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RICHMOND, My Cigar Love.
Let )Overs heav e heart -rending sighs, And talk Jove and ladi es' eye~, They maybe favored yet; J hav e a fairer lov e by far Than the se poor ~v."ain s; h er na.m o's Ci g:.\r , A bright- eyed, sw eet brun eit e. Oh ! she's a bonny littl e sprite , And ofte n of a moonlight night, Do we tog ether rove, .A.nd dream th e flying hours awa y; What care we for the grav e or gay, Whedl've my bri ght-eyed Jon . When her soft lip s to mine are pr essed, Where is th e man than I more blessed ! Where itreater earthly bli ss ? Her swe et breath m ingling with the air . She melts away her being fair, Dissolving in a ki ss. She ne 'er is cold, nor frowns on. m e; She's ls no coqu ette, nor va in is she , Like some hir dams els prove ; True as the needl e to the ~WLT, When first I saw her, I declar e. ThlLt I rrew sick with love . She soothes my pain, and wh en I mourn She comforts me, and ln r eturn Asks of ·me but a smil e ; I should Ind eed ung enerous be, To grumble wh en sh e puts on m o, A burd en that is so light . Then lovers sigh, and vow and sw ea r,• And ser enad e, and te ar your h a i1· ; You may be favor ed yet. I have a bright er love, by far, She goes befor e me lik e a star , .A.bri&-ht-eycd , sweet brun et te. - Univ ersity Ma ga:r.ino.
Navigation. The return of the English Arctic Expedition after a long and perilous voyage in the N orthen Ocean, naturally turns our thoughts to navigation, and leads us to compare our splendidly equipped vessels of the present to the tiny crafts of the past. Among the ancient navigators, by far the most important were the Phrenicians. In their little vessels they sailed from Tyre to the Pillars of Hercules, nor were they hindered by the superstitious tales about the spectres of the Atlantic from visiting the Canaries and England. For long before Cresar's visit to the latter, they had been trading \\ith the Britons. They fow1ded many colonies, the most important of which were Cadiz in Spain, Utica and Carthage in Africa, besides the early settlements of Greece.
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England and America have also attained a Carthage soon gained a fame in the commercial word, equal if not superior to that of high place in the maritime world. The her mother country. She also founded colo- Oabots, Drake, Cook, Raleigh, and others are nies in Spain and in the islands of the l\1edi- too well known to history to need a word of comment. terauean. After her comes Italy. For contributions to nautical science, such So perfect have we made the science of as improvements on instruments, charts, &c., navigation, that the seaman can not only tell Italy outstripped all the maritime nations. the direction he is going, bnt can tell exactly Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi were the nur- where he is and in what direction the current series of skilful seamen, who were noted for runs. To America we owe the discovery and their bold exploits. When nautical science mapping out of the ocean · currents. What was turned, in the fifteenth century, to the dis- attracts the attention of explorers most now, covery of a passage to India by water, these is the discovery of the North Pole(?). There cities furnished many daring navigators who have been many expeditions fitted out for this voyage. None, .however, have been successattempted to find the passage. From time immemorial the nations of ful in finding the Polar Sea. The object of Europe, Asia and Africa, bordering on the these expeditions is " to see what they can Mediteranean, had been trading with India see," and not to discover the North Pole, as under many difficulties. The produce had to some people absurdly suppose. The North be carried to the Isthmus of Suez, then trans- Pole is simply a mathematical point wherethe ported to the Red Sea, and again shipped by sun's declination is equal to its altitude, and water to India. To discover this passage was will only be discovered afte~ a long series of observations, and if found at all it will likely then of the utmost importance. Columbus, the most ill'portant of the Italian as n(lt be in th~ midst of an icy sea, thw, navigators, was the firs. to carry out the idea blasting our hopes of ever standing on it. Compare the outfit of the last .Arctic expeof sailing westward and reaching India. This idea, hgwever, was not original with him, it dition with that of Columbus and we will see had been suggested by Aristotle and Strabo, what progress we have made. Even the voyColumbus had age around the Cape of Good Hope has proved almost 2,000 years l- .1many difficulties to contend with. He was too long. and we have made Africa an island. poor, had few friends and many rivals. Be- The circumnavigation of the earth is nothing sides these, the greatest obstacles were the extraordinary, for by visiting Philadelphia we superstitions concerning the Atlantic. When can learn, besides other things of interest in he did &tart it was in three small, poorly the nautical line ; how to go " around-the world equipped and miserably manned vessels, not in eighty days." his larger than the pleasure yachts of this day. BILL X STUMPS, His crew was composed of culprits and debtmark. ors, who had been promised freedom and a discharge of debts. We cannot help wondering and admiring his tact in keeping Iris men :Messrs. Editors: The following article was under control. The birds, the sea weeds, the handed to me after the publication of the carved stick and the fiery meteor were all used October number of the Musmos, and by the to encourage his men and incite them to ac- natural course of events falls into your hands, ~ion. ~ut I will not attempt to discuss a sub- If I recover from the damaging effects of the Jec~ which h_as alr~ady been so ably treated. writer's solid shot before the issue of your I will leave 1t, statmg that Columbus thought December number, I shall crave permission to t~at ~e had reached India, and never found out rejoin through your columns. In the meanhlS nustake. time I hope your readers will not be overAmericus V espucius was another Italian whelmed by the oceanic arguments of the navigator, of whom it is useless to speak, as gentleman, but will suspend judgment tntil a his name is a household word. drier but equally weighty side of the question is Portugal also furnished some daring sea- presented to them.-Ex. ED. : Messrs. Editors :· Doubtless we owe to the men. The most important was Vasco da Gama, who was the first to reach India by "witty Reviewer," the "indefatigable Local," water. Cabral, another Portqgese, acciden- the gallant Assistant, or the able Senior, the tally discovered Brazil three years later(1400.) essay on the nomenclature of College bonon The Norwegians claims to have discovered on the fifth page of yo\ll' October issue. The America in 1001 A. D. They were bold sea- Editorial Critic thinks that "promotion," as men. the higher honor, and " distinction," ae the
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2 lower, are so named as to invert the truth in the minds of the public. The term "distinction," not being unusual nor confined to this college, might be left to his tender mercies. The arguments adv.anced for the abrogation of of the term " promotion" m·e two. The first is that the honor so named is lost to sight as a superior one in the false glory attaching to the "distinction." To this we may reply that "graduation" must be equally overshadowed by the " distinction." This first argument is, indeed, only one for a change in the name of the latter, Will the writer give us a better word? Would it be unreasonable to expect even the rural editor, whoin he quotes, to ponder a moment on the questiorf whether "distinction" in a class is not necessarily an honor inferior to " promotion " fro1n that class into a higher one? If the aforesaid rm-al ~ditor anno~nces "Sol. Simpson distinguished in the study of Ancient Languages," is the college, or the editor, or the editor's informant, responsible for the suppression of truth, which gives that announcement all its false eclat? Again, in military matters , would that editor, or any one else, think the soldier published as distinguished for gallantry in action, honored above him who. for the same cause, is promoted on the field? The second argument is that a "promotion" does not mean a promotion, because it "does not confer the right to pass on to the next higher class," Yet, that is precisely what it does confer. Because those whose examinations place them in the "second class·• are not forbidden to pass on, the writer concludes that promotion is a barren honor. Is there not some confusion here over the word right ? What is not forbidden, is no.t necessaricy of right. A man is not forbidden to attack a Bengal tiger with a bare bodkin , but he has no right to try it. The system of the college is made, in all points, as free as possible, and under it no student is forbidden to make up in any year the deficiencies of the preceding if the prospect of his doing so is in the least deg,·eereasonable. This fact, urges our critic, eviscerates the "promotion" of all its meaning. In his view, to move forward oneself with honor, to earn a ticket of entrance bearing the imprimatm· of the college prophetic of greater success, to cause the gates of the · higher class to be opened with waving of banners and blaze of trumpets to one's triumphant career, is the same as to aslc to be moved forward , to print an invitation fot oneself (under the motto, "Hopeful of better "), and to pass in by a back door which has no higher office tpan that of a safety-valve. Let us add that it is a striking commentary 'Upon the inaccuracy of human language and the uncertainty of human knowledge. that the word "promotion " should fail to communi•Cate to the rustic mind in this country an adequate idea of the honor intended, whilst in Germany it would, from uniyersity usage, express it in rather· too exalted a sense, as equiv-alent to our "graduation." · To get an ave.rage, slµill we nm out a pontoon-bridge and plant the college in the middle of the Atlantic? Alas I the aforesaid rural editor might then never hear of us, and ,the distinguished, the promoted, the graduates, and the .degree men might all go down, "in one red burial blent." R. S. V. P.
