srs-AKS PUOM CHRISTMAS DAY
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Karly norntne.
There's a sonnd of .lit few oil thetilalr ' -
And the flutter of ny white robea.
Childish laiichter, snpprpBsed Trim fares' e ' e, "
Creatine doors slowly, carefully closed
For the stockings a rush.
Then a sodden gush
Of deliBht,,faiutly sounds from below, .
For tbe playthings are found
Turnbnng oht on the ground,
And crammed way down into the toe !
May the glad, grateful voices meet Santa C!ui"
ear.
And bring him again, kind as ever, next year t
j Ten o'clock.
By the window; all pretti dressed, fj?
And peaceful, and happy,' anAa-ood,
With faces apiictit tbe glass TaMi,
Is smiling Mamma's marry brood. -3ir-y-"
They watcaftor the sleigh. '
hieb. Paiiamya, toMtay.' v .v.'. -
May rry them to lh chittoti door .
-Now they shout, wttb. delight '
"""a it glides into Mgbt, is r
And scamper away o'er tke floor !
Tis the .JpJJieat time that ever was seen, ) ; a '
For thii not Sunday, but Christmas, ( ween ! .
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w So."fiv ; V
Church ft oer ; and home, 'hrotiRh the sncfw, , i :
The cWldren have eome-with tfreat glee.
For, next on tha programme, yom know, Z
la the dinner mince pies and turkey.
With a thought for the poor, ? - ;
rWhom, Ciirintsavs, our door j, . ' '
Maywaya b founHe eeekj-
-How grateful they'll bo " " """- -y.
Tnen these baskets they see,
Filled with good things to last them a week ! ,
And far happier w, if at night we can say,
He ha vested the harden from one heart to-day.
Twlltsnt. ..y -
Lamps are lighted th fire's cheery glow 4 j
Swiftly-chapes tbe elf-auadea away, -. -,
And Mamma's voice, so tender and low, : r
Calls us all. young and old, from our play
&id the silence unbroken,
aA doer sue throws open
Oh! then what a sight meetaour nase!
Wnst before ns we see . ,
tall, p. utiering tree.
Hung with toys, and with lights all ablaze ;
There is something., for every one, both great and
small, , .
Even Grandpa so old,. Patrick Biddy and all.
Midnight. ""' -.
In this dsVkrned room tread softly now, :
Bend quietly over tltis bed, :
Push back, the moist curls from that flushed, little
brow,- ' v -----t
Press a in(M on tbis dear. cnrlyiieadSr ?
Here's fair Bessie at rest,
"Tith hfr doll on her breast, . .'.
And tbe mofherrlove warm in her heart ; ---
little Hal, with his sword, :
1st in Dreamland, a lord, r : .
While'Wffl cioselv hues his new cart !
v Watch over esur babies, dear Christ-child, we orav.
JLrid may Wiett whale Uvea be as blight as to-day !
V DOT.
""'"'A Christmas Story-
"She npgrer had arjy ot!er Christian
name, aacl 1 cannot tell yon if ber stir-
Jtiame -ww iBmith or Jones. It is an un
solved mystery how, in a home where
Jcnre never entered, where fond titles
were never heard, a name so like a lov
ltfsf abbreviation was ever given to the
child, w
- She was not. one of the little ones
who, climbing npon a mother's lap in a
oosey nttfjery, have pet titles Bhowered
npon them ; who, kneeling beside a
mother's.'knee, lisp baby prayers, and
ace lifted -into warm crips, and, folded
to sleep "tn. softest of blankets ; "who,
waking &sy and happy, find the choice
selectionafexof toy-Bhops awaiting their
defs traction from baby fingers.
"Dot's nursery was a cellar with stone
walls and an earthen floor,, and if her
mother eve lifted her, it was to bestow
apon herhrinking body a blow ; her
crib was vdirty blanket in a corner,
whre she-crept alone ; and if she ever
heard hejP2reat6r's name, it was in a
curse, notr prayer. : '
Ber falher and mother, tall and
strong, -mocked part; of the week to ob- J
tain tne means of beinsr drank: the rest.
and had mo other pleasure in common
bat. that ol kicking,- cuffing and: abus
ing Dot. T - '
"She waCSye years old, with the stat
ure of a child of two, and so thin that
ieemed v wonder her bones did not
fall apartwith no more flesh to bind
them together. Out of a tangle of dull,
daat-colored hair peeped a tiny white
face, with sunken cheeks, pinched lips,
and eyes 4bat were like owls', they
lootcea so unnaturally large and. round.
