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When the (Jrass Grows Oter Me.
When the trrass siall rover me,
Head to foot where Iain lying ;
When not auv wind that blows,
Summer-bloom's nor Winter-snows
Shall awake me to your sighing;
Close aMve me as you pass,
You will s iv, 'How kind she was,
You will si'v, 'How true she was,'
Vheii the grass grows over me.
When the irrass shall rover me,
ilr.lilen close to Barth's warm
soul :
While I laugh, or-weep, or sing,
evermore, for anything;
Y'if will Hnd in hve or blossom,
Sweet small voices, odorous.
Tender pleaders in my cause,
That shall speak nie as 1 was
When the grass grows over me.
When the grass shall cover me,
"Ah. beloved, in my sorrow
Verv patient I can wait
Knowing that, or soon or late.
There will dawn a clearer morrow;
When vmir heart will moan : Alas !
Now I know how true she was;
Now I know how dear she was
When the m ass grows over me.
Difi'ercnt Paths.
I Intel v talked with one who strove
Tint 'his alone the road to" Heaven: ,
To show that all my way was oim.
And thus it was I answered him:
"Strike not away the path I hold,
You cannot give me yours, dear
friend ;
TTo the tcen hill our paths are set,
In dilicrcnt ways
to one sure end.
"What, though with eagle glance up
lixed On heights beyond our mortal ken.
You tread the "broad sure stones of
Faith
More lirinlv than do weaker men;
"To e ach, according to his strength ;
lint as we leave t!ie plains below
Bet us carve out a wider stair
And broader pathway through the
snow.
And when upon the golden crest
We stand at last together, freed
'roin mNts that etrele round the base
And clouds that but obscure our
creed,
" e shall pere.
ive that though our
steps .
H ive wandered faraai t,d" ir friend.
V.n o:it iwav call I).' H lliillV Mllilll
That tends unto one per
ct C lid."
A IJisgraceful .Xccne.
, The Washington correspondent of
the New York World gives, in the fol
lowing aecomit of the pro -ee. lings of
the Lower lb-use of Congress, a viv
id picture of the fallen state of the
couutrv, and the disgrace which the
domination of the republican party
has brought upon it:
General Butler was very particular
in the disgraceful speech which lie
made to the House last evening on
the salary bill, and which lie took
pains to suppress from to-day's offi
ciat record, to bitterly assail the
newspapers for their assaults upon
the conduct of public men. He ap-
neded e arnest v to Ins tellow-mem
bers to here after remain unit
d an 1
Wltll
The
one voice
House o;
1 th
?se e.iarges.
ned to-day with a
prettvgiod answer to lu.!ers ap
peal "bv indulging for quite two
htMirs In the most scandalous scenes
of the new session. It was confined
entirelv to charges made by mem
bers against each other, and not to
am- originating in newspapers, while
the crimination and recrimination
that illustrated the discussion ex
ceeded in indecent epithet anything
that ever appeared in any newspaper
or even came from Butler himsclt.
Mr. Hale, of Now York, smarting
under an insinuation of Mr. W ilson,
of Indiana, made yesterday, that
Hale had all the past Summer drawn
ut the rate of 10, () a year from the
Government as a special attorney m
addition to his pay as Congressman,
took oee.ion to call Mr. Wdson not
onlv a dirtv dog, but a very duty
dog. who had at the bidding of Gen
eral' Butler and Eldridge wallowed
in the mtter and tiien bedaubed de
cent people with his tilth. Mr. Wil
Hon reported when Hale sat down
that the House had just had an exi
bition of a very dirty dog, and so on
to the end of the debate, which
closed, according to the fitness of
things, by one of Butler's characteris
tic speeches, wherein he called Hale
the chief salary-stealer, because he
had taken two salaries from the Gov
ernment, amounting thus f.ir fortius
vear to over ?ll,000. And there are
C mgressmen whom General Butler
hopes will stand up united against
newsjiapers.
The Duty of the Demo racy.
