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came out OF their houses to behold tha
sigiit, spite of their deep hatred of the in.
Vauers ana the negroes were simply fran.
Tic with JOY. Whenever they heard nv
hame, they clustered about nv horss
shouted and prayed in their peculiar style,
Which had natural eloquence that wouId
nave moved stone. / have witnessed
huiiureds, II not thousands, of such scenes !:
anu eau now see poor girl, in the yery
ecstacy OF the Methodist shout hugpiny
the banner OF one of the regiments and
Jumping up to the feet of Jesus
i remember when riding around by a
uy st.eet III CovlnSton, TO avoid the crowd
that followed the marchin. column. thar
some one brought me an invitation ~ dine
with sister OF sam Anderson. who was a
cadet at West Point with me but the mes
senSer reached me after we had nassed
the main part of the town. [ asked tn no
excused, and rode to a place designated
ior camp At the crossing of the Ulcotauba
chee hEcr, ABOUT tour miles to the east ot
thc town. Here we made our biyouac. and
"aiheu up 10 q plantation house close bv
"here We're assembled many negroes
among them an Old, gray-haired man. OF
as line head as ever saw. asked him
IL he understood about the war and it,
progress. lie said he did; that he h,1
been looking for the angel OF the Lord,
ever since he was knee-high, and, tbouaI,
we proiessed to be lighting for the union.
he supposed that slavery was the cause
ana that our success was to be his freed.
ON. asked him if ali the negro slaves
cohprehended this fact, and he said thev
surely dld. l then explained to him that
we wanted the slaves to remain where thev
We're, and not to load US down with useless
mouths, which would eat up the food
needed Tor our lighting men; that our suc-
cess was their assured freedom; that we
cou'u receive few OF their young. hearty
men Is pioneers; but that, ii they follow
Ell us IN swarms of Old aud Young. feeble
anu heip'ess, 1t would silnply load US down
ana cripple Us in our great task. | think
NJ 'Jor Henry Hitchcock was with me ON
that occasion, and made a note of that con-
'ersatiou, and believe that old man
spread this message to the slaves, whicn
was carried from mouth to mouth, to the
very end ot our journey, and that il in part
saved Us from the great danger we incur-
ied oi swelling our numbers so that fam
ihc would have attended our progress"
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Vol. XXI. Whole No. 1862. No.22.
About Women.

Heien, OF Troy, was over 40 when she
perpctrated the most famous elopement on
record; aud as the siege of Troy lasted de-
cadc she must have been quite elderly.
when the i'll fortune of Paris restored her
to her husband, who is reported o have
received her with unquestioning love and
gratitude. Pericles welded Aspasia when
she was 36. and yet afterward, for 80 years
or more. she held an undminished repu-
tation Tor beauty. Cleopatra was past 80
when Anthony fell under her spell, which
never lessened until her death, nearly ten
years after; and Livia was 81 when she
won the heart of Augustus, over whom she
maintained her ascendency to the last.
The extraordinary Diane de Poictiers was
SO when Henry III of France (then Duke of
orleans, and just half her age) became at
tached to her ,and she was held as the first
iady and most beautiful woman at court
up TO the period of monarch's death and of
the accession to power of Catherine of
LtediciS. Anne OF Austria was 3S when
she was the handsomest queen of Europe,
and when Buckingham and Richeleu
were her jealous admirers. Ninon
de fEnclos, the most celebrated wit and
beauty of her day, was the idol of three
generations OF the golden youth of France,
ana was - when the abbe de BernS fell in
love with her. a rare combination of cul-
ture, talents, and personal attractions en-
dowed their possessor seemingly with the
CUTS OF eternal youth. Blanca Capello
was 80 when the Grand Duke Francisco of
Florence fell captive to her charms and
made her his wife. Louis XIV. welded
Nine. de Maintenon when she was 43
Years OF age. Catherine III. of Russia was
50 when She seized the Empire of Russia
ana captivated the dashng young Orlof
Up to the time of her death Cat ca she
seems to have retained the same bewtch-
ing powers. for the lamentations were
heartfelt among all those who had ever
Known her personally. Mile. Mars, the
traSedIenne, only attained the zenith of
her beauty and power between 10 and -,
when the loveliness OF her hands and arms
especially was celebrated throughout Eu-
rope. Nine. Recamier was 80 when She
was without dispute declared to be the.
most beautiful woman in Europe. which
rank she held for - years.
