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True Ghost Stories.

The two ghost stories told by our
most eminent anatomist are as romantic
in their way as any told by the Psyche
logical Society. When hardly more
than lad, at Lancaster, the future de-
fender of vivisection was studying for
the medical profession he had horror
of the ghastly details of the business,
which he imagined he could never over
come. He was cured, strange to say,
by fright. Having to take some med
icine on a windy night to Lancaster Cas-
tie, he had to pass through the room
in which he had taken part in dissec-
tions. Just as he entered the room with
basket of medicine under his arm, the
clouds which hid the moon suddenly
parted, door slammed, and, looking
up, the future biologist saw what he
thought was an enormous figure in
white, with arms outstretched, looking
down upon him.
He turned around trembling, and
against the wall opposite stood another
figure in white. He dropped his basket
and ran. The patients in Lancaster
Castle got no medicine that night. But
when he returned next day and found
that he had only been frightened by
mortuary sheets, he braced his nerves
up so that he was soon collecting skulls.
He made fine set, but for long time
he could not get an Ethiopian skull.
At last negro died in Lancaster Castle,
and the young doctor got permission to
have his head. It was again a windy
night when the operation of removing
the head was determined upon. But
habited in his long cloak, then the fash
ion, and provided with blue bag, the
comparative anatomist soon had the
head slowed away. As he left the room
in which the coffin lay, however, the
wind slammed the door, caught his
cloak, and nearly threw him on his face.
Attempting to recover himself he lost
his hold of the bag, the head fell out
and rolled with increasing velocity
down flight of stairs, across a court
yard and settled itself upon the neck,
with one eye open and the other shut,
in a room where two women shrieked.
The professor rushed wildly after it,
took no notice of the women, seized the
skull, put it in his bag again, and ran
from the castle. -Four or five years
afterward he was attending dying wom-
an, who called loudly for clergyman
to whom she had something to tell.
The doctor begged her to tell him, as
there was no clergyman near enough to
be called in time. At length she spoke
ooh sir I had husband who was o
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THE FOURTH OF MARCH.
How the Day Attained Its Precedence in
Our History.

Our History.
In very early times, when March 3
was supposed to be the last day to
which Congress could extend itself in
the odd year with propriety, it would
occasionally be found hard at work as
the Sd passed into the 4th. As the 4th
Of March is the day for the Inaugural
ton Of the Executive Department of
the Government of the United States,
that date has become the first in this
nation. 1t was fixed upon in 1888 by
the Continental Congress, which on the
18th of September adopted the follow
ing resolve, preceded by preamble
which set forth in order the reason for
the action of that Congress at that
time: "That the first Wednesday in
January next be the day for appointing
electors in several States which before
the said day shall have ratified the con-
stitution, that the first Wednesday in
February next be the day for the elect
ors to assemble in their respective
States and vote for a President, and
that the first Wednesday in March next
be the time, ,and the present seat of
Congress (New York; the place, for
commencing the proceedings under the
said constitutions. The first Wednes-
day in March, 1889, fell on the 4th of
March, and hence the precedence of
that day in our history under the con-
stltution. 1t was not till the 30th of
April, 1889, however, that Washington
became President, owing to various cir
cumstances; but in 1893, when he en-
tered upon his second Presidential
term, he was inaugurated on the 4th of
March.
Our century of Presidents will be
completed on the 4th of March, 1889,
and the President to complete it will
be chosen in 1889, II we shall insist
that the work be done by a newly
chosen President. Properly, we should
say, the man who shall go out in 1889
will be the completing Chief Magistrate
Of this nation, as will regard the first
century of the nations constitutional
life. 1t will be soon enough to discuss
the matter almost six years hence. Pos
sibly the Both of April, 1889, the Tooth
anniversary of Washington's first inau-
guration as President of the United
States, would be selected as the most
fitting day on which to have national
celebration of the beginning of our ca
reer as a people with a fixed govern
ment of limited powers, and with the
principles of liberty admitted in every
way-save where the colored race were
concerned.
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O'COnnell's Impudence.

