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Year: 1859

The Professor, in his August chat, has
an admirable expose of pseudo sciences, and
uses up PhrenolOgy the most eFectuaIly that
we have ever seen. The believers in this
science are usually supremely egotistieal,
and the disciples of Spurzheila and Gall
shrewdly pin them to their skirts by fat
tering their vanity.


That by looking at and feeling Of the
shingles Of a house viii disclose the charac-
ter of the furniture, we doubt, and from an
example we wot of our faith was utterly
shaken in the science as regards particulars.
\ few years ago We met friend in New
York as he came ashore from q California
steamer. He was rather ragged, slightly
dirty, and decidedly coarse looking with his
shaggy beard and unkcmpt hair. Hewent to
a tailOr's and ordered suitable clothing, but
while the garments were being built, re-
tanned his old mining dress and thus wan
dered about the city to see the sigbts-de-
MED him so long. Passing bump shop,
the notion took him to have his head felt Of.
The Phrenologist fingered his Uranium, and
plainly told him that he was an irreverent
fool; that his capacities were small and his
passions great; that he was, in short, men
tally, disreputable person. This, for a
graduate with first lonors from Yale-an
honest, broad-shouldered fellow, who had
dug his fortune from the bowels Of the land
was rather severe. However, he had suf.
ficient ''self-esteem, as the bump nomen-
claturc has it, to disbelieve himself either
knave or a fool, considering himself, with
Hamlet, indifferent honest" and having
paid literally from the precious information,
departed. Within week, dressed like
gentleman, shorn and shavcn, with gloves
and cane, he had passed that way again, and
the impulse to test the science once more
carried him into the presence of the dispens-
er of character and intellect This time
our friend was made out to be paragon,
the counterpart of Jove himself-an orator,
poet, genius. Our friend quietly asked him
if he would turn back to his record and
compare notes. The two records were COM
pared. to the discontinue of the professor Of
cranical hollOws and knolls when he saw
how nicely he had been trapped The "Ope-.
rator" may have been a dishonest one, but
the fact tends against the professed science.
No one doubts that something may be told
of man mind by the general conforma-
ton of his head-Or rather it may be told
whether he has place to put a mind, pro-
vided the Creator has endowed him with ca
pacities, by the general shape and contour
of the skull. ~
Year: 1859

'Oh, mother! mother!' said Adelaide
Fairfax; and such wailing, woeful tune
would have penetrated any heart but {
heart of stone; but it made no impression
upon the one it was intended to melt p
Adelaide, you disgust me, you make me
ashamed of you, said her mother What
more do you want? He is rich


Yes said Adelaide; but


He is a favorite, interrupted her moth
er. He is courted by the first families in
the neighborhood. He could marry the
richest girl in our circle-'


oh, if he only wouldl' said Adelaide
if he only would!'


Silence, grill exclaimed the MOTHER
There is neither shame nor spirit in your
pretended aversion to one of the noblest
men ever created. Oh, you may shudder
Neither your tears nor prayers will move
me in the least Do you think am blind?
Do you think l do not know the secret
reason why you so oppose my dearest wish?
Do you think your stolen visits to the old
stone house have not been traced? Shame
less girl! 1t is my duty to see you well
settled in life before you are quite lost to
honor and deccncy.'


No, mother, you cannot say that, or if
you can you shall not / l am your child
your only child Up to this time have 1
ever failed in duty to you? Have 1 not
given you all the reverence, obedience and
affection a child could bestow upon a pa
rent? / tell you mother this is case of
life or deatil-for sin is death to the heart,
that, reckless and tortured, leaps blindly
into the chGsm of crime.


Have you done p asked the mother


Let me speak while the spell is on me,
said Adelaide. You know love William
Beckett: you knew it yeays ago. You en-
it and gave it your sanction; you
used all your woman's art to aid in its
progress why? Then he was rolling
in wealth. was courted, petted, as Grantly
Thornby now is His father speculated
wildly, failed and in his ruin, involved the
ruin of his only son. Still you played
your cards cautiously and well. You pit
led him and me; you trusted matters were
not SO desperate after all; but you took
good care to -cmove me far away from his
influence, thinking that in separating usl
Year: 1859




At the late Commencement of Yale
College, the Rev. Daniel Waldo, as the
Oldest graduate present, (Of the class of
1883, thus closed speech to the assembled
Alumni:


1 am now an old man. / have seen
nearly century. Do you want to know
how to grow old slowly and happily? Let
ME tell you Always cat slowly: masticate
well. Go to your food, to your rest, to
your occupations, smiling. Keep a good
nature and soft temper everywhere. Never
give way to anger: A violent tempest Of
passion tears down the constitution more
than a typhus fever. Cultivate a good
memory, and to do this you must always be
communicative; repeat what you have read;
talk about it. DR. johnson great memory
was owing to his eommunicativeness-
You, young men, who arc just leaving col
legc, let me advise You to choose profes-
sion in which You can exercise your talent
the best, and at the same time Be honest
The best profession is the ministry Of the
gospel. If you have not talents enough to
be minister, be lawyer, but be an honest
lawyer. Popes line should be altered to
read: 9
Year: 1859

r


snor IN THE FLock--Tkc following
Paixhan shot from the Notes from the
Plymouth Pulpit, - by Henry Ward Beech
er, win probably hit somebody in almost
every congregation: ~


There are sitting before me in this con-
gregation now two hundred men, who stuff
their Sundays full of what they eall relig-
ion, and then 60 out on Mondays to catch
their brothers BY the throat saying pay
me what thou Owest, its Monday now. and
You need not think that because we sat
crying together yesterday, over our Savior
suffering and love, l am. going to let you
off from that debt, if It does ruin you to
pay II now. ~
Year: 1859

SHE ALWAYS MADE HoNE HAPPY. =
Such was the brief but expressive sentiment
which friend wished US to add to an OBJ
ituary notice of one who had gone before.
What better tribute could be offered to the
memory of the loved andlost EIoquence
with her most lofty eulOgy, poesy with her
thrilling dirgc, could find nothing 50 sweet,
50 touching, 50 suggestive of the virtues of
the dead. as those simple words She al
ways made home happy
Year: 1859

\ humorous divine, visiting gentleman
whose wife was none of the most amiable
overheard his friend say: If it was moi
for -tbe stranger in the next room, | would
kick ycu out of doors Upon which the
clergyman stepped in and said; Pray, sir
make no stranger ef ne,
Year: 1859

IF you could have loved me, said he If
it had been my fate to have met You when
you were free and heart whole, the world
could not have contained another so happy
as myself But it is my fate to live alone,
unlOved, uncared for and unblest, while
Year: 1859

quite quantity Of opium that day Monday,
which accounted for his strange conduct, and that
he had drank only ono glass Of wine. Let US
speak eharltaby of the msfortunes Of the yen-
cradle old man
Year: 1859

HI this day received large lot of
very hne Being somewhat pressed for room, and
for money will dispose of them early applicants
for q very small advance on cost


W. Is EDWARD J. FOLKEs.
Year: 1859

A writer IN the Charleston Courier gives
the following as a remedy for the above
complaint: Chip up fat Iightwood and
put han lful Of the chips into a pint Of
common spirits. 4 teaspoonfu' in a
wine glass Of water on going to bed will
cure q hoarseuess, and If tai Ken three
times a day, Or whenever cough is
troublesome, it will effect a speedy cure.
A few chips thrown into hot shovel,
and lhe odor breathed, will be found
ssrviceable IN lung complaints and ia cal
culate1 TO relieve asthma.
Year: 1859

The page q IHl0gfn
Sometimes he used to stand Tor hours
Within her room, behiud her chair
The soft wind blew his golden hair
Across his eyes, and bees from flowers
H lmned round him, but he did not stir,
He fixed his earnest eyes on her,
A pure and reverent Worshipper,
A dreamer building airy towers
But when she spoke he gave Start,
That sent the warm blood iron his heart
10 flush his cheeks, and every Hord
The fountain Of his feelings stirred
Year: 1859

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT
In matter Succession of Marie P. Lopez, widow Jo


seph Daigre. No. 500.
ny VIRTUE Of \ commission to directed IN the
II above entitled succession, from the Sixth Dist
trict Court and for said parish and State Of date
the 2lst day of September 1882 Will be offered for
sale at public auction to the last and highest bidder
at the last place Of residence Of the deceased in this
parish on
Year: 1859

A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED
IA stock Of Fall and Winter Goods, which will
be offered low for cash or produce. We are de-
termined to adhere strictly to the ready pay sys-
TEN, and can afford to sell goods at fair rates.
Our goods have all been selected by one Of the
firm in person, and, we are confident, will give
general satisfaction. Our stock consists in part
Of
Year: 1859

