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Year: 1866

AN APPOINTMENT AND A DISAPPOINTMENT
"A fast young noblcman of Vienna, over head
and ears in debt and famous for his success
with the fair sex, received recently perfumed
rose -colored note whose contents ran: Sir,
your agreeable face and figure have made such
an impression on me, earnestly desire to max
your acquaintance. Come this evening to the
Vienna Thetre. | have taken stall No. 78 in
the parouet, and have asked the ticket-seller
to keep No. 70 for a gentleman who would ask
for it, saying No. 70 forever. trust l may
have the pleasure of seeing you. Emma. -
The dandy dressed himself in a most elegant
manner aud as soon as the doors were opened
he applied for No. 10 forever" and received
it. As the curtain rose gentleman came into
the theatre and took the seat. AS soon as he
was at his ease he bent over and whispered in
the dandy's ears: 81 am a constable; | have
been hunting for you these fifteen days gone
unsuccessfulIy Don't make scandalous
scene here, for tell you | have the warrant
for YOUR arrest in my pocket. If you will be
quiet, YOU may hear the opera out" The
fast man stared wildly enough for few mo-
ments, and then seeing resistance utterly hope
less, he remained quiet until the end of. the
opera, when he followed the constable to the
debtors jail.
Year: 1866

Much has been said of the immense squalor
and ignorance on which the prosperity of
England is based, but we think few persons
would be prepared for such specimen OF it as
was elected by 1.-The Children's Employment
Commission" A girl of fourteen, employed
in the Lucifer-match manufacture, gave the
following answers to the questions of the Com
missioners: Never was at school in her life
Does not know a letter. Never went to a
church or chapel, Never heard of England
God. Does not know what he does. Does not
know whether it is better for her to be good
or bad" This is pure dehumanization, hard
ly to be paraleled among savages In reading
such statements, in official documents, one can
not but wonder that English piety at all takes
the direction of foreign missions.
Year: 1866

In the time of Queen Elizabeth of England
the fashions imported from the Continent
were so eXtravagant and ruinOus to nrivate
fortunes that the Queen, who had three thou
sand dresses IN her wardrobe, issued a procla-
nation against extravaganza in dress. We
have no Queen, but we certainly have need of
the proclamation. The wild waste of money
In the most vulgar ways is matter of profound
pubic concern. 1t tends directly to make mar
riage difficult, and whatever limits honorable
marriage threatens public morality.


Our feast OF folly is the more contemplate
that, 1t is imported. Our vanity is second
hand. New Iork is apparently content to be
a cast-ot Paris. Like pert maid it smirks
and Ogles In the discarded dresses Of its mis-
tress. 1t waits for Paris to be hooped before
it enlarges its skirts, and meekly reduces them
when Paris dwindles. The follies of Long
champs are daring, original, and preposterous.
But they are the tOilieS of one of the richest
and most corrupt of European courts The
same tollles, carefully initiated in New York or
at Saratoga or Newport, are only feeble and
farcical.


Does an honest young man, earning his liv-
ing in New York, and hoping to marry his
sweetheart on some happy future day, wish
to see her apng the Princess Mathilde or the
superb Mrs. b, a noted dtUOrcee in Par
Is, at whom even newspaper correspondents
laugh, as they describe her gorgeous dress,
costing at least five hundred dollars and
the " several pounds Of dyed hair upon her
headY' Does he wish to see her upon the
beach at Newport In "a short petticOat not
reaching, below the calf, or trailing half
thousand dollars worth Of silk and lace along
the wet sand? Would she be beautiful to him
if he saw her sweeping the gravel of race
course with "a long train Of delicate tinted
lilac, parasol also trimmed with roses, and trip
ping in lilac boots with tea-rosc on each
instep?"


Such is the costume of the Partisan monde
and demi-mOnde, and here we shall see it's re-
mote and ridiculous reproduction at the sum
mer resorts Is there no one to tell the truth
to these pretty American women who make so
ludicrous mistake? Do they suspect how they
are ridiculed? Do they know that the gilded
youth who futter around them do not spare
them in their gossip! Do they reflect that no
man really respects New York woman who
tries to rival the most notorious Paris women :?
All, gentle ladies', be persuaded? If you dress
In the style of the deDltnlOnde your morals and
manners will be held to be those of the denst-
monde. True womanly modestly still seeks a
modest manner and a modest garb. BE as
graceful and as tasteful as you will but do not
believe that the heroine Of Longchamps or of
a luscious French novel is the heroine of any
clever mans sincere admiration.