Daniel O'Connell has been called the
Irish Demosthenes. In addressing an
immense crowd, his voice would glide
as easy as o bird flies, to the verge of
the audience, and stir to sobs and
laughter. But eloquent as was his
tongue, it could wag as saucily as a
fisherman's.
Once, meeting certain Irish noble
man, who sported ferocious pair of
whiskers, O'Connell impudently asked,
when, my Lord, do you mean to place
your whiskers on the peace establish
ment?"
"When you place your tongue on the
civil list" rejoined his Lordship.
He knew the humors of the mob, and
would play the buffoon in order to please
them.
During the Dublin election his oppo-
nent was Mr.. West. O'Connell, at
the hustings, resorted to a favorite
weapon, the calling of nicknames. "Sow
West" and ugly West" were hurled
again and again at the opposing candi-
date.
Gentlemen, replied Mr.. West, good
humoredly, "Mr. O'Connell takes ad-
vantage of me, for he wears wig"
Il scorn all advantage" exclaimed
the moderator, snatching off his wig
and exhibiting the baldest of scalps
compare US now, boys; is Sow West
the beauty?"
OF course the crowd cheered their
favorite, but judicious friends grieved
at the coarse-grained jest, the "tinsel
upon frieze," of one who could be a
Titan when on his mother-earth:
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Preaching and Music.

II is said that certain dull preachers
of Rochester, n. Y, are anxious be-
cause a good many sinners attended
their churches, not to hear sermons and
get religion, but to hear the music and
be entertained. There is but one cure
for that sort Of difficulty, and that is to
make the pulpit more Interesting than
the choir. When people go to church,
not to hear the sermon, but to enjoy
the music, it argues that there is more
human and divine ministry from the
choir than from the sermon; that, in a
word, the organist and singers are
smarter than the parson. The thing
for such anxious parsons to do is not to
scold the sinners or the singers, bat to
overhaul themselves. Think of Paul
worrying as to whether people came to
bis meeting with right motives, as they
are called. The thing for the true
preacher to do is to create or inspire
right motives IN his audience, no matter
what prompted the people to come.
Let the Rochester preachers wake up
on their own account, and sinners will
hear them gladly. - Philadelphia
Times
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in command went direct to the Cap1ToI,
where, after hosting the United States
flag and establishing his headquarters
he at once turned his earnest endeavors
to bring order out of chaos and protect
both persons and property. The con-
duet both of the officers and soldiers in
their attempts to stop the spread
of the fire and extinguish the
5GtaNes is deserving of all praise. The
aphorism, Gone spark of nature makes
kindred of us all, was never more fully
exemplified than on that day, when +
saw the elite white citizen of the dav.
and the recent negro slave, and the
Yankee officer and soldier, vying with
earh other to best protect and subserve
the public interest. IF the flames were
not stopped, it was no fault of the peo-
2 e or soldiery, but because the devour-
i-'G element had got beyond CONTROL
Letter to Richmond Dispatch.
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In the German Canital.

