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Year: 1870

500 beeves and 1000 sheep. These are to
be sold by the butchers on account of
the State at certain fixed prices. The peasants who
fed to Paris on the approach of the Prussians from
the East, have asked permission to return to their
homes. The Prussian General has refused, on the
ground that his object is to starve out the city.


The Prussians seem disinclined TO attack the city
They still occupy nights at respectful distance
from the French forts Whenever they see conveys
or reconnaissance they open fire with shot and
she'll
Year: 1870

We never spoke word of love,
We never named its name
As through the leafy wood and down


The shadowed path We came;
And yet-and yeti almost think,


Although | can't tell why,
His love is mine, and mine is his;


We're Ours-my love and I.
Here let me sit and live in thought


Those blissful hours again,
And, ere hoard them in my heart,


Their sap and sweetness drain.
The bluebell hung their fail young head!
Beneath the bluer sky;
We talked Of trivial, common things,


We talked my love and I.
And once-hoV well I know the spot
We stopped beside the brook,
And saw the gurglng waters, as


Their sunlit way they took.
My eyes met his; the soul Of love


In that brief glance did lie,
My eyelids drooped-we watched the


stream


Flow past-my love and I.
And now, I've nothing more to say;
My heart won't let me tell
The silent talk our spirits had,


The charm that DER US fell;
am not sure, but still think,


Although can't tell why,
His love is mine, and mine is hiss;
We're ours my love and /.
Year: 1870

He'd nothing but his violin,


Id nothing but my song,
But we were wed when skies were blue
And summer days were long;
And when we rested by the hedge,
The robins came and told
How they had dared to WOO and win
When early spring was cold.
We sometimes supped on dew-berries,
Or slept among the ay,
But oft the farmers wives at eve


Came out to hear lis play
The rare old tunes, the dear old tunes.
We could not starve for long,
While my man had his violin,


And my sweet love song.
The world has aye gone well with us,
Old man, since we were one;
Our homeless wandering down the lanes
1t long ago was done;
But those WHO wait for gold or gear,
For houses and for kline,
Till youths sweet spring grows brown an


scre,


And love and beauty tine,
Will never know the Joy of hearts
That met without a tear,
When you had but your violin,
And a song, my dear.
Year: 1870

The man with good, firm health is
rich.


So is the man with o clear con.
science.


So is the editor ofa good paper, with
u big subscription list that is paid.


SO is the clergyman whose coat The
little children Of the Parish pluck as he
passed them ut theirplay.


So is the wife who has the whole
heart ofa good husband


So is tAe maiden whose horizon is
not bounded by the "comingsman,' but
who has purpose in lie whether she
ever met him or not.


So is the young man who, laying:his
hand on his heart, can say, II have
treated every woman J. ever saw as !
should wish my sister treated by othel
men"


SO is the little child who goes to
sleep with kiss on It's lips, and fol
whose waking Il blessing waits.
Year: 1870

seconds the boar began walking in cir,
Gle about the pony. He kept beyond the
reach of his heels, and would at times walk
and at times trot; and all the while Tough
Dick kept his eye on and his heels toward
the foe, This continued for some time,
and might have ended in the hogs retreat,
but the pony was hungry and aggravated
at the interruption to his meal. In an un-
happy moment he attempted to take a
mou.hful Of corn. The boar, seizing the
advantage, rushed in. Escaping the heels
he charged in Under the belly Of the pony
and would have inflicted an ugly wound
with his tusks, but the force of his attack
carried him beyond the poiut Of DANGER
and before he could escape the wicked po-
ny had him by the ear, precisely as dog
would have caught. The boar squealed
dismally, and began turning so as TO bring
his tusks under the throat or jaw Of his en-
emy. Slowly and steadily he swung around,
suffering intense torture in the twisting
given his unhappy ear. Finding the boar
likely to gain his point, the pony suddenly
released the ear. The two had been pull
ing with their entire weight against each
other, and the unexpected release stagger-
ed the hog, and ere he could recover well
directed kick rolled him over. l thought
the animal killed; but he slowly recovered,
and, rising to his feet, staggered away,
pausing at times to shake his ugly head,
as if wondering how it all came aboat.--
Don FiaH IN Lippincotfs Mayazine.
Year: 1870

once witnessed sht between a pony


and a boar, in which both sides exhibited a
good deal of that natural art Of war to which


