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BELLEVUE,
POETRY.
What I Lite Fori
O. LINNAtS BANKS.
I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true ;
For the heaven that smiles above ine,
And awaits my spirit ton;
For all human lies that bind me j
For the task1y God assigned me ;
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn Tnr.i story
Who've suffered for my sake
To emulate their glory,
And follow In their wake :
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble of all ages,
Whose deeds crowd History's pages,
And Time's great volume make.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine)
To feel there is a union
'Twixt Nature's heart and mine i
To profit by affliction,
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfil each grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone by gold :
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true ;
For the Heaven that smiles above me
And awaits my spirit too:
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance ;
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I con do.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Lion Story.
Some years ago there resided ot the
Cape of Good Hope a respectable colonist
named Hutton, who had accumulated a
competency by trafficking with the Na
maquas and the Damaras ; with whom he
exchanged English manufactures for
skins, ivory and ostrich feathers. He
was engaged in one of these lucrative
but hazardous trading expeditions, when
he met with the adventure which we are
about to relate. Two wagons carried his
merchandise, and a dozen blacks attended
him, two of them Mozambique negroes
and the remainder Hottentots and Nama-
quas. One afternoon he halted near a
pool, around the margin of which were
the footprints of several animals, among
them those of lions. Mr. Hutton was a
keen sportsman, and a man of unflinching
courage, but the fears of his attendants
led him to drive two miles further on, and
encamp for the night in a small valley,
The oxen were unyoked, and turned loose
to pick the scanty herbage ; and a large
fire was kindled to scure away wild bcasu.
Mr. Hutton then asked for volunteers
from among his little party to watch for
lions at the pool ; he obtained three, and
with strict injunctions to the others to keep
up die Are, and prevent the cattle from
straying, they proceeded to the water
Having dug a hole three or four feet deep
at about twenty yards from the pool, and
heaped the sand up about it to concea
,hem 8ti;i more py stepped into the
trench with their loaded guns, and waited
anxiously for the appearance of the forest
monarch.
Much to Mr. llutton's disappointmeiU
but equally to the satisfaction of his sabl
ccanpanions, no lion showed himself a!
night, though several antelopes and zebras
came to drink, and they heard the roar
ings of lions at a distance. At day -break
they t out for the wagons, and had not
gone far, when a smalt herd of antelopes
came bounding through a thicket in front
of them, as if alarmed; and without
waiting to see the cause, Mr. Hutton
raised his gun, fired both barrels, and
killed one of the lurgest The blacks
ft red at the same time, but without etfecU
As the antelopes bounded onward, an en
oriiKJOS lion came out of the thicket, am?
advaitced slowly towards Mr. If. and b
party. The three blacks immediate'
t.v'W o th'ir iH-i'l-. nn! n- tl-ir ni ir
NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 185(.
hud given one of them his hunting-knife
hile digging the trench, because it in
commoded him, he wis quite defenseless.
Ie gave himself up for lost. Flirht
ouJd have been useless, for the lion
would have overtaken him before he hud
run fifty yards. For a moment he stood
motionless, overcomo by the suddenness
and imminency of the peril, and then
stooped down, holding the giui beforo
him. The lion advanced slowly, with his
eyes fixed on his expected prey, and sat
down like a cat, at about twelve feet dis
dance. By the manner in which he lick
ed his mouth, Mr. Hutton thought it prob
able that the animal had iust finished
breaktasting oil an antelope, and would
defer the attack until he lecume hungry
again; as lions, like the rest of the feline
camivora, like their prey fresh killed
In the meantime, he would make sure of
Mr. H. by watching him.
The sun rose up, bright and clear, and
the heat soon became oppressive. For
tunately the poor man had a broad-brimmed
felt hat on, which protected his face
from the scorching solar rays, and he had
just before emptied a bottle of water
which he had brought with him, so that
lie did not feel the heat so much as he
otherwise would havo done. He began
to calculate the chances of escape, for he
had not lost his coolness and presence of
mind, and it was evident that the lion did
not meditate very hasty proceedings.
There was the chance of his men coming
in a body to raise the state of siege and
blockade in which he was placed; but
against this he had to set thoir cowardice,
of which he had just had an instance, and
the probability that their approach would
cause the lion to expedite the assault, and
settle the business at once. He attempted
to reload his gun, but the deep growling
of his savage enemy warned him to de-
sii't. The brute evidently had sagacity
enough to know that it was a weapon, and
he also seemed to be aware of the vicinity
of Mr. llutton's blacks, for he several
times looked sharply and restlessly in the
direction of the wagons.
Once a troop of zebras cantered up to
the spot. When they saw the lion, they
wheeled quickly about, snorted, and dash
ed off in another directicn. The lion rose
to hii feet, turned half round, and looked
after them, but did not go in pursuit, as
Mr. II. hoped and prayed he would do.
