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Year: 1878

OuR ExIifDIT at the Paris Exposition promises
to be very fair. Between five and six hundred
OF our leading merchants and manufacturers
have obtained space, and it will be seen by ref
crc'lce to other columns that nearly all OF our
great industries are fully and respectfully rep
resented
Year: 1878

4 recent San Francisco dispatch in- forms Us that a petition is being active ly circulated in that city, addressed to the Congress of the United States, re. citing that the petitioners are citizens .of San Francisco, and as a mining and commercial people desire the exten- sion of the Southern Pacific Railway east through Arizona and New Mex leo, and therefore ask Congress to pass such laws as may permit the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to extend its road till it shall meet a constructed road from the East, or, at least, through the Territory of Arizona.

 The petitioners argue that this meas lure IS essential to the proper develop ment of our Territory. The argument lis a good one. At the present time machinery cannot be brought in nor .ores shipped out without mourning ruinOus freight bills. The want of proper machinery and the great ex- pense of obtaining the same, the long routes and slow time are some of the great disadvantages under which Ari- zona has labOred for years. What We want is cheap and rapid transporta- tion. We can't afford to wait three or four years for the Texas Pacific 10 build through from Fort Worth when the Southern Pacific can reach us in. side of six months if Congress will give he desired permis sion.
Year: 1878

SOME Of the members of the Ditch com pany owning the ditch above town are in- .clined to complain of the manner in which water Is taken out Of the ditch for the town and it would seem as if there was considerable cause for such com plalnt. The company is quite willing to allow the water to flow through the town so long as there is an abundant supply In the ditch, but they do object 10 having the ditch cut al such times and places and in such manner as may best suit the parties desiring the water. l. would be but a tri- filing expense to put boxes with slides or gates at the head Of each acequia-this

 would obviate the necessity Of cntting the ditch and regulate the flow Of water. It costs the company hundreds of dollars annually to keep the ditch in repair and 1t is but little Co ask that the citizens oi Florence would exercise a little care lin obtaining the amount Of warter necessary for town uses.
Year: 1878

FLORENCE has been favored with an other rain,-a beautiful rain, steady and gentle as was the last. It began early Monday morning and continued until the middle of the afternoon. The whole valley is fresh and full Of new vigOr. The farmers and ranchmen are happy, and we have every prospect Of prosperous season for those engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Year: 1878

MR. J. E. CLARK who has the contract for sinking the shaft on the '76 mine tells us that there is to much water in the shaf to permit advantageous working by hand power. The flow is about loo gallons per hour and work has been suspended or the mine until proper hOisting works car be obtained. The ore body is fully as good at the bottom of the shaft as where they first struck it.
Year: 1878

"You know how Colonel Colt got
ont his revolver? He never invented
one side of it. He was looking over
some cases in the British Museum
when he saw an old revolver, very
much on the pattern of ours to-day.
He thought he saw where the trouble
Law and took tbumb-nail drawing on
the spot, fitted a cap to the lock and
made heap of money. You see the
trouble was they hadn't got to making
Eliminating powder in those days
They had the revolving principle, but
the powder was loose in the pan, and
when the flint struck off a perfect
shower of sparks, if that powder hap
pened to be spilled a little, all six
barrels were as likely to go off to
gether as not. A grain of percussion
powder in a cap made all the differ
ence, and they haven't improved so
much on the pattern Of the old revol-
yer after all."- Corr. Boston Traveller
Year: 1878

In one of the recent sklrmishes
near Plevna, a young Russian oihcer
was seen standing just behind one oi
the batteries waving his sword aud
boldly encouraging his men to stand
their ground. Over and over again
he rallied the troops who were pour,
-ino ont of the trench, but 1t was no
use. the fire was too heavy for any hu-
man being to stay and live, and at
last he stood for more than a minute
absolutely alone, save for the dying
and dead piled in heaps around. 1t
could only end one way amid the storm
of bullets which were raining round
him thick as hail; one at last found its
vav to that noble heart and he tell
dead. As the Turks swept over the
parapet and dashed past the spot
where he lay, the colonel struck by
the bows extraordinary courage and
devotion gave orders that he should
be decently buried. In tie evening
he reported to the commander IN chief
that the body was that of girl.
Year: 1878

