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generally known that the assassin was
believed to be insane, all idea Of a gene
raj demonstration of sympathy was aban-
doned.
had intended writing you some ae-
count of the visit of the thousand Sabbath
School teachers of Boston, and their pu.
pills, to our city; how they were received
and fed at the Crystal Palace how they
went sightseeing over on the Islands and
looked at our Institutions; how they were
spoken 10, and what they spoke in reply;
how the publishers and authors of the
country met and enjoyed a most delight.
full dgeunier last evening; what nice
things were eaten and witty things said,
and how your correspondent had good
time among such a galaxy of the bright
est stars of the literary armament; what
l saw at the Horticultural Fair, and the
big squashes and pumpkins 1 tried to lift
and couldn't; the beautiful display o.
dahlias and flowers generally; of pears
weighing a pound and quarter; grapes
one cluster of which filed common
sized dinner plate ;"of the poetical ad
dress of William Cullen Bryant, DC. &C.,
but fear you are already wearied.
Some other day you may hear from
me again.
Yours, DC, F. W. J.
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THE GREAT OCEANS TO BE
MARRIED.

The Washington Star learns from a
reliable source, that some enterprising
citizens of the United States and New
Granada, have discovered and explored
the long-sought-for route for connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by
means of ship canal. This great de-
sideratum to the commercial world is
certainly the most grand and important
enterprise of this age, and worthy the
attention and consideration of every civ
ilized people and government. The
plan as the Star understands, is to 90 to
the Atrato river, some fifty miles from
Its mouth, with depth of from six to
ten fathoms, and from thence to the Pa
cifc, distance ofsome sixty miles more,
without lock or obstruction in the con-
templated canal. A liberal grant has
been made by the government of New
Granada to the persons engaged in this
grand undertaking; and the whole route,
from one ocean to the other, has been
accurately surveyed, and the facts de-
veloped are beyond doubt or question,
so far Us the feasibility Of the work is
concerned.
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DIMENSIONS OF THE AMERICAN
LAKES.

The latest measurement of our fresh
water seas are as follows
The greatest lenghth of Lake Superb
or is 435 miles; the greatest breadth is
16O miles; mean depth 988 feet ele-
vation 697 feet area SO, 900 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Michigan
is $50 miles; its greatest breadth 1Os
miles; mean depth 900 feet elevation
587 feet; area $4,000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron is
200 miles ; its greatest breadth is 100
miles; mean depth 800 feet elevation
STA feet ; area 10000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie is
ESQ miles; its greatest breath is 80 miles;
its mean depth is "a feet elevation sos
feet; area 5000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario
is 18O miles; its greatest breadth 65
miles; its mean depth is 500 feet; eleva-
ton 979feet; area 5000 square miles.
The total length of all five is 1885
miles, covering an area altogether Ofup-
wards of 90 900 square miles.
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"Lvdia. l am a ruined man %

"Lydia, am ruined man %
This was the exclamation of Lauson
Watkins, as he entered the parlor one
evening about fortnight after his inter-
view with Langrave. He was paler than
usual, and every nerve was shaking with
agitation.
''Ruined !'' repeated the wife.
eyes. Langrave has failed 4; he has
entirely, completely sunk. Every cent
is gone.''
"But you are not all lost. Something
can be saved.''
&" No, not a dollar. Fool that 1 was
went in with him to the amount of two
hundred thousand dollars. trusted to
his hon
The young man did not finish the word.
He wasexcited, buthad judgment enough
not to hurt the feelings of his wife by
speaking harshly of her uncle. He was
for the whole completely Frustrated. The
blow had come upon him with a crush
ing weight, and he felt it keenly.
''Do not blame my uncle too much, 4"
she murmured. Everything is not lost,
1 am left to you. In your business tri-
ais l could not help you, but in your lie
trials you will find that am not useless.
Do not despair, dear Lauson, something
may turn up to assist you"
The young gentleman did not speak.
He returned his wife's embrace, and at
that moment she saw more real grateful
JOY in his eye, than she had seen there
before for months.
At the end of the week the young
merchants business was settled up, and
he found himself the possessor of just the
amount of personal property which the
law allowed him. Everything had been
swept away-every cent. Yet there was
one thing that remained within his grasp.
His wife held by her own right, a small
farm in the country. 1t was her birth
place-the old home of her childhood
and her uncle had secured it to her in
such manner, that no misfortune of her
husband could fall upon it. Lydia beg
ged Of her husband to find home upon
that farm. He hesitatcd a while and
then consented. He had at first thought
of procuring clerkship, and trying
once more TO set himselfin business; bu!
the way looked tedious to hint SEEM
ed too hard to gain the place from which
he had fallen, and he gave it up. 1t was
too much for his pride to occupy men
ial position now, and he turned away
from the great city. weary and heartsick,
The home that Lauson Watkins receiV-
ed at the hands of his wife, was in truth
a lovely abode. The farm was an expel-
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HEBREW REQUIEM.