N. B.-We came within less than an ace of forgetting the medalists. In the suggested Neptunian compromise, what would become of them? They could be saved from the indiscriminate overthrow and obscurity, only by engaging to deliver the medals a colossal orator, who, with one foot on the hither shore and one on the threshold of the tower, should, tvith Q.fog-horn as a speaking-trumpet, and with one eye on that rural editor and the other on the suffering medalist, discourse bis notes into the listening ears of a startled but delighted world.
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Songs of Seven. PREPARATORY-JUNIOR:
Latin Grammar, English, Greek, And prosy old Analysis,W e shall not know what tongue to speak Before we reach Anabasis. MIDDLE:
In Science grim of Government, That guides our honored nation,The route that valant Cresar went, From Rome to Britain's station,And on the stems of Tlw,· and Th,·ix, We win each day (perchance) a six. SENIOR:
,ve swell our lore .From Virgil's store, And fight o'er Trojan's spoils; And fling afar The"flag of war, Where brave Clearchus toils ; But unknown pow'rs, !1,Ud roots and squares, Trip many a hero unawares. COLLEGE-FRESHMAN.
With Hannibal we scale the snows Of many an Alpine height, · And search where Wisdom's words disclose Socratic gleams of light. X=lO ! Ho boys, bun-a! This is the end of Algebra ! SOPilOMOE:
Still striving against the wrath of Z eits, And old Proseidon's angTy sea, Again we greet brave Oclysseits, In search of fair Penelope ; We skip from tales of 'l'acitus, To Tuscatl's Disputation,And, victors, leave cold Calculus For " un nun comm'. du alter besen." JUNIOR:
Lo, to-day we laugh o'er Plautus, Or Juvenal's effusions, And seek to draw each lesson taught us To logical conclusions ; We turn from stars that gleam on high To stars more nearly human, And heave, perchance, a secret sigh, While conning Schiller's German . SENIOR:
Porter flings a veil of beauty Over philosophic seas, And, constrained by pleasant duty, Walk we still with Socrates ;
A Logos on the flame divine, We daily throng to hear, Or watch the treasures of the mine 'Neath blow-pipes disappear. Grand Chorus. , Flourish of Trumpets. Finale. ,.. -Oberltn Review.
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Personals. Jeff. Adair is drumming in B::i.ltimore. Tiro Rives, having listened to the lectures of Prof. P. on Agriculture, has decided to follow that profession. C. C. Bitting, Jr., is in Baliin1ore, ::i.ndpromises ::,,Jetter occaaion::i.Uy. We all are aiuious to hear from you . Jimmie Tucker is in Baltimore studying dental surgery. His address is 224 Saratoga street. Rev. R. T . Hanks, late of this St::i.te,has taken charge of the Baptist Church at D::i.lton, Ga. Wm. Ellyson, A. M., of '76, is studying l::i.win this city. He visits the Mu Sigma Rho Society qnite freqttently. H. Allen Tupper is at Greenville Theological Seminary . He shows his love for his Alma Mater by subscribing to the MUSINGS. J . Wesley Jones is studying medicine at the Richmond Medical College. He is as lovely as ever and visits us sometimes .
Jessie Millner is keeping store at Forks of Buffalo Amherst county, Va. Can't you send us enough candy to pay for a subscription . John W. Martin is teaching school at Sandages, Amherst county, Ya. Thank you, Johnnie. for your snb• scription. May the Mus1NGS tend to lighten your cares. Tom Gary writes us from Edgefield Coru·t-house, S. C. We are sorry to report that he will not be back, bnt believe that he will always remember his chllllls, Tom, how's the medal getting on? The Chainnan of the Board of Visitors, Mr. J.P. n., has not been to see ns for time. Great anxiety is felt on his account. It is now thought that he has fallen victim to the snares of some country belle, Rev. J. T. Whitley, a former student, has assnmed the editorsh.ip of the "Christian Snn." While wtl regret very much the resignation of Dr. \Vellons, and the sick• ness which cunsed it, we predict for the ·•Sun" a bright futu1·e under t110 management of Mr. Whitley. Rev. Edward Lewis, 11. young Polish Jew, who professe d Christhmity, was disowned by his parents, and afterwards educated at Richmond Oollege and n.dmitted to tho Baptist ministry. has joined the Episcopal Chru·ch in St. Louis. Snch is the news we get of an old college mate of ours, who seems to be dodging about n.mong the denominations too much to suit our taste.-" Sun,"
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Very Hard to Please. There is a getleman in this city who has acq uircd tho bab,t of going to a fl'llit stand, and after pricing the melons, etc., and en.ting np about five cents worth of peanuts, objeots to the price, and does not buy. Yesterday the frnit man made up his mind to sell him something, anyhow, •· How much are tbeso melons?" inqnirod tho peanut fiend. "Five cents a piece." " Can I pick my melon ? " "Taite the biggest yon can find." "Let me ping •em to find a ripe one? " "Here•~ a knife; split •em wide open." "Don 't you throw in a banana? " HAlways." "Whew I If I had any way to get the melon home, I believe I'd mvest." "Just say the word, and I'll send yon both home in a new back, and give you ninety dll.ys to pay for tbe melon." "Melons tire going to be che:lper after e. while, but if the chromo suits, I'll take the melon. No colic in it, is there? Let me see the chromo." "Who.t chromo? " "Why, you ought to be nble to throw in B chromo,if you mean 1:j11slness, I alwaye get a chromo for cash transactions like that. Sorry can't trade." And he picked up a hanclfufof peanuts and sauntered out.
