The POTTER JOURNAL AND NEWS ITEM. COUDERSPORT, PA., August 6,18*73 REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES. Eepresentatre Delegate. C C CORNFOKTH, of McKean County. /Senatorial Delegate. HUGH YOUNG, of Tioga County. County Committee. DAN BAKEIi, Chairman, ,T M HAMILTON, Secretary, G W Oolvin C G Gushing R L Nichols J M KUbourne R K Young Vigilance Committees. Abbott— Chas Meisner, Jos Schwartzenbach and Chas Heiisehel Allegany— David L Raymond, A G Presho aud W R Gardner Bingham —l B Carpenter, A H Cobb and L J Thompson Ulara—J L Allen, Wm Graves and W A Cole Coudersport—S F Hamilton, W K Jones and J C Davidson EnlaXin— l.eu is A Glace, C Stearns and J I Earl Gene nee—J C Cavanaugh, Wm Baker and Josiali Webster , , Harrison—.l I, Haynes, A A Swetlaud and \\ W Lawrence Hector— I) W Havens, John Skutt and Cyrus Sunderlin Hebron —Wm Greenman, L M Coy and Geo W Stillman Homer— Levi S Quiinby, Jacob Feet and W H Crosby Keating—G C Lewis, Henry Harris and Hiram Bridges I Lev>lsrUle—C E Baker, Henry C Hosley and O R Basset t Osioayo— A S Lyman, J V Brown and Wm Fes senden Pike— M V Proutv, S H Martin and Sant'l Brown Bleasant Va'Jry—E rnest Wright, Lewis Lyman and J K F Judkins Vort'MK —( 'has Young. Chas Austin and Dau'l Everett Houlet —M V Larrabee, Win Hazen and Chas Bavr Sharon —N l'armenter, A A Newton and J S PearsoU I BteuHirdson —H Andresen, James Barton and Ed Summit— Alvin RenueUs, James Reed and J L Peirce . I Siceden— R L White, Edwin Lyman and Joseph Butler Sylrani a—Dutton Stiles, A R Jordan and G C Bees Ulysses —A F Raymond, .T M Benton and B Jay j Cushing " 1 West Branch— E Crippen, S W Conable and O Wet more Wharton— J L Barclay, A R Burlingame and Shafer I>igue Republican County Convention. The Republicans of Potter County are request ed to meet at their usual place of holding their 1 General Election, on Tuesday, September 2,1 573. I between the hours of 4 and fi p. nt., to eleet Dele- ] paths to represent them in County Convention to ! T>e held at the Borough of Coudersport on Thurs- ] day, the 4th day of Seoteinber next, at 2 o'clock, I p. in., to imt iu nomination candidates to be vot- j ed for at the October election, and to transact ] suen other business as may come before the Con- ! vention. The Vigilance Committees of llie several town ships and boroughs are requested to give notice of the time and place of holding tin? primary meetings and to attend them to organize and act as Boards of Election. The number of Delegates | to be elected from the several townships and bo roughs areas follows: Harrison 6; Hebron and j Sharon, each '<; Bingham, Coudersport artd Ulys ses, each 4: Allegany, Eulalia. Genesee, Hector, | I.ewisville, Oswayo and Koulet, each 3; Abbott, i Clara, Homer, Jackson, Keating, Pike, Pleasant l Valiey. Portage. St e ward son. Summit. Sweden, I Kylv.uiia, West Branch and Wharton, each 2. j En. JorirsAi. & ITEM. —Ploase announce the name of 15. 1.. White, of Sweden township, as a candidate for the office of County Commission er—subject to the decision of Keptiblican County Convention. WE ARE in receipt of a letter from a gentleman in one of the smaller towns of this County declining to act as a member of the Republican Vigi lance Committee of his township, lie states that the evidences of cor ruption for the past year among the leaders of the party in all political centres of which he has knowledge and especially in Congress, make liini feel it a disgrace to be a member of the part}-. Of course, feeling as lie does, he does right to decline to act as a member of the Vigilance committee, but should he feel so? If he and every one like him should withdraw from the party docs not that very withdrawal allow the ras cals and corrupt men of the party a better chance to succeed with their infamous schemes? The gentleman will hardly claim that he can exempt himself from all political duty as easily as lie can decline to act as a member of a township vigilance com mittee. His duty to himself, his country and his neighbors requires him to exercise his right of suffrage; then why not use that weapon inside the ranks of the Republican party? He will scarcely turn to the Demo cratic party as a refuge from corrup tion. The remedy lies in not voting for corrupt men, no matter by whom or what party nominated, and one name scratched from a ticket by a member of the party conveys ten times more of a rebuke to the cor rupt