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Volume io.
Helena, Montana, Thursday, June 22, 1876.
No. 31
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« 02,1*1»! A W KLUOMI.Xi TU E NATIONS
[From Harper's Weekly.]
"Now welcome to these Western shores!" behold,
Columbia cries ;
A glory round her stur-girt brow and in her beaming
eyes,
Ifei arms outstretched, her bead upraised, her banner
high unfurled,
She greets the nations as they come—a Congress of
the World !
She waits in gentle majesty upon the soil where Penn
First taught the troubled Western World the brother
hood of men.
His spirit lingers in her look, bis tones within her
voice,
That calls aloud throughout the earth, "Come ye, with
me rejoice !
Come ye like armies, but without the slow and meas
ured tramp ;
Nor rank nor tile; forgotten all the insignia of the
cam]).
Come ye in peace; no war-cloud now casts shadow
o'er the land ;
No thought of strife, like host and guest, we meet with
clasped hands."
Behold! they come; their steeds are lire, outspread
the swelling sail ;
Their footstep* touch our eager shores; the Nation
cries, "All hail !"
A shout of rapture cleaves the air ; a thousand wel
comes sound ;
They come! the stranger's foot is set on friendship's
hallowed ground.
array, fair Spain claims greeting
gnorance her sons had strength to
Amid the glittering
tir*t ;
The iron bands ot
burst ;
When locked within a watery world none other dared
to brave,
Columbus rose in might, and wrung tha secret from
the wave.
The (^ueen had manned the deck he trod to triumph
o'er the main;
Thou land of sunshine, thine the praise—All hail to
thee, O .Spain.'
To England, then, whose pilgrim band llrst reared
upon our sod
Their altars sacred to the names of liberty and God.
Tliino impress lies upon ».ur life, Ü England, proud and
bold,
Foremost, among thy children's names our own 1 b still
enrolled.
Thou wouldst. have curbed the adult strength that
struggled to be free;
Yet grown-up children cannot cling around a mother's
knee.
We only shook thy shackies loose that we might clasp
thy hand,
A* sons their sires, when, side by side, of equal height
they stand.
Nearest to us of all who come, we spring to thy em
brace.
Our mot lu. r England! we aro not. a strange or alien
race.
Thou leav'st to visit us to-day thy proud ancestral
domes,
As one who journeys to behold her children in new
homes.
Hail to thee, France! nob!
e sons did many a
strength in hour ot
Hail to thee, France! Thy nob!
valiant deed.
Thine arm sustained our failing
direst need.
Behold the name of Lafayette! we write it side by side
\\ ith his, the Father of our land, her savior and her
pride.
Baptized with tire, the war-cloud since has darkened
o'e thy brow;
^ ot. like a giant, maimed awhile, thy strength return
eth now.
'1 rim to thyself, a* true to us, the furnace seven times
hot
Through which thv sufle; ing feet have trod, ere Ion"
shall be forgot.
And since tor u* in days gone by thy sons left song and
dance,
t oliinihia greets thee as of old, thou great and glorious
France !
AH hail, Germania! from thy seat beside the castled
Rhine ;
The language that was learned beside the River of the
Vine
Iconic on the
Kin«
out a w<
thine « ar;
The children ot
thee here.
Columbia know?
thee stand
With foreign soi
land.
The tidings of thy
the sea:
Mighty in war, thou Invest peace,
thee !
air; its accents greet
the Fatherland, they s; ring to meet
thy \ e of old! Behold! she bids
beneath thy feet, no stranger in the
warlike deeds have sounded o'er
Germania! hail to
her eyes they pass in proud
the Old World and the
South and from the
Thus one by one before
review ;
The Nations of the earth ari
New,
With trophies from the glowiu
frozen North,
I rnm Orient and Occident—behold, they hasten forth.
Columbia hows her stately head ; no younger land can
vie
With ail the storied wealth that glows beneath an
Eastern sky,
The fabrics spun by Europe's looms she may not match
in hue;
Her sons wore homespun many a year; her silken
robes are new.
