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Year: 1874

LADY THoENroE.-It will be a matter of
sneral regret to knew that Lady Thornton has
ben very I'll while in England, aud that in the
opinion Of her physicians it will not be prn-
dent for her to risk crossing the Atlantic
his year: consequently she will not return
10 The United states until next summer


This will be great disappointment to society
people, who, with q remembrance OF past de
hghtul entertainments by Sir Edward and
Lady Thornton, were looking forward with
bright anticipstioDs to the opening of the SUI
perb new residence OF the British minister
But the great regret will be in the illness of the
esimable lady who has filed her position here
w,lh such quiet grace, tact and good sense.
Year: 1874

AN ORDER has been issued By the War depart
meDt providing that the detail of a subordinate
Officer by the commanding officer of an artillery
post, to act as ordnance officer under and for
him, but mot to relieve him from responsibility
for the care and preservation of ordnance prop
erty, is not considered as violation OF the re CD
latiOn to which attention is called in General
Orders NO. Il, of 1873, from the War department
Year: 1874

Mr.. Mealton, in the course OF SATURDAY. after
noon went to the New York produce exchange


and was Immediately surrounded by a Dumerous
crowd, all anxious to see a person who had
gained so much notoriety. He seemed to have
good many friends on the floor, and yet there
were not few others who thought it would
have been quite Is well if, at such coniunc-
ture, he had kept himself in the hack ground.
Year: 1874

One of the barbaric games handed
down to the Romans from time imme-
mortal has just been forbidden by the
authorities. II was too provocative Of
an appeal to the knife. The game was
called Passatella. The party chose q
king and entered wine.shop. Each
man was obliged 10 call and pay for n
certain quantity OF wine, but no one
might drink without permission Of the
king. II he happened to be tyranni-
cal fellow, or had a secret grudge
against one Of the party, lie would get
ons or more Of them furious, especially
as the rest exulted always in the dis
comfiture Of their less fortunate COM
panions. Most Of the serious quarrels
at the wine-cellars were traced to this
game, but hosts and customers are
alike indignant at its suppression.
Year: 1874




cannot go to bed without saying my
prayers-indeed | cannot


The ear of the dying mother caught the
sound Although she had been iuasn.
sible to every thing around her, the sob
OF her darling aroused her stupcr, and.
turning to her friend she desired her to
bring her little son TO her. Her request
was granted, and the cnilds golden hair
aud rosy cheeks nestled beside the cold
face of his dying mother.


'My son. she whispered, repeat this
verse after me, and never forget it.
When my father aud mother fctsaks ne,
the Lord will take me up The chill
repeated it two or three times, and said
his little prayer, Then he kissed tbs
cold face, and went quietly to his bed.


ln the morning he came as usual, TO
his mother, but found her still and cold


This was her last lesson. lie ha, never
forg 'tton it, aud probably never vii
as long as he lives.
Year: 1874

The New York Times says you might
nearly as well forget your churches, your
academies, and your houses as to forget
your local paper. 1t speaks to ten times
the audience that your local minister does.
1t is read eagerly each week from begin>
ming to end. 1t reaches you ALL and if
it has lower spirit and less wisdom than
a sermon, it has thousand times better
chance at you. Laying as it does, on
every table, in almost every house, you
owe it to yourselves 10 rally literally to
its support, and extract from it as able,
heightened character as you do from any
educator in your midst. lti in no sense
beneath notice and care unless you
yourself are beneath notice and care-for
it is your representative. Indeed, ir its
character it is the summation of the im :
portance, interest and welfare of you all.
1t is the aggregate of your own conscience
and you cannot ignore it without misera,
bly, depreciatipg yourselves
Year: 1874

Young gentleman, when thay take their
"duxieS" buggy-riding, should pay every
attention possible to their safety and well
fare, We noticed young man last s un>
day that seemed to understand the art of
protecting his lady-lovo to perfection.
As they passed down Fifth street she was
doing the driving, while he had both arms
around her, and we could tell by the wi Id
look in his eye that he was determined
she shouldn't fall out. Thisis as it should
be pcrhaps.-Atlantic Cap Shcaf.
Year: 1874

A good wife is like a snail. Wby2
because she keeps in her own house. A
good wife is not like a snail. Why +? BE.
cause she does not carry her all on her
back. A good wife is like Q clock.
Why7 BecauSe she keeps good time. A
good wife is not like town clock. Why?
Because she does not speak 50 loud that
all the town can hear her.
Year: 1874

Self-oblivion is Gods remembrance.
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when
we stoop than when we soar.