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poetrp.

Fading.
The past is fading, fading.
Never to come back again;
The cypress tree is shading
Half Of the sunny plain.
Unchanged, wot, is each well known scene
Not a branch shows new in the hedgerow.
green;
Just so the lark IRON the meadow sprung,
When life and l alike were young;
just so the primrose pceped TO light.
When l and April ha led the sight.
Yet Natures self.providing.
Is the sense OF sonnet hing gone;
The past is fading, fading
And the whsel OF time rolls on.
The past is fading. fading,
And gathered in its hold,
Ii, mighty pinions lading,
Is much We prize of old;
The grass grows rank DER many a grave
or the young and joyous and gay and brave,
Many wcll-loyed voice Is hushed.
Many golden hope is crushed.
Many happy dream is over.
With smile of kindred, friend and lover.
The past is fading. fading,
The blood runs cold and slow;
Harsh wisdom is degrading
The creeds of long ago.
The past b. fading. fading.
We cling and pray in vain
Where the cypress tree is shading
The tombs OF all the slain.
slain log the years aud put aside.
he dailings OF love, the idols of pride.
One by one the frsil inks part
Hand drops IRON hand, and heart from heart
One by one the sweet things given
To brighten earth go back ID heaven.
To love and life pervading,
Sigh the sense of something gone,
And the past is fading, fading.
And the wheel Of time rolls on.
London World
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must confess that | felt sore for a few

must confess that | felt sore for a few
hours
Or, sometimes he would tell this:
''Gentlemen, | was recovering from
cholera. l was very low and weak, 5,
weak that If you you'd fan me right har,
would fall over. | went out riding on,
morning on large. powerful horse
suppose he would weigh a ton; the wine
was blowing gale; as was crossing !
rotten bridge his front legs fell through
ana thrown OIL. Well didn't know what
to do. l couldn't see anybody around
the horse was tlOunderiny about and il
something wasn't done pretty quick me
would break his legs. Well in Il sort of mad
frenzy put myself against his breast and
gave tremendous lift-that made me see
stars-and raised him right up; but | am
bound TO admit that it made me SO sick
| That | couldn't ride, and had to walk
home"
II you should ever happen to have chick
ems Tor topic, lobe was ready with this
| story:
"Gentlemen."- always began his
| discourse III the politest manner tit i,
singular how long a chicken will live With
out AR. remarkable thing once happen
eu 10 hen on my fathers farm when [
was ooy. We had an old white hen that
N,
When we cut our hay we piled il in the
barn, and by accident we covered up thn
olu hen about 20 feet. She remained COW
cred up more than two years. When we
moved the hay off the barrel there was the
Old hen. IL was very pititul sight to see
ier' sue was SO thin; when lifted her up
sue seemed considerably lighter than "A
leatheri and as soon as the fresh air struck
hef Ste dted. think that when fresh air
strikes anything that has been confined a
long time that way it Will die
IL you We're discussing politics and can
didates he would give you this one:
uehtlelhen. some years ago, when |
IiVed III Culpcpper Comfy. Virginia, INV
friends nominated me for Couutv ,Judre
well, didn't want the office. didn't care
d-n for 1t, and told nv friends so; the
other party nominated the most popular
man III the county as the candidate against
me. When the election came of | saw
eacl man again personally at the polls, and
again begged them TO vote against me- |
'oteu against myself. invented and had
~ ticu'ated story that had been 'hos,'
t.'ei' ' iou see didn't want the office.
