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Year: 1874

in his hand, when it suddenly occurred
! to him to make boat of one of the


pedal coverings, and straight into the
lock it went. Then the other boys
commenced to "waft'' it to the other
end of the lock by throwing stones,
ETC., at it, and the result was that the
ship went hopelessly down. Richard
trembled at the thought of going home
with one shoe. It would be known that
he played truant, and a good stout
stick would await him. Various expe-
dents were thought of and suggested
as means of getting him out of the
scrape, but they were all failures. The
last one was to induce shoemaker in
the neighborhood to make mate for
the shoe inside of an hour, and for the
handsome remuneration of two cents.
but Richard was astonished TO learn
from the artist that it could not be done
in that brief space Of time, and partic-
u1arly for that sum of money. The on
ly thing remaining was to hook shoe
belonging to a mill-hand, which was
about five times as large as the other.
This disparity in size was discovered the
very first thing on his entering the
house; the mill-hand came, making
terrible fuss about tie larceny of his
shoe. Richard was in disgrace again,
and had to flee once more to the noun
tains. And "sich," as Sairy Camp
would say, 'sich is boys. - Cincinnati
Commercial.
Year: 1874

A Saratoga correspondent writes


"The old beaux at Saratoga are very
numerous at present. They come here
and dangle parasols and fans in return
for invitations to parties and Germans
during the winter. This is easier than
calling now and then, which gets to be
terrible bore with the old beaux, who
like their cigar and newspaper and home
comforts of an evening, and are not to
be coaxed out unless there is a swell
affair with wine supper to repay them.
So here they are dangling fans and
doing penance, and next winter they
will be invited again, because they were
{ so attentive at Saratoga The old
beaux are growing bit heavy in figure,
and show few crows feet, but on the
whole get themselves up well, and, as
they are acknowledged society men,
the young ladies are satisfied to have
them at their heels.


"The old girls who are hawked about
from one watering-place to another are
also we'll represented this season. These
young ladies are expert In casting
die-a-way glances, hanging their hands
fin-fashion, and In all the gushing tricks
of maiden-kood. They are striving to
make the most of themselves with a
deadly effort, and are really very stylish
in their fine toilets. with escalloped
foreheads, hair parted on one side, and
bonnets pinned on captivatingly. This
old stock have been waiting in the
market for rich husbands, and could
now be bought cheap"
Year: 1874

What glorious thing is occupation
for the human heart Those who work
hard seldom yield to fancied or real sor-
row. When grief sits down, folds hands
and mournfully feeds upon its own
tears, weaving the dim shadows that a
little exertion might sweep away, into a
funeral pail, the strong spirit is shorn
of it's might, and sorrow becomes our
master. When troubles flow upon you
dark and heavy, toll not with the waves,
wrestle not with the torrent; rather
seek, by occupation, to divert the dark
waters that threaten to overwhelm you,
into a thousand channels which the du-
ties of life always present. Before you
dream of it, those waters will fertilize
the present, and give birth to fresh
flowers that will become pure and holy
in the sunshine which penetxates to the
path of duty in spite of every obstacle.
Grief, after all, is but selfish feeling,
and most selfish is the man who yields
himself to the indulgence of any pas
sion which brings Joy to his fellow-men.
Year: 1874

Tea culture is very simple. First the
seed is deposited in hollows four or five
inches deep and eighteen inches wide,
made in the ground at intervals OF -four
or five feet then the earth is sprinkled
lightly over the seed. The sowing IL
usually done in November or December,
and after the spring rains have fallen
the plants rise in a cluster from each
seed-bed. Manure is occasionally APP
piled TO them, but aside from this they
require little care except 20 be kept Tree
from weeds. The first crop OF leaves IL
not yielded till three years after The
planting. They are then transplanted
in order to give each plant more space
for growth, and are placed IN rows SIX
or eight inches apart. Sometimes the
bushes are kept low by pruning and to
prevent their spreading and overgrow-
ing each other. After seven OF ten years
they are cut down, 80 that the young
and tender shootg below may have a
chance 10 grow. The critical season In
tea-culture is when the leaves have TO
be picked, the time for which, in two or
three pluclings between March and
August, varies in different districts and
with different plants. The picking is
generally done by women, children, and
old men, working in gangs OF ten or
twelve each, hired for tho harvest, and
maid according 10 the amount OF tea
picked. With hard work forty pounds
DER day may be gathered, which guam
tity will yield ten pounds Of tea when
dried. First the leaves are placed In
broad sunlight they are then Drowned
and roasted over n furnace.
Year: 1874

