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Butte record., 1854-05-06
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One Of the wealthy merchants of our
city, whose death the past year was uni
versally mourncd, often told his friends
an aneedote, which occurred in his own
/. experience, and which was recommended
3 all those who wish 70 enjoy serene
.oli age, without allowing their wealth to
disturb thor piece Of miud Hc said
that when lie had obtained l5s fortune.
be found be began to grow uneasy about
his pccuniary affairs, ana one night,
when he wa, about sixty years Of age,
bis sleep Twas disturbed by unpleasant;
.hous hts respecting some shipments hc
hai Just made. Ia the morning, he saii
to himself, "This will never do. III
allow such thoughts to gain the mastery
over me [ must bid farewell to peace al
my life | viii stop this brood Of care
at once, and at a single blow. . Accord
lngiy, he went to hi. couniing-roon. and
on examination found he had $50 900 in
money on hand He made out list Of
his relatives and others he desired to aid
and before he went to bed again be had
given away every dollar Of the thirty
Thousand He said he slept well that
night, and for a long time after his dreams
were not disturbed by anxious thoughts
about his vessels or property.-Bosfon
Transcript
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NUMBER 26.
Palace Q. The Kine Q: Rone

Soon after the birth Of the king of
Rome, Napoleon contemplated erecting
palace 1or him upon the banks Of the
Siene, nearly opposite the bridgeof Jena
The government accordingly attempted
to purchase the houses situated upon the
ground. They bad obtained al except
the delapidated hut Of cooper, that Was
estimated to be worth about two hundred
and fifty dollars The owner, a mulish
man, finding the possession OF has hut t.
Be quite essential 20 the plan, demanded
tEo thousand dollars. The exorbitant
demand was reported to the emperor
He replied, ct is exorbitant; bat the
poor man vii he turned out of his home,
pay it 10 Inn" The man, finding his
demand 50 promptly acceded 10, immeli
ately declared, that upon further rcacc
ton, he could not afford to sell it for
less than six thousand dollars. Al ex-
Posiulltions were in vain. The archi-
tect again appealed to the emperor
This fellow" sid Napoleon, "trifes
with us But there IS no help for it
we must pay the money The cooper
now increased his price 10 ten thousand
dollars The emperor, when informed
Of it, SAID, Indignantly, "The man IS a
wretch. will not purchase his house
1t shall remain where it is, a monument
OF my respect Of the laws" The plans
OF the architect were changed The
works were in progress at tie time of
Napoleon's overthrow. The poor coop
Ct, finding himself in the midst of rubbish
and building material, bitterly lamented
hls folly. The Bourbons, on their re-
turn TO Paris, threw down the rising
walls Of the palace, and destroyed theif
loundatlons.-A65ot's History Of Napo-
Lc5R
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Bonaparie's Early Poverty.

NJ. Theirs, in his history Of the Con
suate, recltes some very strange and
previously unknown particulars respect
ing the early life and penury of Napole-
on Bonaparte.
1t appears that after he had obtained
a subaltern's commissionn in the French
service, by his skill and daring at Ton
Ion, he lived sometime in PARIS, in oh
scnre lodgings, and in such extreme DOW.
erty that he was often without the means
OF paving ten sous (ten cents) for his
dinner, and frequently went without any
at all He was under the necessity Of
borrowing small sums, and even worn ont
old clothes, from his acquaintanccs +
lie and his brother Louis, afterwards
King of Holland, had at one time onlv
coat between them, so that the broth
ers could only 20 out alternately, time
and time about At this crisis, the chief
benefactor of the futsre Emperor
and conqucror, cat whose mighty name
the world grew pale" was the actor
Talma, who often gave him food and
money Napoieon's face, afterwards SO
famed for its classical mould, was durino
that period Of starvation harsh and an
gular IN Its lineaments, with projecting
cheek bones. His meagre fare brought
on an unpleasant and ansightly cutane-
Gus disease, Of a type so virulent and
malignant, that il took all the skill and
asslduity of his accomplished physician,
Corvisart, to expel it, after duration of
ten years
The squalid beggar then, the splendid
Emperor afterwards--the threadbare
hablliments and imperial mantle-the
howell and the palace-the meagre food
and the gorgeous banquet-the friend
ship OF a poor actor, the homage and
terror Of the World-an exile and pris
oner. Such are the ups and downs of
this changeful life, such are the lights
shadows of the great and mighty.
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Tie Tezt Of Love

