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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.

In his admirable address at the
opening of the great national San-
gerfest in st. Louis. on Wednesday.
Senator Carl Schurz had the follow
Ing beautiful passage:
Music is a language which cannot
be translated in words. Every one
may understand it differently. but
every. sensible man understands il
CORRECTLY for himself. For this Ian
guage every one carries his own die
tionary in his own breast. In each
one it calls up different thoughts and
awakens different sensations, but in
all only good. An obscene picture.
or an obscene piece of sculpture NAV
faint our fancy, but no one has ever
yet learned anything bad from music
and harmony. a melody may be ac-
companicd by bad words, but the
melody itself without the words is
innocent. Strip the operas of Often
bach of their text and the music may
appear meaningless. but it speaks
nothing evil. Music has exalted
many. 1t has never dchascd any one.
neither by il has any one ever been
misled into harm. 1t may excite the
feelings. and even intlamr the the pas
sions. but only the noble. Music is
the purcst and most virtnous Of all
arts. II hits Us from vulgar things
up to things far above us. II is the
voice OF the unuttcrablc, the color OF
the invisible. Its employment leaves
no spot. andmo regret behind. In its
impressions the purcst scnsibilitics OF
men are purified.
The music festival is therefore the
noblcst, purcst of all popular fcsti-
walls. Ii has drawn these thousands
upon thousands to our decorated city,
and into this hall. Here nobody ha,
come for his self benefit. Here busi.
ness jcalousics are silent. The voice
of scltiShurs is dumb. The little strife
OF parties III church and state is here
forgotten. In the harmonious com
mingling ofsounds Which revive til,
heart and lifts the soul above sucl
vulgaritv. the differences of the every
day life battle do not intrudr. Al
that makes us discontcntcd, and bit
ter, and warlikc has to-day sunk an,
disappcarcdin i'll the ocean of harmony
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
JOB PRINTING.
ABOUT WOMEN.

\ Western Young lady rcjoices Id
the cuphonious name of Luna Auro-
IN Borcalis Smith.
"Forevcr' in the rhetoric Of wo-
mans affection, is a sentimental hy-
pcrbolc meaning period of exactly
two months.
Miss Sarah Colt, who recently died
ut Patterson. y. j., at the age Of 30
years, was the originator of the fret
Sunday school i'll the United States.
"Talk about Jaws Of DEATH" ex-
claimed man who was living with
his third scolding wife. 81 tell you,
they're no touch to the jaws of life -
"Why do you call me birdie, my
dcar?" inquired wife Of her husband.
because" was the reply, ''you are
ALWAYS associated in my mind with q
bill"
An Indiana lady has divorce from
her husband IN her pocket, aud
whenever he doesn't mind sho
takes out the document and shows II
to him, when he "wcakcus."
a Young lady was looking at o pic
turc representing in boat, with the
arm OF the lover gently cnfouldinG
the waist OF his dulcinca, when she
innoccntly remarked, GLOW natural"'
4 lady lately on being asked what
she thought was the true meaning Of
the words. "The pcstilcncc that
walkcth in the Darkness" answered
that, lin her opinion it was bed
bugs"
\ lady rode into Canncllton, Ind,
the other day, the wife of one man,
and rode out the wife of another.
She was divorced. received n license
aud married while in town.
A sweet girl graduate" ola Mas
,achusctts school recently told an cx-
amincr that "Esop was tho author Of
Latin tables, covered with hair, and
suAd his birthright for u mess of pot
| ash
Julia l.. Wallet, n poor Providence
girl of twcmty-tw", has sued Thomas
Grace. of Cranston, an old bachelor
Of seventy five, worth round half
million. for $4,000, the price Of her
hightcd affection.
\ Western New York miss un-
guardcdlv volunteered the remark In
the family circle THAT when gentle
men eat warm maple sugar it gets
rnto their mustachcs and makes them
srratchy." Her father is curious To
know how she found il out.
4 Boston bride whose groom re.
monStratrd with her at the wedding
Tor indulging of her last maiden
,isScs ON number of her male
friends. remarked with natural mai
vcic that the gentlemen in question
had been in the habit Of kissing hcl
Ill her life. and she didn't see why
they should stop now.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
TOUCHING INCiDENT.