leaders than fifty stay-at-homes. A MARRIAGE lias been contracted between the Duke of Edinburgh second soil of Queen Victoria, and the Princess Marie Alexandrowna, of Russia, as a diplomatic event, this al liance would seem to have but little significance. The policy of Russia has ever been peculiarly Russian and Is not likely to be swerved from its course by family relations, while the royal family of England has come to be little more than a figure-head in the affairs of government. But there is one incident connected with this transaction which shows something of the burden the English people carry in this same lloyal Family, and how many of them are coming to regard it. After the marriage was fully settled, the Queen sent to Parliament a message announcing the fact and asking that body to make a provision for the Duke and Princess as had IMVII • ustoinary under such circum- Htiiri' . In response to this mes - >/' ' ' iniiiistr} introduced a bill *• • i •>' Duke X 2*i,000 per an- | num and settling £ 6000 per annum on the Princess in case of the Duke's ! death. The Lords passed the bill unan ! imously without debate. Nothing j else could be expected of them. The aristocracy would of course support i all the ancient privileges of the crown ! from whence its own prerogatives ; descend. But when Mr. Gladstone called the measure up in the Com mons, it met with a different recep tion. Several members spoke in op position to the bill, expressing the opinion that the people were already too heavily taxed by the demands of the royal family, and if every mem ber of that family had got to be pro vided for on the civil list, the Queen should be required to surrender the immense private estates she held to government. On the second reading of the bill, eighteen members voted aganist it. Numerically this vote would seem to have but little weight, but taken in connection with the sentiments expressed on the floor of the Com mons, it indicates the change that is fast coming over the English people. A change that, beginuing and spreading among the more intelligent of the laboriug class, the artisans, small farmers and trades-people, is scarcely represented at all in Parlia ment, finding no advocates in the Lords and but few in the Commons. Yet it seems destined to remodel the English government. What may be called the lower stratum of English intelligence is seriously considering of what use the ro3*al family is to them or to the country, and why they are taxed to the extent of millions every year to support something that in reality is but a name and a form. The opinion has been expressed that there will never be another corona tion in England, but this is probably going too fast. But let the Prince of Wales be crowned King, and then follow theexample of his great-uncles, George IV and William IV, as he lias exhibited a tendency to do since his arrival at manhood, and the throne and crown and royal preroga tives may be tumbled off into the Thames together and not cause much disturbance either. The Anglo-Sax on race seems to be about the only one that can govern itself or keep the peace without a despotism of some kind to hold it down, and the English portion of it is coming rapid ly to the point where the experiment of self government will not only be entirely safe, but will have to be in augurated because the people demand it—and the people is King. THE counties around us that voted under the Local Option Law in fav or of no license are having the usual amount of difficulty to enforce the laws. McKean we believe had a batch of cases that were disposed of last February. We have not learned of farther indictments there. Tioga has several cases pending and the spirit in that county on both sides seems to be, to fight it out. Cameron seems to have trouble with violators ot the law and has called a con vention of all who are favorable to it to devise means for its enforce ment. The enactment of a law of that kind, instead of bringing rest to tem perance people, is simply the signal tor them to begin working. It is placing them face to face with the opposing forces, when a clinch is in evitable. If they shrink back from this, they may as well acknowledge themselves beaten and the game up, for such is the case. A law such as that when it becomes a dead letter is worse than no law at all. But let the friends of prohibition in our neighboring counties enforce this measure and they have gained a vic tory to be proud of. AGRICULTURE. One of the favorable signs of the times is the increased attention given to the culture and cultivators of the soil. It is strange and not at all light that the one great business by which only we all can live, should be comparative!