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The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22
what we Begin 70 Believe.

We begin to believe that now a-days
greanbacks make the man, and dress
the gentleman.
We begin to believe that the perse is
more potent than the sword and the
pen together.
We begin to believe that those who
sin the most during the week are the
most devout upon Sundays.
We begin to believe that honesty is
the best policy-to speculatewith until
you gain everyboly's confidence then
line your pockets.
We begin to believe in hnmbugging
the people out Of their dollars. 1t is
neither stealing or begging; and those
who are humbugged have only them
selves to blame.
We begin to believe that man was
not made to enjoy life, but to keep
miserable in the pursuit and possess
ion of riches.
We begin to believe the surest rem
edy for hard times and tight money
market is an extravagant expenditure
on the part of individuals-to keep
the money moving.
We begin to believe that none but
knavcs are qualified to hold office under
the Government-with the exception
of natural born fools and lunatics.
We begin to believe that pianofortes
are more necessary in family than
meat and potatoes.
We begin to believe that a boy who
doesn't swear, smoke and chew. tabac-
co, may be very good boy, but is
naturally stupid.
We begin to believe that if the dew
il should die one-half of the world will
be thrown out of employment.
We begin to believe he has most
merit who makes the most noise in his
own behalf and that when Gabri
ell comes-not to be behind the times,
he, too, will blow his own horn pretty
loud.
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a NEW pApEE.

We publish the following prospec-
tus, as it is decidedly rich;
propose to start religious paper
on the gift enterprise plan. 1t will
be devoted to sanctity and sewing
machines, picty, politics, and patent
medicines.
The following premiums will be
given to subscribers:
Subscribers for one copy of the
Church Cancer will be presented with
a box of patent petroleum paste black
ing. This is very superior article
it will black boots or stoves, and may
be used as hair dye. See testimony
from leading clergymen, statesmen
and bootblacks.
Subscribers for two copies will re-
ceive q box of sardines.
Subscribers for ten copies will be
presented with pair of iron-clad
spcctacles, with glass eyes, warranted
to suit one age as well as another.
Subscribers for twelve copies will
be entitled to a wooden leg, patent
boot jack, which can also be used as
cork-screw, coffee mill, or an ink
stand.
Subscribers for tw cnty copies will be
entitled to pair of false calves, and a
gilt edge copy of Anna Dickinson's
speeches and writings.
Subscribers for twenty-five copies
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Subscribers for fifty copies will re-
ceive suit of summer furs, and
burial plot, with an order fer tomb
stone when required.
Subscribers for FIVE hundred copies
will receive nomination for Con-
gress, with a library consisting of a
bottle and a pack Of cards.
Subscribers for a thousand copies
will be presented with farm in New
Jersey, fenced in and mortgaged.
Clergymen acting as agents for the
Cancer will be furnished with one
pair of brass knuclles, and an acre Of
oourt-plaster.
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estimate were held by the insurance

estimate were held by the insurance
companies of the entire country.
Dem, Perhaps S300,000,000 more.
| don't know.
For. Nor | but suppose it to be as
you say. Now YOU know that the Ma
iional Banks own s3i0,OOO,OOO in the
bonds and that the class who own and
do business with banks are not all
millionaires. They are well-to-do
business men, and no more. About
$500, 100000 of our bonds are held as
investments in Germany, mainly by
persons of moderate means who had
faith in the stability of our Republican
institutions. Besides there are, all
over the country, trust estates, and
money of persons'of moderate means,
which have beeA invested directly in
the bonds. The amount of these can
hardly be less than S2OO,OOo,OOO.
Here then we have grand total of
81, ,740,000,000 of the interest bear
ing portion of the National debt,
which amounts to about S2OOO,0OO,
900, belonging to the people who can
not be capitalists, leaving, say $3.50,
100000 for the aristocratic bondhold-
ers.
Dem. Some ofyour figures rest up.
on surposition, but, as it is impossible
to arrive at the exact figures, we can
only arrive at them by estimates from
the facts actually known. Your
statement is new to me, and | must
think Of it. aa G0b
For. Are there any other principles
OF the Democratic party on which you
can give me any Information?
Dem. None at present. Chicago
Tribune. 4'| ~
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MORE fiESDs' WORK

A horrible outrage was committed a
few days since upon a loyal citizen
named Patrick Honey, who resides
near Waverly, Tenn, on the Nashville
and Northwestern Railroad. Some
days since gang of Kukluxleft docu-
ments at his house, warning him to
leave the country, but he paid no
attention to .he notice, and went On
with his work. Subsequently, a large
company of men, disguised and armed.
dragged him out of his house about
midnight, carried him to a creek three
miles distant, tied a rope around his
neck, and dragged him up and down
the creek, pulling out his hair and
beard, kicked him and whipped him.
and left him lying insensible in the
woods. He was found the following
evening by his wife, in most horrible
condition,
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22
SEhECFE0NS.

