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Year: 1878

COME months since [says the Oak
~ land, CAL, Ignaes] one of the loveliest
and most accomplished daughters of a
well-known resident was thrown from
her horse and sustained, among other
annoying injuries, a fracture of one of
her front teeth. The delicate pearl
which flashed through slips within
whose rosy labyrinth when she smiled
the soul was lost' was hopelessly crush
ed, and marred the beauty of the lady
considerably. The only remedy for its
injury was to have the root of the bro
ken tooth extracted and false tooth
made to fill the horrid breach in her
mouth.


In her distress she sought the advice
of DR.. Geo. Luce. She had read some
where or been told by somebody that
dentistry had advanced to such science
that it was possible to transplant a tooth
from the mouth of another person which
would take root and bloom as it had in
its original gum.


SOulu hC DCCuI0 1OI utI " IlldlCn W
the broken tooth? If he could he might
name his price. Beauty in distress ap-
peals to DR.. Luce never in vain, so he
informed the grief-stricken maiden that
such operations had been successfully
performed, but in the present case the
difficulty would be to discover tooth
of such purity, delicacy and beauty as
to be worthy to MUNICH caramels and
bonbons in company with those which
now mourned the loss of their crushed
companion. However, he would see
what he could do.


A month or two passed. AT last the
tooth was found. A young Spaniard,
whose well brushed and somewhat faded
habiliments indicated struggle with
fate, entered the Office to receive some
slight dental, attention, His manners
were those of gentleman and his con-
versation denoted intelligence and re.
finement.


When he opened his mouth, the Doc
tor could hardly conceal his EMOTION
There was the tooth he had been look
ing for flashing in its dazzling white
ness, the perfection of form and the
acme Of purity. 1t was indeed GEM
The subject was approached cautiously,
but when the young gentleman spoke
Of his poverty, the Doctor offered him
one hundred dollars for the tooth. The
money tempted the impecunious for
eigner, who Immediately offered all his
stock in trade on the same terms.


An appointment was made for the
Year: 1878

old HIRAM GORMLEY was an
" individual whom fortune had not
forgotten in her distribution of the good
things of this world. He had fine for
tune, magnificent dwelling, and a
plump, good-tempered wife. Moreover,
he had great reputation for sanctity
and uprightness, and was an elder of
the church to which he belonged. A
very good man and a thorough christian
old Hiram considered himself, for he
had family prayers every morning,
went to church every Sunday, and al
lowed the cook to give all the uneatable
scraps of bread which remained in the
larder to any beggar who applied for
them. A judicious parent he considered
himself to be, and just one, for when
his only daughter had married against
his will he had cast her off forever, and
refused to see her when she stood weak
and trembling at his door to tell him
that her husband lay upon the verge of
death and that starvation stared them in
the face.


AS she has sowed so she must reap"
he muttered, as he saw her turn away,
hiding her grieved face in her shabby
bonnet. "She might have had old
Grimes and lived in clover and must
abide by it.'


And, so saying, he went back to his
account books and banished his daugh-
ter from his mind as soon as might
be.


Old Hiram Gromley was, have said,
very wealthy, but yet clung to trade
with the utmost pertinacity. Money
getting was his life, and he was never
so happy as when making bargain
Among other things he had speculated
in flour, and had made more, perhaps,
in that line of business than in any
other. How old Hiram and his broth
ers in the trade chuckled as the poor
mans loaf decreased and the store of
their own Golfers augmented, is best
known to themselves.


1t was at such season that Hiram
Gormley sat before his parlor fire, bask-
ing in its blaze and sinking gently into
an after-dinner nap. His portly form
filled the huge velvet chair, and his own
portrait looked from its gilded frame
upon its drowsy original with blended
dignity entirely of the artists own in
vention. Mrs. Gormley had gone out
to dine, and the carriage was to be sent
at an appointed hour, so that the old
man and his portrait were alone togeth-
er in the comfortable room.


