Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              11 1 11 saga—e (k. ./m krmkL QK3W if' fii JMi l«tli f 4 . W PITTSTON GAZET )—Cmff MInra ftr SUtttm. E NUMBER! IE AND SUSQUEHANNA ant: AC TE JOURNAL. 31 flJwklt) HftMpaprr (Drootrt In lltuia. 1'itmiture, |Mitits, tljB JHwuntilt, JHininj, Hlrrjjimiriil, anir Slgrinilural Sntmsts nf fljr Comifn;, 9rafmttion, tasmtrnt, fa. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1852. VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 7. WHOL THE PITTSTON OAZETX'E, losoplier, and 1 suppose what you say is true ; but then I should like to know if it does not require some mental labor to keep up with the instructions of our boss, now ? 1 declare, it keeps me thinking pretty sharply." " That may be," said Charley ; " but, after all, the only labor you perform is memory. You only remember Mr. White's instructions, and then follow them, and in so doing you loarn nothing but the mere method of doing the work you are engaged on. For instance, you know how long to make the rafters of the house we arc. now building, and vou know how to let them into the plates ; but do you know the philosophical reasons (or all this ? Do you know why you aro to perform your work after given rules f" can procure a suitable plan, and 1 shall have an opportunity to contract for a good share of the carpenter work." is too lale for me to try now. ] shall never be anything but a journeyman." "1 will own, Ludlow, that you hare wasted the best part of your lite for study; but there is yet time and opportunity for reirievemept." with his services, and do not drag out a miserable existence in the vain attempts to change his nature. It is utterly impossible to do so. •' You cannot make a silk purse, 6ic." He has been created for some other sphere ; let him find and fill it. 8th. Advertise yovr business—Do not hidt your Jight under a bushel.*—Whatever your occupation or calling mav be, if it needs support trom the public, advertise it thoroughly and efficiently, ip some shape have acquired quite sufficient to support them well through life, in consequence of laying their plans of living on too expensive a platform. Some families in this country expend $20,0(10 per annum, and some much more, and would scuroely know how to live on a smaller sum, Prosperity is a more severe ordeal than adversity, especially sudden prosperity. »' Easy come, easy go," is an old and true proverb. Pride, when permitted full sway, is the gr*at undying canker-worm which gnaws the very vitals of a man's worldly possessions, let them be small or great, hundreds or millions. Matty persons, as th*y begin to prosper, immediately commence expending for luxuries, until in a short time their expenses swallow up their income, and they become ruined in their ridiculous attempts to keep up appearances, and make a "sensation." Anaodote of Scott. One of pur citizens, an industrioua and well known mechanic, whose veracity tn 'unquestionable, related to us yesterday th« following interesting anecdote of Scott, which to ik place at Qleaveland, a part of the time he was sent on the important duty of arranging the Canada diffioulty, l»y President Van Buren. The morning after bis , arrival at Cleaveland, he was walking up a street, when glancing hie eye in a painting and glazing shop, well recollected by the citizens ol Cleaveland, he raw the proprietor , Mr. Hanks. The Gen. wheeled and marched in : " Good morning Mr. Hanks," said he, as he took the painter's hand—"do you recollect me V " General Scott, A believe/' replied Hanks, •« but how could you iecollet met'' ~ , t^fCX " From having once seen you under no ordinary circumstances. The last time I saw you, was in the hottest part of the battle of Lundy's Lane. O'f three drums, two had been destroyed by the fire of the enemy. Bui one drum was left, and for that the three drummer boys were figbling, when a cannon ball killed two of them.— The third one was yourself." 14 True, true, every word of it," replied the man with emotion. AlfD Anthracite Jmunal rulLlSIED WEEKLY BY e. If. RICH ART 8 H. S. PHILLIPS. "Good ! We shall have a change of air," said Ludlow, in a merry mood. That evening Charles took his paper from the post office, and in it he lound an advertisement calling for an architectural plan for the new State House. lie went home, locked himself up in his room, and devoted half the night to intense thought and study. The next day he procured a large sheet of fine drawing paper, and after supper he again betook himself to his room, where lie drew out his table, spread his paper, and then, taking out his case of mathematical instruments, he set himself about his task. For a whole week he worked every