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aNever Mind Hi1nw

"Who is that manly looking fellow on
the right?''
80, never mind him." was the reply of
an anxious and -scheming, mother to her
inquisitiye daughter; "never mind him
he is nothing bu; mechanic that works
at We machine shop" ~
0 no. Madam. he Is nothing but me-
chanic," and he is poor at that. He has
no gold guard chain, mo white vest, no
fashionable coat. no pomatum on his hair,
no gold.headed cane in his hand. OF
course you despise him, for he don't be-
long TO your s'set." But though poor, he
is honesta Though he wears no Jewels on
his fingers, he has jewel in his breast--7-
an Intellectual and cultivated mind. In
looking for match for your daughter,
you seek one who can display jewels on
the outside. His are mental and will ai-
ways be concealed from you; though il
you were to engage in conversation with
him, and had sense enough to apprsciate
it, you would be delighted with bis stores
Of knowledge Of subjects now engaging
the worlds attention. However he don't
keep store," and that's enough. He
hasn't made '.pile" by specplations in
corner lots. but he has read q 'spiIe of
books and knows "lots'' about the Erics-
son engine, the latest improvements in
machinery, ETC., etc.
s.Never mind him, he is so rulgar look
ing" Very well, Madam, he don't care
fig for that--because, although his hands
are hard and rough. he knows too much
TO touch the velvety hand of your daughter
while she is directed by yoar influence.
When he marries he wants to get some-
thing more than handsome silk dresa
with spoilt woman in il. If ssmy daugh-
teri should throw off the ssspell" ol false
pride by which you are seeking to enslaye
her mind. and recognize moral worth
while you are looking only for ready coin.
ed dollars, gold rings and cologne, she
might. carry off prize worth having; but
wouldn't her mother - and her ambiti,
Gus papa, too-be dreadfnlly shookeda
'Twould be decidedly low-so shut your
eyes and, instead Of looking forward q
few years TO the point at which industry,
honesty and mechanical skill will surely
bIinga young mechanic, repeat again.
"Never mind him-he's mechanic.n
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All is for the Best

Dr. johnson used to say that habit Of
looking at the best of everything is better
than thousand pounds a year. Bishop
Hall quainily remarks:
.For every bad there might be aworse,
-and when man breaks his leg, let him
be thankful that it was not his neck!"
When Fenelon's library was on fire, he
exclaimed
s"God be praised, that it was not the
dwelling ofsome poor manl
This is the true spirit ofsubmission-one
Of the most beautiful traits that can possess
the human heart. Resolve to see this
world on the sunny side. and you have al
most half won the battle Of life at the out.
set. ~ ael .1.t "a =
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no one has a right to modest him, or dis
turb the quiet of his home.
The wild savage of the wilderness has a
secret tie which binds him to his home,
and from which you cannot separate him,
save by death. The Icelander loves his
icebergs and mountain crags ofthe North.
He regards them as the monuments of his
home, and would not exchange them for
all the splendor Of the East. Thus we see
written in unmistakable characters on the
tablet of every heart, the simple yet en-
dearing words, "Home, sweet home, there's
no place like Home"
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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Mr.. Adams Reply.
QUINCY, June II, 1922

QUINCY, June IL, lSxx.
DEAR SIR:-Half an hour ago receiv-
ed, and this moment have heard read, for
the third or fourth time, the best letter that
ever was written by an octogenarian, da-
ted June /. This globe is a
theatre of war; its inhabitants are all he-
roes. The little eels in vinegar, and the
animalcules in pepper water. | believe are
quarrelsome. The bees are as warlike as
the Romans, Russians, Britons or French
men. Ants, caterpillars and cankerworms
are the only tribes among whom have
not seen battles; and Heaven itself, if we
believe Hindoos, Jews, Christians and Ma.
hometans, has not always been at peace.
We need not trouble ourselves about
these things; nor fret ourselves because ol
evil doers; but safely trust the "Ruler with
his Skies" JOHN ADAMS.
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Scnldinp.


