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POETRY.
The Old Straw Chair.
TuSE-Old Arm Chair.

TuNE-Old Ann Chair.
I love my tobacco, and who shall dxre
Prevent me from smoking to soothe my care d?
I've cherished it long as n relished prize,
And puffed it away in clouds to the skies,
The pipe from my lips shall never depart
While life's streaming blood flows through
my heart.
Who taught meto smoke with such fond care
But my grandpapa IN his old straw chair
In boyhood's age, whenever would see
The old man take his Whit, would get on
on his knee,
And handle his pipe, make him laugh and joke,
Then ask him with a smile to allow me to
smoke.
"Now, David" he would say, take only one
puff;
To youth Of your age it is quite chough."
He would watch me draw it with a fondly
If coughed he would laugh till the old chair
shook.
Nv played around his chair on many Il night,
Watch'd the smoke from his pipe in clouds
take its fight;
Compelled by the charm Of that beautiful
thing,
My thrilling voice the kitchen would ring.
He would hand me the pipe, and mother would
cry,
"oh, father, do not! for you'll ruin the boy"
But such was his JOY he was deaf to her care,
Enveloped IN smoke in his old straw chair,
The old man got helpless-compelled to depart
From the blessings OF life, which once glad
dened his heart,
On his death bed the lesson he taught
Was, that indolent habits with dangers were
fraught.
But shall his memory revere to the last,
For his will told tale Of times that had pass
ed;.
The whole of his wealth he bequeathed to my
care,
With his silvered mounted pipe and his old
straw chair.
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FAMILIAR WORDS AND
PHRASES.
Where they Start-How they Start
Who Starts Them-What they
Mean.
From Hearth and Home.

| From Hearth and Home.
~ nhave here only made a nosegay
Of culled flowers and have brought
nothing OF my own but the string that
ties them. ."-[Montaigne.
Lord Lytton somewhere says that
after Shakespeare, Horace has given us
more quotations, SO generally in use
as to become proverbial, than any
other author.
Terence, Plautus, Virgil, Ovid, and
the celebrated Greek poet Menander
have added much to swell our list oi
proverbs, while the works OF our own
Franklin are rich storehouse OF such
experiences.
Do we all know when we sagely re.
mark, as we so frequently do, "There's
many slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip" that we are giving literal trans.
lation OF an old hexemeter; and when
we resignedly speak Of smiling through
our tears little as we suspect it, we
are quoting Homer.
That musty old proverb OF Frank
Inns, early to bed and early to RISE y
ETC., has been the banc OF my exist
ence. Many a delightful fairy story
and equally wonderful morning dream
has been broken in upon suddenly and
irremediably by the voice Of father or
mother saying, "Now, child, remem-
Der the proverb, EARLY to bed and
early to rise" The proverb, however
ungraciously, has been obeyed; but
alas! for The health, wealth and wis,
dom so lavishly promised. My eyes
are worn out with use before dawn
the wisodm which. had they had prop
er rest, might have obtained, is non
est, while my wealth may be estimated
by the price this article will BRING
God helps them that help themselves, y
is from the same hand, and bears an
independent, energetic spirit, strangly
at varience with the sluggardly coun-
sci to spend the long winter evening,
so full of golden opportunities for
gaining knowledge, in idle slumber.-
Give this idea about sleeping early and
rising early to the winds. More harm
is done the eyes by two hours use be-
fore breakfast than could possibly be.
fall them during the rest of the dav.
"Never put Off till tomorrow what
can be done to-day" is also Franklin's
and one cannot make greater mis-
take than by following this provcrb,
unless indeed he be an inveterate pro-
crastinator. But for a sane man de-
liberately to cut himself Off from that
increase Of knowledge or change OF
circumstances which the next day may
bring forth is simply silly. Far rather
would | choose as mine the rendering
which Mark Twain has put upon this
proverb, Never do to-day what can
be put of till tomorrow"
, Rabelais has siver smany common
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-13
Something like an Apology.

