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NUMBER "a.

ciously, should ask some more cultivated
friend to do it for them. 1t is always better
to buy the print unframed and have the
framing done in accordance with ones
means. Joan should remember that one of
the best points of well-framed engraving
Is an appropriate 90 mat''-the inner frame
Oh pasteboard which immediately surrounds
the picture With deep and handsome
mat less elaborate frame is required,
and in some cases when the print has clear,
broad margin. and the impression is very
dark, an inch-wide frame of ungrooved, oiled
walnut is sufficient without :. mat 1t Is
well, always, to spend most money on the
print, and least on the framing, which can
easily be SIMPLE without having vulgariy
cheap look.
Plaster casts, when they are good copies
OF hne antiques, are handsome and not ex-
pensive. The dead white of plaster Is some
what trying TO the eye, end it is therefore
better to have it colored delicate pale
giay: A piece of warmly tinted velvet or
oreadcloth thrown carelessly over and hiding
light wooden framework, makes verv
elective background for an artistic cast
Excellent diminished copies OF some of the
more famous antiques may be bought for
from 50 to SIS. These casts are sometimes
bronzed, but it Is hardly advisable to in-
dulge IN this very cheap imitation.
There are countless small thing. which
are not costly, but which help to make
room delightful and homelike. The nearest
carpenter will make for little money a water
tight wooden box, which, painted green and
filled with growing plants, will, with little
care, keep Summer in a sunny window all /
y Inter. A pot or two of English wv |
placed on brackets, the vines being trained /
around pictures or doorways, give beauty /
and cheeriness at very small cost \ tall |
vase filed with dried grasses, oats, and au-
tumn leaves, with wire-lengtheued stems
inserted in sand, will make a dim corner
lovely graceful little training bunch OF /
pressed ferns, leaves. and bitter-sweet ber-
ries, fastened lightly on picture cord, will
brighten the faded engraving under it. 4 /
quaint bit of old china, photographs of ia
nous places and people, scattered carelesSly .
about ones tabes-all those trihes and more
help to make, without much expense, very
eozy and charming room. The last requis-
Ite Is OF course that it be lived in anv
room which Is left to silence and darkne>,
more than half the time-the fate of too
many parlors-can ever be really cheerful
" Y Tribune
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GIVING TOO GREAT LATIrUDE TO WOMEN.
"A japanese journal warns Its country
men against giving too great latitude TO
women. as is the practice among Europeans
and Americans. IL observes: ''ln going
through a door the wife passes first, the
husband following her the wife takes the
best seat, and the husband the next best
In visiting. the wife is first saluted and
first mentioned. Moreover, men are e1-
pected TO be particular in their converse
ton while in the company of ladies, and
are not permitted to smoke without their
permission. Ii is well to take these things
into consideration, or the power of the sex
will be beyond mans control"
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AN INTERESTING LETTER, Just MADE PUBLIC.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHINGToN,
Sputember 1861

September /, 1864.
ELIZA p. GuRyEY-My Esteemed Friend
| have not lorgotten-probably never shall
forget-the very impressive occasion when
yourself and friends visited me ON Sabbath
forenoon, two years ago nor has your kind
letter, written nearly year later, ever been
forgotten. In all it has been your purpose
to strengthen my reliance on God. am
much indebted to the Christian people Vi
this country for their constant prayers and
consultations, and to none of them more than
yourself. The purposes Of the Almighty
are perfect and must prevail, though we,
erring mortals, may fail to accurately per-
ceive them in advance. We hoped for ter
mination of this terrible war long before
this, but God knows best, and has ruled
otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His
wisdom and our own error therein. Mean
while, we must work earnestly in the best
light He gives us, trusting that so work
ing will conduce to the great ends He Or
dains. Surely He intends some great good
to follow this mighty convulsion, which no
mortal could make, and no mortal could
stay. Your sincere friend,
A. LINCOLN.
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Tie Cincinnati Commercial relates sug-
gestiye little anecdote concerning quiet,
hardwOrking farmer, well-to-do in the world
named Lock, and living in the neighborhood
Of Kokomo, Ind. There came to him, some
three months ago, man protesting TO be a
travelling root and herb doctor, who had
with him for a wife smartish woman,
painted like an Indian squaw, who made a
practice of telling fortunes, as she knew all
about the past. present and future. The
doctor was not there to practise 50 much as
to gather ''yarbs" After q time the wo-
man informed the farmer that there was
concealed on his farm the sum of 800 900
in gold and that for 50 200, which he need
not pay until the nugget was found, she
would raise it for him. Now, farmer Lock
was not so well of that he didn't want more.
and the proposition seeming to be a fair one,
he proceeded to raise the money by mort
gage on his farm. With the money in his
hand, he went 10 the tent of the Indian
fortune-teller lie had it carefully tied up
in a pocket handkerchief. She demanded
a count of it to assure herself it was all right,
and having satisfied her mind handed back
the package to the old gentleman, neatly
tied up. rs before, with several additional
knots in the handkerchief, and the injunc-
tiCn not to unite the knots till the gold had
been dug up and placed in bis POSSE ssion.
