Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13

All, we'll. I'll give way,
For perhaps, rs you say,
No business have wives to be cronkiEg;
You we'd us ''to cherish,"
An,l lest we should perish
Like plants, we must suffer smoking
Tie PULPIT AND THE MASSES. .-Thc
New York Christian Intcligcnccr asks if
the pulpit of this day reaches the masses
of the people, and fears it docs not We
quote:
p" Upon luxurious couchcs, surrounded
by gliding and cawcry, on a pleasant Sun
day, when not too hot or cold, too wet or
dry, Il gayly dressed multitude listen sleep
lily, first to soft music behind them, and
then to the musical voice before them and
when the hour and half is spent, the
rustling silks move out to the sound of the
organ and tho pulpit remains cold, un-
meaning piece of mummcry. Outside, the
multitude rush by, unhccdng and unhce,l-
ed. There is no pulpit for them Vice
and misery in ten thousand forms, are ri
citing, and sitting, and destroying; cruelty
and oppression arc rampant amidst our
churches, and the groans of the victims
minglc with the church bells. Does the
pulpit reach the masses? That is some
thing for us to answer as Christians. For
if it docs not, the. masses will reach and
ovcrturn the pulpit"
RUSSIAN BApIEs.-Itis said that Rus
sian babies look like so many idols with
their heads carved out and the rest of the
body left in Il block. The appearance is
caused by their being. rolled up in tight
bandagcs, teaving. ouly the head out, so
chat they may bHput away out of mischief
and danger On going into n Russian
house, you may find one little fellow left
on shelf, another hung to the wall on a
pee, third hung over one of the mAin
beams of the roof, and rocked by the mo.
thcr, who has the cord ioopcd over her
foot.
"Why, that is n child" :" you cxclaim
looking close to be sure you are not mis-
taken.
"Of course, what should itbo?" an
Swcrs the mother.
Yes, sure enough, it is,a child, but so
dirty thatyou cannot help asking When
was it washed |"
Washed :" shrickS the mother; "wa-
shed :! what, wash child? You would
kill it.
APEDAGoGUE had,two pupils, Dick and
Tom To ono he was very partial. and to
the other very severe One morning it
happened that both were late, and were
called to account for 1t. "You must have
heard the bell, boys-why did you not
come" p" Please sir" said his favorite.
81 was drcamin' that was going 10 Mar
gate, and | thought tho school-bcll was the
steamboat bell that l was goingi -" Nc
Try well, SIR" (ghd Of any prctext to OK
cusc his favoritc.) {" And now sir, turn
ing to the other, ",what have you to say ?''
." PHe''sc SIR said the puzzled boy, " | was
waiting to sec Tom off"
SMALL FEET IN PnRU.-Thc ladies Of
Lima arc noted for their extremely small
feet, the secret being, that infants of tho
female sex, undergo, as a rnlc, amputation
Of the little toe of each foot So general
EiSsthc custom, that many women think that
ftot1ocs on each foot is state of things
peculiar to,thc male sex. 1t is said that q
Peruvian surgeon is coming over to Lon
don and Paris, whore he expects to make q
fine harvest. He warrants to ladies the
tinicst and most graceful foot by mems Of
the abovc-namcd amputation, and confne
Went to the house of only one week. A
custom of this kind prevailed pretty goncr
ally i'll Paris some years ago, kept up by
the very reprchcnsiblc complaisancc of q
surgeon, who had acquired some celcbrit,
touching this silly mutilation. Paris Ned
tcat ,lOu1uoI
a KINGS PROXY. -l}assampiorrc, the
French Ambassador to Spain, was RELATING
to Henry ~ the particulars of his entry
into Madrid, 81 was mounted" he said
e" on the smallest mule in the world."-
Ah!' exclaimed the King, "what an
amusing sight An ass upon rHulc !'--
" Very good, sire" rcto,tcd Bassampicrrc
f" | was your nlajcsty's representative"
"IT is ALL rdE SAME"--Caftouchc
the French robbcr, was once requested b,
a young man to be engaged In his band. i.
Whcrc have you served z" asked Car
touche.-" Two years with all attorney, anC
six months with an inspector of police. >
E" Well," answered the chief, "that Who'll,
time shall be reckoned as if you had ser
we'd in wy,tvoop."
EcoNoMY is the parent of integrity, o.
liberty and Of case, and the sister nf. tcm
pcranco, of chcerfulness and of, healtl,
and profuseness is acrucl and crafty dc
mon, that generally involves her followers
in dependence and dcbts-that is, 'fettcr
them with irons into their souls"