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The Law. Library at Washington.

The law library at Washington is the
best in the country and one of the best
in the world. 1t contains copies OF, all
the famous trials, that Of the Tichborne
claimant being the longest, and the
Beecher trial ranking second. Aaron
Burr's has considerable space among
noted cases, and McGarrahan shelf all
to himself. The Newgate collection is
interesting, and the record of French
causes celebre in its style quite character
istic of that nation; they have put their
trials in the form of romances, illus
trating them freely and making of Court
records very pathetic tales. In small
room opening from the library are kept
the $50 volumes bound in green Russian
leather and presented to our Govern
ment by the Emperor Nicholas. To
the energy of a woman is Russia indebt-
ed for this compilation of the laws of
all the provinces of that powerful EN-
pire. Catherine II. of Russia sent en-
issaries into the different provinces of
her country, with authority to inform
themselves of the laws peculiar to each
section, and when each had accomplish
ed his work the laws were bound in
their present shape.-Ercbange
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The Plate At Windsor. u

The royal plate at Windsor is report
ed to be worth E1,SOO, COO. 1t includes
a gold service ordered by George w.,
which will dine 40 persons. and the
monarch added to the collection one of
the finest wine-coolers in the world, a
shield formed of snuff boxes worth f9,-
900, and thirty dozen plates worth f10,-
900. There are also pieces brought from
abroad and from India; : the latter in
clude q peacock of precious stones of
every kind, worth ESQ, and Tip
poo's foot-stool, d tigers head with
crystal teeth, and solid ingot Of gold
for his tongue. eH BtAp# Hst
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Suddenly remembered Toddles, and

Suddenly remembered Toddles, and
fastened to the door to look after her.
MY customer had disappeared; the huge
willow trunk hid the road from view,
but felt relieved, for there was my lit
tie one swinging back and forth with
the long pendants of the willow. Only
one instant saw her in the sunlight
one instant. There came rushing,
tearing, and tramping, a terrible sound
in the air, and great bull, tossing his
horns furiously, and with eyes glaring
madly before him, came snorting and
believing up the street. The great will
low was in his course, and, O God, my
little Toddles! 90 e.'l, - t....'
Then | know not whether I tainted or
whether screamed for help. I saw q
tall figure leap out from somewhere in
the very pathway of the mad animal,
and the next moment Toddles, half
laughing, half crying, was Nesting in
my arms. ~ 81 s.a5 -
The man whom had sent from nv
door few minutes since stood looking
on US yearningly-t man who had
snatchad my darling from its terrible
peril. Ir 'f ~
"Both dead and forgotten" he said.
"Oh, Jeanette! jeanette! do you not
know me?" u aE
:. The rainbow ribbons in the little
shop window spun dizzily round, and
all things grew dim before my eyes. For
| knew that Richard Gray was come
back to me. Poor and degraded and
deserted, perhaps, he had come back
to me. f. f' EiF#
He lifted his hat, and STOPPING, kiss
ed the little one, who did not resist him.
81 brought you my motherless little
one years agone. A beggar and q sim
ner though | was, l dared to pray your
charity to my child, whom its mother,
flying from her home, would have left
to perish among the gewgaws and
clowns in whose company she died.
Yea,' verify my punishment has been
bitter. And shall / leave you now;
Jeanette, you and my child, and depart
forever, hateful In your eyes for, all years
to come hateful when not .forgottenP'''
But something filed my heart just
then, like the rush of mighty river.
| looked back at my quiet life, my bright
little shop, the years of silence and OF
sorrow. l felt Toddles's warm heart
beating against mine. He. had saved
her. And l looked at Richard Gray,
and put my hand in his. a93si >''sl
Il Since then have tried what it is,to
be q ladyIin the far West "a lady in a
log-cabin, without china, or ,carpet, or
neck ribbons, and Richard says / have
succeeded. .-E7aQliSh Mdqdzine. -
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WHEN the Russian female doctors
who heroically served as army surgeons
in Turkey during the last Turko- Rus
sian war returned to their, country, they
found that the opposition to their ad-
mission to regular medical practice had
disappeared. They are now officially
employed, on an equal footing with
other members of the faculty, in many
hospitals and III different provincial dis
tricts.
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HORSES and cattle in Japan are shod
with shoes made simply of rice straw.
They are said to answer an excellent
purpose for single day.
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How Shaving Originated.

