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Year: 1874

The benefit of this eminent conductor
gives an opportunity to remind the lovers
of music tor how much they are indebted to
his skill. The orchestra can scarcely be
spoken Of apart from the opera. 1t is the
opera. Solo vOcalists are endowed with
powers and culture. but without the sup
port of an organized orchestra their efforts
would be shOrn Of effects, and the inevitable
deficiencies OF cast and chorus would be
obvious to the least Intellectual hearer.


1t is the modest musician who organizes
this support and illustration of artistic ex-
cellence to whom infinite commentator is
due


No one indeed, except musician, can
appreciate the knowledge required to or
ganize the overture. text, accompaniments
and choral effects of an opera, especially
of the works of modern composers. The
orchestra must be organized for the most
delicate as we'll as the most powerful effects.
Who can estimate the toll of drilling such
a corps TO the perfection of the orchestra
commanded by N. Momas To see him
evoking with his wand the softest harmo.
MES. touching IA as with pencil the shades
of melody, risin: with she swelling accord
of accompanying Instruments. until the
whole power Of voices and instruments
bursts into powerful and harmonious per-
fection, one would regard him as magician
at whose bidding the whole force and beau
ty of music was displayed. To the specta-
tor the conductor scarcely participates; to
the musician ic i. the architect who con.
ceiyes and puts together the magnificent
effects which enchant the audience.


VS. take pleasure in commenting NJ.
Momas to the patronage Of New Orleans
audience. with tho assurance that we have
not tad for years. if ever. a more thorough
and accomplished musician. and from the
estimate, OF his friends and personal as.
sociates q more estimable and intelligent
gentleman. We hope he may have such
reception as will secure his services :os
many future seasons.
Year: 1874

An Iowa lady concludes an anti suffrage
letter as follows: "You may look at this
matter in whatever light you will, but sim
nsr it down and it u bat quarrel with tho
Almighty thst W are not all men"
Year: 1874

MISERABLE Independents The Rad
icals curse them and lay their defeat at
their door, and the true Democracy scorn
them rs msrplots and rahid disOrganizers.
-Chdriest1n Courier.


This Is the greeting Of WALKER, in his
organ, after the election, to those who
take no stock in him and who refused two
years ago TO allow him to select candi-
date Tor Governor.


Perhaps he thinks that the fullness Of
time has now come-that the ring can
nGVer more be broken-that he Is strong
enough TO defy his enemies-that the late
election was verdict In his favor-that
the Independents will hereafter kiss the
rod that now smites them, and for fear Of
failure, OcquiesCo in his dictatorship over
the party.


II this is his present reVengeful sup
position he will be apt TO repeat his mis-
take Of 1872 The Independent movement
was signal success in that year, and can
always be made a similar success when
ever the necessity arises for 1t. Ifthere
was Democratic State Convention in
session to day, which was understood to be
acting under the inspiration and manipu.
lstiou OF Walker and his co.adjutors, itG
nominee could be defeated as easily as in
1879. Such a man as he is cannot subju.
gate the people OF this State. The late elec.
ton is not surrender to him whatever else
1t may mean. The days Of Domitian have
not come, in which "the voice Of the Ro.
man people, the liberty Of the Senate, and
the conscience Of the human race" have
been abolished. Let not Walker lay tha'
AAtteriug JUNCTION TO his soul.
Year: 1874

THE great and good WALKER seems TO
be back at the Courier Office in Charles
ton, blowing the bellows Of that concern


Tor awhile in order to gloriIy himself as
part and parcel OF the great Democratic
victory In the State, and thus work up
public opinion for the U. s. Senate. he
says in a late number Of the paper that
Year: 1874

