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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-12
TO YOUNG MEN.

Young man! save that penuy--pick up
that pin-let that account be corIecl TO a far.
ihing-fnd out what that Bit of ribbon costs,
before you say you will lake it--pay that half
dime your friend handed you 10 make change
wihin word, be economical, be accurate,
know what you are doiug--Se honest, and
then be generous, for all you have or acquire
thus belongs to sou BY every iule OF right,
and you may put il 10 any good use you
please II is MOI parsmony to be economi-
cal. II is not misery 10 save pin from loss.
II is not selfish 10 be correct in your dealings.
II is NOT small II, know Inc Eaice Of articles
you are about TO purchase, or 10 remember
the little deb, you owe. What il you do
meet Bill Pride decked out in much better
sui than yours; the price of which he has
uot yet learned from his tailor, and he laughs
at your faded dress, and old fashioned no.
lions OF honesty and right, your day will
come. Franklin, who, from penny.saving
boy, walking the streets with a loaf of bread
under bis arm, became. companion for
kings.
take care Of the pence, and the pounds
will take care OF lhemsel Ives"
La Filte, the celebrated French banker,
leaving the house 10 which he had applied
for clerkship, was no, too proud or careless
TO pick up pin. The simple pin laid the
Foundation oil his immense wealth. The wise
banker to whom he applied, saw the act, call
ed him back, and gave him employment,
being convinced by the simple act that he
would be valuable clerk and useful man.
Be just, the generous. Bsnevolence is a
great duiy, by which not only bene6, the
object, bu, feel a sensation Of joy in your own
soul, Worth more than gain. But generosity
can never be measured by the amount you
lavish on fine cress, or that you spend TO
crafty vanily and folly. Let the girls say
you are small, rather than spend dollar for
useless books. Purchase good books, and
they will tell you that no girl worth having,
ever selecleda man for her husband on ac-
eoun, Of his long ,aiIor's bill, any more Than
on account OF his long care.
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a, s-ss From the Lady's Book.
fHE SCHOOL MISTRESS.
BY MARY s. LADp.


She bends her head Al her weary task,
And with patient trust she smiles;
Her toll grows light as ray OF hope
Her sacdene1 heat beguilss.
She lifts bet hair from het btoad. fair brow,
When tie summer sun shines warm,
Then gently chiGes her little group,
And her words fall like charm.
She moves from her seat, and The scholars
smile,
As she noiseless lteads the floor,
A child leans forward 10 touch her dress,
While another looks out the door,
Ard longs 10 be with the birds and flowers,
And beautiful things and bright;
But smile from the gentle face hard by
Changes his musings quite.
And they tnis,Iy pour their eyes on books,
And look their lessons through; saw
Bu they silently dream Of the flowers they
That morn op the slittering dew.
Her task done aud she stands alone
Ia the shade Of the school-house door;
The little, restless, paile:ing feet
Have passed its threshhold Oct;
And her heart is ou! with The beautiful things,
Her soul looks through 10 God;
And she gives no thought 10 the moHows task e,
Nor sighs al the Christening rod.
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Why Common Sense is Rare.

Il is often said that no kind of sense is so
rare as common sense and this is true,
sithply because common sense is attained
by all far more, and as natural gift far less,
than most other traits of chafacler. Com
mon sense is The application Of thought 10
common things, and il is rare because most
PERSONS will not exercise thought about
common things. If some important affairs
occurs, people Try then TO think, but 10 very
little purpose because, no, having exer.
powers lack the development necessary for
great ones. Hence thoughtles people, when
forced 10 ac, in an affair Of importance, blum
der through il with no more chance of dong
as they should, than one would have of hit
ting small OF distant mark al shooting.
match, If previous Practice had not gwen
the power of hitting objects that are large
and near.-E Elements Of Character.
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Rev. Dudley A. Tyng.

Al the election held by The congregation
Of the Church Of the Epiphany, las. nigh, The
votes were as follows:
For the ves,ry, 81; against the vestry, Al;
blank, 1. This result involves the immed-
ate resignation OF the rector, Rev. Dudley A.
Tying, the previous action of the Vestry hav-
ing been sustained by majority of The legal
voters of the congregation. The difficulty
between the reverend gentleman and his
congregation, j, win be remembered, results
from political sermon preached in his church
in the carly part Of the present political can.
vass, MIR. Tying feeling it incumbent on him
TO denounce slavery and 10 commend the
candidates of the party opposing it. Without
veptaring TO any expression of opinion on the
subject Of slavery as political question, we
can bu, be gratified a, the single Tebake
which this congregation has given TO the per-
nIcious Practice Of introducing politics into
the pulph.-Ledger. s
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Women OF Naples.

