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4 Scrap from Trains Autobiography.

Ny grandmother taught me that % be good
was to he great. \ great man must be a
good man. was educated as those pages
have recorded, with score of commandment.
Each one said Do this: break any OF the
least Of these, and you viii not be a great
man. Imagine my surprise at finding al
these great men in Washington drank, smok-
ed. sw0re. gambled. lied. stole. and did all
those things that they oughtnot to have done
according 10 my granlInothers creed and
did not do those things that they ought TO
have done. called on Winthrop. The re-
ception even now gives me chill. | was
only a shipping clerk. with letter from
En1ch Train. he was a member OfCongress
Of the iceberg 5reed-one Of those cold-blood,
ed, Edward Everett, Charles Francis Adams
Beacon street aristocmts, without one Tarti-
Gle of sympathy with american institutions
looking down upon the people a> 50 many
peasants or serfs TO be taxed for their cspeci-
al benefit How particular men should be
to treat kindly an boys They never forget
they are 50 sensitive How different was
Webster's reception. Glad To see me: asked
if | wished to call on the President, and
wrote those words. have the letter now:
" Introducing George Francis Train, Of
Boston, who merely wishes to pay his respects
u the President.
June, 1880. DyNIE1 NESTrB."
This to me was a proud day. The dis.
tance between a clerk in q merchant c0uut-
ing-house and President was almost ten
thousand miles 1t don't look - now. |
did not know then 5that Presidents felt the
same sensation ON sitting down on a chesnut
burr that other mortal, did General Tavlor
gave M cordial welcamc-none Of that
chill that came over me in the presence ola
Winthrop or an Everett lie had put one leg
on chair and chattei with me half an hour
on ships, farms and Mexico e. prize that
letter, General. but will think more Of it if
YOU viii put your autograph on the back
and he did. Aiterward called on a real
statesman Harry ofthe Mill-and he put his
name over Taylor and " ebster. This will
do, said |. to q around the world 4 letter.
from Daniel Webster, indor~ed by Zachary
Taylor and Henry Clay. Later on in life it
opened mauya door. At Bmemar. in Scot
land, Lord John Russell kept me waiting five
minutes-show him mp and afterward Lady
Russell wrote me the sweetest letter. acku0wl-
edging my Young America Aboard, sign
ing it &" Fanny Russell She did not write
on stills. The Duke Of Deylnshire opened
wide Chatsworth when be saw that letter
Ii bore the names OF the three leading men
oflSj0
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ENINENr JUDGES AND LAWYERS.

the country has lost Justice Belts, D. W.
Lord, Judge S. ID. Bell, Judge Staples, Chief
Justice Robertson. ex-Chief Justice J. NJ.
W Illiams, Judge Huntington, and Judge
Sherman. OF divines, the most distinguished
OF the years dead are Bishop Hopkins. DR..
Dunno, and the Very Reverend William
O'Reilly. Of
RICH AMERICANS
there have died T. A. Stevens. chief of fam
lily renowned for its wealth, and respectable
for its abilities and public spirit John ia
cob Astor, second of the name; Matthew
Vassar. man of great practical beneyolence,
and who did not lay up treasure on earth
alone Mr.. James Arnold. of New Bedford;
who died at SO, and left about 1900 200,
and Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, the PATRON.
THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS
who have entered into their rest in 1865
and we easily can believe they needed its
quite large OF those editors who have gone
- beyond the river" nevermOre to fret others
with bad copy, or themselves to be fretted by
Z" transpositiOns, outs, and doubles, are VIM.
). Allen, of the st. Louis Republican Moses
Littleheld, who edited the Skowhegan CIG-
TIOn for twenty-seyen years, when hIs breath
failed him Mr.. Lyons, Of the Milwaukee
Neirs Mr. King, of New Orleans Tunes Mr..
