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at her house, IS - avenue. Where
shall GO ?"
4 can't tell, unless you go to re
spectacle hetel," replied Mr.. Greyson,
who was in no mood to entertain Mrs.
Wilcox sinvited guests. The hack-driver,
tired of holding the trunk, civilly suggest
ed the name of first-class hotel not far
away, and the poor girl, after looking
wistfully into the hall, finally turned
away and dragged her long, clumsy trail
down the steps, followed by the knight
of the whip.
Since that summer, Mr.. Greyson turns
his key, and. trusts his treasures to
tender mercies of the burglars, regarding
them as more magnanimous and less ex-
pensive than strange housekeepers. He
says that never again viii he allow his
sympathies to be wrought by black Grape,
till he makes sure that it is put on in
mourning for some one in particular, and
not rs a mask for swindler.-Hrs. j. ID.
CH0DkfN.
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GEN. mCLELL IN.
Fan Tcrt Of his letter 70 a Friend on the
HeeI0fjre Merits Of the Democratic and
Republican Candidates. He is far
TiIden and Democracy, Because
He BeIiercs Reform ia Erery
Branch of the GorerHueHt

He BeIiercs Reform. ia Erery
Branch Of the GorernmeHt
Necessity.
The following letter from Gen. NJ Clel-
Ian to a friend in New York will appear
in the New York papers of tomorrow
morning:
OoBURG, CANADA, August 16, 1876.
My DEAR SIR--Your very kind letter
of the tenth has reached me, and quite
concur with you. Deeply impressed by
the grqvity of the issues involved in the
approaching presidential election, and
believing that the honor of the country
aud the well being of the people depend
in no small degree upon the result, feel
compelled to depart from the reserve
that has become habitual to me, and ex-
press the earnest convictions that press
upon me. Under a constitutional gov
ernment the formation of political par
ties is a necessary consequence of the di-
yersitv of human minds and interests,
Sentimentalists in their closets mny
dream of an ideal republic, all of whose
citizens are perfectly wise, virtuous, and
consequently unanimous; but such a.
| dream can never be realized on this
earth. and we must recognize the fact
that political parties are not only neces-
sary but beneficial, acting, as they do,
as checks upon each other. Expe-
rience has shown, in all constitu-
/ = haf nal
possesses uninterrupted power for very
| long time, especially when the minority
is too weak to interpose any efficient
check upon the actions of the majority,
the tendency is that the leaders become
careless and reckless, forget that there Is
any power to which they are RESPONSE
| BILE, look upon Office as a personal pos
session and reward, rather than a public
trust, and learn to regard thei- tenure as
permanent. So, too, the Legislative
bodies become inclined to a system OF
extravaganza, which engenders corrup-
| ton, facilitates the formation of rings
and finally destroys the prosperity OF
the people The only sure remedy in
such case is that the people shall,
through the ballot-box, place the former
opposition in power. That our country
is now in the condition just described IS
proved by the universal and peremptory
demand for complete reform by the peo-
pie, without regard to party. Among
democrats there is no doubt as to the
manner in which the change should be
accomplished. With many republicans
the question is whether they can trust
the professions of their party, or whether
they must take the disagreeable step Of
breaking away from old political nssocia'
tions, by leaving the party under Whose
ADMINISTRATION all the evils Of which
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All nresidnntiaI candid,

All presidential candidates are
Presbyterians by practice or early train
ing. Governor Tilden, when at home, is
an exemplary attendant on the Madison
Square church. Governor Hendricks is
the son of d member of the Pres
byterian church, and learned the
shorter catechism; but he is now a
vestryman in an Episcopal church,
having married an Episcopal wife. The
mother of governor Hayes was a staid,
old fashioned Presbyterian, and one of
her latest acts was to send a sum of
money anonymously to the board of for
eign missions. Governor Hayes married
n Methodist and attends his wife's
church. Mr.. Wheeler is Presbyterian
elder. All four have been Presbyte-
rian, though two shave been beguiled, as
was their father Adam" Christian Oh
seTver.
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ESTABLISHED 1S5
SPANISH POEM.

