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Business Cards.
DR. S. B. IJARRIMAN
No. 16 North Pearl Street,
(Opposite the Woruer liniWIriijr,)'
It I C II 31 O N I , I X B
Oil'ce llr urs-: Tr in 1 to 2, and from
6 to 7 I. 11. an J atill other times when not
professionally engaged.
KICHMONK, jov. v, loow. iu. v
DR. J. HOWELLS,
HOMCKPATIIIST, annonnces to his
old friends and the citizens penerally,
that he has again taken op tds residence in
Richmond, and design devoting himself to
the practice of hi profession. Office and
reftidencn No. 25 South Fronl-st.
Office bors from 10 to 12 A M, and from
a to r m. -" f "r"r ft r
Inference: O. P. Baik. M. D. " 2:tf
SI!ed.ical Notice
TfcR O. Y. I'ECK, Eclectic Physioi-
M-9 an, ban located himself in the new 'a
tiooal Uaiik'Uuildirifr, on Franklin Street,
sear Main, and resides at 115 .North l'earl
Street.
He offers his Professional services to the cit
izens of Hichmond and vicinity; and re
spectfully solicits th-ir patronape.
Kichmond, April 12, lt70. 5:2m
TREMONT HOUSE.
JOHN ELLIOTT. Proprietor.
CORNER OF FIFTH AND MA IX,
Richmond. Ind.
P.P. HoLLOVir, Former Corn'r of'atf nts.
R. Masoh, Att'y at Law.
J. M. Blanchahd, late Examiner Pat. Office.
Holloway, Mason & Blanchard,
Helicitors of .
American and Foreign Patents,
Attorneys and Experts in
Patent Cases,
459 Ninth, between E and F Streets,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
no21 tf. '
NICHOLSON & BRO.,
Booksellers and Stationers,
(NEW STAND)
5th and Main, Odd Fellow Building
'RICHMOND, IND I AM A.
1YI. E. HILLIS,
IDE 3NTT I ST,
(Successor to T. Rose,)
Nort'j-west Corner Main and Pearl Streets.
n7tf Richmond, Indiana .
JOHN H. POPP,
" A TTORNEY AT LAW and NO-
J TAKA , Office No. 33, Main-Street,
R "hmond, Ind; attends to the collec
tion ot all claims in any State o the Union.
Will practice in any of the Courts ot Indiar a
and Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and
I'owers of Attorney, either inland or for
eign. Br special arrangement with C. P.
Adas, in Cincinnati, ((wrraan Consul ) and
IIilleb A Co., of New York, I am enabled t
forward and receive any nior.ey packages or
other valuables, a well as to attend to the
transit of persons from any part of Europe
or from tliiscountry.
AH business strictly confidential and
promptly attended to. J. II. P.
July 7th. 189. I9tf -
JAMES M. STARR,
TUB & GASP1FE FITTER
; Office on Mnin Street, ?etvccn
Feat I and Jlunon, on 2d l'loor.
Gas Fixtures, at Less
THAN EASTERN PRICES,
All work promptly done in the bent and
most sitigtacory manner and Wakrantep.
Richmond, Jan 5, 18fi9. 44:ly
Dr. I. J. AVERY,
AT HIS OFFICE on South Pesrl st.,
fourth door from the . W. cf.r. of
Pearl and Walnut-sts, i prepare 1 to attend
promptly to allcalls in the line of his Pro
, fesaion.
Hichmond, Jnly 7th, 1868. 19tf
, Jehiel Railsback,
RESPECT Firi.LY announces to the
citizens of Richmond and Wayne conn
ty, that lie has resumed the Practice of
Law In the room over Haines Store, oppo--.
site the Kichmond National Bank, w'here he
would be pleased to sae his old friends and
all desiring his assistance in chat line.
Entrance one door West of S. R: Wig
gins A Co.'s Saddlery and Leather Store,
scichmond, Aug. 10,1869. 23tf
MOTS & SWfllNE,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS.
Are prepared to do all kinds of work in
their line of business, and in .
THE BEST STYLE!
AT TIlEIIi GALLERIES
304, nnd 30GIiiin-St., Third Story,
A N D
Corner of JIain and Filth Streets,
Richmond, Indiana.
STABLES!
WILLIAM COMER,
Proprietor.
I TAKE pleasare'ia informing my friends
nd the public generally, thatlhve be
come to e proprietor ot the above establish
ment, on Ma n street, between tth and 6th,
where will bu found at all times a full stock
of
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &c.
Of the best style, which will be promptly
furnished to parties or persons at a mo
ment's notice.
My horses are of first class. Carriages
and Buggies new and elegant, and no pains
will be spared to furnish an A No. 1 turnout
at fair prices.