Wen when the vots were counted he ami,
Sltr ''''
lobe belonged to church. and ;bav on,o
n'u MN up ior exaggerating Several
spoAe oi ms habit OF drawin. too strong a
picture ana cXaggeratins too much, ana
u deacon remarked that lobe was a oood-
neii ~, 'e'' ,Iiio"' ana aimed to do right. and
ne iIopcu ne would overcome hi, rnliu1
passion prI,'I ana Increase his stock of grace
IoOe rose at last aud said: ..Mv Chris
."" o,', ' friends ana fellow travellers to the >i
,"r ,,,rn p'"iie rom whence no traveller re-
,u., ,u'n', li'c charges against me are. alas.
urJ ~ ~ j., nos nnoM II ieel that have sin
II i'h. h,sira,,h, an, conscious , that exagserate.
IN ~ s ,o,,'i me more than anything else
~ M Naie OF tears have fought against
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Both5ides of the Shield

Two travels from distant parts of the
country metihe other day, at a hotel in
Philadelphisand one proposing visit TO
Laurel Hill the other accompanied him
Il had, in f.t. no other object in STOPPING
in the city. .'aid the first, than to find =
grave in rs cemetery" "You have a
Linsman bfied hereg' More than that
the besriend ever had. A queer old
fellow, a flaker merchant, i'm whose bonse
l was anrrand boy. He took fancy to
me. eduited me literally, set me up in
businesJn New Orleans, and, AS long AZ
he live never ceased to watch over me
with " care and tenderness of father !,
The ms voice began to grow husky and
his ey vet. II tell yOu," he said. God
has y seme genuine salt in the world.
Whe l think how many people are the
bett and happier because that man has
live when remember the slaves whom
he elped to free, the asylums thar he
foped, the strait economy and lavish
air giving of his home, | actually feel
sifs if this ground under our feet was
NE holy because his old body lies in If y
ny were walking then through the dus-
laiieys OF the cemetery. His companion
IS silent, from sympathy, few moments.
never knew but one Philadelphian. he
pid, presently. "and he Is dead. A Ouak-
F. too.sugar importer. Used to transact
good deal of business with our firm in
New York. The very closest. sharpest
man in bargain 1 ever knew,-a yery
'teel.trap Of . man-would argue On hour
ABOUT penny. An implacable old Shyl,,ck
90. There was young Graves, a fast Young
elI0w who cheated him o"a few dollars
Well, he pushed that matter inexorably.
q spite Of all we could do. Graves was
ne only son Of his mother, too. and she a
widow. Justice! justice that was his
'ry, until he sent the lad to sing Sing, and
% perdition. But, luckily, the old mans
lead now. H'llo! here's his grave, and a
marble shaft over him % "Why, l raised
hat over my benefactor.' said his friend.
i Kebecca Harding Davis in Scribner's
or May.
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stranger with no guile on his f,oo
anu no oVercoat on his shoulders. wandar-
anto ciothlng store in Newport. the othnr
Gay. anu asked if he could be fitteJ viii ILL,
spring oYercoat. The proprietor nron,,t
~ answered in fhe affirmative. ..Ypn
SPEAK very positively" replied the stran,r
Tt 1i. am bigger than you take me far
ne storekeeper was still coufident ,Lat LI
hau coats that would answer. 81 am
mI"y p'in neaVy man, said the stranger, ~
n,n oet you 1--WE dollars that Won can't
suess my weight into one hnnJraJ
pounds The man was not partic"lari,,
ana TINS astounding challenge on,
sIeIy diverted the seller of cIotbin,,
IIoLi ~ the ordinary course of his hnsinast7
.ie .ooh the wager, named his pness-.
n'"" aUou' hundred and sixty pounds-the
noney was put up in the hands of , tbird
pulty' ana all started oft tor nair Of
safes ana the stranger balanced 200
poanuS OF weights. The store man IooIsd
sau ana puzzled. With a smile that W.
chlI'illke and bland the stranger tool his
money and walked off without sav,ner A., ms
.nlns more about the overcoaf II hss
'lnSe oeeh learned that this man waars
eau jacket and has been maxine an hon.