The editor Of a western paper once
gave q notice Of a ball, and happened
incidently to mention that the dancing
Of Major Heeler's better half was like
"the cavorting Of fy-bitten COW in a
field of cucumbers." The fact tha! the
editor had not been invited to the ball
may somewhat detract from the value
Of the simile, while at the same time
it accounts for his establishing the fl.
gure. The major, accompanied by
his better half and a six shooter, call
ed on the editor to complain Of the
poetical nature OF the image. On
learning that the lady was the one he
had described, the editor besought her
to raise her veil. She did so, saying:
Nov sir, expect you to apollo
gize."
"Apologize! I should rather think
l would" was the answer, as he seized
his hat and rapidly left the room.
The astonished major rushed to the
window. "Stop, you sir! you have not
apologized"
"What do you mean?" shouted the
major, accenting the interrogation with
pistol shot.
The answer was waited back from
round the next corner
Cant you see Pm looking for that
cow?"
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NO. 81.

bors and begone before ms name ras
announced. A third authority claims
the following lines, taken from an old
play, are the original ones:
"a worhe I. VS. as ersic 10 be doonc
AS tys to saye JACKIE. rUoysoo-"
The word arena has a most Interest,"
ing little bit Of Roman history done
up in its small compass. The word is
from the Latin and means sand. But
to the students eye it means great
deal more. He sees the Roman ann
pitheatye crowded to its utmost with
the beautiful women and brave men OF
that renowned city. Within the circle
two gIadiators fight, they strive for
liberty, but alas! how yainly. Each
one at the same moment gives the ia
tai blow, and each one lies weltering
in his blood. The people shout, the
ladies clap their dainty jeweled fin
gers, and the attendants coming in,
drag out the dead bodies and ssrew the
ground with fresh sand that the new
combatants may not slip in the blood
of their predecessors. When most OF
US speak now Of the arena Of life, for
instance, we think Of the earth as the
battlefield and ,nen struggling for
right or for wrong; but the first mean
ing of the word has slipped away from
us entirely.
The word porcelain means in Span
ish little pig. What possible connec-
ton can there be between the beauti-
full china-ware which glitters in our
shop-windows and the little pigs roll
ing in the gutter' In 1918 the Portu-
guese effected their settlement at Ma
Gao, and through them the first speci-
mems Of porcelain were imported into
Europe. They had applied the. term
boycellana to the cowrie shells, which
represented original money, because
Of their resemblance to the pink backs
of little pigs. Afterwards as the
transparent and beautiful china-ware
resembled the delicate cowrie shell, it
was called by the same name.
/ will close this article BY giving the
origin of the word quiz, which find
to be as follows: A theatrical mana
ger in Dublin at a dinner-party with
some friends, when the conversation
turned upon the subject Of words, bet
a basket Of champagne that he could
then and there coin a word which wo'd
be in the mouth Of everybody in the
city the next day. The bet being ta-
ken, the party dispersed. The mana
ger called his errand boys and runners,
gave them pieces Of chalk, and told
them to write the word "qu;z" on eve
ry shutter, door, and fence they could
find in the place. 1t was done, and as
a matter Of course the new word was
in everybody's mouth, the next day,
and has won a good and legitimate
standing. M.
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1t isn't worth white, under all cir.
cumstanccs, to express your sentiments
freely, unless you banker after martyr
dom. While Lydia Thomson was ca
pering in Memphis theatre the other
night, fellow in the audience shout
ed: Bully for you. old tow top!
Good Lordy, look at her kick" They
put him out.
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y sharp Hartford girl, with an eye
to Christmas presents, attended both
a Baptist and Ep:scopalian Sunday
school, and all went we'll until she
gave several answers out of her Bap-
list lesson book to questions in the
Catechism, and the churchmen drop
ped her.
, 1874-06-16

