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I'lrK CABIM.T. |
.: M. 'ih « V. !k. S« crctary j
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/,„■■ „ in. o! Ohio, S e'v of Treasury. I
Oe. iue «V M M' l Ho y. iii i-. i''r.!'V of War. |
UieW-! W. iii tmpbon, «l lii'liii.ia, Secre
tn. y ill l Ik* Navy. !
('Vcl ol Missoiu-i fi-e'v. "f 1 lie I ili rii i .
Cluirk'6 Drvtlis, of 3i'a.".iaC J .iusitl.s, Attorney- j
(.fi!»ral.
Horace Maynard, of Tt tines-sir,, I'osii. aster 1
f■ on rah
TJIK .niairi n!v.
TilK Sl'l'itKMK OUUT OS" THE UNITKH ,
STATICS.
Morrison R. W iii, of Ohio, Ciiief Jusliee.
Kiitiian Ciiffoiuli, of Maine,
N"iilt H. Sw;i| ne,.of (rtiii>,
Saiian l •! Miller, of lowa,
lliiviil I l.ivis, of Jiiiuois,
%t|.l»..||i l. I'icltl. of (Jaiibrnim,
"\V:lliain M of I'enii'.ylvnnm,
,) isejili P. Isr«di y, of Mew Jersey,
Wart I Hunt, of l?e"v York, As«oeiaitf Jus'iees |
ot'it * n'i'e .;o vit mm iv i'» j
i: x lieuti vk u Kra I;T m icn T.
Tivonas J. Jan is ef riu. Governor.
James 1,. Robinson, of Macon, Lieutenant- i
(iovernor. J
W. L. Saunders., of Wake, Secretary of j
fe'titc.
Jd!i:i M. Wwth, of Rand'olpli, Treabtirer.
l)(ntai«i W. Bain, of Wake, ('hie' Clerk.
T (J. Worth, of itnnd'ilol!, Teller,
))'•. Samuel L. Love, ctf Haywood, Auditor.
Tlior. S. Kenan, of WiNtm.* Vttftruey-Oeueral..
•li'lin C. of Johnston, Superiu- j
ten lent of PnlvUe lnstriietion.
Julin-ton Jo.jes, of JJurke. Adjutant-Genero". |
.1 MeLcort I'urner, Heeler of th (Ja)iHol. j
Plierwooil Haywood; of Wake, State Libia-' 1
I hill.
1 110 FES HON A L C'A Tl DS.
JN'O. \V. (i HA 11AM, J A s7a7 GKAIIAM,
liillsujro, Graham, N. C.
GEAHAM & GRAHAM,
AIH'I:M*AI I, AW,
Practice in the State pnd Federal "Courts,"
t>'3"V>peeiil attention paid to collecting.
J. D. KEIINODLE,
Attorney at Law,
«PA II 1 »i. !\.«s
, ' ryticos i„ the State and Federal Cents
' /-titiifully and promptly attend to all tiii.-si
•H-rtintrusted to him.
I 2» B. PARKE It,
ATI'ORNE V,
(JKAUA.TI, IV. ('.
attend rrgularly llie Superiov Courts of
Alamance, Caswell, Person. Cliaifaain and Han
■'otph, and tie Federal courts at Greensboro.
«»sinCHB entrusted to him sl:aH liuve laithful
'Httntion,
®-l 80. I}-.
T. B, Eldridge,
Attorxier at Law,
GIiAUAM, N. C.
jij u ' l u «s in t'.e Slate and Federal Courts.
ah unsines- intructed to bim fliall recei\e
t'oiapt and careful attention.
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E.Boyd,
, A TTOItNE Y A T'j-AW.
""" OnillHAT
& Orceji«boro,
Practices in all the Courts.
at Graham, Monday, Tuesday and
ii-.d * . '- v At Urccasboro, Thursday, Friday
,r,(l S .turlay. 7 14
Dr.J. W. (siifii.lt
13Jj]N r TIST
CJraiiam, N. C.,
' 'tt '!,- 7 P rc ) lHr e(' to do any and sit kinds of
U ''*S to ttio profession.
liseaLJ u'ivea to the ' treatment o!
{p* °f the Mv)UTil.
LLS A rr;si>ti> IN TOW.H OB tNiUNisr
f>l *- i eo7w. l7on^,
General Practitioner
Medicine and Surgery,
WRAHAM, W. V.
i 1 J f 1 ' 8 ' 1 drag* always on h nd.
• I".
ORAHA.M, N. MONDAY. NOVEMBER* 29, 1880.
POET BY.
CfcJßß—Sßßmak TTlmxt» > j MMIWJJLHUL—
"HI) 'Hi. I, i; It,
; Maud M iller w.irkjd at •■akin-' hav,
t Ai:u oXui td iici Iwtty a uav'."
i ;V Ul e " s;u ' u ," : , U (1 i;i the xv : t Min.-hiuc.
a> -lad as a l.iiJ in M, IV
! 'B i l,..iry All ii' il,e the lon- d ," v
j She i.ie.."l ii, th • 'ar'off town,
i A ( son le.edj e - \v.;e „ , or d )WII .
AMI uie S >e.a >O„- ui,,l rl| . ailg , a isCits
1 J.e.a uiji a ) h nt.ti.ii lasie oLehee.-e.
I Ami an ajijieute au-l a uaniele.-s ache
I »"?,■» vt'ttler and a Kinder cake.
| Ine Ju.ljjfj rode »to;»l/i.,t„ \ „. a; _
I Slopped nis horse in ih • shade and threw
I ll'.- line e il oiu while the b.iishiiu Maul
j luucii ut I he kind lie "chawed'
' r.' "-a INh. he s lid eiihauink
I And lu d I. linm-iii tliat a -ood s ,uare drink
v\ oum nr-iee lam.' t>> the e:ip was tilled
j U nil tin ensirul h Lne t,e out rynne, , tilliM;
And .-he -axe ic to hi u with a siia'bro'.vued
hand
j I hank-.' > iid rhe Jtid,e, in aei-jut hla.ml;
! tliousai.d Huink.-! In'r siveeter draught
jl' i tail a luii l.and! hul ih re he hiiuhed
| A nil t! v fweel ill ftoi il in 11.(: ;uu that day
j And rnk.-d i.iste.id of the h.iy.
I
'■Sn-eli IV rjnanii V el lliom,' tait] llio
i\\ ill •i\ \\ iim.ii, 'ulia 1 lining nulio'.lv 1111\
j iC".''l !'
J Ine fiolilen S«'|i|("iti'l)i'r Pivns'iiiio was
i -J' c'i inj; nil i lie 11 p I nil 11 s in \ cllo iV In i j hi -
j ihe itvanl couriers of the coinioo
: II I-; Il id I 'liehlM I tie iwajiles a 111 sHllia >
■ l '. il Ii ii n i fii, niiti ibii wild l; t;ii|k s in
!lie V.'Ofiis eamc Ireijliiiuy Hie tlir s\i h
»■ \e ei'i '.i'Ss. S,ifli wild jii r c.-, (■*•>—ureal
l lnoini mass.'S of | urjll •, mil-lined
egiinl'i I heir t a :'k, ne; i leaves. 4 as Ll
s »11.t■ e;icii;i• 11■ 11 hainMntd l,itn«' all Inie
■ lores! iii-lc-5 «i h [lemlmlo ol
illllel li vst;
• 111 c• j • 11y lircy won!.l make !'sai I the
Widow iiiion, sliatliiiii lier lai ee black
ey-cs wiili one hand, as she looked up
\\ lute 11 ii* vines had landed a copse
ol cedar irees. 'And ilie jireservc-!
And (lie price Ilu»\ would bring in mar
l:el ! I reall\ do lliink thai when I railed
Ihe G'en Collate, r
the pin ,'ilcgo ol the-e wood.i into iho bul -
imia; more cv| twially as Air. Ksseluioiil
is in lv.irope, ,mil Mm' grnpes t:re lioioj:
nob.nix nnv H>od.'.
Ami ihe W i low Winiou dretv a deep
sigh, as Ihe wi id walled a fresh gust ol
liaurance loward her- Ihe euici, inde
seribalde aroii.a of ripetiing grape* in
11le crucible ofaii'irnvn Stinsliinc.
The Wi iow Wiiilon, be il niideraloou.
was nc angular inalnwi or wrinkled old
beldame, but a rosy little personage ol
two ot Ihree-and twenty, with laiighiii_,
sloc'bhick eaes, long; lasbctl and almond
shaped, a saucy, retrousse nose, and lips
Hkc aclefi rose-bud. And as f»he stood
lliere, with her cl fin pled bands interlaced
above iier- cees, a rebellious resolution
formed itself in her heart.
'1 will have them,' tai l the Widow
W iiitot.; 'us well as Ihe tehoolbovs an:i
ihe spa'rows. And il I w ere to a-k thai
crustv old agent, I know lied leluse so
I shall omit that iitlle ceremony. I'll
vend 'ein into town, and I'll take the
money to yet me a new (all hat, lor mine
has been posiih'ely shabby ever since (lie
ciape got soaked Hirougb in that smn j
nier sliov.cr, three weeks ago S.mday.'
And the Wi low Wiulou went home
to Ihe little cottage on the edge of (he
wood, which had once been a porter's
lodge io the lisssclinem eslate, and loiih
her -is.ci w hat she had dclermi ted np-
'Fannv,' said Mhs Chaii'y Hall, who
i w t. & (on years older than the widow, and
I m "ood uiiiiv decrees graver, 'pray dou i
f n
• think cf siuh a thing.
I W'hi li .M ? said faniM'.'
'lt would be stealing!'
'No, ii hou!dn'(,'»toull) fl {J cd Faii
-11 v. ' There ilk.*)' hang, doing noh nly
any g"od; an I it's a wicked, unlit
shame! And Mr. Esseliumt is in Palis
and that cms® oM crab ol an a«ent se.s
lip a cry it one d mm but bi pak ofl a *pi ig
I use arguing; fhe grape* 1 u uut» uml the
! grape- 1 II If'tVc!'
I I wouldn't,' s.*ii* 1 Mis« C h iii'y. s
*~'T\ U O lof Widow WintOi).
And she look down a li:ile wieker
ua-kei, wiih a twisted handle and a
d iub e ii i) and lippC'l v.fl.
4 |low are yon going to reach tuem?
said Miss C juiitv.
'J slial. climb,' sail he « • loW
'You?" cried Miss Chari'y.
«Yi'3, I!' nodded the wid»w.
Bu' slie was yel engaged in gathering
U.e purple spoils that hung, ripe and
tempting, within her roach, when there
was a crackling of dry leaves under loot,
mill a tail young man, in u suit ol dark
i colored clotli and a T> r • ese hat, stepped
light > i no tl.c forest gia-te.
•It's tli" new rector,' said the Widow j
Winton to hersell. 'To think (but !»e
g.iou'd have blundered along at this ver>
time of alt others ! But I way as well
make the besi of it.
Ami she turned aionnd lo gicet the
be»ride ted new-comer with « ' wcc 
| miiie and the inmost sell possessioi^
'W id you have some grape,.?' mit fe !,e
I h"l iint^out the twisled wiiker has,
; Kcl.' • —.
j '1 1 beg your pardon!' stammered
I the stranger; 'L'tti 1 niu.>! have tni-taken
in\ way. i supposctl these wire the
KisHtn ml wo.ids.'
j *Bo ihey a.te, 1 - Miid the widow, 'an«d 1
;am stea inu ihe K-seltnotit grapes —be
i c ittse, \ nit see, 1-vj iciVed liie lit 11.-
collate yoltler. ami L really thi k th
| grapes ought logo wiili the coil a c
I don't \ wi?'
'Uealli,' said'lho st ranger-th's Wi 1-
o\v Winiou Inul perceive I bv this time
jihat be was tall an" straieh l , wfali
j l''eisa:it hazel eyes and I mg, s-iiky in utU
laelie. '1 km iv so little abuUt/hc prop-
I erty here—'
i 'On, ol course not said the w'i.l'>w ,-i(-
j ling dowii laden t tee, u ii h In r little
| Ihu k si.k apton lull of grtpes, 'Dul J
can ted joti, .Mr. E-selniout, who cwus
j i he propeiiy, is in ivtrope: am! tin
| agent is melt a cross old ludgc that one
i e.i .'t ask tor so much as a bunch of wilil
: ll.wtrs—a legiilar crab, jou fuow
Tope iug her luighl eyes v_ry
ji inphasiz! Ihe idea.
Mow very dUj^reeable!' said the
stranger, who had lake i a seat mi i
, mossy log, bed les the widow, and wa
-1 riling grapes as ii it were the most nais
ma! thing in Ihe world,
j 'So 1 jit-l concluded to help myself,'
: s.ii i i lie widow.
'■>" I inn eivi','said the hero cl the
; siiky moustache.
' » ouhin t \ ( ,(i, jf you were i;i in>
I place?' said the widow.
'(Jcu:illnly 1 would!, said /Iho
j man. 'And if you wip allow me, I wi I
j icip you to help poursclf.'
* Lint you lniven'i «i iii'e,' saitl the Wid
j ow ll'iiiton, dubi itidy.
I 'On, yes, 1 have! s«id tl.'O stranger
! plenty ol lime I asutie you 1 was only
crossing ihe woods lo call on the new
j reetor, and —'
j I lie purple cinder of g.npes slid t *
! the ground, as ihe Widow Wiu'otf slarh
! ed up in iimnz meut and dismay.
'Oh, de.i!'cried she;'l thought you
were the-ncw rector!'
The strangrr I inglied.
'Do 1 look very clcticd?' said he.
'Then \ou are the aaeut's sou front
(/a.iadn !' said she.' 'Oli dear! Oil tlear!
And l'pe been calling your lather a rial),
and all At-irlso! nanies-. Oil, dear! I beg
J your pinion, I am sure, but all I became,
he is a crab!'
•I'ray don't distiess yourself,' soolhcd
ihe stronger. 'I am no relation al all to
Mr. E- elmont's agent.
The Widow bright.-lied up a little at
I this.
'1 am thanklul for llwvt,' ?aid she. And
no v, il y u will hdp n.e with Ihe grapes
1 nc can get them all gathered before the
bigent comes this way o.i his alternoon
walk. Can yon climb?'
j '] should iat her think I could,' prompt
ly answered the gentletnan.
The witlow chipped her pltiurp little
hinds in delight, as tiio huge bunches
rained \nvn into frer apron.
'Tuere,'cried she, 'that'senough!'
'Are you quite sure?'
•j 'O.i, q»ii:e,' said the Widow—'for ju!-
Iv, marmalade anil to send a lot to town
I
' io buy my new bonnet strings.'
T.ie Mranger fi| rang lightly to the
' grou.id, Irom the boughs ol n stalely
: beech tree.
j 'IIn n i'is all light.' said he. 'An Iwe
' have outgeneraled -Mr. Eisclmont and
j his ci nssold ag'-nt, alter all.
'Haven't we? t.;id the Widow Win*
j ton. wiih her black eyes all dancing with
J nii-i;..iet. 'And now it you'll come
j l.ome with me, I'll give you a cup of
j real French chocolate, and a slice ol
l iHninne cake.'
i 1 o
'1 thai! Le very happy lo carry your
I basket tor }ou,' said the stranger, cour-
T le JU-.IV .
I 'Thoicfhc f» now,' said the widow' ic
( coiling a little, as they iieared the titty
; collage with its drooping caves and pil
; lured veiatida.
j • Who?' mi id the gentleman.
! 'The agent,' said the Widow Win-*
! '°»-
| _'Uc can't hurt in.' said the stranger.
Anil-he walked boldly into the very
I presence of Mr. sfcmdy
' wiih the basket ol plunder.l gra;ies on
' his arm: while the widow lollowed,
' much marveling at,his valor.
' But, instead of bursting out into ins
vective the agent sprang to his loot, and'
! began bnving and scrap'.ug mwtobse
! qtuously.
'Keally, sir—really, Mr. Esselmont.'
said be, MhU is a pleasure that I didn't
expect.'
•Mr.—Eiselmontt' cried out tl*c wid
ow.
'J b.'ga thouiand pirdons lor not dis
closi.ig luy identity bcfoic!' tail (lie
bauiiso n 'eneog.niio.' 'Dut you have no
idea htt.v I have enj >ye I Ihe in»sq jet •>
rdit. Will you ullow me to introduce
myself formally at last?'
The.W'i iow Winiou lurued criuimn
said she.
'l!it! I've been stealing your grape-,'
said she
'Kvcry fruit and LL iwer on iho KtcU
inont estate is al your serviee,' s:u«l die
\O ing lii'ir, wiih a-l>).v and a smile.
15a; when lie ivc.it away, Mi-s Charily
took her younger sister torin illy to
t a a k,
'Fanny,' sai l the, 'are you not ashams
ed ?'
'Not a',it,' said Fanny valiantly.
'Stealing Ii nil like a. sidnolUiy, ait;ff
romping like a c iild, rain mstru!e 1
Charily.
'lf Mr. Esselmont don't mind i!,•
.-aid the widow, 'why sh in h 1 I? Ami we
are going to the ban:.led springs to-mor
iow, an i 1 shall show him to the rocky,
ylen. Oil, 1 can tell you, Charity, it's
great fun!
Il'iH a- ti:i»a crept on, Miss Chirity
llallirit w more uneasy still.
'Fanny.• said she, 'you must leave oil
flirting w itU.(«u\ Ksschn nit f*
' Why ?' said t he widow.
'Uecaiise yon are poor and he is rich;
and people arc beginning to ta'k.'
• Let 'cm iiil.V* said Fanny. 'We arc
lo be mil lied next month, and then we
can set the whole world al defiance; and
Cuan'y—' hiding hur lace on the cider
sist jr'S shoultl.T.
'Well?'
'lie says ho fell in love with me tliat
day hecaugl.t me s'ealb.ig bis grapes!'
'Humph !• s id Miss Charity. 'Well,
you've stolen his liea I, so 1 don't sec but
that you re quinf
Si I'l'or.mo TIIH Vl'\K,
One of iltf II»rror« of Uar l'ltidl) De
»rvibc-il.
Did you ever see a ba'tcry lake posi
i ion ?
It hnsii'l the thrill of a cavalry charge
nor Ihe grimncss of a line ol bayonets
moving slowly and determinedly on, bin
there is a peculiar excitement about ii
that makes old veterans ri»e i.i thei. saih
dies and cbccr.
W'u have bic:i at the edge ol
the woods, Kvcry cartridge box has
been implied once and more, and a
fourth of the brigade has melted away
in dead and wounded and missing. Not
a cheer is heard in the whole brigade.
We know that we me being driven foot
by foot, ami that when we break back
once more the line w ill go lo pieces and
ihe enemy will pour through the gap.
I fere come help!
Down tho'crowded highway gallops a
battel y withdrawn from smno otlioi
position to save ours. The field fence
is scattered u bile you could count (hilly
and ihcguiis rush for the hill behind us.
Six horses to one piece—tlu o riders to
each gtm. Over dry ditcbos where a
farmer would not drive a wagon, through
..-lumps id bushes,, over logs a(o il (hick,
every horse on the gallop, every rider
lashing his team and jelling—lho sight
behind us made lis forget the loe iu Iroiit
The guns jump (wo leel as (ho heavy
wheels strike rock or log, but ihu a hoist
si icKeiis his pace,,not a cannoneer loses
his seal. Six six caissons, sixt\
horses, eighty men for the brow ot
lull a» il lie who ."cached it (ir»t was (c
be kni-hied. , • '
A m iii.ciit ago the Lattery was a cm
fufco i limit. Wedlock ngalu mid ihc hx
yiins are in position, ilie detached horse*
hurrying awav, Ihe ainmuni ion click's
open, and our line i tins (lie com
mand :* (Jive them one more volley an*l
lull buck to support the guns 1' Wc liaye
scarcely obeyed when boom! boom!
boom! opens the battery, mid jets id fire
j imp (iuwii (iinljfic iKL-h lite green trees
mt ler which w%ought and despaired.
The shattered old brigade ha- a chance
to breathe lor the first time in three
hours us we form a line ol bade behind
the guns and lie down. What uii n,
cool tellows these ciiinoiieersarc! Evcrv
man 14 a pertect machine. liu 1 let»
pla«h dusi into (heir l ice*, but they do
, not wince. liullcts sing over and around
them, but they do not dodge. There
goes one to the earth, shot through the
head as lie 6 ( wnged his gun. The ma
chinery loses jiist one bea!—mlsics }ii«t
one cog in ll.a wheel, and then W'»rk»
away again as bcloru.
" 'Every guii is using shori-fusc shell.
The ground shakes and trembles—the
roar shuts oat all sounds irotn a bailie
line three miles long, and Ihc shells go
shrieking into I lie swamp to cui trees
short oft— to mow gioit gaits in (he
bushes—to hunt but and sLaltcraiid IJUJIS
gle men until rheir corpses cannot ba rec
ognised as human. You would think a
tornado was howling through the lot est,
*oll"wed by billows ol fire, and yet men
live throng!) it—aye! press forward lo
capture ttie battery ! \Ve can hear their
shouts as ihey form lor the rush.
Now i Ikj sheils arc changed for grape
aud-cannisler ami the guns are fterred
so last that all tins teporis blend in one
mighty roar. 'J'lic stirick ot a shell is flie
wit&edeel sound in war, but nothing
in4Wcf the flesh crawl like llio demoniac
hinging, purring, whittling grape-shot
ami ilio serpent like lii-8 of caiiuMer.
Men's legs ami arms are not sliol through
but torn off. Heads are torn in. m b)d»
ies and WQtiies cul in two. A round
shot or shed lakes two men out ot I lie
r iuvß B« it cra«lics through the ranks.
Grape and caniiUter mow a swath and
pile the dead on lop of ca;!» other,
I (ho sin >ko jvc 80c a swum of
men. li is not a bitilc linn, bu'. a m.>b
o! men desperate ejiougl; to buhe llicu
bayonets in the 11 imc of the guns. The
guns leap tilie gcoou !, almost us
• hey are depressed on Iho toe, and sin ickc
tiitl screams and shouis bJeiul into one
awful and steady cr>Twenty men
(Hit dI tliL* hat lory are cln.vn, unit tli*.'
tiring is interrupted. The fot! accents it
as a sign ot xvavor ng and come rushing
on. 1 uey are not ten feet atvay when
tlie guns ;;ivc ilumj. a I .st shot. Tint!
discharge picks living men oft (i»ci«* lect
'itnd i titv»s them into the swamp, "a
blackened bloody miss.
Up h'jvv, as the enemy are among the
guns! 1 here is a silence often seconds,
and then the fl tsh and roar of more than
3,000 muskets, and a rush forward with
bayonets. For wlun? Neither ott tin?
right nor the loft, nor iu the front of us
;s a living toe! There are corpses around
us which h.»vc neen struck by ttiree,
lour and even s>x bullets, and no where
on this aue of ground is n woninlcd
man I Iho wh .tls ol of the guns cannot
move iiii!ii the bl .ckade of dead is re
moved. Men cannot pass from ca*sion
to gun wit out clunking over win rows
ot dead. Every gu:iand wheel is smear
ed Willi blood—every tool ol grass has
its horrible stain
1 lis;oii ins write o' the glory of war.
IJurial. parties saw mur.lcr where histo
rians ju.v glory.— Detroit Free J'rcss.
1 iI.K !.
Mi iu Jlitu.
M\TUIM Kl. Q
Mv jouujj unsopiiMic tied fe'JoiV mas
cnliuc sutlci cr,'iMin ilie douhic-birrellcd
pea sli-rou-r ol ex) ui me ii tut bliooi ibis
pea ot advii-u Into tour ear* Never,
'while \>u live, «*iu»tt matrim my.
It necessary ■, die lii'st.
Death, in its most aggravated and
I'nost torturing form, is a miik punch
alongside ol tko aljcs of the connubial
state.
Matrimony is a snare—a base uimiiii
ga'.ed, unpreinediiated Iraud, aid calnn
ilous ca'astrophe.
It is a yawning, bottomless abyss with
ipiked sides, out of woioh no light can
ever como.
It is a vcheacut vottex that swali >w«
and crushes like any angry anacon
da.
iShun it my young fiicnd aayon wrnld
the shade ol thedeadly Upas tree.
Touch it not wiiti a leu foot pole, bu*
keep aloof—very aloof,
Once fettered by ina riinony, there is
no hope for the wicked.
The honeymoon waxetli but little bnlin
ol Gilcad, and then waneili like unto the
red hot setting of a summer mil;
The first born spi 'i.gcth tip like a this
tie, and its oft down but hideth a uiul
of thorns.
These thorns pricketfi Like cambric
ncedies, and are as numurofltras sands on
the seashore or candidates lor a v tc.in
cy.
There arc troubles likewise. Direful
dicadtnl I roubles, that lollow iu the
iv:ike ot the lirst-born as sparks make
up the train of a shootiHg Slav.
Ihe second b »->ui is Out an enlarged
and improved edition of Ilie lirst, and
the pair are worse than cayeuuo pepper
and ail C'ectiou I lot.
I hoy wix>Kl exhaust the patience of a
steam piano and demoralize the brain
of a Republican ofll :e-hdder.
And the wile—ilie loud maternal en
gineer of thc»e pet misfortunes—having
cross tl tliu Uubicon cf gentleness and
been baptiz.-d in the mil I o| sour temper
is. foil) degrees wor»u Iha i the first and
pCttuud booms.
I iipe h«s ml bed tlio blue ufl the grapes
the fuzg. irpui llie.pegtUi, and 4,10 liai gs
upon ).«fir family upo a withmed crab
■ipplc—sour itu«4 shrivelled; v, . tji t
Vet, she lorgetfaijiad thie. Slkj nia'-clli
Hcrs«J; lu.UiQ, heydsy
ot her ; yuuib —titpLhqr j charms a«e yoi
resplcndani, and thai she is as fresh as
a daisy dipped i 1 dew, audi that 70U'
must obey tier behests with the alacrity !
ol a youildul iovcr.
Vain deiusioul
Ingloi ions snare!
liaecfcss fabric of a dream.
Tlureloro ) oang man, ratl.cr let the
jituson weeds grow rank and wild about
your hcarls'iings, and >our ardent ntlec
tions go to seed liuiu endeavor (o send
four name to |>o*lci il > tiirongli the cou>
j telephone.
Urn Iter grow up ignorant of domestic
lbM»s Ihuu unite vour destinies with u hot
tempered virugo and a hoiiscltil ot tor
pedoes. Life is short at best. Mai tied
lite is shorter and by far lite hottest.
i'herclore, let the cool zephyrsol sii.gle
blessedness UII you i.ito glory forever
and eternally.—Auien.
II * TV l.inlc He I'iiltninil,
Wc ent ait I drink. Tha greater pait
id utaukiou is engaged in planting and
harvesting, and preparing lood to- keep
(lie race alive.
Does lite wisC6t savant understand
plant lite? C.»u lie understand how one
■eed produces wheat and another rieo?
I Not in the least. ,
No we uitde.-sland the process of «li
igestiou? Do we understand how the
loud we eat becomes bone and inn?ele,
utrve and Ulood>ve88Cl? Doctors study
oissccl and ana!\ze; but how little they
understand.
A celeb' ateilTreiicli doctor said: 'A
doctor4s a man who pours medicines, ot
which he k.iows little, into bodies, ol
which he knows less.
St. l'aul said it all long ago ill the
words: 'Here »c*cc through a glass,
darklv ; but then lacj to I act: now 1
know in part, then shall 1 know even as
also 1 aiu known 4
le-i, the wisest only knows i:t part,
bir Isaac NJWIOII 'he greatest of phi
losoptiers, sai l tlt ,i the more he l.*aru:d
the morj he ioUud lo leant.
NO. 40.
J.ticli ?*• Iv:iilcc iii' knowledge up
now fields to pc explorvd'. \YC HCC tie
sun, up Luow Ujjhi unci fioai coup} fivni
I rmn ifmi great lmrifnnn .* Dui wlitil U
■ lie «uu? What are lighi ft »d Iwatif
kiitnv»? "*,
As one i-f our tricai tlifnkcrs has siijd:
' A child-in ilie nurses arms understand!
mystery in well as a philosopher* and.
that is not at all.' , v ' ' * ' * ■
i'urhuitf* 'wo mall understand when we
reach a higher life.
Now we are !«U Hiat light i„ , n:l :j e of
motion, a vibrati >n jbut doas llibl deft
union satisfy us?
Who understands the mystery o{ life?
j. Sobody. Jfe uJerstand our pre* cut
life ain I i lie life in store for tis as Imfe «*.
'he c*lerpi/Jar «*ude rsian/ts the futu/c in
s.o4c for it.
The worm crawls about on tb- K round
or cm a .ilaht, for a time, then *|hih a
.1 ehioiid fir itself. an.l goes to deep. lit
and b> a butteifly come* from the ci.r»s
a is, and nvc-s an entirely dilf.rem li*.
Does it understand the change?
bo our present life is a „ unknown
q :U UU,y -i,^ lfe > not ""'Jcrrtand «>ur-
I"r' iff i !i C f' OW " ot b«»«uu»y
Ur ",i- ,or "'- ns barn what we tau
an I progress with the lirpe*.
Mcclsior is a g'»o| motto.
U.iwaid bnd u;»ward U ai»;her.
Mere a little and If-ere a liitle. DunH
be discourage l ! becaniw yon do not nn%
•lerstand now, the u : »d.r*taudiu2 wid
come in tune. A stone, a wted, a new
| w 1 " keep a scientific man busy
or wee.{». An will spend'
jours tracing a word to ii« origin. i'liw*
awuials rocks, stars, light, beat, color,
life and dcaib a!l teirh ns how little We
understand, and how much Ihete is to
be understood. So ch> inUi* will keep
on analy»iug t will continue to
hammer and surmise, and we shtll know
in part I ill faith is lost tri t::J
kiiuwledge becomes pe*iect. iJviuvt
est.
II ■"* UlttDßtD.
[Ne» York S in "J
Fl» it John of ting city, is j*>-
j litic»Jlv d"a.L
1 hat Hop L-c is to have a place la
j Ouilioiii'a c-ioinet,
J hat so is Mrt. Spragne.
That th« gorernmtnfc clerks are gtJ
'U» over.
1 hat so are their s dariea.
That neither party claims Ben Butler.
1 hat 11. L Morey was vnlaiJ tad
»SBBwina;»fl ou bis retiuti from the pn?fs
last ovecing.
That you ea«A sometimes moai always
tell how it will go.
That Mrs. Hiyct btlct noring riaf.
ihut Grant is for a third term ami ill
tliat it implies.
That Kate it for Gjnklingr.
That Conk ling is for himself.
That Kttle Btllee is going for tkem
both.
Tint G ii. Banks has got cff the rag*
ged edge.
That the young Republicans hat) a
real good time with seed cakes and Bain*
eral water one toou after the
election.
That Gen. Grant is to he GarfieLl'a
court j *ater.. -
That nation*! hovk-kecp
ing is safe for another four years/
That we onght to le glad that Grant
has cot through'talking.
_ f ii ■ i / t
u GloanringSi.
There is a i ight way aud a wrong "~ L
way of rubbing a mau'd mind aa veil aa
a cat's back.
Love of truth rhows itself iu tfisbov*
j ering and sppuociatiug whatever i». good
where var it way exist.
I ii i -(■. .'■ ■ 1 fi«r
Taking a penuy tliat does not belong
to one removes the barrier between in
lenity ami rascality. ( , x
Truth is always prcAouf; it only reeds r r
to lift the iron ltd* of the uiiud'a eye to'
read its trades.
A>i cceentJrc bnt pious m*a has boiti
j a home on pobts fjwty iicel high, at ,
| I'lympton. Oregon, m order that ho »"«iy
live nearer lieayen.
The movement ngaliud "bang*
. cd 4 Iwlr Is extending. Bishop Elder of ''
Cincinnati has inagd a prohibitory or* °l
der on the subject.. . (• : .
The size of aa animal*# yell is hi «•» 7/
wi#c prot»oriionate to the size oi its bodv.
One liifto cat can make more noise whfln-.r
one is on the point of going to sleep than
a canvass luU of elephaiHa. ««lt
Once upon a timet ' a BVtfe, Without" 1
hating received an invitation* attended 4
a convention of «n : tu»U that was calkd
for the purpose of discussing the beat
methods of family government, "Whtt
do you kuow about a!l thisF*naked the
president, laaptiugly; 4»ave yt>« ever
ntiseJ any childrenV" The mule nrrjUw
"Ah, no," die said, "I huve never raited
»n} tliiug but full growu men; hue laud
of the pilgrim, you should see how raised
them—you should see me raise a man
| ihat weighs aa much as David Daw."
Upon a listing vote the luulo w«s i.uute«
diately elected financial stcrriurj, wttlt
l-o .vera to wild fv»r ]*tt«u» ami