night till twelve or one o'- clock, and at the end of that time his job was fiuished. He rolled his sheet of paper carefully up in a substantial wrapper, and having directed it to the committee, he entrusted it to the care of the st.igo driver, to be delivered at its destination at the city of S . OjUl fful iidt of Mtin Streot, itcond Mtery o/ t\« "Long gtvrf tf If Wo»d. Ludlow did try. and he studied, and improved much, but he was unable to recall the time lie had wasted. He had to take care of a family, and as he had to depend altogether on his hands foi support, he could not be expected to *ork much with his mind. T«« "Oitrrr* It Jooknal" to published erery FrlJny, si Two Dollim per annum. Two Dollars and Klfijr Oots will be char/ed If ool paid within the year. paper will be discontinued dull) all arrearages are paid. ADVUTiniacMTa are Inserted conspicuously al Omj Uoll ax per square of fourteen Hues for three insertion*; nDdTw««T»riv* Cxkts additional forevery subsequent iasertion. A liberal deduction to tkoee who »dteniae for six months or the whole year. Jos Wo»*.—We hare connected with our establishment a well selected assortment of Jos Ttrs, which will ensble us to execute, in the neatest style, eyery variety of pjinttng. All letters and commualcstions addressed to the Onvtu and Journal must be rosr-rain. and endorsed by a reilKHSlble name, to receive attention. or other, that will arrest public attention. 1 freely confess that what success I have met with in business I owe to the press more than to all other causes combined. 8th. Avoid all extravagance; and always live consider ably within your income, if you can do so without absolute starvation —It needs no prophet to tell us that those who live fully up to their .Tiesns, without any thought of a reverse in life, can never attain a pecuniary independence. A brief refeience to my own history may, perhaps, serve to illustrate this part of the subject. By the death of my father in 1820, I was thrown upon the World it the age of sixteen, dependent solely upon my own resources for support. I never found any difficulty in making money, but the thought did not occur to me (during fifteen years,) trying to save. Atone time, when lotteries were lawful in my native State, (Connecticut,) I was extensively engaged in the sale of tickets, and my profits were enormous, sometimes as high as five bundled dollars per day—but I thought very little of trying to lay up money ; I could always easily manage to expend my income, let it be ever so great. In 1641, I purchased the American Museum in New York, without a dollar, for 1 was not worth a dollar in the world. But I was never disheartened ; I always telt that I could make money fast enough, if 1 only set my mind to it, I remember meeting a friend in Broadway a few weeks before I came in possession of the Museum." Well," says I, "Mr. A., I am going to buy the American Museum." Charle* Brackctt saw the building he had plunnAd entirely finished, and he re. ccived .lie highest encomiums of praise from the chief officers of the Slate. Business flowed in upon him, and before many year* Bkackett, the Architect wus known throughout the Union. When he led Mary Waters to the liymenial altar, lie did own one of the prettiest residences in his notive town ; nor did "poor Mary" have to wait long for the happy hour. There is a deep moral in the foregoing story, for our mechanical reader", and we have no doubt they have, ere this, discovered it. "1 know that I am to do It,and that when 1 urn of age I shall be paid (or doing it.— That is enough," answered Ludlow, with muoh emphasis. "It is not enough for me," said Charles. Every piece of mechanism has a science in its composition, and I would he able to comprehend that science so as to apply it, perhaps, to other uses. In short, Lad, I would be master of my business." "And so would I. i tell you, Charley, I believe i could frame a house no-v." POETRY. I know a gentleman of fortune, who says that when he first began to prosper, his wife would have a new and elegant sofa.