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4 Woman of the Paris Commune.

The court martial at Versailles has
lust tried Il woman named Lemel, a
book -stitcher, aged forty-fve, for
participation in the insurrection.
The accused, who had made herself
remarked for the ultra political no-
tions in differentworkshopsiu which
she had been employed, joined, in
1866, the international, and soon be-
came one of its most busy agents.
She thus became acquainted with
Varlin (afterward Minister Of FL
nance under the Commune) and 9th.
er individuals who at a later period
earned for themselves deplorable
reputation, and with them formed a
cooperative association called ia
Marmite," in the Rue Larrey, to
supply workmen with meals at cost
price, but which soon degenerated
1 into a solt of club, of which she was
Secretary, and frequent speaker.
During the siege she took an active
part at all the Radical meetings in
the Latin Quarter, and after the in
surrection of the 18th of March
naturally became an ardent support
or of the Commune, and was con
stant speaker at the womens clubs
held in the churches, using the most
insolent language. As the final ca
tastrophe of the Commune ap-
preached, her evaporation knew no
bounds; she was one of about fifty
women who went, armed with mus.
kets, and wearing red scarfs aud
cockades, to the barricades at Bahg-
nolles and Montmaytre, to excite
the Federates to resistance, and hel
name had already appeared at the
bottom of a proclamation, brand
ing the troops of Versailles as cow
ardly assassins, repudiating all con
ciliation, and demanding war to the
knife. The accused did net den!
the part she had taken in the insur
rection, aud on one of the witnesses
repeating a remark made by tn
woman Lemeps daughter, to the ef
feet that "if her mother told her t
60 to hear mass at church she woul,
obey, but if she were sent to the bar
ricades she would refuse" the pris
oner interrupted by saying that "he
daughter was too well-bred to max
such an observation. The Govern
ment Commissioner demanded a 81
, we're sentence againt the prisoner, {
being a most dangerous character
and the Court condemned her to dt
$ portation in fortified building.
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The SerenItr Of the Dying.

It has so happened that I have
seen many men and women die
Without design or disposition on my
part, l have very many times been
present when sick persons were ebb-
ing to eternity. ! have seen men
and women, young and old, cultivat-
ed and ignorant, orthodox and heter-
odox, in their last moments; and, as
a rule, all of them passed away, if
not without regret, at least with en-
tire resignation. None Of them
showed dread Of the future. Their
thoughts were fixed on what they
were quitting, not on what they were
going to. observed that some Of
them were troubled, perhaps dis
tressed, when they first thought
they could not recover, but that the
nearer their end came, the less ap-
prehenslve and calmer they grew.
Having once banished hope, tran
guilty seemed to descend upon
them as a substitute, and afterward,
if free from physical pain, there
was unruiHed peace. If encouraged
to believe they might get well, or if
they had favorable turn, the old
anxiety, with something Of the for
mer apprehension, reappeared;
proving that their mental dlsquiet-
ude was born Of their expectation Of
life, not of their fear of death. Thus
was established a clear analogy be-
tween material and spiritual anguish
under the same circumstances. As
We have seen, they who are badly
hurt, or serious)yill, experience suf-
fering in going back to Life, while
the downward path to death, both
for the body and the soul, is paved
with smoothness and serenity.
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"Poofl poof! poofl" snopted Mi
das, as his head emerged ont OF the
water "Well, this is really a re,
freshing bath, and l think it must
have quite washed away the Golden
Touch. Aud now for filling my
pitcher.
As he dipped the pitcher into tn
water it glad ;ened lis heart to see it
change from gold into .he same h on
est ear'hen vessel which it had been,
King Midas hastened back to the
palace, and you need hardly be told
the first thing he did was to spr nkle
it bg handfuls over the golden figure
of little Marygold.
No sooner did it fall on her than
you would have laughed to see how
the rosy color came back to the dear
child's cheek, and how she began to
sneeze and sputter, and how aston
ished she was to find herself drip
ping wet, and her father still throw
ing more water on her.
"Pray do not, dear father" cried
she ; see how you have wet my nice
dress, which l put on early this
morning"
For Marygold did not know that
she had been a golden statue, nor
recollect anything that had hap
pened since themoment when shehad
run with outstretched arms to com
fort poor king Midas. And her
father did not tell her how foolish he
had been, but led Marggold into the
garden and delighted her little heart
by sprinkling all the roses and turn-
ing them back again into real fra
grant beauties.
And when King Midas had grown
quite an old man, and used to trot
Marygold's children on his knees, he
was fond Of telling them this mar
vclous story, and said that the gold
tint in their hair was caused by
their mothers hair once having
been real gold All of which, o
course, they believed, as you mus
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4 WOman's Ideal Man.