Mr.. Corwin referred as blessing the many
militia colonels of Congress. l had ridden
home one afternoon upon my little sturdy


tough Dick, and turning him loose in the
stable lot, poured upon the ground a quan.
ti,y of corn to serve him as dinner. Upon
this, huge boar, nearly as large and quite
as heavy as the pony, trotted up, unbidden,
to take part in the repast. Tough Dick,
not liking the company nor the loss Of his
provcnder. bit the hog, who in return threw
up bis ,usk, catching the pony's nostril up-
on the sharp point, and inaicting an ugly
little wound. Quick as thought almost. the
pony wheeled and planted his two iron heels
upon the boar's side. The blow sounded
like that of a Aail, and rolled the hog over.
Nothing daunted, he regained his legs and
again made at the little horse. The plucky
creature was ready for him, and again sen,
the hog rolling. This second charge seem.
ed to give the boar realizing sense Of the
inequality Of such contest. Regaining his
feet again, he trotted some PAGES away and
stood contemplating his foe from under his
long ears, grunting and swapping his jaws
in wrath and disgust. Tough Dick, with
his ears drawn back, eyed his antagonist
expecting renewal Of th, fight, Af.cra few
Year: 1870

however, in attempting to caricature Anna
Dickinson, for it suggested contrast that
was by no means to the advantage of the
younger lecturer. There was certain sim
iarity OF suggestion between the essay Of
Miss Edgarton and that recited two even
ings previous by "Maud Ernest"-lor IL
lustration, in the idea that women, if voters,
could be bribed by pretty ribbon and,
also, that their attraction for each other is
that of repulsion rather than cohesion but
the offensive coarseness and vulgarity Of
the latter found no imitator in the former.
There is one amusing feature observable in
all the elaborate efforts of our feminine ora
tors against the more advanced position of
their sisters and that is. they feel impeled
to make demands on behalf of women
which, followed to their logical results, in.
evitably involve the suffrage-nsy, the pos
session of the suffrage must be precedent
to the realization of their demands. But
logic does not constitute any part Of "a
theatrical education," and where this is the
main reliance and qualification of plat
form speaker, it is idle 10 look for conyin-
cling argument or sound philosophy.
Year: 1870

PART I.
The auld wife sat at her ivied door
(Butter and eggs and pound of cheese,)
A thing she had frequently done before;
and her knitting reposed on her aproned


knees.
The piper he piped on the hill top high
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese y
Till the COW said, II die" and the goose asked


"Why"


And the dog said nothing, but scratched for


fcas.
The farmer he strobe through the dim farm


yard


Butter and eggs and pound of cheese)
His last brew of cider had turned out hard
, The connection of which with the plot one
The farmers daughter hath frank blue eyes
Butter and eggs and pound Of cheese j
She hears the rook cav in the windy skies,
As she sits at her lattice and shells her peas
The farmers daughter hath ripe red lips
Batter and eggs and a pound of cheese;)
If you try to approach her, away she skips
Over tables and chairs with apparent ea,e.
The farmers daughter hath soft brown hair
Gutter and eggs and pound Of cheese j
And met with a ballad, cant tell where,
Which mainly consisted of lines like these.
She sat with her hands meath her dimpled


cheeks


Butter and eggs and pound of cheese y
And spake not a word. While n lady speaks
There is hope--but she didn't even sneeze.
She sat with her hands meath her crimson


cheeks


Butter and eggs and n pound of cheese;)
She gave up mending her fathers breeks,
And let the cat roll in her best chemise.
She sat with her hands meath her burning


cheeks


Butter and eggs and pound of cheese;)
And gazed at the piper for thirteen weeks;
Then she followed him out Ger the misty


leas.
Her sheep followed her, and their tails did


them


Butter end eggs and pound of cheese3
And this song is considered perfect gem;
And as to the meaning, it's what you please.
Year: 1870

lst. fit is night, and you III bed, a mile
or two away, jump out spryly, at the first
alarm, grab pants with one hand, boots with
the other, and run, and tell every one you
meet to run too.


