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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

When the yellow flag, with the
double headed eagle of Russia in
the centre, flies from the flag. staff Of
the kremlin palace, it announces to
Moscow that Alexander, the emanci-
pator, is III the ancient capital of his
vast domlnions. Constitutional SOW
ereigns lie on . bed OF roses compar.
cd to the autOcrat of Russia. From
him everything hinges in the couu>
try that contains eight millions of
square miles; with him moves the
entire machinery of state, and al
ways on the move his Majesty is
obliged to be. Trained in the severe
school Of the Emperor Nicholas,
Alexander III, never allows himself a
molnentary relaxation. It is known
what = passionate soldier the Empe.
ror Of Germany Is, how he will even
attend the drills Of a single compa-
ny. The Emperor Of Russia. though,
goes from review to review; from
teld.days OF 5000 men to fcld-days
OF special arms; from the target
practice of few non>commission ed
officers to maneuvre Of the feet.
Now in Poland, now in Tsarkoe Selo,
now At CrOnstadt, now in the Can,
casus, and all at once In the Crimea
Always soldiers, soldiers, soldiers.
He himselfis never out Of uniform.
and none of the ministers ever dis.
card their epeuiets The imperial
suite IL, of course, enormous. But
to-day his Majesty Is at Moscow; to.
night he proceeds TO the Crimea. In
the train the Minister Of the Interior
will probably see HIM with innumer,
able papers for signature the Minis.
ter OF Finance, OF Justice, or of For.
eign Affairs will disturb the I'm mperial
rest. Such is j, to be an Emperor ;
aud how many there are who would
give n whole lifetime for Eve min.
ntes in such a position ? For 1--WE
minutes it may be pleasant, but il is
questionable whether a louger expe,
rience would not bring abou, change
OF feeling.
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Thoughts About Great Men.

We alWays think of great mon ns
j. in the ,ct or ,crr,,,,n;r,, u,o J,o,.,
which uix, them r,,,xr mr. ,J..;,,
stately rerose. grand. yl,o,,v or1
majestic. Aud Yet this is Hardly
fair, because even the most gorgeous
and magnificent of human beings
have I" bother themselves with the
little things of life which engage the
attcnii of us smaller people. No
doubt Moses snufcd and got angry
when he had severe cold in his
head aud If Il hv bit his leg while
he was sitting ~ the desert, why
should We suppose he did not Jump
and use violent language anL rub
the sore place? An,, Caesar, isn't it
tolcrally certain he used To become
furious when lie went upstairs to
get his slippers in the dark and found
that Calburnia had showed them
back under the bed SO that he had
to sweep around wildly for them
with the hroom,handlc
And wien Solomon cracked hi,
crazy bone, is it, unreasonable. TO
suppose that he hoppcd around IN.
room, and looked mad. and r,l, a. if
he wanted to crye ImoUipc Gcorgo
WASHINGTON sitting ON the rd,. of
the bed putting ON clean shirt, and
growing at Martha because the but.
tons we're OF; or ST. Augustine with
M onrnu arnunL h;. n.,.t h.x;,o L;s
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Outrageous Conduct Of q che.te
Official.

The officials in Chester seem to b,
doing their best to work up the white
people into an oatbreak against their
authority. Some weeks ago an ac'
count OF the arrest and shameless
treatment of a white lady was pub,
lished. Upon the heels Of that ont.
rage comes the following, which j.
taken from the Chester Reporter
I'VE regret to be compelled to
chronicle another most inexcusable
outrage in this county, perpetrated
under the pretence of legal authority.
or rather, we regret that We can do
nothing more than chronicle il. En-.
played on the farm OF Mr.. John A.
Marion, few miles east of this place
is respectable young white man,
named Henry Ferrell, aged about %
years. lie was summoned TO work
on the public highway last summer.
but forgot the matter and neglected
to appear when summoned. On last
Monday, lsom Grier, a negro consta-
Die, went to the plantation of Mr..
Marion, with n warrant for the arrest
OF MIR. Ferrell as defaulter, on a
warrant issued by Ben. Michael, q
negro tria! justice. The constable
found Mr.. Ferrcll employed at the
gin house of Mr.. Marion, and arrest
ed him. Mr.. Ferrell desired to 90
to the dwelling house to get his coat,
he being in his shirt sleeves, and for
the purpose of letting Mrs. Marion,
the only other white person on the
plantation At the time, know where
he was going to. This privilege was
refused him by the negro constable,
and upon his insisting upon going to
the house the said constable called
to his assistance some other negro
men who were at work about the gin
house, seized the young man, over.
powered him, and tied him hard and
fast. He was brought to town,
thrown into Jail, and on Tuesday was
carried before Michael and squeezed
to the extent of ton dollars and nine.
ty ive cents. lie was OILY a dcfaul-
ter for one days work on the roads,
These are the facts az furnished to
us by Mr.. Jno a. Marion, than whom
there is no more respectable nor
truthful man in Chester County.
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Spare the Horse,

