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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

Aroid Afectation.--There is nothing
more beautiful in the young than simplici-
ty of character. 1t is honest, frank and
attractive. How different is affectation!
The affected are never natural. As for
originality, if they ever had it, they have
crushed it out, and buried it from sight
utterly. Be yourself, then, young friend;
to attempt to be any body else is worse
than folly. 1t is an impossibility to at
tain it; it is contemplate to try But
suppose You could succeed in initiating
the greatest man that every figured id
history, would that make you any the
greater? BY no means. You would
always suffer in comparison with the
initiated one, and be thought of only as
the shadow of the substance-the coun-
terfet of pure coin. Let the fabric
of your character, though ever so hum
BILE, be at least real. Avoid affecting the
character of another-build up your own.
Be what God intended you to be-your-
self and not somebody else. By all
means shun affectation.
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parently necessary that she should be
more literally educated, and my word fol
it, her intellect will be found equal to
any emergency. But some oppose an
extension of female rights on the grounds
of indelicacy. Such is false notion Of
delicacy. The mothers of the Revolu-
tlonary war were never charged with in
delicacy for having moulded the balls
and made the cartridges that freed their
country from expressions yoke. Why
then should it be indelcate for their
daughters voices to be heard through
the ballot box for the perpetuity of that
freedom, or to fill any civil Office under
our government. From what breast have
they sucked that they are so exceedingly
delicate. 1t is her justice that she should
have voice in the affairs of her country,
because ber life's happiness and prosper
ity are as much the object of govern
ment's protecting care as man S, aud her
property as much supports government
as his and it is policy, as well as iustic.
Give woman larger field to act in. Ad-
nit her to our election franchise, and you
establish an impregnable bulwark TO the
purity of our institutions; guard that
can neither be awed by power, or corrup-
ted with gold.
No longer would your eyes meet with
scenes of corruption in high places--no
longer would you see legislative bodies
mere automatons manGuvered by pull
ing wires; no longer would you see the
Judiciary lying as parasites at the feet OF
wealth and power; never again would
you see the bright name of a chivalric
state blurred by the foul blot Of repudia-
ton. Honesty, justice and mercy would
be the prominent characteristics of pub
lie acts and laws. Our laws would avoid
the stern severity of the male, no less
than the mild indulgence of the female
character-they would form a beautiful |
blending of the two, which would be a
just medium for wise and Wholesome
statutes. The weakness of the two sexes
when combined in one make a virtue
The suayity of woman softens down the
Of man to dignifed courtesy |
Such would be the effect of combina-
ton of sentiment and action of the two
sexes in moulding form of government.
JOSEPHUS.
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ME8GBE.Ee.ANE'Y'e :
[For the Prairie News.1
FEMALE EDUCATION.

EDITORS PRAIRIE News Gents -
The following thoughts have been sug-
gested from conversation with an old
Jogie in principal-though comparatively
ayoung one in years; on the subject of
the capacity Of the female mind. 1t is
but natural that should feel some mis-
giyings Of my ability to do her cause JUS
tice. at least think its merits deserve
misgivings, because it is we'll known there
is colossal pile of prejudice on the sub
ject, intervening between me and the
minds and sympathies of my readers,
that must be removed before they will
give me even respectful hearing. A
prejudice founded on false notions of fe-
male delicacy, and on too low apprecia-
tion Of her interest in her country and
Of her intellectual capabilities to under
stand that interest. A prejudice that has
grown and strengthened with its years.
"from time whefennto the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary" A
prejudice that has stood firm, de6ed and
ever laughed to soorn the whitening
tongue and angry brow Of woman =
Why should the female be deprived even
the right of sufrageg Is she not as
much interested in her country as the
sterner sex !! Has she no interest in the
stability and honor of the country that
gave hef birth and that has protected
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

A Mothers Looe.-We arc indebted
to Lamartine's exquisitely fine pen for
the following touching and graphic Illus
tration of mothers love-:
In some spring freshet river widely
washed its shores and rent away a bough,
whereupon bird had built cottage for
her summer hopes. Down the white and
whirling stream drifted the green branch,
with its wicker cup of unhedged song /;
and fluttering beside it, as it went, the
mother bird. Unheeding the roaring riv-
er, on she kept, her cries Of agony and
fear piercing the pauses of the Storm
How like the love of the old-fashioned
mothes who followed the child she had
plucked from her heart all over the world
Swept away by passion, that might be, it
mattered not bearing away with him
the fragments of the shattered roof tree,
though he did, yet the mother was with
him, Ruth through all his life and a
Rachel at death.
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CFOr the Prairie News-1
IN THE MORNING.


