J. W. "YOCUM, Editor. VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 34.1 THE COLUMBIA SPY, T.ERINIS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, .0 per year, if paid in advance; six months, 51 if not paid until the expiration of the year, 32.50 will be charged. LNG COP/ES No paper will be discontinued until all arrear , v.. are paid, unless at the option of the editor. Advertisements not under contract, must be mariced the length of time desired, or they will 'le continued and charged for mail ordered out. Special Notices •i 5 per cent. more. Notices or Advertisments In reading mat er, under ten lines, $1.00; over ten lines, 10 cts. ner line, minion type. YRariv Advertisers discontinuing their adver :isements before the expiration of the year, will •:e charged at fall rates as above, or according to ontract. Transient rates will 13 ,, charged for all matters 134 refuting htil , ibt to iheir All advertising will be considered CASH, after first usertion. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CHAS. E GAST, (0 Mcc with T. E. Fratiklin, Esq.) No. 27 EAST ortAN GE ST.. LANCASTER, PA. fe.h2C-tf 1. ESIILEMAN, (00ice with Hou. I. E. Hiester,) No. 3i NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA feb2Gl39tf pinLir D. BAKER, No. 17 NORTH DCICE ST., LANCASTER, PA , fe.132.1141 A J. KAUFFMAN, Collections mach in Lancaster and adjoining Counties. Pon , ,ions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims against the government promptly prosecuted. 011Ice—NO.'LlS, Locust street. e j . IV. YOCUM, COLIMIBIA. PA OFFICE—SPY Building, Bank Streel, near Locust. Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining counties. H . E - NRY C. G. REBER, No 5'28 Washington street. near Sixth, Reading, Pa. Collections made in Berics and adjoining counties. n0v2.7-tt M. NORTH, Columbia, Pa. Collectionm promptly made in Lallea:4er and Vork. Counties. THOMAS J. DAVIS, o. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. L0ct430.09-tf 1 - 1 P. ROSEN3IILLEB, JR., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICE.-NO. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa JOHN N. GIUDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, %ORIN - El:4;En, S.C. Mountville, Lancaster County, Pa. trs. Oince Hours front 6 to S o'clock, A. 31., and 7 to 9 o'clock, P. 31. M. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE- - So. 12 N. Third I,treet. 011ie° Hours—From 6 to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. M., and from 6 toll P. M. [sepl-69-tfw SAM E "ifArANS, - usTitE OP THE PEACE. OlUee, on Second St., adJoitllng, Odd Fellows' Hail, Co/ambits, Pa. J. MIL IC K A • SURGEON DENTIST, Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas administered. OFFIUE 2IS LOCUST STREET. septlG9-tfw B C. UNSELD, - • TEACHER OF MUSIC PI INO, 01ZGA ti , MELODEON. euurrVATION of the VOICE and SlNGlNG :special attention given Beginners and young sop! 219 LOCUST STREET r Z. HOFFER , t) . DENTIST. Nitrout.oxitle Gas administered in the extrac tion (>l . Teeth. Olnee— Front Street, next door to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets, Columbia Pa. r IN . g. . 'VS ICI N ,tz.. SURGEON; oin-r; his prniessional "UrVIOU.S to the citizens of Coin inina :nut vicinity. Ile nuts be found at the ottlee em nevi i' with his residence, on Second ,t,:et, bet wren Cherry and Linton, every day, Iron: 7to .1 M., and from G toB P. M. Persons sv:sainii tits services to Apecial eases, between these i 1 ,141 1 ,, leit've word by note at his or throutth tttu poet orrice. sep L-70 D E TAI. SURGERY. .1. S. SMITH, DENTIST, G radus t.• 4,1' Pennsylvania College of Dental Office in Wagner's Building, over llttidetuan's dry goods store. En tr.tace, '271./ Locust Street, Columbia, Penn's. Dr.." S Smith thanks his friends and the pub lic in general for their liberal patronage in the past, and assuring diem that they can rely upon having every attention given to them in the future. In every bronchiof his profession he has Mu ays given entire satisfaction. lie calls attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish of artificial teeth inserted by him. He treats diseases common to the mouth and teeth of children and adults. Teeth tilled with the great est care and In the most approved manner. Aching teeth treated and tilled to last for years. The best of dentrifices and mouth washes con etantly on hand. N. B.—All work warranted. sepl-69-Iyw S. S. S'l,f ITU, D. D. S. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. The undersigned have opened an onlee for the purchase and sale of real estate, collection of rents, and the renting of property. Business entrusted to their care will Meet with prompt and careful attention. F. X. ZIEGI.EIt, oct3o-'69-tf.l A. J. KA.UFF3IA.N. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS tullding, paving' and other brick always on hand. They are hand made and superior to any brick in this part or the country. They are or ieredat the very lowest price. scp 4-69-ttw] MICHAEL LIPHART. ILOI'ELS: `NESTER): 110 TEL, No , ./, 15 CORTLINDT STREET, NEW 'YORK. Tfros. D. WINCIZESTER, Thin Hotel Is central and convenient for Penn sylvanians. MISII.LER, Of Reading Pa., is an a;sistatit at thl, Hotel, and %Oil be glad to ride tit Intends at all tines. selet-1-69-trat WMirME TillS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED, LK:twee:l the Kt:scions of the Reading and Cohan:L and Pennsylvania Railroads, rRUNT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. inp.e accommodations for Strangers n 11cl Tray elers. The Bar is stocked with CHOICE LIQUOIIS, n.I the Tables farnaslic,l with the best fare. UItIAII FINDLEY, Proprietor. se p4-G9-tfw] FU RANKLS HOUSE, LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. This is a iirst-elasshotel, and is in every respect 4:LlWe...ft to meet the wishes mid Llesires of the traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN, sepl-70 Proprietor, F REN-cirs HOTEL, On the European Plan, opposite City Hull Park Sew York. IL FRENCH, Sept. 30. MS. Proprietor. AIISHLEE'S HOTEL, West Market Square, Reading Re EVAN MISHLEK, Proprietor. septi-Cd-tfw) 31.488_LE WORKS. PRINTING.