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FRANCE, DENMARK, AND THE UNITED STATES.

Among the oddrst otlds and ends oil dlplo'
matte intelligence brought by tue last steam
er, is Que TO the effect that the French gov
ernment had recently addressed very ener'
gelic, if not commanding, note tothe Danish
government, insisting that the. latter show a
compliant and ready spirit in scIfing its dif:
icul,ies the object being to hinder con.
flict with North America. This is replesen.
ted as a direct effort on the part Of Louis
Napoleon to weaken tho great reliance oil
Denmark on England.
There can be no question that France has,
by ,lint of sheer pushing, cop.rivcd to gain
a very decided foothoId' in Denmark, and
that she was first aud loudest in assuring
Denmark Of her support in The matter.
Frouch papers have abused America far
more than The English have done for our
interference in established European mail
time customs, aud the above statement rcIa-
live to the nnie would seem extraordinary
did we not remember two things. The first
is, that since the peace was concluded the
Anslo.French alliance has virtually ceased
with it. 'fhe second, and by far the most
important point is, that both France and
England are at present desirtas OF putting
off a war with this country. they desire
that it may be postponed until disunon shall
have made such headway among us that
they may have but little to dread. 4 war
with England or France, even now, would
auench, certainly for time, the flames Of
discord, unite the North and the South, and
restore political harmony. Neither France
nor England desire this, aud they natu-
rally wish to see war postponed until our
ridiculous strife on the slave question has got
US all by the ears. Then Louis Napoleon
will let us hear from him. Till then be
commends peace with the United States
| pl:I, D,,Uoi;,,
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Injected with the foreign policy of the coun
try is inferior to no domestic question what
ever. The time has come for the people o
the United States to declare themselves II
favor of free seas and progressing free trade
throughout the world, and, by solemn mani
frstations, to place tHrir moral influence b,
the side of their successful example.
Second-Resolved, That our geographic
cal and political position with reference to
the other States Of this continent, no less
than the interests of our commerce and the
development Of our growing power, requires
that we hold to the sacred principles involy.
ed in the Monroe doctrine. Their Bearing
and import admit of no nisconstruc.ion,
and should bo applied with unbendng
rlgitliiy,
Thirdly-Resolved, That the great high.
way which nature as well as the assent of
the States most Immediately interested in
its maintenance has marked out for free COM
munication between the Atlantic and the
Pacific Oceans, constitutes one of the most
important achievements to he realized by
the spirit of moderation, in the unconquera.
BILE energy Of oar people, and that result
should be secured by timely and efficient
excrtion of the control which we have
right to claim over it. And no power on
earth should be suffered to impede or clog
its progress by any interference with rela.
'ous that u may suit our policy to estaL.
lish with The government of the States within
whose dominion it lies; and we can, under
no circumstances, surrender our preponder.
ancc in the adjustment of all questions aris.
ing out of it.
FourIhly-Eesplvcd, That In view Of SO
commanding an interest, the people of the
United States cannot but sympathise with
he.ehhrts which are being made by the
people of Central America to regenerate
that portion of the continent which covers
the passage across III oceanic Isthmus.
FiIthly-Resolyed, That the Democratic
party will expect from the next A Admnistra.
ton every proner egbpt 10 he made to insure
our ascendenc5 in the Gulf Of Mexico and
maintain permanent protection of the
great outlets through which are emptied into
its .swa!ors the products raised on the soil,
and the commodities created by the=industry
of the people of our Western valleys and
the Union at large.
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A SERIOUS OBJECTION TO BUCHANAN
An"Ex.Old Maid" writes TO the New York
Eveaing Post the following letter. She
draws a touching picture of the desolalion
of tho White house in the occupancy OF a
bachelor:
TO the Editors OF the Erening Post: .
The Presidential chair presume that is
sufficiently capacious,) should, at any rate
he occupied by complete Homa" being
and this fact, Of itself, should dispose sum.
n arily of the claims of the more or less
honorable Buchanan; for il there Is one
principal more clearly settled than any other
!, is that an Old Bachelor is at most but a
Halt Man; and how can such a person
make moro than a Half.Fresiisnta Now,
sir, it is had enough to have a man at the
head Of the White House who is destitute
of backbone; but to have one who, in ad.
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From the New Orleans Picayunc.
FROM KANSAS.

