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Newspaper calls.

First call--s'Mr. Editor, / have brought
you a sample of grapes raised in my garden
please accept this bunch. They are a SUI
perior quality, and have quite large sup
ply for sale. Please give me good notice
in an editorial article, and don't forget to
say that ! have also figs Of superior quail
ity for SALE"
So the editor writes up an editorial adj
vertisement as directed, and having per
formed this labor, he pays his printer for
putting il in type; also, his foreman and
pressman for their part Of the labor, and
his stationer for the paper, and, finally the
news carrier for distributing the paper over
the city so that everybody can see the adj
vertisement which is paid for by bunch of
grapes.
Second call-''My dear sir, have called
to say that am going to leave the city, on
trip to the springs to recuperare my health,
and wish you to send my paper, so that
can learn what is going on in my absence.
BY the way, as have been subscriber for
the paper six months, hope you will in
sert few lines oditorially noticing my de-
parture, as it viii be desirable information
to my numerous friends. do not care to
put in an advertisements for 50 small a
Natter
So the editor writes the notice IS di-
rected, and, in return, Is paid BY the COM
plimentary remark that It Is done ''irst
rate
Third call-The last named liberal patron
returns home, and calls on the editor again:
an. Editof, I have just returned from my
summer tour and have called to pay you
my respects. By The way, viii you have
the kindness jusl 60 mention my return in
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speak kindly to Thy wife.

Husband, speak kindly to your wife, for
heavy to bear and hard to endure are the
many trials that beset her path. To your
hard and rough nature, they may appear
small, to that heart of finer mould, to that
nature attuned to the keenest emotions, they
are of gigantic size.
Husband, speak kindly to that welded
wife, to whom, before witnesses on earth
and witnesses in Heaven, you swore to love,
honor, cherish and protect, so long as life
endures. What, perchance, if her lips have
spoken murmuring words, her heart beats
with kindness true and joys TO be callad
thine own.
Husband, speak kindly to that wife, and
remember what weary hours of pain it has
been her lot to bear and to suffer. Then
give her sweet words of encouragement and
what support you can, and all her sorrows
share.
Husband. speak kindly to your wife.
She has a mothers heart, and the noblest of
hearts may at times have some heavy grief
to bear. What if some pettish word should
seek to find vent, and come to birth upon
the lips in speech condemn her not-that
word relief has given.
Husband, speak kindly to the mother Of
your Children, for none are project here, and
thou art dearer far to her than life. Then
husband, father, still forbear, and never
fail to speak kindly to thy wife.
Speak kindly to all in the household and
rare flowers of love and goodness will spring
up to cheer the eye and heart and make
home q type of heaven.
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SHAH We meet Again.


The fiat of nature is memorable. There
is no appeal for relief from the great law
which dooms us to dust We flourish and
flowers that bloom and wither in day have
no Trailer hold upon life than the mightiest
monarch that ever shook the earth with his
footstep Generations of men will appear
and disappear as the grass, and the multi
tude that throng the world to-day will dis
appear as the footsteps on the shore. Men
seldom think of the great event of death
until the shadow falls across the pathway,
hiding from their eyes the faces of loved
ones whose living smile was the sunlight of
their existence. Death is the antagonist of
life, and the cold thought Of the tomb is the
skeleton of all fears. We do not want to
go through the dark valley, although the
dark passage may lead to paradise; we do
not want to lay down in the damp grave,
even with princes for bed-fellows. In the
beautiful drama of Ion, the hope of immor-
tally, eloquently uttered by the death-de-
voted Greek, finds deep response in every
thought-soul. When about to yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate, his
Clemantha asks if they should meet again,
to which he replies: 81 have asked that
dreadful question of the hills that look eter-
nal, of the clear streams that flow forever
-of the stars in whose fields of azure my
raised spirits have walked in glory. All
were dumb; but upon my living face / feel
there is something in the love that mantles
through its beauty that cannot wholly per-
ish. We shall meet again Glemantha y
Ge5T1e d. Prentice
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An Anectionate Husband.


