Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25
VARIETY.
From the Charleston Courier.
" Go Speak to that Young Man

From the Charleston Courier.
" 60 Speak to that Young Man"
! Editors Courier: Will you allow me q small
! space in your widely read miscellany, to car
ry out the injunction contained in tho can.
| ton of this communication. Having nearly
arrived at my three score years and havinT
some experience i'll the world and seeing so
manyof myyoung friends sacrificing health &
chairctcr aud seeing so many of my Young
friends at the shrine of worldly pleasure and
dissipation. am induced to say ~ word to
them hoping they may not be offended, or
suppose that am arrogating to myself any
Importance IN thus volunteering to give my
advice and counsel.
My dear young friend, it NAV be you orc
the child OF many prayers YOU may have n
saintcd mother, or sister, in heaven. and
many kind friends around you that desire
your welfare may be peuaitted to number
myself among those, when l beg that YOU
VIII ponder over your present condition, as
that condition connects you with etcrnity.-
Have you not forgotten that M others PRAYERS
and that sisters good counsel wher was it
that yo" learned that FIRST oath; that you
hrst tasted OF tho wine cup; that YOU first
visited that house of ill-famc? You saw |
was led astray by evil associates, who en-.
ticed you away from the path of virtuc.-
We'll, it may be so; but can you not stop
just where you are, and make AZ effort to
return, and ike the prodigal, get back to
your former virtues and better associations.
Why leave the sweets of home a, / 90
where you know temptation awaits YOU
why need you indulge in the social GLASS
or the sinful oath; why allow yourself to
! be led away from the paths of virtue? Oh
my young friend, be cntrcatcd to think.
Listen TO the voice of God as recorded in
his Word. Zach. 3, Math " 81, Prov.
xxiii, 20, 21, Ephcs. V. IS, Prov vii. 27,
Rev. xxi. g. Do not | bcsecch you, say,
as, alas ! too many have said, | will do bet,
ter when | get older. Are not many of
your young friends gone down in the
grave; may you not die young; may not
your habits become so confirmed, that when
you get old, your good desires may all have
left you? 1t is fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God nnprcparcd.-
VIII you not reflect ere it be too late
What you do, do quickly-Timc is short
Eternity is near. Read Ecclc xii 8, and
let that passage sink deep into thy heart,
and prepare to meet thy God.
Your OLD FRIEND.
SUPERIORITY OF TIE BRAIN OF MAN.
The decrease of quantity in brain, and
the corresponding dimiuution of intclli-
gencc, no not run regular and parallel all
down tho scale OF animal existence. No
very accurate conclusions, therefore, can be
drawn as to the degree of intelligence any
animal possesses from the proportional u,
mount of its brain. In the mammalia the
principle holds good very generally The
weight of mans brain in proportion to
that of his body varies from to 22 to |
to 35--that is, giving an average of about
to2I. The long armed ape is rs ! to 40;
the fox to 205, the donkey as to 254,
the beaver as ] to 300, the hare as to 300,
the horse as to 400, the elephant as / to
5O0, and the rhinoceros as | to 1000. In
birds the proportion is greater but not the
cerebral portion, which is the seat of the
intellectual faculties, for here the ccrcbel-
Mm Is comparatively large
The brain of the canary bird is given as
to 25,. the eagle as | to $50, that of the
goose as to 800, and it is said the cavity
for the brain in the parrot is smaller than
that of any other bird From the fact of
this bird being able to chatter little, and
to give sort expression to certain words,
1T might have been expected to have lar.
ger proportion of brain but hat display
of intelligence is there in the talk of par
rotS In the reptiles the brain become.
exceedingly small. That of the tortoise i,
given as ] to 5240 that of the sea tortois,
as | to 5GS8; and the space for the brair
in the crocodile is so small that it viii
scarcely admit mans thumb into it.. Ii
some fishes the brain is almost lost. Il
the funny it is as l to $4,000, while how
ever that of the carp approaches very near
~ to the proportion of that of the elephant
1t is therefore difficult to gather any par
ticular and precise conclusion from such al
irregular graduation of facts but the gene
raj and broad principle is plain With tn,
exception off few small birds, as sparrows
fnchcs and bats, which are generally yer,
lean, and therefore weigh but little, maj
greatly exceeds all in the proportion.
lArcno1ogicot Journal
TIE LOST DARLIN' This forenoon
man in search of a child was hailed Nv
pondcrous Hibernian, who thrust his half
naked frame through the window of di
lapidated thrce-story wooden building
Is id shild ye want ?" 4" Yes" " Abou
three years ovid 2" "Ycs" "IIe has fai
hair. blue eyes, rcd stockins an smoke
colored CATERS ?" eyes" Had he plai,
dhrcss and white sthraw hat on i'm p
" Yes yes Is he up there with you p
"Ah, no, sir, but saw his mother whil
| 400 1nokin' for fIo ,l,rl;x