1t is as natural for some people to scold,
as to breathe. They could not live if de-
MED the blessed pastime of dealing in such
language. Even when unproyoked; their
words are as sharp as two-edged sword.
To say that we had rather hear thunder is
feeble comparison. We had rather hear
a gong, especially if it calls to dinner. We
once knew child who actually cried be-
cause his mother neglected to scold him
for pounding the cats tail with bootjack
The truth is, that children become so &C.
customed to scolding, that they look upon
it as matter of course. We never knew
a scolding parent who could make child
mind without kick, goad or broom stick
He moves only when knocked end-ways
Reader, do you scold2 Who cares red
cent for what you say?
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Queer People and Singular Customs.

Bayard Taylor, in one Of his letters from
China. to the New York Tribune, gives an
account of a queer race of people-queer
on account of couple of their customs
He says:
Rev. Mr.. D'Aguilar, whom saw at
Roorkhee, penetrated, last summer, to the
glaciers Of Jumnootree. He informed me
that, in ascending the Himalay, the pro-
ductions become not only OF the temperate
zone. but English in their character; the
flowers, fruits and shrubs being almost l.
IDENTICAL with those of England. In the
valleys, however, is found the deodar, or
Himalayan cypress, which grows TO a
height of more than two hundred feet
There is temple near the sources of the
Ganges. but owing to the danger and dif-
fculty of the journey. comparatively few
pilgrims reach it. The air of the noun
tains is pure, fresh and invigorating, and
the paharrees are said to be both physical
ly and mentally superior to the inhabitants
of the plains. Mr.. D'Aguilar considered
them as strikingly honest and faithful
race. Owing to the difficulty ofprocuring
subsistence, and the necessity of restrict
ing the increase Of population, Polyandry
has existed among them from time imme-
mortal. The woman and her husbands
live together harmoniously. and the latter
contribute each an equal share to the sup
port Of the children. Among these people
the saying will particularly apply: at is
a wise child that knows its own father.'-
Their ideas Of hospitality compel them to
share not only their food, but their connu-
bal right with the stranger, and no insult
is so great as refusal to accept it. saw
several Of them to-day walking bare-legged
through the snow, which trouble them as
little as it would horse. They were hand
some, muscular fellows, with black eyes,
ivory teeth and q ruddy, copper complex
ion.
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FEMALE EouEsTR1ANsHIP.-T is q
growing interest in the West, in behalf oi
female equestrianship. We are glad to
see it encouraged. In Columbiana coun.
ty, at the approaching fair, skill in driu-
ing horses is TO be one of the attractions.
Among the premiums to be awarded are:
To the most skillfuz rider. fine gold
watch, worth eighty dollars. To the most
graceful. a twenty dollar shawl. To the
most skillful driver Of a span, fifteen dol.
lars. To the most skillful driver of one
horse. twelve dollar shawl, beside nu-
merous other premiums for lower grades
of skill.
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Wordy Speakers.

