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Courage.

Some three years ago, while perform.
ing in Philadelphia, a leopard on the
tanners hack quietly inserted one of her
hind claws in his thigh, one of her fore
claws in his shoulder, and all her teeth
in his right side, and there held on, en-.
joying the warm blood, while the suffer.
er, entirely suppressing pain and fear,
tried to wriggle out of the grip, with so
cool an appearance that only one other
person perceived that there was anything
wrong. This gentleman said to the
proprietor, Mr. F., that leopard is
eating your brother up" Mr.. F.
thought not; but the other (also an old
showman) insisted, until an attendant
was made to knock off the beast with an
iron bar. The wounded man, would
have proceeded with his performance.
but the proprietor called him ont, and
the exhibition was never again repeated.
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Spell President.

An honorable, grave Senator, during
the late recess, paid visit to his mar
ried daughter A bright-eyed little
grandson, seven years old, anxious to
parade his spelling before his distin-
guished grandfather, asked him for les
son. The following was the result:
Senator-Spell President.
Boy Pre-, pre-; ST, 81; dent, dent
| President. Defnition-A man who
| takes presents.
Senator-What? What's that?
Boy--Well, isn't Gen. Grant President,
and does he not take presents
Senator, Ito his son in law REALLY,
sir, cannot see the use of instructing
children seven years old in politics.
Son in-law-Why, sir, they pick these
things up somehow or other. Children
and fools,you know, often tell the truth.
Senator Laughing g)-Egad, it isn't a
bad definition though of the Presidency
of 1869 and 1S72.-N. Y. World.
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Brought TO Justice by a Piece Of
Dirty Paper.

Although human justice is often de-
feated, high Divine avenging power
seems to follow the murderer, and if
he does not fall into the hands of the
law, he generally meets some terrible
retribution through Heavens vengeance
We know wife-murderer who defeated
the law for some time; but when his
guilt was made clear, and the officers
came to arrest him, he was dead, having
been struck by lightning.
Mysterious trifes often bring the cul-
prit to punishment. Thus it was in the
case where a wealthy landlord in the
south Of Ireland was shot down in one
of his own domains. The murderer
was disturbed by an approaching foot
step, and he threw down his gun by the
side of his victim and fed The man
who approached bent over the dead, and
tried to arouse him. Some villagers
coming up arrested the innocent man
as the murderer, and he was sent to
prison. The gun was examined. and in
it was found as wadding piece of an
old ballad. The murderer was also ar
rested, and in the corner of his vest
pocket was found the other half of the
ballad. Daniel O'Connell, the Irish
member of his time, was conducting the
case for the prosecution. He joined to-
gether the two pieces, one found in the
gun, ants the other in the murderers S
vest. The torn letters ran into one an
other. He held it up to the jury. The
innocent man found over the dead body
was released, and the real murderer
placed, on the stand. He was condemn
ed to he hanged by the circumstantial
evidence. On the scaffold he owned to
his guilt,and the business of his sentence
Thus trihe saved the innocent man, land
brought the guilty to punishment.
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Passports to France.

The following has been received at the
State Department:
LEGATION OF FRANCE IN UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1871
Mr.. SECRETARY OF STATE: The French
Government has just abrogated the de-
cree of June 30, 1S66,and re-established
the requirement of passports. Travellers
presenting. themselves on the frontiers OF
France must. therefore, be furnished
with the regular passports, tearing the
rise Of French diplomatic or consular
agent.
l hasten to bring this fact to your ex-
cellency's notice, and / avail myself OF
this occasion to renew to you the assu-
rance of my very highest consideration.
HENRI DE BELMONT.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Sec. of State.
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The Man without an Enemy"

Heaven help the man who imagines
he can dodge "enemies' by trying to
please every body! If'such an inoivid-
ual ever succeeded, we should be glad
to know it. Not that we believe in a
mans going through the world trying
to find beams to knock his head against
disputing every mans opinion Fl lighting
and elbowing and crowding all who diff
fer from him That, again, is another
extreme. Other people have right 70
their opinion-sc have you; don't fall
into the error of supposing that they
respect you less for maintaining it, OF
respect you more for turning your coat
every day to match. the color of theirs.
Wear your own colors, spite of the
wind and weather, storm and sunshine.
1t costs the vaciilating and irresolute
ten times the trouble to wind, and shui-
file, and twist, that it does honest. man
ly independence to stand its ground
Take what time you please to make up
your mind but having made it up, stick
| to il . -E s-
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Sing a Song of Treaty.

