VOLUME 4.
PROFESSIONAL CAB3DS.
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Attorney at Lav.
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Office South of Court House.
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Maylfi.'iO —ly) lUJTL.KII. PA.
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Attorney at Litw,
HAVING recen ly from California, ban
resumed the pcactlceo! Law In Butler,
particular attention given to buniae-M, in th« Stnte
of California, e*p oiitl'.v collecii'tn* : bavin* made ar
ranK«-iiieuS with rupontibltparti** In tbat ttate.
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August 14tb . 1807—« IUOS.
"W. J. YOUNG, Attorney at Law.
J. W. YOUNG, Surveyor.
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BENZONIA, MICHIGAN.
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found at all limes, |irf>pnr**d to |»eifori*i all operation in
«dthrr Surgical or mechanical Dentistry.
Sept. al, 18(17—ly.
J. M. (iILKFiI,
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IlC'l'LEn, T- A.
June 2«, !®S7. lyr.
Drs Dieffenbircher & Lefevre.
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worl<. Killing, cleaning,
extracting and a4Juat|ng the teeth done with the b»*t
materials antl in the beat nutnnor. Particular attentio».
/mi.ll<» ohiltlren'a teeth. An mechanics, they duty con.
pel it ion; as operutoi > thej rank among the Chat
Advice free of chaige. Office— In Boyd
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URB. T J M AN,
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that ahe i» prepared to d<> a!l !.inda of setviiur. such as
Dress Making, SaqtMe. Shirts, nnd Children's ao
parel. Alao, Agent for Wheeler and Wilson's
Sewing Machines. Feb 20. ÜB7. tf.
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r*apor Mining Done on *he Shortest Notice.
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Dr. Snowden. Kranklm. Pa.
Dr. liiutsicr. Cochraiiion, Pa.
Dr. Fowler. Harri«villc, Pa.
Drs. Foster A (lunman, Clintouville, Pa.
Dr. Coulter Cesilievilie, Pa.
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AMERICAN CITIZEN.
THE TWO PARTIES,
Id com meriting upon the late elections
the New York World says, after euu
meriting certain acts of the Democratic
party in former days ; '-In complaisanca
to its Southern wrong it made mistakes
on ihe slavery questiou, and lost the ad
vantage of leadership. In its attempts
to pre\etit opinion advancing too fast it
feil behind, and there could not be a
more fatal blunder at present than on at
tempt to carry tne public opinion of Ihe
Country back to the point where it stood
when, to save the traiu from destruction
in moving down a declivity, the Demo
critic party went from ihe eugine to the
brakes."
Jt is simply toa late. Tho debaches
of sixty, shaking wuh ruined nerves,
aud tortured with '-the horrors," lo.iks
baik to his youth, and sighs that i! he
eouid only be ud ot h« nerves, aud purg
ed ot bis deuriuru, and 11 his veins were
onee more tilled with healthy yruug
bjoud, he ui g'.it be a Well uian. The
World loigets that the best men of its
p.riy lei'i it when it lell behind and be
cjiue the tool ol the slavery interest; that
Iroui ihut m. uieut the Democratic party
has existed hist as a pan ler to slavery,
utiii oeeoud as a paralysis ot the loyal
wiir. The earnest, vigdous youth ol the
Country, inspired by the great idea ol
iibeiry, have justly leai ueuto associate
the tiauie ol me Deuioeratic party with
all that is reactionary autl aiti-American
They saw thai no liiau cou d opeuly and
heart.ly denounce human slavery and
remain a Democrat. \\ hen the war
eauie ihuy saw that no man could wholly
support tt as a hopslul movement for hn<-
man liberty as wml as the Union without
being discarded by tne Democratic par
•y. i hey lead iu the War Id apologies
tor trcasou unci traitors rebelling Ct> save
slavery, and incessaot sneers at the Pres
ident and the Government, wbieh, to
save the Union, sacrificed slavery. 'J hey
saw the Democratic opposition to the
draft, to taxation, to all vigorous efforts
tor National salety They saw the Dem
ocruiO paity in the Kast nominating
I hoiiias aud Horatio Seyuunft- and in the
West Yalaudigliain ; and hnally heard
it shout with exu tation at Chicago that
the war had failed. This was the Detn- !
ocratie party before and dunug the war,
deserted by the oldqr men, who had giv
en it conscience atitf a true popular aym
pathy, and despised by the younger,
whose political lile began with the cam
paign of 1860.
