Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 September 1879 — Page 10

rty. He wan a zealou* believer In tbe paytof tbe National bt in gr» ei bncku, ai..d _ld notieat cont4*a until be b»d willUn a Iter more emphatic even than tbe platform.

Utai famouts loiter be said: *My coDHti uc ion of the law is tbe result of ireful examination, and I feel quite sure I Impartial couit would confirm It, if tne Me could be tried before a court. *1 think tbe bondholder violates h'• promise en be reiuses to take the same kind of ~ty be paid tor the bond*. If ndhoid eiii legally demand only the ol moti« be paid, then be t»repudiator an fcxtor ln to deuiaud money te valuable than he gnve." his letter waa written in May 1868, and ore toe following March. its tliHilinjulibed or, without any pub lc ie«tton asnlgurtl liU ml HCUIUUB couveiHluu, had Joined wiioiu he had him elf ri^eda* repudiatorn and ex'uitionera, a aiding hem, by tbe act of Mnrco, iSotf, lu

BinJlug money in payment lor tneir 'di vantly more valuable thau they gave, tried, bel.eve, In iiis recent npeecii*-t» in tne, toexplHin th letter He uid in kuonce, if I naw a correct report, that he me»ui payment of the bouoa in gru« bucks, eu green hacks should be equal to coin, very opposite of ihln meaning, however, ntallied in the letter, for he there speaks oney of different value*, aud denounces great bitterneHH the man who would do Dd better money than he gave In exchange his bonds. Isliany wouiier that Weudeil 1ilpH, in the letter to which I have already ded, thus describes this shifting and uureie minuter of fluanct But, my friend, it Is as impossible to aner John Hhorman as to flnu fault with a lathercock. 'i hat can always claim tnat it uts the way the wind blows, and so can he is uodoctriue In fiuKUce that he has not aled, and none ttiat he has not denied inciple on either side that he has not as d, none that he has not scouted. His rd will be equally yooil whetuer hard uey carries the day or we Greenbacxers ~eed.

Like that cautious early Christian at Rome, always took oft'his hat to the old statue Jupiter, observing that "there was no tellbut what the old falili inlghi come up In,' wide-awake, canny John rthertnan has rays kept his bread outtered on troth sides. bu alone, of all our pub ic men, who has •claimed, with catholic and generous in(Terence, that the bondholder who asks anyN« but greenb ICXH for tils bonds is an ex tloner ami a repudlator (March, I8i9) aud, 0, that any man who prop se» to pay Donds iMreenbiictcs Is a repudiator! (l»79). Can ftthiiig he more satistaotory He is ttio Md minded accommodating statesman who tiers greenbackn to any other currency toruary, ISM), aid, Indeed, would allow the le of UJ other tes (May, 1871). And yet— to be blxoted or Intolerant, you see—he, aks our present system of bank uotes the rest to ltle*! perltctlou of anything ever /lsed by man, (1879,. He is the exact, truih and fair debater who (t^70 asieris ihat re ha- been nocout racilou, butau lucrease "artency, to the exieut of uea ly six ii.Il -*tiice J*uuary, lt*r9, and he Is also ready, master facing both ways, to assure 1*89 that 'our contraction Has heen uunpltd in the history of any nation,' and 'Oue hundred and lorty millions have withdrawn wilblu two years, and that e^ple had tli. the ri*ht to be relieved any further contraction Now, how can one object? 'You pays your money and bus our choice.' Hut tuls l«»8i. quotation

Weaiheicock John Illustrates auolhei entof his statesmanship. tulnU it was •-Id moralist, Dr Jounson, wnosald: ruth was the most effective lie oue coUid

Tobody In Maine asked, or wanted to W, whether there haU been contraction or usion sluce January, 1879 It Is a fact of least possible luu rest and of no sUuiii "e whatever lu this discussion Accord ', Mr. Wherrnau could afford to tell the ie and exact truth about It, and not pr a contradiction to retreat Into lo case party co Mes ed or was angry with the u.ent. The real MI only interestWKSthis t: Did the piau of r»su ptiou, b. gun by 'ulloch in 188.1, neCefrsitate and produce contraction which has made flity thouuerohants bunarupt ami destroyed ten sand millions of property?" d, notf, upon qalitiug the secretary of the ury, and the suoject ol nuances lor to day, leave to appeal to all such as agri-e principle to unite in action polls for the defeat of his policy ami ills unions Theie is a majority ot 10,0m st him lu Ohio, and, I Invoke ^people to and to^e her fortlieirown J. if you are divided you will fallanta.Hy to- your connnou enemy, the money of the country, always organized, and less in Its vigilauce. On the other hand, ose who think suostai tlally alike on the tlous of debt and taxation can form a for the practical supportof their vlears, publlcan party will be left with a rity lu not more thau five States. It is lu ciual minority now, in more than 8) «, and is formidable oil through tbe

Ion of Its opponents, hat this division •n timedisappe-ir 1 have nodoubt, and I 8tly bope and believe that a long ntride betaken toward that most desirable rethis State In October.

