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Idle Boys.


A writer in the Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate has the following sound
advice to boys, which all our young
readers would do well to consider;
He who is idle or vicious in school is
still more so when he leaves it. He
who fires squibs, will, in time, fire pis-
tolls. He who plays cards for sport
will, if he turn not, play ere long for
money. He who rObs hen rOosts and
orchards, will probably some day rob
safes and pick pockets, He may not do
it in a way to expose himself to the
penitentiary; he may have his wits so
sharpened as to rob legally, by setting
up wildcat bank, or betraying the
confidence of his employer, or obtain
ing the possession Of property without
the means Of paying for it, or by get
ting his hands upon the public Golfers,
that he may fill his own, under the soft
appellation of "breach of trust"
1 would that you could see with my
eyes for little while; you would then
think with me, that he who, when a
boy, could not be trusted, cannot now
that he is a man. 1t would not be pro-
per for me to mention names, or could
illustrate this by numerous painful eX-
amples. But they are not necessary
Effect will follow cause-as a man sow,
so shall he reap; boyhood is the second
seed-time, of which manhood is the
harvest.
As, therefore, you love yourselves,
form the habit, while young, of employ
ing all your time usefully. Never be
unemployed. The land is full of idlers
striving to live without labor. 1t is not
to be supposed that you are never to
take recreation; this is useful, it is nec-
essary - but if it come after hard
study or productive labor; it will prob.
ably be healthful and moderate. An
honorable mind, in the desire of mere
relaxation, will not go forth in the
form of mischievous exertion. 1t is
not to be supposed that boy is to be
a man, much less an old man; but, in
the midst of his mirth and hilarity, ht
may be innocent and amiable.
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wait a year or two for the assent Of those
who have all her life done what they
could for her welfare, no daughter
should esteem a hardship.
"There is some truth TO be told about
the common Irun of masculine prowl-
ers by night about garden-walls and un-
der bedroom windows, in quest Of op-
portunites to pour seducing batteries
into the cars of simple misses; but we
have not time TO tell it now. As gem
eral rule, they are licentious, good-for-
nothing adventurers, who would much
rather marry a living than work for il,
and who speculate on the chances of
bringing the old folks round after a
year or two. A true man would not id.
wise, much less urge, the woman he low
ed, TO take a step which must inevitably
lessen the respect felt for, and violate
the trust reposedin her by those who
had loved and cherished her all her
days.
"The marriage Of girls Of fourteen to
seventeen years, is very prevalent
cause of personal and transmitted evil
and suffering. Prematurely taxed with
the care and nourishment of children,
their constitutions give way, and al
thirty they are already on the down-hill
Of life. Eighteen is the youngest age
at which any one should marry; twenty
to twenty-three is!much better.
"There is very much important truth
relating to marriage and kindred topics
which ought to be popularized through
a series of cheap publications, response.
bly, issued, and made accessible to all
For want of such, all manner of quack
issues, designed to puff this or that in
vigorator, or other swindling concoc
ton, are as plentiful as the frogs Of
Egypt. Let the public beware of the
whole brood"
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Runaway Marriages.

There is a good deal of sober truth
in the subjoined remarks Of the New
York Tribune, on the subject of elope-
ments, or runaway marriages. We
commend them to the serious consider
alton Of our young readers of both
sexes:
"Many people seem to look upon u
young lady who runs away to get mar
ried, as a rare spirit, who does a remark
ably clever and admirable thing. We
hold, on the contrary, that, in a great
majority of cases, her elopement is un.
wise giddy, ungrateful, immodest, aud
evnces lascivious appetite and reck-
less disposition. Why should she de-
sert and distress those who have loved,
nurtured and cherished her through all
her past years, to throw herself into the
arms Of a comparative stranger, who
has done nothing for her, and whose
protestations Of affection have yet to un-
dergo the first trial2 1t is every way
unworthy of pure and gentle maiden
hood to do so.
"We can imagine but one excuse for
her elopement, namely: The efforts of
parents or guardians to ooerce her in
to marrying some one she does not love,
To avoid such fate, she is justified in
running away; for no parent has or ev-
err had a right TO oOnstrain a daughter
to marry against her will But where
the parents are willing TO wait the
daughter should also consent to wait,
until her choice is assented TO, or she at
tains her legal majority. Then, if she
chooses to marry in opposition TO her
parents wishes, let her quit their home
openly, frankly, in broad daylight, and
in such manner as shall kindly but ut
terly preclude any pretense that her aot
is olandestino or ill.considered. Nc
one should be persuaded or ooeroed "a
marry where she does not love; but "a
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

