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TT W. SMITH,
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ll:l:7l OlearBeld, Pa.
T J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW
1:11 Phlllptborir, Centre Co., Pa. j:pd
T)0LAND D.SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curwenavlllo, Clterteld county, Pe.
oct. , 'TS-lf.
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SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CLEARFIELD, PA
JHfOtot In tbo Opore Houee. ool, Ttf.
GR A W. BARKETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
clearfield, pa.
January 90, 187!.
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
A-Office In tbe Court Hoore. Jyll,'t
HEN II Y BRETE,
(OITRHO P. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
POfl BKCL TOWNiniP,
May 8, 1878-ly
. McCULLOU'.H,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ofll -t in Mn.onle building, Second etreet, op.
pu.it tht Court IIuuh. Je3t,'7S If.
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWENSVILLE,
elfl Cleurliold County, Petja'e. 75y
g T. BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offlai In Opera Moult. op 35,T7-ly
AMES MITCHELL
DBAI.BB in
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
.ir CLEARFIELD, PA.
J P. fiXTDKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Olnee iu Ple'l Optra Houie.
Jot.. !, 'TSlf.
WILLIAM A. WALLACB.
IIRtr 9. WALLAOB.
DAVID L. IBBBB.
Join W. WBieLBT.
WALLACE A KREBS,
I80HHKII to Wellaet Fielding,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
j.al'77 Clearfield, Pa,
Frank Fielding.. W. D. Blf l.r....8. V. Wilfon.
TIELDIXG, BIGLER& WILSON,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
OLEARPIELD, PA.
i-Oam In Pin-! Opera Hon. laobt-TH.
IJARBY SNYDER,
11 BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop on Market St., eppoalte-Oourt Homo.
A eleaa towtl for or or ewtomor.
Alio doaUr la
Beat llranda of Tobarco audi Cigar.
TRUI. I. KORRAT,
OTRCI aoBDOR.
jURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
aTOllto la Pit'i Opera Uoaao, Meood loor.
t:S0'T
rooRra a. a'BRALLT,
DARIBIi W. H CPRDT,
cENALLY & McCUKDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield,
baitnen fttundtd to pronptly with)
4ilUtj. USot) Hswood ItrMt. 4bv tb Pint
ftfttiuAii tiftnk. jd:i:t
G. KJAUER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real BfUU and Colloetloa Ageat,
CLBARKIKLI, PA.,
Will promptly attend ta all legal bniiatM oa
troetu to hit oaro.
-OSoo la Pie'l Opart Hoaee. JanlTd,
J P. McKENRICR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OLBARFIELD, PA
All bftl bnilnMi ratraitod to bit ear ill r
teirt prunjpt atttntita.
Offiot oppoelto CHirt lloule, In Mftionit Building,
tioond fluor. . augl4,'7s-l7,
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R E. M. SCHEURER,
IIOMtBOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
OAoa la realdrara oa Firat at
April 14, 1171. Clearleld, Pa.
jyt. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profearlonal ealli promptly. eagtfTI
yjR. T. J. BOTER,
f U Y8ICI A N AND SURGEON,
OBoe aa Market Street, CUarleld. Pa.
aur-oaioa houn: I If II a. m , aad 1 Ie I p. m.
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R. J. KAY W RIG LEY,
BnMffiPATMO PHYSICIAN,
ffer-Oale adjolaiag tha reeidanoa ef Jamae
Wriley, Ke.,OB BeouadSL, Cleartaid, Pa.
Julyll,'7 U.
M. llll.LR,
OFKRJTIVE DKA'TIST,
CLEARFIF.LD, PENN'A.
BBT-Ofrn. a rael.leaeo, owpeeita Shaw llaaaa.
j,l,H7f tf
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R. n. B. VAN VAI.ZAH,
CL BAR. FIELD PRRICA.
OFFlrB IT ltEIDENCR, CORNER OF FIRST
AND P1NB STREETS.
T- Oftca aoan-Fraai II to I P. H.
May II, UTt.
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a i. T. BUKCJi FIELD,
Lom flargaan of Ue 114 ftaglBenl, Poanaylvaata
Velnataara, kavlag roMraed froa the Anay,
oflera kli afeMtBB. aorvieea ia ikaeMaaaa
f uiearioldaanBty.
aaVProfeMlMklaolla araaatlo MAaaAoA fee.
OtV oa Beoeae) itwaat, fatorljeB4ot by
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDEK, Editor
VOL. 5-1-WHOLE NO.
Caras.
TCWTICKM' 4, CtrrlltTA rlLr-t VXKm
Wt bart prlatod a largo naubtr of tho aov
FEE BILL, and will on the netlpl of tw.nij
Oto o.nit. ouo.il oon? to any nMrou. mitt
WILLIAM M HENRY, Justice
or rat PaAisa ia bcelTUimr, LUMUER
paid ortr. Arttolttof agroautot and dooJe ol
tonrtranot neuiiy titouioa ana wfrii,w .
root or nit tbtrro. 8jJ,T
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juttiot of tho Poaoo and Serlrontr,
Curweutvllle, Pa.
BtauCollortloBi aiada and money promptly
paldoror. fel.Jflltf
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
soalor la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
a BIIINOLES, LATII, k PICKETS,
t:10tl Clearntld, Pi,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penii'a.
t-m-WHI titoaU lobe la bit line promptly and
1b a workminltbt uaantr. epr4,nT
JOHN A. 8TADLER,
BARER, Market St., Cloarleld, Pa.
Fruh Bread. Ruek, Rolll, Piel and Ctkai
oa band or mad to order. A gentral aeeortmont
of Confeetlonarloe, Froili aad Kile in Book.
lot CrMm and OyMert in tnton. Paloon aoarty
uppoeita tbe Poitoffloa. Prloaa moderate.
I.NI IO- 7B.
WEAVER & BETTS,
DIAL KM IH
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
jtrrOfflnt on Bsttond itrett, io rtr of ttort
room of Ucorge Weaver A Co. f Jotf. 'TrJ-lf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
FOR
Itetatur Township,
Oanola Mill. P. O.
II offioi.l bu.ln.re autraited to him will be
promptly attended to. mobJB, "T.
JAMES H.TURNER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Wallaectou, Pa.
n. k.. hlnn.lf wllh all the
nooea.ery blank furme unti.r tbe Peniion and
Bounty lawe, ae well ae blank lteeilf, ete. All
legal manure etitruited to bie otre will rroeira
prompt atUntion. May 7tb, ls7U-lf.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
A I TUKMSr A 1 LA rv .
Vud Real Eetate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
OfDee oa Third itroot, bet.Cherrj A Walnnt,
auBrHa.naetfullr offeri hil eanrieaeln ealling
and buying laud, in Clearleld and adjoining
ounatieai aad witb aaolperianoiol OTer twenty
v.are ae a eorfeyor, flattare bimeell that he eaa
... ..r fv-L. ........
roBder eatteiaotioB. t..w. ,
ANDREW I1ARWICK,
Market rltreet, ClearHeld, Pa.,
B All'VACTV BIB AID OBALBB 11
Uarnein, Hridlet, SailMa, Collars, and
Horse-Furnishing Goods.
uaT-All kinde or repairing promptly atMndod
to. Haddlore' Hardware, lloreo llru.br., Curry
Combe, Ac, alwayl oa band uurl for eala at tbe
lowt.lob price. (.M.rch IK, U!.
