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Year: 1874

USE OF SILENCE.-It is pity that so
few people understand the full effect Of
well.timed silence How eloquent it is
in reality! Acquiescence, contradiction,
difference, disdain, embarrassment and
awe may all be expressed by silence. 1t
may be necessary to illustrate this appa-
rent paradox by few examples. Do you
seek an assurance of your lady loves af-
fection ? The fair one confirms her low.
cr's fondest hopes by compliant and as
senting silence. Should you hear an as
sertion which you may deem false, made
by some one of whose veracity politeness
may withhold you from openly declaring
your doubt, you denote a difference OF
opinion by remaining silent. Are you
receiving reprimand from superior
You mark your respect by an attentive
Year: 1874

A new pestilence has recently made
its appearance in Louisiana, where it is
sweeping away the negro population as
with the bosom OF destruction. The con.
tagiou is known there as the ''spotted fe-
vel" and is more fatal, if possible, than
tho yellow fever. The disease is most
virulent in the sections which were over


flowed, and where the deposit is filled
with pestilence. The people have not
been able to put out any crops, and they
are in a pitiable condition. The spotted
fever, thus far, has been confined almost
entirely to blacks, and all the whites who
can are fleeing the country, and will re-
main away until the contagion disappears.
Year: 1874

Some horrible details of the famine in
Turkey are given. In one district five
thousand persons have perished. The
dogs do not seem to have been utilized by
the starving people; on the contrary,
those animals are feeding on the bodies Of
the dead. The Mohamedan religion has
probably stood between Fido and the suE-
fercrs. Its power must be very great
when famishing people die rather than
violate it by putting their worthless dogs
to the only good use that can be made of
them.
Year: 1874

TVERYBODY to know that KlRkLEl


II GARLAND keep Store one door south
of the corner, in the Workman Build
ing, where they keep always on hand
complete stock of General Merchandise at
Low PRICES.
Year: 1874

ble-is but fourteen years Of age. He
is alone in strange land. lie has no
relatives within thousands OF miles.
He probably has no one TO give him the
counsel and advice, line upon line; that
the best boy in the best OF homes needs.
He must oe his own mentor, and his ex-
perience he must gain as be goes along
Yet this little homeless Japanese boy
has purpose and spirit equal to the
work that lies before him. Some day,
he says, he will 90 back to his native
land and there make name and for
tune. Not yet, for there is work here
that cannot be done there. Let some
one keep an eye upon AN Right the
boy will come to something.


Those who recall the accident he met
with at the Academy of Music, seven or
eight years ago, know why he became
known as "All Right" 1t will be re-
membered that the little fellow was
balancing himself at the end of a long
pole in the hands of another ard older
performer, when the little fellow lost his
equilibrium and fell heavily to the stage
to the suppressed horror of the audience.
Scarcely person in the audience but
supposed the little acrobat had sustained
some fracture of the bones, hut he scram.
bled to his feet and shouted "All Right,
the only two English words he had been
able to master. Ever afterwards he was
known as Little All Right.
Year: 1874

Another great discovery is reported
in South Africa, but the spirit which led
to tho emigration Of adventures to Cal
ifornia and Australia has almost com
pletely died out and men have learned
that there are more precious metals
than gold, and surer ways Of attaining a
competence than by digging in strange
and distant countries in search of that
kind IF wealth. California has already
advanced her industrial interests so far
that, Notwithstanding the wealth of her
gold deposits, her rich soil annually
produces wheat of more value than the
annual product of her mines, and if a
man cannot get wealthy so rapidly by
sowing and harvesting grain as by pick
ing up gold nuggets, yet there is always
the practical difficulty in the way of the
latter business of finding the nugge is
before he can pick them up.
Year: 1874

Soapstone has recently found a new
application as a raw material for but
tons, dominoes, and other similar OBJ
jects Chips and refuse pieces of the
mineral are ground to powder, mixed
with silicate of soda-water glass-after
repose of some hours, drying on a
plate, when the mixture is again pulver-
lied. The powder is then subjected to
powerful pressure in moulds, and after
wards baked in air-tight fire clay cruel
bles. The pressed objects are second
time saturated with the air. The hard
ness OF the product depends in a great
measure upon the number of times the
heating is repeated. The last stage Of
the process of manufacture consists in
washing in water in rotary tub, drying
and agitating in suitable vessel with
soapstone powder, which imparts a pol
ish to the surface.
Year: 1874

