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Year: 1874

BoY SHoT.-A half-dozen boys, armed
with pistols of as many different pat
terms, assembled on the river bank neal
the Water Works last Saturday, for the
purpose of indulging in little target
practice. A hat was set up as target.
and the boys commenced shooting at it
by turns. A little fellow named Bloom
was taking his aim when one of the 9TH
er boys concluded to change his position
and running between Bloom and the tar
get. received shot in the feshy part of
his thigh. The accident put an end to
the impromtu sport, and Bloom, who
thought be had really committed mur-
der, ran home and left the remainder of
the party to take care Of his dead and
wounded. A physician was called and
the wounded limb dressed. when the pa
rents of the injured child moved in force
upon the Bloom domicil, threatening to
sue for damages and do many other
dangerous things unless the expenses of
the affair were betrayed by them.-Port-
land Ne,os.
Year: 1874

TIE girls OF vassar College have
moonlight sails on the Hudson. and the
young men Of that vicinity ARE gracious
ly permitted TO stand ON the shore Of the
river and see them go by. No cards, and
no hopes for any.
Year: 1874

The will of the late Baron Rothschild
consisted of twenty-five articles, OF
which paragraph twenty, remarkable
for its beautiful lessons of filial obedi-
ence and brotherly love, is as follows
81 exhort all my beloved children al
ways to live in harmony never to loosen
family bonds; to avoid all differences,
dissensions and litigatiOns; to use for
bearance toward each other, and not to
allow temper to get the better OF them,
and to be friendly in their dispositions.
My children possess good example in
their excellent grandparent. Friendli-
ness was always the sure condition to
the happiness and success of the whole
Rothschild family. May my children
now and never lose sight of this family
tradition, and may they follow the ex-
hortation of my lato father, their grand
father, contained in paragraph fifteen OF
his last will, always to remain true and
faithful, and without changing, to the
paternal faith of Israel"
Year: 1874

Farmers predict hard winter because
rabbits are burrowing far into the
ground. II is wise in a rabbit to do
this. II be didn't some young man


would have him ont Of that with a
forked stick pretty quick. However, if
that is a sign, it can be offset by
the action of certain cockroaches
around this office. Not one of them
has even commenced to dig yet. They
ramble around as if they expected APP
pie trees to blossom in January, and
sort O. turn mp their noses when they
hear any thing about cold weather or
the wolf of starvation. They don't
seem to care cent whether they swing
on gas burner or roost on the steam
pipes, and, their utter recklessness goestc
show that the coming winter won't bt
OF much account. Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1874

GogTHE's ideal of married life, and
one to which he strictly adhered, is de-
scribed by himself as the union OF two
persons Of cultivated faculties, identical
in opinion and purposes, between whom
there exists that best kind Of equality,
similarity of powers and capacities with
reciprocal superiority IN them, M that
ono can enjoy the luxury Of Looking up
10 the other, aud can have alternately
the pleasure of leading and being led in
the path OF development.
Year: 1874

preceded the darkness gloom came
upon their labors silently rs n thief in
the night, and it was not until the whole
of the mines presented sulphurous
appearance that they left their work.
Year: 1874

to order TINT the doso be repeated until the af-
feet ia produced which ought to have been &C.
comp1ished By the first dose. According to the
Doctor, the effects Of a prescription put mp in
quantities laid down by the Pharmacopmia, and
the same prescription put up by the ordinary
druggists Of to-dny, arc by no means the same; !;
aud, instead OF single dose having the effect
sought, it has to be repeated indefinitely until
that effect is produced.


The moral OF all this is that the unfortunate
sick, whose ailments require the use of drugs
compounded by the apothecary, have to depend
on the intelligence as we'll us the honesty OF the
druggist al much as upon his physician. Mr.
Rayner states that any conscientious druggist
can at any time test the purity Of Lis drugs, and
it is his business and his interest to do 80. Tho
purchasers at retail drugstores will find in this
report, therefore, sufficient to warn them against
dealing with any person in the important article
of medicine who is not slkillful enough to know
pure drugs from bad, and honest enough to sell
the precise article ordered OF him by the ply
Stefan.
Year: 1874

The Lyes Insured by the Society are carefully
selected in different parts of North America and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field of opera,
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
re;arned annually TO the Insured
Year: 1874