o, teamster, spare that horse,
How hard he tries to go;
There's load enough for two,
Don't strike another blow.
Give him n helping hand,
Or ense the load. / pay;
And he your kindness will
4 thousand times repay.
How patiently he tolls,
All through the heat and cold;
A faithful servant still,
Though wearied. worn and old.
PW'r dumb, unconscious brute!
And yet he seems to know,
Caressing of the hand
That deals the cruel blow.
What All imploring look,
And what a Knowing eye.
Xnd yet without the power
To utter e'en n cry.
Ssc tnw he writhes and shakes.
While smurting with the pain ;
Oh, cruel driver, pause
Don't strike the brute again.
Humanity. at last,
Brought to II sense Of shame,
Will punish those who give
Unnecessary pain.
Oh, driver. spare that horse
How hard lie tries to go;
There's load enough for two,
Don't strike Il single blow!
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

TuEy WoULDy'r FIGHr Thar
WAY.-About the commencement of
the war Judge Rice made a speech
IN South Alabama, in which he said
the Southern soldiers could whip the
Yankees with pop.guns. Since the
war he CHANGED to make another
speech at the same place.
A big double,jointed fellow was
present who heard it and being in no
amiable frame of mind concluded To
go for Sam. Rolling up his sleeves
and popping his fist in the palm Of
his hand, he propounded the fearful
question.
"Sam Rice, didn't you make q
speech here in 1851 ?"
81 did," said Sam.
"And didn't you say that we could
whip the Yankees with pOp~yuns 2"
"Ccrtainly did, but the rascals
wouldn't fight us that way"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27
The Tribulations Of q Couple OF
Lovers.