—CaII at the Steam Printing House of the COLUNIEIIy 'l$Y, rear of Columbia National Bank, and ex amine specimens of Letter Hends„Notes,Cards Gc , . ..., ,s. 4.; Ag,, .r i,...,.,v, - i .F.,,,.., • 07 -- , ~....,.... .:.,, „I, ~...../ •%. ' ' }......1 ,e • . le k ,... ti l • IT ..; : ...-•.:;' ..- . t , & .Y . s . 4- : 7 : : .. , , 4 - f t*,=• , .: 1 ,4 + . . ~...„ • ~.): 4 4 ~f:, +le 13:,..ti '•,.. Al ..,:. ~.1 • • •- t• leg . .... • ".•, ...i . P0,,,....,.,.......,r- - , 4.7 A • 4•Ltv ,/'' '!'",... . ;;E: , 7-' , :d% WI ' - . , k• ."'' , . -- 4 , 444 , - [ ..4,-, -.•,..:,,.....„..: „ .. L ... ;› , -..:.„,„:•,,,... B - UCILE_IVS C01,733LY. T 0. BUCHER, 0. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In 13= FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines and Liquors ! Has removed his Store to his Building,adjoimng Eralcleman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa., where he has fitted up rooms and greatly increased his facilities for doing a more extensive business MISH LER'S CELEBRATED HERB 331.'1' rE PURE AND UNADULTERATED, These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures they have performed in every case, :theft tried Dr. Mahler offers fire hundred deUara to the pro prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater number of genuine certificates of cures effected by it, near the place where it is made, than MISL{LER'S HERB BITTERS lIISIILER'S "HERB BITTERS Is for ssle to Columbieby J. C. BUCHER, At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia WINES AND LIQUORS ! Embracing the following; Catawba, Port, Lisbon, Cherry, Currant and Muscat WISES COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and BRANDIES of all kinds Blackberry Catawba Cherry, 13E1 XX Old Rye X Old Rye, Pure Old Rye, Monongahela, Rectified. Whisky, London Brown Stout Scotch Ale. ac., 4tc., .Ic. MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR He ls also Agent for the Celebrated MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS POCKET FLASKS. DEMIJOHNS, TOBACCO BOXES, and FANCY ARTICLE'S, in great variety, MISHLER'S BITTERS! PURE 4: UNADULTERATED BEST STOUT PORTER ! From E. & G. HIDBERT, LONDON Agent for the PURE MALT VINEGAR Cannot he purchased at any other establish- ment In town, and is warranted to keep fruits and vegetables perfect. The Best Brunds of Imported SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS BUETIER will still keep on hand the SMOKING AV CHEWING TOBACCO, SNUFF, HAVANA, TARA, and COMMON SEGARS. Also, SNUFF t TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a thousand and one varieties. Call at Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store. It Is the greatest establishment of the kind this aide of Philadelphia. te).-Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and Mist:dee& Bitters. . Metderia, Malaga, Champagne, Claret, Rhine, Blackborry, Eldel berry, Jamaica Spirits, I,unitnel, Ginger, Superior Olu Rye, Pure Old Rye, XXX Old Rye, AGENCY FOR FOR SALE AL J. C. BUCLIER'S For Sale by J. C. RUCHER For sale. 1)) Jr. C. BUCHER, Locust Street, above Front For Sale at J. C. BUCHER. S' Best Brands of J. C. BLUCHER'S, COLTIMBIA„ PA., SA_TITIZDA:Y MOBiIs.TIICGr, APRIL 2, 18'70. 3IISCELLANEO US. OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED! THIS DAY. THIS WEEK. AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS, 13 R,EI E, 12S Locust Street, THE LARGEST STOCK. OF HATS AND CAPS, For :lien, Youth and Children, ever before offer ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it does, ST] LE and QUALITY int soft and sun brim, such as the Warwick•, Ida LeWhi. Sinbad, Prince Arthur, American Girl, Bute, Peerless, Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Conan, Waverly*, Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style of Silk Hats, just out, together with a full stock of • GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel Shirts and Drswers, English, El email and 1)o• 'nestle Ho , dery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cull's and Col lars, Sc. Also. UMBRELLAS AND CANES Parties who favor us with t heir patron:v:4e are assured that it will be our constant, aim to inert , their confidence and support. Call and eXain Ine our well selected stock at at lOW prices. AN'S No, hti Locust Street, Columbia, Pa ratt9.'6o-I.y NO. 13 SHREINER'S IS THE PLACE Where you can buy a first rate AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS W ‘TC II BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, HAND SOME BREAST PINS. EAR RINGS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, and almost everything in the jewelry line AT THE LOWEST PRICE Or you can purchase FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED SVOONS, FORKS. KNIVES PASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE PITWIERS. BuTTEtt DISHES &c. Sc. Then If you are In A.NT 0 L , "1: ImE you ran buy any kind of AMERICAN CLOCK, warranted of the best quality, at a low figure CALL AND SEE FOR YORFELF CHAS. P. SIMEINERS Sept4wt No. 1:i Front. SL, Colombia, Pa DitIIGS 1 - A. MEYERS Druggist ail Apothecary, ODD FELLOWS' HALL, Invites attention to few special:le, now is stock: PRIME N.E CAN:IIIx SEED OLD PALM SOAP IN BADS PRATT'S BED BUG KILLER, (sure thing and harodess to pev,ons,) ROMETE'S NEW AND IMPROVED RAT KIL LER, (the best thing We have yet said,) SPLENDID LOT OF CEA:ADIS SI BATtI. TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVErt COM:WOOD 1 OIL SHOENIA.KEM, coArtsu AND FINE PEPPER., ground in the MEI PURE SPICES' AND CREAM TARTAR Together with our usual large stock of Duxos MI,IDIC/NES and Dticaaisms which are entirely CASII. purchases. PHYSICIAN'S PREscHtPrIoNs and FAVH,y RE cii,Es prepared by night or day with areal acy. Remember the FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, sept.4'69-tfwl Odd Fellows' Hall I B. KEVINSKI, eI DEALER IN PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. A htege assortment of Violins, Flutes, Guitars, Banjos, Tamborines, Acieordeons, Files, Hur tnouleas, Oral inuqteal nuu•chaudise tilwa:;:. on ham!, SHEET MUSIC. A large , I.LCIC On hand, and constantly revel vllig allthe latest public ,tions as soon as 1,3t1 ed. Music and I%lusieal 110o1:4 will be sent by mail fr/w of postage, when the market pi lee is remit.