Ills OAHy HAS Gue TepuGaGlOn all over
the continent of being exceedingly
wicked, and don't think that the char
acter which it bears does it the slight
est injustice. Crime in this country
differs in many material respects from
the crime which, unfortunately, we
have become so familiar with in Ameri-
ca. There are many murders, to be
sure, but they are nearly all of the de-
hberate, deeply planned order, while
the majority of the removals" as Mr..
Guiteau would put it. on our side Of
the Atlantic are of an emotional char
acter, the emotion being generally pro-
duced by the introduction into the sys-
TEN of fOrty-rod whisky. Here a man
will get up in the morning, dress him
self carefully, adjust his cuffs and col
lar neatly, button his coat genteelly,
and murder his wife and family and
himself deliberately-the whole horri-
bic tragedy being performed with as
much GOODNESS as if he We're simply get
ting ready to take his family out for a
walk. LII Chicago one man asks an
ether to treat, the other Will be blessed
ii he VIII, sculfie ensues, a shot is
fred, and all is over. Here bar-room
fights are very rare. When the we'll
behaved Berliner takes it into his head
that he must have blood, he goes to his
home, closes the doors, stuffs rags in
the keyhole, and enjoys himself pri-
vately.
l cannot understand why it is that
tie Germans are so given to commit
ting such horrible murders. They are
Us q people rather light-hearted and
liglt-spirited than otherwise. They
are sociable, jolly, and apparently in
chned to make the best of everything
1t is too often the case that father
takes the lives of his wife and little
ones and kills himself because he has
come to the conclusion, after long
brooding over it, that they will all be
better off out of the world. It is not
always, nor even frequently, the case
that the horrible tragedies committed
in Berlin are caused by extreme pow
erty; on the contrary, the very poor
seem to bear their lot better than those
moderately well-off. Dependency is
the great cause of murder and suicide
here, and many Germans have agreed
with me in attributing the cause Of this
Ge8pondency to the vast amount of
beer and the almost indigestible food
consumed 10y the middle classes. The
poor consume a great deal of beer, too,
and eat great deal of cheese, raw
ham, pork-sausages, picked cabbage,
black bread, and other articles of diet
calculated to breed longings for muir
der in the human breast, but they
work SO hard that they manage to di-
gest it.-ConSuE FIy7a21'S Letter to
ChicOqO Nelcs.
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Man and Wife.

Lucy Stone complains that the law
does not give mans wife more prop
cry. But the law, in some cases, is
very good to the wife. For instance, a
man may say to his wife: "I will be
just. [ will take half the property,
and you may take the other half" The
wife takes her half, spends it on seal
sacIues, spring bonnets, etc, and pres
entity has nothing left. Then the law
says that, although the woman has
wasted the money that would have sup
ported her through life, her husband
must take his money and pay it out
that she may have food and clothing
and continue to paralyze all other fe-
males in the matter of dress.-Louis-
uile CO2tTier-Jo1rndL
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Tai. SchurZ.

Gen. Sherman had some shirts made
at furnishing store in Washington,
and the cutter few weeks later met
the General with a friend walking
down the avenue. The General re-
membered the face, but could not locate
him, and the cutter greeted him with:
Good morning, General. How are
you to day?"
The General stopped, shook hands,
and the cutter, perceiving that the Gen
erals mind needed refreshing, said
quietly:
Made your shirts"
"Oh, I beg pardon" said the Gener-
al quickly, and, turning to the gentle
man with whom he was walking, he
said:
"Ah, Col. -, allow me to introduce
you to my friend, Mai. Schurz!"
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The Ten Virgins.

A certain minister of the Kirk of
Scotland, now deceased, had prepared
with great care a series of discourses
on the parable of the ten virgins, and
had made use of them rather oftener
than some Of his brethren thought he
should. On the evening of q COM
munion Sabbath, when assisting a
brother clergyman in the same presby-
terry, he delivered one Of his series,
which his friend had heard more than
once When the services were over and
the two ministers were on their way
home to the manse, the one said to the
other: Man, JOHN, L really think you
should gle up the virgins; ye're fairly
maxim auld maids of themin
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Probabilities.