The St. Louis Dipatrh forcibly sums
up the duty of the Democratic party
in the present Congress, as follows :
"It is the duty of the Democracy
to band itself together in the present
Congress, and tight the great battle
of the people in the name of Democ
racy; to take the initiative, and pre
scribe Democratic remedies for the
dread disease that is devouring the
vitals of the Nation. War on the na
tional banks; on the high protective
tiriff; on the law- which gives the
President fifty thousand dollars per
year, and a Congressman seven thou
sand live hundred; on every taint or
species of corruption; on any bill
which gives another foot of public
land to plundering corporations; on
the infamies of Southern reconstruc
tion; on the imjotentand bastard di
plomacy of the State Department;
on the ravenous lobbies that corrupt
and debauch; on everything, indeed,
that does not wear the blue coat and
brass buttons of the days of Polk,
Pierce, Marcy, Fillmore," Clay, Cal
houn and Webster. Will they want
for ammunition ? Let the voice of the
people, rising as a mighty tempest
from California- to New Jersey, an
Bwer." The DitcJi is right in its estimate
of the .ivity of Democrats, and if
I lhev "nl (to to xvori- i, l;u
h a;?:Vano.t flection will witness
2ent. 1 Cntro1 o the Govern-
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Internal Inhibition, IH7.
WILTj THE PEOPLE OF OREGON TAKE
STEPS TO HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL RE
SOURCES OF THE STATE REPRESENTED.
Editor News: Permit me through
the medium of your columns to call
the attention of the people of this
I State and especially those public
journals which take a deeper interest
, in the future prosperity of Oregon
j than in publishing Billingsgate to
stimulate party preiudices and mis
lead the people to the importance '
oi tawing immediate steps for concert
of action in preparing to have the
vast resources of this Ktt consist-
ing of gold, silver, lead and copper;
coal, iron, asphaltum and platinum;
wool and flax of superior quality; or
namental wood that, for beauty of
finish, defies competition; useful
timber and production's of fisheries;
wheat, hour, grain and grasses in
their various stages of growth and
maturing; our improved breeds of
cattle, sheep and horses; our roots
and vegetables; our endless variety
of fruits, not surpassed for size.
beauty and flavor in any part of the
world properly placed on exhini-
tion in Philadelphia at our approach
mg ta-ntennial in 1S6.
The magnitude of the labor of pre
paring and classifying the exhibit for
our State, and securing through rep
resentation in the Exhibition, de
mands something more than what
can be accomplished by two or three
private individuals; and the united
tflorts of all our people and a thor
ough organization of all the indus
trial interest of the State, together
with legislative assistance, will be
requisite to enable exhibitors in this
grand show to make a creditable dis
play of the vast natural wealth of the
State, of Oregon. To carry out this
important object, it has been deenled
necessary to perfect an organization
known as the State Hoard of Centen
nial Managers for the State of Ore
gon. On this Doard will devolve the
responsibility of organizing sub-committees
in each county and securing
a thorough representation of all in
dustrial resources of this State in the
Kxhibith.n. On this Hoard of Man
agers will devolve the care of the in
terests of its own State and its citi
zens in matters relating to the Exhi
bition. The Hoard will apportion
t ie space pla'-ed at its disposal
among the exhibitors of this State;
receive and pronounce upon applica
tion for space; issue invitations; dis
seminate information, and supervise
such other details relating to the rep
resentation of its citizens as may
from time to time be delegated to it
by the United States Centennial Com
mission. I'ull diagrams of the build
ings and grounds will be furnished
the State Hoard. showing the location
and area assigned to each State and
Territory in the Exhibition buildings,
on or before the 4th of July next.
The State Hoard will have to pro
vide for the expenses of transporta-
i tic n. packing and unpacking our
! exhibition articles from their own
1 State, but the Commission have been
! assured that liberal reductions in
! rates for transportation will be made
I on railroads and water-lines in the
! United States. No State or exhibitor
will bo charged for space on the
grounds or in the buildings. Hefore
the 1st of October, 1S75," the State
Hoard will have to furnish the Direc
tor General with detailed dans of
their allotted space, showing the
space of each single object to be ex
hibitedand also with a list of the
exhibitors, and all other information
necessary for the preparation of an
oliicial catalogue. State Hoards or
individual exhibitors or such agents
as they may designate, will be re
gion si ble for receiving, unpacking and
arranging all articles, as well as for
tiieir removal at the close of the ex
hibition. Hut no person will be per
mitted to act as such agent until he
can give the Director General written
evidence of his having been approved
by the StateBoard. All information
to citizens of this State who wish to
attend or exhibit in this great national
show, will be furnished through the
Centennial State Hoard of Managers,
and all applications for space must
be made to the Director General
through this Hoard. The State
Board for Oregon will consist of His
Excellency L. i G rover, of Salem;