G. H. HALL,
KACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
ay-Pnmpi alwaye oa hand aad made to order
on abort BOtiea. Pipue brod on reaaonabla tenea
All work warranted to render latitfaetloa, aad
delivered If deelrad. my:lypd
lit very Stable.
rllB aBderligaad lege learete Inform tho pae
lla that ha ie bow folly anparo to aneoramo-
data all la tha way of fnraleblng IK. lee, Buggiel,
Saddlee and llarnae., en tbe enoruet notiee ana
en reaaonabla tonal. Reeideaoe ob Loooit atreat,
aatweiB Third aad Fourth.
GEO. W. OBARHART.
rUkrttli, Fab. 4, 1174.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
GLEN HOPE, PENN'A,
TUB endrr.lgne-1, baring laaead tbll aom
modioue 1IUI, !a tba villega of (lien llupe,
ie aow prepared to aooommodate all who may
oall. My table aad bar aball be anpplied witb
the beet tha market ffnrdt.
OKOItllE W. DOITS, Jr.
Ul.n Bopa, Pa., March M, 1879-tf.
THOMAS H. FOR6EE,
bialbk 1
GENERAL MERCU ANDISE,
CRAHAMTOft, Pa.
Alio, eiteaalvo aianufHtarer ond dealer In Rqnara
limber and sawed Lumber or ail sinai.
"0rdera tollelud and all bills promptly
lied. ijyiB7Z
E. A. BIGLER & CO,,
SQUARE TIMBER,
aad aaulactur.r. of
ALL KIN 1)1 OF HAWF.D LtlMHKR,
l-f'TI CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
abb aaii.tR t
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
SruAan'. fo, Merlut itut,
CI.EARFIELI, PA.
All hlnde of repairing la aiy liaa promptly at-
uaded to. April la, lT4.
Clearfield Nursery.
KNCOURAGK JIOME INDUSTUY.
THI nndaretgned, bating eiubllabed a Nur
ft tar on tbe Tike, about half way between
Clearfield aad Carwrnarill. la preiiarod to fnr-
atab all klnda of FHV1T TKKKS, ifaUadard and
dwarf.) Rverfraeaa. Bbrubbory, Urapo Vlnea,
Uooieherry, Lawloa Uleekhnrry, ntrawlterry.
and Ratpberry Viaea. Alto, BiherioB Crab Troea,
Qnlnro. and early acarlet Khabarb. Ae. Ordera
promptly atloadNl to, Addreaa,
aeptl li t OnrweBivlllo, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CAEDON 4 BEO., '
0b Market St., ana door want of Maneioa Honea,'
CLEARFIELD, FA.
Oar arraBirmeaie are rf lha meal eomplete
ebaraetor lar fural.hlag tha publie with Fraeh
Heart or all atao, aaa or tee rery aert anaiuy.
Wa alee deal ia all kiada af Arrlearwrel lmpla.
maata, whiaa wo keep oa eRblMtiaB far the Baa
ed! of the pabha. Call aroaad wbea ha bewa,
aad take a look at thing., er eddrwe. ae
r. m. cAttuun uhu.
Claartald, Pa., July 14, lT-tf.
CltarHtld iHMtiranct rcnty.
iaaaa bbbb.
CABBBU. a BtDBLB,
KEItR H BiDDLE, jtttnlt,
Bepraaeal tha bll.alag aad ether int-eUee Co'i
Compaalaa, ' Aearti.
LlTeraool UadoB A 9 lobe-U. S. r... !.
Lyaemlag-a mutual A aaah plant... t.eea.aee
Pbmala, af Hartford, Cobb I 4 tt
laenraaoe Ca. af North AmarlM .411,474
Nonb Srltl.b A Mereaatlla U. S. Ir. I,f !,
tVotilih OommoreUt U. S. Braaoh..,. (Te.Ut
Watertowa . tat.aiA
Tranhtre (Lira A Aeeldeall 4.AI1.4M
OBoe ea Marhul gt4 mff. Oeewt Hoaaa, Cl.ar-
aM, ra. Jaae I, tt-ii.
4 Proprietor.
2,653.
HIE HEW YEAH,
Pilfnt and wtiltf,
Thro' tho dim night,
Pell tho toft mow,
Now hit, dow clow.
Mnklog ttio pofta
Like ihMtnd ghuli j
Robing tbo wiMiili
In Anor goods
Thtn ovor wtio npun by tnorUl iklll.
And bleanbod on tho luunj ildo or the bill,
Wur friniroi ore wovea y weoven.wharo
Tho warp io mi it, and tho woof la air.
Tho world la dreifod like a bride to w hiio
Although the pour old yor died last night.
Drup not a tear
tin tho eold bior.
Of the bravo voar,
AVhuHi corpse li here.
Jlii work ia done,
Aad batllcf won,
And bo will bo
Named with tho frco
Through future time,
For devite tub It me.
Wo weleome hero
Tho bow horn joar.
Tho iDt that ra.Hi
' " Kroia the gray wbIIi
Of the thick clou J,
Ia not for ibroada
For tho diji And,
0- tho deya doad.
'Tia the white fleece,
Km Mem of pence,
tent down to cheer
The soft young year.
Mt not red vein
Make a red itain
Ob tbe white rlr(
Wovrn laat nif-ht.
Ho, tia tbo aoft,
Kweet lielli aloft.
King tho true chime
Of tho good titae.
King load and oieor
For Ilia New Year.
A M1KSKSOTA CONTEST.
HOW Wll. DREW WABIMirRNl ROLLED
CPA MAJORITY OF 3,000 BRIBERY,
FRAUD AND INTIMIDATION BY
Tilt WHOLESALE MR.
Donnelly's story.
Our C onjrroDsionat district ia not the
only one in which hugo frauds woro
prucllced by tho Radicals nt tha eloo
lion ot 1878. The Minnonota case is a
sample of our own district alluded to
by the interviewor of the Washington
Post, as follows :
A short, thick-sot, pugimcious look
nil man is Ignatius Donnully, whoso
present mission is tho-pulverisation of
tho numerous Washburne family. Mr.
Donnelly claims to havo been elected
to Congress last Full from tho Third
Minnesota district, and Mr. William
Drew Washburne insists that back of
hiB cprt'tieale there is tho comlortublo
majority ol 3,013. These claims be
ing apparently irreconcilable, a Post
reporter hunted up Mr. Donnelly and
propounded a tew leading quostioiis:
"Are you really in earnest, said
The Post, "in making this contest f Is
(here not 3,000 ruuiority in lavor of
Washburne !"'
'Nominally Mr. Washburne has3,013
majority, but that majority is only an
apparent one ; it was purposely swelled
to largo proportions to prevent a con
test. 1 received over 600 majority in
certain townships which were not re
lumed nor counted lor mo, through a
trick of the Republican Secretary ol
State, by whivb the return blanks sent
out contained no place lor tbo return
of tho votes for Congressman, and
hence in many Democratic precincts
thoy failed to return my vote. All
this is proved, and hence Washburno'a
ostensible majority should be but 2,
500 ; and 7-1 oi this is matlo up of
false returns, made eight days after
tbo election, in violation or law, lor it
is well understood that when the elec
tion officers ot a precinct have, imme
diately alter tbo election, mado their
count and return, they have no right,
a week after thoy havo dissolved, to
meet again and doctor up now re
turns. So that deducting these voles.
