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The WEEKLY C AXJCA Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., Saturday, Nov. 23," 1872. Vol. 7. So. 31 Whole No. 343 STAN Mtornrys at Law. OAaLAXDJ. BLSWS1T. JAB! MCtTOH ..lary Public. DLKWKtT A McHATToS. ATTORNKT9 AT P LAW. Lemnirto.., Mo., will uiU prompt ly to business contldeu to tbeni ia ylyr' eount. Special attention a-iren to collection" Utile IB bulletin of Sanaa" Bu. ?VT7m Court-house. Jul)17-ly. iniUAMWAiaaa. aica-aaD rtato. WALKER A FIELD, ATTORNEYS Lw. I-sin-ton, Missouri. Uffle io Kramers buildm. "g3-tT W. T. Jt T. C. WOOD, OTYtRvrr AT LAW. O-T. C. Wood So A tare Puldie. Oiam, one door t of Aull -nrn Ban. Hd slory. jous r. n.!. TtA!0 ATTORXRT AND COUSSKi.T.ORS AT LAW", Leilnirton, Mo. Ortlc, So. t7 Mio .1 over ih Mora of Kneber; A Jennings, l-r-ctic la all Ihe courta of Ihia ami ait,ioent cvunue. and in the Supreme Court of the statu, o-i)irriet Owrt of the I'nited state. Collec tions made. J" ly - M. CI1EXEY SIIEWALTEII, t TTORXKY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PI B .. WAVERLY, Mo. Miecial attf ntian given to Collection. dt-y.y J. S. BLACK WELL,. t TT RSKY AT LAW AND NOTARY Pl'B- . Ll, Wellmjrion, Missouri, will rciir in all the court., ami give prompt attention lo pnil.-r.iion. I- o. . KATUnCS. ALEX. ATK. UATIIIIl . W RAVES, VTTOBSBY4 AT LAW. Lexington, Mo. Will practice in all the eouru ot the sixth lu-liciai circuit, District ao.l U. S. Court, t rimpl attention Riven lo colleettona. Oltiee: u, in street, i,ver hriehn1 shoe alore. dellyl ItlCII All 1 A. COLI.IVS TTOK.NtY AT LAW, Waverly, Mo. Will practice hi. iiroleaaion in all the courta ol Hi, sum ot Mi.aouri. Collection made tliroualiout the snate-s. !"- TILTO. DAMS, 1TORNEY AT LAW, Lexington, Mo. E J j peeial attention g-iven to the collection o ebta .iiveolirfaiiuu aud Perfection o Land Ti tles, and to , iiiuiusl and Kel h.tate Litiga tion geaerally, in i.iiayclte and adjotuiny counties, ouice at ftaw.er' old aland, cor ner ol Mam and Broadway streets, julylltom A. F. AtEXA.tDEB. . CBH.EH. ALEXANDER t CHILES, VTTOKNKYS AT LAW. Will practice in tba Court ot Latayette and adjoining countiea. Will alao attend promptly lo the nor Uon ol Uanus, and to caaea arising uu Jer the Bankrupt law. otlice over the new Hanking iiouneof Wm. ilnnuunAU OCJ4) U. . flUlU. XACE. 1. ElIVUXU,, " WALLACE & MITCHELL, Al I'ottMiS AND C-jCNsn-LLotts AT LAW, Lexington, Mo., will (.ractlce in all the courta in Laiajetle county, aud in me Courl oi Kvcord in .tjoiuiug couniiea, and in Hie Dis trict Courui, and supieiue Court ol the Male, t.oileclions and other uusiueaa intrusted to their earn jromplly aleeoded to. OlUce oppoaiu Courthouse, over "Lexington Savings liauk," Main atreet. )! lirUBl.UAU. w. C. B1X. HALL Ai. HALL. TTORNtis A 1 LA W.Lexington, Mo. Office .'J. over Leauear'a dt U)'i grocery store. Will iiaclice in the state and Federal courts, t ol- e. lioua niaae throughout tne siaiea. apii n Medical. r. TEKI'LE. M. P. O. W. BAKXXE, II. D. TEMPLE S. BARKER, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS, having formed a co-uarinerjhio in the Practice id Medicine,' would respecUully oiler their proles aional services to the citizen of Lexington an vicmitv. special acteution given to Chko.mc Diseases. ight and day calls attended to in city and-eouiury. r" otlice in Ahren'a building, corner Market ana Cedar streets, Lexington, Mo. lmchJ7-tl MEDICAL ."NOTICE. K FTER an absence of nearly twenty years S Dlt. CH1N.N has returued lo this city, and lenders his pro.essional services lo the citizens tnereol. umce anil residence at airs. 31. 1. Bowman's, on South street. apriltitl DrTjVw. 31EXG, SURtaEON DENTIST, OFFICE, oppooite the Courthouse, uo nir, Lexingtou, lo. All worK done in a scir entitle luanaer. septyi DEVTIST. J. F. HASSELl,, D. D. S., Uuiee over Limrick's Bank, LEXINGTON, MISSOURI. DBS. SM ALL, CH AMBERS K CO. A. V. Small, M. D. J. B. Alexaxdeb, M. D. U. W. Yoimu, M. D. P. H. Ciiambeus, M. D. OFFER their services in the practice of Medi cine aud surgery, to the putdic, with Hie hope that their association together will ten greatly 10 promote their knowledge 01 diseases, to improve their ektll in treating tbem. Tbev will give .pedal alteution lo Chronic Dlorders. They will, In all cases. COnsliiel ineir tees due when the services are rendered. ind will collect as soon thereafter as they ma) deem advisable. j-Ail pertons Indebted to the late firm ol Dr.. small & Chaiueere, or to any uieiuix 1 01 tne .iiove llrm are respectlully invited, and ear nestly cnskd to settle immeliately. jcllyl Oltlce over Boteler A clagett's store. RUUER T C. lOlSCi, M. D. HAVING completed my studies, and conclu ded to locaie permauentiy in Lexington, i now oiler my uruieaaioual services lo the cut- sens ol the cuy aud surrounding country. Al otlice 1. In the drug store ol u. C. Alexander, No. lul Main street, where 1 can always be louud when not prolesaionally engaged. tl rR. T. S. SMITH, PIITSIC1AN and Surgeon. Otlice and reai it,Dr. on Main atreet. east ol the Courthouse Special attention given to surgery. Callc nroniotlv attended 10. in lawn and country, no Ei'E iriH.nntt. TR. SAMCtL UilLLAM'. has fitted Op his U Ollice on the corner ol f ranklin and Laurel aireets, LexinKton, Mo., where be will treat all diseases ol the fcye 01 whatever nature. Paiieute coming trom a distance can obtain sutiauie boaruing places. Auuraas Box 16, Lexington Missouri. juia tf St. I onis Advertisements. MILLI.ERY GOODS. HAYES, GIBBONS & CO., 303, S. FOCKTU ST BEET, 8T. LOUIS MISSOURI. Importers, Manufacturers and Jobbers of ACILLINEBY STRAW GOODS, SILK AND COTTON VELVETS, FLOWERS AND FEATHERS, LACES, RIBBON'S, SILKS, TATTERS BONNETS, TRIMMED A L'NTRIMMED, VELVET, FELT, PLUSH AND STRAW HATS' We keep the largest stock, and make the low. .a, est prices gepltuj MOODY. MICHEL & CO., w UOLfcSALE Dealers in Staple and Fancy UKOCLK1K.S. 301, 303 A 80S second street, corner Olive. si. IIIJIS J. M. BRC.SWICK, Manufacturer of BILLIARD TABLES, NO. Ill, N. FIFTH STREET, Bet. Chestnut ahd Pine, sit. Louis, Mo. aepjlm3 UEBEY AHTUOBY. BBABCIS BCHB. AXTIIOXY & KIII.V8 J3 It JE W i : Tt Y, SIDNEY A BUEL STS., ST. LOUIS. Mannfaeturers of Beer and Lager Beer. Or dera for half barrels and kegs promptly and carefully attended to. sef ilyl. JOH.X .OEI1.EB, MAMCrACTl'BJlB or Monuments, Tombs Ac Grave Stones Of either Foreltn or Inerican Marble menu-. LETINftTO. MO CASH! CASH I CASH I r WILL pay lb highest market price in CASH a lor hwl, HIDES, PELTS, BEESWAX, riATBEBS.fta. F-rmers of Lafayetu and Ray counties, don't take traue lor in, aoove anicies. vua w uie aad get tne tvAsis . b oan oe iouna a. mj uiu aland, four doors west of the poaiotnce. lwl lor sale, cheap for cash, ail Bin da of wuiu AJvi xaguoRM. la, W MJJUMAM. Cetmjtxin mmmn. La r gent Local and a (General Circulation, extending over all i be states and Territories, Qotng t m JLarwer Xfbrr of VotnfHcr than amy Mje- in Mitrovri. By DONAN & ALLEN. 1. IK (.VAN. A. S. K IE ROLF, Editors. Al.l.KN, Bitsinkss Manager, CAUCASIAN CORRESPONDENCE The Juice Extracted from a few Letter. IB. H. C. Hernando, Miss. 1 You said rome time ag", In compli mentary preface to a published letter of mine, that you would like me to send alon as many Radical photographs as I could lind oppo rtunity lo bring to a lix-us, only to show the world what kii.il f racals hive been brmigbt to tlie sur face, thriven timl grown tn g-lat on ui (iluinter il tne irampitu anu ouu Sou h. W. ll, I have now, in my mi eve. one Ihiit for liiCHieuiaiiiv 11 ii iieri'iii nieaniiess and tlllOlljc uriib'e inscali ies i a tit t 1 eol Hie g. mis mat plague our teoved c.itiiitrr. He belongs to tint c ass emphatically renoifi ized by Hmiili rrn tieiHleuieu s trash." ca.8 gen erally Ueadiu-e ff pnnciple. ediica'itiu. or The f.iiuest i-iiuilit ti.le of a s-use of tion.