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INCIDENT IN ARTEMUs WARDS EARLY
L1FE.-Mark Twain tells the following
good story: ~
When Artemus was very young he
and companion got hold of pack OF
cards and learned to play euchre. Ar
temus was perfectly fascinated with the
game, and played it as often as he had
an opportunity: but it had to be done
on the sly, and ne bad to hide his cards
from his parents. So, when he was
looking out for place to hide them,
the boys thought the safest place where
| they could put the cards was in the
pocket of the minister's black gown,
under the very agis of the church. /
don't know what egis means, but it's a
good word, and suppose it's all right.
Well, the old minister was called on to
baptize a convert and as he went down
into the water wearing gown the
cards began to come up to the surface
and float off. The boys who were on
the bank watching, though in great
fear, kept their eyes on the cards. AS
it happened, there came up first two
bowers and three aces. OF course the
DOyS Weie tlTasHeu, anu oil Olu iullL VI
Artemus proceeded to lecture on the
enormity of the crime.
"Why," said she, 'sjust imagine how
the poor man must have felt when he
saw the cards coming up. l should
have thought he would have tainted,
and don't see how he got out"
"Well," said Artemus, 81 don't see
how he could help going out on such a
hand"
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KISS Me MAMA.-Kiss mo mama, be-
fore sleep. How simple boon, yet
how soothing to the little suplicant is
that soft, gentle kiss. The little head
sinks contentedly on the pillow, for it
lis peace and happiness within. The
bright eyes close, and the rosy lip is re-
vealed in the. bright and sunny dreams
of innocence. Yes, kiss it, mama, for
that goodnight kiss will linger in menu
ory when the giver lies Wondering iii
the grave. The memory Of gentle
mothers kiss has cheered many lone
ly wanderers pilgrimage, and has beer
the beacon light to illuminate his des
olate heart; for, remember, life has
many stormy billow to cross, many "
rugged path to climb, with thorns to
pierce; and we know not what is in
store for the one SO sweetly slumber-
ing, with no marring care to disturb
it's peaceful dreams. The parched and
fevered lip will become dewy again, as
recollection bears to the sufferers
couch mothers love-a mothers kiss.
Then kiss, kiss your little ones ere they
sleep; there is magic power in that
kiss which will endure to the end ot
life.
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Home Advantages.

Our habits of social life differ wide
ly from those observed in England;
and in nothing is fact made more ap-
parent than by tho rules governing
courtslip in the mother country. In
England, especially in London, man
often knows next to nothing of the girl
he is engaged to. He has met her at
parties, has taken her down to dinner,
and danced with her; has called on
foggv afternoons, and had tea graceful
ly handed to him; but he has learned
very little about her true character-
her temper, her principles, her capacity
for affection; for defects in these res
poets must be very marked indeed t"
show the decorous self-restraint of
company manners. The girl, on her
part, is still worse off, since she has
even fewer opportunities of judging
what a young man is worth; for he, at
ter all, sees her in her own house and
among her family. He can notice how
she gets on with them, and can often,
if The is sharp, interpret her by them
for good or for evil. But he is proba-
bly, quite isolated in town; she sees
nothing and knows nothing Of his re-
lations; lie is merely a presentable
young person Of sufficiently pleasant
manners and adequate income whom
she meets in respectable company. She
does not guess what the sisters whom
he neglected, or tho school-felows
whom he cheated, or the clerks whom
he DULLES, could tell about him, land
has to learn for herself, when it is too
late, that he is mean, hard and selfish.
1t is fortunate for their own peace that
English women, as a rule, are devoted
mothers, as they are thus enabled to
console themselves for the uncongeni-
ality of the husband by the love of his
children. In the States, or the other
hand, it is generally mans or a girls
own fault if she does not succeed in
making out pretty well what the other
is good for. Meeting oftener, and in
a less formal way, able to carry OIL
a somewhat exclusive and expressing
acquaintance without being necessari-
ly supposed to have ''intentions," an
American youth has the amplest means
of finding out what are the tastes, and
notions, and habits of the girl whom
he thinks of making his wife, and can
use those means without exciting any
suspicion. Nor can he himself keep a
mask always on in her presence; even
if he tries it, she is probably intimate
with other young men Of the same set,
and can make out from them what ia
thought of him by persons Of his own
sex-in all cases the best guide and
clew to the truth. The result is that
people do, as a rule, known much more
of one another before they marry than
they do in England.-iW averly Mag
azine.
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poem Of twelve verses OH ''The Streets
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go see what | have sawn,
Go feel what have felt;
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THROW PHYSIC TO THE DOGS!