They were alone, at least for many
minutes. But as the silver-toned time
piece ruhg out the hour of seven, the
outer door was opened, and a small
man, clad in a faded green velveteen
coat, entered the room with the soft
tread of a stealthy cat. He was queer
looking individual, SO withered and
wrinkled that he might have resembled
some old goblin, and his white hair
stood out, strangely enough, upon either
Year: 1878

Men are living too fast. Idleness and
indulgence have begotten pride and dis
content. The age is thirsty for luxury.
The very paupers of our cities scOrn the
patched garments and simple fare which
once satisfied the well.to do; the young
clerk must live in house about as luxu-
riously furnished as his employers, though
he steal to support his establishment; the
servants rival their mistresses in the cost
illness and elaborateness of their attire,
though to do it, they waste the savings
which they may need to keep them from
want aud from ruin. The young couple
who begin at home must have it as richly
decorated as that of those who have labor
ed for years and there is an utter unwill-
ingness on the part of too many Co be con-
tent with simple surroundings We must
change our standards of judgement, and
learn to rate the people at what they are,
and not what they have. This is a mon
ey-worshiping age; men of vicious princi-
plies, through the elink of gold, summon
hosts Of admirers, others are tolerated for
the baubles the mob scramble for; and
still others are permitted to occupy posts
of honor in church and state which they
only obtain by their wealth. Men live in
the fear of gold, and not of God and seek
the honor of man, and not the honor that
cometh from above.


There should be q return to more sim
pie, more honest wayso living. 1t should
be deemed dishonorable to live beyond
ones means no man should be encour-
aged to spend few feverish years in lux
ury at the risk of breaking down and max
ing a dishonorable ending.
Year: 1878

Have you noticed that when you want
to take hold of anything, bit of bread,
we will say, that it is always the thumb
who puts himself forward, and that he is
always on one side by himself, while the
rest of the fingers are on the other?


If the thumb is not helping, nothing
stops in your hand, and you don't know
what to do with it. Try, by way of ex-
pertinent, to carry your spoon to your
mouth without putting your thumb to it,
and you will see what long time it will take
to get through poor little plateful of broth.


The thumb is placed in such a manner
on your hand that it can face each of the
other fingers; one after the other, or alto
gether, as you please, and by this we are
enabled to grasp, as if within a pair of
pineers, all objects, whether large or small


Our hands owe there perfection of use
fuluess to this happy arrangement, which
has been bestowed on no other animal ex-
cept the monkey, our nearest neighbor.
Year: 1878

A MORTGAGE.-In the whole range of
sacred and profane literature, perhaps there
is nothing recorded which has such stay
ing qualities as a good healthy mortgage.
A mortgage can be depended upon to stick
closer than brother. 1t has q mission
to perform which never lets up. Day after
day it is right there, nor does the slightest
tendency to slumber impair its vigor in
the night. Night and day, on the Sabbath,
and at holiday times, without moments
time for recreation, the biting offspring
of its existence, interest, goes on. The
season may change, days run into weeks,
weeks into months, and months be swal-
lowed up into the gray mansions Of advan-
cling years, but that mortgage stands up
in sleepless vigilance; with the interest,
a perennial stream eeaselessly running on.
Like huge nightmare eating out the
sleep of some restless slumberer, the unpaid
mortgage rears up its gaunt front in per-
petual torment to the miserable wight who
is held within its pitiless clutch. 1t holds
the poor victims with the relentless grasp of
a giant not one hour Of recreation, not a
moments evasion of its hideous presence,
A genial savage of modifying aspect while
the interest is paid; very devil of hope
less destruction when the payments fail.
Year: 1878

electricity, and did make some himself
with the same wire arrangement, already
mentioned. While he was explining the
wonders Of electricity to me the train came
to stop, we were at Stonington, and were
to travel hence to New York by boaf
The gentleman kindly assisted me with
my little boy and bundles until we were
safely on board the boat and into my state
room.


Alter the necessary preparations for
supper, he came to my stateroom and pro-
posed that we supply the wants Of the in
ner man. As [ am adept at that business,
especially on board the elegant boats that
ply between New York aad Stonington.
we were not long in finding our way to the
dining saloon; where, while satisfying our
craving appetites, the gentleman Informed
me as to new invention he was engaged
in. / am unable to explain the invention
in detailed and scientific manner, and,
therefore, viii simply remark what he in
tends that his invention shaIl accomplish.


de intends to have the sun photograph
any ship at sea on a small disc attached
to the operating instrument, located saw at
New York or Boston, and by means of a
blackboard on the deck of the ship learn
anythiDE-that is of importance relating to
the ship or its crew, no matter where ir
may be. OF course it viii be necessary for
the ships crew to write on the blackboard
anything they might wish to be known BY
their friends, giving the name of the ship,
latitude and longitude, ETC., etc.