-r a class that, to use their own f 1- Vuriie expre-sgio 1, luiven i taw im tine when they couldn't be bought, and very cheaply at thai. When Gitl-lakii. Urititniid ins myrmidons taidtd tlir- ttjih lliisci'untr) .ilespoilu g the fiinilies, wh se mislortui.e ws 10 nave a wuauou i.otn tiieui, iliese outnern wuiie imsu cic always readv 10 betray the wlieieabout-, s reiwih and probable uiovenieii'S of our i;i.n edrrates. anil like me ireacneimis Grtek ut 'i'herm ipylte. show the iiivuiinu pluntlerers the routes le?s liable to moles taiion. I he special rnscal I have in view Oeh.ngs to the agricultural order, and is tliereiore brought lino coii'tNitt dealings with the fieeilinen; aud while his habit 1- t. iheat, ihein in every pussioie way. over charging them for provisions, and giving false figures in weighing thtir cotton, jet he equalizes socially with them, curses to the negroes tne pur.-e- proud laud-owners," taking good care not to let the land-owners hciir hint. And while lie endeavors 10 excite or keep alive a firrudsre in ihe bosom of the black man against his old owner, gets up squabbles auionifst tne negroes tnemseives, anu starts as many ' Musses' ' as he can. The miserable dog reminds me of nothing so much as a "1106." (I don't know how to spell it, you know what I mean.) trotting back and forth, barking here, snapping there, but really doing nothing but agging on other dogs, being much too great a coward to take an active pari iu any scrimmage. Indeed, he will stand and let a man curse hint blue" and not dare 10 resent it openly, but afterwards will lake all the spite he" tan by spreading lies about him and his folks. As an individual of a species, my sub ject is characterized by very diny per sonal habits, carries black linger-nads. aud feet of whose presence you are warned by more tenses than one. With Ins best clothes on he has an unkempt look, aud Ins neck is much the worse tor the lmn-use of soap and water. He has a trick of spimngover everytning ami any where, luilet-d, i have known him t -quirt tobacco juice on 1 lie carpet, and a spiitoou iu reach! Y-di see the low ras cal never hud any '-raising." He picks his tt-eth with a fork at the table, and w ines his hands and blows his nose "n lilt- labie-cnnh; but the dirtiest trick lexer saw him il was to iat ch cke-n and throw he boi.es bick into the cisli Irom wlm ii others weie he'ped! If wms at a ho el. and I involuntarily jumped up and knocked him out of his chair. He is a great -blow." the scamp; btaj:S so incredibly that one cannot h-ip laughing at the absurdity of the wretch 's incongi u us mid ii t cncilable statements. Of course he is a wire-worker for Giant; gets the nigsjers off on Sundavs, when there are no decent wtiite folks about, and instructs ihem politically: '! tell you wtiat, bovs. you must vole for Grant; he o you iree, and he's t goin' to give you una ad tn.-se hete rich bottom hn.ds. OiiiGneley won't do lo tie to; Grant's vour uian." A. F., La Rue, Mo Having had the pleasuie of read ng 11 few copies of your Caucasian, am sa is tied it is too good a thing t be without. Everybody seems pleased with yourfl'gh's of oratory, eloquence, in lepeudence, &c. At hough not old enough 10 vole. 1 Hike gteat pride in eiiig in syinpatny wi'h the ihotisaiids in the North ollowt r of Old Honrstv who ptide them-elves wiih bearing a'oft the banner of Rec -neiiia-tion and Kivhtlul Kepresentation of nil the States, peace and good will, in such a cause, wi h such huly.patiioiicint'-mions. work Is pleasure. Aithoun our cuse and our principles may not triumph tins lime, it is destined to triumph ere long. Ie pie are getting their eyes open 10 tne fact that the Intel ests of the South are our interest", and that it is impossible for us to draga di-eased limb nfier us with any degree of success. 1 want to see the day when no disabilines are placed on the shoulders of any man or set of men cut account of previous war differences, w hen ihe South shall have the same Hants as the North. Then carpet-bag piraies will be sleeping in their graves wiih unen- scribed tombs, and when military de-po-tism in the South is at an end. I hope and trust in Him who controls the des tinies of naiions that we shall never again have occasion to engage in civil worst of all wars but that there may be no sec tions, uo animosities, and that we mav forget and forgive, and push forward wi h tne Intention ot forgetting tne utnerences of the past, with the intention of being friends in the future all wishers for the good old times and all incited and ani mated with the interest and weltare ot ouV cotnmon couuiry. L. K. S., Fiskdale, Mass. The copies of the Caucasian for which 1 sent at rived in due time. I am obliged to you for the papers sent. A man, who will use such language, as you do, is not fit to associate with gorillas and baboons, say nothing of associating with a colored fe male. You say you think your papers will be wholesome evangelizing agen cies for my locality;" which you are pleased to term "a branch department ol hell." How do they work in your local ity; and of whit department do you con sider your oltlce a branch? Anyone would conclude they w ere agencies of depravity. irom 1 tie language used in them, and thai, your tike was hell it-elf. I will not vote for Pumpkin-head Gree ley and B. Gr dz Brown ol your beauiiiul state. As 1 have raid as much as is nee ess iry to convince you that 1 mi a Graut ite I will close, hoping yon will keep your libelous, fresh-water, fly-by-nlgbt angel at home. H. C.K., Wlnstonvllle, Mo J Your red-hot, rip-snorting, White Mart's Paper received. Lay it on to them; their hides have become s j callous that ii will require a whip of ecorpion to make them feel . I believe j ou hav the article; use it uu'pa'invly, and when your siiength lails theie will be some one r.ndv to commence where jotl leave off, which I hupu will not be u uil the District of Co lumbia has had a good puke and rid i'sHI of iho vile corruption that is eating at its vitals and the nations' . W. H.T., 6pringport. Mlch.l I saw a copy of your paper a few days ago. and the style just suited me, and I therefore ordered it. I have formerly taken Pumvroy'a Democrat, but since he sold out to Giant I am done with him. It looks to-day like we were to endure lour yajaxs uoi ot Grautisui, aud all b- cause Democrats would not vote for Gree ley. I auree with you. the devil and nil his hups would be far preferable to Grant. We also acknowledge the receipt of let ters from the following persons and places, not heretofore answered. The parties are hereby informed that nil requests, etc. , have been complied with: S. T. B., Richmond, Va. J. S. M., Oxford. Ala. D. . A., Tnuo. Mo. P. &8., U cst Mf tlden, Conn, E. J. S., PalnesxHlle. O. I) S. H-. Newport, Ky. W . K. Sedaiia. Mo. W. M.-L., C'orrigo, Texas. E. S. T.. Lewist n, UihIi. K. A. T. O., Lewisburg, W. Va. J. I,. T., llillsnoro. Mo. J. B. E., Tahervilie, Mo. O. I,. K. , Eu'ala. Ala. K. W. B. , Greensiotk, Ind. J. M S , Perry, Georgia. W. I).. Lexington, Va. F. B. 11.. Pleasant Hill, Mo. J. O. II., Washington, I). V. O. K. S.,Por land. Oregon. .1. B.. Uest Meriden. Conn. H. & D., New Bntiain, Conn. H. M.. Brunswick. Mo. G. H. Mr. I.ouis. Mo. .1. 1... C. Allegan Mich. Ii. it., Columbia. Miss. M. A. T., New Chicago. Kansas. A.-L. I, , Beivideie, IiiitiOis. C. C, New York Ci y. J. W. M ., ChillicoHie, Ohio. J. S., F ot Scott. Kansas. L. Ii. . Bordei town, N. .1. 