Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-22

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dear little boot covering high instop, and
co"'ing down neatly over TAG toes, with be.
wiitching itassol dangling at the top Of the
close. looking. In nothing is aristooracy 50
Imarked as in tho pedal extremity !; tho thin
postril, the long fingers, tho narrow palm, are
evidence of gontlo blood, but far loss SO than
! the round ankle, tho high instop and the hol-
low beneath, through which, as tho high.bred
Arab says, a stroam Of water should be able
to flow while tho possessor is standing The
fiat spay foot on tho contrary, as surely tolls
of want Of pedigree as its misshapen cxcres.
cences, it's corns and bunions drive away af-
fection. The horse shows the purity Of his
extraction by clean LIMBS, neat pastoru and
small hoof; and tho same result is noticeable,
in moro or less animals. Nan fails in love as
readily with seductive foot as with an at
tractivo faco; he finds in it . thousand ex-
pressive movements; its firm tread speaks of
decided character; its quick step denotes
anger; its elasticity of motion assures him of
livelinoss and gaol humor; its hasty tread
denotes impatiouoo its subtle glilo signifies
cunning; while the quiet but marked football
guarantees him an affeotionate disposition -
The faoe often dcoevos with au alluring sluile,
it is taught or trained by design or habit
oponness Is guarded and confined; but tho
foot speaks its own language, unrestraiuod and
untutorod and the male sex owe dcbt Of
gratitude to fashion for giving back honest
feet to the future adorncrs of human exis
tonco.
SIhENcE,--What strange power thcrc is
IN silence. How many resolutions are form.
od-how mray sublime conquests effected
during that pause, when tho lips arc closed,
and tho soul secretly feels tho eye of her
Maker upon her When some Of those out.
ting, sharp blightng words have been spoken
which send tho hot, Indignant blood to the
face and head, if those to whom they arc nd.
dressed keep silcnt, look on with awe, for
mighty work is going on within them, and
the spirit of evil or their guardian angel, is
very nearsto them in that hour. During tbat
pause they have made step toward hoavon
or toward hell, and an item has been scored
in the book which the day Of Judgment shall
see opened They arc the strong ones of tho
earth, the mighty food for good or evil, for
those who know how to keep silence when it
is pain or grief to them; those who give
time to their own souls, to wax strong agxinst
temptation; or to the powers of wrath, to
tramp upon them their whitening passage.
! a BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT We dip the
following beautiful sentiment from an ex-
change: Sorrow sobcrs us and makes the
! mind genial And in sorrow wo love and
TRUST our friends more tcnderly aud tho dead
become, dearor to us. And just as the s!ara
shine out in the nights so there are blessed
faces that look at US ia our grief, though be-
fore their features were fading from our rec.
objection. Suffering Let no man dread it
too much, because it is better for him, and it
Will help to mako him sure of being immor.
tai. 1t isnot in the bright happy days, but
only in the solemn night, that othor worlds
are to bc seen shining in tho long, long dis.
tances And it is in sorrow, tho night of
soul-that we SEQ tho farthcst, and know our
solves natives of irfnity and sons and daugh.
ters of the most High.
RULES FOR WRITINa FoE THE PuBIrc,,-
No ono should write whom very hungry, or
Immediately after eating, nor under the inau-
cnco OF any unnatural stimuIant, nor while in
passion else, in the latter oase he will
most certainly make fool of himself. Thosc
who write undora depression Of spirits will
always write nonsense or untrue things Ihosa
who write great deal late at night, viii loso
their health or die prematuroly. rfhe; best
time for writing with freshness, yigor and
logical trnthfnlness is ia tho ,aorninr. whom
the brain has been recupsratcd and renovated
by the natural stimnlua Of hcalthful sleop.
before its forco has been expended OF divided
on the common affairs Of life No man OUGHT
to write over four hours in twenty four, and
not over ona at q sitting even. ,oftencr, t
would be better to walk fcw minutes, I'd
door or out, to rest. the brain but a]Says
write whom the mind takes hold Of <fle sub.
ject, when the spirit is on you. 80 it day or
| night.--HaW @<. @
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GnAzED People >xNp WHY.-"IIall's
journal of lIealtl>>'.bays that moro than ono
fourth Of all >tile;inmotca. of l,no,;o oo,,.rs