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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-24

Egypt, under the present Khedivs,
is making considerable progress in ex.
tent aud power. and advancing some
what in civilization. Tho country OF
tue Upper Nile region has been occu
pied by expeditions; aud the ut-posts
are now stretching Westward. Oar
fur. the conquest of which is an
nounoed, lies Wes. South west OF
Khartoom. at tha junction of the
White and Blue Nile, to which point
the trade naturally tends. The popu-
Iation is variously estimated at from
3 100000 to 5 900, 600. aud the author.
iz.d religion is Muha Ii nedan. Ber-
bera, which is blockaded, is on bay
of the Gulf of Adeu, l60 miles East
South east of 4 .yla. 10000 to O,uUO
persons assemble ut the annual fair,
(From October to April.) bringing
coffee, ostrich feathers. ivory, etc, 4,
from the interior Of Africa, aud varl-
Gus goods from Asia.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-24


UNITED STATES COURT, CHARLEsToS,
November 2l.-Judge Bryan preaid-
Jog. The petition of Patrick Nc
Bride, In the matter of Paul & Webb,
bankrupta, to rescind order Of sulr,
was granted. The petition of James
NJ. Carson, bankrupt, for homestead
exemption. was granted The petition
of Shackelford Il Kelly. binkrnpt-, for
hn"l dl,ciarge, was referred to Regis
trar f. NJ. Ssabrook. Tbs petition Of
Wm. A. G. Doggett. for voluntary
bankruptcy. Was referred to Registrar
w. q. Clawson. Gu the petition of
Adolph Ntmiiz &c O., for final dis
charge in bankruptcy, 1t was ordered,
that upon their paying thirty per cent.
they will bs granted IL full aud inal
discharge. In the case of james Nc
Corkey, the jury decided thut he is not
bankrupt.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-24

To the holders of tickets to the
Grand Gift Concert of the Masonic
Relief Association of Norfolk. Va:
OFFICE OF THE MASONIC RELIEF
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04
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PRocToR ON COMETS. comets 1nate-
rial is SO thin that all comparisons fall. Sup
pose the bulk of air taken in at one inspira-
ton 81 the lungs equal to globe four inches
in diameter; were that air dilated till it be-
came as rare as the substance of this comet
it would make a globe 5000 miles in diameter.
"a rather awkward breath to manage
Biela's comet was naised liz 1926. It
had period of five years and eight months.
and a prediction was mastE that in 1882 Il
would cross the earth's path one months
journey ahead Of the carth's place OH the ostf
of October, or where the earth would be No
vember &C. A French savant objected to the
public prediction because in 1771 similar
prediction had greatly frightened the people,
and some mischievous swindlers had sold them
reserved seats in Paradisc-not Paris. Quite
recently a celebrated French astronomer was
said to have announced that a comet would
destroy the earth; and the day Set was August
9th, 1872. This prediction had at least one
evil result in England. The houseieeper of a
Sheffield gentleman had declined to waste her
strength in doing the washing that Monday.
preferring to wait and see whether everything
had been destroyed A comet that appeared
in 1916 divided into two parts. 1t appeared
in two parts in 1852 again, and since then has
not retufAed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04


A BISHOP AT AUoTIoN.-Bi Georne
would never have his portrait taken. If /
We're to" he said, sit would be engraved and
hung in some good brothers. parlor, and by
and by the good brother would fail in bust
ness or die, and his effects would be put M
for public sale, and the voluble auctioneer
would come across me in a pile of household
trumpery and as he held me suspended by
thumb and finger, he would cry, CHOW,
gentlemen, here's your chance your only
chance !! perhaps your last chance to buy o
bishop! Twelve and a half cents for Dish.
op only York shilling for q Methodist Dish
OPP Do hear any more? Going going
gone Only twelve and a half cents, dos
cheap, for Methodist bishopf''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