And what do we now *ee ? The Chair
man ot the Democratic National (inn
imltee is August Deluiont—one of the
most notorious of Copperheads during
the war ; the man who rebuked a young
Union offi cr for his natural wrath w th
an English noblemau who wore a rebel
badge iu iM. Keiuiout's house—the facts
of which were made public at tho time,
iu the State ol Ohio tt>.» political cam
paign just ended was conducted lor the
liemocrais by Valandighain «nnd I'eu
dleton, and Judge Tliuruiao the Demo
\lratic candidate for Governor was a
Copperhead of the same school The
Chicago Timet, a rebel sheet through
ihe war, and of unchangeable maligni
ty, is the chief Democratic organ iu ihe
Noithwcst. In New York Horatio Sey
mour, who preltnod to sacnfice the
Lnion rather than slavery, is the great
Dl'inoeiutio leader—aud the city t New
Vork illustrates the purity of Democrat
le [politics. .Meanwhile the Democratic
iiauoual policy, as revealed in Demo
cratic speeches, resolu ions, and editori
als, is lo retain just as much of the spirit
ol slavery as possible ; to ta>k of the ne
cessity of conci laiing the Southern
brother, if he be a white ex-rebel, and
tu nuicule and despise him it he be a
eolbied lo} al man : while virtual repu'di
atioii ot the national debt 1= o teiny ad
vocated by tiie representative Democrat
ia leaders ol tne U est.
iSuw lot tne luiure political derelop
ineut of this Couniry there are but just
two fully oij.auited parties Every nan
inum uci with one or theoiher of ihem
Uno is tile Democratic paity, so officered
aud Willi sui.h a policy. It is instinct
ivcly supported liy the disloyal, ignorant
and vicious element of the population
everywhere. Tne other is the Republi
can paity. ol wuieb many if the best
Democrats ol the days belol'O the total
seiviniy ol the party to slaveiy were
among the touuders aud are now leaders.
1 nis party is with etjuai instinctivtness
supported by ihe young, * gtuerous.
tbuughtlul, progressive, intulligent, and
truly American elemeut of the popuia
tiou. Its history is the record of the
triumph of the Uuion and of emancipa
tlou. its purpo.-e is equal rights and
lan play tor every man. ihe noble im
pubea of human nature, the course of
civilization, fhe sympathies ol good men
aud ol tho truest liberal party in every
land, are with it. li has made mistakes,
'ike all parties. It hag been used by
wed meaning and ill meaning adherents.
13ut it is still lull ol energy and youth
Its great purpose is still unachieved.
And why shuuld any man to whom that
purpose is precious leave a party of such
a history and of such an impulse to ally
himself with the other? If the Demo
cratic party would reorganizs itseli in the
hope«of future suocess, it can ooly "be
upon the principles upon which the" lie
publican party is already organized
aud has ulways stood. When it
throws "Copperheadistu" overboard, and
abaudons a stagnant Conservatism, and
cuts loose troin its pro slavery affinities
it throws away what strength it has, and
n becoming wisely progressive, and in
seeking ji'gtdcc and equal rights
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us t to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand lt"--A. Lincoli*.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, FENN A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 186 J."
ceases to be the Democratic party. A
lew men may see that its ooly chance as
au organization lies in becoming more
Kepuhlican than the Republicans. Hut
the sinner is already past sikty. His
nerves are hopelessly shattered. lie
sees snakes, and he can only weep and
sigh for the youth which returns no
more.— Harper'* Weekly.
REBELEQnALITY.
