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Music Hath Charms.

Scene: Music store. Young lady from
the country to clerk, with hair parted in
the middle of his dome of ofthought-iessness:
Have you !" My grandsather's clock p > +'s~
Clerk-'Don't be angry with me- dar-
ling but loaned it to 'Hildebrand Mon
trose.'"
Young Lady" Where has the loved one
gone ?'
Clerk" He's dong the grand in a dis
tant land, ten thousand miles away"
Young Lady-"If What the candle
told me was true,' he was Awfully clev-
err"
Clerk (aside)-" Ahem III pray for
you.',"
Young Lady (overhearins the remark)-
" Young fellow, you're most too fresh"
Clerk" They tell me I'm too sweet to
live"
Young Lady" Beware Beware !"
Clerk" Little sweetheart, come and
kiss me.'
Young Lady-"I would like to; would
like to-"
Clerk" Did you ever ?''
Young Lady-"Only once, darling"
Clerk-"I'll strike you with a feather"
Proprietor enters store, catches clerk
kissing young lady and calculates Tom
my, make room for your uncle" Young
lady rushes out of door and clerk cries out,
"Whoa, Emma p' and whistles "Non
vern (none of her).
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At Stewards, New York. is a shawl that
was made for Empress Eugene. It is the
most exquisite fine embroidery of flowers
on ground work composed of small hand
woven squares set together in the most
delicate manner. Mr.. Stewart paid $780,
600 for the shawl. We have about decided
to purchase it for our wife. Asa general
thing we don't pay over one-fourth that
sum for the shawl, but as strong effort is
now being made by Kearney and his
cohorts to compel us rich fellows to divide
our wealth equally among them, we shall
circumyent their designs to some extent by
investing large portion of our gold and
bonds in clothes for our family during the
next few weeks, and we are looking around
for $50, 900 pair of trousers. NoTristoaon
Herald
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AN EXPERIENCE IN MEMPHIS. The
Memphis Agalanehe says: There was a
touching little scepe on one of our streets
yesterday. A kind hearted lady was going
to see a sick friend, when she heard her
name called. Turning, she saw a slender
girl. dressed in mourning, advancing to-
ward her. As the child came nearer the
lady recognized in her the daughter Of q
neighbor who had died the day before near
the city. The little girl threw her arms
about the lady, and, sobbing, cried:
You aren't t afraid of me, are YOUR
No, my DEAR" was the soothing reply.
g Everybody else is, " said the poor girl.
" They won't como near me, because papa
died of the fever, and We were with him, /
and mamma.'
The little girls heart was stnng by the
chilling repulsion which came to her in 50
deep sorrow.
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The chaplain's Story.

The Reverend had been an army chaplain
during the war, and while we were hunting
for road that would lead to Hamilton, he
told story about two dying soldiers which
interested me in spite of my feet. He said
that in the Potomac hospitals rough pine
coffins We're furnished by the government,
but that it was not always possible to keep
up with the demand, SO, when man died,
if there was no coffin at hand he was buried
without one. One night late, two soldiers
ay dying in a ward. A man came in with
coffin on his shoulder and stood trying to
make up bis mind which of these two poor
fellows would be likely to need it first.
Both of them begged for it with their fading
eyes-they were past talking. Then one
of them protruded wasted hand from his
blankets and made feeble beckoning sign
with the fingers, "Be good fellow put it
under my bed, please The man did it,
and left. fhe lucky soldier painfully turn
ed himself in his bed until he faced the
other warrior, rais d himself partly on his
elbow, and began TO work up mysterious
expression of some kind in his face Grad
ually, irksomely, but surely and steadily, it
developed, and Ill last it took definite form
as pretty successful wink. The sufferer
fell back exhausted with his labor but
bathed in glory. Now entered personal
friend Of No. 2, the despoiled soldier. No. 2
pleaded with him with eloquent eyes, till
presently he understood and removed the
coffin from under No. rs bed and put it
under No. 2's. No. Q indicated lis Joy, and
made some more signs; the friend under
stood again, and put his arm around No.
2's shoulder and lifted hlm partly np Then
the dying hero turntd the dim exultation
of his eye upon No. Land began slow and
labored work with hi, hands; gradually he
lifted one hand up taward his face it grew
weak and dropDed lack again; once more
he made the effort, but failed again. He
took rest he gathered all the remnant of
his strength. and this time he slowly but
surely carried his tAamb to the side of his
nose, spread his gannt fingers wide in tri-
umph, and dropped back dead. The pic
ture sticks by me yet. The Z situation 7 is
unique. - Mark Iaoain.
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a Franco-yankee cahman.

