Daily News, Franklin, Johnson County, 3 March 1880 — Page 2

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SEAMAN, LEWIS

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Batetcd *rtfar PwrtOflk* «T»mpH*nte, Tndfifca, Mt •eoopMl-clfuMuwtter.

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3.1S80.

THE DAILY NEWS is printed, every week day Afternoon, and delivered by carrier* throughout the city at 10 cents per week—collections made weekly. By mad (postagepaid by the Publisher) cme month cents three months $t£5 six months $2.50 one year $5.00.— Mail subscriptions in advance.

GKN M. C. HUNTER is in the city, and will remain two or three days.

ABOUT PATCH AVD TAlim. From one end of the country to the other hag gone up a howl from the news papers, those who have heretofore advocated "protection to American industry" howling the loudest, calling on Congress to take off the tariff duties on print paper and soda-ash and other chemicals used in the manufacture of paper pulp. The opinion of the DAILY NRWS on this ques tion will not. we ure aware, count for much but if doesn't join the howl. We have investigated the matter somewhat, and have reached the conclusion that the removal of this duty will not benefit the piibliHhcrM of newspapers and books to any great extent—that it will not bring down the price of paper. At first sight the free introduction of paper-making material** ha* a specious enough look, were it not that under the present tariff the home manufacture of all these articles i* stimulated, which makes more work for all hands. Soda-ash, for instance, used in the waxhing process of paper-making, is one of those indirect industries which have grown up side by side with other manu factures and became of them. The great salt and soap work* in many of the Eastern States find soda-ash among their resultaut product*. By the defense of the tariff both these industries have grown into practicabilities. This is only one evident* of the dependence of all industries on each other. The sugar growers of Louisiana and the wine producers of California, with the wool growers of all the country, from Vermont to Texas and Maine to California, are beginning to see that the strength of the chain is the strength of its weakest part, and that the same tariffs that protect their canes and vines and sheep are as necessary for the iron mills and silk and cotton mills of the North as for them.

By a Washington dispatch of yesterday It Is stated that the Ways and Means Com mittee of the House, have decided not to reopen the tariff, and this, no doubt, dis poses of the question of the free import a tion of paper (which, by the way, only af forded a revenue of #138.20, (or the year ending June 80, 1879) and soda ash. The little free trade wedge will not Jbe driven in just now, and the "oppression" on school books of American manufacture will remain! and"the tax onknowledge"(?) will continue! Too bAd! but nevertheless by not meddling with the tariff in response to the loud-mouthed cry of those whose ox happens to be gored, the industries by means of which tliis Uttle city of terre Haute is gaining wealth and population will be strengthened and made to feel se cure, and go on in prosperity.

The "ring" which has raised the price of paper to the detriment of newspaper publishers, will be smashed from within before long, without tariff tinkering. Its component parts are of the same old hu man nature, and its senseless crusade against* Its own interest, in the greed of gain, will recoil to Its own disadvantage.

These be our opinions, and if we are in the minority by a large majority, we believe them correct.

It was mentioned in the DAILY NKWS "Kail and ^"ire" column yesterday that W. H. Vanderbilt had directed that the compensation of all officers and employes of the New York Central A Hudson River RR. Co. be restored to the rates paid prior to the reduction made on the 1st of July. t877. When it is known that Mr. Vanderbilt's road has an army of between 8,000 and 4,000 persons in Its employ, this voluntary increase in their pay Is a matter of no small importance. It does credit to the enterprising spirit which controls the business interests of that colossal corpora tion, and it ought to do something to negative the nonaeuaieal tirades one hears so often from, lb* mouths of demagogues about the irrepressible conflict between capital and labor.

