Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 April 1879 — Page 2

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A PAPER FOK TH|

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Ol this Paper are published. Tto* F1R8T EDITION, on Friday Kvwnin* ftbMabui* olroulatlon in the surrounding £tmn^ TlNn ttH sold by mwlwyi and afanta The I9B00ND EDITION, on Saturday KvenllNi |M« ftrto the hands of nearly every reading person in the Qlty, «uuLUuUhn» am of this Immediate vicinity. •*97 Week's Issue If*

In fact,

rWO NKW8FAPBRS,

In which all Advertisement* appear far OMB CHAKQK vnmM

GRAKT IS riding elephants in Tndla.

Tn Burlington Hawkeye says thai this country Is just fall of climate

BRAIDWOOD, 111., hss a population of fourteen baud red people and has not one lawyer.

MASSACHUSETTS is a BOAT fimsned. Last year she built one half mile of railroad. During the past six years the eost of operating her railroads has been rednoed 32 per pent.

It was in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Wilson said it was pronounced "ack-a-demy," and Mr. Jones said it was a-cad-nsy. They drew their pistols, and pop ped, and both sleep In th» field behind the ae-ad-emy. *•& "Bs is poor and friendless and there is no obanee of aavisg hint!" are the words (bond in a dispatch announcing the oonviotton of Felix McCann, for Boarder. What a satire on justice are these two lines.

IT is asserted by medical men that the resinous matter in lager beer clogs the pores in the kidneys and causes Bright's disease. Many people are disposed to test the correctness of the theory by personal experience.

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FSQM all acoounts, the, exodus of negroes from the southern States is yet In its infancy. It is said that 60,000 more will start foir Kansas within the next six months. Prominent business men 1 regard the movement with serlons apprehension.

THB latest substitute for yeast Is'dry •now. Tbecold air in the snow rapidly expands when pot into thedongh and raises it as does the carbonic acid gas in the aerated process. What a pity this information did not come in season for •anning some for summer use. f*

TOM THUMB boasts of having!kissed •sore than a million of women, and does not agree with tbose scientiiio people who declare that kissing on the mouth is injurious to health. He admits, however, thatm many instances the cheek, or even the baok of the head1 weuid bave been far more desirable.

As a man was passing a honse in Portland, Me., the other day, a two-year-old girl, who was playing in a second story room, jumped out of the window and struck fairly on his head. The child fell to the pavement and was badly bruised, though not seriously hurt, and the man, except being hali scared to death, was not much injured^

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,, GKRMXNY last year consumed £41,058,* 768 gallons of beer. An exchange says: "This gives an average of less than half a pint per day for eaoh man, woman and chiid of the population. Nearly every person, young and old» of both •exes, is supposed to drink beer, but even making ail due allowanoe for such women and drtMreir ss do not, and others,whodrlnft rarely, it will.bedlffietilt to bfinfe the average up to ad Excessive figure, according to the standard •f beer drinkers generally." We rather tbiati America betita this. The United States last year prodooed 8,000,000 barre is efbeer. It would be a little strange If the Yankee, and not the German, should be set down as a nation of beer drinker*. I

The Cincinnati Commercial telle that one of the flodHshing Fifth street shoe stores In that city Is managed entirely by two young ladles, Miss Riley and Miss Iinehart. Every part of the bnsi ness is attended to by them. They keep Iba books, attend to the stook, and open the store in the morning, and oioee it at night. When boxes of goods arrive they open them with hand and hatchet, quite aa well as a young man oould do. Tbey give orders for new goods. About the only duty the owner of the store has, Is the not nnpleaaani one of of coming in occasionally to relieve the cash-box. Not a shoe store in the oity is better kept than this one, which two girls oarry on. They are refined and gentle in their manners, and so prompt end polite in business that tbey are said to be building up an enviable trade. One is oi Jewish, the other of Irish descentTbey have been intimate friends for five years, having been fallow-clerks for that length of tiuatv

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MAN VS. OOD.

Ool. Ingersoll is ont with a new leotore, which be entitles "The Words of a Man about the Word ofGodJ' Every body knows of thou does not dev Jt at Grand file-Post of leal and as abounding i2Lgoj& humor and bitterness, aa aparkling with wit, and presents aa striking oontrasts ot true and false sentiment, aa Ids ol# leeturek I it)d it pleases his audierib£s, Who go to hear him now knowing wbat 4« expeot*. Were are some of the things he said j,

How does the murderer in hfsaven feel with his victim in hell? Ifbawasa gentleman he'd trade plaoes with him.

