The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-06-15

last, the ticket clerk at the depot Of the N. A.
& S. Railroad, Lafayette, Ind, on entering his
Office discovered that some eighty dollars In
bank bills had been abstrscted from the money
drawer, but was unable to obtain the slightest
clue to the perpetrator of the daring robbery.
A search was Instituted and in a short space
of time the thief was discovered snugly en-
sconoed in large recess in the body of the
frame work, which supports the money drawer.
He made a daring attompt to escape, when an
employee of the road, struck him an unfortu-
nate blow with heavy cano, crushing the skull
and in1icting other mortal injuries, from which
he died in few moments without uttering q
word. Truly, "the way of the transgressor
Is hard"
An inquest was held, and in the course of
the investigation it was ascertaned that the
name of the unfortunate criminal was Mouse,
a member Of the large family of that name,
whose depredations are familiar to our readers.
A verdict was rendered in accordance with the
| facts.
Every dollar of the money was recovered,
and what is singular, his lamented mouseship,
had "assorted" the currency with an unerring
instinct. Tho Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
| bills, (fves, tens and twenties) had been placed
carefully in a corner and were untouched, while
the greasy Illinois, Wisconsin and "Laporte
Plankroad" furnished him morning lunch.
Lafayette Courier.
TIE FRosT.-The New York Evening Post,
speaking of the late frost, gives us the follow
ing beautiful thoughts "There is something
impressively sublime in these quiet yet potent
influences of nature, thus working in the still
| ness of night, and in n few hours nOiseessly
undoing the long and busy labors of the tillers
Of the soil. Like tho angel that destroyed the
| first born of all the houses of Egypt, an icy
presence passes over the fields all bursting with
the treasures of growing vegetation, and the
| Grst-born Of the earth--the budding grain, the
ripening fruit of spring time, shrivels away and
dies. No human power can oppose the pro-
gress of the destroying angel nor is there any
bloody sign upon the door-posts that foretells
his coming. And yet the fearful visitant is
sometimes foiled by agencies that man would
| never think Of In some places a wind sweeps
over the field and the frost dares not come
| within the power of its breath. In another
place we hear of q dense fog rising from
river, and spreading inland for miles, covering
the precious grain as with tent of cloud, and
sheltering it from the biting FROST" ..
ENGLAND AND HUMANITY. = The London
Times, speculating on the military capacities
which England would be able to display, in
case she should be sucked into the whirlpool of
q European war, remarks that "our humanity
itself, which forbids rapine, imposes some check
on our operations" When we hear Of honesty
standing in the way of political manager, of
overpowering scruples of conscience paralyzing
the energies of lawyer who is largely fed to
defend criminal, or Of adherence for filthy
lucre causing the popular clergyman to set his
facepiously against marrying wealthy heiress,
we look upon tho whole as quite as fabulous
and romantic as the most fantastic of the tales
of chivalry; and now, when the London Times
speaks of humanity being check on the mil
itary operations of England, we are bound to
credit the assertion to the poetical talent Of
that journal, at tho expense of its fame for ve-
racious prose and historical accuracy.-N. o..
Delta.
LADIES EYEs.-Black- eyed ladies are most
apt to be passionate and jealous.
ue-eyed-soulful, truthful, affectionate
and confding.
Grey eyed - philosophical, literary, reso-
Lutte, cold hearted.
Hazel-eyed- tempered and fickle.
Ladies, which do you choose? All our cos
metics haven't touched that point yet. 1t is
but fair to allow, however, that in the above
delineation Of character, much depends upon
education and local circumstances-there are
all shades of difference. Could we change
the color Of our eyes at pleasure, we should
have all manners of queer admixtures-all
colors except the green, because Iago warns
Othello against "jealousy, the green-eyed
monster"
This point of beauty, however, as whole,
is question not yet definitely settled, and
not at all likely to be.
Nor FROM "MALIoE PREPENsE."-On the
18th, at Hamilton, G. W., John Mehan alias
John Mitchell, was hung for the murder Of
Eliza Welsh. On the scaffold, he said "She
went on aggravating me till the passion rose up
so that 1 could not keep it down, and then l
took the lifo of the woman Eliza Welsh, for
which am now to suffer, without intending to
do it before. 1t was the passion that got
master OF me, and seeing the weapon at hand,
l took hold Of it at once, and did it. | am the
man--John Mehan-which am very sorry for.
My friends and neighbors, I havo said so much,
and you will have your own opinions, but l
hope you see that was not before resolved on
such thing. forgive you all, and hope
you will forgive me-"
The ELASTIC EGG.--Take good sound egg,
place it in strong vinegar, and allow it to re-
main twelve hours; it will then become soft and
elastic. In this state the egg can be squeezed
into u toleraby wide mouthed bottle; when in,
it should be covered with wster, having some
soda in it. In few hours this preparation will
restore the egg to its original solidity, after
which the liquid can be poured of, and the
bottle dried. Then the wonder will be how the
egg could be got into the bottle.
A SAILORS DAMAGEs.--A sailor got thrown
from railroad car recently, on one Of the
: | Eastern rOauS. w nen Iney Calleu 10 see
, what he would demand for damages, he said
, he thought that it might be worth dollar a
foot more or less; and he thought the distance
he was pitched was about fifteen feet. He
was accordingly willing to take fifteen
,, dollars, or he would wait until the distance
! was measured, and abide the result. They
: paid him.
TIE FAsH1oNs.--"My SON." said an old
turbaned Turk, one day, taking his child by
the hand in the streets Of Cairo, and pointing
; out to him on the opposite side a Erenchmar
just imported, in all the elegance of Partisan
Z costume-"my son, look there If you evel
forget God and the Prophet, you may come tc
look like that" r t.H.r .. .s .r....
LOOK BEFORE You ExPEcToRATE.--A lady
h suggests that "persons" (she probably means
a gentlemen) who read newspapers and spit to
!. bacco juice in the city cars, should not allow
themselves to become so much absorbed in tn
news that they cannot "ook before they expec
y torate." She writes feelingly; she had q dres
!, ruined on Monday morning.
: LOOKING NIcE.-A term invented to keel
j. boys off the grass, and make girls consump