The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

IDLENESs.-There is fault we
all condemn in the young, and too
often indulge in without remorse
ourselves. That fault is idleness.
There is busy idleness which
sometimes blinds us to It's nature
we seem to ourselves, and to
others, to be occupied, but what
is the result of it alll What
Hannah More calls ga quiet aud
dull frittering away OF time,
whether it be in "unproiltablc
small talk, or in constant idle
reading, or sauntering over some
useless piece Of work." is surely
not ''redeelning the time" and
yet how many days and hours are
thus unproftabIy wasted, and
neither ourselves nor others benc-
flied. All women who have much
leisure are liable to this fault; and
besides It's own siniuluess, tor
surely waste Of time is a sin, il
encourages a weak, uncnergetIc
frame of mind, and is apt to pro-
duce either apathetic content III a
trifling occupations, or a restless
desire of excitement and amuse-
ment, to help OH the sound, "llke
/ the cars" which SO frightened
weary time these triflcs cannot
| llill and those who have their
time entirely at their own disposal,
with perhaps no definite duty to
occupy them, should guard rcso-
lutcly against waste of time
Make duties for yourselves; fix
hours for your different 0ccrra-
tons; do with your might what
soever your hands findeth 10 do ;
and carefully, conscicntiousIy as
certain which of your employ
ments is ''not worth all this care. "
Have a motive, Il reason for all
You do, and frequently examine
yourselves aa to what You are
doing, and surely You will find
time too precious TO be either
sq'nnderod, or trittcred, or id!ed
awuv.-Little Thugs.
A FINE PICrrRE.-A lady in q
letter from Providence furnishes
Il graphic account OF a picture
which has Attracted much attcil-
ton among the lovers of the tine
,rtS in New York. 1t is Tau!
Delarochc's Marie Antioncttc at
the Revolutionary Tribunal, now
on exhibition at GoupiI & Co.'S /:
you ascend a spiral staircase,
properly illustrative of the giddy
heights of ambition. A gentle
J pressure of the green baize door,
= rarely fails to bring you face t.
face with some masterpiece, but
, seldom before one SO emotional as
this of Marie Antoinetre. At first
/ Won do not notice the accessories
If Tie scene. Vision fails YOU fol
aught but tile noble figure Of that
unfortunate among unfortunate
women. She is just coming from
the tribunal, and the early light OF
morning falls full on her Iowa
? face; She has received her con
g demation ; but there is no droop-
| ing of head, no wonanlv weakness,
4 perceptible, her air il as regal Ii.
j III her proudcSt hours; her lii
! wears a smile, bitter as must hay,
been her thoughts; bat her eyes
under I'll their proud diSdain
seem to be looking above ant
beyond the crowd to the life tina
is to come, Her hair, that bcauti
z tul hair that turned gray from
d grief, is brushed from her brow
$ and every line there tells of th,
y struggle of her naughty vii
IS against that tiger nation. I'll,
q nervous grasp OF her handkeychie
. calls Your attention To the delicat;
: minltiae Of the whole the detail
of her costume the robe Of black
the White kerchicf knotted owe
her breast. In the back groun'
are the judges, with the sickl,
: glinImer of the lamps falling owe
X their hard haggard features. Al
ie the different types that went Il
e make the Revolution stand watch
N ing their queen as she crosses til
d threshold; i'll all that throng ther
Is is but one face that looks on he
le Epyttingly. 1t is that of q youni
= girl. We bless her for her woman
NJ illness. But these subordinat
figures, admirable as they are d