Nothing surprises men more tlan
the odd Ignorance Of women con-
cerning them; and half the unhap-
piness in married life, at least in
England, springs from that igno-
rance. They cannot be made to
understand the difference between
mans nature and requirements and
their own; and they condemn all
lhat they cannot understand. in
hose few rational homes where
mems sports and gatherings, undis-
turbed by the presence Of petticoats,
are not made occasions for suspicion
or remOnstrance, the stock OF love
aud happiness with which married
life began is more like tae widow s
cruise than elsewhere but unfor-
tuuately for both husbands and
wives, these homes arc rare; while
those are common where a game Of
billiards in the evening is occasion
for tears or pouting, aud deadly Of
fence is taken at club dinners or u
weeks shooting. The consequence
of which is deceit or dissension; and
sometimes both.
The woman's ideal man has zone
of these erratic tendencies. His
business done, he comes home with
the docility Of weIl-bred pointer
sent to heel, and finds energy enough
after his hard days work for a varie-
| ty of petits soins which make him
more precious in her eyes than all
the tact, the temper, the judgment,
| the uprightness, he has manifested
in his dealings with the outside world
And the domesticity which she
claims from her husband she de.
mands from her son. Latch keys
/ are her abomination; and the "gas
left burning" is as Il beacon-light on
the way Of destruction. She has the
profoundest suspicion of all the men
whom her boy calls his friends. She
never knows into what mischief they
may lead him; but she is sure it is
mischief, if they keep him away from
his home in the evening. She would
prescribe the same social restraints
and moral regimen for her son as
for her daughter; all she thinks the
energies OF masculine nature require
no wider field and no looser rein.
But though she likes those tame
aud tender men whom she can tic
up close to her apron strings, and
lovingly imprison in the narrow do
main of home, she succumbs without
struggle to the square-jawed brute
OF the Rochester type-the man who
dominates her by the mere force OF
superior strength and she is not
too severe on Don Juan, if nplv, she
can tlatter herself that she is the best
loved and the last That these are
the men most liked by women is
-. shown both by their own novels, and
by daily observation and it seems
to us that, among the many subjects
OF extended study of late proposed
for women, a better acquaintance
with mems minds, a higher regarC
for the nobler kind of man, and the
ability to accept love as only one o
many qualities, ard not always tht
strongest praiseworthy of his impul
ses, would not be out Of place.-Loa
d,n Saturday RsUjec.
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Mr.. Greeley en- the October Elections.

Mr.. Greeley's views on the October
elections have been freely expressed to
those who have questioned him since
his return from Baltimore.
To a Herald reporter he said:
"Our people are not likely to get
frightened by the October results. We
intend to do our best to the end. |
think we can surely count upon l28
electoral votes in the South, and 1 think
the North will give us the rest. I'm
, doubtedly there were frauds perpetated
in the Pennsylvania elections-frauds
/ that affect the whole American scheme
of self government moro dlsastrously
| than they can affect me personally, and
/ | believe the principles Of the Liberal
movement are so deeply imbedded in
| the minds and hearts Of our peaple that
only similar frauds can insure the sue
| cess of the other side in November 1t
must be remembered that frauds cannot
| be difused so readily over thirty-seyen
| States as over three. | feared Tor Penn~
sylvania, Notwithstanding the evil char
acter of the Republican nominees there,
more than did for Ohio; because our
friends are well organized ia Ohio and
greatly lacked organization in Pennsy!-
vania. In at least one speech in Penn
sylvania l strongly urged organization
and explained the need Of ID. y
"Will you make any more tours this
canvass?' asked the reporter.
81 do not know, responded the Lib
eral chief. 81 Will visit q number Of
agricultural fairs, and as our friends
think my services are needed in the
field will cheerfully acquiesce."
To World reporter Mr.. Greeley re-
marked that he saw no reason for any
despondency, and was as firm as ever in
his belief that the Liberals would tri-
umph in November. The result in
Pennsylvania and Ohio was no real cri-
. terion, and should those States 60 the
same way in November, the Liberals
still had good cause to hope for success
His impression was that the Southern
: States, with, probably, one except on,
= would give liberal maiorities. Theil
I electoral vote, together with what woulC
be added by New York and other North
ern States, were sufficient to insure vic
: tory. He was certain, from what h
@ had seen since Tuesdays election, tha
Q the defeat in Pennsylvania and Ohit
r had invigorated Liberals throughou
[, the country, and melted them to ente
n into the campaign with great energy.
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LINE UPON LINE.

