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gurtry.
Country LIFE.

Happy the man who has the town escaped,
To him the whistling trees, the murmurins brooks
The shining pebbles preach
Virtues and wisdom's lore.
Tho whispering grove holy temples
To him whore God draws higher to his soul,
Each vcr'iant sod shrine,
Whereby he kneels 10 heaven.
The nightingale on him sings slumber down
The nightingale rcwAkes him, nuting sweet,
When shines the lovely red
or morning through the trees.
Then he admires Thee In the plain, o Godi
In the ascending pompof dawning day,
Thee In thy glorious sun,
The worn-the budding branch
Who're coolness gushes, In the wavering grass,
Or DER the flowers streams tho fountain rests,
Inhales the breath Of prime,
The gentle airs Of eve.
Ills straw.decked thatch, where doves bask in tn
SUI,
And play and hop invites 10 swceter rest
Than golden halls Of state
|. Or beds OF down afl6rd.
To him the plumy people sporting chIrp,
Chatter and whistle, on his basket perch,
And frvm his quiet hand
Pick crumbs, or peas, or grains.
on wanders he alone, and thinks on death;
And In the village churchyard. by the graves,
Sits, and beholds the cross,
Deaths waving garland there.
The stone beneath the elders, whore text
Of Scripture teaches joyfally to die;
And with his scythe stands Death;
An angel, too, with balms.
Happy the man who thus hath escaped the townl
Him did an angel bless when no was bcrn-
The cradle Of the boy
With flowers celestial strewed.
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locket or chain on your dress, draw back
and take Il of for inspection. The re'ss-
on for this rule Is clear to those who are
better acquainted with the world"
Tho reason Is perfectly clear to every
one who comes to Twenty-Five years OF
ago outside of reform institution. A
man of society, who dealt In occasional
roughncss Of speech, said once In n p'sr'or
before ladies, that he would never marry
New York girl Of fashion. for tho class
allowed themselves to be handled tho
much. A girl who protects herself from
the freedom too much In vogucin society.
increases her own value. II she only knew
It, with those she may have to repulse.
don't believe In prudishness or suspi.
cion, but do believe that when men and
women are not contcnted with the friend.
ship that can be expressed by frank. kind
ewes, and cordial, brief hand-shakes. and
clear words one Is not ashamed that the
world should hear, they shouldknow what
intoxication they are sharing. There Is q
fine, distinct line between the cordial SOM
merce of good will and Heaven.warm NJ
fection, that binds the human family to-
gether. and these leading Of attraction
that with namcless license destroy the
bloom of refinement.
There Is one rule that settles thousand
queries of the nature we arc considering.
Whatever Is secret may be safely untouch-
ed. The touch, the look, the intimacy.
tho correspondence that needs to be secret
has something wrong about 1t. If you
are sure there Is no evil In your motives.
for Heavens sake come out and ayow
your friendship, your design. whatever It
may be. You make the world purer and
set q precedent by your frankness that
tears away thousand hypocricies. The
world has keen scent for the really In.
noccnt, and If you cannot face Its first
sncers of criticism, you have reason to
doubt yourself. Shirley Dare"
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a Lovers almanac.

IT'S not the singing q tho bird,
Nor burnie roaring nee,
That makes the merry month Of May
The time o. spring 10 me;
For were II In the winter cauld
And snaw-clad every tree,
If Jeanis's hand I only hauld
IT'S the sprins-tims TO mo.
IT'S not the blooming o. the rose
Nor humming o. the bee, 90
That makes the leafy month o. June
The Summertime 10 me.
For were It winter cauld and drear
And snAw-clsd every tree,
II but ken that Jeanie's near,
It's the simmer time 10 mo.
Were surly Winter frae the year
To tako four times his share,
And rob the other seasons quite,
I'm sure ] wadna care;
For II my Jsanie locs mo weel,
Aud if she constant 10,
= Tho spring-tins and the Summertime
Will never 20 frae mo.
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"Nlis," raid hish-strrus swain 10 . ruai
dulcinsa. "Ist ~ walk iu y"nier hesniif"l
meSlow, where the clover is In blo>-m anil the
smoroas sephys play" '"'h. darn the amor.
oos bsiss,." shs replied. 81 80 enough Of them
over on dad's farm"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11

Paraguay has abolished slavery.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11
THE MOONSTONE
BY wILKIE COLLINS,
AUTHOR ov "ARx,DALk." ''So NAME" "rzk
WOMAN N WINS" "AyroSISA," "QuEES
or HEARTS," ETC.

