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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-18
The Smithsonian Institution.

II y now thirty years fluGr Professor
Joseph Henry assumed The direction Of
the Smithsonian bcqucSt and organized
tho institution for the diffusion of
Knowledge which has cNcrtcd sllch n
beneficial influence IN fostering and
disseminating scientific information in
the United States. The original fund of
81 ,319 has been increased Ia S7l1,O0O
and building costing $5OOaO0 has been
erected. There Is y library Of 10000
volumes, chiefly the scrinl scientific
publications Of learned societies, which
are q great value, as they cannot bc
purchased, and are only procurable by
exchange among affiliated societies.
The most important feature Of the in
stitution il the great system Of inter
national exchanges which las been
founded by Professor Horny. The aim
il to keep knowledge moving, and, if
amy one has made original observations
Of 4 purely scientific nature, he can
look to the Smithsonian Institution as
tire willing agent to further their eirctl-
ltion in printed form The institution
has had published twcnty-onc quarto
and forty-two octave volumes of transae-
tidns and reports, aud has accumulated
i rare collection Illustrating the cthno-
lOgy and natural history Of tie world
Great praise Is due to the venerable
Professor Henry and 10 lis efficient
assistant Professor Baird, FOR the I'd
mifablo manner IN which the Snithson
Aas been administered.
GEsIRsL GorRKo'. brave Rnssinus,
vino haye been crossing thc mountain
lms-c III the MON AID lie, must ~ this
time Hn III Il frame If mind not Unlike
tha al tic southern soldier told OF ia
Il current anecdotc f VA oil weary
winter marcH tAa the officer Who n.
atfs tho story SAN 4 solitary 7,raggler
coming ,lawb up The road. IIeseened
almost exhausted hi4 clothes uerc tat,
tered his -hoes gone, his feet cut and
bleeding It'll through all Ills wretched-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-18

ctfeat thinEcf- arc n0l aId % bc
great NHI.tIers Nhcn man can't
t!lt!; austhing hc Dcgin- to whistle
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Horace Gree.cy's Scholarship.

The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald says that
the following letter from Horace Gree
ley would have been printed long ago,
but that it was lost and has only been
unearthed within @ few days, among
some old letters Of the Zetogathean Lit
erary Society of the Wesleyan University
at Delaware, Ohio:
"New York, June 23.1S49.
t'DEAR SIR: NV attainments any
where near the boundary Of scholarsh p are
50 very meagre that dislike to receive
such compliment as your society has
paid me. never spenta day in any sort
of seminary above q common school,
(Which was exceedingly common in my
time). Since was eight years old l
have only seen the inside of skhool-
and our terms did not avearge five
months per annum in those days.
know a little newspaper Latin and
French, and might have mastered a little
Greek the same way if the barbarians
HAD known enough to use an Ineligible
alphabet. OF mathematics I learned
what is contained in Adams Arithmetic;
of grammar, just enough to see clearly
that Lindley hurry knew very little and
blundcred shockingly. AS to chirogra-
ply, mine speaks for itself, not very
clearly as to matter, but quite distinct
enough as to manner. However, l know
little of what may be 6shed upon toll
erably busy and rugged journey through
the world, having always loved books
better than play, and deyoured newspa-
pers with insane avidity. Thanking youl
society for the honor intended me, and
meaning to justify it by faithful obedi-
ence to the maxim, Live and learn
Il remain yours truly,
HORACE GREELEY.
Games H Baker," Corresponding Secretary
Zetogathean Society,""
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24
Time for Economy.

A man from the lower walks of life
entered drug store, yesterday, and in
quired the price Of an ounce Of arsenic.
Being informed, he drew paper from
his pocket, consulted some figures, and
said:
s'That's too cents more than they asked
me in Chicago
"Well, those are my lowest figures re-
piled the druggist.
The man took out stub of apencil,
figured for three OF four minutes, and
sagely observed
''It's time to practice economy, and I
might as well begin here. Two cents on
an ounce is 80 cents on a pound, which
Is $32 on a hundred weight, or S., 400 on
ton Great heavens! but do you think I
would recklessly throw away six thous-
and four hundred dollars."
The druggist could make no reply, and
the man looked terribly indignant as he
went out.
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MGcready's Second.

