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Year: 1867

In cottage that stood on the wild sea-shore,
A little one sat meath the vine-wreathed


door;
shadowed and sad was the childish face
On the soft, pink cheek shone the tear-drop's


trace;


For the cherished toy-best beloved of all
The poor little waxed-faced, blue-eyed doll,
Was broken. Smile not at the childish pain
Nor the tears that were dropping like silver


rain. ~
But the gentle mother with loving tone, so
Said, bending down by the little one,
And kissing the mouth and the dimpled chin
"Don't cry, my love; when our ship comes


in, '9
We will get new dolly, oh far more fair,
With brighter eyes and with softer hair;
Now dry your tears, fort will surely be,
When our ship comes in from the far, wide
Oh, that ship to comel and how oft before
Had the bright eyes watched from the cot


tsge door,


As with eager gaze they were watching nov
For the cleaning sail and the rushing brow
But oft she ran to her mothers side
Her sweet blue eyes with the gladness wide
As she pictured the wonderful pleasure to b
When our ship came in from the distant sea
The dearest gift and the best of all
For her little heart, was the darling doll;
But OIL there were treasures unknown


untold, ,T
All safely slowed in its precious hold;
And standing thus with her beamiDg eyes
The tears all gone and the childish sigbs,
She turned The sweet face with its smiles +


me, 1tr,
And said, Have you any ship at ses2'
Child! you did not know the wild throb c
Fhose light words sent through my hear


and brain:


Ali we all have ships on stormy sea-.
Ali weary watchers for them are we;
And when the tempest and cloud are rife
When storms sweep over the sky of life,
With fearful eyes by the sounding shore,
We watch for them-we have watched be


fore;


But OF all who, weary and trembling, wait
For the coming ships with their Preciou
freight,


IT'S known, o Fatherl 10 none but Thee,
If they safely arrive, or be lost at sea.
Year: 1867

have known scountry society which
withered away all to nothing under the
dry rot of gossip only. Friendships
once as firm as granite dissolved to
jelly, and then run away to water, only
because Of this; love- that promised 8
future as enduring as heaven and a.
stable as truth, evaporated into a morn
ing mist that turned to days long
tears, only because of this; father and
son were set foot to foot with the fiery
breath of anger that would never cool
again between them, only becsuse OF
this; and husband and his young
wife, each straiuing at the heated leash
which, in the beginning, had been the
golden bondage Of God-blessed love,
sat mournfully by the side of the grave
where all their love and all their joy
lay buried, and only because of this. /
have seen faith transformed TO mean
doubt, hope give place to grim despair,
and charity take on itself the features
of black malevolence, all because Of the
spell words ofscaudal and the maniac
mutterings of gossip. Great crimes
work great wrong, and the deeper trag-
edies Of human life spring from its larger
passions; but woeful and most mourn
full are the uncatslogued tragedies that
issue from gossip and detraction; most
mournful the shipwreck often made OF
noble natures and lovely lives by the
bitter winds and dead salt waters of
slander. So easy TO say, yet so hard
to disprove-throwing on the innocent
all the burden and the strain of demon
strating their innocence, and furnishing
them as guilty if unable to pluck out
the stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear-gossip and
slander are the deadliest and the cruel
est weapons man has ever forged for his
brothers. hurt-ANthe Year Bound.
Year: 1867

she Is as deeply interested in it as you
are and NO injury can result to it by
telling her all about it. By keeping It
to voufself YOU have the satisfaction of
feeling that YOU are superior to her be-
cause ana : you know what she does not. eirz


If from any cause you are. detained
|, at home. and find the time heavy on
vo,lr hands. it NAV be that your wife is
interested in a novel that she is about
half through with. Take It from her
as If YOU merely q wished to glance at it !;
sit down and read it by the hour. She,
in the meantime, nav afiIufse herself
bv sewing -o' -7-s- s7'sf aa'.
If YOU do not keep carriage and
your wife tell, you she and the children
need an airing, tell her to wait for the
death of one Of her friends when she
may ride to the funeral free of cost.


| Ii any of your wife's relations come


to stay at the house let the high price


of provisions be the sole topic of con-
.versation in their hearing; but borrow
| all the money you can from your father
in-iaw, and if be keeps carriage never


dream of getting one yourself.


