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THE COPPERHEAD PLATFORM.
Id tbe Chicago Convention, Mr. Guthrie
made a report from the committee on reso
lutions, submitting the Democratic platform
as follows:
Resolved, That in the future, as in the
past, we will adhere with unswerving fidel
ity to the Union under the Constitution as
tho only solid foundation for our strength,
security and happiness as a people, and as
a framework of Government equality, con
ducive to the welfare and prosperity of all
the States, both Northern and Southern.
Resolved, That this Convention does ex
plicitly declare, as the sense of the American
people, that after four years of failure to
restore the Union by experiment of war,
during wbicb, under tbe pretense of a mili
tary necessity, or war power, tbe Constitu
tion itself has been disregarded in every
part and public liberty, and private right
alike, trodden down and the material pros
perity of the country essentially impaired,
justice, humanity, liberty, and the public
wclfaro demand tbat immediate effort be
made for a cessation of hostilities, with a
view to an ultimate Convention of all the
States, or other peaceable means to tho end
that at the earliest possible moment peace
may bo restored on tho basis of the Federal
Union of tbe States.
Ruolved, That tho direct interference of
he military authorities of the United States
-ia the recent elections held in Kentucky,
Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware, was a
shameful violation of tho Constitution, and
the repetition of such acts in the approach
ing elections will be held as revolutionary,
and will resist with all the means and power
under our control.
Resolved, That tho main object of tbe
Democratic party, is to preserve tho Federal
Union and the rights of the States unim
paired, and they hereby declare that they
consider the Administrative usurpation of
extravagant and dangerous powers, not
granted by the Constitution, the subversion
of the civil by military law in the States
not in insurrection, the arbitrary military
arrests, imprisonment, trial and sentence
of American citizens in States where civil
law exists in full force, the suppression of
freedom of speech and of tbe press, the
denial of the right of asylum, the open and
avowed disregard of States rights, the em
ployment of unusual test oaths and the
interference with a denial of tho right
of the people to bear arms as caloula
ted to prevent a restoration of a Govern
ment deriving its just powers from the con
sent of tho governed. , - -
Resolved, That the shameful disregard of
tbe Administration to its duty in respect to
our fellow citizens who are now and long
have been prisoners of war in a" suffering
condition, deserves tbe severest reprobation
on tbo score alike of public and common
immunity.
Resolved, That tbe sympathy of the
Democratic party is heartily and earnestly
extended to the soldiers of our armies, who
are and have been in the field under the
flag of our country, and will receive by us
all the care, protection, regard and kindness
that brave soldiers of the Republio have so
nobly earned. A t
The reading of the resolutions were greet
ed at each pause with the most enthueiastio
applause. The second, declaring for imme
diate efforts for a cessation of hostilities
with a view to permanent peace on'the belie
of anion, brought the whole convention, as
well as the assembled outride multitude to
their feet But the third resolution in
relation to Federal occupations ia the border
States, and the determination of the Demoo
fuwfA maeut anv reoetition of these on
croaekmenti, raised a perfeot hurricane of
cheers, prolonged for at least uve minutes,
the like of which ha never been witnessed
in any public body n taia i5000! J
other.
Arithmetical, Bill S - exael
i .. Kn like all men. will
make mistakes, aid in one ef J"J Jp.
ured mp that "8 times nre do.
'Governor was not alow in dMoevennf, tin
mistake, and demanded explanation. - BUI
examined the aetount and saw that fee was
down, but he did not like lb admit: aopat
iag.ou a bold face, he said: "That's ill
right' "How so?1 was the inquiry.
"It is all owing to the inflation of the ear
retoy'esid Bill; "the multiplication table,
like every thing else, has gov.t vp T
juisrcTioisr city, xajstsas, sttjr:d.a.y, September 10, 1864.
GLOVERIOH: THE MORMOH.
KOXAKCX BT A. WAD.
CHAPTER I.
in xoaxox's DXPAainar.
The morninor on which Reginald Glover-
son was to leave Great Salt Lake City with
a mule train, dawned beautifully.
