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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25

"GIRLs WANTED" Whose hearts
would ache to know the ways and means
employed by mistaken parents to make
them the artificial flowers of society which
they are, whose lips would burn beneath
the hot breath of the libertine, who looks
upon them as so many victims to his own
or some other devils arts, whose barred
and tempting shoulders would tingle, and
strive to hide themselves away beneath
the scanty dress of fashionable immodesty,
when licentious eyes are taking in their
manifold charms, who would feel that to
dress, and simper, and firt, and patronize
things beyond or beneath their eompre-
hension; was the smallest portion 'of wo-
mans mission upon the earth, who would
be willing to recognise the useful as well
as the ornamental pursuits of life, and who,
eschewing the unworthy and shallow-pated
fatterers of society, could be won only by
the good, and the noble, and the high
minded! Such girls, as in the course Of
their natural lives would give to the Ame-
rican character, what it now SO greatly de-
plores, nationality of its own.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25

Why are your nose and chin always at
variance! Because words continually
pass between them. '" 3
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25

Alady looking At arevieW, wsa zsked
if she was partial to military training; To-
piled that she liked exceedingly the off,
GERS salute. il ais
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25

CHILDREN WANTED Boys and girls,
simple, earnest and child-like, who at the
age of innocence, have not learned all the
wickedness and most OF the crimes of 30
ciety, who are not practised in all the arts
and weaknesses of men and women, and
who are not prepared to take at the earli-
est opportunity their first degree in vice
and immortality, who are not defiant to
their equals, or saucy to their superiors,
who do not present to the world that hid
eous deformity of an old head on young
shoulders, and are willing to give their fa-
ther and mother credit for knowing Of a
triae more than they do! Such children
are scarcer than government Offices, or pen
MES in poor mans pocket. Until such a
race ofembryo men and women spring up
in our midst, we may despair Of supplying
the essential wants of the age.-BostoN'
american Union. GAY SPANKER.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25

WOMEN WANTED W-Are hey not?
Women to make happy homes, good hus-
bands and contented hearts? whose frank
smiles and sunny looks make perpetual
sunshine for those about them, who have
kind word for the suffering, and ready
sympathy for the sorrowing, who have an
earnest eloquence, and gentle voice for
the tempted of their own sex, and some.
thing more material than either for the
needy. who make their husbands interest
their own, and can wear bonnet two sum.
mers without wry face, if depleted
purse makes it expedient, who look upon
the bright side of every picture, turn out
the silver lining from every cloud, and
point out the spotin the stormy sky, where
the bow of promise will shortly bend, who
like the society of their opn husbands bet
ter than that of their neighbors, and car
find time for everything expected of thu
sex but scandal and ill-nature In short
such women as are greatly needed to fiji
up vacancies in the home book of Ameri
can beauty!
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25
WANTS OF THE AGE.


omen WANTED p'AJust 50 Good,
honest, practical men! Men who dare to
speak, and think and act upon their own
responsibility! Who can respect, without
worship, the sex whose weakness is their
strength, who believe women to be crea'
tures of principle and not passion, who
know the exact amount of faith it requires
to transform them into angels, and who
would sooner cut their tongue out than
originate or spread libel on woman's pu-
rity! Who are not vain enough to think
themselves Appollos; yet sensible enough
to know themselves men; who believe on
ly what they see, and take for granted only
what ought to be true; who can see honest
merit though its gliding be not of gold,
and true worth, though throbbing beneath
the coarse woof Of. poverty; in short, such
men as are needed to make husbands, IA
theirs and brothers for the women of the
nineteenth century. To such, good wa
ges-the wages of love-and constant EN-
ployment, the employment Of affection,
will readily be given. None others need
apply.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
yirtue I.sownR Rauard.

