June.
THE) WEST SHORE.,
7
candle continued tobuni. Steadilyand
without hesitation, the united hands
were lowered, knuckles downward into
the dangerous barrel, in such wise that
the opening between the fingers was
carefully passed over the wick with its
dull red cap, without touching it, till
the fingers rested on the gunpowder
between and around it. The fingers
were then softly but firmly closed upon
the tallow, and with the candle thus
inclosed the hands were gently with
drawn. .-.(.
All this was done in less time than it
has taken to describe, ; whilst the mode
of doing itwas i afterwards made Aut
partly from Susan's .own, account con
tinned by the fact that after her achiev
ment she astonished the' group of still
waiting, terrified frteri,' by 'appearing in
the, midst df tfiqn witlj the; burning,
candle end still compressed between
her fingers. Before they could ask a
question, poor Susan suddenly fell faint
ing to the floor. ' .The strength' .of
her will, and the tension of her nerves,
having borne her up. till the deed was
done, will excite little surprise thatBUch
a collapso should follow. ' ',
A NICE GIRL; '
. Somebody, who appeal's to under
stand ajul appreciate thy subject, writes
the following chapter on u nice girls."
Though by no means extinct, still the
class is not near so numerous as might
be wished : ' ' " ' '
"There is nothing ' half so sweet in
life,' half so beautiful or delightful, or
so loveame as a nice girl.' 2iol a
pretty, or a dashing of an elegant girl,
but a nice girl. One of those lovely,
lively, good-hearted, sweet-faced, ami
able, neat, natty, domestic creatures met
within the sphere of 1 home,' diffusing
around the influence of her goodness,
like the essence of sweet flowers.
A nice girl is not the languishing
beauty, dawdling on a sofa, and discuss
ing the last novel oropera or the giraffe
like creature sweeping majestically
through a drawing-room. The nice
girl may not even dance or play well,
and knows nothing about using her
eyes,' or coquetting with a fan. She
never languishes! She is too active.
She is not given to sensation novels,'
she is too busy. At the opera, she is not
in front, showing her shoulders, but sits
quiet and unobtrusive at the back of
the box, most likely. In fact, it not
often in such scenes that we discover
her. Home is her place.
Who rises betimes, and superintends
the morning meal? Who makes the
toast, and the tea, and buttons the boy's
shirts, and waters the flowers, and feeds
the chickens, and brightens up the par
lor and sitting-room Is it the languish.
er, or the giraffe, or the elegante?
Not a bit of it; it's the nice girl.
Her unaided toilet is made in the
shortest possible time, yet how charm
ingly it is done, and how elegantly. her
neat dress, and plain, .collar!, What
kisses she distributes among the family!
not presenting a check or 'a brow like
'a fine girl,' but an audible smack,
which says plainly,. 1 1 love you ever so
much.' . If I ever, coveted anything, it
is one of the nice girls' kisses. i 1 '
Breakfast over, down in the kitchen
to see about dinner; and all day long
she is up and down, always cheerful
and light-hearted. She never ceases to
be active and useful until the day is
gone, when she will polka with the
buys, singing old eongs, -and play old
times to ht-r father Jur s)ours together.
She is a perfect treasure,' is the riice
girl.' When illness comes, it is she
that attcnds-wilh unwearying patience
to the sick 'chamber'.' There Is no risk,
ho fatigue,' that she will not undergo;
no sacrifice that she will, not make.
She is all love, all devotion. I have
often thought it would be happiness to
be ill, to be watched by such loving
eyes and tended by such fair hands.
One of the most strongly marked
characteristics of a ' nice girl ' is tidiness
and simplicity of dress. She is invari
ably associated in my mind with a high
frock, plain collar and the neatest of
neck ribbons, bound with the most
modest little brooch in the world. : I
never knew a 'nice girl' who displayed
a profusion of rings and bracelets, or
who wore low dresses, or a splendid
bonnet. -'
J say tgaip, there is nutliing in the
world halfio beautiful, Half so intrinsi
cally good, as,a ' nice girl.' She is the
sweetest (lower in the path of life.
There are others far more stately, far
more gorgeous; but these we merely
iddiii-e as vfc goj hy J ,It is Avhere I he
daisy grows that we lie down to rest."
LEARN" A.', TRADE,' ",;
SICK HEADACHE.
