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Singing birds, place me back twenty
years plus twenty, and ! am again be-
yond tho Green mountains, down by
the brook, adjusting from the pro-
jeoting rock. the mimic water wheel,
to tho flowing stream. He who Is
wearing his heart away for riches, let
him have them. He who sees no birds
and hears no music, IN his struggle for
hours, let him take Thorn. He who
wraps himself up in his business coat,
aud can't find time to whistle, or look
At the peacock, or Dinak in the white
spron-is a poor, miserable, selfish mis-
er, who stands about as much chance
Of going to Heaven, as Uncle Jake
does Of being President. I tell you
he will never get there. The nearest
point will be purgatory-A sort Of half
way place-where, on the authority o.
Bishop Miner, they remain nine hun
dred and ninty-nine yesrs-mere orless.
depending on the number Of piou:
friends they leave behind them. l taxi
a solid pleasure in the belief that tn
Bishop is right, and in the furthe
actual knowledge, that such peopl
never leave pious friends, or any Others
behind them. ION.
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ITEMS.

fascinating ladies-arch duchess
ses.
The most diAic ult thing to remem-
berthe poor.
An object of int erest-a treasury
note coupon.
Theodore Tiltou is going to print
ton copies Of the Independent on white
satin tor the crowned heads Of Europe
The experiment Of running street
cars with condensed air, works we'll in
| New Orleans.
AT sparland, ILL.,, small boy told
his teacher of the misdeeds Of tour
sohoolmates, and they pounded him to
death. The murderers average ten
years Of age.
| An affected singer at Dublin thea
tire was told By wag in the gallery te
"come out from behind his nose, and
sing his song like other people,"
| "A Vermont corouer's jury Is ''o
| A Pinion that tha Decest met his deth
from Violent Information IN the he'd
produced from Unoan Cauz."
| "A belle of Gotham boasts that hel
per diem ration Of an ounce Of arsenic
doesn't hurt her health and improves
her complexion.
An American youth with hars
name, (Stone) whips all the students
at the Heidelburg University, and ha'
been notified that he must hold up, o.
leave.
{, Christian CARMEL, CLERK in thu
City Auditors efice at St. Louis ha
been arrested for embezzlement.
/ plymouth Church (Beecher's
! trustees have purchased another churcl
edi6ce for alteration aud use as
second Bethel Mission School.
FL "A man named Barney Hinsha'
! stabbed and killed Abraham Heaston
! at Winchester, Indiana, last evening
The murderer has not been arrested.
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: Saloon." S9abh station was con-
slomerated sthssiiing Of negros and
lazy looking whites, the latter gonor-
My preponderating. Tho houses scat
tered along the way presented an ap-
pearanco of general thriftlessness. The
door yards were invariably decorated
With innumcrable diminutive darkeys,
ranging in size from walnut to we'll
grown pumpkin. They mounted the
fences, swung on the gates (when there
was one) and in nearly every house
woody heads were taking the place Of
window panes. The people travel about
generally on horseback or on q mule,
(indeed the mule appears here to be
the "oational quadruped,'') and one is
struck by the large number Of these
animals, which saddled aud bridled, are
to be seen tied to the trees and in front
Of the stores in every town. I do not
remember Noticing single buggy or
carriage after leaving Cairo until I ar
rived in Mobile, aud but few wagons.
We passed cotton fields, ready tor the
seed. The season had been backward
and but little blowing had been done.
At many Of the stations, bales Of cotton
were on the platform awaiting ship
ment. At four o'clock wc found
Tupelo, place of no special importance
| except as connected with tho war. At
eight o'clock supper was called at
some little station. Around the platform
were gathered darkeys, largo and small,
Offering 'hot coffee and rolls" their
teeth and cups shining in the light Of
the lamps. We looked at the darkies
aud then at the rolls and thought We
preferred taking supper inside. W.
soon had reason to regret our choice
however al doubtless did those who con
cluded upon the rolls. For miles befor
re.ching Mobile the road passes through
pine country. Little or no othe
timber is to be seen, it is used entirel
on the locomotives at this end. TIL
morning (Sabbath) was clear and bright
and a. We neared the city occasions
wild flowers showed themselves an
"green things growing" Arrived Z
Mobile at ten O'Clock. The trees al
in full foliage, and the roses are bleni
ing their tints with the bloom Of til
peach and the orange. As will be see,
the time actually required in comm
from Chicago to Mobile is about fit
hours. With two trains per day fro
St. Cloud to Chicago, person can lea,
St. Cloud on Monday afternoon AM
with close connections, be in Mobile q
Friday morning. I shall speak mo-
Of this city in another letter.
W. B. NJ.
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GOOD FOR v1CT0RIAU.

Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff, one Of
the very attractive female Brokers Of
Wall St. has been rushing into tho
New York papers and thus 2roolaims {:
II have deliberately, and Of my own
accord placed myself before the people
as a candidate for tho Presidency or the
United States, and having the means,
courage, energy and strength, necessary
for the race, intend to contest it to tho
Close" This campaign promises to be
lively. Daniel Pratt Jr. (weight only
498 lbs aud George Francis Train are
already in the field. We shall sdvc.
cate Mrs. Woolhulrs claims.
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NEW UVER1zCEMGVz
ELECTION NOTICE.
Cry Clerks OFFIC

CITY CLERKS OfF1cE,
CITY OF ST.. CLOUD, April IL, 1870.
The Annual Charter Election for the
City of st.. Cloud, will be held on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY
NEXT.
Between the hours of nine o'clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon,
at the usual place of holding election in
the different Wards Of the City, viz: First
Ward, at the Seminary Building, $50 call
ed.) Second Ward, at the Svhoolhouse op-
posite to the Congregational church. Third
Ward, at the Court House. Aud Fourth
Ward, at L. Enderle's Brewery.
The officers to be elected are:
CITY OFFICERS.
A MAYOR for tho term Of one year.
ACITY TREASURER for the term Of
one year.
Two CITY JUSTICES for the term o.
two years.
WARD OFFICERS.
One Alderman for the term Of three
years.
Ono member Of the Board of Education
for term Of three years.
sHCoND WARD.
One Alderman for the term Of three
years.
One member Of the Board Of Education
for tho term Of three years.
THIRD WARD.
One Alderman for the term OF three
years.
One member Of tho Board Of Education
for the term Of. one year.
FOURTH WARD.
One Alderman for tho term Of thre,
years.
One member Of the Board Of Educator
for term Of three years.
Ono member Of the Board Of Education
for the term of one year.
By order Of the Common Council.
NATHAN F. BARNES,
City Clerk
st. Cloud, April 10, 1870.
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10 the Illinois Constitutional Cou

In the Illinois Constitutional Cou.
veution Friday . section was adopted
allowing women to vote upon any pro-
position to raise money by taxation fol
any purpose whatever, when. such wo'
men have property that will be subject
to tsxation, if sucb proposition be adopt.
ed. On Saturday this proposition was
reoonsidercd and laid on the table, and
tho resolution submitting to = separate
vote q the people the section providing
for female suffrage Was adopted by A
"a 81. gfss .j@aL1> - ..>,4s.-, -.
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THE MCFARLAND TRIAL.

The Judicial farce IN New York call
cd tho trial of McFsrlaLd for the muir
der Of A. D Richardson, still remains
upon tho boards of Recorder Hacketts
Theatre, and the miserable plea Of
defending female purity with powde,
and bali is hourly urged to the jury
men, by the defendants counsel.
Richardson got what he deserved Al
tho hands of Mcfarland, but the latter
will not get what he deserves for thi.
violation of the laws of our land.
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DEATH or LOPEZ.

BY the late telgrams il is announced
that Lopez, President Of . very robel-
lious republican form Of government
existing in Paraguay is dead. This
ends the rebellion which has been 10
progress there for some years. y. :.~
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t;ss.,San.a Fe kilograms report great cx.
cltsnasant prevailing there over new gold
discoveries eight miles south Of Barney
station. The roads are said to be ioed
With people travelling to the new mines.
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III 81 b Oinsiunati. Con,n,e, cial has
Just eo.gusrsd astsike Of its printers
and the Sc. Louis Rep11l;can is nov
engaged ID ! contest with its compost.
tors.
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WHEAT.

