J. W. "YOCUM, Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 34.1
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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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.
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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.
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T 0. BUCHER,
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
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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.••