Every man, under God, has bis destiny
in his own hanls. II he viii be vir:u-
Gus, he may be. If he is yirtuous. he
cannot but be happy. Like the suffering
Redeemer, he may and viii be ga man
of sorrow and acquainted with grief;'
but his consolation shall flow like river,
and his righteousness and happiness shall
roH like the waves of peaceful sea, fol-
lowing one after another. until they bear
him to the bright and beautiful land DC,
yond the tomb. Reader, art thou poor :
| art thou tried By thy infrmities : art thou
persecu.ed hyeneuios? Still Hope on.
hope ever be the motto of thy life.
| IStfll be yirtuous. and your triumph shall
be certain. do not knows single young
man Who started with me In life, guided
bv a yirtuous Intent, who has Eaiied Of
success. Many of that class ara scatter
ed to and fro in the earth. Fierce blasts
and peIting storms beat upoa many OF
them TO this day; but every one Of them.
now living, who has beea virtuous, has
won for himself good degree in his
sphere; and many shall rise up and bless
the hour. when these young men were
born.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
Love of home.

Goldsmith speaks in the following lines
of the universally of these sentiments,
this love of home, which needs but
place it can call home, irrespective of its
merits or dement's, and sighs to be there,
and is miserable when away:
The slluddering tenant OF the frigid zone
Boldly pEoclaims the happiest spot his own;
ExtoIs the treasures of his stormy seas,
And his long nights Of reyelry and ease.
The naked negro, painting ut the line,
Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine.
Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave,
And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.
Such Is the patriots boast wherc'er we roam,
His first best country ever is his home"
1t is worthy of remark that the inhab.
itants of dreary, desolate and barren, and
of high, bleak, mountainous and pictur-
esque countries, seem more attached TO
their native land than those whose homes
are in more favored portions of the
world. One reason for this may be found
in the fact that equality Of rights was more
generaliu countries of the formerdescrip-
tion. Luxury has not, because it can
not, eneryated the rich, whom nature thus
makes physically the equals of the poor,
| while these latter seem instinct with 8
spirit Of liberty. which the mountain
heights of their country are particularly
calculated to foster; and their robust con.
stitutions, invigorated by climbing thu
heights and breathing the pure stTnos.
phere of the everlasting hills, increase
the same spirit by heightening buoyaney
and elctating the tone of mind, and Civ
ing it that elasticity which perfect health
imparts, and independence finds those
conditions requisite for maintenance and
perpetuity.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
The Upright Man Of business.

There is no being in the world for
whom feel higher moral respect and
admiration, than for the upright man of
business. No, not for the philanthropist,
the missionary, or the martyr. | feel
that | could more easily be martyr, than
a man of that lofty moral uprightness.-
And let me say vet more distinctly, that
it is not for the generous man that feel
this kind of respect. Generosity seems
to me low quality, mere impulse,
compared with the lofty virtues / speak
of. 1t is not for The. man wEo distributes
charities-who bestows magnificent do
nations. That may NIL do very well. l
speak not To disparage it. l wish there
was more of it; and yet it may all exist
with want of the true, lofty, unbending
uprightness. That is not the man, then,
of whom 1 speak; but it is he who stands
amidst all the interest and periIous exi-
gencics of trade, firm, calm, disintcrcsted,
and upright. 1t is the man who can sec
another mans distress as well as his own.
1t is the man whose mind his own ad-
vantage does not blind for an instant
who could sit judge upon 3 question
between himself and his neighbor, just
as safely as the purest magistrate upon
the bench of justice.
All! how much richer than ermine-
how far nobler than train of masis.erial
authority-how more awful than the
guarded pomp of majestic truth Yet
it is the man who is irue-true TO him.
self, his neighbor. and his God-.rue to
his conscience and who feels that the
slightest suggestion of that conscience is
more to him than the chance of acquiring
an hundred estates.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

