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Year: 1874

This panic has struck men right
and left, and wherever we turn we
see heap of dust where only the
other day we saw splendid and,
honorable reputation, and know not
when we open our paper any morn
ing, what fair exterior to which we
have bowed and bid good morning,
or what honorable name we have
picked out for our boys to copy for
their guidance may not have crum-
bled while we were speaking.


But could fear this dry rot in
our manhood as much as do to-
day, if l felt sure we had still left
in use even the savage virtue of the
eaylicr Indian to call a man a thief,
a liar, a coward, or a man fore
sworn, and then just put him where
he belongs. We talk about rings,
and deplore their fatal power. There
is not man in Unity church, inclu-
ding the minister, who docs not be-
long to "ring" Of some sort. 1
may say l do feel free to tell man
exactly what I think Of him, because
charity thinketh no evil, while all
the time the simple truth may be
that l am coward, and dare not do
it, or am interested in keeping the
ventilation from the thing, and can
not afford to do it, or l have no salt
of virtue to spare; so l know not
how to do it, as l belong to the
same denomination, and truth to
God and my own soul would look
like treachery to the brethren, and
so l 60 into the Gordon and try to
think that when stand before the
great white throne, the Judge of all
the earth will be in the ring too.


God help us, friends, this is what's
the matter. But We must get out of
it. We must take to truth telling
and truth doing. We must not try
to trick our souls by talking philos-
ophy or progression, or telling each
other how much we dare believe,
except there be at the heart of it ali
this salt Of virtue, which will com.
pei us to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing bit the truth, for
we may weave webs of the finest
texture and dye them in purple and
gold, but if they are only vestments
to hide dry rot there is an abiding
justice somewhere that will laugh
at our calamity, and mock when our
fear cometh. Now, then, is there
any cure for this decay of the sub.
stance of our American manhood,
of society and the nation? For as
the men 60 the nations 60, at least
| think there is, and it begins where
l am standing and you are sitting.


We mast have this saving salt of
virtue first of all in our own nature.
We must not pray so much that
God will save our souls when we
die, rs that He will save them while
we live; not SO much that He will
take US to heaven as that He will
help to make it worth our while to
live on earth that we may each one
of us be saved from dry rot by
plunging soul forward into the salt
of truth, Of cleanness OF reality, or
in . word ! say again, of virtue.
No good can be done, except as it
is done first within each mans ma.
ture. Whether it be a mote or q
beam that it is our own eye, we
must first of all get that out. Then
we can help our fellowmen, too, by
insisting, as far as we are able, on
q thorough ventilation wherever
there is danger that dry rot will set
in by keeping things close, or by
what we call standing up for our
friends until there is nothing to
stand up for but a heap of dust
Robert Coliyer.
Year: 1874

1t seemed. admit, sort Of treason
To clip him, and give him the cap and ball.
And that was his keeper seemed worst of all
And now, in word, il yon ask the reason


Of this mans fall
Year: 1874

We think there is chance for warm
and excited canvass in Tennessee this
Fall. Some thirty years ago we wrote
and printed good many bitter para
graphs that we wouldn't write aud print
to-day, and thought at the time they
were sharp and smart. Tliefe is good
deal Of difference between thirty and
three score, and we might entertain
quite q different opinion now. We
hope the contest will be warm and Wig
orous in every county in the State, but
at the same time free from personal
abuse and vituperation, and from ap-
peals calculated to stir up and infame
the passions and prejudces of the peo-
pie. The great popular upheaval Of 1910
was followed bya reaction which over.
whemed the victors at the next elec-
ton
Year: 1874

The planters and farmers Of Georgia
are largely adopting the one-third plan
that is, to plant one-third Of their til
liable land in small grain, one.third in
corn, and one third in cotton The plan
is working admirably, so that in q year
or two more they will be independent
in regard to bread and meat, both of
East Tennessee and the West. For o
long period East Tennessee has found
a ready market for its surplus in Mid
die Georgia. The demand there has al
ready been diminished by increased
home production and our farmers are
feeling the effect to some extent 10 the
present low and improbable price of
wheat. This decrease will steadily 90
OH, and in q few years, unless we di-
versify our industry by building up
manufactures and large additional
home consumption, The surplus pros
ducts Of our soil will be left rolting on
our hands.