8. B. M , German I. O.. Ohio. C. Y. V., New vtl e. Ohio. F. I) . Mound Citv, Mo. W. 11. N'.. WB-hitiaton, D. O. A. W. 11., R.seilale, I .a. L. O. K.. Mayview, M , J. P. Vr.. l.aCvgne, Kansas. W. A. C.Brookhn. N. Y. T. W., Clreago. Illinois. J. W.C.. New Fiauklin, Mo. T. S., NVw l'aiesiine. Mo. T. M. vv., Bangor. Iowa. T. S. It., Providence, Mo. J. H.lt.. Grand R ver. Iowa. A. L. P.; Joplin Ciiy, Iowa. GOINQ TO SLEEP. HOW A REVEREND GENTLEMAN WOOES THE DROWSY 600 By Rev. E. E. Hale, in Old and New.) The only practical sugge-tion I ever re ceived in this matter, which did me much good, was made to me by my friend Mr. Collins, the gentleinxii whose exploration and surveys ot the Amour river and nl Siberia have bten of such value. He gave me the advice just on the ereof siiling on one of hisexpeditions: "Open ihe eves,' ' he said, "as you lie in bed, and look steadily, without once winking. 011 what ever is before tiieui." If my sleep. e-s patient will try this, he will find that tne eye, but just now so dispostd to wakeful ness, is at once penitent, and begs to be permitted to close just for one instant. But you must be le-olute. "It is my turn now. When 1 wanted to sleep, yi.u wanted to be awake. .Now, keep open and look at that crossing of ihe wiudovv stsh against the sky." "Please let me wink just once; I am very sorry." 'No! look at the crossing of the window sash." The eye is held to as insignificant an object as the window-sa-h. 'ihe brain is held to window-sash, and nothing mote important than window-sash. Tuujours window-sash! Meanwhile, the warm Ii of the bed, the hot water at ihe feet, is calling blood away; and I seldom find that 1 think wimliiw-sash long, or any ihiugelse. Perhaps ir is pitch-dark, and fiere ij no wiudow-sasii. Xmie the le-s doe ihis theory bid you hold the eye open ml sleep elo-es it. More than once I have held mv eyts open in such a straigut; mid, filling any window-sa-h, have bid den their look at Mr. Collins' home on Mie Amour river. "And what s irt of houses are ihereon the, Amoor river?" Wliy , I sunpose, log-c-ibins." "'And d you think ihere i- bark on the logs?'' Why, yes; tin re must be bark on t lit; logs.'"' "Ami do jou think iheie i- a boird w-ilk in irodt of the house?" B 'ard walk! boird wak bark-board boatd-bark baik batk-board." It i at bout this st-ige that 1 have a bundle I times left Mr. Collins and the A moor river, and gone lo the laud of Nod. Failing reliet from any of these experi ments, y u had belter fiive up the bed, take DrrFiankiin's walk a- he bids you. diid then pa-s a sponge ol cold water fieely oxer the whole bead, forehead, hind-lieid, scalp, and all, tid, for the moment, il is well cooled down. Take to b d wi li you a wet towel, and lav it folded thick over your forehead. This secures sleep for an h ur or two; and. though a reaciion may folio, if worst comes to worst, you may do it agiin. 3. I inlenti inally omit all reference t opiates or o her sed iitve-. tnken as medi cines; not that I disbelieve 111 them, but they me for the physicians o advise jou 111. ihe East luiiaii surgeon said Hint piiim was .lie erealest b essi g G' d had coufeired 011 111,01. 1 Uon t ngn e wiih him. 1 hope you may never have 10 try; n y. iii d . lei the doctor judge when ami how. i'o the bromide of poiaiuiu. now use I so largily as a sedative, lew. if any. of the evils generally dreaded seem to belong. 4. And here I may as well bring these suggestions to a close. To good sleep, and enough of it. I owe the happiness f a happy and an active lite. I shall be glad if I cau help a ly one else to the same enjoyment. 1 confess I have biendU-ires-ed, since 1 began to make these Sim ple suggestions puolic. to h am from per sona! information how uiunjr people in our over-vvurking, over-! limiting land suffer from sleeplessness. I wish 1 could tell them all how much better pievention is than cure. 1 have spoken all along as if we had fuil ma-tery over ihe tacuit es of mind and body which are involved, when I say what we should do with our thoughts and what w e should do with our appeiises. Of course, dear reader. I know that you may have lost that power; 1 know you may have never gilned it. But let us speak seriously now. I know as well that God means that you shall have it. and that He gives it to you if you rightfully seek it at His hands. W ho is this "1 myself" which directs your hands, ditects your brain, bids the blood leave those heated channels , and commands those eyes to open or to shut? Who is it but the child of God, lite almighty child of a creating God when it acts wiih God, and, for his weakness, takes God's infinite assistance? Do not be deceived by the convenient pretense that the body is a worthless rag which this immortal soul may despise; the body is the working lool of the soul s power. Do not be deceived by the convenient sneer at the mind as being-under ;he control of physical appetite, bodily health, or bodily weakness. The mind, also, is a tool of the immortal soul, and obeys it when the soul demands; and that soul immortal, child of God, and alive with God, is promised the help ol God, and may work with God's own omnipotence; therefore, in the control of the vagaries of the mind, or the appetites of the body, if it will. If it will! A MAN THE FATHER OF FIFTY LEGITI MATE CHILDREN. The Waco (Texa-) Advance publishes the following statement by a correspond, ent. who.it says, is one of the most trust worthy and respicted ci izensof the place: There lives in our midst a man who is the lather of fifty legi'imaie children. He ha been married to five different wo men. By wife No. 1, 13 boys; bv No. 2, 18 children; No. 3. 10; No. 4, C; No. 5. 3; Thirty -five cl.i dien are sti l liv ng or weie a jar ago eight were killed or lost in the Confederate army, aud seven have Jied lmtinal deaths. Thirteen of the boys all children of No. 1 held otlice in the Galloway brigade, Plane county. Mo., troops, Burns com manding. Of the children by No. 2 there weie iour ,n tiB confederate army in ditlen nt brigades. By wile No. 3, there wssonein ihe Contederate States army and iw in the Heel-tlies, making twenty sons In the Confederal service. The man is hale, healthy and hearty. I know him w 11. and also his wile No 5 and her chil dren; sheis young, with a mountain wealth ol hair, tli.e looking, pleasant, and promises 10 elill add to the population of ihe country. 1 will, if required, produce the affidavit of the father of bis numerous progeny for to truth of this statement." INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM. From the Chicago Tribune. Tbo most important part of Mr. Greeley's letter, publmhod immedi ately after tbe election, is the an nouncement that tbo JNew-York Tribune will hereafter be an inde pendent journal. Having contribu ted as much as any other agency to the overthrow of Slavery, and the establishment of equal political rights in all parts of the land ; having fought with unsurpassed vigor for all the principle of the Republican party, and having lived to nee thorn firmly established, be can now, for tbe first lime in the histoiy of his newspaper, emancipate himself from party organship without fear of pecuniary loss. We doubt whether it would have been practicable for him to have taken this step at any former period; certainly not since the be ginning of the war in 1861. It is now not only practicable, but it is precisely what an advanced public sentiment demands. The country has already bad a taste of independ ent journalism, and the demand is for more. - The New-York Tribune opposed its party during tbe last six months, and, notwithstanding it was iu the midst of a Presidential election, tbe paper has suffered nothing in it pe cuniary way. PosS'bly one-half ol the subscribers voted agaiust Mr. Greeley, but their confidence in his integrity was not shaken. In the recent election a iaige number of tbe members of the Republican party voted for the opposition candidate ; an equal number of the members of the Democratic party voted for the candidate of the Republican party, and another large portion refused to vole for either candidate. Toe occa sion is favorable to a new etylo ot journalism, or, more properly speak ing, tor an emancipation ol journal ism from a despotism and a