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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-01

The following are the cotton quotations,
received at the National Savings Company,
corner Union and College stress, whore
eotton, gold, bond and stock quotations are
received hourly, aud are always accessible
10 the public:
LIvEBPoo1, April 80, lI:l5.-~Cotton
steady. Niddling uplands lid; Orleans II Z
n11sd. Sales to-day 10000 bales.
NEW YORK, April so, I0:20.-Market
quiet. Ordinary 20ac; good ordinary 22sc;
low middling 233c; middling 23lc; Alabama
24c; Orleans 244c; Texas 24ac. May de-
livery % 5-18c; June % Hide; July 24e;
August 24c; September 224c; October 20ae;
November 1890; December 1899.
NEW YoRE, April 80, 1:35.-Market
easier. Ordinary 2O4c; good ordinary 22sss;
low middling 23c; middling 23ac; Alabama
23yc; Orleans 24}c; Texas 244c. May de-
livery % 3-l6c; june 23ic; July 24e.
NEw YORK, April 30, 3;05.--Cotton
dull. Ordinary uplands 204c; good ordi-
nary 224e; low middling &c; middllng 23sc;
Alabama 28Hc Orleans 24sc; Texas 243c.
June delivery % 11-l6c; August 24c; Sep
TENDER % Lice. Net receipts 2,O01 bales;
stock Of all classes POS, S82 bales.
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nashville Flour and Grain Market.

FLoUE-There Is a little uneasiness on
the part of those having large lots, but no
giving way in prices. The present stock it
is estimated will be sufficient to meet all
demands for thirty days. We quote as fol-
lows: Superfne $3.50; extra S6.T5; Xxx
S7.2567.50; xxx s7.75d8; choice family
S8.75I9OO; strictly fancy S9.2519.50.
CORN MEAL-We quote at 628c per
bushel by the car load for unbolted; zoe for
boiled, and 1926 per Dbl for kiln dried.
Market brisk.
CORN-We note shipments to-day Of p
500 bushels al Csc, and 200 OF &c, sacked
and delivered in depot.
OArs-Declined. We quote at SOC per
bushel by the car load, sacked and delivered
In depot.
BRAE-We quote at $40 per ton.
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8undHeA.

SEEDs-We quote as follows; Closer
@. %; timothy S4.26; orchard grass $500;
blue grass S2.T5; red top S1.75; Hungarian
$I.7562; mIllet $l.75; German millet s.
H2.60.
SHUCKs-In demand. WequOte hacked
50 per 100 Us; rough 81.
COrToN YARNs.--We quote 81 l2c,
dc, 1Gc and 1ec for 100, 600, 800 and 400.
WRAPPING PAPER.-We quote small at
SOC; medium 75c; double crown 81.
IRON.-We quote as follows: Tennessee,
bar, &c % b; Kentucky, do. sc; Tennessee
band 7Sd1Oc; Kentucky, do. 6Af79c; Ten
nessee boiler plate sc; boiler heads SC; ire
box 10c; sheet, common 5id82i do Ken
lucky 6a67ac; DO. Tennessee Ta69e.
HANDLEs.-We quote extra Ak 30 IN.
S2.5O; No. / s.. No. 2 $1.I5; No. 2 Y
S1.50; pick S1.506l.75; sledge $l.2562.00.
COrToN RoPB.-We quote al S2c fOg 3-S
5-16, and GIG, and 36c for / inch.
FKRTILIZER1We quote as follows ;
Whaun's super phosphate $500; c. II.
Stockell q Co.'s improved fertilizers $4,000;
Baugh's super phosphate $500; land
plaster, W. Stocked & Sons star brand $50;
Currie's super phosphate $50; Edwan
Guano sos per ton; Etiwsn Crop Food $50
per ton; Etiwan Dissolved Bone $45 per
ton.
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GENERAL aARKETS.
TUESDAY, April 30, 1872.
Nashville Cotton Market.

