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LA, THURSDA¥? fyiA¥ S, 1879.
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XHBFOTOOAIXS.
n , spirit cane In childhood,
iiipletdrf. ■'K‘“ e i a '
of the floor ir**l»oUtd,
Br tbourbtI««n*l* in ein.
V-
I Xbf*pWt’ r « ,tia * w«yi
loin be r«no. »nfl plexdefl,
* to routh’* bright, happy hour.
Hecriled. bnt heird no answer;
-
. XottUl J'retried «?rth"« pleeaurcB." ,.
' igrin he turned away I
. , '■ * !
inhihe came.in mercy,.
In uudhood'a rigorotu prime;
nat still b® found no welcome;
Tbe merchant “had. no time."
So time fortrue repentance;
So time to think and to pray;
*Thf&pSt turned'awiyi
One. more he called and waited.
The man wae old and ill;-
H. ecarcely beard the whiaper;
Hi> oeftrt «u cold and chill.
«*Go; jt* T<> me; when I need thee,
11] call for thee," he cried;
jinn'iiolingi on hla pfflow*
Without a hope he diod!
[National Baptist .
Its Name was Wonderful
iitetoa OP PLUCK AND PRINTER’S INK.
■ BT STLVANUS COBBj JR.
I shall csll noriamea, Tor my hero is
tiring to-day—a hale, hearty old man,
gliding ddiru into the shadowy vale
lurrounded and sustained by every com
fort that'money can give. i want to
tell you how be came by his money. I
have told something of tho same kind
once before, but this is an entirely dif
fereut affair, and the two must not be
confounded;and, if I remember right
ly, when I told the former story the
present hero bad not retired from basi
ns vr^-maykpow
* Mitels.:
eight, went to New York in search of
business.' He was a son of * Maine,
: lrojrn arid' retired among the hills'of
in JjitftpopkeL jwL§e|Lfpstfe .hzJty
■■•lirQ'eltj'TIt keek' nfs” for tube” £y a*
mere ‘qliance |f«r formed; .first, the ■ ac
quaintance of a man who had acted' in
the capacity-bf cflflc for. j?celebrated
pill maker, and be never tired of listen-
j iqgto the story of the ways and means
adopted by the pill monarch for giving
publicity to. hismedicinal wares. And
shortly thereafter he formed the ac
quaintance of that-genisil; ever-bustling
friend of lriammaaa rid nurses, then just
rising into fame/ arid for whose inedioa-
. ‘lyd-tong^tljwRuffiririrgril^at^rirKrd" b6en>
writinnyiyv ?v? * *■> V ? «▼/!
r * pdorf ,
tout ymggrngg .-BJrit-wiie^ :
Kabby’c cough medicine’Jrbe- jiisttueL-- *“- L
eheefer.' 'Sakeg aliVef -wii'af a ’ worider-
ftrt thfbg~'pHnter’8 ink is if .it’s only
juat slapped^ori in the -right^way. I’m
And hte returned to his old home arid
obtained his venerable aunt’s recipe for
her
‘Marvel’s hfARyiktl JThe Marvel,of
the Age!”
‘ ‘No/Mobe Colds 1 No Mobs Coughs !
No More WriAK .Lungs! No Mobs
CraspipnoN Forever! Marvel’s Sy^~ -
tmi isa never-failing spegffle f<n£even$: I:
possible affection of the Lungs and Bron
chial Regions/”
■ The’second sheet contained a story
of the wavimwhichjhe wonderful in
gredients of this marvelous syrnp had
been found, and how the p anacea had
been prepared, and was now offered to
a snffering world; and that, too, at a
price which would leave no mortal with
an expose for being consumptive.
