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AmssUer to the MOneyIess Man
BY MRS. FLORENCE ANDERSON CLARKE.

There are places not secret where Virtue has birth,
Where Charity dwells on this beautiful earth;
Where Mercy and Kindness joined hand in hand,
And PHYS tear falls at the warm hearts command;
There are doors that the gentle knock will unbar
And others that swing on their hinges ajar,
Giving egress to angels who lovingly scan
The woes and the wants of the moneyless man.
Does he work Does he thrive Is he faithful and true
Does he know what has DONE and what he may do
Or does he creep with the sluggard's slow pace,
And refuse to take part in ambitions proud race
Does he drink while his neghbor, with whole heart
Is giving his strength to be first at the goalP
If such be his crimes pity him, if you can
Content to be scorned as moneyless man.
Labor taught with the brain, with its strong, skiu
hand
Has reared princely palaces over the land;
And the man who will work will sooner or late,
Cease to sigh like vagrant at rich mans gate
With purple and crimson his walls may be hung,
While the chandeliers light DER the table is fung
With heart brave and free ere he measures es span
He'll forget that he eer was moneyless man. e.
There are churches whose lofest turret and spire,
Have sprung from the depths of some poor boys desire
There are colleges, hospitals founded by those
Who knew at the outset, stern povertys woes
But they labored undaunted with hand heart and brain
And we know that such labor never in vain.
That man with his millions, when first he began,
Was known on Change as moneyless man.
-Ira cam ravens for meat and for brs.d
Or efnect t1zt I : n e s.as p mir-ss ed -~--<
Wh%e he spens all MS Ieisuie in looking for banks
That would lend out their gold for poor DEVILS thanks
Or a court where the law was SO cheap and so free,
That client welcome with never feeg
No! if he had been of this base, shiftess clan,
He, too, would have died as a moneyless man.
Nor do portals of paradise open for one
Who has left any work that he could do undone!
Its honors, its blisses, await the true man,
Who, with ten talents trusted, have made other ten.
"He is worse than the heather who does not provide
For his own - and the Judge of all lives may decide
That brave earnest labor, being part of les plan,
Heaven has rewards for the moneyless man.
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A few days ago young Gurley, whose father
lives on Croghan street, organized q theatrical
company and purchased the dime novel play
of "Hamlet." The company consisted of three
boys and hostler, and Mr.. Gurley's hired girl
vas to be the Ghost if the troupe could gaur-
antee her fifty cents per night.
Young Gurley suddenly bloomed out as a
professional, and when his mother asked him
to bring in some wood he replied:
Though 1 am penniless thou canst not de-
grade me-"
"You trot out after that wood or II have
your father trounce you !" she exclaimed.
"The tyrant who lays his hand upon me
shall die!" replied the boy, but he got the
wood
He was out the step when man came
along and asked him where Layfayttte street
was.
"Doomed for certain time to roam the
earth !" replied Gurley in horse voice, and
holding his right arm out straight lc
81 say you Where is Lafayette street7'
called the man. et
All Could the dead but speak.-ah p con-
ed Gurley.
t~.yAres< i'm into the mouse, ar!d his
.ess hir, - .S--.s' = y cce.555atteEn sss.
~ go, m'st noble duusess," he said as he took
up the basket, "but my good sword shall some
day avenge these insults"
He knew that the grocer favored theatricals
and when he got there he said
cart thou provided with stoI.. OF that
vegetable known as the later, most excellent
duke? ?"
"What in thunier do you want !" growled
the grocer as he cleaned the cheese knife on a
piece of paper.
"Thy plebeian mind is dull of omprehen
sion - answered Gurley.
Don't try TO get off any of your nonsense ON
me or I'll crack your empty pate in minute p
roared the grocer, and Hamlet had to come
down from his high horse and ask for peel,
of potatoes.
"What made you so long?" asked his moth.
er as he returned.
"Thy grave shall be dug in the cypress glade p
he haughtily answered.
When his father came home at noon, Mrs
Gurley told him that she believed the boy was
going crazy, and related what had occurred.
81 see what ails him." mused the father
"this explains why he hang around Johnson's
barn so much"
At the dinner table young Gurley spoke oi
his father as the "ilIustrious count" and when
his father asked him if he would have some
butter gravy, he answered
"The appetite of warrior cannot be salts
fed with such nonsense"
When the meal was over, the father went out