The principle, which now serves as
the foundation stone to all Democratic
platfoiiu-i, is, that a rebel to this Gov
erumebt has all the right* uuder it that
appertain to a loyal citizen. In other
words, the fact o r rebellion is to be to
tally ignored, and"the Government of
our fathers" resumes its functions, un
changed and O' livious of ''the late un
fortunate difficulty "between the States.
Nor are Diinoamts alone in this the .ry,
•Mr. Heecbev, being more Christian than
Christ, has lent all his great influence
in favor of pardon without repentance.
Oilier prominent Radicals have combin
ed in ilced-i of supererogation not quite so
difficult to 'lie iuuividual but as dangerous
to the nation, i.e. forgiving crime.- 1
agaiusi other people, and the injuries in
fli'ted upon their neighbors. There is a
•iOOinwud In a book which used to 'be the
stand rd ot morals viz : The Bible which
lequirts every man to forgive his own
eui-lines, to the exitnt of returning good
for evi , atid his offending brother, who
turn* and says,"l repent;" but this is
superceded by new standard, which
forgives injuries by which you are not
injured, and brothers who say ' I do not
repent " To our mind there is a vast
ufferenco between forgiv'ng injuries
from your brother and to him. The
rebels sinued ugainst the brave men who
lost their lives iu suppressing the He
be'ljon, and against their bereaved rel
atives and thoso dependent upon them
for support. Especially did they sin
against those who died by the lingering
tortures of cold and hunger. This nation
sinned agaiui-t ihctn iu uot defending her
defenders. We all sinued against them
in not straining eveiy nerve to release
jnd protect them from the barbarity of
theii captors. It may bo very magnan
imous for the nation, and her leading
philanthropists to forgive their own
transgressions, to say "peace be still" to
that voice of a brother's blood crying ou!
against them from tile ground, but we
tail to see it in that light. The martyrs
of the war may each have forgiven the
taking away of his life, and all other
wrongs done to him. God may forgive
i heir murderers, but He will not, with
out repentance, and has given us no war
rant lor being more merciful than lie
Himself.
As extremes trieet, and all things are
prone to work in circles, many ltadicals
have come to join hands with the North
ern sympathizers with treason, who have
uever dropped llie clasp of traitors palms
from the hist hour of the taking up of
arum against the Government. Amnes
ty for treason and the equality of rebel*
atid loyal men, have been so preached
and acted upon that the mass of loyal
people are disgusted and disheartened,
and their disgust has manifested itdclf
in the popular vote on negro suffrage in
Ohio.
Negro suffrage in the rebill.'ous States
was a part of the reward of loyally an ot
the punishment and cure of rebelion
Congress decreed that negroes should
vote in these States, because they had
been always loyal, and then jority of
the while* had been disloyal, and the
white loyalists desired their enfranchise
nit lit as the only mode of restoring the
States and making ilu-in loyal couituuni
ties. The logic of this was so natural
and apparent that democratic people and
presses hailed the measure as one which
must commend it-elf to the masses. The
Chicago Time * said iu 1566 :
"The people will cercaiuly go for im
partial sufimge ; we can't help it ; and
it we uo uot get on that platform we
shiill he run over aud ciushed."
liut Republicans, in Congres and
nominating conventions, forgett : ug th;
distinction between rebellion and lojal
ty, enquired. "How can we enforce ne
gro sutfrage iu the South aud deny it iu
the North ?"
