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WANTED THE MAN Thrown INA
Canadian Clergyman, not long since,
was called upon by an Irish girl who
inquired how much he asked for ''mar-
ryiog anybo ly."
He replied, "a dollar and a half"
aud Biddy departed.
a few evenings later, on being sum-
monod to tho door, he was accosted by
the same person with the remark that
she had come to be married.
every well' said the minister but
perceiving with astonishment, that
she was alone, he continued, "Where
is the mani"
An expression of disappointment
passed. over Biddy's features as she
calculated
"And don't you find tho man for a
dollar and half -
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PURE WAITER,

Obtained easily and oheaply by the AMkRI-
CAN DntvEN WELL. N. W. GREEN. the or.
iginal inventor and patentee. Send for oir.
cnlars. L. SKINNER, Amherst. Mass
Gen. Ag't for U. s. iulv 28
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no Our Absent Sister.
BY .ruoMAs oAaPBshL DAVIS, OF MISSOURI.

Ny sister, pleasant thoughts Of theo como
often to my mind,
Th lights full Of love and tendernoss-for
thou vert ever kind;
Aud there aro' spells that cling to thee no
earthly power oan break,
And hours Of f'nd remembrance l shall
cherish for thy sake.
Whom morning, with its rosy lights, has
tingod the earth and sky, g
In fancy thou art near me still, with thy
brightly beaming eye;
And when twilight sweetly fingers round
The close Of parting day,
Then comes to me .he memory of '.loved
one" far away.
Together we have wandered DER hills
around our home,
ly spring time bloom;
And together we have listened 10 the voice
of prayer at eve,
But tits past-and those bright moments
their treasured memories leave.
miss thy voice, my sister, and thy kind
and gent.o smilo,
A, Which like q roy Of sunlight oil my suducss
could beguile;
Aud tho secret love felt for thee will eve,
Z deeper swell,
Now lam parted from thy side, from those
love 80 VOL.
Years pass and bring their changes, and
oarly joys will fade,
The shafis nfgriof assail us oft, our bright
est hopes to shndc;
Thon how swectly joys departed, como o!us
tering round the hcart,
AS to tho past fond memory its brightness
doth impart.
And now. g,od-bye, sweet sister; withir
my heart there lies
foupt OF, love for thee, which know ,ha
thou wilt prize:
And when earth's tics arc broken, may W,
find thnt Heavenly rest
Where no farewell words aro spoken, On,
no sadness fills the breast.
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The Kiss.

