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2 8 1874 BRET HARTE ON CONFUCIUS. (From Nttnt'i Almanac (llarperV) for 1875.) Confucius and the Chines Classics A A KI-I'O A I Chinese begin- world, the world wasKtse Kiang, who died. His blood hecaiue rivers, his bones granite, his hair trees, and finally, the insects which infested his body became people. Confucius--His walking, the Master usually put one foot before the other; when he rested, it was generally on both legs If, in walking, he came upon a stone, he would kick it out of his if it were too heavy, he would step around it. Happening once to kick a large stone, he changed countenance.

The superior Person wore his clothes in the ordinary manner, never putting his shoes upon his head nor his cap upon his feet. He always kept the skirts of his robe before and behind evenly adjusted, lie permitted not the unseemly exposure of his under-garment of linen at any time. When he met his visitors he rushed towards them with his arms opened like wings. His Master said, "One virtue goes a great way. In a jar of chow-chow, properly flavored with ginger, even a dead mouse is palatable." On Wau asking him if it were proper to put dead mice in chow- he replied, "It is the custom." When he heard that Chang had beheaded an entire province, he re- sippi.

marked' "This is carrying things to an excess." On being asked his opinion of impalement he replied that, "the end did not justify the means'." Hop Kee asked him how to tell the superior man. The Master replied, "How, cation. The Duke Shang asked him one day, "What constitutes the Confucius replied, "The question is asinine." His day, being handed a two-foot rule, Confucius opened it the wrong way, whereupon it broke. The Master said, quietlv. that, "it was a poor rule that wouldn't work both ways." Observing that Wau Sing was much addicted to opium, the Master said.

"Filial regard is always beautiful." "Why asked his disciples. -'He loves his poppy," replied the Master, changing countenance. "Is that Nankeen asked the great Mencius, as he carelessly examined the robe that enfolded the bosom of the iair Wau Sing. "No," replied the Master, calmly, "that's Pekin." ALL SORTS. Some men are bom to misfortune.

At a picnic a Missouri chap got his eye punched for speaking to another lellow's girl, and when he tearfully explained a he'd "know'd her these thirtv-live years," he gvt all his hair pulled out. "What kind ofsassages is queried an old lady of the young man of literature and peanuts, as he passed through the train selling bananas. Archbishop Whately used to tell the story of a traveler who, finding himself and his dog in a wild country, and desolate of provision, cut oil' his tail and boiled it for his own supper, jiving the dog the bone! A man while under the influence of liquor, the other day deliberately kissed his mother. A zealous but ignorant negro preacher, in expounding to his flock as to the astounding nature of miracles, got a little confused in the matter He said: "My beloved friends, the greatest of all miricles was 'bout the loaves and fishes. Dere was 5,000.

loaves and 2,000 fishes, and de miricle is dey didn't bust." A very fat English lady boasted that she brought her husband twenty thousand pounds. "Well you look it!" replied her friend. Now that ladies are parting their hair on the side, young men will be imitating their example. Boston Post. Howl Two colored men lynched by a mob at Holly Springs, Missis- But hold on! The mob was quite colored, Herald.

The two leading daily papers in Yeddo, Japan, are theTokionichmichi Schimbum and the Chinbansashi. The editors are paid eighteen cents per day, and are not allowed any va- A Wretched Farce. The telegraph informs us that the coroner's jury in the case of the victims of the Fall River disaster, returned a verdict simply setting forth the cause of death, and attaching no blame to This is a fair specimen of the work of the average jury where railroad company or a heavy mill corporation is at fault. The fact that in this verdict there is not the least reference to the failure of the owners of the mill to provide proper means of escape for their emphrycs in case of fire, proves that the conclusions of the jury were not unprejudiced, but on the contrary that they feared to express their honest convictions, and chose to whitewash the affair rather than incur the diplcasurc of a wealthy corporation. Such a verdict is nothing but a farce, and a very- parent one.

Twentv-three trans- poor wretches meet a horrible death by the flames or by jumping from sixth story- windows, unable to get a foothold on one or two small iron ladders running to the ground already filled with a crowd of struggling human being And yet a jury of intcllcgcnt men says, in substance, that there is nobody to blame. What nonsense journal. A Georgia planter drained his rice swamp last year, and planted the ground with corn Spring. A hybrid crop is his reward, the stalk, blades, and cob being that of corn, while the kernels on the cob are rice. The Faculty of Yale College were amazed the other morning at finding the statue of President Pierson arrayed in the airy costume of a red flannel shirt, with a demoralized silk hat on its head and a cotton umbrella in its hand.

P. T. Barnum's first bride was Charity Hallelt. a sewing-girl. He kept an oyster saloon on the lower floor of a small dwelling, and she kept house upstairs.