I he question has. on its face, the ad
mission iliat treason has ceased to be re
garded as a crime, that it is not to be
rnaue odious ; that traitors are not to be
punished, and that the status of loyal
Ohio difiers so little from that of disloyal
Sjuth Carolina us 'o require fine poiuts
of discrimination to make the proper dis
tinction. It is this general admission of
rebel equality which has fallen as so ex
tinguisher upuu the enthusiasm with
which the people carrried the Republican
party through the war. In the recoil
which lollowed their disappointment at
ifio escape of all the Southern criminals
whom they had captuied at so great a
cost, at seeing rebels elevated to placeii
of power and loyal men repudiated, aud
at finding themselves always compelled
to drive their leaders instead of following
them, the people have fallen back into
the old, worn rut of prejudice and pas
sion, out of which the war for a time
lifted them. \\ e have ever advocated,
aud shall ever advocate, manhood guff
rage, but to press the question in the
loyal States now, on the giound that we
cannot.consistently,enforce it in the South
and rtluse to do so in the North, is to
ignore the distinction between treason
and loyalty; is to assume the Democrat
ic ground of Rebel Kquality. The true
policy of the Republican party is to re
construct the governments of the South
ern States, The Northern States have
a clear constitutional right to regulate
their owu affairs. The Negrtes in them
are amply protected in their persons and
property. The loyal men in them can
carry on the governments without their
rssistance ; and as theif ultimate fate is
bound up in that of their raoe, they and
their best friends should desire to see
the experiment fairly tried of lifting
mjllions of them from slavery to eitisen
ship, unembariasscd by the invocation of
State pride and personal prejudice. The
Negroes of the North have been depress*
ed by the degradation of those of the
South, and niust.be lifted by their ele
vation. The work of emancipating them
elevating them to all the rights of citi
izens, and reconstructing the govern
ments of all the rebel States, would ap
pear to be enough for a generation ol ini
tcllectual giants. Let this be completed
betore revolutionizing the loyal States
Let the tteyubliean party, at least, keep
up a marked distinction between treason
and loyalty ; and leave llehel Equality
to the fare of the Democracy.
MINDING.
A SKETCII FOR THE CHILDREN.
"Charlie, oome in, I want you," said n
sweet womanly voice to a little boy who
was playing marl leu on the sidewalk in
front ot a nice briek house. Now Char
lie wis very busy and in the midst of a
delightiul game. He was as happy as a
child could be. To quit his play then
wasli.e quitting the table wlieu hull
through dinner Would he obey ? \Vu
looked with inrcrest to see what he woU'd
do. What would you have done ?
Char lie fcplied : "Yes, mother," and
picking up his marbles started off with a
sun ling lace and a bounding Step up the
side yard, and in at the end door ol the
house. A fine boy thjit, I thought,
as I looked atler him. I win
der who he Is ? VVlut a beautilul tiling
it in list be to have a little boy or girl
who will mind at ouee and with a happy
loving heart! 1 wondered what would
become of that boy, and wished to see
more of him and learn his liietory.
1 used to walk past that house every
week, aud always thought ot that blue
eyed, light haired boy. The thought of
hiui made me happy. I saw a great tunny
naughty children. Once I speut two or
three days in trying to find a naughty
boy who ran away from his home and
overwhelmed his parents with grief; and
when I found him toine one had stolen
his coat and hat and bundle of clothes
and all the money he had. Onee I chas
ed alter a truant boy and girl for sever
al hours ; and at last, late at night,found
them in the woods wet through with
rain and chilled with cold, and tright
encJ almost to death. They had dis
obeyed their mother and gone to play
instead of going to school, and bot'i of
tiiese were sick for several weeks in con
of their fully and exposure.—
A boy that minds—lie is a jewel.
1 bad been iu business a year or two,
and in that time had several boys ; but it
was next to impossible to find one that
would mind. At last 1 was quite out of
patience, aud determined that I would
have no ouo'who could not bring tho best
recommendation, and stand the closest
test. Several applied for tho place, but
no one suited us. At last cam- a blue
eyed, flaxen-haired youth of twelve years
with a bright honest face. There was
something engaging iu his aspect. Had
I soeu nim before ? What is your name ?
'•Charley Warren, sir. I live in Frank
lort street. My lather it a carpenter,
but is lame now aud ciiunot work, and 1
got mother's eonscnt togo into a store
if I can find a place."
It was the very Charley I had seen
playing at marbles. 1 remembered the
circumstance and kn <w tbat he wou'd
in ind 1 did not neod a recommenda
tion for him, but gave him' the place and
twice as much pay a* 1 had proposed fo
give.