to his tavorlte shade tree cut sprout, and the
boy was asked to step out into the woodshed to
see il the penstock was frozen up. He found
the old man there, and he sad
"Why, most noble lord, had supposed thee
far away !"
"I'm not so far away but what I'm going to
make you skip 4" growled the father. "Il teach
you to fool around with ten cent agedies =
Come up here!'
For about five minutes the woodshed Was full
Of dancing feet, flying arms and moving bodies.
and then the old man took rest and inquired
There, your highness, dost want any more?'
"0h no, dad-not darned bit!" walled the
young manager )" and while the father started
for down town, he went in and sorrowfully in
formed the hired girl that he must cancel her
engagement until the fall season.-Detroit Free
Press.
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VAGARIEs OF HENRY BERGH. This crazy, So
called humanitarian, says the Turf. Field and
Farm, who in his zeal for the welfare Of pigeons,
rats game fowls and dogs makes himself nuis-
ance TO his fellow men, gives daily proof of the
wisdom OF the apothegm which we applied to
him in our last Issue, ''Pnt a beggar on horse
back ard he will ride to the devil" Not con-
tent with annoying spor:smen and arres,ing gen.
tlemen's servants for not Harvesting and groom
ing their masters horses in conformity with his
(Bergh's) IDEAS, he has inflicted infamy on an
honest, respectable young mechanic by causing
his Incarceration in peniteuiiary Cor killing a
mad cat n self-defense In the meantime, what
is to become of the young mans wife and chill
dren, who were dependent on his labor for their
daily bread II this be humanity, heaven save us
from such humapitarians as Mr. Bergh. But
Bergh's latest vagary was to violate the law in
presuming to address a communication to a
Grand Jury when in session, and for laying this
last feather on the back Of public patience we
commend him to our Recorder whose 6rmness
is equal to his integrity. Let him issue that
writ de luadtico inquirendo to which we predicted
the crazy humanitarian would have to respond,
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SINGULAR DISCOVERY A few days since an
artizan employed in the blacksmith shop OF Mr..
George J. KurtE, No. 81 North Paca street, was
enriched by silver dollar, from source that
no living being could name probably, though he
TIE lucky finder placed lump of Cumberland
bituminous coal upon his forge, about the size
of half-peck measure. The ceal not heating as
rapidly as be desired, Mr.. Kurtz seized a poker
aud pounding the lump well, sosn broke it into
pieces. To bis great amazemeAt there rolled
from the centre of the lump what at FIRST appear
ed 10 be an enormous copper coin but it was as
black as the coal in which II had been imbedded
Upon closer examination and considerable rub
bing and Furnishing, the coin proves to be a
Spanish dollar OF the purest metal, AMI beariHg
distinctly all the characteristic make and signs
OF thatence popular and well known coin. 1t
has upon one side the Spanish crown aud pillars,
aud upon the other, a medallion likeness Of Fer
dinand VII the words "DH Gratia, aud the date
1913. About the genuineness Of the coin there
is not doubt, although it is still as black in
many places as Erebus itself, but how came it
imbedded in that lump of Cumberland coal p
This is the puzzling question to which solution
is desired. The sagacious William S ,akespeare
makes Hamlet say during portion of the play,
"there are more things in Heaven and earth,
Horaiio, then were ever dream't OF in your phi
lOsOphy," aud we now believe there lrnth in Il Q
assertion. The coal came from the be wells of the
earth, and the Spanish silver dollar from the
bowles Of the coal lump. Buthow came it there
We repeat this is the question. Balimoredn,
20th inst.
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G8~ Old Mr. Crabapple is very much pleas
ed with gentleman whom he has engaged to
saw wood. "When he piles the wood, . said old
Crabapple to his friend, "if one stick projects
beyond the others he pounds it in with the
AK" Giles a slouch," replied old man Stub
be "you should see my woodsawyer When
no gets the wood all piled he takes off the
rough, projecting ends with claw hammer
saw" "Does he? Well, he couldn't pile wood
for me-" broke in old spikenberg; "my saw
yer piles the wood carefully, then goes over
the ends with a jack-plane, sand papers them
down, and puts on coat of varnish before he
ever thinks of asking for his pay" Then they
all went into the Grand Hotel after big drink
before Syntax could tell how his wood-sawyer
silver. plated all the ends of the wood and nail
ell handle on each and every stick to pick it
up by.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

