The Democratic Watchman,
It E 1, L 0 E, PA
1 . 1 , 1 - 4)i (ho Ncw lea Sunday' Courier./
BALLAD OF KING CALABASH
lIY 7110 , 11,1 . UL YY I.Nril I•. 1
41 ,0 tort 1111411 e of Cartibits
SiliomllAditliot 11 as King,
I If things thltt then tint 4.0111+ to pass
ID or yv the poet sing
A wonderomt I ing g t 4 ( . .11Z11`. 0 h . , -
kkid mighty th
,1111te YI)11111 , li lon V. •?IC
AN Willa In' didn't. haft
Iu inal,lntrap Itlacahlttet,
Moro irni.l.4ll Wine 00111,1 be,
For not u man UIItI it had
An olowo Ilion` brains than hr
toil for Ine,urei and such,
tll,l nteely pn.tlug atation
Ile filled them up, lino, with his own
Anal then the antecti'm rclutit,us.
1.8 lie warn Incur King.
;It. Pant In• mtladied a <•ll,
say 4, I,kr >ow own km proN
youi r.•nu in 11411,1
!tut having In n snug thtng gt , t ,
Alt km that la, e,411,i
11, tonna thele attn 8 thrra.nnd
ti ottlees
Ile rient him North. lie rent him Smith
Iln w•nl him Went. and Fm.t,
nilvertikeil In imlimalx twain—
Ice ut Icuxlt
Hun nil afire ever gave 111111 drinks,
Seoehroi and plea ...Lot things,
, slioitld W 111 0 ,10141 gain 1111' quill pro cr.,
For ill' Mina oftt rings.
/1. 4 44144111 4 41 'dill '1 j l /TIIIIILI till.—
.. The to r• reign, rhithtor to
ono driuk of tiatdflo-e - : 4;4'4.41- 444
By a 0.411 4 rn [tin no, 42.114 "
111 , many Ire nil+ their ill,
At Innen, unar ..tr0a....1 their 1.101,14,
Ind mere rt nart4e , l, one I.y „m,
With fat and et.ay
' I he 1111111 VlllO 11011011. lii' 1(.311 of Wood
• V.'lieu no 0111. 01,40 14 1 11 . 111.1 buy it ,
The 1111111 who treated Imp for heel,
lire rook 1113 L hll ped to try It
1111111 W)1 , 1 MIL& tu. timforin,
And Nave• him ere,lit46erefor ,
the 1111111 Vlllll lent trim slitllingt.,llllil
Ne'er tutked the a try and .11err;ore
The toun %Ito AR•red him It ride•
Whet, he on foot tai .treulted it,
11,111 a Lt, 1•10wod III" 110, 1 0 (011011 tight
Itut not the non .110 IIAVILIied
Ihere wire gii en ■m{nr-plum,
From itevontle --
V. le hi mou.moill pinto 1:111cod—
o cu4toin 11.... 4p4 (Ole
How He Earned a Wife
And,. you mount to 'tour) lily daugh
ter, )ouog num," stud furruer
rernong 104 rirm-.from Im mouth and
looking at, Lilo
,!,ouog fellow Khurply
from lo•ad to t..
Despite tits rather etrNmtlate
air, Whirl) Vo-44it 11/11.111iV tlu rr.t.alt of Ilk
Pdtlrati , ll. !IL.(,AU %WS It tio-tuuk.
p ing ft•lho.v, and nut ria)N eci frKra
; but he color4.(1
conftvaql that sharp, -crutin./..
hr.?,
•''Ses, ~1 , ,,1:,• to \li•+ IlnrY 1,1
vvening and .h•• tod no to
you
The old loun'A fueo ,nctonod.
" girl, a
)1 , •:1' I, Mtl l, hlll4 111, ‘l , llll
illollgllttlll 1111111 , 1 yr
1111,1411111 illIl di) '
%maite4 man rather
at this alii opt inguir3
nif for I.r lit% alnUti t.