degrada tion unknown in other free countries. Mr. Greeley is not only taking a course which is dictated by truth and justice, but one which is demand ed by a cultivated public taste. Freed from the obi gaiion to bold that whatever is proposed by one set of politicians is necessarily right, and that whatever is proposed by another eel is necessarily wrong, a public journal can discuss questions from an intelligent and truthful standpoint. It will be under no ob ligation to paint the devil in robes of light, nor portray honest men in the garb of ruffians. It can hold the si ales justly, and, appealing to pop ular intelligence, obtain better results than by appeals to their passions and prejudices. Journals of that class may dispense with the vulgari ty, defamation, and personultiies which are the capital of tbe mere party organ, and we think the pub lic will gladly welcome the relief. We know we are not mistaken in the demands of the people, who have been surfeited with the clang-whang of party politics. Slowly, perhaps, but surely, there will grow up an independent but n t neutral press, in wefieh there shall be no advocac3' of improper or dishonest measures or men, and no avoidatice of discuss ing them for fear it may hurt one party and benefit another. Other journals beside Mr. Greeley's, inclu ding many of the strongest in the country, aro prepared to adopt the same course, and it is likely mat, in a very brief period, the independent press of the United States will includo the greater part of the heietofore larger aud more influential papers. T is is certainly true of the great rutins, and the success of these will in time liberate the better portion of the country press. When the revolution shall be complete, and when newspapers shall depend solely upon their ability and enterprise, it will be found that b th the press and the country will be benefited by the change. MISAPPLIED INGENUITY. THE LUDICROUS ELEMENT IN THE PATENT OFFICE RECORDS. (From Appleton's Journal As a general rule, valuable inven tions are the result of long years of close thought and much expenditures of time and money. Capital never offers itself to tho inventor without the ptomise ot an enlarged and speedy return. Nor do valuable ideas often enter tbe mind of the outsider on any subject. Abraham Lincoln was a very able lawyer of Illinois when iu Jilay, 1849, he obtained a patent for lifting steamboats over river-bars ; but it may be doubted if that patent has ever been used or would have been applied tor by a marine engineer. The am 'Utit of misapplied talent engaged on inventions ibat can nev er be used is as wonderful as it is prolific. There is a ludicrous ele ment in many of the patents, and more of the applications, which is well worth investigation ; and we extract, trom $ie records of the Patent-office, an account of some ot these, that show more genius than common sense, and have produced more laughter than profit. In 1870, the owner of certain bee hives, irritated by the loss of his honey by bee-moth,asked,for a patent for a combined ben-roost and bee hive, lie bad noticed that tbo bee-moth travels at night, while the busy bee works by day. llistiesire, therefore, was lor a device that should admit tho worker by day, and keep out the thief by night. This ingenuity was effected by the erection of a ben-roost pivoted with gates. The bees were expected to be in their cells just before duskj the hens lighting on their roosts, were then to close the gates of the hive, aud keep them shut all night. Tbe early rising of the fowls would automatically open the gates again, and return tbe bees their honey all safe to the airs of heaven and the flowers of earth. He received his petent. Another applicant asked for a patent right tor an artificial moon, that Bhould light each town that used it without expense. His eye had often been struck by the reflec tion of distant windows at sunset, and how far that light traveled. He therefore proposed a balloou fur each town, sufficiently large to raise a huge reflector that was to be hoist ed every evening at dusk (about the time tbe hens bad shut io the bees) The reflections of the son's rays, cast downward upon tbe village, was sure to light it through nil the dark ness of night. Fortunately for himself this inventor presented his applica tion through a patent attorney, who told bim it was doubtful if il could be obtained. In tho fall of 187J gentleman', probably from California, applied for and received a patent for build ing houses on wheels or rollers, so that, in case of earthquakes, they mignt roll forward or backward, but not be shaken, to piece. Only throe years have past away sinco a very ingenious gentleman from the rural districts applied for a patent to prevent cows from switch ing their tails. Ho presented two models one shaped like a bottle, around tbe neck of which the cow's tail was to be curled ; the other con sisted of a square block, with a hole through tbe center, wherein tbe tail was lo be put, and then tied in a knot, so that the nim- l could not withdraw it. On '-ho presentation of the application, .h ilieial .exam iner thought it could not be granted, because of a similar device in " Don Quixote," where Sancho Panza, try ing to Hleep in the hay-loft, was kept awukc by the braying of his donkey iielow. His wakefulness gave San- cho time to reflect that, wheu riding the donkey, the animal always switched his tail when he brayed. Descending hastily from tho hay loft, the squire tied a block lo the donkey's tail to prevent him from braying. Hut as this device origi nated with a Spaniard, and had nev er been repeated in this country, tbe iltice decided to grant the patent. Our readers will, therefore, remem ber that they cannot tie a cow s tail to prevent its switchii g without a payment of royally to the owner of this privilege- An applicant for a patent tor wooden pavements proposed vo mount each block of wood on springs, ile claimed that this would remove all jar in riding, and obvialo tho necessity of springs on carria ges. Another gentleman applied for a patent for heating canals by steam, so that boating could go on in win ter as well as in summer. Too offi cer decided that this invention was worthy of protection, and gave him bis patent. Another applied tor a combina tion of clock and bed, so ingeniously contrived that, when the clock truck, tho bottom of the bed dropped out. He claimed that this plan would probably awaken tbe sleepers. bpeaking ot combinations, be must have come from Missouri or Kansas, who asked for a patent for a combination ot cannon ana pi w. For this purpose be filed the appli cation, making the elongated han dles of tbe plow hollow, 6o as to form two cannons. Those were to be kept, loaded till tho guerrillas were after him : the cannons were then to be fired, tbo guerrillas chut down, and the farmer to go on bis plowing way, rejoicing. And he, too, must have come from tbe borders, who asked for a patent of a combination of trunk and house. The trunk was ni-tde with triple sides, moving up and down. Doing duty all day iu guarding clothes, when night came on, and no cabin near, tbe goods were to be taken out, the triple walls elevated into one, and the benighted traveler safely housed. Mark Twaiu lost his temper bo- cause tbe Secretary of War refused to recommend his gun for a patent. Mr. Twain's idea was to have a s-vivel gun that should load at the center and fire off at both ends. In case of a siege, he proposed to load the gun, set it a wb rling, and drop it just outside the- city walls. Betore the balls left tbe mouth of tbe can non, they would acquire such a ro tary motion that they would sweep round the walls outside of the town, kilting off all the besieging host. We must acknowledge, however, that we have looked in vain on the records of tbe office for Mr. Twain's name, aid hence