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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
VALUE OF SCIENTIFIC MEN.

Iflhere is one sign Of these times more
hopeful than another, it is that scientific
me n are, as class, more honored than
at any former period Of the worlds his
tory. James Watt, who discovered the
steam engine, has enabled England,
with population of twenty five million,
to do work that as many hundred mil
lions of men could not have done with
out. 1t is thus that science has created
the fabulous wealth of that monarchy.
She is doing the same at this moment
for our own country. Who can tell the
value 10 the nation Of the life of such
a man as Fulton. with his steam boats.
or even above him, our own glorious old
Franklin, who wrested the lightning
from heaven, and the sword from the
hands of tyranLs Doubtless many
man, who boasted of his own great
practical business powers. smiled If in
passing he marked him, with kite and
key, demonstrating. in this, our own
country, the identity Of lightning and
electricity. and laying the foundation thus
for those electrical telegraphs now ready
to convey tidings from continent TO con-
tinent round the globe in an Instant
Who can calculate the value Of such a
man as Professor Morse to the country
and to the world?
The scientific man, then, is of value
to the community just in proportion to
the amount of labor he saves TO other
men while producing similar results
Liebig has increased the production Of
all the farms in England, by applying
The principles of analytic chemistry TO
soils, manures. agricultural results gen
eralIy-he has been worth millions of
bushels of wheat already to Europe
The scientific medical men of that coun-
try have heightened the average of life
several years, the same is true Of mental
science. He who has better knowl-
edge Of those laws which enable man at
once TO distinguished truth from error,
can write book which will save thous
ands from some popular mistake, or
from years of laborious thought enabling
men to form just conclusions without
delay-his empire is over the mind Of
man.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
WHOLE NO. 1920.
THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.

Much has been said and written 10
these days Of modern advancement, bat
scarcely anything more handsomely sai1,
than what that gifted and true woman.
Mrs. Sigourney has uttered. There is
she says, much clamor, in these days of
progress, respecting grant ofnew rights.
or an extention of privileges 10 our Sex
A powerful moralist has said, that 'in
contentious for power, both philosophy
and poetry OF life are dropped and trod-
den down. Would no, a still greater
loss accrue 10 domestic happiness, and 10
the interest of wei balanced society,
should the innate deIicacy and preroga-
tive of woman, as rOm0n, be isrfriIed
or sacrificed?
& have given her as a helPn ate said
the voice hat cannot err, when it spake
unto Adam, in the cool of the day, amid
the trees Of Paradise. Not as toy.
cog, wrestler. prize fighter. No!a
kslprseet. such as was fitting for man to
desire, and for women 10 become.
Since the Creator has.assigned different
spheres Of action for different sexes, il is
to be presumed, from this unerring wis.,
dom, that there is work enough in each
department 10 employ them, and that the
faithful performance Of that work will be
for the benefit of both II he has made
one the priestess of the inner temple, in
its unreveaIed sanc,ilies, Why should she
seek to mingle in the warfare that may
thunder at its gates or rock its turrets9-
Need she be tempted by pride or curios-
ity, or glowing words, TO batter her oua
Eder?
The true nobility Of woman is 10 keep
her own sphere, and 10 adorn ii, not like
the comet, dauniing aBd perPlexirg other
systems, but as the pure star. which is
first 10 light the day, and last to leave.it.
If she share not The fame Of the,,ruler and
the blood shedder. her good works such
as becomes those who profess godliness.'
though they leave no deep footprints on
the sands of :ime,' may fad record in
the Lamb. Book Of Life.'
Mo!hersl are moi our rights sufficiently
extersive-the sanctuary Of home, the
throne of the heart, the moulding Of the
While mass of miEd in its f-rmation?-
Have we not power enough in all the
realm Of sorrow and sufering-over all
forms of ignorance and want-amid all
minis.rations Of lave, from The cradle 10
the sepulcher?
So let Us be content and diligeni, aye,
grateful and joyful, making this brief life
a hymn of praise, until called to- that
choir which knows no discord, and whose
melody is eternal.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
THE TRY COMPANY"