ssGo thou in peace" we would not have thee Inger
In the low mates of this tainted earth,
Where every joy Is touched with sorrows finger,
And tears succeed the brightest hours Of mirth.
Thine upward gaze is fixed upon the dwelling
Where sin and sorrow never more are KNOWN
And seraph lips, the loud HOsanna swelling,
Have caught the music of celestial tone.
$50 thou in peaceI thy home on earth now leaving
In the lone chambers of-the dead to DWELL
Thou hast no portion in the sorrow heaving
The heart whose anguish tears too feebly teh'
A path of light and gladness is before thee,
The hope of Israel in fruition thine,
And thou hast gazed upon the beams Of glory
Around the throne of Isrsers God that shine-
$50 thou in peacel" temptation cannot sever
The tie that now unites thee to thy Cod
The voice of sin, Of unbelief. can never
Enter the mazes of thy low abode.
We leave thee here, in mingled joy and sadness,
Our hearts are weak, our hopes are faint ana din'
Rut to the Lord we turn with chastened gladness'
And yield our friend, eur brothe;, up to HIM.
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! merchant sat at his work, his anxious
wife watched him with painful interest.
His face was pale in the extreme, and
the blue veins stood staringly out upon
his huge white brow and temples. His
eyes were large and brilliant but their
brilliancy was not natural-it was false
nervous light cleaned there. As he
poured over complicated invoice, redu-
cling to his own currency large amounts
of foreign money, his long, white fingers
worked nervOusly through his hair, and
his wife heard him breath hard. o, she
knew he could not live long so.
When at late hour he complained of
headache, but he had cleared ten thou
sand dollars by the cargo he had been
disposing of, and he was pleased. That
ten thousand dollars did not help to give
him content-it only served to spur him
on to new exertions.
"Lydis," said Mr.. Watkins, after he
had closed his escritoire, "have you seen
your Uncle Langravs to-day %
"No."
81 am afraid he is going rather deep
ly into a dangerous speculation. For a
week back have been endorsing paper
e.. L.. - - ooae;Jarobla or,orn+ He
helped me without stint when 1 commen-
ced bnsines, and 1 suppose l must help
him now; but l hope he will be care.
full"
Adam Langrave is careful man, /"
replied Lydia, ''and 1 am sure he would
not do that whicn would cause you to
suffer"
go no, 1 don't think he would" said
Watkins, and here the conversation drop
ped, for the young mans mind became
buried in his business.
Adam Langrave was an old man, and
had been the foster father of Lydia
The girl had been left an orphan at an
early age, and her husband had COM
menced his career as Langrave's clerk,
and thus he became acquainted with the
fair and virtuous girl whom he made his
wife. Langrave had lately entertained a
project for making money, and it was in
pursuance of this that he had called on
Watkins for assistance.
On the day following the scene describ-
ed above, Mr.. Langrave called at Wat
kin's store, and opened to theyoung mer-
chant more fully his project. 1t was a
vast one, but it promised golden har-
vest, and after much deliberation, Lou
son entered into it. 1t looked feasible TO
him, he promised himself rich return
for his adventure.
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Gbeite Mlilstellarlgg.
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