At the batting mills in Esston, Mass,
the other day It was found impossible to
obtain the usual rate Of speed from the
Plymouth wheel used for power Exam
lining the wheel to ascertain the trouble,
the foreman was surprised to find It
filed with eels, and rigging up a fall
and taking the wheel out, no less than
seventy five eels we're found, the largest
weighing four pounds and half.
Year: 1874

The United States Signal Service wre running
from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Bay, has just been
connected with the government cables and is now
working through to Cape May. BY the aid OF O
repeater at Long Branch, this wire is connected
with the Chief Signal once at Washington.
Year: 1874

The following record will show the changes in
the temperature during the last twenty-fou hours
in comparison with the corresponding date last
year. as recorded at Hudnurs drug store 2Is
Broadway -
Year: 1874




DR.. Henry Southell, an old man of
sixty, lives with his son-in-law on Hast
ings street, and it is said that the aged
pioneer has temper like a bear poked
up with hot pitchfork. He grunts and
snarls around at every thing and every
body, and there is no peace in the house
until his eyes and mouth are closed in
sleep. He took a new tact a few days
ago, and threatened to commit suicide if
his whims were not humored. The fam
lily didn't really think he would do such
a thing, but they weren't sure, and so
they were rather soft on him for a few
days. Saturday night he got some odd
notion into his head, and the family fiat
ly refused to CRAFTY it. He said he
would take poison, but they were firm.
Along in the night he was heard groan-
ing and rolling around, having an attack
of bilious collie, and the family reused
up under the idea that he had taken
deadly dose. He wouldn't say he hadn't,
as he wanted 10 have revenge on them.
The boy ran for the doctor, the woman
hunted for mustard, and the son-in-law
dashed about after eggs. He got cou-
pie, broke the whites into teacup, and
ordered the Old man to open his potato
trap. Old man wouldn't, but he was
taken by the throat and made to. The
eggs were followed by mustard. He shut
his gums together, but the son-in-law
sat down on him and jabbed the end of
& tooth brush into his mouth until he
opened it. When the old man heard
them call for tepid water he said it was
MT case of poisoning, but they rammed
the tooth brush at his gums again, and
he had to drink half pint Of warm wa
ter. The son-in-law said he wasn't go
ing to have his family disgraced by
suicide in the house, and he shouted for
more eggs. The old man tried to beg of
but hey held his head, .ierked down his
chin, and the eggs went down his throat
While waiting for the doctor the son-in-
/ law got the old man out of bed and
pranced him up and down the hall with
nothing on him but long night-shirt.
He made the pioneer get up and travel
like buffalo, leaping him over chairs
and up and down and around. The old
man shouted again and again that he
| hadn't tried to commit suicide, but the
son-in-law said it was too thin, and con-
tinued to prance him until the doctor
came. The doctor said it was morphine,
and he whipped out a stomach pump
and rolled up his sleeves. The old man
begged that they wouldn't pump him
out, but they were firm. He was thrown
down and held fast, and they jingled the
rubber tube down his throat and the
doctor manned the brakes and pumped
away. He said it was a grave case, but
it was barely possible that the patient
might be saved. He pumped away until
the reservoir was empty, and then they
ran the old man around again, fed him
more eggs, felt his pulse, gave him some
more warm water, and the doctor said it
was the incest little job he had had for
six months. The old pioneer is abed yet,
but is recovering, and the son-in-law ex-
poets the most gratifying results from the
experience.
Year: 1874