81 llvIng by playing his scuryv tricr on
1ealers in chothino Ha
'ame from Connecticut. '''S' lie
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A Calculating Machine

"A correspondent of the Cincinnati rou.
mercial gives the following acconnt or :
calculating machine as be calls IL, ..1ha
inventor, MIR. +. T. Warren. wstcI
maker OF this place (rh-ee Oaks. Mich !
nas oeeh working for years upon a vsry
o'incuit anc curious piece of mechanism
calculating machine which. M. said
s Wa 10 WORK not only the first four rules in
aithlhetic' out was also to perform com.
picateu mathematical calulations. M ner-
on VINO Knew ms plans ever thought il
ih. roie 70 construct such . machine, but
~ in'entor Iaith has been strong from
.ne oeginhing' and his persistent perse-
'ershce mas has at last been crowned viii
complete success. The machine is ~, nn
suit OF about ten years Of labor. II w.
hot pulit ior manufacture and sale I'm, 10
see Hnat IL was possible to accomplish hv
hacil!nery. The machine, which is =
oeau.'ui piece of mechanism, surnr;saS
e.o'y one who sees it in operation II
a nn use u multlplier or divisor of twelve
hsues' the multiplication and dividend
otins limited only by the number nf
Nheeis placed in front to receive the an
s"er. The machine contains over } 600
specl ally formed pieces, and includino
screws ana rivets over 5000. IL /. proba.
o;y Inc most complicated and intr icate
piece or mechaniclsm ever constructed |
snu yet IL wsrks with perfect case and ac
eeuracy. 1t will run backward as well as
hrward. will detect and show an ar,or
we're it possible for one to occur. II vii
divloe one nun Der by another, and the
quotient to another number. snbtract or
multiply according to choice at one oners.
llon. 1t deals with fractions as vetI q.
slth whole numbers. By putting the first ct
power OF a number in the machine tha
powers OF that number up 20 the fuIl
!. iapacny OF the machine can be obtained
y ! can also be used as difference machine
desired. The following example in com,
'o9hd interest was set iato the machine
M ,ru performed in forty-five seconds
y \ "a. Is tile compound interest of 81, $50
@ !" .or twenty sa years at seven per cent. An. ,
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Newspapers.

lhc hrst newspaper in England was es-
tabil>hei in 1862. The oldest paper in
rance was the Gazette de France, begun
IN 1852. The first Dutch paper which j,
sun continued under the name of the
iaarlem Couraut, was published in 1856
IL was then called De Weeklvoke Courp
me van Europa and contained TWO small
ioIio pages OF news. The first Russian
newspaper was published in 1903. Peter
the Great not only took part personally in
MS compositions, but also in corrrctiup
proofs, As appears from the sheets still i'm
existence, III which are marks and altcra
uonN IN his own hand. There are two
complete copies OF the first years edition
OF tins paper in the imperial Library at ST.
Petersburg. The first American News
paper was the Boston News letter. benuu
April u, l7Ol. It was half sheet of IN
per twelve inches by eight. two columns
on page. B. Greene was the printer.
ne oldest new>pa per published in Am
- :. 'C'' j. 'hc New Hampshire Gazette rho
iir>t number of which was issued -,
portsmouth, where it is now publ Shell
yet .'I'"6- Ii IS printed on sheet eioh,
ny nine inches and double column n,,f,.s
rs latest news was from UaDirov 81,
I'm, Philadelphia Sept. 23d, and Nnr,r Nr,
ork sept. - w"
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We have always understood thar Iowa
,naSns nraea al lock smiths, but we were hardly
prepared to believe that Cupid was spcb
ina am ingenious ingenious young fellow as the follow
lns ahecdote shows him to be. fellow
was counting pretty girl. but her mothor
wouio not permit him to stay after 10 o'cl,k
G.ea''y 10 MS and her daughters disgust
Last New Years day that young man
pf presented sent, the Old lady with patent clock
ol great beauty and ingenuity. The nros.
