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Year: 1874

To be presented to the Queen is An !,
honor to which all English ladies as
pire. Not all however, can enjoy the
privilege; for, besides titled personages,
only the wives and daughters of the
clergy, of military and naval officers,
and of physicians and barristers, can ap-
pear at Court, those being the arist0-
cratic professions. No lady whose hus-
band or father is general practitioner,
solicitor, merchant or man of business,
unless he be banker, is entitled to
presentation; neither is divorced lady,
or one against whom there has been
whisper of scandal. American ladies
are more fortunate in this respect; be-
ing all sovereigns in their own right,
they can all be presented on being
properly vouched for by their Minister.


On the occasion Of a drawing-room,
full dress is vigorously required. The
ladies carry their long train folded over
their left arm until they are about to en-
ter the royal presence, when these are
let down, and spread out by the lord
in-waiting with his hand. The lady
then walks forward to the foot of the
throne, when another lord waiting
reads her name and that of the lady by
whom she is presented from card to
the Queen. She curtesies to the ground;
the Queen kisses her forehead if she is
peeress or peers daughter, or gives her
own hand to be kissed, if she is only q
commoner; she then curtesies to each
member of the royal family who chances
to be present, and backs out of the
room, taking care to keep her face
turned all the while toward the Queen.
A lady once presented has the right to
present others within the prescribed
limits: but these sponsors are held to
strict account for their proteges.


This presentation, however, is dear
bought pleasure. The crowd is so
great and the space SO limited that la
dies are often compelled to stand for
hours exposed to draughts from win
dows and doors, as all wraps must be
left in the carriages; and when they at
last pass from the royal presence their
rich dresses are usually almost torn
from them by the surging crowd.
Year: 1874

O. There is nothing which contrib
utes more to the sweetness of life than
friendship; there is nothing which dis
turbs our repose more than friends, if
we have not the discernment to choose
them we'll.
Year: 1874

@ There is good story of a little
boy who, going into book store with
his mother, crept up to the juvenile of
the establishment with the sly query,
" Say, have you got any books for
boys that amt got any relig gion in 'em ?"
Year: 1874

There is certain style of woman who
affects the most innocent simplicity on
questions to which every one past first
childhood can give IN answer; whose
enc is naive ignorance, whose charm is
her unenlightenmcnt, yet who can MS
her very ignorance as a trGnchant weap-
on enough when she is in the humor.
She has the prctticst way possible of
putting you in the wrong, and contra.
diets you with the least shading and
most directness of any woman you can
meet.


Sometimes she merely makes you APP
pear pedantic or obscure. The tone in
winch she says, "Oh you are too
clever for poor little me to talk to and
| dare say you are right, but then am
such little goose ] do not understand
YOU is quite sufficient to annihilate
you for the evening, if you chance to
be Of those unlucky ones who are SEN
sitive u to the impression they make.
She, so simple, so untutOrcd, the child
of nature, makes it plain to you that
you have gone on wrong road when
you have spoken to her as to reasona.
ble decent education, and have assumed
that she possesses a mind and some de-
gree of instruction. She is all heart ;
if you like, she can cxpatiate on her
dear dog, or that darling boat race but
she cannot let you think that she has
ever used the eyes of her mind, or seen
anything deeper than the sclf.evident
superficialitie,lof life.


Ii You talk to her on any subject be-
yond the current trivialities of the day,
she lifts up her eyebrows and says,
GLOW oddw And the next person to
whom she speaks hears that you are
such an extraordinary person, and have
such funny ideas Or she may ring
the changes by saying that you are so
dreadfully learned she cannot under
stand you-and fancy speaking OF such
dry subjects MS the sun, or the state OF
Spain, or the different physiognomies
of IL crowd, to poor, silly, little her
All she wants to talk about is the
opera, or the fashions, or the latest
scandal, whatever it may be or, fail
ing scandal, the latest amusements !;
and anything to make her think and use
her brain, Though in the mildest way,
ruflles her serenity and transforms You
into a bore of the first magnitude.
Year: 1874

