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Year: 1877

Marry in your own religion
Never both be angry at once.
Never taunt with past mistake,
Let kiss be the prelude of a rebuke.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit Of
both.


\ good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.


q Forgot" is never an acceptable
excuse.


If you must oriticise, let # pc done
lovingly.


Make a marriage matter of moral
judgment.


Marry into a family which you have
long known.


Never make q remark at the expense
of the other


Never talk at one another, either alone
or in company.


Give your warmest sympathies for
each others trials.


If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only for kiss.


Neglect the whole world beside, rather
than one another.


Never speak loud to one another uh-
less the house is on fire.


Let each strive to yield oftenest 70 the
wishes eff the other.


Always leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last.


n III nd far
ament from your own.


Never deceive, for the heart, once
misled, can never trust wholly again.
It is the mother who moulds the
character and fixes the destiny OF the
child. q


Never find fault unless it is perfectly
certain fault has been committed.


Do not herald the sacrifices you make
to each others tastes, habits or pre-
| ferences.


Let all your mutual accommodations
be spontaneous, whole-souled and free as
air.
The very felicity is in the mutuaa
cultivation of usefulness.


Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation or
sphere of the other.


A hesitating or grum yielding TO the
wishes of the other always CRATES upon
loving heart.


Never reflect on past action which
was done with good motive, and with
the best Judgment at the time.
Year: 1877

Here in Bulgaria the Russian horses
appear to stand the privations and hard
work better than do their fellows from
Roumania sand Bulgaria. I know a
number of correspondents who have lost
numerous Roumanian horses Just by a
DIT OF hard riding necessary to get piece
of news to the frontier. Forbes has kill
ed several horses. But a good Russian
steed hangs on to lite bravely. These
little sinewy horses are faithful beyond
description; but they have terrible tenn
pers. They yell like jemous they
watch a good chance to bite the strangers
knee as he passes by on horseback, and
when they succeed in doing it they snort
their malicious satisfaction. A good
Russian wagon-horse would not sleep
well unless he had kicking and biting
match with some neighbor quadruped at
least two or three times daily. His
temper carries him up all the steep hills
triumphantly he gnashes his teeth with
rage, and bounds along as if be would ex-
terminate the hill while the Roumanian
horse stops short, and with discouraged
and broken hearted air will accept all
the poundings showered upon him, but
will not move a step until another
animal is hitched in TO help him.
Year: 1877

4 distinguished English gentleman is
quoted as having said, IF any man says
he likes dry champagne, he lies" We
are half inclined to re-echo this apo
thegm. but prefer on the whole, to take
more charitable view of the question, and
to believe that one may accustom his
palate to tolerate, and coax himself TO
think he likes this nauseous drench, just
a he may come TO be fond Of tartar
emetic. or any other nasty drug. The
taste for dry wines Is n purely artificial
perversion of the natural sense got up
by wine dealers and ProPagated by fash
ION. 4 dry wine in commerce is a wine
80 sour that it will not keep unless forti-
fed by double dose of alcohol--a cir
cumstauce which, perhaps, recommends
it to loverye5f strong potations-and
hence il is that the clarets Of to-day
contain twice A. much proof spirit as
that drunk by some of us in our youth
and by the fathers of many more. The
new diseases of the grape, and the vastly


increased consumption of table wines,
have created a demand which the ripe
and healthy grapes of Europe cannot
supply. Accordingly, fruit which would
have been rejected thirty years ago, as
immatured or diseased, is now subjected
to the press without scruple, and the acid
and corrosive juice obtained from it is
doubIy branded and recommended to
purchasers as dry wine. But however
the palate may be cheated, the stomach
is too good 4 chemist to be thus imposed
upon, and people who habitually imbibe
this caustic fluid will find in the long run
that they have put an enemy into their
mouths-if not to steal their brains, at


east to ruin their digestion.
Year: 1877

knowledge of the world must be
combined with study, for this, 10 well as
better reasons the possession of learning
is always invidious, and it requires con-
siderable tact to inform without a.display
of superiority, and TO ensure esteem,
well as call forth admiration.
Year: 1877

We often hear our people in Prescott talk of dull times, when the truth IS they don know what dull times arc. Our merchants are daily in receipt of new goods, and they are hardly landed before they are being sold. Our i5.OOO inhabitants of Yavapai county are all alive and we'll The crops never looked more prosperous. The welcome rain and silvery snow will cause all the grain anu vegetables planted to spring up with new life. Our mining industries are also coming rapidly 10 the front, and soon the metallic ring of bullion bars will be heard ail OCT the land.

