Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-02
THE HTwEEKEYEEY'
Varieties.

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NOVEL REASON FOR COMMITTING .Sc1.
CTDE.-A Partisan correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial, relates q story,
which, whether true or not, is character
istic Of Partisan liie-[The substance of
the story is as follows = Madame c., wife
OIL nsgociant of the quarter of the Dou-
and, was remarked for the grace Of her
person, and the exquisite taste Of her toll
cite. She loved particularly to dispose
with coquetry her hair, of which the opu-
ience and the beauty drew upon her . j.,
thousand compliments. Unfortunately.
an attack of brain fever, from which s6e
recovered with difficulty, completely de.
nuded her head ofitscovering, and shocked
at the loss, she committed suicide, leaving
behind her the following touching note TO
her husband: ."aTjs .riE .5'oofa sorcd.yl
"My hair has fallen, That, ruins me.
1t is the commencement ofthe disenchant.
ment. 1t seems to me that veil has
fallen from my eyes. see life now, such
as it really is, full of disasters and of te-
diousness. feel that cannot support
IN thinking of thee. ' Mf1NA. ."
PRESIDENT RCE--SoClALITY.-0ne Of
the editors Of the New York Times, who
was a fellow passenger Of President
Pierce, on his. recent journeyings. writes
OF HIM as follows: ''His, (the PresidentIs)
trip to the North has furnished the .occa-
sion to many of becoming familiar with
the leading trait IN the President s char
acter. His kindness of heart, and con-
Germ for the comfort and happiness Of all
around him, has stood out, before his fel-
low travellers at every turn. He is withal
t-as his bland smile and cheerful face IN :.
dicate- of the most arniable, sociable,
frank and freest of gentlemen it has been
my fortune to meet, and the most literal
y democratic of all public men I have
known for years. - - -, 's'D : F" j h'a.
| "" How rapidly they build houses
now" said Cornelius to. an old acquain-
lance, as he pointed to a neat two-story
house--sthey commenced that house only
last week, and they are already putting in
the lights. II ''i'Yes," rejoined his friend,
rand the next week they will put in the
liver" .'o" yia . - ge-.4,s h..a Q. -
/ 1.-THE defense of literary man, who .
was arrested for drunkenness in Paris, is
translated thus III .5aJad-5e.'Ed sfi
HsHe who drinks well sleeps well; he
who sleeps well thinks no evil; he who
thinks no evil commits no sin; he who
commits no sin shall be saved: therefore,
be who drinks well shall be saved !,ai 1T
VERAcITY.- the trial of person in 10
Boston for violating the Liquor Law, Q
witness, who was upon the stand to inn
peach another, swore that " the character
Of the witness forthe, State might be good
mough for common affairs, but on fox
lnt he was the all-firedest liar he ever
lid see.n nar. - ND .--.;e...--s- "a ,..
/ fTA person looking over the scata. g
name of one who NAs of the trusting
order :-"Has been accused of possessing
talents" Another seeing it, Immediately
wrote under :-.tHe has been tried and
acquitted. -.aulJ "a rv7ogD 10 n
| CF Dionysius put a man to death for
ue naQ kllleu iuui. 1udI iVoho .
harsh: but the King was philosophically
Just to the law of dreams, which always
follow the tenor of our waking thoughts,
however wildly and imperfectly. When
a young lady, a Neapolitan princess, was
told bv courtier that he had kissed her
in a dream, she ordered him smart bas-
tinado, and she acted very properly. The
rebuke was calculated to be sere-Rlt
one, and must have done him good. : -r r.
1.-THE Spiritualists,n 4 of Illinois are
to have a grand knocking conversation at
Pennington, on the Goth of this month.
The lunatic asylum will soon have to be
enlarged. i'-'' s''' '''-' '.'-'i.' '-....' u
! U Pine Apples are uncommonly
plenty and cheap. They come from the
West Indies and Bahama Islands, where
the yield has been unusually abundant ii
U The Bible, in the following senti-
ment, has pretty good idea of the pest
of society, talebearer; Set watch
over thy mouth, and keep the door Of thy
lips, for tale-bearer is worse than thief.
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