The heart makes the man, and the
outward life is only the fruit of seeds
sown within.


Since we are exposed to inevitable
sorrows, wisdom is the art of finding
compensation.


The daily life of good man is a
fountain that enriches and refreshes all
that come near.


BE noble minded! Our own heart,
and not other mems opinions of us,
forms our true honor.


lie is incapable of truly good nc
ton who knows not the pleasure in con-
templating the good actions of others.
1t is one sign of the tendency of hui
man nature to goodness, that it grows
good under thousand bad influences
We sleep. but the loom of life never
stops; and the pattern which was weav-
ing when the sun went down will be
weaving when it comes up tomorrow.


Conscience is great ledger book, in
which all our offences are written and
registered, and which time reveals to the
sense and feeling of the offender.


We cannot too strongly attack super
stition, which is the disturber of society,
nor too highly respect genuine religion
which ID the support of it.


We are rcformers in spring and sum-
mer; i'll autumn and winter we stand
by tho old-reformcrs in the morning,
conservers at night. Reform is aflirma-
tive, conservatism negative; conserva-
tism goes for comfort, reform for truth.
There are people who tell you our age
is pro-occupied, that men no longer
read anything or care for anything.
Napoleon was occupied, we think, at
Beresina; he, however had his Ossian
with him. When did Thought lose the
power of being able to leap into the
saddle behind Action? When did man
forget to rush like Tyranus to the com.
bat. sword in one hand, the Tyre in
the other? Since the world still has a
body, it has soul.


Time is never more mis-spent than
while we declaim against the want of it.



All our actions are then tinctured with
peevishness. The yoke of life is GER
tainly least oppressive when we carry it
with good humor; and in the shades of
rural retirement, when we have once
acquired resolution to pass our hours
with economy, sorrowful lamentations
on the subject of time mis-spent and
business neglected never torture the
mind.


Be and continue poor, while others
around you grow rich by fraud and dis
loyalty; be without place or power
while others beg their way upwards;
bear the pain of disappointed hopes
while others gain theirs by fattery;
forego the gracious pressure of the
hand for which others cringe and crawl.
Wrap yourself in your own virtue, and
seek friend and your daily bread. II
you have in such course grown gray,
with unblenched honor, bless God and
die
Year: 1874

@ An old rough clergyman once
took for his text that passage Of the
psalms, ~ said in my haste ali men
are liars" Looking up apparently as
if he saw the psalmist standing before
him, he said, You said it in your
haste, David, did you? Well, if you
had been here, you might have said II
after mature deliberation.
Year: 1874

It was certainly very lively settle
tlement. New settlements everywhere
are lively, and new mining towns are
particularly so, but Betmick, though
but few months old proudly held ita
own among the inviting neigborhoods or
q certain creek in California in the ear


ly days of the gold fever. All the min
Year: 1874

rF Conversation in the Horse car
First young lady-Father says we girls
must be economical, for the panic has
struck him. What does your father say
Second young lady-Oh, he don't say
much: you know pa is SO slow that
don't believe he'll hear the panic is in
town till it has most gone away.
Year: 1874

HARD lIMkS.-We heaf farmers talk
ing every day about the hard times
They claim that the times are so dull,
money so scarce, and property and pro.
duce so low that it is impossible for
farmers to clear expenses. They com
plain that they are imposed upon, that
they have never got their share Of the
currency, and thousand other ills IN
necessary to mention, but none Of them
ever put the blame where it belongs.


The real causes of hard times are ere
ated in great part by the farmers them
selves. They never once think il is nee
essary for them to make any special ex
ertion towards making handsome living
further than to cultivate few acres Of
corn, wheat oats and few other articles
which come to little Suppose South
western farmers should all plant good
orchards for one resource, to have good
winter apples to ship south where the
market is always good one. Besides
this let him add to his farm products
some cotton or tobacco, or other article
which always commands money. Should
we hear such long and loud complaints
Of the hard times il farmers got out Of
the old ruts and farmed intelligently ?
BY no means. The wolf would fee from
every mans door-not farmer in the
country but could put by some money.


They should feed their corn to hogs,
cattle and other stock instead Of selling
it at thirty or thirty five cents bushel
for such dealing will keep any farmer
down in the world, we care not how hard
he works


The truth is that farmers do much to
make their own hard times, by their own
obstinacy or ignorance. Honesty and
good management will make any farmer
independent.


