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IMAGINATION AND GRANT.
The President of France on the Ex-President
of the United States.
FroW IN" I.hCINAAII tnqUIT'F.

PARIS, July 13.-By an invitation just sent
to me am reminded that on next Friday Mar
shall Mac Mahon will be 60 years old and he
hopes to celebrate the event in his quiet way
He looks up to his age. His face bears the
hard and deep lines Of a southern campaign,
and an active, somewhat nervous nature. His
dark blue gray llibcrnan eyes are quick, youth
fill, passionate, yet sympathetic. His crisp
gray mousachc adds to his firm and expires
sivc mouth When he laughs his whole en-
preston changes, and he seems "a disguised
boy, SO full of hearty youth does he appear to
he possessed of. In height he appears to be
'about five feet ten, though on this occasion his
loose, Longing suit of gray clothes and his
hroad.brim brown felt hat served to deceive
one aS to his exact figure Every motion and
attitude OF the student of St Cyr-tor that
school never lets its early training pass away
from its oldest of scholars Yet the French
military student and soldier is much more free
and easy in his gait and bearing than tyro
" Volunteer in England After "a few prelm-
mary word, we sat down beneath the cool
shade of the grand old trees. Some letters
were brought To him bearing the SuperScrip-
ton of Duke of Magenta | never felt the force
of this title for Marshal Mac Mahon in the face
of the proud title OF Marshal of France. The
one sounds chcminatc, while the other carries
the Clang and glory at arms. His wife, one OF
the ab!cst diplomatcS Of France to-day, calls
him Marshal and, Dc sure of il, the woman
who loves and cstccms her husband always
calls him by that appcllation which signifies
the most manly traits Of his character. Your
lnimby-pamby pct-name men andwomcn are al
ways weak creatures, however good.
$50 You left England at the same time tina;
/ Gen. Grant did:' said the Marshal.
We'll, please God, hope 10 meet Gen.
Grant. ! have been a very interested observer
of him a. a soldier and a. President of your
great coUn,ry-and, indeed, what Il great Coun
Iuy IL i, am always amazed at its extent
it, diversity, and its unity; for, say what one
will, America cannot hut bc a unit. he the sec
tiunal sentiments ever 50 strong; and France
-Europc-should hc most solicitious in main
tanning this unity, this peaceful great nation"
The Marshal spoke with some degree OF
emotion, yet with that quiet. genial imprcs
lsiveneSS 50 peculiar Ia the French gentleman
and courtcr, and which j. more impressive in
the elasticity of their language. Resumng hi,
conversation, he said: All the generous En-
glish have given Gen. Grant grand welcome
They are supreme ~ hospitable receivers Of
their guests, il makes one hungry tO read nj
their banqueis and bounlies. And what a CRATE
ful tribute too, | am sure Gen. Grant ant
America esteem this IS another link in the
ichain Of smiiy. II i such greetings that SPEAK
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4 Conyict's Pet.

4 convict in the Pcniteatiary has raj
which he has tanned and domc,tica'ed until II
will come To him when he whistles, and toll
lows its master around like a dog. The III
tie animal sleeps 10y the prisoners side at
night. and will never be away from INN long
or than he can help. When the man goes u
his work in the morning. it matters not what
norton of the prisOn-lot il may he, this faith
iuI little pet will certainly follow and remain
near him. The animal knows all the prison
ers. and does not exhibit the slightest fear when
any of them approach him, but he viii DART
away into his corner into his masters cell a
the sight of any one who is clothed differently
from the inmates Of the prison.-Rioh1'ond
Udl Wing.
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4 sea monster was seen by the officers Of II.
NJ. 5. osborne" on June ID, off the coast OF
Sicily, which i Skctchcd by Lieutenant
Haynes and figured in the London GInph{c
The first sketch is merely Of IA long row OF
fins just appearing above the water, OF irrcgu-
lar height, and extending, says Lieutenant Os
borne. from thirty to forty feet in length. The
other sketch j. Of the creature as seen end
on" and shows only the head, which was "bul
letshapcd and quite six feet thick" and a
couple of flapperS, one on each side. The
creature was says Lieutenant Osborne, at least
fifteen or twenty feet wide across the back, and
from the top of the head to the part of the
back where il became immersed | should con
slider about fifty feet, and that seemed about 4
third of its whole length Thus it is certain
" from eight to fifteen times as long as any
tapc.fiSh hitherto known TO the biologists, and
is. at least as remarkable creature AS most OF
the old wondcr-makcrs ever alleged.
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THE AFTERMATH.