Two OF 'EM.-A young fellow, whose better
half had just presented him with bouncing
pair of twins, attended church a few Sundays
ago. During the discourse the clergyman
looked directly at our innocent friend, and
said, in tone of thrilling eloquence, "Young
thrust upon you." The newly -fedged dad,
supposing the preacher alluded to his peculiar
home event, considerably startled the audi
ence by exelaiming, eyes, have two of EN-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

NA-Ap incorruptible legislator is a being to
lie tenderly regarded aud mentioned with awe.
There are not so many Of them in these days
that even one should he permitted TO waste his
sweetness unremarked We are accordingly ca
rapiured 10 present to public admiration Mis-.
souri, gentleman whose constituents lately sum-
moned him TO his home on q certain Saturday
evening The incorruptible saiffed geld headed
canes and ice pitchers ia the ambient air With
out one poor misuies hesitation he pnnged into
the telegraph office and sent the message that
he'd rather not come, because as he observed,
~ understand that il is the intention TO make
me present OF something appreciative. lam, !"
lie continued gently, land always have been,
opposed to public displays to officials in the way
of presents addresses" &c. And then he burst
ato this noble aud lofty expression worthy alike
of the man and the statesman: Ifyou have con-
cluded to do anything of the kind, give it to my
wife"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

N9- There is nothing on earth beautiful
as the household on which Christian love for
ever smiles, and where religion walks, coun-
sellor and friend. No cloud can darken it, for
its twin-stars are centered in the soul. No
storms can make it tremble, for it has a hea-
venly support and a heavenly anchor.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

A VALUABLE RELIC The New York State Lii
brary has just received a valuable relic. The
relic consists OF map of 1861 acres of land sit
uated in Augusta County, Va, and a certificate
setting forth that the same had been surveyed.
Both the map and the certificate are from the pen
of W Washington, and models of nsatuess -
The certificate is signed G. Washington, and is
dated Nov. I, l749-the surveyor being then in
his 18th year. Alter Washington's name APPEAR
initials, ''S G. c." which stands for Surveyor
to the County Court The document, which is
in remarkable good state Of preservation is en-
closed in a stout metallic frame and protected by
glass. The State Library already contains the
surveying implements used by Washington, which
were purchased some years since, for good
round sum. aud this certificate and map will in
connection be Of great interest
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

A KNOWING HORSE. A stable keeper in Roches-
ter has hack horse, of which the following
stories are told At the end of the stable is a
water faucet under which has been placed a
tub for the horses to drink from. When this an
imal is thirsty be scorns the use of the tub, but
turns on the faucet with his teeth and holds bis
head under the running stream until his thirst is
quenched then turns the faucet off again, and
with knowing look at his observers trots back
to his stall. During the present spell of cold
weather the water has been allowed to run 10
prevent it freezing in the pipes One evening,
when the men were elsewhere engaged, he went
for drink in his usual manner, and after he got
through turned the faucet off The consequence
was the pipes got frozen up, and had to be thaw-
ed cut before the horse could quench his thirst in
his accustomed manner Turf, Field and Rarm
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Ns-"Where a woman" says Mrs Parting
ton, "has been married with congealing
heart, and one that beats desponding to her
own, she will never want to enter the married
state again."
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Ma bashful young clergyman recently
rising to preach for the first time, made ter
rible mix of it, and announced his text in this
wise: "And Immediately the cock wept, and
Peter went out and crew bitterly"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-03-06

> A short man became attached to tall
woman, and somebody said that he had fallen
in love with her. "Do you call it falling in
love ?" said the suitor; "its more like climb
ing up to it,"
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PRoCRAsTfNATIoN.-Its is with our good inten
tions as with our wishes to- morrow is but too
often the hash of to-day.
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GzS-A, in his honeymoon, calls his wife his
saint; B, ten years married, sadly echoes his
amt
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pressed laugh, "youIl have to be content with
the photograph. She's promised the original
| To
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Railroad MiIk Cans a Speciality
DAILY EXPRESS.