Qllacks and Carriages for city calls or
dr'e, with careful drivers, by the hour.
Horses. kpt at livery by the day or week.
A share of public patronage is solicited.
n7tf . .-WILLIAM COMER,
n3f tf
"CITY
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SADDEST OF AT.I,.
I have done the s;iddet thing: to-day
That ever fell to woman's lot ;
I've folded all her cloth away.
And every cherished plaything brought
To lav beside them. one by one ;
lie- bir l.day gilts and Christmas toys,
And then to weep, when all was done,
O'er buried hopes and vanished joys.
Iler little dress, in .childish haste,.
Her own dear hands had laid aside ; -Upon
the pins that held the waist,
I pressed my lips, and softly cried.
Within her gaiters, 'neath my chair,
Two half-worn crimson stockings lay,
And with a pang of wild despair,
I bent and hid them all away.
The purple ribbon that she wore,
The coral rings and pins were there, "
And just beneath them on the floor,
The silken band that tied ber hair.
A handkerchief that bore her name,
Was fi-lded like a tiny shawl ;
And, wrapped within this snowy frame,
Just as she left it, lay her doll. - f ."
libled afresh ths wounded heart,'
As if with some new sorrow stung.
As, with a wild and sudden start,
1 came to wbere her cloak was nung. i
I caught it, sobbing to my breast, i
As if it hold a missing form, . "
And in low murmurs fondly blest
Whiit once had kept my darling warm.
ner gentle fingers seemed to glide
, Across my brow to soothe my pain,
As from the pockets at the side.
I drew the gloves that still retain
The impress of those lovir.fr hands,
Whose magic touch seemed fraught with
power,
To cheer me 'mid the scorching sands
Of sorrow, in life's desert hour.
ner little hat no more will take
To its embrace her sonny hair ;
I felt that my poor heart must break
To tee it lying, empty, there.
The beaming eyes it used to shaJe,
No more with trustful glance will thine;
The grass the early spring hath made
Is growing 'twist her brow and mice.
i iler silk and thimble both were laid
- With thread and scissors on the stand ;
ner dolly's dress but partly made,
. Seemed waiting tor the moulding hind.
' The drawing of a blighted vine,
i Tom, ruthless, from a withered tree,
, Meet emblems of her life and mine,
Were the last lines she traced tor me.
j .
f O I was there ever grief like ibis ?
! Can sorrow take a form more wild '
Than sweeps across us whjfn we miss .-
The presence of a darling child ? '
And is there any thought jlhat cheers' - '
; Like this, the heart by anguish riven
The time was given to mirk our tears,
Jiternity to nief,rre UaveAT Q Ty f. ,
Mfl.O.VERS.
In the earJj.;gVldea morning,
WakingiaV the break of day,
While my,JLtttle, youngest darling '
Close bVsWe ni(B nestling lay,
Fearingki disturb bis-sleeping
Fearing happy dreams to break "
Lay I there and softly watched him,
Ere from slumber he should wake.
&i r
One rftaall hand his cheek supported,
Oijwaa thrown across my breast;
SofLjuJd gentlu fras bis breathing,
A&jt yepbyr sunk to re$t. : -.
On the cheek, fair, silken lashes, ' -
0ithe lid, a smife of light..
Ahme veins 1 fondly Jsoted, ,
&fble Urow, and tresses- bright.
As I loolej-hc Vi'blen opened
EyesMiat inst.irrt soaght my own
Eyes tist filled with tender love light
Whslje spokfciq cooing tone.
'i atherTrJaia5jjWi.seii, - .
When, said7iefe4j'Iedt(i! ypn t.
For. he added with deep'iPscrpr,' "'- i
Vou ure good and too.'--.
Little heart, so fond and faithful
Other lovers, where are they,
Who would think it naught, that beauty
Time is stealing fast away?
Naught the eyes despoiled of brightness ?
Naught the cheek leiS round and fur ?
Naught the looUtep robbed of lightness ?
Naught Time's powder on the hair ?j
Oh, my little precious darling!'
Ou, m.y little lover true!
Always finding in his mother . t
Wha t is best and fairest too !
, Caught 1 him with smiles .and kisses,
Clasped I him with springing tesrs;
Thanking God for such aflection
To enrich my future years. .
Answer me, true-hearted mothers!
(Many such, thank Ood 1 there be):
In your fairest, rosiest girlhood
Fonder lovers did you see ?
Gave they deeper admiration
Choicer, tenderer, or more sweet .
Than you now have from your children,
Than your sous lay at your feet ?
Four such lovers God hath given me.
And I owe him fourfold praise!
Tranquilly, thus love environed,
On the future I can gaze -On
the future, when liters taper
Shall be flickering dim and low,
When the autumn tints hsve faded
Into winter's cold and snow.
