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At last I am HesseS -with a lovsfi
Just 'what a lover should be-"
Devoted and constant, and Imnseome,
Handsome as handsome can!*8*
Devoted!—devoted, believe ma
He never has left me a day; ,
I am ever his pride and his darSPg—
Without me he cannot he gay.
He cares for no lovelier lady;    "
To him I am very fair;
Contented he rests on my bosons
Kisses my lips and my hair.
Handsome I—his cheeks are like loses,
His head is run over with curlSt
His forehead is white as asnowWft,
His teeth glimmer clearer thanBearls.
His eyes they are bright as the sunshine,
With lashes that cannot be beaf>
And then I Imow that you've never
Seen such hands and such feet.
Wealthy ?   He's careless of money-
Money to him is but drosB;
Silver and gold, for my lover,
Are only for pitch and for tosJr
He must have been born to a fortune—
He's lived at his ease ever since',
If you'd see but the style of his dKBsing,
You'd probably think him a pj&ce.
Shirts thick frosted with stitching,:
Silken embroidered socks;
I think the most of his money
He keeps in a paintec1 jox.
Bell show you a golden guinea,   '
On which he cut his first tooth, ,
Strung on an azure ribbon,
Tied with a love-knot, forsooth!
Of teeth he has half a dozen,
Set to the cunnirgestmoid;
3Tor I am my lover's mother—
For he is but one year old!
HEAK  BOTH   SIDES.
Tonder speaker gains your ear!
He seems right, there's no denying
Yet, my friend, before replying,   t
Hear both sides, to make it clear!
Each one thinks his cause is just,
Be he titled lord or minion!
I*rides himself on his opinion !
Take his story firston trust.
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Xia     a weeping wife has "wrongs;,
Si , indeed, seems her condition J
Ere you favor her petition,
Find out where the blame belongs.
Hear both sides if you would save
Wedded hearts in their probation;
Jealousy my have foundation
Cold and " cruel as the grave!"
Judge no man by what you hear
Prom th*e tongues that dare assail lim;
Power to contradict may fail him,
Or to save the name held dear.
As you meet the human tides, i
•-   Pause, my friend, ere you pass seJience,
Lest, too late, you feel repentance,
In all cases—hear both sides.
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HIS   WIEBo
Twice "Wedded, Once Matec,
It was glorious moonlight; sucl moonlight as one sees only in the Souh—the
sky one beam of Hying light, yelbw and
clear as crystal. The soft brevfch of
summer stirred, the leaves of the starry,
white jasmine, which swung as iy unseen fairy hands. The night inall its
perfection lay gloriously fair, unnarred
by any sound to break the outline of the
picture, save the musical voicef. "We
stood, together beneath a wide spreading
magnolia tree—John Vandeleur md I.
The moonlight glinted on his stern,
white face; his dark eyes were beii upon
my own; both his hands grasped nine—
grasped, them with the desperate eager-
nessof despair.
"Jessie," he said, at length, breaking
the silence that lay between us two.
"J aro going,away to-morrow!"
•I felt my -heart bound madly, and
then stand still, with undefined terror.
We had been so happy all that long,
quiet summer, away from the noise and
din of the world, shut in by forests/and
green-banked lakes, and waving verdure.. It had. been like a beautiful idyl,
and, like all such episodes, had to end
sometime* But it was* a hard lesson that
I had lecb&sa ixr-Hie interim.   IknewjsK
 -iii Xu  "XfjVt!-v^o-_ii_ 'vv        3i.a   T..Zw .
" Imew, also, by look and "tone, -slncl the
caressing manner, which stood instead
of speech, that he loved me. But I felt
that a shadow stood between us—an impenetrable shadow—I did not know how
impenetrable until that night, when,
out in the pale-faced moonlight, we stood
beneath the magnolia trees. I saw him
gasp for breath, as his eyes met the look
of pain in mine; he trembled violently,
and dropped my hands with a passionate
gesture.
"Jessie," he cried, suddenly facing-
me in desperation, "you love me, and
I—oh, God! I love you so ! And yet I
am going to break your heart. This
summer has been a dream of heaven to
me; a wild, hasheesh dream, in which
such wretches as I ought never to be
permitted to indulge. Ah, well, it is
over now! Jessie, say that you love me
—once—just once !"
I looked into his dark, sad eyes. "I
do," I answered, firmly. Aye, come
what might, that was true, and earnest,
and unalterable. He threw both arms
around me, and, drawing me closer to
him, pressed one kiss upon my lips. No
one else has ever kissed them, no one
else ever shall.
" Can you bear to hear my story tonight?" he asked, as I loosened the
clinging arms, and. stood before him,
trying hard to calm the wild, tumultuous
throbbing of my heart. "Because," he
continued, " you must know it; and. I—
I shall go away to-morrow."
