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Prince AIfrcd's Engagement.

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F4o:,: t.= 4Se1c York Sun.
The Duke OF Edinburgh has always been con-
sidered by many persons as the best specimen OF
Queen Victor1a's sons. The Prince OF Wales has
never done anything particularly creditable, nor
ANYTHING to eudear him to the English people.
His career as young man, and his subsequent
life as q husband, have not added lustre to his
name =; and with the radical advances which are
now being made every year IN Great Britain, bis
inchoate right to the British throne is OF rather
uncertain character.
One look at the Duke Of Edinburgh's photo
graph would convince nyphysiogn that he
was more Of man than all his brothers put to-
gether. He is q sailor, and commanded bis ship,
the Galatea, very creditably in . long cruise. 1t
is true that he excited the indignation Of the
Colonial newspapers while his vessel Was in
Australia. by the cavalier manner in which be
treated the civic authorities, but then it is to be
presumed there we're extonuating circumstances:
The public attention in England is now called
to Prince Alfred by his engagement to the Grand
Duchess Marie, the daughter OF the Emperr OF
Russia, which is freely reported They met at
Hesse Darmstadt year or two since, from which
time an understanding has existed between them.
The Grand Duchess has been passing tho
spring at Sorrento with her mother at the I'M
perinf Villa. Prince Alfred has been staying at
The Tasso Hotel, in the same romantic italian
village but has been constantly from morning
to night at the villa OF his betrothed. he re-
turned to London early in May, but will soon re-
AAN1Ae
barnstadt. The Emperor Of Russia will be there
later when official publicity will be given to the
future marriage. It was proposed as condition
that Prince Alfred should bind himself
year in Russia, but this he refused
to do The dowry Of the bride will
be- 510o, 600 year, besides 81 ,00o, ,00o to fall
back upon. This is fortunate, for there will
probably be no necessity Of forcing the British
Parliament to vote new sum Of money for the
support of tho Duke and his bride. The strug-
Gle witnessed in the case Of the Marquis OF
forne viii not be re-enncted, it is to be hoped.
The Grand Duchess Marie is not beautiful,
nor even ptetts but she is sag 70 70 nave an anna
little color, and not at all 8 queenly presence;
but her eyes are handsome and expressive. She
has great deal of German blood IN her veins ems
Her mother, the present Empress, was Pm
cess Of Hesse Darmstadt, and her grandmother,
the wife Of Nicholas, WAS the sister Of the pres
ent EmporOr Of Germany.
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SEPARATE
"And, II thou wilt, remanbor;
And, ii thou Wilt, forget! :"

- "Andt II thou wilt, Te1nanbor:
And, II thou Wtlt, forRet!"~
Across the awful gulf which yawns,
1 learn to say, q Goodbye, forsverI"
Through Moons, OF nights, or de.y dawns,
Our palms hha1l toEch-oh, nsyer--neyar. .,,s~t
Ny words, indeed, drs " calm and cc1d;"
My J" smiling lips betrsy no feeltng;"
But aching hearts there are, which hold
Wounds deeper for ths proud concealtng.
I have in much contempt the pain :.
Which aaunts itself for public viewing;
And making moan when means are vain
Tells all the world Of Loves undoing.
So my quick laughter comes and goes
As though the pulse With JOY were throbMnSs
Only the hoIowd eyes disclose
The tears which fall In secret sobhdng.
Too late-too zate-your outstratched handi
The gift you scoEnd Is past your reaching.
Go !-may your Life on Sea or land, -"
Be nobler for this 1esson'a teachlng.
M1n1AH Kln1I1xp.
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WANTED.

