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1V!? DOLLARS PER ANNU.U. )? GOD _A_]STD OUE^CO?NTRY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE: V;? VOLUMES. SATURDAY MORNING^ OCTOBER 3, 1874. NUMBER35 For tho Young Folks. Sammy's'Arrest. ? .\*.U f ilm !!?-*? mr> I.'H 1 Satiimy was a bright, dear little fel IdW 'tis orio wduld wish'to sen. His par outs riever thought boys wore trouble ?omc?in tho way?more bother than they were worth; no, indeed, they were **s proud of him and his brothers as they could be, and wnntcd them to m ike good nnd useful men. So, us a begin ning, when Sammy was nine years old Iiis papa took him into his Ktore as ''cash oy." Sammy' was delighted with the hange from school; he got very tired metimes, but he braved it out and ver made any complain.. He had, wever, one fault which grew upon "I, his pnpa was afraid would spoil n for business if indulged in?a fault, J3a^u calculi it such, that overy child shoWf $os9css in a greater or less do y grcjfo that of n desire or curiosity to see annHpw everything that was going on. JfijB&jnmy got so he run to the store HBSS^afery uuusunl noise. Sometimes <^9 out on the sidewalk iu hi* ca|vncss to see and hear; it might be anTorgnn-prinder?he might have a nioJikey (what boy could miss such a iiigiit ,?) er perhaps it was a band, or doe-fight?surelv a groat teuiotatiouto a boy. Well, tho trouble was Sammy Wou)d get out so far he could not hear thejjat tat-i.:t of some clerk's pencil, or the call of '"cash," consequently there was some dissatisfaction. Sammy, how ? over, was always so willing aud pleasant when he did hear that all were ready to forgive his negligence. One day thero /Was soldier without any legs, and ?nUv'ono arm, on the street corner, und he nod a real lively monkey all dressed up like a soldier. It was too much fur Sammy; ho could not see it as well as ho wonted to irom the store-do >r. so, hatlcss, he slipped across the street for "just a minute," be thought. Hut the minutes flew and flew; he was so de lighted with tho fut>uy pranks of the monk' 3' that lie did not realize how fast She time i-a.sscd. II V pupa was watch ing him, and .though if he a'uyod a reasonable time ho v'ouhl not say any thing: As hi did iiot'jnttirn to his puM.; ~hV" papa. Ppyitig the City Marahal, called tO;him, niid whispered : ^?'1 wool, you , ,to across the street and ^.i'eft Satiuny; just cni-ugh to scare him. Ho has a' bud habit of leaving the store without permission, and I want to break him of it." ?Oh,fie!">aid the Marshal. ? I don't want vo touch Sammy; why, he's a favorite of mine; lies only a little fvi low. Itt him alone." Mr Clay insisted; bo the Marshal watt poon at Sammy's side, and, grasping bim firmly by tho arm, said : ... .'f-You must go with mo." Sammy gave one look at his captor's lace, und began to struggle and try to get away , - ?*I haven't done anything wrong," he paid; "please let me go. Why, I'm Mr. Clay's boy; I work in the store; you know, pnpa, don't you ?" ': "Well,, well, ittnakes no differ euce; I can't' have nuy idle, vagabond boys *o'n ihe srVects; they must go to the cala b'oosb;" 'the'M Urthal said Rternly. Sum tny'a face was hot and flushed; ho wus greatly terrified, for he felt it would be a terrible disgrace to be shut up iu the calaboose. "Please let mo go," ho pleaded. "I'll promise I'll never trouble you again " ; .*?y<ju- promiso," suid the Marshal, still keeping his hold. .-. "Oh I \ca, sir," replied Sammy, half frightened out of his wits. ;He /dodged back to the store; his ? papa, did not notice his return. Sammy .was entirely cured of lounging; he made a- very prompt, energetic business man. Ho- never knew until he grew up to manhood that Iiis papa was tho cause of bis ! arrest and the City Marshal only in fun! "I Want to See Mother." Night.before last a young lady rctud ing in Sacramento, who had been ill for some .months, ..died. That night her motheri..w*.rn out by wcoksof care aud watebjog, had lain down upon tho foot of the bod, leaving two women to watch over the suite rer, who appeared to bo in a stupor. ?he had been asleep but a few minute.