pectlve mother-in-law was greatly nleasod
ana gave her old ticker to poor woman
VINO lived in the neighborhood. Nov rha,
young y couple are happy, for this new clocL
IS so constructed that it loses three ho"rs nr"
between eight and ten in tbo a,,nrS' Se 'ouis
makes Il, , 1T up all right before Imorning the The
erles. e "Ahem!" as usual when it .ets sIo to
9e 3ers,n zen. And yet, she says she can't upo
ore ten and ""a' hns makes her get so sleepy be-
next morning. "' INC
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'fA SALMON ~ FRESH WArFp -y,,
question aN to the ability of the s,In,o,, ~
ioi,." oii"in permanently in frcsh.water has rc,
Eve" an Important illustration durin,, tL.
PH>t winter 1t is well known tha, ~,
i'NcN ol Maine along the coast cnut,j,, ,a
''e'! OF h>h known rs the lau,IIocl.,.,i
'.,loii' winch, while POSSESSING th,. ,.,
t""' appearance and peculiar L1hits nr
'ne salmon, together with eou,I exnaJi,,,,I ~
,,,a,,I., ics!; Is much smaller, and remains nor
nL n"neh'Iy IN the lakes and it is Still = Wv
{" question whether this is actu,iIv ~
'u'ii. Vi the true sea salmon or n dieer-
w.; po.,cS' An argument in favor of its
~ t"e former is afforded bv tho t,ct
.i"' III Two localities young salmon l,t''I,
rom eggs of the true sea salmon r,'1io'..,
a. nucHNport, have lived in fresh wats,.
ponds, and yielded ripe eggs ,fnri,,r "",T, ,e,
past autumn lin the one case at New. I1,,'
! ehhSyIvanla, the fish ATTAINING .a,.oip'l
pounds IN weight, while some br,d a.
" INc"hsih were only five to sey.n i,cI,,'
~ though perfectly mature in eynr,.
o,pFC,. IN The first tcase. however th,.
pohdS were quite large, and Offered an,,,i.
'Pacc iof The movements of the ti.b VIII
" the DINER they We're confined tn n'II
i"nt ponds OF only a few yard, T.,
neither the eggs thus obt.inad
',n' produce healthy young, and Who'll.
'',,|I ''laih maturity are questions OF
nuGh lhterest.-Editor's Scientific RecnrJ
u ii'i per Magazine for June.
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In behalf of the women of Am.r;c.
we demand that no public reception be
ever given to the licentious, intemner,te
nan iI-civilized man, (King Kalakua,) whose
oihy passport to American recognition is
nis regal title. Here in Boston he visited
liquor saloons and brothels while the puesr
OF the city, and the property of women
MAS ". taxed to foot the bils.-TBostop
WOman's Journal. o"
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An Essex street man bought a piy
SATURDAY, says the DanbuIy News.
W nat do you feed your pig?s asked .
nelgnDor. Corn he said. ..Do Won
leed IL IN the ear:' asked the friend. .D.,
YOU think I'm fOol?" said the Esser
street man, sarcastically.
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Quilp to (Mrs. Q.)-"Well, how did yo,,
IKE the sermon, my dearr' Mrs. O. 30
perfectly splendid Such loves of bonnetsv =
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.SORIDAN-S
Lung Syrup& Bitters a!
THROAT and LUNGS.
NATURES Great RESTORER.

Mr.. Jordan Is constauIiy rvoel,In-.
Having examined the formula from which the
Lung syrup j. compounded. we cordially recon
. mend them reliable alterailVe and toni,
medicine Jas. II. Chamberlain. ATno Wiswell
Rev. ;. Tenny, Dr. J.. ". nodgkius. Dr. +. ii
Harding, seth Tisdale. Monroe Young, Il. =
Campbell. III. c. jordan, ii. l.. Moore, J. =
Whtcomb Zahud Poster.