Wanted, hand to hold my own,
AZ down I.tfe's valo glide;
Wanted, An arm to lean upon,
Forever by my side.
Wanted, firm and steady foot,
With Btep secure and free,
To take its straight md onward pace
Over Life's path with me.
Wanted, form erect and higa;
A head above my own,
So much thnt might walk beneath
It's shadow o'er me thrown.
Wanted, m eye within whose depth
Mine own might look and see
What springs from guuclcss heart,
o'e1how!1g with loyo for me.
Wanted, lip whose hndest snilo
Would speak for mo pione;
/ ycico whose richest melody
Would breathe Affections tone
Wanted, true religious soul,
To rious purpose given, .
With whom mine own might paes along
Tho road that leads to Heaven.
Pearl
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Co., in which abe is the principal proprietor, Ia
still the most aristocratio Of London bankers.
and has just admitted as partner Lord Walter
Campbell, the brother OF the Marquis OF Lofue,
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following morning g banker from Southamp-
ton arrived post, bring with him the note
cage and bag containing the ,ia whoae OF ne the
inn where the coach stopped asked him to
come and see stranger supposed to be dying,
and who wished to make some communlcar
ton about large sum OF money ne had IN
his possession. On arriving 81 the mn Inc
he had boen suddenly seized with stupor while
out collecting As the fit was coming on, he
hailed coach, which he supposed WAS hack
uey ono, in ordor to secure his money, and knew
nothing more till he recovered his senses at the
southampton Inn. Notwithstanding his eager
ness to have the money sent On to Coutts, tho
old banker half suspected that he had gone to
southampton to take steamer to the Continent,
but, missing it, invented the story OF the stupor
to conceal his evil intent. But though he was
dismissed from the bank on the ground that his
liability to such attacks would impair his useful
ness, present was given to him, large enough
to secure 3 comfortable annuity.
Coutts' liking for bright as well aa aristocratlc
company drew to his dinners many wits, espe-
cially those Of the theatrical profession, OF
acquainted with Harriet Mellon, the WeL-known
actress, whom he married On tho death OF hla
first wife, in 1915. She proved an excellent wife
to him, and, at his death, seven years AFTER
their marriage, at the age OF u, Was ae1t
share in the immense annual profits Of the
banking house. Though abe afterward married
the Duke Of st. Alba:s, nrs. Coutts did MOI
Which she left, in supposed accordance with
her first husbands wishes, to hss favorite grand
daughter.
in the banking-houae, and her yaluables art
stored in the strong boxes built BY her eccentric
| grandfather. Some 10 years ago it WAS estl
mated that har wealth. in the form Of soveraigns
| would weigh thirteen tons and fill hundred an!
| eeyen Hour sacks. The old firm Of Coutts
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

A great railway bridge is to be built
across the Firth of Forth, Scotland, at
Queens Ferry, which will be the most
stupendous work of the kind in the
world.
1t is stated as the result of numerous
experiments that the dyes fixed on ami
NAL textile fabrics are more permanent
than those fixed on fabrics of vegetable
tissues.
An immense quarry of photographic
stone was recently discovered near the
small town of Volbrom, in Russia. A
merchant of Berlin is said to have pur-
chased it for loo, 900 francs.
Commander Belknap, of the United
States steamer Tuscarora, now engaged
in exploring a route for the proposed
| Pacific cable. has effected a considerable
improvement on BrOose's apparatus for
deep-sea sounding.
The horned toad, according to wri
| ter in the american Naturalist, is an ex
ceedingly prolific ami He gives two
| instances of its fecuudity. in one o
which twenty-five and in the other TWEEN
| ty-seven young were produced at 4 time.
| Professor Kedzie, of the Michigan Ag
ricultural College, has recently made ;
series of experiments from which In
thinks it safe to conclude that one or tw,
dozen plants In bedroom will not ex
hale enough carbonic acid by night q
! injure the sleepcrs.
During the extreme heat of August j
at Flessingen, in Holland, the reifactiol
of light resulting from differently heatet
! strata OF air " q SO great as to produce
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-29