- I)ACALCOMANIA, Or the Art Of transferring Picture,. C . .in be transferred on any object. I woolit call special attention of the !b:u•h malcete to ray ' , Cock 01 Daealeonnuil.t. I=l STEINWAY & SUN'S PIAND.A. P:LINcE. NEEDHAM & SON 's ORGANS AND MELODEONS. Sole Agent for liurlealea PIANO FORTE A.N U FUItSITCRE L.l:, Ca!! and exalnille Illy a...04:1: at NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE S 1 REET LA `:C.ISTL•'R, PA COOPER UONAIID, S. E. cur. 9th Market Sta PHILADELPHIA. Having rebuilt their store, will . - Ten about October Ist, with no elegant stock, to whieh they invite an ex:unlnat ion. Upwards of seventeen years of aet.ve busi ness at their present location. enable-. them to Judge of the wants of their patrons, to buy at the lowest priers and to sell at the smallest mar gin of profit. Full lines of BLACK SILKS, DRESS STUFFS, SILK VELVETS, CLOAKS, sirAw Ls, HOSIERY, TIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS, CUFFS. ‘lte., WHITE GOODS, BLANKETS, gum rs. MUSLINS. L/NENS, CASSI3IERES, CLOTHS. CLOAKINGS, VELVETEENS, &c., COOPER & CONA S. E. eel.. Ninth & Market Ste.. Philadelphia- COLUMBIA NURSERY. This old and well known establishment continues as heretofore—to send out the finest stock, at the lowest prices. of any tlrst-elass Nursery in the St ate. The assortment is exten sive, and the stock well grown. In the fruit de partmenf,an the leading* varletinsof the various traits are grown. The hardy urnamental De partment is also very coin nfete, ecunprising a great variety of rare SHA DE TREES, EVER GREENS, FLOWERING , SHIIUISEI CV. 45:12, But the Green Houses are the great attract lon, as they are lIONV tilled with Fine, lies :thy Bloom ing Plinths, the rarest collection that it has ever been our please re to otter since we have been In the business. The amount of b wean en ables us to sell at least h per cent. lower than any other establishment In this vicinity. Ma ny articles will besolii this spring:it 50 and even 100 percent, lower than advertised prices orot tier Nerseries. Our wholesale prices cannot fail to give slab:fiction to those in the trade. We Invite all to eall, examine and price our stock berme purchasing. Correspondence solic ited. murl2-4t S. 11. PURPLE. HA 1)S. LETT ER-HEA DS, BUSINESS CARDS. Lte., by the thousand at the SPY Office. "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP' AS READINCTF: 110. P. ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." ME One morning laq week a pave of Internal Revenue Oltleers went to the store of Ludwig Schneider, in Brooklyn for the purpose of ar re,t ing him and seizing all liquors found en the place, Some one, friendly to Ludwig, bad giv en him timely warning of their intended visit and when they arrived they found "the bird had flown, - taking everything with hire. From gross der rie•r, ad broke of day, Bringin' by Brooklyn tresh dismay, Der news vas send, by n Doc( hman (true, Tint der Officers order nefenue ood be ofer In legs as a 'lour or dwo, To conti,gate all der Viskey dey got Simeider's place, or near der sbbot. mid vilder yed der rumor,: dem flew. Dill Slumicier didn'd know cot to do; So lie glosod der doors and barred dem (light, Saying: "Dry ran latimner avail mit all delr might. Of dey gid dem obeli before id's night., Den 1 don'd how— Imd ve shall see Who is der shmardegt, dem or me!" For a hour or dree no rest he got, SIKH)! Shneider shda Gi rigid on der till hot ]3nd dere is a slid root in Brooklyn town, Dot boil baced, dot Wad , - rigbd down To Gon cv Island, 011(1 vat is more (Dot's a yonder id nefer vas used before.) Id vas rialid in brood °filer back of dersbdore. Una (lore on dot road vas nine timely.; nod a cart, Loaf,llng mit. Vlskev all rea , iv to shilart Dey're mood all loado,l, and ‘slmelaer is gay, In do-n momencls hell be bout a inllc avny, NO. 13 Dey're off; and noding snow Vat VIIY (ley Inade nb drir minds to go, find eferyding's moved, yed nod a sound Can be heerd bud der veels agoin around, dey mote so shwifdly ofer der ground ; llnd Shudder look, bask and says: "Goof day, For now he's more as fife miles way. Sltdill Jumps dean Forces—sudill on dey go, Lind der way dey mote dot isted Dey're Coin down hill, and fader nod fastler, Dey're arl fen ahead by Shneeler,deir, masaer, Who shaueks to aem how like a boor man's Nastier, For veil he knows (let of now he's (looked, Ile can made up his mind dot his goose vas cooked! So efory rotr,,els dry 111'111:4 Curate dry oin'd 111orr rr. den toile, ava3 Tinder dcdr flying hoof's der load Like grade big mmt gadder ,tot ti owed, Und der flies dot leaf come all der vay from town :Cow got diresl U]Hl luul to lay 1111 W n TO tool: 0 ,lunall ro,d upon dve ground; 1 , , , r "Shuck' " mut dee v.utuon,, lent vont so Dirt efen (int n i In,d, Der dust vas dirk, and der liori.es ern3 lind Siineider vas ! 