Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-20
[voL. 2-No. s
Rules to Promote Harmony in the Family.
l. We may be sure that our will is likely

to be crossed during the day. so prepare for it.
| q. Everybody in the house has an evil ma
ture as we'll as ourselves, and therefore we arc
| not to expect too much.
| .. 10 learn the temper of each individual.
| 4. 10 look upon each member of the family
as one Tor whose soul we bound to watch,
as those that must give account.
.: When any good happens to any ono to
rejoice at it.
g. When inclined to give an angry answer,
to lift upthc heart in prayer
{. II, !rom sickness, pain, or inGrmity, we
feel irritable, to keep very strict watch over
ourselves
8. 10 observe when others nrc SUFFERING
aud drop word Of kindness or sympathy suit
ed to them.
g. 10 watch for little opportunities of pleas.
ing, and to put little annoyauces out of tho
| way.
TO- To take cheerful view of everything,
and to encourage hope.
H. TO speak kindly to the servants, and
praise them for little things when YOU eau.
IL. In all little pleasures which may occur,
put self last
,l3. To try for the "solt answer that turn.
eth away wrath"
~. when we have been panied by an un.
kind word or deed, to ask ourselves, "IIavo
l not done the same, and been forgiven ?"
10. In conversation, not to exalt ourselves.
but to bring others forward.
10. 10 be very gentle with the Younger
ones, and treat them with respect
~ Never to judge one another, but ott,i.
Dute good motive when you can.
| THE NATIONAL EXPRESS CoMpASY.-Tbe
"Richmond Times" aluliug to the recent
assignment of all the property rights and cred.
its of the National Express Company, made
for the benefit of its creditors, says
"Owing to financial embarrassmeuts and
eg@e u this is vas ds6ised d
the state Of affairs. The property assets of
the Company IRE estimated from S so 900 to
$500, 900, which, with the five per cent. on
the last call, if fully paid in by the stockhold-
crs, will reach, it is alleged, about s5O0,O0O
assets, with it is stated about Sl75,OOO liu-
bilities. The regular meeting of the Board
of Directors will take place in October, when,
it is understood, an effort will be made for
thorough reorganization of the Company"
E9y The official statement of the public
debt to the first of October, shows it to be
50, ,h73 900; less cash in Treasury, S12S,-
230,000; of this. there is coin amounting 70
6,250, 600 a comparison of this with the
statement of the public debt on the first of
September, shows that during the month tho
debt has been decreased to the amount of
S22,346,24 ST.
OccurATIoN.- occupation Whata elo-
rious thing it is for human heart Those
who work hard seldom yield themselves up to
fnnccd or real sorrow When grief sits down.
folds its hands, and mournfully feeds upon it's
own tears, weaving the dim shadows that a
little cNertion might sweep away into funer-
al pail, the strong spirit is shorn of its might,
and sorrow becomes our master. When troub-
ler flow upon you, dark and heavy, toll not
with the wrcstle not with the torrent
rather seek by occupation to divert the dark
voters that threaten to overwhem you in
thousand channels, with the duties of life a.
ways present Before you dream of it, those
waters will fortize the present and give birth
to fresh flowers, that they may brighten tho
future flowers that will become pure and no.
ly in tho sunshine which penctrutes the path
of duty. Grief, after all, is but selfish feel
ing and most selfish is he who yields himself
to the Indulgence of any passion that brings
no joy to his fcllow-mcn
THE MEMORY OF A MOTHER -Nhen
temptation assais, and when We arc almost
persuaded to do wrong, how often mothers
word of warning will call to mind VOWS that
arc rarely broken Yes, the memory of moth
or has saved many poor wretch from going
astray. Tall grass may be growing over the
halowcd spot where her earthly remains re-
pose; the dying leaves of autumn may be
whirlcd over then, or the white mantle Of
winter may cover them from sight; yet her
spirit appears when he walks in the right path,
and gently, softly. mournfuly cal to him
when wandering off into the ways of error.
CINCINNATI, September 20A REMARK
ABLE JUDGMENT.-One of tho convicts of the
Pennsylvania Western Pcnitcntiary, named
| HolmcS. ON Thnrsdau morning. indnlnod l.,