Most timely in the universal cry for
cheap railways and cheap aptransportation
comes the announcement of a process
for the manufacture of iron direct from
the ore, the use Of the blast furnace be-
ing dispensed with. Instead Of pig iron
this process employs a compound called
"iron COKE" which consists Of a mixture
Of ore Tor any substance containing
iron,) the necessary huxes, and the
equivalent of carbon. A lump of this
compound is put into the furnace, and
by the single process known as "ball-
ing" cheat" may be obtained in con-
siderably less time and with considera-
bly, less labor than under the old meth
od, the process Of melting" and boil
ing" being entirely dispensed with. The
most important feature Of the invention
is the great saving which il effects in
fuel Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Year: 1874

l am always mad when see any one
hauling out manure and throwing it
down in heaps. The true way is to
spread the manure from the wagon and
spread it evenly over the ground. 1t is
easily done in that way for several rea-
sons. 1st. The load is portable, and can
be moved forward to suit, enabling you
to vary the amount put on as circum
stances require. I'd. There being good
board bottom to shovel from, it is much
easier to handle it than when lying on
the ground. Sd. From the elevated
position on the wagon it requires only
about one-half the exertion to do the
work that it does from the level of the
ground. But the advocates of the heaE
theory will say, "The manure wastes by
being exposed to the sun and air"
have very little faith in such theories.
have hauled manure and spread on lane
in summer and left it until the mex
spring before the ground was plowed
and never in my life did see the sam
amount of manure produce better re
sults.-RaraI NssU Yorker.


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Year: 1874

In one Of the Virginia mines there is
an old horse that is plausibly credited
with the power Of mathematical compa-
tation. Many years employment in the
routine Of working machinery 10 hoist
a bucket to the surface has impressed
upon the old fellow exactly the number
Of circuits he must make to accomplish
his elevating task, and upon accomplish
ing that number he always stops and
turns about FOR the next operation. In
other words he il able 60 count.
Year: 1874

In the cause of humanity, as well as
for the interest Of justice, it is earnestly
requested thar the foregoing he given
the widest publicity in every newspaper
Of the United States and Canada.
Year: 1874

and striving and struggling in the gar


den and in the field in The granery and


in the barn, in the factory and 10 the
mill, in the warehouse and in the shop,
in the mountain and in the ditch, on
the roadside and ia the country, out al
sea and ON the shore, in the day of
brightness and of gloomi What pic
fure this wourld would present if we
had no Sabbath! -
Year: 1874

From the Ohio State Journal, 1883.


ors Of the most difficult questions OF
.Ao Jsv and upon which the Administra-
.;0r e called to act, is the government OF
a .Sa Mormon Territory Of Utah. 1t is a
nv wv, of the Union and the Government
ip,nst look after it SO long as it remains o
Tarritory. Congress makes annual ap-
nropristious Of solid cash to pay the ex-
penses of Territorial Government, and
vet the men, to whom it is paid, in total
disregard of all law, neglect or refuse to
make any returns. or in any way account
10 the Executive for the manner in which
This money is expended. For more than
two years not single voucher or report
has been received from them, while they
have been in the annual receipt Of the
Government funds.


Some time ago, Judges, not Of Mormon
faith, were appointed by the President,
confirmed by the Senate, and sent among
them. A very short residence satisfied
them that they had no practical author
i,y, and that the people treated them and
their attempts at the exercise of their ju.
dicisl functions with great contempt.
They were finally driven out OF the Terri
tory, and returned to Washington with o
history Of their exploits, which were pub
lished in the papers at the time. Brig
ham Young, the patriarch OF the flock,
was some time since appointed Governor.
His commission has expired, yet no sue
esssor has been appointed, and no sue
lessor can be appointed with any hope
Of acting US Governor, unless he has two
or three regiments Of troops at his COM
mand. In an address to his people, pub.
Hshsd in the Deseret News, Of March,
TO- Brigham Young uses the following
language.


I'VE have got a Territorial govern.
neut, and l am aud will be the Cover.
nor, and no power can hinder it until the
Almighty says. Brigham, you need not
be the Governor any longer; and then ]
am willing to yield to another.


mo persons need trouble themselves
about whether or no he would be re-
moved, for the Lord would control the
matter Just as he pleased; and neithe,
President Pierce nor any other Presi
dent would remove him until the Lord
permitted.





