San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

Yet forever shall thy gentle image
In my memory dwell,
And my tears thy lonely grave shall moisten;
Nelly, dear, farewell.
All alone my watch Pm keeping, &C.
Liberalty and generosity of feeling are the
surest tests ola gentleman.
1t matters little whether man be mathe-
matically, or philologically or artstcally culti-
waited, SO he be but cultivated.
The web of our life is mingled yarn. Our
virtues would be proud if our faults whipped
them not and our crimes would despair if not
redeemed by our nature.
"Have you been to Cork? 2" asked an Irish
man of Cockney traveller who was a bon
siuant.
"No," was the reply, but have seen good
many drawings of it!
There are three classes of readers; some en-
joy without judgment; others judge without
enjoyment; and some there are who Judge while
they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The
latter class reproduces the work of art on which
it is engaged Its number are very small
An old bachelor, being i'll, his sister present.
ed him cup of medicine
"What is t?" he asked.
She answered, 1t is the elixir of asthmatic !;
it is very aromatic, and will make you feel
ecstatic."
"Nancy," he replied, with a smile, "you are
very SYSTEMATIC"
Profundity of thought is generally purchased
at the expense of versatility. To be very pro-
found, it is necessary that the intellectual eye
be fixed for long time on one continued series
of operations to be versatile, the mind must
glance from subject to subject, and brood over
none. Profundity plunges to the depths, while
versatility skins the surface of the sea of specu-
lation-while the former is going down, the
latter is sporting onward on Gays wing.
Let none imagine that the bare letter of duty
or even the reputation of good resolutions, will
bear them with "golden opinions through a
life of action, despising those means which, like
the farmers heavy rollers, smoother the ground
they are compelled to crush. Let such persons
neglect that amenty, that considerate bearing,
so essential in the intercourse of life, and infal
libly the return will be found bitter harvest of
aversion.
There are but two ways which lead to great
aims and hievements-energy and persever-
ance. Energy is a rare gift-it provokes op
position, hatred, and reaction. But persever-
ance lies within the the affordings of every one;
its power increases with its progress, and it is
UuJ rarely tlldI IL l1lSScS It's dlul w uClC pCI-
severance is out of the question, where l can
not exert protraeted influence, l had better
not attempt to avert any influence at all, for
should only disturb the organic development
of affairs, and paralyse the natural remedies
which they contain, without any guarantee for
more favorable result.
What are all excellencies without respect of
their use? How much good ground is there in
the world that is neither cultured nor owned?
What world of precious metals lie hid in the
bowels Of the earth, which shall never be coin
ed? What a store of diamonds and pearls are
boarded up in the earth and sea, which shall
never see the light? What delicacies of fowls
and fishes do both clements afford, which shall
never come to the dish How many wits are
there in the world, which lie willingly conceal
ed? Whether out of modesty idleness, or
lacking wished opportunity. Improvement
gives a true value to all blessings; penny in
the purse is worth many pounds, yea, talents,
in an unknown mine. That is our good which
does us good.
/ would-be wit, the other evening, expert
enced an improvement on the old pun Of ringing
the bell. After repeating the anecdote to an
elderly matron and her daughters, with whom
he was on terms of intimacy, the mother jocose-
ly observed
"Well, sir here are three bellies Which of
them will you ring %
80 pardon me, madam he replied, :. | am
in no hurry, assure you, to reduce the pun to
practice"
Indeed, sirl" cried the youngest, pert
little Miss of sixteen, g then, since you don't
choose to ring the bele,' (pointing to the eldest
suppose you try the hnocker." Suiting the
action to the word, she gave him smart box
on the ear, for his want of gallantry
Why THE BATH SHOULD BE DAILY
UsED.-A quart of water is daily passing
through the skin of a sound person. 1t
evaporates through the minute openings
which cover the whole surface, and if
these be plugged up, is compelled to travel
through the kidneys, and give rise to in
ternal disorder Addition, therefore, if
sound health is to be preserved, is duty
of the first Importance. Pure air is also
essential to health, and at night the free
supply of it is Of especial moment. Each
sleeper draws into the chest, about fifteen
times in every minute, certain quantity
of the surrounding atmosphere, and re-
turns it, after change within the body,
mixed with poison. $50 grains, by
weight, of this poisonous ingredient, are
added to the air Of bedroom in one
hour by a single sleeper; more than l 900
during the night. Unless there be suffi-
cient quantity of air to dilute this, or un-
less ventilation provide for grdual re-
moval of foul air, while fresh comes to
take its place, health must be seriously
undermined.
Ia A lawyer had his portrait taken in
his fayorite attitude, standing with his
hands in his pockets; the picture was
shown to q wag, and asked if it did not