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Did you not report that l attacked
my uncle with an axe 2" asked the youno

my uucle with an axe asked the young
man.
Certainly I did, " responded the store
keeper. ''Did you not confess the crime
to me yourself2"
! Neverw exclaimed Windham.
What" cried Smith. " did I not meet
you in the road the other day with staff
in your hand and did [ not ask you how
you did, and"
L remember it all-how strange p ex-
claimed Windham. g Now all who are
present will be good enough to listen to
me. | met Mr. Smith in the road the
other day. | had staff in my hand for
[ was lame. He asked me how did, aud
[ replied that had hurt my ankle with
an axe"
(" Did you not say that you had hurt
your uncle with an axe 2n cried the store
keeper, blushing deeply.
g By no means,n cried Windham, and
he Immediately stripped down his stock
Ing and laid bare scar upon his ankle,
which had evidently beer the result of
blow from the axe
" The young man is rght-it was my
mistake !' said the store keeper " Give
me your hand. | beg your pardon
Windham reached his hand to Smith,
and all who were In the store walked
up and shook hands with the young man,
expressing their regret for their mistake.
Before the sun was yet down. there was
not man, woman or child In the village
who had not heard the triumphant refuta-
tion of the foolish SANDER A reaction
took place and every villager was desir
Gus of doing Windbam kindness. But
he did not see Mr. Rogers again until he
was obliged to secure the services of that
gentleman in delicate affair, which con-
cerned Miss James equally with himself.
He then thanked the clergyman for his
timely advice, and very kind assistance
and added
Hereafter. when false imputation
rests upon me, [ will boldly prove its
source, and look it down at once"
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An A l I UMN LESSON.

! 1he Indian Summer-the quiet mourn
ing of Autumn for the fading glories OF
Summers upon us. with its bright moon
Int nights, its mellow noon dav warmth
and its chilly morning and evening breath
The green of summer foliage is giving way
| before the decaying vigor of the year and
the trees are putting on their brilliant
fall colors. the hectic flush that preludes
death. The naples, touched by the frost.
show that the healthful flow which has for
months been given out to the remotest
branches, Is being gathered back to the
roots, and so the leaves change to scarlet
and gold and fall lightly away to the
ground. The beeches look dry and vel
low and through all the forest each class
of vegetation is submitting to its annual
transformation Here the Autumn is not
the sere and melancholy season nor is
October the brown and dead month. as it
is represented by the English poets
They never looked upon the glory of an
autumnal forest, and they described the
foliage as 1T was presented to them
Their pages would light up with gayer
colors, if they had written of the forest
scenery of this continent
Already the birds have left for the
south, the squirrels are busy among the
nut-bearing trees laying In store proven
der for winter, and the boys 90 to the
woods OF holidays and hunt for chesnuts.
munching them carelessly aud stufing
their pockets with the spoil the trees
yield
The autumn presages the winter. and
thousands look forward to it with dread
The cool wind enters at the gaping cracks.
the broken panes of glass admit the cold
air. The days of out door work are be-
coming less frequent, the small modicum
of wages grows less and less, prices re-
main high and only fear and doubt are
dimmed upon the future To other thou
sands the winter is even pleasant The
ball, the party, the wellwarmed house, the
happy freside the evening lecture the hill
arious sleigh ride. are all among the win
ter joys Its cold blast cannot reach them
for they are wrapped in thick furs and
buried in folds of warmth giving gar
ments. They have enough, they have
abundance and they have no fear These
are the contrasts; contrasts to be more
marked this coming winter than the last
Let the latter remember the former, and
let them give freely or their substance TO
alleviate misery and abolish want wher-
ever either has a sad hearted victim
They can do much for the suffering Much
they have done heretofore and the thou
sands who last winter were saved from
starvation by well directed charity, have
never forgotten to remember their bene-
factor, when their humble prayer went
up to the Father of all The poor are
and always will be with US Rochester
American
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nnrictl,.

