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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18
Euuiored Marriage Of Alexis.
'St. Petersburg January IL Correspondence of lii
New York l.yening Post.

81 PetersbUrg January NJ CORRESPONDENCE OF the
New York Evening Post.
There is Il report going about that the
Grand Duke Alexis has married, in America,
Mile. Jonkotsky, maid of honor, to whom
he has been attached for q long time, and
who was banished to Switzerland on his ac-
count. The on dit is that the young lady
managed to join him in America, and that
the other day the Grand Duke announced
to the minister and the admiral that he was
married, to the utter dispair Of both gentle
men, who will probably have to do penance
in Siberia for not locking more sharply af-
ter their charge. There may not be any
truth in this rumor, but it receives credence
here in high circles.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18
. LIFE.
BY NARY + DODGE.
E,n,v, Applatop'g J0llYn.

From AppletOns Journal
Life is a rose, brierburdened, yet sweet,
Blooming day.,
Flinging its perfume like perfume TO meet
Wind blown away.
Leaf after leaf spreads its blush to the air,
Kissed by the sun;
Deeper hued growing, as JOY makes II lar,
Loves guerdon wen.
Leaf after leaf shrivels up from the heart,
Leaving it bare;
Color and Fl agrance and joy all depart,
none left to care.
Nav, the divine in it fingers there still,
Gods care in all:
Rose.leaves but drop at the beck of His will,
Fetters which thrall.
Up from it's trammels the freed spirit Wings,
Higher to soar;
Altar immortal pure essence iilngs,
Sweet, eyermore.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18

A young lady in indianapolis, whose
married sisters funeral took place last week,
excused herself from attending the solemn
obsequies by saying that her own wedding
was to take place in the evening, aud it
would iacapacitate her for that occasion;
besides, she had no time to spare.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18

A man who is lost to honor, and has cor
rupt heart, never finds anything worthy in
the conduct of his associates; he looks upon
every one with constant peering of sus-
plcion.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-18

Three or four days went by on wings
while these two young people kept house
together and waited for Miss S'rong's fever
to spend itself.
1t soon dawned upon Shirley that ne
must have fallen in love with this plain girl.
Nothing bat the old, old love could so trans-
figure mere living and breathing III her
sight. 1t struck him with ii certain i'm
patience that no man had ever found words
that would do it perfect justice. To all it
is, at first, something new under the sun.
He hid it closely from Rachel, however,
and grew daily more ceremonious and dull.
Rachel looked at him sometimes with the
quizzical smile which the first words she had
ever heard him speak had provoked.
She sat by the bedside one day, while
Shirley stood in his favorite position
holding up the door-post Suddenly Miss
Temperance raised her head from the pill
low and stared wildly from one to the
other. arthur, you love herr" she almost
screamed; 81 see it in your eyes. You
never looked at me like that Rachel has
weaned you away from mel
A flush rose to RachePs pale check, and
Shirley hailed it with q big heart-throb.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
The Mustang.

The mustang or native Californian
horse, like tie Indian will soon be
numbered among the things Of the
past. With all his defects, lie has
Qualities and points OF rare value.
that should be preserved. He can
thrive and subsist where the Ameri-
can or English blupds would starve;
feet aud sure-fDtcd as the mule,
while his powers Of endurance in the
harness or uuder the saddle are un-
ruuallpd. He is snail OF stature, but
as symmetrical as the Arabian; wild
by nature and often vicious, but al
ways spirited amd.vith proper train
ing and kinu treatment, frequently
exhibits all the aii,ctiOnate seusibili-
ties of the best breeds. 1t is no un-
common feat COR llnl to carry a good
rider one hundred miles in day ,and
| it is claimed that many of them ca,,
20 much farther IL that time. We
have seen specimens that, at the age
of sixteen, were aS gay md as herH
as the brst-blo0(kd five year-"lds
and that would kill the most endur'
ing of them on Il short ar long jour
uey. As saddle hotses they are pre-
! trrred bv all who know them hest. al
they are also Tor all light work. Il
has always seemed To us surpasSin.
| strange that no attempt has ever yc
been made in Califuriia to prescrv,
the admirable qualiiie, OF this ancien
stock of horses in Their purity. IL
permit them to ign0biy perish. AS nov
seems likely. would be as singular ~
unfortunate, Whoever undertake
and succeeds in bringing him up 10
higher per.cction, r preserves hi
present merits, will earn a name all,
a fnr,uue.-[Sigual, Ventura, Califor
uia
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
The EScuriai.

