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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29
The True Life.

The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat and
drink, and sleep; to be exposed to the darkness
and the light, to pace round in the mill of habit
and turn the wheel of wealth, to make reason our
book-keeper and turn thought into an implement
Of trade-this is not life. In all this, but poor
fraction of the consciousness of humanity rs
awakened; and the sanctities still slumber which
make it most worth while to be. knowledge,
truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith alone can
give, vitality to the mechanism of existence; the
laugh of mirth which vibrates through the heart,
the tears that freshen the dry wastes within, the
music that brings childhood back, the prayer that
calls the future near, the doubt which makes us
mediate, the death which startles US with myste-
ry the hardship that forces us to struggle the anx
iety that ends in trust--are true nourshment oil
our natural being. .raa,a.J,a#t4,.s. s.H
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

Il z
In childhood and youth, girls are healthy, hardy
and capable of enduring fatigue as boys, for the
very good reason that nature, regarding it equally
necessary to give them constitutions, has kindly
done SO; and because they romp in the open air,
and thus obey the promptings of unsophisticated
nature. Yet our men are much more healthy than
women, or even young ladies. Take the families
Of merchants and business men-not the purse
proud nabob on the one hand, nor the hardy deliver
on the other-and how stands the matter? The
men are active, Industrious, accustomed to great
degree Of bodily exertion; they are busy with bales
and boxes among the draymen and porters; they
are driving about the wharves and streets all day,
their minds and bodies fully employed, and 60 home
with a keen and well-earned appetite, while their
wives and daughters standing of course, on the
same platform of responsibility as themselves,
have dragged the wearysome hours Of the day in
lstless dleness or sedentary pursuits, and ap-
proach the table with an appetite that almost
spurns the repast other hands have prepared, and
fill their anxious husbands or fathers ears with
complaints of thousand ills, which, perhaps, moth
ing but summer at the springs or watering pla-
ces can assuage. Poor creatures, they have not
been properly educated. Fashion would pout its
contemptuous lips, and toss its branless head at
the idea of useful toll for the wives and daughters
of wealthy merchant! But the same tickle god
dess has no objection to the father or son going
into the store and aborng all day, rolling barrels,
packing and unpacking goods, which, for them, is
all very well; but she denies to the daughter any
part in household affairs because it is vulgar and
disreputabe, and consigns her to the practice Of
music, drawing, worsted and lace work. What
matters it if the sons hands be hard, his chest and
muscles brawnY, his face bronzed by the sun and
wind, and, with these, firm health; but the daugh
ters must be slim, fragile, pale and delicate, with
soft, white hands, to be worthy to rank with the
sons OF merchants, who are every day employed,
just like her brother, with like results.--Parlor
Annual. ,- .-.'rr 3d." ".o.n. r
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

A traveller few days ago, purchased a through
ticket from Chicago to New York. via the Great
Western Railway. While waiting for thsstrsin
at Windsor, Canada, he amused himself by abusing
everything and everybody "British"-from con-
ductor on the Great Western Road, to Queen
Victoria and INDUCED in some gross vuigariy-
The Station Master grew angry, and refused to al
low the fellow to get on the train. He showed
his through ticket, but il was no avsil--he was
prevented from entering the cars. He therefore
returned home, instituted suit against the Cen
tral Line, of whose agent he procured the ticket.
and lay his damages at $4,000 The Station
Master, it is thought, will plead that the fellow
was intoxicated, as no sober person with any pre-
tension to responsibility would have been guilty
of such ungentlemanly conduct This is the Rail-
way side of the story.--SandGsky Register. aas
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

BANK Run! GREAT EXCITEMENT AT MoNT1cEL-
Lo!!-We learn from the Priaris CiiJlaia, that
the village of Monticello was the scene of an
extraordinary exclt 'ment on Tuesday. 1t ap.
pears that Mr.. R. Hughes Of that place has been
issuing papers on his own credit, for various de-
nominations, ranging from 10 to 75 cents. From
some cause, not yet uscertained, suspicious were
excited as to the solvency of the "instituticn,'
and ssrun" was the consequence. The amount
presented, says the Chi:flain, "was about sece'l-
teen dollars, which was promptly paid in gold and
silver" and It expresses a confident opinion that
double that amount would have been redeemed
without difficulty! The bank having tridmphed
SO signaly, is now in better standing than ever
which. considering the immense convenience il
must be to pork dealers, and to business men gen
orally in that region, is a-matter Of public con-
graduation qfayette Journal, ,sdy f.fa;a.o
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29
Z SAMUEL ID. HARRIS, Jr.
POETRY,
THE MAIDEN,s CHOICE.
CHARLES sWA.