W asbbu me's majority Instead of 8,0 13,
is but 1,799 ; find this is mado op by
holosale trands or intimidations and
briberies."
"In addition to theso points, what
are the othor grounds of your contest?"
'1 show that the campaign on tbe
part of Mr. Washburne was a mass of
corruption ; no such caso has over bo-
foro been prosented to Congress: over
t!iO,000 was spent to securo his cleo-
tion. Congress bus rciwaledly held
that one caso of bribery will unseat a
mombor without regard to the eizo ot
his majority. I show about 243 casus
of bribery, some ot them committed
right in VVusbburno's oiHco, and the
money paid in his presence or the
presonco of his brother, CadwaladerC.
Washburne. All this is proved in tho
printed testimony."
"But that is your side of the ques
tion. What doos Washburne say ?"
"There is but one side to that story.
Mr. Washburne offers no testimony to
deny, rebut, or explain thoso charges ;
they stand confessed on the rocord.
Ilia counsel admit tho payment of
money, bnt claim that it was for legiti
mate election expenses."
"How is that?"
"Legitimaleelcction expenses among
tbe Republicans of Minnesota means
that it is right to hire Democrats to
work for the Republican party at the
polls. Thoy claim that if tboy hire a
Democrat to nee his influenoO among
his friends that it is not bribery, be
cause nothing is said about his vote.
Ilo, of course, votes as ho talks, and
the thin exuusu of paying him for his
'time' is supposed to cover tho fraud.
If Congress snstnins Washburne I ex
pent to sou the next Republican can
didate for Congress in that district
advertising in the papers for 2,000
Democrats to work at the polls at 15
iier day. If it is right to do it pri
vately it cannot bo wrong to do it pub
licly." Hut it is claimed by tbo Kepn oil
cans that your evidence is all hcresay.
How is that 7"
"Out of 243 cases of briliery tho
evidence is herosay in only four cases.
And as to those I would say that it is
a well-settled principle of law that the
confessions or admissions of a voter
aro reccivahlo against himself; he is
regarded as a party to the cause ; And
whore a man confesses to a crime like
bribery bis confessions aro not bore-
say ; they are enough to convict Dim.
Hut it is upon sunh stibterluge and
technicalities that Mr. Washburne de
pends for holding his scat."
"Hut are any of these cases of
bribery clear and positivo ?"
"Very olear and positive. Lot mo
give you a samplo : A man named
Sbagrcn, a delegate to one of the three
Conventions that nominated me, got
out of work and was poor ; he was
coaxod into Washharne's office, and
there by Washhurne's general business
manager, who knew he was support
ing me, be was offered 3Q and his ex
penses to support and vote for Wash
burne, and to of the money was paid
to him. C. C. Wasbbnrne was present.
In another caso a Dcmocralio local
politician, wbo had mado op his mind
In take no part in the election, was in
duced by the payment of 150 to sup-'
port Washburne j 120 of this money
was paid in Washhurne's office and in
MsDrescnoe. In another case a Swede
editor, wbo bad been supporting me
right along, was announced tn mnkr
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CLEAEFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1880.
speooh in my favor to his countrymen
the nitrht boforo tbo election. Ue got
tin and made a snocch iu favor of
Washburne, and admitted next day
that ho had roceived 1150 tor doing so.
I could fill columns with just such
cases. Hundreds upon bundrods of
railroad luborers who wore uot resi
dents ol oloclion precincts, but were
building railroads, living in box-cars,
moving from plaoo to place, voted for
Washburne, the polling place being in
a box car or a railroad depot building,
with cigar boxes or candle boxes for
ballot boxos, and ovorv mother's son
of the voters paid for his vote. In one
case some ninety wood-choppers in an
unscttlod region voted at a railroad
depot, where there was no legal pre
cinct, each man voting for Washburno
and receiving it for his voto, and tbe
money was repaid the woed contract
ors, wbo paid them, by Mr. Wash
burne' business manager. And so I
might go on. Tbo bribery was whole
sale. "What was tho motive for such large
expenditures?"
"i cannot say. 1 suppose the whole
Washburno funiily felt that their
futures wore at stake, Elibu, you
know, is tho dark homo in the Presi
dential raco. It might hurt his chances
to havo bis brother beuton lor Con
gress. 1 cau conceive, of no other
reason."
"It is true that tho workingmen
woro bull dozed into voting lor Wash
burne?" "Bull-dosed is no name for iu There
aro 4,000 workingmen in Minneapolis ;
they had a political Labor Union with
2,200 members ; thoy indorsed my
nomination unanimously by resolutions,
and woro enthusiastic in my support.
Their employers went to work on
thorn, frightened them, brought them
to tho polls in squads with their tickets
in thoir hands, and then, to mako sure
that they would vote right, they put
every man's number as he stood on
the poll list on tho back ot his ballot,
so that it might bo identified at any
time. Thoy bad secured tbo passage
of a law tho Winter previous that the
ballots cast at olectlons in tbe towns
of St. Paul and Menneapolis should be
numbered in this way, so as to control
the labor vote, but a caso was raised
and one of our State courts decided
that such a law was unconstitutional
and void ; yet, in tho face of the deci
sion, in sovon of the fifteen procincts of
Minneapolis, tho precincts Having the
largest labor population, they num
bered the ballots. Tbe result was that
instead of getting the votes of the 4,0110
workmen of tbut city, or ovon of the
2,200 that had nominated me, my
whole voto in the city was but 1,200 ;
Washburno roceived 1,700 majority in
tbo wards where tho ballots woro thus
numbered. 1 claim that all those votes
should bo thrown out as not a free ex
pression of tho popular will."
"1b any of thehribery traced directly
to Washburno himself?"
n ona cose we proved that a Demo
cratic village postmaster wrote to
Washburne that ho would support him
for tbO. Washburno turned tho letter
over to the Republican postmaster of
Minneapolis, wbo answered it, and
thanked the writer and told him that
ho would give the letter to ono of tbo
Republican land officers at St. Cloud
This land officer called soon after and
told the party that if ha worked for
Washburno'ho would see him all right.'
This testimony is from the party who
asked for tho 150."
"Do you expect to succeed in yoor
OontOBt ?"
"I don't know about that. The
clerk ot tho Republican district oom
mitteo of Minneapolis, who bandied
the most ol the corruption fund, has
taken a house hero in Washington for
tho session under the thin disguise of
a newspaper correspondent. It is, to
say the least, a singular coincidence
that he should crop up hero just at
this time and should camp here for the
season. But I am determined to fight
it out, win or loso. I feel that if this
kind ot iniquity is exposod and stopped
thoro may be some bopo of redeeming
Minnesota from Republican rule."
"What sort of people havo you got
out there to stand that kind of thing?"
"The bulk of our population is as
intelligent and honorable as any in tbo
United States, but thoro are lots ot
Republicans wbo sincerely bcliovo that
if the Republican party goos out of
power tho negroes will be re-onslaved,
the Confederate war debt assumed as
part of tho National debt, and Jeff
Dnvis msdo rresidont.
ANSWERED.
A CORRKSPONDINT SUKKg. INFORMATION,
AND UF.TS IT.
From tht Dnrar Tribune, Nor. S
The following bona fide loiter, which
ia verbatim et literatim, was banded to
tho Tribune y ostorday, with the request
that it bo answered :
Motiai Jnr, Not, 11, H7.