I When YOU wish to make your wife a
! present, buy something that is absolu.


tely necessary about the house, and


never let slip an opportunity of making
Year: 1867

George Alfred Townsend writes to
the Troy Times the following sketch:


In 1864 | saw MaXimilian and his
wife come to Paris Oh their way to
Mexico. He was sandy haired
sandy-bcardcd, spare man, bluc eyed,
and with Il mixed bearing wich | may
cali the martial al-efieminatc. Tic part
ell his hair in the middle, had sort
of blonde gravity about him, and,
generally considered, looked like q
young man about to he sent away
from home a trifle too late to look at
the world. / remember him distinct
ly at this interval. and to day when
[ read that he had been shot to dcatl,
with muskotry, 1 seemed to have a
vivid recollection Of saying to a
friend, ale looks green for n Prince
L know that both of us agreed that
there would be no Loyalty to his bear
ing, that the wild Mexican could feel
nothing magnetic in his eye, and as
we were both heartily inimical to the
cause he represented, we looked at
him in several situations to get fairly
the guage of his capacity.


There were dozens of expatriated
rebels abroad at the time, skedaddlers
from the Confederacy, and these
cheered Maximilian wherever they
saw a group Of silent Yankees
looking on; but in neutral cOnver-
sation with a room full Of these same
psuedo monarchists, they confessed
surprise at the commonplace appear;
ance of the Hapsburg adventurer.


His wife was more volatile per-
sonags, of fair attractiveness, but
whathe lacked in worldly expression
she accounted for ina destitution of
dignity. They were playing the part
or Mr.. and Miss Young Couple, buy
ing ribbons and rings, shopping for
the throne, going to shows, making
the best of their latter days in Eu-
rope, as if divided in feeling between
reluctance to quit it, and vanity at
the estate they were called to. =


MaXimilian was not blameless.-
He took year in cold blood to count
up the resources of Mexico and
measure them with his income. In
accepting this throne deliberately, to
which he had no shadow of right
hereditary or purchased, he followed
the traditions ofhis own family, new
er to refuse anything. He was a
pitiless husband, and took no note
! of his wife, faithful to maniacy. His
government was farce, his military
campaign idiotic. There has much
been said of his noble nature, but it
seems to have been all said i'm opin-
ion and very little in testimony. His
claim to Mexico was certainly no
better than Walkers to Nicaragua,
and sustained with farless intrepidity.
If people will have in this century,
and particularly on this continent,
the notion that they are annointed to
interfere with strange republics and
govern them better, they must accept
the martyrdom with the call. 1 write
you this note because the gushing
women of the land are preparing to
shed tears over the fall of a real
Prince, whereas there are men with
out grave on every battle field of
the Union who died more princely
than Macmillan either lived or died,
and got no tears, nor even mention
Year: 1867

Our correspondent, who has started on tour of exploration in Georgia, gives us an encouraging report of the condition and prospects of that section of the State which he has visited. He finds every body anx. ious and eager to recover the ground lost by the rebellion, so far as it is possible. Agricultural operations are prosecuted with great vigor, and, considering the utter lack of means and appliances, with 8 very high degree of success. The negroes, as a general thing. are working with diligence, and share the general desire for renewal of former prosperity. A good feeling pre- vails between them and the whites, and lit tie difficulty is experienced in making con- tracts for labor and securing their fulfill ment. The labor of the State is greatly diminished in amount, and this will occa- sion temporary difficulty and inconven- fence, but every day renders 1t less and less The political temper of the State is also steadily improving. The feeling is becom- ing universal that every consideration of wisdom demands prompt acquiescence in the requirements of Congress. The people long for rest and peace, and are willing to gain them upon almost any terms.-N F. Times.
Year: 1867