The subject Is worthy Of serious con-
sideration, though II Is hard 10 bring
the average East Tennessee mind to the
contemplation of any thing beyond the
immediate present.
Year: 1874




We envy not the princely man,


In city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
Runs up the hill or down;
We care not for his marble halls,
Nor yet his heaps of gold,
We would not own his sordid heart
For all his wealth twice told.
We are the favored ones of earth,
We breathe pure air each morn,
We sow-we reap the golden grain
We gather in the corn;
We toil-weliye on what we earn,
And more than this we do
We hear of starving millions round,
And gladly feed them too.
The lawyer lives on princeiy fees,
Yet drags a weary life,
He never knows peaceful hour
His atmosphere is strife.
The merchant thumbs his yard-stick DER,
Grows ragged at his toll
Hes not the man God meant him for
Why don'ty you till the soil?
The doctor plods through storm and cold,
Plods at his patients viii,
When dead and gone he plods again
To get his lengthy bill.
The printer CbIess his noble soul ,
He grasps the mighty earth,
And stamps it on our daily sheet,
To cheer the farmers hearth.
We sing the honor of the pillow,
And honor to the press,
Two noble instruments of toll.
With each power TO bless.
The bone-the nerve of this fast age
True wealth OF human kind
One tilIs the ever generous earth,
The other tilIs the mind.
Year: 1874

In has at last been discovered
that the green sprouts of the soak
grubs," when covered with leaves,
arc useful. Mr.. Avery of Cherry
Valley, Informs us that he used
them in covering plants in his gar
den during tho frost last Friday
night, aud they proved a better
protective than paper. Our read
ers should make a note of this.
Year: 1874

On last Sunday another change
took place in the time Of running
trains over the Flint & Perc Mar
quote Railway. The morning
train now leaves Reed City at GAO,
instead Of Z O'clock. Sec the cor
rected time card in another column.
Year: 1874

which time the prisoner occasionally
mumbled something, apparently address,
ed to the executioner, giving directions
about his clothes. He looked pale, but
did not seem much concerned. Two ex-
ecutioneIs stood by with their swords,
which were dipped in water. First exc
cutioner advanced and struck, missing
his aim, and .


HITTING UNDER THE NECK,


close to the shoulders; the body tell for
ward, with the head in the trench, SEEM
ing to suffer much. A second blow. was
struch, and then the assitant executioner
advanced and delivered a heavy blow,
which, being unsuccessful, fourth at
tempt to sever the head from the body
was made but failed. One executioner
then took the head by the hair, and began
to saw the head off with his sword in a
most horrible manner, but was stopped
by the chief officer. Water was thrown
on the face, and in order to show the
face to the witnesses, the head
not being entirely severed it WAS
necessary to partially lift the
body up with it. The body was covered
with mat, and Tazaki Hidechika had
met his due reward. The time occupied
by the decapitation was two minutes.
As the head was not severed from the
body rs per sentence and according to
Japanese custom, the question may be
raised as to whether the failure was in
tentional or not, as Hidechika may have
preferred to suffer more to having his
head cut entirely of; as to the japanese
idea of disgrace l am entirely ignorant.
Notice of the execution was posted in one
place, written in japanese.
Year: 1874

LONDON, November 2O.-A special
dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette from
Berlin says it is stated there that the
British government declines to comply
with the proposal of Russia, for the adop-
ton of an international code, on the
basis of the negotiations Of the Brussels
Conference
Year: 1874

PRESENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
should not fail to attend this sale as the goods of
fered will be
FINER THAN Any OFF RED At PUBLIC SALE
in this city.


Goods viii be ON inspection late saturday after
no and catalogues can be had declO4t
Year: 1874

A Washington county, New York,
merchant had a son who was rather fast,
and TO encourage him TO do better the
father gave him an interest in his store.
The young man at once devoted himself
TO business, and the success OF the firm
was marvellous. At the end OF two
months he was intrusted with $1,000 to
90 to Troy and purchase goods. In that
wicked city he unfortunately fell in with
ssme conyiyial friends, and together
they made several days and nights OF 1t,
all at the young merchants expense.
Meantime the senior member OF the
firm received q letter from " complain
ing friend in Troy that his 1000 was
fast running down the neck Of the
junior partner. Furious, he dashed OF
these lines:


Ny Dear Son: Unless you return to-
morrow msrning with the goods will
dissolve the partnership and close up
the store.


