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Wliat Iid ile Leave?, .
" Thai'i a largy funeral. I counted
thirty two carriages."
'Yes, sir. It's the funeral of Mr.
Lllis. He died very rich."
'How much did he have ?"
"A large amount of money sir: I
don't know how much. Some say
about a half a million of dollars!" -j
"His death is considered a great loss
to the community, I presume."
"Loss, sir ?"
The man to whom I was speaking
looked up in ray face with the air of
one whose mind was not exactly clear
as to my meaning, - ' .
"Still with his ample means," said I,
"even though only caring, for himself
ho must have been the prompter of
large industrial enterprises, through
which many were greatly benefit
led." The man shook his head doubtful-
iy. '
'What dii he do with his money ?"
"I never hf?ard of his doing anything
with it particularly," was the unsatis
factory answer. -
"Money must be used in order to
make it productive. Was he iu no
business ?"
'No sir"
"What, then, did he do with him-
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"Oh, he was always about after
of property that had. to be sold,
was i-harp for bargains in real
bits
He
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"Ah, I see how it was. Then he
Jil tiud u-e for his money!"
' la that way he did.". JJut when a
piece of property came into his hands.
there was an end to its improvement. !
e: other peop!,j improve ail nround
andthus increase the value of
Lin
what he owned; so that he grew richer
t very day, without putting his hand to
anything or benefitting anybody,"
"That was your million man. And
so all that he has left are those proper
ty arcutnaldtions ?'
"A!!."
"Then his death is not regarded as
a puLlij calamity ?"
"No indeed, sir !
It is considered
j a p;il!itf benefit."
I "I low so ?''
"He has a couple
of sens and a
couple uf sons-in-law, who will scatter
much faster than he saved. The mo
ment they come in possession of his es
tate it will be divided, and lots of
ground which ought to have been im
proved jears ago, will be sold and
covered with handsome dwellings, thus
giving trade and industry a new im
pulse. W hy, sir, he has been a dead
weight upon our town for years; grow
ing richer and richer through other
people's enterprise and yet not adding
a building himself, or in anyway ser
ving the common good."
"I thought," said I, "from the long
army of carriages,, that death had ta
ken in this instance, a valuable and now
lamented citizen.'
"Mere ostentation, sir. But nobo
dy is deceived. There are plenty of
idle people who are pleased to ride in
funeral carriages. Old Ellis will be
put "away with a grand flourish; but tha1
will be the last cf-hint. Thei black will
do the mourning', sir."
Two Ways or Fishing. When
men go a fishing for trout, says the
Uev. Dr. Bellows, they take a light,
tapering pole, with a fine silken line
attached, and a sweet morsel of worm
on' the end. They noiselessly drop the
line on the water and let it float to the
fish, who nibbles, and by a slight twitch
is safely landed - on the bank. But
when men go fishing for souls, they
tie a cable on to a sock of limber, and
au anchor is the hook." On this a great
chunk of bait is stuck, and with this
ponderous machine grasped in both
hands, they walk up and down, thrash
ing the water, and bellowing at the top
of their voice, "Bite or be damned."
Similar. On the 7th of April, Jeff
Davis issued a proclamation urging his
rebel companions to "meet the foe with,
fresh defiance, and with unconquered
and unconquerable hearts,"' He was
captured on the lOth -in petticoats.
This reminds us of the exclamation -of
a nawly married man, who, bemg' di-
tytbli-y-ihe. warning gcAfcthavhc-aj
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Signs and Tokens.
The following is from Punk, a new
funny paper in California:
The Gridiron To take down the
gridiron from the nail where it is hang
ing, with the left hand; it is a sign that
there will be a broil in the kitchen.
The Mirror If a mirror is broken,
it is a sign that a good looking (g)Ia38
will be missed in the house.
A Funeral To meet a funeral pro
cession is a sign of death. -
PocketBook To lose a pocket book
containing greenbacks is unlucky.
Kailsr If a woman cuts her nails
every Monday, it is unlucky for her
husband.
Roosters If )-ou hear a rooster crow
when you are in bed, and the clock
strikes a few times at the same instant,
it is a sign of mo(u)rning.
An Itching I2ar If 'you have an
itching ear, tickle your nose, and you
will have an itching there, and ill luck
will ba averted.
Salt To spill salt accidentally into
a stew while it is on the fire is a proof
that, the family will meet with its alter
ations (alter rations).
A Cat When a cat? prepares to
wash its face it is a sin that one iu the
house will shortly receive a licking.
Warts To have sixteen warts on
the left hand is unlucky; to have "the
same number on the right hand ; is a
sign you are unfortunate.
