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The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-30

How TO KEEP A S1ruAT1oN.-Be
ready to throw in an odd half-hour
or an hours time when it is an ae-
commodation, and don't seem to
make merit of it. Do it heartily.
Though not q word be said, your
employer will make q note Of it.
Make yourself indispensable to him
and he will lose many Of the oppo-
site kind before he viii part with
you.-Those young men who watch
clock to see the very second their
working hour is up-who leave, no
matter what state the work may be
in, at precisely the instant-who
calculate the extra amount they can
slight their work, and yet not got
reproved-who are lavish OF their
employers goods-will always be
the first to receive notice when times
are dull, that their services are no:
longer required. -. -
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EDITORS AND THEIR IEMP-
" .EATIONS.

Editors are subjected to peculiar
temptations. They sit at the focal
point where politics and religion
and commerce meet. They have
priced favors to grant which are
hidden for by all the sensitiveness
Of appeals to principle and appeals
to meaner motives. They are lauded
and cursed. Mirrors Of popular
sentiment, they become more or
less its creators. Every vice at
tacks their exposed freedom. All
the temptations ,lay them which
come Of night work, emergency,
pressure, glowing occupation, and
varied associations with the highest
and lowest. It is not affectation to
plead lack of time for the calmer
culture of character for religious
exercises, for Sabbath rest. Tho
American editor is not bad material.
He is Intellectually peer with his
brethren of either of the learned
professions. His industry is heroic
the range of topics he discusses
limited only by the civilization of
the day-his power for good or i'll
simply incalculable. So far from
his intimacy with the current world
being any hindrance to piety, it
teaches him to discriminate between
shams and realities. He ought,
from his knowledge of present hu-
man nature and the nature of affairs,
to take the place Of the ancient pro-
phet-warn and exhort, and set the
example in all holiness. Pray for
the weary, tempted, pre-eccupied
editor-that his pen may be ever
dippedin truth, his soul warmed by
the love of Him who stimulated
humane thought. There is no class
of men whom the church of Christ
more needs to hasten the coming Of
the kingdom Of God.-lChicago
Advance.
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Mr.. Sargent has introduced in
the. Senate a bill which repeals the
the present law providing for
oolored regiments, and directing
that all branches of the military
service shall be opend: alike to all
American citizens, without regard
to race or color: ! The bill provides
that the number1f colored men in
the army shall at 10 time be less
than the proportion Of the colored
population to the entire population.
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MR.. D. 4. SIRAKER ON WO'
NAN SUFFRAGE.

MIR. II. A. Strakef recently denV-
cred a lecture upon ''Citizenship,
its Rights and Duties-Woman
Suffrage" which has been issued in
pamphlet from and attracts consid-
erable attention. The enconiums
which have been passed upon it by
Fred. Douglass, ST., Hon. A. G..
Riddle, General o. O. Howard,
Judge G. G Mott and others indi-
cate that the subject has been
treated in a philosophical and able
manner. The discourse exhibits
the marks of close research and
hard study. Mr.. Straker is a
colored man. He addresses his
argument more particularly to
those of his own race. His pamph-
let was printed at the Neao National
Era Office by colored workmen and
is q creditable specimen of the
enterprise of that class of our
citizens Of recent creation.
it is gratifying to see the colored
race giving attention to such ques-
tions. Mr.. Sraker is entitled to
the thanks of his fellow-citizen for
taking the lead in this matter OF
woman suffrage. He has handled it
with great discretion and skill. He
seems to have arrived at the conclu-
sion that her sex is a good objec
ton against woman suffrage. This
may not make him popular among
the fair sex, but they should read
before they judge. He fort'fies his
position with good and cogent rea-
sons. Let the women read, study,
and reply if they choose. The men
should all buy the book and present
it to their wives and sweethearts to
read. It is replete with valuable in
formation, and opens wide the door
for investigation, research, and dis
cusion. We are not quite prepared
to indcrse all Of the positions as
sumed by Mr.. straker. We are open
TO conviction while weturn him and
h;s arouments over to the advocates
Of womans uffrage.-National Re-
publican.
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THE ARTsOF THINKING.