Senator Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine,
in his speech at the Republican Con-
gressional Convention at Bangor, on
Thursday last, said: by reading and
thinking man must sec that spirit
of progress anmates our party-a dis
position to open up new channels of
commerce and to increase the product
ion of the country, disposition to aid
all genuine projects calculated to bene-
fit the nation at large, spirit of liberal
ity to ala the Government in its up
ward course, desire to have a stricter
accountability between Government
officers and departments, strong pur-
pose for economy in every branch Of
the G Government--al these are charac-
teristics OF the party to which the Gov
ernment is intrusted, notwithstanding
the slanders and scandals set afoat by
portion of the press. There has been
too much of this slander by inuendo.
The man who boldly charges me with
crime, aud fixes the time and place
[ regard as a gentleman when COM
pared with him who endeavors TO fix
it upon me by inuendo. The fairest
fames have been blasted by this under
handed, whispered, half-coucealed
method Of abuse. when there was not
the slightest grain of truth in the sland-
er-when it was false as hell ITSELF
The so-called "Independent" press
has nothing to do but scandalize the
whole people, and public men In parti-
cular; it is the food they live on. |
do not say this because they have ac-
cused me of stealing, (God knows how
soon they will,) but it has become
crying evil. In this country, as in all
others, war has been In some degree a
cause of decentralization but we have
come out of the greatest war the world
ever saw, and have taught the world a
lesson. We have demonstrated that
republic is not only the best but the
strongest form Of government, and that
ours has done more than my other of
which history tells US to correct this
decentralization. For thirty years past
[ have known the Presidents and heads
of departments, many of them intimate
ly, and state here On any reputation,
which | hold dearer than anything
else inlthis. world, that there is as much
integrity in public officials to-day as
at any hour since we have had Cow,
ernment. [ do not say that we have
no corrupt men in Office, but do say
that the Republican Administration
has done more to get rid of them than
any other government.
Year: 1874

REBELLIoUs LIQUeR-DEALERs.-
About 1000 of the Iquor-dealers of
the city-that is, above one-half the
whole number engaged in the retail
trafic-are in open revolt against the
Excise laws. A large and rich lobby
in this interest vainly urged the last
Legislature to reduce their license fees
and have taken the present step as a
last effort to nulIify the Excise law
The Excise Board in response have
not sued the dealers, as they expected,
but have quietly scared the indict-
ment of sixty of the nost active lead
ers in the revolt If convicting OF
violating the Excise laws the guilty
dealers may be foed $3.50 and sent
to Blackwelps Island for one year.
The summary trial and punishment
of a few of those indicted will doubt
less bring the others to their senses.
We hope the District Attorney will
pursue the matter promptly. There
are few outside of the 5000 liquor
dealers in the city who will not agree
with us in saying that the fees for Ii
cense are already too low, and the Ex-
else law and police regulations con-
cernine dram-shops too lax.-Ne.o
York Tribune
Year: 1874

1t is reported in New York that
Government Dix has decided to remove
Havemeyer from the Office of Mayor
Of that city. There is a State law
giving the governor authority to sus
pend or remove the Mayor of city
for cause, and there is apparently abun-
dant cause in this instance.
Year: 1874

The House of Representatives, by that
monotonous majority which always appears
when party interests are in question has
passed the bill for the admission Of New.
Mexico into the Union as State, and the
measure now goes before the Senate with
the best prospect Of passage. There is no
reason why New-Mexico should be made
State, except that the Republicans in
Congress see prospect Of making a few
votes in Congress and in the Electoral
College out of it, and few politicians in
the Territory hope TO get the Offices there.
by created. There is no necessity any
where for such action. No one in New
Mexico complains that he suffers in mind


body or estate, by virtue Of the Territorial
condition, except the ofiice-seekcrs, who
would rather live in Washington at tho
national expense than earn their bread
honestly in the Territory. The New
Mexicans are not asking for admission !;
they care nothing, and know nothing,
about the whole intrigue. There are in
Santa Fe few political loafers who want
the Territory made State so that two
may go to the Senate, one to the House,
one may be Governor, and the rest may
divide the State plundcr The intelligent
voting population of the Territory num-
bers only few thousand, The large ma
jority, fve-sixths at least, cannot read or
write, and great proportion of them know
no English, and take no interest whatever
in anything relating to the Government of
the United States. The part of the popu-
lation which asks admission is confined to
those more or less directly interested in
Territorial politics, and his little handful
of politicians, if this scheme goes through
Congress, will send two of their number
to the Senate, to weld an equal vote with
that of the representatives of perhaps four
millions of people.-N T. Tribune.
Year: 1874