Sharpe's rifles, which have formed the
staple export from New England 10 Kansas,
contributed by fighting priests and revenge.
iul philanthropists TO enable Abolitoni>m To
overthrow the lawful government of the
Territory by force, have been put to sin.
gular use. Instead Of killing the "borde,
rnfiians," as was piuusly recommended in u
Hartford church, some of'ihe shrewde>t Of
the antl,slavery pilgrims to that distant land
have put them TO a more thrifty use. They
have sold them at discount TO the pro.sla.
very men, and taken pay in what will buy
them something to support life. The bor.
der ruflians"-so the adversaries of revolu.
tiouary AboEtionism are called in the slang
vocabulary Of tho day-have corn and pork,
bread aud meat, which the owners of Sharp's
rifles want; and accordingly we hear that
there has been an auction at independence,
at which 4 lot Of these weapons, for which
the preaching bullies begged twenty five dol.
lars a piece, when bought at the Eastern
mandatory, were sold at from twelve dol,
lars TO sixteen, dollars piete The sellers
are the oppressed :" free State smeus" the
poor sufferers under Missouri tyranny, who
are rraying-so runs tue abolition plant
to the sympathy OF Ghristendom for arms
with which to defend themselves, their liber:s
ties and their lives from the mercess tslaye.s
diver" 1t is a grotesque .retrihltion for
ir,nso :. -,:--hnt f.lnhonds thnt u" "alpd hv.
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GRoiitt 4oetrg.
IDIDN'T KNOW wHATITMEANT.

lWDNI hNuW WudA IL m1aNA'
He gave me knife one day at school,
Four bladed, the handle of pearl!
And great block words on the wrapper said
"For the darlingest little girl"
was glad! o yes, yet the crimson blood
To my young Geek came and went,
And my heart thumped wondrOusly pit-a-pat,
But dida't know what it meant.
One night he said must jump on his sled,
For the snow was falling fast;
] was half afraid, but he coaxcd and coaxed'
And he got me on at last.
laughing and chatting in merry glee,
To my home his course he bent,
And nv sisters looked at each other and smiled,
But didn't know what it meant.
The-years passed on, and they touched his eye
With shadow Of deeper blue;
They gave to his form man!ier grace
To his check o swarthier hue.
We stood by the dreamly ripling brook,
When the day was almost spent
His whispers were soft as the ia'laby'
And-no,o I Ikno,o phat he meant!
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tell you would getit That's tie way to
get along in the void. Nothing like cool,
polite impudenca!"
Curious oom,inations arc oltentnlcs found
in the advertising columns ot our newspa-
pers. The following, which we clip from
The Spirit Of The Times, I'VE may. under the
circumstances. venture to sly the MH com
dulcc, is The announcement made by late.
ly hcreaved ui'e:
Died, or the llh inst, at his shop, No
20 Grcenwich. street, Mr.. Edward Jones,
much respected by all who knew anI dealt
with him. As man, he ~was amialle; as
halter; upright and moderate: His virtues
we're beyond all price, and his beaver hats
were only three dollars each. He has left a
widow to depIorc his loss, and large stock
to be sold cheap for the benefit Of his family
lie was snatchcd to the other world in the
prime Of life, just as he had concluded an
extensive purchase Of felt, which he got
so cheap that the widow can supply hats at
a more reasonable rate than any house in
the city. His disconsolatc family will car
ry on business with puuctuality.
Among The many novelties Which daily
turn up in this golden age Of invention, we
notice an important ahd'invauable improve.
ment in the Daguerrean art, which we know
to be new to the majority Of our city rea-
ders. 1t is that of transferring pictures to
silk, and so fixing the colors that they can.
not be removed by any ordinary process OF
washing. The specimens of this kind OF
work which have hcen exhibited are admira.
ble Your portrait may then be put upon
your pocket handkerchief, your hat lining,
or upon any article Of silk you may desire.
1t will brave all sorts of weather, and will
wear as long as the fahric upon Which il is
impressed. This process may be apple 10
variety of uses-such as getting up bad.
ges &c., and may prove one step towards
substituting the daguerreotyping art for that
Of steel plate in producing copies Of fine
painting. llcssrs. Meade of 323 Broadway
have the credit Of this discovery.
FAIR pLAY-At the moment when, OF
the llt!, of Oclobcr, 1897, the Bri,i-h feet
under Admiral Duncan. aud the Dutch fee,
commanded by De Winter, were about to
engage, two sailors, passing by Admiral
Dupcan's cabin, saw him on his knees.