Sing song of Treaty-Grant is full of ale;
The Tribunes correspondents are locked up il
Jail.
When the case was opened, Matt Carpenter did
rant:
Wasn't it '1eal mean" to steal what could be
bought from Grant?
Grant in the White House, with rye his inside
warming; t3
Greeley out in Texas, talking about farming;
Miss Outlaw in Washington, dressed in her best
clothes,
And Senators Cabling all this week, and nexi
week, I suppose.
-Neao York Ledger.
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EESome of the Treasury detectives
claim TO have just discovered conspi-
racy between certain merchants of New
York and the officers and owners Of one
of the European steamers to smuggle
goods into the port of New York. They
have traced $1,000 worth of smuggled
goods imported by three or four mer-
chants. Two arrests have already been
made, and warrants are said to be out
for the arrest of others. The names of
the defendants are at present withheld,t to
allow the officers to finish working Up
the case. One merchant alone is said to
have smuggled $4,000 worth of laces.
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give Years in One Place.

''Five Years in One Place.
A girl called at the residence of gen.
tleman to apply for place. The lady OF
the house asked for her references.
81 have lived five years at my last
place. said the girl; ''if you want to
know any mole about me, ask Father
Hawley."
The lady was favorably impressed
with girl who had lived five years with
out changing her place, but concluded to
call on Father Hawley.
"Do you know girl named so-and-
SOP"
"Yes."
"She lived five years in her last place p
"Yes."
All correct so far But as the lady
turned to go, Father Hawley inquired:
"Do you know where her last place
was ?"
"No; she didn't mention that"
"Itt0as at the State prison."
The story is good one, but while we
smile in reading it, we cannot help ask
ing the question, What is woman, who
is compelled to show such record OF
service, to do, if all the doors of honest
employment are closed to her on ac-
count of it?-HarGord Courant.
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SOME DAY.

You smooth the tangles from my hair
With gentlest touch and tenderest care,
And count the years ere you shall mark
Bright silver threads among the dark
Smiling the while to hear me say,
you'll think of this again some day
Some day"
do not scorn the power of time,
Nor count on years of fadeless prime,
Bnt no white CLEANS will ever shine
Among these heavy locks of mine;
All, laugh as gaily as you may,
You'll think of this again some day
Some day!
Some day shall not feel, as now,
Your soft hand move about my brow;
shall not slight your light commands,
And draw your tresses through my hands,
l shall be silent and obey;
And you-you will laugh that day
some day!
know how long your loving hands
Will linger with those glossy bands,
When you shall weave my latest crown
Of their thick masses long and brown;
But you will see no touch of gray
Adorn their shining length that day
Some day
And willie your tears are falling hot
Upon the lips which answer not,
You'll take from them one treasured tress
Ard leave the rest to silentness;
Remember that used to say,
you'll think of this again some day
Some day!
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who InterpOsed TO Save Milligan
from Execution.

FoRT WAYNE. May 30-As an item Of
historical interest, l have from an au-
thentic source the fact that it was nei
ther Abraham Lincoln nor Andrew John
son who stopped the butchery in the
Milligan case, but that it was E. nj
Stanton, Secretary of War. Mrs. Milli-
gan and Mr.. Stanton had been intimate
schoolmates, and upon her appearing at
the War Office ia behalf of her husband,
Stanton for once relented an | told her
to rest easy on the matter of her hus-
bands e,ution, as he would see that
the sentence was not carried into effect.
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"Last Five uOllar BILL.