BREAKING 1T GENTLY -" Yes, remem-
superintendent said, with the old pathos
in his voice, and the old sad look in his
eyes at was about simple creature
named Higgins. that used to haul rock
for old Maltby. When the lamented
Judge Basley tripped and fell down the
court house. stairs and broke his neck, it
was great question how to break the
ucNS W MIS- DaSlSNs but uiiaiil tuc
body was put into Higgins wagon, and
he was instructed to take it to Mrs. b
but to be very guarded and discreet in
his language, and not break the news to
her at once, but do it gradually and gent.
ly. When Higgins got there with his
sad freight, he shouted till Mrs. Bagley
came to the door.


Then he said docs the widder Bag
ley live here?


"The widow Bagley? No, srP'


"Tll bet she does. But have it your
own way Well, does Judge Bagley live
here Z"


"Yes, Judge Bagley lives here


"Ill bet he don't. But nevct mind
il amt for me to contradict, Is the
judge I"


4" No, not at present.


+" jest expected as much; because
you know-take hold o'suthin, mum. fol
/ am going to make little commune :.
ton, and 1 reckon maybe it'll Jar you
some. There's been an accident, mum
I've got the old judge curled up out here
in the wagon, and when you see him
you'll acknowledge yourself that an in
quest is about the only thing that could
be a comfort to him. "-Mdrk Tuoin.
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye-not head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in a pound of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874

Persons receiving the GAZETTE with RED x
on it, notified that their subscription is
due for the current volume, and they are respect
fully requested at once TO remit the subscription
Year: 1874

Az AMATEUR DErEcrivE.-lt Is re-
lated that q grocer In Lowell. Mass.
had chest OF tea stolen from in front
of his store several weeks ago, aud.
not rellshing such treatment, he set
an ingenious trap TO catch the thieves,
which proved successful. lie filled a
large chest with awdust. first boring
a hole In the bottom, and set u out Ia
front Of the shop. About Z o'clock.
while the attention OF the men la the
shop was diverted. the cheat was
stolen. Its whereabouts was easily
found by means OF the sawdust trail
though the thief was not then found.
lie was subsequently, arrested, how
ever.
Year: 1874

FATHER SECCHI's OBSERVATION OF THE
SOLAR EoLIPsH.-At the last sitting of the
Academy of Sciences in Paris paper was re-
OF the 10th inst. He states that he used the
SpectIoscope to observe the appulse of the
moon, method that has this advantage, that
when our satellite approaches very near the
solar disk the sharp outline OF the dark body is
distinctly visible on the field of the chromo-
sphere few instants before the actual contact
takes place. His spectrOscOpe, moreover, was
not the common one; it had a eecOnd prism in
front OF the slit through which the light passes,
whereby he obtained solar image similar to
hat given by ordinary telescopes, with all the
spots and the limb both OF the sun and moon
The eclipse commenced at Rome at 10:14:41 and
2Ih.
Year: 1874

A BOLD AND SUCCESSFUL FORGERY was her
petrated in Philadelphia yesterday, by which
the city controller and several banking houses
were swindled out of various sums asgregat-
ing $500: Warrants on the city treasury which
purpofted to have been drawn by the board of
education In favor of certain school teachers
and warrants drawn in favor OF policemen,
bearing the mayors signature, were cashed by
the controller without question, so skiIlfully
were they executed. One of the rascals " as
caught while trying to obtain payment of a
check in one of the banks, but q very stupid
detective allowed him to escape.
Year: 1874

TIE SMALLPOX Is still increasing at Mon
real. The Hotel Dieu and the general hospital
are overcrowded Another house has been taken
possession of and 10 patients have been nlaced
there since Saturday.
Year: 1874

The CLAIM of the widow of Capt. Fry (who
was murdered in Cuba by the Spaniards) for
800 due him at the time he left the United
States navy for the confederate service will
have to be decided by Congress, the law of
March z, 1867, being held by the accounting Of
hcers TO prohibit its payment. The President
and Secretary of the Navy both favor the pay
ment CT the claim.
Year: 1874

How did people get in the habit of
shaking hOnds :? TIL ans" is IrrU rIr
to seek. In early and barbarous times,
when every savage or Semi-savage was
his own lawgiver, Judge, soldier and
policeman, and had to watch over his
own safety, in default of all other pro-
lection, two friends and acquaintances,
or two strangers desiring to be friends
and acquaintances, when they CHANGED
to meet, offered each to the other the
right hand, the hand alike of Otfense
and defense, the hand that wields the
sword, the dagger, the club, the toma.
hawk, or other weapons of war. Each
did this to show that the hand was
empty, and neither war nor treachery
was intended. A man can not we'll stab
another while he is in the act of shak-
ing hands with him, unless he be a
double-eyed traitor and villain, and
strives 70 aim cowardly blow with the
left while giving the right and pretend
ing to be on good terms with his victim.