"My eyes, Jack" exclaimed one, "wha'
is the Admiral about thereI'
"Praying to Heaven" replied the other
"Praying Tor what!"
"That the Lord may give US victory"
"WeIl now, that's blasted shame. We
are well able to lick them ourselves Be
sides, give the bcggars chance"
HEgE's WnoppER-Shangha chickens
grow to m enormous size in Kansas. They
are fed in stables in high troaghs like horses
When this is neglected. they are apt tt
starre to death, as they grow so high that
is utterly impossible TO get their heads dow'
to the ground. The growing Of these cnor
nous fowls resembles the noise of distan
,hnnier, and so natural does it sound, tina
in ONO or two instances il has been followed
by a shaver ct rain.
This is as true as--most Of the Kansa
stories published in the eastern papers.
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proved and Slr. Calhoun had declared un

proved and Mr. Calhoun had declared un
righteous
We might pursue the parallel SO disgrace
fol to Massachusetts still farther and poinl
to the social condition of the two States
Massachusetts toru by the widest fanaticism,
with infdeity, communism, agrafianism, spr.
itualism running riot and rampant through.
out her borders; her people crazy, her leg
islators 1dcmoralized-South Carolina, on
the other hand, quiet, peaceful, conservative,
no mobs disgracing her cities, no i>ns alte
ting the sober sense of her citizens hut il
is useless. As we regard the two sovereign
ties, however, now so mnch irritated asainsl
each other, we cannot help thinking that. If
they were to fight out The Brooks aud Sum.
ncr difficulty, hand to hand, without extra
neous assistance, we should soon see th.
moral superiority Of Carolina striking ~ dem.
onstrated The descendants Of the lIugue.
nots would thrash the degenerate sous OF
the Puritans out Of the country.
Petersburg Express.
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Kansas TO othe high pitch which is necessary
to carry out the political schemes elsewhere,
Of which agitation in Kansas is The chief
pabulun,. There will he no more arms sent
there, if there is to be no fighting, only traf.
fc with ,bem-and if they are to go, on
cheap terms, into the hands OF those who are
pledged to maintain order and government,
not of these whom they were designed to
arm Tor rebellion.
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SJ{liistella}1eolts N}9eabil|g
KEEP YOUR EYE ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS.

Take care of them. Dou't let them stir
without watching. They may do some-
thing wrong if You do. To be sure you
never knew them to do anything very Lad,
but it may be on your account they have
not. Perhaps, if it had not been for your
kind care they might have disgraced them
selves and families long time ago. There
fore don't relax any effort to keep them
where they ought to be; never mind your
own business, that will take care OF itseii'
There is man passing along-there he is
looking over the fence into his neigEbor's
carden--be suspicious Of him, perhaps he
c eeontemplates stealing something some of
these dark nights; there is no knowing what
queer fancies he may have got into his head.
If you see any symptoms OF any one pass
ing out of the path of rectitude, speak to
some individual about it, and tell every one
else you>see, but be particular and see
great many.
1t is a good way to circulate such things
and though it may not benefit yourself, or
any one else particularly, it will be some.
thing equally important about some one
else. Do keep something going-silence is
dreadful thing, though it is said there was
silence in the Courts of Heaven for the
space of half an hour, don't let any such
thing occur on earth; it would be too much
like Heaven for the inhabitants Of this mum.
dane sphere. If, after all your watchiul
care, you can't sec any thing out of the
way in any ore, you may be sure it is not
because they have not done any thing bad
perhaps in an ungarded moment, You lost
sight of them-throw out hints they are no
better than they Should be-'hat you should
not wonder Of people found out what,they
were after hile, and then they may not
carry their heads so high Keep ii going
and some one will take the hint, and begin
to help you after a whe-'hen there will
be music and everything will work to
charm.
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A Toucu1sG lHcrpENr.-The saddest
tstory that we have ever read was that Of a
elule child in Switzerland, a pet boy, just as
yours is, reader, whom his mother one bright
morning rugged nrt in beautiful jacket all
shining with gilt and buttons, and gay as a
| mothers love could make it, and then per.
mitted him to go out to play. He had scarce
ly stepped from the door Of thy "Swiss
Cottage" when all enormour eagle scooped
him from the earth and bore him to his nest,
high up amoug the mountains, and yet
within sight of the house Of which he had
been the JOY. There he was killed and de-
voured, tho oyrie.being at point which was
literally inaccessible to man, so that no re-
lief could be afforded. IN tearing The child
to pieces, the eagle so placed his gay Jacket
in the nest that it became fixture there,
and whenever the wind blew it would 1utter,
and the sun would shine upon its lovely
trimmings and ornaments: For years it
was visible from the -loulands, long after
the eagle had abandoned The nest. What
sight it must Aaye kesn l9 the parents of
the victim.