Ah, my sisters ! ah, my sisters I
Little know ye what ye d ;
Who refuse the joy and beauty
Of a love so pure a.nd true 1
To whose strange, perverted vision
Childless wifehood seemeth good
Who despise that crown of swestness
Noble crown of Motherhood I
Sarah Edwards IIbnshaw.
Lithofracteur, a new explosive
agent, said to have twenty times
the force of powder and five times
that of citro glycerine, is of a deep
bluish color, resembling mud and
about the consistency of putty.
It is put iulo a hole drilled for
the purpose, without tamping or
covering of any kind except a
handful of fine clay to keep it in
its place, and is fired by a fuse en
ding in a copper cap, made for the
purpose. The danger of its use
is even less than by powder. Ex.
ABOUT LOVELY WOMEN.
A Pensylvania bachelor thus
gets after a lovely woman.
'I impeach her in the name of
the great whale of the ocean,
whose bones are torn asunder to
enable her to keep straight. I im
peach ber in the name of the pea
cock, whree strut, without his
permission, she has stealthfully
and without honor assumed. I
impeach her in the name of the
horse, whose tail she has perver
ted from its use to the making of
wavy tresses to decorate the back
of her head and neck. I impeach
her in the name of the kangaroo,
whose beautiful figure she, in tak
ing upon herself the Grecian bend,
has brought into ill-favor and dis
iepute." Here the eld fellow heaved a
sigh and heaved himself overboard.
RIG IIOND
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT!
ISCHMOrI,
f
MOUNTAIN CHARLEY.
BY JOHN TRCKSDALK.
Some four years before I don
ned the uniform of the boys in
blue to go to the wars, and while
I was drifting about the world
aeoking for some place where I
could find both employment and
pecuniary profit, I fell in with a
friend ho was as needy as myself,
and far more adventurous. He
proposed that we should join a
train of settlers then about to set
off from St. Loui3 for the new El
Dorado, Pike's Peak, where the
gold fever waa raging high. lie
argued that, as we bad ltttle to
loe, and much to gain, we might
safely make the venture.- I con-
sentcd to the proposition, and we
left New York for St. Louis, trav
eling night and day, but reaching
the latter place only to find that
the
had
left
train we had hoped to join
f-tarted about the time we had
New York, and was now far
on
its wav to the Plains, too far,
indeed, for us to hope to overtake
it. We were told, however, that a
party of miners who had come
over from the Peak a lew days be
fore to deposit their gold dust in
safety to St. Louis, would return
shortly, and we were advised to
wait and join that party. Our in
formant added, by way of induce
ment, that Mountain Charley was
with them with his wagon. Who
Mountain Charley was we did not
know, but it was not long before
we learned.
"We made satisfactory arrange
ments with the miners, and on the
day appointed set out with them
for the land of our hopes. Our
party consisted of about a dozen
men on horse back, and a wagon
well stocked with goods and pro
visions; -, drawn by four stout
horses, and driven by the famous
Mountain Charley . This individ
ual was a small, lithely-built feW
low, clad in the rough dress of the
Plains, which set off his" well
made figure to great advantages
He was, to an extent, effeminate
in appearance, but his face, which
was almost too delicate for a man,
seemed too masculine for a wo
tta n r Tr tx- n a lnot nitt onrl o rtt rrt
without the slightest trace o4y
usarn, auu ma loug uiuca. u;i;
floating in masses over it, gave?
his countenance a wild, elfish ap;
pearance. His eyes were large
and brilliant, and his thin lips
were set with an expression of
greater determination than I had
ever seen on a human face. Al
together he was a singular looking
being, and I could well believe
the stories my traveling compan
ions told me about him. In their
eves he was a hero. He was one
of the most reckless and daring
men on the Plains, the best shot
in the country, the hardest to
make drink, and the most skillful
card, player about Tike's Peak,
j-et "withal the most thoroughly
generous fellows in the world.
He made a great deal of money
by his team and by cards, yet
could never keep it. The result
was tha he became famous among
the rough, rude men at the Peak,
many of whom he had befriend
ed. A3 we rode along I watched
him closely. lie rode one of the
horses of his team, and kept well
in the advance. He did not seem
to care to have much to say to any
one, but amused himself singing
in a low tone some wild, weird
song, the refrain of which he
would repeat over and over again.
