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EEMEMBEANOE
t/’old la the earth,* and the deep' snow pile*
above thee,
. Far, far removed, cold In the dreary grave.
Have I forgot, ray only love, to love thee,
Severed at last by lime’s all-severing wave?
Now, when removed, do my thoughts no’ lunger
, hover
Over the mountains on that northern shofo,
Resting their wings where heath and leri
leaves cover
Thy* uobje heart forever—evermore ?
Cold In thy grave, and fifteen wild Decumbeis
From these brown hills have melted . Into
spring;
Faithful Indeed the love Is that remembers
Aftorsuch yearsofehungenud sutlering'.
Sweet love of youth, fnrglvo if I forgot thee,
While the world’s tide is bearing me along;
Other desires and hones beset me,
Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee
wrong.
No later light lias lightened up-my heaven,
No second mum Inis ever.shown fur mo,
All my life's nllss from thy dear 1110 was given
All my life’s bliss is In the grave with.thee.
Hut when tUo days of golden beams had perish-
And even despair was powerless .to destroy,
Then did I learn how existence could bo cher
ished,
Strong hened and fed without the aid of joy.
Then do 1 check the tears of useless passion,
Weaned my young soul hom yearningnftei
thluo,
■Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten
Down to that tomb aiceady more than mine,
And even now I dare not let It languish,
Dare rot Indulge in memory’s rapturous pain,
Once drinking deep of that dtviuesi ungnloh,
How could I taste the empty woild again ?
Ipscdtaim
THE LOST MAIDEN,
A Tale of two' Cites and Several Ages,
It was midnight in New York ! A
Wild storm raged violently over that
eity ; a-thing which often occurs in the
Full of the year. In a neat but unpre
tending boat ding. house, on a secluded
street, sat in a room on the second floor
in the rear of the house, a midden o’er
Whose head had flown thirty,eight
summers. Time had not .touched her
lightly. Her cheeks were sunken,
wrinkles yawned hideously across her
forehead, and lurked maliciously just
at the corners of her mouth; her hair
was scanty and thin ; the pale red con-
trasting unfavorably with the white
skin of the scalp, which shone ihrough
pretty gem rally; her neck was like
the swan’s—not much; and her arms
were skinny, and tier shoulders scrag
gy. The only handsome point about
her was her teeth, and those were
good. She had good taste in teeth, and
bought the best she could find. They
cost her forty two dollars and a half, on
which she had, at different times, ex
pended twelve dollars in repairs; so
they were as good as new.
Mabel Montressor was a high minded
seamstress; and whoever said she was
handsome lied in his throat, like a base,
false hearted traitor, its lie was, and in
his mouth likewise. She was original
ly homely, fu her infancy sho was
said to have been the homeliest child
in the village in New Jersey in which
she was born, and what country pro
duces homlier? Echo answers I In
her girlhood, her vital energies were
all expended in her hands and feet, and
in womanhood she had grown thinner
and thinner, when sho ought to have
grown thicker and thicker, and vice
versa, which is Latin for otherwise. In
addition to these charms, she had ac
quired a habit of squinting, and was
attiicted with a perpetual cold.
Mabel was sewing, which she con
tinually did for a living; and as she
plied the needle, a hitler tear fell on
the garment sho was making. Some
thing was wrong with her. Some
great grief was preying—some untold
woe—some desire unattainable —some-
thing ailed her. The faster she plied
her needle, the faster the tears fell
—as though she was a thin pump, aud
her right arm the handle thereof.
At this critical point, while her tears
were flowing faster than ever, there
was a terrible peal of thunder, and as
she started in terror from her seat, sho
observed sitting in trout of her, on the
other side of the table— a .man! Sho
would have shrieked, hut terror tied
her tongue! How did ho get there?
No door had opened, and of his pres
ence sho was unaware, unli.l he had
dawned on her sight. What was he
there for? No human being wearing
pantaloons had ever sought her pres
enco before! and unable to solve such
a staggerer, she sunk back on her seat
and sobbed more violent than ever.
T.ie mysterious intruder was a pleas
ant looking, middle-aged gentleman,
dressed scrupulously in black, with
patent leather boots and a white vest,
and a white hat with crape on it, and a
gold chilli hung over his ver-t, and a
cane which ho carried rather jauntily
t.inn otherwise. His countenance, to
Use a m ire mtilo phrase, was ‘fair to
middling.’ It was undeniably hand
some, although his eye glittered cruel
ly, something liken frozen mill pond in
winter. Such eyes, by the way, always
indicate disagreeable death under
them. His lips, too thin for genuine
good humor, kept wreathing them
selves into a smile which had nothing
in it; such us a rattlesnake might smile
as he charms a bird, or a tiger indulge
in when he is aatlslled he has a sure
thing on the unsuspecting gentle ga
zelle which is approaching his lair.—
And had Mabel Montretmor been be
hind him, she would have observed
that he was at great pains to keep car
ried up under his coat skirt a genuine
tail with a barb on it, and that Ids
boots were not just as they ought to be.
‘Maiilen,’ saUUhts.in a gentle, win
ning voice, at which word she started,
for that was the secret of her trouble ;
‘maiden 1 know what grieves thee. 1
Sho spoke not, but looked at him
flxldly.
‘1 know what grief consumes thco’—
and ho added to himself, ‘and it, hasn’t
much more to prey on except hands
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
and feet.’ ‘I know why ihuu weep
cut.’
‘Speak on,' said she.