Too much stress can not be laid
upon the fundamental importance
Of perfect command over thought.
How many Q student finds a lack Of
this power the chief hindrance to
progressl How manv : page must
be re-read, how many lessons
conned over and over to compen-
aate for lapse of thought In the
possession or absence of this power
over mind lies the chief difference
between mental strength and men
tai weakness. Some men think as
a child plays with a hammer, strik-
ing little blows here, there, any
where, at any object within reach.
The action Of a strong mind may be
compared to the stone breakers
sledge hammer, dealinge stubborn
blows successively upon one spot
till the hard rock cracks and yields.
The power to classify and ar
range ideas in proper order is one
that comes more or less slowly to
even the best of minds. In proper
ton as this faculty is strengthened,
desultory and wasted effort dimin-
ishes. When the mind acts, it acts
to some purpose, and can begin
where it left off without going over
the whole ground again to take up
the threads of it's ratiocinations.
Concentration and system are thus
seen to be the chief elements in the
art of thinking. To cultivate the
first, constant watchfulness, to de-
tect the least wandering, and the
immediate exertion of the will to
call back and hold the mind upon
the subject under consideration,
should be vigilantly exercised. To
secure the latter, the practice OF
analyzing and considering the dif-
ferent parts Of a subject, first sepa-
ratelv and then in their relations to
each other, is a discipline to which
every young mind should be subjec-
ted, and which, we are sorry to say
is much neglected in most methods
Of instruction.
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MIND YOUR OWN AFFAIRS.
pY GEORGE ". BuNoA1

BY GEORGE ". BuNoA1
Just mind your own affairs,
And let your neighbor's traits alone;
1fthey climb on three fights OF stairs
Or even to the moon,
The trouble and the tolls is theirs,
And theirs the cross or throne.
A carriage at the door
OF the "brown-stone" across the way,
Comes often, and it makes the tour
Where fashion holds the sway.
What il they ride, who walked when poor
The bills they make they pay.
The ladies richly dressed
IN ft,rs and satins, silk and lace,
Dame fortune with abundance blessed.
Would you, if in their place,
spurn smiling plenty that caressed
You with its rosy face?
Some have grown rich and great
BY minding business of their own;
Some famous in affairs of State,
Winning grand renown;
Some mighty men Of worth and weight
Wearing the laurel crown.
Tam not overseer
Ofother mems minds and affairs;
Home is my happy hemisphere,
My neighbors' joys and cares,
Their tolls and triumphs, there and iere,
At home, abroad, are theirs.
have no right to know
Their choice of company and friends,
Or look to see who come and go,
Who borrovs or who lends;
To me I'm sure they nothing owe.
Blest is the gift God sends.
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At st. Joseph, Missouri, there is
a certain Nathaniel Jackson, q per-
son OF color. We regret to say that
ne has doubts of the fidelity of Mrs.
Nathaniel jackson. Whenever he
mas occasion to be absent from
nome, and he is frequently absent,
% ore departing he reads to Mrs.
Jackson the following impressive
document: *'Mrs. jackson: I am
your husband, and you must mind
10 =, other nigger but me. You know
u: mat It will never give you up; 1 will
saek sa to you, if I have to wade to my
caln IN blood to do it. I am a bad
salgger when I get mad, SO look out
ior me; am coming" And then
10 soes.-Exchange.
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thousands of dollars.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
OUR COUNIRYS SHAME. :
An accomplished violinist, with
ability not excelled by the great Ole
Bull, came to this country from
Mexico last fall and performed in
New. York City and Washington:
The competent critics of these cities
pronounced him a wonder as a vio-
linist. It was his intention to travel
in the United States and appear be-
fore the pablic in our principal
cities, but that insane American
prejudice against gentleman, il he
has negro blood coursing in his
veins, drove the violinist, Delgado,
back to Mexico. He was an edu-
Gated gentleman Of Negro and In
dian descent, spoke fluently the
French, as we'll as the Spanish Ian
guage, but, unfortunately, did not
understand the English tongue. In
his native Mexico he was Q free man
respected and honored.z In Eu-
RIPE he Travelled without an insult.
finding himself respected and en-
tertained by the nobility, from
whom he received many admirable
presents. In the United States re-
fused admission into hotels, forced
into smoking cars, and constantly
made to feel that he was being
stunned as something loathsome.
Depressed and disgusted he left the
country and made his way through
Texas to his native land. there to
reflect on the barbarian of "the
home of the free and the land OF
the brave" Our nations shame
and disgrace is that no gentleman
or lady, Notwithstanding they may
be cultivated, refined and enlight-
ened, If they have African blood in
their veins, can be protected in the
enjoyment or exercise of rights and
privileges. that the most ignorant
and dissolute white person can en-
joy.
The Jubilee singers, who have
for some time been travelling in
England, and where they have not
only been well received, but by the
highest and best in the land, will,
in a few days return to this country
to be reminded by separate cars,
separate schools, no admission into
hotels, no trial by jury of his peers
for the negro, that the freedom they
enjoyed in a land of which they
were not citizens, deserved more the
name of freedom than does the
boasted liberty of the great Ameri-
can Republic.
The intelligence and nobility OF
the people OF the United States
should be respected in their laws,
and we feel sure that those Ameri-
cans who rise above a narrow pre-
iudice based on color, and who can
but feel ashamed at the treatment
accorded colored ladies and gentle
men in this country, will welcome
any legislation on the part OF Con-
gress that will have a tendency to
relieve, not only colored people
from injustice and oppression, but
at the same time prevent white
people from becoming barbarians'
If Congress will only give us the
Supplementary. Civil Rights Bill,
and the courts execute it, the work
of bringing the United States up to
as grand a height of civilization in
the matter of personal liberty as is
enjoyed in England, will have been
well inaugurated. National Era
Every man desires to live long;
but no man would be old.-Switt.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-30