Charley came to wmk on Monday
■uoruiug It seemed hard for him that
first week of work, but bo behaved like
a man The boys iu the next store came
in and made his acquaintance. Ouo
moru.ng I overheard two of them trying
to pursuadc Charley togo off with them
down ou the wharves in the alteruoon
and see a boa' race that w is to come off
"No," said Charley j "mother told me
to mind my business, and I am paid for
staying heie, aud don't think it is right
to v.q off without my employer's knowing
it."
That was a brave word ond I thought
more ot Charley limn ever That was
ten years ago. He has been with me
ever since, and proved to be the best
clerk I ever had. Yesterday we put up
a uew s.gn, and on it in large gilt letters
was Charley's full name. The store is
his own. He is now n prospetous, proin
i6ing young man.and if he lives will be
a rich, honored man. And all this be
cause one bright morning he minded his
mother when she called bim. From
such little things do great results come.
Always mind and it will be well with
you.
The liiour P±.it*UAt>ioN.—ln terri
ble agony, a soldier lay dying in the hosi
pital. A visitor asked him, "What
church are you of?" "Of the church
oft hrist," be replied, "I mean, of what
puiEuasion are you ?" then inquired the
visitor. ''l'ursuasion !" said the dyiog
man bis eys looked heavenward, beam
ing with love to the Savior, "I am per
tuaded ttat neither death nor life, nor
angles nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present or things to come, nor
height nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be ab'e toscporate me from the love
of God which is in Christ J«sus."
O.ne charge in a lawyer's bill against
a c'ient was, for waking up in the night
and thiukisg of your business, five dol£
kn."
RAIDS UPON OUR BONDS.
Twice within a fortnight the money
market has been unsettled by vicious at
tseks upon the Government securities.— {
The excitement respecting the Five-
Twenties had scarcely subsided, and the
bonds had barely time to rally from their
'emporary depression, before it was dis
covered that thts Seven-Thirties had
been tampered with. Attention was first
drawn to the fact at the Treasury Depart
ment, where duplicate numbers were re
ceived of those bonds that had been
sent infer redemption. These notes
were so well executed to baffle critical
examination ; indeed, experts among the
heavy dealers in "Governments" were
the chief sufferers by the imposition.—
It was scarcely possible to' determine the
precise nature of the fraud, whether a
counterfeit or an over-issue, whether an
exquisitely correct imitation of the orig
inal, or a transfer from the genuine plate
purposely a little defaced. Those who
attempted to penetrate the mystery be
came yet more mystified, and tne opin
ion soon obtained currency that the ro>
guery had its birth place iu the Treasury
L>ei ar went itself; otherwise, execution
of woik requiring such exquisite skill
would uot have been possible in the coun
try. Employes iu the I'epnrttnent who
uuturally wished to remove suspicion
from themselves, maintained that the
fact that no engravers in this country
outside of Guvfciuiuent employ could
produce such a job was proof that the
plate had been prepared in Europo, and
a conclusive argument iu favor of the
integrity of the Department. Investi
gation has not yet succeeded iu posi
lively locating the crime; nor is it ascer
tained what amount of spurious note*
has been issued, though it is believed to
be but a few hundred thousands. Less
than tsvo hundred thousand have been
detected so far.
Although the excitement iu financial
circles which attended the discovery of
this fraud was veiy considerable for a
time, causing a material depree-ion in
ti c class of securities tarn pered with, it
has now nearly passed away, and tho
temporary decline has beeu reenverod, —
No difference iB made in the price of the
2d series of Seven Thirties and any oth
er series What better proof need wo
of the people • confidence in the nation
al credit th in this astounding elasticity
of its securities under the nlost crash
iog blows ?
This is not the first timo that the Aot
en-Thirties havesuffered Irum fraudulent
Some months ago an ovcr-ia*
sue was detected, but the pnbiic excite
ment, was quieted as quickly then as now
Tne Compound Interest Notes have also
been counterfeited heretofore. These
circumstances, in themselves, need oc
casiou no alarm ; United States bonds
are not less exempt from the attempts of
counterfeiters than other notes and honds
of this or other countries. Hut that
which most naturally excites apprehen
sion is the simultancousness with whish
these attacks upon the public credit have
been made of late. Coupled wifll the
assaults upon the National Banks and
other schemes well calculated to derange
our finances and impair publie confi
dence it looks as though some cot>spiras
cy was afoot to undermine the national
credit. >» hen we see tho joy with which
the slightest indication that the United
States will break down under its debt is
hailed in England, and the efforts there
made to prejudice the public tuiud against
our securities both within and without.
Possibly ten centuries of poace-nuking
and hand shaking would not eradicate
the innate jealousy which England and
Kuropean nations have of the American
growth an j prospeiity. This feeling of
jealously is but natural. It may not
manifest itself so long as the national
sky is unclouded, but so soon as signs of'
tumult or storm appear it gleams for'.h
iu uum.stakible intensity. We have not
forgotten how Europeau capitalists pre
dicted, when the wor broke out, that tte
should presently be on our knees to them
for aid; itnu how they gave us to under
stand iu advance thai application would
be useless; how they chuckled over the
prospect of our beiug weakened through
disintegration,and the benefits they wore
to receive therefrom; nor how tho castles
they had built dissolved into mist when
the magnitude of our resources was de
veloped ; uor how very humble they be
came when the uatioual flag waved in
triumph over Jthe crushed rebellion
ana cemented Union. We have heard
their cries of woudet at the easo with
wmch we carry and reduce our
debt, aud wv have seen the facility with
which our bonds are disposed of in for
eigu markets: and wc now see as plaiuiy
how prompt aud they are to throw
up their cap over the possibility that we
may still fail aud goto the dogs of re
pudiation.
Due we shall disappoint tho expecta
tions of all enemies at home aud abroad.
There is no possibility of so base a con
summation. Ihe fact is, the couutry has
already passed the «everest test which the
uatioual debt is likely to subject itt finan
cial machinery; the people do not wish
to escape the payment of the debt ; in
genious projects of repudiation will win
no favor except among the base aud un
scrupulous who alwavs fatten upon pub
lic disorders; our boodg are not to be tic
predated, nor will it be permitted that
the national credit shall be jeopardized
to answer any party political end. It has
been urged as a wise policy upon the part
of Congress to set the Five-Twenty ques
tion at rest by a short supplementary act,
declaring that the paytntot ot tho inter
est on these bonds in a specie obligation.
This would give reucwad confidence to
investors abroad. As to the Seven-Thir
"<•* and all *4h»r classes of icouritiea,
there will bo legs pecuniarv risk to hold
ers and purchasers the soonor the consol- :
idation of the public debt 5s compleVd.
Whatever expedients are adopted to in- 1
fure greater security, one thing is C er,
tain, the integrity of the nation is as un
assailable thraunb its bonds as it was '
through traitorous politioal counsels
Harper't Weekly.
THE WHITS MAN'S PART* —ln the
address of Wm. A. Walace, Chairman of
the Democratic State Centeral Committee
congratulating his fellow pratisans u po n
their success in ( the late eleotion, he
pledges himself and the party be repre
sents to the "preservation of the supre
macy of our own race."
Hud a Mississippi or South Car
ouna rebels said this, and called upon
his party to take suoh a stand, there
would be some seuso in it; but for a leader
of a party in Pennesylvania—where the
other race constitute only about one for
tieth part of the population, and where
they still labor uuder politial, social
and industrial disabilities, are generally
poor, and sUugling, in their weakness, to
better tbeif condition by which all good
men must and do approve—fyr bim to
proclaim from his high position of place
and power, that Henceforth it shall be the
great work of the party over which h*
presides to crush down and keep down
this weak anil humble class of their fel«
low beings, is about as humiliating an ex
hibitation of depravity, cowardic* and
meauness as could well be made. We re
the supremacy and dignity of "our race"
to depend upon such men as Walace, We
might at once find or proper places in a
siale immeasurably below the nogries.
The wbito wan who fears the negro in
the race for supremacy is already too de
gardod U» bo fii tor American citismship
»ud utterly devoid of the generous im v
pulse of * frcodinan.