Now he makes the second bride queen of a three-million estate, and the finest palace in New England. Ten to one the first wife was the happier of the two, if not the better. Josh Billings says: "If yu are going to giv a man enny thing giv it to him cheerfully, and quick, don't make him git down on hiz kneeze in front ov and listen to the 10 commandments, and then yu giv him cents." It has always surprised me to see how unflinchingly some conscientious sojourners in this vale of tears will prance along on the thorny path of duty, if only sustained by the blessed consciousness that they are treading on somebody else's toes all the while. Paul. A small boy telling his pal how he came to be detected stealing apples in a grocery store, proceeded thus: "Well, I didn't care so durned much about bem' seen, but the clerk was cross-eyed, an' I thought he was watchin" a dorg-fight across the street, but he was lookin' square unto me, an' he helped me clean into the gutter!" A deaf and dumb mendicant was suddenly startled yesterday by the rude shouts of some boys while walking down River street, and in turning, dipped on a banana skin and fell.

He gave the lads a severe lectuie. The Mississippi. Mr. Bancroft remarks in the tenth volume of Ins History of tljc United States, just out "The Mississippi River the guardian and the pledge of the Union of the States of America. Had they been confined to the eastern slope of the Alleghemes there would have been no geographical ity between them, an the thread of connection between lands that merely fringed the Atlantic must soon been sundered.

The Father of Rivers gathers waters from all the clouds that break between the Allcghenies and the furthest ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The ridges of the eastearn chain bow their heads at the North and the South, so that long before science became the companion of man, nature herself pointed out to the barbarous races how short portages join his tributary rivers to those of the Atlantic coast. At the other side his mightiest arm interlocks with the arms of the Oregon and the Colorado, and by the conformation of the earth itself, marshals highways to the Pacific. From his remotest springs he refuses to suffer his waters to be divided but as he bears them all to the bosom of the ocean the myriads ot flags that wave above his liead are all the ensigns of one great people. States larger than Kingdoms flourish where he passes and beneath his steps cities start into being more marvelous in their reality than fabled creations of enchantment.

His magnificent valley lying in the best part of the temperate zone, salubrious, wonderfully fertile, is the chosen muster ground of the most various elements of human culture brought together by men summoned from all the civilized Nations of the earth, and joined in the bonds of common citizenship by the strong, invisible attraction of republican freedom. Now that science has come to be the household friend of trade and commerce and travel, and that nature has lent to wealth and intellect her constant forces, the hills, once walls of division, are scaled or pierced or leveled and the two oceans, between which the Republic has unassailably intrenched itself against the outward world, are bound together across the Continent by friendly links of iron. MISCELLANEOUS. There are over i ,000 Granges In Ohio, with a membership exceeding 75,000. Reagan, late Postmaster-General of the Confederate States, is a candidate foi Congress in Texas.

A million-dollar mortgage, the largest ever placed on record in San Francisco, was recorded on the i7th- Sixteen Roman Catholic priests arc now in confinement at Coblentz, on the Rhine, for offenses against the Prussian ecclesiastical laws. A committee of the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has reported in favor of the taxation of church property. A member of the Junior Class at Dartmouth College, from St. Johnsbury, supports himself by keeping a barber's shop. The oyster openings in New York city amount to 550,000 stews, 250,000 fries, raws, 76,000 roasts, and 25,000 broils daily.

There are only three Republican counties in Georgia. It is expected that the entire Georgia delegation in the next Congress will be Democratic. FRED. MERKER, MERCHANT TAILOR High Street, opp. Court Mouse, A I O.

A I I Gents' Furnishing Goods Our Tailoring Department is strictly con fined to CUSTOM WORK. The quality 01 our block is of the best, and satisfaction in make-up is assured. We invite attention to our line o' Gents' Underwear, Shirts, Col Neckties, etc. I COUNTY OFFICERS. Judge Court Common 1'lcas--W.

I. Gilmore. Term expires February, 1877. Probate Judge--W. K.

Cochran. Term expires February. 1876. Clerk Court "Common gilt. expires February, 1876.

War Cuklwell and Frank Jones, deputies. Prosecuting Attorney--j. L. Va bam. Term expires January, 1876.

CHAS. E. GIFFEN, DEALER LATH, --AND-- Vallandig- 1876. Sheriff--W. 11.

Allen. Term January, 1876. Timothy Lavin and Mareel Ins Thomas, deputies. Treasurer--David Yeakle. September, 1876.

Auditor--H'. K. Peck. November, 1874. Recorder--Samuel Davis.

January, 1875. County Commissioners Term Term Term Term Term ex- I ami disabled workers arc not, tolerated in the bcc commonwealth. Thcv arc at mcc condemned and ejected bv the community, as not only useless 3-isl injurious members, for whom no compassion is felt, and no mercy is in store. Crippled queens arc reserved and cherished, though when they become superannuated and unproductive t'hc-y, too, arc discarded. The short-born slcer, Grcdcy, recently slaughtered in Detroit, was probably the heaviest steer ever killed in America.

