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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-01-14

A Wisconsin lawyer recently received
the following letter from y resident of
that state, who desired to prevent his wife
from getting bill of divorce:
Mr.. Steel I'll heard my wife came TO
you for bill of diverse you probly herd
her stroy and will tell you mine and l
will tell you the truth haerd Id did not
provide nufr to eat god noes l hade nufi
of flower pork potatoes and made over
one barril butter and always had huney
in the hous I got her tea shoger dried fruit
l always thought good deal Of her and l
would get evry thing l cold to please her
herd she scd 1 was lasy IL I was / had
nuff 10 eat and drink she cant say but
what got close for her she had 4 good
dresses when she LEFT got her fore new
pare of shoes whin one year that was last
year the first pare pade dollars the
secont 2.25 and third 2.50 and 4 forth
dollars this was all got with in one year
anil | was willin to get them for her and
i got things Just that way for her and i
am willing tn do IL again for her thought
my eyes OF her she would get evry thing
she ask for IL II ladc in my power to get
her this is Just as trew rs god in heaven
aud can't see she can Get emmy bill on
this. Mr. Steel / wish you would talk
with her and get her to come back and
live with me and live happy life to
gether ceap bees and have lots of huncy
I wish you wold advise her TO come and
live with me am a lonsom man you ever
saw cant sleep or eat much il wares on
me my mind Is on her all the time 1 am
awake and sleep II You answer this write
plain so I can read II for cant read tell
me what she ses about Il.
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The Drunkard.

Very few persons wonld be willing to
marry an habitual drunkard; but il is not
generally known what great risk Is run
in marrying the son or daughter Of an
habitual drunkard, although they them
selves are strictly temperate from high
moral principle; and yet it is not an un-
common thing to find the children Of
beastly drunkards the veay models of tenn
perancc, from having had hsore their
own eyes, for years in succession, the ter
rible evils of habitual inebriation.
1t is one Of the indisputable facts in
physiology, and the observations of intel
ligent men confirm the truth, that certain
diseases and taints of body and mind are
transmitted from father to son. So well
and firmly is this impression fixed on the
minds of men, that when man becomes
insane, ono Of the very first efforts is to
endeavor to ascertain If it is not "in the
family" and it is comparatively seldom
that such is not proved to be the case.
Another important fact is, that heredi-
tary traits, and traits sometimes overleap
n generation, arising most probably from
the fact that one parent has extraordinary
good health, sufficiently vigorous to stave
off the malady for time. but the seed of
the malady Is In the immediate descend
ant for all that, and to the extent, that II
the grangchild marries one who has
similar taint, the offspring develop the
characteristics OF the grandparents.
Drunkenness is transmissible malady,
because anatomical Investigations demon
strate that the brain of q drunkard. after
acomparatiyely few indulgences' becomes
organicaily impaired, ana when that Is
the case IL Is Just as impossiDie 10 repair
the injury as 10 have a new hnger grown
IN the place oil one which mas oeeh re-
moved. surely no stronger appear can
be made TO mans intelligence, 10 MS
honor, and to his humanity, 10 practice
temperance in the use of all intoxicating
drinks.
AS n proof OF the argument made, it
may be sufficient to say in general terms,
that observation shows, that, in any num-
Der OF drunkards, about onc-third become
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the confederate colonel clear of OF the
parapet inside the earthwork he was de-
tending.
Just at this moment one OF the ..mis-
guided" raised his rifle, and taking dclib-
crate ann at Belknap, pulled the trigger;
but. fortunately for Belknap, he at that
moment raised the body Of his antagonist
so as to bring II in on line between HIM
self and the friendly intentions Of the reb-
el soldier. consequently Colonel Lamplcy
got the benefit OF the shot, It striking him
in the back, producing wound, from the
effects of which. added TO the chagrin Of
his defeat, he died some weeks after incur
hospital. The defeat of his command,
with the great loss II sustained, so discour-
aged the enemy that they made no more
attacks upon his position. After the bat
lie, Colonel Belknap was complimented
in person by Gen. Sherman for his gallant
defence Of this important point. For this,
added to n long list Of meritorious services,
he was warmly recommended to Mr.. Lin
coin, by General Sherman, for promotion;
and he received it. ....
II was thus that he won his rank rs n
general in the army of the republic, and
well did his broad shoulders become the
stars that gemmed them.n ..
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MEMomsiNG.-Iti Is aremark of Bacon's
that II wo wish to commit anything to
memory, we will accomplish moro in ten
readings II at each pcrusal we make the
attempt to repeat 1t from memory, refer
ing to the book only when the memory
fails, then we would by hundred read
ings in the ordinary way. and without
any intervening trials. The explanation
Of this fact Is that each cfIott to recall the
passage secures to the subsequent pcrusal
u more intense degree Of attention /; and
it seems to be n law Of our nature, not
only that there is no memory without nt-
tention, but that the degree of memory is,
in great measure, proportioned TO the
degree of attention.
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CHAPTER III.

