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Year: 1859

No considerate and wise parent viii trust
his chiid-n0 prudent person viii trust himself
a Ito . stranger who he has reason to suspect
= vii commit an injury upon him in any way
The parent pours into the child's ear many
cautions conserving the company he may fall
into, and restrains him from entering into pla-
eee of unknown or suspicious character. Yet
he most inconsistently will allow him the COM
! pany Of books which are strangers, and books
which deserve to be suspected of an immoral
tendency. The names of some authors ought
20 be enough to condemn volumes bearing them,
but children are permitted society with their
-. works. Is this wise and prudent?


!, - Yet such is the common practice of reading
books of whose nature the reader is ignorant,
and IN this practice lies great moral risk !;
gor vary few can pernse bad volume without
keing contaminated in some degree. Some
minds, like some beasts, have choice of aili-
ment, and devour whatever falls in their way.
But this should not be the practice of per
son of pure taste, intelligent mind and healthy
concience. While you would avoid intimacy
with person of whose morals you know moth
ing, why is it. that with most unsafe injudi-
icous hospitality, you hesitate not to take to
your bosom, to receive to your heart-to admit
TO the secret chambers of your imagery-into
your very life, a book, which in one page may
contain more to poison your soul-more to ex
cite impure thoughts and impious dispositions,
than vicious person may be able to do in
twelve month |?


30 - Whence comes much of looseness of princi-
sa pie, the extravagant views and purposes, the
disorganizing and inGdel notions, the vile r-
reverence and total neglect of sacred duties,
manifest in some persons, but from their read
~ ing? IF man may be known by the compa-
ny he keeps, he may be doubly so by the books
sn he reads. And how many books which now
's have done their mischief, would have been cast
into the fire, had their character been known
before the perusal, by persons who now sympa-
thise with their abominable contents


We repeat, that there is a great moral risk
sea IN beginning to read book of whose charac-
ter you are ignorant. We seriously advise our
young friends especially not to open a volume
till they have some positive reason for believ-
,ies- ing it safe and instructive to read. Look to
its Recommendations learn if possible its au-
thor, and heed the advice of friends concerning
it; for that very book may be the cause of
your deterioration in morals and piety, and of
the ruin of all your prospects for life, and of
your soul in eternity. The darkness of night
in an unknown region prompts wise man to
caution and vigilance.
Year: 1859

Is THE Moon INHABTTED?-RECENT Dis
covERY BY THE ASTRONOMER HANsEL.-It
has long been known that the moon Fe-
wolves on its axis in the same time in which
it reVolves round the earth, and that il
consequently always presents nearly the
same side towards the earth, while the op-
posite side is never seen from our globe.
No bedies of water nor clouds eau be seen
on the moon by the aid Of the most power
fuI telescope, nor is the apparent direction
Of stars close to its edge changed by refrac-
tion as would be the case il an atmosphere
enveloped the moon. Hence it has been
inferred by Whewell. the regulated author
Of a hate work entitled "0f Plurality Of
Worlds" that the moon has no atmosphere
or water, and consequently, no inhabitants.


The inference is shown to be iuconclusiVe
by recent discovery Of the astronomer
Hansel whose study Of the moons motion,
continued for many years, has established
the fact that the center Of gravity Of the
moon, instead of being like that Of the
earth, at the center of figure, is beyond the
center, and farther from the side next to
the earth than it is from the other side by
seventy-four miles. The nearer side Of the
moon, therefore, is a vast expanded protru
berauce or mountain, seventy miles high;
and fluid, whether air or water, would flow
downwards from the nearer to the father
side of the moon, where, for ought We
know, Intelligent living being, may exist
The nearer side of the moon cannot be in
habited, at least by beings to whose exist
ence air and water are essential, as is The
case with all terrestrial animals.


The late celebrated mathematician
Guass, proposed as a means of settling the
question whether the moon is inhabited
that huge monument should be erected
on the steppes Of Siberia, as a signal to tht
inhabitants of the moon, in the hope tha
they might be induced to erect similal
signal to aprise US of their existence. Tht
discovery Of HanseI shows that such at
Year: 1859

1S- The p, S. W. Institute is now in
operation in this place, and large number
Of students are daily in attendance. There
will be two monthly papers connected with
the school, one to be conducted by the
young ladies, and the other by the young
gentlemen. l am authorized to say thai
boarding can be had in private families al
rather low figures, for those who wish tC
attend school,
Year: 1859




Why is rain water soft2 Because it is
not impregnated with earth and minerals.


