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KISS ME.-Composers should be
more careful in selecting names for
their musical gems; for very frequent
ly the oldest mistakes arise from this
idiosyncracy. The following amusing
instance of occasional mishap is told
by correspondent:
A very pretty and exceedingly mod
est young lady the other morning
stepped into well-known music store
to make some purchases, and was
waited upon by an equally modest
clerk.
Throwing back her veil, the lady
said: M
81 want Rock Ne to Sleep"
Procuring the music, the young gen.
tleman laid it before her.
"Now," said the young lady, ~
want the Wandering Refugee"
The clerk bowed, and this was also
produced.
"And now" exclaimed the purcba-
ser, with a bewitching smile, "'Kiss
Me.'n
The unfortunate youth gazed in
mute amazement.
"Wh-what did you say, Miss7' he
at length found words to ask.
'sKiss mel"
81 Ca can't do it," he gasped, in
agony; ~ never kissed a young lady
in my life"
The veil instantly dropped, and the
would-be purchaser, hurriedly placing
the music on the counter, took a has
ty departure. The clerk only recov-
cred after a somewhat. spirited ex-
PLANTATION with the proprietor, but
hereafter the new composition, "kiss
Me-" WILDE conspicuously posted at
the entrance of the establishment.
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Rpet's Corner Seleetsa
SOLITUDE.
by VINEYARD.

When fairies dance upon the green,
And tiny elves from flowers peep,
And moonlight wraps in silvery sheen
The earth and all that on it sleeps;
l love to think Of days gone by,
Whose memory fingers like the breeze
That rllshes past. but back will hy
To whisper softly to the trees.
The past then live DER again.
And seek forgetfuiness of cafe;
The thoughts of What has been may pain,
But more of pleasure with them bear.
For Time will soften. soon or late,
The griefs that tried our early days
And darkness, if we will but wait,
is soon dispelled by Hopes bright rays.
Like some pure stream that ,ripples by,
And on its placid bosom bears
Sweet blossoms that in fragrance vie
With all of beauty Nature wears
So, when alone, the tide of thought
Will often precious memories bring.
With sweetest perfumes richly framght,
From regiOnsof eternal spring
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and the worsf forms of Skin diseases, ,EiMp-
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for when once this remedy commences its
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and when there is pricking, burning
sensation when passing water, and pain in
the Small of the Back and along the Loins
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LA,

IN SaIety, Wltnout suspicion lie, ueep-
~ mortified at such statement, and,
equal to the task, was promptly on
hand. A few hours later both were
vending their way up che Mississippi.
Annie blushing at thought of her late
troubles, looked, and indeed was hap
Ply as she had been miserable, and
Henry, proud Of his little wife, almost
bethouGht himself master of the steam
er. The same evening the following
note found it's way to Mr.. Sidney's:
"StR-Unwilling to consent to see
yeur daughter suffer longer at your
hands, married her at two o'clock to-
day. Having, as gentleman, twice
submitted my request to. you, without
success, / do not deem myself guilty
of a wrong act. Permit me to assure
-yoa, sir, however, that by Gods aid
she shall be happy and ,coDtend-no
want shall ever escape her lips.
With due regard.
Your law,
HENRY HUNTINGTON"
Since Annie's retort the night previ-
Gus, they had feared this. She had al
ways done thing she put her mind to.
1t was but the execution of threat she
had sworn, It therefore did not surprise
as much rs anger them. Mr. Sidney
burned with rage; calling his servants
and in the presence Of all forbade the
utterance of the name of his wayward
and disobcdient daughter within his
walls, under the penalty of an immedi-
ate expulsion. She was to be thing
of the past, forgotten, but unforgiven.
Every little article that tended to re-
mind them of Anne, was thrown with
in her chamber, then barring the win
dows and locking the door, he placed
the key in his pocket. permitting no
one to enter.
Thus it happened two unreasonable
people, suffered tire pain of their own
deeds, endeavoring by their usual. bias
in favor of one child to compel another
to yield at their pleasure to snbmis
siveness. 1t was severe lesson taught
them, and succeeding years plainly
Ishowed them their folly. Stung t.
their very heart's CORE. each breati
served the more to- remind them o
their selfish deeds. Adverse foftuni
stole upon them. Mr.. Sidney failed
unable longer to meet his obligations
His brown stone and contents fell un
der the sheliff1s hammer. They wer.
4 ferced to seek a smaller dwelling; then
and not until then, did they realiz
that they had acted unwisely. 1t nov
came homo to them, and smote then
! sorely. Yet it failed to touch thei
pride. Once, when want crept to thei
very door, Henry Huntington's help
ing hand was near; his kind. and gen
erous nature babe lin forget their pas
cruel actions. But they scorned hi
Offers pl eferring TO give admittance t.
the wolf, rather than accept his aims
Henry at last, provoked at his repeated
failures, withdrew his offers, and turn
ed his entiSe attention to his little fam
lily; bnt willing and ready to exteD,
the same helping hand, should thei
pride conaescend to accept his offer
l. New Orleans Times.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18
SENSE AR0UT TIE CENSUS.

