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Year: 1874




How often do we hear the remark


when relating any strange incident,


"Ah that is felton, when in truth,


if the heart,secrets Of the world were
laid bare, there would be tales and ad.
ventures quite as romantic and start


ling as ever adorned the pages of Scott,


Bulwer, or Cooper; and the old adage,


Truth is stronger than felton," com


pletely verified But such is not the


case. Pride keeps down many sigh,


and lips smile while the the heart


moans in anguish, and the body wastes


away, and death closes the drama.


Died Of a lingering disease is the


verdictof the world, whilst mercenary


parents, or the fickleness Of human


nature, is more often the real cause.


Sometimes, however, the victim has


his pride aroused, and determines to
rise above his troubles, and doing SO,
goes manfully out into the world bat
ling with a brave heart, and such
trust in Providence as is sure to bring
reward; if not such happiness as he
once wished, at least consciousness of
having discharged his duty, bringing
peace and contentment on earth, and
a hope Of frest hereafter which shall be
eternal.


Such a character was the hero of
this incident. AS some of the parties
are still living, fictitious names and
places win be used, but the tale is DER
true, having been told to the writer
by a friend Of the hero. 1t will now
be necessary to take our readers back
some forty or fifty years.


On a warm spring day ymight be seen
small sailing vessel bound for town on
the coast of one Of the Southern States,
which we will call Alton. It glided |
slowly along as scarcely ripple could
be seen on the waters, while lounging
under an awning were two men en-
gagged in conversation. They were al
most antipodal in appearance, and had
evidently moved in different circles of
society, though to an observer would
have appeared as mutual friends. One
of them was a rough old sailor, in his
coarse weather-beaten garb, with un-
kempt hair, presenting striking con-
trast to the fair, curly hair and grace
full form of the young man who sat by
his side, who could not have been more
than twenty years of age. He had a
sad look which spoke of trouble of
some kind, and this proved to have
been the cord which drew the two men
as soldiers are proverbially
kind-hearted sympathetic beings. The |
old sailor seeing the young passenger |
musing alone 50 much, took a fancy to
him, and on the present occasion drew
his history out. His name was Van
lear, and a foreigner by birth. He
was left au orphan at a tender age;
any near relations he had /
to eudear. him to his native
land, and like many thousands came
to our goodly land to seek a fortune,
or living. He was an accomplished
and hoped by his profession
to add something to his exhausted
means, but his youthful handsome face
really had prevented his obtaining
rupils, though he was not vain enough
.r 'pect the cause.


5 .er a weary search for employ
nent in all the Eastern cities, and ex-
hausting all his funds, he was forced to
embark on this small sailing vessel to
ook for business elsewhere. The
'ailor advised him to stop at Alton,
hen a fiOurishing village principally
ettIed up by wealthy and aristOcratic
Year: 1874

In digging tree, always turn the
side of the spade toward the stem Of
the tree, and lift out the earth care.
fully, and the small rootlets will thus
be lOOsened and preserved uniIjured.
Year: 1874

The following story, which is
given as u fact, can hardly be sur.
passed even by the imaginary stu.
by the name of Macarthur was eros
sing the railroad track IN the night
time, when his foot caught fest ia
q "irag," and HIS cffortsao extracts
it we're of no avail. His boot fitted
80 c.oscIy that he could not draw
lis foot out, and at length he could
hardly move his leg from pain.
He found that he must either bs
run over by The next train or make
known his situation. He shouted
himself hoarse, but no one came.
After having been prisoner for up
ward OF an hour he heard Tho
whistle. lie had a matchbox in
his pocket, papers in his bundle,
and The idea came TO him to signal
the train. Tearing the papers oil
his bundle, and getting at some
liters, he rolled them into n heap.
and for fear the flames would die
out too suddenly he added his
clothes. The bundle was then
made fast to The end Of his walking
stick, and he waited until tho
headlight of tho locomotive should
appear. 1t finally greeted his
vision and he struck his match, but
q gust Of wind blew 1t out. An
other match was struck, and in an
instant he waved his signal back
and forth, and just when he thought
death was certain he heard the
whistle for brakes. lie WAS saved


