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"DOn,t Care"

Old Don't Care is a murderer foul,
And murderer foul is he,-
He beareth halter in his hand,-
And his staff is the gallOws- tree;
And silly he fjllows his victim on,
Through high degree and low,
And strangles him there, when least aware,
And striketh the fatal blow
Hanging his victim HIGH in the air,
A villain strong is Old DON'T Care!
He looks on the babe at its mothers breast,
And blighteth that blossom fair,
For its young buds wither. and fade and die
Meath the gaze of Old DON'T Care;
And in place of these thero'springeth up
Full MANY 4 poisonous weed,
And their tandrils coil round the victims hear
And lank aud loathsome breed.
Blighting the spirit young and fair,
A villain strong is Old Don't Care!
He meeteth bold manhood on his way,
And wrestleth with him there,
And he falls sure and easy prey
t. the strength Of Old OIu't Care;
Then he plants ais foot on the victims breast,
And shouteth with demon joy,
And treadeth the life from his painting heart,
Md exulteth To destroy
Crushing bold paHhnud everywhere,
A william strong is OG DON'T Care!
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M.ISCELL A n Y.
The Little OutcaSt.
By MRS. DENISoN.

"Mavn't stay, MAJ am? TIL do any
thing you give me-cut wood, go after
water aud do all your errandS."
The troubled eyes of the speaker were
filled with tears. 1t was lad that stood
at the outer door, pleading with a kindly
looking woman who still seemed to doubt
the reality of his good intentions.
The cottage sat by itself on a bleak moor
or what in Scotland would have been call
ed such. The time was near the latter end
of September, and q fierce wind ratified
the boughs of the only two naked trees
near the house, and He'd with shiverina
sound into the narrow doorwav. as if seek
INC for warmth at the blazing fire within.
Now and then a Sno@ flake tonchedwith
its soft chill the cheek of the listener, OF
whitened the angry redness of the poor
boys benumbed hands.
The woman was evidently 10th to grant
.the boys request, and the peculiar look
stamped upon bis features wonld have sug.
gested to any mind an idea of depravity
far beyond his years.
But her woman's heart could not resist
the sorrow in those largs, but by no means
4uauuSoIhe grey eDeo'
"Come in, at any rate, till the good man
comes home. There, sit down by the fire
YOU look periShipg with cold" and she
drew a rude chair up TO the warmest COR
sner; then suSpoiouSly glanolng at the
schild from the corners of her eyes, she con-
stinued setting the table for supper.
Presently came the tramp Of heavy shoes;
the door swung open with quick jerk,
-and the .good man" presented himself,
wearied with labor.
A look of intelligence passed between
;;his wife and HIMSELF he too scanned the
shows face with an expression not evincing
satisfaction but, nevertheless, made him
come to the table, and enjoyed the zest
with which he despatched his supper.
Day after day passed, and yet the boy
begged to be kept "only till ':o-mOrrowS'
SO the good couple, after due consideration.
concluded that as loag as he was so docile,
and worked so heartily, they would retain
him.
One day in the middle Of the Writer,
rpedlar, lopg accustomed to trade at The
cottage, made his appearance, and diSPos-
Led Of bis goods readily. as if he had been
waited to-.
"You have boy out there, splitting
wood, 4 see, he said. pointing to the yard.
Eyes; do you know him."
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POETRY.
For The Snsctator
FOT INE OP6CtUtUF'
A little Sisters Tribute 10 The Memory OF Il
dead Brother.

Thourh all the world without was bright,
And ,robed in green and decked with light
In one sad chamber, not ray
OF sunshine was allowed to stray!
For where dark blightiug death had been
How could they let the sunbeams lnE
As solemn lay the sleeping child
As if his lips had never smiled!
As calmy and serenely slept,
As though his eyes had never wept-
Unconscious of his mothers tear.
And sisters mournful wonder there.
Her bosom heayed with sJrrow wild;
For strange the sight to that fair child
The pallor On the brow Of Death
And form, of warmth and motion LETT.
Alas how lone the hours will be
That know no more his laugh Of glee!
60. place that small hand in my own
Dear mother!"-pead her suft low tone.
All no my child, unused thou art
To deaths chill touch-'twill make thee start
Thy hand in turn he cannot press!
Nor feel again thy fond caress."
Once more e'er they take my brother away
And bury him down where the earthworns stay
Let me take the hand that used to hold
Fer his heart stood still, and he grew so cold
Take it my darling-O soft be thy grasp!
Mind-'tis the hand of the dead that you clasp
Gently I'll clasp it-so cold though it be!
'Ssfosher, this 6ttLe hand nerer str'tck me!
"It never sruck me"--and content she replaced
That wan little hand ON his motionless breast.
No! '.neyer struck me"-by word or by blow
o! Brother and Sister; ponder it now
A tribute like this, say can it be paid
To the deeds ofthy life whenlow thou are laid
E. S***%As.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-02-16