Pallid and pinched were the women who stood,
With babes in their arms, by the rioters side:
Never fnching an inch at the sight of the blood
As it wellcd on the street in Il crimson tide.
Stern visagcd and grim were the men who saw
Meath the whirring bullets their comrades fall
Till their souls grew black with their hate of law,
And terrible purpose came DER them all.
Give us bread to eat, or the money to buy
And thousand, heard it with batcd breath;
hGiv6 lis wages to live was tfcir pitcOuS cry,
For the wages you give are the wages OF
DEATH
As we'll had they prayed to the wandering air
70 the waving woods, or the silent stars;
There was cleaning steel for their fierce despair
Or the long slow torture OF prison bars.
0 paIc.faccd women and dark brOwcd men,
The burden that presses the high and the low
Is born Of the fraud and the wrong that hath been,
And these are the fruits-thc want and the Voc.
y y SIM.
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of peace; and | would rather have one peace
proclamation than twenty declarations OF war
That is the disposition, also, of Gen. Grant,
replied,
Yes" remarked the Marshal, soldiers are
not always ~ anxious for war rs some people
think"
Were you an officer with Gen. Grant,
mo, Marshal, | was not
He had some excellent officers. There was
one Gen MacPhcrson-I presume lac was OF
Scotch or Irish origin-hc was Il good soldier,
was he not:'
g. He was 50 reputcd, Marshal
Then Gen. Sherman is Il very good soldier
also He is Il serious man, and | think he
loves hi, profession said the Marshal.
Yes, think So replied.
IL was pcrusing the reports OF his great
March to the Sea, as it is called 1t was IA
great journey But had he had TO battle with
Gen. Johnston the entire time, | imagine he
would have found Il more able commander
than the younger officer who was SO suddenly
placed rs his successor. Gen. Johnston re-
gard as very superior officer. Is he still IN
American
Yes, Marshal; | think he is in Virginia"
Docs Gen Grant retain good health -
oh. yes; he looks very healthy and hearty
man with Il long lease of life before him.
What excellent troops he had in your West
crn States, after the first two years Of your sad
war They grew into veterans quickly. But
in your country you are all soldiers. You are
familiar with firearms from youth. Organlza-
ton and discipline soon follow with expert
enccd officers, because your men, as rule, are
intelligent, and, like the French, love Of coun-
try inspires you very much When think Of
it, the vast number of troops brought into ac-
ton under the command Of Gen. Grant as the
Chief OF the Army is very amazing, and par
ticularly 50 when they became such excellent
troops in such u little while. | view Gen
Grant with much esteem. Look at the vast
territory he commanded and forces he engaged!
To us those rivers, plains and mountains, and
those ntcrmnable swamps where he moved
his men and material over and through, are
inconcevabe thought Algicrs very try
ing place in 1880 but when | read OF your
Western country campaigns my experience be
came very tame
The superior control eyinced by Gen.
Grant" said the Marshal, in moving large
MASSES of men, and his opjaj"t,rte in adhcring
to his plan Of campaign, mark him as the
greatest of living generals am at loss to
find an exact equivalent in English for the
French word opiniatyete, conveying as it does
the idea oil reasonable obstnacy Seeing some
visitors approaching babe the Marshal good
day, and left him and my friend.
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Capt. Amencus SymmeS, the advocate OF
the theory that Il navigabe cavity extends
through the earth from pole to pole, has con
tributed $500 toward the Howgatc Arctic eX-
petition Svmmcs says that all the results OF
the previous expeditions justify his belief and
he is confident that Howgatc will be able to
enter the cavity. In letter to the Louisville
Courier-Journuhe says :"Didnot Captain Wad
dell 90 upon a south exploring expedition Il
few years ago, and found an open polar sea, as
in the north. and when entering it found his
compass had reversed its position, and was
pointing north when he was going southwark,
and became alarmed and turned back. when
il he had followed on. as his compass directed,
he would have comc out at the north pole,
and would have proved the theory true which
SAYS the earth is hollow, and, no doubt, habit
able within"
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sKEETERs.