12= Per Eery first ding ant Sl)neliter sw,v Vris der sand, und he leered der 0011.1111 roar, Ile shmellod der , :elt in der goof old preeze, Dot voided oter vole dere cove dree, Und he fell fired rade mil, his mind ea.se, Und der fthy hor<es dew seemed to say: ye pringed you, Shnelder, all der vay Front Brooklyn town and st_h•d let• vi,lrey, Dad 'bon our words 'dwas I:ulder t;•;liry' Hurrah! hurrah! for Shnelder rime! Hurrah! hurrah! for der horses doe! Uud ven deir shadue; is high and d^,y, Led some pally pey mit a rockery eye, Gid ub on der dap of a barrel and gry; Dead is der horses dot sated der day, lly carting der vishey and Shneider ga3 From Brooklyn—dweady miles avay. littstatanctus '-ilrzu T.TIL"=ITEDST. 4 .TES' SENATE TaiDER In order to see the light of the sun eclipsed, or completely thrown inthe shade it is necessary to visit the Senate in night session. In prosy day-time one's senses are ravished by the bewildering beauty of the decorative art in this "chamber;" but thus seen only a magic hall pictured in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments" will compare the fairy-like beauty of the scene. Whence come the beams that steep everything in a sea of liquid amber? No jetty flame is visible anywhere. The exquisite roof of stained glass gleams with a deeper, richer light than was ever bor rowed from old Sol's rays. In order to be disenchanted one must be told that innu merable little gas jets cover the interior roof of the chamber, but the stained glass hides the ingenious contrivance from view. Who shall describe the sea of splendor that wraps and heal everything caught in its embrace? Under its influ ence grave Senators relax that stern grav ity and austerity so becoming in a man whom half the dignity of a sovereign State depends. During last evening's session. Senator Eamsey deliberately placed his hands behind him. apparently without malice aforethought, marched across the floor, and patted Senator Drake on the head. But the most astonishing, flung connected with the pe: romance consists in the fart that Senator Drake never quacked or even called the attention of the Senate to this strange proceeding. If in the course of legislation a Senator's head must be patted. by what authority has a man the right to do so? Consider ing the irascibility of Senator Drake. his behavior tinder the hand Cur •:.en:tt or ltam sey was lwcoming in the extreme. if there is a chestnut burr ill the Amer ican Senate it is r 411.11111 in the person of Senator Drake. of Missouri. lie I alst le4 with sharp points, like a porcupine. lle is ever on the alert fur his foes. Mid when found he hurls shaft after shaft. unmind ful where he hits; yet there is something so upright and trait in the man that one forgets, as in the case of pricked fingers when a hoard of satin-backed chestnuts arc brought into view. But the shimmering rays of the evening light up a unique picture. In the outer circle of Senatorial chairs may be seen one occupied by the colored man from Missis sippi. As vet it cannot be said that a ne gro or a black man lias broken into Con gress. Senator Revels has the head of a bronze statue, and his hands are Angdo Saxon. But the cruel weight of slavery has left its mark upon the tufted Wilton of the Senate chamber the plantation's walk. Slave idiom clings to his mellow. flute-like. lie looks so lonely and forlorn in his seat, the first in the edge of the charmed circle, just as if he had been washed there by some great tidal wave, which had retired, never inure to return. Senator Revels is a good luau, but not great, after the manner of Frederic Douglas; or keen as a Damascus blade, like Sella Martin, the editor of the colored man's national organ. And yet, in legis lative attainments, lie compares favorably with the majority of the new Senators from the reconstructed States. The Senators are talking about the "funding bill." In the colloquy the clear cut face of John Sherman, of Ohio, comes to the surface. He has put his shoulder ',..loctrli. SCHLTIIIDZLI'S RIDE =CEOS I= GAS-LIGHT WAsutSGTON, rar. 19, 1870 to the mountain of finance, and how man fully he tugs. Oh, the wear and tear to understanding in the attempt to compre hend the money situation! masculine biped whispers to his next door neighbor. "Do you understand why they had a night's session?" Of course the little woman didn't know. "It was to choke of all discussion and come to a vote. In the House they have a way of putting on the brakes, but in the Senate a man can talk and talk until lie spins a cocoon out of his brain, through which he must eat in order to come back to common sense and terra firma. You see," continued the man, "that the Senate is tired. It wants to get home; but a few of the hardy swimmers will not give up the race." Se,natorial abandon takes possession of the hour. A. Western Senator perambu lates the floor, smoking a cigar, but there are very few ladies in the gallery, and the cigar is daintily fragrant, considering its obnoxious origin. In the door of an ad joining cloak-room may be seen the broad open face or Zackariah Chandler, and from its moon-like disc may be noticed small volumes of smoke escaping; but whether this fiery exebition is the result of the destruction of tobacco, or a mild volcanic eruption in a very delicate re gion, there is no means of ascertaining. During the impatient conflict Charles Sumner is seen in his seat, solemnly sol emn as the Spynx. A woman whispers: "Did you ever see Charles Sumner smile? I did once, you ought to hare. .seen " Why?" asked her companion. `-Because he looked so handsome. 