— " That sofa," he says, ''cost me thirty thousand dollars ! The riddle is thus explained. When tho so/a reached ;he house, it was found necessary to get chairs " to match," then sideboards, carpets, and tables " to correspond" with them, and so on through the entire stock of furniture, when at last it was found that the house it. self was quite too small and old-fashioned for the furniture, and a new one was built "to correspond" with the sofa and ct ceterat; "thus," added my friend, "running up an outlay of $30,000, oaused by that single sofa, and saddling on me, in the shape of servants, equipage, and the necessary expenses attendant on keeping up a fine " establishment," a yearly outlay of eleven thousand dollars, and a tight pinch at that; whereas ten years ago, we lived with much mora real comfort, beoause with muoh less cars, on as many hundreds. The truth is," he continued, " that sofa would have brought me to inevitable baukruptcy, htd not a most unexpected rise of prosperity kepi n» above it." THE GRAVE YARD. Step lightly, for beneath thy feet, In death's repose, so calm and sweet, Sleep those who were once as gay as thou, Whose step, once light as thine is now, Oft wandered to this holy gro und, Where, lingering near some turf-grown mound, They gated as thou—without a sigh— And dreamed, like thou, they could nni die, Oh I crush not carelesdy yon flower— Its'fragranee steal with magic power O'er some torn heart, whose gentle care The sweet love-token planted there, Td blossom in this qaiet rale, Fanned by the zephyr's softest gale; In chastest beauty there to blootn, Upon some precious loved one's tomb, nreathe softly—lest some gritting sound, Mingling with stillness so profound, Should startle from their quiet rest The songsters that have built their nest High in the weeping willow tree, As if they, too, far off would flee From sorrow's withering blight, like those Who find beneath its boughs repose. 8peak gently—let no careless word ylmid the holy calm be heard; I.et no rude tone disturb the breeze, That, murmuring gently through the trees, Seems ever chanting o'er the dead t A reqnitm for the "spirit fled"— That seems with every breathing tig!i To whisper, "here earth's loved ones Tie." Nearly three weeks rolled nwny, and Charles began to fear that his labors had been useless. It was just after dinner.— Mr. Wbito and his men had commenced work, w hen four gentlemen entered the shop, whose every appearance at once bespoke them to be men of the highest standing in society. —  I'rom Krecilly'n Practical Treatise on Business. P. T. Barnuiu's Roles for Soccess "Such n one as you have been taught to build, Lud." io Business. " But, my braVe fellow," said the Cene. ral, " how did you lose your leg V observing the man's deficiency of on* lag. " I lost it ot the battle of Lundy's Lane, while carrying that drum."— Indiana Jour. •'Certainly. Everybody must be taught at first." I can scarccly expect to oflbr anything new on the subject proposed, but will narna a few rules that 1 am convinced, trora experience and observations, must be observed in order to injure success in business."Is there a Mr. Clmtles Bracked here ?" asked one of them. "True ; and every one may gain improvement upon the instructions of others, bv self-culture." "That is the man, sir," said Mr. White, pointing to where Charles, in his check apron and paper cap, was at work. "Then you won't go to ride this evening,' said Ludlow, as they readied their boartl. ing liou«e. " Jemmy, oome up here; I want you," " Well, sir, wot is it." " Do you know your lesson ?" " I don't know anything else, air." " Good ! Where is Kamskatca ?" The stranger seemed a little surprised as he turned his eyes upon the youth, and a shade of dpubt dwell upon his features. 1st. Select the kind of- business that suits your-natural inclination and temperament.— •Sonic men are naturally mechanics ; others have a strong aversion lo anything like machineryi and so on ; one man has a natural tnsio for one occupation in life, and another for another. " 1 otn glad we do not all feel and think alike," said Dick Homespun, "for, if we did, everybody would think my gal, Sukey Snipes, the sweetest creature in all creation, and they would all be trying to court her at once." "No." Here the conversation ended. That ev. ening Ludlow Weston hired a horse and chaise, and went to ride ; while Charles Biaekett betook himself to his room, ond warf soon deeply interested in his History of Architecture. Soir.o parts he would read over several times, so as to thoroughly cornprehond them, and occasionally he would take notes, and copy some of Che drawings. Before ho had retired'to his refit, he had finished the book ; and when he ruse in ihe morning he ft It happy and satisfied with himself. "Is your name Bracket!, sir V he asked as he went up to where the young man stood. "It's situated somewhere, air, in one of the continents—I ain't certain which.— It's a blessed cold country, wherever it is." • It is, sir," replied Charles, trembling with strong excitement. "Did you draw this plan ?" continued '.lie stranger, opening the roll he held in his hand. " How doe* its inhabitants live?' 10th. Do not depend, upon others.