Reginald Gloverson was a young ana
thrifty Mormon, with an interesting family
of twentv voudp and hansome wives. His
unions had never been blessed with child
ren. As often as once a year he used to go
to Atchison, in Kansas, with a mule train
for goods ; but although he had performed
the rather neriloua iourn'ev with entire safe
ty, his heart was strangely sad on this par
ticular morning, and tilled witn gioomy
forebodings.
The time for his departure had arrived.
The hieh-snirited mules were at the door,
impatiently champing their bits. The
Mormon stood sadly between nis weeping
wives.
Dearest onea " he said. " I am singu
larly sad at heart this morning ; but do not
lei itus depress you. jlub juimuoj j
ilnna one. hat nahaw ! I have always
corxe back safely heretofore, and why should
I fear. Besides 1 know that every nigni
as I lay down on tbe broad prairie, your
bright faces will come to me in mv dreams
and make my slumbers sweet and gentle.
You, Emilie, with your mild Diue eyes ,
and you, Henrietta, with your splendid
black hair ; and you, Nellie, with your hair
so brightly, beautitully goiaen ; ana you,
Mollie. with vour cheeks so downy : and
you, Betsy, with your wine-ied lips far
more delicious, though, than any wino I
ever tasted and you, Maria, with your
winsome voice : and voo. Susan, with your
that is to say, Susan, with your and
the other thirteen of you, each so gooa ana
beautiful, will come to me in sweet areams,
will you not my own dearestits ?"
" Our own," thev lovingly chimed, " we
will !"
"And so farewell!" cried Reginald.
" Come to my arms, my own !" said he,
" that is as many of you as can conven
iently at once, for I must away."
But be had not gone far when tbe trace
of the off-hind mulo became unhitched.
Dismounting he essayed to adjust the trace,
but ere be had fairly commenced the task,
the mule, a singularly refractory creature,
snorted wildly, and kicked Reginald fright
fully in the stomach. He arose with diffi
culty and tottered feebly towards his mo
ther s bouse, which was near by, tailing
dead in her yard, with the remark, " Dear
mother I've come home to die 1"
" So I sec," she said, " where s the
mules ?"
Alas ! Reginald Gloverson could give no
answer, In vain the bcart-stricken mower
threw herself upon bis inanimate form,
crviner. " Uh mv son I only say wnere
them mules is, and then you may die if
you want to !" In vain in vain !
CHAPTER II.
TCXERAX TRAITIXaS.
The mules were never found.
TlomnaM'a JiMrfc-hrnVfln mother took the
body home to her unfortunate son's widows.
But before her arnval she discreetly sent a
bov to Bust the news gently to the afflicted
wives, which he did by informing them, in
a hoarse whisper, tbat their " old man nad
gone in."
Tbe wives felt very badly inueea.
' He was devoted to me," 6obbed Emilie.
" And to me," said Maria.
" Yes." said Emilie. " be thought con
siderable of you, but not so much as he did
of me,"
" I say he did."
" And I say he didn't !"
He did !"
" He didnH."
"Don't look at mc with your 6quint
eyes
i"
" Don't shake vour red head at mc !"
"Sisters," said tho black-haired Henri
etta, " cease this unseemly wrangling. I,
as Reginald's first wife, shall strew flowers
on his grave,"
" No, you won't," said Susan, " I as his
last wife, shall strew flowers on his grave.
It's my business to strew." -
' You shan't, so there !" said Henrietta.
"You bet I will," said Susan, with a
tear suffused cheek.
" Well, as for mc," said the practical
Betsy, "I ain't on the Strew much, but I
shall ride at the head of tho funeral proces
sion r
Not if I've been introduced to myself,
you wont,1' said tne golden-haired Nelly;
" that's my position. You bet your bonnet
strings it is!" ..:.
"Children," iid Reginald i mower,
"you must do tomejorjiog you know, on
the day of the funeral; ana now many
ixiAkfifc hinilVtmtiififfl Will it take to 0
round? Bets?. you and Nelly ought to
lace one ao oetween yom.
