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WHY VIRGINIA Is CALLED OLD tohffh.
ION.

During the usurpation of Cromwell,
Virginia declared herself independent OF
his authority, when the tistirpet Threatened
to send fleet to reduce the culohy,
Fearing to Withstand such force, the col
ohist dispatched in sniall ship mesen.
ger to Chatles H., then an exile In FIan-
ders, Inviting the royal o1tcast to be their
king. lie accepted the Invitation, and on
the very eve of eu,barkihg for his new
throne in Ametica, Was tecallsd to the
crown of England. In gratitude fot Vir-
gihia loyalty, he quartered het coat.of.
arms with those of Ehglahd, scutlaht. and
Ireland, as an independent member Of the
British Empire.
The coin establishes these facts. Hence
the origin of the phrase "Old Dominion n
The Colonist at that period numbered
10000, and the Protector declated thetn
to be notorious robbers and traitors, pro-
hibiting by his authority all intercourse
with them. A fleet WAS sent over under
Sir George Ayscue, to put down any traces
of monarchial authority still lingering a.
mong the Virginia loyalists. They were
firm to Charles and the Parliment, declar.
ing that they were born under monarch,
and would never degenerate from the con.
d't'on OF their birth by being subject to any
other government.
When the expedition, however, reached
the Chesapeake to expel Sir VIM. Berkeley,
the Governor, from Virginia, resistance
was laid aside. Berkeley disc1aimed to make
any st'pulations for himself, Withdrawing
to retired situation, universally respected,
until new revolution summoned him
again to defy the republican forces of Emo.
land and restore loyalty in the vireinia
Colony. This happened in March, 1852.
Cromwell however, continued his governors
until 176o, when the last of them, Mat
the"s, died, and the people elected Sir
VIM. Berkeley, as the old record SAWS. "bv
an obIiging violence compelled him to
accept the government"
lie refused, however, to act uuder the
userpation of the Cromwells, unless the col.
on'sts pledged their lives and fortunes for
the British King, in exile "With unan.
'tilous voice they told him that they were
ready to hazard all things for the
King"
The Virginians seem to have been true
loyaiist. for this took place, as we have no.
tlced' actually pcfore the Kings return to
England. Berkeley proclaimed "CAarles
Second, King Of England, Scotland, Ire
land and V.ryinia, before he sOas in Eno-
land.' Upon his restoration, the monarch
granted Sir William permission to visit
Eng land ; and 1t is felated that he wore
at his coronation robe made of silk from
the Virginia colony. Well may the time.
honored, ancient ComnioHwealth be called
the "Old Dominion"
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Fizedness Of Purpose.-Whsn a child
is learning to walk, if you can induce the
little creature to keep its eyes, fixed on any
point in advance, it will generally 'navi-
gate to that point without capsizhg; but
distract its attention by word or act from the
object before it, and down goes the baby.
This rule applies to children of a large
growth. The man who starts in life with
determination to reach certain, position
and adhere unwaveringly to bis purposs re-
jecting the advice Of the over cautious, and
defy'ng the auguries of the timid, rarely
fails, if he lives long enough, to reach the
goal for which lie set out. If circum-
stances oppose him, he bends them to lis
exigencies by the force of energetic. in
domitable will. On the other hand. he
who vaciIlates in his course, 'yawing,' as
the sailors say, towards all points of CON-
pass, is pretty sure 10 become helpless
castaway before his voyage of life is half
completed. There can be no question
among philosophic observers of men and
events, that 6xedness Of purpose is grand
element of human success. Wea,ber-cock
'nen are Natures failures. They ate good
for nothing. Better downright pig head
cd obstinacy than eternal vaciIlation bet
ter wiIlful blindness to danger, however
menacing, hesitanoy which is forever weigh.
ing the possibilities of defeat against the
chances of victory. The men of action,
whose names are written impsriaifab1s on
the page of history, were men of iron.-
Silky fellows may do for intrigue; but the
founders, and conqusrors, and Iiberators,
and saviors of empires have all been of the
warrior metal. No human being. who ha.
b'tually halts between two opinions, who
cannot decide promptly, and, bavipe dsci.
ded act as ii there was no such words & !,
fail, can ever be great. Cesar would neve,
have crossed the Rubicon, nor Washington
the Delaware, had they not fixed their stern
gaze on objects far beyond The periIs a,
their feet.
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Our system of education favors pre-
costly, as tie specimens which Rollcw Vii.
illustrate:
A shrewd litas fellow, who had just
begun to read Latin; mtonished Lis mas
ter by the following Translation;
'Nr,a a man, Gin, a trap: Virgin, a
man.trap.'
Teache-(.o Bob Smithers.) Spell ad.
mittanca.
Bob-Ad-mit, admit, tsres, tance ad-
uittance.
feacher-Good give the defination.
Bob-Twenty.fiye csuts-niggers and
children ha4fe-price--fsont seats for ladies
no smoking allowed.
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We were amused not long since, at hear
ing the following question addressed 10 a
'andlsdy BY All Eccentric genius. Stepping
into the door, he Observed Will you
mann, give me drink Of water, for am
so hungry I don't know Where 10 s,ay to-
night We doubt whether more mean
ing could be embodied in SO few words
Friend Mallahy, I am pleased that thee
has got such a fine organ in Thy chEich.'
But said the clergyman, I thought
you we're opposed to having an organ in
a church,
so am replied Friend Tommy, 'but
then, If thee worship e Lord by machine.
ry, I would like thee 10 have a first rate in
strumeni.
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Political CAips.-An office holder re-.
marked the other day at the National Ho,
tel. in Washington, IN reply to the ques.
ton: Who are you folks going to- nomi.
nate.s' Z \ = : ~
j. 'Oh! have stocf IN an ths :casdi.
dates.' -' - 80 - -.
What-any in Old Bucka'
'Yes; two chips ......
Good! Just enough To- carry him .os.
on, March 4, 1897 '~'~'4'' '''%-,:'
0flce holder caysd and stood treat
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You Zee ten women for one man all
through Holland and Belgium, says .
correspondent, and you wonder whether
there n not a scarcity Of the lords Of
creation in both counties. You are soon
satisfied that there are fnen enough, by
the number Of children laying loose in
.tbe streets. The men ste bid away in
the gafrets and outhouses; engaged in Some
Of the industrious b,saekes, -
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Boys, help your Mothers.-We have
seen from two 10 six great hearty boys sit.
ting by the kitchen stove, toasting their
feet, and cracking nuts or jokes, while their
mother, slender woman, has gone to the
wood-pile for wood, to the we'll for water,
to the meat house to cut frozen steak for
dinner, this is not as it should be. There
is much work about houses too hard for
women. Heavy lifting, hard extra steps
which should be done by those moro able.
Boys, don't let your mother Io'it all, es-
pecially If she is feeble woman. Dull,
prosy housework is irksome enough, at
best, 1t is long work, too, it being i'm
possible TO tell when it is quite done, and
then on the morrow the whole is to be gone
over with again. There is more Of it than
one is apt to think.-Morning Star.
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DOMESTIC LOVE.

