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s«n«^/' ,, JWWfl»!sr ^*yW*.w^..1j.'WaiH«»g-ia»w'jpi*; '0^^jaj^r^^r m<,,y ?^r' '^*^ l> T^t\ l ''^ J !i l »' 1 -''.' g *' '\T *!\\ JiT\'V»ff ; - I '\'-\ 'a *•;•\ •' \• *h£r A v. •r /• -..' «• : Truth is* the Highest Thijig a Man. May Keep/ VOL. I.. MAKLON, 1ST. y-,,\SATUBI)Ay,\0CTp^ER.'2 .1880, . 2: -rjgk The Marion Enterprise ITBEISHED Every Saturday Morning —Bi- ll . I>. CTJBTI8. ADVERTISING: Seventy-fiveeentsper square for first insertion, and fifty cents lor every Bubst qaent week. Legal advertising done l]J statute prices. Liberal deductions to..yearly adveitisers. \\' \ .-31 wfe J m m Book and Job Printing Office Is now prepared to do all kinds ot , Plain and Fancy Job Printing on . Short Notice- «— Letter-Heads, \Nute-Heads Bill-H-mds, Cir eulars, Cards, Shipping Tag-*. Envelopes Blanks, Posters, etc., done on J*the most rta aonahle terms. WomBBrVjfaghts iu Mississippi. The new code of Mississippi has cut up hy the roots all the ancient disabili- ties of tnarriel women, and they are now free and equal in every respect to their husbands. It is the most radical legislation yet had upon the subject. Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Meriwether should at once move to that Sta'e and notecase this agitatiair tilt th\ ight to vote has been r sceured as thoix ighly as the rights of property have been. \Section 1167. The common law, as to the uisabilitics of married women, ami its effect on the lights.of property of t.ie wife, is totaliyabrogated, and marriage shall not be heldto impose any disability pj incapacity on a_jvonian_ as, to the ownership, acquisition or disposition of property of any sort, or as to her capacity to make contracts, and do all acts in reference to property which she could* lawfully do if she were not married; but every woman now married, or here- after to be married, shall have the same capacity to acquire, hold, manage, con- trol, use, enjoy and dispose of all prop- erty, real and personal, in possession or expectancy, and to make any contract in _reJefenceto it, and t o bind herself per- sonally, and to sue and Jbe.suedj. wjtii all thefnghSanSlTaoTrities incident thereto, as if she was not married.'^ . \Sec. 1108. Husband and\ wife can sui' each other.\ \Sec. 1169, A married woman may dispose oi her estate, real and personal Ihe following remarkable compilation is a coiitributioti to the San Francisco' Times ii'om the pen-ot Mrs. H. A--'Doming. The reader will notice that each- line is a quotation Irotri som6 of the standard authors ot England and America. This is tjjejwjjlic^ayear'a labori- ous search amofjs* tne lendingpoets ot the past and prwsnnt. Hmn. S Why.alf this toil for triumphs ol an hour? ' — Yowig. Lite's a short summer, man, a flower. .... _. .-=i3r. Johnson, By turns wejsatubt&e vital breath and die— *£, by last will and testament, in the saint manner as if she was not married.\ \Sec. 1170. Dower and courtesy, &• heretofore known, are abolished.\ Other sections conform the genera' laws to these radical changes. Husband and wife inherit from cch other ah their respective propertyif there be no children, and eac'i a child's part if there be cQildren or the descendants of chil- dren. They may dissent from each other's wills and take of each other's estates ac- cording to law, except that if there bi no children, in case of such dissent the ' dissentient gets\ only haTT of the estate- il he or sho lias no estate of his Of her own. If the dissentient has property of -iis.Qwnor her own. equal to one-fifth of what he or she would be entitled to in the others's estate, then the deficiency is to be made up out of the other's es- tate.— MemoJHsil^nr^Amlanche. f The Thunderbolt. The name thunderbolt, which is stil in use* even by good writers, seems to .\ have been introduced in consequence of the singular effects produced wh.n lightning strikes a sandhill or sandy soil. . Itbores a hole often many feet in length, which is found throughout lined witu vitrified sind. The old notion was that an intensely hot, solid mass, whm<r pnth wns the flash of lighthlrg. had buried itself out of eighth melting the nind as it went down. It is qu.tc possible th.it this mj'inn may Lava been strengthened t->i :!iv in-casional.obssrva> tion of tin* f. 