His live weight was 10; beef, rough fat, 300, and hide, 140 pounds. much to the enjoyment of the blind bcjjjjar at the corner, who saw the whole occurrence through his green glasses and much amused thereat. Troy Times. ithout evincing any tlieological prcfcicnccs the following might by styled too sad for utterance "The Catholic pricvt Kubczack, of Xions, was excommunicated by the Vicar of the diocese of Poscn, Hcrr Rzcznicws- Wc-ton has walked one hundred miles .1 day and that is a great achievement. If he will only Mart at the High Hridgc, with his face toward Canada, and walk one hundred miles Old Timber.

Probably the oldest timber in the world which has been subjected to the use of man is that found in the ancient temples of Egypt in connection with the stone-work, which is known to be at least four thousand years old. This, the only wood used in the construction ot the temple, is in the form of ties, holding the end of one stone to another to its tipper surface. When two blocks were laid in place, an excavation about an inch deep was made in each block, into which a tie shaped like an hourglass was driven. It i therefore very difficult to force any stone from its position. The ties appear to have been of the tamarisk or shitteni wood of which the ark was constructed, a sacred tree in ancient Egypt, and now very rarely found in the valley of the Nile.

The dovetailed ties are just as sound now as on the day of their insertion. Although fuel is extremely scarce in the country these bits ot wood are not large enough to inaks it an object with the Arabs to heave ofT layer after layer of heavy stone to obtain them. Had they been of bronze, half of the old temples would have been destroyed 3'ears ago, so precious would they have been lor various purposes. King sus- a day, and keep at it, we sliaM regard him as the greatest success of modern time. He may take Sergeant Bales with him to carry a flag.

N. Y. Herald. The Hoosac Tunnel. On the first day of November the Hoosoc tunnel will be formally opened business, with such an eliborate ceremonial as the Massachusetts man delights in celebrating.

The work of piercing the mountain has occupied fifteen years, and its has been twelve million dollars. Now that the end has been reached the business men of the States arc anxious lo know what is best to be done i tljc tun- JicL Of course they want a direct railroad to the West, by which thcv hope to drain ihc grain regions Iviii" about the upper takes, but the jues tion is how it shall best be done. Uos- ton wants cheap coal as well as a chance to do an cxpoit business- in grain. it seems that she is great- at a loknow bow tike vantage of bcr opportunities She is too ambitious. If her citizens confine their attention to trade slowly, instead of to steal New York's commerce at one fell blow, they will best advance their interests.

New York has nothing to fear from the Hoosac Tunnel, but will be the gainer by any increase in the of outlying commercial suburbs along the Atlantic. The sword of the celebrated French grenadier, Latour d'Auvergne, who was killed at Oberbausen in 1800, has been left by his nephew to Garibaldi. The custom of calling out the name of Latour d'Auvergne first at roll call, and some one replying, Dead, on the field of honor," which after many years had at last been abandoned in his regiment, has just been introduced by the new colonel, Aubrey. Ex-Governor W. H.

Gist died at his residence in Union County, S. on the 20. ult. The Charleston News says: Governor Gist was one of the leading men of the State in her palmy- days. His life was devoted to her interests, and the peoole whom he had so faithfully served, honored him in 1858, with the highest office within their gift--that of Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth.

He was the last ante-bellum Governor of the State. During the war lie was an active and valued member of the Executive Conncil whom Governor Pickett, his successor, called to his aid during the stormy scenes of '61. At the close of the war he withdrew from public life. There is a curious similarity between the arrest of Count Von Armm by Bisirark and that of Wilkes by Greenville, Prime Minister of George III. Both were arrested at their homes; both their houses were searched for papers damaging to the Minister, and both were treated precisely as if no man's house were his castle.

But England did better a hundred years ago in the support of the sacred right of domicile than is now doing. The tained Grenville as Emperor William sustains Bismark, but a British jury declared the general warrant of Lord Halifax upon which Wilkes was arrested illegal, and Lord Halifax was mulcted in damages for his share in the business. The Harriet Lane, a once well- known United States revenue cutter, transformed into a trim sailing vessel, is taking cotton at Galveston for Providence, R. I. She appeared in Galveston harbor in the fall of 1862.

after the city had been abandoned by the Confederates. On the first of January, 1863, the rebel General Magruder retook Galveston, after a fierce and bloody fight, and captured the Union garrison, the Harriet Lane, and other vessel. Her first lieutenant received his death wound in a liand-to-hand encounter with a Confederate oflkerl and was recognized in his dying moments by his father, a Confederate staff officer, who had not seen or heard of him for many months. One of the crew, armed with a cutlass, rushed at one of the boarders, a Texas ranker, who lowered his shot gun, and, as each was about to strike, they recognized each other as brothers, separated. The leaders in the fight arc IenJ, and ibe vessel on wljose deck they struggled so fiercely now returns to Galveston, after! eleven years' absence, on a pcaccfu- conimvrcial mission.