I'd. If the alarm bell keeps ringing, you
keep running.


Sd. II the fire begins to redden up well,
and engines so laundering by, women
scream, men yell, pigs squeal, dogs bark,
and little bare-headed boys, with dirty, white
hAndkerchiets waving out little n stern,
mix in, run the harder-run like the d
ickins.


4th. If you get out of breath, as you un-
doubtedly will, sit down Or lie down, as
happens TO suit you best, and consider for
five or six minutes what IA right smart
chance of fool material appears in man
when he gets it all heaped together.


9th. Put on your pants and boots, if you
haven't thought of it before. Then con.
clude that the next best thing YOU can do
for the fife, seeing you are not fireman,
is to let 'er burn.


If YOU HAPPEN TO BE CLOSE by,


lst. Select the best position you can get,
and then stand and cape at the fire till ii
acts well under way.


I'd. Rush up to the foreman of one ofthe
fire companies, (he has the biggest horn of
any one in the company, and makes a noise
like mad bull in the slaughter yard J, take
him by pinch of his red shirt sleeve, lead
him to one side and ask him in a confden-
tial tone if he don't think he can stop it by
throwing handful of salt in the stove.


Sd. He will shake you off Indignantly
perhaps swear lttle-maybe knock you
down. Submit heroically, and then go up
to the upper story of the adjoining house
and pitch all the chamber crockery you can
find out on the heads of the multitude be-
low.


4,h. IF YOU can get hold of two or three
babies up there, save their precious little
lives from the fiery element by sending them
along, too.


5th. After the last baby has been gone
about half minute, stick your head out OF
the window and tell the people below to
look out.


9th. AS soon as the fire begins to go
down, run to the hen coop in the back yard
as quick as possibl get good fat pulet
under each arm. then hunt up the owner OF
the property and ask where you can put
them.


7ih. After the fire is all out, present
yourself again to the proprietor, all begrim-
med with dust and smoke, and congratulate
him on your daring efforts to extngush his
property, and ask him if he wouldn't take
YOU out and treat himself to glass Of beer
and few prctzes NIT you.
Year: 1870

1t is common saying that man is dis
tinguished from brutes by the noble gift of
speech, but in this we are assuming alto.
gether too much. We call all animals
dumb, and imply certain pity in the word
but in some native language of their own
they may be likewise calling US poor dumb
creatures, and commiseraiing our inability
to frame their speech. The sounds they
utter which are unintelligible to us, and
which we are content to describe as Growing,
cacklng, neighing, mewing, chirping, bark.
ing, may each be the articulated words of
unwrit:cn dialects, in which every species
finds expression for its thoughts and de-
sires. Who ever heard flock of ducks
quacking together as they waddled along
in single file toward pond, and was hot
convinced that they were holding sweet and
earnest converse by the way? Who can
listen to a quarrel between martins and
swallows in early spring, before some be-
seiged and airy domicile, and believe that
all their vociferous chatter is meaningless
to them? 1t is plainly evident that they
are calling each ether feathered rascals
and villains, and dealing out threats and
objurations in epithets that no hearer can
mistake. The deep-voced frog that croak
through all the country side under star
light and dews, may be gurglng tender SER
enades, in their cold -blooded fashion, to
lady loves beneath the waves, although Ar
istophanes failed to translate them into his
rough Greek. When we come upon sol.
upon the tall trees of lonely wood, we
stop to listen to their hoarse notes, in full
faith that they carry much meaning in such
sepulchral tone, and that they have halted
there TO discuss their prospects and deter
mine upn some plan for the next cam
paign. For aught we know they may be
repeating the substance of that fine old
English ballad which tells how three Of
their race sat upon a tree, debating where
they should dine, and that one described
how, in lonesome glen, a noble knight
lay freshly slain. and then summoned them
TO banquet on his bonny blue cen, and
his white breast bone, adding that the gold
en- down on MS young chin would do to
wrap their young ones in. AT any rate
they have their orators and demagogues,
who are versed in all the tricks of stump
speaking, and who sway at will the less
gifted of their kind. But until they shall
invent printing for themselves and an AL
phabet, ard furnish US with a skilled inter-
prefer, we shall have to call their eloquence
and their small talk the veriest jargon, and
find pleasure only in the sweet warbling Of
nerrier birds; since music and laughter,
in which these joyous little souls delight,
are the only utterances that possess uni
versal and unvarying speech.
Year: 1870