The RIGHT OR LEFT Arm THE ques-
ton. whether gentleman walking with
a lady. should give her his right or left
arr. is frequently discussed. Custom
and written etiquette are rather in favor
Of the right. although there are excellent
reasons in behalf of the left arm. Either
one or the other. permanently retained. is
vastly better than the absurd habit Of
changing arms. SO as to place the lady on
the inside Of the promenade. One advan-
tagc Of giving the left arm is that the per-
son on the right naturally takes the lead.
so that. in the country or city. IN the
street or park. he thus readily directs
the way. instead Of waiting to consult
with his companion. or causing jostling
By each Of them trying to move in oppo.
site points. Another advantage is. that
in crowded ihoroughfare such a. Broad
way, for example. where the sidewalk is
invariably encumbered with merchandise
and thronged with people. = gentleman
needs bis right arm to remove obstruc-
,ions aud keep rude or careless folks out
Of the way.-Scribners for June.
Year: 1874

PAr UP, AT 0ycE.-We have already in formed MINER subscribers that after the first of January next, the new postal law will force publishers to prepay postage upon every newspaper sent out of the county in which paper is published; that the MINER will pre- pay postage upon all such papers and that tue present rates for our Daily and Weekly will remain as before.

 These being facts, subscribers will readily see the necessity of paying for their papers m advance 4 great many of our subscribers have always done so; but many others are in arrears and would remain so for ever, if we would let them This we cannot afford to do, and they know il, so we are now under the necessity of informing all who owe us to pay up promptly and save us from having to collect, by law, and, perhaps, to erase their names from our books. If.
Year: 1874

The Committee having the matter of the Christmas tree in hand desire us to state that the distribution will commence "just as soon as it is dark enough to sec by candle light" Tonight at the Court House.
Year: 1874

This State is the latest to bring forth
an Independent party in favor of re.
form. A full State ticket is to be elect.
ed in October, and the Legislature is 10
elect a successor TO Senator Upton. A
movement is in progress TO call an in.
dependent State Convention, and ii is
supported by the Omaha Republican,
the hitherto leading Administration or.
gan. Opposition to the railroad influ-
ence will form leading iseue of the
new party.
Year: 1874

The North Georgia Citizen says a
ghost was seen on the road leading 10
Spring Place few evenings ago. A
man plodding quietly along the rad
about dark saw white object standing
to one side, and going near, discovered
10 his utter horror, a headless "wSman
in white" The fellow says he made
tracks at double quick pace towards
Dalton.
Year: 1874

A letter from Russell county to the
Courier-J Journal presents a gloomy and
discouraging prospect. Southern Ken
lucky, as well as the western portion, is
threatened with famine. Crops were
short last year, and much suffering al
ready exists. No rain has fallen since
the 4lh Of May. The oat crop was a
complete failure, so was the hay crop
and large amount Of the coru is dead,
aud the remainder is fast drying up.
The latter adds, with all the rain that
could fall 1t would not be possible to
make an average Of barrel TO the acre.
The wheat was moderately good, but
will all be consumed in short time,
and tho people be left without anything
10 sustain life. The writer thinks there
must be at least twenty or twenty-five
counties in southern and western Ken
lucky Just in the condition described
and unless relief can be obtained from
outside, some hundreds oc the people
will slarve 10 de
Year: 1874

A letter from Auburn TO the Nash
vile Banner says:


We have the gloomiest prospect for
corn crops In Cannon that has over been
seen by the oldest farmer We have
had no rain worth anything since tho
first Of MAY. Corn is actually dying
daily. Gardeus are perfect failure.
Irish potatoes are as scarce ~ though
none had been planted. | am sue thcro
will not be peck raised 10 the bushel
planted. Oats and grass are worth moth
ing. and seed from either will not DO
raised In this community. Grass lots
are almost as dry as the turnpike road.
Stock il suffering very much. Wheat
crops are good rs 10 quality and yield.
better than for several years previous,
which will give us bread, but II IL does
not rain in short time we cannot mako
peck OF corn 10 the acre.
Year: 1874


