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Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

panion, both to the old and the young,
and of invaluable service to the com
munity in which he lived. He became
noted as beinga man Of much reading
and information. As he was courted
by the wise, so did he court the COM
pany cf the illiterate, and many is the
individual, whose soul is lighted by the
lamp of his knowledge. His motto
was, smy Lights none less by lighting
my neighbof's.,9 Emulate it, kind
reader. IL
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
HOW no PROSPER IN BUSINESS.

In the first place, make up your
mind to accomplish whatever you
undertake; decide upon some particu-
lar employment and persevere Gin it.
All difficulties are overcome by dilig-
ence and assiduity.
Be not afraid to work with your own
hands, and diligently too. "a cat in
gloves catches no miee." ~
Attend to your own. business, and
never trust it to another. "Apotthat
belongs to many is ill-stirred and worse
boiled" Y
Be frugal. "That which will not
make a pot will make apot lid.''
Be absteuious. "Who dainties love
shall beggars proye.ns
Riseearly. "The sleeping fox catches
no poultry"
Treat every one with respect and
civility. @EEerything is, gained and
nothing lost by courtesy" Good man
.ners insure success. 3ya
Never anticipate wealth from any
other source than. labor. ''He who
waits for dead mems shoes may have
to go for a long time barefoot"
Heaven helps those who help them
selves.
fyouimplicity follow these precepts,
nothing viii hinder you from accumu-
lating.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

DEPENDENCE ON GoD.--In our day
of wonderful activity, when man has
learned to assert his mastery over the
elements, and to compel the powers of
nature to do him service, there is great
danger of forgetting his dependence
on God, and an admonition addressed
to ministers has equal significance for,
all professions and pursuits. sr
You may rise up early, and 60 to-
bed late, and study hard, and read
much, and devour the marrow Of the
best authors; and when you have done
all, unless God give blessing to your
endeaYors, be as lean and meager in
regard of truth and useful learning as
Pharaoh's lean kline were, after they
had eaten the fat ones. .4-@gE
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
s1raIra 1r TLT1rY RoRsRrP.

We believe the tenderest and most
endearing of all our reeollections Of
the home of our childhood, is the sing
ing at family worship. Nothing more
cherishes the devotions of the parents,
or binds the hearts of the children to
the family circle, while it early inn
presses their minds that there is sacred
pleasure in worshipping God. We
knew little girl seven years old, who
was recovering from sickness, and as
her strength increased she preferred
the request, "Father, won't you attend
family worship up here?" The request
could not be denied. ''Won't you sing,
yes, my. native land, / love thee? !
It was beautiful to see the feeble child,
as she sat in her bed supported by
pillows, with her little hymn-book
before her, exerting her exhausted
powers in joining in all the verses Of
the hymn, which implies an entire con-
secration to the missionary work.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

A Disastrous MoNTH.-The month
Of April, viii long be memorable for
its disastrous confagrations. So far
as we have information, says the Jour
nal Of Commerce, there occurred during
this period thirty-two fires, where the
loss exceeded 10000 dollars in each
Instance, and the aggregate loss result
ing reaches the enormous aggregate OF
1,847,000 dollars. A fire at Galena
destroyed property to the value Of
100000 dollars; one at Baltimore,
dollars; one at Philadelphia,
350,000 dollars; one at Boston, 200,-
600 dollars; and one at Nashville,
Tenn, 100000 dollars. In addition,
destructive confagrations have swept
through the forests of Virginia, infict-
ing serious losses.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

Man TrHottI RE161oN Religion
is the It'd that sonne es man With his
Creator, and holds bin to bis throne.
If that tie is stlhdertld OF broken, he
floats away, a worthless atom in the
universe, hisproper attractions all gone
his destiny thwarted, and his whole
future'nothing but darkness, desolation,
and death.-DGRiel Webster. &
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

Joy nv AuvERsTTY All birds when
they are first caught and put into the
cage, fly wildly up and down, and beat
themselves against their little prison;
but within two or three dayssit quietly
upon their perch, and sing their usual
melody. So it fares with us, when God
first brings US into straits; we wildly
futter up and down, and beat and tire
ourselves with striving to get free; but
at length custom and experience will
make our narrow confinement spacious
enough for us, and though our feet
should be in the stocks, yet shall we
withsthe apostles be able even there to
sing praises to our God.-Hopkiaas.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

MERIT.-The labor of a whole life
directed to the object to establishing a
merit of our own, will only widen our
distance from peace; and we know of
nothing that will send this visitant to
our agitated bosoms, but a firm and
simple reliance on the declarations of
the Gospel.-Dr. Chalmers.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
A STRIKING CoNFIRMAT1oN OF SCRIPTURE.