but tho engine had only thirty feet
more to 20 to crush him.
Year: 1874

Live tor something! Yes, and
for something worthy OF life and
its capabilities and opportunities
for noble deeds and achievements.
Every man and every woman has
his or her assignment IN the duties
and responsibilities of daily life.
We are in the world TO make tho
world better; to lit it up 10 higher
levels of enjoyment and progress,
to make its hearts and homes
brighter and happier by devoting
to our fellows our best thoughts,
activities and Influences 1t is tho
tcotto of every noble life, that "no
man liveth TO himself Lives
chiefly for his owl elfish good. 1t
is q Inv of our intellectual and
moral boing that We promote our
own happiness in the exact proper
ton We contribute to the comfort
and enjoyment of others. Nothing
worthy of the name OF happiness
4 is possible in the experience OF
those who Iive.only for themselves,
all oblivious OF tho welfare OF their
fellows. aii~iei
Year: 1874

/ Tue buffalo is, by nature ter
rlble enemy TO the tiger, which 1t
often masters. When Buffalo Is
surprised by tiger, others hurry
to his assistance and put the tiger
to fight. We read that o bnila 10
herdsman once ran to the assistance
OF man who was attacked by a
tiger, whercupoh the tiger left us
first booty and fell upon the herds
man. No sooner did the herd see
their leader in danger than they
rushed upon the tiger and threw
him INTO the air with their horns


The princes Of India take advan'
tagc Of the enmity betwccna these
anIIna!s, making them fight Tor then
amusemcnt. A l.
Year: 1874

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essays,
thus portrays the glory Of the farmer


The glory of the farmer is that, in all
the division Of labor, it is his part to ere
ate. All the trades rest at last on his
primitive authority. He stands close to
nature, he obtains from the earth the
bread and meat. The food which was
not he causes to be. The first farmer
was the first man, and all historic nobili
ty rest on the possession and use of land


Men do not like hard work, but every
man has an exceptional respect for till.
age, and the feeling that this is the origi-
nal calling of his race, that he himself is
only excused from it by some circum-
stances which made him delegate it for a
time to other hands. If he had not some
skill which recommended him To the
farmer, some product for which the farm.
er will give his corn, he must himself re-
turn into his due place among the plan.
ters And the profession has in all eyes
this ancient charm as standing nearest to
God the first cause. The beauty Of na
ture, the tranquility and innocence Of the
countrymen, his independence and his
pleasing art--thc cares Of bees, of poul
try, Of sheep, Of cows, the dairy, the care
of hay, of fruits, of orchards and forests
and tho reaction of these on the work.
man in giving him strength and plain dig
nifty, like the face and manners oi nature,
all men acknowledge. All men keep the
farm in reserve as an asylum where, in
case Of mischancc to hide the property,
or q solitude, if they do not succeed in
society. And who knows how many
glances of remorsc are turned this way
from the bankrupts of trade from the
victims Of idlencss and pleasure Pois.
oned by town vices, the sufferer resolves
"Well, my children, whom / have in
jured, shall go back to the land, to be
recruited and cured by that which should
have been my nursery, and now shall be
their hospital.
Year: 1874

Senator Throwcr presented apetition
from the democratic and conservative
voters OF Phillips county, protesting
against making the collector of taxes OF
that county q separate Office before me
next general election. They protested
because it would be an act of injustice to
Year: 1874

Eg- Jones presented his wife on her
last birthday with beautiful silver SER
vice. She was very thankful, but said
one piece in the set was wanting. for the
proverb says: Zone good turn deserves
another.
Year: 1874

ET A few days ago very handsome
lady entered dry.goods house and in
quired for a" beau The polite clerk
threw himself back and remarked that he
was at her service Yes, but want a
buff, not green Que, was the reply.
The young man went on measuring
goods Immediately.
Year: 1874