 The cry of hard times, however, comes te us from abroad. California is disconsolate over the failure of her crops; the cattle and sheep are dying by thousands, and those who can get to our hoSpitable valleys and noun tains are coming. We have been shown a letter from a gentleman who lately visited Salt Lake City, which reads as follows ;--- Salt Lake City, commercially, seems to be hide bound and cursed, for in spite oi the good times at the mines, Salt Lake City IS going backward and downward. Real estate is no security now for money, and more dilapiiated God-forsaken looking place you never saw, and it's inhabitants feel and look the dismal picture in business everywhere presented to the eye"

 Comment k unnecessary. Let us be sat isfied with what we have, go on developing our many resources. and show to the world that Arizona is becoming the great Bonanza, and taking the lead of her sister Territories in the march of progress.
Year: 1877

By reference to our dispatches to-day, 1t wlll be seen that these gentlemen are cyi- dently anxious to have the United States marshal few regiments of soldiers in their Territory. They are still continuing to arm themselves, and are assuming q hostile atti- tude toward the Gentiles who are living in their country. The Gentle population of Utah are becoming much alarmed at the man@uvcrings of the Normons, and are pre- paring to move their families out in case an attack is made on them from the bclligcr- entS. Brigham recently made threats in the Tabernacle. at Salt Lake, that he would spill the blood of all the Gcutilcs living within the limits of | tah; but we put it up that the old fellow hada chronic spell come over him. and wa> only making little buncomhc speech for thepurpo~c of exciting the enemies of polygamy who are scattered throughout the Territory of | tah. thinking probably. Government would send in a few thousand troops to purchase the surplus grain. etc, raised by them for which they have a slow market This k an old trick of the polygamistS. one which they practiced on the United States government R 1851, but one which they will hardly get away with just at the present time. The Govern mcnt will undoubtedly, in case the Nor mons resort to means of cruelty and blood shed. transfer Gen. Crook from his present field of operations to | tah, ana instruct him to cause an unconditional surrender of arms and the plurality of wives thus ending polvgamy in the United States for all time.
Year: 1877

The motion made on behalf of the people of Prescott to dissolve the injunction re- straiRing the transfer of the Capital, was heard to-day by Judge French, in Tucson. After argument, the matter was taken un- der advisement, and his Honor has intima- ted that he will file written opinion in few days. From information that may be gleaned of the probable result of the case, and from the anxiety of the Tucsonitcs to have the matter postponed, we may rest assured of the prompt removal of the Capi- tai to our town.
Year: 1877

GIVING ADvIcE.-Advice is first
rate thing when the person giving it
knows what he or she is talking about.
But there are volumes Of advice and
counsel which are utterly useless, be-
cause it is simply The result of an un-
comfortable desire to say something
what makes no difference. Advice, to
be worth anything. needs to be na.ured
in the mind before it is uttered. It is
altogether better, however, As rule, to
attend to your business and let other
peoples alone, unless you are invite d
10 interfere. Public men are especial
ly the victims Of the advice given
All men and women in the world think
themselves called upon to give a man
who happens to be in public life a sort
Of advice, seeming entirely to lose
sight Of the very important fact that any
who has mind enough to attract any
considerable share OF public attention
probably has enough to manage his own
affairs. Get your own affairs in good
shape and keep. them in 1t and do no,
waste so much Of life in looking afte.
other people.
Year: 1877

The following were the receipts and shipments
OF the leading articles OF produce In this city
during the twenty-four hours ending at : o'clock
on Saturday morning. and for the correspond
ing time last year:
Year: 1877

Let US consider a few of the many
ways in which we waste the stuff that
life is made of. 1t has been well said
that /" the habit of looking on the bright
side of things is worth far more than a
thousand pounds year," and certainly
it is habit that must add many years
to the lives of those who acquire it.
Really, every fit of dependency and
every rage takes SO much out of us, that
any one who indulges in either without
great struggle to prevent himself do.
ing so should be characterized as little
less than-to use an American expires.
sion-"a fearful fool" How silly il
seems even to ourselves, after cooling, to
have acquired nervous headache and
to have become generally done up,
stamping round the room, and showing
other signs of foolish anger, because the
dinner was five minutes late, or because
some ones respect for US did not quite
rise to the high standard measured by
our egotism! AS if it were not fal
more important that we should save oul
vital energy, and not get into rage
than that the dinner should be served
exactly to the moment.
Year: 1877

