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The Unwritten Side of Great Men.
MAX ADELER.

MAX ADELER.
We always think of great men as in the
act of performing deeds which give them
Tenown, or else in stately repose, grand,
silent and majestic. And yet this is hardly
fair, because the most gorgeous and mag
nificent of human beings have to bother
themselves with the little things of life
which engage the attention of rs smaller
people, No. doubt Moses snarled and got
angry when he had severe cold in his
head, and If a Hy BIT his leg while he WAS
in the desert, why should we suppose he
did not jump, and use violent language and
rub the sore place! And C9sar-isn't it.
tolerably certain that he used to become
furious when he went up stairs to get his
slippers in the dark and found that Calphur~
MIA had showed them under the bed so that
he had to sweep around after them wildly
with the broom-handle? ? And when Solo-
mon cracked his crazy bone, is it unreas-
enable to suppose that he ran around the
room and felt as if he wanted to cry I'M
agine George Washington, sitting on the
edge Of the bed putting on clean shirt
and growing at Martha because the buttons
were off and st. Augustine, with an apron
around his neck, having his hair cut, or
Joan of Arc, holding her front hair in her
mouth, as women do, while she fixed up her
back hair Napoleon Jumping out OF bed
in a frenzy to chase a mosquito around tho
room with pillow or Martin Luther, in a
night shirt, trying to put the baby to sleep
at two o'clock in the morning or Alexan~
der the Great with the hiccoughs: or Thomas
Jefferson, getting suddenly over fence to
avoid a dog; OF the Duke of Wellington,
with the mumps or Daniel Webster, abus-
ing his wife because she hadn't tucked the
covers at the foot of the bed or Benjamin
Franklin, pairing his corns with razor or
Jonathan Edwards, at the dinner table,
wanting to sneeze just as he gets his mouth
full of hot beef. or Noah, standing at night,
throwing bricks at a cat !
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Failures i'll 1874.

In the Financial Regteo for 1875 (for q
bound copy of which we are indebted to
the publishers, William +. Dana & Go. of
New York;, is a statement Of the business
failures in the United states for 1874.
The whole number was5 $50, and the whole
amount Of liabilities $155, ,239, 600 This is
SIS, 900, 900 less liabilities Than were invol-
we'd in the failures of 1878. and $34, GOO, 900
greater than those Of 1872 Il is a little
strange that Penns5 lyania, generally re-
garded as the most prosperous State in the
Union, heads the list with 645 failures and
So, Alto, 600 liabilities. New York city
comes next, with 644 failures and $32, $50, :.
600 liabilities; New York State had 5I3
failures, with only SIC, 295, 900 liabilities;
Massachusetts, 41G futures, with $40, 600,-
900 liabilities; Ohio 313 failures, with
$s. .4Sf ,0c0 liabilities; Illinois 332 failures,
with S7,510,000 liabilities Louisiana 90
failures, with 81, 429, 900 liabilities; Micili-
gan, 286 failures, with "a At 900 liabilities;
Missouri 70 failures. with S3, ,061, 900 LA
bilities; California 66 failures. with 81, ,57f,
600 liabilities. The amount of liabilities
in the single State Of Pennsylvania was
more than those in the nine Western States
Of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Miehi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and
Ohio pai tog. tier.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
Moulton as witness proved himself a