The Paris residence of the late Duke
Of Brunswick, now in the course of de-
molition, in the Avenue Friedland, was
a most extraordinary house, as all dis
covered who attempted TO enter it, for,
like a coat or waistcoat, it had to be
unbuttoned in order to get in. At the
front gate was a metal button, and a
visitor would have to press this. 1t in
stantly set number of bells ringing IN
violent commotion. Admitted into the
garden, you still found yourself exclud-
ed from the house. Another button
had to be touched, and that done you
found yourself in an unfurnished hall.


There was no staircase communicating
with the upper rooms where the duke
slept. More buttons had to be pressed,


and at last you found yourself sitting
in an arm chair, and raised by hydrau-
lie lift apparently to the hving-rooms
which the duke used to occupy. The
Year: 1874

That some animals are verv mindful
of an injury and eager for revenge. nc
matter how long delpved, there is am
pie proof. All our young readers re.
member the story of the elephant who
took the tailor's slight to heart and
gave that little gentleman a thorough
drenching and You may also remember
numberless stories of how the same nm
wIeldy beasts remembered injuries 7
years, and waited for chance of vent
ing th ir spite. But one of the most
remarkable cases on record Is this one.
which we Gull from the columns of a
literary journal:


" A year or two ago it chanced that a
valuable camel, working in the oil mill.
was severely beaten by its driver who
perceiving that the camel had treasured
mp the injury, and was only waiting a
favorable opportunity for revenge kent
a strict watch on the animal Time
passed on. The camel pereeivipy that
it was watched, was Quiet and ohed emf
and the driver began to think that the
beating was forgotten, when one night
after the lapse of several months. tbe
man who slept on the platform in the
mill whilst, as is customary, the camel
was SeaAACu II a CoTuets happening 20 re-
main awake, observed by the moonlight.
that when all was quiet, the animal
looked cautiously around, rose softly,
and stealing towards a spot where a
bundle of clothes and a bernouse,
thrown earelessly upon the ground, re-
sembled a sleeping figure, cast itself
violently upon them, rolling with all its
weight, and tearing them most viciously
with its teeth. Satisfied that its ven
geance was complete, the camel was re-
turning TO its corner, when the driver
sat up and spoke At the sound of his
vioce, and perceiving the mistake it had
made, the animal was so mortified a
the failure and discovery of its scheme,
that it dashed it's head against the wall,
and died on the spot. Such is the story
as related by the dragoman.
Year: 1874

An extensive stock dealer informs the
st. Louis Rural World that in his re-
cent travels he has seen much of the
ravages of the chinch bug, and that the
following is the best way to destroy
them When they first appear, as they
usually do, on the side of the corn field,
and before they have entered it, cut five
or six rows of the corn and clear the
ground then plow a strip of land eight
or ten feet wide, leaving deep dead
furrow, and the trap is complete. When
the bugs approach the field, they will
pass in under the corn placed across
the dead furrow, and preferring the
shade and moisture, remain there until
the stalks become perfectly dry, when
they can be put through process of
cremation that will prove effectual in
destroying them. Should they first ap-
pear in the middle of field of corn Gas
it not unfrequently happens they do),
they can be surrounded on the forego-
ing plan and destroyed in the same way.


England and Scotland are said to
contain six hundred thousand habitual
drunkards, including both sexes.
Year: 1874

The Saturday Review has a sharp az


ticle on certain superficial type of crit
icism that has become the stock-in-trade


of class of modern young men-more


especially those who fondly believe
themselves TO have strong aesthetic


sense, and to be capable of art-judgment


of asort unknown to their fathers. ThEs


it says: "The most irritating section of


the intellectual school consists, perhaps,


of thoseswho are judges of pictures, and


taking tho technical terms of painting


and music, with neither of which arts


probably they have more than a super


fetal acquaintance, mix them together


into a new and horrible jargon. Follow


ing the unpleasant fashion set them, it


must be allowed by some to whom they


may rightly look up, they describe pic


lures as symphonies in green, harmonies


in white, and 7lOttlt771Os in all sorts of


colors. Their delight in this new meth


cd of expression leads them to carry it


further, it may be hoped, than its orig


inators intended. They will beg you to


admire the tremulous tones of an at


mosphere, the swell of q foreground, or


the diapason of scarlet in a sunset.


