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"WE GO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE . WAY WHEN TUST CEA8S -TO LEAD,' WE CEASE TO FOLLOW."
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BY ANDREW J. RHI2Y.
EBENSBURG, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1851.
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VOLu 7. NO. 26.
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MISCELLAN EOUS.
From Arthur's Homt Gazette.
THE APRIL FOOL.
-Hadn't we the fun with old Mr. Ben
der, Tom!"
Hadn't we!" returned the lad, thus
addressed. "Oh, but wasn't he mad!"
Thus spoke two boys together, on re
turning from school at dinner time, on the
first day of April. Their mother, over
hearing their words, said
"What about Mr. Bender, boys?"
"Oh, we had such fun with him moth
er, as we went to school this morning,"
replied Tom.
"And he was so mad," said Harry, the
brother of Tom
ni- j- i i. , ..." ;
hl d g anOT-llh OU- m'
cuired the mother,
"We made such a fool of him"
was
answered.
"Of old Mr. Bender?"
"Yes, indeed. Tom tore from a fence
a part of a show bill, on which was prin
led -Great Excitement,' and stole up be- j wa doing. m ou were to blame lor wan
hind Mr. Bender and pinned it fast to his l?n!' insulting him. and thus producing
coat. Then hadn't we the fun!"
"And didn't he pet mad! All the boys
pointed at him, and called mm .p
.....
him 'April ;
Fool; and the men laughed. Oh! It was
such fun!"
The mother of the boy did not smile at
this, but looked very serious.
"1 am sorry," said she, "that you did
this, my boys. It was wrong."
"Oh, but it was only for fun, mother.
To-day is the first of April you know,
and he needn't have got so angry about it.
It only made the people laugh at him the
more. But. he is such a cross old fellow."
"My children," said the mother, "let
me tell you something that happened to
day." The little boys became serious, and
came up close to their mother and listened.
"You know," said she, "that Mrs. Jud
kin has been sick all winter?"
"Yes, ma m," was answered.
"And that she is poor?''
"Well, her Andrew, who is no older !
' 1 C9, 1U S ALU.
than you, Henry, had to be taken from
school and put to work in a printing office,
where he has been receiving a dollar and
a quarter a week. Yesterday the little
fellow heard that Mr. Bender wanted an
office lad, and that he would pay one that
suited him two dollars a week. The sit
uation would, besides, yielding more mon
ey, be much easier, and he would have
time and opportunity to improve his mind.
"So Andrew told his mother about it,
and she agreed with him that it was best
to call upon Mr. Bender, who had known
his father, and befriended him while liv
ing on more than one occasion. .
" I'm sure he will take me,' said the
eager boy. as he left home, 'and oh, how
glad I shall be to get away from the prin
ting office!'
"A little while before nine o'clock, An
drew stepped around to the office of Mr.
Bender, which was not far from where he
worsen, lie opened tne ooor ana went
in with a hopelul; yet trembling heart
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tijr. IJCIlUcr oai 111 HIS girll dim Llldll, j j a uiujui iui fjiisuuviti ic-hluvii aiiv
with a newspaper in his hand. Looking ; repeal. But in this case the thing is im
iip as the door turned upon its hinges, he j possible. Were it even true, as some
fixed ao angry look upon the boy, and have presumptuously alleged, that the
said in a sharp, quick voice people are incapable of selecting their
" Vh3t do you wau't? ha!'
"Poor Andrew's hopes were dashed to I
Ulw KllJUlJU J H j &.v t'iivu lie 9 id iii" I
me red out
Do you wan't a boy, sir?'
"No! Clear out, you little rascal!' re
plied the old man, in a rough, excited
voice.
'The lad turned away, without a word
more, and went back to ihepnntingoff.ee.
But. hi. heart was almost broken bv the
rude repulse and disappointment. Now,
my boys, can you tell why Mr. Bender,
who is, in the main, a kind hearted man.
repulsed Andrew Judkin so harshly?"
"He was angry about something, I
suppose,5 said Thomas.
"Can yon guess what that something
was?"
"Was it because we made him an April
fool?"
"Most probably," returned the mother.
'You say he was very angry?"
"O yes. He was as mad as he could
be, and shook his fist at us."
You had your fun, as you call it," said
the mother of the boys, "but poor Andrew
Judkin has, in all probability, lost a good
place in consequence. He will hardly
venture back again to the office of Mr.
Bender.' . .
"I dont think, remarked one of the
lads, "that it was very manly in Mr.