THK CANDIDATES,

standard-hearer of tbe Democratic of Ohio In this contest commends himbis record in Congress and his speeches re the people to the support ot all are In favor of fiuanciai reform, leo Ion will beaviotoiy lor the people out distinction of party He Is entitled to upportot laboring men and those who terested In an actual revival of business, her they are Democrats. Nationals or Be cans, tieueral Ewlng Is also commended people of Ohio witoout regard to party or party creeds by bis gallant record as a er for tbe Union, while hisrlval for your ges was at home amasatug tbe spoils of haudlse at war prices. The hypocrisy ol

Republican leaders was hardly ever conspicuous than in their frantic efforts teat a soldier who periled bis life for tbsroment in its uarkeBt hours, and

Its most dangerous line of hos h, and to eleot over him a man who took no other risks dureentire war thau were involved in the nd fall of dry goods. On tbe ticket, also, General fiwlng is another soldier, who amputated leg on the battle field, and deeply symoathizlug, thereiore, with bis ded comrades in nrajs, introduced into teas and secured tbe pa«8Hge of the bill if the Government todojustloe to the an pay him hh* ai rears of pension, tbe president, and his advisers several to d^termtue whether be would not veto oet righteous measure. He dared not do

It became a law, cairylutt biesslnuw he hous» holds of disabled veterans, their Ws aud their orphaus, from ttie Atlan lc

Paolfio ocean. Yet the soldiers are Into vote agalust General Rice, their bener, their friend, who ha* doue re for lu Congress thau any man ever did,aud bled by their »i on the field. Rather they rally to the support of veteran comrades, Swiug and aud despise the clamor of the guards, who, while proteasing a mo tal of Confederate brigadiers, have maue et offloers, foreign ministers, collectors toms and of Internal revenue, judges, ct attorneys, Uuited States marshals (»st ruasters out of every red-handed rebel,

Longstreet and K*-y to Mosby and his riders, who would agree to vote the Reticket. have my thanks for your attention,and 'one.

The Modern Society Young Man. [Boiton Sunday Courier 6: Tbe billiard room of a fashionable 136. At 9 o'clock enter Augustus, loves his summer ulster and discloses suit. of the players—Hullo! Gus ia rigged der full sail and all the candles lighted, is it, old fellow? ustus—Oh, I have been to make my "call on Miss Banker. She wasn't at £o I left my pasteboard and came around 'I rteen young men drop their cues, seize ats, remark "that's the racket for me," de off to Beacon street. At 11 o'clock anJsOP^gets home, finds 14 cards, and 'How funny that all the boys shou'd lied this evening." At the same hour tua receives tl::ve "ssailes" atid 10 the grateful vr.^ringi of 18 young ho have made their party call without uble of dressing or the expense of a

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A VOICE AND A VISION.

There's rolce conn to me eTening draw* nigh. With a cadence *o tad it "MOi like a «l«h. Aud ii irhlapern iwe-t word* that ate »oft and low, Aa ibe murmuring sounds of the brooklet's flow.

There's a vlnlon of beauty dawns nn my tight, As ihe carttlna of darku-sa raise fn tli* night 8weet vision of beauty, radiantly bright, With a halo of glory and boavouly light.

That voice that to me is so sweet and so sad In the T-ilce of my darling that made m« glad In the dats that an- past, ere death's cruel blow Had I-id her dear form in tbe grave so low.

That vision of beauty that dawns on my sight With its halo of glory and heavenly light, Is tilt- vision of oun In the Heavm above, Who blessed my sad life with tendercst love.

'Tls thus that the sadness «f evening gives place To the vision of love that bnanti lu b«r face As I gm* thr.iugli llie lulsti* that niv tears hav* made On my loved oue, whose auty shall never fade.

RUINKD BY LOTTERIES.

King Theebau'a Latent Piece of Insane Deviltry. [Itaugoon Correspondence of the London News.]

