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, 1875-05-01

Is TIE AMERICAY CHARACTER ESTAE-
LrsHED Persons say that The Amer
lean character is informed and 1t IS a
fashion with some Of US 10 say that
there is no American character as yet
| do not think so; the national type
seems to me quite as definite as most
Others. Like any other, the Amerl-
can character is OF course undergoing
constant change and development,
for growth has no fixed limits IN lts
processes, and We speak roughly when
we speak Of lis stages But our char
actcr seems to me TO have gained its
features. No nation Of equal size was
ever developed SO rapidly. The tus
ing process goes on as IL blast fur
nace one generation, single year
even, transforms the English, the Ger.
man, the Irish immigrant into an
American. Uniform institutions,
ideas, language, the influence of the
majority, bring Us soon 10 a similar
complexion the individuality of the
immigrant, even his traits Of race and
religion, fuse down, in the democratic
alembic like chips of brass thrown into
the melting pot. The resulting char
acter seems 10 me a definite alloy :;
and its hom0geneity Is guaranty that
.hc nation is to remain one aS long as
the federal government shall retain
the least efficiency. II is hard to see
what cause Of civil war should arise
among 4 people so homogeneous in
language, customs, and ideas as OHr-
selves. We are one as no other great
ration of Christendom is; and it seems
unlikely that domestic quarre!S, as
about tariffs, or in this late age any
discussion between Catholic and Prot
estant, should become bitter enough
to bring about any secession wars.
Predictions are dangerous, but what
is there for us to quarrel about, unless
Dictator should Try 10 make him
self our King some day? Now this
means. in a word, that the chief tea-
tunes Of the American character are
already developed, aud are likely to
remain for a long time what they are
to day. Should l try to mark any
definite periods in a process so contin-
uous and delicate as the growth Of a
character would say that the time Of
the Declaration Of independence was
its plastic epoch, the moment when
Capitalization took place in the turbid
solution or, reyerting, to the apter
figure Of organic growth, that the
American character entered upon lis
youth at the revolution, as it will
reach lis majority at our Centennial
Of 1876.
, 1875-05-01

Russian HOUSES IN WINTER.-The
windows are invariably double, and
the space between the sasheS inyaria-
bly, covered with layer of fine sand,
designed to absorb moisture and pre-
vent the frost from silvering the paneS.
Twisted horns Of paper containing
salt are set in and sometimes the sand
Is concealed by bed of moss. There
are no outside shutters or blinds, for
they would he useless, since the win
dows remain closed all winter, being
carefully filled in around the edges
with cement Heavy curtains of rich
materials still further deadeu the
effect of the gold upon the glass, a
substance much more permeable than
is generally believed. Open fire places
are rare when they do exist they are
only used in spring and autumn. They
are closed and filed with flowers
flowers, which are a truly Russian
luxury. The houses overflow with
them flowers receive at the door, and
60 with you mp the stairway; Irish
ivy ieStoon balusterS fardinieres
adorn the landings on every floor. In
the embrasUre Of the windows bananas
spread out their broad Silken leaves :;
TALBOT pals, magnolias, camelias grow
ing like trees, mingIe their blossoms
with the SiIded volutes of the corni.
ceS; orchids hover like butterflies
around lamp-shades of crystal, porce-
Ian, and curiously-wrought terracotta.
From horn-shaped vases of japanese
porcelain or Bohemian glass, placed
in the center Of a table at the corner
Of a side-board, spring sheaves OF
superb eXotics and all this floral
splendor thriYes in a hot house; in the
street YOU are at the pole, within
doors You might believe yourself in
the tropics.
, 1875-05-01