An inquisitive chap slcppc3 into a marble shop Jihc oilier Iay, where Smith was completing tiic sculpture of a lamb. Did you cut out tliat animal:" asked tbc interrogation point. "Oh, no," said Smith; "the lamb lias been Ilicrc all the time. I only took the marble from around him--tint's all." Professor David Swing, according to a rumor, is to be called lo the pulpit lately occurred by the Rev. Robert Laird Collier, al Chicago.

MANUFACTURER OF Sash, Doors Blinds Sells as cheap as the cheapest. WEST HAMILTON, OHIO, A. M. SCHMIDT, Corner Front and Basin Streets, HAMILTON, OHIO Wholesale and Retail Dealers in A Samuel Long, W. W.

Caldwell, George B. Tobias. expire respectively in November, 1876, 1875 and 1876. Coroner--Win. Spencer.

January, 1876. Surveyor--Jobn C. Weaver, pires October. Infirmary Directors George Vinnedge, Peter Sbafor and Jacob Matthias. expire respectively October, 1876 and of County Infirmary -Samuel Deneen.

Pbysician of County Infirmary H. Stevens. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor--J. B.

Lawder; term April 1875- Marshal David Lingler; term April, 1875. Clerk--H. II. Jones. Solicitor--J.

L. Flickingeri term April, 1875. -ti' Engineer--Isaac Peacock; 'term April, 1875. Engineer Fire Department--Maudes Shuler; term expires April, 1875. Market-master--Thomas Reed; term expires April, 1875.

Street Bommissioner-- George Bwdorff; term expires April, 1875. COUNCIL. ist Ward--S. L. Beeler, one year: Henrj Eger, two years.

2nd Ward--A. Benninghoflen, one year; John W. Sohn, two years. 3d Allstatter, one jear; William Pfau, two years. 4th Watd--Isaac Graham, one year and Frederick Schliep, two years.

Join, POSTMASTER McKee. --AND-- Shoe-Findin TERMS CASH attention paid to all orders. W.W. STEVENSON. E.

KNOX, JR. E.KNOXJr.co., DEALERS IN Coal and BOARD OF EDUCATION. Jacob Matthias, W. W. Caldwell, Henry Dilg, L.

B. De la Court, Constantine Markt, John G. Weller, John W. Meckley. UNITED STATES OFFICERS.

Deputy Collector United States Internal Revenue, Robert Joyce. Deputy United States Marshal, M. C. McMakin. F.

B. PUTHOFF, EVERYBODY'S HATTER. --ALSO A-FEED STORE. BET. FRONT AND SECOND, AND SECOND, BET.

NUT AND WALNUT STS. FEED STORE--CORNER CHESTNUT AND A STS. The best quality of Coal and Wood delivered promptly to all parts of city and warranted to give satisfaction. The patronage of the public is solicited. THE OLD RELIABLE LUMBERYARD A.

DlNGFELDER, Cor. Second and Sycamore HAMILTON, OHIO. Dealer in all kinds of LUMBER. LATH AND SHINGLES Evcrv fanner in the county wnn fc building or contemplates Jniildinsj should call al Mr. Dingfcldcr's lumber yard and examine his stock.

There not a bctlcr filled yard in Ihc county nor heller lumber. He deals fairly and madcralel with buyers, and gives salis-faclson in and prices. WEST HAMILTON HENRY EGER, Manufacturer of all kinds of LAGER! Second, bet. MillikJn and Soutli HAMILTON, OHIO Highttl cash price paid Barley. Leave Your Measure for the Latest STYLE FALL HAT 9 1-2 MAIN STREET FIRST WARD, HAMILTON.

flats. Cans and Gents' Furnishing ot Latest Styles and best material on hand constantly, vol CARRIAGES. A. Hochheimer Son Carriage Manufacturers 141 and 143 Basin Street, HAMILTON. dcslrinu lo select A FIRST-CLASS I OF A Will find our slock unsurpassed for variety of and cxcclJcJicc of finish.

REPAINTING AND REPAIRING promptly done lo order hv experienced and COMPETENT CURTIS DOUBLE PERCH BUGGIES made to order and always on hand, al their FACTORY, ON BASIN STREET. ATTACHMENT NOTICE. Ricfcftfl Mand, Tiff. Alfred T. Warwick IVfl' hp of Vnjon Tp.

But. Co. O. the day of Angwrt, A. 1874.

Uce an of aJlawTiTrnvnt in the above x-lion for Jhc snm of Fort Dollars. KK HAUI) MAUD. 7lh, 4874. sn for hiring forty after it o'clock A. M..