MASKS AND FAcEs.--A policeman once gave
n grand feast to Some of his friends. While
his visitors were sitting at his table, there
came into the room q little lady and gentle
man, most splendidly dressed, wearing q
mask, but no taller than children of five or
six years of age. The gentleman wore III
scarlet coat trimmed with gold lace, his large
curly wig was powdered so as to look as white
rs snow, and in his hand he held a cooked
hat. The lady had on dress Of brocadcd
satin, trimmed with silver spangles. She
wore beautiful little hat and feather, and
held fan in her hand. They began dancing
very gracefully, and sprang about in such =
charming way that everybody was delighted
with these pretty, well behaved children.
An old officer who was dining there sud
, denly took rosy apple from the table ans
threw it between the petty dancers. Their.
then began scuflle. They fell upon eacl
other, tore each others clothes, scratched and
scrambled, till off fell mask and head dress, and
instead Of two pretty children, two ugAy
monkeys Stood before the company Every
body was surprised, yet laughed aloud but
the officer said, Monkeys ana foolish pco-
pie manage to look well for time in fine
clothes, bit they soon show what they are,
/ /" II sens and wisdom not ours
/ In vain we dress ~ gay flowers" M
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

Do Nor CRrrIcIsE.- Whatever you do,
never set UP for critic. We don't mean
newspaper one, but in privatc life, in the do
nestle Circle, in society. 1t will not do any
one any good, and will do you harm-if You
mind being called disagreeable. If you don't
like any ones chin, don't put your feelings
into words. If any ones manners don't please
you1 remember your own. People are not
made to suit one taste remember that
Take things as you find them, unless you
can alter them. Even dinner, after it is
swallowed, can't be made any better. Con-
tinual fault finding, continual criticism
of the conduct of this one the dress
of the other, and the opinions of tother, will
make home the urhappiest place under the sun
If you are never pleased with any one, no one
will ever be pleased with you. And If it u
known you are hard to suit, few will TAX,
pains to suit you.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

INFLUENCE AND AssocIATIoN.-Ifa wafer
be laid OH the surface N polished metal,
which is then breathed upoh and if when the
moisture of the breath has evaporated,, the
wafer Id shaken Oft, we shall find that the
whole polished surface is not as it was before,
although our senses can detect no difference
for if we breathe again upon it, the surface
will be moist everywhere except on the spot
previously sheltered by the wafer, Which will
now appear as spectral image on tht surface.
Again and again we breathe and the moisture
evaporates, but still the spectral wafer reap
pears. This experiment succeeds after the
lapse of many mouths, If the metal be care
fully put aside where tie surface cannot be
disturbed. IL sheet Of paper ON which a
key has been laid, be exposed for some
minutes to the sunshine, and then instantan-
eously viewed in the dark, the key Icing re-
moved, fading spectre of Che key will be
visible. Let this paper be put aside for
many months where nothing can disturb it,
and then in darkness be laid on a plato of hot
metal, the spectre of the key will again ap-
pear In the case of bodies more highly
phosphorescent than paper, the spectre OF
many different objects which have been LAX,
on it in succession will, on WARMING, emerge
in their proper order. This is equally true Of
our bodies and our minds. We are Involved
in the universal tamorphosis. Nothing
leaves MS wholly as it found us. Every mar
we meet, every book We read, every picture
or landscape we see, every word or tone W.
hear, ningles with our being and modites it
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

THE afEAr rvD14N Battle.

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Is t,ave,;ng i, ',ha init, co,,,fsv GOV. that
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04
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JEFFERs5y,s POVERTY.
HOW MONTICELLO WAS SAVED FNoM THE
sHERfFF's HAMMER.