Oh! joyous, and sweet is the wild birds song,
And smilingly, sparkles the dew;
And the sunshine sports in the grasses long,
Where the evoning shadows flew:
And my heart is as fresh the green, green hills
And as gay as the wild birds song,
For my feet with age are untrammeed yet
And am free and young.
Oh my heart is gladstone aud young.
The morning sun, dashes forth DER the MIST
His flood of golden wine;
And the dewdrops laugh in the glow Of the east,
Meath the blue of heaven divine
And my heart is as calm as the blue blue sky,
And as glad as the sunlight strong
For the wine of my life is oerilowing yet,
And am free and young
Oh my heart is joyous ard young.
Now the spirits, called mist, their white wings
funfOld,
And sweep from the gladstone earth:
But east back, IN sunshine, their crowns of gold,
To welcome the young morl's birth
And my spirit leaps FORTH like bird ON the wing,
And bursts into rapturous song;
For the mists of my childhood have rolled away,
And left me free and young.
With my heart sti untettered and young
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

0r Lola Monies, in her book, The
Art of Beauty, lays down the following
rnle among her Hints to Gentlemen on
the Art of fascinating"
Rule 10. You ought to know that
there are four things which always pos
sess more or less interest to a lady-a
parrot, peacock, monkey, and man;
and the nearer you can come to uniting
all these about equally in your own char
acter the more will you be loved. This
is cheap and excellent recipe for max
ing dandy--a creature which is always
an object of admiration and esteem te the
ladies.
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CHAPTER IL.
.a .s.~us1aA

THE LON ERS.
1t was the night of the same day.
Fatal day
Ominous night
Hezekiah and Betsy were seated in the
beautiful arbor on the rivers bank, which
was surrounded by alder bushes and sun
flowers. Hezekiah, with burning elo,
quence, was imploring Betsy to name
that happy day, when prostrating them
selves before the Hymenial altar their
ETHEREAL souls would be absorbed in a
blissful eternal unity, when the alder
bushes were suddenly thrust aside, and
the half breed appeared. With one
bound he cleared the sunflowers and stood
beside the lovers. With a savage yell
he plunged his dagger though the heart
of the lovely Betsy, shot Hezekiah thro'
the head, and was about retreating, when
Betsy's father, mother, sister and two
brothers, who had heard the report ofthe
pistol, appeard. The half breed, seeing
himself surrounded, dashed forward, shot
the father, strangled the mother, stabbed
one brother, dashed out the brains oi
the other with his emty pistol, threw the
sister down an old well and was about
steping in his boat, when he was seized
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

A Cool Lorer.-A love-smitten man,
after conversing while with his dulcin-
ca on the interesting topic of matrimony,
concluded at last with declaration, and
put the emphatic question Of, Will you
have me!' II am very sorry to disap-
point you" replied the lady, "and hope
my refusal will not give you pain but I
must answer-no." Well, we'll, that
will do madam said her philosophical
lover, 81 and now suppose we change the
subject" 80
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OKOLONA, MISS, SEPTEMBER 80, 1858.

Under A Hoop-Whie attending the
commencement exercises at a certain
College in Georgia, during the present
summer, an accident occurred which
afforded considerable amusement for a
small party of ladies snd gentlemen, of
which we were one. We will relate it,
without, however, mentioning any names.
A friend of ours, who, although mar
ried man, is as bashful as young maiden
of sixteen, had attended the evening exer-
cises in company with his lady, and when
the Concert concluded was among the
first to leave the Chapel On getting
down stairs, however, his wife discovered
that she had left some article on her seat,
and our friend had to make his way back
after it as best he might. When he got
back to the stairway, he was glad to
perceive that it was clear-the crowd
not having reached it yet. He started
up at swift pace, not noticing anything
further until he came nearly to the top of
the steps, when he says a strange sensa-
ton came over him, and suddenly he
found himself enveloped in darkness, as
tho, the lights had been extingnished.--
He was astonished and bewildered. But
the mystery was soon explained, and it
that lady, wearing very
large hoop, had met him at the top of the
stairs, and was just in the act of descend
ing, when our friend, being small man,
had, without noticing, actually gone mp
nuder tie h0op. 1t is unnecessary to add,
that he did not stay to apologize, but
), made tracks" as soon as be extricated
West Point CitieeA.,
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The ISchoolmaster Abrodd.-The fol.
lowing is literal copy Of the list ofques-
tious proposed for discussion in a debating
club ont West
Subgecks of Diskushion. aAaj
Is dancing moralie rong7 ga
Is the reedin of fictishus worke COM
mendible?
Is it nessary that femails should re.
ceve turray littorary educashun!
Ort femails to talk part in pollytix?
Duz dres constitut the moral part of
whimin
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JEREMIAH sNODGRASs;
OR THE STUDENTS REVENGE.
CHAPTER /.

Unconscious Of their close proximity
the two horSemen were from opposite
sides slowly ascending the hill. Reach
ing the summit, they suddenly found
themselves face TO face on the edge of
the precipice; as their eyes met demon
like expression illumed, for an instant,
the countenance of each, as simultane-
ously drawing revolvers, six shots were
exchanged. Every ball told; and, the
riders having six bullets throuh their
hearts, could no longer manage the terri
fled steeds, which plunged forward over
the frightful precipice. For moment
all nature closed her eyes; loud splash
was echoed up from the river below
then, in the language of Shakespeare,
All was still
AS the breast when the spirit
Has departed.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

Danciag.-The Nashville Banner of
Peace, a Presbyterian journal, has COM
munication, in which the following pas
sage occurs:
There is no condemnation of dancing
to be found from the beginning of the
Old Testament to the ending Of the New
Testament, but upon the contrary, it is
sanctioned by the habit, and words ofthe
patriarchs and psalmists, Of the original
church; yet the orthodox church of this
dav denounce it as sin.
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MY LOVED ONE
BY MARY FORREST.

The voice of my loved one is silver:
A mellow mellitluent tone,
Which waketh the chords Of my spirit
Long after the note hath flown.
= ...f 81 q mn sutil like the cadence
Which rings from the breaking sea,
And maketh my heart to shudder
At the fathomless love in me.
The smile of my loved one is golden;
4 hal0 around his head,
A glory of amber and sapphire
When the smile itself is dead
1t tinges the clouds abova me,
1t lightens my innerrnost deep
This the shade of a radiant iris
Spanning my realm of sleep.
The mien of my loved one is lordly:
He standeth upright in his state
A goodly ship on the ocean
That knoweth its costly freight.
To no irreverent uses
He lendeth his peerless gifts,
But slowly and steadily onward,
A royal argosy, drifts.
The soul Of my loved one is lonely:
He threadeth the crowded mart
He heareth the rush and clamor,
But he dwelleth a soul apart;
An eagle among the sparrows,
His thought is winged and free
At rest in his motintain eyrie,
Looking ont on the moaning sea.
The love Of my loved one IS holy:
A placid and beautiful dream,
That foldeth its bud of fruition,
And foateth asleep on the stream;
The breakers dash wildly around it
Deep caverns are yawning before
But the dream is dream unbroken,
Awaking to earth never more.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

N;caragna.-Disturbances havea gain
arisen in Nicaragua. Costa Rica, that
whipped out Walker, is now iillibustering
herself against that government. The
telegraph says Col. Cauty attempted
to seize Punta Arenas in the name of
Costa Rica. The British Consul at
Greytown and British Naval Officers op
posed the seizure for the purpose of an
nexing Punta Arenas to the Mosquito
Possessions
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30
CHAPTER Ill.
THE, SURPRISE.


Several hours had elapsed since the
encounter of the two horsemen, and few
minutes since the events narrated in the
previous chapter. The Heavens had be-
come suddenly darkened, and all the ele-
mcnts were in commotion, reminding one
of that charming passage in Aerchylus,
where, in describing the ship-wreck of
Daniel Boone with his ten thousand
Turks, he says:
The thunders flashed from pole to pole,
The lghtnings roared from sky to sky,
The cattle run and stuck up their tails,
And-and so did |.
Notwithstanding the tempestuous night,
on the opposite bank of the river, in an
old fashioned mansion, built in the region
of Jerry ", were assembled joyous
company-a wedding party. About one
hundred guests were assmbled in the
drawing-room, breathlessly
awaiting the entrance of the happy coup
le, when side door swung back noise
lesshcssly on its hinges, and the half
breed (who had somehow escaped the
alligator's throat entered, with lighted
cigar in his mouth, and bearing in his
arms a keg of blasting powder The
company gave way as he advanced to the
center of the room, where, depositing his
keg on the carpet, be lifted the top then
looking around complacently on the ter
rifed assembly, he plunged his lighted
cigar into the powder.
ITO be continued in TOwhcads Bulletin.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