And ye who come from Europe's shores, expect not to
behold
Within the New World's borders all the wonders of
the Old ;
p Ur ^ution Is of yesterday, and all hut Nature young;
10111 forest and iroui wilderness our towns and cities
sprung;
N" gorgeous palaces have we to match vour stately
piles—
t at he. liais old and gray with time, in whose dim
r , lighted aisles
1 he feet of many centuries have worn the graven
stones.
beneath whose sculptured effigies sleep mauy a hero's
bones;
>\ e can.iot boast iL.* treasured art of Athens and of
Rome,
Not these wo offer to your gaze in Freedom's Western
home.
Our labors are of sterner mould; Columbia mav not
boast,
Hut yet may point with modesty that e'en becomes a
uortt
W ho h ads a guest throughout his nails— one who de
sires to know
a
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What of the richest and the best their master has to
show.
Behold our lands, their wide extent: and yet lrom sea
to sea
Our steeds of fire on paths of steel sweep on trium
umphantly.
Behold the lightning chained and bound, whose flash
can well reveal
Each impulse of the Nation's heart that guides the
common weal.
And threaded by the silver streams traced out by man's
own hand,
The produce of our prairi s wide flows forth to ail the
land.
A thousand cities fleck the plain; their towers and
steeples high.
They shimmer in the glittering sun, and point toward
the sky.
Our ships ride on the swelling wave, and each one as it
goes
Revea s the story of the wealth with which our land
o'erflows.
Our tasks were homely; hut when sure the firm foun
dation lies,
Naught lacks but time: the years *hall see theglorious
fabric rise.
A hundred years of weal and woe; and thus our work
has sped,
And yet within tiie century that o'er her life fled.
Three times Columbia hared her breast to met* a mor
tal shock :
Three times her pure and peaceful blew the war god
rose to mock.
She bent beneath the discipline of blood and fire and
sword ;
And, purified like saints ot old, her voice rings out
abroad,
"Send forth your suffering and your }K>or!" To them
the su mm ns goes ;
Behold! to them the wilderness shall blossom as the
rose ;
The forests yield, the wheat fields rise, the rocks retire
apace,
And liehest harvests crown the land in Freedom's
dwelling-place ;
Our sons, like Judah's, sit beneath the fig tree and the
vine ;
The olive and the Sharon Rose around our homes en
twine.
O ye rtiat journey from afar, from **very ctime of earth,
Who come to join > sister land in her Centennial mirth,
Take to your heart the welcoming that heartfelt we
extend,
And hail the auspicious reign cf jieace, God grant may
never end !
Hushed be the brazen threat of war; the battle-flags
lie unfur ed;
The tight that beamed from Bethelehera's star shine
over all the world ;
The gracious message that was heard of old in Galilee
Re-echo now from pole to pole, and ring from sea to
sea!
United now as ne'er before, since Tune's first cycles
ran,
Earth learns the Fatherhood of Gog. the brotherhood
of man !
THL HEAITIFIT, BALU» OF WASliA
WEE.
Her vwice was sweet as a ban-go-Mn ;
Her mouth was small as the head of a pin :
Her eyes ran up, her chin ran down—
Oh, she was the belle of Yeddo town.
Now. lovely Waska Singty Wee,
S*> good to hear, so sweet to see,
The fairest maiden in all Japan,
Fell dead in Jove with a Turkish wan.
This Turkish man a turban had,
This Turkish man was sly arid had ;
He whispered unto Miss Waska Wee;
"O fly with me to my own Turkeel
"Oh fly with me to my own Turkee!
And robes of gold I'll give to thee—
A girdle of pearl and love for life,
If thou will be my eightieth wife."
Now simple Waska Singty Wee,
So good to hear, so fair to sue.
Resolved behind her bashful tan
To be the eightieth wife of this Turkish man :
But though hur heart was full of glee,
•She hung her head and said to Me:
"If thou should'st die. my Turkish bean,
Where would poor Waska Singty go? '
Then this horrid, sly old Turkish man
Declared he d die on the English plan.
"And so." said he, "my bright-winged bird,
Thou It have for thy fortune the widow's third."
Then flew the maid to the Mi-ka-do,
And told the plan of her Turkish beau.
"And now," said she, "the whole thou'st heard,
How niueh will it be, this widow's third ?"
Now the Mi-ka-do was wondrous wise,
He opened his mouth and shut his eyes ;
"t he widow's third, t) daughter, will he
Whatever the law will allow to thee.