There is nothing which women appreciate
more than unexpected little presents from
husbands or lovers, selected and bestowed
with that tact which is the offspring of true
tenderness. Sometimes, however, the ut
most care on the part of the giyer fails to
give satisfaction, and woman, uncertain
coy, and hard to please, :" receives coldly
the tribute of affection, and in very differ
ent spirit from that IN which it is laid at
her feet. From a case which came before
the Hight Court, Edinburgh, it seems that a
certain Mr.. David Macrae, contractor at
Tain, lately met with a disappointment in
this line. Having dispatched by railway
train, box addressed to his wife, who
lives at Saughton Hall, near Edinburgh, he
playfully indited letter, purporting to be
from that lady's mother. intimating that a
box containing wearing apparel would be
found by her at the railway station. Mrs.
Macrae appears to have been fully awake to
her husbands affectionate ruse, and, sus-
pecting the box was sent by him, obtained
the assistance of the railway officials to
open it carefully, and, indeed, some careful
ness was advisable in handling the precious
cadeau, for on opening it its contents were
found to be as follows: One loaded pistol,
1-2 pounds of blasting powder, 2 1-2
ounces of gun powder, and liberal supply
of broken bottle glass. Topreyent the pos
sibility of these gifts being overlooked in
hurry, the pistol was set at full cock with
cap on the nipple, and there was string
fastened to the trigger in such manner
that whoever attempted to open he lid
could scarcely fail to pull the string, and
thus, by firing the pistol, cause the powder
to explode. Mr.. Macrae would doubtless
have given full explanation of the reasons
which prompted him to make this touching
display of conjugal affection, but he unfor-
tunately failed to appear to answer to a
charge of attempting to murder his wife
His bail bond was accordingly declared for
feited, and sentence of outlawry was pro-
nounced against him. Although, perhaps,
he may not be much missed in his domestic
circle, it is impossible not to feel passing
regret that, owing to his having been let
out on bail, justice was not allowed the
pleasure of further cultiYating the acquaint-
ance of this loving husband.-EEgliq,
pgner
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Lie o0nee liz OF Me1Ieo.

The quantity of coffee imported in the
United States, during the fiscal year of 1872,
amounted to 133, .703, 40 pounds. OF this
New Orleans imported 7,130, $50 pounds
the remainder was received in ports north
of that point During that year the whole
sale prices in the American ports ranged
from sixteen to nineteen cents per pound,
making an average Of seventeen and a half
cents per pound paid to the Wholesale deal
ers; the retail prices to the consumers rang
ing still higher, according to the distance
and cost of transportation to the interior
towns The aggregate amount paid to
wholesale dealers IN the ports, was $22,
79S, 102; deducting from this the cost Of
transportation and commercial profits, the
balance went to the producers.
In 1872, the annual expectation of coffee
from Mexico to the United States only
amounted to $50, 454 against the $e2, 600, 600
imported BY the United States from other
countries. Such 3 disparity should not exist.
Mexico has it in her power, if she viii only
turn her attention to the production, and
ought to control the entire coffee trade of
the United States and add these millions to
her income. She has every advantage in
this trade over all competitors. First, with
the exception Of the limited resources of
Cuba, her Gulf ports are never in communi-
cation with New Orleans and Galveston,
two ports that are destined to command the
entire trade OF the west, southwest and
northwest Of the American Union. In quail
ity, the coifees Of Mexico are without rival (;
the berry Of Sanf0 Domingo, Jamaica, Cen
tral America and Brazil all rate lowerin the
market than the Mexican article. which is
only eoualcd or surpassed BY the Java. The
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His religious feeling was deep and per
sonal lie never obtruded his views upon
others, though he died as he lived, in open
profession and full Communion with fhe
the Protestant Episcopal Church OF Amer
lea. On his death-bed he bequeathcd a
prayer to his children, which he had com
posed nearly thirty years before, and had
used every day since. like the famous
prayer Of DR.. Johnson, stil8 great lexico-
grapher its simplicity was touching and
sublime.
For the Bible nc entertained the highest
vcneration, and is testimony, so far from
being impaired by the progress Of scientific
discovery, was, to his mind, strengthened.
The Book Of Job and the Psalms were his
favorite parts Of the Old Testament, espe-
cially the one hunarPd and seventh Psalm.
Very carly in life No feltthat s'they who go
down to the sea in ships, and do their BUSH
ness in great waters, see the works Of the
Lord and His wonders in the deep, y and
this Impression grew frmer and deeper the
more fully his mind grOsped the idea Of in
telligent design.
Although he had not followed the sea as
n profession for upwards of thirty years,
yet he retained his nautical idiosyncrasies
TO the last. When the final hour had come,
and friends were standing around and re-
ceiying from his calm and collected spirit
farewell messages to those whom he loved,
anxious to know If the supreme moment
had come, he family inquired, Sam drag
ging my anchorgp On being answered in
the affirmative, he rejoined with marked
emphasis, 'tAll is well, all is well, . and re-
signing his soul into the hands of Him who
gave il, he sank gently back and expired
Thus passed away at the ripe age of sixty
seven, in the calm dignity and faith of a
Christian philosopher, this great pioneer Of
meteorological science; his eye was not
dimmed nor his mental force abated. And
it is said that they whose privilege It was to
listen to his conversation and counsels dur
ing his long illness would find it very diff
Guilty to turn away from his tomb without
the irrcpressible conviction that
Though his body's under matches,
His soul has gone aloft y
Temple Bar
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&C. 90.

