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spirit OF courage impaired bv Con-bat;ro

spirit OF courage impaired BY COrbativo-
ness ard Destructiveness be must have Dc.
tTgrmlnatIon, impaired by large Firmness.
lie must be what the Germans call j
schmIter," hence schmidt, ,"-in English
smlth' CombativeDess gives this disposi-
uon 70 % smite. A man in whom it il large
rkes % do all bis work with blow or a Jerk.
lie Will split wood or chop wood rather than
saw IT, One with less Combativeness pre-
fers the drawing stroke of the saw rather
than the sudden blow of an axe. Largo
Destructlveness gives that kind of eficiaS :
iorce and severity, tendency to crush and
oatter' That the trade requires. The stone
OUTER whose business is largely affected by
blows, needs also Combativeness and De-
structlveness. Tbe ..penter, who likes 10
use the axe, the adj, and The !, miner viii
be found amply endowe' 'l4i ,Jombative-
ness and Destructiveness.
There are many minor qualities which
tend to make the blacksmith successful or
% hinder bis success, such as Cautiousness.
APProostlveness, SelfEsteem, Acquisitive,
ness, Seeretiveness, all the qualities that
60 10 make up judicious and influential
character will Of course aid the blacksmitbs.
az y would man in any other trade or oc
cupation. - "
Let no young man, then, engage in black.
smlthlng who has not an energetic physical
constitution adapted to work hard. He
should next have enough Combativeness and
Destructlvenes to give the disposition to use
tne power he possesses and strike while the
IRON is hot, and that degree of Firmness and
steadfastness which will enable him to use
bis power perslstently until the iron becomes
cool lie should have broad, deep chest.
large bones, brawny muscles, head broad
IN the region Of the ears, wide at the tenn
pies broad between the eyes, with prom
lnent brow, with strong if not coarse hair,
and rather dark complexion. Such man
Will be tough, efficient, enduring, and. i'll
temperate, successful 1t should not be
forgotten that the blacksmith, especially the
horseshoer, should have a keen sense OF
hearing, because in driving horseshoe nails
he is quite as much guided by the sound as
oy anything else as to whether the nail is
running into the sensitive portion Of the
foot or turning out Of the hoof at the prop
eE place to make the clinch. When the
nearing becomes much impaired, the horse
shoer resigns bis post, Or pricks many q
valuable hOrses foot
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Up ! where n "Up stairs in bed N

"UP where n up stairs in bed n
A PERSON, hearing ''time is money" be-
came desirous Of learning how many years
i would take to pay little debt of one hun
dred dollars.
A PATIENT complained to bis physician
that he was pursued by ghost the night
before, as he was going home from the tsv-
ren. "Wbat shape was it" asked the
doctor. In the shape Of jackass," said
the man. go home" replied the pbysi-
clan, "and keep sober You were drunk
last night, and frightened by your own
shadow"
Mr.. @. was a most inveterate punster.
Lying very i'll Of cholera, bis nurse pro
posed to prepare young, tender chicken.
" Had mt you better take an old hen" said
@. in low whispcr-he was too i'll to speak
louder-''for she will be more apt to lay
on my stomach" G. fell back and the
nurse tainted.
AN Irishman, having jumped into the
water to save a man from drowning, upon
receiving a quarter from the person as o
reward for the service, looked first at the
money and then at him. and at last exUlaim-
ed: 'Pm Over-paid for the job"
WHAT should man carry with him when
calling upon bis affanced Affection in
his heart, perfection in his manners, and
confection in his pockets.
DoCroR, looking learned and speaking
slow Nv ell, mariner, what tooth do you
want extracted Is it molar or an in
cisor z" Jack, short and sharp; 1T j. in
the upper tier, On the laboard side. Bear
a hand, you swab, for it is niPping me like
lobster"
"A wELL-KNowN officer in Aud ReelliG
was celebrated for bis cunning and wit
His mother having died in Edinburgh, he
hired hearse and carried her to the fami
\ II burying place in the highlands. He
returned it, it is said, with the hearse full
of smuggled whisky, and being teased about
it BY friend, be said "Wou, man.
there's : nae harm done. | only took ava
the body and brought back the spirits"
THERE are times when one cannot write
Or speak, or even act as the occasion re-
qulres, not because he does not feel how.
The power Of instructive adoption is gone
lie il wholly unequal to the crisis. he
takes his pen to write, be has dim PerceP-
ton of an idea that ought to come, but will
not He may be called upon to utter hrs
sentiments, and he finds d whole treasury
Of precious material locked and the key is
gone. When the occasion IS over, this
wealth lies about him like sprlnkled gold
dust, and be fairly sinks under tho chagrln
that gathers upon him.
A VERY susceptible bachelor was passing
down the street the other day and obsery-
ing thimble, picked it up. After stand
inc a moment in mute meditation on the
probable owner, be reverently pressed i 70
bis lips, and said, "Oh, that this we're the
lips of the divine angeLcal wearer, and the
golden chord of love would ever encircle
our hearts a. this beautiful implement Of
industry enclosed the fair hands Of the own
er, and--''-" Boss, jis please frow dat
fimble in the entry, jis drap it, said
great, big, fat, black darkey, looking out Of
an upper window.
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To BE CONTINUED.
Homes for the Poor.


