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"FifIy Years IIence.n

Right Rev. Bishop Clarke, (Says the Balt'
more Amercan) is stated 10 have delivered,
recently, lecture on the above subject, in
which occurs the following passage; whether
intended for prophecy or satire, We are not
exactly able 10 determine:
"Flfty years hence, the newly married
pair will step into an emporium for the sake
of houses, look over the book Of patterns, Sc.
lecl one TO suit their taste and means, order
it, and it will be sent home in the morning,
put together and occupied at night.
In travelling, as great changes will take
place, instead of the dusty road and crowded
car, there will be splendid locomotive no
tel, flying over road carpelei with turf and
hortered with shade trees, and heralding lis
approach with sweet music, instead OF the
demoniac shrek of the steam whistle, and
labelled through from Boston 10 San Fran
cisco in four days.
Instead OF the unsighlly telegraph poles,
there will be, fifty years hence, net work
underground, and under the bosoms OF the
deep, and it will click of thoughts instead OF
words. Then the electro battery will light
all the street lamps at once, enable all the
clocks in the city 10 keep exact time, and
kindle the beacons on the dangerous rocks,
where, now, men hazard their lives, and
wear out their lonely days.
-Then, the author will not write by our
slow process losing his rarest fancies, but he
will SIT down 10 the newest invented chiro-
graphical instruments, and putting his fin.
gers on the keys, write as fast as he can
think"
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CURIOUS

On Monday, the 10Th of January, young
gentleman, in company with friend, eu,er-
ed the church of DR.. Cleveland, near the
Tontine building, New. HaveE, Conn. Tho
atmosphere in The church was very aold, bu,
a stream OF warm air rose from the furnaces,
the evaporalors of which were partly filed
with water. Around one Of the furnaces
snov was gathered TO The depth of three or
four inches, formed BY the crysta lization of
the moisture in the ascending stream OF ait
forming into bright crystals OF beautiful
FORMS which fell in showers 10 The floor
There was nearly bishel Of snow around
one OF the furnaces, and even on the iron
work of The register was piled up,--ths air
rising from The furnace through grating OF
snow.
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NUMBER 10.
Fon The Childs Paper.
The Boy who Broke his Mothers Heart.

went into the "Toombs" or the New
York City prison yesterday, and saw great
many things 10 make me very sad, but none
that excited my sympa,ies more than poor
! weeping woman, who stood looking into one
of the cells containing three or four boys
from nine TO twelve years old. One Of those
boys was her own and her eldest son she
was widow, and her husband who was u
sailor, had been dead several years.
Ispoke 10 this hear.-stricken mother, snd
inquired into the cause Of her SORROWS. "Oh,
sir. >" said she, "my boy is here in prison for
stealing. Oh, if he were dead and in his
coffin, could bear that; but to have him
here in ielon's cell, this breaks my heart.
triad TO keep him in, bu, he would 60 out
into the streets, and ihers be got into bad
company; I warned and entreated him, but
he would not do as | wanted him TO, and
now he is here Ia this dreadful place!"
No wonder that this mother wept; no won.
der that she could not be comforted. Here
in horrid prison, in which were shut up
scorep of thieves and other bad men AMI
boys, was her own child, the babe that she
had nursed and kissed with the love that
mother only knows; the babe lha, she had 4
thousand times rocked 10 sleep singing iul-
laby for whom she had in sickness watched
aud wept and slept not, aud 10 clothe and
| feed him had sewed ill midnight hours had
come. That babe, in rags ard disgrace,
could now be spoken 10 only through the
| iron grating, even by his mother. Poor wo.
man, did pity her. / wepl with her ant
J tried 10 soolhe her Anguish.
Let me ask ttose who read ttfs story, how
it is with you. Are you kind and obedisnt
to your mother! Do you mind her quickly
and pleasantly when she speaks to you -
Did you ever disobey hers Or are you like
ihe boy who broke mis- mothers bearl No
matter how old you are: be CAREFUL o, very
careful you don't break your mothers heart
You will never know in this world how
much you owe your mother, how much She
has endured and suffered for you. But If you
are spared 10 live until you are grown up,
and that dear mother shall live for you lo
bury her, il you are unkind and disobedien,
10 her now, how will you feel WHEN you
come 10 kiss her cold face for The last Time
before You cover her from your sigh,l When
see boy or girl disobedienl and unkiud TO
a mother, greatly fear they will come to
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r. Some one has beautifully said that