* when her daughter awoke ami inquired of the nurses: 'Where is dear mother 'r I want to sco her this minute." Tho ladies explained the circjumetariceii, to which tho girl replied, "Yes? Tfetttftr. mother is tired out; but I must se? her right now." Expostula tions were useless; she bcoamo excited, Vnd reaching over to her mother cu deavored to arouse her, but v;ns too week. The ladies finally concluded to %&ko the parent, who immediately sat up 'id bed and looked at her daughter. The latter.glaneod full in hor face fur a second, nnd loll hack dead. ' - Lii i tmmtt i "Had you; sir," said Henry Erskine to a dilatory carpenter, "been to build the ark, wo should not have had the flood yet." About Girls. ifcid ? I - ' < i ? "T" ? ? ? . ?? Girls ore offen wild, wayward and hnrd to govern. They give their anx ious mothers nnd foud fathers nrioy serious hours ofthoughtand caro. Thoy principally delight in having their owu way : they aro impatient under some ro- I siruitit, aud they frequently fancy that they know a great deal more than thoir mothers do. They gigglo and act very Ibolis h sometimes, when anything h tppetn to please them. Thoy pout aud make up luces when they feel cross and unoiin fortablo, or when any one is unfbrtuu a o enough to incur their youthful dis pleasure, and thoy resort to te irs and find a great deal of comfort in a good cry when the world docs not move upon its axis exactly in conformity with thoir wishes. They arc very romantic with ro_rird to their expectations for tho future They have an uncontrollable passion for cheap, sensational literature, aud they usually entertain aboutasunre.il aud exaggerated ideas of lite as they find pictured aud described in the start ling narratives which thoy arc in tho habit of reuditig. They look forward to find themselvos in the same impossible situations as the imaginary heroines, whose chequered careers they follow with such thrilliug i utero it, auvioty aud enthusiasm. They condescend, sometimes, to flat ter and flirt With the tender-heurted au 1 conliding youths of their..acquaintance, who at an early age are so uufot'tuu ite as to feel that "Tita rosy boy with n cherub wins Mas many a shaft for bis slender sling." The girls some howseeui to delight in tormenting and teasing such boys, nor appear to fuel one atom of pity or com passion lor what theso tender youths sufler und endure by reas?u of hopelessly loving thcuY. (iirls fcomctiinc9 make old aud gray hcailed men say and do a great inn y foolish und undignified things. Suuh instances uro not uncommon, and iwho can latiey a more ridiculous picture thin that of au old man, with hair and whiskers Irc-hly and ingeniously dyed, vainly endeavoring to conceal the tuet that has tho i hoaiiia-'.isiii, frisking round liko a 3'- ling colt iu a ^rccti pasture, in filtl'u ni'lvavni's iu pei'sUU !o auuie yo.UUg girl of sweet sixtocu that ho is as youug us ever he was. Gir'a are very communicative, with each other. They arc in the habit of talking over between themselves all their joys nod sorrows, enjoining each other the most solemn obligations UJ?'er to tell what thoy hear to an ;b >dy else; how well they obey those mutual iujn io tinn is evident from their .subsequent couisc oT conduct. If you would sow a secret broadcast over the land, tell it to a young girl, and make hcr promise to religiously keep it. A girl becomes a complete girl ouly when she does up her bauk hair in ma ture fashion, and gets her first long dross on. Thun she sails out tut ) tho beau moude, with u great many lofty und supercilious- airs und fancies that she ist; full fledgod woman. Hut with all their failing and short comings, girls are u lovely, lively and in terostiug institution. Tai World we live in is a great deal brighter, bet tor and more beautiful for their being iu it. When grown t) perfect mat urity t hoy make our best and loveliest women, and a uoblo unman is God's greatest and grandest earthly creation. Keposo the Secret of Power. A peaceful life is most, likely tobe a full one, with finer and keener scnsibili ties; better related to bounty and p ?o'.ry aod all higher matters; moro dignified und self respecting. lit-pose is tho secrect of power in per sons, pictures, statues, architecture, books, and nature, as if it wore a means of retninltiiug as well as disulosiu^ life; aud health demands a frequent pausing to rcstoro tho balance of the system, und keep up perfect circulations. The night, if spout in healthy sleep after proper oveniug hours, red noes tho world's chaos, and wo arc new every morning. Who