'l'lle smile trans figured his countenance. I have liked his face ever since.'' "May I never see him smile," said the other woman. - 'I prefer to comtemplate this man in the Senate as I do the mountain in a picture, or as I would an .A.rtic landscape in a gloomy. sullen sea.'' Apparently weary of wielding the - Vice President Schuyler Colfax has slipped out of the honored chair to a lower seat. and a Senator occupies his place. If a public 111;111 wants to be buried alive lie can accomplish it by getting h hose] f elect ed heir-apparent to the Executive. The Vice President of the United States never has a chance to read his name in the news papers, and by the time his four years are up the dear public have forgotten him. Oh, the honor of riding on the topmost Wave of populrity. and then suddenly finding oneself plunged out of sight, actu ally buried under a Inonntain of greatness. If the President would only die. But who ever knew a President to commit suicide, though he is perfectly aware that another man has been actually prepared to take his place, and that the people of this country will not suffer for the want of a President? The actually reason why the great tpdy o met-I com lyo - rnec wre - woman suffrage is because they fear that sometime in tne course of their natural lives they will be called on to act as Vice President. Schuyler Colfax was seen reading a newspaper at the foot of Ins throne, and if he gets any comfort out. of his position it must consist in holding the gavel suspended over the heads of the shining lights of the country. And yet there is no chance of brining these Sena tors to order, as in the case of the unruly members of the Nouse. The Senators are always in order; there is no chance of en joyment for Schuyler Colfax, except to crawl out of his seat and read a. newspa per? Oh, sorrow and consternation: Dawes is ravishing the East with econ omical delights, and Logan is cleansing the itgean stables of the House in which in i,mity has herded ever since the Repub lic began. There are two positions which are alike solar as the country is concern ed, the Vice Presidency of the United States and that of a country school-mons ter. In the person of Senator Harlan, of lowa. may lie seen the presiding officer of the hour. how admirably he becomes the sombre, dignified place. Nature has cast this man in a noble mould. Broad fore head. clear gray eyes, and features as handsomely chisselled as if fresh from the hands of a lirst-class sculptor. Few men in the Senate have the simple tastes of Sena tor Harlan. II is personal presence would be superb it it were not for the general ap pearance of threatened disruption which marks his every-day attire. But. not withstanding the inclination of his coats to wear out under his arms and fringe in exactly the wrtmg place, no Senator at the Capital is more beloved or trusted by tile p e ople of his own State, now residents Of Washington, than Senator Marian. The funding bill still agitates the wa ters of legislation. and Senator Morton, of Indiana, :irises slowly. leaning upon his rano. Vaat subtle influence brings to the mind's eye the picture Of a tiger chain ed to a broken cage'' Surely that power ful organization was mode to last three score yvars and tog:. What a glorious casket! Away with the cane! The Ni lo:. of his countenance is a part of the un o•anny mockery of the night. There is no betto r speaker oui the floor of the Senate. f if,: thoughts 111 , w fresh. clear. sparkling. 'tcnt'r from a hill-side spring. It is true. Indiana is a benighted State_ moral ly defective, as seen by her divorces. her terrifory sw,nupy. at ill) fever mul ague a 1, early crop. But which is the best harvest u State can ield? Why (11011, to be sure and when this fact is considered Indiana need not feel ashamed of herself. At this hour of the evening the floor is thickly strewn with all sizes of fragments of paper. It rustles under the feet of the - nimble page: sSenntor Wilson is opening Iris evening mail. lle snaps the letter en velopes and hauls out the insides as grace fully as a bear scrapes honey out of a hol low tree. Ile is so earnest, and there is so much to do, and the sun will not stand still even for Massachusetts. Ire takes the time to read the name only of his cor respondent‘; the reading through these letters must be done by a private secreta ry. What a huge pile of papers menace him! Public opinion says lie is a man of •• practical talent." Is not this the best gift of man? Blessed, thrice blessed, is the State that has a man in the Senate connected by an electric cord to the least of her people! Senator Cameron is walking up the broad aisle, erect and stately as a majestic pine in midwinter. This malt is not 4.)mto of the brilliant figures of the Senate. Intl he is high like the mountains and deep like the mines of the great, powerful State he represents. Few, if any Men, carry greater weight in Senatorial legisla tion. Senators t'onkling and Stewart may be seen in their respective seats, and these two men may properly he called the "blondes" of thz Senate. If these Sena tors were women they would have the whole masculine world at their feet. It would seem as if the forces of nature con spired to keep them at a red heat, these men are steeped in liquid sunshine; their beards, at a distance, are the best kind of imitation of spun gold. Once a watery veined Senator was actually seen warm ing his hands only a short distance from Senator Conkling's head; but notwith standing this fact a handsomer man is seldom seen on the floor of the Senate. There is evidence of strong-corning im patience. Senators pace the floor as lions stride their dens. When will the inter minable talk cease? No one heeds it. Senator Sprague is seen in a leaning atti tude against the wall. The golden back ground helps to make a fitting picture of the young millionaire. His face has a marble pallor, which the rosy light of the cinunber cannot dispel. Very few people are in the gallaries. A few dusky faces may be seen at the right of the reporters' seats. The diplomatic space is xmoccupied. In the ladies' galle ry is the intellectual countenance of Mrs. Secretary Cox. She is followed by a suite of pretty, youthful faces. Mrs. Sprague is also present, superbly graceful as ever. Tins elegant woman is not only ornamen tal, but useful to the world, When she is traveling amongst foreign nations her manners reflect honor on the country that gave her birth. Tut the gavel has sounded and night session ends. Or.TVTA. A FAST LIFE.