A Paris correspondent Of the Louisville
Coatrter-Journal writes: "ln taking cab,
by the course or by the hour, you demand
the card On which are printed the rates es-
tablished by law. When I said to one of
these beauties, sVotre CARTE he answered
like. He was Yankee from the Green
Mountains of Vermont, and allowed he
could sling French jabber nigh about as
well as the best on 'em. They amt no
sense in il, he added, but have to keep
throwing it at these ERE fellers, cos they
can't understand no 'Merlcan. Meow he
said to me, amy place you want to 60 10
this ere old salpent of town, jes say the
word, and can drive you to all on en-
His name was Hiram Krutchner. He SEEM
ed TO be very proud Of the coordination,
and of the belief which he conveyed in his
expression of self-assurauce, that he was
indebted solely to his own efforts for COM
ing into the world. He seemed also to
mutely assert that through his arrival the
Grated motion. Myself and artist friend
engaged our countryman to take us to the
Lyons Depot. Hiram's jaw fell when be
learned the destination, for the drive is a
long one, aud the fare, by course only
one franc and half However, he brig ght-
ened up with the hope of extracting
heavy 'pour boire through voluntary SER
vices as valet de place. Here is spelci-
men of his guide-book style: This is the
Rudder riverlie (Rue de RivolD, and the
amt much to it, nohow and this here
prickly- y-looklng thing is SAINT Jake Butch |
cry (St. jacques de Boucherie). Nobody
knows nothin' about it, and kinder guess |
it grew there. spec some old rooster of
saint prayed it up from a mustard seed.
This here is the Roo Saint Auntwine (Rue |
st. Antoine), where the plug-uglies used to
get behind fence and throw stones at the |
Government and this is place | guess
you've heard tell on-the Bastheel, or
where the old thing was, the worst kind of /
an old penitentiary, that's the Vigilance
Committee took in Robert Spears reign.
That's where it stood, where that Bunker
Hill monument stands, with the statoo of l
Liberty on top of it. They've given the
critter wings, an ne looks as If he was |
trying TO fly away. I kinder guess he don't
feel at home in this country We were
glad to get rid of Hiram at the station"
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A FEARFUL RIDE.
EIGHTY-FIvE MILES UNDER SLEEPING
CAR, AND ALL FOR LOVE.
From the Hamilton, Ont, Spectator.

From the Hamilton, Ont, Spectator.
On the arrival of the 1:50 New York ex-
press train of the Great Western Railway
here recently, the men engaged in testing
the car wheels and running gear of the cars
were surprised to see man slowed away
upon the trucks of one of the sleeping cars
"a position in which it is as much as ones
life is worth to ride even the shortest dis
tance. The policeman in charge of the sta
tion was informed Of the circumstance, and
at once arrested and searched the man, find
only six cents in money and some papers
on his person. On being question the man
said his name was Lenox and that he had
been working in Emmett. where he had re-
ceived telegram informing him that his
wife was lying at the point Of death in Buff
falo. Monday morning he left Emmett,
paying his fare to London, beyond which
point his money ran out. Being determin-
ed to reach Buffalo somehow, and not know
ing of any means Of doing the journey so
quickly except by rail, he slowed himself
away on the truck under the car, and there
he remained until discovered at Hamilton.
Let the reader, if it Is possible, form con-
ception. the faintest idea, of the perils of
such a journey, and then it may be possible
to understand what the poor grief stricken
German must have suffered. The distance
between London and Hamilton, by the
Great Western Railway, is s54 miles, and
the slightest change of position on Lenox's
part, or the least obstruction on the track,
would have launched the poor fellow into
eternity at once. And then think OF the
agony he must have suffered from the dust,
sand and debris thrown up by the swiftly
flying train, and the great tension on the
nerves and sinew by being compelled to
maintain his hold on the truck. The po-
liceman said he would not risk a journey of
100 yards in the position Lenox Was for tile
whole of the Great Western Railway, and
where is there another who would do so for
what is commonly called "mere love ?"
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

Now if Kearney were in New Orleans
they might use bim as disnfeetant. N.
Il. Register.
To Charles W. Angell-Use that portion
of the money you stole flom the Pullman
Company which belongs to US in employing
able counsel - Wash Post.
When we read that "General Szaparitz
is fighting at Doboj," we feel like calling
upon merciful heaven to stop this cruel war
while there is any of the alphabet left
HaDkeye.
The Earl of Fife has insurance policies
on his life amounting to $2,50O,000. Will
some Of our English readers send us little
reliable data about Lady Fife? Of course
she isn't young, but is she good and amia-
BILE p Wash. Post.
We have done some awful mean things
in our life, but we were never mean enough
to hurt the feelings of three women walking
abreast on the crossing, by stepping off in
the mud. There's something human left
about us, if we are in the newspaper busi-
ness.-Ee.
The tallest baby story yet is this Cairo,
ILL.,, special to the Cincinnati Commercial !:
"There is q lady living at Fort Jefferson
who recently gave birth to triplets. Two
of them are as white as the mother, and one
is as black as any negro" What color was
the mother?
The rapacity, the shameless rapacity of
some people is disgusting. Here is a man
in Helena, Montana, worth $230,000 who
recently died and left every dollar of his
wealth to his wife and children. Aud
seven lawyers in the town, too.-3urling-
ton Haaokeye.
It was midnight; the dark shadows nes-
tied DER the sleeping town of Kalamazoo,
with not ray of light to break the sombre-
ness of the scene. All nature seemed to be
at rest, and-well, how shall we end this
Oh, yes Price one dollar per bottle For
sale at all drug stores. ."-PhizadelpAia Bvl-
let5n.
When young ladies go ont blackberrying
they should be careful where they stand. A
young lady living not far from Mohawk
went the other day, and it so happened that
she stopped directly over humble bees
nest Distance to the house, half mile :;
time, two and one-half seconds.
Independent.
Experienced railroad men now believe
that the boy who stood on the burning deck
was an employe of the Casa B. an Q. This
joke is strickly local in it's application, and
cannot be transferred to other roads with
out forfeiture, and the person so transfer
ring it will be bounced by the head brake
man.-Haaokeye.
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ONCE MAJOR GENERAL, Now A Pr
vATE.-Of the 1853 men who have lately en-
listed in Washington City. only 81 were
formerly soldiers. There are one lawyer,
one merchant, three engineers and one tel
egraph operator. BESIDES there were
draughtsmen, plumbers, four painters, car
penters, shoemakers, book-keepe rs, brick
makers, cooks, butchers, machi aists and
27 laborers. One of the number was .
graduate of West Point. He was . captain
IN the regular army before the war. Atthe
beginning OF the war he cast his fortunes
with the other side, and before it closed ne
had risen to the rank If Major Gelseraa in
the Confederate service. He is q private
soldier, though he il called General BY aii
who know him.
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POETRY


