Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-17

EMpLoYMENT.-The following Just senti.
moat was uttered BY Daniel Webster, in a
spesch in the Senate of the United States.
1t should bo held in everlasting remem-
brance:
"sir, I say it is employment that makes
the people happy. Sir, this great truth
ought never to be forgotten; it ought to be
placed upon tho title psge Of every book
on political economy intended for Amoriea,
and suoh countries rs America. 1t ought
to bo placed 10 every farmers magazine aud
mechanics maYazine. 1t should bo pro-.
claimed everywhere, withstanding what
we hear of the uscfulness---and I admit
the high usefulness of cheap food---not-
withstanding that the great truth should be
proclaimed everywhere, should bo made
into provcrb, if it could-that where
there is work for the hands aud tho mon,
there will be work for their teeth. Where
there is employment there will be bread
And in q country like our own, abovo all
others, will this truth hold good--a ooun-
try like ours, whcro, with groat deal Of
spirit and activity among the masses, if
they can find employment, there is always
great willingness for labor. If they can
obtain fair compensation for their labor,
they will have good houscs-good clothing
good food. aud the mosne of educating
their families; aud if they havo good houses,
and good clothing, and good food, aud
means of educating their children from
their labor, that labor will be cheerful, and
thee will be contentod and happy people,"
Quick WoRK.-A wonderful piece Of
railroading was accomplished fow days
ago. The St. Louis Iron Mountain R,il-
road, extending from St. Louis to Texar.
kuna, was FIVE feet wide, the standard width
Of railroads being four feet eight inohes
and half. The width of this road caused
great Inconvenience and loss Of time in
loading and unloading cars at the tcrm;ni,
instead Of sending them forward over CON
Meeting lines. For the past two months
preparations have been going on to change
tho gauge to the standard width. It was
necessary that this change be made 10
and travel. On the morning Of June 28th,
everything having boen gotten in readiness,
three thousand men, extending all along
tho linc,, began the work Of shifting
the rnils, and before night tho whole
limo Of seven hundred miles had been
changed from Avo feet to the standard
width. Tho axles of tho locomotives and
oars were at tho same time ohnnged so as to
correspond, and traffic and travel under the
new or',r Of things now proceeds without
let or hindranoe.
On PUBLIo SPEAKINa.-It may perhaps
be of use to those anxious to become orators
to know that for some cause or o:hor almost
all speakers occasionally not only lose the
threud Of their argument, but lose all know.
ledge Of what they are talking about. I
have seen this occur with many of our most
experienced orators. When it happens, they
repeat few vague goneraiza,ions until their
thoughts como back TO thom, and then they
fall back again into thci, speech. Thus
their temporary wool gathering eooapcs
detection, except by those who watch them
very closely: An inexpesienoed speaker,
instead of doing this, pauses, gets confused,
and sits down in despair. Another groat
mistake Of budding speakers, and indeed Of
many who are in full bloom, is to speak too
quickly. A person who wishes to DO heard
can hardly speak too slowly. He should
pronounce not only each word, but every
syllable of each word, distinctly. Mr..
Bright onoo said that nothing had
cost him moro trouble than to lcurn to speak
slowly. A clear, deliberate utterance Of
evory syllable, with pauses to mark the stops
OF the ond of each sentence, does not pro-
duce tho effect CT .ca;ou5aess, but the
reverse.
Daniel Webster delivered 40 oration on
the completion of the Bunker Hill
monument that almost lifted his vast
audience FROM tho ground. Every senti-
n,ent uttered by him evoked tho most
heartfelt applause. Without comment wo
submit single paragraph from this
grand oratiop: "If men would enjoy the
blessings Of republican government thcy
must govern themselves by reason, by
mutual counsel and consultation, by sense
and feeling of general interest and by tho
acquicscence Of the minority 10 tho will of
tho majority, properly expressed; and, above
all, tho military must be kept, according to
tho language Of our bill! of rights, in strict
subordiDution to the civil authority. Wher.
ever this lesson il not learned and practiced
thore can DO no political freedom. Absurd,
prepostorous is it, scoff and satire on
free forms Of constitutional liberty, for
frames Of government to be prescribed by
military leaders md tho right Of suffrage to
bo exercised at the point Of the sword"
KEEP SINaINa.--.We had o servant
once who always used to be singiug--