-TIFE IRRETRIEVABLE RUIN OF YOUTH. 'Nestled in one of the numerous pictur esque valleys of Berkshire is an old fash ioned village of true New England type: with its single long and shaded street, quiet almost to loneliness, a church or two with scattered cemeteries, now and then a store, scattered farm-houses, the inevitable post :Mice, hotel, and bridge; to which list but a few public build ings can he added. There were, however, a town louse and a bank in the village. In this secluded place Junius Dee first saw the light in about the year ISt3S., and in giving him maternity his mother gave her To the father this affliction was most se. The boy. however, survived his I inother, and as he grew up the whole of tic: love and alTection of the remaining parent were lavished upon the child. Time passed. and theyouth was found at school, a bright, quick, active, and intelligent pupil. Every attention was bestowed upon his education. At fourteen he was clerk in the bank of :the village of :which his - father' was cashier. He was found to be well fitted for such a responsible place, particularly as he was exceeding rapidly and correct in his calculations. After four years of duty there, both father and son were called to enter a banking house in a larger and snore thriving town, in the capacity respectively of cashier and teller•. Here both remained about five years, and both could have staid many years more with profit to themselves and satisfaction to all concerned. had it not been that the piling man was ambitious of going into business for himself in the city. The fa ther was loth to have bins go, but after repeated solicitation, and having an op portunity to form a partnership with an old and trusted banker friend, the two went into the banking, business in New York under the name and firm of Burr, Dee & Co. All prospered, and after a year or two of success, the two senior partners, who had gone into the arrangement more to secure the firm establishment of the younger . member upon a sure and safe foundation than for any other reason, withdrew, and the whole business fell in to the hands of the junior partner. Busi ness continued prosperous. He bought and sold millions at the brokers' board. The more he had to buy and sell, the more easy it seemed for him to do the business entrusted to him. Very rapid, unac countably accurate in all his transactions the president of the board of brokers once said of him that there was not one of the great numbers of the board who could equal him. Ile would buy "Erie" of nu merous parties, in rapid succession, to the price, often being attached the fractional harts of a cent; but his accounts were the first to be ready, and always the most cor rect, and that, too, without the aid of pen or paper. One day a stenographic report.- m: was secretly employed to record all his transactions and before the npporte! could write them out, young Dee had his ac counts correctly made up greatly to the surprise of all who were in the secret. Ile grew rich and alas. as lie grew rich, reckless. Wealth led to wine, wine to WODIC•7I. and fast ilcinst'S and gambling fol lowed. In fact to express it rather inele gantly. the young ;nail went it with a rush for a time. Indeed, he seemed determin ed to see how much and how foolishly he could spend. In a drive to the Central Park he has been known to spend Ssoo. lie would get the best team and order the driver to allow none to pass him. lly would stop at the most fashionable saloon on the route, and indulge in the most costly wines. Money was easily made and more easily expended. And lie seemed to think it would always be so. But there is just where he was mistaken. Few young are able to stand dissipation of the character here indicated for any length of time and Dee could not indulge therein without affecting himself as well as his business. Depositors became suspicious, friends war ned,and ninny withdrew their deposits and securities,while others,either ignorant of his course or still having faith in him, permitted theirs to remain. But to late, they found their confidence had been be trayed. Not satisfied with using his own money, or that not being sufficient for his demands, he drew from the immense sum with which lie had been entrusted, per haps honestly believing at first that he would be able to replace them when need ed, until he had run through in a year a million and a half of donors. But the terrible• momentum he had forced upon himself could not be overcome. More and more rapidly lie went down, until all hope of retrieving the losses he had en tailed upon his friends were useless. 11 is father, himself wealthy, endeavored to stein the flood, throwing in his whole fortune, but the current was too powerful, and it was swept away forever. I:l3re ti 2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance. lenting creditors pressed their claims; the young man, knowing that it was useless to try and satisfy them—to avoid arrest and imprisonment, fled the country, and now roams a fugitive in a foreign land. The father, mortally grieved at the course his son had taken, and humiliated that he could not restore the losses his friends had suffered, soon became insane, and finally died in an insane asylum, anti was buried by kind friends in the village cem etery, by the side of her who had given her life for the child for whom his own proved a second sacrifice. A IMSBANDS COMMANDMENTS 1-1 am thy husband: thou shalt have no other husband but me, whom thou didst vow to love, honor and obey; for I saved thee from old maidism, and rescued thee from the terror of single blessedness. 