does not know the magic of a brief pausa in tho midst of tho worst confusion'/ A clam of live minutes will luvite back our vagrant ideas and powor3. Fo tho homo should bo lik n hush and a lullaby in this headlong, whirling, noisy, funons and distructod world of the nineteenth century?a nook apart from tho thoroughfares?a grot oor bower under tho sky, whero tho beauti ful spirits of tbo air will hover aud dailef / It' atmosphere should be a little I orioutal and ohocring, as if exhaled I from poopies aud balsams. Medical students aro warned not to ask a certain minister to preach forthtuil lie has his text ready : "Iu his diseasos Asa sought uot to tho Lord, but to the physician. And Asa slept with bis futhers." The Pleasure of Doing Nothing. M. Berryer, who was one of tho great est French statesmen of tho present con tury, in his youth was Tory lazy. II is masters had great trouble iu making him submit to school discipline. The undcriunstor quito despaired of him, and went one cay to toll tho head-master that this hoy would never do anything, and thoy could not make anything of him. He sent for him iuto his study, aud said to him: <-My boy. work is disagreeable to you, and you think that happiness consists in doing nothing. Well, come into my study; you can look at mo whilo I am at work; that won't fatiguo you, and you will do nothing. Hut let us understand eaoh other? nothing of any kind, remember." The boy was delighted. The first hour passed away to tho great pleasure of the scholar. Iln congratulated him self on neither having to open his dictionary nor learn his rudiments by heart.. At tho end of an hour and a half, however, he had sufficiently en joyed tbo delights of funoy. lie put out his arm to take a book. The raastjr stopped him atonco "You forget our agreement; you arc to do nothing. To read is i\o do somctbiug. Enjoy the per mission i have given you, do nothing." The boy soon began to discover that the pleasure of doing nothing soon bo enmo monotonous lie hazarded some questions; the master did not reply. Tlicu, when be had come to the end of llic page he was writing, he said, "My hoy; each bus his taste; you have that of doing nothing, 1 have that of work ing. I do uot trouble you,so do uot disturb me " Young Herder could scarcely help saying that it would be difficult for him to fit.d happiness much longer in such patience. At the end of three hours tho master got up and went to take a walk under the shade of the trees in the park. As seoo as he came iuto the garden ho wished to leave his master aud go with his schoolfellows, who were having a worry game. The master held him by the arm. "You are uot chinking of our ngruouieut. Playing is doing some thing Remain by my side; wo will walk up aud dowu this avenue, or you cau bityiowti if >,ou. b.kii it batter." ]>ut tho boy had had enough of doing nothing, lie was very willing to promise to learn his lessons in order to escape to hi.- companions. An Astonishing Story Here is a story which may well as tonish all naturalists ! In Murr.tysvillo, Cookb county, Tenn., a Mrs. Kennedy lias for some years suffered great pains and "felt something running up and down her stomach." So at last, after some hospital treatment, ?he wont for I'crriam Uylos, M.D. This physician having summoned two of his brethren, tin oj oration was undertaken. Surgioul particulars ure unnecessary. The rc suit was that two living rattle stiakes, one 36, the other 32 inches long, were removed from the woman, and she is now parfiictly well, whilo tho snakes (in a Muffed state) adorn the museum of Col John Stephens. Mrs. Keuuedy says that several j'oars ago "she sw.illo.ved two small, soft, white eggs" which she found in a field, "supposing them to be I partridge eggs." Anout a Peak.?Several hundred persons attended the funeral of a tamo bear near Boston a lew days ago. An invitation to be present was sent to tho Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, who responded as follows : "Dear Sir?Many thanks for your polito invitation to attend the obsequies of the laiueuto d plantigrade. I am sorry that it will not bo iu my power to be present upon tho melancholy occasion. 1 have a great respect for boars since thoso two female ones taught tho little children of Bothel and of Belial that thoy must.not bo rudo to elderly persons. 