"But you are rich enough, LausOn.-
Let us leave this great city, and seek
some more quiet home"
..No, no, Lydia. Business is my very
life. must make little more money
befure 1 give up
"Wil you tell me, my husband, how
much You would have now; ; if you
were to settle your business up now y
"Oh perhaps two hundred thousand
dollars r'
.eAnd think, Lauscn, only think, how
easily, how sumptuOusly we would live
upon the interest of that, AMI how much
too, to bestow upon those who need our
charity. Come tell me that you will
leave your business at once. L can see
what YOU cannot see. You are under
mining your constitution, and your health
is fast leaving you.
s'Pshaw Lydia you croak ike a ra-
ven, should lose my health were | to
leave my business. Dent say any more
now, for you see L am busy
AS the husband spoke, he turned to
the little ebony escritOire which he had
kept in his parlor and commenced over
hauling and studying the various papers
which lay there.
Lauson Watkins had seen his thirtieth
year and young as he was, ne had be-
come what the world calls rich. At an
early age he had entered the mercantile
business and fortune had smiled upon
him. He had already amaSSed a com
potency but while lie had been doing
this he lost his health. His organization
was not one that would bear mental ex-
citement. His brain was large and ac-
tive, his excitability intense, and his mind
easily worried and tortured; on the other
hand his physical constitution was slight
and of nervous temperament. For years
he had applied himself TO business with
out taking respite, and the faster mon
ey came in upon him, the more anxious
and nervous did he become in his labors.
Night and day he labored over his ship
merits and invoices, and gradually, bui
surely the Joy OF health wa departing
from him.
Poor Lydia Watkins saw ali this. She
saw the fearful disease marks growing
upon her husbands countenance, but
she could not persuade him to feel as she
felt. He laughed at her for her fears,
and yes while he laughed he felt the
disease growing at his Tiials. As the
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WHOLE NO. 2O36.

near having fight over the catastrophe.
But it was very good thing, it was; for,
after crossing two or three branches, and
climbin' as many more fences, it got to
be daylight, and they found that they
had been climbin' the same fence all
night, not more'n hundred yards from
whar they cum to it.
Bill Sweeny sez he can't account for
it in any other way but that the ticker
sort'o turned their heads; and he sez he
does raaly believe if it handn't gin out,
they'd been climbin' the same fence and
wadin' the same branch till now. Bill
promised bis wife to jine the temperance
society, if she would say no more about
that coon-hunt.
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AMERICANS IN AUsTRALIA.-The Paris
correspondent of the New Orleans Picay.
une contributes the following extract from
private letter written by an Englishman
in Australia:
You, who have been so much in Amer
lea, will not be surprised when l say the
Americans are by far the best men in
this country. You know well their en-,
terprise, but even you will be aslonished
at the following piece Of statistical infor-
nation: At Balarat, according to the
late census commission, the population is
1900, of whom only 24O are Ameri-
cans. In order to drain the water from
the deep sinkings, and also to wash the
stuff, there are seven steam engines and
machines; of these, four belonged and
were worked solely by Americans. All
the great contracts are taken by them:
the lines Of stages to and from the Dig
-gings that are accessible to whecls-and
few aIe not-all are Yankee; the coach.
es either Troy or Albany built; the har-
ness and all from the same country. In
coming into the bay you will notice that
all the fine ships are American; the best
hotels are theirs---in fact they are I'M
proving our people out OF The pl'ce alto.
gether.
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Se'iU Au1nl Aau55 ave, SHN
wants you to forgive her for saving your
life. Sit down, Lydia, and I'll tell him
all"
The wife sank into chair, and then
the old man resumed.
"I'll explain the mystery to you in a
few moments Lauson You know how
deeply you were absorbed in harrassing
business and how increasingly you devo-
ted your time to mere acquisition of mon
ey. Your wife saw you were losing your
health and strength, that you were be-
coming entirely lost to her children, in
the may depth of fmOney making. This
latter burden she could have borne with
out a murmer but when she saw that you
were surely making your passage to a
premature grave, she thought to arrest
your steps. She spoke to you and told
YOU of her fears but you needed them
not. She saw that the hands of the de-
stroyer was on you! In this extremity
she came to me and begged me to assist
her in saving you. knew of but one
way, told my child that. She made
me promise that l would carry it into
execution. l went to work. 1t was a
severe task, but determined 10 perform
it. 1 drew all your money away from
YOU and then when 1 knew l had your
last dollar in my possession, 1 pretended
TO fail. When l saw your misery upon
that occasion, was tempted TO disclose
to you the plot, but 1 resolved that L
would go through with what 1 had be-
gun, at the same time earnestly praying
that it might all end in your benefit.
And now," continued the old man.
drawing his hand from his breast pocket
"t the deception has lasted long enough.
Here are two hundred and three thousand
dollars. l took them to save your own life,
and make my own child happy. re-
turn them to you believing that you will
not blame me for what have DONE"
Lauson Watkins was bewildered at first
but gradually the cloud dispelled from
his mind.
40, Lauson-my husband-can you
forgive me !"
The redeemed man strained his wife
to his bosom, and while the warm tears
rolled down his cheeks, he cried:
Forgive you! No, no, my love, my
angel of life-I have nothing to forgive.
1 can only bless you--bless you With my
whole heart and soul. And you too, my
generous FRIEND" he added extending his
hand to Langrave, 81 must bless you al
so, 1 cannot tell you how feel.'
That was an evening ofjoy and thank
fulness. On the next morning, Uncle
Langrave was up early, but not early
enough to catch the first smile of the
children for he found them Just coming
from the garden, with their hands full of
flowers for their father and mother.
The children, the two eldest, had a
faint recollection of Uncle Langrave but
they soon learned to love him AMI so
well did he love them, and all else about
them, that he determined to make the
cottage his home.
Lauson Watkins was once more rich
man, but he did not leave the home where
he had so learned the great lesson of life
He enriched it with rare fruits and pleas
ing ornaments, and then from out his
bounty he sought to do good for others.
She was a happy wife-and they had
happy children, and all of them had one
of the most joyful, merry, laughter-lOv-
inc old uncles in the world.
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Aofrp
HE Is DEAD