‘Thou wouldst luivo lieauly, I lion
wouldn't bo as other maidens are,
lair to look upon; thou wuuldsf have
thy hair iis black ns the raven's wink,
without buying dye, which thou euusl
not afford nt the present price of mak
ing shirts; thou wouldst li ito a plump
face and a general plumpness all over ;
thou wouldst have thy feet-reduced,
ami.the material wasted in them placed
where it would show to better advan
(age ; thou wouldst lose those freckles,
which are neither useful nor ornament
al ; thou wouldst.havo youth, and gay
attire to adorn thy youth, and gold go
lore, and silver and precious stones.
‘You weep, Mabel, because last
night, at church, you saw each maiden
have her escort, and they went off two
and two us the animals entered the
ark, hut not one looked at you, and you
wended your way homeward through
tho rain, aloue and uncared for. You
would change all this. Is it not so ?’
And bending her,head like a sun-
flower in a* gale, she whispered, Mt is.’
‘Maiden,’ said he, seizing her by the
shoulder bone, and fixing his eyes on
her with a hungry intensity, ‘I can
give (he these and nioie.’'
‘Olt! sir,’ said she, ‘whoever you are,
give them to me! give them, to me!
But,’ and a doubt crossed her mind,
‘What pr ce must I pity ?—what must 1
do to, gain all these?’
‘Only sign your name. Here, maid
en, is the document, scaled with a No
tary’s seal, with n United States Have
nue stamp on it, and a place left blank
fur your name. See how beautifully
the blank is printed! I hud them
done here iu New York, so as to have
them handy-where I do the most of
my business. Sign, Mabel, sign'!’
• ‘Read it to mo,’ said she, ‘read it to
me.’
He read it. It was an article
agreement in which he promised to
give her youth, beauty, wealth, as
much of these articles as she should
order, or demand, for the space of ten
years, in consideration of which she
should, at the end of that period, be
come his, soul and body,
‘And who are you?’ said.she, tremb*
ling, her system shaking like casta
nets.
‘The Devil, Mabel, himself, in per
son.’
‘Avaunt!’ said she, drawing herself
up to her full height, as ail heroines do
when they say ‘avaunt!’
‘Shall I go, and leave you here—yel
low haired, freckled, and scraggy, Ma
bel?’ said he sardonically.
Sho had been revelling in a dream of
bliss while ho had been talking, and
in imagination she had been all lie had
painted her, and the thought of going
back ro her old condition was too much.
Sho thought of th 6 church the night
before, and remembered that sho had
never had a beau but once, and he wits
a lame shoemaker who never came the
second time, and in a fit of frensy she
exclaimed,
‘I wild sign !’ and tried to fall,
overcome with emotion, on Ids neck.
‘Not any of that,’ said he, dodging ;
‘business is business, so please don’t
aud he .whipped out a lanct. and tied
up her arm so that s,he shouldn’t
bleed too much ; for h always was the
regular Hung for such contracts to ho
signed in the blood of the victim*
though I don’t see why red ink.
wouldn't do as well, if it wasn’t for the
precedent! ; and she signed.
As the final tail was put lo the end of
the *r,’ there was another clap of thun
der, in which he seized tiio fatal scroll
and vanished as he came, without go
ing’through any door, and leaving be
hind him a perceptible odor of sulphcE
The. next morning Mabel Montressor
was missing. Quietly she packed her
trunk, and bought a ticket for Chicago
by the way of the Now York and Erie
without fear ; for she knew that for ten
years nothing could kill her.
She \yu.s nevermore seen in New
York.
Chicago! Mabel,Jlohtressor was at
her toilet in a luxurious mansion on
Wabash avenue, which site had bought
nine years anil eleven months be
fore. She wasn't the Jlabel Jlonlress
or we saw at theopening of the legend,
not by any means. A more beautiful
female never stood before a looking
glass. Her tooth had grown out again;
her hair had come in thicker and long
er than any you see on the labels of the
Hair Restorer; her skin was as pure as
alabaster, and her neck was truly like
the swan’s, and iter arms were rounded
as the ought lo he. Her feet were
shrunk into iss or 3js, and altogether
she was allowed by good judges to bo
the most perleel piece of femininity in
those parts.
She didn’t powder, because no powder
could improve her complexion; she didn’t
paint, because do paint could rival the
ualnrul roses in hercheeks.and she didn’t
embellish her figure, because there was
no necessity for It. When thedevil makes
a contract of this kind, he always fulfills
his part to the letter. Lovers! she had
them by the thousand. Half of the noble
youths of Chicago wer« at her feet. They
algi ed fir the possession of her matchless
charms; they sighed for her wealth, with
which to go into the wheat business, but
to all of which she turned a deaf ear. Her
motto was ‘Excelsior/ and she was wait
iug for some noble Lord, some Grand
Duke, or some Princely Potentate, or
X’ower, to full at tier feet. And
she had grown capricious and way ward,
anil it was a source of-aerene pleasure to
her to have them dangling after her. •
Ot.o night Mabel stood at her bilot
preparing herself lor a gay assemblage,
at which she was sure to be the admired
of all admirers. Bho was just putting
the last (ouch 10 Herself, and wasadmir
lug the effect in I tie mirror, when, hor
ror! there was another face besides hers
in the glass ! hire shrieked, fur it was
the identical face which sho had stood
before ten vears ago, In her desolate
chamber In New Yoik.
. ‘Mabel,’ said he, ‘I have come for you.
Didst think, Mabel, when you left New
York, that I could uevor flud time to
' ’ year. |/-0i! !s IS So
i ’ Twelve linen count IUUe
" ~ *•■'»''- ire*
come here after 'thee ? Foolish girl !