'i nciohtes, which aie someti i is :• -u :: in tlie ho.es they have made, sti.l esi-.udin^ly hot. And at least i:i;my of the cases in which light- ning i* SJU to have been seen in a per- fectly 9.1 ar Siv is to.jbe explained in the same way.' • Anothu- r«>ni askable pecujiarity, long ago observed, is the characteristic smeli produced when lightning strikes a build- ing or a-ship. In old times i t was sup- posed to be sulphurous; nowadays we know it to be mainly due to ozone. In fact, all tits ready- modes of forming ozone, which are as yet at the disposal' of the chefuist, depend upon applies- liSns of c.ictricity. . liUi, besides ozone, which is formed from the oxygen ol the - air, the to me oiten proouced nitric acid. • ammoiiiaund other compounds, derived from the cottstUuints of air and of aque- ous vapor. A-J tliese results can be pro- duced on a small scale in the iabralory. \ > .' • , How Barns Looked* SoXtar as we can form any correct judgment. Burns was one of the noblest-looking men of his age. Walter .1 Scott, at the a^e of fifteen, saw the poet, anil-tit made; an enduring impression. He describes him as followsa \His body was strong and robust, and his appear- ance rustic, but not clownish- Hisrnan- ners, though plaint xvrere marked by dig- nified simplicity. His countenance was more massive than it appears in his por- traits. His t>ve3 were large an 1 dark, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke on any subject with feel- ing or deep interest. I never saw such another eye in any ot- er man, though I have seen the most distinguished char- ; aoters pfttteage.\T.ie' above-mentioned '' Interview is interestingasthe picture of one great poet given by another. It oc- curred at a social dinner where Scott was merely a. spectator, but he attracted attention by reply ine to a question which no other pet son in the room could answer, and his reward wa^ a smile and nn approving word irom the poet. How littlo f.id thVinspired plowman imagine that the lame' boy who then attracted: his atter.tion would reach such distinc- Ubn^-stiil les^ that they two would di- vide the biah'st honors in tbe iiterathre eif tb, jr tla-tivt land. 7' The cradle and the tomb, alas !-so m< 4- • • — Prior. To be, is better than not to he. ' •\ -\ ' * —Sewelt. Though all man's life may seem a tragedy; •—Spender. But light aires speak when mighty griets are dumb, —D An id I. The bottom is but shallow whence they come, — Ralogh. Your late is but the common late Of allj • —Lcmgfeltoie. fc Unminglcd joys here to no man boltill. —Southwell. Nature to each allots his proper sphere; — Congrert. Fortune makes folly her peculiar care; —Churchill. Custom 4oesH)iten reason overrule, ^ —Rochester, And throw a cool sunshine on a fool, • —Armstrong. Live well; howjong or short, permit to heaven; —Milton. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. — Bailey. 3iri may b'e'claspod so close wo cannot see its face, _ » — Trench. Vile intercourse where virtue has no place. \ — Somervitle. Then'keep each passion down, however denr — Thornton: rhou pendulum betwixt a smile and \tear. — Baroir. He xsensual snores let faithless pleasure lay, ~Smotleit. With craft and skill to Tfuin and betray t —Crabbe. oar not loo high to lall, but stoop toriao; r-Messengtr- We masteis grow of all that we despise. — Cmrlev. 'i b«»n 1 rroonnrc that impious so l-c;step'n; — Beattte. Itii'hes have wings, and gnmJour ui a drcum. '- t- —Cowpcr. Think not ambition wise because 'lis bravo; — Davenanl. The paths of j ^Popt± —island in th3 lake that lay below had \ :h. sheltered and immortal hermit whose memory had blessed us pupils with a tacles; or the thought of. a flushed cheek lured me for a moment from that deep, consideration of the harniony- book that should have been my most edifying mental food, and that flushed, cheek was not graced with, an unshorn be-ard. Still I worked on with only a scant word of encouragement from my taciturn professor for pionths, till the spring sun on a certain saint's day tempted me to take a. nmeh-nee.ded holi- day, and .1 strayed at random out into the woods, climbed a ruined tower and lazily took in the landscape about me. I wondered if the little stone cell on an long. I only remember tjo have reached the country,'and