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♦ nm ♦ / NO. 10. MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 6,1875. \ VOL. VIII. - FBÜIT, SHADE, AND ORNA MENTAL TREES FOR SALE, AT THE DIAMOND STATE NURSERIES. 1 00,000 firBt-class Peach Trees, including all the leading varieties ; Pear, Apple, Cher ry, and Quince Trees; Evergreens for shade or ornament ; 200,000 Osage Orange Quicks; Gooseberry, Currant, Blsckbhrry, Raspberry, and Strawberry Plants ; Asparagus and Rhu barb Roots, tor Fall of 1874 and Spring of 1875 planting Send for Catalogue and Pnce List JAMES T. SHALLCROSS, Middletown, Del. Address, oet 31-6mos. MIDDLETOWN Nursery and Fruit Farm. A large and varied assortment of General Nursery Stock For Sale at low fates. PEACH TREES A SPECIALTY. E. R. COCHRAN. Middletown, Del. October 17—tf. Woodside Nursery. CHOICE selection of PEACH TREES of the best family and market varieties. SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, OSAGE ORANGE PLANTS, ASPARAGUS ROOTS, ETC., Far fall of 1874 and spring of 1875 planting for sale at very low prices. Address HENRY CLAYTON, Mouot Pleasant, Del. aug 29—tf. iitainess Cards. FURNITURE. UNDERTAKING. UPHOLSTERING. The undersigned respectfully announces the citizens of Middletown and vicinity that he has on hand a large and well selected stock of handsome and durable Walnut and Other Furniture, which he will sell very cheap for cash. Buy ing at wholesale cash rates he feels assured that he can sell as low as the same goods can be bought elsewhere. By buying of him pur chasers will be saved the freight on their goods from the city. He is also prepared to attend to Undertaking Work at short notice, and in a manner excelled by none. Persons wishing Metallic or Wood Caskets or Cases will find it to their ad vantage to call on him. He has, also, TAYLOR A SON'S Celebrated Corpse Preserver, to en The Corpse may be dressed in the finest fab rics and not be soiled, (and can be seen at all times) as nothing bnt dry cold air enters the Casket. GEORGE W. WILSON, Practical Cabinet Maker and Undertaker, Middletown Del. Febl-12m Oysters! Oysters! RICE'S Lais' aai Mlmen's Oyster SALOON, Connected with the OLD BANK Ice Cream and Confectionery Store. I would most respectfully inform my pa trons and friends, and all who may favor me with a call, that I have fitted up an Oyster Saloon for both ladies and gentlemen, where they can get a good hot Stew, Pan, Fry, or Raw, at short notice. Also, Parties supplied with Oysters in any quautity they may desire. THE CONFECTIONERY DEPARTMENT is as usual full of the finest Confectionery. FINE CAKES, such as Fruit, Pound, Lady, Sponge, Cup, Drop, and all kinds of Fancy Cakes for par ties, can be obtained, upon short notice. We keep on hand Raisins, Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Currants, Figs, Dates, Prunes, and all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Fruits, both green and dried. We shall keep for Christmas a full line of Taya for the young, and presents for Children of a larger growth. Don't forget the place, Rice's Old Bank, and don't purchase anywhere nntil you have ex amined my stock. Nov 7—ly. E. B. RICE. THOMAS MASSEY, JR. CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, I Street, next door to Notloaol Hotel Middletown, Mela ware C LOCKS, Watches, Jewelry, 4c. neatly and promptly repared. Always on hand and for sale, Clocks, Watches. Plated Ware, Forks, Spoons, Sil Napkin Rings, Silver Thimbles, Salt, Sugar and Tea Spoons, ~ Breast-Pins, Ear-Rings, ver __ ns, Butter Knives, Gold Breast-Pins, Ear-Rings, Finger-Rings, Sleeve Buttons, Watch Chains, Watch Keys, Key Rings, Steel Watch Chains, 4c. AGENT FOR DeVINNrS SPECTACLES. Dec. 12—tf. M. E. DICKSON, No. 35J SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, PHILA.DK1.PHIA, DEALER IB WATCHES AND JEWELRY, SOLID STERLING Silver and Plated Ware Suitable for Holiday Presents. N. B.—Fine selection of 18 Kt. Wedding Rings on Hand. Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles to Buit Dec. 10—tf all ages. C. MAISEL, TAILOR, (Prom Paris), 1321 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. may 21—ly Current literature. Scribner's Monthly for March. Some one in New York writes as fol lows of Scribner for March : "I suppose that after this March number of Major Powell's Colorado papers is published the public will wake up to the extraordinary interest of the series, both in story and illustration, and will be looking up the back num bers. A more splendid feat has seldom been described so modestly and well, by the bero himself. In fact the pub lie seem to be looking up the back numbers of this volume of Scribner al ready, for tbe publishers