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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12
GBpite MlisttIIallg.
NAPOLE0N'S MERCY; OR
THE DEsERTER's MOTHER.
BY II. J. VERNON.

In the year 1903, Pierre Pctois wa:
sergeant in the twelfth regiment of th,
line then quartered in Strasburg. He
was native of that half-savsge, half
civilized part Of Burgundy, known under
the name of Morvan, and his comrades
ever spoke of him as ga rough custom
~" Always the first and the last 10 fire,
he had the reputation of liking but two
things in the world-the whistling oi
bullets and the smell of powder.
Now, one day our friend Pierre took
it into his head to address letter to his
colonel, in which he applied for leave Of
absence to go and see his aged mother,
who was dangerously i'll. He added that
his father, being seventy years of age,
and suffering under paraylytic affec-
tion, could not be of any use in nurse
tending the poor woman. And he
pledged himself to return as soon as
the health of his mother should be re-
stored.
The cOlonel's reply to Fierre's ap
plication was that as the regiment might
at any moment be ordered 10 take the
field, no leave of absence could be OBJ
tanned.
Pierre submitted. A Afortnightelapsed,
and then second letter was received by
the colonel, in which Pierre informed
him that his mother had died without
the consolation of giving her last bless
ing TO her only child, in which he again
solicited leave Of absence, saying that he
could not state his reason for his request
lit was family secret-but earnestly
implered the colonel not to deny him this
favor.
i, Pierre's second letter was as unsuc.
cessful as the first. The poor fellows
captain merely said
/" Pierre, the colonel has received
your letter; he is sorry for the death Of
your mother, but he cannot grant the
leave of absence you require, as the
regiment leaves Strasburg 10 morrow"
"4h the regiment leaves Strasburg.
and for what place may I ask you ?"
said Pierre.
&. For Austria" replied the offcer.-
'We are to see Vienna, my brave Potois
we are to fight the Austrians. Is not
that good news for you? You viii be
in your element, my fine fellow"
Pierre made no reply; he seemed
lost in deep thought. The captain took
bis hand and shaking it heartily, said ::
''Why do you not speak, man are
ycn deaf to-day ? l am telling you that
in less than week, we are to have set
to with the Austrians, and you have not
one word Of thanks for the good news
nay, / verify believe you have no. even
heard me-"
..Indeed. captain, l have heard every
word, and l thank you with all my
heart for your news, which l consider
very good"
81 thought you would. /" said the cap
tain.
"But. captain, is there no chance for
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

DrLroEScE puts almost everything in
to our power, and viii in time. make
even our children capable of the best and
greatest things.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

RISK early to your business. learn good
things and Oblige good nien; these are
three things you shal1 never repent.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

THERE is no man so eontemptibl... but
in distress requires pity. Itis inhuman
to be altogether insensible of snothers
misery.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

A WISE man viii dispose of time past
to observation and reflection: time pres
ent to duty; and time to come to Prov::-
dence. s
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12
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THE BETTER LAND.

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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

Idlencss IS the gate Of all harms.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12

We are what we are in private.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-12
AsWEETTHoUGHT FROM AsWEET
LYRIC.

80 nj CHARLES ESesLKr.
e. The world goes up. and the world goes down,
And the Sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterdays sneer, and ssterdsy's froxn,
lssaai Can never come over again,
Sweet wife,
No never come over again.
For woman is warm. though man be cold,
.ea, And the night viii follow the day;
Till the heart which at even was weary and old.
Can rise in the morning gay,
Sweet vile,
To its work in the morning gay.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
NO. 47.
Model Dun.

An exchange gets off the following sug-
gestion to its subscribers:
GAN persons indebted to this Office are
requested to walk up, ride up, roll up,
send up, or any way SO they get up, and
settle Immediately if not sooner. We
are still prepared to furnish our paper to
all who want it. We would prefer bank
notes, gold dollars and silver quarters In
exchange, but in the desperate language
of poverty-stricken and head-over-heels
in debt contemporary, will take grind
stones, wooden nutmegs, pat ent wheel
barrows, Shanghai chickens, hoop dress
es, boot jacks, broom corn, 'lasses' candy,
baby Jumpers, (for a friend,) fishing tack
lie, hoop-poles, patent medicines, dye stuffs,
cork screws, old bacon, young 'niggers,
sucking pigs, rags, boxes, barrels, old
clothes, sausage meat (extract of bark pre-
ferred,) postage stamps, lager beer, (used
in printing! grubbing hoes, pick axes,
Colts pistols, (warranted not to kick,)
tooth brushes, tenpenny nails, pins, need
les, ginger cakes, circus tickets. or any
other article found in a country retail
store. Walk M, but don't all com, at
once.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