we infer that he never re ceived his patent. There would be much of tbe ludi crous, were there not more of the horrible, in tho device of an Ameri can embalraer for a patent. Know ing that the office required a work ing model or drawing in all oases, he obtained the corpse of a little in fant, embalmed it in bis best man ner, and forwarded it with accom panying specifications. The corpse was immediately returned to him. One ingenious gentleman wants the nation to let him build a water wheel that should cover tbe whole front of Niagara, and whose shafting and power should reach all parts ot tbe land. Another asked for a patent for the invention ol tbe generation ot steam by boring a hole in the ground till he reached the waters that are boiled by the internal fires of earth He set forth, among tbe advantages of his plan, that there would be no danger of explosions, no expense for tuel, no necessity ot engineers an of which statements are undoubtedly true. It must have been a relative of this last gentleman, and one equally ac quainted with the laws mat govern the hiddeu heart of this planet, who applied for a patent for boring the eaith for artesian wells for purposes f irrigation. He gravely set torth that be baO made tbe discovery that quicksilver was heavier than com mon earth. He therefore proposed to start a hole, and to empty into it a little mercury. Hy tne laws ot nature, that mercury would be sure . - i ... - J l to work its way aownwaru mi n, struck water, and the water would then bo sure to wont us way up ward tili it struck air. Should it be said that such patents must be jokes, we can only reply that tbe shrewd Yankees are uot wont to dbv thirty five dollars even for practical jokes, and that none of these desififns nave cuitmuaieu inio patents under less than that sum and when attorneys were employed, under doable and quadruple that sum. Jlore than on application has been made for rat traps with a mirror in tbe center. Ihe rat, seeing another rat, of his own size and age, nearer the toasted cheese than him self, would be sure to spring for it. There have been quite a number of tapeworm traps applied for, where a delicate bait is let down the throat by a delicate thread, and tbe hungry worm speedily drawn up. Constant application is made for patents for flying machines for balloons. One contriver arms bis balloon with can non, anelher with Greek fire, that should burst and explode when just over the hostile array. An English gentleman actually received a patent for putting a howitzer on horseback, and mounting the borse on springs, so that the recoil of the howitzer should not break tbo legs of the fiony. And, as late as September ast, a gentleman in this country applied for and received a patent f ir acco. crating vegetable growth by tbe use of alternate strips of white and violet grass. In short, there is no idea so ludicrous, so wonderful, or even so old, that some person ol good sense and inventive ability has not endeavored to throw around it, or something like it, tbe protecting aegis of , the law of patents. HORACE GREELEY. A STORY FOR CHILDREN. From the Seneca Falls Courier. This is a picture of Horace Gree ley. See how sad he looks. Ho is u very great man. He was once a poor editor. An editor is a man whj lives on what other men owe him, until he starves to death. Mr. Greeley did not starve, because be ate so much Graham bread. Do you love Graham bread? Sometimes Mr. Greeley would write pieces for the New York Tribune He belong ed to ihe NewftsYorn Tribune, or the New York Tribune teiongedto bim. and I have forgotten which. Tne Tribune had a great many subscrib ers. A subscriber is a person who lakes u paper aud says he is very much pleased with it. and ho tells everybody else that be ought lo "subscribe," After he had "sub scribed" about eieven years, tho edi tor writes to him and asks him to let bim have $2 50 (two dollars and fifty cents), and then the subscriber writes back to the editor and tell him not to send his old paper an , more, for there is nothing in it, at i then the poor fellow goes and starves some more. Now I will tell you about M Greeley. He used to wrap up strawberry plants and beets and things io his paper, and send them to his subscribers. His paper was " not an organ," so you see it would bold a great many strawberry plants. Mr. Greeley had heard that any poor boy might be President of tne LTnitod Stales, and have plenty of money, and buy Alaska diamonds and St. Domingoes and things, so he used to sit and think how be might become President. Then he would scratch his head, lie did not have any hair on his head, like you and 1, so be soon made his head sore, and people used to call him the Groat Sjrehead, and then Mr. Greeley would say, " You lie, you villain, you be !"' There were a good manj- men who itched all over in spots to be President, or Governor, or con siaUe, or something else beside what God intended them lo be. These men were all very sorry when they saw 3lr. (jrreeley s bead, and they said let us make him President, and maybe his poor bead will get well. S'J they all got together, " without regard to country, creed or color, politics or religion," and they called themselves "Democratic Kepubli cans, which is a Ureek word, and means, "anything lo get at the lYeasury." Tne Treasury is a largo building- in Wasbiog on, where all ihe gold of the United States is kept until there is a corner in Wall street. You don't know what a corner is, my children, and I will not make you unhappy by telling you. Well, as 1 was saying, all tbe peo ple got together in a place called Cincinnati, where they pack a great deal of pork, and they all agreed that Mr. Greeley was a good man because he did not have any religion, and that he was a great man because he did not have any politics, and would make a good President, as he would not have any ot those things to bother him. So they told him to dress himself up nice, and black his boots, and go and "swing around the circle." You love to swing, do you not, children f Mr, (jrreeley was like a child in a great many things. He loved to play about the garden amongst the rhubarb, and cabbage, and guano, etc., and catch Democrats in his large white hat. A Democrat is a fowl ibat eats crow until it is gorged, and is then easily caught by Mr. Greeley. But. alas, it made Mr. Greeley very sick to swing, and made all those wicked men sick that told bim to go and "swing," and they all wept and said, " Don't you remember how sick it made old Mr. Johnson to '6wing around tbe circle?'" But Mr. Greeley said, "You are always saddest when I swing," and went on swinging, and bis head got sorer all the time, and he got raving crazy, and bis triends did uot know whether he was Horace Greeley or Daniel Pratt ! or George r rancis Train! My children, tbo moral of this sad story is, if any good little boy wants to bo President o' these United States, he must never "swing around tbe circle. A Strayed Our. Girls. Attkxtion. But two short months, ami lean vear will bo over. Im prove your opportunities while you may. Secure the husband ere i he lejpyeartadt-s. The young meu.like Barkis, are"willin," so " Arm yourselves with blush and giggle, Cive our biays a tighter InicU, And as you in your bustles wiggle Swear to peruli or bewich. Bare your ar ne tend set ihem bagging, Kain your kireee paaaion hot; Swer to never yielil Ihe battle, Till a bu.tiaml you have got! A Little Diplomatist. Some one says that li tie girt are only 'small women." One wh n we know, aged sveii vears. Droved this the other uay Her father and motiier are separated, and ah ia helnn- hrOllUt UD by her gialld- i.ioih.r. Jennie aoes to see her lather and mother by turns. Af er returning from her weekly vi-tt to the latter, her o-rnmlmnther aid: "Now. Jeuuie. tell me. which do you love best, your father ' ..