OH LEI the soul its slumbers break,
Arouse its slumbeTs and awake,
To see how soon
fife. with its glory glides away,
And the stern footsteps OF decay
Come stealing on.
And while we eve the rolling tide
Down which cur flowing minutes Bhue
Away 80 fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream OF JOY
Already past.
Jct no vain hope deceive he mind
No happier let us hope to hnd
Tomorrow than to-day,
our Golden dreams of yore we're bright
like them. the present shall delight
Like them decay
Our lives like hasting streams must be,
That into one engllhng sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea OF death, whose waves roll oa
o er king and kingdom, crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lOrSily tide,
Alike the humble riy let's giide
To that sad wave;
Death levels property and PRIDE
And rich and poor sleep 81 ie by side
Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place,
Life is the running of the race
And death the goal
1,ssss, a taere gIitsssTine - afe
The path alone of ali q tilsolt III
IL found OF all
y, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys OF earih
That lure us here?
Dreams of a sieop that death must break
Alas before it bids us wake,
Ye disappear.
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ANNIE BREWSTER, in her last letter
from Rome has some pleasant bits
of gossip about the pope. His holiness
is in excellent health. DIR. Ceccarelli,
the successor of DIR. Sartoris who went
over with appoplexy few weeks ago, IS
succeeding famously in his direction OF
the holy fathers health. DIR. Ceccarelli,
tits to be hoped, will watch his own
health, and remember that unlucky Sar-
toris was the sixth or seventh physician
the pope has lost in ten years. The holy
father no longer takes his walks in the
vatican gardens, tAe weather is too hot
the evaporation from the numerous foun-;
tains causes dampness; the temperature
Is too varying.
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COMPLETE CREMATIoN.-A plan to
make Mount Vesuvius practically useful
has been seriously broached in London
by a cremationist. 1t is nothing else
than to convert the crater into recep-
tacle for dead bodies. A company will
undertake to run mortuary trains from
different parts of Europe to Vesuvius
and up its sides to the summit, on reach
ing which they will tilt their contents
into the abyss, leaving nature in its
grandest form to do the work of cancel
ing the remains of humanity, and then
take the surviving mourners short ex-
cursion to Naples and its environs. in
order to cancel the last remains of grief
"A writer in medical journal ad-
vises those who have to take long rail-
way journey to use an air cushion as a
footstool. He says the effect il agreeable
and highly beneficial to health, as the
trembling motion Of the cars greatly fa-
tieue the limbs.
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From Our Own Correspondent

Very neat and elegant are the paper
collars that you can now buy with pic
turs of George Washington en- each cor
ner. Martha Is supposed TO be on behind
sewing on the button,
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Mr.. DIRAELIs early dreams of dis
tinction are amply realized, and his am
bition for brilliant successfully gratified.
In his age he becomesa peer of the realm,
gains the privy seal, and enjoys the salts
faction of knowing that he will have
proud place in the history of England.
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LOED HoUGHToN, in the course of a
recent address in England, referred to
his visit to this country as follows: AL
though at the present moment people in
the. United States were making a series
of oratiens about EngIish tyranny ana
EngIish oppression, and all that sort Of
nonsense, he believed, as nation, they
held TO us with a feeling of frsternal and
hlial regard. With regard to agricul-
ture, he said that within the next fifty
years America will have been reduced,
notwithstanding its immense space, very
much to the condition of the European
countries in general; that was to say,
she would have to recuperate by artif-
cial means the natural wealth which was
now being exhausted.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-08
THE WEEK PAST.

A PITTSBURGH man is raising wheat
from seed that grew in Egypt 5000
years ago. 1t came over with mummy,
and was for some time in the Smith
sonian institution.
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AIR TESNYsoN will now conclude,
without doubt, that his life has been a
failure. Had he taken to comic song
writing instead of to composing poetry,
he might have achieved some measure
OF success, and have been enrolled among
the "self-made men of our time" A
music publisher testified in a copyright
case in London recently that 80, 900 cop
les had been sold of the song, Slap,
bang Here we are againl" and that the
copyright of one popular comic song is
frequently worth from $1,000 to $40, 900.
The London Echo adds: "Two things
are required for the successful writing of
a comic song that shall be popular in this
highly-eivilized age-the negation of
common sense, and superhuman attain
ment of folly."-N Y Tribune.
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THE Turks appear to have another
trouble before them. The people of
Crete, who have never been satisfied
since the termination of their revolt in
1867 with the concessions accorded them
by the Porte, through the Intervention
of the European powers, are again organ
izing for revolution. The population of
that historic island is 10000, of whom
200, are Greek christians, the balance
being mostly Mohammedans. The agree
ment of 1868 gave the Cretans exemp-
tion from certain imposts, representa-
tive assembly, and some other features
of independency, but the hated Turk has
remained in the various garrisons, to
watch them and intimidate them. A
large force has been required there, and
several Turkish iron-clads are constant
ly sailing around the island. There is a
great deal of sympathy in Greece for the
Cretans. In the last revolution Greek
aid was furnished, and quite a serious
complication occurred in consequence
between Turkey and the European
powers. 1t is likely that the same SYM
pathy will be extended in the present
revolution, and the Intervention of the
powers become necessary. In the mean
time, the talk of intervention in behalf
Of the insurgents in Servia and Monte
negro is continued, but it will not prob
ably take place unless the Turks actual
ly occupy Belgrade.
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The Swiss national Catholic church
dispenses with celibacy rs an essential or
tie clerical Office,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-08
THE RIVER IND H1RBOR
ELL.