TIE PRICE OF Sue ccEss.-Efort is the
price of success in every department OF hu-
man action From attainment of rudimen.
tai knowledge, To the salvation Of tile soul,
every step in progress Is pale by Hndaunt'
ed toll. The boy who irones eser his bopk,
a slave TO listless laziness, thereby securing
himself place at the foot of society. The
christian who, like Bunyan's 1'imorous Mis-.
trust, fees at the voice of lions, is undone.
The man who s!lriuks from difficulty in his
business or profession. who refuses to climb
because the rock is sharp qnl lhp WAY steep,
must make up his mind to slide harE and to
lie in the shadow below, while olhers
use him as stepping slime to their own
rising. For this. such is the constitution Of
society, there is 10 help. The poet wrote
truly who said:
"1llou must either soar or stoop
P;i Or lrpmph. stand or stoop.
THOU must eher serve OF goyernJ
Must be slave or must be sovereign,
Must in fact, be b!ork or wedge,
Must be anvil or be sledge."
Coo1 lslpppEScE,- =" Will you obIige me
with alight, sirl"
"CertainIy, with the efcaief pleasure
says stranger, knocking Oft the ashes with
his little finger, and presenting the led end
"f III" snpar with Il graceful bow. Smith
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HAzEL.EYED G1RLs.-Major Noah says
that "bazel eye, ,impires at first Pla'onic
sentiment" which gradually but surely OK
pands into love as securely founded as The
rock of Gibraltar. A woman with hazel.
eye never slopes from her husband! never
chats scandal, never finds fault, never talks
too much nor too little, always is an enter
tanning, intellectual, agreeable and lovely
creature" ave never knew" says a broth
or editor, "but one uniuteresting and un.
amiabIe woman with a hazel.eye, and she
had nose which looked, as the Yankee
saws "like the little end Of nothing whitfield
down to point" The grey is the sign Of
sbrewdness and talent. Great thinkers and
captains have it. In woman it indicates a
better head than heart. The dark hazel is
noble in insignifcance, as in its beauty. The
blue eye is amiable, but may be feeble. The
black-take care.
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Vol. xAI..-.NO.aS

dtinn to this anatnmical defect, has .(lis
raj defect Of being desti utesof his most
ura and essential complenent--l - :
would he truly monstrons:.. Imaginea The
disgrace Of having our National Palacpb5Sh:.;
verted into Bac6clor's Den; our 4 latipilaI
Board presided over;h a, Siugle tfair ;;..anl:ss :
National Fire poked by.a single Pong Old
Maids are excusablc, their position NOT b,ifiIgs
matter OF choice; INT dtacleInrs--I,ailiEi:
The very name is ,sickenng. The aifs:Wiii;;;S:
will her husband vote a for such aS.mas..
'usht to L-I.ypched. ask you, Slit
IS uotsnotorinus that old bachelors sari the :;
most selfish, tho most t5intliguing, The Most
the most dvsptIitic Of 1mnrtafsstt
And then. to think of "a haclle.nr s,,tlo Has
lived in Europe! ! decline to pursue iits4
subject; nay mnlto is that of. the Western.
hunter: /" Bear and fnlbear.'. -
Mr.. DALLls.-The fastest numbcr sot; t.eSSs
European Times received in this country says::.s
We have mentioned the absence Of sfr Dallas
The American minister from, the 4, insi".r HOUSE,
He dincd Tie same evening With the friendsea,lg
subscribers to the Literary Fund.- Wllero has
n"de the speech of the evening. The American 1g
Government has frequently been represented sat.
tho Court Of st. James by very able men. but,
we can call 10 mind no Minister 2nf ihe5 5UHiftdsss
States who has won such general admiral In e
this country in so short u time 2 'Efes literary 81
power and elegance of this. gcrtlrmauss .nttrr
dinner ndd:csses are perfect models I'M tlri. :.
way. They are so pointed and so -stersp,z aud Is
marked hy such an elevated tn,lp. That ftii.y s
c'i lrm in the reading etrn more than they i'm.
press in the delivery His allusion Ia the fairt
Df tue great Benjamin franklin Ills counrymarr, 9s
having been towards the close ofit6 last ceDtne s.