AN indirect result of the anti-railway
agitation in the West is undoubtedly to
be found In the regularity with which
in all railroad cases for damages by in
jury or through ejectlnent from the cars
verdicts are found for the plaintiffs, and
humping damages are assessed. "A
couple of cases are reported last week
wherein the old principle has been af-
frmed that If male passenger cannot
find seat In the car reserved for unpro-
tected males, he may for the occasion,
dof his sex and enter the ladies' car
In one case 81 500 damages were given ;
In another $12, 600, the brakeman and
baggage-man having in the latter in
stance elected the passenger with as
much consideration as if he had been q
trunk marked "with care" In another
case, az Dixon, ILL.,, a passenger has re-
covered SO 900 from the Pullman Palace
Car Campanv, the decision being new
one in railroad law. The plaintiff, VIM
Reed, purchased ticket, but lost it after
entering the car and before showing il
to the conductor. Though he procured
a written statement from the ticket agent
TO chow that he had purchased and pait
for the ticket, the conductor expelled
him
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FRIENDSHIP IN BUSINESS,

1t is great mistake to suppose that
there is no friendship in bt:sii:ess.-
There is friendship in business as In
everything else. A man who is not alb
solutely selfish in all other matters, is
not altogether selfish in his husiness.-
He acts, habitually, with reference to
the interest of others, as we'll rs to his
own; and he does SO because it is natu-
raj to him. He does so, likewise, rs a
matter of principle.
During the recent sudden financial
storm, many an individual and many a
firm have been saved from wreck by the
timely aid of those whose confidence
they possessed, and who were able and
willing to extene a helping hand in the
hour of necessity,
But it is recorded of others that they
meanly forgot assistance which they
had, some time, received, when in
straits themselves, and, though SO situ-
ated that they could have afforded to
reciprocate these favors, turned deaf
ear to all applications from their own
former benefact0rs. Such ingratitude
is base and detestable. #
1t is pleasant to contemplatethe bright
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commences BY showing the difficulties
of proionging President MacMahon's s
powers without organic laws. TO do so.
says the report, would result in a more
or less disguised dictatorship under the
ritie. of President of sthe Republic.
France wants settled Government, but
it is impossible to grant President Mac
Mahou more than five years power.
The report also proposes to so constitute
the Republic thar France may not be-
come prey of revolutions, and recon-
meDds the appointment OF a committee
OF thirty to consider constitutional bills.
Concluding by appealing to the Conser-
vatives to help found Republic, now
that the schemes of the Monarchists
have failed, otherwise the dissolution OF
the Assembly is inevitable. The dis
cussion of the report is to be fixed for
next Monday. There is great excite
nient over the conclusions of the Com
mittee.
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A Trick of the Trade

" would not have bought it, only 1
could buy on credit" That is the ex-
cNse for extravaganza which many peo-
pie make. They seem to forget that a
day of reckoning comes, and pay day,
too. And they know 1t is tough to pay
for worn out plumage.
If you pay for thing when you buy
it, you do not feel the expense so much,
because you pay for one thing at time,
and the bill does not run up SO alarm
ingly. And then the article is new and
novel, and you have the good of it when
you first lay ont your money.
By running in debt you open thou
sand ways for discomfort and trouble.
Perhaps you feel cheated. The calico
faded, the silk spotted, or the shoes did
not wear well, and it is grief to pay for
things which did SO little service.
Besides all that, there is a little trick
of the trade which many merchants dc
not hesitate to practice, and that is, tc
charge credit customers more than those
who pay cash.
He comforts his conscience that in
this way he gets back the interest or
his money, and in the long run makes
up for losses of bad debts.
Are you willing to help to pay the
bills of those who live beyond theil
means, and never pay their debts? L
not, then do a cash business with your
| merchant, grocer and tailor.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-29