Al that Albert Drurer's wife cared
about, was her husbands love. and OF
that she wished 10 be certain. She con
cluded, therefore, her honeymoon in
this way One night She became very
i'll, aad lhe artist was alarmed, She de-
sired some ica the servant was called
uf-Susanna appeared, ard now sat the
good husband, and held the little teapot
over the fame Of the lamp TO boil, TIL 1t
became Too hot for bis fingers, and then
Susanna held It by the handle till It was
too hot for her, and willingly tie GOOD
master took his turn. Thus they both
sat, talking in an under-tone, and look
ing at each other with anxious counten-
alces, till It boiled When, however
Susanna was gone, and Albert carried
the tea to his dear, beautiful Agnes,
there she lay laughing under the cover
let She flung her arms around his
neck, and said-''T only wished to sec
whether thou real J carest for me. Now,
drink thy own tea TO cure thy fright, -
and he drank, whilst she blew upon his
smarting fingers, kissing, meanwhile, the
points Of them Whether every husband
would be pleased after such d deception,
we cannot undertake to say.
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LiFg.-Wc bring into the world with
Us poor, needy, uncertain life, short at
the longest, and unquiet at the BEST
III the Imagination Of the witty and wise
has been perpetually busted to find out
the way how to revive it with pleasures,
or relieve 1t With diversions-how to
compose ii with case, and settle it with
safety. To some OF these ends have
been employed the institutions Of law
giyers, the reasoning OF philosophers, tie
inventions oi poets, the pains OF labor
Ing the extravaganees Of voiupu;ous men
All the world IS perpotuaily at work
about nothing else, but only that our poor
mortal lives may pass the easier and hap
pier ioE that little time We possess them,
or else end the better when re loose
hem
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Ihe Emneror Eleranac-

In the recent historical and political
work of Mons Leowsin le Due. late
Charge de Mission 70 Russia, he relates
the following anecdote:
During the reign Of the Emperor Al
ezanler, the daughter Of a noble family
in remote province, fell in love with
one of her fathers male domesties. and
had the misfortune to become mother.
Fearing that her shame might be dis
closed, she consented that the partner
OF her guilt should destroy the child and
both parents dying few months after
wards, she was left an orphan. Then
her former paramour began 10 persecute
her increasingly, and extorted large sums
Of money from her, bF threatening to re-
veal her crime The girl Welded to his
menaces for considerable period, but
becoming cary Of his pertinancy, she
contriTed to set fire to some premises
where the man happened to be sleeping,
and all meats Of egress having been pre-
viously removed, he perished miserablv
IL the flames But, Notwithstanding her
fgeedom from any damninr evidence,
her bosom was now 50 torn by agonizing
remorse for The double crime She had
committed, that one day, unable TO bear
her mental tornants any longer, she has
tened to the village church and confess
ed her sins to the priest, who, of course,
communicated the astounding tale 10 his
wife, under the promise Of invioIable
secresy.
Not long afterwards, the young lady
was present at ball given by persons
age Of the very highest distinction, where
she eclipsed all her rivals by her beauty
and the splendor Of her attire, when,
whilst she was the "cynosure ofothers'
eyes" ''the observed Of all observers'
the priests wife approached her unsus-
Pecting victim, and openly recountcd the
horrifying story the Young lady had con
fded to the priest. The ball room was
in an nproar, the lady was taken into
custody Immediately, and ultimately
tried and condemned but being of no.
BE birth, the judge thought it necessary
to refer the sentence TO the Emperor for
ias appreciation previous to It's being car
ried into execution. The result Of the
appeal was totally unlocked for; the
Emperor was SO indignant al the priests
tTeachery, that he degraded him from his
ministerial Office, and sent him to the
army as common soldier for life; and
he was 50 touched with the girls sincere
repentance, that he merely sentenced
her TO DO penanee in convent for two
months.
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faults N THOSE WE LOVE The
faults in those whom we believe to be
perfect, IS always sad temptation to IN
justice. Our vanity is concerned We
have deceived ourselves but do not ac-
knowledge it and insist on believing that
we have been imposed upon BY others.
And We fling guilty. annoyance and ha-
tired on person, who certainly was not
the cause Of our nistaking him from
what he never desired to be thought -
Go1Ae.
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4 Trick On Rergsrs