Tie editor OF the Wcaiherford Tfiass re-
Gently received q call from Mr.. Graham, one
Of the propFietors Of the salt works at the
village Of Graham, in Young county, six
miles northwest Of Weatherford. The
works now turn ont 1900 pounds Of salt per
day, equal to the best Kanawha, and which
has entirely taken the place Of the Liver
pool when on the market The water
from the wells already sunk would yield
one hundred barrels day. One well is
three hundred and one four hundred feet
deep. The supply Of water Is abundant
rising within twelve feet Of the surface, and
another viii be dug this summer affording
an overlooking stream, thus dispensing with
pumps The surrounding country Is well
supplied with timber and pure water; coal
IS known to exist in the same vicinity, af-
fording every facility for the manufacture
Of salt at fair prices. These works now
supply a large extent Of sparsely settled
country, far removed from the great COM
mereial towns, with something almost
indispensable In domestic economy. When
improved machinery shall be introduced,
and additional facilities of transportation
by railroad secured to that section, the i'm
portance and value Of these springs can
scarcely be computed.
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me erIef. q ChIldhooa.


These bitter sorrows OF childhood! when
sorrow is all new and strange, when hope
has not yet got wings to fly beyond the day
and weeks, and the space from summer to
summer seems measureless. sab, my child,
you viii have real troubles to fret about by
and-bY," is the consolation we have almost
all Of US had administered TO US in our
childhood, and have repeated to other chill
dren, since we have been grown up. We
have all of us sobbed so piteously, standing
with tiny bare legs above our little socks,
when we lost sight of our mother or nurse
in some strange place; but we can no longer
recall the poignancy of that moment and
weep over 1t, as we do over the remem-
bered sufferings of five or ten years ago.
Every one of those keen moments has left
its trace, and lives In US still, but such traces
have blent themselves irrecoverably with the
frmer texture of our youth and manhood;
and so it comes that we can look on at the
troubles of our children with smiling dis
belief in the reality of their pain. Is there
any one who can recover the experience of
his childhood, not merely with memory
of what he did and what happened to him,
of what he liked and disliked when he was
in frock and trousers, but with an intimate
penetration, revived consciousness of what
he felt then7~when it was so long from one
midsummer to anotherQ what he felt when
his schoolfellows shut him out of their
game because he would pitch the ball
wrong out of mere wilIfulness; or on q
rainy day in the holidays, when, he didn't
know how to amuse himself, and fell from
idleness into mischief, from mischief into
defiance, and from defiance into sulkiness;
or when his mother absolutely refused to
let him have tailed coat that s'half, I" al
though every other boy of his age had gone
into tails alreadyl Surely if we could re
call that early bitterness, and the dim
guesses, the strangely perspectiyeless con
eeption of life that gave the bitterness its
intensity, we should not pooh-pooh the
griefs of our Children. Childhood has no
forebodings but then, it is soothed by
memories of outliyed sorrow. Exchange.
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Fe1naIe Society.