The late fire at the Escurial is not
the first from which that palace has
suffered. The Epoca of Madrid gives
the following details OH the subject:
"On the 2lst of July, 1877, the cleo
trio fluid fell on Bolica tower aud
the flames spread to the sacristy. On
,he Sd of September, 1890, the light.
ming fell upon the Bell tower. enter
cd by the balcony of the apartment
the King ordinarily occupied, tray
ersed the choir of the church where
the monks were Mt com 2lines, without
causing any serious damage. The
7th of June, 1871, fire broke out, the
cause of which was unknown. In
the ruins were found 1900 quintals
GEL 1-2 lbs each) of melted lead, and
20O0 of bronze, the result OF the fusion
of the bells. The repairs cost nearly
nine million of reals. The 1st ofSep-
tcmber, 1744, the lightning set fire to
Campagna and the four wings of the
building. Besides the damage caused
to the palace, there were completely
destroyed the furniture of the hos
pital, the infirmary, the bakery, the
mill, the cloth factory, and 5000
fonegas Cl2 pounds each) of wheat.
The 9th of October, 1868, all impru-
dent ironing-woman set fire to the
palace. The north wing was burned,
and store OF wax tapers aud torches
rbOve it were consumed. The res
t"ration cost 10000 reals. In 1926,
conflagration, which lasted eighteen
hours, destroyed the Damas tower,
the bell tower and the Oryul.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
Discussing Both Sides.
A Gifted Memphis Lawyer WIZ
Ediscd TIVE Papers, Doth Daily.

An antiquated writer in the Mem.
phis Appeal has dug. up out OF his
memory the following rich story.
The young lasv yer referred to is still
fiourishing I'm Memphis: "There was
never greater local excl 'ement than
that which grew out of this Internal
navy-yard business. Half the people
were in favor Of accepting the pro-
pcrtv, and half Or more opposed to
it, the latter thinking that the Gov
ernment might be induced even Yet
to make liberal appropriations and
perfect the navy-vard. and build ships
and steamers here. There were two
newspapers published here-one D
morning publication. edited by 4
gentleman of no ordinary ability
named Bapkhrad. who was tragically
and mystcriouslv assassiuatcd some
six wears ago. There was another,
an afternoon paper, called the News.
Il believe that was its nancy edited
editors opposed one another OH tho
navy-yard question, and their dis
cussion had begOtten good deal of
excitement, when both went away
for the summer, and each without the
otneT kIoW NHtre tiulltONtu INV
same man, this young lawyer, to con-
duct his paper in his absence. The
Young limb. of the law naturally
enough took to both sides Of the ques-
riou. He made the controversy he
tween the two papers hotter and hot
ter on eacl, successive day. Crowds
gathered each afternoon about the
News Office, and somebody expected
that the two furious editors would
shed blood. The coming duel in Ar
kansas was confidently anticipated.
and the feroci.y of the two papers
was marvellous. Popular excitement
was intense when Bamkhead came
hurrying home from Virginia and
ianccy from Alabama. each tiinkin
the other was about to murder his
own substitute. Such was the fervor
of popular feeling aud evaporation
that the story was necessarily kept.
Ii the mischicvsus fraud upon the
public passion had been exposed st
| the time the deceiving editor would
have been hanged 10 lamp-post.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
A SMALLPOX Remedy.

A correspondent Of the Stockton.
California, Herald writes as follows:
.Iherewiih append Al rrcipr.w which
has been used To NY knowledge in
hundreds OF cases. IL will p. event
or cure the smallpox though the
pittings are filling. When Jenner dis
covered cow-pox in England, the
y orld of science hurled an avalanche
Of fame upon his head but when the
most scientific school "i medicine in
the world-tl,at OF fPar.s-published
the recipe rs u psnace:, for smallpox.
il passed uuheedsi. 1t Is us unfail-
ing AS fate, and csnquers III every in.
stance. Ii is hasmlrss when taken
bv a well person 1t will also cure
scarlet fever, Here is the recipe as
have used il, andcurc.i my children
.f scurlet fever; here il is rs have
us,.J i, ,o cure the smallpox, when
learned nhysiciass said the patient
must die. ii cured Sulphate Of zine,
one yrniu: fox.yleye (digitalis), one
grain half u ieaqoehlul OF sugar
mix with two tabespoonsful Of wa.
Tier. When thortagbiy mixed. add
four ounces 0f wxer. Take q spoon.
ft,l every hour. Iiiirer disease will
diappear IN twelvcHurs. For a child
smaii doses. accdping to aye. Il
counties would Gospel their physi.
c;ams to use this. tfre would he na
med of n,.st.hou1s. II you valu.
aivice and expertAce, use this fo,
that terrible diseas
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
A Nocturnal Horror.