A gentleman who was riding in the
cars, noticed bright little fellow, be-
tween FIVE and six years of age. sit
ting with his father and mother, and
engaged in the attempt ounloose the knot
in string that bound small parcel =
The kuo: had become well conpacted,
and the child's tiny fngures seemed tc
make no impression thereon. The pa
I tient earnestness of the fellow was con
trasted with the apparent indifference OF
his parents who looked on, but made no
attempt to assist him. At last the gen
tleman, whose sympathies with children
were warm, could bear the sight no lon-
ger; so. partly to help the child, and
partly to rebuke the parents, he took
out his knife, and handing it to the boy,
said,
Here. my little fellow. try the virtue
of sharp blade. Yon can't unite the
knott
Something TO his surprise, the knife
was not taken but. instead, the child
answered, with a smile.
"Please. sir, Father don't allow me 10
say I can't. l belong to the 'TRY Con-
PANY."
"Indeed !" said the gentleman. draw
ing back his hand. 81 never heard of
that company before
"Oh. I've always belonged to it
Haven't 1, Father %
And the child turned with an express
sion Of loving conf flence in his face, to
wards his father.
Hes worthy member of that excel
Ientassociation, sir," remarked the father,
now speaking to the gentleman, and
smiling in a pleasing way.
"Ah! l understand you'll" Light
was breaking in upon his mind. This
is part of your discipline. You never
permit your little boy to say can't"
"Bat. instead. I'll try, sir. ~
Excellent" said the gentleman
Excellent Here is the way that men
are made. 1t is the everlasting "I can't
that is dwar6ug the energies Of thousands
upon thousands all over the land. A
feeble effort is made To overcome some
officially, and then the arms fall YEARLY.
and the task is abandoned"
"And who is most to blame for this?"
was inquired.
parents, was the unhesiialing reply.
parents who fail to cultivate patience
ard perseverance in their children. Pa
rents who carry them when they should
let them walk. even though their feet
may be weary. see it all clear as light,
and see my own fault at the same time.
| cut the knot of diff ssses for my chill
dren every day, instead of requiring
them to loosen it themselves. But, sir,
they shall join the "Try Company" after
this. Ill have no more knot cutting in
my house."
How is it with you. reader. child or
man. Are you a member of the "Try
Company?" II net, and you have any
ambition TO be something more than a
drOne in the hive. j?in it at once and
from this time forth. never let the words
Il can't" fnd place on your lips
Arthur's Home Magazine.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
JOHN HUTCHINS,
II B. PERKINS,
NJ B TAYLER,
GE0. TAYLER,
T. E. WEBB.
IRA L FULLER.
REMARKABLE WORKS OF HUMAN
LABOR. ~

Ninevah was fifteen miles long, eight
wide and forty miles around, with wall
one hundred feet high, and thick enough
for three chariots abreast. Blbylon was
fifty miles within the walls, which were
seventy five feet thick, and four hundred
feet high, W til Que hundred brazen gates.
The temple Of Diana, at Ephesus. was
four hundred and twenty feet TO the sup
port of the roof. 1t was a hundred years
in building. The largest of the pyra
mids is four hundred and eighty one feet
high, and six hundred and fifty three on
the sides; its base covers eleven acres.
The stones are about thirty feetin length,
and the layers are three hundred and
eighty. 1t employed three Hundred and
thirty thousand men in building. The
labaynth in Egypt contains three hun
dred chambers and two hundred and IF
ty halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents
ruins twenty seven miles round. Athens
was twenty five miles round and con-
tanned three hundred and fifty thousand
citiz ms, and four hundred thousand
slaves. The temple of Delphos was so
rich in donations that it was plundered of
Eve hundred thousand dollars, and Nero
carried away from it two hundred statues.
The walls of Rome were thirteen miles
round.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
THE DREAMER.


She was a genins, SO they said,
United for the csmmon themes
That wake TO thou ght the vulgar mind;
child of visions, fancies dreams.
She studied little, reading much;
Her tresses tangled and uabound;
And. negligent in air and dress,
She gained the name of 'sThe Profound"
And thus she grew to Eomanhooi,
Reading romance so high wrought
That she disdained life's peaceful ways,
And all stern discipline of thought.
trz She looked ia vain for garlsnt hearts,
Like these possessed by knights in armor,
or that devotion which inspird
The breast of ancient, wandering palmer.
And when by carelessness size found
Herself exposed to rudden danger.
Where was the all-averting hand
OF some unlocked for. manly straRger7"
Where was the watchful, human eye =
70 study every fond caprice ~
Others and where the treless love
To give her. from all care. release?
Alas she sought for these in vain;
IA Watching for Hiss to culminate,
She lost the 81 nple, quiet joys
That are the humble hearts estate.
And days. and months, and years went by.
And happiness was unattained;
Less heusht for self, more thought for ALL,
Would, mayhap. that fond boon have gainel.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

