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o -- s mrv. i n "5 ,4 V i I u ?! -1 ; XUMBKR.iij VOLUME KX VII. W00DSF1ELD MOlMROE COUNTY, OHIO. TUESDAY. MAY 24 i8t0 TITO iB V V! w a . ...... , ....... h m.. pi i w ii a ... h r.iv 11 va .;. A 1 7 , v.- . ... . ' '- - - -'' E-' "' " '" T rs-i1"-, ;, ' ... w. .;.' "-; ' ': ' " it i J1: i t i I t 1 J j i THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY. Published Every Tuesday. TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Two dollars perannum.invariably in advance '4 fJ 0. B P R I N T I N G Executed with neatness and dispatch at thlh office and at reasonable prices. t i TERMS OF ADVERTISING'. 'On square, three week...... $2 50 One square, tore month. fi 00 t)n square, six months...... 10 00 jOa square, "nine mouths., ,..;, 15 00 One iqtiare, twelve months. i .'.. iXBO Two squares three weeks .......... 5 00 1"w qares,three months 8 00 Twiqar, six months...... 1 CO Ttl tqnaiex, nine months? 00 'Two qnares, twlre months. 11 00 Oae-fonrth colnmn.three months. 15 00 u , , x " six months....... 2fi 00 . nine months 80 00 ' twelre months.... 35 00 One-half tolnmn, three months 20 00 ' ' -' " six months 30 00 :Lv, '' ninem.onths ,35 00 ' .'' twelve months 40 00 OnejColumn, three months .......... 30 00 " .- s,x nntn.. 45 00 - -1 i months 65 00 ".. twslve months...... ....75 00 ' tSTTwelve Hues, or lews, will be charged as ene square. ; .( t. . 0"AI1 legal advertisement will be charged dt the line, and nonet be paid in advanoe of sablicaMon. . - r - ,' . .. .. g3 Notices of the appointment ot Ai-Jg aainistrator'f and Kxeontor's; alao, Attacnment nouoes and ttoad no'.I-gaj ces, two dollars and 8 fly cents, 1dJ-J advance. Jgj "Advertiaing done at pnbllsttd rates, and payment required in advance, in all eases. . Trr.-TIH WARE. COPPER WARE, letMron Ware, Stoves. &c. i-;---.- - Flaoo of bnsineas at the old sUnd. oppslte the .v: . JalU " " W I L LI A II EOS E V HAS nst received, nd will sell at reason able, prices, a first olass stock of the vares ennmeratol above.' ' Mr. Rose is a oap Ital werAiaoan, and will manufacture for you Uay wares desired, not found in his shop. . ?aivekima call before looking elsewhere, tie mm and will please yon. prt3,'67. . WiLLIAM R03B. JP b f e's s lonal Cards t'iu or axo7 " I j. r. steioos, Votary Pnblio. J . Pros. Attoraey Ti r AMOS & SPRIOGS, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, and Licensed Claim Agents, i a i VWOODSFIELD, OHIO. OrTICt Up stairs in the old Bloomer Beait.- April 28, 186.- ' : '14-JACOB T. SIORRIti, V Attorney & Counsellor at Law ,'-:-i' : - AND r.st.-- j - :;notary public, Ctanitgton, Monroe,' Count jf 0. , lVrn.Ii- promptly and faithfully attend to r YY business entrusted to his care; Com promise and amioable adjustment always first sought, and litigation used only as the last 'resort. ' ' ' c '' ot.: 3l.'60. S ; R . 31 ORBiS. Attorney at Law, . WOODSFIELD, OHIO. ;.r"lsi.Office first building South of the v Court House. ' t - aug3lx. .r Xl 1 .1X1 AM WAI-TOy, 11. ., J; ; Physician and Surgeon, . (Office on Wain treet,) ... -'"WOO D 8 F i E LD, OHIO v . J W A Y, i i? tr- WOODSFIELD, OHIO. V -' All calls promptly attended to, during the "itj ornigbu . tf Ornci -Opposite Uinaleruiau's UoteL , .(f; fob23.'69. ,ji .; v . : - - ,- " MARBLE WORKS. KlCnOLAg WACOSHE1M t' h - a prepared to furnish r - M O N U M ENTS, TOMB STONES, , Head-stones, and all articles usually manu. - faotnrod in firar olass Marble establishments, i at the lowest cash prices. ; - - . Persons desiring tourohase will find it to . their interest to call. Place of business two doors South of Postoffioe, Main street, Woods Celd, Ohio. '. ,r Janl4r. t BERTRAM D LAKGEL'S 't BWBLRY DEPOT, V At his eld stand ocs door North ot Diehl's : ..- - store, '., . . WOODSFIELD, OHIO. TlSmO oxceedinKlT thankful to my great Jj somber of friends and patrons for past V favors, and adhering unflinchingly to my old ' Inaxlm, " ' ,?AIB DBAl.IWCr,l I solioit a eontinnanoe of the srme. Partio ' enlar attention paid to the repairing of ' Watches, Clockt, Jewelry and Musical - , r Instruments, and Gold and r i , s g-iver plating, ' ' 1 at reasonable rates and promptly. Wokx ; WiaaAiMD. BERTRAKD LAKQKL. aug31lT. SaYe Fifty Dollars. A' FT PEESDN wishing to purchase one of Grovesteen's Pianos, advertised in this paper, can save fifty dollars of the price by applying to the editor of pj er- jtfne CITY BAKEliY!