Belshazzar Smith bad a very bad
aud very dangerous hatit of walking
III his sleep. His family feared that,
during some one of his sOmnambulis-
tic saunterings, he would charge out
one OF the windows and kill himsel; SO
they persuaded him to sleep with his
little brother William. and to tie one
end OF rope around his body, and
the other around the waist of Little
William. The very first night after
this arrangement was made, Bel
shazzar dreamed that burglar was
pursuing him with a dagger. So he
crept over to Williams side of the
bed stepped over W IIiIaius siumbcr-
ing form, jumped out OH the tioor,
and slid under the bed. lie stayed
there awhile, fast asleep and then,
his nightmare having changed, he
emerged upon the other side of the
bed, and got under the cover in his
old place
Tic rope, it will be observed, was
beneath the bed and it was pulled
taut, too. Early in the morning,
BeIshazzar, about half awake,
scuurgcd over against William. To
his surprise, the movement jerked
William clear out of bed. BcishaZ-
Ear leaped out TO ascertain the
cause OF the phenomenon and at the
same time, his brother disappeared
under the bed. Belshazzar. hardly
awake, was scared, and dived beneath
the bedstead as hc did so, he heard
William skirmishing across the
blankets above his head. Once more
he rushed out, just i'll time to per-
ceivc William glide over the other
side. Belsliuzzar just then became
sufficiently conscious TO feel the rope
pulling him. lie comprehcmded the
situation at once, and disengagcd
was hot mad! He was in the hospi-
tai, undergoing repairs, for about
three weeks, and when he came out
he had u strange desire to sleep alone.
Belsiiuzzar anchors himself now to
an anvil.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
A Marrow Escape.


From the Kansas City Times, slst.
A thrilling occurrence took place
about nine O'Clock yesterday morn
ing on the bank OF the Missouri river
beneath the bluff west of the rail-
road bridge. 1t Will be understood
that at this point the road is very
narrow and is bounded upon the
north bv the river bank and upon the
south by the track of the Missouri
Pacific railroad. The river bank is
covered by quantity of manure and
litter hauled there from various por-
tious of the city. The incident was
witnessed by few laborers who
were at work above the place of ac-
cident. The son of Mr.. T. B. Clark,
aged about fourteen years. was driv-
ing q spring-wagon drawn by enc
horse from near Arnold Station to
West Kansas. He had crossed the
bridge aud was driving rapidly
around the river road to West Kan
sas, when the nine o'clock train from
Atchison came suddenly around the
corner Of the bluff. Before Young
Clark could Jump out aud hold his
horse the tran came gliding rapid
ly toward them, passing not more
than twenty feet from them. There
were seated in tho wagon Mrs. Clark
and her two children, one girl of
ten, the other child of four years.
The horse terrified at the approach
ing locomotive, backed and reared, at
the same time pushing the wagon
over the embankment into the ma
nurr, where he became momentar!ly
.l.,E Il 1,v fhn xrbanl. SinEinu int n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
A certain Judge was visiting

A certain judge was visiting n
friends family when the death of an
infant child occurred. The bereaved
parents requested the judsc TO watch
by the reinaihs of the little departed
one, and OF course he consented. As
The night hours sped their weary
length along, the judge became ex-
reedingly sleepy and weary. SO look
ing round he,saw bureau, and try
ing the upper Sirawer thereof found
tempty aud capable of being locked.
Tie accordingly placed the dead baby
In the drawer, locked il, took out the
hey. put the latter in Is pocket aud
retired to rest on the sofa. Awaking
arly and having a call out, he entire
1, forgot the events Of the proceeding
uight. At court hour he was pune
tual In Attendance, and was deeply
engaged In listening to counsel when
strong whisper startled him
Where's the baby 2" A fumbling
in his pocket, the delivery Of the KEY
and Q few explanatory words deliv.
osed all parties from the'r somewhat
uncomfortable predicament. The
above 10 vouched foras true.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
Down From a Balloon.
Fatal Fall OF Th-ao Hundred. Fee,
From q Burning Air.Ship.
From the Dc kIlb nl } News