Sometimes I could catch a few
words as they floated by me, and
they breathed a threat of ven
geance for some wrong. The
manner of the man, and the tone
iu which ha sang, gave me an idea
that he was applying the song to
himself, and uttering his threats
against some "real enemy. This
was not strange, for I was in a
land where the law of vengeance
was swift and sure, and where a
wrong was repaid with a prompt
ness and vindictiveness that would
have seemed barbarous in a more
civilized community. Yet here it
was both upheld and encouraged,
and, indeed, it was to some extent
necessary, for here no regular law
prevailed. Men must have some
restraint over them, and ia such
a state of society as this, brute
force alone can control them.
We had been out just about a
week from St. Louis, wheu an ac
cident occurred which gave me an
insight into the character and his
tory of Mountain Charley. We
had encamped for the night, and
built our fires upon a convenient
spot, and after the evening meal
was over, the paitj', as usual, re
sorted to cards. - Mountain Char
lejr, however, refused to play that
night, declaring he had the head
ache. He sat moodily by the fire,
occasionaly stirring it with his
foot.
The conversation was of a chars
acter calculated to shock a refined
nature, but I had grown so accus
tomed to the ways of these rude
people, that it interested me.
Each of the players around mo
bad killed his man and to night
they were all relating the manner
in which these deeds had been
performed. One of the group
was a large, powerful mac named
Ephraim Pailey. He had gone
from Vermont t.nd had been two
years at the diggings. He had
been unusually lucky in his efforts,
and had amassed a considerable
'sum of money. He listened in si
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY GOD'S,
WAYNE COUNTY, " IIVI. JUNE
lence to the recitals of his com
panions, and when they had fin
ished, he said, quietly
'I am not a boasting man gen
tlemen, but I can tell you a more
romantic story than any I have
yet listened to. I never killed
but one man, but the manner in
which I did that is well worth lis
tening to." '
Ail united in a demand, for the
storj, and I saw Mountain Char
ley, who had as yet said nothing,
assume an attitude of intense inn
terest.
"Five years ago," said Bailey,
after a pause, ' I was living in a
little town in Vermont. In the
same to-wn was a young woman
with whom I had been in love
since my boyhood. I would have
sold m' soul to have made her my
wife, and think' she would have
married me, but for a young fel
low who came from the city and
settled in our place. He preju
diced her against me, and ended"
the matter by marrying her hitn
self, i said nothing at the time,
but I swore I would have my re
venge. I knew my time would
come, and I waited patiently, act
ing all the while in such a man
ner as to prevent suspicion from
falling on me if anything should
happen. Well, one day I met the
young husband in a lonely place
in the mountains, about ten miles
from the town. Before he knew
my intention, I shot him, and kill
ed him. He never knew what
hurt h'.m, and to cause it to be be
lieved that he was ' murdered for
his money, I took his watch and
pocket-book, and then returned
to the town by another road. The
body was found the next-day, and
the whole country was thrown in
to fhe greatest excitement. It
hurt me to see the grief of the
poor widow, but I comforted my
self with the hope that I would
soon be able to console her. I
was among the most active in try
ing to discover the murderer, and
unceasing in my kindness to the
widow. No one ever dreamed of
suspecting me, and after the ex
piration of a year I becamo con
vinced that my chance for marry
ins? the woman I loved was deci
dedly good. Encouraged by this
teelmg, 1 askei her to become my
wife. She accepted, me and we
were regularly engaged. Inabjut
a month or eo, she proposed to me
that I should come out here and
endeavor to better my fortune,
and promised to marry me when I
returned. I am - going home in
six months more. I shall carrjr
fifty thousand dollars with me,
and shall many my sweat-heart
as soon as I reach Vermont. Now
that's what I call romantic What
do 3-0U say to it, Charley?'' he
asked, turning to the young man.
Mountain Charley had been sit
ting all this while with his head
resting on one hand gazing stead
ily into the lire. The flickering
light gave his dark features a
startling expression, and his
whole countenance seemed glow
ing witli suppressed excitement.
He did not move as he heard Bai
ley's question, but replied, calmly:
''It's a very strange story, Bai
Icy, and reminds me very much of
an affair that I have once heard
of. The cases are so much alike
that I will tell you the story."
'Some years ago I knew a Ver
mont woman who had, like your
sweetheart, two lovers. She chose
the man she thought best suited
Iter and married him, never sus'
pecting that the unlucky one
meant any harm. Well, in the
course of time, this woman's hus
band was killed and the murderer
was never found. She had no
suspicion as to who had done the
deed, but in her heart she swore
an oath, that if the murderer was
ever found he should die by her
hand. You will bear me out. Bai
ley, when I say that the Vermont
women do not make such a vow
in vain. Well, lu her aftTctioo,
the widow found the lover whom
she had discarded her best friend,
and when her first wild grief had
passed away she came to love him.
