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Year: 1860

/ The Emperor did rs he was advised, and
soon noticed that the smoke made its escap
around the stone that was loose. He re-
turned to the old robber and reported to him
his success Thereupon lie thus spake:


"know then that where the smoke escapes,
is the very place where the thieves have en-
tered, and will again enter, until they have
removed all that you possess. 1t behooves
you therefore to catch them. Now then fol-
low my advice. Do not gricve any more over
what is lost, so that the thieves may bcigno-
rant of your knowledge of their previous
robberics. Under their place of entrance,
inside the tower, place large vessel filled with
melted pitch and clay. Into this mixture
the thief will fall and will be unable to ex-
trcate himself"


The Emperor did as he was directed and
soon by night the two thieves repaired again
to the tower. The father as usual entered
first, but had scarcely let 20 his hold ere he
fell up to his chin in the trap prepared for
him, and was unable to move either bis legs
or his arms. lie still however retained the
Use of his tongue, and cried out to his son


''Stand back if you follow, like me you
will be like me n child of death"


81 will try every means to save you" the
son replied, 'to extricate you from this trap.
If they find you here, all of us, my sisters
and myself, will be put to death"


But all his efforts to release his sire were
vain.


God forbid" the old man cried at last.
chat they should recognize me. Cut off my
head and remove it. Thus you will save
your own life, and those of your sisters. and
remain honorcd in the eyes of the world"


The son obeyed the orders of the old man,
and buried the head far away in deep
ditch. Early the next morning the Empe-
ror betook himself to the tower, and to his
delight found the thief captured but 10
the clay was bloody, and the robber but a
headless trunk. lie narrated to the cd man
the whole matter as it had occurred, who
laughed and exclaimed:


81 admire the wisdom and noble spirit of
the thief! He did not wish his family to be
known; and to prevent this, suffered death
at the hands of his accomplces There is
only one counsel that I can now give you
Tie the corpse to the tail of horse, aud let
it be dragged through the streets of the city.
Wherever your guards hear the voice of la
mentation. let them enter that house and
take prisoner all who are therein--for surely
the head of that family is the thief"


The Emperor did so and as the streets
were throngcd with people. and tbo STRANGE
procession passed the KNIGHTS DWELLING lis
sisters, on seeing the corpse of their father
uttered a wild cry-it was too much for them,
Immediately the soldiers entered; but quick
as lightning the Young man inflicted q deem
wound in his thigh and on being asked wbv |
the girls cried out, he showed them his bleed |
ing leg. which really looked friohtfnl tnI- |
Year: 1860

The SKY AN INDICATOR OF rur WEATHER


The colors of the sky at particular times
afford wonderfully good guidance. Not on
" does rosy sunset pressage fair weather,
but there are times which speak with equal
clearness and accuracy. A bright yellow
SKY IN the evening indicates wind; pale yell
low, wet; neutral gray color constitutes a
favorable sign in the evening, an unfavorable
one in the morning. The clouds again are
iull ofmeaning in themselves. Iftheir forms
are soft underlined and feathery, the weather
will be fine; if the edges are hard, sharp. def
mite, it will be foul. Generally speaking
amy deep unusual hues betoken wind or rain:
while the more quiet and deicat tints bespeal,
fair weather. Simple as these maxims are


the British Board of Trade have thought fit
to publish them for the use Of scalaring men.
Year: 1860

SUCCESS IN LIEr.-A mans best help is
in himself-his own heart. his own soul. his
own resolutc purpose. The battle cannot
Ee fought by proxy. \ mans energy may
be aroused b. another--his desire to improve
and advance himself be excited By another,
but he must mould his own stuff, quarry his
own nature, make his own character What
if man fail in one effort? Let him try
again Let him try again-try often, and he
cannot fail ultimately to succeed No man
can tell what he can do until he tries, and
tries with resolution.
Year: 1860