-
I Mr. Jefferson's affairs did not mend, though
he enjoyed the able and rcsolute assistance Of
his grandson and namesake, Thomas JefIer-
son Randolph {; and he resolved, at length, to
discharge the worst Of his debts, in tho fash
ion Of old Virginia, by selling portion Of his
land. But tllcre was nobody to buy. Land
sold in the usual way Would not bring 4 third
of its value, and consequently he petitioned
the Legislature to relax the operation of the
law so far as to allow him to dispose of some
of his farms by lottery, as was frequently
done when money was to be raised for Il pub
lie object. The Legislature granted his re-
quest, though with reluctance. But, In the
meantime, it had been noised abroad all over
the Union, that the author of the Declaration
OF Independence was about to lose that far
famed Monticello, with which his name had
been associated in the public mind for two
generations, the abode of his prime and the
refuge of his old age, Mecca to the Repub-
licans of many lands. A feeling arose in all
liberal minds that this must not be and tu-
ring the Spring of 1902, the last of his years,
eral places. Philip Home. Mayor of New
York, raised without an effort, as Mr.. Ran
dali records, $500; Philadelphia sent 81, 900,
aud Baltimore $4,000 The l5ssery was sus-
pended, and Mr.. Jcfferson's last days were So
laced by the belief that the subscriptions
would suffice to free his estate from debt, and
secure home and independence to his daughter
and her children. lie was proud of this liber
atty of his eountrymen, and proud to be its
object. He who had refused to ACCEPT so much
as loan from the Legislature of Ais State
glorified in being the recipient of gifts from
individuals. "No cent of this" said he
sis wrung from the taxpayer. 1t is the pur.
and unsolicited cffaring oflove. '-.Kr. Pa. TN
In tie 1tlnnfic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

How TO RUIN Boys.-If you want to ruin
an impulsive boy, give him plenty of pocket
money. The receipt IL infall7blc. We have
often seen it tried, and always with the same
unhappy result Rich parents are too apt to
indulge in this killing species of kindness, al
though every father and mother knows it is
wrong; and yet such things are common. Say
what we may abbut the harsh, austere, uncom-
promising old Puritans, their stern family dis
cipne was better than the domestic indulge
ence by which children are "spoiled " in these
modern days.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04
POETRY.
TIRED MOTHERS.

little elbow leans upon your knee.
OUT ufed knee, that has so much to bear:
n ehids dear eyes are looking lovingly
from underneath thateh of tangled hair
aIeerhaps you do not heed the velvet toi,ch
" warm moist fingers, folding yours SO tight:
! GU DO not prize this blessing oyer-nucb
gu ALMOST are too tired to pray Tonight.
But It is blessedness. A wear AGO
uid not see II as do to-day
we are so dull and thankless: and too slow
10 eatch the sunshine till it slips away.
, nhu now u seems surprising strange to me-
inat, while wore the badge of motherhood
re- a l,i not Kiss more oft, and tenderly,
Inc little child that brought me only good.
ana H. some night when you sit down to rest.
gu miss this elbow from your tired knee;
Ibis restless curling head from off your breast,
ms iispng tongue that chatters constantly;
IL from your own the dmped hands had slipped
"a :. ne'er would nestl. in your palm again;
IL the white feet into their grave had trippetl.
could not blame You for your heartache then!
IL could mend broken cart to-day
Tomorrow make kite to reach the sky;
there Is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more blissfully content than l.
put ali! the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled by shining head;
NY singing birding from its nest is flown;
The little boy used to kiss is dead.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04
THE BLIND MIN IND TIE ELEPHANT

by JOHN G. SANE.
II was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined.
Who went t0.see the Elephant.
r. Though. all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad aud sturdy side,
Al once began to bawl;
Tod bless me But the Elephant
Is very like a WALTZ
The Second. feeling Of the tusk.
Cried "Ho! What have we here
so very round and smooth and sharp?
To me It's mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like spear:"
The Third approached the animal
And, happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spike!
! see,a' quoth he, !" the Elephant
isvery like a snake.r
The Fourth reached out his eager hand.
And felt about the knee,
What most this wonderous beast Is like
Is mighty plain" ouoih he.
It's 81 ar hongl the ELEPHANT.
Is very like n tree.n
The FIFTH, who CHANGED to touch the ear,
Said: +" Fen the bllndsst man
Can tell what this resembles most
Deny the fact who can,
That marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan ~
The Sir'h no sooner had begin
About the b asst to grope
Than scizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
a see" Gmoth he "tlic Elephant
Is very like rope!"
And so these men of Indos.an
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion,
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right.
And all were in the wrong!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