Duriu" one Of the most tremendous
SNOW storms ever witnessed here. last
wiutcr. writes our newfoundland
correspondent. n poor widow left her
home in search of her only son. boy
of sixteen years of age, who had gon,
ont in the morning wooI-cuttin"
with srvcra! others. Unable. to bca
her anXicticS. the poor mother rushed
out into the binding sHow-Irift
hoping to find her boy. and that h"I
feeble aruns mi 9ht in some way hell
him homeward. After struggling OF
for several miles she met the party.
who We're on their return. BY thi.
time she was utterly exhausted and
unable to retrace her steps. What
was to be done? She sank down in
the snow, worn out with fatigue an,l
hunger. The little party of boys
were quite unable to bear her amons
them homcward, and to remain witt
her would be certain death to all. II
was agreed that they should cover
her as well as possible and return t,
the village for help. Her sou. how.
ever, nobly refused to leave hi.
mother, though to remain was, in al,
probability, certain death. When
the lads gave the alarm in the village
number of men, at the peril of thcii
lives, went out to rescue the mother
and her son. Their efforts to fine
them were, for several days. fruitlcss.
They were: finally, found under {.
cliff, frozen to death and locked ir
one anothcr'S arms. "In death they
were not dividcd," for theirs was u
''lovc stronger than death" would
he difficult to find more touching in
stance of scll-sscriiicing affection than
i'll this one, taken from the "short and
simple annals Of the poor" IN. y.
Evening Post.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24
Ciyili!y is a Fortune.

Civility is II fortune itself, for o
courteous mau always succeeds we'll
IN life, and that where persons of
ability sometimes fail. The famous
Duke of Marlborough is n case in
point. IL was said of him by con.
temporary, that his agreeable man.
irrs often converted an enemy into Q
friend, and by another, that it was
more pleasing to be denied favor
by his grace than to receive one from
mother man. The gracious manner
of Charles Jamc, Fox preserved him
from di>likcs even nj time when he
was. politically, the most unpopular
man in the Kingdom. The worlds
history is full OF such examples Of
success obtained by civility. The
experience Of every man furnishes, II
"" recall the past, frequent instances
where ronciliatory manners made
the fortunes of physicians lawyers,
diviucs. politicians. merchants, and,
iudcc |. individuals of all pursuits.
To men, civility is what beauty 10 to
womam-a general passport to favor
"A letter of Introduction written In
language that every ono understands.
An lriShman named Paddy Doolan,
a rcady-wit,rd wag. always had
A word for everybody, let 1t hit
whichever way il might. Paddy
went into a grocery store one day to
buy eggs. "llow are eggs to-day 2"
he asked of the clerk. who was ono Of
those ovcr-smart fellows, by the way.
Eggs are eggs today, Paddy" ~.
piled the clerk, looking quito tri-
umphant upon two or three young
lady customers who happened to be
in the store. Faith. I'm glad to
hear yccz say So" replied Paddy"
"for the last ones got here weve
chickens"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

market for all the breadstuffs which
we can spare"
"Dinner is ready. Harvey" said a
pleasant voice in the doorway, be-
hind Merrill.
He turned and saw Carrie, in a
fresh, white muslin, with a rosebud
at her throat and two or three twisted
carelessly among the braids of her
dark brown hair.
She presided at the table with a
grace which charmed the faStidious
young physician even more than her
sclf-possessiono over the wash-tuh. and
the meal being finished. he seemed III
no hurry to pursue the sport which
ne had left his duties in the city to
enjoy.
"Good-bvc, George" sad Harvey
Allen. as six months later. the bridal
party entered the sleigh which was TO
convey them to the railway.
'.Many tiue fish has been taken by
the anglers from the city, on this farm,
but you are the first one who ever
vcnturcd to cast line in the suds.''
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

Bctrothal parties are all the cx-
citemcnt i'll New York-and are so
delightful. One young lady has had
five the past season. and thinks that
by an early commencement at Long
Branch, she will score round dozen
in the course of year.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

