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Year: 1871

people. II is a sad thing, indeed, IL inde-
pendencc Of spirit, fidelity to conscientious
conviction and frankness Of utterAnce are
so uncommon as to deserve honorable dis
tinction. But my experience In political
life teaches me that they are indeed NOT 90
common as they ought to be for tho good
Of the country.


We are now in period Of Transition;
old Institutions and habits have gone down
and we are 10 adjust our way Of thinking
and acting TO O new order Of things. New
problems are rising up before us, and what
we most need Just now is the development
OF healthy public opinion, bold enough
to rise above political tradition and o.
| narrow conception of party interest. ~
Ii every man were ready, to express
his true opinions without fear and favor,
presidents as we'll IA political organiza-
tions would be KEEP. from many sad


blunder and the true interests of the
country from many grievous injury. As
for myself am one Of those who cannot
and will noi call that good which is bad,
and ] hope 90 see their number grow from
day % day, and / am free TO tell you my
sentiments. Dear as is your approval TO my
heart, ye. would buy that approval just
as little as | would buy the favor Of the
u
tions. [Chee-s.1 Whether a man follow
| ing that course can be personally success
| ful do not know But whether he can
or not, for the great honor which you have
done me tonight, and which shsll never
remember without the highest spprecia-
ton, can thank you in no better way
than by recording here the solemn promise
that when | shall return 10 the people Of


Missouri the representative trust SO GER


erousiy bestowed upon me, shall at


least have honestly tried, as far as my abil-


ty went, to render myself worthy Of yoor


confidence and TO do some service to our


great common republic. [Prolong cheor-
ing.l


TIE vast assemblage then separated.
Senator Schurz held q levec in one of the
large parlors of the Southern, and received
the congratulations of numerous promi-
! nent citizens
Year: 1871




"As fw the coolers coming here" said
Mrs harrington. as she wiped her brow
with the old bandana handkerchief. bearing
the pictorial representation OF the battle Of
Lake Erie; Il should say let 'em come /;
for goodness knows it is hot enough, with
every rag of ones clothes SO sariated with
moisture, that one almost wishes to be a
great white bear and sit on top of the
North Pole. if it would be proper. and ice
so dear. The more of them the better, l
should say. with the mockery at ninety.
and going up at that, goodness help US
. if heavens would only freeze the pond
over in summer what luxury it would be.
with ice for picnics, and no thanks to the
manopolarizers. who are taking advantage
of folks extremities. and are pinching EN-
to make 'em pay. so that ter. cent ice
cream isn't enough to 6 hollow tooth
with, if any body should want to, and iced
lemonade is not To be though of without
pay ng for it. and the Lord knows where
it will end Mess the colers c,me." She
stopped exhausted in idea and breath,
wiring her face with her handkerchief,
while Ike sat beside the full milkpau with
a boat in it, the sails of which he was filling
by finning it with Mrs. P's great black
Sunday fan. with the red flowers on it, that
she had just laid away in the drawer up
ST airs
Year: 1871

EXTRACT FROM POEM BY PETROLEUM V, ,eSAsBY.
No negro ever worked so hard, servants pay t


save,
She made herself most willingly household drudge


aud slave.
Wha wonder that she never read "a magazine o.


book;
Combining as she did in one, nurse; houseniaid


seamstress, cook r., -
What wonder that the beauty fed that I once 81


adored!
Her beautiful complexion my fierce kitchen fir,


devoured;
Her plump soft rounded arm was once too fair te


be concealed:
Hard work for me that sofness into sinewy strength


CONCEALED.
was her altar and her love the sacrificial fame:
All with what pure devotion she to that altar came
And, fearful, flung thereon-alas! did not know il
then
All that she was, and more than that all that she


might have been!
At last won success All! then our lives were


wider parted
wes far up the rising road she, poor girl, where
had tried my speed and mettle and gained strength


i'll every race;


far up the heights of life-she drudging at the


base.
She made me take, each fall, the stump; she said


twas my career;
The wild applause of list'ning crowds was music to


my ear.
What stimulus had she to cheer her dreary


solitude?
For me she lived on gladly in unnatural widowhood
She couldn't read my Speech but when the papers