TEn,.r-t According to act of Congress In the year
lS.T nv UIRPgR A BRorusRs, In the CLERKS Oniee
of the District Court of the unltct States for the
Southern District Of New York.
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From the Lewiston (de) JournM
Two Stories About Carrief-riSe-
OtlS.

We noticed a few days since. at Mr.
R. Wrights store, flock of beautiful
carrier pigeons, which are very tame
and attractive. Mr.. Wright, three years
ago, sold carrier dove reared at his
place, to q gentlemau>in distant town
TLis gentleman subsequently sold the
dove to another party still further from
Lewiston. A few weeks ago there was
tapping OF wings at the doorway of
his store. The door opened, in stepped
the keen eyed, beautiful dove, which
three years before had been carried miles
away, ard had now seized The FIRST mo-
ment Of flccdom TO flee, like spirit,
home
Not long siuce Mr. Wright senta dove
from his flock - 4 friend in Portland,
saying to him: Let this dove loose at
one o'clock to-day AT :3S o'clock-
thirty-eisht minutes after being let loose
in Portlapd-the dove folded his wings
on Mr.. Wright's door-steps in Lewiston
He flew directly upward from Portland,
spirally, for his bearings, taking en-
phatically a bird eye view, us though
poised on star, and then fastened his
fight unerring,H hoiiieward.
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A Japanese nfermaId.

A real mermaid is on free exhibition
in the window of Mr.. NJ. Marka, 688
Broadway. II is dead, and has been ex.
ceedingly well preserved. 1t is about
two feet long, and from the first side fins
to the tail it is fish, scales and all, but
above the side fins it has small, well
developed human head, neck and breast.
The black hair ON its head is about five
inches longs the eyes, ears and nose are
we'll defined the arms are about four
inches long, with two joints, elbow and
wrist, and terminate in webbed, claw
like hands. 1t was sent to Mr.. Marka by
his brother from Yokohama The En-
glish Consul offered fl00 sterling for it,
intending it for the British Museum, but
the offer was rejected. IN. Y. Sun.
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APredicted Ear1hanake.

al old miner recently returned to San
Francisco from region $50 miles north
east of Fort Mohave, where, according
to his report, he found gold dust and
nuggets in abundance in the streams
The Mohave Indians, while permitting
him to help himself to as much treasure
as he wanted, forbade him to bring 9th
er white men to assist him in gathering
it. He claims to be the first white mar
who ever visited that region. As a spe-
cial favor the Indians INTRODUCED HIM tc
their priestesss ALI aged woman, hun.
dred years old, and lie was surprised tc
hear her describe San Francisco as accu.
rately as if she was well acquainted with
it, and still more startled to hear hel
predict that the city would be swallowed
up by an earthquake in 1878
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gEThe promise of the incoming &C

The promise of the incoming cot
ton planting season at the south is indi-
Gated by statement of the New Orleans
Picayune, that 'there never has been
such d season for those engaged in the
sale of wagons; carts, and farming uten-
sils.p There is also reported a large
and increasing trade in fertilizers-twen,
ty-cight thousand tons having been con-
veyed over the railroads OF South Car
olina alone since the beginning of the
season. They have for the most part
passed into the hands of the small plan
ters and farmers. The greatly increas
ed use of fertilizers and agricultural i'm
plements, together with the large ac.
cessions of labor from the Atlantic and
border states, has given color to esti-
mates for the coming year which would
seem fabulous without this explanation
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THE NEW YORK ELECTION.
An Overwhelming Demo-
cratic Victory.
Do ,oee MAJoRITYuNTuEsraTE
6O,O0e Majority In New York City
rHE NEGRO IN HIS GLORY.