An evening contemporary sseseP
that Gov. Brown "has grantee ~
pitc to Dan smith, who WA ~.
fenced to bc hanged, till The ?ltA Of
August" This Is = PsoPeFn Sa ~
wsro @ ~ 10 be kept HANGING for I've
,non,hs At thIs hot time Of year, -
would certainly s7oil.-(Mempais
Appeal.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

The Danbury News says: "Wo have
"A bov this week collecting up the back
accounts to our late evening edition.
We have longing to possess pair Of
pants with n pocket behind. When.
ever We feel this craving coming on,
VIC have that boy start out. lie has
raised enough already to get the
pocket, but we should like moro Of
the pants before appearing publicly
in them.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

Local editing must be jolly in Sa-
lem, Washington county, New York.
The editor of the Press recently re-
ccived the following delightful mis-.
sive: "Ioum fellcrs want 10 keep us
fellers names out of the paper else
youm will get You id snoot busted.
This is Dizziness"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

Germany contains only three hun
dred aud twenty-sevcn negroes.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-24

1t is useless, it is madness for men
in this age to talk of getting rich at
anv business that docs not require
work, That man must work in or
der to succeed. OF even to be man,
is n blessed law.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-10

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10, 1879.
Thc Convention.

The republican state convention, to-day, Is
not libely 10 end its work difficult twill be
very different in this respect from the conven-
zion held last autumn. Everything indicates
that the views and aims of the republicans Of
Massachusetts will be fairly represented, and
that there will be no division in regard to the
course which the party shall pursue in the presi-
DENTAL canvass. Measures will be taken to
have the republican party of the state repre-
sentedfproperly in the national convention, and
70 indicate clearly that it will sustain the action
Of that convention. The position Of the party
is wei understood in every part Of the country;
and no one would be likely TO misunderstood
it even without formal declaration. It
has no favor whatever with the Cincin-
matt conspiracy, nor for anything else that
would give the democratic party strength and
encouragement. Among those we hear men
toned for election as delegates are DR.. George
B. Loring, Hon. Alexander H, Rice, Hon. Will
liam Clafin, and Hon. P. Emory Aldrch. They
are all good men, Certainlyno better man than
MIR Aldrich can be selected. Massachusetts re-
publicans cannot have in the national conyen-
ton a truer or more trustworthy representative.
1t viii be necessary TO elect six delegates, four
senatorial and two at large for the additional
representative to which the state is entitled I'M
der the new appOrtionment 1t Is understood
that Hon John H. Clifford win be president OF
the convention.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-10

me Japanese never smoke opium. They have
sMall pipes that viii hold three good Whilfs, and
OF the mldest Turkish tobacco They have
Giup mouse IN Yokohama, of which the hgh
Japanese oiiitials are members, They have
none at feddo the capital That is where Iva.
kura lives; consequently he is not member of
any cluD. The japanese have the games of
eless, cards aud dOmuoes. Their cards are
different from ours, but the essential principles
Oh the game are lhe same. Laterly they have
become large importers Of billiard tables, and
the game IS fast assuming there biph rank
Ihey are great wleslers, and every year the
champion wrestler wins the embroidered apron,
which lie is allowed to wear one wear. The
Japanese are anxious to open their country TO
foreigners, but they are profound believers in
ccNl ana religious liberty. So far as their re-
liSlon IS concerned they do not wish to be die.
tatcd 10 or buled into doing RIGHT
Ihey intend to do right and in moral
action arc governed by conscience alone
Iney wlll not be forced to do right but win do
II because It IS right II they rise in the scale
ana Importance OF nations, they desire to do so
OF their own accord, In all dealings thev are oov.
etne1 by what conscience dictates TO be right
no Japanese Is allowed 10 cut down a tree uDless
he plants another Cnder the law the mother il
held responsible for the good conduct OF her chill
dren. The japanese women are held rs canals
but are not as highly educated as The males
Adultery is thing unknown upon the Japan.
csc. Aller few years, in case married woman
Is chlldless, the husband is allowed 10 take
handma'd, After child is born by her She
must leave as soon as It is weancd, and after
| that The real wife adopts il as her own. Adult
tery, Il i occurs, is punished by the death of
roth parties. II a trouble occurs in the street
the parties living opposite are held responsible
for It. or course they try to make the parties
| move on and stop the row.
Inc IDEA is that every citizen must be n police
man. All married women have their eyebrows
shaved. Married men have no distinctive
marx, Inc Japanese are a Jolly people. They
have their illustrated Punch, beside that sixteen
| newspapers, Will three English-the Herald. tbe
| Maui, and the NewS-publislcd in Yokobainn
| Inc present emperor is the one hundred and
| twenty-iourth in regular line. In these genera.
| mons there have been eight females, The pres-
| cut emperor MOuisouhito, is six feet hip6. %
| years Old, and fine specimen of man. The
| Japanese are inclined to he little dandned in
| their dress, and one Of the embassy has ordered
seventeen different fine suits IN the last two
months In Japan they have queer way of
| cutivating The trees and flowers. BY the aid
Of strings they are made to grow in the form Of
ships, lions. tigers, cones, pyramids houses, &c.
They have five colleges in japan, having from
five hundred to fifteen hundred students each,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-10
ODE amIp Spy aassr. dannesoap gornng aprI 10, 1872