The custom of hand shaking prevails
more or less among all civilized nations,
and is the tacit avowal of friendship and
good will, just as kiss is of a warmer
passion. Ladies, every one must have
remarked, seldom or never shgke hands
with the cordiality of gentlemen, unless
it be with each other. The reason is
obvious. It is for them to receive hon.
age, not to give it. They can not be ex-
pected to show to persons of the other
sex a warmth of greeting which might
be misinterpreted, unless such persons
are very closely related 10 them bY
family or affection, in which case hand
shaking is not needed, and the lips do
more agreeable duty.
Year: 1874

1t is a beautiful valley about mile
in length, walled in on either side by per-
pend cular walls from two to three hun
dred feet in height. There is but one en-
trance to this enchanted spot, and that
is by a very ragged and dangerous
pathway, and the foJtman experiences
great difficulty in the descent. Upon
reach ing the valley We could hear the
rustIine of the wind through the lofty


pines on the cliffs above us, sounding
like the roar of some devastating hurri-
Year: 1874

DR.. Livingstone is said to have ex-
pressed the utmost contempt for lions.
g You talk about the majesty of the
Iion," said he, chattering one day at a
party in London with Sir Edwin Land
seer, "but you do not know the beast.
There is no more majesty about him in
the forest than there is about that
poodle. It is all poetry. Lions are
arrant coWards-cowardly, sneaking
beasts. You can hardly tell hon from
a donkey when you come upon him in
the forest and if you come upon lion
suddenly, his first impulse is to tuck
his tail between his legs and bolt. He
will spring upon you if he comes upon
you unaWares and can have time to
crouch, but if man has the courage to
look lion in the face, you need not
even cock your rife.
Year: 1874

cane, while the grass beneath our feet
lay as calm AMI stiIl as death. Not even
the slightest breath of air could be felt.
Everything was so still that a person
Standing at the lower part of the valley
could distinctly comprehend persons
speaking at the upper end.-De1ver
MjrTOr.
Year: 1874

"A new counterfeit of the recent is
sue Of fifty-cent scrip has just made its
appearance. It is one-sixteenth of an
inch shorter in length and width than
the genuine, and the line connecting
the two upright lines of the letter n in
the small words engraved, ENGRAVING
snd printing, at the end of the scrip is
reversed in every instance but one. In
the counterfeit there is no distinction
between the white cravat and shirt bo-
som of Samuel Dexter, while IN the
genuine they are we'll defined. It is
likely to deceive in tie evening or with
the rapid money changer.
Year: 1874

The Infexible. the latest pattern of


war-ship, now building for the English


navy, is an extraordinary vessel. What


may be called her distinguishing char


acteristic is that she will have, in the


sense of vulnerability, no "wind and


water-line" at all. Every one must


know that the vitals of a man-O'-war


lie along the belt of her fOatati0n-a


breach of her 81 les in that region lets


in the sea and sWamps her, The Infexi-


BILE carries all her side armOr upon q
central space 10 feet in length. It is
tWenty-four inches thick, and protects


with that mOnstrOus wall of solid iron


her engines, her crew End her battery of


four eighty ton guns. Along the rest of
her-fore and aft-there is no vertical
armOr, but a thick inside cushion of
cork of enormous buoyancy, more than
sixty feet square in section, surround
ing bunkers full Of coal for the supply
of the ship. A horizontal deck of thick
metal extending fore and aft from the
citadel, at depth of six or seven feet
from the water-line, Will cut off all this
upper portion from the real
u6d(l Ol WIG FSSStIs NUS IL Gu6 enemy
should send shot or shell through every
coal bunker and corner of the Tnfexible,
forward and aft, letting in the water ev-
lie could only-if the design
expectation-lower her a single
foot in the sea. Her citatel, it may be
expected, he could not
pierce; at any rate with guns at present
in use Tn a word the constructors Of
the Infexible give an enemy the upper
slices Of the ship, except her citidal, to
do as he likes with, and it is by making
the ends floatable under any circum-
stances that the iron work of the pom
derons citadel, with its turrets and free
board, can be carried. The ram and the
torpedo are therefore the only periIs
which threaten this forthcoming fight
ing ship but, perhaps, these also might
be provided against if her bottom under
the water deck were constructed in
many compartments.
Year: 1874