/ We would suggest, to the many par


ents who are perplexed with the diff
Guilty of finding the wherewithal TO


amuse and interest their boys, to give
their lads every possible opportunity OF
acquiring mechanical trade. The in
dustry and ingenuity of q boy Of average
ability may easily be made 10 furnish
him with neyer-failing source of
amusement of the best order. The boy
who can produce or make something al
ready begins to feel that he is somebody
in the world, that achievement of a re-
suit is not a reward reserved for grown
people only. And the education of
mind, eye and hand, which the use of
tools and mechanical appliances fur
nishes, is of great and real value, be-
yOnd the good resulting from the occu-
patton of leisure time. Having nothing
to do Is as great snare to the young as
it is to the full grown; and no greater


benefits can be conferred on youths
than to teach them TO convert time now


wasted, and often worse than wasted,


into pleasant means of recreation and


mental improvement. The boy, whose
time and mind are now occupied with


marbles and kites, may be a Watt,


Morse, or Bessemer in embryo; and it
is certainly an easy matter to turn his
thoughts and musings into a channel
which shall give full scope to their
faculties. And to most boys the use of
mechanical tools is the most fascinating
of all occupations. As logic and math-
ematics have value beyond accuracy
in argument and the correct solution of
problems, in that they teach men the
habit of using their rejecting powers
Systematically, so carpentry, turning
and other arts of high Importance


These occupations teach boys to think,
to proceed from initial causes to results,
and not only to understand the nature
and duty of the mechanical powers, but
to observe their effects, and to acquire
knowledge by actual experiment, which
Is the best way of learning anything.
All the theories culled out of books
leave an impress on the mind aud mem
ory, which is slight compared To that OF
the practical experience of the true
mechanic. Our advice iSlStO all who
have the great responsibility of the
charge of boys: Give them a lathe, or a
set of carpenters or even biacksmith's
tools. Give their mind Il Turn toward
the solid and useful side of life. You
will soon see the result in increased
activity of their thinking capabilities,
and the direction of their ideas toward
practical results; and, still more obvi-
ously, in the avoidance of idle mischief
and nonsense Ito omit all reference to
absolute wickedneSs and moral degrada-
tom, which are, to too great an extent,
the pastinle of the generation which is
to succeed us.-ScieHtiGc american.
Year: 1874

The true economy Of human life looks


at ends rather than incidents, and adj
justs expenditures To a moral scale of


values. The real wastes of life are not
those men who prate about most volu-
bly, and condemn I'm censoriOus tones.
DE Quincy pictures i woman sailing


over the water, but awakening out of
sleep to find her necklace united and one


end hanging i'm the stream, while pearl


after pearl drops from the string beyond


her reach; while she clutches at one just


falling another drops beyond recovery.


Our days drop one after another by our
carelessness, like pearls from a string,
rs we sail the sea of life. Prudence re-
quires wise Outstanding of time to see
that none OF these golden coins are spent
for nothing. The waste of time is a
more serious loss than the extrava-
gances against which there is such loud
acclaim.


Here are thousands who do nothing
but lounge and carOuse from morning
till midnight, the drones in the human
hive, who consume and waste the honey
honest workers wear themselves out i'm
making, and insult the day by their
dissipation and debauch. Here are ten
thousand idle, frivolous creatures, who
do nothing but consume and waste and
wear what honest hands accumulate,
and entice others to live rs useless and
worthless as themselves. Were every
man and woman honest toilers, all
would have an abundance of everything
and half of every day for recreation and
culture. The expenditure of a few dol
lars for articles of taste is a small mat
ter i'm comparison with the wasting of
months and years by thousands who
have had every advantage society could
offer, and exact every privilege it af-
fords rs a Neutrality-suspicious.
Year: 1874

Two CAsrs.-Tbe st. Johnsbury Cql-
edoniaR narratcs tho following stories,
which have large-sizod temperance ser
mons in them "A young man born and
brought up within a stones throw OF one
of our churches, went off and got drunk
last week, SO drunk that he fell out Of
the wagon on Railroad street, and the
owner of the team went and took it away
from him. Meanwhile, his young wife
lay dying at home, and did die two days
after. On Monday evening Of this week
a boy only twelve years old was so drunk
at Lyndon Corner that he had to be car.
ried home He wa. first bundled off In
to horse barn, but he attracted too
much attention there, and some one pro.
cured a team and two men conveyed him
home If it was known that such things
were done in some heathern land, our
people would send missionaries there
and they should"
Year: 1874

