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~Dublin faehionablo ladies have iuet
adopted the Parisian fashion OF carrying q
jaunty little cane while on the promenade.
o0Mosss LindiWood, Of Ogden, Ind, vas %
diseeated af being caught stealing pair Of
gloves that h hung himself.
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TIE MAJ THAT PUT ToeBraBR DoNBsY.-
An elderly char-voman employed aboue the
place had shown % much sympathy In the IAN
ny trouble that Mre. Hogafth specially tolL her
Of the approaching VISIT, and Who It vas t1st
was coming to the sick room. clark, ma'amt"
said che. ''is the young gentleman up stairs the
son Of the man that put together 'D0mbey?'"
~ upon srs pSa g. see nsf
there Vas . man that could have put together
"Dombey." Being pressed further - 70 what
hey" flor 1t was known she could not
ready, 1t turned out that she lodged ct snuff
shop kept by person named Douglas, where
there we're several other dodgers, and that on the
inst Monday Of every month there was tee,
and the landlord reaG the month's number Of
scribed to the ties partakine Of that luxury, but
all having the benent OF the reading; and the
impression produced on the old chsr-wo re-
vealed itself In the remark with which she
closed her account OF 1t. "Lark, ma'm!v
thought that three or four men must have put
together .Domhey?' "-Fromt tie life If Dickens
by John Forster. -rHg
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The Story Of Poor Little stephen
6iFa I'd

The man lives in Philadelphia who, when
young and poor, entered q bank, and says he,
PLEASE, sir, don't You want boyT" And the
want little boy" The little boy, whose heart
was too full for utterance, chewing q piece OF
licorice stick he had bought with q cent stolen
audible, and with great globules of water
rolling down his cheeks, glided silently down the
marble steps Of the bank. Bending his noble
thought the little boy was going to shy q stone
at him. But the hey picked up something and
stuck it in his poor but ragged jacket. "Come
here; and the .sank man said, "Lo, what pick
"a PIN" And the bank man said, "Little boy,
bank man said, SHOW do you vote2-excuse
me, do you 60 to .yn nday Schools" and he said
ne did. Then the bank man took down pen
and he asked the tile boy what 1t stood for,
and he said '.Salt 'eter." Then the bank man
said II meant ''sah't Peter" The little boy
Then the bank MOI took the little boy to his
bosom, and the little boy said "Oh!" again, for
little boy into partner tip, and gave him half
the bank mans daughte. :, and now all he has
In all his; and al his own, 100.
STORY OF ANoTHRR 6,osD LITTLE BOT.
My uncle told me this .stsry, and spent six
weeks in picking up pins in front OF bank.
say, 'LIttle boy, are You .yood?" and 1 was
going to say eyes" and v hen he asked me
what est. John" stood for,I Was going to say
"Salt john" But guess tho bank man wasn't
anxious to have q partner, md guess the
daughter was . son, for ono day says he to me,
.Little boy. what's that you're picking mp"
Says 1, AWFUL meekly, "Pins." S'sys he, 'Let's
see EN-" And he took 'em, and 7 took of my
cap, already to 60 in the back and become
partner, and marry his daughter: But didn't
get any invitation. He said, "ThaHe pins be-
long to the bank, and II catch you hanging
around here any more I'll cot the dog ~ y0I!"
Such u life - find it--Naek Tscajs.
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LAND SALES.
hFFICIAL-No. 7,6J
By iks PreyidenI oC tAe United Ssafes.
PROCLAMATION.

By tks PTsyidenI aC rae Uaifsd States.
PROCLAMA ALTON.
In pursuance OF Law, 4, Ulysses s. Grant, Presi-
clare ard make known that public sses Of valuable
Pine Lands win be held the undermrntio.ed land
matter designated, viz:
At the Land oscs At ST. CLOUD, Mime
s sets' ooIneneing on noNpAY, January -,
posed Of in the undermentiOned townships and parts
a .ownshipe, viz;
Townships s, and s. in ranges
Towpship q in range g
North Of base line and wet Of fifth principal me
Township 10. Of rangeas.
TOWNSHIPS rs and lso, Of range Is.
ISxSsSSis. e ana s. g r.ns.S.
TSSns5is. Il ~ ass is. i iss and is q rans.n
townships lse, lse, and Leo, OF range IS.
At the Land one q OAK t LAkE, N, Mlin9e.o,a.
sale Of timber lands not previously dispO sed Of, in
the undermenticned townships and parts Of tosn'
North Of base line and west Of ffth principal me-
townships ~, lss, Iss. AID LEO, in range IS.
