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out Of Europe to Paris to listen to
Aberlard did not travel in carriages,
and they brought no portmanteus
with them. They carried their
wardrobes on their backs. They
walked from Paris to Padua, from
Padua to Salamanca, and they beg
ged their way along the roads. The
laws of medicancy in all countries
were suspended in favor Of scholars
wandering in pursuit Of knowledge.
At home at his college the scholars
fare was the hardest, his lodging
was the barest. If rich in mind, he
was expected to be poor in body !;
and so deeply was this theory
grated into English feeling that
earls and dukes, when they began
to frequent universities, shared the
common simplicity. The furniture
of a noble earl's room at an En-
glish university at present may cost,
Including the pictures of opera
dancers and race horses and such
like, perhaps five hundred pounds.
When the magnificent Earl Of Els
sex was sent to Cambridge, in Eliz.
abeth' time, his guardians provided
him with deal table, covered with
green baize, truckle bed, half-a-
dozen chairs and wash-hand basin.
The cost of all, l think, was five
pounds. You see what we meant
The scholar was held in high honor;
but his contributions to the com
monwealth were not appreciable
in money, and were not rewarded
with money. He went without
what he could not produce, that he
might keep his independence and
his self.respect unframed. Neither
scholarship nor science starved un-
der this treatment moro noble
souls have been smothered in luxu-
~ than were ever killed by hunger.
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from tinterlineations and correcs'
tons, perhaps now and then puz
cling to printers and Mr.. Disraeli
writes in q large and angular runs
ming hand, legibly enough if not
particularly elegant. eAnd most Of
our leading politicians are excellent
penmen. Mr.. Gladstone seems to1
write as he generally speaks, in q
hasty, impetuous manner. But
with all his haste and impetuosityI
his writing is perfectly legible. I'll
is an Oxford hand. Lord Derby
writes, what ! may perhaps call AMI
aristocratic hand, at once elegant|
and legible. Lord Russell writes Al
lady like hand. 1T is like every
thing else about the Earl, small, and
occasionally puzzling, but not in-|
elegant. Mr.. Bright's letters are as]
distinctly and regularly formed as|
his print. Lord Stanley 5 dispatched
are as legible as large plea. YOU
may run and read them. Every
character is fully formed, every sin
is dotted, everyl"t" crossed. You
will find no sign of haste or slovenli-
ness in his MS. / might 60 onin this
style through a dozen more names.
But it is not necessary. l have
cited enough cases to prove my
point, that illegible handwriting is
not mark of genius, or even of
superior intelligence. / know on
the other hand, that there are
many men of genius who write and
have written execrably. Sir John
Bowring is one Of these. tits said
that Lord Palmerston once sent
back an important dispatch of Sir
Johns to China, with the request
that it might be copied in Q reada-
Bile handwriting; and Lord Crow
ley, our late Ambassador at the
court of France, wrote so hastily
and illegibly that Lord Granville, |
believe, once asked his lordship to
keep the originals Of his dis
patches for his own informa-
ton, and send copies to the For
eign offices. ''Lord Lyttleton, who
moved clause to the reform bill
that nobody should have q vote
who could not write legible
hand, writes SO illegibly that the
u Al = -. 49, n
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Our Children in Heaven.


