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Golden Grains Of Thought.

last it vast revenged upon him
for it. South.
A Good Word is an easy OBJ
legation; but not to speak i'll,
only our silence, which !!
costs us nothing. -[Tillotson.
What gift has Providence
bestowed on Man, that is so
dear to him as his Children2-
[Cicero.
Commend a Fool for his wit,
or a Knave for his Honesty,
and they will receive you into
their bosom Fielding.
The Superiority of some men
is merely local. They are great
because their associates are
little.-[J johnson.
Better to be dispised for too
anxious apprehensions, than
ruined by too confident a Sc
curity.-[ Burke.
IF Men wish to be held in
Esteem, they must associate
with those only who are esti-
mable.-[L Bruyere.
The vanity of Human Lifeis
like a River, constantly pass
ing away, and yet constantly
coming on.-[Pope.
Whatever Disgrace we have
merited, it is almost always in
our power to re-establish our
Reputation.-[La Rochefou-
cauld.
Cunning leads to Knavery ;
it is but a step from one to the
other; Lying only makes the
difference; add to that Gun
ming, and it is Knavery.-[La
Bruyere.
Affections, like the Con
science, are rather to be led
than drawn; and it's to be fear
ed, that they marry where they
do not love, will love where
they do not marry.-[Fuller.
Can anything be more dread.
full, than the thought that an
innocent child has inherited
from a disease, or a weakness
the penalty in yourself Of sin
or want of caution.-[Cole
ridge
The ordinary employment o
Artifice is the mark of a petty
!, Mind; and it almost Away
happens that he who uses it t
cover himself in one place, un
covers himself in another
liza Rochefoueauld.
The woman that has no
= touched the Heart Of a man be
fore he leads her to the Altar
has scarcely q chance t
charm it, when Possession an
1
$ Security turn their powerful
arms against her.-[Cowley.
: In all places, and in a
h times, those Religionists VIII
a have believed too much, hav
g been more inclined to Violenc
= and Persecution, than thos
3 who have believed too little
u -[Colton.
It is not the quantity Of th
Meat, but the cheerfulness {
the guests, which makes th
Feast; at the Feast of the Cel
{ taurs, they ate with one han,
and had their drawn swnrds ;
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-08
Mrs. Prini on Scandal.