NV fokk, May II The negro was
III his glory TO day, With the Fifteenth
Amendment before his eyes, he made
tho most of the opportunity offered him
To Exercise the the right of suffrage
Never before did he assume such an air
of Importance. How well he began his
work as an elector is sccm in the fact
that in several instances he marched to
the polls, aud made bold effort to vote
Illegally, The only arrests for illegal
voters to day we're those of colorcd re.
peaters
In the Ninth Ward there was L !ich
scene when an old negress siftSiSted upon
voting. She told titt Inspector, Dat
all de niggers dugtfter vote, dc women
as well as de men. aud dats what was de
matter" 'fpoh being informed that her
tir,e had Htt Yet come, she rushed wild
" into The street urging every body to
vote lin faber OBJ de Sixteenth mcnment> >
Notwithstanding the negro vote, the Dem
ocratic majority in the city is about six
ty thousand.
SEVENTY THOUSAND DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
IN CITY LAND TEN THOUSAND IN BRooKLfY.
New YORK, May II --12 P M--From
present indications, the Democrats have
swept this city By 10000 majority. Thir
teen of the twenty-five wards thus far
reported, give Church, Democrat, for
Chief Justice of Court of Appeals, 80,
94S; and Selden, Republican, l1,s15.-
The Eighth Ward, in which colored reg
istration was The heaviest, gives the lar
gest majority Of any, viz 7,496, in a
total of 9,5l2 votes All the Tammany
candidates for minor offices are doubt
less elected.
The indications are that Brooklyn has
also given 10000 to $4,000 Democratic
majority, and the Democratic city
ticket by 5000 to $4,000. Eighty
uine cities and towns and districts. scat
tered through the State, give total ma
jorities of 1896 for Church, and 3,204
for Selden, indicating the State outs ide
the city has gone heavily for the Demo
Icrats
Among the cities are the following :
Elmira, Al majority for Church; Nor
risiana, SIS do; Newburg, II do, Co
hoes, 275 do. f; Hudson, 2S7 do; Canaan
dagua, 152 do; Oswego, 199 do. Rome,
2es do. ) Locport, 24S do; Utica, 100
do f; Barre, 317 do. Rochester, 500 do, +,
Foughkeepsie, 136 majority for Selden
MAJORITY IN THE STATE.
New YORK, May 1S.-2A. M.-Total
vote in tue city: Church, so, l0l Selden,
22,ls6 Brooklyn gives about 1900
Democratic majority on the State ticket,
and elects the Democratic city ticket hy
5000 or 1900 majority.
BafaIo gives Church i,lo4 majority,
and Troy gives l,76l.
The indications are that the Demo,
cratic majority in the State will exceed
$4,000. The total vote is comparative
| ly light.
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EyThe acouittal of Mcfarland. an,

EyThe acquittal of Mcfarland, and
the manifestations of satisfaction with
which the verdict was received by the
crowd in the Courtroom, has set the
Radical free-love scribblers to howling
with impotent rage. One of them, who
may be taken as fair sample Of All Che
rest, calls it ga disgrace to our civiliza-
tion," and,in an agony of apprehension.
asks "if murderers are to go unpunish-
ed, what legal protection exists for any
of us?p which recalls vividly to mind
the consoling remark of Hamlet to his
uncle. father, Let the CALLED jade vince" /"
&c. There is not an inyincible necess.
ity for free,loving interference with
other mems marital relations that we are
aware of; and We do not remember a
single case wherein one of the guild has
been shot by husband for not making
love to his wife.
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Cost cs M0narChiCai Establish-
sNsHtS,

The Russian dynasty is the most cost
" of any in Europe, while France and
Turkey are but little way behind. In
Russia royalty costs SS,500,000 year
in France, S7,000;00o; in Turkey, Sc,
100000. O.her European nations allow
their sovereigns smaller amounts. Aus
tria heads their list The house of EIaps-
burg receives, in the aggregate. $4,000,
600 a~year. Italy comes next, with S3,-
100000; then Prussia, with s2,400,000
while England provides about $3.50
600 for her royal family. Among the
smaller inonarGhles Bavaria is the most
costly and sells apart for her King and
family 81, 100000 Portugal pays s666
900; Holland, $500, ,060; Sweden and
Norway, $3.50, 900; Denmark, S240,oo0
Wurtemberg, 1920, 200; Rome, 100000
In the aggregate the crowned heads Of
Europe cost the people about $4,000,
600 year for private and household ex-
penditures.
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re- The American Yacht. i;,nph,