His own palace being a regular sink of iniquity and horror, Thecbau is doing his best to make the whole royal city little better. Having hit upon the idea of a lottery to raise money, he is now flooding the place with lottery offices, each of wnich has a different venture running, and draws off weekly. The consequence is that the town is in a state of perpetual excitement the minds of the people are unsettled those who have money spend all they have on tickets those who have none prowl about in search of some one to plunder. Trade was bad enough before. The present pernicious state of things is likely to put an end to it altogether. The king, it appears, was told of the stoppage of business. What other business, he asked, can show a return of 10,000 rupees for an outlay of two rupees? The consequences arc likely to be inost dismal, and the popular vengeance will probably wreak itself on the king. At any rate, let us hope so. Cultivators are selling off their farming stcok, and having try after try at the State lotteries. There are neither sellers nor buyers to be seen in the bazaar ever one hovers about the lottery offices and longs for the drawing. To fill up the totals the faster, groups of 10 to 20 people are allowed to club together to buy a single ticket. What a row there would bo among its members if such a confederacy w%! totwin! There are at present 13 offices, each under the superintendence of a minister of high rank. The rivalry between these worthies as to who shall get most money, and so earn the royal favor, intensities the msichief. They fall upon all manner of dodges to entice the people away from all other offices to their own. Letpay, i. e., pickled tea, (or rather the pickled leaves of the Elodendrum Persieutn,) cheroots, betel, toddy, bands, theatrical performances, all manner of inducements are held out to induce hesitating speculators to leave all other places, and cleave but to the one office. One manager has hit uoon the device ot returning one pice—about a farthing —for each ticket taken, and scores heavily in the meantime. Probably that elderly person, the Hpoung-Woon Myo-Woon, lord high admiral and town magistrate, in one, keeps the best arranged establishment. It was certainly he who lirst began to try and allure the people. Ho secured the old Custom House for his place of business, a wide expanse round about it being secured by a strong fence. He fixed up to start with some dozen or more punkahs to cool the brains and soothe the feelings of excited clients. Porous pots full of deliciously cold water, with tin drinking mugs attached, were arranged on stands all round about. The antisoporific letpay, the gigantic, but soothing tsag leik (green cheroot,) the good betal were heapeu on .tables everywhere, and vanished with surprising rapidity. At first the Hpoung-Woon used to openly allow that he supplied all these comforts at the expense of the people, making use of surplus funds for the purpose. Since then, however, he has given that up, and now perpetual pwais, Burmese dramas and bands are added to amuse the crowd. These bands area dreadful infliction to a foreigner. If you started half a dozen lunatics to play the bagpipes, and at the same time presented all the children in the neighborhood with penny whistles and kettle-drums, you might have a fair substitute. But nothing delights a Burman more than to sit and listen to this discordant row, and he falls asleep and wakes up again with an ever fresh delight. The best point about the Hpoung-Woon is that he always invites the people in a kindly way to come and try their luck. One or two of his colleagues have hired bullies, Turanian lambs, who go about threatening false accusations if any but their master is patronized, while one man especially—an individual with the awful name of Zayjodan-Mvo-Woon Oo Thah Oh —sends his subordinates to the Chinese gam bling-house keepers and forces them to subscribe periodically for 50 tickets at two rupees each for the privilege ot gambling. He is said to get about 400 rupees a month in this fashion. Fired by his example, the Yaw Shway-deik and Tine-dah Atwinwoons also make use of their court influences to draw subscribers. Brokers and Burmese traders who have business with the palace are put down for a hundred tickets or so on pain of losing their contracts. Oobonays, fasting days or feast days, when, according to the old law, all offices and courts in the kingdom were closed, and even the king's audiences were suspended, are now disregarded. Drawings are held without scruple on the*e oldfashioned sacred days, and one of the Woondonks is advanced and unprejudiced enough to have selected Dama-yone, a place of worship and prayer,* for his lottery office. All the old lines are upset, and the minds of the people are in a state of perpetual, unhealthy excitement. It must come to an end soon, and it will probably bean exceedingly uproarious one. The Burmese make bloodthirsty rebels.

"OLD SI."