}' so little considered and so illy paid. It is often remarked that boys brought up on farms usually take to some other occupation and we ob serve, or somebody does: "It is no wonder, for farm work is more con lining and less profitable than most other kinds of business." No doubt this is so, but how long can we af ford to have it so? With all the millions of mouths to feed now and the rapid increase to be calculated upon, will there not speedily come a time when more production will be so necessary that some way must be devised to make farm labor less con lining and more intelligent; more satisfying to the young and the am bitious. / Science is now offering its aid to those who seek to understand the mysteries of that wonderful change from dead earth to growing, blossom ing, odorous life. Farming need no longer be the drudgery that a wholly physical labor- is. It may be, and really ought to be, highly intellectual for there is much need of stuuy, ex periment and close investigation. But how can it be made to pay in money, as well as mechanics and manufactures do, or as well as pro fessional men are paid? A recent writer in the Philadelphia Press gives an account of the produce, value above expenses, of a farm of 300 acres in southeastern Pennsyl vania, showing that some had found the means of making the business very profitable. But what we most need is a degree of culture and intel ligence that shall make it possible for small farmers, owners of but a few acres, to turn their labor to the best account and make the profit proportional to that of larger plan tations. To this end we "want some atten tion given in the common schools to the various edible productions of the country, the components of different soils and their fitness for various products. Something that shall be a step toward the agricultural col lege, or at least give interest and im petus to any natural tendency child ren may have in this direction. Much is hoped from the efforts of our agricultural society especially if occasional meetings are held and subjects of practical value discussed, and results and conclusions published in the months between the annual fairs. The fairs held some years ago in our county were very useful in awakenin T s : .:<tcrest and effort in agri culturt j-"if we hope the coming one will be folio wed by others every year; and that school teachers and superintendents will do an auxiliary work, by striving to awaken in all the young people an earnest desire for knowledge of the things that lie nearest to them. TIIF. following genuine notice of a picnic to le held to-morrow has been received by us. We have however taken the liberty of changing the names before printing. There Will Be a grand Picnic at Ticket llolow on the 7 of august Miss L. ticket is the Manager and Mr. J. ticket of William center and Miss a. Ilandsom is the singers the Best sing ers in the eunited States they can throw voices thirty feet High in the air in a squelling tone. The comtees Pais all the expenses to the Picnic and Mr Elder Johnson Will dress the acongeration also a Swing Come one come all on the 7 of august a free dinner to all AIR-SHIPS. It is not the part of cool-headed observers to say that any novel plan for utilizing natural forces is impos sible. It is easy to wag the head sagely and comment sarcastically or pityingly on the schemes of "vision ary theorists;" but experience teach es that it is better to give the "men of one idea" a chance to work out their plans, or at least not to put ob stacles in their w-ay. Just now aerial navigation is the pet hobby of many enthusiasts, and we are glad to see that they are finding generous pa trons and a good deal of moral sup port from the public. It is well to remember that one of the most inter esting articles brought over by the first steamship that crossed the At lantic was a newspaper containing a complete scientific demonstration of the impossibility of propelling a vessel such a distance by steam. Prof. Wise may yet have the pleas ure of delivering in Loudon by bal loon one of the numerous articles that have been printed proving the impossibility of making