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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-01-27
From the Saturday Courier.
CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF
GETHSEMANE.
Nv MISS sHERBURNB

The Gun, in all its g'orIols spIcndor, had
set behind The lofty SUBMITS of tho noun
,sins Of Judea, and tho siIvery orb Of nigh ,
in ito wane, while vending her sw'ft aud
and silent course through The blue va"Iren
arch of heaven, shone family over he quiet,
bu, picturesque garden If Ge'hsemane;
while the beautiful groves OF Noun, Olive,
sent forth their rich and sweet perfume from
thousands Of varicga,ed flowers, made still
more fragrant by the bslmv dews Of their
original cline.
All was still on the sacred mount, save
The distan, murmuring Of Jordan's kinglv
waters. borne softly on the southern night
breeze; dread silence with her mantle had
closed the eyes Of all on Jordan's yerdan,
banks, and sable night had resumed i's
sway, when the Saviour of mankind, for the
last time, slowly and pensiveiy wendell h..
way beneath The umbrsge in The sweet
garden Of Gethsemane, and IRE, silent aud
unobsarved, save by the aII.seeirg eye Of hi.
Heavenly Father, cast himself in agony IN
the ground, and wep,. Then ifi'ng his
fearful eyes toward Heaven. he prayed his
Father, If it we're possible, TO permi, the
bitter cup 10 pass from hun; bui, if nothing
else would atone, then The will Of h,s Fa her
should be- done He arnse. aad .ucn vas
HE increased agony, that large drops of
Hood stood upon his sacred brow. His cup
was fall, and soon voice from CaIvary's
blood height proclaimed that Christ, the
Saviour, was ~ more, asking 'Hh,s last ex-
crucia,ing pain on the Cross, that his ene-
mics nigh. no forgiven
Chris. thus died sacrifice fof all man
KIND, ana through MN. AMI MN aiono' arc
We to fad life eternal in Heaven, where all
tears shall be wiped away, and where PLAIN
tive, undying mlsic-from The choir at
unnnmbered angels, singing h"zannah. to
Him who ei,s upon the throne for ever and
ever-shall be heard, while the Saviour, NJ
The RICH, hand Of bis Heavenly Father, IS
seen smiling with peace and fsrven, love
on all surrounding the eternal throne.
SHOWING Ors.-"My dear, Mr.. Dress.
meoff," said lady who had more pride
than brain. do lot Bill, The carriage driver
gear up the horses and drive our fine car.
risge up and down the streets, to dayl"
"What for, wifes"
"Oh, merely to show il. Mr. Dressmsod,
to 10, ,hS'folks know that W have q car
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Ono Ba,ema kissed Mrs.. Ware, not
long ago IN New Jersey, and vac co~hided
by her husband. A suit was the result Ell
her frsm the cowh'd,os or the kissing, in
tho circun court Of Gloucester county,
which occupied several days.
The I'ensten,isry in Mary Iand clears
$500 thus ,aar for The State. Il has fof-
merIy been bur,hen.
Dixon II Lewis saye he has increased
in weight fort, pounds since March last.
He now weighs AGO pounds. .=-.---.-..-.
In spite IS all heir pains. The rich are
frequently the fathers, or at least the grand
fathers Of beggars
NJ less than $50 buildings have been
erected ia Milwaukee, Wisconsin. since
January, AZ Tnr"'ng place.
A lacy is of 40 use a, ball without
beau. A fiddle ls in the same fix.
A country editor .ay- he will take guile
for subscription He should have aGdsd
anu sOmoOOoy 10 use mem.
Doctor JOINS sou says If small debts, that
like small shot, they are rafting on every
side, anc can scarcely be escaped wl'houss
wound Great deb,s are like cannon, OF
great noise and less danger.
A simple country lad, in delivering bis
milk few mornings since. was ssk'd WY
i, was 81 warnl, said "he did not know, un>
less marin pu, IN warm water instead o.
cold"
Even the gailows is not permitted to o.
iect divorce IN some casos OF we0ieck'
James Dolan and wife, CIR numbering, are
10 be- executed IN Bradford CO., Psnnsyivs.
mia, on the Is b If FEBRUARY.
The Legislature. Of Tennessee have ersc'
ted new c. unity ~ hal State, which they
call Jones county, 10 honor Of their Gov
enor.