Despite the assertions OF Agricultural
Fair Lecturers, that farmers must vary
their products aud "diversify" as-Gov.
Marshall terms it-their saleable wares,
it remains fixed fact that wheat is the
staple Of Minnesota. Horses, cattle and
hogs will rsmunerate him who produces,
they are disposed Of in larger quantities
and without careful ard close calcula-
ton, it would seem to be much better
paying business for the farmer, than
the raising Of any crop. But We doubt
il a consideration of the amount of
capital required, the cost aud trouble Of
caring and providing for the herds
during our long and severe winters and
the years necessary to bring tho ami
mails to maturity, would prove stock
raising to be moro profitable than the
production of grain, at least upon farms
reasonably near market. Let a hus-
bandman, who now envies his neigh
Dor in easy circumstances, attributable
to sale Of horses and cattle, perhaps,
work out this calculation and our word
for it, he will be surprised at the re-
suit, and will return to bis p'ow, his
reaper and his fields OF wheat, carpet
ing With living green bis broad acres
and as the season passes, growing and
ripen;ng into golden grains, 10 much
better state of mind. s~.r.
That the production of wheat last
year did not pay . fair profit is beyond
dispute, and that many farmers, away
from our principal river, fell sadly in
debt in its cultivation is much to be re.
GREETED. But this was not because il
will not pay to raise it, nor because ou'
State.ls not better adapted to its cultl
walton than that Of any other Of tht
great cereal commodities. A very
large crop was raised all over tho world
and We had not our usual marke
abroad. This, with other causes, polit
ical, domestic and foreign, caused it t.
become almost drug, aud in Chicag'
to fall in eight weeks from $1.60 t
79c. The coming year is Of grea
promise, and we urge ali to take heart
SOW and cultivate the usual breadtl
Of land to wheat taking care not tn
incur unreasonable debts, and prepar
to find profit paying price for you
grain after it is we'll harvested. Th
unsettled state OF affairs in Europe wi
cause demand there, even if they pr
duea as much ~ last year We may 81
peet market with our Winnepe
friends, while the N. P. r. r. wit
its hundreds Of labore1s vi
prove no ordinary consumer. B.
sides, the winter wheat crop will b
light, owing to the open winter Gust an
south Of Us. This is conceded BY Oh
eastern exchanges, and they universa
" urge the extensive Of the sowing {
spsiog whest. in those sections. fave
able ~ its production.
'-'@ We copy the following from ii
Ashtabula, Ohio Herald:
70 s"The winter hereabouts has been
pleasant ono, but damaging in its effe'
on the fall.sown grain. We cannot e,
pect fair yield Of wheat and man
pieces arc totally ruined" .
From tho Indianapolis Journal:
80 "The wheat fields between Ter
D Haute and Indianapolis are almo
il raiped by the open weather Of this VII
" TOT. The yield will not be an avsra(
/ one.'' d., Il
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The Daniel o Cornell monument
in Central Park, New York, is to Gust
l 500 900, and the amount Of subscrip-
/ ton .islimi.ed to 81 from each sGbscrilb-
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Which he will deliver cheaper than any
other dealer in the city.
St. Cloud. April 81, 1870. mott
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4 NAN Of good business qualifications
e. wishes to invest . 81 900 in g manu-
featuring business. Address, with full
PARTICULARS, P. Q. Box 110, Brooklyn, New.
York.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
MOBILE. Anril llth. 1877