Papers three or four were transcripts
of affidavits, and letters and personal
naratives of people who bad aforetime
received benefit from Aunt Nabby Mar
vel’s Cough Syrup, otherwise “Marvel’s
Marvel,” etc.—and they had been
skillfully framed. I could see Icbabod’s
hand in them all, and he had certainly
improved upon the same sort of issues
made by his predecessors in the trade.
material Ichabod wanted
me to put in shape for liim, For a; time
I hesitated, not oplygbecause I thought
the work nonsensical of itself, bnt be
cause I sincerely believed it would be a
waste of time and labor on bis part; but
be finally’ prevailed upon me—or, an
honest, involuntary tear on bis , cheek
did—and I went at the work.. I was
full two days in gfettttfg everything
ready for tho printer. O!—“The
Printer” . was-Ichabod’s anchor and ark
-4lfis |ipt>e*s*n/i Ws ^y-r-and-when He
left me, it was with the promise that
lie would report his succesA.- ;
, Twodayslater Ichabod came to me in
a state glowing.jubilation, ;b@ placed in
in my hands a paper and asked me if it
was inprGp,erfcn:@ forq»rnit. Ireadrit,
and was surprised.’ . It was frotfi the
qpd of.old Major Ben. Babson, a noted
hero, of . the last war with England, a
man ieigbt^five yehrs of age, and known
by almost-' every body! n Oxford, county;
e, and in Cumberland county, also.
l wonderful jure of lung trouble, work
ed upon- liimsaif by Marvel's Marvel,”
etc. I Said Ichabod, aftei* I had read it:
■ ' ySjfcy slick,, ain’t it? Bnt it did do
the cme, though/ Tber’. ain’t
right off;
and when I go down to Portland agin I
shel make a rap with him to hey my su-
gar come right from’’ the ' West Indies
straight. Sakes alive! it’s a big thing!
hew! thein affidavies is
illy, ’Squire/it’s jest wiiatl pul
it—makin’ jest a bit of allowance for
the nateral nater of printer’s ink to
spread and mystify. D’you see?”
I saw: and understood. And now, in
jast a word, let me give the result as it
developed under my own observation.
The man possessed pluck, shrewdness,
perseverance, and tireless energy, with
just a safe admixture of impudence and
audacity. He grasped a thing that bad
real virtue at the bottom, so that bis
wildest flights of fancy rin advertising
were ‘founded on fact.” And, above
all else, he made printer's ink his chief
force and power. About two years.af-
ter he had become firmly established, I
saw-in bis hand an order from his Gen
eral Canadian Agent, located in Mon
treal, for six hundred dozen bottles of
“Marvel’s Marvel,” to be sent jmme-
ly. To-day Ichabod Marvel is retired
worth more .than a million; every
of it made from a simple decocti
dollar
simple decoction of
two or three common New England
weeds—that, and a salve of Printer ,s
•Ink.—New York Ledaer.
- An- Amerioaii Girl In Zulnland-
* * —JA1
A few years ago the daughter.of an
American missionary made a -tour
through Znlnland with an English par
ty. They had a Messenger from the
Secretary for Native Affairs to introduce
them to-King Cefywayo.- The first day
he would not grant an audience, as he
was undergoing some ceremonies for
purification because his father had died,
enormous iron boilers, 71
if holding, forty gallons each,
with fire-pots beneath. ■ I liad heard of
hit sfrarige “carryings-on” and was
wondering what -lie ; could be up. to,
when, one evening, he called on me at
my dwelling; He wished to consult me
privately,.. I took ..him into my study,
wh^re I assured him wo should .nop,jbe L
interrupted. He seated bimself by ;py
kin’j’lmoul,
I : fixed The Major’s certificate into
printable shape, and Iplinbod went
away with it. The next; tiling ; I heard
of hiffi yvas that he had raised a thou
sand doy^^by a.ffiQi:tga'ge.on his old
aunt’s homestead, and that Major Bab
son had' lent him another thousand,
arid that almost the whole of it had
been;jpaid* for advertising.. I can only
say.T shook my head,, and’pitied the
-prior fellour jn lijjr i^afcimiUpn.
. saW uim 1 ^
’to pay me fifty dollars which he siud he
considered h'Ome. I liad seeu .hfe
advertisements flamipg iR .the.pe,w.spa-
pers, but had not thought of his success.
“pa^sy-X-»u<Sieed^?’ l: he cried, iu re
sponse to my question to that effect.—
“Sakes alive! I have had to trust you so
fur, and. I don’t believe you’ll blow on
me if I tell you all nbaoutit it.”-
I assured him ^.he^ might-trust me,
,n^‘ thereaporUhe 'drew f6rth*is memb-
aow, see, ’ and^ie went on to 6x-
ilain. He saidjfisffirst-batch
ad made jyst /fifty gallons, .idli&pwn
children, with suefi help as they_ could
ftom their mates, gathered, his herbs,
but he set down that item of .expense at .
b. **». a, tatarit. mMt acrS®
desk, looked carefully around, and hav- cohol one dollar. There was a costof
all safe'and secure, he opened
his business. r •”'/
To make a long story short, he had
taken a hint from the wonderful success
of the patent medicine man, and was
upon the eve of striking out for himself..