I'll tear w TM nmt if she rjoroetrates
- " . " it
a tear 00 my handkerchief !" said the gold-
jen-haired Nelly. " fc,
Dear dUtriers-in-law" said BemeJare
mother, "how unseemly ia this, eager.
Males ia ive hiadred dollars a apaa, and
avmb idea tkal mule my boor son had has
been gobbled up by the red man. I knew
wfeen my naginam imgRwaa isuo mm woe
waj that he wae or the die, bit if I'd only
thank to eek bim. about then? mules ere his
gentle spirit took flight, it would have been
tour tnoasand dollars 10 our pocaei, aau uu
mistake ! " Excuse those real tears, but
you've never felt a parent's real feelings,
youiiaven 1 1
"It's an oversight," Bobbed Maria.
"Don't blame us!"
CHAPTER 111.
DC3T TO DUST.
The funeral named off in a very pleasant
manner, nothing occurring to mar the har
mony of the occasion. By a happy thought
of Reginald's mother, the wives walked to
tbe grave twenty abreast, which rendered
that part of the ceremony very impressive.
Tbat night the twenty wives with heavy
hearts, sought their respective couches.
But no Reginald occupied those twenty
respective couches Reginald would never
more linger in blissful repose in those
twenty respective couches Reginald's head
would never more press those twenty re
spective couches never, nevermore.
In another house, not many leagues from
the House of Mourning, a gray-haired wo
man .was weeping passionately. "He
died," she cried, " he died without signer
fyingin aiy respect, where them mules
went to,"
CHAPTER IV.
XA.BKISO AOAIX.
Two years is supposed to elapse between
the third and fourth chapters of this orig
inal American romance.
A manly Mormon, one evening, as the
sun was preparing to set among a select
apartment of gold 'and crimson clouds in
the western horizon although for that
matter the sun has a "right to "set" where
it wants to, and so I might add. has a hen
a manly Mormon, I say, tapped gently
at tbe door of the late Reginald Gloverson'.
" Is this the house of the widow Glover
son ?" the Mormon asked.
" It is," said Snsan.
" And how many of her is she T'
" There is about twenty of her, including
me," courteously returned the fair Susan.
" Can I see her ?" said the Mormon.
" You can !" she replied.
" Madam," he softly said, addressing the
twenty disconsolate widows, " I have seen
you before ! And although I have twenty
five wives whom I respect and tenderly care
for, I can truly say tbat I never felt love's
holy thrill till I saw thee ! Be mine 1 be
mine !" he enthusiastically cried, " and we
will show tbe world a string illustration of
the beauty and truth of the noble lines,
only a good deal more so
" Twenty-one souls with a single thought,
Twenty -one hearts that beat as one."
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P0IS0HS IK DAILY USE.
Ignorance often conceals a deadly weapon
in our choicest articles of food, but selfish
ness often conceals greater, Ifr manufac
tures and commends poisons for others in
manv temntinzlv discruiscd forms. 'Can
dies, toys and cakes are ornamented or col
ored with various poisons. (Arsenite of
copper and carbonate of copper aro used in
nowder to ornament cake green, or color
candies.) The blending in various ways,
in candies and on cakes, makes tbem attrac
tive to the eve. but destructive to the health
of those who use them. Cakes ornamented
with colored dust, candies colored in such
nice style, toys so highly attractive to child
ren, cause decayed teeth, canker, intestinal
inflamation, nauseating headache, choliy
spasms, and often convulsions, uontection
arv mav be nrenared without coloring ma
terial, so as to be wholesome. Gay colors
are made of poisonous material, that ought
never to be introduced into food or drink.
Wall paper, ornamented with beautiful
green, pretty yellow and lively red, often
diffuse, through' sleeping and sitting rooms,
ao atmosphere impregnated with a poison
sonous vapor that causes headache, nausea,
dryness of the throat and tnoutb, cough,
depressiod of spirits, prostration of strength,'
nervous affections, boils, waterly swellings
of the 'face, cutaneous affections and infla
mations of the eyes. These occur in more
serious forms in apartments that are not
constantly and thoroughly ventilated.
y Mr. Toby, the new President of the
Hudson River Railroad, ia a millionaire.
He is not yet forty years of ago.- He began
life as a steamboat clerk with Commodore
Vanderbilt. When he took his position the
Commodore gave him two orders: first, to
collect the fare of every body, and have no
dead heads on the boat; second, to start tha
boat on time, and wait for nobody. Tbe
Commodore then lived or Staten Island.
Toby obeyed the orders ao literally that he
imlbwed fare of the Commodore on the
first evening, and left him on the wharf the
next morning, as tne Mas coma not wait.
The Commodore ws coming down the
wharf leisurely, and eupnoaed, of course,
the boat would wait for him. He provsd.a
an after Vaaderbilfa own .heart. He
hMame his confidential agent aad broker.
bought and sold Harlem, and made himeelf
a fortune.
amy A countryman walking along New
York found hisptogrees stopped by a bam
oade of limber, and he asked what it was
for. '0, thif s to atop the yellow fever,"
was the reply. "Ebye often heard
el tbe board of health, but I never.eew-ee
before" -. - -.
A CHILD asTTJTJE HUNT.
., When Christ wished to rebuke the self
ish ambition of bis disciples he took a little
child and ' set bin in. the midst of them."
From tbat child they were taught a lesson
of uaselnshaess and humility.
So our Heavenly Father sets little child
ren in our houses to be " our teachers," as
well as be taught themselves. No home is
complete without child-music to enliven it,
and little faces to light up its apartments.
Never was a cottage so humble, or so mea
ger, but that it could be made cheerful by
tne crow ana omrrup 01 imaut giaupcss.
And we have seen a magnificent mansion
that, with all its rosewood and velvet, its
pictures and marbles, was yet sadly " emp
ty.;" for no crib stood in its sumptuous
chambers, and no child voice rang through
lis loity nans. o uuuoo 10 --imuiouc-.
house " until God in bis loving kindness
sets a little ohild in the midst of it.
Bear in mind that the little one is placed
there to teach us as well as be trained
themselves. What'lesaona they impart to
ur, what exhibitions of our own faults,
what spiritual discipline ! Tbey are sinless
cherubs, or they would not teach so much ;
we are not sinless Adams and Eves, or else
we should not so much need to be taught.
' One of the first lessons they give us is
patience a virtue that some of us are slow
in acquiring, out wno can teacu 11 ueiier
than a little helpless, dependent ana oiccn
wayward child? Through long, wakeful
nights the peevish little sufferer means,
" Sear with me, mother : 1 Know no Det
ter. I can't help it. I can't be any lighter
to carry or any quieter under tbe dartings
of pain's sharp needles. You 'must' 'bear
with me.' " Every year is a year of added
instruction. Is the youngster slow or dun
over his books? Then be patient. If it
is hard to get tbe truth in, it will be harder
tb get it out. " Why do you ten tnat cnua
the same thing a dozen times?" said the
father of 'John Wesley to bis persevering
mother. "Because' replied the shrewd
woman, " all the other eleven times will go
for' nothing unless I succeed at the twelfth."
We do not know whether it requires more
patience to get on with mecurial, quick
tempered children, or with slow witted ones.
Both require forbearance and careful hand
ling. Both can drill us with patience.
How pntient God is witb our wilful diso
bedience, and ingratitude, and stubborness.
Should we not be long-suffering towards the
little tresspassers against parental law ?
Children are more than teachers of pa
tience and forbearance. They are house
hold Mirrors to reflect our own faults,
sometimes, too, our own graces.
Believe it, oh parents ! that when God
sets a child in the midst of us, he puts a
looking-glass there to see ourselves in. Our
vices are oftes to glare back hideous from
the countenance and conduct of those who
sin our sins over again, and " break out"
with our moral infections. I once saw a
mother weeping over the coffin of an infant
who had died from a disorder communicated
by herself! It was to me a type and a
parable. When on the other hand, 1 have
seen a godly-minded pair, looking with great
joy on the child of their love as he came
home with bis prize trom school, or Bnowea
in. all his life at home that be was good and
honorable, then I saw the mirror of child
hood giving back the beautiful reflection of
piety and grace.
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MA80HIC GRAVES.
In all ages the bodies of the masonic dead
have been laid in graves dug east and west,
with their faoes toward the east -This prac
tice has been borrowed from them and
adopted by" others, until it has become
almost universal. It implies that when the
great day shall come, and He who is
Deatha conqueror shall give thesignahis
1UGUMU1B llUt 9UUI UISI VB DVVU tu .uu wno.,
that from the east He will make His glori
ous approach ; will stand at the eastern
margin of these graves, and with his mighty
power thai' grasp if reaistably strong wbicb
shall prevail-rwUl raise the bodies which
are sleeping therein.
We shall have been long buried, long
decayed. Friends, relatives yea, our nearest
and dearest, will cease to remember where
they laid us. The broad earth will have
undergone wondroue changes, mountains
leveled, valleys filled. r The season will have
chased each other in many a fruitful round.
Oceans lashed iato fury by the gales of to
day, will to-morrow have sunk like a spoiled
child to their slumber. Broad "trees, with
broader roots, will have interlocked them,
hard and knotted as they are above onr
ashes, as if to conceal- the, very fact of our
having lived ; and tnen, alter centuries 01
.r a :n l.. rn-.i ... ...
me, wey too, wiu u whw -pie
of mortality and "long straggling with
decay, at hut will have tottled down to join
their, remains with ours, thus obliterating
the lasf poor testimony that man' has ever
lain here. So shallwe Jw lost to human
sight. But the? eye of.GedievertheJees,
wUlmark the spot, green with the ever
lasting verdure of faith, and when the tram-
Mfablaet shall ahake the hills to their
vary base, onr astonished bodies will rise.
imnoOad unward by an irresistible impulse
and we shall stand face to nee witb oar
Creator. .
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" maW Wfeyk by bridegroom worth more
thaw a bride? A Jftenaae aba ie given away
and be is fold, The author of tbisatrotitj
determd to the rebels.
fLEEP.
There is no fact more clearly established
in the physiology of man than this, that
the brain expends its energies and itself
during the hours of wakefulness, and that
those are recuperated during sleep ; if the
recuperation does not equal the expenditure
the brain withers this is insanity. Thus
it is tbat, in early English history, persons
who were condemned to death by being pre
vented from sleeping always died raving
maniacs; thus it is, also, that those who
are starved to death become insane; the
brain is not nourished, and they cannot
sleep. The practical inferences are these :
1. Those who think most, who do most
brain-work, require most sleep. 2. That
time-saved from necessary sleep is infallibly
destructive to mind, body and estate. S.
Give yourself, your children, your servants
give all that are under you the fullest
amount of sleep they will take, by compel
ling them to go to bed at some early regu
lar hour, and rise in the moment tbey
wake; and, within a fortnight, nature, with
almost the regularity of the rising sun, will
unloose the Dands of sleep the moment
enough repose has been secured for the
wants of the system. This is the only safe
and sufficient rule ; and as to the question
how much sleep any one requires, each
must be a rule for himself; great Nature
will never fail to write it out to the observ
er under the regulations just given.