NO COMPROMISE OR BACKDOWN YET,


NEW YORK, November 21.-There are no
changes in the strike OF loagshoremeu to davs
humors that were shOat 10 the effect that
compromise was to be effected between the
steamship companies and the strikers are with
out foundation. No companies have given IN
to- day, and they express their intention 20 hold
out to the bitter end. TIE -stevedores all say
that the new men are performing the work
satisfactorily
Year: 1874

STEAM ON TIE CHgsAPEAKs AND ONO
CArHL-An experiment OF prOpslling a canal
post by steam was made at Cumberland yester-
day, which proved highly satisfactory. Under
a pressure OF thirty pounds of steam the
boat mace two miles in twenty-sx minutes
The only new feature IN the mschn merry is the
novel construction Of the propeller, which is
intended 10 give an inward motion t. the water,
IN order TO prevent the washing of the banks
The Cumberland Times is of the opinion th at
the DAYS Of "mule power on the canal are hum-
bered.D
Year: 1874

COMMISSIONER DAvESPoRr ACQUITTED
Judge Woodruff in New York yesterday gav
his decision on the charges preferred sgalnst
United States and Chief Supervisor of Elections
John j. Davenport, of arbitrary conduct aud
NAL administration of his Office In causing the
arrest OF citizens at the time of election and
locking them up, refusing to take bail, and sub
sequently refusing to give examinations to the
partit accused. He directed tue order TO be
entered on the records OF the court that the
charges have not been sustained by. the evil
dence, and that they are dismissed
Year: 1874

Young men will be rcjoiccd 10 leartf
that tlght boots may be drawn on easily
by simple process. The patient lies
down on tho floor, and holds his feet
straight up IN the air until The blood runs
out Of Them. thus diminishing the size
Of the foot, when II will slip Into II as
sleek as getting into the gutter on dark
night To enjoy perfect immunity
from pedal torture while the foot is Thus
oncascd, IL is only necessary TO remain
In this position until ready TO draw or
lha hnoia
Year: 1874

A lady correspondent Of the Ohio
Farmer writes:


The evening before ! wash blankets I
dissolve three cents worth OF boray in
half tub full OF warm water, aud soak
the blankets over night. The last thing
before retire and The first thing IN tho
morning is, to give the contents Of th6
tub turning over aud pressing down.
The job will be a pleasure instead of a.
task, and with washer aud wringef it
is real funny play. | forgot TO say that
fadd soap md hot water. aud wash the
blankets thoroughly IL the same water
IN which they lay all light. Then wash
them through another spds as hot ne I
can well bear my hands IN. never
rinse my blankets or woolen garments
in either hot or cold water.
Year: 1874

The Washington Star says the select
Committee on transportation is rapidly
perfecting It's report, which will be sub
mitted to Congress some time this
month. The Committee will take the
position that Congress has the authority
to regulate the rates Of fare over rail-
roads, but will recommend against the
exercising of such authority, on the
ground that II is now inexpedient.
Year: 1874

The Hartford Post says: We send
men to Congress to make laws and
guard the interests of the nation and
the man who cannot command o re.
election without attaching to himself a
gang Of purchasable henchmen, must be
Of little real service to the country or his
district
Year: 1874

The Atlanta Herald says firm in tha,
city recently advertised for a salesman,
and in a very short time there were II
replies TO II. AT the samo time there
was an advertisement for a situation by
a gentleman OF talent and experience, to
which there has not yet been reply.
Year: 1874

Admirers Of pastoral literature will
find an Interesting communication from
Brother Charlton OH the fourth page of
this paper. 1t is in the usual forcible.
feeble style Of that prolific writer, and
will commend itself to the consideration
of such as feel an interest in the subject
more particularly treated of.
Year: 1874

Another cotton factory is being built
near Greeneville. South Carolina. II
will give employment to two hundred
operatives. One such establishment
will be worth more TO the surrounding
country than forty Oranges.