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a. Warming against Office-Seeking by
I'D Young Men. rasg

The Hon. Albert g. Brown, of Mis-
sissippi, recently wrote letter to a
young friend, wherein he laments that
he ever made political speech or held
an Office. Ex-Gov. Brown was for SO
years, previous to 1865, continually in
high official and political station, and
would therefore seem to have had as
extensive and favorable an experience
as any of his cotemporaries and asso-
ciates. We quote as follows a, =
"True, as you say, I held many
offices. Indeed, / may say that I never
knew defeat in any of my aspirations.
And it is just because I had success
which people call wonderful that I feel
competent to administer a word of eau
ton to the young men of this genera
tion. MY young friend, do not be de-
ceived by the glitter of Office. I am
now past my threescore years, and am
fast travelling into the ten. I have had
almost every Office in the gift of the
people, and I can truly say with the
preacher, it is all vanity and vexation
of spirit. -. ol
Looking back over long, and I
hope not unsuccessful life, I can say,
with a clear conscience, my greatest re-
greet is that I ever made a political
speech or held an office. ...
"There is a fascination in office
which beguiles men, but be assured, my
young friend, it is the fascination of O.
serpent, or, to change the figure, it is
the &9f1ads Jogtatats which coaxes you on
to inevitable ruin. qsa IA ,oa.as -,
81 speak of that which I do know.
If my young friends will be governed by
my advice, I have this to say: After all
my success as public man, now when
my head is blossoming for the grave, I
feel that it would have been better for
me if I had followed the occupation of
my father, and been farmer. ..--..
"The mechanic arts are all honorable.
To be blacksmith, carpenter, or an
artisan of any sort, is no discredit to
any man. Better that than be jack
leg lawyer, q quack-doctor, counter
hopper, or, worse still, a wretched seek
er after Office. eao.n liz ..t ...., d.
"Of all pursuits in life that of far
mer is the most respectable. It may
have its trials and it's disappointments,
SO do all others. The mechanic may,
lose the wages of his labor, the profess
sional man his fees, the editor may weep
over delinquent subscribers; but the
honest, industrious farmer is morally
certain Of a fair return for his labor. y.
=" True, Paul may plant and .Apollos
water, but God must give the increase
But where is the faithful cultivator Of
the soil, Gods heritage to man, who
ever yet suffered for bread? .aE -rs1
"Allow me again to caution my
young friends against the beguiling in
ffuence of Office, and to advise them
most earnestly to stick tomother earth. !"
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An Intelligent Mare.

On the Harrodsburg road, four miles
from Lexington, lives Mr.. Funkhouser.
Last Tuesday night, as Mr.. T. was en-
joying the profound sleep which follows
an honest mans hard days work, he was
awakened by the repeated neighing of
his saddle nag. After waiting some
time for the mare to cease, he became
impatient, and, bouncing out of bed,
drove her off. He, thought it rather
strange, too, that she should come to
the house and leave her colt in the
woods, where she had been running
some weeks, He thought it still more
remarkable that his man, usually very
careful, should have left the gates open,
so that the mare could come from the
woods to the house.
While he was turning over these
things in his mind, in that half uncon-
scious state preceding sleep, he was
again aroused blythe mare. She neighed
loud and shrill, and at last put her
head to his window. Her persistence
finally suggested that something might
be wrong with her. He got up again,
but as soon as he approached she start
ed in brisk trot for the woods, and he
re. entered the house. But scarce had he
seated himself in the bed when the mare
was again at the window, making more
noise than ever. 0 At last he thought of
the colt, and, remembering some won
derful instances of intelligence in
brutes, determined to follow. The
mare preceded him to the gate; when
he opened it she passed through ii, and
Immediately struck out in the darkness.
and he lost sight of her. When he had
stood bordering few minutes, think
ing the mare had played rather sharp
game on him to get back to her colt,
and when he had just started again for
the house in no good humor, the mare
reappeared. At first he was disposed
to go home, but she actually blocked
his way at every step. He took the
hint, and again followed her, and, near
the middle of the woods, she stopped at
a sink hole. A little examination
showed him the colt lying on it's back
at the bottom, and unable to move. He
had but one match, and used this up in
seeing the position of the colt. He
found himself unable to extricate it
without assistance, and it was near
morning before he obtained help and
got the colt out. The mare, meantime.
had pranced around, showing the liveli.
est interest in everything done, and.
when the colt was finally relieved, her
JOY seemed extreme. Mr., F. made a
careful examination to ascertain, if pos
sible, how she got out of the woods, and
finally found where she had thrown q
top rail off, and then jumped the fence.
She had never been known to Jump a
fence Observation-Disclosures (Ky.) Ga
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DevOured by a Lion.

