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Year: 1874

mean 2" exclaimed the dominic, the
whole affair beginning to dawn up
on his already quick mind. "lsn't
this to be a wedding"


go, no, Massa Fuse; we should.
had the dominic here fust, if we had
wedding"


The dominic saw ut q glance that
he had been sold, and simply giving
his name and occupation, which had
about the same effect on the darkies
as If bombshell had suddenly
dropped among them, he rushed
from the house.


The BEST SocIETY.-"No com
pany, or good company was mot
to given by distinguished man to
all his young friends. 1t was mot
to he had always cndeavOred to fol-
low as far as lay in his power, and
it was very wise one. The direc-
tions of the bible are many with re-
gard toeyil company, and all through
it we arc taught to shun such socie-
ty, lest We get a snare to our souls.


Another man, of high position in
the world, made it a rule to associ-
ate with high-minded, intelligent
men, rather than with fashionable
idlers and he said he had derived
more intellectual improvement from
them than from all the books he ever
read.


Sir Fowell Buxton often spoke of
the great benefits he had derived
from his visits to the Gurney fami-
ly.


Their words and example stimulat-
ed him to make the most of his pow
ers. 1T has given color to my
whole life" he said. Speaking of
his success at the university, he re-
marked, 81 can ascribe it to nothing
but my visits to this family, where
l caught the infection of self i'm
provement"


Surely, if our visits have such an
influence upon our characters for
life, it should be matter of serious
Importance to US in what families
we allow ourselves to be intimate.
Boys and girls form attachments
very easily, and often with very lit.
tie forethought. In this, as in all
things else, you should not fail to
take advice of those who are older
and wiser, and never, never choose
for a friend one against whom you
have been warned by those who
dearly love you.


There are people whose very pres
ence seems to lift you up into bet
ter, higher atmosphere. Choose
such associates whenever it is in
your power, and the more you can
live in their society the better, for
both mind and heart. Gle that
walketh with wise men shall be
wise; but companion of fools
shall be destroyed"
Year: 1874

as- The tide of oflmmigratlon is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
u new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the Two. 2ao
Year: 1874

The Oakland(Ca Ne1cs tells how
O young man did not 90 to a mask
ball. This young fellow had a soul
above buttons, and ne scOrned the
idea of wearing the conventional
costume to the ball masque. But
what should he wear? His brain
seized on the query, and shortly an
idea was evolved; he chose the
character Of monkey The event
full evening was at hand, he went to
his hotel and donned his disguise.
Being wealthy young man, or eco
nomically, it's all the same, he con-
cluded to walk. His first achieve
ment was to frighten chambermaid
nearly to death, and in the next hall
his appearance gave a small child a
fit Reaching the street door, he
boldly went forth clad in his snug
fitting suit, and playfully swinging
his caudal appendage, but he had not
proceeded far when a little dog ran
out and barked at him. This called
out another dog and soon another
joined tteir ranks in the pursuit Of
the strange animal. Finally a bull
dog put in his appearance and then
the young man and his courage both
took flight The dogs had the best
oft from the outset, and they soon ran
their quarry to earth in other words,
the monkey man concluded that the
better part of valor would be to climb
high board fence. He did that,
and for two long hours he sat there
in the cold night wind, before he was
released from his unpleasant position
by people passing with in hailing
distance.
Year: 1874

A colored man from the country
happened into Vicksburg last week,
and was looking around to buy some
bacon. He at last purchased some
of rsseally dealer at very low fig
ure, but soon discovered that it was
spoiled. The dealer refused to take
it back, and the eOlored man brought
the offender before Justice Brooks.
The meat was produced and shown
to be bad, and the Justice proceeded
to pronounce judgment, which he did
in the following words:


You are guilty of offering spoilt
meat, and the evidence shows that
you have actually sold some Of the
meat to the plaintiff here Now, in
doing this you have violated the law.
You have been guilty of crime which
endangers the lives of your fellow-be-
ings. That meat, sir, would kill any
man, and / know it and you know it.
Now, sir, it is ordered by this court
that all this meat before US, and all
similar meat in your possession, be
forfeited by you, and that it be sent
to the county poorhouse.
Year: 1874