1T florence, some two years aso, it
was proclaimed that every beggar who
would appear in the grand plaza, a. a
certained mentioned time. would be pro-
ylded, by the duke, with a new suit Of
clothes, free of cost. At the appointed
time, the beggars Of the city all assem-
bled, and the grand duke, causing all the
avenues to the square to be closed, COM
PEELED the beggars to strip off their clothes,
and gave each one, according to the
promise, a new suit In the old clothes
thus collected, enough money was found
concealed 10 build beautiful bridge over
the Arno, still called 'eThe Beggar 5
Bridge" and The city, for the time be-
ing, was relieved Of the beggars by which
it had been previously oyerrun, as none
would give to the well-dressed individu-
ais who implore charity, not believing
their tale Of distress.
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EXPLORING TAR Up THE SAcPANFy-
To.-Ihe Sacramento Union saws: Sew
eral Of the Directors Of the California
Steamboat Company having Just returned
from an exploring expedition up the
Sacramento, which thcv uadc on the
steamer Beie, Captain Gimer. They
reached the mouth Of Clear Ctoek-3 IS
miles from this city-which Is fftv miles
higher than any steamboat has ever be-
fore been They found a very good riy-
er above Red Bluffs, with one execution.
at the mouth Of a canon, through which
the rlver runs over rocks, with a fall Of
about six feet in a hundred yards. The
water was found deeper generally above
Red Bluffs, than for some niles below
by expending some 81, 600 to $4,000
IN blasting the rocks through this fall.
the navigation to Clear Greek would be
rendered possibly good for from four to
SIX months in the year, and il is the in
tcntion Of the company to have the I'M
proyement 1T the falls made at an early
day. The mouth Of Clear Creek is with.
in some two miles from Fort Reading
The scenery above Red Bluffs is de-
scribed IS picturesque in the extreme /;
the water Of the river frequently wash
ing the base Of high bluffs, covered by
the projecting hills among which lis cur
rent winds
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THE Rule or THREG.-Thero are ex-
ceptions 10 every rule bat the rule Of
three that is never changed. IS your
income Is your expenditure, Sd vi / the
amount OF your debts he to your cash on
hand and your consequent ability to meet
them. II You allow your vanity to lead
you into extravaganza, you must rely on
something else to take YOU out Of it ;
either q rich relation or the sheriff writ.
Your furniture nay be less showy than
that Of your neighbor, but never mind.
Better are cape-5ottom chairs and ma
hoeany tables that are paid for, than
spring cushions AM marble mantles on
"a note Of SIX months. Your coat NAV
be less fashionable than your neighbors ;
and while be IS driven by liveried
eoachman, You may be riding shank's
horse but, remember there Is a time for
balancing books, and every purse has got
a bottom. So, economic. and alwavs re-
member the rule Of three
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Do rHEY MISS M At uc-,z


Do they miss ne fi hoine, do they niss rnee
'T~oud he an assurance most dc.sr.
10 kpaa thai tins meuienens some loved aas
Were sasing sish be " as here
10 fesi thai the Group al the drezide
were thinking ofDc as I roam
Dh yes. 'twoald be Joy without III ASSURE.
T. know thal they n,iz- me- al huInr.
When twilight approaches The scason.
Ihai ever Is sacred 80 sing.
rocs some one repeat iny name oser.
aud - b tha tarr, 50 lofiz
And Is there chord in the music
Ia4is nllsssd w ben ms voice .saas.
And chord VA each hrsrl lils.i asa..,a
Ersfci 81 10. saar.sou= =3ay.
I'o ihty -ri nc q char 90 ,he ,ab.e
When evenings home piez-,,re. arc nigh.
fhsn ib~ candies are iil az lhe i..ulor.
snd fhe stars 90 She calm azare skyY
Ani ehen lte "'ipod nighis3 ar. Repeated
And @hon GO .a g shcln down 60 1a,.r -ieef.
10 ,h.s lhas pf tte ltsetlf and " ait fne
Whisper -s4pod uichl'' y hila ihs, s,ef,
'.'.y 7'iss iae t itaar ds ,hcy mss u.e
SO al-suine- a1 nee-' ,,r al ni-hl=
-'nd fusers one eioazny -i.sti.- rou,sd .aern
That oniy my preseaee ran iishtf
are iog- hess inyiuHe., welcome.
And pleasures les bale than before.
Hecause one Is missed from ihr circle.
Because arl with them no snures
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We MISS The al HONE.
7AS.4

HI FANs3E-
~ N-mis- tiee 81 homo. wa miss tl.ec
aud ve wish .hou west p, r..
TO i'nger viii us round tire areside.
And SHIRE in th+ evening" cheer
i"ii-' TO- t'.s vu.e.s 81 loved ones.
And the wish tlaat iiiou newer p o,il.s' s, rasre
"h 3es. tAond te Joy beyond measure.
Dearest Brother, Il thou aould's' come homt
We miss the at hone re miss thee.
When lhe pleasure. % .,v,.ilii's sr- man
When the sun haih retired IN .pieidor.
To his BON. "a il.e Western -1y
And The moon j. shining 90 brightly.
On the family csrric al home;
IN th,n, Nc miss thee We miss thce.
And Sigh that thou stu dost roain
~ e mss thee ri horne, We Hliss thee.
Nhcn We oil kneel down to rr.s.
And The Tears s;an forth from our eyraf-.
ts We Ronder how long Thou Wit STAY
d. before DIE winter Is over.
And The cold snow leaves the earth.
Thou Will not meet in onr circle,
Ard cheer oar desola'e hearth
Hoi, Oh, when the spring t1nc come;h.
and he birds ffom a diSfunt -herr.
hen may We pot hope 80 fold ihce.
A home 10 orr arms once more:
To kneel with us IN .he graveyard.
Ger that dear, liitic sacred tomb.
And milge Thy iear- dearest Brother.
N Ih those thou has, left at home.
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KEEP THE HEART ALIvE-The long
er live the more expedient l find it TO
endeavor more and more to extend nv
sympathies and affections. The natur
al tendency to advancing years is to mar
row and contract these feelings. I 10
not mean that wish to form new and
sworn friendship every day, to increase
my circle Of intimates these are verv
different affairs. But | find il conduces
to my mental health and happiness to
fnd out all can which IS amiable and
lovable in those come in contact with.
and to make the most of it.-Bernard
Barton.
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Romance OF Real Life.

Romance Of Real Life.
Mr. c., assuming the name IF
JONES, some years since, purchased n
small piece Of land, and Lult on il a
neat house, on the edge Of a common in
Wiltshire. Here lie long resided. un-
knowing and almost unknown, bv the
nelgiborhood. Various conieetures were
formed respecting this solitary and sin
suiar stranger; At last "a clergyman took
some notice Of him, and rrrasioually IN
Fltlng hlla to bis house, he found BIN
/ possessed Of intelligence and mann rs.
~Aich evidently Indicated bis origin 10
have been IN the higher stations ii lifs.
Returning one dag trom ,ist To- tl.is
clerey yinan's, he passed the house Of
farmer, Al the door Of which was a daueh.
ter, employed II the washing tub. tie
looked at the gi.l. and thus aecosted her
Ny gii', would yon Ike to be mar
RED -
oir' exclaimed the girl
/ asked you, young woman, If YOU
wouid wish to be married. because ii vou
would viii marry Won "
Lord, sir these are strange questions
from man / never saw before il INV
l.fc"
y cry likely, replied Mr. Jones, but.
however, / am serious, and l leave vou
ti!i Ten o'clock Tomorrow to consider Of
i =; / ~ill then call on you again, and if
have your fathers consent, We will be
married lie following day"
lie kept his appointment. AMI meet
M with the father, thus addressed him
''Slr, | have seen your daughter;
should Ike her for a wife, and I am come
10 ask Your consent"
his proposal, - said tic old man. is
very extraordinary from a stranger
Pray, SIR, who a.e you, and what are
you :"
Sir, replied Nr. J., "you have
right to ask these Questions Ny name
Is Jones the How house IN the edge Of
the common is niae and if ii be neccs-
Sary, can purchasc your house and
farm, and halt the reizhborhood
Another hours conversation brought
all parties into one mind, and The friend
" clergyman aforementioned united the
happy pair Three or four years they
lived in this liremcut, and they were
blessed with two children. Mr.. en-
doyed thc greater part OF his time in
improving his wifc's mind, but never dis
closing his own original. At length, up
on taxing journey Of pleasure with her,
whlle remarking the beauties of the
country, he noticed and named the dii-
ferent eentlaman's seats as he passed ;
coming to magnificent one, .'This, my
deur,' SAID he, Is B House, the
scat Of the Earl Of E., aad if YOU
please, We VIII 90 in and ask leave to
look al IT,; If is an elegant house, and
will probably amuse YOU
The nobiclaah who possessed tlis man
sien vas Lately dead. lie once had
nephew, who, in the gaieii.s Of his youth,
had incurred some debt, in consequence
Of which retired from fashionable life on
about 42,OJ0 per annum, and bad not
been heard Of for some years. This
nephew was the idenhIal Mr. Jones, the
hero Of our story, who now took possess
ion Of the house, title anl estate, and is
now the present Earl Of E-.-ERg-
Lsl paper
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WoRrH ESDvRrse.-CarlvIe :, HI.