H* Deliver* a Lecture to a Green C11 [Atlanta (Qa.) Const!tu ion.] "Look hvar," said Old Si, as he encountered a negro trudging along with his head through the middle of a ladder "look hyar, don't yeT slew dat ladder round heah so bra?h! First ting yer knows, yer'll brush off two or t'ree white fokes from dis pabement and dar'll be ernurdder inderpenaint candydate fer de chane-gang suddintly spred 'round twix de gutter an' de kyar-trackl" "Ef yer don't want ter git dat ole jaw ob yourn bustid all ober de let" side ob yo' hed, yer better git off in de wagin rode when I eums 'long!" replied the darkey ladderman. I Old Si regarded tbe fellow with ono eye on the tqa:ut,rana th*n bent down one end ox ana to the ground with his foot* And as the saucy fellow stood painfully in thia improved stock, the old man said: "Hit 'pears ter me you is er onripe nigger

in dese parts. Ef you'd bin libin* 'round hyar long you'd kno'd 'fore now dat hit's equibalent ter goin' ter Memphis ter nuss valler feber ter sass me. I'se de man you'se heerd tell 'bout what crippl'd dat elerfint in de cirkus las' year by jess layin' my han' on his back. Dey had ter men' dat elerfint by bracin' his backbone wider bar of ralerode irun, vor heah me!" "I didn't mean no harm, sho'l" whined the darkey in the ladder. "I don't speck you did, but den yo' mouf 'pears ter be sot on moughty loose hinges. Dis town hez got sartin rules ob ettikett de frunt wun ob whum are dat yung niggers and furrin mokes mus' keep order when de ole folks is passin' byi" "I'll do dat, sartin'—yer see ef I don't!" "I kno's dat yer will, kas I'm gwino ter keep yer in min'. Wheneber I beahs dat some nigger wid jaws on him like de side ob er 1864 nabbersack, an' er nose like er burnt pine peg mauled in de groun' wid er fencerale, an' eyes on him like de knuckle bones ob er Texas steer, an' wool on his head liker blacker r.tm bo'n in er cuckle-burr patch

half-brudder of General Barksdale wid er shotgun in bofe han's. Now go on an' sin no mo'—don't, you'se reddy ter exode simultanter/'

And the old man raised his foot and passed on contentedly.

A Lady's Tribute to a Dog

To those who don't love dogs this little tribute will bo worse than nonsense, but to those—and I know of several of them in your pleasant city—who do love them it will meet with sympathy. Some writer says a lover of humanity can hardly fail to be a lover of caninity. There often comes under my window an immense Newfoundland, who found his way by some side passage all through last winter, where he would lie with his black coat contrasting against the snow until recognized by some greeting either in the form of a bone or "good morning," for eithor of which he would have the dog-cour-tesy of wagging his tail, and for which, as also with the purr of a cat, I ever feel grateful. If Dulse finds the curtain down he will go round to the front door and wait. Our offerings are quite minute in character, and it always moves a smile to see him swallow one and then look around as if to say, "Was thereartythingdropped?" or "Did youspeak?" But it is of a beautiful silk-haired dog from Cardiff I was to write. 1 never saw any dumb animal express so much speech, if I may so, as did our small friend. By talking to and pitying him I could make him weep, and it has been said that when called to dinner he actuully smiled. That I never saw his tears I have wiped away! That be hud dreams we knew, because I have seen him. like Mab, demolishing some adversary in his sleep, for instance, a rival pet pigeon, whose lail-featliels fell as trophies to Beau'y's valor one day. That he could comprehend all he heard was beyond a doubt, for, standing myself without looking toward him at the end of a long room, when he wa3 apparently sleeping in a forbidden chair, I've said, "A person is on my cushion, and I desire hitn to leave it," when one spring would take him oat of sight. think that chair (I'm sitting in it now) was an Eden to him, and I've often sudden ly entered the room, found it rocking by appaarently an invisible touch when the aggressor, hearing my step, has plunged under the table, quite forgetting the m-iving witness against hitn, and, with one eye asleep would watch mo with the other. In that singla instance his sagacity failed hitn, but for fi ielity, gratitude and love he was unsurpassed. Kindness and caresses were a necessity ofhis nature, utyl in that trait the relationship between us was not so very far distant. A writer has said that there is not a single scientific argument against the continued existence of the animal which would not toll equaily against human immortality. We carry with us the characteristicts of each and every animal. There is not one fiercest passion, one movemont of affection, or quality, either for praise or blame, existing in them that does not exist in U3. Beauty had the rudiments of a conscience, I know, and a heart for it was broken at last. I came away, and his mistress once long after let drop on the floor an old dress of mine. He recognized and caressed it with every sign of a tender memory. Time passed, and she too, left him to the kind care of Mrs. why was good enough to write to us respecting hira. Ho was unhappy and and anxious looking in the face of every new comer for the one ho wished to see. At last he only drank, but refused to eat, and pined away. One day he stood awhile gazing earnestly at Mrs. as she wrote, looking just as if he said, "You have been very kind tome, but they don't come back—good bye," then crept on to his cushion, lay down quietly, and died. "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God."