AAS0AAHS ~ PAAA A4NAS ACtUs
DEAR JouRNAL,-When you leave
Chicago to come South, do not start on
the night train. I did, and it don't
pay. Taking the nine-and-a-half train
on the Illinois Central, morning found
US at Odiu, where junction is formed
With the Ohio and Mississippi railroad,
running from St. Louis to Cincinnati
and soon.afterwe reached Csntralia, =
place Of no special size or importance be-
yond what appeared to be few foundries
or car shops, where We vbreakfastcd.
The illinois Central, As everybody
knows, runs through the great prairiss
Of the State, atfording no marked va
riety Of scenery, neither are there any
very large towns along it, route. But
the road is smooth, the accom- modations
are good, the coaches comfortable, and
therefore travel is pleasant. Spring had
made but little Roadway in bringing
forward tho grass or green leaves. The
trees were as bare aud budless as those
10 Minnesota, and only here and there
on the prairie could be seen a faint
tinge Of greenness-a kind Of promise
Of what was yet to come. The only
deviation from this was when neal
Cairo few peach trees were seen il
blossom.
| Reached Cairo at three O'clock OF
Friday afternoon, and there learned tina
I would have been just As we'll off Il
have started from Chicago that morn
ing, as but one train day left Colum5u
for Mobile, and that connected viii
the morning train from Chicago 1t fou
o'clock the following morning. 1 wa
tenderly urged to remain at Cairo IN
til the train should leave. But I ha
heard Of Cairo hotels. 1t was the Of
story Of the "Spider and the Fly
So, I "aew," on the boat for Columbu.
The principal object Of enterprise tn.
fastens your gaze as, the steamer whee
Ing about, you leave this delectabl
mud hole, is the plank walk, stack u
on stills some ton feet high, built ft
the accommodation Of such Of the cit
zens as cannot afford to keep a bo,
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INSuRAk CE.
~ MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association,
OF MEMPHIS. TENN.
OFFICE: NO. 0 UNION STREET.

First Question--How much per annum will
i cost a man Of thirty-hve to insure his life in
the old mode2
AnswCrooslsi for a IS 900 policy,
Second QuestiOn-HOw much will it cost in
the Masonic Mutual Assurance Association of
Answcr-About ss7 50, payable at intervals.
See table of standard authorities at our otlice.)
Third Question-Why this difference for the
Answer-1st. Because by this plan the Asso-
citation only calls for enough in initiation fees
lthe interest upon which will finally pay, work
ing gexpenses), and the 80 at death to pay losses.
I'd. If there are no deaths, no tax.
Fourth Question--How can you afford to in
sure so much less than the old mode.
Answer-Because we do not charge enough
in advance TO pay you One-half back in divi-
dends out of your own money paid in premiums
Fifth Question-Is a policy ofinsurance upon
the Mutual plan the same in all respects. save
AnswereAfter the Association has issued
$500 policies, and is kept TO that standard in
numbers. there is no difference, except that
you are taxed only at the death of member;
while in the old mode you are taxed whether
losses or not and that in advance.
Sixth Question-Will policy holder in this
Association receive diyidendY
Answer-Yes; from all accumulation which
may accrue from forfeiture and surplus interest
Seventh QuestiOn-How are your funds in
vested?
Answer-Under direction of the Finance
Committee, on unincumbered real estate, val
ued at twice the amount Of the Investment, or
undoubted city acceptance.
Eighth Question-Does the Association pay
TO the heirs Of the policy holder two dollars for
each enrolled member who has heretofore paid
all assessments, should any member fail to
pay on last assessment
Answer-Yes; as the Association holds in its
permanent fund, paid in by initiation tee, an
amount in excess Of any amount 1t viii be at
one ..lme called upon to pay on the death OF q
member.
We insure from Is to so years. 32-t
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is an out-and-out windle, and wanted to
barney Dull, who isn't such flat as he
looks; so, dodging the premier's gam
mon, he slowed the question; and, though
he looked green. did the fellow brown on
his dodge y-all which must be vastly
instructive to the foreign politician.
What hope has resident Frenchman to
accomplish the difficulty of our Ian
guagef Whilst he is mastering one
idiom, another and another has ap-
peared to his utter discontinue, and he
finds himself fighting against strongly
running tide of slang, which keeps him
in condition Of the most hopeless per
plexity Il there reason for this2
Should this be-? IdIeness, sooner than
use recognized vocabulary, invents one
which is spurious; idleness, doubledis-
titled, initiates this; and so, according
to the space left by weakness, does the
vice gain ground. Ignorance uses slang
because ignorance copies idleness, which
is the parent of synonym.
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Long skirts indeedl
Had News Broken in ~ Divorce
Gssl lurn