BETwEEg BALTIC. TOws0NT0WN,
Starts from Green A Bros., Store, SO W. Balto
st, near Holiday ST., daily. All orders LETT
there viii be promptly attended %. The start
ing points 81 Towsont0wn are Willis and Yam
korn's stores. Will call for baggage, 4e., when
orders are left at es1her Of the above places.
April Ally. Jos. GORsUcH, Proprietor.
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Il Youthful INespin.

PAINFUL RESULT OF HAVING FATHER WHO WILL
NOT APPRECIATE SHAKESPEARE.
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Teas. WineN, Liquors, Family,
Extra, super and Rye Flour,
and Country Produce,
No. Ies Forrest Sc. corner OF Front,
Oct. sI-ly BALTIMORE.
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b ! Some ones coming !"

Miss Armstrong, opening the parlor door, had
10 hide her face behind her handkerchief for q
moment ere she could advance with requisite
gravity. Her two "knights Of yesterday" were
considerably embarrassed but managed to pre-
sent themselves, their excuses and their um-
brellas.
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--I31r0nr;o- % 50 uI tno Poo6 ePIVuVS'
sr;r, satures sweet restorer, baimy sleep
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Guesclin Of the rebellion" How many
OF them do you suppose know who Du-
Guesclin was?
Lebanon Herald: Harvesting is over,
and our farming friends are busily en-
gagged in threshing. We learn, from
numerous inquiries made on Monday,
that the yield is greatly over an aver
age, and the crop, owing to increased
acreage, will be much the largest ever
raised in the county.
The agricultural philosopher OF the
Winchester Home Journal says: Frank
lin county was the only county in the
State ofTennessee that made good crops
last year and had corn for sale. AT least,
this was the case so far as we could
learn" How far could you learn? As far
as Baker in the Dresden Democrat?
Franklin Review and Journal: Mr..
Jones, a member Of the last legislature,
in late number OF the Woodbury. Press,
in Cannon county, gives his reasons in
full for voting for Andrew johnson for
the senatOrship and for the dog law. His
statistics about the canine are fearful.
From his figures it is wonder we have
lived so long unconsumed by the dogs.
Winchester Home Journal: The wild
animal we alluded to in last weeks pa
per as having done some damage in the
upper portion of our county, has not
been captured. Abont thirty men and
q pack of dogs met last Saturday at Mr..
AtsUps, and went on q hunt for him.
but failed to "fiush" the game. 1t Is
now believed to be a catamour.t, but
some still contend that it is pc nther.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-10
THE Upton BONDS.
OHer of COu1cilIOr Ganit-COmm1ttee
appointed TO Consider II.

The Covington Record, of yesterday,
gays of the Upton county court: "Ac-
cOrding to the call of the chairman
there was quite a full attendance of the
justices OF the county on Monday, and
also g considerable number of private
citizens, all anxious to learn what the
grave and important matters to be sub
mitted to the consideration of the court
might be. 1t was generally understood
that some offer of compromise would be
made to the court by the holders Of the
Upton county railroad bonds, of the
suits now pending in the Federal court.
There was q general disappointment on
finding that neither CAN'T nor Ether
idge, nor the attorneys for the bond
holders were present. Still it was sup
posed that the matter would beup in such
q Wsy at least as to allow all the Magnus
ApOllOs OF the court to blow off. The
chairman announced that he had let
ter from Mr.. CAN'T, stating that a re-
soousible agent Of the bOndholders had
given assurance that a compromise
could be effected at seventy-tve cents on
the dollar if the court would show dis.
position to entertain it. The matter
was considered in very prudent and
careful manner by the court, and COM
mittee consisting Of the chairman, and
Esauires J. V. Moore, g. b. Eggleston
and \. w. Baptist, was appointed 10
confer with the agent OF the bondhold-
ers, to ascertain the best terms OF COM
promise they would offer. 1t is sup
posed the court will not adjourn until
next Tuesday week, that the committee
may dlscha rge their duty and report to
the present term, and the day above
mentioned was indicated as the time
when the report of the committee would
be heard.n
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Personal

