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ceasing to be an honorable partisan, 1t will be
better for both parties, and the country also.


be twenty years. though the inmates are, upon on
tering most of them, well advanced. Such is this
advantage of being free from botheration, worry.
fret, trouble, anxiety, disappointment, and tho like
things the names of which may be found in DIR.
Roget's Thesaurus. 1t was long ago settled ny
agreement of the moralists and the Psychologists
that fuss kills than fever. and sends greater
numbers to an untimely sepulcher. The real bills
of mortality are the tradesman's. We die of our
talors, grocers, butchers, and shOenskers, and Of
our collectors of internal revenue. We perish OF
our great desire to take up our notes We are the
victims of too much heed of tomorrow We expire
of too much DR.. Franklin and Poor Richard. Tho
wise pauper may say if he takes the trouble Of say
ing ANYTHING: Il have made snug harbor at last;
have all that the richest is sure Of-three meals
daily, a bed nightly, and clothes to put on when
get up in the morning. GoOd-by, hope. have no
further occasion for yOur anchor, my lady Fare
well, care. You shall not kill me as you did the
cat Nothing to do but to live; and, by George. L
will live as long as possible Old boy, you have got
into a good thing DO MT make donkey OF your
self by prematurey exhang" He does nc. It
seems-and why should hef
A benevolent fruit-raiser in Worcester. England.
was recently much annoyed by little boys who stole
his peaches after the manner of such small adyen-
turers He one day saw minute marauder go up
into one of his trees. He ready for the emer-
gency for he had provided large stuffed dog which
he placed at the foot of the tree and then retired
little to watch the effect of his strategy. The little
boy having filed his stomach and his pockets with
fruit was about to descend, when his afrghted eye
rested upon the animal. First he tried blandish-
ments viz, whstling, coaxing Then he tried the
serner lodges, viz, threatening, scoding All was
thrown away upon the stuffed dog. standing sterny
4 bia stiff fail inch to tho
right or the left. The little boy had never seen
dog like that, and after while he understood that
the peach tree must be his dOrmitory for the night
The hours dragged wearily on. The stuffed dog
looked bigger and bigger in the dark There was a
plenty of peaches, but where was the little boy 20
find Appetite In the morning the owner appeared
and asked the little boy how he happened to be IN
the tree Alas not in the least regenerated by Dis
sufferings he answered that he had been chased by
the dog and had ascended for safety why VIII
little boys forget the thrilling story of Annanias and
Sapphira And what must have been the mingled
emotions of wrath modification. and legs ache
which agitated that boy when he discovered the
game which had been played upon his juvenile
| credulity!
There Is a fresh candidate for vndication. He
does MT want office, but he Insists that it Is the
duty of the people to vi-Iucate him from charges
which he was legally arraigned, tried, convicted
, and punished. That Mr. Winchester Britton was
Justly driven out of the Office he had prostituted to
unworthy ends, every man who read the testimony
knows. Gov Dix gave him the fairest of hearings,
weighed the evidence With long and patient consid-
Grafton and finally rendered verdict which was as
| clear as it was damning. From the deserved
disgrace of that removal Mr.. Britton never re-
cover 1t is an age of vindications and every repro
| bate who has come to grief parades his sufferngs
and appeals to have the just sentence in his case re-
| yersed But this nomination of Britton by the
Democracy of Brooklyn is the most impudent thing
| the whole history of political wbtewashing has
ever displayed 1t should constitute another strong
sign Of Republican success in Kings County.
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For news read the weekly papers. Here is .
weekly and weakly sheet edited by a Brooklyn
D. d. denouncing the Sherman wedding as "sur-
render to Romanisn," and making the following
startling announcement 1t is a significant fact
that on the week. the country learns that the
direction of the army is taken from him (Gen. Sher
mani and the General of the Army goes to st. Louis
to reside. The people will rejoice. They feel that
this country is not safe in the hands of man
who surrenders to superstition and bows down to
the false gods of ROmanism." The compacent and
delightful ignorance of this even the fOOlkiler in
his daily rounds would not be cruel to disturb.
And yet no doubt this reverend editor has acquaint
auces who read the daily papers, and could tell him
that the country never has been exactly Gin the
hands, of Gen. Sherman, and that the direction Of
the army was not taken from him" during that
or any other week.
When Mr.. Mantilinl, having been arrested for
debt was writhing in agony on the carpet, he was
told that the amount due was SO many pounds, 50
many shings, and " six pence" The six pence
be demd p said Mr. Mantilini. and, doubt, he OK
perienced great relief from the improper observa-
ton. We are reminded Of this by reading one OF
Kelloggs Louisiana tax notices, sent TO firm in
New Orleans. 1t was q summons to pay State tax,
Sl6s special parish tax. s46s so; parish tax $685.
school tax, $40; Kearney tax, $23-" This Notice.
25 centsw Perhaps the parties were ready to paw
State special. parish, school tax and Kearney tax
l..,t,