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OLDEN TIMEs.-W no among our extravagani
young ladies in these toastful times ever gave
her lover as C!eopara did, pearl dissolved in
vinegar (or uHdlssoi ..d) ,ortb $500, 900 ? Then
there was PaulIua, one Of the ION in Rome,
who used to wear jewels when 20 i>Iura,d her
visits, worth $500, 900. Cicero VINO was
paratively poor man in those times gave 81,
500, 900 for his establishment: on the Palatne !;
while Messala gave So, OOO, 900 Tor the house of
Antony Seneca who was only plain philoso-
pher, was worth $l2O, 900, ,0O0 Tberius left a
property of nearly $l20, ,O0O,O 900. Caesar and
Marc An,ouy both owned wonderful fortunes
Why, they talk about mans failing in New
York fer ST. 600, 900, as if it were big thing
Caesar be ore he entered any Office when he was
a young gentleman i'll private lite, owed 81, ,0Os,-
900, and he purchased the friendship OF Quasor
fer 81, 500 900. Marc Antony owed 81 500, 600
on toe ldes OF March and paid it before.the Ka.
ends OF March. This was nothing be squandered
$720, 600, 900 of public money. And these fel
lows lived well. Esoqus, who WAS play-actor
paid $500, 900 for single dish. Caligula spent
$4,000 tor supper. Tnei wines were often
kept for lwo ages, and somc oi them were sold
for $40 an ounce. Dishes were made ofgold and
silver, set with precious stones. the beds of Hell
iogabuigs were of solid silver bis tables and
p ates were of pure gold, and his mattresses COW
cred with carpets OF cloth OF gold were stuffed
With down from under the wing of partridge
It took $50, 600 year to keep up tie dignity OF
a Roman Senator, and some of them spent $780,
600, 900 year. And yet they talk OF the ex
ravagance of modern times
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LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.-Place young girl
under the care of kind hearted, graceful wo
man, and she, unconsciously to herself, grows
into graceful lady. Place boy in the estab-
l.shment of thorough going, straightforward
business man, and he becomes a reliant, prac-
tical business man. Children are susceptible
creatures, and circumstances and scenes and
actions always impress. AS you influence
them, not by arbitrary rules, nor by stern ex-
ample alone, but in a thousand other ways that
speak through beautiful form, pretty pictures,
ETC., so they will grow. Teach your children,
then, to love the beautiful. If you are able,
give them corner in the garden for flowers !;
allow them to have their favorite trees teach
them to wander in the prettiest woodlets; show
them where. they can best view the sunset; /;
rouse them in the morning, not with the stern,
"Time for work." but with the enthusiastic,
"See the beautiful sunshine - Buy for them
pretty pictures, and encourage them to deck
their rooms in his or her childish way. Give
them an inch, and they will go mile. Allow
them the privilege, and they will make your
home pleasant and beautiful.
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@-Mr. Edward NJ Lewis, trustee in ba