Had News Broken in Divorce
Court.
From the Hudson (Wisconsin) Times.l
Our readers are somewhat informed
in reference to the Williams divorce
case, which has been on trial at Osceola
for the past four weeks The trial has
been long, tedious and unpleasant. The
testimony elected has shown a most
deplorable state Of affairs in Williams
family. As a matter of course, great
deal Of feeling has been manifested on
both sides. No one who has not been
at the trial can form any idea Of the bit
terness shown and the interest felt by
the friends of the respective parties. On
Wednesday both Mr.. and Mrs. Williams
received letters from this city stating
that their youngest child, George, aged
seven years, was seriously sick, and
doubts were entertained of his recovery.
Their letters were received about six
O. clock in the afternoon. Two hours
later messenger arrived there with the
sad news that the boy was dead. Words
fail to describe the scene when the sad
news was received The messenger drove
up to the barn near the hotel, and called
for the landlord. Mrs. Williams was in
the hotel, and hearing him, went out and
inquired if tha team was from Hudson.
The driver said it was. She inquired if
he knew how George Williams was. He
said he was dead. Mrs. Williams uttered
a cry of distress, aud stood fixed as a
statue for q moment She then swooned,
and was carried helpless to her room.
In few moments the news was an
nounced in open court by Judge Weth-
erby, and the scene presented was the
most affecting one We ever witnessed.
Tears were in every eye aud the gloom
and sadness instantly darkened every
heart. Such were the circumstances
under which the news was received in
Osceola. No less sad were the eircum-
stances Of the boys death. He was here
alone. He had no home; he was under
no restraint. His father and mother,
brother and sister, were all away,
and, like strolling gipsy, he
rambled about town, getting his
meals at different places, and sleeping
where night found him. He no doubt,
would have been well cared for if he
would have staid at any one place, but
this he would not do, and no one was
here to direct him. He was taken sud-
denly sick on Monday night and died on
Wednesday. The funeral takes place To-
day. and We shall be called upon TO wit
ness the Inournful spectacle of hus-
band and wife, who for weeks have been
arrayinr evidence against each other,
and struggling for the possession Of their
children, following the dead body Of the
youngest, and. perhaps the dearest 20
the grave. Mr.. Williams is one Of the
wealthiest men in Hudson.
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6

The prices are within reach Of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the plain
est in finish will work as well as the most
costly.
Full and thorough instructions given
Mt the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction.
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1t possesses tho very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-whieh enables the
operator to handle the werk more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequire
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to health) and are hard and tire
some to use,
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It's simplicity renders its movements
so easy that q child can work it. 1t is
almost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapdity of motion excels all
Others, as has been, demonstrated a thou
sand times by competition. 81
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A grand wedding in Christ Church.
New York. on the lth Of January, viii
be remarkable for twelve bridesmaids
and no groomsnen.
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LUMBER.
LUMBERI IUM Der!

WARD ESTABLISHED N Isfz. IN
II connecticn With our large and veil 80
iectcd stock Of Dry Lumter. ue have ouraaH-
mill in the Nav Yard. WITH q caparlu rI Ii-
Lath machines-keep both aausl aud hsed-
made chinrlefs framing and DIucurInn
Lurrber kerf on hand Drcertd LImhfrcf al
kindfs White Ard lelIou Pine. ETrraIT n1d
Poplar Florrinr. Ceiling. Fihishinr Lumtef-
roufh and dressed Donrl, SSH sad t|in1H.
fencing. hed Cedar fense Posts.
ard foot II WashlnEior q, near rItsr.
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Hotel Doctors.

The New York journals complain Of
the so-called physicians in that city, who
derive their income entirely from stran-
gers, by living at hotels and attending
the guests when taken i'll. The average
number Of stranger guests at one Of the
large hotels IN New York, Il Is estimated,
varies from three hundred to fyo hun
dred every day. and many Of these per
sons are daily tempted into dissipation
during their stay in the city, and are
forced TO call in physician, either from
this cause or from accidental illness
For the services rendered by the hotel
doctor, the patients, il is alleged, are
lleeoed Of enormous fees, the bills being
only presented at the moment OF the VIC
tim 5 departure. when il is too late 10
discuss or resist the imposition.