Jessie had been doing something which her
mamma had told her she mustn't do. She iyad
been eating currants, and, of course, got her
mouth all stained that's the way she was
found cut. Her mamma said: 'sfou know
you were forbidden to eat the currants. -
But, mother, Satan tempted me-" Why
didn'tyou say, "Get thee behind me, SatanYn
. did say, get thee behind me, Satan, and he
went and got behind n AID pushed ms right
into the euirant bushesi''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

Two Engishmen recently tried to cheat the
British Government by asking the royal pat
ronage and certificate Of merit for a new kind
of cast iron bar cast by them, which they
claimed, possessed twenty per cent. more
strength than ordinary cast iron. A test was
ordered and the prepared bar proved equal to
the emergency, bearing the extra strain claim
ed by its inventors. But, fortunately for the
Government, the officer entrusted with the
test managed to break the patent bar and dis
covered that 1t was curiously constructed Of
steel bars, surrounded by cast iron, and capa-
Bile of sustaining great strain. 1t is sup
posed that the intention Of the rogues was to
get the government certificate and then palm
off ordinary cast iron bars upon their custom
ers, at an advanced price.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04
ANECDOTE or BEN. FRANKLIN.

When Ben. Franklin was a printer in Phil
adelphia, it seems he published n newspaper.
Among other things that relieved censure at
his hands were certain modes of transacting
business by the merchants OF PHILADELPHIA
lie handled the knaves in such manner MS to
arouse their wrath, and calling u meeting
among themselves, they waited upon the
sturdy printer and demanded to know what
he meant.
Here said they, 1--WE have been patro-
nizing and supporting you, and this is our re-
ward. You must change this mode of doing.
orwell show you that the merchants are ,
power you may not triile with. Without ou
patronage where would you stand 20
Gentlemen of the Merchants Commit
tee, F" said the polite printer, g l am, as you
see, very busy now, but call at my house this
evening for dinner, and | shall consider the
matter over with You in a friendly manner .
They congratulated themselves that Ben was
frightened, came to the dinner at the hour
named, but werA surprised to find nothing on
the table but mush-made from ill-ground
cortland pitcher of milk. The Merchants
Committee, not being used to such fare could
do nothing bu. watch the healthy printer
while he made healthy meal Rising from
the table, he addressed the committee thus
Gentlemen, he who can live comfortably on
"sapd,tst pudding" can live without your
patronage. shall cease to attack those prac-
tices when you cease to practice them, and
not before. Gentlemen, goodnight"
And for many year Philadelphia mer-
chants were better and far more honest, ow-
ing to this incident.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

Till wehave reflected omit we are scarcely
aware how much the sum of human happiness
in the world is indebted to one feeling SYM
pathy. We get cheerfulaess and vigor, we
scarcely know how or when, from mere asso-
citation with our fellow-men. and from the
looks reflecsed ON us of gladness and keen en-
kjoyment.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

THE Evil. OF THE DAy.--A Judge in
Shanghai has been giving some useful hints
on the prevalent desire to get rich too fast. A
correspondent writing from that place tells of
criminal csse which lIhs been there creating
some excitement on account of its novelty,
though we should perhaps not be disposed to
regard it in the same light here He says =
"a gentleman holding a position of trust
made use of moneys not belonging to him,
and was tempted so to act by unsucce sful
specnlations and extravaganza in living The
Chief Judge, in passing sentence, took advan.
tage of the opportunity to read wholesome
lesson to the community, and his remarks are
well worth repeating to large sphere of So
ciety. He said " You are the self-made VIC
tim of passion which seems to be seizing on
society at large, and which, like disease,
spares neither age nor sex, the single or the
married, the rich or the poor--the passion for
getting rich by one or more strokes of luck
by a process which is as much open to the fool
as to the wise man, to the knave as to the hon
est man. Itappears as if in these times, men
had but one object in life--wealth. Respect
ability, contentment with what we hive, the
happiness of our family, honor, are all sacri-
feed to this one god of the age we live in.--
Everything is to be sacrifced-not only our
own prospects, the prospects of those dearest
to u.s. the prospects NJ our wives and children,
to the great mania of getting rich and this
wealth" is not that which is the result of
patient industry, uprightness in dealings, and
legitimate trade, but the "wealth' . of the
gambling table. These words Of Sir Edmund
Hornby's are liks a shower of pearls, and It is
to be hoped that the effect will not % lost"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