@-Mr Edward NJ Lewis, trustee in bank
ruptcy in the case Of Jay Cooke & Co, after many
months preparation, has at last presented to Mr.
Cookies creditors his report He ifst proceeds,
ia this document, to enumerate the railroad
stocks bonds houses, building lots and Glands
in geueral' turned over to him for the benefit oi
the creditors The houses mentioned in the cat
aogue are all heavily mortgaged, and the actual
valuations of the Glands" here, there and every
where are so covered with membranes that they
can be looked upon as almost if Hot entirely
swallowed up. Regarding the present report for
what it is worth, one learns that for many years
before their failure the 6rm of Jay Cooke & Co.
were specializing upon other peoples money,
we're dividing the profits among themselves, and
were yearly giving enormous amounts of money
to their wives and children Lancaster Pa
ErDreSS
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How long has your Ii.
the dear woman looked away from my face
and waited until could speak.
1.-TWO years." answered.
"And you loved her?" came next
dearly" was all l could say.
She was silent moment and then said, SC
sweetly-oh I shall never forget it,
"And what do you think your dear mother
would say-how do you think she would feel
to know that her little boy was guilty of such
q disgusting habit as this?" pointing to my
cheek, where the tell tale quid had vainly tried
to stand its ground. al must leave now," she
continued, "but here is my card, and if you
come to me almost any evening shall be glad
| to see you, and perhaps we can be of service to
each other
She gave me her little gloved hand, and to
my dying day shall never forget the sensa.
tion of that moment. could not bear to part
with her; without her l felt that I could do
nothing; with her, I could grow to mans es-
tate-a man in the true sense of the word
From that moment tobacco never passed my
lips.
AS soon as could summon courage called
upon that lady. Well do I remember how my
heart beat as 1 waited in the elegant parlor for
her to come down; and how awkward felt as
l followed nay guide to her private sitting room.
Here she got at every point of my life, and be-
fore bade her goodbye it was arranged that
l should spend two evenings of each week at
her house, and study on these occasions just
what she thought best. No lover ever looked
forward to meeting with the mistress of his
heart any more ardently than l did to these
meetings with my friend.
1 grew careful of my personal appearance,
careful of my conversation, and strove in every
way to be worthy of this noble friendship
Two years passed in this delightful manner
two years that made me. My friend not only
attended TO my studies, striving also all the
while to SOW the right kind of spiritual seed,
but she procured nae situation with partic-
ular friend of hers, where remain to this day.
Nobody but God knows what owe this woman.
During the last three months of those two years
noticed that she grew constantly pale and
thin; she never was betrayed into speaking Of
herself Sometimes when / would ask her Il
she felt worse than usual, she would reply:
"Oh, MOI am only little tired that is ALL"
One evening she kept me by her sofa much
longer than was her custom, while she arranged
lessons and laid out work enough, it seemed TO
me, for months.
"Why so much tonight" | inquired, con-
scious that my heart ached, and vaguely sus-
pecting the cause.
"Because, dear" she answered, ~ do not
want you to come for the next week, and am
anxious that you should have sufficient work
to anticipate, as we'll as to keep you busy.
think l can trust you to be good boy, John P"
81 think you can, ma'am," I answered, al
most sobbing.
"If should see your mother, my boy, before
long, what shall I say to her for you?"
Then knew all, and my grief knew no
bounds. 1t is no use to go on. She died two
days after; and when I hear folks saying,
"There's woman at the bottom Of it," feel
like telling the whole world what woman did
for me.-American Citizen.
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AN IMPROVED SWITCH FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is about to place new switch at the juno.
tion in East Newark. N. J. An English engi-
neer, who is the agent OF the company owning
the switch, is now in this country to oversee the
placing of the new work. 1t is 30 arranged that
one man can operate sixteen switches at an ex-
treme distance Of 500 yards. The only other
switch OF this pattern now in this country is at
Spuyten Duyvil on the New York Central rail-
road. ;nfp1
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A BRAVE w1rr.-I have case in point as to

A BRAVE WIFE.-I have case in point as TO
the manner in which Lincoln was frequently
i'm posed upon. Of course the citizens of Louis
Vile recollect that when Sherman was in COM
mand of that department he was accused OF in
sanity. He could not receive any answer from
General Mcclellan to his dispatches. Mrs.
Sherman came to Washington and called upon
the President. She stated that for more than IL
yrs she had been Gen. Sherman's wife, land ifany
one was capable of judging as to the soundness
of his mind, it would be herself. She declared
that there had never been the slightest indica-
ton of insanity, though they might drive him
to it; that il he was insane she would be the
first to withdraw him from the public gaze, but
SO far from desiring that, she asked that he
might be intrusted to anything that was dlifi-
cult, or that was becoming his rank. Mr. Lin
| coins reply to this was that General Sher-
mans dispatches were not those OF a sane man."
airs. Sherman was astonished. After leaving
he President she went to The War Department,
! !. nd requested copy of her husbands des-
| patches. After obtaining these she again call
/ ed upon the President. When Mr. Lincoln
read those papers be said they We're not at all
I what they had been represented to him. This
| was the kind of work that was being denss-in
-sLse Ws< DepsrsssseAt, ,sw- -ss4we neaded- exery
| good officer; and by the light of to-day we can
see how few there were as valuable as Sherman
and yet the country would have lost his SER
vices if his wife had not been the brave, deter
mined woman that she is. Mr. Chase took o
bold stand at that time in saving Sherman, and
l heard General Sherman, at his daughters
wedding, say the most graceful and felicitous
things to Mrs. Sprague personally, and in al
lusion to her father, knowing that kind recol
lections of him would be the sweetest theme
for his daughters ears ~
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@oefrp.
TR UE LOVE.