Some years before the French army
conquered Algiers, two highway rob-
bers, brothers, and men noted for their
strength and daring, were caught, tried
and condemned to death. The day be-
fore the one fixed for their execution,
they contrived to make their escape out
of prison. They were chained together
by the leg, and thus in forced company
crept through the woods and thickets in
the hope of gaining safe refuge. To-
wards the middle of the first night they
met, straight before them in the path,
large lion. They were unarmed.
Knowing the character of the animal,
they shouted boldly, and threw stones
at him. He very likely seeing through
their mock courage, lay down before
them and would not stir. Losing heart
at last, the robbers changed their tone,
and began to innplere the lion, in pite-
GUS language, for mercy. In an instant
he was upon them. The larger of the
two he seized, killed and began to. eat,
while the other pretended to be dead.
In the course of the meal the lion came
to the iron chain which bound the rob-
ber's legs; after examing it for a mo-
ment he bit the mans leg off above the
knee. Just then he felt thirsty, and
walked to astream to drink. The sur
viving robber crawled off for his life,
dragging his brothers leg with him,
and contrived to squeeze himself into a
hole in the ground. When the lion re-
turned he missed him. Roaring loudly,
he ran Backward and forward several
times over the ground, passing close by
the hole, but strangely missing it. Soon
after day dawned, and the lion went off.
Out of the hole came the robber, more
dead than alive, and was about to cut
his brothers leg from the chain, when
party of the Bey's horsemen rode up
and seized him. He was taken before
the Bey, to whom he told his story. His
brothers. leg was still in the chain to
confirm it, and the Bey, in consideration.
of his wonderful escape, awarded him
an unconditional pardon. Fldidz.
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The Art Of ssMake-Un.e1.

Dom Piatt, describing a. visit, to a
cosmetic ablishment in this city, says:
4 What, we asked, "are the articles
that go to make the beautiful women ?''
Well, first of all is our vegetable
enamel, perfectly harmless, that gives
the most delicate white-I may say,
dazzling complexion known to the fe-
male world. See," he continued, taking
a china pot from the counter, :: s this is
put on easily with small sponge. Per,
NIT me, madam; it Isl soon remover and
leaves no trace, }" and saying this, he
applied small quantity to the forehead
of our companion. The result on the
face Of clear, brunette. was startling.
The marble smoothness, aud at the same
time the satiny texture, if we may use
such an expression, was marvellous.
Then he took another sponge and ap-
piled a most beautiful blush, rose
color, upon thewhite, that was perfectly
charming in its natural and soft flush.
s. And now" he went on, 81 here is an
exquisite instrument with which we
trace the delicate blue veins that, when
done, defy the microscope of science. %
6 But howls it possible to make the
new face and the old shoulders match %
by making. all new. The face,
neck, shoulders, and arms have to be
treated all alike"
"And does this artificial process end
here ?" we asked. genifs2 ..t.
sob, not at all we are only just be-
ginning. The eyelashes and eyes have
to be treated. The eyebrows receive
especial attention. We cannot illus
trate with you, madam; nature has
done SO much" elias nas
He might we'll say this. for it is only
once in q million such beautiful eyes,
eyelashes and browns are given wo-
man. He called to a young lady of the
establishment and said, "Miss Blank,
will you permit me ?" "" ea2 g@l
She pleasantly assented, and taking q
small ivory tablet he placed it under
the eyelashes Of one eye, and then
touching them dexterously and at the
same time with the, most delicate art,
he made the lashes so decided, SO pro-
nounced, they seemed to actually grow.
He then penciled the brow, and when
done the effect was most decided. The
young lady was blonde, and with one
eye treated and the other not treated
the result was very decided.
Certainly this is ALL" we said.
"Not at all, We give delicate tint
to the ear, rosy, steel color to the nails.
We have powders for the teeth; we leave
nothing uncared for that goes to make
perfection of, a beautiful woman"
"And are these things in general use?"
" Certainly you cannot find brill
liant complexion that has not been made
so by art. We read with great pleas
ure of the beautiful women of the
fashionable circles of Washington and
the summer resorts, for we know where
they come FROM"
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Johnny Climbs into Geoerapbv,