| Moulton as witness proved himself a
veritable Gabralter.-W WAitehag Times.
It is SO cold in Nevada, that whisky is
used for paper weights. -Dan5ury Neaos.
Some benevolent Danburian proposes
building new town hall, and sending the
old one to the Nebraska sutferers.-Da
bury NeOs.
Vassar College bakes 1850 pancakes on
q single griddle at one time. What a
scrabble there must be for the top CAKE
Rutland Herald.
The Duchess of Edinburg's new baby
smashed her cologne bottle, whereupon
she gave it a sarcastic caress with her
ipper.-Daabtry Nescs.
President Grant and King Kalakaua have
exchanged kilograms calling each other
"great and good - men. Here's hoping
they may know each other better Wor-
cester Press.
- ~
abouts Of the former Postmaster OF the
House, who is disrespectfully called Bill
King by some of the papers. The fact is
that the committee is endeavoring to find
out just where the bilking has been.--
Detroit Tri5 u,,e.
A grocer stepped out of his door yester-
day just as boy had filed his pocket with
apples from barrel, and shouted: " Here !!
you have been stealing apples-police! po-
lice!" "Don't holler out that way
replied the boy, as he put the apples back !;
" Bill bet me that my pocket wouldn't hold
three old sockers, and | was just trying to
see. I'm open to such bets every day in
the week !''--Detroit Free Press
"You have pleasant home and bright
fireside, with happy children sitting around
1t, haven't you? ?" said the Judge. Yes,
SIR" said Mr.. Thompson, who thought he
saw way out of the difficulty. "Well,"
said the Judge, " if the happy children sit
around the cheerful freside until you
return, they will stay there just forty-three
days, as shall have to send you up for
that Cincinnati Times.
A Leavenworth paper is abusing Judge
Sherry because he is not stout.--N. Y. Mail.
Perhaps he would not beer good Judge if
he were not port-ly.-Com. Bulletin. Moth
ing ales The Judge, only ne viii not sup
porter paper he does not like. Boston Ad-
gert5ser. If none of these comments make
the Judge weary of life he is a rum um."
st. Louis Republican. After all, the
papers shouldn't wine about it if the Judge
is a good e-cider.-LoWisoiIle SATURDAY
ReD1ezD
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A Marrow Escape.
Gold Hill News, Feb. IS.

1t is seldom that we are called upon to
chronicle more daring feat. OF one deser-
wing of greater commendation, than the
following
Yesterday afternoon, in the bottom of the
new shaft of the Woodville mine, three
men had just prepared three-fuse blast,
had lighted the fuse, jumped into the
bucket and started for the surface, when,
through the carelessness of the engineer,
the engine caught on the center and refus-
ed to move. Here the three men hung,
within six feet of the blast, for some little
time; but it seemed like hours to them.
At last one of the party, Benjamin Kendall
by name, realizing that something must be
wrong on top, jumped from the bucket and
proceeded to extinguish the slowly burning
fuse. Two pieces were put out without
difficulty, but the third he found it impossi-
BILE to reach, as it had already burned in the
drilled hole. Then he turned to climb back
into the bucket, but it was too late his
companions were being hoisted to the sur
face. Who can imagine the mental agony
endured by that man when he saw that he
had been left to his fate and liable at any
instant to be blown into eternity? With a
desperate resolve he started to climb up the
timbers, but he had not gone m ore than
five or six feet on his way when the blast
exploded, throwing a shower Of rocks and
dirt far above his head. Fortunately, Ken
dali was but little injured, receiving merely
a few slight scratches ON his hands. It was
q very close call, and one that will be re-
membered by him. The engineer was dis
charged.
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scHENcK ON POKER.
Two Letters on the subject-The Solemn
Truth-F1ve Dollars for the Book.

CINCINNATI, Feb. I'd.
To tie Editor Of the Cincinnati Gazette =
SIR About month ago you published
an abstract from the Nation charging my
friend Gen. Robert c. Schenck with having
disgraced himself and his high official posi-
tion by writing book on the art of playing
poker. You took occasion to comment
upon the presumed fact in very severe
terms. | know Gen. Schenck so well that
| did not believe him to be so silly as to do
this, and I placed it among the many SLAM
ders to which he has been subjected by his
political enemies, but to satisfy myself ON
the subject, and inclose his reply, which
l think, in justice to him, ought to receive
the benefit of your wide circulation. A
gentleman whose public life has been so
distinguished is entitled to fair play by the
public press. Respectfully,
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BEST Things" :"

The best thcology-a pure and benificent
life.
The best philosophy contented mind.
The best law-the golden rule
The best NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The best statesmanship-se govern
ment.
The best medcine-cheerfulne and
temperance.
The best art-painting smile upon the
brow of childhood.
The best misunderstanding sunshine
from cloudy way.
The best war-to war against ones
weakness.
The best music-the laughter of an inno-
cent child.
The best journalism printing the true
and the beautiful only, on memory's tab
let
The best telegraphing flashing a ray of
sunshine into a gloomy heart.
The best biography-the life which writes
charity in the largest letters.
The best mathamatics-thatw which donb-
les the most joys and divides the most sor-
rows.
The best navigation -sreering clear OF
the lacerating rocks of personal contention.
The best diplomacy fleeing treaty
Of peace with ones own conscience.
The best eineeiing-building a bridge
Of faith over tic river of death. From fht
AnnuaI Of Phrenotogy and Phgsiognoaay.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EvE-ANGELIcAL CORNER.