The junior partner received this jnst
% he was tossing of gin cocktail in
tbs Trey House. He read il. and then
walking across the street to a hardware
store ordered q hammer and n ksg OF
tsnpsnny nails. Then he tslegraphsd
TO the senior partner:


My Dear Father: I sand, per express,
= hammer and keg OF nails, which
may be useful to you in closing up the
store.
Year: 1874

ENTxRrAINMRNr.-G the Bachelor
Combination Company a full house at
their performance next Wednesday even.
ing. at the Opera House, and you Twill
clear of the entire debt on the Soldiers
Monument.
Year: 1874

Charles Warren Stodiard, writing Of
"Under Rome" says: Fancy narrow
subterranean walk, varying from two to
seven feet in width, twisting into thou
sand angles, and three hundred and fifty
miles in length. Such were the ancient
catacombs. They have been filed in. wall


cd up, and left to their eternal night, many
of them; some OF the underground trails
have been lost or forgotten these thousand
years, but St. Calixtus is still a marvel, full
of mystery and horrors and romance. No
one ventures into its labyrinths without an
expert guide. and the number and length of
the wax tapers that are necessary to COM
plete a successful exploration is simply al
arming. In the midst Of a meadow we
found pair of steps that led US into the
bowels of the earth. The guide unlocked a
door at the foot Of the stairs, and our party
entered the door was locked after us, the
lights were lit, the guide led us into dark
alley that snelt warm and earthly; one af-
ter another, in silence, we tracked that
guide through avenues that seemed endless,
for the shadows crowded in upon Us op-
pressively and cur tapers burned feebly.
Upstairs and downstairs, to right and left,
we wandered like band Of lost spirits.

We hung on to each others coat tails, and
grew more ard more intimate, as we felt
our hold on life and our dependence on the
remorseless man who was burying us alive
increase. What if our lights went ont or
he was to desert us? What if the earth
should fall-the soft tufa rock that you
could scratch with your thumb-nai ? 1t
grew uncomfortably hot it was not pleas
bax tb1 bola ~ oroxrdspU IN
your heels, nor pleatant to be in the midst
Of it, with no chance OF escape in case of a
panic !; but it wrs worse than all to be the
last man, who was half the time around the
corner in darkness, and liable to drop of in
to chaos or oblivion at the shortest notice.
There were several small chapels, with the
remnants OF altars and half-obliteYs ted fres-
Goes to be inspected. Many pope has
slept here his final sleep. and many a saint
and martyr; but the bones Of these revered
Year: 1874

"Well, this time he sees poor tramp
away down the road, and he gives a quick
start all over, and puts his hands over his
eyes and gives one look. Oh. you had ought
to seen that old man tear along down that
garden walk, and out of the gate, leaving it
wide open after him, just like the gate of
heaven.


"And wasn't he glad to get me back
again, rags, and sins, and all? You bel"


Scotty couldn't get any farther with his
les that day, for he had to stop and cry.
Aft ward he told us more. But he always
stuck to it that the boy that stayed at home,
and came to be rich gentleman. and
deacon in the Presbyterian church, was the
right sort of example to follow For"
says Scotty, says he, ''you can't have a first
class job out of anything from swallow
tailed coat up to a man unless you put it
together right the first time
Year: 1874

\ FlGur Win A CATAMouNr.-A CORES
pondent Of paper in Reading, Penn, gives
4 thrilling account of a desperate struggle
with a cl;amount in the Blue Mountains, on
Wednesday last. Three hunters had started
out in search of the animal, taking different
paths, and agreeing to meet at a certain
point marked by a tall tree. One of them,
Arson by name, when about one hundred
yards from the point of meeting, determined
to pass up through small rayine whose
sides were overhung with dense under
growth of shrubs When directly under a
small crag, and walking along with his head
bent to the ground and his form doubled in
creeping under a low vine. he suddenly
heard crash overhead. and the next minute
felt the claws of an animal sink in his neck
and flesh, accompanied with fierce growls.
BY very quick movement. Anson swung
around his arms, grasped the animal by the
neck with both hands and held it in a wee
ike grip. lie then staggered back to the
clearing, when the animal shook of the
hunters grasp and made an effort to bite his
neck. The man grasped a knife in his
belt swung it around and sunk it deep into
the animals side. The brute gave a long,
low howl, and amidst the excitement man
and beast rolled over on the ground, and as
they did 50 the former received three severe
bites in the shoulder. The growls of the an
imal attracted the attention ofthe remaining
two hunters, who came through the brush
toward the spot where the hunter and the
brute were tussling on the ground. The
struggle did not last long. Anson plunged
his knife the second time in the animals
body, and in few minutes it rolled over
and died. The hunters then examined it
and found it to be species of panther, and
which was thought to be eatanount of the
mammoth species. 1t weighed l46 pounds,
and mearured feet ) ID inches in length,
not counting the lenth of its tail, which was
9 feet inch 1t stood feet s inches high.
and was powerfully knit, and very compact
ly built.
Year: 1874