to have felt the cold dawa creeping over a hazy earth, and the smell of\grass and trees, aad the sounds of morning. I fell asleep tr-oru- sheeF weariness of the flesh, and awoke late in the day stiff and wretched. When 'I hadidragseuJ-myself back to my rooms, the familiar sights brought all my eriet more keenly to my mind\; there lay Nina Wal line ford's photograph, and on the\ wall above it hung. Harry .Arch- eft dainty, embroidered \student's cap; a pair of Nina's gloves, the very pair. 1 had seen in the hermit's cell, and had stolen'as a souvenir of our'first meeting, the pistol Harry's trembling hand had raised to the true, loving heart, lay side day's rest. I wondered it he was hoi- by side in my cabinet lowed-eyed, dirty-fingered and tooth less; if, in hisyoutb, he too had loved and been loved—and seeing at that moment a little boat at the foot of the Schloss- berg, I ran down, and, taking posses- sion of.it , brought myself shortly to the island, and forthwith entered the Uer- Hfit'3 deserted cell. On-a roek near the entrance lay a dainty, lace-trimmed parasol, a pair of gloves, some wild flowers and a sketch- called up, a cry for hrlp reached me on the breeze.\ \Please sir, could you come tome? I have lost my oar,\ repeated the voice, as I emerged, and at a distance in a sat a\ little, girl I recognized at Wha' lory Wd h-.it to tho grave. , —Grjty. H ambition 1 Tia a glorious cheat ! ; - - - - -.- it Uiis. Only destructive to tho brave and great. —Addison. Wifat's oif the gaudy glitter of a crown ? „_ ._ —Dryden. Tho way to blisi lies not on beds of down. — Quaries. How long we live, not yfeare bat actions tell; --Watkir.s. That man lives twice who lives tho flrst 111 tt v c!h ' — Herrick. Make then, while yet we may, your God yonr lriend, Inn 0 hr.sti ans worship,, yet not compro htnd. — Hill. Tho trust tlHit's given guard, and to yourgolf bo Just, —Dana. For, live we how we can, jet die we must. — Shakespeare NINA WALLINGFORD, \ Who is' that little girl, WalterP\ I said, carelessly, little thinking the im- portant role that little girl was to nlay m my life drama. She came from Zim- mer No. 9, of the Conversatorium for ,,„„ . Music^tS-—,ah4 berrfc»Be was flushed t come true. with an indignant, half-pitiful look in lier proud eyes whieh attracted my at- tention. Room No. 9, I thought, as leaving Walter Griffith, my chum, I sauntered _. o off to my lesson. That's where old j-Archer back aSin.\ .Professor Z. tortures his pupils; he is him as we sauntered little better than a ruffian, if book—qiieer things for a hermit to leave behind him, indeed; and, as I stood , __. smiling at the pdd contrasting ideas f moment tempted uicToTorget all I had an. heard, but Harry's face, as it lay th There must he some terrible mistake some explanation that Nina can giyo;;i determined to ask, and as soon as'I could collect my thoughts, 1 went to her. She met me with frank congratula- tions on the success my concerto had met with.- \I heard every .\note she said; and what would have undo me happy to intoxication before, tell. now upon ruy'eaf like blows on a naked nerve.\ • ' '• You are quite pale,\ she said, look- ing at mo wistlully, anil the tone for'a boat oncei Sherwas drifting slowly further and further off into'the lake, and her situa- tion, although by ho means dangerous, was embarrassing enough. \I am*quite ashamecrof myself,\she said, as ray last strokes brought m-> m-ar her. \ It was very stupid of mo to lose my oar, and the thought\of drifting about in this.lonpiy plage all.night- w*w- nof a\cheef fuT one.\ \ You might have drifted for week*, as this is an out-of-the-way place, and I am very glad to have been the fortunate person wao spared you a great deal of possible discomfort.\ \And lam glad,\ she replied, \that has been you who\rescued me.\ The slight and graceful accent on 1 ho , . _ .„. ^. t you. wau indexioribahly pTrnsfng to raV\. rtliWy^Srcfier, andTiavmg\'now answered •at day. in the sunlight, i\ime up to check mv4iot words. \ \ Miss Wallingtoref,\ I said, \ I have come- \.but how to ask her? It seemed such an Insult to* speak oif^ dishonor while that calm, steady glance rested'rat me. \ Did .you\— I stammered, \did you know poor Harry Archer?