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GLOW do you do. Mr.. Printer; I want
Sunday School banner printed; we are goin
to have a tarin fourth of July celebration, and
our school wants banner"
$50 you ought, sir, What do you want on
it?n
s.Wal, don't know; we ort to have text Of
scripture on it, reckon"
That's good idea-what shall it be?"
sWhy, I thought this would be as good as
any-ssBe sure you're right, then go ahead"
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Gg Quite joke happened to one of the
doctors the other day. He ordered some pow
erful medicine for sick boy, and the father
not liking the appearance of it, forced it down
the cats throat, and when the doctor called
again and inquired if the powder had cured
the boy, the father replied:
q No, we didn't give it to him. ~
q Good Heavens.n' exclaimed the doctor.
:. is the child living ~
..Yes,'' answered the father, q but the old
cat isn't, we gave it to her"
The doctor sloped.
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credit of having furnished description of
office seekers, which Is as significant as COM
prehensive. He says:
.Numherless persons solicit situations to
take charge Of the ci'y's property who never
take care Of their own,
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A story is told by London correspondent
of a Boston paper. which as a new dodge, is
deserving Of notice. A subscription was
raised to present an eminent mercantile man
with service of plate of the value of $4,000.
OF this amount Gl500 was speedily subscri-
bed. The eminent man said to the treasure,
80, never mind the rest, hand me over the
money and l viii add the 9500 myself. and
hand the order to the silversmith." The
matter was arranged accordingly, and the
plate finished and sent home, for which the
recipient gave his bill at few months Be
fore it came due he stopped payment, and the
silversmith figures among his creditors, and
worse than all, the plate has been disposed of,
and has no shadow among the rest of his sur
rendered property.
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ROMANCE IL REAL LIFE.-A singular and
very interesting criminal case is now progress
sing in Newport, Ky, before Mayor Fearons,
and Justice Eckert, associated as an examin-
ing Court. The fact so far developed show,
that one John Palmer, the prisoner, some time
ago claiming to be resident of Newport, pro-
cured divorce from his wife in the Campbell
Circuit Court The proceeding ON his part
was without actual notice to her, she being
a resident Of the northern part of Ohio, and
adultery on her part, not having come to her
knowledge until after decree ofdivorce. Mrs.
Palmer, feeling herself wronged, and without
the power of appeal to the Superior Courts.
as the law is IN such cases, has pursued her
recreant husband, with a warrant from the
Governor of Kentucky, to Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, where he now resides, and had him
brought by the agent of the Government Of
Kentucky. to answer a charge of prcjury in
his bill.
Mrs p. is accompanied by her daughters,
one the daughter and the other the step daugh-
ter Of the defendant, who are understood to be
witnesses against him. Letters of the defen-
dant have been produced, showing an engage
ment between him and woman in Michigan
(to whom he is now said to be married) at the
time of his application for divorce. Much
interest is felt in the case. Mesrs. Hallaln,
Hodge and Barry, of Newport, and L. L.
Chambers, of Cincinnati, are conducting the
prosecution, and Messrs Root and Webster
the defence.
The Court seems to meet the many legal
question arising, promptly and with due re-
gard to the rights of all concerned.-C Cinaati
Commercial
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TRR M S:
0rlginal Ppatrll.

LINES TO THE MEMORY OF
MAI. P. W. MCDONALD, U. s. A.,
who died at New Orleans, October IL, 1851
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A RoMANrIc FEMALE * Brrrcuvs-