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81 TOLD YOU SO"

"W,fe! wife! our cows dead--cheksd
with turn,p!"
II told you 60 l always know1 she'd
choke herself with them turnips'"
But it was . pumpk,a-s dsrasd big
one"
..Wsl, It's all the same. knowd ell
oog how II vouldbe. Nobody but ninny,
like you, would feed GOV on pumpkins
that WASH, chopt."
"The pumpkins wae ch"P'. And twant
tho pumpkins neither, what checked her.
'Twa, the ,rsv-,hs end on, 10 sticking eue
Of her mouth now"
"Ugh! Ugh! There goes nv bread
tray. No longer ago than Yesterday Told
you he csw would swallow hat usy."--iA
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smooth" but II appears ~ have run partic.
ularly rough IN tn. case Of Dr. Msctay, Of
New Orlcan-, and y far daughter n Judge
Story, Of that CITY, 4 ~hom no had become
enamored Papa said "no;" 90 the pair
started III IN carriage. privately, TO La
fays,ie, to get "spIiced" On ,he road they
met the lsdy's bro'her, who attempted to
stop them, but wa. pitched into The mud by
the driver The next obstacle with which
hey came in c"ilission was no, 80 easily
got over, being q heavy dray-aad they
we're pitched into he mud. Az one Of the
hor-es was killed, The carriage smashed,
ard The JeDu "knocked 10 10 q cooked hat"
the lovers had to make to their personal
powers Of progression, and 'hey trudgsd
back TO New Orleans through mud and rain,
IN the hope Of finding An up.rIvsr stcamboa,
to bear them 10 bliss. They found one
> embarked; bu, The family Of he lady heard
Of it, chartered ano her boat. and a, The last
accounts (Dsc ~ The two steamers were
"going It" up stream, sts boiling gslIop,
while the citizens on shor. were giving and
taking odds on he sesui'.-N Y True Sun
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From the N. Y. Tribune.
FOREIGN NEWS.

By the packet ship England, Capt. Bari.
lett, 70 have Liverpool papers up to Decs'n
Der 9Th, whi-h is four days later than lhs
sailing Of Tho last steamer. The state Of
trade in liverpoel was The same As the
week before. An Improvement was ex
p.cted owing 10 The commercial intelligence
from India and the increased confidence in
the American States 10 cotton there had
been no speculative trade, bu. Il steady bu
siness had been carried on.
Tho appeal ofthe A n,i.corn Law League
10 responded to on every side with en,hns,.
asm.-L Large subscriptions arc raised to
carry It un.- Liverpool 10 also wide awake
on the ,uljec, Of Free Trade. She has
contributed to the League Fund more than
fl,40O.
The Liverpool Mercury, in common.
ting on tho State trials in lrelnnd, says that
Tho hungling, ons.sided manner in v hich
tho Government has conducted the whole
sRam has created sympathy for O'Cannsl'.
The Attorney General narrowly escaped
h,vins hs indictment, Quashed. l. is an
advantage 10 o., 'onnell that he hes Qoi the
trial pos,poned this term, as The prssso' jury
list ronisins such u largo proportion OF Or
asgs Protesran,s compared with ihe Caiho-
lies. Before the Is Of January an"'aer
and different list will b msds out The
refusal to grant to the accused last OF The
witnesses to 10 called against them Is ."
n.nitss,ly unjns, and partial 'ha; it hes
taken away from the respect for the crown.
Repeal msetinss continued to be held in
Ireland. II "a said that they ara a,ended
by London Policemen M spies More gun.
bca,s have been despatched to tho Shannon
A d,naer hiss been given to Smith Or.
On =, Limer,rk The Rev. Mr. T!rrel',
Of Lusk, hns died. which ha, csussd much
excitement, a. i, 10 said that he died in
consequence Of taking csld on the evening
Of ,h4 proclamation forb,dd'ng the Cl"n,ar
meeting. no having been Oh. ia the rain III,
shoIe nigh TO prevent the people from al
tending the meeting.
In celebration Of the Q,een's vi.i, !.
Tamwor;h three dinners had been gwen t.
thu poor, a, which 1000 were fed.
The Brig Nelson Wod from Demera,,
to Liverp"l, had been lost IN Galway Isl
and. and out Of crew Of Ia only 4 WEI,
saved.
Tho news from the other Europsa,
S,a'ea and India is the same as that receiv
Cd b. the last Havre packet.
