Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-28
The Singing Student Row.

Ain"y Io"rs ago student boy was seen
ana hcard IN the streets on an ancient town
Singing. lie was stout, plainly dressed
boy, but his face was pale, and his eyes weTc
sad and fearful His voice was most mus-
cal, ana the songs Inc sang were in beautiful
words and about sacred things. Every time
he finished song hc stepped to n house and
gave gentle tap When it was opened, he
said in gentle tones:
of bread"
Begonc with thee! thou Legsars child"
poor child shrank from the steps.
Thus driven from door to- door. he sonc
his sweet songs until his body was weary
and his heart sad. Scarcely able to stand
at last turned his steps homcward Strik-
ing his noble forehead with his hand. he
said:
4 must 50 home to MY fathers house and
he content to live 10y the sweat of my brow.
Providence has no lofter destiny for my.
have troddcn out its paths by aiming high
just at that moment. Ursula Gotta. n bur
gher's wife, "who had heard his songs and
seen him driven from u neighbours door, felt
her heart ycarn with pity towards the help.
less boy. She opened her door, beckoned to
the young singer, smiled swcctly upnn him,
and in tones that sounded like heavenly mol
odies to his ears said:
Come il" poor boy. and refresh thyself
1T my tablc~
Happy little singer! How Inc enioveA that
delicious meal. And when the good dame
and her husband told him to make their
house lMs home his heart melted. With eyes
hail biiudcd with tears, lie look cd i'm the face
of his friends and said:
. shall now pursue my studies without
being obliged TO icg nay bread from Srudg-
ing hands. | shall have you sir for father
ana you. sweet Ursula for mother. My
hearts will once more learn to love. | Shall
be happier tia, can express"
After that day tho singing boy studied
hard and we'll Years afterwards the world
heard of him, for it was he who uttered his
voice against popcry and bccamo the chief
oi that Reformation which gave an open B-
hle to the world His name was Martin Lu-
thcr.
WEIGHT OF rnE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
first distinctly demonstrated that the ap-
parent terrestrial mass, moving in dcfina-
Bile path through sDocc> Then Newton cx,
plaiucd that this independent mass moved
through space because it was substantial
and heavy, and because it was unsupported
by props and chains that, in fact, as n
massive body, it is falling for ever through
the void; but that, as it falls, it sweeps
round the sun in a ncvcr-cndnc circuit
attracted .owards it by magnet-liEc energy,
but kept off from it by the force of its cen
trifugal movement. Next, Smell and Pic
ard measured the Dimensions of the heavy
and falling mass, and found that it was "A
spherical body, with girdlc of 20, 900
miles. Subsequently to this, Bailly con
triypu n mir of ola- fl,,,t
proxlmately to weigh the vast sphere; and
he asccrtaincd that thad within itselfsumc
where about 1885, ,195, ,67O 900 900 900,
600, 900 tons of matter TO these discov
cries toucault has recently added demon
stratlon to the actual senses of the fact. the
massive sphere is whirling on itself as it
falls through space, and round the sun, SO
that point after point of its vast surface is
brought in succession into the genial nfu
cncc OF its sunshine; an inVcrting atmos-
phcrc of comninged vapor and air is made
to present clouds, winds, and rain, and
the inverted surface to bear vegetable forms
and animated creatures in great diversity.
The world is, then, large, solid spbcrc,
invested with lOoscncd she'll of transpa.
rent, elastic, easily moving vapor, andwhir-
ling through space within the domains of
sunshine, organized creatures may grow
and live on its surface, and those vital chan
gcs may be diftuscd amongst which con-
scious and mental life stand as the highest
results. Eainbnrgh Repicm.
Slick AND TIE LADIES. ---->" Cousin
John, how did your wife hurt her back so :?
/ declare it makes me feel awfully to sec
what n prpot hmm, cl n'e ,,,+ -
she cum away from Connecticut" With
that cousin John looked at her. and larfcd
little, but | could see he didn't feel lust
right and artcr a minnit he said, scz he,
Hush, cousin, you must not speak so
loud its true Mary has put on rather too
much hustle, but it's the fashion YOU sec. -
looked round, and, as true as YOU live
there warn't gal in the room that hadn't
her back sticking out Jest the same way,
Such set of lnlmpbackcd critters never
dId put my eyes on, and yit they all stood
about, smiling and talking to the fcllcrs,
as if nothing allied them, poor things i
never seed set of folks dressed out so much
and so awfully stuck up as they were,-
Some of the gals had feathers in their hair,
and some had flowers or gold chains twist
ed among their curis, and didn't see one
there that wasn't dressed up in her silks
and satins, as crank as could be. AS for
the men, Thought should have hawhaw.
ed right out larfn to sec some of 'em.-
There was one chap talking to Miss Beebe,
with his hair parted from the top of his
head down each side of his face, and it hung
down behind all oyer his coat collar like a
young gals lust before she benins To ,unnr