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surfeited with eating and sleeping and
idllng, and would rouse up and take
the reins of government and threaten
to be a Sultan, is charmed from his
purpose by wary Fuad Pacha with a
pretty plan for a new palace or new
ship,-charmed away with a new toy,
like any other restless child; a man
who sees his people robbed and op-
pressed by soulless tax gathcrers, but
speaks no word to save them; who
believes in gnomes, and genii and the
wild fables of the Arabian Nights, but
has small regard for the mighty ma
gicians of to-day, and is nervous in
the presence of their mysterious rail
roads and steamboats, and telegraphs
who would see undone in Egypt all
that great Mehemit Ali achieved, and
would prefer rather TO forget than
emulate him; a man who found his
great Empire blot upen the earth
degraded, poverty stricken. miscra-
BILE, Infamous agglomeation Of igno-
rance, crime and brutality, and will
idle away the allotted days of his
trivial life, and then pass to the dust
and the worms and leave it SO In
n0cents abroad, By MarkTwain.
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The CosT OF THE KINGs.-They
are beginning to discuss in Europe
the question of the costliness of mon
arches. Some statistics on this SUBJ
ject have been lately compiled, which
may possibly set people to thinking.
His Holiness, the Pope, who can look
over the whole of his temporal domin-
ions from the ball of st. Peters, is the
cheapest monarch Of Europe, and costs
only 100000 per annum. Wurtem-
burg spends S220000 on her august
sovereign, Denmark $4,000, Nor
way and Sweden s260,000, Holland
10000, and Portugal s665,000.-
These thrones are among the compar-
atively inexpensive establishments
Bavaria set apart round million for
royalty, Eugland provides for her
queen and royal family s2,350,0OO,
Prussia maintains majesty at cost
of $2,400,000. Italy charges her
people for the new monarchy the hand
some sum of SO, 100000, and Austria
suffers for the support of the Haps-
burgs to the extent of $4,O00,000
year. These are among the moder-
ately dead kinsfolk and imperial peo-
pie. When we come to the Grand
Turk, who wants many sequins to keep
up his seraglios and harems, we find
him tolerably high priced, $5,6OO,O0O
being Abdul Aziz's allowance. The
Emperor Of the French gets his $6,-
100000 for managing the affairs of
the empire. Lastly, the Czar, who
is the most expensive monarch to keep
up Of all, has sS,5O0,OOO. Taken al
together, the sitters upon European
thrones, cost their subjects about for
ty millions OF dollars year for their
mere personal expenses. Perhaps
one of these days it may be thought
that this enormous expenditure can be
made to better advantay ye than in the
empty show of royalty and imperial
state. H
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The Emperor of France and Sultan
Of Turkey,

Napoleon Ill, the representative
Cf the highest modern civilization,
progress and refinement; Abdul Az
IL, the representative of a people by
nature and training filthy, british, ig-
norant, unprOgressive, superstitious-
and a government whose three Ora
ces are Tyranny, Rapacity, Blood
Here in brilliant Paris, under this ma
jestic Arch of Triumph, the First
Century greets the Nineteenth
Napoleon Ill, Emperor of France
Surrounded by shouting thousands, by
military pomp, by the splendors OF
his capital city, and companioned by
kings and princes-this is the man
who was sneered at, and reviled, and
called Bastard-yet who was dream
ing Of crown and an Empire all the
while; who was driven into exile
but carried his dreams with him; who
associated with the common herd in
America, and ran foot races for wa
ger-but still sat upon a throne, in
fancy; who braved every danger to
60 to his dyi2g mother-and grieved
that she could not be spared to see
him cast aside his plebeian vestments
for the purple of royalty; who kept
his faithful watch and walked his wea.
ry bea: common policeman of Lon.
don-but dreamed the while of a co.
ming night when he should tread the
long drawn corridors of the Tuile.
ries; who made the miserable f0sco
of Strasbourg; saw his poor, shabby
eagle, forgetful of its lesson, refuse to
perch upon his shoulder; delivered
his carefully prepared, sententious
burst of eloquence, unto unsympathet.
ic ears; found himself prisoner. the
butt of small wits, mark for tie pit.
iless ridicule of the world-yet went
on dreaming of coronations and splen
did pageants, as before; who lay q
forgotten captive in the dungeons of
Ham-and still schemed and planned
and pondered over future glory and
future power; President of France a.
last! coup detat, and surrounded by
applauding armies, welcomed by tn,
thunders of cannon, he mounts {
throne and waves before an astound
ed world the sceptre of mighty En-
pire Who talks of the marvels OF
fiction? Who speaks of the wonders
of romance? Who prates OF the tame
achievements of Aladdin and the Ma
gil of Arabia -?
Abdul-Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, Lore
of the Ottoman Empire! Bora to ,
throne; weak, stupid, ignorant, almost
as his meanest slave; chief of vas
royalty, yet the puppet of his Premi
er and the obedient child of a tyran
nical mother; a man who sits upon
throne-the beck of whose fnge
moves navies and armies-who hold
in his hands the power of life AM
death over millions-yet who sleeps
sleeps, eats, eats, idles with his eigh
hundred concubines, and when he j
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A Very Strange Story.