The collection of whisky tax
IN North Carolina affords excel
lent opportunities for small poll
ticians with easy places at good
pay. In that State there are
many distilleries having a capaci-
ty of only about twenty gallons
each per day, and in every one
OF them is G revenue official who
Is paid four dollars per day for
weighing the meal and carrying
the kegs to the cistern room. The
Government is very strict with
these little distilleries in North
Carolina and Tennessee; but in
New Orleans, California. and the
West enormous quantities Of
whisky are put Oh the market
from large establishments with
the completely of revenue officials
upon which no tax is collected.
to the great detriment of honest
manufacturers who pay full taxes
on their production.
Year: 1874

'


We thought every body in


the State knew that we are deaf,


but once in a while we find one


who is not aware of the fact
| A female eo0k-peddfer came to
the office the other day. She


wished to dispose of a book
IShe was alone in the world, and


had no one to whom she could


turn for sympathy or assistance;
hence we should buy her book.


She was unmarried and had no


manly heart into which she


could pour her sufferings, there


fore we ought to invest in her
book. She had received a lib


eral education, and could talk
French like a native; we could
mot in consequence, pay her less
than two dollars for a book
We had listened attentiyely and
here broke in with: what
did you say? We're deaf
She started in loud voice and
went through her rigmarole.-
When she had finished we went
and got roll of paper, and
made it into a speaking-trua-
pet, placed one end to our ear,
and told her to proceed. She
nearly broke blood vessel IN
her effort to make herself heard
She commenced: 81 am alone
in this world" sIt doesn't make
the slightest difference to Us
We are husband and father.
Bigamy is not allowed in this
State. We are not eligible to
proposals.. - "Oh,. what fool
the man Is" she said in a low
tone; then at the top Of her
voice, 81 don't want to marry
you; 1 want to sell a-b-o-o-k."
This last sentence was howled.
"We don't want a cook" we
remarked blandly; Sour wife
does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good-loOking
a woman as you TO stay in
the house five minutes. She
looked at US in despair. Gath
ering her robes about her, Civ
ing us a glance of contempt,
she exclaimed: II do believe
that if a 300-pounder were let
off along side that deaf fools
head he'd think somebody was
knocking at the door," You
should have heard her slam the
door when she went out. We
heard that.--,Santa Clara (Cdl.(
Echo.
Year: 1874

A boy was put into boiler in
Dubuque, Iowa, to hold a hammer
against the rivets that were being
driven from the outside. When
the boiler was done. the hole was
found too small to let the boy out.
They took off his clothes and
creased him, but still he wouldn't
90 through. Three hours cut
ting with cold chisel by six men
finally released him-nearly spoil
ing a good boiler.
Year: 1874

Mrs. Worth, OF Westfield, Mass .,
has sneezed her face awry. 1t
happened at party, and she
vainly tried to repress it, think
ing that sneezing was unladylike-
But it broke out in spite of her,
and at once she felt queer sensa-
ton in one check, That side of
her face sweIled rapidly, drawing
up the corner of her mouth and
completely closing her eye. The
physicians say that the trouble
is kind of paralysis, caused by


her effort to avoid sneezing, and
that her face is permanently dis
figured.
Year: 1874

An Illinois school girl was whip
ped until she tainted away because
she said "chaw" insteadof "chew.
The teacher wasn't SO particular
about his grammar when he went
up the road with about fifty men
following him.
Year: 1874

The only merit possessed by
some contributions we receive.
says an editor, is that they were
never before in print. The merit
is so light that We never have the
heart 10 r, b them of it,.
Year: 1874

GooDHUE CENTER, Oct. oath, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Advance:


Can you tell US What is being done for
the Farmers ticket? We are anxious to
know, for we want TO give it rousing vote
out here. Is there any body to see about
getting tickets ready? Push on the good
work. Let US neither slumber nor sleep
until the victory is ours. I believe the
farmers are awake 70 their true interests,
and they mean Hdsip@ss.


/Yssys for victory, X.