An eastern newspaper is astonished at the
statement that grasshoppers chew tobacco.
There is colony of cockroaches in this
office who not only eat all the cigars they
can find, bat devour the very phosphorus on
our matches The most rayenous grass
hopper that ever sang in a Minnesota wheat
field would blush to see Louisville cock
roach at his meals. Courier Journal.
Year: 1874

The Western grasshoppers are very regu-
lar in their habits, eating only one meal a
day. This they began at four O'Clock in the
morning and continue it until the cores
oonding hour on the following day.
Year: 1874

We sat and we watched the sun going down
In glory behind the sea;
Below US lay harbor and pier and town,
And his ship beside the quay.
And said, "oh, how many, many a time
shall come up here alone
Up here, TO the lighthouse l shall climb,
And sit on the selfsame stone"
Sand watch and wait till my eyes are dim,
To sec you sail over the bar
And strain mine eyes TO their utmost rim
l shall know you ever so far :"
And "what will you do" said my love to me
"If you watch for my ship in vain
Or should come home no more from the sea-
Though my ship cross the bar again ?"
looked in his eyes and 1 telt so strong,
And ! said with steadfast smile,
81 do moi fear that the time would seem long
If thought of you all the while.
sand, Oh, had rather watched in vain,
And that you came home no more,
Than you should sail over the bur again
And not stand on the shore!
"For what would you do if you looked for me-
And they told you wa. dead p,
Chill, chill the wind stole in ffom the sea,
And never a word he said
Year: 1874

Oh, dear; nearly crazy from the
visits of life insurance agents. Bob,
from down town, called this morn
ing and insisted on my taking out
a policy in the Never Failing Ev-
erlasting Non-Foifeiting Life In
surance Company, of Squintville,
which is, of course, the most relia-
bic.


"Now, Quence," said he, "you
know that it becomes every family
man to have some, even though it
be but little, insurance on his life.


How do You know when you will
turn up your toes to the daisies,
and pass in your checks, leaving q
large family to the mercy of the
world! Our company has been in
eXistance for the last nine thous-
and years, and the average deaths
are only one in ninty years. The
truth is, those who hold policies in
our company very seldom ever die
ct all, unless by some railroad
smash mp or steamboat blow up
Shall take you policy for about
two thousand a! You know it is for
your own good"


BY this time / was nearly en-
haustcd, and / told Bob to "go it,
and say no more about the matter.


| received the policy in few
days, and then | was in for it. 1t
would puzzle even a poor master to
keep count of the applications /
received from agents, who wished
to take another risk on my life. 1t
became so annoying to me that |
shat myself up in the house for
two weeks, and then / sent for q
physician. ] was not in need of a
medical aid, but I was making prep
arations TO avoid all life insurance
agents In the future. One of the
reporters of the press saw the doc
tor as he left the house, and inquir-
ed who was sick.


"Well," said the doctor, "I am
afraid poor Quence has got to give
up the ghost. Consumption, you
know, is a disease that will carry n
man to his grave, if it gets a good
hold on him."


That did the business for me,
and the next morning l was graft
fed to see the following paragraph
in the local column of the paper:


ave regret to learn that Mr..
Con c. Qucnce is very low with
consumption, and that little hopes
are entertained of his recovery"


In few days | again went to my
business as usual, and had the sat
isfaction of being left severely alone
by life insurance agents, The
truth is. every one of them will
cross the street any time rather
than face me. They don't appear
to think it would be so good
thing now for me to insure, and l
guess they are about correct OH
that point.
Year: 1874

Just where one of our beautiful
western rivers widens to the sea,
nestles the little fisher-hamlet of
Ferrybank its low matched cot
tages clustered on the rugged
beach, and dotted here and there
upon the noble cliffs which rise be-
hind-briliant in summer with
furxe and broom and heather. On
the other side of the river, the
quiet and picturesque watering
place of Llanvriar lies cool and
white among the rich warm bios
SONS on the hillside. and between
the hamlet and the town plies the
little ferryboat which gives the vii
lage its name. But the trusty lit.
tie sailing-vessel is but rarely used I;
for at least half its time it lies in
utter idleness under the ferryman's
cottage, while the waters lap it soft
ly as they pass, and laugh that they
are close upon the sea at last.