We copy from poem, yesterday, TO-
Day, and Forever. Thy Rev. Edward Henry
Biclfersteth, Just republished by Robert
Carter Brothers, the following beautiful
paragraphs: a.
| A babe in glory is babe forever,
Perfect as spirits, and able to pour forth
Their glad hearts In the tongues that angels
use.
These musings, gathered In Gods nursery.
Forever grow In loveliness and love. 81 ~
They have never fought the fight,
| Nor borne the heat and burden OF the day,
Nor staggered underneath the weary cross.
In the following lines the author describes
the meeting OF a father with his infant chill
dren in heaven:
But straightway,
Or ever could utter words Of praise.
Voices familiar as my mother tongue
Fell on me and an infant cherub sprang,
As springs sunbeam to the heart of flowers,
Into my arms, and murmured audibly,
FEATHER, dear father" and clasped
My knees. and faltered the same name of
power.
. 4 a u i .
The one who nestled in my breast had seen
All of earth'g year except the winter SHOWS ;
Spring, summer, autumn, like sweet dreams
had smiled,
On her. Eva-or living-was her name;
A bud of life folded In leaves and love;
The dewy morning star OF summer days;
The golden lamp Of fireside happy hours;
The little ewe-lamb nesting by our side;t
The dove whose cooling echoed in our hearts;
The sweetest chord upon our harp of praise ;
The quiet spring. the rivulet OF joy.
The storm
Fell without warning on our tender bud,
Scattering its leaflets; and the star was
drenched
In tears; the lamp burnt dimly; unawares
The little lamb was faint; the weary dove
Covered ~ young head beneath its droop-
d ing wing;
Toe chord was loosened on our harp; the
fount
Was troubled, and the rill ran nearly dry;
And In our souls we heard our Father saying,
"will We return the gift?"l The voice was
low,
The answer lower still: " Thy will be done.p
And now, where we had often pictured her,
Isaw her one of the beatifed;
Eva, our blossom, ours forever now, W 4 a
Unfolding in the atmosphere of love. -
The star that set upon our earthly home =
Had risen in glory, and in pure skies f4i4
Was shining and the lamp we sorely missed
Shed its soft radiance in better home.
And none who looked on her coald choose
p but say,
Eva, sweet angel, God be blessed for thee!
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Good and Bad Handwriting.

From the Gentleman's Magazine
/ have heard illegible writing
justified as mark of genius. That
of course is q very fiattcring theo-
nv. | wish / could think it true.
But like most of those fiattering
theories about disagreable eccen-
tricities, it has one fatal fault. 1t
is inconsistent with notorious facts
Men of genius do not, / believe, as
rule, scribbIe. They write legi-
bly,. Thackeray, we all know, was
beautiful penman. He prided
hirasslf On his writing. He could
write the Lords prayer in a legi-
Bile hand, on a bit ofpaper not big.
ger than a sixpence. | meyer
heard that Charles Dickens had Q
contribution returned because II
was illegible. douglas Jerrold's
copy was almost as good as cop
perplate;" and my friend, in his
own graphic style is sketchiDg the
career of "Christopher Kcndrick, "
in these pages in a masculine, clear
and flexible hand, tells me that one
of Jerrold's friends, "Shirley
Brooks, writes plainly, and with
very little revision Lord Lytton Z
manuscript is written in a careless
scrawI, bat il is not illegible, though
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I A Literal Turn Of Mind:

A lady was once conversing
with sailor who had suffered ship
wreck ; and as she took great pleas
ure in the analyzation of feelings
and emotions, asked him compass
sionately:
GLOW did you feel, my dear man,
when the cold waves broke over
But the seaman knew nothing
of, metaphysics, and answered SIM
ply: -........,; TX, ], I.
A small child being asked by q
Sunday school teacher p 81
avVhat did the Israelites do af-
ter they had crossed the Red Sea r
answered: "a
81 don't know, ma am, but | guess
they dried themselves"
Queer answers are very often re-
ceived by grown people who talk to
children, for the reason that the lat
ter have not yet become accustomed
20 the subtleties and figurative mean
j ngs, and round about ways ofwords,
end, therefore, look at things very
practically. d
T "Sam,' said q young mother to
Iaer darling boy, "doyou know what
tho difference is between the body
and the soul? The soul, my child,
is what you live with; the body
carries You about. This is your
body, touching the boys shoulders
and arms but there is something
deeper in. You can feel it now.
WHAT is it?" 81
COLI know" said he, with a
flash of intelligence in his eyes
that is my flannel shirt a.. ~
So an indulgent father urged an
INDECENT son to rise.
aRemember," said he, that the
early bird catches the worm"
| aWl,at do / care for worms p
growIed. the youth mother wont
let me 60 tsh1n.
| GA passive verb,0 said teacher
" is expr essive of the nature Of re-
ceiving an action, as Peter is beat
| en-. y Now what did Peter do ~ q
@Well, / don't know" said the
scholar celebrating, sunless he hol
Tered ?''odl-sno ai n.4 oi 8a goo
Another instructor of a young
idea WAYS illustrating the points o
the compass to two pupils. III
"Now John, what is before
your" n ,Si.a.
was in intelligent lad.
Nov, Tommy" said he to tn
other, who had just donned a lonl
coat. sewhat is behind you 2"-- -
any coat tails, sir" said Tommy
A youth, W no was being repri
manded for pla ying marbles on Sun
day was asked, "Do you know wher
those little boys go who play mar
bles on Sunday 2" =.
He had not been sufficient.
taught in regard to future state
and replied quite innocently, ~
yesl Some on 'em go to the com
mon, and some on 'em goes dow
to the river ts1
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not swear truthfully he would subject
himself to conviction Of perjury, and pun
ished accordingly. ~
Which horn Of the dilemma will our
Nashville cotemporary take or wherein
consist the freedom of election in 1865
while A. johnson was Military Governor
Of the territory of Tennessee. - Naf
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Scholarship and Poverty.

