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The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
The Editorial Treadmill.

The burdens of newspaper life are
thus pointedly set forth in the Home
Journal.
1t is one of the hardships Of our
profession that its working wheels
brains and heart--are not allowed to
lag for sickness, or to stop for calamity
or sorrow. The judge may adjourn
his court, the school and the workshop
may close shutters, the mourner may
veil his features and turn friend and
strangers from the door; but the journ-
alist may forget before tomorrow the
sorrows of to-day, must write gaily
and freshly, as newsmonger on the
triAe of the hour, whatever burden
has been laid upon that same hour, by
Providence, on his brains as a man..
1t sometimes tries and mocks as the
world that reads what is thus written
would never dream Of The public
looks upon an editors labor as the In
dian did upon the man that was cutting
hay. He finally gave, in his opinion,
that it was "easy to see the white man
mow."
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
Change OF Department Commanders.

The President sent an order to Gen.
Grant, as acting Secretary of War, di-
recting him to relieve Gen. Sheridan
as commander of the Fifth Militaay
District, and to transfer Gen. George
II. Thomas to the vacancy. The
President further directed that Gen.
Sheridan should be ordered to the De-
partment of Missouri and Kansas, and
Gen. Hancock to the Department of
the Cumberland. Before the Adjutant
General was directed to frame an order
in accordance with these Instructions,
Gen. Grant proceeded to the White
House, and conferred with the Presi-
dent relative to the transfer of Gen.
Hancock, whose presence on the plains
in connection with the Indian troubles
General Grant thinks should not be
interfered with. The President ac-
and it is probable that when
the official order is issued General
Hancock will not be disturbed. The
regular order of supercedure will be
issued tomorrow. This change has
been anticipated so long that it does
not create much excitement.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
Very Sensible.

A lady, young, lovely and intclli-
gent, called on a celebrated physician
to do something" for rush of blood
to the head. w have been doctoring
said the languid fair one, with
a smile, to the bluff though kind M.
d., while he was feeling her pulse.
"Why, l have taken Brandreth's pills,
PARIS pills, Struburg's pills, Sands
sarsaparilla, Jayne's expectorant, used
DR.. Sherman's lozenges and" "My
dear madam" interrupted the aston
ished doctor, call these do your COM
plaint no good~ "No!-then what
shall take?" pcttishly inquired the
patient. "Take~ exclaimed the doc
tor, cyeing her from head to foot
"take!" repeated he, after a moments
reflection, "why take off your cor
sets !"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
The Old Slave whip.

The rebel planters of Tennessee, or
Conservatives, as they call themselves,
are discharging such colored men as
they had in their employ, for voting
the republican ticket at the late cleo
ton. They had better have a care
what they do, for there is a movement
on foot to confiscate the property of
every man who was a rebel during the
war, and who now abuses in this way
the clemency of the Government in
permitting him to retain his estate,
which was clearly forfeited, and who
now makes it an engine of oppression
to loyal men, by discharging them
from employment for such cause.
Slavery, as an institution, was swept
out of existence by one sovereign act
Of the nation, but the spirit Of slavery
fingers long, and can only be killed by
compelling it to strike its fangs into
its own vitak.-PM. Gazette.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
What n Democratic Success Means.

The Cincinnati Gazette refers to the
fact that the Democratic party is hob
bling along tied to the corpse of its
record of cowardice and trcachery,
grasping at any and every means to
keep itself from sinking out of sight
and paints what Democratic success
means, thus
Democratic success, as interpreted
by the doctrines of the party, means
to undo everything that the national
triumph over secession has done and to
restore the status of the rebellion, with
the South to dictate terms to the ma
tion. If it does not mean this, what
do they mean by going before the peo-
pie at an election canvass with the
doctrines that include all this, and that
have no meaning but this? If they
do not mean this, will they disown one
of the doctrines that comprehend it ?
They have either to admit that DEM
ocratic success means to restore the
status of rebellion, or else to admit
that the war of national defense was
just and constitutional; that secession
is a crime; that slavery is legally
abolished, and shall no more exist !;
that the States Governments by levy
ing war, lost their legal existence that
the legal tender notes and the bonds
issued for the public defenses are legal,
and that this public faith must be sa-
credly kept and in admitting this
now they confess an abominable, trai-
torous course all through the war of
national preservation.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

Profits OF Fnrmfng.