"a young maid sat By her cottage tree ."..
q A beautiful maid at dawn Of dayi
Eser sewing foil Idle upon her knee
ygs Fer her heart and thoughts were far away
When sober old woocr came up the dell,
" woodr whose hopes, one would think were few;
But maiden's heart Is q puzZel to tell .. ..'H
q . And though old his faeo--yet his coat was nsw,
!, Oh, young maids heart is puzzle to toll ...
., And though old his face-yet bis coat was new.
fThs woosr he gsve her a wistfu look .'
Aud wis,ful too, were the words he said;
., While merry Ahe sang, like summer brook,
And played with her noodle and knottsd her thread
He spoke OF the ring and the wedding chime, .t
He pressed her hand, and he bsndod his knee;
And he begged and imporod her to fE the tims;
Eo-go and ask my mother, said she; . .
Oh fx II yourself my darling, said he ,...
Ns-so and ask my u'other, said she.
gearee into the house had tho wooer gone, }f
n. Whsn . young man leaned o'er neghboring stilc,
And sad was the look that the youth put on; ...
And playful and gay was tho maidan's smile.
Pray, who Is this earle that comes here to woof .
And why at your side does he talk so free9
Mus' ask your mether, dear Mary too? a.
No, Harry, she whspered-you must ask met
I'd better 90 In your mother to see,
No, Harryy-nO, no, you must kneel and ask me.
There waiting one morn ct the village church
& Waiting and weeping and words Of woe;
81 For the wealthy old wooer left in tho lurch-
81 Tho maid had gone OF with younger beau;
Warmly the sun on the hedgcrow gowod,
Warmly II shone on tho old farm gate, ..f
And Wild, was the laughter upon the road ...
AS Harry, rode of with his welded mate. ..,
Ho, hal he crisd--tio, hol laughed he
: They may wait long while ere the bride they
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

HUSBAND IN TRoUBLE.-A few days since, a
lawyer of this city was seated in his office, busly
employed in studyingfout plea, when the door
opened, and a young, stout son of Erin entered,
DOTTED his hat, and said that he desired to take
advice of 'shis honor" The lawyer bade him sit
down, and inquired his business. s.
.7"Shure," he replied, "Irwant divorce from my
wife Biddy." ...a & lni-'1-soa ss1a 'fo
The lawyer asked what was the trouble, but
Pat seemed very 10th to tell
e"Does she not treat you we'll, does she not take
care Of your house, has she deserted you, or does
she like any one better than yourseif!" were in
quires made BY the lawyer, who cndeavored, for
some time in vain, to pump out the reason of the
desire for a divorce. At last weary ofthe investi-
CATION, the deciple Of Cork informed his wtull be
client that he could do nothing for him without
knowing the facts OF the case.' T"' AA" '."N '"2
7"Wellif must must" replied the husband
"shure, there's a little darlint I lore Jetther Than
Bidayr' a>. "l !. Il a4'' .'." u ~f5a
The lawyer could hardly refrain from laughter
sufficiently to inform the Hibcrnian that the Law
could not touch such case as his; and Pat lef
with countenance more of sorrow than o., an
ger."-Boton TaUeler. ....
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