Michelet, in his work in Love-, gives
us this little picture-painted with pet,
and not with a pencil-which might be
labelled An Interior Every man of let
ters must have EXPERIENCED its fidelity to
what has occurred under his own roof: 1t
is charming 'bit' of donesticity-a
poem or a picture, as the render may
choose to view it. But it has all the
truth of beauty and the beauty of
truth
"A charming thing to observe, which I
have often remarked with pleasure among
my more studious friends, is the infinite
delicacy of the young wife, who in re-
stricted space comes and goes, and moves
around the student without in the least dis
turbing him. Amy other person would
have put him out; but she,' he says is
nobody In fact, she is himself, his second
and his better soul.
She holds her breath and steps on tip
toe. She glides along the floor. She has
such respect for work! In this you can
sec what gentle and quick sighted crea-
ture woman is; above all things affec-
tionate, and feeling in constant need of
the beloved object. If he allows her she
will remain in his room sewing or embroi.
dering. If not, thousand occasions or a
thousand necessities will occur to her as
pretexts to come into the room. What
is he doing now? How far has he got {?
Perhaps he is working too hard. lie will
make himself SICK All this passes through
her mind.
There are many studies to which un-
willingly she imparts more than she can
take away: Do you think the charming
electricity she Communicates in passing YOU.
lightly touching you with her dress, goes
for nothing with the artist and the author
IT with our tiresome and uncongenial work
is opportuney mingled that perfume of the
flower of love, which revives every thing 2
So in old Italian pictures do we see in a
deaths head hundred-leaved rose and
death ltselt seems to enjoy It
And how happy is he to feel that she is
there. He pretends not to see her. lie
remains bent over his work, as if absorbed
in it. But his heart gains the upper hand,
and he exclaims:
MY darling, my charming rosebud, do
not muttie your steps. Your movements
are harmony, your voice melody which
enchants my ear. Your presence sheds its
influence upon my work, it will be adorned
with your grace, and glow with the flame
of your palpitating heart. Without see
ing you, guessed you were here, by
the increased ardour of my work, by
the light which overspread my spirit
"A thousand years from now they will
say-His book, if yet live book, is all
warmth and Affection And the reason of
it sll-she was beside you when you wrote
it,
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Worldly prosperity is much greater
drain upon our energies than the most Sc
we're sdversityE there is no spring, no
elasticity Il is like walking through life on
Turkey carpet. ~ ss .-...
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LAST WORDS Of ROBERT EMMETT.