are reprinting some, and expect to be compelled to re print all the issues since the beginning of the volume in November." Dr Holland's "Story of Sevenoaks" may have something to do with this unusual demand. This reaches its third installment in the March number, and the villain of the play is taken from the quiet of Sevenoaks to the more turbid and congenial atmosphere of the metro polis, where it seems likely that he will not altogether unprece-; dented in the history of successful " vul of run a course garian8 Jules Verne's story has disappointed a good many people, who did not know it was written for young people. The Editors, by the way, have taken it in band, and are "condensing it" into much more than its original interest. Jules Verne condenses much better than Emerson. . Speaktug of condensation, Mr. oted-: man has had to do not a little of that ... . , , tn hts "Victorian Poets; toe last of . • ■ • .. which luterestmg series appears in the . ,, ® ~ , , . . March Scribner. Stedman ■ opinion of fewiuburne will astonisi many persons whose knowledge of this author is like a celebrated old lady's knowledge of Johnson's Dictionary. "How the Opera of 'Dante' was written" is not an essay, as some will suppose; it is a story which contains a suggestion to which we beg leave to call Verdi's attention fair sample of "Airy Lilian" is a what may be called an occasion story, and certainly throws a good deal of light upon a rather obscure topic. In this number we have oue of the promised papers by Albert Rhodes, who this time,gives an entertaining illus trated sketch of the famous fabulist La Fontaine. "Some Old Letters" are continued, and besides their own interest, are re markable as being accompanied by a hitherto unpublished portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by the artist Newton, once well known in America and Eng land. Dr. Robinson says some bright things here about Dr. Leonard Ba^on and his book, under tbe title of "New England and her Church. _ Among tbe contribution;) is another R. H. D. sketch, "The Poetess of Clap City"—you rsmember the Udy, do you not? aDd the poetry is supplied Ljf Samuel W. Duffield, J. G. Saxe, H. E. Warner, C. F. Bates, G. P. La throp, and Joaquin Miller. The most noticeable features in the Editorial departments are Ui. Holland's papers on Criticism, and l'rt ' summing up of the "Sex in controversy, and a "new de the "Etchings" départaient, mach longer and more varied than < before. • • a it One of the greatest pleasures which St. Nicholas brings to its readers, is certainly the monthly chapters of Miss Alcott's story. This time we catch a delightful glimpse of the "Eight Cou sins" at home and in the very midst of the confusion and riot produced by the return of their sailor-uncle. In Mr. Trowbridge's serial the Young Surveyor is completely astonished by finding his stolen horse when and where he does. If ever there was an ingeni ous horse-thief, the fellow who captured "Snowfoot" was he ! Almost all boys and girls like narra tives of wars and battles, and they will find a story of this sort in the poem called "The War of the Rata and Mice," which is every whit as thrilling in its way as the deeds of any favorite hero from Richard Cœur-de-Lion to Jack the Giant-Killer. The illustra tions by Stephens are admirable ; one of them a true "battle-piece," repre sentiog a tournament both exciting and novel. As fer the rest of the number, we have several excellent stories by Frank R. Stockton, Amalie La Forge and others, sketches of travel aod science with illustrations, an article by W. H. Rideing on tbe Naval Academy at An napolis, aod—besides other good thiDgs —»the irrepressible Jack-in-the-Pulpit.. whose fun and jokes are always full of Something for the Children. wisdom Peterson's Magazine for March more than maintains its supremacy. The principal steel engraving repre sents a little Italian shepherd, asleep in the woods, with one of his own sheep watching over him, and is the most cunning picture imaginable. The dou ble-size colored steel fashion plate is of rare beauty, the ladies pretty, the dresses tbe very latest, the whole un rivalled. As to the literary contents they get better and better. No other lady's book has such a brilliant corps of contributors as "Peterson." Tako it all in all, it is, as the publisher claims, the best for its money in the world. If you have not already sub scribed for 1875, do so at once. The price is bat two dollars a year, postage free. Specimens sent, gratis, if writ ten for, to persons wishing to get up clobs Address, Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut street, Philsdelphia. At Woolford, Vermont, a farmer put the following