Satisfied with the Terms. -A certain
good natured old Vermont farmer preserved
his constant good nature, let what would
turn up. One day, while tho black tongue
prevailed in tbat State, one of bis men came
in, bringing' tbe news that one of bis red
oxen was dead. "Is he?" said the old man;
he always was a breachy cuss. Take bis
bide off and carry it down to Fletcher's ;
it will bring tbe cash." An hour or so
afterward, the man came back with the
news tbat " liqeback ' and bis mate were
both dead. "Are they?" said the old man ;
" well, I took them of B to savo a bad
debt that I never expected to get. It is
lucky that it ain't the brindles. Take the
bides down to Fletcher's ; they will bring
the cash." ' After the Iapso of another hour
the man came back to tell him tbat the nigh
brindle was dead. " Is be V ssid tbe old
man ; "well he was a very old ox. Take
off his bide and send it down to Fletcher's ;
it is worth cash, and will bring more than
two of the others." Hereupon his wife,
who was a very pious soul, taking upon
herself the office of Elijah, reminded her
husband very severely, and asked him if he
was not aware that bis loss was tbe judg
ment of heaven for his wiokedness. " It
it?1' said the old fellow, "well, if they will
talie the judgment in cattle, U u the easiest
icay I can pay it."
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Josh Billings on the Draft. Josh
Billings is out with an "official" on the
draft He says :
Widder wimmin and there only son, is
xempt. provided the widder'a husband has
already served two years in the war. and is
willin' to go in again ; bleve the Spreme
Cort has decided this forever.
Once : If a man should run away with
his draft, he probably would't ever be al
lowed to stand the draft again ; this Inks
sevear at first, but the moar you Ink at it
the more you can see the wisdom into it.
Once moarly: Xempts are those who
have been drafted iato the Slait prizzen fur
trying to get an honest livin by supportin
2 wives tu once and unsound on the goos ;
also, all nuspaper corrispondints and fools
in gioeral.
Once moarly again: No substitute will
be akcepted who is less than three or moar
than ten feet high ; he must know how to
chaw tobacker and drink poor wiskee, and
mus'nt be afeerd of the itch nor tbe rebels.
Moral character ain't required, as tbe Gov
ernment furnishes tbat and rasbuns.
Conclusively : A person can't be drafted
more than twice in two places without his
consent; but any man has a right to be
drafted at least onct. I don't think even a
writ of habeas corpus can deprive a man of
this blcssid privilege.
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WSf It is related of a certain New Eng
land divine who flourished not many years
ago, and whose matrimonial relations are
supposed not to have been of the most
agreeable kind, that one Sabbath morning,
while reading to his congregation the para
ble of the supper, in which occurs this
"passage: "And another said, Thave brought
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove tbem;
I pray thee have me excused." And en
other said. "I have married a wife, aad
therefore cannot come," he suddenly paused
at the end of this verse, drew off his spec
tacles, and looked around on his hearers,
said with emphasis: "The fact is, my
brethren, one woman ean draw a man fur
ther from the kingdom of heaven than five
yoke of oxen."
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T Some idea .may be formed of tbe
epstolary tendencies of the Army of the
Potomac, from the fact tbat one hundred
and twenty thousand army letters pass
through the post office at Washington daily.
A little girl, walking with her mother in
a graveyard, readier one after another tbe
praises ef those who slept beneath, said:
"I wonder where they bury the eiantrs !"
. MT It ie said that "the "ears" of the
kettles ia which tbe male meat was eeoked
at Vkkstmrg, have commenced growing.
it Number 42.
Some Tears airo a noor. penniless
Mlvemtarer arrived at San Bernardino. His
clothes were in rags and scant at that. His
cheeks were hollow, aad bis eyes bad tne
restless, fierce expression that is seen in ono
rWIia?.aot-far a long time tasted food.
The stranger' stopped at a farm house, and,
after some hesitation, asked for a meal.
Th mrtrXero. who was well to do in tho
world, at oncagranted the request. Enter-
ing into cenveisBHou wuu uc an &;, u
found that he was endeavoring to make bis
way to tbe mines, but miscalculating the
expenses of tbe route, had found his means
inadennata to bear him to his iourney's end.