Lanoaetor Co., Pa.'
Harry C-
Dearer, Colo ,
Dear Sir t
Knowing that yon are owner ef large herde nf
eattla, I take Ihia opportuaity ta aak you a f.w
quealtoae. Itarort 1 will lay my intention 11 to
Set at herding by epring If I oan got a rheaee.
ly ago Ii IS. lr I tome neat Spring 1 will bring
a Bret-alaee reoommindetloD elgncd by at leaat
30 prominent and roaptctebla altlaeaa of my
vicinity. I meaa e.aetly what I eay. Tbe
qnaetioae are threat Would yoa need my aerrieee
nett Spring? What will you pay per mnnth f
win yt,u pay mnitniy or not r ror now many
nathe will yon hlrt, ate. r Mow about bouralng
aad lodging 1 Da yoa fnraiih poay Da yua
faroieb weapone for defenoe. What da you lur-
nt.n, ate, r Art tht Indiani Biimtroua, and art
thoy friendly or not t Mention n few of the moat
daogtroae wild btaatt. Uew far fram Dtarer
are yeur aerdi r
Kicuae my many qur.tione.
I'lea.t an.wer thtm fally.
Hoping u bear from yoa mob t am
Reepattlully Yourt,
A. O. 0. M r,
Mnunt Joy P. 0., '
Lanoaettr Co., Pa.
P. S I give yea the Brlttlem to aak ma aay
qnaetioae you deem proper.
Or la regard to rooemmendatloa yoa taa writ!
and lead it ta ma for lignere.
The Tribune lacks space to really an
swer this interesting letter as it should
be, but venture on the billowing brief
and categorical replies. It rejoices
that Augustus (It is not known posi
tively that the A standi for Augustus)
intends "to get to herding.'' Augustus'
presence will give tone and weight to
the oow-boy aristocracy of Ihis section
oftheoountry, and Augustus is assured
that he is at liberty to ask as many
questions as be pleases. The cilixens
are here, and tho newspapers are es
tablished for ths express purpose of
answonng all inquiries or no mailer
what nature it is thoir business and
they dare not shirk it. You aro of the
right age, loo, Augustus not too old
to be tongu or too young to be nabhy,
and on these points Denverites are
very particular. That is one thing
peculiarly noticeable in this country
the people are very fastidions as to
what they eat, ana always delect suo
jttots for their ipea'- -rj-rbotween
Kl'.-.v
the ages of r V4 . .iAy-6v
A tliirt
rfignwx-"
"v.Ai'vlo lor a
WO ,J L:j -
but
PRINCIPLES, MOT MEN.
for a square up and down dinner they
insist upon tbo bust. As to recom
mendations, Augustus, a cattle-man
always insists upon twenty one signers,
and these must give tbe tlato of thoir
births, thoir pedigrcoi, their favorite
protanu expressions, and a Sunduy
School certificate giving tho number
of men they have killed. (Chinamen
and Indians don't count). .
In relation to your questions,
Augustus, tho cuttlc-men of this coun
try will via with, each othor to obtuiu
your services, so have no fear on that
score. As to salary, cow-boys, or
" borders," as you call thorn, are paid
a thousand dollars a month, and fur
nished with two servants and a car
riage and four. Payments aro goner
ally made hourly, but if you particu
larly desire them to be made monthly,
there will be II difficulty about ar
ranging ii. Should your imployer
"kick" at all, you can easily shoot
him.
Cow-boys are never hired by tho
month thoir position is tor life. As
to boarding, Augustus, large hotels,
fitted up with elevators tnd all modern
improvements, are erected at con
venient distances on the plains for the
entertainment and oonvtuieDco of tho
"herders," and plonty ol ponies await
a " herder's" order, thoigh etiquette
and custom call for tho use of camels
aud giraffes as saddlo animals.. In tho
way ot weapons, four gatling guns,
eleven howitzers and a car load ot
torpedoes aro invariably furnished, but
if you particularly desire it, additional
arms will be gladly obtained tor your
uso.
The Indians lire numerous, Augustus
very numerous, but tht cattlo man
age to book enough of Item and pile
them to one side, so aa t get at tbe
grass. So many Indians have a bad
effect on raising ciopa. as sprouting
grain can rarely find a crevice throuirh
which to shoot towards the sun. Tho
better way is to plant yeur seed be
tween tho oulspread toes of tho rod
skins or to take an axe and clear away
tho thousands or more tint may en
cumber an aero. Those are rot f riendly
those Indians and somehow thoy
seem to bavo a slrangn hankering alter
good little boys, and fresh I tllo chaps
from Lancaster county. You may be
ablo to break them of this liking, how
over. As to wild beasts, Augustus, tho
country is full of thorn. Probably tbo
most dangerous aro elephants, whales,
sea serpents and hums, but tbe "gray
backs" aro a wild and tierce species
that may well make a man's heart
tremble and palpitate. The herds aro
not fur from Denver, in fact the most
of the cattle, Indiani, and wild boasts
are pastured on Larimer and Lawrence
streets.
Touching the recommendation, Au
gustus, that you dwire written out,
and to which you contract to get sig
natures, what has been said before will
readily suggest to you what is want
ed. Cow-boys are very select and to
become ono yon u-unt have the best of
references. They are a rcliglWis set,
and you must practice somewhat at
loading a prayer meeting and tho
yanking ot a convert up to tbe anxious
bench. They are men of great general
knowledge also, and so you bad better
prime yourself on the intricaeios of
trocaa out, poker and othor games, and
be perfectly convorsant with Hebrew.
Chinese and Sanscrit. Cow boys al
ways swear in dead languages.
Having qualifiod yourself in all the
foregoing will indicate, you may safely
venture out here, first insuring your
young lifo for its full value, shaving
the hair off your hoad, and providing
yourself witb several pounds of Ver
million to be used for war paint when
you become a wolf and reaob your dny
for howling. Ta, la, Augustus, ta, ta.
TUB CZAR AND NIHILISTS.
The fresh attempt at regicide in
Russia shows bow fiercely tho spirit of
revolt still rages beneath the thin crust
of social order imposed by the stern
government nf the Cr.ar. When .Solo
vieff was haneod, followed bv tbe
banishment of his alleged accomplice,
Dr. Weimar, to Siberia, the belief was
expressed officially, and officially pro
mulgated from the Bureau of the
Third Division, that tho crime of theso
wretched men was not the rosult of a
wide spread conspiracy. Tho theory
of tho secret police was that Nihilist
teachings woro at the root of tho at
tempt upon the Sovereign's life, but
that Nihilists as a body bad nothing
whatovor to do witb it that it was
only an evidence of the eccentricity ol
individual mourners ol that dangerous
body and that those being effectually
disposed of, tho lifo ol the Cr.ar no
longer was exposed to danger. And
now, by way of cominont upon this
recently enunciated text, comes tho
story of a fresh attempt to kill tbe
Czar by means of blowing tip a rail
way train, i ho natiiro ot this atro
cious crime ia such as to bar the possi
bility of its being the work ot a single
man. Many men must have boon en
gaged in it; bonce its development
opens agAln the whole question ol
Nihilist conspiracy; upsets all the
theories that tbe Third Division has
so industriously laid before the world.