COMBINATION seems to be the order of the day. The wagon makers have met and agreed to put up the price of wagons 50 per cent "on account of the rise txt iron." As there isnt pounds of iron in any well made wagon. St does not look as if tbe advance la that material was sufficient to cause the whole wagon to jump tip 50 percent The unanimity with which the average manufacturer has seised upon the reaction In business advance bis prices, is one of the most mysterious things in this crooked world, and something that the ordinary man is unable to fathom

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THE following dispatch from Clip, laat jlight, shows the dis thft locality to take-forcible

bold speaking raidett have as much legal or moral right to go upon coveted lands, to make a raid and seize the farms bt oujri neighbors over in Edgar county. Ilia.:

There is intense excitement here tonight, from a statement that the United States Attorney is directed to read the President's proclamation at the OkJeiiania meeting in the Merchant's Exchanget:tomorrow night. Great preparations are making for the meeting speeches will be made by Col Boudinot, ex-Congressman Franklin, General Blair, Hon Sidney Clark, and others. Companies are organized here, and there are concerted measures for a successful raid. The people are unanimously in favor of Senator Vest's bill, but are bound to go into the Territory at all hazards. Troops are stationed all along the frontiers, but the leaders who oiime to Kanas City to-day say they can put 3,000 men on the march at three days' notice. There is fear of bloodshed unless the present order is moditled so as to allow settlers to go upon the ceded lands.

MUKAT HALSTEAD, of the Cincinnati I Commercial, is not a Grant man. He hates I the very name of Grant. This week he went home and found one of his little boys studying Horace Grant's Arithmetic for Young People. He burned the book and spanked the child. Halstead means business.—South Bend Tribune.

Halstead will never forgive Grant for not making him Secretary of War.

THK growth of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa BY* railroad baa been marvelous, 1870 it had sixty-two miles open, and the receipts were $183,380. In 1879 it had ,152 miles and the receipts were $6,338,447.

GEN SIIKUIDAK must travel by telegraph. He is announced as having reviewed troops in the city of Mexico on Monday, while the same morning he passed through Terre Haute, going to St. Louis.

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Repreaeiitatlve Hosteller on £ivll Mervice Heferm. Special to Chicago Inter-Ocean.

WASHINGTON, March 1.—There was a lively and spirited discussion in the Committee on Reform'in the Civil Service today. The bill under discussion was that Introduced by Mr Hostetler, of Indiana, regulating the appointments in the government civil service. The bill apportions the appointment of government clerks and the like among the various Congressional districts in the several States. Also that ei^ht hours shall be deemed and observed in all bureaus and offices in the State, War, Treasury, Navy and Post office departments, and General Land office, as a day's labor or employment, from the 1st day of October until the first day of April, and from the 1st day df April until the 1st day of October in each year, at least 10 hours in each day, except Sundays and days declared public holidays by law, and all time which may be lost, except on account of sickuess, shall be followed by a reduction of compensation ou account of timo lost at the rate-of proportionate pay or salary otherwise allow ed by law or contract, provided that leave of absence may be allowed not exceeding 30 days in 12 months, that such persons shall receive no pay for the time they mai be absent on said leave, and this act shal

apply to heads of departments the same as to other persons. Major Biitterworth antagonized some portions of this bill with

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a good deal of force, particularly in rela tion to the apportionment of offices among Congressional districts, and the solemn clause that these appointments shall be without regard to politics. He (.liowcd up the liollowness of Democratic pretenses of reform in the matter, when, the moment they got control of the House and Senate, they rooted out the Republican employes. "You might pass this bill a dozen times," said Butterworth, "and if you elect the next President you will ignore all laws of this sort and turn the Republican employes adrift without the least roferenco to justification or Congressional districts." The bill went over,in committee wkhout action.

"THE PLAN."

How "Jeeuift" CliarReii for

Buchanan OplnloitN.

Indianapolis Corrc«p. Danville News. A good many merry remarks have been been mnde recently at the expense of James Buchanan, better known as the "Plan" of the Greenback party in this State. The Plan was attorney for an insurance company for some years, but was dismissed in 1878. He now sues for breach of contract and amount due him on open account. A little bill of |54,000 is presented for payment, including flO.QOO amages. It is not very often that attorneys' bills find their way into public view, and the items of this one are the Interesting part. Some of these read as follows: Fw opinion as to words "Convey and Warrant". $ 000 O0 For opinion as to legal rate of interest in

Iwllana 00 For opinion to costs In State and Eedera) tonrte 900 00

As these opinions did not generally ml cm ft

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cover more than two pages of legal cap, will be seen that the gentleman has a nig] •d for hia ability in law. It la cruelly that this bill is only in accord with the Plan's financial views, and that were greenbacks to be issued on this theory, any expression at all would be worth a barrel full of money. But I guess the present lawful currency of the realm, even though be "buzzard dollars," would be taken In settlement of this dalm.

