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EELEAsED,-Bily Welch, the burnt cork come.
dian, who so greatly pleased the public at the
Good NurMnstrcls, is the party mentioned some
time lgo who with water pitcher Caycd in the
shoulders of a couple Of gentlemen III . hotel at
S'rcator, while they were in bed one evening
mistaking the room for another occupied by a
party against whom he had grudgr, and in Jail
here for that little unpleasantncss, has been re-
leased from durancc vile, Is no one appeared
against him before the grand jury He i, Il tip.
top artist in his line, and goes with the boys
the Good NuT's-who are 10 give our In Sail,
.ucighhors one Of their excellent entertainment.
this evening.
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Initial Paper, the latest and most popular
styles, at Osman Il Hapemans.
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Marrtet.

On the 29h Inst at he residence Of the brides father
W. e rtis Esq. by the Rpv James Naune, Mr. GEO. NJ
DRU'I TO Miss ENrA T.. CURTIS
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SOUND HLosoPHY.-Yesterday, while passing
one of the public school buildings in this city
we met three little girs-litte sweet birds OF
womanity, young tender and precious little
plants, never as yet touched by the frosts gilmore
than seven or eight winters. These little ones
were gaily chatting as they trlpped along school
wards, when, as we nCarcdithcm one holding W
an apple said to another, Jennie, see, | have &
nice, large red apple--what kind have you?
Tie other responded by exhibiting another The
first speaker, turning up her pretty nose, con
tinur", "Pshaw' why mine Is ever SO smQ9''
and red, and yours has spccks all over IT." Poor
l!tle sJcnnc, looking sad, said nothing, wien
the third little one, the smallest of the party
with her voice full Of sweet sympathy, gently
touching her friends arm, suid: Never mind,
Jennie, species ere good, a'af M'y" Jennie was
consolcd in II moment A. a matter OF sound
philosophy, the logic Of the little girl was cS-
ccllcnt
If we children Of larger growth tcc' tnyious
Of our ncighbor because his apple sccm5 larger
and smoother than ours, whcnWc icicct that the
core Of his may bc rotten, ana that Spccks are
good much useless rcpnipC might be spared us
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men would demoralize society, undermine
the state and tend to detract from the finer
qualities of the sex, and consequently DIES
troy woman'S usefulness as mother, wife and
citizen. This lady made several attempts tC
be heard Ii Lincoln hall during the recen
suffrage convention. She alluded to the fac
and thanked the committee upon concluding
her remarks for according her privilege
which had been denied her by her own sex.
GOV. DAVIS AGAIN.
President Grant gives would be Gov Davis
of Texas, no recognition at all. That persis
tent usurper, after he had been compelled tc
vacate his office to Gov. Coke, put in an i'm
pudent claim that all official corresponce be
longing to the Executive Department be Civ
en- to him. This was referred to the decision
of the Postmaster General; and, under dircc
ton of the President, he designates Gov
Coke as the person to whom must be deliver
ed Matchmaker for the Governor ofIeXas.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The House Civil Service Reform Com
mittee had meeting on the 23d, at which the
subject came up for discussion for the first
time. Benjamin Butler led off in the dis.
cussion, which grew animated and was pro
longed The upshot Of it was the develop
mcnt of the fact that the majority of the
committee are opposed to the present system
Mr.. Smart proposed to better the present
system by apportionlng the appointces to the
various congressional districts and then let
the congressman name them, but there arises
frightful contingency. If the representa-,
tive should happen to be member of party
other than that in power the liberties OF the
country would be threatened if he were per
mitted to nominate from his own party to fill
vacancies. This will doubtless be looked
after by the republicans
FINANCES.
The debate IN the senate on the resolution
to instruct the finance committee to report a
bill for the resumption of specie payment
fingers along, at the rate of a speech n day,
and may come to vote III month. Mean
time the house ways and means committee
have killed Kelly's interchangeable bond and
currency scheme and Mr.. Cresswell's postal
savings bank scheme, and have agreed upon
a bill to egalize the use of the $44,OOOOOO
reserve and make it permanent addition to
the currency. Surely no intlatonist can ask
more than this.
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Dir0,
Genuaur Eminent.

OF ,Hc 10Th Hs MATHEW, infant Of \, +. AID VI. l.
Bad aged nor tbs and dhys.