The receipts Of cotton for. the week
ending to-day amount to $50 bales against
359 bales last week. The shipments in
clude PIT bales against 8 bales last week.
The sales of the week foot up 344 bales
against 1850 bales the week previous.
There has been but little nuctnstion In
the market since our last review. On Mon
day there was an advance Of an !, closing
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
R,ITCHELOR;s HAIR DE-.

This superb HAIR DYE i the Bsss IN lAs
WoTld-Perfectly Harmless, Reliable and In
Simultaneous. No disappointment. No Ridiel-
l0us tints, or unpleasant Odor, The genuins ".
A. BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE PE9sageeal- IL
MEDIATELY o splendid iblA4.4 e
NATURAL BROWN. Does not 3faia rI.ae
Skin, but leaves the HAIR CLEAh, so BE- 80
BEAUTIFUL. The only safe ana 2 1870
ST, New YoFk. 5.'..1ss ssds2dis sss3p1 -.
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The above totals show that the interior
stocks have decreased during the week 7,47l
bales, and are tonight 49, IA bales less
than at the same period last year. The re-
Gel yts have also been 3,4S5 bales less than
the same week last year.
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Hawvy Relief fSF dsLn's Ven from the
IS - ~ srross ADJ Alluses n early NE. .ttar
rod restored. Nervous dehiiity cured. = -
" tsf,,,enf New and remzr tabla feHedies-
1919 a-d circulars sent trse In seai dzlg eepa4s
Adore HOWARD ASS0CIA1f t3lS1sttoss
south rlnsh street., Philadsip hia, - a
spD 3msp - ,.,--ss
tT sssssg soQeif szaears Fusa
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Carriage ana wagon Material.

SPoKEs-We quote hickory spOkes: x
$500; Xxx $4-25; xxx 50 q sett, second
growth timber; oak spokes inch to q inch,
< S3d3.50; Xxx $3.60G4; xxx $464.5O
% sett. Elm, gum or oak hubs. 4 to 8
inches, $1.25d2; g to 10 inches, $2.20d3
y sett. Locust hubs Soc higher. Bent
feIIoeS, buggy, $1.7562.25; express $2.5O6
2.T5; wagon $36S.75 q set, on all OF
which there Is liberal discount made to
large dealers.
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London sdvices Of yesterday quote 6-S0s,
80, at 9Os; '65s at OH; CTS at 933, and 10
4Os st 800.
Tennessee Bonds ara quoted In New
York at 6S5 for both the old and the nav.
Bank of Tennessee notes and State war
rants have become very scarce. Dealers
pay IS and sell at 9Oc in the dollar.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