: but the measure went through by the close vote
OF 10 50.
The senate bill authorizing the Old Colony
and Newport railroad company TO change the
location of portion OF its road was rejected
without word of debate
The time of the senate was largely occupied
by discussion of the bill concerning the collec
ton Of taxes on bank shares. Mr. Wallace Of
Pepperell moved an amendment providing that
such shares shall be taxed At the rate established
in the place where the owner resides and not
where the bank is located. This was rejected
and the bill ordered 10 a third reading. bin
was reported from the committee on banks and
banking, to incorporate the Massachusetts,
mortgage company, for the purpose of in
surfing or guaranteeing the payment of princi
pal and interest on real estate mortgages and
making investments of its own capital and of
money borrowed upon its bonds in such mort
cages. The committee express themselves sat
isfcd that the bin viii supply long existing
want, and be the means of introducing into the
country a large amount Of foreign capital, Of
enabling parties borrowing money on mort
cages to obtain guarantees of their security, and
of putting country mortgages upon the sans
footing as city mortgages. The harbor COM
uissioneTs sent in a bill modifying the harbor
lines between Savin bill and Commercial poinr,
which was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed
The election of preacher of the next legisla-
tve sermon took place according to assignment.
Senator Coe received nineteen votes on the first
ballot, which was inst enough to elect. The
next candidate was the Rev. Dr. I0rimer of the
Shawmut avenue Baptist, who received eleven
votes, and a half dozen others received a vote
apiece. Mr., Coe declined with thanks, on which
DR.. Lorimer was declared the choice of the SEN
ate. DIR. Lorimer is the successor of Dr. Hague,
and he enjoys high reputation in the Baptist
denomination.
The senate considered the bill concerning the
taxation OF reservoirs according 10 special as
sgnment, and Mr.. Whitney'5 bill was subsitu-
ted therefor and placed in the orders for to-mor-
row.
The report Of the joint special committee on
railroad terminal facilities IN Boston, was taken
from the senate table and referred to the next
general court.
A few committees had meetings for consulta-
ton this morning before the house met. Among
them was that on redistIictng the state, The
trouble now is TO satisfy the ambitious men from
the western districts. There is a great pressure
brought to hear in favor of retaining the present
districts III that part of the state as they now
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-10