" I can't bear it !"
My voice sounded far away, and faint.
He pushed the dark hair from his forehead, and, turning his face away from
my eyes, leaned against the magnolia
ree.
"Five years ago," he began, in a cool,
dreary tone, "while traveling in Europe, I met the woman who has ruined
my whole life. I cannot tell you how
she entangled me in her meshes, throwing the net around me with consummate
art and skill; suffice it that she succeeded in her schemes, and I was bound to
her, body and soul, in chains of galling
iron. You cannot imagine what my life
has been since then, until a few months
agoj when I received a letter from a foreign land, telling me that she was dead
and I was free. Then I met you, and
our friendship grew and ripened every
hour, into something that can never die.
To-day,   Jessie" he    paused    and
clenched his hands fiercely together—
" to-day I received a letter from her—
this woman—my wife—do you understand?—telling me that the report of her
death was a mistake, and she is now on
her way to this country to join me. Ah,
God! you cannot dream of the agony
that has been mine since then! I am
wild with anguish and despair; it seems
as if should go mad or die!"
He paused and once more turned his
eyes toward me. The^-jnoonlight was
pallid on his face, and showed the-Sread-
ful suffering which was "life."' "X 3i& not
speak; I had no words; who could %eak
at such a time ?
"Jessie," he went on brokenly,
"'while she—that woman—lives, I am
fettered with heavy chains. I cannot
appeal to the law for my freedom, for,
vile as she is, she operates within its
pale, and justice cannot reach her.
There is no hope, Jessie, none; we
must bear our heavy burden as patiently .as possible, remembering that life
must end some time."
Then he drew me to him for a moment and gaged silently into my eyes.
No word passed his lips; he pressed my
"band convulsively to his heart, and then,
tuxxuag, T?eafe away through the moon-
All that night I knelt-at my window,
with my head upon the sill, in a trance
of woe and agony. When the morning
came, I arose from my knees, and, throwing myself upon the bed, slept from
sheer exhaustion.
A few weeks later, in company with
my mother (she was all I had in the
world"), I started for Europe. I hoped
in other lands, and amid new and changing scenes, to find some surcease to my
sorrow. I did not know then how hard,
it is to rid one's self of a haunting grief,
for sorrow follows, like a gaunt specter,
whithersoever your footsteps tend—
stalks by your side, claims admittance
to your heart, and will not leave you.
We were on the sea at last—the beautiful, smiling, treacherous sea—so calm
and blue and peaceful above, but with
such depths of woe and despair within
its bosom, when the white faces turn
upward to the light, and the sea-moss
tangles in the floating locks, and the
coral insect builds where rest the mortal
remains of "those who go down to the
sea in ships."
For the first day or so I was confined
to my state-room, very ill, and dreary
and hopeless. On the evening of the
second day I came up on deck, determined to obtain a breath of fresh air.
Lying on a pile of rugs, with a book in
my hand, not for the purpose of reading,
but rather as an excuse for silence, a familiar voice fell on my ears. Trembling
and agitated, I turned my head, and saw
standing at my side—John Vandeleur !
He put out his hand, but I motioned it
away; I dared not touch it; I felt that
it was more than I could bear. He stood
gazing upon me for a moment.
"How came you here ?" I faltered at
last.
A spasm of pain crossed his white
face.
"She !" he muttered savagely—"She
is here—on board! Eor the sake of
sparing you the pain of chance encounters I * was going to Europe. But we
meet again, and on board the same vessel. There is a strange fatality in it,
Jessie."
That night I was awakened from my
sleep by the rushing arid roaring of: the
storm fiend, the hoarse commands of the
Captain, and the shrieks and prayers of
the terrified women. I arose, and,
throwing on a wrapper, I aroused my
mother, and together we sought the cabin. It was a scene of terror upon which
I had never before gazed, and which I
hope never to witness again. The loud
roar of the storm without nearly
drowned the wailing and lamentation of
those within; I glanced toward John
Vandeleur's wife. She was standing,
cool and self-possessed,, leaning against
the piano, her great, dark eyes full of
scorn at the display of" terror around
,„ ..-ugonrK-*, itislied into the cabin:
" Save yourselves !" he shouted. "We
have sprosg a leak, and are going
down."
There was a rush forward, and, seizing
my mother's hand, I dragged her after
me in the wake of the crowd. The life
boats were soon launched, but all, save
two, were instantly swamped, and these,
filled in a moment to overflowing, darted
away through the white-capped water,
and, tossing from billow to billow, were
soon out of sight, leaving some half
dozen standing upon the deck. The
ship was filling fast with water; in a
short time we would be beyond the reach
of human aid. Still clinging to my
mother's hand, I glanced hopelessly upon the group gathered together. Six of
us all told, and tws> of them were John
Vandeleur and the woman whom he
called wife. I noted his presence with a
strange gladness; no matter what happened, we were together. At that awful moment, face to face with death and
eternity, I found no sin in the love which
overflowed my heart for this man.
And so, crouching upon the deck of
the doomed vessel, we watched the
morning break grey, and dreary, and awful, gleaming upon that waste of water,
and the human beings awaiting death.
At daybreak we saw the vessel could
hold up no longer; and spars and masts,
and all available objects were secured;
to these frail supports each awe-stricken
creature was lashed, and was soon floating upon the water.
The istorm was over now; the waves
were still, and the sky shone blue and
bright. At last, with a great noise, the
noble ship went down, and the cold,
dark waters closed over it forever.
A shudder passed over us, as we clung
to our frail supports, and realized then,
with death standing beside us, upon
how slight a tenure our lives hung.
And so we floated for hours, and hours;
and hours. Looking back, now, upon
that time, it seems like an endless age,
in which we moved slowly over the shining surface of the sea. ' I closed my
eyes, at'last, hardly conscious of what I
was doing.
When I opened them again, I was
drifting slowly along, and John Vandeleur's wife was clinging to the spar beside me. How she came there I never
knew ! An evil light shot into her bold
black eyes, as they met mine.
"I know all," she hissed, transfixing
mo with her wicked gaze, " and I hate
you!"
She drew from her bosom something
that shone and scintillated in the sun-
light-r-it was a dagger! Great heavens !
Eace to face with death as we were,
what need to hasten the dreadful end!
I glanced about us. We had floated
away at some distance from the rest, and
were quite alone upon the water. The
fires of madness burned in the woman's
eyes,
"If I perish," she continued, in the
same mocking tones, "you shall not survive to marry John Vandeleur."
I felt the hand of death at my heart.
She raised herself on one elbow, and
poised the shining blade before me.
Just then a floating fragment of the
wreck struck her on the head. I saw the
haughty face grow suddenly ghastly,
and the red blood pour like rain over
her beautiful features; then I knew no
more,
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We were picked tip afterward by a
homeward-bound vessel; I, conscious,
and the woman beside me quite dead.
The other passengers were also rescued,
and no life was lost save hers. Along
illness followed my escape, and when I
came forth from the dark valley it was to j
find my mother and John Vandeleur
bending over me. My eyes sought the
dark ones gazing anxiously into my
white face, and then my mother's voice
fell solemnly upon the silence of the.
room.
"Let us thank God!" she said, fervently.
And kneeling there  they sent up a
prayer to Heaven, earnest and thankful,
while' John clasped my hand as though fj
he would never let it go.
And so I became his wife.
CAfflEBOH -SHESfflAV.
Cleveland's Gorgeous Wedding—Th© Bride,
the Groom, the Toilets, and the Presents.
[Condensed fxom the Cleveland papers.]
The Bride.—Miss Elizabeth Bancroft
Sherman, the bride, is the youngest of
the four daughters of Judge Charles T.
Sherman, and the niece of Gen. W. T.
Sherman, and the Hon. John Sherman,
Secretary of the Treasury. She is remarkable for her personal charms and
beauty. Born in 1858, she is just now
verging upon the threshold of 20. All
the sisters are remarkable for their
graces of person and manners. The
eldest daughter is Mrs. Gen. Miles, and
is with that brave Indian fighter upon
the frontier. Miss Sherman is a lady
who would be selected as one among a
thousand by a painter or poet. She is
of 'a delicate blonde complexion, with i
blue eyes, tall, graceful figure., small
though well-shaped head, crowned with
a beautiful growth of brown hair. Heii
features are all regular, and the expres-,
sion upon her whole face is peculiarly
refined and pleasing.
The Groom.—Senator Don Cameron,
the groom, is quite well known to the
public,, but a personal description may
not be out of place. He is the son of
the Hon. Simon Cameron, and was born
in 1833. This would make him twenty-
five years the senior of the bride. Until
comparatively recently he was solely occupied with great business and railroad
enterprises in his own State. He was
appointed Secretary of War Jy Gen.
Grant, just after the disgraceful Belknap disclosures, and his executive abilities were displayed to the best advantage. He came to the office of United
States Senator to fill out his father's
term of office, which expires in 1879.
In personal appearance Senator Cameron
is of middle height, has a fine head covered with an abundant growth of dark
hair, wears a light mustache, and does
not appear a day over 35 years of age.
He is said to be naturally of a retiring
disposition, but is ever courteous and
attractive in manners. He is said to. be
vejry warmly liked by those who know
him intimately^  and, like his  father,- j
, ^/.ver for/re*s & frier" r? Li.        . . £•
jttie.iQ-ii&is*—-tiltr"pride was attarect
in, a robe of rich, white silk, cut with
low waist-and short sleeves. The-train,
which was long, fell plainly in elegant
folds from her waist. On the front and
sides the dress was finished at the bottom with a box-pleating of silk, and covered with elegant point lace. Following
the diagonal lines of the lace, a garland
of white lilacs and orange blossoms fell
gracefully across the front, while another
extended around the bottom above the
pleating. Her hair was simply dressed,
and the coiffure was outlined by the
closely-drawn folds of a white tulle veil
held in position by orange blossoms and
falling to the bottom of the train. In
front, however, the veil was quite short
to allow free movements of the hand
when necessary during the service. The
bridesmaids wore similar dresses of
white organdy, with the exception that
their trains were not so long, nor their
sleeves so short as the dress of the bride.
The drapery and corsage which they
wore was very different in style from
those of the bride. The only color dis-
cemable about the dresses of all were the
beautiful bouqueti of pink and crimson
which they held in their hanas. Many
other ladies were very tastily and elegantly dressed. The groom wore the
regulation black. The General of the
Army, and various subordinate officers
who were present, were dressed in full
uniform, and presented a showy appearance.
The Presents.—The total value of the
presents is estimated at $100,000.
Among the more valuable were : Necklace and bracelets, worth $5,000, from
the happy groom; diamond ear-rings
and breastpin, from Gen. Sherman and
wife; a check for $3,000 from Secretary
Sherman; a silver tea-set, from Hon.
Simon Cameron ; a gold horseshoe, set
with diamonds, "from one of the Senator's warm friends;" silverware of considerable value, from the Hon. Wa^ne
McVeagh; card-cases, silverware, silk
table-cover of fine Japanese texture, etc.,
from the bridesmaids ; a costly writing-
desk, from Henry Sherman.
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-WASHINGTON TSW.'^i&ftto
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The President has; / *-£d the Pacific
Bailtoad Refunding,'/^ compelling the
Union, the Central tLAhe Kansas Pacific roads to contrilf J25 per cent, of
their net earnings M'jd paying the interest on the Govers,ent second-mortgage bonds.       t_
, The Western Emfttion Society (colored) have adopte«(memorial to Congress, asking an afetJpriation to transport emigrants Wes*hd furnish an outfit of farming uteife, seeds, etc., for
the first year or twofhen, it is calculated, they will be a?f^ supportthem-
selyep -^i^V-^S^k-- -»■*.
The PresitiSnTM^^^^-^^o^.IO?
Ferd S. Winslow, ."' OhieagOj £bj? ,;eom-
plic'ty in the treaty robbexy.jn. 1877
and sentenced to ghteea months' im-"-j
prisonment in the Jiuny penitentiary.
The pardon does n^!elieve Winslow ■ of
any of the time ^imprisonment.   It
simply relieves hiaf'f his subsequent
disabilities as a cifen.   He was sentenced to eighteen imths in February,
1877, and has gaine>two montiis* time,
by good behavior.  | t
~ A BHii< has passetfOie House providing for cutting tim]?dn. the mining regions of the counfA - .Ifcprovides that
timber may be c^apon, the mining
lands of Colorado Nevada, Wyoming,'
Arizona, Utah, Nl.Mexico. Montana,
Idaho, and other-miag,. district, without cost, f or "mini?/ agiicultui'al and
domestic purposerander such restrictions as may be ad^d by the Secretary
of the Interior, t^roteofc^the undergrowth and timbeiyipiW'asSe.
The Public Lan Committee of the
House of Beprest'atives recommend
the ^^ewfitabtCof 1Ko?pi2me^oiE j
5 per cenl. oh tHsaihimum" price of
public lands locate^ipon military land-
warrants, to the Htm in which the
lands are situated, Srhe-liBt of. States to
such duties^ the fine, penalty, or forfeiture so recovered to be paid under "such
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shaH prescribe.
The bill further provides that whenever any officer of customs shall detect
or seize goods, wares, and merchandise
in the act. of heing smuggled, or which
have been smuggled, or wfio shall detect
a fraud by undervaluation or any other
device upon the customs revenue, sueh
officer shall be entitled to receive one-
fourth of the gross proceeds resulting
from such seizure, or which may be recovered, on account of such fraud. Provided that this section shall not apply to
any officer of customs-whose annual salary is $4,000 or more.
The bill repeals Section 16 of the act
entitled, " An acfc to amendthe customs-
revenue laws and to repeal moieties," as
well as sill other acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the f oregolgi?.
'JEST ©HE" ©WMHTg;
JMstingnMied *W0men.
Historyaboundsinnarratives Of women
who have distinguished themselves in
every vocation of life. They have attained
thehighest reach of knowledge, and have
accomplished the most daring feats of
valor. Is it a question of intellect ? Let
Hypatia, who was the most successful
teacher on the school of Alexandria in its
palmiest days, who wap the'grertest phi- ]
losopher, of hex age, who was the most
eloquent orator among'many rivals, who
was far more learned than the proiound-
est of her< exudite contemporaries—let
Hypatia answer. But not Hypatia only,
for. there have been many as able and
learned as she. ■ Was hot Clotilda Tam-
broni, even in this century, Professor of
Greek at Bologna, and the ablest Hellenist in Italy? Dr. Johnson told them
that Mrs, Elizabeth Carter was the best
<Greek scholar in England.' Madame
©acier rivaled the most learned scholars
of her time. Caroline Herschel assisted
her brother William in his astronomical
labors, mad*? for "him some of his most
be benefited by o hiU' enfcesn cfiikbfa&o*   calculations    and   enriched
the Western and SithemBte^e 6&3&1 caence  with many valuable contriDU
"oriaal •thirteen"' cna'j tions.
those of the
California.
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Gen. Sheeman -Imposes some very
radical changes in :e equipment of tho }
regular troops.   Bis ift.fr &i of
away witlr ..the,-h&Q*^.
sword, the carlriSge f~t
knapsack,  and   ss^.^1
stead a good revolt".  «
for cartridges, &J^s,.^
and provision-sdfet, **'
blanket will  cants"   'J.
necessary for a lon^j *»-
be worn.across_thf":^rf
tOWEistvTp"
doing
vqo^canfe's
>plates and
=■ ~m their
iiib.1 pouch
"'■n "bjKnfcpu
Had- not Mrs. Somerville also
acquired eminent distinction in the same
ab&truse and difficult study ? The unfortunate and erring Madame de Ohatelet
translated the " Principia " into French,
and was not less learned than she was
elegant, Anna Maria Sehuman spoke
Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and the chief
modem languages, was well versed in
the Syris,c, Ghsldaie, Arabic and Ethio-
.pic^ and had mastered all the sciences
taught in. her age. The learned Span-
•heiiii. Yonsius and Salmasis were her
no
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Clothing,
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'.QrHS.es 1 g^imd epoch of human conflict that
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In a recent trial at Winchester, England, a wifeless, failing to make his version of a conversation- intelligible by
reason of his fondness for *' says I" and
" says he," was taken, in hand by Baron,
Martin with the following-result;.
"My man, tell us now exactly whfet
passed."
" Yes, iny Lord. I said I would not
have the pig."
" And what was his answer?".
" He said he had been keeping it for
me, and that he—"
' "Fo, no 1 he could not have said that -,
he spoke in the first person."
" '' No, no T my Lord; I was the first person that spoke,"
"I mean don't bring in the third person ; repeat his exact words. My good
fellow, he did not say he had been keeping the pig; he said, * I have been keeping if" .    ■
"I assure you, my Lord, there was no
mention of your Lordship at all. We are
on different stories. There was no third
person there, and if anything had been
said about your Lordship I must have
heard it."   The Baron gave in.
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Lord Mans field once came off second
best irt endeavoring to make a witness
use intelligible language. The man had
deposed that he had not suffered any
loss at the defendant's hands, because he
was up to Mm,. .,-.
" What do you mean by being up to
him ?" asked his laordship,        * •
.   "Mean, my Lord?   Why. that I was
down upon, him." "' ■
"Down upon him?" repeated fiie.
Judge, interrogatively.
"Xes, my Lord, deep as he thought
himself, I stagged him."
"Eeally," said Lord Mansfield; (*I\
do not understand this sort of   language."
"Not understand it?" exclaimed the
unabashed adept in slang; "not understand it! Lord ! what a fiat you must
be!"
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An examiner's perseverance is not always successful in eliciting the desired
answer. "Was there anything"in, the
glass?" asked a counsel or a somewhat \
reluctant witness. " Well, these was
something in it," he replied. <sAh, I
thought we Bhould get at ib in time,"
observed the triumphant questioned,
" Now, my good fellow, tell us what the
something was." The good fellow took'
time to think over it; at last he brawled
out, "It were a spoon." Squally '■unsatisfactory, from a legalpoin.tr oi' view]
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them all iat Mjbeui^ __
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i43Ss& ■ biscriife," says' a sewsjjrpsj?
•"W»te?, *{ia lhei3iilfpaal"gastei43Zc:%€ho
huge sporegewa of mli^opz^ailr^ cti&
seH-perpetuafcng dyspepsia..,5*
A Wsmasusm g&p
do nofcliave handeojke
ers expect us to be wiping ©fi isr ?.*
all the time, and yet to fceeg £jea"r
•some.. ,  ' "
Twd-'^EKicjiBMES wese.-ai'gniE.^ !:
pasture-field, with only a gecC- fesesa
diencej -' la jeply to k BiSfomCi&Z 1 ~c
the othee said:r <*S Motr. - Br/:-^
The goat took jfeam &is Ms woe£l cl. 1
argument'was confti-&c3 wi '"":> ^
-side of the fence.—Mrmlsf&i« „T ~>V;
A-itAGAzms .wxitesr says- tlioso ^ C'
guage of fee hme.- Bfia'k fiomt'i f'i
the least. At ^ny rats we - jhsjo I'1" -"" -
'tolerably well-authenticated eacsc *5sh
a Bingle^aubuxn hate on a fktzk rrJ: •
lar "could talk' p^Iaiaei' -Itea" q rt -
'board, and fusjrish. the fu^is~U: r-
whole oourge <of leete-es.*—SBc'Cu.:' >
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Who Are the Blessed?
Blessed is the man who minds his own
business and attends only to his own affairs, and not the affairs of his neighbor.
Blessed is the woman who never says
to her husband, " I told you sc."
Blessed is the man who can sew on
his buttons when the baby is crying.
Blessed is the woman who won't marry a widower—providing he's your
father.
Blessed is the mother-in-law who
never reminds you that you married
above your station.
Blessed is the rich relation who never
looks down on you—when you are in the
gutter.
Blessed is the poor relation who never
looks up to you—for money.
' Blessed is the old maid that don't hate
old people and children.
Blessed is the old bachelor that don't
hate cats and canary birds.
Blessed are the married people that
don't wish they were single.
Blessed are the single people that are
contented to remain so.
Blessed is the husband who never says
his mother's pies were better thanhis
wife's are.
The death of another explorer in East
Africa is announced. Capt. Elton, who
was accompanied by Mr. Cotterill, has
died of sunstroke in Ugogo. He was
engaged surveying the country between
the upper end of Lake Kyassa and the
Indian ocean, and had traversed sections
most interesting in themselves and new
to geography.
'lit*,
oft'lVt
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mails K-iiesa suspected to confeiB cd-
vortisen;ents oHol£e?ie&, Jci §V$ reason
that, -under the Eevise&Btatuiesr except
in case of letters on which the postage
has not been prepaid, there is no power
conferred on a Postmaster to withhold
letters from the mailer :*He further
states, if the Postmaster Genera] is satisfied by the evidence that any person is
conducting any fraudulent lottery
through the mails, he may instruct the
Postmaster at any office at which the
registered letters arrive directed to any
such person to return the letters to the
postoffice at which they were mailed.
A recent Washington telegram says
the Philadelphia contractors for the
South American railroad are unsuccessful in endeavoring to secure colored
laborers about the capital, from the fear
of the colored men that they will be sold
into slavery, the Brazilian Minister having been called upon by the colored men,
and stated that, although slavery has not
been fully abolished in Brazil, it is in
process of abolition by gradual emancipation, which will make the country free
in twenty-one years. There is a law in
Brazil prohibiting colored men from
settling in that country, and they can
only be taken in by contract under a
special act.
The House was honored, the other
day, by the presence of the venerable
Peter Cooper. The old gentleman visited
the Capitol, says a correspondent, and
occupied the Clerk's office in state until
a resolution was adopted according him
the privileges of the floor. He did not
have to wait long, and the aged Green-
backer was escorted to a seat in the area
in front of the Speaker just as Mr. Kel-
ley arose to make his tariff speech.
Peter turned in his chair, faced Kelley,
and kept this position throughout the
long speech which followed. Peter
Cooper in general appearance very much
resembles the patriarchs of old. He was
treated very reverentially by members
of the Hesse?^
The Senate and House Committees on
the Electoral Count |held a conference
meeting one day lasijweek. The Senate
Committee, telegraphs a Washington
correspondent, does not seem disposed
to favor a constitutional amendment
that will favor a law regulating the subject. A statutory rule governing Congress in ascertaining and declaring the
electoral vote will probably be agreed
upon by both committees. The House
Committee will, however, report an
amendment to the constitution, making
a radical change in the whole system of
electing the President and Vice President. They will at the same time favor
a statutory rule designating the method
of declaring the result of the election,
this law to be enforced pending the
ratification of the amendment by the
States.   	
A Bill to Prevent Customs Frauds.