JOHN DILLON MULHAI.L, of 206 Union street, Brooklyn, who owns 94 holdings in the town of Boyle, Roocommon county. Ireland has Instructed hia agent there, in view of the distress among the Irish tenants, to give receipts in fuu for all arrearages for rent up to Jan. 1.1680. Tbe tenants are in arrears for terms varying from six to nine months. Mr Mulhall served ia the Pope's army and in the sixty-ninth regiment of New York city. He was a captain in lfce late war.

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as a party of dtiwms of Tense Hamir :e a raid and seize the farms of our Staple commodity of Washington second-

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Cbrfe?j*adeltpe New, York Graphic B&ABD'S, WASHINGTON, February 25.

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Staple commodity of Washington secondhand furniture. Large auction aalea daily, corner Pennsylvania avenue and Tenth ^street. Especially of bedsteads, numerous as to number and immense as to size, lining the street for miles. Principal man in Washington "Boss" Shepherd. Regarded by many as the Baron Haussman of the capital its rescuer from mud and swamp, and threatened with a post-mortem monument. Street car fare live cents. Six tickets for a quarter. Conductors apparently paid in second-hand clothing. South side of Pennsylvania avenue very much off color. Promenaders hug the north side. Houses on south side streets, with bell-pulls secured by two straps of iron, quite numerous. To prevent violent jerking of bell wire by yourig or otherwise meu at night, simple and void of understanding. Stores mostly on Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street. The latter as to shops a transplanted Bowery.

The court, however, sends to New York for it8 costly dry goods. Juvenile beg gars, black and white, numerous and im portunate. Affect most hotel doors and desirous of "a penny to bury a poor, sick mother." Legions of newsboys, generally black. An average of one newsboy to every six Washingtoniaus. New York papers daily cried in the streets. Notable absence of drays and large wholesale stores. Common remark lidjfe by residents, "Isn't Washington a beautiful city?" No modification of opinion from stranger permitted. Consider the location and plan very fine. But botched by lack of continuity of action in carrying it out. Washington, in the placing of public edifices. is a monument of- the result of rotation in office. Splendid public buildings with acres of common brick, shook, as itwere, from a pepper box between tliem. Rear front of the Capitol askew, as viewed from Pennsylvania avenue, railroad station botching the grounds between the Capitol and Smithsonian Institution grand fronts of Treasury and Army and Navy buildings lost to view unless one stands directly under them. Post office and Patent office ditto, and White House chucked in a corner.

The arrangement of edifices in the Centennial grounds at Philadelphia during the fair will suggest what Washington might have been had her grand structures been

grouped in a National park and common brick and mortar kept outside its gates.. Why ram an Acropolis in a narrow street

or exhibit the Greek Slave in a flour barrel? Who did it? Rotation in office, and the Soul of Washington now tears its hair and gnashes its teeth at the miscarry ing of its original project.

Long haired -men are abundant here. Exodus of Absaloms. More men of leisure to the acre of street than elsewhere in the Union. "Large average of female beauty. Eighty miles of smooth, asphalt paving, and the broad avenues make this the boss city of the universe for bicycle riding. Bicyclist numerous. Sparrows as in New "iork, but the notes of an ,occa sional native bird heard in

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House grounds.1 General outlook of Washington after 9 o'clock in the evening quiet and like the outskirts of Jersey City. On moonless nights murder and robbery might be done on the middle o,f the avenues without be ing heard from the sidewalks. Washing ton now muck interested in. her single mysterious murder—a luxury in which she seldom indulges. Wood pavements worn out, rotten and

now scarce. The the price of and

smaller the shop the higher womens' small dry goods, trimmings trumpery, mud. Sp]

Suburban roads of clayey, red plendid sunsets. Wonderful re

flections of setting sunlight at eve from the Capitol windows, and an immense flight or crows every evening over the city, which sleep in Maryland by night and feed in Virginia by day. People sometimes come here to 'eat crow." Steamed oysters as in Baltimore. Also occasional town pumps. An honest ton of coal, 2,240