Bender to get into a passion just because
we made him an April fool. We played
tricks on other men; but they only laugh
ed at us, and eo we had - fun all around."
"All men are not alike, was replied
to this. "Some are sensitive on one point,
and some on another. Few persons can
ar ridicule, though some have the powei '
to conceal its effects, while others have
not. Mr. Bender has, naturally, a quick,
irritable temper, and is, besides, sensitive
to ridicule. Such being the case, it was
scarcely possible for him not to get' angry
when two little boys were so rude as to
make sport of him in the street. No
doubt he felt mortified, afterwards, for
having thus lost his self-control; but, ere
there had been time enough for this change
in his feelings to occur, poor Andrew came
with his petition, and received an angry
repulse." I'm sorry," said Harry, appearing
troubled, 'that I made fun of Mr. Bender.
I'm sure I wouldn't have done so, if I had
thought he was going to get so very angry.
But, if we did wrong, I don't think he did
Ngni in ireaiing anurew as ne uju. ah-
drew did'nt make fun of him."
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All injustice is wrong, my son, re
plied the mother, '-and, therefore, Mr.
Bender did wrong. Still, the wrong was
aone wnue ne was. as it were, not mm- i
t 1 . f I
self, and not really conscious of what he
the state of mind from which he acted.
' ..... tk tZ -. I L 1
1 uurs ",c "V51 PS"""t :
fnro vmi r nuifA f c miiri rocnnncih a ;
; as Mr. Bender for the wrong done to poor
J" . V , w" .k.w
j Andrew Judkin,"
The boys looked sober. Their mother
added
"Never, my children, seek pleasure at
the expense of another. Think, before
you make sport oi any one. now you :
would feel if subject to a like annoyance.
There is a Golden Rule by which your J
actions should ever be governed 'As ye
would that men would do unto you, do j
ye even so to them Remember this,
hereafter, and set a guard upon yourselves, j
lest you break it. There are sources !
enough of pleasure in the world, without
seeking it in a trespass upon the rights of
others.
From the Morning Chronicle.
THE ELECTION OF JUDGES.
An elective judiciary is no longer, if ijllawv any msmLft J ew
ever was a debateable question: it can
scarcely be said to have been debated,
without any special notice by either of the
great political parties of the state, with
very little dif-uuiou pro or con.the amend
ment to the constitution was submitted to
the tote of the people and adopted wid a
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unanimity which ueraonstraieu us popu
larity beyond peradventure. At present j
it is an experimental question not as to
its duration but as to its sufficiency for
the correction of abuses, imaginary or
real, in the existing sysiem.
Alt good men desire the success of the
experiment, as well as those who disap
proved', the principle, in the abstract, as
those who honestly conceived it a suitable
remedy for admitted evils: fur surely no ,
true patriot would directly or indirectly, .
aid in producing an unfavorable result, ;
merely to magnify his own wisdom and :
loresignt mat he mignt have the piuiui ,
satisfaction, of saying "1 told you so! I
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Knew wouiun , ou u wen con- ,
duct is ever justifiable, it can only be so i
judges, that incapacity would also hinder
them from seeing that the power of selec
wwss a Jaiv. i ivulu sia nib ui W
j that whether they be competent or incom
petent, the power will never be voluntarily
surrendered, and who will venture to
snatch it from their grasps against their
will? Of this one thin? all men may
rest fully assured, that if this prespnt sys-
tern is ever changed, it will be by abndg-
inff the iudicial tenure, without iniDairin?
(popular suffrage. The tendency of our
age and country, whether for good or evil, I
is to the extreme of Democracy: of which j
all men should take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
Acting under these impressions, I pro- j
pose, .Messrs. Editors, with your consent j
and assistance, to offer some suggestions
to the voters of this county, intended to j . " l-onifs oeiore him: temperate, cau
produce a favorable issue to the great ex- tIOUS Ptient and impartial, that he may
periment. I shall endeavor to exhibit the "J?1 comPuiise his own di-nity and bring
magnitude of the interests involved; the
difficulties in tbe way of judicious selec
tions, the present constitution of our local
courts, and the materials from which we
are to re-construct them.