A short time since the child of one of the
up town New York families was suddenly
seized with sickness, which seemed so Sc
rious that Immediately the family physician,
man of long beard, long bills, and its ac-
compartments, was sent for in great haste;
but alas, he came not, and the sudden culmi-
nation Of the disease into terrible convul-
sion compelled the family TO abandon their
regular doctor and send for The nearest one,
who proved to be an educated man of the old
school--a serious objection, indeed, to the
family but which, in theirdistressed situation,
could not well be helped, The character Of
the difficulty was quickly perceived and an
emetic speedily removed o quantity of undi-
gested and improper food, restoring the child
to comparative health. The thanks of the
whole family were prodigally bestowed upon
the physician, the preserver Of their child,
who was requested to continue his attendance
till the child was entirely recovered. The
next morning brought the tardy DR.. Pellets,
who was met with storm of reproaches for
his neglect and inattention, and with the
statement that II they had waited for him
their child would now have been corpse,
and that now, as the doctor had done so mnch
for them they could never repay him, and he
should continue to attend the child, and an
intimation was held out that they should con-
tinue to employ him in the future. DR.. Pei
lets could not afford to lose so valuable afam-
lily without a struggle to retain it; so he said
commiseratingly: y regret my dear madam,
the alarm you have been under and the dan
ger in which your darling beautiful has been.
At what hour did you say the child began to
improve" ut was just as the clock struck
four,p was the answer. "Ah, my dear lady,
| thought it was So. 1t was five minutes be-
fore four o'clock when I entered my house
and saw your call on my slate. My spirit was
put into immediate communication with your
child, and through it was enabled to act upon
the convulsed spirit of your charming little
cherubP' 'Is it possible, my dear DR.. Pei
lets2 We thoughti it was almost miracle,
and foolishly attributed it to the action of this
allopathic's poisonous emetic, which indeed
only brought few raisin skins and stones
and little bit of mince pie it had eaten.
All Doctor, forgive us for doubling you, and
the hard words and harder thoughts we have
had for you"


Poor DR.. Squills was asincontinentlyand most
unceremoniously kicked out, and the spirits
are in full favor. Even doctor with jour
neyman assistants can't compete with one
who has spirits at command with sstrouble
than Aladdin. ~ -- W -
Year: 1860

The nomination Of Douglas and Johnson
receives the hearty and enthusiastic ap-
proval of the Democracy Of Indiana. The
dependency which had settled upon the
people by the great struggle in the Charles
ton Convention, and prolonged at Balti-
more, was instantaneously changed into
Joy when the electric flash announced the
result Never before was a Presidential
nomination, yielded their opposition to de-
feat the common political enemy, and to
prevent the triumph of a sectional and ge-
ogtaphical party.


Indiana will be more largely Democrat
ic this year than she was in 1856. This
our opponents conceded would be the re-
suit OF the pnmination Of Douglas for the
Presidency. Col. Lane, the Republican
candidate for Governor, has made no con-
cealment of this opinion. His hope OF
success was predicated upon division Of the
party in Indiana In this he is disappoint-
ed He comedies thereby his defeat.


The campaign Ia now fairly opened
The Democracy present to the people q
ticket for State officers which has every
quality to commend it to their confidence
and support. And we know they vii
maintain the policy. which lifted the State
from despondency and debt to prosperity
and wealth. And for the Presidential
nominee we have a statesman tried ant
true, who will maintain inviolate the Con
stilution and the Union and the tights i
guarantees to the State and the people
who will uphold the honor of our flag a
home and abroad, and whose policy will bt
to increase the happiness asd well being
Of the people by developing the almost in
exhaustible resources of our great Empire
--JeferSonyWe Nat. Dem.
Year: 1860

We have not--rashed precipitately to
this conclusio of Democratic victory in
this State. We have not assumed it rash
ly. We start with a Democratic majority,
as shown in the last election. We can
count accessions to the party by tens Of
thousands. We meet an enemy demoral-
lied by change of leader, and by inherant
division and distrust.'' . r--
Year: 1860

A DEAD WOMAN COMES TO LIFE.-A woman
was taken sick on Tuesday last, and after much
suffering, was reduced to so low state that her
case was considered hopeless. Some of the
neighbors took turns at sitting up with the dy-
ing woman, hourly expecting her dissolution
On Friday evening newly-married sister Of the
sick woman, and young girl were acting as
sitting by the bedside. After giving the sick
woman her medicine, they sat quietly sewing,
the sufferer having apparently gone to Sleep
The watchers, on looking again at the supposed
sleeper, became startled at her death-lke ap-
pearance, and examined her more closely The
body was rapidly growing cold, and the pulse
had apparently ceased to beat A looking glass
was hastily torn from the wall and placed over
the mouth of the rrostrate woman, but no
breath stain was visible. She was evidently
dead.