SIBERIAN CODA traveller in Siberia,
during the winter, IS SO envel9Redln i'm hlrs,
that he car scarcely move; and, under the
thick fur hood, which is fastened to the
bearskin collar, and covers the whole face,
one canony draw in, as it were, by stealth,
littlesofrthe external air, whichis so keen
thatit causes very peculiar and painful
feeling in the throat and lungs. The dis
tance from one hating place to another
takes about ten 'hoars, during which time
the traveAermust always continue on horse
back, as the cambrous dress makes il in
snpportable TO wade through the snox.-
The poor horses suffer at least as much as
their riders, ior besides the general effect
Of the cold, they are tormented by ice form
ing in their nostrls, and stopping their
breathing When they intimate this, by a
distressed snort and conyulsive shaking
of the head, the drivers relieve them by ia.
KING out the piece efioe, to save them from
being sufocated. When theiicy ground is
not covered by snow theirhoefs often burst
from the effects of the cold. The caravan
is always surrounded by thick cloud OF
vapor; it is not only living bodies which pro-
duce this effect, but even the snow smokes.
These evaporations are instantly changed
into millions ofneedies of ice, which fill
the air, and cause constant slight noise,
resembling the sound of torn satin OF thick
silk. Even the reindeer seeksthe forest
to protect himself from the intensity of the
cold. In the Tundras, where there Is nc
shelter to be found, the whole herd crowd
together as close as possible to gain little
warmth from each other, and may be seen
standing IN this way quite mosierIess. On,
ly the dark bird of winter, the raven, still
cleayes the icy air with slow and heavy
wing, leaving behind him long line of thir
vapor, marking the track OF his solitary
fight.
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l9. As Father Morris was walking thro'
a parish famous for its profanity, he vas
stopped by whole flock of the youthful
reprobates Of the place. Father Morris !!
Father Merits the devils dead !" "ls
he p said the old man. benignIy laying his
hand on the head OF the nearest urchin'
"You poor fatheress children !"
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WHAT 'OFrAL is WoRTH.-During trl-
al of case in one of the courts of New
York city, few days ago, in which the
Mayor attempted to restrain Michael Kel-
Iy from removing offal bones from the city,
it was shown by Kelly that the amount
paid by himself and others engaged in the
business, amounts to 500, 900 year, and
the proceeds of their sales to $250,000.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-02-16

How TO MAKE OLD '0AK.-The appear
ance of old Oak may be obtained by expo
sing any article of new oak to the vapors
of ammonia. Every variety of TINT may
be procured, according to the duration and
temperature of the volatile compounds. A
new oak carved arm chair, exposed to the
vapors of ammonia, will in about twelve
hours have all the appearance Of having
been made 900 years before.-Kidd's Orn
Lourn1l
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er"You are very stupid, Thomas"
said country teacher TO little boy eight
wears old. "You are like donkey, and
what do they do to cure them of stupidtyi"
nTbev feed them better, and kick them
less y said the arch little urchin.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-02-16

ns- AScotchman complained that he had
got ring in his,head. "Do ye ken the rea.
son of thstF asked his worthy ,crony.-
mol" 'T'll tell you-its because it's
empty have ye never arlngingin
your head /" quoth the other" No, new.
er."-" And ye ken the rcason' It's be-
cause it's cracked"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-02-16
THE STAUNTON SPECTATOR
BY ia. & l.. Il. WADDhAA'
TERMS.