all agreed
Twas the best one of the session, those comments


she could read;
And with gush of pride thereat, which had never


felt,
She sent them to me in note with half the words


misspelt.
to the Legislature went, and said that she should
To see the world with me, and what the world


doing Enow.
With fearful smile she answered, "No four dollars


is the pay:
The Bates House rates for board for one is just that


per day"
At twenty weight the State House; on the Bench at
At forty every gate in life was opened wide to me.
I nursed my powers and grew, and made my point


in life; bnt She
Bearing such pack-horse, weary loads, what could


woman be?
What could she be? Oh, shame! I blush to think


what she has been:
The most unsefsh of all wives to the selfshest of


men,
Yes, plain and homely now she is; she's ignorant,
For me she rubbed herself quite out; I represent


the two.
wen, 10 dS OLiler In6U nave uOQe
First break her heart with cold neglect then shove


her out alone.
The world would say twas well, and more would


give great praise to me,
For having borne with 90 such wife" so uncom-


plainingly.
And shall I? No! the contract tvixt Hannah God
and me
Was not for or twenty years, but for eternity
No matter what the world may think; I know down
in my heart
That, if either, I'm delinquent: she has bravely


done her part.
There's another world beyond this; and on the final


day
Viii intellect and learning 'gainst such devotion
weigh?
When the great one made of us two is torn apart
again,
III kick the beam, for God is just, and He knows
Hannah Jane.


-Hd7peT7S Hdgazifte.
Year: 1871

Ihe Brazos Weekly Eagle, published
at Bryan, Texas, in it's issue of Sept.
Ii, asserts that on Thursday night of
the previous week the United States
flag was torn down at Republican
meeting In Bremond, by the rebel de-
mocracy, and burned in the street. It
Is difficult to classify the Eagle politi-
cally, as IN the number sent us one
column contains an article strongly
democratic, and in the next appears the
assertion quoted above, with comments
as follows:


"Such an atrOcious outrage ought
not and will not be permitted to pass
by unpunished. This is an index of
the spirit that animates the Democ-
racy in the present campaign This is
the spirit that Gov Davis {oresaw
when he issued his election order, so
as to nip it in the bud This is the spirit
that will speedily whirl the whole State
OF IeXas into a scene of riot and blood
shed, unless it is crushed at once. The
protecting folds of that flag alone-is
what has sustained and encouraged
Southern Republicans in the advocacy
Of those principles which are denied to
them, and which they know to be right.
Ii the time has now come when rebels
can with impunity pull down that flag
and tear it asunder, and burn it in the
public street-that moment sounds the
death-knell of Republicanism in the
South. The eyes Of every loyal man
IN the State (who is aware of the above
treasonous proceedings are turned to-
wards Washington to see what steps
the national authorities will take in the
matter. If the government fails to ad
minister rigid punishment at once,
loyalty becomes at a discount in Texas,
and loyal men may prepare to be in
suited, taunted and scorned by the
men who have no respect for the old
Star Spangled Banner"
Year: 1871

Count Bismark recently said to German
Republican who was preaching the neces-
sity of "a German Republic sooner or later
"My dear sir, am a Republican, but the
time is not come yet"
Year: 1871

Waterproof cloth is made up now
into entire suits for ladies, which
are very neat, pretty and useful.


Yellow linen and serge dresses
are to be trimmed this season with
the yellow CIuny lace, which has a
very beautiful effect.


The ladies have adopted the new
fashion of dispensing with the but
ton and fastening the chemise with
a blue ribbon instead.


The late style of neckties are of
gay colored crepe de chine, trimmed
with Valenciennes insertion and
wide edging.


A new style Of earring is in the
shape Of a tambourine, the bells of
which jingle pleasantly at every
movement of the wearer's head.


There are stylish young ladies
whose agony would be entirely of
another kind, if they were obliged
to learn their graceful bend over
the wash-tub.


Young ladies in bowing this sea
son incline the body forward from
the waist. This is for acquaintan-
ces; to friends, a low inclination of
the head is en- regle.