They discourse learnedly of ascending
and descending scales of color, of melo-


dious passages running through the


middle distance, of the phrasing of a
picture, and of the key in which it is
set. When they wish to praise painter,
they say that he has fine eye for har-
mony. 1t has not yet, we believe, come
to pass that those who more particularly
affect musical knowledge speak of COM
poser's possessing a fine ear for color.
It would be no more ridiculous, how
ever, to hear of the middle distance and
n1orbidezG of a quartet than of those
things which we have mentioned above,
and of others like them. The extraor-
binary huency and extraordinary unin-
telligiblity of these philosophers dis
QUESTIONS remind one of the nonsense
rhyme concerning the old man who
walked by the Trent, and talked to
himself as he went but so loud and so
much, and moreover in Dutch. that no
one could tell what he meant. After
listening to them for some time one is
inclined to doubt whether the universal
spread of art, or rather of superficial
acquaintance with art, is an unmixed |
blessing. They are so we'll contented !
with themselves, so Thoroughly convinced |
that the words which they speak are the |
words of wisdom, that there seems no |
hope of their ever straying from the |
paths which they have made peculiarly |
their own. Shop of all kinds is apt to
be tiresome even when talked by those
who are well versed in their subject
when talked by those who are not so
well versed, its WEAKNESS assumes gi-
gantic proportions. 1t is an old and
true saying that little knowledge is
thing. Certainly little
knowledge in the matter of art is dan
gerous thing for the friends and ac-
1uaintances of those who possess it.
Year: 1874

When a piece of territory settles
away below its accustomed level the
matter is very easily explained, and the
case is the same when there is a sudden
upheaval. But in the vicinity of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, phenomenon has oc-
Cured which gives rise to great deal
of speculative inquiry. The railroad
near that place for about 100 feet has
several times risen to such degree as
to render il necessary to take up the
rails and sleepers and grade the bed
anew. 1t is supposed that a vein Of
quicksand runs under the hard pan Of
the surface at that point, and that the
water from the high grounds, saturating
it, and becoming imprisoned, exerts a
ny draulic power, lifting the surface.
In accordance with this theory
method of deep drainage is to be
adopted at once.
Year: 1874

General Sheridan Dtscredlts the Report
of Clusters Fight-EnOch HOax ON the
S1tuatiOn-The Shooting Of the Dis
armed Indians.


CHICAGO, August TO- 1874.
Lieutenant General Sheridan discredits the re-
port OF a battle between the In0ans and General
Custer From his knowledge of the locality and of
the Indians he is confident that no such collision
could have occurred. Moreover, the mail rider
would have to ride 200 miles to carry the news to
Fort Sully, whereas the scout from whom he pro-
fessed to nave obtained his information mad only
ABOUT sixty miles to travel in order to reach the
nearest telegraph station.


No official report has been received of any such
affair
Year: 1874

Would invite attention to the great reduction in


the price of the well known movement marked
"ANIN. WATCH CO.,
which has been reduced nearly ONE HALF in price;
This movement is adjusted to heat and cold, and
with the reduction mentioned makes it the best and
cheapest Watch TOR the money made in this or any
other country.


We have ilem in Gold and Silver. open
face ana hunter Cases.


10 apr6-2w
Year: 1874

Amber jewelry is quite popular now. An
amber necklace for brunette is becoming
ornament, but the earrings had better not be
ventured upon, as they reflect upon the face
and give it sallow hue.
Year: 1874

Money has been in ample supply all day at 3 and
per cent on CALL prime discounts moving at u to o.
per cent.