WORTH ENDvRIsG.-Carlyle in his
last work, says:
beautiful it is to see and understand
that no worth known or unknown, can die
even on this earth; the work an unknown
man has done, Is like vein of water
flowing hidden under the ground; it flows
and flows, 1t joins itself with another vein
and veinlets: one day It will start forth
visible, perennial we'll"
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FRA Rocco's SERMoy.-Fra Rocco.
the celebrated Dominican preacher Of
Naples on one occasion, preached on the
Mole a penitential sermon, and intro
duced so many Illustrations of terror that
he brought his hearers to their knees
While they were thus showing every
sign Of contrition, he cried out-"Now
all you who sincerely repent Of your sins,
hold up your hands" Every man in the
vast multitude Immediately stretched out
both hands "Holy Archangel Mich
ael, !" exclaimed Rocco, 'thus who, with
thine adamantine sword standest at the
right hand Of the judgment seat Of God,
hew me off every hand which has been
raised hypocritically.n In an instant ev.
cry hand dropped, and Rocco of course
poured forth fresh torrent of eloquenee
lnvectlve against their deceit.
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La Disease IS sci limited, as tenden-
-, N nineteen out Of twenty eases, Is
towards recovery. \ julicious pnysi-
cian viii rarely say that he has carod a
patient The patient regained his health,
truly, but the medical observer who has
a true insight into the laws Of disease
knows That in all probability be would
have recovered unalded.
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\ NUTSHELL or TRurH Here is a
brief paragraph into which a heap Of
ruth Is squeezed; Did YOU ever scratch
the end OF piece Of timper slightly ele-
vated with a PIN Though scarcely
heard at one end, it was distinctly heard
at the other Just it is with any merit,
excellence, or good work. It viii soon
er he heard Of and applauded and re-
wardcd on the other side Of the globe,
than by your immediate acquaintanecs.
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~ Arcvcrend geutlcman down south
being invited by 4 young friend 10 take
private drink, agreed to dispose Of i,rn.
onade. By some mistake he dranls b.
Young friends whskey punch, and the
young man informed bim he had taken
the wrong horn. The minister smiled
afably and remarked, 'Ah. the horn Of
the ungodly shall be pat down"
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sA \ noble sentiment was that Of
GeReral Jackson's, uttered in reply to
the request Of Louis Philippe, for an ap-
ology tor his bold assertion Of our claims
against the French Government "The
honor Of my country shall never be
stained BY an apology from me for The
statement Of truth and performance Of
iutv n
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H~ The destiny Of the world often
hangs on the smallest tr;Hes. a little
milf between Charles Bonaparte and his
love Letitia might have broken off mar
rage which gave birth to Napoleon and
the battle of Waterloo. And We NAV
add, suppose little milf had taken place,
between Adam and Eve What then !
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gsa- Vanity Is 50 constantly solieitous
IF self, that even where It's own claims
are not interested, il indirectly seeks the
almcat which it loves, BY showing how
little is deserved by others-II5 G.
.SlmmS
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rA- y western editor, copying d sto-
> about drowning nan who had a won-
9erful memory Of every event of his life,
alvises some Of his subscribers TO prac-
Use bathing in deep water
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e- The woman who ncglccis her
husbands dilapidated shirts to attend
sewing circles, and make flannel shirts
and moral pocket handkerchiefs for the
heathen, cannot be considered Jewel
oi wife.
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ga~ Many persons fancy themselves
friendly, when they are only oficious -
They counsel, not 50 much that you
should become wise, as that they should
be recognized as teachers of wisdom.
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HE= \ Qgack doctor. in one ol his
-4ls, SAID he could bring hrlag Witness
IS q prove tAe efficacy q h.s nostTua4s,
which a mere. says he. ihaa any 9th
-gs IL ~ lac III io
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I@5~ 4 melting sermon being preached
IN country church, all the congregation
were weeping, except one man, who
begged 10 be excused, as he belonged to
another church.
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SlScERrTY.-To practise sincerity, Is
10 speak as We think-to do as we pro
fess--to perform what we promise-and
really to be what We would seem and ap-
pear to be.
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n@ The state of life is most happy
whose supertlulties are not required and
neeeSsarles are not wanting.
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b9- Il fear God,'' said man of good
sense 4; land next to Him, fear only the
man who does not fear HIM.
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nA- A New York paper says no fam
lly can I've IN New York, in any degree
Of elegance, on less than five or six thou
sand a year