is this the highest mountain in the
world ?" Johnny asked, surprised and
bewildered by the new aspect of the
strange great world we looked down
upon from our high position on the
top of Wild Cat Hill
Mountains were something new to
Johnny. The hills of Prospect Park
were the highest he had ever seen be-
fore, except some far-off ranges he
caught glimpses of from the car-win-
dow as we came into the country. He
could hardly believe me when I told
him they we're as high as the one we
had climbed with SO much labor that
bright summer morning. "They
looked small" I said, q ust as our
house looks small away down there in
the valley, because Of the distance"
"There among the trees by the riv-
er? L can see itzand the white church
on the nil, too, and the brick school
house. They look like toy houses /
The hill looks fiat almost (; its awful
steep from grandpa's. Is that the
mountain back, there where the woods
a1e?" r. p II & j N - :
Certainly" I said. "Don't YOU
see the gray line where the high rocks
are 2" E .sr5st . : - =
Everything is so queer r. the little
fellow went on, gradually getting used
to the new appearance Of things. -)ss and
so small. It's like, 6. picture. The riy-
er looks as though Z could step across ii
and hoWfar it goes R'yo asf9 0'a -sbra
Ii was a pretty sight truly to see the
river winding down from the distant
mountains, now still and black between
wooded shores. now fickering in the
sun as it dashed over rapids, here
spreading round green islands, there
pouring over white falls or sleeping I'M
der bridges ! No wonder the boy gazed
with wide eyes Wonderingly. as # upon
a bit of fairy. land, = &c. &C. ~. 80
''Where does it come from?" he in
CURED at last. .1'' Dia N
"The river pr gFg 'Tlgv"r s~s ~r e-sr ve.s
yes, the river. ~ @es'->A ~ i. ~. .sAse.
I pointed tolwhere blue naak STOOD
up against the sky, with white cloud
trailing from its top like snowy ban.
ner, and told him that on the further
side of that mountain was q beautiful
lake, and the river came out of it. RIM
ming between old White Cap Gas the
mountains name is) and the steep
mountain to the left of it.
g Are those mountains too ?" johnny
exclaimed. How smooth and blue
they look, like clouds almost. Are there
trees on them ?"
Except where they look white,'' ]
replied. GA few years ago great fire
burned all the trees off that fat-topped
one on the right, and now the bare
rock looks as though covered with snow.
And the white streak on the highest
mountain is bare rock, too, One time
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The. Three Stages.

Arctic expeditions are said to be made
up in three distinct stages, all of which
are necessary to form complete expe-
dition. At first a vessel is sent to
make explorations; after an indefinite
interval of time a.second ship is sent to
find the frst, and after another interval
third vessel is dispatched to complete
the explorationand bring back infor-
nation Of the survivors, if any, of the
two preceding ships. The return of
the third vessel usually completes an
Arctic expedition, and after another
interval of time new expedition is
sent out. j The Russians have reached
the second stage of the last expedition
to the Arctic regions, having decided to
send out an expedition in search of the
Austrian ship Tegetthoff, which sailed
for Nova Zemblaiin 1872, and has not
since been heard from.
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1t il hard work TO distinguish between
a sukcess and a hit, but thare il lust
about the same difference between them
that thare liz between two frogs, one
may be little quicker on the jump
than the other.
A boy throws a stun at rooster, and
knocks him over-he makes hit.
n He didn't mean to do it, therefore it
may not be called sukcess, and IL lust
about as mulch surprized as the roos-
ter IL.
Sukcsss liz the result ov plan, but a
hit IL often q pure acksident. 1. G
Hits and sukcess both are about az
skarce az to have the measles twice.
But [ don't want to be understood
that | konsider two krops ov the mea-
sizes much ov hit.-Josb Billings.
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A Dead Dogs Power.

