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POWER OF THE IMAGINATfON.

| Many years ago, q celebrated French
| physician, auth >r of an excellent work or
the effects of the imagination. wished &c
combine theory with practice, in order &c
confirm the truth Of his expositious. To
| this end, he begged the Minister Of jos
tice in Paris to allow him to try au exper-
iment On a criminal condemned to death
| The Minister consented and delivered over
to him an assassin of distinguished rank
Oar savant sought the culprit and thus
addressed him:
"Sir, several persons who are interested
| in your family, have prevailed upon the
Judge not to require you to mount the
scaffOld, and expose yourself to the gaze
| of the populace. He has, therefore, com
muted your sentence, aud sanctions your
being bled TO death within the precincts q
your prison. Your dissolution will bef
gradual one and free from pain"
The criminal consented and submitkh
to his fate (; he thought that his fanny
would be less disgraced, and consideredfy
favor not to be compelled to walk to 1n,
place of public execution.
He was conducted to the appoirc a.
room, where every preparation was may
beforehand his eyes were bandaged
was strapped to q table and at precoA
certed signal, four of his veins were gently Z
pricked with o point of pin. AT each
corner of the table was q small fountain OF
water, 30 placed as to flow gently into
basins placed to receive 1t. The patient,
believing it was his blood that he heard
l,wipg, gradually became weak, aad the
conversation among the doctors in an un :
dertone, confirmed him in his opinion.
"What fine blood !" said one of them.
"What q pity that this man should have
been condemned to die! He would have
lived long time"
"Hush !" said the other then approach
ing the first he asked in @ tone loud enough
to be heard by the criminal Chow maoy
pounds of blood are there in the human
body ?"
"Twenty -four; you see already about
ten pounds extracted that man ie now in
q bopeless state"
The physicians then receded by degrees,
and continued to lower their voice.. Tue
stiffness which reigned in the apartment,
broken only by the sound of the dripping
fountains, and which were gradually les
sened, SO affected the brain of the poor pa
tient, that although man of very strong
constitution, he tainted and died without
having lost drop of blood.
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THE PRA YERS OF CHILDREN.

From the French of the Author of Golden Sands
How powerful is the prayer of pious
children! How high it scars in heaven /!
'Tis because it is go cOniding, 80 naive, go
urgent.
The pious and learned Gerson, iu the
last days of his life, in those hours when
that diequietude which sooner or later
troubles the heart, filed his soul with cad
ness, always found comfort in this Thought:
The children are praying for me.
He SO lOved children. For their sake
this Grand Chancellor of the University,
this learned anthor of wonderful works,
became q simple teacher, keeping piously
10 his prayer book the names and ages of
his pupils; sharing their plays, their joys,
their sOrrows; seeking them in the streets:
spending whole hours in teaching the tint
| est ones to pronounce the Dame of Jesus
consoling himself by loving them still more
for the contempt which his affection foI
them drew upon him and never asking
for any recompense cave this-thst they
| would say every day this little prayer
"My God have mercy on Thy poor ser
want John GerSon-"
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Several years ago when George w. Wall,
of Perry County, was young practitioner,
he was engaged as opposing counsel to o.
B. Ficklin. In the course of his argument
Sergeant Buzfuz. When Wall closed,
"O!d Flick" arose, took g tragic attitude,
with his towering frame overhangiDg the
jury, drew an old bandanns handkerchief
from his pocket, pumped up the lachry-
NOSE glands, wiped tear from each eye,
and in q sepulchral tone began Gentle
men of the jury, this is the saddest hour of
my life! The floods of memory go rush
ing back to the days of your and my boy
hood. The gentleman (WalD has likened
me to Sergeant Buzfuz; he has dragged
into this court and this case the dead body
of the late lamented Sergeant Buzfuz, and
with ghoul like aud blasphemous hand,
friends and admirers of the late Sergeant
Buzfuz, now scarce healed Gentlemen,
need not remind you who Sergeant Buz-
fuz was, nor recount again the splendors
of his giant intellect. None knew him but
to love him, none named him but to praise.
You all knew Sergeant Buztuz; you knew
him as the most distinguished member of
the Bar of Southern Illinois-its pioneer.
its prince. Gentlemen of the jury, when
was an orphan boy, with no father, no
mother, no brother, not even sister to
lean upon, who was it stretched out a help
ing hand to met 1t was the gifted and
noble, but now dead aud lamented Ser
geant Buzfuz! Gentlemen, I never expect
ed to live to this hour and to bear the
memory of the great and good man thus
reviled, aud reviled, too, by young jack
ass from Perry Connty!" At that moment
if the jury could have had Wall in the
woods they would have lynched him.
Verdict without retiring for Sergeant Boz
fuz, his protege, "Old Fick," and Fick's"
client. - Springfield (IHD Cor. Chicago
Tribune
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PARADoxICAL =" High words only
mean in moss cases slow language"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01