Bring ont your Pound Cake.--Among
thecompany at great five dollar ball Civ
en- at New Orleans, in honor of some public
event, was a green ,un from the country,
who had never before seen anything of
the kind upon so grand scale. and was
totally at loss to understand the ridicu-
lous, newfangled dances which prevailed.
Paying an enormous price for ticket,
and having been fasting some time in an
ticipation of the supper, his whole
thoughts were directed to the enjoyment
in that line in store for him. He strobe
up and down the saloon with his hands
thrust into bis pantaloons pockets, accost-
ing every waiter he encountered, with
-" Boy, look here! is supper most
reedy r.
AT last supper was announced, and in
rushed our hero, in advance of everybody,
and seating himself about the centre of
the table, began to bechon every waiter
whose eyes he could catch, but no one,
much to bis INDICATION, approached him
until after the ladies had been seated
and served, when he was asked whether
he would take some ham,
"Hamr' exclaimed he, with the most
profound astonished, "do you spose,
sirrah, / can eat five dollars worth Of
ham? Bring us some Of your pound
cake and sich like s
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/
Lola Montee on Female Beauty
| That famous little woman, Lola Montez
has written book which is styled I" The
Aarts of Beauty" 1t is a gem. Her
highest type or model Of a beautiful wo-
man consists in a we'll rounded head,
white forehead, black hair, black or blue
eyes, small ear small mouth, "lke a
rosebud that is beginning to blow;''
white, well-arranged, and even teeth the
neck straight and flexible the shoulders
gently spread the arm firm, round and
soft the hand long and delicate the bo-
som white and charming, neither too
large nor too mall the breasts equal in
roundness and frmne,s, rising gently, and
very distinctly separated; the legs
straight, varied by proper roundness,
firmly turned and small at the ankles a
foot as light as that of the goddess,
whose flying steps scarcely brushed the
unbending corn" She says that beau
tiful bosom is the "greatest charm of
lovely woman if it be true, as the old
poet has sung that,
"Heaven rests on these two heavenly hills of
snow"
She is of the opinion that the swelling
bosom is a charm that woman ought
not to leave to the public eye of man,
but to the workings of his imagination,
and consequently is opposed to low
necked dresses. She is opposed to pad
ding, and thinks that stays and corsets
destroy the natural tension and firmness
in which so much of its beauty consists.
." She would not allow her own hand to
press it too roughly" but especially to
avoid the pressure of hard substances
Hem
In chapter ten, treating of paints and
cosmetics, she says If Satan has
ever had any direct agency in inducing
woman to spoil or deform her own beauty,
it must have been in tempting her to use
paints and enamelling. Nothing so effec-
tually writes m0meat0 mari"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

Music hath Charms, &c.-Some years
ago, a tall gaunt knock-kneed, red-head-
ed cross-eyed specimen OF a Hoosier, who
was hunter on the classical Wabash,
conceived the idea of making visit to
the home of his progenitor in old Ken
lucky. He did so-ranted amongst the
girls some, and was of course, from his
native impudence and unearthly ugliness,
the observed of all observers" One
morning the whole neighborhood was
astonished with the news that the ugly
Hooser had eloped with Mrs. b., an
amiable, good looking woman, wife of
Mir. b., and mother of half dozen little
BIS. For two long years the disconsolate
husband mourned over his untoward
bereavement at the end Of that period,
however, to his utter establishment one
day, in popped Mrs. b., looking as bright
and rosy as ever. After the first joyful
greeting was over, the injured b. thus
addressed his truant spouse
Nancy, how could you take up with
that thar onairthly ugly Hooser, and
leave me and the children all forlorn, as
you did p
e Well, Josh" said Nancy, /" that thar
:, ,Ztnal critter from lndianey, was lee
tie the best whistler | ever heard tell on.
You know was always fond of good
whistlin; | used to think you could
whistle some, but never heered whist
lin as is whistlin till I met that ar Wa
bash feller. He just whistled my senses
clean away, and | followed him off on
that account. A short time ago, how
ever, be caught the measles; and they
split his whistlin for ever--the charm
was broken, and so | concluded to come
back to you; but o Josh that Hoosier
was the awfullest whistler that ever
puckered |"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

H embrace the opportunity, as the
fellow said when he kissed the girl in the
dark, but we are all liabl to deception
as he exclaimed when he discovered her
to be black one. hsll8a
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by monstrous alligator. Thus he, like
Thesalander mentioned in the seventh
philippe Of Homer,
Instead Of sailing in boat,
Sailed down an aigators throat
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WHIsEEY FEVER.

w HIShE1 II EVEK. n I----@I ---.-
Shun it as you would the leprosy. Be-
ware of it as you would lion in your
path. Look around and mark its victims.
How many can you numberl Is not the
reflection and result terrible? 1t RACES
like volcano--its burning lava is to be
feared and stunned. Its victims are to
be numbered by millions, and millions are
still being smitten daily by this awful epi.
demic-the WHIsKEY FEVER! " s-aa
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-30

Mrs. Portington.--Says Mrs. Parting
ton, " When woman has once married.
with congealing heart, and one that
beats responsible to her own, she will
never want TO enter the maritime state
again
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20 Yellow Fever still ranges in New
Orleans. IS to 100 deaths per day is
about the average, =. -. ~
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1858-11-22
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lhenben @etrdnten seb6rt. Cine lol9e Aeu'
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