Then flew the maid to jhe Court of Lords,
Where every man wore a brace of swords,
And bade them name what sum would he hers
When her Turk should go to his fore-fa-thers.
They sat in council from dawn till night,
And sat again till morning light—
Figured snd oouuted and weighed to see
VYuatun eightieth widow's third would he;
And the end ot if all, as you well might know,
Was naught but grief to'ihe Turkish beau;
For lovely Waska Singty Wee
isuid. "Go back alone to your old Turkee!"
Question of Color.
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to
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[Centennial Correspondence New York Times.]
After the opening exercises were over, and
the crowd had dispersed through the im
mense building, leaving the grounds com
paratively open and clear, one of the Turk
ish exhibitors, clad iu the flowing silk gown
peculiar to his country, and accompanied by
a beautiful young woman who seemed to he
his wife, and who was magnificently attired
in the national costume and brilliant with
many gems, passed through the avenue
leading from machinery hall to the main
building. The couple attracted a great deal
of attention and much innocent comment.
When they had just reached the doors of the
grand gallery they were met by a certain well
known negro member of Congress from
bouth Carolina, who was accompanied by
two of those peculiarly beautiful colored
women who are so often met with in the
Palmetto State. As the parties approached
each other, the Congressman, who was
swelled out iu all the diguity of a dress-coat
and white kid gloves, exclaimed, lookiug
fixedly I at the Turkish lady, "I clares
to man, dat am a stunnin' looking woman." |
A shade of jealous annoyance passed over !
the face of one of his companions as he said I
this, and running close up to the Turkish
party she inspected the face of the little lady j
from the East with her gold-mounted eye- !
glasses. Then she returned to her escort l
and exclaimed. "Well, Mr. 8—, I'se sure
I cunt say I admires your taste. Dat poor
Turk gal ain't neither nigge nor white—just
a poor yaller half-w ay thing—notin' more,
notin' less."
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UNCLE BOB'S CHOICE.
"So you want to marry, do you?" said
Robson Haven to his nephew 7 and prospec
tive heir, Frank Haven.
" Well, yes ; I believe I am matrimonially
inclined," replied Frank, rather indifferently;
not that he îelt so, but who of us wishes to
expose his feelings to a cynical old uncle?
"Now see here, Frank," said Uncle Rub
in a serious tone ; "you know I am rich---"
"Everybody kuows that," interrupted
Frank, testily.
"Re palieut, be patient," said the old gen
tleman, calmly. "As l said before, you
know I am rich, and that all my wealth is to
be yours, provided you marry to please me.
The reason I made this condition was because
I know—not from experience, for 1 was
never married, but from observation—what
a good w ife is to a man."
"Rut, uncle," exclaimed Frank, "you
could never object to Genevieve!"
" That remains to be seen. Gene vieve Nel
son is old Jack Nelson's daughter. Jack
married Kate Richards, who was the ouly
woman I was ever fool enough to think I
loved. She ref used me on account of my
poverty, tor 1 was poor then. If Miss
Genevieve resembles her mother in any re
spect, I will never consent to your marriage
with her. "
" Rut, uncle, it is unjust to «transfer your
dislike from the mother to The daughter.
Genevieve is as sweet and gentle as her own
name, while Mrs. Nelson, I admit is proud
and ambitious."
" Love is blind," said the old gentleman,
laconically, us he left the room.
A few hours «later, as Mr. Haven, senior,
was standing in his office door, gazing over
the mauy counoters of Lis large dry goods es
tablishment, Frank came up aud touched him
on the arm.
"There is Miss Nelson, uncle."
" Where?"
" There at the glove counter."
At that moment Miss Nelson glanced up,
saw Frank, bowed and smiled, but did not
blush, a fact which Uncle Rob noted with
cool, critical eyes. He wouldn't deny, how
ever, that the face then turned to his was one
ot the prettiest he had ever seen. Large blue
eyes, pearly complexion and a sweet little
mouth were features oue could not help ad
miring, and these Miss Nelson possessed in
an eminent degree.
"Well, uncle," said Frank, when they
were again alone, "now that you have seen
Miss Nelson, you surely can have no objec
tion to my union with her."
"Rut I do most decidedly object," said Un
cle Rob, with an emphatic shake of the head,
Frank was struck dumb with astonishment.
