Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-13


of sugar, and the pleasure he has enjoyed
Is ended; but the information he gets
from a newspaper is treasured up in the
mind, to be used whenever occasion or
inclination calls for it. A newspaper is
not the wisdom of man or two men it
is the wisdom Of the age-of past ages
too. A family without newspaper is
always half an age behind the times in
general information besides, they never
think much, nor find much to think
about. And there are the little ones
growing up in ignorance without taste
for reading. .-..-...-
Besides all these evils, there's the wife
who, when her work is done, has to sit
down with her hands in her lap, and
nothing to amuse her mind from the
tolls and cares of the domestic circle
Who would be without newspaper q
Franklin.
U One of O'Connell's old stories used
to be about a Miss Hussey. Her father
had made will disposing of the bulk of
his fortune to public charities. When he
was upon his death-bed, his housekeeper
asked him how much he had left Miss
Nary He replied that he had left her
$1,000, which would do very well, if she
married any sort of good husband.
Heaven bless your honor" cried the
housekeeper, "what decent man would
take her with the nose she has got !''
Why" replied the dying father, 81
never thought Of her nose" and he lost
no time in adding a codicil, that gave
Miss Mary an addition Of ESQ year.
QUESTIONS FOR YOU'VE PEopLE.-Ths
question before the meeting house is this:
If feller-what is feller-and his gal
are about to be parted for time-and
they propose tie exchange daguerreotypes
and for that purpose the Teller goes
with his gal to the daguerreotype shop
and is to pay for having the pictures
took and he only has money enough to
pay for one picture in an ordinary case
which picture should be put in the mag
niicent case-his own ugly mug, or her'n?
Would it be gallant for him to put her
mug IN the ugly case2 Would it be jim
erous in him to put his mug in the ugly
yase which she is to keep7 That's the
question before the meeting house.
~ What mighty procession has
been marching tsward the grave during
the past year. At the estimate, since
the first of january, 1858, more than
100000 of TIM worlds population
have gone down to the earth again
Place them in long array, and they will
give moving column of more than
than thirteen hundred to every mile of
the globes circumference Only think
Of it ponder and look upon these aston
ishing computations What spectacle,
as they move on, tramp, tramp, tramp
forward! upon this stupendous dead
march.
Lif. is short and time is fieetsg
And our hearts, though strong and brave,
Sul like muffied drums are beating
Funeral marches 10 the gravel
u The letter Of Mr.. Daniels, United
States Charge to Turin, which was pub
lished in the Richmond Examiner, has
found its way back to Italy. Mr.. Dan
iels, at the last accounts, was in Naples,
and it was thought that he could not re-
turn to Turin; if he did, the diplomatic
corps would turn their backs upon him.
The comments of the Italian papers upon
Mr.. Daniels place him in such position
as no Government envoy ever was placed
IN yet. 1t is not certain, says the Paris
correspondent of the Commercial Adver-
tiser, that he will not be booted at in the
streets.
CoNTRADIcrED.- Wilson, whose
capture by Camanche Indians was pub
ished in the Times few months ago,
has since given birth to fine boy. Some
paper stated that it was a half breed,
upon which Mrs. Wilson comes out with
card and Indignantly denies the charges,
and says the boy is white and her hus-
band is the father. The poor woman
suffered enough during her captivity, and
only claims the credit of telling the
truth, which We believe she did.
U Col. Colt, of Hartford, has received
an order from the English Government
5000 of-his revolving pistols, to
place on board the Baltic fleet.
MILDEw AID GOOSEBERRIEs.-Samuel
Edwards, of La Mobile, ILL.,, states that
fer several years his gooseberry bushes
were affected by mildew. Lsat year be
gave them very severe pruning, mulched
with coarse hay, tOp-dressed the soil
with wsll-rotted barn yard manure, salt
and leachsd ashes, and he has no miIdew.
COVE WHEN THE BIRDS SING.-The
late Professor Cardwell, of Dickinson
college, short time before his death, said
10 ms wife You will not, am sure, lie
Gown upon your bed and weep when !
gone. men you visit the spot where |
lie do not chose mournfnl time 40 not
go in the shades of the evening or in the
dark of night. These are no t;mes -
visit the grave of one who homes and
trusts in risen Redeemer, Copa ~ ~
wife, in the morning, in the bright s snr
shine, and when the birds are singing
ENEMIEs.-A man who has no enemies
is seldom good for anything. He is made
Of that kind of material which is on
easily worked that every one tries hand
it it. A sterling character-one who
speaks for himself and speaks what he
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