Tho olllce-hollors 1old their County Uouyo,l-
tton yesterday, md appointed dolognteu 10 tho
State Convention which meetB at Springfield to-
morrow. mr. Charley Hum, Oil tho part Of tho
CustomHouse md tho local organ. managed tho
affair; nud, though there wore no resolutions Or
any othor nonsonso Of that kind, 1t III Hato to say
tlat tho Cook County delegates aro thoroughly
in sympathy with Mr. Losan'e financial policy.
Tho absence OF tho German elomont was con-
apicuoug, and about tho onIy delegate Of t4at
nationality WHO could be found waa 11r. Gus
Duaso, who represents tho Post Office. Arathor
curious representation was found for tho Seventh
Ward, to-wlt: Mr. ]. \. soammon. Of tho Inter-
Ocean, who lives in tho Second Ward; AIr. Hhu-
man, Of tho Journal, who 1ivos at Evanston nnd
Mr. Haynie, Of the Times, WHO llyes in tho Firat
Ward. This combination would indicate that 1t
waH hard to SECURE delegates In some parta Of the
city and that oyon tho olloo.holdoss did not fur
nisl enough substitutes.
, 1874-06-16

The people Of tho Town OF Aurora deserve tia
highost commendation for their action on 8atur-
day last on the question Of paying certain rail-
road.a1d bonds issued by TINT town. The facts
are that tic Town OF Aurora voted and issued
100000 Of its bonds in aid Of the Ottawa,
Oawogo Il Fox River Valley 1lailroad. sulae-
quontly 1t WAS aacertainol that tue law undor
which tho honda Ind boen issued had not passed
tue Legislature, at loaBt tlora WAS no o7ilouco
that 1t lad passod,-and tho Supreme Court OF
Illinois declared that all proceedings ,,nder tho
law wore void. In oaae tried in tho United
States District Court Judge Dlodgott hold that
tbs bonds wero valid, despite tho non-pasHage Of
tho law. peud!ug an appeal from this last de-
ciHion, town meeting WAS called In Aurora, and
resulted In tho pauBage Of o roaolution declaring
that "oyery bond isaued by the paople Of Au-
rora that beass the seal Of the town and city
should DO lawfully paid; that wo ars opposed to
ropudiation, aud wo aro ablo to pay our just
dobts without any appeal" This is uuquostlou-
ably tho true policy. Tho many towns aud eoun-
tios OF thia State which have isAuetl thoir bonds
In aid Of railroads may hayo just CAUSE to regret
tia haaty and tll-adyised aotion but. nover-
thalees, their true policy ia to maos tho debt and
, 1874-06-16

corporate property ia voatol right, protected
by tho Constitution. Tho resorvod right OF tho
Legislature to roponl or modify a ollartcr ts not
unlimited, for, as Justice Clifford says, "rowor
to logisate founded on auoh reservation in
without limit and It may we'll ho admitted that It
cannot bo exercised to tako away or destroy
rights acquired by virtuo Of Bucla q ohartor, md
which, by Legitimate uso Of tho powora granted,
l,ayo bocomo vested in tho corporation" Thiais
tho language employed by the supromo
Court Of tho Unitod statos in Miller vs.
State, 15 Wallace. Another objection to
tho Wisconsin legislation urged by n1r.
Walker ", TINT 1t lmpoacs burdens on ono clasa
OF corporations not placed upon another,-
therefore that 1t iB partial and untust-opon to
tho objection Of class legislation. This 1t is,
since It nllows cortain Of tho roads to on1oy an
income while others 1t docs not. llr. Walker
thus ButnH up his argument.
That in nll clartnrs granted to- railroad companies
by tho Territorial Legislature there rcHoryod
powcrs ot :opaal amendment, aud therefore tho
ffa'ch'sts cannot 10 revoked whoro property other
rights hAv0 becolne vested In tho corporation.
That tin nnwor Ia n1tar or rcnool iii .noco, or ccn
nn, ,,va ~ ,nc,,ro~..,s,> !, 1asor,aa t H. rass
latnre by the Constitution, Of 1S48, and applies to aN
buellawa Of subse1nent date, but that tho exercise
i1caa' .,,ruoa ,, s .a a,a ~ 'u'
That tho property Of rallroaa compan,ea Of every
kind nud description Ia priynte, aud not public and
'nJ tsns - o"e' aso aa ensoy ~ nos uo.''ca
Inherent right hat follows tic ownership or u urop
eEsy.
1Aat the Legislature may recall Ihe right TO ace aa
, 1874-06-16
WHAT ABOUT DELANQq