Is it poasibie that, if an,infidel has been honest all his life, be will, upon bis deathbed, regret that he has not lived a He?

Acoording to the beet of Christians, man is totally depraved. If a man is totally depraved, then all his acts are sinful.

I like Voltaire because he carried the torch ot Reason. I like him because he loved humanity and despised superstition with all his heart.

I had rather be In bell, where there is some sympathy, than in heaven, where they are so happy that they don't care for their friends.

Anything is sin that oauses innocence to suffer. Anything is sin that causes unbappiness in this world. Everything is right that tends to make men happy.

Whenever I pronounce the name-of Voltaire I feel as tbongh I saw some glorious leader of the host calling on the beleagured city of Superstition for immediate surrender.

If I go to hell, no matter how hot it is. and there remember some good and splendid thing that I have done—the hunger I have fed—the nakedness I baye clothed—I believe it will cool up on me a little.

Now, they say that the persons who never beara of the scheme ot salvation —the heathen—will go to heaven. Why, Ob, God, if there is one, did you not keep us all i& ignorance of the scheme, that we might all be Baved

My doctrine is that, if I go to heaven —and I probably shall if there is onerno matter in what star I may be spending the summer, and there meet a man whom have wronged, and read the story in bis eyes, I snail fall behind a little in the tune

A tftab lives to the age of 90, and then dies, but not being a Christian be goes to bell. He hss always been a good citizen. His whole life hss been devoted to making people happy. Another man, whose life baa been dishonest, who has ilundered widows and orphans, also dies, but at the last moment be accents the Scheme and goes to heaven

somel

the

daughters

of widowed mothers, and aid largely in supporting their families. These excellent girls are only another instance to ahow that when a wamw works for her iving there is always a very good reason for it. It is not too much to say that three-fourths of the women who earn money have other? than themselves to support. Of triple-plated meanness, therefor^ is fyo spirit which seeks to restrict woman*! labor in any way whatever, or wfelch grudges her equal pay with wan for equal work.

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rllllant rhetoric,

1 cant ain against God, because I oannot affect His happiness. Tblnk of God giving a man brains, and then making it a crime to reason.

Mo man on earth oontrols the wind that fills the sails of that ship called himself.

According to this great scheme (Qbri* tianityj the innocent sufler for the guilty.

The ehurob hates a moral unbeliever a thousand times worse than it does an immoral one.

He who has made the best use of this life, will be the nearest ready to enter upon the next.

I won't be quite so

lively with my harp as I was. A Minister told me once'that if I did not believe the Bible 1 ought not to say so. I asked him if be believed it. He said be did. £old him I didn't know Whether he did or not, for a man who •would advise another to lie, might lie himself. And I shall die without ever knowing whether that man believes the Bible or not.

•jg UU* ^iWH&acbing of sewing in the Boston tcboolB is very successful. Although instruction is given to eaoh girl only two boors in every week, those pupils who came into school in September not even knowing how to hold a needle, are able to hem nioely, and to sew overseams. at the end of the first term. The special teacher prepares the work at home, so that it can be put promptly into the hands Of the pupils without wasting a moment.—Traveller.

Attention to the practical duties of life, as well as the rules of grammar and arithmetic, should be included in every common «ohool course. Talks on ventilation, eleahllness, order In the bouse, lessons in cooking, sweeping, dostlng, sewing, should be taught at stated' periods, and would be the most valuable Instruction received by thousands of noDllg.d hm **3S*g*r

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KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. ^aittmor^ You have trouble—your feelings are

JWUI -wthings in general move unpleasantly. Well, what of It? Keep it to yourself. A smouldering fire can be found and extinguished but wben the coals are scattered, who oan pick then# up? Bury your sotflow. The place for sad and dis gusting tibings is under the ground. A cut finger is not benefitted oy polling off the plaster and exposing It under ibody's eyes tie it up and-let it i.