At last he asked her to marry him,
and she consented. One day, dur
ing their engagement, they were
sitting together when she noticed
her love, in possession of a watch
which she could have sworn had
belonged to her dead husband
This startled her and uroused her
suspicions, and gradually there
let'led upon her the suspicion
that the man she had proiriscd to
marry was her husband's murder
er. Still she was not sure of the
correctness of her suspicions, and,
alter much thought, she resolved
upon a definite plan. She per
suaded her lover to leave Ver
mont, and go to Pike's Peak to
better his fortunes. Her real pru
pose, however, was to got him out
into that lawless communi y, worm
his secret out of him, and then
wreak her vengeance upon him."
"The devil!'' muttered Bailey,
lajdng down his cards and look
ing fixedly at "Mountain Charley,
who had not stirred from his po
sition. "That was strange."
"Wait a bit," said Char'ey qui
etly; 'you bavn't heard the stran
gest part. This woman disguised
herself so thoroughly that her own
ni oilier would not have known her,
and followed her lover to the
West, in the disguise of a miner.
She became one of his most favor
ed companions, shared all his con
fidences, but for a loug time failed
to learn what she desired most to
know. She was successful at last,
P1LMDIUM.
however. One night, as a party
of miners were seated around the
camp Gra, the conversation turn
ed on murder, just as it has dono
here to-night. The disguised wo
man listened eagerly to every
word, and at last heard her lover
relate ! exultantly, the manner in
which he had murdered her hus
band, just as you have to night.
Bailey. Her suspicions were now
confirmed. She was face to face
with her husband's murderer, and
her hour of vengeance had come."
Mountain Charley had risen to
his feet while speaking, and he
walked over to wbere Bailey was
sitting, his eyes cast down on the
ground, and his fingers clasping
each other nervously.
"And did she kill him?" ho
asked in an agitated tone.
"Of course she did," replied
Charley, with an energy that star
ted me. "Do you thrnk she would
let such an opportunity pass by?
The strangest part of tiie story
was the way in which she killed
him. I'll snow you how she did
it. Bailey, sothat if ever you wish to
kill another man, you can try her
method." lie walked up to the
miner as he spoke, and stood just
behind him. "The woman," he
went on, "got up from where she
had been sitting when she heard
her lover's story, and approaching
him, as lie sat utterly unconscious
of his danger, laid her hind on his
head, just as I lay my hand on
yours, and before he could under
stand her purpose, she threw him
backward upon the gronnd, just
in this way, and in an other in
stant her hunting knife was plant
ed in his heart."
As he spoke; Mountain Charley
seized the minor, who seemed ut
terly paralized, by the throat, and
hurling bim to the ground sprang
upon him. We saw the bright
glitter of a knife, and sprang to
our feet in dismay, but, before we?
could prevent it, Mountain Char
ley had buried the keen weapon in
the heart of Ephraim Bailey
Then, rising to his feet wish a
kind of a wild dignity, he said
solemnly, "Gentlemen, I am a
woman. I am the widow of the
man he murdered."
The mystery was now solved,
and we knew the history of the
strange being before us.
"I am ready to surrender my
self," she said calmly. "I sup
pose that the law will bans; me lor
this deed."
The miners, however, thought
differently, and I wisely held my
tongue. They thought she had
done right, and assured her that
no barm should happen to her.
They agreed to keep the matter
secret, and keep their pledge faith
fully. A few weeks after our ar
rival at Pike's Peak, the young
widow, who had resumed her
proper dress, became the wife of
one of the miners, who had wit
nessed the killing of Bailey, and
who, strange to say, had fallen in
love with her, out of admiration
for "her pluck."
Michigan RtHroad. Decision.
Detroit May 2(5. In the case of tha
Detroit & Howell Railroad vg. the town
of SIem, ia which the company prayed
for a mandamus from the Supreme
Court ordering the Township board to
issue certain bunds, as was claimed au.
ttiorized to bo issued by a vote of the
electors, the Court refused the motion
lor tha writ. It was held that if the
constitutionality of the law authorizing
towns to render rid to railways in this
way could be sustained at all, it must
be under the authority of the Seate to
prescribe and determine the-objects to
be provided for, and fostered through
the expenditures of the public money.
That there are certain limitations upon
this power. Taxation must be imposed
fr'j a public and not for a mere private
purpose.
The tax must be laid according to
some rule of appoitiontiTent. If the tax
is imposed upon one of the municipal
subdivisions of the State only, the pur
pose must not only be a public purpose,
btjt it must also be local, that is, the
people of that inunicipaluy must have a
peculiar interest in the object to be ac-
coinpltshed which will make it just,
propar and equitable that they should
bear the turden, rather than the S:ate
at lare or any more considerable por
tion of the State. It was held that rail
roads are not poblic objects, tht the
State can not, under the constitution of
Michigan, lay tixes fr the aid of rail
way enterprises, nor can it authoiiza
municipalities to do what it can not do
itself. Judges Cooley, Campbell and
Cbristiancy concurred in these views.