A daily journal gives the following as
the meaning of the expression Uncle
Sam" Immediately after the declara-
ton of the last war with England, Eb-
bert Anderson. of New York. then a
contractor, visited Troy, on the Hudson,
where he purchased large quantity of
provision-beef, pork, &c. The inspec-
tors of these articles at that place were
Ehenezer and Samuel Wilson. The lat
ter gentleman (invariabiy known as
g Uncle Sam y generally superintend-
ed in person large number of work.
nen, who on this occasion were employ
eI in overhauling the provisions pur-
cha ed by tie contractor for the army.
The casas we're marked E. A.-U. So
This work fell to the lot of facetious
fellow in the employ of the Messrs.
Wilson. who, on being asked by some
of his fellow workmen the meaning of
the mark (for the letters 'U. S., for
United States, were then almost entirely
new to them), said he did not know un-
less it meant Ebbert Anderson and
Uncle Sam Wilson. The joke took
among the workmen, and from them
spread by means of the army, to which
the provisions were sent, through the
whole nation. 81
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An interesting decision has just been
rendered in the United States Circuit
Court at Chicago. An alleged bankrupt,
after filing petition for an adjudication
OF insolvency was ordered by the District
Court to appear before the Register for
examination by the petitioning creditors
In regard to the acts of bankruptcy /.
legged. The defendants counsel denied
the validity of the Court to make such an
order before he had been adjudicated in
solvent, holding that man is not a
bankrupt till he has been formerly de-
clared one. On the other hand counsel
for petitioners cortended that the estat.
1ished practice of the courts was correct
and cited the only case on the books
e. B. R., 1857, a case in Utah, where the
examination was ordered, contest was
made, and the right to order it allowed.
The courts generally have assumed
power to order the examination, on the
ground that when service was before
the Court they could compel his attend
ance to give evidence in an investiga-
ton in regard to the matter at issue.
The decision of the Circuit Court estab-
fishes the power of the Court to examine
the bankrupt at an early stage of the
proceedings, which is considered an i'm
portant point by creditors, as thus they
may frequently discover. important
knowledge of actual or intended frauds.
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WRITER'S AND WRITINGS.
BEING Personal AND CRITICAL

BEING PERSONAL AND CRITICAL.
Ex-senator Richardson, OF Illinois, is
editing ney daily paper at Quincy.
Bismarck Is said to have become the
virtual proprietor of the Vienna Freie
Presse,
Mrs. l.. X. 'Lippincott ("Grace Green
woody is on her way East, accompa--
MED by her daughter, who does not go
OH the lyric stage.
Mr.. Hepworth Dixon is coming to de
liver five lectures in America as soon as
he has finished the History of Two
Queens" which he is now writing.
An unsophisticated Western cotempo-
'rary copies, under the head of sporting
news" the announcement that sthe
Colts of Hartford are running on full
Time"
Some of Mr.. Charles Reade's admirers
have made arrangements to present to
him portrait of himself as the sort of
testimonial which he is likely to feel
most pleasure in contemplating.
Mrs. Swisshelm propounds the mo.
m .ntous conundrum whether woman's
intellectual address is dependent on a
dress, and before you have time to give
IL up answers "of corset is."
A Western exchange intimates that
ssthe greate't bet that was ever made is
the alph lbet;" but the h'tditor of the
British h'orgaD observes that it's not al
bet for his book, because the odds are
always against you when you come to
spelling, you know.
From James Wick, of Rochester, there
comes the first number of his Flora
Gaide for 1874. Filled with timely ad
vice and valuable information this worl
has become an indispensable guest a
thousands of flresides and, If continued
at its present high standard, cannot fai
to double its circulation during the com
ing year. Its contents will be noticed
at greater length in our Agriculture
Department.
The Science Of HeaiM tor December
closes the Third Volume of this practi
cal All Independent Ma gazine. 1t
asaaing object 10 to tea, b the Science o
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AT LAST, in an @sthetlcal point OF
view, it is a pleasure to note, by the tel
egraphic reports, that something origin
al In suicide has been devised 10 retrieve
that fine art from the monotohy and
want of inventiveness by which it has
latterly been distinguished. Possibly
were he still alive, DeQuincy might find
the incident a fitting one with which to
supplement chat most charming paper,
Murder as one of the Fine Arts,' and
certainly the refrain used by the men,
bers of the "Club" concerning TOAD
in-the-Hole," could be easily paraphras-
ed into
Ubi est lille juvenus Missourian ct responsum
est alb o"nibus non est inventus.'
AS the story goes, near Hazel Hill,
Mo i, a Young man shot himself the 9TH
er day while riding to church OH horse
back-the first instance on record. per-
haps, OF suicide in the saddle. Novel
ties of this kind are apt to become epi-
demic, though suicide on horseback is
less like to become so because of the ex-
pense attending it, a large majority of
suicides being committed under the
pressure Of poverty by persons wholly
unable tobuy or even borrow horse
This Is pity, because ones feeling for
the aesthetic is grossly outraged, day
after day, by long lists of 'self-killings
executed on foot by means of such vul.
gar expedients as bed cords and Paris
green. Dignity is one element that has
hitherto been wanting in suicide. The
young man of Hazel Hill showed just
sense of it when he. took the horse fol
his long journey, and his act will go fai
to confnte the fallacy prevalent among
the supercilious aristocrats of Europe
that the Americans are not an equestri
an people. -
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CELL PERKINs'.''s NOTES.
.HARPY THOUGHTS.