which sea captain with the unroman-
tic name of Wiggins brings back
from the commonly supposed ice
bound shores Of Siberia. He has re-
Gently made voyage to couple oil
rivers which empty into the northern
ocean. and, if his observations are re-
liable, that route is a practicable one
to the north pole with an open sea all
the way. How the venturesome Wig
gins reached the points OF which ne
speaks is not mentioned in the meagre
reports which have just been received
concerning the fact set forth; but he
says this Siberian hitherto unknown
land is only fifteen days sail from Lon
don, and good sea all the way. HIS
observations showed him that there is
an immense commerce carried on into
Siberia from China, that telegraphs
abound, and the 'large cities and the
people exhibit the great spirit of en-
terprise that Russia has carried into
the country" Marvellous stories are
told of the richness of the mines, yield
ING fabulous sums of gold, while in a
grain-bearing point the country is un'
surpassed; wheat equal to that raised
in California, yielding profuse crops,
and being sold at SIS per ton. The
English people do not swallow the
open polar sea story, nor are they
quite ready to believe that such an
extensive commerce is carried on IN
that almost terra incognita.
Year: 1878

II. has been discovered that lager
heeris certain remedy for corns.
We believe the usual method of ap-
plying the remedy is to let it soak in.
to the corn from the inside of the foot.
Year: 1878

LONDON Jan. 2s.-Tn the further debate in the
House OF Commons Sir Stafford Northeote said
he courted vote on the question of supple
mentary war credit. and would use the power
of England If necessary.
Year: 1878

A friend of mine, who is an invalid, told
me of little girl whom she met in an ON
nibus, and who seemed to be very much
astonished to see her so exceedingly pale.
"Why, what makes you so pale 2" she asked,
"Oh, / don't know" my friend replied.
You don't 90 out enough" said the little
thing. "Yes ! do" Well, you don't
run" Why, no; how should | look run
ming down Broadway; what would the people
think ?" "Just tell them that you are run
ming after your health, and they would not
think a thing of It'll" This was either a
wise little maiden, or else she was trying to
quote some person who had told her that
running in the sweet, fresh air accounted for
her rosy cheeks At any rate she had got
hold of the secret of strength and healthy
blood. Alas, thousands of our women sacri-
flee their health to their clothes! Our duties
cannot be well performed unless we have
the vitality which they require, and suffer
ing is the penalty of neglect and imprudence.
But comfort and duty are consumed on the
altar of vanity An American lady makes
little provision for unpleasant weather and
dusty walking. The delicious hours of the
morning are lost and unknown, because the
dew is on the grass, and ones clothes would
be spoiled The sun may be obscured, and
thc bt CODl, bul MOllltil anu
must be confined to the house or the yard
through the tyranny of long dresses and fine
leather. The dust will ruin Mabel's shoes,
and if it fills the founces of her mothers
dress it must be counted out of the list, or a
Fearful " laundry bill must be incurred
Both mother and child had better miss the
blessing for which DIR. Wiseman sent them
into the country, and go back to the city
with their complaints that they were un
fortunate in the locality to which they were
advised" and that it was "intolerably stupid
in that out-of-the-way place" Dear friends,
expend trifle more upon your wretched
bodies and your languid souls Get one
more dress, which may have the beauty of
appropriateness to your needs, and then go
out and let into your hungry beings the new
life of the day aud the inspirations of the
morning. Generally the question as to wear
ing apparel is settled by fashion and the
looking-glass. We look with hope and long
ing for the day when the natural enthusiasm
of women aud children shall have free
course" and the material and style of their
garments shall contribute to the best inter
ests of soul and body. A woman's clothes, i'll
this age, must unquestionably be reckoned
among the most oppressive of her disabili-
ties.-C COngregatiOndiisf
Year: 1878