A'Florence newspaper, l. Italie,
extracts from the "Annales de la Med
ecine ct de la Chirurgie Etrangere"
the following extraordinary history /:
On the 18th of April, 1868, in the
prison Of Valarica (province of Minas-
Geraes,) in Brazil, two men, named
Averio and Carines, were executed at
the same time. In Brazil executions
take place with closed doors, in the
interior Of the prison. DR.. Lorenzo
Carmo, Of Rio Janerio, we'll known by
savantS for his remarkable works on
electricity applied to physiology, his
surgical skill, and his success in auto
plastic operations, obtained permis-
sion to profit by this event in order
to experiment on the power of elec-
tricity, and illustrate its analogy with
some of the phenomena Of life. The
numerous experiments hitherto at
tempted have been made on the head
and trunk separately. DR.. Lorenzo
Carmo's design was: if possible, to
unite the head to the neck after de-
capitation. The heads Of the two
criminals fell within a few minutes of
each other into the same basket; first
that of Carines, then that of Aveira.
Immediately after this second execu-
ton compression was affected by
the pupil of DR.. Lorenzo on the caro-.
It'd arteries of one of the heads so as
to stop hemorrhage. The body was
then placed On bed already prepar.
ed, and DR.. Lorenzo stuck the head
exactly as possible on the section and
kept it in that position. The cells of
a powerful electric pile were applied
to the base of the neck and on the
breast. Under this influence, as il
former experiments, the respiratory
movements were at once perceptible
As the blood, which penetrated il
abundance through the surface OF tht
scar, threatened to stop the passag'
of air, DR.. Lorenzo had recourse t.
tracheotomy. Respiration then en-
sued regularly. The head was fasten
ed to the body by stitches and by
special apparatus. The physiologis
wished to ascertain for how long
time this appearance of life could thu
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be artifcially maintained. His aston
ishment was great when be saw that
at the end of two hours not only did
respiration still continue under the in
fluence of the electric current, but that
circulation had even resumed GER
tain regularity. The pulse beat fee
bly,, but sensibly. The experiment
was continued without intermission.
At the end of sixty-two hours it was
evident to the astonishment of every
one that process of cicatrisation had
commenced on the lips of the section.
A little later signs of life manifested
themselves spontaneously in the head
and limbs till then deprived of motion.
At this moment the director of the
prison arriving for the first time in
the experiment room observed that
by singular mistake, due to the
haste of the operation, the head of
Carines had been taken for that of
Aveiro, and had been applied to the
body of the latter. The experiment
was continued Notwithstanding. Three
days later the respiratory movements
reproduced themselves and electricity
was suppressed. DR.. Lorenzo Carmo
aud his assistants were stupefed,
frightened at the result so unexpect-
ed, and at the power of an agent
which in their hands, had restored
life to body whose right to exist the
law had forfeited. The surgeon who
had only had in view simple physi-
illogical experiment, employed all his
skill to continue this work, which
science aided against all expectation
by nature had so singularly commenc-
ed. He assisted the process Of cica-
trisation, which progressed under the
most favorable conditions. By means
Of an nsophagian probe liquid nour-
ishment was introduced into the stom-
ach. At the end of about three months
the cicatrisation was complete, and
motion, though still difficult, became
more and more extended. At length
at the end of seven months and a half
Aveiro- Carines was able to rise and
walk, feeling only slight stiffness il
the neck and a feebleness in the limbs
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The Fall Of Snow.

rhe snow had begun in the cleaning.
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white.
Every pine and fir and hemock
Wore ermine too dear for an earl;
And the poorest twig on the elm tree
Was rigged inch deep with pearl.
From sheds new rooted with Carrara
Came Chanticleer's mufled crow;
The stiff rails were softened to swans down,
And still luttered down the snow.
I thought of mound in sweet Auburn.
Where little headstone stood
How the flakes were folding it gently,
As did robins the babes in the wood.
Up spoke our little Mabel,
Saying, 'Father what makes the snow -
And told her the good All Father.
Who cares for US al below
Again looked at the snow fall,
And thought of the leaden sky
That arched Ger our first sorrow,
When that mound was heaped so high.
l remember the gradual patience
That fell from that cloud like snow;
Flake by flake healing and hiding
The scar of our deep plunged woe.
And again to the child whispered,
"The snow that visiteth all,
Darling, the merciful Father
Alone can make it falln'
Then, with eyes that saw not, kissed her,
And she kissing back, could not know
That my kiss was given to her sister.
Folded close under the deep'ning snow.
james Russell LotoeR.
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My Playmate.