notice ia his field, "If any man'l or woman's cows or oxen gets in these here oats, his or her tail will be cut off, as the case may be. I am a Christian man and pay my taxes. The best law—the golden rale. Select Jjoetrg. BETSEY AND I ABE OUT. ■ „ , , , _ . . _ j Draw »P "" Papers, lawyer, and make em 8®° an stout, R thlD 6 s ** bome are "oss-ways. and Betsey j Must P" in nat rrt 1 c ' ; "What is the matter?" say yon? I swan it's ! Most #f the years behind ns we've passed by ! ; [ have no other woman—she bas no other j j „ , ... „ . . D , . ! S ° 1 ha ; e ' a,k « d w " h Betfe ?' and B *^ has ta e Wl( , j So we '* e a S reed t0 S e,h " that we can ' nerer j agree. . N °* ,hat we . Te catched paeb other « an * Ur * n e cnme ' . . , .. . ..... We Te been a e ather,n <h.s for years, a little j at * t ' m *' ! There was a stock of temper we both had, for a start ; A FARM BALLAD. BY WILL M. CARLETON. and I are oat. We who have worked together so long as man and wife, single harness the rest of our hard to tell ; very well ; man, I Only we've lived together as long as ever can. we i ; Although we ne'er suspected 'twould take ns j two apart; ; I bad my varieus failings, bred in the flesh and bone, : And Betsey, like ail good women, had a tem i per of her own. j The first thing I remember whereon we disa ! Fre * ' V Was somethin' concerning heaven—a differ . ence in our creed, ....... . . . , . - We arg'ed the thing at breakfast—we arg ed 6 ... ., 8 ^ Bd t j, c more we ar g' ed the question, the more we didn't agree, a And tbe next that I remember was when we lost a cow ; She'd kicked tbe bucket, certain, the question was only—How? I held my own opinion, and Betsey another had; And when we were done a talkin', we both of us waa mad. „\ n( i the next that I remember, it started in a i joke; g u t fo r a full week it lasted, and neither of us spoke. i ^nd the next was wheu l scolded because she broke a bowl ; And she said I was mean and stingy, and hadn't any soul. j And 80 that bowl ke P' Po™"' dissensions in j ; And so that blamed cow-critter was always a j cornin' up; . And so the thing kept workin', and all the selfsame way ; Always somethin' to arg'e, and somethin' ; sharp t0 , Aad down on us come the neighbors, a couple 1 ! And there has been days together—and many a weary week— We was both of us cross and spunky, and both too proud to speak. \.nd I have been thinkin' and thinkin,' tbe whole of the winter and fall, i If I can't live kind with a woman, why, then 1 won't at all. our cup ; And so that heaven we arg'ed no nearer to us got; But it gave us a taste of snmthin' a thousand times as hot. dozen strong, And lent their kindest service for to help the thing along. , ; And so I have talked with Betsey, and Betsey has talked with me ; And we have agreed together that we can't j And what is hers shall be hers, and wbat ia I And I'll pot it in the agreement, and take it j j Give her the honse and homestead; | ; But women are skeery critters, unless they And I have always determined, and That Betsey never should want a home, if I j | Th#re is a Iittle hard that , g drawing j Y T es, divorce is cheap, sir, but I take no stock in such ; True and fair I married her, whea she was blithe and young ; never agree ; mine shall be mine ; to her to sign. Write on the paper, lawyer—the very first paragraph— Of all tha farm and live-stock, that she shall have her half ; For she has helped ta earn it, through manj a weary day, . And it's nothin' more than justice that Betsey has her pay. a man can thrive and roam, have a home. never tailed to say, was taken away. tolerable pay ; A couple of hundred dollars laid by for a rainy day ; Safe in the hands of good men, and easy to get at ; Pnt in another clause, there, and give her half of that. Y'es, I see you smile, sir, at my givin' her so much ; 1 And Betse J was alwa Y 8 B ood t0 me - «^»P 1 with her tongue. : ; | | Once when I was young as you, and not so smart, perhaps, For me she mittened a lawyer, and several other chaps ; And all of 'em was flustered, and fairly taken down. And I for a time was counted the tackiest man in town. Once, when I had a fever—I won't forget it soon— I was hot as a basted turkey and crazy as a loon— i Never an hour went by me when she was out of sight ; She nursed me true and tender, and stuck to me day and night. And if ever a house was tidy, and ever a kitchen clean, Her house and kitchen was tidy as any I ever seen ; Aad 1 don,t complain of Betsey or any of her | ac,s i , | Exceptin' when we've quarreled and told each , i other facts, I g 0 dra w up the paper, lawyer; and I'll go ' bomc to-night, And read the agreement to her and see if it's | : ail right ; And then ia the