You have heard cflhe bright eyes and ra-
ven tresses, and music like language of the
Neapoltans, but can assure you there is
nothing like il here-hat is 10 say, among
the lower classes. The only difference that
]. can detect between them ant the Ameri-
can Indians Is, that The latter are the more
beautifpk kRsahea1P The color.is tie same,
Inc haifsyefltxo O indeed, and as 10 the ''sofI
bastard Lair iaey speak, it is one Of the
mossz zshouai0abie dialects ever heard.
know . father shocking 10 TO ones ideas
Of Italian women. ! am sure was prepared
TO view them in favorable-nay, in a po.
etical light; but amid all the charms and
excitements Of this romantic land, cannot
see otherwise. The old women are hags,
and the young women are dirty, slipshod
slatterns. Talk about brsht-eyed Italian
maidsm Among our lower classes there are
five beauties TO one good looking woman
here, population that live in filth, and eat
The vilest substances 10 escape the hofrors of
starvation. But it is otherwise as 10 fofm.-
In form the Iiallans excel ue. Larger, ful-
ler-they naturally acquire finer gai, and
bearing. II is astonishing that ladies should
persist n that ridiculous notion, that small
waist is, and per necesssiia, mus, be beauti-
full. Why, many an Italian woman would
cry for vexa,ion, if she possessed such
waist as some of our ladies acquire, only by
the longest, painfules, process. have
sought the reason Of this difference, and can
see no other than that the Italians have their
glorious staiuary continually before them as
models; and hence endeavor TO assimilate
themselves 10 lbem whereas ou' fashiona-
bles have no models except those French
stuffed figures in The windows of the mil
liners shops. Why, if an artist should pre-
sumo TO make statue with the shape tha,
seems 10 be regarded with US as the perfec-
lion of harmonious proportion, he would be
laughed out of the city. II is standing OBJ
jection against the tasle of our women the
world over, that we would practically assert
that French milner understands how they
should be made better than nature herself
Eisadey's Letters from Italy.
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"Touch him moi" he said, "for he is
dead"
And thought, ineeed that il was so, for
sven as he spoke, the faint respiration sud-
denly ceased, ard the palor of an everlasting
Inconsistencies ctept slowly over the still
features. But in another moment saw that
life was moi yet extinct. The eyes again
partly unclosed in The same powerless, dreamy
way as before, and an indiscribable radiance
for an instant lit up the pale, handsome face ;
handsome even then, but with an unearthly
beauty.
"God % the colorless lips muitered, "God
there is God!" and a smile, whose utter
seisnily have never seen equalled, flick
eted atoupd the mouth. Then The shadow
deepened, fell, and he expned, II seemed
as II the soh had been half freed, and re-.
turning gave evidence Of that eternity which
is but partially entefed.
A woman's voice, sobblas; at last broke
the dreary silence.
The old man rose, and approaching his
dead sons wife said feebly;
"Esther be comforted !. God is over ALL"
She drew her hand from his clasp with a
gesture Of unequivocal abhouence.
"Comfort," she echoed, with great def
ant fash of her eyes 'comfon you preach
10 me of comfort. Hypocrite n--she hissed
the word from between her closed breah
with startling, indignant energy. II is all
clear TO me now. Who was 1t that plotted
and schemed 10 bring ii together! Who
tempted him into marriage where there was
no love on his side--noue, none, o my soul
-zbul for money! Answer me that"
Never shall forget the impression erea.
ted BY that indignant appeal, and the tragic,
excited beauty of this woman. Aud the Sc
quel was no less sad. Within year, an
other grave was made for the poor, deceived
wife. Ii is strange that should recollec, so
we'll the day she died. White freshly fallen
snow laid on the ground. 1t had come early
that year. The trees were loaded with light
feecy snow. among which the brilliantly
dyed leaves cleaned out in the sunshine,
like blood on woman's face.
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An EIoqucn. Extract.