An aesthetic Boston doll has
dozen gorgeous suits Of silk, velvet,
and lace, not to mention a pearl
card-case, a lorgnette, and twenty
five pairs Of kid gloves.


a fashionable young lady of ra-
ther attenuated figure, while in the
hands of her dress makers, became
alarmed at the spaciousness appor-
toned to her bodice, and declared
that she could never wear it. and
the silk had been wrongly cut
Pardon me, mademoisell,' said the
modiste, ''the design is quite cor
rect; the fitting is exactly as it
should be. I have made your
dress, and now must bring you up
to it"
Year: 1871

me anything Of my wife and child?
It is nearly two years since Iheard
a word from themr'


Joy seldom kills and I hadn't the
heart to prolong his Suspense.


eyes, yes, they are all alive and
well, and are in this. very house, in
No. -"


"AGy Cod! it isn't possi6leP' he
cried, rushing away from the table
like mad-man.


followed him leisurely and found
him with Willie in his arms, pressed
close to his breast, laughing and
crying at the same time and fright
ening the child nearly to death
Mrs. Morrison wasn't in the room,
she had gone out with DR.. John
son, the chambermaid said. A
thrill of apprehension ran over me,


'Do you know where they wentY''
I asked.


But she couldn't tell me anything
except that the gentleman had said
something about Squire Jecko's.


That was enough. I rushed
down stairs and through the streets,
dragging Morrison and Willie with
me, and didn't stop to see whether
people stared or not. just as we
reached the door Of Justice Jecko's
Office johnson and Mrs. Morrison
came out and my heart sank within
me. Willie caught q glimpse of
them and cried out shrilly, "Mam-
ma! mammal"


She started and turned, and Nor
rison started forward with the child
in his arms, but before he could
reach her she had fallen prone upon
the pavement. But she came too
quickly, and the greetings between
husband and wife were silent but
affecting. A little later she return
ed to the hotel leaning upon Morri-
sons arm, a proud and happy wo-
man. My fears were unfounded; (;
she had refused to marry johnson,
even after he had decoyed her to
the Office of Justice Jecko.


AS to the mutual explanations
that followed this happy reunion, I
have little to say. Morrison was
thunderstruck at the treachery of
johnson, in whom he had placed
such implicit confidence as to send
him several large sums of money for
the use of Lucy and the child, and
he couldn't help mistrusting that
their correspondence had been in
tercepted, for neither husband nor
wife had received a single one of all
the letters they had written to each
other. But he might have been
mistaken, for we all know what the
mail facilities are in the mountains


I never saw johnson again, but I
heard afterwards that he married
Miss White, the clairvoyant.


The Morrisons went back to -
and their lives sank into an ordina-
ry and commonplace routine. !
verify believe they've half forgotten
by this time the tragic episode Of
these two years.
Year: 1871

ones: 1t is not policy for increasing but for
making the most out of our present expendi.
lures. The only thing which stands in the
way OF It's adoption is petty, local jealousy,
sometlmes called love of independence, but
which is too often only blind manifestation
of narrow thought and narrower selfishness.
Year: 1871

1T was past midnight. The lanterns on
Il Blackfriar's bridge shone dimly on the
few pedestrians who are still out of doors
at this unreasonable time. A young man
was coming hurriedly from the city, while
from the opposite. side an old man was steal
ing slowly along. They had not yet met,
when the latter turned, and was walking
TO the parapet Of the bridge, making unmis-
taxable preparation to precipitate himself
into the Thames The young man who had
followed him drew him back. .r


al think, sir, you wish to drown your
self %


"You think right, sir, but what business
is that of yours ?'


"None in the least, sir but only wish
ed of you the favor to postpone your pur-
pose a few moments, and allow me to join
you. Let us embrace each other, and make
the airy leap together. The idea of under
taking this expedition in the company of a
perfect stranger, who has come here with the
same purpose as myself, appeared so pi-
quaint to me that could not help asking
you TO allow me to join you. Really, sir,
moth ing has seemed SO delightful to me for
long time and should never have be-
lieved that anything SO agreeable could
have happened to me in my dying hour.
DO accept, sir. Ihaye not asked a favor
for years Of anybody. So please do not re-
fuse my last and only request. ! also dc
not recollect of ever having made such .
long speech as this one"


With these words he offered his hand tC
the old man, who did not hesitate to clasp
it, and the young man continued with en-
thusiasm