\ The girl's faeo blanched with a look ol horror that went, alas! far to con- vince- me of tbetrutu of Walter's story. \ I was his dearest friend, aed i loved, him,\ I added, with what must .have seemed wanton cruelty; but Nitw's face fluslied.—and,-seetnitrg- like a llaoji to divirTe.my thoughts, she siud, with u proud glance of cpntempt at mo: \ May-I 'ask why you wish to learn the fact of me having known your friend?\ she said. » \ Oh, Nina!\ I cried, \tell mo it i> all a horrible, torturing mistake 1\ \ I am at a loss to understand you,\ she replied, rising. **T knev¥^Qur irieud Otirchat that day was but the bc.^innln . of a friendship that quickly ripened; circumstances favored it. • Wo Wi r»- both Americans id a foreign lnnel, both inteieste.d in the same studies, tuid our prnvuits threw us constantly together, tt was not long fx'tore 1 aeltnow.eTTgrd mysplf to he deeply in Jove with Nina Wal!ingford. How much brighter the world lonk»d tomcat that Uru>! My evcry-riay occupationsseomed one rout d of delight, and study was play; <*ven my re-iectit teacher complimehted mi- oft-u on my progress. I made great stridi sin a 1 one-rto I was composine, and when it was finishel and played before the arbitpj s r)f t he conservatory, a prize \\ as unanimously awarded me. he has such a reputation in his profession; and they say h e thumbs the ugly girls with his baton and kisses the pretty ones in what, .he calls musical, enthusiasm. However the arrival of my teacher p\ut an end to reflection of any kind, and we were soon deep in a sonata which I had prepared by hours of steady work; I was a young and enthusiastic student Of both the piano and organ, aad my future fortune and career de- pended on my own industry. I was struggling with 'all my htert and soul, and, although I met any number of pice girls and girted women at the different clubs and soirees which I frequented for the sake Of the good music. T ban given a second thought to none of them. Now a chance meeting With Professor '£. brought thatlook of the little girl back to my mind, and my heart gave a mcs*. unaccountable throb. That evening I drummed like an auto- maton over the fugue that had been the center of all my highest hopes and aspirations for weeks. St%ies and exercises refused to be plaved. and I strayed off into tender Mttle German love songs, until, disgusted with myself. I tumbled into bed. There ItoOk myself sternly to task, and reflected that a poor art student, with only just enough 1 money to live without begging until ime should bring the success he must work hard for—tbatfin fact, just such a man as I was the biggest fool in Christ- endom to look\ at, or think twice of, anybody or anything but a long-haired professor of a music score. With these wise reflections I finally fell asleep; but for two or three days after a pair of eyes peeped:from behind the keyboard, and thoweyee were pot adorned with spec- A glare of slyjiMnering lights, per- fume of flowers, the gleam of statues from their leafy bowers. In hoFiof'Cf the birthday of her majesty, the qu\ n, a special musical performance was Ic- ing conducted, anrainy concerto was the original feature of the evening. I f It paleU'om suspense, wtiilecich familiar note sounded through the hal', and «t last it Was over. Royalty itself Con- deycpLthd to applaud warmly, connoi'- — Mason. ; j. HeB .|y shook IUP rjy the hand, and, gi idy from triumph, I went out into tb> nietit to take deep draughts'of thecuimingair Everything ee med possible^to' me in this ih°flest flu-h of my youthful suc- cess— ani Nina Wiilling'ord had looke-1 down from l.er ben at me and smiled! To-morrow 1 would go to her and t 11 her that my triumph was nothing with- out her love. Walter Griffith's friendly voice almost jarred upon me. \'Hallo! old fellow!\ he called out linking his arm in mine. \You aro ahead of us all! By jove, I am proud of you I ,HQW I used to deride all our dreams 01 ambition when you and I and poor Harry talked of the future; all the pom old .chap prophesied of you has come true. Ro you femernbor he al- ways said you would boa great success? Hpw thororghly the dear boy beiieved in you!