3 THE CENTENNIALEXHIBITION. Glass-The Process of Cutting and Engraving.
on glass ought to be treated in intaglio, and At the Centennial is a beautiful medalion of not in relief. a o-irl'shead life-size, clone in pure, yellow Another method of engraving is to employ btrtter. Th~ Arkansas lady artist, who made acid to bite away a portion of the surface of butter and all, keeps watch over it, supplying the glass, leaving the figure in intaglio. For ice under its dish, to keep all firm, and lookthis purpose the whole surface, with the ex- ing out for flies, dust, and the profane touch ception of that taken up by the cle~ign, is of the beholder. Whereon one remark as carved with a · varnish, either a solution of follows : isinglass, or turpentine varnish mixed with_a o, cream born! crn.dled in a churn, Besting on icy pillow, . l l d th l small proportion of wh ite eac , an e_aci~ H er rippling ringlets softly burn, is tL1enapplied to the exposed p~rts, which ~t Lik e sunbeans on a billow. gradually eats away till the acqmrecl _dept~ 1s How stamped is J ersey lineage relief, obtained. If the figure is to be left 11;1 On e,ery gQ]den feature I then the design is traced with the varmsh, and Lik e I sreal to the ca.If, we pledge the rest of the vessel's surface is subjected to Our wonder to tile creature. the action of the acid. By this means the O, were this dairy nymph unspreacl, figures are left in relief with their original One's longing lips might utter, polish. But mine, I 'd give up half my bread, Articles of a purely ornamental character Aud wish no other but her. are made by the use of the blow-pipe. These are produced from small and large tubes and The golden sun is eclips_edby the ,yestern rods of colored glass, brought to a welding heat hills and forest. The curtam of evemng has by directing a flame upon one point. Among fallen and shi·oudecl the world the world in the ornaments oil exhibition, was a large darkness. The mechanic closes his dusty steam engine, entirely of glass, which has a shop and seeks comfort and rest at his fireboiler, condenser, cylinder and fl! wheel, and side. All nature seems to be at rest, Darkruns by steam. There is also a high-pressure, ness reigns supreme, except here and there is horizontal engine, a locomotive and other en- seen the flickering light of the bookw?rm. gines. These all run at about five pound The silence is unbroken, except by the dip of steam pressure. Glass was spun into filaments the pen and the !!llawing of the staff, as we not thicker .than a spider's thread, and bundles labor to supply th; printer with copy. Qui~t, of these are plaited, and with other varieties did I say. Hark ! what means that shnll of glass form a lady's bonnet. whistle at our door? Police ! Stealing ! ManIn the six hundred and twenty-fifth part of slano-hter? In a fright we rush to the door 0 an inch the follgwing words have been en- ancl recognize, not· a policeman. not a highgraved upon glass, "Lowell and Senter, watch- wayman, but only Massie, experimenting on makers, 60 Exchange street, Portland. Writ- his whistle. This it is and nothing more. I ten by Freniont, at Paris, 1852." This is rebuked him and returned to my task, but equal to forty-six thousand eight hundred and only to be disturbed by the whistling boy. seventy-five words in the circle of an i~c~ in Forbearance ceases to be a virtue. diameter. The most powerful magmfymg "Massie," Cried I, "or thing of evil, glass reveals only a few apparent scratches, Whistler, screech owl, ass, or devil, but with a microscope of great power the inGet thee out of my room door; Get thee into thy room door, scription can be plainly read. The body of Don't disturb me any more." an ordinary pin placed between the inscription And had he not absconded you, dear readand the microscope, completely covered the inscription · the circle in which it is inscribed er, would not have had this brilliant article. ' than the head of a common pm. . being smaller ----•-----But even this has been surpassed, the 1;,ord's "The Senior's Soliloquy." Prayer having been engraved within the same compass ; and within the one-hundreth part ?f Degree, or no degr ee, that is the ques_tion: a square inch, that is, the fiftieth of an mch m Whether 'tis best for our peace of mind to grind, length, and the two-hundredth of an inch in Evolving from the seething brain a plan width, the following lines have been engraved : And power to cast off all the base eonditions of our
Among the special exhibits on the Centennial Exhibition grounds, there were few more complete or interesting t~ vi~itors ?f all ages than the Glass Factory, with its vaned departments. There is probably' no material invented by man which has been more useful in the sciences, particularly Chemistry and As!ronomy, and in common life. It has been m use for probably five thousand years, and the art of making ornaments of it was brought to great perfection by the Egyptians long bet:ore the Christian era. It was one of the earliest manufactures into the United States, having been established in Virginia and Massachusetts more than two centuries ago. About the melting furnace, the " glory hole " the annealling process, the materials used and the articles made, we will say nothing•' but will notice the process of engraving, etching, and fancy glass b~owing. We will leave the practical and deal. with the ornamental ; " encourage the beautiful, for the useful encourages itself." The art of engraving glass is supposed to elate from about 1609, at which time Caspar Lehmann, then in the employ o~ the Emperor Roclolphus II., as a cutter of iron and steel, obtained from the Emperor the exclusive right to cut or engrave glass. Prior to that time engraving on gl~ss consisted of a few scratch~s 1;nade with a diamond ; and for works of this description the Venetians of the sixteenth century enjoyed a high reputation throughout Europe. Nuremburg, thelcity of arts, excelled in a-Jassengraving during the middle ages, and gi·;at taste and ingenuity are often displayed by the artists of the present ~ay in t~e form and embellishment of the vanous articles of this description that come from their hands. The Engraving Department, w~ich was in the Machinery Annex, was, from its novelty and completeness, one of the mos_tat~ractive exhibits on the ground. The cuttmg is clone entirely with emory and oil, pressed against the glass by the edge of a rapidly revolving disc. These discs are of all diameters, the smaller revolving more rapidly, and cuttin~ a finer and deeper mark. The operator can:ies the pattern in his hand, and does not outlme it upon the glass, but depends entirely upon "A point within .an epigram to find, his eye and hand. Although the looker-on In vain you often try ; could see but little of tho e,ngraving process, But here an epigram within a point the mere sight of the rapidly revolving copper You pl:mly may descry." disc with which the cutting is clone, and of the ERNST. beautiful forms,-flowers, brr · ds, 1eaves, f1rm'ts , ••• • '•• names, initials,-traced on the glass under !he A very modest young lady who wanted a guiding hand of the workman, suffice to give pair of garter.s addressed. the sh?pma~ thus : pleasure by surprising the mind. ~n educate_d "It is my desrre to obtam a pai; of crrcular eye and a trained hand are requrred for this elastic appendages, capable of bemg contractdelicate work at the outset and to be an en- ed or expanded by means of oscillating burgraver worthy of the name; the workman must nished steel appliances, t_hat sparkle. like puralso be an artist. · ticles of gold leaf set with Alaska diamonds, Ornamental figirres placed on a~tic~es of an~ ~hich are ll:t!lized for retaining in prop~r glass ware are produced by compressmg a por- position the hab1lm1ents of the lower extremition ·of glass in a mould, and then attaching ties, which innate delicacy forbids me to menthem to the article. These designs are usually tion." raised, and they have an advantage ~ver engraving by retaining a p<;>lish, __butthe edges An illiterate correspondent, who is given to are not so clear and sharp as when cut by the sporting wants to know when the " AngloS~xon r~ce" so much talked of is·coming off. wheel ; and there is another objection-figures r
course, Or to take refuge in our high prerogative, And, with a haughty indolence, keep cuttin~ to the end. To lounge, to laze, and by protracted sprees induce The headache, and the thousand natural shocks The stomach's heir to, To smoke, to yawn, to roll ~ith. idle fingers The slender cigarette, and aimless leaning out the open window Gaze adown the yard. To toil, to grind, consume themidnight oil, . With head in moistened towel enwrapped. To trot, perchance to crib,-aye ther~•• the rub: For at that cribbing proctors fierce may come, When we have shuffled off our hidden toil, And nab us in the act!