S. G. Heed, Esq., of Portland; Ilev.
E. 11. Geary, of Albany; Hon. Jesse
Applegate, of Yonealla; Joseph Hee
zley, Esq., of The Dalles, together
with the Commissioner and Commis
sioner Alternate, who will perma
nently organize at an early day, and
make all possible arrangements for
seeing that Oregon is not behind any
other State in the Union in this
grand national show.
It is sincerely hoped that the peri
odicals of this State will take a very
lively interest in this matter and use
a small space in their columns, now
devoted to personalities and recrim
ination to forward this important
moement. A. J. Dufur,
Comm'r Alternate for Oregon.
More Stealing. It is found that
the Auditor of Hamilton county,
Ohio, has drawn from the Treasury
for three and a half vears' services
the sum of $33,3'J2, which is $19,400
more than he is entitled to. It is
also discovered that every other offi
cer of the eountv has been doing the
same thing, the total
defalcation
amounting to
upwards
of 830,000.
These alleged facts are reported by
General Cadman, a former Auditor,
who was appointed to overhaul the
accounts of the county officers.
That was goo'd advice which an
old man gave to his sons: "Boys,
don't you ever speculate or wait for
something to turn up. You might
just as well go sit down on a stone in
the middle of a medder with a pail
twixt your legs and wait for a cow to
back up to you to be milked."
The Rival Claimants.
BY JUDGE CLARK.
"Who Mr. "Wilson was, whence he
came, and what had been his antece
dents, were points on which the good
people of Pokebury remained as un
enlightened after he had dwelt ten
years among them as they were at i
lus hrst coming.
His health had been for sometime
failing, and one day I was sent to
write his will. The instructions he
gave me were very brief. He wished
his entire estate to be vested in trus
tees, the annual income to be devoted
to certain specfied charities; but in
case his brother, of whom he had
lost sight for many years, proved to
be alive and should "be discovered,
the above bequest was to become
thenceforward null, and the entire
property to go to" his brother.
"This brother have you any clew
that may lead to his discovery?" I
asked.
"None," he answered; "and I
greatly fear, for certain reasons, that
if he be living he will never, volun
tarily, make himself known."
"Pew people purposely keep out
of the way of a good fortune," I re
marked. He made no answer, but seemed to
be reflecting deeply.
" I wish to confide a secret to you,"
he said at length. "May I do so
safely V"
"A lawyer's oath," I answered,
"forbids him betray his client.. You
mav speak with freedom and safety."
" My words may place my broth
other's
"veT it
life in vour hands, he said,
may still be possible to clear up a
horrible suspicion which for years
has haunted me. I have read of so
many eases in which it came out that
men were innocent w hose guilt seem
ed proved to demonstrating that I
blamed myself for not sooner seeking
aid in the solution of a dreadful mys
tery, instead of helplessly brooding
over it."
He paused, as if still hesitating to
disclose his secret. The indecision,
however, was but momentary.
" My brother Charles and myself,"
he resumed, were brought up in a
distant city by a wealthy uncle, of
whom I was the favorite.
" Charles was younger than T, by
some years. He was alight-hearted,
affectionate boy, a little wild and ex
travagant, but not vicious just the
person on the whole not to meet the
approbation of our strict old uncle.
" When the latter made his will, he
left the bulk of his fortune to nie,
appointing me also trustee of the
very moderate provision made for
my brother.
"Charles expressed no displeasure
at this. He placed too little value
on money, I thought, or had too
much confidence in my generosity to
care which of us our uncle left his
wealth to.
" Not long after the will was ma le,
returning home one night, I found
the front door unlocked. I paid lit
tle attention to the circumstance, at
tributing to it the carelessness of the
servant.
