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VOL. 2.
'The Deali listter."'
bt: John o. saxe.
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And can it be ? Ah,s yes, I see,
'Tis thirty years and better 1 ;
Since !Mary Morgan sent to me
Tlus musty, musky letter. ,
A pretty hand (she couldn't spell,
As any man must vote it, I
And 'twas, as I remember well,
A pretty hand that wrote it I
How calmly- now I view it all
As memory backward ranges
The talks, the Svalks, that I recall,.;
And then the postal changes f
How-well I loved her I can guess
- (Since cash is Cupid's hostage)
Just one-and-sixpence nothing less
This letter cost in postage !
; r : J, : "
The love that wrote at such a rate
(ly Jove ! it jwas a steep one !
Five hundred liotes I calculate)
Was certainly a deep one ;
And yet it died of slow decline
Perhaps suspicion chilled it ;
I've quite forgotten, if 'twamiue
Or Mary's flirting killed it 1 '
At last the fatal message came
4i3Iy letters--please retm-n them ; j i
And yours of course you wish the same--
I'll send them back or burn them."
Two precious fools, I must allow,
"Whichever was the greater ;
I wonder if I'm wiser now,
Some seven lustres later ?
.And this alone ;remains! Ah, well!
These words of warm affection,
Th faded ink, the pungent Tsmell,
Are food for deep reflection.
They tell of how the heart contrives,
To change with fancy's fashion, ,
And how a drop of mask survives
Tho strongest human passion !
A' Heaven for Ycnms Clerks.'
.That young fellow we saw 'last
bunuay, with a streak oi copperas
dye on his j upper lip and three
long hairs on his chin, holding
on to a young lady's arm anil
swinging his shiny number eights
across the holes up the sidewalk
on-iayetville street, whose brams
ard printed all over with calico
flowers, stuck full of needles like
a pin-cushion, 'and whose wordi
run off his ton srue like cotou thread
off a wooden spool, can iust rit up
and trit into Heaven where An-
gels are plenty, if he will only go
: io j ew i oik ana leave ins coun
try for his country's good. "We
hain't got no special use for him
here any longer now, since all
the girls but his'ii have got a
beau, and she is engaged to be
married to a little insurance agent.
She waited for him,' but he never
said the werd,: and it is all up.
We hoard her say m And yet
there is a Heaven for the fellow.
Let him remember our motto, and
ake off for New York right away;
'It is not power, wealth nor state
But the git up and git
- That makes men great !"
Yes, sir-ee, my friend of the
yard-stick faiid blunt-nosed scis
sors, there's a chance for you
elsewhere. We'll tell you about
it. The fact is, we have thought
of applying for a situation our
selves. . 1
.: What is it ? Well, there has
been formed at Gotham a club of
young men for. the purpose of sup
plying, the ladies with escorts to
places of amusement ! The mem
bers all jine and pass an examina
tion before a committee of old la
dies and gentlemen on v their good
moral characters, store-clothes j
greased har, blue cravats, Bilk
beavers and paper collars; and
the single young miss who wishes
to go to the show that night; and
hasn't got ' a ' sweetheart' . a . fat
buddy,' t'oTi. a vgood , old t pappy
sends round" to the club room,
saying that she has two tickets
also the change for hack riding
and for a plate of oysters apiece,
oh. their way home, and may ,bo
a halfdollar-lor a dollar8 for her
beau according -to quality p and
good looks ; and men number
three or number four, is put down
opposite her name, he is notified
oi the time - and place, spruces
himself up, gets hold of her arm
just like that other , fellow did last
Sunday on . Fayetteyme . street,
and swings his . number eights
up Broadway or Fifth Avenue to
some gorgeous theatre and back
again to the fair maiden's palatial
mansion. ? - v j -,- r.;s , : ; . j. ' T;i ;
Ah,iiminy, just think about it !
What a Heaven for Peter Snooks
and Robert Tomtit," Esq ! Ileal
love, angels, free tickets, free j ride
on the street cars, music, reserved
seats, oysters, a halt dollar
and
a firir
al I thrown in for noth-
inr! We
cave ! It is too much.