cotton to the acre on the rich alluvial bot
toms. Our cotton crop averaged yearly
for ten years before the war 3,25OOOO bales;
and the present year it will come quite up TO
100000, and that, too, without any effort on
the part of our Government to foster or in
crease the product. With but few railroads
through our great cotton producing States In
operation, and no efforts beyond the feeble
ones of immigrant corporations or States to in
crease immigration, this result is reached
Immediately after devastating war. What
would be the result provided Congress should
aid the introduction of immigrants from the
countries Of Europe where the products are
similar to those of the SOuthi What if it
granted assistance in lands to organize steam
ship companies, and to open up railroads
throughout our cotton regiOnsf


At such remunerative prices as would make
our cotton growers rich, the inferior cotton OF
India and of all other cotton growing countries
would cease to be cultivated, OF would be
driven out of the cOttOn-markets OF the world,
wherever American cotton could be introduced.
The South, in fact, offers one of the finest
fields to European immigration to be found In
the Union, and any effort to disseminate In
Southern Europe correct information touching
its advantages, and thus induce an increased
annual accession of foreign laborers, deserves
announcement.
Year: 1870

The final and complete union OF the Old ana
New Schools of the Presbyterian Churcn' WHICH
was cOnsummated this week in Phlladeiphia, IL
one of the most significant facts in the history
of the time. With the doctrines or dliier-
ences of these brother Churches 80 long at
enmity. we have nothing to do. They affected
the outside world only so far as to give the
impression that the quarrel was an lrreconcile-
able one. Family disputes are proverDiliy
bitter. and in this case the contestants brought
to the dissensiOn an exceptional degree Oh
mental acumen, power in argument, and obsti-
nate tenacity of opinion. The Scotch Covenant
or and his descendant, or religious ally, more
than any other sectarian believers, perhaps,
cling to their doctrinal religion, and are able
to defend it with hard-headed logical ability.
From their cradle they are able to give
reason for the faith that is in them. That
within this Presbyterian family there should
have been two fusions during the last ten
years of antagonistic parties is stronger sign
of the effect which the liberal spirit of the
time has had upon bigoted sectarian teachings
than any other. Christianity" said st. Simon'
SIS, in essence, the one truth that God is love,
"passing through the ages vivifying all, yet
"taking color from each"


That reverence for humanity and brotherly
love, which was the true wine that the great
Master meant for us all to drink in memory
of Him, never was so potent in the world as
now, 1t has set free ten million of slaves In
the last five years; it is rapidly destroying
the barriers now between Protestant sects-
and the one victory is hardly greater than the
other. Such spectacles as that which the
Presbyterian Church now offers will do more
to convert the secular world to belief in the
purity and truth of its Christian professions
than million cOlpOrteurs, or argumentatiye
tracts thick as leaves in VallambrOsa.


The Assembly comprises body of men OF
high mental and social power. They came up
to this wedding as the types and expOnents OF
one of the most thoughtful and intelligent
classes in the country. Every State from
Maine to California, England, Scotland and
India are representative Presbyterian Church
of the world, in short finds voice here; and
the utterance so far has been one of singular
purity, devOtedness, and frank, trustful broth
erhood. Such utterances in the world are rare
so rare as to be unexpected. Even secular
| paper finds reason for pleasure as well as
surprise for this healthful sign of the times
and that this powerful Church, in this action
at least, has proved herself faithful witness
| for her Master.
Year: 1870

Gov Bullock presents his arguments against
the Bingham amendment to the Georgia bill
and the points of his quarrel with Mr.. Joshua
Hill in long letter, of which the noticeable
passages are given elsewhere. In the quarrel
the public have no interest, and it is rather
Jmpertinent in Mr.. Bullock thus to thrust it
upon public attention. The point of the argu-
ment against the Bingham amendment seems
TO lie in the fact that its adoption will put an
end to the official career of Gov. Bullock and
the other members of the present State
Government. Gov. Bullock asks us to believe
that such personal fate will be the death of
Republicanism in Georgia. Really, we can't.
We have Il little too much faith in the
Year: 1870