No, my dear-goodness be
thanked !-no person can say
that I ever scandalized any one
not even my worst enemy, no
matter what he or she may do!
I've had chance enough to talk
if | had a mind to, as every one
knows full we'll. Of course,
living right here in the High
street of the town, I can't help
seeing a great many queer
things and when our windows
are open and the blinds shut
in the summer time, l can hear
them too! But I never repeat
them-I scorn to make miss
chief. I never lisp a word,
except when / get hold of some
person, like you, my dear, that
I know that l can trust. And
ifa body is never to open her
mouth among her own intimate
friends, why the world isn't
worth living for-is it7 But
that isn't scandal you know.
I hate and abhor that just as
much as you do, and l don't
think any one can say | was
ever guilty of it in all my life.
But then, as | said before, it
isn't for want of the chance.
Why, only last evening as ever
was, who do you think I saw
walking up by here, in the
bright moonlight, as brazen as
You please, but Miss Lennox
and Colonel Parker Fact, as
sure as You sit in that chair
i
and they were walking close
together, and talking SO conf
dentail9
I suppose yon know all about
that disgraceful affair with the
school-girls9 Noa My dear
you must really live in the ark
Why, they have been writing 8
lot Of anonymous letters tt
people here in the town, and
the postmaster suspected wha
was up at last, and he jus
kept a quiet lookout, ant
caught some of them putting
the letters in. I don't know
what Miss Clackett will dc
Expel them | hope; great girl
like those have no business t
act So!
; There's Mrs. Price going by
/ suppose she has been dow
, to cheaper a fowl, or get
halfpenny or two taken off
joint of meat. She's the gtin
giest thing, my dear, it woul
really make your heart ache I
hear of ofthe way she manage
and cOntrives. And there
her husband, one Of the richie,
men in the town, and folks d
! SAY that he can't get . decor
! meal of victuals in his ow
Ihouse. Wouldn't you
/
!, What: goinga Cant 20
stay any longer7 Well do con
again very soon, won't you
! Goodbye!
Thank goodness, she has gon
I really thought she was goiu
to stay all night! I heard a MI
story about hear, by the wa
9 last week-how shamefally 81
y treats all her servants! Su]
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YouAre the hare Of whom the prov
: si erb goes,
Who's volour plucks dead lions by
the beard. .
fShakespeare.
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"I'm AFRAID / can't find him in
Heaven-Heaven'ss so large i"
Telegram from Gov. coks.
WASHINGTON, March 81
The following telegram was re-
ceived Shere to-day from the
Governor of Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas, March so.
TO His Excellency, q. s. Grant,
President of the United States:
SIR. The depredations Of
organized bands Of robbers
from the republic Of Mexico
have, of late, increased in fre>
quency and atrocity to an ex>,
tent which threatens the de-
populotion of the lower Rio
Grande country. The alarm
in the country between the
Nueces and Rio Grande conse~
queft upon these raids, in
which our people are suthlessly
murdered and their property
forcibly taken by these foreign
desporadoes, is widespread and
unless relieved by some ass,,r>
ances Of protection must result
in a general break up Of the
settlements. On the 26th Of
of this month a large party Of
these robbers penetrated the
interior as far as within eigh-
teen miles of Corpus Christi,
robbing stores and ranches and
numbering and capturing citi~
zens, and destroying United
States mails. / appeal to your
Exccllency for protection for
the people Of that country
against these invasiols OF out>
laws from Mexico. Since they
have been Of almost weekly
occurrence for several months
past and are Increasing in force
and boldness, the citizens of
that country have have been
compelled, for the most part, to
move to the tows for protection
and no security exists outside
Of these corporations for life
ank property, and the people
lin the towns even hold them
selves in constant readiness for
defence. I trust that your
. Excellency will deem it proper
to give security to the people
on the Rio Grande border In
/ view of the assurance I now
i give you that an extreme ne
j cessity for II.
] Very respectfully.
i RICHARD OOKn.
Il Governofof Texas.
!! The Secretary Of War sen'
J the following answer.
el WAsHINaToN. March 81.
i To the Governor Of Texas
RI The President being absent
I'll your telegram has been sent T
eli me. Orders viii be given q
! the military authorities to TAX
immediate steps towards tn
protection Of the people Of Tex
e as on the Mexican frontiers.
al w. w. BELKNAP.
Il Secretary of War.
: High interest and poor seen
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Tho Lost Grave.


From the Ditroit Free Presal
If you have ever passed the
old deserted graveyard on Rus
sell street, near the House of
Correction, you know that there
is not a more lonely spot in
Detroit. It is q score Of years |
since any one was buried there.
The fence leans in or ont; !; the
few trees are ragged in limb |
and trunk; !; the weather-beaten
headstones lean this way or
that, or have fallen down. The
rich and the poor who sleeps
under the ragged sod have been
dust for, years, and if any of
them left friends behind they
are scattered now and are not
here tofill up the sunken graves
and plant a flower to take the
gloom away.
The other day people saw an
old woman wandering through
the graveyard, brushing the
moss from some Of the head
stones to look at the letters,
and studying long over the
quaint characters carved into
others. By ard by she crossed
the street and sat down on the
steps of a cottage, and when
people saw how old and feeble
she was, and that her eyes
were full Of tears. they pitied
her. She could not answer at
first. but by and by she told
them that she had come hun>
dreds Of miles to take a last
look at q gryve which she
knew must be in the yard. but
which she could not find. Halt
q century ago she buried a
q child there, and all through
the long, long years, though
moving here and there, hel
mothers heart had not forgot,
ten the dead. Old now, hel
steps feeble and her locks gray
and feeling that she had bu1
little longer to remain on earth
she had come clear across the
State alone to have a last lool
at the little grave. Years had
gone by, but she thought sh'
could walk right to the spot
and there was q half q hope il
her heart that strangers hand
might have kept the headston
white and the grave as whel
she last saw it. She found th
old yard cut up by streets. th
city all around and beyond AN
. of the hundreds Of mounds an
, headstones which she once SAY
but q score or so were lef
She sought among the leanin
, headstones, and she stoo
> under the dying willows an
searched the field for the sma
!, stone which bore the words or
J Willie. .'butthe fight oftime an
r the hand Of progress were moi
!; powerful than . mothers low
8 Fifty years since the little dea
body was lowered into its grav'
Al Half q centary since the heat
. stone was placed to mark Il
: spot! And vet her mother
{ heart brought her back in b
Hold age, with the hope th'
: her tears might fall upon Il
little grave, obliterated ~
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Indianapolis has q prison
especially for women.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-08

High interest and poor secu-
rity 60 together.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17
Gen. HendersOn's Reflections Upon
the Administration.