ss4aszzz-~ HAPPY THOUGHTS, sss.=e. 5s.
I I saw a man pulling his arms off. try
ing TO get on new pair of boots, SO l
said:
Happy Thought-They are too small,
and you will never be able to get them
on till you have worn them spell!
: i heard an officer In the Seventh Regi-
ment scolding private: for coming too
late to drill, SO said:
Happy Thought-Somebody must al
ways come last; this fellow ought to be
praised, for, if he had come earlier, he
would have shirked this scolding off up
on somebody else.
L saw an old maid at the Fifth Ave-
nue., with her face covered with wrink-
les, turning sadly away from the mirror
as she said:
Happy Thought-Mirrors nowadays
are very faulty. They don't make such
nice mirrors as they used to when 1 was
young!
heard a young lady from Brooklyn
praising the sun, so said:
Happy Thought-The sun may be
very good, but the moon is a good deal
better, for she gives us light in the night
when we need il, while the sun only
shines in the day time, when It is light
enough without it!
as he dropped to the ground, l said:
Happy thonght-You might have saw
cd your powder, for tie fall alone would
| have killed him!
An old man in Philadelphia brought
blooming young girl to church to be
married to her. The minister stepped
behind the baptismal fount, and said, as
| he sprinkled water over her head:
| Happy Thou ght-I am glad you brot
the dear child 10 be baptized.
| A young man was disappointed in
love at Niagara Falls, SO he went out or
a terrible precipice, took off his clothes
cast one long look into the fearful whirl
pool, and then
Happy Thought-Went home ant
went to bed!
Two Mississippi River darkies saw fo
the first time train of cars. They wer,
in a quandrary to know what kind of
monster it was, SO one said:
Happy Thoughtful is a driedup steam
boat getting back into the river!
A poor, sick man, with a mustard
plaster on him, said:
Happy Thought-If should eat a loa
Of bread I'd be live sandwich!
AS man was burying his wife, h
said to his friend in the graveyard =
''Alas! you feel happier than 10 eyes
neighbor." said the friend:
Happy rhought-sI ought to feel hap
pier; ! have two wives buried owe
therer'
4 A man s'out West" turned States ev
idence, and swore he was member of
gang of thieves. By and by they foun
the roll Of actual members, and accuse
the man Of swearing falsely. 81 was
MEMBER" said the man; Il
Happy Thought was an honora
BILE member ~
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-29

The financial statements submitted
by the managers of the -Anti-Monopolist
party IN Minnesota and Iowa are re-
markable for their brevity and precision.
In Iowa the State Central Committee
raised IS, of which 1918 were expended
for letter postage and kilograms. Thus
the party will begin the canvass of the
Congressional districts next year with
$1.S3 in the treasury. In Minnesota
$3.50 was raised and expended, the re-
suit being the success of the nominees
for State Treasurer and Secretary OF
State. so huge giants never befnre
were slain with such little pebbles.