It is to be hoped, though hardly to he ex-
pected. that Mayor Hall will retract his shame
full Misrepresentation concerning the Census
of last June. AS plain Mr.. "A. w. nan, the
political chameleon, his opinions are OF not the
slightest consequence; but it Is one oil the
chief Affections Of New York that tins person
is its Mayor and by virtue OF the ONCE every
EXPRESSION of the incumbent is, to some ex-
tent. the voice of the people, Mr.. Hall him.
self cannot suffer from any rashness OF speech (;
il is his function to abuse, and. Ike raDid
dog, he snaps at anything nearest to his fangs.
But, as Mayor Of New York, his remarks have
some significance. Our good name Is scan-
daized and our City disgraced by his vagaries
ON every available occasion. Perhaps Dir.
Hall himself was moro surprised than
any one else when he found that inc
President, ignorant of the real character of our
chief magistrate, dignified his false charges so
far as to make new Census Of the City. The
blow was unexpected, and the Mayor withered.
He thought his reckless fasehOOds would pass
unchalenged, and that by and by he could re-
call them with triumphant boast that the
Government dared not answer. Instead OF TINS,
this lively Thersites was suddenly dragged INTO
q court of his own summOning, and when put
TO the question was unable to find solitary
witness TO sustain his allegations. Then he
and his creatures undertook to make Census
of their Own, all to suit preordained result ;
but the thing would not work; the people I'M
numbered by Marshal Sharpe were not to be
found; they were in the country in July; they
were there in November, and are still there.
So the private Census was given up, because,
though selecting Ward where errors were
most likely to occur, Mr.. Hall could not find
MS many residents in Winter as Marshal
Sharpe did in Midsummer.
BY re-districting the City, Mayor Hall did all
that could be done to cover up the scandaous
frauds of the Spring election, when one dis
trict was credited with more votes than 1t had
residents-meD, women, and children. New
boundaries and new numbers made COMPARE
son impossible, and tho modified repeating
done in spite of Federal supervision was eff
fectually shielded from exposure. The last
enumeration, taken by Mr.. Halls own dis
tricts, affords the basis of a reasonable esti-
mate of the number of votes each district
ought to have. This may be rendered more
certain by the publication, which should be
made as soon as possible, of the record Tin
this and all cities) of sex, birthplace, age
naturalization, &C., of the Inhabitants. That
record, with the vigilance of Republican Com
mittees and the supervision of United States
officers, would bring us down to about an hon
est vote.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18

