The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-10-27

HUSBANDS MlsTAKEs-We make a great
mistakes in our treatment of our wives as
lovers we are worshipful, as husbands we
are 100 often bearsh 10 them We run into
extremes each way. But why, after paying
woman the highest compliment we can,
we are, when she has accepted ii, 10 consid-
er her exempt from the attentions due 10 her
sex, we could never understand. Is ii that
familiarity breeds contemp.?" In thatcase
she also should loose her former exalted
. npnion of US. Polteness, by its silken fet-
ters, restrans many an evil feeling: it Is
bad plan TO throw them of entirely. We
need moi be ceremonious as ifwith utter stran-
gers, but we had better keep up our good
manners it pleases the wife, and does no
harm. Last year we would not have scold-
ed at her playing on the piano, uor told her,
"she did not know what she was talking
about;' why should we do it now? AT
least, lie. US "school ourselves before folks"
rhere is no occasion 10 mor,ity her foolishIy;
women will better bear downright ill-usage
than this kind of lowering treatment Let
man respect his vile, treat her like lady,
and she will most commonly act up TO his
standard. The woman who is constantly
put down, becomes incapable. of acting for
herself on an emergency; she has no conf
dence in her own judgment; she distrusts
you by her rresolutions, or occasionally OBJ
stinately adheres 10 some i'll advised lire of
conduct because your continual opinionative
contradictions have ceased TO have any
weight with her. Once she learns to say,
"oh, when propose anything, my husband
will 60 on the contrary way" there is an end
70 your domestic comfort.
WANTED, a LIVE WoMAN.-Punch thus ex.
presses his distress at the disappearance Of
woman from the face of the earth:
"The are no women nova days. In
stead of women, we have towering edfices
of silk, lace and flowers. You see mill
iner's advertising van that slides along with
O bustling sound, and you are told it is
woman; but as you cannot approach within
several yards of the monster obstruction,
You cannot tell what il is beyond something
that looks like an entire shop front nni- into
motion, with ailsl--svous IN II exposed Tor
--svrraIe. really believe if any Snowman
would open an exhibition where one could
see woman, such as were women in my
younger days, when they used be fair, grace
ful, wei! proporloned and everything that
was beautiful, instead of animated ward.
robes and unacceptable bundles of fine
clothes that they now are-i really believe
that an enterprIsing Snowman like that
would rapidly realize a large fortune.
kg AT Portland, Me-, cute Yankee adj
vertised lecture on the "Humbrg of Spir-
itualism," the point of which would be
"etting the cat out Of the bag;" admission
Eve cents only. A large audience gathered
at the City Hall, on Wednesday evening,
and the lecturer, after few words on the
nature of humbug, took from beneath his
desk bag, which he promptly opened, and
out sprang usritable edti The audancc,
fortunately for the lecture, relshed the joke,
and amid the burst of applause that follow.
cd, he let himself out Of the lecture room.
A HIGH SoULED BEGGAR-The other day a
lady gave beggar woman couple of pen.
nies. "Two cents r exclaimed she, "Take
them back Mss-I asked for charity
can't do anything with two cents" "My
dear Madam" said the polite doner, Il hope
you will keep the pennies and give them 10
some poor person The beggar sloped