TRUE RIcHEs.- fhous sh man were
poor even to proverb. yet if vine Of
true godliness, sincere grace, be but
found running in his heart, here is rich
mine that will lift him up above all the
worlds contempt. Such an one may
possibly say that he bath no money in
his house; but he cannot say he hath no
treasure. that he is not rich, and speak
true. He surely is rich that hath key
to Gods treasury. The sincere soul is
rich in God: what God hath is his /: all
is youls: ye are ChIist's.-Dr. GarnaH.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

UNrRuE-The story of the sexton Of
a Baptist church in Norwich, Conn,
having bathed in the pool in the church,
one Saturday night, and left the dirty
soap suds. only discovered when bap-
tism was attempted the following day,
is denied authoritatiyelY. The Baptists
are very Indignant at the jpke.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

The Windham Conn. )Bank received
a package from New York last week,
by express. containing 500. which sum
a penitent at the confessional owned he
had wrcngfully obtained from the bank a
number Of years since. z-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

A LIrcnFIELD GOUNrY (CoxS man
sdvertises what he calls "small but
comfortable homestead" He says
"Ihere is barn, but no house. on the
place." Comfortable homestead
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
SONS OF EMINENT MEN.


Sons of eminen: men seldom amount 10
much, as they are generally content 10
initiate their souls with their fathers
greatness which is very easily DONE
They are satellites, which glow with
borrowed or reflected light, and when the
sources becomes extinct, and the light
fades quite away. they ara left in utter
darkness. A transferred fame is not
substance, but a shadow. Distinction
must be wrought out it never comes al
a beck. True greatness never goes upon
crutches; it is as independent as the ma
ture of man will admit. Being well born
gives gleat facilities for education and
distinctio but it can never take their
place they must be sedulously and
wisely used, or poor advantages. well
husbanded, will surpass them. Wealthy
young men are too apt TO rely upon
means, rather than upon study. Poor
young men, though they complain of
their hardships. frequently discover that
they were the incentives 10 whateyer of
eminence they may have reached.
USE OF ADvERsITY-You wear out
your old clothes. You are not troubled
with many visitors. You are exhoner-
ated from making calls. Bores do not
bore you. Sponges do not haunt your
table. Ilinerant bands do not play un-
der your window. You avoid the nui
sance of serving on juries. No one
thinks of presenting you with testimo.
NAL. No tradesman irritates you by
asking is there any other little article
to day, sir p Begging letter-writers
leave you alone. ImpOsters know it is
unless to bleed you. You practice tenn
perance. You swallow infinitely less
poison than others. You are saved
many debt. many deception, many a
headache. And, lastly, ii you have tue
friends in the world. YOU are sure. in
short space Of time, TO learn it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
pOttrgp.
-...-... For the Chronicle.
TO MY ADOPTED SISTER.
BY EMILY J. ADAMS

Come, darling, come, it is the hour
Ofihine accustomed rest;
Ny arms shall still thy cradle be,
Thy pillow still my breast:
Ard Birdie, sing, tho thou shOuid'st shame
- This cOarser strain OF mine;
Thou lowest my voice, and there's to me
No warble sweet as thine.
Sleep. baby, sleepl All, yes!-I see
Thy fringed lids dropping low; De.
And softer than the zepLyr's sigh,
Thy breathngs come and go.
And thou dost dream. and, one by
The smiles steal DER Thy face;
Say, to thy visions does there come
form of softer grace?
As she, who once bore unto thee ~ -
mothers sacred name,
Comes back. Ger her yoang orphan here,
blessing to proclaim
They laid thy father in the grave
2-i Ere he had blessed thy sight;
-zi Dost smi.e to know him, as he too,
z1- Bends over thee o-night7
Sure, tits not fancy all7 L seem
no To hear them drawing near.
With quest'ning eyes, to know IL we'll
We love their darling here:
What love the cIinging, precious thing?
Yes, tenderly and we'll
How tenderly, how earnestly, ~
oxoris Of ours may tell.
And we have cherished till she loves
Each gently folding breast;
Bat just as she had learned to sing
Within our shelt'ring nest, ~
One of our dear nestIngs turned
Away. to plume his wing
Meath brighter skies. in softer airs
or never failing spring.
And we but ask if tkey viii watch,
In yonder world of bliss, -..
- As faithfully Ger oKr beloved,
As ne Ger theirs in this
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