sometimes wonder that the human mind
In searching for creations hidden things
Should miss that high intelligence which springs
From that which is not seen, but is OWNED.
Does knowing much of Nature make US blind
To natures better self? The Greek could see
A conscious life in everv stream and tree
Some nymph or god Our broader faith should find
A life divine whose fine pulsations roll
In endless surges through the secret veins
Of earth and sky, which hidden still remains
Save to the instinct of the reverent soul
Should know that everything from lowest sod
To farthest star thrills with the life of God.
T. B. Bacon In the Atlantic Monthly
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A young man sent sixty cents to firm
in Michigan that advertised receipt to
cure bad dreams. He received q slip of
paper on which was written Don't go to
sleep.
Said railroad engineer to an Trishman
whose cow had been killed !; !. But she
didn't get OUT Of the way when rang the
bell" . Faith, thin" said Pat, I've
didn't sthop whln she rang her bell, nay
ther.''
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MEANS WELL. "A young theological
student sends us an item of news which is
something novel in the way decomposition.
He writes: A young man, named C-to-
pher G-dfrey, residing at H-llertown,
jumped off train, rushed into restau-
rant and called fora dish of died crabs.
After appeasing his hunger he attempted
to board the train, which was moving off,
when he was dashed to the ground and his
head badly d-maged." Our correspond
ent means well, bnt his forte doesn't lie in
the direction Of journalism. Norristoarn
Herald.
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The New York Herald suggests Dana of
the San, Jones Of the Times, and Reid Of
the Tribuue as candidates for Mayor Of
Gotham.
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OAt shAS SSoAsA . suc PiaSS AoA AACs
This was all very well of course, and no
one could justly complain Of her desire to
get under the greenwood tree and bask in
Nature s smile, but the other side of the
page told different story. 1t was the COM
mencement of letter, and in prose the
poetess talked as follows:
DEAR PA: wish you would come down
here and get me just as soon as you can.
The country is perfectly horrid, and I would
rather bake in the city than stay down here
in this poky place. Aunt Jane says that
will get used-Rochester Democrat.
A TRUE PHILOSOPHERS sojourner up
at Friends Lake says If took to fish,
ing, think would follow the plan of Ed.
Tripp,' a bachelor who for forty years has
lived alone near this lake. When | saw
him first it was at the midday resting
hour. He was lying fiat on his potato
patch. AS we passed he rose sufficiently to
let us see his bronzed face and shaggy
beard. In the cold Winters here he be-
lieves in travelling indoors By the stove
Accordingly he has enclosed 4 room on his
ox-cart, in which is little stove and chair.
His oxen know the roads SO well that
though he may be miles from home, he can
lie do.n and sleep sweetly and wake up to
find the cart standing by his barn door. Tn
the floor of this portable house is a little
trap door. When be goes fishing IN the
Winter, he drives over an opening in the
ice, opens his trap, and sits snugly By the
stove reading his newspaper and fishing in
DOORS
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Let there be an end 10 the palpabla false
hood that figures Won't lIe.-Nsao Hagen
Register.
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Written On Both Sides.

Very frequently we see newspaper CORES.
pondents admonshed to write on one side
of the paper only, if they Wish to see their
articles published, and it must be admitted
that this is a very wise rue, but Of course
it has its except )ns. For instance, we re-
ceived "pome'' Monday evening, and had
she been careful to write on one side of the
paper only it is very much to be feared that
her literary effort would have found congo
NAL fellowship in the waste basket, but un-
der the circumstances we cannot refrain
from giving a specimen stanza from each
side. The poem was headed The Coun-
try" and the poetess struck her gait as fol-
lows:
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THE HAWTHORN TREE.

A bird sat in the hawthorn tree
In bonnie May,
And, oh! he sang so cheerily
The livelong day;
For, while the sun shown bright above,
He sweetly caroled to his love
A bridal lay.
We stood beneath the hawthorn three.
Ny love and /,
And listened while the brides song
Went rioating by;
And Is he rang his wedding chime
Our joyous hearts beat merry time,
And sang as high.
A bird sat in the hawthorn tree
In Winter bare,
And dropped his sad head wesrily-
No mate was shere;
HIS little heart with grief Was crushed.
His song of hope forever Aushed
In mute despair.
1 stood beneath the hawthorn tree,
But all alone,
And through its leafless boughs the wind
Made dismal moan,
The dirge-like music seemed to raise
A requiem to those blissful days
Forever gone.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

l. ANY one who takes paper regularly from the Posi-
oH:ee-whether directed to his name anothers OF
whether he has subscribed or nos responsible for the
payment.
2. person orders his paper discontinued de mus.
nay all arrearagee the publisher will continue to ssnd
it until payment is made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the office nor.
g. The courts have decided thai refucing to take the
newspapers periodicals from the Postoce or remov.
Ing and having them uncalled for pria acia evidence
of Intentional fraud
Papers ordered to any address be changed anot
er address at the option of the subscriber.
Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter. may be sent at risk. All Posmastexs are ~
Guired to register letters C application.
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Blanks for Sale.