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gpetrN.
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THE PROPOSITION.
BY VIXEN.

He asked me if I'd have him,
And plumply told him no!
lie wanted why's and wherefOres, 10.
But would not please him so.
A woman needn't-need she?
Distress herself for life,
Because some anxious fellow
Should chance to want a wife?
He said was too flippant
For a woman of my kind;
That he wasn't found of ma gpies,
And he liked an austere mind.
l said he needn't name it, =
For needed nOt-not I!
What sort an austere mind was,
But loved an oyster pie.
He laughed-then frowned upon me,
And said | was too curt;
That wit was more than smartness;
I was just mite too pert.
l said it was his dullness-
That my wit he could not see;
But perhaps I'd make him smart, if
He should ever marry me.
He said I'd better take him; .
That I'd miss some other man,
And then I'd like to get him,
"Then catch me if you camp
I said he needn't fear. it; ..
There was better match
10 light bridal candle
When l had one to ''catch."
lie said "a better marry;
Life was not always May;
And wasn't growing younger
And prettier every day.
But woman ought not-ought she
10 live lie for life
Because "the right ones missing,
Or she can not be his wife?
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like the leopard it leaps the chasms of
separation and crouches delighted Il, the
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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-27

THE conduct of Judge Hunt, in order
ing the jury to find certain verdict in the
case of Miss Susan b. Anthony, and in
refusing to poll the jury, has been very
severely criticised by number of leading
journals, and not few have more sharply
assailed his assumption that the right to
vote is question exclusively appertaining
to the jurisdiction of the states. The New
York Sun, in the course Of an able article,
pointedly says:
Judge Hunt allowed the Jury TO be impannelea
and sworn, and to hear the evidence but when
the case had reached the point of the rendering
of the verdict, he directed verdict OF guilty
lie thus denied trial by jury to an accused
party in his court; and either through malice,
which we do not believe, or THROUGH ignorance
which in such a fragrant degree is equally culpa-
Ole in Judge, he violated one of the most impor
tant provisions of the constitution of the United
states. 1t is hardly worth while to argue to any
ope--unless it be TO a child under fonr years of
age, and that might not be worth whitehall
the right OF trial by jury includes the right to a
verdict OF the jury, ana to q free and impartial
verdict, not one ordered, compelled, directed and
forced from them by an adverse and predeter-
mined court. The language of the constitution
of the United States is that in all criminal pros
eeutioDs the accused shall enjoy the right to
speedy and public trial by an impartial Jury"
DO the words an impartial Jury mean Jury
directed and controlled by the court and who
might just as well, for all practical purposes be
twelve wooden automatons, moved by a string
pulled by the hand of the Judge
1t will be recollected that Judge Davis
also ordered special verdict in the case of
George Francis Train. But in his case
there was justification that cannot be set
up in the case Of Judge Hunt. Trains
counsel unfortunately yielded admission to
the charge Of insanity, and the judge was
simply guilty of unseemly haste in scizing
upon this admission, and refusing the coun-
sci the right to correct palpable error.
His offence was regarded so gross an one
by the members of the bar generally, that
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-27