A Paris letter says: The authorities
of Soudan, near Chateaubriant, recently
desired to remove the rusty cock that
surmounted the church steeple. A slater
was engaged to do the job. Hehad gone
two-thirds of the way up, when, losing
his balance as he threw the rope that
enabled him to climb higher, he began
to slip down the lightning rod with fear
full rapidity. He was ninety feet from
the ground when he began to lose hold.
He fell on the steeple's balustrade,
bounded on the church roof, rolled down
it, and fell on the ground. He got up
with no bones or skin broken, but SO
bruised and jostled he could not think of
again attempting to climb the lightning
rod. Another slater took his place. The
second slater, after trying in vain for
an hour to pull himself up to the cock,
in making more violent effort, broke
one of his stirrups or supports, and fell,
hanging head downward, one foot rest
ing in the stirrup which still held good.
He was a hundred and twenty feet from
the ground when this accident happened.
He could be seen making desperate efforts
to recover hold of the knotted rope;
arms and one leg made convulsive
gestures as he strove to release himself
from his painful and dangerous posi-
ton. To add to the horror of the
spectacle, the wind blew with great VIC.
lence, and the poor fellow swayed to and
fro, and was at times in danger of being
dashed to pieces against the steeple. At
length his strength became exhausted,
and he fell into a swoon. From the
ground he seemed lifeless. A third
slater went to his assistance. Time and
again the third slater seemed on the
eve of success, but time and again the
body of the second slater fell with all its
weight, fearfully straining the rope, and
swaying in the air with dreadful!oscilla-
tions. After striving for forty-fve min
utes the third slater was obliged to give
up in despair; his strength was COM
pletely exhausted. A fourth slater volun-
teered to attempt to rescue his comrade.
He climbed to the second slater, secured
block and tackle, fastened a rope
around the second slater's body, cut the
stirrup rope, and at last lowered the sec-
ond slater to theground. The latter had
been three hours in the air, dangling by
one foot, head downward.
Year: 1877

We are surprised to read in an ex-
change, says the Philadelphia EUening
Bulletin, that the corn of Mr.. Redman,
of Lycoming County, is seven feet high" !"
We pity Redman. We cannot imagine
how he gets his boots on over such corn
as that, nor can we conceive how he con-
trives to walk even when barefooted. 1t
is hardly likely, we should think, that
Redman himself is more than six feet
high, and if that is the case that solitary
corn of his must tower above his head. 1t
might be a good thing to tie an umbrella
to, or he might carry flower-pot on his
foot and have ahoneysuckle climbing up
the csrn and blossoming under his nose.
Of course Redman cannot enjoy himself
in wet weather. Those of us who have
ordinary corns know how intense is the
suffering they cause on damp days. Now,
imagine seven feet of corn in one long
string, and an idea may be obtained Of
Redman's agony when the air is moist.
He would be very valuable man in the
Signal Service Bureau. A man with a
seven-foot corn in Washington ought to
detecta storm that is raging in Kansas.


BALTIMORE, to increase her water sup,
ply, is making tunnel which is to be
seven miles long and twelve feet in di


ameter. Five miles of rock have to be
drilled through in this great work.
Year: 1877

NASHVILLE american: A queer-look-
ing insect was taken from Vine-street
hydrant yesterday. 1t was about an
inch in length, and of a light yellow
color. Along its back were two rows
of a substance resembling delicate fringe,
which it kept constantly in waving mo-
tion. The eyes were black and remark
ably keen in expression. What ap-
peared to be three tails were connected
with hardly perceptible membrane,
and when spread out resembled fan in
shape. This seemed to furnish the mo.
tive power in swimming, though in max
ing its way through the water it swan
more like snake than fish. 1t was ex
hibited to several scientific gentlemen
but none of them had ever seen anything
like it before,
Year: 1877

A Brooklyn paper says: Residents of
this city are every summer subjected to
! peculiar and annoying swindle which
arises from the practices of killing dogs
in the street. The city ordinances pro-
vide that the police shall shoot every dog
found running at large without muzzle.
After the execution, the officer is re-
quired to report it at the station-house.
The occurrence is telegraphed to Police
Headquarters, and thence to the Fifth
Precinct in which the Office of the offal
contractor is. In the telegram the place
where the defunct canine is lying is men,
toned, and the contractors subordin ates
proceed to the spot indicated. Upon
reaching it they are often surprised to
find that the dog has disappeared.
Thinking thata mistake had been made,
the offal men return to the Office, but are
soon obliged to respond to another notifi-
cation from the same or an adjoining
precinct, that dead dog awaits removal.
Going in search of it, they again find
that it has disappeared. For a long time
this unaccountable disappearance of
dogs was a mystery to the police, the
Sanitary officials and the offal contrac-
tors. 1t was finally solved by sharp
patrolman, who one day saw two boys
dragging the carcass of bull pup down
the street by rope. Arriving in front
of handsome residence, they cut the
rope and allowed the body to remain
there for nearly an hour. They then rang
the door bell, requested to see the pro-
prietor of the house, and asked if the
people living there desired the removal
of the dog. The unsuspecting citizen of
course answered in the affirmative, and
the boys agreed to perform the service
for twenty-five cents. Upon receiving
the money. they again attached the rope
to the leg of the dog, repeated the opera
tion in the immediate neighborhood,
and soon afterward were arrested. The
petty and ludicrous fraud has been
carried on pretty extensively in the city,
and though the police keepa sharp look
out for the perpetrators, they conduct
their movements SO secretly, that they
always elude the vigilance of the au-
thorities, and succeed in securing quite
profitable recompense tor their trouble.
1t is largely owing to the antics of these
Juvenile swindlers, that the offal men ex-
perience great deal of difficulty in find
ing the dead animals as promptly as is
consistent with the health of the people.
Year: 1877