1 think a loose bear or two might be of service in our coin 31 unity, and I regret much the loss df an iiuimal who might have done""so inueli ns a moral teacher for the young uf this city and its suburbs. Yours truly, 0. W. Holmes. A Clergyman bad a fondness for long words, and undertook to iustruct the clerk in the use of them. One evening as they wore about to leave the vestry, John asked tho minister il be should put out the candles. "J'ut out ! Say extinguish," unswercd tho cloigyinan. "And," said John, "does extinguish always stund for put out V "Always," repled tho clergyman. Next Sund'iy it happened that, a dog began to bark in trio church. John rose in his scut and solemnly gave the order : "Some one will please to extinguish that thar dog." -?> . -c- ? c? An old gentium ad ol much exporienoo in tho world says that all that is nccos Bury for tho perfect enjoytnout of love sausages is confidence Josh Billings 'in Fnglish. ?? ? 4> ~~ Time is money and many people pay their debts with it. Ignorance is tho wot-nurso of preju dice Wit without sense is a razor without n handle ' Half tho discomfort of lifd is tho re sult of getting tired of ourselves; Benevolence is the cream on the milk of human kindness. People.Of good sense arc those who30 opinions agree with oura. Face all things; eveu adversity is po lite to ajnan's face. Passion ;'nl ways lowers a groat man, but sometimes elevates a little one. Style a, everything for a sinnor, and a little of it would uot hurt a saint. Men now a days are divided into slow christnius aud wide awake sin ncrs. There are people who expect to es cape hell because of tho crowd going there. Most people are like eggs?too full of themselves to hold anything olse. It is littlo trouble for a graven imago to bo patient, eveu in fly time. Old age often increases us in wisdom ?and in rheumatism. A mule is a bad pun on a horse. Health is a loan at call. Wheat is a serial. I am glad ol it. Manner is a great deal more attrao the than matter especially iu a inou key. Adversity to a man is like training to a pugilist. It reduces him to his lighting weight. Pleasure it like a treacle. Too much of it spoils tho taste for everything. Necessity is the mother of invention, but patent right is the father. Did you ever hear a very rich man sing '( Beware of the man with half-shut eyes. He's not dreaming. Man wus built alter all other things had bcou made and pronounced good. If uot ho would have insisted on giving his orders as to the rest of the job. MWo fatten slow iu a church?they can't dive on religion no more than mi nippers can. Fajhion cheats the ecentrio with tho ^eluptn&ul Iftfcllorm; and makes- them ?orve)in the habjllarnents of tho har lequin. There are farmers so full of Bcience that they won't set a gate post till thoy have had the earth uudcr tho gate post analyzed. When lambs get through being lambs they become sheep. This takes the sentiment out of them. ? ?????? A California Gas Spring. About half a mile over a mountain from Bartlctt Spring there is what is called tho Oas Spring. This is prob ibly the greatest curiosity of the mountain . The water is ice cold, but dubbling and foaming as if it boiled, and the greatest ponder is the inevitable destruction of life produced by inhaling the gas. No live thing is to he found within a cir cuit of one hundred yards of the spring The very birds, if thoy happen fly over it, drop dead. We experiinonteJ with a lizard on dostrudtivouos its propirities by holding it two fujt above the water it stretched dead in two minutes. It will kill a human being in twenty min utes. We stood over it ab >ut five miu utes when a dull heavy, aching sensa tion crept over us, and our eyes began to swim. The gas which escapes bore is the rankest king of carbonic and, a id hence its sure destructi >u of life; als j, quenching of flume instautaueously. - . u-.-.