mornin' I'll sell to a tradin' man I know— And kiss the child that was left to us, and out in the world I'll go. And one thing put in the papers ; that first to me didn't occur : That when I am dead at last she bring me back to her ; And lay me under the maples I planted years "go, When she and I was happy, before we quar reled so. And when she dies, I wish that she would be laid by me. And lyin' together in silence, perhaps we will agree ; And if ever we meet in heaveu, I wouldn't think it queer If we loved each other the better because we have quarreled here. _ * HOW BETSEY AND I MADE UP. A FARM BALLAD. BY WILL M. CARLETON. Give us your hand, Mr. Lawyer : how do you do to-day? You drew up that paper—I s'pose you want your pay. Don't ent down yonr figures ; make it an X or a V ; For that 'ere written agreement was jast the makin' of me. Goin' bome that evenin' I tell you I was blue, Tbinkin' of all my troubles, and what I was goin' to do ; And if my hosses hadn't been the steadiest team alive, They'd 've tipped me over, certain, for I couldn't see where to drive. No—for 1 was laborin' under a heavy load ; No—for I was travelin' an entirely different road ; For I was a-tracin' over the path of our lives agin, And seein' where we missed the way, and where we might have been. And many a corner we'd turned that just to a quarrel led, When I ought to 've held my temper, and driven straight ahead ; And the more I thought it over the more these memories came, And the more I struck the opinion that I was the most to blame. And things I had long forgotten kept risin' in my mind, Of little matters betwixt us, where Betsey was good and kind ; And these things they flashed all through me, as yon know things sometimes will When a feller's alone in the darkness, and every thing is still. "But," says I, "we're too far along to take another track, And when I put my hand to the plow I do not oft turn back ; And 'taint an uncommon thing now for couples to smash in two ;" And so I set my teeth together, and vowed I'd see it through. When I come in sight o' the house 'twas some'at in the night, And jnst as I turned the hill-top I see the kitchen light ; Which often a han'some pictur' to a hungry person makes, But it don't interest a feller much that's goin' to pull up stakes. And when I went in the house the table was set for me— As good a supper's I ever saw, or ever want to see; And I crammed the agreement down my pocket as well as I could, And fell to eatin' my victuals, which some how didn't taste good. And Betsey she pretended to look about the house, But she watched my side coat pocket like a cat would watch a mouse; And then she went to foolin' a little with her cup, And intently readin' a newspaper, a-holdin' it wrong side up And when I'd done my supper I drawed the agreement oat, And give it to her without a word, for she knowed what 'twas about; And then I hammed a little tune, but now and then a nete Was bu'sted by some animal that hopped up in my throat. Then Betsey she got her specs from off the mantel-shelf, And read the article over quite softly to her self; Read it by little and little, for her eyes is get tia' old, And lawyers' writin' ain't no print, especially when.it's cold. And after she'd read a little she give my arm a touch, And kindly said she was afraid I was 'lowin' her too much ; But when she was through she went for me, her face a-streamin' with tears, And kissed me tor the first time in over twen ty years ! I don't know what you'll think, Sir—I didn't come to inquire— . But I picked up that agreement and stuffed it in the fire ; And I told her we'd bury the hatchet along side of the cow ; And we struck an agreement never ta bave another row. And I told her in the future I wouldn't speak cross or rash If half the crockery in the hoose was broken all to smash ; And she said, in regards to heaven, we'd try and learn its worth By startin' a branch establishment and run nin' it here on earth. And so we sat a-talkia' three-quarters af the | But when she went to pryin' and openin' of | old sores, , My Betsey rose politely, and showed her out Since then I don't deny but there's been a | But we've got our eyee wide open, and know just what to do : night, And opened our hearts to each other until they both grew light ; And the days when I was winnin' her away from so many men Was nothin' to that evenin' I courted her ever again. Next mornin' an ancient virgin took pains to call on us, Her lamp ail trimmed and a-burnin' to kindle another fuss; of-doors. : word or two: When on« speaks cross the other jnst meets with a laugh, And the fir I one's ready to give np consider able more than half. Maybe you'll Ihiak me soft, Sir, a-talkin' in