Hark. hear the wavcrihg hum
Lo, the Jersey legions come!
Where the glowworm trims his lamp,
Rising from the marshes damp.
Swift of wing and quaint of form,
Come they like an autumn storm.
Quick. the window close and bar;
None too quick for here they are.
Shade the lamp and spread the net
Fumigants in order set
Fill with smoke the sitting room,
To ward away the iiends of doom,
Two long months of siege we meet
Ere the foe will sound retreats
Ere Octobcr's welcome frost
Routs the lean and hungry host,
Naught is made in vain, they say;
Mosquitoes, too, must have their day
So must famine, plague and war;
But what are these mosquitoes iorf
Serve they any end OF good,
When they revel in our blood?
Oh, philosopher, your reason
For these tormcnts Of the season.
", y. .N1H
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NICHOLSON H. II. SNOW.
DICHOI son Il SNOW, Attorneys and Coun.
II scOrs at Law. Will practice in the courts of La Sale
and adjoining counties Occ, west of Court House. Otta
wa III. noyli
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Down the Andes by Hand.Car.

A writer says: At Anchi, $4,000 feet
above the Pacific, the hand-car is loaded
with it's freight of six adventurous sight
seers, closely braced together. 1t is of
the ordinary construction and appearance,
and does not offer any temptations to q
pleasure excursion down the precipitous
and tortuous gorge of the Rimac, except
that it affords an unobstructed view of
the shifting grandeur and terrors of the
route. AS we descend in our rough
vehicle, at the rate of sixty miles an hour;
flying across aerial viaducts, or dashing
through sepulchral tunnels; Threatened,
now, to be crushed between converging
mountain-walls, appropriated from pen
dulous terraces, the foaming Rimac emu
lating the maddening speed; now glanc-
ing back to take last look at the glisten-
ing pinnacles of the receding Andes; or,
straining eagerly forward, to catch the
first glimpse of the royal city of the plain
snd the shining ocean. The magnifcence
of the scenery and the magnitude of Mr..
Meiggs' achievement break upon us with
fresh force, and not for any peril of the
way would we forego the exhilaration
and novelty of the trip. Far otherwise
was it with ore of the party, stately
commodore. he, who could face un-
finchingly whole broadside of murder
GUS missiles, sprang from the car after
ten miles over the widest part of the
route, declaring that nothing would
tempt him to repeat such fool-hardy
experiment. For the rest of us, the ex-
citement and exhilaration of this mode
of travel became so attractive that we
often went to Anchi for the sole purpose
of making the down trip.
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Arctic Birds.

The closest attendant upon the whal-
ing vessels is the fulmar or mallemoke,
petrol nearly as large as a gull, and
properly denominated "the bird OF the
storm, !" for it seems to fit about on the
crested waves of storm as easily as
duck upon pond. It follows the whal-
er for such portions Of blubber as it may
get hold OF, and this impregnates its
body with oil to such an extent that it
even uses'it as weapon of defense; and
when captured, squirts it out in jet OF
pure oily liquid over the person who at
tempts to handle it. When shot, too,
if it falls into the sea, partial calm
arises from the oil which pours
from it's mouth. The capture of whale
always attracts vast multitude OF full
mars, who afford an endless fund of
amusement by their greedy fights over
the largest piece of blubber. The
right to these is disputed with them by
the gull, the kittiwake, and the snow
bird, in which the glaucous gull is at
once the most powerful and rapacious,
on account of which qualities it OBJ
tanned the name of the burgomaster
from the Dutch, that being the name
of their chief magistrate, whose all
thority no one dares to dispute. He
does not take the trouble to- search for
food for himself, but hovers III the air
until he sees some smaller bird in pos
session of some choice morsel which ap-
pears unusually inviting to him, when
lie at once descends and asserts his
right to the prize.
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A Mistaken Diagnosis.