Il conversed," says a writer,
with a racist to-day. He told
me how he won q race in New


Haven. For four weeks he mixed


soft rubber with the horses oats.


and every day he hitched that


horse to a post and opened a


blue cotton umbrella in his face.


making him pull back, stretching e


his neck awfully. Then he'd
shut his umbrella, the horse
would stop pulling and his neck
would resume its original length.
He got the horses neck very
elastic, and on the day of ithe
race, as his horse and the other
horses were on the home stretch,
side by side, just at the finish,
the driver struck this mans horse
a blow behind his cars, and his
neck shot out almost rod, VIM
ming the race by a neck. 1t is
said to be the biggest home-
stretch on record. l believe the
story to be true, because the man
is the only son of a deacon ?"
Year: 1874

The precious lad who invented
the following conundrnm has had
ice on his head for some days,
and it is thought he will recover
if kept quiet week or so.


"Why is an elephant unlike a
tree /?


Because a tree leaves in the
spring. and the elephant leaves
when the menagerie does.'
Year: 1874

The Union City Herald has
prefixed ''Troy &" to its head,
but retains its rare personality,
as witness the following extract
from the leading editorial The
structure Of a tumble bug is an
object for the study of the most
profound philosopher and meta
physical thinker. It moves and
has its being Independent Of all
other bugs in the creation of AMI
mails. 1t lives out its day unless
some fool kills it, and none on
earth yet have seen this large
family fighting aud contending
over bills of civil rights. Who-
ever heard of one of those tum.
BILE bugs with the big head" !" i
Year: 1874

man and ex-dov. Dennison were especially active In
urging the removal Of Dickerson and the OF
HURT although there s nothing 10 indicate that either
Of the latter gentlemen aware of tho schemcs
which wero to be furtherod BY the change
Year: 1874




"Sir" replied the waiter.


Waiter, l am man of few words,
and don't like to be continually ring.
ing the bell and disturbing the house
I'd thank you to pay attention to what
1 say, and to remember that although
there are three ways of doing things, ]
only like one way in those who have
subordinate stations and minds. In
the first place, bring me q glass OF
brandy and (cold), water little sugar,
and also teaspoon; wipe down this
sweep down the hearth; bring me
in couple Of candles, pen, ink, and
paper, some waters and little sealing
wax tell the hostler to take care of my
horse, dress him well, stop his feet and
let me know when he is ready to feed ;
order the chambermaid to prepare me
a good bed, take care that the sheets
are well aired, and glass of water in
the room send the boots with q pair of
slippers that can walk to the stable
in tell him l must have my boots
cleaned and brought into the room to-
night, and that l shall want to be called
at 8 o. clock in the morning ask your
mistress what can have for supper ;
tell her should like roast duck, or
something of that sort desire your
master to step in, want to ask him q
few questions send me the directory ;
change this s. worth of stamps into
bills, none of them worn; when does
the mail arrive with the letters, and
what time before midnight does the
mail leave ?-just tell me what time it
is by the clock on the landing, and
leave the room" This portrait is from
life.
Year: 1874

II is hardly possible to measure the intu-
ence exerted upon people by its pictures.
They go hand in hand with its civilization.
Born Of the same inspiration which gives US
music and poetry, it is higher in its ssthetic
culture, just as it is more complex, subtle
and refined in its modes Of expression. In
the tripartite series, music comes first,
poetry next, and painting last Of all 1t is
the crowning glory of the worlds highest
culture. Sculpture is but the same idea of
beauty expressed in marble The rude
drawing of the primevsl man on the frag-
ments Of bones at Dordogne, and the besuti-
full creations Of Raphael or Leonardo da
Vineci are but mile-stones along the great
highway Of art. One is as much the express
sion of the art-culture of the age as the
other The love Of pictures and the power
of apprecisting them are in direct ratio
with the progress Of a people in Intelligence
and refinement.
Year: 1874