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THE LAW OF MATRIMONY.

An Incident In the Life of a Colored Oentleman Who Deserted Hla Wife,

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[Little Kock (Ark.) Oasette.J

Yesterday morning an old negro man arrived in the city from St. Louis in search of his before-the-war wife. The man went off into the war with his master, but, undergoing a change politically, deserted him and embraced the emancipation cause, and now, after so long a time, he comes back to the scenes of his childhood. After making a great many inquiries he learned that his wife had married again and that she and her husband were living down on Second street. Arriving at the designated house the old man, stiff with rheumatism, hobbled up the narrow steps and fell against the door, which, yeilding to the weight of his hody opened. Sitting near the window waaa tall bony woman. Near the fireplace, rubbing a fiddle with a grea§y woolem rag, sat a man. "It seems ter me like,'" said the visitor, dropping down ©n a trunk, "that you uster be my wife afore de wab." "Bless de Xord," exclaimed the woman, "it's beginin' to hitch onto me in de same direction." "What does dis prancin'mean?" said the last husband, dropping the rag and throwing the fiddle on the bed. "Splain yourselves. "Dis 'oman uster be my nat'ral wife, and I've come heah ter see if we can't make some sorter 'rangements in regard to it." "Olo man," said the'laat edition of matrimony, "|lc bes' and mos' p'lite thing is for yer to go 'way an' ten' ter yer business. Dis

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a»' myself understands each oderputty tolerable well, an' de bes' thing is fer yer to lef us." "Daniel," said the woman, "when yer was voung yer was a pretty squar sort of feller, W now de rheumatiz have cotch yer, and

'fore God I doan' wanter rheumatized man. Dan, you's bow-laigged at de bes'. 'Sides all dat, I'se changed my 'ligion." "Let me sight yer to a parable in de law1, 'cordin' to Blackbone,'" said tbe second nusband. "De fir's deed and de las' will am de mos' powerful. De fir's deed am subject to de last will. Wasn't it a deed when yer married dis'oman? wan't de ack of marryin' her a deed?" "Tibber shoah," said the first husband, reflectingly. "Wan't our marriage a will? Wan't it de 'oman's will dat she married me? Answer de question squarly." "Yes." "Well, den, 'cordin' to de law, de 'oman's mine." "Dat's a fac', Dan," said the woman. "Ain't yer gwine to give me no allummony?" asked Dan. "De law don't mention dat," said the victorious husband.

Dan arose from the trunk and looked around the room. A tear stood in his eye. Suddenly his face brightened. "Gin me dat catfish over dar, an' I'll leave you." "De law don't mention de fish, but I'll gin it ter yer."

Daniel picked up the fish, ran his finger through its gilU, uad passed, out into the street.

Without a License.

An Illinois sheriff was noted for his activity in looking up unlicensed peddlers. Taking his walk abroad one day he came across an old fellow whom he at once concluded was an illegal trader, and inquired if he had got anything to sell. "Hev I gqt anything to sell, Squire!" was the response. "Guess I hev got blackin' that'll make them old cowhide boots o' yours shine so't you can shave in 'em. Got razors tew, an article you want I should say, by the looks o' your beard. Got Balm o' Klumby tew, only a dollar a bottle, good for the ha'r and assisting poor human natur'."

The sheriff bought a bottle of Balm of Columbia, and then desired to see the Yankee's license for peddling. The document was produced, examined, pronunced genuine, and handed back to its owner. "Then," said the disappointed official, "I don't know now that 1 care about this stuff what will you give for it?" "Waal," answered tbe peddler, "I don't wan't it, 'Squire but seein its you I'll give you 37 cents for it."

The sheriff passed him the bottle and pocketed the money, when the peddler said: "I say, I guess 1 hev suthing to ask you now. Hev you got a peddler's license about you?" "No," said the sheriff "I haven't any use for one myself." "Waal, I guess we'll see about that pretty soon,'' replied the Yankee. "Ef I understand the law, sheriff, it's a clear case that you've been trading and peddling Balm o' Klumby on the highway, and I shall inform on you."

Thus he turned the tables and the sheriff was duly fined for peddling without a license.

Idleness.

Many young people think that an idle life must bo a pleasant one but there are none who enjoy so little, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Those who are obliged to work hard all day enjoy their short periods of rest and recreation so much that they are apt to think if their whole lives were spent in rest and recreation, it would be the most pleasant of all. But this is a sad mistake, as they would soon find out if they made a trial of the life they think so agreeable. One who is never busy can never enjoy rest lor rest implies a relief from previous labor and if our whole time were spent in amusing ourselves, we should find it more wearisome than the hardest day's work. Recreation is only valuable as it unbends us the idle can know nothing of it. Many people leave off business anu settle down to a life of enjeyment but they generally find that they are not nearly so happy as they were before, and they are often glad to return to their old occupation to escape the miseries of indolence.