Samuel W Mason, Of the Savannah Herald
and NiarS, and one of our former associates in
this Office Mr. Hayes, Of the Savannah Re-
pilJlioan Mr. H. 4. Pollard, who was mur-
dered at Richmond Edwin Remaik, of the
German press; Ardre L'IIeritier, of the
French press Mr.. Charles W. Brewster, of
the Portsmouth Journal, with which he had
been connected fifty years and Gen. Hal
pine, whose powers were SO various. and 50
good in every department Of mind T. which
he applied himself, that he meets US in many
guises in the crowded list Of the dead.
OTHER AMERICAN NoTABILITIEs.
Who saw their - last Of earth" in 1865
Jeremiah Carhart, inventor Of the me
lodcon now in use JonathanlE. Field, three
years President Of the Massachusetts, Senate
LAFAYETTE c Baker, the famous Chief Federal
Detective; Mr.. I. \. ID. Fessendcn. Of
Maine; DR.. ". I. G. Morton DR.. Usher
Parsons, "A renowned physician OF Providence,
R. L.; Bernard Nlarigny de Vaudeville,
one Of the oldest and most distinguished cit
liens OF Louisiana, Stevens Rogers, who took
the first steamship. the NdrdaRGh, across the
Atlantic, more than fifty years since; bat it
has been stated that the Captain Stevens
Rogers wh1 commanded that vessel died long
ago and that there should he any doubt on
the subject shows how difficult it must be to
getat the facts Of history, for Captain Rogers
exploit was one that ought to have made him
a very conspicuous character, about whom
everything should be known in the age Of
light and . The Menken, who died, sud
denly in Paris, after short but swift life.
and whore genius is beginning to be acknOwl
edged now that she Is gone where she can
hear neither the voice Of censure or that Of
commcndatinn.
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HUMORsOyIE.
Wanted Cby a ooniectionsr,-. candid ro-


Wanted (by eonfectioner)-a candid vo-
man.
When ought man to be best acquainted with
his own actions. When he's beside himself
melancholy reaection-Ths top Of bad
head in looking glass.
Fanny Fern is curious to know how n. G. has
managed to remain 50 beautiful forever
The Boston Post says Susan B. Anthony riies
on a velocipede. She always had " hobby
A thrifty Scotchman describing the extravs-
gances of London, related to friend that hs
hadn't been there above half day when Bang
went slx-pence -
Why should the sea make better housekeeper
than the EARTH Because the earth is exceed
Ingly dirty, and the sea is very tidy.
Mr. Cory Comedian, lately inspector Of IrisI,
prisons, used to be great wit On one occa-
sion the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Carlisle, in a ht
Of sentmentalism, suggested that it would bs
kind to take sundry discharged prisoners into
his service and thus give them a chance of
amendment of life. . You can do 50, my Lord
said Cory. "and some morning you'll wake
and find yourself the only spoon in the CASTLE
Why should women their right protest
The court Of common pleas in?
WOman's rights are most contest
When they're uncommon pleasin'.
PuneE.
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Auf Wiedersehen.


.Tbe little gate was reached at last,
Half hid in lilacs down the lane
She nnsbed it wide, and, as she past
a, ristfnl look she backward cast,
And said -fuf 'risdeT'eheH'
v;,r hand on latch, vision white
n, I;ngrred reluctant, and again
u,If doubling if she did Alright,
70 as the dews that fell that night,
She - .auf 'riedersehen-
The lamps clear CLEAN fits up the starr
linger in delicious pain
An in that chamoer, whose rich arr
III breathe in thought scarcely dare,
Thinks She -4uf 'rieiersehen p
lis thirteen years once more press
The turf that silences the lane
hear the rustic Of her dress,
smell the lilacs, and-ah, yes,
Ihcar .7gf ricdcrscien.
Sweet piece Of bashful maiden art
The English words had seemed too fain,
Rut these they drew Us heart to heart.
ye. held us tenderly apart;
ST., s7iI. .fuf Wjc3crSelen .
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SIeighing.



wei. mower plume Of the wind set humming
,r,., r, ~, NV has come, and still is coming.