I never louk at my. old steel '.'coin
posing rule that I do not bless myself
that, while my strength )ast'sI (unknot
at the mercy of the world. If ftiy pen
is not wanted I can go back to'thc type
case, and be sure to find work; fbf I
learned the printer's-tradcthormighly
newspaper work, job work', book
work, and press work. I am gltit I
have a good trade. It is as a rock upon
which the possessor can stand firmly.
There is healthand vigor for' both
body and mind in an honest trade. It
is the strongest and surest part of the
self-made man. Go from the academy
to fhe printing office, or the artizan's
bench, or, if you please, to the farm
for, to be sure, true farming is a trade,
and a grand one at that. Lay thus a
sure foundation, and after that branch
off into whatever profession you please.
You have heard, perhaps, of the
clerk who had faithfully served Stephen
Girard from boyhood to manhood.
On the twenty-first anniversary of his
birth-day, he went to his master and
told him his time was up, and he cer
tainly expected important promotion
in the merchant's service. But Stephen
Girard said to him:
"Very well. Now go and learn a
trade."
"What trade, sir?"
"Good barrels and butts must be in
demand while you live. Go and learn
the cooper's trade; and when you have
made a perfect barrel, bring it to me."
The young man went away and
learned the trade, and in time brought
to his old master a splendid barrel of
his own make.
Girard examined it, and gave the
maker two thousand dollars for it, and
then said to him :
" Now, sir, I want you in my count
ing-room ; but henceforth you will not
be dependent upon the whim of Stephen
Girard. Let what will come, you have
a good trade always in reserve."
.The young man saw the wisdom,
and understood.
, Years ago, when the middle-aged
men of to-day were boys, Horace Gree
ley wrote: "1 ,
" It is a great source of consolation to
us that when the public shall be tired of
us as an editor, we can make a satisfac
tory livelihood at setting type or farm
ing; so that while our strength lasts,
ten thousand blockheads, taking offence
at sonic article they do not understand,
could not drive us into the poorhousc."
And so many a man become truly
independent.
Sick headache is sickness at the stom
ach, a tendency to vomit, combined with
a pain in some parts of the head, gener
ally at the left side. It is caused by there
beiug too much bile in the system, from
the fact that this bile is manufactured
too rapidly, or is not worked out of the
system fast enough by steady active ex
ercise. Hence sedentary persons, those
who do not walk about a great deal,
but are seated in the house nearly all
the time, are almost exclusively the vic
tims of this distressing malady. It usu
ally begins soon after waking in the
morning, and lasts a day or two more.
There irchay" tiiscs; the must fre
quent is, 'derangement of the stomach
by late and hearty suppers; by eating
too soon after a regular meal, five hours
should at least intervene; eating with
out an appetite; forcing food; eating
after one is conscious of having enough;
eating too 'much 'of1 any1 favorite dish;
eaUngsSnietliinfAvhicb "thei stomach
pcannot uigese, or sour sttmacu. Any
of these things may induce . sick head-
acne ; all ot them can be avoided. Over
fatigue or great mental emotion of any
kind, or severe mental application, have
brought on sick headache, of the most
distressing character, in an hour; it is
caused by indulgence in spirituous -'liquors.
When a person has sick head
ache there is no appetite; the very sight
of food ishuteful; the tongue is furred;
the feet and hands arc cold, and there
is a feeling of universal discomfort, with
an utter indisposition ,todo anything
whatever. A glass of warm water, in
to which has been rapidly stirred a
heaping tea-spoon each of salt and kitch
en mustard, by causing instantaneous
vomiting, empties the stomach of the
bile or undigested sour food, and a grate
ful relief is often experienced on the
spot; and rest, with a few hours sound,
refreshing sleep, completes the cure,
especially if the principal part of the
version and out-door activities, not cat
inganatom of food (but drinking of
cold water and hot teas) until you feel
as if a plain cold piece of bread and but
ter wuuld "taste really good." Nine
times in ten the cause of sick headache
is the fact, that the stomach was not able
to digest the food last introduced into it,
either from its having been unsuitable
or excessive in quantity. When the
stomach is weak, a spoonful of the mild
est, blandest food would cause an attack
of sick headache, when ten times the
amount would have been taken in health,
not only with impunity hut with posi
tive advantage. ,r -
Those who are "subject to headache"
cat ton much and exercise too little, and
have cold feet and constipation.