BAKED BEETs "A correspondeutwho
has travelled in Italy, says that one Of
the interesting novelties in that coun-
try was "baked bcets, carried hot from
the oven and sold in the streets at al
most all hours Of the day. He tried
them as a matter Of curiosity, at 6rst,
and found them very delicious when
eaten with butter, salt and pepper
Thousands buy and eat them thus, and
not unfrequently, make up an entire
meal in this way. This is not new to as.
In volume XIII, page III, we recon-
mended beets, baking and we can assure
all who will adopt this mode that they
will find it much superior to boiling, as
baking renders them much more ten
der, sweet and juice American Ag-
riculturist.
ANTIDOTE FOR Corrosive SUBLI-
MATE.-Administer albumen (vhite of
eggs) beat up with little water, but no
delay must be allowed. The only hope
of counteracting this deadly poison
lies in prompt action. If eggs are not
at hand at once, give large and repeated
doses of -four mixed with water or bet
ter, with sweet milk. Milk itself is a
partial if not complete antidOto for cor
rosiye sublimate.
MILDEw.--I give my wife's cure for
mildew in cotton cloths. She had
(through the negligence Of help the
worst case of mildew / ever saw She
boiled the article in a lye made of wood
ashes, then spread it out on the grass,
exposed TO the sun, and kept it wet by
Isprinkling with lye and soft soap suds,
until the mildew entirely disappeared
There is no humbug about this Rural
New Yorker.
Cup CAKE.-Throe cups Of sugar,
three quarters of a cup of butter, one
Of sour cream, FIVE of -four, six eggs,
one teaspoonful Of soda, two of cream
Of tartar; beat the butter to a cream;
add the sugar; beat well; beat yellow and
white Of eggs separately; add -four last
and stir it in gently.
FELIX GINGERBREAD.-One quart mo.
lassos, half pound of butter, six eggs,
one pint of sour milk, half an ounce of
ginger, cloves and cinnamon, one ounce
Of soda and cream Of tartar.
BUM CAKE.-One pint of sugar, one
of -four, five eggs, two-thirds Of cup
of butter, half cup of cream, half a
teaspoonful Of soda, one teaspoonful Of
cream of tartar, and a grated lemon
/ I[Godey's Laiy's Book
Whooping-cough, so often severe anC
dangerous, is now very generally treat
ed with Chloroform internally, in doser
of ], 2, OF 3 drops, in the 1st, I'd, anC
Sd year of childhood, and repeated wheT
the paroxysms demand it. 1t may bt
conveniently given in the syrup or win,
of ipecacuanha, and will be found al
ways innocent and eminently useful.
Lactic acid, in doses of 20 drops, t.
be taken in half an ounce of water, i
reported to be highly useful in thos
forms of Dyspepsia which resist alkalies
1t deserves trial.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-11-11
AUTUMN DAYS.

When the days are growing shorter,
And tho winter draweth nigh,
And the ftful winds Of Autumn
Hunt the light clouds through tho sky,
And the merry summer bird,
with his piping song Of gladness
In tho wildwood, is not heardi
When tho mornings, cool and frosty,
Usher ia tho pleasant days,
And the earth with teeming hagvoBts
To its maker givs,h praise:
Then there comes 10 me no sadness
As the summer glides away
For love the frosty morning,
And the sunny Autumn day.
why should we mourn the summerl
Do not all things pass awaYl
And there is nothing beautiful
But groweth from decay.
And there is nothing true and good
But springs from something hedi
Az spirits cannot rise to heaven
Save when they leave the dead.
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ddljt AUD BQmOr.