Judge Graves dissented. This decision
will prove a death blow to numerous
companies which have been organized
under the general railroad law of the
Siate. Some of the roads have been
completed, and township bonds deliver
ed, and others are in progress. It is es
timated $1,300,000 of these bonds are in
the hands of bona fide holders, mostly
Eastern capitalists, and th tt 6 000,( 00
of bonds have been vote! and deposited
with the State Treasurer, but not yet
delivered. It is expected that the Gov
eruor will call an extra session of the
Legislature, to submit an amendment to
the Constitution making these bonds
valid .
A dear little girl had been taught
to pray specially for her father.
He hnd been suddenly taken away.
Kneeling at her evening devotion,
her voice faltered, and as her
pleading eyes met her mother's
she sobbed: "Oh mother! I can
not leave him all out. Let me
say thank God I had a dear father
once, so I can keep him in my
prayers." Many stricken hearts
may learn a sweet lesson from
this little child. Let us remem
ber to thank God for mercies past,
as well as to ask for blessings for
the future.
THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!"
4? 1870.
"EXCELLENT HOUSEKEEPER
It is a rare compliment to pay
to any woman to say she is an ex,
cellont housekeeper. Solomon
gives us in the last chapter of
Proverbs the description of such
a housekeeper, and the spirit of it
is one that hoMs good in all ages.
The very first requisite ol such a
house mother is tnat "sue tooiv
eth well to the ways of her house
hold and eatetu not the bread of
idleness." No house cau thrive
that is left all to the management
of domestics.
'She that would thrive most
prosperously, herself must every
earner see " It is these little
wastes that eat up the largest in
esaues, and uo one can see where
tke money goes. As soon as a
totisekeeper detects a le k in the
bip, let ber set to work to stop it.
Mako a point to- save in that one
thing, and sh will have gone a
long way toward establishing a
habit. Carefulness in one thing
will lead to a similar prudence in
others- It will help, to open one's
eyes U what was once wasted. If,
when he meat comes in, uare U ta
ken to cut off every particle of su
perfluous fat before it goes into
the pot or oven, and then at once
place ttiis fat hi- a dripping pai,
with a littie water in it, and also
set it in the oven to try out the
fat, a valuable basin of drippings
can be s aved, and always had in
readines.3, which will be a great
saving in the matter of butter and
lard. The meat, too,, will be great
ly improved by having this f t ta
ken off before it ib cooked. Tin's
oiio item would make dolUrs of
difference in the expenditure of
many families, if it were properly
attended to.
A good housekeeper must be
accomplished in the many little tv
ble arts, which go so tar towards
mak.ng home attractive. A
French cook can contrive a boun
tiful dinner out of. the scraps- of
cold meat on a joint, a dish of
stale bread, an egj or two, ami- a
si-!C!enii( worth of vegetables. I
I Lave kuown man' a thriftless wo-
men throw as much into the swill
Is barrel womeu whose husbands
f. woiked hard to bring jji the homo
j. supplies.
No wasteful woman, whether in
; liigh or low life, can be a good
j; housekeeper nor one that does
f; not see to the ways of her bouse
however many helpers sbc may
i' have to narrv out her nlaUiK TJ.
JE. M'C, ia the Country Gcntle
jnan. The Lunatic Mark Twai on Mc
Farlaad. Under this heading Mark Twain
reports some of the reasons which
influenced the jury to acquit Mc
Farland. ' That the prisoner, Daniel Mc
Farland, is insane, as above de
scribed. Because:
1. His great-grandfathr' step
father was tainted with- insanity,
and frequently kill-id people who
were; distasteful to bira-. Hence,
insanity is hereditary fa the- family-
2. For nine years the prisoner
at the bar did not adequately sup
port his family. Strong circum
stantial evidence of insanity.
3. For nine yeai's & made of
his home, tfs a s sneTar thing, a
poor house; sometimes (btit very
rarely.) a cheery, happy habita
tion; frequentlj' the derr of a beerv,
driveling, stupefied anin al-r but
never, as far as r iscertained, the
abiding- place of a gentfeman.
These le evidences of insanity.
4. He at once 'took Ms young
unmarried sister in -law to the mu
seum; while there his hereditary
insanity came upon him, and to
such a degree tbat he bicou-ped
and staggered; and afterward, on
the way home, even raade love to
the young girl he was protecting.
These are the acts of apirsonnot
right in his mind.