The appropriations for Ne,c York and
OtheI. improvement.
The river and harbor bill is through
both houses, and is little less bad than
it was, although still open to severe crit
icism. As passed the bill appropriates
s4,6S2. 500, divided round as follows:
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GRAYE md GA-Y.

George Elliott have the more 10
give him since his treasure differs from
mine. That is a blessedness in friend
ship"
"Since Time" says Goethe, "is not
person we can overtake when he is past,
let us honor him with mirth and cheer
fulness of heart while he is passing"
What is the difference between
happy death and Stanleys body servant2
You see it, of course-One is euthanasia
and the other is youth in Africa"
"A total change of diet, with no med
icine, is recommended by the professors
of Kings college, London, as an effectual
method of treating nervous diseases.
AN editors excuse for disseminating
the publication of his paper was that
everybody else stopped the paper and he
thought he would.
-" Marriage is promotions" says
George Eliot. In the eyes of such a
reasoner man with his third wife would
doubles pass for brigadier general
There is something wonderfully
grand and Impressive about the roar OF
thunder untii'you discover it has soured
the last half pint of milk in the ho ise.
1t was rather pers9gal in Cantor
mia newspaper man TO chronicle the pur-
chase of mule by brother editor as
a remarkable instance Of selfpossessiou."
An Oakland lunatic carried
butchers knife around for two hours,
offering to kill any one who said he
wasn't Moses. Every one said he looked
like Moses. 81. 49, = -
WagDer's great noise AZ Dayrenth
has revived the old rhymes:
" The larynx nov goes up
The pharynX with slam
Elects q note
FROM out the throat
Pushed by the diuphrasm-'
"A skipper Of a down east coaster,
named the " Hyena," was asked what his
vessel was named after. His honest re-
Ply was, "I don't know, expect some
man IN congress"
Saratoga swell" Aw, now, Miss
Sybil, aw, you ilst made me think, aw,
Of the lady in the tower, aw-don't you
know the old story-aw-' bout somebody
in tower looking for somebody-aw-
you wemember don't you?"
Carlyle is not spending the sunset
of his life blowing soap-bubblcs. Tie
sometimes steps out and kicks lying
shoemaker with a viror that completely
distances the average Scotchman's con-
ception OF steam-power.
What kind Of picture would You
prefer, miss ?' Inquired Newark
photographer Of lady customer.
"Well," was the reply, "take me with an
expression as If were writing a poem
on the centennial"
"A sister Of SPurgeon, the great
Baptist preacher of London, has entered
the pulpit The English papers speak
of her as a most gifted lady, and say if
Rev c. II. Spurgeon is the prince Of
preachers among men. surely Mrs Jack
son is the queen OF preachers among
women.
"A youuggentleman who moves in the
best society in San Antonia, said the 9TH
er evening to a young lady, "The foliage
il much more exuberant this year than
usual" eyes" she answered thought
fully, call them important fruits is
cheaper than they use TO was"
QrI BOao.
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ORPHEUs c. KERR, the humorist, is
said to be dying. Jennie June writes of
him in the Baltimore American: "He
was a modern knight-errant, as true and
chivalrous as the truest and purest of the
knight-errants of old, and as sensitive and
refined as the fairest lady of their love.
His marriage with Adah Isaacs Menken
was the strongest proof of this, though
many considered it an act of folly. So
far as its effect upon his own future was
concerned, it doutless was but his mo-
tive was Christ-like. She wrote some
poems for paper he edited, he believed
there was good in her, he married her to
save her, but she would not be saved
and she sacrificed him without a second
thought. Poor fellow; he lived in the
world, yet the world knew himnot: his wis
dom and goodness was its folly; and
now he is in all probability dying, vast
ing away with disease which battles the
skill of physicians. He takes food only
every other day, and then nothing solid"
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What g. hope2 A smiling rainbow
Children follow through the wcti
lis not here; still yondcri yundori
Never urChin found it yet.
what is lifc2 a ihawing iceberg
Ou a sea with cumming -h1icf
Gay We sail 20 iueit- beneath usf
Ne are sunk. and seem no more
What H. man 4 foolish baby.
Nainly strives. aRd fights aud frets;
Demanding all. deserving nothingi
One small grave is what he gets.
His loving wife had importuned
him to take her to the centennial. 1T
will be so crowded that you will have no
pleasure whatever in the trip"
"But George she replied, half re-
gretfully, L should so like to 90 and see
a centennial, just TO say ] had seen one,
you know"
Well, never mind my darling" he
replied "dont fret; and when the next
one comes round, viii take you there,
and we'll spend a week. And well take
your mother, too."
oh, George" she cried in food o
happy tears, You are 80 kind!
won go this year"
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ECCLESIdSTTCAL.