Tho kiss It is q tcl,g am,
/. From heart to lip revealing
A test Of lovo and friendship sweet,
That silence Is 'ncealing.
Moro eloquent II is than speech,
Moro tender and moro holy;
And touches equally alike
Both uutoorat and lowly
Give mo n kiss with heart and soul
Glow warm MS green wood ON bcrs:
One thnt will hr cthe Of spring times days,
Aud not Of cold Decembcrs
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A MONSTER RATTLE SNAxE.-The
Sumter Watchman learns from mir.
John G. White, that rattle snake
was killed on his place, about six miles
from Sumter, on Tuesday last, by a
freedman, measuring six and half
feet in length and thirteen and half
inches around the largest portion of
the body. This deadly monster, when
killed, had but eleven rattles, and a
button. a careful oxtention, in m cas-
urement, of the gradually decreasing
size of the rattles, so as to bring the N
to e natural termination at the point
of the button, showed that the eleven
rattles constituted only only one third
of the number that belonged to him.
This would give him an age Of about
thirty-six years. It is known that
these snakes frequently los. their rat
ties, or portions Of them. t.fr. White
informs us that this snake Lad been
twice seen on his premises within the
past ten wears.
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and Shingle Mills, When. and Corn Mills,
Circular2Saws, Betting, &c.. Send for des
WOOD SIsSs & MUNE W sEsAa ss NEE Enc. %.
feb l8-6m Utica, New York.
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y%OoNlH"oh VIA 9N,I,nrne or ,ouUTH.
ERN SrArEs.--Judge Lowell, Of Massa.
chusetts, has just made decision of
much Importance in relation to the val
idity of contracts with the citizens of
Southern States. In 1862 the bark
Lamplighter was destroyed by the Ala
hama. Among her owners were four
citizens Of tho Southern States. Mr..
Payne, the nes.sr. collected the. iisur.
@ancs and paid i. to the owner living in
Massachusetts, holding that those living
in the Southern States had no title to
participate. t'ne of the four owners.
who lived in South Carolina, recently
brought snit against Mr.. Payne 9; admin.
istrators, and now RECEIVERS by the de-.
cision Of the Court. q
fsHA 80 ----e-t4ass As- sss---------.- i 4, z
~ Gen. Hood is visiting st. Paul.
Minnesota. 'He moves : about on
cratches, and attracts a great deal Of
attention, Il ,.s ~. .t., I. 4 !, :, f9h !,
Why is'a lover like tho sea serpents
Because II is = seofoter tsee e.creetorj
Of great sighsl lsise.) Nh ,s'.5 :
An I-isha lovGft remarked, tbat IL is. 4 |,
great comfort to be alone, especially
whom your swate.hears is wild YOU :
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- a aMINE Pr HoRRoR.AE From Gen.
trai Europe. comes intelligence of q
mining disaster, attended with such
appalling fatality and lamentable
consequences .aa 70 throw oil our more
recent accounts Of railroad casualties
and such like occurrences in this coun-
try in q still moro dreary shade. In
the mountain district 81 saxony, near
to the oity of Dresden, three. hundred
and twenty persons employed In a coal
mine were instantly, killed yesterday
by an accident, the exact nature OF
which isnot stated, - Cor ~. Y. Res.
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SLEPT TOO SouNDLY.-We saw a
negro lad yesterday afternoon, about
fourteen years old, sitting at the
corner of the iron warehouse-Huff's
kink--half nude, and crying most
bitterly. We asked him the cause Of
his trouble, and he replied
"While [ was sleepin' down dare
in dc shade somebody stole my
brooches off me. Macon Telegram.
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0ane writes from Sheridan, Kansas.
Vast herds of buffalo Craze along
the line. of railroad, aud are frequent
ly seen from the care, andspot unfre.
quently so near that many are shot
with rifles in the hands Of passengers
while the cars are in motion. Yes.
,terday we saw upwards Of thirty by
actual count. but about half a mile
off. We also saw several elk and an
telope and one wolf, and dined on
venison and buffalo st eak. Sometimes
q large he I'd has been surprised near
the track by a train of cars. The
shrieking Of the whistle and the rush
ing of the train has produced suoh a
panic of fear that tho herd has rush.
ed pell- NELL along, in the same direc.
tion with the train aud at almost as
great speed, thus aifording splendid
opportunity for shooting from the cars.
In one case tho engine killed several
which were on the track. Numerous
oaroasses are seen of the noble ami
mails, which have been slaughtered and
left to perish along the line of the
road from Ellsworth to Sheridan
Sheridan has about ono thousand ip-
habitants, principally transient trad ss-
men and hotel and clearinghouse
keepers. Sa*
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New Advertisements. I
3 ONLY ONE DOLLAR :

TOR Zl0N'S HERALD 10. Jan. lat. 1870.
L first:olass Illustrated Religious journal
Of 10 pages, 200 Contributors { g Editors,
Tbe cheapest paper in The land: $3.50 a
year in advance Specimen copies free. i
D. WlNSLOW, Publisher, II CSrnhill, Bos.
ton. ." 't @"'7 T'1 - july %
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The State cts. ca Indictment
l.. ps. ,for