jason viii be forever sailing after
The Golden Fleece. The ArgonautS
f to-day are a number of Spaniards
I'D Peru who have been pouring over
the ancient chronicles of the early
days Of Spanish rule in that country.
TIE story goes that there WAS once IN
the mountains n small but famous city
called San Gaban. There such Of
the nations as were compelled 10 pay
tribute to the Spanish monarch an
uually resorted with clay pots filed
with gold dust, coming, they alleged,
nom some mines far distant in the
mountains. No Indians would dis
close the whereabouts Of these mines,
and, in revenge the tribute was made
Greater and greater by the Spanish
rulers. At last, in their desperation,
the Indians rose against San Gaban,
slaughtering the inhabitants to the
IaSt man, and leaving not q stone TO
mark where the town once stood.
The whole neighborhood Was there
after AVOIDED 10y the white man, and
san Gaban and the pots Of gold pass.
ed into tradition. Tod day, however
me adventurous Spaniards are equip
ping an expedition TO search out the
place Of the ruined city and grasp the
pots Of @old.-.N. !. World
, 1875-05-01

An ANEMCAN CRYSTAL PALACE-
The tradesmen's Industrial Institute.
An association Of men representa-"
iitferent trades and interests Of Pitts.
burgh, propose erecting palace of
crystal for permanent exhibitions of
their products. 1t Is TO be located in
he main park of the adjoining city
II Allegheny. For the exposition Of
this fall, temporary wooden struct.
ires are to be used, which will after.
ward give way to the buildings Of
glass, for the manufacture of which
Pittsburg has been distinguished for
nearly century. With this crystal
palace at one end of the State. ana
the permanent exhibition buildinr
which the city of PHILADELPHIA and
the State of Pennsylvania appropria.
ed so large q sum TO erect, al the
'ther for the Centennial, the grea,
manufacturing State will outran5 all
her sisters in attractive edifces for
exhibition purposes.
, 1875-05-01

NAuRE's BAnoNErEus.-Certain
movements en- the part of the animal
creation before a change Of weather
appear to indicate reasoning faculty.
such seems 10 be the case with the
common garden spider, which, on the
approach Of stormy or windy weather,
will be found to shorten and strength
en- the supporting guys Of his web,
lcngthening the same when the storm
Is over. There Is popular superSti
ton in England that 1t is uuIucky for
an angler 10 meet a single magpie,
but two OF the birds together are
considered good omen. The reason
Is that the birds toreteii the coming of
cold or stormy weather, and then, in
stead OF their searching for food for
their yonng in pairs, one will always
remain on the nest. Sea guliS predict
storms 10y assembling on the land, as
they huow that the rain will bring
earth-wormS and larvae to the surface.
This, however, is only Z search for
food, and is due To the same instinc,
which teaches the swallow to fly
high in tine weather, and skim along
the ground when foul is coming.
They simply follow the flies and
gnats, which remain in the warm
strata OF air. The different tribes Of
wading birds always migrate before
rain, likewise 10 hunt for food. Many
birds foretell rain by warning cries
and uneasy actions; swine will carry
hay and straw to hiding-places oxen
will lick themselves the wrong way
Of the hair, sheep will bleat and skip
about crows will gather il crowds
crickels will sing more loudly; flies
come into the house; frogs croak aud
change color 10 dingier hue; dogs
eat grass, aud rocks soar ike hawks.
Il is probable that many Of these ac-
tions are due to actual uneaSincsS. siIni,
lar to that which all who are troubled
with corns or rheumatism experience
before = storm, and are caused boti
by the variation in barometr:c pres
sure and the changes in the electrical
condition Of the atmosphere.
, 1875-05-01

a CoERESroNDEyT Of the London
Ttleyra,h, in an article upon fog
ging at public schools, says he passed
six years Of his b9yhood in public
schools, partly in Belgium, but most
~ in Germany. In those two coan
Tries any master or professor Qatter
sounds more scholastic cutting, fog
ging, or even touching a boy would
risk instant dismissal, if not a criminal
action. Would you believe it, he
continues, in those two antiquatcd
countries the pedagogues consider a
verbal ''reprimapd" sufficient for a
yeuial otieuse, and restriction Of
liberty sufficient punishment for a
more serious Cna?
, 1875-05-01