a Hifi . , lean 11--114-
~ 1 know are a rich man, 1.01.0,
t ai l I .ii. jot grantel that you
lily Ito ut.arry %uu, out pair
Vilna gum note.. can you give nie
in y ail. It l.uni t he•NVOlit. away -114 It tg,
in thiel%ll.l , t of ua%t.uv e%—that tau
could pro ide for her
hum, Yoti ha..• hand% aryl brain ,
% tow fiow to 11 4 0 then' I A'4lllll
ni-k ti.ll,kt y ur ypti
l'hi. was a stria ,if ittatiiai/1111 4 for
which Lilt,. Was qilltii
hr el»ue d tillllittly at till. T1,111411'1 . with
nit prIkALITI';,
belie%ti you iiiiit.age , l to get throtittli
%on any profes,inii. '"
No ; I thought"-- 4
•allitye %on Any trade '
"No ktr; ; tnN; nailer th,tl4lit tll.t
with the %...alti; 1 •Luuld ra I v,..uld
nat u...•d MIN
Your i.ttle I tie oi.ht like a m o l,
He'd mie Ii hi•ti4.l Have givcii you 1,4110
honest erelputlost anti put ?.ou off wall
out - It 'night, have been the
T o u kuiv . d Ncoll It r, ohut are you
tit for 1101 e ) , 5I Hr.', a •tr.dig,at,', , ,
IPA 11•11 m.ut, t I \ or , (,1 , 1, and
never earned a dollar ill ) , .‘hr hto
You ought to be 11-111110,1 of your , elf 1 '
Alter af w v I•Jorolo puff., at Ii 111
iii, ,11t1 “And you moult
to stern '
"New I've 1, , ,d v•di M lv :z , e , l
ud
vnntiges for leioning, a• arrk ctrl in
town, and -he thrown nwilv, ,
hut if she didn't know howl to work,
-he'd be no rlatti4litor of mine If I
1110,1,, 1, more than one ser
vant, but 1 c10n.',4 nomore than I choose
that my daughter should be it pule,
pfritie+s er . ra Dirt., vspepsia and all
manlier of fine-larly. mlmrnt,s, instead •)f
the rrnlllug bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked
lass she Is I diA say she should marry
no hid that had been cursed with it rich
Lather , but she's taken a foolish liking
IL, ye, owl au I'll tell you what I'll do •
G1,, b 40 work and prole yourself In corns
ooetipattop, I don't earn what, so it be
honest ; then come to Ille, and, if the
girl is Willing. ••10 , is your,."
As the old 1111111 ,1111 th ix, he shook the
ashes out of hi, pipe, tucked it. into his
vest picket, and went into the loam,
Pretty Mary Blufkin.,l waiting to see
her lover down at the garden g•ate, their
usual trysting place. The smiling light
fades t from her eyes as she noticed his
sober, discomfited look
"Father ;moms well," 511., !Old, ens
Luke told her the result of his .4tpplien
lion. "And Pin not sure but what lie
is right," she resumed, after a thought
ful pause ; "for it seems to me that every
mail, be he rich or poor, ought to havo
softie occupation." Then, as she noticed
for lover's grave look she added softly :
"Never mind Luke, I'll wait for you."
* # # A * *
Luke Jordan suddenly disappeared
from hi* accustomed haunts, Much to
the surprise of his gay ansoelate*; but
ho earned with him in his exile those
r►Qrds, which were n tower of strength
to hie soul, "i'll wait for you Luke."
• * * * w * *
One plen , nit. sunshiny morning, late
in Oetoixw, as farmil. Blufkins was
9/4?
prOpiling uptllll grllpP vine in the front
neatinoking tart 111 . 0V011 . 11, tram
\\lt i eit Lake Jordon alighted with a
It gnielt, elastle spring quite in contrast
with Ms feditner easy-, leisurely move
ment,. ,
, . ,
"Good mornfin i Mt . Blufkifit,l,:'.l
ir
Mkt...tool y la. oIY „; pled to buy 'tome
butter tub.; Ifirld WI laktrolt Vlitink I
liax,,c sorrto that it Fit 0 . 0 . , f • 4),
"whpso IA A tb q 7" si WV , I
the old Ti ad., ft 0 mpg - 'the' gMe, 'is
1,,t ,, ,, , (1 Ity4he wagon,
"Mille, .roplitml bike, with on a ir
of pardonable pride ; "and I challenge
any cooper in the State to beat thew
Air. Mak ins examined them critical , -
ly, one by one.
"They II do," he ~ .aid coolly, t lic H,
deism tho last of tho lot. "What'll you
tid‘e fue' tbi‘m ',"
"What I asked you for six months age
to -day, sir—your daughter," replied
Luke.
rogniqh twinkle in the oil Mllll'l.l
eyi‘, hrondened into It snide uv lip ,
't Vole% e got the tnetni in you after ill
Como in, lad, e mir. in ; I shouldn't won
der if we made a 'trade."
Nothing loth, Luke obeyed
"Molly," bawled Mr. Making, thrus
ting his head in at the kitchen door.
`Afolly tripped out into theentrv. Tho
round white unit were bared above the
elbows, and bore traces of the flour slit
Ind been sifted ller dress was a
neat gingham, over which was tied a
blue cheek apron, but she looked win
ning and lovely, etv she always did,
where\ er found She bltethed and
smiled %Olen she taw Luke, tad then
turninz her eye., upon her lather, waited
dutifully to hear what he had to tiny
The old man re},mrded big datughtor
quiz7ically for It moment, aunt then
,aid
tin. young man (maylinto you
have seCTI him twfore) has brought me a
lot. of tuba and barrels, all of hut own
make—a right good article, too. Ile
ioka a right Fteep price for 'em hut if
at are Willing to g ive it, well itilegoo , l
tut bark ye, daughter, whatever bar
gain you :nuke your old father will rat
ify."