Know that t wo-thirds of the inhabitants
of this city cuME to me of their accord !
Here is the contract, but’—a frowuover
npremls Ills countenance —‘ lam mista
ken in the date. You have yet a mouth
oufhre you full due Never mind/said
u>-to himself, ‘the time isn’t wasted. I
never yet failed to make a tripto Chicago
pay. I shall bo here again In a mouth —
he ready.'
Mabel Montressor went to the party
nevertheless, mid was the gayest .of the
guy. Ah I could those who envied her
h.dr have known by what,means she be
came possessed of it ! Could those who
noticed thedieuving of her bosom have
known how heavy the heart was she was
currying underneath it! but they didn’t.
They never do. * ,
That night was one of unmixed agony.
She paced the floor till the dawning of
the day, and wept and lore her hair, and
lore her hair and wept. . Was there no
way to escape him ? Could ehe not out
wit him?. Was theie no flaw in the
contract? Weiesuen con tracts binding
under Che laws of Illinois ? To all these
questions she got no answer, ami finally,
in her despair, she went lo the minister
of the church iu Which, she hail been
sleeping ever since she had been in Ohir
cago.as all people do when the Devil gels
after them. .She told him her story,
weeping till the carpet was soaked; •
‘Mabel,’ said he to her, tenderly, as is
the custom of preachers when they aie
.giving advice to young and prepossessing
females, ‘thou didst foolishly. What are
the transitory things in life? What are
beauty, wealth, and such, if thou canst
not enjoy Them forever?’
‘True, father,’ said she, ‘but I’ve had u
hunky lime of- it lor ten years, you hot-
You cannot appreciate my situation.
Owing to your sex, you never can be a
scraggy female, yellow haired and freck
led, and running mostly to hands ami
feel, tf you hud been such, you would
have done as I .did.’
‘Mabel, one way remains, ami only cue.
When the arcb-tieml cometh, give him
hack all that be guvt-st thee; lellhim to
jestoreihee to thy normal ugliness, and
the contract is at an end.’
‘But what shalj I do then?’
loo ugly to move In good
society, turn reformer, my child, aud go
lo helming on woman's rights. Why
didn’t you think of that beiure?'
Aud she took his advice. Precisely as
the clock struck twelve, ou the night of
the thirty-first,-of the twelfth month ol
the tenth year (she was iu her chamber),
before her stood her visitor; this time
without his coat and hat and gentleman-
attire.
gain, lie al ways appears fixed up; when
he comes lor his pay, lie is nut such a
pleasant looking individual. [Noie by
Tin-: Authok. — [ learned that once in u
fit of delirium tremens, caused by being
a candidate for u county ollice In Indi
ana.]
‘Avaunt!’ said Mabel, 'I rue the bar
gain—X will nut go!’
‘My dear, retorted be, ‘it’s too late.
You can’t buck out. Here! See I Here
is the contract, duly signed aud sealed,
and the stamps sufficient. My dear, you
must go.’
-‘PJace me,’ shrieked she, ‘as you found
me. Take back this wealth, this beauty,
this hair, these teeth, aud give mo back
my .old set, which was as good us new. I
will not no Our ‘arrangement is at
;iu eud.’
‘Mabel,’ said be, smiling sardonically,
and fixing mi her a wicked eye, ‘look at
this I liu ! ha !’
And lie liold before her a photograph
which she bail taken ten years ago, and
which site (nought she had destroyed.
There was the yellow hair, the wrinkles,
the'freckles, (he skinny neck, the hands,
and the feet which even hoops were in
sullicient to hide ; and as her eyes were
glued on it, the devil smiled more sar
donically.
'Would you he again like this, and be
again beneath tbe notice of a lame shoe
maker ?’ said he.
‘Never ! shrieked she, "take me and
sho fell fainting into his arms.
When the servants came up ttie next
morning at 11 a. m., to awaken their
mistress, she wasn’t there. There w-«s,
however, a strong odor of brimstone per
vading the apartment, which completely
overpowered the Nightblo uni ng .Ccreus
which was open on-her table. The ser
vants helped themselves to tier clothes
and jewelry, and all of them married
well and had large futmlies. The homo
was sold for tuxes, as Is the custom of the
city, and was finally converted into a
boarding house.
There are several morals to lie drawn
from this legend, the principle one of
which is, that the unquenchable desire
fu]* being handsome and rich is wiial
generally sends woman lo tlie devil. If
the reader sees any oilier moral, iu it, lie
is privileged lo extract it. He pays his
money, and can do what be likes.
A STOREKEEPERS REVENGE.
A lIUMOUOUS INCIDENT
One wlnter’keve a country atorekeep
er in the Green Mountain State was
about closing up for the ulght, and while
standing in the suow outside putting up
the window shutter?, saw through tlie
glass u lounging, worthless fellow with
in grub off a pound of fresh butter from
the shelf, and conceal it in his hat.
The act v, as no sooner delected than
the revenge was hit upon, and u very fe\/
minutes found the Green Mountain
atoreko per at once Indulging his appe-
tite for fun to (he fullest extent, and
paying off the thief in a facetious sort of
torture, for which he would have gained
a premium from the old Inquisition,
‘I aay, Seth,' said the storekeeper,
coming In and closing the door- after
him, slapping ids hands over hts shoui
deres, and stumping the suow from his
feet.
belli had his band on the door, his hat
on his head, and a roll of h utter in his
hat, anxious to make hla exit us soon as
possible.
*1 suy, both, sit down ; I reckon, now,
on such a oold night us this, a little
something warm would’ut hurt a fellow.’
Beth felt very uncertain ; lie hud the
butter, and was exceedingly anxious to
lie oil I but the temptation of something
warm Badly Interfered with Ills resolu
tion to go. This resolution, however,
When the devil makes a bui
MOItAL
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1873
wes soon settled by the light owner of
the butter taking Seth by the shoulders
and planting him in a seat .close to the
stove, where be was in such a manner
cornered in by the boxes mui barrels
that, while the grocer stood before him,
there was no possibility of getting out
and right in this very place, sure eflpugb,
the grocer sat down..
‘Seth. we will have a little warm Santa
Cruz,’ said (he Gieeii Mountain grocer;
so he opened (he slove dour and shilled
in as many slicks us the place would ad
mit; ‘without It you would freeze going
home such u night aa tb is.’
Beth already found the butter settling
down closer to his hair, and he Jumped
up, declaring ho must go.
‘Not till you have somethin’ warm.
Belli; comp) I have a story to (ell you/
and Beth was again pushed into hie beat
by his cunning tormentor.
'Oh, it ao lint here/ said the thief at
tempting to tisc.
‘Bit dawn; don’t ho in a hurry/ re
torted the grocer, pushing him hack in
to his chair.
‘But I have the cows to feed and the
wood to spilt, and I. must ho going/
said the prosecuted chap.
‘But you must’nt tear yourself away
in this manner. Sit down, let the cows
take care of themselves, and keep
yourself cool; you appear to be a little
fidgety, * said the roguish grocer, with a
wicked leer.
The next thing was the production of
smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very
sight of which, in Seth’s present situa
tion, would have made the hair stand
erect on his head, had it not been well
oiled and kept down by the butter.
‘doth, X will give you a toasi now,
and you can butter it yourself,’ said the
grocer, with such an air of such con*
summate simplicity that poor Seth be
lieved himself unsuspected, ‘Seth,
here is n fine goose, well roasted, eh?
And, Seth, don’t you use hog’s-fat or
common cooking butter to baste it with;
come, take your butter, 1 mean, Seth,
your toddy.’
Poor Seth now begun to smoke as
well as melt, ami his mouth was her
metically sealed up, as though he had
been born dumb. Streak after streak
of the butter came pouring Horn under
bis hat, anil,his handkerchief was soak
ed with the greasy overflow. Talking
away as if nothing was the matter, the
fun loving grocer kept poking wood in
to tho stove, while poor Seth sat up
right with his hack against the counter
and his knees almost touching the red
hot furnace before him.
‘Cold night this,’ said the grocei
Why,-Seth, you seem to perspire us
you Were warm. Why don’t you take
oil your hat ? Here, let me put your
hat away.’
‘No,’ exclaimed poor Seth, at last.
‘No, I must go; let me out, I ain’t well;
let mo.gu.’
A greasy cataracs was pouring down
the-poor man’s face and neck, and soak
ing into his clothes, and trickling down
into his boots, so that he was literally
in a perfect bath of oil.
‘Well, good night, Seth,’ said the bu
rn urouH Vermonter, ‘if you must go,’ and
added, aa be darted out of the door: *1
say, Peih, I reckon the fun I have had
out, of you is worth ninepence, bo I shan’t
charge you for the pound of hutier in
your hat.’
IHAUGUBATION DAY.
The Great Civic and Military Display--Scenes
in the Senate Chamber--10,000 People hold
Tickets of Admission —Appearance of Sena-’
tor Stunner—Grant I'nce.-i the Crowd tclth
Slollid Indifference--The
and the tnarch to the White House,
Washington', March 4.—This morn
ing broke very clear, but bitter cold, and
the many thousands of persons who were
on their way from streets remote flora
tlie route ot the inaugural proctssum
found it impossible to keep themselviß
comfortable.
This, however, did not have any effect
ih lessening the universal anxb-ty to be
early.on the ground for the purpose of
securing eligible positions early in the
day. The military and civic organiza
tions fimn Ihelr diff-uent headquarters
began tissembling on Pennsylvania Ave
nue. west of I lie Executive Mansion, ami
by half past nine were nearly all in po
sition.
The avenue was by this time alive
with persons gathering to witness lh«
military portion of the ceremonies, and
many of the their way
to Iho Executive Mansion to see the
start. Many visited the White House
before the lime for the parade, but it was
closed
N(.
o visitors were admitted. The clerks
military attaches of the President
; at the capitol, uud matters were ex
ingly quiet at the Executive Mau-
were
(N'Gi}'
THU PROCESSION MOVES,
Prompt to the lime decided upou by
Major General Harry, grand marshal,
for the moving of (lie procession, (he
troops were'in* readiness and began the
march in (he following order;
Mounted police, band of (be Second
Regiment United Stales Artillery, grand
marshal, assistant and aids, reception
committee, military committee on inau
guration. ’
Fir at Division.-- Brevet Major General
E. Upton, United Slates army, comman
ding ; Military Academy' band, battalion
United States corps of.cudets, bund of the
artillery school, United States aimy, bat
talion United States loot artillery, light
A Second regiment United States artil
lery, Naval academy band, battalion
United Slates Naval Cadets, Murine
baud, battalion United Slates murines.
Second Division.~Qx>\. Win. G. Moore,
Washington light infantry, command
ing; Dodswortb’s band, Old Guard of
Now York, Washington light Infantry,
Corcoran battalion, National Guard bat
talion, bund, Company A. St. Louis Na
liouul Guard, Washington artillery.