\ \ Yes,\ I replied, \ I wouidgfvs a fair share of to-night's triumph to bring And we talked of homeward. He had been almost a brother to me, and the thought of his generous, trusting nature, and tho loss he had been to us. brought tears to my eyes. He had had genius, but an erratic and unstable will; he worked only by fits and starts, an*i seemed at the last to have some deep le that \took alt ambition from Busy myself, I have often re- Jiroached myself since that I did not urgejiim to speak openly to me about it. Then one day I found him in an alley of the royal park with the CTUPI sun glaring down on his dead face. He had shot himself, and I never knew the se-iret of his terrible death. I had been his sole mourSer, and he lay in the little English cemetery among strangers* He had had great faith in me, andhad cheered many a lajteing moment in my would have.rejoiced to-night. \ As usual,\said Walter, lightly, \a woman was at the bottom of his de- struction,\ *'A woman?\ I said. \Curse her! Bat, Walter, how did you know of this?\ \ Why* Archer wrote it to me when I Was5n Leipzig—wrote; me of bis despair when the girl ne bad lOved so long jilted him. To tell the truth, old 'friend, I have often wondered at your intimacy- with that girl. Can jt be possible you are trying to avenge Archer?\ \ Walter Griffith, what in heaven's name do you mean?\ my ajitation mas- tering me—\of whom are youspeak- * Nina Wallmgford,\ was the fatal answer. \ Good-nieht,\ I said, abruptly, and, turning up a dark tide street, gtuaibled on »nd on, I never knew wljere or how your oniy lucid remark, you will, no doubt, excuse;me if I retire,\ With a stately bow mid a steady step sho left me, while I reeled drun.k with despair, to my rooms. For several days I was ill^ a low, obstinate sort of fever kept me, after the reaction of so much excitement, weak and 'depressed. Then, after h^isty pre- parations, I sai!e»difo.r homo.. That 'time I had so often looked for- ward to. that day that was. to bring me baik wTtli a record of work doner and M'puUition established, brought mo no happiness. More work I sighed (or, and it alone gave mo rest. I slaved ami -spared no nerve or muscle. A-penalty must be-paid \sooner or later for such overtaxing of brnfn and bojiy. I foli ilL and alt was \blank. A placid, kindly old face, in a tiuaker cap, looked tit tin) when I awoke from a long, fevurish dream; b'f courso I tried to speak, but my voico failed me, and tho lady laid her plump hands on .my head and said-. \ Wait a littlo, you'wtll grpw . stronger,, and. then we) will do a . vast amount of gossiping.\ I let myself be potted and. soothed like a baby, and before many days I couid ruk how I happened to. bo in what scemed t to be? a hospital. . \ This is not quite like a hospital,\ the kindly old.lady said, \ but a house to which Doctor JV , who was eallud in to you when you fell so very ill, sends his. patients.\ . '* \ But you are not a hired nurse, I am sure.\ \No answered tho lady, smiling. \ I am Mrs. Penthwick, an idle old body who amuses herself by looking in now and then on the sick people. I can fielp them a little, too, occasionally; I have brought you these flowers, and ean write for you,\if you wish, to your friends, when the doctor allows you to dictate.\ \ There is no one? who wouhi care par- ticularly to hear of my welfare.\ I said, sadly s \although since fortune has fn- vored^me a little, there are many wiio calf themselves by that much abused title of friend.\ flood Mrs. Penthwick seemed to set herself from this time t-> the task of cheering me. \ When you are able,\ she said, \I will take you for a little jaunt to my quiet old house in the coun- try I have taken a fancy to you, so don't protest; I am abiC, thank God, to do a good turn now and then to my fel- low-t-ireatures. I have inquired about you —you will neither steal my spoonstior run away with the pretty girl who ia now my one guest; Here is your beef- tea; drink every drop of it, and get strong as soon as you can.\ I .began tp.take pleasure in seeing tho wrinkled face which so often bent over me, looking pleased a t my improvement; and when we went by slow stages to Penthwick cottage. I found myserfsbe- ginning to hope and long for the battle of life again. The second day, after a siesta m a cozyi chintz-hung room, I went> leaning pn'Mw. Penthwick's arm, to be pre- sented to. the guest whom she spoke of as \my daughter,\ but was really oniy a mucu-loved friend.. * \My daughter\ arose from a dim corner, came into the light, and Nina Wallingford was before me! I was sti 1 so weak that tbe surprise overcame me, and I sank back in a chair,, for a moment unable to speak, and I daresay looking half dead. Nina thought so, and the mistake was for me the happiest one in the world. She sprang to my side with tears rolling down her cheeks, and I miraculously recovered myself sufficiently to catch her hands, and cover them with kisses. \Oh Nina!