-tapiMi. - Is it a True Allegation. I onco owned a pet alligitor, about tou or twelve inches long, and hid t him fixed up uicely, his domicile so arranged that he could take it |wct or dry, just as 'Garter' preferred. One day I'caught a mouse, and concluded to turu it "over to my pet, and stood by to watch the ro suit. The mouse was jput in tho water and was swimming around; the 'Carter' advanced to the [jattaek und seized the mouse, which instantly acting upon tho defenaivo, turned upon tho alligator, biting it about the eyes and face caus irg it to relinquish its hold and beat a hasty retreat. The aligator could not agaiu bo induced to cotno up to the scratch. That the alligator is a natural born coward, no ouo can deny. "I shall tell how it vas. I drink mine lager; don I put mine hand on mine head, and doro vas vonj;pauo. Den I put my hand ou mine body, aud dcro vas auodcr pain. Den I put mine baud in mine pocket, und oh mind Got dcro vas nothing. So I jino mid do dempor aucc. Now deru is no puiu more iu niiue hcud, and pain iu mine body vus all gone away. I put mine hand in mine pocket, and dore vas dwouty dollars. So 1 shtay mid do demperanco." Who fears t'offend takes the first stop to please. The Chin. A pointed or round chin indicates a congeuial love. A person with such a chin will have a beau ideal, and will not bo easily satisfied with real men or women. Tho indented chin indicates a great desire tobe loved; hunger and thirst for affection, When large in women, she may overstep the bonds of etiquette, and make love to one that pleases her. A narrow square chin indicates a do sire to love, and is more common among women. The broad Bquare chin indicates vio lent love, or at least devoted attach ment. The broad round chin indicates ar dent love, combined with great stead fastness aud permanence of affection. The retreating chin is in licative of the wantot attachment, and but little ardor in lovo. The chin, in its length and breadth, indicates self control, 'self will, resolu tion, and decision; &e. Carnivorous animals have tho upper jaw projecting, while those of n gramin ivorous nature have the lower jaw pro jecting. In a man ivith projecting up per juw, will be found large destructive ness and love of auimal food; when tho lower jaw projects, theu tho lovo for vegetable food. -?~???-.?-?? In a ^Ventilator. The terrible stories of death iu chests with secret springs, came near a repeti tion lately iu an English provincial town. A Mr. Kelk, quite recently mar ricd, had invited a party of frieuds to his bouse, aud bis young wifo, iu her anxiety to get rid of the hot,air, ventur ed up stairs, and seeing a small closet with a ventilator, she entered to open it, when tho curreut of air closed the door. In vain she called to the ser: vant, although she could hear tho door bell ring and h?r visitors enter, aud as noue suspected that thejimprisoncd lady was iu the roof of tho house, all the other parts of the dwelling and grounds were searched One of tho visitors sug gestcd that there might bo an "old chest with a secret spring, and this gave a cluo to tho closets and when at last found. Mrs. Kelk was seriously il! and hysterical. Yiolcnt epileptic fits follow cd, and the shock being moro than the ucrvous system could sustain, death shortly put an eud to ^the poor young ludy's sufferings. mi im - - ? ?a? i ? A TnocrtLKSoME LonaKU.--Wc once over bond a conversatio n between two servauLs at a first cla-s hotel. '?What's do matter wid No. 8 dis morning Mr. Johusing '." "Why, you see, he come in berry drunk last night an' got in on No 20, dat rasiblc ole man, an' ho fust took him him fur a thief an' theu he took him in the counteuuncc. Dat'sall." "What de debble docs 20 leave his doah unlocked for den. eh ?" "'Cause dc onrasonuble ole cuss just lays iu de bed an' riugs dat bell all night." "Numbah 20 is de trooblesomost ola cuss we eber hah.'' Foolbd Him?A story is told of a verdant youth who went to buy the practice et a cjuntry doctor. The d jctor said bis patients were so numerous he could uot remember them all, but his horse knew them and always stopped at their doors. The next d ly the country doctor drove his customer through the town, and as he snid, the horse stopped at nearly every door. Tho bargain was concluded aud the moucy paid. The purchaser remained in town, for several days wondered why no patients came. He cea-. id to wonder, however, when ho found his predecessor had borrowed bis milkman's horse in showing him around. Fashion notes for tho fall set forth that three new shades of oolor will bo in trodueedtbis sens >n, oud that two of these?flour d^ noufre (flowers of sul phtir) a peculiar yellow and cardinal, a haudsomo red will probably bo very fashionable. The ether color is oalleJ volcanic Also that autumn bonnots will have low crowns, but tho