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said to be delivered to purchasers

ew York papers plettse copy. Ramshackle farm wagons from the coun try. Drawn by invalid horses or an occa sional ox, and mainly driven by negroes. Negro women about the-marketwith small stocks in trade. Average capital re pre sented by each. 45 cents. Wild cherry bark, white oak bark, sassafras, seven eggs and two chickens. Small kindling wood fire on the pavement for warmth Confederate soldier in gray, with a hand organ, is now-playing &n engagement on the streets. Both legs shot ou. Adver tises per placard. Principal public pftce for congregation of white and colored gentlemen of leisure at junction of Penn sylvania avenue and Seventh street. Trees here somewhat inclined by constant leaning of the exoduster jgainst tbem. Broad streets in dry weather and high winds de velop a tempest of dustiness. Theaters matinee on the slightest provocation. Theaters somewhat barny and cheerless

PRENTICE AIULFORD.,,

Oklahoma.

A number of Indiana of -the 1 Cherokee tribes are in Washington, pro

against the proposition to create' the terrv tory of OkTanama out of a portion of the Innlan territory, but without any effect on the committee. Adair, one of principal chiefs, and a well educated Indian, says that the fate of his nation is at stake, and if the bill bewmes a law, the Indians will soon be sweptlaway By the tide of emigration, whose advance guard is even now resting upon the borders, ready at a moment's notice to enter in and take possession. The committee,' after listening to Adair, decided to adhere to theft- report in favor of the bill.

HSMtaWfeerfcacftlltfeft. it Cbteaso Inter-Ocean.

Oh, my countrymen I if it should happen that Genera] Grant be nominated at Chicago, we know of one newspaper ibfrt would coiner crow nrceat in this market.

Cre*it Marfc ffcr Jttr Maerwsan. .# WMhtegttM Sped*!. Over $6,000,060 fti pensions have" been pan out this month, bdt tbe rev

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enues have been so large that the reducof the public debt Ibr the month wfl] it is estimated, reach over $5,000,000

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THE STUBBORN BOOT. •BoU»e(£* mall John ClaUttby aakl. His breath cuse qaiclta&d hu

1» fl*rtata^his*lbolW and looked •«*•*!. WhileorwwiKlover, Hto-rBoUk*r!" Mfautl 1

than ever, his hot cheek flamed.

Harder Ibaa ever he famed aod blamed He wriggled his heel and lugged aUhe leather,

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koees and chin came bampiuf together. My boy," said 1, In a voice like a flute, "Why uo6—aheaa—try the mate of that boot. Or the other foot T" "I'm tigoaae," laughed Jotu^ As he stood, la a flash, with kla two boota on. In half the afikirs of this busy life (As tbe very aame day I said to my wife) Our troubles come from trying to put Tbe left hand shoe oo the right hand tboiV'u Or vice versa (meaning, reverse, sir) To try to force, as qalte of coarse, Aiiy wrong foot in the right shoe Is the lilliast thing a man can do.

What a Deed Conveys.

The following extracts from an address delivered before the Massachusetts state board of agriculture, by Hon. E. H. Bennett, will be of interest to our land owners:

Of course every one knows it conveys the fence standing on the farm, but all might not think it also included the fencing stuff, posts, rails, etc., which had once been used in the fence, but had been taken down and oiled up for future use again lnthe^ same place. But new fence material just bought and never attached to the soil will not past. Stand' ing trees also pass as apart of the land so do trees blown and cut down and stih left in the woods where they fell, but not if cut and corded up for sale the wood had then becomo personal property. If there be any manure in the barnyard, or in a compost heap on the field, ready for immediate use, the buyer ordinarily takes that also as belonging to the farm though it might not be so, if the owner had previously sold it to some other party and had collected it together in a heap oy itself. Growing crops also