a balloon trip to Eurojie. Preparations lor the proposed trip are going on methodically under the careful supervision of Messrs. Wise and Donaldson. By the end of this week the sewing of the immense strips of cloth that are to form the balloon will be finished. This work and the weaving of the netting are going on in the rooms of the Domes tic Sewing Machine Company on Broadway. The varnishing and painting of the strips of cloth are done at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, through the kind ollices of the Gov ernment, which seems disposed to assist the Professor in every way. The life-boat will be done in a week or two, and the balloon is expected to be fully completed by August 20th. Every possible precaution against disaster seems to have been taken in the construction and equip ment of the balloon; and as Mr. Wise's sincerity has been heartily en dorsed by Prof. Henry, of Washing ton, we are disposed to believe not only that he will make an honest at tempt to reach Europe by balloon, but that he will effect his purpose. Good luck to the plucky old gentle man any way. From the Pacific coast also comes news of experiments in aerial navi gation. California promises ali ving machine that will not only sail, but will steer itself like a bird. The trial of a model of this "aviator" was made on the 20tli inst. in San Fran cisco, but a high gale of wind pre vented a successful experiment. The : owners and spectators, however, be i lieved that a trial of the novel j machine under more favorable cir ' cumstances would have been satis factory. The machine is composed of two boats, clipper built. The lower one, sixty feet long by fifteen . wide, contains the cabin, and is in flated at both ends. The upper boat | is eight feet above the other and is of the same length and breadth, hav ing a depth,- however, of thirty* feet. This is entirely inflated, in three sec tions. The ship is enabled to work against the wind by two enormous wings fifteen feet long by eight feet wide, which project from the sides and are worked by a small steam en gine in the cabin. The rudder is made in the shape of a bird's tail and will be worked by ropes run ning from the stern to the cabin. Next September, Prof. Fairview, the inventor, promises to make a conti nental trip in his aviator and we certainly hope he will be able to do so. It is desirable, also, that other inventive geniuses of America should bring their minds to bear on <his problem and work out the solution. Many will fail, but some one may succeed.— Buffalo Express. A WANDERING HElß. —About forty years ago there died in a hos pital in Philadelphia a man named Turnbull. He had been a man of means and was intciested in coal j lands near Hazleton. Bad specula | tions and dissipation ruined him and others became possessed of his coal property, although up to the time of his death he declared that he still I had a title to them. lie left a | divorced wife, and also a son named J James. The latter was a mere child j when his father died. Nearly thirty I years since he left Philadelphia and went to sea. In 1852, his mother, ' being alone and destitute, deter mined if possible to ascertain if her husband really had any title to the coal lands, and to summon her son back, if possible, and have him urge his claims. The land, meanwhile, had fallen into the hands of Hon. Asa Packer, the Pardees, and other famous capitalists of this region— who still hold them. James Turn bull's mother in the year above men tioned. found a champion in O. 11. Wheeler, Esq., then a lawyer in Mauch Chunk. lie searched the records, and became convinced that Turnbnil's title to the lauds was good. It was necessary, however, to get James back, who, if living, was the only heir, before anything could be done to lecover the property. After twenty years of ceaseless effort tliidings wore finally obtained of him from Mexico and in June, 1872, he j arrived in this country. His career had been one of continual peril and adventure. He had been shipwrecked several times, and once floated a week on a raft until picked up by a vessel near the Island of St. Thomas* lie was an Argonaut of "19," and shared in all the perils of early life in California. Several years spent in that region was followed by his taking up his abode on the western j coast of Mexico, near Mazatlan.! Here lie was blown up in a steam-J boat, robbed by the natives several j times, left