Spir itself a .married .man, while
his wife is in the room, takes up a
bottle of spirits with his right hand, it
is a sign that she will Jiortly be out of
spirits, and that her husband is going
to liquor.
Stock Raising If a one-eyed bull
; uo- Uies ai a MOCh' raiaers " ue"
notes that a misfortune wt!l happen to
; i ... : i l ,
his calve
Bridal If you get on horseback on
Monday before the sun is up, iu is a
sisrnyou will have a hand in a bridal.
Lucky To stroke a gre'eti-.eyed cat
with a white spot on her ncrse is lucky,
and heavy purrs will be the conse
quence. Marriage If you are in a house
and hear a baby cry, it is a sign of
marriaje or if it isn't it ought to be.
Red Hair If a red-haired man falls
in love with a girl who. dislikes hair of
that color, he will very hkely dye be
fore he is married..
The abow signs and portents may
be strictly relied upon; they have never
been known to fail.
Veteran Scout Outwitted.
Henry Hale, one of the best loyal
scouts in the country) left h Leavenworth
with dispatche?. As he rode along,
men from every direction were5 going
to jcin Price. He saw one old seces
sionist with a shot gun, and thought it
would be a nice thing to drive off the
old fellow and take his horse into Lex
ington. So he engaged .the
conversation, and getting an
man in
opportu
nity, put his revolver to the secession
ists head, ordered him to tie his gun
to the saddle, to dismount, and finally
to "skedacfdle." The old man made
tracks rapidly, glad'to- escape with his
life. Hale took the horse by the bri
dle and rode on whistling Yaukee
Doodled lle had ridden a mile or two
when, at n turn in the road, he' was
suddenly ordered to hah. The
old
secessionist had procured another" gun
and got ahead of him. The gun was
squarely aimed at Hale's head.
"Gt olF that horse," cried the se
cessionist. Hale got down.
"Tie that revolver to the'sadile."
Hale obeyed.
"Pull off your pants."
Hale did it.
"Skedaddle" an order which Hale
at once carried into effect, merely say
mg :
"Well, Cap., I thought my shirt
would cora next good bye. 1
The secessionist wnt eff with the
two horses, whistling Dixie, while Hale
marched seven miles into Lexington !
wi.h only his coat and shirt on. His
eoat contained his dispatches. He will
nef et be permitted to forget that sev
en mile march. -
. JJ2TA daughter . of the cetejbraied
American.scuJp.tcr, Powers? is married
to; prie 'of .the richest meft'hanuyh'Shef:
flHf LEdgtorVd Mr. IbprstocJand Ms
thJ trrOBt ttecemphjh-dTryrintif jpartl
ABOLITIOTOF FEXCES.
The abolition of fences is now being
agitated , among farmers, aad there
seems to be no insurmountable obsta
cles' to such a reform in many districts.
.'It is estimated that the fences of the
country constitute as much as half the
value of the farms, and these have to
be continually renewed. By hai-g
strictly executed laws against stock
running at large, ail feuces, except
such as surround . pastures and stock
yards, may be dispensee with. Besides
the saving in money, the room occupied
by the fences is also saved, and the
chief harbor for weeds is done away
with. A communication was recently
read in the New York Farmer's Club
from Ltvingston county, Illinois, saying
in that county the plan is in successful
operation, the general practice of far
mers being-to dispense with fences.
Solori Robinson Etates that he was in
formed on good authority thatj.he un
fenced lands in that, county are quite
as high in price as the fenced farms of
other counties, showing that this simple
regulation will save the great expense
of fencing the Western prairies. Mr.
Ely, the President, remarked that, the
same system is in operation in the val
ley of the Connecticut River, both in
Connecticut and Massachusetts.
That Mysterious (rlp.
There is something singular in the
pertinacity with which General Grant
is followed by a scoundrel who appiars
determined to do him serious personal
injury, without attempting to assassinate
him.'- At the reception in New York,
a statement was made of a villian who
attempted to wrench his right arm from
its socket; at Boston the villiany was
repeated. On Thursday last the
wretch again appears at Elgin, III., a
correspondent relating the following.
viz :
At Elgin, while being cheered by
the -crowd, a person approached in a
plain farmer's garb, seized the Gener
al by the hand and tried to jerk him
from the platform, at the same time
twisting his arm with great violence
Col. Babcock, who was standing on the
steps below to protect the General from
any brutality, struck the fellow's arm a
violent blow with a heavy cane, and at
the same time siezed him by the throat
and disengaged his frightful grip. The
rascal suddenly disappeared in the
croAvd. The General was more exci
ted by the occurrence than he was ev
er known to bs before, and his hands
showed traces, of the vice-like grip of
the scamp.