- C0NFECTI0NE11Y. The undersigned has opened hew One door.7st, of Jonea' corner and Sodla.cf the Court Hooso, where he will keep' always oa hand fresh . White Wheat Breai, ; 1 Brown Bread, Cakes and Pies, - r Crackers, Nuts, Caodies, Tolscoo, Cigars and other things usually kept in a Grocery. I have on hand the B E S T O Y S T I3 R S 0 - in the market, by the can or half can: also, am prepared to serve them to customers at alt hours, fried, stewed or raw. deo7x. JACOB REINHERR, JOIIN BUROBACHER Boot and Shoe mum corner of Marietta and jiain streets. WOODSFIELD, OUIO. TO my friends in Woodsfieldd and vjoinityl announoe that I am better prepared than ever before to manufacture, ut the lowest cash prices. . . ,. - BOOT S A N D 8 H O E S for men; and bootoes for women sad children. My place of business is on the right side of Main stresouth end of town, where I can be found at all times. . Give me a eill and try the wear of my work. decl41y. JOHN BUKGBACHEB. MEAT MARKET, ASTIIOXY gCUVatACBER Respectfully informs the oitizens of W O O D S: F I E L D , and . vicinity that he keeps constantly on hand at his . MEAT STORE, ON MAIN STREET, Two doors North of Jndkina' Drug Store, : Beef, Pork, Veal, .Sausage. &e He lolioits the natronaffe of the vnblie. as he will spare no efforts to accommodate Custom ers, and hopes, by liberal dealing, to render satisfaction to all who may buy meats at bis store. , -: .TO FAR AT E R S I - I will pay the market price for oattle, hogs and sheep suitable for bntoherin. dec7r. i AMTiiOiiir BUiiuaiAuiijitt. D E IT E R S G;IlO E R Y . One. door South of Dr. Walton's tesldeuoe on Main ttreet-. THE undersigned notifies his friends and the publie generally, that he keeps oon stantly on hand FLOUR, by tbo small or barrel, CRACKERS, Coffed. Tea. ' B0O1R, Rehsed Erncr Moiisbks, Tobacco, Cigara, Snnff, Axes, Nails, Washtubs, Soaps. Dve Stuffs of all kiods, Powder, Lead, CANDIES OF ALL KINDS, and in hot every thing usually found in a Grocery Store.. It will be to the advantage' of the trading public to give ms a call before purchasing e'sewbere. -- dec7y ASDREW DE1TE X. NEUH ART'S EERY I TAKE pleasure in informing my customers, and the customers of John Glasser, that 1 have pnrchased his Orooery and am now pre pared at the old stand, West End of Main Cross Street, To sell on low terms, COFFEE, TEA, SUGAR, Flour, rooms, tebacco, cigtrs, canned fruits, pepper, diaries, &o &o. I can supply eve rything required in the GROCERY LINE. Terms as low as those of any other grocerv iu toirn. ...... GIVE ME A CALL. dec7r' LOCTS' HEUff ART. SO 0 t V X JJ Yritten for the Spirit. THE UXKXOWX l,ln. BY J. A. M. AVhcn the gentle mooa is smiling Oa tho triifcteriug sea, When have fled the hours of toiling, . And the still night is beguiling HearU from Care and sad turmoiling. Then my soul is free. Then my wayward faucy, flying To the unknown land, , "to its strange, sweet sounds replying,' Plucks the flowers of hue3 undying, . Grasps the glift'ring jewels lying On its shining strand. All that mortals have of pleasure, In that land doth live. There, the fancy, in treird measure, On tho moonlit hours of leisure,' Dances, grasping at the treasure Which the bright hours givo. In that land the stately towers Hopes and day-dreams build, Shine 'mid brightly blooming bowera; O'er their walls no dark storm lowers, But, fall, whispering, silvery howors, With sweet promise filled. 'Xothin; In the Paper." The following spicy chapter, oa the subject of newspapers, we clip from au exchange- -elicited, no doubt, by the too frequent remark of the Indifferent reader, after perusing the news of the "day, that "there 3 nothing in the paper." It says: "And men are always crumbling about their papers, and insinuating how much better they could do it. They talk as flippantly about "fine articles" on every imaginable subject as if they could effect such a change. Let some of these over running philosophers try it for one hun dred and fifty days in succession ! - "And then they think it is nothing to select for. auewspaper ; yoa have merely torun the scissors through a half dozen exchanges, and you have . got matter enough. ;'Now, this is the most import ant and most difficult department to fill on a newspaper. .Very few men hnve the slightest idea how to do the woik. It requires a thorough' .newspaper man who knows the public appetite well , who knows what is going on m the world, and who knows how to rewrite and pack a column into a dozen lines. "Aleu who &kim a newspaper and toss it aside, little reflect how much brain and toil have been expended- iu serving up that meal. Busy heads and busy hancU have been toiling all day to gather and prepare thuse viands, and some vast building has been lit from cellar to gar ret, all night, to get the paper ready for. the ncwsboy.by crack of dawn. " 'Nothing iu the paper ! Nothing in your head ! that's where the fault lies." The Voting In France. The Tribnue's Paris cable dispatch saj's: Paris -gives on the voto for the plebtsoilum nominally 5,000 negative majority, but counting absentions it is really 130,000. Rochcfort's district alone, following-hi3 counsel to abstain, gives 5,000 yes, 16,000 no, and 20,000 absentions. 1 he cities of the second class voto no with scarcely an exception. The Emperor expected that at least 8, 000,000 would vote yes, as they did in 1852. There are 1,000,000 more elec tors, but the number voting yes is 600,- 000 smaller, while the number voting no is 12,000 greater. The whole vote is : Ye3, , - 7. 207, 3 y No, - 1.530,909 Blank, - - 10,990 Absention3, ' . 