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He lives in. Rhinebeck now, one hundred and eight years of age, threads a:needle atarm's length, slept~ with Noah when a boy, played _ niarofes witb Pharoah, and t~n~d a grindstone for G. W. to sharpen hlS little: cherry-cutter.
4 limit our interpretation of these words to the quick to answer he must yet not lose certainty mere letters of the words? C'm1 they not and deliberate thought; if one answers with nrcm,rOND COLLEGE, IUCTf!lfOSD, VA. likewise mean that man's mental powr.rs had hesitation let him cultirnte clearness and rabeen so narrowed. that only by labor, by dis- pidity of' thought; if he answers-nervously he EnITons: cipline, by stud.v, he could hope in part to at• nmst learn to harn coolness, if he answers dcJOHN W . SNYDER, Richmond, Va ,. Senior Editor. tain his former greatness? And if this be so, liberntcly it is well, but he should not totally G . W . RIGGAN, Isle of Wight Co., Va., Local Editor . how necessary that mental discipline ? Jt was sacrifice fire and brillianGy to coldness, J. WM. BOYD, Botetourt Co., Va., !1-•sociate Editor. ]3ut we hasten. There are a score of ills to reach ~his point, that we entered the bowHUGH C. SMITH, Petersburg,Va., . Busines~ Editor. the mind is heir to. You haYc your mental ers of Eden. 1¥ii"Communica ti ons soli eited from t11e st u,Lent., ftll(I All rules have exceptions, some grammati- failings. we have ours. Both must struggle fri en ds of the Coll t>ge , °!'"o :1nony m ow; arti clQs "ill be cal ones consist of exceptions. Hut this for- with painful earnestness to reach the highest Inser ted . mula seems most positive and general, that goal, to be masters of clear, active , brilliant ~ F or Stth scripli on an d Acl verti s ing Jl n tes , ser r ig b lh ·J)age. the human mind admits of culture. "·hcther minds. If we liopc to lay aside the mental »" n u~inr.s., conunun ic :ltion s should be addre ss r<I to o·ur .Admnic IIypothesis be correct or false, foiling which cloth so easily bci;et us, we must HUGH C. SMITH, we stand by our belief in brain training. That b9 prepared to crush out ,n•aknesses which Riclunond CollPg<', RicllmoncJ, Yn. belief 1imy be reached by logic, and is sup- seem part of our very selves. To harbor such No. 3. ported by facts. DECEMBER, 18-,ti. Vol. II. Hut it would be needless to weaknesses is to ordai11 our own overtl1row. prove, what none deny. Realizing then the W c may correct and concc-al them, but in the Mental Discipline. importance and the duty of developing our hour of peril they in their ingratitude will deviner faculties, and confident that this is turn upon 11s and rend llS. 'J'rne wisdom inRi::m h:l-.<;declared that, " .Bythe mind of possible, we may well pansc to further consi- dicates that the main aim of education should man we ,understand that in him which thinks, der the subject, ·' How best may this be ac- I.Jcto root out these weaknesses, and to cultivatc speciall~· Olll' most darmant and least dcremembers, reasons, wills." And the grand- complished ? " reloped faculties. 'fo accomplish this, we It would be idl e to mainLain that all minds est among Scotch philosophers and profesup our minds to those very should lead sors, Sir William Hamil .ton, holds similar lan- merit the same culture. With certain physipoints, at which they arc most apt to flinch; in kind of medicine is their sole guage , . " What we :mean by mind is simply cians-one time they will learn to face the music. It that which perceives, thinks, feels, wills and stock in trade, and they ever prescribe this "balm of Gilead" alike for the mumps and see111scruel discipline to rush into certain desires:·., In the study of mind, metaphysicians hope the yellow-fever, but it is held by the most failures. and lo fors~kc the fields where we not to grasp or define the " it, " they are con- learned of the medical faculty, that different may hope to achieve victories. Jhit it is betHow diseases reqnire different remedi es. .And so ter to win nell' powers then to continually tent with considering -it.~ functions. J)Owerful are its powers ! It thinks, remem- in the world of mind; here we find \\'cak- gloat 01·cr old possessions. Uc-rtainly in sebers. reasons, wills, perceives, feels, desires. nesses, ills and failings, of the most rnried lecting om· professions let inclinations guide fact we will say f!l'!JO, us. hut what grnndcr results can our intui'fo know what these words imply, is to like- t)·pes, and therefore,-in wise know that mind is tlw highest, the de- --different mann ers of mental training arc de- til'e mental powers accomplish. when the weakness of our minds have ht·en overcome. vinset characteristic of man. " God created manded. Ifyou would learn differences in minds \\' c have sa icl that differe11t mental ailiman in his own image." But the resemblance was not in the outward form ; it was in the enter the college class-room. Note lww this ments demand cliffcrcut remedies. Uut we soul, which was immortal; it was in the mind, student answers quickly. that one with hesita- do 11ot deny that the college course provides which could th'inlc, And to mane! at the tion, this one nenously, that one with delibe- all these needed rcrnctlics, we only mean that creating brain of Shakespeare, or the mental ration, this one with certainty , that one with one student should guard with spC'cial zeal powers of Newton, is to forget tl1e supreme doubting look. They may all hnvc studied that point in his " mental works," that excellence of the model after which all men the lesson with equal care, may all answer another need watch this, jnst where your the question correctly, yea we will suppose mind is weakest, expect the enemy. are fasbjoned. lie No, rather would it see111matter for won- they employ the same words, but notwith- never attacks the strongholds. What shall derment, that man has fallen thus low. We standing these characteristics of mind ai·e dis- be the motto ? BlC'rnal vigilance. What is may weltj>elicve t/1at Adam W:,lS clothed with played. If we are pardoned the phrase, il a pmclical rnle for guidance ? 'J'o purs\le all those glorious attributes and powers, as- arises from a tlisposition of i,ttelle(·t, m; we use ,l'iLhgreatest zeal the most 1111co11genial stueribcd to him by Milt(ln, - l?orsootb, the "disposition" in saying this man is sclliish , dies, and becoll\e enthusiastic 01 er what you Miltonic Hypothesis still lives, Prof. Huxley to and that one generous. And just as disposi- detest. the conu:a1-y notwithstanding.-And we can tions need culture, and jw;t as certainly as the We should know ourscll'!.'S, nnd educate believe Adam great in . mental as in spirit- selfish man must specially guard against his oursell'CS. ual gifts, a.'>- wi'Seas he was pure. 'Tis true selfish nature, so is mental culture d<'manded, Ot:H latest election returns are from J'c1mour first parents foll into temptation ; but we and so must the untutored mind guard against sylvania. We hesitate to discuss political subhave naught to say against the mental calibre its intellectual failings. The besetting sin of a man is not necessaril.Y jects since in these tumultuous days we know of either. Since the sophistry of Satan was required to blind the judgment of Eve, and a sin he commits. It is the attending sin, the not what a hour may bring forth. But we proverl to commit: but he may by must cite ancl duly consider tliiw bit of news. she reached the heart, nei-er the r,iind, of sin he L'> Adam. specially guarding against it escape the gnilt Another small mining district is heard from ·. Punisluncnt followed the exposure of guilt. of il'> performance. And so in the mental As beforn remarked, it concerns politics. It It WMoo)njnanded, That man should eat ·his world one hac, bosettipg sins a~iust whiel1 J~e is is ~\ bet. .\ bet on the Presidential elec: brea4 ·w ~be sweat of his brow. But need we mu.'>twa~e bitt~ .r warfare. If his mind is tion. 'l'wo lol'ers have r)mde 11w:igc1·on thii.