Mrs. Brady, who died suddenly at s
Norwich. Conn, recently, and has since,
been supposed 10 be alive, was buried
on Sunday last. al doubtas to her deash :
having been removed.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20

How often do men mistake the,l Of
their own opinions. for the love of Truth.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
WHY COUSINS SHOULD NOT MARRY

In the Annual Report..of Superint. n
deant of the Kentucky Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb. we fad the follow
ing conclusive argument against the
marriage OF cousins.
"From ter to twenty per cent of deaf
mutes are the children Of cousins lis
greatly to be regretted that the law for
bidding the marriage Of first cousins did
not pass the recent Legislature. This
marriage is violation Of law Of fna'ure.
as is evidenced by the affi ctions visited
in almost every case upon their off,
spring, in deafness, blindness and i'd
iocy and ought to be violation Of hui
man laws also. The Commonwealth
has the clear right 10 protect itself a sainsta
these ill-starred matches, whose offspring
it has 10 sustain, TOO frequently. for life.
1t may be hoped that this important
slbject will not escape The action Of our
legislatures many years longer It.is-
confidently believed that, by forbidding
marraiges Of this kind. and by proper at
tention- and care of infants laboring ul-
Ger..,he diseases stated, The deaf mu;es
in the community might be diminished
one-half, in generation. 1asga saat
AT the close of a review OF the Sick'esr0
tragedy, the editor Of the Bll,imore San
adds 1a
No married woman can be approached
by any man with undue professions of -
regard, or Of affection, but with an in-aa
slincliye knowledge of his design. Not !.
the slightest iUpropriety. not the least
indelicacy in word or deed, can be thrust
upon her observation without startling
her honor and putting her on guard.
She is at once warned and armed she
has counselor ever al her side TO direct
ber, and champion 10 defend her-in
a true and honorable husband. Hence
the law esleems her guilt al least equal
10 that of the most seductive and design-
ing invader Of her honor, when she falls.
The married woman is -srrsyed in the
very panoply of virtue, and cannot be
surprised. She can hardly be said to
JaH-she steps aside of her own free
will and sins deliberately.
~ DI n.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
Report Of the Board of Education

To a Public Meeting Of the Citizens
of Warrea, held at Empire Hall, March
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-09

Appearances indicate lively time among
tbs merchants this fall. The country mer
chants are rushing in, like food when the
dam 10 cut away. Three days ago there wer,
few Of lhern to he seen Now, they crowd tn.
hotels to oyerfiowing.
Our merchants have it in their power to
strike great blow, and we sincerely hope
they Will make the mos. of the opportunity
Tbs country merchants have shown a most
laudabie desire to patronize their own people
Lat them be met half way. Iiberaiity, In such
matters, Is always the best policy Let the
Richmond merchants chow their country
friends that so far from losing anything by
stopping here, instead Of going farther North.
they decidedly gain by 1t, and they will bind
them to them by hooks of steel The latter are
manifesting . degree Of patriotism which
dues them honor. They show that they prefer
spending their money here, among their own
peopss, 10 carrying it ont of the State. Let
them b met In the same spirit
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-09