Every man desires to live long;
but no man would be old. Swift.
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SMALL MEANS.

The power Of money is on the
whole over-estimated. The great
est things which have been done
for the world have not been accom-
plshed by rich men, or by subscrip-
tion lists, but by men generally OF
small means. The greatest think
ers, discoverers, inventors, and ar
lists, have been men of moderate
wealth, many Of them little raised
above the condition of manual
laborers, in point Of worldly circum-
stances.
And it will always be so. Riches
are oftener an impediment than a
stimulus to action and in many
cases they are quite as much a mis-
fortune as a blessing. The youth
who inherits wealth is apt to have
Lite made too easy for him, and he
soon grows sated with it, because he
has nothing left to desire. Having
no special object to struggle for, he
hnds time heavy on his hands;
remains morally and mentally asleep
and his position in society is often
no higher than that Of a polypus
over which the tide floats.
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81 8s to 40; No, 2 spring at 81 80, and
white spring at 81 as.
Corn is lower. Sales Of 80 900 bushels
yellow at 75 to sec, closing at SIC; and
western mixed at the same figures.
Oats are dull and lower. sales OF 75.-
600 bushels white at 62h TO Csc, and
black mixed at 60 to Gee.
Rye comes in slowly, and may be
quoted at 9Sc.
In Cloverseed very little doing, and
we quote the article nominal at to 10c,
Timothy sells as wanted at $500 pei
bushel.
The Butter market is higher. The
demadd is equal to the supply. Brad
ford county fresh pals 35c; New York
State fresh pals and tubs 33 to 35c
Michigan choice tubs so to 33c; West
ern and Pennsylvania Roli % to 24c.
Lard is firm; sales of western ant
kettle rendered at III to 11Ac.
Eggs are firm at II to l9c.
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A special Washington dispatch to the

A special Washington dispatch to the
N. Y. Evening Post, dated June 9th.
says: 1t is understood that there is to
be thorough Oyerhaulng of all the
papers in the Treasury Department re-
lating to the Syndicate business, with a
view to ascertaining the truth of some
serious charges which have been made.
1t Is also undel stood that suit has been
begun by the silent partners of Henry
Clews & Co. in the Syndicate and for.
.ign fiscal agency business, to compel
them to account for the profits of the
same; and persons who claim to be Ia
milar with the history of the matter
say that there will be disclosures of a
startling character as to the means en-
ployed to effect the removal Of Barring
Bros, ,and the appointment of Jay Cooke
Il Co. and Henry Clews d Co. as the
United States fiscal agents abroad.
Some very high officers are said to be
implicated, and If the exposure is made
1t will be another national scandal, and
lead to Confessional investigation.
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Philadelphia Markets.