side and carry on business In the city,
possess small farms in the immediate vi
cinity, and their wives are distributed
among these various localities. The
house in which their "old wife" (meaning
the first resides, is generally called the
home of the man.
The subordination of the children is
better than would be expected under this
state of things. The preachers inculcate
very strongly the duty of wives to exert
a strict and continual supervision over
their children, and this duty is very gen.
orally observed. Great care is taken to
make the place attractive to the young
For this purpose they have band which
performs serenades two nights in week,
and theater which is well attended. The
people were lamenting last summer that
some of their best actors had been sent off
to Europe as missionaries, but the men
pacifed them by preparing an arena in a
cottonwood grove, where in the open
air they had nightly dances.
There is a warm spring Just outside
the city which is conveyed to the United
States Hotel by wooden pipes, where baths
are supplied. This hotel is kept by Col.
Little, of New Hampshire, who, in the
proprietorship, is in co-partnership with
Brigham Young, and who also holds the
Office of Marshal of the city. This hotel
is the only licensed place for the sale of
ardent spirits in the city, though liquor
can be obtained. surreptitiously, in other
places.
We are promised further particulars
about this singular people, in which their,
missionary efforts among the neighbor-
ing Indians viii be exhibited. They
havewell organized military bodiesamong
them, and their proselyting the Indians
appears to be undertaken with view of
making them allies. should there be any
need of their assistance. But we must
reserve our materials for subsequent
article.-Boston Herald
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
The Love for Others,

SAYS Bancroft, is as much a part Of
human nature as the love of self; is q
common instinct that man is responsible
for man. The heart has its oracles not
less than the reason, and this is one of
them. No practicable system of social
equality has been brought forward, or it
should, and would have been adopted. 1t
does not follow that none can he devised.
There is no necessary opposition between
labor and intelligence. To elevate the
masses, they themselves must have cul-
ture to know their rights, courage to as
sert them, and self-respect to take moth
ing else. The good time is coming when
the spirits of humanity viii recognize all
members of its family, as more equally
entitled to its care when the heartless
jargon of over-production in the midst
of want viii end in better science oi
distribution when the man will dwell
with man as his brother; when political
institutions viii rest on the basis of equal
ity and freedom. But this result must
come from the development of internal
life by universal culture it cannot be
created By the force of exterior philan-
thropy, and still less by the reckless vio.
lenee of men.-Baaeroffs 0fation.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
Poetry.
Trust to the Future.

Trust to the Future. Tho gloomy and cherries
Prouls the dark Past like ghost atthy back,
Look not behind thee; be hopeful and fearless;
Steer foF tbs right way, aud keep to the track
Fling OF despair-is has strength like giant
Shoulder thy Purpose, and, boldly defiant,
Save 10 the Right stand unmoyed and unpliant
Faith and Gods promise the brave never lack.
Trust to the Future: the Present may fright thee.
Scowling 50 fesrfully close at thy side;
Face it unmoyed, and no present can blight thee
He who stands bold each blast shall abideI
Never storm but the tainted air needs 1t;
Never o storm but the sunshine succeeds it;
Each has lesson, and he alone reads it
) Rightly who takes it and makes it his guide.
Trust 70 the Future 1t stands Ike an angel.
Waiting 70 lead thee, 10 bless and to cheer;
Singing Of hope Ike some blessed Eyangel,
Laring thee on TO brighter career.
Why should the Past or Present oppress theei
Stamp their coils for with arms to csress thee
Bee the great Future stands yesrnng to bless thee
Press boldly forward, nor yield to fear!
Trust TO the Future it viii not deceive thee,
So thou but meet it with brave heart and strong
Nov begin living anew, and, believe me,
Gladness and triumph will follow ere long.
Never night but there eometh morrow;
Never grief but the hopeful will borrow
+oOtncsoluS u Elao1ess 70 ikHtcu tuo soIIOHI
Life unto such is q conquerors songl
Trust 70 the Future, then; cease from your weep
ing;
Faith and firm heart ara all that you need
God and his angels have yet in their keeping
Hsrvests of joy, If wen scw but the seedI
Trust 70 the Eusnre-an life viii be glorious;
Tsust-for in trusting the soul is victorious;
Tfuss-and in trusting be strong and laborious!
Up and be doing, but give God the msedi
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
Vulgar Words-

There is as much connection between
the words and the thoughts as there is
between the thoughtsand the words. The
latter are not only the expression of the
former, but they have power to react up
on the soul, and leave the stain of cor
ruption there. A young man who allows
himself to use proEane or vulgar words,
has not only shown that there is foul
spot on his mind, but by the uterance OF
that word he exten1s thas spot and in
flames it, ill by indulgence it win soon
pollute and ruin the whole soul. Be
careful of your words as well IS your
thoughts. II you can control the tongue
that no improper words are pronounced
by Il, you viii soon be able to control the
mind and save il from corruption. You
|extinguish the fire by smothering it, or
preEeat bad thoughts bursting out in Ian
guage. Never inter . word anywhere
which you would be ashamed to speak IN
the presence of religious man. Try
this practice little, and you viii soon
have command of yourself.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
ll---VNUME |.
Never Desplse your suzinssz,