Why is it more easy to wash with soft
water than with hard? Because soft wa
ter unites freely with soap, and dissolves it
instead of decomposing it as hard water
does.
I Why do wood ashes make hard water
soft2 lst, because the carbonic acid Of
wood ashes combines with the sulphate Of
lime in the hard water, and converts it into
chalk; 2dIy, wood ashes converts some Of
the soluble salts Of water into iusoluble,
and throws them as sediment, by which
the water remains more pure.


Why has rain water such an unpleasant
smell when it is collected in rain-tub or
tanki Because it is impreguated with de-
composed organic matters washed from the
roofs, streets, or the casks in which i'll
collected.


Why does water melt salt2 Because
very minute particles Of water insinuate
themselves into the pores Of the salt by
capillary attraction, and force the crystals
apart from each other.


How does blowing hot food make it cooR
1t causes the air which has been heated BY
the foOd to change more rapidly, and give
place to fresh cool air. 10.


Why do ladies fan themselves in hot
weather. That fresh particles Of air may
be brought in contact with their face by
the action Of the fan; and as every fresh
particle Of air absOrbs some heat from the
skin, this constant change makes them
cool Gdi sloa


Does q fan cool the sirH No, It makes
the air hotter by imFartiug to it the heat Of
our face; but it cOOIs our face BY transfer.
ring its heat to the air. i.ap p %


Why is there always q strong draught
through the key hole Of dOorf Because
the air in the room we occupy is warmer
than the air in tho hall; therefore the air
from the hall rusbes through the key hole
into the room and causes q draught. -


Why is there always q strong drapght
under the door and through the creFice on
each sideH Because the cold air rushes
from the hall to supply the void in the
room caused BY the escape Of the warm air
up the chimney, &c. 81


If Jon open the lower sash Of window
there is more dranght than Il you open the
upper sash. Explain the reason Of this.
If the lower sash Be open, cold external
air will rush freely into the room and .
great draught inward; but il the upper
sash be opened, the heated air Of the room
will rush ont and, Of course, there will bo
less draugh, inward.


By which means Is room better ventilas
ted-by opening the upper sash; because
the hot, sitlated air, which always aseenda
toward the ceiling, can escape much more
easily. 'ains4aa


Why does The. wind dry damp linenl--
Because dry wind, like dry sponge, i'm
bibes the particles Of vapor from the sur
face Of the linen as fast as they are form
ed.


Why is the gallery Of al public places
hotter than the lower parts Of bnidings2
Because the air Of the building ascendsf
and all the cold air which can enter through
the doors aud windows, keeps to the hoor
till # has become heated. .--Dr. Brewa'f
Gnide 10 Sdiezee. fDdf.si llE
Year: 1859

bS- One pound of gold may be drawn
into wire long enough to extend round
the globe. So Que good deed may be felt
through all time. Though done in the
first flush Of youth, it may gild the last
hours of long life, aud form the brightest
spot in it.
Year: 1859

At an annual dinner at BE- .on, on the
.24th ult, in honor of the memo,y of Dan.
iel Webster, stirring speech WAS made
by Hon Rufus Choate. We quote the
following passage


We have buried him in our hearts,
. That is enough to say. Our estimation
OF him is part Of our creed We have
no argument to make or bear upou it.
Ne enter into 40 dispute about him. We
permit no longer any man to question us
rs to what he WAS; what he had done
bow much we loved him how much the
country loved him; and we are still
lie this enough for us to say:


Us 1t not enough that we Just stand 81
lent on the deck Of the bark fast 4,yinp
from the shore, and turn and see how. rs
the line Of coast disappears, and The head.
lands and hills and all the lands 90 down.
and the islands are swallowed up, there
The great mountain stands in its strength
and majesty, supreme and still to see
how it swells away up from the suffice,
and fading vaIe-,o see that though
clouds and tempests, and the noise of
wave, and The yelpiny of ours may be a,
its feet eternal sunshine has settled upon
its heed Z