The other night, at Truckee. Cali,
fornia, two young men visiting the
same young lady, tried to "freeze out
each other" or IN other words, to see
which would stay the longest. 1t
appears that this is n common amuse.
ment at Truckec, and though perhaps
pleasant to the young men, is some>
what expensive and annoying to the
old folks. The Republican tells the
story az follows:
"The heads Of the family left the
young people alone at the proper
time and retired, apparently, for the
purpose Of rest and slumber. About
midnight the young lady expressed
desire to step out on the porch to
see the moon and get the fresh air,
and of course; both the "freezers"
followed. The door was closed after
them. While moon aud stargazinp.
the man of the house steps unobserv>
ed into the parlor, and distributes a
liberal supply of shocmaker's wax on
two Of the seats of canc.bottomed
chairs-those of the men had vaca.
ted. This wax was OF the right cons
slstcncy to serve the purpose in this
case. The young lady on the porch,
who was in the secret, soon found an
excuse for returning with her adm,
rers. The young men sank down
again into the preserved seats" and
each rcdoubled his efforts to please
the damscl, annoy his fellow, and
keep awake. About an hour passed
in this way, by which time the wax.
aided by the warmth pressing down
upon it, had become thoroughly
amalgamated with the shoddy Of the
pants--in fact, the cane bottoms of
the chairs, the wax and the panta-
looms became n sort of inseparablc
trinity. The time for the crisis was
S''SS ~ ha'u. EaCn one OI the Oacll-
elors found himself glued to his seat, ,
and no amount of pulling and tugs
glng effected n release. II they a, ose
the chair followed. At first they
'ri"i 4" Look upon the matter as n
Joke, bus after a full hours struggle
TO free themselves from their cmbar-
raising predicamcnt, they began to
think they had got into a serious
scrapc. The lady suggested that
they build mp rousing fire IN the
stove, aud then, each man backing
up as near the hca, "a possible, "melt
the darned stuff Off" as she said.
Tins method was tried, but didn't
work, as with the chairs fastened to
them they couldn't get near cnonch
10 the fire. After they had sweat in
the heated room for about an hour
To no purpose, the wax retaining it's
relentless grip and connection, they
saw no way out Of their dilemma ex.
cept to engage in n surgical opera.
tion. 1t was getting along toward
morning, and day light was near at
hand. They realized whatever was
To he done must be done quickly.
Their jack knives were brought into
requisi,ion, and in a few minutes
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"Call a Man."
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Nancy CLARK was the DAUGHTER of
, very rcs,,c,,ll. farmer who's.
lands adioincd the Jackson farm
Nancy was , ur.,,v saucv E,,,,.
witch and sh. liked J,b, J,cks,,
wh., ,h.v w.r. ch;llro, ,h.v ~
tended the same school. and A. he
w,s few wears her sc,;nr w,s us,.
o,,v her ch,m,;,p i, ,,,. childish
d;.,u,.s tina, ,ros. and her r,m,,p.
ion in ,o;,y and rc,ur,;,y 4, las,
John L.,,n,. =, ,ucb nf q ,o,n,
man a., Le k.,t irom school a.
.h.. had Lae, i, n,s, v,,rs J,hu
discovered ,o,. ,b,, u. had b.c,
,r,uiuy IN stature and i, seemed rs
Il n, had hccn orowi,, ,ut of shane
iii. f,.., and ,cys o,,.,r.3 vary ,wl.
ward lac Aid mn, t,ow wL,, ~ 40
with his hands hi. Cace ,,;,.d him
and ,,liu, all j, alI h. was inclined
IN think H.. w.. ,o, NOR. than hal,
nh, together Now the ,ruth xas
John Jackson was really n fine look.
mo v,uno man. and uo,b;uo lint his
aJni,a,;on oI Nance would h,v.
s,gy.s,.d auv sueh fo,li,h ,houob,s
about himself
A.,ov.I;.,. sov !, wo,o a h.a,,;f,,
d,y !, Auo,st m. be.x.,s w.r.
..l.a, serene anil beau,;(nI IN. ,r..s
we,. lad., with ,,lJe, r,,;, o,d
the beautiful birds twi,,cred their
ron.s off iu the branches. We were
about TO say, tha, "ear,h had yieldod
her inuu,iful harvest of a v.or'.
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~r''''e ha" gathered w''h'n thnr
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27
A Virginian writes to q Richmon

A Virginian writes to q Richmond
paper that he is opposed to the election
of an unmarried man for Governor; that
I've would not vote for his own brother
we've he bachelor. That il the way to
serve them. II a man is not willing to
take charge Of and support ono woman.
he docs not deserve to be a Governor or
any kind of official. lie ought not TO
be even allowed TO vote. what does q
bachelor know about anything7 The poor
cuss ought to have guardian appoint.
ed to look after and regulate him, till he
finds wife TO take care of him.
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Profanity never did any man the
least good. No man is the richer.
or happier, or wiser for it. II COM
mends NO one To any society. II is
disgusting to the refined abomina.
ting to the good /; insulting to those
with whom we associate degrading
to the mind Improbable aud inju.
rious to society. o.. .s
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

Andy Johnson, in his Washington
speech, sand: 81 stand upon the Con.
s,itulioa OF my country" Get on Of
il, Andy. Why arc you standing
on the Constitution with your dirty
feet?
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

A wife asked a husband for a
new dress. lIo replied: "rimes are
hard, NV dear--so ! can hardly keen
my nose above water" Whereupoi
she retor,ed: "You can keep your
nose above water easy enough if you
have q mind to; but the trouble is,
that you keep it too much above
brandy"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

