The hydraulic press., 1858-10-02
Beautify YOnr Homes.

le IS astonishing, when all nature
invites men to cultivate the beautiful,
when every wild flower springing up
around their doorsills is coaxing them
to adopt it, and the waving trees
whisper pleasant hints to them, that
they will obdurately close their hearts
and domicile themselves in unlovely
edi6ces.. Earth clothes herself in
verdure and variegated robes of
odorous blossoms, bathes in the rich
light Of rising and of setting suus,
and sleeps in the silver rays Of moon
and stars; but man, her chief favorite,
builds for himself box in dreary,.
dusty spots, where the sun stares all
day with his hot eye, and there he
rears his young, and lives in loneli-
ness, and never knows the Joy which
nature yields. 1t IS really painful
to see how men will erect such square
kennels along dusty thoroughfares
where not blade of grass can grow,
put in them-prisoners for life-their
wives and children, and call such
places home! Why home should be
the most beautiful spot on earth /; it
should be mans paradise-surround-
ed by all the natural charms Of Eden,
odorous with breath of flowers, and
musical with song of birds and ip>
ping waters and signing trees. 1t
should be the oasis in life's desc t,
and its loneliness should make Lis
feet linger at the gate as he goe'
forth to his daily struggle with tn,
hard world. The bene6cent influence
of such home on the character can
not be over-estimated, and there is
no question that it promotes content
ment and happiness. True, sorrow
will enter even such places, as the
worm enters the rose-it is our inev-
liable lot; but the burden of it can
be lightened by such means, and a
thousand compensating delights will
futter ever about US. Man may dis.
pense with such triAes, as he deems
them, if he chooses thus to slight
himself, but to woman, whose whole
existence is passed within those walls,
and whose mission is confined to the
small circle of home, they are indis-
pensable. Much of the domestic un-
happiness which curses this State IS
no doubt attributable to the unloveli-
ness of our homes. What incentive
to cheerfulness, to contentment, to
purity, is there in the sandy bleak
ness which surrounds most California
homes What pleasure springs from
the contemplation of naked yards and
dusty furniture? How the woman's
eyes must rest on the fair blue hills
and stately pines at distance, and
how inevitably she must sigh and call
her life weary round Of servitude.
1t is the meanest selfshness and tyr
any to iHHaict such desolation upon
her, and the husband who does it
should not wonder if his home ceases
to be the pleasantest place on earth.
COPPER IN COLDS. S. Lewis,
Esq, informs US that some of the gold
taken from his claim near town is
largely alleged with copper, and that
he has even found small pieces which
were nearly all copper. The gold
thus alleged is found in thin stratum
of " false bedrock" below and above
which the gold is as pure as any
found on the hill. On eighty-four
and three quarter ounces which Mr..
Lewis had assayed at Nevada, there
was a loss of about thirty-three ounces!
We were shown some pieces OF heavy
brownish-lookiug mineral, which were
taken from the above lot, and on
treating a portion Of it with sulphuric
acid, and dipping a knife-blade into
the solution, obtained an immediate
precipitatc of pure metallic copper
which beautifully coated the iron. 1t
is very unusual te find SO much of
any baser metal with gold, while in