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No. 13.

The sbo = deducuon. Il statistical tables
corcspond with every day observations IT
humsn life.
Women nre exposed 10 peculiar hazards
IN 'he middle Of lite; bui in The long run f,s
The largest par If 'h'- exposure, danger,
and risk, in civilized nations, 'aIl on men
IN the active periods of life.
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socke,s)
Lord ha' macy mis- H. horse. run AWAY
and broke de carriage oil to .maeh! one
gentleman say 1t neber be mend-d in d.
world
Mrs D. Tho carriage broke! good era.
cious! we're undone-oh! shall faint! We
are now cut of from respectable society,"
Render the funny part of the above les
in these Two little words, to wit: its true
Milton hron
ERurrloN OF MouNr ErNE.-By the
NeapoIitan steamer francesca ], which ar
rived Yesterday morning, November 22,)
We have received an account of the break
ing forth If Mount Eina The mounta, ~
had been for some days heavily capped
with dense clouds; some rumbings were
heard II times res emb'ing distant thunder;
and many persons, especially on the ives,
side near Bron'e, Imagined they felt at in.
'erv"ls slight shocks Of earthquake Or trem.
bI'ogs Of The earth. On Saturday, about
midnight, several violent explosions were
heard, aud Ere vas soon seen to ascend
rom near me NOUN or me OLD crater. The
stream Of lava gradually increased in extent,
aud took course towards the town Of
Bron'e; luckily, few hillocks to it's left
served to turn the direction, which then
flowed on towards The road 10 Palermo. On
Monday, the stream Of liquid FIRE had at.
tanned the destructive breadth Of upwards Of
Nv" miles; it still flowed on destroying eve>
rythng IN its path. The road to Palermo
is closed up, filled with burning lava. The
sight is awful, grand, beautiful, ye, terrific
beyond description. I, bids fair 10 be The
mus, magni6cen, eruption Of the las, cen.
fury. Pray heaven it may not be more de-
struc,ive; as vet ITS damages have been
confined to few houses and vineyards.
Malta paper.
LIFE AND DEATH OF sexes.
The laws Of life and mortality be,v,xt
the sexes are very remarkable. They are
sta led thus:
|. IL The present condition Of the white
population Of The Un,,cd Stare., the number
Of females born per snnum is ab"ut 10000
las. han the males THE determines of
itself thai poIygamy rs not natural condi-
ton Of man, and that the laws Of our religion
ard ,ure a.e same that one man shall
be The husband Of one woman.
2 Al twenty years Of age the females
exceed he males This proves that between
the br'h and twenty, The mortality among
The boys has been much greater than that
among the girls.
3. From 20 10 40 The men again much
exceed the wo,nen, which shows that this i.
the period Of the greatest mortality among
women.
4 From 40 80 70 he difference rapidly
dim, fishes, the females, ~ m The earl, part
Of life, gaining on the males This shows
ha, this Is the period If creates, danger and
exposure to men, The leas, to the womea.
5. From 70 onward the women out
number The men. This shows concIusively
that, relatively speaking. in comparison
with men, the hsal,hiest period Of female
life ia At ito closs. Absolutely, however,
no period 10 either sex il % healthy 40 that
Of you,h-,hs blooming period Of boyhood
and girltosd.
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AMERICA 1T is now likely soon 70 be es>
nbl'shed. for We perceive by the London
Sun, that Mr.. Monck Mason has now in
at WiI'is's Rooms model of balloon, in>
vented by himself, which can be both pro
Pelled and s,eered. This model and is
doings are described in the Sun, as fol,
lows;
Tho balloon il Of oiled silk, and il.
shape Is slIipsoidal, shapes which combines
the highest ascending power with the lea.
resistance to horizontal progression; below
The balloon, between it and The car, but in
close connection with The latter. is a frame
work Of wood, in shape like the frame work
OF tho deck Of a sharp bull, chip, tie long
diameter corresponding with the long diam,
ster Of the balloon; below this frame work
- The car The propeller il an Arch,,ne
dian screw Of oiled silk, stretched over
light frame work. The screw resembles
10 shape the screw now used a. propeller
on bsard The Archimsdisp steam vessels; il
10 suspended from the wooden frame work.
asd 10 moved BY powerful screw in the
cor. Al The spPssiss cod 10 Tie ruddsr, 10
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