—Your success must depend upon your own individual exertions. Trust not to the assistance of friends, but learn that every man must be the architect ol his own fortune ; and wi:h proper attention to the foregoing rules, and such observations as a man of sense will pick up in his own experience, the road to competence will not, I think, usually be found a difficult ope. " Werry easy. All they've got to do is, to draw their breath, and eat their wittela.""I did, sir," answered Charles, ts ho at once recognised his work. " Buy it!" says he, for'he knew 1 had no property. " What do you intend to bur it with ?" " Brass," I replied, "for silver and gold I have none." I never could succeed as a merchant.— 1 have tried it unsuccessfully several times. I never could be content with a fixed salary, lor mine is a purely speculative disposit ion, while others are just the reverse, and therefore all should' be carefol to se. lect those occupations that suit them best. " How are their habita 1" ".Werry seedy." ' I don't mean their clothes. I mean their ways—their customs."' "They hain't got many ways, 'cos the snow blocks 'em up, and their customs ie awful—they annerkondas whole, and sometimes digest 'er» by eatin' a horned ihinoserous, horns and all." "Did you originate it ?" "Every part of it, sir." "Ah, Charley, I had a glorious time last nigh'," said Ludlow Weston, with a heavy vawn, as tho two apprentices met before breakfast. The stranger eyed the young carpenter with a wonderful look, and so did the gentlemen who accompanied him. Mr. White and Ludlow Weston wondered what it all It was even so. Everybody wlto had any connection with theatrical, oircus. or exhibition business, from Edmund Simp*on, manager of theDOld Park or Wit). Niblo, down to the most humble pup«wt.sbowiVnrt» oP the day, knew me per. fectly well. Mr. Francis OImstcadN the owner of the Museum building (now de. cased,) a noble wiiole-soaled man as one often meets with, having consulted my references, who all concurred in telling bin) that I was a "good showman, and would do as I agreed," accepted ray proposition to give security for mo in the purchase of the Museum collection, he appointing a money-taker at the door, arid crediting me, towards the purchase, all the money recei. ved alter paying expenses, allowing me fifty dollars per month, on whioh to support my family, consisting of a wife and three children. This was my own proposition, as I was determined so to live, that six hundred dollars per annum should defray all the expenses of my family until I had paid for tin* Museum; and my treasure of a wife (and such a wife is a "treasure") gladly assented to the arrangement, and expressed her willingness to cut the expenses down to $400 per annum if n'e jessary. One day, some six months after I had pur. chased the Museum, my friend Mr. Olmsted happened in at my ticket office, at about 18 o'clock, and found me alone, eating my dinner, which consisted of a lew slices of corned beef and bread that I had brought from home in the morning. " Is this the way you eat yourdinner?" he inquired. "So had I," returned Charles, "At vour tlry books, eh V' "Yes'." . ."Well, sir," at length said he who held the plan, "i am qpt a liule surprised that CVie like you should hove designed and drawn t'lis; but nevertheless, you are a lucky man. Your plan has been accepted in every fenture, and'your recommendations have all lDeen adopted." mean) 2d. Let your pledged, uiord ever% be sacred. Never promise ro'do a tiling without performing it vviih the most ngljl promptness. Nothing is more valuable to a man in business than the name of always doing as he ngrees, and that to the moment. A strict adherence to this rule gives a man ihe command of half the spare funds within the range of hi* acquaintance, and al. ways encircles him with a host of frietids, who may be depended upon in almost any conceivable emergency. 3d. Whatever you do, do u-Uh all your might. Work at it, if necessaiy, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone upturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can just as well be done now. The old proverb is full of truth ond meaning, "Whatever is worth doing at nil, is worth doing well." Many a man acquires a fortune by doing his business thoroughly, while his neighbor remains poor fur life, because lie only half does his business. Ambition, energy, in dustrv, and perseverance are indiapeusHble requisites for success in business. P. T. BARNUM Bridgeport, Conn,, June 28 '64. THE TP/® j Or, PastTime Heal and Unreal. " That'll do; you can go to your eeat." " Than'ee. Why is that 'ere cushion you're settin' on like your head ? Give'it up?" " Yes." A Broken Heart. "Well, I don't envy you. Rg'nd, Charley, the recollection of last night's ride and the (upper will givo me enjoyment for a month." The interesting case of a literally