The old, long winded sermons. two or
three hours in length, are seldom heard il
these days Of polite ears. The people
have continued 10 complain, until Ire rnin-
listers have cut down and cut down, iilt
now sermon of hall an hour is thouphtto
be quite long one. OF this we do not
complain. on the whole. wa think ii quite
an improvement. Men can now ccnlstifs
trate their thoughts, and give their hearers
the cream, instead Of the skim milk. Hdt
politicians and statesmen have been pur.
suing ain opposite course Of things. Thsy
make their speeches vastly longer than
formerly. The wise father 81 onr nation
made speeches Of a few minutes length.
only. but senators and members OF Con.
gress oflate yeaY1p feel thatthey mist make
speeches Of four, six or TEL, hours ia length.
"I served" says jefferson. "with Gen.
Washington, in the Legislature Of Virgin
10, before the Revolution. and during il
with DR.. Franklin in Congress- never
heard either Of them speak ten minutes Il
time. nor to any but the main point,
which was to decide the question. They
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erIt is pleasant and healthful Gus
tom with the fair ladies of Staunton, Va,
to promenade daily on she plank walk
leading to the Deaf Mute Asylum. One
evening. some young ladies thus recrea-
ting, espied 'one ofthe boys, very hand
some young fellow, sitting near the walk,
fondling young hare, and holding it to
their view. Supposing him to be one Of
the mutes, they clustered around, and ex-
pressing great admiration for him and the
hare. soon spelled upon their fingers the
question, "What would he take for it?''
The answer was given in the same Lam
guage--"A kiss from each of you" The
bargain was struck, the property delivered,
and the pay given and received with a
hearty good will on both sides. when, un-
able to contain himself longer, the young
scamp laughed out for Joy, and ran off ex-
ul,idg TO- Join his oomrads, who were sit
ting in sight, to see the success Of the ex-
pertinent.
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A Fact or two Touching 0amphor.

- = S4VV VA WV SASeAAAA0 SSA&AAxa4VAN
Camphor is vegetable gum, semi -trans-
parent and colorless. Il is exceedingly
volatile. When exposed to tho air il fiies
off in vapor. On account Of its strong
and aromatic smell, it is much used to
preserve cabinets and clothes from moths
and other insects. Fromits strong smell,
has arisen the idea that it is a preservation
against infectious disorders, but as it is
poisonous, disease is more liable from the
camphor than from the injection. al
though camphor is dissolved in water only
in small quantity, sufficient, however, Is
taken up to give the water bothits aromatic
odor and bitter taste. II some shavinRs
Of camphor are thrown upon the surface
Of perfectly clean water in q large basin,
the pieces Immediately begin to move rap
idly. some round on their centefs, others
from place to place. The cause 81 these
motions is unknown. Camphor exists in
many plants; but il is chiefly obtained
from two plants. one a native Of China
and Japan, much resembling the laurel.
It is obtained by chopping the leaves,
branches, roots, etc., into small pieces,
and placing them into q still with water.
The other camphor tree is native If
Boneo and Sumatra The camphor is
obtained by splitting open the tree. when
it is found in large pieces in the interior.
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) From the Wheeling Intelligencer.l
HOME.
BY !. W. BosLER.