If the spirit of the illustrious dead par.
ticipate in tue concerns and cares of those
who were dear to them in this transitorv
Iife-Oh !! ever dear and venerated shade
Of my departed father, look down with
scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffer.
ing son, and see if have even for a mo-
ment deviated from those principles Of NOR
ality and patriotism which it was your care
to instil into my youthful mind, and for
which 1 am now to offer up my life.-
Ny lords, you seem impatient for tile sacri-
fee, the blood for which you thirst is not
congealed by the artificial terrors which
surround todt victim it circulates warmly
and unruffied through the channels which
God created for nobler purposes; but which
you are bent to destroy for purposes so
grievious, that they cry to Heaven. Be ye
patient! l have but few words more to
say am going to my cold and
silent grave; my lamp of life is near
ly extinguished; my race is run; the
grave opens 10 receive me, and sink
into its bosom. I have but one re-
quest to ask at my departure from this
world-it is the charity of its silence. Let
no man write my epitapb, for as no man
who knows my motives dares now vindi.
cate them, let not prejudice or ignorance
asperse them. Let them and me repose in
obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed.
until other times and other nae,, can do ius-
tice to my character. When my country
takes her place among the nations of the
earth, then, and not till then, let my epi-
taph be written. / have done!
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y. An osd dsfksy vas endsxtos76u 10 e,

, An Old dsfksy vas ehdextosfng 10 ex=
plain hts uhfoftuhats Condition I:
~, You sse,' remarked Sambo. Sit was in
is'way ss fsf as + 'fnem6s,. Fust nv
fader died, and den my imadder married
agin, and den my smudaer -d;ed, and nv
lfader married. agin, and sone how, Il doesn't
seem to hab no parents at sll, nor no home,
nor tafShJ
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Fhars is man out West with name
90 hard that, it takes Frenchman and a
big IadjaHv pronounce it. 1t never has
been spelled, hut q machino is abont to be
impaired k9m Holland for that purpose.
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Alit1s nrckn, soshe Two OF three yea's Old,
being a little distance from the house, was
suddenly started BY a loud cisr Of ttun-
Ger. He was very nhsch frightened, and
made for tho beatess~ shelter, he entered,
and casting q defiant! look at strs csouas, he
exclaimed :thsnds, sway, am under Il ,hs
she'd RI ,~.-r.- ,e.I ...,.[ 49,.
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On the great Texan tLoroughfare that
runs through our parish an excellent old
lady-very clever, very shrewd, but poor
kept house Of entertainment. Upon one
occasion it was her fortune to entertain for
the night batch of these gentry and as
she passed in and out of the common sit.
ting'room, intent upon her household cares
her ears were stunned with the lofty titles
of General Colonel, and Major Law
ishly bestowed upon each other by her
guests. Sick Of so much military great
ness, she approached the fire around which
they we're assembled and proceeded to adz
minister hearty kicks to several dogs com.
fortabIy snoozing before the fire, accompa-
nying each kick with the exclamation,
get out, General { Bsgohe, ColoueIl Out
Majorp
Ohe Of she pagnstss. with ill-concealed
anger, rernsfked:
why, madam, you have singular names
.ior POUR dogs ,.
,.'Ol yes, size naively answered. any
NANCY pup may be q General os: Colonel
now:a.daysr .;e
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An frishn'.n, wiz Ind ,stdi6sa fsssSs s lSss;
ally, where he ND bssn viii lIis B54a
was asked in tiss ktchen S - sss.s
I pat, What is ths lasai S ii5s ~ @ SIS
ter talking about f. s 80
'O"'y a dorof the s!
witty reply ''4s =;
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aU1hH tNT5 KdtjRNINal

