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Year: 1874

A bit of by-play that enlivened the Brook
lyn tragedy in which regulations are muir
dered was brought to close yesterday. 1t
had been moved by Mr.. Tilton's counsel as a
diversion that the Court should order that
either the criminal or civil suit should pro-
coed on December 8. The Judge has denied
the motion. In the mean time counsel had
agreed among themselves to try the civil suit
on December 8, SO that it may safely be
assumed that on that date the picking of the
few grains of truth from the immense mass Of
scandal Will begin.
Year: 1874

At q recent meeting of the State
Grange of Missouri, the following res
olutions were reported by the commit
the and adopted.


1. That we fully endorse and approve
the declaration of principles adopted at
tee late meeting of the National Grange
at st. Louis.


2. That as cultivators of the soil we
have been too long governed and con-
trolled by the great moneyed power of
the land, and by rings which are against
us simply because we have been ignor-
ant of our own strength in our defense,
or have wasted it wrangling with each
other.


3. That as retrenchment and reform
IS our motto, as true patrons we should
begin at home, and while we demand,
as we have right to, that our legisIa-
tors and rulers shall be economical in
the expenditure of public money, let us
not be prodigal in expenditure of our
private means while we condemn ex-
travagance of public officials and COM
plain of wrongs inflicted upon us by
those whom we have entrusted with
power, let us not still further wrong
ourselves and families by living above
our income and involving ourselves in
debt, thus sacrificing peace, comfort and
independence at the shrine of fashion
and show.


4. That we invite the hearty support
and cooperation of the sisters OF our
order in our reformatory movement
that woman's true position is God-given
and the divinely sanctioned one of help
meet to man, therefore her place Is by
his side. Hers Is a high and noble
position, and if rightly improved, will
rear to her memory monuments more
durable than marble, and leave an in
heritance to those that viii come after
her more to be priced than wealth or
honor.


5. That in republican government all
power is vested in the hands of the peo-
pie, and IN ours a majority of people
belong to the producing classes yet
the power and strength of these classes
have been used by less numerous and
unscrupulous class for the advancement
of their own selfish purposes.


6. That although ours is not a politi-
cal organization, and especially ignores
political or partisan questions, yet we
call upon our representatives in con-
gress and state legislatures to listen TO
the appeal of more than one hundred
thousand patrons of Missouri, to eoonO-
mize the resources of the government
and to stop currents of extravaganza
which have borne us TO the very verge
of bankruptcy and ruin.
Year: 1874

They never fan WHO die
In great cause the block may soak their
Their heads may sOdden in the suns their


limbs
Be strung ts city gates and castle Essus
Flapse, and others share as dark doom,
They but augment the deep and sweeping


thoughts
Which overpowor all others, and conduct
The world az last to freedom
Year: 1874

THE Tax payers Union is officered by
cool and clear headed men, who will not
quietly submit to insolent answers from
those who have for years domineered
ever the city, but will with certainty as
certain their legal rights and courage
Ously maintain them They have acted
wisely in observing caution in all their
preliminary movements, not being di-
verted by any son to Richmond" cry
TO anticipate the courts of the will of the
public. That a new election for Coun-
ellis and other city officers will meetn near
ly the unanimous wish Of the taxpayers,
there can no longer be any doubt.-PihS-
burgh Post


The overtaxed and robbed people of
Pittsburgh mean business The water
works and other robberies and grabs
have fairly aroused the Overburdened tax
payers. The Taxpayers Union are at
work investigating
Year: 1874

The Governor of Iowa began his
Thanksgiving proclamation in this wise;
at behooves people whose granaries
are full, whose basket and store are over


flowing with the good things of earth,
whose homes have been preserved from
pestilence and plague" and so forth.
Further on he suggests that provisions
"be Sent to those northwestern counties
of the State whose settlers have been re-
duced to destitution through the recent
incursion by grasshoppers from the West
ern plains" And great is the Governor
Year: 1874

The Temperance Era" threatens un-
less the Republicans of Ohio stand up
squarely for Prohibition they will lose
the temperance vote. An exchange says
it is sometimes easier to make bargain
than deliver the goods.
Year: 1874

Section Of Article XVIII. Of the


Code Of Public General Laws,


Which provides that


trrhe County Commissioners shall make out
and publish annually in at least two news
papers published in their respective counties,
if there be two, a detailed, minute and accurate
statement of the expenses Of their said counties,
specifying therein each particular item of ex-
pense, and for what and to whom paid, and
shall also deliver to the Sheriff of their respec-
tive Counties as many copies of such statement
as there are election districts Of said county,
at least ten days before each general election,
and the Sheriff SHALL within six days after the
receipt Of such copies, set up one of them at
the place of holding elections in each election
district"
Year: 1874

II HIS is Home Company, gotten up express
L ly in the interest of the citizens of South
ern Maryland, to enable them to overcome the
difficulties they experienced in procuring lnsur-
snce in the ordinary Insurance Companies with
a majority of its Directors well known in that
community.