There is nothing so remarkable in
man as his power of concoaling mental
torture. What is unsaid is ever nearest
and greatest. The soul is beset by
some hidcous rcmorse-cOnsuming care
warnings of disease-fear of death
rejected love-vilc pecunary distress
or the anguish of anticipated shame.
The dark thing is not merely in the
background it's presence never with
drawn, its grasp never wholly relaxed, 1t
occupies the citadel OF thoughts and
feelings and all that is beyond its sway
is but outlying and unconsidcred pre-
cincts. Meanwhile, the man plays his
part in soricty AS other men do; is
polite, gay, affable aud, if he is really
a strong and able person, is as much
like his ordinary self, himself before
this dark thing had any hold upon him,
as it is possible to be.
Year: 1874

orally covered with them, and many a
good meal have l enjoyed with very
little trouble of procuring, and not
quite so expensive as they are in Lon
don at the present time. ] simply
placed the branches over the fire, aud,
when opened, | picked them out with a
fork or pointed stick. These peculiar
shell-hsh are indigenous in lagoons and
swGmp' ON the coast, and as far as the
tide will rise and the spray fly, so will
they cling to the lower parts of the
mangrove trees sometimes four or five
deep, the mangrove being one Of the
very few trees that flourish in salt
water"
Year: 1874

What could more effectively appeal
to ones pocket linen than to receive an
invitation to a masquerade party on
heavy mourning paper. A Pennsylya'
nia widow sent out hers in this way he,
fore the late lamented had been inurned
week.
Year: 1874

wise; when heard the shot I stopped
still and saw Lukens fall don't know
how far Woodward was from the tree
when he shot; think that Coyle was at
the bars when was at the cross roads;
don't know where Speakman was; after
Woodward shot he went over to Lukens;
don't know that he picked him up; the
grass was about up to my knees.


John Skelly sworn Live on Chestnut
street In Wilmington. Knew Lukens; was
with him on Oct. 9th; We started for Brandy
wine Springs; we saw q chestnut tree at
Woodwards; Lukens, Green and myself
went up the tree; thick went up second;
was up the tree near the top; the other boys
were on the ground; Woodward came under
the tree and pointing q double barrel gun
up the tree said "come down or he would
blow our brains out"; We begged him to let
was crying; when Lukens jumped down
Woodward struck him with a stick;
jumped down and Lukens and ran we
had not run far before Woodward shot;
Lukens fell on his face; kept on running
l was shot In in the left arm on the elbow
It hurt me but did no tbreak my arm
I ran on on toward the woods and
turned to field ON my left when
got up on the fence looked back and
saw Woodward shaking his fist at me


saw Lukens next day dead he wa!
about the size of McElvaley hear6


nothing said by anybody to Mr.. Wood


ward.


| Cross Examined-When Lukens ant


jumped from the tree we ran towart


the woods because we thought tha


was the safest way. Never was on tina


road before went to Brandywin,


Spring once before.
Year: 1874

Of intrigue and unflirness- The truth is
that women influencing and affecting men
as men do not affect each other, either call
forth all that is truest and most masnani-
nous in mems nature, or are the cause oi
the exhibition of many little vices and feel
ings which, but for the intercourse between
the sexes, would lie dormant. Men exhibit
a side of their character tOvomen that none
but women ever see, and this exhibition
depends very much upon the character oi
the women they come in contact with


This playing at courtship' is a double
game, in which edged tools are used- Some
times one, and often both suffer in the en-
counter, and the spoil Won by the victor IS
ONLY disgraceful badge.
Year: 1874

ROME, June Is The American pilgrims
are highly pleased with their reception.
The Pope has blessed the banner sent by
the Georgetown College to be presented at
the shrine of the Virgin of Loundes. Some
of the pilgrims are going to Venice to at
tend the Catholic Congress now in session
there.
Year: 1874

They should remember that the more work
they have performed by their neighbOrs, the
better able win their neighbOrs be to do fine
work; and the more they DO abroad, the more
they will have to do abroad, because there will
be nothing % induce first-elass printers 70 come
and remain anon Us.
Year: 1874