"Let US clasp each other closely, arm il
arm, and then forward. 1t does mo goot
to rest few moments ON the bosom Of |
Year: 1871

A Sacramento lady found herself guilty
of larceny the other day under rather Pc
culiar circumstances. She was riding in a
crowded railway car and occupied seat
with another lady passenger. Like great
many other women of the present day she
wore curls--her own hair, of course but
it wasn't fastened on strictly according to
natures programme. By and by, as the
train was jolted along, she felt something
falling about her face and neck, and in q
second it flashed across her mind that her
curls bad become detached. The predica-
ment was shocking one, but she endeav-
ored to save herself by quietly passing
the capillary ornaments into her pock-
ct thanking her stars that she was al
most at her destination. At the station
she hastened to the dressing room to ie-
pair damages to her toilette, when behold
the mirror reflected back the fact that her
curls were in their proper position, and an
examination of those in her pocket show
ed that they were not hers, but of differ
ent color, belonging to the lady who sat by
her side in the car.
Year: 1871

lUe CeultOF Oi tue OOlOraQO Ii eT-
aid had occasion to leave the town
for three or four days, and he COM
mitted his paper during his absence
to the charge of young, man,
novice in journalism, whom he had
just engaged as assistat. Before


leaving he instructed the ambitious
young editor not to permit any
chance to go unimproved, and to
force the paper and it's very small
subscription price upon the atten-
ton of the public.


always keep before your mind
the fact that the object of his paper
is TO extend its circulation" he said,
'.and whenever you see a chance to
insert a puff of the Herald in any
notice you can make, pile in as
thick as you can. Keep the people
stirred up all the time, you under
stand, so that they will believe that
our paper is the greatest sheet in
the United States"


The parting tear was shed, and
the editor left. The following
night, when he was far away from
home, his wife died suddenly. Up
on the assistant devolved the un-
pleasant duty of announcing the
sad intelligence to the public. He
did it as fellowsf "--+ ? 4"


s'GoNE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"


"We are compelled this morning
to perform duty which is peculiar
ly painful to the able assistant ed
itor, who has been engaged on this
paper at an enormous expense, in
accordance with our determination
to make the Herald first-class jour
nal. Last night suddenly and unex-
pectedly snatched away from her
domestic hearth 1.-THE best are adver-
tised under the head of Stoves and
Furnaces, upon the first page) Aga
tina Burns, wife of Rufus P Burns,
the gentlemanly editor of the Herald.
Terms, three dollars a year, invari-
ably in advance. A kind mother
and an exemplary wife. Office over
Colman's grocery, up two flights of
stairs. Knock hard. "We shall
miss thee, mother, we shall miss
thee" Job printing solicited. Fu-
neral at half-past four from the
house just across the street from the
Herald office. Gone to be an angel
now. Advertisements inserted for
ten cents a square,


Well, the editor arrived at home
that day at noon. Slowly and sad
ly he was observed to arm himself
with a double barrelled fowling
piece, into which he inserted two
pounds and half of bullets. He
over to the office, followed
by an immense crowd. The assist
ant editor was busy at the time,
painting a big placard to be tackled
On the hearse. 1t bore the legend:
Buy your coffins at Simms's, over
,he Herald office" The assistant
editor cast his eye around, and pre-
,eived his chief. Care was set upon
hat wan cheek, and thunder clothed
his brow. He leveled his gun. The
assistant did not wait. With one
wild and awful yell he jumped from
| secondstory window, and struck
put for the golden shores of the Pa
,ific. 1t is believed that he eventu-
ally swan over to China But there
is only one editor now,a and the clerk
in the office has standing orders to
blow out the brains of any man who
brings an obituary notice to that
paper.
Year: 1871

The rats once assembled in a
large cellar to devise some method
of safely getting the bait from a
steel trap which lay near, having
seen numbers of their friends and
relatives snatched from them by its
merciless Jaws. After many long
speeches and proposals of many
elaborate but fruitless plans,a happy
wit, standing erect, said;


at is my opinion, that if with
one paw we can keep down the
spring, we can safely take the food
from the trap with the other"