The question will naturally arise, can
such a thing be done? Time only will
determine the matter, and iG the face of
the startling discoveries of the past few
years, what might we not expect? To
the last day Of my life / shall remember
the incidents herein narrated with mix
ture Of pleasure and awe J.-M.H
Year: 1878

BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
The melancholy days are come.
The saddest Of the year,
Ofwailing winds, and naked woods.
And meadows brown and sere
Heaped in the hollows OF the grove,
The withered leaves lie dead;
They rustic to the eddying gust
And 70 the rabbits tread.
The robin and the wren are flown,
And from the shrub the jay,
And from the woOd-top calls the crow
Through all the gloomy day.
Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers,
That lately sprung and stood
In brighter light and softer airs,
beauteous sisterhOOd?
Alas they all are in their graves;
The gentle race Of flowers
Are lying in their lowly beds
With the fair and good Of ours.
The rain is falling were they lie;
But the cold November rain
Calls not from out the gloomy earth,
The lovely ones again.
The wind-fiower and the violet.
They perished long ago,
And the wild-rose and the orehis died,
Amid the summer glow;
But on the hill the golden-rod,
And the aster in the wood,
And the yellow sun n-fiower by the brook
In autumn beauty stood,
Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven.
As falls the plague on men,
And the brightness Of their smile was gone

From upland glade, and glen.
And now, when comes the calm. mid day,
As still such days viii come,
To call the squirrel and the bee
From out their winter home,
When the sound of ofdropping nuts is heard.
Though all the trees are still,
And twinkle in the smoky light
The waters OF the rill,
The south wind searches for the flowers
Whose fragrance late he bore,
And sighs to find them in the wood
And by the stream no more.
And then think of one who in
Her youthful beauty died,
The fair meek blossom that grew up
And faded by my side:
In the cold moist earth we laid her
When the forest cast the leaf,
And we wept that one so lovely
Should have life so brief;
Yet not unmeet Il was that one,
Like that young friend of ours,
So gentle, and so beautiful,


should perish with the flowers.
Year: 1878

gems being stolen, because the whole com
munity is committee of public safety"
and cannot afford to allow dishonesty.
To steal diamond would be like horse
stealing in our western country,-it is
stealing mans life, and the crime is so
heinOus and SO nearly affects every one
that all are equally interested in punish
ing it.-ScriJRer's Magazine.
Year: 1878

F The careful tidy housewife, when she Is giving her house It's spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates of her house are more precious than houses, and that their systems need cleans Ing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she should know that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all medicines. Sec ,othOr column.
Year: 1878

BEFORE you begin your heavy spring work after winter of relaxation, your system needs cleansing and strengthen ing to prevent an attack of Ague, Bilious or SpIing Feves, or some other Spring sickness that will unfit you for q season $

 work. You will save time. much sick ness and great expense if you will use one bottle of Hop bitters in your family this Rmonth. Don't wait. See other

 column.
Year: 1878

TT IS ENTERPRISNG. FEARLESS, RE-
liable and newsy, and the peer Of any weekly
Newspaper published in West Tennessee. con-
tanning all local events OF Importance in the
city Of Memphis and Shelby county. No
labor or expense will be spared to maintain it
in every department at the highest possible
standard, and to commend it in all respects
to the confidence and approval of the best
classes in the surrounding country. being
strictly
Year: 1878

The Albany Law journal prints
the following extract from =
Constantinople letter: To a
Turk q court of justice, in the
American acceptation OF the
term, is a thing unknown. They
never finish a cause at the first
hearing, nor do they render an
immediate decision: but after all
the testimony has been offered
the kadi Gudge) adjourns the
further trial Of the action until
some future time, for the known
purpose Of affording the litigants
an opportunity of making him
presents. These he accepts
from both parties, and in ninety
nine cases out Of a hundred the
decision is in favor of the per-
son whose gift is the most valua-
BILE. There used to be a Judge
named Kaimil Pasha, who did
not 60 through the formality of
listening to the evidence. He
was therefore regarded by the
common people as the most
learned kadi that ever lived, for,
said they, he understood the
Koran SO thoroughly that he
could render a decision before a
particle Of testimony had been
presented by either party.
Year: 1878