At Mr Blufttim, inlet thin, he tonaiit
eratel •tepped out of the room, and we
will follow tilt example. lint the kind
of bargain the young people mule tun
readily be imaginal ti the ,pectic wed
ding which followed
Luke Jordan turned Ilk idtention to
the Rtudv of niedwine, of which profes
-111. fn . ( :11110n OSlthil and influential
Member, but et ery year, on the um»-
verAnry et hi. marriage, hr de
lighted 111.1 With- FOllle
.peennen of the I)ol4n:raft, lov which he
won what he declares to be tin, lot anti
denro..t wire in the world
A ('our 0:111V or WA.,III.VOTON rrT
-ALP/ C.lptain John Webster,' who
has reached the advanced are of one
hundred and tour years, watt born Oi
-1 /11111,n, if, I iftrt, and came to this (mutt
( II "I (amt after hi , arm al he
II As tismrent iee 1 in Georgetown to the
linnl 1d N 111110 Crahlreo, ship owners
handlers. After rerving Los tune
ho herattie captain of at vl'-tttel, and fol
loued the sea for Clay Ise Sears.
Ile t% a% a Itoolniate of both John and
ie. We-let, and their ft tend for
year , , I. a strict lollQwer ot'lVemley
and s~lon6, of 111111 with the greate , t
atle , llllll. la% lug /.01111. 1111,4111eSS with
the Mindy Ito Is troting, I called to see
him, and to answer to me clone
to the door !outsell 11114 icing the
ftt,t tone I liud ea-en blot 1111a:111V lily
blitThrm. when Ile 11. l ite,1 to my ques
titm •‘ how old arevon?" One loin
tired /111.1 heir year , Ile must have
notic e d the rarati,le look my lace bore,
for 14101111 g Ile 4:1111 "1 11:1,,\ 1. my proofs
In 111,111, and %dote " It t.ceined to the
(1, 11•41111110 1111,1 green up it,lead,
mid tor 1.,11111' tiiinntea I rookd do no
tio , re than stare the old matt In the face
and 11111(01 iaeelt., "Colt it. he ?"
Said he kti, w Daniel tVele , ter well;
was very intintatt with hint ; having
stalked ;trial in arta with hnn minty tt
tone ; have eons el see wail Waehington
tone and again Illy wile (hid tine
real , 11.4.,, aged nine! (milt yea re.reify
elde , t ()VIII . -I'l c,1% (wir years old,
and 1 1111‘e ,/111.11:1,Iffilt,•1* living 111 they
eity i;ler The old gentleman
vs In e vellent spirits, and does MA,
4111117(1, ;ire 01 en:11 1 , :raf , ..11. Ile hall
111 , eeeolel eight, and (••111 1 wid writing
Il tire Iv written, 011 welt 11 , the papers,
It, idiom the ant, of spectacles 1111
home Is at the Saalort, Song llarh, r,
lilllll Which plum e lie come 4 unattend
ell to ‘e-il his tin ill" 111 the Clh
h.IIC seen (lug old man aril talk
with him seems to give one a new 11.11141.
till -to till 11111' with 11111011' purposes
--to that end may he Itke•
bl e tolloner of the Ntio•icr
give, all the ia,iiiient4 hen
late-i %ears. lin would like
to nee• hie old landmark that will roan
/lame panned away he extenda a cordial
iniriation to %ont him at 111(`
Snug Harbor, Siaien riih---,ti,,doix .
,Ihnruzcar.
REIATI , V4 tIV IILARLeI kVI) EI Es. --
There is an intimate connection be.
tureen the 'tellies and inuscles nt the
face and eye'', 'mil allowing the heard
togrow strengthens the eyes. It is
laud that surgeons in the French army
have proved by expel 'menu; in Africa,
that soldiers wearing their beards are
much lens liable to disease of the eye,
and it is generally conceded that if the
custom is to wear the heard, the eye
retains its lustre and brilliatig . nitieh
longer.
Houthener mcm•d to Vermont
reeegtly, and soon . hiterwards ins tinnily
%val. increased by the additlbn of a "nu
ti‘ o Verllion ter. " Iles oldest son, ahoy
of about four years, was at first delight
ed with his little brother, nut after a
few weeks began to tire or his crying,
and got a little jealous from faueied ne
glect. One day he climed up into his
father's ism and naked him, "Papa,
which do you like be.,t, mo or baby 9"
The father, thinlpiig to please the little
prattler, answered that he liked him the
peat. After a serious thought, the shrewd
youth said. "Pa, I know why you like
me the best." "Why asked the
father. "It's became I'm a Southern
man and baby is a Yindcee."