How TO SEE UNDER WHARF.-THE
Indians of North America do this by
cutting hole through the ice, and then
covering or hanging blanket
in such a manner as to darken or
exclude the direct rays of the sun
when,they are enabled to see into
the water and discover fish at any
reasonable depth. Let any one who
is anxious to prove this place himself
under the blanket, and he will be as
tonished when he beholds with what
brilliancy everything in the fluid
world is lighted up. | once had Oc-
casion to examine the bottom of a
mill-pond, for which 1 constructed
a float out of inch plank, sufficient to
buoy me up; through the center OF
this float | cut whole and placed a
blanket over it, whenI was enabled
to clearly distinguish objects on the
bottom, and several tools were dis
covered and picked up. j am salts
fed that, where water is sufficiently
clear, this latter plan could be sue.
cessfully used in searching for lost
bodies and artieles.-Cor Scientific
american.
Year: 1874

One OF the most interesting exam


pies o! the manner in which manifold


and complex mechanism is now


made 10 do the work Of human fin


gers, IS that Dy which envelopes are


are now produced by means Of ma.


ehinery recently introduced in Eng


land. A pile Of envelope blanks is


placed on plate on the left hand


side Of the machine, this being done


either when at rest or when in mo-


ton. A hollow brass tube, with an


end Of peculiar shape, descends up


on the envelope blanks at the side


nearest to the folding box. To the


other end Of the tube is attached an


India rubber pipe communicating


with an air pump, which, coming in
to action at this instant causes the
blank which is upon the top Of the
pile to attach itself to the brass tube,
which, rising carries the envelope
blank with it. 4 pair Of grippers,
then run forward, and seizing the
blank, carry it into its proper posi-
ton over the folding box, after which
it is stamped, and the gum applied in
the proper places upon the two
side flap :. this movement being
ingenious. At this point
a plunger descends and carries the
blank into the folding box; upon the
plunger, rising, slides working in the
thickness of the folding box run in
and enclose their flaps in their proper
order. The bottom Of the box now
rises and completes the operation by
pressing the envelopes against the
sides; the bottom Of the box then
falls and allows the envelope to
drop in an upright position into a
trough running under the machine,
when it is met By a simple contri-
vance which secures the envelop
with It's flaps in proper position in
the trough; and as each successive
envelope is placed in front Of it, it
gradually works along the trough un-
til removed by the attendant and
banded
Year: 1874

Once a careless man went to the
cellar and stuck the candle in what
he thought was keg Of black sand.
He sat near it drinking wine until
the candle burned low. Nearer and
nearer it got to the black sand ; near
err and nearer, until the blaze reach
ed the black sand, and as it was
sand, nothing happened.
Year: 1874

One Of the saddest things that came
under my notice (said the bankers
clerk was ia Corning during the
war. Dan. Murphy enlisted as q
private and fought very bravely.
The boys all likei him; and when
a wound, by and by, weakened him
down till carrying q musket was TOO
heavy work for him, they elubbed to-
gether and fixed him up as q sutler. He
made money then, and sent it al
ways to his wife to bank for him.
She was q laundress and knew by
hard experience to keep money when
she got il. She didn't waste q penny.
On the contrary, she began to get mi
seriy as her bank account grew. She
grieved to part with cent, poor crea-
ture, for twice in her hard working
life she had known what 1t was TO be
hungry, cold, sick, friendless, and
without dollar in the world, and she
had haunting dread Of suffering so
again.


Well, at last Dan. died and the
boys, in testimony of their esteem
and respect for him, telegraphed TO
Mrs. Murphy to know II she would
like to have him embalmed and sent
home when you know the usual
custom was to dump a poor devil like
him Into = shallow hole, and then In
form his friends what had become OF
him. The old lady jumped to the
conclusion that It would only cost
two or three dollars 70 embalm her
dead husband, and so she telegraphed
Yes 1t was et the wake that the
bill for embalmlng arrived and was
presented to the bereaved widow.


She uttered q wild, sad wall that
pierced every heart, and said:


''Sivinty-foive dollars for stooffin'
Dan, blister their sOwls Did thin
divils suppose was gOin' 10 start q
MUSEUM, that Pd be dalin' in such
expansive curiassities !"