12,000 Not reported, " ' 70,000 ' Conundrums. When is a leg of mutton like a modern poet ? When it's Browning. Why is a leg of mutton being roasted like London in 1665 ? Because it's be fore the lire. . ' ! When is a leg of mutton like venison ? When it's dear. . Why is an old man like a place in the West Indies ? Why, when he's Hay ti, of course. Riddle for tha skating season ( when it comes again. ) Why is a fall like the want of the letter T ? Because it makes a tumbler 'umbler. What is the difference between a fall ing star and a fog ? One is missed in heaven, and the other mist on earth. The Best Oxe. Abraham Lincoln used to say the best story he ever read of himself was this : Two Quakeresses were traveling on the-railroad, and were heard discussing the probable termination of the war: "I think," said the first, "that Jeffer son will succeed." "Why docs thee think so?" asked the other. "Because Jefferson is a praying man." "And so 'is Abraham a praying man," objected the other. "Yes, but the Lord will think Abra ham is joking," replied the first conclu sively. Landlord Mr. Eaitor.I'll tlfank you to say that I keep the best table in' the ity. Editor I'll thank you to supply my family with board, gratis. Landlord I thought you were glad to get something to fill up your paper. Editor I thought youwere glad to get something to fill up your house. It's a poor rule that won't work, both ways. Exit landlord in a rage, threatening to have nothing more to do with the office. ?A mother, trying to get her little daughter of three years old to sleep one night, said : "Anna, why don't you try to go to sleep?" "I am trying," she replied. f'But you haven't shut your eyes." "Well, can't help it j um3 come unbut toned." 3TGrn. Howard, tha Christian Sol dier and Patriot, turns out to be a rascal of stupendous proportions. He ha3 handled twelve millions of dollars in the Negro Bureau business, and a large amount of the whole sum has stuck to ht3 fingers. 2fapoleon Northwest. FORTY-n VE MIS UT ES. A TALK FOrXDED 0 FACTS OOXCLCDED. j It was near sunset, and the view from our elevated position was grand beyond description. I raised my telescope ana cazed uon a huntiii ' scene. My wife stood by my side. I gave hor a rapid description of the flying stag, the pursu ing hounds, the mounted hunters, and when they all had disappeared in the depths of the forest I laid down my tel escope. "This was a grand BpectacleVElcanor !' cried I, turning, to my rightv Sly wife was gone. 'Perhaps she had tired of hearing my silly talk, and gon down to look at the inscription upon tho walls in tho lower chambers,' thought I, descend ing. I found the first and second story vacant. I shouted, 'Eleanora! Eleano ra !' The clang of an iron door was the only sound I heard Frantically I rushed down .the last flight of the spiral staircase. My body came in violent con tact with a closed iron door, which de fied my utmost endeavors to open it. 'Perhaps she has concealed herself be hind some of the battlements, and ouly tried to frighten me,' were my thoughts as I again ascended to the highest plat form. I searched every nook and cor ner, but did not find her. I climbed up one of the high blocks of stone compo sing tho top wall, and looked down a depth of two hundred feet. Uh, I wish I had sprung down that height ! Many a sleepless night, full of agony, would have been spared to me. Far, far below me, I perceived a carriage ; and walking towards it, arm in arm, were ray.10.Ve and a stranger. Oh, furies! ray wife and a man, and a stranger, too ! I cast my eyes about me for a stone, a weapon in fact, for something heavy to hurl down upon their heads. Bat nothing met my gaze ; even my telescopa had disappeared. Probably it had been blown over by the high winds that swept the top Of the tower. I tore off my coat and cast it down. It fell close to the carriage. The couple looked up. I shall never forget the face of the man. He wasyouug, had a cluster of curls, a fair, fresh complexion.and a light brown beard. Every lineament of his features was indelibly impressed upon my mind's eye. lie mockingly boweu to me. juy wife kissed her hands at me, and both sprang into the carriage. The postilion lashed the horses, and the carriage rat tled away. Two days passed before I was released, by a party of tourists who came to visit the tower. This is the first part of the narrative." He paused, and wiped the perspiration from his brow; then he pointed to the candle and muttered : "Thirty minutes more, and then we fly." Again the word "fly. "Ban ! tnougiit I ; "it'sonly a word ; nothing else. It comes from the brain of a half crazy man." As if he had divined my thoughts,, he said: "I know you think me mad. No, sir, I am not mad. I have read all the books relating to lunacy, and I found that ma niacs have no control over their actions. But I have control over my thoughts and actions, and I have & set parpose to ac complish; Now to continue my 6tory. "Ob my return to the hotel I found it was the student who had procured the carriage. I followed the fugitives. One year they eluded my search. At last a returned California miner told me in New York that he knew a woman living in San Francisco who answered my de scription of Eleanora. I hastened to that city of the Golden Sands. I found her sick, poor, and deserted by the vil lain. Do you think I took her to my bosdm again ? "No. a thousand times