Townships ll, lss, lss, and leo, in range 81.
IS @ :ns 49, 40 q q range .ssss s.
Townships lss. Use, aDd lf, in Eange q.
Al ianos held q double minimum price vfli be di
and !. IL .Sd. SsI sa :, s ss1::
price VIII Be disposed OF ct not lees tSsn one dals
-. %
tands appropriated by Law for the nae of schoo,.
ias rei @dsry, AND othe. purpoees rsssrysd
sale. ~ tns
The Offering Of the above Ispds rfl n. oo,,.,,..
On The days appointed, and vii proceed Ia The ords
n which they are sdysrtfsed until the Whole sSsiI
s Sssn Snsrsd and ths sass thss ,lossd but 10
s sas: s IN !: -
onti ;i, .issr the sxyirettcn Of ne two weeks.
z: ss:s e. ss ss' !s.n.s e
~ ~ tnoee oes1rtng % p1rckass.
mi. & an GDdef ~ hsad = ne city q wasAiassoa,
By the fresidept:
0O@ni:siossr q Is: ssssrs, Lad ono..
NOTICE TO PRR-InPrToH CLAIMANT.
% sws y g: sesitlsS e ths sisht q sastss
toS MINIS eooye enuDerntsd = roQu}roA 20 sSenb-
n tne eeme % - oaiefoc1oo a tho Bag1stefa ona
nc g tAs .EsIsr - eoe - Sks ~.
R ~ tnerefor - soon - Dracftcable eaer sssinr
tnn nee1se. I'D ecfoss the day aDDoinfsd Tor the
conneoce0eot q ~ D1blie 40 a - Is:Ie -
g .s' sefs 66Ifs s:'S s
ecl1-lswsn CoaDistonss 0s1srsl Eaad a. -
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u,
IsliDgton remembered, with Q thrill of ludi-
crous terror, that lie still wore his evening
dress.
Turned" continued Yuba Bill, severely.
"turned int a restyoCrant waters garsong
En-, Alfonso, bring me patty dc Toy grass aud
an onnelette, demme :"
,nd Ps ssnS cd ss%
mouth, "but you-you don't look exactly like
yourself! You're not we'll, Bill" And, indeed,
as he turned toward the light, Bills eyes APP
pearea cadayerous, and his hair and beard
thickly streaked with gray.
MAYBE it's this yer harness, ," said Bill, q lit
tie an ;Ss when bitches on this yer
with enormous links sand mounts this smorn-
ing star lhe pointed to . very large solitaire
pin, which had the appearance of blistering his
whole shit front;S ut kinder weighs heavy on
all right" But he evsded IslIngton's keen eve,
and turned from the light.
"You have something to tell me, Bill" said
directness; "out with It,"
Bill did not speak, but moved uneasily toward
"You didn't come 5000 miles, without a
word Of warning, to talk to me of old times,''
said islington, more kindly; "glad as 1 would
have h been to see you; 1t isn't your way, BIN,
here, !" he added, in reply to an inquiring glance
that Bill directed to the door, "and am ready
Firstly, them" said Bill, drawing his chair
nearer lexington, "answer me ono question,
Tommy, fair and square, and up and down.
go on, !" said Ellington, with . slight smile.
eff should say to you, T0mmy-say to you,
to- day, right here, You must como with me-
you must leave this place for Q month, Q year.
two years, maybe, perhaps f0rever-is there any
,o,ns snas M keep youanAns my boy ea
"No," said Tommy, quietly. 81 am only
visiting here. 1 thought OF leaving Greyport
"Bat if 1 should say to you, Tommy, come
with me on . pseear to Chiny, to Japan, to
South Ameriky, 'p'raps, could y0u?"
"Yes," said lexington, after . slight pause.
"Thar isn't ennything," said Bill, drawing q
little closer, and lowering his voice confidential
ly, "ennything In the way Of young woman
They're mighty sweet about here; and whether
Q man is young or old, Tommy, there's always
some woman as Is brake or whip to hfmw
In certain excited bitterness that character
lied the delivery OF this abstract truth, Bill did
not see that the young name face flushed slight
" rs he answered "Eo."
"Then listen. It's seven years ago, Tommy,
thet was working one o. the Pioneer coaches
over from Gold Hill. Eg 1 stood in front o. the
stage-office, the sheriff o. the county comes to
me, and he eez, 'Bill,' SEE he, I've got looney
chap, a. I'm in charge Of taking i'm down 70
the 'eylum In Stockton. He'z quiet and psacea-
Bile, but the insides don't like to ride with him.