Continuing in this strain for a long
time, Mr.. Choate closed AS follows:


i have read that in some hard battle.
when the tide was running against him.
and his ranks were breaking, some one
in the agony Of need Of generaship,
exclaimed, o, for an hour OF Dundee -
SO say J, O, for an hour of Webster now,
Oh Tor one more roll of that thunder
'n'n'tab!e! One more peal of that ella
ron. One more grave and bold counsel
of moderation One more l4rob OF
G-mcr'caH feeling. One more farewell
address And then nigh, he ascend
unhindered 20 the bosom Of his Father
and his Cod
Year: 1859

E There was a German concert
and ball at the Flora Garden on Second
street, opposite Cannon's mill last night
Lager was encorsd frequently. These con-
certs are to be kept up by the Germans
every Wednesday and Sunday evening du-
ring the summer.
Year: 1859

EE Storms brass band went down
on the Kate Cassel yesterday afternoon on
an excursion to st. Louis. As they left our
levee the band struck up tune and treat
ed us TO some excellent music
Year: 1859

H We are informed that Judge
Dillon has signified his intention of adjourn
ing Court next Saturday. 1t was hoped
that Judge Miller would be induced to
come down and serve in this district for .
short time, but he has declined.
Year: 1859

The following song, highly popular around the amp-ires of the Dragons, was composed by Lieu enant Anderson, 1st Dragons. It parody on he favorite old song "Some Love to Roam," with the same air:

 sabre bright, is my delight,

 And steed tAat loves the lea, A hardy band at a word's command The life of Dragoon free. Now stirrups all, at the bugle's call, We're over the prairie wide, While every bound o'er the Indian ground :, Is pulse to our rowing pride. At set of sun, when our march is done, Bright burns the bivouac, A song we troll and pledge the bowl, Here's health to our friends aback. The bending sky is our canopy,

 And the turf shall pillow be, No city clown in his bed of down,

 Sleeps half so sweet as we. Tho wary foe full we'll we know,

 And the path to his secret hold No threat nor want the heart shall daunt, Of the Dragoon brave and bold. With yell and groan'whon the fray comes on, And the glorious charge rings out, On on we sweep like the angry deep, crash and the foeman's rout No care have we for a ship at sea,

 Nor the miser's hoardsd store, steed and sword is the Dragoon's word He cares not tot for more. With these, my boys, and the maid that joys In the love of our heart so true, I We'll live and roam OCT our prairie home, Till deaths bugle sounds tattoo.
Year: 1859

There is something so low, coarse and wick ed in swearing, that it is surprisicg that men who wish to be considered as wise and polite, should ever be found in the habit oft. It is a vice to which there is no temptation, and one of those sins which are presumptuous
Year: 1859

Temperance puts wood on the fire, flour in the barrel, meat in the larder, vigor in the body, intelligence in the brain and happiness in the whole family. Remember this all ye who drink or would be tempted to do so.
Year: 1859

Close the door lightly,

 Birdie the breath, Our little earth angel

 Is talking with death; Gently he woes her,

 She wishes to stay, His arms are about her

 He bears her away. Music comes floating .... Down from the dome; Angels are chanting The sweet welcome home. Come, stricken weeper 4sI,I Come to the bed, Gaze on the sleeper

 Our Idol is dead. Smooth out the ringlets,

 Close the blue eye .... No wonder such beauty

 Was claimed in the sky; Cross the hands gently .U Ger the white breast, So loose a wild spirit

 Strayed from the blest; Bear her out softly,

 This Idol of ours Let her grave slumbers

 Be mid the sweet flowers.
Year: 1859

ATTEMPTED SUloDE-We learn that q young
man named Isaac Reed, residing in Bethel
township, Miami County attempted to commit
suicide on Monday morning, Sd, between the
hours OF and o'clock. He had for some time
been leading a dissolute and dissipated life
aud becoming tired of it, without the moral
stamina to reform, he determined to take his
own life. He several times made threats of his
kind, and on Sunday e5ening told his sister
with whom he was then stopping) that he
intended going off in the morning and shooting
himself. No more was thought Of the matter
until about 4 O'Clock in the morning, when one
Of the family going into the cellar discovered
him lying upon the floor, weltering in his blood
On investigation it was found that he had shot
himself with pistol, the ball having entered
the skull at the top of the forehead and passed
ouJ at the back of the head. He was able to
talk, and did not seem to be mortally injured
The physician who was sent for. after examin-
ing the wound, was of opinion that the ball had
not touched the brain, and did not think the
man would die. We learned last evening that
he was "doing we'll" and that he would prob
ably recover.
Year: 1859