no ! I found means to, make her stone blind. Gkld, my gold, purchased men, tools, who performed the feat very neatly- . ' ' .' " "Three weeks after, she died raving mad. Look, here she lie3 ; I had her body embalmed." With these words he rose and removed the lid from the obloug box. A white, ghastly face, surrounded by pale golden locks, like the holy sheea of a madonna, seemed to start irotn the black lined coffln. Two hands, upon the fingers of which glistened diamonds, were crossed over the half exposed bo som. The aspect of the face was serene, as if she was only sleeping. From the cof fia my eye fell upon the candle. The ' last strip of black was close to the flame. . Another fifteen minutes had passed away, t irteen more ana wc are in ciarK neS3. Then a vague hope crept through my excited brain that I had a chance to escape. The voice of the Englishman ronsed me from my thoughts. I looked dowu. He was leaning against the railing of the staircase; his watch he held in ' one hand, while the other was grasping a hammer. Again I heard the word "fly." "Yes," fly!" repeated he in a sharp tone. Then looking intently at the watch, he continued his narrative : "I took this box with me in my trav els, for now my only end and aim was to follow the student, who had left San Francisco for the gold mines. There 1 found that he had started across the plains for tho Eastern States. Money procured me an outfit and an escort of twenty men. I followed him from Pla cervillo to Carson and from there through the Mormon city to Fort Kear ney. I still followed, finding fresh tra ces of him in every city and baralet I passed through, until I arrived in New York, where 1 learned that he had em barked on a steamer bound to Bremen and Southampton. I left New York on the next steamer. On my arrival in Bre men I described his personal appear ance to the Chief of the Harbor Police, and promised a large Bum of gold if he should be found. Ihree clays alter, 1 learned that a. man, answering my rle scription, bad left for Prussia. I follow ed, and first met him face to face at Dresden." He stopped and looked at "me,with eves full of hatred. A cold shudder ran through my frame ; I wanted to speak, but. my tongue refused to utter a word, and my throat felt as if a vice like grip was compressing' it the madman had distinctly described the route I took from 'the shores of California to the frontiers of Bavaria. -The following words which the Englishman uttered confirmed what I had thought ; "Yes, he and I traveled in one coach, ate at the same table, drank good health to each other, went together to this tower. His name is Herman Gallcr.and you; thrice damned villain, are the mnn!' -. 1 sprang to my feet. "It's a lie; I never saw your wife; I never saw nor heard of you before 1 met you at Dresden. My name is Herman Galler; I look like the student you de 6cii4j3 ; but I swear to you, by the eternal-God above ns, that I am not the man you saw at the foot of this tower at the time j'ouf wife left you !" A. terrible laugh came from his a?hy lips as he swung the hammer around his head "Very plausible, indoe l ; but I believe not a word of it. . Thou, fiend.art in my power. It is just five minutes more, and this candle dies. Then wc, too, will die. But no, not die we will fly into eternity with the noise of thunder and with tho flash of lightning!'' "What do you mean by the word 'fly !' " shouted I with impotent rage. "Ha ! ha ! ha ! thon stupid fool. Cast thy false eyes toward that glas? box. It contains twenty pounds of percussion powder. One stroke with this hammer, and we, together with this tower, will fly into the air. Ha! ha! ha! it will aston ish, the natives of Bruckennu ; it will arouse them fiom sleep.,. The falling stones will crush in their dull skulls. I rejoice at this, for thou wertboru in thia accursed town! Ha! only three min utes more!" cried he, looking at his watch, which he held close to the flicker ing light of the expiring caudle. Three minutes more, and I am in eter nity! Good God! what a fearful thought ! I, who felt so happy, so full of life and health. T, who came to Ger many with the certainty of marrying the girl I loved in my avoulhful days ; tho maiden who had waited ten long years for my return, because she believed me true to my vows. And I have to perish ! n as there no means of escape r I look ed dowa. A black chasm-yawned at my feet, for the madman had removeiftart of the stairs. I kucw I was not able to leap across the gulf it would be suicide to attempt it. "Two minutes'" came like a death knell to my ears, f he Englishman was still leaning against the railing and shad ing the candle with his hands to prolong iU .lifc. Where wa3 now my hope of escaping fiim in tire darkness ? My entire former life passed with light ning flash through my. throbbing brain. I remembered the joyous scenes 01 my boyhood.my first love, my departure for the, to me, unknown lands beyond the oceau I thought I -again heard the words of my clear mother as she gave me her blessing. "Be a good bo), Her man; fear God,and do no one a wrong," were her last words as she pressed me to her