Hev you emmy objection to give him lift on
the box beside your SEE, NO; pu. him up.'
When came to 60 and get mp on that boz be.
ride him that man, Tommy-that man sittin'
there, quiet and peaceable, wss-Johnson!
He didn't know me, my boy" Ydba Bill con-
tipped, rising and putting his hands on Tom
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rock above his head. johnson dealt. albeit his
right hand was still unce-tain-hovering, after
dropping the cards, aimiessly about Tommy.
and being only recalled by strong nervous
even honest manipulation, Mr.. johnson CO.
verify turned a knaye from the bottom OF the
pack, with such shameless ineficiency and
gretuitous unskilfuinees, that even Tommy was
obliged to cough and look elsewhere to hide his
embarrassment. Possibly fo- this reason the
young gentleman was himself constrained, by
own hand. over and above the Lumber he legiti-
nasteiy held.
Nevertheless, the game was rnexciting, and
the fact and the amount with the stub of
pencil and shaking fingers in wondering heiro-
glyphics all over q pocket diary. Then there
something from his pocket and held it up before
his companion. IL was, apparently, dull red
.sEf," sad johnson, slowly, with his old look
of cunning-"ef yeu happened TO pick up such
q rock ez that, Tommy, what might you say it
wasp
"Don't knew ;" said Tommy.
'Mightn't you say" continued johnson, eau.
tiously, ''that it was gold or silver"
Neither" said Tommy promptly.
ssg that tina. Ma, was Of
yoTrn ez knew whar to 60 and turn out ten ton
Of il day, and every ton Of it worth two thou
sand dollars, that he had soft thing, . very
lar guase, which you don't?''
"But," said the hey, coming to the point With
great directuess, "do you know where to get it?
Have you struck il, Uncle Benz"
johnson looked carefully around. "I hev,
Tommy. Listen. 1 know whar thar's cartlosds
of it But thar's only one other specimen
the mate to this yer-thet's above the ground,
and thet's in Frisco. T2ar's An aglnt comm
up in day OF two to look into it. sent for
him. Eh?"
TSoon sitter, johnson informs Tom that he
has taken him INTO partnership in this quick
silver mine, which turns ont to be . real dis
covery. and then goes on TO hiEt at the tragedy
Of his lIfe.l
sALvIArED WITH MsREERY.
johnson passed his hand over his cold fore
head, wrung the damp ends Of his hair with his
fingers, and went on: "Times when Pm took
bad en- 1 was to-day, the boys about yer ser
you sez, maybe. T0mmy-it's whisky. 1t Amt,
Tommy. It's pizen-quicksilve pizeR. That's
what's the matter with ne. I'm salviated!
Saiviafed with merkery."
s'I've heerd o. IL BEFORE" continued John
son, appealing to the boy, ssana ez . boy o. per-
miskus reading. reckon you hev too Them
men as works in CiDnabar sooner or later gets
salviated. It's bound to fetch 'em some time.
Salviated with merkery."
"wbat are you goin' TO do for it?" asked
Tommy.
when the sgint comes M. and begins to
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One remarkable thing as TO the stun of our
dreams is well worth Il moments cOnSidCra
| tion-and il is this Of whatever stuff we
are ourselves made $50 far as regards our
moral constitution and character, that isl
of such stuff our dreams will assuredly par
take in every great degree, whatever may be
| the forms and phaseS-grOtesque and ridicu-
| lous, or awful and solemn-under which they
occupy the mind in sleep. 1t has been fire.
0uently asserted bv writers on this subject
| that the dreamer is at one time brave as IA
| lion, at another mere pOltroon-at one time
a.knavc and at another a saint etc, etc. But
all such descriptions are false and baseless-
the moral individuality undergOes 10 change
| in dreams. The coward Rerer dreams that
! he is valiant, or the brave man that lie IS a
coward; the sordid man has no generous emo
| tions in the land of shadows, nor does the
| frcehanded, hospitablc man become churl
in his sleep. The dreams of the miser will
never be vision Of sclt.saCriicc and bcnevO-
| lcncc nor those Of the base, mean, and i'm
pure, be whit more noble or elevated than
the acts of their waking hours. II is true
that in dreams we OTTER acquire wealth, honor,
dignity reputation, or power; in fact, We may,
and it j. likely enough that we do, in our
dreams realize, as il were in the course of
our lives, I'LL those various longings and am
billions which we are in the habit of
picturng to ourselves in those waking myths
and day dreams in which all men, from the
necessities of their nature, indulge more or
less. But, throughout all these changes, end
less as they are, the moral individual remains
the same, and cannot, or will not, undergo Il
moral change. Again in dreams we never
lose our personal identity; one man never
dreams that he is another man, or ten men,
or twenty, yet each and all of these will be
none other than himself multiplied he knows
not how. From these considerations and
others which they have tendency to suggest
it would appear that We have ourselves a part
to play in furnishing the stuff of our dreams
To what extent we are ourselves the creators
Of our dream.litc may perhaps be shown in
subsequent chapters. HoVrS.