Show us the young man who can qmt
the society of the young and take pleas,
nre in listening to the kindly voice OF
age; show us man who is ever ready
to pity and help the deformed; show
us man who covers the faults of others
with a mantle of charity show us
man who bows as politely and gives the
street rs freely to the poor sewing-glrl
as the millionaire who values virtue,
not clothes who shuns the company
of such as gather at public places to
gaze ct the fair sex, or make unkind
remarks of the passing girl; show us a
man who abhors hbertine who scorns
the ridicule of his mothers sex, and the
exposure of womanly reputation; show
MS a man who never forgets for an IN
slant the delicacy due woman, as a
woman, in any condition or class-and
you show us true gentleman
Year: 1874

THE operator is just about TO withdraw


the cloth. His back is toward you. The


index finger of his unoccupied hand
mutely marks the place for your eye.


Every nerve In your body is braced for
the ordeal. The cloth is drawn, and the
nOiseless and unseen fingers Of the pre-
pared plate are picking up your features
one by one and transferring them TO its
mysterious m surface. What an influence is
this you are under and which you cannot
explain, which weakens every nerve and
unloosens every cord and muscle, and
sets free upon and over you myriad of
sensations you never knew before. The
eye of the camera glares upon you like
the eye of an offended and threatening
power. Prickling sensations are felt in
under your scalp, and heat evolved
within with amazing rapidity fushes to
the surface of your body and leaves it
pierced with a thousand pains. You
stare at the mark with an intensity that,
threatens To obliterate your sight.
Heavens! how slowly the time drags.
Your eyes grow weaker and weaker, fill
ing with water as they die out. You know
that they are closing but you cannot help
yourself. VIII he never put back that
cloth? A thousand reflections upon
your appearance, on the sounds in the
Streets, ON things irreverent and disas-
trous to your composure, food your mind
and take such hold upon you that you
cannot shake them Off And yet no move
to restore that cloth. He stands like a
statue cut from flint. And you-quiver-
ing from the sole of the foot to the crown
of the head, with eyes blinded with tears,
with perspiration oozing from every pore,
and every muscle strained until it seems
ready to snap and let you down upon the
foosIa mass of disigured and palpitatiugs
The opporsdnf5swifch 1e controlled to
reproduce you IN perfection is gone. 1t
matters not now how it looks, only that
you get away and be at rest. You grow
hysteric in your despair. 1t settles down
upon you like a cloud COMPRISING your
throat within its grasp until your breath
surges back on to your lungs as if it would
rend them. A weight is pressing upon
you. You struggle to wrench yourself
free from the dreadful oppression, and
yet not a muscle of your body is in mo.
ton. What dreadful thing is thisY You
must shrek; you-the cloth is up-the
thirty seconds have expired, and you are
photographed.-DG16ury Neos.
Year: 1874

volcanic eruptions. Then wide alarm


spread, and the people in the afflicted


region say "they are going 10 leave If it


is not stopped" There seems to be no
doubt Of the fact that the mountain is in


terrible throes; there Is rumbling noise


and an occasional quaking of the earth.