what about tomorrow I asked Uz,
as we stood on the brow of the hill and
gazed over the meadows at our feet,
now partially yelled in a silvery mist. :
Uz wet his forefnger and held it up,
looking closely at the movement of the
few tieecy clouds above as he did so.
After brief pause be replied, with the
air Of one we'll convinced of the truth
Of his opinions: "There'n be southern
rain and ducks"
A word about weather predictions. I
am compelled to admit that [ have faith
in the Judgment of men like old Uz
Grant, when they pronounce an opinion
as to the morrow or day or two beyond.
But he, like all other 1aen, fails in the
matter of foretelling seasons. Uz does
not like my referring to the winter of
l880-'0l. His prediction, which he
early made known to me, was quite the
opposite Of what the season proved to
be. He consoled himself, however,
with the protest that he was never mis-
taken, and that covers three more than
fifty Years" since he commenced solving
the riddle Of what the winters Will be.
Aatur knows what's coming" he has
often said to me, "and natur gets ready
for winter to suit the sort of weather it's
goin' to be-"
This is a common expression wher-
ever I have wandered, but it will not
stand the test of statistics. Cornhusks.
pigs spleens, goose breastbones, squir-
rels' magazines of nuts, muskrat houses
all are relied upon by country peo-
pie, but not one is trustworthy. Per
haps the position of the dark and light
portions of the breast-bones of geese
that is, of geese Matched the previous
spring-is more relied upon as an indi-
cation of the open" or cold weather of
an approaching winter than all the 9TH
crs; but it cannot be of any use, if for
no other reason than because in a num-
Der Of such bones reported upon by as
many different people there was moth
ing like unanimity; and, strangely
enough, it is yet an open question
whether the light portion of the bone is
Indicative of open" weather and the
dark portion of cold, or vice versa.
" hat originally gave rise to these va
riouS signs is well worth tracing; but it
IS noa 70 be dweltu upon here.-Charles
AUJrt, m the Continent.
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negro, and fear bad man. He died,
sir, in Lancaster Castle; and oh sir, T
was standing one day in the rooms when
my husbands head came out of the
floor, and seemed to ask me to help him.
And then, sir, the devil came through
the door, snatched up the head, and
put it in a bag, and disappeared before
1 could do anything. And have never
done anything. Oh, sir, what can I do
for my poor husbands soul. ."-Londo1a
letter to the Liverpool Mercury.
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SnGbbed Him.

Young Pease was "sweet" on Clara,
but he didn't have the courage to tell
his love man fashion, so lie went to
work in roundabout way.
DO YOU know, Miss Pink" he said.
"th@t Charley Green IS terribly in
love with you?"
How 10 YOU know that, Lr. Pease ?"
demanded Clara.
"Oh." replied Pease, 81 ja3ge him
by nyse f"
you Judge him by yoafself, DO you ?"
said Clara well, then, please Judge
linn only when you are by yourself" "
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Controlling Forces.

There are three kinds of force con
trolling human affairs material force,
suoh as is exercised by the athlete, the
multitude Or the body polite; the force
Of viii, such as brings the hero safely
over the obstacles of life to success in q
predominating aspiration, and the force
OF virtue, which is the attachment to
moral truth, swaying, elevating and
confirming the Will The last of these,
by unanimous consent, is made the su-
perior one, yet it 50 depends upon the
folmer-the force of the will-that it
can be distinguished from it only by it's
ethical aim. Indeed, except for desig-
mating the direction Of moral force, the
viii, considered in a pure and simple
sense, is the force by which the affairs
of life are shaped, since there is no vital
working in society, or by the individual,
or Of virtue, save through its energy.
\ man without a will accomplishes
nothing; with a will, despite all obsta-
cles from within or without, he fulflls a
purpose and attains q destiny. Req.
Dr.. Rdn6G2it.
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Iow Richmond Was Surrendered.

When tha van of the Northern army,
under the command of Col. Stephens,
cam in sight, We (the Richmond City
Co1sncIl, under a flag of truce, met
them, When MIR. Mayo then and there
surrendered the city in proper form.
We then entered our carriages, and, pre-
cedea by portion OF the enemy's cav
airy. returned to the city. The officer
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Where the LAWYER Comes In.

II settled with the dissatisfied heirs
fer the estate and obtained their re-
,ceip5s for 81 200 and release from all
further claim" said Brooklyn lawyer,
in reference to warmly-contested viii,
in which about SO, 200 worth of prop
erty was involved.
Was that all the contestants re-
ceiyed?"
That all! Don't you want to leave
anything for the lawyer?" and the
colloquy terminated. The residue of
the estate was bequeathed to the widow
and two children Of the decedent. -.
NetU TOrk Herald.
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4 Three-Cent Stamp Worth 500.

In 1916, while awaiting supplies from
the department at Washington, the
Postmasters Of certain cities were au-
thorized to issue stamps temporarily.
Among others so issued was the Post
master at Brattleboro. Eight hundred
stamps were printed, and Of these one
half were burned, Collectors have been
in search Of some of these stamps, and
it was considered hopeless matter to
nrocrIre one of them. One collector.
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Curious Indian Belief.