Every year witnesses curious
sand showers in China, when
there is neither cloud nor fog in
tho sky. The sun is scarcely
visible, looking very much as
when seen through smoked glass.
The sand penetrates houses,
reaching apartments which seem
securely closed. 1t Is supposed
to be carried by whirlwinds
from the great desert Of Cobb.
and the storms are indicative of
year of large fertility.
Year: 1878

He was genteel young man, of pleas
ant, open countenance, intelligent and
polite. Most boarding house keepers
would have admitted him at sight as
most eligible candidate, but Mrs. Muffin
appeared to have misgivings that must
be allayed before q decisive answer
could be given.


MY boarders is mighty particular
set," she said, "and have to be care
full who take, or some of 'em is sure to
get huffy and leate. I can't say as so
much object to music myself, but some
folks won't stand it in no way at all. 1
hope you're not Tearing to play on the
fiddle, are you? p


"Oh, no." said the young man,


"Well, I'm very glad to hear you say
so. That would never do at all. You
might as we'll try to keep boarders on
one kind of meat as to put green hand
with fiddle in among 'em. Do you
blow any sort of a hornp ?"


The gentleman shook his mead.


"Well, then, tell me, do you belong
to the Festival chorus? I had one of
'em, but he had to mosey. His rehear
sails almost ruined my prospects and I
had to send him away. 1 felt bad about
it too, for he was light feeder and
never grumbled. You never singf Well,
that's pleasant. I didn't much think
you did, but it's best to be on the safe
side. 1 hope you don't practice on the
cordeoni"


"Oh. no."


"I was almost broken up by one of
them brain-rackers getting smuggled
into the house once last summer, and it
makes me cautious. -Four of my best
boarders left before the first week was
out, and nobody would have dreamed of
any harm in him, either. He was real
innocent, solemn-looking young man,
with blue eyes, as quiet as body could
want, till he got into his room all alone
with that 'cordeop, and then, mercy !!
what villain he was And that wasn't
the worst of it, either, by a good deal.
He not only drove away nearly all my
boardere, but got in debt to me for five
weeks board, and then sloped. 1 tell
you, sir, we have to be careful, and
that's why I've made bold to ask you so
many questions. I'm very glad to hear,
though, that you don't waste your time
that way, and if you II promise that you
won't as much as bring a iewsharp into
the house I'm sure shall be very glad
to have you make your home with us. I
know there's lots of people who claim that
music is soothing and elevating, and all
that sort of thing, but it's a mistake,
sir, mighty big mistake, so far as
boarders are concerned, any way.
They'll put up with a good deal in the
way of having things warmed over, but
they won't stand music no way you car
fix it up, and get away from it as quick
as they would from the smallpox
Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
Year: 1878

Two novel kinds of incendiarism lately
appeared in Rome. Two or three weeks
ago the Royal Carbineers at Porta del
Popolo were attracted by an unusual
light which appeared on the road outside
the walls leading from the Porta del
Popolo in the direction of the ancient
Porta Pinciana. On drawing toward
the scene of the illumination they heard
cries of Z" Vittoria EVviva p and found
that both the light and the cries pro-
ceeded from man who was enveloped
in flames. Before they could extinguish
the flames the man was reduced to car
bon before their eyes. He had soaked
his garments in petroleum and set fire to
himself. A box of matches and an
empty petroleum flask lay near him,
and his hat, which had mourning Grape
round it, was hung on the adjoining
hedge. His features were horribly dis
figured. The gentleman who thus com.
mitted self-cremation was a vice-secre,
tary in the Office of the minister of war
He was a good intelligent public servant
and was noted for his steadiness and
diligence He was unmarried, and
somewhat taciturn and gloomy at times,
but gave no indications Of insanity.


The other instance of incendiarism
was the burning of the marriage notices
which hung up in frames under the
poItico of the palace OF the cOnservators,
| at the capitol. The motive for this burn
ing was set down as jealousy. The
| burning had no effect in delaying the
marriages, many of which have been
celebrated between members Of the aris-
/ tOcraeV
Year: 1878

have direful effect in connection


with others.


