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relatives to tarTy to the reading of he
viii. That had been her request.
To her dear nephew, John Hunt, she
gave the sum of thirty thousand dollars
to her dear niece, Ruth Gerrish, She
gave her Bible, with all the papers
therein contained. That was the sun
and substance of the document.
Ruth took her legacy, which was found
in Aunt Martha's room, securely tied up
ia thick wrapper, with her name upon
it, as the will stated, and they went
back home.
"I wonder who has the homestead? ?"
said Mrs. Gerrish, that evening. "All
the property willed to John was in bonds
and notes."
Rodney Craig came in, and Ruth
brought out her legacy to show him.
! She removed the wrapper, and they sat
down together to look the well worn
Bible over. A paper futtered to the
floor. Ruth picked it up and read:
| My DEAR NIECE RUTH: / believe that
the woman who is true to the man she loves,
even il he is poor and hasn't but one arm,
is an honor to her sex. II you had been
willing 10 marry John, and give up your
lover, l should have despised you. As it
is, l respect you, and as a token of my re-
spect give you this old Bible and all you
will find in it, and pray that you will be
happy, as you deserve to be.
r @ MARTHA FIELDING.
Then, of course, Ruth had to tell Rod
ney all about it. She had told her
mother before. How his eyes shone
when he knew the sacrifice she had
made for his sake, And be said some
fIiyor about - IN q br-olvar r-n:oa. but
she stopped him.
81 made no sacrifice at ALL" she said.
~ didn't do it for your sake, either; 1
did it for I0ue'S sake"
The Bible slipped from his knee to
the floor, and several documents slip
ped out upon the carpet. He picked
them up to replace them. Ruth took
them from his hand to examine them.
go mother !-Rodney!" she cried ,ex-
citedly, .they're deedsi"
And, sure enough, they were! The
old homestead in the village, and the
farm, mile or two away, were left to
''ny dear Niece, Ruth Gerrish," and
Aunt Martha had had the deeds made
out before her death A slip of paper
wrapped about them said that Mr.. JEFF
freys, her lawyer, could tell Ruth any
thing she wanted to know about the
property. She could take possession at
any time.
"Oh, we're rich" cried Ruth, with
happy eyes. "Dear Aunt Martial Her
heart was kinder than any of us thought.
l hone she knows all about it. If she
does, I'm sure she isn't sorry for what
she's done"
cit never rains but it pours." Next
day came letter to Rodney from the
publisher of the paper in the village
where Aunt Martha's home had been.
He wanted some one to take the posi-
ton of editor, at a liberal salary, con-
amount of work to be done.
MISC Martha Fielding had advised him,
some time ago, to offer the position to
hims Would he come up and talk the
matter over?
Rodney went, and so did Ruth and
her mother. And they are living there
now, much happier, think, than they
would have been if Rodney had taken
the clerkship, which appointment came
when it was no longer needed. And
Aunt Martha is not forgotten, you may
be quite sure-Eben b. ReIford, an The
Domestic MOntblg.
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4 BALLAD or DREAMLAND.


hid my Heart II a nest of roses,
Out OF the suns way, hidden apart; =.
In softer bed than the soft white SHOWS is,
Under the roses / hid my heart.
Why would il sleep -n0tZ Why should il
start, L4A 8 - = Az y [.
When never n leaf Of the rose-tree stirred?
What made sleep .llgtter his wings and
partY
Only The song of a secret bird.
Lie still said. for the winds wing-eloses,
And mild leaves muflle the keen suns dart;
Lie STILL for the wind on the warm sea dozes,
And the. wind is unQuieter Yet tian thou
art
Does a thought in thee stiu as a tlroIIts
wound smart? -. ..AA
Does the fang still fretthce Of hope dcferrcd2
What bids the lids of thy sleep depart?
Only the song of "A secret bird.
The green lands name that charm encloses,
1t never was writ in the travellers chart,
And sweet as the fruit on its tree that grows
Is,
1t never was sold in the MERCHANTS mart.
The swallows of dreams through its aim
And sleeps are the tunes in its tree-tops
No hounds note wakens the wildwood
hart
Only the song of a secret bird.
ENyoI.
In the world of dreams have chosen my
part.
To sleep for season and hear no word
OF true loves truth or of light loves art,
Only the song OF a secret bird.
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A Mighty Mean Trick.