Tbe ranchcro was so impressed with his
story that he voluntarily loaned tbe needy
adventurer a sum of money to help bim to
his destination. Time sped with its chances
and change, and found the once prosperous
ranchero despoiled or bis little property,
seeking a precarious subsistence in can
Francisco, and cettinu a livelihood with
difficulty at that. Such was tho condition
of his affairs, when, several weeks since, a
fihnwv earriacre drove UD to the Door man's
door. A riobly attired gentleman alighted
therefrom. It proved to oe tne penniless
adventurer whom the now reduced ranchero
bad once so generously assisted. Luck had
obanged with the former. He had mado
some money in the jJacas bad traveled
thence to Washoe, and, engaged in toe
silver mines, had amassed, like many others
once poor, a rapid fortune. He had como
to invite bis benetactor, witn ms iamuy, 10
a ride for the purpose of taking a look at a
neat cottage which he bad just been pur
chasing in the suburbs. Tho party rodo
forth in hich spirits. Tho morning was
fine and the air exbilirating. In d jc limo
they arrived at the cottage, which proved
to be one of the neatest in the neighborhood;
a lijou of a place, with old nooks and gablee
and tbe cosiest furniture.
When the visitors had satisfied thomselves
with admiring everything there was to bt
admired, and had partaken of a repast
spread for the occasion, their entertainer
turned to them and said :
" It is not so long ago but that you must
remember the destitue stranger who camo
to your gate for wherewithal to satisfy the
cravings of hunger, and whom you sent on
his way rejoicing, with more money than
be bad seen for a twelve month. I am tho
stranger. With the proceeds of your gen
erosity I reached the mines. Success
crowned all my efforts. I was wealthy.
I visited San Bernardino for the purpose of
discharging my debt of gratitude, but you
were not there. I sought you every whero
and finally found you in your place of
refuge, nearly as destitute as myself on the
day when, overcome with hunger, I paused
at your hospital threshold. My mission is
accomplished. You have been pleased to
admire this cottage. It i3 yours. Take it
with all that it contains, and may Heaven
enable you, my benefactor, to prosper as I
have prospered !"
To finish the story, the title deeds were
placed in the hands of the astonished ran
chero, and he is nt this moment comforably
installed with his family in his new domi
cile, the happiest of men.
To Parents Newspaper. A child
beginning to read becomes delighted with a
newspaper, because he reads of names and
things which ure very familiar and he will
make a progress accordingly. A newspaper
in one year (says Mr. Weeks) is worth a
quarter's schooling to the child, and every
father must consider that substantial infor
mation is connected with this advancement.
The mother of the family being one of its
heads, and having armors immediate charge
of children, she should be instructed. A
mind occupied becomes fortified against the
ills of life, and is braced for any emergency.
Children amused by reading or study are,
of course, considerate and more easily gov
erned. How many thoughtless young men
have spent their earnings in a tavern or
a grog shop who ought to have been read
ing ! How many parents who never spen
twenty dollars for. books for their families
would gladly have given thousands to
reclaim a son or a daughter who had igno
rantly and thoughtlessly fallen into temp
tation. The Seven Thirties What are
They ? We trust that a large portion of
our readers have pondered the appeal of ,
Mr. Fesseaden, our new Secretary of the -
Treasury. The purport of it is tbat the
people of the United States, acting as a body
through their agent, the Government, wish
individuals to lend them two hundred mil
lions of dollars for three years, at seven and
tnree-tentbt per cent, annual interest pay
able everv nx month. For this they offer
Treasury notes, tbat is, "in reality, notes
drawn and endorsee oy every man ia w
country. The loan is wanted for a greet
national purpose, to effect which, every man
unless he oe a traitor at ueirt, u u .v
ie solemnly pledged. J The appeal ia ad
dressed not only to a few great capitalist,
but also to the maoywhoae aggregate means
constitute the mass of the wealth of the
land.. The notes upon, which this loan is
asked are from 150 upward. Every man
L L.a OCA Mn Vlr.ar.ia tkia loan.
Apart from pabnoismjwonuvdntj:y 2
all owe to weir cuwauy, miMni -
as desirable as thisv ? -
gftrlgneranoe and eeweeit are two ef the
worst qualities to combat. It ia eeeier to
dispute with a statesman than a hloskhend.
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