Government bonds have been quiet and firm, but
little lower on account Of the decline IL gold We
annex the latest quOtatiOns
Year: 1874

The desperation of the City Ring is
fully shown in its haste 10 commence the
excavation for the city basin. There is
no need whatever for this expenditure
now But help is required to keep the
Ring in power, and twenty thousand
dollars Of the city tax payers money is
to be used in the effort


This is very unfair in the Radical poll
ticians, but it is in accord with the action
of their party in other parts Of the coun-
try. 1t has never scrupled to use the
peoples money on any occasion where ii
would lead to party success and this has
been the chief cause Of the vast amount
of corruption that has peryaded that
party in all sections


The collectors have puid into he City
Treasury since the first Of July oven
5000 900, and the whole of that vast sun
except about $50 900, has been expended
And here is $40 900 more to De used sim
ply to aid in carrying the elections.
Year: 1874

A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION That was a
practical motion offered by Col Grimshaw
last evening, at the Board of Education
meeting, authrizing the employment Of a
teacher Of telegraphy in School No /
This branch of study, if impaired proper.
ly, will enable the pupils III many instan
ces to step right out of the school int,
lucrative positions, and will prove of last
ing benefit 10 all who learn the art
Year: 1874

ployer on Monday evening, and 70
amuse them took u small pistol and
after removing the cartridge allowed
them to snap the lock, pretend
ing to shoot each other. After divert
ing themselves for some time in this
way, the man took the pistol away,
replaced the cartridge and hid the
weapon, as he thought, out of the little
ones reach. He then busted himself
about other matters, and in the mean
time one of the children-a little boy
thinking to have some more sport
with the dangerous plaything, took it
from the place where it had been laid
away, and, unnoticed by the colored
man, cooked the weapon, placed it at
the mans side and pulled the trigger.
The cartridge exploded, driving the
ball into the body of the unfortunate
man and inflicting II wound from
which he died on Tuesday morning.
The parents of the children are deeply
grieved at the result of the unfortu-
nate affair, and in one family, ut least
an important lesson has been incul-
Gated regarding the use of firearms
playthings.
Year: 1874

We learn of painful accident
which occurred in Los Nietos last
Monday evening and which yesterday
morning resulted fatally to the chief
participant in the affair. The report
states that a colored man who had
been for longtime in the employ of
family living at that place, was
playing with the children of his en-
Year: 1874

80. The tide ofimmigration Is steadily SET
ting in, and the first thing eastern people 10
is to throw away their New YORK Hats and buy
n new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
conn parison between the two. ..- 2ao
Year: 1874

The Springfield Republican says that New England Senators could have headed off Sin fation' by agreeing to equalize the national bank circulation between New England and the West. It was a case of self-interest. New England had more than her share and would not give it up.
Year: 1874

INTERESTING TO SpoRTsMEN.-Judge E. C..
Minor, of the Henrico county court, has en-
tered an order for the enforcement of the
fifth section, chapter SO, of the Code of 1873,
prohibiting hunting on the lands of another,
or hunting or shooting along a public road,
believing that such prohibition will be OF
great benefit to the people of the county,
particularly to those residing near the city
limits. The court is determined to enforce
this law. The penalty for its violation is
fiue of five dollars for each ofence-the tine
to be doubled in every instance if the offence
be committed in the night or on Sunday-to
be recovered by warrant, together with all
costs and charges; shall forfeit his gun and
shooting apparatus, and his dogs shall be
killed. For third offence the accused shall
be required to give security for his good be.
havior for twelve months, and in default he
shall be committed to Jail. The order will be
found in full in our advertising columns.
Year: 1874

3 The AURoRA.-0n Saturday might the


northern horizon was illuminated by u


bright exhibition OF g the aurora TIE
light was OF yellowish tint, and in this
differed from the reddish hue of the aurora
OF recent years. 1t commenced at about s
O'Clock and faded away by o. After that
hour meteors appeared in various quarters
OF the heavens. The ,weatherwise say these
portend cold weather,
Year: 1874

REMOVED TO VALENTINES STUDIo.-On
Saturday the great block of marble, recently
arrived in this city and from which will be
reproduced Valentines model for General
r. Z. Lees sarcophagus, was removed from
the Fredericksburg depot to the sculptor's
studio on Leigh street. Eight mules pulled
it to the square on Eighth street between
Clay and Leigh, when the truck got stalled
and four more mules bad to be added to the
team to draw it the balance of the way.
Year: 1874

