Minnesota weekly times., 1855-06-12


And banished every sinking fear.
oh ,e who have no goods nor money
Ts give to those who mourn and weep,
Kind words swceter than honey,
And twice ten thousand times rs cheap!
The TOMB OF TIE LATE EMrERoR NIcHoLAs.--A
correspondent of the Boston Transcript, writing
from st. Petersburg, April 18th, thus speaks of
tho tomb of the late Emperor Nicholas, at the
Fortress Church:
''Arounl one of the sarcophagi saw q dense
crowd, and approaching it, found it that of Mich
olas. The cloth was new, and no dust had settled
upon the crmne border. His initial letter was
embroidered in amaranth, and candle burns day
and night upon the tomb. The little relic that
was placed upon his breast while he lay in state
in the Palace, lies upon the middle of the sarcph
ogus. 1t is surrounded by wreath of immortals.
Every one who approached the spot seemed touch
cd with real sorrow. and all spoke in whispers
around the grave of that great man.
GAS stood there watching the crowd, the gates
were suddenly thrown open, and an old general,
in full uniform, entered and approached the tomb
Taking off his helmet, he held it before his face
and, kneeling, seemed for a few moments to be
engaged in earnest prayer. The helmet shook in
his hand rs with emotion. Finallyrising, he kiss
ed the relic that had lain upon his masters breast
and then cr-ssng the aisle, kissed Alexander's
tomb in the same way. lie had served under
both Emperors, and this, his daily tribute to Their
memories, most touching. He is the comman-
der of the fortress of st. Petersburg. and one Of
the last acts in the public life Of Nicholas was to
thank him for his public services. The Gar sent
him the imperial portrait enriched with diamonds"
CURE FOR HARD TlMEs-If the people were
to attend less to politics and more to useful labor,
they would have a greater abundance Of food
and at cheaper prices. Nearly all the popular
movements of the day have reference to party
politics AMI elevation Of some favored individual
to Office, where he can draw good salary from
the public without work. Were as much zeal dis
played in spreading useful information among
farmers, mechanics and manufacturers, there
would be much moro profitable investment of
labor, much moro prosperity, and greater degree
of liberality and enlightment among the people.
Ii somebody would start national convention
for the purpose Of setting idiers to work, instead
of creating useless public oaicas to withdraw
them from labor, there would be greater abun-
dance of food for next year, and laboring people
would not be driven to the brink of starvation as
they now are.
An IMPRoMrrr PoLEA.--Last evening as band
was executing popular music upon balcony in
crowded street, to attract visitors to place Of
amusement, they struck into an aspiring polka
Just at the moment, two little girls, pretty as
fairies elegantly dressed, came chattering merrily
along the pavement. Hearing the lively strain,
and familiar with the gay dance, they forgot all
about the publicity of the spot. and throwing
their tiny arms around each others waists, dam
ced bcwitchingly along the walk, as easily and
naturally canary carols song, while the
bystanders opened right and left to give them
room to execute the dance. Suddenly one of
them seemed to be struck with doubt as to the
propriety of the performance, and communica-
ted the alarm to her companion, just they fin
ished wonderful whirl, off they both scampered
amid the cheers of the crowd.
EFFECTS OF FEAR.-Boucher, a French author
of the sixteenth century, states that the physicians
at Montpelier, which was then great school of
medicine, had every year two criminals, the one
living and the other dead, delivered to them for
dissection. lie relates that one occasion they
tried what effect the mere expectation of death
would produce upon a subj jcct in perfect health,
and in order to do this experiment they told the
gentleman (for such was his rank who was placed
at their discretion, that the easiest of taking
away life, they should employ the means which
Seneca had chosen for himself, and would there
fore open his veins in warm water. Accordingly
they covered his face, pinchel his feet without
lancing them, and set them in foot bath, and
spoke to each other if they saw the blood flow
ing freely, and life departing with it. The man
remained motiOnless, and when, after while
they uncovered his face, they found him dead.
ExTrAvACANcE.-A cotemporary, who is some
what posted up in satin and statistics, talks as
follows
'Nnile the business men OF America proven
bially live poorer, dress shabbier. work harder,
and many more hours, than in any other country
in the world, their wives and daughters ten
times more idle, more extravagant and more
useless"
1t strikes us that there is some truth in that ex-
tract. Mr. Brocha, Of the house of Brocha, Buck
ram & Co., tolls from twelve to sixteen hours
per day. Brocha last year made $22 900. What
becomes Of it? Ten thousand dollars OF the
same was spent by Mrs. Bracha for new furniture,
''to spite the Maxwell's, while large portion of
the balance was expended on ''Banche and
Sarah," SO that they might so to Newport and
''show the Fantadings," that there We're other
diamonds in New York besides those that were
inherited from great grandfather, who found in
India princely fortune and q diseased liver
Brocha has been in business since 1910. People
who have never been in his parlor or kitchen
imagine that Brocha is worth quarter of million
of dollars, while those who have been in, Won
der how he dodges the sheriff. Brocha will prob
ably end his days by testing the virtue Of shil-
ling's worth of strychninc. Should we be one of
the jurors who sit upon the body, we should
bring in the following verdct-"Dicd by the vis-
itation of an extravagant wife and two senselcss
daughters
Cy The City Marshal of Bangor happening to
see a man drinking something out of bottle, of
fered him three dollars to tell him where he got it.
The money was paid over and pockcted, and the
Vharslai WAS shoWn ~ tue pump! Inc DottIe con-
tanned water.
APRo,uEcY.-Thus says the st. Anthony Ex-
press:-Some of our Oldest lumbermen are conf
dent that going to have high water in
few days. They say that thus far, the season has
been just the same as the year 1850, at the time
We had the high water. We hope their expecta-
tions may be realized.
CO The pebbles in our path weary us and
make US foot-sore, more than the rocks, which
only require bold effort to surmount them.
GT The Paw Paw (AIich.) Free Press tells
story of cow bitten by a rattlesnake, being shut
up in close stable with three horses. In the
morning the COW was dead and the horses blind
and stiff. The horses were removed to the open
air, and after being moved around and blcd, re-
covered their sight.
MovING.-The Cincinnati Sun says:-Ovcr 400
families are known to have moved from this city
during the past month, for the far west.
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