"There goes my last fives dollar bill, y
said good old Deacon Loveman, as he
gave V TO poor woman with babe
in her arms, one cold day lately, as he
and Mrs. l.. were ON their way to a cab
met makers, where the deacon, on pay
ing for some costly furniture, produced
a bundle of $50 and 800 notes. "Why,
l thought you gave your last five dollar
bill to that poor woman," said Mrs. l.
so l did," mildly replied the deacon
and whenever l give my last five dollar
bill to anybody, you may be sure I've
few fifties and hundreds left.''
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wP. B. du Chaillu, the African ex.
plorer, is now about to enter Sweden,
Norway and Lapland. He is desirous of
observing the phenomena of those high
latitudes where the sun. is to be seen at
midnight. He will visit Stockholm, and
make his way from that city into the ru-
raj regions hitherto rarely penetrated,
and of which we know little. The eli
mate, the natural history, the ethnology,
the effects Of the zodiacal lights, the
habits of the simple people of those re-
gions, will be Mr.. Du Chaillu's study.
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~M Mr., Farnesworth, of the House
of Representatives, who, since the ad-
journment, has travelled much in the
West, is reported as saving that the peo.
pie in that section are greatly dissatis-
fled with the Administration and that
notwithstanding the patronage, and the
schcming politicians, they will not cup
port the denomination OF General Grant
If he be forced on the party, defeat is
regarded as inevitable -Rashington
Patriot.
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Thomas. Winchester, travelling
loyalist from Connecticut, few days
since, was riding mule near Macon, Ga
The mule baked and would not go =
Tom dismounted, and kicked the object
Of his wrath few times. The object
kicked back. The next day the negroes
divided what property Thomas left; bu-
ried one of the kickcrs in a little, shallow
grave, and set the other to plowing corn
ground.
MORAL: Stay at home with your car
pet bag, aud do not attempt to kick your
betters.
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Refined Homes.

Refined homes are the end Of civiliza.
ton. All the work of the world-the
railroading, navigating, digging, manu.
featuring, inventing, teaching, writing.
fighting, are done, first of all, to secure
each family in the possession of its own
hearth; and secondly, to surround as
many hearths as possible with grace
and culture and beauty. The work Of
all races for five thousand years is rep
resented in the difference between wig
wan and a lady's parlor. 1t has no
better result to show. tisa
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WHAT CAN DO?
BY MRS. NJ. A. KIDDER.

BY MRS. NJ. A. KIDDER.
"Work for Jesus" "Work for Jesus"
Is the great divine command,
That for months, and years and ages,
Has been echoing through the land.
"What can doS" is the burden
Of the answer that comes back:
"What can l do for the Savior,
Iwho gifts and talents lack?"
"What can I do?" says the young man;
81 can neither sing nor preach"
You can set pure example
Or a younger brother teach.
Though your words are few and broken,
Do the very best you can
Let the truth be free, outspoken,
Coming from Gods image, Man!
"What can do?" says the maiden,
"1n the cause, for Jesus sake;
With no talents as teacher,
How can I mission take?"
True, you may not be teacher,
But your voice can sweetly ring;
God has taught you tuneful measures,
And His praises you may sing.
"What can 1 do2" says the mother,
"With home duties to fulfill;
Here a little, there little,
How can the Word distill?"
All! sweet mother, God in Heaven
To your hand work imparts;
IT'S to nurse the Gospel-seedlings,
Sown within your children's hearts
"What can do?" says the father;
"Imy children seldom see;
Business, urgent business calls me
Daily from my family"
Father, to Gods house each Sabbath,
Lead your children, in His name
Never calling by your habits,
To their cheeks blush of shame.
"What can do?" cries the STRIPPING;
II am nothing but boy,
Rough and awkward, rude and homely,
How can l my time employ?"
In your seat, appareled neatly,
Early, punctual to the rule
Listening to the word of others,
In the pleasant Sabbath school.
"What can do?" says one younger;
81, little girl of ten;
Work for Jesus was, I'm certain,
Meant for women and for men,"
You can bring some little wanderer
Through the ever open door,
To the Sabbath school, each Sunday,
Perhaps two, or three, or four!
"What can do?" says the infant,
"Itant hardly speat no Words"
Let US have your presence, darling,
And your music like the birds.
Work for Jesus, tiny pilgrims,
Scarcely off the nurses knee;
Jesus said to Just such infants,
"Suffer them to come to mep
In Gods great and glorious vineyard,
Where the laborers are few;
While the harvest sun is shining,
There is work enough to do.
Never let the young or aged,
Who have read His Holy Word,
Say in words of idle manner,
"What can do for the Lord?"
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~An organ grinder with an iilstru.
ment IS offensive to the ear as were
bagpipes to the immortal Shakespeare,
commenced bis grinding beneath the
window of house where party had
just sat down to dinner. Disguised
with the horrible discord, they sent
few nickels TO the vargratt that he
might leave Aa
The exquisite answer given was---s,l
nefer goesh on for less dan one dimew
For this brilliant witticism the grinder
was rewarded with two dimes.
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SMART BORA smart boy in one Of
the public schools, having been required
to write composition on some part Of
the human body, explained as follows:
THE Throat-A throat is convenient
to have, especially to roosters and min.
listers. The former eats corn and crows
with it the latter breaches through his'n.
and then tics it up"
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EEA Washington paper says: Drum
ken women are sometimes seen on our
streets. Cause-disappointment in love.
If there is anything on earth that is CAL
culated to make woman drunk it is dis.
appointed love dissolved in whisky -
And in Washington they take it thai
way.
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When does a son not take after his ia.
ther? When his father leaves him moth
ing to take.
Why is treadmill like a strue .con.
vert! Because its turning is the result
Of conviction.
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Eg Here is the most dog -goned affec
tionate sample of amatory poetry ,ha
we have ever seen:
When old Carlo sits in Sally's chair,
o. don't wish that was there!
When her fairy fingers pat his head,
o, don't wish t was me instead!
When Sally's arms his neck imprison,
o, don't wish my neck was his'n
When Sally kisses Carlos nose,
o, don't wish that 1 were those!
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~An Indiana schoolmaster lifted a

