Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-07

they should have had it. Poor fellow
poor Mary ~
And I might have saved it-aW'
shrieked Jeanette, sinking on her knees
upon the rich carpet; ''oh Edward, will
God ever forgive me for my heartless-
ness Mary did call here and with tears
begged me to aid her-and had the
whole sum in my very hand-and coldly
turned her away. Oh! my God forgive
me forgive me- Pc.
In the very agony Of grief, poor jean
nette would receive no comfort. In vain
her husband strove to soothe her; she
would not hear word in extenuation OF
her selfish conduct. ...l. .-
Il shall never forget poor Mary's
tears shall never forget her sad voice /;
they will haunt me to my dying day. Oh!
take it away-that hateful carpet have
purchased it with the death of my dear
est friend. How could be So cruel :?
shall never be happy again, never-ne-
yer?
Years have passed since then, and Ma
ry with her husband lie together under
the green sod of the church yard. jean
nette has grey hairs mixed with the bright
brown OF her tresses, but she lives in a
home Of splendor. and none know but to
bless her. There is Mary, gentle Mary,
in her household, dear to her as her own
sweet children-she is the orphan child Of
those who have rested side by side for
ten long years.
Edward is rich, but prosperity has not
hardened his heart. His hand never
tires of giving out Gods bounty to Gods
poor and Jeanette is the guardian an
gel of the needy. The "new carpet"
long since old, is sacredly preserved as a
memento Of sorrowful, but penitent hours,
and many weary heart owes TO its silent
influence the prosperity that has turned
wants wilderness into an Eden of plenty.
SMART CH1LDREN-A writer in Blacks
woods Magazine thus discources on the
practice of trying to stick " book-larnin"
into the heads of children while they are
yet "babies."
"How 1 have heard you, Eusebi us,
pity the poor children !! 1 remember
your looking at group of them, and re-
flecting. For of such is the kingdom Of
Heaven : and turning away thoughtfully
and saying 'Of such is the kingdom of
trade A child of three years of age,
with a book in it's infant hands is fear
full sight II is too often the death war
rant, such rs the condemned stupidity
looks at-fHtal, yet beyoni his compre.
hension. What should child three years
old-nay, even five or six years cld-be
taught? Strong meats for the weak di-
gestions make not bodily strength. Let
there be nursery tales and nursery rhymes.
l world say to every parent, especially
to every mother, sing to your children /;
tell them pleasant stories if 10 the couu-
try, be not too careful lest they get lit
tie dirt upon their hands and clothes /;
earth is very much of kin to US all, and
in chiIdren's out-of-door play soils them
not inwardly.
"There is in it a kind Of consanguinity
between all creatures by it we touch up
on the common sympathy of our first
substance, and beget kindness for our
poor relations, the brutes. Let children
have free open-air sport, and fear not,
though they make acquaintance with the
pigs, the donkeys and the chickens, they
may form worse friendships with wiSer~
locking ones encourage familiarity with
all that love to court them dumb ami.
mails love children, and children love
them. There is a language among them
which the worlds language o6iterates in
the elders. 1t is OF more Importance that
you should make your children loving
than you should make them wise-that is
book-wise Above all things make them
loving. then they will be gentle and obe~
dient and then, also. parents, if you be-
come old and poor, these will be better
than friends. and will never neglect you.
Children brought up lovingly at your
knees will never shut their doors upon
you. and point where they would have
you CO."
ARABIAN HospIrALITr.-The Arab is
generous and very hospitable. His guest
houors him by accepting Of his hospitality,
and greatly mortifes him by refusing it.
1t is an old saying with him. that there
are four things for which we are to be
wrateFul-the birth of son, the birth of
a foal from some favorite mare, the arri>
val of guest and the rise of new poet
in the tribe. To illustrate their almost
fabulous hospitality story is told Of three
chiefs, Abdailah, Mustapha and Hassan,
all famous for their generosity, and re-
specting whom a wager was made to de-
termine which was the most hospitable.
An Arab, disguised as beggar, went
first to Abdallah, who was setting out on
a journey: The beggar told pitiful tale
and asked for help. Ahdallah, dismount-
ed from his dromedary. gave it to him,
with all its load. Mustapha, when ap-
piled to. was asleep. but his masters gen
erosity gave the beggar bag containing
1000 pieces of gold. When Mustapha
awoke he was angry and said. why did
you not call me, would have given him
much more. Hassan was old and blind,
when the beggar met him. and was on his
way to the mosque, leaning upon two