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AN ABRUPT CLosE.-As a capital joke on the
audience in attendance upon Mrs. Scott Siddons'
dramatic readings on Tuesday evening last, we
note that when in the scene where Lady Teazle
babe goodbye to Mr.. Teazle, the audience con.
sdering itself q Mr.. Teazle arose and left. The
reader had two more scenes to give before clos
ing her entertainment. As this was one of the
best pieces in her comic repertory the audience
in its innocence lost nice treat
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BEN's BABY.-lIon, Ben. Ed4ecomb, Of Oplir,
is notable bachelor Of 10 years standing. The
hadsomcst women IN the world might lavish her
chains upon him for months and in vain. Strange
to cay Ben has a baby; it is child baby, ard 4
boy child baby at that, Old ladies, after reading
this item twice in horror and doubling whether
their cysight does not deceive their hearing
will wipe their specs, and reading again, throw
up their hands and cXclaim, Law sakes alive
what ncXt' But Ben didn't get his baby III the
ordinary way-the Board Of Supervisors voted it
to him by majority of twenty-five four cautious
members, fearing that Ben would not know how
to dandle fondlc, feed, spank, Sling pap into, edo
up" &c. voted no. but they were in the minority.
When the vote had been announced, some other
Old party, who is always troubled with legal
bubbles, arose to ask, ais them are procaedins
regular? Kin an Old bachelor hey baby" The
subject vas referred to the County Attorney, and
in the meantime Ben has gracefully accepted the
situation and the baby. Correct.
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THAT STRAW SToRY.-The two little insects
that infcst the coal hole and garnet of the post
office and soil white paper and annoy the help
less public once week in the pee tree, in men
tioning our straw story, assume that they had
frightened or could scare the editors of the FREE
TRADER! Such assumption is amusng-for, had
the whole state been raked from end to end, a
couple Of smaller animalculae could not have
been found with any instrument with finer in
tcrstices in its teeth than those of fine toothed
comb! We invite the attention of the State
Entomologist fBugmaster General to this pair.
He should come here and, after getting them
into something like size, preserve their photo
graphs for cdifcation and establishment Of future
naturalists and bugologists as being phenom-
ena in insect life wholly beyond the reach of ra,
tonal explanations
Brighten us indeed. As well might the timid
mouse attempt by its feeble squeak to strike
panic into the roaring lion, or the snail in speed
to outstrip the swift antelope, or the insignif-
cant pee nee to drown the piercing challenge of
the war eagle! They have never scared us to
speak Of but they hayc power to annoy, so has a
gnat, or q mosquito, or a wood tick, or pismire,
or any other noisome insect! Adieu, pee acee;
We have too long wasted ammunition upon you,
and the game is not worth TIE POWDER" as
our name is BEEMUs.
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SUDDENLY DROPPED DEAD.-On Tuesday last
between ten and eleven o'clock A. NJ, a young
man named Joseph Lee, formerly 4 painter in
the employ of King IL Hamilton, of this city,
after having been shaved at the barber shop I'M
der the Clifton Hotel started TO the residence of
Mr.. Samuel Porter, near VIM. Palmer's, ON
Columbus street, and while passing Mr.. Palmer's,
suddenly dropped down upon the sidewalk. Mr..
Palmer ran at once to his assistance and on eX.
animation found the man quite dead He was
lying upon his face, his chin having struck the
curb-stone or Il raised portion Of the walk at the
edge his head was thrown upward and his neck
was broken. Whether he died of apoplcNy or
from the effects of the fall alone, is not certain,
The latter alone would have killed him. He had
been dissipatcd, but there was no evidence be
fore the coroner's jury that he was drunk at the
time, or that he had been drinking that morning
His friends reside at Odcll, Livingston county,
He was about 80 years Of are and unmarried
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Italy.

On the 23d there was some uneasness at
Rome in consequence Of the illness of the
pope, but by the 2jth he had fully recovered.
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THE ALDINE for February is embellished with
o dozen Of beautiful pictures-mostly original
American views. Mr.. NJ. ". Cary has spirited
full page picture of Antelope Hunting on the
Plains; Mr.. John Howcs has a series of fine pic
lures, which he drew last summer in the lovely
region of the famous Juniata in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. John s. Davis contributes a characteristic
sketch Of the village "ne'er to do WELL" an Idle
Dog, and Specht has fine picture of Scotch grey
hounds. The other illustrations are a handsome
picture called the Old Bible, a sweet picture of
a young lady, A Child No More, and dashing
sketch called Budding Genius The literary con-
tents are choice and varied
The PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL for February
contains sketches, with portraits, of Richard A.