THE LITHoTYFE PRoOEss.-1t was q
great advance in printing when page of
type was laid on soft plaster forming a
mould, into which melted type metal was
poured, reproducing, in solid, the original
page on a plate of moderate thickness
The American Stereotype Company, Bos-
ton, have introduced successfully an i'm
provement on this. which they call the ly-
linotype process Instead Of type metal for
the plate, they use composition whose
basis is clay of earth, plastic at first, but
becoming harder than type metal. This
material serves both for mould and the
plate in relief The surface of the letter
and the edge have an extraordinary perfec-
ton. The plates are much more durable
than those of type metal, and much lighter
and cheaper, and require but half the guam
tity of ink commonly used. The plates
can easily be bent to conform to cylinder
presses, and the process is equally applica-
bic to plans maps, and outline cuts. But
it's greatest claims are accuracy of line and
durability. Half a million of impressions,
says Mr.. Rives, who uses the plates for the
Congressional Globe, may be made by one
of these presses without wearing out the
plrtes. AteUigcncer.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
Books are wonderful devices. From m

Books are wonderful devices. From my
seat in my library, L call to Cicero, and he
repeats for me without faltering, or stop
ping to rest, his most splendid paragraphs
| speak to 'Demosthenes, and the mighty
Athenean once more launches for me those
thunderbolts which 'fulmined over Greece.
L utter the name of John Milton, and the
blind minstrel strikes for me again that
harp, whose notes have echoed for two
hundred years. The wit of Plautus, the
humor of Addison, and the table talk Of
Sidney Smith, are all mine, through the
magic of types. Through the ever-recur-
ring miracle of printed leaves, the dead rise
again; their shadowy forms take shape
once more; and the glorious past, of which
they speak to me, lives with brightness
which reveals the glory that clad the world
on creations morn. | will be grateful fol
books. Among wonder workers, they art
the mightiest and quietest | know !
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

were generally considered to be exact, is
now nearly the same as that of the people
under Moses-about three millions They
are thus distributed:
In Europe, 1,916,000, OF which about
653. .00G are IN Poland and Russia, and
5000 are in Austria.
In Asia 7:;S, ,000, of which 500 600 are
in Asiatic Turkey. s
In Africa 50i 900. of which 800, 200
are In Morocco.
In America, North and South. 81 600
If we add to these about 15.0e0 Samar-
itans, the calculation in round numbers
will be about 3. lS0, 900
Tins was the report in 1925; the num-
bers probably remain the same This ex-
traordInary fixedness in the niidSt of almost
universal increase is doubtless not without
a reason, if we are even to look for it a.
mong the mysterious operations which have
preserved Israel separate race through
eighteen hundred years. May we not ma
turally conceive that a people thus preser-
we'd without advance or retroccssion; dis
persed, yet combined; broken, yet firm i;
without a country, yet dwellers in all !; ev-
erywherelnsulted, yet everywhere infuen-
tial; without nation, yet united as no ma
ton ever was before or since, has not been
appointed to offer this extraordinary con-
tradictiOn to the laws of society, and even
the common progress of nature, without a
cause, and that cause one of final benevo-
lence, universal good, and divine grandeur?
In noticing the preceding statistics the
late Major Noah remarked:
1--WE apprehend there is some error in
the above statistics, and that the number
of Jews throughout the world may be esti-
mated at nearer six millions than three
There are more than million in Poland
and Russia; in all Asia there are full two
millions; half amillion in Austria; in the
Barbary States and Africa a million; in all
Europe two millions and half We do
not think, during the most splendid period
of Jewish history, that they ever exceeded
four millions, but then their colonies and
countries, held tributary in Europe and
Asia, amounted to many millions more"
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
Can I Help You.

"CAN l help you? just say the word. y
There speaks the whole-souled, whole
hearted Mantle man whose very shad-
ow is worth more than the body, soul,
and estate, personal and spiritual, of two
thirds of the human race bearing that
name How he lifts the desponding spir-
its of his brother in trouble. All day he
has met with cold eyes, cold smiles, cold
words, cold bows, and colder sympathy.
Men fly him because they have heard
that he was northumberland be "a vii
lian-a thief-a murderer says the
world In action-'.but don't be unfortu-
nate I'll lend you ten thousand if you
are worth fifty, ii you're unfortunate-l'm IN
very poor myself-would like to hel p You
could have done so three days ago, or
three hours ago-but positively hav mt
got three cents, nor shan't be In posses
sion of that amount, while-your misfor-
tune lasts If your old aunt dies, or poor
old uncle, or In fact, any body who choo-
ses to leave You a fortune, why just call
upon me /; L II manage to have a little loose
change on hand"
But look Wonder comes broad-should-
cred, frank-browed man, who meets his
poor brotherwith a heavysay on the shoul-
der, and ..Can help you.-just say the
word Don't be afraid now; what S your
trouble? Out with it, and ii you d like a
little cash, Just say SO. Don't be down
cast-what if you failed in your expecta-
tions once, twice, or thrice. Hayn some
of our most successful merchants done the
same thiug.-Hiade the same mlstakes.-
And where would they have been if they
hadn't found friends: Come the ele-
ments of success are In you-cheer up
what do YOU want-how much - He
don't clap his nand on his pocket with
:. styx-like frown, that says as plainly as IL
he bawled out in your ear, mo entrance
mere" He is not one of those dyspeptie,
cross grained, surely, monied machtnes,
that squeezes six pence till it squeals,
and reads a newspaper with a greedy, vo-
racious eagernes>, for fear he shall not get
his two cent worth He lives for some
thing else-that man, than gain. His
passport to heaven is written on his face,
his religion on the hearts OF the dOwnesst
and the sorrowing-in the homes he has
made happy by his beneEoience,
'.Can L help you.' @
Write the words in golden letters, for
they are only heard on rare occasions--
The sneer, the scorn, the doubt, the refu-
sal-they come with every night-fall and
sun rising Niggards grow like mush-
rooms, but angels are scarce Niggards
can never look beyond themselves thier
own comfort, their own convenience no
matter who starves next dOor-they scat
ter curses in discouragements, and blight,
God only knows, how many gentle hearts
They never say, s'Can l help him" but,
she's down, let's kick HIM" 5 e-.f E.re
But the angelic ministry of those helpers
to humanity-men who believe they were
entrusted with the powers the gods might
envy, that they be used to some good pur-
pose-what shall we say of them? how
give them the merit Good, whole sOuled
generous man-the angels and God him.
self, smiled approval, when with beamluee
eyes and hopeful words, you said to the
despirited brother, ''Can help you!'
Olire Branch.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
INFLUENCE OF THE LONDON TINES

INFLUENCE OF THE LONDON TIMES
The London Times is said to have the enor-
nous average income, from all sources, of
about 100000 week, three millions
year No wonder that such news estab-
lishments, whose argus eyes lock to every
point of the globe, and whose trumpet
tongue speaks to congregated nations,
should be regarded as ''the fourth estate of
the kingdom Newspapers give ute
rance to the millions, and concentrate In
themselves an aggregate of power, to make
thrones tremble and monarchs turn pale.
They are vast burning glass, gathering
and concentrating to oneterrible focal point,
the rays of thought, conviction, and senti-
ment, over the wide circle of human af-
fairs.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

YOUNG AMERIcA.-The following spec
linen of ssYoung Americanism" we think
is too good to be lost
One night Freddy had been put to bed,
and mother and Johnny were in an adjoin-
ing room Presently Johnny cut up some
capers, on which mother threatened to
take him into the other room and whip
him. @
"Mother," said Freddy's voice under
the bed clothes, ~ know where I'd take
him."
"Where?" said mother, whose curiosity
was excited.
ssI'd take him under the left carp
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