LET 1HE MUD DRY FIRST." Here Is a oapital lesson that may well be Impressed upon the memory of both young and old

Mr. Spnrgeon, In walking a little way ottt of London to preach chanced to get bis pantaloons quite muddy. A good deacon met bim at the door and desired to get a brush and take off some of the mud. "Oh, no,M said Mr. 8.. "don't on see it is wet, and if you try to brush now, you will rub the stain into the cloth Let it dry, when it will come off easy enough and leave no markSo, wben men speak evil of us falsely— throw mud at us—don't be in a hurry about brushing it o£f. Too great eagerness to rub It ofT is apt to rub it in. Let it dry by and by, if need be, a little effort will remove it. Don't foster scandal about yourself or others, or troable a society, or In a cbnrch, by haste to something. Let it alone: let it dry will be more easily eradicated than ou think in the first heat of excitement, line has a wonderful power in sncb mstter*. Very tnsny things In this world will be easily got over by judiciously "letting them dry/'

HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING

PERNIOJO US TEA OH I NO. Boston Home Jonrnal. A writer in the Tei re Haute Mail, on the sut'jeotol uiale aud female p»rity, ly |»u very properly says that the latter, losing aooouqt of hip vUlt to^ her puri^f• rlosei evffythtpg*

self-respect^ sinks afvery qq#i&Mtt(m tha| recommends h$£ to soelew.. Then ahqyiay*, "We mufiijiefcend upon wour enp

kmb 1

liiiili uinrrftiijlMrtirr-* of

society, f^r'men will not oraTi." Now this wn call sheer nonsense. No man can put a higher estimate upon the Importance or female purity tban do we. That ber mind shall be stored with the richest treasures of virtue is a necessity

richest treasures or virtue is a necessity ummruou

moral standard cf society

He was shown the track, abd With his face to tbe west, started off. Reporter^ interested, followed bim np. Tbe pedestrian, said he, had just walked in from Cincinnati, and was beaded for Clinton, Vbrmilllop county,.Indiana. He was all the way from Greenup county, Kentucky, and had been more than two weeks on the road. "I guess I can make it without bothering any- township trustee. I'm dead broke but not a pauper. I'm an old soldier of the I3tb Indiana heavy artillery, and though a tie ticket is rather bard on shoes'' (bis were worn ^n§ broken so that both feet were leaking though in several places,) "the travel lie easy on my conscience, as iv

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It will get well Itself sooner

tban you can cure It. Charity eoveretb a multitude of sins. Things thus covered are often enred without a sear but, once publiahed and confided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble tbey may cause. Keep It to yonnelf. Troubles are transient, and, wben a sorrow is healed and past, wbat a comfort it is to say, "No one ever knew it until it was all over." usr#§» 1 1 Him

.made without a sadrifioe

of my independence. Got a match?" He was given a lucifer. "Good-bye," he said, lighting up a short briar-wood pipe, ahd away he went, thesmoke curl ing behind bim like, wreaths from a pony engine.

'WEHSWROES KNOwl&tk'AT THEY ARE DOING.

H. Beadle, in Roofkvllle Tribune. We observe 'tbat several journals say the negroes were '^deluded by lying

E[ansas.

rqmises" into leaving Mississippi for We can testify from positive knowledge that tbe charge is 'false. The editor of this paper traveled in Mississippi all the early winter of '77-78, and was everywhere beset with questions about Kansas. The blacks had th£n discussed tbe matter a year they bad written and sent agents^ and were even then receiving full and very explicit re-

torts. We attended a little gathering Jackeon, where twooolored m6n, jtist from Kansas, made a report and In numerous instaaoea wogavoourown views on Kansas to earnest seekers. The matter the' •atberin

'oor and ignorant as most of the Mis-

blacks are, it is onr firm belief

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om departments. Hfe'went away ap tlr well sattofled, and with note book well filled, requesting as

ARMY REMINISCENCfiS. From tbe Rook villa Republican.

The letter of Captain Campbell, recentWished in the Trlburte, giving an

of Cokroel Institution writer |ei history ooul

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«ohn f. |c»ns*tov tbr-

tnsf,n?»

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B«irt, mil

mtiobs ofotfilr dl being ^4| ritten.