Tho prominent parsonage among tho guests at
the dinner party found 70 be Mt: Murthwaite.
his Pss.SsSss Sss, IN
traveller, as . man who had passed through many
dangerous adventures, and who had escaped to
tell the tale. Ho had now announced hi, inten.
tion NJ returning 10 the scene OF his exploits, and
OF penetrating into regions len still unexplored.
This magnificent Indifference TO presuming on his
luck. and to placing his saiety In peril for the
second time the asggng nssrs ~ o. The
clearly against his escaping on this occasion 10
not every day that We can meet an eminent per.
son at dinner. and feel that there Is reasonable
prospect OF the news or his murder being the news
that We hear OF him next
When the gentlemen were len by themselves In
the dining room, found myself sitting next TO
Mr. Murth.aits: The guests present & osing Al al
wholesome check exercised by tho presence OF the
ladies were removed, the conversation turned on
politics as . necessary result.
happen 10 be one OF the most un.English English
men living. As general rule, political talk ap
pears 10 me TO be OF al talk the most dreary and
hs aS.a The PSosiss had % MADE se r. I round he
table, found that he Was apparently OF my way
OF thinking. lie was doing 1t very de1tIously-
with all possible consideration for the ieelings Of
the host-but Il 10 not the less certain that he was
composing hmself for pap. II struck me - an
experiment worth attempting. TO Try whether .
jsdleous sliusion TO the subject OF the Moonstone
Wouu keep nim hWhke, anu, " viz. W sco Wnst
no thought OF the last new complication In the In
dian conspiracy, IS revealed In the prosAic pre-
cnts Of my office.
Ill am not mistaken, Mr.. Murthvaite,, began,
'you wers acquainted with the late Lady Verinder.
and you took some Interest In the strange success
sion OF events which ended In the loss ofthe Moon
stoner
The eminent traveller did me the honor OF waking
up In an instant, and asking me who was.
informed him Of my professional connection
with The Isrne.,,i. saiiy, no, iOrS,ttinS ihs
curious position which had occupied toward the
10 put the rect Of the company behiRd him ton
servatives and Liberals alikel and concsntrated
his whole attention on plain Mr.. Brun Of 0ray's
Inn square.
Have you, heard any thing lately Of the In
diansv he asked.
Il have every reason 10 believe answered,
that one Of them had an interview With mo, In my
once, yesterday
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SEVEN SNs.-1. Refusing to take your
own county paper. 2. Taking paper
and then not paying for 1t. 8. Not ad-
vcrtising. 4. Getting married and for
getting the printer. 8. Asking newspa-
pcrs to publish matter that is for your
own benefit without remuneration. 6.
Reading copy on compositor's case. q.
Never paying your subscription until
the publisher goes to the trouble Of ask
ing for it.
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SECOND NARRATIVE.
Contributed by Mafhsr Br,.G, Solicitor of Gray's
IAN Square.
CHAPTER III.

The next thing have to do, is 70 present such
additional information as possess on the subject OF
the Moonstons, or, 10 speak moro correctly on the
subject Of tho Indian plot 10 steal the Diamond.
The little that have 10 tell Is as think have al
ready said) OF some Importance nevertheless In re-
spect q It's bearns very remarkably ON events which
are still 10 como.
About week or ten days after Miss verInder had
len us, Of my clerks entered the private room
nj my Office, with card In his hand, and informed
me that gentleman was below, who wanted 10
speak 10 mo.
looked at the carl. There was foreign name
written on u, which has escaped my memory. lt
Was followed by limo written In English at tho
bottom OF the card, which remember perfectly
we'll.
.Rccommcndcd by Mr.. septlmus Lukcr,
The audacity or person IN Mr.. Luker's pcsition
presuming 10 recOminend any body 20 NE, took me
80 completely BY surprise, that sat silent Cor
ment, wondering whether my own eyes had not de-
favored with the rcsult Of his own observation Of
the stranger who was waiting down staip.
Hes rather q remarkable looking man, Sir. No
dark In the complexion that We all set him down In
the once for and Indian, or something VI that sort
Assoeiating the clerks idea .ith The very ofIen-
sive line inscribed On the card In In my hand,
Instantly suspected that The Moonstone was at the
bottom OF Mr.. Luker's rccommendatiou, and Of the
strangrr's visit at my ofnce. To tho astonishmcnt
Of my clerk, at once decided on granting IN inter
view 10 the gentleman below,
In justification Of the highly unprofessionsl sacri-
Gee 10 moro curiosity which thus made, permit mo
10 remind any body who may read these lines, that
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gnetrp.
Chsldres af I'fsv.

