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those who lived . hundred years ago

those who lived . hundred years ago.
And those exhibited physical power
greater than those existing Eve hum
dred years before, IN the days of chiv.
airy. To me the 4th of July is fraught
with pleasant and precious recoilec-
ton. remember not simply our
power. We have forty or forty-five
millions Of people, with great wealth
and intelligence. We have a physical
power that NO nation in the world
can come up with. We shall have
but little opportunity hereafter to ex-
hibit our physical power. We shall
not be able to 60 to France or En-
gland and fight them there, and we
know they cannot come here and fight
u.s. Therefore our great victories in
the future must be morally and of .
political character by extending our
influences abroad. England will come
to visit us on the Fourth of July, next
year. Although that day was made
memorable By pronouncing against
her tyrannies and expressions. by eev-
ering our government from her and
setting mp a new government, yet En-
gland will come to see us, and with
Outstrefched hands and friendship in
her heart. The animosities have
passed away. for our principles have
conquered England. And others will
come. Why. It 10 said that the South
will come to Philadelphia Ibelieve
that large portion Of her people will
desire to be represented, and when
they do come. marching under the
Star-Spangled Banner, prepared to
celebrate and veBerate the great doc
trine of human equality and equal
rights then will I bid her welcome
and say our quarrel is made up. I
want no reconciliation upon any other
ground. / want no reconciliation by
forgetting the great principles for
which we struggled, by compromising
those principles, by forgetting the
men who died for them, but all want
TO be reconciled and come together as
nation of brothers, all standing up
on the great doctrine of human iber-
ty. equal rights, equal protection and
equal justice to all.
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The Use or silent LIE tier. Defcnae,

The Use OF Sflent LIE tiers Defended.
One who signs himself IN. H."
writes to the New York Tribune, in
response to another correspondent.
defending the use of the silent letters
in our language. He says:
Nov protest against this, and de-
sire to lift up my voice to defend these
silent letters against an assassin who
would not only ruthlessly murder his
mother tongue, but would at the same
time bury from sight the records of
her birth, the volumes of history, the
evidence OF moral revolutions and po-
litical changes contained in her silent
letters. History is not merely the
ghost of the past; It is also the guardian
of the present and the future. These
letters which contain so much of his
tory arc not stupidity, stolidly silent
They live to the eye, if not to the ear.
They talk to US as do the trees, the
flowers, tho sky, the hills. Take, for
instance, the word chorus which oc-
ours in the FIRST sentence of the edito-
rial referred to. The initial sound is
represented by the English letter *,
and if the only object to be gained in
expressing words by written charac-
tcrs were the representation Of sounds,
then might chorus begin with *,
! and one of the 337 silent letters be
summarily disposed Of OF what use
are the two letters? They link the
world .indissolubly to its parent, the
Greek 'Choros, and as the eye rests
| upon it there flashes upon the mind a
vision the ancient Athenian thea
ter. free to every citizen of that proud
city, crowded to its utmost limit with
eager listeners and spectators. As if
by magic there floats to the car an
echo Of the rythmic measures of Soph
ocles and Euripides, and the music OF
feet moving in time to the exquisite
harmony of the verse. Then come
thoughts of the manifold changes
since that ancient time, with feelings
of thankfulness that we have been
permitted to inherit portion Of the
wealth of the Greek language. Who
shall say thatthese letters are stolidly
silent? They are not SO but to him
who wilfully closes the mind to the
stories they would fain tell and the
lessons of history they would fain
proclaim. We would recommend
economy of time, of space, of money
The measure of economy we do not
attempt to discuss, but venture upon
the assertion that it will not pay even
| Americans to sacrifice the English
| language for the sake of speed OF
| space.
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When she came to work for the
family on Congress street, the lady OF
the house sat down aud told her that
agents, book -peddlers, hat-rack men,
picture-sellers, ash-buyers, rag-men,
and all that class of people must be
met at the front door and coldly re-
pulsed, and Sarah said she'd repulse
'em if she had to break every broom
stick in Detroit.
And she did. She threw the door
open wide, bluffed right up at 'em,
and when she got through talking the
checklist agent was only too glad to
leave. 1t got 80 after awhile that ped
dlers marked that house, and the
door bell never rang except for COM
pany.
The other day, as the lady of the
house was enjoying a nap and Sarah
was wiping off the spoons, the bell
rang. She fastened to the door, ex-
pecting to see lady, but her eyes en-
countered slim man, dressed in black
and wearing q white neck-tie. He
was the new minister, and he was GO
ing around to get acquainted with the
members of his flock, but Sarah WASH {
expected to know this.
"Ah--um-is Mrs.-ah!"
"Git!" exclaimed Sarah, pointing to
the gate.
Beg pardon. but I'd like to see
'Meanderl'' she shouted, looking
around for q weapon, I'VE don't want
any four-sifters here!"
You are mistaken" he replied,
smiling blandly, II called to"
Don't want anything to keep moths
away-fy!" she exclaimed, getting
red in the face.
us the lady IMP he inquired, try
ing to look over Sarah's head.
Yes, the lady's in, and l m IN, and
you are out!" she snapped, "and now
[ don't want to stand here talking to
/, fy-trap agent any longer! Come,
lift your bootsl"
II am not an agent" he said, trying
to smile, II am the new"
Yes, know you-you are the new
man with patent fat-iron, but we
don't want any, and you'd better go
before l call the dog"
Twill you give the lady my card,
| and say that / calledW
mo, I won't; VIC are bored to death
| with cards and handbills and circu-
lars. Come, I can't stand here all
day."
Didn't you know that was min
| ister?" he asked, as he backed off.
No, nor l don't know it now; you
look like the man who sold the wo-
man next door a dollar chrome for
eighteen shillings."
But here is my card"
II don't care for cards, tell you!
If you leave that gate open I'll heave
a flower pot at you'll
II will call again" he said, as he
went through the gate.
1t won't do any goodl" she shout
ed alter him; I'VE don't want no pre-.
pared food for infants--no piano lnu-
sic-no stuffed birds! Iknow the po-
liceman on this beat, and if you como
around here again he'll soon find out
whether you are a confidence man OF
a vagrant!'
| And she took unusual care to locB
the door-Detroit Free Press.
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A gentleman sold large flock Of
sheep to a dealer, which the latter
had not hands to drive. The seller,
however, told him he had a very in
telligent dog, which he would send
with him to assist him to a place
thirty miles off; he had only to feed
the dog, and desire him to 20 home.
The dog accordingly received his or
ders, and set off with the flock and
the drover.
He was absent so many days that
his master began to have serious
alarms about him, when. one morning,
to his great surprise, he found his
dog returned with very large flock
Of sheep, including the whole that he
had lately sold.
The fact turned out to be that the
drover was so we'll pleased with the
dog that he resolved to steal him, and
locked him up till the time when he
vas to leave that part Of the country
The dog made various attempts to es-
cape, and one evening he succeeded.
Whether he had discovered the drov-
er's intention. and supposed that the
sheep were also stolen. it is difficult
to tell, but by his conduct it looked
so; for he Immediately went to the
field. collected the sheep, and drove
them all back to his master.
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A ragged, forlorn-looking boy was
strolling around the Southern depot
yesterday, smoking the stub of a cigar,
when philanthropist in waiting for
train handed out ten cents and re-
marked: -
Take it, bub, I feel sorr,- for you"
mo yer don't, exclaimed the boy,
drawing back.
Why, it's a free gift-I don't ask
anything for il" replied the man.
Il know you;" continued the boy,
his eyes twinkling; you want me to
promise to grow up and become Pres
ident, and | ain t going to tie myself
up for any mans ten centsp'-Free
Press.
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Profanity.

