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The Republican journal., 1871-05-25
Sagacity.

Everybody knows ''Scou' Allen, the
great Newfoundland dog that has earned
u reputation for catching runaway horses.
The other day Mr.. Allen was out at the
Cape collecting May flowers and Scott
was with him. lie found spot where
there We're plenty and made up two or
three bouquets. He left them on the
spot where they were picked and strollcd
on, expecting to take them on his return
that way. He was gone about an hour
and when he came back not q bouquet
could he find. After hunting about half
an hour he gave up the search, saying
partly to himself, ''Scott, you. rascal, find
those flowers" The dog Immediately
made off and was gone so long that Mr..
Allen thought he had become displeased
at his tone of speaking and gone home.
Finally he whistled and the dog replied
by bark. On following up the bark
there sat Scott with one bouquet in his
mouth Ind the other close beside him.
Mr. Allen had hunted "all round the lot,'
but the dog had gone right to the place.
Portland Press.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

il'" u 7N' ''' ''' ~ '''''' - ''''i'''
ny RISEN i" fANI.
-rroi, fin, Sam Ir.,,,ci-., E,,,I,tin. April2-r
~.
po'l''ei - '''r E'lNN '' iI''ll ,''t "'5'"
3r'3lN'' ny, 7'FIn7 F1'''l'' 9''l 'h'"" OF
nrNltf' According 10 F'G'hl account,
EA-''oNcfnof Nllll'fl Is t' pc 'll' envy "'
tie "lhcr i''II' because u morse fetehl'E
TRANSFERRED if!m u o'lel'r! cart mas
recently come '',o MS PoC'eNSion' ana al
ready tro'~ mur IN 2:l'. lhN lact-it
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25
EANI'S HORNS.

y spiral root, that cmerges suddenly
irplh the figure he'd Of the masculine
sheep, and ranilies until it reaches a tip
end. Rams horns are alwas Il sure
si@hp oV battel. They are used to but
with, but with out eny respekt to per
sons. They will attack stun wall or u
dcakon Of an established church. A story
is told oy old deakon Fletcher ov kon-
neltikutt State, who was digging post
holes i'll 4 ram pasture on hiz farm, and
the moshun of hiz boldly was looked up
on by the Old ram. who fed in the lot, rs
L banter for u fight
Without arranging emmy terms for the
fight, the ram wen; incontinently for the
dcal1on, and took him the first shot on the
blind side of hiz body, Just about the me-
ridian.
The blow transposed the deakon sum
eighteen feet, with heels over head mo-
shun.
ENhasperated tcw = point at least ten
foot beyond endurance, the deakon jump
ed up and skreemcd his whole voice,
''yu d-d-old cuss, land then all at
once, remembering that he was Il good
plnz deakon, he apologized by saying
-"that IL, if | may be allowed the eN-
prrSSlluu.
The deakon haz mi entire sympathy for
the remarks made tcw the ram
WHISKY HORN
This horn varys in length, from three
! to siN inches iz the favorite size
/ II is different from other horns, being
/ or lluid natur.
/ Ii IL really more pugna5huS than the
/ l.m's horn; six inches ov it will knock
It man perfectly calm.
! When it knocks n man down ii holds
/ linn thare.
Its either the principal or the seckond
in most of all the iniquity that IL travelling
around.
1t makes brlltcs ov men. demons OF
Wlnmen, and vayrants Of children
1t has drawn more tears, broken more
hearts and blighicd more hopes than al
the other agencys Of the devil put to-
@elher.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

Dickens, in his Household Words
gives the following rs literal tran
script of an inscription on L tombstone
in u church yard in Dorsetshire viz:
'llere lies the body of Lady O'l.oony,
great niece Of Burke, commonly called the
sublime. She WAS bland, passionate and
deeply religious; also. She painted wa
Ter colors, and sent several pictures to
the exhibition She was first cousin to
Lady Jones, anu Of such IS the king
dom OF iIcavcni"
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25