A LITTLE pot Is soon not
A GOOD face needs no paint.
A HOG in armor Is still hog.
AMAY forewarned is forearmed.
A WORK well done is half ended.
woRn snokon i ann o,,rov Lot
4,
-. Il
,'.. ..e,,,,.,,;..1.t-I. " u y,
a o'AN' i0' '"',O . . '"' Saver =
a MAN IN oeo' Is stoned every
yc"''
a GOOD example Is 'ne O'S' 9ol-
'ilo''
a, a MAN Is noV 50 soon no"Ieo as
ii",'' ra,,,. ru,ns
many.
mooney Loo. il haitian +bor ro
leo
rrrrv Iool, will sirl, aroo
shin.
4 cpr,r shin must bovo deem
water.
,n,,rn,,r,. oeor Ioo,s,+o nros
perity.
coon ,nov,r, ;s ro,or ou+ ot
season.
ooon oordon ,no,. horo Soma
weeds,
A MAN ant to promise is apt to
forget.
A WILD colt may become 4 sober
morse
a WILLFUL man had need to be
A y,sv man bo+b no mora bo,Ia.,
Lal III al ''' ''''' "
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Ohio Democratic Address.

The Democratic State Executive Com
mtttee issues the following address to
the Democracy Of Ohio:
"The result of last Tuesdays cleo
tion shows that Ohio was lost by the
failure to poll the usual Democratic
votes. Notifying as is the fact, justice
to the Liberal Republicans, and an ear
nest desire to retrieve the misfortune,
require us to declare it. In our chief
towns, the Liberal strength exceeded
our most sanguine estimates. In the
country it fell short but the aggregate
of the Liberals in city and country who
voted our State ticket, added to the
Democratic vote Of 1868, would have
overcome the Republican majority at
that election and the negro vote com
bined and given us victory, Can we re-
pair the mischief? ? We can. Four
hfths of the Democrats who staid at
home last Tuesday can be induced to
vote for Greeley in November Those
who will absolutely refuse to go to the
polls will be counterbalanced by those
Republicans who went against US las
Tuesday but will vote for Greeley. We
have only to poll our usual Democratic
ote to snatch from defeat a glorious
ctOry. The Liberals stretch forth the
hand shall we refuse to take it? The
PROSTATE and plundered South cries out
for help; shall we be deaf to their ap>
peal
'By Greeley's election we can restore
prosperity and good government to the
South, kind feeling to the now hostile
sections, honesty and honor to the. civil
service, respect to the Constitution and
laws to the national Administration.
Could we do more with a Democrat IN
the Presidency? Could he expect that
cooperation in Congress which Mr..
Greeley would command Are patriot
ciai results of victory out Of personal
hostility to Greeley, or disgraceful leth-
argy? Are Ohio Democrats ready to
let our yet pure and proud State be
come debauched and hopelessly subju~
gated, like Pennsylvania, by hordes OF
mercenaries paid by public plunder.
Fellow Democrats, our union with
the Liberals in Ohio has not been fruit
/ less IL HAS given US 4du44lb II SouuIg
by near 5000 majority, which secures
the Constitutional Convention and the
/ Legislature and United States Sena-
tor next year, if We make brave fight
this fall. Should both Ohio and Penn
sylvania 90 for Grant, the chances are
still in favor Of Greeley's election. Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey and In
diana, added to those Border and
Southern States which are certain for
Greeley, will give him a clear majority.
We have already, by vigorous and ag-
/ gressive fight, forced the Grant party
to its knees, and can conquer it in No
vember Fellow-Democrats, work till
November heartily and hopefully. The
Liberals will take care OF themselves
Let every Democratic county commit
tee get list Of those Democrats in each
township who failed to vote last Tues
day, and direct its efforts to them.
Bring out this laggard vote, and the
fight is won in Ohio and the Republic. -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-11-02
Good Manners.