Third Division. Col. J. C. Audenriud,
A. D. C., commanding ; First Troop Ci
ty Cavalry organized 1774, President’s
mounted guard, the X’resident, the Presi
dent-elect, the Vice and
suite, In carriages, the Goveruor of the
District of Columbia ami stuff, in carria
ges, Huston L iucora, Governor’s mount
ed Guard.
Tourth Division Col. John M. Hucon,
A. D. C., commanding; baud, Albany
Burgess corps, baud, Washington Grays
of Philadelphia, baud, Sumner corps of
Syracuse, Monumental Grays of B.illl
moro, baud, -Duquesue Grays of Pitts
burg, band, State Fenclblea of Philadel
phia.
'Fifth Division,— Colonel'K. S Smith,
Second Connecticut regiment, command
ing ; bund, Second Connecticut regiment
(organized 173 D). band, Filth regiment
National Guard of New York, band,
Third reglrheut National Guani of New
Jersey, band, Fifth Maryland regiment.
Sixth Lieut. Col. Twelfth
Pennsylvania regiment commanding ;
ban’d, Butler'Zouaves. Territorial Guards,
drum corps, Stanton Guards, drum corps,
Altuck Guards, Richmond Zouaves,
band, Twelfth Pennsylvania regiment,
drum corps, Company F, Thirteenth Pa.
regiment, South-Carolina troops.
ScvenCh Division —Gen. J. 0. Crocker,
marshal; ex. Presidents and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, Supreme Court
of the United States. Court of Claims of
the United Slates and Us officers, Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia
and Us officers, Senators, Senators-elect,
and ex-Seuators, members of the House
of Representatives, merabera-elect ami
ex members, Foreign Ministers, corps
diplomatique,. Grunt and Wilson elec
tors, National and Congressional Repub
lican Committee, National Sailors/ and
Soldiers’ Committee, authorities of the ,
District of Columbia, Legislative Assem
bly of the Dtst: let of Columbia, Board of
Commissioners of Metropolitan Ppllce,
Governors of States and Territories,-
heads of bureaus of the Executive De
panmenls, officers of* the army, navy
ami tnarine corps, clergy.
JPJghth Division. Arthus Shepherd,
marshal ; band, Hartranft Club ofPhila
delphia, escorted by u dedegutiou ot the
Young Men’s Republican Club of the
District of Columbia, Stale associations
and delegations from Stales and Terri
tories, Republican Executive Committee
of the District of Columbia, bund, Came
ron club of Philadelphia, band, Soldiers’
nnd Sailors’ Grant and Wilson Clubs of
Baltimore, and other orguui/.iulons.
Ninth Division.— Col. J. A. Magruder,
marshal; baud, Soldiers* aud Sailors’ or
phans, associated survivors of the war of
1813, band, veterans of the Mexican war,'
soldiers of the soldiers’ home, officers of
the Grand Army of the Republic, band,
German veteran union, Baltimore vete
ran union.
Tenth Division. Bund,, Washington
schuetzen verehi of District ol Columbia,
band, Baltimore schuetzen vereln, Bur
ger Schuetzen vereln, band, Columbia
turn verein of District of Columbia,
band, Hibernian Benevolent Society,
band, Knights of St. Patrick, band,
Temperance Alliance of District of Co
lumbia, employees of Washington navy
yard, Potomac bout club.
E’cccnth Division. John K. Cook,
marshal; bond. S. J. Bowen pioneer
dub, Twilight cadets, baud. East Wash
ington pioneer club, band’, Shepherd
pioneer club, band, Columbia pioneer
c üb, band, Third District Republican
Club, bum), Eighth District Republican
club, band, Friendship pioneer club of
Baltimore, Colfax pioneer club of Balti
more, band, Burns* pioneer club of Bal
timoie, baud, Deckers’ club of Baltimore,
Monumental association of Baltimoie,
ami-other organizations.
'Jweffth Division. Chief Engineer
Martin Cronin, marshal; baud, tiro de
partment of District of Columbia, visit
ing fire organizations*
THE FAVORED FEW
Long before - the procession had been
formed immense crowds of people wore
on their way to the Capitol, the near ap
proaches to which,'however, were guard
ed by u largo force of policemen and sol
diers, who kept back all except the
favored few, about 10,000 persons baying
tickets of admission to the Senate cham
ber. The galleries were (Hied us soon as
the doors were opened, ul 11 o’clock, and.
presented a very guy appearance, much
the larger proportion of their occupants
being ladies wha graced the occasion
With holiday attire.
the floor or tiie’senati;
began to fill np quite early with distin
guished invited 'guests, including many
of the highest military and naval ofllcers
of the government, who occupied seals
together to the loft ami rear of the Sen
ators. Among these were Generals Sher
man and Sheridan and Admiral Porter.
The routine business of ,the Senate pro
ceeded without interruption till about
1:30, when
THE DIPLOMATIC COUPS
appeared at tho main entrance and at
tracted tiie attention of all eyes as they
(lied down tho centre aisle with llit-ir
gorgeous court costumes, resplendent
with gold and silver embroideries and
gJUterlugWith decorations. The Turkish
minister, Blueque Rey, having been lon
gest In service ut Washington, headed
the corps us its dean. He was followed
by Sir Edward I’hornton, and the Aus
trian minister, the Marquis deNovialles,
minister of France, and Mr. Mori, the
Japanese minister, brought up the rear
of the - ministers, and the secretaries and
attache** followed. A few minutes af
terward*
THE SUPREME COURT
lie United States was announced, and
the justices’ headed by Chief Justice
Chase, and cl ad lu their robes of olllce,
entered the Senate chamber, and march
ing slowly down the centre aisle took
tiie seats prepared-for them in front of
and facing the rostrum. Almost Imme
diately after
CIENKFtAI. OUANT
was escorted into the chamber by the
Senate Committee of Arrangements,
CQiislsllnguf Messrs. Cragln, Bayard and
Logan, and conducted to a chair direct
ly in front ot the clerk’s desk, ami sal
there facing the audience, the target for
several thousand curious eyes, whose
gaze lie seemed to all appearance neith
er to avoid nor to reuii/.e, but exhibited
bis usual self pusne-Mon and unassuming
demeanin'.