5. For a Ood while his suffer
ings were so great that he had to
submit to fhe inconvenience of
having his wife ghTe public read
ings for the fauuily support; and
at times, when he handed these
shameful earnings 'io the barkeep
er, his haughty so ul was so torn
with anguish thst h e could hardly
stand without lean ing np against
something. At suoh limes he has
been known to shed, tears into hi3
sustenance until it ns dilued to
utter inefficiency. Inattention of
this nature is not the act of a
Democrat unafflict ed in mind.
6. He never sp:'.red expense in
making his wife comfortable (lur
ing her occasional confinements.
His father is able to-testify to this.
There was always an element of
unsoundness about the prisoner s
generosities that is very suggest
ive at this time and before this
court.
A countryman entered a doc
tor's office in Nrti Carolina, and
taking "a level U-mberful of alco
hol,'' which he mistook for whisky,
drank it down at one gulp, torned
and walked out. An hour after
ward, while the doctor was expect
ing n summons to view the body
of the rash countryman, in walked
the individual. "Doctor," said he,
"can't you spar' me another tum
blerful? It's the most satisfyingist
ticker 1 ever drank. ."
The American Corps of Terma
gants is the general appellation
under which a mother of a family
in Chicago groups the leaders of
the women's rights movement.
WhoIeNomber,
jVO. 12.
2040
TintEATKNED CoitUCPTIONS OF THE
Judiciary It is wrong to throw
extras judicial duties upon the
judges, because, in the first place,
they are all overworked already.
Add to their present duties the
province of hearing suitors for
office, and their public functions
wonld hardly compare with the
burdens of their private ones We
have already made our judges elec
tive, we- have increased their sala
ries, and1 we now propose to, aud
actually do from to day, extend
their patronage. Can any one
doubt what the result of this will
be ? The question will be, not
how a man will administer justice,
but how he will dispense patronage
The judges will not nominate, but
will be nominated by applicants
for office. Thirds no idle fear. In
Congress- there was . a propsition
made in all seriousness to invest
the Chief Justice with the patro
nage connected with internal reve
nue. Its political effect was dis
cussed, but its fatal effect upon the
judge as a minister of the law was
scarcely, it at eJI, thought o.
A judge should bo above sucpi-
cion. Liec mm administer any
patronage with all the purity of an
angel, and his motives and con
duct will be impugned'. This is
the firit step iu sapping public
confidence, and before- long the
judiciary will be spoken of with
the same lihtnes-s- as other
branches of the government.
Lippincott's Magazine.
Authorities an Advertiias.
1
"Without advertising I should
be a poor man to-day." 12. 2:
Halnibold.
"My success is owing to my lib
erality in advertising" Bonner.
"Advertia;ng has furnished me
with competence." Amos Law
rence. 'I advertised my productions
a nd made money." Xichola Long
worth.
"Constant and persistant adver
tising is a sure prelude to wealth."
' Stephen Girard.
"He who invests one dollar in
business- should invest one dollar
in advertising." A. T. Stewart.
"P. T. Barnum, the noted exhib
itor,, ascribes his success in accu
mulating a million of dollars in
ten-years, to the unlimited use of
printer's ink."
"A man who is liberal in- adver
tising is liberal in trade, and such
a man succeeds, while his neigh
bor, with just as-, good goods, fails,
and drops out of ttie maket."--Horace
Creeley.
A Sharp Soldier. A soldier,
being on picket reserve, went to a
house, as he sail, to borrow a frying-pan,
but for what none could
imagine, as there was nothing to
fry. However, ho went to the
house, and knocked at the door,
which was opened by a lady, who
asked what he wished.
"Madam, could you lend me a
frying-pan ? I belong to the pick
et down here."
Yes, sir and forthwith came
the pan. lie took it, looked in it
turned it over, aud looked'at the
bottom, and then turned it over
again, and looked into it very hard
as if'not certain it was clean.
Well, sir, said1 the lady, can I
do anything more for you?
Could could could you lend
rae a piece of meal to fry in it,
ma'am? and he laughed in spite of
himself. He got it.
fc.
A Bbautifol Seittiment. Dr.
Chalmers beautifully says: "The
little that I have seen in the
world, and known of the history
of mankind, teaches me look upon
their errors in sorrow, not in an
ger. When I take the history of
one poor heart that has sinned
and suffered, and represent to my
self the struggles and temptations
it passed through the brief pul
sations o-f joy, tho tears of regret,
the feebleness of purpo3e, the
scorn-of the world that has little
charity, the desolation of the seal's
sanctuary, and threatenii g voices
within, health gone I would fain
leave the erring snul of fellow man
with him from whose hands it
came'
Dolly Chandler and cue hundred
and ninety-four other women have
sent a remonstrance to the Massa
chusetts Lopislatpre against wo
man suffrage, belie ing that it
would "diminish the purity, the
dignity and the moral influence of
women, and bring into the family
circle a dangerous discord, with
out securing additional strength,
efficiency, or wisdom to the gov
ernment of the nation," and ask
to be let alone "in the condition
allotted to us by nature, by cus
tom, and by religion.