\I cried. '.'I have often been convinced that you could explain away my despicable doubtaof you/' \Yes she Mswered. \My still more despicablo pride prevented my {ellinc yoq of tbe one mi aiftake I made in my life; .but my punishment has been surely out of all proportion- to my fault Your lack of trust in me that day wounded me ail the more that I had -bxuadettover the affair and grown mor- bidly sensitive; but I will \tell YOU all about it now. \Horry \Sfcher loved mo when I was quite young—too young to know if the feclingthat prompted rue to a -eept him wsts lovo or gratitied vanity. Ht> was you know, of so peculiar\ a tem- perament that by degrees I found mvse.f utterly disenchanted; attimes.unrt'ason- ably jealous ofme, and—but I will not say more of this, for he is dead. He would not listen to my doubts of the wisdom of our cugagement. and save uu: no'peace because I.postponed from time to time the wedding day. I know I was weak, but I was young and all alone: my one -friend, Mrs.' Penthwick, was ill. Wheu she was sufficiently re- covered to allow ofit, I wi-ote to her, ^jonfldihg all of niy griait. wrotchcdne.s.s, ol the certainty that. If 1 ever had, 1 no. loniter loved Harrv Archer.\ \ Poor child I Whatitdilemma it was for you!.\ \ At the savue time I wrot«» in r«Hvl.¥ to a reproajiliful tailor- from Archie- a friendly but non-committal one,. I so fbolislily. lu>p.eA sonietliins would inter- vene to induce him to lorget mo. Kate would have it that I mTsdireeted each letter, and Harry learned the true state of my feelings. You know, tho rest. Ot course I was misjudged, and my weak- hess brought, 'God knows, a bitter \trull. That you, top, believed the current opinion hurt mc deeply. Oiarytm tm>r forgive mo\\ But my head was already loaning very close 10 a rosy cheek when IVIrs.- IVntli- wiek, who had gone* in starch ot a phy- sWiSn, entered tlw room. The good dame's'face was so uttecly ridiculous in Its b. v, iitlormcnt, that wc were both- feitjh to lnfugh_and relieve our .o.vci \atrniriwi feeyngs. Later, as we all sat on the vine eov ered veranda, a happy family pieturo for Mrs Penthwick adopted mo at once, site said, laughingly:. ; - I have been mistaken in you. You are going to run\away with my daugh- ter; you shalUnive the spoons as well for a wetlding present.\ Curiosities of Speculation. It is curious to note what men will do tb make money. Some months ago there was quite a brisk speculation in lrHC^iherc hPinsr sis usual two partlev- tf-re^trmis and the bear*—competed in this ease of the farmers, who'naturally wished prices to go up. antl of the brew- ers, who just as naturally wtstied p.rirps to decline. The contest raged furiously in.this city and etsowhero for many weeks, as there' was really a large amount n( money involved. A writ- known circular, publishing the quota- tions of hop* liere. gave groat dissatis faction to the hulls, because its pri -es were not up to their ideas; and, as\ the commercial reporters luitl been in the' habit of publishing circulars, it wtis 10-' solved, at a mass-meetlhg of the farmers, not to subscribe for any paper that pub- lished u..p obnoxious quotations, and ti printed notice to this effect was actually sent to all the great dailies e>f this city. With the liitht or tho wrong of this con- troversy it is not our purpose here to speak. Suffice it to say that hops can stir up a tempest in more than ono way. itett witti Holding about on.rioo bag ofcoffed; and the speculation in tea was equally rrrrpOrtont. At the time of the famine in Bengal, Hindonstan, some years since, ttiore was great speculative a'Uivily hero in rice, and some heavy , . , , , , UKI1£, Ulll/Olt.