First. That, but for the Constitution. the
Legislature would have an unrestrained
power Of taxation the Constitution in its
very nature was for the restraint of legis-
lative power for the protection of the citI-
zens, and therefore when the Constitution is
to be construed in reference to q power
claimed for the Legislature, its restrictive
character should not be overlooked, and the
leaning Of the court where ambiguous Ian
guage appears should be for the citizen,
especially when charge was sought to be
fastened upon the citizen by the Legislature
under the pretence of constitutional war.
rant.
/. Second: That under the Constitution Of
1852 and the Alexandria Constitution the
Legislature was expressly restrained from
imposing a license tax upon merchants and
at the same time assessing their capital; that
it might resort to either mode, but not to
both; that the Convention of 1S67-'6S in
tended to- deprive the Legislature of this
discretion, to take away the power of evyipg
the assessment of their capital and merchan-
disc in lieu Of the license tax. In support
Of this view they relied upon the proceed
ings of the Convention MS we'll rs upon the
language of the Constitution itself, contend
ing that section L, article 10, required all
taxation to be equal, uniform, and dd udlo-
rem, except in certain excepted cases, and
that the general merchants business was not
embraced in any Of the exceptions which
were expressly made, and that so far from
being included, they We're excluded by i'm


Dlication
Year: 1874

The counsel for the Commonwealth, how
ever, contend that no matter what was the
intention Of the trainers of the Constitution
the effect Of the constitutional provision is to
leave it in the discretion of the Legislature
to impose upon what business it may please
license tax; that if the intention was, as
is contended by the defence, the Convention
failed to express that intention by apt words
in the Constitution; that the only guide
to the Legislature to the intention of the
trainers of the Constitution is the language
used which permits all business TO be reach
ed by license tax which cannot be reached
BY the dd valorem system, and that the Le-
gislature is to judge what business cannot
be so reached.


/ When the court met on Saturday the jury
was sworn, and the defendants again moved
that the Court instruct the jury to bring in
verdict of not guilty.
Year: 1874

On New Year, among the many pleas
ant calls that the day and the love of our
friends brought warm to our hearts, none
excelled in pleasure that of two gen tlemen
who came on a mission cf peace. They
were from the Knights of Nom US, and
their chiyalrous message was worthy Of
the olden time. They showed that the
omission which the REPUBLIcA N SO sternly
resented had been unintentional, and un-
known until our cartel astonished them on
Tuesday morning. TWAS the neglect of the
squire, who loitered by the way; the pa o.,
who dallied with my lady's maid. 1t was
any fault bu. theirs, except that they
trusted in those who promised to do their
work. The explanation was 80 complete,
the manner of the gentlemen was so kind,
the reparation so ample, that it almost
seemed as if it was we who had sinned.
We forgot, after SO knightly an explana-
ton, which was not an apology, that we
have been hurt. IG was their desire that
every reader Of ours should be as well in.
formed of their Efforts to please the public
as the most exclusive subscriber of tt g
PcayHne, for example, and in the same
spirit we say they shall have, twelve
months hence as complete an account of
their next mystery as we gave a year ago
Of the Talisman.
Year: 1874

Special Treasury Agent Kinsella was in
formed that on Saturday some goods were
landed from the steamship St. Louis, of the
Mississippi and Dom inion line, and carted
to the residence of Captain Silas Weeks,
agent of said line. One of the revenue of
fcers was directed by Special Treasury
Agent Kinsela to proceed to the residence
of Captain Weeks, which resulted in the
discovery and seizure in said premises of
six barrels Of bottled ale, which were
hauled to the Customhouse. AS vet no ar
rests have been made.
Year: 1874

This theatre was occupied last night by
the Shakespeare Club. The theatre was
crowded with a beautiful and fashionable
audience, and the benefit was in all respects
just what the club deserved-a grand sue
cess. The entertainment was of the most
pleasant kind, consisting of the romantic
performance of the drama of the "Lady OF
the Lake." which was cast as follows: