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VOLUME V.
GLASGOW, HOWARD COUNTY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1809.
XUMUhii 11.
Professional tihxbz.
n. e. rowEilL. ,
JP&ysician & Stirgeon,
(Office on the corner opposit the City
Hall, in Hannaca's building.)
Jeuscow, ...... no.
j.
C. F. CLASS.
HOMCEPATIIIO
IPh.ysi.ciah & Stirgeon
OFritE t Two doors Sorth of the Post
Office, CL1MOW, HO.
FOSTER It BERKLEY,
Ilcmso &c Sign Painters,
(Shop on Water Street),
GLASGOW, .... MO.
ITS" Orders from the country promptly at
tended to. noino
WILLIAM WESOLEB,
CABINET MAKER
AND DEALES IN ALL KINDS Of
Poctrji.
EDWARD VON ADELUNG,
Professor of
r
Music and Modern anoaaoesrjT,"U"JTTJX:l!E
. ' Glasgow, Mo. '
Imtruotions jriven either privatelr or by
classes, in the following branches, viz : Piano
and Organ, Thorough Bass and Composition;
Dinging, uuiiar ana violin; uerman, Hencli
nd Italian, Stenography and Penmanship,
jy Pianos sold and exchanged, tuned and
rcptirea. niltr
iltisccllancous.
- GEORGE E. ROSE,
COXTRACTLXG BRICK-LAYER,
GLASGOW, MISSOURI.
fS PREPARED to erect buildings either of
L large or small proportions. Having had
penence of thirty years in the business, I
i itter myself that I can give satisfaction to
9 -y who ni-ed my services.
Brick, Lime or Sano furnished, and
a ick counted in the wall at reasonable rates.
0l4n3 3tf
J ' .B. OSB0ME & CO.
Carriage Manufacturers,
GLASGOW, .JO.,
HAVE Off HAND an assort-
mant of
CARRIAGES ASD AtOS,
I are prepared, with the BEST MATE-
ALand WORKMEN, to manufacture to
er, and to give specie! uttention to repair
er and painting of old vehicles.
5r All kind iron work solicited. np24
Glasgow, Mot
ItT I have elwnvs on hand a laree assort
ment of FURNITURE. LOOKING-GLASS
ES, PICTURE-FRAMES, &c, kc., &c.
flsa7" All orders promptly attended to.
IJ. R. SEAES,
DEALER IN
WATCHES,
CLOCKS, SILVERWARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
&c, &c, &c,
Post Office Building,
Glasgow, Missouri.
IPS" A new assortment of the very latest
stylus of fine lewelry, watches, musical
struinents, kc. Jjust received, which will be
sold Rt ttie lowest possible rates.
IPs' He-pairing in an l lie orancnes or the
business done in the finest workmanlike man
ner and at reasonable rates
FASHIONABLE
MILLINERY & DRESSMAKING
ESTABLISHMENT. .
How Boou We Forget.
How soon we forget I
The glory of the summer fades,
ine dead leaves rustle in the glades,
And mournfully the lone wind Brieves,
Our memories are fallen leaves,
inoiign green and rair but yesterday,
Now swept away.
How soon we forget I
The kiss of one who left our side,
Will it remain nil even tide,
Unsullied, unforgotten still ?
Though fairer skies may dawn to fill
Our days? loo.rrail to hide ileacay 1
It fades away.
How soon we foriret I
Vain dreamer I when the year shall keep
11s glories, mia lis winter sleep ;
When thnt we name as love shall blcom
A little while above our temli.
For fame hope thou leaf of to-day-Soon
swept away.
Medley.
Oh I hark, I hear an angel sing,
While coming through the rye,
Oh I let me kiss him for hi ma,
Then take me bome to die.
Oft in the stilly night I roam,
With Mary of Argyle,
Down to the cottage by the sea,
To call on Annie Lyle.
Twinkling stares are laughing love,
Upon the poor old slave,
Ben Bolt he left sweet Alice,
For a lite on the ocean wave.
O Gentle Annie you must wear
The Jockey hat and feather,
Bell Brandon married Billy Grimes,
We'll bury them together.