He had made rip about a barrel of syr-
lln U l n /inot’n • l\nrl ViaiI K A1
up from his aunt’s recipe; had had bot- tbe rate of four dollars and eighty cents
.. adozen-Sprty cepts per brittle—giving
ties and pliiala manufactured to order,
and .was ready for “making a spread with a F
printer’s ink.’’ He had read up thor-
oiighly on the subject of colds, and had
. ’consulted the old family physician like
wise. Said he, after all this had been
•vouchsafed:- - ' j
“Naow, see,’ ’squire: .Commdri: colds
.Hntt’snnh as we are havin’ every day
—is the way a good many folks git con-
samption. Wal—then, don’t you see it
stands to re-ison ’at what’ll cure colds’ll
cure consumption, tew; or, at any rate,
it’U stop it, and that’s jest the same
thing. - So, as sure as you’re bo: '* ’
ere staff ’at I've made from Aun
P*oscri]
kind of
he »—a—whaTcPyou
i6us, “I sho
ictor af yonr kind
"-kh—Ifril—that’s' jest it—jest the
wso*^ wag-after Yes, 'sir,—I’ll be a
enefactor! And na'ow look. ” ’
And thereupon he took.from a breast
Pocket a package of J papers which h e
proceeded to spread upon my desk.—-
. Irs '> he presented-a sheet of foolscap,
, head of which, in an enormous
a nd, was set doom the name he had
Phosep fop-his "yopderful j)iscoyery;
to stu-™™ _ - g , j t M
he got cft Brown,' aV Portland, for six
cents a pound. In fifty gallons of syr
up were five hundred poyrids of sugar
—thi»«dUbA*^Pw6 riaier iogredi^
eiits cost about two dollars mo.r?, : Al
ight dollars, not counting his
own=tSme, which he chose to reckon at
the end of the year. Of that lot ^he
made five linnfirqd bottles, bolding
about three-quarters of a pint each,
whiqh retailed at one _ dollar. _ Ho bad
thus far sold to his wholegalg agents at.
t, oyer all expense, of one
lirindred and- sixty-two dollars for his
fifty gallons He was minute and ex
plicit iri-bis Account; nnd I was really
interested: When I expressed a won
der that htPjffioriYd allow those who were
to sell aft^r'bim to make a greater prof
it than he made for himself, he winked
and chuckled, and Screwed his features
into the most comical contortions imag
inable. »4E& r Jk
*‘Ha! .wait!’.’ he cried. “That’s only
a dodge. Don’t you see: I make it for
interest of them chaps to push i
to shove it ahead. They ken make
money on it; and then they know how
slappin’ on the printer’s ink. Hi!
till the thing gits bottom of its
XT- -, -ill
-. "Why,” said l. smiling in spite of my own. Wait till the people will have it me nse surplus of coffee 5
flffortto ariricar SArifiiiR. ‘'T Rlinnld whether or nol Jes’wait till then, and so creatis the'increase "<
JUST IN TIME.
made, my fiftlijmessj^ferday, or, rath-]
er, I finished up yesterday; and in that j ^ Eollingsworth>
wer jest Dne hundred dozen bottles,; .
arid they were engaged ahead; and I’ve: ^ 7
■ ' ' “w - ’’ 'b to-day to'
^ roB ?'.. ^ to';--'°, a °d a pearl for my hair, 4-pearls become
mo so well. Yon’il let me have it to
morrow, Edward, in time ‘fdx Mrs,.