A WORD TO PARENTS. 1t seems hard and
cruel thing-and it is hard and cruel thing-to
make the affections of child its means Of pun
ishment for slight juvenile offences. A friend re-
lates the following occurrence as evidence in
point: '-'7.'' IL" N''' ~ '.' '
"A little girl who, although an affectionate lit
tie creature as ever lived, was very volantle and
lght.hearted. and could not always remember to
mind her mother At the close of day, in the
early part of the present winter she had, in some
trihing command, disobeyed her mother-going
into the street to play with one Of her little COM
panions when She came in, and was prepared to
90 to bed, she cume to her mother for her night
ly kiss. .,.., '.....,... 49,.
"I cannot kiss you tonight Mary" said the
mother; "you have been very naughty little
girl, and have disobeyed me. cannot kiss you
tonight" ''' ~ ...... -.''.r
The little girl, her face streaming with tears,
again begged her mother to kiss her, but she was
a "strong minded woman" and was inexorable.
1t was sad lesson that she 'lelrnet; for on
that very night that child died of the Group
She had asked her mother, the last thing as she
went up to her little bed. if she would kiss her in
the morning; but in the morning her innocent
lips were cold 9h 4s'j -s' VI .%l''2' 'g'" 1"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

The following fllibustero anecdote we find in
the San Diego Herald, extracted from a letter
from Snaloa:
When the filibusters boarded the schooner Nep.
tune, the new governor for Bajao California, who
was on board, thinking the visit complimentary
one, dressed himself in uniform, prepared to re-
ceive them in becoming style, and informed the
strangers that he was Gov Robelledo, command
ante general of Baja California, His surprise
may. be imagined when he found himself prisoar
er instead of governor!" ,,-.,.g, RI -. sssf ; 4
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

EXPANDING THE CHEsT.-The Scientific Amer.
lean says that those in easy circumstances, OF
those who pursue employments within doors, use
their lungs but litte and breathe but little air in
the chest, and lay the foundation for the loss Of
health and beauty. All this can be obviatedby @
little attention to the manner of breathing. Re.
collect the lungs are like bladder in their con-
struction and can stretch open to double then
size with perfect safety, giving noble chest ant
perfect immunity from consumption. The agent
and only agent required, is the common airwe
breathe, supposing however that no obstacle ex
lists external to the chest, such twining it abou
with stays, or having the shoulders lie upon it.
On rising from bed in the morning, place your
self in an erect posture, with your head thrown
back, and your shoulders entirely off from the
chest, then inhale all the air that can be got in
hold your breath, and throw your arms off behind
hold your breath as long as possible. Repeat
these long breaths as often as you please. Done
in cold breath is much better, because the air is
much denser, and will act much more powerfully
in expanding the chest. Exercising the chest il
this manner, it will Become flexible and expansi
bic, and will enlarge the capacity and lungs
Er. PAPER.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29
WHOLE No. 457.

THE EASTERN QuEsuou>-Ths only Question
that we know Of that the 1'POrtRe) hss uddFess-
ed to Europe is--DO 700 mean % eBacchusF'
Chinese PUzzles.-If the Emperor Of China
Is brother to the sun, whose son is the Emperor.
In the event of the reOels taking China, win
the English still be IN a position to take tehf
Ought the malcontents who have broken sp
China to be bound over to keep tie psecesf
Should the enterprise Of the rebels succeed.
will it be considered suficient demonstration Of
mourning for the green tss to 60 into black
Punch.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

OEO Old Briggs asked us, the other day, il we
could tell why people, almost invariably took. a
journey after marriage, we repliedin the negative
and made application to him for, information.r-
''Because,' said the misanthrope, "they seek for
happiness, and feel satisfied that they will not find
it at home."" Briggs married. when quite young
and his wife, put on his inexpresssibles the first
weekj- SO we concluded not to Plt too much de.
pendence in his sayings. a.af 2eg f.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

OF"If l had the making Of laws" said an old
lady, 81 would hang every man who wore whisl
kers and smoked cigars" '-' '7'-l'bs aa'
81 would hang every one that didn't" replied !
lady less stricken in years. Thus it will be seen
that when women's rights shall have been fully
established, this world will be'no place for the
men. All the old women don't hang. the young
ones wiltseie sfgH es4@ -sseb 40
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

OBERLIN Co1LEGE.-The total number Of stu.
dents who have settled at the Office and entered
their classes the present term up to March 18th
--about, three weeks into the term-7is TIT. 0l
these ,s92 are young gentlemen. and 326 young
ladies', The number oisdaiy increasing, and 1is
somewhat greater than last year at this stage in
the tesmh Externally, every thing IL prosperous
~-EcuAgsIdR. 'csaxs
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