A maid reclined beside O stream,
At full of summer day,
And half awake, and half a.dream,
She watched the ripples play;
She marked the water fall and heave,
The deepening shadows throng,
And heard, as darkened down the eve,
The rivers bubbing song;
And thus it sung, with tinkling tongue,
That rippling, shadowy river
youths brightest day will fade away
Forever and forever!"
The twilight past, the moon at last
Rose broadly oer the night,
Each ripple CLEANS beneath her beams,
AS wrought in silver bright,
The heaving waters glide along,
But, mingling with their voice,
The nightingale now pours his song,
And makes the shades rejoice
And thus he sung, with tuneful tongue,
That bird beside the river
"When youth is gone, true love shines on
Forever and foreverl'
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@-"The queen of your heart" may excuse
your absence on some holidays, but at Christ
mas she expects your presents.
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Richmond Market C0latnaaa.
FergusOn's shoe Factory,
No. lI2 Garden streer,
r E 7 a ID S / . r =,
3l4 N. Howard St., near Richmond

X T. i "A II y l. ~ N T.,
3l4 N. Howard ST., near Richmond.
You will save money by buying your own
and your children's Shoes direct
from the manufacturer.
Plain Extra
A sample of our prices: Finish. Finish.
Ladies' Fine Foxed But. Boots....$3.O0 $3.50
Eng. Lasting :" -. 2.SO 30 s.oe
=" Foxed Lace do. 2.25 2.5O
Kid French Goat But. do. 3.25 3.75
French Calf Morocco do. 2.25 2.75
Chldreus and Misses fine Button and School
Shoes in great variety infants Turn Cacks,
all colors and qualities, from 30 cts. up. We
manufacture our shoes from the very best Inn
ported Stock, and have the work done under
our own supervision, aud can therefore guar
antee satisfaction in Fit, Style and Durability,
not to be surpassed, If equaled.
II. FERGUSON,
Wholesale Mandatory, 112 Garden st.
RETAIL STORE, 3lf N. Howard St., near
Richmond, Baltimore. (Jan. 10, '74.-ly.
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1g-A German living near Louisville went
into the city to get doctor for his father, who
was very sick. On his way back with the ply
sician he was met by one who said his father
was dead.
Mein Gott p exclaimed the afflicted son,
"vat EXPENSES. Only dree weeks ago men sis
ter.in-law vas dead, und now comes some moro
funeral EXPENSES"
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VIM. B. Astor is eighty years of age, and
is busy taking care of SIC, 100000 worth of prop
erty.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-26