We are emphatically in the age Of
profanity, and it seems to us that we
are on the topmost current. One can
not go on the streets anywhere with
out having his ears offended with the
vilest of words, and his reverence
shocked by the most profane use Of
sacred names. Nor does it come from
the old or middle-aged alone, for it is
a fact, as slarming as true, that the
younger portion of the community are
most proficient in the degrading Ian
guage. Boys have an idea it is smart
to swear: that it makes them manly;
but there never was greater mistake
in the world Men, even those who
swear themselves. are disgusted with
profanity in a young man. because
they know how, of all bad habits. this
elings the most closely and increases
with years. It is the most insiduous
of habits, growing on one SO invisibly
that almost before he ie aware he be-
comes an accomplished cursor. Boys
should never begin to swear, but if
they do-stop!
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Best Of all things to us is home. in
hours of ambition and pleasure we
may sometimes forget its exquisite
come, and we return to it at once.
Let the hollow hearts that feign a
friendship which they do not feel,
stand revealed before us-let us know,
as we all must at moments, that how
estimation, our places would be filled
at an hours notice should we die to-
morrow; then we whisper to ourselves
the magic word Home, and are COM
forted.
Home, Sweet Home!" 1t does not
matter how humble it is, nor is it less
= home for being palace. It is where
those we love dwell-wherever they
may be-where we are valued for our.
selves, and are held in esteem because
of what we are in ourselves, and not
because of power, Or wealth, or what
we can do for other people.
Who would be without a home?
Who would take the worlds applause
| and honor, in place of the tenderness
of few true hearts and the cosy fire.
| side meetings where the truth may be
spoken without disguise, and envious
carpiDgs are unknown? In life's bat
tie even the hero finds many enemies,
and much abuse and slander and de-
traction; but into home, il it is what
it ought to be, these things never find
their way. There to his wife, the
| plainest man becomes q wonderful
thing-a sage, a man who ought to be
| President of the United States, and
! would be were his worth known.
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Trouble Ahead.