You all know some true Christian.
You have never. it il tine, seen one
who IN everything comes up To the
Divine ideal. There IL, and always
will be,in some points q falling short;
yet you know thsr the Christian has
n life within him which the world
has not.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1873-11-27

Beware Of him that is slow to en-.
ger; anger, when 1t is long in com.
ing, is the stronger when it comes
and the longer kept. Abused pa.
tience turns to fury. ...
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The Rov. NJ. Penron, while preach.
ing in Bethel Church in Clarendon
County OF Sunday last. fell dead in the
pulpit lie was an aged and respected
minister Of the Presbyterian Church.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13


WHEN we attended a railroad
meeting at Gallia Station re-
Gently, we saw Jabez West,
whom we have known for forty
years. Mr.. West informed us
that many years ago a notice
was posted up by the township
clerk, for the citizens of that
school district to- meet and
vote for a tax to build school
house. No person attended
the meeting but the clerk and
Mr. West. The latter voted for
a tax OF fifty dollars, as the
clerk thought that sum would
be sufficient to build a school
house. Some of Mr.. Vests
neighbors were down on him
for voting this tax upon them.
Jackson Standard.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13

DOM PIATT advances the the
ory that Oakes Ames checks
were forged and his testimony
perjured. After alluding to
the clumsy manner in which
Ames testified while the com
mlttee sat in secret session, the
Capital says that after the
doors of the committee room
was thrown open, and Ames'
testimony given to the world,
threats were thrown out from
time to time that if he { (Ames)
were not sustained he would
turn States evidence. "An
anonymous letter to this effect" "
says the Capital, "threw Gen
eral Garfield into a paroxysm
of rage, that led to a CORES
pondence and a denial on the
part of Ames." Every gentle
man in any way connected or
implicated in this transaction
received a like threat or intim
idatlon, but the threats were
not responded to, and on
Wednesday Ames again took
the stand, and gave the only
evidence that injured the ac-
cused Congressman. His cor.
roborative evidence the "little
memorandum bock"and checks
Dom believes were manulac
tured for the occasic n. The
whole thing in his opinion is an
attempt on the part of Ames,
Alley and some others to ruin
hitherto spotless characters,
and save what little they have
OF their own.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13
Standard
Photography.
BY ANDR EWJ. GRAHAM.
AUTHOR AND PURLIsHER,
6gQ prood,ray Nau Vorl,
569 Broadway, New York,

rs the best system of modern short hand
lwriting. BY its aid reporters are enabled
to'wrlte verbatim The speeches of the most
rapid takers, with the greatest ease. 1t is
branch Of study as easily learned as any of
the common branches, such As reading, writ.
ing, arithmetic OF grammar, and may be ac-
CURED by any child That can read common
PRINT readily. Its characters are as fixed
ana certain in their meanings, as leRble, rs
philosophical, as beautiful as those now IN
common use, are more systematic, and more
readily learned.
The great utility of Photography Is fully
conceded by teachers. students, business and
professional men. The demand for Ph onog-
raphers is greater than the supply, and con
stantly increasing. II IS sure and easy
stepping stone for young man or woman to
immediate, permanent and respectable EN-.
ployment, at salaries Of from 81 500 TO 50, 900
per year, as reporters for newspapers, civil
and military oourt Legislatures, Conven.
tons, ETC., or as cla ks IN the Offices OF rail
roads, ,'telegraphs, lawyers, physicians, mer.
chant and manufacturing houses, and IN all
the Departments OF the National Government
and as secretaries and amenusIses. There is
no field Of labor so certainly remuneratiye,
and no useful art so easily acquired.
To the lawyer in noting down testimony
and references, and in preparing first dra II of
briefs and otter legal papers 1t Is invaluable.
TO the clergyman, in preparing his sermons,
to the public speaker IN preparing a dis
course, 10 any person having studies or cler.
ical duties IT will save 70 per cent. of time.
PARENTS, why not have your children
learn Phon ography-a useful and beautiful
art, refining amusement, a uniqe accom-
pshment. In any vocation OF fe IL will re.
pay many times its cost in money time and
labor.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13