Rushlarid’s dinner?” -
but the next day they'were-rialled “«Mid-- saw .'riini unconsciously take from his
ushered;into the royal hut. Grea,
their surprise to see an unco'nysqnty.
handsome face, with- a most benevolent
expression, bis mariners courtly, iris'
voice very’ pleasant; and his physique
noble. The skhtch^of him iu tb^vllus-
frated papers is a' can cat nr* Tub’
American’s daugbtei' asked him why he
had refnsedrto-hear the great news that
the missionaries had brought .to ;hiK
people. He replied that he cqpkl rngt.
lis.te.n to low, common people, !brit if
Golenso, the king of missionaries won’d
come anti live with him, he would be-
come. ajbelievfr. \ Ibis lady eor^glit ^to
learn rill that' shfe eorild of life in that
id it .was a : .sad story . thgts^'o
heard/.. Irideed, «thie very air sfeein
‘filled with gloom; the voices of the peo
ple seeiried. bushed, i She * gained- the
confidence of an iritereslingyonng* wor
main, and she asked her the cause of the
that "niorning-becanselthey haA'y^xed'
the king. She inquired the reason
indyteajried.that onrij)l the
id aeclared* that a certain
ired him! to
angled- The girl was seen to cry,
e loved him,\nd h'a4 remarked.
was innoce^nt. .^The
, and lie ordered-her
of sugar,, which the king, and soon she found herself
>ortland: idr six 8““* to the ? laceof ^
•she was left- “to fqed tbe vultures.'- 1
No one dared to cry, bnt loudly they
sang the praisKi pfrt^e&'.^ng'^
G reater than a mountain,
Sl-.ongcrthan *n elepliimt.
Wliile at “conri” a remark struck the
lady which may show how ?thq.wind
blew. • A bottle oh. a post served for 5 a
ed the bottle. The Zulu men “wowed”
good deal -and exclaimed, ^‘-Wacari.
never conquer the white men if the
white women can shoot lifee th’at.”
Chfap Sugar andJ-i
Dickman, Minister at Bogota, in a dis
patch to the Department of State, al
ludes to the great advantages which
Great Britain has acqnired_in the trade
of the Sonth ard Spanish American
States He. recommends that tfnrgov-
ernnent of the United States change its
policy by adopting the - treaty or eon-
Sonth America, while the sugar and
coffcw.^ producing .r co n a Trios . procure
their dry goods, boots- and shoes of
Great- Britain. He predicts an im-
wbether or hoi. des’ wait till then,
then I will slap up t he price. Within a
‘year Til have'seventy-five cents into my
own pocket for every identikle bottle!
Yon’il see.”
When I asked him if' he had sold
most of his fifty gallons, lie retumed.me
a.look ofpitying woniier.
“Same and rhnbarb!” he ejaculated,
in the future,
so great is the' increase 'of its produc
tion. Srigar can be produced in Co
lombia at a cost of two cents a pound.
4-
was frightened when she seed me spib
ing nigh on to tew barr’ls o’ sugar, as
she called jt, Why, bless your soulj I
-CoL W. O. Tuggle, of LaGrange,says lmr life.
took li
nisb
were
All seemed to go smoothly until a
small legacy was left to tbe-young hus-
_ which was expended in furniture
_ ri fine for their present ^condition,
and in dresses which were unsuitable
for a clerk’s wife. Then indeed, the
young people began to . compete with
more wealthy families and the/yonng
wife never-knew in what terriblo debts
they were plunging. * -
Charles went home, one evening to
find Rosa in tears. ’
“I’ve been so frightened, love,” she
said. “A dreadful crazy creature has
been here, declared that our great
mirrors are not paid for. - I ordered
Jilin out : of the house, arid he'shbok his
fist at me. He said he would be paid,
and that we owed for every' thing.
WBat did it mean, Hdwarri?,”;, >,
“That be was crazy, as you . say,”
“On, Dm so glad,” said foolish, little
Rosa, smiling, “I thought there mieht
be sometbiug at the bottoriv of his ; talk;
and since it isn’t so, yon will give me
that new garnet velvit dress I spoke of,
what
you to wear your old dresses this win
ter?”
i‘What ajokel” crie.d Rosa, “But
you told grandpa I should neyer want
fbr^any thing. You can't be ^rowirig
stingy, love.” * J ’'
“You shall have the money, Rosa,”
His faced had turned very white, but
she did
Leader says:- On arriving the
reporferwvas. ushered: into a side room,
in the nriddle of.which appeared-to be
ponderous, wheel-, minus a felly, tiie
spokes being large and heavy looking.
Tne axis is produced each, ride.; of the
upright bearings, -. before reaching
.which, however, the shaft is shaded into
two cranks, one on eachside of tlie afore
said wheel, extending.iu oposite direc
tions, and .so constructed as to preverit
the machine coming to a dead centre.