Spiritualism an the Family Circle
We regret to hear that a gentleman of
this city, of distinguished literary and
scientific attachments, one who bears a
venerated name, and whose genius and
science has given an important improve
ment to the cities of the United States,
has been so far bewildered in the mazes
of spiritualism, as to believe that he is
wrongly mated with an amiable and de-
voted wife, aud has found his spiritual
affinity with another young lady. As
we have been informed, the wife, though
heart broken by the development, and
having one child, has assented to the re-
quest of her husband for a separation,
and he has gone to Indiana to procure a
divorce, in order that he may marry his
new affinity, who, we believe, is like his
wife, a lady of intelligence, amiability,
and irreproachable in character.


Boston Trarelier.
Year: 1859

Miton's blindness was the result of
overwork and dyspepsia.


One of the most eminent American di-
vines having, for some time, been CON-
PEELED to forego the pleasure of reading,
has spent thousands of dollars in vain,
and lost years of time, in consequence of
getting up several hours before day, and
studying by artificial light. His eyes
never got well.


Multitudes of men and women have
made their eyes weak for life by the too
free use of the eye,sight in reading small
print and doing fine sewing. In view of
there things, it is well TO observe the fol-
lowing rules in the use of the eyes:


Avoid all sudden charges between
light and darkness.


Never begin to read, or ride, or sew, for
several minutes after, coming from dark
ness to bright light.


Never read by twilight, or moonlight,
or of a very cloudy day.


Never read or sew directly in front of
the light, or window or door.


1t is best to have the light fall from
above, obliquely over the left shoulder.


Never sleep so that, on the first wax
ing, the eyes shall open on the light of a
window.


Do not use the eye-sight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.


Too much light creates glare, and
pains and confuses the sight. The mo-
ment you are sensible of an effort to dis
tinguish, that moment cease, and take a
walk or ride.


AS the sky is blue and the earth green,
it would seem that the ceiling should be
a blush tinge and the carpet green, and
the walls of some mellow tint.


The moment you are instictively prom
ted to rub your eyes, that moment cease
using them.


If the eyelids are glued together on
waking up, do not forcbly open them /;
but apply the saliva with the fnger--it
is the speediest dilutent in the world
then wash eyes and face in warm water.


Halls Journal Of Health.
Year: 1859

We find the following very beautiful ex-
tract going the rounds of the papers cred
tied to no paper--no author.


Its exceeding great beauty leads us to
call special attention to it by these brief
PREDATORY remarks. Let the young read
it and treasure up the moral it would H.
lusarate and inculcate in their heart of
hearts.


"Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grows bloom and beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself-a
soft delicate blush that overspreads its
blushing cheek. Now, ifyou strike your
hand over that, and it is once gone. it is
gone forever; for it never grows but once.
Take the flower that hangs in the morning
impearled with dew arrayed as no
queenly woman ever was arrayed with
jewels. Once shake it so that the beads
roll off, and you may sprinkle water on it
as carefully as you please, yet it can new
er be made again what it was wen the dew
fell silently upon it from heaven On a
frosty morning you may see the panes of
glass coverd with landscape--mountains,
lakes, trees, blended in a beautiful fantas-
tic picture. Now lay your hand upon the
glass, and by the scratch of your finger,
or by the warmth of your palm, all the
delicate tracery will be obliterated! So
there is in youth beauty and purity of
character, which, when once touched and
defled can never be restored; a fringe
more delicate than frost work, and which,
when torn and broken, will never be re-
embroidered. A man who has spotted
and spoiled his garments in youth, though
he may seek to make them white again,
can never wholly do it, even were he to
wash them with his tears. When man
leaves his fathers house, with the bless
ing of his mothers tears still wet upon
his forehead, if he once loses that early
purity of character, it is loss that he can
never make, whole again. Such is the
consequence of crime Its effect cannot
be eradicated, it can only be forgiven. 1t
is a stain of blood that we can never make
white, and which can be washed away
only in the blood of Christ, that cleanseth
from all sin ~
Year: 1859

A Hay Field Amcedote.-An old gen.
tleman, who was always Dragging how
folks used to work in his younger days,
one time challenged his two sons to pitch
on a load of hay as fast as he could load
it.


The challenge was accepted, and the
hay wagon driven round and the trial COM
menced. For sometime the old man held
his own very creditably, calling out,
tauntingly, "More hay more bay !"