-, . . V . . or your motner r i e. grauu mother," replied Jenny, "when 1 am wirti ma mm A I tell her I love her best. and theu when I am with papa I say I love him best: but really I love one iust as much as tbe other, and you but of all. RAVINGS OF A KINO PUNSTER. TNI IW YORI SUN'S VAIAIOND JOHN AT WASHIMTOR. Washington, November, 1872. This Is the slate of the District of Columbia. It halls here sometimes, hence "Hall Columbia." There are two towns In D. C. One is Georgetown and the other is Washington town, and the two together spell George Washington, who was the original lather of his country, aud was the original cherry tree killer, too. Washington is on the Potomac, "the river ol swans,' bet veen tbe Aoacosta and Rock creek. Ann Acosta is a dis tant relation of Ann Apolis some miles distant. Washington is the first meridian of all American geographers. lis public build ings and its public servants occupy ele vated positions. H some of those public servants had occupied still more elevated positions posterity would have profited by ir. The Capitol is a capital building. It's got a bell on ton of it. This belle is Ihe Goddess of Liberty. In winter it Is a cold Goddess of Liberty cold enough lo be the figure of Justice. It is a capital punishment for a member of Congress to gt to Washington, - When Congress ts In session a darkey is in session too, who scoops up lemonade in a soup spoon at nothings scoop, and the body politic, and the sovereign people :oo, can drink all the sour juice and water they want for nothing. striking things in Washington. The most striking things about Wash ington aie the policemen's ciub and the lemon peel lying around loose ou the grass at the Senate end of the Capitol. I ap peal to the senators to have the peel re moved, it is too suggestive of hot whisky skins and other wicked drinks to be al low e I io lie there. Be-ides. what would England an t other powers think if a lem on peel tne should grow there? It nvgh! be coos rued into an insult to the mem ory of Sir Hobert Peel, and war be the result Hie battle cry, "Go in lemons." The Capitol is modeled afier the Ameii can bald-headed eajfle some time after. It has two wings, and since Wigf til left, it has no hair on Ps head. It has claws, and every once in a while it puis lie clause into the Constitution. Men have flourished here who-e determinations were so d 'gged, that when they died ihe were bottom d up iu catafalques. From the way members of Congress eat, they cannot be called torpid bveis. THK RAID OF THE LOBSTER-BACKS. The corner-stone of the Cap'not would bean excellent place for a brindle cow to scratch its back. The angle is perfect, ii would mo ail the brindle off. It was laid September IS, 1793. Tnat was before Su san B. Anthony's fortieth biithday. i was lirst u-ed as the seat of Uncle Sam in 1800. Subseqiien ly one day the lobsier fttcks camu up hi' on a visit with Em lingo, the Cross oi t.i . Go uge, and the C. osa of. sr. Viilrevv. mid ihey were so dn! o -d cross 'hey turned to ami d'-stro5'ed n I r. und Uncle Sam didn't get anotne. S j i..r -it down there again until 1S15. The Brri-' c. oret into Wash ington again uu.i. o i id plasters are put ou thermometers to make July warm in New York. This splendid building commands Mirylaud, Delaware, and Pennsylvania avenues. Tne President's house commands Pennsylvania, Vermont. New York, and Connecticut avenues, and the President commands the army. Old Probabilities lives here iu the same house with Old Possibilities. lsaw the Wa-hington Monument to day; I could hardiy make myself believe it wasn't the Brooklyu end of the East Kiver Bridge. NEW VORK GARDENS. I saw a man to-day who don't like New York. He swears tne only grounds a man his around his house in New Y'ork are cofTee grounds. He says he was on theie last spring, and after lea a eentleinan in vited ti i tit to walk In his garden, and he was much surprised to find his garden up stairs, and the garden gate was a scuttle They both crawled through that scuttle, and they wa'ked for an hour around a clothes line and ihree fl wer pots, a.id the evv xork gentleman appeared to enjoy it, but he didn't, lie don't hanker a iter gardens wiih tin floors. Knight Templars parade in Washington ia the day time. Four quarts of cod liver oil will kill a tame squirrel. King David never played marbles on Sunday, lie slewed tbe first liar with a sling Goliah. THE STORY OF ROLLA'S WIFE. I've got two temples that I had rather have than Solomon's temple. They are lasien d to iny head. I once visited a dramatic temp e in Washington. They played a tune first; then came "Pizarro. or the death of Kolla." Pizarro wa rolled up in a piece of gilt-edged velvet. ana looked gorgenu. Koua's wile's name was Cora. Piz. was after Kol., and Cora knew it. Kolla didn't come noni to supper one night, and Cora took her little Kolla. who measured a half a yard and two rineis. in her arms and started to see if Kolla had got his goose cooked. If so. she was going to talk turkey to Pizarro. During her wanderings she finds occasion to use these remarks: "A woman with an infant in her arms is na ture's passport through the world." This female appeared to be clear-headed. and apparently wouldn't tell a lie a bit quicker than George Washington's hatch et, and we must believe Cora. Time alters all things. Just ponder, and think of the difference between ancient Peru and modern New York. Just let Cora. with her young one iu her arms, get on to a Bleecker street car one of ihe ears 1 lost my watch on and try that pas-port system on the conductor, and if she don' I come down with five cents, she'd come down into the mud. sure pod. lounir ones ain't taken for fares in New York not on the cars. A WONDERFUL TELEGRAPH LINE. Kernels of corn are very plenty in suc cotash, but colonels in the army are more plenty In Wa-hingtou. l saw a man to-dav Irom tbe Indian Territory, lie built a teleirraph out there live miles long and two wide, out of his wile a Hoop-skirt. !savs i, "o you nunc it out oi your wile s hoop-skirt, did jour" S's he, " les. sir, 1 did.-' Savs I, "Did you do much business on it?" Says he, "There was more bustle about that telegraph thau any other line in ray section." Says I. sneeringly. " Bustle, hey! Were there anv hoonsf" Says he, "Hoops, hoops? yes, plenty ot hoops war whoops." The last remark busted things, and I took no more notice of htm than though he was my mother-in-law. A TALK WITH A BaKEK. I visited a bake-shop iu Washington. I saw ihe boss baker. He was so covered with flour that if he had sneezed the gas would have had to be lit to see him. The expression of his must wasn't tirst-class tie looked like he couldn't tell Homer'i liiad from a green calico cooking stove. Says I, "Are you crusty?" Savs he, "No, 1 ain't." Says I, "Keep a bake-shop and not crusty, nevr ion Keep oreaa tor sale, don t you?" Says he, "Yes." say I, "Do you knead your own bread?" Siys he, "Yes, I do knead my own oreaa. Savs 1. "wen, ir vou need vour own bread, what ia thunder do you want to sell ll. lorr Says he, "You are a fool. ' ' Then I looked at some of bis stock, and says I, Did you re-ide here during the late Blight misunderstanding with tbe S-uth?" Says he, "I did." Says I, ' 'I wouldn't think you did. Savs he. "Whv?" Then I took up one of his rolls, and says 1, "My dear sir, excuse me, but would hardly believe it possible that man who had ever heard the long roll sounded would be guilty of selling such short rolls as that." Says be, "That will do, sir; that Is quite enouirh.' ' Says I, "Well, I'll take some outs and clear out. " Says he, "I don't sell nut. " , Says 1, "You do not dougb nuts?" He seemed inclined to hurt me, so I beat a retreat. a talk with a shoemakkr. ' There are some excellent shoe-shops in Washington, and my Initiate thirst af er knowledge led me Into one of 'em. I have no doubt the