While unthinking persons drew tho conclusion
from tho universal testructono Of the great Chica-
go fro that it was useless to attempt tie erection
Of tire-proof buildings, there were those who
aaw therein tho urgent necessity for renewed
efforts in this direction. hr. Potter Palmer waa
ono OF the latter, and ho had the reward Of his
good judgment one evening this week when q
fire broke out in the upper-Rtory Of the
MapBard roof Of liB new hotel. The
porter had hoapcd aoie coal On q CRATE fire in a,
room which was aftorward locked. Either
sparks or 8 burning conf ignited the carpet, aud
tho fire communicated to the floor and the walls.
The occupant Of the room being absent. the
first intimation Of q fire was tho noise Of crack
ing wal1s; but eyen then fire waa not sus-
pected. It Is estimated that it was three
hours after tho fro caught before the
door was burst open. Yet It had made no head
why beyond burning tho carpet and woodwork,
and charring md cracking tho walls. This is
the result Of brick arches and iron girders, with
cemcnt for floors, and hollow brick aud hard
plaster for partitions. In this ono instance,
they may have saved ten timoa the difference in
their cost over the ordinary floors and partitions
throughout tho house.
Year: 1874

It mas rumored yesterday evening that the
Chicago warelousemen had taken steps toward
securing an injunction against the States At
torney to restrain him from proceeding against
them under the Warehouse low, pending the
motion to DO made by Mum /, Scott for new
hearing loforo the Supreme Court.
Year: 1874

The day has passed at the Stock Exchange with
out the occurrence OF any further accidents. and.
after a decline from the opening prices ranging
from to per cent under renewal of the buying
to cover short contracts, the market assumed more
cheerful appearance. The recovery at first was
steady and gradual, and with the exception of an
occasional reaction, continued all day. When the
DAYS business was near its close, the smaller bears
having taken fright there occurred regular scram


bic to bay, resulting n what might be styled a
"bear panic" and the very highest prices OF the
day were made at the close. 1t is quite evident
that the opportunity thus offered for selling long
stock has been improved, notably in the case
of the Chicago and Northwest stock, the
pool in which are credited with having
sold no inconsderable quantity Of their
holdings at from Al up to ~ at tue close
Year: 1874

Editor of the Arizona lSentinel: es FRIEND BERRY When you receive the Miner of the 11th inst, your sensibilities will be severely shocked by perusal of the card of Wm. H. Hardy, which, though evidently principally intended for lmy benefit, intimates pretty plain ly that you are not the best man fin the Territory, in point of morals and sobriety, and that the fSENrINEL could, in his opinion, occupy a more respectable posi- ton, and that jointly and sever ally you and I are not very nice pair of birds.

 Berry, old boy, I sympathize with you. I am sorry for you, and I know that your great heart will beat with emotional anguish, when you reflect on the unhappy and degraded condition to which I am reduced by writing for the SENTINEL. ~ 2

 This out-burst on the part Of Wm. H. was occasioned, firstly

 

 by your little notice of Hardy and Stevens in the SENTINEL of July 4th, and secondly, by my letter to you of July 17th which wrote in a jocular mood to you personal ly, not supposing it would appear in the next SENTINEL, oer6Gti'1t, as it did, though I remember say ing in the margin that you might make that use of my portion of it if you wished. The sad results which ensued, ought to warn such inebriates, as Hardy says :. we are, to be careful what we write. | Do you remember that you stated that Hardy was ignorant, impudent, conceited, stupid, and soreheaded, and that my letter apparently fully endorsed it all ? I really intended only to congra- tulate you on your extraordinary command of language and your peculiar happy faculty of stating your ideas of the relative ability and capanitu of th Q candidates for Congress.

 Iapologized for my carelessness in the Miner of the 12th to Hardy, and my object in writing to you now, is to apologize to you for sending you an epistle which has been the means of causing you to catch it so strong from Hardy. In our case the old adge is eX- emplifed, that an estranged friend makes the worst euemy a man can have, he knows your weak points and tender spots, and can "touch you on the raw" in the most scientific style. I hope under this affiiction you will bear up with Christian fiftytude, re. membering that those who en- dure to the end are sure of their reward.

 Many sympathizers have called on me and urged me keep a stiff upper lip, and take my regular rations, etc. Tom Hodge says that I had better go out to Min. nehaha Flat, and rusticate with Charley Taylor and sober up, but says he can't think of any cool place near Yuma, for you to go to. Hardy's card says I get drunk, but you can't find whisky enough to get fuII on, which indicates one of two facts, either that you now get better liquor than the rot that Hardy used to keep in the old Quartz Rock Saloon in Prescott, or that you can hold more than you used to. As an indication that my feelings are really sub- stantial in your behalf, and touch the spirit, I enclose an order on Wm. B. Hooper & Co.,, for a bot tie of their best to help you ill up.