DOMKSTIC FAULTS. — Homes are more
often darken«d by the continnal recur
rence of small faults, than by the actual
presence of any decided vice. The East*
ern traveler can combine his foroe and
bunt down the ti/or that prowls upon
his path ; but he can scarcely escape the
niosketoos that infest the air he breathea
or the fl us that swarm the earth he
treads. Ihe drunkard has been known
to renounce his darling vice; tho slave
to dress and enrav.igance, her besetting
sin ; but the waspish temper" the irrita"
i l ' n ß tone, rude, dogmatic manners, and
*t»n hundred nameless negligence that
spoil the beauty of association, have
rarely done other than proceed till the
•ctionj of disguat. »n I gradual tilen
ation has turned all the currents of af
lection from their course, leaving nothing
but a barren Hack, over which the mere
skeleton of companionship «ulks along
—The Nashville Banner tries to make
an impression upon the colored pcopie
by the following reasoning :
Question.—To what do you owe vour
freedom ?
A oswer.—The war.
Q—W ho got up tho war ?
A.—The rebels.
Q. Then the rebels made you free /
A.— Yes, Sir.
The l'rrn snd Timet hopes for the
interests of christianitythat th« Banner
will turn its attention toe religions cat»
celiism. For example :
Question. —To what do you owe your
salvation ? *
Answer.—To the crucifixion of Christ.
Q —Who crucified him ?
A- llertd, Judas and Pilate.
Q —Then Herod, Judas and Pilate
are the authors ot your salvation ?
A.—Yes, sir.
LIVE FOR OTHERS.— Ood has written
upon the flowor that sweetens the air,
upon the breeze that rocks the flower
upon its stem, upon the rain drops that
swell the mighty river, upon the dew
drop that refreshes the smallest sprig of
moss that rears its head in the desort,
upon the ocean thet rocks every swimmer
in its chauuul, npon every pencilled she! 1
that sleeps jn the caverns of the deep,as
well as upon the miglity snn which warms
and cheets the million* of creatures that
live in its light—-pon ail his lie written,
">ione of us liveth to himself."
—To a-k advice merely to cast about
for sanctions to a firmly made up opin
ion, with a determination to accept none
but what agrees with it, is iittle less than
an insult. It shows both a recklessness
of giving trouble; and a want of decent
respect for aoother's judgment The in
sincere inquirer not only g lyc s trouble
unnecessarily; but also repays it moat
ungratefully with neglect and contempt.
THE proprietor of a cotton factory put
this notice <»n his gate • ''No cigars or
go >d looking young men admitted." In
exp anation he said : "The one will seta
flame a going among my cotton, and the
other among ray girls. I won't admit
such dangerous things into my establish*
meut. The risk is too great."
BRKATIIKB there a man with soul
so dead—who nevei to-iniuself has said
I will my local take—bo'h for
my own and family's sake ?—lf such
there be, let him recent— and have tho
paper to him sent—-and if he'd pass a
happy winter—fye in advaßee should pay
tho printer.
—IJe kind to the little ones; they
will often be fretful and wayward. Be
patient with them A whole family of
I little ones may be restored to good hu-
I mor by suggesting a new play, or tellicg
I them a ple&sa-1 story.
NUMBER 45
WIT AND WIBDGM. ,
— Wh ? >s » tired man like an umbrel
la ? Because he is used up.
Be pure, but not stern ; have mo~*al
excellences, fcut.don't biiatls with them.
—When is a wagoner like the moon I ''
W hen he talon the wfcjp. •; 1 ,,
—Those who have the excellent fao- s
ulty ul using aU .they know dak never '
know too much.
. If tho Doge of Venice was to lose
his sight what useful article would he he
converted to ? A Venetian blind.
" "J have passed through great hard
ships," as the schooner said after sailing
through a fleet of iron-clads. p
—Why might carpenters really be
lieve there is no such thing as stone?
Because tlfey never saw it.
—"A Nine Days' Wttndijr"—That of
the kitten, which wonders when it's <»o
--ing to see.