IArrr EVERY DAY.-Silney Smith
cut the following from q newspaper
and preserved il for himself: when
You rise in the morning, form the res
olUuon 10 make TIE day a happy one
10 a fellow creature. 1t is easily
doue left Of. garment to the man
who needs it kind word to the sor
sowtul; au encouraging expression to
the striying-trliies in themselves as
light as air-wili 90 at least for the
twenty-four hours. And il vou are
Young, depend upon it, it will tell
when You are old; and If vou are old
rest assured it Will send you gently
and happily down the stream Of time
TO eternity. BY the most simple arith-
metIcal sum, look at the result. II
yop send one person away happily
through the day, that Is three hun
dred and sixty-fre in the course of a
year. And suppose you live forty
years only after You commence that
course of medicine, you have made
!4,oJO persons happy-at all events
for time"
, 1875-05-01

THET got up a surprise party,
Thursday night last, on youns mar
ried couple, at whose house IN Swan
poodle a similar affair was one OF the
social successes of the last season.
The conspirators were met calmly
but cordially at the gate by the huS-
band, who rested on his shot gun,
while his beautiful and accomplished
wife, whose face and form were Visi-
bic inside tho porch, said she was
very glad to see them, but she didn't
think she could hold the bull dog
back more than minute longer D..
, 1875-05-01
Weeklg 5tateBman.
NAf ..........-M May I. 1915.

JNEXFECTEp RFw,nD.-a few days
since, says the Chicago Tribune, a
portly and patriarchial gentleman
might have been seen passing along
Leavjtt street, pausing at each house
20 ring the door bell. When it was
answered he always sighed heavily,
and with mournful air, asked If a
gentleman who wasn't known in the
vicinity lived there. At last he stop.
ped before a cottage which gave to
the eye an impression of humble COM
fort and refinement, ifnot of grandeur,
and rang The mistress Of the house
answered the ring promptly. The
mans face lighted up with pleasure,
and taking from his finger diamond
ring, the blazing solitaire in which
weighed nineteen and tiye-siXteen car
ats, and was of the purest water, lie
said, in n voice husky with emotion ::
Take this, my dear, and this, too"
taking from his pocket roll of parch-
meut. THAT is the deed IL fee simple
to a mansion and corner lot on Cal
muth avenue, with blank for YOU to
fill your name. Nay, refuse it not.
! am not your long lost uncle, but |
lave devoted tie past seventeen
years of my life to seeking the wom-
an who before answering The door
he'll did not strive to peep through
the window TO see who was there.
Good bye" and with Tie agility Of
boy, he Trang into magnificent ha-
rouche that was drawn by two price
less horses waiting outside the gate,
aGd vanished
, 1875-05-01

No SoYGs Heard THERE.-A recent
traveller says: What always i'm
presses me more than anything else
IN Egypt aud Palestine has been tie
entire absence OF cheerful and eXhiler-
atIng music, especially from the chill
dren. You never hear them sing IN
their huts. I never heard q song
that deserves the name in the streets
or houses Of Jerusalem. One heavy
burden OF yoiceless sadness rests up
on the iorsaken land. The daughters
OF music have been brought low.
The mirth Of the tabret ceaseth; the
noise Of them that rajoice endelh ; the
JOY Of the harp ceasethn'
, 1875-05-01

The wife of a towboat captain who
Was icebound on the canal and who
lives in Pittsburg, got letter from
her husband, saying 4 would come
home if I could. Are you lonesome,
pet? 2 And she replied: 1T dosn't
matter, love; the minister calls often
and soothes the sorrow of my aching
breast That captain bought a par
of mountain howitzers, and Is on his
way to Pittsburg to fill 'soother ot
SORROW full of bullets. Look up
there, for there's blood on the moon.
The funeral will be a large one II the
hacks are free.
, 1875-05-01

y country pastor said TO one of his
feminine congregation: Are you
happy" Yes, Sir she replied 4 feel
as though | were in Beelzebub's bo-
SON.. Not in Beelzebub's:' well,
some OF the Patriarchs; | don't care
which,
, 1875-05-01