The wrath in the celestial minds of Minneapolis
burns ercely nowadays against st. PAUL. and this
is what comes of it, ST. Paul stylesitSef the head of
navigation on the Mississippi: Minneapolis perched
on the Falls Of st. Anthony, few miles further mp,
retors that the Mississippi above ST. Paul is to be
filled and graded, to make cranberry patch for
the metropolis" st. Paul publishes a modest map
of its railway system Minneapolis savagey responds
with bigger map, wherein st. Paul is represented
as the center Of network of railroads. radiating to
Alaska. Pelin, Cape Horn, London, and the Moon,
together with a dozen tracks of less longitudinal
conse1uence-the Atlantic to be brdged for some,
and the Pacific tunneled for others. Nothing more
disrespectfu was ever seen in the warke literature
of rival Western towns. Even Chicago never said
worse things of ST. Louis,-whch is the last posi-
bility of strong expression.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18

par,,sans of his. II romans to be seen no"
that measure will be received by the Chamber.
If il Is adopted, the question OF the mon
arcby can be regarded as essentially
settled The House of Orleans, among all
it's most precious possessions, has nothing
n he compared with the faithful and dislnter-
Gated devotion of this great scholar and pollti-
clan There must of necessity be something
worthy of regard and respect in the Princes Of
family which has been able to retain through
twenty-three years of exile and misfortune the
,varmest devotion of such enlightened men ms
tbose who have come TO the surface in the last
great convulson of France.
NM. Favre and Picard have arrived in Bor-
deaux to receive the instructions of the Assem-
bly, in regard to the German terms of peace.
These will probably he given in whatever
sense the Prussian Cabinet may direct. All
parties seem anxious that the question of
peace should be disposed of before that of the
definite reconstruction OF tho country is
arranged. All factions will feel easier when
the overpowering presence of Bismarck is re-
moved from their borders and the election
of King would be of i'll omen if it were
made while France was writing under tie
cOnqueror's heel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18

One of the batch of Erie bills which the
agents Of Fisk and Gould pushed through the
New-Jersey Legislature last year provided in
effect that penalty recovered in one instance
in penal action should debar rccoveries for
further violations. The Erie Railroad had been
for some time exacting Illegal freight tolls
from Paterson merchants, and had rendered
itself liable to fine of 800 for each offense.
This bill was prepared in order to enable the
Company, after paying a single penalty of
$780, to repeat the Illegal charges with impu-
nifty, and such was exactly its effect. Suits
already instituted were thrown out OF court,
and the profit to the railroad on this legisla-
tive Juggling was estimated at about
10000 IA year. A bill is now pending
at Trenton to repeal this shameful
law, and the Republicans have the power to
carry it, though we may expect spirited
battle. One of the lobby agents actually pre-
sented to the Committee the other day an
amendment which he wanted to have incor-
porated with the repeater providing that it
should not be construed to affect the Erie
Railroad-but this insolent proposal WAS not
entertained. II will not surprise us after this
to hear Mr.. Tweed conscnting to u repeal Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18

Gen. Frank Blair comes to the front. in the
Senate, with garbled statements of THE
TRIBUNE's opinions, in 1860, on the propriety
of avoiding war by allowing the people of the
South to take fair vote on the question of
Secession. We knew the gallant General had
been asleep for some time, but had hardly
expected such q Rip Van Wrinkle performance
as this. Could MT he strengthen his case by
bringing up few more of the old charges
against THE TRIBUNE2 Why not annihilate
us with that good, mouth filling epithet Dis
union, Infidel AbOlitiOnist 2" Then, there
are other trusty, well-apprOved weapons of
destruction that might once more be turned
upon us-let him call us Fourierite," or
Communist" OF "Spiritualist," or Atheist"
or John B1ownite," or "Grahamite.' And, if
all these fail, Gen. Blair need not still de-
spair: it is about time that some one of the
otten-egg-throwing fraternity-none could do
it better, perhaps than he-should once more
hurl at THE TRIBUNE the most odorOus mis-
se in their whole collection, by calling it
" the organ of the Free-Lovers." Or, il that
won't do, crush us utterly by shrieking,
fanatcal, cOd-water organ of the Puritan
"hypocrites." TO the charge, noble Soldier.