Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-27

a lady was impressed that certain stranger
who had tried to win her regards, was a
murderer and, although she knew nothing
of the man, yet it was subsequently proved
that he had shed human blood.
A celebrated preacher called upon a young
lady, member of his congregation, prcvi-
ously not well known to him, to get some
kind of written statement AS she wei
coined him and chatted, he took no partic-
uGr notice of her, but when she dipped the
pen in ink and placed it on paper, he cx-
claimed to himself, uddcnly as if it were
an inspiration, shall love that woman
And so he did, and married her; and hap
pier couple never lived.
Another. a clergyman, as a modest,
young girl, stranger to him, came along
up the aisle and presented herself as can
didatc for church membership, said, as he
descended from the pulpit stairs, "that wo-
man is to be my wife," and in less than
three months lie stood with her before the
altar, and they too were pronounced hus-
band and wife
But we are taking up too much time
"short stories is the order of the day.
NJ. A, D.
TALL Men AT HOME AND ABRo ,D.-
"Thcre were giants in those days no
doubt; yet the average size of the great
mass of human beings does not Change
The great stature of the Patagonians, of
which so much has been said and written,
has been proved to be quite as fabulous as
the terrible macstrom (of the geographics)
near the coast of Norway. Some races are
f,ll ,n, Ntl, al tl,oI =, Ill
English arc taller than the French, and
fatter too. Americans are taller than Eng
lishmcn; aud Vermont and Kentucky tits
known have moro tall men than the other
States of the Union That the average
size of the human family docs change is
| abundanty proved by facts which have
been gathered by recent writer, from
whom we have the following statements
"Thc general opinion is that men have
physically dcgcncrated since the early ages
of the world. But all the facts and crcun-
stances which can be brought forward on
this subject tend to show that the human
| form has not dcgcnerated, and,that men of
the present age are of the same stature 4. It
the bcginnir; of thegworld. Thus, all the
remains of the human body, the bones, and
particularly the teeth, which have been
found unchanged in the most ancient urns
and burial places, demonstrate this point
clearly. The oldest coffin in the world is
that found in the great pyramid of Egypt;
and this sarcophagus hardly exceeds the
size of our ordinary coffin, being six feet
and half long. That VIC are not dcgcn-
Grating from tho effects of civilization is
clear, because the suvagcs do not exceed us
in height"
| BEWARE OF DAsuINu WIDows.-Thc Crcs-
cent City, sometimes known as New Orleans,
has of late been honorcd by the presence of a
feminine Jeremy Diddlcr of the most conf
! Dental and insinuatng description. An OK
/ change in New Orleans thus tells the story :
She was known here as Mrs. S%%%ii*S,
and was introduced into society as widow
! worth $40. 900. She came here last summer
! from st. Louis visited several charitable in
stitutions, assumed benevolent airs, and fin
i ally became the bright particular star and
financial magnet ofa fashionable boarding
house. The lady who kept the boarding
house was much pleased with her wealthy
boardcr, and took great pains to Introduce her
/ to her most fashionable and wealthy friends
and particularly to the dry good stores at
/ which she dealt.
On the strength of these introductions the
insinuatng widow ran up bills to the amount
1 OF thousands OF dollars, and negotiated loans
which but fcw male spectators could have
| effected under the circumstances. Indeed
her great wealth, corrOborated as it was by a
iudcious display Of bills of exchange and
! other fiscal documents, was assumed as n
| fixed fact, and no one doubted her ability to
/ pay.
/ In one store on Chartres street she ran up
! a bill Of 81 1000; she borrowed 81 900 from
! q gentleman in the Fourth District; put the
/ lady whom she boarded in for about $500
| and made extensive purchases in various por-
| tions of the city. One night last week. the
widow did not return to her boarding house,
rnd since then it has been asccrtaincd that
she left the city, leaving behind her only her
/ empty trunk, and q very uncertain reputa-
ton.
Srop Now.-I Young man, ifyou are just
commencing or practising auy vice or bad
habit, the time to stop is now. You have
arrived at a stopping place, and you may
stop now if you please, but if you suffer
yourself to be whirlcd on by appettcs and
passions, you may go so far that when you
desire to stop it may be out of your power
to do So
If you swear, or drink, or break the Sab
bath, "stop now" If you think evil
thoughts, or tell things not quite true, or
sometimes tell a little more than the truth,
"stop now" If you arc going to dance, or
rlay, or any place whore you may meet bad
company, "stop now" ffyou are in the
habit of icsting about religion, or ministers,
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