For should we ever ime that club,'
thencetorth we could- say :
.. ... i . . . - '
"And uot a wave of trouble roll
Across
pur dry-goods brsast !
Evans
IndepmdeiiL .
Nswspape
Enterprise Estracraiaary.
Sometime since the editor of
the" Colorado Herald had occasion
to leave town for a few days, land
intrusted his organ to ;the care of
a novice in journalism, iinstructing
him to pile it on as thick as he
could whenever he had a chance
to advertise the Herald. He then
went away,"4 and the, following
night his wife died very suddenly.
This is how the assistant editor
mentioned "the circumstance:
Gone, but not Forgotten.- We
are compelled this morning to
perform a duty ..which is peculiary
painful to the able assistant editor
who has been engaged on this pa
per at' an enormous expense, in
accordance with our determina
tion to make the Herald a first-
class iournal. Last night death
unexpectedly snatched away from
our domestic hearth (the best are
advertisec under the head of stoves
and furnaces, irpon ouT first page)
Mrs. Ausrasta P. Burns, wife of
llufus V. i3 urns, the gentlemanly
editor of tlie Herald. (Terms three
dollars a I year, invaribly in. ad
vance.) A kind mother and ex
emplary wife. : (Office over Cole-
mans Grocery, up two flights of
staii-s; knock hard.) We shall
miss tnee, motner; we snail miss
thee." (Job printing solicited;)
Funeral at 4.30 o'clock from the
house just across the street from
the Herald office. (Advertisements
inserted at ten 'cents , per square.)
But his efforts were not appreci
ated; and we relate the sequel of
the storv with sorrow : The editor
arrived home that . day at lioon.
Slowly and sadlv he was observed
to arm himself with ft double-bar
rel fowling piece, into which he
inserted tyo pounds and a-half of
bullets.. lie marched over to the
office, followed by ah immense
crowd. The assistant editor jwas
busy; in, painting a' big placard
to be j tacted. on the hearse. It
bore the legend, "Buy. vour coffins
'of Simms.'bver the "Herald office."
The assistant editor cast his, f eye
iaround and perceived his chief.
Care sat ; upon that wan cheek,
and thunder clothed his brow.! Ho
leveled his gun. . The assistant
did not wait; With one wild and
awful yell he jumped from the
second story window j and struck
out for tho! golden snores of the
Pacific Ij: is believed he eventu
allv swam lover to China.
t&m, A popular clergyman says
it is interesting to observe; how
many people go to the circus "just
to please the "children," and very
curious to Inotice that sometimes
it takes several able-bodied men
and motlierlv women to ; look
after one little boy or girl on such
an occasion. ' u
Wat 'i3 pityv-r Cheap charity.
OXFORD, 'GEAimiliE'lOOMrYi- N.n
The evening of life brings with
:wc all have enemies
and all
have need of friends, i .
One who meriteth esteem need
never lack, a friend., I , ;
A strong mind may be tempted,
but will not yield. :f ; ' t
Many men know how to flatter,
few how to praise.
A proud heart and
ofty
moun-
tain ; are never fruitful.
If thou hopest for
mercy. ., m
Heaven, show iustice upon earth
v bo long as you are innocent iear
nothing. 'Ko one can liarm you.
P Good company and good con
versation are the very sinews of
Virtue. J'.-M - . i :
Each word of kindness, come
whence it may, is welcome to the
poor. ... , i ..,!.. ); '
j Unbelief is: the coimuence oiall
teins, and binds all down upon us.
1 'Tis God-like magnanimity to
keep, when, most pnivoked, our
reason calm and clear,
i Laws, like sausages would fail
jto inspire respect if i all people
knew how they were made. ;
It is not miserable to be blind ;
lie only is miserable who cannot
acquiesce in j his blindness with
fortitude.:
It is not sufficient thatf we are
praised by the good : we have fail
ed in our duty somewhere if we
are cursed by the bad.
Labor is the law of
the world
and he who lives by other means
is of less vralue to the jworld than
the buzzing busy insect.
When a noble life has prepared
bid asre, it is !not the decline it
reveals; but the first days of
immortality. , i. .