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pass by the deed of a farm, unless they are expressly reserved, and when it is intended to reserve those, it should be so stated in the deed itseif a mere oral agreement to that effect would not be valid iu law. Another mode is to stipulate that possession is not to be given until some ruture day, in which case the crops or manure may be removed before that time. As to the buildings on the form, though generally mentioned in the deed, it is not aosolutely necessary they should be. A deed of laud ordinarily carries all the buildings ou it belonging to the grantor, whether mentioned or not ana this rule includes the lumber and timber of any old building which has been taken or blown down and been packea away for future use on the farm. But if there be any Duildings on the farm built by some third person, with the farmer's leave, the'deea would not convey these, since the buildings are personal property, and do not belong to tbe land-owner to convey. The real owners thereof might move them off, although 1 ne was buying and paying for all'the bt on it. His only remedy in such

the purchaser of the farm buying and paying for all'the buildings case would be against the party selling the premises. As apart of the buildings conveyed, of course the window-blinas the ntshop to be painted. It would be otherwise if they had been newly purchased and brought into the house but not yet attached or fitted to it Lightning rods also go with the house if the former has any on his house. A furnace in the cellar, brick or portable, is cow sidered apart of the house, but an ordi nary stove with a loose pipe running into the chimney is not while a range set in Ibrick Work: is. Mantel-pieces so attached to the the chimney as not to be removed without marring the plastering go with the house, but if merely resting on brackets they may bo taken away by the former owner without legal liability. The pumps, sinks, etc., fastened to the buildings are apart of it in law, and so are the water pipes connected therewith bringing water from a distant spring, If the farmer has iron ketllea net in brick work near his barn for choking food for his stock, or similar uses, the deed of his farm covers them also, as likewise the bell attached to his barn to call his men to dinner. If he indulges in any ornamental statues, vases, etc., resting on the ground by their own weight merely, and sells his estate without reservation, these things go with the land. _____________________ democratic Economy.

are included, even if they be at t] time taken off and carried to the pair er*s shop to be painted. It would 1

Ever since the Democrats got into power in Congress, they began preaching econo my, and telling what they would do That the Democrats have not stuck to their profession is well known. The Washing ton correspondent of the Chicago Times shows how they economize

The last expenditure in the direction of display and elegance on the part of these simple-minded Bourbons is in the old kers' room, back of the House lobby, furniture in there has been for years, of the shabbiest and poorest kind. The furniture w&ifld hardly hitve done credit to the parlors of a third-class hotel. The Bourbons are rapidly transforming the careless and shabby simplicity of tbe Be publicans for the palatial harem-like lux of the Bourbons, who practice not what they preach. |2,250 have been expended In this single room, for rugs, curtafas and chairs. The curtains of four windows are of a dark red, Turkish man ufacture, with golden rods. The other windows have Turkish curtains of oiivegreen with figures worked thereon In gold and black. Eacfc curtain cost $125— enough to support an honest granger for a year. Tbe rtxgs at each end of the room cost $250 each. The chairs are carved black walnut, covered with red Russia leather. In the lobby between this room and the House lies a strip of Wilton carjet, furnished at the price of $3.50 a yard.

Everything is artistic. There Is ho more handsome furnished rooms in the Capitol than these quarters back of the House.

New Orleans strawberries are selling In icago at from 25 to 80 cents per quart, Islow saie at that.

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Harder aod harder the fellow worked, Vainly aod savagely still be jerked Tbe boot half OH WNM dangle and flap— "Bother aod U*e»—be bant the strap.

••-••The notice below haa been printed weeks past in the city papers, responses have not been so nuas the committee hoped. They make the list as near complete as possible fey tbs 80th of May..

Grand Army

Memorial Day: a Tn tfce wetatfvt* aiuf FM«'n«4 dh Wa«

rimary objects of the Grand lie is to

One of the Army of the Republic Is to perpetuate the memory and histoiy of dead comrades— |&D0e who died in the service, as well as those since the olDse of the rebellion. To £axry out this provision of the association. It is desired by Morton Post. No. 1, of Terre Haute, to have a.complete record of the military history of all who may be buried in^ the vicinity of this city, and cemetery. ointed by compile and prepare such record, and we desire it to IM? as full and correct as possible, as it is de signed for preservation...a& a permanent record. We. therefore, call on the reU tives and friends of ahy soldier buried in this city to furnish us the following information Name in full where born age at time of death branch of service, as iu fantry, cavalry, artillery—company aud regiment rank date and manner of death —if killed in action, give name of battle if wounded in service, when and where aud any other information of iuterest as regards the soldier's military history. If convenient give the section and number of lot where buried in the eity cemetery which will aid us in designating the grave by number on a map of the cemetery, so that our memorial day decoration service can be properly performed. It is to be hoped that this call will be responded to. The men of 1861-5 are rapidly passing away, and we, their survivors, can honor their memory by preserving a record of their services. The military history of every member of our organization is a part of the record of each post, and we want to add that of our comrades who "went before." The information asked for can be given in person to either of the committee, or sent through the mail.