He sat down, growling sullenly, and re
sumed his watch. Soon afterwards he
rose again, looking towards the wagons,
and growling in a manner which showed
that he was angry about something. It
came out afterward that Mr. llutton's
servants had summoned courage enough
to approach the spot, armed with guns ;
but on seeing the lion get up, and look
towards them, they all took to their heeU.
The lion crouched down arain, with his
fore feet turned under him, as a cat does
sometimes ; and as he began to yawn and
wink, Mr. II. thought he was getting
tired of his watch. If he had leen, how
ever, he would have rriade the attack at
once.
Towards evening the roaring of a lion
ess was heard, and Mr. H. trembled lest
the enemy should respond, and that his
mate, who would, perhaps, be hungry,
would approach, and devour the supper
which the lion was keeping for himself,
I'rolably the latter had the same fear,
for, though he rose and laid down again
several times, moved about uneasily, and
sniffed the ground, he did not reply to the
call, which soon ceased to be heard. The
sun had now gone down, and myriads of
stars were shining in the deep blue sky.
The lion lay still, axd Mr. H. feared" to
attract his attention by moving; having
been up all the preceding night, he felt
drowsy too, but dared not clse his eyes,
I Ie hoped that something would soon oc
cur to draw the lion's attention from hint,
for he felt he fchould inevitably be sacri
ficed as soon as the animal became hun
gry. Several times ho heard antelopes
and zebras coine to the water to drink,
but the li'ii Kcarcely noticed them. He
had evid-ntlv iii.'i'b- up bji mind ! snp n
the unfortuuutc trader. All at once, he
raised his head and began to growl, Mr.
Hutton thought his Inst moment had at
length arrived, but, to his surprise, hi
shaggy enemy laid down again. In
almut ten minutes he rose to his feet, nnd
growled angrily; nnd as he turned his
head awny from him, the trader thought
some other lion was approaching, and
that the onu which had paid him such
particular attentions was objecting to any
division of the spoil. The lion rontintted
to growl, and moved about uneasily, as if
troubled in his mind. All at once a No.
maqua, whose life the trader had paved
on a former occasion, rushed tip to the
spot, brandishing a frying-pan full of
wild-fire, the blaze and glare of which so
terrified the lion, that he gave a tremen
dous roar and bounded off into the dark
ness. Mr. Hutton sprang up, loaded both
barrels of his gun, and started off towards
the wagons, which ho and his grateful
preserver reached in safety. It was the
stealthy approach of the latter, who did
not ignite the wild-fire until close to the
spot, which had made the lion so restless,
Mr. Hutton was determined, after this
adventure, to have the lion's skin, and
waited a day or two for the arrivnl of" two
brother traders, who joined forces with
him, and went in pursuit of the enemy
After two days' search, tho lion was
found, and killed at the first shot by one
of the party, whose name was Johnson,
Mr. Hutton purchased the skin for $25
and it now adorns his parlor at Capetown.
Curious Dying gceues.
According to Fielding, Jonathan Wild
picked the pocket of the ordiifary while he
was exhorting him' in the cart, and went
out of the world with the parson's cork
screw and thumb-bottle in his hand. -, Pe
tronioue, who was master of the ceremo
nies and inventor of the pleasures at )he
court of Nero, when he saw tliut elegant
indulgence was giving place to coarso de
bauchery, perceived at once that his term
of favor had arrived, and it was time to
die. He resolved, therefore, to anticipate
the tyrant, and disrobe death of his para
phernalia of terror. Accordingly, he en
tered a warm bath, and opened his veins,
composed verses, jested with his familiar
associates, and died off by insensible de
grees. Democritus, the laughing philoso
pher, disliking the inconveniences and in
firmities of a protracted old age, made up
his mind to die on a certain day; but to
oblige his sister, he postponed his depart
ure until three feasts of Ceres were over,
He supported nature on a pot of honey to
the appointed hour, and then expired by
arrangement. James Carden, a celebra
ted Italian physician, starved himself
gradually, and calculated with nuch math
ematical nicety, as to hit the very day and
hour foretold. When Rabelais was dy
ing, the Cardinal sent a pae to inquire
how he was. Rabelais joked with the
envoy until he found his strength de
clining, and his last moments appronrhing.
He then said, "Tell Mi eminence' the
state in which you left me. . I am going
to inquire into a great possibility. He is
in a snug nest ; let him stay there as long
as he can. Draw the curtain ; the farce
is over." When the famous Count de
Grammont was retxrted to 1 dying, the
King, Louis XIV., being told of his total
want ot religious feeling, which shocked
him (tot a little, sent the Marquis de Dan-
geau to beg of him, for tho credit of the
court, to die like a good Christian. He
Was scarcely able to speak, but turning
round to his Countess, who had always
been remarkable for her piety, he said,
with a smile, ''Countess, take care, or
Dangeau will filch from you the credit of
my conversion."