broken heart we subjoin, was related by Dr. J. IC. Miichell, of JefTerson College, Philadelphia, to his class last winter, while lecturing upon diseases of the heart. It will be seen, on perusing it, that the expression •| broken-hearted," is not merely figurative:BY s. CODfl, ;n CtURLF.3 BiiACK'JfrT and Ludlow Weston were o|DprC mice* to o carpenter by the naino of Jo»as White. They were nearly of th"! same age—about nineteen, and 'hey were both of them of remarkable good dis. position, and witbr-l very punctual ut their work. Mr. White was a kind, indulgent rnun, and liia workmen had no OCcaMOii to complain of las requirements. " 'Cos they're both blamed soli." "And the recollections of my last night's study may benefit a lifetime." "Uah ! " said Ludlow. But the verv manner in which he uttered it whowed that he did not exactly mean it. The effect of this announcement upon Charles Bracked was like an electric sho3k. Objects seemed to swim before his eyes, and he grasped the edge of hi* bcnch for support. d A™Ett, —[Scene—Connecticut Kiver Railroad cars crowded to utmoet capacity. Tall Yankee boy, with a bundle on his arm, standing in the corner, unable to obtain a seat. Arriving at the depot, the conductor, as usual makes the faot known and sings out.] Will a man ait, (Williamansett.) Tall Yankee; amidst roars of laughter fiom passengers: El corse a man will sit, jist show me a seat, and darn my dag'ery'type ef I dan't stick tew it till J hatch. In the early part of his medical career, Dr. M. accompanied as a surgeon, a packet that sailed between Liverpool and one of our Southern ports. On the return voyage, soon after leaving Liverpool, while the doctor and the captain of the vessel, a weather beaten son of Neptune, but possessed of uncommon fine feelings and strong impulses, were conversing in the iatter's state-room, the captain opened a large chest, and carefully took out a num. ber of articles of various descriptions, which he arranged upon a table. Dr. M. surprised at the array of costly jewels, ornaments, dresses, and all the varied paraphrenalia of which ladies are naturally fond, inquired of the captain his object in having so many valuable purchases. The ssilor in reply, said that for ecven or eight years he had been devotedly attached io a lady, to whom he had several times made proposals of marriage, but was often re. jected ; that her refusal to wed him, how. ever, had only stimulated his love to greater exertion ; and that, finally, upon renewing his offer, declaring In the ardency of his passion, that without her society life was not worth living fqr, she consented to become his bride upon his return from his next voyage. He was so overjoyed at the prospect of a marriage from which, in the warmth of his feelings, he probably anticipated more happiness than is generally al. lotted to mortals, that he spent all his ready money while in London for bridal gifts. Aftef gazing at them fondly for sometime, and remarking on them in turn, " I think this will please Annie," and " I am sure she will like that," he replaced them with the utmost care. This ceremony he repeated every day during the voyage; and the doctor often observed a tear glistening in his eye, as he spoke of the pleasure he would haye in presenting them to his affianced bride. A month passed away, nnJ it wbs Satur day morning. " Gentlemen," said Mr. White, " I do not nnderatand this. What does it all "Charley," said Ludlow Weston, ''we have not'go! to work this afternoon. Now what do you say to joining the party on the pond ? We have got the boats engaged and are going to have a capital lime. I'm going to carry Sophia, and you must take Mary, and go with us." mean }" "It means, air, that this young man has designed a complete and perfect architect' tirnl plan for the new Slate House, and ihut it has been unanimously adopted by the committee, from among fifty others which they have received from different parts of the country." "Oi*rley," -.aid Ludlow W cston. one evening, after they hud eloacd their labors upon a houao that .Mr. While was electing, "let u« have r ride this evening." "No," returned Charles Bracket!, as he removed his apron. The answer was £Dut yet it was kindly spoken. "Come, do," urged Ludlow, "it will be a beautiful evening, and we can hure a first.rate time ; won't you go I" "I cannot, Lud." T/te Grammar of Matrimony.