Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-26
LITTLE TmNus.- Scientific research it.

| ness ol ntIle thlnSS, anu tne importance
not only Of the minute study of facts, but of
the study of minute facts. One can inaa.
inc the contempt with which the 'practi-
cal men" of the last century listened to the
news that bitter controversy was raging
between two Italian philosophers us to the
reason why frogs leg twitchcs under GER
| tain circumstances; and yet therein lay the
bud of the electric telegraph and electro
plating, and numerous other undertakings
in which the practical man of the present
day, though as avcrsc as his ancestors to
every investigation whose fruits arc not i'm
modiatcly visible, is very happy to invest
his money This study of snow balls, pic
crust, and squeezed wax has led the plysi-
cal philosopher to comprehend two of the
greatest natural phcnomcua--th cleavage
of rocks and the structure of glaciers. a
century ago, the collecting of fossils was
regarded as an occupation of about the
same dignity as the accumulation of old
china Now, the coal miner risks his
capital upon the strength of the evidence
they afford, and landed proprietors of some
of our eastern counties iet many thou
sand pounds every year by selling the
phosphate fossils whose nature was first
pointed out to them by a country clergy
man who happened to be man of science
.Nnd not only does the gradual Widening
and pcrtccting OF our view of nature bring
with it respect for the influence of the stu.
dy of minute facts on the advancement of
knowledge and the bcttcring of mans cs-
tate, but it tells us that, apart from all con
SidCration of man and his wants, minute
and seemingly most insignificant agents
have played Almighty part in the history
OF our globe E"giarcr.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO BENEvoLENcE.
Good deeds arc very fruit;; for, out of
one good action Of ours God produces a
thousand, the harvest whereof is pcrpctu-
al Even the faithful actions of the old
patrarchs, the constant suh'crings of an
cicnt martyrs, live still, and do good to all
succession of ages by thoir example. For
public actions of virtue, besides that they
arc presently comfortable to the docr, are
also exemplary to others and as they arc
more beneficial to others, are more crowned
in us. If good deeds were utterly barren
and incommodous, would seek after them
for the conscience of their own goodness
how much more shall now be encouraged
to perform them now that they arc so prof
table both to myself and others, and to
myself III others.
| QuEsTIoNs AMI ANswERs.--A sophist.
wishing to puzzle an old Milc$ian, one of
the wise mon of Greece, proposed to him in
rapid succession the following difficult uucs-
tons. The philosopher replied to them all
| without the least hesitation, and with how
much propricty and precision, our readers
can Judge for themselves
What is the Oldest of all things?
Gol-bccausc lie always existed
What is the most beautiful?
The world-bccause it is the work of God
What IS the greatest of all things?
Spacc--bCcausc it contains all that is Gre
atcd.
What is the quickest of all things?
Thought--becuusc i'll IL moment it can fly
to tho universe.
What is the strongest
Noccssity-bccause it makes men face all
! the dangers of life.
What is the most difficult?
To know yourself
What is the most constant or all things?
llorc-bccause it still remains w.th man
after he has lost everything else
CmARACTER BETTER THAN CREDIT.--We of
ten hear young men who have credit means.
dolciully contrasting their lot with that Of
rich mems sons. Yet the longer we live the
more we are convinced that tho old merchant
was right, who said to us when we began to
| live, Industry. my lad, is bettcr than cred
it," We could furnish if need were, from
/ scores of illustrations to prove the truth of
| his remarks. In all branches of business,
in all avocations, character, in the long rrn
is the best capital. Says Poor Richard -
=" The sound of your hammer at five in the
morning or nine at night, hoard by a crcdi
tor, makes him easy for six months longer :
bnt If he sees you ut gamblng-tabe, or
! hears your voice ut tavern, when YOU
shpull be at wprk, hn e"nls for his money
the next day" What is true of the
young mechanic is also true of the young
merchant or young lawyer. Old and
Sagacious firms will not long continue to give
credit for thousands of dollars, when they
see the purchaser, if a young man, driving
fast horses, or lounSing in drinking saloons.
/ Clients will not inrust their cases to adyo-
Gates, however brilliant, who frequent the
card-'ablc, the wine party. or the race course.
1t is better il, beginning life, to secure rep
utatonfor industry and probity, than to own
houses and lands, if with them you have no
charactcr.-U s. Ecoaomia
/ BEAUTIFCL EXTRACT hen the sum
mcr of youth is slowly wasting away into
the night-fall of age, and the shadow # life
grows deeper and deeper, as if past years
were on its close, it is pleasant to look back
through the vista of time upon the sorrows
and felicities of earlier years. If we have
Il home to shelter and hearts to rejoice with
us, and friends have been Gathered tovcth