a ROMANTIC FEMALE IN BREECHES.-An
extremely 1feminine-looking young man has
for short time been stopping at the Ludlow
House, on Columbia street, where his retiring
and bashful behaviour, SO different from the
! usual manner of the fast young men of the
present day, attracted the observation of the
landlord, as well as of the guests. Atlength
some of the feminines about the establishment
e. set thief to catch a thief is a trite and
truthful old maxim, and post woman to spot
one of her own sex, is equally infallible) be-
gan to smell rat. or rather one of their own
adorable sex, notwithstanding the masculine
unmentionables which failed to disguise her
As matter of course. ssthe cat'' was soon let
.sout of the bag. = and, with tears and bushes,
the fair incognita, after at first denying the
soft impeachment, finally acknowledged the
corn, and then gave her reason for assuming
the disguise.
1t seems that six months ago she fell vic
tim to the seductive wiles of gay deceiver
who, under a promise of marriage, robbed
her of that which constituted her whole wealth
in this world-her honor. This occurred in
Baltimore, and after, from time to time, de-
laying the promised op,eade, he finally left
the city, leaving her heart broken, and in a
fair way of blazoning her misfortunes to the
world by becoming mother.
Upon inquiry. she ascertained that he had
started Westward, and collecting what little
means she possessed, she prepared to follow
Foreseeing the annoyances which, as an un-
protected female, she would be subjected to in
her forlorn search. she procured suit of male
attire, and ih this guise arrived in Cincinnati,
where she had reason to think her false lover
had taken up his abode
The landlord of the house not knowing
what steps to pursue in the case, informed
Marshal Rufhn, who had her taken TO the
Ninth street Station-house where she again
told her sad story. the truth of which was so
apparent that it carried conviction to all who
heard 1t. In the meantime some of her own
sex having learned the particulars. with that
kindly feeling which women always eyince
toward sister in afliction, provided her with
female attire and took her to safe asylum.
She is apparently about twenty years of age,
extremely good looking, and of very prepos-
sessing appearance Gin Inquirer.
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ANANEcpoTE OF FDUNAs.--At Monte Christie,
Dumas kept open house whosoever dropped
in to breakfast or dinner found cover laid
for him. One day Alphone Karr saw an un-
known face at the end of the table, and asked
bis host who it was ss don't know--one
of my sons friends, / suppose" Karr turned
to Dumas the younger and asked the same
question. :. haven't the slightest notion
some friend of my fathers, suppose" A
shoemaker came one morning to Monte
Christie with bill amounting to hundred
crowns. q / have no money to-day said
Dumas 70 No money p replied the man
that's easily said but Eve lost my time in
coming here" 'eWell," said Dumas, here
are ten francs to pay for your time" The
shoemaker went away enchanted, but came
again in three days, and Dumas gavs him ten
francs to indemnify him for his trouble. At
the end of six months NJ. Dumas had paid three
hundred francs, by tens at time, to the shoe
maker, and still owed him the hundred crowns.
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BY JULIA Z. DumoNr, vEvAY, INDIANA.
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VOL. 2. NO. 10.

The ,Sdl,s Pubic of Lyons (F'rance) has
the oliowing:-s.Three gentlemen who,
though dressed in plain clothes, were, very
evidently, from their martial aspect, and from
the red ribbon at their buttoD-holes, officers
of the army, were, few weeks ago, walking
in the Jardin des Plantes A poor woman
with two chrildren begged aims of them. Two
OF them Immediately gave her some money.
the third felt in his pockets, but found TO his
regret, that he had forgotten his purse. a
little further on, the three gentlemen were
again solicited for aims, the beggar being a
little boy, aged about nine. and as an induce
ment to them 70 give, the boy began turning
head over heels before them. The Ettle fel-
low gives me good idea cried The officer
who had forgotten his purse, | win bet you
twenty francs that / turn head over heels as
well as he doesn The thing is worth SEEING
said the other two, laughing, and we take
the betr Immediately, the author of the
proposition proceeded, with all the agility of
a boy, to execute the feat; and when he had
done it he extended bis hand for the money
On receiving payment of the, twenty francs,
he Immediately gave them 10 the poor woman
Some persons who were present compli1nented
the officer both ON his generosity and skill
.Poohp replied be, there is not soldier in
the French army who would not on such an
occasion be delighted to exercise the gymnas-
tic skill he may have acquired in his regiment
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Good Hunor.