OF all painful things, can there be any
more excruciatingly painful than bone
felonY We know of none that flesh is
heir to. AZ this malady is quite frequent,
and the enbject Of much earnest considera-
tion, we give the latest recipe for it's cure,
which 10 given by that high authority, the
London Lancet: Gas soon as the disease is
felt. ppt directly over the spot fly blister,
about the size of your thumb nail, and let
it remain for elk hours, ct the expiration
of which time, directly under the surface
of the blister, may be seen the felon, which
can he taken out with the point of q needle
or a lancet"
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-" Rose. Rose. bring to me
Everything i wish to see

Then suddenly the air was filed with
soap bubbles aud one bubble larger than
the others opened, aud closed round the
golden rose and floated away with it high
er, higher, higher. till Lila could no
longer see it.
She watched and watched till only two
soap bubbles were to be seen !; and then she
sank on her knees and stretched out her
hands after them.
But it was too late her rose had gone
aud she was a princess no longer. Her
hair was as short as it had ever beens and
her crown had disappeared.
1t was of no use to return to the castle,
as the people would not know her 80 she
went back to her own home, where her
father and mother we're wondering what
had become of her.
AS for the people at the castle, they
| never heard of the princess again ; and all
the beautiful things she had given them
by moonlight and carried them all away.
"Wbat pity I" exclaimed Lilla, opening
her eyes.
"What is a pity Z" asked Lilla's mother,
who had come to look for her.
"Wby, Mother" said Lila, "I have been
asleep and have had such pretty fairy
dream, just as good as a story"
Then she told her mother all about it.
every pretty, indeed" }" said her mother
"Aud you may learn lesson from it."
''What is that z" asked Lila.
''Why, that people who are always wish-
ing for things, and can have almost any
thing they wish for, are not really happier
than others. There is always something
just out Of their reach that makes them
discontented with what they possess"
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Eas hand that rooks Il q baby
Ii the bard that TOct the word
But tho man that ~akos the osoy
Will get his oar-lOcks cnryen, ,x,
The NJ an that owBs BABY
If he's any sense at all,
TVtll himself nrieo and soothe u
when 1t frat begins TO go 9All: r
Tho man who rocks the baby
On very squAlly niRhts,
"a he who's wife's the lady
-Pkiladsiphid Tn'es.
Tho NJ an who wakes the baby
BY blunderiDE IN at nishS
Deserves . equally lecture
On the text Of getting tight n. nF,.
The man who vheels the baby
In its coach around the square,
10 very model husband.
~ ' -BaI To ON and Country.
he 10 nan who drops the baby
.sKerchunk upon the floor,
To surprise his little lady.
Had better hunt the door.
The man vbe takss the baby
To Barnum's moral show,
Thinko it's wicked to visit such places.
Burlington HdUksys.
The man who has no baby
10 the hAppiest man of all,
He IN free from countless troubles.
And never knows . equal.
The squaiiior OF the baby
Makes countless fathers quake,
A nd the hand that spsnks tust baby
IL the hand We want to shake.
-Rodnoke Neles.
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TIE GOLDEN ROSE.
Julia Gsddard in Little Folks. ;