The sea is the largest cemetery, and it's
slumberets sleep without a monument. All
gravey ards in all ohei lands, show some
symbol OF distinction between the great and
small, the rich and the poor; but in that ocean
cemetery the king, the clown, the pfince, and
The peasant are alike distinguished. The
waves roll over the same requiem sung by
the minslrels OF the ocean 10 their honor
Over their remaius the same storm beats, and
the same sun Shines there unmarked, the
weak, the powerful, the plumed, the honored
win sleep, until awakened by the same trum-
pet, when the sea will give up it's dead.
thought of sailing over TIE slumbering but
devoted CookEan, who after brief but
bri liant career, perished in the "President"
-over the same ii-fated vessel we have
passed. Ia that cemetery sleeps the accom-
plished and pious fnsher, but whore he and
thousands OF Others Of the noble spirits of earth
lie, no one but God knoweth. No mar
BILE sla5 rises to show where their ashes are
gathered, or where the lovers of the good can
so TO shed their tears OF sympathy. Who
can tell where lie the tens of thousands OF
Africs's sons who perished in the "midjle
passageW Yet that cemetery hath ornaments
of Jehovah. Never can Eyet forget my days
and nights, as passed mobiles, Of cemeteries
without single monument.
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= A HINT TO REyoKnEKs.---The trees tmus'
be ept down before the ground can be ihIed,
and bounteous harvesls reward the husband.
mans toll. The old structures must be re-
moved before truth can lay her deep found
alton, ard build her palace to the skies. In
the work OF reform, then, we need the wood
man whose sturdy blows hall lay the ancien
errors low, as we'll as the ploughman turning
up the virgin soil, and the sower scattering
abroad the good seed We require the pull.
er down, who needs must make noise, nc
less than the silent builder, skillfully rearing
the souls habila'ion. Shall the ploughman
quarrel with lhe wood chopper, because bis
vigorous blows and the crashing trees disturb
the forests quiet? or shall the chopper blame
the sower because he aids him not IN making
war upon the giant trees?
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UNCLE BENyAMIN's SERMoN.-Nol many
years ago heard Uncle Benjamin discus.
sing this matter 10 his son, who was com.
planning of pressure. "Rely upon ii, Sam.
my" said the old man, as he leaned on his
sIaff, With bis gray locks flowing in the
breeze Of May morning, ''murmuIing pays
no bills. / have been an observer many
times these fifty years, ard never saw
man helped out Of a hole by cursing his
horses. Be as quiet as you can; for moth.
ing will grow under moving harrow, and
discomfort harrows the mind. Matters are
bad, acknowledge, bu. no ulcer is better
for being fingered. The more you gfoan the
poorer you grow. Repining at losses is only
putting pepper into sore eye. Crops will
fail in all soils, and we may be thankful
that we have no famine. Besides, | always
took notice that whenever fell the rod pretty
smartly, ii was as much as 10 say, "there is
something which You have got TO learn
Sammy, dontl forget that your schooling is
NOT over yet, though you have wife and
two children"
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LATER FROM KANsAs.-Accounts from Kan.
sas 10 the 29lh ull., state that Gov. Geary had
arrested several OF The rinsleaders Of the ma
rauding parties near Ossawatomie.
The Grand Jury had found bills against
ninety prisoners for murder in The first de.
gree.
The Legislature meets at Lecomp,on 10
January.
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n n
Far away in one Of the Western States
where the fower-garden prairie slopes down
10 The waters edge, stands eozy cottage,
half hid beneath the overhanging branches
that form canopy aboveit. Ii is beautiful
quiet spot where nature has been very boun'
lifal, and was chosen for home by one who
was capable of joining TASTE and artyElh NAT
ural beauty, and lheteby made il The Eden
that il Is. II was the hout for lea, and the
mother busiIy wotked away sitting the table.
watching the hot cakes, and singing low,
sweet sorg, Zone Of those thai only flow from
the heart al ease,) while often she paused
by the open door 10 kiss her chubby Allie,
who proudly sat in her faiher's arms.
81 wonder why Frank don't come? Ii is
pas, four, and am sure school must be out"
and she listened TO hear his merry whistle
down the road but disappointed, she took
up the paper, aud was busy reading story,
when Franks light step struck on her ear,
and she started up 10 enjoy the quiet closing
meal of the day. Alter the frs, hustle was
over, she noticed how sad her boy looked,
and that there were ieats In his eyes and
wonderingly, she asked him what troubled
him.
"oh, feel sofry for Willie Carter! The
boys plagued him at school, and would NOT
play with him, because he was dfunkard's
son. ! am so glad that my father does not
drink" All, little did he dream, as his moth
sr's check paled, and his fathers face red
jened while he leil the table 10 hide his
emotion, why it was, OF how il was, that he
escaped being dlunkard's SON. -Godeys
Jady's Book.
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R- General PIefce is the first President
OF The United States who has uniformly de-
clined TO drink wine with bis guests and
he is styled in the Providence 1fanseript a
besoued drunkard. He is the first Presideni,
since Washington, who has closed his house
against all visitors on the Sabbalh--and he
is called brawler, a rufiian, an enemy of
religion, and murderer.
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tbs HumAN JAws.-The muscles Of the
human jaw produce power equal TO four
hundred and ,hirly-four pounds. This is
what science tells Us, bu! we know the jaw
Of some Of. our lawyers is equal to good
many thousand dollars year TO Them
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n When a owerful and enlishtsne