The custom of shaving the beard was
| enforced by Alexander of Maccdon, moi
for the sake of fashion but for practical
end. He knew that the soldiers of India,
when they encountered their foes, had the
habit of grasping them by the beard, and
so he ordered his soldiers to shave
Afterward shaving was practiced in the
Macedonian army, and then among Greek
citizens. The Romans initiated the
Greeks in the practice, as they did in
many other things, and spread it into the
other European nations yet barbaric. In
the middle ages, at that time Of the Re
naissance, shaving was introduced, and
the habit was retained, though clas-
sicism gave place to romantieism,
and that in its turn gave place to real
ISM The beard was source, of trouble
to Peter the Great, who, simultaneously
with the introduction Of his great reforms
into Russia, tried to induce his people to
initiate the shaving nations. This inno-
vation was resisted by his subjects with
the utmost persistence, and they prefer
red to pay a heavy fine rather than suffer
dIa6gprement, as they believed Of the
image of God. To the Russians of olden
times the beard was symbol of liberty.
In several countries of Western Europe
and in the United States the beard was
restored to honor only about twenty years
ago, but even yet a majority of men re-
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Minnesota Greenblck Convention.

May 10 about 100 delegates of the Ma
tlonal Greenback patty, representing II
Of the counties of Minnesota, met at Armo-
ry hall, St. Paul, for tie purpose putting
State ticket in nomination. Hon. Ig-
natius Donnelly presided and made long
and earnest speech Oh taking the chair.
The following ticket was nominated: For
Governor, Ara Barton, Of Rice County; for
Lieutenant Governor, William Mcighen,
OF Fillmore county; for State Treasurer,
Andrew Nelson, of Meeker county; for
Secretary of State A. p. Lane, Of Hennc-
pm county, for. Attorney General, William
l.. Kelly, OF Ramsey county; for Railroad
Commissioner, Ebenezer Ayers, Of Wash
ington county.
PLATFGRM.
A platform of great length was adopt
ed, the substance of which was as follows !:
First favors the repeal Of the act of 1869,
falsely entitled "An act to strengthen the
public credit" Second favors the free
and unrestricted coinage of silver Third
demands the immediate repeal Of the re-
sumption law. Fourti, regards the whole
system of the contraction of the currency,
from April, 1856, to tI,.e present time, as
an act of gross tr;. .ud and injustice.
Fifth believes circulate ION should be stead
lily and gradually incrA Aased in exact pro-
portion to the grow Eh Of population,
wealth and business of the country Sixth
believes that all property. Of individuals
or corporations should bear an equal
share Of taxation. Seventh regards the
position of the Republican platform of
Minnesota Of 1878, in regard to the pow
ers Of government, dangerous, and. heart
less. Eighth oppose all unjust class
legislation. Ninth opposes all large
landed monopolies. :renth regards the
old Minnesota railroadIbonds as dishonest
and illegal. Eleventh .avors equalization
of soldiers bounties Twelfth protests
against fostering local; prejudice in Sec.
tional strife. s3 Thirtee1; tn denounces the
vindictivea discussions, for weeks, of the
present, extra session of; Congress-. Four
teentll opposes all land grabs by wealthy
corporations. Fifteenth scommends the
Greenback press and public speakers for
their avoidance Of low! vulgar personali-
ties and Slang. Sixteenth is satisfied
there is an imperative necessity for alcen-
tral newspaper State oigan., Two. addi-,
tional planks favor an a:nendment of the
soldiers and sailors homestead law and
oppose the letting out Of convict labor by
contract --asfs s-.Fr9..
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A Roman Catholic Joke.

i -H q.
"Perley" writes FROM Washington to
the Journal. One Of heclevcrest of our
pen-womcn, who is a Roman Catholic,
tells the following as having occurred at
a convent school near here-doubtless at
Georgetown: An ecclesiastic celebrated
for his eloquence came to give a Retreat
the name given to period of days,
generally three, durin 2 which devout
souls spend their time: in listening to
sermons, reading pious looks and medi-
tating on the duties Of life heye and the
rewards of eternity-and opened the ccre-
m onies with sermon on the rule of life
attention looked from every face, until,
in speaking of one particular thing, he
said, "You must neuer--that is, hardly
ever, whensthe broad smile flashed over
the church; he was surprised, but con-
tinued, and in a few moments repeated
unfortunate sentence; depressed giggle
rippled from the benches to his offended
ears, and he stopped until the silence was
intense, then he said, .I did not come
here to !, be insulted, nor can T. see
what thefe is amusing in the text I
have choas18s 20, my children, do you
know that in your heedlcssness you laugh
at sacred Words Yes, heie himself. hath
said itt',yaabut he got no further just them,
for the nexry4hearted young things to
whom he spoke gave no thought to any
thing but the memories awakened by tn
familiar words, and one unluckey girl was
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He Was Not a Veteran.

