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BABCOCK'S
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CASE.
The!'eDeeclie8for thev pannnt ha ..?
led j arguments- of ; the counset in the
Babcock case, as reported by telegram,
have no illamioation J"or us in-New York;
The theory of jibe defense was sketched
in The World of Febnary 7, by a iele
gram from St. Louis of the previous day,
and: that theory h8 s not beeq' departed
from . Itiwas eonfessiou and avoidance.
Confession" h( correspondence 'with
Joyice an4 ;McPonaldknd 'avoidance' of
the j charge of !criminal conspiracy; by a
denial of money received from them, and
an , assertion of a sincere belief on Bab
cock's part: thai thej two were upright and
efficient ofcers trusted by the. President'
the jTreaelify, the Internal :-Revenue Bu
reau: and tbe Republican party generally
The prosecution has not proved any
money from the StJ Louis ring into Bab
cock's hands, and the defense has proved
the President's good opiniou of McDou
aldnd J Oyce. j Tfje darkest part of the
case: as it now Stands, is Babeock's con
duct, after he says lie discovered the guilt
of the two chief conspirators. He carried
on a correspondence with McDonald
through an army depot-master at St.
Louis ; anil with the President's private
(Luckey).:in St. Louis, he conspired to
mislead tle public as to his desire to tes
iity.: And of ajl this last, the President
knew nothing. Bu if the President, up
to within a: year- or so, had no suspicion
of the roguery of McDonald and Joyce,
it is' barely possible upon the evidence
that hia confidential secretary was equal-,
ly nosuspiciou. We say "upon the
evidence,"! because the proof telegraphed
to New tToikjias produced on the trial
falls far short of what we were told, from
various quarters, the prosecution would
show in St. Louis by unimpeachable wit
nesses. The theory of the District
Attorney evidently is that Babcock was
not only in the conspiracy but in its pay,
and that he acted the part not of control-
ling the action of Douglass, Richardson,
Bnstow and Grant, but of a key-hole
listener and adroit inquirer for Govern
ment acts unfavorable to the ring, and
telegraphed such before they were offi
cially proclaimed. Between these two
theories tine jury must choose.
. I he President a testimony in favor of
Babcock wants no clcmeut of complete
ness. He testifies, to facts and to his
opinions, usurping iu the latter the func
nous ot the jury. 1 ho breadth and
scope ot tje President's testimony have
not been fully appreciated.
J'Q. Have yoh ever seeu anything in
the conduct of General Babcock, or has
he ever said anyihiiig to you, which iu
dicateu to yourirniud that lie was in any
way interested in or connected .with the
Whwkey lUug at St. Louis or elsewhere ?
A. Never. -
u. iu wuat; manner, as regards tne
public interests; and as evincing his fidel
ity aud integrity, has he performed his
duties at fyour private secretary T A.
Always to my entire and full satisfaction.
Q. Haie you iu aiir form observed
or learned anything ; in connection wiih
General Babcock' j conduct which has
tended to diminish your confidence iu his
fidelity and integrity, and is that conn
deuce in his fidelity and integrity still
unimpaired and undiminished? A. I
always had great confidence in his in teg
my, ana ins efficiency, and as yet my
l 1 -t"l T
connatuce: in mm is uusnaKen ; x nave
never learned anything that would shake
that confidence : of course i know of this
trial that is progressing."
ibis, u will be borne m mind, is said
after the indictment, and after all that
lias beeu'-done, and exposed, against
dbcocK. i it is said; alter ail tue repie-
centHijoiis ; that the
l reasury can
the President.
ana
should have made to
At
the, end of his cross-examination.
and
when all was unfolded, the Presideut was
unshaken in bis confidence.
"Q. What was the general character
of the explanation jof the dispatches to
which your attention, has beeu directed
as given you by General Babcock 1 "A.
The explanation which he etve seemed
to rriR-to clear nn all irrounds of susmciou
again t him;
"Q. Wtat was the general character
ol those explanatioss
1 . T .
I A. it was gen-
orally aatatement of
tbeir meaninc: and
what they were .iu
response to ; but I
could not nrobablv eive at tins lime bis
explanation of any one ot them
Q. But the explanations given at the
time were such as to satisfy you I A.
They seemed to me to be entirely satiss
factory." !!
Of course this is very improper testi
mony -to go to ajury because luey are
to decide according.to the facts, aud the
President's; opinions re not such facts
but nevertheless these opinions are ex-
traorxh'nary aud almost inexplicaple. And
yet, if the; Presideut jhonesily feels thai
be was befooled by McDonald from be
And
at
ginning to; ending, be would naturally be
I !. L I . 1.1. n..UA.U n l Iii nr
cuaruauie wuu juvul uu givouiu.
the benefit pf eveiy doubt
As to the change! in supervisors, of
. - l fc : .
which so much has beeu said, it appears
from the evidence that Commissioner
Douglass Invented the plan before Secre
tarv Bristow entered the depart meut. and
communicated it to the President at tho
end of 1S74, who suggested it to Bristow
early iu 1875. The latter never appears
to have considered jit of much probable
efficacy, and therefore he did not resist
Tulton s ideas but jsent.Jiim with them
to the President. The plan, however,
is important as i showing what McDonald
and Joyceeared, aud bow zealous Bab
cock was to promote a revocation of tbe
order. j ' - -
In a letter from St, Louis, given in our
issue of Febtiary 8, it is explained fully
bow not the supervisor order,.or any oth
er orders from the Treasury, brought the
conspiracy to drief. ! It waaithe resent-
mirnt of a revenoc agent named Yargao,
jiEp 4'id -not jjet Ijia "preat djvidu" of
THE VERDICT IN
$10,000 , paid Jo Brasbear, which led. to
the, confession of diaiulers, rectifiers; and
gaugers, which led in turn to the eoavic
tion of McDonald, J oyce, and Avery, and"
also to the Uncovering of the telegrams to
and from Babcock whereon he was indict
ed. It wai a clear case of ."ihWvea fal
ling out" and honesty getting its due, in
part at j least, and the Administration in
Washington has done the least possible
in the good work carried on in St. Louis.
But in a j day or two the trial will be
ended, and the result known, j It must
be either an acquittal, or a conviction, or
disagreement. . If an acquittal, the Pres
ident will certainly look on Babcock as a
man unjustly injured iu the public ser
vice, aud will honor him accord
ingly j and eveii if disagreement, the
result will no doubt be much the same so
far.jas the President is concerned. But
on a convictiou, Tvill he pardon if the
Court sentences to imprisonment 1 We
shall see.
The air is full of rumors of impending
Cabinet changes when the result of the
trial is decided, but they seem to ;us to be
deserving of little attention.! Why
should the verdict of the jury, whatever
it be, require or justify Mr. Bristow's
resignation I If he has been thwarted
by the President in the prosecution (of
which there is no evidence), he should
have resigned, if at all, when the ob
struction was interposed. He was meek,
so far as the public is informed, under
the revocation of the - sunervisor order.
under the dismissal of Henderson aud
under the recent mysterious proclamation
of the Attbrnev-Genferal. He has en
dured Babcock iu the White ! House.
He has been unmoved by the President's
solemn oath that, in his opinion, Babcock
is an innocent, man. What, then, can
the jury have to do in deciding his future
relations to the Treasury ? And it will
furthermore be observed that there in not
a particle of evidence that he has been
aggressive, or even iuiativc, agajnt Bab
cock, or that the President has intimated
that he had better stay his hand., If the
President had so intimated, or if he and
the President had differed over Babcock's
guilt, or by assent this difference had
been referred to the jury, the Secretary
might, in case of acquittal, feel bound iu
honor to tender his resignation, j A disa
greement would be a drawn bet. .
And finally, the verdict of the jury will
have very little political effect as between
the two great parties contending for the
Presidency, for the reason that1 it cannot
change men's cor.victious as to the stu
pidity of the White bouse, or the mis
management which has since 1861 mark
ed the collection of the revenue, whether
internal or external. A Tieaeury which
tolerates the appointment of Leet, first as
store-kieper aud next as a deputy collec
tor at a port like Jersey City, cannot ex
cite mucii rjonuiar entuustasm amouer
right-minded people, no matter what
may be the verdict of juries. 2T. Y
World.
SUN AND SHADOW.
He re are no outpourings or sunshine
in this complex world of ours; which have
not their corresponding shadows, if we
revel in this fruity lusciousness of summer.
we shiver in the icy barreuness of winter;
and the Ludding hopes of spring, when
all is magnificent because - unknown, nie
followed by. the closing dsiys ot autumn,
where incompleteness is disappointed, not
potentially. Every happiness we enjoy
has its special misery, i s parasite or dou
ble made to its own shape. And love
itself, the cential sun of our sky, without
which life would have neither spring-tid
nor summer, nines me aeenest euauow oi
all. -W hat else are the doubts and tears,
1 the sick jealousies, the sad foreboding?.
I tl.at go before and alter aud hem iu on all
I Bidei this royal Lord of Souls l lioy aud
girl, roan and woman, who among lovers
laughs forever in the sunshine unsaddeu
ed by the shadow 2 (July in j heaven cau
we picture a love so perfect in splendor
as to have none ot these troubles etiecker-
1 in? its radiant path. Un eartu we nave
as many clouds as rays, and starless
nights as I?ng as our most sunny days
Lover's quarrels come like summer storms
desolating bower aud garden, truiitu
field, and sheltering wood, for the time
they last. Sometimes, indeed, they are
like tronical tornadoes, leaving a desert
where they found a paradise; if at others
they do no more Harm man mat wnicu
an hour's sunshine can repair clouds
that a smile can disperse, tears that a kiss
em drv. But at the best they are no
pleasant breaks in tbe blue heaven o
love", in spite of the old Latin proverb
which makes these lovers' quarrels dear
loves' renewing. To our minds, the trau
qui! peace Of sunshine sunsbine always
unbroken through the long summer's day
till evening, and the final setting ends all
that is. truth, belief, bearing and forbear
inir. uatieuce where patience is needed
aud tender consideration for tha beloved
thinking no evil and offering no despite
is better than the fierce pain and agonized
turmoil of a quarrel, even with its healing
ranturea of reconciliation. .: But worse
than the jworst of these temporary slot in
is the terrible darkness of separation
whether for a season by circumstance,
forever by death and sometimes forever
bv circumstance, too whereby tue tun
of our life goes out, and only the gloom
of the night is left us j wherein to walk
All the happiness of our fortune are gone
and the shadow is as black as the sun
Tim ha tiMMi folden. We love oue in
whoru we centered all joy; all hope. W
weir neither miserly nor afraid. Seel
golden store of affection, hope, trust, en
thusiasm, rclianee, jas we had, we poured
like precious balm on this one dear bead
burnt , as? ;iiweet i incense before this oue
adored shrine.! For us there is uo to-mor
mw without this cheiisbed of davs; and
life would be only a hollow mask if it lost
the vitalizing principle of this sacred love.
But Fate aud her sister 1 Circumstance
come and snatch away bur treasare, as
the harpies bfjold used to, snatch away
the food of ben and defile the offerings
to tbe gods.. Aud now what have we
left by the grave of the child, the hus
band, the j beloved ? Sorrow only the
shadow of our former sunlight. Who that
has ever loved have not felt the anguish
of parting 1 an anguish as great as the
glory of possession aud tbe delight of
companionship. These are the moments
when anguish and love are indistinguish
able. The sun of the soul has, indeed, ;
its shadow. And yet who would forego
the glory of ; the one for fear of the
gloom of the other 1 who would not take
both rather than neither.
' So of friendship. Say you make an
acquaintance which a kindly time and a
favorable opportunity ripen quickly iuto
a friendship Bat your lives run far a
part, and thre is no fording place, no
point or junction, and no bridging over
the intervening space possible for either.
You meet just for that one sunny hoar,
and then you part; and tbe sorrow of the
loss is as great as the joy of tbe gain has
been. It is so rare, you think, to find
one of whom you felt you could make a
real, true, endearing friend. And now
to have seen your pleasant prize, to have
held it in yoiir hand for those few days,
and to have to lay it down again, and go
int in the desert of your lonelinejs unac
companied as before 1 Is not that a pang ?
Surely yes; quite as sharp in its way as
others of which more account is made.
Old-established friendship, too, has its
shadow like this newer kind which is not
rooted in social possibilities: its shadow
gain like love, though it has not the rest-
essuess, thei quick dissatisfaction, the ar
bitrary requirements of love. Your friend
Lod bless her! is not your queen, nor
yet your Egeria. She may be old and
ugly, with a waist like a wheat-suck or a
body like a' broomstick what do you
care, you woo demand flawless loveliness
n the Aphrodite you paint as your queen
confessed, or in the Egeria concealed and
adored, to whom you write sonnets in the
moonlight? To your fastidious taste, a
gray hair inj Aphrodite's golden tresses
would be a mortal stab, and a wnnkle in
Esferia's satin Bkin would be like a fur
row traced by deatii himself. But the
dear old friend may wax or wane, and you
feel only the deep love for her as age
makes her feeble in frame, yet more pre
cious iu soul.; And when death comts
to finish the work of time,' you know th.-it
you nave ; lost what nothing can
replace. Her sympathy, her affection, her
intelligence, the warm' "afterglow" which
radiated from; her as the reflection cast by
ner lovitisr Heart and young experience,
who will give you those goou things as
liberally as she gave them f she who had
watched your career wiih the love of
a mother and the pride of a sister,' and
who knew yonr worth before the world
had takeu cognizance of your existence?
Her friendship was the sunshine, her
death is the shadow; and there has been
friends before now in the shadow of whose
tombs life has grown cold, and the harvest
of happiness has fallen ever short for want
of the dear heart Ivinpr within. This, too.
s the sun that must needs be. accompan
ied by its shadow, unless fortaue is ex
ceptionally kind.
No one enjoys life with such keen and
educated perceptions of beauty as an ar
tist. He is one of the few people whose
eyes are opened and who go about' the
world seeing. But Le has his shadow all
the earn1; and his enjoyment is some
times deaily bought by bis corresponding
disgust. Where people without an edu
cated sense see brilliancy of coloring, he
writhes under the infliction of cruduuesi,
vulgarity, and a fals chromatic scale all
through. Where a florid bit of cast-iron
work, say, is praised as rich or pretty, he
feels ready to tear his hair at the propa
gation of monstrosities not a line of which
is right. He does not envy the callous
ness, the ignbrancc of his inartistic friends
nor wish to be as easily pleased as they.
But his brighter sun of knowledge has its
shadow in despair at the work of iguo
rauce; and, though he basks in the sun
shine of a greater delight than the ignorant
know when lie meets with beanty, still
the meeting with it at all is rare, while
ugliness aud jttad taste are ubiquitous
Again, take the poet
"Hidden
In the light of thought.
Singing hyinus -uubiddeu.
Till the world is wrought
To sympathy with hop and fear is needed
nOt." i :
Weaving lovely fancies companioned with
music and more or less f conscious son;?,
interpreting men's thoughts to themselves
by .the ever-present activity of his own
people think we must need be happy, hav
ing at command such beautuul visions,
6uch subtle, far-stretching thoughts. But
the converse ? For every tear he makes
his reader shed, how many have welled
up in his own sad heart? When he gives
an interpretation that strikes home tooth
ers, showing them the hollowness. the
unsubstantiitlity of life, do they reflect
that he has got this only bv walking
through graves, hand in hand with suffer
ing ? What jhe inflicts, he feels in good
truth, as Byron said of women. He sings
like the swahfn the agonies of death; and
when he most deeply stirs, it is the echo
of his agony, which shakes them. He has
higher enjoyment than others, truly. He
loves more,, j-ejoices more, is gladder, aud
by so much the nearer to heaven than
other men. r$ut he goes down into the
lowest deptbf of despair, where the thicker
skinued are not aware that they are un
comfortable;! jjiud the shadow which falls
on his brightness is blacker than the shad
ow Vhich falls on the sunshine of any one
else. We cannot have excess only on
one sidt: and: if we hive excess of capa-
' blllty for happiness in any direction, we
must accept j the corresponding excess
of capability for unhappines for a make-
weight. - ! ' ' ': ir.
What hat care lies at the shadow on
riches t .His horses and bonnds. his man
sions and lands, his crops and his tenants,
bis servants, and even his friends all
these give, tbe rich man cause for anxiety
from which the impecunious is free; ? and
the. beggar so far happier than m y ford.
To be sure, it is very delighlful to have a
fine estate and a noble income; but there
are drawbacksshadows in tbe sunshine
to make thiugs even for the poor; whose
shadow; however, on their own side., lies
pretty heavily at times ! For, if they bave4
. Wi
uo responsibilities, they have to frequent
ly no effects; and one cannot help feeling
that a warm tract of sunny brightness.
checkered at intervals with gloomy shade,
is better than one long level stretch of
gray shadow, where the sun never shines,
and whence the mist is never lifted.' So
it goes on through life, sun and shadow
falling everywhere; every heaven having
its clouds, but also every clond having its
silver lining with temperance when we
are basking in the one, and hope when we
are shtvcringjbeneaih the other. There
is no day so long, so warm, so bright, that
it has riot its evening at the end; no storm
so fierce that it has not its hidden sun
shine; no night-so dark that it has not its
glad to-morrow. We go ever between
two ways of thorns and shadow; arid those
4f us are tbe wisest who accept both as
they fall, rejoicirtpjn the one, patient un
der the other; grateful for the good, and
tolerant of its attendant ill. Godeys
Lady's Book. !
WHAT THE GREAT GERMAN OR
GAN SAYS.
The Westlicbo Post is undoubtedly the
representative organ of the German , ele
ment of this cUy, and the name of its
editor, Carl Schurz, at the head of its
columns, entitles its editorial utterances
to more than the prdi.iary respect which
its large circulation alone would justify.
When it is remembered that the associate
of ex-Senator Schurz in the editoral sanc
tum is no less a person than Dr. Emil
Preetorioos, one of the most distinguished
German philosophers of the country, who,
as a journalist, carefully weighs every
word he. writes, our readers will share
our own astouishment at the grave charges
that paper receutly preferred. They were
four iu number, to wit :
1. That Judge Treat, of tbe United
States District Court, sympathizes with
the Whiskey Ring.
2. That Judge Dillion of the United
States Circuit Court, sympathizes still
m ue with the Whiskey Ring.
3. That his charge to the jury in the
McKee case was inspired, if not dictated,
by President Grant.
4 That the whiskey frauds themselves
were carried on, if not in the name, at
least directly by order, of President Graut
mself.
Of course both ex-Senator Schurz and
Dr. Preetoriou are personally responsible
for these exceedingly grave charges. But
lest we should do our German contempor
ary injustice, we will again translate us
own woids from Tuesday's Post, printed
editoriallv and prominently
Sadly disappointed have those been who
expected from Judge Dillion less sympa
thy for the Whiskey Ring than was man
ifested by Judge Treat.
Dillioii's charge, which, if not directly
dictated by the executive in Washington,
was certainly in consonance with its well
known sentiments, was the most shame
less bid tor an acquittal winch was ever
witnessed iu any court of justice
The conviction of McKee right and
just in every respect as it was will cause
considerable trembling and gnashiug o
teeth among the big guns of Washington
They certainly did not expect such a re
sult, but now the ball which is des-
tiued to crush them is irresistibly rolliug
toward them. It is perfectly plain that a
man of McKee. s ivealth and immense so
cial influence would not have risked every
thing for a few paltry dollars. The only
explanation for such conduct on the part
of so shrewd a politician is that be knew
the Whiskey Ring was a perfectly safe
thing, that he was in possession of ialor-
tuition and knew that the Ring was or
ganizdd and mauaged from Washington,
if not iu the name, at least on behali and
by order of the President. And so the
motto must remain : "Ljt us reach high
er still !"
It will be in vain to think that; with
conviction of -McKee justice should be
satisfied, and if Babcock & Co., should
now he handled with gloves, then public
opinion will have more sympathy than
condemnation for McKee as a compara
tively innocent vie iin.
6en. Sherman, in a letter to Gen.
Custer approving of his plan of writing
his war memories, alludes to a letter
written by Gen. Lee. The following is
an extract from the letter, which was
written by Gen. Le to a friend in Warm
Spring, Va., and is dated July 27, 18GS :
"As regards the movements of Gen.
Sherman, it was easy to see that unless
they were interrupted I should be com
pelled to abandon the defense of Rich
mond ; and with a view of e.rresting his
progress I so weakened ray force by sen
ding reinforct-raents to Sonlh and North
Carolina, that I had not sufficiont men to
man the lines. Had they not been bro
ken, I should have abandoned them as
soon as Gen. Sherman reached the Rua
noke." The letter is published by Gen.
Custer in his "War Memories" in the
March Galaxy. -
It is far easier to be wise for others
than to be so for I one's self,
tlie proverb. '.'A . man who
Hence
is ins
own lawvcr has a fool for his
ent.?'
cli
For KEEpiico Cider Sweet. Let
theicider fetmeht until it suits your
taste, then 411 q, jbarrel half .fuilnail
a bunch of clean , rags, to the inside
of the bung,' dip these rags in melted
sulphur andl set on fire; then thrust
them into the barrel and drive in the
bung. ' Rolj the barrel about briskly '
for a few mijnutes, and then fill up
and set awaf in a cool place. The
cider will keep sweet for months, and,
if bottled, fcjr years. ' 1 :;
QUESTIONS FOR DAIRYMEN.
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Every dairyman should have a
printed list jf questions posted in some
suitable place oA his premises' where
his family and those in his employ,
as well as his visitors, will have op
portunity tp read frequently. We
give some of them, but the list can be
extended:
Do your cows .feed in swamps and
on boggy lands?
Have youigood, sweet running wa-
ter convenient for stock, - and is it
abundant and permanent in hot, dry
weatner 7 f
Have you shade trees in your pas-
ure, or do yiou think that cows make
better milk tvhile Ivine down to rest
in discomfort in the hoty broiling
sun : ,
Do you use dogs and stones to hur
ry up the cows from pasture at milk
ing time, thus overheating their blood
and bruisingf-their udders?
Do you cleanse the udder of cows
before milking by washing their teats
with their own milk and practice fur
ther economy by allowing the drop
pings to go tnto the muk patl ?
r Do you enjoin upon your milkers
to wash their hands thoroughly be
fore sitting down to milk, or do you
hink tnat uncleanliness in this re
spect is not important: for milk that
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to be treated for butter mak-
ins
9 -
When a cow makes a misstep while
being milked, do you allow your milk
ers to kick her with heavy boots, or
to pound ner over the back and sides
with a heavy stool, accompanied by
sundry profane remarks addressed to
the cow to teach her manners ?
Is the air about vour "milk barn"
or milk house reeking with the foul
emanations f the pig sty, the manure
heap, or other pestiferous odors ?
Good, fresh, clean water, and in
abundance, is one of the most impor
tant requisites for milk cows, and it
should be in convenient places, where
stock will not be required to travel
Ions distances to slake their thirst.
If springs and running streamscannot
be had in pastures, a good well, with a
windmill add pump, makes an effi
cient substitute, and the wasted water
may, if .necessary be conducted back
into the well, so as to keepup a con
stant supply? of good, fresh water.
mUard's Butter Book.
A lecturer once enumerated the
qualifications of a good wife in the fol
lowing antithesis ot "10 be and not
to be." She should be like three
things, and yet she should not be like
those three thiugs. First, she should
be like a snail, always keep within
her own house: but she should not be
like a snail, and carry all she has up
on her back. Secondly she, should
be like an echo, to speak when she is
spoken to; but she should not be like
an echo, always to have the last word.
Thirdly, she should be like a town-
clock, always keep time and regular
itv; but shesh'ould not be like a town
clock, to SDeak so loud that all the
town may hjear her.
It is harder to bring up one child
well than six. In a large family,
the children? help to bring one anoth
er up. It i not merely that the elder
ones assistmlaking care of the young
er, but they all influence one 'anoth
er profitably in other ways: vanity is
sometimes laughed into modesty, and
arrogance m snubbed into humility.
Each child is kept constantly in mind
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that others have fights, and feelings,
and preferences, as well as himself; he
forms the habit of considering those
rights, feelings, and preferences; add
he is thus prepared to "get along," as
we say, with those among whom his
lot may be cast.
Fontenelle, who lived nearly a cen
tury, in his old age retained his relish
for asnaraffiB. He liked it served
with oil, while his friend, Cardjna
Dubois, liked itLwith sauce. One day
when the Cardinal was coming to diue
with him, he? ordered one-half of the
asparagus to be served in oil and the
other half in sauce. Just at the din
ner hour news came of the sudden
death of the Cardinal. Instantly
Fontenellc called but loudly to his
cook: A11 the asparagus in oil 1" The
phrase has become a proverb.
' At a recent donation in the Eastern
part of Oswego County a brother sent
a aonar to nis pastor wan.
a note
saying: "Heres a dollar
in Lad
dition to the three shillings' worth
- 1 of strawberries I gave you last Sum-'
, TIT FOR TAT, ,,y nsa
The superintendent of an insane' asy'.
lra in France while passing Ibro'ugVtu
Wards recently, noticed a -maa ,!1. vefjM
iaoffeuBive appearance, sobbing in his had.
ie cuiiu. - Ju-Y poor jrienu, wuat is
te matter t" inquired the physician. '"Ah
sir," said -the lunatic, r rttny next neighbor :j
has played me a sad trick, :He cpneealTf
el my knife, and I bav-been looking for
ill two hoars without being able to find it.
Then, he added, with r jmlle'. childlike
and bland, "Bat I will play biro a fine
tflck In return.' "That's all -rlbVisld
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e superintendent eonsolmerlrrnailihp
O.rf k
m on the sbouldertas . be , passed )oo.-t
Two daysMater ibe superintendent ehancV
e to walk ! through the lame Yoora t Hit f 11
il te morning, ins insane inena stopi
you
-fMIJow is that?4 m While he was asv'
lep,.I hid . his ; head.' ;Thi . man ia
ytry crazy," thought the superintendent!.
Tjhen he asked, "And what did you 'do "
lb it then?" "1 put it in the linen
clpset; but you need hot. tell him,V iwat
the answer. The physician , walked, me.,
clianicallv to the elnapfl nnpnoil iKp
aid looked in : The bead of the lunatlc'i
camrade was there.
GLEANINGS.
One hiust love" virtue for its
own3
cke, or; renounce it entirely. --
u
tejnt as the silent; influence of a good1
example. 1 . :
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Whefe there is emulation there will
Vanity; where there is vanity there.
11 be folly. "
I
With faen, ou'rheart is known 'by'
r words; but with God our .word
ate weighed by our hearts. .
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J Ingratitude never so thorotighly.
pierces the human, heart as when 4 ' itJ
proceeds from those in whose 4halP'
h have been guilty of transgress
sions, -1 ' . ( , . ,,
SThe in dtorioua Victoria WkxIiiu!
verti$ed to Lecture in Macon,- Ota
aid the; Messenger sava that not a feat;
Iwjas sold'rJuring the day. JZreditabJe
ta tne people ot Macon.
I They wish pict ures of the prettiest
girls in! every city sent to theCenten-
iuai, aria tne judges mere wm aeciacc
he plae that bears on the- palm 1 (flr
beantv.l Ave hone that the uboto-i
graphs pf the Wilmington - girls willj
al stay at liome this year.-s Wil. pajper
Tlie Engraving and Printing Bureau"1
I Washington, X). C, Feb. 19 The
diramittee on Appropriations hope '' to
rejach a reduction of seven millions in tha
executive and legislative printing and.
eegravia g and the bureau will not resume
wwikitil the appropriation is made.
Most of the failures in life arise
rom ignorance of how and "'when to.
teave qft. hen you read the Me of
apy great man, ' with the exception
of Agustus Cceser, you ee-how much
greater a man he would have been if
bp had known how and when to leave
off. ; - ' .
j Chili alone among nations has ab
solutely no distinction of sex ihr vo-
tmg, though shehas an educational
qualification requiring ability to read -and
write; Women, therefore, have
been registered ; for this year s eleo-
I No man was ever so coiBpleteir
skilled liii tbe conduct of life aa not to
recei vei new information from age and
J ' .1. m'
experience; msomucti tnati we nna
otirselves really iguorantpf wrat .we
thought we understood, and see cause
t0 rejecjt what we fancied oiir truest
interest.
Jamps Smith, an old man ofseven-ty-four;
lives in one of the poorest
liouses jm the poorest part of Manches
ter, England. He was found dead the
other day, alone, and surrounded by
every indication of extreme poverty.
Iut when the police searchecThw
ifouse they found a ' safo containing
rjeeds and mortgage bonds worth 12,
CfoO and 2,000 in gold. V
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I Men may haye the gifts both of talent
aaid of wit, but unless they have also
prudence and judgment to dictate the
when and where and the how these gifts
aire to be exerted,' the possessor of them
will be i doomed to conquer only- where
nothing lis to be lost ; l hey will be out
tione by men of Jj brilliant, but more
c)tiver'iMe qualifications, and Whoso
efrengtliu one point is cot couutrbalau
ded by $ny disproportion tu another i -
Tho fNewbem ! military. Journal of
Commerce: The Newbern "Grays, ou
Thursday night, appoiuted ' k eoinraltte
to correspond with the various military
cjompanes of the State witli' a view 10
ascertaining what was proposed to; be
dVne with legard to going to Philarle)
phia 01J or about ihe lourih f July.
The Grays iutend to'
ciinvafs the matter
iciivelyl and aee If arrangements cannot
tie made for thei Kor'h XJandina roilUary
II1!1 g la! oody as a oatuiion auq.ai
tin go in a hot
reduced! rates.
pea mm, and said, . have ; tod nd imy,
knife again, and have played the trick on
royfeomrade, as I told you I sliould do.
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