re- The American Yacht, Sarphc,
owned in New York tas *or all three of
her matches against the crack Fpss sslish
yacht, CHhria.
ehe first race took SO mich wind out
OF the sais Of The Britisher, that in the
three he never sailed the whole Unrrsc.
Pitt Whit |, worss is nc 'at. 'ttst AsA
BURY, the Ehghsh owner, Wld has been
blowing a regular gale of boasting for Il
year past, has not the manliness to bear
his defeat gracefully He is now rfrShg.
ed iii sonic little rett1fhsgtng .iribble to
cheat r5:;r gallant victor cut nf his prize.
AsHBURr, y'oughtto Steer vide ot such
shallow tricks.
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R The question oc lay delegation
in the NJ. E. church has been settled
atflrinatirely. without the aid of confer
ences outside of the United States
Seventy-two annual conferences tall but
II reported officially give an aggregate
vote of 64S9 The full membership Of
the Germany and Switzerland Confer
ence, which meets at Car,sruhe, June l6,
is in making the total of 1854. Three,
fourths of this 4900a, which the affirm
ative vote required, and already in the
amounts to 1908, or p votes more than
is necessary. So it will be seen that
the final result will not be affected by
the vote Of the Germany and Switzer.
lard Conference.
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After Cameron.

A Washington correspondent of the
World is looking after the record of the
loyal Simon Cameron, senator from
Pennsylvania, while secretary OF war
urder Lincoln. The record las it stands,
looks decidedly bad for that1oyal patri-
OF His conduct is only cxcusable upon
one hypothesis, and that is that it was
the original policy of the Lincoln adj
ministration TO let the south 90, AS the
best means of getting rid of slavery
This was the position taken by the Chi
cago Tribune, Journal that was well
understood to speak the sentiments OF
Mr.. Lincoln; it was the language of the
0hio State Journal and it was the Ian
guage also of the New York Tribune the
organ of the Radical party of the nation.
The programme was only changed when
it was found that the people were opro-
sed to such disposition of the dittieul
ty The World CORRESPONDENT says
Cameron, as sectetafy.'0f %ar,accept-
cd Of the resignation Of Zee, Johnson,
Beahrcgard, and whole catalogue Of
hiStlhsstlSuSu ljdllOio NuO lUdue wal
against the national life for four years,
and imposed upon the country burden
of some four thousand millions, How
did the secretary come TO send ee,and
Johnson, and host Of West Pointers
to the South, thus furnishing generals
for their army, brains for their rebellion,
and enemies for the republic? He let
the chiefs 60, knowing their purpose
The South owes It's leaders to Mr.. Cam
eron, and the North may allow him the
credit of It's causes Of mourning and
de',s
Cameron knows,f for tic rcc6r'ts prove
if, that large contract for Supplying
our troops in New Mexico and on the
! frontier had been made ty Floyd, before
he came into Office, with Jackman, Ma
graw, and others. The rebellion upset
az these arrangcmrhte, and Scott order
ed the troops in Few aTc$ico ( think)
to come bers forthwith That order, if
carried ont, would have ruined the con
tractors. They came to Washibgton.-
They saw Cameron. 'Doh' was consul
ted The order was revoked. The troops
did not come, and the battle of Bull
Run was lost, for if these 2500 regulars
had been there nobody doubts that the
result would have been changed
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ROliliCaI.