tin-: jiouu OF TWELVK
having nearly arrived, Vice I’resiileut
CM fax delivered his. valedictory, ami
proceeded to administer the oath of of
lii!*' "» Vice President Wilson. The For
ty -<v uni Congress having been declar
ed ai .hi eiM, the newly inducted Vice
Pre-id»*n( administered the oath of otlice
to the Si-naliMM elect, who came lorwurd
to the rostrum as their names wore called
by the secretary, three at a time. The
OHO ANIMATION OF Til H Nl'.W SKNATK
having thus been complied in (be course
of about twenty minutes, It was uu-
uounced that the Senate, Supreme Court
ami invited spectators would proceed to
the east portico of the Capitol to parti
cipate in the ceremonies of
THE INAUGURATION
of the Presidentelect. A procession was
accordingly formed, and the Jlale "occu
pants of the Senate proceeded through
the corrlders and rotunda to the place
indicated. Just before the retiring Vice
President delivered his valedictory, the
members of the House of Representa
tives, beaded by Speaker Blaine, had
entered the Senate chamber, and taken
seals in that body behind the diploma
tic corps, filling up all the remaining
chairs that had been kept vacant await
ing their arrival.
SENATOR SUMNER
also entered just at this time, muffled up
like an invalid, but looking unexpected
ly well; A busy conversation in tue gal
leries called attention to bis entrance,
and throughout the subsequent proceed
ings in the Senate the.interest of the oc
cupants of the galleries in pointing out
and commenting on various celebrities'
on the floor gave (ho audience (be ap
pearance and the conduct of the specta
tors at a theatrical matinee rather than
the usual orderly assemblage-seen in the
C-mgressioßaf halls.
ON KKACHINtt THM l-I.ATI'OHM
tiro Presidentelect took the seat provi
ded for him in front of the centre, Vice
President _Colfax and the sergeant-at-
arms, who were in charge of the cere
monies, silting on his right, and the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on
bis left. The Senate Committee of Ar
rangements were near at hand, next in
the rear tile associate Justices of the Su
premo Court occupied seats on the left,
and the members and sccietary of the
Senate on the right. The diplomatic
corps were to have occupied scats in the
rear of the Supreme Court, but many of
them were not sufficiently alert to pro
vent themselves from-being crowded In-
to ihe background by members of the
House of Representatives and others,
who were piesaod forward by the gene
ral crowd behind.
THE COLDNESS OF THE WEATHER
bad the effect of making the spectators
in the Capitol grounds opposite aud in
the streets adjoining much smaller to-
day ,tbau on most similar occasions
heretofore, but many thousands were
assembled to witness tbe ceremonies.
Crowds surged and swayed to and Iro in
persistent endeavors to secure belter
points of observation, but good order
was preserved, aud no disturbances
whatever of a serious'nature are known
to have occurred. Near Gen. Grant on
the platform sat Mrs. Grant, accompani
ed hy several of their children, the Presi
dent's brother, Orville,’ Marshal and
Mrs. Sharpe, and several other relatives
of the family. Tbe appearance of the
President on the platform was greeted
with enthusiastic cheers and bursts of
music from the bauds. All the various
civic and military organizations, which
were drawn up in line of buttle, filled
the Inside space in front and extended
the entire length of the Cupilbi. The
noise of greeting was hushed as the Presi
dent clod and the Chief Justice of the
United states rose simultaneously, and
the latter commenced to recite the for
mula of
THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
which General Grant took, with hie
head uncovered, and resumed his seat for
a few (noments, while the booming of
cannon, ringing of bells and the shouts
of the vas f multitude buret forth with
deafening sou rid. Cheer after cheer went
up with a volume of tone which almost
rendered inaudible the reports of the
cannon. Partial quiet having Jieeu re
stored the President then arose, and al
though tho Annapolis naval cadets at
the extreme right of the line commenced
at this moment to tire a salute and cer
tain irrepressible firemen continued to
ring their bells, be proceeded to read his
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens: Under. Providence
I have been culled a second time to act as
executive over this great nation. Ft has
been my endeavor in the past to maintain
all the laws, and, so far as lay in my
power, to act for the best interests of the
whole people. My best efforts will be
given in the,same direction in the future,
aided, [ trust, by ray lour years’ expe-
rience in tho olllce. When my first term
of the olllce of chief executive began the
country hod not recovered from tho ef
fects of a great‘internal revolution, and
three of the former Stales of the Union
md not been restored to their federal re
lutious. It seemed to me wiso that no
new questions should he raised so long
as that condition ot attain; existed. There
fore the past four years, .so far as I could
control events, have been consumed in
the effort to restore harmony, public
credit, commerce and all the arts of peace
and progress. It is my firm conviction
that the civilized world la tending to
wards republicanism or government by
the people through their chosen repre
sentatives and t)mt our own groat repub
lic is des lined to be the guiding star to
all others. Under our republic we sup
poit an army less than that of any Euro
pean power of any standing and a navy
less than that of either of ut least live of
them. There could bo no extension of
territory on this continent which.would
call for an Increase of this force, but
rather might such an extension enable us
to diminish It.