One of the most interesting of the
monuments of ancient Rome is the
triumphalarch erected to commemorate
the conquest of Jerusalem by Titus,
who, after the destruction of the temple,
made a triumpbal march to Rome,
bringing with him long train Of cap
tive Jews and the spoils, among which
we're the sacred vessels of the temple.
This procession is represented in the
sculptures on the beautiful arch; which
thus furnish an illustration of the Bible
no where else to be found, these being
the only representations that exist Of
the sacred vessels, the table of the
shoEbred, the golden candlestick with
its seven branches, and the silver
trumpets used by the priests to pro-
claim the year of jubilee. The Roman
Senate and people little thought, when
erecting this monument to a deifed
emperor, that they were erecting a
monument to the true God in the yeri-
tication Of prophecy and divine his
tory. A recent traveller SAYS, not one
Of the Jews of Rome, of whom there
are about 5000, viii, even at this day,
pass under the arch of Titus, although
lit spans one of the thoroughfares oi
the city; they shun it as a memorial o.
the subjugation Of their nation, which
has never yet beenretriyed, and regard
lit with aversion.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21


CHARACTERISTICS OF THERARE GEMS.
Next to the diamond, the sapphire
is the hardest of all minerals; it IS
generally small, and the finest of these
pure, blue, oriental gems are found in
the beds of rivers in Pegu and Ceylon.
Of equal value is the ruby, valuable
according to the richness of its red
color. The emerald has been found
several inches in length; the most
beautiful, clear green, Of these stones
are found in 'Ceylon and Egypt, The
topaz is of various colors; but the most.
beautiful is of a deep yellow, and is
found in Brazil, Saxony, and alwaysin.
the ancient primary rocks. Besides.
these, the other most precious gems are.
the blue turquoise, the garnet, the
opal, the purple amethyst, the green.
marchite, the yellow amber, the coral,
and the pearl. sl32ii
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
SpogqTNee.--Rev. D. Iittle- of C4ran.

SPogGING.--Rev. DIR. Little, of Gran
vile, Ohio, in one Of his anniversary
sermons, remarks that estates in that
place ''are worth much more than they
would be in land without the Gospel.
They who do nothing for the support
of religion, ought to be ashamed to
sponge out of religious and whole
souled men, the security and value
which religion gives their property
The Christian pays tax to support a
state of society, which is a standing
army to keep thieves and robbers from
the property of infdels.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

Curious IEsT1NcT. OF PLANTS,
Hoare, in his treatise on the vine, gives
a striking exemplifcation Of the IN
stinct of plants A bone was placed
in the strong. but dry clay of a vine
border. The vine sent out leading
or tap-root directly through the clay
to the bone. In its passage through
the clay the main root threw out no
fbers; but when it reached the bone it
entirely eoveredit, by degrees, yiththe-
most delicate and minute fbers, ike
lace, each one sucking g pore in the
bone. On this luscious morsal of a
marrow-bone would the vine continue
to feed as long as any nutriment re-
manned to be extracted. Il
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
THE MUSIC OF THE RnL.
BY JOHN BOOKER.


Twas in summer glorious summer,
Far beyond the, smoky town,
Weary with long days ramble g
Through the fern and blooming bramble,
Needing rest, sat Jne down.
Beetling crags hung high above me,
Ever looking grandly rude; e.
Still there was some trace of 'mildness
In this scene SO wierd-its wildness
Night be sought for solitude.
2 Birds and fowers-song and beauty
Seemed this rugged realm to fiji:
That which was my soul's enhancing !.
Was the music and the glancing
Of aroclk-born FLASHING rill.
Lingering there / was delighted, F
Musing on the day gone by,
Watching its bright spray-peafls sprinkled,
And each silvery tone that tinkled ..
Touched some chord of memory.
twas as though sweet spirit-voices
Threw spell around me there:
Now in lightest notes of gladness,
Now in deeper tones Of sadness,
Were a-whispering in mine ear:
Memory, hope, Imagination,
Seemed to have usurped my will;
And nay thoughts kept on a-dreaming
TIL the bright stars we're a-gleaming
To the music of therill.
What a world of strange reflections
Came upon me then uHsOughtl
Strange that sounds should find responses,
Where cen mystery ensconees-
2 In the corridors of thoughtl
Then emotions wiere awakened, le.
. Making my heart wildly thrill, '1
AsI fingered there and listened,
Whilst the dew around me glistened,
To the music Of the riIl.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

A PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIosITY@St.
Martin, the man who has an opening
into his stomach, produced by gun
shot wound nearly twenty odd years
ago, is in New York, and number Of
physicians of that city have been ex-
perirnenting with the view to ascertain
the time required to digest food A
thermometer introduced into his
stomach through the opening, rose to
110 deg. Fahrenheit. The carrot, Dr.
Bunting SAYS, is consumed in FIVE to six
hours. Rare roast beef viii thoroughly
digest in an hour and a half. Melted
butter viii not digest at all, but float
about in the stomach Lobster iscon-
paratiyely easy Of digestion,
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

EARLY CONVERSIONS. = Matthew
Henry, it is said, was one of large
family Of children, all of whom became
Christians, they never knew when.
The seed was sown upon the very soil
of infancy, watered with the tears of
parental intercourse, and from the first
steps Of childhood, their path seemed
GO Be directly upward.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

The SECRET OF GREAT ACQUISITIONS.
---"The chief art of learning says
Locke, sis to attempt but little at a
time. The widest excursions of the
mind are made by short flights fire.
quently repeated; the most lofty fabrics
of science are formed by the continued
of single propositions. j"
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
A PoETICAL ESSAY TO. MISS KATHARINE
Jay.

'0ETICAL ESSAY TO. MISS KATHARINE
JAY.
An S 4 now Lmean 2. write
2U'sweet K TT. q
The girlwithont a, 4,
q The bell of UTK.
1 1'der if U got the l
8 Wrote 2UsB4
1 sailed in the A KID A,
And sent by L n Moore.
Ny MT head win scarce contain
1 calm D A bright,
But A Tmiles from Q i must
N this chance write.
And 1st should NENVU,
BEZ, mind it not;
Should N E friendship show, B trae,
They should not forgot.
But friends and foes alike D &
As U may plainly G,
In every funeral R A
Or runcle's lie G.
g From virtue never ID Y 8;
Her influence B 9,
Alike induces 10 derness,
.. Or 40 tude divine.
And if U cannot cut
Or cause an
yIhope U'n puta
21? f.
RU for Ann x alton 2
My cousin?--heart andlR-
BE offers in 7,
4 So of land.
He says he loves U2XS,
U're virtuous and Y's.
nXLNCUXL
All others in. his rs.
This S A until UIC
Ipray U TX Q's;
And do not burn in FEC
Ny young and wayward muse.
Now fare q well, dear K TT,
i Itrustthat true
whes this q C, then U cansay
A 3kIOU. S. IF,
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
Aoetrv,
TIE CH1ID's PRAYER.


TIE CHILD's PRAYER.
BY HODGES READ, ESQ.
Into her chamber went
"A little maid, one day
And by achair she knelt,
And thus began to pray:
se HJesus, my eyes IclOse-
Thy form can not see;
If thou art near me, Lord,
pray thee speak to me-"
A still small voice She heard within her soul,
@Wbat is it, child2 I hear thee-tsll.me all 4
@I pray thee, Lord" she said,
9That thou wilt condescend
10 tarry in my heart,
And ever be my friend.
The path of life is dark
would not go astray;
Ol let me have thy hand
To lead me in the way"
GFear not-I will not leave thee, child, alone
She thought she felt a soft hand press her own.
"They tell me, Lord, that all
The living pass away
The aged soon must die,
.ss' 'g And even children may.
OF let my parents live,
Till woman grow;
For if they die, what can
A little orphan doH"
'Fear not, my child--whatever ills may cone,
III not forsake thee till l bring thee home"
Her little prayer was said,
And from her chamber, now,
She pass d forth, with the light
Ill. or heaven upon her brow.
@Mother, I've seen the Lord
i-,, His han5 in mine Ifelk
And o. Iheard him say
AS by MY chair knelk
'sFear het, my chila-iWhatevsr ills may come
tn LOS sotsaize sllee tiill i bring the AOns.'~
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

:. Early rising for early labor has this
reward The l {. morning hour has gold
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

Why are blacksmith very great ras-
calst Because they forge and steel
every day.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
DYINe worms or Mr1ANCrHor,