= aTo.. story Is related of an honest farmer,
2 attempting to drive home bull, got sudden
-#sei over the fence. Recovering himself, he
,-s ANIMAL on the other side of the railspaw
e ground. The good old man looked stead
+ AIM ior a momeut aud then shaking his fist
q ezclaimed-@Darn yeur apologies, you
| 9, stand there you tarnal critter, bowin'
s'aPa-you die ii purpose, darn your ug-
,,a-s
'AowISG FIsH-The Cleveland Ohio City
'1s' 6ai one Of the most pleasing things ex-
Al hetr late County Fair, was lot of
''oat, artiGcislly bred by Drs- Garliek and
"-ose labors in this line we have hereto
5a,.t. Taey showed several 5Eoods of fish
''s-. stages Of growth, and have demonstra-
,1 Is just as easy to grow fish as it is fowls
cher description Of food
-s-Sam. you're a drunkard-you're al
and your habits is loose, nigga, your
| anus look here.
Swell. what is il, attends-I attends
Fl, yOa a hlosofer!
,-AiIosoier-whats dat,
Why, does you know de science of rea-
s-EAyyes, nigga, yes.
~"si, aXme dis, den-how de debble am
a5se when is tight all de time.
'o-as lady who wore spectacles exclaim-
''-ce Of sentimental enthusiasm, TO
''a Who was walking on the road
.- aF appreciate the beauty of that land,
y see those darling sheep aud lambs
a5ol,t"
~ amt sheep and lambs; them's hogs
.'o1e, 90 being eensured for bestowing
o1a man. made the following noble re
" "oi give it to the man l gave it TO
-''elols, late Of the Brattleboro Demo-
gone to Kansas, taking her children with
'-'' Neep cut the Shareholders, if any
" aaezeTted SAYS H. W. Beecher, is
SINUS than a bushel Of acorns is a forest
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1)oetrp,
LINES.

LIME.
4. rouisyille Journal says: We defy any taste
n loyer of poetry to read the following line
r;,bont texclaiming-+how beautiful =
Nv soul thy sacred image keeps,
Nv midnight dreams are all of thee;
For nature then in silence sleeps,
And silence broods Ger land and sea;
On in that still, mysterious hour,
How oft from walking dreams ! start,
To find thee but fancy flower,
Thou cherished idol of my heart,
Thou hast each thought and dream of mine
Have | in turn one thought of thines
Forever thine my dreams will be,
Whateer may be my fortunes here:
Task not love-I claim from thee
Ouly one boon, gentle tear;
Nav eer blest visions from above
Play brightly round thy happy heart,
And may the beams of peace and love
Ne'er from thy glowing soul depart,
FAREWELL my dreams are still with thee,
Hast thou one tender thought of me?
! Nyjoys like summer birds may fly,
Nv hopes like summer blooms depart,
Bu. there's one flower that cannot die
Iny holy memory in my heart;
NJ dews that flowers cup may till
NJ sunlight to its leaves be given,
Bl,itwiI live and flourish still,
.4s Jeathless as a thing of heaven,
Ny soul grcets thine, unasked, unsought,
= Hast thou for me one gentle thoushtz
Farewell! farewell my far-off friend!
Between US broad, blue rivers flow,
Aad forests wave, and plains extend,
And mountains in the sunlight glow;
TIE wind that breatkes upon thy brow
suot the wind that breathes on mine,
Tie star beams shining on thee now
Are not the beams that on me shine,
5ot memo.ys spell is with me yet
C4usr thou the holy past forget?
ite bitter tears that You and
May saed whene'er by anguish bowed,
E1aalei INTO the noontide sky.
Nav meet and minsle in the cloud
Aai thus my much beloved friend though we
Far, far apar, must live and move,
QaT souls VIXEN God shall set them free,
taR mlngle in the world of love,
IlS was an ecstacy to me
Ag-would it be Joy TO theea
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22
THE RAGE0US GIRL.

