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Year: 1866

An anecdote from Lyons paper has
been going the rounds of the Paris press.
Some of the journals doubt its truth; but
So non zero ben trorato. 1t is as fol-
lows Some days ago, about IL o'clock at
night, an individual dressed in a blue
blouse presented himself at The Lyons
railway station. His entrance was hailed
with a cry of general terror. The man
in blue blouse was not alone, but led in


by string a splendid bear The bear was
muzzled and followed his master, balanc-
ing his enormous head and jogging his
enormous body as he proceeded. The
persons present soon recovered from their
fright, for the bear seemed quite accus-
toned to human company, and demeaned
himself quite like model Bruin. His
dOcility and gentleness gained the esteem
Of the less bold and the caresses of the
more courageous. The bell of starting
Year: 1866

/ never saw a man who did not believe
in the Immortality of love when following
the body of loved one to the grave. i
have seen men under other circums tances
that did not believe in it; but never saw
a man that, when he stood looking upon
the form Of one that he loved stretched
out for burial, did not revolt from saving,
/" 1t has all come to that: the hours of
sweet companionship; the wondrous inter-
lacings of tropical souls; the joys the
hopes /; the trusts; the unutterable yearn-
ings-fhere they all lie." No man can
stand and look into the coffin upon body
of a fellow creature, and remember the
flaming intelligence, the blossomng love,
the whole range of divine faculties, which
so lately animated the cold clay, and say,
These have all collapsed and gone.' No
person can witness the last sad ceremonals
which are performed over the remains of
human being--the sealing down of an
unopenable lid; the following of the rum
bling procession to the place of burial the
letting down of dust into dust; the falling
of the earth upon the hollow coffin, with
those sounds that are worse than thunder.
and the placing Of green sod over the
graye-no person, unless he be beast,
can witness these things, and then turn
away and say, II have buried my wife; l
have buried my child; have buried my
sister, my brother my love-"


God forbid that we should bury any,
thing. There is no earth that can touch
my companion. There is no earth that
can touch my child. l would fight my
little breath and strength away before
would permit any clod to touch them. The
jewel is not in the ground. The jewel has
dropped out of the casket, and have bur-
led the casket-not the Jewell And you
may reason, you may say what you please.
you may carry the case before the su-
preme court of my understanding. All
that is in me revolts at the decision and
spurns it, and says, /" You must try heart
cases before the heart. We will not be-
lieve but there is life somewhere else we
will not believe that life is buried here
and the soul goes out and cries like
child lost 10 the woods. to find itself in this
strange world. saying, Where am ? and
who shall guide me, that long and yearn
and reach upward" Beecher's Royal
Truths.
Year: 1866

Why not polite? How much does il
cost to say, thank your" Why moi
practice itat home ? to your husband, your
children, your domestics 2 If stranger
does you some little act of courtesy, how
sweet the smiling acknowledgement II
your husband ah it's a matter Of course
no need of thanks.


Should an acquaintance tread on your
dress, your very, very best, and by acci-
dent tear it, how profuse you are with
your never mind, don't think of it,
don't care at ALL! I" IF husband does it,
he gets a frown, if child, he is ehastised.


All these are little things, say you.
They tell nightly upon the heart, let us
assure you, little as they are.


A gentleman stops at a friends house
and finds it in confusion. He "don't see
anything to apologize for--never thinks
Of such matters" Everything all right
cod supper, cold room, crying children ;
perfectly comfortable. Goes home, where
the wife has been taking care of the sick
one and working he life almost out. Don't
see why things can't be kept in better or
der; there never were such cross children
before. No apologies accepted at home.


Why not be polite at home? Why not
use freely that golden coin of courtesy
How sweet they sound, those little words,
81 thank you" or" Your very kind -
Doubly, yes, thrice sweet from the lips we
love, when heart-smiles make the eye
sparkle with the clear light of affection.


Be polite to your children. Do you
expect them to be mindful of your welfare
to grow glad at your approach? +? to bound
away to do your pleasure before the re-
quest is half-spoken? Then with all your
dignity and authority mingle politeness
give it niche in your household temple
Only then will you have learned the true
secret of sending out into the world really
" finished gentlemen and ladies.


What we say, we say unto all: Be po
lite
Year: 1866

Two marriages " in high life" have just
been celebrated in Europe-that of the
Czarewitch with the young and lovely
Princess Dagmar, and that of the King Of
Italy with Venice, the widow of many
Doges Of bygone days. The extreme
North and the distant South of Europe
have been moved to fete and revelry un-
bounded at the same moment while the
rest Of Europe could not look upon the
doings without some participation in their
mutual joy-without giving expression to
hopes for happiness and good wishes in
both cases.