FRAN*. SKAMAN, 501£ Ohio street. M. C. RANKIN, 689 Chestnut street. I. H. C. ROYSE, 508.^ Maiu street.

Commit tie.

"Boys Will Be BOYS."

Never lose heart and slop praying because your boys area little wild.* While you sadly call to mind the things they have forgotten, you are ignorant of the things they remember. It is the fashion for bovs to appear indifferent to the counsels of parents. They have an idea that it is rather the manly and handsome thing to take good advice in a dogged sort oi

way, just as they take medicine, and a very brave thing to dare your threat. All this is written in the code of boyhood. We can't quite say with Emerson, that it is the bad boy who makes the good man and yet we have a great deal of sympathy with that overflowing spirit of youth which is sometimes a little reckless, and which frequently leads into mischief.

Just ait down, if you have such a son, and recall your own early days. It may be difficult for you, just now, when you are in the middle of life, to see the fun which the boy finds in what appoars to you..ta be utterly foolislvor wanlonly evil but if you return to the early chapter of your own biography you will find yourself the spouts of

A HindMBU Fbtlsh for Floors A simple and beautifal method of giving to floors an almost perfect appearance of oak or walnut eonaiataof putting on© ounce Vandyke brown, in oil, three ou&eerorpearlash, ahd two drams of dragon's blood into an aarthenware pan or large pitcher: on thia mixture is poured one quart of boiling waterman a the whole stirred with apiece of wood. The article may be used hot or cold. The boards are first smoothed with a plane and glass-papered, the cracks filled up with plaster of Paris, and then a stiif brush is dipped into the stain, and with this ft is raUttd in well—the brush being rubbed across the boards lengthwise. Only a small piece is prepared at a time. Br rubbing in oi plage more^ttuw another, an a,ppearan or oak or walnut is more apparen t. Win uite dry, the bo*fthr ttteneed with glue

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your own biography you will find yourself stopping up the spouts of the old country like a waterfall, and you will recall the fun of the old gentleman embarrassment, as he rushed out into the rain bareheaded to find the cause of the trouble, aod thereby got an attack of rheumatism which laid him up for a couple of weeks. Well, your boy is going through the same experionQc ana by-and-by he will regard it as you do now, as an unutterably foolish thing and wonder where in the world the fun was. The truth is that all these prnnks are as necessary for boyhood as the measles. They are the result of natural animal spirits, which can no more be repressed than can the waters which come bubbling up out of the sand.

We remember when a very wild colt presented his heels to us in such a forcible manner that, before our surprise had van ished, we found ourselves in a little disgusted heap on the other side of a five-rail fence. At that time"

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horsely thing to do, and felt exceedingly like pelting the creature with stones. But lie came up to the fence with such a de mure and abashed look, aodput his head between the rail% and snuffed at us in such a repentant,mood. that we concludcd it was part of the necessary experience of tmal, and cheerfully forgave him. Now, boys are coltish. They never think of the consequence!., They "only have the fun of the thing in view. By keeping close to the lwy'%.heart, and trying to ap-preclate-hisiffde qf tbenst^ter as well as yo|i$pjv^ 3Y|I ^fk4^c|il^8of hi^|i

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Ize, made by boilng glue -m water, and brushing jMb the boards and, an this becog&ng dry, the boards are papered smaowi fliad Varnished with Drown hard vMrimfbr with oak varnish—the first naajtd tarnish, WM^iaf 'better aod drying quicker, andf ,toj W Utlnae4 with a lUtlef jhwith pOllws. a smooth brdsh to be employed in applying it to the board*

New York Special.

Sebwylef Oolfax h— w»t* to the Edwin Booth entertainment for tbe benefit of the Irish sufferers. The ex.? Vice-President has never seen Booth.