Bloomington Progress, Volume 6, Number 32, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 December 1872 — Page 1

Thanksgiving Litany. 0. God. the Father who hast wrought us0, liod, the Savior who host bought us 0. Joo the Spirit who hast ioug tit uj We thath Thee. For all the blossinss of the year ForTheeThjsclf of all most dear For' thy blest Word an 1 for its enter We thank i'heo. 0 Lord. For that we live and hope for life -For health (itself with blessings rife) Fore'.rennth to bear with toil a ad strife We thank lhee, 0 Lord.

. For hone and all the laved ones th

For bleSMnff rnnn

For the home altar-ulnae of priiyor ; We thank, lhee. OLord. " For blessed peace through all our land . For rights sustained at law's command ' For ret wmras rlrhted b Tt.y hand We thank f hc, u Lord. Fox sprin time and the autumn jlow For summer's rain anti-winter's snow For tiino o ap ird tiw to pom We thank Ihos. 0 Lord. For plenty in the harvest field For bouniy of the orcliord's j'nli! For vine and fig tree's fruit anil shield We thank Thee. OLord.

0, God, the Father never errine O, God, the Savior peaco eonforrins 0, God. Sp'rit-rLonc endurins - WesroiaoThoe. Praise the glory of Thy face Praise the aivinir of Thy grace Praise the Promise of I by word ; Praise Thy love that suffereth log Praise with never fading sons Hesanna to the Lord." For Thy judgments they are just For Thy purposes we trust How and ever- . For Thy promises are sure . For Thy mercies will endure ' Ending never.

0 God, the Father throiod above O God, the Savior gifi of love 0 God, the Spirit heavenly dove We pray Thee: From foes within and foes without From the rabble and the root 0 Lord, deliver us. From the hot and ka.ty wordProm the drawinr of the sword 0 Lord, deliver as. "rem the parching of the nrt!l From the desolated h earth O Lord, deliver ns. From the pestilential breath From the famine's wasting death 0 Lord, deliver us.

0 God, the Father all-wise, glorious O God, the Savior o'er death victorious, O God, the Spirit given to comfort us Grant ua Thy peace. Turn not Thy face away Help ns in trust to pray "Thy will bedonoalway" For Thy love ia the hope of our endeavor; Pnd Thy grace as a shower Every day. every hour For in Thee is ihe power And the honor and the glory forever, AME5.

Peek-a-Boo ! Where is my little one hiding frora me? Where is my darling ?--o!i I where eon he be? Under the sofa and unlor the chair Still I keep looking : but no one is there I Where is my little one ? where citn he be. Hiding so much of his sunshine from me? Ob, bow hU musical prattle I miss ! Sura I was never so lonely as this.

No little arms to give mamma a squeeze ; No one to comfort me ; no one to tense : There on the floor is his boautiful toy: Bui where in tho world is my own little boy ?

Coaxing won't bring him? the rogue I then 111

try Hot ho fee's when he t ears mamma cry : " Oh. dear baby ! eome back t? me, do : Maxnraa is lonely I"" Ha. ha! peek-a-boo 1"

Peek-a-boo I roses that bloom on his eheek ; Peefc-a-boo! eyes that so lovingly sneak : Peek-a-boo 1 ' ' sunshine," aad " mamma's Iiht-"

While you were hidipr I thought it was night 1

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The Merry Heart. TU well te have a merry Lent,

Pbllwopby " -tadnd

.A. ."Republican 3?aper. Drvoto.l to the Advancemnt of the Iooal Intosrewts of Monroe County.

Established A. D., 1835.

BLO OMING TON , INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1872.

Kew Serie8.-VOL.VI.--NO, 32.

A MODEL ROMANCE. " Sir." said Dr.Johnaon. " let me show you a model." "Oh, Mr. Orraond, 1 am tired of this position. I wih you could let me have a rest. Do th ?re'a a good fellow please." " Wait just five minutes, Polly, till ITe done this bit of your h sad. Don't move just one minute more. I'm getting it ncht now, and then we'll knock off for a bit." The request was the request of a model ; the answer was the answer of a painter. The model reclined, in a half kneeling- attitude, apparently at the foot of a cross. Her clasped hands were uplifted ; her eyes were upraised pathetically ; her long hitir streamed down, flowingly, over neck and shoulders ; a loose white sort of shirt clothed ber to the waist ; below was a reddish brown skirt, skillfully disposed as " drapery," in artful folds. The whole attitude and expression represented md represented well imploring sgony combined with tender despair. The rtATA rrvi Wflrn V. ,-,, I i fri I! i nncwl . Vi

eyes gleamed with a sublime splendor. The painter, my friend, Frank Ormond, A. H. A. is working with quiet excitement at his easel. Ilia figure in tall ; he wears the ve'vet coat of his .craft: he but whv describe him?

Everybody knows Frank Ormond. Let thai pass. And now, reader, while painter and model (the attitude was a trying one) have " knocked off ' work for a little rest, while he lights a pipe and she, jrawnlngly, stretches her stifi' and weary limbs, let us look round us at the delicious litter of a painter's studio. The bouse ia old, and dates probably from Queen Anna's days. It has, no doubt, been the habitation of nobles of that period. You cannot see much of .the walls, but look at the doors, at the 'painted ceiling, at tho splendid marb!e mantelpiece. Look at the deep window places arid tall, tiaickiy-sashed windows. It is a house which Hogarth

mignt have used for the residence of Lord Squanderfiekl. . The studio is a large, three-windowed room, cold and bate of aspect. The backs of canvases framed with dealtlie about like bits of scenes out of use, and : suggest somewhat tho coulisses of a theater. A lay figure, wi.h a wooden fixedness of aspect, its head reminding one of a ship' figurehead, sits in a renaissance chair, and wears a thirteenth-century costume. This figure forma the principal still-life object in the room. In one corner reposes the major part of sn old suit of armor, the ' dull and ' inted breatt-plste surmounted, in a rather drunken way, by a rustred helmet. A belt-hilted rapier, temp. Elizabeth, which, says Frank, might have belonged to Raleigh, leans against ik. n-nll r 4 ttAfti it. ift n. amnall-anni-rl