Though that class is by no means extinct,
still they are not so numerous as might be wish
ed. There is nothing half so sweet in life, half
so beautiful or delightful, or so lovabe as
nice girl Not pretty or a dashing girl, but
nice girl One of those lovely, lively, good
natured, sweet-faced, amiable, neat, natty, do
mestic creatures, met within the sphere of
"home," diffusng around the influence of her
goodness, like the essence of sweet flowers
A nice girl is not the languishing beauty,
dawdling on a sofa, and discussing the latest
novel or opera, or the giraffe-like creature
sweeping majestically through the drawing
room. The nice girl may not even play or
dance well, and knows nothing about using her
eyes, or coquetting with fan. She never Ian
guishes she is too active. She is not given to
sensation novels; she is too ousy. In public
she is not in front, showing her shoulders she
sits quiet and unobtrusive, at the back of the
crowd most likely. In fact, it is not often we
discover her. Home is her place.
Who rises betimes and superintends the
morning meal Who makes the toast and tea,
and buttons the boys shirts, and feeds the
chickens, and brightens up the parlor and sit
ting-room 1t is the languisher, or the giraffe,
or the elegante? Not bit of it; it's the nice
girl.
Her maiden toilet is made in the shortest
possible time; yet how charmingly it is done,
and how elegant and neat her dress and collar.
Not presenting her cheek or brow like "fne
girl,' but an audible smack, which says plain
ly, ri love you ever SO much" If you covet
anything, it's one of the nice girls kisses.
Breakfast over, down in the kitchen to see
about dinner, and all day long she is up and
down, always cheerful, and light-heartsd. She
never ceases to be active and useful until day
is gone, when she will polka with the boys, or
read, sing old songs, and play old tunes to her
father and mother for hours together; she is
perfect treasure lis the nice girl.
When sickness comes it is she who attends
With unwearying patience in the sick chamber
tsSGFe is iss-Fsk, no fatigue, that she will not
undergo; no sacrifice that she will not make.
She is all love, all devotion. have often
thought it would be happiness to be ill to be
watched by such loving eyes. and tended by
such fair hand.
One of the most strongly marked character
istics of "nice girl" is tidiness and simplici
ty of dress. She lis invariably associated in my
mind with high frock, plain collar, and the
neatest of nice ribbons, bound with the most
modest little brooch in the world. I never
knew nice girl who displayed profusion Of
rings and bracelets, or who wore low dresses or
a splendid bonnet
say again, there is nothing in the world
half so beautiful, half so intrnscaly good as
mice girl" She is the sweetest flower in the
path of life. There are others far more state
ly, far more gorgeous, but these merely ad-
mire as we go by. 1t is where the daisy grows
that we like to rest.
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Mg-Jonah was stranger among whales,
and they took him in.
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N1-If a man has plenty of money but no
child, he cannot be reckoned rich if o man
has children but no money, he cannot be con-
sidered poor.
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wo, ID % Lungry if did not keep at work"
.'yell, manage somehow. We always have
something to eat can't say we live on the
fat ii the land, for we are frequently reduced
to mnsh and molasses, but hope to do better
by and BY have tried ever so many things
but won't work unless get good pay"
Was fate against this woman, as she some
timss averred, or was it her own lack of perse-
verance that kept her walking the street in
search of employment?
lew years ago we were acquainted with
two persons who were out of business. One
was lad of sixteen, the other man of thirty.
Both tried for some time to get work of the
kind they were accustomed to do, but both fail
ed. The boy after three weeks of idleness,
concluded that if he could not do what he
would, he must do what he could, and he went
out one morning determined to find work of
some kind. Before noon he had engaged as a
day laborer on the road to shovel sand at Sis
a month. Beng unused to manual labor, his
hands and feet became blistered, and he re-
turned home every night completely exhaust
ed. But he persevered for six weeks, till the
JoD was competed, anu tpeh taxing Ills earu-
ings he went to another town where he soon
found more congenial employment.
The man hung round the city for weeks and
months. He had but little means, and that lit
tie dwindled away. He was offered situation
after situation, but he disdained to work unless
he could have q "big thing" as he expressed
it. His clothes grew shabby, and he ran in
debt at his tailors his board bill became due
and be borrowed money as long as he could
find any person willing to lend, some OF it
coming from she pockets of hard working men
upon whom he looked with disdain. At last
he became so poor, partly through striving to
keep up appearance of wealth, that he deter
mined, if he did not "strike anything" by the
time he was again broke, he would commit sui
eide. Fortunately for him at least, perhaps
unfortunately for society, for the world loses
but little in the death Of such man, be struck
something, or thought he did, and went to the
noun .ains to work. Now as he looks back to
ihe " ks and months he spent in waiting for
some ag to turn up, be fancies he was an ill
- AZ ut fate was a 1t him.
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Mg-If you want to feel warm all through
give some poor family the means to keep warm.
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BY THE SWEAT OF THE BRow.-This morning,
says Eli Perkins, my Uncle Consider came in
to my room and asked
"Kin yeau tell me, Eli, why summer is the
best for rich people?"
"No, uncle" replied. "Why?"
s'Becaus', in hot weather. replied the old
man, wiping off the prespiration, "yeau kin
live by the sweat of your brow, without work
in any"
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BRET HARTE's PERSONAL APPEARANCE.-A
lady correspondence Washington sketches Bret
ua-ta tisa.o li..o, Sf-ollinp throuoh -
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IFh0t u WO3e0N Did.