The pines were dark on Ramoth hill
Their songs were soft and low;
The blossoms in the sweet May wind
Were falling like the snow.
The blossoms drifted at our feet,
The orchard birds sang clear;
The sweetest and the saddest day
1t seemed of all the year.
For more to me than birds or flowers,
My playmate left her home,
And took with her the laughing spring,
The music and the bloom.
She kissed the lips of kith and kin,
She laid her hands in mine:
What more could ask the bashful boy
Who fed her fathers kline?
She left us in the bloom of May:
The constant years told Der
Their seasons with as sweet May morns,
But she came back no more.
walk, with noiseless feet, the round
OF uneventful years;
Still DER and DER sow the spring
And reap the autumn ears.
She lives where all the golden year
Her summer roses blow;
The dusl1y children of the sun
Before her come and go.
There haply with her jewel hand
She smooths her silken gown
Nomore the homespun lap wherein
I shook the walnuts down.
The wild grapes wait us by the brook,
The brown nuts on the hill.
And still the May day flowers make sweet
The woods of FollymilI.
The lilies blossom in the pond,
The bird builds in the tree,
The dark pines sing on Ramoth hill
The slow song of the sea.
wonder if she thinks of the N,
And how the cd time seems
If e'er the pines ofRamoth wood
Are sounding in her dreams.
I see her face, hear her voice:
Does she remember mine
And what to her is now the boy
Who fed her fathers kline:
What cares she that the orioles build
For other eyes than ours
That other hands with nuts are filled,
And other laps with flowers :.
o, playmate in the oldcn time
Our messy seat is green,
Its fringing violets blossom yet,
The old trees DER il lean.
The winds so sweet with birch and fern
A sweeter memory blow
And there in spring the veeries sing
The song of long ago,
And still the pines of Ramoth wood
Are moaning like the sea
The moaning of the sea of change
Between myself and thee.
John G. White
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1t is eminently THE Magazine for the
Household.

Daniel Webster used to say that whenever he
wished to get at some simple fact in history or
science, he looked for it in a well written chid's
book.
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THE RIVERSIDE

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formation, pleasngly presented, and it is so pre-
pared that it is not too young for the Old nor too
old for the young. Pure English and straight
forward talk characterizes its contents.
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The Grand Army of the Republic.
PICTURES OF THE PAsT.-RHE FIRST YEAR
OF THE WAR

For several weeks past | have been
looking at the future greatness and
grandeur of our country, but it is
worth while now and then to look
backward, that we may see how fast
and how far we have travelled. 1t is
especially fitting that we should recall
the past in these waning hours of the
year.
l purpose, therefore, in this and
other communications that will follow,
to bring to remembrance some of the
scenes and incidents of by-gone days,
for with the close of the year | shall
bid goodbye to the readers Of The
Journal, with whom | have had famil.
lar intercourse since 1861.
1t will be a melancholy pleasure tC
recall the past-to walk over historic
ground, to behold the Army Of the
Republic facing the foe, to hear the
roar of battle and the shout Of victo
ry-to summon from their graves the
heroic dead, held in sweet remcm
branCe now and evermore.
1t seems a dream, and | cannot
make it real-only when | turn over
the torn and tattered note books ly-
ing in my drawer, carried on many a
battlefield, scrawled and scribbled
with marks made when moments were
ages. when all the Past with its i'm
perishablo glories and the Future with
its transcendant possibilities hung OIL
the issue of the moment.
To any eye but mine these scrawl;
would be spiders tracks; but what a
food Of memories sweep over me as
look upon them Marches by day aad
night, rides through deep forests
along lonely paths, where every STUMP
is a sentinel, every bush a rebel
Camp fires blaze around me. Regi
ments pass by with swinging step
hurrying into battle. | hear again
the booming of cannon, the roll of
musketry, the thunder of battle-but
louder than all, the wild hurrah of
victory
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CAIRO.