How Near we are to Death.
When we walk near powerful machin
ery we knoAv that one single misstep,
and those mighty engines would tear
us to ribbons with their flying wheels,
or grind us Vo powder . in their ponder
ous jaws. So when we are thundering
across the land in a railway, and there
is but a half inch flange of iron to hold
us on the track. So when we are at
sea in a ship, and there is nothing but
the thickness of a plank betwen us and
eternity, We imagine then that we
see how close we are to the precepiee.
But we do not see it. Whether on sea
or land ieartitiori which divides us
from eternity is something thinner than
oak plank or half . an inch of flange
iron. The machinery of life and death
is within us. The tissues which hold
these beating powers in their place are
often! not thicker than a sheet of pa
per, and if that thin partition were
ruptured or pierced it would be just the
same with us. Death is inseparably
bound up with life in the very structure
of our bodies. Struggle as Ave may to
widen the space, no man can go fur- i
thtr from death than the thickness of
a sheet of paper. '
Secretary Stanton. The country
will one day, Avhen the true history of
the Avar is recorded by a pen that shall
not bo swerved from '.ruth and justice
by the blinding passions, prejudices,
and hates engendered by the conflict
ing interests brought into play in this
gigantic strife, place Edwin M. Stan
ton's namehigh among hs immortal
few whose genius" and capacity for la
bor and ""organization, Avhose rapid and
almost unerring judgment, united with
an indomitable,- determination, made
soccee possible after treachery, - inde-
ci'n.d'bol'meaiocrity : had ' well-"
nh r, laced ix ..heyond 5our grasp.
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Itlissonri Oath.
The following is the oath that office
holders and some others have - to take
in Missouri. It will certainly lake a
clean stomach to swallow it. No
mixture of rebellion can go down with
such an oath honestly taken:
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I
am well acquainted with the terms of
the third section of the second Article
of the Constitution of the State of Mis
souri, adopted in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, and have care
fully considered the same: that I have
never directly or indirectly, done any
of the acts in said section specified, that
Ihave always been tru'y and loyally
on the side of the United States against
all enemies thereof, foreign and domes
tic; that I wil! bear true faith and alle
giance to the United States, and will
support the Constitution and laws there
of, as the supreme laAV of the land, any
law or ordinance of any State to the
contrary notwithstanding; that I will to
the best of my ability, protect and de
fend the United States, and will not
allow the same to be broken up, dis
solved, or the Government thereof to
be destroyed or overthrown, under any
circumstances, if in my power to pre
vent it; that I will support the ' Consti
tution of the State of Missouri; and that
I make this oath without any mental
reservation or evasion, and hold it bind
ing on me now."
aS'No neAvs is good neAvs" is a
saying, with all its quaintness, which
has more force and depth in it than we
are commonly aAvare of. For that
calm, unmitigated, enruffled flow of
frae, which leaves little to be told, is
the happiest as Avell as the safest peri
od of our lives. It is like the gentle
lapse of rivt rs, Avhich, without being
noticed or talked of, is permitted qui
etly to fertilize the soil, and beautify
tho proeriert: Avhile the fame of the
rapid and destructive torrent is noised
abroad. In such a state Ave are Jed
from that Avhich is without to that which
is within; from the bustle of the Avorld
10 a quiet communion Avun our own
hearts; from that which depends on
the will, perhaps on the capricious and
unaccountable Avhims of others, to that
for which, under God's good guidance,
Ave may draw upon ourselves. Bishop
Jebb.
History of a Drinking Club.
Some years ago, in a large town in the
Avest of Scotland, there existed a drink
ing club of upwards of twenty mem
bers, all of Avhom belonged to the mid
dle classes of society. This club had
a great influence in municipal affairs,
and several of its members Avere elect
ed to fill posts in the town council. The
drinking avus carried on to a fearful
extent in the tavern where they met.
The members Avere to be found . often
in the.club at all hours of night and
day. Their drinking was often con-
nected with such noisy mirth as to at
tract the auention of the passers-by.
The club Avas broken up. Two of its
members was sent to a lunatic assylum.
One jumped from a windoAV and killed
himself; one walked or fell into the
Avater and was droA'ned; one Avas found
dead in a public house, one died of de
lirium tremens- upward of ten became
bankrupt; four died ere they had lived
half their days.
The way or the Transgressor.
The Chicago Journal says :
It is interesting to keep track of . the
original rebel leaders, and to keep a
memorandum of their fate. Their bill
of mortality runs as follows :
Dead. John B. Floyd, Wrm. L.