The theory of government changes
with general progress. Now that the
telegraph is made available for com
municating thought, together with
rapid transit by steam, all parts of tbo
continent are made contiguous lor all
purposes of government, and communi
cation between the extreme limits of
the country mailo easier than it was
throughout the old thirteen States at
the beginning of our national existence.
Tho effects oftho late civil strife have
been to free tho slave and make him a
citizen ; yet ho is not possessed of all
the civil rights which citizenship should
carry with it., This Is wrong and should
be corrected. To this correction Island
committed so far as executive influence
can avail. Social equality Is not a sub
ject to bo legislated upon, nor shall I
ask that anything bo done to advance
llio social status of tho colored man ex
cept’to give him a fair chance to devel
op what there is good in him. Give
him access to schools, and when ho
travels lot him feel assured that his
V , ‘7\ l f'r r
conduct will regulate the treatment and
fare he will receive.
The States lately at war With the
general government are now happily
rehabilitated, and no executive control
in exercised in any one of them that
would not he exercised in any other
State under like circumstances.
In the first year of the past adminis
tration the proposition caino up for the
admission of Santo Domingo as a terri
tory of the Union. It wits not a ques
tion of my seeking, but a proposition
from the people of Santo Domingo and
which I entertained. I believe oow as
I did then, that it was for the best in
terest of this country, for Unpeople of
Santo Domingo and all concerned, that
the proposition should be received fa
vorably. Jt was, however, rejected
constitutionally, and therefore the sub
ject was never brought up again by me.
In future, while I hold my present of
fice, iho subject of the acquisition of
territory must have the support of the
people before I will recommend any
proposition looking to such acquisition.
I say here, however, that I do not share
in the apprehension held by many as
to the danger ol the government be
coming weakened and destroyed by
reason of the extension of territory.
Commerce, education and rapid transit
of thought and* matter by telegraph
and steain have changed all this, itutn
er do I believe that our great Maker is
preparing tlxo world in hia own good
time to become one great nation, speak
' ing one language, and when armies and
navies will bo no longer required.
My ellorls in tlie future shall bo*'di
rected to .the restoration of good feeling
between the different sections of our
common country; to the-restoration of
our currency to a ,fixed value, as com
pared with the world’s standard of val
ues, gold, and if possible to a par with it;
to the eons’nictiou of such routes of
transit 'throughout the laud and to the.
end that the product* of all sections may
find a market and leaven living remu
neration to the producer; to the mulnte
nance of friendly relatione with all our
neighbors and with distant relations; to
the re-establishment of our commerce
and our share in the carrying trade upon
the ocean ; to the encouragement of our
manufacturing industries as can be eco
nomically pursued in this country, to the
end that the exports of home products
aud industries may pay for our imports,
the only sure method of returning lo and
permanently maintaining a specie basis ;
to the elevation of labor, and by a hu
mane course to bring the aborigines of
the country under the benign influence
of education and colonization. It is eith
er this ora war of extermination. War.-
of extermination engaged in by a people
pursuing commerce and all the industri
al pursuits arc■ expensive even against
:he weakest people, and are demoralizing
and wicked. Our superiority of strength
and advantages of civilization should
make us lenient towards tile Indian. The
wrongs already inflicted upon him should
betaken into account and the bal.ince
placed to bin credit. Tho moral view of
the question should bo considered and
the question asked, “ Cannot the Indian
be made a u.sefu 1 and productive member
of society by proper teaching and ireat
meui?' 1 If the cflbrt is made in good
faith we'wlll stand better before the civi
lized nations of (he earth and In our own
consciences for having made it. All
the-e things are not to be accomplished
by one individual, but they will receive
my support and such recommendations
to Congress as will, In my judgment,
lies! serv6 to curry them into effect f
beg your support and encouragement.
It has been and is try earnest desire to
correct abuses that have grown up in the
ciril service ot the country. To secure
this reformation, rules regulating meth-
ods of appointment ami promotion were
established and have been tried. My
efforts for such reformation shall lie con
tinued to the best .of my judgment, and
the spirit of the rules adopted will bo
maintained.
I acknowledge before this assemblage,
representing us it does efrery section of
our country, the'obllgation I am under
to my’ count rymen for the great honor
they have conferred on me by returning
me to the highest office within their gift.
and the further obligation resting on mo
render to them tile best services with
in my power. This I promise, looking
forward with the crealest anxiety to the
day when I shall he rellevt-d from fe
Hponsihilitios that at times are almost
iverwheimlng, and from which I have
scarcely had a respite since the eventful
firing on Kort Sumpter in April, IS(U, to
tiie present day. My services were then
tendered and accepted under the first call
for troops growing out of that event. I
did not asU forplaceor position, and was
entirely without influence or the ac
quaintance of petsons of influence, but
was resolved to perform my part in u
struggle threatening the very existence
of the nation, a conscientious duty, with
out asking promotion or command, and
without a revengeful feeling towards any
section or individual. Notwithstanding
this, throughout the war amt from my
candidacy for my present office in ISOS,to
the close i f the last presidential cam-
paign I have been Hie subject of abuse
amt slander scarcely ever equaled in po
litical history, which to-day I feet that I
can alford to disregard, in view of your
verdict, which I gratefully accept as my
vindication.