A prudent farmer would desire to know
something of the character, abilities and
habits of a tenant who asked the lease of
a cow-pasture on his farm, for a term of
ten or fifteen years. He would probably
enquire whether lie was meddlesome and
quarrelsome, disposed to encroach and'
trespass, able to repair accidental or inten
tional damages when suffered, whether he
was in the habit of leaving the bars down
and the gates open, and of putting yokes
on his troublesome cattle, whether he
would bear his portion in keeping up the
division fences, and paying the taxes, tc,
&c. Why shall we be less cireunspecl in.
choosing, for ten and fifteen yenrs, umpires
with power, which if abused, will enable
them to turn other men's cattle inta our
fields and stack yards; and after our bod
ies are covered up with the soil enriched
by our sweat may consign the heritage of
our children with the buried bones of their
fathers, to the possession of strangers.
Happily, in this country, the masses of
society do not appreciate the vast power
lodged in the breasts of the judges. The
jury trial is considered the bulwark of the
people's rights, and so it is; and yet the
law comes from the court; juries some
times differ with the court, but their ver
dicts are often moulded to render them
conformable and if this is impossible, a
"new trial" is a matter of "discretion."
If Judges would systematically and fre
quently exercise the powers they possess
in a wrong direction, people would soon
come to understand the extent of these
powers, and feel the importance of com
mitting them to the hands of men capable,
honest and impartial.
Under our common law, the Judicial
function is, to some extent. The legisla-
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tire decisions oi me nignesi court, wnetti
-
ht or wron?, constitute the Supreme
law of the land, liable it is true, to be
cr r,s,
modified and changed by legislative au
thority, within certain limits, prescribed
by the constitution, but these modifications
and changes and the constitution itself are
subject to the interpretation of the court,
and are scarcely possessed of the vitality
d laws until they have received judicial
construction. Even the ultimate decisions
of the Supreme Court are not "according
lo the law of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not," but may be and
sometimes are, "over-ruled" and reversed
by the court itself. So that it is not iui-
possible for a radical, incompetent or cor-
rupt Jndge, to lay hold of a very slight
shade of difference in the facts and cir
cumstances of a case, to do a great wrong
in his judgment, without any ver glariug
or llairraat violation of the principles ol
a
pation of power.
The judiciary is sometimes spoken of
as the "weakest branch of the govern
ment," this is strictly true in despotic
countries but hardly true of ours, where
the Executive and Legislative departments
are hampered and lesirained bv written 1
j constitutional laws, of which the Judiciary ;
js sole expounder, and where the law is I
recognizea anu admitted as supreme over ;
all branches of the government. Should : man" or "old woman." This is rude and
a conflict ever arise to test their relative undutiful. There should be something
strength, it would probably be found that sacred, something pectiliar, in the word
the ouly effectual remedies for an usurping : that designates parents. The tone of voice
judiciary are precisely then applicable to j in which they are addressed should be af
ustirpaiion, by the other brandies in- ' fectioaate and respectful. A short, surly
peachrnent and revolutions. So long as .
the bench is occupied by men of the nht !
kind the judiciary, as representing the J
majesty of laww exercise a more !
commandirg iiitluence over a community
0f freemen than all other representations
of the nenn!e enmhinp,!
If the experiment we are about making
does , - .. . . " raJ
bench of the light kind of men, it will be
a failure, the evil effects of which we and
our children will have to endure for ten
and fifteen years at the shortest. We
cannot correct the mistake next year or in
two or three years, as happens in the case
of members of the legislature, congress
men, county and state officers. Ample
time we shall have for repentance but
none for reformation. Let us therefore,
make up our judgments before-hand as to
the sort of candidates we ought to have,
and be careful that others of a different
sump are not thrust upon us unawares.
i.i
. uieory mere cannot be much diversity
, P,mou Jn ,hls Poillt- A judge should
p " . ,, . uuuuuuieu eg;u learning, tor
hokw snaI1 he rightly administer the laws
wno Uoe3 n" know and comprehend them
moaerale amines as a speak-
er, that he may intelitbly exnound and
with promptness and fj.Mlit ,nni ,k-
P"?t,Pe f taw to each particular case
: -it i rv
. . " me court by unbecoming ex
htbitious of passion, precipitancy, 'oetu
lence and partizanship of integrity un
impeached and in manners kind and cour
teous, that he may inspire confidence atod
respect for his individual character as a
man, no less than for his official position
as a judge. UATO.
Pittsburg, March 31, 1851.
ty A domestic, newly engaged, pre
sented to his master, one morning, a pair
of boots, the leg of one of which was
much longer than the other.- "How
comes it, you rascal, that these "boots are
not the same length?'.' "I really don't
know, sir but what bothers me the most
is, that the pair down stair are in the
same fix."