Lawrence Kansas is excited over thn
mvsterious death of |. NJ. Ruth. business
manooer of the Tribune of that city
some vnars ano Mr. Rutb met in -
onis thp wife Of Mr. Vonllairp and
his attentions +n her brouoht ON , dunI
with her husband in which Mr.. Ruth was
severely wounded She thcn Obtained a
divorce and MARRIED Ruth. A f.w days
aro Mrs Ruth beino absent ut Leavrn-
worth DR. NJedIicott spent tine rvcnino
WIFI hcr husband nlavino chcss MN
mo,n;no Mr. Ruth waS fonnd dcad wi,h
r,.nn,tons of noison and in hi. di,Iv
wrrc fonnd his last words TO his wifi,
,r, ,o.,o,1 ,,,,,,, H.. Nu.
coitNr1ye r,,. me n Guinine pow(lcr Wednes'I,y
night. April % The effects are these | have
4 terrible sensation of 1 rush of blood to the
head and my n.y. SKIN ,,;,Ii 1urn' ana uches. am m
''i,' ,h .,' D,'', oo r ,,,J'f li.'
rrr,niration stands out ali over nv boly. aH,l
| iecl terribly. The clock llas lust Struck ii.
and took the medicine about 1880 T. NJ.
wr,1r 1h'S So 1ha1 II never see YOU nSAin you
ni i ''' ,;onshv AMI nvr % roona ,i Nv ~.
llst thoughts we're Of Vol. cannot sce 10
write more God bless you. and may we meet
i'll heaven. Your loving husband.
l. W. h' H.
| The doctor was arrested on SuSplclon
powder he gave Mr.. Ruth was simply
ulinine and sugar On the person of Dr.
lIcdlicott was found Il likeness OF Mrs.
Ruth and some lines of love poetry in her
handwriting, and Il nuighbor testified that
| Ruth had hiph words with his wife on
"Wednesday in which DR. Modlicott's
name was mentioned Medlicou had
been at Ruth,s house Of late more tban
Ru+h himself Mr.. Ruth denied INV
trouble with her husband, though She ad-
ni'leu ,'colaheSs' ana accouhten pl'u'-
IDLY ior Inc picture ana poetry' nc posi-
nortem examination has been completed
by inc report OF inc chemists VINO an
alyzeu the ,,n eohleh's Oh inc uea" man 5
Stomach; lhey state mat hulh came IT, IT,
m nus ueath ny ana lhrouSh !ae presence IN
the slomach Oh large qut,lltles OF aikaiold
not vet discovered. The coroner's Jury,
therefore, have charged Mcdlicott with
murder. The doctor, however, has his
friends. and they assert that Ruth. we'll
aware that his wife did not love him, has,
to vent his spite on Mcdlcott and appcase
his jealousy. committed suicide. and laid
the plan above referred to in order 70
fasten Guilt on the doctor.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25
Decorative Ert-Painting Black" Eyes.

| Decorative hrt-Panting Black" Eyes.
-Lsthetic longings may, perhaps. be sat
lsiied with a passing glance at the pictures
IN GoupiHs or Schaus' windows, but there
Is q charm about Il particular signin Chat
ham-square which absolutely rivets the
attention. No Illustration from iistiana
| can have more striking effect There
| stand portrayed within the iistic ring. two
| noble bruteS sparring away. with potato
| like tuberculose conllagration of heads, the
| grogginess wonderfully hit off, the eyes
especially showing those peculiar rides
cent tints. the results Of their manly call
| ing Under the heroes runs this legend
BLACK eyes made natural in ten minutes"
A. Il question of social statistics, we
fear it never can be satisfactorily ascertain
ed how many black eyes are administered
daily TO the inhabitants oi New ork. III
ever we can arrive ut Il tabulatcd state
ment, then may we hope that some new
Buckle will be forthcoming whomay found
on it some imposing theory, throwing
fresh lights on the civilization of this great
American Republic. 1t is prestrnable,
however, reversing for once the true OF
der Of political economy that since the
supply Of black eyes was unlimited, de-
mand muSt have arisen for some ready
method Ut conceAling those tonutouS
adornmcnt@ of the human face
''I- it arcgular busness?' we asked
Of the owner OF the establishment. Are
your artistic talents often called intoPlay?'
EVERY day, sir. This neighborhood
would be entirely lost without me. | have
n constant run of custom My pallet is
always in demand. From practice l have
;'tquired that certainty of touch, that deli
cacy Of handling without mannerism or
stiffness, which is the perfection of art.
"WhAt is the price ol-ot-"
"Ol obliterating those accidental hues
which sometimes distigure the human
tacc divine? From one dollar to fifty
cents according to the customer and the
nature OF the bung"
"Bun@ what is bnngs" we inquired.
"A hlln@rd eye. For one dollar lavish
all the sJbtlctieS of my art. First, there
is the groundwork to be nicely assorted
to the complexion, then come in the
flesh tintS, then the umIres and the shad-
iugS. Sometimes, sir have been so hap
py in my effects in restoring an injured
eve that have absolutely eclipsed the
sound ONE, SO much 80, that have been
forced ID work up the good eye, in order
torestorc n balance Of effect. have been
paid IS for What was my best miniature
work That eye belonged to Il very nice
gentleman in Wall street, who said he had
accidentally fallen nonacub-Stone- broker
Fifty cents is my charge tor roughs and
politicians. average about ten eyes II
day. Monday is mostly Il busy day, and
the crop comes in from Saturday and Sun
day st. pntricl,'7 Day brings L perfect
Iar,,,-t \ t,,liti,.l rnnnbtinu of an =
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