No man OF sense" it has been OBJ
served, "despises his bread and butter.'s
1t is only the weak who are ashamed of
laboring for a livelihood. or who affect to
scorn the branch of business which they
especially pursue. The first duty which
a man owes to his feilow-citizens, is not
to become burden, pecunisrily. osotie-
ty. That commonwealth also is the most
fourishing in which the proportion of
drones is the fewest; indeed the idea
ofa perfect State involves the necessity
of every member of It being q producer.
Hence it is that work is always honors-
bic. The most ordinary handicraft en-
ployment is as worthy, if exercised hon
estly, as the professions of law or medi-
cine. Each citizen follows that ayocation
for which he is best suited; and when he
does this, he fulflls the law of his exist
ence; but never otherwise. A bad lawyer
is less truly respectable than . good me.
chanic, and an able doctor is not moro
meritorious than an honest laborer. To
do ones duty, in the walk where one can
be most efficient, is to be honorable; to
neglect it, or to seek some other walk, is
to become really disgraced. BY this
standard, and this only. should we Judge
of mems responsibility. It is time that
We republicans banished the arbitrary
lines of castles, applied to the pursuits of
life, which are derived from feud;a Ea-
rope.
Yet there are thousands of mer who
are at heart ashamed of their business
Are they retail vendors? !? They seorn
continuing to make money in their own
way, and long to embark in the whole
sale line. Are they jobbers ? They
think if they could only be shippers that
their glory would culminate. Are they
mechanics ? They regret that they are
not lawyers. Are they farmers ? They
wish to be in business in town. Such
persons, in their hearts, worship absurd
inherited from the social life
of England, and regard the physician.
the politician, or the banker, as really
greater men than common human clay.
They are what Thackeray called "snobs'
men of presence and weak folly-men
who despise their own bread and butter.
The wise man, on the contrary, seeks In
by steadily attending to his
business, well aware that an independ-
ence, honestly acquired. is his best claim
to his esteem. It is young men, or rath-
er lads, that are oftenest victims to this
weakness. Tens of thousands have been
in life from having chosens
pursuit unsuitable them. tempted there
to by false notions of the yulgarity of
trade, and the superior dignity Of COM
merce, or profession.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

Mr.. Park, of the Parkyille Luminary,
says he picked up on the Blue river. IN
Kansas Territory, some curious speei-
mems of petri6ed wheat, and further
says:
"The resemblance is distint, perfect.
An inquiry comes up, who raised that
wheat who cultivated the teeming
earth in that region in ages long gone by ?
Can geologists tell us? Perhaps this
was the region of globe referred to By
Calanius, who once, in conversation with
Onessctius, remarked that, tanciently the
earth was covered with barley and wheat,
as it was then with dust
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

EE Hon. Mark w. lizard, the new
Governor of Nebraska, has twice been
President of the Arkansas Senate, and
once Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives Of that State, where he resided for
twenty-four years. He is native OF
Kentucky. and is said TO be 8 fine sPe-
cimenof a pioneer. being over six feet in
height
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
a MORA Le.sou sof croaksrs.