 Political prospects have not changed much since my previous advices, and though I see no req coY, fO oIfor y,oxyaopiniop in roDord L
Year: 1874

A hollow cylinder will bear greater
strain than solid one. Many Of us
know by experiment what a hard pres.
sure an egg will resist when placed end
wise between the hands. This curious
strength in round but weak substance
is due to the exact, orderly arrangement
of their particles, i. e., in perfect curves.


A memorable illustration was seen in
the mock artillery set to play guard in


front of that creation of imperial whim,
the ice palace of Catharine of Russia.


Before the palace stood six cannons OF
ice and two mortars, formed like cast
pieces. The cannons we're six-pound-
ers, which are commonly loaded with
three pounds of powder; these, however,
were loaded with a quarter of pound,
and carried a ball OF stuffed hemp and
sometimes of iron. The balls, distance
of sixty PAGES, passed through board
two inches in thickness; the ice of the
cannon could not have been more than
three or four inches in thickness, and
yet it resisted the force of the explosion.
Year: 1874

The Cologne Gazette of recent date
says that the Historical Society Of the
old Swiss cantons, having made conclu-
I siveinvestigations, reports, There never
was Landvogt Gesser nor William
Tell. Tell never refused to lift his hat,
never fred at an apple upon his SON. 8
head, never crossed the Lake of Lucerne
in tempest of wind and rain, never
spoke speech in the defle of Koss-
nacht, never shot Gessler," etc.


How we shiver as we read it How
hastily we threw it aside, wishing that it
had never met our eyesl How we hated
the Historical Society for making its in
vestigation, even though its report was
the embodiment of truth For twenty
years past the historians have been
limiting that the Swiss patriot was a
myth, time and time again have we
heard the insinuation, but we were un-
willing to believe anything that so over
turned our school day romances, and we
evade the truth by gravely questioning
the reliability of the chronicles. Alas
we can do so no more. The miserable
Historical Society has been so indefati-
BdDlC III lJo ochTCu buhl bueIS 10 ho lOu-
ger room for doubt. The channels of
argument are closed, and we stand face
to face with the solemn truth, there
never was such an individual as William
Tell. 1t is hard to lose sight of the
true and the brave, no matter whether
they are cotemporaneous, or whether our
reverence for them comes down through
the dull avenues of tradition. Their
presence on the one hand is an evidence
of security, and their memory on the
other is bulwark to patriotism. But
here in the above report the individuality
of the man is utterly destroyed. Instead
of hero, he turns out to be the mental
distractions of some erratic and impe-
cunious quill-driver.
Year: 1874

How is this for a way of catch. ing that noble animal, the rat? The Burlington IOWa) HGiObeye Says q liisn mas invented d patent rat trap that does not require any bait, and will fetch a rat every time it reaches for him. It Oper- ates on the principle of a stom ach pump-the inventor is a retired physician, "the sands of life have nearly" etc.-and the trap Is placed at the mouth of the rat hole. When it is wound up and the suction begins the rat comes; He may hold on tU the ground with his teeth and hump his back, and paw his dirt, aud weep, and yell for the police all he wants, he comes out of that hole backwards, is dragged into a back compart' ment, where steel glove drags his hide off and lays it aside for a kid glove manufacturer, while the carcass is pushed into a little furnace and cremated.
Year: 1874

Wildness is thing which a girl can not afford. Delicacy is thing which can not be lost and found. No art can restore to the grape its blood. Familiarity without love, without confidence, without regard, is destructive to all that makes woman eXalting and ennobling

 "The world is wide, these things are small They may be nothing but they are all.''

 Nothing9 It is the fret duty of a woman to be a lady Good breeding l. .a good sense. Bad manners in woman is im- morality AWkWardness may be ineradica ole. Bash f0lness is con stitution. Ignorance of etiquette is the result Of circumstances. All can be cOndOned, and do not banish man or woman from the amenities of their kind.

 But self-pOssessed, unshrinking and aggressive coarseness of de- meanOr may be reckOned as a State Prison Offense, and certainly merits that mild form of restraint called imprisonment for life. Itis shame for women to be lectured on their manners. It is bitter shame that they need it. Women are the umpires of society. It is they tO whom all the knOtted points should be referred To be a lady is more than to be a Prince A lady is always in her right ina lienahly worthy of respect. To lady, Prince and peasant alike bow.