" On reaching my room, I discov
ered that I had not with nie a valua
ble bo k which I bid starred vi h
from a public library to which I was
a subscriber. I had stopped to visit
a friend on the way and conjectured
that I might have left the volume at
his room. I determined to act on
the surmise, and return to my friend's
at once.
"As I passed -out of the door, I
met Charles coming iir. I do not
know if I spoke to him in my haste.
I found the book where I supposed
it was, and had nearly reached my
uncle's door again, w hen I saw my
brother rush out excitedly, and walk
rapidly away.
" I met the housekeeper in the
hallway. She seemed paralized with
f ea r.
"'I'm afraid something terrible
has happened,' she said, recovering
her voice by an effort.
" 'What is the matter, I asked.'
"'Oh. sir,' she answered, 'Mr.
Charles ran out of his uncle's room
just now. looking like a ghost, and
having a bloody knife in his hand.
He passed me without speaking, and
hurried from the house before I
could say a word !'
"I went at once to my uncle's
apartment. A ghastly spectacle met
my sight ! My uncle lay lifeless in
his blood ! The gas was burning
brightly, and every detail of the hor
rid scene was appallingly distinct.
"My uncle had been stabbed
through the heart. His secretary
stood open and the Hoor was strewn
with papers.
" Like a Hash of lightning the
question presented itself, ' Can my
brother have committed tin's deedV
His flight, the housekeeper's state
ment, his possible resentment at our
uncle's will all seemed to point to
one conclusion, much as I strove to
close my mind against it.
" I called for help. The Louse
keener and servants came in answer
to the alarm. The former fell faint
ing at the sickening sight, and had
to be carried to her room where, for
tunately she remained for a season
in a condition which prevented her
from relating what she had seen.
"The authorities were notified and
an inquest held ; but nothing afford
ing a clew to the murderer was elicit
ed. I was the only witness examin
ed. "What the housekeeper could
reveal, was known only to myself
and her. She had been Charles'
nurse, and was devoted to him, and
it needed only a hint that speaking
might put him in peril, effectually to
close her mouth.
" I was questioned only as to what
I had seen after entering the house,
and answered fully and truly. If in
failing to tell what I was not asked
about the snspieions circumstances
under which I had seen my brother
leave the house I trifled with my
oath. I can only beg the forgiveness
of Heaven. What the housekeeper
had told me of course was hearsay,
and inadmissible at second-hand.
The coroner never thought of calling
her.
"I gave my friends some plausible
explanation of Charles' absence, hop
ing to myself, from day to day, he
might return and relieve my mind
from its distracting doubts; but
through all the long years that have
since followed, he has never, to my
knowledge, been seen or heard of.
"I feel that were he found and j
placed on trial, should all the evi
dence come out, any jury would con
vict him. For myself, I have fought,
night and day, to drive away the tor
turing suspicion, but it will not leave
me. I left my native city and came
hither, fearing, if I remained, I
should not long be able to divert at
tention from my brother's strange
absence.
"I have now told you all. To-morrow
I will put in your hands a sum
sufficient to defray whatever expense
it may be necessary to incur in re
storing me, if possible, my brother
freed from mistrust."
Mr. "Wilson's startling narrative
left me little hope of being able to
gratify liis wishes. The proof against
his brother seemed unanswerable;
and there was slight reason to expect
that a man hiding for such a crime
would voluntarily expose himself to
the chances of detection.
I prepared Mr. Wilson's w ill in ac
cordance with his wishes, and he
placed in my hands the money he
had promised. He died, however,
before any discoveries were made.
I now "cautiously advertised for
Charles "Wilson, mentioning the fact
of his brother's death, and stating
that by communicating with ine he
might learn something to his advan
tage. I was seated in my office one day
when a stranger entered."
"I am Charles Wilson, and I have
come to answer yor notice," he said.
I looked at him narrowly. There
was no great resemblance between
him and the late Wilson; yet the
want of likeness was not sufficient,
of itself, to render their relationship
improbable.
"What proof have you of your
identity?" I enquired.
" I 'can mention all the family
names, for one thing," he answered.
"A little preparation might enable
anyone to do the same thing," I re
plied. "I have a ring given to me by my
uncle, when I left home," he said re
luctantly. "His name is in it. It
was a parting present."
" Let me see the ring," I requested.