Keep in good humor. 1t is not great
calamities that embitter existence; it is
the petty vexations, the small jealousies,
the little disappointments, the "minor
miseries," that make the heart heavy and
the temper sour. Don't let them. Anger
is a pure waste of vitality 1t helps no.
body and hinders everybody. It's always
foolish, and always disgraceful, except in
rare cases when it is kindled by seeing
wrong done to another; and even that
"noble rage" seldom mends the matter.
Keep in good humor.
No man does his best except when he
is cheerful. A light heart makes nimble
hands and keeps the mind free and alert.
No misfortune is so great as one that sours
the temper. Till cheerfulness is lost, moth
ing is lost. Keep in good humor.
The company of a good-humored man
lis perpetual feast. He is welcome ey-
erywhere. Eyes glisten at his approach,
and difficulties vanishin his cheering pres
ence. Franklin's indomitable good humor
did as much for his country in the Con-
gress as Adams fire or Jefferson's wisdom.
He clothed wisdom with smiles and soft
ened contentious minds into acquiescence.
Keep in good humor
A good conscience, sound stomach,
and clean skin, are the elements of good
humor. Get them, keep them, and keep
in good humor. s a
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MEAN HEIGHT OF THE ATLANTIC An

MEAN HEIGHT OF THE ATLANTIC AND
PACIFIC OcEANs.-On the authority OF
Col. Lloyd and Capt. Falmar, who in 1897,
by order of Bolivar, made series of lev
els from Panama to Chagres, it has been
very generally believed that there existed
a difference of mean level between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and many in
genious theories have been devised to &C
count for this (supposed) fact, and elabo-
rate deductions in favor and against the
practicability of ship canal have been
drawn therefrom.
The difference of the mean height o!
the two oceans was stated to be 1852 feet
the Pacific, at Panama, being that much
higher than the Atlantic at Chagres.
1t has been lately decided by Col. Tot
ten, after a series of tidal observations
taken here and in Aspinwall, (Navy Bay
and connected by accurate levels along the
line of railroad, that the mean height OF
the two oceans is exactly the same, al
though, owing to the difference in the rise
of the tide at both places, there are, ol
course, times when one of the oceans is
higher or lower than the other, but their
mean level, that is to say, their height at
half tide, is now proven to be exactly the
same. =
There is no doubt that Col Loyd's er.
ror arose from imperfection in his instru-
ments, and the difficulty he. labored under
:; tl,;ncr q large number of observations
in which mistakes are very likely to occur,
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Death OF Randolplz.

The following beautiful sketch of the
death of that brilliant, but most incom-
prehensible man, John Randolph, is taken
from Party Leaders, by Baldwins
"Randolph, in fast declining health
reached Philadelphia, whittier he went to-
take passage from that port.& Hewas too
late for the Liverpool Packet He ex-.
posed himself to the inclemency Of the
weather, took cold, which aggravated his
disease, and hastened its fatal termination
He was put to sbed-his deathbed- din
his lodgings in the City hotel. The idio-
syncracies which had of late years espe-
cially, marked his demeanor, distinguished
the late hours of his life. The sudden
burst of petulence which disease wrung
from him, the affecting kindness and ten
derness which disease could not wholly
take from him; the rambling conversion in
the intervals of acute suffering, in some pas
sages as brilliant as ever-the last CLEANS
of the sinking lamp; the groaning of re-
morse, which review of his past life at
the bar of a stern selfjudgment, drew from
his cotrite heart in fervid prayer: the hes
|itating hope; the trust qualified by self
condemnation, in the Savior, whose name
he professed; the concluding act, ere the.
curtain fell upon the last scene of earth,-
propped up by pillows, he called up witness
ses to the congrmation of his will provid-
ing for his slaves, and the last conscious
words which fred his eye and braced his
sinking frame, as, speaking in thisconnec-
ton, he laid his skeleton hand strongly
upon the shoulder of his faithful servant,
John, and said with ephasisH especially
for this man." And then-this last charge
upon his conscience off-his mind wander
ed away to the light, and the scenes,
and the friends of the Early Day; ard,
the mutterfngs Of the voice growing grad
|ually fainter, as he passed on into the
thicker shadows, of the Dark Valley the
futtering pulse stood still, and ] ohm Ran
ldolph, of Roanoke, was numbered with the
dead! (June "a, 1873. aged sixty. s-ss
| They carried him back to his solitary
home and buried him in death as in life,
unsocial and isolated--in the forest of
Roanoke In the soil of Virginia he loved
so well, they laid the corpe of her faithful
and devoted son. They left him, to rest,
after the long fever of his troubled dream
of life was over, in an humble and seques-
tered grave, beneath two stately pines.-
There let him sleep onl The gloom of
their shade, and the melancholy sighing
of the wind through their boughs, iafe 6t
emblems of the life which was kbreaf11ed
out in sadness and sorrow."
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cap'n, you can go ahead now. | don't
care about stopping. Come nigh losing
the passage money and the baggage
come nigh getting drowned, Sairy, all
to find you-but its all right now. Go
ahead, steamboat! Rosin up there fire.
men! Darn the expense!"
When the sun set, the loving couple
were seen seated on the upper deck, the
big brown Yankees arm encircling the
slender waist of the young woman in the
blue bonnet and pink dress. We believe
they reached their destination safe and
SOund
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strugg,es OF the Greats s.