Tho English Pharmacy Act
The new Pharmacy Act, which tread
into upt , ration in England at the con- I
ineueoinent of this year, pririfles that I
uo pfron eau confluence 'nities/las
cheitiltu and druggist in Cv.eat I itaitl r,
ffigunitteing rtgUflered fib Buell ittier I
extulduati.int Twci grades in tilt pro
lefition are ocualAi4c , l, to wO: " T
mertirtiggist,l" end "plitufthacetlitical
elieffiikt. - To obtain the /411bOtidinatC
Mff=l
nary to, pass a minor exionination in
prescriptions, practical dispensing of
medicine, pharmacy, imiteriamediett,
bohitly and chemistry. The candidate
must be able to read prescriptions tt
out lorowiatiun, translate thew into
Etigish, and give both a literal and
idiomatic rendering of Latin directions
lbir Ion!. lie must also possess a kii l•
edge of the el cm entstrystrueture + aid:tilts,
their names, the order to which they
belom+, and the preparatioiis into ti loch
they enter. In the more extended C.K• A Remarkable Encounter,
animation, which confers the higher ti-
tic of pharmacentienl chemist, with ex- A remarkable story comes from Ito
emption from Bert log ( - injuries ; the cam ilega Pay, California, of a terillie b ittle
ibilate, in addition to the above tel4P, IiONVCCII a sperm whale and a number
must translate English prescriptions, of swordfish, which resulted in the de
into Latin, detect errors in Latin pre feat of the whale. The light wits wit
seriptions, know,n hen a doi4is unumn- newel by a farmer ploughing in a field
al be be aeiplainted %vital the means near the coast only a few miles north
of &tee(g poisons and the antidotes I 0 1 . th e < , (hdd e a G a te: , Th e seaNN as
to be ON en, be able to d i stinguish spuri smooth, and the first indication of the
t Ais from genuine drugs, and show a paiiiiet tins IL COlll/1106011 us the water
familiarity with the laws of chemical nearly a mile from shore, but us the
combination, and both the I.innean and com b atants rap idly a pp roac h e d t h e
the Natural system 01 Wan! , html t heir moNements become dist meth
visible. The swordfish were tii ein 1111111
he • the it (talc though da+plaN nig great
r f
activue, N%llB till match for (he'll. hi
making their thrusts info the side of
the %% hale the swordfish kept clear of
his tail, one blow trout NS 111e11 W,,111 , 1
11/I%e ,esn tatal to either of than.
With maddened fury, the whale strlrrk
right and left, then dived to escape his
tormentors; but they followed quickly,
and coon brought hint to the surface.--
Mood it as seen spa ling from deep gash
es i ns.hts sides. The contest lasted
newly one hour, when the whale with
a mighty erfort, flung himself upon
some low rocks and soon dual. Many 1
persons from the neighboring t Wag(' al
Petchinut went out to view the carcass.
It WRY fifty or sixty leet in length. and
there were gashes two 'eel lee!, and
six feet liingiii bus sides.
Adventures of an English Bigamist
Perhaps Non may remember that Sir
Eardlei C. Eardley viaw convicted not
long ago of bigamy, and sentenced to
,
eighteen montlti w itaprisimment. One
of these ladies nlioni lie beguiled into
a false marriage p as an American I
11.111 sorry to say that the ra , eal bas
been released from prison by order ill
the flume Secretary, of eointe long be
fore the ex piration of his sentence It
I.‘ n seanilitlous hint the rail
liazdtr has dune good . err% ive in
callin , attention to it Sir Lardley 4 . .
Eartilek was, it app( ars, pining it, pets
on—poor injured IIIII(leellt It e ns
necessary that he should g 0 abroad
order to preset ve his precious health,
oral have [modal opportunity at rem
during, liimiudt eligible for tramporta
tam. II is fading health, lniweser,
might not alone have procured his re
lease from prison, but lie happens to be
near relat:ve tit the present First
1,4•01 or the ldrutralty, Mr. Childers,
01,1. tit MI. (111111'4011e ' n principal cob
league.. The "sere%% %as applied to
another or the Mitostr), and the felon
as let loose attain anon society. You
101111/lain tlt V 51111(11 1 , 111111•
111115 ar e a lloned to evade ul
,jostle'
Nen York, hot 1 dei s t %011 to produce
ft more YlllllllOlll example than this.
There nits uu circionstaffic in Sir
F:ardley's riles %%loch entitled him to
nn rev - -lie Wit , as de liberate a bigamist
itm.Ner and, a. the Ad/ .1(1111
"eelltellee U us regarded
as a light one those 51 110 It/lit/eked
the of the case, and e-pecially
those 51ho belies ed that ou that 04—
(1151011 Sir tiled itle 111. ,
first offence There is no ;mining
%rower, Iles 11tol ell
trapped. Yet, because hr is the rela
ti‘e of a C.thinet Ministei tor a. hat
ether cause w there? -he is lils rated
Irnmprl (on II hen Il -s than three months
of his sentence had expired The titian
IS now 5111,5 mg Inniselt all around
London, and had the impudence thi
other day to pre-ent himself at it club.
lie seems to he far from having any 11l
tention ill going abroad. "(IC (.purse:
1114 the Pall Mull suggests, "it may be
that the inteiesting ciutmlnl is only
naitinz to redeem his promise of de
parto
re 1111111 he is married J l'h nsam
"
n I trii.t, be some niquiry
made into this unpaidonable exercise
01 official clemency. Some one
probably "ask ipie-tion" tin the House
Of and Mr. Bruce 14111 have
the opportunity of explaining the rea.