The editor of a Newark pa
per heard the other day, that
new pass had, been found in the
Andes. He Immediately wrote
to a man in South America
that the pass was his, and
he would be much Obliged. il
if the man would forward it at
once. He said that it had been
stolen from him while he was
asleep. That Newark man
goes for every kind of a pass he
ever hears Of If he does not
try to ride to the cemetery on
a free ticket, when he is dead,
we have misunderstood fhis
character
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13

THE Methodist, of New York,
edited by Rev. G. r. Crooks
and Rev. Abel Stevens and
conceded to be at the head Of
the Methodist press in point of
ability, is presenting to its
subscribers for 1873 an engra-
wing OF great value, not only
as a work of art, but as the
only picture extant containing,
in one group, likenesses Of
W eS!ey, Asbury, Coke, George,
Whatcoa!,' Roberts, Hedding,
McKendree, Waugh, Hamline,
Baker, Thomson, Clark and
Kingsley, in addition to-, those
of the present Board of Bish-
ops. The portraits of some of
these men (whoSe memories
are precious to every Metho-
dist) are exceedingly rare, and
but for the enterprise and ~
erality of The Methodist their
faces might have been forgot
ten.
The price of The Methodist
is $3.50 a year, and 10 cents
additional for mailing the pic
ture. Subscriptions may be
sent direct or paid to the near
est Methodist preacher.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13

An advertisement published for q sim
gle day does duty beyond that day,
and its effect continues in a greater
ratio than most men imagine. In the
end it will make mans name per
manent matter, piece Of real proper
ty built up in the minds of men until
it becomes more valuable than any
corner lot in his locality. .
IF you lose a watch, dog or child,
or if you desire people not to trust
your wife, you rush to your local pa
per, knowing that every one will read
che advertisement. But you will plod
along in business year after year, with
out calculating how much you ure los
ing by not advertising it-Rcporter.
If those persons who profess to be.
lieve that newspaper advertisements
are not read by the public wish to be
convinced. of their error, just let them
give publicity to some matter they
would not care to divulge to the world,
even in the most obscure corner of a
country paper, and see what notoriety
they would soon attain.-Adpertiser's
Gazette.
ADVERTISING is apt to give us that
gentle Jog Of conscience which tells us
that we want new suit of clothes for
Sunday, or that we promised our wife
a new dress as soon as the hay was in
Perhaps it would be a good plan for
Madame to mark this passage and lay
the paper upon her husbands break.
fast plate. Who will say that adver-
tising will not yet civilize the worldl-
Er.
Why do people read advertisements
To see who is enterprising and to learn
what is going on. TO see if there is
anything new, or anything that they
want. To see if the seasons styles
have come in, and to find out who has
them. To know if any one is selling
off at reduced rates, or to watch the
chance of On auction. For amusement.
To satisfy curiosity. Because they
have read all the stories, marriages,
births, deaths, locals and accidents
Because they want to- Because they
cant help it.-Ohio State Journal
The power of print is we'll known,
but not we'll understood. A printed
sentence has a wonderful advantage
over one that is written or spoken
This is one of the many reasons which
gives an Importance to advertising. But
advertisers, even those of experience,
do not comprehend as well as they
might the capacity to influence, to per-
suade, to convince, which lies in print
ed matter. Spoken words require the
graces of elocutiou and the force of
eloquence, yet even then fade away in
to nothingness if not caught in their
flight and printed. But there is some>
thing in the silent language, the quiet
assertion and the sense of permanence
about printed matter which gives it a
marvellous force and influence. Busi~
ness men should never permit them
selves to loose sight Of what may be
accomplished by a persevering use of
the printing presses. Learn to adver>
tise, and then the chow, when and
where" of it, and you will have q
knowledge worth having. 60 O.. ''a-i'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-02-13

The toothless old bachelor who
gums up the hash for the Logan
Sentinel in reply to a little item
Of ours two weeks ago says he
feels a greater admiration for the
State Journal than ever we ex-
pressed; but that our admiration
is principally for the news and
editorials, while the Sentinel de.
yours the advertisements. Just
80.