What is it that makes all those men. who
associate habitually with women superior
to those who do mott What makes the
women who are accustomed to and at ease
in the society of men superior to their sex
in general9 Solely because they are in the
habit of free, graceful, continued converse
ton with the other sex. Women in this
way lose their, frivolity, their faculties
awaken, their delicacies and peculiarities
unfold all their beauty and captivation in
the spirit of rivalry; and the men lose their
pedantic, rude, declamatory or sullen man
ner. The coin Of the understanding and
the heart changes continually The asperi-
ties are rubbed of, their natures polished
and frightened, and their richness, like
gold, is wrought into finer workmanship by
the fingers of woman than it ever can be
done by those Of men Caucasian.
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fFrom the cainesEilie Gazc.tcl
STRAY EEavns FRoM A soEDIER,i
JOURNAL.



Faro'or tho prairie h0Bery breast
TIE sun = shaking; all tie wet
ia kidding with thon61E1 dfe1I
Ike FninbONs scattered D cF tie skies.
zach flower that decks the treeIesg green
Ia1l18lIinr Ike an E1sloEn outeus
Who draws aside her modest van
Wa DAY p tristf l'ght be1lnato pals =
WhHe rnzIne o'er fho bIoouin4 scs
AZ feeItr tine, tlLuE % me-
Zach treasured word and look o. thine
Come 70 me = the dsy's decline;
zach charm about that lovely face,
Iis basbful boauty youthful grace.
Ismiuofed IN ny evening dream.
Like fpees sh1doHed ~ g stream
Those trcsses, Ike the shade o. niaif
Those eyes 81 1oft - FloIei lEnis
Modest a. stars In h1i eclipse,
And flosc-bui Who shall pains those BPS
THAT eung 10 eloeD the queen ~ flowers,
Then kissed her IN the efagIIEIf hour
Stealing AWAY Der f0seate h1ll
And more than half Der sweetness toof.
Sweet IN. fhoreh weafT years have down
Since fIIaf TounF lace % ne vas known,
That moment elln.4 ~ llsnnoiy yet
When On ny he4rt love seal was set
And aflll DER this teFoted heart
You reign a. eInpfcss-though apart,
Throleh long. sad years our path has boon,
d heart ha1 knoHn no other queen.
WHY wonder still love thy face
s. flesh with genflencss and gracef
Where lcDdFils tWiue the vine nnst grow;
lndtW aud sunshine flowers must blow;
And 20 the crimson Texas plume
"A foWer-pfinceEs In full bloom,
Above the grassy carpet green,
Must reign the Prairie's Fairy Queen.
The light has left tho prairie'a breast;
Adisui sweet maiden " the West:
Der hin and vale and stream and plain,
Our spirits soon shall meet AMIN;
And sin those gentle eyes OF thine
Ill,o starlight on ulyfplflt shine. il
Coming IN slumbers happy dreams
10 warm me with their loving beams.
'cDp Clarendon, 1852.
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RotatIon or Crops.


An old French agricultunst gave the fol
lowing seven rules as the fundamental prin-
ciples of rotation:
/. However well a soil may be prepared,
it cannot long nourish crops Of the same
kind in succession without becoming ex-
hausted.
2. Every crop impoyerishes soil more OF
less, according as more or less is restored to
the soil by the plant cultivated.
3. Perpendicular roofing plants, and such
as root horizontally, ought to succeed each
other.
4. Plants of the same kind should not re-
turn too frequently in rotation.
5. Two plants favorable to the growth OF
weeds ought not to succeed each other.
@. Such plants as eminently exhaust the
soil, as the grain and oil plants, should only
be sown where the land IS in good heart.
z. In proportion as the soil is found to
exhaust itself by successive crops, plants
which are least exhausting ought to be cul-
tivated.
It is related Of an English farmer that he
condensed his practical experience into this
rule
s.Feed your land before it is hungry, rest
it before It Is weary, and weed it before it
- AolA.
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TT IS ORDERED