, on why ri ler lenient sentence MIA
remitted. the ease can never bf• of
cd to ri fie:e it is. A'. V.
Tun 1 ~
What's the Matter With Business?
A IT. S. greet/hack isLet i r tlian
S. bond. 'hie gie , •ifbael, 1- a 1,1,,
dilcsa'r .1411.111 , t1 . ‘ Ve I.lle the 11 1 :11 1 1 1`
11.1,1 , 111, I nl/h, r Oil' Cllllllllllllll%
I{ l llll 1110/ .11:1111' 111111111:1111 , '1 1 , 1 IC - 4
1111 1 :11 : 1.. t - , 1111 . 1 . . of I.lll' 111111 .
111111:1 W ll I iic tin, 111:LII t.;,
1 , 101.1- :11 , 11 too few IT S. greenbacl.. , -
"that • it Lit s the matter." The pc,,ple
ate Iti,t& I doiin UItII taxes to pay the
interest on Mat, 1r 1 1 411111 H: 1111.1 c om i c .
quently there in not nrtetlev en o ugh
afloat to 111v:4
01111 V on 4, and pay
taxes too. Matters are
atters are whi to it
gnerat "smash up,'' tinlesslVVlle policy
is adopted by which we can roan, to
specie payments, which might leilecotti
pindied it art exlingutidtinetit ~f the
Immix ait Ii t lr ii itGael.s. The accumu
lation Or ,lievie in the 'Treasury would
then bring the currency to par by re
deeming it with com, and its the gieen
bitekm accumulate iti the hand,. of the
GovertiNenk , etteivglt can lie deitroyed
every year to get quietly hack to where
the people desire to be—ant of debt.—
Nt (,'antic Gazette and //camel al.
paper conclutho an
torini thin with 01W - following fearful
throat, to non-paying sulmeribers : “We
mean what we qay, and we ioNure you,
that if you have any di Hire ~u
ace nur pa 114'r tit, You must pay Wll4
you owwor be fortrvt r
smothered in brimstone I"
A century p is in flower in
Rochester N. Y. T e bud broke and
allowed itself on the 15th of' April, and
on the Bth inst., it was 11,11 r feet, eight
inches high, growing from throe to four
inches a day ,n straight stem,stiating from
the centre of the plant, front four to 11 ve
inches in diameter. It is attracting great
attention.
YOUR NOUSE
Be tulle to yourself nt tin t voung m 111—
Re true to yournelt end trod ,
Ere you build yottr bonne loin I. oil! the mind—
Tent troll the ground, Mid to itd 1,01 /JO/
,on the ettild of the nltaKing sod.
Digystll4 the fonntlntion deer, young mum,
Plata firmly the outer 'soli;
lot the tu opt be strong, stet the roof be high,
Luke 104 open turret townni tho
• Tfiret twit whiolh heavenly tieltS 111.Iy
Letit itlio
the room of your ,out, young
'
Wlulu
shted,utm 4hnll honk Id
A ohomber n !di never it rooi or tlottoll
To hinder the light—or door oi lati•fi
To shut in tho prit)ol:
Build slow 'and , nrc; for lif•, yeeng
A life that oinlirep the brnnth ,
For who shall gnlnsity the I foly Went '
"noir not kw follow them," smell the
'"flierefri there is no <lent
iiHu fleop, and high, Rod brend, voong man,
An the nefultul care delllfindm ,
Lit your little deecill be clear and bright
'rill you enter your claim to the Lot il 01 Light
' FOl 111, 11,1,e it Made it Ith /1/lIIIk ..
What it is to be an Editor
It is to in' a mirror, to give reflections
of the totter world to your leaders, and
to recci‘e reflections ut all uneompli
ment:try sorts from them. It is to cat
er to their amusement, minister to their
consolation, inti wry their curiosity , gran.
fv their tastes for the mar% clous. teach
thein ' and politics, form
their setitiments.leol them to wisdom
tool toll% s war , , shun them each others
record. good deeds, publish their in
comes. advertise their 111% elltelfo, gunk
them iii “nitli, tell their Ingots
enemies when they marry, and writ,
their epitaphs. It is to make small
men great and great men small, to build
lip tool lull down, to paint eve,ry den ' s
picture on the N111%10414 01 the "present,
and t.lie thr figures are searee, to pr,
duce the Ita.a It is to be ativlstdC ,
, ervant, and c‘cry body ' s ina-ter. It
is to wield it mighty power and Is•
der Its 1•011trIll. It is to 'hake the
Itelie%, a hat toil please. 10111 10
10t1 . 1000.• tile I , IIIIIP pro ilcgc
It k tuCtiialte and unmake calumets, tut
~ t•rre prewnletitsi, to false 1111111( ,, ,
levy taxes. to tight bottles, make trey
1111101 IF, manage t ' , nett tic
toms, pardon awl, ondeton liaitort., and
inn gut‘eritnient ;leiter:ilk. It is tut
work harder, more hours in n .1,i% with
less recreation, lesjo sleep and poorer
ay, than any or llteir fellow mortals.