2—Thou shalt not look upon any other man to love or admire him; for I, thy husband, am a jealous husband, who will visit the sins of the wife upon her follow ers; therefore keep thou faithfully to thy marriage vow. 3—Thou shalt not backbite thy husband, nor speak lightly of him; neither shalt thou expose his faults to thy neighbor,lest lie should hear it, and punish thy perfidy by a deprivation of sundry items, such as bonnets. dresses, etc. 4—Remember the seventh day to keep it free from unnecessary labor; for there are six days in which to do thy work. Thou shalt have thy house clean and tidy by four o'clock on Saturday afternoon; and there shall be no washing of children or baking after that hour, Thou shalt do thy marketing alone, lest in the company of other women thou buyest ribbons for thyself instead of cigars for thy husband. ;3—Honor thy husband's father and mother; and let not thy thoughts wander selfishly towards their cupboards and pockets whilst so doing. G—Thou shalt not box thy children's ears, nor thump them for plundering the sugar-pot, or running away with the pastry or jam; for a hungry stomach knows no law save cut and run. —Thou shalt not listen to flattery nor accept gifts or trinkets from any man save thy husband, who esteemeth woman's pu rity her greatest ornament. B—Thou shalt not rifle thy husband's pockets for money when he is asleep; neither shalt thou read any letters thou mayest find therein; for it is his business to look after his own affairs, and thy bus iness.is to let his alone—ask no questions lint believe. `J—Thou shalt mute:a nothing from thy husband; always speak the troth, and make no false representation of the state of thy pantry and purse, for thy husband abhorreth petty larceny_ ht. the domestic department, which shall he punished by closing the exchequer until such financial affairs arc abolished. 10—Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; thou shalt not covet thy neigh bor's furniture, nor her dress, nor her caps, nor anything that is her's; and when thon,gost out with thy husband thou shalt not wear a crinoline, nor any other dangerous machine likely to conic in con tact with his shins. 11—Look for no jewelry from thy hus band on the anniversary of thy wedding; fur it is written—" Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be dis appointed." POOE FELLOW A widower, who greatly regretted his wife, had her buried in the cemetery of Mont Parnasse, Paris. He put up no monument of marble or stone; only a small garden and a very small inscription mark ed the spot where his lost partner lay. First some nasturtiums were planted over the grave—the deceased was fond of nas turtiums—these were gathered on Sundays and eaten as salad. This attempt having been successful. bolder measures were adopted, and some little pink radishes grew there as if by chance. The official in charge of the cemetery said nothing until last autumn, when he became aware of the presence of two enormous melons in the inclosure. This time the police regulations were put in force, and. this new form of market-gardening was brought to a close by the bereaved hus band being requested to withdraw from the cemetery which he did, complaining bitterly of cruelty, and saying that he had so particularly valued the vegetables grown upon the grave, and eaten them with peculiar satisfaction, because be felt they were offered to him by his Zoe, ONLY MA/31 , 1G 3E12E47 There was something, unexpectedly sar castic in the recent reply of a criminal, when Asked by the Court if lie were ftuilty it larcency? No, sir---are you?" PrisonPr, — said the ruffled Inagistrate •' don't put (in any airs with m or I'll send you down - nr contempt of enact. I ask you again, are you guilty?'• •• And I tell you no!" •• lint this man says he detected you in the very act of lareeney. •• Yes, sir: but I was fooling him?" •• Fooling him! How du yon make that out?" "Just luuking, believe as you do some times." Sir, what do you mean? `• Why, the other night, T---y, when you were staggering on the street, some folks thought you were tight, but I knew you were only making believe." FANNY FERN says: "If one-half the girls knew the previous lives of the men they marry, the list of old maids would be wonderfully increased." Whereupon the Boston Post asks: "If the men knew what their future lives were to he, would't it increase the list of all the old maids still further'!" A lIANDr,O3II:, tall, and finely-developed girl, at a recent masked ball in San Fran cisco, u•ho made herself particularly use ful and obliging in the ladies' dressing room, turned out to be a beardless young man about town, to the torror of a corpu lent lady, whose corsets he had helped to lace, and many others. Trrr FIRST GRN role IS7o.—The elec tion in New Hampshire on Tuesday re sulted in the re-election of Onslow Stearns, Republican, by at least 1200 majority over the Democratic, Labor Reform, and Tem perance parties combined. The Senate and House are largely Republican. [WHOLE NUMBER, 2,0834. MAZE A SCIIA.? BOOE'. Every intelligent progressive farmer takes a paper. This is a fixed fact. It is to be hoped, too, that he has half a dozen journals. of one sort or another, coming every month. But, however that may be, when he reads them over he often says : `Now I wish I could remember that item put it„in practice next season I believe I will cut it out and puts it in his vest pocket, or between the leaves of a book or in some out of the way place, where there is little chance of his ever seeing it again. Now, when he cut it out he took a step in the right direction. - Why did he not go on a little further, and paste it in a scrap book? Then it would have been perma nently saved and very convenient for re ference. Preserving papers in files would save all the articles, but few would ever take the trouble to look all through them for some point they wished to read over again. It would seem too much like Mo.:- ing for the proverbial —needle in the hay mow." The scrap book gives you the very cream of your papers. There are usually only a few articles in each one which seem to have been written expressly for yon, and you do not care to save those belonging to everybody else.