The other day, just as the sun had
fairly settled himself in the meridian
heavens and fixed up for a good run
down to the Pacific slope, solitary foot
man wended his way up Mechanic street
toward Center, in Galveston, Texas.
While crossing one of the intersecting
streets the traveller was noticed to stag
ger, but, regaining his equilibrium, he
moved onward, all unconscious of the
interest that was centering itself in his
welfare. He had hardly progressed the
distance of half block when he reeled,
staggered and fell to the pavement. A
large and deeply interested concourse of
anxious spectators soon gathered abont
the PROSTATE form of the unfortunate
mau, and with one accord the multitude
proclaimed his malady to be clear case
of sunstroke.
A solid wall of mortality was formed
around the spot where the victim of the
suns fierce rays had fallen. Not a
breath of air could penetrate the ram
parts thus constructed, and not zephyr
that aoated over the head of that highly
edited assembly deigned to cast pity
ing glance upon the palid face of the
sufferer. By-and-bye others came to
ascertain the cause OF the unexpected
gathering, and among them an old man
with a huge proboscis and powerfully
developed olfactory organs. He asked
what was the matter with the afflicted
man. and was told that he was suffering
from sunstroke. He raised his nasal
tube to the proper elevation and scented
the air and then said: Gentlemen, you
are mistaken in your diagnosis. This
thing touching his nose) has never de-
ceived me, and I make bold to assert
that John Barleycorn is at the bottom of
this trouble. Whether it is fresh case
or the continuation of an old spree, am
upable to say; but that he is drunk I
will wager one of the prettiest sloops
that ever glided over the waters of
yonder bay against a pint of picked
peppers" An old tar who was present
looked up into the venerable visage of the
speaker and said: "Governor, your head
is level yet" and then they moved the
sick man into the shade.
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Words OF Wisdom.

Too much gravity argues shallow
mind.
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our
spurs.
The beams of Joy are made hotter by
reflection.
There is in jealousy more OF sef-love
than of love.
Joy-a moon by fits reflected in a
swamp or watery bog.
Outward Judgment often fails, inward
justice never.
The only real bitter tears are those
shed in solitude.
The surest remedy against scandal is
to live it down.
Frowns blight young children as frosty
nights blight young plants.
Everything, even piety, is dangerous
in man without Judgment.
He who can conceal his joys is greater
than he who can conceal his griefs.
Love often reillumes his extin-
guished fame at the torch of jealousy.
The world is an excellent Judge in gen
eral, but very bad one in particular.
Gravity is a mysterious carriage of the
body invented to cover the defects of the
mind . ..-
A man is a brute to be jealous of a
good woman-a fool to be jealous of a
worthless one. r :.
Friendship is the medicine for all mis-
fortune; but ingratitude dries up the
fountain of all goodness. Ls...,
Agood man will be doing good where
soever he is. His trade is compound
of charity and justice.
The vices Of the rich and great are
mistaken for errors, and those of the
poor and lowly for crimes.
Through woe we are taught, to reflect,
and we gather the honey of worldly wis
dom not from flowers, but thorns. .
There is nothing that is meritorious
but virtue and friendship, and, indeed,
friendship itself is but part of virtue.
The current coin of life is plain sound
sense. We drive more substantial and
thriving trade with that than aught else.
The moral courage that will face
obloquy in a good cause is o much rarer
gift than the bodily valor that will con-
front death in bad one.
Never seek to be entrusted with your
friends secret; for no matter how faith
fully you may keepit You may be liable
in thousand contingencies to the sus-
picion OF having betrayed it.
We ought never to believe evil of any
one till we are certain of it. We ought
not to say anything that is rude and dis
pleasing even in joke ; and we ought
never to carry jokes too fur.
It is a great misfortune to have fret
full disposition. It takes the fragrance
out of ones life, and leaves only weeds
where a cheerful disposition would
cause flowers to bloom. The habit of
fretting is one that grows rapidly unless
it be sternly repressed; and the best way
to overcome it is to try always to look on
the cheerful side of things.
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Civil War.