We are panied to observe the retirement of
the veteran James Brooks from The Erening
Express. Mr. Brooks has long been an editor
in New York, has always been personally pop
ular, and will carry with him the good wishes
of many who could never sympathize with his
doctrines, and have not at all times been able
to approve his practices. We have seen no
public announcement of Mr.. Brooks's retirement;
but inasmuch as he has taken occasion to de-
clare with vehemence from his place in the
House his reputation of the Know Nothing
doctrines so notoriOusly advanced by his pa
per, we take it for granted that the separa-
tion must have been effected. The Express
will have long and sore occasion to regret tho
loss of SO accomplished a politician.
Year: 1870

and it is reported that the present Secretary
of the Navy favors his wishes, and will 40 re-
instate him by simply withdrawing the Depart
ment letter accepting his resignation, and
allowing him to withdraw his letter resigning
his position. Such action seems unjust to
those paymasters who would be thus put
down one number on the list; and at a time
when the desire of people and Congress is to
reduce expenditures, the increase of the pay
masters corps beyond the number allowed by
law is uncaled for and improper.
Year: 1870

his repose. More than once since 1sabellas
flight he has refused the offer of the Crown
and we have no reason to doubt that his pres
ent professions of reluctance are sincere. One
who has nearly reached the age Of four score
may reasonably prefer the comfort OF peace
full and retired life to the painful honors OF q
rickettY throne.
Year: 1870

The bill to increase the salary of the Minister
TO China was on Saturday killed in the House.
There certainly ought to be in this action as
surance enough, if any were needed, that the
House, which does not think it needful to adj
vance the grade of the China Mission to the
frst-class, has MT the remotest idea of reviving
hat to Rome
Year: 1870

There are encouraging assurances that the
death penalty is to be abolished in Holland
and in Prussia. similar measure has just
been rejected in Bavaria by a small majority.
The agitation of this question in this country
has temporarily given place to more interest
ing matters, but it is not to die out until its
aim is finally gained.
Year: 1870

provided may render the bill practically in
operative, particularly in this city, where its
enforcement is demanded more earnestly per-
haps than in any other locality of the country.
But we Judge that it will serve its intended
purpose. The House bill differs materially
from this measure, but there is hope that the
two Houses will ultimately agree on bill
essentially the same as the one adopted by the
Year: 1870

Massachusetts
kindly either
Telegram their intended arrival We can be oetef ec
Tor their comfort
10 In accordance reduction in the vane OF gold the transient
board al the ST. JAMES reduced TO Four DOLLARS per day.
Year: 1870

ORIGIN OF BEEFSTEAK. discovery of
the chief sources Of human enjoyment has all
been attributed to some fabulous origin in the
ancient world. The story of that important
feature of dinner, the beefsteak, was thus
given in the middle ages Lucius Plaucus, a
Roman OF rank, was ordered by the Emperor
Trajan, for some offence, to act as one of the
menial sacrifices to Jupiter He resisted, but
was at length dragged. to the altar. There the
fragments of the victim were laid upon the fire,
and the unfortunate Senator was forcibly COM
PEELED to burn them. In the process of roast
ing, one of the slices slipped off the Goals, and
was caught by Plaucus in its fall. 1t burned
his fingers, and he instinctively thrust them
into his mouth. In that moment he had made
the grand discovery that the taste of slice
thus carbonated was beyond all the old sodden
cookery of Rome. A new expedient to save
his dignity was suggested, and he at once
evinced his obedience to the emperor, by seem,
ing to go through the exercises with due regu
larity, and his scorn of the employment by
turning the whole ceremony into matter of ap
petite. He swallowed every slice, deluded
Trajan, defrauded Jupiter, and invented the
beelsteak Such discovery could not long bt
concealed the sacrifices began to disappear
with a rapidity and satisfaction to the parties
too extraordinary to be unnoticed. The priest
of Jupiter adopted the practice with delight
and King of Olympus must have soon starved
if he depended ON any share of the gooC
things of Rome.