rThe following lines we're written alter reading
he Chronicle, notice of the death OF Mr. Freeman
Again the deep-tOned bell We hear,
And the oft-told tale It's telling;
Again, again the bitter tear
From the noarner's eye is yelling.
Again the lip of love is mute,
And hushed the voice of gladness;
And cen the notes Of harp and lutte
Are sadness, nought but sadness.
Again, a man with silvered brow,
And noble, manly form,
Who breasted every blast till nov,
Has yielded to the storm
And the sorrow CT the passer-by,
his slow and measured tread,
And the tear that glistens in his eye,
Speak sadly, she is dead!'
Another home is broken now,
And other ties are riTen,
To wrench our hearts away from earth,
And fix them nearer heaven
For though the tenement OF dust
Is mouldering in the grave,
The freed immortal part, we trust,
Has flown to Him who gave
We learn to love forest tree,
Or nurse gentle flower,
And oft from daily care we fee
To spend with them an hour;
But soon We find our noble oak
Is rudely rent in twain
'Tis shivered by the thunder-stroke,
Twill never bloom again.
The flower We loyed-0ld Autumn's breath
Too rudely, far, has blown;
We find The shrunken, dying stem,
Its petals round it strown.
'Tis thus with every earthly joy;
When brightest beams its ray,
And least we dream Of losing it,
'Tis quickly torn away.
Then mourners, Danish every dread,
You hear his step no more,
But know, It's now a spirit tread,
Heard On the other shore.
oberlin, Sept 25th. j. a.
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR SILVER.

A wonderful discovery is announced
as having been made recently BY an
French chemist, N. Deville-to wit, q
easy and cheap method of separating
aluminium, the metallic base of common
clay, from the other constituents. This
metal rivals in beauty pure silver and
surpasses it in durability Hitherto it
has existed only in small quantities, and
has been esteemed rather as a curiosity,
the price in France, short time since,
being about the rate of gold But by
Mr.. DIS improved method it can now
be produced in masses sufficient and
cheap enough to replace copper and even
iron in many respects, and thus place
the new silver into such common use
as to suit the means of the poorest per-
sons.
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PAYNE AND PATIENCE.