From each of the cranks hangs a short
piston rod, which are to work inside of
a stationary pipe or cylinder, which is
extended down to the floor, then across
under the wheel and coining up again
to meet the other short piston rod.
From these cranks also veiy heavy
weights are pendant, which are fitted
with heavy rubber springs or bumpers,
which lighten the we’ght and permit
the wheel to pass the centre, and then
assisted by the weight on the other
erank, continue tbe revolution. The
piston and cylinder before mentioned
assist in the other work by atmospheric
pressure. Butgto return to the wheel
Some of the spokes are curved and oth
ers are very heavy. - All are hollbu,
even what might be termed the hub,
several holes funnirig in as many - differ
ent directions without At all iitersect-
ing. The spokes are to be filled with a
fluid which Mr. iDunnington "prepares
after a receipt, the secret of which is
own only to himself. This 1 fluid; by
he action of centrifugal force, and the
arose and pi
“I must go out awhile,” he said. “I
have business to attend to.” And' she
force of gravity, is propelled toward the
lower extremities as any one of the
spokes reaches a vertical position.' In
idnot eee. it§n After afrtiile he. tie larger spokes are complicated
and put on Iris cc6t: - ~ - spnrigs Wch aid in the passage to add
fro of the fluid.
The "above are the main points-in the -
description of the machine, and the : fly
wheels which transmit ibe power are
■placed oiie on each end' of the shaft.
The inventor claims that very little re
mains to.be done to finish the machine,
rw.lien the future destiny of cheap
^motive power will be solved. • Tlie man
has cvidentiy worked faithfully at his
task, the machine certainly showing
much ingenuity on the part of the in
ventor.—Cleveland Leader.
I som the keys of his office desk,
i-troiu^ tqfflre yrfgce eber
i^ked. -,
-“No, no. Why should you think so?”
why,
her husband, and watched him down,
the street. Then she went buck to the
parlor, and picked up the daily paper.
The first paragraph her eyes fell upon
was the account of the arre|t of the
confidents clerk of a certain firm for
emljezzlemppti
'.“He was lmriesC until' extravagant
women made him their prey,” added.
tji«‘jwrit|tr. .VExtrayaganee is the Toad!
do ruin.” ...-.■ .
- The paper.,fell .from T E° 7 sa X fingers.
Suddenly a flood, of light seemed to il
luminate the darkness of her life.
‘I am an extravagant woman,” ' she
thing to supply my -f<
will cover Jiim with tofamy. and
forever.
man was-arr^ great waterproof .cloak with a hood
lay*upon achair near by, Rosa seized e ,
it amifi^pr^B^Sbodb her^ Aiil^ew’ y
pess^j-
itor stbodakriie^dbbr.-"'-''-'" r
office, is lie
iptb the gtsegj^- nomron^ qat uaadKD
She turned her st^s!. rii by. instinct
towards her husband's place of bu.'i-
V "it 7' rrqaIt -hftjB-jfAa-? 1m j&go*trl
' “My'husband is in his
not??
here.”- . . :... • . . -, ..
“Yes Walk-ug, ma’am,” said the old
lridri, arid Rosa flew up staim. She
opened the door! ' The gas had been
i audits rays fell over I the; -head of
husband .as he sat at the desk,
She crept softly up 'behind I him and
.peeped oyer his seoulder. An empty
stood a paper bearing the signature of
his employer, which he with ^carefril
strokes was copying letter by letter.
“Edward!” slirieked Rosa, and her
white hand descended upon the paper.
“Edward!” S’H ^V>’/
“Oh 1 Edward, is this tbe first
his wife.
.time?” - - -
“The verw first, Rosa,” said the
man.
.“It is my fault,” said Rosa. “My
extravagance-. had: maddened yon.
Biurn-that paper and-come away.”
Jn.rimoment inbrethe check was a
little heap of'&hfes,' andT^sa^i|' np^n
her husband’s knee, hiding her Head on
his shoulder^, ...” W I? - - • ' •' '•
“We will.seH rll *>
way tbe ^balance -of trade,
which is now against the United State?,
may in tiihc be’changed. At pr&senV ,, , n , . ...
J . , .. S - -- that we own. 3he rest we will give
onr country bn^ its,sugar and coffee an l oga - , ^ - T -jn JT-*.