Most people think the selections Of
suitable matter for newspaper the
easiest part of the business. How
great an error. 10 look over and
over fifty exchange papers daily, from
which to select enough for one, espe-
cially when. the question is not what
shall, but what shall not be selected,
is no very easy task. Ifevery person
whoreads a newspaper could have ed
tied it, VIC should have less complain
ing, Not uhtrequently it is the case
that an editor looks over all his ex-
change papers for something interest,"
ing, ,anCIsan find absolutely nothing.
Every paper is drier than contri-
button box, and yet something must bc
had-his paper must be out with
something in it, and he does the best
he can. To an editor who has the
least care in what he selects, the writ
ing he has to do is the easiest part of
his labor Every subscriber thinks
the paper is printed for his own bene-
fit, and il there is nothing that suits
him, it must be stopped--it is good
for nothing. As many subscribers as
an editor has, 50 many tastes he has to
consalt.
One wants something very smart
and something sound. One likes an
ocdotes, fun and irolic, and the next
door neighbor wonders that man of
sense will put such stuff in his paper.
Something spicy comes out and the
editor is blackguard. Next comes
something argumentativo, and the ed
itor is a dull fool. And SO, between
them all, the poor fellow gets the d-l.
They never reflect that what does not
please them will please the next man;
but they insist that if the paper does
not suit them it is good for nothing,
and will stop itright off. ..1
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

Mr.. JouN H1cKMAS's attack IN
the Irish Catholic portion of our pop
ulation, and Mr.. George Landon's
reference to the Germans of Pennsyl-
vania, may have the excuse of being
uttered in the heat of debate, but they
cannot claim the palliation of being
justified by any principles which gov
crn statesmen while in the discharge
of public duty. John Hickman knows
that some of the bravest men who fol-
lowed our aag to victory during the
war to crush the slave-holder's rebel
lion, are Irish Catholics; while Mr..
Landou cannot be ignorant of the fact
that among the thrifty population
which has rendered Pennsylvania pow
erful and wealthy as State, our Ger
man fellow citizens rank deservedly
high in all that pertains to morality,
integrity and patriotism. Messrs. Lam
don and Hickman, BY their indiscreet
remarks on these points, have afforded
the opposition press of the State a
wide reach in appeal g to thepreju-
dices and resentments of the people,
thus sarcastieally referred to; and
while ninety-ninc cut Of every hum
dred Republicans in Pennsylvania do
not entertain such sentiments, the Re
publican party is held responsible for
these utterances, and will be more or
less affected by their injustice.-.State
Gliard.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22
ADVICE TO YOUNG MECHANICS.

In referring to the growing inclina-
tion on the part of young men, after
they have served long and hard ap.
prenticeships to acquire a good trade
to abandon this mode of making liv-
ing and to enter the legal or medical
profession, where it is supposed greater
emoluments can be secured and larger
honors won, cotemporary well OBJ
serves that in nineteen cases out of
twenty such adventures are failures, fol
two reasons: Fist, the professions
require peculiar talent and the most
thorough education. As rule, APP
prentices to the trades have neither the
time nor the means to acquire this
education, Hence, when a mechanic
at the end of his apprenticeship as
pires to and enters any one of the pro-
tessions, he does so at a great disad-
vantage. He may be a fluent speaker,
know how to argue point in debat-
ing society or harangue crowd at a
ward meeting, but such talents do not
fit him for the legal profession. He
may know how to extract a splinter
from his own hand, how to make a
salvc, how to mix a powder or admin
stcr a pill, but all this, while it might
qualify him as a good nurse, docs not
fit him for the medical profession. The
fact is, the young men who abandon
their trades are tempted to do so by a
feeling Of false pride, enormously
imagining there is no honor to be Sc
cured ina pursuit of the mechanical
arts. History proves the iallacy of
such suppositions.
The brightest names which now
adorn the annals of all counties are of
the best mechanics who have blessed
mankind with the productions of
their genius. All that is beautiful
and grand is the result of improve
ment in mechanics. The pendulum,
the main spring, the barometer, ther-
mometer, printing press, steam engine,
locomotive, sewing machine, telescope
all, all are the result of mechanics
arts, making those famous who pro-
ducc them, and that people great who
adopcl them.
A good mechanic who becomes a
pettifogger or quack, merely because he
is too proud to work at his trade, is,
indeed, pitiful object. A man ofthe
right mental balance, who has proper
mental form, with the necessary in
dependence, will win as much honor
and as fair a living in the trades as in
the profession; and Indifferent lawyer
or doctor lacking briefs Or patients is
always miserable being, a bad cx-
ample in the community. Let our
Young mechanics, then, become amb'-
tious in their own vacation. If they
dignity their trades by becoming pro-
iicient therein, the trades will dignity
them with the highest honors. If
mechanics pursue their business with
a purpose to selt-improvement therein,
and not merely to hammer and file
and saw, but to improve the farm, to
develop something new therein, the
mind will be strengthened as the arm
becomes muscular, and the heart of
the mechanic will be made to swell
with as true pride as ever glowed
beneath the doublet Of a prince. Will |
he young mechanic think of these
ruths?
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