.'Open your mouth nd shut your eyes,"
Thrcs little maidens were saying.
"And soc what God sends your little they though
He listened while they were playing,
So little We guess that light. light word
At times. may be moro than praying.
sT," said Kate, with the merry blue eyes,
1Would have lots Of frolie and folly !"
'T," said Ciss, with the bonny brown hair,
"would have life always smiling and Solly,"
"And would have Just what our Father may send,
SAID lovsble little pale Polly.
Life eAme for the two, with sweetness new,
Every morning In gloss and glister,
bat our Father above, In . gush Of great love,
Csusht up little Polly and kissed her,
And the church yard nestled another wee grave,
Tho angels another uce sister.
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TuIsp NAaHArrvE.
Contributed By Franklin Biaks.

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o us ,p'us " ne ~ a, "sn sa, ~. III rsy
hoe was as a,a ~ wy Lsss ~ ~ ~ ~ IN ~.
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~ nr'uu' o,O,e, ~, mi a' S"''eu "'>eu ny
hnsu a,n NY '".s1 :, M W 1s'
ms ehshse msne neoessAV " me W sua " a my
srNant' 70 oveAln my 's"ss. ss -, Sul's n~n ue
tnsish eonsu ~ o'.An e,v, .hNn "a no 'onsu ,, p
elae ~ .ne " my rsuns W my Nv Mvsnns
scheme. ms man vs. W yo'n ~ sssm !" an sppan.1
place AMI ume. an aoe'oenI I0 snHn ne vas nos ".
sponsibl,, delayed him On ms efian .9 week and
my people w.'.i, encAnpsd o. tne pofler deser
AZ u'e eoa Q, ,s.' ume me m.'ns mn m.ne nn sp-
peannoe, WIN tne mhAey s"i 'ne eun' |" 'ne snuAooe
VI my tenc =, =,
am a'rah y.'ns you s Saa ~, aI, ns ssn, ~
pomei 70 oes o' VIZ Faer, snNa % hSi mou,ans ori0
'rouDh " ana the sarss Oh ""Nh sAs w the hsaunpng
d M. Brun.
know nohing in case Il ths kinf, % unendurabe a.
suspense The letter With the mourning torieS vas the
litter that IepeDed nrst.
ltioiorued me thai my fshsr vn dead, and uaa was
heir " his grAt fstuDe. This wealth .heh had thus
ALLEN Into my hands iroaght W r>ptsoihtses Win
and MI Brn rntrrsisi me " c-e no time IN returning
EngiAni.
By dayhreak the peat mTn'ns 4 ve on my vv pAes
70 my o.n county. u..s-.
The picture presenssd me ny my on neon nerf,use;
h The time OF my detnnufc irsn hneha, VS.
thnk) ltils o,ertsvn lis has. N hs eyn qessa sy,
inlsrprsni seriously one ns youns msnss W, many
sah.ch $3.50, .y ~ r.. r,s,..s GO.
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BIDDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY.
Thore is but I i love on earth,
And that IL K-T.Ps,
Without her, whcrcsoe'er Irosm,

Thore is but I love. on earth,
And that is K-T.Ps,
Without her, whcrcsoe'er roam,
My heart Is III Rs. ,'
She dwells beyond the deep blue G,
in lovely U.TK,
York state,-3,0Oo miles or moro
Prom California. .IH.
Venus might NV her full charms,
When decked In her R-A,
And then 70 paint her rs and NOS
'Twere needless to S-A.
Her checks arc roz as the morn,
Her teeth are white a. pearl,
To I'LL rs love with X-T-C,
OH she Is Just the grill
The I.v green climbs ut the door,
The sweet p blossoms there,
Ofall the flowers that ever blow,
My KIT 10 most fair.
L do not lavish MT praise,
Through wild KS oflove,
But oh worship her next 10
Tho D-E-Tabovo. ..t.t
Though former Joys n dead 10 mo,
That once held % DIR,
Twill not mourn their sad DIX,
Nor shed q single T-R.
And though N F.I-GIM,
As everybody C's,
I ask but TO PIT me,
And that is K.T.rs.
Her smile Of sympathy would soon
My N-R-a restore,
And make mo something like tho man
fused TO ID d.
Not given to Q-P-D-T,
Yet I've enough ofpelf,
But still y PM-Ns I'm grown,
And careless Of myself
Ny coat and vest nc ID now,
My pants lot In tho breeze,
LIES turbld stream runs 10 cold,
Unwarmed by K.T.Ps.
KOS me K-T--as live,
hope U soon2C,
And then, if''mother'' don't object,
Y, married wo will Bl
And then prepare, my charminsl,
To yamose U-T-K, ...
For We will go to OI-O,
Or olso TO IO-A. r..
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$9,2O7,9lI,4oS