- YOUR M0THER.XTo Girls.
You all know the' Divine command,
"Honor thy farher ind thy mother." An
undutiffcl cfcild is art odidu charactei', vet
few.'.youngi people show-the respect and
obedience 10 their parents that is becoming
and beautiful.,. Did. you ever sit and re
count the days and nights of care.loil and
anxiety you cost your mother I Did you
ever try to measure the love that' sustained
your infancy and guided yoor youth ? -Did
jou ever think how much more you
owe your mother than yon will be able to
repay ? If so, did you ever vex or diso
bey her? If you did.it is a sin of no
common magnitude, and a shame which
should make you burn every time you
think of it. It is a sin that is sure 10
bring its reward in this world. I never
knew an undutiful daughter make a happy
wife or mother. The feeling that prompts
any one to be unkind to a mother will
make her wh indulges it wretched for
life. If you should lose your mother,
you little dream how the memory of eve
ry unkind look, or undutiful word, every
neglect of her wishes, will haunt you. I
could cever tell how I sometimes feel in
remembering instances of neglect to ray
mother, and yet, thanks to her care, I li3d
the name of being a good child. She told
ine, shortly before she died, that 1 never
had vexed her by any act of disobedience,
and I would not resign the memory of her
approbation for the plaudits of a world,
even though I knew it was her love that
hid the faults, and magnified all that was
guuu. ivuow now many tnings 1 mignt
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nave uone 10 auu to ner nappiness and re-
pay ner care, mat 1 did not do; but the
grave nas cut on au opportunity to rectify
mistakes or atone for neglects. Never,
iicTcr, lay up lor yourseu me memory oi
I c r .t y !
uu-auuuess iu jvur moaner. 11 stie is
2tillMfri hnw" fin vml nncaikli- rrat t'.-A
. j ywm.j .t.u
01 waning upon ner : now can you trust
any one else to take your place about her?
No one could have filled her place to
peevish infancy and troublesome childhood
Y hen sne is iu her usual health, rmiiem
bur t1ti rrot i-yoang and active as she
once was. Wail upon her. If she wants
anything, bring it to her, not because she
could not get it herself, but to show that
you are thiuking about her, and love to
wait tipnu her. No mat;er how active
and healthy she may be, or how much
she may love work, she will love to hae
you do any little thing that will show you
are thinking of her. One thing more:
never call either ol your parents "old
answerTrom a child to U parent falls verv
harshly on the ear of any person who has
any idea of filial dutv. Be sure, girls,
that vou each win for yourselves the name
of a dutiful daughter.
It is much easier
to be a good daughter than a good wife or
mother; but she who fails in this first most
simple relation need never hope to fill an
other well. Make her your confidant;
the secret you dare not tell her is a dan
gerons secret, and one that will be likely
to bring you regret, and you should love
her so well that it would not be felt a '
punishment to give up the happiest party
to remain with her. But unloved and
unloving, you will live and die, if you do
not love and honor your father and moth
er. Aarthern Ensign.
Soinrthin? about Minnesota.
Our old friend D. A. Robertson, form
erly Marshal of Ohio, and at present editor
of the Minuesota "Democrat," published
at Saint Paul, gives some very interesting
information in relation to that new and
flourishing territory in his paper of the
12th of March. He says
"The progress of Minnesota during the
present year in the towns, and in the
country, will astonish everybody. We
have the soil, the climate, and the market
the best market this side of California
in short, every esseutial to successful agri
culture, except a sufficient number of far
mers to supply the home demand.
"We expect a considerable immigration
of farmers on the opening of navigation.
They will find plenty of valuable govern
ment land to claim, pre-empt or enter, in
all surveyed parts of the territory, except
within, say, five miles around Saint Paul,
and the immediate vicinity of Stillwater fc
St. Anthony Falls. We regret that all the
public land is uot free, in limited quanti
ties taactual settlers only. Yet, as it is,
farmer, will find no difficulty in getting
started and making money, with even but
small means at the commencement.
"An industrious, thrifty, intelligent far
mer or mechanic is certain of success in
Minnesota. We are not aware of any hon
est business or profession, that is crowded
here, except the legal profession. We
have almost as many lawyers-as clients.
Bu fa- of ihcra do half a well in money
making, as ihey could at farming or work
ing at a trade.
"Capital can be invested here to great
advantage- A moderate amount of money
two or three thousand dollars will en
able a business man to accomplish as
much as he could with three or four times
that sum in any of the old States.