From the Dc KIb (Tll News
Mr.. Demniston, 8rOuaut, who ad-
vertised that Mr.. l.. Durham woul,
make an ascension at this place this
afternoon, was initiating his monster
balloon City Of New York" and
had nearly completed the intlatins
process, when the people OH the
north side of the grounds discovc!
cd smoke escapiu. from the top G.
the balloon. 1t was scarcely visible at
first, but hardly had the defect in
the air-s!ip become apparent betorc
flames We're issuing from the very
top of the balloon. Quickl, the
shout went up "The balloon is on
fire" and, as those near BY began to
retreat, the horses were also driven
here and there TO escape all danger.
The dry cambric aad its covering
began burning, first slowly, then the
flames spread, aud upward and on
ward went the fire. Scarcely had
the flames burst out, however, be.
fore an aperture Of two or three feet
was made where the guy-ropc hold
ing the unweild thing crossed, and
now the rope burns of, and away
to the southwark shoots the balloon
carrying with it in its course Mr..
| Michael McMann, Il laborer assisting
i'll the Imitation. Being near the bas.
ket US it started off, he became ell.
tangled, and hanging with one foot
inside the basket, his hands holding
To the ropes, he thus ascended per.
haps for one hundred feet, and re.
gained position in the basket which
again hung sideways, and in another
mimutc was hanging to the ropes
alone. ut the hcisth of probably no,
less than three hundred feet Now
his strength gives way, his presenc,
OF mind deserts him, and, in anoth
cr minute, the poor man is seen fall
ing to the eartli--an awful, a painful
sight. filling with horror and conster
nation the four or five hundred spec
tators on the grounds. But the sus
pensc was only for moment: h,
descended to the earth, nearly in /;
standing position, from three hu,,
dred feet in mid-air, until, whe,
near terra .frma, he fell backward
striking the ground with his bacl
with such force as to produce a con
cussion heard some distance away.
Mr.. McMann. familiarity known a
big Nike" was dead - uttcrI
crushed, the blood streaming fro,
his mouth and nostrils.
The balloon alighted but a fey
rods outside the fairgrounds, an
was soon consumed.
l.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
Small Talk.

There are $1,000 Hebrews In New
York.
There Isl murder mania In Boston,
toe.
st. Louisians arc continually an
moyed by reports that they have died
from smallpox.
Hundreds Of Frepch emigrants ars
passing through Detroit, en- routs to
Iowa and Minnesota.
Kansas is getting immigrants at
the rate OF 10000 . year; and now has o
a population Of 100000.
Cluck, the Indianapolis murderer,
has no friends aud no money. He
will be hanged promptly on the day
set.
An indianapolis clergyman who
discovered q clear case Of kissing
during evening worship, stopped his
sermon and and offered prayer for
the willy osculators.
Tho Dostonians have bcen trying
to "dam the current of local impr0vt.
ment with the rush Of individual
objection" Several persons aro
believed to be seriously injured.
A Bay City girls overskirt slipped
down provokingly low, as she stood
OIL Wednesdays ferry-boat, aud ex-
posed u file of the East Saginaw
Enterprise. That journal Is usually
"bchind," but to have its whole file
in that fix looks very unlike entI,-.
prisc.-[Chicago Times.
A few days ago policeman IN New
York was arrested as u burglar, anu
after his guilt had been proved ~
some twenty cases of burglary he
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
fifteen years. Now, q colored Meth
odist minister has been arrested theru
tried Oh the charges against him. II
is pretty hard for place when its
clergymcn and policemen take "a
| burglary.-[Cincinnati Commercial
Yesterday Wyandotte man sp-
pcared at the Detroit and Milwaukss
depot with a large mirror under his
arm, and while waiting for the train
he sat the mirror down against II
seat. A big dog owned by q saloon
keeper wandered in and soon caught
sight of the ugliest and meanest dog
he ever saw, reelected in the mirror.
He arched his back aud rolled his
eyes, and the other dog did the same.
lie showed his teeth and lifted his
back little higher, and tho other
dog followed suit. At length, All
gered beyond control, the dog gave q
howl aud a jump, intending to get
the other dog by the fore paw. There
cnrsing and kicking, and the Wyan-
dottcr went to see the Chief Of Police
about having some ono shot
[Detroit Free Press.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
Wit and Humor in the Blblo.