this stylr, But somehow it does me lots of good to tell once in a while; And I do it for a compliment—'tis so that you can see That that there written agreement of yours was just the makin of me. So make out your bill, Mr. Lawyer : don't stop short of an X ; Make it more if you want to, for I have got the checks. I'm richer than a National Bank, with all its treasures told, For I've got a wife at home now that's worth her weight in gold. and to me be we it Stick to Your Bush." A rich man, in answer to the ques tion how he became so very successful, recited the following story : "I will tell you how it was. One day when I was lad, a party of boys and girls were going to pick blackber ries. I wanted te go with them, but was afraid father would not let me.— When I told him wbat was going on, he at once gave me permission to go with them. I could hardly contain my self. I rushed out into the kitchen, X the I ; to do a it got a big basket, and asked mother for a luncheon. T bad the basket od my arm, and was just going out the door gate when my father called me baek. He took my hand and said in a very gentle voice, " Joseph, what are you going to do?' 'To pick berries,' I re plied. 'Then, Joseph, I want to tell you one thing. It is this : When you find a pietty good bush, do not leave it to seek a better one. The other boys and girls will run about picking a little here and a little there, wasting a great deal of time, and getting a few berries.' I went and had a capital time. But it was just as my father said. No soon er had one found a good bush than he called all the rest and they left their several places and ran off to the newly found treasure. Not content more than a minute or two in one plaee, they rambled over tbe whole pasture, got very tired, and at night had very few berries. My father's words kept run ning in my ears, and I 'stuck to ' my bush.' When I had done with one I found another and finished that ; then I took another. When night oame I had a large basket of berries, more than all the others pat together, and was not half so tired as they were. I went bome happy. But when I en tered I found my father had been taken ill. He looked at my basket full of ripe blackberries, and said, "Well done. Joseph. Was I not right when I told you to always stick to your bush ? He died a few days after, and I had to make my way in the world as best I could. But my father's words sank deep into my mind, aud-i never forgot tbe experience of the blackberry party —I 'stuck to my bush.' When I bad a fair place, and was doing tolerably well, I did not leave it and spend weeks and months seeking one a little better. When other yonng men said, "Come with us, and we will make a fortune in a few weeks," I shook my head and 'stuck to my bush.' Presently my em ployers offered to take me into business with them. I staid with the old housa nntil the principals died, and then I had everything I wanted. The habit of stickiug to my business led people to trust me, and gave me a character. I owe all I have and am to this motto— "Stick to your bush A Touching Picture of Father and Son. —It sounds like the title of one of tbe spelling-hoek stories which we used to read thirty-five or forty years ago, but it is nothing but a simple, true tale. Father and son live close by each other in one of the towns in this vicinity. The old man has a big barn, and last spring tbe young one bought all the fancy fowls he could lay hands on and quartered them in his father's barn. He sold not an egg of the multitude laid, but had them all hatched, except wbat were addled, and the number of chickens was like the ' grass-hoppers west of the Mississippi. They ate up all the beans, until nothing but stalks were left ; they ate up tbe currants and every greeB thing about the two bouses except tbe grass ami tbe onions. The old gentleman had trees of nice pears, but the chickens got up earlier in tbe morning than he, so that he has had hardly a taste of them. Even his ap ples have suffered severely, and the neighbors have wondered if it rained chickens in that part of the town. The old mam had pot in a half-dozen new cellar windows a week or two since, and these insatiate fowls have eaten off every particle of putty. He is in doubt whether to take his son into paitner ship, or in the words of H. G. to say, "Go West, young mfm."