US All IHuIuHd SCHUUIHIaSIer IIIIeU
boy by the ear That reminded the boy
Of something he had in his pocket. 1t
was a knife, which, being of no use in
his pocket, he stuck it into the school,
masters left side. The schoolmaster'
heart was so much affected by this cut
ting reminder that he at once gave ear
to that boy, and has never lifted any lit
tie bows since.
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What is the difference between homi.
eide and pig sticking? One is assault
with intent to kill, the other q kill with
intent to salt.
How can you, by changing the pro-
nunciation of word only, turn mirth
into crime2 BY making mans laughter
man.slaughter.
itWhen may man be said to be really
over heal and ears in debit Aus. :.
When 'hc hasn't paid for his wig.
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mend them an excellent tonic imparting tone and
vigor to the system Their use has been productive
of decidedly beneficial effects
VIM F. ROGERS
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CAuTION

Hoonand's German Remedies are counterfeited.
wrapper Of each bottle All others are counterfeit
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As mankind, from indiscreton or other causes, has
been doomed to suffer from disease, also has remes
dy for disease been provided Our hills and valleys
abound with roots and herbs, which il scientifically
prepared and compounded, will restore health and
vigor to the invalid To find such remedy we should
seek one that has stood the test Of age
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TIE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL GRAPE
CULTURE.-At an Agricultural Society
out in Ohio, the committee asked the
man who took the prize for the finest
grapes if he would be kind enough to
inform the society of the secret of his
method of cultivation, by reading before
it paper on Grape Culture. The man
said he would So, at the next meeting
he related that his grandmother had
died early in the previous Spring, and.
being managing sort ofa-man, he
determined to realize on her. He planted
her at the foot of his grapevine, and
leached her with wood ashes, and dug
the soil well around her, so as to develop
all her good qualities as fertilizer
That accounted for the size of his
grapes.
One of the members inquired if no.
body but grandmother would do in
such case. He regretted to say that
thus far he only had two, and he saw
no prospects of obtaining larger sup
ply. The man said it was not essential
that it should be grandmothcr,-any
relation would do He had known
maiden aunts and mothers-in.law used
with excellent effect. Undertakes are
getting very little business. from that
society now. Every member, when any
of his relatives die, seems to be anxious
to bury them in his own ground, so as
to have the remains of the beloved one
near home.
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enemies of our race. Often, this unseen and unfct
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and invites the attack of enfeebling fatal Diseases
without exciting suspicion of its presence. Again,
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then, on some favorable occasion, rapidly develop
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surface or among the vitals. In the latter tuber.
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VERY LOW PRICES FOR Cash

Call and examine my stock before purchasing else
where, and he convinced that you can buy cheap Al
home a in the city.
April 90. 1S1l-tf
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BAR IRON

and all other articles used in rstcass Blacksmith
Whcewright Shops. Try me- and convince yourselve
that will do all that advertise
1t intention to keep everything that is general
to be found in first class Hardware Store, which vii
sell at
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THE WORTH FARM CHEESE FACTORY
IN THE New YORK FARMERS CLUB
Dr. Trimble said that cheese factory
had been established at the Worth farm
on the banks of the Brandywinc, which
was originally started by twenty-three
farmers with $50 cows, and now had
463 contributing cows. The farmers
were well pleased with the results of
last years work, and intended this year
to increase the number of cows. The
figures show that on the 5th of June,
4G3 cows furnished ,7GS pounds of
milk, thus making an average of about
twenty-five and half pounds, or twelve
or thirteen quarts to each cow, and this
during the late pinching drouth.