1t is related that Melancthon, Just
before he died, expressed a wish to
hear read some choice passage Of
Scripture; and his desire having been
met, he was asked by his son-in-laW,
Sabinus, whether he would have any
thing else, to which he replied in these
emphatic words, "AIunde, nihsl, nisii,
eoeluna, NOTHING ELSE, BUT HEAVEN;
and shortly after this he gradually
breathed his last. Well did one who
sought to embalm his memory in verse
say:
NHis sun went down in cloudless skies,
Assured upon the morn to rise,
ah In lovelier array.
But not like earths declining light,
To vanish back again to night;
No bound, no setting beam to know,
Without cloud or shade of woe,
In that eternal day.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21

-nnOuncing candldates 10r ONCE, : wv
Cash in advance will be required for all advertise
ents except where actual responsibility is known.
Ten per cent for each change be added TO the
abOve rates. -
Standing Business Cards of Eve lines or less, for
enc year, $500 80
No advertisements win be considered by the year,
tnlsss specified on the manuscript or previously
Agreed upon between the parties.
Advertisements not marked on the copy for speci-
led number Of insertions, viii be continued until or
dered out and charged accordingly.
All advertisements from strangers transient per-
BOns, to be paid in advance.
The privilege Of yearly advertisers viii be confined
rgidly to their own business and all advertisement
Dot pertaining thereto, tObe paid for extra.
All loaded advertisements charged double the above
rates.
Advertisements On the inside exclusively win b
thare6d extra
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-21
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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05
Eotal SntelIiqente.

SHOOTING AND STABBING.-One lIan Killed and
T~o "H'is-Irstercay being election day visited al
of the city and agree1bly disappointed failing 10
lind items bloody import the election precncs
but unfortunately compelled
pereHtcd in place stabbng affair, that may result ID
tally in another anti accidental shooting affair that may
result fatally occurred in third pace-neier murder nor
the ahbns being at voting precinct the
election, 5 far could discover.
Ferdinand Lang German gardener, of the Third District
waylnd by two the of Eysian Fields
Claiborne Streets beien shot and instantly killed two bullets
having entered his body Who the mrleres were not
known the police the Coroner last evening the Coroner
being compelled to defer his inquest the The murder
took place squares the nearest voting pre-
lt the Mexican Guf Railroad De2ot> which the de
voted short time previously death. were
unable discover n he had been in difficulty the polls
Mr.. Iamenais DuplesSis, Creole and Fillmore man. en-
o,ed in the Custom House, stabbed the evening
cofre-ose st. Peter street far voting pre-
cncts. He supposed TO be dangerously wounded. Wo
could not learn who inflicted the wound anything else about
it, further than that it the result alteration which
originated in the coFrehoise
the forenoon the twenty third precinct an
Irisnnu named VIM. 'Brien through body by
the accidental discharge of pistol in the hands OF another
Irishmu, his FRIEND whose did learn report
stated that his friend had pulled thr pistol to him
what fine thing aud that of while he
lessy handling it, Another stated that the with tie
pistol had drawn to upon somebody and that OBricn got
Shot accidentally whilst trying friend get possession OF
the weapon.
ANOTHER SEIZURE OF FIRE-ARMs AND AaIMUNI-
rloS-!St evening" Capt Aoyat arrested hive etlaS not far
from the polls ~ the Mexican Gun Railroad Depot each with
m4e hsNet on MS sooef lhey we're OF course, instantly
canboosrd Not one OF them could speak word OF English
but being iHttroGate through interpreter they stated that
The us had been furnished them by Miguel Petty Petre,
captain oi ic trriah ShatpSlootcr Company Upon thS Cap
tam hoFna:' made an ahrit before kccoieF thbrc got
ami visited Captain feys residence on ST.
Philip between Charres and Old Lcvce There
Cap:ai Pey arrested, and brace of pistols and bowie
khe on Oh his person on searching Tie o9e' 'V'e were
found three or tour Sot guns loadeN hnmoet
oi shbres anu Knives TWO 1'ca ''" MY o'cF"seS aux
o'rF er'it'e' o! h'''t"' ihc e'1 'S''S '"t'h "'
cNnoooSe ~" Will nave - |" Ae i'ero''ct ''H iot
'NS lis 'ti>'HS ~" '' ''7 " '' ''''s"' nv az
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

To,9 Yor So" Wife, wife! our cows dead
cIiAhcd with Il turnip!
81 told you sol always know'd she'd choke her
self with them tvrnips"
But it was punpkn-a darned hig one
"Well, its all the same. knowd all along how
it would be. Nobody but you would feed a COW on
pumpkins that wasn't chopt."
''Thc pumpkin was chopt. And 'twant pumpkin
nuther what choked her, twas the tray-the end
ont is sticking ont of her mouth now"
"Ugh. ugh There goes my brea ltray. No lon
ger than yesterday told YOU the cow would swallow
that tray.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05
Mem Orleaus 4aiIp Gresteut.
a Erireside Musing.