There is milder and serener form of
poverty, the nurse of manly energy and
heaven-climbing thoughts, attended by.
love, and faith, and hope around whose
steps the mountain breezes blow, and from
whose countenance all the virtues gather
strength. Look around you upon the
distinguished men that in every depart
ment Of life guide and control the times,
and inquire what was their origin and
what was their early fortunes Were they,
as a general rule, rocked and dandled on
the lap of wealth? No. Such men emerge
from the homes of decent competence or
struggling poverty. Necessity sharpens
their faculties, and priyation and sacrifice
brace their moral nature. They learn the.
great art of renunciation, and enjoy the
happiness of having few wants. They
know nothing of indifference or safety.
There is not an idle fibre in their frames.
They put the yigor of a resolute purpose
into every act. The edge oftheir minds
is always kept sharp. In, the shocks of
| life, men like these meet the softly nurtured
darlings of prosperity as the vessel of
iron meets the vessel Of porcelain. Lift
your heart above the region Of wild hopes
and cowardly fears. Put on that even
temper of mind which shall be d shadow.
in success and a light in adversity If
wealth and distinction, receive them in q
thankful and moderate spirit, If they
do not come, fill their place with better
guests. Remember that all which truly
exalts and ennobles a man is bound to
him by ties as indissoluble as those which
link the planets to the sun. Plant your
self upon Gods immutable laws, and for-
tune and failure will be no more than va
pors that curl and play far beneath your
ifeet.-Geo. s. Hsuards Merc. Lao, I'D.
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Selfft Storp.
From Peterson's Magazine.
MIN MES R USE.
sr I1zz1Es sELmwooD.


9 Helgn-noF signed Mlnnle Arl.h'
what 9 plague tnese lovers are! Iar.lc-
uisriy u one IS not qulte certain wnetner
tney are enaMoleu ol ones sen ., one
ioitune. WISH knew anu as sne
u saio tnis, sne gianceu enous sn1any ai.ei
81 tne ie1featne 10TH u = .aii' sen'le ll'''iy
! looking young man, ~ eliat l,onenS pass
8 ing ont o. tne gate IN iront OF ner Iatner's
mansion.
10 Minnie was not q beauty as nerolnes
s usually are, sDut sne possessed q sunny,
: gleeui temper, . warm neart ana q wen
esculuvatea mino, winch amply compensated
for an denclencles OF form ana lace, so
that among the truly discernlng she Iouno
many ana warm irlenos-
as ner la'ner was very meal'hy' many
sultors knedt at tne ieet OF MINNIE, VINO
otherwise would nave sought q loyefer
Dr1de. but 10 an sne naa given klnu'
Dut DECIDED negauve, unth sne met WIN
& Walter Kony. the VISITOR VINO had just oio
asher aoleu. ne was young lawyer, VINO
had recently come INTO tne Vliiage ol Del-
mont ana VINO. possessing a nanosome
person, Iasclnaung congersatiohal powers,
and DIANA anu ag,eeapie manners Yeiy
soon won INC connuence anu goou-mi,. VI
So1ne PsoP.s, anu Par .culally u .n0 iau'.s.
ne uah noe az nls.' .o"e,e1, no.l0o
winnie Witn Hucn astentloh' pue III tne
course OF lew weeks ne seemed 70 De
.asuddeniy enamoreo' ana soon became very
attentive,
Inougn MINNIE was macn aa'1eteo os
snis apparent ueso1ion u ene nahusone %
iawyer yet sne nae 2 large snare OF 1na'
fare' put impor1an. artlcle, common ssnse'
sno g sne suspec.eo .nas Inns assle1l1y
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SELFIsHNEss UNCHRIsTIAN.-Live for
some purpose in the world. Act your
part well. Conduct yourself SO that you
will be missed with sorrow when you are
gone. Multitudes of our species are
living in such selfish manner that they
are not likely to be remembered after their
disappearance. They leaye behind them
scarcely any traces of their existence, but
are forgotten almost as though they had
never been. They are, while they live,
like one pebble lying unobserved among
a million on shore, and when they die, they
are like that same pebble thrown into the
sea, which just ruffles the surface, sinks,
and is forgotten without being missed from
the beach, They are neither regretted
by the rich, wanted by the poor, nor cele-
brated by the learned. Who has been
the better of their life? Whose tears have
they dried up? Whose wants supplied?
Whose miseries have they healed? Who
would unbar the gate of life, to re-admit
them to existence? Or what face would
greet them back again to our world with
a smile? Wretched, unproductive mode
existence! Selfshness is its own curse;
it is starving vice. The man who does
no good, gets none Heis like the desert;
neither yielding fruit, nor seeing when
good cometh; a stunted, dwarfsh, misera-
BILE shrub. Req. J. A. James.
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O'Connell andhis Remainss !