L was introduced to young girl of fif-
teen, whose graceful manner attracted my
attention / knew that Louisa, for so will
call her. was the only child of wealthy
and doting parents | knew that she was
highly educated and very accomplished,
but Of her moral character | knew moth
ing. 1t so happened that we were de-
tanned over night at the house where we
had met, and as there were many other
guests, a room was assigned to the inter
esting young stranger and myself, which
the two daughters of our host were also
to share with US These daughters were
much older than Louisa, and far from be-
ing religious. while l. at that time was
Indifferent and thoughtless We were all
chatting and laughing, and Louisa at first
Joined us with her sweet, musical voice !;
but before retiring, she gently Withdrew
into a corner of the room, and knelt in
prayer.
| can never forget the impression made
upon rly mind, by this act of quiet, silent
devotion Ny mirth was hushed | felt
as if | ought to pray; | wished [ was
like Louisa. and that like her | could pour
out my heart before an unseen Friend
y
upon her face, that as she bent over to
kiss me. and say an affectionate /" good
night" I felt almost reverence for the fair
young creature, who had piety and cour-
age enough thus to acknowledge Christ
before strangers | knew that it must
have cost her an effort to do her duty un-
der those circumstances, and | respected
and loved her for it. Doubtless her gay
companions felt the same--and perhaps
they, like me. were lead by witnessing that
simple act, to set new value on religious
faith and hope. Years have passed, yet
when tempted to forsake the right through
fear of man; the memory of that kneeling
girl has impaired new strength aud cour-
age, and influenced me to care less for
:. them that kill the body and after that
have no more that they can do"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

SUPERSTITION IN FRANcE-In some of
the departments of France. where the
cholera is raging, the peasants believe that
the disease is propagated by travellers.
and several have been arrested for firing
at the passing trains 1t was aseertained
that their guns were loaded with powder
only, and their purpose was to frighten
travellers so as to diminish at least the
number. In several of the provinces. the
rural population we're persuaded that he
steam of the locomotive yltIates the air,
and especially occasions the potato rot
A female aronaut. who made balloon as
cent from Paris. and came down in neigh
boring department. was maltreated By the
country people, who mistook her for a
witch. All this in the year of our Lord
/ 1854
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

LoNGEvlTY--There are few persons ad.
vanced in years who consider their decease
as an event which win shortly take place.
An old gentleman, aged only 64 years, on
being informed of the death of an ac-
-quaintance at the advanced.age of 90, an
swered, . | am sorry to hear of his death,
but | confess am not surprised. His
constitution was naturally weak, and he
was habitnally careless of his health 1
always predicted that he would not be
long lived p
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

-" AND FIND IoURsELF"-Two
men were talking in the street As we
rapidly passed them, one of the speakers
finished sentence with g and fnd your
selfn The theme was undoubtedly work
and labor--soDletbing that somebody must
do for SO much day, a week, month, and
find himself
That find yourself" is true of all sue.
cess in every department Of life. A man
must g ind himself" in a good stock of
resolution to begin with, steady purpose,
and deal of patience. He must find
himself in stout heart and pair of
willing hands In fact, he must :. find
himself in every thing except Tie work
to be done--the duty to be performed
and of work and labor there can always
be enough
Many man seems to assume duty, or
attempt the performance of task. with
the idea that the ability to accomplish it
comes with the work-somehow thrown
in" to the bargain and many mans fail
ure is attributable to this queer hallucina-
ton a fact which he discovers just early
enough to find himself-nowhere.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

VoLTAIRE's sRDDLE.-Wh hat is the long
est. vet the shortest thing in the world :
the swiftest, and most slow; the most di-
visible, and the most extended. the least
value. and the most regretted without
which nothing can be done; which de
YOURS everything however small. and yet
gives life and Spirit to every object, how
ever great AnsWer-Time
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