The Philadelphians build on the ground
Tatser than N tAf rs ait 81 ssht4fg shHf to reach
lawyers office in fact, it Is not many years
since there were no separate buildings for
law offices, these being in one part of the
dwelling house, as those Of physicians are
to-day in New York.
This spaciousness of territory enables
Philadelphia to carry out system of build
ING, in one respect, that makes it unlike ali
other cities of the world, viz: the putting
up of small houses for the accommodation
OF the poorer class.
Among all the various objects Of attrac-
ton with which the city abounds, there is
nothing calculated to interest one serdeeply
as this class Of buildings The city, at least
for itself, has solved the difficult question
how to provide suitable homes for the poor
Peabody plan Tor the poor Oi London and
the most improved system proposed in New
York, while they add much 70 the comfort
Of the laborng class, and reduce their ex-
penses, fail in the great pOint-to secure a
home for them. Huge caravansarles, how
ever cOmmodious, do not do this. There
is scarcely a more pitiable sight than one
meets of a summer evening in block OF
tenement houses in New York, even those
considered above the average in appearance
and comfort They are huge blOts on the
/ city, and one can scarcely wonder that the
inmates are glad to get out of them at every
opportunity, and seek the open country OF
even the drinking saloon.
Philadelphia has but few tenement houses.
Each household has its own dwelling, which
is its home. The houses are small, but
complete. There are two rooms on the first
floor, besides a kitchen. On the second
floor are bedrooms and a bathroom thus
making a snug little home for the young
mechanic or frugal laborer. 1t seems al
first that there could be no improvement on
this arrangement, but great one has been
adopted. A single block was set apart fol
the erection of small houses, and as those
who would occupy them would not use car
riages, it was proposed that way for car
rying in coal, groceries, etc, should b
made in the rear of the buildings, while il
front nothing but Tagged sidewalk should
be left for the public travel, the whole stree
being covered with greensward, making 1
lirtle park for the occupants Of the houses
Mr.. Leslie has taken a deep interes
in the subject, and is carrying out thi
beautiful plan on more extensive scale.
Houses Of the cheap and comfortable
sort are for sale to the occupants at reason
able prices, thus tempting them to lay b.
yearly Of their earnings that they may be-
come owners. This is frequently done
and hundreds are constantly becomin:
householders - independent men-givinG
them, consequently, a sense of increased
importance and responsibility as citizens
These pleasant, quiet homes are rented, W
are told, at from $3.50 to $4OO per annum
From article on "PhiLadelphia," By J
z. Heddlcy, IN Scribner's for J,tly
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from the Phi adelphis Sunday Mercury.
An Incident of the Coal Strike.