But the first mentioned matrimonial al
lance is more matter of policy than of
love; and our American girls need not
particularly envy the princess, for the
newly-married couple are being rather
condoled with than congratulated, in Eu-
rope. 1t must be remembered that they
only gained their present happiness" by
the death of the former bridegroom. The
London Court Journal, among other Eu-
ropean papers, has a word of tender
sympathy" for the Czarewitch and his
biushing bride, when it says:


:" The career of the fair sister of the
Princess of Wales is followed by many
with tender sympathy. The great grief
of her youth is fresh in the memory of us
all, and we can understand how powerful
it must be still in the heart of devoted
girl Of such naturally noble feelings. But
a sacrifice is demanded, as q rule, in the
life of most royal personages-a sacrifice
to custom, in State conveniences, o- to
family engencies. The rest of the world
Year: 1866

TAKE CARE OF THE TRBEs. Nothing is SO
attractive to the traveller as 6ne country
residences and how much might be added
to the appearance of many, indeed mos;
Of our farms, If proper attention were paid
to the planting of shade trees in their
appropriate places. They are something
for the eye to feast upon they please the
Imagination, cheer the heart. and bring
with them all the associations of happiness
Sociality, refinement. and learning follow
in the train Of rural Improvement. Nothing
contributes, in our estimation, so much
to the pleasantness Of place as the pres
ence of trees and surely no luxury o.
half their value can be procured for the
same price, -Horticulmrist. 4a
Year: 1866

You would hear my story, Senior /; listen
to it. You have been told of my escape
and you would wonder, perhaps. that wO.
man like myself could have undertaken so
much. Pestel was yonng then, light and
active, with the vigor of a leaping panther
have changed with time. Were MatteO
alive now, he would wonder how he could
ever have called me the prettiest girl in
Cuba.


Matteo was a smuggler, you must know
but he could not help that. His father had
been one before, and he inherited his faith
er's calling with his little pinnance, called
'El Estrella (The Starr.


My father was fisherman, and our lit.
tie home was by the sea. Matteo and
were constant companions. He was the
handsomest youth in village, and took tc
loving him, of course. if,aw
rg True, his calling was one Of danger, but
we little needed that. Nor did think Of
the unlawful nature of his occupation. II
our simple little village by the sea we had
como to regard smuggling as a perfectly
honest calling, spiced by the danger of its
pursuit, and whenever cargo was landed
and safely shielded from the kings cruis
ers, general rejoicing took place.





have often thought since that if every
one had the choice Of life, they would se-
lect different course from that they had
previously followed.


Yet there is one pleasing epoch in our
lives to which we can look back with uh
alleged delight.


Our childhood -our pure and innoeenI
childhood When the world wears a rosy
fitt and evervi molnenk heara ita iav n
crown our cup Of happiness, We drink deep
of pleasure, and find no dregs within the cup


Care is unknown to us. We waste nc
thought upon the morrow. Content with
what we have, we seek not to borrow trou'
ble from an uncertain future.
We leave 10 older heads the busy schemes
of lie. The present is ours, and We enjoy
IL 10 our hearts content.


There was no happier maiden in Cuba'i
fair isle than |, upon my sixteenth birthday


That day Mattso told me that he loved
me, and asked me to become his bride.
had no wish TO play the coquette, loved
him too we'll for that, 80 made him happy
by at once consenting.


We were married in the little chapel oi
the village, and as Matteo was obliged t.
depart the next day, nothing would do bo
that must accompany him on his voyage
Being accustomed to the sea, the propose
pleased me, and l gladly consented. i
would be much better, l thought, thar
awaiting his return in lOnelinens upon this
shore. So when he sailed | went with him


He had the little cabin fitted up express
ly for my use, and everything arranged tC
make the voyage as comfortable for me al
| lpossible.
Year: 1866

Go to the drug store and get half an ounce
of extract of logwood, and ten grains Of
bichromate potash. Be sure you get jus,
these articles and not some substitute for
them. Dissolve them in quart of hot rain
water. When cold, pour it into aglass bot.
tie, or some vessel fit for chemical uses
aud leave it uncorked ten or twelve days
Exposure TO the air is Indispensable The
ink is then made, costing you about five
cents quart; it is at first an intense steel
blue, but becomes black and glossy rs o
ravens wing. So says the Country Gen.
tEeman, after fully testing it. :
Year: 1866

facts IN regard to his enrolment and alleged
desertion as q pretext and cover, then all
who participated in the transaction arc
guilty


The case is now in your hands. Render
your verdict under the law, and in accord
ance with the facts, regardless of consequent
ces to either the prosecutor or defendants.
In the Quarter Sessions of Columbia CO..
On the 9Th of December, 1865, in the case of
The Commonwealth J


Charles r Eek. the Defendant, q, an In. In
spector of Election, for knowingly rejecting
the vote of Henry Fry, qualified voter Of.
Roaringcreek township The defence set un
was, that Fry had been drafted and did not
report, and was therefore not voter.