| An aged man came into our Sanctlnl
yesterday. Deep-cyed sadness sat on his
eyebrows like a frog on the shore of a
mill pond. His attire was faultless in re-
gard to ventilation; in fact he looked
as if he was a model for some house that
manufactured venlilatOrs. His shoes
showed two long Sits for admitting air,
| which could come out at his knee, elbow
or hat, the whole system of ventilation
being perfect anG complete. He hung
his hat up on the third hook from the
door, being the one set in diamonds, and
drawing our. new morocco footstOol up to
our feet, sat down and opened fire
II am probably the only survivor of
one Of the most desperate charges at Get
tysburg,' said he. II was on the very
spot which the rebels and the Union
soldiers charged over ten times, and I
never stirred out Of my tracks. I was
right where fifteen cannon balls tore up
the earth in every direction, tearing men
to pieces, and finally t1inging back the
torn armies in confusion"
Did you escape" we asked.
II did"
You escaped! But you We're
woundcd!" ~. r., ;
mo, sir; was not touched
You were not even wounded?"
Not much.
''But certainly your clothes were
pierced with bullets!"
"Not bit of it, Nary a bullet"
'And yet you want money. No, sir.
Had your head been shot off, or can
non-ball torn you in bits, Or 2e9 bullets
been lodged in your body, we might
have given you ten cents; but as it is,
charity must begin at home. John, bring
us tivcccnt cigar
''But I'm the only survlvor,' persisted
tins old veteran.
Then go hire hall, and charge ten
cents for the eXhibition.'
"Exhibition be hanged" said he.
Give me ten cents, and III tell you how
| didn't get killed.
1t was tempting bait, and was taken.
Then he sidled towards the door as he
remarked: -.s5.--. . -n -.rr- ---.--
II was on the very spot wnere the
charge was made. I stood where the
bullets fell like rain, but-'twas month
after i happened
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ALL IN Hrs EYE.

4 Ne,r Yorker Who Thought He Vas Mar
rted, bMt Dtscorered that He Wasnr.
A queer divorce suit was tried and decided
in New York on the 9th. Richard I. .Aspin-
wall sued for divorce from Helen G. Aspin-
wall, who he AYERS he married five years ago.
She insists that she was not legally married
to Aspinwall; that the ceremony of marriage
was procured BY Q fraud upon her, and that
she was Helen G. Smith, d maiden, until she
was married to Joseph u. France in 1876. ~
The Rev. Frederick Overtefa testified that
on the 26th OF April, 1874. he married the
plaintiff and the defendant. ip 9aHRHa
Mr.. France; the second husband, testified
he became acquainted with the defendant in
the latter part Of the summer Of 1875. aAf-
ter Miss Smith and her mother came to
board where was. ! was informed BY her
that an engagement With Aspinwali VAS brok-
en-, Or about % be, and proposed myself To-
her, and was accepted. A few ldaysg after i
was engaged to her. Aspinwall one evening
asked me ont to tho do0rsteps, and said he
wanted to speak to me. He sid Nellie has
told me you want to NAVY hsE.D Said ],
has told you about Tie little thing That hap
psaed betseen usal Said I, tdes, she told
me about it, 4 ssWell, said he, = fsel, vssy,
sor1y that it ever happened. There il moth,
ing il IL, Said I, Richard, 4 hope rot
From what you say aboatit, aadi from ,~hat'
.she says, I shopld Judge, theset H. not.' Her
said be had been engaged TO .hsr, for. some
time, bnt TIT Ke didn't Is e they ~ veis sia
ever liksly 70 b nihrriS, and II gshs wanted
- msr1ymatD thQugAt hs issould haye 'itb.
t,y
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Two Irish Servants.