Give me something to eat, mother
Something to sOothe the pang
or hunger that gnaSs my lite, mother,
And stay the monster tang
The monster of Famine, / me an, mother,
That stalks with footsteps dread
That walks 1y night aud day, mother
With tireless Steps aud tread
That visits homes OF poor, mother,
The homes OF needy po5r,
And seeks an entrance there. mother,
Though nauRht exist to lure
Trat touches tie Cld and young, mother,
That touches the tad and good
whose presence, when nigh is marked, mother
by famishmg cries for food.
] feel his presence now, mother,
ave teit his shadow before
I've Seen him stalk in rags, mother,
E'o1 TO the cabin doOr.
Bat now teel his touch, mother
HE guASIDg, Woli-hke bic,
And ear the Sigh, and tamishing crY,
That guide his sttps Alright.
lie followed with shsrk-like ken, mother,
his long and desperate e. strike -
He sits his and stings, mother,
on parents and child aiikt.
But DO not cry snd irey, Eisthcri
P.vsrtY fr eua above
IS looking ~ a. to night, mother 80
We II -unei tOr HIS love.
And though it's hard thar We, mother,
should suffer TOR want ot bread
shCu feel the psr e OF want, mother,
When even the bIutSs are Ied-
Yet brutrs Know nAug Of q d, mother,
And wealth is i-eting ami ligtt
They II Vtn no place aDoye, u.Sther,
In regions pure aud bright.
READGNG, ApIn ~, 1874.
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A MURDERER's HEAD.-After the ex-
ecutiOn Of Rulof, the Bingbampton mur-
dSrer, his physicians obtained bis head and
dissected it. His brain was found to weigh
SO ounces, being 81 or 10 ounces heavier
than the average. The skull was probably
the thickest ever known. In no place was
it less than three-eighths Of an inch in thick
ness, and in most places it was half an inch
thick. The usual thickness Of a man
skull is less than a fourth of an inch. The
upper portion Of the brain, which directs the
higher moral and religious sentiments, was
very deficient. In the formation of bis brain
Rulotf was ferociOus animal, and so fal
as disposition could relieve him from re-
spOnsibility, he was not responsible for hi.
crimes.
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SOME Of our readers who have lived over
fifty years may be glad to know what they
have accomplished in that time. According
to French statistician, the average man
has, at that age, slept 5000 days, worked
$500 days, walked 800 days, amused him
self A, 900 days, spent 800 in eating, and
been sick 500 days He has eaten 1900
pounds Of bread, 10000 pounds Of meat,
and 1900 pounds of vegetables, fish, etc. /;
drank 1000 gallons Of liquids. There are
,25O days 10 q half century, and from
The above statememtiit would seem that q
mau slept Just one-third of the time.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

The most dangerous animal among wild
beasts is the slanderer; among tame animals,
the fattCrer.
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THERE are now sixteen States 10 the
Union with over one million inhabitants ip
each.
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GlaelGbaln'S Bank Building,
"a Il 80 La Sale Street.,

- Y JU Id CulIC pllCCli
is fully organized and ready to
receive deposits, upon which SIX
per cent interest will be paid, sub
tttt the rules Of the institution.
aENRV GREENEBAUM, Presid't
laOS, HOYNE, First vice-Pres't.
VaS, WIRTH, Second vice-Frest.,
WISE, Cashier.
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From the chronological Journal
WHAT CAN I DO BEST9
THE puRsurrs REQUIRING srREnc \.
THE BLACKSMITH.

THE BLACKSMITH.
Some persons are so organized, mentally
and physically, that anything like hard
work awakens dread and aversion. Thev
do not lack the spirit of industry they are
willing to give attention, thought, and such
effort as they can bestow, but they cannot
take hold Of heavy, hard work. They
could ride all day, and half the night-the
steam'engine or hosse doing the drudgery.
TDey can think, talk, watch, wait, nc 20
tlate, and do light work. Tebse persons
generally have light muscles, a compare
lively small chest, and not very much di-
gestive power. They make but little steam;
the base of their brain is comparatively small,
and most OF their cerebral development is
forward Of the ears.
Another class likes hard work as it has
been said, " their muscles ache with pure
strength, " and if they are confined to light
occupations or sedentary pursuits, they fret,
are discontented, and are likely to quit the
business at the first opportunity. Such
boy, put to engraving, type-setting, watch
making, or tailoring, will straighten up
hundred times day, and every fiber in
bis system will yearn for liberty and for
labor. Therefore physiology bodily de-
velopment-is to be considered in selecting
pursuit as well as mental disposition and
talent.
Among the trades requiring robustness
Of constitution. with strong bones and mus
eles, large lungs, and broad base of brain,
we would name Observation-Disclosures
arFlage-ironing-bricklaying, carpentry,
cooperng, iron founding, milling, mill
Wrightlng, tanning, stone cutting, stone
masonry, mining, farming, numbering, and
sea-farlng. Each of these pursuits demands
similar general bodily organization, be-
cause each requires bone and muscle,
strength and energy, hardness and health
IN short, the power to generate vitality
by converting food into nourishment, thus
giving muscular force and constitutional
vigor to perform the necessary labor. But
the mental differences required for 6rst>
class blacksmith, miller, or farmer might
cause failure in one or all if their yoca-
tiOns were exchanged
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-11