This makes n total of more than nine
thousand millions of dsllars rs the total
of all the losses to the nation caused by
the war. This, then," says Commission
ct Wells, "was the cost of the destruction
Of slavcry-thc cost of compromise-the
cost of the unfaithfulncss of those who
founded this nation to the idea by which
the nation lives. What does 1t measured
1t is substantially thousand millions n
year for nine years; or, ut the wages Of
five hundred dollars a year, tho labor Of
two millions of men exerted continuously
during the whole Of that period. 1t Is
five times rs much rs the slave property
of the country was ever worth. II Is n
sum which at interest would yield to the
end of time twice rs much rs tho annual
slave product Of the South in its best es-
taten
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The Cost of the Rebellion.

Commissioner Wells, in his report to
Congress, makes an estimate of total ex-
penses to the nation of the late war. Tho
Federal Government spent in carrying on
the war, and for expenses directly grow
ing out of the war, down to June 80, 1869.
the sum of s4,171,914,49S, exclusive of
what would have been required to carry
on the government had there been no re-
bellion and no war.
To this he adds number of other items
rs follows: .re--
Pensions, capitalized at eight years
Increase Of state debts, mainly onwar -. =, =,
account, l3,W0OOO
County, city and town indebtedness
increased on account Of the war
(estimated), 90,0W,0O
Expenditures OF States, counties, cities
and towns, on account OF the war,
not represented by funded debt
(estimated), GU,OO,WO
Estimated loss to the loyal States from
the diversion and suspension OF
industry, and the reduction OF the
trade, i,aW,oooooo
Estimated direct expenditures and
loss of property by tho Confederate
States by reason OF the war, 27OO,0O0O
To this add the sum spent directly by
the Federal government ns above 40
stated. ,l7,9l4,4ss
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There has been very severe drouth through
out Southern California. but recent rains have
revived the crops.
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THE MOONSTONE
BY wILKIE COLLINS,
AUTHOR or "ARNADALE," "sO SANE,n "rRk
WOMAN IN WHITE" "ASroSISA," "QuEEN
or HEARrs," ETC.

Entered, according 10 act Of Congress In tho year
1851, by HARPER & BRUrHERs, I'm the Clerks Office
of the District Court Of the United States for the
Southern District OF New York.
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VOLUME XVI.

rrnss or rusLrAr,os, One copy, one year, by
mall s2.,o, II paid In advance, si.co per year, or
500 for slI months sent fee Of postage 70 any Post
once In York county.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-10
THE VOICE OF THE CONTINENTAL
PRESS OF EUROPE ON THE WAR.
EyOYa the A. T.. Herald.