Macready once met an actor of the
name of Pauncetort, who spoke warmly
Of favors received from the tragedian
The rest of the company complained of
Macready's insolent and grumbIing pro-
pensitles, as they had appeared when
they had met him
''He never uttered an unkind word to
me-" said Pauncefort. 81 played the
round Of all the second parts to him
Iago. Uric, Macduff, &c.-and not a
syllable Of fanlt-fnding ever passed his
lips. He had frst-class opinion of me,
know
This was, of course, highly satisfactory
to all parties, and more especially to the
stage manager, on whom devOlved the
task OF casting the pieces in a way
that would be not only conductive to
their being we'll received by the audience
but agreeable TO the London star. The
morning arrived. Macready stalked on
to the stage. The prompter placed q
chair for him at the prompt table, and
Macready entered at once into converse
ton with the stage manager.
How are the pieces CASTE asked
Macready.
The stage-managcr began to turn over
his papers, and hurriedly placed one or
two thin, narrow slips beneath the eye of
the great man.
"These are some Of the casts he said.
"No," broke in Macready, ilnpatiently
pushing them from him; I'm not particu-
lar as to who plays the minor characters.
but should like to know who is my Iago,
| UEic, Macduff, &C..
| The stage managers face brighten I'd.
There, think, we can Ilease you.
We have gentleman you have played
with before"
80, indeed Where did l meet him."
At Bristol
| At Bristol. When2"
Two years ago.
| Bring my book Of engagements" said
Macready to his agent.
The volume was produced.
!" Bristol, two years ago." unused Ma
crcady. as he turned the pages. Why"
he said stsrting suddenly up as his eye
fixed upon the entry, it was the worst
company I ever reformed with. Paunce-
fort-Pauncefort! Is he my second.n
reared the tragedian
Certainly" replied the manager.
60, Heaven help mel" answered Ma
cready, striding up and down the stage
"Why," said the other, following him,
he said he was fayorite Of yours"
"A favorite!'
eyes, he said that while you found
fault with every body els you did not
once find fault with him."
with him-no! With the others there
was some hope, but with him there was
noneD'
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He Vent West.

A good story is told of conservative
insurance president, in this city. His
son, an active and well-educated youth,
finding mercantile life here rather dis
tasteful, and the chances for young men
not numerous, took Horace Greely's adj
vice, went West, and entered upon sheep
raising. The president was much disap-
pointed at the course of his ambitious
offspring, but mutual friends brought
back such good accounts of the business,
and Of the young mans success, that the
worthy president finally informed Bos-
ton merchant that he had got tired of
hearing the stories, and proposed to send
his secretary out to look into the subject,
saman Of years and experience, sir,
whose head is not likely to be turned"
The merchant being interested in the
matter, after sufficient lapse Of time
asked his friend what was the result of
the secretary's mission.
SWELL, to tell you the truth, Mr.. G :"
said the president, frankly, 81 suppose
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ADRIFT.

Drift, let it drift; the cords are snapped that
curbed 1t;
The rigid anchor holds that bark no more;
Th' impatient sails whose huttering so dis
turbed it
No longer flap beside the sombre shore.
Out Of the heaven, 'thwart the roadstead
cleaning,
Beyond the far bright ofIing hath it passed;
Still Of some golden goal a-drcaminQ,
Der the wide deep That light bark drifts at
last
Let it drift on nor blast nor billow checking,
For whirlpool to engulf, no rock to break
The sea mirror smooth for its bedecking,
The sky blue pavilion for its sake.
On let 1t drift, the laughing nermilds Wcay-
ins
Fantastic rings its devious course around;
And the gay sirens hooking it believing
With sweet belusvc ecstasies of sound
Yet bright skies change; Hopes reiuent
teds run widely,
And Fortune wrecks great wonders with
her wand.
So on come Wintry while ! am idly
Counting the dusk waves on the sombre
strand,
HAPPY before me from the offing shaded
A helmless bark shall drift in shattered
state,
Its golden name, The Mary" blurred and
faded,
Tangle and bitter brine its only freight.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24
Il Skeleton in Ereru House.

