Show deaths draths doings bibs in the philadelphia JV american says the festivities which cheer the departure of the year and hail bail the adi advent ent of its successor should not i render us forgetful of the fact that I 1 another landmark of time has been reached reache dand and that we have so much less of our pilgrimage pil bimage here to perform sirce the bg beginning inning of the year upwards of tenly five in millions illions of humin human beings have passed away a ay from thes the scene ene of their joys and their sorrows upon thern them tune time has conferred immortality perhaps an im mortality sf illi they have been initiated atiat ed into inlo the awful mystery of the change from life to death from death to life again As they have sown so EO shall they reap but bat our present concern is is not with the eternal destiny of this mass of human beings equalling in number nea nearly the population of the united states slates it is with the earthly immortality which bids bid fair to io attach to a small and but an incredibly small fi action of it A humiliating thought it is that out of so many millions scarcely five hundred will bo be remembered rc by the kene generation ration that not more than one man in fifty makes his big mark the past year has rei removed noved from among fis Es some of those whose hose mighty minds have shown the them in lobe to be the s ns af heaven fleaven whose names are for all time literature the ph physical Ys i sciences the fine arts the political po biltl world the commercial world the social sphere each and all have ex for which lim time e will not make amends f the scientific world jia saffo erad 4 n effi iturri TP john jh pringle the author of r 11 oi the heavens heava e a s t a and ad william cranch bond of yale college head the list of losses in the h e astronomical nomica I 1 world the 0 proved oved fatal to ojeni son olin st end cad whose hose numerous ron to the philosophical land all athe aci af america and whose chos works on the study of physical science will long keep his green it also clr th yener vener able a ble r von on em bt science ce wace aho vho e mind was azlin in itself close upon the death of humboldt Hum bolat followed that of dionysius lardner to whom hom the world will not net accord the meed of greatness gr einess but bul it will admit tint that he rendered good service sen ico by lanz ing ing science and bringing it home to th the e millions the mon month th of september saw aw the last engineering enoi effort of I 1 Is ambard brunai brunei brunai brunei a man of of gig gigantic and indomitable energy who fell i victim to the premature premi tuie exhaustion of his faculties by intense abc application alioa id his protest on hard ay 1 b had the grave closed over him when the world was as apin again stunned by the death of robe robert rt S the illustrious all and d friend 1 of brunel the benevolent bere patron natron obart of art and science the beloved of the social circle lastly the veteran geometer the mathematician of europe louis louia Poin bot has within the last month obeyed the summons of death next to the world that of literature has suf leed most the accomplished historians prescott and hallam were at alite very comm commee cement alethe t e year T K hervay Hen eythe the lyric poet followed in in eb in ili april the eccentric sydney sidney belter known by bior name whose hose i literary carreer extended over a i pelo period d of sixty years and who during im that period gave to the world many brilliant and delightful effa her labors fabors D de sion s rested from e tocqueville ville who studied our institutions with such earnestness and gave to the world the result of his hinves investigations in his famous democracy in in amer america lea la Demo cralle en juniet the list of the departed que v is the he next on bishop doane of new jersey was added to the list in may john joan angell james and archdeacon frause also disappeared eared from the religious world leigh hunt the poet and essa essayist yit died in mAu August gust the close of tho the yearn 5 ear has witnessed the departure of two of the brightest stars in in the literary heavens viz washington irvin fr sr the par of literature itera ture as hu humboldt in boldt was of science the pride of this country and one oa of the most perfect masters masters of our language that has yet appeared of thoin it is is needles to say more on his occa occasion sio and ana thomas de quin qui oy well known n for his masculine ind and logical fettle andlor is celebia led ed confessions confession of an all E english opi 1 1 on am later 1 ins of rich i 1 ei a dia lessing j it ad his coal lo 10 0 the leading inagami magazines a e s c of f england 1 and scotland mo stuart elphin stone the elegant and accomplished I 1 lii storian of india closes tho the list of the illustrious victims of 1859 in in the world of letters after science and literature art I 1 has as its offerings chaales robert leslie born in in london of american parents died in in may at the mi ture lure ap age of 65 having contributed by his pencil encil a vast number of treasures to the galleries gallei ies of paint painting 9 thos crawford our admired sculptor closed in m october at the early a age ge of 45 in a foreign laud land a life of suffering burne ii aith ith the calmness and heroism of a christian the gile gifted d vocalist angiolina bosio died suddenly d enly in april at st petersburg whereby hereby the musical world sustained great loss as it has done since in the death of louis louig and karl reis s ageg the most learned though not ot the khe most inventive of modern composers the political world has also been deprived of some of its celebrities curing I 1 the past year and first and foremost amft hern was that thai infamous I 1 ili II 11 king of naples surname d bombe w whose ll 11 d s e memory will for the future be a associated s s 0 with that of nero ivan the terrible and other monsters of like de description the world in general all ana naples in particular were relieved in may and nd the same sain month tool away the baron vori jellachich ban of croatia tiac so well known for the services he r rendered to the austrian monarchy during the hungarian w war ar of 1849 8 0 king oscar osca of 61 sw eden and ad queen step h ania of portugal I 1 tare a r e in the tayal reval list lis M ireal 31 4 if birnn betm one of he first finst generals tle be A archduke charles caarl eal ki hia great reit rival afi ceph cepl etui ge ta ibe rutus choate A V brown Brow nJ J VV davis Garn gamaliel garmaliel aliel bailey of theal a li enaz era and senator broderick of california are among the de deceased aas politicians the celebrated austrian diplomatist Aletter metternich nich an and d hi his pupil count colloredo Colle redo mansfield end bur list the latter filled the highest official situations under the empo emperor bior francis joseph and andy manifested liam fast ed abilities of a very superior order though it may be doubled do isted whether men of the galus talleyrand rand arp are torie benefactors fac to their race poll politically t though b not physically physical dead is s Frode freddie ricki Willi william aln IV of prussia ills hit ady bed livest lues though bough ins his jiing inin is is IV ive may hicl 11 de him ind in d the ic catalogue of nf efti extinct net itie to which ma anny ga lastly be added sue sir isaac iaac lyon lon gold smi dione oe the great capitalists a of lon don whose monetary operations operation hive shave been felt in al almost m 0 s t every city of every civilized ind and u r b country i with anh tho the and baring he was associate associated A iii HI every er enterprise iter of bf during 7 t the last halt half century and was atas 1 indeed aidee a prince in israel A conscientious WIDOW A poor peasant on his deathbed death bed made mad his will ft ill lie ile called his raife to hm h m and told her of its provisions 11 1 I have ha e left said he my horse hore to my parent ints sell it and hind hand over oer to them the money you receive I 1 leave to you ny my dog tale take care of him m anil and he will serve you faithfully the wife promised to obey and in due time set out to the neighboring market with tho the horse and the dog how much do you want ant forvour for your horse inquired a farmer 1 I cannot sell the horse alone but you may have buth at a reasonable rate give gie me ten pounds for the dog and five shillings for the horse the farmer laughed but as the terms were 1 low he be willingly accepted them then the worthy woman gave to her hu husbands bands parents the five shillings Ehll lings received for the horse and kept the ten pounds for herse herself I 1 f HAS THAT COOKERY BOOK a any ny I 1 ic tures said miss aliss C to lo a boo bookseller k no miss none was the answer why exclaimed the spur young lady what is the use of telling us how to make a good dinner if they give us ua no P lates 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