Iou delight i'll poetry and the fine arts !;
but remember that the dvinest art is that
which studies and creates the beauty, not
of outward form, but of immortal virtue /;
which creates not statues and pictures, but
holy and disinterested men which awakens
the Godike in the breast of our brother.
No poem is so glorious as Christian life.
The minister often speaks feebly because
his voice is but the echo OF echoes, because
he dares not trust to the inspirations of his
own soul, Regard your office as
meant not to perpetuate what exists, but to
introduce higher condition of the church
and the world. Christ was eminently re-
former; and reform is the spirit of the min
istry. Without this spirit our churches are
painted sepulchres, and the preaching in
them but sounding brass, or tnkling
cymbal. Comprehend the greatness of your
spiritual function. Your are entrusted with
IA truth that is to create new heaven and a
new earth to PROSTATE the abuses and cor
ruptions of ages TO unite men by new ties
to God and TO one another; to revive the Di,
vine image in the human soul. Keep you,
mind in harmony with this great end, Let
not pleasures, cares, honors, common ex
ample or opinion, or any worldly interest
sever you from it. Cherish living faith il
a higher operation of Christianity than is ye
seen in any community or any church,
| Chdnninq
Year: 1878

Miss Winchester, what is the secret of
being lady Is it to be true and fearless
like man, or to be just, or polite, or char
liable, and always giving up ones self for
others ?" Miss Winchester was darning a
table-cloth. She always did the nice parts
OF housekeeping, TO steady her nerves, she
said and she took time to answer "The
truest ladies | ever knew had two things
so blended that one never knew which
TO be surest of, their sincerity or their kind


ness. ! never saw lady, whether she was
girl or grown woman, who had not the
faculty wise writer calls a genius for loy,
ing 1t was born in them, and grew with
them. 1t is not that kind of don't know
what to do with myself feeling, that makes
girls throw their arms round the nearest
friend and smother her with kisses that is
feigniug petty jealousness OF others, and say


ing, wish you could love me- when one
isn't in mood for sweet stuff. The most
loving-hearted girls don't show their feeling
by any means They do not love TO kiss, OF
parade affection, but they are kind o SC
kind, to their last breath aud drop OF
strength, to those who need and deserve
their care. Kind with the kindness that
makes one wise for others happiness, so that
mother looks into the mending basket to find
that troublesome torn shirt-sleeye made
whole, and the apron finished for Bobby


and father has the room quiet for long
Year: 1878

1t is natural for the young to pass the
greater part of their days in play. The kit
ten will tumble and roll at the end of a
string; the little lamb will frisk about the
fields, and the young dogs are always ready
for frolic. Nature has decreed this Law
throughout the world, and children are not
free from it. 1t is an essential thing to
them, and makes them better and stronger
men and women. Hard work and dignity
are attributes of advanced age. Children
should have neither. The young body and
mind should have no weight TO crush the
body or oppress the soul. The recreation of
children should be enjoyed principally in the
open air. Their play naturally calls for con-
siderable muscular exertion, and there is
no display of muscular force without some
waste of muscular substance. The blood is
constantly at work repairing this waste, and
to perform its duty well it should be thor
oughly oxygenized. The pure, open air
does this. Let them run, and shout, and
laugh; climb trees and jump fences, if their
strength is sufficient to prevent them from
falling. These boisterous sports not only
develop health and strength, but they create
self-relance, aud teach them how to use
their arms aud legs. Girls as well as boys
should have their outdoor pleasures. 1t is
TO be expected that girls will be less rough
in their play, but they will obey the in.
stincts of their different nature aud breathe
the same air as their less gentle brothers.
don't care how often your daughter may be
called hoydenish, or how often she may de
serve the appellation of "Iom-boy, she ID
developing health and strength and gen.
eral fitness for the duties of mature life. II
few idiots, who either cannot understand
the needs of childhood or are envious of
young blood, choose to call names, they will
not hurt her nor make her any the less a
lady. The day when a skeleton with pallid
cheeks and feeble footstep was considered
genteel is passed. There We're too many
young graves filed by that Juggemaut OF
fashion TO make the style permanent.-NeU
Hdpen Register.
Year: 1878

Briets.-Hands were at work yesterday
making some needed repairs to the roadway
OF the Free bridge. ~
, The next thing in order is to- fill up the
holes In the bed Of the roadway at the Man.
chester side OF the bridge.