We often hear it remarked that there
is no profit in farming. Well, if there
be no pecuniary profit beyond good
living, Though this is seldom the case
now there is pleasure, and we know
of no more rational way of enjoying
the competency which man may have
obtained by his industry and enter
prise, than in cultivating and embel-
ishing the earth, improving and in
crcasing its products, and thus adding
to the aggregate of human happiness.
A gentleman farmer--and all farmers
are Or should be gentlemen-belongs
to an order of nobility, that is not in
debted to kings and and princes for its
institution, and may, if he chooses, be
ranked among the greatest benefactors
of the human race.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
Palace Cars.

Sancho Panza's blessing on the man
who first invented sleep, should be
gracefully entailed on the gentleman,
his heirs and assigns, who first provi-
ded sleeping accommodations for the
weary railroad traveller. Sleeping
cars were invented by Mr.. Woodruff,
one of our best known and best es-
teemed citizens. They were introduce
ed on the Pennsylvania railroad, and
answered so we'll that other roads
adopted them. A company, with a
capital of million and a quarter, was
formed, to place the cars everywhere.
Of course, up came new improvements,
and other patents, which for economy's
sake were brought up. The "silver
palace car" about which so much has
lately been said, is thus described:
You enter it, at either end, through an
antcchamber, above which expands a
silvered dome, lit with a magnificent
lamp. Leaving this, you find yourself
in parlor, lined with luxurious sofas
the whole well lighted and well
ventilated. The interior is lined with
the finest panelling of black walnut,
ornamented with carving and silver
buhl-work. The roof, to which are
secured large silvered lamps, is sup
ported by silvered pillars-the floor
is carpeted with costly tapestry. Night
comes, and in the course of few min
utes the whole changes again. Each
pair of sofas changes to a bed, the
beautiful ceiling comes down to meet
you, and woes you to sleep; and long
curtains fall to screen you from obser-
vation.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

LETTERS FOR CALIFoRNIA.-Per-
sons having correspondence with Cal
ifornia should mark on their letters or
newspaper the words "ria Panama" !"
and continue to do so until the Indian
hostilities over the Plains are suppress
ed. According to the regulations of
the Postoffice Department, all letters
not marked "ria Panama" are sent by
the overland route, and the Indian
outrages render their safe transmission
doubtful.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

Come with me to the eastern part
of the city-the old town-where you
will discover scarcely sign of modern
architecture. The streets are narrow
the houses lean towards each other
from the opposite sides of the way, as
if they were friends about to fall into
each others arms. 1t is the Jews
quarter. The doorways are crowded
with women and children--all bearing
the unmistakable features which, the
world over, characterize this historic
peoplc-rejected ofGod, despised of
men, persecuted as no other nation has
ever been, scattered everywhere, yet
retaining their nationality, endowed
with a vitality which has no parallel
in the human race.
We turn down the Jadengasse, the
Jews alley, from the chief thorough
fare of the modern town. In this
street, one hundred and twenty-four
years ago, lived a dealer in old clothes
who had a red shield for sign, which
in German reads Roth Schild. 1t was
in l743 that a child was born to this
Israelite. The name given to the boy
was Abselm Meyer, who also became a
clothes dealer and a pawn broker, sue
ceeding to the business of his father.
By degrees he extended his business,
lending money at high rates of interest
during the wars of the last century,
managing his affairs with such skill
that Prince William the Landgrave,
made him his banker. When Napo-
leon came across the Rhine, in 1905,
this clothes dealer was directed TO take
care ofthe treasures Of the Prince,
amounting to twelve million dollars,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