"BlND UP THEIR WoUNDs The Republicans
of Oentreville are out of fix, They are not sat.
sfed that republicanism should be left in the
mud where Clay aud Jordan put it last Sat.
urday night a week. They are not at all salts


sfied with the efforts of Ed Porrott and Dan.
Mead on that occasion, and they demand that
things shall be attempted to be put to rights be
fore heelection by gentlemen who are capable Of
such performance And they have sent for r
@. Corwin and Saml. Craighead to address the
people of that township at Centerylle on Fri
day night of this week, in order that the
wounds Of the gallant little Major aud Dan.
may be healed, and Republicanism put into
something like decent shape again. We fear it
will be too late to do any good.
Year: 1859

iron account of a change in the appoint
ments of several speakers, and of the place of
meeting on Saturday evening, the meeting
called at the Court House for Thursday will
be postponed to future day,
Year: 1859

R@-We have this much to say to the miser'
able creature who vents his constitutional
meanness through the columns of the Jour
nal-that when a sworn jury Of our ac-
quaintances, neighbors and friends convict
us of malicious libel upon one of our fell
low citizens, we will leave the county, and
never return Put this into your hat, Dea'
con, and wear it next to your head,
Year: 1859

u The meeting at Pook's Hall in the 9th,
ward, last night, was one of the largest aud
most enthusiastic of the canvass. There were
more than 500 people present. They were ad.
dressed by Gen, Vallandigham and others, and
we never attended meeting where better Or
der was had and better attention was paid
The disposition manifested by the people TO go
work and do their whole duty for the ticket was
truly cheering.
Year: 1859

G1TTho Democracy of "Old German" are
up and doing, and are determined to inn
prove on former work for the ticket Last
evening Judge Baggott, and l. M. Jordan,
Esq, addressed the people in that place.
They first assembled in the Town Hall, but
that would not begin to hold them, and they
adjourned to the Street whore they were
agreeably entertained for about three hours
On Saturday evening the Repubs. had a
meeting at the Hall, and the place was not
near filled Hurrah for "Old German p
Let the returns from German come in
Year: 1859

Masonic AND ODD FELLOWS HALL.-The
enlargement Of this edilice is rapidly pro-
crossing. The masonry is completed with
the exception Of the front, most OF which
will be granite. The inside is now ready for
the finishing coat, which when put on, and
the oil paintings, life size, thirteen in mum.
Der, will make it second to none. and we
think, the finest Lodge in the State, We
will give our readers a more detailed &C
count, however, on its completion, which
will be in the course Of month.
Year: 1859

A NOBLE SENTIMENT. - Some true hear
has given expression TO generous nature
in the following sentiment:


"Never desert friend when enc mics
gather around him-when sickness falls
on the heart---when the world is dark and
cherries is tho time to try a friend
They who turn from the scene of distress,
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that in.
terest moves them. II you have friend
who loves you and studies your interest
and happiness, be sure 10 sustain him in
adversely. Let him feel that his former
kindness is appreciated and that his love
is not thrown away. Real idelity may
be rare, but i: exists in the heart. Who
has not seen and felt its power? They
deny its worth who never loved a friend
or labored TO make friend happy"
Year: 1859

How. truly pitiAble is that man who has not
friend on earth but his money! Such .
man rarely or never hears the truth spoken.
Tho parasites who hover around him, for the
sake Of plundering him, take especial care to
hide truth from him, Is it woulG ffustr1te
their designs upon him.
Year: 1859

COwardice is one Of the most groveling
traits Of human nature. The coward is the
material from which assassins are made. Shun
the sneaking wretch who dAres not express
his sentiments openly and above bOard-whO
cannot look his friends or enemies straight in
the face.
Year: 1859

A gentleman having horse that started and
broke his wifc's neck, neighbOring squire
told him he wished to purchase it for his wife
to ride upon. "No, no." said the other, "I
will not sell the little fellow, because intend
to get married again myself"
Year: 1859