-llbt&-lUU^ Hi Utl KV4 V . X HI.' Il l lossos us well as handsonie gains we're , livmua , work wlll ,. h ma ^ ' u p !t ( . om JUURXAUSK. A.Practlcat Arttolu for YtftfttaMo»» \yho U'nnt *«» Ita.Ktlltornaad Wloltta iMor»l Indueucc, All the way from t-h*university of iv • far distastt State comes to us an sipplT-\ cation for a po^iricinrTnr the Journal~$3~~ an editorial writer. It comes, from •» yening man who <ays h<i has been pw> suinc a special course of study with a- viow of adopting j mrnailsm as a pro- fession. ° He. has about finished this course ami desires to onter immediately upon his life-work. The young gen- tleman writes that frotn early youth Ms ambition has been to wield a moral influence,' and he sees no hope of oxer- oisiiig this influence save as a jawrnsl- ist. He h;is t«isted of science, of lan- guage, of philosophy; lists labored to form a style which he eouM. use with\ effect; has sought out new -paths, and endeavored to make now paths where, he fuuml none. Ills-know ledge of politi- cal history, law and nolitical economy . he thinks would enable him tp discuss. Uto average questions of\ tua day tnteU lig«»tly. In tr-eoUns questioti«e>t social intcrc a, 4iis know ledge of sooitl econ- omy might not prove amiss. As n journalist he would keen Ms life pur- pose ever before him. In his paper lie would\ Introduce, new Feature*—to old ones he would give- the charm of novelty. In political discussions he would shun insignificant partyistyi ot personal re- ttceliuiist—-evoty thing suvoa fair pi osten- tation ot party principles aud party in- tt»rest-*; AjS nraunger-be would excreiso judicious economy, as editor, untiring energy and brain.' Tho ,young gentleman is u.> doubt honest and sincere in his statements, but they weigh nothing with an ex- perienced newspaper man. Journalists are not turned out of universities ready-' JHIKUV Journalism ism profession which— ran oniy be mastered after long years oi active service—in* the samu principle that to be a good lawyer, or a sueoess- . ful minister, or » eoiuootent meehiinlc, onu must have practical experience, and etui attain, prominence only after .long years of patUnt labor. Young men on leaving e'ollogo tiro apt to think tlioy could shape the destinies of a nation if, they.--could\only get control of the columns of some newspaper.. Perhaps a young graduate does get uln opptw- tutilty to write editorials for some coun- try weekly. Ho launches a bolt, and then anxiously'avva-ts tho report. He generally wails In vain, ana is -both pained ami chagrined to find out fha his.iunjeatic uHetances have attractc no attention whatever. Perhaps h gets a position on one of the big dailies, and with a.proud hourt ho hands in to tho lininaging editor a longaft-tate, over which he has spent several days and nights in-writing and ro-writing, only to'bo mortified a.must to death by tho matter -of-tact chief, telling him to cut that thing down t» two stlekluls, oven if he does not tell him tho paper has no •rotiiu for any such stuff. Ho may fur- ther fcdl the young man, whoso tun* bitlon is to wield a moral Influence,.that they want no opinions from him, they only want n.cws, and that'• in a oon- tlensed, concise form. The eoticcitmivy further he taken out ol the young man by being detailed to write up tho stock yards, or sent to get the points In a scandnl case', nnd tout that he must get •his report into a half column and have his copy (n by eleven o'clock short.. taic3__—£-i__ __„.„- M fc«t 1 { ^ ntM j time to otjnent and five to ono lie ma-e.s a flat failure, mid:, is chagrined beyond measure bv being toll! that he lies no aptftUilenfor journuilifm, ami Is atlvisetl to seek some oilier voca- tion. Journalistn 1+ dtiidgery— plod- ding, unostentatious drudgery. Thorn- %m scored. It was trailing on tho distress-1* edncss of others, for the Inhabitants of Bengal depend almost entirely on rice to SUBtain life, and it was nssumod that, when the crop failed in thaWogion and famine ensued, thoro woukl bo a great 1 .demand for rico; but this was no wwi» ' than speculating In brondstuffs, whereby the poor aro often the chief sufferers. Again,, at the time of tho K,u««<>- j Turkish War, when Turkoy was invntlet-l, j ft was the signal for immense transae. j.i: turns in opium, which now eptnes > mainly from that country. -And even I now'there is n large speculation in this \ in- progress, based on an antedp-itel fnlling-off in the next crop. A number ot largo drug houses here anil in Turkey, control tlm bulk stock, and have already plete newspaper attracts no attention Irmn t'i\> public grnera'!y Uivvl'Ts siy tl is or that I i|\ r is n good •ne. with •\it iin«c t-.