proprietor was per fectly pious leather-dealer. He had a leather bead, anyhow. Says I, "Got a nice store, hsin't ye?" Says he, "So, so." Says I, 'Sew, sew. I thought In your business it was stitch, stitch. ' ' Says he, "A-hem!" Says I. "No, stitch." Then 1 propounded a conundrum. Says I, "Why are shoemakers like min isters?" , Savs be. "Blast your conundrums." Says I, "That ain't the answer; Its because shoemakers and ministers both peg away at soles, aud they both he. 1 soles, too." , Siyshe. "Well, do want to buy any thing? If so, I have everything iu my line you can name." Says I, "You have, hey? Are guit Ts in your line?" fe Says he, "Yes." Says I. "And you can show every kind Of gaiter?" Says he, "i can." Says I, "Well, sir. If th-it is the case, I'll lok at a pnir of alligators." He didn't take It pleasantly, anil if I hadn't dispensed with hi society Just a 1 d d, that leather-dealer would Have tainted me. INTERKSTING ITEMS. Punk will be cheaper than licorice f it k next fourth of July. The duty ig ,ff na tive punk. Buckwheat cakes are getting ripe f.ist. They are mellow now. Corn-starch pudding ain't good for shirt bos ins. The garden of Eden never produced a sweeter lot of male and female L .s than aie on a visit here no. It is enough to liive a pile-face the whooping-cough t look at "in. I shan't select a bride Irom that crowd. John. TNE HOWLING DERVISHES. AN IHTIRESTIH8 ACCOUNT OF THEIR PERFORM ANCES HOW THEY WORK MIRACLES. Correspondence of the SuriiigOeld Uepubliri.n On the opposite sidt; of the Bospliorns iii Scutari, a city of about 200,000 inhab itants, i- eiiicted once a we, k one ol tin most peculiar and Interesting sights of the East. The room where the dervi-ins uowled as about forty feet rqune, unit a lolt on one side tor visitors. As we en tered we exchanged our shoes for elipp. i-. which were all iroiit the hi el end ( i .a omitted. By a skillful management ot our feet, we succe ded in dragging li etn Up the siairs leading to Ihe gallery. T.eit were no chairs to sit on, but their pi . was supplied by sheep-skins, with h or and fleece both left on; but su h acc -ui- modailous the traveler iu the East in ;t become accustomed to. In one cornet were piled up the mattresses on which tiie dervisues siecp, witn a small pulpit keep ing guaru at uieir sue. while lie der vishes weie qaieily enjoying their nar ghiles or water-pipes in tiie p .rcli, on ol the a-bistants came in to prepaie the tl r lor the "services." After spreading sheep-skins over the floor, he put on one of tne hats belonging to the dervish s, and mounted the putpit. The-e ha s. b. ihe way, are a peculiar institution . Tit- v i.re madei 1" lelt, about an inch thick, d are shaped like a tlovver-p. t, about eL'ht inches ingli. The. joting i.eophitc, af er adorning himse.f to his satisiaction, com meticed mimicking ihe exercises which were about to lollow. lie was suddenly interrupted, however, by the entrance iii ihe dtrvtsties, about thirty iu number, who Uxilc their stations lacing toward Mecca. i'liey commenced their prayers silently at first, bowing and touching the f!"oi vvitn their foreheads at intervals. tnl Ueuly they commenced singing in concert s loim as ttiey could yeil, g.-iug thr.ouh the Same motions as buUT--iiui2hv i v- pcaimg in conceit, anuituieu aplH3llUfioue to the Deity. Nextcauie the howl propel A row was formed of about two person- iiiciuuiug some soldiers and common j e pie, wn were aiiowveu the privilege oi sharing iu tne fearful exci eiuent wnich the subsequent exercises produced . While half a dozen dervishes were singing the great hymn in honor ol the prophet. H e cliorus repeated in coueert la-i laA-il-lnh lah, wnicn is said to be their protcssion oi laitu. They commenced slowly at tv sr. bending their bodies now forward. H en sideways, then backward with each sylla ble. As the time au ckens. tt.tr li-mi fisterand taster, running the syllables to gether until only the wild tmaise liovvi oi il-lah is lieaid. Faster and faster thev oend and h ar-er grow the howls. Al- uotigu a coiu uay, the perspiration pour- iowu tueir laces, wlu.e ihe attendants emove all their outer clothimr and Mil little white caps ou their heads. As tiie sniek begins to s amp, nothing can be neard at each inclination but deep, as- i rated grunts, something like those of a siartieu pig. it was actually p.uulul to vva 'Ch their faces, such ghastly counte nances, such frenzied looks in their eyes, though one fat darkey presented even a comical appearance by bis frantic attempt- io Keep up wnn tne rest. Suddenly all stop at the word of the shiek. Cloaks are thrown over the ex hausted worshipers, reeking with perspira tion. One of ihem was too lar gone to have any control of himself, and kept bending back and forth until his head was held by a companion. Sometimes tlicv run knives through the fleshy pattsi'l their bodies, in the height ol tne orgies. The atmosphere of ihe room was aliuo-t unendurable, but for the sake of seeing the sign t through we waited a little loi.irer. A boule of water w as next passed around. and all, commencing with the shiek or chief dervish, breathed into it. It vva men quickly corked up, and thereafter u-ed as a specific lor all the ills to which flesh is heir. Once more the singing commences; the howlers bend and howl. ihough less energetically tinii bef-ie; Knuucuia are iiirovvn on. aim ine ia-i. and in some respects, most interesting scene lakes place. The shiok is a worker of miracles. Afier eintirai insr and kissing ins owu followers, ne attends to the heal ing of the sick. A baby about a ye ir and a halt old is brought to nun. Alter look dig intently at the child a moment, he gave it to an at endan', who stretched ihe pale Utile thing tare downward upon the floor. To our horror, the great lubber ol a shiek stood tor gome tune vi hhis w ho! weight on the sick baby, first ou its should ers, men on its nips, and then on its legs, at tne snme time repeating a prayer. W ha seemed most marvelous to us was. that ihe inlant did not utter a sound, nor did any one of the other babies and small children who were afterward nea ed in the same Way. Next a ntitnle r of s:ck ol more advanced years were stretched out. side by side, mid the shiek wa ked brck aud forth upon them, ending by breatlrng over mem with ins holy breath, which. afier the preceding exercises, was believed to nave remarkable Healing prop rt es By working up m the imagiua ion they have made some woudenul cures, espe cially of nervous diseases. Some Eug- ll-bmen even, while ot course not believ ing in their possessing any mir cttioiis power, have been successfully tiea.ed by them . The election for Pre-ident of Mexico resul ed in the almost unanimous choice of Let do de lejaia. The votes agiinst him weie tew and scattering. A program me of the c ur-e the President propo-es for nun-en ns been marie puonc, and mav be condensed into this phrase: "Little politics and much aduiini trition." Since a few days ago the I're-l lent has cea-eil to exer.lse any of iheex'raordiiiary pow ers with which he was invested. Poitirio Diaz has t-ent in his own submission to the government, and the surrender of the forces under his command. The paper was dated Oct. 2d. near Dnrango, and the General promised to present himself at we capuai. una makes complete the ptciocation oi the country. It is repot ted that President Lertlo intends to restore Gens. Porttrioand Trevino to their former rang in tne army... . s ...... a negro, name unknown, who wits confined in Blandville, Ky., on a charge of attempted outrsire on a vounir lady. was taken trom (all Monday night by a uuiuoer ox ciumiis ana banged. FU FOR THE WORLO. TEUIN0 TNI JOIU OF AU NATIONS IT TIM EAR MARIS. (From Haarth and Home There Is nothing else in the) work! whJob beats ihe marks of its nativity so unruls ukaftly as wit and humor do. Tbe speech es of