Low skeptical fellows are always ex-
posing spirits. The mediums scarcely
get hold ola good thing, when some
body comes a grab game of some sort
and breaks up the seance. 1t is not
very long since even Daniel Webster
was treated with signal discourtesy. A
base minded, scheming man obtained
entrance to a seance where Daniel Web
sler habitualiy. materialized, walking
from the cabinet across the room, look
ing as he had looked in life, but making
not the slightest sound of footstep.
The base-minded man tossed a number
Of large trunk tacks, which have very
large heads and always fall point up
ward, upon the floor where Daniel Web
ster always walked. The consequence
was that when the expounder of the
Constitution came out of the cabinet
and began to walk across the room he
suddenly paused, and lifting one foot,
applied his hand to the sole thereof.
Upon taking another step he paused
again, and in a low voice remarked
g Ouchl" Shortly after this he lost his
balance and sat down on the floor, and
Immediately became very profane, and
retreated into the cabinet greatly dis
gusted.-Erery Saturday.
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al TOLD her I'd never smoke another
cigar" he said softly, "and | won't.
A pipes plenty good enough for me-"
And he gracefully drew match.
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To THE American boy there is an
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between the butt-end of a fish pole and
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The performance at the theater of
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under the management of Signor
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nouncement. After lapse of more
than 1880 years, the theater of this city
will be reopened with La Figlia del
Reggimento.' l solicit a continuance
6fthe favor bestowed onn1y predecessor,
Marcus Quintus Martiis, and beg to as
sure the public that shall make every
effort TO equal the rare qualities he dis
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are popularity supposed to have little or
no brains,- but Mr.. Drees says that this
is an error, and that they are as well
worth lahoring for IS any other class of
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THE COMMUNICATION.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT MUTUAL BEN
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N. j., MAY Ii, -1S78-JoSEPH FARRELL
Dear Sir: The policy of insurance which
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TO write to you upon subject which 9TH
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most easily broken up by mastication'
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-06-13

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or three cents pound in less quantities.
If he strikes the main vein he will re-
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United States, from Massachusetts to
Tallap0osa. as sa4
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noticing therein somewhat new de-
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he asked permission to publish them.
"But the charges don't apply, you
know" said the fat man.
"Of course not.''
Well, take EN-"
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-23

If we may believe what General Garfield
said in recent interview the republican
leaders still hope and expect to make the
next Presidential campaign on 'the solid
South" He thinks, or says he thinks, that
if ever the democratic party gains posses
sion Of the government it will be controlled
by ''the South !" whereupon ''the South"
will drain the Treasury, and having done
that will assert in some way the rightful-
ness of the principle OF secession for which
they fought" 1t remains only to be added
that General Garfield regards the continue
ton in power of the republican party as
necessary to protect the Treasury from
spoliation and the country from rebellion.
General Garfield has sometimes been
thought to possess craftsmanship but
surely it is not the part of a statesman to
turn his back on the real wants of his coun-
try and look only to the dreary past. The
republican party, of which he is one OF the
leaders, ought to have future before it
but General Garfield talks as though it had
only past before it; aud in fact the kind
of craftsmanship he has developed in this
interview is that which slowly marches q
great party into the minority Ten years ago
the republicans appealed for support pre-
cisely on the grounds Mr.. Garfield now puts
forward they have stood there with the noble
firmness Of mule ever since whenever
the country asked them about policy they
only answered ''the solid South" And in
those ten years they lave on this platform
lost the House, lost the Senate, and secured
the Presidency only by the use of tho army
and the perjury Of creatures like Anderson.
But, never mind, cries General Garfield !;
try it again. He reminds US of the crazy
fellow who bet he could jump across the
Ohio River. He jumped once, twice, three
times, and went souse into the mud every
time But ''only wait, he cried; ''give me
another chance and I'll do it.
General Garfield thinks, or says he
thinks, "the South will fertilize their i'm
poverished country with streams of appro-
priations from the national Treasury" 1t
is a fact that Southern republicans are more
eager and united for subsidies and internal
improvements than Southern democrats.
They would have succeeded in their demands
at the last session if it had not been for the
opposition of Northern democrats. The
republicans increased the appropriations
and notably those in the River and Harbor
bill. Is it craftsmanship SO soon after tho
adjournment to forget oil this?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-23