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5 grand issue. The wager is worthy of the issues. If 'rilden is elected the young man is to kiss the dear girl, and in case Hayes is declared President the young lady is to kiss the dear young man. l{oth were in high hopes. It seemed hardly possible disappointment should rndcly destroy the dreams of citlwr of these trusting ymmg souls ; and it was wonderful to mark how indifferent this couple were couccrning the result, the grand result, little caring ,rhether it was Tilden and llcform or Hayes aml Uard-moucy. But alas for foresight in the field of politics ! and alas for the hopes of lornrs ! The worst of results chanced. Neither Tilden nor Hayes were elected. And now a wailing goes up from that small mining district in J>cnnsylrnnia. 'l'ilden and Hayes arc calm, but these lovers are not. Onr lalcst telegraphic dispatches from tbc scene of dismay arc more encouragi11g. As the rtrcsidcntial issue is still in doubt. these lover;;, in the generosity of lheir souis. have cletermin<lcl upon alternate evenings to gfre each other the benefit of the doubt. Ho Monday night it is presume :\ that Tilden is clcctccl, upon Tuesday Hayes' election is certain, whilst 8unday counts two days in the calendar. 'rhcy hare become reconciled to the situation. ancl now want neither "sure enough"' ~·lcctcd. -Ix our last issue we promised to consider this month the subject of Chemistry, the Chemistry of 187iV76. But we desired to treat so important a topic with some fullness, and our long leader in this issue prc\'ents it. Our only excuse for that lengthy editorial is that we were considering what we believe the most important subject possible for a college paper to consider. In l\1turc we shall try to aYOid such ponderous leaders. Circumstances permitting, "Chemistry., will be presented next week.
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Oun corps of editors arc a solid unit in their determination to make the l\IoN·1·n.LY MusINGS vigorous, cheerful aucl brilliant. 'l'o do this, we sweep the varied plains of Philosophy, Love, Chemistry and College Life. Rut whilst we wish to make each and every issue so interesting that its publication shall create ·an excitement still we in nowise desire to give to any person the least p4>ssible cause for offense. But like other mortals, we occasionIn ally fail to fully carry out our intentions. our last issue our muse struck upon his lyre a discordant note. Our excuse is (1,) we intended no offense, ancl (2,) the writer of these •lines was not our. regulnr poet. Our friend "Pine Knot" would have hettcr imitated the spirit of Poe.
RrcuMONO Co1.LE<m l\1rs1s1. tM--'l'hc trustees of Richmond College l1ave exhibited becoming zeal in the establishment of a College Museum. Knowing that a good Museum would add an attraction to the College all(l to the city, they have been working with the Faculty and the Liternry Societies and have collected quite a number of interesting specimens. Lately. at the request of the Trustees. Prof. C. )1. Winston visited the Centennial just as the ]~xhibition was closing. in order to procure specimens that had been exhibited. The Professor returned last 1week well pleased with his trip and satisfied with his success. He procured specimens from len or twelve 8tatcs, and also some from l\Jcxico. The supply of minerals is quite large and rnried, and will doubtless add much to the interest of the study of Geology, \\'c hare not space io mention any of the specimens: the most of them arc as yet unpacked. In addition to those procured by l'rof. Winston, there have been a large number of private contributors, chief among these arc Rev. Drs. Curry and Bitting, both ofwhom collected many interesting specimens while travelling on the Continent and in the Holy Land. Dr. Curry has presented an excellent m11111mywhich will be of unusual interest to those who did 11ot see it at the Ucntcnnial. The Dr. promised to give us a lecture on a subject suggested by the mummy, and doubtless the· glimpses into the past which we will thus obtain will be pleasant and profitable. The work uf establishing a Museum is one that requires time. With the lapse of years and the earnest co•oJ)Crntions of the friends of
Richmond Uollcgc, we will be able to have a l\Iuscum worthy of our city and om College. N ow is the mo st appropriate time to collect relics of our .late war. They will grow more valuable as tune elapses. fi •yearsf · k In a hundred f rom now, a 1rn 11 ct pie ·cc1 HJJ on t 11C e 1c1 o Manassas will e11conra2:c and stimulate the in~ quiring mind to au examination of the sad but momentous event<; that were crowded into those four years. Ilistory receives a new attrnction from these links which bind us to the past. Hence a well selected Museum is almost necessary to a College. ·we hope that the movement in behalf of this Colle2:e which has commenced so auspiciously, will be carried on with unabated zeal,
W 1s are fond of music. W c don't yet think ourselves fit for "treasons orstratgems," but we must respectfully request the occupants of the third floor to desist from their attempts at harmony, Tl1ough led by one of singingschool notoriety yet the efforts of the third floor scxtette have produced nothing worthy of mention except a hideotLs-din. 'fhcy do not waste their "sweetness on the desert air." We wish they did. We would'nt care if they would set up opposition to Pandemonium, if we were out of hearing distance. c ha Ye shut our windows and locked our doors and hammered on the steam-pipe in vain, and now an appeal to the Chairman or to the dampening influence of water is all that is left to us. If our remarks make any one less Lo,viug we arc sorry for it. ..._
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W .1, take the pleasure in correcting a mistake in our last issue. It was the occupant of Room 9 cattagc an1 not of Room 11, who had the pants for sale. c arc too modest to praise ourselves but judging from the number of calls Mr. B. had after our notice, we are bound to conclude that the MusrNGS is a good advertising medium. In spite of the numbers of those who came to examine the pants would not go till the Chairman Board Visitors came along and paid a dollar for them. l\'Ir. R. the former owner is happy, and now any one who wants a pair of pants can get them by calling..,... at, Room 5, and paying for this notice.
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A JuN. II. Latin man was seen to come from his recitation with a very dejected countenance. Being inquired as to the cause, he broke forth into the following mounfnl strain: "Night a nd day have I toiled in vain. ·when the last foot-fall of the belated lover has died away, when tired nature has stood in need of sweet restoring ! I have pondered the mysterics of Bingham and Gildersleeve but not yet l t an d tl 1e use of th e F,u t m·c Snu•,_ co 1 I uncers • t·1ve p ar t·1c1p • 1e. ,, II e cloesn 't k now w 11y JUnc tl f b t 111 · t0 1 t 1 h a iear Y aug • ICques IOncr urs
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l\In. L .. in his speech on compulsory education, asks very pathetically, "What is going to become of the children of those wl10 care nothing for educational advantages ? " Mr. M, his opponent, suggests that the Orphan Asylum will take care of them.
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ONE of the students lias bruised his shins, knocked out some of his• teeth and sprained A CERTAINyoung man who resides in Cot- his ankle in playing football, and at present he wants to see the man that first thought tage "A," having striven long and earnestly, foot-ball was healthy. but all in vain, to raise "a crop'" on his upper 1\fo.M. goes to a barber shop for the first lip, •was seen not long since to enter, in a time. After shaving the barber applies the maysterious manner, the store of a hairdealer. Beautiful and divine were the smiles customary bay-rum, Mr. M,jumpiug from the which lit up his face, as the fairy fingers of a seat and seizing a towel exclaims, "Look here I don't want any maiden fair handed him the several varieties now what do you mean? of mustaches from which to make his choice. pepper sauce put on my face you understand." After a careful survey of the whole stock he ONE of the cottage boys writes home so at last found one which suited : and now he may be seen sitting for hour after hom before seldom that the other day his father tele• a mirror, gently strokh,g his fair, but false graphed to one of the ])rofcssors asking if his son was dead. mustache.
