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Dickens as a Pedestrian.

care you a walkcr?' inquired the Eng
llsll friend who drove me to the station
from which I was to start for Gads Hill,
Oh my first visit to Charles Dickens.
'Pretty fair" I replied, wito that Amer
lean confidence in the ability to do any
thing which has made my countrymen
famous. "An right" responded my
friend, with quizzical glance at the thin
soled CATERS affected by New Workers in
1860 glance which l did not thorough
ly appreciate until forty eight hours af-
terward, in my room at Gad's- s-Hill- place,
when l endeavored to coax those very
CATERS off from my swollen, burning and
painful feet. During that intervel rad
met Charles Dickens, and we had taken
one of his walks together Professional
or amateur, there never was mere cnthu-
siastic pedestrian than Dickens. He loved
walking for it's own sake; he praotised it
for its beneficial effects upon his health; =;
ne utilized it as means of observation I;
he preferred it to any other means of To-
comotion; he found in it rest, recreation
and unlimited enjoyment. To ask you to
walk with him, in town Or country, was
one of the highest compliments which he,
WHO paid so few compliments, could offer
Many are the happy hours, along London
streets and Rochester roads, that memory
now tenderly recalls; but these pleasures
DO not oblitcrate the recollection of the
exquisite pedestrian pans that followed
my first walk with Dickens. There vas
nothing, except my fr;eud's tentative
question at the station, to prepare me
for the sacrifice. A basket-carrlage was
waiting at Gad's. hill station to drive me
to the Dickens mansion in time for din
ner. Next day the host himself drove
me about Cebham park. 1t was not un-
til the second morning, when we had be-
come better acquainted, that he proposed
that walk to Rochester, around Roches-
ter, through the marshes, to Gravescnd,
by Chalk church, that sent me back to
London tootsore from unaccustomed ex-
ercise, but with head and heart full of
the genial and wise gossip of the great
novelist. "Not quite twenty miles and
back" said Dickens, as we reached Gad's-
hill gate," but good walk ing for five hours
and half, considering the country
Considering, too, lie might have added,
the stoppagcs for hearty laughter; the
episodes Of t1ower-gatherlng and stair
climbing; the visits to roadside hostelries,
old churchyards and curious ruins; the
talks with tramps, with children and
inquisitive dogs, and the merry accom-
panimcnt of anecdote, rcminisccnce and
remark, that made each mile a miracle
of delight to one who was, for the first
time, alone with the Dickens of his boy-
hoods alteration and his youthful
dreams.-Aquatic Monthly and sporting
Gazett,
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A court dress made for an American
beauty, who y as presented to Queen Vic
toria the other day, was Of white satin
trimmed with blue chenille fringe headed
by silver net. Bands Of daiscs and green
leaves in chenille embroidery divided the
rows of fringe that extended across the
front. breadth Of tie dress; aesdaisya was
placed in each Of the scallops edgine the
train; {; a large daisy held t. e train nlaits
on the right shoulder, and acluster Of the
same flowers held the plaits on the left
side. -IE Er IL.
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Fashion seems to have at last verv SO, SEN
sibly decreed that for ladies who are in
circumst stances that permit them to. own
two or more dresses, one Of them at least
for street wear, shall be short enough ,s moi
to mop off the payements or sidewalks,
Those, however, Who possess but sing.
gown, and have to wear that long, nav
utilize the same forper1 orming the labors
Of street scavengers without compromis-
ing their gentiLty thereby. ..~.... -
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New England has over 2S0 farmers
clubs, with $4,000 active members, and
.:brary hooks to the number Of. 81 1000,
and in the United States there are nearly
1900 agricultural societies with $4,000
volumes In their Libraries, and with ac-
cess to $50 different agricultural publica-
tions, all exerting a direct influence on
the intelligence and future prospects Of
the hllers of the soil. 49,. -, : 1sss,ts ..t.,
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JULY.

The poets have sung of thee, July,
AS tney nave sung sffavored May and Juue,
Yet with thy tropic heat and glowing sky,
which makes thy days one long, perpetual
noon,
'ihere" M comes a. strange forgetfulness Of care,
Inc weary, oVerburdened heart to bless, -
The pleasures of voluptuous idleness,
U month Of burning suns and mellow moons.
Whlch warm the heart as would some rare
old wine, s s8 @f a..e (
Among the generous earth's delightful boons
Ihere ls none dearer than these days of
Could poet find more fitting, theme for @rhvme
Than rare July. the perfect summer time?
--EZliOt R,Her
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. Linen lawn neckties, or those Of India
: mull, mull, are made long enough to pass
around the neck inside the linen collar,
they are not. considered stylish if worn
outside and the ends form bow in
front; hem and fanciful .hem-stiching
in blocks or bars across the ends Of some,
while others are finished with che most
exquisite embroiderys 50 81. 53sz 5s3sF3szEE5 II
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The county commissioners of jackson
county have revoked the license of the
only party licensed in the county to sci
Intoxicating liquor and have refused al
other applications.
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AAoo"'A
wife, since which time he has appeared de-
spondent, and his friends think his mind un.
settled. Various rumors are afloat as to the
motive, but Hogan gives no explanation ex.
cept that he thinks he was iustifablc.
STANDARD DOLLARS.
The mint at Carson City has been le-
opened and coinage will be recommended as
soon as the necessary bullion can be procured
at the market rates. The New Orleans mint
is running at its full capacity with plenty of
bullion on hand Much of the bullion pur-
chased there has been in the form of Mexican
dollars. The treasury is making arrangements
to avoid the necessity of running the Philadel.
phia mints night and day during August to
make up the deficiency Of coinage of standard
silver dollars for the present month
A STRANGE CASE.
At Erie, Pa, July 81, ,at the G. A. r,
encampmcnt, documents were laid before the
department staff, bya committee from Nc.
keesport, Pa, having reference to the petition
of Eli Ice to all the..grand army posts of the
country. Ice is in Moundville penitentiary,
sentenced for life, for shooting rebel prison.
cr who was escaping in 1869, and for which he
was honorably acquitted by general court.
martial, but re-arrested after serving through
the war, and tried and condemned by civil au-
thority. lit is alleged Of the lawyers that
prosecuted him that one has Ices wife and
the other his property. ses j. s1sz s.
ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION PARTY.
At Clayton, n. =. a pleasure party
numbering $50, from Binghampton, n r,
were on two yachts dashed together, and had
not proceeded twenty rods from the dock
when he head lashing loosed and one yacht
capsized and sunk. AS the boat tipped over,
every one fell into the water and many were
drawn down as the boat sunk. The water was
80 feet deep. Many we're rescued By the 9th
er boat and by boats from the shore. Five
ladies were drowned. Great blame is attached
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Hungry for a Square Meal.

NervOusly working his latch-key from
the door the business man hurried into
the house for his dinner. Hello, l say,
Jane, where are you?''
" Here l am, dear. l have just got
one more feather to paint on this crane
and then it viii be finished. Isn'tit go
ing to be just lovel-''
'' l know, yes, yes. Where's ,Jennie?'
q She's gone out to get a few more
autumn leaves; one or two bare spaces
are left on the wall in her room, and
. Well, well, of course; but where's
Bridget?''
..0h, she has gone to carry the
basket; for Jennie, you know, isn't
strong"
80 be sure, to be sure; but where's
the dinner?''
% Now, John, how can you be so
cruel you know that
Yes. l should think did. know that
the next time I'm such an internal fool
as to bring copy of Household art into
the house III be balder than I am now.
1t may be jofred pretty; I'm hungry
for a square meal. Painted stOrks ain t
fricassed chicken nor autumn leaves
celery" and he went out of the house in
a decided manner, leaving James tear
drops rapidly falling on her red and blue
heron, washing all the pretty feather:
out of its tail.-EJcbdHge
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Sighting a Cannon.

In olden time Quartermaster's Sell
geant might squint his left eye along a
field-piece and have it fired with the hope
of hitting something somewhere. Now,
however, the sighting of a cannon Is
more difficult to do than the solution of
a problem in comic sections to a school
boy. Six instruments must be used in
France before the word - fire. is given.
The thermometer measures the force and
velocity of the wind. The pressure of
the atmosphere is taken by means of a
barometer. The sights are graduated
with the pressure of a certain figure, and
of course a change must be made if the
pressure Is greater or less. Next a
hvdrometer gives the amount of moist
ure in the atmosphere. The degree of
dampness materially affects the resist
ance offered to the flight Of Il cannon
ball, although to meet one of them you
would not expect it would mind damp
ness or any thing else much. A plan
chette is used where the object fired at
is out of sight. A telemeter, or range
finder, is employed to ascertain the dis
tance of objects fired at, and finally a
thermometer gives the temperature, as
the sight marks that would be all right
in warm weather are too cold for firing
in cold weather. After all this IS done
we presume it does not require more
/ than half a dozen men to tell the gun
ner to fire. 1t must make them mad af
! ter all their calculations are made Il
/ find that the ball does not go within {
mile of the object fired at, or what i
+ more probable TO find that the enem,
has moved OF one hundred miles or s.
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PITH AND POINT.

A SUITABLE texture for baldheadeo
person would be mo hair.
THE astronomers business is looking
up
q WE meet to part no mOre," as the
comb said to the bald mead.
" Cur and come again. as the girl
said to her lover when she heard the old
man stumbling around in the dark.
THE fact that half barred of kussed-
ness is frequently found in a two-quart
boy, has never been explained.
THE difference between one man and
another is not so much in talent as in
ability to get credit at a clOthing-stOre.
OIL CITY Derrick.
EVERY thing has recently advanced
in price except liberty, which remains
at eternal vigilance, with liberal reduo-
tions to the trade.-ljI5CGatbee Sun
THE man who addressed a letter in
tended for Nassau Street, New York, to
- Nausea Street, Nu Yawk, ," Is supposed
to have had a pretty sick spen.-BOStO'1
Commercial B1tILetin.
THE snow-shovel which has been lying
around the cellar all summer, perfectly
destitute of dignity, Is now beginning TO
brace up and put on more airs than \
newly elected aldermau.
IT is mistake to suppose that your
friend is cOnsumedly interested in your
eloquent descriptions of your liver trou-
bles. On the contrary, he is excessively
anxious to tell you of his catarrh.
A LITTLE girl of 4 years was recently
called as witness in Court, and, in an
swer to the question what became of lit
tie girls who told lies, innOcently replied
that they were sent TO bed.
THERE is something soft and tender
in the fall of single snowflake, but
when it comes to crawling out In the
morning and shOveling away a big drift,
| its Ornery, mean and disgusting. De
tr0H Free Press.
AN old German couple had their usual
evening quarrel as they sat by the hearth.
! On one side lay quietly blinking dog
and on the other purring cat, and the
old woman pleaded with her growing
husband: " Yust look at dat gat unit
tog; they never gwarrels unit fights ike
u.s. q YAH" said the old growler, g
knows dot, but yust tie dem together
one dime, und den YOU see wot! ~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
A Romance of the Military Service
Lieut.. Shaumburgs

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore sam writes: An old gentle
man, bent with the weight of more than
threescore and ten years, has recently
been noticed as one of the habitues of
the office of the Secretary of War. This
old gentleman, like many others whose
faces and forms are familiar in official
circles, is seeking for justice. His case
has the SAVIOR of romance. FOrty-thTee
years ago Lieut.. James Shaumburg, a
Young and dashing Second Lieutenant
of dragons, was stationed at Fort DeS
Moines, Iowa, where the tiOurishing city
of that name now stands. His father
lay sick unto death in New Orleans, and
the young Lieutenant applied for leave
of absence to visit his parent. Leave
was refused, and his rendered resigna-
ton, with three months leave of alb
sence, was then accepted. He went to
New Orleans and his father died shortly
after. Before his three months leave
had expired, President jackson issued
an order permitting officers who had re
signed with leave of absence yet unex-
pired, and who chose to do so, to with
draw their designations on condition
that they Immediately reioined their
commands Lieut.. Shaumburg availed
himself of this order and rejOined his
command, which, in the meantime, had
been ordered to the scene of the Florida
War His name was sent to the Senate
for promotion, to be First Lieutenant
in the Second Dragons. In a
very short time after this he was greatly
surprised to receive notification from
! the War Department that his resigna-
ton as First-Lieutenant was accepted
! He wrote back explaining the circum-
! stances, but without avail, and found
| himself thrust out of the army. He i'm
mediately came to Washington, and for
these AZ years has appealed successfully
! to every President and Secretary of War
who has been in office for redress. Gen.
| jackson, after leaving the Presidency,
wrote a strong letter in favor Of his re-
! instatement President Tyler, just as
/ he was going out of Office, issued an or
/ der reinstating him, which President
/ Polk revoked. Upon one occasion 36
! Senators signed petition asking his re-
/ instatement Gen. Grant took much in
terest in his case, but thought he ought
to 90 to Congress, and Secretary Nc
! Cra1'y has advised him that now, after
such lapse of time, Congress only has
power to give him relief. Gen. Ewel
of the Confederate Army and Gems,
| Rucker, Phil. Kearney, p. St. George
Cooke and Hunter of the Union Army
were Second-Lieutenants in the Second
Regiment of Dragons with Lieut.
Shaumburg.
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then can arrange them after they are
all done.
Tom obeyed, and was rewarded by
being allowed to bring a hod of coal
from the cellar, and do various other
little errands, during which time he was
noticing the neatness and dispatch with
which Violet worked, and was especial
ly observant of the clean, dry dish-tOw-
els, and the skill with which. when
done using them, she washed and scaid-
ed and hung them TO dry.
He declined the invitation to dinner,
given by Mrs. Renshaw, when she came
and found him assisting Violet, and
made his way directly to Harry's Of
fee.
al have made my choice at last,
Harry he announced; cit is one
who would suit even my grandmother. y
Might l inquire who the fortunate
damsel is?'' asked Harry, laying down
his book; Z" and how are you so sure
of your revered relatives approval?'
Tom told his mornings experience,
concluding with
If she viii only accept me I shall
be the happiest man alive, and all ow-
ing to my dear old grandmother's adj
vice >,
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MRS. SPRIGGLE.

Not week later Mrs. Spriggle pre-
sented herself again at Briarley. The
black dress had suffered visibly from
contact with muddy roads on the way.
The black sun-bonnet was imper and
rustier than ever. Their wearer drop
ped into a chair, and crossed her hands
dejectedly on her knees.
g Recon we done heered bout my gal
bein' married." she said, without rails
ing her eyes from the floor.
Yes, was much surprised to hear
it," the mistress replied. s. She must
be very young"
Yes, she is tol'able young, is sis
goin' on 10. But law, 1 was married at
13-I was so!''
She looked up quickly, but, catching
an expression of disapproval on the
mistress 5 face, she cast her eyes again
upon the floor.
''The wust on it is, continued she,
% he amt got cent, nor he can't make
one, nuther.''
"Why did you let your daughter take
him, then?''
Well, he come a-dawdlin' round sis,
an he'd allus powder-horn a-hangin'
on to him; SO l just lowed he'd a gun,
and could keep sis in coons and pos
sums. She's a masterhand at fresh
meat, is my gal! He scraped up two
dollars somewhar to get the license with
an to pay the preacher; but 1 don't
reckon he'll ever arm any more" F"
Not earn any mOre!n cried the mis-
tress incredulously. What is the mat
ter that he can't work and support your
daughter prOperly?"
Mrs. Spriggle pushed back her bon
net and crossed her knees before she
answered. Then she shook her head
mournfully.
s never found Out,' she said, s. till
they was done married as how he he'd
nary gun at all-nOthin' but powder
horn. And" with a gesture of dis
gust, - he's the powerfuuest no account
critter ye ever did see.''
% You must feel badly to let your
daughter 90 away with such a man.
- Oh, law, she amt gone! Did you
think he had airy house to put her in!
Why, don't you know? They's alvin
to home with me-
This amazing piece of intelligence
nearly took away the mistress's breath
Before she could reply Mrs. Sprigglt
continued:
"What's dds did. 'Tain't no US,
| fussin', l reckon
''But how could you let her MARI!
him without knowing more about hin
than you did?''
"Well, it's flynn in the face o. Provi
dence not to take up with husbanC
when he comes along" She glance,
up appealingly as she spoke. g Gal
can't get good husband every day
they can't sol"
but, - said the mistress, cit seem
he is not good husband"
Mrs. Spriggle's face, which ha
frightened slightly, took on a gloomie
hue, and she pulled the black bonne
down over it.
s'That's so" she assented, tearfully
'He's wuss than nary husband. That
so, do say. But, as she rose to gC
g mebbe he can ketch rabbits, if
knOwed how to make trap, now
must be gettin' along. December 4
LI11tjc.
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..That Sounds Like Old Times.''

They were swinging lovingly on
turnstile out in Browns Addition. Said
she: PAS most willing, but not
quite" Said he - Yes, but why can't
he be sensible, and when he knows
fellow can't wait always, give him
chance?' Said she: ''Oh, pa Is SEN
sible, only he thinks you had better get
settled little before -we-ain't that
a pretty moonP" Said he: Get set
ted Why ma poured cold water on
nv head this morning, and l swallowed
a raw eg0 this noon, and what else s0iH
settle a feller?" And the tur'stile
crunched around, and the moon got
over her other shoulder and he-and
She. and she and he--they-settled.
Cressey heard it, and sticking his night
cap out of the window, cried, . Scati"
Wingate heard il, and as they sat on the
doorstep, sedately remarked 10 his
wife: "That sounds like old times, "
and the moonlight crinkied through the
/ leaves as she and he sauntered by. de-
batting whether it was fully - settled ''
I or not,-Des h5iQss Register,
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SLOWLY GROWS d HUMAN SOUL.


thought, o Lord, through pleasant ways,
To follow wisdom. follow Thee;
looked for sure and quick reward,
Nor dreamed that i'll could come to me.
Thou leadest me by ways unknown;
through woods, through bramDles, painless
Thick darkness lies dii either side,
Before me rise Obscuring logs
No glimmering sheen of garments white,
NO voice nttests that thou art near.
Slow rising from tn unWhOIesOIne ground
Dim phosphOrescent lights appear
Where are Thy blessed hills, o Lord?
long to climb, to see the light.
Blow with Thy winds, disperse the mfsts,
And let me walk in part by sight.
know the night precedcs the day,
And out of darkness doth arise
Each living thing, that longing lifts
Itself toward the far of skies.
Each pulse of the obedient earth
Responsive beats to ull Thy will.
And law and order reign unseen
Mid seeming chaos, seeming i'll.
Shall man alone of all Thy works
Drop incomplete from out Thy hand,
His freedom but dangerous gift .-
His soul with sin to deeper brand?
Through heat and cold, through wind and
Through tumults of internal fire,
The earth climbs with the ages up
Her toilsone path toward Thy desire.
All is of Thee; Thine is the force
BY which the circling planets roll;
Toward perfection all things creep,
And slowly grows human soul.
-FFGRces l.. Gardner, IN Springfield Republican.
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A Thrilling Tragedy in Switzerland.

While travelling through Switzerland
a few days ago with his wife, ply
sician, resident at Gratz, witnessed at a
small railway station within the Helve-
tian frontier truly tragical and thrill
ing episode of domestic life, which he
has impaired to the leading journal of
his native town. A young doctor, re-
Gently appointed to the. post of Town
Physician in the Swiss bOurg which be-
came the scene of the tragedy, had for
some years past secretly carried on a
liaisOn with a married lady, and this
guilty connection had resulted in the
birth of several children. Shortly after
his appointment, however, he contracted
a matrimonial alliance with a young
lady of respectable family, and was just
starting upon his wedding trip with his
bride, when his former mistress APP
peared in the station, and flung
herself down upon the rails as the
train commenced to move. The en-
gine passed over her body, mangling
it horribly, and the bridegroom was sum
mOned in his medical capacity to the
spot where the unfortunate woman s
mutilated remains had been deposited.
Unnerved by the terrible sight, he ut
tered loud cry, and fell upon the plat
of the bystanders acquainted his bride
with the cause of the suicide committed
almost before her eyes, whereupon she
turned with loathing from the senseless
form of her husband, and at once went
back to her fathers house, leaving
DR.. to the Indignation of the
crowd assembled at the railway station.
A spirited endeavor was made to lynch
| him from which he was rescued with
great difficulty by the police and station
officers. To complete the horrors OF
this dismal story, the husband of the un-
fortunate lady who perished under the
wheels of the locomotive went raying
mad upon hearing of her awful death
and its cause, and is at present the in.
mate of lunatic asylum. The five
young children he believed to be his
thus deprived at blow of both theil
parents, have been taken to the lOca
! Poor-hOuse.- London Telegraph.