Juiember Colonel Baird when he took or tbe 85tb Indiana Volunteerfflf Teille Haute, one ol tbe most learned of law era, but one of tbe moat unlesrned of soldiers. How he soon lie

tlon, and her tone is the tone oi those bim. who gniw up under:her infinence. But —»«t-wbat, feasted tbls^ eoma»«»isain shaking of the importance of the Uon wss the preaence^in our'town last parity of woman lihitneceSBary to basely #eek of Captain CAleb Bales, of ^rtiltel niauT This common cry that the million county, wickedness is with men and the virtue regiment, SL who, with Lojonei with women is pernicious a* well as false. It is a source of evil to young men, because it instils into tbem the notion that ifc Is manly to be impure virtue is a good thing, tbey-say, for tbe virtue is a gooa using, »ney-a«jr, mo Rair, glrlc.but for u.| fill our places

took a prominent part In the banging ot two Confederate spies at Franklin, Tennessee, in tbe summer of 1863—a Oojonel Orion and Lieutenant Willlstps. These officers went galloping

tree of evil aqd taste its shsll not be competent to as men 1 .Hut surely tbe necessity for a yirtuons manhood is bardly less imperative than that for a virtuous womanhood. Soolety, tUat for a virtuous womannoou. oooioiy, tbe oommunlty, the family relations, Federal uci(orms,aDd h^tbei rordere demand It. Men will and do expect, in tbeir influenoe to "keep up the moral tbe General commanding. They standard of aocietv Look^around in Without money, saying that on tbeir any community in wbich you live, and -way from Mttrweeeboro tkey badyatopp-

who was in command of'the post, and bad reoently been-released frcm Linby Prison, and represented. tbem#eUea ae Inspectors general, op the staff of General Kosecraos, wno had aent inem to Inspect the fortifications. Tbey wore

standard cf sogifety," 'money, and they requested a loan from wbro6n. We would' Colonel Bsird to meet necessary ex-

ample for a as you will of tbe not for a moment be understood as detracting from tbe high standard Wbich j", --7

pensea. The, Coloftfj 1W. VW, ft8 fifty dollars, when tbey mounted tl

women hold but we do obndemn this Worses and »t«JeJ2own thejnte for senseless twaddle about tbe far lower Na®bvllle. Sod^enly moral Standard of men. We thank »Golonel BaM

God for our faith in man, and may we

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never be led to lose it by mere special hoHe and_proceed to the Quarters ^of cases of unfaithfulness way We never Colonel Watklns, way be led to say that men will not keep up tbe moral standard of society, hecause sin abounds among them but rather we would contlhue to believe th&t ''where sin. abounds grace doth much more abound.'' (.Jtjst. as soon should we think of losing our faith in womahkind,because Sin abounds among women.. No together must men. ana women keep up the moral standard of society neither slone can do it. Would you tWb your children that they fnust look entirely to their mother for amoral standard, because their -father cannot help them to attain it? Why,, sucb a doctrine practically carried out would burl Society into the lowest' depths bf hell!

Praise the high moral standard of woman to the utmost, and eloquently depict its necessity but for the sake of decency and tbe future welfare of sbcier ty, cease to prate about tbe low moral standard of man, and bis inability to maintain any high standard! *fi *r 11 '1 bntt

AN INDEPENDENT CTtfzWN. 'nt.rti.' ind. WWfc "Can yoti tell me which'Is the TertS Haute track?'' inquired a middle«gqd man with two weeks' growth of reddish stubble'on bis face, a rusty black sloucti bst on bis head and a mod aplkSbed suit of jaanson hi& back and legs,,of a News roporter at the Union depot. "There's the train," waS' the" reply, "just ready to pull out." "I don't want.the train I want you to show me the track, here's so many of 'em here I've got 'em misted up."

While these men

Colonel Baird's report of the proceedings to General Rosecrans, though short, W8s to the point, via*:

ppi uiacKa are, it is uur uiui uwioi or dresses, Suauoj uww are uovci they know as much about tWe toohtry

they want to go to as is usual with white gloves may be of an ftfftriOY Quality, «h.f.«.nt. rwtainio it. ia nh Mndd«n bat they fit well and never lack a outtoa. The color of her oostamf ma* be trying, but she so lightens it with bunches of lace and pieces ofribMm, site leaves nothing to be desired in the way of effect. What Bhe wears on the street she does not wear In the hou&, for

emigrants. Certainly It Is no sudden movement, *tk

QETTINQ JtEADY TO BOSS IT. New York Special. This afternoon Mr. Samuel J. Tilden

I aiVOiuWU tuti OBUIUOl 1'Uou Bud QOvB QOv Woa* ill fcUtJ IiUU9C| aid a quiet visit to tbe postofflce build-

ing, and examined the workings of sev-

and their aunts. He also made inquir- Ortindy, ••tbey l!te for the World." les as to the salary of each Individual, as perhaps tbe reproMti has soma fonndato the cost of besting and lighting the ^lon but this is also true An Amerioan, building, of running tbe elevator en-

sines, and last, but not leaat, the num- 5^ (we shonld Say the moneyed! clrber of democrats employed In thevari-

He went

stories.