1t is always best to look upon the
shining aspect Of things, and not
worry ones self in torturing every
look, gesture and expression into a
preconceived notion and converting
an imaginary grievance into real
trouble. There is an unhappy fancy
in some people to parade themselves
as injured and long suffering indi-
viduals, as patient martyrs, and os-
tentatious victims of the neglect
and Indifference of others. This
proceeds from obstinacy, pride, and
illtemper and querulous tempera-
ment, of which they are not con-
scious. They fancy that they are
a personification Of amiability and
while the world is ringing with
praises of their exemplary resigna-
ton, they little think they have
occasioned themselves the very
sorrows of which they complain;
and that, had they known how to
practice the great maxim "bear and
forbear" the farce of the self.tor-
mentor would have wanted a prom
inent illustration.
Year: 1878

TEA CULTURE IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-Gen. lie Due, notwith-
standing the ridicule which has been
heaped upon him for his efforts to
introduce tea culture in this country,
is achieving success III that direc-
ton, and he believes that tea plan
tations will be all the rage in a short
time, and that the $2O,00O,o0O paid
annually to China for tea can be
kept at home. The commissioner
is probably too sanguine, for while
tea may be producedin the southern
States, the quality can not be equal
to the tea of China and Japan. The
commissioner is shipping large num-
bers OF tea plants to the South every
day, and the tea people think they
can grow them at a profit Of $3.50
an acre. We hope so.-LoetiSoi2le
Courier J0uanal
Year: 1878

MUzzLE THE GoSsIPs. Nothing
is more demoralizing to a man than
to loose faith in his fellows. The
man Of faith and honor is not apt to
be suspicious of others, and does
not willingly believe evil. The
lover of scandal and the ready be-
lever in it are alike deficient in
honor and morality, and are the


bane of well organized society. If
all goSsips could be quietly killed
some morning the next generation
would be happier. A case of hy-
drophobia now and then starts the
cry of "Muzzle the dogs" "Death
on the highways" etc. There is
death and misery in the highways
and byways and in the home from
the poisoned tongues of the gossips.
Let the voice go up "Muzzle the
gossips." Teach the children that
gossiping is dishonorable, and chat
faith iii the honor and virtue of
mankind will build up society and
add to the sum OF human happiness.
Year: 1878

fesslon, "Our sense of justice
prompts Us to come to the rescue


Mr.. Davis wore a cross grain silk,
cut bias with George Francis
Train, which he carried under his
arm to keep it out of the mud. 1t
had deep skirt, adjusted by two
bust darts, and narrow under arm
gore on each side of the front and
on each front of the side, togeth er
with beautiful arched centerpiece
with raised seam which proceeded
to the breast-bone at the back,
thence diagonally by degrees to
the shoulder blade at the 'front.'"
Year: 1878

Buy YOUR SEEDS Now.-People who
make considerable purchases OF seeds,
either for farm or garden work, would do
well to make up their lists aud buy their
seeds now rather than wait until it is time
to SOW them. There is always a great
rush at the seed stores in sowing time
and frequent disappointment at finding
the stock OF the seed desired exhausted,
and the consequent vexatious delay in OBJ
tanning it. Then In some cases The best
seed will have been sold out first and the
late conner must put up with what is left


Prices, too, especially for farmers seed,
are generally on the rise at seed time and
the customer is liable to be Obliged to pay
II higher price than if he had purchased
earlier. He will moreover have less time
TO carefully prepare his list and select his
seeds and last, though among the first
considerations in Importance. there 10
much more liability to mistakes on the
part OF the dealer in filling orders in the
busy season, occasioning both delay and
loss to the buyers. This advice is espec-
tally applicable to flower growers, who
will find it much to their advantage to Law
their plans now and have their seeds on
hand all ready for the opening o. the
ground in spring SprihQfetd RepujiicdH.
Year: 1878

Ne dO not bslieye that there is an- other community in the United States as large as ours which has only q weekly mall This, however, the postmaster of this place informs us will not be the case after the 1st of July. Tri-veekly service has been ordered and let. The business import ance Of Globe City warrants the ef- fort to procure daily service and no sine sheuld be lost in making our waat known through proper channels to the postmaster general