Proctor, the Astronomer; Ario O. Pardee, the
Eastern Benefactor; The late Prof Agassz;
Emilio CASTELAR,, the Spanish Statesman; Ex-
Marshal Bazaine; besides, Vice and Crime, their
Causes and Cure the Mound Builders, Illus
trated; The Indian Medicine Man; "Shall my
Boy Strike Back" Pet DeluslOns; Lotteries ;
Firc-Proof Buildings; The Great Pyramid; Hoo
sac Tunnel, with Diagrams; What Pays the Best
in Farming, etc.
Copies of above publications for sale and sub
scriptions received by Osman Il lIapeman.
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Mrs. DR. Guthrie was heard before tAs
house committee on Judiciary on Saturday
in opposition to Observation-Disclosures
IN the District of Columhis end elsewhere.
she held that DE ballet in Jba hands Of wo
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should sum up, by the usual method OF
arithmetical progression. Thus: the sum
of the series 1, ., 8, 4, 5, etc., to ga, is
1850 Dividing by 8, the number of
vertical or horizontal columns, we get 260
for the sum of each. For the series 1, 2,
3, on to IA, briefly, each vertical column
i, Sxis 14sxs.-s7o.
| found square of six numbers to a
side rather harder, and one of five to a
side quite troublesome. The reason was
that the above method is not applicable.
by approximatingf 1t, however, as nearly
as practicable, and then using tentative
means toward the close, succeeded in
both cases.
These tables are not useful in the ordi-
nary sense of that term; they do not teach
us how to measure corn cribs or survey
farms; but they may interest pupils in
arithmetic, and may cultivate the neces-
sary but irksome art Of adding up col
umns of figures. Let the teacher take an
ordinary checker board some winter even-
ing, cut out of card or leather sixty four
men, namely, round pieces of the size of
nickel; number them from to ga, and
set the boys and girls to work to con-
struct magic square. My word for it
they will go at it with an interest such as
the rule of three has failed to awaken
Home and School
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of good children with rewards of merit
Why, then, on Christmas eve do you see
the little shoes exposed by the windows
and doorss The wise kings of the East
are supposed to be journeying by night
to Bethlehem, bearing gifts and homage
to the heavenly Child, and out of their
abundance, when they pass by the houses
where good children sleep, they will drop
into their shoes some of the treasures
they are bearing to the Baby Prince in
Judea. This thought is never absent
from the rejoicings of Cfiristmasti tide in
Spain. Every hour of the time is scored
to Him who came to bring peace and
good will to the world. The favorite toy
of the season is called "The Nativity" 1t
is sometimes very elaborate and costly,
representing landscape under starry
night; the shepherds watching their
flocks; the magi coming in with wonder
and awe, and the Child in the stable, she'd
ding upon the darkness that living light
which was to overspread the world. -
John Hay, in st. Nicholas for January.
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"Canteen Bradley"

MEN of real bravery make mistakes
about their danger sometimes, and sue.
cumb 20 mere imagination. 1t must NOR
tify them terribly, though, to be caught
so A writer in the Louisville Courier
Journal tells the following amusing in
stance:
A single shot, followed by loud
shrek, told us that one Of my best men
Bradley, was wounded. He proclaimed
his agony in loud voice, turned over on
his back, and commenced kicking so Wig.
orously that the surgeon had difficulty in
getting in reach of him.
poor fellowI" said the doctor, "I'm
afraid it's fatal"
And he commenced opening his coat.
so, o." said Bradley, I'm a dead man
I'll never get over itp'
keep up your spirits, my boy Never
say diev said Capt. Johnson, kneeling
kindly over him.
"Doctcr," asked the wounded soldier,
fecbly, twill you write TO my mother, and
tell her that / died bravely, doing my
duty, with my face TO the foe, and that
thought of her when | was going?"