Tho letter Of reuignation sent by tho DIX un-
bought members Of the Indlnn Board to presi-
don't Grant las been published in full. II con-
taina aovcral significant paasages. The Com
miHaionora "regrot that 1t is not doo,nod ex-
pediont by tho Honorable tho Socretary Of tho
Interior to urge upon Congress- tho legislation
we recommend" Which would secure tho indo-
pondonco OF tho Indian Duronu, and mike It
impossible for a socrotary Of tho Interior Ia
lcaguo with the lndian Hing to secure tho pay-
ment Of tho Rings fraudulent vouohors. I'ho
Doard Ia glad to know that drant would like to
hayo them freed from Delano's aupervis-
ion. Tho country would bo glad to
know thta fact practically. II tho presi-
dent should urge the change, 1t could be cfrcct-
cd. Tho Commissioners Btato that "undor tho
existing laws tho ovorruliug Of the decisions Of
tho Board by tho interior Department would fro
quontly rondor the labor Of examining aud do
Gliding upon tho accounts and vouchers as uao-
less as it Is arduous mud voxatous," aud that
tho recent changes III tho law have boon for tho
worsc instead Of tho bottor. These changes
wore dictutcl by De!ano. Finally, tho Commits
Rioners say TINT Board which has tho proper
authority cannot cooperate hnrmonioualy with
tho Interior Department., and that such Board,
"undor the influence or control Of tho interior
or 1ndian Department" would bo "compara-
lively useless appendago to tho gervico."
All this amounts to Having, III diplomatic
language, that Secretary Dolano Inns ateadily
thwarted the efforts Of the Indian Commissioners
to check tho Indian Ring. In this ho sooms to
havo boon aidod by tho House Committee OIL
Indian Affairs. which has carefully rofrainod from
luding out anything during all its sham investi-
gutiona. The ring certainly Yields IN enormous
power. Tie money It has eso1on from tho peo-
pie puts it within its power to corrupt the repro-
sentatiyes Of the people. It has doncl hongst
investigation for years. 1tH clief members aro
hand-iu4glove with the Secretary Of the Interior.
Throughout the West, il nowhere else. Columbus
Dolano is believed to be tie head Of tho Hing. It
las been proved that lie has willfully
violated, despite constant remonstranco from
the persons appointed to act as check upon
4AAf *I1u AAho At4AlAiH6 %At AAf9lkIaGulaut VI
contracts boforo they are lot. His associates
hayo roaped tho benefit of 1lis w-nreaking. Ho
has ovcrruled tho Indian Board whom 1t rejected
fraudulent vouchers. Hero, again, Ills aaao-
ciatea have n,ado money by bis intervention in
thoir boLalf It is time that something should
bo done. If Republican President md Coll
gross uphold Deiano any longer. and rofuse to
take any cognizanca Of lis scandalous relations
with a Ring which, AZ evory man in the country
knows, s1eas lts hundreds Of thousands anuu-
ally, tho peoplo will make themselves heard.
lano ask now: "What arc you going to do about
it7" in way TINT will not ploaHo the askers.
, 1874-06-16

volve tho city and county tn largo building
operations, and 1eavo tho rest 10 provl-
donoo Such pioty Ia affoosiug, but 1t
is not businoas. This WAS woll i1ua-
tratod In lilo County Board yesterday afternoon,
whom 1lr. AHhton's resolutions In favor OF hiring
nlcnts for proceeding with tho Couit-Houso mud
Clty-1ratl wore adopted by largo majority. and
nj tho satue timo 1t waa resolved that
MI incroaBo Of general taxation is not
oxpo1Iont. Tho RESOLUTIONS did not explain how
1t will 10 possible to expond 26oo 900 in public
buildings aud not cauHo an inosoaae Of general
Inv atfor
, 1874-06-16