for dead by a party of Mexican soldiers with twelve dagger wounds in his body, and suffered 1 many other trials, making and losing; several fortunes. In 1871 he heard; from his mother in regard to the dis puted property, and started for; home as soon as possible, being cap sized in a boat which was conveying him to the homeward bound steamer, j narrowly escaping with his life and losing many valuables. The action to recover was com menced soon after Turnbull's return. The case came up last week in the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at Williamsport. There are six of the most eminent lawyers in the State engaged for the defense—among them, Hon. George W. Woodward. The case was continued on the ground that several of the defen dants' counsel were unable to be present, being members of the Con stitutional Convention. There are 4000 acres of valuable coal land-involved, representing mil lions of dollars.— Hazleton Sentinel. EVERY reader of the Aldine for Aug- j ; ust is sure to be charmed with its beau- j | tiful and seasonable illustrations, as I I well as pleased with its fresh and pi | quant literary contents. A magnifi-1 j cent full-page marine view opens the | | number, from the pencil of M. P. 11. de j ! Haas, X. A., one of our great painters j of water scenes. It is a truthful sketch i of what may be seen almost any day on ; Long Island Sound. Mr. F. T. Vance,! who lias made the region a study, con tributes a series of original pictures of! the grand Adirondack mountains and lakes, which are very timely, as that! region is now full of pleasure seekers. ! There is a page-picture of '•Lake Col- j den," remarkable for its lights and sha dows, depth and feeling; one of '•Ava lanche Lake;" another of "Calamity Pond Brook;" and a charming one of, "Flume Falls of the Opalescence;"— i four as fine views from the proposed | great National Park, as ever appeared j in an Art journal. A tender and elo- j quent full-page picture illustrates a po em called "A Good Dog." The re maining illustrations, all fine works of art, are "Group of Deer," by Speclit; "The Explanation," after Herpfer; "Vot Doesli You Peddles V"a humor-1 ous sketcli by W. M. Cary; "Shoo Fly;" and "Picking Flowers." The literary contents of the Aldine keep pace with its gems of art and are tliis mouth unu sually interesting. There are two de lightful stories: "The crow's requiem," < by Erekmann-Chatrian and "A Graven linage," by Clara F. Guernsey. The miscellaneous articles are "Across the Atlantic in an Old Liner," from the pen of that graceful sketch writer, (.'has. Dawson Shanly; "Old New-England Traits;" "Nature's Forest Volume," pleasantly written by Elizabeth Stod dard; and a very amusing article called "Press Oddities," by Gath Brittle. Music, Art and Literature receive care ful attention. The poems in this num ber are "Found Wanting,"by Mary E. Bradley; "An Uncollected Sonnet of Edgar A. Poe;" "On the I liver," by Robert Kelley Weeks* and "A Good Dog," by S. Lang. Subscription price So, including chromos "Village Belle" and "Crossing the Moor." James Sut ton & Co., publishers, 58 Maiden Lane. Do FAIRS BENEFIT FARMERS? — Yes, sir! Just after the fatigues of a laborious season we come together, wives, daughters and all, to spend a few days in visiting and getting ac quainted with each other and having an old-l'ashioned harvest jubilee—that pays; next, to try'to improve the stcck in our county, which we have done — and th/it pays; and give our good wives and daughters a chance to show their skill in fancy work, or in fixing up things for the culinary department, fit to tempt the palates of lordly men, thereby proving they are deserving of becoming the worthy partners of the best men —and that pays; or to go hack home, feeling jolly and good-natured, without a cent in mine pocket, fully de termined to beat somebody next time — and that pays. But a very small part of a man to go and take a grade bull and show him as a full-blooded and get beat —then you don't get pay; or to go intending to take all the premiums and get none, and then go home mad, feel- ing as though your friends were on the j other aids —that won't pay; or to go to | a fair believing that you are the center ' of attraction and to find others there 1 more popular than you are—that won't 1 pay. — Western Hural. 