Judge Paxton, of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, in a recent decision
thus defended the liberty of will making:


The growing disposition of courts and
juries to set aside last will and testaments,
and to substitute in lieu thereof their
own notions as to what a testator should
do with his property, is not commendable
No rights of the citizen is more valued
than the power to dispose of his property
by will. No right is more solemnly as
sured him by law. Nor does it depend
in any sense upon the judicious exercise
of it. 1t rarely happens that man be-
queaths mis- estate to the entire satisfac-
tion of either his family or friends. \
The law wisely secures equality of dis
tribution when a man dies intestate.
But the very object of will is to pro-
duce inequality and to provide for the
wants of the testator's family to
protect those who are helpless, to reward
those who have been affectionate, and to
punish those who have been disobedient.
1t is doubtless true that narrow preju-
dice sometimes interferes with the wis
dom of such arrangements. This is due
to the imperfections of our human nature.
1t must be remembered that in this
tountry mans prejudices are a part OF
his liberty. n \ X Where man has
sufficient memory and understanding to
make will, and such instrument is not
che result of undue influence, but is the
uncontrolled act of his own mind, it is
not to be set aside in Pennsylvania with.
out sufficient evidence, nor upon any
sentimental notions of equality.
Year: 1877

Inc DOybs
Twas part Of my wedding portion,


This spot where tie old house stands,
And had the choosing Of II


From all my fathers lands.
We were young, but we were not foolish
Or wasteful, you may depend,
And my mother always targhtme
Twas better to save than spend.
For awhile, you know, IL wac lonely
With Inc in the house all day,
And no one 10 come anigh me-


To hear what I had 10 saw;
But when sat with my baby,


My boy, asleep on my arm,
didn't much care for the nesghbors
Or anything else on the faru.
There were Jack and Ben, yon remember,
They were all that ever had;
And Jack was his mothers idl,
Though Ben was likely lAa.
And we saved up every penny.


Nor envied anothers joys,
For little farm is q little crsmped
For couple Of gr wing boys.
I was bent on their having lesrnin9.
For wanted my Jack ana Ben
To be able to serve their country
Whenever she needed mes-
And father said was silly,


For he never could understsnd
The rse Of spending money


For any thing else than land
But kept to my way Of thinking.
And, though not oyerwiss, I saw
That both had taste for stu<y,
But Jack had Q taste for IAs.
And knew that my prayers aud prudence
They would after awh le acknowledge,
And IL paid for all the struggle
When l entered my boys ct college.
can see that father Is failing.
And there Is no strength IN his arm
To swing the scythe in the meadow,
Or to do the work on the farm.
And somehow I've loet my courage,
Though try TO ne calm ana brave;
But what can mother do but weep,
With both her boys In the grave?
The house was never so lonely,
And my poor old man and
Sit oft in the chimney-corner
And dream OF the days gore by:
And when the too solemn silence
Is broken by sudden noise
We start with the old-time glsdness,
And whisper, Here come the boys!"
Year: 1877

Washington, March 12.-Accounts
from the south show wonderful
change of sentiment. A prominent
southerner, just from home, believes
Hayes has the power to do more for the
south than Tilden could possibly have
done had he been elected, and that al
ready Hayes had more earnest friends
among the southern people than Tilden
had prior to the day of election. The
gentleman says the revolution in public
sentiment is almost beyond belief, and
he expresses the conviction that within
six months President Hayes will be
more popular in the south than he is
now in the north.
Year: 1877

Washington, March 12.-The throng
of office-seekers from all parts of the
land who have congregated here during
the past fortnight have mostly returned
home, wiser and sadder, but a consid-
erable number still remain, freighting
the air with the doleful prediction that
the party will be ruined by Schurz' and
Keys expected administration of the
Interior and Postoffice Departments.
These disappointed office-seekers and
some other Republicans who might be
better informed, express especial fear
that the vast patronage of the Post
office Department, with its forty
thousand employees throughout the
country, will be used by the new Post
master General for the benefit Of Dem
Qcrats.