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P 0 E 7 R z.
THE LADY OF oAsrELNoRE.

Bretagne had not her peer. In the province far OIL
near,
There were never such brown tresses such fault
less hand;
She had youth and she had gold, she had jewels al
untold,
And many a lover bold wooed the Lady of the Land
But she, with queenliest grace bent low her palid
face,
And "Woo me rot for Jesus sake, fair gentle.
men ~ she said,
If they wooed, then with frown she would strike
their passion down.
She might have wed crown to the ringlets on her
head.
From the dizzy castctips hour by hour she watched
the ships,
Like sheeted phantoms coming and going eyer
While the twilight settled down on the sleepy seaport
town,
On the gables peaked and brown, that had sheltered
kings of yore.
And SO oft she sat alone In the turret of gray tone
And looked across the moorland, so woeful. to the
sea,
That there grew village cry, how her cheek did
lose its dye.
lea.
Her few walks led all one way ana all ended at the
gray
And ragged Jagged rocks, that fringe the lonesome
beach;
There she would stand, the sweet with the white
surf at her feet.
While above her wheeled the feet sparrow-hawk
with startling screech.
And she ever loved the sea-Gods half-uttered mys-
terry
With its million lips of shells, its never-ceasing
roar;
And twas well. when she died, they made her grave
beside
The blue pulses of the tide by the towers of Caste
more.
Now one chill November morn, many russet autumns
gone,
strange ship with folded wings lay doing off the
lea;
1t had lain throughout the night with its wings of
murky white
Folded after weary fight-the worn nursing of the
sea-
Crowds of peasants focked the sands; there were
tears and caspng hands,
And a sailor from the ship stalked through the
churchyard gate.
Then amid the grass that crept fading her who
slept,
How he hid his face and wept, crying, Late alas
too late!"
And they called her cold. God knows. Underneath
the winter SHOWS,
The invisible hearts Of flowers grow ripe for BIOS
soming,
And the lives that look so cold, if their stories could
be told,
Would seem cast in gentler mold, would seem full
of love and spring.
r. B. Aidrich.
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THE GRANT HIPPoDROME.-T The move
ment in the Atlantic States for national
delegation to welcome General Grant on
his return from Asia, IS viewed with great
disfavor by the best class of representative
men on the Pacific cost The general ver-
dict is that any such movement is gross
impertinence, and would deprive that dis
Einguished citisen of realizing the true sem
timent toward him of the people of the
west. The only persons who are favorable
to the proposed excursion are the hotel
and saloon keepers. The Governor of the
State and the Mayor Of the city are Demo-
Gratis, but will do what becomes them, Of
feially, to honor the distinguished soldier
and ex- President of the National Govern
ment. There is an additional jealous op-
position to the pending demonstra-
tion by Republicans. who are waiting for
an opportunity Of demonstrating their 10y
atty and enthusiasm. Grant will be we'll
enough received without the necessity Of a
pilgrimage across the continent to meet
him.--Gan Francisco dispatch to the N. z.
Herald.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

The young girl who graduates in four
languages and sixteen founces will soon be
heard from.-Neso Orleans Picayuae.
But will not linger upon this point"
as the preacher said when he sat down on
the carpet tack.-Btrliagton Hasokeye.
No Indian was ever known to play on
brass horn. Hence Pope's allusion to his
untootered mind. "-Burlington HGwkeye.
A man in Utica has been detected in the
act of translating Pinafore into WEIGH.
Wghat ! nvgr wiell hrdgly evjar.-N. 7.
Commercial Adoertissr.
A boy may not be as good judge of
things in general as his father, but he will
never allow the latter to select jack knife
for him-if he can help it. Uncle Sam.
The Neso Orleans Pieayuns knows of an
old farmer who used to put jug at the
further end of row of corn, and then say
to his men, /" Hoe, every one that thirsteth."
The California dentists have met, organ
lied and disputed about name. Why not
call yourselves the Plug Uglies or the
Too -Thins? or, like the Cinnamon, the
Worshlppers of Jaws ?-N. 2. Herald.
Milords John Thomas loved lass, Miss Lillian was
her name,
Sweet floral appelations he applied unto his flame;
"Thou fairest Gala lily, his latest tender sally,
Drew from his girl, Beg pardon, I'm lily of the
vaiet''
Utica Observer.