(,,,e..,s ,,s(-es
RIksL give instructions in Descriptive Ge-
L o-hstry, Mechanical and Perspective Draw
ne, Calculation and Construction. All wishing
Q take lessons, call on
CHAS. SCH0TT.
ap2S-3t 90 South College street.
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glees aua f17eioh lhal does 10. h'lon To-
The slmpis conmod ".
A dollar, as such, Is nothing, except as
the means Of procuring g much iaooE, or
It's Accommodations In property then " Is
wealth, then & is the represe I'VE q saDof'
Nov. II tlie 5upfeme power shall fall 10
nakinga currency, 20 have Il OF unnoIm
value, or IA any manner fail, In the control
thereof, to preserve IS a5ility, then besides
dereliction In duty, 1t permits the destruc-
ton Of what currency Is intened % repre-
sent, tbs surplus Of labor IN excnange.
Down to the recent action OF the Supreme
Court ofthe United States In the case of
Knox rs Lee and Parker rs. Davis we had
but one legal and constitutional currency,
gold and silver, currency recognized BY
al trades and all countries. In my iudg-
ment, u would have been In harmony with
the meaning OF the trainers OF the Consti-
tuition, as well as In harmony with the in-
terests Of trade now and hereafter, II the
opinion Of thst court had maintained the |
accepted views Of the country prior to the
passage OF the legal-tender act; but since
that opinion we have, In addition to gold
and silver, paper currency, known as le-
CALENDER notes, as constitutional curren-
CT. By the common usages Of trade, with
the sanction of the supreme power, ne have |
an additional currency In the national bank
notes, rot alegal-teRder in payment of debts,
and sanctioned only upon the pretended
ground OF couyenienca. Isis wei right here,
70 state hoE nnuch The entire amount ofpaper
currency we have Is. The statement, then,
Is, as / gather nom official sourcess
yrs;.s5 ysss,s ot.s Juus "a. 1871. az psr 3,,,as,-
ey'f report. mi
Old demand OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $500 so
LeRatender notes, new issue.... ISL ,So6 DIS 90
United States notes, series OF 1889 1873 4S2 %
Compound-interest notes. .......... 12S, 057 o.
One-yeGT notes Of lS63............. A,502 so
TwO-yeRr notes Of 1063............ S3,452 90
TWO-year coupon notes Of 1S63..... sl4, go 90
Fractional currency, first iSsue...., 4,4l4,O25 OF
Fractional currency, second Issue. 3,21S.156 81
Fractional currency, Shird tssue.... E,6l7 ,536 rs
Fractional currency, fourth ISSUE. q ,353 i5I 40
Total .3gG ,69e, 652 O6
National bank notes IN circulation,
rs per ComptroIler's report So, 1852 $50 %
Grand total $50 ,66l,SS2 70
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y4~~sy>~0Do- ,NrNr0,sc~sr n0clN(.1-so-,S-o-
NTTANTED-cood and reliable laborers az
w our Iron Works on Cumhefland Riyer icr
Shich we win pay good prices. Apply ct Hill
nan, Bro. s. Sons, 90 and "a North Market st.
msi lW ID. HTLLMAN g SONS. .
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Gold opened In New York yesterday at
112s, declined to 1929 and closed a. 1921.
Dealers here were paying 1ll3 and were
holding at 1924.
Exchange on New York Is taken By the
banks at par and is sold by them at 81 per
thousand.
Government securities were quoted In
New York Yesterday as follows:
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These figures indicate an increase in cot
on in sight tonight Of 49, bales, COM
pared with the Same date of 1871.
MOVEMENT OF COTTOS AT THE INTER
TOR PoRTs.-Below we give the movements
of cotton at the interior ports-receipts and
shipments for the week, and stock tonight:
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AB8hVIIIe HId8 and Le0EheF MaFkoI-
HIDEs-Ws quote green salted 961Oc;
dry salted 15617c; dry flint 176l9c; dam
aged and grubby R64c of Sheep skins
taken freely at $1,000 each, according to
quality.
LEATHB-Brisk, high and scarcs.
We quote oak sole per pound
40i42c Hemlock 80d33c; harness
leather 39n4lc; skirting 42644c; bride,
black y dOz. $4,000; fair bride s57663 /;
French kip and calf $48672; American kip
$48672; calf $33d42; upper leather $366
AZ; toppings all coiors, $106l2; lin
Ings, white and pink $6612; leather In
the rough q d 25630c.
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Nashvtlle Root and shoe Trnde.

The market continues active and firm.
The recent advance Of 10c per pair on bro
gans in the Boston market has found no
sympathy in our marker, but the indica-
tons are favorable to considerable adj
vance in Kip boots and brogans In the
fAll. From the price current Of Adams,
Throne & Co, we quote IS follows
Mems unbound kip brogans sl-10G
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Nashville Dry Goods Market.

