Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-03-20

not have the Judges also!
THE NEEDLE. Boys sometimes think
it takes a great deal of drilling to make
them men. They wish they could get out
of the shackes Perhaps it does. Bu'
how many things do you suppose have to
be done to a bit Of steel wire before 1t
makes tba; simple little tool called nee
die, and puts it into the market' Can you
guess? Seventy; yes, seventy processes
are necessary in the manufacture Of a
needle Can you wonder then that, " in
making man Of you,' you are subjec-
ted to a great many hard rubs ;? 1t IL
this drilling which strengthens and weighs
and tempers and polishes you for manly
work in the world.
A ISLANDER REFUTED.-ln reply to the
often-quoted saying, that ministers and
deacons' children are worse than Others,
Rev. A BulIard states that in u fami
lies Of ministers and deacouS, there were
1,l6i children over l. years Of age, Sl4
Of whom, or more than three-fourths, were
hopefully pious, 11332 had united with the
church, 81 had entered or were preparing
for the ministry, and only II Were di.si-
sipated, but one half Of whom became so
while residing with their parents. In Sc
of these families there were 2i9 children
over ID, all Of whom were hopefully pi0us
We learn from the Lebanon C2uricr, that
about $1,000 iu silver has been found Sc
creted in various parts Of house in the
northern part Of that county. 1t was the
---r--.- -r ~ -------L~s. wind had
become considerably impaired He was
in the habit Of putting his money away
under the raf;ers Of the house, in the eel
lar, and other places, ard kept rough
memorandum Of the amounts aud places
About six lu1dred dollars of what be has
noted down has not been found, owing to
the place written having been defaeed.
The Pittsburg Gazette, remarking upon
the Annual Report Of the Auditor Gener-
al, says that "the Public Works of Penn
sylvsnia, including the interest of the
debt thereon, have cost the tax payers
within the last year the sum of 81, 800, 900
and have produced s. ,20j, 900 to pay for
it,leaving on the debtor side of the account
s4,294,000." They cost more than
they earned, last year, by over BE- Four
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Yet the Demo
cratic party leeehes object to their being
sold
IMPROVEMENTS ~ INDIA-The East
India government nave determined to put
stop to the cruel practice of hook-swing-
ing, SO long observed by the superstitious
HindOo devotees, and also to the barbarous
rite granted as an exclusive privilege to
few families, by which a man thrusts
sword through the heshy part of his thigh,
and drawing it out sprinkles the blood on
the entrance of some temple, for which he
receives large free-will offerings from the
people.
THE BLUE RIDGE PIERCED. The work.
men engaged on the Blue Ridge tunnel,
Virginia, have perforated the mountain, SO
that daylight now shines through" So
accurately had the engineers calculations
been made, that the augur holes from or-
posite sides met within half an inch of
each other, and the difference in the length
of the tunnel, as computed over the top Of
the mountain, and as accurately measured
was less than six inches Such i. the per
fection of scientific attainments.
The New York Tribune says that the
Pope has made TO US another consignment
of portion of his refractory subjects
Fifteen men, released fronl prison and sent
to this country at the expense of the Papal
treasury, have just arrived. These exiles
will forthwith be forwarded to Scranton,
Pa, to join their compatriots, where EN-
ployment will be given to them-the ex-
peuse of their transit being betrayed BY
the American Industrial Association.
"New York is the best or the worst
place in the country for young man to
60 to. For a young man of fixed religious
principles and industrious habits, there is
no place where he can learn so much with.
in so short time as in New York. But
for young man of unstable habits and
without religious principles, there is no
place where be will be so soon ruined"
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A GRATIFYING FACT.-It ia stated that
Professor Henry of the Smithsonian Insti.
tute recently remarked, that among The
scientific men in the United States, he /
knew of but one man who professed infdel
principles. !