Mrs. Tilton is two years older than
Theodore Tilton.
Mrs. Lieut.. Fitch is now spoken of as
the queen of diamonds.
There's nothing half so sweet in life as a
school girls chewing gum.
Fanny Elssler the danseuse is reported
to have become very devout.
Misses Ida and Gabrielle Greeley are
going to Europe in the spring, if it eyer
comes.
stMarry a widower! Not 1 y said Ma
tilda, "Babies are like tooth brushes.
Everybody wants their own"
The girls who attend tables at Conneoti-
cut fairs and sell kisses at ten cents kiss,
',1 of creation ' not denyn fh55 Women
are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to
match the men,"
els the shoe too small ?" tenderly asked
fond swain of his sweetheart who was
moaning about cramped toes. 90 Oh, no!
The shoe is just right, but my foot is too
darned big, that's all.
'Tis naught when woman hurbngs nlaIh
For that's the good old style;
But oh, mans confidence in man
Makes countless thousands smile.
s'Put your armor on, my boys" is q very
pretty sentiment, but when rendered by a
sweet young lady, " Put your arm around
me boys" it is vastly improved, "don't
it.''
A beautiful answer was given BY little
Scotch girl. When her class at school was
examined, she replied to the question,
"What is patience ?" "Walt wee, and
dinna weary"
A Rome girl worked over two hours dig
ging path through the snow to the parlor
door, and then her chap did not come at
all. She keeps kettle of water boiling ON
the kitchen stove, and has been expecting
him ever since.
eff you men," remarked Washington
lady at a reception recently "would let
the women's dresses alone, there would be
much less foolishr.ess and misery in the
world" A painful silence followed.
The Kansas Journal says that there is a
young lady living in Clay county, about
five miles from the city, twenty-five years
of age, who has, for years, shed her finger
and toe-nails and teeth every year.
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

Statistical tables show that there are in
the whole whole world about 164 cities with
1000 inhabitants; with over /, ZOO, 900;
IL with from 100000 down to 500, 900: 20
with from 100000 to 100000; 33 with from
200, 600 to 800, 900; and 80 with from 1OO.-
600 to 100000. The aggregate of the pop
ulation of these large cities comprises a
population of 100000 of inhabitants
that is to say, the twenty-eighth part of
the entire population of the globe.
1t is safe to assert lease of 900 years
has never run out in this country. but this
has recently occurred in England. An es-
tate let for that term has reverted to the
original holders, or rather representatives
The land is at Woolwich, and was church
property one thousand years ago, but was
leased to the crown for military purposes
s'Few Incidents as an English exchange
remarks, 'feould speak more eloquently of
4Le ,st.I,:1:4s- ...s-1:l-=1-
their respects for the rights of property,
than that an unbroken continuity of posses
sions from the time of Alfred the Great to
that of Queen Victoria"
Colonel Hay of the New York Tribune,
whose former residence in Spain gives him
authority on Spanish matters, expresses an
uncomplimentary opinion of the new King,
as will be seen below: ''He is youth of II
years, not strong either in body or mind.
He is universally regarded in Spain as ille-
gitimate. He has no claim whatever upon
the throne, except that he is the son of his
mother, who was bad woman as Queen.
Her mother was like herself, and her father,
if possible, worse. For four generations
the line is utterly corrupt and worthless.
Since Charles III. no one can point to a
good reign-we may almost say to good
action-of Spanish sovereign; of course
we except the unfortunate experiment of
Amadeus, of Savoy, who was a gentleman
at least. But Charles the ~. and his son
Ferdinand were not gentlemen in any sense
of the word. They were cowardly, treacher-
GUS, untruthful, weak, and personally dis
honest. Queen Christine and Queen Isa-
bella were not ladies; it is not possible to
call them so without casting derision upon
the name. They were unfaithful rulers,
unfaithful wives, not honest even in money
matters. The last of the race, Don Alfonso,
has this bad blood in his veins. It is the
only claim he has to the crown he seeks.''
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TRAVELLING IN SEARCH OF A
TUESDAY.
a Few Curious Facts and Their Causes.