Every man that comes to impose on
this people, no matter by whom they arr
sent, or who they are that are sent, they
lay the axe at the root Of the tree to kill
themselves. They had better be careful
how they come here, lest should bent
my little finger"


This looks very much like declara.
ton Of war against the rest of the Union
1t is at least defiance that is full O
evil omen for the future peace and well
being OF the Territory. The practica
question is now forced upon the Govern
ment at Washington whether they viii
see the laws of the nation obsyed, o.
whether they will permit this lawles
band to remain in open rebellion with
out an effort to bring them to subjectior
1t is probable the subject will come u
before Congress at its next session.
Year: 1874

When you use postal card always write
he address the first thing Tons Of po tai
cards, without any address. are destroyed
n The Dead Letter Office, because people
write their messages fist, and then forget TO
address the card.
Year: 1874

Rich as one may die, unless his property
is all in good shape, and his will and affairs
generally, clearly arranged, there is 10 GER
tainty that his wife and children will derive
much benefit from all that is left behind.
Property sold through the probate courts
generally brings only one-half to two-thirds
the price it would command if the late own
er was alive and disposing of it himself


This is due to the fact, if there had been
any irregularity in the legal proceedings con-
nected with the sale, the heirs are very apt
to rake the matter up and try to recover the
property. In addition to his injury to the
property of deceased persons, come legal
and court fees, referees charges, advertising,
and a thousand loop-boles which drain the
estate. 1t is particularly unfortunate for
heirs and legatees if the property left to
th,m is covered by a mortgage. The man
who loves his wife and children should en-
deavo TO keep his affairs in such state
that, if he were suddenly called away by
death, his property would be in such we'll
arranged condition as TO yield something like
its real value.
Year: 1874

The Reese River Reu,lle gives the fol-
lowing humorous article for the benefit OF
the mining community:


In view of the frequency Of accidents in
our mines, and knowing that many of them
could be averted by proper precaulion, we
have been at some pains to collate the fol-
lowing useful Limits to men engaged in the
precarious business of mining:


Never walk into an open shaft. We have
known several good shafts to be irreparably
injured by miners carelessly falling down
them.


Never leave lighted candle in an open
keg of powder. 81 ould the light come in
contact. with the powder it (the powder) is
liable to be rendered unfit for use.


In descending deep shafts, say 1000 feet
or over, saving Of steam and the time of the
brakeman may be affected by placing man
in the sump to catch dinner buckets, which
the men should be ordered to drop into his
hands, and then slide down to their work on
The guides in the shaft.


When you want to descend from one sta
tion to another, ring down the cage, and al
ways be sure to keep your head well out in
the shaft to see that it is coming. Men have
been known to have their heads cut off by
a descending cage through staying too far
inside the level.


In wheeling car to the mouth of shaft,
make sure that the cage is sufficiently elo-
waited above the mouth of shaft to allow
the car to drop down gently, and never let
60 the car until it has commenced falling
down the shaft. good carman should
always have perfect control over his car.


In blasting with giant powder, break your
cartridges to the size needed for your hole
by placing it on an anvil and hitting it firm
blow with a 14-pound sledge, but be care
full that the hanme is not injured.


In blasting with black powder, sit down
firmly on your blast, and never leave your
post until impelled to do SO by the charge.


After the discharge of blast, always
pick the fragments of rock carefully out OF
your flesh end throw them into the ore File.
A great deal of rich ore is wasted by the
neglect of this precauton.


We could give many more useful hints,
but deem these sufficient for the present,
and if by following the advice contained in
them, calamity shall be averted, we shall
feel that we have not lived utterly in vain.
Year: 1874

Rich WITHOUT MONEY. Many a man is
rich without money. Thousands Of men
with nothing in their pockets, and thousands
without even pocket, are rich A man
born with good sound constitution, good
stomach. good heart, good limbs, and a
pretty good head piece, is rich. Good bones
are better than gold, tough muscles than
silver, and nerves that fash fire and carry
energy to every function, are better than
houses or lands.


1t is better than land estate to have had
the right kind of father and mother.
Year: 1874

A LESSON FOR UAD.-An old gentleman
farmer, who had two or three very pretty
daughters, was so very anxious OF his
charge that he would not permit them to
keep the company Of young men. Hcw-
ever they adopted the following experiment
to enjoy the company Of their lovers, with
out the knowledge Of their father. After
the old man had retired to rest the girls
would hang sheet out of the window,
which was quite distance from the ground,
aud the beau would seize hold of the sheet.
and with the assistance Of his lady-love,
who tugged Justify at the sheet above,
would thus gain entrance.