THE Washington Chronicle says
that there is no danger of Surratt or
any other Democrat being found gull
ty of anything in Washington City.
The "lost cause" has friends enough
there to control any Washington jury.
The Chronicle adds that "Surratt is
more likely to get clerkship in one of
the Departments in few weeks than
he is to be hanged for his crimes.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

The way that an Earl calls Duke
liar in the British House of Lords
was illustrated in a recent debate as
follows:
"I beg to call the attention of my
noble friend, the noble Duke, to an
observation which my noble friend the
noble Duke isrsported to have made,
and which my noble friend the noble
Duke will find spon reflection to be
inconsistent with strict veracity."
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

ORIGIN OF THE TERN NEWSPAPER.
In Hadyn's Dictionary of dates, it
is said that news is not, as many sup
pose, derived from the adjective new.
In former times between the years
1895 and 1S30) it was the prevalent
practice to put over the periodical
publications of the day, the initial
letters of the compass thus:
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

A TELEGRAM of twenty words, in
cluding the address and signature, can
be sent from any part of Switzerland
to any destination within the limits of
the country, for one franc twenty
cents.) The telegraph is a Govern
ment institution, as it should be all
over the world, and the tariff is fixed
by the Federal authorities. Next year
the ruling price is to be ten cents.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

M DoN'r SEE rT."-I.ord Nelson
was undoubtedly the author of this
slang phrase. At the celebrated naval
battle Of Copenhagen, Nelson, who
was determined to continue the fight,
but whose attention had been called to
a signal ofthe commanding officer to
cease hostilities, placed his hand over
his good eye, and pretending to look
with his blind one, said, II don't see
it" and at once ordered brisk renew
al Of the engagement,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

LOPEZ has been assassinated in
Mexico. He deserved no better fate,
and has met but just reward for his
betrayal of Maximilian. Of all crimes
treachery is the one most universally
condemned.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

The Cincinnati Times suggests the
following ticket for Republican support
in 1868:
For President-Hon. Edwin M.
Stanton. For Vice President-Gen-
eral Phillip H. Sheridan.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

THE Salt Lake Nidette, of the 26th
ultimo, says: Colorado River has ris-
en- so high as to back up the Gila
River, causing the destruction of Ari-
IONA city; warehouses, stores, hotels
and residences were swept away. The
loss is estimated at three hundred
thousand dollars.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

GENERALS Thomas, Hancock and
Meade, havedeclared themselves averse
to taking Sheridan's place, because
they know he is best qualified for its
duties. -
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

The following 'poem" comes from Whea
on College, Illinois. Some of the Latin
ather original, but it requires only model
'te familiarity with the language to get
lolerable understanding of the ''lingo:"
TALE OF A rossUM
The nox was lit by the lux of luna,
And twas nox most oppOrtuna
To catch a possum or coona
For nix was scattered DER this mundus
A shallow nix ct non proiundus.
On sic nox with canis unus,
Two boys went out to hunt for coonus,
The corpus of this bonus canis
Was full as long as octo span Is;
Guam had hic dog; bonus, clever,
Some used to say In stultum jocum
Quod field was too small locum
For sic Dig to make turnus.
Cicum self from stem 10 sternus.
Unis CAMS, duo puer,
Nunquam drawer, nunquam trucr,
Guam h,c trio unquam fuit,
If there was never knew II.
Hic bonus dog had one bad habit,
Amabat much 10 Tree a rabbit,
Amabat plus 10 tree rattus
Amabat bene chase cattus.
On this nixy moonlight night
This old cans did just right.
Nunquam freed stal wing rattus,
Nunquam chased starving cattus,
But curcurritt or intentus
On the track and on the scentus,
Till he freed possum strongum
In hollow trunkun logum.
Loud he baiked in horlld bellum,
Seemed on terra VENT hellum.
Quickly ran the duo puer,
Mors Of possum to secure,
Quum venerint, one began
To chop away like quisque man.
Soon the axe went through the truncum,
Soon he hit It, per- cher, chunkum,
Combat thickens, on ye bravus
CAMS, puer, bite, ct stavus;
As his powers non longius tarry,
Possum potest non pugnarc.
On the nix his corpus lieth,
Down to Hadcs spirit feth.
Joyful puers, CAMS bonus
Think him dead rs any stouus.
Aint his corpus like Jelly
Quid plus proof ought hunter velle ?
Now they seek their pater's domo,
Feeling proud as any homo.
Knowing certe they will blossom
Into heroes when with possum
They arrive, ma rabunt story,
Plenus blood ct plenior glory.
Panpcy, David, Sampson, Caesar,
Cyrus, Blackhawk, Shalmanezer!
Tell me where est the gloria,
Where the honors of Victoria.
Quum Mt domum narrent story,
Plenus ssnguine, tragic, CORY,
Pater praiseth, likewise mater;
Wonders greatly younger frater.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