The following extracts are taken from
ex-senator Henderson's speech before the
jury in the Avery case at st. Louis, and
contain the offensive language for which
the President, unanimously supported by
the Cabinet, ordered his discharge as as
sistant in prosecuting the whisky cases at
st. Louis:
What right had Babcock to go to Douglass
to induce him to withdraw his agents +?
Douglass was placed in his position to see
that the revenue laws of the Government
were properly enforced. What business,
then, had Douglass with him? When an Of
fetal goes into Office he should be free and
independent of all Influences except that of
law, and If he recognizes any other master
then this Government is tumbling down.
What right has the President to interfere
with Commissioner Douglass in the proper
discharge of his duties, or with the Treasu-
rer? None; and Douglass showed lament
able weakness of character when he listened
to Babcock's dictates. He should either have
carried out, or should have resigned his
office. Now why did Douglass bend
the supple hinges of the knee and permit any
interference by the President? This was
Douglass own business, and he stood re-
sponsible for it under his official oath. He
was bound to listen to no dictation from the
President, Babcock, or any other officer, and
it was his duty to see that that order was car
ried out or to resign. Would that we had
stuff of which the Office holders of olden times
were made. Why do they not leave their
Office when they cannot remain there honor
ably? Is it to continue that because man
holds an office at the hands of another he is
to be a bonded slave?
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE.-The Forty-fourth Congress
commenced its session in Washington on the 9Th.
The Senate was called to order by President pro
te0e Ferry, of Michigan, at twelve O'Clock m. :.
Prayer was said by the Chaplain. The creden-
tials of David NJ Key, successor to Andrew john
son, of Tennessee, were presented and he was
sworn in. =. Formal announcement was made OF
the death of Vice-P President Wilson -. Al
iourned.
HoUsE.-The House was called to order
by Mr.. Mcpherson, Clerk of the Forty-third Con.
gress, 2s6 members answering to their names..
ballot for Speaker resulted as follows: M z.
Kerr Democratic caucus nominee), 173; D. u
Blaine Republican nominee) l03; scattering, D
and Mr.. Kerr was declared duly elected. He was
conducted to the chair and returned THANKS,
promising fairness and impartlallty IN tue ais
charge of his duties. Mr.. Kelley, OF Pennsyl-
vania, the oldest continuous member OF the
House, administered the oath to the Speaker, VINO
in turn administered the oath to the members
The Democratic nominees for the minor off1ces
were then elected by resolution and sworn In
"A resolution was adopted that the rules OF
the last be the rules OF the House Tor the
present session, except Rules loo and l67, and
also that Committee on Rules be appointed, to
consist Of the Speaker an four members. The
rules which were not adopted were those requlr,
ing motions to suspend the rules TO be seconded
by majority, and forbldding the entertainment
OF diatOry motions. :. The Isual committees TO
notify the President and che Senate were ap'
pointed. Adjourned.
SENATE.-The Presidents message was
read in the Senate on the 18th and ordered print
| ed. James E. English was sworn in as Senator
| from Connecticut in place of O.. S. Ferry, de-
| ceased. Adjourned.
HoUsE.-Seats were selected in the
House, after which the Presidents message was
read and ordered printed. "A petition was pre-
! sented, signed by w. H. Prescott and others, Of
| South Carolina, with reference to the Third
| Congressional District of that State. .Ad
| jourIed to the 10th
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17
THE FROST KING.

FROM out his winter palace ~
The King has started forth;
The birds have left their summer nests, ~
The wind is in the north.
The river and the mountain, T5EFT8
The brown and wr1nkIed sod,
Begin to show already where
His messengers have frod.
The clouds anroIl their ermine,
And DER meadow, lane and street,
Like cuurtiers spread their mantles down
Before the royal feet.
Close to the friendly corners ~
The sheltered iyies cling, sci
And wear their emerald cloaks despite
The coming of q King. 81
His mien and look are naughty,
His voice is cold and stern,
And yet his kisses on the cheek
Like crimson roses burn. fa
Down from the crested mountain, a
With grandeur in his tread, i
The Winter King is coming, with sa#
A white crown ON his head. rl
h Not amid waving banners,
Or to the sound of drums
Beating their gladdest music,
This conquering hero comes;
But silently and solemnly
He enters his domain.
With twenty and hundred good,
Stout yoemen in his train.
Clasping the old earth tightly
Against his frozen breast,
AS If she were his chosen Queen,
He says: /" bring thee rest.
Thou hast reigned long and nobly,
Thy virtues all are known,
And thou wilt not forgotten be
Though possess the thronerf
Contentedly rcsigning
Her scepter and her crown,
Beneath downy overlet
The weary Queen lay down,
To sleep with her companions,
Who, at the touch of spring,
Shall rise again in time to see
The going of King.
HnH11aa.ie IVanEInI
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