sabbatbs the pillars aie
On ,gbich heaven palace arched lies
The other days al up the spare
IN. nv - he fruitful beds and borders
In Gods rich garden; that is bare
which r,arts their ranks and orders.
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sulting in a perplexed sort of way, Miss
Greyson encouraging the little boys to
patience. while they and two little sisters
we're calling out, fretiuliy: "Why don't
You go in, papa ?'
The nurse was jouncing the fractious
baby about in her arms; the hackmen,
having deposited innumerable trunks,
with
D;c Io- I;..lo
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TiIE THREE WHITE ,rYAsIIEpj
HoGuES.


The following epigrammatic poem, by
Nr rT,.,.l, N,rn,. J,oy ;,,I H., -:
N" 'N""'' ''' JN"N "eeH SoH'ti-
buted to tho Sentinel By Eureka's poct
r =, -, - 80. -
eo,,tot;o,, of tI,o f,oIs No ,,,:,
'N>O w NN' '"N'' nv uieiouio"SlS
sung, inluliDly stamps the Rathor sc oua
-, ''~,.,''.
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Tier. u.crc t,,roo ,o,,,ss NOW r,o,.r, 4, -.
.: And c.G;I Ola S5ss:= c: MA; :...,rne.
AMI ~, tbIr, bn h.;Is t.,,,n ,,o c,,,,,,
ron,,,rer =. - ~ "
There WAS lo,; 'nr Henry anil ,rn7eJv n,h
And the third /, no o,ie bnt 1I,tse j.
To swt,,dlr ths foIS of ain,IiS.s D0''o''
Said Greedy Bah To loving uc.;.,, .....
"ThprC's nlruIy nf ,ln:,r-s a.: rI; can .oo
Yuri tdse III, women; I'll taE. tL. whI.tv
e' -'''- - - '''''' e -.
To greedy Bah s,vs Io,ipy uo,--
1.-The r;l;u's rar:r.s . ~ ,,..
Tie uu 10 Grant AMI yon'iI 5st Tho y-,,tsl,.
And III try nav hand with EIi1sl, ~ ~:
Jest then the car, Of tho ,yro- ere,, sr.;,,,,Ss
Hear! a trembling pina fr,S, tbs il. - = ~
"Uai,'s Cot IN. whisLy. u,nrr tHc ,,.L,,c,, -
Aud thcru's noihIni irf; th:, / c1n ss"
Then Ecrfy nnd Fab both svore ,oc-,hsr
.Ir,. mn |i-y NJ, ,h,, II,,ri., u h"e''
CIo west 10 SsysI; "S ws,icn O,; ,,,,u
Dy Itityiu.r ANA ,t.aiib, Viii 1,nx rtc,,os
rIsn wr'
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A passengef on The sast.boGnd !.s.s
OF tho G. z. r. r., named J. d. Story,
native Of Canada. died Sunday uotuy
ing, near Reno, Of hsuorrahae0 Of tho
lungs ---Ham,boiM Rryisttr Es3
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Don Carlos. with about $500 mon, is
now OF Nei esYcaux. very near tho
French border. IL is believed no will
enter France to-day. The chief mem.
bcrs c. tho Csrlis, Provincial Council
havo taken lonvc OF him and sought ref.
ugc on French territory.
Charles Monfori. cx-Quccn Isnbclla's
Minister Of tho Colonies, who bao been
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Cashmere Pooller. at meeting Of the
Left Centre, ofa.ed thu. tho rcnDon he
had not accepted the Ministry OF tho
Interior was because ho thought all
who %'r9 associated Nth the policy Of
Buff! shoa!d leaTe the Cabinet, which
should bo almost entirely remedcltd. Ho
snid, however, that Du rauro had no.
finally settled With president Mas
Mahon what coureo would be taken in
tho Injecting Of Chmnbcrs.
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NEHADN AEEAIHS,