Market comparatively quiet and prices
unchanged as follows:
PR1NTs.-Wamsutta &c; Bedford &c;
Arnold's 1OBc; Freeman's 101c; Amoskeag,
lac; Gamers 114c; Aliens l14c; Ameri-
can 11Bc; Dunnels 113c; Gloucester 113c;
Sprague's life; Washington 11ac; solids
1i3c; double pinks and puppies 12c.
BRoWN SHEETIEGs AND SHIRTIEes.-
Quilt Innings 7369c; Virginia family 4, I0c;
Augusta do 101c; Augusta ! lie. Granite
Vile / 12c; Richland do 12kc; Augusta A
13c; GraniteviIle do 13lc: Richland do 1876;
Nashville "A sheetings 14c; AIendale 104
40c.
BLEACHRD SHEETN6s AND SHIRT
INGs.-Methnen 10c; Montrose do lie;
American I 121c; Boot do l6c; Reynolds
A l5c; Hope do ice; Lonsdale do lee;
Velocipede do zoe; What Cheer do 22tc;
Gold Coin do 25c; Allendale 10-4 Acc.
BLEACHED AED Brown DRuLs.-Masse-
besic brown 15c; Pspperen do II; Stark
A do tic; Great Falls do 1890; Pepperen
bleached 1870; Naumkeag Satteen 18c.
BED TIcKs.-Conestogs G G A 13c;
Conestoga CT 22ac; Gold Medal do 25c;
Omega A do 27lc; do A C A sac; Rosn-
oke SOC; Minnehaha 37Rc.
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NashvsIIs Hardware lsarEet.

Market very firm. Wequote horse shoes
--Shoenberger's $500; Reese's patent $780,
Burdens $3.50; horse shoe nails I, 8 and o,
21623c; cast steel and shear 20n22c;
American blister l2614c; English do. 1S6
zoe; cotton cards S5.506600 ~ dozen;
names $3.60612.00 % dozen pair; traces 81
612 ~ dos. pair.
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BANKING.
Third Nationalist
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Wv. BERRY, CHAs. E. HILLMAN,
JOHN KIRKMAN, EDGAR JONES,
DANIEL T. CARTER.
FTNRANSACTS A GENERAL EXCHANGE
Business and deals in United States Bonds
and Gold. EDGAR JONES, Cashier.
W. ". BERRY, President.
JEO. KIRKMAN, Vice President Ssp1 1y
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Nashville Prcauce market

PEANUTs-Market quiet to-day. The
very outside figure offered Is S1.6l for
choice red.
DRIED FRUIT-Market very quiet. We
quote at a, %, and 6tc for peaches.
EGGs-Weak and declining. We report
liberal sales from wagon to-day at S69c.
FEATHERs-Market firm and active.
We quote at Gle for prime.
BEEsWAx-We quote at 2S6S1c.
GREEN APPLEs-Stock very light. We
quote at $6.50G8.75 for choice Northern.
HAY-Scarce, and market firm. We
quote at $2s62e per ton.
WOOL-The market Is not quite 80 strong
We continue to quote tub-washed, free OF
burs, 70ES75c; the outside figure being paid
only for choice lots; unwashed do, 4OG5
bury lots 5610c less.
GiEsENe-Ths spring growth Is coming
forward freely and taken at 6567Oc.
POrAToEs-We quote eating potatoes at
$S.2563.50 per barrel. Seed potatoes
are strong and active rs follows ::
Peach Blows $3.50 ~ barrel; Ne
shannocks 81; Russets S4.25; Early Rose
So; White Sprout 81; London Lady 81;
Buck Eyes s.; Pink Eyes $3.50; Early
Goodrich 81. Sweet potatoes for seed are
held at 81 per Dbl. from store.
RAGs-We hear considerable inquiry,
and all offerings freely taken st &c.
SKINs-Are coming In freely. We quote
coon 10d36c piece, as TO quality; mink
skins range In price from 25e6$2.50, &C
cording to quality; poor lots unsaleable, o
nearly 80.
NAVY BEANs-We quote from store at
500.
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nashville ProvtsIon AEaraea.