Not long since dissipated young man, whose parents reside near Boston, ran away from home, taking with him all he could lay his hands upon belonging to his father. Af- ter wandering about among strangers, and having spent all his money, he resolved to return home, and did so. The old man was kind enough to forgive the young rascal for his wickedness, and rushing into the house, overcome with joy that the boy had return ed, cried out to his wife: Let us kill the Prodigal the Calf has returned"
Year: 1867

Of the Kentucky candidates for Congress on the Democratic side, one was g gradu- ate of the bel army, another recruited for the same, a third was prisoner of war in the hands of Gen. Burnside, and Q fourth jumped out back window to escape arrest when he and others were concocting reasonable plot.
Year: 1867

Bulwer never wrote more truth in few

 lines than we find in this passage: 'The worst sign for the man is when, in despair of the physician, he calls in the quack: the worst sign for the State is when it dis misses the statesman to trust in the dema- gogue."
Year: 1867

The correspondent of the London
Times, writing of a recent Paris ball,
tells how the English princes kept their
roses fresh:


The Prince of Wales wore black
coat and white waistcost, across which
was the broad red grand Gordon of the
Legion of honor, tights, and the garter
on the knee. The Duke of Edinburgh
was dressed in precisely. the Same way,
with the exception that he wore the
blue ribbon of the garter across his
white waistcoat. They both had a
rosebud in a button-hole, the freshness
of which throughout the evening is,
understand, attributable to a new and
ingenious tailor's contrivance, by
means of which the rose stalk is placed
in little phial of water b dden In a
pocket made expressly for 1t.
Year: 1867

The leg is not bad index of the
mind or the disposition. What sloth,
for instance, does not an obese limb
betray; what shrew is the possessor of
a limb like Walking-stick; but what a
gentle woman is she of the arched in
step, the round ankle. and the graceful
pedestal swelling to perfection and
modulating to lightnessI What dogged
obstinacy does the stumpy leg with the
knotty calf exhibit, what an irresolute
soul does the lanky limb which bends at
the knee betray. How well the strong
ankle indicates the firm principles; how
the flat ankle reveals the vacant mind.
Year: 1867

A great depression of business in
Richmond, Virginia, has lately forced
the exit of an immense number of la
borers from that city. A year ago there
was a great scarcity of business and
tenement houses, while now many
such houses are vacant, and half a
dozen large houses recently erected on
Main street would accommodate the
business of the whole city.
Year: 1867

At the Princess Matilde's usual Sun
day evening reception in Paris recent
ly, the King and Queen ofthe Belgians
were present. But the event of the
evening was that the first Siamese
ambassador (nephew of the Klng) was
present. accompanied by his wife, who
has never appeared in Partisan salon.
This lady was dressed in the court
costume ef her own country-a rich
silk dress with gold embroidery. She
is very little, dark complexioned, of
course, and her tiny hands are not big
ger than those of child eleven years
old.
Year: 1867

A prominent New England journal
says an aged man, who has been in
the habit of rising early during long
life, gives the following advice: "Place
a basin of cold water by the side of your
bed; when you first awake in the morn
ing, dip your hands in and wet your.
brow, and sleep will not again seal you
in it's Jreacherous embrace"
Year: 1867

The Mobile Tribune says: "There is
consolation in the soil. We have look
ed at papers from all parts of the South,
and discover that everywhere, with
only few exceptions, the crops are full
of promise-more especially of wheat
and corn. There is no very important
complaint of the condition of cotton,
and that is something OF value, for
within twenty years we have not heard
of the prospect of good cotton crop"
Year: 1867

sgr There was 'Topsy' in the Police
Court at Detroit. last Friday, in the shape
of a colored girl, who was called to take
the stand. She surveyed the witness box
few minutes, and after mounting the
highest portion of it that she could find.
directed the court to. go ahead wid de
sale evidently supposing that she was so
be Sold. In fact, so decided was she in
this opinion, that it was with difficulty
she could be made to believe otherwise.
Year: 1867