AMONG the contingent expenses of Con-
grcss are some curious items. From an
account, recently published in the New
York Tribune, it appears that the aver
age cost to the government Of burying a
member Of COngressi is about 81 800. The
arrest of Patrick Woods, for knocking
down a Virginia Congressman, who re
fused to drink with him, took 1870 from
the contingent fund, of which 81 day
went to keep the prisoner in provisions
during his incarceration. Pat must have
lived well, or somebody made money by
the operation. The cost of bringing the
recalCitrant witness, Florence ScsnneI,
from New York, was 1891. Would-be
members, who failed to establish any seats
in the House, took $5l, 500 from the fund.
The cartiDg of documents to and from
the House, cost $500, at 81 per load.
The cost of board at a New Orleans hotel
is set down at IS per day, which is the
amount charged by the Committees of
Elections and their messenger, for the
three months spent in that city invesli-
eating the Louisiana cleo ion frauds. One
thousand dollars was paid to Caleb Cush-
ing for defending Gen. Butler, in the suit
brought against him, in Baltimore, by
Mr.. Woolly; $1,000 more to William
Sebley for his services in the same cause.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-11

SENATOR PATTERSON, (RadicaD of New
Hampshire, presented a report to the
Senate few days ago in regard to the
sfnternal arrangements of the New
York Custom House-from which it ap-
peared that hundreds of so-Called clerks
received large salaries for political seryi-
ces. and that smuggling had been re
duced to system by revenue
officials. This expose of Radical
management fell Ike bomb
shell in the capitol, and is exciting com
ment on every hand, saving only the
administration organs, which seem to be
profoundly ignorant of the whole matter.
The New York Nation, which is the
ablest and the most honest Radical jour
nal in the country, does not mince words
in speaking of this new development Of
s'moral ideas ''The President" says
the Nation, with fine appreciation Of
the Presidential character, twill probably
continue to recommend civil service re
form, as Gen. Grant did in his last mes
sage, while keeping up in the New York
Customhouse, as he does, a state of
things which it is no eXaggeration to call
q disgrace to a Christian people. " The
Nation appears TO be disguised with
Grants practice in the light of his profess
sion, aud declares that ''the time is not
far distant when men who believe there
ought to be some connection between
their morals and their politics will no
more think of voting for patty which
keeps up such an an institution as the
New York CustomhOuse, than Of sub
scnblng to the support of a brothel or
gambling house" This is certainly
strong language, but the facts are also
strong. What is true of the New York
Customhouse is true of the whole ''civil
service" under Radical rule.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-11

When the Democrats declared that
promise to pay was not payment, or in
other words, that greenbaek could not
be made legal tender by legislation, the
Radical press as well as the Radical poll
ticians raised cry of ''traitor" and
"copperhead," which for the time
being answered for argument and helped
to deceive the masses. Now, however,
that intensely Radical newspaper, the New
York Tribune, which once defended with
all the resources of its sophistry ''the
legal tender act" speaks of it in recent
issue, in the following language:
"We would fain believe that there lie,
among considerate citizens, no dissent
from the proposition that our present cur
rency is a national disgrace. Not that the
difference of 10 or II per cent.
between paper and specie is neces-
sarily very grave evil; for we all know
that whoever buys or sells, contracts or
pays, does SO in 1ull view of this differ
ence. He who was worth 500, 900
year, and now finds himself worth but
500, 600, must consider that the latter
sum lin currency represents as great-a
value as the former did when gold stood
at double the present premium. 1t is not,
therefore, on the assumption that it robs
one class or another, but in contempla
ton of its essential falsehood, that we
protest against perpetuation of this
currency. The United States will pay
the bearer five dollars-when? where
in what? How long shall these questions
await some sort of answer9"
But the germ of the TFi6Wne's article
is contained in some comments made on
plan suggested by New York financier.
Here are Greeley's words:
'In short, with the sdoption of Mr..
Eadie's plan, We return in effect to the
basis on which Congress and the country
first assentCd to the desperate eTpedient
of making a mere promise do duty for
the money 'OLich 1t did not ege1l truly
represent"
If this is not a concession that the
Democracy were right all the time, then,
says the Pittsburg Paper, we are not capa-
bic of understanding or approaching few
very plain English sentences. Unlike
most Radical editors, Greeley has the
knsck of acknowledging facts now and
then, and homely way of hurting out
the truth.
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CRAMPS POOR RELATIONS.

