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Year: 1860

A very singular suicide recently occur
red III Paris. according to corresp )ndent
of a New York paper the victim being Il
lady in comfortable circumstances, and
arrived at the ripe age of seventythfee
years \ nephew of this old lady, EN-.
ployed in a business es ablishment in the
quarter of Montmartyre, received by the
post, letter conceived in the following
terms:


MY dear nephew: When you receive
this letter l shall have ceased to exist
At my age to commit suicide seems sin
gular idea, | admit have passed NV
seventy third birth day, and have always
been happy. But | feel that the hand os
infrmity is about to be laid upon me, ard
| wish to avoid it. OF what use to me
would be few remaining years of life IT
they are to be passed in wretched bodily
sutferings? You are my only relative and
universal legatee. Propriety will doubt
less induce YOU to shed a tear for me, but
confess frankly that you will not profound
Iy regret my demise. 1t will place you in
possession of snug fortune, and give
your family a comfortable position.
"A!l my affairs are in order, and you
will find the papers in the hands ofmy no.
! tary. The only Obligations desire to i'm
pose upon YOU are these: First, not to
sell my house, but to retain it for yourself
and your descendants. Second, to publish
! in my name, two volumes, one Of poetry
and The other a novel, of which | am the
author You will find the manuscripts in
my desk. If YOU cannot obtain publish
er, print them at your own cost. am
sure you will not hesitate to make this
trilling sacrifice to my memory, and you
will be grateful to me for thus permitting
YOU to enjoy my heritage some time sooner
! than you had expected. Iou see | am a
good hearted creature. Show yourself
worthy of so kind IN aunt"


The recipient Of this extraordinary doc
ument Immediately hastened to his aunt's
residence, and found that the old lady had
asphyxiated herself 10y means of the fumes
Of charcoal.
Year: 1860

sluiceway, on which there was broken
bank which gave way, and his horse fall
ing through, became geatly frightened,
and kicked, hitting the plaintiff on the
arm and on the leg just below the knee,
and so injured his leg tha. it is claimed he
would never recover.
Year: 1860

TnTSGs HAVE CHANGED.-A gentleman
who has just returned from New York,
informs us that the merchants of that city
no Longer talk Of the poverty ofthe West,
and its inability to pay, but are now ex-
ceedingy anxious to sell to Western
men on reasonable terms any amount
Of goods that may oe wanted. The change
in one year has been most remarkable,
and we need not add, most agreeable to
purchasers. The account Of our immense
crops are sufficient endorsements Of ability
to pay.
Year: 1860

MorffFR.-Ch Children, look in those eyes, list.
en- to that dear voice, notice the feeling of even
single touch that is bestowed upon you by
that gentle hand! Make much Of It while
yet you have that most precious of all good
gifts "a loving mother. Read the unfathom.
bic love Of those eyes; the kind anxiety oi
that tone and look, however slight your pain


In after life you may have friends, fond
dear, kind friends-but never will you have
again the impressible love and gentleness
lavished upon you which none but mother
can bestow. Often do sigh in my struggles
with the hard uncaring world, for the sweet


deep security ] felt, when Of an evening,
nesting to her bosom, l listened to some
quite tale suitable to my age, read in her ten
Ger untiring voice Never can forget her
sweet glances cast on me when appeared to
sleep; mover her kiss Of peace at night! =
Years have passed away since we laid her be-
side my father in the old churchyard; vel
still her voice Whispers from the grave, and
her eye watches over me as visit spots long
long since hallowed to the memory Of my
mother-Nacaulay ..g s77 ss9.5 :
Year: 1860

BEAUTIFUL THoUGmr. editor of the
Louisville Journal in referring to the recent
death Of Mrs Odell, wife Of the editor of the
Richmond (Ky.) Messenger, says: TIL


May heaven temper the wind to the shorn
lamb, and may the sun of resignation be re-
fiected on tears which fall like rain, to bring
back to the stricken heart the bow Of promise
which he covenants to all who die an eternity
of bliss beyond the grave The sweet flower
which wleathed around the home of our
friend and shed such fragrance, is now Of
perennial bloom IN the gardens of the blest,
and from the lonely grave where the seeds Of
immortality We're planted, it rises, clustering
around heavens bower, trcllised ON wings Of
cherubim and seraphim.
Year: 1860