This is the oldest and most salrcd thare
ii, 1t IL set to musk, and plays ''Homc
Sweet Home" about noon. 1t has bin
listened tcw with more rapturous delite
than ever Grat1ula's gons. 1t will arrest
4 man and bring him in quicker than
Sherrill's' warrcnt. 1t kauscs the deaf to
hear, and the dumb to shout Tor joy.
Glorious old instrument. long may yure
lungs last
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

ANECDOTE OF BEECHEE AND CIIArIN.
During their summer vacation, Henry
Ward Beechcr and DR.. ,Chapn, were
travelling q short stage route together,
and according to their wont rode upon
the outside, passing the time most agree
ably in genial conversation and in admir-
ing the scenery. AT one Of the stopping
places on the route, Il countryman asked
them Gould they make room tor him
up there? ?' which they cheerfully did
Soon after taking his seat Mr. Bcecher en-
tered into conversation with him, and
finding that he had recently returned
from II visit to New York, and, to use his
own expression had seen enough OF it,
asked him if he stopped over Sunday and
went to meeting there. He said he had
and went over to Brooklyn TO hear icl-
low preach, he did not hear his name.
''Henry Ward Beecher?" suggested Dr.
Chaplin.
Eyes, that was his name"
GLOW do you like him ?" said DR..
Chaplin, winking at Mr.. Beccher.
"Oh, very WE'LL" said the countryman.
''Did you go to hear him in the after
| noon ?n said Mr.. Beecher
"No, | went up town to hear another
big fellow
cdr Chapin?" suggested Mr.. Bccchcr.
''And which did you like best p said
Mr. Beecher, slyly winking at Dr. Chaplin
"Oh, thunderr' said the countryman
Dir. ."Chapin can preach Beechcr righ
out Of his boots.n
You had better believe there was :
pretty loud shout went up from til,
coach for while--a shout that aston
ished the countryman, who failed to re
cogniZe his .iovial fellow travellers.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

punch" says: "What in women is
called curiosity, in a man is gradiloquent-
ly magnitied in the spirit Of inquiry
The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

"You will lose nothing in the long
rum said an eminent divine. from the
pulpit, "by being kind atlectionatc, and
cheerful" Before night the eminent
divine logged six of his children with
in an inch of their lives, and gave his
wife a tremendous "blowing up' be-
cause she had forgotten to sew string
on his nightcap.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-27
THE NORTH pACJFIC RAILROAD.

No intelligent person can look at a map of
our possessions without contrasting In his
mind the density of Western Europe with the
illimitable tracts of implanted soil which
stretch from the further frontier of Minnesota
to the Pacific Sea. There are mountains rich
in almost all varieties of useful and of precious
ores, and plains exuberant with rank vege-
tation "whereOf the mower filleth not his
"hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves
/" his BOSOM" To civilization this vast region
is terra incognita. In this age of transit,
when Sabbath days journey traverses the
larger part of continent, and the migration
of it can be accomplished in O week, when
books are written by travellers fresh from the
ranges of the Ural and Ithe Himalayas, and
the heart of Africa no longer battles the adj
venturOus spirit and the new resources of
the West, the Northwest of this Union is
still q more mysterious land than the sources
of the Nile or the plains Of Tartary to the
jewellers upon its very borders. The accounts
of the trappers and the scientific expeditions
which, until within very few years, contributed
our only trustworthy knowledge of it, agree in
attributing to it mild and equal climate,
fertile soil, and an abundance of all the pro-
auctions of nature which are essential to the
welfare of man. Yet it remains to us no more
than in name. And the specific names which
are attached to portions OF it-Montana,
Wyoming, Dakota, Saskatchewan-conyey to
most of us only the notion OF monOtOnOus
wilderness, where the bison and tho less at
tractiye Indian contend with varying fortune
for supremacy.
The map elsewhere published. and the de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-27
and torn to pieces before all men in the high