The long talked monument too Com
nell in Rome is at length completed, and
is about to be erected in the church of the
Irish College there. The inscription re-
minds that "O'C 'Connen, dying in Genoa, on
his way to the Eternal City, bequeatfed
his soul to God, his body to ireland, and
his heart to Rome,
Apropos to the name and memory Of
t the "Illustrious Liberatorn no greater,
anomaly no more incongrhous spectacle,
can possibly be than that Of O'Eonnell's.
post nao'tem affairs. 1t may, indeed, be
that his heart is, or it is to be enshrined
in the monument in Rome; but as to the
other parts of his being, we cannot speak
thus certainly. His body, which, as a, ma
tional deposit and heirloom, he '.bcqueath-
| ed to ireland, !" has been from the day of
I its interment held in restraint in Glassae,
vim cemetery, as security for the undeTta-
ker's fees, which, grateful natienns has
never paidl-E EdissbtsrgA Cross
WT True Progress Subscription in
oAx 81 - !,
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VOLUME XII.
poetrp.
THE PLoWMAN.

E Tearing up the stubborn soil
Trudging, drudging, toiling, moiling,
Hands and feet and garment selling
Who would grudge the plo'Smans toll
-t Yet there's luster ir his eye,
Borrowed from yon glowing sky;
And there's meaning in his glances
That bespeaks no dreamer's fancies-
For his mind has precious lore,
Cleaned from Natures sacred store.
Toiling up yon weary hill, vs.
He has worked since early morning,
Ease and rest and pleasure scorning,
And he's at his labor still
Though the slanting western beam,
81 Quivering on the CLASSY stream,
8, And yon old elm's heightened shadow
Flung athwart the verdant meadow,
Tell that shadowy twilight gray
Cannot now be far away.
- Seei hesstops and wipes his brow
Mark the rapid suns descending
Marks his shadow far extending
Deems if time to quit the plow.
sft Weary man and weary steed
Welcome food and respite need;
'Tis the hour when bird and bee
Seek repose-and why not he?
Nature loves the twilight best,
.s''- Let the toil-worn plowman restl
Ye, who Aursed upon the breast
OF ease and pleasure enervating,
Ever new delights increasing,
Which not long retain their zest-
1Gs Ere upon your taste they pail,
What avail your pleasures all
In his hard but pleasant labor,
He, your useful, healthful neighbor,
Finds enjoyment, real, true
Vainly sought by such as you.
Natures open volume lies,
Richly tinted, brightly beaming,
With its various lessons teeming,
All outspread before his eyes,
Dewy glades and opening flowers,
Emeral meadows, vestal bowers,
Sun and shade bird and bee,
Fount and forest, hill and lea
~ All things beautiful and fair,
s. His benignant teachers are.
Tearing up. the stubborn soil
8 Trudging, drudging, toiling, moiling,
Hands and feet and garments soiling-
- Who would grudge the plowman's toll
:. Yet tits health and wealth to him,
Strength of nerve and strength of limt
Light and fervor in his glances,
C- Life and beauty in his fancies
Learned and happy, brave and free,
Who SO blest and proud as he?
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