On a certain occasion, when there was
prospect, or at least possibility, of
civil war in Great Britain, the Duke of
Wellington addressed the house of peers
rs follows: my lords, I am one of
those who have probably passed longer
period of life engaged in war than most
men, and principally, may say, in civil
war, and I mustsay this: That if I could
avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even
one month of civil war in the country
to which I am attached, J. would sacrifice
my life i'll order to do it. soy that
thereis nothing which destroys property
and prosperity and demoralizes character
to the degree that civil war does. By it
the hand of man is raised against his
neighhor, against his brother and against
lia father-the servant betrays his man
ter, and tho whole scene ends in confu-
sion and devastation
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The Judges Questions.

A laughable story is related OF Dun.
ming, MI English judge. 1t is said OF
him frequently, in the examination OF
witnesses, he often displayed great
coarseness, and drew upon himself the
animadversion of his brethren. On one
occasion, Wishing to establish the identi-
ty of the party through the instrument
tality of an unsophisticated old woman
Occupying the witness stand), the fol-
lowing highly amusing colloquy is said
to have taken place between Dunning
and the old woman:
Dunning-Was he tall man9
Witness Not very tall, your honor
much about the size of your worship's
honor.
Dunuing-Was he good looking?
Witness Quite the contrary-much
like your honor, but with handsomer
lose.
Dunning-Did he squint?
Witness-A little, yo,r worship, but
lot 50 much rs your honor, by great
deal
These replies produced n roar Of laugh.
ter in the court, in which Lord Mans
field (wl,o was sitting Oh the hench) is
aid to have joined.
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System.

Whatever you do havesystem about
it. It is the greatest labor-saving ica-
chine in the world, and the cheapest,
but it is not the easiest governed. 1t
requires reason and management to con-
troll and exercise it. Yet, wherever it
has been introduced, this great labor-sav-
ing machine has been success, demon
strating to the world that it has saved its
operator unnecessary manual labor, a
multitude of perplexities, kept his work.
shop in order, and enabled him to per-
form correctly more by far than in
its absence would have been possible.
1t has many time kept it's possessor
from exasperating entanglements; It has
saved him time and trouble; it has kept
his business rectiied while others have
been confused. System! It has ever
beel victor in war, it is the powerful
scepter that the true statesman and the
political economist sway in government,
and it has been and still is the common
est stepping.stonc to Observation-Disclosures.
Have system in yor,r management, and
you will hutl eventually it will outweigh
tie physical forcrn ct energy withe1s 10,
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A Blind Mans Love.

The Springfield (Mo.) Advcrtiser of a
recent date has the following: Last
Thursday the Rev. J. D. Biggs oficiated
at wedding of romantic interest. For
a long time Mr.. T. J. Hutchinson has
loved Mrs. NJ. E. Hudson, both of this
city, but he is totally blind, and for that
reason felt delicacy in making his love
known. About the origin of this love
nothing can be said. 1t could not be
called "a love at first sight," but her
voice was sweet and gentle, and its mild
echoes penetrated to the blihd mans
heart, weighing him down with all the
desponding sadness of hopeless love: In
friend, who divulged the secret to Mrs.
Hudson, and carried the glad tidings
back to the melancholy lover that his
passion was returned. The joy he felt
can never be told. The minor matters
were soon arranged, and the happy nup:
tials wore celebrated "a mentioned.
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Spectacles In the French Army.

According to the Temps the military
authorities of France have decided upon
issuing an order sanctioning the wear
ing of spectacles by the officers and men
of the French army. In Germany spec
tacles have long been worn by both Off
GERS and men in the ranks. It is recog-
nized as essential that an officer should
be able to see his men, and that these
latter should be able to clearly distin-
guish the target at which they have to
fire and therefore, unless spectacles or
eyeglasses are permitted, every short
sighted man must be excluded from the
army. Consequently by allowing man
to assist his defective vision by artificial
means large number of men who are
at present necessarily rejected will be-
come available for service in the ranks.