Burke might have been delivered bf Webster; the poetry of Wordsworth ui Soutbey might have been written by Amer icans; mere is nothing about toe German philosophy which Is soes-entially German that it might not have been English; sod there are suute ol the French dramatists who could almost have Imitated even Shake-praie himself. Hut it Is not so with wit and humor. Given ajes',andit needs but linlediscerniuttit to tell w hence it came. Shcrdian's much-quoted re mark concerning Iiiiidas, that he "resort to his memory lor his wit and to his Imag ination lor his facts," could not possibly h..ve been made by any but au Englishman or even bv an Englishman of soy other than Sherdian's time. Dougla, Jerrold's witticism. "His bet ter to be witty and wise than witty and o lierwl-e," was not only very English but very Jerroldy, mid few people would need to be told who said it. And so It Is wiih the buraor of other pei p es. Who would hesitate lor a mo ment to credit Iieland wiih the man who, vaunting ttie ie lories of the past, wanted tJ kiiow "where you wilt Bid modern ouilding which has lasted as long as tbe ancient oms." Equally evident Is sir' tttchard Steele's nativity. Irom his cele. mated itf'rt to extend hospitality ton ir.eud, to whom be. sod, "It you should i-vi r come ui bin a mile of my bouse, I hope you will stop there." Perhaps the most strongly marked hu umr, however. Is that of our coun'ry. It is of a bioad gu ga sort a kind oi high pressure uffur to much like u- lo belong .o anybody else. Thackeray's Joke bout ihe MZe ol ouroysiers va pure y Engli-h, tl couise, and didered in eveiy wy irotu dial ol his American t mpai loll, who re ntal ked of ti.e N.rib Carolinian, who. ia -peaking of the extreme leinness ot his nogs, said that "he had to put overcoat ou them to make a shadow in the sun." K mti-t have been (his North Carolinian's or tlier who said an acquaintance was "so tall that he never f iuihI out when his feet were c old tid itu-y got warm agnin " Nob dy but au American could have caded Snake-peare "a boss poet," a Artf ma- Ward did. But i he most pi culiar American form of humor jet develoied, la that which has ia ely bee une s opul ir among editorial oara 'i-apli-wriiers iu our wesur.i otaies. it is indescribable, aud we can indicate wiiat it isoulv by giving one or two ex am pes: Mrs. Gwin, of Davenport, assisted the kitchen tire, one day last week, witn tbe kerosene cm. I ne heavy rain Kept a id nl many people from attending tbe fu neral." A Chicago man ate ten dozen of eggs on a wager la-t we en. I ne money ne .von has bc-eu paid to his widow." "A man out in Kansas sa d he could drink a quart oi Cuieinf ati w hisky, and he el.d it. ihe silver mounting ou bia cottiu c 'St $13 73. We cannot tail to discover at once the parentage of anything of ihis sort. It U too evidently indigenous to be mistaken for an exoiic. 1 lie jests of other nations are equally Aeli nun ked. Your French bon-mot has -in uiiiiuslakeable shrusj ol the shoulder about it. German wit is elaborate and minutely accurate in all its details. A -k.'Otch j ke must ot necessity be gimlet pointeii, else it could never be driven borne in the head of a Scotchman. We cannot only discover the nation ality ol a jest from internal evidence, nut we cm olteii tell the exact region whence- il came, and sometimes even it very authorship is apparent. When we hear a man say Unit he "wrestles hi nasii" at such a place, we know very well tli .t that man was raised" west of the Adegliatiies. The man who a-ks you what you've got on your wheel-house" when he wants io know what you propose io uo, has i.o need io tell anybody that he has lived on the banks ol ine Mii- ' stppt river.- And it could nave only been ft college student, and a si phoiimie at that,-, who, when asked what stars never let. replied, Toosnr." There are some jests, as we have 1- ready remarked, whose very au horship is itppareut ; notably some ol Hin-d's aud n a' ly all of Charles Lamb's. Saxe has cioselV imitted his master in the matter of Duns, but he has never shown himself equal to sticii a play upon words a that which no id puts into tne mourn oi too vender of ear trumpets, who iu vauatimr his wares, say.-: "I here was Mrs. F. , So very deaf That she might nave worn a percussion oap. And lii-ti knocked on the bead without bearing 1C snap. Well, i uiU ber a born, and the rtrj neat day She hi.anl from ber husband at Botany Buy." Charles Lamb was never like anybody else, and cert iii ly nobody else was ever - like Charles Lamb. It was he, ot cou se (whoelse could it have been?) who re plied to the c unpiaint oi ins superior in the India li'iu-e, tat he came io tils desk Inter in ihe moi mug than any other or 'he writers, by saying, " Yes; hut you see I make it up by going away earlier ia the evening. " liis good things were al ways 8 ) essentia ly and wholly his owu, that there is uo pos ibility of mi-taking heir origin. -No otner man could nave nought his thjuif nts or anything like them. N .bwly else would ever have thought of pitying our forefathers, who lived bel'oie the times of c itidleligtit, be- iue wheu they cracked a i ike af er dirk, they had to feel about for a eiuile, an I handle their neighbors' cheeks to be ure that they understood it ' THE VILLAGE BAR-ROOM AS IT WAS. One of thf best things in an address, delivered before tlie Pioneer's Central Association ot Central New Y'ork, laiely. bv Gov. Seymour, wis ihe exaltation of lie educati uial value ot au iu-titu ion which has bee me neirly extinct in these days ot railroads, viz: tne village bir- ,'oom, or Hither, the company that uea io. assemble nightly at that place of uni versal tesort. ilere is the picture which Mr. Seymour drew of that old--tyle training-school: Ordinarily, he who kept a If-use of public entertainment was a man of larger means aud gene- ally of m re e ns. deration than most of his ne glib rs. And when ihey gtihered around tnstn e, ihe ch rgwuiu, the lawer, ilied ictor, the iiiichanic, to discuss things, ihey heard both sides of questions. Tunjr were not tli men of o .e newspaper, the men lint we are so much attlicted with to-dav, that see socleaily b cause they see but oi. e side of the qus ion, and llierifire never have any prob eun to settle in their own minds. Ma ters were . then d scu-se 1 in the hearing of all by your b igti e-t minds. 1 here was a col- ' lision of mind and sentiment ; there wa an argument u,iou both sides. A man' could not, in those dais, indulge in that, kind of declamation and loose sta' eiuent. of w liich we hear so much to-day , lor be had a wary and sharp opponent to hold h in clo e ti the truth, i iien. too, in re- ' gard to business in itlers. tne best men of bti-ine s gathered together, aud all the transactions of the country were substan tially d me In public. Tne joung men stood near the lurge fire-place aud li-tened to these words, ihe poor man, the-un-fiietidly youth win. had no other mean of education, used to listen U these UU cusmoiis. anil pcrhps there learned the ; tru lis -f g M.d conduct, of skill, ol busi ness all'.ii s . ilut in after life made him -uccegisiu nun. To nuke clear what I mean, I rem inber when, iu thdiyof Ptnio Rust, there uaeJ to gaiher u th public r.Him ! the Syracuse Unu-e. men f more shrewdness and n r capacity i haif any similar body of men that 1 cm ctll to mind. A wan who cou d maintain for one vear a high standing Iu that rotU, for his good sen-e and ability, wa sura to be a pretty marked man. It requir-d ft great d -ai moie sense than to b a maia bit of Cong re then or now. "A wife asked her husbud for ft new dress 1 ,ile tvpjied: "Time ar hard, my deafMSjibnrd I can hardly keep my no above, wau r, ' Whereupon she retorted : Von-cai -ep yes hum abov water eaty enough. V yOkc'te Is mind to. but tho trouble, is. yeu-keep U too uiuok abov brandy." . -, . s -4r. s;