Poor RICHARD If you would know
the value of money, go and try to borrow
some; for he that goes a borrowing goes
indeed, so does he that lends 30 such peo
pie, when he goes to get it again. Poor
Dick farther advises and says:
Fond pride of dress is sure very curse;
Ere fancy you consult. consult your purse"
And again. g Pride is as loud beggar as
Want, and great deal more saucy''-
When YOU have bought one fine thing YOU
must buy ten more, that your appearance
may all be of piece but Poor Dick
says: :. 1t is easier to suppress the first
desire. than to satisfy all that follow it y
And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape
the rich. as for the frog to swell in order
to equal the OK.
Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore"
1t is, however, folly soon punished; for
as Poor Richard says. Pride that dimes
on vanity. sups on contempt; Pride break
tasted with Plenty. dined with Poverty
and supped with Infamy," And after all
of what use is this pride of appearance
for which so much is risked, so much is
suffered II cannot promote health, nor
ease pain it makes no increase of merit
in the person, it creates vy.it hastens
misfortune.
But what madness 1t must be to run in
debt for these superfuities We are of.
fered by the terms of this sale. six months
credit and that. perhaps, has induced
some Of us to attend it, because we can
not spare the ready money, and hope to be
fine without it. But, ah ! think what you
do when you run in debt you give to an
other power over your liberty. If you
cannot pay at the time, you will be afraid
to N ,et your creditor: you will be in fear
when you speak to him; you will make
poor, pitiful. sneaking excuses, and by de
gress. come to lose your veracity. and sink
into base. downright lying; far The sec
ond vice is lying. the first is running in
debt" as Poor Richard says; and, again.
to the same purpose, Lying rides upon
debts back u whereas freeborn Eng
lishman ought not to be ashamed nor a
fraid to see or speak to any man living =
But poverty often deprives man of al
spirit and virtue. " It is hard for an emp
ty bag to stand upright.-Ffanklin.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

LAUGufNG IN CHURCH H Henry Ward
Beecher says: like TO see my Sabbath
congregation laugh. when there is occasion
for it. and verify believe there is no more
harm in Laughing in church than in ones
private parlor."
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

THE PooR OF THIS WoRLD-God's s ways
are not as the ways of men. They often
seem inexplicable to the human mind
None are more so than those which con-
cern choice as to the objects of his favor.
He selects. as a general thing, not the
rich of this world, but the poor not the
noble and the mighty, but the humble and
the weak.
Moses was the son of poor Levite-
Gideon was a thrasher-David was a Shep-
herd boy-Amos was a herdsman--the
apostles were ignorant and unlearned. .
The reformer, Zwingle, emerged from a
shepherds hut among the Alps Melanc-
ton, the great theologiau of the Reforma-
ton was a workman in an armorers shop.
Martin Luther was the child of a poor
miner
Corey. who originated the plan of trans
lating the Bible into the language of the
millions of Hindostan, was shoemaker in
northampton DR. Morrison who trans
lated the Bible into the Chinese language,
was a last-maker, in Newcastle DR..
Milne was herdboy in Aberdeenshire,-
DR. Adam Clarke was the child of Irish
cotters John Foster was weaver; An
drew Fuller was a farm servant. William
Jay, of Bath, was a herdsman and the
present Archbishop of New York Is the
son of draper
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- A witness named Washam was
called to the stand to give bis testimony.
Having taken his place, he turned to the
bar, before testifying, and earnestly in
quired, which side am [ on 2'
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YoUNG will be recollected
that this young man, wbo was on board the
Arctic, continued at his post firing the sig
nal gun, until the vessel went down. A
correspondent of the n. Y Times, writing
from Washington, says
. The father of Young Holland still
cTings to the hope that by some such mir
acle as saved Capt. Luce, his son has also
escaped the perils Of the Arctic's wreck.
ConVersiDg with him to-day, be exclaimed,
NV boy is not lost / will not give him
up But he continued, better thou
sand times that he should perish in the
manly discharge of his duty. than have
saved craven life by such eowardice and
selfshness as marked the conduct of the
crew That sentiment viii find an echo
in every manly breasr and the proud con
sciousness that his son went down stand
ing at his post, bis head still wreathed by
the smoke Of the gun he bad fired for the
last time. just before the wreck sank to its
gloomy grave, will afford the fathers heart
no little consolation when be realizes at
last that his boy has finished his duties
on earth"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

Moral CHARACTER-The is nothing
Which adds so much to the beauty and
power of man as moral character 1t
dianfes him in every station. exaits him
in every period of life Such character
is more to be desired than anything else
on earth. No servile fool. no crouching
svcophant. no treacherous honor seeking,
ever bore such character the pure joys
Of righteousness never spring in such a
person If young men bat knew how
much a good character would Dignity and
exalt them, how glorious II would make
their prospects even in this life; never
should we find them yielding to the grow
cling and born purposes of human
nature. Democratic Reflector.
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VOL. VIII. NO. 1.
D E / D IL E A DS.