The watchers left the room to procure assist
ance. An elderly neighbor was sent for to 'lay
out" the body, and the messenger, meeting the
undertaken, already notified, tod him of the cir
cumstance. lie proceeded to the house, arriv-
ing about the same time with the neighbors,
who had been sdhmoned, and all parties, after
discovering the nature of the fatal disease and
talking over some OF the funeral arrangements,
Iprepared to enter the chamber of death, il orr
der to perform the last sad offices for the deceas
ed. The young girl went first into the room for
the purpose of makipg it ready for the rest to
enter. She had no sooner entered where the
body lay than succession OF piercing shrieks
struck terror into the visitors on the outside
They rushed in and found the girl in a fainting
fit. A glance around the room at once explain
| ed the cause of her terror. The dead woman
was sitting up in bed! At first the entire party
fled, screaming, from the room, but soon collect
ed their senses and returned. The dead woman
had resumed her recumbent position, and was SO
far from being defunct that she inquired, in q
weak voice, the meaning of the strange scene a.
round her. 1t seems that she had fallen into q
short trance-like sium5er, seemingly like death
itself. Just as the girl had entered the room
she had partially awakened and moved her head.
The slrieks of the terrified gill thoroughly a.
woke her, and she sat up in bed to learn the
cause of the screams. Resloratives were imme-
diately applied, and the 'detunot one" is now in
a fair way of returning to healthy existence
The climax of the disorder had passed.--N. O..
Delta Of the 17th.
Year: 1860

KANsAs-Thaddeus Hyatt gives an extreme
picture of the destitution existing in Kansas
In letter to President Buchanan he says:


Thousands of once thrifty and prosperous
American citizens are now perishing for want
Winter is upon them; Of ofclothing they are nearly
bereft; food they have not to last them through
the cold season that is approaching. Of over a
hundred thousand people upon Kansas soil, six
months ago, at least one fourth or one third
have left ofthe remainder it is safe to say that
forty thousand at this moment see nothing but
exodus or starvation at the end of the sixty days
now before them; from ten to twenty thousand
look with only despairirg eyes upon November;
thousands cannot subsist a month longer unaided,
other thousands are living upon the little which
their neighbors deprive themselves of to give to
them-neighbors equally unfortunate, and with
whom the starvation is merely question of but
few days longer while still other thousands,
if not at once relieved, must perish from hunger
or the diseases that follow in its train. Some
have already died, Others are daily dying; while
the hours grow darker and the days wax longer
for the living to whom relief comes not, and
whose eyes are aching with watchings for the
succor that delays"
Year: 1860

No CHANCE FOR BREoKINRIDGE-The Balt-
more Exchange is one OF the ablest Breckenridge
journals in the country, but in a recent number,
it admits that he cannot carry Jingle Northern
State, and exhorts its friends to vote the fusion
ticket all over the North, in order to defeat Lin
coin. This is very good advice, and we hope it
will be followed by those Breekinridgers who,
in the recent contests in Pennsylvania and lndi-
ana lent their aid to the Black Republicans in
order to punish the Douglasites. The truth is,
the only hope of beating Lincoln is, for all the
lovers of the Union to rally as one man to the
support of John Bell, who alone has the power
to quell domestic discord, and give peace to our
distracted cOuntry.i r9.-a4+,r
Year: 1860

The National Intelligencer comments upon the
position of the Richmond Enquirer that "Vir-
ginia is hatched to the cotton States, and that
she will be dragged into common destiny with
them, no matter what may be the desire of her
people, as in truth, declaration, that the days
of Virginia's leadership are passed, and she is
henceforth to be regarded as nothing better than
a mere appendage to the Cotton States, ''hitched'
as she is to them in such manner that all pow
er of independent action is lost. The people of
Virginia will show, when their voice is heard,


that the glorious old State ia not to be hitched"
and harnessed to the Disunion car, in which the
Disunion leaders in South Carolina wish to ride.
Year: 1860

It is fast becoming a real issue-Union or Dis
union, and it is now thought and alleged that one
of The plans Of the Disunionists is, by sort of
coup ID etat-like that by which Louis Napoleon
subverted the Republic of France and established
an Empire on its ruins-to prevent the people
great question, and to induce or juggle the Leg
lslatures into taking up the whole matter and
commencing action upon it. Let the people,
then, be alive to this subject.
Year: 1860