which suggests the tea-cup times of Anne, the flowing wig aid stiff skirts,

the figure of Addison, or the brawling Mohocks who Btoppftd Swift's cjair. From the open door of t. richly carved dark arrr.oire depends a Japanese robe. Plaeter casts of feel and hands, busts, masks and a torso, with the muscles strongly accented by dust, are sprinkled about, and contrast cbalkily with the color of hangings, bits of silk dresses, and a remnant of tapestry. Two old foils, one broken, and both grievously damaged, 1 e across the aims of a magnificent antique cha'r, which lias a seat of drimson velvet, en which rest a Spanish mandolin and one boxing glove; while a strip of yellow Chinese silk has dipped down on tho floor. A f-tuffel monkey, with a perennially diabolical amile upon a swollen visage, balances uneasily upon legs with n padded look about them, while a stuffed owl stares glassily in sullen gravity. The lust of one Koraan Emperor is crowned villi a Vandyke hat, and a white petticoat is suppot tod by two Vrlaf qu . boar spears. A Very handsome oak ta ble, with massive Jf-gs, is covered .vitli Venetian glasses and Flemish bo' ties, with " pots" of various sorts, comjrising Oris de Flandres, 8atMma jars, and the blue '-Lissen, or six mark Japanese ware, while an exquisite little Japanese cabinet is created by a handful of peacock's feathers. Sketohe in charcoal and in oils, copies of world-renowned pictures,

studies, unfinished paintings, are strewn about in picturesque and grotesque confusion ; and, :U one end of the room, with the boet light falling full upon it, stands the guillotine-like easel, on which rests the picture of the hour, the canvas which absorbs all Frank Ormond's thoughts v nd is freighted with all his ambirion, the picture upon which he is now working. An .1 so the happy painter works from year to year labor, completion, weariness, fruitiori, recommencement. His whole work and hope are concentrated, for the time, upon the picture, with which he rerriains face to face for many lonely months. It its finished at last ; finished just ivhen it must be completr ed, in order to be sent to the Academyand then the reaction of lassitude, afte; a lone tension, begins. His work has

gone out from him; the painter feels weary of tho picture over which he has felt so 'dany fluctuations of depression

and delight. It has absorbed so much

of himseu that he cannot judge it truly;

he altematesi between confidence and despondency ; he sighs half with regret; half in relief, as his distracting darling is carried forth from his doors. Then he relaxes the long strain of anxious labor ; he amuses himself, and half forgets his art; he works but little, if at all. The picture gets well hung ; then comes the private view, with he critics; thon the public crowding about the shining rows in the splendid gallery;

then follow tho favorable notice, the praise of friends, -the sneer of" brother" rivals; then all this passes away, until, after due relaxation, the painter recommences with renewed ardor his work so beautiful and loved. A painter, by tho way, has one great advantage over an author he is sure of his spectators, of his public. If his work be hung in a good exhibition, it is sure to be seen by all those whom the painter wishes to see it. An author has to goto his readers; but his spectators always come to a painter. Meanwhile) Frank, twisting his ecubtache as he gazes on his picture, and now and then throwing in a deft and ripid touch of the brush, is waiting until his mode!; shall have rested in order to go on. " Bother the skirt I'' cries that young person, who, with a view to warming herself, has been dancing about the Btudio trying a burlesqae pas which she had seen on the previous evening at thfc the theater. " There, Mr. Or mond, I'm rested now. On we go again 1" The little model interested me, both in her individualism and as a member

of a class which furnishes to the artist the materialism of the iomsntic. I tried to learn something of her history, but I succeeded only eketchily, and in a piecemeal manner. Her name was Polly Brown. She was distinctly pretty and piquant. She possessed, among her various merits as a model, very long and beautiful brown hair, which he knew how to dishevel and tumble down far below her waist, in a flow of romantic distress. Her eyes, brown also, were large, and fjll of soft fire; and the little monkey had a trick of rendering them plaintive ard pathetic in expression, so that she was particularly valuable as a model for young heroines in distress, virgin martyrs, betrayed beauties, and the like, ller complcjcion was that of a light brunette ; had s 10 lived more in the country, her cheeks would, it is probable, have shown a little flush of tender red through the pale, soft olive of her teint. She had a nice little nose ; the mouth was good, though perhaps a little large, but she knew how to purse it up and to draw the corners down so as partially to conceal this litt'e. defect. The shape of the little haif arch, half tender face was a fine oval, and the head was remarkably well f et on. She was good in profile, but better as a three quarter face with upturned eyes. Her bands and feet were small, and the figure, though a trifle peti'e, wj.s round and well shaped. Her manner was always merry, but never boisterous, and the girl had innate tact and taste. "Yes," observed Frank, ciitiolly,

" she is a first-rate model, in her line. It

is only when you see a good deal of her

that you detect the least little trifle of

vulgarity, which comen, no doubt, from

her mother. Do you know 1 rather like that little suspicion of plebeianium ; it

shows that her base touches the people. She is good, you knew, for historical

heroines. She is, in tact, fit for what

actors call the juvenile tragedy line o

business. Do you remember my Oiivia

iD the Vicar of Wakefield ? Weil, hhe

sat, and did splendidly, for that. SIk.-'s always punctual, and pleasant to dml with; she's lively and frisky, but wv;r

rude, and ihe s really a good little i:irl.

Out of all the models I know, she's

about the best. I like little I'ol iy; if you want to please he?, you've only got

to send her to the play.'' The little model had considerable imi

tative and dramatic tf.lent, and readily

picked up the trick of her trade. She

quickly caught a painter's idea, and

produced the expression, or caught the

attitude, which his purpose r quired

She had a little femir ine voice, almost as exquisitely dainty t.s Marie Wtltcn's,

and had conquered that difficulty, so

great to ore of her elites, of a good pro

nunciation. Polly's mother was houoekeer-er in

set of chambers. Shi had been on the

stage in her youth, ami retained a strong

passion for the theatt r. Ol her father

I could learn nothing. Polly herself, in her early girlhood, had bem theatri

cal. Mie danced as a fairy in panto 'mimea, and formed one of achild-croui

of peasants, or what :iot, as required by the ballet-master; bu, to her greit dis

appointment, she never could obtain

"speaking pari." One winter a severe

illness threw he;." out of her usual era

plovment. Wl.en stie recovered she

found no opening in th theater, and

she was, tor a thort lime, driven to re

sort to sewing. She was then engaged

in the extensive and prosperous cftal:

lishment of Messrs. Abednegoand Mel-

chisedek; but thi miserably-paid drudgery did not long suit Miss Polly. She was unhappy, find crew desperate,

or rather determined. Sanguine in her youthful hopefulness, she suddenly

discharged herself, and trusted to the chapter cf accidents. One day, when very poor, Polly strolled into the park. Sitting down upon a bench, still and quiet as an Arctic winter night, she thought and thought what she could do, what iihe should ia, to earn her living. It wag early spring; the painters were hard at work for the Academy, and good models were scarce. Frank Ormond happened to bo passing by. He wanted a girl-mrdel, and his painter's eye was struck by little Polly's face and figure. He spoko to her, and proposed that she should come and sit for him. Polly consented, and went the next morning to In?, studio. She had found a new trade, which she rather liked, and which, a) ebe gradually ac