The Sanpoal tribe number about 400
Indians and they all belong to a sect
known as the dreamers. They are
looking for another food, which they
expec5 soon to come upon the arth. In
order to be prepared they have secured
all the necessary material for the build
ing Of al ark, in which to sail of, as
Noah did, when the food comes.
Among the material is $4,000 feet of
lumber. The ark is to be fifty feet
long and about fifty or sixty feet wide.
The dreamers have small following
among the Indians of the Palouse,
Snake River, Warm Springs, Umatillas
and other tribes. They believe that
the whites will all be drowned when
the food comes, and that they only will
be saved, and viii be enabled to live off
the fat of the land without having to
work at all.
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WHEN Thelwall was on his trial for
high treason he wrote the following note
during the evidence for the prosecution,
and sent it over to Erskine, his counsel:
II am determined to plead my cause
myself" Erskine wrote back: "If you
do you will be hanged" To which
Thelwall replied: "Then I'll be hanged
If do"
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BETTE" is scrutinizing intentIy
business card. Underneath the name
is inscribed: "U. S. Marine Corps"
Mamma" she says, suddenly. Does
Col. B. make corpses?" Il suppose so,
dear, says mamma, "when he goes to
war" "That's the reason he has
corpses on his card. It's his business
card; see. and Bette was satisfied.
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The way to avoid the imputation OF
impudeace is, not to be ashamed of
what we do, but never 90 what we
ought to lie ashamed of-TuUeg.
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PEOPLE who are not superstit;ous be-
iie"e in signs, and SO the sign-painter
GETS llis work in.
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IT is said that the fresh juice of lines
will cure diphtheria.
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FREE labor will give us wealth. Free
thought will give Us truth.
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WHATS your name?" asked one f.
year-old miss of another. "I do de-
clare!" replied the second little girl,
"you are as inquisitive as grown people.
They always ask my name, and where ]
got my new boots, and all such fngs,
until I am as'amed of 'em."
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THE reason why so few marriages are
happy is because young ladies spend
their time in making nets, not in max
ing cages. s.-S2Cift.
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A NEW HAMPSHA.E WIIl,caJ sprang
from tree at boy and landed in a
kettle of boiling sap. The disgust
which the animal felt over its faux pas
(and the rest of its body for that mat
ter entirely took away It's appetite.
Boston Post.
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The heart that is soonest awake to
the flowers is always the first to be
touched by the thorns. Moore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
DESTYAG UISHED FARMERS At DINNER.

The "New-Y Farmers dined together
for the third time this winter at DelmOnicos. james A.
Burden presided and the following members pres
ent General U. s. Grant, James Otis, f. A Bronson j.
Lawrence Lee. John j. Holly Benjamin L. Swan. IT,,
Thomas Dickson A. B. Darling, James stillman, g. r.
Agnew Henry T.. Pellew, James o. Sheldon Samuel
Thorne J. &. Barnes, Samuel Sloan, W. A. Wadsworih.
LeGrand b. Cannon, Professor c. Z. Chandler,
ID. L. Appleton, +. A. Potts, Smith Clift,
Adrian Isen, John Jay, John d. Wing and Theodore A.
Hayemeyer. The guests OF the evening were George -
Lorng Commissioner Of Agriculture; Professor q. {.
Caldwell, Of Cornell University and Edward Burnett OF
the famous DeerfOot Farm. As soon as coffee had
been served Mr. Burden announced that the theme OF
selected for the evening butter Professor
Chandler By the aid Of diagrams. gave behy the
results OF analyses OF milk, skim milk and cream lie was
followed by Professor Caldwell, VINO rcad paper
detailing the chemical methods by which butter cOnd
be distinguished from oeomaryarne and butterine. Ed
ward Burrett described az ength the best modern pro-
cess OF getting cream from milk and turning the cream
into butter. Commissioner LOrlng In humorous
speech exalted the calling Of the farmer AT neal mo
night OF thanks to Professors Chandler ana CaIu-
well moved and UNANIMOUSLY adopted