The remedy of this folly lies very much in
the hands of sensible people in society =
Let them steadily refuse to allow money to be
made the measure of what is truly fashionable.
Let them plainly discountenance the gaudy and
mad extravaganza Of the time, and teach the
spirit and taste and dress and manners of the
demt-mORde that they must not presume upon
admission to society. "-Hdrper'S Weekly.
Year: 1866

Maine genius has taken out patent for an
invention in which bachelors will take a peculiar
interest It's use is to attach buttons to any
part of wearing apparel without the use of
thread. The invention consists solely in max
ing the button with a spiral wire to be inserted
into the cloth like cork screw. and then press
ed down fiat SO as to form ring to hold the
button in place.
Year: 1866

A CHANGE OF TUNE.-In 1861, when the
vote was taken in Memphis upon the ordinance
of secession for Tennessee, but six votes were
cast against it and in favor Of the Old Union.
Now, however, Union sentiments have sudden.
ly become SO popular that there are not less
than six hundred honest and truth-telling citi-
zens of Memphis, each of whom claims to have
been one Of the original six.
Year: 1866

1t is said by some Of the good of our
day that the golden age of the millenni-
um is just at hand, that already light is
seen breaking in the east. and that soon
the sky will be all aglow.


The men who raise 1.-The Last Warning
Cry" and point the warning finger are
worthy Of our highest respect, for they
are as sincere as they are persistent but
how to have faith in their ia itb we know
not. We have always supposed that
The Great Preparation" must precede
1.-The Great Consummation," and of that
"Grcat Preparation we as yet see but lit
tie, for only here and there man-and
he is king among his fellows-dares
stand up and be true to his God and him.
self and those who live with him in what
is called society. Now, so long as society
is what it is, 10 lolg as the men and wo
men who compose it are what they are,
we must continue to believe that there is
no extensive preparation for the triumph.
al procession Of the true. hearted inhabit
ants Of the other wortd, and. consequent
ly, that we need not direct our eyes hesv-
onward in the hope, or the fear. Of seeing
the sky open, and the great nncounted
multitude coming through. Gcologists
tell us that only hundredtb part of the
earth's diameter is solid, that all the rest
is FIRE, and that this FIRE may. at any
time, baeak out and bring the long expe.
ted day. Well. it may. hut we do not
believe it ,oiN. until there is o Great
Preparation for it in the hearts of men.
We do not believe in universal salvation !;
but we do believe 10 the salvation of o
great many. and we also believe that if
the last day Of time should come very
soon. there would be comparatively few to
rejoice in the dawn of eternity. When
society is cured Of its siclnes and its sin
-falsehood when men and women conc
to have full faith in each other. and can
live together wearing masks, then we may
"lift up our heads, for behold the coming
of the Lord draweth nigh"


We can not estimate too highly tho vir-
tue OF sincerity. 1t undcrlies all other
virtues. II is the foundation Of oil char
acter, and without it there is no prepara-
tion for any world-save Ons'-that God
has ever made. E..


II has lately heen argued by some we'll
meaning men men whom we suspect OF
being better than their creeds-thst per-
feet sincerity is an utter impossibility'
and also very undesirable. II has been
suid that . certain amount Of dece'sful-
pess is not only very respectable and COM
mendable. but absolutely necessary. in the
present state Of the world. to bind people
together. aud make all things run in o
smooth, peaceful current. .I..,


We are prepared to hazard the asscr'
tious that oil deceitfulness. whether In no.
meopathic or allopathic quantities. Is as
unnecersary and harmful as counterfeit
money--thst society may DO perfectly sin
ccrc that those who lean on the prop Of
falsehSod will soon 6nd themselves crawl
;es in the dsss and keeping company
.-IL - -. u
Year: 1866

An ODD REQUEST T-Senator Harris, on
Thursday, presented a petition Of citizens of
Florida, who represent that they were forced
into the rebel army, that they purchased horS-
es for which they gave their notes; that the
amount of these notes were stopped out OF
theft, and that they are now sued by the hold
ers of these notes for second payment. They
ask Congress to pass law for their protection
Their proper appeal would seem to lie to the
courts But it is not easy to see what they
have to do i'll the matter at all. The holders
of the notes must bring suit against the = Con-
federate Government" to recover; and as
there is no such thing in existence, they will
probably get no money. Perhaps it would do
to sue Yulce or Mallory But they have been
pardoned, and would answer that the pardon
relieves them OF all responsibility.
Year: 1866

A BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION -Bulwer elo-
quently says: " | cannot believe that earth is
mans abiding place. 1t can't be that our life
is cast up by the ocean Of eternity to float
moment upon its waves and then sink into
nothinguess! Else, why is it that the glorious
aspirations, which leap like angels from the
temple of our heart, are forever wandering
about unsatisfed? Why is it that the rainbow
and clouds come over with beauty that is not
OF earth, and then pass off and leave US to muse
upon their favored loveliness? Why is it that
the stars, who hold their festival around the
midnight throne, are set above the grasp Of our


limited faculties, forever mockng US with their
unapproachable glory? And, finally, why is


it that bright forms Of human beauty arc pre-
sented to our view, and then taken from US
leaving the thousand streams Of our affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts?
We are born for higher destiny than that Of
earth there is realm where the rainbow new
cr iadcs-where the stars will be spread before
US like islands that slumber on the ocean-and
where the beings that pass before us like Sha-
dows will stay III our presence forever
Year: 1866

TRACT LITERATURE.-Tho Bishop of Ok
ford, England, has made protest against the
prevalent dullness of religious tract literature
At recent meeting of the Society for Promot-
ing knowledge the Bishop said, "It is more
difficult to get tracts read then TO get them
written. We can forgive almost anything in a
man who comes to talk with us, if he avoids
that one objectionable offence of dullness. y
The Bishop was also OfOpinion that books suit
ed to all shades Of opinion should be admitted
to the SOciety's depot, or, said he, they
would very soon reduce all their publications
to one delicious shade of drabness." )"
Year: 1866

In a report of a meeting of the Chicago
Academy of Sciences, in the Tribune, we
find the following


DIR. Simpson called the attention of
the meeting to some interesting specimens
of tricliaog, which had been sent to him
from the vicinity of Cedar Rapids, where
several instances, had manifested Itself
The specimens consisted of a portion Of
the muscle Of the hog, which was eaten
by the deceased, and a portion Of the
muscle of the boy who had eaten of the
hog. In both the presence Of the triehine
was plainly visible when subjected to the
microscope, sufficiently plain to frighton
any one who took look at the specimens
from partaking of the dangerous morsel.
The monster was seen coiled up like a
big serpent, and was anything but agree
able to contemplate, especially by a lover
of Dorly -
Year: 1866

Tis but a little faded flower,


But oh, how sadly dearI
1t brings me back one golden hour,


Through many a weary year.
may not to the world impart


The secret Of its power,
But treasured in my woman's heart,


I keep my faded flower.
A broken ring-a dream Of life


A wild, mysterious spell
That whispers more Of spirit strife


Than words can ever tell.
A fairy fountain, from whose tide


A thousand visions spring,
That round my heart in memories glide


From out the broken ring.
A slender tress of golden hair,
= That graced a dear ones brow,
A year ago so warm and fair,


But cold and faded now;
Yet peacefully the infant sleeps,


All pure and undefled,
While mournfulIy the mother weeps
Her little angel child.
Where is the heart that doth not keep
Within its inmost core
Some fond remembrance, hidden deep,
Of days that are no morel
Who has not saved some trihing thing,
More priced than Jewels rare
A faded flower, broken ring,


Or tress Of golden hair
Year: 1866

If you wish to cultivate a gossipping,
meddling, censorious spiritin your child
rem, be sure when they come home from
church, visit, or any other place where
you do not accompany them, to ply them
with questions as to what everybody wore,
how everybody looked, and what every
body said and did-and if you find any
thing in all this to .censure, always do it
in their hearing. You may rest assured
chat If YOU pursue course Of this kind,
they will not return to you unladen with
intelligence; and, rather than it should
be uninteresting, they will by degrees
learn to embelish in such a manner as
shall not fail to call forth remarks and
expressions of wonder from you. You
will by this course, render the spirit Of
uriosity-which is so early visible in
children-aud which, if rightly directed,
may be the instrument of enrlching and
enlarging their minds, or be made We
hicle Of mischief, which shall serve only
to narrow them.
Year: 1866




In long letter from Horace Greeley
to Governor Perry, Of South Carolina,
which appeared In a late number of the
Tribune, the following pithy paragraph
appears


Let me say, once for all, that [ make
no professions of love for the negro race,
and that your claim to superior 'regard
for or interest" In the black race is who'll
ly unrivaled l do not love negroes as
nergoes f; I like whites better but / com
prehend that justice is all mems true in
terest, and that wrong done TO the hum
blest, the most despised, is an injury and
a peril to ALL My superior regard for the
white race leads me to protest against aud
seek to prevent, to foreelose, to preclude,
any injustice by it to any race or class
whatever Are not you Christian enough
to realize that it is more lamentable to do
wrong than to suffer it 2 If you are, why
need I constantly repel this assumption
that am impelled BY special affection for
blacks f?
Year: 1866

learning how to enter the. house most
easily some night. His wife said the
burglar that called at the house was \
villainous looking scoundrel.


AT last, Keeping our eye upon house
that was going to Ire empty in few
weeks, u person who was playing the
same game ahead of us giving up his
chance because of finding house that
suited him better, we succeeded in So
curing one for ourself.


We offer these few remarks, and this
lesson in management, free ofexpense
aud any person wishing further infor-
nation, can learn the ownership, loca-
cation, size, convcnienccs, price per
month, and all other particulars in re-
ference to any house in this city now
vacant or likely to bc within the com
ing two months, hy calling upon US
No charge for information or advice.
Year: 1866

A Chance for Nice Young Men.


The following notice was found posted
in the neighborhood of several churches
in Washington City recently


Wanted.-One hundred and seyenty-fve
young men, of all shapes and sizes, from the
tall, graceful dandy, with hair enough on
his upper lip to stuff BARRIERS cushion,
down to the little hump-backed, freckle-
faced, bow-legged, carrot-headed upstart.
The object is to form Gaping corps, to be
in attendance at the church doors on each
Sabbath before the commencement of di-
vine service, to stare at the females as they
enter. and to make delicate and gentleman
" remarks on their person aad dress. All
who wish to enlist in the above corps will
appear at the various church doors OH next
Sabbath morning, where they will be duly
inspected, and their names, personal ap-
pearance and quantity of brains registered
in a book kept for that purpose. 10 pre-
vent general rush, it would be well to
state that none will be enlisted who pos
sess intellectual capacities above that OF a
well-bred donkey. - s.srs
Year: 1866

She is modest, but not bashful, b
Free and easy. but not bold
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,


Not too young and not too old,
Half inviting, half repulsive, @
sNow advancing, and now shy,---5a
There is mischief in her dimple,


There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature,


She is schooled in all arts /;
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts;
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile;
o, a maid is sometimes charm ing,
But widow all the while!
Are you sad how very serious


viii her handsome face becomel
Are you angry? she is wretched,


Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb!
Are you mirthfulp how her laughter.
= Silver sounding, will ring out
She can lure, and catch and play you,
AS the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelors of forty


Who have grown so bald and wise,
Young America of twenty


With love-looks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall;
But ! know little widow


Who could win and fool you all.
Year: 1866

sss- We call attention to the advertisement
in our paper. headed Reward" The Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company offer
q liberal reward for the return of any of the
Books, Maps, or Papers belonging to the
Company, that were lost during the war. Any
one having anything belonging to the Compa-
nv, should deem it duty to return at once.
Year: 1866

Weather exceedingly warm thermometer
90 in the shade at o'clock this afternoon.
Interior advices represent cotton doing finely.