Next month tho railroad war will bo carriod
into Iowa. Tho Northwestern aud Burlington
Compantos arc prepared to fight it out in that
State Us In Illinois and Wisconsin but thoro
are symptoms Of weakness on tho part OF Tho
Rock Island Company. Tho last-namcd Com
pany, several years ngo, in order to sccuro IN
oxtouaion Of limo Oh a land-gralt, surrendered
to tho State the right to regulate fares and
froights. II The Roch Island managera yie1d 1t
will hardly DO possible for competing roads in
Iowa to maintain d successful resistance. Tho
Iowa law Is patterned aftor tho Illinois law.
, 1874-06-16
TIE WISCONSIN LITIGATION.

We have before lii pamphlet, by Mr. Z.
Wallsor. Of this city, i'll which Ao discusses
question Of 10 little interest ut tho present
time, viz: tho rieltB of stockholders Of railroad
companies to their property uudor lilo laws Of
Wisconsin. Tho Attorney donoral Of Wiscou.
hin, it will bo remembered. recently gavo it nn
bin opinion that tho rnilroad legislation Of last
winter Ia entitled to implicit obedience. Alr.
Walker roviows tho argument by which tho At
tornoy-G General reaches this conclusion.
Tho Constitution of the State Of Wisconsin ro-
aoryoa to tho Legislature the power to altcr Or
ropoal ali charters granted to corporations. But,
argues DIr. Walker, tie legislation in question
relatos generally to railroad, express, and telo-
grapl, companies, and docs not eyon attempt to
alter or repeal any Hpoolal charter or gonural law
authorizing the organization Of corporation.
Mother tho title nor Tho body of Tho net shows
any oyilonce on tho part OF the Legislature to
altor or amend THO charters Of any railroad, ox
press. or telegraph company. Not, therefore. to
aor or ropoa the charters Of tlloso corporations
but to doolaro all railways within tile
State public highways, and thoir corporate
property public pproperty, is tho effect
OF these aots. The question thon IL
whether tho Wisconsin Legislature las tho power
to douare tho roads public highways, aud their
property public property. There ID distinction
bes"oen corporate property aud tho right Of OH.
5oyment Of corporate franchtAoa. Tho franchise
is obtained from tho State. The property IL
private property, and yostod In the stockholders,
not In the artificial corporation. That tho rohd.
bod, rolling stock, fixtures, oto., aro priyata
property, to DO "owned, uaod, and operated by
tho Company, for tho exclusive hcuotit a,,d od-
vintage OF the atockloldors," waA dooitle1 by
tho Supreme Court OF Wisconsin, in Whitaey w.
ehoboygan Railroad. 20 Wis.,, 1852. .aho right
to earnings and profits Of the use Of tho
, 1874-06-16
,ok, wore AZ follows

Aid, Cu1lcrton introduced in tho Council last
nirAt sot OF resolutions directing inquiry into
tho condition Of tho city fnuncoH. uo said ho
Ind n,atlo cortan pledges to lB constituents. md
yviehol to abido by them. Tho particular object
Of inquiry waa tho disposition mado By Trcas.
uror OHara Of tho interest on city deposits. The
rcsolutions wore roforrcd. Mr. Culforton's to-
nacity should not bo without its reward, but tho
chancos arc against linn. AIr. o'1Iara has for
gotten tl,d pledges nude to lis constituents, and
Mr. O'uara is powor behind tho throne.
, 1874-06-16

An important verdict has just beon rendered
in tho Now York Marine Court in tho case Of E. B.
ClatIin l. Co. asniuHt tho Western Union Telegraph
Company. Tho amount Of money involved Is not
large, bolng but s342, but tho principle at issue
was M important ono. Tho plaintiffa gent the
following dispatch to ono Of thoir Halesmon tray
cling IN thu Bouth "Atlantic T. twelve D, twelve
one-ha1f OF trade." In tho course Of transmits
aion tho D was changed to 4, nnd, in couso-
quenco, tho salesman disposed Of goods at 1411I
cents yard which were cente hlghor at tho
time, involving loHa to tho firm of $500. On
the trlnl, tho Telegraph Company set up NJ n de-
fenae TINT the dispatch, being in cypher, should
haro been repeated, under tho conditions on tic
Company's blanhs md that tile salesman him
SELF waa negligent in selling at q price lover
tlan Ind beou kuowa for years. Notwithstanl-
ing tho dotonso the verdict was given against
tho Telegraph Company.
, 1874-06-16