—A thundering lie is now fendered-r
a fulminating enlargement of elongated
veracity.
He is a choice friend who conceals
my faults from others,and discovers them
to myself, 112
VAIN SHOW.—A HA* of wind mar l*. .
mistaken for a sack of ootn till it is "lift,
ted or openej.
The best oure for the lioad acbo is
to take another suffering with preeisaly
the same Complaint Two positives mako
a negative
Precocious girl that, who took as tie
theme of her graduating essay at a fa*,
ionable seminary, "The education of ritir
boys." , •
— l "Capital weathor, Mr. Jones, Mpi*
tal weather. My wife's got auch • had
cold she can't speak. I like suoh wsatlu
er."
"I Jo n»t say that man will stoal,"
said a witness on a trial, "but if I was a
chicken I'd roost high when ke was
around "
—Chicago is an Indian word moaning
"mneh wind.". The aboriginal linguists
says an exchange, deserve to rank among
the prophets.
—1 he siio of the head doesn't indi
cate the quality of the brain any more
than does the stove pipe tile which be
strides it.
—For drunkenness drink cold water;
for health, rise early ; to be happy, bo
honest; to please all, mind your OWQ
business.
—There was a great deal of
nature in the remark of a lady, who,
holding a glass of water in her hand,
said, "Oh, if it were only wicked to driult
this, how nice it would be I"
—Miss Smith, 1 wish to speak to you
in private. Permit me take you apart
for a few moments." Minn Smith (wh6
wasn t at all frightened)—4'Certainly,air,
if you II promise to put me together
again."
—"My dear," said a smiling spouse
to her other half, "I'm going a shopping
fa-day ami want a little change." "Pooh!"
responded the savage, "that would bo no
change at all ; you go a shopping overy
day." _ |,
—"What's that ar picture on V asked
a oountryman in a print store the other
d«y of the proprietor, who was ''turning
some engravings. "That, sir, is Joshua
commanding the sun to stand still/'—
"Du tell ! Which is Josh and which
is his son ?"
—"Sarah,"said a young man the oth
er day, "why don't you wear ear rings t"
"Because I haven't had my ears piet
ccd."
"J will boro them for you."
"Thank you, -you have done that
enough."
—"You can do anything if you only
have patience to wait," said an old fo£y
to his son : "Water may be carried ia a
seivc if you can wait."
"How long ?" inquired the son, an inr.
pudent young Amerioa, who could hard!?
wait for the father's obituary. "Till it
freezes "
—A good lady who had two children
sick with the measles, wrote to a friend
for the best lemody. Tho friend bad
just received a note from a nothor
lady, inquiring tho way to mako pir:ktes.
In the confusion, the lady who bad in
quired about the pickles received tlia
remedy for the measles,-aud the pnzicus
mother of tho sick children read ;?itli
horrorthe following : "Soald thetii tiireo
or four times in verry hot vinegar, and
sprinkle them with salt, and in a ft w days
they will be cured." »"
Tur LAWVER FLOORED. —A wag of
; the incorrigible school—a regular cL-n in
fact—was sitting in a company of gentle
men, one of whonic was a lawyer of no
mean reputation. The wag talking- to
; another individul, but for the ear of the
liwyer ovorsaid.Jstated that he desired the
services of a good lawyer; that he had
' an important case, out of which, if suc
cessful, as he could not fail to be, if f.ho
i case be properly managed agood fee made
1 to the lawyer.
At this point the legal gentleman ?u
. question putin :
.'What's that you say—in need of »
lawyer, good case—paying fee ?JTbe law
i is ID£ profession— state yaur caee."
) ag—"My case is undoubtedly an
exoellent one, and I am willing to pay •
J most liberal contingent fee—l can't afford
a feo oertain.—l will give one half of
the amount if you succeed—which is five
hundred dollar*. Do yon under take ?"
' liwy>.—"l do ; state your case."
' Wag—"l want you to borrow five
hundred dollars for ae—and we will di
vide it."
> Exit wag, with a ponderous boat ia
dangerous proxim&J to hi* eoat (ail.