1 PENSYL.VANIA AFFAIRS. PITTSHURG has upwards of fifty roll- I mg-rniLls. ! REM;LICAN county conventions in Pennsylvania all condemn the back sal | ary business. A COMMITTER of the Pittsburg City Council have decided that wooden pave ments are a failure. ONE thousand guests frequently take : breakfast at McCiellan's splendid hotel • at Altoona. THE exports of Philadelphia have in i creased 11 percent, in three years, which ; is a giatihving exhibit for the Quaker ' city. A LYCOI'IXG county farmer has a cow which recently gave 465 pounds of milk in nine days. The largest yield for one day was 551 pounds. A COMPANY is forming in Lebanon i for the purpose of establishing a rolling -1 mill. It is composed of Lebanon's most j enterprising young men. A HOUSE was stung to death by bees in Washington county the other day. The poor beast was tl d and had to stand and take the fire of a whole liive. HON. William Ehvell, formerly of Bradford, now of Columbia county, is coming out as the Democratic candi date for Justice of the Supreme Court. WILLIAMSPCRT has a match factory with a producing capacity of 103,589,000 matches per day of ten hours. When in full operation about forty men and boys will be employed. " JIINNEQUA Springs," according to all our correspondents, is growing into favor as one of the healthiest summer resorts in America, and hundreds.of our best people are among its visitors. THE Moravians of Bethlehem cele brated their 131 st anniversary week be fore last. The first of their number came to that place in 1741. In 1742 they resolved themselves into a congre gation. llox. Samuel Ileury, of Cambria county, has Wen making an active can vass for State Treasurer and has good hopes of success. Quite a number of the interior counties have instructed their delegates in his favor. llox. Asa Packer has donated to the Lehigh University Co acres of land and $1,000,000 to build and endow it. For the whole course m this institution the tuition is absolutely free; lodging rooms (unfurnished) are provided and board placed as near cost as possible. Btu- dents v.hc are compelled, by the neces sity for labor, to give but a short time each day to study are cordially invited to "come and learn what they can." THE Media American of last week says that the liquor-dealers of Delaware county have secretly combined to dictate the Republican nominations this fall. The scheme is directed specially against Mr. Cooper, a candidate for Senator, who supported "Local Option." Mr. Cooper, in the American, bids the con spirators detiance and declares that what he has done he will do over again. It is probable that this occurrence will insure his nomination and election to the Senate. A IIARRISBURG editor is reported to have seen a black line across the face of the moon, and then written a column in explanation of the phenomenon, A po liceman says the editor was standing j under a telegraph wire. THE most complete powder-works in the country have been started 011 Gard ner's Creek, Luzerne county, near the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railrord.— Their capacity is between 400 and 500 ktgs of powder pertlay. PiHUAOELPniA's steamship lines are flourishing. The Pennsylvania sailed on Saturday week, with a full cargo, on her second trip, and by this time is pro bably at Liverpool. The Ohio will sail ; in a few days. The Jiydal Hall , one of 1 a new line between Philadelphia and Antwerp, arrived last week with a hea vy freight. All that is needed to keep these lines going is a little push on the part of the city merchants and shippers. TIIE Ilarrisburg Patriot wants Frede rick Lauer, a great Reading beer man, for State Treasurer. Ilis business has made him well acquainted with vaults, but whether lie would keep money in them as safely as he docs beer is a ques- I tion. THE fish Commissioners have made arrangements to stock the Lehigh and North Branch of the Susquehanna with black bass. The fisj) will be caught in the Delaware with a seine of small mesh and kept in "live-boats'' until they can be transported. OF THE .