."To alt who have written us for infor
mation, excepting only' young lawyers,
without means or legal experience, we say
come come with the implements of trade
and husbandry come with stout arms,
resolute purpose, honest hearts, intelligent
minds and healthy bodies, and you will
thrive and accumulate property."
Gen. Scolt aad his Platform.
A late number of the New York Her
ald ays
"The movement commenced by Mr.
Clayton, in Delaware, last fa!!. nc fal
lowed up by Governor Seward and his ? workmen arrive at the distance of sixty
school of New York politicians, bids fair j tJ,re feeV hey come to a bed of chalk,
to make Gen. Scott the especial candidate, ' u'l,icn the7 bor2 with. an aojur five feet
for 1852, of the free soil and most of the j t5e!P" Tne-V lhen withdraw from the pit
outside factions of the North. The late betore the augur is removed, and upon its
successes of Seward in this .,-!
the combined forces of Tammany Hall. !
Castle Garden, and the ovemmpnt at
Washington, raav also lead to ih hlpmlTn
ot tbe admmistrat on n snnrmrt r f:an
Scott as the ''higher law" candidate. As raost remarkable in this operation is the
he now stands before the country, he is i layers of carth as we' descend. At the
the man of all men. for rallvincr .mr a depth of fourteen feet are found the ruir.s
i common standard, all the fragments, of all
! shades and strinp nf imi.c! 1 t-r?T-,r ,i
' 7 . ' ' " .
; Native Americanism in the North. His
letter fro
m West Point, 1849, is explicitly
of the annexation of Canada, an'd
in favor of
i all the fuvitive slaves thprp hi Iampt -i
: the Hon. YV. S Archfr nf Virainii
; Native Americanism, in 1844, is especial-
'
iy adapted to the Natives; while his
t 1 1; .
, spienuia viciories in .vteiico will sweep
. the rank and file of the whi party as a .
j fire sweeps the dry g
i Such a candidate, as
rass of the prairies, j
the whig nominee, t
. ana wim tne support ol all trie oaiue t
fragments ol the old parties, must be ir-
rcsistibJe" in The Norrrr: Bur something
more, and a good deal less, will be requi
red, if anything is expeced ol the South.
At present, however, the fortunes of Mr.
Fillmore and Gen. Scott appear to be held
between the tore finger and thumb of W.
H. Seward.
Gen. Cass in Buffalo. Gen. Cass at
tended the dinner of the St. Patrick So
ciety, in Buffalo, on the I7lh inst., and in
reply to a complimentary toast, delivered
an eloquent speech
He alluded in an effective and beautiful
manner to the characteristics of the Irish
people to their unbounded hospitality
their
ardent love of liberty, and to the
j an
j st3
an
manv
and striking evidences of rreatness
and genius exhibited by them as orators. ;
statesmen, poets, generals, ect. He paid
pmniini and hsndiimp mm niimcnl ir
! the valuable services rendered bv Irish-
men in the cause of American Liberty du
ring the Revolution and the last war, and
to theii warm attachment to the Union
lie spoke hneliy but in an impressiie;
manner, of the crisis through which this ;
country was passing. He invoked adhe- j
ro i-i rt t.i tfif frtiiriiiiK lTtilnn at pvpfv ; .1 f -
rifice. His allusions to the importance of ; English Paper.
the preservation ol the Uuion to the cause ; , 7- 3
of Republicanism throughout the world! anted, at this ohice. a buH-d-g.
was received with great approbation. In : of an-v color excePl Pur"pkm and-rn.lk; of
short, his entire remarks were well wor-1 respectable size, snub rose, cropped ears.
thv of his distinguished reputation, and abbreviated continuation, end bad disposi-
were received with the liveliest marks of!Uoc who n come when called with a
i .. i i .i ! raw liPff!.T k" and ivill !itf llip man ivhn
approval, tie conciuueu ov onerinjr tne
a
following sentiment:
Ireland:
3
Ma' her sons soon ce3&e to
need a land of refuse in a foi mt country:
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but while they do need one may the)' find j
it in the United States,
and be received
with open hearts and arms by the Amer
ican people.
Antiquity of drinking healths. The
practice of drinking healths is one of
great antiquity. The ancient Hebrews
were in the habit at the festive board of
adopting this token of good will. A large
cup was then used, and the father, or he
who presided at the table, first drank and
then passed it. The Romans imitated
the custom: First they drank to the nine
Muses, or to the three Graces, and other
objects which made aa uneven number,
concluding by urinsing to their mistresses
a bumper for every letter in their name.