The AMERICAN FARMER for July
is promptly at hand as usual, its pages full
of useful and varied matter for the farmer
and gardner, appropriate to the season and
the section of country in which this jonr-
nal is so popular. Its contents are sub
stantial, reliable and practicable, embody-
ing the experience Of men distinguished in
their positions as agriculturists, and no
branch of farm work but receives its full
Share Of attention. Published by Samuel
Sands & Son. Baltimore, Nd, at LOO a
year, or 81 in clubs of five OF more.
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WE copy an editorial article to-day from
the Valley Virginian upon the alleged atti-
tude Of Senator Lewis, in reference to the
coming gubernatorial election, which no
doubt speaks the true sentiments of that
gentleman. We have placed no reliance
whatever on the flying Conservative rumors
and intensely Bohemian suggestions of the
opposition, in reference to Senator Lewis,
or any other prominent gentleman in the
Republican party. With the Conservative
press generally, the intense wish for Re
publican break in the ranks" has been
the father of most Of their prolific thoughts;
that is all.
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HERE is nice point in which law and
the veterinary art are equally involved. A
man named Miller bought of one Smith, at
Hartford, Conn, some time since, the
trotting mare Nonesuch. The seller war
ranted the mare to be sound" but after
the sale Miller found that she was 'crib-
Der" whereupon he brought suit to recover
damages. The defense was that cribbing
is not an unsoundness, but habit. The
case was lately tried at Springfield, Mass,
resulting in a verdict Of five thousand dol
lars for the plaintiff, and the establishment
of the great principle that horse is not
sound which cribs.
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IT appears that Governor Kellogg favors
the new political movement in Louisiana.
while some of the Radical clubs of New
Orleans consider it ''moye of the Democ-
racy to decoy Republicans into their politi
cal power" From the communications
that appear in The Picayune, and the action
of certain of these clubs, it looks as if the
violent men Of both parties would oppose,
while the more mild, sober and conserva-
tive would support. the movement. It's
success or failure, of course, depends upon
future developments, the precise character
of which it is difficult just now to deter
mine.
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THEpeople of Cincinnati have long been
troubled by the question whether the read
ing of the Bible, or any other form of re-
ligious instruction, in the public schools
could legally be made compulsory. The
matter after fierce dispute was carried to
the courts. The supreme court has just
decided that the constitution of the state
has no bearing on the question one way or
another. The various boards Of education
and Of trustees are given full discretion by
the legislature in the management Of the
schools. They may allow or prohibit re-
ligious instruction, and the courts have no
ground for interference with their action.
We are in favor of the largest liberation in
religion but think it comes with an i'll
grace from a religious denomination, pro-
verbally intolerant the world over, to de-
mand an exclusion Of one edition of the
Bible from our public schools, while
another edition is strenuously insisted upon
| elsewhere.
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THE Massachusetts legislature has done
one sensible thing. II has enacted that
persons acquitted of murder on the ground
Of insanity must be committed to one of
the lunatic asylums of that state for life,
unless the Governor, after hearing, be-
comes satisfied they can be at liberty with
out danger to others. The law is likely to
be something of a restraint upon emotion
al /" muderers, as they can never be cer-
tain Of satisfying any sensible Governor
that man who has once taken human life
Is proper person to be at large, and the
prospect of permanent lodgings in luna.
tic asylum is not more inviting than life
confinement in prison.
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THE farmers of Illinois are called upon.
by the executive committee of the state
association, to meet in their several coun-
ties on the Fourth Of July, to celebrate the
day and to 8. consider and act upon the
dangers that now threaten the safety of the
nation and the liberty of the citizens in the
shape Of chartered monoplies and corrupt
conspiracies against the public interest,""
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SCHEDULE OF TRAINS.


FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC ROUTE
RICHMOND, FREDBd & POTOMAC II. r.. Co,
OFFICE OF GEs'I TIoEET 4 FREIGBT AGEHT,
RICHMOND, June 49, 1873.
UP DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-street station
GAO A. M
UP NIGHT MAI. leaves Byrd-street Station
$40 p. M. Except on Sandays)
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad-street
Station, at 800 p. NJ. Except on Sundays.)
DOWN DAY MAIL, arrives at Byrdstreet
Station, at los p. M.
DOWN NIGHT MAIL, arrives at Byrd-street
station, at 4.40 A.. nj. Except on Mondays.)
DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives
at Broad.street Station, at 1857 A. M. Except on
Sundays)
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad-street
Station on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and
FRIDAYS, at $40 A. NJ connecting at Quantico
with the Alexandria and Fredericksburg rail
way.
Returning, arrive at Broad-street Station on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATUR-
DAYS, at 4.40P. M.
BY order of the General Superintendent.
J. II. GENTRY,
fel8 Gen'l Ticket and Freight Agent
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there was serious talk of impeachment.
But Judge Hunt. if we accept The SUMS
view of the case, has offended justice far
more seriously, and deserves a Tar greater
weight of censure. For he claims fer a
privilege of judge the force of princi-
pie of law, while Judge Davis acted simply
on the smartness of cheap petti(ogger.
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The Worlds Sunny man" gets off
the following: 'The laundresses in
Bridgeport, Connecticut, shirt factory have
struck on account of the introduction into
the ironing department of male opera
tive, on whose effeminacy they vent much
lat-ironry."
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
nagrCITY FIRE INSURANCE


COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VA.
OFFICE, No. Ills MAIN STREEr
Under the Banking-house of Lancaster & Co.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL..".."...s2O 600
ASSETS... l0O.0OO
DIRECTORS Peter w. Grubbs, Clement II.
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Halves, It. William Pemberton, ID. S. Wool
bridge, +. I. Glasgow, T, L. d. Walford, John
Tyler, Isaac II. Darlington, James Dunlop, w.
r. Quarles, Anthony Bargamin, w. II. Lucke,
Bailey Davis, Frank ID. Hill, +. Il. Watkins,
Lewis ID. Crenshaw, George w. Gary, Samuel
Freddy, William II. Powers
This home company is now ready to issue its
policy against LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE
ON BUILDINGS, MERCHANDISE, House.
HOLD FURNITURE and other insurable pro.
perry, and solicits patronage.
ASA SNYDER, President
F. b. MEADE, Secretary.
ia Him p.
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BaE- MRS. JOHN p. BALLARD
WISHES TO TAKE BoARDERS FOR THE
SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL MONTHS.
Can accommodate two small families. The
house is new one pleasantly located | y miles
frmo the city, and the accommodation train on
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad stops at the place daily at 81 o'clock
M. returning, leaves Richmond at A O'Clock, p.
m. Address JOHN p. BALLARD,
ap1l-tf Richmond, Va.
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193--Invol.
FI'HIs is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That On the

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
in--bankrnptcy. =
At Richmond, Va, this 2Gth day of May, 1873
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
Jacob Cohn, of Richmond, Henrico county and
State of Virginia, hereby gives notice of his APP
pointnient as assignee of the estates Of VIM. b.
Starke, of Culpeper county in said dis
April, a. d., 1873 adjudged a bankrupt npon
the petition of himself by the District Court
of said district.
Dated at Richmond, May 26, a. d., 1873.
JACOB OOHN,
my 2S-W3w Assignee.
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RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND
CHESAPEAKE r. 4.
RICHMOND, YoRK RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE }
RAILROAD COMPANY.
RICHMOND, VA, June 2, 1873. J

RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CHESAPEAKE
RAILROAD COMPANY.
RICHMOND, VA, June 2, 1873 J
NOTICE.
On and after this date the PASSENGER and
FREIGHT TRAINS over this route will be run
follows
PASSENGER TRAIN daily (Sunday ex-
cepted), between Richmond aud West Point,
leaving the depot at p. M.
Passengers for river landings and Baltimore
will leave Richmond on WEDNESDAYS and
SATU RDAYS at 2 O'Clock r. NJ, connecting
with steamer at West Point on same evening
for Baltimore, sc.
Fare to river landings $3.50
rare 10 Baltlmore. o. 90
FREIGHT TRAIN for through freight leaves
Richmond on Tuesdays, Wednesdays Fridays,
and Saturdays at clock A. M.
LOCAL. FREIGHT between Richmond and
West, Point, carried both ways, on Wednes-
days and Saturdays, leaving Richmond at
O'Clock A. M.
at WILLIAM N. BRAGG,
j. l.. TAYLOR, Superintendent.
Freight and Ticket Agent. Richmond.
je 2--tf
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1875
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI-
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of W. s. Talley, q bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Richmond Va, this goth day OF June, 1873.
To Whom it May Concern 1.-The undersigned,
Emmett GTump, of Richmond city, Vr-
ginia, hereby gives notice of his appointment as
assignee of the estate w. S. Talley,
of the county of Hanover in said district and
who was, to-wit, on the 2Sth day of May,
a. d., 1873, adjudged a bankrupt upon the
petition of himself, by the District Court
of the United States for said district.
Dated Richmond, the Goth day of June, 1873
EMMETT CRUMP,
lie 24--Tu3W Assignee
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ACRIcUErURAL IMPLEMENTS.
NOTICE

The firm OF Watt & Knight having been dis
solved on the LIST October, 1872, MANFRED Call,
me under the style of WATT 4 GALL, in the
manufacture of the CELEBRATED WATT
Flow the Cuff Brace Pillow, GEORGE
WATTS OWN INVENTION, and agricultural
implements generally
have, within the past eighteen months,
made great improvem ents in the WATT PLOW,
and can, with greater confidence than ever,
recommend 1t to the farming community every
where, GEORGE WATT.
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"THE mysterious fiend of the Ganges"
means cholera, according to one of our ex-
changes.