and torn to pieces before all men in the high
way.
On the other hand, why, pray, should they
not have for an audience all New-York, or all
the country7 When thu reporter of the press
prizes into private affairs, listening at the key
holes of back doors for the secrets ard griefs
of domestic life, in order that he may blazOn
them abroad for so much line he becomes
one of the most disgusting leeches that prey
upon modern society. No man who draws his
livelihood from the vulgarer tastes and most
prurient passions of other men can justify his
right to live among them. But religious
conference is not domestic life. These pro-
testing clergymen are by no means in the
position of club Of gentlemen who meet
privately to exchange their views upon
matter of business and command the right to
secrecy. Clergymen are men who have set
themselves conspicuously apart to influ-
ence the world in a particular, emphasized
manner, and when they confer together,
not only the church which employs them, but
the world on which they are to act, has a
right to hear and judge them. How else are
they to decide upon their fitness for the mis-
siOnary work they have undertaken If the
trumpet give forth an uncertain sound how
9" shall we prepare ourselves for the battle 7"
Consequently, let there be no trumpet
blowing behind closet doors or under
bushel measures. No minister of God
who has his work earnestly in hand
and keeps his life and words confOrmed in
integrity to that work need be afraid of the
"myriad readers of the New-York press,s even
if his grammar is rusty and his style slipshod
Let him speak out his opinion, and the louder
the better.
Bad grammar and loose English we all know
80 well nowadays that they pass without
notice. But a good man doing his work stead
lily and humbly, be it great or small, is sight
which all mankind turns the second time to
look at Why then cover it up in conerf
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scription which accompanies IL, wiz 10 inuch
40 J.snota tho ignorance which has hitherto
,rov,;Ied about one of tho most interesting,
and in it's possibilities perhaps the most i'm
nortant of all the component portions of orr
domain. The one thing which is needed to
develop the resources of this magnificent ter
ritory is quick and easy access. That the North
ern Pacific Railway proposes to supply. This
corporation is indeed in some sense private
speculation. But it is, in spite of cavils, the
possessor and trustee of 100000 acres of our
public lands. Its possession of this area
binds it to fulfill public function,
and every citizen is entitled to watch
and to criticise its fulfliment of that
function. 1t is fortunate that its interests and
its duties are inseparable. The road will not
pay until it has secured a population of in
dustrious and prosperous settlers along its
route, and those settlers it cannot secure until
it has offered them such inducements to come in
and fill up its vacant lands as will make those
lands answer the purpose for which they were
set apart, and to promote which they were
assigned to the uses of this railway. There
may not be for years to come enough through
traffic from the Atlantic to the Pacific by this
Northern route, to make profitable return
upon the outlay required to build road
from Lake Superior to Puget Sound. But
there ought under right and rational man.
agement, to be collected at once the
nucleus of that population upon which the
prosperity of the road must finally depend.
The surest guaranty we can have of the set
Element of such population is that the pros
-, of caVII
that there are already two Pacific roads is
really an idle one, for the reason that each OF
these roads will depend not upon its termini
but upon the territory tributary to and made
accessible by it. The map of tho Northern
Pacific shows the vastness, and the description
accompanying it the resources of the country
traversed by it. From these it is evident
that there is ample room and verge enough
for its magnificent success, provided 1t makes
the most of the means so profusely put into It's
hands, Its success by those means is matter
of public moment. 1t concerns not only the
DEVELOPMENT Of America, but tho relief OF
Europe, and, in q great and incalculable meas
ure, the civilization of the world. As citizens
and as philanthrOpists, we cannot fan to feel
the keenest interest in its success. If its mana
gers succeed in the great design they have
proposed to themselves, they will have per-
formed work for the world hardly second to
that of him who led the children of Israel out
of Egypt into land flowing with milk and
honey, and perpetuated his name by founding
a nomadic and indestructble race, as the pro-
iectors of the Pacific Railway propose to per-
petuate their own by founding capacious and
continuing city for all the wanderers of the
earth.
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SECRET SESSIONS.
by it,.