— Neicbury port Herald. of a to very handsome young lady-entered a dry goods store and inquired for a "bean." The polite clerk threw himself back aad remarked he was at her service. "Yes, but I want a buff, not a green one," was the reply. Tbe young man went on meas uring goods immediately. A few days ago Scared into Cholera, How Tine« Doctor« Scared a Well Man Sick—A Meaner Trick Still. it in tell it that yours don't got its worth as to cause their He fell sick and had, The Fort Wayne Sentinel, speaking of the foolishness of a small-pox score, illustrates the effect of the imagination by the following: You have, of côurse, heard of persons having their imagina tion so wrought upon death from some supposed disease or Now, no one has, as far as illness. heard from, been frightened to that ex tent on account of the small-pox scare of yesterday, but a case in point hap pened here twenty-two years ago that will serve to point a moral if not adorn The cholera was then raging a tale. pretty generally, and numbers of peo ple had left Fort Wayne, fearing to be attacked by the scourge. Three doc tors were conversing about the plague, the effect fear and imagination had up ques One boys but me.— on, go my on people, etc. One of them (now dead for the last ten years or more) proposed a teet of this. He named a atrong, robust man, a butcher by occupation, named Dole who then kept his shop on the man, canal directly back of Colombia street. Of the many strong and healthy men, probably not one could be found who was so nearly a perfect man physically. He was also at the time in superb health, of full habit and good weight. So the trio agreed to subject Doleman to the above mentioned test. Eaeh of for my door baek. very you re tell you it boys little great But soon he their newly than they got few run my I then I more and I en taken ripe done. the three disciples of Esculapins was to go into the shop on pretense of pur chasing meat, and then lead the butcher to talk on the subject of cholera, or in some way to impress him with the be lief that he was about to become its victim. n The first door entered the shop, and, after passing the compliments of the day with the proprietor, ordered a pound of steak. It was cut, and the unsuspecting man of meat began to weigh it. "Why," said the doctor, "how badly you look ! What is the matter with you, Doleman ?" "Nothing at all," said Doleman; "never felt heartier or better in all my life." "But surely something ails yon; you are looking ill." "Well," said the victim, "I am very well ; nothing at all is the matter with me." After looking at Doleman a minute tbe doctor passed out. Entered then the second of the trio, who also ordered some meat. He like wise looked searchingly at the batcher, and then said : "Why, Doleman, what is the matter with you? You are looking ill. You are going to be tick, I'm afraid." The poor man replied that he was not ill, and felt as well as he ever did did in his life. The doctor looked dubiously at him and went out. Tbe last of tbe three who had "put up the job" on Doleman oame in after a while. He requested the butcher to cut off a nice piece of steak. As this request was about to be complied with, the doctor examined tbe meat, and re marked in an earnest way, "No, I won't take it, that meat has cholera in told had I sank forgot party bad weeks in and em housa I habit to I it. This was the last straw. The poor wretch began to think he was ia a bad way. The doctor, as soon as he had uttered the rash words, walked off and left Dolemun to his own reflections, ; which were none of the pleasantest. Doleman immediately "shut up shop" and went home, it is said, as genuine a case of cholera Tbe artifice of tbe and of used ago, tale. other last the and barn. of up and The tbe had ap the The new off say, as was ever seen, medical trio had succeeded too well. Fortunately the man's splendid consti tution carried him through, and he re covered. Had he been a man of little strength, highly susceptible to disease, aud all that, the result very likely would have been death. But that was not all. The doctor who had proposed the trial attended Doleman while he was sick, and- pre sented a bill for his services. Tbe butcher having no money, couldn't pay it. To satisfy his claim the doctor took Doleman's horse and cart and sold them to pay his bill, though he himself was the principle cause of the poor fel low's illness. The circumstances are doubtless re membered by many of this city, though they will also be new to numbers of people now here. Only a woman's hair ! Who baa net, some time in his life, picked snch a golden thread from his best coat eollar, and felt his heart beat quicker for it ! Or gazed upon a tress laid away in some nook, and not felt the influence of tender memories ? Only a woman's hair! and yet we don't like it in a biscuit. A Plainville clergyman insists that he saw a snako forty feet long and aa big round as a barrel of whiskey. A pretty good sized insect that. We have no doubt that he saw it, but be un questionably saw