II When powerful and enlightened
continental monarch, who reisaed some CEN
iuriss ago, saw his courliers smile at an act
of condescenson he had jus, performed TO-
wards great artist, he rebuked them in some
such terms as these :--'T could easily make
a hundred mobiles such as you, but not one
painter like him who stauds among u.s."
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How TO Ksow FooL.--A fool, says the
Arab proyeIb, may be known by six things.
First. anger without cause, second, speech
without profit, third, change without motive,
fourth, inquiry wiihou, object, ffh, putting
trust in stranger, and sixth, not knowing
his friends from bis foes. :.
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III A man Of exceedingly contracted
mind, was one day complaining 10 an ac-
quaintance that he had very scute psin--a
little sharp pain, not bigger, seemingly, than
the poin. Of pin. "h's amazing strange"
he continued, edont you think itisW What
do You suppose is the cause OF q" why
really, | don't know" replied the other,
"what part Of you would be liable to so very
miauio pain, unless II be your soul" n.s
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-12

~ The words OF mans mouth arc as
deep waters, and the we'll spring of wis.
dom as flowing brook.
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n Whenever ] find greut deal of graft.
tude In poor man, ! take il for granted
there would be as much generosity, II he
were rich man, sEF 'sss
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stolen soberly, quietly in, and wds listener
10 her implorins words. His heart became
pierced and broken; and tearfnlly knell by
her side, and raised his voice with hers for
strength to break through the bonds that had
been wilhering curse to him as for her.
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s ':i7 PEG N { d re A'LsMel ICE.
IS Clnre SofS Dyspepsia.

VIE fneil is being consulted bv. lot.
B for tsOtn lfafis of,ihe Union, bv ,hose
swno pre q Suffering from DfsparsIh. ]. and lis
cc9pseauS9t general wdaknkss. tniuscu!hr relax.
. ton e;,d nervous. .lebi,tv% Having lor tn.
lnst few years, ,inhi, prantie. 6f medicine. turn.
cd hie attention entirely TO the treatment OF
this disease he is enabled from his large expc.
ricnee to, insttutn.a y peculiarly of treatment
ihat,will cnabie the pntiant to sec, feel, and
h"o'rt after day or two's treatment, that this
recovery has already ccrntnence,l. Has he n
ars tons,ie, thirst loss of appetite, constipn.
ton OF boweta, nausea and Yo:ni,ns?--is the
skin dry, harsh Wit, unnatural hcats-is he
troubled with s!ecpiessness, startling in his
tleen .solfmncnty$ impaired voiLion-witI,
palpit'tipa Or :lintterins" Of. Che heart and
easily ont os breath by quickened exertions !
aAll fhese, after one. two,.or three duys treat
ment will comn,erce to disappear
TEENS OF TREArMfNE-S5 90, for first con-
snlia.ion. Medicine; forwarded by mail, with
f9ll and explicit directions of the course
at treatment &c. to be pursued. Each sbse.
ent&consultation and medicine forwarded,
81. 90. Money Geinitted ip aIlins,nnces should
be .registere,r at The post office All lettcrs
to DC addressed to3thc undcrsigacd
W!bislAatSW BLISS, NJ. D..
{. %, Beel;rnau Street, New York.
Nov.2, 1855. 6m.t
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Il "A IA d for sale.