The Grand Jury hayeing been dis
charged and sno Bill agiyeing out in
the above oase, on motion Of w. j.
7Whipper atty for the Defendant it is
ordered that the defendant be dis
charged from custody without day"
Charleston News.
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The RIGHT VIEw.-Tho St. LoI
Times says: 4
ave simply hold to this thata
endcavoring to supply the want of Z
bor, our efforts and capital should g.
Of llSbe used to tho encourageme.
of European immigration, and thatS
Is an unwiso and short:sighted pol$,
to expend time and money upon d
very doubtful experiment of impoa
ing tho surplus millions Of Chill
when the samo expenditure in tho q
posito direction would supply the dc
cienoios now complained of with {
intelligent Caucasian population"
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!, COOP ron CUDA.-From London, t
way Of Paris and through tho Frene
Atlantic cable, comes Intelligence
the effect that "strong rumors'' We
prevalent in England yesterday poir
ing to the fact that the Spanish 70
ernment had arranged the preliu
naries of an agreement for the sale
Cuba to the. United States. Th
news, which is highly important, h,
an air OF !credibility about it. IF COZ,
firmed in its main particular it will b
good news for Cuba, good for Spail
and good for the American people,
~ Y. Herald. s4a
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The MuLE.--The mewl is a large,
burd than the guse or turkey.
1t has two legs to walk with, and
2 more to kick with and it wears its
wings on the side of its hoad. .Ss
IL is stubbornly backward abou,
going forward.
Love Song.
I'D offer thee this hand Of mine
If you but had the dimes,
But purses short and slim as thine
j Won't do for these hard times.
4 leave 3thee in thy wretohedness,
/. iAs ono too poor to mate, !, j r,.
For love you know, can only, bless
Whom based on real estate, gm
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"Well, Patrick" said the doctor,
chow do you do to-day %
80, dear, doctor, enjoy very bad
health intirely. This rheumatis is
very distressing indade. When I 20
to sleep | lay awake all night, and my
toe is swellcd up rs big as g,ose's
hens egg, so when l stand up foil
down directly, and SO do.
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Attheoretieally benevolent man on
being asked by o friend to lend him a
dollar, answered briskly |. aNith
pleasure but q suddenly added I;
"Dear mo, how unfortunate !" I'ye
only. one lending dollar, and that is
OUT" i'ty s 3 d. 'lel NJ -7, ).
/ 1 4 man came into d printing Office 10
beg : paper. "Because," he said, I'VE
!ike,ltse !lse e read the nssss;afapers very much,
b9t .e our al z ln'sighbofs are all top stibgy to
take one" sSs' re =
s.EiS5i5a 1tsaI &A3sl "a asdsnp Ga46 1 =
(, parentsin China decapitate i.thoir,
children to cure them Of opium-oat-
ing. Its an active remedy.
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a CUTTING REroRr.-A gentleman
walking near Oxford was mot by some
students of tho University, one of
whom addressed him with
"Good morning, father Abraham"
81 am not Father Abraham"
"Good morning, father Isaao," said
a second
81 am not father Isaac" was the re-
ply.
"Good morning father Jacob" said
a third.
"l am neither Abraham, Isaac nor
Jacob, but Saul, son of Kish, who
went out to seek his fathers asses,
and 10 have found them"
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1t is said when Lord Byron sent to
his wife the we'll known touching
lines Q
"fare thee we'll And if forever,
Still, forever fare the we'll %
he enclosed in the same envolope a
Butchers bill with the pencilled re-
mark "Pleaso look over this; I
don't think we had 80 much meat."
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OUR Memo CoDIrIER.-W. j

CUR NEGRO CoDIfIER.-W. J.
Whipper, . Northern negro, who re-
presented Beaufort in the Reconstruc-
tion Convention, aud represents tie
same county in the StaIo House OF
Representatives, is QUO Of the COM
missioners elected by the gen.r |
Asse mbly "to digest, arrange and
consolidate" all the sta tu,e laws Of the
State. The pay for this work is
$4,000 a year, aid an idea of the way
in which it is to bo performed may be-
gained from tho style aud phrsseology
of the following order, which tho
Georgetown Times says was taken out
oy Codifier Whirpor in assault and
lattnrp case
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Il nE-T AxsAFTELn HuaAxn

readily persuaded to emigrate With
the family to "the land Of tho free
and the homelof thesbrave." E
Now, in one Of tho Western States,
Terence O'Brien has house by the
side of beautiful river, and not far
from it was another, where the once
fugitive convict has wife and chill
dfen Of his own to protect, and both
families will give as an heirloom to
their descendants the little but true
story of how pardon was won. II
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The planting of trees is encouraged
in Iowa by a law, which, it is stated,
provides that the planter of forest
trees il, for every acre, released from
taxation for ten years on one hundred
dollars valuation, and for each aore
of fruit trees planted, from taxation
on fifty dollars valuation for five
years. The same provisions as to
fruit trees arc applied to tho planting
of shade trees aud hedges along the
highways. 1t is asserted that there
are now maple forests-in several coun-
ties, and sugar made, where, fifteen
years since, was nothing but prairie
grass and hazel shrubs. ~ts
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

