Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-10
Family Failines.


The habit of viewing cverythinr in ri
dIculous light, is one of the family failnos
that would warn against 1t too often
leads to an unamiablc desire to detect and
hold up to ridicule the faults of others, and
1T almost always destroys the finer feclnos
OF admiration for what is beautiful. and
the tender and more lovablc qualities of
putting the best construction upon the ac-
tions OF others, etc. A critical, censorious.
tault-hnding woman is q most unaminble
beng, and lctus not conceal the true odious.
ness OF such propcnsitics in ourselves. uu-
der the guise of sense of the ludicrous.
In many families, however, where both
love and good prevail there is what may
be called an irksome, rather than a sinful
mode of carping and contradicting one ano-
thcr. No harm is meant, and no ofrense is
takenj but what can be more irksomc than
to hear two sisters for instance, ontinually
setting each other right upon trihing points,
and differing from each other in opinion for
no apparent reason, but from habit of CON
tradicton, and such habit does it become.
that one may sometimes see persons who
have acquired it, contradict their own state
mcnts just made, the moment any one adj
vanccs the same opinion. 1t is generally
on such trifies that this bad habit shows it.
sell, 80 that it may seem needless to advert
to 1T; but it is family fault, and should
be watched against, for it is an ANNOYANCE,
though but petty one, never to be able to
open your lips without being harassed by
such contradiction as 90, no, that happen
ed on Tuesday, not Wednesday :" or, if
you remark that the clouds look threaten
ing, to be asked with tone of surprise, "Do
you think it looks like rain? | am sure
there Is no appearance of such thing. -
Narratc an incident, every small item is
corrected; hazard an opinion, it is wonder
cd at or cOntradictcd; assert fact, it is
doubted and questioned, till you at length
keep silence in despair. MteUi-
gcncer.
SouTn CAROLINA CoLLEGE.-On Thursday.
the Faculty finished the arduous examination
of June, and on Friday most OF the students
OF the College took their depai ,ure to enjoy
lne recreationS OF the summers VACATION
These examinations form very important
feature in the discipline of the College. The
Faculty have been gradually increasing the
requirements, until now they amount to n
great deal more than mere forms. A num-
Der OF written Questions arc now prepared,
the reply to each of which las maximum
value attached to it. These are represented
by figures, the sum Of which amounts to one
hundred. For admission into College. TWEEN
ty-fve will obtain admttanceon each branch.
We hear that the Faculty now contemplate
raising the standard for promotion from one
class to another so as to make the transmits
sion more difficult They have also determ-
ined that no suspended student shall be re-
adm'!ted who does not get fifty at his exami-
nation.
We are pleased to see so determined a spir-
1t to maintain the discipline of the Collepe
and elevate its standard For professional
proficiency, the Faculty ranks among the first
in the United States. They want but the firm
and resoluto purposc, to enforce the attention
OF the students to the prescribed course of
studies. to give the institution the position to
which 1T is entitled through their proficiency
This we believe they possess. We therefore
anticipate for the institution q future of re-
nown to which i has never yet attained We
haze no fear that the discipline will bo too
rigid, or thatthe zeal of our Faculty will car
ry them to sech APPOINT as to produce re-
action. Their temperance and discretion
we believe may be safely relied on We have
no doubt that in attaining the point at which
they oim, they will proceed cautiously and
considerably CdrOliaian.
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EXCESSIVE HEAT IN NRw YoaK.--On Sat
urday the heat was excessive. and i'm favor
ably cool localities tho thermometer rose at
midday to 0S degrees, and in some others to
30 in the shade. In the sun the thermome-
tor ranged at i0S to 100 deg. Sunday the
heat was more intense than previous to day
AT halfpast nine O'Clock in tho morning the
Thermometer rose to ITO degs. in the sun !;
and at about o'clock ranged at 90 degrees
in tho shade. Numerous deaths and much
severe Illness have been the results of this
iniuriousheat Thcsad effects werepreyalent
principally on Saturday when laborcrs and
others, usually becoming heated while engag
ed in iheir customary ay0eations, were aud
denly stricken down. aud the eoroners were
kept quite busy on Sunday holding inquests
upon the bodies of tho dead. No lese than
twelve inquests were held Sunday over the
bodies of those who died from sun stroke.
BAD luck, j. simply man with his
hands in hisl6Aeches pockets and a pipe
in his mouth, looking on to sec how IL win
come out Good luck, is 4 man Of pluck
to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled up,
working to make it come right.