"Yes, yes" said the doctor with dim
eyes and q husky voice, 81 will write TO
her, and tell her, too"
But, suddenly springing to his feet,
with an indignant voice, added
"Why, confound it, man, you are not
hurt bit! It's only your canteen that's
been shot, and that's the water from IT,
Get up, will you"
Bradley raised up slowly, felt himself
all over, and, with an exceedingly foolish
cast of countenance, crawled back to his
position, amid the uproarious laughter of
the whole regiment
For months after that, on the march or
in the camp, and sometimes in the still
ness of the night, you would hear voice
In one direction demanding, "What shall
/ tell your mother2" and perhaps half
dozen responses would be heard, "Tell
her died with my face to the foe;" and
then "Csnteen Bradley" would come out
and angrily hunt for the man that said II.
He seldom found him, but when he did
there was certain to be pretty severe
punishment.
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Christmas in Spain.

THERE Is no civilized country on earth
in which children are not made happy by
the promise Of the coming Christmas
But in every country the festival is called
by different name, and its presiding
genius is painted with different costume
and manner. You know all about our
jolly Dutch Santa Claus, with his shrewd
twinkling eyes, his frosty beard his ruddy
face and the bag of treasures with which
he comes tumbling down the chimney,
while his team of reindeer snort and
stamp on the icy roof. The English
Christmas is equally well.known, and the
wonders Of the German miracle-tree, the
first sight Of which no child ever forgets.
But you are, perhaps, not SO familiar with
the spirit of the blessed season OF advent
In Southern Europe, and so ] will tell
you some of the pleasures and fancies OF
the Spanish Christmas.
The good cheer which it brings every.
where is especially evident in Spain.
They are frugal people; and many
good Spanish family is supported by less
than the waste of household on Murray
Hill. But there is no sparing at Christ
mas. This is season as fatal TO turkeys
az Thanksgiving in New England. The
Castilian farmers drive them into market
in great droyes, which they conduct from
door TO door, making the dim old streets
gay with their scarlet wattles, and noisy
with obstreperous Cabling. But the
headquarters Of the MARKETING during
those days are in the Plaza Mayor, where
every variety of fruit and provision is
sold. There is nothing more striking
than those vast heaps OF fresh golden
oranges, plucked the day before in the
groves Of Andalusia; nuts from Granada,
and dates from Africa; every flavor and
color of tropical fruitage; and in the
stalls beneath the gloomy arches, the
butchers drive their fourishing trade.
All is gay and joyous--chaffering and jest
ing, greeting Of friends and filling OF
baskets. The sky is wintry but tke
ground Is ruddy and rich with the fruits
of summer.
AT night the whole city turns out into
the streets. The youths and maidens OF
the poorer class go trooping through the
town with tamborines, castanets and
guitars, singing and dancing. Every one
has different song to suit his own state
Of mind. The women sing OF love and
religion, and many Of the men can sing
nothing better than politics. BIT the par.
which the children take in the festival
bears curious resemblance 10 those time
h0nored ceremonies we all remember.
The associations of Christmas in Spain
are all OF the Gospel. There Is no north
rrn St. Nick there TO stuff the stockings
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partition, which had been simultaneously

partition, which had been simultaneously
seen by so many persons.
1t is unnecessary to say that such
story spread over the country, and found
credit even from infidels, for in this case
all reasoning became superfluous when
opposed to plain fact attested by three
and-twenty witnesses. To assert the doc
trine of the fixed laws of nature was RI
diculous, when there were so many people
of credit to prove that they might be un.
fixed. Years rolled on, and the story was
almost forgotten.
One of the club was an apothecary. In
the course of his practice he was called
to an old woman whose business it was to
attend sick persons. She told him she
could leave the world with quiet con.
science but for one thing which lay upon
her mind.
"Do you not remember Nr. -, whose
ghost has been so much talked of? was
his nurse On the night of his death l
left his room for something he wanted.
| am sure had not been absent long, but
on my return found the bed without my
patient He was delirious, and feared he
had thrown himself out of the window.
I was 80 frightened that had no power
to stir; but after some time, to my great
establishment, he entered the room shiver-
ing, and his teeth chattering, and laid
himself down on the bed, and died. Con-
sidering my negligence as the cause OF his
death, kept this secret for fear of what
might be done to me. Though l could
have contradicted all the story of the
ghost, dare not knew, by what had
happened, that it was he himself who had
been in the club room perhaps recollect-
ing it was the night of The meeting), but
/ hope God and the poor gentleman's
friends will forgive me, and l shall die
contented."