AN Atlanta paper tells of chap
who came down from one of the upper
counties and encountered q man with
hand organ covered with green cloth.
The man began to turn and the other
put down a quarter, which the other
Immediately took up. Down went an
other, which shared the same fate, and
then another. The stranger, finding
his pile getting low, turned to BY
stander and asked: "NIister, what sort
of game is this, any how?'
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

THERE are two kinds of girls.
One is the kind that appears best
abroad, the girls that are good for
parties, rides, visits, balls. &c, and
whose chief delight is in such things.
The other is the kind that appears
best at home, the girls that are useful
and cheerful in the dining room, sick
room, and all the precincts of home.
They differ widely in character. One
is often a torment at home, the other
a blessing. One is moth consuming
everything about her; the other is a
inspiring light and gladness
around her pathway. The right educa-
tion will modify both a little and
thus unite the good qualities of both
in one.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22
MEETING HOTEL EXPENSES.

Are you the keeper OF this her,
tavern ?" inquired a tall, linky indi
vidual, belonging to the-regimen
North Carolina State troops, and ther
in the Confederate States service.
II am the proprietor of this hotel,
replied the bustling little hotel -keepe
of an establishment between this cit,
and Richmond "what can 1 do fo
you?"
"What you ak for a bed ?" said tn,
soldier.
"Seven dollars, sir" responded tn,
gentleman addressed.
"Only seven dollars, you say? Well
that is cheap; dog gone eff it amt
Here's Confederate five, and there's {
two ; it's all right, aint it mister ?"
"Certainly, sir" replied Boniface
"it is all perfectly correct"
"You hearn him, didn't you, Jeems?'
said the military gentleman, address
ing one ofhis companions.
81 hear him." was the response.
"And you hearn him, too, didn't
yer, llle?" inquired he of another.
"In course did," was the reply,
81 'spect it's right between YOU"
"That's blessin', any how" said
the soldier. "And now mister, et
you'd only travelled as far as | hev,
you would want to sleep mighty sud-
den"
Certainly, sir, all right" exclaim-
ed the landlord, as he proceeded to
direct servant to show the gentle
man his apartment.
The soldier evidently slept soundiy;
but very early in the morning, he
might have been seen descending the
stairs with the mattrass upon which he
had slept carefully tied up and slung
over his shoulder. lie had not pro-
ceeded far, however, before he was met
by the astonishcd landlord, who indig-
nantly demanded to know what he
was doing with that bed.
"Gwine to take it out for the regi-
ment," cool y remarked the soldier.
"You are, are you ?" roared the ex-
landlord: chow dare you
carry off my property in that man
ner?"
"Iour property? Well, | like that.
Didn't | give ye seven dollars for this
here bed only last night, and didn't
two of our fellows hear the trade ?
Your property, eh?'
"The seven dollars you paid me was
Ior your lodging" said the proprietor,
growing somewhat irate as he spoke.
"Nary login, efI knew it," res
bonded the soldier, 81 axed you what
you aSed for a bed, and paid yer
'wn price, and according to the ma
urc of a traid, the beds mine"
"Well, sir" interrupted the angry
lost, "and what do YOU ask for your
,ed? 1 want it."
NOW yer aihil) feplled the
North Carolinian, as he dumped the
,ed upon the floor, and carelessly
hrew himself upon it. 81 want to
'c reasonable, and bein' its you III
ct you have the bed for fifteen dol
ars."
"Fiftecn dollars p gaspcd the land
ord.
"Jes So" quietly remarked the sol
ller; off a man don't make one hun
'red per cent. durn me eff he can payi
lotel expenses"
The landlord paid the money, and
'robably avoided speculating in future
With any ofthe North Carolina troops.
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A II NOTIFY POINT.