It is to lw Luny when their neighbors
ore idle, busier alien the% sleep, and
busiest when they me 101)01111g 11 t.!0011
(11110. It is to he PlWltylt under aln ens
ill alains ' •4 etting up ' alien
others are lying down, and al %%a) s char
italtly "ulistribtititn:, - the rc,iilt of your'
daily labor. It kto ha% e your opinions
always put to " proof "' and seldom into
practice. It r- to ad% ertise other pro
plc ' s wants, wishes and wares, to an
'wince facilities for plea-ire, to herald •
the approach of disease and the inven
11011 MI the risen tar 0100/, to make
known who has been robbed aml w here,
of haw much, who is the rolthei, his
personal history, Ilk , trial, sentencty,
to l its ext cotton It is to receoe wire
holt. and MAP, it, lie shown ii aural
cut lostio, and to describe them, to be I
10,1% ‘\ lit re at all t to be able
L. 1110011,r ill .1,1, , ti0n, 110
all sulyrrta
It 1, to p u hl iJulnit h re ntinivtit for I
one, t,,,) wart' politics for another, too
little for all, It is toinake a /hit.
ell 101011110 e 10 0111.. Itrend , Mel to be
1111. , 10 .1 1 . 0110 b, a 0.21 N leely V.IIO ehitoses
to 1•011,/der If it is tti
belabor tune biother editor Aor,-,4 tire
WON Olt parer,
ly when you meet. It 11 to publish a
paper , fyr a dollar in ad‘auce that , o-ts
two, 11l wait for tour pin limit a col
lector has gotten 50 per cent. htrgettim ,
it, and to make a It ving by the operation.
It is to take complimentary tickets to
' everything, arid pay them in notices.
It is to lit hired by friends suggesting
how von should carry On your business,
mid bullied by those whom von have
hit in vulnerable spots. It iv to win
! every libel suit conimeneed against you,
and t. lose money on your publishing
that which you sit up nights aid' ajob
press to ixtrn. It it i , a life of mingled
with good and ill, trial sold triumph,
utter tailing toil and irever-begimon ,
felicity, wheiein you work out your al:
lotted trine with the " devil " always at
t you r elbow calling for the soh, cu d vi j
this lite—a little inure
Succmsrut.,—:)lnfo tho adoption -of
the free *eat system in the First Presby
terian church hi Cincinnati, Ohio, noire
money has been raised thitn tinder the
grow System, and tho congregation has
increased.
syeumoro tree in Belmont, Me.,
, mensures.forty feet two inehns in eir
cuinfurenee. TIIO trunk is hollow, and
will conatortatily. contain twenty men.
The trreprosaible Darkie Raising a
New Commotion.
llur philmithropic Hadieal rulers are
anxious and determined to settle the
vexed que ion of tfeZro equality, lune
introduced negro suffrage ut the Bout h
em States etrong arm of mill
tali) pourer, and nnorcoveo, placed in
many of the 'principal offices in the
Itevenue department itt. that quarter,
fall blooded fluflbre. Further,at Wrusli
ington several l'ongoes have been given
clerkship. , while lieneral Grant, to
signalize his administration, has sent
aliroad to represent our- nation at Tor
sign courts two 01 the same breed and
color. All this ought to satisfy the
most exim,ting negrophologist. Not
they demand that Mambo beinducted
into the liiiverninent printitv),
and force the white mechanics employ
ed therein to recognize him as a fellow
craftsman. All this is part of it subtle
design cm:tit:ding from the brain of
\Venda!' Philip., who hopes by such
TIMMS In break down the prejudice of
race. 'dint licrC is just where resist
ance w ill shim itself. True it is that
most of the employees at the (iovern•
meat printing, oilier have been selected
on account of their ,Itailicalism, neVer
theless, the thettry and practice of ne
gro e piality are widely at variance.
This stop to force Sands, in even alining
these white Radical compositors has
re-clued in raising a breeze. The Ty
pogiaphical has haul the ques
tion lictore it iihether the negro should
he admitted to membership, and it pal
1,, a stormy debi l ite. The tilie.tion re ,
Main , undecided. In the tileßtitime
Radical Htiperititentlent Clapp avows
Ili 11.1vrtiiiitati..11 to keep the darks',
aro the white coin.
positors w 111 rouse to work with him.
Ilium, mat he, will order lip the
to to quell the new rebellion up met
negro egliality, lie .1111 it in the South
why shouldn't he try it nn iu Washing,-
tn 't—E.rrh (owe.
The
Moving of the Waters.