Sonth America, while -tlie snear and ba ‘”' ^ I e wel.-.i-all go, A will wear
cahco. ■ we will be honest and forget
onr
true helpmptAs
yonr.bane an d curse: as I have been.”
They went- home together.
’ ’NStlier ever forgof’ that evening.
And thcugh : people pitied the banker’s
danghterfor-humble.surroundings, she.
was.happierthanshe had .ever been in
kcoun-
■ gTand-y . ^.. .„ a ... .
ty recommended- the passage of - the
S72,000 collected from the governmen’ ilofiett bell punch. biD, arid of a-law
for the state of Georgia on claims con-J taxing dogs, the proceeds of both acts
you’re as bad as Aunt*Nab was. She reeled with the war of 1836, We be-1 ^
__ r a ■» . Hava IHa sfnfA rtf fiAorcia m
Here the state' of Georgia made advan- Some objection was. made this clause,
ces duriug tkat-war to the-geDei-al gov-; j.,p; on oa fT, e subject o£ carrying con-
emment. ----- - ‘-cealedweapons,
A EERPETiJAX; MOTION MAN.
THE BICTCXE AS A ROAI> VE“
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Mr. j” H^.Drinnington, . a- colored ...
Mckspaith : of- Cleveland-Ohio, reported the interest in this, means
iy the Leader \o have sought to! solve oyocomotionds increasing in this coun-
by those experience with the
veipcipede of 1869 fully demonstrated,
the impracticability of that* urtide for
snclr a purpose. In relation to thesub-
ject, a correspondent sends ns tlie fol
lowing:
On January 7 last, the writer pur
chased a bicycle with 52 inch diiymg
wheel; weight of machine. M lb. Since
that date, for a period of eleven weekE,
I have ridden it 350 mile? over the com
mon roads of this- section (Essex
county, N. J.), riding 26 days, and
ranging from 20 minates to 3 hours’
riding time per .day . The speed has va
ried from 6 to i7 miles per hour, and I
have ridden without difficulty through
slush, mud, arid snow, and over ice,
frozen ruts, and cobble stone pavement.
All ordinary hills have been ascended
with comparative ease; extraordinary
ones, peculiar to mountainous regions,
it has not been my fortune to essay.
The fatigue occasioned by a long or
swift run is surprising slight and tran
sient No stiffness or soreness follows
the effort.
A fe.w days ago your correspondent
took a 16 mile run over roads and under
circumstances which afforded a good
test as to utility of the machine. Start
ing at 5 P. M., a stiff hill was ridden
down at a walking pace by “backpeds-
lihg,” a curve at its base rendering it
unwise to, fly it. Three miles of lumpy,
macadam Jroad. very much out of re
pair, was succeeded by a better tne,
connecting with a common dirt road,
which was slowly recovering from the
effects of the winter season.: This 7 ex
tended nearly two miles, and was rid
den over 8lowly ; ;.bnt without trouble.
Turning to tbe left,; up the knubbly
- Montclair .turnpike,.. - Ifound tbe. wind
strong against me, so getting well oyer
;the handles, I climbed slowly' for two
Character-
The character is formed by the per
sonal habits of daily Me as much as by
the' thoughts and principles inculcated.
rT-he careless And unmethodical in action
■will scarcely be the accurate observer,
■ the-correct reporter, - the reliable au
thority, br the steadfast supporter in
other matters. :, The : loose-ends of daily
habits "repeat' theinS'Clveis’ in"the char
acter, graver virtues than the prosaic
:qpalities of method, /order; regularity
arid the. like follow on these habits of
fore=thonght and observation which ei-
der pfebple try so hard to mcnleatc on
’ tlie ybtinger/arid the y^Auger tr^ so
hard not ; to' learn. Also; no- One can
e %£Wiiripbrtffiibfe r of , dffll5“floln' <
. nees, iuifbniid-Snwicibn.'Birtftionalian-?! f --rr^r w-«r —
id the r ,V- j t work is, for a while, relinquished,. an<
\m or careless self-indulgence, makes
control All the harder to-morrow; and
the easier to repeat them. The
character is not formed by great leaps,
but one strong impression; not by
striking experiences, bnt by small re
peated touches; by the constant rip
pling of daily thoughts, the minute
shaping of daily habits.
