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Year: 1874

THE GREATEST TRIUMPHs OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
ART are achieved In the beautiful pictures now
being made at the LEE GALLERY, No. 92O Man
street. 1t is universally conceded that this is fac
and scarcely day passes without the renewed e1-
preston Of admiration by some true lover OF art
Mr. DAVIES Is determined TO be at the head Of his
profession He spares neither pains nor expense
and brings cultivated taste to the execution Of
beautiful work, and his prices are in accordance
with the times.
Year: 1874

to the coming fall trade, offer from
this da,e their entire stock Of spring and sum-
mer clothing, embracing many goods suitable for
fsllwear, at cost. Boys clothing and broken lines
OF mems clothing and furnishing goods they otfer
without reference to cost. Such an opportunity to


purchase clothing at low prices Is seldom present


cd Give them call, and buy fine goods at less than
usual prices OF common goods. Terms strictly
Year: 1874

What shall Tsay to you to night,


On, friend, whose face ! cannot see,
Save as keep it in the light p


Of ''this lone lamp Of memory 2
What little, timid, treaabling word,


Whose meaning sweet is still so new
Shall intrust to breeze or bird


To bear across the night to you
I catch from out the shadowy grass


A sound of something glad and free,
And, turning, think to see you pass


Along the way that winds TO me.
And, radiant, l reach my hand


To find the fairness of your own
But, ali ! for silence hath the land


That holds me in its heart alone.
Alone, alone ! Yet not alone.


Since evermore one walks with me
Whose closely -curtained, quiet throne
Henceforth within my life shall be.
| may not reach the reaching hand
may not hear the pulses true
And yet along the happy lano


walk for aye, uy love, with you.
And so the young bird Ger my head,
Dreaming, within her downy nest,
Of sweetness as yet unshed


Upon her little patient breast,
Knows not so dear dream as ],


That lean, with violet-scented hair
And languid lips, that smile and stgh'
Tward the lone lattice where you are.
And so I softly say tonight:


Oh, friend, whose face cannot see,
Save as l watch it ''by the light


Of this lone lamp of memory
Say Ger and DER each tender word


Born of my love so sweetly new,
Trusting some blessed breeze or bird
To bear them through the night TO


YOU. ..
Year: 1874




RAILROAD CnAIGEs.--The new rail
road law adopted at the last session OF
the West Virginia Legislature, contain
ed the following section


1t shall not be lawful for any railroad
corporation or their agent or agents, ut
any depot in this state, to charge or re-
ceve any fee or commission other Than
the regular transportation fees herein
prescribed, for mantestiug, receiving,
handling, shipping or delivering any
goods, merchandise and all other kinds
of property for transportation on such
railroad: except for tho storage OF arii-
cles in any depot or warehouse of the
company which remain in said depot or
warehouse, after the lapse of twenty
four hours from the time the conslgnee
is notified by the agent or other en-.
ployce of the company of their arrival.
\ charge may also be made for such
longer time as they may so remain, not
exceeding the ordinary warehouse rates
charged in the town in which or near
which the depot or warehouse is sltuat-
ed.


This act will take effect AMI be IL
force from the lst day OF April, 1874.
Year: 1874

The Washington correspondent Of
the Pittsburg Leader says that an old
friend Of Caleb Gushing, who accom-
panied him when he went as commits
sioner TO China, tells of funny accl-
dent that happened to Caleb, who actu-
ated by the same impulse that led Mark
Twain to try and impress the shah,
bought himself coat ali studded over
with spread eagle magnihcence. This
coat cost the modest sum of ~, 800.
In crossing the isthmus this beloved
coat was stolen by some means, and the
commissioner to China was deprived OF
one Of his most influential auxiliaries
of success with the heather. He made
a great ado about it at the time, but on
ly succeeding in frightening misera-
bic little alcalde 10 death, who was 80
weighed down with terror and the res
possibility of looking up the great
mans coat that he was driven into an
early decline. The coat, despoiled Of
its ornaments, very likely was after
wards the dress coat of some isthmus
vermin. Mr. Gushing, like poor Jo-
geph, was robbed of his coat Of many
colors and never saw it again. II is
but another tribute to his great ability
to say that he succeeded in negotiating
a treaty with China, as desired by our
government, without the aid Of THE
magnificent ornament,
Year: 1874