*POOB COMFORT, THOUQBI Canabridge City Trl bote. Women cannot vote yet in this State,

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all-ws8_ not right,

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cavalry at the post,'to go afterthosetwo pi en andrequest tbem to return a tew moments, that Colonel Baird desired to see tbem'. They returned, though somer wbat reluctantly, and having entered the Colonel's tent, Captain Bales place a guard at tbe door, wheu a telegram was sent to General Rosecranc, asking if be bad seen such persons. An answer was immediately returned that he knew no such officers, and to try them by drumhead court .martial, and if gnilty execute tbem at once. A court martiaL was Immediately detailed, Captain Bales being a member. The trial to

?l03ried, oonvioted and hung." J. P. Bair,d, Col. Commaning. After the conviction of these men, one of them, Colonel Ortbn, stated that when^Colonel Watklns,' whota Colonel Baird had sent after them to request tbeir return failed tbem, bis first impulse was to draw his revolver and shoot Watklns but be recognized as a former fellow cadet' at westpoint, and he oould not have tbe heart to fire upon him,

Had not th4 trde character of these officers been detected by Colonel Baird, tbey would have done the army of tbe Cumberland incalculable jdptnage^as their object was to inspect its fori ideations and make It an easy prey to the Confederate forces. »©.

WHY FRBNXJUWOMSN ARETHK SEA TEST IN THE WORLD.

On our way, writes a. French oorre^ spondeut, we indulged in a browpstady as to why Parisians have a reputation above eyfry other nation iq matters of the tqilet. It. l^ not beoause they are extravagant in thechoioeot coaterial#,. as a people, The American and English, probably, spend twice as pauqh Id this respect. Therefore, we have come to the concluarbiii that the Secret of their success lies in these two points: taste 1*q selection and combination, and extreme attention to these niceties othe^r. nations consider unimportant. Then, too, a thorough Parisian lady Is so excessive ly eateral of her wardrobe. She bestows on it nearly as much care as on ber children, One wjio oan afford to buy only two Sr three costumds In the year, will make 8#L*ofcd an appearance as an American who runs through half a

aouoao WV«lUWO»OWWavi«»l AUlOriUAII WUW runs r, seemed to be largely: managed by dezsn., Ths French womaii's bqqrwt colored preadbers, and tbeir' care In nJsy be simple ahd chferfp, oat nflvdr out her ing facts was most commendable.

keeping with the rest of her toilet,

aQd(

however she manages in tbe matter

dresses, shabby boots are never reck-

one(j

among her shortcomings. The

Mger

feet

I IvvV Wwll SWilllQ -j eral of tbe different departments of the gftfete is carefully bhish8L, lower floors. After doing the various f0ifed, as 00csdk» may require, and branches of the postofflce itself, he secured tbe services of an attache of tbe building, who chaperoned him through qjivubb uu un the enginewom knd the rest of the in- filthy spectacle of petticoat fernal regions. The great reformer was sweeping is reserved for om very affable, shook hands with all tbe American dties. French women employes be met, and Inquired after the have been reprosefced with untidiness hesith of tbeir sisters, and their oousins

little hands and cflmbing Httle

goon tarnish itn ^reschnonk^&u!b

folded, as —. brought oat .as food new wbonnext to be worn. One sees no sweeping dresses on the streets of Paris. That opt pavement our own sub-

tbeir homes. "Yes/' says Mrs.

wben

ahe marries, unless moving in the

1 say

n]M.

beeomes negligent of those Httle

oles, becomes neglige__ .. womanly ocqoMrii* iQ m.U«r. of diw

parently well satisfied, and with his that helped to win ber husband. The he ParUiAntiA never does. She is as anxious id, and every think ber ••follefMame?'

note book well filled, requesting as be parisienne never does. She is as anxions departed that bis visit should be kept j,er husband, and every one else, should strictly sew*, and saying that he won Id think ber "jolle Hemme" at 00 a* at 16 _r ... good. woman neatly and, beoommlngly dreeaed, Is certainly a sferabie companion

return in a few days and do ..the upper A nttleof "this spirit to very woman neatly an pre to one indifferent In such affairs.