20 POETRY. beautiful it is when the
silver moon smiles on the sleeping earth
and the southern breeze rich as an angel
breath floats like the incense of roses upon
the peaceful night--to see fat rat dash
through muddy gutter.
Year: 1859

i 49, An old gentleman who had a
neighbor rather addicted to telling large
stories, after listening one day toIseyeral
which quite. taxed his creduGty, boasted
that he himself could tell bigger one still;
and proceeded to relate. the following: II


Said he, one day as I was quite at the
farther end of my farm, more than half a
mile from my house--when, at once, saw
heavy dark cloud rising in the west
Soon saw the torrents ofrain descend.
ing at distance, and rapidly approaching
the place where stood with my wagon
and horses. Determined (if possible) to
escape the storm, instantly jumped into
my wagon, and started my team towards
home. By constant application of the
whip to my horses I barely escaped being
overtaken by the rapidly approaching tor
rent. But SO tremendous did it pour down
that my little. dog, who was close behind
me, actually had to swim all the waylasd
Year: 1859

lUzzLIaG.-The New York Tribune
saws the United States Patent Office has
recently been greatly perplexed, in con-
sequence OF the application OF slave for
a patent Of a new agricultural implement.
The fact that tbs slave was the inventor
IS established beyond a question, but IN
fortunately the famous Dred Scott decis-
ION interferes with the inventive genius
Of The slave. The slave, OF course. IN the
judgement Of The law, is no; a man; his
mechanical powers and his intellect be-
long TO another The Patent Office grave
IL concludes that the Union must be pre-
served at ali hazards. therefore decided
that the negro lad 10 business to make
The application, and denied him the ben
fl Of patent. What business has ne
q-o TO THINK in this countryl


The owner Of the slave has taken the
matter In hand, and concludes that since
the negro IS his properly, lie has right
to whatever may be the product Of such
property; and therefore now GCmands
The paienl in his own name. The final
determination Of the Patent Office in the
premises, has not yet been made known
doubtless the matter viii be 50 adjusted as
I to save the Union
Year: 1859

The latest word-coinage is credited to
the N. O. Crescent, which paper derives
from the French the word "matriarch, 7"
used in speaking of woman in the
same sense in which the word patriarch
is used in speaking of man. So here
after, instead of disrespectfully speak
ing of an ancient female as an old
woman, we shall call her a venerable
matriarch.
Year: 1859

THE GORILLAs.-This name has
been given to a new race of monkeys
which exists in Africa. The peculiari-
ty of the Gorilla is said to consist in its
size and strength; which are superior to
those of any other kind of monkey. 1t
reaches the hight of six feet, and is so
strong that it engages the lion and pan
ther and conquers them. They are sulky,
ill-tempered, and very fierce and impla-
cable to man, though partial to young
negresses, whom, it is said, they fire.
quently keep for months together in cap
tivity, and for whose society they desert
their proper spouses. They have a
horrible resemblance to human beings
indeed, the Africans believe them to be
men like themselves, who would speak
if they did not believe that they might
be compelled to work.


Harper's Journal, from which we
condense these particulars, says that
muscular strength, courage, cunning
all the animal qualities, are as predomi.
nant in the gorilla as in man but when
it comes to reason, the brute is nowhere
This latest animal wonder is now at
tracing the attention of biologists, and
seems to afford further argument in sup
port of the famous development theory
However repugnant that may be to ig
norant human pride, every enlightened
being, if convinced that the race O
man was derived from a lower order o.
animals, would regard the fact but as :
higher evidence of Supreme wisdom
and prognostic of human progress in
the future.
Year: 1859

Several of the eastern papers publish
letter from German, now "a years
old who, it is said. is perhaps "the only
individual living in either hemisphere
who enjoyed the pleasure Of the table,
seated on the right hand Of Washing
ton"
Year: 1859

The markets during the past week have
been dull and dropping; but towards the close
there is 9 lsestes feeling in corn and wheat
Flour is very dull, with no speculative or
ping demand
Year: 1859

We lad 4 pleasant rain yesterday after
noon which sprinkled the streets, and sen: the
ladies' home in time to avoid the severer storm Of
the evening, during which the rain was trench
dous and the thunder and lightning very pow
erful. We should not be surprised if We heard
Of some injury to buildings III the vicinity Of
the city,