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6 OurFour CardinalPoints. Richmond College is admirably situated. We were on the tower recently with some young ladies and made the following observations : " With our face to the north, our back to the south, right hand to the east and left hand to the west," we had Holywood on the left, the Penitentiary in the rear, Alms-house to the right and Lunatic Asylum in front. Come along, young nien, if we can't accommodate you, you can find a ho.me near us.
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-The l\IoNTHLY MusINGS Publishing Company met October 20th, with President Hix in the chair. Messrs. Davies, Riggan, Currry, Noland and Boyd were appointed as Executive Committee, and they offered the following report, which was unanimously adopted : President-B. T, Davies, King and Queen county, Va. Secretary and Treasurer-Hugh C. Smith, He was a new student, and his face was lit up with a smile, as he approached us. " Say, Petersburg, Va. Senior Editor-Jno. W. Snyder, Richmond, Mr. Local, I have got a nice new joke for the MUSINGS," "A fellow being asked why he did Va. Local Editor-G. W. Riggan, Isle of Wight not go to the Centennial, excused himself by saying he was going to the next one, any way." county, Va. Associate Editor-J, Wm. Boyd, Botetourt And the smile grew more extensive and more complacent. "My friend," said we, "that is county, Va. Business Editor-Hugh C. Smith, Peters- a capital joke.'' We have laughed about it two hundred and fort .five times and it ets burg, Va. • • Y' • ' g . - · The rates of subscription were reduced funn~er eve!y time we read it. We are afraid from $1 to 60 cents, a sum so small that every the compositor would not be able to compose alumni and old student of the colleg!;lought himself enough to get it in print. And then he departed. to subscribe at once.
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An occupant of Room No. 27 is responsible for the following : " Some weeks ago, when the rather unique and unfamiliar arrangement for heating the College was first started, I happened to be in an adjacent room, occupied in part by a new student. A slight hissing sound, proceeding from the valve of the radiator was heard, and the new student aforesaid started suddenly from his seat, looked frantically around, uttered a shriek of terror, and started out, bearing aloft his lamp, books, and various other moveables. After remonstration, I succeeded in inducing him to return, and very much to his relief convinced him that the danger of explosion was very slight. He sat down, patiently resigned. Soon after leaving, I heard an unusual stir in the hall, and going out found a number of the new boys moving out, strongly impressed with the idea that the whole thing was about to blow up, and that their only chance of safety lay in a hasty exit, which was accordingly made. Then came a knock at the door of the Faculty Room, and a woebegone, sorrowful individual entered and said : Professor, I would like for you to come up to my room a little while. •Wy Refrigerator isn't working well.' He was mistaken. As a Refrigerator it was working finely/' .
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One of our Professors, while returning from the Centennial, encountered a storm on the Bay. They say that he held three prayer meetings before he reached shore. He is not particularly fond of •· A Life on the Ocean Wave.''
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When (quum occasionale) you see a fellow rushing down stairs inquiring if the mail has come, you may know that one of Eve's daughters has got her flowery chains about him, or that he expects some money from the " Governor.''
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The Intercollegiate Contest.
The Virginia Intercollegiate Oratoric~l Contest took place at Holcombe Hall, Lynchburg, Va., November 8th, in the presence of a large audience. Messrs. T. S. Bocock, R. G. H. Kean, and S. T. Graham acted as judges. Only four of the colleges were represented. the chosen orators of two others (Washington and Lee and William and Mary) being unavoidably prevented from performing the duty assigned. All the gen· tlemen seemed to have acquitted themselves with signal credit, but the judges awarded the honor to Mr. Oave, •····•••---of Hamden Sidney, and the gold medal was presented If any one desires to purchase a pair of to hlmon the stage by ' the President of the Association. pants he will find it to his advantage to call on The "Virginian" says that the occasion was a very inMr. B., Room No.. 11, Cottage, who has on teresting one, and was keenly enjoyed by those present. hand a new pair of second-handpantaloons, The next contest will 'take place In Richmond, on the November, 1877. which he will dispose of at " half-price." His 8thWeof extend a cordial invitation to the colleges of the anxiety to sell arises from the uncomfortable Old Dominion to meet in the metropolis, and feel sorry fact that when he put them on he sticks as far that the spirit of the constitution so conflicts with the out one end as the other. Time and friction opinions of the students of this college that we cannot have done their duty on the rear p~rtion of ·engage In the contest.
these pants, but still they are "as good as
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who wears a Prince Albert. All are cordially invited to come. and examine them ; and also
Mr. B.'s stock of jewelry, of which he makes a specialty. He desires us tosay that he also has a fine gold watch;which he ·will sell for $S, or trade'it. · ' · ·· · · •
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At the reque • t of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Winston left for Philadelphia, in order to collect specimens for the Ool)ege Museum. we wish him a pleasant and sue• ce18ful trip, and "no storm •."
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·OldGrimes est rnortuous, That anthroposol'dagathos Nun quam videmus cum plus.
Mr. R. B. Lee, of Richmond, an old student of this college, was married November 2. to Miss Mary Joe Day, of Macon, Ga. We return our thanks for a card and felicitate the happy couple. Of course, Richard, you will bring your charming bride to Richmond. ,
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Prnf. J. Willoughby Rende, of England, favored us with two of his entertainments recently. His selections were good, as he is an artist of 1.qe first order, with admirable dramatic powers and facial expressions, he thoroughly electrified his audience. Would it not be a good idea for the Trustees of this college to get some one to deliYer lectures on elocution r Were they to hear some of the young men rea.d, they would take action at once. Enough can not be said in honor of Dr . Slee! for estab!lshlng the Reader 's Medal; and although that arouses> the ambition of some,-the good re,ulers,-yet It does not. reach the many,-the indilf~; readers. When the news came from the elections, so fiatteringto Mr. Tilden •s prospects, a number of the students resolved to give vent to the exubemnce of their joy by having an oyster supper at the College Hotel• At the appointed hour they assembled, ancl although the telegraphic re•ports seemed to threaten_ the very object of the supper, yet the boys were determmed not to be depressed. Mrs. Eanes h!Ldprepared a nice supper, which was thorough• Jy enjoyed by every one present. After supper an hour was spent in lively convesation and sallies of wit, and then the boys went to their rooms, fully satisfied with
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Hoodwinking.