I'VE believe that farmers, lahorers and
everybody else should look out for their po-
litical rights, whatever may be the shade
Of their political faith, and we propose that
all sides shall have a hearing in The GRANGE
ADVANCE. There Is nothing so dangerous
as staguation, wherever found, and no
where is it more dangerous than in Re-
public. External vigilance is the price of
liberty" no less now than in the past.
And we believe that on whatever side
man may stand, he should be alive, and
should be ready to{ give reason for the
hope, that is within him, but we believe
that public Journal should be an open
forum for free discussion, and not tied to
any class of men, or any party organization,
and therefore we hsve held ourselves aloof
from advising our readers to any definite
courae of nolitical & action and wh;1o -o
shall give all who wish to use our columns
fair hearing, we do not propose to die
tate to any one.-Ep. ADVANCED
Year: 1874

What is the man Principal Of the Girls
High School kept for? He does not teach
anything of any account, and the only
reason for keeping him seems TO be an
Idea that even q girls school cannot be
trusted entirely to women. This Is a
standing insult to the ladies of the De-
partment and to tie sex in general. We
do not want TO deprive Mr.. Holmes Of a
situations; but he ought to be put in some
boys school, and the Principalship
of the Girls High School given TO n
woman.-.Sdh Francisco Post.


That kind of management, on the part
OF School Trustees, or Boards of Educa-
ton, is one of the many singular things
which public officials are constantly do
ing, to astonish those who placed them
there. We are glad TO find n newspaper
published by nah, that will advocate
! Justice for women. IL is relief after the
everlasting whining which most mascu-
line editors indulge IN, lest woman
should "get out OF her sphere" We
would like to see every girls school In
the nation In charge ola woman.-StOck-
! ION Lennler.
Year: 1874

PoPULAE EERORs.-To think the more
man eats. the iatter and more
strengthened he will become.


To believe that the more child stud
les, the faster il will learn.


To conclude that, if exercise is good,
the more violent it is, the more good is
done.


To imagine that every hour taken
from sleep is that much time clear gain.


To act on the presumption that the
least room in the house is big enough to
sleep in.


To argue that whatever remedy causes
one to feel Immediately better, is good for
the system, without looking forward TO
the more ulteriOr effects.


To eat without appetite, or to continue
to eat after it has been gratified, merely
for the sake of gratifying the taste.


To eat hearty supper for the pleasure
experienced during the brief time it is
passing down the throat at the expense
of weary waking in the morning.
Year: 1874

To Me Editor cf N, h,i,ona Miner.

 SiR:-Having observed for several years. that you take quite lively interest in the future welfare and prosperity of this Terri tory and are constantly laboring hard and honestly. to attract the attention of farmers to the land, take the liberty to send you a small statistical table, showing the aver age amount of rainfall during a certain peri od at places in the United States, not vary ing much in longitude and latitude from this station. The only noteworthy difference is the altitude; and still we have more rain than all the other stations except St. Louis : irerdge amount of rain for eacl moah from

 tfIu fn ifrrcL
Year: 1874

THAT DsposIroRy.--Military di.barsing officers, of high rank, assure us tbat business men will have no trouble in procuring checks on San Francisco and New York, in case U. s. Depository is established at this place, and said business men will make a grand mistake if they do not now bring all :heir influence to bear for the purpose of securing depository. We think so, too, and entreat them to work the matter up.
Year: 1874

It is the duty of every Arizonan not en. gagged in quartz mining to encourage and hcip siI who arc. The men who are HOW cunning .nills and arrastras are the men who are doing most for the Territory, if not for themselves, and besides encouraging all such to keep on, VIC ought to encourage other men to do the same ching, as upon the successful working of said mines business of every oth- or kind will have to rely, for activity and profit.
Year: 1874