LITTLE Greece has scandal on hand
Messrs. Nicolopaulo and Valuspaulo,
| Cabinet Ministers, have been arrested fol
taking brides. sed .Ne "a traf.g smoa
The Canal de sues states that in the
Mohammedan pilgrimages to Mecca in
| 1874-'75 the number of pilgrims conveyed
through the Suez Canal was 15,342.
A NAN called Merlngot, who literally
stoned his wife to death, has just been
condemned by the court of CreuZe to i'm
prisonment for life, the jury, as usual,
bringing in a verdict of Guilty"
with "extenuating circumstances. This
abuse of the law has been condemned in
! the columns of the Monsteur. de 8H &
A PARIS correspondent writes d Almost
all French boys board at their respective
schools, and opening day has created here
a new and singular occupation among
that inventive race, the shabby genteel
poor of Paris 1t is against the rules for
the pupils of any of the lyceums to return
to school without being accompanied by a
parent, guardian, or relative, SO num-
Der of Tespectably-dressed men hang
around the doors of the different schools,
ready to personate the uncle or the
guardian of any unaccompanied pupil for
the small sum of one franc. A neatly
dressed and gentlemanly- looking person
can thus amass quite nice little sum on
opening day. ros5aqr.s,
An American writer, dating his letter
from Gibralter. saws: "The more l see
of Gibralter the less wonder at the tenac-
ity with which it is held by England and
the dislike the Spaniards have for the
English tenure of the place. The strength
of the position is something wonderful.
Nature and military art seem to have
worked together in making Glib as in
vulnerable as it is possible to be. Nor
does the Engineer Department allow mod
ern progress in either guns or batteries to
pass unnoticed. Of the former there are
some fifty or sixty about to be changed
for others of a much larger callber. Even
as it is, the army of men has never yet
lived, nor has one of the fleet of ships yet
been built, that could for two hours with
stand the whitening fire of the guns now
in position on various parts OF the rock. !"
THE stern infexibility of British justice
has never been better exemplified than it
was very recently in one of the Irish
courts before which young man was
brought for violating the Public Health
spelling-bee'' while recovering from an
attack of scarlet-fever, and in exposing
himself in other places of public resort,
thereby imperiling the health of the peo-
pie with whom he came in contact. The
testimony in the case was unanswerable
and showed that the defendant was, even
at the time of his appearance in court, in
a condition to transmit infection, which
must have been pleasant news to the oc-
cupants OF the crowded courtroom. The
young man was promptly convicted, how
ever, and being fined two pounds paid it
in bank-notes which were, in all probabll-
ity, quite as dangerous to the touch as ne
was Then he left; and the British Ned
scaJ Journal very sensibly characterlzes
the proceeding as :" a ludicrous example
Of doing the right thing in the wrong
way"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17