By the Court that notice be given by advertisement ia
the San Marcos Times, IN the weekly san Antonio Her
aid, and in the weekly Democratic Statesman until the
s5th day OF August 1873, that the District Clerk Of
Hays county. Texas VIII receive scaled proposals not
% exceed the sum 81 i've thousand dollars In United
States currency, to furnish AL material and build jail
% plan and specifications % be prepared and fuf-
nshed by each bidder the Cont reservng the right
the bid accompanying the same, OF to reject All The
contract TO be entered into TO time Of building said
jail and making payment, upon the acceptance Of the
bid The bidder 70 give bond In the sum OF i've thou
sand dollars, and % accompany his bid, with two or
more solvent securities
The said notice to be given by publication Of this
order. jy2f W aug25
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wonderful French InvonlIons In Tele-
graphing.


am sorry we arc not represented IN tele-
graphing apparatus, rs We have several
things Ia America that would be worth see
ing. The Frenee telegraphic department is
the hest III the exhibition, and some of the
inventions are exceedingly interesting.
There is q machine that prints m autogra-
phle dispatch, not chemically, Ike other
5utopraphic instruments, bat ON white
paper with printers ink. Itcannot be des-
cribod in Writing. and 50 I win not at
tempt to cay how it Is made, except that
there Is synchronOus action of two rollers
ono may 10 In New York and the other in
San Francisco, or IN any two other places
connected by E telegraph wire. A written
message. sheet Of music, the portrait Of a
burglar, anything that can be drawn with u
pen--not With d pencil may be tclcgraphed
IRON one end 81 Tho world 10 the other and
reproduced With printers ink on white pa
per Ike that uhereon tie patron Of the
Ajax reads this letlez. Thea they have q
machinc BY which four operators can work
over single wire at once IN one direction,
lust Is enc operator does with as, and BY
putting on four operators Che ether way,
yoo can make The capacity Of one wire equal
tothal 81 eight IS the old system. We are
now using ii Aaerics = system BY which a
wire may hs operated both Ways simulta'
ncousiy. TIE French machiao IS exactly
four times ahead Of o4 They have, also,
an cIcclronin that works ever 100 miles
81 vine. and they rill lel| within half q
yard or 6. eksttly Whcro pneanatic tube
b1s hoconlc cbsttlctcd. cupposo yoo have
8 tube letee d New York and Harlem. and
uad 6 paper. E rat 81 something 81 that
SORT ia inloit, soa DONE know where %
look Tor tie obstruction. SUI IS S. serious
matter Is - end dig up iloIn enc end until
Ioa Gina tiblg net ora. llnndl Yards
en tie other This maclino Illls you
re - ao.- II.1 to1s. c,l.l.r ~ fle
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Brieham ana ms wives.


Brigham Young is reported to have ex-
pressed himself rs follows in one Of his re-
cent sermons in Salt Lake City; 81 wish
my women to understand that what am
going to say is for them as we'll as others,
sisters, yes, all the women in the commune
ty. am going to give you from this time
to the sixth Of October next for reflection,
that Won may determine whether you wish
to stay with your husbands or not, and then
] am going to set every woman at liberty,
and say to them, now, 60 your way And
my wives have got to do one Of two things,
either round up their shoulders to endure
the Affections Of this world, and live up to
their relieion-that is, polygamy--or they
must leave; FOR ] will not have them about
me.
81 viii 90 into heaven alone rather than
to have scratching and fighting about me.
will set all at liberty. What, first wife,
tool Yes, liherate you all. want to 60
somewhere or do something to get rid Of the
winners Z do not want them to receive
part Of tie truth and spurn the rest out of
doors. Leteyery man thus treat his wives
keeping raiment enough to cover his body,
and say to your wives take all that have
snd be set at liberty; but if you stay with
me, you shall comply with the law of God
in every respect, and that, too, without any
mufmuring or whining. You must fulfill
the law Of God IN every respect, and round
up your shoulders TO walk up TO the mark
without any grunting.n
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