SHAMs.--A Philadelphia paper thus discourses:
CAN is not gold that glitters, is all good wine
that pops. We have sham coffee, sham tea, and
a good deal more of sham champagne. Under
the walls of Paris and just outside, great deal of
this last named article is Neutrality-suspicious. ex-
portaton. Much oft, too, and the most harmless,
is the slightly drugged product Jersey orchards.
But wherever it may originate, why should it be
used in social gatherings! Whatpleasure is there
in listening to a man who gabbles to you with a
flushed face! Why should friendship be degraded
into slap-on-th he-back familiarity, wtinto ribalt-
ry, gayety into rudeness, cheerlalness into drunk
en- leering, and liyehness into the imbecle hee-
hap of intoxication! II men will get rid Of their
brains, they should not obtrude the process upon
their friends or the public. Love is the cement
of society! but it cannote exist without mutual re-
spect.". ~ s.y,aa,gi ali aq7Hs.g .s.. s..y ID.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

The PRoPRlETIEs IA little girl was taken by
her father to witness the representation Of Un-
Gle TOMS Cabin When questioned as to what
she. thought of il, she replied that she liked il
very well. AL but the last part,pwh they took
UncIs Tom up TO heaven with rel skSrt o.es.g,vv
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

OT Constantinople has been besieged twenty
four times-eighteen times without success -
The place is one of the easiest to defend In the
world. and Nicholas woad cfndsithafd work TO
gstinsideaot iis5 wslls afssn hsrhadrss1hei their
outsias. sesibee ef
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

wHre NoMrsArroSs IN IowA,-The Whig
State Convention of Iowa met at Davenport On
"Wednesday last, and put in nomination the .ols
lowing ticket for State officers: For Governcr
James w. Grimes; for Secretary Of State, Sine
on Waters; for Auditor Of State, Andrew !. Sts-
vens, for Treasurer Of State, Elphalet pricks
for A.tornsy General, James w. sennet. sHssF
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

Carries -Narrow-minded and ignorant scribes
sit njudgment upon books, but not one of which
they could have produced in a century, and, be-
cause they are incapable of appreciating their
power or loving their lessons of virtue, they squirt
venom on them from their nameless concealments.
1t would be inexprcssbly ludicrous to see a
score Of these little wasps brought face to face
with some ioble-mnded author whom they had
tredto bring down to their own grovelling level.
would have each Of them labeled with his crit
ique, and his name written in red ink across it.
red as substitute for the blush of which the crit
ic is, of course incapable. The author would en-
joy rich satisfaction in just looking at them for
FIVE minutes.--He could take the mental meas
urement Of the twenty sufficiently in that time,
although each Of them figured in q print as I'VE, ;
The wisest and ablest men Of the age should
be its literary critics Until this be the case, the
market will be glutted with inferior books rs
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

or .What is shew bread,p asked Iks. whal
was reading the Bible consecutively, and tearing
outthe leaves 40 be went along % - aot 70 locss
the place; "what u shew breadln n Why. lsaae.e
said Mrs. Psrtingson.s sshoe breed n that twaisz
thssbeopIssafaby byslskias sbsss. Khsssls rssss<
of5tatI Issn. afisss u vsy ~ IN ~ aasas
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

+ A LONG Boy,-7The Chicago Press says that
'fthere is western boy, now in that city who s,
fifteen years of age, and who measures six feet
and eight inches in low heeled boots. He il a.,
straight as Lake Superior pine, intelligent, proud
of being westetn product. His father and mo-
ther are both larger and taller than himself and
their name is Long, ,.ie s4as,is At a fitea,'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

or Elder Knapp occasionally gets off good
thing, notwithstanding his bad ones; "a2'..''''
He was one evening speaking Of the prevail
ing tendencies of some rsligionists to long pray
er, and remarked that we would find no example
for these in the Scriptures, The prayers of our
Savior were short and to the point The prayer
of the penitent publican wasla happy specimen.
When Peter was endeavoring to. walk upon the
waters, to meet his master, ahd, was about sink
ing; had his supplication been as long as the n-
,treductionsto one Of our modern prayers, before
rhe hadagot hdlfrthfough ~ s6os1 ksss bee. .ftly
- sA q "a - asa .snratasa ooe stEv rsgal
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29
Bonaparte's Poverty i'm Early Life.