We perceive that our Methodist brethren,
whose liberal course with regard to healthy
amusements we commended lately are again
in conference, and devoted the first day of
their session to discussion as to the expedi-
ency of excluding all reporters in consequence
of the notOriety given to their former proceed
ings. They made no charge against the accu-
racy of tho reports. The sole objection to
them was, as we understand, that when the
reverend gentlemen assembled to talk over
church affairs in an informal manner with
coats and gloves off and grammar loose) they
did not wish nor expect to "call in for an
"audience the myriad readers of the New
"York press" Now, it seems to us that in
this objection our friends betrayed as little of
the wisdom of the serpent as the harmless
ness of the dove. In the first place, they
know little of the genuine reporter not to
understand that locked door only whets his
appetite. If they invite and urge him to their
conference, most likely he will treat them and
their feast Of reason with but slight notice I;
but let him scent a secret, and he will follow
it ike a slouth-hound till il is dragged out
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upon an invincibe nation to force its way
into the walled-up Empire and compel the
refractory and benighted inhabitants to accept
the blessings of free education and the Chris
tan religion at the point of the bayonet. We
believe the Acknowledged Youth would be all
the better for a thorough acquaintance with
our language, people, customs, and religion J;
but they cannot attain to much MISCHIEF
as long as they are taught nothing more
corrupting than the mild philosophy OF inc
Reverend Master Kung who counseied MS
scholars five hundred years before the Chiis'iah
Era not to do unto others what they wouiu
not have others do unto them, thus putting III
the negative form one of the most sublime
teachings of the later Christian religion Inc
decree of the Chinese Government, the out
lines of which we publish this morning, Is
likely to exasperate every so-called civilized
nation. but if Christian rulers will put them
selves in the place of the Celestial Emperor
and reflect upon their probable action should
the disciples of COnfucius invade Christian
lands to propagate the heathenish religion of
their own country, the more sensible and dis
Greet Of them will avoid appearing ridiculous
in absurd proclamations and diplomatic dis
Matches
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fore would be slow and painful. Upon tbi,

fore would be slow and painful. Upon tbi,
ground exclusively his punishment was com
muted to imprisonment. 1t made no djFs,.
ence that thousands of men for triflino ~
lenses had suffered death by slow stranppIo.
ton at the HANDS of drunken and nerv.
Gus hangmen. HGre was case clearly
established where han. cling would hurt. and
the Government eagerly sized the opportunity
of avoiding it. That Communication was an IN.
conscious verdict against capital punishment.
Hanging is tradition so firmly fixed in tbe
Anglo-Saxon mind that no alternative mode
of inhictng death will probably ever bs
adopted 1t is the most inhumane ard uneer.
tain of all forms of judicial Staying now in
use, and yet the English and Americans de-
nounce the guillotine and the garotte With
pharisaic efIrontery, and thank Heaven we ar,
not as the blood-thirsty Frenchand Spaniards
We should feel some regret at seeing reason
and mercy introduced upon the scaffold LET
the barbarism and absurdity Of the rope b.
retained until humanity Is sufficiently dis.
gusted to abandon judicial murder altogether.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-27
ZANE BY SUBSCRIPTION, C. o. D.

We print this morning letter from Mr..
Bayard Taylor detailing an additional chapter
of the swndling operations of literary con-
fdence man to whom we have already given
good deal of candid notice. The case which Mr.
Taylor relates is one of unusual impertinence
and dishonesty, but the entire business of this
person is intOerable. If he relied exclusively
upon the vulgar ambition of obscure men to
see their names in print there would be no
special objection to allowing the fools and
their money to be parted in this way. But
not satisfied with this safe and sufficient
means of income, by stealing and forging the
names of reputable authors rs his patrons and
contributors, he is sometimes enabled to draw
their friends into momentary expressions OF
compliance which are afterwards used as pre-
texts for remorseless matchmaking. 1t is i'm
possible to prevent the printing of books and
newspapers at the expense of those who are
willing to pay for the indulgent Immortality
thus conferred. Tho success of society papers
devoted to puffs Of people not in society," and
of these subscription volumes Of biography
recording the lives of men who have done
nothing worthy of record show only too
plainly how sure q mine of profit is to be
found IN this most commonplace of human
foibes.
We can sec no especial reason for desir-
ing the suppression of this branch Of in
dustry az long as it is confined to legitimate
channels. There is no more moral turpitude
involved in Tweed and Fisk paying for
biography than in Brown and Robinson paying
for portrait. The result is in each case
bad book and bad picture, but nobody buys
either but him to whom it is worth its price.
When, however, these enterprising book
makers leave this regular business of furnish
ing a given amount of flattery at so much a
page to the ounces who want it, and by q
fraudulent use of respectable names endeavor
to blackmail decent people and swinde the
public, the matter assumes very different
aspect, and deserves the severest reprobaton
of the press and the restraining hand of the
law. If this swindle were once made notorious,
it would no longer be effective among the
classes who have been already 80 annoyed
nv IL