If good manners are not to die
out amongst us, reverence must be
restored The old man must be
honored, and the weak must be con-
sidered. heillus rious must be de-
ferred to, and most Of all, women
must be respected. Women have
the matter in their own hands. They
can compel men to be well manner
ed, and men who know how to be-
have with politenoss toward women
will end by behaving with politeness
toward each other. Hauteur al
ways implies want OF consideration
for otheis, and is therefore no part
of pohteness, save when indeed an
impertinenco has to be quietly but
effectively resented. II we were ask
ed to name the word which en-
bodies female politeness we should
name "graciousness." " Women
should be gracious; gracious is their
happy medium between coldnesS
and familiarity; as self.respect is
that of men between arrogance and
downright rudeness. Probably
there can be no true politenes'
where there is no humility, either
real or well assumed. In self
making age we cannot be surprise(
at meeting with so much selt-asser
ton and so much aggressiveness
We can but wait for the time whel
the process will be complete, an,
the individual will be well -bre(
enough once moro to recognize hi
own significance
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Insignificant.

This earth of ours is the lowest in
rank among heavenly bodies Were
an astronomer or some other planet
exploring the immensity of space,
the planet we inhabit, owing to its
small size, might readily elude his
intelligent view. The sun is one
million two hundred and twenty-five
thousand times larger; and yet that
enormous mass is comparatively
only u speck-a mere point, which
seems lost amid eighteen millions, Of
stars which are discoverable by in
struments in the milky way. What
an incomprehensible organ thu
human brain, to have ascertaineC
such astounding facts, and demon
strated the laws which govern uni
versal nature
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TWO W.lYN II LOTE.
~ SUSAN COOLIDGE.

~ SUSAN COOLIDGE.
From Sclibncr's Monthly for October.
He says he loves me well, aud
Believe IT. in my hands to make
Or ma his life Hes utterly;
Nor can ! the strong plea deny
Which claims my love for his loves
sake.
He says there is no face 50 fair
AS mine; when draw near, his eyes
Light IN; each ripple of my hair
lie loves the very cloak wear
He touches lightly where 1t lies.
Aud roses, roses all the way
Upon my path fall, strewed by him;
His tenderness by night by day,
Keeps constant watch, and heaps alway
My cup of pleasure to the brim.
The other women in their spite
Count me the happieSt woman born,
To be so wOrshipped; delight
To tlannt his homage in the SIGHT
OF all, and pay them scorn for sccrn.
love hlm-or think | do;
Sure, one must love what is so sweet;
He Is so tender and so true,
So eloquentto plead and sue,
SO strong, though kneeliag at my feet,
Yet had visions once OF yore,
Girlish imaginlngs ef zest,
a possible thrill-but why run o'er
These fancies idle dreams, no more;
I.will forget them this is best,
So let him tako-the past Is past
The future with It's golden key
Into his Outstretchcd hands cast;
shall love him perhaps at last,
As now love his love Tor me,
lI.
Not as all other women may,
Love my love; lie is so great,
so beautiful, dare essay
No nearneSs, but in silence lay
My heart upon his patn-and wait
Poor heart, its heatngs are so low
He does not heed them passing by,
Saye as one heeds where yioletS grow
A fragrance, caring not to know
Where the yelled purple buds may lie
/ sometimes think that it Is dead,
1t lies SO still bend and lean
Like mother over cradle-head
Listening If still faint breaths are shed
Like sighS that parted lips between.
And then with vivid pulse and thrill
Itquickeus into sudden bliss
At sound OF step nor voice, nor will
BE hushed, although, regardless STILL
lie knows not, cares not, 1t is his.
would not liltitif Icould,
The little flame though faint and dim
Asglow-worm spark in lonely wood,
shining where no man calls 1t good,
May some day light the path torhim'
May guido his way, or soon or late,
Through binding mist and falling rain
And so content watch and walt;
Let others share his happy fate,
only ask to share his pain.
But if some day when'passlng slow,
My dear love should his steps arrest,
Should spy the poor heart, bending low
SnouId RAISE It, sean it. love it so!
Why-God alouo con toll tho reSt.
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Gibraltar.

!, SI you set foot on Gibraltar,
\, '0lm n no idea of its impreg,
I'M a., very properly its real
Sv"' "anot he seen from a ship
6S, only when you land do
|I.a.. mat the sea-wall bristles
|@Iiy&Suns, iy& and groans beneath
Sk Sail Sa only as you traverse
S.naJS J you see how formidable
M SS'dtrs os, peep from every
I'M ialnk, and powerful NOR
GEn.Se.A oeAlnd every convenient
dtb'sl tb'ls, " And not any just no.
pr''1le, S' marvellous piece Of mill
~. bS1sseriDg exhibited in its
jS,, There are tunnels ex-
!. Ioa "ut.,l the solid rock, paral-
lNsI,nsslr Ia,sr side, but some thirty
,Sr';au rGu, and large enough to
S,n '''ge through. They ore
AND comprise a total
tt,tvu usaTy three miles. al
WI Isel or 50 along them
&nIas.1s as.U1sesures are outhewn
sSoS S@'s NJ. y commanding port
,S ,oe. look &c to a spectator ont.
n l,sa sI;sl ! % swallows nestholel
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NUMBER &.
THE CRADLE song or THE
POOR.'