Our files of European exchanges, dating
late into the closing weeks of July, and conse-
quently expressing opinion at the great con-
tinental centres as il was announced in print
only a few days before the imposing events
now in progress, give a fair transcript of the
public thought. We have already made CO.
pious extracts from the English papers, and
here and there given some hints of the feel
ing that existed in the countries adjacent to
France; but a more detailed notice of the lat
ter will be neither out of place nor uninte-
resting at this moment, when the probable
attitude of several powers is so earnestly can
vassed in the light of the reYerses that have
lust befallen French arms.
1t is needless almost to say that the Prus-
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PAUL SCHOEPPE.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
We gave yesterday authenticated transcripts
of judicial documents relating to the crimes,
trial, condemnation, and final departure from
prison in Germany, of Paul Schoeppe, now
under sentence of death at Carlisle, Pennsyl-
vania, for the murder of Miss Steinecke. of
Baltimore. 1t is one of the most surprising
variations of subtle and audacious villainy
that we have ever read. The record itself
has the minuteness of detail and exactness of
a daguerreotype. 1t gives the parentage, the
birthplace, the day of the birth, the religious
denomination, the branch of military service,
the conduct while there, the first act of
crime, and then every particular of its success
sive stages. 1t then describes the mans
twelfth of an inch; it does net leave
out small scars and warts: it even. opens
his mouth, as a jockey would the mouth of a
horse, and compels him to disclose the exact
state of his incisors and grinders. Yet, won
derful to tell, this prison convict, thus marked
and branded all over, of whom the Berlin
court says, 'the uncommon degree of educa-
ton and the s~hrewdness of Paul Schoeppe
render him a peculiarly dangerous criminal, "
comes to this country, between which and his
native land there was such constant commu-
nication, settles in a section where many of
his countrymen or their Immediate descend
ants live, fourishes as a physician, and with
his plausible, ingenious talk imposes himself
without difficulty Upon the credulous public
as a person of responsibility and character.
Those medical associates who, when
Doctor Schoeppe was convicted of the
murder of Miss Steinecke, expressed their
sympathy with a brother physician in difficult
ties, must now concede, in view of the fact
that Paul Schoeppe was no doctor, that he
must have been a very sagacious man to have
imposed on so learned a profession. Per-
haps, on the whole, they may derive from il
the lesson that class sympathies of this kind
are not safe, and that, even if a man has a
medical diploma, it does not become him to
kill outside the legitimate sphere Of his voca-
ton. 1t deserves to be placed to the credit
of those German fellow-citizens of Paul
Schoeppe who at first thought him probably
innocent, that when the facts of his history
revealed him in his true c%olors, they at once
abandoned him to his fate. Under the
loose administration of our laws in regard
to the emigration of convicts from other
countries, and the general liberation
and liberality towards newcomers, this
man, though stepped in early and cum
ming crime, might have lived here in peace
and prosperity, if he had chosen to pursue
honest courses after his arrival. With such
abilities as he has evinced, he might have
had a conspicuous career and gone to his
grave an hOnored citizen, Notwithstanding
his terrible record in Europe. He had all the
opportunities of recovery and reinstatement,
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THE SITUATION IN PARIS.

From the n. Y. Tribune.
The dangers which threaten the Emperor
on the Moselle are trivial in comparison with
the dangers that assail him from the Seine.
If we remember how close is the censorship
over kilograms from Paris, how carefully
every message which tells of trouble for the
government or peril to the dynasty is shorn
and trimmed before it is permitted to pass
out of the empire, we shall be the better able
to appreciate the awful significance of a few
brief sentences which have reached lis
from the French capital. That the nation
would put forth extraordinary exertions in
order to repel a foreign invasion nobody
doubted. The defeat of the grand army has
reused a true patriotic rage, and will put hun
dreds of thousands of ardent men in the
field. But with he martial ardor of the
hour is reused a deep-seated grief and dis
appointment at the failure of the leader who
promised a few weeks ago to carry the
French eagles in triumph to Berlin.
France will fight, but she has lost confidence
in her commander. She clamors for q
general arming of the people. She pushes
aside the incompetent ruler who has led her
into disaster, and demands that she shall have
the direction of her own destinies. She is
persuadedtha nothingb but bad generalship can
defeat her armies, and she is burning with
resentment at the cause of her disgrace. The
PSOpiCs III AoSt, w iuol SSltID9 D6yOuU the
control of the Government, and although
they answer with ~alacrity the Emperor's call
to arms, they demand at the same time that
arms shall be placed in the hands of the whole
population, and 40 longer Napoleon but the
men of France shall have the command of
the country. Napoleon,s attempt to pacify
the tumult by sacrificing a general is not
likely to be successful. Whoever planned
the campaign, the Emperor and not General
lie Boeuf is responsible for its adoption, and
will ultimately bear the penalty of its failure.
We need hardly point out how fearfully
ominous in this hour of disaster and excite
ment is the appointment of a National Com
mittee, with plenary powers to act in all
things concerning the war. 1t makes little
difference who may be the original members
of this extraordinary body, for if they fail to
satisfy the people, the people will be sure to
have them changed. 1t makes little differ
ence how moderately they enter upon their
functions, for if affairs continue to 90 ill
they will be swept along by the torrent of
popular indignation. We do not believe the
Bonaparte dynasty will withstand another de-
feat; we question whether it has not already
received its death-blow. The impending con-
fict at Metz threatens to involve not only the
issue of the German war, but the existence
of the Napoleonic empire, and the National
Committee, which begins its labors as the
auxiliary.of a threatened despotism, may find
itself in a few days the governing power of a
revolutionary republic.