According to a Cleveland paper, the
following is the way accidents occur in
that part of the country: An old but
unusually thoughtful farmer, residing
near enough this city to DO his trading
here, went into his corn field last week
to hoe his corn, and in order to give u
crow or two salute should he see any,
strapped his double barrelled shot gun to
his back AS he warmed up to his work,
he caused his hoe handle to circulate
with more than its wonted rapidity about
him, and, finally, the end Of the hoe
handle hitting the trigger of the gun,
touched it off. The old farmer felt q
gill or two of shot pass through his scalp
and hat and supposing he had been shot
a. by an assassin in the rear, he, though
wounded, seized his gun, and wheeling
suddenly around, blazed away at the sup.
posed shooter. He was still more sur
prised not to see man, but his dog
writhing in the agonies of dissolution.
He is out now, hoeing corn again; but
his head is covered with plaster, and his
dog does not frisk about his heels as
formerly,
Year: 1874

A man In his carriage was riding along,


A gaily dressed wife by his side;


And he like king in his pride.
A wood sawyer stood on the street as they passed


The carriage and couple he eyed;
And said, as he worked with his saw on log,


II wish was rich and could ride"
The man in the carriage remarked to his wife,


zone thing would give if | could
I'd give my wealth for the strength and the hcaltl
Of the man who sawed the wood"
A pretty young maid, with bundle of work.


Whose face. as the morning, was fair,
Went tripping along with smile of delight,


While humning love-breathing air.
She looked on the carriage; the lady she saw,
Arraycd in apparel SO fine,
And said in whisper, al wish from my heart
Those satins and laces were mine"
The lady looked out on the maid with her work
So fair in her calico dress,
And said, "Pd relnquish position and wealth
Her beauty and youth to possess"
Thus 1t is in the world, whatever our lot.


Our minds and our time we employ
In longing and signing for what we have not


ungrateful for what we enjoy.
Year: 1874

We heard an eminent lawyer say
the other day, speaking of the Gran
gers: "Well, they will run things
in this State for three or four years,
and I've made up my mind TO sit
still and lot ZEN, do it," Isn't this the
same reason that induced little Jack
TO go without his supper?
Year: 1874

We feel like turning the Tele-
graph over to his spiritual advisor
until Tuesday morning, and hope by
that time he will be able to blush a
little for all the fbE he has perpetrated
during the week, whose last moments
are now slipping one by one into
eternity.
Year: 1874

The Statesman understands that he
made little mistake the other day in
pronouncing for Grant for third term.
Yes, he mistook the sentiments of his
readers most woefully, If we know any,
thing of the temper of the people of the
State. The Statesman's explanation is
very lame, and his declaration for Eaton,
of Connecticut, won't help him out. The
Statesman's little gun went oil too soon
in both instances, and we are forced res
luctantly to conclude that the Demo
cratic Statesman isn't much more of a
Statesman than he is a Democrat, in the
light of his new Grant departure.
Year: 1874

AUNT AANNAA'9 ADVICE.
And 80 you have quarreled with David.


And, hide It as well as you can,
know at this moment you're thinking


That he Is a horrible man.
He has no regard for your feelings,


He loosens his hold on your heart;
And each has confessed to the other


That both were much better apart.
You think Of the days Of your courtship,


When David was Thoughtful and kind,
In all your vexations SO hopeful,


To all your follies so blind;
And now, DER the gateway of Eden


The sword Of the angel Is crossed,
And you miss all the sweetness and sun.


shine,


The joy Of paradise lost.
You think you have done all your duty


Have prayed and have labored in vain,
And feel, as a husband, that David


Has really no right to complain.
But let us sit down in the twilight
And talk DER the subject awhile;
Befhpaaou take leave Of - meadoW
Tis weii that you pause on the stile.
rTis likely that David IL fretful,
And careless at times, it Is true;
His business absobs him too closely,
But is he not working for you?
So when he comes home in the evening,
Quite silent and thoughtful and queer,
Just let your heart keep up its singing,
And pretend you dom t notice, my dear.
For Just as q scratch on the finger
Winheal If you let it alone,
So many trouble or grievance
That David or you may have known,
Would soon have been gone or forgotten
And left not a scar on the heart,
Had either been fond and fOrgiving,
Had never supposed you could part.