But it SO happened that one evening tho
girls hung the sheet rather early; for tho
old gentleman, by some l-wind, was blown
around the corner, and spying the sheet.
could not conjecture the meaning Of its
being there. He took hold and endeavored
to pull it down. The girls, supposing it to
be one Of their beaux, began to hoist. and
did not discover their mistake until the head
of the old man was level with the window
sill, VIII IN one OF them exclaimed


80, Lord, it's dad!'


And letting go their hold, souse came the
old man on the hard stones and ground be-
low, disocating one of his shoulders, witch
con nvnced him that his efforts to make old
maids of his daughters was not matter 20
easily accomplished, and will drawing al
opposition to their keeping company, be was
soon father-in-law.
Year: 1874

A Kansas gentleman has thoughtfully put
his front gate in the parlor, SO that his
laughter and her young man can swing on
it without taking cold during the cold wea-
ther. This is humane suggestion to all
fathers A front gate in the parlor may
save good many dollars that would be
paid out for soothing syrups and cough bal
sam.
Year: 1874

The first anniversary of the organi zation
Of this band of sturdy young oarsmen oc-
ours on Thursday next. The occasion will
be duly celebrated by regatta, in which
the Pelican Club and Riverside Club will
probably take an active part.


The Orleans Club promise three races;
the first a race with four cared outraged
gigs, the second four cared barge race
and the third a race between pair-oared
gigs. Though only organized year, the
Orleans Club is SO strong in numbers and
material that under favorable circum-
stances, and with time for training and
practice, they might contest the palm with
the best of the older organizations.


1t is quite likely that the Pelican and
Riverside Clubs will contest a race on the
occasion. 1t is to be hoped that they have
already agreed to do SO. Both clubs pos
sess excellent material, and if they are not
afraid of each other. ought to give evidence
of their prowess and skill. Due notice will
be given of the hour at which the regatta
will take place, the course, programme and
other particulars.
Year: 1874

The energetic proprietor of the cheap
news stand at Goldthwaite's book store,
No. 60 Canal street, continues to favor us
periodically; that is to say with frequent
specimens of the periodical news, which he
has for the public at wonderfully cheap
rates. He has the principal Eastern and
Western dailies, with the best of the mag
azines and weekly publications, and those
who desire literary entertainment, or a
knowledge of what is going on in the world
about US, visit mis- stand early and often,
where can be obtained the most reading
matter for the least money.
Year: 1874

In tearing away the old cabin on Main
street, just above Third, yesterday evening,
the workmen engaged found plainly en-
graved upon the ground sill the letters sd.
B." clearly cut, the wood around them being
we'll preserved.


As it is fact that this cabin was built by
our great pioneer Daniel Boone, no little
interest attaches to this inscription, which
everyone is quite certain was cut with his
own hands.


The letters were found upon the front sill,
which was found about eight feet below the
surface of the earth. The log was laid out
upon the pavement and was examined Dy
hundreds during the day.-Louisriue Led
Year: 1874

pS WEST SIXTEENTH STREET NEAR FIFTH
e)c avenue.-Having taken the above house, can
accommodate immediately gentle men and their wives
or single gentlemen with Rooms; house and table first
Year: 1874

There are few blessings which W" enjoy
here upon this earth-that is, material
blessings-but what come to US through
the agency of sunlight.


Throughout your whole existence you
will find, by following up the same reason
ing, that your most tritiing act, your most
thoughtless movement, has derived its ori-
gin from the sun. A blow with the fist, a
breath, a sigh, can be exactly estimated in
rays of sunshine. Whether you tritle or
whether you work, to make such an effort
you have been obliged to expend so much
strength; and that strength had already
been stored in you by the sun, through the
agency of series of transformations.


Your clothing is all borrowed from the
sun. 1t is he that has spun every thread
of your linen, and fed every fibre of your
cloth and flannel. He either bleaches it
snowy white, or dyes it purple and scarlet
with indigo or nladder. He furnishes
leather for useful service, and furs and
feathers for fnery and parade. He gives
you your bedding; whether you repose
luxuriously between eider-down and wool,
OF stretch your weary limbs on straw,
chaff, Indian corn husks. seaweed, or on
even naked plank, as is the lot of not a
few, it is the sun who gives both the one
and the other. And what do we receive
from re1a ions where the sun, as it were, is