Thicker and faster it came. The old
man was nearly covered; still he kept
crying, More hay more hay y until
struggling to keep on the top ofthe disor-
dered and ill-arranged heap, it began first
to roll, then to slide, and at last off it
went from the wagon, and the old man
with it.


"What are you down here for 2" cried
the boys.


"Icame down after hay" answered the
old man, stoutly.


Which was literal fact. He had come
down after the wagon load which had to
be pitched ON again rather more deliher-
ately.
Year: 1859

A boy of fifteen years of age was stand
ing before the open door of a Connecticut
farm house with little fowling piece up
on his shoulder, while matronly looking
woman was standing in the doorway and
gazing with mOistened eyes upon him.


go, my son, she said, "but remem-
Der, when amid the smoke and the heat
of the battle, the sentence in the bless
ed book have given you, +" the merciful
shall obtain mercy"


will not forget it, mother" he re-
piled, but our company is waiting and now
farewell


Good bye, my son,"-she kissed him
as she spoke" and may He who has for
two score years watched over the mother,
protect the son -


"A cloud ofsmoke hung over and envel-
oped the blood stained soil of Bunker's
Hill. A noble looking man in the uni
| form of an American General was slowly
retreating with his face to the foe. The
sharp report of single rifle was heard,
and Warren fell A young soldier--al-
most boy-sprang towards him and lift
ed his head; at the same instant giant
genadier in the British uniform, came
charging at him with leyelled bayonet


TO draw ain old rusty horse pistol from
his breast, present and fire it, at the ap-
preaching foe, was but the work of a mo-
ment. The grenadier fell, wounded, and
seizing the sword of Warren which had
fallen from his grasp, the boy soldier ran
and raised it over the red coad to dispatch
him. =


But why does he pause when the sword
is uplifted, and allow it to fall slowly to
his side, and then turn away and strike
not


He remembers the injunction of that
mother whom two months ago he left in
the open door Of the farms house, 81 Re-
member, my son, amid the smoke and heat
of the battle, "The mertiful shall obtain
mercy"


The tide of battle had swept like
whirlwind over the plains of Trenton-
The British cavalry had ridden with ire
sistibte force over detachment of men
and boys, forming portion of the left
wing of the American army, and among
the dead and the dying, lay a boyish SOL
dier wounded, and with his right arm bro
ken.


A merciless party of Hessians, were
ranging over the field numbering and plum
derng those who bad fallen. They ap-
preached the boy soldier who dauntlessly
awaited the impending death, and one of
them drawing his sword was about to
plunge it into the boys side when gi-
gantic relocated grenadier rushed be-
tween the boy and the murderous Hessian
and struck up the weapon.


Hold, ruflians That boy spared my
life at Bunker Hill 1t is now my turn
and raising him in his strong arms, he
bore him from the bloody soil to place
of safety.


Ah how those parting words of his
mother again rang through his brain and
made sweet music in his soul "Remem-
Der my son, when amid the smoke and
heat of battle, that The merciful shall OBJ.
tain mercy"


1t was never forgotten, and when lit
tie more than two years ago / stood above
the venerated form and gazed upon the
calm features of the aged boy soldier,
whose life had peacefully gone out like
the last Pickering of candle which burn
ed down in its socket, l thought of those
words, and in Imagination could see the
parting of mother and son, at the old farm
house eighty-three years ago.


NeD York Wauerly.
Year: 1859

The Elerenth Hour.-There is a class
ofpeople who are alwaws late. They
inevitably have to jump for it, if they are
going upon steamboat jaunt. Every.
thing with these people is put off until
the last moment, and then, if the plank is
removed, they stand capital chance Of
jumping overheard in attempting to leap
upon the deck after the paddle-wheels
have commenced revolving. If the boat
started an hour later, it would be all the
same to them, for they would just as in.
evitably be behind time, and come up or
down little too late to take things cool
and comfortable These late people have
to stir their stumps or be left behind, when
they have steamboats, or railroad cars to
deal with but they are the bane of the
existence of punctual persons with whom
they have dealings, and who have no re.
course in the way of tapping big bell or
blowing upon steam whistle to hurry
up the delinquent eleventh hour men,
One procastinating man will derange the
best laid plans of hundreds, by failing to
cCme up to time, and he wastes the hours
or others in his disregard for minutes.
Year: 1859