A female member of a church choir tried
to shoe hen over high stone wall in
North Wheeling, and the people for four
blocks around turned out, thinking that a
circus steam caliope was out on parade.
Unknown
A few days ago, says the Whitehall. N.
Y. Times, a party of gentlemen were to-
gesther. One mau, a joker, stepped up to
member of the party and, holding long
halr before his eyes, said: "See here, old
fellow, this looks suspicious. Where did
this long hair come from?" "Why, that's
from my wife's head" "Are you sure of
it?" "Sure of it? of course am." al
am sorry you are SO sure it is your wife's
hair, for just picked it off the coat of this
gentleman" pointing to friend near by.
s'You know" said Rice, how the negro
likes 'possum." Two darkies were riding
from field after hard days plowing.
They began to talk about the good things
TO eat. "What do you say to dis?" says
one. "T-a-k-e good fat 'possum-pah-
pile him-put him in ole-fashion Dutch
ovlng-roas' him brown "-the other
darkey's eyes rolling and mouth watering
as the description wen on-"save him up
wild coon grady" "Shut your mcuf,
you niggar I'll fall right oft'n diss hoss."
Boston Globe.
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A WRIT FOR GRoRGE WAsHINGToN.-
We have at this Office the original writ of
attachment served on George Washington,
for contempt of court, in Fairfax, Va. lib
years ago, being in the year 1865, and in
the sixth year of the reign of George Ill.
The document belongs to Squire II. Oliver,
of Glendale, and any one can seeit by call
ing ait this Office. 1t reads as followa:
George this Third by the grace Of God
of great Britain France and ireland, King
Defender of the Faith Sc to the Sheriff Of
Fairfax Greeting we command you that
you attach George Washington Esqr If he
be found within your Baiiwic and him
safely keep that you have his body before
our justices Of our County Court of Fairfax
at the Court house in Alexandria on the
third monday in next month to answer us
as well of certain contempt by the said
George 90 us offered as it is said as upon
those things which to HIM shall be then and
there objected and furthersto do and re-
ceive what our SAID Court shall in that part
consider, and this you shall in nowise omit
and have there this writ. Witness Peter
Wagner clark of our said court, this 28th
day Of Jaly in the 9th yearof our reign i766.
P. WAsoNER.
BY Rule Of Court for not appearing rs a
garnishee hi the suit between kirkpatrick
and VIM Holy. r. WAGoEER.
--Lo1eilse, NJ r, .foErw9s.
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ORIGIN OF WoRDs.-The derivation OF
many words in common use Is exceedingly
curious and interesting. Probably few peo-
pie nave any idea whence comes the WORD
stramway, by which the English denote
a horse-car track. It is derived from the
second syllable of the name ontram. The
ancestor of Sir James Outram, very dis
tinnuished General, who died few years
aeo. took leading part in extending horse
railroads for drawing coal, ETC., and his
roads we're called Outram ways, and gradu-
ally the first syllable was dropped. An
other curious derivation 10 that of the word
- wallop,n meaning to beat. sI'll wallop
him r. is still frequent expression in rar
raj England. Il arises from . complete
naval victory Of Admiral Wallop, mem
Der Of the very ancient family Of which the
Earl of Portsmouth who also has the hon
or to represent Sir Isaac Newton-is nov
the head.
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MEASURING HAY.-Hay in the stack
timothy, square the diameter Of the stack,
multiply by eight and that by the height
of the stack, reckoning up one-third of the
distance whore it begins to taper of to the
top of the apex; cut of the right hand fig-
nre and divide by 75. The result will be
in tons. Should there be remainder null
tiply it BY 2, 900 and divide by 75; the quo
tient will be in pounds. Hay in the NOV
multiply the length of tine now by the
breadth; divide By 800 for Timothy and 800
for clover. The quotient win be in tons.
TO the remainder, if any, annex cipher
and divide by 3. The result viii be in
pounds. indiana Farmer.
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BILLINGS BISMARCK VISIT.
THE NEw PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC.
Bismarck Tribune, June 7th.

&~tSsAAHsSAA
Tuesday evening the business car of the
! Northern Pacific arrived with President
Billings, J. B. Williams, of Woodstock,
VT; Robert Lennox. New York City; E.
Ii. Sawyer, Massachusetts, Governor
Bross, of the Chicago Tribune General
Manager Sargent, Supt. Towae, and Land
Commissioner Power. Wednesday morn
Ing the party crossed over to Mandan and
drove out on the extension as far as the
| big cut, Gen. Rosser with the President in
his blackboard leading. The track was
found completed nearly to the cut, and the
cut in fair way for the track layers next
week. President Billings was delighted
with the route and expressed himself ac-
cordingly. The advisability of clearing the
Hart river and making the cut was heartily
approved. He came back oia Lincoln and
the steamer General Sherman in the best of
humor.
Mr.. BILLINGS.
Has seven hundred thousand dollars of
hard cash invested in the stock Of the N.
P, the market value being great deal
more. He has, therefore, a personal interest
in it's success that will tell. A Bismarck
merchant said to him 'Mr. Billings,
there is one more thing we want-push."
Mr.. Billings replied, "Tbat's it, and at
the same time brought down his fist with
an emphasis that implied more than his
words. The President said it was his
wish to build the whole distance to the
Yellowstone this year. While that was
hardly practicable he would see that the
work went on all winter, grading through
the Bad Lands between Christmas and
Lent. He said the contract for the bridge
over the Little Missouri would coon be let.
THROUGH no THE PACIFIC.
It is the intention of the management in
another year to put on stage line between
the two divisions-Pen d'Oreille on the Pa
cific and the Missouri. terminating on the
Yellowstone. With the Columbia river
and two hundred miles of road east from
over two hundred miles west from Bis
marck, the distance for staging would be
about six hundred miles. Mails for Idaho
and Washington Territory could then be
carried more expeditiously by this route
than Uta the Union Pacific. The travel to
and through the Territories would be bet
ter accommodated. This stage route
would be shortened as the two ends ap-
preached, and we believe under Billings
the day of meeting is not fal off.
Several Of the gentlemen accompanying
Mr.. Billings are subscribers to the recent
loan of two and half millions. They had
no idea there was such country on the
line. One of them remarked at the levee
that it looked like New York. The Dako-
ta was surprise TO them. 1t must be a
big country to support such palaces for
freight and passengers.
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Reminiscenee Of Gen. Shields.
Kansas City Times.


Perhaps in view of the many f1attering
and certainly well deserved encomiums that
are being passed upon the character and
conduct of the brave old soldier-statesman,
Gen. James Shields, it will not be out of
tant event in his eventful history to Whicn
reference is SO frequently made by the press
and public. IL seems to be the accepted
conclusion that the misunderstanding be-
tween Gen. Shields and the late President,
Abraham Lincoln, resulted from rivalry
for the favor and affection of the lady whom
Lincoln afterwards led to the altar. Such
is not the fact, though it is true that Miss
Todd (now the relict of President Lincoln)
and young lady friend Of hers whose
name is not now remembered, were the
prime movers in the affair.
To Col Ferris Forman, then as now a
resident of Vandalia, ILL.,, the writer is In
debted for the statement that follows: Miss
Todd and her young lady friend together
prepared and caused to be published IN one
of the papers of the capital city OF Illinois,
where all the parties then resided-Generai
Shields being at the time Auditor OF the
State-what was intended as humorous,
and which was really a sarcastic criticism
on the personal appearance and awkward
department of the young statesman. VI
the editor Shields at once demanded the
name of the author, plainly intimating that
if it was not forthcoming within reasona-
BILE period, the editor would be personally
responsible. OF course it would not do for
the editor to 8. give the ladies away" and a
council of war was at once held, and Lin
coin, the favored lover of Miss Todd, nm
dertook and did assume the authorship OF
the obnoxious article.
This assumption was followed immediate
" by a challenge from Shields, which was
promptly accepted by Lincoln. AS the
| challenged party Mr.. Lincoln selected broad
swords as weapons, and the place OF meet
ing was selected near Alton. Promptly
| the principals and their chosen friends were
on their way to the battle field, Mr.. Shields
friends. however, contending that an undue
advantage had been taken by MIR. Lincoln
| in the choice of weapons; that by reason OF
! the diminutive stature and short arms OF
the former, he would be unable to success
fully cope with his towering and long-reaeh-
ing adversary. Lincoln, however, was un-
willing to substitute other weapons, and
this incident, it is alleged, led to the settle
ment of the quarrel without bloodshed.
! Imperfectly and wholly from memory,
after lapse Of years since hearing, this
sketch is gwen. 1t simply corrects the inn
preston that seems to exist everywhere
among those that have referred to the early
difficulty between two ambitious young
men who afterwards became fast friends,
each filing his appropriate niche in the
temple of our national fame, that Lincoln
and Shields we're rivals for the hand and
heart of Miss Todd, and that the threaten.
ed duel resulted from that rivalry. Sucn u
| not the true history of the occurrence.
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The New Constitution Proclaimed.
s. z. Bulletin, june 18th.

Governor Irwin has officially proclaimed
the adoption of the new Constitution by the
neople of California. The proclamation
simply reoites from the new organic law it
self and from the statute under which the
Convention met, declaring that so far as
the same relates to the election Of officers,
the new Constitution takes effect on the
4th of July at meridian, and for all other
purposes on the 1st of January, 1880. at
meridian. The proclamation by the Gov
erpor does not terminate the several issues
which have been raised concerning the offi-
GERS to be elected at the general election in
September. The views of the Governor on
these points will probably be expressed in
the proclamation ordering the election.
Since the publication of the account OF the
interview with Governor Irwin on the ho
over Senators, it appears generally assum-
al that these officials are legislated out of
Office. and that full Senate viii be elected
| by the people. In fact in some cases the
hold-oyers are ont as candidates for re-elec-
tion. The Senators in this city whose
terms are TINS cut short are Murphy Of the
| Ninth District (Dem.); Dean Tenth (Rep),
and Boyston Eleventh Dem.)
Under the Consolidation Act it is made
the duty Of the Mayor of San Francisco to
issue the proclamation for the election OF
municipal officers. But the statute under
| which the Mayor exercises that authority
expressly declares it is :. for the purpose OF
elect,ng such officers as are proyided for IN
| this act.,, That statute only requires Il
Supervisors to be elected. The new Con,
j stitution as is known requires "a Snpervi-
sors to be elected in consolidated city ano
county Governments. It is becoming time
that some definite opinion was formed
/ whether the voters of San Francisco are e
i elect Supervisors in September in conform
ity with the statute, or under the provis
i ,ons of the new Constitution.
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LIFE TINE OF LocoMoTTvE.-The
iron horse does not last much longer than
the horse Of flesh and bones. The ordina-
ry life of locomotive is thirty years. Some
Of the smaller parts require renewal every
six months; the boiler tubes last five
years, and the crank axles six years tires,
boilers aud fire boxes from six to seven
years the side frame axles and other
parts, thirty years. An important advan-
tage is that . broken part can be repaired.
and does not condemn the whole locomo-
tive to junk shop while when horse
breaks leg the whole animal is only
worth the flesh, fat and bones, which
amounts to very small sam in this country
where horse fiesh does NOS find its way to
the butchers sbambles.
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DEATH OF MRS. HOWARD PAUL.-The
announcement of the death of Mr.. Howard
Paul, the actor, is quickly followed by
that cf bis wife. Mrs. Paul, whose maiden
name was Isabella Featherstone, was born
in Kent about 1885, and early developed
brilliant capacity alike as singer and an
actress. She received thorough musical
education, and speedily became one OF the
most popular vocalists on the English
stage. Like her husband. she possessed
great powers as . mimic, and her most fa-
nous performances were her wonderfully
exact limitations 0s Sims Reeves, the great
English tenor. Together the husband and
wife made very strong dramatic combi-
nation, and many people, both il this
country and abroad, who have enjoyed the
clever parlor entertainments which sne
pauls used to give, will be grieved g learn
that death bas 80 suadenls removed both
Of them.
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EvE-ANaELIcAL CORNER.

A wife in the house is worth two IN the
street.
The taste for black silk mittens is on the
increase.
New parasols have wide borders like the
gay bandanna handkerchief.
Dresses buttoned behind are going out
of fashion for even very young ladies.
The Queen of the Society Islands goes
barefooted, wearing ring on her toes.
There's no special style of engraving en-
gagement rings. A SPIDERS web with a fly
10 1T is very pretty device.
Shingle weddings are becoming very
fashionable in Iowa. They occur when the
first child is old enough to spank. t.-
Olive Logan says that Miss Nelson grows
more beautiful every hour. 1t must be
dreadful hard to make toilet as often as
that. .s.
Miss Mildred Lee, the daughter of the
Confederate General, is about to be mar
ried to an Englishman-a Birmingham
merchant. -....
A Wyoming girl thrashed a young man
for flirting. The trouble was, according
to the Buffalo Erpress, that the flirting was
done with another girl. uE-,
Queen Victoria has gone to Scotland in
a train composed of a fine engine and four
teen saloons and carriages furnished
throughout with electrical Communication
An old bachelor, who particularly hated
literary women, asked an authoress if she
could throw any light on kissing. al
co uld," sa,d she, looking archly at him,
ssbut think it's better in the dark
A Western girl broke her engagement
because the fellow was SO handy legged
that she couldn't sit in his lap. She acted
too hastily che should have remembered
that friend inkneed is a friend indeed.
Queen Victoria is by no means in satis-
factory health The shock of the death of
the Duchess of Hesse, and the fatigue of
the Duchess of Connaught's marriage
made the journey to Italy health seeking,
not a pleasure trip. 4 .5.
The Misses Elliott, of Washington coun-
ty, Oregon, have each married China
man, and are living on rented farms near
Scholls Ferry, where they are residing
seemingly in contentment. The farms
are rented for three years.
In the opinion of the New Haven Regis
ter, you might as well undertake to put a
barn door in your vest pocket as to try to
convince a woman that she looks just as
we'll in last summers suit as she will in
something new, fashionable and altogether
lovely.
He took her fancy when he came,
He took her hand, he took kiss:
He took no notice of the shame
That glowed her happy check at thie.
He took to coming afternoons ar
| Hetook an oath he'd ne'er deceive:
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Thirty Cents for Corn.
Burlington Hawkeye.

"No," the honest farmer remarked, in
tone of the deepest detection, "the big
crops don't do us bit of good. What's
the use? Corn only 80 cents. Everybody
and eyerything's dead set agin the farmer.
Only 80 cents for corn ! Why, by gum, it
won't pay our taxes, let alone buy us some
clothes. 1t won't buy us enough salt to put
up barrel of pork. Corn only 80 cents
BY jocks, it's livin', cold blooded swindle
on the farmer, that's what it is. It aint
worth raisin' corn for such price as that.
It's mean, low robbery"
Within the next ten days that man had
sold so much more Of his corn than he had
intended that he found he had to buy corn
to feed through the winter. The price
nearly knocked him down.
"What I" he yelled, "thirty cents
for corn Land alive-30 cents /! What
are you givin' us Why, don't want to
buy your farm. / only want some corn.
Thirty cents for corn! Why, I believe
there's nobody left in this world but set
of graspin', blood-suckin' old misers. Why,
good land, you dent want to be able to buy
national bank with one corn crop? Thir-
ty cents for corn ! Well, III let my cattle
and horses run ON cornstalks all winter be-
fore I'll pay such an unheard-of, outrage
GUS price for corn as that. Why, the coun-
try's flooded with corn, and 80 cents
bushel is blamed robbery, and don't see
how any man, lookin' at the crop we've
had, can have the face to ask such price
as that" -.
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Anr1-GRAsT MOVEMENT IN MISSOURI.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat of the "a
says: There was an anti-Grant meeting
at the house of Mr.. John B. Henderson on
Thursday evening last. Among those
present wers Mr. John B. Henderson, Jno.
r. shepley, Postmaster Samuel Hays, the
Rev. John B. Snyder. NJ. Dwight Collier,
and some other Republicans who fail 90
recognize the g boom. Some of them
we're decidedly opposed 70 Grant in any
shape others preferred some other oaaui-
date, while q few expressed themselves e
unwilling, in the event Of Grants nom'na-
don, 10 vote against the party Il Y salo
that while the meeting was private ano
preliminary one. II win probably % Inc
starting OF regularly organised ani.6ran'
party In Missouri.
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Syracuse Sunday Tim p.


He came swaying up from below sing
ing:
For I'm Little Buttereup,
Dear little Gutter Pup"
When the justice gently asked him if be
would stop his noise.
: "Can't do it squire-i'll lose it--l'l lcse
it-I'm little
"Lose what--what have you got to lose,
sir?"
"Lose the tune, man. Wen e the opera
last evening-see little Gutter
"And where did you go after the opera
was over a' asked the Court.
"Went straight to the hotel--straight.
P'liceman showed me the way, What's
my bill? Where's the feller t. keeps this
hotel --I'm little gutter pup"
''Yes, you're evidently little gutter
pup" said the justice sadly you're hotel
bill will be five dollars, with the under
standing that you follow the company out
of town, and play the character of gutter
pup somewhere else" g