Call him no,a kiug iwho needs
must please the . world ; 'tis he a
lone who in his actions, docs not
heed the fickle : apjKrobatidn of
mankind. 1 ' .
All the good, things of this
world are no further good to us
than they are of use; and whatever
we may heap up to give to others,
we enjoy only as much as we can
use and no more.
Fight hard
asrainst
a
hasty
temper. Anger will
come, put
resist it stoutlv. A ' spark mav
set a house on; fire. A fit of pas
sion may give you cause to mourn
nil tho flnvs nf" vnnv liftv
rJ - JZ1 r.v . C
s Gone Out Fcrcvcr.
. Like dropping, dying stars, pur
dearly. loved ones go i away from
our sight. The stars of our hopes,
our ambitions, our prayers, whose
light ever shines - before us, su d
denly pale in the firmament of our
hearts, and their "place is left
empty cold, 'and earnest light
that beamed through - wants aiid
sorrows; a father's strong, quick
light, , that kept ; our feet from
stumbling m the dark aiid Treacher
ous ways; a sister's light, so mild,
so pure; sp J constant- aud so firm,
shinilig upon us from gentle lo-ving
e'es, and persuading U3 to grace
and goodness ; j a brother's light,
forever sleeping in our soul,
and illuminating our ! going and
comings;: a friends light ; true and
trusty gone out -forever! JTo!the
light has not gone outi It is shining
heyond the stars, where there is no
night and no darkness forever and
forever. , ) . i v-J j ; ; . ; '
The Wilminirton Journal ha?
been shown a Jewish sheckel that
antedates the Christian I era. It is
about the size of a silver half
dollar and bears oh one! side an il
lustration of the pot of j incense in
Solomon's Temple, with the in
scription in Hebrew characters,
"Sheckel of Israel," and on the
other Aaron's deed, with the words,
"Holy Jerusalem." . , : : ,
2v6ah was the first arAitect n
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1874.
: , Apples Picked. . by Jjgitaii:?. ' . v ";
The thunder of Thursday morn
ing last, which passed off in rath-
i er an eventiul - manner nere.
I seems to be much mord startling
in ijts efiects further up the valley.
In the .vicinity of Youhtville,
many trees were struck by light
bing, some of them set on "fire,
and pieces of the trees hurled a
distance of forty to fifty feet., In
pne ease,at ; theplace of Mr.
3dinVrt6n,vriear Yountville, one
1 6f these detached piecesstruck an
apple tree in its flight with such
force as to shake off the fruit;
giving the proprietor his family
nd the guest the novel en joyment
()f apples picked by lightning. A
friend who passed the night at
Mr. Edington's thus describes the
scene : "Whilst enjoying our
jjreakfast, "unmindful of the fall
ing rain or the pealing thunder,
there came a bright flash, folio w-
ffl hvsnpli! n. ;iYirtrnior ' rro!?h
pur cars to tingle. The young
lady of the house gave a spasmodic
erceclvaslshe clasped her hands
to" her ears in terror. Passing
put to see it" any of the hills were
gone, we saw a smolic in an old
dead' tree,! which looked suspi
cious, and bn approaching it we
saw where the lightning had
Struck in in the top, setting it on
fire, and passing down had plowed
a furrow id the side - of the tree,
tearing "up jtho ground, scattering
i he limbs; and .. hurling pieces of
wood forty to fifty fet. There
was also a tree set on fire on A. G.
Olark's plape, and several others
i n ! the valley ."Napa Register,
July Wih. ,
. Tpo Ccsnndmas.
A young lady,, when ridimr
from her fathers countrv seat to
a neighboring village met a young
inan on foot, who was -carry ing a
jug. She at once reined in her
horse, and asked him what he
lad in the I jug. V .
! T" . 1 ' il 11
iooivingup witn a conaicai leei,
tie simply j winked one eve mid
smacked his lips, to indicate that
t contained something good. V
The youpg lady, supposing he
meant alcohol, lmme.diatclv be-
gan to talk .temperance, but her
J..-,lti. . ' J.. .1 . - !
auuiior . requesieu. xne privilege oi
fust asking her. one question. ,
'What is it ? she asked. :
'It h this' he replied ; 'why is
mfjug like your side-saddle?'