JUDGE ELwELL charged the jury uDon
the construction of the Act of 1865. IN the
same manner as above, the charge however
containing this additional passage


If the penalty of disfrauchiscment can
be inflicted without conviction, simply be-
cause the law imposes it as an additional
punishment of the crime, then an acquittal
by legally constituted Court Martial would
be no protection to the party anywhere ex-
cept before another Court Martial BY the
rules of the Common Law as well as by the
9th Article of War, ] Brightly 81, no Off
Ger or soldier shall be tried second time for
the same offence.


If instead of holding a record of convic-
ton to be the only evidence admissible to
establish the guilt of the party whom it is
sought to disfranchise, other proof can be
heard, then he may be subjected to repeat
ed trials, each tribunal, Magistrate or Flee
ton Board, deciding for itself Lfthey are
permitted to inquire into the facts, hey 1could
not be bound by decision Of acqoattal


In every other case where it is alleged
that party has became infamous by the
commission of crime not only the convic-
tion, but the Judgment q the Court must
be shown in order to disqualify. IA John.
Rep. 50


Any other rule applied to the Act ofCon-
gress under consideration would lead to gross
injustice, and be the means of Furnishing
many an innocent man. There is nothing
in the law itself which requires the extended
construction which is sometimes claimed for
it. 1t is highly penal and should therefore
be construed strictly
Year: 1866

The hall is rather sombre, daylight
struggling IN dreariiy from the top; but even
the light of dull day makes the gliding
glare painfully He observes the two little
flags over the Speakers head, and has taken
his seat before perceiving that man is on
his legs behind one of those little gingerbread
desks, haranguing the House He can not
hear word he says, partly because the man
does not talk loud enough, but chiefly because
no one Is paying any attention to him. But
few members are in their seats, and these are
busy writing, an exercise that they vary
withanother that somewhat amazeso our friend.
He tries vainly, and would ike to catch
word or two of a speech that seems to elicit
such terrible applause. The members are
constantly clapping their hands with great but
notprolOnged energy, ,at which little hobgoblin
pages spring about, running as Il - relieve
each surcharged member of his enthusiasm
and our friend gradually discovers that the
hand-clapping Is not applause, but a mode OF
sulnmoning the pages.


He gazes in bewildel1neiit On the Babel be-
fore him The man IS reading his Speech
and does SO from printed copy, as if he were
paid by the line for it. The pages skip
about The members clap their hands Peo-
pie come IN and look at the show with stoical
apathy, aud then go cut again The man





man gets up and conunences the same per-
formance. Tne members 60 out, until not
over a dozen of them are left The man is
reading his speech. He does not do it very
glibly; he does not do it as if he expected to
gain anything by it. Some humane friend
comes TO his rescue with motion By par
iamentary fiction his speech IS considered
delivered, and printed with the proceedings,
and as many copies as the eorator likes to pay
for may be stHffed into the glory of buff
envelope and franked to a wondering con
stituency in his ''district'


1t may be a necessity in the economy of
the great parliamentary whale that it come
up to the surface and blow off, and then 90
dowu again. IL it could be entirely restrict
ed to the Saturdays it would be better one
day in six is, after all, not great deal to de-
vote 10 parliamentary nonsense. Making
speech Is considered the destiny of our poll
ticians. The member who should tot sue
ceed in going through the operation Just de-
scribed at least once In each session, and
franking home many thous;ind drty-looking
little pamphlets as evidence, would be con-
sidered an utter failure fraud upon the
public 1t makes no difference that he has
nothing to say. 1t makes still less that no
one wants to listen to him At the close of
his 'catechism' some leader of the House
may be kind enough TO shake him by the
hand and congratulate him on his speech,
but even the most verdant member Is not
unsophisticated enough to believe that it had
any effect ON any body 1t is very broad
farce and very shallow one. Each Satur-
day gets rid of half q dozen of these ora
Year: 1866

A friend who resides about a mile below
the city, in the vicinity of the Notifications,
informs US that for some time past the en-
ployees upon his farm have reported seeing
at the spring, some distance from the house,
a negro woman, and sometimes a negro man
entirely destitute of clothing He discred
tied the statement but few days since,
upon it's being repeated, he determined to
ascertain the facts of the case. Upon re-
repairing t6 the spring he discovered tracks
leading thence intothe woods Pursuit was
instituted, and at some distance an aged
African woman was found seated upon the
ground eating grass in the condition above
described. Either from hunger or age her
mind was an utter wreck. The gentleman
kindly took her to his house, provided for
her wants, and finally delivered ker to the
Freedman Bureau 1t is thought that the
negro man, who is still at large, is insane,
from the violence of his manner when seen.