Several Manchester men went off on q
hunting expedition yesterday morning.
Sora is reported very plentiful in the
Swamps of Chesterfield. fs


The collections for the benefit OF the yell
low-iever sufferers have been quite large.
Our people are subscribing quite literally.
Year: 1878

congregation will purchase another lot and


erect substantial granite house OF worship


thereon. In view OF this fact no architec-


turai improvements will be made in the
improvements Of the present
The present pastor has the most
encouraging prospects, he, believes, OF m
enlarged field Of labor In this parish.
Year: 1878

remember i'll my boyhOOd days
Down through the shady grove,
Where tall trees lowered toward the sky,
oft was wont to rove
One day upon an elder tree
deep inscribed my name,
Then thinking that for years to come
I'd find it still the same.
That people through long future years,
Would speak the words it bore;
And SchOOl-bOys that were then unborn
Would read it DER und DER.
That children and grandchildren too
Would look at it with pride,
(JuSt as seen my fathers there,
Long after he had died).
Spring after spring has come and gone
And filled the hollow mark:
Revolving seasons in their turn


Have formed again the bark.
lis true long years have passed since then,
(FOr time swift headwNy gainS)
But now upon that elder tree


There's not a mark remains.
So like those visions of my youth,


Men crowd the steps of fame
And high upon her shining top


Each tries to write his name
Neer thinking in few short years,
Old time the roll will call,
And all the monuments of earth


Will Crumble down and fall
But far beyond the reach of time,


Above the heights of fame.
There is a nObler monument


On which to write our name
We may place it there, mid dark despair,


And brighten ii with tears
But yet Respondent ii shall shine


Throughout eternal years.
SMRYNA, Nov. ID r. G. DERLIT
Year: 1878

A Coon GIRI.-One of the good girls of Milford was
married Il few days since to rather wild young
gentleman of the town. and when they retired for the
night hc quietly looked on while she knelt down,
said her prayers and got in bed. when he too at
tempted take his place beside her. but she stopped
him with her hand and the question, have you said
your prayers? He forced to answer in the mega
tive and own up that he had not prayed for fifteen
years past! She told him he could never sleep with
her until he commenced praying, whereupon the
young gentleman went to his marrow bones in double
duick The best of it is that she makes him keep it
up This is what we call good girl-INtBOrd NeIcs
Year: 1878

AUTUMN.-This season never appeared to us like
the stricken battlefield of Nature, but rather like the
most gorgeous carnival with the various trees for
masuueraders in fancy costumes of every imaginable
hue The carnival passed, they lay aside every orna-
ment and pass their cold enten season in condition
of repose Still we know that life and joy lnger in
their hearts that they ecOnomzing their forces
for another season, when each silent actor in the
gorgeous pageant will appear brighcr and more
beautiful than ever.
Year: 1878

Prof Goldwin Smith, in a recent lecture on the
suffrage question took the ground that there ought to
be distinction between National Municipal Govern
ments in the of the ballot. As q municipality
has to deal mainly with the collection and expendi
ture of local taxes based upon property valuation
the right of suffrage i'll American cities he thinks
should be based on a property qualification. In
property taxes should be confined to those who pos
sess property, and not left to those who have no
vested interests at stake.
Year: 1878

a movement is on foot in Boston TO establish what
is called "a developing school," the object being to
elevate manual labor and make the study and prac
proposed to establish school with a course of five or
six months to develop the particular tastes and
aptitudeS of youth with a view TO selecting and pur
suing some handicraft. The idea is based on the
German workshop schools" which have been found
very useful.
Year: 1878

When the recent attempt was made to assasSinate
the King of Span Gen. Grant standing at a
window of a hotel In Madrid watching the cavacade
and, though at distance from the scene of the
attack, distinctly the flash of the aSSaSSnS pistol
He had already secured passage in the night train for
Lisbon, but before leaving he sent message of
sympathy to the King with congratulations on his
escape. The attempt ON the Kings life has made him
more popular than ever.
Year: 1878

In making brushes by hand two differ
ent methods are pursued for inserting
The bristles into the holes made for their
reception in the pieces forming the
backs. The workman following the
first method gathers the bristles into
little buIches, winds thread around
their lower ends, dips these into molten
pitch, and insert them into the holes
with a glight rotary motion. In the
second mode Of procedure a loose bun
die of bristles is laid with its center eX-
actIy over one of the holes, a strong cord
or thin brass wire is made to enter the
hole from the back, sncircIe the bunch,
and pass out again, when on drawing it
taut the bundle of bristles is broken in
the middle and made to stand erect
The surface of the brush is afterwards
leyelsd by means Of a knife or other
sharp cutting instrument.