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but careful measurement will doubtless
give a superior elevation to the latter
lake. 1t may, however, have a lower
surface level than Lake Albert, and yet be
tributary to the Nile through the Bahr-
el-Ghazal.
From this brief review the reader will
observe that Stanley's present expedition
embraces a thorough exploration of the
lakes Albert and Victoria and their re-
spectiye basins that his circumnavi-
cation of the Victoria Lake has been
fruitful of interesting discoveries and
results that his establishment of the
metes and bounds of the Albert Lake
will probably be attended with very in
teresting discoveries and, finally, that
in the ultimate task before him he has
the high reward for this expedition, i'll
view of the complete solution of the
problem of the Nile sources. In any
event, at the close of his labors in this
great field of geographical research, he
will have achieved enough TO link his
name and the two public journals con-
cerned in this expedition in the roll of
public benefactors, to whom the world
will be indebted for the opening and the
revelation of the Hitherto sealed books
of Central Africa. York Herald
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NEPTUNE.
How Monkeys Are Captured.

How are monkeys caught. The ape
family resembles man. Their vices are
human. They love liquor, AMI fall. In
Darfour and Senor the natives make q
fermented beer, of which the monkeys
are passionately fond. Aware of this,
the natives go TO the parts of the forest
frequented 10y the monkeys, and set on
the around ca!abashes full of the entic-
ing liquor. AS soon as the monkey sees
and tastes it he utters loud cries of JOY,
that soon attract his comrades. Then an
orgie begins, and then in short time
they show all degrees of intoXication.
Then the negroes appear. The few who
came too late to get fuddled escape.
The drinkers are too far gone to distrust
the negroes, but apparently take them
for larger species OF their own genus
The negroes take some up, and these
begin to weep and cover them with
maudlin kisses. When a negro takes
one by the hand 70 lead him off, the
nearest monkey will cling to the one who
thus finds support, and endeavor to
go on also. Another will grasp ut him,
and so on until the negro leads stag
gering line of ten or dozen tipsy mon
keys. When finally brought to the viii
lage they are securely Gagged and gradu-
ally sobered down; but for two or three
days Z gradually diminishing supply of
liquor is given them, so as 10 reconcile
them by degrees to their state Of cap
tiyity.
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A Wonderful Column.

A correspondent with Prof. Jenneys
Black Hills expedition gives the follow
ing description of " Bear Lodge" one
of the most remarkable natural forma-
tions in that land of wonders /:
The most remarkable object seen by
the members of the expedition during
the entire summer, is Bear Lodge itself.
Seen at distance, it resembles in out
line an Indian lodge but, upon nearer
approach, it proves to be column of
gray porphyry, that resembles granite in
every particular, excepting the absence
CT mica. The column is composed of
seventy-six smaller columns, that stand
close together, as if quarried and care
fully set upon its milk-white clay pedes-
tai by hand as strong and mighty as
Jove's. The clay pedestal is about
1,500 feet in the diameter of its base,
and rises 500 feet above the waters of the
Belle Fourche, on the west bank of which
it stands. It's sides slope with q hand
somely-rounded curve that corresponds
we'll with the broad base of the column
that rests upon it. This column of rock,
or rather this many-columned column of
rock, is 900 feet across the base
and 800 feet across it's top, and rears
its head 1,126 feet above the level of the
Belle Fourche river. The topographers
determined the measurement by triangu-
lation, as, owing to its smooth and steep
sides, not oven a mountain sheep could
have climbed it. Imagine this solitary
column standing on the level plain, five
miles from any elevation deserving the
name, and it will be readily understood
why the Indians call it the "Bare
Lodge" Some of the Indians, how
ever, say it means Bear Lodge, on ac-
count of the holes seen in the clay-pe-
destal, and the bear tracks around it's
margin. Let this be as i: may, / give