"A lew "eeks siffee; DIFF fffehd Clark
was lying sick With the blffidtfs isver. The
attack was severe, and he believed that /;
death was near. One morning he awoks
from a short sleep to heaf i iiarrisd and
s#ottered e6Hvetsatibh il The adjoining;
room, iii which Ills wife took part. Tha;
first words that CLARK caagbt wefe Uttered
by his better hsIf.
"on that ground" said she; # object il;
mourning w
Yes" replied another, abat the woild
looks for tit is fashionable, and one
might as well be out of the world as o,,t o}
the fashion,
very ,rue!'
Here thought CLARK, SIS 4 nice wifs:
She thinks am about to die-to be planted
if may use the expression; lii the cold eahb.
and yet she fsftises to go III rnnhoiai'rnine for
me. All! ME.
Now that am here, perhaps I had bet:
ter take your measife:'
The hnttee1iHg wretch + 'e3cia1msd cIa,k
to think of sending for dressmaker be:
fore | am dead But Iii cheat her vet mi
live fot spite =
WELL tttused The wife, # beiievs vo}Y
may measure me. 1 will let you buv the
trimming, ana let It be as gay as pos
sible.'
'WIiat heattlessness, giToaned Clark;
'Wothah-like, tt6uggb b. One husband il
no sooner dead than they set about entrap.
ping another. I can scarcely credi. it,
Of course you will have louncer
Two OF them aid as The body is to bS
plain' T wish you to get Vide gi@r to ttiH
How will you have the sleeves trim
med?'
with buttons and fiinge.'
'Well-weh-this beats aHf,' sikhed
poor Clark.
when do you want the dres.a' inquired
the mantua-maker.
I must have it III ttfes DAYS: Nv
husband win then Be OF my hand.f ! aid l
shall be able to get 6udt r
Oh. horrible horrible = ejaSH1a:ed The
sick man., I am only half dead, but this
blow will Kill me-
His wife heard biim speak, and rail-
quickly to bis Bedside;
DO yo1 speak, MY dsaf + sasfd, she with
the voice Of an angel.
4 heard II a1i,' hHaalad4e',; replied Clark:
'All what, hty dearY
The mourning Egay dfesses-ftinGe-
everything. ofMalia-Mariap
You rave!'
do you take ME foY q foolr
Certainly not, my DEAR
You expect me to be out Of the way i'll
three days, DO t6us
Yes, love the doctor said you Would
be well in tfiat tiYhh'e.'
'What means tile dIesses =
1t is the one you bought for me before
you were taken SICK
'But you were speakihE Of MOURNING r.
I'VE were tMkihg 81 Mh:; :;ffapsrlyf
'Oh, is that itl'
Yes, love. You know she; is poor, and
her family is large, aud it nftst fhconyeni.
ence her tett taHck to find mourning fof
them all. On this ground alone, opposs
it,,
'So-so-,hats it, IL M I thought
you +efe speaking of me, and it distressed
me. Let tie beg Of you to be more care:
ful sor the ffitute.'
Clark was oft in thise days, and he row
laughs at tie matter; which then appeared.
SO borible. III
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Thatwss n horrible ,afssir-the murder
Of Dean, aud the sesiinEFup: Of his re-
mains in a tim bez "What Dean Z"
asked i'alf-dozsp voices atoace. g .Sar
EkQa. r -
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"a t,fythan having applied To- The Re.
eorder to BE- aschssd from serving, on a..
count Of deafness, the latter asked, Gould
you not hear my charge TO "she grand jaw,
SIR Yes Leard every word Of it, Was
: tss rfy''bat eodtdn'. make any sense. Of
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A spirited woman caught her Shtabstds B
n the scs Of breaking Up bdt hoo 1Rss
exertion, or something else. hsdgassi6RufSi
effect upou him, for his hair asx Oh 81
.handfuls.
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He WHO Is always a'qninng |. .wlssst q II !.
people ssyr- will never give then, III Or
portunity Of saying any great thiBs sI5is &
hinssslf .s44sss 80 sssssSs I.
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Father, want you to buy me gun.
A gun, Willisf What are you going to
do with CUNT 'Oh I'm going to feh.
Tommy Day he says susy Lake loves
him better Than s.,e DOES me-
The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13
The Doom of the world.