the barrel of whiskey before he saw tbe snake. It seems more reasonable, somehow. store I the - » h We Are Here, During the late night session of the United States Senate, when the great interests of the country were ignored in order that hour after hour might be wasted in an effort of the Radical party to seat lu that body a vile negro as the representative of the sovereignty of a sovereign State, a motion to adjourn made at daylight in the morning. The vote showed no quorum. A ques tion then arose if the Senate could longer sit without a sufficient number of' members present to do business. Some Radical Senator replied that the vote indicated the Democrats were not voting, and he asked why they were absent. "We are here," said Senator Bayard, "We are here!" These words will never be forgotten by the people of the United States. They rang out in the hall of the Federal Senate like the glad tidings of great joy to mankind. We are here! Yes, whenever the Constitution of the United States is at tacked, and the great charter of the rights of the States and the liberty of the people is to be subverted, it will ever be said of the Democraoy of America —' ' We are here !" In the darkness and gloom which the madness of the negro party creates, when perils and dangers threaten pub lic liberty, then the Democracy pro claim —" We are here !" When the sovereign States are iw vaded by Federal troops to overthrow the State government at the behest of a revolutionary junto of thieves and cor rupt office-holders, in that time of need when liberty is crying for redress and protection, the Democracy answers— " We are here /" When Congress seeks by revolution ary aotion to subvert the Government of the Constitution and establish a mili tary dictatorship, in the day time 6r in the night season, when efforts are to be made to stop such outrages and in famy, the Democracy answers —"We are here !" When the white raoe sees that the legislative power of Congress is to be used by revolutionists and anarchists to set the negro above the laws, and at the same time oppress and subjugate the white citizen to the negro, then the Democrats reply to all calls on them— " We are here !" When the idle working man, the laborer, mechanic, the machinist, the industry of the mills, forges, foundries, the white men of the country are suffer ing for want of work, and the Radical party refuses to aid them by favoring equal laws and wise legislation, and the cry of these people goes up to the halls of legislation asking a hearing, then the answer to them comes baok from the Democratic party— "We are here !" When "the army" is put over and above the civil power, and the Consti tution of the United States violated, in the effort for preservation of the peo ple's rights the Democracy cry eut — ' ' We are here !" When taxes are to be put on the poor man's necessaries of life in order that the Radical negro party may squander the publio money for party efforts to make tho negro master of the white race, the Democraoy comes into the contest for the white man with the exulting ery —" We are here !" When the "habeas corpus," that great writ to protect human freedom, is sought to bo destroyed by the Radi cal negro party that it may the more easily, by force of arms, prevent an election by the people, and thus bold power by military rule, the Demecracy stands on the Constitution in defiant defence, saying—" We are here !" When "force bills" are by the Radi cal negro party to be made to take the place of just laws for the protection of the political rights of the ciliz' ns that the negro may, by the aid of Federal soldiers defeat the votes and will of the people and elect Grant military direc tor, the Democracy, pointing to the glorious achievements of Washington and the patriot fathers and their strug gles for liberty, say— "We are here!" All honor to the Democraoy in that struggle for the right in the Federal Senate. Let it go on the wings of time into history. Let it be a "watch word," then, for the Demoeratic party, these words of Senetor Bayard. In darkness, gloom, joy, triumph, let it be ever said of the Democratic party, for God, onr country, and the right— "We Are Here!!" — Commonwealth, (Phila.) We are glad to announce that the peaches have all been killed. It has been observed that when the peaches are all killed in January we have ex cellent crops in August. Great days for jewelry stealers these. The Countess of Morelle has had $10, 000 worth taken from her dressing room in her house at Virginia Water, Wind sor, England. Of the whole number of ohildren in Massachusetts, it has been estimated that one-fifth are growing up in ignor ance. as was of of a ; r Itoriettt». the