He took from his pocket a small
parcel containingaii elegant diamond
ring. The gem w as costly and beau
tifully set. The name was there, as
he had stated.
"Hy the way," I added, turning
upon him quickly, "are you not a
little afraid of presenting yourself as
a claimant of vour brother's proper
ty?" "Why?" he asked, with evident
uneasiness.
"Did it never occur to you that
von mTght be accused of vour un
cle's murder?" I said.
"My uncle's murder? What proof
is there to found such a charge
against me?' he exclaimed, pale and
trembling.
"Enough to hang you, I fear, if it
should ever be brought forward,"
was my reply.
And determined to push him home,
and find what explanation he had to
give, I went over all my late client
had told me.
The effect of my statement on him
was singular. He appeared to be
greatly reassured.
"Of course you are not at liberty
to use to my prejudice information
thus confided to you," he remarked.
"My client employed me to serve,
not to injure his brother." I an
swered. "His last wish was that his
brother might be free from this dark
suspicion."
"That wish shall be fulfilled he
said. "I think I can yet find a clue
to the culprit, and in a few more
days satisfy you of my innocence, as
well as identity."
He took his ring and went away,
promising to return as soon as he
could produce his proof.
Next day another stranger ap
peared. He, too, introduced him
self as the long missirg Charles Wil
son, and the likeness between him
and the man to w hom he claimed to
be the brother, was striking in the
extreme.
"I have not come about the for
tune," he said, "but to learn what I
can of the last vears of mv brother's
life."
He wept when I repeated the dead
man's story as I had to the other
wept mingled tears of joy and an
guish. "Would that my poor brother was
alive," he cried, "that I might stand
as clear in his sight as he this day
does in mine ! It was to turn suspic
ion from him that I lied on that ter
rible night, and have since remained
concealed.
"As he told you, I met him hurry
ing out as I entered the door. Hav
ing occasion to enter my uncle's
room, I was horror-stricken at the
sight of his corpse stretched upon
the floor. Near it lay a bloody knife,
which I recognized as belonging to
my brother. A dreadful thought
flashed upon me. I snatched up the
knife and was rushing from the room
to conceal it, when the housekeeper
met me. I knew she would believe
me guilty. In justifying myself I
might implicate my brother. I fled
from the house and never returned,
determined to save my brother at the
cost of reputation, and, if need be,
life itself. If suspicion fell on eith
er, it should now be on me."
The story was simply and touch
ingly told. I had no doubt of its
truth, and requested the stranger to
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hold himself in readiness till I re
quired his presence, which I should
shortly do. I further cautioned him
to keep his own counsel.
After the lapse of some days the
first claimant returned, accompanied
by an ill-looking man of aged np
pearanee. "I have found out the real mur
derer," ho said ; "but unfortunately
he is bevond the reach of justice."
"His "name?" I asked.
"ltichard White," he -answ ered.
"What proof have you?"
"This," pointingto his companion,
"is a man with whom White pawned
my uncle's watch shortly alter the
murder. The pawnbroker has kept
it ever since, and has it with him
now.
"Yesh, here it ish," said the gen
tleman referred to, producing' it.
"Mr. Yhite pawned him mit me for
foofzy dollar. I can schwer to dat.
Und'my friend, Sharlv Yillzon I
can schwer to mm too kiio mm
ven he vas a pov."
I stepped out and privately sent a
note for the other claimant to present
himself immediately.
In a few minutes he entered the
office. At the sight of him the first
comer sprang to his feet and started
for the door. It was plain that he re
cognized the real Charles Wilson,
.ind saw that his own game was lip.
A couple of officers intercepted his
flight. The pawnbroker was fain to
make his peace by confessing that
the counterfeit Charles Wilson had
placed the watch in his hands and in
structed him wiiat to tell.
Hoth the watch and the ring was
identified as the property of the
murdered man: and other circum
stances (Miming to light, the crimi
nal was, in dne time, tried and exe
cuted, iirst making a full confession
of his guilt.
JKrankiics in J.uve.
One of the most essential things in
dl love affairs is entire and perfect
frankness. Hoth parties should be
frank; true to themselves and truth
ful to each other.