Friday Evening, June 9Th.
The financial question assumes
varying phase with each succeeding
day. Yesterday the inhatlonists SEEM
ed to be buoyant over the fact that
satisfactory compromise was to be ef-
fected by the conference committee
while advlces from Washington to- day
show that such compromise is hope
less, and feeling of depression exists
In consequence The President IL re-
ported to be extremely ret'cent on the
subject, and 1t appears he is determined
to stand on his late veto message, and
anything opposed to the spirit of that
act will meet his positive disapproval.
So everything is at sea again, and day
light is not yet breakingin ON the vexa-
tiOns question. In the meantime the
business of the country is adapting it
self to the likelihood of do nothing
policy on the part of Congress; and
while trade Is unmistakably dull, the
warm period is sufficient excuse for II.
The financial views of Secretary Brs
tow are not yet known, but it is alto
gether likely that he is in full accord
with the President. Affairs on Third
street are assuming more settled shape,
and a more confident feeling is gaining
ground,
There was no material change to no.
tice In the money market to-day, and
first-class borrowers have no diiIiculty
in obtaining all the funds they require,
Gall loans rule at 4to per cent. Prime
mercantile paper ranges from to Q per
cent. per anDum.
Pennsylvania Railroad dividend script
sold at 1917, an advance OF =. Penn
sylvania Railroad share were the most
active on the list. about 19, 900 shares
Pennsylvania Railroad sold at 4S4 to
40, closing at 1875 an advance uf 4.
Reading sold at 56'sto 56A Lehigh Val
ley at 60Is to 81, no change. Catawissa
preferred at Al, no change; and Oil
Creek at, no change.
TEade generally has been very quiet
during the past week, aud prices OF
most Of the leading articles are weak
and unsettled.
The Flour market continues very
dull, though the aggregate business is
larger than for several days past. The
demand is principally, to supply the
wants OF home consumers. Super6ne,
81 rs to 8 so; extras, s5 75 to 6 25;
Spring Wheat, extra family, GO rs to
2 5Oi and higher grades at SS 67H tu
10 25.
The receipts and offerings OF Wheat,
although moderate, are in excess OF the
demand, and prices are lower. Sales OF
~, 900 bushels common and choice red
ut II 40 to so, amber at 81 As to ! 5B
: white At II % TO ! 65j No, spring q
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Woman i'm the Pulpit.

The subject of woman in the pulpit
which came up before the General As.
sembly of the Presbyterian Church at
st. Louis, last week, was finally dispos-
ed of in the adoption, by vote of 211
to 81, of resolution declaring that
''the Assembly expresses no opinion as
to the Scriptural view of woman's right
to speak or pray in the social prayer
meetings, and commits the whole sub
1ect to the discretion of the pastors and
elders of the churches" The only
doubt involved in this is as to whether
woman's preaching in the pulpit on
Sunday is embraced in this resolution.
In any event, we think in committing
the subject to the discretion of the res-
pective churches interested, giving each
church perfect liberty to follow Its own
inclination, the Assembly has acted
wisely. This Is a great step forward.
Now, where stupid minister is settled
over congregation, we suggest that a
lively entertaining woman preacher be
called as associate. The effect, we doubt
not, would be magical Upon the congre-
CATION and beneficial upon the Rev. DR..
Dull. Any way we rejoice to know that
every facility is to be afforded for the
salvation of sinners, even through the
foolishness of womar.'s preaching
Christian at Work.
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WDITY HIM7 NO That Electric
- Llnlment, like got at Durling's
Drug Store, will cure him or any other
man OF RHEUMATISM and all other
Pains, mayo
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Philadelphia Letter.
PHILADELPHIA, June G, 1877
TIE CENTENNIAL.