The origin of the above is briefly this:
A young student of Naples believing
himself dying, and fearing the news OF
his death would break the heart of his
widowed mother who passionatly loved
him-after much reflection, adopted the
following device: He wrote to his
mother, telling her he was i'll and that a
soothsayer had fortold he could not re-
cover, until he wore shirt made by a
woman who had no trouble-in fact, who
was peeectly happy and contented. The
widow, in her simplicity, thought that at
tanning such a garment was an easy task
but, after making inquiries from her
friends, found that each had secret care
At last she heard, from several sources, of
alady surrounded by every comfort, and
possessing husband who seemed to
think of nothing but making her happy.
The old lady fastened to her, and made
known her wish; the lady made no reply,
but took her visitor into an adjoining
closet, where she was horror-struck at
beholding skeleton suspended from a
beam. For twenty years have I been
married." said the lady. / was forced
to marry my husband while loving an
other; shortly after our wedding my for
mer lover came one evening to bid me
farewell forever: my husband surprised us
while together, and instantly stabbed him
whom he unjustly suspected to the heart
he then caused his skeleton to be preser-
we'd, and every day he makes me visit it,
The widow concluded that no one was
without trouble, and, as her son had de-
sired she became reconciled to the idee
of his loss. Every one has his troubles
there is skeleton in every house.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24
Useful and Useless Husbands.

The average husband is conceded by
all intelligent wives to be utterly useless
when at home. He may be acute and
skillful at his business, and he may be
an afectionate husband and father, but
when there is anything to be done in the
house in the way Of repai ing furniture
or improvising cheap substitutes for bed
steads or mop-handles, he is Of less value
than his own little boy, who often helps
his mother. While this is undoubtedly
true of most men, there is occasionally
found one whose chief delight consists in
constantly practicing as an amateur cab
inet-maker, plumber or carpenter. He
often prowls about the house seeking ar
ticles upon which he can use little glue
OF varnish, and devlsing plans for filling
up the corner of the dining room with a
few triangular shelves, and for putting a
wooden mantelpiece in the hall bed room.
The sound Of his saw and hammer is Of
ten heard, and he goes to bed at late
hours, with more paint adhering to his
fingers than his wife regards as strictly
necessary.
It is curious illustration Of the perver-
sity Of the female sex thata husband with
this fondness for doing little useful things
is held among wives to be even more un-
desirable than the kind Of husband who
is perfectly useless. He is charged not
only with a fendish fondness for late
hammering, but is constantly upbraided
because he makes so many chips" In
vain does he explain that planning board
necessarily results in chips and that saw.
dust is the inevitable consequence of us
ing a saw. BE is told that he ought to
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-24

Indian divers the tender was dispatched
to the rect where the wreck was said to
be. The tender was anchored in good
holding ground at a safe distance from
the reef, and the men then rowed slowly
in boat around it, carefully examining
the depths below for signs or the wrecked
galleon. The waters in the West Indies
are very clear, and during calm objects
can be seen at d considerable depth. The
rocks were of regular form, rising nearly
to the surface, but with sides so steep
that any vessel striking them would be
| liable to go down many fathoms below
reach OF the most expert diver The only
hope was that the wreck might have
| lodged on some projecting ledge But
| the closest observation, long continued.
failed to reveal any sign of the object so
eagerly sought, although the water was
perfectly calm.
At length, surious seap!ant cropping
out OF crevice in the sides of the reef
caught the eye of one Of the crew, and he
sent down an Indian to bring it up. When
the diver returned to the surface he re-
ported that be had seen a mum. Der of brass
cannons lying tangled among the sea-weed
on ledge. That was enough. Inspired
with the gr attest enthusiasm, diver after
diver plunged below to be the first to dis
cover the treasure, and ere long one of
them brought up an ingot of silver worth
several hundred pounds. Transported
with success, they left buoy to mark the
spo', and made all sail to carry the glad
tldlngs TO Phips. He would not credit the
tale until lie had seen The ingot, when
he exclaimed, Thanks be to God we are
all made
Every man vas at once enlisted in the
service OF fishing Cor the treasure. The
| bullion was discovered first; after that,
in the bottom of the hold, the ea-mners
found the coin in bags, which had been
oiong under water that they were en-
crusted with u stony SHE'LL hard as rock.
This was broken with crowbars, revealing
gold, jewels and 'pieces of eight" in
glitterng abundance. The last days work
brought to light twenty massive silver
ingots, and the wole amount recovered
was somewhat over three hundred thous
and pounds, sum equal in the value of
our time to five millions of dolars.-.S.
g. ". Benjamin, ST. NjchOlusj 81 February.
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Il Rip Yam Winkle FuSIatre.

The other night, Tom Grim, a Detroit
newsbay, got to thinking how nice it
must have been for Rip Van Wrinkle to
sleep the|way he did ,and. how much money
had been made by the play, and he de-
termined to go home and go to bed and
sleep for straight hundred years. He
gave away his jackknife, threw his tobac-
co-box in the alley, and requested not to
let the papers speak i'll of him in case he
turned up mysteriously missing"
When Thomas got ready for bed he
kissed his mother, smiled at his father,
and Rugged the baby with unsual vigor.
He dropped off to sleep, Wandering how
much of Canada Detroit would cover
when he awoke, and that was last he knew
till seven o'clock, A. M. AS he did
not arise at his usual hour, his father
called:
"Tom! Thomas Grim!''
No answer, and after few minutes
the old gent put his head into the stair
way, and called:
"Tom-us Grim! you'd better-O, you'd
better be getting down here!"
But Tomas slept on. Not the blast of
drum nor a bugle's beat awoke him. He
was pegging away at his hundred years
job when Sleepy Hollow was suddenly
invaded by man with single. Al
the post-otiice yesterday Thoms explain.
ed:
Eyes, know I walk lame, look as il
death had sturck me, can't have fun will
ye, but I tell ye, boys, the hardest thing
of ali is the knowledge that my old dac
prefers ten-cent soup-bone to fifty cents
worth of rising young genius"
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Ho,o a no,,.a,. Buys Neat.

There is so much of 6 human nature" IN
the following, that we doubt not many OF
our fair readers will gently smile, II mol
6 laugh right OUT as they read It:
When woman enters butcher shoptc
select piece of meat for dinner, she has
her mind made up to take mutton roast
Therefore, when the butcher rubs his
hands, and asks what she will have
she promptly replies:
6 I'll take some of that NUT
She stops there. Her eye has caught
sight of ham, and she suddenly decides to
take ham.
6 Best ham ever saw, madam; how
much?"
"Well, you may give me three p
Well, don't know, either. My husband
was saying he'd like some sausage"
6 Plenty, madam, Now, then how
much will you have?"
@It's pork sausage, is 1T"
Yes maam."
"Well, I suppose a pound would be
enough for our small family but y
'shall 1 weigh pound, madam
II was wondering if a veal pot-pie
wouldn't suit him better" she answered,
"You have veal, suppose"
30, yes, madam; here's a splendid bit
of zeal, as good a piece as ever saw"
Eyes that does look like veal, she says
lifting it up.
''And you'll take it?''
''Let's see, she muses., "Y-no, guess
not I'd better take pork chops
ssNice chops-how much?'' he asks.
'One Of those slices will weigh pound,
II suppose"
about a pound, madam
sAnd it was a young hog2"
"Quite youngish, madam
s'And you cut the rind OFF,
''Yes, madam
"Weil," she says, heaving deep sigh
I guess you may give me some beefsteak
some that's nice, and be sure and cut
all the bone out!'
And she's only been half an hour com
ing to the point.
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THE IsHAMAELrrx.


III saw him walking with his head bowed
down.
The starless winter sky was leaden gray.
Like sulen bullets fell and rolled away
Along the ground sharp drops of Ice. His
frown
Was darker than the day. The ground seemed
With danger where he trod.''
THE path then lay
Across some wilderness you journeycd"
"Nay!
Twas on the crowded pavement of your town
But yesterday; the Ishmaelite jostled me
In passing. confess drew more free
My breath ut Of his sight. But haunts inc
yet,
And will, that if my hand had but laid
pom his arm, and Brother gently said,
His hand to mine like brothers had been set
Forever, and all enmity and strife
had ceased that instant in his outcast life"
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this is rather sheepish matter, for ]
have got letter from my secretary, and
he says he shall not return, as he is go
ing into the business himself
THE PALMER's VISION.
RyI. HOLLAND.