O kiss me quick and go my love,
Your hair is turning gray,
O who will care for mother now,
Unless 'tis old Old Dog Tray.
Tis but a litlle ffded Mower,
That grew in the Hazel Dell,
Come where my love lies dreaming,
My bluceyed Little Nell. m
I'd offer thee Hiis hind of mine,
For a Good-bye at the door,
The Girl I left behind me,
Found the ring my mother wore.
We met benealh the awning, Tom,
Just twenty years ago,
While in the low back car,
fe.it John Anderson, my Joe.
I'll hang my harp on a willow tree,
While I say the Maiden's prayer,
O take me to your heart again,
My boy with auburn hair,
The song my mother used to sing,
Was beautiful isle of the sea ;
Oh happy be thy dreams, Old Jeff,
Of the sour apple tree.
itttsccllcmcou
1 r t . i . 1 7 T A T7 T . ,..i. C I
l e w Juiivery staple. , JJJ- -fsr tiie gTuow Tim;,
I niffii n pniiirfi in nnnniinnnir in inn inniP nr i
1 7ATH. PICKENS
1 N FORMS the public that he has estab
- iisnea a Livery Blame in uiasow
n Water street near Commerce street,
here he is prepared to furnish gentlemen
" th genteel outfits for rides or drives and to
.nvey travelers to any part of the country
t which they may wish to go.
Ir Charges always reasonable. I ask
e public to give me a trial.
uly 17,1868. NATHAN PICKENS.
; J". C3-. EBEE-LE,
. t . DEALER IN '
SADDLES, BRIDLES
,. . A N D
HA EN E S S,
Hakrison's New Bcilding,
GLASGOW SflSSOUH.
... Janl 69.
m GLASGOW HOTEL
C. J. STEBBINS, Froprietor,
Opposite the 1'ost-Office,
GLASGOW, MO.
Having leaned the above conveniently
nndiiealthfully located House, it is my iuten-
; n io keep a Holfl unsurpassed by any in I tie
uuutrv. Tables will be furnished Willi the
best in market, and everything done to the
comfoit of my patrons. vanltt
Glasgow and vicinity that she has just received
from the east a new stock of Spring styles of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Etc.
which she will sell as cheap us the cheapest.
5.
HOWARD & (HAItlTOX tOl'S"
Railroad Ilouds Resources
ludebleduetis.
aud
HOWARD COUNTY
rPFSS3i' lDfI0VKS I Alowam county, lisssoun, contaitib
Cut and made to order ir the latest 8tyies,and nearly six liuudied square miles of ter
on the shortest noiice. Ftamping aud stitch. rit0ry, unJ lias a population of about
ing neatly executed. - ' - ., , K
A lame vanclii of zeuityr II orHea "" " "'"; ul ""
Can? Pattern. Card Needles. Col- of climate, variety of products, aud
lars, Cutis, Hair Coils and Plait, o-,,nfiral fixrullmmn of siftiatiunis uusur
o
consmm yon nana. , , t u, ,
irsTUe ladies are resnecttu y mviied to ' j - j - j
greater iu the future than in the past.
I lie following stutemcnt ot tlictaxa-
ble wealth of the county, her debt, &e.,
will show that her resources have not
been over estimated s
Acres oflaud.. .303.362
Value $3,094,627 00.
Town loU 1,402
Valuo 387,489 00
Personal property 1,584,392 00
Total value $5,006,508 00
HEAD OF STOCK
Norses 3,703
Mules 1,755
Cattle 11,142
Sheep 22,145
Hogs 2o,71o
Total 51,460
TAXES.
State revenue tas $ 12,666 26
State interest tax 12,f!(i0 26
County tax 22,751 06
Railroad tax (anticipated).. 22,751 06
Road tax 14,017 11
Chariton township railroad
tax 9,139 90
Total 892,991 60
DEBT.
Bonds issued to M. & M.
Railroad $1 00,000 00
County warrants 15,000 00
call and examiue the new snriua stock at her
KOOIUS upnos-.te ine (iiasgow House,
Main street, (iiasgow, alo.
FEDINAND S1GMUND,
BOOT & SHOE STORE
0u Slain Street, Between !iJar
ketand howard,
very
ICTIETW
MATTRESS SHOP
First door south 0 Western Hotel, on First
street,
Glamuow, Missouri.
I am Di 'nrred to make and renovate all
kinds of . '.ttesses to order. I will Uo keep
on hand
S11CCK & MOSS MATRKSSES
of mv own Manufacture, at reasonu .e rates.
fag" All kinds of cushion work repaired.
Uaue and ratan-seai nairs i -uuiiomeu.
t , . LOUS H. 8CHORI10RST.
Boots and snoes made to order of the
best material, and in
THE LATEST STYLES.
I keep always on'hand a large supply of
custom made
IBoots and Shoe:
of e'very description. Call and see my ma-
sini. and examine mv siock.
(ISItenarine of every description done
wan neatness ana uispaicn. nioyi
DOUBLE LINE OF STAGES
'betwkeh
Or jlm jsl m a- o w
BRUNSWICK HOUSE
West Side of City Hall
J.KETJOHLEB,
I'reprlctor,
Beunswick MlSSOUKI.
LA BON TON
SHAYING & 1IA1UDRESSING
sAXooisr.
. EEUBEN W. ELDER, Fro.
Ktn.lonla admitted to the Senior Class on ex
First St.. between Howard and Market, animation by application on or before
Octooor uxii, iuuu
n laet, the entire West. Jt is llio
heuit of the tobuccu-in'owii)" section of
the State, the soil being particularly
adapted to the cultivation of that
staple. Hemp, corn and wheat are
also"raised in abundance, the yield of
the latter for tho year 1809 being esti
mated at bushels, or an average
yield ofwenty-Cve bushels to the acre.
The county is located in tho ceuttal
part of the State, having the Missouri
river for its western and southern
boundariesgiving it thus a river front
of over fifty miles. Abed of bitumin
ous coal, of the best quality, uuderlies
nearly two-thirds of tho county, crop
ping out iu various places. There are
extensive suit works also at Boonslick,
already in active operation, under the
auspices of a joint stock company.
The surface of the county is undulat
ing, aud entirely free from swamps and
other malarious influences, rendering
it one of the healthiest locations in the
West.
The soil, especially the highlands
along the river bank, is very fertile
and produces a corn crop unoxcelled
by any bottom laud in the State. Oak,
hickory, beach, maple aud other timber
is touud in abundance As a manu-
. ,11 1 ; il.l
Ti.. ...i.r.i.H h.. ..t.Mi.hed a nniJBT.E iactuiing county nowaruis eicuiieu
LINE of Stages between Glasgow and Sal is- by lew ill tho State.
bury, which will leave Glasgow at 6 o'clock la I860 the capital employed in the
a.m. and 3 o'clock p. M.jand leave Salisbury luanufacture 0f tobacco ttlono, Was
at 7 o'clock A. h. and 6 p.m., making con- -,,.,,,,,,. ,. . , ..-,
nection with the N. M. R. R. o63,000 ; cost ot raw material, $o71,-
p.. .nniv to j.n. Moore. t the UUU i total capital itivesiuu in manu-
Howard Home, or ot C. Mavnard, at the iactures. tiUJ.-ISo: total amount 01
Post-Office. . products, $1,005,087.
SQr My Only Authorized Agents, "a Khe has a promise of as good rail-
IT Passeneers failing to register with the road connections as any ot her Ristef
above named agents will be charged extra counties. The M. & M. R. R. iu pro-
n50tf F. C WICM, Proprietor. ceS3 0f construction, will cive her
direct communication, via Keokuk,
with Chk-ago and New York. The
L. & M. R. R., also beinir built, will
mHE REGULAR ANNUAL TERM or pass lenL'lhwise throu"U the county
1 this law school will open on from eU!jt to west a distance of thirty
Wodnertdav. Oct. 13, 1869 miles, crossing the Missouri river at
Full course two-terms of six months each Ulasgow, giving ner Dotn an eastern
... 11,. k.i. rio.. n v. i . .! Ti. m.:ii:..T..u .t.
oliu nixiciu uuuubi x iiu iiiiiiv;uiuo JL
Brunswick railroad will also be ex-
SALISBUBY.
Total $115,000 00
Glasgow, the principal city, is situ
ated in the north-cast corner of the
counts', thus, by its position, com
manding at once the trade of Howard,
Chariton and Saline counties. At this
point the river is narrow and has a
good solid rock bottom. The channel
flows near the eastern shore, which is
Inch, thus aH'ordinj; a nood landing for
bouts. The hard and rocky nature of
the river bed, and the character ol the
banks, render this point the best with
in a hundred miles fur bridiring the
river. The hiyh land extends back
about seveu miles from the river, and
is the best com laud in the State.
The population is about 3,000.
The city has already some of the
largest tobacco factories and flouring
mills in the State, and its facilities as
a manul'acturini: town are equal to
those of any place in the West. One
of the rlourini! mills, that of Har
rison. Marr & "Co., haa a, stn
capacity of 20,000 bushels. From
June 30, 1808, to January 1, 1809, the
amount ot wheat, bought and turned
into flour by this firm was 45,200 bush
els, for which was paid $87,114 DO
The value of real estate in the
township (Chariton) is $913,990, upon
which is levied a tax of 9,139 90 to
pay the interest on the bonds (100,
000) issued by the county to the M. &
M. K. ii., and purchasers ot Ootids
will thus see that full provision has
been made for the payment of the
interest, the firt year's installment of
which is already being collected. It
will also be seen that tho amount of
real estate (to say nothing of the per
soniu property, which is lully one
fourth of the valueof the county), in
the township is a sullicient guarantee of
payment oi the bonds; and moreover,
upon the completion of the railroad, the
value of the real estate will be greatly
enhanced.
The other principal towns are
Roanoke, Bunker Hill, Landmark,
Franklin, Lisbon, Boousboro, aud the
county sea Fayette.
CIIAIUTON COUNTY.
Chariton county is one of the richest
in the State, and has an area of 810
square miles, population 15,000.
One-third of tho land is timber, two-
thirds prairie. Beds of coal underlie
tho whole county. Lime aud sandstone
are found in abundance, and indica
tions of copper. Brick and potter s
clay are also found. There U excel
lent water power on the Liianton, ana
many unimproved mill-sites. Princi
pal towns isruuswicK, Jvevteaviiie,
Salisbury and Dal ton. P nieipal
crops, wheat and tobacco. School fund
$80,000. I ho principal resources
taxes, tec., we give below :
Acres of land. ..441,217
Value of land $2,993,259 00
Town lots 904
Valuo 311,969 00
Personal property 426,524 00
TAXES.
State revenue tax $9,339 61
State interest 9,339 61
County tax 18,079 12
Bridge tax 6,io') oo
Pauper tax 3,735 85
Road tax 9,772 80
County bonds 7,471 68
Railroad bonds 22,415 04
finished. Contract made for ironing
same, by first January, 1870, will bo in
operation, thereby enhancing the value
of lands in that part of tho county.
The M. & M. Railroad exte nding
from Glasgow northeast through the
county twenty-one miles.
In addition to railroads she hns th,-
Missouri river for her entire western
boundary all of which combined
give an outlet to market toevery farm
er in the county, under an average
distance of six miles.
HOWARD COUNTY BONDS.
Are issued in behalf of Chariton
township, in sums of one thousand
dollars each, interest eight per cent,
per annum, payable on first of July
each year, have fifteen yeais to run,
with an option ot payment in ten
years, i hey are to he paid by special
tax on the real estate of the township
of Chariton, in Howard county ; said
real estate now estimated at $913,990,
on which a tax of one percent, is be
ing collected to meet tho accruing
interest.
C'lIir.ITON COUNTY BONDS.
Arc issued iu behalf of the county,
by virtue ofan order of the Hon. Coun
ty Court, issued at their adjourned
February term, held March 2, 181)9,
in sums of one thousand dollars,
eight per cent, interest, payable semi
annually ; have ten years to run, at the
end of which both bonds and coupons
shall be received for county dues. Af
ter six years a tax of twfi'y-hve per
cent of one hundred thousand dollars
shall be levied annually either for
purchasing bonds at market value or
held as a sinking fund for redeeming
said bunds at maturity.
Hilling on the ftliirk ITI.in.
The Black Man emigrated tew this
free and piu kuntry 200 years former
ly in the lower story ov a vessel : he
was kindly furnished with a free ride
and fome rice tind water fur vittles.
Immediately niter his nrrivnl here,
he commenced bizxiness fur other folks
on our eastern coast, and had plenty
tew do.
He was very ekonomienl in biz luib
its ov clothes, wearing but fu, and
those, seldom made out ov cassimere.
He ockashionally changed his loca
tion, moving into an adjoining State,
but in these jnorneys he wa. alwaz
kindly furnished with a guide, so there
waz no danger ov hiz gitting lost.
In these trips he seldom took hiz
family with him, they were ti.hcr to
remain to hum, or made excursions in
search ov work to other States, under
the guidauco ov experienced guides.
Once iu a while the Black Man
would stray away far to the cold and
bitter North and get cruelly lost.
Hiz guides would mouru for him
then, and search for him, but hiz fam-
ly soon rcconsiled tew his loss.
Everybody sed, where he lived, that
he waz the happiest critter that had
ever been diskovered yet, with nothing
tew do but work, and a kind guide tew
watch over him awl tho time, and
mourn for him when he got lost.
But the Black Man iz a werry
phoolish critter.
ST. LOUIS LAW SCHOOL.
Glasgow, Mo. .
THE oldest established and best hairdress
ing aud shaving saloon in the city. Huir-
cutting and shampooing iu the latest styles.
Ladies shampooing and haircutting done at
lueir residences u uesireu.
Tuition Fee, JtiO.OO per annum, including
use of Library. or parucuiars, uureas
IIKNKY IlICllUOUlC
IK-hi! of l,w sVacuily,
Jim North Tblrd 8trt, ST. L0U8, BO
liMtiin
tended from Brunswick to St. Louis
passing through the county north aud
south, giving direct communication
with St. -Joo and fct. Louis. With
all these advantages die increase iu
wealth and population will be far
Pt T.i.i.HiriM) Evi:i;y Fkiday Mounino
CIIAULEH MAYNATtD
TWO DOLLARS
TERMS !
A YEAR,
IN ABVAKO;
OFFICE On Haiti Street, between
Karket and Commerce.
r!TJ t'ommuniriiiiutis of every chnrarler
IiimiIiI ,e acl.licfsed to C. Mavnard, Editor
and I'nirir-ti)r.
Total $84,489 66
DEBTS.
Bonded debt $35,000
M & M. R. R. bonds 100,000
C. & B. R. R. bonds 100,000
Total $235,000
.-. 11AII.U0AD FACILITIES
Chariton county is traversed from
east to west a distance of thirty miles
by the West Branch North Mis
souri Railroad. The Chillicothe and
Brunswick road extends from Bruns
wick north, a distance of twenty miles
and the road being rapidly pushed to
completion, tho grading aud bridging
Notks on LtXis. Some enthusias
tic Frenchman once declared the hu
man leg to bo the most philosophical
of all studies. "Show me the leg,
avs Gautier. "and I will judge the
miud ;" and it dues seem quite natural
that the leg should inicate tho disposi
tion as the shades of the hair should
indicate the temperament. What
sloth, for instance, doe ihe limb betray ?
What a shrew is the,po5sesor of a limb
like a walking-stick ? But what a gen
tlo woman is she ot the arched instep,
the round ankle, and the graceful
I pmWtnl, aw.'lVuiir to., perfection, and
n-odulated to lightness ! What dogged
obstinacy the stumpy leg with th
knotty calf exhibits ! What an irres
olute soul does the lanky limb betray
How well tho strong ankle intimate;
the firm purpose ; how well the Hat
ankle reveals the vacant mind
Young men about to marry observe.
The dark girl with a large leg will be
come fat at thirty, and lie abed until
mid-day. The brunette, with slender.
verv slender limbs, will worry voursoul
but with iealousy. The olive-.-kin
nod maid, with the pretty round linil
with make you happy. The blonde
with large limbs will degenerate at
thirty-five into the possession of a pair
of ankles double the natural size, and
afflicted with tho rheumatism. The
fair-haired damsel, with thin limbs
will ret un at half-past five iu the
morning to scold the servants, and will
spend her night talking scandal over
tea. The littlo rosy girl, with a sturdy
muscular, well-turned leg, will be just
the girl you want. If you can find a
red-haired girl, with a large limb, pop
the questiou at once. The short lady
should always possess a slender limb ;
tho tall lady should possess a large and
ample one. No doubt these hints are
reliable, and the prevailing fashions
make them quite practical and avail
able m
A lA'geud.
Tho favorite Sultan threw n. stone at
a poor Dervise, who had requested
alms. The insulted Santon dare not
complain, but carefully searched and
preserved the . pebble, promising him
self he should fiud an opportunity,
sooner or latter, to throw it, in bis
turn, at the imperious and pittiless
wretch. Some time after he was told
that the favorite was disgraced, and
by order of the Sultan, led through
the streets on a camel, exposed to the
insults of tho populace. On hearing
this, ho ran to fetch his pebble, but
after a moment's reflection, cast it into
a well. "I now perceive," said h
"that we ought never to seek revenge
when our enemy is powerful, for then
it is imprudent : nor wheu be is involv
ed in calamity, for then it is mean and
cruel."
A Miller had his neighbor arrested
on the charge of stealing wheat from
his mill, but being unable to prove the
charge, tho ' court adjudged that the
plaintiff should upologizo to the ac
cused. "Well," said he, "I've had you
arrested for gtealine mv wheat. Icau't
prove it, aud I'm sorry for it."
A Touching Story.
Tho Hun. Alexander II. Stephens, of
Georgia, in a recent address at a meet
ing in Alexandria, for the benefit ot
the Orphan Asvluin and Free School
of that city, related the following an
ecdotc :
"A poor little boy, one cold night,
with no home or roof to shelter his
head, no parental or maternal euar-
lian or guide to protect or direct him
in his way, reached at nightfall the
house of a wealthy planter, who took
him in, fed him aud lodged him, and
?ent him on his way with his blessing
These kind attentions cherri-d his heart
and inspired him with fresh courage to
battle with the obstacles of lite. Year
rolled round ; Providence led him on
and he reached tho legal profession ;
his host died ; the cormorants that
pray on the substance of man had
formed in conspiracy to st t from the
widow her estates. She sent for th
nearest counsel to submit her case to
him and that counsel proved to be the
orphan boy long before welcomed and
entertained by the deceased husband
The .-titnulus of a warm and tenacious
gratitude was new added to the ordina
ry motive connected with the proles
sion. He undertook her cause with a
will not easy to be resisted ; he gained
it; the widow's cstat'S were secured to
her in perpetuity, and Mr. Stephens
added, with an emphasis of emotion
that sent an elcctic thrill throughout
the house, that boy stands before you !''
Daulel M cbnU-l's Fright.
. No situation more perfectly paves
the way for a hearty laugh at the end,
than two strangers obliged to be to
gether iu mutual terror of each other,
Nothing can be more uncomfortable
than a couple of men eyeing each oth
er askance an hour or two, when all
the time "one's afraid and the other
darsn't."
Upon otic occasion, Mr. Webster
was on his way to attend his duties in
Washington. Ho was compelled to
proceed at night by stugo from Bal
timore, lie had no travelling com
panion and the driver had a sort of
felou look, which produced no incon
siderate alarm with the Senator.
"I endeavored to tranquilizc myself,"
said Mr. Webster, "and had partially
succeeded, when wo reached the woods
between Bliulcnsburg and Washington
(a proper scene for murder or ontnigi s!
aud here I cuiil'ess, my courage desert.
ed ine. Just then tiie driver, tinning
to mo, with a gi uir vui -e asked my
name I g ive it to him.
"Whue lite you going V"
"To Washington." was tho tvply. "I
am a S:iiutor."
Vnon this the driver t. iz.d ine fet-
veutly by the hand and cxelaimei
"How glad I am ! I have been
trembling iu my seat for the last hour,
for when I looked at you I took you
lor a highwayman.