V...lsr and hither, and everywhere,
In. SILENT feet IN the pathless air
n. AVN and around, and over the ground,
yy;,b a visible hush there is nothing glum in,
Votbinr hut beauty and peace profound.
IT,, ,,o,r fr fun never wait for the sun
The ,,irl. are dlucing, the steeds are prancing,
The i.s, a-s -llnsing, and sigh for run
T., ,ts s..umeriug shimmering, hovering, COY
Cl-r
1soa.sy mo might dropped on a lover in
shadow Elens that lover knows,
With their foliage clouds and moonbeam SHOWS.
Now verify, merrily, cheerily 60
Over. and under, and through the snow,
Willie. and Lille, and Nellie, and Joe,
BacA-eyei Nellie, and blue-eye1 Willie,
Hazel-eyel Lille, and berry Of sloe
Twiukliug under the brow Of Joe,
With the mischief in him as big as a crow
Ho. with a shout we are out and a way
Tangling, mingling jangling, jingling,
Laughing. Ghafhng. twingling. tingling;
Bells on the horses, and bellies in the sleigh.
Merrily, cherrily measures the way,
Shouting up echoes with '' Cav, cav -
To frighten the crows from thicket and haw.
Shuttle toes. mufle nose under The buiialoes
Smothering, feathering gathering suow'
over and under. around and below,
Yet nobody cares but the whitening crow
Fast through the diuclc we follow the jingle,
And Il 2 for the fellows who doze by the lngie
When life goes leapiug along the snow
orr BOYS and Giris
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HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

p-t.. -. L.. l.. L..
not too short
1T.
=, =, .-'e u'os' II - 9:L':
III We" ioiA "eal "lss Oi u!e u'''' "'"'
Society is now discussing how long a widow
must abstain from parties after the death Of her
husband
t,.,.-,,. .,,,. f.-,,+ f,-,,5.t.l ,-,s tho vol
,;,,. 80, as =. ~, yo,,' -,
Paris fashion writer says that crinolines
are on the return. and wider than could he ex-
pected.
\ daughter Of Donizetti keeps a coffee-house
in NOyarl.
IA ..s...--.., -. ~. --.ii;-,.---...
- - =. -
'ii''e ''Ae 'iA ie'' H's"
Furs viii not be worn outwardly in Paris this
winter so Worth. the despot Of fashion, has
ue''ee"
Rumor has it that Mr. De Bile, the Danish
Minister. Will soon lead to the altar a young and
charming lady Of New Jersey.
.,...e-.
Ne" / ORR residence is not oohsluereu nfs'-
cl'ss Hilnol' It's Oiiiar'l fooui' 'A'pei ana con-
,,,,,,,, ,s .. In, nj -.s,o-, ,.,n,,, ron
.1,-,.,, -, i, Al; = ! s,iJ ajvo~t,9.7 g.
-5.,.,;-. a. -, - t., =, .-,,l,L, f,,,;l;.s
Among the novelties f.om France are fans Of
pearl beautifully carved in flowers, ami very de
sirabe for opera.
PATTI Is reported to be basily engaged paying
of her husbands oil debts; and be in contract
ing new ones.
IT,. ;I,l NJ .t,;.,,.o.- % t1,,,;--. I'll E,
II -. ~, - - 10, L,,-is,,l -
..t..-. r. o1o -.
'''''
Gustave D0re has twice proposed TO Christina
tba- there /. lnrk in o5i numbers he i going 10
trv IL a,-,in.
lhe fTlnce am frlncesS OF W hes wlile H'e nj
their Nile trip as lar As the oecond tataFact-
The royal baby, meantime, Is IN the arms OF MS
royal graudmama at Windsor Castle
4 New York eorrespopdent Of the B,s-
ton Post Is responsible for the statement that
Miss Susan b. Anthony and Miss Anna Diekin-
son are accomplished riders on that most flsci-
mating Of vehicles, the two-wheelei Veloeipeie.