Then the digging commenced. with some
incidental jugglery; but before long the
neighhors Of Mr.. Lock became suspicious
that he was being practised upon, and it
was determined to unite that handkerchief,
whicn was done, and nothing found in it
l,,t ,fI Ira.rv int NIX
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A colored resident of Vicksburg Miss J
found bottle of whiskey in the suburbs Of
that city. He was sure that it was whiskey
but had suspicion that there was poison
in it. lie finally made ready to drink, say
ing "Dere's heaps of pizen lyin around
loose, but dere's also heaps of niggers in
Vicksburg, an ize gwine to tip up de bot
tie an run de chances -
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BY 2. ". GLIDER

A >owe- went forth 10 SOW,
Ills eyes were wild with woe;
lie crushed the flowers beneath his feet.
Nor snelt the perfume. warm ami sweet
That prayed f'r pity every where
lie came 20 a field Tint was harTied
~ iron, and to Heaven lad bare
He shp * the SO 4 that he carried
ucr that lFown and b'sdsless place.
ie shook l. a. tod shakes hail
over doomed land,
When l-htnin-s uteriar,
The SKY and The Earth. and b. wand
az love j. q thunder Hul.
Thus did that soWer SOW
HIS seed was human blood.
and tears Of W, ,men and men
md J, Who near him stood,
SAID When the crop comes. then
There will hs sohhin- AMI sishinx.
Weeping and wall D. and cryi
And a woe that is ueFse than woe
U.
" was an autumn day
When next went tlat Wav,
hnd what. think You, did | see
lat was il ttaf h-srde
TIE song 81 q sweet voiced hirds
Nay the sonzs ri many.
mr. ilef through " 90 prai-inr prayer
or al. th"s- vo.ceS ROT any
Mere sad o. memory
AM . sea tfsut lislt fi,wef
nd 4 20 den harvest -lDWed
On NY lace ] fell down ti-rv
I'D my weep'u- ey e..
said . God. tLeu art wise
And THANK thee q -tIu and again.
Tor the oower whose name Pain.
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While the jury was being selected in a
horse-stealing case, the other day, the pris-
oner insisted on his counsel objecting TO one
of the jurors. " But" argued the counsel
with his client, 90 that man used to steal
horses himself. He's all right he's our
friend L" That may be-" whispered the
prisoner, '' but his head is shaped like the
d-n scoundrel stole the mare from, and
who got me into all this trouble in the tlrsi
place" Z" Never mind his head, his heart
is all right WAS the whispered reply.-H
Antonio (1erds) Herald.
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To the :. bouquet Club" :"

BY MRS. JULIA c. R. DORR.
U rosebud garland of girls
Who ask for q song from me,
10 what sweet air saall set my lay,
~, what shall its KEY note bel
Inc nowers have gone from wood and hill
me ripping river lies white and still;
AND the iru that sang on the maple bcush.
AiaF IN the southland sngeth now
rosebud garland Of girls,
II the whole glad year were MAY.
II winds sang low in the clustering leavss
And roses bloomed Away
II youth were all that there is OF life.
u the years brought nothing of cs,e or strifs
Nor even a cloud 10 the ether blue
IL were easy TO sing a song for you.
Yet, o my garland or girls!
Is there nothing better than May,
Ihe golden glow Of the harvest time
The rest Of the autumn day
This thought | give 10 ycu all TO Keen.
IN" soweth go0i seed shall surely reap
Ihe year grows rich as il -ruweth old,
AM '4ie's latest sands are It's sands Of gold
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The troubles along the Rio Grande, grow
ing out of the cattle raids by the Mexicans
are reported as bad as ever. The Mexican
raiders, it is asserted, have contract to de-
liver 900 head Of cattle at Monterey, and
expect to steal them from Texas
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One of Mark Twain's funny stories is that
of Scripture panorama, the proprietor of
which engaged pianist to play appropriate
music The musician, when the picture OF
the " "Prodigal Son was passing. struck up
when Johnny comes marching home -
which excited the indignation Of the lee
turer Recently, in a neighboring town,
the drama of Joseph and His Brethren" "
was PLAYED and the tune to which Jacob
and his family iourneved into Egypt was
Marching Through Georgia. "-Bosfon
TrgreIley
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faoh TIE DANISH oF HASs Aspspsrv.
n Se Got 20 .ns ieai which fIlle'h from the tree.
u9d; such only is my earthly life.