quired a connection among painters, paid her moderately well. She grew attached to the free and easy Bohemian ways of the studio, and was soon launched as a well known and popular "model," in which capacity, while sitting for Joan of Arc, I first made her acquaintance. Polly, by the way, always had a superstition about the park, and believed that it was a place which "brought her good luck." "I first met you, Mr. Ormond, in the park," she used at times to say, "and 1 am sure that some day some great good fortune will happen to me in that dear old park. I often sit upon that benoh where you first eaw me. Ah, I wtis badly off then." The life of a model is not without perils and temptations to a young girl; but Polly trod safely her rather dangerous path with a firm, light step. Her innocence was not ignorance; for she saw nd heard a great deal, and understood all that she saw or heard. Without protectors or advisers, lonely but self-reliant, the girl walked along the edge of unfenced precipices circumspectly and shrewdly. She was ardent, and perhaps ambitious, but had a certain integrity of will and quiet force of character which held her upright. Very unconsciously, the little lowly thing was a sort of worldly heroine. Natural character, and the influences

of the circumstances which surrounded and molded it, produced some rather complex contradictions and problems in our model. Seen in some aspects you

would have pronounced her to be a little good-for-nothing; merry and pleasant, indeed, but worthless. Yet you would have judged her wrongly had you based an opinion upon the superficial triviali

ties which she turned outside. 5he never made any pretense of goodness;

she ra-her took pains to show her worst side, to appear worse than she really

was. ohe hart naturally a light side to her character, and she eraphasisod her levity in all that she showed of her- j self to others. Nor was she, at times,

wholly free from passing thrills of temptation; but, like the needle of the compass, which, though it vibrates tremu

lously, yet ultimately points always

rightly, she gravitated back infallibly to good. A creature by no means too

bright or good for human nature's daily

food, there was in her that "mystic sense of right" which so stirred the en

thusiasm of the German philosopher. Exposed to so much danger, sustained by so little help against evil, some un

seen power kept this girl always really

pure and good, ohe had, no doubt, a tendresse for Frank Ormond, but then her shrewd, practical sense showed her that there was, as she termed it, "no use" in indulging such a feeling; and, taught by her the hsrd lessons of her life, she had learned to repress, to restrain and to forego.

One mornins, when Irank was tust

finishing his well-known picture of the execution of Lady Jane Gray, in which

Polly, ii course, "sat " for the victim

Queen, the young lady, at the conclusion of the sitting, said very quietly:

"You won't want me any more, Mr.

Ormond. You've neighed that picture.

head and all, now. I'm glad of it, be

cause 1 shouldn t ho able to come to you again."

".Now come again, Polly, why notr 1 uppoae you are very full of engige-

mentsjust now; but, you mustn't throw me over. I shall want you next for my

Dorothea."

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Ormond, but I

shan't ever be able to come again."

"Aot be able to come again what the

deuce do you mean, Polly?" asked

Frank, rather pettishly, as he "relieved" the headsman with a deft touch. "I

suppose you're getting too rich? no, it can't bethat. You must come. There's no model at all like you for some of my

work. Ah, I see! You ve been Bpooninc with some fellow, or in trouble, eh,

Miss Poll?"

"No," replied tho young lady, with

demure dignity, "no trouble, thank you,

Mr. frank. The fact ia I can t come,

because because I'm going to get married."

Married whew!" cried the painter,

facing around from the easel and taking his pipe out of bis mouth. "Married,

Polly! I never heard about that who

is it? What sort of a fellow? A good

one, I hope, for your sake."

".Never mind, Mr. rank," responded

Miss Polly, composedly. "Perhaps you'll knov7 some day, but not now. Thank

you for ail your kindness, Mr. Ormond,

You ve always been vury kind to me,

ana i l line you very mucn. i es; i m

doing very well, thank you. lie is a

good fellow 1 like him, and 1 mean that we shall be very happy. But when

I am married 1 can't ever sit any more,

if you r lease."

Frank Ormond geowlud discontented

ly. He did not like loning his modrl, and he felt a vague jealousy of the un

known, there was a sneer in his tone

as he said:

"I suppose, Pol'iv, you have caught

some old fool, who is taken witi a pret

ty face, and your union will be about as incongruous as a woodbine twining

round a wooden leg

"Think what you like, Mr. Ormond,"

said little Polly, calmly. "I know what

you do think; but never mind that. I I shall tell you just nothing about it. I

only come tc-day" (Polly was tying on

ner uonnet "oecause l knew you wanted me to finish your Iindy Jane

Uray. i hat s uono now, and 1 must say

good by. i'm very gratetul to you Frank, 1 am, indeed, tor all your kind

ness. I'm sorry to have to give up com

tug to tho studio I liked the life but

it's all over now. Thank you six shil

lings; yos, that's right. My career as a

model ii ended. Once more good-by

Mr. i rank I

She Bhook hands cheerily, and then

she shut tho studio door for the last

time.

Tho strange thing was, that the little

witch really made a good marriage,

She had won the affections of a good man, of position and property. Tho

reticent little raor:,key nevr, 1 believe

told any one ol her courtship, or tne

hrogress of it; but once, some time after

she betrayed herself so far as smilingly

to ttll frank, when she met htm in so

cicty, that the whole thing began "in the Park, in that tlear old Park; on the old bench, you know;" and this was the

alpha and omega of her confession

Many studios wore for a time corroded by curiosity; but time had to wear this

feeling away without other artificial

Rolacemtnt. Son:. painters expressed annex atiosiuc their little model; others

expressed perplexity at her rise in life

but no one could drop a hint against her

fair fiime, and, ih she had been gen erally liked, many good wishes acconi'

panted her change t position.

Like that Mattte, sometimes a 'near

cousin o' the, Laini of Limmcrfield'iv

made a model wife. She had all a woman'? pliability, adaptability and tact; and siie soon picked up the style and manners neces?ary to her new position. Sho was naturally grateful, and she had a little touch of woman's pride; pride in herself, and pride for her husband. She wished to mae her husband happy, and was determined that he 'should not have to blush for his choice. She set to work, too, to educate herself in her way. Having a strong motive to impel her, and great natural quickness, she soon succeeded in acquiring a respectable veneer of cul ture; and Frank Ormond, who Meets her from time to time, told mo that she had developed and improved in an altogether surprising manner. I believe that she succeeded, without apparent effort, in educing from Mr, Frank the

respect due to her new position, rathe-

than the familiarity likely tp arta Inn"

their old relation?, and yet she was quite frank, and kind, and natural with him. "By Jovel" cried Frank, "when I took her down to dinner the other day, at the 'Howards,' I could hr.rdly believe the self-possessed, lady-like woman by whom I was sitting had ever been the little monkey that used so often to dance burlesque dances about my studio! But women are wonderful crea tures, sir. Their knowledge of the world beats ours. If they s ere only as good actresses on tho stage as they are off it, ".he dramatic art would be in a fine way." Success ripens arid improves some natures: and little Tolly was decidedly

improved by good fortune, she was

always petty, but as I saw her the other

ay in the Park (looking out probaoly

ot without thoughts tor a certain

bench), reclining easily in her carriage,

he appeared positively elegant and

d'Sfingve, She ws particularly well dressed, and had a piquant touch of

grandc dame in her manner.