BY G. HOLLAND.
Noon DER Judeai All the air was beating
With the hot pulses of the days great heart;
The birds were silent; and the rill, retreating
Shrank in its covert, and complained apart,
don,
Dropped Dy the wayside weary and distressed,
His sinking heart grown faithless of its guer.
don
The city Of his reeompense and rest.
No vision yet OF Galilee and Tabor!
No glimse of distant Zion thronged and
crowned
Behind him stretched his long and useless
abor,
Before him lay the parched and stony ground.
He leaned against shrine of Mary, casting
Its balm of shadow on h s aching head.
And worn with toll, and faint with cruel fast
ing,
he signed: so God! 0 God, that were dead!
1.-THE friends love are lost or left behind me:
In pe,ury and lonliness roam.
These endless paths Of pennace choke and
blind me;
Then with the form Of Mary bending DER him
Her hands in changeless benediction stayed,
The palmer slept, while swift dream upbore
him
To the fair paradise for which he prayed
He stood alone, wrapped in divinest wonder;
He saw the pearly gates and jasper walls
Informed with light, and heard the far off
thunder
OF chariot wheels and mighty waterfalls!
From far and near, in ehythmic spits lions,
Rose on the air the noise of shouts and psalms
And through the gates he saw the ransomed
nations,
Marching and waving their triumphant palms.
And white within the thronging Empyrean,
A golden palm branch in his kingly hand,
He saw his Lord, the gracious Galilean,
Amid the worship OF his myriads stand!
20 jesus Lord of glory! Bid me enter!
worship thee! kiss thy holy rood!''
The pilgrim cried, when from the burning Gen.
A broad winged angel sought him where he
stood.
"Wh ~. art thou heres" in accents deep and ten
Outspoke the messenger. "Dost thou not
That none may win the city's rest and splen-
dor,
Who do not cut their palms in Jericho?
OO DdCh 10 edTtu, CuOu pdluutT, tll pIy-u duueQ!
Go back to hunger and the toilsome way!"
Complete the task that duty hath commanded
And win the palm thou hast not brought to-
day."
And then, the sleeper woke, and gazed around
him;
Then springing to his feet with life renewed,
Hc spurned the faithless weakness that had
bound him,
And, faring on, his pilgrimage pursued.
The way was hard he grew halt and weary,
But one long day, among the evening hours,
He saw beyond landscape gray and dreary
The sunset flame on Salem's sacred towers!
o, fainting soul that readest well this story,
Longing through pain for deaths benignant
balm,
Think not to win heaven Of rest and glory
If thou shalt reach its gates without the palm!
Scribner for February.
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be ashamed Of himself, and that no decent

be ashamed Of himself, and that no decent
man would think of making chips all over
the floor. These things, however, never
dlshearten husband of an active dispo-
sition, who cannot possibly find any en-
Joyment in sitting at home and doing
nothing at all; to him the little domestic
Jobs are all a relaxation, especially when
the nature of his daily routine business is
of another kind and we earnestly implore
wives who happen to have such husbands
to be indulgent toward them, as they are
really of more value to them and their
children than those who, when at home,
do nothing but Gil their rooms with
tobacco smoke Chambers Journal
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LILLIAN.
BY r. Fl. sroDDARp

All men admire you-even /,
Who like you not, pronounce you fair;
Time was had not passed you by
You might have caught me with your hair,
That still is beauteOus to behold;
If should liken it to gold,
Ishould disparage it, and you;
Which, certes, could never do.
Go, Lillian, go, but ere you leave
! must an ancient story tell:
Before our father Adam fell
Before he saw our mother Eve
He had a wife, whom God the Lord
Made for his mate when he made him;
Tall as he was, and strong oflimb-
OF splendid beauty, stern and cold,9
Glorious with golden hair that rolled1
Down to her feet. She was so bold
She stung hiEl into savage ire;
Her sharp tongue cut him like sword
WayWard as wind. Ind fierce as ire!
This woman-Lilian born his wife,
The torment was ofsAdam's life.
He left her as you may conceive,
And God created mother Eve.
You think the serp ent tempted her,
And she our father-but you err;
It was Lilith in the serpent-she
1t was who tempted with her lies
CAS- one who might have tempted me-,
And lost them paradise!
Nor was her vengeance sated then;
For devil as she was at birth,
She has gone up and down the earth
Tempting till now the sons of men,
She captives with unholy arts;
Who loves h.r dies We know her dead
There is q hair from out her head
Twisted around their hearts
% lady of the golden hair!
Lillian, or Lilith! when die,
When this poor heart has ceased to beat.
They will not find you tangled there;
Nor will they find me at your feet
For, see, pass you by.
The hair around my heart that day.
If golden once, will then be gray!
-4ppleton's. to, December.
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Daniel Mcfarland, who was tried and
acquitted in this city eight years ago on
3 charge Of numbering Albert D. Richard
son, is or was recently an employer in a
wagon factory at South bend. Ind. He
is said to be hard drinker and of vaga-
bondish propensities.
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Philosophers say that closing the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more acu te
A wag suggests that this accounts for the
many eyes that close in our churches on
Sundays. a
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At a recent farmers meeting in Massa-
chusetts speaker gave receipt for max
ing farming pay, as follows: "Hsve but
one business, and get up in the morning
and see to it yourself"