The bankers clerk said there was
not dry eye In the house.
Year: 1874

New York has q new temperance
law combining the features of license
and local option, and differing in de-
tail from any other temperance law
that we know of, being very simple
in its machinery and direct in its OPP
Grafton. The law contains but four
sections. The law provides that, at
the annual town meetings throughout
the State, there shall be chosen three
Commissioners of Excise. The Com
missioners shall compose the Board OF
Excise for their respective townships
and incorporated towns. Section two
provides that these Commissioners
shall be voted for upon a separate bal
lot, which must be deposited in a
special box, marked HExcise /" 1t al
so provides for the due execution and
filing of an official bond before enter
ing upon the duties of the office. Sec
tion three provides that nothing in
the act shall affect the provisions OF
any special law in so far as the same
provides for any particular use OF ex-
else moneys. The fourth section de-
clares the law shall take effect imme-
diately.


The effect of this law is to make the
direct issue of license or no license in
every Township in the State. If the
people do not want liquor sold in their
midst, all they have to do is to elect a
Board of Excise who will refuse to
grant license. On the other hand, il
they do want. they will elect a Board
of that kind. Under the law, the terms
of the Commissioners are one, two
and three years, one going out each
year. This gives both temperance
and anti-temperance men a chance to
rally their forces each year, and thus
give expression to the growing senti-
ment of the community, either way,
at every election. The Commission
ers being voted for on separate ballots,
presents the temperance question as a
distinct issue by itself and free from
all political complications.
Year: 1874

The ordinary plan Of drawing the
steer down to the block and striking
him on the head with an ak Is too
slow for the wholesale butehery car
ried on here. About one dozen head
are driven into small pen, just suf-
ficientIy large to hold that many
closely packed, and 4 gate forced shut
behind them. This pen has an open
slat platform across the top Of it, up
on which two men are stationed with
poles and sharp pointed knives fixed
on the end OF them. With 3 rapidi-
ty acquired by long practice, they
plungs their spears into the neeks OF
the afirighted and struggling animals
cutting the jueular vein. and each
successfully falls as IL struck down
with an ak. The blood spirits out In
streams as II from q dozen fountains,
and In less than q minute the whole
Penful are down quiveriDg In the
throes of death, and covered with
blood. The door OF the pen leading
into the rendering room is then
thrown open, the animals drawn out
and q knife rapidly slits the skin
around the neck and down the sides.
A rope is attached to the upper part Of
the hide by clamp, to the other end
Of which Is 3 mule, which leislrely
walks of down the yard carrying the
skin Of the animal with him, and
leaving the carcass still quivering
with animal life. A tackle hoists the
body up to q level with one Of the i'm
mense eauldOns, and In less time than
we have to describe the process i Is 10
the seething and bOIliDg-mass. There
are four or five Of these cauldrOns,
each large enough to hold . dozen
beeves, and they are kept constantly
going during the killing season. The
tallOw is drawn off into large hogs
heads, and the remains Of these great
soup kettles and carried out on what
Is called the "hash-pile," consisting Of
bones, horns, and the animal matter
from which the fatty substance has
been extracted.-l Baltimore AD1eri-
ofTn.
Year: 1874

It is better to wear 8 calico dress
without trimming, IL il be paid for,
then to owe the sbopkeeper for the
most elegant silk, cut and trimmed
in the most beWitehing manner.


1t is better To live in 3 log cabin all
your own than in 3 brown stone man
sion belonging to somebody else.


Better walk forever than to run in
debt for horse and carriage.


Better to sit by the plain white
table for which you paid three dol
lars some years ago, than to send
home q new extension black walnut
top, and promise to pay for it next
week.


Better to use the old eane-seated
chairs, and two PLY carpet, than
trem bic at the bills sent home by up
holsters for the most elegant psrior
suit ever made.


Better to meet your business ac-
quaintanees with a free "dOn't owe
you q cent? smile, than 10 dodge
around the corner 10 escape q dun.


Better to pay the street organgrind-
er two cents for music, II you have It,
than 10 owe for q grand piano.


Better to gaze upon bare walls than
pictures unpaid for.


Better to eat thin soup from earth
ern-wars, II you owe your butcher
nothing, than to dine oil lamb and
roast beef, and know that it does not
belong to you.