G. C..-...t. e D.. c-.-.,--..sr ;-..t.
- l,,rr, 49,, -, ,,-,L :, NJ. r.,
IL, I.,,,.i.ss es NJ t.,,,,.---,, M. ny
IN IL, s,-h;1raIi7e - I III ta
,,,tte. f r,,.b ir,,,.rsr, 70 , ,-e-,- Lawn, ,;r.lc
'''''''' "a NUN ''''''''' '1'
Cora Pearls stables are kept constantly full
vi very y, Haluaoie norses uy her arls'ocl"'ic
9ue q iol NAM - iig'n
-. my sue ,lI ~ rO,. i' 'lI'l le
~, v"-siio's'ilt n,e-'i.i,.I'et
pan Vi uis' P'i1e ousuoieS HUH
Mr.. Dayy says that the average temperature
OF women Is between q and " II degrees, and
that Of men Is between % and % IL degrees.
This Is probably the reason why men, in love
affair, have to do most of the eourting. as women
are naturally colder than men.
A lady recently took rich silk to fashion,
able establishment in Paris to have it made up
Ii was an elegant embroidered pattern, and re-
quired very little trimming. She was asked
two hundred dollars for making and for the
slight furnishing of lining. buttons, and the like
required. She did not leave it.
9, NJ. /. c...,-,.;u
ils ny .i - -, - =, 81 600
- ~ -
' mum an .oIu IGt, ne' s';,'
me uoiior ,ie ai s''e =. ~ "
.'' P'3 oi;lii,ei ~ .nS - -. nlIa ~
~ '',I' ne = no. i. ,n,i
HIS HAule NVuiu ha'e oeeh ~ ihu1h iOH5ei
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Half moon is better than no cheese
1t is an i'll bird that brings nobody food.
Better wait than weather.
To stuff is as bad as u feast
Needs dust when miller drives.
It's strong vane that there's no turning.
When the rats are away the cats may play.
Many mettle will make a kettle.
A burnt loaf gets no buyer
Honest tea is the best policy.
Who sups with the un iyil must be a great
spoon.
Spare the whipping and spoil the syllahub.
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From a report issued some weeks ago by the
directors of the SOciefe du Cable Trdns-.fhaR-
tique Frdcdis, We learn some interesting partic
ulars in reference to the new cable that is to con-
meet France and this continent Upto December
lst there had been 463 miles Of the Brest St
Pierre section examined by the engineers and
approved Of The whole length of the cable viii
be .643 knots, which will be completed nexi
Nav. at the DR. sent rate of manufacturers
miles per diem. The cable for the St. Pierre
United States section will be 776 miles in length
II was to have been commenced about December
10th. Great care, it is said, has been exercised
in the formation of the joints in the gutta percha
core Preparations to receive the cable on board
the Great Eastern were commenced last October.
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The Toronto Globe says that tie tribute paid
BY leading citizens Of Montreal to Mr.. Greeley
was in degree tribute to his abilities and to
his success as self-made man, but especially to
his earnestness as political and moral reiormer.
1t observes g Whatever else may be said against
Mr.. Greeley. no one can fairly accuse him Of in-
sincerity-no one can truthfully charge him with
self-seeking or timeserying. Those Who differ
from him most widely ever give him credit for
an honest desire to serve his country and to pro
mote the welfare Of his countrymen.
IN Englishman has applied for patent, in
London, for plan BY which the weight of pas
sengers or goods may assist in propelling the car
in which they are earried(D Another equally
brilliant inventor claims a new ''warmed'' pave
ment. He proposes to construct fiues immedl-
ately under the street with pipes leading from
the sewers. Warm air passing through them
win provide against the effects Of frost and
keep the feet OF passengers warm 2
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A very pretty fashion has just been introduced
at an evening party in New York. The ladies
appeared with sma wreaths Of laurel, studded
with violets, which were worn upon their arms,
lust above the wrists The gentlemen had small
sprigs of holly in the upper button hole of their
coats. The glossy green leaves and beautiful
red berries produced most pleasing effect.