Macon is once more like seat of se:osa-
_ tions. Two suicideg were reported in
and worthy German citizen of the
place. Depression of spirits is the
only cause to ke assigned for the act, as
Mr. hjjsner was welt off possessed of a
comfortable home, and there 1 was no
known reason why he shonld have
wished for death. The other was the
The mamstarted to his feet- - suicide of a young man, a stranger,
l led me here, Edward,” sobbed named J. T. Brocket, at the Lanier
House, who killed himself with au
over dose of morphine.. Financial troub
les andb nsiness embarrassments are as
signed as the causes of his taking his
life.
Secretary-Sherman appeared before
the House of Comiriittee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures Saturday, and
stated.tbat the trade dollar was more
valuable than mere bullion,-and hence
could not be purchased for the purpose
f being.melted into bullion. He also
said that he considererd the act of 38-
73, demonetizing silver, a great blon-
der. In reply to a question,- be stated
‘acd l.will-be^ a, -that small notes would be exchanged
1 ’ forfraefional coins at the Treasury De
partment at any time; The bullion val
ue of the trade dollar, he said, was
eighty-five cents.
The House Committee on* Epidemic
Diseases' on Saturday considered the
bill introduced by Representatives Ca
sey Young, of Tennessee, until reaching
next to the list section, which provides
that nothing in the act shall be con
strued to impair, the efficien
cy of any quarantine law of a State.
and. the committee adjourned subject
to lue'eall of the Chair.
MARK TWAIN AS A CANDI
DATE.
— TJMT
I have pretty much made tip my
mind to ran for president.-—Wbat th«
country wants is a candidate who can*
not he injured by investigation of bi«
history, so that the enemy of the party
will be unable to take up against him
things that nobody ever beard before.
If you know the- most about a eandi*
date to' begin with: every attempt ta
spring on him Will be check mated..
Now I am going to enter the field with
an open record. I am going to own Op
in advance to tell all the wickedness 1-
have done, and if any Congressional
Committee is supposed to prowl around
my biography, in the hope of finding
any dark and deadly dec 1 which I have
secreted, why—let it howl.
In the first place I admit that I treed
a rheumatic grandfather of mine in the
winter of 1850. * He was old and inex
pert in climbing trees; but with a heart
less brutality that is characteristic of
me, I ran him out of the front door
in his nightshirt at tlie point of a shot
gun, caused him to bowl into a maple
tree, where he remained all night,
while I emptied shot in his legs. I did
this because he snored. I will do it
again if I have another grandfather, i -
am as inhuman now as I was in 1860.
No rhenmatic persons shall snore in my
house Vjj
I candidly acknowledge that I ran
away at the battle, of Gettysburg: My
friends have tried to smooth.over this
fact by asserting that I merely got be-,
hind a tree—that I did so for the pur
pose of imitating' Washington, who
went into the woods at Valley Forge to*. ’ .,
say bis prayers. It is a miserable sub
terfuge. I struck out in a straight line
for the Tropic of : Cancer, amply be
cause I was scared. I wan ted my coun
try saved, bnt I prefered to havesome-
ntes. Tbe final ran borne of Six miles,'
including the muddy dirt road, occu
pied 30 nririutes. No fatigue was felt
after this run—the exercise manifested
itself only in an amazing appetite.
Work And Pleasure.
It is not uncommon for those who
have much work to do to complain
that they have little or no time for en
joyment. This is especially true of the
young. The very ; name of play or
pleasure has a magical transforming
.power. That, naum makes toilsome
past; times a delight; while?, the idea of
work .often makes the the easiest ', tasks
seem oppressive... - It. is not to bo de
nied, tha.t there ls„ wisdom in .proper
recreation and diversion for the lahoi;er.
They are necessary to keep up tlie spir
its and' maintain somewhat of the
charm of freshness in ones occupation,
whatever it may be. It is well now Arid
thento “lay down tbe shovel and the
lioe?*! fea&ttstaffthe ind-away i to'the
so-called jileasure is songht in extraor
dinary' ways. Nbw, we sure sb constitu
ted that, under the law of habit and the
peculiar effect of conscious usefulness
and promising engagements, we may
come to love onr work and find its le
gitimate prosecution the very essence of
contentment, hope and joy. To work
with the right purpose and in the right
way is to convert work in to pleasure.