bosom, Then I departed. The voyage to the United States.my struggle with poverty, my adventures in the far West, my success in the gold mines of California, my joyful return to . my fath erland all, all, rushed and surged through my mind. . "One more minute! Prdy to God for thu iniquitur came from below. But I could not pray, though I felt calmer, as the List moments were approaching. , .What was that! Something vague and undefinable, which . soon assumed shape, came quickly to my mind's eye. I saw the sports of my boyhood. Prov idence all wise and unerring, had shown me the means of escape. Often 1 had sat, like one upon a horse, on the top of the railings and slid with great velocity don its smooth surface. There was a railing before me now! ' The Englishman still leaned against it- . ' ' Quick, Herman, ere it is too late! The next moment I was on the railing. I felt the air whiz past me. I felt that my extended feet struck something which yielded to the impetus. I heard a dull crash ; a terrible cry followed then I remembered no more. ; When I awoke T realized that I was lying upon something mft. I stretched out my hands a cry of terror escaped my mouth. I had touched the face of the dead Eleanora. I had fallen into the coffin Again I lost my senses. When I awoke I found myself in bed ; my fathcr,mother,and my affianced bride were standing by my bedside. They told me that m the morning a shepherd had found the door of the tower closed. He looked through the ke)'hole and saw a deal man. He returned to the town, telling every one he met oil the way the fearful sight he saw. The door was bro ken open. I was found insensible. The Baron Dale was dead. A broken rib had penetrated his heart. In his memo randum book wa3 found a detailed ac count of. his life, and with a pencil he bad written his intention of -destroying himself and me, whom he supposed to be the betrayer of his wife. The glass box did contain a white detonating pow der, such as is used is filling percussion caps. " My true narrative is soon ended. Six months passed away ere I could leave my bed, and months elapsed ere I regained my health. I married aud re turned to San Francisco. I am not quite positive if the Englishman was mad, for he had laid his plans well. Mine was a singular escape from sud den death. Those dreadful forty Jiv e u7iKfes,during which I was at the mercy of a fiend, are indelibly impressed upon my memory. Golden Era. 3TThe Prussian Government lias military maps of every foot of its terri tory so complete that every hill, ravine, brooklet, field and forest, is delineated with perfect accuracy. It is a common boast of Prussian -military men tnat within fiiht davs 850.000 men can be concentrated to the defense of any single poiud wiuiiii me n.iujjuuiu. 5rThe income tax produces thirty five millions annually, and is paid by the wealthy and prosperous. 11 tue :aw do repealed, this- thirty-five millions will have to be paid by tha poor and strug gling. . That b the case. Take your choice of sides Napoleon Northwest. COlli:, SIT RT MT SIDE, LITTLE DARLING. Come sit by my side, little darling, And lay your brown head on my breast, While the angels of twilight around us Arc singing tho flowers to rest. Your hands are as fair as the lilies ' That blossom in the shadows of green; And their touch has a magical power My heart from all sadness to wean.. . . . II. ... I dream when your arms are around me That life is an infinite calm; ' ' Your kiss has the spell of a charmer Your kiss that is sweeter than balm. ' Oh! what could be sweetor thou dreaming This dream that is oiartrs to-night? ; " Let us think of the present, my darling," ' The future is out of our sight, ' . in. , , ,. , ...... . - Sing low iu the twilight some ballad As sweet as the smile on your face, ... That shall thrill me with melody's mreetness, And-touch with its words, tonder grace. And I'll give you a kiss when it's ended, A kiss that the singer shall earn; And perhaps do you hoar, little darling? I shall ask for a kiss in return. "Sometime." The following is one of Mr. Prentice's little waifs : - "Sometime It is. a sweet, sweet song, warbled to and fro among the topmost boughs of the heart, and filling the whole air with such joy aud gladness as the songs of birds do when the summer morning comes out of darknes.,and day is Lorae on the mountains. . We have all our possession's in the future which we call 'sometime.' Beautiful flowers aud singing birds are there, only our bauds seldom grasped the one, or our ears hear the other. But, oh, reae'er, be of good cheer, for all the good there is a golden 'sometime ;' when the hills aud valleys of time are nil passed ; when the wear and fever, the disappointment and the sorrow of life are over, then there is the place and the rest appointed of God Oh, homestead, over whose roof fall no shadows or even clouds; and over whose threshold the voice of sor row is never heard; -built upon the eter nal hills, and standing with tbj'' spires aud pinnacles of celestial beauty among the palm trees of the city on high, those who love God shall rest under thy shad ows, where there is no more sorrow