II Some one has beautifully said that in
the life OF The good msn there is an Indian
summer more beautiful than that Of the sea-
sons richer, SUMNER and more sublime than
the most glorious Indian summer which the
world knew-it is the ludian summer OF the
soul. When The glow of youth has depart
ed, when the warmth of middle age 10 gone,
and the buds and blossoms of spring are
changing TO the sere and yellow leaf, then
the mind o! the good man, still ripe and vlg.
orous, relaxes lis abors, and the memories
OF well spent life gush forth from their Sc
cret fountains, enriching, rejoicing, ana fer
tilizing then the trusiful resignation OF the
Christian sheds around q sweet and holy
warmth, and the soul, assuming heavenly
lus,re, is no longer restricted 10 the narrow
confines of business, but scars far beyond
the winter Of hoary age, and dwelis peace
fully and happily upon that bright spring aud
summer which awaits him within the Para
disc, ever more. Let Us strive for and look
irus,fully forward 10 an Indian summer like
this
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II Occupation! what glorious thing it
is for the human heart Those who work
hard seldom yield themselves entirely up to
ianced or real sorrow. When grief sits down,
folds its hands, and mournfully feeds upon
It's own tears, weaving the dim shadows that
little exerlion might sweep away, into fu-
neral pail, .he strong spirit is shorn of its
might, and sorrow becomes our master
When troubles flow upon you dark and heavy,
toll not with the waves-wrestle not with The
torrent-raher seek, BY occupation, 10 divert
the dark waters that threaten 10 overwhelm
you, into thousand channels which the Gu
ties of life always present. Before you dream
OF il, those waters will ferlIlize the present,
and give birth 10 fresh flowers that may
brighten The future-fowers that will become
pure and holy, in The sunshine which pere-
lrales TO The path OF duty, in spite OF every
obstacle. G-ief, after all is but selfish feel.
ing and most selfish is the man who yields
himself to the indulgence OF any passion
which brings no JOY to bis fellow man.
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COLUMBUS On FIRST BEIIOLDING
AMERICA.

God of my sires DER oceans brim
: Yon bounteous land appears al last;
Raise, comrades raise your holest hymn
For now our tolls are past.
See DER The bosom of the deep
She gaily lifts her summer charms,
AS il al last she longed TO leap
From dark o5livion's arms.
What forms, what lordly scenes may bo
Secluded in Thy flow'ry breast;
Pure is thy sea and calm thy sky,
Thou garden of the West;
Around each solitary hill
rich magnificence is hurl'd,
Thy youthful face seems wearing still
The first fresh fragrance OF the world.
We come with hope, our bosom bright,
Like Noah drifting DER the wave,
To claim world-lhe oceans might
Has shrouded like the grave;
And, Oh! the dwelers of The Ark
Meier pined with fonder hearts to sec
The bird Of hope regain their bark
Than | have lon2ed for thee.
Around mo " as the boundless food,
Ger which no mortal ever pass'd;
Above me was a solitude
As measureless az vast;
Yet in the air and on the sea
The voice of the eternal one
Brea,Eed forth the song of OF hope 10 me,
And bade me journey on.
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z " Have you," said a young lady, en-.
tering a music store in which we were stand
ing and leaning over the counter, sud addres.
sing the young man, Hhavs you A Hear ,hs.
Loves Me only!"
eyes, Miss" was the reply, "and here is
A Health TO Thee, Mary"
Mary 'ook The songs, AMI was leaving the
store, when suddenly she returned.
ooh, forgot! want 0ae Swee, Kiss
before We Psr.'
We left, and can't say whether che obtslu-
ed il or not.
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BEAUTIFUL SINILE.--Ths attention Of lits
glrl being called 10 rose bush, on the top
most stem of which the eldest rose was ia
ding, bu, below aud around which three beau
,iful buds were unfoldins ther charms, shs
arlessly exclaimed 10 ter brother. "See.
Willie, these little buds have Just awakened
10 kiss their mother before she disd.n
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" Bescher Cheever, and other Lsvitss of
that class, are overiowius With wrath. Stump
speeches against the Supreme Court form
their only Sunday labor, and Bihnssga:e ID
poured ou, like wa,er.
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English GOverncsses.