lint even it tbe investigations ot tbo
police provo that the men engaged in
tho work represented themselves, as
so many individual Nihilists, tbo situs
tion is not such as to afford much solid
satisfaction to tho limited class in
Russia tho interests of which aro
bound np in tho maintenance of tho
Imperial rule. It in a matter of no
importance, so far as results aro con
cerned, whelhor the Nihilists seek to
kill the Csar aa individuals or as a
body; and the certain knowledge that
in one capacity or tbe othor they aro
determined to compass his destruction
is now sutlieiontly evident. In point
of fact, the Czar is under sentence of
death, and the odds are in favor of tho
sentence boing exocuted. This is not
a pleasant position tor the single re
maining great autocrat ol the world to
occupy, but it does not require much
acumen to porcoive that it ia the
diroct outcome of his autocracy, All
that is needed to reduce to order
tbe at present existing chaotic condi
tion ol things social and political In
Russia is tbe gradual institution of a
liberal, progressive, representative gov
ernment ; and this is the one tiling
abjve all others that the Russians aro
the least peacefully to secure. Not
being able to obtain legitimately what
they want, they are striving to obtain
it Illegitimately. That is the whole
Russian situation in a nutshell. Ex.
"What on earth have yon brought
all those things home lor T contempt
uously asked a woman of bor husband,
aa he spread a kit nt pictures on the
table, "You have often twitted me," he
answered, "of never having views on
any subject, and so I've trot lot of
'views' hero on all sorts of subjects,
and they are my views. I paid for
cm.
RBPUBL
EEZCJA'O ASD FENCES.
This important subject comes home
to every ownor of a farm or of a village
lot that requires enclosure. At a meet
ing of New Haven farmers, several
gentlemen publicly offered to sell their
farms for less than what tho existing
fencing on tbem bad oosl. In a recent
address at an Agricultural Convention,
Mr. A. W. Cheovcr, editor Sf. E. Farm
er, said he bad carefully gone over the
statistics ol farms, animals, crops, and
cost of fences, and found that : "It
takes, on the avcrago for tbe wholo
country, 11.74 worth of iencos to keep
$1.05 worth of crops."
Nino years ago tho statistics gather
ed at Washington showed that tbe
fences then in existence, had cost
11,747,640,931. The additions since
have raised the cost of tho present
fencing of tho country to lully 12,000,
000,000. A million dollars is a pretty
large sum to count, or oven to eon
coivo of, (wo can count one million in
the working days ot a month, count
ing one a second and ten hours a day),
but hero aro two thousand such mill
ions. The interest and repairs amount
to ovor $200,000,000 a year, and the
rebuilding of decaying fences nearly as
much more, making an annual fence
tax far more than the entire cost of
tho Army, Navy, the general (iovern
mcnt expenses and pensions, together
witb tho interest on the pnblio debt.
In Now York Stale, for example,
there aro some 75,000 miles cf roads
requiring 150,000 miles of fencing, cost
ing over $40,000,000, and tho total
fencing in this single Stale has cost not
less than $-'30,000,000.
During thirty-eight years past tho
American Agriculturist has bad not a
littlo to say as to the uselesRncss of a
good deal of the fencing. But much
will be needed wherever live animals
aro kept, and wo propose now to direct
some effort to reducing the cost of
fencing generally. If this one item in
the United Stales can bo reduced only
one-foiirtb, tho saving will amount to
$500,000,000. In the older States,
tbore are an average ot about two
miles of fencing for each hundred-acre
farm, costing about $1 a rod, or $040. j
It, in building new fences and replac
ing old onos, we can erect them at 1
to i tho cost of the present fences, and
have those that will last two, three,
four or mora limes as lung, and require
but email annual repairs, tbo averngo
value of turms will he enhanced some
hundreds of dollars at least. 11 a nar
row cB'ectivo fence can take tho place
of tho ordinary "worm fence," therol
will be a groat decrease in the promo
tion ol weeds and foul plants. Two
miles of such lonce on a farm, occupy
ing a strip 81 feet wide with its pro
jecting corners, wastes two full acros
oi ground, worth 1U, or more, lue
com) f iron, and recently of stool, aro
greatly reduced, and they have como
into very largely increased uso in snip
buildinir. house-building, otc. Wby
should they not take the place of wood
in all varieties ol fencing, both tor
posts and rails? Such a change is
already rapidly Inking place.
More than 100,000 miles of Barbed
W ire Fence have boon recently orccled.
Wbothor this style oi fencing is best,
or desirable ; whether it is too fcdro
arous or not, for general adoption over
our vast, timberless prairies at tho
West, and what forms can be adopted
in our more thickly Bcttled regions, for
highway fences, for village lot enclos
ures, etc., will be oxaminod and dis
cussed in future papers. A mrrican
Agriculturist, Jan. 1.
"SEE, THE CONQUER IS O HERO
COMES."
Kvon tho school children in Phila
delphia were converted, temporarily,
into a political convention to aid in the
partisan triumph ol Urant and to sing
"Seo, tho Conquering lloro Comes.
We say partisan! triumph, for before
his reception by thoso children ho had
already been publicly placed, by the
city, in nomination for President, and,
by bis silent acquiescence In the pro
ceeding, bad accepted that nomina
tion, proclaimed betoro bis lace.
It was tho children from tho public
schools who wore marshalled in a
great hall to sing and hurrah for this
man who ia setting the first example
of trampling in tho dust a sacred tra
dition of our Uoverninant founded by
tho Father ot our Country.
What business had the officers of the
School Department in Philadelphia to
have the pupils of tho publio schools
turn out to do honor to General
Urant any more than to do honor to
Gen. Hancock or Con. Palmer?
But then all old customs must bo
ovorturnod, all proprieties disregarded,
all principles violated, even in the
initiatory stops of creating an Empire
and un Lmpcmr.
Tho day will come and is not fur
distant when we shall all feel that wo
havo had too much of Grant. Neut
York Sun.
Kduoation Every boy should havo
bis bead, bis heart and his band edu
cated, Let this truth never be forgot
ten. By the proper education of tho
head, he will bo taught what is good
and what Is evil, what is wise and
what is loohsh, what is right and what
is wrong. By tbo propor education of
the heart, he will be taught to love
what is good, wise and right, and to
bato what is evil, foolish and wrong.
And by propor education of the band,
ho will bo enabled to supply his wants,
to add to his comlorts, and assist ihuro
around him. Tbe highest objocls of a
good education aro, to rovcronco and
obey God, anil to love and sorvo man
kind. Everything that helps us in
attaining theso object is of great
value, and everything that hindois us
is comparatively worthless. Wbon
wisdom reigns in tho head, and love in
the heart, the man is over ready to do
good; order Bftd peace reign around,
and sin and sorrow aro almost un
known. Travilino Stones. The Virginia
Cilv Enterprise publishes the following:
Many of our readers havo doubtless
heard of the famous traveling stones
of Australia. Similar cnrlosiiies have
recently been found in Nevada, which
are described as almost perfectly round,
the majority ot them as Isrgo as a
walnut, and of au irony nature. When
distributed about upon the table, or
othor level surtace, tbry Immediately
begin traveling toward a common cen
tro, and there lio huddled np in a
bunch like a lot of eggs in a nest. A
singlo stone removed to a distanro of
throe and ono hall leet, upon Doing re
leased, at onoe started on, witb wond
erful and somewhat comical celerity,
to join its lellows ; taken away four or
five feel it remained motionless. The
causa of those stones rolling togotber
is doubtless found in tba material of
which they are composed, which ap
pears to be loadstone or tnagoelie iron
ore.