nor the sound of weeping 'sometime." " A Distinction Without a Difflr- knce. An instance of distinction with out a difference was offered by the Irish man, who, having legs of different 81203, ordered boots Xo be made accordingly. His directions were obeyed ; but as he tried the smaller boot upon the larger leg, he exclaimed, indignantly: "Con found the fellow ! I ordered him to make one larger than the other, and, in stead of that he has made one smaller than the other." A Puzzled Portkr A lady occupy ing a room, letter B, at a hotel in New York, wrote on .the slate as follows: "Wake letter B at seven ; aud if letter B says, 'Let her be,' don't let her be, nor let letter B be, because if you let letter B be, letter B will be unable to let her house to Mr. B., who is to call at half past ten." The porter a much better boot-black than orthographist after studyiug the above all night, did not know whether to wake letter B or to "let her be.". . 7 i A Cactiocs Ansavee. There once lived in a village not more than three hundred miles west of New York, a cfcr tain tradesman who had a large family, and little "treasures" were continually being added to his board.- One, day one of hi3 little boys happened to be In a store, andwas thus interrogated by a yonng man present : "John, how many brothers and sisters have yon got ?" "I don't know," answered ; the boy, 'I hain't been home since morning." " Ah Indiana female preacher has been marrying a couple and kissing the bride groom. ; ,' . , ' ' A Tarrytown undertaker announces an "opening of spring styles In coffins." An Indiana editor is holding in trust for a natural history society seven red foxes. If you offer a Californian rice, he in dignantly inquires: "Do you take ifle for a Chinamen ?" Y - Pope Innocent XII. excommunicated all who used tobacco in any form, while Pins IX. uses snnff. . "In tho Virginia House of Delegates, the 13th inst, there was a warm debate on the proposition to strike tho word "white" from the tax bill, which was de feated, ayes, 22 1 nays, 57. The Mount Vernon. Bryiner,. which was burned out on the 22d of April, has made its appearance" iu hew type and otherwise improved by the Sery ordeal through which it has passed The Buffalo Express says : "A young man named Frank Thorne.now stopping in this city, informs ns that he has con cluded arrangements with parties at the Falls to make a lcdp from the new sus pension bridge into the river", a distance of 190 feet, 011 the 13th of next August, the day after the horse races here. Seats sufficient to accommodate several thou sand persons will be erected along both shores. ' Mr. -Thome, we understand, is to receive the sum of $10,000 for the undertaking." . " Foot rot is Cattle. A correspand ent furnishes the Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, N. H., the following reme dy for this disease: "Put them in a place where you can handle their feet, and then take half a pint of common tar and as much soft soap, put them-fnto ny vessel, and heat them together until they get thoroughly mixed ; then let.it cool down some, but not too much ; put it on the parts effect ed quite hot, and in seven cases out of ten it will effect a cure,but if it does not, repeat the tar, which will be sufficient to cure any case that I ever saw, iu a few dajS. - - ; ... a ."Although the Southern planters are offering $20. a, month for hands, yet the negroes all flock to the towns, where they live in a state of beggary. T II E S AP P II O W I S N'i TueEnsUsli Vacht Cambria lied- . feu out of Sight. Losdon, May Jl. The first of the scries of three races between the Amer ican yacht SapphOj and the English yacht Cambna, 6ixty miles to windward and return, which commenced yesterday morning, terminated this raofnmg in the decided victory ofthe Sappho, who BEAT THE CAMBRIA FROM THE START, at the latter's best point of sailing.uame ly, turning to windward. . . ... TUX. XACHTS were towed ver;arly on the morning ot tue luui to a pomi sixw mue3 souui east of Conies" KbadiT .f As a strong e.is terly wfrid f warjfowfji and . the race was to the windward,' the course w. is up the Channel. THE SCtXCS AT THE STAV.T. . The American yacht Dauntless and the English yacht Pleiad, and a u umber of other English craft and stcamera, ac companied the contesting "yachts The scene at the st art was very fine and cx citing. , ".. - ,. A FLYING START. It was arranged by the umpires that a flying start sboteld be given on the port lack, by which the yachts would gain a greater offing towards mid-channel in casu of a change of wind. "; THE CAMBRIA WINS TIIET'ifrS. ; The Carat ria having won the toss took the weather position, and thus had all the advantage at tha start. , , - . THE CREWS AND SAILS. . The Sappho carried thirty-two hands and a cloud of canvas, including, with her regular fore and aft sails, a maintop mast 6tay-sail and flying jib; while the Cambria only set one jib in addition to her foresail and other racing sails, and carried twenty six hands. GO. The signal go was given at 8 :2S a. m. THE SArPHO TOOK THE LEAD from the start, and by the time she was off Beachy Head, and about