IT'S your duty to yield. and you know it;
You will II you're true to your trust;
! Your God and your honor demand 1t,
| And David is gentle and just;
| Don't keep any bones OF contention


Don't hold to this terrible strife;
But make him a much better husband


BY being q much better wife.
Year: 1874

The Rev. Geo. Harding thus de-
scribes the new temperance almanac.
As book reviewer he has no peer
The many citizens who have received
copies OF the work will attest its
merit: b


The Temperance Almanac" was
issued gratuitously, Wednesday, on
the corner of Washington and Meri-
dian streets. 1t is handsomely print
ed on rose. tinted paper. and bound to
attract attention. On the FIRST page is
the picture of the Temperate Family.
The central figure is the father, a
sleek, shiny looking man with side
whiskers, reading aloud to his family.
His wife, an ex- Yankee school ma am,
is sucking a meaty looking baby; at
her side stands the eldest son, q fat
faced, bullet headed boOby of about
fifteen; in the foreground are two dis
agreeable children and a mashed cat
Turning to the second page, we are
greeted by an accurate representation
of shaving mug supposed to contain
Walkers Vinegar Bitters, labeled
Eureka" and surrounded by the
halo which usually encircles the heads
OF the Holy Family. On the ninth
page is fine picture of Come Home
Father" The saloon as here portray
ed seems to be very nice sort of
place, and Father" has on his head
what appears to be a developed pine
apple. The literary contents are per.
feet gems, about disordered livers,
tape worms, and poetical remarks
about women. Page Is contains a
portrait of DR.. Joseph Walker, in
which he looks like horse thief.
Page IA, a lovely poem, asking What
are we going to do, sweet friends, to
the ''fiend" that he may not still
drive the sister wild, and poison the
coming child" A humane adviser
would suggest that Sweet Friends
make him drive the sister tame, or
else not drive Ter at all, aud confine
his poison to the coming woman, or,
| il he refuse to do that, earnestly advise
the child" not to come. The last


page is filed with the Incorporate
/ Family. Father is here an amiable


looking man, with an eccentric coat


the tail of which is trimmed in fine


fringe. He is gaily fourishing stool


over the head Of his skinny daughter


His wife, who is ugly enough to justi


fy intemperance in any man, is kneel


ing on the floor, looking squint-eyed


at him, and some gallant gentleman
acquaintance is hastily lighting out O


the back door.
Year: 1874

Mr.. Dickens told a story of young
lady who, being intensely loved by
five young men, was advised to jump
overheard, and marry the man who
jumped in after her. Accordingly,
the next morning, the five lovers be-
ing on deck, and looking very devoted
ly at the young lady, she plunged into
the sea head foremost. Four of the
lovers Immediately jumped in after
her. When the young lady and four
lovers were out again, she said to the
captain: What am to do with them
now, they are SO wet?' Take the
dry one." And the young lady did,
and married him.
Year: 1874

A general out break of the anti. ne
gro feeling is observable in some of
the Southern States. A recent exam
pie is furnished in the action of mob
in one of the interior towns of Texas.
Two young men from Illinois, who had
settled there with their mother and
sister. made themselves obnoxious to
the ex-rebels around there by organ
izing negro Sunday School. Vi
course such a feeling in the Southern
mind could only find expression in
violence. and accordingly the house
was attacked by a mob, who forced an
entrance and siezed the two young
men with the avowed intention Of
hanging them. But the inmates of
the house made brave resistance.
and before they were overcome the
mob was frightened away by the ap-
proach of band Of negroes from the
neighboring village; not, however, un-
til they had beaten one of the young
men nearly to death, with the butts Of
their pistols, and administered hun.
dred lashes with a heavy wagon -whip
on the bare back of the other. The
unfortunate family being informed by
the Sheriff that he was utterly power
less to protect them, hurried away to
place of safety. and finally made
good their escape from the State.
There is great deal Of this feeling
prevalent in the South, and it breaks
out precisely in proportion as the DEM
ocratic party acquires power, or feels
confident Of soon acquiring power. A
general Democratic victory would be
followed by an increased crop of such
outrages, ending probably in the ex.
pulsion Of negroes and Northern men
from the South.