women eannoi. vne jviiouiiiDHte, IT is cruel for parents to let but like tba country merchant who children auffjr with coughs and colas, ent two hours trying to sell a pair of which In so many cssas sn'fi to il cnstottler. they can console sumption and premature death._ Give tWm"*'!*'*«» with th9 thought that they I)r. Bull's Cough Hyrup. Prioe 2a cents »n «Y'j.-i" b. tme near it." a bottle,

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POINTS IN ETIQ UETTE. "I Clo. Sat. Night. lonld never be crossed. 11s letters are beneath notice. traduction abottld fre brief. ja I

Litters Anooy Letters •Y It* feffr rdtmu

nates for

UponTntroduction at once enW4nto conversation. Upon leaving a room one bow should Include all.

A ciil should not be less than fifteen

a a

as a spoken question. GW*a#d oarda -and paper are not uaefL, nor are gilt-edged ones. "Genteel" and "gentility'? are wordto tabooed In good sop^ty.

The eustdm Of leaving a blank margin oa-tbe Wt band side, tU each page of a letter is absolute. ...

To return a p©|*onal call wltn cards enclosed tn

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envelbpe slg^Hfies 'that

visiting betwSens the persons is ended. Pnleip thoge-Ja.

it«

were convicted of

being spies, yet they died as bravely as evqr human beings died. ,Tbey request* ed that their bands b^ not tied. The request was granted, and before they were swung off they embraced easb other tbe scene brought tears to th dye's of all who witnessed It. A cart wa p1aced"tind6r a limb of a tree, to Which the ropes were, made fast. They were placed op the cart, tbe nqopes were placed on their necks and the cart drawn from undefr them. The knot' on one did' not slip around' under the' ear,' but under.bis chin whereupon tbe poor victim reached up and caught hold of the irope and Slipped the noose around Under his ear, then let go and bung till dead. It was a sad, sad sight, but one of .the neoessary. cruelties, of war.

1. -—in

place,

which ended at one o'oloqk a. m. tbe being guilty, and they were at nine O'clock the same moro-

findln execut Ing.

1 MAXIMS OF QONPOCf USri1*\ To be JJoor without murmuring ts difflcnlt. To be rich without being proud is easy, ikUHK i* '•.». 1' 'l-„

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make bis words good. To bavefasltssndnot to reform them —tbls, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.

Por one word a man is often deemed to be wisd, and for one Word he is often deemed to'be foolish. We ought to be careful, indeed, in wbat we say.

He who is not in

any

Better jaof.be than be notlilng. True gold does not fear the fire. ... ... The full'moon does not last', and the brifeht-^oSd soon vsnlshes. P'

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BOYHOOD OF DISTJNO UISHED MUX.

SAMSON.

uswjci edl 1 /rsfw ti'-nEO&g WO*B0 F?5m' Ybtang" Days we take the followingoonveraation on Long words: "Rob,", said Tom, "which is the most dangerous word in ail the English language?" "Ubn't know,51' iSId Bob

MPoofcl'V said TOSSK •'it is stumbled becaus^.you Are 8u^e,,t«.ge|i a tumble between the first and last letter," "Ha, ha I" ifcld Rob, "now I've^bhe for you. I idwnd it' one day reading the paper, Which is the longest worded

"NO, sir, tVs 'stalled} because thwe la a,whole mile between the. first and last

'^'•Ito,ho!*' cried torn, "th^s nothing. I know a word that baS over three mlls between its beginning arid end ing." «. "Now, what's that?" asked Rob.,, "fieleagured," exclalqaed Tom, otSphiintly,

UMAN UCIFER-MA

TCH.

Lighting gas with the finger is a feat .anybody may perform.

Let a person,

in bis slippers, walk b/iskly over a toobtan Carpet, scnffflng his feet thereon, ^rstabd'opoo a obcrtr, with its legs upon four 1 tumblers to insulate it, and be there rubbed up and down 9a the body

A a 4 M.« W kt« A a few times with a muff, by a second iudlvtdnal, and he will ilgbt'his simply placing bis finger to tbe ti is (Only necessary to take the precaution

g«« bv

ir to tbe tube. It

not to touch anything, or be touched by anybodv, dtirlnM tbS trial of the fexperiment. TM shook of electiicity scqulred by the prooess we have described la discharged by contact with another object. One person muSt turn oh th? g«s Wh]le the other fires tt.^Shitnford Advocate.