Better let your wife have \ nc Of
mysteries than to run 10 debt for nice
new furniture, or clothes, or jewelry,
or ANYTHING that women wish for. A
1T Of mysteries properly managed, Is
often az real benefit TO q woman.
Year: 1874

A story Of recent discontinue Of
Senator Carpenter Is going through
the papers. Wishing to enjoy q Joke,
be sent 3 page 70 the document room
for . copy Of the Modification Bill, %
telling some Of his companions to
await the pages return aud enjoy his
discontinue. At the direction OF SEN
atoF Upton, who was in the room


when the page made his request. the
boy was sent back with copy OF the
Salary GRAB Bill. The smile over the
face Of the witty Senator was ghast-
Year: 1874

A serpent saw an eagle gain,
On soaring wings q mountain height,
And envied him, and crawled with pain
To where lie saw the bird alIght.
So tickle fortune Oftentimes
Befriends the cunning and the base,
And oft the groveling reptile climbs
Up to the eagles lofty place.


- WD1 n Ry-ld1yf
Year: 1874

On the question Of q ten-hour law, the
Boston Herold say editorially


Having passed the ordeal Of debate
and survived the attempts to strangle it
with amendments in the Senate, the ten
hour law now awaits the action of the
House. The bill is not Just what its friends
would have liked, but it Ia so doubtful
whether anything better could possibly be
secured that they will strive to obtain the
Affirmative vote Of the House upon it as it
now stands, rather than ask the defeat Of
better bill in the Senate. The bill limits
the hours Of labor for women, and for
minors under eighteen years Of age EN-
plOyed In our manufacturing establish
ments, to sixty hours q week, or an aver
age OF ten hours day for any portion of
. week. 1t Is not to be expected that even
this modified bill will 60 through the
House without strong opposition and an
efoSt to kill it, if not directly, by amend
ments that will produce disagreement be-
tween the two branches, and thus effect
same result. The true course for the friends
of the bill seems to be TO insist upon its
passage m it stands. There is no need Of
long speeches. The question is well enough
understood. A members vote In better
assurance Of Lis position than a dozen
speeches. The matter has been thorough
" discussed, in and out Of the State House,
and oratory will not change the merits q
the case. While there il much foolish taIk
about the rights Of women, here Is chance
to right one Of the wrongs Of women, tc
protect the helpless and to throw the shield
cf Law over those who, by the force q
adverse circumstances, are not able to de
fend themselves. 1t ia thoroughly prac
tical measure. and appeals to the hard com
mon sense NO loss than the finer feeling
of legislstors. The task of iustifying
Year: 1874

beautiful girl gave him his first desire TO be
somebody; made him determined to rise
in the world. He is now salesman in the
wholesale department, Of the same firm
that he entered M errand boy; but he has
not done all this without Q struggle. . 1t
was hard work the first year or two; the
unaccustomed labor, and sneers OF his
loafer friends, made it sometimes seem as
though he must fail, and 60 back to the old
way. But always when he was ready to
give mp, there came to him q vision of
beautiful girl in white, standing in the
lighted doorway Of an elegant dwelling,
looking out into the darkness after him as
he went away, and he heard her say, j
hope to see you again, sometime. And
the same feeling of determination that she
should see him, and should not be ashamed
of him, come upon him and he was strong
again. And as he sits there musing to-
night, he gives her the credit for all he has
done. He is thinking, too, of the great
debt he owes her, and how he can cancel
some of 1t; and, at last concludes that he
will do what lies in his power to help the
destitute; that he will take some poor boy
from the mud of the gutter, and set him
on his feet on dry land, and that after
this, every Christmas night, he will set
supper table for the poor.


Another five years, and again there is
gathering in the Fifth Avenue dwelling.
This time it is wedding reception. The
party is very brilliant, and the wedding
great success Both parties are very
wealthy, and so the world says it is good
match But the two who are most inter
ested, are standing apart from the rest, in
the conservatory. Nellie, dear do you
remember this night ten years agol 1t is
you, (under God) who have made me what
am. Ten years ago, when looked back
and saw you looking out into the darkness
after me, determined to be somebody;
to fit myself to come back and stanC in
the light with you; and, God helping me,
am here !; my mother and sister happy;
and you, my cife And, as she laid her
head upon his shoulder, she whispered
softly, "Cast thy bread upon the waters,
and thou shalt find it after many days."


THEREsA
Year: 1874

the alcohol, but they seemed to tide the
man over point at which his stomach had
become very irritable and rejected what
ever was put into il. An ordinary dose
administered in this manner is from fifteen
to thirty drops. This mans pulse was
raised sufficient to warrant amputation of
the leg, which Was done, after applying
S.znarchs > apparatus for arresting heIuor-
rlage. The apparatus was particularly
adapted to this case for the reason that Il
was desirable to retain all the blood posi-
ble, for the loss had already been too
great. No blood was lost, and but four
turns were given to the rubber cord.
Year: 1874

For the Journal.