MOUSE SToRY.-An Albany editor says
that mouse, which had several times
been caught in the act of nibbling the nice
things in his pantry, was the other day
traced to its nest, which was found to
contain seven or eight cunning s'responsi-
bilities." The parent rogue was arrested
and executed for larceny. On one side
of the nest a piece of an old bible was
found, on which the following words were
distinctly visible: "Thou shalt not steal
What hypocrite,
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

At Ballinrobe, in Galway, Ireland the
wifi of farmer named Magrath left her
two little children while she went to bring
a kettle of hot water to scald the churn
she was about to use for making butter.
The eldest child meantime forced the baby
into the churn, and the mother unwitting-
ly scalded it to death. Rendered frantic
by the discovery, she thew stool at the
other child, which killed it, and then
drowned herself.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
A Yankee is self-denying, self-rel,

A Yankee is self-denying, self-relying,
and into everything prying. lie is a
lover fpiety, propriety, notorlety, and the
temperance society He is Dragging,
dragging, striving, thriving, swapping,
iostling, wrestling, musical, quizzical, as
Economical, philosophical, poetical and GRIM
inal sort of character, whose manifest des-
tiny is to spread civilization to the remo-
test corner of the earth.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19
"Nor grew it white
In n single nipht.
AS mems have grown from sudden fears"-

As mems have grown from sudden fears'-
"White how odd to be sure! Well, 1
know nothing of mems hair; but there
is our friend, Mrs. c., of Twelfth
street, the lady who has just been twenty
nine years old for the last fifteen years
her husband died, you know, last winter,
at which misfortune her grief was SO in
tense that her hair turned completely
blach within twenty-four hours after the
occurrence of the sad event"
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

SHOCKING The editor of Western
paper says that during thunder storm in
that vicinity recently, man and three tel
egraph poles were knocked down by a
thur'der- bolt, and remained insensible half
an hour.
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

Suppose fellow who has got nothing
marries a gal who has nothing; is her
things his'n or his things her'n? or is
his his n or her'n n hcr'n! a nice aues-
ton to decide, that
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATIONS Two
fair ladies' were reading, the other day,
Byron's ''Prisoner of Chillon." That is,
one lady was pretending to read it aloud
to the lady. No woman has ever been,
now is, or ever will be capable of listening
without interrupting. So, that at the We
ry commencement, when the reader read
the passage -
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

Never set yourself up aa musician
Just because you have got drums in your
ears, nor believe yourself school teach
er because you have pupil in your eye
Washington telegraph., 1856-11-19

= There is a vast deal of philosophy in
the vulgar distich-
Different men have iifferent opinions;
Some like leeks and some like inioHs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-26

from the London Times. Nov. IL.
Tho chief difference for the settlement OF which
thrcsencd with second Congress at Paris lee within
very email compass In wrhug II comprised within
scntcpce-in topography within two or three miles ~
the 2oh article OF the Treaty Of Paris In exchange fos
certain places and In order fully 70 secure ths
freedom Of the navigation Of the Danube" the Emperor
of Russia consented 70 recudcAsion OF his frontier In
BeesarabA For this purpose The article declares thaA
the new frontier, falling into the AkermAn road, shall
follow 10 the Val dc Trsjan, pass 70 The south OF Boi
grad, and ascend the course Of the river YApuok
10 the Height OF sAraArika "DcIegaS0 d the
contracting Powers shall TX, In ~ dctnils, ths
line Of the new froutier.v assumed
that The details OF The frontier would require minute
calnvesgAron In which uhe several oontrnc&ng Powers
should sake part The object Of The article expressly
stated 70 be fully 70 The navigation Of NE
danube from the dominion Of Russia. The article could
iptstd nothing else than 70 deprive Ru of any port
fortress wilnn ths msuth of the Danube. when the,
In the clause the new fronus1 described pass
ing The uth Of Begrsd thaa indicate some
place not immediately Ne wAtsrs Of the Danube In
deed, the frontier described stIl following thu
Val dc TrajAn, which the river Yapuck, several
mes from the extended waters forming the lake Of thaA
Tbe nev frontier could mot touch shcse waters
without leaving the ancient eArthwovk called
the Val dc Trajan soon touched
n. Indeed, would have merely 70 oro@ the
Val instead Of following H. mus, for the descrpuoo "
be confcrmable 10 NE Topography, oonssse. With ITSELF
aud not rdculousy variance with the intention nssgned
must be strictly inland frontier and the BcsrAd ds.
ssnsed must be no port the current sense of that word
bn, a. me mere town Now the old Bolsrnd the Bolersd
Of our popus mars, or Bolrad Isosc - Also oaod.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-26