What a fortune is possessed by the
man that has attained to that desirable
experience! His work days are more
than holidays; for they add 'to the'
pleasure of the common holidays the
cheering assurance of gam. and prog
ress.
The true art of being agrepa’ole is to
appear well pleased .with all the com
pany, and rather to seem well entertain
ed with than to bring entertainment to.
them.; A man thus disposed, perhaps,
may not nave mnclr learning, nor any
"wit, bnt if lie has common sense, and
something friendly in bio behavior, it
concilliates men’s minds more than the
brightest parts without this disposition,
and when a man of such a turn comes
to old age, he is almost sure to be treat
ed with respect. It is true, irideed,
that we should not dissemble and flatter
in company; but a, mam may. be very
agreeable; strictly consistent with fiuth'
and sincerity, by a prudent^ silence
where he cannot concur, and a pleas
ing assent where he can. Sneh a-one
one will gam far more upon every one
that hears or beholds him than, another
wish, superior attainments who is
pretentious in manner and seems to
exact- acquiescence in his views and
opinions.
7 'A greater statesman than any of those
who advocate the bayonet as tbe regn- 'it'in tlie afternoon. But. vrl
Tofnr r\f oil onr vnetifntinr»cr or.i*n ro. ■ bread is wanted, a little ext:
Jator of all our institutions once re
marked that'“you can do anything with
bavonets bnt sit on them,” Tlie Re
publican party will find the bayonet a
very dmgerous seat if it carries the ex
periment farther,— (fldcago RcridJ,
*-> ..' - T;
tion can be obtained only at the can
non’s month 1 am willing,Jo”.go there
for it, provided.the cannon is empty.
If itis hladed, my immor*-’ —*
war hasTbeen to bring out ,of any given
fight two thirds more than I took in.
This seems to me- be Napoleonic in it
granduer.
My financial views are qf the most
decided character, but they are not
likely, perhaps, to itcrease my popu
larity with the advocates of inflation.
I do not insist npon, the. special su
premacy of rag money or hard -money.
The great fundamental principle of jmj.
life is to. get any kind'£ can.
Tlie rumor that I buried a dead jtn'nt ,
imder one. of my grape vines is founded
to be upon fact. The vines needed
fertilizing, my aunt had 'to be buried,.
and I dedicated her to this high purpose.
Does that unfit me for the presidency? /
The constitution of our country does
not say so, - No other citizen was ever
considered unworthy of office because
he enriched his grape vines with but
relations. Why should I be selected
as the first victim of ,afl abused preja-
Siee?” edt oral sts»I
I admit also that I am not a friend of
en at -mpoor man. I regard thepqw: man, in
stehfyVfBu
th;e .natives of the cannibal islands, and
to'improve orir export trade with that
region; I shalrirecbmmend legislation
upon the 3 subject' in my- first message 5
—My cairipa%n'&y will be “Dessicate?
the poor man. Stuff him into sausa
ges!” 1 Jgfo ■ .«t-:.
These are about the worst, parfs «l
my record. On them I come - before
the country. If my couiitryrT don’t
want me, I will go back again. But I
recommend myself nB a safe
mAn who starts from the basis of total
depravity, and proposes to be fiendish
to the last. - -
Bread.—And How- to Make It-
Miss. M. Parloa lectured in Boston on
“Bread—And How toMake it. - ri Tho. I
lady first proceeded to mate ycast-
fcreaa, after the following recipe;'
Take four good-sized potatoes, peel,
boil and mash, and pour on to'tl
quart of boiling^water; strain t’
thrsugh a sieve; let this get'"
and then stir into it one cup of yeast,
one spoonful of white sugar, one spoon*
ful of salt and three quarts and a pint
of flour. Beat well with a spool? and
set In a warm place to-rise. (In sum
mer it will rise in four hours, in winter
it will take five;) When Well risen,
take a pint of flour and put part of it
on the kneadrag-board; then tarn tbe
' now put
and let if rise one hoi
into.loa’ves.
bowl full of d
the loaves rise
bake forty-five miL
in this way cannot be excelled; tbe only
objection to it is that yon have to
should not prevent Its being
Miss Parloa also made from this
excellent biscuit, braided roll* and*
ner rolls,, iu tbe last using a sma'l
ing-piu to press the rtUi into-two-parts.