fifty miles from the starting-poiut, she was fully TEX JIILFS TO WINDWARD of the Cambria. ; The latter, seeing it was impossible to win, gave up the race and without roundiug tho umpire's steamer returned to Cowcs, where she arrived at 4 o'clock this morning.accom panied by the Dauntless. BEATEN' OCT OF SWHT. The Sappho, jvhich at time3 was out of sight ot tho Cambria, returned to Cowcs about two hours later. ASHBURT ADMITS IT. Mr. Ashbury frankly admits his de feat. The second race will be sailed on Friday. . . DlSCRirilOX OF TOE VESSELS. ' The American yacht Sappho, owned by Mr. Wm. Douglass, was built in 1867 by the Messrs. Poillon, of Brooklyn. She is a keel schooner of 27 tons. New Yori Club measurement, 125 feet long. 25 fect beam, and 11 feet deep. Her rig has been changed somewhat during the past wiuter. She has been tipped and coppered and reballastcd, and so many improvements have been inado in her that she may now safely be said to be one of the fcistesi yachts afloat 'The English yacht Cambria is owned by Mr. James Ashbury.' She was launch ed from Ratsey's yard in April, 18G8, and is a beautiful model, aud has always been regarded a the champion English yacht.'- Her dimensions are 91 feet 011 deck from stem to stern post, 21 feef beam, and 11 feet hold, and according to the Royal Thames Yacht Club meas urement she rates at 188 tons. Bj' New York Club measurement she. rates 248 tons.' During the past three or four months great efforts have been made to pet her in readiness for her race with tha Sappho and her ocean race, on the 4xh of July with the Dauntless. Her bulwarks have been raised, her Ecnpper? enlarged', more ballast has been stowed in her Titill," nnd;-ler spars have been lightened by boring them.? , . ; ' , Lile In JMlnnesoJa. A correcpondent of the St Peter Trib une, writing from Baekville.Brown Coun ty, sends to that paper the following items: - ' '"' ' .-; Last year a Bohemian living in an ad joing town was plowing out com with his oxen, when he found that one ox stepped on his corn. So he took out the nigh ox and put in his. wife, who knew enough to step over the hills of corn. Some of the time she carried the yoke In her arms or on -her shoulder; most of the time - she put her head through the bow like an ox, while the stout burly farmer held the plow. A man lived two miles from tins place, named Seamen. lie cut himself badly with a scythe la3t fall, and this winter was about-to die, when he told his wife that ho had a brother once that was bu ried alive, and told her to cut his throat after ho wa9 dead, sags to make assure thing of it, so she says.. - Well, the ml:! was found deaL with his throat cut from car to ear, and wc all believe her story lie was too week to Jitt uis owu hand -It appears that thev had 'watchers the night before his death, aud the woman said to persons then that she could get along aiouc, bo wc suppose he was us dead as could be when the job was done, and she lad done, herr duty. . Sharp Bcply. From Hardinsburg, Kentucky, comes a narrative of a 3-oung gentleman of that state who happened to be at a wedding party at wlfich Mrs. B., the wife of a Methodist minister, was preseut , Our young .friend was fond of plea&antry,and at the supper-table brought a huge plate of meat, etc , enough for half a dozen, saying, "When you want more just back up your cart." "I will."' said the lady, "if I can get the same doukev to draw it." ... Here ia a flash which comes like inspi ration in George Alfred Townsend's last letter to the Chicago Tribune: "A man who comes recommended chiefly for vindictiveness excites little fear iu the healthy mind " If all, correspond ents and editors only knew that ! bouth-bastcrn Kansas now promises the largest and bett wfieat-crop -since 1862. A larger breadth ha3 bceu sown than in any former year. Turned Oat to life. StHflrYfciy nfiei-Huo'n there ; hobbled nj , Grand I Kivcr blreet, following his master, au old gray jorse, so lame that lie Could hardly step, aud his bones marked plain ly tlirouglr his faded skin:". He was be- ing led out to die. -The than jerked and, pulled to make him hobble the faster, and stopped several tojneite himtb quicker gait by oaths and kicks. But ' tlio poor beast could do no better even though ho was to hare liberty .atleas . from work and toil. ."" At Third street the halter was slipped from hisi head, he was given a last kick, and he hobbled off, going away to die. And if tha poor old Iwjrsa could have but spoken! He might have told of years of toil, of days when' the manger was emptyof louder oatlra and harder klck3. lie was almrtst"thif ty years bld,"tuTfled"out at last -tacanss he'could not work, could-Mio loDgese-ro turn a recompanse for the little foot that was given him that he might not start ; and fall dead" in the s'able. ' Perhapllie once pranced along before the carriage of wealth, champing" his bit and arch ing his neck, tossing, his head .yt co- tempt at the overworked boasts tfiai passed liiin on the way. One day there' . came a change for him, because be .i bad even llicii grown old, and his . ttep1 was not so light, and his pace was- slower, and