How I edited an agricultural paper once -- The "tournament" in A.D. 1870 -- Enigma -- Unburlesquable things -- The late Benjamin Franklin -- The editorial office bore -- A daring attempt at a solution of it -- To correspondents -- A memory -- Political economy -- John Chinaman at New York -- The noble red man -- A royal compliment -- The approaching epidemic -- Favors from correspondents -- The reception at the president's -- Goldsmith's friend abroad again -- Curious relic for sale -- Science vs. luck -- Favors from correspondents -- Riley--newspaper correspondent -- Goldsmith's friend abroad again -- A reminiscence of the back settlements -- A general reply -- Favors from correspondents -- Mark Twain's map of Paris -- An entertaining article -- History repeats itself -- Running for governor -- The "present" nuisance -- Dogberry in Washington -- My watch--an instructive little tale -- Favors from correspondents.