—It you are a precise man, and wish to be oertata of what you get, never marry a girl named Ann, for we have the authontv of Lind. ley Murray, and many others, for the assertion that Ann is an "indefinite »rtf. ole." "I am sorry that I must disappoint you, Lud ; but the old professor at the academy as he has no school this afternoon, has premised to give me some assistance in my studies in mensuration, and it would be 11 disappointment both to him and myself to miss the opportunity." "Charles." uttered the old carpenter, wiping a pride-sent tear from his eye, as he gazed upon his former apprentice, "when did vou do this J' 4th. Sobrirly. Use no description of hiUtxiculing drinks.—As no mart can succeed in business unless he has a brain to enable him to lay his plans, and reason to guide him in their execution, so, no matter how bountifully a man may be blessed with intelligence, it his brain is muddled, ntid his judgment warped by intoxicating drinks, it is impossible for him to carry on business successfully. How many good opportunities have passed, never to return again, while a man was sipping a "social glass" with his friend !—How many a fooli.sh bargain has been made under the influence of the nensine, which temporarily makes its victim so rich •' How many important chances have been put oil* until tomorrow, and thence lorever, because the wine cup has thrown the system into a state of lassitude, neutralizing the energies so essential to success in business. The use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage is ai much an infatuation as is the smoking of opium by the Chinese, and the former is quite as destructive to the success oi the business man as the latter. "Three weeks ago, sir." "And that's what kept you up so late everv night for a week t" "Yes, siri" "Because I am others iso engaged, and besides, 1 havn't the money to spare." "Never mind the engagement, but 3om* along, and I will pay the expenses." "If I ever jo hi with a companion in any pastime that involves pecuniary expenses, I sliull always pay my share ; but this evrnng, Lud, 1 havo an engagement with myself." "But why ?" •■Oh, bother your mensuration. Come along, Mary Waters will think you are really mean, for Sophy Cross will be sure to tell her what a fine time she had with mo." OCT " Does Pa kiss you because he loves you 1" inquired a little snubby-nosed urchin of his maternal ancestor the other day. " To be sure, sonny ; why 1 "Wal, I guess he loves the kitchen girl, too, fori seed him kiss her more'n forty times last Sunday, when you were gone to meeting.""There's a powerful genius there, sir," said the spokesman of the visitors. "Ay," repljed Mr. White, and there has been a deep and powerful application there, too. Charles Bracket! has been with me from a boy, and every moment of his leisure time has been devoted to the most intense stud).' " No, Mary won't," returned Charles. "After 1 have finished my lesson, I am going to take a horse and chaise, and carry her out to visit her sick aunt, where wi shall spend Ihe Sabbath. However, I hope you will have a good time, and I believe you will." "1 have uoteateo a warm dinner since 1 bought the Museum, except on the Sabbath," I replied, "and I intend never to eat another on a week dav until I get out of debt." "And what can it be, Charley ?" "1 borrowed a book of Mr. White a few days since, and as I promised to reiurn it tut soon as ( had finished it, 1 desire to do •o as soon as possible, so I must devote this evening to reading." " Poppy, I know why some pistols are called horse pistols." " Why, my son t" 11 Because they kick so." " Marv, put that boy to bed, he's getting so snarp he'll cut somebody yet. sea if he don't." 1 The gentleman looked kindly, flatteringly upon the young man, and then turning to Mr. White, he saicl— " Ah ! you are safe, and will pay for the Museum beforethe year is out." he replied) slapping me familiarly on the shoulder ; and he was tight, tor in less than a year from that period I was in full possession of the Museum as my own property, every cent paid our of the profit* of the establishment. Had I been lesa economical, and less determined, my expenses would have kept pace with my income; I should have lost much valuable time in going home ev. ery day to my dinner; and my present situation would probably liave been very different from what it is. Mary Waters and Sophia Cross were both of them good girls, and really loved '.he youths whose attentions they were respectively receiving. Charles and Ludlow had already lalked of marriage, and they looked forward to that important event with much promise of joy, and nil who knew them had reason ta believe that they would both make good husbands. "He has not only given us the design, but as you can see, he has calculated to a ninety the number of bricks, the surface of stone, the quantity of lumber, the size, weight, length and form of the required iron, as well as the quantity of other material., and the cost of construction. It is a valuable document." "And what