The BELLE ISLE TELEGRAPH PRoJECr-Among
the passengers in the Bohemian which left Port
Allan and Wood, the President and Superintendent
of the Montreal Telegraph Company. They go to
England on business connected with the projected
cable to the straits of Belle Isle, notice of which
has heretofore been taken by the press. The
energy displayed by these gentlemen and their as
sociates in the management of the st. Lawrence,
evinces that in their new enterprise they will not
be found wanting. We predict the early compile
tion of the submarine line to Belle Ise which will
bring Europe and America within six days constant
communication with each other.-M. Y. Courier.
Year: 1860

A ROTATING ART ExnBITToN.-It has been sug-
gested by writer in the Crayon, that our present
system of art exhibition is very unsatisfactory
He truly remarks that the people of Philade1 bia
know almost nothing of the art of Boston or w
York, and that the inhabitants of the small crues
little, if any. He proposes that system of ro
tatng exhibitions should be inaugurated by which
pictures fairly representing the art of the whole
country might be shown in each of the cities con-
secutively, beginning, say at Boston, and proceed
ing South. BY this means, the expense of collect
ing the works might be reduced, and fair repre-
sentation from the whole country secured. Few
of us have an idea of the true amount of artistic
talent which exists through the country, and we
know OF no better method of forwarding the knowl-
brought up for discussion at the next meetinr of
the National Art AssOciation.-Pha. Inquirer.
Year: 1860

FIRE.-Tho alarm of fire yesterday eve
ming was caused by the burning of tour or
five stables and wood sheds on the alley in
the rear of dwellings on Walnut and Third
Streets. The fire caught in the stable of Mr.
Eaton, whose residence is on Third St, and
bid fair at one time to be of serious ma
ture, rs it spread 10 the stable and wood shed
of Mr.. Davidson and others on Tie same
block, and to the new brick stables just
erected by Mr.. Barnes, on the site of those
burned short time ago.


The Fire Department were promptly on
the ground, and through their exertions
the fire was checked aud n large conAagra-
ton prevented. The Steam Engine was
Z. on time, and did much to stay the flames.


The fire was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary, and no efforts should be spared
to ferret out the perpetrators.
Year: 1860

THE OTHER LIFE.-As grow older, and
come nearer to death, | look upon it
more and more with complacent JOY, and
out of every longing, hear God say, 40,
thirsting hungering one, come to me-
What the other life will bring [ know not,
only that shall awake in Gods likeness,
and see him as he is. If child had been
born aud spent all his life in the Mammoth
Gave, how impossible would it be for him
to comprehend the upper world ! His par
ents might tell him of his life, and light, and
beauty, and its sounds of Joy they might
heap up the sand into its mounds, and try to
show him by pointing to stalactites how
grass and flowers and trees grow ont of the
ground, till at length, with laborieus think
ing the child would fancy he had gained a
true idea of the unknown land. And yet,
though he longed to behold it, when the day
came to go forth, it would be with regret
for the familiar crystals and the rOck-hewn
rooms, and the quiet that reigned therein
But when he came up, some May morning,
with ten thousand birds singing IN the
trees, and the heaven bright and blue, and
full of sunlight and the wind blowing softly
through the young leaves, all a-glltter with
dew, and the landscape stretching away
green and beautiful tn the horizon, with



see how poor were all the fancyings and the
interpretations which were made within the
cave, of the things which grew and lived
without. and would he wonder that he could
have regretted 10 leave the silence and the
dreary darkness of his dread abode.


So, when we emerge from this cave of
earth Into that land where Spring growtbs
are and where there is summer, and not that
miserable travestie which we call summer
here, how shall we wonder that we could
have clung so fondly to this dark and barren
life.


But on, then, O heart and yearn for dy-
| ing. | have drank at many fountain, but
! thirst came again have fed mt many a
bounteous table. but my hunger returned; I;
| have seen many bright and lovely things,
but while | gazed this lustre faded There
! is nothing here that can give me rest; but


when behold thee, o God, shall be sntis-


fled -Beecher.
Year: 1860

FuGIrITE SLAVE LAw-In the House the
other day, Mr. Corwin made the following
strong declaration


Were there no Fugitive Slave Law,
Southern man could go into the free States
with the Constitution in his hand reclaim
the fugitive because the Constitution gave
him the right, aud said The person owing
labor or service shall be delivered up. The
trainers of the Constitution put this con
struction, aud therefore he adhered to this
view of the subject.
Year: 1860


g l stood where the lips of song lay low
Where the death dew had gathered loves young
brow.