When Tyrone Power was in this coun
TRY he used to tell the following ancc
tdotes in his own inimitable war;
One day the Duke Of Beaufort, tho
Count d'Orsay, with two or three othe1
|noblemen, dined in Albion Street.
"Plaize, what will l do for the soup
ma'am?" inquired the cook, thrusting hel
head into the drawing room about five
minutes before the guests arrived.
"The soup?'' echoed Mrs. Power, il
|astonishment . 80
Yes, ma'am, the soup. l suppose
you'll be for having some. Is it mock
turtle or real turtle, ma'am, I'll be send
TIys.as Jaaes. for?'' ---- -s--~-4-
"Why, you must be mad, Nora! How
can you. ask such a question! Youknow
you made the soup yesterday. You
put it into the great white BASIN and
ewes that the soup, ma'am, in the
great white basin?" r..-.
"You know it was. childr'
''Bad luck to me if I haven't thrown it
down the sink, thin. l. thought it was
dirty water!''
One night the housemaid, who had nev-
er been to a theatre, was sent to see her
master play Teddy the Tiler.
"Wel., how did you like. the, play,
KattyH inquired her mistress, the next
morning
"Och' ma am, 1t was beautiful-the
finest ever I see! Many thanks to you
ma'am, for trating me to that same
did you see your master, Katy
ttTn6aa6 T did mo- 'om - Z n e
"Andhow did he look2"f "a =
"Och! like raal gentleman every inch,
when he got out Of his working clothes" :"
'And how did he act, Katty?'
"Why, truth be told, ma am, l can't say
much for his acting. Pat Rooney, or
Tim Flanagan, or any other Tilcr, would
have done just as he did. No offence,
ma'anl; but if hadn't knownit was the
master, | shouldn't have taken it for act
ing
"But didn't he make You laugh,
Kitty:'
"Indeed and he didn't, ma am. My
heart was 100 heavy for that"
Too heavy 4 l. :
'TrOth was 1t, ma'am." - 7 : :
"What do you mean, child2"
"Och. och, don't ax, ma'am, don't AK
'Not ask?'
you'd better not~ ma 'am-you'd better
not-you won't if you are wise. Och .
OCH! such handsome, such good-na-
turcd lady. och. oc..:.'
81 insist upon knowing what you mean,
this instantr'
"Then, if must speak, ma am, the
masters conduct was shameful"
"Shametul!' --r.
''Och! scandalous, ma'am, scandalous. .
May [ die, if he didnt kiss every lady he
came near: without mentioning the lap
dog
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spect the custom introduced by Alexan
der the Great
History of the Alphabet.

A lecture in London, giving these
facts on the "History Of the Alphabet y
was delivered by E. G.. Seth Smith
Writing was that which made paper
speak, and without it we should have no
such thing as history, unless what was
misty tradition. Writing originally con
sisted in drawing pictures of thesid dca in
tended fobc conveyed. Weare indebted
to the Israelitcs for something of the art of
writing, for it is spoken Of in Exodus as
familiar to them. Probably the Canaan
ties were also acquainted with the art, as
| one OF their towns is called S"the town of
books" There was an Irish tradition
that great grandson Of Seth invented
the Hebrew, Greek, Latin and naturally,
the Irish alphabets. On tracing the let
ters back to their origin, we find they
consisted of pictures, This practice still
finds favor with the American Indians.
THE Mexicans also wrote their history by
means Of pictures; but on their discovery
they We're destroyed by superstitious
hand and now but few are extant.
Among the Chaldeans the following is
an instance Of the change sign under
went. Probably on account of the wear
ing of combs by the ladies, the sign of Il
comb stood for woman, but afterward be-
came the sign of fesnnine gender. The
Persian alphabet was very large. In the
Egyptian language apalr ofeyes slgnified
vision; flight Of steps, ascent; bird
catching fish, fishing; and so on. But
the Egyptians had a large number of
signs for one letter, there being twelve
signs for the letter S, for instance. They
also appear to have written indistinctly,
for after writing a word they would aftix
a picture Of meaning they intended to
convey. The English alphabet comes,
perhaps, from the Egyptian; at all events,
the principles Oh which both are founded
agree. Our alphabet Is directly derived
from the Ph9nicians, a race we'll qualified
to disseminate language. The Greeks
have a tradition that their alphabet was
derived rom the PhGnician. The Php-
nicians introduced the alphabet into
Italy, and from Italy it was adopted by
almost all the European nations.
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marched out of church, shaking with
laughter rs she went. The ecclesiastic
highly-and from his standpoint, proper.
Unlicensed closed, his sermon soon af:
ter, and sent for the Mother Superior,
Mother" said he, II do not think the
proper spirit exists here for a Retreat. ]
have never seen such BEHAVIOR 20,
Father''-she interrupted, her sweet old
face lighting up with the smile
that made her so irresistible a belle. In
her girlhood --"don'ts yo,, know
you have been quoting 'Pinafore' all
through your sermon, and indeed the poor
children could scarcely help it, oa. a.. a. H.; 3:
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2 ssseNEHewoR oTbERs