There are also positive Indications that


the mountain Is on fire. One paper states


that the subterranean thunder has been


distinctly heard at Marion and Old Fort,


twenty miles distant, and the general i'm


preston seems 10 be that Bald Mountain


Is going 10 develop into live, flaming


volcano. These disturbances have been


going ON for two months, and occur every
day, and the people in the cottages, ham,
lets and villages Of the vicinity are in
very unsettled state They boldly talk of
emigrating if the authorities do not inter-
fere in their behalf Their homes are not
pleasant and the distempered mountain is
voted worse than any Ku-Klux they have
ever had among them. But some good
has been accomplished by these convul-
sions OF nature. They have started
prayer meetings and are leading revival,
which has been going on for several days
at the foot of Bald Mountain. Preachers
had always failed to make much impress
siOu upOH IlOSc udGuy hOuubttlH mCu
They have now been converted without
any such spiritual medium. They have
gone into solemn worship of their own
free will and accord, and Bald Mountain
talks TO them in undertones. The noun
tain is also moving in the temperance
cause. An old blockade whisky distiller
has come down from his fastness of
Chimney Rock, where he has been max
ing whisky in defiance of the revenue
officers for several years. He acknowl-
edges the "corn, }" and asks the good peo-
pie to pray for him. He has abandoned
his Illicit trade and traffic until he can
find some safer place. Bald Mountain
has things all its own way now, and if it
comes out a firstclass volcano, with
earthquake accompaniment, it may do
deal of good in its section Of the country.
st Louis Republican, March 25.


1t is stated that financially the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College does not
pay its way. From the State fund of
$233, 333.33 there is an annual income of
$4,000, and the receipts for tuition and
room rent increase the income to $25, 600
per annum. Over against this there is
set an annual expenditure of $4,000,
leaving deficit of $1,000 to be made
good by further endowment, by contribu-
tions from private citizens, or by special
appropriation by the Legislature. OF
234 young men who have been connected
with it since its establishment about
seventy are known to be engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, and nearly all are at
work in some industrial occupation.
Next to farming, civil engineering is
favorite pursuit with the graduates.
Year: 1874




Third Officer Brady is in fair way to
become famous. He will be remembered
as one of the brave men who literally de-
fed death at the wreck of the Atlantic on
the Nova Scotia coast last year. After
the vessel struck he swan ashore with a
line and fastened it to a rock, by which
means many persons were saved, and his
heroism was the subject of praise through
out the country.


On the 27th of last month he was on
board the Pennsylvania, en- route for this
country, to assume an important position
in the office of his company, At mid
night tremendous sea swept over the
vessel, washing away the forward house
and portion of the forward wheel, and
carrying overheard Capt. Bradburn, Mr..
| Sweetland, first officer, Mr.. Ross, second
officer, and two seamen, all of whom were
lost. Brady was at the time assisting the
carpenter in lashing down the matches OF
the after cOmpanionway, and he had sent
man on deck to ask the Captain of the
vessel If the hatches below could not be
transferred above. The messenger re.
turned saying that he could not find him.
| Brady went up alone, and in moment
the situation flashed upon him. The deck
was swept and no one was left but the
men at the wheel, and they knew nothing
of the loss of the officers. Then he went
below, consulted with the chief engineer
and purser; saw also the third mate
Charles Rivers, who was walking up and
down not knowing what to do. The third
mate said he could find no men to go on
deck.


Brady was then asked to take command
and he went above. He ordered the hatch
ka Al. :. 4
and put on the main deck. No seamen
were present to execute the order all hav
ing slowed themselves away. The stew
ard, quartermaster and carpenter came
forward, and with their assistance the
matches were covered and the vessel saved
from total wreck. BY the request of the
passengers Brady then took charge of the
wheel and ordered the speed TO be re
duced; and in good season the steamer
with her passengers, was safely brough'
into port.
Year: 1874

TIE son OF him with whom we strove for power
Whose will Is lord thro' all his world -domain---
Who made the serf man, and burst his chain
Has given our Prince his own Imperial Flower,


AlexandroWna
Year: 1874

In another column we publish
letter coming through the mail to
us from young man lately senten.
ced to the States Prison. All the
destinations of crime have passed
and the sad reality of merited pun
ishment is before him, and all that
he has to comfort him in his sad af.
fiction is the fact that the parents
who watched over and cared fo1
him in his innocent helpless infancy,
do not know of his disgrace. He
looks back on his short experience
in crime and finds the only safety
is to keep out Of the way of temp
tation. More than this he has
learned not to rely wholly on his
own good resolutions, out trusting
to the grace of God he resolves to
lead a different life. We hope
that he may be able to keep all his
good resolutions.