A Worcester boy was engaged in noe
turnal cherry stealing a short time ago,
and was observed by the owner of the
fruit, who, unnoticed by the young rob-
Der, placed large stuffed dog at the
foot of the tree, and retired to watch
the result of his strategy The boy,
about descending, observed the dog,
and then the fun commenced. He
whistled, coaxed, threatened, unavail-
ingly, the animal never moving; and
finally the youth, accepting the inevita-
BILE, settled down to passing the night
in the tree.
4 After some hours had passed, YEARLY
enough to thelad, morning dawned, and
the proprietor of the tree, coming from
the house, asked him how he came to
be in the tree, to which the boy answer
ed that he took to it to save himself
from the dog, who had chased him quite
Assistance. It isn't healthy for smaller
boy to say stuffed dog to that youth
now.-Sora,agfeld (1faSs.) Re3oat5lic0n.
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The friends of wit expressing some
surprise that, with his age and fond
ness for the bottle, he should have
thought it worth while to marry. GA
wife was necessary" he said i; "they
he0an Ia saw of me- that 7 drnnk FOO
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The entire of Josh Billings family
are settled at Long Branch for the sum-
mer. His two married daughters are
also there one is the wife of Mr.. VIM.
Il. Duff, Wall street broker, and the
other of wealthy Venezuelan mer-
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THE .GUoD DOG OF BRETTE.
A German Legend.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

Should you e'er to Brette, be you don't faiE
To look at the dog on the old city gate
A poodle in marble, with tail
Save the piteous which the people relate aaL 1s4
VI a dog who was WON'T III the ceverest way
To carry basket whereon you might find
In capital letters as plain as the day, t zvItng
>, This plantive petition, " Remember the Blind
S'7,t saa n -ltlat yzs9~
And thus through the city he went IL isl said
Soliciting food that his might live ASSN
And never himself till his was fed -,.- $3.50 -.
Touched morsel of aught that the people might $50
G give; E9t.& ~.If.ff .e,1- ~
Such good little dog of such talents possessed,
: In Brette be sure, had an excellent Names,
And every hastened honor his guest
And treat him with kindness, wherever he came.
G33 5i5l ..eGr7 sQGg e1rl.-b-
But once. a Friday Ctis ever they saw 3e5.e+
z. day when misfortune. is apteet to fa1D, REg
AS the dog went his round, in the usual way,
He came to a butcher who Knocked call
''What! flesh a fast day!-you heathenish
rEgad !-you shall have it Ia nice bit of meat p
And, cutting his TALBOT, cried, " OFF with you srt
Take that you please, for your master to eatri
He went to his home, and his basket set down;
So stricken with grief and SO hurt in his pride,
That ne again showed his face in the town,
But, moaning in misery, sickened and died. p ~ e
And all through the city the story told ! IL 3
OF the beggar amenting the loss of his mate;
And all through the city the young and the old
Men, women and children lamened his fate. 81
And now you may see the old city gate
- His efigy standing in marble to-day; -f
Whereof the good people to strangers relate ~ II
" The piteops story I've told in my lay; -.- =
And the origin, hence, you will readily learn
OF the saying, repeated in country and city, ~.
When Kindness a ungrateful return,
'fHe fares-the poor man Like the poodle Of
,i Brette!
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Pith and Point.