THE ILLINOIS RMLRoA8S.-A report
made to the Assembly OF the Illinois
Legislature by It's Committe on rail
roads makes a lamenaJle showing for
some ofthoseimprovements. 1t states
that there are III the hands of receiv-
crS thirteen roads, with a total of
,2S7 miles Of track, and with an az
gregate debt of about SCI, 100000, an
average of over 2S,000 per mile. In
Guided in this debt is the sum If about
Il, 100000 Of due anl unpaid State
aud local taxes, the best mode Of COL
Letting wlich is the question consiI.
cred by the Commilte, who have
been advised by the Attoruey-Gener-
al that 1t would not lee prudent to
precipitate 4 conflict with the Fed.
IA! Courts by attempting the seizure
and sale for delinquent taxes of the
railroads now in tie hands Of receiv-
crs, but that the proper course is to
make demand upon the receivers for
payment, and, this failing, to petition
The courts in the usual way for an or.
Ter of levy and sale.
, 1875-05-01
Il. B. WHITMAN
NAN srEEEr, v-ALIA wsLi-,,
Auction & Commission,
MERCHANT.

GENERAL BUSINESS AND DFIREINsURANc-F
agent Accounts and Notes Collected Loans N..,r-
1ents t DealeT II Zeal Estate City and C,0Trf,-
tIup-rty bought &nf sold; Deeds. Mort...s7es ,,S
u-eI @lr=rs orwI up The Public Ra~-sr,is Sf,rrbj
- eIlIets o. Title n City and Country Prourt
carefully prepared AZ reasonable rat F''
PruUp. attention ~ = t-,e.'e
, 1875-05-01

THE UNHAPPY EmLAGE.-Show me
two villages, one embowered in trees
and blazing with all the glories of
October, the other 4 merely trivial
and treelesS waste, or with only q
single tree or two, and | shall be sure
that in the latter will be found the
most starved and bigoted religioni>ts
and the most desperate thinkers,
Every wash tub and milk can and
grayestone will be exposed. The IN
habitants will disappear abruptly be.
hind their barns and houses. like des-
crt Arabs amid the rocks, and | shall
look TO see spears in their hands.
They will be ready to accept the
most barren and forIorn doctrine-
as that the world is speedily coming
to an end, or has already got 10 it, or
ihat they themselves are turned
wrong side outward. They will per
Laps crack their dry joints at one an,
other, and call 1t q spiritual ccmmu-
nlcatiOn.-IHorcau.
, 1875-05-01
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

DUKSUANT TO 4 DECREE oF FORECLOSURE
L and pDcr Ut sale, made by the District Court q:
tie First judicial District If Washing Territory,
lulling terms at WallI Walla City, III and !ur the
COUNTIES at N.lllu WAlla and Whitman, certain
acton therein pending. wlIrr in y b. DUTUn WIS
Plaintiff, aul GHAEITs Adds Wds Defendant, luiS-
ment MAS rendered IN said action tie 18th day 81
November 4 D. 1874, III favor Of sail PanlIif, and
against stIl Defendant, for the ~ IETce hou-
ssul FIVE Hrnirt! aud Ninety-uue Dollars $jyl -
and Fourteen Cents gold CON- with interest thereon
the of two per cent. Pc month untl paid and
&l79 90 gold CON attorney ices, with costs o. tins
action.
Now therefor" by virtue Of Sii decree, certified
copy Of winch his been duly issued out O1 AMI uuder
the seal of said Court, AMI TO me delivered. vii,
On Saturday. the 2fth day CO april,
\. D. 1873. at tie Clrt House door, IN the City and
County oi Malt Waila, W. T.. at tie l.our OF two
O'Clock T. NJ sell 70 the highest and hest hTlder, Tor
gold coin, the mOTtgIget premises IN sail GcyTle
mentioned an described as follows 70 Wit HE
undivided one halt OF tie south t,fCt the southeast
quarter ;Inl the southeast quarter ana west halt of
tie southwest quarter of Sert.OH Number Eleven,
H. Also tie north half OF the northeast quarter,
and the th,s,~t guIrter OF the northwest quarter
uf Section Numlt. Fourteen, 4, in Township Num-
her F.cvGn IL Moth Of Range NUmlgT Forty lu.
Ei>t Of the willamette MeTHan, situate, living and
I-,inr in the CoUn OF Walla Walla, AMI Ter ItOry
AND TWENTY ACRES, on 81 much thcrcu, as
viii hc TercSSuy 10 satisfy sad judgment, with
interest, attorneys to,S, :ul all costs.
Given uLdcr Iny hand, this llth dry Of March,
\. -. IS75. GED. =. THOMAS,
Sheriff Of NIlla EalIt County.
Z. l. SHAGPSrLIE,
\ ttUIIty itr IiuiUt.f. l. Is
, 1875-05-01