There was considerable activity In the
market to-day, and liberal shipments South.
Prices remain firm packed from store as
follows:
Shoulders &c; clear rib sides Tsc;
clear sides 7s66c; country hams 104c.
CHOICE HAMs-Hart 81 Hensley's G. @.
c. Hams, (new) uncanyased 1lAc; canVased
lie.
BREAKFAST BACoE-We quote at lac.
BULK MEATs-Clesr sides tic; clear nib
sides 7c; shoulders SIC.
LARD-HaTt & Hensley's choice pastry
in tierces 9sc; kegs lie; buckets 1lic; prime
leaf lard in tierces at &C.
MESS PoRK-Fun weight 81 Dbl. $3.50.
RUMP PORX-Ful weight % Dbl $l1.0O.
DRIED BEES. Q. Uncanvassed, Tic.
BEEF TONGUES. G. $3.50 a. doz.
Country meat is in considerable request,
but the receipts are light. We quote from
wagon as follows: Shoulders sc; sides u
67.ci hams 9469ac.
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CHICAGO April 30.-FiOur extra
quiet bu. firm, held al sI1Od7.75.
Wheat, No. spring s1.35. Corn 42se-
Oats 345c. Rive rae Barley 57d573c.
Mess pork sI2.FI6l2.50. Lard lower a.
SS656S70. Bulk meats steady and un-
changed; shoulders a clear rib 64tc5 clear
side nc loose. Hams in pickle 9G9ac.
Hishwines sac. Hogs S4.20Ee4.45. Cat
fla t1tIlI At 4GG(,lc
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memDlfs lTarREefa.

MEMPHIS, April SO.-Flour hrner az
a O0G9. OO. Corn e4665c. Oats 5Ia52c.
5gG6c; clear sides 7laec. Lard and Pork
nominal.
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southern Bond. I'm New York.

The sales Of Southern bonds at the New
York Stock Exchange on the 26tt inst. were
81
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NEW ORLEANS, April 30.--FlOur flrmer;
low to choics Xxx SS.O0d1O,00; family
SlI.O0dl2 so Oats firmer, Csc Bran
higher, 5Od60c. Mess pork firm, S13.75-
Bacon advancing, 5s, "a and sc. Lard
advanced, tierce packers, 90 keg 1Olc- Sugar
firm, good to fully fair, ss69Be. Other
articles unchanged. Sterling exchange 123ss;
sight premium. Gold 1923.
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50. louis Markets.

ST.. LOUIS, April S0.-FlOu--C Choice
tending upward; Xxx S7.10i7.50, Xxx
s7.8O68.50 50; family sS.75d9 IS. Wheat
No. 2 spring sl.45; No. 2 red winter $40;
no inspections on the market. Corn 46n
463c. Oats higher st dc. Rye S2dSSe.
Whisky S46841c. Mess pork Sl2.759
1900 Dry salt meats frmer; bose shout
ders at Keokuk ACC; clear rib here 6zci
clear sides &c; hams HATS, boxed g
Sc. Baeon-shOulders sc cash, and deliv-
cred May Is; clear RIB &c; clear
sides 72c. Sugar-cured hams 1lA6l2ac.
Lard irme,; sales Of country kettle at sc;
city steam held at sc. Hogs quiet at $50 -
64.4O Cattle Sass.
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Nav YORK. generaI aIarhefa.

NEW YORK, April S0.--Flcur less active;
suparfne western and State S3.5Od6.9O;
common to choice extra, S7OOdo25;
white wheat extra, S9.25d12sOO. Rye
-four and corn meal firm. Whisky 9050
Gle. Wheat S1.6561.92. Rye 94c. Bar
Icy and malt unchanged Corn T46T5c;
prime old mixed western TTse.a Oats ga
SIC. Eggs 15c. Cofee-RiO lId19sc.
Sugar-fair TO good refining Sc 6S39'; Cuba.
69d9c. Molasses-New Orleans 6Od5Sc.
Ries StG99e. Mess pork SlS.65613.50-
Beef quiet. Diddles hFm. Cut meats
hams 9lH1Oe; shoulders 5{d8Ac. Lard
No. 1 to prime steam 944c; kettle 95c But
ter heavy. Cheese 12k717c.
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Sterling Rxchange-bankers' bills, 1909;
U. S. coupons Of 1881, II93; do. Sos 81
1882, 1153; do. 1884, 1851; do. 1855,
1851; do nav, 114ss; do. 1857, 1i5s; do 1865,
1851; 10-40s, l10S; currency 6s, 116l; Ms
souh State Bonds e5ss; Tennessee old 693c;
do. new CO; Virginia new 553c; do. cd 5,lei
North Carolina old 36c. new 20lc.
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baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, April 3O.-Flour quiet and
unchanged. haat stsady and unchanged.
Corn scarce az 90. Oats SIC. Rye 95d
los. Provisions steady but unchanged.
Lard firm. Butter active and the demand
exceeds the supply. Whisky 90c.
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gross, 1,7SO bales; exports 70 Liverpool
3O4 bales; CronsssdE 1872 bales; coastwiso
Foreign Markstu