n,- The "SPECTaTOR" is published once
. ,,.st NJ T,,a DotIars year, If paid in adranee,
~ T T,o % 6oyars G and Fiji Ceais # delayed beyond
II. ~;rnt;on w ofL The year No Subscription teill
:. ' JstoaGs~ed but al the option Of the Editors,
~ until all arrearages are pa'a. ,.,x,a.a
S- '9I congratulations to the Editors By has'
must be most al, or theY riu not be attended to-
@t ADVER EASEMENTS Of thirteen lines
(or less, inserted three times for one dollar ana
t,centy.fre cents for each subsequent continuance
Larger advertisements inserted n the same proper
ton A liberal discount made to those arho adrer
1iss 6q The year.
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e. The New York Times calls Billy
Bowlegs' +" MIR. William Cruikshahks. !"
This is carrying politeness some considera-
bic distance.
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~ DIT OF hOMANSE az SiA
ago, a Dr.. II -, having become involved
in debt, left his home and wife in another
State for Texas, for the purpose of amprov-
ing his fortune in a place where be woult
be free from the demands of clamorou.
creditors. In the course Of time he went
with the army to Mexico, ard finally wend-
ed his way to California. After residin.
there some time he met young man from
the .plecs of his former residence, who,
hcwever, he did not know, and inquired oI
him if he knew his wife, whom he deScrb-
ed, without, however, telling him the rea-
tion he hore to her. The young man re-
Piled that Mrs. H was his sister, and
the last he heard of her she Masin ST Lou
is. After accumulating competence, Dr.
H---left for St. Louis, for the purpose of
seeking his wife, who had.long since given
him up as dead. In St, Louis he learned
.hat she had left that place some time pre-
viously and was believed to be in New Al
bany. He came hither, and upon inquiry
learned that she was earning livelihood
by sewing. He learned that she also 5e~
ieved her brother to be dead not having
heard from him for many years. DR.. f.
went to the house where he understood hi>
wife was living, but found she had left
there few days before. He inquired
bout her general conduct and demeanor,
and found that it had always been 'unexcep-
tionable. She spoke but little OF her hus-
band, but told every one that she consider
ed him dead. The lady OF whom Dr. H
was making inquiries discovered that he
was the long lost husband. and offered To
accompany him to the house where his wife
was sewing. Upon arriving there she said
to her, MRS. h, here is gentleman
who saw your brother in California" She
appeared aStonlNhed, looked at the wisiter
but apparently did not recognize him.
He brushed back his hair, and said quickly
ELIZA don't you know me ?" Mrs. H
Immediately swoonrd away, and fell on the
floor. In the same moment husband and
brother, both supposed to be dead, were re-
stored to her. DR.. H, as we have said,
has returned with competence, and the
supposed widow, it is presumed, will no
longer sew for a livelihood.
The above statement we are assured, is
SlIlCliJ COIlcCl. I1eIe - aOCHC III Ee0l
life, equal in strangeness to any to which
romance ever gave birth.-.Nfac .ilbany
{ (hd.) L"dg'r, Jan. %.
BLUE SrocKrNGs.-The appellation Of
"Blue Stockings" is understood to have
originated in the dress of old Benjamin
Sullugtieet--grapdson OF the bi>hop--a,
he used to appear at the parties Of Mrs.
Montague, in Portmap Square, London
He was Tilted by mistress, to whose re-
membrance he remained faithful snd in
spite of disappointment which he then
deeply felt, remained to tie last one of the
most amabie OF men aud entertaining Of
companions. Mr.. Shiin .feet almost al
ways wore blue wurSted stockings; aad
Whenever be was absent from Mrs. Mon
tague's evening parties, as his conversation
was very ententaining. the company ,uS ID
to say, ''We can do nothing without the
biu Stockings" and by degrees the assem-
blies We're called the .'bIue Stocking clubs, ="
and learned people "blus stockings"
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u have seen him." replied the pedlar'