We have in stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
in Montana. and in conformity to existing
laws. The following are the prices:
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THE BIRTH PLACE OF BURNS

Though Scotland boasts thousand names
OF patriot king and peer,
The noblest grandest of them all
Was loved and Graded here.
Here lived the gentle peasant-prince,
The loving cotter-king,
Compared with whom the greatest lord
Is but titled thing.
'Tis but cot rooted in with straw,
A hovel made Of clay
One door shuts out the snow and storm,
One window greets the day.
And yet stand within this room
And hold all thrones in scorn,
For here, beneath this lowly thatch,
Loves sweetest bard was born.
Within this hallowed hut feel
Like one who clasps shrine,
When the glad lips at last have touched
The something deemed divine.
And here the world through all the years,
As long as day returns,
The tribute of it's love and tears
Will pay to Robert Burns.
Robert G.. Ingess0H,
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If an assortment is ordered lesser guam
titles than one hundred will be furnished at
same rates.: Cash must accompany order.
Postage will be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTH VEST,
DEER LODGE.
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Oh. love to bask in Natures smile,
Under the greenwood tree,
With naught in view save the rolling fields.
Oh the eountrys the place for me-
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Now if Kearney were in New Orleans
they might use bm as disinfectant.-N.
e. Register.
Salt River herald., 1878-09-28
Picket POsf NenNs-
PICKET PosT. Sept

ithEA T OSif ptlit- -D- AHap-
 EDITOR IIENALD:--Hon. D. P. Brown, of this place, is building an office with stone front to be used for law office and assaying. He is q prominent candidate for council from this county.
 A new store room is progressing rapidly. Mcssrs. Benson. Stone & Co. are erecting new reduction and smelling works. Much of the mate rial and machinery is already on the ground, and the work is going on. X school building is now in cOntem- platiOn. Other buildings are being erected. Our population is incrcas- ing rapidly:
 The Eureka mine, owned by Whit low ct al., has struck it rich. A lead of six feet, averaging from one to six hundred dollars is reported at depth of eighty feet. In most cases where our mines are worked to paying depth, they are showing up well. The majority of the mines in this dis trict yield smelling ores, hence our new works above referred to have promise of a rich harvest, and our miners arc in good spirits.
 A day school will commence on or about October 1st. A Sabbath school has been running here since the mid dlc of July. Divine services are held every Sabbath evening, and an excel lent audience is usually in attendance.
 Ranches are being taken up and improved in our vicinity, and stock is rapidly accumulating. Several per sons intend to test the growth of fruit trees next season on Queens creek and its tributaries.
 Our village is seldomly disturbed by the disorder of its inhabitants, Our citizens generally have an eye to law and order. We have heard of no arrests, and as for the miscellaneous firing of guns and pistols at night, we are free from all this. Our business men are men of the true stamp, and discourage all lawlcsSness. As to health your correspondent has never seen locality which in this regard will surpass Picket Post. The wealth CT is exceedingly fine.
 There are some splendid openings for business here, and now is a good time to launch out. Yours,
 SCRIPT.
 P. S.-The 'I6 mill, we learn, is chartered to assist in the reduction of King ore. $.
Salt River herald., 1878-09-28

PRESIDENT HAYES has appointed General Lew Wallace governor of New Mexico. to succeed $. E. Axtell. Owing to Wallace's open opposition to the administration, this appoint ment is considered one of the most in applicable of the presidents official acts. Secretary McCrary and Judge Tyner, acting postmaster-gencral, ia vOred the appointment, but Secretary Schurz opposed it. Some think the senate will not confirm the appoint ment, the reason being that the demo- crats will vote against him for having been one of tine visiting statesmen to Louisiana, and the republicans for the alleged reason that he has chang cd his politics to procure office. Gen. eral Wallace is a son of David Wal lace, of Indiana He served in the war with Mexico, after which he re- turned to Indiana to practice his pro fession of law During his sojourn in Mexico he became familiar with the language, customs and institu- tiOns of her people, and will have a good understanding of the native population of New Mexico.