NEXT TO diary, Iho mOSG C11acuIG
thing to keep is lead pencil.
A NEW defnition-A vail is lady's
protection from the too earnest gaze of
the sun of heaven and the sons of men.
Ira bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush, it dis no less true that
thorn in the bush is worth two in the
hand
The people of Carthage, N. Y, I'M
mindful of the fact that counting is very
solemn business, object to the young
people carryingit onin the village ceme-
terry 10 @
+ THERE is a man in Indiana who is
nowaliving in house with his fifth
wife, seventeen children f., nd - three
mothers-in-law. And still he is not
happy. gsfa97H III .aq .%,aT -
A CHILD witnessing balloon ascen-
sion, said he wondered the occupants
did not wait until they were dead, for
he didn't believe live people would be
permitted to enter heaven. - ''.'<
VIXEN the cock and the fox went on
board the ark they had no fear of bag
gage-smashers; for one had comb
and the other had brush, and that
was all the baggage they had between
them. ... .....s
The recently widowed Mrs. Murphy
to friend: g Well, thin, Mrs. Lanni-
gan, when poor zMicky, rest his sowl,
was all nately cramashinea, [ put him
in the joog, do ye mind, for I thought,
We know, he'd be feelin' more contented
there nor any other place at ALL"
A VERY fat man, for the purpose of
quizzing his doctor, asked him to pre-
scribe for a complaint, which he de-
clared was sleeping with his mouth
open. "Sir," said the doctor, "your
disease is incurable. . Your skin is. too
short, SO that when you shut your eyes
your mouth opens.",T .t29wo, 'ls o.
PRESENCE of mind undergraduate
was asked to point out which were the
greater and which were the lesser
prophets. For a moment this was
"poser" to the young hopeful. Hesoon
rallied, however, and answered, with
grave U01lU0IdbiOu L A0fSI "Ah0 "
make invidious distinctions. -t.a.
A LITTLE girl that had been promised
lap-dog, saw shaggy, ill-fayored cur
shaking his thirst from pool in the
gutter, ran into the house, crying.
"",What is the matter 2" asked the
mother. st don't want a lap dog p
said the child. ''See that great, hate
full dog out there ; he laps"
A SMALL boy, telling his "pals how
he came to be detected stealing apples
in a grocery store, proceeded thus
"Well, I don't care so burned much
about bein' seen, but. the, clerk was
cross eyed, an Thought he was watch
in q. dorg fight cross the street, but he
was lookin'o square unto me, an he
helped me clean into the gutter r r.'fv
= YOUTHFUL simplicity is beautiful, but
it may become exasperating. Sunday
school teacher Wishing his pupils to
have clear idea of faith, illustrated it
thus !" Here is an appleAyou see it,
and therefore know that it is there
but when I place it under the tea cup
you have a faith that it is there, though
you no longer see it" Thelads seemed
to understand perfectly, and the next
time the teacher asked them, 3" Whati is
faith p''', they answered with one accord,
" An apple under teacup. " : as-@r III
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81 REco11EoTING BACK TO THE MAY
FLOWER. Mrs. Dorothy D. Bates, of
Kingston, Mass, eighty-seVen years
old, recollects seeing Ebenezer Cobb
who died in 1901, aged one hundred and
seven years. This Grandther Cobb"
recollected seeing the funeral procession
of Peregrine White, who was born on
the Md9RoUer', and died in 1704, aged
eighty-four years. Thus, person now
living, has seen and recollects a man
who saw the funeral procession of one
who landed on Plymouth Rock from
the M0g9oaOe1', over two and a half
centuries ago.-NeaO6atry2aort { Mass
Her0Ld.- -lI .. al Iaunl naat .Iaw
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WHEAT STATISTICS. Mr.. FL. Kains
Jackson, a recognized authority, esti-
mates that the British wheat crop this
year is between $4,000, 900 and 12O,-
100000 bushels; that 64,O0O,00O to
70, 100000 more viii be wanted there
that the United States Gncluding the.
Pacific States), Russia, Hungary, Ger
many, France and Turkey have a sur
plus of $4,000, 1000 bushels, for which
England is the only customer; that the
average price of English wheat will fall
below fifty shillings per quarter ($1. so
gold, $l,65 in currency, being de.
crease Of eight shillings per quarter
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I1ElHE, new postal card will be lighter
in color, probably very nearly white.
The printing and engraving will be ex-
ecuted in black ink, and the border will
be narrower and much neater in ap-
pearance.
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A scHoo1BoY defines flea "Flea,
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" HUGa1NG set to music" is what some
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READING FOR THE YOUNG.
Josh's Pig. d ga

M2HLG 8Wi---8 t6DaGl9T A@8H91
STORY OF THE REVOLUTION. @a
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-07
.rAI Intelligence.
THE CBLlC SCHOOL.

.oro arc over ninety scholars now
ding the public school in this
= Of all ages varying from eight
.;,,een years, the average attend
/ heinr over eighty; fOrty-four of
compose the higher classes.
:, nv 4. +. Kaye, the others being
u'a,cd Inv Mrs. Il. $. Brown in the
l1"rv dcnartment. During the past
H. many of the scholars have
l' da..errci i'm their attendance ow-
,he prevalence of the whOOping
!. y many parents keeping their
I,r,, from school for fear of tho
s.,;"u reaching them. The differ
'"sades of reading, arithmetic, geo.
IL physiology and history, are
~; nv the teachers of the above
k"I and as soon as enough Of the
D,ars have sufficiently advanced i'll
rStndies.a higher class will be form
- ,be purpose of giving instructions
.hiiosophv, algebra and other high
Ir.de studies. While the attendance
"a school is good, it ought to be
,or' At the last census, there
: N children between the ages Of
Eli I6 who arc required by law to
mi school. OF these about % are
n" in the Ruby Hill district.
Icrs attend the private school. and
nv do not attend at all. 1t is III
S,icnt on the parents to see that
r. child,e m attend Il place of instruc-
I At least four months in each scho-
Il, wear, and, ifderelict in this duty,
= become amenable to the law,
Ech imposes IL heavy fine for such