Does any one who has ever really be

longed to Bohemia pass out of it into

Philistia, or even into higher regions, without an occasional retrospect of re

gret, and a backward glance, coupled

with a sigh7

Did our Polly, lollinR upon her easy

carriage cushion, ever look back with a tibge of sadness to the c.:iys in which

she used to- trudge on foot, through

mud and rain, to the atm;e door, or to

the painter's studio? What does she

think when she visits the 'Royal Acade

my? How does she feel when she

goes to the theaterf Dot she ever speculate upon the new model (the golden-haired one) who now sits fir

frank Ormond? Does she, as she gazss

upon the "amaranthine bowers ot

boundless joy," recall the feelings of

the j'ig'iranies who, clothed in eheeney tinel, float ethereally upon iron supports in the ideal atmosphere of bluo

and red lights? I do not know; I have no hint which would enable me to eolve

the problem; but I am assured that she

s gratefully happy in her married lite;

and that, as a wife, she is still a model.

Foreign Gossip.

Policsmen in Berlin receive SI. 25 per

day.

Bazaine's trial is positively to proceed

n Uecember.

Ay editor has been nominated to a

Bishopric by tho Pope.

Rome is to have a daily English news

paper, edited by a Yankee.

Tee study of German is made obliga

tory in tho r rench public schools.

Milan, in Italy, is about to establish

a ladies' commercial college, The world

moves.

Tub Vienna Exposition building is

the largest structure of the kind ever

erected.

The maelstrom has been found by

navigators this summer to be as quiet as

a he h -pool.

The gilded gambling saloons of Ems

are closed, to the intense disgust of

many old habitues.

The annual product of the sale in

Paris of snails for food in computed at

mere than 12,000 francs.

Queen Victoria has this year received

very many parcels of lanb's wool yarn

from royal matrons m Uanada.

A law has been passed forbidding the

erection of any new buildings in Vienna

during the Exposition of 18 1 3.

No wonder the relatives of Marshal

Bit::aine are anxious to Lave him thot

The old gentleman is worth $2,000,000.

Toe galvanic. battery is recommended

by some English journala, as. a mode of

punishing cnminals instead ot Hogging

Thi: first railway in Tunis has just

been successiully opened, lho pas sengors on the first day numbered 2 4J6

Thsre were 117,439,2;il tons of coal

raised last year in England the largest

quantity ever yet raised there in a year,

A London firm recently imported, by

wt;y ol Rotterdam, tho hrst cargo ot

Prussian coal ever brought into En

gland .

A firm of opticians at Manchester,

England, has presented 1,500 pairs

spectacles for distribution to the poor of

the workhouses.

Tu b Univcrc of Paris made use lately

otwitat seems to be a really original figur

of speech. It called Prince Bismarck

one of the horns of the devil.

It is stated that the King of Hanover

is m treaty tor tlie purphive of a con

siderablo estate in England, where he

will probably reside henceforth.

Tnr. Japanese are, very proud of their

thirteen mile? ot railway, which ocou

pied threo years in construction. Their trains run at tho rate of twentv-two

miles an hour. It is paid the olorsof Cologne are not b:ic.1i as wo might expect from the name, and by a like unfitness the exceedingly dirty city of Antioch does a considerable bu dneai in soap manufacturing. The cholera has already progressed two-thirds of tho way across tho European continent, and is still on its westward line of march. At last account it had reached Berlin, Prague and Vienna. A s English druggist was the other day convicted, for the fifteenth time, of neglecting to vaccinate his child. He ias already paid nearly ,2t in fines and law charges, but is still obdurate. The fin a was repeated. The Bank of France will issue $50,000,000 of ten-franc note, to avert any monetary crisW, and to provide a snb-

THE HATI0NAL BASKS. tteport of the Comptroller of tho Currency Tlio report of tho Comptroller of tho Currency reviews at length the working of tho national banking system sinco its inangiuraion. Of tho whole amount of circulation appro- ; riatod by Congress, $342,000,000 have boon Maued, and i balance of $12,000,000 promised to umociatiotw that have tiled their application and taken preliminary steps toward or-'a-nizinf; .u national banks." The CompVroUer considers that part of the recent act which ealla for tho redistribution j ft 25,000,000 inctirrencv by withdrawing Ibat .mount from the Middle and Eastern States, id giving it to the South and West, as imI'Ricticable, and recommends its repeal: and alao that an amendment be made in lieu thereof providing for the isBue of $5,000,000 bank rculation annnilly for the n3xt live years, to i oot tlio wants of such States as have not had t.ieir fall proportion.

ye m opposed to any change m the law in

that a law vrtuch nas become rule with all cautiotmly-managcfl banks should not be

uaauly repealed, tie suggests, however, mat it would be to tho interest of banks to keup a

larger proportion of their reserve in their own hands, instead of placing it on deposit with city bonds, and points out the way by wlmh this cud may bo accomplished to the genetal benefit. 0onu-e8H ia Informed of various complaints which kavo been made of usurious transactions, an. the Comptroller incidentally suggests tho propriety of the repeal of all usury taws, bo tar ad they apply to the national banks.

Full information is given in relation to banks

which have tailod, showing the average dividend upon tlio aggregate of claims proved,

which ainotmtg to about ou per coat. leaving 14 per cent., which the law provides shall be assessed upon shareholders. The lock ing up of greenbacks in New York city is referred to, and attention called to the resolution parsed by the Clearing-House ; and the belief expressed that its enforcement will do more to prevent such illeeitimate transac

tions anions t anks thin any legislation by Congress.

Amendments to tne act are suggested as

follows : The organisation of bauks without

iivnlatioi), upon the depotit of $10,000 in

United States bonds, instead of one-third ot the capital ; the imposing of a penalty on, and withholding of interest from, banks whose capital is impaired, and who refuao to go into liquidation tinder section 12 of the act : to prevent the circulation of shinplasters

bv railroads and other corporations of the

South ; defining more fully the dutieB of tho Comptroller and Receiver in the final closing of insolvent banks ; and an amendment permitting banks to loan 10 per cent, on capital

ami surplus, rue proportion of taxation is believed to be much greater than upon other property. Full statistical tables are given, exhibiting the amount of dividends and earnirgs of national banks for the last four years. The ratio of net earnings of the national banks of the country to capital and surplus, without making allowance for bad debts, is about 10

per cent, annually, and tne ratio or dividends to capita and surplus ia loss than 4 per cent.