The Past and Present.
Where is the JfVderness? At the be
ginning of this century it was in Ohio and
Indiana. Tweuty-five years afterward it
was in Michigan, Wisconsin, and so forth.
Last year it was in Minesota . territory.
Next year we shall have io seek it in
Nebraska and ar.-nnd the Lake of the
woods. Where tiie steamboat goes there
the wilderness iiappears. And the
steamboat is seen t-. startle the Indian and
waka the echoes of the forest above the
FIU of St. Anthonv; for a boat U now
buildinr there ;whicb is rapidly progress
ing. The time for launching her has
even been fixed "as soon as the river t
clear of ice." The builder hails from
Bangor, Maine, the opposite extremity oC
the Union due east, and is said to be "a
highly. skilful workmau." The dimen
sions of the craft" are 103 feet keel, 120
feet deck, 25 feet beam, and will draw
twelve inches light The machinery 11
in course of constructional Bangor, and
will be at the Falls by the opening- of
navigation. "Steam navigation river trade'
above the Falls of Su Anthony! Poetry
mayaswcll gather up its garments and
emigrate from this island, unless it can be
content to find its themes in the workshop
and the crowded street. Cin. Gazette.
Curiosities of the Earth At the city
of Modena, in Italy, and about four miles
around it, whenever it is di, when the
extraction, the water bursts up
through
the aPerture great violence, jnd
1 qckly nils ihis new-made well, which
! continues full, and is effec:ed neither by
ra'" nor urounts. out mat w:,;cu ;.i
i of aa ancieQt cit.v, paved street-, houses.
uoors, ana auicrent nieces 01 mosiac.
Under this is found a soft, oozy earth.
I mate UP of vegetables; and at twenty-sis
I feet Iar?e lrees enUre s.uch as walnut
trees, witu tne walnuts sun sucfemg on.
Uhe stem, and the leaves and uranches in
. L' . i 1 . .... .
a pcrirui aiaic oi preservation. ai iwtriiiy
eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed
with a vast quantity of shells, aad this bed
is eleven feet thick. Under this, vegeta-
i bles are found ccain. with leaves and
) branches of trees, as before. .imirican
J Cabinet.
mlnecdote of Richard .In the ewa
of Leicester, the Louse is still shown
j where Richard III passed the nigh: btfore
tne catue oi rjoswonn; ana mere is i
story of him still preserved in the corpo
ration records.which illustraies the caution
and darkness of that prince's character.
It was the custom to carry, among tho
bagffsgeof his camp, a cumbersome wood
en bed, which he pretended was the only
bed he could sleep in. Here he contrived
a receptacle r his treasure, which by
concealed under a weight of limber. Af-
,er lhe ftal da' in which Kard Mi. the
i arl 01 "--nmnu entered iieesier wn
, his. MCtonous troops: the friends o. Kich-
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giecteu ny every p.unuerer as useless iu.n-
ber. The owner oi me house alierwards
discovered the hoard, becam suddenly
rich. without any visiMe caue. He
bought lands, and at length
arrived M the
' dignity of being mayorof Leicester. Many
! cars
afterwards, his widow, who had
been left in great atSuenre. was murdered
for her wealth by her .servant maid, who
had been privy to the affair; anu at tr.o
trial of this woman and her accomplices,
the whole transaction came to lizht.
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spits tobacco juice on the stove, and steals
the exchanges.
5 Before leaving Troy, King Men2-
laus offered his daughter as a victim to the
gods in order to win
propitious breezes
We are reminded
for the voyage home
of this in modern society, when we hear
of some match-making parent sacrificing
his daughter to "raise the wind."
Curious Suicide. An old officer on
the retired list, residing at Creteil, near
Paris, lately committed suicide from grief
at the death of his horse, which, since h;a
retirement from the, service, he had nursed
with the most assiduous care, and when
j dead he had bcried in his carden. Soin.
neighbors becomin alarmed at not eein
him appear as usu vl. entered the houjc,
where they found him hanging in his hel
room. A letter was lying on the table,
which contained thee words. My p-or
horse is dead, and I cannot survive it.
Foreign Correspondent Jiepablic.
C?"He who does his best, however lit
tle, is always to be distinguished front him
who does nothing.
Choice of Time end Idleness. He :hat
is choice of his time will also be choice of
his company and choice of his actions.
Idleness is the burisl of iiiaj mau. -Jer
emy Tnylar.
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