Oh silent and sad tue thoughts that come,
As lonely muse DER tn low green tomb
i have come from far-of land to dwell,
Where the gush of youth on my being fell;
And many have welcomed me home again,
From distant cline DER the sounding main.
But where is she of the bright, glad heart
And the speaking eye, which would seem part
OF a being formed for the realms on high,
Where love and Beauty can never die?
Sne is not here to welcome me back
From the long dim league-the weary track.
For the wild grass grows DER her Iowly bed,
And a white rose blooms above her head.
Why wakes the wind, with its low, sad toue,
A mem'ry of music forever fowu!
For seem TO hear, through the forest trees,
Thy soft, glad voice on the evening breeze



The bee wings by with a busy chime,
Murmuring song for the glad spring time;
And sweet flowers bloom by the woodland track,
But where is the loved one welcome me back.
The earth is robed in vernaI bloom,
And the wild woods breathe a rich perfume,
And the bird fits by on happy wing,
Warbng song for the merry Spring.
But she, OH she of the radiant brow
She is deeked with crown of glory
In the % beautiful eye, the spirits shrinc,"
There beams angels light divine.
Aud know that afar. on that radiant shore,
Where the inborn spirit long will soar,
She IL welcome me there in that happy cline,
n. Ysrt-..


MOLLIE-
Year: 1860

speech lately delivered in Congress said


He was early taught that there were three
classes OF people that he ought ii. avoid all
controversy with--One class was the preach-
ers, for they had the pulpit to denonnce him
from, while he had none 10 reply from; the
next was the editors OF papers, who had the
columns of their journals to carry on a con-
Iroversy, while he had none; the next was the
women, who would always have The last
word.
Year: 1860

TIE HAT, CAP AND Fur TRADE-Sixty
years ago Moses cleveland and his fellow
sojOurDers on the spot where Cleveland now
stands, if they aspired to a fur. cap or cape,
had to take to the stream and capture
musk-rat, or go into the woods and kill a
bear. To be sure these were just as warm
as theskins Of these animals are now, but in
shape and trimming they would hardly pass
muster for convenience or comfort with the
elegant goods kept at wholesale and retail
by the enterprising firm of Fuller 4 Co, No.
1856 Water street. A look at the goods in this
extensive establishment will give one new
ideas OF the extent of the trade in Cleveland.
To begin in the subterranean passages"
the cellar is filed with bales and piles of
buffalo robes of various grades. These robes
Alf. Fuller buys in St. Louis just as they are
Brought to that point by the Indians. They
are brought here and salted after being re-
ceived, which we believe has not been done
here before this year. Of these robes this
Company has a very fine assortment, and
the bales being all unpacked for saltingpul
poses, the purchaser can make his own selec-
tiOns from the piles, -l.


The first or ground floor is used as a sales
room for gentlemen's soft hats, of which
there is almost an endless variety. Every
style, from the Quaker's broad-brim to the
latest sensation, can be found here.


The second floor is devoted, at this season
of the year, to furs, and regal profusion is
here exhibited. Here is a pile Of good but
common capes which are handsome and
within the reach of "well-to-do' purses /;
there is something little higher in the
grades; in these boxes the ''upper ten can
find some American sables, good enough
and costly enough for any nyordinary income,
while finally, laid away with care and hand
led with q feeling akin to respect for. its ex-
elusive richness, are capes. of royal Russian
sable 6t for the shoulders of an empress and
costly enough to satisfy any proud leader Of
fashion.


Here, too, are capes and gloves Of all quail
tiles and prices, but some Of the finer and
more ordinary kinds looking SO much alike.
that verdaht youth might offer sl5 for a
buffalo-skin cap, or expect to get a seal or
sable for twenty shillings. Some Of these
gloves and caps are of great richness and
beauty.


The third floor Is used for the sale of all
caps except fur, and the fourth for making
over and dressing goods. All these floors are
filled with goods which, however, rapidly
succeed each other. Wintry weather is
coming on, and the salezmen are kept busy
to supply the constant demand,
Year: 1860

Until quite recently, the surface Of the
moon has been supposed to be a vast life
less desert. Astronomers have abused the
moon in every possible way. They have
said there was no heat in moonshine. They
have denied the moon an atmosphere, and
consequently water and organic life. They
have made us believe that residence In
the moon would be exceedingly undesirable.
The old faith in the Goddess of the Night
was quite overturned in scientific circles,
and the fascinatipns of moonlight were de-
parting day by day.