1t has been in existence now over four years.
Al losses accrued land they have been unusually
large) haze been faithfully and promptly paid,
which is our best guarantee for the future.


The plan adopted is the safest and cheapest
known in Insurance. and affords to all Insur-
ance at its exact cost and ought to be encour-
aged by all who wish to protect themselves from
loss or damage be fire.


If those interested will give it their patron
age and interest themselves in the increase Of
its business, iu a few years it will rank among
the largest Insurance Corporations in Maryland
"a credit and benefit alike to all, and an honor
to the State.


]. THOS. COTTON,


je26 General Agent for Charles county.
Year: 1874

The late King Of Saxony was in
the habit Of attending al the State
institutions to see that they were
kept in working order. One day
King John appeared at the tele>
graph Office Of a small station, TAX
ing the clerk by surprise. This
official had only just time to tele-
graph to his colleagues at the next
station, " The king has just ar
rived on a visit of Inspection be-
fore he was summoned to give all
possible details to his sovereign
with regard to the amount of traffic
in the place, the number Of dis>
patches received, the number sent
out, etc. Presently a message
came along the wire, which the
clerk read in much embarrassment.


What are the contents of that
dispatch 2" inquired the king.


The official stammered out that
the contents were unimportant, but,
as his royal master insisted on be-
ing informed of them, the unhappy
clerk was at length compelled to
acknowledge that he had telegraph
ed to his neighbor, "The king has
just arrived" and that the answer
he had received ran thus !" The
king pokes his nose into every
thing"
Year: 1874

In the Vienna exposition were d
number of models illustrating the |
style in which women of different
nations carry their babies. The
Asiatic Indian woman carries hers
in a blanket hanging in front some
what below the waist:the Bengalese
woman, with the child ,stride low
down upon her left hip, and her left
arm supporting its back. The
figure seems quite Indifferent as to
the difficulties in this style of carry
ing, which must be a highly artistic
performance if done SO cleverly in
reality. The Egyptian woman car
ries hers in stately manner, the
child sitting astride her shoulder
with it's hands upon her head, and
without any clothing to speak of.
The Brazilian woman carries hers
in somewhat similar manner, also
in full undress, it sitting astride
/ her neck. The Chinese baby is
carried upright upon the back, in
I blanket, and the South African in
bag in front, formed by blanket
round the hips of the mother. The
lower Australian woman carries
hers by swinging it in a blanket
over one shoulder upon her back,
while the northern Australian
carries hers bound upon a board,
after the style of candy-models in
confectionery stores. The Lap>
land baby is carried in a sledge-
shaped cot, made of leather. 1t
seems to have been chucked in, feet
foremost, and then a frame tied
over the opening for its face, wheth-
er to prevent it from crawling out
or to keep the dogs form kissing it,
is more than can be imagined.
TIE most unique style of all is
| that of the Esquimaax woman, who
wears wide, high~top boots, and
puts the baby, right>end foremost,
down in the outside of one of them,
and doubtless, according to DR..
Kane's description of her style,
carrying her cooking and eating
utensils in the other. The North
American woman carries her pa
poose strapped to board, and that
strapped upon hec back by a band
over the forehead.
Year: 1874

A SOLOMON OF A JUDGE.-The
following story comes from Ire
land: Two men had a quarrel in a
liquor shop. They adjourned out
side to settle the dispute. The
first man being from Connaught,
Immediately seized a lump of stone
and let fly at the head Of his op-
ponent, who dipped his head and
missed the stone, which went
through an expensive plate glass
window and did much damage.
A magistrate was called upon next
morning to determine which Of
the two should pay the cost. The
evidence clearly showed that the
aim was a good one, and that if
the second man had not dipped
his head he would have been
struck. Therefore" said the ma
gistrate, "he must pay the dam
ages. as it is certain the first man
didn't intend to injure the win
dow, and the window would not
have been injured if it had not
been for the act Of the secono
man."
Year: 1874

COMMUNION WITH GoD.-The
knowledge of God is gained, as the
knowledge Of man is gained by


living with him. five only come
across man occasionally and in
public, and sec nothing of him in


his private and domestic life, we
cannot be said to know him. All
the knowledge Of God which many
protesting Christians have is de-
rived from 4 formal salute which
they make to him in their prayers,
when they rise up in the morning
and lie down at night. While
this state of things lasts no pro-
grcss would be made if they offer
stated prayers seven times a day
Instead Of twice. But try to bring
God into your daily work consult
him about it; offer it to HIM
AS a contribution to bis service ;
ask him to help you in it; ask him
to bless it; do it as to the Lord
and not to men. Refer to him III
all your temptations go back at
once to his bosom when you are
conscious of 4 departure from him,
not waiting till night to confess it,
lest meanwhile, the night Of death
overtakc you, or, at best, YOU
should lose time in your scriptu-
raj course. In short, walk hand
in hand with God through lite Cas
q little child walks hand in hand
with its father over some danger
Gus and thorny road,) dreadlng
above all things to quit his side,
assured that, as soon as you do So


YOU will fail into mischief and
trouble. Seek not 80 much tc
pray as to live in an atmosphere
of prayer, lifting up your heart
momentarily to him in varied ex


pressions of devotion, as the oeca


ssions of life may prompt, adorlne
him, thanking him, resignlng youl
will to him many times a day, anc
you shall thus, as you advance II
this practice, rs it becomes more
and more habitual to you, increase
in that knowledge Of God witt
fully contents and satisfies the soul
TDean G0Mburn.
Year: 1874

HApp1NEss.-It is something to
look upon enjoyment, so that it be
free and wild and in the face of
nature, though it is but the enjoy
ment of an idiot. It is something
to know that Heaven has left the
capacity OF gladness nsuch a crea-
lures breast; it is something to
be assured that, however lightly
men may crush that faculty in
their fellows the Great Creator OF
mankind imparts it even to his
despised and s!ighted work.
| Who would not rather see poor
idiot happy in the sunlight, than
a wise man pining in a darkened
Jail!


Ye men of gloom and austeri1y,
who paint the face Of infinite be-
ncvolencc with an eternal frown ;
read in the Everlasting Book, wide
open to your view, the lessons it
would teach. Its pictures are not
in black and somber hues, but
bright and glowing tints; its mu'
sic-sav when yc drown it's it
not in signs and groans, but songs
and cheerful sounds Listen to
the million voices in the summer
air. and find one dismal as your
own. Remember, if ye can, the
sense Of hope and pleasure which
every glad return Of day awakens
| in the breast Of all your kind who
have not changed their nature
and learn some wisdom even from
the witlcss, when their hearts are
lifted up they know not why, BY
all the mirth and happiness i
brin gs.-Dickens.
Year: 1874

The Savannah River Valley Asso-
citation met in Augusta on Thursday.
Thirty-ei@h Georgia and South Caro-
lima Changers were represented.


The committee to whom was referred
the reports of the committee to report
upon the practicability and expsdiency
Of establishing cooperative ware
house and depot, under the auspices
Of the Patrons of Husbandry, and to
make a recommendation thereon, ask
leave to make the following report:


In consideration of the fact that q
very large number of planters have al
ready contracted obligations with fac
tors that should be fulfilled, both in
letter and spirit, and in consideration
of the shortness of time in which to
raise funds necessary, and make suit
able and proper arrangements for the
storage and sale of the present crop on
advantageous terms. your committee
respectfully and earnestly recon-
mend the reference of the reports re-
ferred to US to the executive commit
Zee, with full power to act, and at the
same time do most urgently advocate
the opening of books for subscription
to stock for the purpose Of establish
ing depot and warehouse, under the
auspices of the Patrons Of Husbandry,
in the City of Augusta, at as early a
day as may be considered practicable
by the executive committee.


The report was received and refer
red to the executive committee for
further action.


Resolutions were adopted on Friday
providing for opening subscription
books for stock in depot and ware
house to be established in Augusta
under the auspices Of the association,
and that none other but Individual
subscriptions be taken less than ten
dollars, viz: One share ofstock, Or if
cotton not less than one commercial
bale; also, that the capital stock be
one hundred thousand dollars; and
when ten thousand dollars shall be
subscribed it shall be the duty Of the
executive committee to call a meet
ing of the stockholders, giving them
ten days notice, for the purpose of
electing suitable officers and managers
for each of said cooperative organiza-
tions. and prepare and procure from
the State of Georgia; suitable charac-
tcrs, and also for the establishment of
suitable agencies at other commercial
points.


The convention adjourned to meet
in Augusta on the fourth Wednesday
in February: 1875.
Year: 1874

A New Orleans woman wears 8
hustle made of government bonds.
Her husband looks over the bond
market in the evening paper, be-
fore going home from the club, to
see if her back is up.
Year: 1874

Men who are confined in their


thoughts and affections to the mar
row circle Ct self, and at second
hand, cannot give advice to those
who are out of that circle, and the
world is very apt to confound mod.
Grafton in discourse and prudence
with deep and comprehensive
Judgment. which rests on a very
different basis and results from fal
different tqualities.-SarG Colsridge
Year: 1874

IN SEAsoS.-A lady once writing
4 letter to 4 young naval officer
WHO was almOsta stranger, thought,
'Shall I close this us anybody
would or shall | say word for
my Master 2 anI lifting up her
for heart a moment, she wrote tell
ing him that his constant change OF
scene and place WAS an apt Illus
tration Of the words. Here We
have no continuing city," and ask
cd if he could say, Il seek one to
come" In trembling hand she
folded it and sent it off. Back
came the answer: "Tkank you
so much for those kind words.-
Ny parents are dead. l am an
orphan, and no one has spoken to
me like that since my mother died
long years ago" The arrow, shot
at venture, hit home, and the
young man shortly after rcjoiccd
in the fulIness of the blessing Of
the gospel of peace. Christians,
how often do we close a letter Gas
anybody would" when we might
say word for Jesus.
Year: 1874

Don't ScoLD.-For the sake OF
your children, don't do it. 1t is q
great misfortune to have children
reared in the influence Of a scold.
The effect Of the everlasting COM
planning and fault-fnding of such
persons is to make the young who
hear it, unamiable, malicious, cal
lous-hearted, and they often learn to
take pleasure in doing the very
things for which they receive such
tonguc.lashings. AS they are al
ways getting the blame of wrong
doing, whether they deserve it or
not, they think they mightas we'll
do wrong as right. They lose all
am mbltion to strive for the favorable
opinion Of the faultfnder, since they
see they always strive in vain
Thus a scoId is not only nuisance,
but a destroyer of the morals of
children. If these, unloved dread
ed people could only see themselves
as others see them they would fee
TO the mountains in very shame.
Year: 1874

WICKED ISGESUIrY.-Onc Of the
subtle methods of catching fish, EN-
ployed for years by poachcrs in
England, is to fill a large stone
bottle with quicklime, then to
pour in water enough to nearly
fill the jar, and cork it up, sccur-
ing the cork to the neck Of the
bottle by copper wire. The bot
tie is thrown into the water, and
the pressure, caused by the work
ing Of the lime, explodes the bot
tie and stuns the fish, which then
float helplessly on the surface of
the water.
Year: 1874

Men are often talked to death.
Il is ! hard death TO die.
Il is often the case that they
have 10 die standing.


The long-windcd talkcris worse
than the drouth in June; he Set
tics down On you Ike Il swarm Of
rcG-hot mosquitoes and acts as
though hc intended to stay.


He never has anything Of i'm
portance to tall, if he had he could
DO it in a minute.


While he is talking to you he is
always looking the other way,
hunting up the next victim. He
will hold You by the button and
talk for three hours and Q quarter;
and when he has got through you
feel as weak as though you had
just come out of a hot bath.


Long-winded takers arc the
very va!nest Of mortals; they
dot never talk to interest you,
but to amuse themselves.


They are as cheerful and as
fighty as a bladder blown up with
the wind.


You can't escape ono Of these
fellows any more than you can an
east wind.


They arc the worst thieves in
the world, they steal time, a thing
that cannot be replaced.


l had rather be attacked by a
two inch auger and . dozen GIN
lets all at once than have q long
winded talher get after me.
They ere worse than a female
committee Of five, to raise mouey
to white wash the basement Of the
church.