/ Some of our railroad and steamboat
/ people are inclined to class editors among
: dead heads" This is mistake that can
not be too earl y rectifed. Editors may
travel free. but they are not dead heads.
and never should be called so. They are
the most productive persons our railroad
and steamboat people deal with.
The articles which appeared in the Al
bany papers last week with regard to the
State Fair, doubled the business of the
Peoples Line for four days and what is
true of the Peoples Line of steamboats,,
is equally true of the Hudson River Rail
road and the opposition boats, Hero and
Manhattan The latter steamer left on
Tuesday evening of last week with the
largest load of passengers that she ever
took to the Metropolis. Her receipts
were over six hundred dollars-one half
of which was derived from the excitement
kicked up about the Fair BY the editors
of the city. Editors pay, and pay gIori-
ously. for all the favors shown them
We have travelled thousands of miles
free of cost during the past five years,
and yet we think there is large balance
due US If editors should stop writing
about Saratoga, the railroad which runs
to that village would lose two-thirds of
its pleasure travel The man who calls
an editor dead-h is an i'll bred donk-
ey. He neither knows good sense nor
gratitude
The articles which appeared in the New
\ ork Herald, Times, and Tribune last
summer, with regard to the Crystal Pal
ace, increased the business of the rail-
roads and steamhoats in tho State 6f.y
per cent. Some of our capitalists talk of
shutting down the gate-cutting off the
free list entirely. We dare them to do
it. Without the aid furnished by the
press there is not road in the country
that would pay expenses for one consecu-
tive month --dU Kntck.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING: :

1-All advertisements ordered in without spe-
,Tes the length of time, will be inserted until
| ,,.l out, and charged accordingly.
! r7Bgsness or Professional Cards, by the year,
| -, ,,,ree lines S3-each additional line SO cents
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IL Never anticipate wealth from any
other source than labor.
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ORIGIN OF NEWsPAPERs-D'I Israel in
the first volume of his ''Curiosities of Lit
erature" gives an interesting account of
the origin of newspapers with historical
facts concerning their introduction into
various European nations He states that
we are indebted to the Italians for the
idea of newspapers. The first paper
was Venetian one, and only monthly =
but ii was merely the newspaper of the
government The title of the Gazettas
was perhaps derived from gazerra, a mag
pie, or chatterer, or more probably from
a farthing coin, peculiar to the city of Ven
ice, called gazetta which was the common
price Of the newspapers. These early
newspapers were not allowed by jealous
government to be circulated in printed
form, but the Venetian gazette continued
long after the invention of printing to be
distributed in manuscript. In a library
at Florence are thirty volumes of Nene-
tian gazettas, all in manuscript
Mr.. George Chalmers states that man
kind are indebted to the wisdom of Queen
Elizabeth, and the prudence of Burleigh,
for the first genuine newspaper. In the
British Museum are several newspapers
which were printed while the Spanish feet
were in the English Channel, during the
year 1898. Popular zeal against the
Spanish Armada was inffamed in these
early newspapers Burleigh in order to
rouse the national feeling, publishes an
extract of Il letter from Madrid. which
speaks of putting the English Queen to
death and the instruments of torture on
board the Spanish feet
These early copies of newspapers are in
Roman, not IN black letter They are en-
titled = The English Mercurie" Period
ical papers were first generally used in
England during the civil wars, at the pc
riod Of the Commonwealth
De Saint Polk, in his curious historical
essays, gives the origin of newspapers in
France Renaudot, physician of Paris,
to amuse his patients. was great collec-
tor of news; and he found by these means
that he was more sought after than his
more learned brethren But as he had
much leisure and was quite fond of collect
ing news, he obtained privilege from the
Government, in 1852, to publish each week
a summary of the news of various coun-
tries, to distribute among his patients
1t is almost needless to add that his pat
rons were soon fcand in all ranks and his
printed sheets we're in greater demand
than his written prescriptions.