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An old man who lives near St, Helena,
California, in wild solitude, has very
pretty daughter, aged nineteen, who had pro
badly never seen young man till her father
took her to San Francisco the other day to
see the town. She was dressed up prettlly,
for the first time in her life, and her silks and
ribbons and the gay sights almost turned her
head. But what most interested her was that
hitherto unknown being--the young man,
Every time she saw one she would nj her
ewes earnestly on him, and she would actual
" make several attempts to get away from
the old man, that she might cultivate the ac-
quaintanCe OF these young gentlemen, so mat
he finally caught her and led her by the hand.
After he got her on the boat for vallejo, on the
homeward trip, he felt pretty safe ana con
cluded To take IA drink. He took several, and
in his absence the daughter made the acquain.
lance of two Sprightly young men on the
boat and she was SO fascinated with male
society that she made arrangements to torSake
her old father and go with them. She sue
ccssfully gave her father the slip when they
left the boat for the cars. and the infatuated
rirl was slowed between them in Il smoking
car. But her father found her and whirled
her out Of that car in the livelicSt manner,
and kept his hand on her until they reached
home lie will not dare to expose her 10 such
peril again. and the poor girl is destined to
close confinement out OF the world Of young
men unless she runs away.
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A book agent entered the open door Of 6
snug Pittsteld cottage one day last week, and
nodded to trim, bright looking little woman
who sat sewing 10y the window, commenced
volubly to d@sCant on the merits OF a great
work he was for the first time giving mankind
an opportunity to purchase, 1t was univer
sal biography, cook. book, dictionary, family
physician, shorthand instructor, and contain
ed, besides, detailed history ofcvery import.
ant event that had TRANSFERRED in the world
from the apple incident and Adams fall to
Credit Mobilier and the fall of Congress. The
The work contained 5000 chapters, all with
running titles The agent after talking on the
general eXcellences of the volume about five
minutes, commenced on those chapters, and
as the woman did not say a word to interrupt
him, he felt that he was making Il conquest,
md he ratified away so that she should not
have a chance to say no 1t took him nearly
half an hOOr, and as he breathessly went on,
the sweat started on his forehead, and he made
cOnvulSivc grasps at his collar, and when he
finished he had hardly strength enough left to
put on Il bewitChng smile and hand her his
ready pen whcrcwith to subscribe her name
to the order book She took the pen but in
stead of putting her autograph on his list She
lifted Il slip of paper from her WOrk-bON, and
wrote in plain letters, "Imc dete and dunn
He said not a word, but the unuttcrablc things
that he looked, as he turned To- the door would
fill a lihraV.
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Nearly sixty years ago the Congress of the
United States Undertook to pass alaw incrcas
ing the salaries OF members to twelve dollars
II day The attempt created much excite
ment throughout the country. Editors and
rhymcstcrS and the people generally dcnounc
ed it, y correspondent of the New York
Eyeoing Post, referring to this item of history,
calls the attention OF editor of that paper to a
song, the words of which were originally pub,
lishcd in the Post at the time the salary in
crease excitement was agitating the country,
and says: The late proceedings of Congress
have called this song to my mind, and firm.
" believe the bringing out of this old song
would repay all the labor and trouble it would
OCCASION The Pest rcproduces the song in
compliance with the suggestion of its CORES.
pondent and says: at will crafty Mr.. Dutch
er, Ohe correspondent, and perhaps some
other old gentlemen whose memories 20 back
as tar as he does, and 1t will show the young.
er generation that Ben Butler would have
been an ornament to his time and station
more than half century ago" The song is
as follows.