The following colloquy took place be-
tween the census marshal and q native
of Germany;
"Who lives hero?'
"Yaw"
"What is your name2'
"Sharmony on the Rhine"
whats your fathers name?'
oNix for stay"
"When did you arrive in Albany?"
emit a steamboats,"
"Got any children2"
"Yaw, two barrels NIT krout."
"How long have you resided in this
house?"
"Two rooms and der easements" ."
"Who owns the building?"
"I pays nothing Hans pays the same
twice a month"
"Where did you live last year2'
"Across der red store as you come up
nit der market in your right hand, per,
hind der pump vat belongs to der black,
smit shop"
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Genius Of Energy.

There is no genius in life, like the ge-
MUS Of energy and industry. You will
learn that all the traditions so current
among very young men-thatl certain
great characters have wrought their
greatness by an inspiration, as it were
grows out Of sad mistake.
And you will further end, when you
come to measure yourself with men,
that there are no rivals so formidable as
those earnest determined minds, which
reckon the value of every hour, and
which achieve eminenoe by persistent
application.
Literary ambition may inaame you at
certain periods; and a thought of some
great name will fash like a spark into
the mind of your purpose; you may
dream until midnight over books; you
shut up shadows, and chase them
down-other shadows, and they fly
Dreaming will never catch them
Nothing makes the "scent lie well, " in
the hunt after distinction, but labor.
And it is a glorious thing, when once
you are weary of the dissipation and the
ennui of your own aimless thoughts, to
take up some glowing page Of an earn
est thinker, aud read, deep and long,
until you feel the metal of his thought
tinkling on your brain, and striking
out from your finty lethargy, flashes
of ideas that give the mind light and
heat. And away you go, in the chase
of what the soul within is creating on
the instant, and you wondorat the fecun
dity of what seemed so crude. The
glow of toll wakes youto the conscious
ness of your real capacities; you feel sure
that they have taken a new step toward
final development. In such mood it is,
that one feels grateful to the musty tones
which at other hours stand like curiosity.
making mummies, with no warmth and
no vitality. Now they grow into the aft.
ections like newfound friends; and gain
a hold upon the heart, and light a fire in
the brain, the years and the mould can.
not cover nor quouch.-[Ik. Marvel
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9ottrp.
RUTH

nv THOMAS HOOD,
She stood brosst.high amid the corn,
Clusped by the golden light Of morn,
Like the sweetheart Of the sun,
Who many glowing kiss has won.
On her check an autumn hush
Deeply riponed ;-suoh a blush
In the midst or brown was born,
Like red peoples grown with corn.
Round her eyes hor tre1ses fell,
Which were blaokost none could tell,
Bnt long loshes voilsd light
which had elso been all too bright.
And her hat, with shady brim,
Made her tressy forehead dim
Thus che stood amid the stocks,
Praising God with sweetest looks!
Sure, I said, heaven did not mean
Where / resp thou shouldst but CLEAN,
Lay thy sheaf udowu aud come,
Share my harvest aud my homo.
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Charles Lambs Warming.


Charles Lamb tells his sad expert
ence as a warning to young men, in the
following language:
"The waters have gone over me- But
out Of the black depths, could be
heard, I would cry out to all those who
have but set a foot in the perilous food
Could the youth to whom the favor Of
his first wine is delicious as the opening
scenes Of life, or the entering upon some
newly-discovered paradise, looking into
my desolation and be made to under
stand what a dreary thing it is when a
man shall feel himself going down a
precipice with open eyes and a passive
Will-to see his destruction and have
no power to stop it, and feel it all the
way emanating from himself to see all
godliness emptied out Of him, and yet
not able to forget a time when it was
otherwise; to hear about the piteOUs
spectacle of his own ruin; could he see
my fevered eye, feverish with the last
nights drinking, and feverishly looking
for to-night's repetition of the folly;
could he but feel the body Of the death
out of which cry, hourly with feebler
outcry to be delivered-it we're enough
to make him dash the sparkling beverage
to the earth in all the pride Of its mant-
ling temptation" ="
If you have a young friend who may
be in danger Of acquiring an appetite
for strong drink, invite his attention
to Charles Lambs dreadful experience
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IRsN ToEs.-A man who can endure
to have his oorns mashed without grum-
bling is undoubtedly possessed of a
heavenly disposition. One Of those true
Christians being oncO at political meet
ing, he said in pleasant manner to a
big burly fellow who was standing upon
his toe,-
"My dear sir, are you not a miller2"
"No, sir, why do you ask?"
"Why, sir, the fact is, 1 thought you
were a miller, and very honest one, too,
because you have been grinding my corn
this half hour without taking toll"
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glljstrJlanrous
LoNaFELLow's NEW POEM.