it the subjcct, pray ?" asked Ludlow. An Irishman ruminating io his bliss up. on the bank of a Southern creek, espied a terrapin pluming itself. " Och honey !" exclaimed he, solemnly, "thai iver I should come to Ameriky to- see a snuffbox walk ?" «C Whist" said his wife, "don't be after making fun of the bird V "The History of Architecture," returned Charles Brackett. "Oh, bah ! Such dry stuff as that V *■ "It's not dry, I assure you, Lud."' "It may not be to you, but i« is to me. What, poring over architecture all night, jffter working hard at it all day ?" "Yes," returned Charles, "because 1 nm thus enabled to learn morn of the different branches of our business." Thus time glided away. Both the young inon laid up some money, and they were both steady nt their work, but Charles pursued his studies with unremitting diligence, while LuOlow never could see nny use in a mere carpenter's botliering his brains with geemetrical properties, areas of figures, volumes of solids, mathematical roots and powers, trigonometry, and a thousand other things his companion spent so much time over. Ludlow Weston was dumb. He hung down his liend, and thought of the contempt be had once cast upon his companion's studies. 5tli. Let hope predominate, but be not loo visionary,—Many persons are always kept poor because they are too visionary  livery project looks to them like oortain snccess, and therefore they keep changing from one business to another, always in hoi water, and always "under the harrow." Tho plan of ."counting the chickens before they are hatched," is an error of anoicnt date but it does not seem to improve by age. "Mr. Brackett,"continued the visitor, "I am authorized by the State Cominitte to pay you ono thousand dollars for this design, and to offer you ten dollars por day, so long as tho building is in course of con. struction, for your services as superintending architect. The first named sum I will pay you now, and before I leave, 1 would like to have from you an answer to tho committee's proposition." Men and women, accustomed to gratify every whim and caprice, will find it hard at first to cut down their various unneoebsary expenses, and will (eel its great telf denial to live in a smaller house than they have been accustomed to, with less expensive furniture, less company, less costly clothing, a less number of balls, parties, Ibealre-goings, carriage-ridings, pleasure excursions, cigar-smokings, liquor-tlrink. ings, dcc., etc.; but, after all, if they will try the plan of laying by a " nest-egg,"or, in other words, a small sum of money, after paying all expenses, they will be surprised at the pleasure to be derived from constantly adding to their little "pile," as well as fVom all the economical habits which follow i(i the pursuit of this peculiar pleasure. The old suit of clothes.and the old. bonnet and dress will answer for another season the Croton or spring water will taste better than champagne; a brisk walk will prove more exhllerating ihan a ride in the finest eoach ; a social famildjfept, an evening's reading in the famiifWrcle, or an hour's play of " hum the slfpfwr," and "blind man's buff," will be fai more pleasant than a fifty or a five hundred dollar party, when the reflection on the different* in cost is indulged in, bv those who begin to know the pleasures of saving. Thousands of men are kept poor, and tens of thousands are made so aftor they IE}" This was the address of a letter lately put into the Post Office at Spring, field—" This wants too go too Pat O oeal he usid to lyve in YVeastfeeld but heete aftei paing gorn to Soutiiwie but now be wi back VYeastfeeld nex teeke for after a Job and be will try for itt." "Well," said Ludlow, with a slight toss of the head, "for my part I learn full as much of the oareenters trade at my work (is I shall ever find use for. I don't see the use, after a poor fellow i,as been tied ijp.lo mortices, grooves, silU, rafters, sleepers, and such matters, ail day long, to drag away the night in studying the stuff ull over again.' "fih, Lud," replied Charles Brackett, "you don't take the right view of the mat. ter. E)very man makes himself honorable in a peculiar business, just so far as he understands that business thoroughly, and Applies himself to its perfection. It is not llje ealling or trade that makes the man, but it's the honest enterprise with which Cha: calling la followed. In looking about far a businets that should give me a suprough life, I hit upon and chafe the Qfte in which we are now hoth engaged, and jwben 1 did so I resolved to make my. .sell iwfui ia it. We have something bp. aides pHjrcieal strength to employ and cul. tivate ; we have a mind that will labor, and that mind will labor at something.