ga poor governess" writes 10 the Times :
was one Of about fifty ladies (most of
whom wers accomplished genllewomen)
who applied last week in reply 10 an adver-
iisement in the Times, for a situation as gov
erness in family in the neighborhood of
KiEgsland. The applicants went from all
paris ol London and its environs; many
were in consequence quite overcome with
fatigue, having walked long distances TO
save expense. After having been kept
standing in cold draughiy hall more than
an hour, at last obtained an interview with
the lady, and learned that the duties of the
governess would consist in educating and ta-
king the entire charge of the children, seven
in number, two being quite babies; to per-
form for them all The menial offices OF a
nurse make and mend their clothes IL
teach at least three Accomplishments, and
"6ll up the leisure hours Of an eveninTby
playing 10 company" For these combined
duties the munifcent sum OF fl0 per an
mum was offered. | ascertsined Tor iact
that the two domestic servants in the same
family were paid respectively f:2 and tlo'
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u Set bounds to your zeal BY Discretion,
to error, BY truth; 10 passioa BY reason, to
divisions. By charity
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" The dissipaiions that pessoos resoi, 10,
are Ike curtains which children u bed eati
down 10 keep cut the dark.
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U The manncrs which are neglected as
email things, are often those which decide
si,sn for or ssansl you.
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Insect OoLoeY single female house.
Ry produces in one season 2o,oSo, 800 eggs
Some female spiders produce nearly 2,ooo
eggs. DR., Bright publishes case oil an egg
producing an insect eighty years after it must
have been LAID.
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a No man can leave better legacy se
the world than a we'll educated family,
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P. S.-I went over tother mite 10 see 'em
all, and they was as bissy as bees in tar
barrel .sown and maxim up finery. Mary
was sowin somelhin mighty fine and white
with rufiles and iigamarees all round it,
"What kind of a thing is that ?' sss l. The
gals looked at one an other and laughed like
they would die, and my poor little Mary
(bless her souD kept salherin il up in heap
and blushin dredful "Tel him, Sis" ses
Miss Caroline, but Mary looked rite down
and didn't say nothin. "Pll tell him." ses
Kesiah, "t's -" "No you shar't now
stop, STOP" ses Mary, and she put her
pretty little hand on Miss Kesiah's mouth,
and looked like she'd CRY for a little. fell
so sorry for her | told 'em didn't want to
know, and they put the things away, and
bimeby went home, but kept q ,hinkiu
all the way what upon yearth ii could be-
spose III find oui some day.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09
Sfliistrllaneons.
A TURKISH BATH.

I alighted at the door of the head
bathing establishment of Grand Cairo.
Behold me, now, in the yestibule of
a genuine Eastern hummum. Two tall
Numidian slaves assist me to disrobe,
and in the place ofmy multiplied gar
ments attire me in a piece of loose
cloth buttoned just above the hips
Thus denuded, l am mounted on a
pair of wooden clogs, or patterns,
about ten inches in height. l am then
supported on either side while I make
my way over the CLASSY marble floor
to bathing saloon, number one. Here
1 ann Stretched upon plank, covered
by white cloth, and reclined at an
angle of forty-five. The room is then
filed with vapor, and in about ten mi
nutes I am perspiring profusely through
every pore. I grow faint, the yapor
is turned off, few buckets of tepid
water arc turned over me, a cup of
coffee is administered, and few whiffs
of chibouque, I am revived, and am
straitway conducted into bathing sa-
loon number two.
Here, sitting on the side ofa marble
reservoir of hot water, / am then laid
down and scrubbed from head to foot
with WOODEN gloves and sort of full
ler's earth. Then. drenched again, ]
am next submitted to the operation OF
peeling, a process which removes all
aecumulationsiof dirt and scurf upon
the surface. which IN fact seems to
take off an outer skin. The peeling
over, I am drenched again The next
stage is that of pun1ice stoning-ap-
piled to the inside of the hands, the
sole Of the feet, and the heels, until ali
the horny and hard parts are rubbed
down TO a delicate sOfEness. Nov
comes a season of comparative leisure
and repose. While lam on my back
/ the operator is cutting my finger and
toe nails, and carefully extracting from
every part of my body whatever is ex
traneoas, unsightIy or incOnvenient
i Lam next made to sit up, and in iny
siittino posture am shavel-the hair
are carefully pulled out ofmy nosttili
E-lny ears are picked-my hair is Gu
] nv Whfskers and mustache are trim
\ med. and nv head is, atlast delared t,
4 be finished. To these processes sue
eeeds that of shampOoning; namel,
moulding the flesh, cracking the joints
and lOosening every integrument il
J every socket throughout the Frame
Then d lathering all over with pecu
liar kind of agreeable emolient soap
and then, another drenching. Tn
: time is now come to be introduced In
, to bathing saloon number three. Th
, atmosphere of this is after the temper
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09
- WAY oF - WoRTn.