Lord am ready when Thou callest ms
70 10 nnou cAnst see my hearts most bttar s,r;,. =
IL. IL nea alone e1nss kn0w the load Of sin
"'iicn th's my aching breast doth hold within
shorten the pains Of dcata. shake efmvssa
SIse S me the courage vi .rustiny child
fath.r OF Love, fdin would see thea near
IN pity Judge each thought and act dedI ed
Mercy, cry Gear 1 ord, Thy will be done
cave me pray, through Jesus Christ. Thy Son.
Temple Bar.
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While Professor Proctor was lecturing in
Boston, the other evening, on Other Sans
than Ours" he received cable despatch
announcing the birth of boy twins in his
family.
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Samuel Wood, OF New York, ~ the old
gentleman who proposes to establish col
leee Of music in Central park. and to endow
is with $1,000, 900. But he has not yet
made the deeds.
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The other day lady was travelling from
Nebraska over the Des Moines and Fort
Dodge road. As the train approached Dal-
las Centre Station, she informed the CON
ductor that she would like stop-oyer tick
ct. She hastily left the tram, and went To
hotel, where she called for bed. The
next day she resumed her journey. with a
fine baby in her arms.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-10

A female smuggler was arrested, Sunday
on the steamship Hermann at New York,
with $4,000 worth Of human hair sewed
into her under-skirts.
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VOL. XLIX. NEW
An Hour at the Central Station Court.

- War is 4 sad thing sighed Bijah, as
he folded up the morning paper, uncrossed
his leg and stood up. - hope | may never
witness another such sight As saw at Fair
Oaks
What was that ." asked his honor,
looking up from his writing.
Why, saw the fght-the battle-saw
men mashed all 10 pieces had a chance
to see the whole thing
'' Were YOU up a tree -
No, sir :" replied Bjah Indignantly
% was not up q tree
Under a wagon, them"
The old janitor laid the paper down and
walked into the corridor without replying
He felt the iron in his soul, and his insulted
manhood could find no words long enough
to talk back in. 1t is well-knovn fact
that he would have been one Of the first to
volunteer if he hadn't been too old, too full
OF business and too merciful to want to kill
ANYBODY
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&c Proclaim to the assembled multitude
that this ere court is ready for business, "
said his honor, as he signed the last war
rant, % and give the ladies front seats, drive
those boys of the window sills, plsh those
dock loaters way back, and be ready to
hand out 4 fresh victim when You hear the
! bell ring. Now for q start"
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\ MHAS MAEsTRo.-The two principal
teachers of dramatic singing who enjoy al
most exclusively tie monopoly of tuition in
this branch Of the musical art in Milan, are,
oddly enough, both octogenarans One of
them is an uneducated peasant, afflicted with
deafness and desperately bad temper. He
has never taken the trouble to learn the
Italian language, and conveys reproof, ad-
vice, cxhortation to his pupils in the Nj
lanese dialect, which bat few Of them under
stand, and which i. as unmuscal jargon
IS Platt-Deutsch He yehemently depre-
Gates intelligence and all nquiring spirit in
his ,ioreS, and refuses to have anything to
Do with them unless they will render him a
blind and unrca-oning obedience He has
invented a system, too, ,oi producing the voice
which j. one Of the most remarkable dis
c0yeries OF tins or any other age. 1t Is call
ed the 'Diaphragmatic Method
Ihls theory is that the voice has not its
source in the lung~-''R0us 0rons change
loW f.a, this modern DafoiriGs would
certainly observe, could he only speak
French-but in, Or under, the largest mus
Gle in the human body You must, accord
To- 10 him, draw up your voice from some
where behind yoru mllrif. and utter your
note c'}e ezpclling your breath from the
lungs, not IN the act OF 50 doing, as would
occur to the vast majority ct human beings
uny er~ed in the "Daphragmatic Method"
lie also prOnulgates the surprising doctrine
that you should breathe into your bones to
prepare yourself for the emission Of Inusi-
ca note This part OF hi- system Is a mys-
terry, the key to which have hitherto failed
to discover, though have bestowed great
pains luon seeking Tor it. WOEli-bc sing
crs are not, to the best Of my belief, spe
ciGlly provided with bones connected with
their breathing apparatus, ike swallows or
pigeons Were this 50, the problem OF
aerial navigation might be solved with more
than lightning -wiftness, and Sgnor Lam
perti'- pupils, by Initiating the osscous
framework of their bodies a- Il preparatory
measure to the uttering of dulcet sounds,
might find themselves IN position 10 per
form q much more remarkable feat than the
productions Of IL OF SOL can ever be consid-
cred, whether those tones be evoked from
the diaphragm or pumped up from the
bones. some excellent musical friends OF
mine here have the aulacty 10 assert that
this system Is mere mlschlevOus nonsense,
the ab-urdlty Of which could be exposed IN
five minutes by any anatomical lecturer
but the maestro sticks to it, and finds II pro-
ftaJle, He nails his diaphragm to the
mast, 50 to speak, and under that muscular
banner obtains as many pupils ai he can
teach, whom lie brow-beat7 into the belief
that they are Initiating their bones when
they really are only ozygena,ing their blood.