J.,b 10 sHst8 g. EI-r-;--isht 5aees1ihdinn5 etlt
Lie has burden for every, man shoulder,
None may eseape from fts ttqouble and care: care
Miss it in youth and twill come fwheIli we're
G, older, 5, s,..,, ,,s...t., s,.,te5sft
fi''u NJ US Us close as tne garments ga n Y Wear
Sorrow comes into our lives ,minyited, aF,lgff
- song: oTsS Rs9iSmsIa eI 'fsasnss sIeG sfsSnoi
Lovers grow cold and friendships esliehtedyO Q
; fetsomehow or other we worry along, "a.
j .e5Sd ga hiaa W llA tiSti y
Eyery,da toll is an every -day, blessing,gt OF
Ihough poverty's cottage and crust we NAV
goi share; sfii lAsasiSi .bsaavo5sis ca o'-ss Y
lYesskk il the BACK op Which burdens are preSss's
BUT stoutis Heart tl{,lt il gtfedgihenned .
2 osq byi prayersissw ol3m sad f9la0He 0EoH
Somehow orotherthe pathway grows gro brighter =
Just when we mputa there Werelnme to beaii
. friend; ,.,.l...,-,. -,
3 ri Lighter, 81 ib7bs roRzya l1s 10 ai het
/ And somehow or other-wc get t9 The enI hi.i
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Dr.. Arnold at Rugby.

On his appointment to the head-mas-
telship of Rugby school, Arnold took his
D ID. degree, and from that time he was
chiefly called in public by the name by
which we best know him, Dr. Arnold
The beginning of DR.. Arnold's reign at
Rugby was marked by something OF
gloom and discomfort among the boys and
those connected with them. He looked
much deeper down into the character OF
each individual member of the school than
1t had been the custom of former head
masters to do; and when, on closely
watching a boy, he saw he exercised a bad
influence over his companions he quietly
requested his friends to remove him as un-
fit for public school life; thus, as may
easily be supposed, causing dissatisfaction
in many quarters. Arnold's face had
also, probably, something to do with his
winning his way slowly, at first, with the
boys. When he was very much in earnest
about anything his features would wear a
serious gravity of expression, which the
very young easily mistook for stcrnness,
and when he had his first interview with
ia lad, on his arrival at school, he was al
ways most deeply in earnest at the
thought of the new charge confded to
him, and this made his appearance fright
en- his scholars little on first seeing him.
Gradually, however, these drawbacks to
his popularity faded away; parents found
that he had judged rightly for their sons
in changing their sphere Of education, and
the boys learned that their head-master's
face could twinkle with fun, and soften
with paternal tenderness, and that there
were in hini depths of kindly sympathy
for, their young troubles and difficulties,
and stores of general strength, such as
they had never dreamed of in man. Soon
the common expression in the school
about the head-master came to be, among
the boys, "We would die for him" The
only fault whichhe would never pardon
was lie-that was always punished by
Immediate expulsion from the school.
This severe, respect for truth, however,
increased, on the whole, his ascendency !;
for a lofty sense of honor, manly straight
forwardness, are always essential quail
ties in an, English boys ideal hero.J a.Ial
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D. T., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1879.

attractions; he only possessed beauty of
soul, which is the true beauty. St.
lreneus, a desciple Of St Polycarp, who
was a2disciple of st. John, wrote that his
master had often heard the beloved dlsci-
pie say that the hair of Jesus had already
turned white when he began his mission
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! : ADVERTISING RATES
=, 5si:s.rfes VS. - -
COrrCSDOndencn
osvas anything said Between ehhs you lip IL re-
lation to Aspinwa.l. and MiAo Smith living

lation to Aspinwa.l. and MiAo Smith living
together as man and wifs3' 'bssI ss Asd1 ta> =
she told me something about ,this. ,.As-
pinwall,' said r. 4 want you to tell the truth
as a man: Have yon ever lived With Miss
Smith as her husband Pm He said to me:
No; she is as pure . womsnas ever the,sun
lshone upon I met Aspinwall several times
afterlthat before our mhrriage. In hth course
of conversation, he asked me When We, were
to be- married. "a. told him Ididn't know-Af
probably in the spring. !, The cepplaiat was
dismissed, on the ground that.if a marriage
relation was proved Between the plaintiff
and the defendant, aud any offsnse 'sgainstf
it had been shown, lit alsoII proved TINT the
offense was committed with the plaintiff q
connivHnce and consent. D"h
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NJ. Remains description of ST. Pauls IN
significant personal appearance has caused
the Paris, ,bookworms to delve among the
writings Of the church fathers for light
on, the subject. They found ample justi-
tification for Remains picture Of the apos-
tie, besides unexpectedly obtaining some
account of the appearance of Christ him
self. ST. Clemant, Of Alexandria, thus
sketches the Savior: Jesus had no beauty
Of face; his person offered no physical