How auy one could possibly conceive an
aversion for Genevieve he could not under
stand. His uncle prided himself on being a
good judge of human nature ; by one look at
a person's face he was wont to say, he could
tell their disposition ; but he was greatly mis
taken in this case, thought Frank.
"You had better consider the matter,
Frank,,'continued his uncle, "before you
throw away a fortune for a girl who is too
fond of dress and society to make you happy."
Rut Frank thought if he considered till
doomsday his answer would still be the
same. Accordingly he called on Genevieve
that evening and acquainted hei with his
altered fortune, but it made no difference
with her; his poverty did not alter her affec
tion for him.
Frank left his uncle immediately and ob
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tion him.
Frank left his uncle immediately and ob
tained a situation as a book-keeper, which
brought him a very good salary. His time
had been so much occupied that lie had not
seen Genevieve for several days, when one
day he called, but to his surprise was met by
Mr. Nelson, who very kindly, yet tinuiy, in
formed him that lie could never consent for
bis daughter, who had been reared in luxury,
to become the wife of a poor man. It was
better for both, he said ; they would soon for
get each other, and when they were older,
would thank him for his interference. Rut
Frank did not think so, and for the next six
mouths was very unhappy.
At the end of that time, however, he re
ceived cards to a wedding. The happy pair
were Mr. Henry Oviugtou, a wealthy gentle
man, about forty years of age, and Miss
Genevieve Nelson.
These pretty harmless-looking cards iu
Aided a deeper wound iu poor Frank's heart
than it had ever before received. He did not
blame Genevieve; he knew her feelings for him
were unchanged ; she had been persuaded in
to this marriage by her parents. Frank de
cided to attend the wedding, and few had felt
more martyr-like than did he a9 he wend
ed his way to the Nelson mansion.
The bride looked lovely—as brides usually
do—and no one could have appeared more
cheerful aud animated than Genevieve; but
Frank thought he could perceive an under
current of sorrow in all her actions.
Not long after this event Uncle Rob paid
Frank a visit, the object of which was to in
duce him to return home with him. It was
very lonely there since he left, Uncle Rob
said ; and Frank, who had learned that Mr.
Robson Haven's heir and simple Frank Ha
ven were two very different persons, in the
eyes of the world, readily acceded to his
wishes.
The next summer Frank paid a visit to a
Iriend who resided iu the country, and to his J
surprise found that Mr. and Mrs. Ovingtou j
had preceeded him as visitors to the same j
place.
The evening of his arrival he sauntered J
into the garden to enjoy a cigar, when, hear
ing voices approaching, he turned into a by
path and sauk down on the scat of a little
rustic arbor, lie had sat there for aboui an
hour and was thinking of returning to the
h«*use, when he again heard voices approach
ing, one of which be recognized as Gene
vieve's. Not wishing to meet her, he drew
back further into the arbor, and remaided
quiet. The voices came nearer, until he
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could distinguish every word that was said,
and this is what he heard :
" Well, Fannie, I will tell you how it was,"
said the voice of Genevieve. "Frank Haven
and I were engaged, but one day Frank came
to me aud told me his uncle had disinherited
him. Of course I was horrified, but for fear
Frank was deceiving me and only telling me
this to prove my love for him -as I have
often read of their doing in novels—I assur
ed him of my undying fidelity and—but I
leave the rest to your imagination. I thought
it best, however, to confide all to mamma,
who made inquiries iu a quiet way and dis
covered that Mr. Robson Haveu bad made
it one of the conditionsof his will that Frank
was never to marry without his uncle's con
sent, and the old gentleman, for some unac
countable reason, had taken a dislike to me.
Of course when we heard this, my becoming
Mrs. Francis Haven was totally out ot the
question. Papa made the necessary explana
tions, and there the matter dropped. Rut
what a narrow escape I had from marrying
a poor man!"
The next day Frank returned to town, in
formed his uncle of the conversation he had
accidentially overheard, declared he had lost
alî faith in womankind, and that he should
never love again. But such is the incon
sistency of human nature, that two years
later, he fell in love with a very estimable
young lady, and as his choice was heartily
endorsed by his uncle, married her. It may
not he an unworthy addendum to mention as
the finale, that he had greater faith in uncle
Roll's power of judging by faces than when
the clouds of youth wore their silver lining.