"See that fat man, don't you, Jack?"
queried bootblack at the postofice
yesterday; well, he's laying up
heaps OF trouble. When you. see a
man named johnson, for instance,
slying around to the general delivery
window and getting little pink envel-
opes directed to De Forest he's
standing on the verge Of the grave
The first thing he knows his wife II
come down here and get hold of one
of those purity little letters, and then
she'll unite her bonnet-strings and
mop her husband all over these flags,
and the public'll git up'n 'rah for her
side!" And jack began to ponder
Detroit Free Press.
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Manhood: How Lost,
How Restored /!

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He laid down the basket of chips
he had pilfered, and, looking hard at
the urchin who had been making a
target of him by shooting at him with
''nigger killer" said: "Whar was
you raised chile?" ''Shurcargo," said
the young hoodlum. I'm de Norf?"
"Yeth thir." Il tort SO. Suddern
white folks children wouldn't do like
dat. Lemme tell you, money, man.
ners is gwine to carry you furder dan
money. You hear me?"-Dallas
(Texas) Herald. g.
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Here's boy down here who wants
to lick mel" exclaimeda a bootblack as
he approached policeman on Girls
void street yesterday.
He does, eh? What for?"
Says l called him names, but I
didn't" M 81
Are you afraid of him?' -
"No, not exactly, but l don't want
to fight One reason is [ promised
my dying mother wouldn't, and the
other reason is cause he's bigger'n I
ami
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AS a stranger was yesterday knock
ing at the door of a house on Second
street, boy came around the corner
and inquired:
Got anything to sell?"
Yes. [ wan. to sell your mother
box of tooth paste"
Might as well git off'n the steps,
continued the boy as smile broke
out around his mouth; shes got
store teeth, and she cleans 'em with a
WOODEN rag" Free Press.
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'Therel' exclaimed the indignant
Boston wife, as she fetches her hus-
band a resonant whack on the head
with chair-rocker, 'I'H raise Bun
ker Hill monument on you that you
will remember"
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Miss Moody, daughter Of the Amer
lean revivalist who is preaching in
London, not sharing her fathers
views, went to the play, and coming
down late to breakfast next morning,
was greeted with, well, child of Sa-
tan!" to which she calmly responded,
"Good morning, papa"
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VOL. XLV.s
THE OLD CoNrINENrALs.

THE OLD CONTINENTALS.
In their ragged regimentals,
Stood the old continentals,
Yielding not:
While the grenadiers were lunging
And like hailstones fell the plunging
Cannon shot!
Where the files
or the Isles,
8 From the smoky night encampment
!. Before the banner of the rampant
And grummer, grummer, grummer
Rolled the "roll" of the drummer,
Through the morn.
The with eyes to the front all,
And with guns horizontal,
Stood our sires;
And the balls whistled deadly,
And the flames flashing redly
Blazed the nres;
Billows drift
Drove the dark battle breakers
Ger the green sodded acres
or the plain;
And louder, Iouder, louder
Cracked the black gunpowder
All amain!
Then like smiths at their FORCES,
Labored the red st. Georges
Cannoniers;
And the villainous saltpetre
Rung fierce discordant metre
Round our ears;
Like the roar
On the shore
As they rode in roaring anger
On our flanks;
And higher, higher, higher
Burned the e.old-fashioned fire
Through the ranks!
Then the old fashioned colonel
Galloped through the white internal
Powder cloud!
And his broad sword was swinging,
And his brazen throat was ringing
Trumpet loud;
And the blue
Bullets flew,
And the troopers Jackets redden
At the touch of the leaden
Rifles breath;
And rounder, rounder, rounder
Roared the iron six-pounder,
Hurling DEATH
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If you want to get around Boston
girl tell her that you understand her
grandfather was killed at Bunker Hill.
She will neither despise the lie nor
hate the liar.
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There has been a series of fights and
bravls along the State line, where all
the saloons at Union City are located.
eince Saturday night, and peace is not
entirely restored yet.
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WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY IA.