Although the following may have been In print longngo, still it Is no less the cute for th~t. The letter Is said to have been written by a newly married lady to herfriend and confident. Her husband was a jealous old curmudgeon and Insisted upon her showing ltlm every letter she wrote. Of course he saw nothing but lioney In. the whole thing-he could not taste a bit of gall. Although deception ls alw~s wrong, yet we cannot have the heart to blame the poor thing much; for, as far as our observation goes, wives are generally "more sinned against, than sinning: "I cannot be satisfied my dearest friend, blest as I am In the matrimonial state, unless I pour Into your friendly bosom, which has ever been in unison with mine, the various sensations which swell, with the liveliest emotions of pleasure, my almost bursting heart. I tell yon my dear, husband is the most amiable of men, I have now been married seven weeks, and have never found the least reason to repent of the day that joined us. My husband is bc;>thin person and manners far from resembling ugly, cross, old disagreeable, !Lnd jealous monsters, who think by confining, to secure a wife, It is his maxim to treat as a, bosom friend and confident, and not as a plaything or menial slave, the woman chosen to be his companion. Neither party, he says, should always obey Implicitly, but each yield to the other by turns. An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy, a cheerful. venerable, and pleasant old Indy, lives In l,he house with us. She is the de• light of both young and old; she is cl· vii to all the neighborhood round, generous and charitable to the poor. I am convinced my husband loves nothing morEt than he does me ; he flatters me more than a glass, and his intoxication (for so I must call the excess of his lone,) often makes me blush for the unworthiness of its object, and I wish I could be more deserving of the man whose natne I bear, To say all in one worcl, my dear, and to crown the whole. my fonner gallant lover Is now my Indulgent husband; my fondness Is returned, ancl I might have had a prince, without the felicity I find in him. Adieu I ,may you be a.ableat u I am un, happy! K.EY,-;-After reading It through, read alternate lines. subscriptions to the MONTULYMue111osreduced to 60 eta_
7 Maiden Meditations. ·• Musical Piracy-Stealing a march. .A Seam stress' Exclamation-" A•hem ! " The Dream of a Fair Woman-A brave man. "'Tis false!" as the girl said when her fond lover told h er that she had beautiful hair. A travel er notices that Rome has several 11ew museums, but everything in th em is old and out of style. S.AGEY.-When the spider left the ark, did he walk or take a jt y ? BY OuR OwN CYNIC.-Ink is the black sea on which thought rides at anchor. What species of love is that which is never Teciprocated?-A neuralgic affection. Aw.KW.ARDORN.AMENT.····A well•moulded arm is prett .ier without bracelets ; besides they are liable to scratch a fellow's ear.
A lady who had married an inveterate smoker was once asked if she had no preju• dice against tobacco, to which she replied that she had undergone the smoking process so long that her prejudice had been perfectly "cured." A Cleveland youth, of rather rapid procliv• ities, fell in love with a parson's daughter, and , as a clincher to his claims, said to the reverend gentleman : " I go my bottom dollar on piousness, and I will pray you for &tamps on the spot."
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Exchanges.
Want of time and space prevents us from givingmorethan a cursory notice of our exchanges. Among them we notice the following : The Virginia University Maga• zine, The Gray Jacket, The Roanolce0ollogian, The Mis· sissippi University Magazine, The 0ollegeHerald, Th e Lafayette 0ollege Journal, The Golden Sheaf, The Georgetown 0ollege J ournal, Hom~ Journal, The 0ampus Educational Journ:tl, J ewel and The Suffolk Gem. A man in Westchester county, N. Y., set a Allof which are well and ably edited. We welcome them steel strap to see what became of his chickens. to our office, and read their contents with a high degree He found his mother•in•law in the trap one of pleasure. morning afterwards, and since then the de. .ANTED. __ mand for steel traps has been something un• precedented in that neighborhood. A young lady desires a position as TEA0HER. She is a FULLGRAD UATEof one of our best colleges,and is, conThere was an old nigger, and his name was sequently, able to teach Mathematics, Latin, English. Uncle Ned, and he died at Savannah the other French, Philosophyand Music. BELL ES·LETTllE Sa specialty. day, at the age of 112. The deep bothera• "H 0 S " .Address, at once, Kr ssEs.-Thackeray once described a kiss tion of his taking off was due to the exces• no Oare of Monthly l'llusii'igs. sive use of tobacco during the entire period of etiquette as a "kiss which is like the conCHARLES LUMSDEN, tact of oysters." But a kiss not of etiquette of his last century. is like a rip in a yard of calico; you can't tell DEA LEll I N Prof.: "Who was Virgil?" Pupil (who ·where it begins or ends. had never had the pleasure of pressing Mr, Wat ches, J ewefry, Clocks, Sp ectacles, ThimNOT O'P .AQUEBUT O'BRIEN.-At a theatr e, Virgil ' s digits.) "Virgil was a lineal descen• bles, Golcl P ens, c}c., t he other evening, a gentleman sarcastically dent of Adam. He ran a second.hand cloth• :asked a man standing in front of him if he ing warehouse in the city of Troy, and after No. 825 Main Street, Richmond, Va. was aware that he was opaque? The other capturing Dido, he lit out. That ' s as far as -til:iJ"' Manufacturer of PLAIN GOLDRINGSand BAD GES. <lenied the allegation. He was not O'Paque. the lesson goes. It is safe to presume that REPAIRIN Gcarefully done. no-3m the apt scholar went just a little further.•••E x . .His name was O'Brien. JAMES T. GATEWOOD, "Doff thine lEonian crown," elegantly says Prof. B-r.••·•Suppose, Mr. B--n, you, J3ayard Taylor, in his Centennial ode. "Shoot with feelings posit ive ly excitecl, were to at• GROCER, the hat?" says the bad boy in the street. tempt to kiss a girl, negatively charged by her Thus education softens and weakens expres• mother, would she be likely to take the spark, SE0ONDANDGRA0E STREETS,NO. 201, sion. or would there be a sudden repulsion? " RIOHMOND,YA. A New Orleans belle has eloped with a bar• Mr. B-n pleads inexperience, but is per• oc-9m ber. Her mamma cries, "Och, hone?" Her fectly willing to try the experiment.••·•E x. Thirty-first Year. friends raze 'er name from their visiting lists, They have discovered the remains of a gi• and her father says he'll lather the fellow who ant in Smiley's Crossing, down in Texas. The <:arried her off. skeleton is fifteen feet in length and one of IN THE LETTER.-" I find that there are six the teeth is eleven inches long and six inches 0 _young partridges in the letter," said a gentle. wide. Only think what an awful famine that ENLARGEDAND IMPROVED. man to a servant, by whom a lot of game had chap would create on a free lunch counter, or been sent to him. The servant replied : " Sir, at a hotel table. What a deadhead he would I am glad you have found them in the letter, have made•••-he and his wife .... for the audi. 1' The Best Lit erary ancl Society Paper in for they all flew out of the basket." ence behind to yell " Down in front" at••••eh? Ame,-ica." A Western paper says. " Talk about the . Such things are not to be contemplated Its leading departments comprise Editorials on topics ·wind blowing the grasshoppers away. One of~h~t a shudder. of fresh interest; BrilliantRomances and Portraitures of American Life ; Editorial Reviews of new events in the them faced Monday's gale for an hour, and GREAT ExPECTATIONs.-Seminary Propri• world of Belles•Lettres Painting, Sculpture, Science and the Drama; Original Essays i..Ample Excerpt~ then yanked a shingle off a house for a fan, etress (to young lady who wants to go driv• Music, fromthe best European Write1·s ; Spicy Letters from 0or:saying it was awfully sultry." · ing.)