SHORT WORK of JT
is voice was not audible except to
persons on or near tlio front of tlie plat
form, and consequently there were no
manifestations of applause or otherwise
during the delivery, which occupied
less than ten minutes, and was com
pleted before a largo part of the assent
hinge not directly In range of view
knew it had been commenced. At the
conclusion of the address the President
was warmly congratulated by his
friends, and soon after left for the While
House, escorted by the precession,
which having'lortned had taken up its
lino of march. Most of the outside
crowd followed iu the same direction
and the rest dispersed to their houiee,
while the Senate returned to Us chum -
her, and the inauguration ceremonies
at the capital were concluded.
A (inu. has a ringing laugh when
eisa belle.
Tub place lor a piculc—the Sand
wich Islands.
For Execnloi
For Anditoro’
For ABnlgnees
For Venny'Cn
For A.mi<*unc«
contracted
For Hiihliichs i
perlino.
Double col urn i
VOL 59-N0.40
INTELLIGENCE IN FARMING.
In a recent trip to tlio interior of the
State it was our good fortune to meet
with some of the best farmers in the
counties of Southern and Eastern
Pennsylvania, and were much giatilied
to hoar from them that the cry of
"farming does not pay” has nearly
died out, and that most of the intelli
gent'cultivators of the soil are conclu
ding that these pursuits are, to say the
least, quite as profitable as the mercan
tile concerns which so often dazzle and
entice, the young Irqm rural life.
The increased profit from farming is
generally attributed to an increasing
intelligence, fostered chiefly by the
great interest taken in local farmers’
clubs and agriculturalpapers, both of
which are now regarded na essential
parts of the business by all who would
make the most out of the land that it is
callable of producing.
There seems to have been two great
eras in the agriculture of the iramedi
ate.past. The first was wholly the age
of practical experience. Here it was
that the book learners, as those who
get an idea through the medium of tlio
printing press were contemptuously
called, fared hadly in popular estima-;
tion. Then canto a time when the ag
ricultural chemist, with his soil analy
sis and other vagaries, became a power,
and hosts Of inen rushed into fanning
from city desks and counters, fully sat-
isfied that the old-fashioned farmers
know nothing; and that only for him,
with his chemical knowledge, would
the rich harvest field bow down in
golden grai n. . ,
But these times are gone. The tun
have cast their lots together. It is
found they are to grow in mutual help
fulness. Science is still welcome. In
deed science is more than ever wel
come, hot she is not idolized until
she has proved her worth in
■works. And then, with science, and
joined with it practical knowledge
springing up through business habits,
by which only can any mercantile
business prosper, and without which
farming neither ought nor will pros
per, there is no wonder agriculture
improves.
We are very glad to note this bene
ficial change. To this end have we la
bored, and we take some pride in the
fact that we have had a little to do
with this promised revival of agricul
tural prosperity. We have often felt
that there is no reason why farming
should not become tire most certainly
profitable of all businesses. Merchant.-
do not meet and. discuss as farmers do.
Science does not smile on them as she
does on the tillers of the soil. They
have, ’tis true, in many trade branches,
papers devoted to their interest. But
rone of these publications enter so
closely, and so earnestly into their'
reader’s IJfeas the agricultural paper
does into the fanner'- home. This
great power must grow, and must be
productive to a remarkable degree;
and we are quite sure the time will,
come, when, instead of as in the past
we read of “why boys leave the farm,”
we shall have.learned treatises to ex
plain how it is that so many leave the
counting-house for the pleasure and
profits of country life.—7i>;
French System of Making Hot-bods.
The French do not make up a bed
for a single fnuno or a range of frames,
but the commercial Hardeners collect a
large quantity of material—manure,
garden refuse, weeds, etc., and lowing
mixed and loti it to ferment; for a time,
us soon as it is in a fit stale, they form
it into one Inigo bed, twenty to fifty
feet square, and then cover it with
frames, just leaving sufficient room be
tween each range of frames to get
between perform the necessary work
of cultivation. The beds are made of
the depth necessary to give (lie desired
temperature, three or four feet, and
they present the following advan
tages:
1. A largo mass of fermenting mate
rial in a stale of very slow decomposi
tion.
-• A very small space exposed to the
cooling effects of atmospheric changes,
merely the pathway between the
frames.
I). Economy of material, inasmuch
tbo dung neccssaiy for n two-light
frame with us, would ho sufficient for a
three-light one on the French plan.—
The drawback is that of inability to re
plenish the heat when the first supply
becomes exhausted, and no linings
cat) ho applied. Still as a means of
growing n summer crop the plan is
worth following, especially for market
purposes. A bed twelve feet wide
might he made, facing east and west;
upon this two ranges of frames might
ho fixed back to back and close togeth
er, and upon such a bed it is fair to in
fer crops of eithercucumbersor melons,
or in fact any other crop requiring
bottom heat, might bo grown with cer
tainty of success. —Rural New Yorker. -
lla Lf-fAY Pudding.-Four ounces of
the following ingredients: Buet, flour,
bread crumbs, currants, ami raisins.—
Two tablcspoonfuls of treacle. Mix it
well will! half pint ol boiling milk,
and boil it in a mould fur I our hours.
An economical pudding when eggs are
scarce.
Marmalade Pudding.-Half pound
of suet, half pound of bread crumbs,
seven ounces of sifted sugar, and one
pound of marmalade, Mix well with
four eggs, mid boil for four hours.
GiNakKiiREAD - Pudding. Half
pound of flour, quo-fourth pound of
suet, one half pound of treacle, and a
tittle grated ginger ; mix with milk,
and boil for four hours.
The New York World's lunuy mau la
respousihie for the following: ‘Way ta
Snuih Carolina like a piano?’ Beciu-o
the daruus (dark keys) are above the
whiles.’
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