There are two ways of being in
dependent. If you require much,
you must produce much. If you
produce little, you must require lit
tie. Those whose studies added
nothing to the material wealth Of
the world were taught to be content
to be poor. They were burden
on others, and the burden was made
as light as possible. The thirty
thousand students who gathered
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OF late several of the London papers
have urged upon the British Govern
ment the adoption of a policy of amity
with Russia, in regard to their respective
Asatic possessions, They advocate this
as the best solution Of the Asian question.
The real enemy Of British rule in the
East is also the enemy Of Russian rule,
as it is the implacable foe Of Christianity
and civilization the spirit of Mohsm-
medsn intolerance which has so long
rendered Central Asia almost inacces-
sible to European merchants and travel
ers. England and Russia, acting in
concert, and with sll the marvellous re-
sources of modern science at their COM
maud, may bring the whole Of that vast
continent into fellowship with Europe.
Acting as antagonistic forces they only
proloDg the reign of anarchy and barbar-
ism. Evidently there is a strong desire
in England for complete reversal Of the
old East Indian policy of the British
Government in regard to Russia. The
new policy advocated by the Eng
lish papers, however, might work very
well in titas Of peace, but in case Of an
Anglo,Russian war it could not stand
The English power in India is too vul
nersble for Russia to give any guarantees
against attack in that quarter.
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Spoiling, Children.

Spelling, in its earlier stages, is
rather pleasant. 1t consists in let
ting ones darling have its own
precious little way on all occasions,
and the way is such a pretty,
roguish, winsome way nobody can
see any harm in it. Grown up
willfulness is quite a different thing
from baby willfulness. 1t gets
teeth and claws, SO to speak, and
isn't nice to contemplate. Spoil
ing appears to mean a great many
different things, One of its mild
forms is total disregard for the
feelings and convenience of others.
If you meet peculiarly upsetting
woman on q journey or party OF
pleasure, who oughtto be square,
when she is triangular and TRAN
gular when she is square, you may
set it down that she was spoiled
child. soageya bnHa j
There are parents who would
stint their allowance of fire or
food in order to indulge their chill
dren's whims. The idea of parental
sacrifice becomes morbid, especially
if the child happens to be admired
and praised. There are mothers who
pinch tn cir own wardrol,es to be-
deck their little girls in expensive
garments fosterinp taste for lex.
travagant dress which they can
| not honestly indulge. ,,o
| Although people in the lower
| ranks or the middle class do con
trive, occasionally, to spoil theil
children by indulgence, the bust
ness is not carried on wholesale, as
| it is among the rich. Necessity il
a severe and yet kind step. dame
| Her motto is service, and service ia
the salt of life. In a large family
not very we'll to do, the older chill
dren educate the younger ones
They feel almost as responsible OF
the parents, and, perhaps, exerI
| more influence in their little way
| Such q child-life seems bald and
gray compared with the fairy scene:
through which richer children
dance and sing; but it in reality
keeps young tastes fresh and pure
| and whets the appetite, instead O
eloying it with enjoyment. This
is only part of the benefit de
rived from q childhood taxed witt
some responsibility, and judicious'
| " denied as we'll as indulged. a&
Self control is the one thing
spoiled children never learn. Theil
desires are always rampant. w
see the features of the little BIO,
who kicked his nurse and brow
beat his mother in some passionate
dissipated, irregular young mel
and we shake our heads and say
We knew how be would turn out.
The spoiled girl develops into a
exacting, INSCRIPTIONS woman. Lii
must center round her, the worl
, must wait upon her, not becaus
she has any special merit, not be
cause she has ever done anything
; but merely because she was a spoile
child.
! Her husband is martyr.
have generally noticed that sue
girls marry meek little men, VIII
: seem to consider it their principi
business in life to carry about
load of shawls and attend TO th
4 poodle.
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i is said Secretary Fish will, at no
very dissant dsY, retire fron the State
Department. having until the present
time remained only Al the personal re-
quest Of President Grant Congress
having adjourned and most Of the Tor
eign appointments being made, be nov
desires 70 retire 70 private life agaln. u
transpires 10 the list pfepased Tor Tor
eiEn appointments By Z. b. Washburue,
while Secretary Of State, covered forty
eigh, Of the best Offices.
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To Young !. Ilas Men.