= The MINUTE MEN.-The Charleston Mercury
says: Weare glad to see the people of our State
everywhere preparing for the crisis which is at
hand As an offset to the 'Wide Awakes" of
the North, sMinute Men, organizing in sl
the principal Districts of South Carolina. Their
object is to form an armed body of men, and to
join in with our fellow-citizens now forming in
this and our sister States as 'sMinute Men,
whose duty is to arm, equip and drill and be
ready for any emergency that may arise in the
present perilous position of the Southern States.
In Kershaw, Abbeville, and Richland Districts
the organization is already complete and power
fnl, embracing the flower of the youth, and led
on by the most influential citizens. The badge
adopted Is blue rosette-two and half inches
In diameter, with military button in the GER
tire, to be worn upon the side of the hat. Let
the important work go bravely on, and let every
son OF Carolina prepare to mount the blue
cockade.n
Year: 1860

The "Lounger," in the last number of Harper's
Weekly, gives this estimate of John B. Cough


''The effect produced by the famous temper
ance orator upon his audiences is most striking
illustration of broad impression of the purely
dramatic style of oratory. 1t is another tribnte
to the Influence and power of the drama. Mr.
Cough is not thinker--he is an actor. His
pictures of the misery of drunkenness, in its
many aspects, are so vivid and thrilling that
the spell over the audience is that of the most
emotional actor. The effect is Immediate and
immense, but it is more temporary because it
has no intellectual root.


"When Sheridan had finished his speech in the
Warren Hastings trial, and when Montalembert
sat down 10 the last days of the last Legislative
Assembly Of Louis Philippe, after an attack
upon the government, it was moved that the
House adjourn, that they might not legslate or
judge under the sway OF strong passion. Mr..
Coughs effects are akin to these He sweeps
all before him, except the passoness reason
That may concede the justice of his cause, but il
does SO before he begins 1t is not affected by
his funny or tragical anecdotes.


Somebody told Fox of an eloquent speech he
had heard the night before and will tell you
wha+ he said.' Stop, stopl exclaimed Fox;
If yen can tell me what he said, it was not an
eloquent speech Measured by Fox's standard,
MT. OOuSH elOqueDce Is supreme. fOr IL lt
were reported and read, the wonder of those
who listened and yielded to its charm would be
amusing sE


''For its immediate purpose of persuading his
hearers to sign the pledge, nothing can be more
admirably suited than his extraordinary style Of
speech. When man who has begun to love
the dram-shop sees the final effect OF his passion
upon himself and bis family depicted with terri
Bile power. before his eyes-forced home upon
his Imagination so that it haunts him and fright
ems him-he will not stay to reason or daily,
but will hurry to seize the pen, as if the sigma
ture of his name had secured him against tempt
alton itself. a man who has this power over
Others, and exerts it to their welfare and the
peace of society. is certainly human banefactor.
Before this immense consideration his compare
tive claims as an orator disappear, and only the
man whom other generations will bless remains"
Year: 1860

We shall be pardoned if We take the lib
crty Of again imprcssing upon OUT readers
In the rural districts the necessity Of carry
ing their plans for the relief Of the suffer-
Ing people Of Kansas, down to every school
district so that every man in every town.
ship Of the State may be called upon to do
his share. They may be assured, that
whatever Is done must be mainly done by
the people Of the country; that the bencvo
lent disposition Of the cities will be soon
exhausted. and that unless the effort
for relief can be made to include every Civ
ing man in lalf dozen Of the Western
States, Kansas will endure une1amp]ed
suffering before spring sets in. Wc have
it upon the very best authority that the
number Of destitute in the Territory is
fully ronrr THOUSAND, including women
and children. BY destitute, We mean those
who have neither tho breadstuifs nor the
money to take them through the winter,
though they may not be enduring the
pains Of hunger to-day. Many are
even now dependent upon the con
tributions Of the charitable for their
for their daily bread; and If the aid Of SYM
pathisezs should be withdrawn they would
inevitably perish. There can be no doubt
ing that this is the case The testimony is
IS strong as testimony can be, aud It's high
character admits Of no dispute The duty
Of the West, then, is plain. She has alrca-
dy done much, but not enough There arc
forty thousand bushels Of grain awaiting
shipments in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin !;
but this is not bushel to q man when di-
vided among those who need. This qunn-
tity must be quadruplcd at east; and the
heavy end Of the load will fall, where a1l
great public burdens rest ut last-upon the
farmers. Let us hope that they will come
gladly aud manfully up to the work, and
do for Kansas just that which they would
wish, were they aad their little ones in
Taxt Of bread, Kansas to do for them. The
case admits Of no delay. The wants are
imperative, and must b. supplied Extend
the organizations. then, as we suggest TO
every neighborhood and school district
Designate some depository where corn
maybe delivered, and then zee to it that
every man is asked to give, if but bushel,
The towns and cities will furnish the
money 10 pay for sacks and freights. The
corn rnI1sf cnrne frouo t},n oxx.nors rf tho
fields in which it is raised,
Year: 1860