THE CoURTsHIP OF MILES STAND.
IsH, AND OTHER Poems, BY HENRY
WADswORTH LONGFELLOW, (TICKNoR
& FIELDS, BosToN) The leading poem
is an admirable performance, and will
take rank with the most beautiful idyls
in modern literature. If not equal to
the exquisite "Evangeliue, " it is because
by the nature Of the theme it could not
be, for most assuredly there is no inferi-
ority Of treatment, and the true poet
aud skilled literary artist are apparent
in every line, It's remarkable for its
quiet conceptive and representative pow
er. There is no strain--no toiling after
effect-but with soft, judicious strokes
the days Of the Pilgrims are brought be-
fore us, With little personal descrip-
ton, the characters are yet strongly in
dividualized to the readers mind. Lit
tie is said Of the personal aspect Of Miles
Standish-yet the few slight, sufficient
touches restore 10 us the doughty Puri-
tan Captain Gin his habit as he lived "
1t is the same with John Alden-the
same with the beautiful figure of the
beautiful Priscilla. Admirable as we'll, ia
is the consumate art which contrasts and
yet harmonizes the happy idyllio beauty
of the little drama with the sad end
sombre life of the early Pilgrims Fol
it is on that background of sorrow and
exile, Of privation and peril, that the
blooming piotqre glows, and with all it.
genial beauty yet involves, and bears
relation to th darker and more serious
scenes Of the ruggling Commonwea
behind it. It ssists history, and makes
us more familiar with the life and spiri
Of the Old Colony days than bundles Of
historical facts could do. Snarliug crit
ioism may oramp and oavil, but multi
ltudea Of people viii find deer delight
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WOMEN NATURAL ORAToRs.--This
passage occurs in a work recently pub
Ished abroad on the cart Of Public
Speaking:
"Women naturally speak better than
men They express themselves more
easily, more wildly, with more arch
simplicity, because they feel more rap
idly, more delicately. Hence the To-
quacity with which they are reprouch-
ed, and which is an effect Of their
constitution and temperament. Hence
there are so many women, who write in
an admirable and remarkable manner,
although they have studied neither rhet-
oric nor logic, and even without know
ing grammar or orthography. They
write as they speak, they speak pretty
much as the birds sing, and their lam
guage has the same charm. Add to
this the sweetness of their organs, the
fexibility of their voice and the variety
of their intonations, according to the
feeling which auimates them, the no.
bility of their physiognOmy, which
greatly increases the effect of words, the
pioturesqueness of their gestures, and,
in short, the gracefulncss of their
whole exterior; thus, although not
destined for orators by their sex or So
cial position, they have all the power of
the orator, and all his success in their
sphere, and in the circle of their activ-
ity; for none better know how to touch
persuade and influence, which, l think
is the end and perfection of eloquence,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-11-11

A member Of the South Carolina Leg
islature, an old bachelor by the name Of
Evens, got off the following jeu d'esprit
recently.
He was introduced to a beautiful Wild
ow, also nomed Evens. The introduc-
ton was in this wise;
"Mrs. Eyens, permit me 10 present
20 YOU Mr.. Evens" "Mrs Evensp
exclaimed the spirited bachelor "the
very lady j have been in search Of for
the last eight years"
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Charade

n you should ever cross tho sea,
Within the ship my FIRST yon'Il SEQ.
IL you should not be ever true.
Ny second lam sure you'll do.
n you should 20 to &c rampion,"
My third ] think you'll stand upon
Or you should 90 TO Boston town,
My whole you'll SEQ, Of great rem own.
--ISut. Post
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A Western editor once apologized to
his readers after this fashion;
awe intended TO have a death and a
marriage to publish this week, but a
violent storm prevented the wedding,
and the doctor being taken sick himself,
the patient recovered, and we are ao.
cordingly cheated out Of both"
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A HrRo1o Acr-The Keokuk Joar.