La winter her fingers and toes wert
coffered with great red, chilblains, and
all the yeaarround she carried upon her
poor:, little back the marks of cruel
btows.
fter idearof home was that it was a
horrible place, from which it was com
parative happiness to escape into the
streets a "place here a powerful , vi
rago she called "tasmmy" twitched her
up whenever she found a warm corner
behind the stove, and tossed her by her
poOrJittle sticks of arms into far-off
cold corners, or cuffed her and turned
heiinto tistreetsf where a reeling,
swearing man lifted her on his great
foot to topp her poor little aching bones
across the tor, where she would lie in
a earner trying to suppress her sobs,
lest the noise should attract notice and
a consequent fresh abuse.
Her hieftKet idea of comfort was cen
tered in agreat brewery at .the : corner 1
of the wretcned street wnere sne uvea,
andwhere she could sometimes creep
into a warmspot, or feel in.' the gut
ter., outside the rush of the hot
refuse that swept by, and whose sweet
smelling steam . "enveloped1 ' her in
warmth. ..-
fcbe was - lying npon the curb-stone,
feetmg and, inhaling i this t steam, one
ChriBtmas Eve, when Miss. Jkfary Bus
sell; ona ofjpie teachers in ar large Mis
sion tmdayJ3chooL, hurrying, past the
brewery, muffled in .soft. jfur8,. nearly
stumbled oyer, the prostrate little figure.
It was a dear, starlight evening, early
yet, thon b -after ini plight, brit very
cold J , and Jhe lady stopped, jwekened
with the sight of thirf aloaat-sMverinlg in
scant cahoo dress, a ragged cloak and
hood,; barefooted, ' d . with - a thin
white face, fhich was' all distorted by
crying. ' A ' ; ;', ' -
" Child ! dhBd V 'she 6ali what are
you doing here ? ' -1".
"I an t 4ra lib axnirt ' an
swered, scrambling1 4a hr eet, It
feels good, and TiA cOia - - "
. "Coldl It. should, ithink so. . Were
w your honWJT "" K j ;-.
"Mammys mail c4''PPliea!? a
spree and an't trnt nn.manT- Bhoa
walloped ma. twice,',attdI an't had -a
bite to-day, t I sneaS&ed" btit to :warm
me here. Ioften eomea, 4mt I don t
do no harm-." n( -,)";'.,'t .
" WiU you come'witii mo 'wiere you
can have soma food aad clothes ?"
Dot was willing enough, and put a
hand like a gird's fclaw info Mias Bus
ejl s. It wasXJhristmas Eve, aa I have
"aid, and thF teachers f, the Sunday
achool were preparing a free and a treat
of nice things') eat for the little ones
under their charge. Itws fcSfaovelty
to see any of them enterifig,' with' little
ragged children ; but Dot's face was so
utterly wan and white that -several of
tbe other ladie gathered around, her aa
8hf, entered the long room. - -V , ? 'i
. 1 ,f.nnd lser shivering on a curb
stone Miss BusseU explaixved, " and
ae has evidently escaped from the
nelties of drunken parents. We must
clothe and feed her to-night, and to
morrowl wiU see if she is a case for
the 'Home.' ;. ;
"Wh?s your nanear?''" asked
, '' P Please ma'am, don't take that
' " w reeze death u yn do-"
we wnt to put tome warmer clothes
n you, Dot," was the reply ; and the
little one was tenderly lifted in motherly
arma, and carried by - Mary's mother
into a little room, where a great basket
of ciotliwg stood ready lor aisiriou-
tion. ' "; .. ' ; .
The little waif was full of wondering
awe. Never in her short life had she
seen such rooms as these she was in.
Never had her rags beerf taken from her
poor little shivering body by such soft
hands ; never had cool ointment touched
the great sores on her back, the chil
blains on her feet and hands ; never had
tears fallen upon her tangled hair, or
kisses on her wondering face.
Gently, as if she were a king's
daughter, Bhe was washed, and cloth
ed in warm garments, her tangled hair
cut and brushed, and a warm woolen
hood tied over it ; her feet chafed ten
derly, warmed and bound up in soft
linen, and then covered with loose
woolen socks and easy shoes.
And while she was being dressed a
low, sweet voice was telling her that
she was to see a Christ mps tree. Once,
a whole long year ago, Dot had heard
one of the many children, who swarmed
in the wretched street where she lived,
tell of a Christmas tree. He had seen
it from the open door of a church, and
its glories served for many an hour's
description when the other children
stood in open-mouthed wonder listening
tO "'Tin.
Vaguely, dreamily, for the warmth
and comfort were making her drowsy,
Dot tried to recall these descriptions.
She had heard of heaven from the same
boy, who told her that the church door
showed him a place lust li&e neaven,
and she acepted the comparison, as she
did all the rest, in unquestioning Deiief
and utter ignorance of tne meaning of
the word.
When she was all dressed, Miss Bus
sell lifted her again, and carried her to
a cushioned seat in a comer, saying :
-"Now sit here quietly, like a good
" little girl, and I will soon have some
thing for you to eat besides tnis.
LA great bun. with plums in it, was
placed in Dot a hands, and tne kind
lady went away.
Far off, quite at the other end of the
long room, she could see a group of
ladies busy about a tall green tree.
which they were loading with toys, dolls
and horses, and hundreds Of bright
beautiful things, none of which Dot
had ever seen, sine tried to eat her bun.
but the pangs of hunger had given way
to a sick loathing of food, and sne could
not swallow.
Over the little thin limbs there crept
slowly a numbing warmth, and the little
hooded head drooped till it rested upon
the wall beside her, powerless to rise
again.
Yet the child did not sleep. The
ladies at the end of the hall, moving to
and fro, took fantastic shapes in her
large, wide-open eyes, and she wondered
if they would all rush at r by and by,
tear off her new clothes, and fling her
into the street again. Once or twice in
her wretched life, she had had a gar
ment given to her that had vanished as
soon as she took it home, and she
thought how she should cry if her
mother tore off all these warm clothes
and sent her about shivering in her rags
again.
Then the great tree danced up and
down in her dizzy sight, and seemed
nodding, its strange, bright burden
above ner head. She wondered why
tne babies upon it hung by the neck,
and where they got such beautiful
clothes ; why the horses did not prance
about, and what all the strange, line
things were for.
After a time the ladies went into an
other room, where she could still hear
their voices, and the lights were lowered
so that the long room was quite dim.
Then the child fell asleep, and a dream
came to her. '
In the dream a white-winged angel,
with the face of the kind lady who had
taken her from the curb-stone, bent
over her and said :
" No more pain, nor cold, nor hunger
after to-night, Dot."
- And she felt soft kisses on her lips,
and all faded away into a long, dream
less sleep.
Two or three times Miss Bussell went
softly to Dot's comer. Once to put a
folded shawl under her head, and settle
her comfortably upon ' the cushioned
seat ; once, when no one observed her,
to press her lips again upon the poor
little face, and whisper a prayer. You
see, she was "one of the woman and
God be thanked there are many who
went into the Mission School with a heart
full of mother-love, pity, and Christian
chanty. ' One who thought of each neg
lected little one as one of the children
Christ called, and who might answer
the call, if a tender, helping hand was
extended to aid stumbling feet. Every
sore apon Dot's little pinched body had.
sent a pang to this noble heart ; every
tear that fell from her great, wistful
eyes had drawn the mother-love closer
to her.
And as she stood covering the little
sleeping figure, putting the soft pillow
under the weary head, no child had ever
had gentler touch than was given the
little street waif . .
"Cannot eat," she thought, seeing
the un tasted bun held fast in the thin
fingers ; "that is bad. I will have a
little warm milk for her when the sup
per is ready. We must get her into
the children's hospital for a while.
She' breathes as if her lungs were dis
eased.' .-l": '
80 with good wishes floating like
blessings over her, Dot slept till a great
burst of music wakened her with a start.
She , stood erect, her eyes dilated, her
whole figure trembling. Little children,
two by two,. neatly clad, and singing a
hymn, entered by wide open doors, and
trooped past her in a seemingly endless
procession ; ijbe great organ pealed above
her,' shuddering with its mighty chords
of music '
Beyond, in a glory of light, such as
the child had never seen, was the Christ
mas tree, a thousand darts of fire
springing from its branches, and the
colors flashing in every direction. Still
the music, the organ and - happy voices
of hundreds of children filled the air,
and the glorious tree blazed before Dot's
eyes. ,r , 5 " ' '-? ' ' v.-
The pains and sufferings of her whole
life faded slowly from the child's mem
ory as she stood looking and listening,
her whole being absorbed in her ec
stacy. She forgot the wretched cellar,
the loud-voiced mother, the brutal
father; forgot cold, hunger and pain.
- Over her whole tiny being floated the
divine incense of the loving atmos
phere, wrapping her in : a . delicious
glow, stilling1 every fear, every doubt,
absorbing body and soul in the Christ
mas warmth... " ' ;:i,.'.vv
When the children sat down, still
singing, little Dot slewly sank back, into
her corner, nestling there very wearily
with the happiness closing around her,
drawing her into warmest ' embrace.
Softly fell upon her ears the voices car
xyuifi we grauiuue ut tie cmiuiwi w
the Savior's feet; the great tree seemed
to bend again over her and cover her
with its brightness, and Dot folded her
hands and lay quiet, never doubting
that she had reached a haven of per
petual warmth, music aad happiness.'
One by one the children of ' tha' 'Mi S-
sion school came forward aa the teach
ers took the gifts from the tall tree.
tiirla who had looked m vain longing at
the shining toy-shop windows now
clasped a doll, with an instinct of moth
erhood, close in : their loving arms.
Boys, for whom drums and tops had
ueou vuxy iiuttgmary joys, iounu meui
selves smiling possessors of these cov
eted treasures. Little ones who had
often wondered what candy tasted
like," found their fingers opening paint
ed cornucopias to find out.
The organ pealed forth iovous an
thems, and there was ever a chorus of
childish voices to sing the Christmas
hymn.
It took a long time to provide each of
the little ones with a gift, the older
children witn oookb, the younger with
toys and sweets, and the evening was
far advanced when . the procession was
reformed to go into the adjoining room
where supper was laid. -
The room was clear of all the little
ones when Miss RasselL, with a doll and
horn of candy in her hands, went once
more to Dot's corner.
"Still slet ping," she thought "I
-should have thought the music and light
would have wakened her."
She bent lower, touched . the little
hood, and then knelt suddenly, drop
ping her toy and candies, her face pale
as ashes, and the tears streaming from
her eyes. '
For cold and starvation had done
their sad work, and full of the strange,
new happiness surrounding her, little
Dot had found her Christmas in the
world where' sorrow comes no more.
The little figure was still in death, the
little face set in marble stillness ; and
carried upward upon the wings of
Christmas love, the joy of Christmas
song, the glory of Christmas light, little
Dot's soul had risen to the feet of the
pitying Savior, who loves little children.
John Gilpin Outdone.
Caleb Harris, of Hudson, Mich.,
bears off the palm from all competitors
in tbe daring and romantic feat of
horseback riding. He left Buffalo on
the 7th inst., with two car-loads , of
cows, purchased near Hudson, ; and
destined for the fine dairy farms of
Madison county, in this State. In the
early part of the evening, the kEg train
stopped at Fairport, cs Mr.. Harris sup
posed, for supper, and he embraced the
opportunity to look after the welfare
of his stock, which was in the forward
end of the train. Finding all in good
order, he was about returning t the
rear end of the train, when unexpected
ly the train started, and so rapidly that
he deemed it 'hazardous to attempt to
get on the caboose when it should reach
him. Besolved not to be left, he
mounted -the train at risk of life and
limb, and commenced walking back to
the caboose, when he fell and came
near sliding off to the ground. He now
resolved to make a virtne of necessity
and ride to the next station "on deck."
After braving the storm and cold and
wind a few moments he feared he might
freeze to death in that position, and
finding a trap -door on the deck of the
sheep car on which he stood he decided
to "go below" and seek more comfort
able quarters among his woolly fellow
travelers. Here he was foiled again,
for the door, firmly fastened with ice or
iron, refused to yield to his attempts to
force it open. The only remaining
chance was to "turn in" with his
horned passengers snugly . stowed
away with "every sitting taken," as it
seemed to any observer. It was short,
quick work. The scuttle was lifted and he
alighted on the back of a frisky young
Durham. She objected to this rude
intrusion in her quiet couch, and com
menced to kick. She squirmed and
twisted and fidgeted till finding all her
efforts futile, she began to " bellow."
It was no use. The frightened animal
was in a tight place, and our hero was
master of the situation, and fully de
termined to hold ont and to hold on.
Time seemed long, but on thundered
the train. - At length they arrived in!
Syracuse, where our friend found a re
lease from his cattle-car "Pullman,";
to the joy no- less of his companions in
the caboose than of himself, and now
congratulates himself as the champion
bare-back rider of the world, having
ridden fifty miles in three hours on the
unsaddled back of a cow. Rochester
Dem
" It's a Mistake."
The Chicago Times says : John
Smith from Iowa, a six-footer and over,
amused the " boys" on the board ' yes-;
terday with the recital' of the way in
which he reciprocated the friendly
greeting of a bunko "steerer" yester
day morning. John was passing Field
& Leiter's store on State street, when
a dapper little fellow stepped up to
him : , :
" Why, Mr. Jones, how do you do ?
When did you arrive ? How is Mrs.
Jones?"
John Smith looked at the little fel
low a moment, and "tumbled" to . the
game at once. The bunkoist, as he
spoke, extended his hand for a friendly
shake. John drew .a long breath,
spread out his fist until it was nearly as
broad as a chair-bottom, and then took,
very innocently the delicate fist of his
new acquaintance.. Looking with a quiet
smile straight into the fellow's eyes, he
gradually tightened hi grasp until the
delicate mauler of the elegant-appearing
young man was entirely lost to sight.
Bunko grew alarmed, but concealing
his fears, remarked that he believed he
had made a mistake . ,.
"Not at all ; I'm right glad to see
yon, responded, John. .
Crunch went a few more bones, - the
blood mounted to Bunko'! face, his
knees trembled,-and he began, to look
as if he were about to have an apo
plectio fit. . if!
" Excuse me, Jones ; it's a mistake,"
he finally roared.
".Not at all; only too glad to see
you. Smith was inexorable. XStmfco
fairly yelled with pain., i He ' wound
round and round, shot up to his full
height, and then slid down on his Knees.
At length John was 'satisfied. The
right hand of Bunko was a mass of
badly crushed flesh and bones, without
any semblance to any part 01 tne numan
anatomy. John let the bruised member
fall, gave the fellow a hearty kick, and
left, pleasantly remarking :
1 guess it was a mistake, after all.
' Spkakeb Blaine is' a man of ready
resources. At the reception by Con
gress of his Sandwicbian Majesty , the
latter appeared somewhat ill at ease,
and, like many people in that predica
ment, showed that he did not know
exactly what to do with his hands. The
Speaker relieved him by descending
from , th e chair . and shaking . one of
them. Here is a good hint for party
givers and ladies who. receive. 1 When
a fair hostess sees a bashful guest
pinned against tbe wall, and evidently
laboring under anxiety as to what he
shall do with his hands, let her imme
diately go np and shake one of them
hard and her guest will thank her for
her handsome conduct. "
?XltlngstdnesXa9t 1Jonraa!s7
The. London' Standard saysr Dr.
Livingstone's last journals have just
made their appearance, after a delay
which, considering their extent and the
difficulty of deciphering them, has been
singularly short. Thanks to his faith
ful attendants, there is reason to be
lieve that not One line of the great trav
eler's writing has been lost, from the
time of bis leaving Zanzibar, in the be
ginning of 1860, to the day when bis
note-book r dropped from . his dying
hand, in April, of. last year. The diffi
culties of the great explorer in writing
and preserving these most valuable
records can hardly ; be overestimated.
Soma are contained in copy-books.
naarv more in metallic pocket-books,
ana some again m iu& a u.ic.
When the supply of writing paper was
short, the traveler's ingenuity supplied
the deficiency, and 'old newspapers,'
as Mr. Waller tells us, 'yellow with
African damp, were sewn together, and
his notes written across the type with a
substitute for ink made from the juice
of a tree.' Among the illustrations
which we may observe, by the way, are
not quite so sensationally picturesque
as in some recent books of African
travel is 'a photolithographic repro
duction of a page of one of these inter
esting books. A fragment of the Stand
ard of the 24th of November, 1869, is
crossed with some very careful notes
written in the red decoction referred to.
The material on which it is based is
used to dye ' virambos and to ornament
the faces of the people of the interior.
For such purposes it may be, and
doubtless is, very useful, but as ink it
is somewhat of a . failure, fading with
time, and from the appearance- of the
fac simile, running into the paper in a
peculiarly provoking manner. In spite
of all the difficulties attendant upon the
task of deciphering an enormous mass
of manuscript of this character the
work has been most successfully per
formed, and Mr. Waller is able to say
with truth that in the record of seven
years of continuous labor and explora
tion, 'no break whatever occurs.' "
Fatal Duel Between Brothers.
A correspondent of the Baltimore
American gives the following account
of a mysterious affair, which ended in
the violent death of two brothers :
" In Fawn township, York county,
Penn., lived a very respectable colored
family, composed of Stephen Young
and wife, one daughter, and two sons,
the oldest son, Bobert, aged about 17
yfears, and . his brother William, aged
about 14 years. On Saturday, the 19th
inst., the two bays started out in the
morning gunning, to shoot a bird or so
for a neighbor's sick daughter, and after
hunting until about 3 o'clock they took
dinner at an uncle's and afterward shot
at a mark, and then started for home.
They were seen by a gentleman about
sundown within a half mile of their
home, going in that direction. About
9 o'clock that night a gentleman pass
ing along the road heard some groans,
and discovered Bobert lying in the
fence corner mortally wounded. He
started to run toward their home, and
found William, the younger, lying upon
his face, about 100 yards from Bobert,
in a dying condition. A few of the
neighbors were gathered, and the un
fortunate lads were carried to their
home. Two physicians were immedi
ately called in, but they could give
no ; relief. One died at 10 o'clock and
the other at 2 o'clock, the next day. A
jury of inquest was called together by
Samuel Adams, Esq., and, after exam
ining several witnesses, gav9 it as their
opinion that they had shot each other,
standing about a rod apart, both shots
having been fired at the same instant,
and both being shot in the head.
Neither of them spoke afterward,
although William, the younger, had
run a hundred yards after being shot.
No cause can be assigned for the act,
as they were on good terms with each
other, were sober, quiet, and industrious
boys, and well liked by all with whom
they came in. contact."
A Sporting Event.
. He lived in York State, and his name
was Charley. He was a small boy, aged
only five years, with yellow curls and
cute ways, and a bump of imitation
abnormally developed. He likewise
possessed unbounded pluck and a
great deal of Belf-relianoe. His latest
ambition has been to shoot off a gun at
birds, like his uncle, and the Other day
he accomplished his object. As a pre
liminary he watched his opportunity
and appropriated a small single-barreled
shot-gun, a pouch containing
two pounds of shot, and a flask holding
a pound of powder. He had seen his
nncle load a gnu, and knew all about it.
He first poured in all the powder in
the flask, then he jammed down a wad
of paper ; next, he poured in all the
shot and jammed in another wad of
paper. After some difficulty he got
the gun capped and marched ont into
the orchard with blood in his eye. He
allowed he'd kill something, it didn't
take long to discover a small bird on an
apple tree, and Charley marked the
feathered biped for his own. At the
first fire the shot-gun : disappeared
totally, the bird is yet to hear from,
and from the appearance of Charley
when he was found under a currant
bush it was evident that game would
escape his attentions for some time to
come. He is so he can talk now, and
when the other boys come to visit him
as ; he lies in bed he gives 'em points in
regard to the way of aiming a , gun
which Leatherstocking never . dreamed
of. And in his heart of hearts Charley
isn't really discouraged about field
sports, but rather coT.fused.
' A French Report of the Scandal.
This is the way a Frenchman re
ported the Brooklyn scandal: "One
Grand Ecclesiastical Scandal Great
Excitement in New York and Brook
lynThree Clergymen in Moosh Trou-bell-
Mons. Moulting, Tiltong, and
Beechare have One Grand Oontrovef see.
Mons. Moulting is ze pastorr of ze
Pleemoz Church, 'of : New York, dis
covered by Columbus, OhioA in 1492.'
Mons. Moultong is accuse of taking ze
lmpropare liberte wiz ze Wife of Theo
dore Beechare,' who .is Mrs, Harriott
Beechare Stowe,' ze mozare of Onkle
Tom, ae blind pianist! , Mons. Beechare
also is acoase of ze impropare libertee
Z?lrl' Tflton&- daughtare of Susan
B. Anthony, ze ;sistare of Mark An
th??y? Jo. was make love wiz Cleo
patra. Mona, Tiltong have cause- ze
separashong , of Mons. Beechare and
his vife. Sh resides in ce city of
Brooklyn, while he, has moved into
Elizabeth, New Jersee. Ze congrega
shong of ze Pleemoz Bock ahurch will1
not permit Mons. . Moultong topreesh
never from zt poolpet.; Ze! greatest
excitement prevail." - Our" Fre&cb
friend, appears to. understand this mat
ter as clearly as though he had a state
ment tomake , , , . u - .x, ...
Thvkb waa an awful commotion to
the House the other day when a mem
ber recognized in the hands of colored
Bepresentative Bainev an invitation to
dine with Fernando Wood. - "
5ot That Kind of a Man. ,
There ' is ' an anecdote ' going the
rounds about old Gen. Sedgwick and
Gen. Grant iH the Wilderness which is
a trifle inaccurate. This is the way it
was : The day before Sedgwick was
killed,' and whUe his' infantry was
fighting to the left of Mine Bun, two
batteries of his artillery were waiting
for orders about half a mile in the rear
of the line of battle. , Grant came rid
ing along, accompanied by two. of his
staff probably Rawlins and Babcock
and asked a sergeant of artillery, who
sat on his horse by the roadside, where
Gen. Sedgwick was. The sergeant did
not recognize Grant, who wore no in
signia of rank, so he turned to a com
rade with : -
" God'lmighty, Bill, here's a man
lookin for old John Sedgwick in the
rear 1"
At this Grant had started to . ride
along, and the sergeant called out after
him :
" I say, mister, you ain't much ac
quainted with old John, be you?"
Grant laughed heartily, and replied
that he " used to know old John."
A matebiaIi reduction of rates has re
cently been made by the Sherman
House. Chicaero. Its nroDrietors are
determined that it shall continue to be
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business men and the traveling public
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their purpose.
Apply the Bemedy. It appears that
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Liver, Kidney, Bladder, and Glandular
.Diseases, Mental and Physical .Debility,
Partial Paralysis, Inflammatory and
Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and
Morbic. Jiumors of the Blood. Db.
Walkeb's Vegetable Vinkoar Bitters
conquers the causes of all of the above
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It is a medicine to the sick stomach; the
relaxed nervous system, the weak circu
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to children afflicted with worms, and
even adults who suffer from this cause,
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Cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood
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High livers, those indulging in ease and.
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Drowsiness, Biliousness, and other conditions
induced by such habits, by taking from four
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two bach night. They are sold by dealers In
medicines.
WIlhoft's Anti-Pebiodio ob Feveb
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and maintains its reputation unimpaired, ft
is indorsed by tbe medical profession, and pre
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other hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft'e
Tonic is tbus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of - the country, and is
worthy of such indorsement. Wheelock,
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coughs and colds, so prevalent about town
just now.
Most people like to hear of a good
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they want to be dreBsed well, they should wear
the Warwick Collar. An eld adage says that
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