The Board Of Health report the number OF
deaths for the week just ended at 1888 by
cholera. The disease is increasing and pre-
walls principally among the blacks.
Year: 1866

The art Of sileuce, If it be not one oil
the fine, is certainly one Of the useful arts.
1t is an art attained by few. How seldom
do We meet with man who speaks only
when he ought 10 speak, and says only
what lie ought to say. That the Bible
enjoins its attainment is most manifest.
1t commands US to make q door and
bar for the mouth. 1t declares that If a
man brdleth not his tongue his religion is
vain. The attainment of this art will
enable US 10 avoid saying foolish things
We often speak without.re1ectiou, and, of
consequence, foolish thought are uttered


Possessed Of the art Of silence, we shall not


speak that which ought not to be spoken.
Again, it will enable US to avoid saying
hurtful things. Since we are placed 10 The
void to do good, aud since the endowment
OF speech is one of our greatest means Of
influence, it is most unseemly for as to
utter that which shall do injury. He
whose business it is TO root out the tares
should not scatter the seed. Ii will enable
us to govern our feelings aud direct our
train of thought. He who gives expression
TO his feelings increases their strength
lie who gives expression 10 anger for
example, increases its power over him
lie who gives utterance to improper
thoughts will Increase their number. 1t
will increase our Influence with our fellow
men. A fool uttereth all his mind, but a
wise man keepth it until afterward -
Gravity and reserve are associated With
wisdom. even an affected gravity is some.
times effective--the true art of silence ever.
We can be useful only as we are influential.
Year: 1866

The NV York Lancet, a medical Journal.


offers the following excellent suggestion


Every house should be thoroughly veu,i.


lated the first thing every morning, so as TO


allow the atmosphere of the previous night
to escape. This can be done by FIRST airing
| one part then aDoh her. BY doing this q


house also can be the more easily warmed.


When there are many persons collected in
room, care should be observed to keep q
few inches OF the window opeu from the top
every one avoid sitting close TO, or under
1t, as, after time, when there are many
collected together the atmosphere Of Ibs
room becomes impregnated with their
eXhala lions and the cir is thus rendered
impure. BY perfect ventilalon--a uniform
amount OF oxygen, which is the vital part
ot the atmosphere, and which is necessary
to our very exissence-is maintained. Who
has not noticed the dissgreeable feeling
produced on going from the fresh air into
a room with many persons. iu which the
ventilation is imperfect? At night, also,
fresh air should be admitted into the room,
for it is, if anything, more necessary, that
there should be plentiful supply of oxygen.
We have often been asked the ridiculous
question, if enough air did not come in
through the keyhole Certainly not. That
is not fresh air. Make it rule always to
sleep with part of your window open from
the top, avoiding its blowing on you
Fresh Dir never hurt any one, for by it we
live. Ii is the want of it that Injuries


Persons seem to forget that they spend one
third OF their lives in their bed rooms -
We frequently see q man building house
bestowing all his atte1tion on the plan Of
the parlors, while the bed rooms are to
great extent, aud in some instances, entire
ly neglected l. had better be vics versa.
Year: 1866

AN UNKNOWN MAN Found DEAD TUE woons.-0n
Tuesday last as some boys were rambling through the
woods in the vicinity Of tho Finger Board Road, they
discovered tho dead body Of lying in the bushes
They Immediately gave an alarm when the body was
taken of and tho notified. Tho deceased
gcnieeiy dressed In suit of back Clothes gaitcr
boots and straw hat Ho had apparently been dead but


short time No marks OF violence could be discovered
on his person. He about Eve feet six inches in
height OF fair complexion and about fortynve years Of
age.


WILL THE METROPOLITAN POLICE BE RETAINED ON TIE
Is1ANo.-The Supervisors OF Richmond county have
under consideration the propriey Of retaining and
making permanent the poli'e force at present doing
duty IN the towns OF Castlcton and Sonthhed. II Is
supposed that appropriation for their pay, &C. VII
be made by tho Supervisors at their next annual meet
Ing S,il there Is difference II opinion yet existing
among portion OF tho tax payers in the matter 1t
mast be, however conceded ly all parties that tho pres
ence of the police has had most beneficial effect
shoulG the Supervisors decide upon continuing tho
police, they viii reserve TO themselves the right Of
control