Old members of the house begin 70
predict short session. The ground
for this prediction in the fact that there
Ia no surplus in the treasury to be leg.
islated away. At best, four-hfths OF nil
the bills introduced look TO the expen-
diture of public money, directly or IN
directly; but as there is no money to
spend beyond what is absolutely necee-
sary to meet the requirements OF the
regular appropriation bills, it follows
that all this mass Of Legislative, pro
positions will have to go over until next
session without definite notion. The
folly of spending time upon measures
which cannot be passed, however merl-
torious they may be, for want of money
to pay the demands they make upon
the treasury, begins TO be apparent.
Beside the empty treasury, there is an
other circumstance that will help TO
shorten the session. All the members
of the house will have to go before
their constituents for reelection next
fall, and all are therefore interested IN
making as economical a showing an pos
sible Of the results of the sessions
work.
Year: 1874

A PRovoKING PRAYER Book - Mrs


Prime, when her only son Peter went into


the navy, in the hopes that there would be a


war with Cuba, received as parting gift, a


neat little music box which he had purchased
at Paillard's, in New York, for the sum Of


so. The box was great source of com
fort to that estimable lady, and she would
sit by the hour to hear it play its old-fash-
ioned tunes, such as Pop GOES the Weasel, -
DANDY Jim of Caroline" and Lucy Long"
by the very good old favorites very seldom


heard in these modern davs when style seems
to be Of more account than harmony. Mrs.


Prime priced the gift 50 highly that she gave
IT place on the centre table, with her de-
votioual books and, in fact, she had deyo-
ton for that music box in memory of the de-
parted son. Mrs. Prime WAS somewhat
near-sighted, and upon this hinged her awk-
ward mistake. Last Sabbath the good lady
made her preparations for church, and Just
as tne bells struck for the last time, she ran
into the parlor, snatehed up the prayer book
and almost ran to the church, having holy
horror of being late. She soon arrived at
her destination, and had hardly had time to
note precisely what the horrid Smiths were
wearing, although she was certain sure they
had on the same clothes they wop in the
summer, when the good pastor gave out the
lesson, for it was an Episcopal Church She
reached in front of her for the prayer book
and made an effort to open it, but being
near-sighted turned it over two or three
times when it finally flew open, and as the
pastor commenced on the second line some
thing within began to play Wait for the
Wagon" The good woman had brought
along the mgsic box instead Of the prayer
book ; horror of horrors the Smiths, who
sat directly in front Of her, perceived her
mistake Immediately and their snickering
called the attention of the congregation to
the poor old lady while she, covered with
shame, did not know precisely what to do.
The minister stopped in the midst of his les
son and all eyes were turned to the pew Of
Mrs. Prime, while the good woman thought
if the earth would open up and swallow her,
or that some one would halloo fire" she
would be satisfied Her fumbling at the
box only started on fresh tunes and all the
tunes represented in the box came out in
rapid succession. First there would be .'Ole
Dan Tucker, then would be heard the live
ly strains Of Pop goes the Weasel. " follow
ed by ''Dan1y jim" There was consterna-
ton in that church You may suppose. and
do what the good lady would she could not
stop the lively instrument. She sat on it,
pat it under her feet, turned it upside down,
but m 60, still came the tunes in rapid sue
cession Jim along Josey." Lucy Long
and Others. At last when Mrs. Prime
thought she should feel willing to die just
then and there, the sexton seeing the evil
dent mistake Of the good woman, took it
from her and passed it UP the aisle, the last
heard Of it being the parting strains Of
''lIome Sweet Home - Elisabeth Herald
Year: 1874