When first came to New York, at the age
of twelve years to seek my fortune, can call
myself precocious hap without any danger
of being accused of an unusual degree of self
appreciation. | was quick to learn every thing,
the bad as well as the good. My employer
used profane language. picked up the oaths
ne dropped with naturalness that surprised
even myself. The boys in the office all chewed
tobacco. This was a little the hardest job l
ever attempted, but after two weeks of nausea
and indescribable stomach wrenchings, came
off victorious, and could get away with my
paper day with the best of them.
One afternoon l was sent with a note from
my employer to a housein the upper part of
the city. l hadn't anything to read, but had
plenty of tobacco, and with that 1 proposed to
entertain myself during the two or three hours
1 must spend in the passage. For some dis
tance did not notice who were beside me- but
by-andby lady said very softly and pleas
antly:
"Would you please, little boy, be more care
full? am going to party this afternoon, and
l should not like to have my dress spoiled"
looked into her face. 1t wss the sweetest
face ever saw. Pale earnest and loving; to
my boyish heart it was the countenance of an
angel. There was very little that could say.
l managed to dispose of the tobacco, however,
and wiped my mouth very carefully, all of
which l felt certain she saw and mentally com
mented upon.
"Have you mother, little boy y she next
asked in the same voice.
"No, ma'am," l answered, and l felt my
throat filling up, and l knew l must swallow
very fast to keep from sobbing
"You have father, then, suppose?' 70 she
kept on.
"No, ma'am no fathe' "
"Brothers ani
Neither,
%slf
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out of Uyorh.

TS always some persons who are most
of thesi out of employm ment. One reason is
that ~ e not willing to begin at the foot of
the Iad They want to start with high wa
ges, an sdain the slow process Of climbing
up. 4 nan who seemed anxious for work
by yli o maintain herself and two children
call, other day upon sewing machine
opeI She watched the busy fingers fold
and a 20 the cloth, and steady 1t as it pass
ed thr the clicking process for some time,
then elbow much dc you earn dayi3"
"AS sS.s =
aTS, Ipay; if I could make 81 a day
wo,d 0 the business. But don't see
how j; tried it once, but found l
mad. ,ents day, and SO gave it up"
"T lid you.try it?" "Only one day;
that >. ,ugh for me-"
"y YOU earned more than did on the
start ade but thirty-fve cents. S'I
pers' eye/y day earned little
more he time had paid for the im-
pro" und I was doing very WE'LL
Wiz ing now2"
4" ave been looking around but
LII thing to suit me"
<~of 49, Nc oLt11 rox,
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Il Nice Girl.

UUO '"OIL 70 "a. y '.ii 4VVeJ VudV IH
may. eive more.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-28
TIE ASlEANrEE NATION.

The .AShantcc nation is Il great Afri-
can power. 1t numbers about 3,OOU,-
600 souls, Of whom some 2OO,O 900 are
warriors, we'll made, muscular. war
loving barbarianS; their chief and up
per classes distinguished by clcanli-
ness, handsome at ire, and sonnet hing
like civilization. 1t was meant by ma
ture to be Il land of peace and plenty,
for beyond the thick forests which lie
along the coast stretches fertile and
healthy country Of rich black soil.
growing two orthrcc crops yearly. and
full of vegetable wonders and glories
vet unnamed. The fruits and flowers
of .\shantee land aye said to be per-
fcctly marvellous; it boasts an cntir, :
lv new citron, and Il tail tree bearing
magnificent goblet shaped blossoms.
While the sugar cane grows wild. Gold
is the chief ar,iclc exported. In that
metal Ashantce land must be famous
lv rich: ,he chi Is Wear golden breast
plates and Golden or gildcd ware caps.
boWditch has described golden window
frame, at the Kings Palace at Coo
maSSic. as we'll is an almost universal
use of clothes embroidered with gold
thread, and adorned with thin plates
of the precious metal. After the bat
lie of .\ccra, III lN26, the .AShantcc
King sent i'll as "pcacc money six
thousand ounces of dust and nuggets.
and the swords. nu>lietS and elephant
tail fans are described as being pro-
fusely enriched with goldSmithS
work. The Government is a deSpotic
monarchy, the religion te;lShiSm. mod
flied by African ISlami>m, the effect of
the Mahonmedan ncighborhood on
the north.
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Il depth af three feet, with its head soy
cred from its body. The farmc, and
the unfortunate girl were at once ar
rested.
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WGENE MEETING.

JNIE RESCUE ENGINE COMPANY
| holds ltS regular mourlily meeting on the
first MONDAY of each month.
b. +. BAiLl. President.
u. W. Cross Sceretas. jcl7