The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-23

finds t." and although he may be
alive 70 many of its a~5surditles, IS
nowerless to effect a change. Moth
inc will ever touch this evil short OF
restoring to the public service that ell
ement of permanence which it once
had, and which all successful private
establishments possess. In the lower
grades changes may often be found
necessary, but in the higher grades
there must be a degree of ~permanence.
Give the clerks a fair compen.
sation, put it out of the pow
err of politicians to remove
them, and hold them respon-
sible for the faithful discharge of
their duties. and a custom house will
present as pleasing a scene of tranquil
and efficient industry as a bank. This
paper will be found not the least in
teresting of many choice articles, and
Astounding in wise and practical sug-
gestions.
John" by A. D. Richardson. we
have noticed elsewhere. Bayard Iay-
lor contributes a poem, In My Vine
ward" The woman Prophets
Tragedy" presents a graphic picture
of the struggles of the Latter-Day
Saints. and the murder of Joseph
Smith. their prophet. We can only
briefly enumerate the remaining ar
| ticles and the writer's: The Dead
Level E. Sheldon; 1.-The Brick
Moon" III, E. f.. Hale; American
Industry in the Census, f.: A.
Walker; Mr.. Bruce" Alice Eliot;
{" The Increase of Human Life" Ill,
Edward Jarvis, M. D.; The Foe in
the Household" x, Caroline Cheese
bro; "Life-saving as a Business
Duty" w. E. @. Shanks; Under
the Midnight Sum-" I. 1. Hayes; Re
views and Literary Notices.
Fields, Osgood & Co., publishers,
Boston.
Our YoUNG FoLKs.-From Fields
& Osgood we have received Our
Young Folks, the contents of which
are Tho Story of q Bad Boy" by
Thomas Aldrich, concluded with this
number; the fifth contribution upon
T" How to do it," by Ed. r. Hale;
/" Christmas Tide" apoem; "Ho;
Buckwheat Cakes" a charming little
story, by Fl. L. Palmer; "Carl's
Christmas Carol" How Battles are
Fought" lie B@uf Gras," a story
of the Paris Carnival, by Miss
MULCH; Johnny fearful" laugh
able little string of verses, and How
a Ship is Modelled and Launched
by j. L. Trowbridge. The usual col,
lection of REFUSES and charades is mo-
wanting. The volume is one of more
than ordinary interest. and will bt
duly appreciated by young and ole
during the long evenings which nov
permit US TO unite our amusements t.
those of the little ones.
LIpPINcoTT's Mdga&ine contain.
three fine full-page engravings, witt
the following excellent table of con
tents: 1.-THE Vicar of Bnllhampton,
a new novel Of great interest; by An.
thony Trollope-Part VI. Too Late
a Poem. by Edward Renaud. Thu
Coming Crisis in Canada. Incompati
BILE a Tale, by Mrs. A. w. II. How
ard. With the Yam-Eaters; by Ste
phen Rowers. The East: How | en-
; tered and how [ left it. Beyond tn
Breakers: A Novel-Part XII; b.
/. Hon. Robert Dale Owen. The Ban
} ned Priest: A Legend of BetsdOrI
The Seventy Thousand; by Mrs. A
l.. johnson. Tobacco. One Womal
; of the World: A Tale, by Kate Z
Kereven. Shall they be Educated
A Reply to the Freedman and hi
Future;" by VIM. r. Hooper. Th
} Actuary's Story; by Edmund Kirke
The Indian Summer; by Cecil Dare
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