y kentucky paper thinks that oountrv
winch Is eaten out by grasshoppers in the
-immer and where the whisky freezes solil
"a the winter, nigh, be simultaneously lrfr
.or the exclusive occupation of the nobla I'd
man and the cunning little prairio dog.
, 1875-05-01

me ghost of Noah Webster came to a
slirituSI medium in Alabama, not long
since ana wrote on a slip of paper: 1T Is tite
'iuies' Noah was right, but We are sorry to
7ee ne has gone back on his dictionary.
, 1875-05-01

An excellent cure for dyspepsia is this
give hungry dog piece OF meat, and chas,
hIm I'LL he drops II.
, 1875-05-01
BcIIfo under, Chief,

Also. BELLFOUNDER CHIEF. four years Old
will stant four days Of each week -NfoE,!fys. TU.-
day. Fridays and SaturtayS-at the Live, stable of
MessTs. PUTNAM " JUBER, IN Walla Walla an,.
three days at Mack's Ran,Le, uu Dry Creek
BELIFOJNDEE CHIEF is tie les: son Of Abe
veteran He!itoUn!er; lES dam an excellent road mare
Of Oregon - George stock He Is untrs,inel Ilut
shows r.inrk k.Io.e trottu action weighs lIUU lIr,
i about 10 hanis high; Of dark rosewood Iav col
or. and fer symmetry Of fOIm cannot lie exceliezl
IIliAis The Season, S25 payable in cash or crlin
delrere! at the market price Mare, proved not IN
i0tl VIII lie bred next season free Sf claEe II the
Horses are sold, the money VIII be refunded
- Pasture and good care wall le furnished AZ
the EanciIe hut accidents escapes OF mares must
j., 81 their owners rl>k- Mares De bred at the
Rancho viii he taken fiom toaR free ot elarre.
Apply To Capt. J. + PU-rs AZ, NaI.. Wallr: on "a
FRED BI-LNOIJ,, On the ISsI.cl.e.
lt.-zA q II II ArE
, 1875-05-01

Take care ofyour health, and wife; they
are two better halves thA, make nan Of
You.
, 1875-05-01
North : Western Stage Co.
sAaaA55E sAa:A5e e EAT H=S92SA
-s+---E- s@s9-ss.si
Reduction in Fare 10 fie East.
LOCAL RkIios OF FARE:

through TICKETS TO OHaH,, Chicago. K,Ns,s CRY.
>NINT Lotus, PiiLApELPHIA, NlNy YuEK, Rosrnx
NNSiiIN"T-S, and all points RIO EoIzE Cry and
hELroS, tie clr@t Overland BUG;s East, We now
otter al greatly Irc-l IateS over the line Of tl,
NoltA-N Western stage Company.
NeT "Ls.rle~ -ooi stok, skilled drivers. ana relj
able QeTicrI,Iaz Of SeTviay or time are special f
tures Of tie Company.
CgEICE ~ TFfF
>tifie itotci. Halla NaIIa, w l.
". II. MORRIS, J. VI. GaJlusy
General SGrer:rter lent. An.
B0iSe City. / + Z-tf
, 1875-05-01
On Saturday, the eth day Cc april,
Sheriff S Sale of Real Estate.

+. I. SHAGPSTLIN,
\ tturty i,I IiaiIt.f
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-10-20
PROSPECTUS
THE BAPTIST REFLECTOR.