1t is easier to be a good business
man than poor one. Half the en-
ergy displayed in keeping ahead
that is required to catch mp when
behind will save credit, give more
time to business, and add to the
profit and reputation Of your word.
Honor your engagements. If you
promise to meet man, or
do certain thing at a certain
moment, be ready at the ap-
pointed time. II you have work
to do, do it at once, cheerful
", and therefore more speedily
and correctly. If you go out
on business, attend promptly to
the matter on hand, and then as
promptly go about your own bust
ness, do not stop to tell stories in
business hours. T.a.E0f
If you have place Of business,
be found there when wanted. No
man can get rich by sitting round
stores and saloons. Never fool
on business matters. Ii you have
to labor for o living, remember that
one hour in the morning is better.
than two at night. Ii you employ
others, be on hand to see that
they attend to their duties, and.
to direct with regularity, promptt
ness and liberality. Do mo-
| meddle with any business you
know nothing of. Never buy any
article simply because the man thai
| sells Il wilt take it out in trade
Trade il money!. Time is money.
A good business habit and reputa-
tio5 il always money. Make your
nlace of business pleasant and att
tractive then stay there to wait OF,
customers 7Fs-I - .a9 .lsI
Never use quick words. or allow
veurself to make hasty or ungen.
tlamanIv remarks to those in youy
amnlov. for to do 40 lessons their
RESPECT for YOU and your influence
over them Help yourself, and
others viii viii (, help you. Be faith
fnI over the interests confided
u to your keeping, and all ID
\ good time your responsibilities
Will he increased. Do not be in tod
Great haste to get rich. Do moi
Su;ld until YOU have arranged and
ia;d q GOOD foundation. Do not-al
Won bopeto work for success-spend
time in idleness. If your time q
vour own. business will suffer if you
Do lit ~ given to another for
nav il belongs to him, and you havt
no more right 70 steal that than :
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A London actress writes to the Lord
Chamberlain, who lately issued mani
festo against the scanty petticoais Of the
ballet, requesting bin TO turn little Of
his attention to the decollettes ladies in
the stalls and boxes. For the poor girls
on the stage, abe says, there is some en-
cuse-,hey could not dance in long
skirts ior the ladies Of the audience
there is none--no lady need be half
naked in order to enjoy dramatic re-
presentation. A good many people
think there is some sense in the remarks
OF the actress,
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The new English college Cor women is
increading yearly. Bat it seems that q
large percentage Of the girls who 20 in
for the senior local examination at Cam
bridge are rejected on the basis Of 8
test originally planned for boys. And
the psint Of failure is worth marking.
The girls fall behind, net in Latin nor
Greek nor Euclid, but for incompetency
in such elementary subjects as grammar
and arithmetic, history and geography.
As year after year brings in girls to the
senior examination from other schools,
his defective elementary training is
more and more apparent This hint
may well be pondered among u.s. Fer
while American girls schools have been,
generally, more broad and solid in these
foundation matters than the English,
there is of late an increasing tendency 70
the more. snowy and ornamental
branches" at too early an age.
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Miss JaBausehek, the actress, Who
knew not word Of English, when she
came 10 this cOuntry few years ago,
has since studied the language 80 assldu'
ousIy as to have become quite proficient
10 il. A few evenings ago she attempted
10 perform IN English, before private
audience in New York, parts OF Deborah
and Macbeth, in order to try her ability,
and was quite successful, speaking with
eloquence and power.
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The Georgian Bay, Canada, is clear Of
ice, and steamers have commenced rum
Bing between Ovens SQUAD and Colling-
wood. The Aigona viii leave the latter
place on ihs 6rst Of May, for Saul Ste
Marie and intermediats points. The ae'
eumnlation Of ice AZ Port Colborne con-
unues 10 increase. Until IL moves wee
sells will DO unable TO pass ont or enter
Welland canal The FIRST north wind
will probably drive IL out 1rr g. t.a
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Mr.. Thorion, the British Minister, has
rented residence ia New England for
the coming summer months, where he
viii rest himself, aud forget, r possible.
the sad fate Of diplomatic transactions
which resulted il the Alabama treaty.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-02
Prescott Items.