But this is all changed. Knox and Mel
loni have shown, by very exact observation
that there is heat Ia the moons rays. Zrn.
tedeschi has discovered that this heat pro-
duces sensible effect upon the mimosa.-
An English philosopher has faund that the
earth is colder during the first quarter o
the moon than it is in the second.


Upon the growth of plants the moon ex.
ercises remarkable influence. The chem
ical action Of light is necessary TO Their
principal work, the absorption Of carbon
from the carbonic acid gas of the atmos.
phere, This work all plants carry on dur
ing the day, and in the night they sleep
except when the moon shines. She wake:
them and sets them at work. So the farm
ers who plant only just before The full moon
are right, and the scuffers who call then
superstitioas are themselves the foolish ones
/ For, if sown before or near new moon, the
the young plants get above grcurd just al
the full, when the tender things need sleep
But If spwn just before the full, they come
up about new moon, pass tieiF babyhood
under the soothing influences of dark nights
and when the full moon comes are sturdy
urchins. able TO work night a''d day.


The mcon=woFshipeFs are right. also, il
regard to the influence Of the mqon upor
the weather. IIersehel, Araso and Whe
well recognized that the moon had som'
Sigh, power in Dispensing clouds. Th'
sailors go further, an ! say the moon eats u
Year: 1860

If you find man disposed to complain
of the GOODNESS of the world, be sure you
will find that he has never brought anything
into the world to warm it, but is personal
lump of ice in the midst of it. If you find
a man who complains that the world IS all
base and hollow, tap him, and he will prob.
ably sound base and hollow.--And so, in
the other way, a kind man will probably
find kindness everywhere about him. DR..
Chaplin.
Year: 1860

member, think that can say that new
er, in single instance, was benefited by
such punishment, but always greatly in4
iured. looked on my governor as ty-I
rant, and upoa those strokes as crueltes.


Neither should punisemrnt ever be the
result of anger. There are some persons
who can never bring themselves to infict
pain upon child until their anger makes
them blind; and then most certainly they
are not fit to NEEDLE with child Our
temper never corrects but always kndles a
like feeling. A child thus disciplined bear.
up under it, plumes itself for endurance,
and mentally defes you.


Whatever may be thought of employing
the rod at all, it may be laid down as an
axicm among those who employ it, that it
should never be put into the hands of an
ger but That if welded, it should be wielled
always by the hand Of indulgent kindness.


Ny father used TO make mo believe that
the end of the rod which he held in his
hands, was great deal more painful to him
than the end which l felt was to me. 1t
was strange mystery to me but did be-
lieve it; and it seemed great deal worse
to me to be whipped on that account. ]
used to think that if he would not talk to
me, but would whip me, could stand it
great deal better. So could have
stood it better, and not been benefited,
For child is not whipped till the sensa-
ton goes to the heart, and touches the feel
ing. But when my father made me cry by
talking to me, and then whipped me, and
then made me cry by talking to me again,
| thought it was too bad. And yet it was
tie right way.


have but single ahep thought TO pre-
sent. Where there is one extreme there
are always two. Where some are found
who will not govern at all, some will push
government beyond all bounds. Home be.
comes prison. The children are slaves
The buoyant freedom ofchildhod is tutored
and talked, and whipped into the dull pro.
priety of doll. Gay laughter Is hushed
To run and fling their arms is ungraceful
To show heart of glee, running over witt
wild but blameless language, is not befttine
the child Of solemn parents. So all The
bloom of childhood is rubbed off; and it
elasticity is extracted; and that the chile
may be prodigy, early lessons are forced
upon it and it is brought up as God never
meant it should be, and as only foolish meI
wish it to bean infant mannerst-a an in
) fant hypocrite-an infant student- an in
fant man; in Short prodigy--a monsirqs
ity.