7 nESIROuS of moving to the West, L offer
~ for Sale my Plantation, in Abbcville
District, containing
as%GD AE sss
One Hundred and Fifty cleared, One Hundred
of which IS fresli. and in I'd d.f.l, state q:
cultivation, basbalancc in Woods-lies well,
and is heavily tiInhcrcd. - -
This Tract Of Land lies Immediately on the
Post Road, one mile from Mra. Sarah Wide
mans, and adioins lands of Messrs. Anthony
Harmon, William Williamson, Joseph and
George Patterson. and others, and for Health
isynot surpassed by my place in the DISTRICT
The Production of the Land is equal to any in
the neiehborhood rs the present crop viii show.
1t is well Watered an excellent spring in one
hundred yards Of fstheg hoasc, with runuir..
water through most Of the fields. : '':..
There is q comfortable Dwelling House with
all necessary Cut, Buildings on the premises.
The above named Tract of Land offers many
Inducements to a man wishing to settle pcrrna-
nently. In addition toits. being goud neigh
borhood the contemplated Valley Road will
run in about two hundredS ards of the most
heavily tlmbercd part of tie Tact where tim
Der will no,dolibt be in great demand. deem
it unnecessary to give. n more detailed account.
but invite persons wishing to buyto give me a
call -. ARTHUR MIJRPIIY ,
4 September 8, 1855. l9-tfSg =
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GREENVlLLE AND COLUMBIA Rh,LROAp
i GENE SUPT.S UrEICE- -

= =. EEN7Ls SUTTS OFFICE,
- :. G.. d. G. Il. r. CoNrAsY.
TIME following Resolution was adopted br
l. the Direction of the Company Mt their
meeting Mt Greenville on the 2ad instant:
Rcsoired. That until the first OF January
ncxsnny. Planter shipping on the Railrohd one
or mnre'hales of Cotton, of his own produce
=" Columbia or any station above, be allowed
a Return Tcketfron the market to which it i.
.consigned. free Of Charge
All persons desiring to claim the benefits OF
this provision will take the Receipt for the Cot
ton to the Agent at tie station to which the
Cotton Is shipped, and upon the snrrendcr o
it,.will get Return Ticket on the Road
- Fl. RAWORTII, Gen'i Sup't.
October %, 1855. -. &c tc
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Taisort,sg Esusiness
ED WARD IVES TF1EID,
Aabcyiiic Court House.

ET9aSs su1 .l,anhs for pms, favors, @
continuance Of tile same. -. -, &;
He keeps constantly onhend,, of his own man
.nfaeture. Large Assortment, Of SADDLES
HARNESS. BRIDES. MARTINGA ALEa4 dc.
Also, WHIPS; STIRRUP Il ONS and BITS
Being practical workman, be is prepared Il
mike to orderall kindsof Shddlcs. Harness, nne
Military Eqn nprnents. Mt short notice, aud at III
low prices ms any other establishment. *
:, Particular attention, paid to all kinds q
Repairing ~ 4 <s.sse.,$
( June 1884, ~ f-y, 58 .'Sf+s -! If !:
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JOiIIcr assd Cabinet Shop.
~ NEXT DooR To TIE PRESS OFFICE,

- :
- Sss.5S NEXT Door To THE rREss OFFICE,
ABBEviLLE COURT HOUSE, s. C.,
rEsFEtindcrsiened thankful for vzs,l- ~,
~ rnst iavors, and ready II II hi Il
teyserye generous public, may . " v
be at all times found ats bis Shop In the East
err corner. Of Christian q Deales Coach Fac!
tory, 8here he is prepared TO make PANIlf
DOORS SASH, BLINDS, saIANTEG' PIECES,
&c.I DC. l.sl.si. - ~ . Ss ss.5i.
&IwiIl also make TABLES. DESKS, BOOK
CASES, PICTURE FRAMES, and repair fur
:niture de- ~ a. y ~. ~.
jssI will Keep g onsfaptly nph hand readysmnde
CQFFAS of the best material and finest fin.
ish,, either polished or covered, oil OF which
! viii dslysr To any point III tie district free
2f charge. with bearse or npon railroad if de
sired IN direction. r. q Il q, !.
Az swerk done warrant ms ;goSs1 o. tla1 1,esf
and seheap aesarding; T.si per cent L Of for
cash on MI work done .s.s; z y &.
in the fne5rpnra ion. 8 10. C.;B0WERS.
Jqne ~ 1856. 7. ~. 5. ~ I;