The people and newspapers whose prOlesSed
mission it is 10 advocate and champion political
reform, cultivate very engaging style of remark
in speaking Of those who do not set themselves up
as reformers. What remnant Of honesty, good
sense and independence yet exists among thar
portion of the human race inhabiting these
states, is monopolized, if we may believe the re
formers, by those few persons who propose to
attend the Cincinnati convention. The mention
of other conventions, not in sympathy with
that, is always accompanied with a sheer, asug-
gestion that their members have sold themselves
or are in the market, hint that all their pro-
ceedings have been dictated at Washington and
the orders will be obeyed through the hope Of
getting or fear Of losing post offices and
colectorships These same reformers pro-
Tess to believe that newspapers which
do not speak with favor Of the Ciu-
cinnat convention are subsidized by Iexecu
tive patronage that congressman are afraid 10
speak their mind. and that any politician, in
or out Of place, who ventures to express the
opinion that the denomination of Grant would
not be serious calamity, is either incredibly
stupid, or, more likely, yenal traitor to his
own convictions Of duty. These fattering
opinions are sometimes broadly asserted, but
more often insipuated with hippant sarcasm.
The general toue Of the selcstyled reformers Is
not one Of courageous and hopeful aspiration,
or even OF earnest, If dcspondent warning, but
Of contemptuous cynicism, Everybody Of real
influence upon public affairs is either bad or
foolish or BOTH The country viii not accept the
help Of tue only men who can save it, and the
prevailing corruption aud eakness afford excel.
lent material for a jest.
The people who indulge in this style Of remark
may Dr. ,fess 10 find excuse 10 the proyocation
they have received. We remember hearing
from them someexpressions Of Indignation at be.
inc called "soreheads" and disappointed Office
seekers Such terms have been used without
much discretion, but SO common AN offence
should not have provoked them 10 initiate OF
surpass IT, That however Is not our affair.
There y no very serious objection that we know
q 70 an unlimited indulgence in sneers and
eyhleismi II seems 10 mitigate the melancholy
" 'Hose VINO practice IL, aud it really does less
hafm tnan some people suppose. IT. how
ever reform Is their object. they might
ADOPT more elective methods. Indiscrimipate
abuse aud rdicule arc as m adatt.
"a 10 this purpose as undiserimiuatnp euloov
The eminent prison rel0rmer, Captain Macono.
chic, II that was bis respectable name, did no,
unless our memory Is at fault begins his efforts
10 improve the convicts in bis charge by assur.
ing theti ibat they we've a hopelessly abandoned
set OF wretchd,, inf ueuecd only by the basest o
motives, from whom no good thug was to b,
expected, aud who were ie be constantly dis
plsted and Discouraged. He pssIsbed misbe
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ewes TO be an ordinary birch tree. The expert
monts were very striking, and undoubtedly the
majority OF the audience were convinced that
the theory Of Lieblrich was true. After the lee
tuTe was over we all passed into anothor room
of the Institution, where a service always fol
lows the Fridav evening lecture. Here were
hung a number of pictures. There had been
provided also a number of astigmatiC lenses.
These were distributed among the company,
who proceeded 10 look through them at the pic
lures. The result was, that each picture APP
pCared in the late Tuneresque style, and we
seemed 10 have been transferred to the room
occupied by his works in the National gallery !!
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havior sharply, but never assumed or anuei-
pated it. He gave his prisoners 10 understand
that he expected good conduct always, and took
pleasure in acknowledging and rewarding it.
We do not mean to be understood that very
close parallel can be drawn between the Iela-
ton of Capt. Maconoehie 10 the prison system
and that of the reiormers TO our politics. Poll
ticians are not altogether depraved to the level
of the Norfolk island convicts, nor do our re-
formers certainly resemble Captain Maconochie
in power more than in wisdom though their
purposes are prufessedly similar TO his Politi-
ciuns are human and pretty much like other peo-
pie. They are not sonspicuously wiser or better
than mankind in general, nor, on the other
hand, much below the average level Of human
itv. Whether they look to Cincinnati or TO
Philadelphia as the feldo of their activity, we are
willing TO believe that their actions more or less
wise and prudent, as the event may prove, are
prompted in general by worthy motives, with no
more alloy Of personal interest and ambition
than enters into the purposes Of men engaged in
other spheres of effort. To sneer at politics and
politicians in general as corrupt and base does
not tend to reform them, but, so far as it has
any influence, TO dissuade honorable and sensi-
tive men from this pursuit, and to make Others
more reckless and defiant OF ali restraint.