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Posi- OFFIs, CONFEDERIT y Ro,ps. }
(Wich IS in the Stait NV Kentucky 7

Dec. Is, ls1s. )
The Presidents Amnesty Procamashen.
awakened in my buzzgm the most poignant
pangs red bin tiggerin for some days prior t.
Christmas ez to how | wuz To raise capital euuit
10 20 into the grosery lims in Moo York, know
in ez | did. that that alone wood save me from
destitooshen and distress, nay more-from posi-
tive starvashen. When a Democratic politishn IL
playel-Out (ez the vulgar term is in this part ~
the heritagel everywhere else, he materially gra-
yitates TO Moo York. ez there is more 10 steel.
and more facilities for steelin it there than in any
other place in the world sam Cox is in NO,
York. Elsewhere to live onto the public re-
quires some ac0otnIs- some fnlnshel skill
there it Is simply holiin per,loosers wi;h make
money into vice, AMI squeezin en-, for the
benefit Nv men wich don't perlOose to any alarm
ing extent So easy Is ii, that wunst ! wuz
guilty " q most terrible week.-Mrs. When | wus
in the full 'onilence nv His E-gsienry AID con-
sequenty not so haul up q | m now, WuE in
Moo Iork Eunst, and was enioyin a conyvyal
evening with a number US gentlemen wich wuE
a ring. Wat the ring wuz, know not, but one
member thereof, who wuz intoxicated to tho
genrou- pint, showi me how | Good make trihe
by contrack for elelnin streets, or suthin to
that eiisck, wat don't know nor did he. All L
he'll to wuz to get a solissitor to make out a bill
my lut.-, C4lt-l lttu'N liAit ul- HlsAfh anu
to it the treasurer paid IL, all three Nv wink
in at e4ch other the while yOciferOusy. aud the
amount WIZ divided atweel Us l lookt at my
share, and thiakina miuuit, bust into tears
q Take 10 back ,'' sci !, - take It back.
Money carmel 50 easy brings no good with it. L
lev pride in borrerin-sh0W me man who
hez sNore not to lend me and there's credit in
cettin it out uv him, but this-it's too mu;h
ike steilin. Take IL back
And they did take il back, dividin it between
theirselyes.
But ez he'd determined to 60 to Moo York
and ez must hev capital TO % on, I hel con-
cloOded to % to Washiuton for a breef season.
and embark into the pardon bTokerin biznis.
Jest ez hei fully determined onto this in comes
this Amnesty prociamashen, AID that idee wuz
dishei. In my wrath cussei 4 johnson for
knockin the last prop out from unler me, and
in my rage / wrote most scathin let er deBaunc-
in it, to a friend uv mine who her the ear Nv His
Eggslency. His unser in some measure roolet
my anger, viz
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is very rich, both in quality and in quanti-
ty. Deaths doIngs have been gigantic, as if
he had substituted the needle gun. or the
Chassepot, IT sume other one of approved
modern weapons. for that ancient dart Of his
which may have become pointless from hav-
ing been in use for 50 many thousands of
years. Proserpine, who ' waits for all men
born" has gathered in one Of her richest
haryests. There has been no failure of her
crop. She has compelled many famous men
of all countries 10 mix in the crowd that has
met her in lS6S.-and America has contrib
uted her share to the notabiliti,s who in this
year have gone down among the dead
statesmen, soldiers. sailors, scholars. artists.
divines, politicians, and iurists, and the great
crowd that lie between the two extremes the
poles Of which are Dives and Lazarus Of
AMERICAN SCHOLARS AND WRITERS
who have died since the year began. we call
to mind Albert G. Greene, Professor Jewett,
Seba Smith. Gen Halpine, Peter Force, Rab-
bi Raphall. DR.. q. r. Moves. Prof VIM.
Smythe, Octav.us Pickering. d. p. Thomp-
son. Professor Jillson, Charles Cist, James
Hall, ). a gustus Mitchell, Edward c.
Parker, and John Wilson, 50 distinguished
as a printer.) of
AMERICAN ARTISTS,
there have passed away William Sydney
Mount. Charles |. Elliott, Emanuel Leutze,
Ball Hughes, A. g. Barber Mrs. Cramer.