Tho appendix will contain much now statis

tical information in reference to the kind of funds held as reserve by banks and their net profits ; aleo, comparative tables showing tho amount of authorized circulation, together with population and wealth in 1870, circulation

per capila, the ratio of circulation to wealth,

to capital and to deposits unuer tne present system ard nndor the State banking system in

the year 1MJL'. Tho importance of frequent examinations by competent and courteous examiners ib stated, and a small appropriation is asked to defray tho expenses of special examinations, in order that snch investigations may be promptly made as may be considered expedient for the protection of creditors. Increased compensation for geutlemen holding responsible positions in office is also urged.

THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

An Address br the United States Centennial

Commission.

To the Tcople of the United States :

llio uoiigresa or tne umtea states naa en' acted that the completion of the one hut.

dredth rear of American independence Bhall

be celebrated bv an International Exhibition

of the arts, manufactures, and products of the

soil and nunc, to be held at muaaeipnia. m 1876, and has appointed a Commission, consisting ol' representatives from each State and Territory, to conduct the celebration.

(jriginatmg under the auspices or tne .na

tional Legislature, controlled by a National Commission, and designed aa it ia to " Com

memorate the first century of our existence,

bv an exhibition of tho natural resources cf

tho country and their development, aud of our

progress in mono u its tvuicu uducuo uiuiahiu, in comparison with those of older nations," it

is to tho people at large mat tne i;ommission looks for aid which is necessary to make the

Centennial Celebration the grandest anuver un the world has ever Been.

That the completion of the first century cf our existence should bo marked by soma im-

oosine demonstraction is, we believe, uie

imrrintir wish of the DeoDle of the whole coun

irv. The Coneress of the United States haB

wisely decided that the birthday ot the Great Kedublic can be most fittingly celebrated by the universal collection and display of all the trophies of its progress. It ia designed to hrinc touether. within a building covering fifty

acres, not only the varied productions of our mines and of the soil, but types of all the intellectual triumphs of our citizens, specimens

of evervthing tuat America can luruuu, whether from tho brains or the hands of her

children, and thus make ovidont to tne world

the advancement of which a self-governed

nnnnlfl lfl -nnflhlB-

In this " Celebration" all nations will be in-

vitod tn nartioinatn t its character betas? inter

national. Europe will display her arts and m&nuf acturoa, India her curious fabrics, while nnwlv nnened China and Japan will lay bare

tho treasures which for centuries their in

genious people have been perfecting. Each land will compete in generous rivalry for tho niilm nt' Miinerior excellence.

To thin grand gathering every zone will contribute it frnits and cereals. No mineral

hnn h,i wantinc : for what the East lacks the

West will snpnly. Under ono roof will the

south display m rich luxuriance her crowing

cotton, and the North in miniature tho cease

less mrhmnrv of her mills converting that

cott.n into cloth. Each section of tho globe

will Rfiiiil itu heat nfFerintrs to that exhibition,

aud uach State ol tho Union, as a member of one united hodv n.ilitic. will show to her

Bister States and' to the world how much she eaa

add to the groatnoss of the nation of which

sue iu a harmonious part. To maltn thn Contonnial Celebration such

success as the patriotism and the pride of

uvery American uemauua win requita iuv w operation of the neonle of the whole country

The United States Centennial Commission has received no Oovomment aid, such as England extended to her World's Fair, and France to her Universal Exposition, yet the labor and responsibility imposed upon the Commission

ia aa great an in oitner ox munhi uhubhw uigw. It is estimated that ten millions of dol-

Meeting and Parting: of II. L. T., aud C. S. A PARODT. . O. When shall we threo rule azain T When shall we thie rule attain ? long. I fear will seit'ons roll. Long will Oe- oral Grant control. Long Republicans must reirn, lire we tbreo can rule again. T. Calmly to thy fate resign, Doubly damning, oh I i mine; Long I've catered with the great To raise me to tho chair of state; but the struggle's all in vain, For we tbree can't rule again. C. .S'. I'nys will pass and years roll on. Youth turn gray, grow old, be gone ; Nations riso and nations fall. Kings and seenUrs, thrones and all bong in ruin will bare lain lire we three shall ml again. If. O. Chen farewell, my trusty friends. Our exertions, aims, and ends All mast, here among our foes, (!nmn tj nn Af-Arntil tllnoa.

jfor if lreemen firm remain-

we throe rale again."

The Blind Who Will Not Sec. The significance of the late election ia as plain as that of any political event that ever occurred. Only the dullness tht misconceived the whole campaign could mistake it.

stilute in paper money for the specie

and who, when e'evated to the position j cii dilation, of which the payment of the of Mrs. Bailie Js'icol Jarvie, behaved ex- indemnity to Germany has drained the cellently in her exultation, little Tolly I oountry.

lara will bo reunited, and this sum Congress

lias provided shall be rawed by stock suOBcnption, and that tho people shall have the opportunity of subscribing in proportion to the population of their respective States aud Territories. The CommiHHiou look to tho unfailing patriotism of the. peoplo of every section, to see that each couti ibutea its ahare to tho expenses, and receives its share of the benefits of an enterprise jn whjCh A are mo deeply interested. It would further earnestly urge the formation in each Mate and Territory of a couteunial organization, which shall in timo see that county associations aro formed, no that when the nations are gathored together in 1870 each Commonwealth can view with prido the contributions bIio has made to the national glory. Confidently relying on the zeal aud patriotism ever displayed by our people in every national undertaking, we pledge and propheny that the Centennial Celebration will worthily show how greatness, wealth and intelligence can bu fostnred by Hitch institutions as those which havo for one hundred years bleBBed tho peoploof tho United States. Johlpu 11. IIawlev, President. The centenary of Linnaeus' death will he celebrated at Stockholm on the 16th of January, 187:1, when a statue of the great, .Swedish naturalist will be unveiled. He died at ITpsala (in the university of which city he was for many years i'rofesior of Botany) iu the sixtyeighth year of his age,

Certainly, however, it is not surprising th it those who could not see that the "reform" movement was merely the despairing effort at a Deo.oeratic restoration should see nothing but ';he power of "money" in the result It was ti e constant cry of the opposition that the ro-electien of the President was to be

bought; and even Mr. Greeley himce'f

spoke of the "Federal money" as the chief impediment to his success. Such assertions were an insult to the American people, and the result of the election not only disproves them utterly, but inspires every sincere boli ver in popular government with new faith and hop-i. The election is the vindication of the ea tracitv and the tenacity of the DeoDle. It ia

a victory of the popular instinct. There is a

wise saw attribute! to Talleyrand, mat

everybody knows more than any body. It

is often dilhcuit to Del evo it. in a political meeting, for instance, the individual often seem so intelligent that it is not easy to understand haw tbo aggregate of ignorance

hould he wisdom. At the pells, often, the

arowd of half-drunkea freemen with votes

for salo suggests that an intelligent dictator would govern more wisely. And yet the

Government ia, upon the whole, most sttis-

lactoruy administered, and cue appeal to tne

peoplo is seldom dieappointing. The reason

is turn me xt&uuiui 01 muuicu tfwr. uios not truly represent the people who deoide the eleotion. Tho msjority of the cit:ana have a real "ttake in the country." They know that order and permanence serve their interests, and they will not take the risk of

disorder except for very weighty reasons.