-" You know the reputation of this in• respondents in all the great,;0apitols of the World· The First Lookat New Books ; and racy accountsof sayings An exchange aks : "What are street lamps stitution, Miss Jones. Is he your father?" happenings and doing in the Beau Mortde; embracing the very freshest matters of interest in tllis country and for?" The man who doesn't know . what Pupil-" No." In Europe-th e whole completely mirroringthe wit and wisclom,the humor and pn.thos, the newsand sparkling street lamps are for is hardly fit to sit in an Proprietress-" Is he your brother?" gossipof th~ times. editorial chair and mould public opinion. Pupil-" No." SUBS CRIPTION , Street lamps are for weary young men to reProprietress-" Are you engaged to him?" Subscriberswill receiveTHEHOME JOURNAL -cline against at midnight, when they have lost Pupil-" No, but I expect to be, before I FREE OF POSTAGE. THEHO~lEJOURNAL, alone, one copy,one year ..... . t:f. -their bearings or forgotten their way home. get back." Three col/Jes,oHe Y~!'r..................... .......... ...$6. ...... .......................... $9. A brass band in Virginia City, Nevada, has DIVINE FRENZY.-An American contem- Six TERMS FORCLURS : been earnestly requested to practice exclusive- porary makes merry over the Poet-Laureate. THEHOMEJOURNAL and any $4 periodical(either Har1J.yin the isolated passage of a mine six hun- It says : " Tennyson has been oi:dered to per's Magazine,Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's Monthly,The Galaxy, Llppindred feet under the ground. It is thought write an ode to the Prince of Wales, and it is cott's Magazine,Appleton's Journal, Frank Lesiies' LR-that the people of Virginia City haven't good amusing to behold England's Poet-Laureate clies Journal, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Dla,ckwood's Magazine, Westminster Review, or any ol -ears for music. walk fretfully up and down his garden, and the EnglishQuarterliesrepublished here) will be sentfor $5 26, the full pricebeing$7. St. Nicholasfor $4 00; full The last person to throw a stone at a can of hear him mumbling, • The Prince of Walesrates $6. Llttell's Living Age for $8 70; full price,$11. MONTHLY MUSINGS for$3 00; full price $4. ·nitro-glycerin lived in Livingston county, N. favoring gales--spreading sails-tigers' tailsSubscriptionswilltake date lmmedlately,orat any time , Y. In the entire absence of his body, the the people yearn--his return-our bosoms subscribers prefer. Address the proprietors and pub,coroner's jury sat around on the edge of the burn-our love he'll earn--we'll tyrantsspurn lishers, hole in the earth where the explosion took -jungles-bungles - India - Ind----dia-dia,' Morris Phillips & Co., place. • and then snap out, • Oh, hang the ode ! ' " No. 3 PARKPLACE,NEWYORK
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Cassimere Suits made to order at $30, $33, $31> Cassimere Pants made to .order at $8, $9, and $10, and all other goods at very low prices. We guarantee our prices to be as low as any house in the city. All we ask is an inspection of our stock. Call at 1300 Main Street. E. B. SPENCE & SON.
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Forest Pine (original growth,) for kindling and cooking ; best Soft Coke, for grates and stoves; Anthracite' Clover BOOKSIPIANOSI ORGANS! She is Hill aud Splint Coal; Oak and Pine Wood-long, sawed If you want anything In tile BOOK OR STATIONARY a l'ULL GRADUATEof one of our best colleges, and is, con• and kindling. All kinds of Wood, Coal and Coke. oc-1m LINE, or a NO. l PIANO OR ORGAN, at tho lowest sequently, able to teach Mathematics, Latin, English. market rates, call on French, Philosophy and Music. STARKE & RYLAND, BELLES·LETTRESa specialty. 913 Main Street, Address, at once, "H. C. S.," Richmond, Va. no · Care of Monthly Musings. ,¥;r The usual discount to minist~rial students. oc-Sm
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The Institution embraces eight Independent schools, under the following FACULTY: 726 WEST MARSHALL STREET. EDMUND HARRISON, A. M., Professor of Latin. H. H. HARRIS, M. A., Professor of Greek. Choice brands TOBACCOAND CIGARS, STATIONERY, RODES MASSIE. A. M., Prof. of Modern Languages. J. L. M. CURRY, D. D., LL. D., Professor of English TOILET .ARTICLES,&0. GEO. W. LATIMER & CO., and Acting Professor of Philosophy. ' n<>-tf Apothecaries. E. B. SMITH, M. A., Professor of Mathematics. C. H. WINSTON, M.A ., Professor of Physics. CLOTHING I CLOTHING; I CLOTHING 111 B. PURYEAR, A. M., Professor of Chemistry.
THE "WEST END PHARMACY,"
MONTHLY MUSINGS,
THE ORGAN OF THE STUDENTS OF RWHMONDCOLLEGE, DEVOTED TO THE GEN· RAL DIFFUSION OF PRAO· TIOAL KNOWLEDGE, Will contain College News, Correspondence, Discussion of Lit .erary Topics, Historial and Blographlcal SketchesL Reminiscences of College Life, Pe1·sonalsJ..Full Reports 01 1tll Public Exercises, Items from other ochools and Colleges, Literary Gossip, Reviews, Anecdotes, &c., &c. Reader, would you .like to travel with us for the next ten months? We hope we will be able to make ourselves Expenses per session of nine months, embracing ma- companionable, our conversation entertaining and inI de,lre to inform my friends and patrons that, having triculation and tuition fees, fuel, lights and washing, structive, excite In .your hearts a fresh aspiration to be• come wiser and better, lighten the trio.ls of a passing returned from the North with an en tire new stock of $118. Good board in messing clubs costs $10 per month; hour upon your journey, or expand the sphere of your at the College boarding houses, $13. About $90 will be knowledge and aff'ections. If you desire our company, needed on matriculation; $36 the 1st }'ebruary, and the please enter your name upon our "way-bill" at once, and F.ASHION.ABLE CLOTHING, ask all your friends to go along. We have room enough remainder at intervals through the session and to spare. The road is a pleasant one, the goal a usei.The expenses of o. day student per sessslon are $87.60. embracing everything needed for Students can enter advantageously 1st January, or at ful one. '!'hose who pay their fare promptly at the startIng point, will find the journey the pleasanter, for a clear the beginning of the second ha.lf of the current session, conscience is a glorious talisman In discovering the biding MEN'S YOUTHS' AND BOYS' WEAR, 6th February. Suitable reduction in charges are made. places of happiness. ADVERTISINGRATES. I am prepared to off'er as :tine a stock In The College Buildings, situated In tho most beautiful 9 months. 6 months, 8 months. l month. C\40.00 $36.00 $20.00 $10.00 and healthful portion of the city. just within the corpo- One Column, " 26.00 20.00 12.00 6.00 Styles, Quality and Kake, rate limits, with thirteen acrea of land attached, are am- One-half One Inch 10.00 7.00 4.00 2.00 ple for the accommodation of at least two 11.undred and as can be found In the city or State, and at The MONTHLY MUSINGS will be published the firs~ :61ty students. of every month at the fair price of VERY SATISFACTORY PRICES. The Institution ol!'ers to the student every facility necSIXTY CENTS per Year, Po1ta1e Prepaid. essary to his comfort, convenience and succeB1, and ls .All Subscriptions are due on receipt of :tlrat number of thoroughly equipped In all respect& for dispensing liberal the paper, Student.I and other• In want of nice goods will find It education, on terms unua&lly moderate. Duslnesa Commulcatlons should he addressed to 1o their advantage to give m;y etock For Catalogues, riving full Information In regard to all the departmenta of the Oollege, addreH AN EXAMINATION, Richmond Oollege, Richmond, Va. B. PURYEAR, WM. mA SMITH, ao-6m 1109 Main atreei. Obal.rman of the Faculty.
Hugh C. Smith,