Tho Constitutional bill was introduced into
the Fronch Assembly by tho Loft Contro yos-
torday, and d voto of urgency was carried by
946 to 3l1. Tho bill contalna throo provisions;
tho first, that tho Government shaIl couaist Of d
sonato, Chamber Of Representatives aud D
preadont of tho Republic; the aecoad, that
Macstahon'a term OF of,lco shall not expire bo-
fore 1886; tho third, that tho Constitution may
DO revised. I'hia bill, 1t was announced on tho
9th, would DO brought In by II. Dufauro. Itia
now introduced, and wo may look to franco for
aome oxcitomont, at loast for aotno change IN
tho political aspect. Tho Left is determined.
should this bill fail. to resign in body, aud it Ia
not unlikely, may, 1t IL very probable that q
good number of tho Right may Join
them. THO Loft aro hcartily sick Of tic unccr-
talntY which rolgns in Fronch affairs. Tho Con-
servatiyo party has boen In powor now for throo
yoa1s. They havo not, however, boon ablo to
give franco permanent form of government,
This tho Liberals look upon aa demonstration
that tho Conservatives arc incompetent for tho
task. They think thcir own opportunity llay
como, mud insist on voto,-Ropubllc or disHolu~
tion. II they aucceod, we'll and good; il they
aro defeated, thor resignation will immediato-
ly throw tile question on tho people.
4 new election will be ordered and
an opportunity given to the nation to send to tho
Assembly mombers who will represent tho pop
uar feoling, be 1t Honapartiat, Legitimist, or
Ropnb]lcnn. Tho Loft would not hayo decided
On this horoio measure it they wore not conf
don't Of tho 1HBuo; II thoy did not feel suro that
majority Of tho French people are in favor Of
nopublic. They know that tho Conservatives
md Donapartists insist on tho soptonnat only
becauso they find ieimpossiblo to DECLARE Mon
arcl'y or all Empire at prosont; only because
they bopo by tho end of Araca1alon's torn to DO
able to 10 30. Tho Republicans, 1t would Hoon,
aro determined that this shall not bo.
This programme Of tho Loft is forced upon
them ut this timo bocauHo TINT drawn by the
Right under tho inspiration Of Do Broglio,
d'Audiffrot-Pasquior, Goulard, and Lavergne, did
not mako tho concessions to them which they
demanded.
Tho Liberals arc all the moro anxious for tho
chaugo on account Of tic growing bolducss Of
the Bonapartist faction,-a faction the ability of
whose leaders cannot bo doubted. Holding the
balance Of power, the Bonapartists have an ap-
pearaneo Of powor which they actually do not
possess. With the Bonapartists the Republicans
can msko no bargain, offect no compromise.
They must therefore find allies among the mom-
bers Of the Right, Or rosign, as is their plan.
, 1874-06-16

onuo 1aws shall be begun unlonH within throo
yoara aftor tho dRto Of tho transaction.
That In lieu OF aalarioH, moiottos, and othor
porquHitoa now paid to customs officers In Now
York, Boston, and San Franosoo, tho bill catal,-
lis1loe, aftor July 1, 1874, soa1o Of nxod aal-
arlos. No officer Of tho customs shall 1lavo my
personal ownership Of, or intoroat in, any bond
cd warehouse or gonoral-ortler stoso. Tho re-
pcal Of existing lava shRll not affoct existing
rights or preaont distribution undor proyont
lAws, In a1l casoB where prosecution has boon
begun previous to May 1, 1874.
It will bo soen that all tho provisions of tho
1aw undor which Phelps Dodge i Co. wore yio-
timizod hayo boon repealed.