NEW
GEN. GRANTS TRAMP.
Tho following chronological statu
mont marks the leading incidents of
Genoral Grants round tbo-world tour:
May, 1H1T
Denarture from Pbiladaliibla ?
Arriyal .1 Oueen.town I
Arrival at Liverpool 2
Arriral at Menchr.ter '
June.
Arriral at London 1
Unnriueted bv Luke of Wellinaton at Au.ltr
lluute I
Retrption at Miui.ter Pierrepont'a - 6
i'reeeuted with tha freedom of tbe tlty of
London IB
Dinner with tha Marqult of Lome and
Prlnetat Loniat , IS
Brtakfaat with London HteraU- HM M IS
Dined wllh the Reform Club IS
Dinner with tbe l'rinoe of Wale Ill
Banqueted by tba Trinity Houee, tha Prieta
of Walta prealdlng U
Vlait to guaan Victoria at Wlndaor Cattlt..M-17
Banqueted by tbe Liverpool aitlunl IS
Dinntr with London Jonrnilieti .10
July.
Addrcii by deputation ef BrlU.h working
men ' I
Banqueted by tba raited SarrittClub, Duku
ot Cambridge preiiding - 3
Reoeptioa at tba American Legation - 4
Departure for tbe Cuntincnt - - ft
Arrival at Brna.ela - A
Dinner with tbe King of Belgium S
Banqueted at Frankfurt - IS
Laid eorntr-atont of new American Protcit-
ant thureb at tleueva- , Vt
Aug.
Vielt te Lake Megglort 4
Yieitto Copenhagen 18
Rotarn to Knp;!and - 25
Pratenled with tht friodom of Kdinburgli
and btnquatt-d HI
rtept.
Pre.tnttil with the fremltm of Otatgow and
bauqutted II
Mtmatar labor dtmonatration la tht Qtoinl'l
honor it Ntwaeatle oa-tha-Tyot-.... - II
Vi.il to Rbeflield S6
Vlaited Sbakipaare'e tomb - 38
Ort.
Vlilt ta Sartorii ftmllyat MoutbtmptoB...- J-l 5
tinnquetea nl inrmlngnam
Departure for Peril
Arriral ia Parlt
IS
14
S
S
and tha
Call upon Prendent MaoMaboa.... M
Vi.Lted by the Count da Pari!
Ducbeae af Megtata
. 17
.. ' 39
Nor.
Grand banquet at Miaiater Noyea'
Dined by Praaident MecMehoo
1
S
II
Banqutttd by Amerieea rt.idenulia Pari..
rated ny mra. -uonanaa ' Maokey....
nee.
Viait tn Lyoaa, Freaoa - I
Vi.it te Mar.eillai I
Vielt te Uenon 15
Vielt ta Kaplee 17
Minting with Prinoa Alfred, the Duke of
Edinburgh, at Malta IS
Jan., IM1H.
Arrival at Aleiaadrii, Egypt -
. i
T
S
!
Feb.
........... 10
IS
March.
Arrival at Cairo
Vieited by tht Khedi.t or Kgrpt.
Dtparture for trip up tht Nile
The Holy Lead reached at J.at....
hoeepth-a at Jwaiem
Arriral at Conttaatlnoplt
3
Banqueted by tba llrtueb atinlattr to tur
key 4
Banqueted by tbe King (if Qretee....... LI
1 April.
Stele diener by King Humbert, of Itely, at
Roma. 15
Florcnoe viailed H H ... II
Venice ranched 31
Slay.
Arrival at Turin .n 6
Vi.ited Pnrla Ripoailion 10
VLited by Preaident MacMahoo aad tbe
lluchen of Magruta, Print llaaaan ef
Egrpt, Priaea Albert aad Prinoa Fred
crick of Auauia, Prinoa ind Prinotat ef i
Denmurk 14
June.
Dined by Prinea Orlotr, Runian Mloiatar to
Pari 1
D.jeunar at tha Hague witb II. R. II. Prince
Frederick, uncle of King of Holland 6
Dined by tha Burgomaetare ot Rotterdam.... S
Urand banquet of AmatardamM...HM. It
Arriral at Berlin It
Interview with Prince Hiamarek - 17
Special audienoa with tht Crown Priioa ef
(lirmaey IT
July.
Recuptlon by King Oacar ef Norway and
Hwveden at Chri.tiania II
BanqnttdatStoekholm.....H..- ... 34
Arrival at Ht Pattr.burg II
Vlaited by Prlntl UorUchakol" 31
Ae.
AudioDoa with tbt Ciar M...M.M 1
Formal intervitw with tha Ciar 4
Dinner with Prince Dogarofl at Moaoow IS
Audience with the Emperor of Auatria IV
Dinner with tha Auatrian Imperial family... 31
Dined by tha allium of Zurich, Switaerlead 13
Oet.
Dined by allni.ltr Noyee it Parle 3
Interview with Ki-Pnaident Caltelar, ef
Spam, nt Han Kabeatlaa
Interview witb King Alfonto m 13
Arrival at Madrid..- It
Nor.
Dluaer with King Louie af Portugal 1
Brtakfait with tha Due de Monipenaiaf at
Madrid - t
Dinner with Lord Kapler, ef Magdala, at
Uibraltar - 1!
Jan., IH79.
Arrival at Pablin, Ireland, aad preeantad
with freedom of lha eity I
Ftlod et Londonderry S
S ecvplloo at Btltaat V
State dkanar and reoeptioa by Praaident
MaeMahoa at Parli 14
Arrived at Mantilla II
Sailed for India......... 33
res.
Arrival at Bombay M - 13
state dinner and reoeptioa by tna Aettng
Uortrnor or rlomiiay 17
Vleil to tha Maharajah or Jeypore 3n
Vieit te the Maharejahof Burtpoor..... 34
Vlalt to Delhi It
Arrival at Ca'eatta and banqutt by Lord
Lytton, Vintroy ot India IB
marcn.
33
April.
1
14
..... 15
30
May.
Yi.il to BrlU.h Burmah.
Vlalt lo Singapore
Entertained by tha King of Hiam.
Arrivtl it Saigon. Coeblu China..
Arrival at liong Kong
State dinner at tht Qtvernmtnt Home - 3
Arrival at Hong Kong abd entertalead by
tna looroy n
Reception on a depatation of Chlaeee . 7
Arrival at Shanghai Ill
Interview with tba Viceroy, Li-Hung Chang,
at iientim it
June.
Arrival at Pekia I
Interview with Prinoa Rung, Begenl of
China -
Arriral at Negaeakl, JapaB II
State dinner by dnrernor af tht Province... 1.1
Banqueted by Naga.aki eitieeal 4
1 July.
Tokla vielt! '. 3
Urand reeeptioa by the Emperor ef Japan... 4
Banqaet by the hmparor el Japan 7
Vielt to Yokohama
Viait to Hhrtnaaf Iyeyaea 17
jiutru.ii
Private eoavtriitioB with tba Emperor of
Japan to
"ent.
Departure from Tckonama.
Arriral at eaa rreBoieae....
.. 30
Fiov.
. 5
.. II
Dec.
. I
- 10
.. II
Arriral at fjelrnu
Arriral al Chieago .