NJ. Theirs, in his history of the Consulate, re-
cites some very strange and previously unknown
particulars respecting the early life and penury of
Napoleon Bonaparte. Itappears that after he had
obtained subaltern's commission in the French
service, by his skill and daring at Toulon, he lived
for some time in Paris in obscure lodgings, and in
such extreme poverty that he was often without
means Of paying ten sous (ten cents) for his din
ner, and frequently went without any at all. He
was under the necessity Of borrowing small sums,
and even worn out clothes, from his acquantances!
He and his brother Louis, afterwards King of Hol-
land, had, at one time, only coat between them,
so that the brothers could only 60 out alternately.
time about. At this crisis, the chief benefactor of
the future emperor and conqueror, sat whose
mighty name the world grew pale" was the actor
Talma, who often gave him food and money. Ma
poleons face, afterwards SO famed for its classical
mould, was, during that period of starvation, harsh
and angular in its liniaments,w projecting cheek
bones. His meagre form brought on an unpleas-
ant and unsightly cutaneous disease, of a type SO
virulent and malignant, that it took, all the skill
and assiduty of his accomplished physician, Corr
visart, to expcl it, after duration of more than
ten years., .at t .,t. ...f...,...'- .-..,, -.t'r
The squallid beggar then, the splendid emperor
afterwards-the thread-bare habiliments, and i'm
.peral mantle-the meagre food, and gorgeous ban
quet-the friendship of a poor actor, the homage
and terror of the world--an exile and prisoner
Such are the ups and downs Of this changeful life;
such are the lights and shadows of the great and
mighty. t .e.... tr, -.E st-U n .e..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29

GA yankee gentleman, conveying British
gentleman around to view the different objects Of
attraction in the city of Boston, brought him 70
Bunker Hill, They stood looking at the splendid
shaft, when the Yankee said. $500 ...5 49,,
"This is the place where Warren fell" ..
"Ah!" replied the Englishman, evidently, not
posted up in local historical matters, did it hurt
him much!' .......,1..-.f, ,.f..- 49,.
The native looked at him with the expression
of 4th-of-Julys il, his countenance- T., -.., "A
"Hurt hint" exclaimed he, "he was killed, sir.'
"Ah, he was, eh!' said the stranger, still eye
ing the monument, and computing its height in his
own mind, layer by layer, "Well, ] should think
he would have been, to fall so far.' se.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-29
A Second JOAN of Arc.
The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga

The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
ce!te, SAYS: '.'' ''.. .....,.
A curious story is told at this moment of sec
ond Joan of Are who has appeared in the Turkish
army. A girl named Cara, Il Gescendent Of Sol
oman Pacha, former Governor Of Morocb, in
Asia, arrived lately at the city of Adana, on her
way to Constantinople. She marched at the head
of corps of irregular cavalry; many persons
tried to pursuade her to abandon the strange en-
terprise; but nothing shook her courage or her
resolution to combat the enemies Of her country
Some persons then thought to intimidate her by
saying that if she determined to remain in the ar
my she must give trat Of her skill by an assault
at arms. The Governor ef Adana, who was in
formed of. the fact, ordered that the young girl
should be brought before him, aud he asked her if
she still persisted in her resolution. She res:
ponded in the affirmative, and added that she
would engage Willingly in the trial at slrms TO
which they had said she must submit. provided
they would give her for adversary the bravest and
most vigorous of the 2,000 coyaliers of which tbe
detachment was composed - The combat took
place Immediately, and, after ,costest Of some
minutes, the cavalier chosen for her adversary
was disarmed by the young girl, and declared
vanquished. The Governor then ordered that
she should be regularly enrolled, counted her
down $50 piastres $75, and gave the rank of Off
! Ger to her brother, who served in, an inferior
grade.6 ly&s,y IL rao -.ral l,5a SSH. QwN1r