There is a moral in the following suec-
dote which is peculiarly applicable At the
present time:
IAN eccentric lawyer, named Bur.
CESS. many years ago lived in q New
England village, and became quite fam
ous for his 'skeptical notions Attend
ing town meeting. after its adjournment
he fingered among the groups Of substan-
tial farmer deacons who composed It, aud
listened to the prevailing conversation.
The bad weather, the fy, the rot, the
drought, and the wet. were duly discuss
ed, when some one turned 70 Burgess.
and asked, How GENES On your gar
deng i never plant anything. replied
Burgess, with asolemn face lam afraid
even to put a potato IN the ground
IT'S no wonder groaned one Of the
most eminently pious persons present,
: it's no wonder; for man Who disbe-
lieves in revealed religion could not ex-
pect TO have bis Iabors blessed am
not afraid of falling in a reward for nay
work. replied Burgess; but am afraid
tia. agricultural labor would make me
prosane. If / planted a single potato.
what would be etheresult? Why, should
get up In the morning, lcok about and
growi-'Ifs going TO rain, snd It will
ruin my pctato;;' then shcald, IN dry
weather, say. The drought viii Kill my
potato : then shoHld be unhappy be-
cause the rot might destroy my potato
in fact, gentlemen concluded Burgess.
In solemn manner, 4 should Be afraid
TO do anything that would induce ms
constantly to distrust Proyidence.' TIE
reproof was keenly felt By many present !:
and for months sfterward. the farmers.
with fear. of Burgess before their eyes.
talked of the hlessings, rzthsr than the
evils, attending their daily i<borss.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

Eg There are now seven organized
Territorial governments, . larger number
than has ever before existed at the same
time during our political history: MIN
nesota. New Mexico, Utah, Oregon,
Washington, Kansas, and Nebraska are
their names.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

gP People who are jealous. or partic-
ularly careful of their oRH rights sad
dignity, always ind enough of those who
do not care for either, to keep them con-
stantly uncomfortable.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10

E Harsh words are Ike hsiIstones n
summer, which, If melted. wouid fertiiiss
the tender plants they batter down.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
"Ths Harvest is Past"

The Kansas Herald states that Mr..
Park has recently found on the banks of
the Blue river, in Kansas, several speci-
mems of petrifed wheat Indeed, the
question very naturally arises, Whose
were the hands that sowed that grain
broadcast, ages ago? and what, of all the
dialects of a Babel-cleft world, was that
wherein the harvest song was sung, in
that far land and time? And the chill
dren that tottered along in the new-turn-
ed burrows, and the hearths that glowed
in those old winters, and the loves that
clustered in those gone homes-where
are they all? As well might ask,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-03-10
: Where arc the birds that sang
An hundred years ago e.

But maybe some cropping geologist can
spoil our sentiment for u.s.. Perhaps
Humboldt had the whole nstter botan-
lied and classified years ago; but no mat
ter.-Ranakee, M., Gazetfe.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-05
CHINA, CHINA, CHINAI

~ 8. FOWLER a. co. (store in Odd
Ne Fellows Hall, Seventh street, have Just COM
pleted opening large assortment OF CHINA, QUEENS
WARE, and GLASS, making their stock at this time
equal TO any in the country; consisting, in part
follows, viz:
Decorated, gold band, and plain white French
China Dinner, Dessert, Tea, and Breakfast
Sets, and detached pieces, such Fruit Bas-
kets, Compotiers, Casseroles, ornaments for
dining tables, and Punch Bowls
India China, in dinner and tea sets, and detached
pieces
Iron Some China, decorated, flowing blue, and
white dinner, tea, breakfast, and toilet sets
and detached pieces, in every pattern and
shape
Also, in great variety
Dresden, Terra-cotta, Parian, and French China
Vases, Card Receivers Jewel Stands
Candlesticks, Motto Cups and Sauccrs,
Mugs, Pitchers, &c
GLASSWARE, rich cut and engraved
Crystal straw, stem, and pressed Goblets
Champagnes, Wines, Cordials, and Tumblers
Finger Bowls, Water Bottles, Spoon Holders
Toilet Bottles, Cologne Bottles, Globes
Lamps, rich and plain Decanters
Cut and pressed Bowls, and silvered Bowls
Solar, ETHEREAL Han, and Side Lamps
Candelabras, Girandolcs, rich and plain Castors
Britannia Coffee Urns, Tea Sets, covered and
Pitchers Punch and Molasses Pitchers
Fine Cutlery and Abata Forks, Spoons, 30, Of
the most approved and latest patterns
Also, Block Tin Coffee Ums, higgins, Teapots,
Plate Warmers, Egg Boilers, &C.
With an endless variety Of goods not named which
respectfully invite strangers and citizens TO call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
their advantage to buy Of us, as our facilities are
States, and we are determined TO sell as low.
N. B. Goods carefully put up for the country by
experienced packer and delivered free Of charge
in any part Of the city
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