Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18

Nh't II she should do this ? No ono will
know 1t. Here is comfort and home,
nn escape at length: and on the othcrsidc, a
long, weary struggle and starvation.
BUT IN the midst of this-she almost be-
lieves Vt VAS real-there seemed to come
up before hcl figure Of her mothcr-shc
saw the face and the warning gesture al
most rs distinctly as she ever saw any one.
She seemed to call her away-and then
she thought of all she had ever told her
of heaven and God, and she started up and
said, with sobs and gasps-you may be
sure cloquently, for she tells the story now
with eyes flowing with tears, and with tones
that thrill the heart:
know am poor, have nothing, no
home and no friends, am starving; but
if you should give me all the money in
New York, heaped ten times over, / would
not do this thing Why do YOU come here
to tempt me and insult me because am
poor? and she fell down gasping, but she
saw the man start back with face CHASTITY
pale, saying
"My God? What sin YOU have saved
me from
That day she heard accidcntly of the So
cicty to help children, and resolved to GO
there for n last chance, If she failed there
the only thing left for her seemed to be
sclf-destruction or death We know the
happy result.
The simple truthfulncss and pathos of
this girls story cannot in any way be rep.
resented. OF all heroic scenes which the
upper Powers ever look upon in this world,
what can surpass that where this poor
weak, starving girl, deserted of men, and
seemingl ly almost abandoned by God, spurns
from her the greatest of all temptations,
and deliberately chooses starvation rather
than dshonor or wrong!
Pcrchance among those in this day who
sneer at or bargain for woman's virtue this
little story out of the real life of New
York, may show what priceless pearl
this virtue is, that the lonely, famished
girl could choose the slow pangs of famine
rather than lose it.
USEFUL MEDICAL HINTS. If person
swallow any poison whatever, or has fallen
into convulsions from having overloaded
the stomach, an instantaneous remedy,
more efficient and applicable in large
number of causes than any half dozen
poonf1l of common salt and us much ground
mustard stirred rapidly iii teacup of wa
ter, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly.
1t is scarcely down before it begins to come
up, bringing with it the remaining contents
of the stomach and lest there be any rem
nant of poison, however small, let the
white of an egg, or a teacupful of strong
coffee, be swallowed as soon as the
stomach is quiet because these very com
mon articles nullify larger number of vir-
ulcnt poisons than any medicines in the
shops.
In cases of scalding or burning the bo-
dy. iinmersing the part in the cold water
gives entire relief as simultaneously as
lightning. Meanwhile, get some common
dry flour, andapply it an inch or two thick
on the injured part the moment it cmorges
from the water and keep on sprnklng the
flour through anything like pcppcr-box
cover, so as to put on evenly Do nothing
else, drink nothing but water, eat nothing
Until improvement commences, except some
dry bread softcncd in very weak tea of
some kind. Cures of frightful burnings
have bee" performed in this way as won
derful as they are painless. We once sa- !,
we'd the life of an infant which had been
inadvertently druggcd with laudanum, and
which was fast sinking into the sleep which
has no waking, by giving it strong coffee,
cleared with the white of an egg, a tea
spoonful every five minutes until it ceased
to bc drowsy .A--IMedical journal.
FoRTtNE-TELLING. .-Dcspicablc MS the
practice which goes by the name of for
tunc-telling is, we believe there is a kind
of fortuno-tcling which is not only posi-
bic but easily practiccd upon correct prin-
ciPcs. Thus, to begin with the young
when we sec child obcdient to his or her
parents or teachers, or any one else toward
whom the subordinate relation has become
necessary, we have no hesitation in pre-.
dieting that good fortune will accompany
such child into early manhood, and insure
a fair start in adult life. If the case be
that of an honest, energetic, young man,
who has successively advanced from the
position of apprentice and journeyman in
to that of master-mechanic or boss, we
can tell his fortune without much difficult
ty. So with regard to those who 1rave
chosen profession rs the means Of live
lihood. Let us see how they couduct their
business. If they do this intelligently,
industriously and honestly at the start,
they will be very apt to continue to do so,
and success will be sure in the long run.
UnprincipTed men, in the same line, may
get ahead of them in tho beginning, but
they will fare best in the end, and so illus
trate t1e truth of the maxim that honesty
is the best policy. We will confess that
we are no fortune-teller, if it does not so
turn out.