SWIMMING ~ TuE SALT LAAE-A cores
pondendent, who has bathel in the salt sea
Of America, writes There are no fish in the
great Salt Lake. The only living thing about
its waters is a worm, about quarter of an
inch long. This worms shows up beautiful
ly beneath the lens of 4 microscope When
a storm arises the worms are driven ashore
hv thousands, and devoured bv the black
gulls We found pure stream pouring in
10 the lake. 1t was filed with little chubs
and sinners. The fish became frightened,
and were driven down the brook into the
briny lake. The instant they touched its
waters they came to the surface belly up
ward, and died without a gasp. The water
Is remarkably buoyant Eggs and potatoes
float upon it like cork. Mr.. Rood and my
self stripped and went in swimming.
diyel into the lake from long pier. which
had been built for the use of a small steam
boat that formerly piled upon the waters
The sensation was novel. The water was 50
salty that my eyes and ears began to smart,
but 50 buoyant that found no difficulty in
floating even when the air was exhausted in
my lungs As | strnck ont for the beach
felt as light As feather. In spite OF all that
| could do my heels would flv out Of the
water | found 1t impossible To stand uron
the bottom. The lightness Of the water and
the surging Of the waves forced my feet from
under me. person who could not swim
might be easily drowned in five feet Of water.
His head would 60 down like lump oflead
while his feet would fly up like a pair of
ducks. The water is as clear as the water
of Seneca lake 50 clear that the bottom
could he seen at the depth of twenty feet.
When we reached the shore and crawled out
up on the sand, in the light of the sun, our
bodies were quickly coated with salt. We
were compelled to go to the little stream
from which we had driven the chuhs and
sinners, and wash off in fresh water before
we put on our clothes. Our hair was filed
with grains of salt which could not be wash
ed ont The Mormons occasionally visit the
lake in droyes for the purpose of bathing.
Many of them say that their health is i'm
proved by leaving the salt upon their bodies,
and dressing without wiping Themselves with
napkins
Year: 1874

was so Jolly about it and accommodating like
that they thought as one good turn deserves
another they would have conviyial cup of
coffee with her; which they did, and as the
rats hadn't eaten all the strychnine, she got
her money back and the coroner got job,
but it is not known what commission he
gave her.
Year: 1874

That 50 few people know beans.


That one can never find any one
in. y


That so many people want to be
President.


That money continues to make
the Mayors go.


That men of small caliber should
be such great borcs. =


That we should have panics in
the season of picnics.


That as a rule, the more a man
reads, the less he knows.


That there should be so many
rats about, and so few cats.


That there is noprocessb by which
you can make two and two five.
That there should be so much
thinking in the world and SO few
thoughts. !,


That men should be born free and
equal, and women neither equal nor
free.


That there Shouldn'tbe smoking
pews in church as well as sleeping
pews.


That there should be so many
more lunatics out Of the asyIums
than in them.


That husbandS-the honid crca-
turcs-will read the newspaper at
breakfast.


That people should drink to keep
themselves up, when it only keeps
them down.


That young girls will part their
hair on the side and the young men
in the middle.


That nearly every English auth
or should thinks he can come here,
and play the Dickens.


That among men, black should
be considered worse than white,
seeing that neither Of them is a col
or.


That little wretches should be
saying toyou every hour "Shine,
sir?" when you don't feel like shin
ing at all.
Year: 1874

One of our physicians asked an
old lady patient the other morning,
if she experienced any relief during
night. She said she did-'sfrst the
relief was in one shoulder, and then
in the other, and then 'peared in her
back; but she put a mustard plaster
between her shoulders, and the re-
lief left her, and now she felt bet
ter"
Year: 1874

The intellect of man sits. visibly
enthroned upon his forehead and
in his eye, and the heart Of man is
written upon hiscountenance. But
the soul reveals itself in the voice
only, as God revealed Himself to
the Prophet of old in the still small
voice, and in the voice from the
burning bush -LongeNOW.
Year: 1874

The countyncwspaper through
out the State seem to be generally
"making both'ends meet" though
it is safe to say that none of them
receives the full amount of patron
age it deserves Wheeling Register.
Year: 1874