Curses both loud and deep are heard
the nOllOlll vamp agaios l / 4 ,the present
adininistrat ion. The Chicago Tr ilorn , ,
the leinlom radical organ of the West,
pronotinces t lie 'tilt') iniQtration a failure,
and calls for an I:mileilinte change in
the Cabinet, which it says lacks the el.
cnients statesnianqliip. The New
York I leo aid pronounces the Itepubli
can party the most corrupt political
iirgatii7ation that ever disgraced this
country. The New York Sun prof he
cues the speedy breaking up of the'rot•
ten radical concern. Other Itepubli•
rail pipers
o p,re speaking out pretty
1,01,11 v, and 111 It :winner which seems
to indicate that they have broken loose
Intnn party discipline. Soule 01, those
who lade been comddertsl leaders in
the rad:ral i•.I Hip are 2rowlito4 and
cur-mg about the 1..3V the adininistra•
Linn is conducting attain , . Sprague, of
Ilhoile Island, threatens desertion, and
Ross, Of Kansas, blindly told the great
.•go 'to hell. — These facts
signitu alit. v wlow Opus that
the great party of "progress and moral
ideas Is diNided 'flie
haired %%lilt It sonic of Its leaders bear
towards each other Is glyAller tht' they
lief tsnard-.4 their common enemy --the
Deno,cratic party. 'They cannot longer
be held together men I.:. —the ruhrsne
vo‘or ol public itinpol••;." The wiglis
of the titinn art lad;Ue liar reUuu 111 die
DClllO47lllll' pull' to ro‘,er The prn
ple Ibc United State- ott4 sve the
of poglotA committing the Gov
eminent into lietlioetkit le hymn The
Republican Hilt‘ lulls been "weighed
ui tlo leilatice, f ll
‘avo l l wanting — in
slat( -man-halo, m'llonesty, ill morality,
In 4.0011..111y, (Old na every
thing that ought to glo4titogaish the
peat rttitag party of it emintry Itke
ours. There are thunvuuls 411 honest
men 11111 hale hitherto acted ‘sith the
Iteptibliciiii party. f r o m wh o t, e e y es th e
scales are falling. They begin to see
1101 toreulve what the policy ut that
party is. Men who I.,‘c their comm.).
who cherish the 14'111(.11.* of roto,titit.
tumid liberty upon wli,, h pnr govern
ment to founded, lan uo longer act
ith that party The Ityptililniin par
te gll down,as itS I n ldeccssors -
the Tore party of the Itevolution, the
Federaliats of the early days of the
republic, the \Vhigs and Know Noth
m.,,, nt It Intl t WO. —CS lit dOW 11. It
sill be )111,r, II 111 111111 for the
rnnnd :to I 'I, has rind ~
Milli,' Will i ', ei v.vv.l a nor. Lrnc
duns
//1/.1//:/..
A singular rat story conies limn
lowa. 'lwo men wete working a mine,
One of them, dna n lire e haft, and the
other one attending the won lass above,
The matt aboie was Just on the point
of going down himself; when it 'large
eat rattle running towards liiimand, go
rug to the mouth of the shaft, gave an
earthly squill!, and vanished. This
was repeated three times. Thinking
the animal mad, the Wan Calif,' to his
etettrinton to eittne out, tthen they
gave eliase to the rat For some time
the nu ti eluted her, but were. unable
to catch her, and returned to their
wo-4. tl n enti rig the shaft again,
what was their astonishment to find
that the earth had fallen in, completely
tilling up the shaft. Had not the mi
ner come up just us he s did, he would
certainly have met with a terribledeath.
—All Ittlllriing incident ocenrred a
few linys since at one of the Philadel
phia restenratts ? witero It 114 customary to set out a 111116, about eleven o'clock.
A gentleman was observed carefully
delving to the bottom of his dish of
soup, in search of some dark colored ob
ject that seemed to elude his search. Ho
llnnll succileded in raising it 9,n his
spoon, which lie extended to the waiter,
with the enquiry of what it 'was. •
"That," CePliod the liktiq of,tht white
apron, giving the object a casual glance,
"why that'll a roach l"
Th. coolimim of this reply was inimi
table, and the sling (void with which the
discovery was received by the waiter, is
though it were a cuitomary niTair, pro
duced comdderable excitement about
that particular lunch table.
This, That and the Other
—A hen bythiy in a roontcr by n i g h :,
--Cotton clothing Will not burn with
a ilanio rinned in nluni water A
handful of alum ton tith of water ix uf_
!Hunt.
—A drink o u tdo of twridnidrinio n ‘f ul
of finely Pulverized elinrconl, in n nim
bler of waiter in buid to relieve n
hendar
—A 'bachelor editor who had a proly
unmarried sister, lately wrote to an e nt:,
editor simularly cireuirititnead,'ll, :if „
exchange !"
—A laiy and girl and their iactlc4
were stitlocatcd to death inn 11111,1 tih
ut ligchester the otl er day, as end
went down to recite the other.
—A eolored gontlernan of Memphi.
the other•day, set his (logs on n eo w
'oozing to another qentlenutu of colo r .,
whereupon tlut later shot the fornu,
(lead.
priNoner in tho Kingi
N Y penitentiary sali that the
presented by Evangelical societic, lir.
used ni shaving paper in the b,1„ 7 .
shop.
—ltro,di., military maTor at N,rfalt ,
Vll , during Ow war, way krribly
hided there the other d a y by a
whose'charneter hn hell bin
&ring.