Women's Clothes.

Some crusty old bachelor writes: "Some of the pretty girls, in their glove-fitting walking dresses, look as if they were fea upon canary bird seed, and three seeds made a meal. Their dresses fit'em so tight that if they were to eat a cracker thoy couldn't wear 'em. Why, some of 'em go hungry a week before they venture out, so that they can wear their dresses without giving 'em cramps. They are tighter than their skins. They can sit down in their skins, but they can't in a walking dress. Some of 'em look like perambulating flour barrels, with ahead sticking out one end of 'em, and feet the other. They make a lean girl look thin, and make a fat one look like she's liable to bust at any moment. We admire, and always will, a neatly-made, well-fitting, respectably lengthened walking dress. We think they are beautiful when modestly worn, but we think some of the pretty girls carry the fashion to extremes, ana overdo the thing and they subject themselves to common remark by corner loafers and blackguards as they pass." i*

I*',..® Trouble Among the Widows. j.,. [Philadelphia Times.] Another widow has mysteriously disappeared, the most remarkable feature ot it being that »he was a Maryland widow and about to be married. With the Georgia widow who disappeared a week ago this makes two widows now missing At this rate it doesn't seem as much fun to be a widow as some folks have supposed it is. There is a chance that tbe Georgia widow will soon turn up, as she has written that revenue officers have carried her off for unpaid whisky tax, and, the fact being that the Government doesn't take widows in payment even of the whisky tax, she will no doubt be finally returned to her children. If there are any more handsome widows left it might be worth while for them to lock themselves up before it was too late:

Two Irishmen stood one day talking about the moon and the sun. "Shure, the sun gives a sthronger light," said one. "But the moonis more sinsible," said the other. "How do yees make that out?" "Oh, it's aisy." "Let's hear ye prove it." "B^dad, the moon shoines in the noight, when we nade it, while the sun comes out in broad daylight when evin a one-eyod man can see widout it."

A little squint-eyed Chicago boy pranced up to mother and said: "Ma. hain 11 been real good since I've been goin' to Sundayschool?" "Yes my lamb," answered the maternal, fondlv. "And you trust me now, don't you, ma?"" "Ye3, darling." "Then." spoke up the little innocent "what makes you keep the cookies locked up in the pantry the same aa ever?"

TWO LETTKKS FKOM WASHINGTON.

His Idea of Appointments to OfBee—A Quiet Joke. The subjoined letter from General Washington was read at a recent meeting of the St. Paul Historical society:

PHILADELPHIA, February 6,1791. DBAR GENERAL—Acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 29th of December, ana offering you my best thanks for the interest it expresses in my behalf, I beg you to be persuaaed that neither my late silence nor my present brevity are in any degree the consequence of diminished regard. Your friendship receives from me the same erateful and affectionate return which I have ever made to it but the multiplied duties of my public station allow me little or no leisure for the cultivation of private regards, and the necessity of a prior attention to those duties can not fail, my dear sir, to excuse me to you. Having in all cases of application for appointment to office prescribed as an invariable rule to myself, the right of remaining to the last moment free and unengaged, I did not find myself at liberty, even in your regard, to deviate from that rule, which you will be so good as to assign as the reason why I did not answer your letter of last spring. I have the best disposition to serve the person whom you then recommended, and in what may comport with circumstances and public propriety I shall be happy to do so. At present I know not what offices may be created, and applicants multiply with every new office, and some of them come forward under such fair pretensions and pressing wants that a preference is difficult and painful in the extreme. In a word, to a man who has no endssoserve, nor friends to provide for, nomination to office is the most irksome part of the executive trust. The concern which you take in my health enhances the pleasure I have in answering that it is now perfectly re-established. It will add greatly to my satisfaction to hear that yours is also improved. With affectionate regard and esteem, I am, dear sir, your most obedient servant, Go. WASHINGTON.

GENERAL ARMSTRONG. In an interesting account of an interview with General Thomas I. McKaig, at his home in the mansion near Hagerstown, Md., built years ago by Colonel Frisby Tilghman, the Baltimore Gazette reproduces the following letter addressed to Colonel Tench Tilghman:

ROCK HILL, October 2, 1788.