daughter and cheers) would have everything sbsvs
poAro Tor know-I have seen itthat We are decevsA
We should never be- iCheers) Therefore, am sgansk
al secret dipomacy Franklin said he deceived every
BODY ~ telling the truth. (Cneers.) That ~
the great duty that upon her. did openly and avoweA
Iy state what ehe Intended TO do she sent her smbs-
what she endeavoring 70 be at We need NOT have
planted over Europe and the world persons who ere
said to represent England but do not repress.G
England They represent the bad parts or her poksy
They do that very accurately They are very usefx
TO persons, but Injurious 70 England.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-04

height, magnificent desert was placed upon
the table, having in the centre vase of sill
yer gilt, which NJ. Place ordered the waiter
to pass round to the ladies, as it contained a
few nuts for their especial cracking. Every
lady then plunged her hand within the vase,
and drew forth whatever chance bestowed in
the shape of some rare jewel, the cheapest
of which could not have been worth less than
sixty dollars, while some of them were of
great price. After this delightful ceremony
the generous host took his leave amid the
reiterated applause of his guests. The next
day his house was silent, and a defalcation
of sixteen millions was announced before
the tribunal of commerce.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-04

annoyance and hard feelings. The day be-
fore yesterday very unpleasant incident oc-
Cured at one of these parties. a merchant
who has heretofore held respectable posi-
tion in society was selected by some friends
to call on. TWAS surprise party indeed to
all concerned. They found the husband in
sensible from the effects of liquor, laying on
the hall stairs, and his wife with bruised
face and black eye, bathing his temples
with ice water How many such scenes oc-
cur unknown to the world.
ALBANY KnickerJockcr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-04

fetching water and coal, shifting the engine
and tackle to the field, wear and tear, and
interest of first cost (Which is s2475, includ-
ing the engine is apparently not more than
1.25 to SLIGO per acre. Trenching costs
about double this sum: Should further ex-
periments and calculations prove this esti-
mate to BE- correct, there can no longer be a
doubt that Gan economical substitute" has
at last been perfected for the long veuerated
horse plough.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-04
Troy, N. Y, 1856.

D1sGRAcEFuL AFFAIR.-Thc Selma Sen
tinel of the 10Th says: A most disgraccful
affair occurred in our city on last Monday
night, the 18th inst, and an affair it is with
pain We feel called upon to notice, and to
censure in the most emphatic terms. The
facts are as follows, as related to US by the
sufferer of this outrage himself Some two
months ago, man, who says his name is
John Saulsbcrry, came to this city from
Sumterville S. G., and engaged to do work
on the Marion Branch Road. While in the
city on last Monday night, young man by
the name of Perkins proposed that they
should go to Nancc's Tank to battle; while
at the tank, some seven persons run up dis
guised, gathered hold of saulsberry, carried
him by force some three hundred yards up
the river to an old shanty at brick yard,
stripped him of his clothing, and most in
humanity whipped him with cowhide and a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-04

EXCITEMENT IN TEXAs.-The San An
tonic Texan, of the 3lst ult., gives long
account of an excitement in that place, which
threatened to lead to riot and bloodshed, but
which had mostly subsidized at that date. 1t
grew out of political aspcritics:
"The Democratic County Convention of
Bexar split, and part of the body, mostly
that of Mexican origin, withdrew and nomi-
mated a separate ticket, and secured the sup
port of the Spanish paper, Ell Byareno -
The other part of the party started a paper
in Spanish to neutralze the influence of Ell
Bejareno, entitled the Ranchero. The two
papers became very bitter, and finally an ar
ticle in the Ranchero, iu reply to one in the
other paper, created great excitement The
article was translated and printed in the
Herald, the American Organ. 1t intimated
that the Mexicans would "throw down the
Mexican (Catholic) Church, "proclallm5 the
victory with guns and clashing sabres," in
wade the sanctity of that hearthstone," etc
etc. The Mexican party called meeting
and called on the editor for the author Of the