Of course both parties were relieved
I'hsi ( oiiipoaUor.
They don't know what u fast com
positor i- in the Northwest. A so call
ed fast type setter is thus described by
(lie of our newspapers up there:
"In the oflieo of'a Wisconsin journal
ther" i- a compositor who sets type so
rapidly that the friction of his move
ments fuses the leaden emblems in his
stick, making them solid sterotype
plate. The only way to preveut this is
to have his case submerged in water;
aud the rapidity of his motions keeps '
the water boiling and bubbling so that
eggs have been boiled in his space-box.
Pipes lead from the bottom of his case
to a boiler in the press-room and tho
steam generated by the fast compos it
or's motion runs the power press. In
one dav he set so much that it took all
hinds, editor and devil, three weeks to-
read proof, and it wasn't his good day
fur setting type, either."
That fellow would have to do a
rent deal better than that, or he
would starve in the Evening Express
flice, where there arc several com-
po.-iturs, either of whom could give him.
fifteen hundred thousand ems start in
race of two hours and beat him to
leath and back again, lie is no more
to our fastest compositor than a snail
is to a streak of lightning. This com
positor of ours has a fire-proof case
made with boxes which hold each ten
bushel of letter, and when he begins
work those piles of tvpe all disappear
imultaneotisly just as so many piles
of gun-powder disappear when you
touch a redhot poker to them. He
has been known to fill thirtv-three
miles of galleys, in half a day, and a
forty-horse en gine, consuming two tons
of coal per day, was holding him back
all the time. If he had been uncoup
led from the engine and allowed to
spread himself, his proof-sheet would
have been as long as the Pacific rail
road. Y. 1. Kriiress.
A fleuiitirul Idea.
Away among the Allegauies, there
is a spring, so small that a single ox,
in a summer's day, could drain it dry.
It steals its unobtrusive w:iy among
the hills, till it spreads out in the beau
tiful Ohio. Thence it stn t. 'lies away
a thousand miles, leaving on its banks
more than a hundred villages and
cities and many a cultivated farm, and
bearing half a thousand steamboats.
Then joining the Mississippi, it streateh
es away an I away some twelve hun
dred miles more till it falls into the
emblem of eternity. lit is one of the
great tributaries of the ocean, w hich
obedient only to God, shall roll and
roar till tho angel, with one foot on
sea dud the other on the land, shall
lift up his hand and swear that tiiuo
shall be no longer. So with moral .
inlhieii' e It is a rill a rivulet a
river an ocean and as boundltss and
fathomless as eternity?
Truth iu Brief.
Anybody can soil the reputation of
any individual, however pure and
chaste, by uttering a suspicion which
his enemies will believe and his friends
never hear of. A puff of idle wind can
make a million of seeds of the thistle
and do a work of mischief which the
husbandman must labor long and hard
to undo, the floating particles being too
trifling to be seen and too light to be
stopped. Such are the seeds of slander
o ei.sily sown, so dificult to be gather-
ered up, and yet so pernicious in its
fruits. I hey know that many a wind
will catch up the plague and beconio
poisoned by their insinuations, without
ver seeking the antidote. No repu
atioii can refute a sneer, or any hu
man i-Ud prevent luiselilet.
Moving (he WorEd.
If Ai l.imedi s could have found hisi
full-! he would still have found it
uiie a job to move the world." His
v?r would have l a 1 to be so long,
In.t had heapplied only thirty pounds,
and moved it through ten thousand
eet per hour for ten hours a day, the
remote en 1 of the lever would have
had to pass li. rough an arc which it
would take 8 trillions, 774 billions.
194 mi I i ions, 574 thousands, 737 of
ceiitui us to accomplish, in order to
raise the earth a single inch. Archi
medes was a braggart !
A fellow took his velocipede to the
Sing Sing prayer-meeting to have it
"converted" into a two wheeled buggy
1 Glaouvw Times.
An ugly old bachelor about town,
whom no woman would have, being
rallied on his matrimonial prospect?,
was told not to dispair "there are us
good fifh in the sea as ever was caught,
vou know." Ho replied ; "Yes, I know,
but somehow it seems to lue they don't
bite like they used to 1"