The Grassbopiier Plague in JtlinncNOta.
Winona, June 2 —A gentleman just from
the grasshopper country furnishes the Jtepnb
lica/i some interesting facts. He visited
Marshall, Sketch, Ruins, and other points
along the western portion of the Winona & St.
Peter Railroad. Theyounggrasshoppers have
attained a working size, and begun to harvest
the crop. At present their operations are
confined to a strip ot coyutry extending from
Rums station to Saratoga, near Marshall, aud
covering a territory fifty miles iu length, ami
reaching in breadth from a line some eight
miles north of the Winona & St. Peter Rail
road south to the St. Paul & Sioux City road
The ravenous little hoppers are just at pres
eut about half au iuch long, and will proba
bly get their wings by the middle of this
month or the first of July. They are making
a clean sweep of the wheat fields, many ot
which look as black as when first sown. The
grain is from three to four inches high, and
wherever the pestiferous insects light upon it
not a spear is left. Oue man, w T ith a net at
tached to a horse rake, caught forty pounds
of 'hoppers in the short space of three hours
near Rums'-Station. Com is hurt some by
the grasshoppers, but not much. Many of
the farmers are planting their wheat fields to
com now. Peas are also being largely
planted. The experiment was tried in the
spring of burning over the prairie, in hopes
of destroying the larvae, but on walking over
these burnt places the young hoppers may be
seen moving about as lively as ever. Dis
couraging as these renewed scourges would
seem to be on the settle r s, the general state
of that section is, on the whole prosperous.
Live stock is looking particularly well, and
the farmers who have engaged in stock rais
ing have been successful. Excellent hay can
be secured in any quantity at very low prices,
and the cost of wintering stock is therefore
lid ht Several good dairies have been started,
and are doing well. Immigrants are coming
in. particularly west of Marshall, and busi
ness at the various railroad stations presents
a very good showing, iu view of all the cir
cumstances.
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[From the Detroit Free Press.]
A night or two since a chap about 35 years
old, looking as if be had crawled out of a
cave to commence life anew, entered one of
the hotels, and, waiting at the counter until
the clerk was at liberty, he asked : "Is this
a hotel ?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply..
"Good living, good beds, aud the most
courteous attention ?"
"Yes, sir."
" Well," said the stranger after a long look
at a railroad time table, "I suppose you
don't trust ?"
"No, sir."
" Wouldn't let a man stay here four erfive
days until something turned up ?"
"No, sir."
"That's what I wanted to know. 1 alwaj's
like to have an understanding about such
things, for if anything makes me mad it is to
have a great big hotel clerk jump in on me
and kick me down atairs on account of my
straitened finances."
"You'd better find some other place," sug
gested the clerk.
" Oh ! I shall," replied the stranger. " The
out side of this hotel seemed to smile a wel
come at me ; but, as I said before, my present
policy is to get along without being kicked.
I've got mental feelings as well as anybody
else, abd I'm getting so worn iu flesh "that a
mere common grand bounce from a heavy
hotel clerk upsets me a whole day. Fare
well, young man ; don't bile any extra taters
for me."
A Horrible Nii^ckUoii.
They had a small back room on the eight
story of a Philadelphia hotel, and about two
o'clock in the morning the great poet awoke,
and, punching his wife in the back, patheti
cally exclaimed :
"Clotilda, darling, I'm troubled by the de
mon of unrest."
" Sidney Lanier, " she nervously replied,
"get up and strike a light this instant ; per
haps it's bugs. "
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"THE BOCKY MOUNTAIN CLUB."
The Nucleus of the Most Interesting Geo
graphical, Scientific and Historical So
ciety in the World.