You cannot only get rid Of the
women, but make them all respect
you by subscribing seven dollars,
just about twice what it will cost
TO do the whitewashing.-Bi!iings.
Year: 1874

\ WORD TO WIvEs--No man
ever truly prospcrcd ia the world
without the cooperation OF his
wife. If she unite in mutual
endcavors or reward his labors
with an cndearing smile, with
what confidence will he resort to
his merchandise or his farm, fly
over lands, sail over seas, meet
difficulty and encounter danger,
knowing that his labor will be re-
warded by the sweets OF nome
Solitude and disappointment enter
the history Of every man $ me-
and he is but half provided for the
VOYAGE who finds an associate but
for happy hours, while for months
Of darkness and distress no sym
psthizing partner is prepared
Year: 1874

4 correspondent wants to kno"
how to break a cow that is afraid
of a woman. We haven't thought
sufficiently Oh the subject to give
IN answer, but in New Jersey,
when COW is afraid Of . woman,
she qaicts the animal by simply
hiding he: back hair under the
milk pail.
Year: 1874

cacy of the Independent movement is
better argument to prove my assertion
that the farmers are in more danger
from their professed friends than from
their open enemies, than any argument
that | could use; and that all of the
political scalawags are in favor of the
movement, and not, as he asserts, OPP
posed to the farmers nominating tick
ct. | believe that a majority of the
ofiice-holders in this county are honest
men, and that they are perfectly quies-
cent in any honorable course the farm
ers may pursue: and if there are any
dishonest ones, they are the ones that
are the most vehement IN their approval
of all we do. / have never heard one
oppose it yet. FARMER.
Year: 1874

Many y.ars ago Il lady Of great literary
distinction sent the following letter to her
cousin on the eve of his marriage. accompa-
MED by pair of blue mixed stockings. knit
by herself, Is Il present


Dear Cousin Herewith You will receive 4
present of 4 pair of WOODEN stockings, knit by
my own hands. and be assured, dear coz.
that my friendship for you is warm as the
material. active as the tinger-wol!k. and gem
erOus as the donation. | consider this pre-
sent as appropriate on the occasion Of Your
marriage. You will remark in the first place
that there are two individuals united in one.
VINO are 70 walk side by side guarding
against c0l,lness and giving comfort as long
as they last. The thread Of their texture is
mixted, and SO. alas. is the thread of life.


In these, however, the white is made to
predominant, expressing my desire and con-
tidence that thus will be the color OF your ex-
istcnce. No black is used. for l believe that
your lives will be wholly free from the black
passions Of wrath and jealousy The darkest
color here is blue, which is excellent when
we do not make it loo blue. Other appropri-
ate thoughts rise to my mind in regard to
these stockings. The most Indifferent sub
iects, when viewed by the mind in 4 suit
able frame, may furnish instructive intlu-
ences.


But to the subject. You will perceive that
the tops of these stockings (by which |
suppose courtshp to be representeD are
scanned, and by means of scanning are drawn
into snarl, but afterwards comes time
when the whole is made plain, and continues
so to the end and final toeing off.


BY this wish to take occasion to cOngrat-
ulate yourself that you are now thrOug ii with
scanning, and have come to plain reality.
Again, as the whole of these comely stock
ings was not made ut once, but by the aGdi-
ton of one little stitch after another, put in
with skill and discretion, until the whole pre-
sents the fair, equal piece of work which you
see, 50 life does not consist of one great &C.
ton, but millions of little ones combined,
and 50 may it be with your lives. No stitch
dropped where duties are to be performed or
economy preserved; neither scanning nor
narrowing when truth and generosity are in
question. Thus every stitch of life made
right, and set in the right place, none
either too large or too small, too tight or too
loose.


Thus may you keep on your smooth and
even course, making existence in one fair
and even piece, until, together having pass
ed the heel, you come to the very toe of life;
and here, in the final narrowing off, and
dropping the coil of this emblematical pair
of companions and comforting associates,
nothing appears but white, the tokens of in
nocence and peace, of purity and light, may
you, like these stockings, the final stitch be-
ing dropped and The work completed, 60 to-
gether from the place where you were form
ed TO happier state of existence-a present
from earth to heaven. Hoping that these
stockings and admonitions may meet a cor
dial reception, remain in the same true-blue
frindship, sincerely, yet without ''seaming,'
yours from toe.