Moimoxiim ia E so lkd. An Eng
libh paper 6taies that the Mormons are
making numerous converts in Great Brit
tain, by exaggerating pictures of life in
Utah. They now teach openly their doc
trine of polygamy, but il aeems no imped
inient to accessions evn from the gentler
sex. The annual emigration of converts
i iwputed as high as 8,000.
HI, Ilrlran.
George W. Kimball, I.sq., uV Ameri
can Consul at St. Helena, how spending
a while in New Jledford, communicates to
the Mrcury some interesting facts ndout
the island of St. Helena, distend of he-
ing n "lone, barren isle," he represents it
os ohf of tho most iemit iful, in the to-
mnritie wildness of its scenery, with green
valleys nnd wooded knolls, nnd wiy its
7,000 inhabitants breathe the purest nir
and enjoy the finest climate in tho world.
t Jamestown, the only city of the island,
is a safe anchorage, nnd tno nrnvnls pf
vessels average almut three ft dny. Tho
anchorage Is secure at all sensniis, tho
accessible nature of the harbor needing
no pilot; the ever-constant trade wind
blowing a fair breeze for the homeward
bound, a hospital free to seamen of nil
nations, a regulating time ball, (lie htnin
dant supply of the finest wnter III the
world, flowing from more ttmn two hun
dred springs, and the dinixitdi that nil
ships receive, seldom being detained over
twenty-four hours, will ever, ns tmw, initur
it a favorite resort for tshipj from the
eastern world. Mention is made of the
tomb of Napoleon, and of longwood
House, where the F.mpefnr died. Iloth
places have changed. Ho Rays: "tjoiig
wood House is in the lust stage of rapid
decay, and is now Used as a granary
while the sleeping-roont where tho coil'
queror lay is now a stable. The room In
which he died is filled with grain and ag
ricultural implements, while the flowers
and pretty garden thut once encircled the
house, have all passed away. Th hew
house crcrtcd hy tho English fjovcmmeli!
for his residence, still remains in pel fee)
repair, and is occupied by the lessee o
the five hundred acres of Longwnod fartn
The tomb, ensconced In a lovely, valley.
about a mile and a half from Longwood,
from which the body was removed in
1810 to France, is a single vault walled
in with stone and encircled by an Iroji
railing, over which droops the sacred wil-
ow. , A roof of canvas protects the vault
from rain, into which the visitor descends
by steps. Just at hand is a spring of de
Ik ions water from which Napoleon dretv
his supply daily, carried by Chinese ser
vants to his house and hero beneath the
willow was his favorite l-e treat, and the
spot of his own choice for burial. 1 Thou
sands of visitors every year still make a
pilgrimage to these historic grounds, tho'
empty of their . greatness and former
beauty." '
Habits of Mackerel. .
The habits of this fish are very pwu
iar and although they have Wri taken
in immense numbers for three-quarters of
a century, their habits are not well under
stood. They often move in immense bo
dies, apparently filling the ocean for miles
in extent. They are found hear the sur
face. Sometimes they will take the hook
with the greatest eagerness, at other
times riot a mackerel will bite for days,
although millions cf them are visible In
the water.- When they are in the mood
for taking the bail, ten, twenty, or even
thirty barrels, are taken by a single ves
sel In a few hours. They usually, Vite
most freely soon after smiriso Iu the morn
ing, and towards sunset in the evening.
They all cease to bite alwut the same
time, as if they were actuated by a corn-
mon impulse. They are easily frighten
ed, and will then descend into deep water.
It has often happened that a fleet of ves
sel has been lying off the Cape, say a
mile or two from the shore, in the midst
of a school of mackerel, and taking them
rapidly upon their decks, when the firing
of a gun, or the blast of rock, would
send every macVerel fathoms deep Into
the water, as suddenly as though they had
been convened into so many pigs of lead.
and, perlmpa, it would be amne hours be
fore they wotdd re-appor. They are
caught most bundantly near the shore,
and very rarely out of sihl of land.
People become ill by drinking healths.
Ha who drioka the heahh f evrrvhody,
drinkn awav hii own.
NO, U
llilrki III Mil fin;
It Is well known tint considerable'
xiriion of tho inlmlitiitits tf L'liinti 'Iwell
in flouting houses, or rather in bofi(s wifri
urge and convenient cabins wlierj mefi
women and tiuuiren mat te seen m
iiindaice, having li other lifnf', find
gaining a slender livHilioud ly some t0-
(iprttioii that does licit fequirn ti residence
in lrrm jtimtl. in tno rieighitdni'Kid of
1 i, 4 I til i 1 .
lantoii, many it the owners f these
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movable dwellings employ tiiomiit lros ttt
rearing ducks, and the sagacity whl'fl
these animals exhihil is fetiitttUlilo.