TEACH THE WOMEN TO SAvE.-There's
the secret. A saving woman at the head
of family is the best savings bank yet
established that receives deposits daily
and hourly, with no costly machinery to
manage it. The idea of saving is pleasant
one, and if the women would imbibe it once,
they would cultivate and adhere to it, and
thus many when they were not aware of it,,
would be laying the foundation for com
petence, security in stormy time, and
shelter in rainy day. The womaL who
sees to her own house has large field to
save in, and the best way to comprehend it,
is for her to keep an account of current ex-
penses. Probably not one wife in ten, has
an idea of the expenditure of herself or
family. Where from one to two thousand
dollars is expended annually there is a
chance to save something, if the attempt is
only made. Let the housewife take the idea
act upon it-and strive over it-and she
will save many dollars-perhaps hundreds
where before she thought it impossible.
This is duty, not a promoting Of avarice-
a moral obligation that rests upon all-up-
on the women as we'll as the men but
it is duty, we are sorry to say, that is
cultivated very little, even by those who
preach the most, and regard themselves as
examples in most matters. "Teach the
women to save,' is good enough maxim
to be inserted in the next edition of I" Poor
Richards Almanac"
Year: 1860

The Cincinnati Gazette has letter from
an American in Berlin, in which the writer
says:


The Germans have great many pretty,
simple ways, which are very pleasing, and
which we shall, by and by, adopt, just
as we are beginning to adopt their gold and
silver and tin weddings. Yesterday hap.
pened in at family where the father was
celebrating his birthday. To that family
the day had great character and dignity,
and all its hours commemorated, directly or
indirectly, the joyful event that made ia.
mily glad. The hearty greeting and good
wishes, and loud kissings of the morning, the
accumulating presents for papa through the
day, the flowers which graced the windows
and tables, and all available places, choice
bouquets for November, the preparations,
for the party in the evening, and the party
itself, all so eagerly done and so joyfuly,
that one S heart could not fail to be drawn
out in behalf Of a people so loving and sim.
pie in the relations of the family. The
daughter is to be married in a few days, and
you have no idea of the extent of the prepa
rations now going on. AS genuine Ger
man family of the first respectability has its
washing done only once in six months, of
course there are immense stocks of linen to
be got ready, and towels are numbered by
scores OF dozens, and good share of the
family wealth is expended in this direc.
tion. This daughter of whom I spoke,
whose father is good well to.do tailor, will
spend nearly thousand dollars upon the
mere household equipments, independent of
furniture. The list of articles l had, but
have it unfortunately put by at this moment.
1t would amaze some of the American ma,
irons who may read this letter. These young
brides expectant, make not only preparation
for themselves, but for any little stranger
who may happen in upon them at no distant
day. A very rational proceeding, certainly,
but one quite alien to American notions, and
which do not think will be very speedily
introduced among US.


| find that the father has control over his
sens marriage willie the son lives A young
man who should postpone marriage to the
respectfully matured age of forty, would still
not be independent of his fathers will, if the
father were opposed to bis choice. The ia
ther must be consulted, even when widower
marres second time. A gentleman of my
acquaintance wished to marry, and his father
was so far away that it was found difficult
to consult him, and so our Ambassador to
Prussia, Governor Wright, invited him to
be married in his room, on american sol" )"
and be accordingly was married at the rooms
of our Legation. Still, l cannot find that
this restriction does any practical good. 1t
favors treaty marriages, instead of love mar
riages, and treaty marriages are the bane of
a nations life.