| NORTH CAROLINIANs IN TExAs-John H.
| Manly, son of Ex-Goy. Manly, and i. L. Fos-
cue, formerly of Jones county, NO, have
| hren elected members of the Texas Legisla-
ture.
The Milan Gazette states, on the faith of
some traveller that upwards of seventy per-
sons We're arrested at Venice on the night OF
the 18th, suspected of politics agitation
1T is stated that there are 400 buildings OF
various kinds now III process OF erection AT
Memphis, Tenn, at an estimated cost OF 49,
isU,uUu.
Mrs. Cornelia Thaxton, of Person county,
N c. died on the 5th inst, after an illness OF
only two hours, from eating watermelon.
Dol. Ramsey McHenry has been nominated
Tor Congress by the Democrats of the I'd dis
trict Of Maryland.
Mr. Charles Lafferty, formerly of Sanford's
MINISTRIES, died at his mothers residence in
Pittsburg on Saturday last.
Late ad vices from Texas announce that In
many of the principal towns the cotton crop
has been generally damaged by the drought.
One of the candidates for Governor of New
Jersey is prevented from canvassing the State
by a black eye, received in fight recently.
A complimentary barbecue was given to
Hon. VIM. Smith at GarrisonNiile in Stafford
county, Va, last week.
John Eadie, discharged from the New York
police Monday, was arrested Wednesday for
picking pockets.
VIM. Perry, charged with robbery, escaped
from the Jail OF Tazewel CO., Va, on the I'd
instant.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Ledger HOSTS the
name of Stephen A. Douglas for next Presi-
dent. St5t
Senator Chestnut Of South Carolina, has ac-
ceNted an invitation TO public dinner at Cam
den, s. G., on the 2sth inst.
The Aurora Dorealis of August as. was oh.
served In Galveston, Texas where it is de-
scribed rs having been very magnificent.
The Emperor of Austria has inst entered
ON his 29th year, having been born August IS
1880. =
Miss Ayonia Jones left San Francisco on
the 10th ult., on the ship Hebe, for Australia
The corner stone of a Lutheran church was
iaid In Wilmington. N. c., on Tuesday last.
Mayor Tiemaan, ofNew York, declines to be
candidate for reelection.
Noah Butts, chief engineer of the Charles.
Iowa (Mass.) hayward, is dead. 80.
st. Louis This fall - = - $500 =
Thomas Young, Dem, has been elected Mayor
Of Wilmington, del.
New York. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-09


- NoRSOtK. sept g. s
The new opera House was briiiiantiy illu-'
minated last night, and thrown open to tho
lnenahers Of the press and the trustees of the
inssItstton. The effect 81 Gas upon the fresco
work, ne new :csnery, DC, 1lled the spec sator
opened % the public this evening. at which
time Il concert II TO come OF under the aus
pieces of Prof. Southari. assisted by Prot. 81
ltott, and almost all the musical talent Of the
two cities. Over Ave hundred tickets v this
ftasf mMsstnte have been sold already. and
large and fashionable audience is expec ted.
Hands are already engaged Ia puiiiag down
the walls, clearing up the rubbish, DC. pre-.
paratory to rebuilding the property destroyed
by the fire Of yesterday morning.
tits Estimated that siIU0 viii cover the
entire loss by this c0nflagration, the most Of
which will fall on the insurance companies
We learn that the Mechanics' Association
will build another hall on the site OF the late
building, and that II will be done early the
coming year. The IRE is supposed to have
been the work Of an incendiary, aud John IL.
Sale, james Freeman, s. Heartshorn, Lewis
Webb. J. ID. Gamman, II. Jordan, W. w.
Hall, John Clark, w. Z. Foster, Jno. r. Hath
away. George Groner and James Smith, have
been sworn to investigate the origin, &c.
A little boy, son of Sig. George, formerly of
Richmond. was run over in Main street. yes
terday, by carriage. No bones were broken,
and the little fellow will recover.
James Grant, whose trial in Portsmouth
was mentioned in the Dispatch, for setting fire
To frame building, has been cony icted and
will be punished by confinement in the peni-
tertiary for ten years. Col Thos. p. August,
of Richmond, was employed in behalf OF the
Commonwealth in this case.
The Councils have instructed the Market
| House Committee TO contract with MIR. w m.
DENLY, Jr., for the construction OF new iron
market-house, 10 cost Si7,975 The old market
| ID to be sold at auction and moved forthwith.
Percussion.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-09
Judge Ghols0n.

In announcing the election of THOMAS
9MoLaoN, Esq. by very large majority,
Judge OF tho Petersburg district, the Express,
Of that city, says, with truth, that 1t is an ex.
cslisni selection, and that Mr.. GHoLsos is a
lawyer Of solid attachments, large prac tice and
aong experience Such qualifications ensure
an enlightened di.pensation of Justice at his
hAnds.
= In this connsctIon, the Express notes the cir
cnmstnsce that Mr.. GnoLsoS is almost the
immedsate successor in the Judg~ship. of his
brother, the late lamentsd JAMES H. GuoL.