Perhaps no word in the English Ian.
gpage bears upon il the impress of such
mighty significance. as the single word
ssH0ME." What world Of meaning is in
that word2 Its dominion is as extended
a. the air we breathe, and its influence as
wide as the earth itself. Where is the
man, in all this wide world. who has not
ssme fond spot, on which memory loves to
dwell: some place around which is cast
halc of associations as ineffaceable from
memory as the stars from the canopy Of
heaven. ssHome, sweet home," it is the
centre Of ell attractions; the acme OF all
ambition; the fiat Of all hope; the climax Of
all happiness; the guiding polar star, to-
wards which the mariner directs his PROV,
and Bullets manfully the raging elements
which surround him. The magnet which
draws the wandering prodigal back, and
6ids him resume his seat beneath his own
parental home. 1t is its sweet promptings
shat wake up the dormant energies of the
soldiers heart, and bids him defend more
valiantly his country and his country's
honor. Ills the love Of ..those dear ones
at home'' that prompts him to undertake
the perils Of q soldiers life. and, perhaps,
fill soldiers grave. 1t was for them, and
Tor them alone, that the stream from Bun
kef Hill was caused to flow, and the streets
of Concord to be drenched with human
gore. Itis the laurel wreath plucked from
the homestead Of his father, by the hand
Of her he loves, that the victor most desires
To, wear. The student, as he pores over
the musfy volumes of Classic lore, and
burns the midnight oil in pursuit of aca-
demic honors, scars back on Imagination s
pinions to that dear "old home," and as
he thinks of il his young hear: is inspired
with renewed energy; his tagging spirits
again revive; he sets his mark higher and
still higher. until he plucks the sparkling
wreath from the fevered brow of his com.
petAors.
There too, is the Patriots 'home." The
Home Of all Homes; the strongest of all
tics. With what eager solicitude does he
watch every cloud that rises above its hor-
izen. With what ardor he grasps the
weapon to ward off the enemy, who dares
insuls her honor, or betray her trust; speak
10 him Of what you may, insult his person.
or insult his friends. and he will pass it by
nnnoticed; but insult his country, and you
infiict a wound. which your own bfsod
can only heal.
Where Is the person from the highes
sminsnce of earthly grandeur to the mos
despicable convict that groans beneath hii
chains, who does not at times wander
back 10 the haleyon days Of his childhood
which YET cling to memory with an undy
ing grasp? The old gum tree by the road
or the beech on whose smooth bark he ha,
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/. ne Whence this sad and solemn ringing!
.aa Ringing ever in mine ear,
q Like mournful spirit singing
Of its lost and happy sphere
Shadows thickly chase each other
Through my slumbers of the night;
~, Morn but dawns TO bring another
With its spirit-killing blight.
Sad forebodings of the morrow
Fill the presence Of to-day,
And my heart, with ceaseless sorrow,
Loses all that made it gay.
Earth with all its countless beauties,
Woos me with its sunny smile
Home with all its kindred .duties,.
Would my sickened soul beguile.
There's shadow stands between me
And the peace which have lost.
And no Establishments can screen me,
For my heart is tempestt tost.
] have spoken words unkindly,
Words that all my senses ell:
Reason reoson oh, how blindly
Err We, when thy voice is still
And that wrung heart Of another
Sorro we'd as those words we're said,
Sorrowed ss a stricken mother
Would have mourned her early dead.
Ihave struck with careless fingers
That fine harp divinely strung,
And but discord round it fingers.
Marring oil the songs it sung.
This il u that haunts tomorrow.
This it = that clouds to-day;
Words Sspented Of with sorrow.
But whose echoes live for aye.
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o. How many fine hats cover multi
tude Of sins and worthless heads; and how
many plated hosoms cover : cold. hollow
cavern, where there ought to be heart.
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The Iron Village.

lronton, on the Ohio river, the capitol
of Lawrence county, Ohio, was begun four
years ago next month, by a company ol
associated capitalists, who bought $50
acres of river bottom, and 450 acres oi
hill land for the site, inserting in all their
conveyances or leases an express condi-
ton that no intoxicating liquors should
ever be sold on the land SO conveyed.
This condition has been enforced and re-
spected, so that there is not rum-hole fol
loater TO lean against in the place though
it has now $500 inhabitants, with four
churches built or being built, railroad
extending fifteen miles into the iron region,
and soon to be pushed through to the Hills
borough and Parkersburg railroad, forty
four miles, bringing it into connection with
Philadelphia and Baltimore. Unfinished
as it is, and with little business beside the
freighting of coal and iron ore, this road
is now paying eighteen per cent on its
cost; its June receipts having been 1900;
running expenses $1,000; net earnings
$1,000. 1t is now bringing into Ironton
the product of ten blast furnaces, estima.
ted at 10000 tuns per annum. and will
soon reach five more such. Ironten has
mandatory of railroad iron, with two
more in progress-one of them capable
of turning out fifty tuns per day. besides
two large boundaries, machine-shop, etc
Coal is delivered at these works for one
dollar per tun. A courthouse, jail, and
Union school-house, the latter, beside q
public grove of twenty acres of original
forest, are among the public edi6ces Iron.
ton has had and is having the most rapid
growth of any town in the United States
except Lawrence, Mass, and its popula-
,ion can hardly be exceeded in general
morality and intelligence. Such is a spe-
cimen of the fruits Of American enterprise
American manufactures, and the prohibi.
ton of the liquor traffic.-N. Y. Tribune
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POETRY.
THE REPENTED WORLD.