The New York Sun, although Radi-
cal organ, is certainly not very much in
favor Of Grant. Cramer, whom that
paper irreverently calls ''the little foreign
brother in-law of Grant, sort of half
fledged preacher" having been confirmed
as Minister from this country to the
ancient kingdom of Denmark, the Sun
says:
'ENOw that Cramer has been provided
for, let the other brother-in-lsw, Corbin,
be taken care Of. tie is more generally
if not more favorably known than Cramer,
and is an older if not a better man. We
have in these days swarm of travelling
Treasury agents. We Lave them North,
South, East and West. Let COrbin be
appointed General Supervising Travelling
Treasury Agent, to go around everywhere
and in all directions, and gobble up all
that he can.
''Let no man say now that We do not
generously support Gen. Grants admin
istratiOn. If we are to have such pol
icy as he has inaugurated, let us have it
entire, on the European plan. Has Gen.
Grant any more poor relatiUnsl If he has,
let thCir names be sent in, so that we
may make out complete list Of those
still in want. -
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be sensible in this respect at least

IT is stated that the agricultural stats
tics of the census returns will be ready
for publication at an early day, and will
show many interesting facts now not gen
orally known. They will prove that
there has been considerable decrease in
the amount of live stock raised in New
England since 1860, while the business Of
market gardening, in the vicinity of the
cities and villages, has grown very rapid
". One consequence of this is marked
improvement in the style of living afford
ed by the middle classes, as shewn ia the
greater variety found on the tables of me
chsnics and improved modes of cooking.
1t is thought that this will result in no.
ticeable improvement in the health of the
people. The mortality statistics will be
very much more complete than those of
any previous census, and though the death
rate of 1870 may appear greater than
that Of 1859, which was reported as l in
so. it is supposed that this will show
rather more faithful record than an iu-
crease of mortality. The bane of all
vital statistics is the unknown col
umn, and this Gen. Walker expects to re-
duce from 80 to so per cent below that
of 1860.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-11
THE TEXAS SENATORIAL MUD
DIE

Several months ago, the Legislature Of
Texas, in which the Radicals have a ma.
jOrity, chosen under the inspiration of
the bayoEet, elected Morgan C.. Hamil-
ton CRadicaD United States Senator for
the unexpired term ending with the Sd of
March, 1871, and also, for the long term
of six years, commencing on the 4th of
March. But Radical as he is, he would
not shut his eyes to the infsmy of his
party in Texas. Shortly after he took
his seat in the Senate he began to criti-
else the conduct of the Legislature and
State officials rather sharply, and IN a let
ter to friend in Texas, dated Dec. Is,
1870, he says:
II had supposed from what l could
learn of the feelings and purposes of a
majority of the members of the Legisla-
ture, that an effort would be made at the
coming session, and perhaps successfully,
to elect another Senator for the term be-
ginning on the 4th of March next. If
the body should do 81, it will smOunt at
least to q vote Of want of confidence.
feel that have lost the confidence of all
those who came into the Republican or
gani7ation for the purpose of plumber;
also of those who eXpeC ed the reign of
party discipline to repress the Indignation
which every honest man must feel to see
the public and private resources of the
country worked like mine for the indl-
vidual profit Of set of greedy adventu-
rers. The feeling of want Of confidence
is mutual. At issue with the State admin
istratiOn on sundry measures of policy, |
have found it inconsistent with my sense
of duty to remain silent, and at the same
time against my conscience to COnnive at
the cOrruptiOns which have cropped out
among the members of the Legislature
and others during the current year"
This gave mortal offense to the Cover
nor and he at once discovered that Ham
ilton's election was invalid, on account of
informslities, and so the Legislature went
to work and elected Satrsp Reynolds for
the position TO which Hamilton had al
ready been elected. There will likely be
a lively time when Reynolds presents
himself TO claim a seat in the Senate.
The friends of Hamilton are positive in
their belief that Reynolds will not but
that Hamilton will be admitted as the
legally elected Senator from Texas.