But the fishing-boats at Ferry
bank have no such holiday. When
they rest they do it in an uncer-
tain manner, standing ready for ac-
ton, though high and dry upon the
rocky beach, and waiting to be
dragged down amid those busy
shouts, as they are dragged so many
times in every year. But one there
is even Of these, which, from month
to month, lies useless and rudder-
less upon an isolated shelf of rock.
And the fishermcn--their rough
voices softened a littlc--tell how
one evening the Squire's yacht
! found that boat tossing tenantless
Year: 1874

hegan upon the notes Hhich split 50 readily
and copied them even to that Peculiarify,
by printing front and back separately, and
afterward joining them. He Is In state
prison. r


In order to stimulate the clerks in the
derartment 20 the early detection OF count
erfeits on the last issue Of fifties, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury offered inward Of s.
10 the one who should discover the FIRST
the currency appeared last fan, and scarcely
time had elapsed for people 70 know that a
new note had been issued before news Of
the Initiation was received. Yesterday
there appeared at the sub-tTeasury the first
Of the new legal-tender so notes Ii is the
opinion Of those who are qualified to form
opinions on the subject, that a dangerous
imitation of that note will be in circulation
in months time.


Z OF the $40 or SIS worth Of counteneits
thrown out daily at the sub-treasury, the
bulk comes from dealers who send pack
ages direct from their money drawers for
redemption. In these they are numerous.
Bankers and brokers are seldom deceived.
Year: 1874

NEw YeRg, Aps, so.-1ihe S,oiSs Times
PUBLISHES Father Hyacinthe's letter resign
Ing the care of Geneva as follows:


Attached from the very depths of my heart
to the church in which / was baptized,
whose reform l wish for; but not its over
throw-conyinced besides by experience
now sufficiently heightened that the liberal
Catholicism of Geneva is neither liberal in
politics nor Catholic in religion have the
honor to tender my resignation Of my func-
tions as Cure of this city.
Year: 1874

LITTLE Rock, ARK, Aug. 2O.-The At
tOrney General has decided that it is the
duty of the State Treasurer to obey the
Convention Ordinance, and Use the sink
ing and school funds with which to run the
State for the present. The Treasurer re-
fuses TO obey the ordinance until manda-
unused 10y the courts, and a suit is now
pcndinp TO that effect
Year: 1874

As there aie scientific parties aecompa-
nving the expedition, who are examining
into the mineral resources Of this region,
the result of whose researches will accom-
pany my detailed report, omit all present
reference to that portion Of our expiora-
tions until the return of the expedition,
except to state what will appear in any
event i'm the public prints-that gold has
been found az several places, and l. IS the
belief of those who are giving their atten-
ton to this subject that it will be found III
having quantities. / have upon my table
forty or fifty small particles Of pure gold
in size averaging that Of small pin-head,
and most of it obtained to-day from one
papful of earth. As we have never re-
mained longer at one camp than one day,
n will be readily understood that there Is
no opportunity to make satisfactory e1-
Animation in regard to deposits OF valuable
minerals. Veins Of lead and strong indi-
cations of the existence Of silver have been
found. Until further examination IS made
regarding the richness Of the gold no opin-
ion should be formed. Veins OF what the
peologists term gOld-bearing quartz crop out
on almost every hillside. All existing ge-
ological and geographical maps OF tins re-
zion have been found incorrect. This Will
not seem surprising when it IS remembered
that both have been compiled by guess
work and without entering the country al
tempted to be represented
Year: 1874

The world was not made in day, neith-
er is our stock of goods all sold out, but
they are going at lively rate, and it can
only be that we are having such a lively
trade from the fact of keeping the finest
stock of goods in this section and at prices
that cannot be equalled.


WADsWORIH & Parsons.