anything she wished for came at once.
1t was @ hot sum mer day, aud she ga
| down on q uOesy bank under an elm tre
thinking over what che would wish for
che had the power of the princeas. AL o
once the garden seemed strange to her, ant
she heard o voice saying:
"n You take o rose from nae,
You win then u prinoess be-"
Sb1hhospitable barn or murders the
iPhily of the absent master sometimes
kn the blouse of the workingman, it incites
riots, wrecks railroads, and from the steps
of the capitol appeals to the laboring
masses to take all law into their own hands.
High and low are infidel, and high and
low are perfectly willing to violate the law
without compunction in pursuance OF
their own whims. We speak of the civil
law, for they recognize no such thing as
the moral law.
Now what relation has Kearneyism to
TO this question. Kearney personally does
Not seem to have any policy except to get
Sntrol of the public Offices. He wants all
t without capital to "poo their r.s1s ,,1s' he's e1
general alliapfri6. On a table waa
silver box which Lila thought would just
do to keep her rose in.
QUO "Oulu tIy hcE IocO COuto w,
80 she thought of a box of toys, and said :
Rose, Rose bring to me
Everything wish to see"
And scarcely had she spoken when a
maid came to say that box had come to
her. And when il was opened Lila saw so
many pretty things that sbe thought she
should like q Christmas tree. Aud again
she said:
- Rose. Rose. bring 70
Everything wish to see
Aud in O few minutes Christmas tree
arrived, hung all over with gold and silver
drops, and colOred tapers and bonbone,
and gifts of all kinda.
such a beautiful Christmas tree, and they
did not mind it being there in summer in
stead of in winter, when Lila divided the
gifts among them.
Day after day Lila asked her rose for
something new, and every day more and
more beautiful things came, till not only
her own room but the whole castle was
full of them. She gave them away to
everyone, for she soon got tired of them.
Every day she was trying to think of
something she had not got, and at'last she
began 90 long for soap bnbbles, which were
the only things che must not have.
But how beautiful thousands and
thousands of soap bubbles would look
floating about in the sunshine with
the rainbow colors upon them. She could
think of nothing eIse, and cared for
nothing else, and grew quite sad be-
cause che could not ask for soap bubbles.
"Such little thing" she said Co herself.
do any harm to ask for the soap bubbles"
Then she held up her rose and said to
herself: "Shall I, or shall l not3 Yes
o-yes-no-yes-soa bubbles!
" Rose Rose, bring to nae
Everything wish to see.
She was in the garden and there were
some clipped holly trees not far off. But
no soap bubbles came. Lila grew impa-
tient sEe shook the rose and said
II Rose, Rose. bring to me
Everything wish to see"
Then suddenly the air was filled with
soap bubbles aud one bubble larger thaA
the others opened, and closed round the
nlH nr,6 nit /, Z inrh-
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ssoIn ess with which PorRon received the
Satauige nee of the destruction by fire of his
GouG labo red ''PhOtius' was remarkable.
ne merely quoted "TO eachl is sufferings
SIX are men )" adding Let Cs speak no
zeeFs q the subject" and next day began
AS work all again.
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"separate thyself from thine enemies,
and take heed Of thy friends. A faithful
friend is q strong defence, and he that hath
found him, hath found a treasure."-
Eccles. Ui. Is. Ia.
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The man who buidS and wants whereWith to pay,
Provides n homo from which TO run away.
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THE BABT.

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MOB In WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July ga mob Of
whites and blacks assaulted several
laborers to-day at work exoavating
ground tor the bureau Of engraving
and printing and forcing them to de-
sist work. The men were working
for IS cents a day, which the mob
would not allow. A strong police
force is required to preserve peace.
One man who insisted on working
was badly cut.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The men
resumed work at the scene of yes
terday's labor troubles under protec-
ton of the police. A crowd gath
cred, but was dispersed by thepolice.
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ASSAULT ON JEWS.

LONDON, July 27.-The Times
Bucharest dispatch says a number of
rowdies deooyed some Jews into a
shop in that city and beat them
shockingly Several victims had their
bones broken. The government has
prom sed to investigate the affair and
punish tho offenders.
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4 Fine LINE Of White Goods.

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Agents make from $1,000 to $500 per day.
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FROM THE EAST.


LONDON, July ga CONSTANT
nople dispatch announces that the
Porte has decided to give the Greeks
theterritory from Slagora to Magritta
This includes Volo and Pharsala,
Tricolo or Janina.
All reports agree that the negoti-
ations between Austria and Turkey
are proceeding favorably.
a Bucharest dispatch says Bessar-
abba will be surrendered to the Rus
SLAMS in August.
A Vienna dispatch to the Times
says, the evacuation Of Shumla was
carried out on the Doth instant, in
the best order, the Russians enter
entering the city amid huzzas of the
Christian people. Previous TO the
surrender, the following was agreed
to at a convention: The Turkish
troops should leave the Notifications
OF war, and go to Varna by a high
way, the places along which are at
present occupied by the Russians,
but to be during the time Of march
evacuated by them, in order to avoid
all possible collision. For the main
tenance of ORDER the Turkish local
police will remain in the fortifica-
tions, as also an artillery corps to
guard the guns. The occupation Of
the fertilization by the Russians will
be carried out as they are evacuated
by the Turks. All artillery and war
material will be property Of the sui
tan and remain in charge Of Turk
ish corps until arrangements can be
made for transporting it. The Turk
ish civil authorities will be replaced
by Russian officials. Meanwhile,
until new arrangements can be COM
pleted, Mammalian with six Turkish
officials, will remain in the fortifca-
tions to superintend the affairs OF the
Sublime Porte. A committee of OF
toman staff officers will also be kept
to direct the transport Of war mater
ial. The Russian military authority
engaged to protect the Mohammedan
population.
LONDON, July 26.-The Manches-
ter Guar1idp's Constantinopie dis
patch says: "Advices from Butyum
states that the Lois are preparing to
resist the Russian occupation of that
place. The Russian evacuation of
the positions about Constantinople
commences three or four days hence.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, July 24.-The
.Picoya1ae publishes statement that
fourteen cases OF yellow fever have
occurred, seven of which were fatal.
The board of health hope to check
the spread of the disease.
New ORLEANS, July 26.-The
president of the board of health re-
ports twcnty-three cases of yellow
fever up to last night with thirteen
deaths, and ten convalescent,
PENSACOLA, July 29.-Ten days
quarantine has been established by
rail and water against New Orleans.
mobile, ALA, July 2G.-Mayor
Duffee viii issue proclamation to-
morrow quarantining New Orleans
on and after July 9th Through
travel on trains from New Orleans
will not be interferred with.
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at his Brick Yard, two miles west of De-
Land and one and half miles north #
Beresford, on the Volusia road.
4-12r III. BROWN, DeLand, Fla.
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sense of self-respeet or all hopes of free
dom and civil liherty,is but feebly justified
by Mr.. EVerts who only claims that perhaps
it was necessary so long as recon.
Struetion was in progress. I'VE had con.
quered the rebellion" be says, ''and were
replacing it with civil government Il
could have been done in no other way,
especially as regards the establishment
"ot black suffrage He frankly admits,
however, that the idea of force, ''how-
ever empty it may have been, was re-
'pugnant to the people of the North and
of the whole country"
We believe it is the sentiment of large
majority of the people, everywhere through.
out the country, that President Hayes
would do we'll to adhere to his programme
of non-interlerence in the local affairs
of states. The radicals are max
ing every effort to induce him
to change his policy" and of late have no
doubt been encouraged to hope that he will
do so regardless of cost or consequences.
The utterances of the secretary of state
are of a somewhat different character and
it is earnestly to be hoped that moderate
councils will prevail and the radical pro-
gramme may be defeated. The republican
party is anxious for majority-they see
the south slipping from their hold, and in
their anger they would dare to take des-
perate chances. The enforcement of law
and punishment of evil doors is right and
Ijust-no more SO at the south than at the
north-and has the appreciation of all law
abing citizens; but the use and operation
OF law as an engine of injustice aud oppre-
sion, and for the success aud perpetuity oil
political party is as distinctly IAN afro
city" as any other crime against the rights
of citizenship or the safe guards of civi
liberty.
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