How many uneasy, troubled anx
ious minds, how many breaking and
how many broken hearts there are to
day, in which content and happiness
might have reigned supreme but for
a want f frankness.
A little concealment of existing
love a little covering up cf a doubt
or suspicion which a moment's expla
nation would have removed a little
affected but unfelt partiality for a
third person a little cold disdain
put on for effect a little act of any
kind done merely to torment and see
much true love would put up with
causes like those have estranged
those who might otherwise have re
mained friends for life, connected by
the closest tie that can bind human
beings together.
I'iepentauee comes, inevitably, for
all these things; but it often comes
too late, and only when the evil pro
duced is incurable.
In love, as in everything else, truth
is the strongest of all things; and
frankness is but another name for
truth, .
Then be always frank. Avoid mis
understandings" Give no reason or
occasion for them. They are more
easily shuncd than cured. They
leave scars upon the heart, You are
less likely to be deceived yourself
when von" never try to deceive oth
ers. Frankness is like the light of
the clear dav in which everything
may be plainly perceived. It sheds
a iK'ht in which tilings may be plain
ly perceived and thoroughly under
stood. Never part with your lover for a
single dav or with any unexplained
mysterv " lingering between you to
obstruct the course of true love. He
frank.
Sleeping hi a Cold Hoom.
J full's Journal of Uculth says that
cold bed -chambers always imperil
health and invite fatal diseases.
Hobust persons may safely sleep in a
tenipature of forty or under, but the
old, the infant and the frail should
never sleep in a room where the at
mospliere is under lifty degrees Fa
hrenheit. Very few rooms.churches,
theatres and-the like, are ever warm
er than seventy degrees. If it is
freezing out of doors it is thirty de
yres the difference being forty de
grees more. Persons will be chilled
by such a change in ten minutes, al
though they may be actively walking.
But to lie stiil"in bed, nothing to
promote the circulation, and breathe
for hours an atmosphere of forty and
even lift v degrees, when the lungs
are at ninety -eight, i3 too great a
change. Many persons wake up in
the morning with inflammation of
the lungs wiio went to bed well, and
are surprised that this should be the
case. The cause for which may often
be found in sleeping in a room the
window of which has been foolishly
hoisted for ventilation. The water
cure journals of the country have
done an incalculable injury by the
blind and indiscriminate advice of
hoisting the window at night. The
rule should be everywhere during
the part of the year when fires are
kept burning to" avoid hoisting out
side windows. It is safer and better
to leave the chamber door open, as
also the tire-place; then there is a
draft up the chimney, while the room
is not likely to become cold. If
there is some tire ia tiie room all
night the window may be opened an
inch. It is safer to sleep in a bad
air night with a temperature over
fifty, than in a pure air with a tem
perature under forty. The bad air
may sicken you but cannot kill you;
the cold air can and does kill very
often.
C. W. Jaynes, formerly of La
Grande, was recently killed by the
accidental discharge of a gun in his
own hands.
I
From the Pan bury News.
She was expecting him Sunday
night; the parlor curtains were down,
the old folks notified that was verv
healthv to go to bed at eight o'clock,
and Johnny bribed with a cent, to
allow himself to be tucked away at
sundown. He sneaked up the path,
one eve on the dog and the other
watching for the "old man, w ho did
not like him any too well, gave a
faint knock at the door, and it was
opened, and he was escorted into the
parlor. He said he eouhln t stay
but a minute, though hedidn't mean
to go home for hours. She wanted
to know how his mother was; wheth
er his father had vet returned from
York State; if his brother Hill's
rheumatism was any better; and he
went over and sot on the sofa so as
not to strain his voice. Then conver
sation flagged and he plavedwith his
hat , and nibbled at the sofa t id v. He
finally said that it was a beautiful
evening, and she replied that her
grandfather predicted a snow-storm.
He said he guessed it would not
snow, as the moon was not crooked
enough to hang a powder horn on the
end of it, and she said she didn't be
lieve it would, either. This mutual
understanding seemed to give them
both courage, and then he wanted to
know if she had seen Hill Jones,
lately. She hadn't, she said, neither
did she want to. They then went on
talking about the donation visit that
was to be given before long to Elder
Berry, and he carelessly dropped his
hand in hers his right hand while
his left hand sneaked along the sofa
and got behind her shoulders. She
pretended not to notice it, and he
looked down at his boots, and want
ed to know if she thought mutton
tallow was good to grease boots with.