Secretary Sherman has drafted and
had introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to prevent frauds upon
the customs revenue. It provides that,
whenever any person not a United States
officer shall furnish to the Secretary of
the Treasury, or to any chief officer of
customs or District Attorney, original
information concerning any fraud upon
the customs revenue, perpetrated or
contemplated, which shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of any
fines, penalty, or forfeiture incurred,
whether by importers or their agents, or
by any officer or person employed in the
customs service, such^erson so furnishing information shall Be entitled to receive one-third of thef gross proceeds of
lagaie,
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^Etime Ip. early history."'
"j$e&tejfa$is w%'
thG-mightiest sovereign of'her finej*and*
in the Hebrew records the greatest of
all the Judges, the one that was never
censtu'ed by priest or prophet, was Deborah, the mother of Israel. These were
the most brilliant stars; but there were
a thousand more of scarcely inferior
splendor. The names of Bewan and La
Chapelle stood as high in professional
estimation as those of any male professors of the obstetric art.
Studies of the Ancients.
"Orpheus," remarked the envious
Casca one day as he and his friends were
strolling through the market where,
"hard by, a butcher on the block had
laid his whittle down"—" Orpheus would
have made an excellent butcher, with
Ms wonderful musical abilities."
" And why ?" demanded Brutus, " because he could take the bull by the
horns ?''
"Isot exactly," Casca replied, "but
that is something like it."
"Because," suggested Cinna, "he
could knock the beef flat every time?"
Casca looked disgusted.
'{And do it single-handed ?" suggested Decius Brutus.
Casca looked around for a brick.
"Because," said Cassius, " every time
a customer wanted veal he could make
calf, notes?"
Casca wept silently and shook h;s
head.
"Because he could show his thanksgiving customers how to trombone a
turkey ?" asked Cinna.
Casca pulled his hat down tight on his
head, and. looked as though he was going to kick somebody.
"I know," shouted Decius Brutus
"because he could take a Whole beef
and cornet."
At this the envious Casca waved them
all to silence. " Nay, an' you talk much
more like that, I'll never look you in the
face again. Eor mine own part it is all
Greek to me. I had some foolery of
mine own in thought when I began, but
you have driven it out of my head. It
is the part of men to hold their hush,
when the mighty gods, by such conundrums, send such dreadful answers to astonish us."—Burlington Hawk-Eye.
A. ISJovel Way of Balancing an Account.
Baron B , one of the gravest and
most decorous Judges on the Irish
bench, had a younger brother singularly
unlike him, who was a perpetual thorn
in his side. A scapegrace at school, the
youth would learn nothing, and was the
torment of his teachers. Having been
set a sum by one of the latter, he, after
an undue delay, presented himself before the desk and held up his slate, at
one corner of which appeared a pile of
coppers.
"What is the meaning of all this,
sir?" said the master.
"Oh!" cried the youth, "I'm very
sorry, sir, but I really can't help it. All
the morning I've been working at a sum.
Over and over again I've tried, but in
spite of ali I can do it will not come
right. So 1'Ve made up the difference
in half-pence, and there it is on the
slate."
The originality of the device disarmed
the wrath of the pedagogue, and young
TX was dismissed with his coppers
to his place.
Since the suicide of Sultan Abdul-As-
siz, in 1876, Turkey has had two Sultans, five Ministers, forty Cabinet Ministers, one constitution, one Parliament,
one war, lost three-fourths of its
provinces, and been forced into bankruptcy,
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witness had ihe besfe of thijL'ftGal.*
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A few days ago a petition was filed in
a Texas court, in which the plaintiff
was an old Mexican woman. The court,
as usual, wanted security for costs.
Said the lawyer, '.''She is not required to give a cost-bond. She is a
pauper, and will make an affidavit to
that effect."
"Why, she used to own real estate,"
observed the clerk.
"I know she has got nothing now,"
retorted the lawyer.
"Have you collected your fee in advance ?"
"You bet I did."
"It's ail right, then ; I am satisfied
she is a pauper now," sighed the clerk.
About Bogs.
Eew persons are aware of the value,
variety and weight of dogs, varying as
they do from 180 pounds to less than
one pound, and valued at from $500 to
less than nothing. A description of
different kinds of dogs may be interesting. -
The Siberian blood-hound weighs
about 160 pounds, measures 40 inches
in girt, and is worth nearly $500.
The St. Bernard dog, which is a buff
or light lead color, is very large and
valuable.
The Newfoundland dog, when pure,
is entirely black, and its pups are worth
from $10*to $20.
The shepherd dog, or Scotch cooly, is
wonderful for its patience,, fidelity and
bravery.    It is worth from $50 to $100.
The English mastiff, a good watcb.
dog, is worth from $15 to $25.