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II Is acknowledged that no other plant will
yield rs much food for man on an acre OF
ground as the banana, or yield 1t with so lit
tic outlay of labor Where the mean temper
ATTIRE is about 81 dogs. Fab, the yield per
acre is about seventy five tons. Even when
the mean temperature is as low as - or IS
dcgs its cultivation is still advantageous; a
mean at - degrees gives middling return,
but when ii sinks To sc degs., the product
fails to bC rcmuncratiyc Under the most ia.
yorablc conditions, single tree will yield
three crops in Il year, of seycnty-tive pounds
each. 1t is propagatcd 10y offsets or suckers,
and requires IA soil rich and humid, but care
must he taken that it be well drained, either
naturally or by artificial means. OF the total
weight of the fruit nearly thirtv-scvcn per
cent must he deducted for the rind, the re.
maindcr being edible.
| While the banana is green il is mainly
,tarchy, but a. il ripcnS this is changed into
>ug"c and gum. In the tropical countries
where il grow, il Is mainly used green, strip.
ped of liz rind and roasted under hot ashes.
/ 1t is often dried in a bakers oven, by which
! II loses sixty per cent. of its weight and be
comes hard and translucent, and is used in.
stead of biscuit in forest Journeys and coast
voyages by the natives The fruit is very nu.
lritiouS even when one half ripe. Six and
one half pounds of il, together with two
ounces OF sailed meat, have been in many
cases the regular daily ration of food for la.
borcr> in banana growing regions 1t was
proposed many years ago to grind dried ba.
nanaS Ia flour for export to Europe, rs a sta.
pie article of food; but the project seems to
have come To nothing. Considering the
large amount of starch contained in the I'm.
/ ripe fruit. and the sugar in that allowed to
/ ripcn, il would seem perfectly feasible to use
/ ii in the manufacture of alcohol, etc, in the
same manner that potatoes are now applied
Ia such purposes.
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A NEW SONG

ANEW SONG.
o! won't you hear
What roaring cheer.
Wa, spent by Johnny Congress, q,
And how gay
They doubled their puy
And doubled the peoples taxes, O,
There was Clay the scold,
And Johnson the bold,
Who did not shoot Tecumsch o,
And Ormsby and Lowndc,
All rs eager as hounds,
On the scent of the lOaves and fishes, o.
lArah by my shoul, it would make your heart
leap for grief TO hear the poor soldiers beprinp
for their pay, the widows for their pensions,
ana the officers for new loans, while all the
members are drinking and singing mcrrily.l
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars day,
we've dollars days the dandy, O,
There was Clay in the chair
With his iaX-CoOrcd hair,
signing the tax bills Chccrily, q,
And smiled as the rubblc
so loudly did gabblc,
The audience scarcely could sumbcr. q,
1t was aye, it was no,
Twas too high twas too low
The ayes viii rise" said the speaker, O.
And quickly arose
Two eyes to the nose,
And the salary bill was carried, q,
lt'' " IHt SIIoUI, tncN alt unanimously ulSa-
greed upon everything except the salary bill.
Gentlemen, order, This bill proposes to give
IL all yearly salary of fifteen hundred dollars
and myself three thousand Shall it pass
Aye! aye, aye. The aye, have it," therefore
they all began to sing:
Twelve dollars day
Twelve dollars a day,
Twelve dollars days the dandy q,
But och. by my shout,
They all stared like an owl
When the people all hiSs'd their djtty, o.
Said Clay, we're all broke
They don't relish the joke,
The devil has got in the r0bblc, o,
We have put on their back,
4 mountain of tax,
An army, bank, Ct cetcra o,
Which so tamcly they bore.
That We all could have sworc
They were perfectly broke to the halter, o?
How shall we creep out Of this scrapc? says one
Says Clay, | will persuade the people that
twelve dollars day il too little to support
myself and wife. Says Hardin, I'll turn the
thing off in Joke. Says Ormsby I'll beg
pardon of my constituents, and premise never
to do the like again. "Wcll done, my lads |"
says Johnson, and 80 they all began to sing
again:
Twelve dollars day
Twelve dollars day
Twelve dollars days the dandy, q!
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1t has been suggested that this may be ac-
counted for by the fact that the right side of
the body is stronger than the left, it being
well known to bootmakerS that the right foot
is generally larger than the left People are
as a rule right-leggcd as well as right.hand-
ed The singular circumstance Of lost
persons moving to the left pertains in the
backwoods of both Australia and America.
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4 Young clerk in Dubuque fancy store
who had been requested by lady customer
tn sent home spool of thread She had pur
chased, hired an express wagon, in which he
placed the spool aud SO drove TO the lady 5
residence, where hc deposited tho spool in the
hall rndp ice. like 4 barrel
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George Darum, in Mature, mentions some
facts going to confirm the opinion, which has
often been advanced that persons when lost
always stray in a cirCl" and toward the left
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