 Do not be restrained. Do not have impulses that need restraint. Do not wish to dance with the Prince unsOught; feel differently. Be such that you can confer honor. Garry yourself so loftily that men shall look up to you as reward, not at you in rebuke. Tie natur- al sentim ent of the men toward women is reverence. He loses 8 large means of grace when he is obliged to account her a being to be trained into propriety. A mans ideal is not wounded when woman fails in worldly wisdom; but if in grace, in tact. in senti- ment of delicacy, in kindess, she should be found wanting, he re ceives an inward hurt. - GdT HGnaiIlOn.
Year: 1874

A young lady at Norriston put piece of wedding cake un- der her pillow and went to bed with the happy belief that she would dream of her future hus- band. That evening, however, she had eaten two plates of ice cream, about a pint of strawber- ries, several sweet cakes, and two large pickles, and she now says she would rather remain single all her life than marry the man she saw ill her dream.
Year: 1874

The Main street sewer muddle
worked itself into more intricate
tangle yesterday than ever before
since its projection. After the ac-
ceptance Of the bid of Messrs. L. Gay
IL Co. to do the work, and before the
contract had been signed, the partners
in the contracting firm - Gay and
Dougherty--dissolv partnership, and
now each claims the right to execute
the contract. Thus the Council is left
between hawk and q buzzard, and is
sorely puzzled to know which to throw
the dead dog to. Besides this, there
are two or three other horns to the di-
lemma. Many of the property-owners
along the line of the proposed sewer
have protested against its construction
and will oppose the payment of their
assessments to the bitter end. The
contractors bondsmen have notified
the Council that they withdraw from
all responsibility in the matter and
the contract not being signed, they
have a right to withdrawal. In hopes
of obviating the difficulty, an or
der was passed yesterday in the Coun-
Gil resembling all former action in let
ting the contract and proposing to adj
vertise for new bids; but against that,
a notice was served to the effect that
MIR. f. Gay would Mt once proceed
with the performance OF his contract,
and would hold the city responsible
therefor. Like Mr.. Podger's drink, it
is lawfully mixed, and q half-doZen
Philadelphia lawyers would find their
match in adjusting matters.
Year: 1874

Has anybody seen corpse straying
about town anywhere Officer Hart
lee has lost one, and we have agreed
to help him find it, Yesterday that
officer was notified that the body of
an Indian woman was lying at a
house in Sonora, and the burial would
devolve upon the city. He proceeded
to the place, took the measure Of the
body for q coffin, and leaving his
charge where he found it, came down
to the city undertaker's to make the
necessary arrangements for interment.
Upon returning, however, with his
improvised funeral procession-a city
cart, bearing the pine coffin, and u
member of the chain-gang as sexton
he was not a little surprised to find the
.brdy missing. Nobody in the neigh
borhood seems to know what had be-
come of it, and the matter is still
shrouded in myst terry. Meanwhile, if
anybody finds Mr.. Hartlee's corpse,
they will please return it to him.
Year: 1874

= Bishop Pierce, of the Southern Meth
odist Church, passed through our city
on Tuesday last, on his way to Los
Nietos. We did expect to have his
presence in our city few days, but
like all the Bishops of that church,
who have had occasion to visit South
ern California; they only stop long
enough to take squnt at the city and
surroundings, and pass on. They may
give ourcity the cold shoulder on the
grounds that Mohamed refused to visit
Damascus. When standing upon the
mountain and looking down upon the
Eden oftle Od Word, be said: "Man
can have bnt one paradise" and
turned away and never entered the
city. He feared that the attractions
of earth in that beautiful city, would
be greater than the paradice of
Heaven. We can assure our Southern
Bishop that many good men have Wis
tied Los Angeles for weeks ut n time,
and went on their way az useful as
ever.


The Ladies' Fair at Turn-Verein
Hall last night was largely attended
and the evening was passed
pleasantly in dancing, promenading
and sociability generally. Notwith-
standing the large sales on the two
previous evenings, the tables were
still fully supplied with their compile
ment of fair merchandise. and all were
accommodated who wished to pur-
chase and thereby contribute to the
cause. We have not been able to
learn the entire receipts of the Fair
but they will doubtless aggregate a
handsome sum for the orphaned chill
dren in charge of the Sisters to whose
benefit it will be devoted. H5