-Mim Later.
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'' Proclaim to the assembled multitude
that this ere court is ready for business, '
said his honor, as he signed the last war
rant, d" and give the ladies front seats, drive
those BOYS of the window sils, plsh those
dock loafers way back, and be ready to
hand out fresh victim when You hear the
bell ring. Now for start"
wa, # y, ba a.Lo1 of the frst ma, ant
-. was reyar Lere bernre sir =
.. ,rhere i aIra-,s a first timc .Inlios and
ia ,', how. to.,norrov
~. ,.-., :. l.;.lir,, +, a d,or
aa3 -, 80 ho,rI ..,1 n, ,o1 ant
-, - -. ,l,., .,ro '.oir, c,, free
,.,-.,r-f,,,
- N.tr,iI+,. sir
3. r,,a. r., horo NJ ogi,o- b,l.t ,,n
,..r,. ~ 'Ldfrj ani lot ,ne boar von s,ye,r
:, rslr ,1e ,,I'als III ,ritLont fa,T or f,vor
al 81 -. i,'a,arosI I.r N,o fact
+b.. ,I, -, eJ rl,, r5er tho chin
and d., ,., 80. tS, ;vr;st q, abe,l
,.,.,
n ..;......,. ,.., ..l,.,.o o,l H.
ro,.. ,1 -, I,r;"s The CONT con.
timed
4. Jol;ps p4,ne-uhr,nce pe,ano. the fall
In, ,lt.mn l..,,.s ne bleak wind. and
.,7bir., ,,.,s. w,,,'t i,,rt v.n a cents worth.
Wbot y Ts, :. ',.'- I,rr,j % of -st water bsr
" 1'. you i'.' r. " .''.iv. %. 49, l'
stand hack .uIins and when YOU hear the
rumble If The Back Maria prepare to yet
aLaarl
s''i i>i ''> il huns
" Comedies Rose. stand up straight. look
me I'm tie eve. and tell NE how vou came to
get drunk Yesterday"
..I drank whiskev-dat's de reason.
.. Correct. Cornelius. You might have
uied for a lifetime and not come any nearer
the mark. After getting drunk YOU lay
down On the front steps ofan honest. worthy
cltizon' ana When ne trie1 % rouse you you
eat him up. and raised row which was
heard for two blocks away. 1t i a serious
charge. Cornelius Rose. ana I'm afraid that
You have eaten your last fall watermelon.
e. eau 'snlain all Dat. sab. ." replied the
prisoner. e. went to de nartv last night,
/ you know. ~.rn was dar.~
-. - don't know anvthinr about auv Of
Your sans.
d" Well. sam was dar. sam an me don't
! list get along very well. and when seed him
/ dar knew
' What all tii,ai1ut2" interrupted the
court.
." Bout sam. sah.''
" Well. Won iast drop sam and tel! me
about your Getting drank"
as, san. w ell, Wacn / seed sam Jar
{ knew lHr w. raintr 10 ha dc aWfl lest tirIt
2
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-10

The failure of Goodkind Brothers, whole
sale liquor dealers, is announced in New
York. They may have been Goodkind
brothers but it was not good kind of
business.