Arrival at Indlannpolli
Arrival at lioutaville ....................
Arrivel al Cincinnati
Arrival atOolumbaa
Arriral at Pittsburgh....
Arrival al Harrlahurg
Arrival et Philadelphia
,. II
.. 1.1
.. It
It
MANHOOD AND 10UTH. Old Ago
likes to dwell in the recollections ot
Iho past, and mistaking the speedy
march ol years, often is inclined lo
tuko tho prudence of tho Winter tune
tor a nt wisdom ot mid summer days.
Manhood fa bent to the passing cares
of the passing moment, and holds so
closoly to hiseyos tho shoal ol "to-day,"
that It acrocna the "to morrow from
bis eiifht. But tba impulse of tbe
young heart makes him lake a higher
stand, whence be looks boldly upon
tho fair sight, and docs not shrink
before tbe giant shapes of approaching
events, as the eagle, your country's
symbol, shrinks not from the dazzling
rays or the sun. 1 bo past bolongs to
the old tbe present to manhood the
future to the youth ; and the past to
this future must be planned, because
swift is tbe pace ol never resting time ;
in tba twinkling of an aye, tbo future
becomes present past, thus blond
together tbe interests of age, claiming
from every age its part and tbe part
oi youtn is energu. it is energy Which
first climbs the mountain's Kip; and
lbs lop ia gilded by the rising sun,
when in the valleys the gloomy shadow
dwells. There is Cold in tho absdow,
and the shadows of ths past are tha
coldest d! them all. AtuniM. .
TCAN,
TEEMS $2 per annnm in Advanoe.
SERIES - VOL. 21, NO. 1.
THE NICARAGUA SHIP CANAL-
Thoro aro evidences that publio In
terest in the proposed inter-oceanic
ship canal ia increasing steadily. The
commerce of tbo world, and of this
country especially, demands it. To
huropi'un nalions the new avenue lor
trndu would bo a great convenience ;
to tho I'nilud Stales it is tapi .fly bo
euuiinir a necessity, The proper do.
relopiueiit of our Pacific coast depends
upon tho opening up of more direct
communication witb it by watur limn
the long and dangerous route via Cape
Horn. We have an everinoreasing
interest in Wostorn seas, and we should
be in a position to reach them with
speed and safety whenever necessity
or policy requires tho presence of our
vosscls in tho wators of the Pacific
For tbe accommodation of our com
merce, for tha development of our
Wostern country, and for tho protec
tion of our interests on the Pacific
coast, tho early construction of this
canal has become a matter of tho first
importance from a National point ol
view.
The battle of the routes has beer.
fought and the result is decisive. The
Panama canal wo have practically
abandoned, it presents engineering
obstacles which would render its con
struction exceedingly costly and its
maintenance a matter of groat dim
culty and continual oxponso. Attempts
have been mado lo institute n compari
son between the Suez canal ana the
proposed Panama canal, and to show
that the success of the formor proves
the feasibility of the latter. But there
is no parallel between tho two. Tbero
was no great difficulty in constructing
a canal through tho low, sandy isthmus
which unites Asia ana Ainca; inero
is no heavy rainfall there to drift the
sands into the channel and stop trufic.
But at Panama tbe country rises to a
considerable height midway between
.ho two oceans, involving either ex
ceedingly heavy excavations, a scries
of locks, or tunnoling on a gigantic
scale. Of those the first and lost arc
impracticable, owing to tbo enormous
outlay which they would involve
Liocka would be lcasiule it a steady
supply of water could be procured at
tho summit, mil tneunagros nvor is
frequently reduced to a rivnlot in drr
weather, and is sometimes suddenly
converted into a formidable torrent by
tho deluging rain storms ot the tropics.
Tho droughts would rendor navigation
impossible at times by cutting off the
water supply, wbilo tho rains would
carry soil and dritlwood into loo chan
nel in such quantities as to obstruct
traffic. The Panama canal project,
therefore, may ho regarded as a dream
never to be realized.
Tba Nicaragua route is the only one
left. The bost engineers of all coun
tries pronounce it ibe channel designed
by naluro to bo tbo highway oi com
merce botween the two oceans. Lake
Nicaragua will furnish an inexhausti
ble supply of water, and, at the same
timo, form an important part of tbo
canal. The work presents no serious
engineering difficulties, and, most im
portant of all, it can bo built at such a
cost as will make it a commercial suc
cess. Tbo Nicaraguan government
odors every inducement to the capital
ists of the world to unite in carrying
out tho enterprise. Nothing seems to
interiors, therefore, with tho Inaugu
ration of tba great work at an early
day.
Wo aro ulad lo sea that tha matter
is soon to be brought boforo Congress,
and wa hope that somo practical result
wilt be arrivod at colore the ona ol too
session. It would be well, at tho same
timo, either to give tba Monroe doc
tnno its quietus or to define it so
clearly that it will not bo a bugbear to
frighten European capalists from join
ing with our own people, if they should
desire to do so, in building this great
highway for tha commerce ot the
world. Neither Monroe norany other
sensible American ever intended that
tho United States should play the dog
in the manger. 1 here is a wide on
ferenco betwoon that and maintaining
frco institutions upon this continent.
TEACH yoUK ROYS.
Tench them to respect thoir ciders
and themselves.
Teach thorn that to wear patched
clothes is no disgrace; but to wear a
black-eye is.
Teach your boys that a true lady
may bo louna in calico quite as fre
quently as In velvet.
Teach tbem that one good, honest
trade, well mastered, is worth a dozen
beggarly "professions.
Teach them that, as they expect to
bo men some day, thoy cannot too soon
learn to protect the weak and helpless.
Teach them that a common school
education with common sense, is far
better that a collcgo education without
it.
Teach them that it is better to be an
honest man sovon days in tbe week
than to be a religions (?) man one day
and a villain six days.
Teach them that God is no rospoctor of
sex, and that when be gave theaeventb
commandment, lie meant it for them
as well as for their sisters.
Teach thorn that by indulging thoir
depraved appetites in tho worst lorms
of dissipation, they aro not fitting
tuemselves to become the husbands ol
pure girls.
leach them that honesty Is tho nest
policy ; that it is better to bo poor
tbun to bo rich on the profits oi
Crooked whisker," etc., and point
your precept, by the example by those
who aro now sutlerlng tho torments
ot the (loomed.
Dead Letter Office Cariosities.
T ho PostofHce Department has issued a
catalogue of nearly 12,000 separate
'lots or articles accumulated in the
lead loiter office, which aro to be sold
at auction in Washington. Tho vari-
onstchedulcs advertisuaboutaa hetoro-
geneous a collection as it is oesille to
imagine. Aiiioug too arbiviu eu i-aiw
lossly mailed that no clue tan be din
covered to their ownerships are gold
watches, chains and rings and jewelry
ol almost all kinds; every deacription
of wearing apparel, from men's overalls
to ladies socks ; books and pictures by
the thousands, musical Instruments,
cocks, bed ouilta. buffalo robes, pistols,
knives, tin dishes, nails and hardware
of almost all descriptions, (including
iron castings lor machinery), perlum
ery, tobacco and cigars, oheeao (not ex
ocpting Limburger variety), and al
most all other sorts of ordinary shop
merchandise, besides "miscellaneous
articles less susceptible of claanilice
lion, which range from artificial tooth
and falsa hair to st lifted birds and
goological specimens.