Yancey, R. M. Meade, Jno. M. Dan
iel, John Tyler, Edmund Ruflin.
" .Mihing. John Mason, John Sli
deil, John C. Breckenridge, Judah P.
Benjamin, George W. Randolph, W.
C. Cle'ary', Jacob Thompson, Geo. K.
Sanders.1
Skk and in Prison. Jefferson Da
vis, Alexander II. Stephens', C C
Clay, John Mitchel, R. M. T. Hun
ter. Wounded. James Buchanan.
Csgr" Edward Everett and Judge
Story Avent to a, public dinner. The
ordinary toasts were t given, when
Judge Story arose and said, "Fame fol
lows w!rereerit Everett ) - gqes.'
Everett replfed, "Here's to jheMeigal
profession; u nas never got aDova. ije
first story Qfctoryj. ' , -
J01L BU.YA.. o
It being well known to some of his
persecutors in London 1 that Bunyan
was often out of prison, they sent an
officer to talk with the jailor on the
subject; and, in order to find him out
he was to get there in the middle of
the night. Bunyan was at home . with
his family, but so restless that he could
not sleep; he acquainted his wife that
though the jailor had given him liberty
to stay till the morning, yet. from his
uneasiness, he must immediately re
turn. He did so, and the jailor blamed
him for coming In at so unreasonable
an hour. Early in the morning the
messenger came, and interrogating
the jailor, said, "Are all the prisoners
safe?" "Yes." "Is Bunyan safe ?"
Yes." "Let me see him." : He Avas
called, and appeared, and all Avas Avell.
After the messenger Avas gone, the
jailor, addressing Bunyan, said, "Well,
you may go out again just Avhen you
think proper, for yon know when to
return better than I can tell you,"
IKSIn Milford, at a performance
of "Fanchon," one evening last week,
a young man, with his sweetheart on
his arm, attempted to pass the door
keeper Avith the aonouncement "She
goes in ou a hen!" WThat !" ex
claimed the astonished officer. "She
goes in on a hen !' Avas the energetic
reply. It finally turned out that the
young AA-oman had furnished a hen to
be used on the stage during the even
ing, and so the couple were allowed to
pass in.
Bright Youth. A teacher one day
endeavoring to make a pupil under
stand the nature and application of a
passive verb, said, "A passive verb is
expressive of the nature of receiving
an action. Peter was beaten. Noav,
Avhat did Peter do ?" The boy, paus
ing a moment Avith the gravest coun
looanrp imncrSnablo, roplied, "Well, I
don't know, without he hollered."
A Chilis Thought. -The ' folloAV-
ing dialogue speaks for itself :
"Papa, has Mr. Lincoln gone to
Heaven?"
"Yes, my dear child, I think so; yes,
I have no doubt but what he has got
there."
"Well, papa, Avon t they all get
nround him and give three cheers ?"
fKgThe , Postmaster-General has
made a contract for conveyance of the
mails from Norfork, by Hampton, to
Old Point Comfort and back six times
per Aveek. He has also ordered the
opening of various post- offices in North
and South Carolina.
ESTThe Board of Public Works of
Chicago has let the contract for build
ing a tunnel under the river at Wash
ington St., in that city, and the Avork
Avill be commenced forthAvith. The
tunnel is to be 1,450 feet long. The
estimated cot is 8200,000.
JKSGeneral Grant is reported as
having declared that, during the tiial
of the assassination conspirators, evi
dence enough was adduced to hang
Jeff. Davis for complicity in that con
spiracy. '.
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. gjST" A full biography of President
Lincoln is announced in Germany, and
three have appeared in France, Avhere
they sell better than "Jules Cesar."
fSFA French Avit said' of a man
who was exceedingly fat, that nature
only made him to show hoAv the human
skin Avould stretch Avithout breaking.
SJ-He Avho has plenty of brass can
generally get it off for go!J.
'The Situation."
Scene. Before Bulletin, announcing
nominations at Albany.
Copperhead to Republican You see
the Democrats have nominated three lie
publicans on their State ticket. What do
you think of that.
Republican Icansee but ono parallel
io modern history. - ; ;
"Copperhead What is that?
Republican The effort of Lee to arm
the negroes in the last days of the Con-
fed ar a cy.
Exit CopperheaL' '
5?"A farmer named Windsor, at Ran
dolph, Wis., a short time since took a
prett1 . gir to a cireus whereupon his
wife made a pie, using a liberal propor
of sugar of lead.'- The next day Windsor
ate of the pie, and that night .was past
i mo return ui ui iuuu. vara, inu inut o
) address is at Madison jail." " ..