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reporter ever before heard that Handel s
Hallelnjah Chorus was given at the conclu-
sion of the service, which it wasn't. that
'the procession then reformed, which it Ger
tainly did not in any sense and having
moved to the Chapter House, which pro-
baby no one entered all day, where the
dean, canons and treasurer'-an officer who
does not exist made the usual promise of
canonical obedience, which they did not do,
for the simple reason that they have no such
promise to make-all suggest somewhat un-
comfortable reflections on the value of con-
ten Orary history" The offending Pail
Me Gazette reporter would have escaped
such setting down if he had been actuated
by a nou-committal policy, like the French
paragraphist who wrote 1.-The Princess de
Metternich is to retire from society for lit
tie while, and is buying edgings insertions,
muslins, and so on, which she is making up
into little garments, too large for doll and
too small for herself;'' or the American
LADY journalist who penned the suggestive
item" "0n Monday, April the tenth,
fy. hundred barrels Of Cincinnati whiskey
were landed on the leyee at Louisville. On
Wednesday, the twelfth, the Louisville
Courier-Journal appeared without a line of
editorials" As it was, the erring writer
must, like the Wisconsin minister, be ad-
Judged guilty of mot always handling the
truth with sufficient carefulness 10 meet the
demands Of veracity''
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\ NV CEREAL.-it Is reported that a new
cereal has been grown in the State of Ore
gon. and thus far np one has been able to
classify it. for while il bears general re-
sembiance 10 wheat, Yet It's stalk. mode #
growth, and heavy hiaments, cause it to BE-
taken for rye or barley by the most expert
enced farmers. Bat +. does not belong to
the family OF either wheat. rye or barley
1t was discovered in th- wise \ farmer
living in TiiaH,1a county, Oregon, while
out hunting a5aat four years ago killed ses-
eral wild geese. On opening one he noticed
a peculiar grain in it, stomach Its form
puzzled hini, but desiring to know what il
really WIS, he planted 1t 10 the Spring and
raised b1uteou~ crop FROM it, and sub-e-
qeenily raised forty bushels on a half acre
Of lani. 1, has most striking appeannce
in the field. OWING tJ H. dense character. ITS
long, heavily bearded llamen1@. and drooI-
ing heal. Its me!e ct growth Is also dif-
ierent from ane grain with whirh am ac-
qlaintei, for from seven To ten stalks spring
from one root, and attain height, when
ripe. Of four and nalf To- i've feet They
are very thin. COMPACT, Of bright straw
color. and extremely hard, as if they con-
tanned large quantity OF sick.
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WANTED Piss The other day thin
wasted woman with snap TO her eyes,
entered Detroit drugstore. AMI without
aur fo0iing around SIZE asked
DO you keep Fi1cn here ''
~ email kinds Tcgiied the cirIk
You've got pizrn IN powders and pizen
in liquids have sau
''ies'm''
'WeIl," she >ajl. booking around nj the
many bottles. Il wait -ore,hIng powerful
strong-somethins T. les hip right out,
without any l1o'u.
Ihe clerk drew hack % ,itii, and said
Il fear we can't sell y1a any poison,
madam -
You @n',' wia.- the matter YOU
can't?"
"You might not u.ke goo! u~,. Of it, he
trernhliugly sud
"Wha; 30 ,o1 mean ?'' >he slowly asked,
kind o reaching for him across the counter
"Why-tamils trouble, perhaps-your
husband-you may be- 81 little deranged, y
he -tammered.
She gave him "a look Of lofty contempt
and observed
You needn t be- afraid OF me, bub My
head has brains enough in 1t to run four
drug-stores Ike this. and my husband and
| get along about as well as any pair
When he gets high-nosed and tries to boss
around, p int to a chair.give him one look 9,
and he drops. No. bub, want that pizen
To lay out a dog. and you needn'the afedrd
Of heing tcoken up for tragedy"
1t was pat up, handed her and paid FOL,
and she remarked
Thought WIS deTanged, eh? own up
that don t know anything about your old
drugstore Latin, but if cunt tumble
house-work around with the whole pile Of
your relatives for two hundred years back
Ill git in the way OF one-hOss locomotive
afore dark ,''-Detrod Free Press
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o"eII UuI alI 0IOW odll N lls Iu5I.
Equally astonished, we dare say, was Pro-
fessor Huxley at finding himself lathering
upon Locke the extraordinary political doc
trine that the end Of government was the
good Of the the government; but his inds-
nation was hardly likely to be so great as
that Of a peace-at-any- advocate when
he discovered thata cruel Northern journalist
10y merely Introducing one unnecessary let
ter, turned what was intended to be sub
lime into something delicionsly ridiculous.
and made his vigorous peroration end
Let Us, then, unanimously, earnestly, re-
olutely, take our place in that increasing