I'm sitting by the iireaide,
Janet.
And mu5ing fondly, sadly,
forget lin alone
That vacant chairs beside me,
And thou art gone.
In the stiffness Of the night
From the hall
Comes the beating of the clock.
And the wall is scarcely white
In the pale and dying ember's
Pickering light.
] lay my hand abstractclly
Upon thy chair:
Bnt, when turning, only greet
The empty air. alas my vision
Fades like all Earth's dreams that wear
Such hues Elysian
Still lingcr by the freside.
Dear Janet,
Gazing on the dying embers-
All! not yet, art thou gone,
For a pressure is beside me,
And tone.
Sweet and holy as the Ginning
Eesper bell,
When, floating on the air of evening,
1t casts spell DER all my care,
Echoing to my spirits hearing
Words Of prayer.
Thick the ashes white are falling
On my soul
Falls the chill of desolation!
TO its goal the night is flying,
While the last gray warning embers
All are dying.
But thy spirit, on, thy spirit,
Speak, Janet.
Comes it not to breathe blessing!
May regret-sole sentry here
Admit no hope Of future calm
10 hover near?
OF an hour, when, by the fircsde,
Mine Janet
Thou shalt teach my weary spirit
70 forget that Ger alone
! placed vacant chair beside me,
And thou vert gone!
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

A SlSGrLAR FLowER.-Dr. Peck, an English
traveller recently exhibited to learned society in
England a singular specimen of a flower which he
obtained in Egypt from mummy and for ,nI which no
had it nine years and has exhibited it 4 thousand
times by dipping it into water few minutes, when it
gradual " expands or blossoms. 1t is, when open,
about one inch in diameter. Its age is unknown 1t
was presented to the Doctor for his medical services
in Esypt by an Arab, who asserted that he took it
from the breast Of Il mummy, a female high priest
and that il was considered curiosity. 1t has the
appearance in its dry state, of SMALL dry poppy
head but when expanded hy soaking in water. it re
sembes beautifully laGated starry flower like th'
CrysantlGmuN
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

TuE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN N THE WoRD-The prin-
cpa topic OF conversation at Calcutta is the discovery
of the highest mountain in the world. At the meet
ing of the Asntic Society Of Bengal the 9th August
Major Iaui!lier announced that Col Waugh, Surveyor
General Of India, had completed his computations OF
the positions and elevations Of the peaks OF the Hi
kantEnngu from its throne as the highest point on
the carth's surface That distinction belongs for the
present to a peak 100 miles from kanchininga, and
between that mountain and kanmandoo. This peak
is lsrertaincu to he 2No0g feet above the sea level
kanrhinijnea is Sl5G feet an1 DewaIngirl, the
mountain which school Biographies" persist in cal
ling the highest mountain in the known world IS
ONLY 2b S26 feet Tie mountain has name intelli-
g!le to civilized men, and Col. Waugh has therefore
ycntnred to tlenom:nate it Mount Everest after a
former surveyor general.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

Power OF ENDURING CoLD.-The following para
graph is taken from DR.. Kane Journal:
THE mysterious capacities by which we adapt
ourselves to the climate are more striking here than
in the tropics In the polar zone the assault is i'm
mediate and sudden and unlike the insidions fatality
of hot countries, produces its result rapidly 1t
quires hardly single winter to tell who are to be
heat making and acclimatized men. Peterson. for
instance who had resided for two years at Uperua-
vich seldom entered a room with fire. Another of
our party. George Riley, with vigorous constitution,
established habits Of free exposure, and active, cheer
ful temperament, has so Injured himself to the cold,
that he sleeps on sledge;journeys without ban-
ket or any other covering than his walking sut,
while the outside temperature is so degrees below
zero
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

Gainsborough was once examined as witness on
trial respecting the originality of a picture, and q
counsellor endeayored to puzzle him by saying, %
observe you lay great stress on "a painters eye;
what do you mean by that expression ?" "a painters
eye, answered Gansborough, " is to him what
LAWYERS tongue is to Tou.:'
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-05

'Pompey why is a journey round dis world ike
cats tail? Well, I doesn't exactly see any sem.
bance 'twixt the two cases. g. Well, den, / spose
I'll hab to tell yon-bekase it am fur to de end OBJ
it," " But tsuppose de cats tail is snged !'' said
Pompey.' "Oh, den. in dat case said the other,
" it isn't quite so fur.'