Some small brushes will occasionally
be met with, the backs Of which, though
forming but one piece, do not, however,
exhibit any traces Of holes or wire
These peculiar brushes are.made by first
drilling a series of longitudinal canals


INTO the further end of the back, with
which canals the brisle holes cOmmu-
LicOte. The wire or thread is passed
through these canals, drawn out at each
lOle, twisted into a loop in which the
5ristles are Lid, and finally drawn taut
Igain. These openings in the end are
afterwards filled up, previous to polish
Ing.-Scientifc ImericGn.
Year: 1878

Henry Ward Beecher, in q late ser
mon thus defines forgiveness: i wiz
tell you what forgiveness is. Take tive
notes in an organ, and sound them to-
gether. They are dissonant. You en-
deay0r to bring them into concord, and
you find that they are coming nearer
and nearer to harmony, that the un-
even vibrations are growing less and
less, until by and by when they are
sounded together they are perfectly
chorded. That is forgiveness. And
where he IT'S are separated, where they
vibrate differently, the moment they
come together in unity there is for
giyeness. Therefore all mesh-work, all
spinning Of webs, all bringing in Of
things foreign and unrelated, only to
darken counsel on this subject, is worse
than useless. Harmony with-thsspirft
Of love is forgiveness. The momeut
you are at discord with that spirit you
are in an unforgiven state, and tile mo
ment you are in concord with that spirit
you are forgiven. Forgiveness takes
place with you the moment you come in
sympathy and harmony with Ged.
There is nothing less and there is moth
ing more to it. And we learn this in
the family
Year: 1878

The cOcoanut is a product OF one Of
lhe palms, and grows abURdlntly in all
tropical regions. The kernel, in its
fresh state, is very nUTitive, and when
grated makes excellent cakes OF rfritters.
The milk Of the cOcoanut forms a deli
cioUs beverage IN its native country; a
large nut when fresh will give half a
pint Of milk. When it is very young
the pulp is sosoft that it may be eaten
with a spOun, and the shell is so thin
and transparent that it may be used IS
ii lantern. The oil obtained by ypTessUre
from the kernel is used for burning in
lamps and for making Gne soap. There
is no part of the tree but is employed
for some useful purpose, though with
respect to fruit the cOcOanut IS one Of
the least productive Of the palm tribe.
One tree in good soil produces aboutIOO
cOcoanuts annually.
Year: 1878

The wife and daughters (says Power
of the Chinese farmer walk about the
world with such feet as it has pleased
God to give them, and very pretty feet
and ankles they generally are. In fact,
whatever want Of beauty Of feature
there may be among the Chinese wO-
men, no one can deny them the credit
Of remarkably beautiful feet, ankles,
hands and arms. OF the rest of the fig
Ure one can Judge but indifferen ly
from their peculiar though ghnotungrace-
fuI costumes. In the country villages
the y Ung girls and matrons may be
seen at their doors or grouped together
beneath the trees, or in the yard at
tached to the house, engaged in house
no d or farm occupation, laughing the
while in merry chorus to their work. I
have often. from the back Of my horse,
looked over the low walls at such a
grOup-but the result was rarely com
pimentary; for on some coy damsel
catching sight Of my Saxon face, she
would scream an alarm to the rest, who
retreated to the house with a general
screech. On reaching the threshold,
however, they would generally stop to
giggle at the object of their fears, on


finding him not pursuing with savage
intent, or sometimes the respectable
bearded patriarch would take them by
the shoulders, and in spite Of their af-
fectei resistance, push them all out
again into the yard, calling jokingly on
me at the same time, in some incOm-
prehensible gibberish, probably to eat
them up" I flatter myself, however,
that was not sufficiently frightful to
alarm them very much, with a stout
wall between, and the whole village
within call.
Year: 1878

Hazel nuts and flberts are the fruit
of the same tree, the former in its wild
and the latter in its cultivated state
These nuts are quite free from oil. At
dessert they are eaten with salt.
Year: 1878

A good test for gold or silver is a bit
of Iunarcaustic. Slightly wet the metal
to be tested and rub it gently with the
caustc. If gold or silver the mark viii
be faint, but if composed Of inferior
metal it will turn black.
Year: 1878

Fresh roasted peanuts are very agree
able in their flavor aud quite nutritious.
Instead Of being munched between
meals in all sorts Of places, if they were
eaten at the table as a part Of the meal
and thoroughly masticated, they would
prove more wholesome.