Msttv was carried oil hvthe Indians; a,,d
he died with his secret fear darkCuiuE his
last hour
For mary days no ono vcnturod tN leave
the fort, fearing 10 bc surprised by the In.
dians so poor Matty'S cries were uphcar1; /;
and when at last the men veuturcd to re.
turn to their work, all was still under the
oak, and the rustling leaves could not tell
them of the pale little face lying dead In
the green gloom.
A long while soer that last fight, boy,
hunting for a lost arrow, climbed the tree
discovered the hole, and saw something
shining far down in the dark.
lie could not reach il, but told his father
ne had found buried money.
The man went, and discovered not only
| gold and silver, but little bones, which
none could doubt had once been Matly
| Eilburu's, for the treasures that could
| not save her life proved who she wNs, and
con,radicicd the belief that she had been
/ carried away.
Many tears were shed over tho remains
| OF the once pretty, wcilbelovcd child, and
they were buried beside John Klhurn
| whose diving trouble was now explained
The old tree still stands, broken, bare
and solitary, but no one cuts it down, ant
children as they pass 1t, lcok up with sad
eyes, saying, pitimlly-
Poor little Matty Xilburn ~ Youth,
! Communion
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Who Are the Angels.

e.
IHAvE often wondered whether the an
gels in heaven partake Of the bodily &C.
centricities of their corresponding proto-
types here. Whether there are tall, lean
angels, and Jolly little fat angels, with
round bellies; and long.legged, and bow
legged, and bandy-legged, and round
shouldered angels, and angels represent.
ing the whole family of Variegated hu-
maniry and whether there are blonde an
gels and brunette angels, and angels with
golden, and chestnut, and auburn, and
brown, and black hair with frizzled, and
straight, and wavy, and curly hair and
angels with black, and blue, and brown,
and gray eyes, and with sweet, soft voices,
and bass, and clear, and loud voices.
hope there are. For what a lonely life
i would be up there wandering to and fro
through an endless eternity of six feet
men and five feet women angels, each the
model Of the sex, iu the cold ox-eyed Gre
clan of musty canvas. And ifthey be not
marked and figured as their worldly
bodies were, when we reach that abode we
are always longing and crying for, how
are we to recognize those whom we cared
10 see down here? Or, are we TO 60 grop.
ing.along among the starry people hunt
ing fer face we had grown to know 80
dearly, and that We had pinned to see again
for many a long day, amid a million Of
stranger se.aphim and unknown cheru.
BIN , cannot be expected 20 recognize,
In some comely Apollo BelVidere Of an an.
gel, the dear shaven cheek and the chubby
tace of the best friend ever knew in al
this Babel where my life has been. / have
learned to long for that jovival fronts.
piece which beams with every charity Of
an honest heart, and if / should find him
IN the ether world sober, staId and mel,
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ancholy spirit, who, instead Of hailing mo
with slap on the shoulder, and tho
hearty good.morniug it used to warm me
like blazing fire in January 70 hear, and
should present ne with . sprig of ever.
green and a drcaty kiss OF peace, believe
| should feel lonely and t0rsNkcn through
all eternity.
In that sweet country, too, wo shall bc
sure to find some kind friends whom we
knew on earth. Our hearts went into the
grave with them, but we have tried 20 be
happy since, because we know that they
would wish us 81. The grasses grow upon
the mounds where their dear heads are
resting, but the grasses can never conceal
them And Just so other loves are grow
ing up I'm our hearts, but they cannot oh.
! literate those first ones. Earth has no
! symbol Of them, porhaps and that will be
the end of It until we meet them where
the days aye fair in the land o the
leal.n
have heard that around us every day
Of our lives there arc tluttering aud flick.
ering angels from the hesvnn above; snd
can well understand how these white
winged spirits, when they have leave OF
absence frSm their choral duties love tC
| oINAN NAlNAA iAbllNtN hApNAA NNN AA'.AAAN
they once inhabited, where hand met
hand and lip clunE to lip in sweet deliri
um; Tor 1t is holy aud lovely senu
ment that makes wandering men Year,
with uutraveled hearts for the old home
and, surely, In the dear coming heaven
no such holy and lovely sentiment will bC
extinguishCd. The world is bad enough
aud dreary enough, God knows; but it IL
not all bad and all dreary There are
fragrant spots on this ball of dust, and The
moss will grow on the bleakcst rock
There are dear friends to love, and deal
forms to see. Heaven would be q rarC
place, indeed, if it could make us forge
the faces that shone the tGndCrer on us be
cause an hundred others were avertcd
and Pm a little sorry, on the whole, tina
there is to be neither marrying nor Civ
ing in marriage" up there james ApWe
ton Morgan, in Pactards Monthly t6
| ADril
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The Heart.