KEY. y. 4. POPE, EDITOR.
Rev T. b. Kimbrough, ID. d., Rev. j. II.
B. Mays, DID,, Rev. ]. n. i. Burn
EFT, DID, Corresponding Editors.
We have ordered an entire new outfit
of printing materials, have secured a
most excellent printer, and propose to is
sue theffrst number of The BAPTIST RE-
FLECTOR about the middle of Novem-
Der next. The Publishers are prepared
to run the Paper one year without a dol
lars assistance. WeTle not believe that
the Baptists of East Tennessee will let
an organ, devoted to their interests, fail
for want of patronage. We do not pro-
pose to publish Paper for National cir
eulatiOn, but suited to thepeculiaF wants
of East Tennessee Baptists. AS our
name Indicates, we expect to Reflect
purely Bible Baptist sentiments, without
milk and cider" We have the endorse
ment of the General Association and the
leading Baptists of our. section of the
State. No man shat t0sesq' SlolSCy1s 6g st5-
scrS5tRg We do not wish you to send
the money until you get few BUMPERS
of the Paper. Send us all tire names you
can, and after the Paper starts, then
send us the money.
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ed on first quality of paper, with new
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Send in your advertisements early, so
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sOciation will be published, commencing
with the first issue gEyrF~rr
Address - The BAPTIST REFLECToR,
MorristOwn, Tenn.
o. c. Pope s CO.. Proprieters
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-10-20
From st. Clair
Educational Notes-Basiness = The
Acadenlu.
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~A(ANeN~ffNJ@
ST.. CLAIR, Tenn, Oct. Is, 1875.
Mr.. Editor:-As we constitute a part
of Hawkins county, and as you wish to
hear from al parts of the same, we think
it not amiss to give you few items
from our village We are glad Of The
new feature of the GAZETTE; that Isl,
that it has a special department devoted
to the interests of Hawkins county. We
are pleased to see you arousing the peo-
pie to the Importance of their education
al interests. We think this subject
above all Others needs sagitating the
most So we hope to hear from you
again on thls point
Business is now looking up-it has re-
.eeiyedsaf1 impetusson account of the in
creased demand for butter and eggs and
as consequence the faces of the mer-
chants which have hitherto been pretty
long, are now beginning to shorten
somewhat.
Messrs Hyatt s. Carroll win soon be
gin the erection of a new store house =,
The Academyis in quite 'flourishfng
condition-it is coming fully up to the
expectations of its most sanguine friends.
The Principal expects to have hundred
or more enrolled before tire session el0-
SEES. Washington, Knox, Jefferson,
Hamblen, Hancock, also Scott co. Va,
have Representatives here. We have
had lately several visits from Jack Frost
More by and by. x,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-10-20

eY Hawkins county has three mar
bic quarries in active operation. One
belonging to Mr. John Hasson, five
miles Northwest of RogersvilIe, from
which large quantities of marble are
hauled to the depot here, and shipped to
New York and other Eastern cities.
There are twenty blocks on the platform
at the RegersviIle Depot now waiting
shipment, some Of them very heavy,
weighing from eight to ten thousand
pounds. There are two quarries near
Mooresburg. on The river, one of them
belonging to Mr. Wright, and the other
to John G. Stewart. Wright's quarry
has been worked for near twenty years.
and Is doing q fine business. Stewart
is also doing very well. The marble
from these two latter quarries is hauled
to Whitesburg for shipment. The quarry
Northeast Of the town, formerly worked
by Stewart Is now 'idle-though as fine
a quality of marble can be gotten from
it as from either of the others. 4
There are two Cotton and Wooden
in the county One on the
North Fork, belonging to Mr.. Jordan,
run by water, and one near St. Clair,
to kirkpatrick, run by steam
power. We think they are both in a
fiourishing condition and making money.
We have two steam saw mills. One
Of them over in Poor Valley, idle; the
other belonging to the Messrs Brooks
and Gamble, is at present on Clouds
Creek, in Choptack, and is working
away busily, cutting thousands of feet
of poplar, pine, walnut, cherry, locust,
oak and other kinds of timber.