"'1 was not aware that yon knew
him," aaid Tom Smith to an Irish
triend, the other day. "Know him r
said ha, in a tone which comprehended
tho knowiotige ol mora than one me.
"I know him when his lather Was
bov." ',.. I
" ' THE 0:28 TRAIN.
f !
' ' ' lir BOU mjUDETTE.
It was during the reign of tba good
Caliph, whan Abou Tamerlik came to
tha City ot Bagdad, threw bis gripsack
on the counter, and, as be registered,
poka cheerfully unto the clerk, say
ing: "A samplo room on Iho first floor,
and send my kcystor np right away,
and call mo for the 6:28 train east id
tho morning."
And Basiur al Jab, the clerk, looked
at him, but went away to the mirror
and gazed at his new diamond.
And Abou Tamerlik Ijiod him fortlj. (
and went into the booth and bazars '
and laid hold upon lha merchants, and
enticed thorn into his room, and spread
out bit samples, and besought them to
buy. And when night was oorue he
slept. Bocuuso, ha suid, it is a dead
town, and there is no place to go
And, before the second watch of the
night, Rhtimol cm Uhp, the porter,
smote on the panels of iho door and
onoa aioun : ...
"Oh, Abou Tamerlik, ariso and dress,
for it is Irani lime."
And Abou simsc, and girt his rai
ment about bini, and burdened down
alaiie, and erupt into the 'bus.
And ho marveled that be was so
sloepy, becauBO be know ho wnt to
bed exceodi ugly early , and marvelously
sober.
And when ho got to the depot, lol
it was tho mail west, and it was 10:25
p. m.
And Abou Tamerlik sworo and
reached for tho porter that he might
smite him, and he said unto him :
"Carry me back to my own room,
and see that thou call me at 0:28 a. m.
or thou diest."
And ere he had boon asleep oven
until tho midnight watch, Khumul em
Uhp smote again upon the panel of his
door, and cried aloud :
"Awake, Abou Tamerlik, for the
timo waneth, and the train stayeth for
no man. Awake and hasto, for slum
ber overtook thy servant, and the way
is long and the 'bus gone!"
And Abou Tamerlik rose and dressed
and girdled up his loins, and set forth
with great speed, for bis heart was
anxious. Nevertheless, he gave
Rhumul cm Uhp a quarter, and mado
him carry his grip, and he cursed him
for a driveling laggard.
And, wbon he was como to tbe train,
it was 1 1:46 p. m., and it was a way-
freight going south.
And Abou Tamerlik fell upon Rhu
mul em Uhp, and smoto him, and
treated him roughly, und aaid :
' Uli, pule-gruy ass ot all asses, tbe
Prophet pity theo if thou callest mo
once more before the G:28 a. m. train
east."
And be got him into his bed.
Now, when sleep loll heavily upon
Abou Tamerlik, lor be was sore dis
couraged, RhumnI am Uhp kicked
norceiy sgainst the panels 01 his door,
and said :
"O, Abou Tamerlik, tbo drummab,
awake and dress with all speed. It ia
niirhi. in tbo volleys, but the day star
shines on the mountains. Truly tho
train is even now due at the depot,
but tho 'bus is indeed gone."
And Abou Tamerlik, the druminali.
sworo himself awake, and put on his
roues, ana Hastened to tbo depot, whilo
Rhumul em Uhp, the porter, went be
toro with a lantern.
Fur it waa pitch dark and raining
like a hoosa a fire.
And when they reached the depot it
was a gravel train going wost, and tho
clock in tha steeplo tolled 2 a. m.
And A boa 'lamerlik lull upon Khu
mul em Uhp, the porter, and beat him
all the way horns, and pellod him with
mud, and broke his lantern, and cursed
him, and ho got him into bod and
slept.
Now, whoo Abou Tamerlik awoke
the sun was high, and the noise of tba
street car rattled in the street. And
his heart smote him, and be went
down stairs, and the clerk said to him :
"O, Abou Tameilik, live in peace. It
is too late for breakfast and too early
for dinner; nevertheless, it won't mako
any difference in the bill."
And Abou Tamerlik, the drummab,
sought Rhumul em Uhp, the porter,
and caught him by the beard, and
said unto him:
"O, chuck el added pup I which is
'Thou that slcepest at train-time' why
bas thou forgotten me ?"
And Rhumul cm Uhp was angry,
and said :
"O, Abou Tamerlik, the drummah,
hasty in spooch and slow to think,
whorofore shonldsl thou get np at day
break, when there is another train
goes the same way to morrow morn
ing?" But Abou Tamerlik would not bark
en unto him, but paid hit bill, and
hired a team and a man to take him to
tho next town. And ha hired the
team at tho livery stable, and ho cursed
tho house that ho put up at.
Now, the livery stable belonged to
tho landlord all the same But Abou
Tamerlik, tho drummah, wist not that
it waspo.
SYMBOLIC MEANING OF COL
ORS. While is tho emblem of light, re
ligious purity, innocence, faith, joy
and lifo. lo the judjre it indicates in
tegrity , in the sick man, humility ; in
womon, chastity.
Red, tbe ruby, signifies fire, divine
lovo, tha Holy Spirit, heart of the
creative power' and royalty. White
and red roses express lovo and wisdom,
as in tha garland, with which tbe an
cients crowned St. Cecilia. In another
sense red signifies blood, war, hatred
and punishment. Red and black com
bined are the colors of purgatory.
Blue, or tho sapphire, expresses
heaven and the firmament, truth, con
stancy and fidelity.
Yellow, or gold, is the symbol of
the sun, of the goodness of God, ot im
itation or marriago, faith or faithful
ness. In the picture of the apostles,
St. Peter wears a yellow mantle over
a blue tunic. Yellow also signifies in
constancy, jealousy, deceit; in this
eonso it was given to Judas, who is
generally habited in yellow.
Green, tbe emerald, is tbo color of
Spring, hope, particularly hope ol im
mortality and of victory, aa the color
of palm and laurel.
. Violet, the amethyst, signifies love
and truth, or passion and suffering.
Hence, it is tbe color often worn by
the martyrs.
Black expresses the earth, darkness,
mourning, wickednoss, negation, death ;
and it was appropriate to tha Prince
of Darkness. In some old illuminated
manuscript, Jesus, in tho temptation,
wore a black robe. While and black
together signify purity of lifo aud
mourning or humiliation.
A sad mistiirluno lately bofcll a New
Orleans judgo. It is related of him
tbat, as ha was Titling; In the cars, Irom
a alntrlo rrlanna at tha eonnlonanee of
a lady al hie aide, he imagined that ho
knew her, and ventured to remark
that the day was pleasant. Hh a only
answered "Yos." "Why do you wear
a veil ?" Lest 1 attract genii emen."
"It is the providence of gentlemen to
aamire, rcpuca me gauani man oi
law. "Not when they are married."
"Hilt I am not.", "Indeed f" "Oh.
no ; I'm a bncbelor' Tbe lady quietly
removed nor yen, aisciosing to vnv
astonished magistrate tha lace of his
mother in law.
An Irishman was aooasod of steal
ing a handkerchief of bis follow travel,
er, but tha owner on finding It apolo
gized to Pat and said that it was a
mistake. "Arrah, bit Jowel," retorted
Pat, "It was a two-sided mistako you.
took ane lor a tbafe and I took you for -a
gintleman."
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