American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-27

| Gork editor says he had an introduction last
week, to the heroine of the following sketch:
Mir. -, q merchant, now residing in
Philadelphia, who formerly lived in rather an
! eNtFavagant style, was in the habit, every
Monday morning, of giving his wife u certain
sum of money for table aud other household
expenses of the week. never mentioned his bu-
siness to his wife, and she, deemng him suli-
GENTLY capable of attending to his own affairs,
never inquired into them. About five years
after their marriage, through some slight mis-
management, and the ras,ahty Of his confiden-
! tial clerk Mr. - suddenly broke and his
fall was mentioned, sympathisingly, on Change,
! and-lko all such matterS-there all sympa-
thy ended, The merchant kept the affair a Sc
cret, and the first ntimaton his lady had Of
ii, was by paragraph in the "Ledger. -
Shortly after dinner was over, on the day of
/ the discovery of The startling fact, Mrs.
requested her husband to remain in the parlor
few moments, as she had something to say to
! him. She then left the room, hurried up
stairs, and shortly afterwards returned, with u
splendidly bound Bible IN her hand. Handing
it to her husband, she said: George, the day
after oar marriage you gave me this precious
book, as a token Of your love, and as rich
| fountain TO look to in the day of trouble. Its
pages have been precious to me; and, as your
brow looks sad to-day, | now return it to you,
that you may CLEAN from it some consolation
in the hour of gloom" She then left tho
room.
The merchant opened the book carclessly,
and q bank bill fell out. He picked it up, ard
glanced at its tacc--it was $40 bill file
opened The book again, and another note Of the
same amount was before him. He opened il at
the fist page, ana confined to find an be-
tween every two leaves till he arrived at the
commencement Of the Book of Revelations.
lie was sayed-cou!d again commence bust
ness and had capital Of $4,000 to begin with!
He rang the bella servant appeared
"Rcquest your mistress TO come to me immc-
diateIy," said the merchant.
The lady ohcyod, entering the room with
something between a tear aud smile.
"Katc! Kate Where dld you procure all this
money!"
cts the weekly savings Of our household
expenses Cor the last five years" was the mo-
dest reply. Every week put ten out Of tie
twenty dollars which you gave me into our BIZ
bic bank, that when day Oh trouble came up
on US, We should have something to save us
from the wolf"
"But why put it in the Bible, Kate"
"Because it is good bank and one which
will not suddenly break, d" replied the lady.
you are an angel, Kate, +" cried her delight.
cd husband, clasping her to his heart
And so she is. Does any one doubtt? There
are thousands of snch angels despite the rail-
ings Of our miserable woman-slandering bache-
lors.
THE HEATuEN-- Description of a DagnGcsnt
Temple. The Rev. Eugene Kincad, the de-
voted missionary, who has recently returned
from the Burman empire, thus describes mag
nifcent heather temple:
The foundation ofthis temple (in the city of
Ava, the capitol Of the Burmese Empire, is OF
solid masonry, composed of bricks Of the best
materials 1t is two thousand feet square, the
walls being eight feet thick and seventy high.
On the top Of the walls rest two rows Of mas
2ivc pillars. AT each corner Of the walls rises
), beautiful spire. On the top Of each spiro is
placed huge aaI Of iron, surrounding which
is an iron net work, ten feet in diamGter in
the shape Of spread umbrella. On the bot
tom edge Of this are suspended bells of every
sis and tone. \ piece Of bright copper is at
tached to a elapper, SO arranged that when the
wind is strong every bell is set ringing.
On the top Of this temple is a second one,
$50 feet square, and ) 0 feet high; and on each
corner rises beautiful tower, with lis compile
a third temple, l20 feet square, and 90 feet
high, each corner having It's tower and bells
and surrounding this third is fourth and last
temple, IS fest square and 10 feet high, each
corner also having its splre and bells. From
the top Of this fourth temple ascGnds a magnl-
iicent sp!rc, with all immense iron net work at
its summit-haVing numerous bells suspended
, from its edge. On walking along by the tom
pie, when the wind IS strong, and all these
bells, comprising an endless variety Of tones,
are ringing, wonderful! sensation is produc-
ed, as though music was falling all around
from the clouds.
The whole interior Of this temple is succeed
and las the appearance OF polished marble
In the centre IS an immense throne Oh which
is most gigantic image. Mr.. kincad had
the curiosity 10 climb up, ior the purpose Of
measuring some portions OF It; and from the
end OF the thumb to the second Joint, was IS
inches 1t was placed there at the cost Of
10000 rupees, or 100000. Besides this, in
ninches in the wall are placed 500 other ina
ges, each one upon a throne, with inscriptions
on the wall directly above them. On the wall
are other images in tiers, higher and higher,
until they reach the lofty ceiling. Look about
you which way you will, in this immense
building, and it seems as though the gods were
f looking down upon you wherever you turn
your eyes. Look up this 274 feet of solid mason
work, dedicated 10 idolatry, and see the thou
sands upon thousands of worshippers, who
pour in their offerings of gold like water, and
fancy, if you can, the expense of this idolatry.
The temple, with all its images-the i'm
mense amount of brick and stone work-the
1000 bels-the sculpture which adorns the
building within and without-and the lofty tow
crs--must nave cost more than the creation of
a hundred commodous churches in New York.
) 1t was begun and finished within two years.
Thousands were king brick thousands more
laying them, and thousands upon thousands
engaged in the various departments. Thou
sand of poor men checrfully gave two months