'o7, $50; l04Os, s9Es q y 49, a &.
PANS, April 30.--Rentes 54f 45c. -
LIvEKPOOL, April 3d. " heat-red win
ter lie 100; red spring lis 1d6lls ID; re-
ceipts for the past three days 1900 Quin-
tails; American 3 900; -Four 25s626s Cd.
Corn 2ss Cd.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29
THE OLD WORLD.

Minister Washburne, accompanied by Count
De Remusat, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
had an audience with Theirs on the 10Th, and
presented to His Excellency Messrs. Gushing,
Evarts and Waite, Counsel of the United
States before the Geneva Tribunal Hon.
Bancroft Davis was unable to be present on
the occasion.
The case submitted to the Geneva Board Of
Arbitration by the Counsel of Great Britain
in regard to the Alabama claims has been
laid before Parliament. FL
The body of Earl Mayo, late Governor
General of India, was brought to Calcutta
on the 18th.
A Paris telegram of the 18th says the ac-
tivity of Bonapartist agents, who were in
triguing throughout France to secure the
return of the ex-Emperor, was creating
some excitement in Parliamentary circles at
Versailles.
The Paris Opiajoae NdtiondIe of the 10Th
asserts that conspiracy had been discovered
in which three Generals under the late En-
peror were leaders. Their plan was to dis
perse the Assembly by force and take posses
sion of the Government, when they were to
be supported by a large number OF ex-
officers and soldiers of the Empire from the
North. The OpiRioHe says that in conse-
quence of this revelation the Belgian from
tierwas carefully guarded, and no one was
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29
How to Become a Good Writer.

1T is hardly possible for any one, with
ont an acouaintance with our best writers,
to become a popular and acceptable con-
tributor to the press. Though the same
truths need iterating and reiteratlng to
every generation, yet if we can clothe
them with the graces of expression that
come from studying the writings of Addl-
SON and Goldsmith, of Shakespeare and
Jeremy Taylor, we may gain the ear ana
heart of those we aim to instruct and I'M
prove.
The style in which truth is clothed is
often as important as the truth Itsen. A
king in rags commands no homage, DuI
wrap him in purple and the populace
bovys the knee. Clothed in the royal
robes of expression a common thought be-
comes impressive
The literary aspirant must consider not
only the topics upon which he is in
clined to write, but those which the public
wish to hear about. When the Lost Arts
are brought before us arrayed in all the
graces of rhetoric, the perfection OF elo-
cution, and the splendor of oratory, we
listen spell-bound But when the voice
ceases. and we 90 back to everyday life,
what care we for the Lost Arts? Wewish
to know how to double our trade, to i'm
prove our lands, to meet our obligations,
to raise our children TO rise hlgher tnan
ourselves in the scale of wisdom and vlr-
tue He who can most skillfully minister
TO these universal wants will be our most
popular writer In putting thoughts upon
paper the young writer may, with saIety,
follow two or three rules
Eyrsf. Let each sentence have one posi-
tive meaning, and one only
C,c,ud Let that meaning be expressed
with clearness, force and elegance.
Third. Where the subject admits 1t, en-
nloy Illustration, allusiOn, quotation. 20
enforce and adorn what you say. There
is a world of meaning in that declaration
of ST. Mark: Without a parable spake
he not unto them" Generalities in writ
ing or speaking fall to the ground, Dul i1e
them be put in the form of a story, an IL
nstration, a proverb, maxim, picture,
and they are like those ancient spears
which lad hook as well as point; they
could rrapple as well as pierce Shaks-
neare Sees everything double, and the
subtle force of his genius inculcates les
IONS of high morality while seeming only
TO amuse and delight,-PtreRe!ogteal Jour-
nal