>3,170,294 passengers carried over the railroads in Pennsylvania last year, only 33 were killed—less than one in a million. The chances of death by railroad traveling are, therefore, more than a million to one against it, in this , State. j THE Lebanon Cvurirr says that Hon. G. D. Coleman, of that place, would be an acceptable candidate to many Repub licans for Treasurer, and is proposed by many papers. Objection is made to him j on the ground that he would not attend to the duties of the office personally. j HARPER'S Weekly published a bio graphical sketch of Colonel Thomas A. i Scott a few weeks ago and among other inaccuracies said he was born in Lou don county, I'a. The York True Dem ocrat corrects the error and explains that he was born sit or near the village of Loudon, in Franklin county. IT IS rumored that the Democracy of Berks contemplate disbanding the Dem ocratic organization in that county and reorganizing under the "Patrons of Husbandry." "We would consider this report mere idle rumor were it not that General Jackson's death is gaining cre dence through that county. SEVERAL parties in Reading have discovered symptoms of a new disease among their horses which may prove as 1 disastrous as did the epizootic of last year. Horses are unable to eat> are restless, impatient and feverish. They are troubled with an apparent tickling sensation in the threat and do net eat tl<e customary quantities of food. HON. Edward M. Paxson, of Phila delphia, distinctly and positively says that he is in no way connected with the I attempt to nominate It. \f. Maekey for | another term as State Treasurer. Judge j Paxson himself lakes no active part in [politics and although lie is a candidate j for the* Supreme Court he does not mean ; to enter into a combination with aspi rants for any other office. THAT young girl who annually cuts her father's entire crop of wheat with a pair cf horses and a Buckeye reaper lives up in Fayette county this year, j Besides performing this feat she has re j fused the attentions of several clerks.in ! a neighboring town and sits up three* ; nights in a week with a young man who can thresh more oats in a given time than any other youth in the country. ptVa j?rigors. A RARE CURIOSITY.—A remarkable boy was to be seen at the Nashville de pot yesterday; in fact, one of the great est curiosities of the age. lie is half white and half black, not in the mulat to and miscegenation sense, but the lower half of his body is whiter than white folks usually are, while the upper portion is as black as midnight. His mother, a coal black negress, was with him and they left on the Nashville train at 7 o'clock last evening. lie is but three years old and has already made money out of his peculiarities. He made several nickels yesterday in a very few minutes. There ir, a round patch,, about three inches in diameter, cf {>er- \ fectly beautiful hair on the tcp of his | hcau, which is surrounded by little kinky negro wool. — Wnttliiuj (Va.) liij- j isk r. Iu the volume of Massachusetts rc ports which have just been published, there is a utvisicn which is summarized as follows: '"To cheat one out of his money for charitable purposes is just as criminal as it is to cheat one in the way of business; though the-contrary doctrine is held in New York." Ax agricultural Second Adventist in Orington, Maine, is so firmly convinced of the approaching end of the world next month, that he has mortgaged his farm for SSOOO, which he is spending as fast as possible, thinking that be has a particularly "soft thing" on the mort gagee. All of which shows that like many other New Englanders lie is much more honest in his religious be lief than in bis business transactions. A GENTLEMAN, the other day, saw his little daughter dipping her doll ba by's dress into a cup and inquired, "What are you doing, my daughter?" "I'm coloring my doll's dress red."— "What with?" "With beer!" "What put such a foolish notion into your head, child? You can't color red with beer." "Yes, I can, pa; because ma said it was beer that colored your nose so red!" And the gentieman had busi ness that required him to be down town immediately. A BURLY individual the other day rushed into the sanctum of the Hum boldt, Nevada, lixjister and pulling an enormous six-shooter, inquired anxious ly for the editor. "With the great pres ence of mind," says the fearless quill driver; "which always characterizes us when in the presence of danger, we! suddenly arose and knocked down the intruder, soia-d him by nether extremities the street. When la 5 , w ,, , S king a 2:40 gait for Win,* 0 ' the railroad singing 'I W;illt > angel,' The revolver captuj melee is on exhibition at this 030 I THE Washington Ch m>id( . Colonel Mosby. It says: - , that Colonel Moshv, " 0 f ( . 