She had an idea that it was. He had
just commenced to hook lingers with
her she discovered that something
was wrong with the lamp. She rose
up and turned the lamp half down,
making the room look dim. It took
him five minutes to get hold of her
fingers again, and she pretended to
withdraw her hand all the time. Af
ter a long pause he whispered that
h ' oidn't see what it was made folks
love each other. She bit her hand
kerchief and admitted her ignorance.
He sai.l he could name a dozen young
men who were going to get married
right away, and his arm fell down
and gave her ahug. Then he went to
the window to see whether it was go
ing to snow or not, and coming back,
he turned the light down a little low
er, and then sat down and wanted to
know if she did not want forest her
self by leaning her head on hisshoul
der. Ah, -me ! we have all been there,
anil who of us cared a cent if the old
clock did strike twelve and we five
miles from home? The old man was
fast asleep, the watch-dog gone a vis
iting, and the handsomest girl in the
country didn't see why we need be in
a hurrv.
Perhaps I shouldn't have written
this, but as I was going by Saun
ders' the other day, thinking of the
night I heard him whisper in her
ear at spelling-school, that he'd 'love
her very shadow as long as he lived,
he raised the window and called to
the poor woman, who was picking
up chips in the road :
"Sue Saunders, come in here and
find the bar's grease for my sore
heel, or I'll come .out there and break
every bone in your body!"
To the Point. Lives there a man
with nose so red who never to him
self hath said, "I'll pay before I go
to bed, the debt I owe the printer?"
11 rmloi Ji''p'bli'rin.
Y'es, there are some I know full
well, but then I fear, will go to
well -the place where 's no winter.
Panola Star.
You're blind, Sfar, you're reason's
dim or you'd not argue such a w him;
e'en Satan bad would not have him
who fails to pay the printer! Tnp;!o
Journal.
We're gld that now the means are
found to bring the back subscribers
round so when .you've run your
course of years, pay then at last your
full arrears ; but no arrears to have
to say is better far we think and say.
Land Otriier.
Take Heed. No matter how inti
mate you liiaN be with the friend
with whom you may have business
transactions, put your agreements in
writing. How many misunderstand
ings arise from the loose manner in
which business matters are talked
over; and when each party puts his
own construction on matters they
are dismissed with the words, "all
right; all right." Frequently it turns
out all wrong, and becomes a ques
tion for the lawyers and the courts.
More than three-fourths of the liti
gation of the country would be avoid
ed if people would put down their
agreements in writing, and sign their
names to it. Each word in our lan
guage has its peculiar meaning, and
memory may, bv a change in a sen
tence, convey an entirely different
idea from that intended. When once
reduced to writing, ideas are fixed,
and expensive lawsuits are avoided.
Home. " When I come within
sight af my farm, after having been
aw ay, a pleasant sensation rises with
in me that no other feeling can equal.
I am at home, on my own land. My
acres are here, which the combined
power of the country lias guaranteed
to me. It is mine, and my heirs' for
ever. Here is security. If there is
anything stable in this world, this is
it. My fireside is, therefore, built
upon a firm foundation. I and my
children are safe. We are not in
truded upon; no one has a right to
do this; the strong arm of the law
i hvpt re.idv to defend us. Here I
have my workshop undisturbed; I :
j attend to my concerns unmo.ei eo. 4
In short, I am at home." Exchange.
Sitting Hp With Her.
"Xothino i:ut M.ilk." ATyearago
William Brenton went into a farming)
community near retersborough Mo.,
a stranger, and they took him in. The
farmers fed him when they had no
work to give him, but he was most
always employed among them. He c
lived with a Mr. Payneand his time
had expired, or was" about to expire.