During the last two hours of the Penn
sylvania Legislature bills wete passed two
a minute,
Grants immense sale of official pat
fonage are cited as the result of Judi
cious system of advertising.
A colored alderman WITS elected III
Centraiia, Illinois, eli Monday, over the
regular Republican nominee:
Negroes are voters in West Virginia
Twenty five thousand white men are dis
francbised. This is Radicalism pure and
simple.
New Hampshire had Il congressman
who used to open his speeches with "Fel
low citizens, was born in Portsmouth
| was always born in Portsmouth"
HIM Isr,el Weshburn, j.; formerly
member of congress fronf Mains; and
now collector of customs at Portland, is
being used for United States senator.
An estimate shows that it costs the
government more money to watch the
Radical officials than to pay their lcgiti
mate SALARIES.
1t is rot pleasant to add to the sor
rows Of despairing people, but duty J
compels the announcement that congress
is not likely to adjourn before the lst ol
August.
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Ey The Duke Of Manchester has
written lettet to the London Times in
encouraging emigration Of honest la
boring men to Australia and other En-,
gllsh colonies Abiding to the fact that
many of these men are too ultra English
to be willing to 60 to the United States.
hesays: Should we not be proud OF
and encourage the desire of these men
to remain citizens of the British Empire;
rather than become members Of Com
munity whose interests on many points
differ from ours p The Duke is pat
riotic man, no doubt, but he makes a.
strange mistake in calling his poor coun-
trymen rcitizens" of the British Empire.
They are only taxed through disfranchis-
ed subjects, and it is with a view Of be-
coming citizens of free country that
so many of them prefer the United States
to Australia and New Zealand,
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Grrsnhneks fnr the Bondha,dsrs,
and
r or Al TN TlGS
White Men Shall Rule America.
Iieht md Knowledge Alone are Re
cnired 10 FestoTe The Farmer
Tepubhc" of Our Ta'siers.

10 cir, f,lsireh Of Democratic newspapers
ard ssr.rialIy OF county papers in their sew
srsIlccalitics, is of the greatest Importance.
To encourage this enterprise and to aid in
the dissemination of correct doctrines, We
have determined 10 reduce our rates OF sub
srririion to The lowest possible point consis-
teri with the -ffica Of paper to us.
Fifteen dollars will p ocure ten copies Of
the SPiErr for the full term Of one year. with
an exua cory to tie person who sends Us tha'
nranber Of names.
There ought moi to lie TOWNSHIP, where II
would be difficult TO raise that small srm
among SO any subscribers.
~ is conceded that the SrIRiT is ole OK ths
hest representatives. OF Democratic ptinriples
in Eastern Ohio, while at the sasie time !.
giyes very large quantity OF family aud
miscellaneous reading, together sith the i'm
rcrtant lccai news OF Monroe County. and
full reliable market reports will be given
eac1, week.
We shall ca,pestly oppose the unjust sys-
tenn, inaugurated by the Radical party, o.
taxing the laUoring man te iaake the rich
man richer.
Tie latorirg m takes greenbacks los MS
produce, while the tondholder spurns theha
as "ags," and demands gold for his bonds.
This is unjust; If greenbacks are good
enough for roor men,who pay taxes, they are
Fcod enough for the bondholdsrs who pay
mo taxes, and they will be compelled to take
them (snd pay tleir Just proportion OF taxa
fion,) in exchange for their bonds, or nothing
-just as they may elect.
IN conclusion. We ash, the oil f,ie, DIS OF ou'
paper 10 make an effort TO increase our cir
tuiation en- the BASIS Of these terms. There
islpc paper 10 the country whose terms are
more liberal than those which We now ohei
20 The PATRONS Of the SrIsir, The rates Tor
single ccftrs, one year. ,..ss ~
Single copies, six mor' hs VI
tlnhs OF ten. each, III paid within the
year, with txua copy to club agent. 2 o.
Clubs of ten and over. each, Gin ad-
psvapce,} with extra copy to eieb ssers :.
Tsfor every ten nsmes,.-............ l 81
a. r. WEST,
Fublister SPIRIT.
wocpsrrrtp. O.. Nay J, 1870.
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EEA An experiment over the Western
Uhioh Telegraph Company's wire Of
working long circaits through number
of repeaters. was tried in New York on
Saturday, with remarkable success. Mr..
R. G. Duncan, chief operator there, sent
through nine repeatcrs-.ohe at Rome.
Georgia; Lynchburg, Virginia; New
J ork city; Pittsburg two at Cincinnati !;
one at St Louis, Chicago and Memphis
this writing returning to New Orleans
almost as clearly as when leaving the Of
fee, having passed through eighteen
states and over four thousand eight hun
dred miles of wire. and the electric cur
rent traycrsing the distance in about
three quarters of second. The wri-
ting was translated as rapidly as an or
dinaty short wire message.