great in be party the of a ques could the not were the at the of will of the pub pro iw a cor need and mili in to in the be to at the the the and the are and in peo — the the into the that an the of the the of In it the in In Baltimore, last year, 75,000 tons of phosphate were manufactured and seid. Cincinnati is already making prepar ations for this year's Industrial Exhibi tion. In Boston, during January, 10,739 poor families were supplied with soup, at a cost of $1823.93. Two San Francisco capitalists recent ly bought 2,000,000 aorea of land Oregon at the rate|of $1,gold,per acre. Some oustom house detectives recent ly attended a levee at the White House to see if the ladies appearsd in smug gled dresses. " Is that your ehild?" asked a New York policeman of a little ten year eld nurse. " No, it belongs to another woman," was the reply. The Washington National Intelligen cer is shortly to be revived, as a Demo cratic journal, with Hon. Alexander Delmar as manager. Too Truk.— A dreadful misanthrope is of the opinion that, after one's rela tions, there are no more dangerous .en emies than one's friends. A Canadian paper lately recorded the death of a young woman in Tilsonbnrg, caused by the silly habit of sleeping with her tightly-laced corsets on. A Kentucky paper endeavors to pay a delicate compliment to a favorite actress by calling her a "sweet little red-hoired chandelier kicker."| Some of the poor-honse authorities in London have discovered a new method of utilising paupers. The more picturesque are let out as models to artists at 25 oents per heur. The Chicago bankers have presented a petition to the Illinois Legislators, asking that Washington's birthday and election days be declared legal holidays in that State The Richmond Whig says that many of the Richmond artists have received orders from Philsdelphia for portraits of Virginians who were signers of the Declaration of Independence. An enterprising New York manager is about reviving in that metropolis the days of chivalry, and has msde arrange ments for giving a grand tournament in the style of days gone by. Many persons will be surprised to learn that Liverpool, England, is not an incorporated city. It ia merely town, and a movement is proposed in the direction of obtaining a city ohar ter. Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York, recently met with a painful accident through touching his eyes with his band, on which a few drops of sulphate of copper had been spilled. They build very large residences out West. An Iowa paper says, "It's only twenty-one years since the first house was erected in Burlington, and now it contains 20,120 inhabitants." A contemporary thinks the best way to enjoy things is to use them, and aaea very little sense in having agorgeonsly famished parlor and allowing it to re main in darkness, while the family oconpy a dingy sitting room in tbe back building. One hundred years ago there were thirty-seven weekly newspapers publish ed in tbe colonies; not one daily. To day, there are over 350 dailies publish ed in the United States, while the anot her of weeklies is simply illimitable. Old bachelor uncle, "Well, Charles, what do you want now?" Charley, "Oh, 1 want to be rich." Unele, "Rich! Why so?" Charlie, "Because l want to be petted, and ma says yon are an old fool and most be petted be cause yon are rich. Bat it's a great secret and I mustn't tell. » Daring the late bathing seuon, an individual walked np to the office of a seaside hotel, and with a considerable flourish signed the book and exclaimed : I'm Lieutenant Governor of -." "That doesn't make any difference," says the landlord, "you'll be treated just as well as the others." When a boy has waltied a dozen eats to the bottom of a millpond,stolen apples from the old woman on the corner for a year, and read "Robieon Grnsee" and "Darwin's Theories," the father of that bay considers it his Christian duty to send him to learn the printing busi ness. There are some exceptions to this rale, however A little eanal of twenty-three miles was wanted in China in 1825. Time most be precious there, though life is so cheap. Only six weeks were given in which to it, though it went through great forests and over extensive marshes ; twenty thousand men work ed upon it night and day, and over seven thousand died of fatigue. It has been well said that the value of a gift does not depend on its price. Love of friendship hallows the slightest token, and when tbe idol of yonr heart is expecting a holiday present of a diamond ring, and yon give her instead a twenty five cent cake of soap, it is worth at least twice that sum to see the angelie look of resignation that settles upon her beantifol face.