Married people should treat each other
like lovers all their lives,then they would
be happy. Bickering and quarreliug
would soon break off love affairs conse.
quently, lovers indulge in such to only a
very limited extent. But some people
men and women both-when they have
once got married, think they may do just
as they please and it will make no differ
ence. They mako great mistake. II
causes all the difference in the world
Women should grow more devoted and
Gmep glpors fond after alpagl lag, If they
have the slightest idea Of being happy as
wives and husbands. It's losing sight Of
this Fundamental truth which leads to
hundreds of divorces. Yet many u man
will scold his wife who would never think
Of breathing harsh word to his sweet
heart; and many wife will be glum and
moroSe en- her husband S return who had
only smiles and words of cheer for him
when he was a suitor. How can such
people expect to be happy?
Year: 1874

The man who groans over his power
ty without taking a step towards bet
tcring his condition is justly regarded
AS II good-for nothing ounce. Had he
sense, the more desperate his fortunes
the more energetic would he lis at
tempts to improve them. What is true
Of individuals is equally true of class
cs Business may he dull Just now, but
the laws of demand and supply exist
just as they always have done. They
may be operating some what peculiarly
at present, but the long g-hcaded mer
chant or manufacturer will study how
they may be turned 10 his benefit, in.
stead of croaking about actual Difficult.
ties and imagining others worse tc
come.
Year: 1874




WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.--As was in
timated in these dispatches last night,
the President at the cabinet to-day
brought up the condition of affairs in
Louisiana. The President in speaking
of the subject alluded TO the measures
which he had taken to preserve the
peace of the State Gen. Sheridan re
ceived his order yesterday morning and
Immediately made his preparations and
left Chicago last night, with several
members of his staff, for New Orleans.
No additional troops have as yet been
ordered to Louisiana, and it is not very
probable that In any event it will bd
throught necessary to send any rein
forcements. The whole city of New
Orleans is in fact now completely al
the mercy of the gunboats which lie
off the levee, and whose guns could
make it understandable in few hours,
There have been some private
kilograms received from New Orleans
to day, but their contents were com
partively unimportant. The Prcsi
dent had no additional intelligence tc
communicate TO the cabinet, and does
not now seriously apprehend the
probability of any formidable out
break in view of the precautions which
he has taken. The presence OF Gen.
Sheridan is considered as likely to
have a most restraining influence on
the populacc. His merciless charac-
ter, his partizanship, and his deep
seated antipathy to the Southern peo-
pie are SO well-known at New Orleans
that the citizens realize perfectly that
nothing would give him greater de-
light than to shoot down like dogs
those who would attempt TO assert
their rights.
Year: 1874

The meeting Of the Board Of Trade
last evening, which will be found fully
reported in another column. was of an
important character.


The improvement OF the Christiana,
our harbor, cannot be too early effected
That it is necessary to the growing trade
of the city is admitted by all. But the
difficulty of making any permanent i'm
provement is greater than many sup
pose; and much more costly also. That
these difficulties will be overcome in
time there is no doubt. As the COM
merce of the city advances they will all
disappear. 1t cannot be very many
years before the city will begin again to
advance toward the Delaware, and the
nearer our wharvcs and shipping inter-
ests approaches that noble stream, the
less difficulty, of course, will we find in
the navigation of the Christiana.


As was stated in the remarks of Sena-
tor Bayard at the Board of Trade meet
ing, We have no plan for the permanent
improvement of the Christiana, and we
are unable to fix upon any plan that can
be carried out with our limited means,
OF with the assistance we are war;
ranted in anticipating from Congress.
We could, however, accommodate four
times the trade We do. aid it is gratify-
ly advancing. During last year, it IS
sta TED on good authority. 2358 vessels
ntered and cleared our poit This is
many more than most persons supposed,
ana certainly considering the depressed
condition. OF the trade OF the whole
country, very considerable increase.