he was made a hack horse. He was driven early and late; he was pushed , when ready to drop from travel lie wa?j whipped when he, knew not fbr.wl.aL The drivers stormed at him, strupkhira" hard blows. . ''' "'' ' ' ' - t- . He nsc to Maud iu his stall and "jron der why men abused him so when he tried to be faithful. Ho never complain ed of his hay and oats, and if they took him out again for work before heba-l finished his meal, lie gave 110 outward. sign that told of' the still hungry feeling within him. Over tho cobble stones, up and down the streets, out in the ho't.sun,. . the cold raius, ihe snow and the driviug. . blasts, and poor Tom was at List ao or and lam (? that there came a' morning when he was sick,and when he told them by his groans that he could 110J work, and tint his blood was like lire and his whole body aching, tbey ailed him hard names and said that another and bcttci; horse should have his place.- And when -he got a little' better, they made bin -hobble awajand sold him to a cartmait. And for years the poor beast drew a dray and, was pounded and overloaded, and , " there came another clay when he could not pull even the cut, and then he was. left to take cafe of himself, And be. was led away on Saturday turned b on tlic commons to stand and shiver ill . the blast ; to see plenty around him, and . yet be hungry ; to think (for a horse can think) of man's ingratitude. He limped off toward the leafless trees, their barren, branches cold aud desolate, like his 'tjwh dreary Wiuter of old age. And,, the darkness found him there, the nigWjV. . wind whistling through the branches, tossing up his yellow mane " and - faded hair. He was waiting, not for' nrrAthreif morning not for his masternot (of food ; he was waiting there for death!-?- He knew, perhaps, that death was . no -far away, and that it would not be long, ere he would fall, and then, the passer-,' by would note the 'dead body of the" horse nothing more. - No : board" will' be put up with Tom engraved thereon; no- oue wiH stop to lament ; no one speak of tho useful life ; ud xmecare1 ha was nothing but a hprpe vetroxt t ree n ets. -' -"T A Carious Legend. , , , . When Adam was far advanCjCd in years and at the. point of death,;, be sent hia son to the angel Michael, wWj kept the gate of Paradise, to pray for the - oil of . mercy, so that be could be healed. The' angel answered that it "could not be un til fifty-five hundred years, but ho 'gave Setli a branch of the "tree of which Acl Am had catcii,bidding him plant it on ifount "' Lebanon, and that when it bore fnrrt'bis father should be healed. Sgth placed the branch on his father's gtav'e ; it took , root and grew and .from it were madb Aaron's rod, and Moses' staff with whieti he struck the ' rock .and, sweetened the waters of Marah. it also formed .-the. pole on which1 the bfazeu serpent - y aJj' lilted, and the ark of the testimony. At -last it came into the hands of Solomon,, who used it in building, his palace, but it contiuually resisted the efforts of the builders to adjust it. ' Npw .it was, lop', long, and then again too short. The builders, being angry, then threw it.itit.Q--a marsh, so that.it might serve, as a: bridge. The queen of Shcba tfontd not walk upon it, but adored it, and tal. Solomon that upou it should he suspen ded the man through whose, death , the kiugdom 6hould be destroyed. . -golo-mou then had it Buried deep, in the' ground,' where afterward the , ppol -of Bethesda was dug, and from the virtues of this tree ho.alinsr mooerties were ira parted to the waters. After it bad been buried three hundred years it rose y the surface of tho water, (and ,, the' Jews . took it and made it the cross of our Sa vior. From- the MayNv.mber of Lip- fincotf Magazine, r . "$" -I 1 r-i ' ' ' ' ". . .' 3TAud now, after the glorious fif teenth amendment has been proclaimed and duly celebrated, we are getting this sort of ti'lk from the" Albany ' Journal, the organ of the Radical party iu New York: "There are natural and inevita-. ble distinctions whioh must continue to cxist-i-wliieh 110 sen-jiblc black man e; pects or desires to have removed. Polit-. ical Bysteras do not nffect theia. They are inherent and untnral. Blacks uncf whites cannot fraternize in society or m the family. They -will not inter .Darrypr. unite in the various domestic arrange ments, of community." This accursed' spirit of caste.as Sumner would 6ajywill not down, after all. -Ohio Statesman, . JtiTAt Circleville, Ohio, last wcdr young man sued . his father uuder f.n'? following state of facts : The pUcjDt'ffr while a minor, went into the army as a substitute, with his father's consent He received eight hundred dollar's, tilnch he left with his father to be .invested. for, plaintiff's benefit. The father purcba ed land with the money, but refused to deed it to his son, or pay him back the mou- ' ey, claiming it as his own, and that h." had hired out his son cs a substitute. Judgment for $99Q,and costs for plaint iff. . - - ' . ...u;,;-. . .. .- ' Bishop Simpson thl'nka it better tVt early aud dilate, than to cat late anddit farlj. ." ' " ' 't'v .4 if it i it f-4 Is