DEAR SIR—The Chevalier de la Luzerne, hearing me the oiber day inquire after claret informed me that he had a quantity of it at Baltimore—more than he wanted—and would spare me some. As you know how liable liquors are to be adulterated, and that it is the quality only which constitutes the value, 1 persuade myself that you will put this wine into the charge of some person who will be responsible for the safe transportation of it. The chevalier as-ures me that it is old wine and of the first quality. I hope to drink a glass of it with you at Mount Vernon 'ere long. Why have you been so niggardly in communicating your change of condition to us? or to the world? By dint of inquiries wo have heard of your marriage, but have scarcely got a confirmation of it yet. Present Mrs. Washington's und my compliments to your lady and Mrs. Carroll, and be assured that with great truth and affection, I am, dear sir, your obedient servant, Go. WASHINGTON.

"Soft as Aerial Footsteps." [Providence Journal, Pawtucket Letter.] Mr. Hosca Ibid, an industrious young man from the far inland, came to Pawtucket yesterday with a large quantity of blackberries to sell. He was sparsely clad, so to speak, being barefooted and without a vest, while a small striped duster dangled to his waist and a veteran leghorn hat squatted upon his antler-like ears. He informed an officer that he was overwhelmed with misfortunes —his sweetheart bad stepped aside from him to another and there was no market for his berries. Ho had made tbe terrific resolve to get drunk on lager-beer. Larger beer he called it, probably with an idea that he was going to get a size larger. In an hour afterward he had left his team unhitched and was marching about! the street with a bandanna handkerchief about his neek. Forgetful that his feet were uncovered, he had put them upon the boot-black's pedestal, and the mischievous boy had polished up his feet, until they looked like" a couple of cuttle-fish. Being so abstract, he had fallen where it was concrete And covered himself with the gallant tar. At nightfall he was hopelessly drunk. He begged not to be carried to a cell and managed to hiccough that be bad a great aunt or some other majestic relative living on the pike who would be gladder to see him come there drunk than any other man living sobor. So two volunteers undertook to escort him there. He went along (ill right between them, each holding an arm, until he got beyond the borders ofthe town, and then suddenly all the stiffening went out of him and he sank to the ground like a bag of soaked sand. They concluded to carry him the rest of the way on their shoulders, and so hoisting him up there they proceeded on their way. As they neared the house designated as the abode of this illustrious relative a monster Newfoundland dog set up a howl thut made the hearts of the chief mourners sink in their boots. They came to an abrupt halt, upon which the drunken burden on their shoulders raised his head a little, looked about and inquired: "Say— was masser? Why don't the processhion move on?" "O you don't think we are going up where your big dog is, do you?" replied one. "O, don't get skeeredofhim, mizzer," replied the inebriate "he knows my footsteps!"

Deserted Mansions.

No human being can rest for any time in a state of equilibrium where the desire to live and that to depart just balance each other. If one has a house which he always means Co live in, he pleases himself with the thought of all the conveniences it offers him, and thinks little of its wants and imperfections. But once having made up bis mind to move to a better, every incommodity starts out upon him until the very ground plan ot it seems to have changed in his mind, and bis thoughts and affections, each one of them packing up its little bundle of circumstances, having quitted their several chambers and nooks and migrated to the new home, long before its apartments are ready to receive their bodily tenant.

It is so with the body. Most persons have died before they expire, or died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, a* it were, tne locking of the door of the already deserted mansion. Almost always there is a preparation made by nature for unearthing a EOUI.

Some of the dying are weary and want rest, the i'iea of which is almost inseparable in the universal mind from death. Some are

in pain and want to be rid of it, even though the anodyne be dropped, as in the 1* gend, from the sword of tbe death-angel. Some are stupefied, mercifully narcotized, that they may go to sleep without long tossing about. And some are strong in faitn and hope, FO that as they draw near the next world they would fain*hurry toward it, as ibe caravan moves faster over the sands when the foremost travelers seud word along the file that water is in sight. ^v

Tributes to Woman.

"Here fb» was wont to gol and lu re, and herfr^ Ju»t *hm thoee daisle*. pinko and viM» itrow The world mat Bud tbe *pring b» following her Kor oih' print her airy tepa ne'er lef Her (reading would uit bend a Made vf grass. Or ahake the d..woy blow-bull front Ida »lalkl Bat like the *ott west wiud *ht *hot aoug, Aud wheie ali« w. nl the flower* took tniu*-al root, Aa the had sowed iheiu with her odorous luutl"

SOCIAL.