70 the Editor Of the EoeBipg' Post: " our
correspondents have satisfactorily solved
Faui Martindale's problem as to where a
person travelling westward around the
globe will find his Monday changed to Tues
day. The rule they have given of making
the change at the longitude at 1S0 degrees
from Greenwich is adopted by common
usage; but | wish to state two curious ex-
ceptions to it, which / find i'll Chambers
Book Of Days, volume 1, page 6:
Manila, in the Philippine Islands, lags
one day behind the rest Of the East Indies
IN its expression of the days of the week;
while Alaska, in the same matter, gallops
one day ahead of its neighbor, British Co
lumbia
4 The reasons for these anomalies are as
follows: The Philippine Islands were col
from tie gassierdss vrls-a fs.szzaosass
rest of the East indies was eolonized by
Europeans, coming from the opposite di-
rection. Each set of colonists, of course,
brought it's own day of the week, and con-
sequently it happens, oddly enough, that
Manila is weekly keeping it's Sunday while
the neighboring islands are having their
Monday. So in regard to Alaska. That
country was first settled by the Russians
coming from the west, while the remainder
of the eastern coast of the Pacific was set
tied from the east. Thus it happens that
when Alaska is keeping Sunday, it is only
Saturday on the rest Of the coast. And,
what is more wonderful still, Alaska being
80 degrees east of Manila, will have already
fourth Of its Monday before the latter
place enters upon its Sunday.
It's possible that since the date ON which
Alaska changed it's allegiance, it has also
changed it's expression of the days of the
week to conform with that of it's new owner.
Can any of your correspondents inform me
whether such is the case? ]. G. S.
Manlius, N. Y, February 1st.
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Now You Begin to Talk.

On certain occasion thc counsel took
some exceptions 70 the ruling of the court
on some point and quite dispute arose
therefrom.
eff the court please said tic counsel.
and at the same time picked up law
book.
There is No referring to any book ex-
claimed the count, ansrily, g have decided
the pint
But, your Honor persisted the at
torney.
"Now, don't want 10 hear anything on
the sss ject, yelled the court. | Tell
you again / lave ;.heads decided that
pint.
II know that, was The reipins1cr, Z, !
am satisfied of that; isut this is q volume
of Blackstone am certain he differs
with at,nr Homer and | only want to Sow
YOU what f,al Blackstone Was. z
"Al, ilsIr,tl, exclaimed the conft,
{. now YOU begi, to talk,
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POETRY
MY SHIP.
BY FRANK II. CONVERSE.

near one say" When my ship comes in,
As surely it wiIl know,
It will bring me treasures no eye hath seen,
From the Islands of Long Ago.
heaFt That coselwto earth doth cling,
Cries out in its passionpain-
II only my ship when it comes would bring
My long lost youth again"
Another Perchance it hath news of hun
Whose sails in the years goneby
Watched till it entered the golden rim,
That centres the sea and sky"
AND they speak of the riches that each will share
vi the loves that they hope to win
OF Wreaths of laurel, and crowns to wear: a
Wf"H their ships come sailing in
so SOL etimes look DER the oceans breast
And whisper" Oh, mist-hid sea,
Doth never ship from the heaven of Rest
Co over thy billows for me?"
But wait its answer in vigils vain,
Yet over, from sea and shore,
The h lows say" Neverri0 ore
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INTRA, MINTRA, CUTRA, CORN.