The remarks of the gentlemen cen
nected with the Board OF Trade evinced
business energy and determination to
press forward the matter under consid-
eration as fast as possible


The Board also looks to ehectinz a
change in the present usury law of the
State; and its members hope to impress
fa7orably the legislature with the rep, al
Of the present law so far as it makes the
penalty for Esury the forfeiture uf the
principal and interest Of loan where
more than the legal rate OF six per cent
has been charged and max ing the forfeit
ure Of the interest only the penalty. Tc
show the difficulty Of securing money ir
this Sratc. hir. J. l. Heald remarkt d
lat if c man bad SlO0. 900 Of unincun
ber,d property be could not get q loar
Of 1000 on it under cur -Ilstiny laws
MIR. Heald has extensive dealings in th
direction and this may be true. Few
will loan at six per cent. on mortgage s,
long as they can get larger interest o,
government geld bearing bonds. I'll.
Ct ,at misfortune is that the government
continues to compete with every poo
man who wants loan. however small.
Year: 1874

A financial reform league has been
formed in Philadelphia. 1t favors a
withdrawal of all the national and state
banking currency, and a substitution
in lieu thereof Of a paper money issued
by the government, interchangeable
with interest bearing recoverable
bonds, and is to be a full legal tender
for all debts public and private Ar
address to the people on the subjccr
was a adoDted
Year: 1874

TnE MEETING OF the editors forming
ths Peninsular Association will be held
this afternoon at o clock in the Board
OF Trade Room. Masonic Temple We
bid them hearty welcome, and hope
they will find our city. although quiet, @
pleasant place in which to transact then
hs1sfueaa
Year: 1874

REASON FOR THE PosTPoNEAfENT-THE CREWS


ONCE MORE READY


ST. JOHNS, N. B., Sept. &c.
At seven, this morning, the water was in good
condition for rowing and the fog had lifted.
Morris won the toss for position and took the
inside


Some question arose as to the position of the
turning buoys which caused delay till $50,
when a breeze came up and the referee decided
that the water WAS too rough.
Tile oarsmen were all ready at noon and the
race will be started as soon as the referees de-
eide that the water is smooth enough.
Year: 1874

THE GAME THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ys. COLI


LINs.


The match game of base ball which will take
place at schutzen Park this afternoon between
the Quicksteps, and the Collins Club of PhiIadel-
phia will doubtless be the most interesting of
the season hero. Hacks will be run to and
from the Park during the day.
Year: 1874

Man is q creature of interest and
ambition. His nature leads him forth
into the struggle and hustle Of the
world Lovo is but tho embellish-
ment Of his early life, or song piped
in the intervals of his act. But a
woman's whole life is history of the
affections. The heart is her world
it is there her ambition strives for
empire it is there avarice seeks for
hidden treasures. She sends forth her
sympathies on adventure, she embarks,
her whole soul in the traffic Of affec-
ton; and if ship-wrecked, her case is
hopeless, for it is q bankruptcy Of the
heort.-irving.
Year: 1874

At the recent Democratic Convention" at
Paw Paw, a County Committee WAS elected
and that Committee has SINCE issued call for
q County Nominating Convention. Among the
names on that Committee and signed to the
call occurs that OF II. j. Hendryx, Of this place.
Mr.. Hendryx tells us that his name was placed
on the Committee and signed to the call with
out his knowledge or consent that he does not
favor this Democratic" movement, and does
not expect to vote its ticket; that when he
joined the Liberal movement two years ago he
did 30 in good faith, and with no intention Of
going back to the old and useless Democratic
organization that he was eminently satisfied
with the Liberal movement and favors its sub
staDtial perpetuation ID the organization of a
reform party, pledged to free the country from
the abuses which have been fostered by both Of
the old organizations, And as he thinks so
think thousands Of honest men, heretofore
both Democrats and Republicans. throughout
the country. Republican.
Year: 1874

Artificial butter-making has grown to such
an extent in ths vicinity Of Boston as actually
to create scarcity of tallow in that city. 1t
was, at the outset, doubted whether the arti-
fcial butter would find splace in our homes
and at our tables. But experience apparently
has proved that the butter factones can make
tallow taste as near like butter as many farm
ers make butter taste like tallov, and We can
not say much more for this new product than
that.-Detroit Tribune.