All the rats present loudly squeal-
ed assent. Then they were startled
by a faint voice, and poor rat,with
only three legs, limping into the
ring, stood up to speak: .-i-a


"My friends, l have tried the
method you propose and you see
the result. Let it alone.
Year: 1871

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
HAIR IS soon restored
to its original color
,Oith the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1871

ened, falling hair checked, aud bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
Of fOuling the hair with q pas:y sedi-
ment, it will keepit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vi2or can
only benefit but not harm it. Ii wanted
merely for a
Year: 1871

mcmbcrcd article, entitled : "Sha,. th,


Democratic Party Live or Die p brok,


away from the dead past and raised il


the democratic party the banner OF


progress. A cry of alarm and anger


went up from all the wise men of the
democracy, and the smaller men of the
party, who were inclined to cry
"BravoV were put down by a species
OF party terrorism that could not be re-
sisted. If the banner of the cross
should suddenly be elevated over the
ranks Of the Mohammedan army there
would not be n louder cry
of horror than the one that went
up from the ranks Ct the bourbons
when the Times Haunted its new de-
parture flag defantly in their faces.
But now how resignedly they swallow
the wisdom of the lessons at that time
sought to be taught to the party by the
Times. 1t is as mothers milk in their
mouths. The Times stands vindcatcd
and, we firmly believe, that e we had
in our party caucuscs men as bold,
as wise and as honest as the Times is in
its peculiar field of labor, the demo-
cratic party would soon become COM
pact, enthusiastic and victorious. Bold
ness and pluck, not ability, is what the
democratic party of Illinois is most in
need of. A Vallandigham could now
carry the party to victory. Where can
he DC found?
Year: 1871

THE Cincinnati Times and Chronicle,
Of the 22d inst, urges the people of
Cincinnati to renew their subscriptions
to the Cairo and Nincennes railroad, on
the ground that Cincinnati now does q
large business with Southern Illinois
business which is capable Of great
expansion n.' Even those dolts OF
Cairo who oppose the policy of voting
our bonds to help this railroad company
out of the woods can understand that
Cincinnati will be benefited by the
road and that the citizens of that great
business center would be fools if they
did not encourage the enterprise. How
then can these men, who are so sv # to
see the advantages that would come to
other cities from the construction of rail
roads fail to see that the Cairo and
Nincemncs railroad will be of far more
consequence to Cairo than to Cincin.
natl Cairo is the market to which all
the counties within Illinois, along the
line Of the proposed road, would bring
their produce and in which they would
spend their surplus cash. With the
road in operation, Cairo would com
mand not only the railroad travel from
the south to the east, and the resulting
good that never fails to come to those
cities through which great stream Of
travel flows, but it could also command
trade which now seeks other ccntcrs
easier Of access. The road would bcne-
fit Cincinnati it would build up Cairo.
And yet the eggrcgiuus asses who op.
pose the proposition to vote oul bonds
in aid Of the enterprise hippantly say
"Oh yes its well enough that Gin
'cinna,i should aid the road, but we
should not because, you see, the road
'will be built any how, and, at best, it
won't amount to much to Us. Besides.
'it will increase the value of our prop
'erty and consequently our taxes. We
had better not To reason with such
men is loves labor ost. They are lin
cal descendants Of Thompsons colt
! (Which was an ass colt,) that went into
the river to keep out of the rain and
was drowned.
Year: 1871

VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAX continues
to write about his precious health. lie
Is now, he says, getting back from
Providence the health hard labor in the
service of his country has robbed from
him. We hope his recovery may be
speedy. He is not bad sort of man
not equal to the position party polite,
have forced him up to, but, for all that
much better than the common run o
Ills political associates, being rather hon,
est, always sober and an excellent Sun.
day school teacher.
Year: 1871

o6- The San Francisco Chronicle says
Mrs. Fair is quietly reposing in the cell Of
the county Jail. Her surroundings are as
comfortable as possible under the circum-
stances. Her mother and daughter, and
the few Of her sex who still feel interested
in her fate, are allowed to visit by permit
Of the Sheriff. She sleeps but little, which
is scarcely to b c wondered at. With the
past and the future free to work their will
with her in dreams sleep would be torture.
Her appetite is dainty and exac.ing, but
not craving