~ the President OF this same Literary FGnd IS
Association was only excclled III taste by e
he reference TO the Englishman who established q:
in the United s'atcs,a kindred Institution.
GEN. WALKER EsDoRsED-Thc tiiiisrns: q 3
Nashville, Tenn lately held u meeting 10 en-
d"rse The eauseof Gen. Walker and Nicaragua. x
9nc of their resolutions declares: g -
Dorn reared and educated in ouramiiidst he. 81
,Wulker) has ever maintained the elaraetpr &c e
IN NEST AMI honorable man., "A graduate 8 ofsS %
he University Of Nashville, mid for several
years student at Paris, where he devoted hiui.
self TO the acquisition of knowledge, Ills INTEL
ectual endowmentsi his literary attainmcntss
md dyaricd knowledge, his nice sense Of hnnor,as
1is distinguished gallanlry nnd his republican i
principles emncntysqualify him for the task $:
,f regeneraiing a people with ak the q
,vils of bad government. and comforting upon
hemsths blessings Of freedom and security ms I.
Ter the operations Of wise md bentfepnt laas.
he left his home and native land without aspotS
'r blemish upon his character, and iwe.y Who
l,.II! h,t NJ
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"FATHER, did you ever have another wife
besides mother g. No, my boy; what pos
sessed you to ask such a question z" Be.
cause | saw in the old family Bible where
vou married Anna Dominy, 1888, and that
isn't mother, her name is Sally Smith"
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T0 ROShLINE.


/ love you-'tis the simplest way
The thing feel to tell;
Yet, if | told it all the day,
You'd never guess how WELL
You are my comfort and my light;
My very life you seem,
I think of you ell day, all night
'Tis but Of you dream.
There's pleasure in the lightest word
That you can speak to me;
My soul is Ike the lE"lian Chord
And vibrates sill IL thee.
/. / never 7nad loye-sons yet,
So triAng, fond, or true,
Bot in my own hear, have met
Some linder thought Of you.
l bless the shadow on your face,
The light upon your hair.
| like, for houls, to sit and truce
The passing beauties there;
Hove to hear your vcice's tone,
Although YOU Should no, say
A singl' =. 70 '''' ''' "'"'n
When u; :
O!you eyt
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gar ig;':.
bow and way hanu. u"......
his fiend, Nhp was near splitting viii laugh.
ter, unde. the ribs, with, There. Didn't |
tell you would gctit! That's tie way to
get along in the void. Nothing like cool,
poIile mpudence!
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An adopted citizen wrote 10 his friends in Eu-
rope that he WIS employed by inc Sia,r,. AMI
resided in large minsiun!' This was looked
upon as something grand, and visit of some
nf them determined upon. They found hin, in
the Palace Of Justice a, Columbus, tamilliarly
known by the name of the Pcnitcntiary, with
the gunraniee Of a Life residence. =.
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DENNSYLvANIA- RAILROAD.-The GREAT

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Weasrn, North-w and Southwestern STATES oy con-
tnuous Railway direct The Road Pf,,sMsa
with daily line u Steam 20 all ports IN the western
and Cleveland and sandnsky with steamers TO a, pot.s "
the North western Lakes making IN. most direct -
reliable route BY which FREIGHT can be forwarded 70 ANU
from the Great West. ,r,-nou
RATS BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA and PITrsBuHeh;
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Goods Tin tales) Hardware, Leather ''e' Pst .'' "
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FOURTH CLAss.-Cofee, Fish, Bacon aud 5os per 100 D
Pork (packed) Lard and Lard Oh. -, l.. ,.,
IL shipping Goods from point cast OF m All
tcular 10 ark the package Via Pennsyi'snis =,
Gsoes consigned to the Agents Of ths Road al
Piittlurl. will b forwarded without deiensos ~, r,r
FREIGHT AegSTs-Hsrrs Worniley Co.. Me Ill.
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nd pun.n Ben Murdoch, .nd Carter Jswg' ROVE
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sna Irwin CO. Cn.nnt; w Graham Lob Co Co No.
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For further psriesl4rr Ct bills sfiadinE Apply 70
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n, H. Bov,sroN oe.rr., Freight Assnf Philadelphia
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