The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-01

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to follow us.
THE SEcRET.-A man must possess fire in
/ himself before he can kindle up the cleo
tricity that thrills tue great popular heart
! THE Austrians do not allow the inhabi-
tants of Venice to wear long boards or
mousiaches, because they indicate revoln-
tionary feelings
| TgE WEsrHER.-For the last week past,
rains have fallen, which, together with the
temperate state Of the weather, makes veg g.
taticn ofal kinds look quite revived in this
section of country. From present prospects
a plentiful crop will he realized by the good
farmers of Whitley.--C Columbia City Netps.
WHEN your friends are laid up with the
rheumatism, always press them to come over
and take tea with you. While such acts of
kindness entail no expense, they procure
for you larger reputation for sympathy
and neighborly kindness. With proper dis
elimination, there is nothing that pays bet
ter profit that goodness of heart
In order to amuse the children on the Sab
bath, a lady in Brooklyn was engagedin read
| ing to them from the Bible the story of David
and Goliath, and coming to that passage in
which Goliath so Loastingly dared the
| young STRIPPING, little chap, almost in his
first trowsers, said "Sister, skip that-skip
that--hes only bIowingl want to know
who licked"
! DANCING aul an old fellow, says Cow
| per in one of his letters to I!urdis but had
once my dancing days as you have now;
! yet never could learn half SO much of
woman's character by dancing with her, as
! By conveTsing with her at home, when
| could observe her behaviour mt the table, at
the freside, and in all the trying crcum-
stances OF domestic life. We are all good
men when We are pleased, but she is the
| good woman who wanted not the fiddle 10
sweeLen her.
. THE CROPs.---SO far "a we have been able
to ascertain, tlie wheat crop in this county y.
! with here and there an exception, is in a
most flourishing condition, and promises an
abundant yield. The farmers are making
preparations for putting in large crop Of
! corn, and many are nearly done planting
! Thus far the spring has been extremely pro-
pitious and The farmers are looking forward
to an abundant harvest and @ flush times
with pleasing anticipation The fruit, with
the partial exception Of peaches, it is pretty
generally admitted, has suffered no harm.
Shelby Volunteer.
Iy reading an account of a lecture recent
ly delivered by the celebrated gymnast, DIR.
Winship, who is reputed 10 be the strong
est man i'll America, it occurred to us that
if our people would bestow more attention
! on their physical education VIC would see
fewer prematurcly aged persons. sound
mind 10 "a healthy body is tie greatest de-
sidcratum DIR. Winship only commenced
about six years ago his course o: exercise
for the benefit of his health, which was reebe,
and lie now is not only i'll the most perfect
health, but can perform almost Incredible
fcaIs of strength, euch, for instance, IT'S lift
ing from the ground weight OF nearly
twelve hundred pounds.
WRECK OF A SLAvER-AN AWFUL Scene.
| A letter OF the New York Herdid from the
coast of Africa states that IL baltimore clip
| per-built hermaphrodite brig, with n cargo
OF slaves, was recently pursued by the Brit
! ish steamer Gloucester and the Portuguese
steamer TagHs The latter fired on her Just
about dark with several thirty-twO pound
| erS carrying away her foremost and jib-
! boom. The SLAYER, however, continued ON,
! and ran directly on the rocks off Cape Lo-
! be-, and Immediately became II wreck. AS
! she struck and was overwhelmed by the
breakers, the poor wrctchcs on board, pro
! badly to the number OF five hundred, set
up howl of despair that could he heard
above the roar of the hungry sea. But ii
was too dark by that Tune, To see mlcn,
aud beyond human skill To aid theDI, 81 that
! they must have met their doom, for on the
next morning the beach inside the rocks
was strewn with corpses and fragments Of
the wreck. Nothing was found, however,
to reveal the name of the SLAYER, or. amy
other information concerning hcr save that
to the prsIcticed eye Of the seaiuan she prov
ed To be of Baltimore build. The monsters
who manned the vessel nrc supposed To have
! escaped before she struck, and must have
gained tile snore, ~ boai, some what si"ve,
was discovered on the breach with the oars
near by.