and followed them. But they were gone
Sam had not waited single moment for me,
and | never knew where they went.
That is what became Of my chun - The
Methodist
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

"Why don't you get down and lead the
horse2 That is the way to Keep warmS' said
gentleman to a boy one cold day. "No,"
replied the American youth, it is a b-b-bor-
fowed horse, and I'll ride him if freszsi''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-02-04

In the affairs Of the heart the only traffic Is
love for love !; aud the exchange, all for all.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
TNSUR. x, JNGE.

Fire Insurance effected in the Aetna. Hart
ford. HOme, q. w Hanover on New lamp
shire Stock Companies. S20,0OJ,0OO,00 capital
and in
The Coos MutuaI,a safe and cheap local Co.
Il. j.. COLBY, Pres. HENRY o. KENT. Sec.
Life Insurance made On desirable risks, Mt
low rates, in a Sound Company; TIE AMERI
CAN POPULAR, based on business principles.
Claims against the U. S. Government for
Pensions. Bounties. etc, prosecuted and a
General Office Business transacted.
Henry o. Kent is Treasurer of the Fan
caster Paper Mill and PEPasanf Fat
fey Starch TO-. and will give attention to
the financial business of either Corporation
Business by Mail will receive early utten-
ton.
Lancaster, n. II. 1873. 35
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
The Recent Elections.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. Z. In
this city the regular Democratic ticket
is elected by m2jonties ranging to
5000. Intelligence throughout the
State indicates that the Democrats
have made clean sweep.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. Z. The
election in Knoxville aud throughout
Knox county, yesterday, was the
most exciting for many years. Hor-
ace Maynard made two speeches dur
ing the canvass, indorsing the civil
rights bill as party measure. Sen
ator Brownlow was openly hostile to
the bill, which he termed the sum OF
villainies and quintessence Of abomin-
alton. The result of the election was
complete revolution throughout the
city and county, with sweeping ma
jorities for the conservative anti-civil
rights ticket. The city was wild with
joy last night, and countrymen were
crowding into town to-day rejoicing
over the unexampled victory.
NORTH CAROLINA 10000 DEMoCRA.
TIC MAJORITY.
RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. Z. Dem.
ocratic gains are rep orted from every
portion of the State. The State is
Democratic by 10000 to 10000 mai.
GRITTY. Seven Democratic Congressmen
were elected. There is Democratic
gain of twenty in the Legislature
There is great rejoicing in this city
There was public speaking in the
streets throughout the day and boom.
ing of cannon. Wake county is dem.
ocratic for the first time in fourteen
years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-15
John Webb,s Estate.

STATE or FFRMONTl I'm Probate Court
Esser District, IS. held AT Gaildhall
within and for said district, ON the 2sth day
of July, A. D., 1874.
An Instrument, purpOrting to be the last
Will and Testament of JOHN Webb, late OF
Lunenburg In said District. deceased. being
presented 10 the COart by Calvin Webb. the
executor Therein named. for Probate: II is
ordered by sand court, that all persons con.
eerned therein. he notified to appear at a
session of said court to be holden at the
Probate ONCE. in Guildhall on the 18TH day of
August 1874. and slew cause. IL any they may
have, against the II obate of said VIII: for
which purpose. II Is further ordered, that u
copy of the record of this order be published
three weeks successively i'm the Essex County
Herald, published at Guidhall, previous TO
said time appointed for hearing.
WM. II. HARTSHORN. Judge.
true copy of record attest.
WM. n. HARTS HORN. Judge