Miss Catharine E. Beeeher and
others in New York are making
earnest and and c mmendable ef
forts to establish, in that State an
institution of learning of a high
order, for the 'scientific and prac
tical training of woman for her
profession as the chief educator
of childhood and the prime minis
ter of the family state.'
A friskv old ladv ofsixtv-fiv
summers, residing at Rondout, N.
II., recently deserted her husband.
stealing the hard earnings and
savings of many years, and went
to live with Another man in the
same place.
Th Lone Gbave. A few miles bo-K ,
low Woodbury, Iowa, on the range of . '
Muffs runniog south, we, says the Elk 4
Point Leader, came across a lone grave, '4 ,
with a tasteful stone erected to mark '
fhe resting place of some loved one. On
inquiry we learned tht a number of
years ago, when Sioux City was in hir
infancy, two young men left their East
ern hemes in search of the El Dorado of .
the West! During their stay, and while
upon a hunting excursion, this young
man was accidentally shot, and buried
where he fell. No warning voice had
whispered to the heart of the fond wid
owed mother ft letter informed her of
the painful fact. In a few montho, after
a journey of hundreds of miles, she vi- :
ited the solitary spot, and erected the
stone that marks the solitary resting
pace of the one who was the light of l.sr
dwelling. When no kind hand is near
to deck his grave with the flowers, of
spring, the white -winged angel of mem
ory comes, with soft footsteps, to sit by
his grave. While we sadly linger here
we seem to hear the voice of unseeav
choristers tinging from the star-lit si
lence beyond. We turn away while the
evening shades are falling and the mel
ancholy winds are sighing in strains of
sympathy with one bereft .of her 'only 3
son.' , , -. , . .
Paeents P.emember that the ttms
must come in every family when it ia
the children's right to begin to think and
act for theraselvee, and the parent's duty
to allow them to do it when it is the
wisest gradually to sink 'I command
into 'I wish.' to grant large freedom of
opinion, and above all, in the expression
of it. Likewise (and this is a moot im
portant element in family union) to give
license nay, actual sympathy to wan
dering affections, friendships, 'or lives
which, for the time being seem too nar
row, and tha home circle too dull. Miss
Mulock.
Old Aunt Dinah w& a shouting col
ored saint, of the city of Charleston, who
would sing at the top of her voice, aud
cry 'Glory 1' above ail the rest of the con
gregation. It was common at the mis
sionary meetings of the colored people to
take up a collection while singing the
1 nymn,
, , 'Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel,'
! in tho midst of which Aunt Dinah ai
; ways threw her head back, shut her
eyes, and sung lustily till the pl-ite had ,
passed, Tha sable collector observed
tier habit, and one evening stepped when
.became to her, and said bluntly:
Look hero, Aunt Dinah, you needa't
be a singing 'Fly abroad thou mighty
gjspell' it you doesn't given nothin' to
make her fly 1'
The last subject discussed by the Vir
ginian Debating Society was, If you
have to haye a boil, where would you
"prefer to have it?' The unanimous de
cision of the members was, on some oth
er fellow.'
' Tub other day some ladies were out
visiting. There being a little two year
old present, una of the ladies asked bim
if he would not kiss her. lie aaswered
No.'
What is the reason you will not kiss
me?'
I am too little to kiss you; papa will
kiss you he kisses all the big girls.'
Lady Angela, who presides over
the convent at South Bend, Indi
ana, was a Miss Ewing, sister-in-law
of Gen. Sheridan, and once
a reigning belle in Washington.
According to the Republican
there is a faro bank on Fourteenth
street, Washington, kept by a wo
man, where the women clerks of
treasury go to gamble their sala
ries away.
At Timmonsville, S C, is the
grave of Mrs. Florence Bod win, of
Philadelphia Pa. She was a mem
ber of a federal regiment, and, as
a soldier her sex was not discover
ed till after ber death.
Flax Chaff Is it Iajurious to Cattle?;
Xe.via, April 25 I noticed in the Gaxtte,
an article stating that a Mr.Egtwrtot Amanda
township, had lost two valuable cows from
flix chaff. Tne people in my neiii hborhood
are in the habit of feeding their 6x ch&ft,
and I haye never hanrd uf any injurious ef
fect. I haye been feeding five cows for six
weeks past on flax chaffone bushel to each
cow eyery nighl and they have done finely,
both in giving milk aud putting on tesh. W.M.
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