l doubtsif there is any thing this side
OF Paradise that can come up to the" "Grst
baby" in the happy parents, estimation.
Dear me, what preparation is made to
welcome the little stranger, and when it
does come, what pride and hope is csn-
tered in the little squirmiDg magenta
colored piece Of humanity Nothing is
too good for the little Hat-nosed thing
who is unconscious Of tho "sensashing'
it is creating "Pa" struts about with
all the dignity of man of family
sort of idiotic, self satisfied smile upon
his beaming countenance, which leaves
a stranger to imagine that he has either
been newly elected to the dignity of
Alderman, or has suddenly come into
possession of large fortune, and so he
has for "baby' is of priceless value in
his new-found happiness. In the first
weeks of "Pss" newly fedged bliss, he
goes through the streets as if he expected
every one to run up and congratulate him
on the great event, and he is very much
disgusted if they don't.


When he goes to market he buys
twice as much meat as he has been in
the habit of buying, forgetful that baby
can't chew. "Ma" comes 10 fer her share
of honor, but she is secondary to the
little she" or "she" Mogul of the house
hold, and one might as we'll never have
been born as utter one word in disfavor
of his or her highness. Poor little ex-
pressionless lumpl for though I have
often heard people exelalm at the great
likeness "baby" showed to "Pa" or Ma,
or to some rich aun. or bachelor cousin,
must confess that they ell look to me as
if they belonged to one family. They
ell have the same little red flannel face,
all screw-and- twist out Of shape by a
ravenous desire to swallow beth fists al
once, The same little head as innocent
of hair as school boys upper lip, and
as smooth az billiard ball, ard pair Of
lungs as strong and clear as steel. Not
withstanding all the sterotyped looks,
they are surely said to have "Pa's" nose
or "Ma's" mouth. How the happy pa
flies around to wait on the little pearl
without pricel


| have seen some fathers exercise it to
wonderful extent from the time club
first gave . demonstration as to the
strength of his lungs to the wonderful
and eyentful day on which be took his
first walk, with the aid of string tied
round his eel-like waist. Dear me, what
startling events ere connected with the
"babyr' His first shoes. The anxiously
looked for arrival of his front teeth which
are for all the world like two little pegs
Then the task of shortening his clothes
and lastly teaching him to walk, while
aPa" plays dog or horse, on all fours, fol
his amusement, and twists himself into
all manners of outlandish and unnatural
shapes, so his little highness laughs and
claps his baby hands in token of appre.
citation. No king is more absolute il
power than is baby in his sovereign o.
home. This order of things usually las
until No. 2 comes to knock No. rs .nose
out of JOINT" Some people don't likt
babies. / dol.
Year: 1867

TRANspLANTING TREES. Mark the
north side of trees with red chalk before
they are taken up, and when set out have
the tree put in the ground with the north
side to the north in its natural position.
Igppring this law Of nature is the cause
of SO maly transplanted trees dying. IF
the north side is exposed to the south
the heat of the sun is too great for that
side of the tree to bear, and therefore it
dries up and decays.
Year: 1867

A writer sends to a Providence paper
the following prescription for hydropho
bia, which can not do harm:


Eat the green shoots of asparagus raw;
sleep and Precipitation will be induced and
the disease can thus be cured in any stage
of canine madness. A man in Athens
Greece. was cured by this remedy after
the paroxysms had commenced.
Year: 1867

FACE AND FIGURE.-A young spec
ulator, having married very homely
girl, worth something over two hundred
thousand dollars, declared that it WASH t
the face Of his wife that attracted him
so much as the figure.
Year: 1867

RoMANcE.-The young married couple
who thought they could live on love and
moonlight, end there is some virtue in
baked potatoes. For taking the romance
out of young folks, marriage is nearly as
bad as a lawsuit
Year: 1867

that they are doing their sons a great favor
rather than having tho boys apprentieed to
some trade, we regret to think Of the wrong
they are really committing on their children.
Until boy is Of age, he certainly cannot do
more than make his living: if he does that
he does well-far better than most bows
His living can be earned either By the pur-
poseless life in store or an Office, or else
by course Of training which will fit him for
future clearly marked out and which win
be remuneratiye as well as honorable-for
position which is entirely independent of the
will Of a superior, and which in any quarter
OF the globe, could gain for him his daily
bread.