Mr.. Tennyson's new drama, "Queen
Mary" which his London publishers
promise US in book form ''immedi-
ately," is to be brought out next win
ter at the Lyceum, with Mr.. Irving
and Miss Bateman (Mrs. Crowe) in
the two leading parts. Arrangements
for this purpose have already been
made between Mr.. Tennyson and Miss
Bateman, who is now lessee and man
ager of the theater to which her late
husband gave such an exceptional and
honorable reputation. Under her
control the same spirit, l need
scarcely say, rules. and there is no
diminution of energy nor falling off in
the remarkable success of which Mr..
Bateman laid the foundation. Ham
let is still drawing excellent houses.
and there is every reason to believe
it would continue to draw during all
next month. The London theaters,
as rule, do not close their doors
until August. But Hamlet" is to be
withdrawn after the two hundredth
night, which comes June %. 'On the
following evening Miss Isabel Bate
man takes her benefit--not as the
Ophelia, whose grace and tenderness
have charmed US for go long, but as
the Queen in Charles L." Mr..
Irving follows July 2. and the morn
ing of July 3, when he will play
R:chelieu, and with that, l believe,
the. theater closes till September. 1t
will reopen with Macbeth Mr..
Irving playing Macbeth and Mrs.
Grove Lady Macbeth cast which
will be welcomed by London play
goers. Upon the withdrawal of
Macbeth Mr.. Tennyson's play will
be put on the boards at once. Whether
it succeeds or fails, the evening of its
first performance is likely to draw to-
gether such q house as has not often
been seen in London. Mr.. Tennyson
himself takes great interest in this
(for him) novel experiment, and the
public, which has long looked to him
as the first of living English poets,
will not be less concerned than he in
the question whether be is to win fame
as dramatist also.-[ London Letter.
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A UGUsTUs h. YOUNG,
ATTORNEY AND NOTARY.

Once In room over George W. Barnes
Grocery. Richmond Indiana.
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cSnQOO per Day at home. Terms free.
SC ~ 0XU Address q. SrINsoN CO
Jan. 10, 1855. Ilyl Portland, Maine
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No. 10 leaves Richmond daily. No leaves
Chicago daily. All other trains run daily,
except Sunday. -
Little Miami Division.
Nov. 80, 1874
GOING WEST.
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GEORGEToWN-

THREE DEATHs--Mrs. Catherine Brooks.
widow of the late Lewis Brooks died AZ the
residence OF Mrs. Blayden Forrest on Mon
day. Her funeral took place this morning
from Trinity church. where high mass
was held. Mrs. Sis, wife of Mr.. Sis. grocer.
died last evening Mr.. Beamer Davis, a
young gentleman well known to the bust
ness circles of the District, died at his late
residence, on Beall street. yesterday, of con
sumption. He was son of the late Thomas /.
Davis, and had large circle Of friends.
THE FISHING SEASoN-The lease of the
dsh whaves for the ensuing year was sold on
Monday to Henry Hilton for s3i5. The fish
stalls in the market were sold at auction and
brought from IS to SIS each.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.-Messrs. j. G. d ].
NJ. Waters received, per Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, yesterday, 100 barrels OF -four The
above firm report sales this morning of.9o0
bushels of wheat at $50.
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WATER SPOUT IN TENNESSEE.-The rain
which fell here Tuesday night was com para
lively very light. In Decatur, Ala, big
storm prevailed, but resulted in no damage.
Trains ON the Memphis and Charleston road
were temporarily laid up, however as a
safeguard against accidents. There was a
water spout on Raccoon Mountain. The
clouds seemed suddenly TO burst asunder
and 10 empty out great flood. in a very
brief space of time the whole valley was COW
cred with water, in places TO the depth OF six
and eight feet The Nashville and Chatta-
nOoga road, which is far above the height at
tanned by any ordinary freshet, was quickly
submerged for the distance of not less than
1000 feet, TO the depth of twenty four inches
But the rain still continued to fall in tor
rents. A small trestle about fourteen feet
in length, was washed out, but the road sus-
tained very little other injury. A train in
going through the tunnel ran into a stream
of water about a loot and half i'm depth.
Mr.. Sullivan's locomotive came i'm here yes
terday afternoon showing signs of having
ploughed through lot of rubbish washed
upon the track. General Superintendent
Thomas having been telegraphed of the
heavy storm prevailing, ordered all trains
TO lay by until should cease, and instructed
watchmen TO go over and inspect that portion
of the road deluged, In consequence of this
prudent course the trains, though delayed
met with no accidents.-NashUiUe (T'eIn)
Banner. FEB. Is.
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WOMEN IN THE CoLLEG Es.-A corrcspon-
dent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from
Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the practical work
iDgs of the education of men and women in
the University of Michigan, sees in the result
Of six years experience nothing which will
warrant opposition to such a system OF edu-
cation. One of the effects OF college life on
the health of women the correspondent saws:
Among the sixty-seven women in the liter
airy department many might be selected who
are living "efutations of Dr. Clarke's theory
Iheir robust forms and full faces prove I'm
their own cases, at least, that the study is
not undermining their constitutions or
making them physical wrecks. There are
not few who have come TO Ann Arbor in
comparatively poor health, and who, after a
years solid labor, have been really benefited
by their life here" After the novelty of the
companionship of young men and women in
class rooms had worn off the students took
but little notice of each other, and, according
TO the established etiquette of Ann Arbor
there is no presumption of acquaintance be-
tween members OF the same class. .'All are
kept so busy that there is really little time
for social intercourse"