BY MRS. c. H. EsL1NG.
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ne Whence this sad and solemn ringing!
aa Ringing ever in mine ear,
Like mournful spirit singing
~ Of il. lost and happy sphere
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1853-07-31
DEMOCRATIC MEETING,

At a Democratic Meeting held in
Donaldson on the q inst for the pur-
pose Of appointing delegates to the
State Convention 10 he held at Baton
Rouge on the Isl Of August to roommate
candidates for the offices Of Treasurer
ofState, Auditor Of the Public Accounts
and Superintendent OF Public Schools,
the House wascalIed to order by A. M.
T>enplet, vino proposed Trasimon Lam
dry, as chairman and John L. Landry
and Emile picoo, secretaries.
The object Of the meeting being ex-
planned by The chairman.
Mr. A. NJ. Iemplet tsmoycd that the
president should nominate one delegate
from each district Of the parish.
NJ. A. w. Warren proposed as an
amendement that The nuraber Of dele
gates appointed by the president be ex-
tended 10 2J from the Districts.
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I.'ESCL.AVE JANVIER.

Mercrcdi dernier, y Juliet, I'escIave
JANyIER a cotnlaru Pour la seconde
foiS devant un jury d'hahitants ct a dt6
elargi apres dc longs d6bats.
Nous nous sonmcs nbstenu dc tout
commentaire sur lhorrible tentative Pas
sas>inat faite sur Ia personne dun NAL
heurenx blanc, jusqu'a &C que Ia justice
cut decide do sort dc I'accusG. Get accu-
Sc est aujourd:hui renda a sa maftresse.
douze citoyes,s l'ont IivrG ses instincts,
nous ponvons done sans danger hi pour
I'escIave, III pour personnc, nous rcndre
i'interprete de l'opinion publique.
Cette opinion s'est yivement manifes~
tee dams la formation du Jury. Vingt
six habitants SC sont recusGs avant quill
ait etc possible de former le tribunal,
yingt-six citoyens qni cro3ant Janvier
coupable rc(nsaie ut de porter leugs ter
ribles preycntions contre I'accuse sur le
banc des JUICES.
lie Jury Sc trouyait ainsi divise, 81 nous
sommes bien renseigne. Six me'nbres
ataient pczsuadGs de III cuIpabilite de
Isescaye, n1ais non conuaiacus; les SIX
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ment I'horribIe avalanche qul aIlait TOM
Der sur sa iste ct englootir sa vie.
Un eclair vint lure sur le pIancher
de I.echafaud lie bourreau levait son
6p6e.
Van Daerle dit adieu a la grande tu-
lipe noire, certain de Sc rtyeiIler en- di>
SAINT boojonr a Dieu dams un monde iait
dune autre Iumiere Ct dune autre cou-
lcur.
Trois fois il sentit lie vent froid de
PepGe passer sur son col flissoEnant.
Mai5, surprise
II ne sentit hi doulcur nj sccousse.
Il ne Wit aucun changement de nuan-
ces.
puis tout-a- a-coup, sans gull sui par
qui, van Baerle Sc & nit relever par des
mains asscz douces ct Sc retroaya hien-
tot sur ses pieds quclqoe peu chance
lans.
Il rouyrit les yeny.
Qnelqu'un isait quelque chose pres
de lui, sur un grand parchemin sceIle
dun grand sceau de cire rouge.
Eel lie meme soleil, jaune ct pale com
me il conrient a IN soIeil hollandais :.
luisait au ciel. ct la meme fenetre grill
lee lc regardait du haut da BuytenhoG,
ct les namcs marauds, non plus harIans
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tie du corps que les Grecs appellent