— Now, physical labor alone is tedious and unthankful; but when we combine tho mental fend physical, and make them assist each other, then we find labpf a source of conr fo»t." "Really. OJ)«rle«, you are quite a phi- On reaching his destination, the captain arrayed himself with more than usual precision, and disembarked as soon as possible, to hasten to his love. As he was about to step into the carriage awaiting him, he was called aside by two gentlemen, who desired to make a communication, the purport of which was that the lady had proved unfaithful to the trust reposed in her. and married another, with whom she decamped shortly before. Instantly the captain was obseivcd to clap his hand to his breast ond fall heavily to the ground. He was taken up and conveyed to his room on the vessel. Dr. M. was immediately summoned ; but before he reached the poor captain he was dead. A post mortem examination revealed the cause of his decease.— His heort was found literally torn in twain ! The tremendous propulsion of the blood, consequent upon such a violent nervous shook, forced ths muscular tissues asunder, and life was at an end. Tbe heart waa BROKEN. Two years were soon swallowed up in the vortex of time, and Charles and Ludlow were free. They were both hired by their old master, and for several months they worked on in the town where Mr. Whito resided. Ludlow Weston was married to Sophia Cross, and they boarded with the bride's mother. During the present year there hfva passed through Iowa city, about 40,000 emigrants for California, and 10,000 for Oregon. Oth. Do not scatter your powers.—Engage in one kiud of business only, and stick to it faithfully untir you succecd, or until you concludo to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it hoipe at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will continually he suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his bruin were occupied by a dozen different subjects at once. Maay a fortune has slipped through men's fibers by engaging in too many ocoupations at once. 7ih. Engage proper employees.—Never employ a man of bad habits, when one whose habits #re good can be found to fill his situation. I have generally been extremely fortunate in having faithful and competent persons to fill tjje responsible situations in my business, and a man can scarcely be too grateful for'such a blessing. When yoH find a fWff unfit to fill his station, either from incapacity, or,peculiarity of character or disposition, dispense Before the delegation had returned to S , Charles had reeeived his thousand dollars, and accepted the offer for su. perintcnUing the erection of the new State House. Capt. Ward has commenced legal pro* ceedings against the owners of tbe pro* poller Ogndenburgh, for ainking the At* tan'.ic. "Ain't you ever going to get married ?" asked Ludlow, as ho and Charles were at work together. "Ah! Charles," said Ludlow Weston, after they had finished their supper, "you have indeed chosen the wise part. 1 had no thought that a carpenter could be such a man." A recent philosopher alleges that the five great evila of life are—standing col. Isre, tight boots, tobacco, rum, and—the broomstick. "As soon ns I can get a house to put a wife into," quietly returned Charles. "Why, you can hire one at any time." "I know t|iat, but 1 wish to own one." "And why not a carpenter as well as any man. it only requires study and application.""But all men are not like you." "Because all men don't try. Let a man set his eyes upon an honorable point, and teen follow It steadily and unwaveringly* and he will be sure to reach it. All men may not occupy the Same sphere, and it would not be well that they should ; but there are few who may not reach a degree ot eminence in any trade or profesSiort, however humble." "Then poor Mary Waters will have to wait a long timo for a husband, I'm thinking."" Perhaps so," Charles said, with a " I have turned many a won boasted a young nobleman of " Yes," replied Tallyrand, «' you." smile. Then Ludlow whistled a tunc as he continued his work. Be8uty is a roqk on which many a man makea shipwreck while in search of the pearls which' adorn it. Mrs.H , says there Is one thing that puzzles her, and that ia, where - tb« Bailors get their fretk breezes from on salt water. "Boys," said Mr. White, as he came into the shop one moruing, wnere Charles and Ludlow were at worlt, "we are likely aeon to have a job in S—. The neSv State House is gnihg »p as soon as the commltteo He who does his beat; however little, ia fclfeays to be distinguished from him who does nothing. 05" will never repent of being palent and sober, 'I believe you are right, Charles, but It