Hush, cannot bear 10 see thee
Stretch thy hands in vain;
/ have got no bread to give tnee,
Nothing, child, 10 ease thy pain.
When God sent thee first TO bless me,
Pioud and thankful, too, was
Now, my darling, /, Thy MOTHER
Almost long to see thee die.
Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life Is dreary.
have watched thy beauty fading,
And thy strength sink day by day;
Soon, know, will want and fever,
Take thy little life away.
Famine makes thy father reckless,
Hope has left both him and me
We could suffer all, my baby,
Had We but crust for thee.
sleep, my darling thou art weary
God is good, but life is dreary.
Better thou shouldst perish early,
Starve 50 soon, my darling one
Than live TO want, TO sin, to struggle
Vainly, still. as have done.
Better that thy angel spirit
with my JOY, my peace were flown,
Than thy heart grow cold and careless,
Reckless, hopeless, like my own.
sleep, my darling, thou art weary
God is good, but life Is dreary.
am wasted, dear, with hunger,
And my brain Is all oppressed,
have scarcely strength TO press thee,
Wan and feeble to my breast.
Patience, baby, God will help Us,
Death will come 10 thee and me.
He will take US to his heaven,
Where no want or pain can be.
Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary
Such the plant, that late and early,
Did we listen, we might hear
Close beside us-but the thunder
Of city dulls our ear.
Every heart like Gods bright angel
Can bid one such sorrow cease
God has glory when his children
Bring his poor ones Joy and peace!
Listen, nearer while she sings,
Sounds the fluttenDg of wings
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TIE GOLDEN TOUCH.

Once upon time there lived a
very rich King, whose name was
Midas, and he had a little daughter,
named Marygold. This King was
fonder of gold than anything else in
the world, but he loved nearly as well
his little daughter, who was merry,
loveablo child. But the more he
loved his child the more he desired
wealth, for he thought, foolish man,
that the best thing he could leave
this dear child was the biggest heap
of yellow shining coin that had ever
been heaped together since the world
was made. SO he gave all his
thoughts and all his time to this one
purpose. If he gazed at the gold
tinted clouds of sunset, he wished
they were real gold, and could be
squeezed into his strong box, If he
stirred the fire, and the sparks flew
cracking up the chimney, he wished
some fairy would turn them into
golden coin for him, and in fact his
whole thoughts ran upon goll, gold,
gold, TIL he almost ceased to care Tor
anything else.
In his earlier days before this in,
sane desire for riches seized him.
King Midas had been fond Of flowers
and had planted a garden in which
grew the largest, sweetest and most
beautiful roses that any mortal ever
saw, but now, if he ever looked n
them, it was to calculate how muci
they would be worth were all the
roses turned to gold.
At last Midas got so unreasonable
in his passion tor money, that III
spent nearly all his time in u dark
strong, room in the vaults OF TIN
palace, where he kept his money
here, after locking the door, he woul'
take out his bags of coin and coun
them over, or siit the gold dus
through his fingers. or toss up tn
bars OF gold and catch them as the
came down, and he never was $
happy as when thus employed.
One day, as King Midas was /
his treasure.room, he saw u shado'
fall upon the heaps of gold, an
looking up, what should he behol
but the figure of n stranger standin
in the bright and narrow sunbeal
that fell from the iron.barre
window. 1t was q young man, wit
u cheerful and ruddy face. AS kln
Midas knew he had carefully locke
the door, he of course concluded
once that some fairy had visited hin
The stranger gazed about the room
and when his lustrous smile ha
glistened upon all the golden ohlec
there, he turned to Midas
lyon are wealthy man, frien
Midasp he observed ; 81 douI
, whether any other four walls on cart
contain SO much gold as you hay
contrived to pile up in this room
"I have done pretty well, pret'
: well" answered Midas, in dlscol
, tented tone; "but after all it is b'
a triAe, when you consider that
/. has taken me my whole life to get
: together. If one could live
) thousand years he might have tin
Q to grow rich" ~ ..,
/ "What! then you are not satisfied
t exclaimed the stranger. Midas sho'
/, his head.
i, "And pray what would satisfy 20
! Merely for the curiosity Of the thir
: / should like to know" said t
8 stranger.
Midas paused and meditated.