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A Ghost Story.

At a town in the west Of Scotland,
twenty-four persons were accustomed TO
meet once week to drink, smoke tobac-
co, and talk politics. Like the academy
of Reubens, at Antwerp, each member had
his peculiar chair, and the Presidents
was more elevated than the rest. AS one
of the members had been in dying con-
dition for some time, his chair, while he
was absent, remained vacant When the
club net, On the usual night, inquiries
were naturally made after their associate.
AS Ire lived in the adjoining house, par
ticular friend went to inquire after him,
and returned with the melancholy intelli-
renee that he could not survive the night.
This threw gloom on the company, and
all efforts to turn the conversation from
the one sad subject before them were In
effectual. About midnight the door open
ed. and the form, in white, OF the dying
or dead mao, walked into the room and
took his seat in his accustomed chair.
There he remained in silence, and in 81
lence was gazed at The apparition con-
tinued for q sufficient time in the chair to
assure all who were present Of the vision.
All length he arose and walked toward the
door-which he opened as If living
out and shut the door after him. After a
long pause, some one at last had the reso,
luton to say: eff any one OF us had
seen this he would not have been De
lieved; but it is impossible that 80 many
of us could have been deceived. Inc
company, by degrees, recovered lheir
speech, and the whole conversation, az
may be imagined, was upon the drcaaiui
object which had engaged their attention.
They broke up and went home.
In the morning inquiry was maze alter
the sick friend II was answered py an
account of his death, which happened
nearly about the time Of his appearance ID
the cluD-room. There could be HUE
doubt before, but now nothing could De
more certain than the reality OF the APP
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The second position is obtained from
the first by inverting the two middle YER
tical columns, and the third from the
second by inverting the two middle hori-
zontal columns. 1t will be observed that,
In the third position, each vertical col
umn, each, horizontal column, and each
diagonal column sums up "a.
In square of eight figures TO a side,
invert the four middle vertical columns,
and then the four middle horizontal col
umns.
In general, invert the middle half OF
the vertical and horizontal columns.
After discovering this rule, l applied
it to square of twelve figures To side
and SO simple is the process that wrote
down not the first position or the second,
but the third, at the very first dash, and
without mistake. / subjoin one with
eight figures to a side, 50 that the ap.
plication Of this principle may be seen:
<.Rxf-
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A CHRISTMAS RHYME.
BIZ HELEN J. ANGELL.

By HELEN ]. ANGELL.
ONE Christmas evening, long ago
just how long forget
The funds Of Santa Claus ran low,
SO he ran into debt.
Could he his usual gifts bestow
And all those bills be metz
He pulled his beard and scratched his head
And set his cap awry,
There are things In the world" he said,
That money cannot buy
Things needful as ones daily bread;
This year those gifts I'll try"
And 90 to one he gave friend,
And TO another health,
And showed third the baneful end
OF blessings won by stealth
Toward what sore loss their footsteps tend
Who too much haste for wealth.
For one he won husbands life
Back from the druRsard's doom;
And for another hopeless wife
Opened the peaceful tomb;
Through many a village rank with strife
Babe flowers OF concord bloom.
One sore-tried soul he made so brave
That right the victory won;
With tears upon new-made grave
Saw higher life begun;
Back to a widowed mother gave
An erring, eorrowing son.
He brought to many household band
A welcome little guest;
To more than one the heart and hand
OF her he loved the best;
TO workworn frames through all the land,
The blessed boon of rest.
An opening rosebud, sweet IA June,
Soothes one poor sufferers woe;
A strain from some forgotten tune
Revives the twilight glow
When lips, whose music died so soon,
Enhanced the long ago.
"a good days work." cried Santa Claus.
Yet won he little fame;
Men took his gifts like Natures laws
Not needing whence they came;
And some aveTed they had no cause
Their logic was 80 lame
To you who own small store of gold
have a word 10 say:
Great blessings In your hands you hold
To gladden. Christmas Day,
Since love cannot be bought and sold
or kindness thrown away.
For. should no other soul be blest,
Your own will purer grow,
And each last Christmas be your best,
If such gifts you bestow;
For Christ will be your Christmas guest,
Beginning Heaven below.
N T. IHdeDeHdeIt