Shpcould not tell. !
'It is because it holds a gal-on,'
aid: he. ! ,. ; V
'What trilling' exclaimed the
mdiernant vounir lady.? and then
continued:! ,. r , ,
'i oung man, dp you perceive '
'Just one- morequestion,5 inter
rupted, her auditor, 'and then I
am done. Why is mv iujr like
the ; assembly-room t of a female
seminary a roll-call." , V
: 'I ani sure I don't know,' petu
lantly replied the you ng lad y.
j i 'Well, . It's because it is full o
lasses,' said, the incorrigible audi
tor. . :.:- .) ' . i: ' - ;
- The ; fair jlecturer touched . her
spirited horse with her whip, and
was soon ou? of i hearing the rude
young man j
To invite an editor to attend a
pic-nicrhop( or other. : amusement,
iii another State," and then call on
liinv for money to pay musicians
-exacting more than any other
one has to pay amCthen expect
lialf? column puff from this knight
of the quijl. Shame! however,
ve never - hesitate, to pay our way
When called on. Roanoke News.
j This i3 one of the hardest cases
on record. ; We believe it is un
precedented. Rali iVetrs
.; That's 7'hsre Si9 naia a "lUstake.
A ludicrous scene .waj witness
edon a I Lenssalear ancf Saratago'
train-the other day. A newly
married cou3le entered the car
and took a seat. The husband
wanting jto smoke, left his wife
and went into the smoking-car.
The bruje began to; doze, and
while she! slept a stranger entered
thejear, and as it was crowded,
quietly took a seat ( beside the
young wife.' . Shortly she began
to nod , and doubtless imagining j
that her J)usband was : still in the
seat, gen :ly reclined towards the
stranger, and soon her head fond
Iv nestled on his breast.- At this
juncture the husband entered. lie
stood in mute astonishment' in
the aisle until the lady awoke,
and, real zing the situation, drew
back in amazement suffused with
blushes. Stranger explained; hus
band was 'satisfied, and tlie wife
tried hard to appear unconcerned.
From' the Troy Times. :!
A '5pttzTjersea-iCpl4 Snap."
Say
b i a
writer ; i "Xo descrip
tion can give an adequate idea of
the intdnse rijror of the six months'
Winter m Spitzbergen. Stones
crack witli the noise of thunder :
in a crowded hut! the breath of
tlie occupants will if all in flakes
like snow : wine and spirits turn
to ice : if iron touches' th e skin it
brings tho flesh away with it; and
soles of stockings may be burned
off your fpet before you feci the
slicrhtest
warmth from the fire ;
en out of ; boiling water
linen tak
instantly
tinens to the consisten-
cypf a wooden board, jand'heated
stones will not prevent tlie sheets
on the bed from freezing? If
these are the effects of '"a -'climate
within an air-tight; fire-warmed,
crowded hut, what must they bf
among t
he dark, storm-lashed
mountain
peaks outside.". ; . A
EST Tfie Detroit Free Press
rcl at es this story ; about a you ng
man from the country : Wednesday
afternoon a linen-suited individu
al, who came from some town in
Genesee county, was noticed wan
dering around Franklin ; street,
having considerable ; money and
being under the influence of liquor.
A policeman spoke- to him, aud
warned him .that he had better
look out
for himself, when the
yung
for mv
man : replied : "Look out
self! 'You bet I wili!
Why, mister, I'm chain-lightning
rolled .up in a ball and stuck full
of red-hot; bowie-knives ! 1 1'm a
thunderbolt from the north, l am a
regular trip-up thunderbolt and
folks want to let me ; alone; thev
do !" Yesterday morning the
same policeman found the- same
individual lying, asleep back of a
coal shed.
ins eyes were u uttered-,
a hole in his head, and
and money was gone.
there was
his watch
Here," ijaid the officer, ! as he
woke upthe man ivith his club
"say, aren't .you that thunderbolt
from the north woods'?" The man
sat jup. looking around in t a
dodged wiy, and slowly replied :
"IS o; tiairij't 'zackly.a thunderbolt,
but I'm the darned
fool , who
thought he was!" - -
eVs Git.'