5 j lame, has publicly declared l\ ' tion for President Grant and u' jHtse to support his is in order for all the nals to denounce the man ti, f . v eulogized to the skies as a Very i, * ' as 'the Confederate robber of lj ? ; cormjribs and jierception of public virtue ha... " coincidences. When Colonel \r was lighting against the Union believed by these Democratic* . lie a brilliant officer and an t ! man. But now that he is doii • can to persuade his old followers j port the Union, he is proper object of the severest c and tiie vilest reproach.'' MR. AUSBURN Towner, of tl*J ! ra Advtrtiscr , has prepared a ture for the coming season and* ; happy to deliver it before LyeecnJ Literary Associations. Tliose uia up their programmes for tliewinu, wishing ltis services, can comtn© with him at that office. Mr. T as a literary man has but few >. and wherever he lans appear*,; drawn crowded houses and b i commended. POST AG E OX NEWSPAPH i CHANGES. —The newspapers t!:>. worth living are able to pay postip their exchanges and those that a-, able to pay this bill ought to their checks as soon as possible, franking privilege to Congressus other officials was a nuisance, ii other ground tuan the manner iis it served to encumber and del; mails, to the disadvantage of business correspondence. \\> , believe the Government will sawij lar by its abolition. The railroa&i receive just as much for earning mails and the clerical forces ui tlie !i Oilices at "Washington and elson will not be reduced by a single q Indeed, the expenses of the Depaita have been increased instead of ha lieen reduced since the rejieal we::j effect. Nevertheless, the frank fraud and its abolition is a reform S ought not to be arrested or luted* with. It was a reform in theses which Buckle defined that word: i the doing of something right, tat undoing of something wrong." Le stand. — St. Louis IJciuOCi aL THE postal card manufacture; Springfield are nnu' shipping tat? seven and eight hundred thousandfl daily and will soon increase tlienin to one million. There is an ample: ply of paper on hand to turnouts: lion and a quarter daily and of a be quality than formerly. Tiie ekia of the Postmaster-General was I about one hundred million jtostald would be purchased this year. I" this time—less than three months they were issued—over fifty nta have been ordered and the prohatz are that the consumption this yean be double the estimate. Thusfari fff the small towns have been SHIP REPEAL OF TIIE FRANKING PHI LEGE. Postmaster-General Cress is reported to believe that the al>' : of the franking privilege will so incn the revenues of the Post-Office - make it self-sustaining. .Since the! of July , the sales of stamps haveexe ed those for any other equal pent* the history of the Department. 1 new system of issuing official for public matter is liable tubes by dishonest clerks and others wh - steal them, but the Post-Office tives have been instructed to detais unofficial matter which bears oS stamps. It is believed the loss in ■ direction will not be la rev. "THE BLUE AND THEGUAY.- tender recollections which were re by Decoration Day still appear in press of the Southern States. sionally we meet with noble which should he caught rip and re l Ed, North and South. The Bid- Enquircr , for example, speakinc brave Gen. W. 11. Lytic, of Obi while attempting to reenforee iJffi- ■ mas, in 1863, uses the followin? guage: He was killed far in advance | command, while gallantly I<;< ; • assault upon our lines. 1 his corpse into our lines and ti r ' and his dead rider were both cai 1 ;- So soon as it was known that ; thor of that rare poem, as : as greatly admired South as \ ! am dying, Egypt, dying," lay ■ 'the camp, otlicers and men 'J ! around to take a last look at 1 i of the poet soldier who had ac. ;! •" j great a literary triumph. J no rejoicing over the death len enemy; but there was in tin thing on each soldier's check • ; the moment washed away the powder. Tenderly they took and when the battle wasovei aw of honor, appointed from leading Confederate otlicers. •"•1 back to his own camp, ; i truce, on a rudely constructs ; bier with his martial cloak an • . lu life he had touched that nc j man svinpathy which ~. 1 world kin—and in death itsaa j vibrations silenced all resell' •' J thrilled the hearts alike ot ' " 1 foes with a nobler passion t " or revenge. j 4 THE Press says the > r I matter passing through t.a 'J Pliiladelphia has doubled sine? I FASHION iz money investid
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