The Father's Lesson.
Grown people ehould have more faith
in, and more appreciation of, the senti
ments and feelings of their children.
Whecr 1 read, some months since, in a f e!
egr aphic despatch to one of onr morning
journals from Baltimore, if I remember
rightly, of a mother who, in punishing a
little child for telling a lie, which, after
all, it subsequently appeared he did not
tell, hit him with a slight switch over his
temple, killing him instantly a mere uc
cident, of course, but jet a fearful casu
alty, which drove reason from tho throno
of the unhappy mother. When I read
this, I thought of what had occured ia
my own sanctum only a week or two be
fore; and the lesson which I received was
a good one, and will remain with me.
My little boy a dark-eyed, ingenuous,
and frank-hearted child as ever breathed,
though, perhaps, "I say it who ou;htnot
to say it," still I Jo say it had been
playing about my table, on leaving which
for a moment I found, on my return, that
my long porcupine-quill-handled pen was
gone. I asked the little felloAV what ho
had done with it. He answered he had
not seen it. After a renewed search for
it, I charged him, in the4face of his dec
laration, with having taken and mislaid
or lost it. He looked me in the face and
said:
"No, I didn't take it, father."
I then took him in my lap, enlarged up
on the heinousness of telling an untruth,
told him I did not care much about the
pen, and, in 6hort, by the manner in which
I reasoned with him, almost offered a re
Avard for confession, the reward be it un
derstood (a dear one to him), of standing
firm in his father's love and regard. Tha
tears welled up in his eyes, and he seem
ed about to tell me "the Avholc truth,"
when my eye caught tho end of the pen
protruding from my portfolio, where I
myself had placed it, in returning a sheet
of paper to one of the conpartments. All
this may seem a mere trifle to you, and
perhaps it is, yet I shall remember it for
aJloDg time. Ijeicis Gaylord Clark.
Be a Gentleman". Moderation, decor
um and neatness distinguish the gentle
man; he is at all times affable, diilident
and studious to please. Intellegent and
polite, his behavior is pleasant and grace
ful. When he enters the dwelling of an
inferior, he endeavors to hide, if possible,
the difference between their ranks in life;
ever willing to assist those around him,
he is neither unkind, hanghty, or over
bearing. In the mansions of tho rich, tho
correctness of his mind induces him to
bend to etiquetts, but not to stoop to adu
lation. Correct principles caut on him to
avoid the gambling table, iaebrity, or any
foible that could occasion him self-reproach.
Pleased with pleasure of re
flection, he rejoices to see the gaity of
society, and is fastidious upon no point
of little import. . Appear only to be a
gentleman, and its shadow will bring upon
you contempt ; be n gentleman and its
honors will remaini even after you are
dead. "
("What if every body who is boring
should "strike ile?" Vhcreshould we
put it? Missouri with her Iron Mountain
could not furnish iron enough to hoop
the barrels! Wells are being snnk eve
rywhere. Such an amount of boring
never was done before. Every village in
Ohio and Pennsylvania has its suspected
territory, and almost every man that owns
an acre of ground believes there is a lake
of pure "ile" which he can tap at any
time by running down an auger. Even
in IoAva the fever has broken out, and
men are peeping into springs nnd smell
ing among tho sloughs for the coveted
"ile," and many are the traces that have
and will bo found.
Negro Science A Contraband ex
plains how bloodhounds sent in pursuit
of fugitives may be thrown off the track
"If dem hounds gets closer into you,
why just get a long pole and hop about
twenty feet, if you kin. You do dU four
or five times, nnd when ever you light
Avhy just put some pepper in de holes
Avhat your heels make, and when da
hounds come dey lose dar scent, and den
dcy go snuffin' roun', and bymeby dey
snuffles np dat ar pepper into dar nostrils,
and den dey'il go chce! cbee! cheo! and.
dar'll be do last dem dogs can do dat
day.",, .
f2?"A French editor has given tha
following amusing description of.th.
effect of an advertisement: The first timo
a man sees an advertisement he takes no'
notice of it; the second time he looks at
the name; the third time he looks at tho
price; the fourth timo ho reads it; the
fifth time he speaks of it to his wife; th
sixth time ho buys.. - i
Considerate. A witch being at tha
stake to bo burnt, saw her son among the
spectators, and desired him to give her j
some drink, "No, mother," said he; "it.
would do you wrong, for the drier you;
are tha better you will burn."--
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C3?"Teambtera here are gotttDg $73
I per month.
closer Li, and Itt'e
die like-men.
of England?
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