Mary Cannon, q. W Jamison, Anna La
coste, Helen Western, John Seton, and Mr.
Lupo. Of
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS,
the most noted OF the years dead in Ameri-
ca are William c. Rives, Francis Granger,
Joseph R. Ingersoll, WadGy Thompson, J.
4. Gilmer, Howell Cobb, John 5. Pendleton,
Peter Cagger, Mr.. Bayard, Ex-Governor
Tod, Fx-Goy Morehead, Ex-Gov. Dana, Ex-
Gov. Royce, Fix Gov. lincoln, Ex Gov
Ford, Ex-Gov. Ellsworth, Ex-Gov. Seymour,
David Wilmot, James Buchanan, II. II.
Child, George Hull, Thaddeus Stevens, and
Thomas ID D'Arcy Mctiee. Some Of these gen.
tlemen-as Mr.. Riyes and General w.
Thompson entitled to places in the list
of scholars and writers, but they were of high
distinction in the political world before they
became members Of the republic of letters.
Ex-Governor Lincoln should be ranked with
eminent lawyers, as well as with statesmen :;
and he was also man of fame as pure as
high as a laborer in the field of enlightened
philanthropy. We find of
sEAHES AND SOLDIERS
who served with note in the American navy
and the American army, there have been
taken away such men as Commodore law
renee Kcarney, who was sixty-one years in
the navy Gen. William Gates, who was in
the army sixty-seyen years ,ien. Mccall,
Pear- Admiral Rell Rear Admiral EnOle
Gen. Fairchild, (who died from wounds re-
ceived at the battle of Shiloh, in 1862 Gen.
Asboth, Com. Gansvoort, Gen. Kit Carson,
Com. Ridgley, Gen. Sfoughton, Gen. Slem-
mer, (of Fort Piekens memory,) Capt. Hart
stein, Brevt Gen. Gibbs, Com. Miller, and
General Halpine. The only noted soldiers of
the late Southern Confederate service whom
we can recolleet having died in 1868 are
Gen. Hindman, who was murdered, and Gen.
Evans. of
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l felt after readn this that | he'd done A. j
injustis. must look elsewhere, for the means
to get from here o why didn't 60 to Wash
ington sooner
PErRoLEuN V. NtsBY, p NJ,
CWich is Postmaster)
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We stroll down TO the entrance Of the val
ley and stand at feet of FL Captain. The In
dian name was Observation-Disclosures Great
Chief The valley is scarcely half mile
wide at this point, vet the Captain has
stature of more than four thousand feet. II
an earthquake were to make him unsteady on
his legs he would reel like drunken man
over upon the Three Graces 10 the oppJ-
site side Of the valley The Captain has not
room enough 10 lie down lie Is as badly of
as the tall trayeler from Indiana who took
lodgings in a small bedchamher in the city
and was obliged to find room ior bis legs out
Of the window Climbing up over the fall
en- stones q few feet we may lay our hands
upon the precipice, which rises with scarcely
seam OF fssure Going round By the Caul-
teryiHe trail, We might after hours Of uneasy
riding gaia the summit, and, II our brain
was steady enough. lie down upon the edge
of the cliff and drop pebble upon the spot
where we now stand-so sharp and sheer the
rrecipice.
Opposite, upon the south side Of the val
lev. is P0-ho-n0. the Wind Spirit of the In
dians, stream Of water falling 9l0 feet
Anclo-Sax0n taste has discarded the beauti-
ful Indian name and christened it the Bridal
Veil All that j. said of the beauty If the
>aubhach- the dust fall of Lauterbruncn, the
most beautiful European water-ialls-can be
said of this and more.
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Nasby.

The 4MHcsfy Proclamation and other Matters
Pertaining Theret0-Ihe Disgust Of the No
be FratsrHiiy rho hare su5sisfe{ m Dirers
and Sundry 'raVs During the pqsf fo.-
Tfqrx
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from the Toledo Blade.