It is because women have more tact than men that they prove the most influential teachers. They have more self-restraint than« men and naturally more gracious and polito.| In matters of social detail, aptness and dexterity come to them like nature and hence well-mannered men usually receive their best culture by mixing in the society of gently and adroit women. —Samuel Smiles.

PERSONAL.

We can not conceive women as distinct,, distant, unrelated she seems so personal,, concrete, so near yet we can never quite come up to her discernments, nor gainsay their delicacy and truthfulness. The very name of woman becomes soiled if we seek to be related to her by the coarse ties of appetite instead of the charm of ideas. Endowed with magnetic gifts, by necessity of sex, a realist and diviner, she lives nearest the cardinal facts of existence, instinct with the mysteries of love and late a romance ever attaching itself to her name and destiny.— A. B. Alcott.

FANCIFUL.

"Women are such strange creatures I I there any trick that love and their own fancies do not play them? Just see how they marry 1 A woman that gets hold of apiece of manhood is like one th- se Chinese wood carvers who work on any odd, fantastic root that comes to band. I should like to see any kind of a man distinguished from a gorilla, that some good, and even pretty woman, could not shape a husljund out of.—O. \V. Holmes. ?y

POWERFUL.

When people talk of women's claims and women's rights I think of the tournaments of former days. If the ladies had descended into the arena, the most of them would have made but sorry knigbts, whereas, remaining in thegallery, it was they whogavethe prizes and it was to win the meed of praise from them that each knight did his ueat. There is something of the same kind even in the most unchivalrous ages.—Arthur Helps.

MIRTHFUL.

I see how it is. Woman is now supreme in the house. She will gradually control everything. Woman is one of the ablest and most cunning creatures who have ever mingled in human affairs. I understand those who say they don want the ballot. They want the p.iwer without the responsi- .. bilitv so while we are being amused with the ballot, woman is quietly taking things into her own hands.—C. D. Warner.

DELIGHTFUL.

One of the finest compliments ever paid to a woman was that of Steele when he said of Lady Hastings "that to have loved her was a liberal education." Viewed in this

light, woman is an educator in the highest sense, because she educates humanely and lovingly. ,,

THOUGHTFUL.

Love in woman is no trifling emotion. On its joyous side it seeks affinity with every phase of nature that is gladsome and of promise. When one thoughtfully considers 5 the part which love has in the destiny and character of woman, the issues that come out of it for her weal or misery, her ruin or perfection, nothing is more pathetic, and death itself is not more solemn—Henry Giles.

Truth for Young Men.

The one great practical truth that ought to be driven over and over again into ni own mind by every young man is. that he should not care a button for his likes and dislikes but should do what ought to he done, in spite of any disagreeableness. The lesson of self-denial is far beyond any other in im-

portance. It must be repeated a thousand times over before it is really learnt by heart, but oh, how worthy the painsl Happy is he who has learned not to seek for what is pleasant, not to shrink from what is painful, but to go on doing everything that he knows to be good, and kind, and right, in utter disregard of self. How a man might ennoble and invigorate his life if he would work this principle into the very grain of bis mind and strenuously act upon it, invariably striving not after what would be pleasantet, but, what would be best. In fact it is the very essence of all that is good and great in human life and not only so, but is the truer road to happiness.

A Freak of Nature..

A New York doctor has a daughter who is now 22 years old—a pefectly formed woman, with the exception of ber head, which is that of a pig'i. Her mother died in giving her birth. She speaks half a dozen languages perfectly. She is thoroughly educated. Being debarred from all human associations by her misfortune, she has sought and found partial alleviation in the cultivation of art in all its 1 forms. She has one of the purest, highest and truest souls. S.he is very religious— naturally so. She goes out in a close carriage with her head closely muffled, and she speaks without any difficulty but owing to the peculiar formation of her throat, mouth and -r nasal organs, the sound of her voice resem- 'i: bles very closely the squeaking of a pig.

A Quaint Blessing:.

In 1718, when young Pope, in a fever of victory and genius and hope and anger, was to-

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friends and furious detractors to his temple of fame, his old mother writes from the country: I "My deare—There's Mr. Blunt, of Maple I Durom. dead the same day that dear Mr.

Inglefleld died. Your sister is well but If your brother is sick. My service to all that ask of me. I hope to hear from you, and that you are well, which is my daily prayer and this with my blessing."

The triumph marches ty, and the car of the young conquerer—the fond mother sits in the quiet cottage, and says: "I send you my daily prayers, and I bless you, my deare."

The little girl who was disappointed because ber name could not be found in the Bible, says: "Nevermind! I will be such a good girl that if ever another Bible be written, my name shall go into that."