The Rev. G.. B. Wilcox, writing in
the "Independent," begins a disser-
tation Oh the "Wit and Humor Of the
Bible" thus:
Shocking!" many q good old.
it. "The Bible q Jest book? What
goddess folly shall we have up ncxtY"
No, the Bible is not ajest book. But
there is wit in it Of the first quality
and good reason why 1t should br
there. Take a few specimens.
Job, in his thirtieth chapter, Is tell
fellows who pretend to look down Oh
him in his advcrsities. They are fools.
They belong to the long -eared frater-
nifty. Anybody, with less wit, might
come out bluntly, and call them asse,.
But Job puts it more deftly Xxx, y:
Among the bushes they 6rayed:
under the aetttes they were gathered
together" Ii that is not wit, there
is no such thing rs wit. And yet tha
commentators don't see it, or won't
see it. The are perfectly woodum
when they come to any such gleanl uf
humor.
Take another instance - Elijah's
ridicule OF the prophets Of Baai.
They are ciamoring to their god, to
help them out of Il very awkwurH
prcdicament. Aud, while they ure
at it, the prophet shows them up In Il
way that must have made the people
roar with laughter. The stiff, anti
quated style Of our English Bible,
tamcs down his sallies. Take them
III modern phrases. These quack
prophets have worked themselves in,
to perfect desperation, and are
capcring about OH the altar as if they
had the ST. Vitus' dance. The sccuc
Kings. xviii, &c, 27) wakes up all
Elijah's sense of the ridiculous.
"SlDut louder! lie is a god, you
know. Make him hear! Perhaps he
is chatting with somebody, OF lac i,
off on hunt, or gone travelling. Or
may be he Is taking nap. Shout
,way! Wake him upw Imagine
The priests gong through their antics
IN the altar, while Elijah bombards
them in this style, at his leisure. Ii
Mr.. Beccher ever said anything that
convulsed his audience more thor
Oughly than the prophet must have
done tho Jews around him, l should
like to hear it.
Paul shows dry humer more ihaii
once, as in ii. Corr, xii. IS: "Why
haven't you Jared as wellas the other
churches! All! there is one gricv-
auce-that you haven't had me To
support. Pray do not lay il up
against me-"
These instances might be multiplied
from the Old and New Testament
both. What do they show? That
the Bible is, on the whole. a hun.or-
Gus book Far from it. That reii-
gion is q humorous subject-tliat W.
are to throw all the wit We can into
the treatment of it? No. But they
show that the sense of the ludicrous
is put into man by his Maker; tha
it has its uses, and that W. are not tn
, be ashamed Of it, or to roll up our
, ewes in holy horror of il.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-06
Char.

Aneditor who was going courting
said che was going to press"
England makes S, 500, 600 worth of
her old rags into paper yearly.
Paper houses are being made prac-
ticable, habitable aud comfortable.
lfAthens, Ga, has q paper named
the Cat. with the motto, 81 can
scratch"
"Transactions in Hair" is the head
ing given by Detroit editor to. an
account Of a street fight.
A Kansas man who went to a cir
Gus thought that the Egyptian mum
my was 'nothing but jerked lnjun."
A lady asked a gentleman how old
he was. He replied: "What You do
in everything" What was his age?
-XL.
Josh Billings says: "Success don't
konsist in never making blunders,
but in never making the same one the
second time"
1t Ia intimated that there are at
least fifty thousand young men em-
ployed as commercial travellers in the
United States.
An Iowa editor recently announced
that certain patron Of his was
"thieving rs usual" He declares he
wrote it ''thriving."
If this is borrowed paper you are
reading. "drop it," Your nrighbor
don't pay his money to lend you.--
[Times, Albany, New York.
Bronzc statues of Gutenberg and
DR.. franklin we've recently placed
over the beautiful portico of the new
Staats-Zeitung building, New York
city.
A gushing poet asked in recent
efIusion. GLOW many weary pill
pcrience has taught US that there arc
a good many.
A cheap way of getting credit for
liberality was devised by the mana
gers ola fair in Illinois, who offered
4 premium to the oldest spinstcr
present. OF course nobody claimed
An exchange says: "This is the
fifth trout caught this year from the
same 'holc,' the total weight which
is six pounds" "Good," says the
Ottawa Citizen, snow we know
what hole weighs"
A western editor being asked tc
take tea with lady frienG, accepted
While at the table the lady observed
that he had no spoon. "ls it posi-
ble," said she "that forgot to Civ,
YOU a spoon? could not have made
such a mistake" 81 have no spoon
madam" said the editor, rising from
his seat, land if You don't believe il
you can search me-"