trimming which will bo in tho most cases plaocd in front, will add materilly to t hoir alti tuce. Flowers will not bo worn so much as last season* BbAUTIFDL.?A poor Irish woman applied to a lady for a flower or two to put iu the hand of her dead infant, and when a handsomo bouquet was banded her she offered to pay for it, which, of course, was deolincd, when, with a look full of gratitudu, sho oxulaimod, "May tho Lord Jesus meet you at tho gate of beavcu with a crown ofrosos." Nothing could be more touchingly beautiful as well us pocticul.?Darlington Souther ner. Why should thore bo moro marriages in winter than in summer ? Because iu winter tho gentlemen require com ioetors and the ladies muffj. NcYer Retract A distinguished editor was. in his study. A long, thin, ghostly visaged indivi dual was announced. With an asthmatic voico, j but in a tono of etnpid civility?for otherwia the editor would have assuredly tranQzed him with n fiery paragraph tho next morniug?the stranger said : ?Sir, your journal of yestorday con tained false information.' . w ?Impossible, sir: but what do "you^al lude to ?' 'You said that Mr- M. has boon tried.' ?True.' .rj} 1 Condemned.' ' i -.<.i *Yory truo.' ?Hung.' 'Yes.' I 'Now, ?ir, I am that gentleman/ ?Impossible.' 'I assure you it is a fact, and now I hope you will contradict what you have alleged. '13y no moans.' 'You are deranged.' 'I may be, sir, but I*wiU not take it back.' 'I will complain to a magistrate.,"1 u' ?As you please, but I never retract. The most that I can do for you is to an nounco that the rope broke, and, tfyic you arc now in perfect health. I havo my principles; I ncvor retract.* "> : Things That Look Bad. u A gentleman playing baso ball. A poor boy putting on airs. A fool teaching a school. A ri'h man disowuing his poor kin. A man trying to sing when he can't A baukrupt who has moro than ho ever had. An insurance agent smoking in a wood shop A misanthropist talking about chari ty aud benevolence. A young man calling an old man by his christain name; his father Hhegover nor,' and Jhis mother 'the old woman.' Dr. Simon a physician of Lorraine, gives a new oure"for boils, namely, by treating them with9camphorated alcho ho!. As eoo? as the culmiustieu p??st of the boil "makes its appearance, he puts a little of the liquid in a saucer and, dipping tho ends of hiss .little fin gers in Jit rubs the inflamed surface, especially tho central part, repeating the operation eight or ten times for aboot half a minute. He then allows the surface to dry, placing over it a slight coating of camphorated oil. Ho says that four euch applications will* in almost all cases, cause boils to dry up and disappear. A loving husband once waited on a doctcr to request him to presoribe for his wife's eyes. "Let her wash them every morning with a glass of brandy,'* said the doctor. A few weeks after the doctor by chaoco met the husbihd. 'Well, has your wife followed my advice?" "She has tried to do so, doo tor," said the spouso, "but she could never get the glass higher than her mouth." A Critic thus alludes to the merits of a rising young artist: "He possesses some merit as an artist, but it is hard to say whether it lies in landscape or marine painting; you never can tell his cows from his ships, except when they have their tails exalted, when the absence of spars betrays their character. Even then thoy may be mistaken fur schooners scudding under bare poles." Soundings on a Jbar?Dapping for drinks. A little nonsense now and then, is re linguished by tho best of moo. California makes two million dollars this year from berry orops. Dramas with legs naturally have the best run. Wise sayings often fall to tho ground, but a kiud word is never thrown away. Iho newest thing in oar rings are sli] pors of painted wood The best part of bonuty is that which a picture cannot express. The most useful thing in tho locg run?breath. An article you can always borrow? trouble. Modern rod of connection?Stioka of candy. It is an error to imagine that women talk moro than men. They're listened to?thnt's all. A baby was born lust week with one log in Chioago. Where was the other leg? 'Talk about the severo mental labor of men,' says Dort ha. 'It takes more hard study to Misoovor the front of: a new spring hat than ?wouid win a case in the supreme court against a rail road.'