"He's deadr' How frequently is
that brief but admonitory sentence
uttered without exciting any bat the
most transient emotion-Eithout ava
kening deeper OF more permanent
reflection than the next passing thought
win entirely Obliterate from the mind /,
Two friends shall casually meet after
a temporary separation, and inquire
after third and mutual friend. sHess
deadw is the melancholy and impres-
siEe rejOinder. If men of business,
perhaps he was one who entered lar
gely into their speculatiOns-all their
projects for the advancement of their
fortunes - all their worldly-minded
schemes Of aggraDdizement-yet she's
dead" The intelligence is received
with an exclamation of surprise
significant shake Of the head SEN
satiOn nearly allied to pity and regret;
but it is not heard Gas if en- angel
spoke" and as time passes they hurry
of without further comment to their
respective contingencies, where the
unexpected information of the rise in
sugar-the depression of the money
market-Or some equally vital and i'm
portant affair, demands their immediate.
attentiOn-totally absorbs their minds
and they entirely forget that they.
have just heard an echo Of their own
inevitable doom.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09

his hand in his pocket he grasped the
coin his mother had this very merning
given him, and drew it forth.
''YOu may have that, said he, hold
ing it out to the child.
NOh, you are too good. You are too
generous, I fear!!" broke in the moth
er, as if she ought not to take it from
him.
"MOther win give me another, if I
want it" said he. 1t win do you
good, take il, take it; you ahaI take
it, and he WIS gone. = ST
1t was a gold coin the value Of Eve
dollars. sg Irs 90
Mother and child wept together
Then they talked Of the good boy
whose heart had opened for them on
this New Years day. There was
bread, and fuel, and clothing, and eve
~ comfort In its depths. They conti-
nued to gaze upon it. They saw with
in its rim pictures of delight and joy.
All! what a philosophers stone was
that coini How it turned every thing
first into gold and theninto happiness
| o, what bright rays shone forth from
the trihing coin Of gold?
That night returned this angel boy
to the bleak house, then filed with
happiness and lighted with Joy, but ht
1 was not alone-his mother was Will
him. Blessed boyI How his little
heart warmed and glowed to see th'
child uncover the baskethe hadbrough
with him, and take out one by one, th'
/ gifts which.zEere slowed there! ant
how overioyed was he to see his moth
er offer the sick woman work and a neV
home, and see the sick woman groN
suddenly strong and almost well unde
the influence Of kind Office.
!. Years have rolled away in the silen
past. That little girl-Elsie Gray
, is lady. Not lady only in name
but one in every deed, in heart, an
conduct. She dwells in a sublrbai
cottage, and her husbandis entirel
, devoted to her. The husband is n
other than the generous boy who o
the New Years festival accosted he
so tenderly in the street and wen
home, with. her, Her peor mothe
Sleeps quietly in the church-yard; ye
she lived to know that God had pro
] vided for her. She died resigned an
happy.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09
TIE sH1rT1Ea EuEs OF LEE.

