Hammer! hammer! hammer!

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[Illustration: BARNACLES ON OUR COMMERCE.

_Intelligent Foreigner._ "WHY ARE ALL THESES AMERICAN SHIPS
LYING IDLE IN THEIR DOCKS, SIR, INSTEAD OF EARNING MONEY AT
SEA?"

_Despondent Ship-owner._ "IT'S ALL THE BARNACLES, SIR. NO
SHIP CAN SAIL WITH THEM ON, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE
GOING TO GET THEM OFF."]

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CONDENSED CONGRESS.

SENATE.

Just as usual, WILSON had another little scheme on hand. There was no
money in it--nothing but a little Massachusetts glory. It was to set
apart a day to decorate the graves of the Union dead. Mr. WILSON
remembered that it would have been more consonant to his own feelings to
confine the ornamentations to the graves of colored men and the men of
Massachusetts. But for the sake of peace and harmony he was willing to
decorate all round.

Mr. GARRETT DAVIS suggested that it didn't make any difference whether
they set apart a day or not. If people wished to decorate, they would