The scene changes. Months have
passed. am in Cairo. A brigadier
by the name of Grant, who, few
months ago, was in the leather bust
ness at Galena, is'in command of the
troops. He has fought his first bat
tie, and has not accomplished much.
Come with me to his headquarters
in Cairo. | have letter of introduc-
tion to him from the Secretary of
War. No sentinel guards the door.
There is no crowd Of orderlies or ex-
quisltely dressed aids in front Of his
Office, as around the quarters of Nc
Clellan at Washington.
We climb the croaking stairs, enter
a chamber, behold a man in blue
blouse at a table, quietly smoking, yet
studying a document that lies before
him. We conclude that he is the or
derlv who will take our letter to the
commander, and venture to address
him.
as the General in ?"
"Yes, sir"
"Will you be kind enough to hand
him this letter ?"
He breaks the seal, reads a mo-
ment, rises, extends a willing hand,
saying
al am happy to see you, sir. Walk
in"
So this is Gen. Grant. He may
not be much of a general, but certain
" he is gentleman. Such is the re-
fection at the moment.
A few weeks and we are at Donel-
son. and then the world knows that a
gentleman and general are united in
this leather merchant of Galena.
GREEN TROOPS.
Cairo was full of troops, as raw as
those of the east. | have not forgot
ten the story, current then, of the or
ders issued by an officer to his men.
He and his command were from that
land of darkness, Egypt. They were
rough in manners and rude in speech.
One day at parade the following
order was given by the officer Of the
brigade: "Attention, battalion-right
face-right shoulder shift-double
quick-forward, march"
To those men, just down from the
prairies, the officer might as well have
recited a line from Cicero's orations
in the original. The subordinate OF
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THE REGINNING.


On the 18th of June, 1861, letter
was written for The Boston Journal
over a nom de plume that has become
familiar to your readers through the
years that have rolled away since
then. 1t was written from Baltimore
Well do | remember the first sight I
had of an army in the field. The hills
around the city swarmed with men.
Some of them had just arrived-men
from Pennsylvania, who knew no
more than children ofmilitary tactics.
"Gee round that hole!" was the
command of an officer to his men as
they came to a mud puddle. "File
right would have been Greek to his
command; but they had driven hors-
es; they knew all about the manage
ment of those old numbering PenDsyl-
yania "arks' thirty feet long, six
teen high, hollow backed, creaking
and groaning in every joint. Those
men could drive teams or tend iron
mills, but the art of war was new
employment of which they were igno-
rant; but they and millions of loyal
and peaceful men knew it to perfect
ion before the tragedy was finished.
GEN. SCOTT.
At Washington Gen. Scott was the
most important parsonage, surround.
ed by halo Of by-gone glory. He
was loyal. He was great man. He
would put down the rebellion.
at will be my last campaign, and
it shall be my best, sir" was his en-
phatic declaration.
He was too feeble, too far down
the hill of life to conduct campaign,
much less to create an army-to bring
order out of anarchy. But we be-
lieved in him as we believed in our
selves. We were going to Richmond.
1t would be holiday excursion. War
was picnic. The patriotic young
bloods of the New York 7th had their
tents carpeted. There was no hard
tack in camp in these days. We had
not got down to bacon sides or raw
salt pork:
Those were the days Of dress pa
rades, rich uniforms and magnificent
brass bands; also the days of brag
We were going to put down the re
bellion in sixty days. We did no
look upon Mr.. Seward as being pos
sessed of temperament too sanguin
in those days. He expressed wha
everybody felt.
BULL RUN.
But the hour for disenchantmen
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HUBBARD & SON - House, Sign and
L L Carriage Painters. Barton, VT. Imitators
OF WOOD and Marble Paper Hangers, Glazier'.
&C, &c.
NJ. HUBBARD HUBBARD
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-04

Take Notiee.--Weha have on hand a lot Of
.-; 1ni hand Cooking stoves, nearly as good as
new. for safe cheap at Bliss & Co.
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Roston Wool Market.

The Advertiser, of Friday, says the receipts
for the week have been 2957 bales, against 2, l6G
bales for the corresponding week last year.
rhe sales for the week add up to I201,9e) rs D;
domestic fleece and pulled, and 500 ibs OF
Mestiza and 2i5 bales of foreign, principally
Mediterranean. 49, =
We nave to chroniclean active market since
our last, AMI in :iiditiop to q large demand from
manufactur ers, there have been several Phila-
deiphla dealers looking for wool. Fine fleece
has been in good request and the sales of this
description have been at full prices. There has
also been an active demand for coarse and me-
dium grades for the Philadelphia trade, and al
though NJ large lots could be found, the aggre-
gate of purchases will be considerable. Tners
Is more call for delaine wool and some of the
manfacturers of dress fabrics which use do
mestic combing or ielaine wool are anxious in
Quirers for this description and will find it diff
f1cult 10 supply their wants. There continues
to be good demand for super pulled and the
best grades have com manded ful1 prices. Ex-
ira pulled fs only selling in small lots and the
stock in this market is .accumulating, There
has been some little speculative inquiry Tor XIX
wools and portion of thesales have been made
to dealers while some shrewd manufacturers
have also bought in nticipationo of their wants
believing that prices Of this grade will advance.