Life has for an observer such 8
quick succession Of interest and anus
ing adventure, that it is almost incon-
ceiFable he should ever feel dun or
weary Of it. No one day resembles
another. Every hour, every minute
opens new stores to our experience and
new excitements to our curiosity. Wo
are always on the eve and the morrow
Of some surprising event. Like the
moth, we are forever flying towards D
star-but with this difference, that We
attain it; and if sometimes we End
the halo was faneied a glory is but
some deceiying mist, at least we have
learned q lesson. IF we lock upOp
life merely as an humble student, ne
shall not feel any great bitterness at
such disappOintments.- 1t is only
when We hug cur Ignorance to our
hearts that we are, and deserve to be,
miserable - when We embrace the
cloud, that we lose the goddess. But
if we open the eyes Of the mind, aud
determine 10 be neither Rantcnly sta
pid nor inattentiVe, an enchantisd
world begins to rise from chaos. The
aspect even Of the room in which we
sit grOwslively with a thousand unsus--
peeted curiOsities. We discern that
the most ordinary person is invested.
with some noticeable characteristics -.
If we deign to look but for FIVE plea
SAINT minutes at any commonplace
thing, we become aware Of its peculiar
beauty; and there is not a bird thar
wings through the air, nor q flower
that blossoms in the garden not ssl
insect that erawls in the depth Of che
earth, not fish that swims in water,
but has It's own singular and delightful
story.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09
NICELY SOLD.

A Liverpool paper, under the head
Of S'Strange Stupidity" tells how
gosli g of a gentleman vas recently
served in one of the banks of that
city. He had catered the institution
with the intention of depositing s400,
one half of which sum was in gold, and
the other half in notes. The latter
he placed on the counter beside him,
and commenced counting the gold,
when a by-stander touched him on the
shoulder and called his attention to
the beautiful decorations of the ceiling
and their remarkable effect. The gen
tleman looked up in obedience to this
kindly suggestion, and having fully
admired the artistic effect, looked down
again. His feelings underwent very
disagreeable change when he discover
ed that his notes and his polite friend
had both disappered; nor had the ad-
mirer of ornamental architecture heard
a word of either atlast dates.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09

ature Of the last, gratefully cool, and
here / am permitted to immerse my
self IN lilrge cistern of moderately
Geld water OH how refreshing and
restoring, after the sweatings, rub
bings, scrubbings, pullings, pinchings,
kneadings, crackings, hair weakings,
belathering and pumice stonings of
Nos. / and 2.
I am reluctant to quit my present
quarters, but am commanded to get
out. I do so, and my tender and new
born infant skin fas susceptible as the
surface ola skinned eeD is gently rub
beddown and enveloped in q sheet I;
then, mounted once more on my lofty
pattens, and supported as at first, am
led back to the robing saloon, where
laid upon a mattress on the floor, with
my head raised by a pillow, and with
quilt over me, l am presented with a
cup Of coffee and Persian Kulian.-
I sip, and puff, and dose; and dose,
and puff, and sip; and / am of the
opinion that, after all had undergone,
my present bliss has been cheaply
purchased; / am reused from my
reverie by polite inquiry if VIII be
a second time shampooned, to which
answer, Certainly not. In half an
hour, or thereabout, I rise and dress
and leave the hunlnum. And now il
is that / feel the benefit Of my bath
| / seem to have gone back to the day:
of my childhood. My body is lighter
and more elastic than feather. My
spirits are exhnberant. I am conscious
Of breathing the circumambient al
through millions of pores. / am read
to shake hands with the donkey ant
earess the boy. The external wOrl,
never looked sobeautiful. - The futur,
never SO cheering. I am ready to d,
: anybody in the universe good turn
So ends my Turkish bath.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-09
sCEKR ma GROCERY.

A little incident occurred IN family
grocery, which, could the reader have
seen for himself, would have kept him
in laughter for a week. A lean coun-
tryman entered the grocery having in
his hand a small basket of eggs, which
he desired to exchange for sundry
housekeeping necessaries.
"Want any eggs to-day, Mister?"
''Yes, wiz take 'em; how many have
yer gOt2
give for eggs"
"Ten cents dozen"
"Whatl only ten cents dozen?"
"Yes; that's all We get ourselves. -
eWell, then, all I've got to say is
it's shame
"What's a shame?"
"Why, look a-here, Mister" and
here the cOuntryman patted his eggs
afectionately, and viewed them as
though they were the veritable product
of the giants golden hen. "Why,
look a-here, if you was a hen, wouldn't
you think it was mighty hard times il
you had to lay eggs for only ten cents
dozen 2" nn
The expression Of countenance, the
sincerity, the Indignation, the evident
opinion of the egg-raiser that the
country would soon 90 to ruin at tha-
rate, were inimitable; and the mer
chant, approaching justly, "sheIleC
OUT eleven cents per dozen for th'
produce Of the eountryman's caek
Hers.