~ have seen him." replied the pedlar'
evasively.
"And where /? Who is he? what is ne
IA jall-bird;" )" and the pedlar swung hl>
pack over his shoulder; ''that boy, young
as he looks, saw in court myself, and
heard his sentence" ten months. Hes
a hard one. You'd do well to look care
fully after him.
Oh! there was something so horrible III
the word jall--the poor woman trembltd
as she laid away her purchases; nor could
he be easy till she called the boy In, and
assured him that she knew that dalk par'
of his history:
Ashamed distressed. the child hung
down. his head his cheeks. seemed burst
lug with the hot blood his lip qulvered
and anguish was painted as wildly upor
his forehead as If the word were BRANDED
in the flesh.
"Well," he muttered, his whole frame
relax as if a burden of guilt or JOY has
suddenly rolled off, Il may as well 60 l.
ruin at oqce-there's no use in irving I"
10 hetter-eyerybody hates and desplse,
Tlt--uOupuy CdtSS dOOut Hi0--i oS ~"
60 to iuin at once"
"Tell me-" said the woman who stoot
off far enough for flight, Il that should be
necessary, 'how came YOU to 60 to thai
dreadful place? Where was your motheI
-where?"
"Ohr" exclaimed the boy with bars
of grief that was terrible to behold, "Oh
bain't no motherl Oh hain't had ne
mother ever since was baby. II Ia
only had a mother, he continued, his an.
ruish gro xing vehement, and the tear,
gushing out from his strange looking grey
eyes, II wouldn't ha' been bound out, an,
laid on to with whips. / wouldn't hav,
been saucy, and gh knocked down, ant
run away, and stole becaue was hungry
Oh !! | haint got no mother-l hain't e.,
no mother-l haven't had no mother ev,
since | was baby"
The strength was all gone from the pooi
boy and he sank on his knee, sobbing grea
choking sobs, and rubbing the hot tears a
way with his poor knuckes. And die
that woman stand there unmoved ?-Dic
she bid him pack up and be of-the Ja
bird?
No, no: she had been mother, and
though all her children slept under the
cold sod in the church-yard, she was a mo-
ther still.
She went to that poor boy not to hasten
hlm away, bat to lay her fingers kindly
softly, ON his head to ten hIm to look uT
and henceforth find u hera mother. Ye>
she even PIT her arm about the neck o.
F&hat forsaken, deserted child: size poured
from her mothers heart sweet, womanly
words, words of counsel and tenderness.
Oh haw sweet was hersleep that night
how soft her pillow! She had linked {
poor, suffering, heart to hers, by the mos
Sllken, the strongest bands Of love- she
had plucked some thorns from the path o
a little SHINING, but striving mortal. None
but the angels could witness her holy JOY
and not envy.
Did the boy leave her?
Never! He Is with her still vigoF.
Gus. manly promising youth. The low
character of his countenance has given
place to an open pleasing expression, witt
depth enough to make it an interesting stu
dy. His fo>ter-fat er is dead, his good foS
ter mother aged and sickly but she know:
no want. The once poor outca~t is her on
ly dependence, and nobly does he repay
| the trust
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s5- The word luncheon is corruption Of
luncheon, i. e., noonshun, the refreshment
taken at noon, when labourers desist from
work, to shun the heat.
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henpecked husband, with contempt by
others as a weak man. My ambition has
fed. am in every sense a used up man.
Yours truly, IcHABoD EASY.
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as. There never was any party, faction,
sect or cabal, whatsoever, in which the
most ignorant was not the most violent.
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@s- Who, according TO Shakespeare, was
the greatest chicken butcberl Claudius,
"who did mnree er most foul,'
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az> What is not for the interest Of the
whole swarm, is not for the interest of a
single bee.
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S5-It is curious with what moral forti-
tude men can bear with the misfoltunes of
others.
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For the Spectator.
A Discourse.
BIZ A. A. sowERs.

JOB 2rd, 2-3.--And job spoke and said
lei The day perish, rherein / ''as born.
(ConcIuded.)
Southern shield., 1853-08-13
YOUNG CRIMES.

BY N. P. sHILLABER, THE "MRs. PARTING
 TONI THE BOSTON PRESS. Old Grimes is dead, that good old man
 We ne'er shall see him more; But he has left son, who bears
 The name that old Grimes bore. He wears coat of latest cut,
 His hat is new and gay; He cannot bear to view distress,
 So turns from it away. His pants are gaiters, fitting snug
 Ger patent-lea ther shoes; His hair is by barber curled;
 He smokes cigars, and chews. A chain of massive gold i, borne
 Above his fashy vest; His clothes are better every day
 Than were old Grimes best. In Fashions courts he constant walks, Where he delight doth shed; His hands are white and very soft,
 But softer IS his head. He's six feet tall, no post more straight, His teeth are pearly white; In habits he Is sometimes loose,
 And sometimes very tight. His manners are of sweetest grace,
 His voice of softest tone; His diamond pins the very one
 That old Grimes used to own. A dickey tall adorns his face,
 His neck scarf of blue; He sometimes goes to church. for change And sleeps in Crimes pew. He sports the fastest "crab" in town, Is always quick to bet; He never knows who's President, But thinks "Old Tips" in yet. He has drunk wines of every kind, And liquors cold and hot; Koumg Grimes, in short, is just that sort Of man Old Grimes was not.
Southern shield., 1853-08-13

RESISTANCE TO RIDICULE.-Learn from the earliest days to inure your principles against the peril of ridicule;. you can no more exercise your reason1 if you live in the constant fear of laugh ter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death. If you think it right to differ from the times, and to make point of morals, do 1t, however rustic, however anticipated, however pedantic. it may appear; do it not for insolence, but seriously and grandly-as a man who wore soul of his own in his bosom, and did not wait till it was breathed into him by the breath of fashion.-Sydney Smith.
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The Climates of Countries.