•riril.-l'il. PRESENT happiness. the great aecret of gaining happiness Itt this llftrir to enjoy the present. To be doing bne tfelftg, and tbtnklng of another, is a very unsatisfactory mode of spending life. Some people are alwaya wishing themselves somewhere else but Wher&they' sre, dr thinking of something else tban what tbey are doing, or of somebody else than to whom they aire

inferior peisons and Inferior tMngS tban to be indifferent with the best.

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Samson, known among bis intiqpates as "Old Stopt," spurned all restraint infancy. His nurse declared he tbe m« difficult child to bold sbe 'SAW* Jpost parents raise their bili, bu4|Wm4ift never knew tbe time he Wouldn't raise himself, by bis little finger. He oould raise a row with anybody before be was ten years old, autf tbe last act of his life was to raise a big opera bouse with thousands of people in it.

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Strangers arriving should notify friends by cird of their presence. RftKrewifl r^ply to invitations should oontsln the reason thereof.

At a takris. you are not required to thank the one who waits upon you* Invitations for evening parties should te Issued In ibe name of the hostess only. "jfoupa truly?' is.tbo correct foitn for

individuals befd^invitlng them to^your house. r.ii. Only letter to unmarried ladies and widows are addressed with their baptismal naiudri.

devoted strength, tin man himself, six-feet high, and known as,Sapi, bad to knackle under to bim e«erj tidbe. jThAre wasynapy a fnt of sveGKtD tbafitbe boy Sajcnspn oould perform which nis father couldn't, notwithstanding bis six feet of strength. The oldL man uaed to chuckle over it and say thvrd migbt be better men than old Sam, bui. ha„ wmild like to aee one who could get away with Sam'son.

his cannOO ~DirrX75»sreg and pulling against horses. The cannon ball market fluctuated greatfyitrElS native village— they went upland down continually. Once be tried tbe pulling business, and tbe pair of horses that were hitched to tbe borizontablad^ stretched on a horizontal ladder,fejilied nfltil tbey were cut in two lengtbwU^^ mikihg four horses in isct, instead Of two, and

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ago, a lady visiting Should not rlae, either on the arrival or departure of other ladles^

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Begin letters to strangers with "Sir" or "Madam to those you have, some knowledge of "Dear, .Sin" etc.: to speaking acquaintances, Dear Mr.— etc. to friends, "My Dear Mr{—,"eto,

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has nothing to do With plans tbe administration df its dtitles. To lead an uninatruoted people tawar is to tb ro wjihant away.

Wben we see men of worth, we shonld think of equaling^tbgm when^we see inedof a fclmrary^csara6ter wefehotald turn inward and examine ourselves.

Do not anxiously hoge for what has not yet cotne. HSM, If you wish to know wbat most en--gages A man's thoughts you baveonly to listen to his conversation. ..

A l,i\tle ,iiflpati^nc^^ver^s gy^t un-dei-taklngs. Eviry nien1 sees, the fliulfa' of otbera but CannOfi discern his own.

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cipal cause of this Indifference is the a&Tptloft of other people's tastes Thstead of tn»oaltlvation &t our own—the pursuU, af»«* that for which we are not fitted, And to which, consequently, we are 'hot in reality inclined. This folly df *liw#, all Classes, and arises from errors of building our enjoyment on tbe false foundation of the

opinion, Instead of being, with

due regard to others, each onr own .worlds'

Cavin, sugar reucky, was dis-

I by mutnal consent. The partner's had disagreed la consequence of Carter's wife quitting him and marrying Cavin, and the work of settling up their accounts was accomplished with 6lfHcult^. "Is everything satisfactory*" Osvin aaked, when the books had been cloeed. "Yes, all that relates to the business" Carter answered "but there is att aeedftnt still to be balanced. You'vte got my wifei,5atid 1*11 take your life in payment," and he shot Garter dead., •~-s±S2s~b~

Syditry fltMrrH once rebuked a ing visitor by sayicg: "I/rt ns assume that -everj tbingi and, everybody are damned, and proceed frith pur su