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the hu-
man heart Is no more the seat of moral
sentiments than it is of intellectual opera
tions, literary men still cling to the old
blunder of ancient poets, who refer all
emotions, good, bad, or Indifferent, to that
source. The brain is q receiving and dis
pensing centre, but the heart simply
forces blood from its cavities through the
body to vitaliZe it.
Warm blooded animals have two hearts,
joined together, thus occupying less room I;
but cold-bl0oded creatures, as fishes, have
but one. This is the essential difference
in the organic structure of aquatic and
land animals. But that which is most Gu
rious, and worthy of close examination of
mechanical inventors, is its immense
forcing power Although made of flesh,
apparently very simple in construction, a
careful study of the walls show the ven
tricles-the contracting box, which is
the prOpelling engine, is built up
of elastic threads, thousands upon thou
sands lying side by eide, of which no two
are of the same length. Beginning on line
called the SsptuRe cords, between the auri-
Gle and vcntricle, each one winds round,
as it descends, beyond the apex, so that
each represents a corkscrew. When The
ventTicle is filled to its utmost capacity
with blood, those threads are relaxed. AS
soon as elongated as far as they can be-
they spasmodically contract, giving the
whole twisting action on its own axis,
thus forcing the blood out. That explains
the beat of the lower point of the heart
against the ribs. 1t is literally twisting
and untwisting millions of elastic cords.
Power, simplicity, and economy oi
space are obvious in this beautiful me.
chanical contrivance for the circulation OF
the blood. Why has not some one imi.
tated it? Without expecting to find out
the mystery of its extreme irritability, the
peculiar disposition of its elastic walls, il
is possible to initiate it in the cOnstruc
ton of various instruments which are
still desideratum Hearth and Home.
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Rips Philosophy.

at aiu't ours, now, don't it 2" says Rip
Van Winkle, when his wife reminds him
of the farm tiat he drank up. IO. IN
mo, il amt"
"Well, den, wouldn't bodder bout it,
If was you. I'd let them bodder bout it
vot il belongs 70 'em.
While there should be o lesson in the
career of Rip by which he lost his acres,
there is much sense in his philosophy.
The world abOunds in people who are
"boddering" themselves about what don't
belong to them. Sometimes it is riches
that have taken unto themselves wings, at
other times lost opportunities that were
not taken advantage Of and again il is
youth forever gone. Man sometimes spend
sufficient time in mourning lost fortune
90 make another, miss ff y oppor unilies
Of the present bewailing one that Is passed,
and render their old age miserable, repin
ing because their youth had hed. In all
such cases they need q little OF Rips phil.
osophy, though they need not draw 1t
from the same source, and lot them bod
der bout il Vot II belongs TO 'em-'-'Fdt
Contributor. l.A laaaal 80
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than tho lymph or crust from the first vac.
clnation ot a healthy child; or that taken
from the COW. There is less uncertainty
IN the former than the latter.
"Thc crust should never he kept long
s0cr mixing IL with water. II develops a
'virulent poison.
" Evacuation Of the pustules is advised,
not only to prevent pitting, but as possibly
sCrviccaN,o In lcsscuing danger from sec
onlary fever and as . case In point il Is
stated thus: An entirely unexpected re.
coverv OF % very had case was effected hy
the 7St'cnt opening of the pustulos and
wtpirc.eway of the matter by the wife o
the patient, rapid improvement taking
place n The time when the dreaded secon
dary fever should havc set in"