NJ p. r.
An answer will serve sll men"
lALL's WELL Thar ENDS WELL,
III women vote as well as men,"
Says Dick one day to Ned;
Pray. can you tell me, of the house,
Which of them is the head"
Said Ned. 'lf both have EQUAL RIGHTS,
No matter grsat or small,
There certainly must be two heads,
Or else no HEAD AT ALL"
"but, stop here is another point
Supposing both have riches,
Which OF them should be SUED for DEBT,
Orwhich should claim the HsxtcHEs p
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

JAMES GoRDoN BENNEr, of the
Herald has forbidden any Of his edi-
tors or reporters to attend the Dick
ems banquet at New York, under pain
ofdismissal, Mr.. Greeley will preside.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

A GENTLEMAN in Western New
York manures his grape vines by
6urying at the roots the carcasses Of
dead cats. A decided Catawba fla
y,or, he thinks, is thus impaired to
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22

The Pittsburg Gasette says boy
in Missouri bought and ate four
pounds of gum drops the other
day and was nearly asphyxiated in
consequence.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-22
Terms of Publicatiou

THE wAYsnsBuRa REpUpLIcAy. on,cs IN
nHyels building, east OF the Court House, is pub.
.ansa every wednesday morning, at sa per
."nuu', IN ADVANCE, or Sc so If not paid with.
In the year. All subscription aceoun,s ,,rsr
be settled annually. No paper will be sen,
OUT OF the State unless paid for IN ADVANCE and
All such subscriptions will invariably be discon.
tinued at tho expiration Of the time for which
they are paid.
communications on subjects of local or general
,n,erest a,, are respectfully solicited To ensure
s assen.ioh iayors OF this kind must invariably be
ecc;y,inpahied by the name of the author moi for
puapiieation, but as guaranty against i'm position
Az tetters pertaining to business NJ tho once
must be addressed to the Editor "'''''
The New York herald., 1868-06-20

gress. Gran would represent the lager beer
and foreign element generally, and he is well
calculated by his oily manners to smooth
DOWN the roughness and coarseness Of tho
House OF Representatives. Wheatley would
be the handsome man in Congress. where one
is much wanted-the beau ideal of fashion
able chevalier-and would represent the pro-
gressive taste Of the times in matters of art,
grace and unadorned nature. The drama.
opera and ballet have become great institu-
tions with us and should no longer be unre-
presented in Congress. This is our epistle on
the dramatic events of the day and advice for
the future,
The New York herald., 1868-06-20

THE EUROPEAN PRESS AND POWERS OF
STATE.-From England and France simultane-
ously, by the Atlantic cable, comes intelligence
Of prosecutions of the newspaper press before
the judiciary of both countries, terminating in
very damaging results to the editors. A
London penny daily of large circulation has
had verdict Of nine hundred and sixty pounds
sterling given against it as damages for a libel,
and the editor Of Paris journal has been con-
demned to pay fine of one thousand francs
and be imprisoned for two months for the pub
lication of an article. The cable reporters do
not even intimate the charges or merits Of the
suits; but when we recollect how easily q libel
conviction can be had, under certain circum-
stances in Great Britain, and glance at the
numerous legal traps for recusant or contu-
macious writer's which distinguish the new
Press law of France, we must say that we
regard the news as ominous Of the necessity of
q final struggle for the realization Of an in
dependently free press under Victoria and
NAPOLEON.
The New York herald., 1868-06-20
Our Foreign Correspondence.

In the HERALD of this morning we publish
interesting correspondence from different parts
of the world. From Abyssinia we have an
account of the widespread anarchy which
pervades that country and the civil war
now being waged by rival chieftains; from
London we have accounts of the latest
yachting and turf events, with matter of pain
full interest to the oarsmen and scullers of the
world our Berlin letter tells of the proceed
ings of the Zollverein of the North German
Confederation and of Count Bismarck's
failure to make the majority of its members
vote in compliance with his policy; from Con-
stantinople our correspondent writes of the
praiseworthy measures Of reform which the
Sultan has inaugurated in Turkey; and last,
though not least, we have the tale of plots
and anarchy in st. Domingo negro republic
which, like Hayti, enjoys half dozen re-
bellions year. All of this news,
as set forth by our special CORE
spondents, is not merely instructive to
the general reader, but strikingly illustrative
of the peculiar character of the times and of
the new position of modern journalism, which
is at once the mirror and the instructor of the
age. The world is to be one in true and
proper sense. That has long been the theory
of reason and religion. The preachers tried
and tried long to enforce this theory, but they
were unsuccessful. It was reserved for the
newspapers-and for such newspapers as the
| New YORK HERALD-to show the world what it
was and to teach it what it might be and what
| il ought to become. Things are not yet right,
but we shall bring them round by and by.
The New York herald., 1868-06-20

memorial. For over one year neither OF the
belligerents has struck blC'w at the other,
and to all intents and purposes the war Is
virtually at an end. But this fact does not
appear to abolish those restrictions on laoe
which are demanded by the laws of nat.ons
between friendly Powers and countries at war
with each other. There is certainly no justi-
fcation for such Interruptions in the business
affairs of nations under existing circumstances,
and the United States should put stop to
them 80 far as this Continent is concerned