The other day: an aged couple
drove into an Indiana eiiy just as
an undertking firm was moving
into an old church, - which' had
been purchased for a shop The
old gentleman stood up ih hi3 wag
on, hi3 mouth and eyes distended,
as the men silently carried coffin
after coffin into the church. At
last he turned to his awe-stricken
better-half and gaspe d f "Sary, by
golI it's the cholera ! Let's git!"
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A man of partsAn actor.
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A Cure fcr-Ccrss."
io . has not suffered from
m.
? 'A French medical journ
al jorts an infalliable cure for
thrji. It is by the. morning and
ev0)im application, to the corns,
willa brush," of a drop of the solu
tioiof the perchloride of iron. It
stat8- that after a fortmght's cbn
tiulid application, without pain, :
a iaient who had suffered mar
ty rxSm lor nearly forty years from
a ilist painful corn on the inner
sidlcjibf each little toe was intirely
ielicled; pressure was no longer
painful, and tho cure seemed, to
be irldical. Other aud similar ca
ses re reported as equally suc-
cesi?iii under the same treatment.
soldier on picket reserve
wei to a . iarm-nouse, as jie saia,
to tinx)w a fring-pan ; but for
i.bf i - f :
wnaw ms comraues couiu nut mi-
aa-thevTiad nothincr to n t.
T' A LP.
O t Cj'
rring his requesito tl:3 ' 1
damft who answered Ids kii 1: at
the "floor, the pan was (Tidy t::.i.3-
ferrtl to him. He tc It," look :d -in
it turned.it over, mult looked
oii jtotfoni, and t hen turned it
oVqi .agaiu,. and looked into it
veiMiiard, as if not certain that
it ws clean. . : ,
j'lWell, sir," s. 'dthc lady, "can
I dbiny thing more for you?" :-V
t'fCjould cr .ild could you lend
me! Apiece Jof meat to fry; in' it,
mafnr'.'-and he laughed iu spite
of luinself.- , ' ,
A Connecticut' newspaper
sayjs -"N otwitlistanding the great
public starCjiiewly-maiTicd couples u
froml
xne cou nrry wm conic ,io
and be blamelessly .'cpnspicu- '
Tliey came in : Saturday.- .
towi
Tic
rvwis'in blaclc1 She was in blueV
v, itlm gushing r blue'parasoh and -did
fjiade ajust visible effort to rer.-. .
veal leer snow v skirt, with molasses
cookfr embroidery. He was very.'
re, anu was au graciousuec-s.
iitcred about the resfurant
dinner, ;, looking A;, about
: purchases ic; prodigious'
ag which tho' groom car
out as if it was a babv..
in
sweet cakes, and.
,1
Jdien candies audv'
until at last lier
hai( ( . , ith a coral ring on it, and
the! 3' or of a lobster) graspgd- a
err
tor aul stoweji it secure-
cn one occasional
vorth, sister of the-'. ;
ing I .through the: -e
tock-dove ) viw-
i oft ir.-Tic, she foil
y, oniairiWlcx-'-"
Ibnti'fef titock-- "
thought Hkn- '
'.- 'lastHaye
i' :ir turo'n pdet,1' -
' prcciate tho '
com
wifptho sou.
bejiifiiful mu
i -il.:: 1
Veo ruthlcbolj
h-:,m
by an er
mar 'of her wom;.:i. ' '
Hkfthem irr pics,; and some 4.':
thejii roasted ; butfbr my part
thifrf: there nothing like tiv
etewld with brnions." ..,
mechanics in the connf
keepjput of Chicago for the pre:
Thnrehas created no necessity ,
thejE jThereare already many
moj laborers in the city. than can
find iemplpyment, even should
building in the burnt district pro
gresf vigorously, and to multiply
thei), is simply to augment the
arm of idlers.- Chicagd Timcsm
'rllfij "
jfcThose who have trie i .
say ;f hat kissiug is like a sewing
ma?jiine, becau
r ri list .
it seems, good.
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