so tnr from be
ing a term of praise, is thing, as they con-
strue ii of evil import, akin to arrogance,
and almost indentical with it. Now | am
quite ready to admit that arrogance and for
wardness in children are disagreealie
things; although, to do them Justice, they
are as much better than excessive tiniidi,y
as superiluity is better than penury. Time
will correct the one, but il is great chance
if it will ever infuse life and spirit into the
other But it seems 10 me that 10 discour-
age the growth of confidence, from notion
Of it's affinity to arrogance, is to mistake the
merits Of the case altogether. Arrogance
in child is no more essential II confidence,
than the duzzling, distracting quality is es-
sential TO light, although belonging sorns-
times to its casual conditions. The spirit
of arrogance is the spirit of the boy who is
either too much his own master, aud has
no.hing hut his hnmors to amuse him: or
else is severely constrained at Some seasons,
and therefore when he is let loose ri others,
requitcs himself by the indulgence of his H.
cenliousness. .e. -.
GIVE YOUR CHILD NEwsPApER.-A
child beginning to read, becomes delig ghtei
with newspaper, because he reads the
pan,es Of things which are very familiar,
Fant viii make progress accordingly. A
ne wspaper in one year Is worth quarters
school ing 10 child, and every father must
consider that substantial information is con-
Injected with advancement. The mother OF
| n family being one Of its heads, and having
more immediate charge OF children, shoaid
herself be instructed. A mind occupied he
comes fortified agains, the ills Of life, and
! is braced for any emergency. Children
amused by reading or studying, are of
course more consiIerate aud more easily
governed How many ,hough,less young
men have spent their earnings in tavern
| or grogshop who ought to have heen reud-
ing! How many parents who have no,
spent twenty dollars for books for their
| families, would have given thousands to re-
claim, son or daughter who had ignorant
! " and tIloughtlessly fallen into temptation
The number Of dogs in the United States
, is computed at three and half millions
The expense Of their keeping is equal Ia
that of twenty millions Of sheep, OF. two
millions OF hogs.
PRoPosEp DIVISION OF OREGoN.-A
movement has lately been set on foot by the
I settlers in Oregon Territory, which has for
! IT'S obiec, the organization of a separate ter.
ritorial government for that portion whieh
! lies north Of the Columbia river. Ii is g.
I've called Columbia Territory.
/ PHILOSOPHY OF NEwsPAPER WRITIgG
State your subject, aud make your con-
ments short, pshy, and truthful. -
A lengthy and labored production viii mol
he peruse,I, or if perused, not treasured up
while a short aud pointed sqoib will bs
.,.b,.f o,,d storeI nyeay S,,r f,,ftsre ftx.