Kearney, the great California truckman,
is at last on his way East. Hc comes not
upon dingy truck, drawn by sad-eyed
horse VINO can be kept to his duty only by
the constant use OF Scriptural language, but
he journeys ina palace car. This change
can be construed only rs promotion. 70
be sure, the car itself rides on trucks, there
being from two to four under each car, bu.
these are SO disposed that rider is not
swear. This very fact OF there being two
probably four--trucks necessary to the
moving of the great drayman Mt present is
rs much n proof that he has risen in his
profession as tie riding Of two or four
horses around the ring shows the cir
Gus rider to have got to whore no can
afford to despise the day OF small things.
The horse, in Kearney's present case,
being of iron, and consequently as destitute
of tender spots as il he were q capitalist,
and being provided, moreover, with special
driver, the model for American truclSmcn
has nothing to do but sit quiet, read the
HERALD and improve bis mind
AS all of Mr.. Kcarney's efforts are for the
benefit of his class it stands TO reason that
every Eastern truckman should at once be
looking around for palace car, for these
vehicles, like rything else in the world,
have each their peculiar individuality, and
to carclessly fasten 10 palace car embody-
ing qualities which would constantly lead
to incompatibility would be simply to ar
~.
substant ial happiness. How the titles TO
the cars arc to be perfected is yet matter of
doubt, but Kcarney is coming-Kearney
rides in palace car--Kearney will tell the
honest truckmen all about it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-23
Go West, Young Man.

It is recorded that q humble tomb toward
the sunset bears as part Of its memorial
legend these words, ''He was the first man
Likewise he was hanged for stealing a
muel." Perhaps there is intended IN this
vague protest against the often given adj
vice but the history of the case, even as
shown in this scrap Of the legend, indicates
that it was not the advice that was at fault,
but the spirit in which it was misunder-
stood. The process of "gitting West" adj
vised as a remedy for all our Eastern evils,
was urged on the public with indie
fatigable energy for some years There is
no doubt that if this advice were followed
in the spirit in which it was always in
tended it would relieve over populated
regions and be an advantage and not n
detriment to the West. But 1t was never
intended that fifty or a hundred thousand
or half million mechanics out OF employ
ment in the East should go West with their
tools an d distribute themselves In the towns
there, where they would also necessarily be
out OF employment, and must prepare
themselves to be eventually hanged as horse
thieves. II was 6 declaration that mechani-
cal trades were already too full, and the add
vice was that these idle hands should be-
come useful in tilling the soil, and that they
should 90 West to do this because there land
was to be had for the taking. Whoever
thinks there is any money to be spent on
the laboring men cannot spend it in any
other way SO well rs on any plan that may
further effective action on that same old
theme, go Wes.."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-23
Their Last Pleasures.

The distinguished philanthropist, MIR.
Henry Bergh, has drawn the attention of
Mayor Ely to the fact that the Dog Pound is
not sufficiently ventilated and that several
dogs have died Of suffocation there during
the hot weather. No doubt many others
suffer in health from the want of pure air
if they escape death from suffocation. Still,
as they must terminate their lives in the
river within few hours, the unhealthf
ness OF the atmosphere in the Pound may
not be of so much moment. Mr.. Bergh's
eyes are apparently omnipresent, and he
sees and drags to light all manner OF hidden
abuses. To be sure, some cavillers will
contend that. inasmuch us the unfortunate
dogs are all doomed to speedy watery
grave, it is scarcely worth while to make Il
fuss about their health and comfort for the
last few hours of their existence. We must
remember, however, that condemned muir
derer oil the last morning OF his life, before
he marches out to the gallows Is always re-
called by his jailer with q hearty breakfast.
Mr. Bcrgh, believing dog to be rs good as
q murderer desires that lie should enjoy
all the luXuries of life up to the latest mo-
ment, and he would no sdoubt- be we'll
pleased if every unhappy animal, in addi-
ton to enjoying pure air in the Pound,
could be supplied with porter house steak
Just before he is consigned to his fatal bath.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-23
What Does This Mean ,

Secretary Sherman some time ago sent
to the Potter committee long list of wit
nesses whom ho desired the committee to
summon to prove violence and intimidation
in different Louisiana parishes in 1876
Lately he repeated this demand and tho
committee were severely blamed for hesitat-
ing to go into this question. On Saturday,
however, THE subcommittee at New Or
leans gave notice that they would call
MIR. Sherman's witnesses; and now comes a
letter from Mr.. John Ray, a notorious Lou
isiana republican politician, giving notice
to the committee that they need not call
these witnesses. What does this mean {?
1t is necessary, he writes. Tor Mr.. Sherman's
counsel "to adopt line OF investigation
emitting that of intimidation? Why?