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couldn't move" bib). One rainy day wben a mero boy, he stole under the canvass to s^e the show, but wben tbe circus men, whopaw bint do It, attemptbe knocked tbem all oen»rpole up by the roots*and walked off with the canvas for an umbrella,v leaving the astonished audience sitting Qn^tbe benches in tbe rain.

boy t# fool with, Samson

was. He was a mischievous boy, of course. All boya are who are healthy. He would unhinge th0: neighbors' gates in the night and lug them away, just for the fun of the thing. When asked why he did it, be wouldjeply that be didn't admire thqi-Rgaftej He oopldn't see agate without experiencing sn almost irresistible desire to toterlr off. posts and all. In afterlife be aarried off the gates of a great pity on his shoulders, transporting tbem to tbe aummit of a mountain ao high that the Inhabitants were never aMetoGasHfpoii tbem nrore. Caravans gave bis tow a a wide berth, because young Samson had a. way of'getting into tbe lions'cage, and pulling tbeir jaws apart to see What thSy were made of. He broke tip a zoological garden in a neighboring oity in that manner, when be was .nothing but. a pub himself. He played With 100 pbhnd dbmb bellS as if tbey bad been marbles, and bankrupted every proprietor of a lifting maohine or health lift that came to town. He belonged to an amateur dramatic association, Which Wisured a Very Strong caste whenever he was on the bill. It was hia experience en these ocoaafcna that enabled him to bring down tbe house so effectually as he did on the oocaslon of his ('positively) "last appearance.—Cln. Saturday Night. J- RN*.

l^*Altib?E HIS BUSIN&Skb\ Youth's Companion. •'I Wouldn't do that," s.iid one clerk to another, whom be saw doing a disagreeable pieoe of work. "It must be done and why shouldn't I do it?" was the" excellent reply.

In a few minutes the wouldu't-do-lt clerk, ashamed' of bis remark, was assisting tbe olerk who was not above his business.

In Scotland there Is a branch of the legal profeaslon known as "Writers to the Signet.1' A young man was apprentieed t.q one of these writers. The youth thought himself

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One evening the master desired him to carry a.handle of papers to a lawyer whose residence was not far off. The package was received in silence and a few minutes after, the- master saw a porter run. Into the outer office. In a few minutes the youth walked out, followed by th& porter carrying tbe paroel.

Seizing bis hat, the master followed relieved the bundle in bis hand. The lawyer's house being reached and tbe door bell rung, youth called out— llc

Jere, fellow, give me the parcel!" and slipped a sixpence in his band without looKing around. "Here it is for you I" exolairaed a voice which caused tbe youth to turn around. Hia confusloB, as be beheld his master with the bundle, made him speechless. Never after that was be abovebla business. ii I I' Mill "I ,47.'

8f! WE NEVER HIRE FOOLS. A very good and pious looking young man applied for a position In a well known store, last week. After he had Introduced himself and made known his wants, tbe proprietor informed him that he would like to have a clerk if bo '6ould get one that would suit him.

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suppose you go to church, eh?" he-

"Do you drink?" oohtlnued thd merchant, eyeing him sharply, "Never!" !.

you aso tobacco ln any form? Here the young man pnshed tbe quid into tbe roof of bis month, and replied with asmil^ tbat was childlike and bland "I never use tbe weed, and never did. consider it the lowest and most shocking habit tbat a man can be addicted to/' "Do you frequent the raoe course?" "No, sir never!" *«Do yon gb to theaters,Hog fights, or boxing exhibitions?" "Never was at any in my life," was tbe emphatic reply. "Can yon tell the ace of diamonds from tbe king of clubs?" "I know nothing whatever of cards!' "Do you ever bet "No sir I don't!" "Suppose," said the merchant, "a man should offer to bet 91,000 to flO that a three legged goat could outrun a grayhound, would you take him?" "No sir!" "Then yod wont Sb for this establishment we don't want you—we never hire fools!"

Tbat youth won't be so good next time. ff W iW 1 liSi

FOX'S PA DA Y.

Chartes Fox bad an unfortunate creditor who insisted tbat he would not leave ttntll a day for payment was named. "Will you go then?" asked tbe minister. "Yes, and not trouble you until tbe day arrives," replied tbe dun. "Well, then," said Fox slowly, "I will pay you on tbe day of lodgment but stop, as tbat will be a very busy time, let us make it ILe day after." islt*ft