.very morning they nte hllmvetl Id h ate
their habitation, nirl iudulgtj in tlielr
uiuutii; aiuiHeiii"tits Mini smiieUm s lit e
or six hundred of the? tiei t creatures'
are seen spotting on tho witters hear uhfc
of these floating dinli-jiftn. Th"y lienor
stray far from their heiiies, nnd (lie sound
f it little tinkling bell neeiiH in product
pon liiem n Inagii ii! effect. Tho liidtnetit
tho first sound df die w ll Is heard, thfc
ucks hasten tonufd their iiotil-j with a
touching nvil'tiifssj and tiirj toiiutMloh
thus instantaneously produced in dielr
rnuks, Is amusing enough, tat It bu being
apparently, nnxiotts Id outstrip his colii-
Kitiloin In tho lace, nnd rititi it sceht bl
A .. ... I ,. .11 1..
shoving, "wiiuniin,r. liyiugi nnd uituniunti
1 seldom seen among dm Its hi any other
1 i 1 i .1.1.. ii.i . .
part of the world tlidtl lit China. 'IliW
proinnt obedience htt dirj iati of. dn.'sg
stupid water-few lit Is tho result t'f Milt Ai
tion, and tho tiieatw useth nitholigh H
ceodingly Mllcleiil, nrrj Very slmplm th
last duck which Ml he tin bitot h Invtt.
Hnbly aelfed hfthe ilucli-niBster-gellOrtti,
and Is cr.hipellod to'tindr) fc sdrere
drubbing with the hnltitioo froth litd tlil
fear of this tutiflshtttettli which uVy tire
exceedingly desirous Id avoir, Ingres' the
most perfect order and uheilletn- nttuM
theso animals, whli h have heed Winsidfr
r-d among th most tutupfd of th tenlherwi
creation. ' if u 1 ; r : ; ' ' !
1 The mod of tttanrtglhg ihitk i summ
what ftlmiiat to that just fttvl htriiihn4 rx
ncdirnt resorted to on hoard f notue rf
the English ships bf tvart arid for augrtT.
we know, American alsoj bl Induce men .
to hasten bit deck U-fth nil possible disi
patch, when all hands nr r-nlb d tohmf
ters, nr for nhy thrr put pose. A brtrtt
swain's mate is htaUenfrd at h;tthwaV
and tfioao who happen, tSrMiodi hi
irenee, lnddlini or accident, Id be at th
ftVt nd, are sure to g-e n sevens vmnw
in. J
A NOT lit a i'.SGLlMt VVftitt t)kiRK
to Atttatcx. too'urhn JetWd, one ot
the famed ih'que pf London Sk 'ratir-i.-tts,
is coming to America to ocUHtb.
Jerrold commenced life a a sailor, and
after six year's salt water experience W
came a compositor in a lndon hewspajSet
office. I lis fir-t litmry atWwmortt va
an essay on German mait whirh, Vhe
author, after tho manner of ftenjamiA
Franklin, dropped intrt tVi lien's mouthv
tho editor's !ox, iere Vie Was a tuin'terv
and two dayx after ho nad uV delight cf
setting up his own article, none mf Vhe
editors being aware Vf 'ehe 'author's 'ham.
Jerrold dropped another anonvmo!i
cle in the box on t'aionale Vjhantu
which is wiiten with all his petsiWatr Vi,w.
This caused great Mir that th VJtt
irt His notioes s rorre -ponden't ViCgsrei
the author to ran upon nim in Wher
words, he was requested to ' 'Viand, nnA
tmfold yourself." Ho ilid, mre-ri to the
a'stonishminrt "Af the droir,')ho '-at nA
recognized His talents, to. V.im 'from 'the
case and put him to tho dcsV. .
t is said that there ore at least a tlozei
prixttte resideneef ir K'ek- Votk xi'ty, re
cently ipmted, Xxhii Vol frim MtV,0yi
t6 fl50,000 eften, "rivaling Wmacniftcencij
the royai palaces c-t iWopo, ana ii'JMor.
only in jvint of magnitude, vho iridtt
elegant dwtrlling in the tity is Topottrd
to have cost aWn) t0.'50,OOO. in Atie "reN
dorex! Hhat rtas Wen fitted up in the tnsi
gorgeous style, tSOOd Vtrc 'v'pondd
in four or fiva vf ih apartments a "sin
cle room beinf fitted tip it cci of i rvn
' FO.ynoo to r.10,000.