CoScE1T.-Hardly anything is
more contemplate than the con-
ceit which rests merely upon So
cial position-the conccit of those
who imagine that thus they are
divorced from the clay Of common
men. of those who shrink with hor-
ror from the plea Of work, as some
thing which degrades by it's very
contact, and yet, who very likely,
owe their present position to some
not remote ancestor, who, recog-
nizing his call to work, lived more
honestly in the world than they do,
and was not ashamed of soiled
thumbs. It is one of the meanest
things for people to be ashamed
Of the work from which they draw
their income, and, which glorifed
their ancestors more with their
soiled aprons and black gowns,
than themselves with their rib.
bons and fash jcwclry. 1t might
be fine thing to be like the lilies,
more gloriously clothed than Solo
mon,and doing nothing,if VIC were
only lilies. Advantageous position
is only a more emphatic call to
work; and while those who hold
the advantage may not be COM
PEELED to manual drudgery, they
should recognize the fact that
manual drudgery may be perform
ed in the same spirit as that which
characterizes their own work, and
therefore that it is equally hoDora-
ble.-Rer. DR.. Napin.
Year: 1874

a housekeeper's affairs haG for a
long time been becoming very
much entaugled, and the poor wo-
man knew not what to do to get
out Of her difficulties. After a time
she betbought herself of wise
old hermit who lived in the neigh
bort ood, aud to him repaired for
advice. She related to him all
her trouble, saying:


"Thinss 60 on badly enough
nothing prospcrs indoors or out.
Pray, sir: can you not advise some
remedy for my misfortunes?"


The hcrmit-a shrewd, rosy man
begged her to wait, and retiring
to an inner cham Der of his cell, af-
ter a short time brought outa very
curious-Iooking box, carefully seal
ed up.


"Take this" said he "and keep
1t for one year; but you must;
three times q day. and three times
a night, carry it into the kitchen,
the cellar, and stable, and set it
down in each corner. l answer
for it that you will shortly find
things improve. But be sure that
at the end Of the year you bring
back the box. Now farewell"


The good woman received the
precious box with many thanks and
bore it carefully home. The next
day, as she was carrying it into
the cellar, she met a servant who
had been secretly drawing pitcher
of beer. AS she went q little later
into the kitchen, there she found
a maid making herself a supper of
omelets. In the stable she discov-
cred aad corrected some new
faults.


At the end oftbe yearshe, faith
ful to her promise, carried the box
to the hermit, and besought him
to let her keep it, as it had most
wonderful effect.


"Only let me keep it one year
longer" she said, "and I am sure
all will be remedied."


The hcrmi; smiled and replied


Il cannot allow you to keep the
box: but the secret that is hidden
within you shall have"


He opened the box. and 10 it
contained nothing but slip of pa
per on which was written this
couplet:


Would you thrive most prosperously


Yourself must every corner see.
Year: 1874

PLUCK. hopelessness Of
any one accomplishing anything


without pluck is illustrated by an
East India fable. A mouse that
dwelt near the abode of a great
magician was kept in such constant
distress by it's fear Of q cat, that
the magician, taking pity on it,
turned it into a cat itself. Imme-
diately it began to suffer from its
fear Of a dog, so that the ma
gician turned it into q dog
Then it began to suffer from the
fear Of a tiger, and the magician
turned it into a tiger. Then it
began to suffer from the fear of
a huutsman, and the magician, in
disgust, said, BE a mouse again,
as you have only the heart OF e
moaseitis impossible to help you by
giving you the body of a nobler
animal" And the poor creature
again became a mouse. 1t is the
same with mouse-hearted men,
he may be clothed with the pow
ers, and placed in the position of
brave men, but he will always act
like mouse; the public opinion
is usually the great magician that
finally says to such person, ''Go
back to your obscurity again
You have only the heart of a
mouse, and it is useless to. try
to make lion ofyou."
Year: 1874

IRREsoLUTIoN.-In matters of
great concern, and which must be
done, there is no surer argument
of a weak mind than irresolution,
Ito be undetermined where the
case is so plain, and the necessity
so urgent; to be always intending
to lead a new life, but never to
find time to set about it.
Year: 1874

Words are little things but they
sometimes strike hard. We WELD
them so easily that We are apt to
forget their hidden power. Fifty
spoken, they fall like sunshine,
the dew, and the fertilizing rain ;
but when unftly, like the frost,
the hail, and desolating tempest.