It was the pereeptton that the restoration

of the Democratic party to power, nowitbatanding its blarney of acquiescence and

conversion, would necosaariiy imperii ev

ery great interest in the country, and disturb all the aettlementsof tho war,which explains the overwhelming result. If the conversion

had been believed, the issue would nave been the same. For what was thnre in the

general character of a party which bad been educated as the Democrats wore which should

make it the safer guardian of the Republican principles and policy than the Republican party itself? The conqueror ia Egypt ia

aid to have declared, as he burned the

Alexandrian Library, that if the books were in harmony with the Koian they were use

less, and it they were opposed to it tney

were pernicious, bo, if the Democrats had

become Republicans, they could have provod it by refusing t) eppose the Republican or

ganization. If they bad not become Repub-

icans, they ought to be beaten, to maintain

their own name and oreasixation, and to

pretend that they supported Mr. Greeley be

cause ne was a better nepuonc&n man uen.

Graot, was merely to invito tho contempt

which they received.

The value of luberat Republican proieas.on

was shown by the passionate ardor wiui which the " Liberals" supported a pure Democratic ticket in North Carolina, and their

frenzied delight over tha victory of the KuKIux i n Georgia. Moreover, while they professed to leave the Republican party because it wae controlled by improper men, they

supported in the city of New York Mr. Mike

Morton tor tne Assommy ana mi. i nomas

(Jresmer for Uoneresa; and in Richmond

county these precious reformers supported for tho Assembly a person notoriously unfit for th position, against ono of the hoDeetest man iii the county, who was, happily, elected, indeed, the county of Richmond was

for lbs first timo since the Republican party

was organized carried for tbat party, bocause of the profound contempt for a coalition go

narantly vena.1 as mac oi we uomooruio Ring and the " Liberals." And this county

in New Xork is a lair illustration oi counties

11 ovor the country. The coalition was fear

ed as a threat and despised as a iraua. it could succeed, it was a fatal reaction. But

ho eould it succeed, smco it was so plainly dishonest?

The Country has decided that the new

Union shall continue to be confided to those

who raade it and who believe in it, and shall

not bit controlled by those wta opposed it,

and who now acquiesce because they oannot help themselves. It has not been deceived

by any cry of reconciliation, because it

knowi mat mere is no inequality in iuo m tor or in the administration of toe law, and that the alienation which follows a civil war upon tho part of the vanquished is removable only by time and the steady enforcement ofjuastce. Great mischief has been done by the false ataertion of the coalition that "the North" ia vindictive toward "the South," and that the i-aacslities in thi governments of the Southern Spates are attributable to the Republican National Administration. But the truth will ?raduallv penetrate the mist of falsehood

raised, by the cr.UUon, and the re-election of

jen. Urant will tend to porieci peace oy uoritrovine in the lata rebel mind the exaa-

oeratioe hone of Djmooratic ascendency. It

shown the people of the Southern States that the vut majority of the American people know very well what they have won at such tremendous coat, and they intend to maintain it to tho last and tho utmost, but with

out tho least thought of revenge or the least

touoh of injustice. Uarptrt wecKiy, "Grantite Kmige"

Tho more bitter and irrecjncilablo of tho

Democrats and Liberals those who still de

mand, tbat somebody shall seethe and pacify

them attain conaideranie temporary com

torttv oalline the Republicans, who aro a

large majority of the American people. " Grantitea." And they allude to the proi a bilitv that this majority will desire to con

trol l.hii committees in tha Fetloial Senate

aai llouso. as " Grantite revenge." One of

these miserable people who have not sense

enouijh to apply the opedildoc of philosophy to th. scara of defeat, says, sacrificing grammar anon the altar of hostility :

" Soon aftor the opening ef the session next

month, each Liberal ia to be deposed irom the chairmanship of the House committees tnev now nreside over, and in various ways

they are to be attecked or humiliated by the jubil tut and ovaroeariug Grantitea. Similar treatment is to be bestowed upon Senators

Sumner, Trumbull, Schurz, Tipton, Fontou,

Riee and Hamilton, of Texas, in the Senate.'

The facta are that the Sonata committees

are constructed every Congress: the placei

of the gentlemen mentioned will be va-.iant

on March I, and it is nigniy prooaoietnat they will be relieved from further service ao far ail that mav bo neoes3arv to eive the Re

publican party continued control of the more important committees. This is the universal practice. Ih lact it has been the habit of gentlemen who found themselves at tha head

of important committees in a legislative

body a majority ot whose members were of

oppouite politic, to kinder their resignation betore being asked fir it. Mr. Trumbull has

already had tho courtesy to resign the chair

man! hip of tho Judiciary, which he has held

irom session to session, ever since the begin

ninif of the 37th Concrese. He has thrown

into form, and reported and engineered

through UDDgrem, the most important legis

lation of the past eight years, and was most

serviceable to the country up to the time when hij nervous aoul became haunted by

the ghost of his own righteo i deeds. When he ceased to atrree with the views of a ma

jority of the body that appoiated him, he

could not lr ngor properly rtmoin ifs organ. He has illustrious precedent for thia announcement of his retirement from the Judiciary Committer When Hannibal Hamlin left the D raecratie party , he resigned the Chairmanship of the Committee on Commerce in the Senate. ' In 1861, when the Senate changed from Demoeiatie to Bepablican, there were many resignations of Democratic Chairmen. Mr. Iverson, of Georgia, resigned from the Committee on Claims, and Mr. Hunter, of Virginia,fromthe Committee on Finance, and the latter gid : " I do sn, because it is obvious that the party majority in the Sesa'e will goon change, and I believe that justice to the State and justice to myself both require that I should moke the rcqueit to be excused from further service on that committee."