—A 3owivli svns'•nquo iv 61111,1anz
wlich will co.vt
a quarter of it milllnn dollars, and it
in the hands of people 411 rich that tho,
will 1104 be Forry if the ultimate (c.t
twice KS 111111_11.
—Tim New lean i Tlllll9 Ihll,
there ii nothing reinarkahle in the he
of the piling WOlllllll in I)eu \I1,11)/
WY, apprenticing herself to R Ii
considering woman's proxertial
for soft Folder "
— . Wilder, the ne. 4 ro wh,)111 pl
pointed po.tnia.ter
had for his (.0 npetitorl). A Moon., al
-Federal (' dni n , ilki•Tvil
army in the Pp f 2; of 1 ;l , 6 0n1.(1
years, and loot a eg.
--Therri is nothing liko iitickint; to
one briinch Of litisity , s, however small
A ttinti hits piddled pop-c•irn en ito
Fitchburg, !illlOl road tilt he i., xau
upward, , °lit hundred thousand dollar.,
mid he Ftlll keeps on.
said a young hopeful
other day "dal .11t. I hear you hat t
wanted a eider press ?"
"Yes, illy non ; where can I get i '
the Forest.
"Why you jot ty Juke Stoke. It,
the way ho hugged sister Sal the th
'night out br the gate, I should think
might be about the thing you whiff,
Sal suddenly left to sea the think•
the kitchen, and the old gent recoil. t ,, i
that he had not "sen to the puce
fence that neighbor Jone,' critter, 1)rok ,
down the ether day."
—An able bodied_ negro died ut
vation at Cc,lnintoth, Ga., reevall,
OW 111 , 111 VA 'llol{6llg thnt.
•tarved rather than work
Oh, Ito Itou ‘vherof,,re art Ii
I tom" ,
Thou th,,t2
lit 1101114.-o
The habl) Atpialliwz for
An elllitetiti nurse uoe 10 It% 11111111bil
SI, 1tm.14.0, rr•u,r• the 11.15 to Hunm-,
And hr , • OW 11 , II dole to
Lid Ifs 1) ,, y eolll , ' blua
ME
The Senate', It 60,1 1111 , 1 I•oilltitr‘
forlf.ril
Burn.l,l,•'. . o , wiird, :ld A bbot 1
Wing , , //I , W 'etri up, tip, t,
Lulu 1111101 10.111,,
And OW (1111111 R
W.• tind not Nl.` 113%1' 11,4,,
Rut roily
Wr,b, kw Nr lOLVe of 140 . 1i0.r thin
1{ , 11,1 Id till. '•/,./atte)ll,
Pelle.' with th.• joy it 1,r01t7-
PO I • of I . II I
-- I lid, If
(;..i Iti ' n11(1111!11 111,1‘VOM
on JJnndut, remarked pliblich
had read the wiir-apeeeli of „ uut
Sumner and re-read it and then 1,1.
the third lour, arid lie thought
uuderido. 41 the A lahainit
lion N , ..w let John Bull 1,,•110a ,it
(lure I
CrA !TER.-0 A PERM V EliStt.l I; 111 P
1.104 104 —4l KlLitex:gliper and 'l'
ine,nsed nt th.l rharto Ihnt
tho ~taring; II an.' fkrottn,l
tio• rtnuAciiii4l,l creatturt.,,
tlott Ilvit portion of i•ri•iit nig kin',
11111L+
puy I.f the po.•111114 lit 1111, ora 1 ,
11.11'4)
I=l
1, 11111,111
Smalling 40 144 , 1•1 tin
llp the long aisle
Tripping no nently, ,
tem yhig bonnets,
Envying lam ,
• Nobblng et neiglibera,
Peering in Wes,
Whhpering softly.
Heeding no Sermon,
Wiant they go there for
Hard to determine,
• tin all nroond them,
Cluing benolnsnly.
Wholly unconseloun.
Singing divinely.
Proxy dianoiarning,
Don't mutt their whams ,
Pialn they assemble
Just for the "him, "
A !tidy reached the passenger der'
in Dayton, Ohio, the other dat a just te
the train she intended to take site lea ,
ing, and as she stood, altnost ening
with N. exation, on the platform, a ger
tlemaii arrived at the depot us 110!
run, with his carpet-bag his band,
his coat - on his arm, and his face stream
itig with respiration. As ho looked
on the train, now fast moving away Ise
sat down upon him carpet bag, w! l° l
bin face addkveiy deliberately and ern
phatically said: "D—n that train!
The lady heard him, and smiling spy",
hint with ft lady's 'sueetness,
"Charitc you, sir."
—A clergyman once asked Jainesjfar
per what ho did, adding : know thst
Mr. John Harper attends to the Loi
re:3s j Mr, Woeley Harper looks after
the literary corriispondenee ; Mr. yto,tch
er Harper receives authors and looks 1f•
ter new books and the magazines —but
you, Mr. Mayor, I have never tieen abk
to discover whet you do." "I tell P l ' ,
answered the Mayor, in a whisper' ',but
you must not kt it out ; I entertain tie'
bores."
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