The choice is made, The boy is put at a
place Of respectability, and he fritters
away the precious years which should have
been devoted to preparation, ia idliDg among
bales, running errands, or summing up
small accounts, He is of age at last, with
no money saved, with little knowledge ae.
quired, with habits expensive, and probably
with wrong ideas in regard to real labor.
He certainly viii have false notions on the
subject Of respectability, and doubtless
passes through life clerk, or possibly
salesman, with an insufficient income and
heavy expenses, rather than as a skilled
mechanic, universally respected, and yearly
saving money. Such is too true a picture
OF what Is daily occurring. We most ear
nestly call upon fathers with boys not yet
entered in business, to hesitate before they
close the avenues of an honest trade, and
put their sons into a field which is no more
respectable, and which is filed already BY
many whose money aud family connections
give them too great a preference to be over
come. 4 trade is the great opening to day
for every American boy -Ereaiag Telegraph
Year: 1867

A CAUTIOUS JUDGE.-An Irish Judge
tried two most notorious fellows for high
way robbery. To the astonishment of the
court as well as of the prisoners themselves,
they were found not guilty. AS they were
being removed from the bar, the Judge, ad-
dressing the TAILOR, said: Mr.. Murphy, you
would greatly ease my mind if you would
keep those two respectable gentlemen until
seven or half-past seven o'clock, for mean
to set out for Dublin at five, and should
ike to have at least two hours start of
them"
Year: 1867

Hardly anything ismore contemplate than
that conceit which rests merely upon social
position, the conceit of those who imagine
that thus they are divorced from the clay
of common men, of those who shrink with
horror from the idea of work as something
which degrades BY its very contact, and yet
who, va~r likely. owe their present position
to some not remote ancestor who, recogni-
zing his call to work, lived more honestly
in the world than they do. and was not
ashamed Of soiled thumbs. It is one of the
meanest things for people to be ashamed of
the work from which they derive their in
come, and which glorifed their ancestors
more with their soiled aprons and black
gowns than themselves with tiaeir fine rib
bons and flashing iewelry. 1t might be a
fine thing to be like the lilies. more glori-
ously clothed than Solomon, and doing
nothing, if we were only lilies. Advantage
GUS position is only a more emphatic call to
work and while those who hold the advan-
tage may not be compelled to omanual drudg-
cry these should recognize the fact that man
ual drudgery may be performed in the same
spirit as that which characterizes their own
work, and therefore that it is equally hon
orable -ReU. DR.. CHapll.
Year: 1867

CHILD KILLED By A Cara lady liV-


ing near Dayton, Ohio, went out to


draw water from a spring about one


hundred yards distant, leaving her


child few months old, in .he cradle.
scarcely had she shut the door when q


large cat. which had never exhibited
symptoms Of violence before, attacked
the infant, and inflicted so many
wounds on the head and upper part Of
the body that, although medical assist
ance was speedily procured, the unfor-
tunate victim of feline ferocity died
shortly afterwards. This Is not the
6rst case of the kind we have been
called upon to notice of late. And up
on several former occasions we have
laid the unfortunate occurrences at
the doors Of the parents. The latter
can not be too careful in cases of this
kind and We trust that it will prove
sslutary warning to the fathers and
mothers of young children and infants.
The child after the attack Of the cat,
presented 8 horrible appearances. It
was gashed and covered with blood,
which flowed freely from the numer-
Gus wounds, while great pieces Of flesh
had been distracted by the YOracious
feline brute from the face aud body
Ii Is impossible. to picture the agony
Of the mother when she discoveries the
fate of her infant. She passed into
mysteries, and for a long time it was
feared her reason was affected. At last
she was out Of danger. Dug
on Journal