The PrtM reports the organization of a
" Rocky Mountain Club " at Colorado Springs,
in imitation ot the " Alpine Clubs " in Europe.,
to which travelers have been so much indebted,
for facilities furnished to gratify their moun
taineering tastes. 'I bis club is destined to be
the most interesting aud valuable institution
between the Missouri River and the Pacific
Coast. The European Alpine Clubs number
about 13,000 members. The Rocky Moun
tain Club will soon count its members by
tens ot thousands, both in this c. unity aud*
in Europe. The field of its («pirations is
larger than all Europe, comprising within its
vast range novelties aud sublimities found no
where else ou the globe. It will irresistibly
drift iuto expanded proportion, grasping
such incalculably important subjects that its
present primary objects will be lost in the
grandeur of those which will inevitably fol
low. The club has already many members,
among whom are a large number of ex
perienced travelers and distinguished devo
tees of science. Membership is not limited
to the citizens uf Colorado, but will extend
throughout the Uuion aud Europe. Its local
ity is well chosen. Colorado Springs aud
M autou are central points of departure to the
greatest number of interesting subjects in
that " Wonder Land." The immediate pur
pose of the club is to furnish information to
travelers, maps, drawings, photographs, des
criptions and guide-books; also to make ex
tended aud thorough explorations of the en
tire continental range, including the complete
investigation of all the peculiar forms of an
imal and vegetable life, meteorological phe
nomena, the wonderful effect of light and
color, the eternal snows, the sublime altitude,
the fearful precipices, tne deep aud gloomy
gorges and canyons, minerals, geology aud
the mysterious remains of prehistoric ages.
At present we have nothing but the partial
results of Government survey explanations,
all of which will be furnished for the library
of the club. This library will contain ail the
maps and records of the yearly researches
and explorations by members, at all times
ready tor the inspection aud instruction of
visitors and travelers from all parts of the
world, for the benefit of settlers and persons
in pursuit of health. Dr. F. V. Hayden, of
the United States Geographical and Geologi
cal Survey has promised tiis aid in furnishing
maps, books aud all information in the pos
session of the Government pertaining to the
objects of the club. Hayden says : No
country in the world offers such inducements
to the careful scientific mountaineer as our
great region known as the continental divide.
The four chiefs of our national surveys pro
mise all the information they possess for the
use of the library. General Humphreys, un
der whose direction many of the best maps
of the territories were made, sends all that
is valuable in his department. Professor S.
P. Raird of the Smithsonian Institute, who
has himself made many explorations in these
mountains, sends all the important publica-
tions needful to the club. The President has
deposited a number of volumes relating to
tbe early history of the mountains. An En-
glish literary guntlemau, and editor ot The
London Academy , was present at the forma-
tion of the club. He was so much interested
iu its purpose, that on his return he published
an article upon the subject, which has led to
many inquiries from distinguished members
of the Alpine Clubs, aud soliciting member-
ship. Onr railroad facilities will bring a
great number of transatlantic visitors who will
aid largely in the objects of tbe club. Rranch
Rocky Mountain Clubs are already talked of
in London. Tbe Alpine Clubs will be dwarf-
ed in the same proportion as their limited
Alps are dwarfed in the presence of our uu-
equaled monster mountain range. This club
w ill not only he a grand success, but will be
an invaluable factor iu developing the re-
sources of our country, culminating in a his-
torical, scientific and geological society un-
rivaled in the extent, variety, novelty and
sublimity of its wonders.
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New Hampshire has long been proverbial
for the closeness with which party lines are
darwn at elections and the warmth with which
its inhabitants engage iu their political duties.
So high did feeling run at Laconia at the last
election that if a voter fell sick and under the
treatment of a physician of a different po
litical faith,failed to recover as rapidly as his
friends thought he might, they would se
riously question the doctor's motives and in
sist on calling on one of the invalid's party.
Indeed, in one instance a Democrat fell sick
and sent twice to his family doctor, who had
attended him for years, but happened to be a
Republican. The doctor refused positively
to visit the patient unless he should be ac
companied by a Democratic member of the
profession, so that if the invalid were unable
to gird on his armor and go to the polls, he
(the invalid) could never shake his gory locks
at him (the physician) and say he (the phy
sician) did it. Finally his reasonable reque'st
—reasonable considering the time, place and
circumstances—was complied with. Two
doctors visited the sick man. The result
could not long be coubtful. He died.
We cannot too strongly impress upon
young men the importance of abstaining
! from everything which shocks their moral
[ sensibilities, wounds their consciences, aud
I has a tendency to weaken that nice sense of
honor and integrity so indispensable to a
good character. "Integrity of character !"
Who ever possessed it, that did not derive
untold advantage from it ? It is better than
riches, it is of more value than "diamonds
and all precious stones;" and yet every man
may possess it. The poorest may have it and no
power on earth can wrest it from them.
Young men, prize integrity of character
above all earthly gifts.