And this is what it comes to Houseless,
homeless, starved and naked, the poor, inof-
iensive African, once happy, is thrown out
upon sea of exigencIes utterly beyond his
grasp by the Christian charity, the loving
kindness, the sanity philanthropy of his
sworn friends. Save Ine from myfriends
if they be friends ike these. When the
ages have rolled away it viii be found that
the greatest crime of tie nineteenth century
was committed id America
Year: 1866

a writerin the Macon Georgia. Telegraph
is very jealous Of the ladies' love of dresses,
and sounds the tocsin against it thus He
says:


Gentlemen, it is time to rally; to sound
again the tocsin of war. We must defend
ourselves. Can we sit tamely by ard see a
love ola bonnet" duck of dress, and
the dearest hoops, take possession of the
hearts that should be ours, in part at least =?
We are about 20 be crowded off the stage
let us make great effort to defeat the dry
goods Talk not Of peace when we are los
ing our treasures, our jewels Where are
our women?


should prophet ,ay that form IS made ofIivng clay
BY Allah 1 would answer nay"


Direct it and see. Take away the tiny,
beauteous, immortal part t,andwhatremains?
A monument of vanity, made up of cotton,
linen, silk, steel, false hair, false flowers false
complexion, false teeth-but forbear To
enumerate the many things it takes to make
up fashionable lady Is task for better
mathematician. \ wonderful composition
from the top Of her hower-crowned head to
the hem of her trailing dust-covered robe


To the hoop and the trail the ladies are
too closely welded to be moved toward re
form. We despair of moving them on this
point They are determined to occupy all
the room possible, and TO keep their feet hid
as long as there is dollar left to buy hoops
and trails.


After awhile We can throw away the old
fashioned broom and let the petticoat do all
the sweeping The trail around the feet is
dirty enough, bat not to be compared with
that around the neck and down the back
Ladies, for years you have railedatthe sight
of long beard, and we must either shave
clean or keep well trimmed, lest we excite
your disgust You don t ike the beard that
nature puts on our faces, and we don't like
the beard that art puts on the back of your
neck. We beg you to begin to trim or shave
your waterfalls. Let them .taH in reality.
Year: 1866

Of the next Congress for the purpose referred
to above And by nearly the whole Union
party. as represented here, it is believed that
its object is to break up the Union organiza-
ton and form a new party which shall en-
brace northern Democrats, southern rebels
and such portions Of the Union party as may
be detached from the old organization. It
seems to be overlooked that the Convention
is called simply for consolation, that It IS not
proposed to make nominations for any Office,
to organize any new party or 10 interfere in
any with the existing political parties. Any
one or oil of these things may be done by
the Convention, but none of them are en-
braced OF proposed in the call for it. Those
who may do them in Convention, or support
them when done, viii, of course, be respon-
sible for their action If the Convention
should take steps hostile to the Union party,
no one could longer adhere to both If it
should make hostile nominations, or adopt a
hostile platform, no one could support both.
But until something of that sort is actually
done, it is not easy to see why any man of
any party may not 90 into consultation with
his fellow citizens from every party and
from every section, without forfeiting mis-
party relations. The idea that members of
Congress- have any right in caucus or else
where, to issue DEGREES of expulsion or ex-
clusion in such a case, Is simply absurd.
Year: 1866

Our selection of SPRING AND
SUMMER Goods are daily expect
ed to arrive, and it would be well
for purchasers to note this fact. as
our purchases were all made after
the late HEAVY DECLINE.


- HARRINGTON q CO
Year: 1866

It WI be seen rom the following letters
that Messrs. Seward and Welles are deter
mined to stand by the President and the
Union. It will also be seen that both of
these distinguished patriots sustain the
for the Philadelphia Convention
in August next. Read the letters they are
full Of valuable information:
Year: 1866

A leading citizen from the Granite State In
forms us that the Union men anticipate an
easy triumph on their approaching election,
which occurs on the 18th OF March. Cover
nor Smyth Is immensely popular with all class
es, while the Democratic candidate is one Of
the smallest party specimens; a man who
probably would not have been nominated had
there been any supposed chance for his cleo
ton Gov. Smyth's anticipated majority is
not less than 5000.


The legislature will no doubt be very large
ly Republican in both branches, and this sur
pins strength viii possibly encourage great
deal OF competition for the Senatorship. Mr..
Senator Clark-who has proved an able man
on the floor of the Senate-will be a candidate
for reelection, but the greed for honors and
the silly doctrine of rotation merely for rota-
tion's sake, may deprive op- sister State of a
strong man to make room for one who will
have to serve years in order to occupy the
same high position and to secure for his state
the game enviable measure of influence that
has been secured by the present incumbent.
There are at least two leading competitors
now in the field against Mr.. Clark Who will
win the events of June next will show.


The political waters in New Hampshire are
in very quiet state-as much so as they were
in this state last fall SO that small vote is an
ticipated. The newspapers and club room
politicians are the only excited parties. air