Puns on peoples names are the pas
time of small wits, and half the plays of
this are to be set down to the invention
of the would-be-witty, rather than 10 the
facts of actual history. Thus it is very
doubtful whether the good deacon in this
story ever had an existence except in
the brain of the punster. He had lost
his wife, consoling himself by very pri
vate but particular attentions to Patience
Pierson, a smart young woman in the
parish.
One day he was bewailing his loss in
the ear of his kind pastor, of whose SYM
pathy he was very sure and the minis
ter said to him, in tone of deep condo
lence:
"Well my dear friend, 1 cannot help
you; you had better try and have PA
TIENCE."
What more he would have said the
deacon did not wait 10 hear but think.
ing the minister had found out his secret,
he put in:
"Yes, Sir, 1 have been trying to get
her, but she seems to be rather shy !''
The following rests on no better su-
thority than the above:
Mr.. William Payne, very good fell
low, was teacher of music, in pleasant
town in Massachusetts, and in his
school, one winter, was a pretty girl,
some twenty years old, named Patience
Adams, who having made a strong i'm
preston upon Mr.. Payne, he lost no time
in declaring his attachment, which Miss
A. reciprocated, and an engagement was
the result. Just as Mr. P's attentions be-
came public, and the fact of an engage
ment was generally understood, the school
being still in continuance, and all the par
ties of certain evening being present,
Mr.. Payne, without any thought of the
words, named as a tune for the commence
ing exercise, Federal Street." in the
excellent collection of church music,
1.-The Carmina Sacra." Every one loved
Patience, and every one entertained the
highest respect for Payne and with a
hearty good will on the part of the school,
the enliving chorus commenced:
"see gentle Patience smile on Paine,
See dying hope revive again"
The coincidence was so striking, that
the gravity of the young ladies ard gen.
tlemen could hardly be restrained long
enough TO get through the tune. The
beautiful young lady was still more beau
tiful with her blushing cheeks and mod
estly cast-down eyes, while the teacher
was so exceedingly embarrassed he knew
not what he did. Hastily turning over
the leaves of the book. his eyes lit upon
well-known tune, and he called out
Dundee" The sOrg began as soon as
sufficient order could be restored, and at
the last line of the following stanza rose
to a climax
Let not despair nor fell revenge
BE 10 my bosom Known;
Oh, give tears for others woes,
And Patience for nv own"
Patience was already betrothed she
was in fact his and in about year af
terwards they became man and wife
Then gentle Patience smiled on Payne,
And Payne had Patience for his Own"
DO you cast things p inquired
Yankee the other day, as he sauntered
into a foundry and addressed the propri
etor
We do
You cast all kinds of things in iron
eh o
Certainly, don't you see that is our
business
'Ah well cast me a shadow, will
you?'
yes come here, Jim, Sam, and Dick
and cast this Yankee into the furnace.
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THE WAY TOWNS GROW UP OUT
ON THE PRAIRIES.

MattOon, little wide.awake town up
on the Illinois Central Railroad, at tn"
crossing OF the Alton and Terre. Haute
road, 274 miles from Chicago, is an il.
lustration of the rapid growth of towns
on the prairies. Last April there was
not stick of timber on the ground it
now has large hotel, where every com"
fort may be enjoyed, and the frame of
another was raised on Saturday. In ad-
dition 10 these there are post office,
dry goods store, drug store, two gro
ceries, and other stores going up. Lots
46 by 140 are selling at $50 to $780,
The town is delightfully."- situated on a
high, rolling prairie, with wood on all
sides, at from three to six miles distant,
There has not been much wheat raised
in this neighborhood the present season,
for the reason that, until few weeks
since, there was no communication to
market but there are endless fields Of
corn upon the ground. The country
around is thickly settled, with no town
nearer than Charleston, twelve miles
distant Chicago Democratic Press.
THE TELEGRAPH IN FRANCE.-In Par
is The telegraphs are laid under ground,
no poles being seen in the streets. A
trench is dug, in which the wires are
placed side by side, but not so as to touch
each other. Liquid bitumen is then
poured on, which surrounds the wires,
and completely isolates them. 1t secures
them from damage By accident and de-
sign, and from being deranged by at
mospheric influence. The same plan is
10 be adopted at Lyons.
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TThe following lines were written alter reading II
,hs cbronicle. notice of the death of Mr.. Freenan
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Patience was already betrothed she
was in fact his and in about year af
forwards they became man and wife

Then gentle Patience smiled on Payne,
And Payne had Patience for his Own"
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a. Let not despair nor fell revenge
BE 10 my bosom known
Oh, give me tears for others woes,
And Patience for nv own"