TERRIFIC FALL.-We learn from the Manchester
IN. H) American that man named Robert Rankin
arrived in that city on Monday afternoon, the 26th
ut and in the of the evening, while wander
ing around the city came to Merrimack Square, and
was seized with desire to climb to the summit of
the flagstaff, which, if we remember Alright, is FOG
feet in hight. It was quite dark but he started on
his perous ascent passed the first splice and gained
the dizzy altitude of 1876 feet when he lost his hold
and fell. He struck first on the deck at the lower
splice, glanced thence to of the iron guys which
stay the lower mast and then fell to the ground-not
dead, as would, matter of course, be supposed,
but without bone broken, Or any serious injury.
The following morning he said he felt pretty WE'LL
with the exception of little sensation as if he had
been "iounced."
Year: 1859

THE SAN JUAN DIFFIcuLrY.-Dispatches received
by government from General Harney say that no con-
fct had taken place between the English and Ameri.
cans, nor was there the least danger of one There
reason to believe that if these dispatches had been
received prior to General scots departure, that Off


Ger would not have been sent to the Pacific. It NAV
be that orders will 60 by the next steamer for his
Year: 1859

al over her body When she said this, Marys friend
ana protector said be would like to have her prove it
oy an exhibition Of her person. then and there. This
only added to the fun. The Recorder, finding IT ap
even fight all round, dismissed the case.
Year: 1859

From HAYrI. Why President GeGrard7s
Daughter ras Observation-Disclosures have been
received by the Boston Traveller, which confirms the
Of the assassination of Cora, the daughter of
President Gcffrard she was shot through the head
by the consprators from the garden Of the palace,
while she was seated at a table reading prayer
book. 1t is said she was the victim Of plot, of
which party recently arrived at New York was the
supposed head-for the overthrow of the President
but it has wholly failed. The guilty partes who are
followers of Soulouque, have been arrested in great
numbers and will be brought to condgn punishment.
The unfortunate girl, who thus tragicaly persisted,
was but nineteen years of age, and had been married
only two months. In assassinating the daughter the
eonsprators thought that the distracted father would
have FASTENED to the bloody scene, and they had
ambuscades arranged on the way from which they
would fire at the President he hurried BY and then
the villains would have had full power to seize the
capital and ensanguine the whole country. Fortu-
natey for the father he suspected something of the
kind and did not expose himself.
Year: 1859

THE CASE OF BISHOP OsDzRDoNK.-In the Epsco-
pal Convention in New York on the goth ult. the
resolution respecting Bishop Onderdonk was taken
up, and a motion made to lay it on the table was
lost by ayes s5, nays 100. After further discus
son resolution adopted stating that the remis-
sion Of the sentence Of Bishop Onderdonk would be
acceptable to the convention, provided the restrie-
tions to the exercise of his official functions which
he Submitted in his letter to Bishop Potter, or such
other restrictions as might be considered advisable
by the House Of Bishops, were made. motion
that the House of Bishops be officially advised of the
action of the convention in this matter was adopted
and after the transaction Of other business the
convention adjourned sine die.
Year: 1859

Band. which enlivened the occasion by
performing several national airs, commenc-
ing with g Hail Columbia"


We have had two excessively warm
days this week Tuesday and Wednes-
day.; the thermometer ranged above the
usual height considerably, for the summer
has been remarkably cool one. We had
a fine thunder-shower on the evening of
the 18th, which allayed the dust and made
it little more comfortable sleeping than
the night before.


There have been several murder cases
here lately, and a somewhat remarkable
trial-that of Cunningham, for the murder
of McCrory. 1t seems that Cunningham
went to arrest McCrory ON bogus war
"Nnt, and being, or affecting to be, afraid


McCrory, who was drunk, would do


violence, he shot him through the
neck, and killed him ON the spot. His trial
was mockery of justice; the charge of
the court to the jury and the rendering of
the verdict were not strictly in accordance
with the facts in the case, for instead of
Cunningham being a Preserver of the
peace, he was a violator of law, and should
have been severely dealt with for attempt
ing to arrest man by virtue of a bogus
warrant, and shooting him for resisting
There are many laws, but very few per-
sons get justice. More anon.


BANNEKER
Year: 1859

peace which is his may be ours also. John
and |, as we walked along, talked serious
ly of our future life, and Of the vast impor-
tance of possessing that faith in God and
trust in the Savior which alone would fit
us to endure with calmness the shocks of
earthly sorrow and trial. And the twilight
fell gently around us as we came to the
cottage door