Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-03
DY9ELizA COOK.

Up'1iSed with purer things.
Aud hewlro pilosup wealth alone.
Will oftenhaS to stand 81 ssg
Beside his cofFer.chest, and own s
"Tis "builtnpon the sand,p
Ills goodto speak in kindly gtise,
B And soothowhhte'erw We can 8
For speech should bind the human mind
And love link man to man.
But stay not at the gentle words,
Let deeds with lnng1 e.dwcll;
The one who pities starving birds, y
Should scatter crWnbs as we'll.
The mercy ihatis warm and true IS
Must lend helping hand
For those who talk yet fail to do,
But "build upon the saudD St
EGYPTIAN SCHooLs.--In Egypt schools
arc very nu "erous, almost every village
containing at least one. Scholars attend
them at an expense of little over two cents
q week, which is collected bysthc school.
master every Thursday, from the parents.
The muster also usually receives yearly a
tnrbaii, apiece of linen, and a,pair of shoes.
The schools are heldinthe open air. The
children sit upon the geound, and learn
. their lessons from wooden tabiets,and when
one lesson is learned, the tablet is washed.
and another ssubstituted The letters of
tho alphabet are FIRST taught, next the or.
Biographical marks, and the numerical val
ues of the letters. At this period, it is usu,
/ u for the MASTER ornamenting tabletwith
ditferent oolored paiut, to write apon il the.
alphabet, and convey tito the BOYS father.
who returns it with few farthinos. When
the pupil arrives at this stage of his prog
ress, the master writes for him some simple
words, as the names ofmen, and then the
nine-nine names of God When they be-
gin the Koran, the first chapter is written
upon the tablet, aud when it is thoroughly
learned, the last is written ii, its place, next,
tho last but one, and so on in inverted or.
der, as the chapters ofthe Koran decrease
in length after the first. In learning the
Koran, they read aloud, eontinuallyrock-
ing their heads and bodies, backwards and
forwards, as it is thought this is an assiis.
tance to the memory.
AN ARKANSAS fathers ADVICE TO
HIS SoN.-Bob, you are about leaving home
for strange parts. You are going to throw
me out OF the game and go it alone The
odds are agin you, Bob---remember that
industry and perseverance are the winning
cards. as they arc the g bowers.' p Book
laning, and all that sort of thing, will do
to fill up with, like small trumps, bud YOU
must have the bowers to back en- else they
amt worth shucks. If luck rms agia YOU
pretty strong, don't cave in aud look Ike a,
slckchicken on a rainy day, but hold your
head upand make believe you are a fash
of trpmps; they won't play so hard agin
you, Pyc lived and travelled around some,
Bob, and I've found out that as soon as
folks Thought you held a weak hand, they'd
all buck agin you strong So, when you re
sorter weak, keep on q bold front; but
play cautious be satisfied withga pint. -
Many the hand I We seen EN- eucrcd cause
they played fortoo much. Keep Your ewes
well skinned, Bobj don'tlct en- mig yot, !;
.recollect tho game lays as much with the
head as with the hands BE. temperate /;
never get drunk, for then no matter how
good your hand, you won't know how tti
play It's both bowers and tho ace Won't
sayeyou; for there sartin to be a miss
deal orsomething wrong And another
thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a lowtone,S
don't 80 too much on women; queens Is
Kinder poor cards; the more You have of
en- the worse for ou you might have
three, and nary a trump. Isdonit say dis.
card 'em all if you get hold of one that Is
"a trump its all good, and there's sartain
TO be one outof four. AID above all, Bob,
be honest; neyer take mans trick wot.
don't belong to you, nor e'slip, cards or
'.snI9, tortheh yop cant look your man