THERE is something very sad in
those memorable words of Aaron Burr.
"If l had read Voltaire less the world
would have been wide enough for me
and Hamilton"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

GEN. George B. Mcclellan is spoken
Of as likely to be called to the head Of
the War Department.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
E-II-W

Importing that these papers con-
tained intelligence from the four quar-
ters of the globe; and from this prac-
tice is derived the term newspaper.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

AN old toper's conundrum: off
water rots your boots, what effect must
it have upon the coat of your stoa-
aeh %
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

A WOMAN fNew York, who drank
fifteen bottles Of soda, Friday, died the
next day of cholera.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

BANKRUPTCY is expensive. One
advertisement for the bankrupt Jacob
Barker, Of New Orleans, cost d, 300.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
Sslstt 8Mding.
THE HOUSE OF ROTHsCIIILD.

Its Origin and d,HistOry-the Red shield
The Power md Wealth Of the ROthS-
childs-Their Operations with Ameri.
can BOnds-The ROthschiltis and the
Pope.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28

EXPERIENCE is torchlight in the
ashes Of our delusions.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-28
Terms of publication.
9oetru.
A COLLEGE "POEM.,

The following ''poem" comes from Whea-
son College, Illinois Some of the Latin is
rather original, but it requires only moder-
ate familiarity with the language to get
tolerable understanding of the ''lingo:"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-08-10
PLIGHTED.

Mine to the core of the heart, my beauty!
Mine, all mine, and for love, not duty:
Love given willingly, full and free,
Love for loves sake-as mine to thee.
Duty's slave that keeps the keys,
But love. the master goes in and out
Of his goodly chambers with song and shout
Just as he please-just as he please.
Mine, from the dear heads crown, brown
golden.
To the silken foot that's scarce beholden;
Given to few friends hand or smile,
Like generous lady. now and while,
But the sanctuary heart that none dare win
Keep holiest of holiest evermore
The crowd in the aisles may watch the door
The high-priest only enters in.
Mine, my own, without doubts or terrors,
With all thy goodness. all thy errors,
Unto me and to me alone revealed
"A spring shut up, fountain sealed"
Many may praise lhee-praise nine as thine
Many may love thee-Ill love them too:
But thy heart of hearts, pure faithful and
true.
Must be mine, mine wholly, and only mine
Mine God, thank Thee that Thou has
given
Something all mine on this side of heaven.
Something as much myself to be
As this my soul which lift to Thee;
Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone,
Life of my life, whom Thou dost make
Two to the world for the worlds work.
sake
But each unto each, as in Thy sight one
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-08-10
The Sudden Choice; or, Where's the
Woman that Wouldn't.