Of terriers, the black-and-tan is most
admired. It varies in weight from 1
pound to 25 pounds, and increases in
value as it decreases in weight. Terriers
are often crossed with the Italian greyhound, producing a very delicate but
extremely useless dog. The Scotch terrier is the hardiest of dogs, is very courageous, and is worth from $10 to $30.
Scotch deer-hounds are the rarest and
most valuable of hunting dogs. They
are owned principally by the nobility
of England, and are worth $100 each.
The beagle is the smallest of the
hound kind, has superior scent and endurance, and, in short, is the best sort
of rabbit hunter.
English greyhounds, the fleetest of
dogs, are worth from $25 to $100 each.
The Italian greyhound is merely a
parlor dog. The pure breed is rare and
valuable, a fine one being worth $150.
There is a great variety of pointers,
setters and spaniels. The Prince-Charles
variety is the most valuable of spaniels.
He is supposed to have originated in Japan, where a similar breed exists. He
has a large, full eye, black-and-tan color,
and never weighs over ten pounds. They
have been sold at auotion in England at
$2,000 each.
The coach dog is from Denmark, and
is not of much value.
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Thirty-one Eeet of Snake.
T, O. Carter and Daniel Cleaves, of
Antioch, while riding horseback in the
Diable hills, near Bound valley, saw a
monster snake in a semi-dormant state a
few feet ahead. Carter, who had a
shot-gun, emptied both barrels at the
head of the serpent. When assured
that life was extinct, Cleaves measured
the snake, and found its length to be
thirty-one feet. The body was from
three to four inches in diameter. The
snake was of a greenish color, and had
apparently just shed his winter coat,^
1 Antioch (<&?.) $>ec$er. * * • »
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A"jv6"calisfeinrFeV¥ork'^^at6^w£:ssca--
tenced to the penitentiary the other day.
It was decided to send him to Sing Sing.
PHUNOOBAPHS EEOM THE HAWKEXE.
" Elveda " writes to ask us if " life is
not very sweet to us?" Not a bit of it,
Elveda; our life is sour own.
Medical men have never been able to
properly explain the singular fondness a
hound pup always evinces for omelette
in the shell.
Bismarck drinks nothing but the finest
brandy, and it makes the boys feel sick
to call the party up to the bar when the
Prince is in the crowd.
Parsnips are said to greatly enrich the
milk of the cow. This is the reason a
dairyman considers a never-failing
spring in the garden such amine of
wealth.
Every stage that goes to the Black
Hills takes some woman out to her husband, and the result i3 there are now two
women to every man in that distressed
country.
Fine paper is now made from ihe
white ends of asparagus. It would be
much easier to make boxwood mallets of
the article that is <iold in our markets
for food
Bev. John Jasper sticks to it that
"the sun moves." We believe him. We
have seen it move a comer loafer over to
the shady side of the street, when no
other power could so have moved him.
There is a mad-stone in Iowa that has
performed hundreds of marvelous cures,
but it is like the milk-sickness—always
in the next county—so that no one in
Iowa has ever seen it.
MEKBV  TBIEIiES EKOM THE BOSTON BTO>
IiETTN.
They propose to send a bill-poster
from one of the Western States to Congress, because they are sure that he will
"stick."
A young blade of her acquaintance
had passed without acknowledging her_
bow—her eyes flashed like swords, for
wasn't she a cut-lass ?
" Is there any genuine New England
spirit left T'—New York World. What a
rum question! We guess there is ; at
most any of the distilleries you'll find
some.
" An honest confession is good for the
soul," but Mrs. Tiltonhas done so much
in the confession business that there are
doubts as to whether any of the kind
thus beneficial have yet been made.
"A speech that was thick with the
dust of travel" is the way a& exchange
romantically expresses it. We think
that speech must have come from the
tongue of a wagon.
About ^ Dying of ^erworfiv*5 -
But is overwork always the sole cause
of the deplorable result? Human capacity for work is almost unlimited, and
one of the simplest and best definitions
of health is "being able to§.q a good
day's work easy." Othej? questions
then arise. Was the victim obedient; to
the inexorable laws of liealth? Bid
they put, as Emerson says Englishsaea
usually do, a solid bar of sleep between.
every two days? Bid they eat Mid
drink health and vigor, or dyspepsia
and debility and paralysis? Did they
preserve the equilibrium and vigor of
the physical system by taking segulai*
and energetic exercise, filling thekv
lungs with, the oxygen of pure air? Bid
they heed Sir Philip Sidney^ foul',-'mm§
rules for lengthening life— -.
Great femp'tancs, open air.
Easy labof, little care?
1 —JVew York Ifajxtsm, -
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