By REV. ]. x. NUTTnG.
Ten small hands upon the spread,
Five forms knecling beside the bed,
Blue-eyes, Black-eycs, Curly head;
Blonde Brunctte-in gleeand glow,
Waiting the magic word. SGch row
Seven years, six years, five, fanr, two
Fifty fingers, all in line.
yours are thirty twenty are tnine,.
Ten sweet eyes that sparkle and shine.
MothcfIy Mary, age Of ten,
Evens the finger-tips again,
, Chances along the line-and then
. IHtfa, DintTa, eutrG corn,
Apple-seed and appIe-thorn,
Wire, 6rier, timber loci,
Tire geese IN a fock.
Ru5le, go5ie. gabbLe, and roRt,
Z. o. U. r.,
Omt''
Sentence falls on Curly-head
One digit is IS gone and dead
Nine and-forty left on the spread.
"Intra, mintra, the fiat goes.
Who'll be taken, nobody knoss,
f. Only God may the lot dispose,
Is it more than childish play?
Still you sieh aud turn away, -
why? What pain in the sight, pray
All, toe true: g As the fingers fall,
One by one, at the magic call.
Till, at the last chance reaches all.
$50 in the fateful days to come
The lot shall fall in many home ..
That breaks a heart and fills a tomb;
'tShall fall and fall, and fail again,
like Law that cou IS our love but pain,
Like a Fate, unheeding our woe and pain.
"OE" by one and who shall say
VIII the lot may fall this day,
That cilleth of these dear babes away?
"Trag, too true. Yet hold, dear friend
EversOre doth the 10th depend
On him who loved and loves to the end
"Blf to our eyes, -hc fiat goes,
Whc be taken, no ortal knows,
But, a1y Lore aOita tie lot dispose.
&C. love, with His wis sr sight
Lov me, in His infinite might;
Love, no dwells in eternal light
No, the fifty fingers gone
To plae some new play under the sun
The childish fancy is past and gone.
So let onr bodng prophecies go.
As childish. for do we not surely know
The dear God holdeth our lot below?
boston rongregationalisk.
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THE Y. RID IS 4sRAT VIE MAKE 1T.

I've seen some people in this life
w always are rcpining.
Wac er, never yet could see
I'll torn clouds silver lining.
Their lways something Is aniss,
From sunrise to its setting,
That DDS hand made their map of life,
They seem the while forgetting
And have seen blessed sight
Tosin-beclouded vision,
Some people who, where'er they be-
Make earth seem an ElYsian.
They always see the brightest side
The direfnl shadows never
And keep the flower Of hope in boom
Within their hearts forever.
The one can make the sunnIcst day
Seem wondrous sad and dreary;
The other smiles the clouds away;
And makes dark day cheery.
This life of ours is, after all,
About as we shall make it,
If we can Danish grief and care,
Let's haste to undertake it..
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TIE LARGEST

Having secured a lease for long term OF
years of this large and commodious house,
] have renovated, refurnished and cmbel-
lished its roomy parlors aud elegant suits
Of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
spared to continue to improve and keep it
on first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the delicacies of the season. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
BILE. 2s1
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A Dull Railroad.

The Northern Pacific Railroad was COM
menced at both ends to afford ample room
for working parties, and it is not generally
known, though true, that over one hundred
miles of the Pacific division were completed,
the starting point being New Tacoma, on
railroad, correspondent of a recent date
writes:
s'Twenty 6 miles upthe Sound brings you
to Old and New Tacoma-the new town
being the terminus of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The town proper is built on
bluff, overlooking the bay, trees, and al
most every other visible object, consisting
of a few rough board houses, built among
large fir stumps, fallen trees and thick
underbrush, hemmed in on all sides by
water and large trees, giving it a dark and.
gloomy aspect. The railroad has built
here two-story building for Offices, and
just below the town or bluff, on the wharf
a commodious building. used Tor a hotel,
warehouse, telegraph office and store.
The railroad at this end is one hundred and
five miles IN length, passing through acoun-
try that cannot support it.. The passenger
travel is very small. When travelled over
this road there were three other pas
sengers besides myself and a Chinaman,
and they tell me this is the daily average.
Freight in proportion to passenger travel
Trains run once day. Tho stations You
stop at look well on raper, and have vely
beautiful names, but when the few, rough
board, one-story houses are seen that COM
pose these towns, they detract very much
from the grand conception one forms of
them in the East.
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The insignia on cards have an archaic
rather than an aesthetic interest. They
have known no change since the time of
Charles VI, when dresses were worn some
what suggestive OF the caricatures repre-
sonted. The spade was 4 spear head for
war, the club was trefoil for agriculture.
and 'ile diamond and heart had symbol
ism equally adapted to the olden time, and
remote from their present significance.
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Rev. I, S. kalloch, once Of the Tis-
mont Temple, Boston, more recently an ac-
tive politician Of Kansas, now pastor of the
Baptist church, Leavenworth, Kansas,
which called him Immediately anhis restor-
alton BY the Kansas City church, has re-
ceived call to tile United Tabernacle and
cnlumhi Square churches, Of San Fran
cisco, Gai. .shiell lie accepts.
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BIZ REV. j. X. EUTTING. -.