The North British Review, discoursing on the
doom of the world, says" What this change
is to be we cannot even conjecture; but see
in the heavens themselves, some destructive ele-
ments, and some indications of their power
The fragments of broken planets, the descent Of
meteorc stones upon the globe-the wheeling
comets, welding their 10 Sc material on the
solar surface-the volcanic eruption in our satel-
lites-the appearance of new stars and the dis
appearance of others, are all foreshadows of that
impending convusion to which the system OF
the world is doomed-Thus placed on planet
which is to be burnt up, and under the heavens
which are to pass away; thus residing as it
were, upon the cemeteries and dwellings, upon
the mausoleums of former worlds, let US learn
the lesson of humility and wisdom, if we have
not been already taught in the school of revela-
tion -
The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13
The q 9 ofthe F,r.t BAN Of the season.

A was an Angel of blushing eighteen;
B is the Ball at which first she was seen;
c is the Chsperon that cheated at cards;
D is the Deux-femps with Frank in the Guards
E is the Eye that its long lashes cover;
is the Fan that it peeped wickedly over;
G is the Glove of superlative kid
Fl is the Hand it provokingly hid
is the Ice that tired nature demanded:
Is the Juvenile that hasten'd to hand it;
is the kerchief, rare work of art;
L is the Lace that composed its best part;
NJ is an old Maid that watch'd the girls dance
\ is the Nose she turned up at each glance
Y is the Olga, then just in its prime;
IS the Partner that wouldn't keep time:
Us the Quadrille, let US hope twas the lancers;
RS the Remarks that were made of the dam
GERS:
is the Supper they went to in pairs;
is the. .Twaddle they talked on the stairs;
is the Uncle that thought we'd be going"
Is the Voice the young lady said ne" " in !;
" is the Waiter who sat up till eight;
\ is the Kit which wasn't quite straight;
\ is the Yawning fit after the ball;
stands for Zero, and that's nothing at ALL
The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13

R~ And so Daniel E. Sickles and his dearly
beloved Therese have been recouciled-kissed
and made friends, and are again, as before, liv-
ing as man and wife. That is exactly what
somebody prophesied the moment the trial was
over. Sickles, by entering this extraordinary
concordat probably intends to show the high
estimate he has always set on the jewel which
Key tarnished, and how well justified he was in
feeling enraged against the man he murdered
The case now seems to stand thus Dan has inn
pounded Therese with fair notification to all
the world that he will shoot down, without fur
ther warning, any and every fellow with beard
that peaches on his premises.
Il is very evident now that the jury, in ac-
quitting Sickles of the crime of murder, made a
great mistake. He pretend to be half-crazed
because his wifes honor had been destroyed =
The consummate hypocrite. The world will
hereafter believe what was said during his trial,
that be knew and winked at her delinquencies,
because they paid" in filthy lucre, and only
became maddened by the fact that Key and his
wife became so careless in their meetings as to
become the town talk, and the subject of the
jeers of the negro servants of the neighborhood.
Sickles has, after publishing to the world his
wifes shame, and disgracing his young daugh-
Ter, now added to his crimes by making himself
infamous, and placing himself without the pale
Of the society of gentlemen.
The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13

A FLORAL SELL.-A waggish young gentle
man of our acquaintance, stood the other morn
ing in front of one of the stores on Main street
with very pretty flower in his hand. 1t was
of description scarcely to be found in any
flower garden in the country, and speedily at
tracted attention, and very soon passers-by be-
gan TO stop and make enquiries. That is a
beautiful flower" says one ''Oh,' replied he
sit is very rare flower, indeed, and he went on
to give 1t most unpronouncable botanical name
and to descant upon its various beauties. One
after another admired and departed for some
time, when at last fellow came along and de-
clared the splendid flower with the unpronounc-
able name to be q nothing but a id potato BIOS
som !" He told the truth.-Napa Rep.
The Shasta courier., 1859-08-13
An Old Mans Advice.

Rev. Daniel Waldo, late Chaplain to Congress,
gives the following good advice. Well indeed
will it be for the next generation, if they should
be strictly followed:
I am old man. | have seen nearly a
century. Do you want to know how to grow
old slowly and happily Let me tell you. AL
ways eat slowly--mastcate well. Go to your
food, to your rest, to yonr occupation smiling.
Keep good nature and soft temper every where.
Never give way to anger. Cultivate good
memory and to do this you must be communi-
cative; repeat what you read talk about it
DR.. Johnson's great memory was owing to his
communicativeness. You young men, who are
just leaving college, let me advise you to choose
a profession in which you can exercise your
talent the best, and at the same time be hon.