SENATE.-On the 9Th numerous petit
tons were presented, among them one from the
Centennial Board of Finance ask ng for an appro
priation of $500 900. Among the tills intro
duced was one by Mr.. Morton to regulate the
counting of votes for President and Vice-Presi
dent and the disposition of questions arising
therefrom. :. MIR. Morton also presented a joint
resolution 70 amend the Constitution SO as to
elect the President and Vice-President by a Gi-
rect vote of the people and to abolish the Elect
oral College. Adjourned.
SENATE.-The Standing and Select
Committees were appointed in the Senate on the
9th "A letter was presented from w. L. Nc
MILAN asking permission to withdraw his Gre
dentials as Senator-elect from Louisiana. An
order was submitted granting the request, but
objection being made it was laid over. Sundry
bills were introduced, among them one By Mr..
Bogy authorizing the payment of duties on i'm
ports in legal-tender and National Bank notes
after July d. 1876. .Adjourne to the 18th.
SENATE.-Not in session.
HoUsE.-In the House, on the 10th, a
resolution was adopted eating committee of
eleven, to be known as the Committee on Mssis-
sippi Levees. After debate on proposition to
introduce bill to reduce the postage on tran
silent newspapers, pamphlets, etc., the House adj
journed to the 18th. 4
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-17
THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Dec. Flour
Winter Extra. s6O5@7OO. Wheat-No. 2 Chicago
Spring, $1.2.@1.24; No. Milwaukee, $l.24@
t.25; No. Northwestern, $1.23@1.24. Barley
S1.05Dt12. Oats--Western Mixed. 43045c.
Corn-Western Mixed, 73@74c. Pork--Mess,
1921 go Dressed Hogs, Western-85sc. Lard-13c.
Cattle-Market dull; 11013c. for Good to
extra. Hogs-714075lc. Sheep-4h@6Ac. Gold
closed at 114h.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa. - Cattle = Best,
s6.OO065o: medium, s4.a5@5.Oo. Hogs-York-
ers, So 6O06sO; Philadelphia, $7.a507.5O
Sheep-$3.75@5.25. ~
CHICAGO. -Wheat-No Q Spring closed
at 97k0971zc cash. Corn-Closed at 50Ac for
N o.2 and 3Shc for New Rejected, cash. Oets-No.
2, 301s@30Ac cash; January options sold at 30asc.
Rye-No. 2, 6S@6SAc. Barley-No. 2, 85A@S6c
Mess Pork-$1 sOC@1s.0a cash. Lard-$12.25@
1890. Cattle-Good to Choice, $i.s00610; Me.
dunn Grades, s4.O0@4.50; Butchers Stock,
$2.6503.75; Scalawags, etc, $20O@25O. Hogs
Good to extra, $6.9507.5O Sheep-Good to
choice, $4.50@5.C0.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-17

A NEW DIsoovERY.-The Deutsche
Reichsseitung announces ON imposition
able authority" that German Jesuit,
Father Martin Egger, has discovered an
electromotor. 1t would seem that for the
last fifteen years Father Egger has been
endeavoring to find out a way of making
electro magnetism useful in machinery in
the same way that steam is employed. He
has at last succeeded in excegitating a
machine in which electro magnetism will
be employed as the moving power, just as
steam would be employed. He laid his
project before the Imperial Society of Arts
and Sciences at Vienna, which, upon ex-
animation, pronounced 1t practical, and
decided to furnish the inventor with the
means for fully completing his machine.
The inventor has obtained an Imperial
patent, and is now engaged in completing
his invention, which, when finished, will be
sent to the Universal Exhibition in Phila-
delphia. The Imperial Academy seems to
take very great interest in this discovery,
which, if it does not prove too costly, seems
destined to effect great changes in ma
chinery and the means of locomotion.
Father Martin Egger was born in 1882 at
Zell in the Zillerthal, in the Tyrol, made
his preliminary studies at the Gymnasium
of Salzburg. He became Jesuit in 1852,
and was ordained priest in 1866. He made
his divinity studies at the University OF
Innsbruck; and has been for many years
| Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the
Jesuits' College at Mariaschen, in Bohemia.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-17

We call our readers attention to the adver-
tssmsnt of the and popular piano dealer,
Mr. L. Grunewald of Grunewald Hail. 10, 10, - and y
Baronne street AS very few persons are capable OF
Judging for themselves Of tho qualities of piano.
organ or other musical instrument it is Of the utmost
importance to purchaser to buy from responsible
and conscientious dealer, one whose word can be de-
nondod upon. Such man is L. Grunewald, Eco, and
any article from his house warranted and bound to
give satisfaction Mr.. g. lis exclusive and sole agent
the leading pianos of the world such as stenway
Pleyel, Knabe, westermayer, etc, also OF the best
organs, such as the Mason Hamlin, Trayser and
Others Second. hand instruments sold at sacrifice
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-17

OPENING OF FALL MILLINERT-Wednesda
was day. fortunately for the ladies, who had
spxously looked forward to grand opening Of fall
and winter millinery at the elegant parlors OF Mrs F.
R. Harden, No 90 Chartres street. From early morn
ing until late in the afternoon the representatives OF
the wealth. beauty and refinement of our city thronged
this popular store, and amply repaid by tho
magnificent display of hats ribbons and feathers-A
stock selected with that care skill and good taste for
which Mrs. Hardon's establishment has always been
celebrated. The styles very handsome, especially
the Rembrandt, Orleans, Terese Lucia and Elf Straw
and ot both used and in the trimmings birds and
flowers are very prominent. 1t was gala day with
tho fair SEX all of whom seemed we'll repaid by their
visit to Mrs Hardon's fashion Parlors.