-iring w le' 1 dl'l tills or t.fint io it..tke tt su.li. An 1 this aUmt wuuld l>- iill.-i to til'' utilWlced filter wll.ii lnipe.s to we'iil n m ir 1' inlltli'iiee. If one of Ills !utli'les :ij|\ nl s he C.\(>''tS it to li' the fi.-itur.' i.f :!<•\ |-ftj'r. lii-.tl (8 disappointed if 1 -\opt • do ii-it talk about t ami ttt-nsl- <>n kattwtns; wh«» Wfote-lt-r' •%iiu Citi) Journal. Smvrna, of th« realized venture time of iarae prolits on Turkish prunes, at the war alluded to. Illcgant Journalism. The Boston Uliti.-e ivplicH -is f ii;.> * j to. a young man amlntinui tif i>e •ti-ninj' 1 ouTfiaiist It is liar 1 U> tell li«ui lltid dlslanfe whether ,ou arc fitted for the hard Mfr of a n --wspipcr wrkt-r or not. l'lmt is Mie nii.y .,(U -D'ion t > he decide i, th''ir I („ r ,,uaiitiea'.i th •iiutu- tttrm^T You must be prvpired to rbtt- front your a:so hought up Ureci.y by speculators, I and for awhile proved profitable; but ultimately this article of speculation, which few would think ot. in such a connection, proved tho ruin of more than | one strong house. Fortunes have been 1 made and lost in indigo speculations; ) nnd, for that matter, this article-ban far 1 more commercial importance tfmn ' miahtat first be irnajfinori. Then a few I wore 1 hid ns early as lfij \t , j.n order t!::»:; you may liayc llntstjcl reuiing your riivato mail fiy noun Lunch is al.w-iys paid for by the olllcd but -.ou bavo got to •i.-cU'Uim yourself 't> tmt five courses antl only two 'kinds of wine—some paper? 'stand three, including cham- pnsne. but they arc the exeoptions rather than Uiv rule At 2 c H. you arecxpecua'l\ fe id the morning papOrl; and, if you are iin*. too much exhausted run have !>i..iards. tor no we.l-regUlated nows- pupir oftico is .without a well-appointed bi.lmrd room. At 7 i- Si. you art- ,i!j fM iite<} to tell the tit? editor where yi>U will\spend the ervorting. So that he can send tinr you in eu«e yi'mr fl'lehds, all, and then you ean «o to the; theater, r dog tlj«Ut, to whlei-h i . - , .-...-,, . . v,. „..^ ..„•• .arriage wt.i be provided, for statistics, actually prepared an esti- 1 if you tuia ^ you ci|r i gtan ,, 9ai . h i abori . . u .y, u .... —.— .-.-- -.-••:-?—?--: - .\ \ , anil, u you aie no: mo uiucu CAUUUSUSU years ago, when we had the potato-bug by tul , ( .ji' orti you enn have a game of invasion, thoro was a iarg* 1 epeculation j \ 9 in paris'green, and the market advanced I materially,, partly owing to the largo I demand and partly through the oxer> I tions of speculators. Another \Unious I speculation WAS that in caniiry ^PPA, | two or three years srnee. whtni it was f (- _ ^,„ „ 1Itl . supposed that thp crop would prove a I (VperaT'*ba,r <»r failure. A speculator, with a gtmlus ! thkets and carl mate of the number of canary-birds in the United States, and the. quantity of sped consumed per day. and consider- able money was really made in tinn strange venture. And yet the eases citedIberd, are but a lew among many that n*ight be named where what would be called curious sorts of speculations le^lly pay better than baif the railroad or raming stocks that, are foisted on a Credulous public.-^/'Voni Leslie's tlttta- rated Newspaper. Two quartettes were competing for »... trize. One of the sfngenr remarked to he oppoeing club: \We are jiist going to take in thai little prize; and don't you ous work, come on anil w« will siee what we can do with you, btit y<>u must un- derstand that there is none of the tQXUfy to which you have Ken accustomed ina newspaper nffli-e. 1.' tin velvet carpets are good enough tor this i'lass of laborets; lounging clmiri are; of course, ndispcn.sable, but t 'ey nro upholstered in ..plain satin, with no tidlcfi Ohlyone roll-top desk anti four gold pons are;fur- nished by the othce; if you need any more yoa wi,l he ex petted to buy tbeio yourself'. Only one sofa and one SHivet drinking cup are allowed to each man, so you can see t.'iat there arc soaie dis- couitorta to be put Up with Calif irnu ralies as many acre* of: whe»t a» Great Britain. .«£« \ '.' m • _ .i .U-i* \'\'ii-a