A diet of cold bread and butter, and
ripe fruits and berries, with moderate
continuous exercise in the open air, suf
ficient to keep ayerr gentle perspira
tion, ot themselves, cure almost every
case within thirty-six hours. Two tea-
spoonfuls of 'pulverised charcoal, stir,
red in half a glass of water, and drank,
generally gives instunt relief. -
Some indignant person wrote, to
know who was the author of a sharo
artiele in a Texas paper, to which
we journal in question replied :
"The man who wrote that artiele
was in eaily life a hard-working
blacksmith; later he was a deck
haud on a steamboat; then he was a
oow-boy on the frontier; but of late
years he has followed the profession
of prize-fighter. Ho only became
an editor to reduce his flesh by
starvation, so as to - become more
successful m his peculiar line. No
further inquiries were made.
A reporter, being called to account
for the statement that a certain
meeting' "was a large and respect-j-
able one, when only one oilier
person besides himself was present,
insisted that his report was literally
true; "for," said he, "I was large,
and the other man wai respectable."
The latest in note paper and en
velopes is unique. The form is a
Continental hat in miniature, or) to
be more explicit and lucid, an old-la-Monad
New England bun.;'fhe
paper W- heavy, uudj like JflMeph's
coat, of many colon. .'.You have
your monogram in the upper left
hand corner, and your autograph
vis-a-tis. You put it in the envelope
of the same form, and then tit down
and wonder where the place is for
the postage stamp 1
A paper givos the following ad
vice to a correspondent: " Wesha 1
hare to decline your article on tho
'Decline ot the Aristocracy. Wo
have left out several of our own ar
ticles this week, and yours is woreo
than'any of them. Take our advico,
and write a few short pieces; write
only on one sine ot the siioct; writo
plainly; and then take 'oiir pieces
aud burn thorn iu the kitchen lire."
. Nowadays, wben . statesmen put
out foolers in reference to a pet and
untried policy, and fiud it indig
nantly aud universally repudiated,
they elevate their eyebrows, thrust
their bauds deep down into their
trowsers' pockets, and softly ejacu
late mere nowspapor rumor. .Of
course the unpopular plan is shelved.
The person who sent mi effusion.
entitled " Nothing but Flowors,"to
a paper for publication, is on the
ragged edge ol mortitU'iition. The
poem nppoared as "Nothing but
Fleas." When the compositor was
reasoned with, he said lio thought
there had ought to bo something
uvuiy auout mo poem.
An Irishman, to whom some won
derful story was told on the author
ity of a cheap paper, declined to bo
liovctit, saying that he distrusted nil
he saw iu the "chape prints."
"Why shouldn't you believe tho
choap papers," he was asked, "as
soon as any other?" "liecnuse,"
was his rondy roply, "I don't think
thoy cau att'ord to speak the truth
lor tlio money.
Causes ot suicide aro said to be
hereditary influence, education, lovo
troubles, literature, domestic troub
les, intoxication, financiul losses and
embarrassments, occupation, habita
tion, imitation, raco, nationality, and
atmospheric influences.
The despots of tho nineteenth
century do not dread assassination
half as much as they fear the influ
ence of a free press. The former
may deprive thorn of life, the latter
annihilates thoir selfish and cruel
system of government.
Many a gifted man, able to con
duct the movements of an army of
teus of thousands, oould not, for tho
lifts of him, keep a single slender
column in a newspaper in decent
shape. .,
Newspapers pave tho way fur
naturalization jmperx. Kouditig of
the privileges flowing from Ameri
can citizenship, ey- foreign -emigrant
pf intelligence desires to avail
himself of them., , ,.,.
, A Detroit cockroach is not a parti
cular animal. - Ifo takes in every
thing from a cigar stub to roller
composition, ami washes down his
food with most any sort of ink ho
can unci.
A North Carolina editor, who had
been raced down tho street by a wo
man and s cowhide, found himself
alluded to iu a rival paper as " our
rucy contemporary."
,. . or
Tho lutesf specimen of word-making
is "ilist'stabltshuitiuturiuu." In
course of tlmoj Inst year's dictionary
will be of as little use as last year s
almanac. " ' - - "'
Spring brings hiy to tho heart of
a Western editor, who slngt, "Soon
the dusky squaw will be seen strain
ing maple sugar through her Winter
stockings." "
A Connecticut paper otturi "a
very handsome two-bladed pocket
knife " at a premium to subscribers.
This is rough on the chromo dealers.