TEE Washington correspondent CT
the Virginia chyoHiele writes the follow
ihs pertaining to the affairs OF Nevada
at the Capital:
'proIpincu! gentleman in Virginia
has sen, here q e'riuig OF charges ngainEt
the Reverend EatcBIar, Of the Pyramid
Lake Indian reservation. II these
ch0rgea be true, DItsinan il rs pesky
n little Thief as cScre wore IA surplica or
received n Republican commission.
The gentleman writcs: ~ had lcny
talk with NJ. j. F. Keating, who said
he had acted as clerk 10 the Rev Bate
man. Ito said he had audited B.'s
accounts, and had audited bills for
goods that thu Indians nev:r rcccirsd.
lie said Batemnn once bought u team
ui II man w!.0 lives fifteen milcH from
Wadsworih, nn the Columbus road, FOR
$50, and charged the government $50.
In September or October. 1874, Bate
man ordered painted fifteen signs. The
Central Pacific pnid for them, but Hato-
man charged tho government 81 80 n
piece. The signs We're painted by
Charles Betlermun, of Wadsworlh, for
- "O each. and the company paid him.
AAS bhSith u 'cNhiUtINblt 10
say nothing about it. Andy Russell
paid Batcmnn for the pasturng of cat
Tie on tho reservation, and tho latter
put The money i'll his pocket. No effort
VIII bc made to remove Bntrmnn, as he
will soon be legislntrd out Of office 10y
the passage Of Il bill to transfer tho In
dian Department tn the care of tho
army. That bill will be reported TO the
House in few days and will q through
both branches Of Congress- by large
minority. The change jT dc'rnndcd on
principles OF economy, political morality
and justice, both 10 the Indians ami
tho Government. We shall by its
Inenns get rid of as gracelcss set Of
sramps ns ever held office, save at least
$4,000 ono = ycnr, and tc finding our
idle army Oiticinls something To ,lu ut
tho same time. Outside tho Interior
Department not n voice 80 far hns been
lifted against this most vital reform.
~ n meeting Of Democratic members
from ih" Pacific coast held the ctner
night, IL was resolved to asl; Governor
Bradley and Lioutennut-.-Govc
Adams 70 Withdraw their opposition
to Wcodturn'B bill to remove thr Unit
cd Stn,cs Courts to Virginia City. The
reasons assigned were said Ia ic poll.
ticHl, and to lG. for tho best interest
Of tho Democracy; but can't find ont
exactly what thoy nrc.
WOodburn is going 10 mike ire
inemdous speech in favor Of tho Tom
Scott subsidy. lie says such course
IL forced on him both by lis politics
prl his constituents. Besides, he
wnnta, TO redeem the amnesty vote and
10 ro.csiGhlish himself in tho good
graces Of his hidc.bound pnrly. lilo IA
working on tho speech night and day,
only stopping n few minutes yesterday
to run up 10 the Treasury Department
and get sweet young orphan girl II
5000 plnCu therein. Wccdburn Is ono
OF the best hearted fellows in the world,
and ho never forgets the orphans.
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DEXTER ROCKWELL, u i7.years cid
boy, who has boon in tho county Jail
SOHO threo months, charged with horse.
stealing, last Wednesday evening con-
cludcd That ho would take n walk. 10
told Boino porBons about the Jail. sever
al dnye ago, that he thought ho had
boon In inil long enough, and did not
propose to vail until tho noxt term oi
Court, In May, for his trial. iTails
Pire Ncn:.
5fEPHEs FiTIaERALp has boon nc.
quilted, in the United States Circuit
Court. Of defrauding tho Government
Sy "c!eokei" scales.