It is now finally settled that Congress
will not appropriate dollar to this OBJ
1ect. and the people of Pennsylvania
have therefore determined of themselves
to make the Centennial success. The
National Commission is to be continu-
ed, and the money contributed by our
people Is to be spent In pay ing the mile
age, hotel expenses and refreshment
bills of the members comprising this
Commission, whenever their duties to
the Centennial require their august pre-
sence in Philadelphia. They have fast
ened upon US large numberof persons
in lucrative positions, and our money
must pay their large salaries. Even
some Of the States that voted solid
against an appropriation by Congress,
have the principal and most important
offices, and these Commissioners have
the assurance to inform and instruct us
how the money of Pennsylvania shall
be spent. Connecticut voted against us,
and while she has subscribed for six
shares, making the grand amount of
$50, she sent two Commissioners, and
Idaho, after having subscribed for one
sbare!! favored us with the presence of
her Commissioner. The mileage of
these gentlemen, not to mention their
expenses in this city, must be paid from
the Centennial funds.
Is 1t surprising that our people will
not take any more the stock, and will
nOt contribute money to the cause?
They are opposed to strangers and even
enemies to their Interests, holding the
important positions, directing all the
workings of the Centennial, and being
paid from the funds furnished by Phila-
delphia. We should insist upon these
persons going home, and none but our
friends ought to. manage the affairs.
Common decency would suggest their
immediate departure, but they stillabide
with us, realizing, perhaps, how plea
SAINT 1t is to receive large salary for
their inadequate services.
THE SALVAGE SUIT.
Captain Brady, after having assumed
command of the steamship Pennsylva-
nia, when she had been disabled in a
terrible storm on her return trip from
Liverpool, has seen proper to decline the
gift of the company for his valuable
services onthat occasion, and he brought
an action of salvage for damages. II
this suit is decided in his favor, he will
make a handsome fortune out of the
speculation.
The case has been several weeks be.
fore the United States Commissioner
and the testimony of the third officer
Mr.. Rivers, is very damaging, II not ia
tai to Brady's claim. Mr.. Rivers wa.
the only person who had the right tC
take the command, and he was entirely
competent for the occasion. The crew
had chosen Brady as their commander
and Mr.. Rivers wisely refrained from
coming in collision with him, because
he feard that a mntiny would result
and this would have been the tota
WTecking of the vessel.
II Captain Brady obtains salvage, th,
large amount TO be paid will probably
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: Christian Union,
HENRY WARD BEEcHER,
EDITOR.

In religious matters this paper Is
Evangelical and unsectarian; in politi-
cal affairs, independent and outspoken.
1t contains the best articles, and both
short and serial stories, from the fore
most writer's; it aims to maintain the
highest stan lard in RELIGION, Litera-
ture, Poetry, Art, Music, Science, News,
Politics, Household and Family Affairs,
with Stories, Rhymes, Puzzles for child
rem, etc. Nothing is spared to make
1t COMPLETE Newspaper for the fami-
ly, pure, attractive. wide-awake, and up
with the times-a journal interesting
to every one in the household, young
or old, It is
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WN the Matter of Assigned

Estate CT John Fenstermaeher and
wife, for the Benefit of Creditors.
Notice is hereby given, That Henry
Boyer, assignee under deed of assign
ment Of John Fenstermacher and Mary
Ann his wife, of the Borough of Le-
highton, Carbon County, Pa, of all
their property, real, personal and mixed,
for the benefit of creditors, has filed his
first and tinal account Us such assignee
in this office, and that the same will be
presented at the next regular term Of
the Court of Common Pleas Of Carbon
County, to be held at Mauch Chunk,
on the third Monday of June next, 1874,
Dune 10, 1874. } at 2 O'Clock p. NJ, for
allowance and confirmation.
THoS. KEMERER, ProthonotaTy.
Prothonotary's Office,
ARuch Chunk, May %, iS74-w4
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