—You do not care to read the columns on beekeeping, when you never owned a bee in your life: but prob ably your neighbor takes more interest in that than any other department. It is the beauty of every good paper that it has something in for every one. The house-mother can never buy as good a receipt book as she can make by care fully saving the useful receipts and sugges tions she meets in her weekly paper. The book should have a simple classification; the receipts for cooking should be placed by themselves, those for general housework may be Placed in another part of the book —the same for directions on gardening:, care of children. etc. Such a book is a great means of economi zing in the course of a year. Just the right thing in the right place often saves dol_ tars' of money. and dollars' worth of time and trouble. Just such lainf9 and direc_ tions we meet with from week to week in every good paper, and it is the putting it into practice that makes the difference between the thrifty, successftl farmer and his opposite. Of course if they are forgot_ ten they cannot be put in practice. The mind, unless it has been severely discil? - ined, is apt to hold knowledge asmuch as a sive does water. it needs many helps to make the mind useful. The very act of cutting out the slip and pasting it in is a great help towards recalling it and if the details are forgotten, there is the articte itself—you!can turn to it readily. Thus you can be benefited by the expreience of a hundreds of people you have:me*er - seel*: but who have kindly noted down their own success or failure in the various de partments in which you are interested. TEE CONTEST OTZL TEE T.5..nn7 The vast progress made by American industry in supplying the home market with goods that were formerly imported is but little understood by those who have not studied the subject; and the clamor that is kept up by free trade interests, about the tariff being a mere bonus grant ed to a few manufacturers, is manifestly intended to foster this general ignorance. But reliable statistics demonstrate that we make steady progress in all directions, and that we are fairly in view of the win ning post. Capita] is now so much more abundant in the country than formerly that it is constantly seeking new invest ments, and manufactures are springing up where in past years they would not be thought of. Competition is eager among American enterprises, and this stimulates the success of our people in the general markets. All that we need now is an assured fu ture, made favorable for industrial invest ments by relief from the constant danger of a successful free trade assault. With such certainly we can raise all the money requisite to develope our resources, as has now been clearly proven by the enormous investments of the last ten years. Every mining field that is available is receiving its due share of attention. All manufac_ hiring centres are attainining to greater dimensions. The processes of the produc tive arts are being improved, and labor_ saving machinery is introduced with greater and greater effect. The European interests that have so long depened upon their American market feel that a crisis of no ordinary character has arisen, and that at the rate we are proceeding the end is clearly within sight. Unless, therefore, they can check us again by one of those ruinous eras of free trade, of which we have had such a melancholy experience , their American market is gone. But the friends of home labor must under stand that unless we all stand together in this contest we shall fail; since we see all around us the evidences of an insidious and dang6rous effort to separate us and ar ray the interests of one section against another. We have no ordinary enemy to fight. The battle for free trade has its base in England. The danger always comes from that quarter, and it does so now as much as ever. We are very seri ously threatened. WHEEL' THE suiT DOES N'OT SET The following graphic passage is front the description of a scene witnessed by a Mr. Campbell and his party in the north: "Norway, from a chit of about one thousand feet above the sea. The ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our feet; the sound of its waves scarcely reach our airy lookout; away in the north the huge old sun swung low along the horizon like the slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of our grandfather's parlor cor ner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both of the hands came together at twelve. midnight, the, beauti ful round orb hung triumphant above the the wave—a bridge of gold, running due north, spanned the water between us and him. There lie shone in silent majesty, which knew no setting. We involuntari ly took olf our hats; no word was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset von ever saw, and its beauties will pale before the georgeous coloring which now lit up the ocean, heaven and mountain. In half an hour the sun had swung up preceptibly on his beat, the coloring changed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, one songster after another piped up in the grove behind us—we have slid into another day.••
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