Chairman of the Committee on Miitary H SR ef 01 oii mo

fT, long botor jbe- flmrlljr VJkJ

bull would have keen a sense of propriety aa Hamlin, Hunter, Iverson and Davis ; and. it it pretty certain that Trumbull's eximple will spec lily be followed by the retirement of Senator Frtn from the chairmanship of Continroot Expenses, and Mr. Bie from

Mine and Mining. Mr. 6churx, Mr.tHam-T

lltoc, and Mr. Tipton ara subordinate mamoeri of committees, and their retirement will not be necessary until (heir retention should involve a, Demccratic majority, on the coanmittees for the winter.

In the House. Mr. Bonk is" Choirmon'of

Foreign Affairs, Mr. Farnaworth of PosnVs

offices, and Mr. Blair of Claims. Hone of

them will be oppressed with' any hard service next, yxtvr ; bnt commos) deMcy -inquires that they follow Mr. Trumbull's excelbnt example immediately, and' 'relieve

the Republish party of the incabu of their further supervision.. Ia this, cruelty 1-Cki-

Empty. -

Tonreozy orlhU In lie corner yet; . I sitsa: watch it int 4v is lias.

ron cannot tr! iu. j '"Tj ij

ita pulow wna. your aruww. i"""-

Tern pjmtotrew plump arras to ret my Wax. Or dart about with TiXT. anked

A tiny nlgar-row ac-i imji

One and for all you have lamdown to Ty

Sot to rwe up oecwwww vmwv OboS Jndfor bU, with wbitfi towers am yor

ToiAWBber et4l:'..atMl34ream.o dream. Kpty the boom . f"- . . lour nrwious presence mad ? bright a par:. . ZfaZ tiwi drib, vour rtothe. I9 chur,

- if - - -.1 ..I

saw- ;"

t-

Tbe Political Fitarfc ! In a recent speech at Hartford, OL, Gov, Jewelllsaid: .'

Wo first elected Gen. Grant because of his military deeds, not knowing -whether ie"wo a Republican or not, but he hoe prove I himself as capable of leading the Republican

party on Republican ideas as lie was the-

loyal army on queBt one of loyalty. He (the

speaker) urged that it was now Me duty of

tho party in power to make a good use of the

recent overwhelming indorsement is naa received, making wisdom, patiesc, and just

ice itg guiding priciples during the next fbur

yeare. Gen. Hawlev acdie at some lenrth

After allud nr to tome of the Issues settled

by the canvass he closed as follows : Hew,

if the Republic in party w;oa!d faithfully

nerve a onndmg nation ana retain its power, it must conduct its relations with foreign

nations upon the highest prinoiplea : collect

the revenue carefully, disburse it honestly :

keep expenditures down to the lowest honorable limit; perfect the banking system; return to specie payments ; furnish a uniform and itablo currency; protect the American citizen, however humb'e, at home as well as

abroad ; observe well tha limit between 8t.t .and national authority ; deal wisely, firmly, kindly, and justly with the India; honor the purity of the ballot-box, icourge bad men out of office and out of the councils of

the party, encourage the honest efforts of

labor to establish batter relation with capital, perfect a rerornt of tho civil service as well by a higher tope of sentiment as by a

technical system : in r bore t alive to the

fact that this is the nineteenth century, and

that the party which would govern tne lead

ing nation must hourly watch for the con

stantly coming opportunities- to serve me

good cause of the world's better future. It

is eaay to urea- the nepnoncan party into warrinc fragment within six months. It it

eaiv to retain four-fifths of its beat element!

n an organization tnat snau govern vne

country for a generation to come- Let at

stand by our beat though ta and purposes;

parlies wilt then tsxe care oi uemaejves.-;

Senator WUsom aad Bully Brooks'

(ftallesge

On May 28, 1856, on the morning following

the attack of Representative Brooks upon Senator Sumner, Senator Wilson obtained the floor, and. in referring to the assault upon his

colleague, characterized it as " brutal, mur

derous and cowaroiy. unes oi uruon "order!" interrupted him, sod threats of personal violence were heard coming from

the ttre-eaters surrounding mm. booh aiier the 'utterance of these words,- Mr. Brooks

challenced the HsssachusetU Senator to mor

tal combat. Here is Senator Wilson's response to thatshallenire: --

Washikotos. May 30, 103$; o'clock. Hon. P. S. Brooks:

Sin: Your note of tho 7Kb root, was

placed in my hands by your friend Geo. Lane at twenty minutes post 10 o'clock today. " I characterized on tho ttoor-of the Senate the assault upon my col league as brutal, murderous and cowardly. I thought so then ; I think so now ; I have no uohHostionB what

ever to moke in regard to tnese wares. I have never entertained or expresBed, in the Senate or lae where, the idea of personal

responsibility in the sense of the duelist.

l nave always regaruwi anoniug a t lingering relic of s barbarous civilization, which the law of the country bos Jxonded as a crimes While, therefore, L religiously believe in the right of seU-defsnse in. the broadest sense, the law of my country and the mature conviction of my whole life forbid me to meet you for the purpose indicate! in your letter. Sour obedient servant, "

tixjnti wruo. . TliA-.n hra-re. msnlv. flirietian sentiments

met with & hearty response from the lntelttgent people of the North. K was reported that the Sunatar wonld be attaekedana muritarAfl nnnn the ntreet. but: he escaped, sad the

people have selected him to preside over the Kanntn. -now that it is Durified b the ooeting

ont of the disturbing elemout which the ex-si

sted. - - .

n nit fta Beaa.

oat atsnr a saw:

K frrt me toe, p a uimvpru . . hapr Jh ttrawl J .. If life bring! uf but Us iiitlituss. It bring! u. we sre told. . What's hard to bar. thong nek ow try ' With all their beans of toU ; Then lssgh sway, let others jar. WhaiVer they will of mirth: Who ittgb the meat, tsoy ttpl4t!t ito's iiot tne wealth ef earth. There'i beauty In s merry Wirt?1 metsl bewr te-s . It shows the tesrt frtniionest Mart, ThitV Mid fMt Man And leilt a share ofwhat'lto (pan.

XfVtffl 10 VI T'twsws m s Hsu t

Aed ao4e th eheek )xm fotvow The eye wosp fewer tears.

The, bob may ihroud itself is-eljeit The leaner, wrath begin, t .

It audi s spark to eheer the dsfx;

' Its renin

Tkea loach away. M owfjnl say .-. Whate'w tbtT will of Hiirtb : -. Wholsauht tae tsost. y truly, boost He's got tho wealth of earth.

QmVa Indian Policy.,

Mi. . P. 8inith. Indie Agent tbr

Northern Minnesota, and one of the earliest snnointees of President bears the ibU

lowinir testimonv to the success of tte, pres

ent Inditu policy, and to the ross-ebsesv

existing unaermo romw auuaipiNaiii

" When ne went mere, soouruiug " i V stinn'atiors. there should have been SMihoeN

tescber, but, tho-jh th salary 'ho been.

regularly drown, no. tesc aligns neennonn. There ehouldhovn been, a school-house, bnt,

though do.ly paid for, tt did not'exts. vamm

hntiT.l have keen a saw-null, nut, wtule

aomi-thinir so-called was ttere, it would not

saw boards. The whole set of Government

employes had been men sot to be trusted witlim a quarter f amile ff one's house without r. olioe officer. Bui a great change

has boen wrouent. ino uraian tin own

hnimna. cultivated lands, formed congrega

tions for worship, and improved in dress.

Theie is no doubt of thei;' capacity for civili

sation.' , ,

Grp. ley Cturle Only tbTwSsmnUet

Towns ut venaoat.

We have returns from every town, in the

State excect Somerset,, riving Grant 41,57, Greeley lO.Ol'l, and O'Oonor 593. Grant's plurality over Greeloyis 30,533, and hia JOjoritv over Greeley and O'Conor n 29,93.

Somerset will add a lew votes to uimei-e

It 'is a romaikablo fool thai out of the 22 tnwrm in the Rtata. tlrtxt bs majority in

JKI9, and Graoleyfo only two! The two Oreoley lowim are the suit lie towns in the State UlatoiibUry and Brunswick. Ono is in the annt.htnuit onrnar. and the other is in- the

northeast corner. Another remarkable fact is that those two townn havehvtg been intensely Besaocrotio, so muck so that they were 'auti-Repubhoan iu October, 1861, the nnrio.i m the hottest lnd lunation of the State

against the rebellion. Mr. Areeley is welcomo to hia laurels in Vwnioirt. Jfonpeiier

Journal. '

Darwin is riuht in thinking thftt men

ascended iron montplet by gradual evolution, then it is very oert&in that some men cam up by tho way of the mosquito, the flea and the biting fly, and that their ancestral trait still linger ia

the blood."

'' Mast oTeborea----Qoaok A-Sictitw itnose sSlewjeuieiin

initio. "r

Su.XtW' TheT wi&y10-

twing business1

Doiaremys thatooertehip iKti,oui

matrimony is Mister. . ; -.-:?

What grow the lew hred thtvimore u

wprksf A'esitTiatjeJwltee. .;-

" 'Vix is anoemakerlflpa true-JoverT Because be failbfu to fcltfr lusty..

w,w vwlerstao nmninr down

hillT WLywhenit-getetotbe bottoin. . m . - J

Ir a tree- were to urea a a, what would the window Bay 1 Tree-mend-

Winar. '-iioen V leopard change hia

spots I When he moves irom one nw

to acptaeri

Modk. wjrgical operation To take the cheek out of .a m and thefaw oat

of a woman, '

who never Ieyswwager

tu bad aa rejW gambler f ;4ecaua he's no better.-. t

wUsvanilikie shears f Because

the ihrn't cateach other, bt,tfjr wlaat

ooiivm between item I. .

War can yoQ never expect, ft, fisher-

roan to be generous ? Because but buai-

neas makes mm seu-urii. Air editor who received a letter in which weather vaa written "vrethor," says it was the worst spell of Weather he bad ever seenTare dearest spot on earth" -ha at last been located. Those wishing k find th&t u spot" will find it at the store that does not advertise. . . , ' w th whale that swallowed

Jonah like a milkman who hai retired

on an independence T Becgase naiw a great profit (prophet) ootef the water! A tcaoot inspector visiting scbool said, u Now, children, who loves all men V ' The question was hardly.put before a little fear year old girl answered, AU women I" jFi" says iBeeeher, "youjae walking down the street, and a chambermaid empties a slop-paU on your hed, what can you do about it but wash - jouraelf and wan ok V A TOOMO man advertises in a eonntry paper for a place s Baleimao.mcid says nTbas had rea deal of exprnence, hainB been discharged Irom aeren difforent dtuajiona. within Uie year. Titustiujs girls now refuse to go boatriding with Points, Of the Pnu. He took a psrtv out recently and preststed in moving his qaid of tobaooo from one w to the other, thus locking the boat and frightening the girl. . A Tjtcbvhjjs wife placed toy anake in her hnsband's boots, and then cxmkt t..ll. Kreakfaet becaUB Of her

anickering at his performces when he

discovered it lie ars to " mimir then went nntl threw- his demt-

john of oldye into the mill. race. Joints and his ife wero always qpiar. reling about their .oomparattfe talent fi-irninw . lire. Sao insisted that

just aa Burely. as he attempted to rear- ... . ; CL At IMal ' Vie, MIL

ange tne sacxs mm w r--the Ere ont. One nigh the' chmch bell sounded suatm, and Jones sprang for

his fire backet, .eager to rosn to tne o-

fiajtration, " Mr. J ones," ertea nia wu, asrhe reached flie door, "Mr. Jonea, take fteongal" -

A crrr votrth. disposed to fceiaoetiona

at thr expenae of fcowtiyinan, asked him whs sheep stoiJ hite when they

somyich green ma.

the aty-bred which was the beat side to nulk a cow. The cityrbreoT, in bis turn, said:he did not know, jap ked the epasjjryman which aide was. the beat. ."fhe..oteVle, of course," aaid. the -ooun

try mail. (Jity-orea naa nouii:gj

y.

' Ira cat doth meet a cat upon the gar

VM ir-tv eat ttota creel a co-,

oh, ueod'tbeco be sinll T ery Tommy hsA-hia labby, wsiUng on the wall, buwI vet she wetoomes. Inaapproaoh with

jw vneathly 3Wk XTJ-?n Z

wun to court a on iu - aon't hewt aaft sweetly amile, .B0 Wand nip and basrljtnd lifb hta ppeotoua

nuun AxtA moon, aa if

eolie more than ve. . that made the fri-

A mm CfMlefUjf. ;

tha rariositiaa of -the litera

ture of strikes-in; England, the follow-

inij is, we think, unporal eieq. a cos rerpondent says: "A few day ago, two colliera got into a first-elass carriage of . train traveling north from Jfcsooltester,

they being uv uieir worxing oottn, which were begrimed with dirt and coal-dust. "When the train stopped at

the next station, toma aarosaiw wcupants of the name oompwUaent ehUed the ard, who .landed the

men's tickets, xaey were im""',J men colliers inK-'-nd f4 enough,-wt they wouldt T wheej they were; soon after whioh Wn?w

out a lotue ot cnampazws w- -y proceeded to discuss, bSattngthitt they L I . 2r?EA -nd were reoeivinjr a

note v sj T"7 y M strike allowanoe of aSl a May."

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