Although Edinburg, in Great Bri- tain, is situated ten degrees further north than the city of New York, il has a much warmer climate in winter, and the heat and cold never attain tc such extremes. The climate of Eng land is, to the majority of our people a mystery. The island is situated be- tween 50 and 5 deg, north latitude
 and 1t has milder climate than VIC enjoy in the attitudes of 40 and 45 deg. The British Isles are situated 1T the path of warm ocean currents, which flow across the Atlantic and beat upon and circulate around them. The wild
 Orkney Islands, which are situated in
 59 deg. } min., have warmer winters than we do in New York city, which is situated about l7 deg. further south. In the city of Glasgow, the mean tenn peratlTe in the month of January is 38 deg, and 1t has never been below zero but twice in forty years, and then only 3 deg. for two days. In Unst, in the Shetland Isles, in latitude 60 deg. ) min., the mean temperature in January is 40 deg. In many places of the United States, ranging from New York to Maine, in lat. 45 deg. the mean temperature is 6 deg. below zero. Unst is only one degree colder than Constantinople, in January, and no country in Europe, nor the world, perhaps, enjoys the mildness of climate peculiar to Great Britain and Ireland. This must have wonderful effect upon the health and organization of the peo- pie. The cause is, as we have stated generally attributed to the currents of the gulf stream; one philosopher, how ever, attributes the genial warmth to moist breezes from Africa, which come over the Atlantic, crossing the equator. In Russia, Moscow is on the same line with Edinburg, yet it's temperature in winter is at least 13 deg. lower. The climate of England is moist and wet. To foreigners, accustomed to clear skies, it is disagreeable. The atmos- phere is cloudy in summer, and this is one reason why it is not so warm as in other countries in the same northern latitude. Were it not for the warm ocean currents and the warm breezes, the coast of England would be ice bound, and many of the plants which now flourish there as evergreens would be unknown.
 On northern coast of our continent in northern Oregon -t the climate is much warmer in winter than in places on the same lines of latitude in our Eastern States. It is believed that currents from the orient flow over the Pacific and wash the Oregon shores, as the gulf stream of the Atlantic does the British Isles. During the past winter the thermometer ranged at IT deg. above zero, and the prairies were covered by occasional snow storms The farmer is not compelled, as in the Eastern States, to depend for the win ter sustenance of his cattle on hay raised the previous season; his cattle can graze there throughout the whole year, and wild flowers may often be plucked in the months of January and February. -Scientifc American.
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E&JF Women that are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice. Prudery, on the contrary, is often assumed, to keep off the sus- picion of fcriminaljty.
Southern shield., 1853-08-13
GEN. SCoTT's VISIT TO THE PALACE.

GEN. SCOTT>S VISIT TO THE PALACE. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Gen. Scott paid visit to the Palace, and immediately, by the notice he at- tracted, he eclipsed everything on ex- hibition. Go where he would, crowd attended him, as soon as the report spread through the building, that the Conqueror of Mexico was among them. Those who stood musing on the statues of Columbus and Webster, and those who were lost in admiration of the col lossal works of Kiss and Marochetti, turned from all the objects of their re- flections to look upon our Unions greatest chieftain. The General seem- ed to examine the collection with much interest, and particularly when he came to Thorwalsden's group, he paused for some time, and looked upon these great works with admiration. Thence the old veteran walked over to the display made by Uncle Sam, and here, when he came among the cannon and mus ketry, he showed by his more sprightly step, that he immediately felt he was among old companions, and he kicked and thumped the cannon as if they were toys for his amusement. From here the old General walked over to the other departments, and was lost in the crowd. He still carries his arm ir sling, but otherwise looks we'll, and is capable to conduct our armies thro' other campaigns as glorious as those he has already passed. N. '. Herald 26th uh.