\ few years ago l made one of the
seventy-nine passengers on board the
fast steamer, Emily Barton, bound up
the Tennessee. A pleasant, intelligent,
go-ahead captain, a good steward, and
social, refined company, made the trip
one of pleasure; indeed, long shall |
remember the saucy Emily Barton and
her superb living freight. One lovely
summer afternoon, it was whispered
that we were to have We ding before
the boat reached her destination said
whisper started first low near the ladies'
cabin, and speedily made its way to the
hall, the boiler deck, and even to the
main; like the snowballs down the
mountain, gathering size, form and mo-
mentum, as it rolled forward, until the
principals in the interesting scene were
not only pointed out, but the persons
some scraps in the history of each
fiction, fact and surmise, all hashed up
ingeniously, leaving you in the half
pleasant, half painful suspense and
doubt that opens the eyes so wide and
strains the drum of the ear so tight to
all transpiring around you Well, we
landed to wood at a magnificent beach
bottom, the tall, heavy leafed trees,
with silver gray trunks, making deep
cool shade, while they, with the grassy
green bank that bore them, were in the
CLASSY river, so clear, so true, that in
version only pointed the false from the
real.
Cutting this charming spot in twain,
came murmuring crystal brook, scarce
four spans wide, to lose itself in the
mass of Tennessee waters, they in turn
to be alike lost in the boundless sea.
MISSIONER was the staging out than
there emerged from the ladies' cabin a
fine, manly looking fellow, dressed in
faultless taste, intellect beaming in
every feature, while all over his face,
perfect happiness shone like phosphorus
on the sea; and leaning on his arm was
the most loveatle woman it has ever
been my lot to behold; her fine hazel
eyes (tell-tales that they were) speaking
deep emotion, and her expressive lip
quivering with suppressed excitement,
while her step, dress and grace was that
of queen. "There they are! % ''That's
hern,' 80, how handsome!!" burst from
many lip as we instinctively made way
to let them pass to the altar, and where
that was we had about as clear an idea
as a transceHdentalist generally has of
what he is talking about. But one
thing we all seemed to know, that there
was fun ahead, and that to'fall in their
wake was the way to see it.
As the ladies passed, gallant arm
was offered to each, and thus we march
ed out of the cabin, down the stairs,
across the staging, and up the sloping
bank. Some fifty yards up the brook
the pair stopped, and, joining hands,
they stood, with the clear water be-
tween them-bridged as it was with the
twining fingers, and crossed by stream
of love as pure as itself. All was silent,
still, until broken by the minister read
ing in an impressive manner:
"And the rib which the Lord God
had taken from man made he woman
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-08-10
Rich Case@

A Boston medical man was nicely
taken in by one of our Broadway dandies
few days ago. Dandy was on visit
to the Hub ofthe Universe, and went in
too strong on cucumbers and ice-cream.
Got took with the cholera -morbus
Doctor came to the hotelpost- haste, and
entered the bed room Saw a person
with long, curly hair, parted in the
middle, penciled eye brows, and all that,
smelling very strongly of Jockey Club
par tait d amour, or something of that
kind.
Taking hold of the delicate hand ten
derly, and feeling the pulse, he asked of
the groaning patient
Have you been suffering in this way
long?' i.
Only little while!' murmured the
patient in whisper.
Where is the most pain p continued
the disciple of Esculapius.
Right here-oh, oHp And the patient
laid white hand over the part which
contained the cucumbers.
Spasms =? Frequent pains p
Yes, yes, Oh--oh--doctor, | shall die"
ooh, no, you will not die. 1t is rath-
er hard case. May l ask you if you
are married?'
'No-oh--oh gasped the sufferer,
blushing in agony
Then am indeed, indeed, sorry for
you said the Doctor But it is my duty
to tell you that you will very soon be-
come mother y
"A mother. Damnation, sir, a mother'
cried Charles Augustus, spasnodically.
DO you know what an sir? Me moth
er! Why, sir, I belong to the 7th regiment
National Guards-haye fought, bled and
died for my country. I am man, sir
whole MANp
The doctor was for a moment silent
with astonishment. At last he said:
Man or no man, you have all the symp-
toms of approaching confinement p
dts nothing but cucumbers, Holsters
and ice-cream = groaned poor Charles
Augustus.
The, doctor now opened his eyes, and
administered mustard within and mus
tard without The consequence is
that Charles Augustus yet lives, and
there is no child of the regiment for
the gallant Seventh National Guards.
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