The last mail brought us three co, Miner from which we take thefono,,
 Thursday evening last, the cabin .!I Often, one of the hardest-workine f,. ed miners in this vicinity, was robb.l slz5 in gold dust. by an old man rbo,I ten had taken in for the night. Dps. ternoon of Thursday, the thief who'll rived in the Territory, stopped at Op.. on the Upper Hassayampa, said he N, ned, and hungry. He was taken nsl had his wants gratifed and reeelyei ton to stay all night, which he acce,, Often then went to his clam, wo,i. returned to his cabin to find the .,, vamosed. He then searched for hi, I, that it too was gone. He and ano,5.. lowed the thief as far as Wickert, him, but did rot find the mOre, i, session.
 At Mir. DickasOn's ranch, Lower 1, on the 18th inst, seven Indians |, bows, arrows, and five guns, attacked nison and Ben. Sexton. wounding il. three places. and taking four heai Mir. Denmison, being sick with tE, unable to fight them as vigorously s have wished. MT. Brauemaa hesn armed hiu self, mounted horse, T to the thieves, and succeeded in r., the four head of animals. Gen. Vi sent out body of cavalry to sc. that region.
 The night of Monday, Septemje; 1 WAS the blOodiest night ir the anu town. Two soldiers, Sergeant Patri. ern, of Go. B. 8th Cavalry, and prira Donahue, of Co. F, l2lh Infantry dead, and another, private GeoFge F. l2th Infantry, was severely sts5.I l now in g critical condition. McGW is said, murdered in the Diana SalOo, four o clock in the morning, by one son, discharged soldier. Private H ham, of Go. F, l2th Infantry, has, F formed. been convicted of slsbbing suspicioned of shooting Donahus in irons at Fort Whipple. Wm. Co.G
 CT discharged soldier), was mise.
 row in which McGovern lost his
 and Johnson are now at large
 out searching f:r them, and t is lh
 his eutire community that theyE ] .Ar. nut turt. d.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-02

late session of Congress- Eas given by the House, by a two-third S1 2, ard undoubtedly would have been given he Senate had the proposition been brought to e vote in that body.
 The company was organized by the State of Texas before the war and exSGovernor Ihrock- morton, of that State certifes to the following facts:
 | Inta ct uaIidiy of the companys charter in Texas.
 2. Lend grants in Tetes-lO, 24o acres per ID ils of road.
 3. Right of way through Texas, &c.
 L Right of forming comnec tiO" and cOnsoII> dGtion with other lines.
 5. Progress of construction before the val, 5O-lOO miles graded, iron ready, seized by ConlederAtes, locomotives, &c,
 6 Surveys, maps, field notes, location of road land surveys, and reservation of company lands, &c, all OFFICIALLY FILED and RECORDED in the general land office in Texas.
 !. Line passes through the most healthy and fertile region of texas.
 8. The line is in great favor H.th tho people of Texas.
 The company is not orly genuine one but already has 0 large and valuable property and in connection with the San Diego and Gila R. R. Co.,, of California, who have already commenced operations, prOulices to build over the 32d parallel quicker than any other organization can possibly do go. But there are uo many parties who wish Co control this par ticular route that it is not surprising that there are conflicting intereHts.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-02
OFFICE OF A. A. (. 1 camp Grant, 4
 September lOl' PRoP0I
ar n.Li tlirsd

in quintuplicatsI will be received a ofths undersigned until F o clOckl 1869, when they will be opened, 4 ton of a Storehouse. Building to 5sI ed of aGobes we'll made and dried. Bidders viii s;ate at what price Fs they will lay the adobes; the '1 named to include the making, ei building, audputting on the neee= work.
 Bidders will state their prices in coin, or its equivalent in legal teHi1 Each bid must he signed by tT' persons who will become suretie' tul performance; but no bids Wil ustil tho decision thereon by t5e General of the Military Division fic shall have been received.
 Each bid must be accompanied this advertisement.
 Work to be commenced one mol acceptance of the bid.
 The plan of the building csn b' quArtermaster's office at Tucson,
 JAMES CALHl
 Lieut.: 2If