COUNCILMAN SINioN GEEEN andlfami.
" leave this morning for Warm Spring {.
North Carolina. y
The New York Herald of Wednesf low
contained the announcement of tbs o.
gagement OF Mr.. Charles Herr , o If
ms cliy, 70 Se!in@. daughter Of Marcus
A'eil 'i'VA' :" new York. No car DIS.
.,,R. C. QUENTRL, the local '.epresent-
ative Of Gambrinus, returned yesterday
from a visit to Milwaukee, Chicago and
Cincinnati. He had Pleasant visit,
and seems to be improved by his travels.
Mr.. JAMES EARNEST PERRING, the
well known composer and musician,
left the city yesterday Tor New York, on
q visit to his relatives and friends. He
will be back in September and resume
the practice Of his profession.
THE Huntsville Independent gives the
following account Of terrible accident
which happened to former citizen of
Memphis: "On Sunday morning last
Mr.. Fearn Penn, OF this city, came very
near losing his life by the accidental dis.
charge of his pistol. The pistol was ~
ing on the mantel in his room, and in at
tempting to take some article that was
lying by if, he accidentally knocked it
off, which, striking the floor, was dis
charged, the ball striking Mr.. Penn
almost centrally in the breast, ranging
upward and to the left, coming out near
the left shoulder, making a frightful
flesh wound, but not penetrating the
hollOW,u
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TENNESSEE NEWS,


Lebanon has 8 chess club.
Chattanooga has trotting. matches.
Robertson county has a cOlored fair
association.
Three persons were stunned by light
ming in Knoxville last Wednesday.
John NJ. Csson's little son, in Wilson
county, was recently injured from a
reaper, and died next day from the in
juries.
Paris Intelligencer: The new crop Of
wheat is beginning to come in, and is
now commanding one dollar per bushel.
The grain is large and full, and has
much less smut than twas expected be-
fore the harvest.
Brownlow' s Knoxville Chronicle: The
colOred people Of Memphis celebrated
the Fourth with q big celebration, and
were addressed by Generals Pillow and
Forrest. Surely the day Of recOncilia-
ton has fully come.
Franklin Review and journal: Six
hundred and forty thousand bushels Of
wheat is the guess as 10 our wheat crop.
Three hundred and forty thousand will
be sold. This will bring in enough
money to loosen up things nightly
hereabOuts.
Lebanon Herald: Half the newspa-
pers in Tennessee have reprinted par
agraph from the Brooklyn Argus, 10
which Fitzhugh Lee is called "the Du-
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The common c1uncil met st half past
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon, Presi.
dent Zent in the chair, but owing TO the
want Of a quorum adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
The council reassembled with a quo
rum at four o'clock, and proceeded to
the transaction Of business.
Mrs. NJ. G. Reeds petition was referred
to the finance committee with instruc-
tiOus to report at the next meeting. Tom
O'Sullivan's petition, asking the Ousting
Of the inmates Of bawdy houses on Wash
ington street, between Main and Second,
was referred to the police and fire COM
missioners for investigation.
Councilman Carpenter offered a resO-
luton authorizing the mayor to adver-
Use for bids for lighting the oil-lamps.
Adopted.
The report OF the special committee,
consisting Of Councilman A. G. luther,
J. D. DanbuIy and G. q. Fisher, from
the general council, and r. Holeman,
jr., Il. B. Miller, J. Z. Elliott, C. s.
Brooks and w. w. Mcdowell, from the
county, to investigate and confer with
the county court of Shelby relative to
the establishment OF a woTkhouse, re-
ported in favor of accepting the bid of
General \. Is. tOFfesJj which mas been
already published in the APPEAL as
part Of the proceedings Of the county
court. Action Was temporarily post
poned, and the council took 8 recess OF
fifteen minutes after passing the requisi-
tions on second reading.
The council concurred with the board
of aldermen in divers ordinances, reso-
lutions andpetitions. The ordinance to
establish markets and regulate the same
passed firstreading. Councilmen Tuth-
er, Vance and Ryan were appointed q
committee to consider the received bids
for removing dead animals. The dog
ordinance passed second reading. 1t
taxes female CANNES two dollars, and
male CANNES one dollar.
A resolution from Councilman MoOres
asking the appointment Of committee
of three to ascertain and remove all sur