Payne was away threshing for a o
neighbor, with a machine. Mrs. G
Payne, a hired boy, and Breton were
at home. Payne came home in the
evening and found his wife dead with
a pick driven through her skull; the
boy dead, with his throat cut, in an
outhouse, and Brenton gone, with $8
in money and a few trilling articles, o
while the child lay sleeping in the
cradle, near the dead body of its
mother. Brenton was caught and
pretended to be crazy, but the dodge
wouldn't work. He was said to be
somewhat queer in his tastes. For
instance, he did not like hairs in his
bread, not because they were not
good to eat, but because he was
afraid they would turn to worms in
his stomach. At Paynes' he used to
mutter at the table. "No tea; noth
ing but milk." In the room where 0
Mrs. Payne w as found dead the table
was set for three, and the cups had
been filled wito milk, no tea. Bren
ton had probably come to tea, but
tinding " nothing but milk," settled
up a heavy score against the family.
Well, he was hung the other dav at
Peterborough. St. Louis Jiepubli-
Got Uittli: E.nouoh-. The Radi
cals of Massachusetts seem to have
spent a good deal of monev during
the last canvass in that State, and to
have got littleenongh for the expenditure.-
About S2,000 were raised in
the custom-house, and of this 3S"
custoni-house clerks gave 5 each?
In postoffice, 173 clerks and carriers
gave sTOO. In the pension agency,
sub-treasury, and naval ofiice, about
81,000 were collected. Civil Service
Reform, of course, cannot prevenfa
tide-waiter or letter carrier from put
ting a little money where it will do
the most good. That would be an
infringement of private rights of
which collectors and postmasters
wouldn't for the world be guilty.
An Iple Claim. The Boston Post
says : It is idle to claim that it is
-apathy, and not the uprisen and re
inforced Democracy, that is respon
sible for the political revolution now
fairly begun. It is no dead organi
zation that is leading on the people
to this series of triumphs for reform.
Denounce and slander the old party
as they will, its opponents never can
luing the people to believe that it
holds fast through evil and good re
port to anything less than enduring
and vital principles.
A man in Trenton, who found-several
thousand dollars over two years
ago, and has advertised it every day
since that time, gets great credit for
his honesty. Any man would have
quit looking for an owner long ago;
yet this Trenton man keeps advertis
ing. But lie owns the paper in
which it is advertised, and pays at
full rates out of the money found.
After three years more of advertising
the w hole amount will have been ab
sorbed. A genuine oown-easter was lately
trying to devour some exceedingly
tough beef at a Wisconsin hotel. His
earnest efforts with knife and fork at
tracted the smiles of the rest, who
were in the same predicament as him
self. At last Jonathan's patience van
ished under ill success, when, laving
down his eating implements, he said:
"Strangers, you needii t laugh; if
you have no regard for the landlord's
feelings, you ought to have some re
spect for the old bull." This sally
brought down the house.
Just as f!ooi).-In former times
the Government allowance given to
the widows of Scotch clergymen was O
nearly equal to the clergyman's sti
pend. A minister of Cranshaws, a
parish among the Eammermoors,
having wood a lass in humble circum
stances, the father of the damsel,
when consulted on the subject, said :
"Tak' 'm, Jenny, tak' 'im; he's as
giiid dead as leevin'."
Now this i.s impudence: A Mrs.
Howe absconded from Shakopee,
Minnesota, with a graceless scamp
named Butterfield, and he took her
to Valparaiso. The dear creature has
tired of her affinity, however, and
writes to her husband for money suf
ficient to return home again ! The as
surance of this woman must be im
meiiKc. She has got more cheek than
a Government mule.
The young orator in Illinois, who,
in a recent speech, threatened to
"grasp a ray of light from the mag
nificent orb" of day, spin it into gol
den threads, amf with them weave
a shining shroud in which to wrap
the dying whirlwind," has conclnued
that it would not pay to go to that
much trouble.
The v-ifeofTprowinent candidate
in Jefferson county Kansas boasted
on the morning of election that she
intended to sleep that night , ,t h the
newly elected representative, but it
so happened that her husband was
defeated, and thelo.lv oi the J success
ful candidate, swore that if she at
empfed to sleep with her
she would wear her out against the
ground. .
enit asked an old sexton if the
rinin f the church bell did not
remind him of his latter end. 'No
replied the grim grave-1 igger, "but
the rope puts me in mind of yours.
An editor in the South announces
his intention of renting a hall, if a
lar-e enough one can be found, for
thepurpose of holding a convention
of the authors of "Beautiful Sno-w.'
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