A HEROIC Act The Keokuk Jour
nat of the 23d relates this incident
At the Lincoln meeting in Carthage,
H., on yesterday, Captain Appler, Of
this place, was there with his deld-piece,
firing salute, which be had been en-
ployed by the Republicans TO DO. The
powder being bad, in the course Of the
firing the gun went OF prematurely.
Jas Lynch was at the mugzlo, ramming
the cartridge, whom it ignited Captain
Appler, who was at the vent, finding a
premature discharge was inevitable, call
led, "Get away, Jiml" holding 90 30 the
vent tin the Ere burnt his finger Of up
to the FIRST joint. and until Lynch bad
escaped the range of the ramrod,
tits seldom, in chroniolingan accident
of this kind, that we fnd men possessing
the nerve and heroic fortitude that Cap-
tain Appler displayed on thia occasion
10 save bis friend from an untimely death.
Both we're considerable burnt by pow
der but neither dangerously hurt
Captain Appler bad bis finger ampu
limmediately, end is on the street 70
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Miss Ann Tiquty is said to be the
Oldest female known in history [Bos.
ton Star.
Pshawl she amt near us old as Aun-
ty Di Luviau.-[Syracuse Journal
Both old, to be sure. But didn't
Ann Terror precedo tbem?-rUtica Tel
egruph.
True, but Aunty Date was born be-.
fore all Of 'em, and holds her own yet.
.-[Toledo Blade.
The list Of cold uus" is not complete
without Ann Cestral and Aunty Cedeut.
III Burlington Free Press.
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Lord Byron once said "You never
know mans temper until you have
been imprisoned on board of ship with
him, or a womans until you have mar
ried her"
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BIDDLE STANDARDIZATION at Nj
agara Falls will remember a staircase
on the west side Of Goat Island, called
"Biddle Staircase" Some one asked a
friend Of ours why it was called by that
name. Because it mound up the bank, 1"
was the answer.
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Enirmas should be constructed from single
word, or name of an important place or person,
All Enipmas, Problems, &C., must be accom-
panied with answers, aud the 8snder'sname.
~--~-s,-~N-l1,~~~-
For the News.
Ma. EplroR.-Whst has become Of all tho
10 the "Juvenie Department."
| should like TO sec more Enigmas, Charades,
Anugrams, SC. II worthy, please publish
the following;
Geographical Enigma,
/ am composed Of % letters.
Myl7 25 Is, 90 2l is one Of tho United
Statos.
NV q l45lsa river In the United States.
NV l6 N % 62l22 is town In Turkey.
MY - 20 IA Is a river in England.
Ny l9 90 2j % Is town In ireland.
Nv 25 % 10 4 3 70 q river in Asia
NY 20 4 "a % 10 river In Africa.
Ny 90 N Is river 10 Africa
My N IA % Is a county in Iowa.
NY lB 25 IS a county in Ohio.
Ny whole iG passage Of Scripture.
JENNIE.
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81 say, Pat, isn't one man as good as
another man2"
ITO be sure he is, you spalpeen, and a
great deal better !"
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Lawyers have a ludicrous way of
themselves with their clients
by speaking in the plural number
"Gentlemen of the jury" said a lumi-
nary Of the Western circuit, cat the
moment the policeman said he saw us
in the tap, l will prove that we were
locked up in the station house, in a
state Of intoxication.
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FEMALE CLERKs.-So many clerks
are proving deiaulters, we wonder en-
ployers do not employ young women in
stead Of fast young men The girls
don't go on benders and spend their en-
ployer's cash, and many Of them are as
well qualified to perform the duties of
clerkship as the generality of young
men. It is really melancholy to see
able bodied young men, some of them
six feet high, stuck behind a counter, or
lazily lounging around a store, waiting
for a customer to drop in, for whom to
measure few yards of tape or sell a
couple of children's stockings, when
they are so much needed to cultivate
the soil, cut down forests and build cit
les out West. BY all means, so far as
shopkeeping is concerned, let the wom-
en- do it. They will be doing no more
than they do in Franee-and they are
better adapted for such work than for
some Of the professions the strong
minded class impose upon them.
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1J-Anuwer 10 Enigmu in last woek'g p0peTi
-FIanklIn B. DoIapIane.