Make the bridge from the cradle to man
hood just as long as you can. Leave you
child a child just as long as you canes
pecally if you live in city. BE not il
haste to force your child into premature de
velopment by intelligence, or by anything
else. Let it be a child, and not little ap,
of a man running about the town. Low,
the the child in its childhood for its child
ishness. 1t would be better for US if w


had more childishness, about ourselves


Masons know that the work is never goo,
that sets too quick. If manhood sets to-
quick it is apt to be stiff and brittle. AM


the more there is in you of childhood th
better you will be fitted TO understand you
children, to rear them intelligibly, to bea
with them, to prepare them for this life an


the life which Is to come.
Year: 1860

The editor Of the Boston liberatOr calls
upon the ladies OF the North to make use OF
nothing that j. produced by slave labor. He
need not expect them to discard the use el
cotton. They will not erpel so old friend
from their bosoms
Year: 1860

Yes / am a man and woe
is me for having been such a
little fool when ] was boy!
hated my book, and took more
pains to forget my lessons than
ever | did to learn them. What
a Ounce | was even over my
spelling. Always at the bottom
of my class, and my book thu M
bed, and dog's-eared, and cried
over-the very emblem Of
Year: 1860

tered the parlor where Ellen was standing
near a table, arranging the lights.


Il shall not see you in the morning, Miss
Ellen, but I want your wishes for success
before I leave; and wish also to tell you
how much I thank you for your activity in
our. cause. L have been so long used to
the rough times Of a camp, that I forget
how to modalate my speech to the gentle
accents fit for a lady's ear, yet perhaps I
feel your kindness more thsu those who
have more cunning in protestation. VIII
you accept soldiers gratitude p


She could not meet the earnest glance 81
those dark eyes; and the words, simple al
they were, were burdened with tone ot
tenderness that thrilled her inmost SOUL
Her very excitement made her answer more
coldly than she was aware. s


The little have done is deserving o.
no thanks; and little as it was, was dons
for my country


He did not answer, but.stood in silence
At length, feeling the continued silence op
Epressive, she raised her eyes to bid hin
good night The mingled expression sh'
could not read, but she understood quit,
enough to see he was deeply wounded.


i understand, Miss Ellen he said, bit
terly; sand while thank you for your pa
triotism, I could curse myself for my infat
uation;' and bowiug low, he left her.


ITO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1860

How TO MAKE SrRUcE BEER.-As the
season is at hand when pleasant summer
drinks free from undue acolholie. influence,
are frequently brewed by the. housewife, or
the well.bfopet, daughter who are
taught littleEef everything ID the way of
household duties-we append The following
receipts which are claimed to be ezcelie1t:


l. Take three gallons of water, Of blood
warmth, three half.pints of molasses d t1;s
BILE spoonful of essence of spruce, and the
like quantity of ginger-mix we'll together
with a gill of yeast; let stand over night
and bottle in the morning. 1t will be in
good condition to drink in tweuty.four
hours. 1t is palatable, wholesome bever-
age. ~


2. Those who prefer mead have onlyyto
substitute honey for the molasses named
above, and for one.third the ginger use all:
spice. Half the quantity ofsyeastl lwilhbe
found sufficient, and the bottliug should
occur the second day instead of the next
morning. 1t will be fit to drink in four
days after being bottled, and will keep for
many weeks. A small quantity of alcohol
is formed during the fermentation, and this
prevents the acetous fermentation so COM
mon to spruce beer. The essence Of spruce
is of course left out in the making of mead.
The alcohol formed from the fermentation
of honey, resembles that found in naetheglin,
while the alcohol from the fermentation of
molasses is rum. Those who imagine that
they can make either spruce beer or mead
without forming any alcohol, are mistaken.


8. Prepare five or ten gallon keg, in
proportion to the size of the family-draw
piece of coarse bobinet, or very coarse book
muslin over the end of the faucet that's in
serted into the keg, to prevent it;ohoking,
a good tight bung, and near to that gim-
let hole with a peg to fit it tight. .


RECIPE FOB FIVE GALLoNs.--One quart
of sound corn put into the keg, with half a
gallon of molasses; then fll with coh,wa-
ter to within two inches of the bung.
Shake we'll, and in two or three days it will
be fit for use. Bung tight.


If you want spruce favor, add one tea
spoonful of essence of spruce-lemon, if
lemon is preferred-ginger, or any favor
you prefer. The corn will last to make Eve
or six brewings; when it is exhausted, re-
new it. When the beer passes from the
vinous to the acetous fermentation, it can
be corrected by adding little more molas-
ses and water.