A SUNSET DREAM.


BY MARTIN MAINE.
Sitting at my chamber window,
Idly leaning on the sill,
Giving rein to all my fancy,
Dreaming at my own sweet will,
Gazing at the western glory
Ofthe slowly dying day,
Came to me a wondrous vision,
Came, and would not pass away.
On feecy couch Of crimson
Lay crown of purest gold,
Glittering with gorgeous splendor,
That with tongue cannot be told;
Tipped with gems of rarest beauty
All of purest ray serene,
Cleaning with heavenly radiance
Overriding with silver sheen.
Then an anxious eager longing
Came upon my weary soul,
Longed sore to win and wearit,
Wear it when reached the goal,
Reached the goal Of earth's endeavor,
That bright home Of all the blest.
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
While l, longing, yearned and wondered
How to save my soul from loss,
Suddenly / saw before me
The dear shadow Of the cross.
Quickly to that shade hastened,
Thinking there to learn the way,
Praying God to guide my footsteps
That never thence might stray.
Siill saw that beauteous vision,
Saw that cleaning glittering crown,
Then to me golden staircase
Seemed from heaven to earth let down:
Up and down that glorious pathway
Angels fitted to and fro,
Wearing each crown Of glory
Wrapped in robes as white as snow.
Sweetest notes of heavenly cadence
On my raptured ear then fell.
But DER all heard the Master
Saying, Brother it is well.
To the cross cling close and closer,
Live you in its shadow there,
Ifyou never from, it wander
You shall climb b this golden stair
And this fadeless crown SO radiant
Mid the Iansomed you shall wear"
Oh, his voice so sweet and tender
Thrilled me as fingered there,
Standing in that grateful shadow,
Shielded from the storms Of earth,
Glorious hopes and aspirations
In my bosom had new birth.
Then shouted out with gladness,
But my voice SO clear and shrill
Walked me from my dreamy vision.
And around me all was still;
All that beauteous scene had vanished,
But keep it in my heart.
And the memory Of that vision
Never shall from me depart.
Year: 1874

Total insurance on stock, buildings, and
machinery, s16O,25O.


1t was currently reported yesterday that
Messrs. Haxall, CrenshaW & Co. were SO for
tunate as to have other risks on their pro-
perty which was destroyed, which risks had
been taken out by the concern, not through
any agency in this city, but elsewhere upon
personal application. We were enable,
however, to verify this report, for upon in
ouiry at their Office we were informed that
if it was SO they didn't know anything
about it. l5zat


It is said that the firm will at once COM
mence the erection Of small flour mill, and
thew hope by July to be able to turn out
from two hundred to three hundred barrels
of -four per day.


In conclusion, it may be remarked that at
the time of the fire the wind was blowing
from the north, which carried the flames
away from the lumber house and other build
ings which were in close proximity to the
mill. and thus more disastrous fire was
ayerted. MIR. r. b. Haxall, a member OF the
firm who was out of the city at the time Of
the ire, reached Richmond yesterday.
Year: 1874

A visit TO the Broad-strest dry goods house Of
CouRy BROTHERS is Invariably attended with an
advantage that is not met With IN any other house
In the city. Their aim Is to buy goods 10 the best
advantage, and their "motto" 70 sell at the slight
eat possible advance regardless Of marke: value.
They have one price to all, and " the crowds that
visit their place Of business daily might be judged
q criterion Of public appreciation, ne one will
doubt that iheir "motto" Is good oAs.
Year: 1874

THs INSURANCE BUREAU.-The report in
some of the city papers that the Senate con-
CURED in the report of the Committee on
General Laws adversely to the passage OF
the bill to establish an Insurance Bureau,
and repeal of the insurance deposit laws,
is an error. The Senate laid the bill on the
table till the member who offered the same
should return to the city, he being Temporal
riy absent. ,,-.ia
Year: 1874

SENT TO TIE GRAND JURY,-Yesterday
Thomas Collier and Lewis Davis waived an
examination, and were sent on by Justice
White to the grand jury upon the charges
Of burglary and the attempted murder Of
officer HObson.