truchelos ct que nous autres Francais
nous nommons modestement lie col.
Et puis Cornelius espera bien que Ia
grace etalt complete ct quson alIait le-
rendre a la iberle ct a ses plates-ban-
des1de Dordrecht.
Mais Cornelius Sc trompait, CONNIE lie
disait vers le meme temps Mime de Sc
vigne, il y await un post-scrlpIan' a Ia
ettre, ct lie pha important de cette let
tire etait renferM dams le post-scriptstm.
Par ce post-scriptasm, Guilaume, sta
thouder de Hollande, condamnait Cor
nelius van Baerle a uue prison perpe-
tuelse-
|! etait trop peu coupable pour Ia
mort, mais il etait trop coupable pour la
liberte.
Corneil'e ecouta done lie pos.-scriptun,,
pnis, apres la premiere contrariets SOU
Iesee par la deception que Ic post-scrip-
tuna apportait !:
= Bah !! pensa-t-il, tout nest pas
perdu. La reclusion perpetuelle a du
bon. II y Rosa dams la recusion per-
petueIIe. Ii y a encore aussi mes trois
cayeux de la tulipe noire.
Mais Cornelius oubliajt que les sept
provinces peuyent avoir sept prisons,
une par province, a one lc pain du pr,
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mais ebahis, Ie regardaent dua bas de
la place.
A force d'ouvrir les yeux, dc regar-
der, d'ecouter, van BaerIe commenca
dc comprcndre ceci.
C'est que moaseigneur GuiIanme
prince d Orange, craignant sans doute
que les dix-sept IiVres de sang que van
Baerle, a qucIques ouces pres, await
dams Ie corps ne fissent deborder la
coupe de la justice celeste, await pris en-
piti6 son caractere ct les sembIans de
son innocence.
En- consequence, Son AItesse ui await
fait grace de Ia vie.-VoiIa pourquoi
p6pee, qui s'6tait leyee avec ce rehet
sinistre, await yoltig6 trois fois aatour de
sa tete CONNIE l'oiseau funebre autour
dc celle de Turnus, nais ne s'etait point
abattue sur sa tete ct await laiss6 intac-
tes les yertebres.
VOLTA pourquoi il ny await eu nj dou-
leur nj secousse. VOLTA pourquoi encore
lie soIeil continuait a rire dams razur
mediocre, il est vrai, mais tres suppor-
table des vontes ceiestes.
Cornelius qui await espere Dieu ct le
panorama tuIipique de l'univers, fut bien
un peu desappointe, mais il Sc consoia
en- fai5ant jouer avec nn certain bien-
ttre les Resorts intelligen5 dc cctte par
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autrcS en- avaicnt ct Ia persuasion ct |;
conviction.
Apres une elaboration de- trois hou
res: !e j"Iy nc pouvaut s'accordcr, IA ttt
d@charst, ct IA "oi!c proseq,ts i dtt in
tTOduit en- couc par I'Avocat DC District
Lcsclavc Il etc par consequent mi:
en- libcvl6 ct c'cst aIors que i'opinlon
s'cst plus vivcmcnt prononcCc; I'm grand
nombFe de cit"ycns cxalt6s par unc justc
Oh ili6gitMnc indignation, oft cIlerch6 ii
former un tribunal cuGcuto1 rs pour pen
drc a sa sogtic le nuiatrc acquitt6; Pau
tres cijoyens, parni Icsquels un dcs
principaux t6noins dc I'Etat, ont rGussi
d caImcr ccttc cxatation ct heurcusc-
ment pour notrc paroisse OH Ia IGgalitG
Ma janajs etc fouttc aux picds jusqr'a a
&c jour, aucunc violence ma etc COM
mise.
&c que nous disous de la maniCosta-
ton de I'opinion pub!ique dams ccttc
Circumstance nest ccrtes pas un blame
pour le jury.., bicn loin de Ii. Nous
comprcnons Ia rcsponsabiIitG dun jugc:
il ne peut, il ne dojt ob6ir qua sa cons