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Year: 1873

THERE are people with whom half-an-
hours talk is like an invigorating bath
of sunshine. In this there is an element
of success. There is another successful
manner, too, one which impresses every
one with a sense of your power. If you
have at once a manner gracious and
powerful, you have everything you can
wish as an outward aid to success.
OOrHbjH Magazine
Year: 1873

FoE stern, close thought, the mind
must be schooled by habits of close APP
plcation, and this is more rare than one
would imagine; for notwithstanding
what is called application in our public
schools, the mind is so little employed
in it, that few men ever know how to
isolate themselves from present objects
enough to think really, and the habit is
easily lost.-O. +. CornsUaLLts.
Year: 1873

The president of the New Orleans board
o, health says there are only two cases of
yellow fever in that city. The Galveston
health officers are quarantining all vessels
from Brashear and New Orleans.


1t is very evident that the country news
pap rs intend to attempt to secure some modi-
hcation of the postal law relative to the free
exchange of newspapers. The Post-office de-
partment is constantly in receipt Of letters
from country publishers, asking if there is no
possible construction of the law which would
permit the exchanges to so free The uni
form reply is, that all free mail matter is
abolished. The representations are that the
operations Of the law are Iuinous to country
publishers. Many officials are of the opinion
that some substitute for the franking- privilege
will be adopted by the next congress. such as
the use Of an official stamp by an officer au-
thorized for the purpose, and put under bonds,
and this measure viii be coupled with pro
position to permit the free exchange Of news
papers, In order tosecure most voting strength


Another question has been raised concern
ing back-pay. Treasurer Spinner holds that
senators and representatives, sending their
checks to him Tor the amount due them under
the increase of salaries, do not thereby part
with the legal title or money, and that if thew
shonld demand the return of the funds at auv
time, or institute proceeding for its reclama-
ton, they would be very likely TO succeed The
treasurer has never been legally authorized to
receivethe money of the psnitents. and besides,
they part with 1t for no consideration, either
expressed or understood However. GenI Spin
ner says the question belongs to the lawyers,
OF whom he Is not one. On the other hand
the accounting officers of the department sav
that money once covered into the Treasury can
not be withdrawn, except by express act Of
congress, and that il any OF tho gentlemen who
have deposited their draftr with o. ,surer Spin
ner expect to recover money ou them in fu-
ture, they will be disappointed.


The London Times has an editorial on the
Year: 1873

ONE could take down book from a
shelf ten times more wise and witty
than almost any mans conversation.
Bacon is wiser, Swift more humorous,
than any person one is likely to meet
with but they cannot chime in with
the exact frame of thought in which we
happen to take them down from our
shelves. Therein lies the luxury OF
conversation, and when living sgeaker
does not yield us that luxury, he be-
comes only a book on two legs. Camp
bell
Year: 1873

THE first saws of which we have any
any trace were thin backed, so that the
cutting edge should work freely and
'pinching" be avoided. Setting,
or protruding the teeth upon either
side of the blade, is of a more recent
invention. The oldest saws now in
preservation show thick cutting edge
and thin back, with teeth square in
front
Year: 1873

The Louisville Commercial states that a
little boy, son of Colonel VIM. 7. Bartley.


died in that city from the effects of chloro.
form while under dental operation.
1t has always been considered unsafe to
administer chloroform on full stomach.
and it was afterwards ascertained in the
above instance that the child had partaken
very freely of fruit before undergoing the
operation, which in all probability inter
fered with the action of the heart ~
Year: 1873

It is said that Mrs. Putnam got fifteen
thousand dollars for a letter she wrote to
Coy. Dix, imploring him to commute the
sentence of Foster, the murderer of her
husband We doubt this. We, doubt it be-
cause il does not seem probable that a little
writing like that would bring fifteen thou
sand dollars. Why that is more than Fan
ny Fern received from Bonner.-Er.
Year: 1873

trough where the hogs can have free ac.
cess to them at all times. In case where
three pigs were troubled with swelling
and difficulty of breathing, they consumed
9spounds OfIthis mixture during the first
fortnight, 6 pound the second, and again


the third. The expense of material is very
light. Those who have occasion to test the
prescription would confer favor on 9TH
ers by reporting the result. Country Gen.
Year: 1873

PALMETTO lIATS.-The hats made of
palmetto leaves and trimmed with the
coarse seeded. wild grasses of Florida
are becoming famous and fashionable
Some ladies of st. Augustine, who lost
their worldly possessions during the
war. began on Il small scale and with
modest aspiration to manufacture braid
from palmetto leaves and fashion it into
ruIal hats and hornets. hoping to find
customers among casual visitors to the
ancient city.


The fame of their tasteful venture is
reaching far and wide over the land. and
giving the fortunate inventors of the
mode reputation of which they never
dreamed. The st. Augustine ladies
have recently received an order from
Baltimore for st, 900 worth of their hats.
and more recently one from Paris for
&l5.OOO worth. They can therefore
safely count upon their fortune as being
made. for the order from Paris will be.
the pioneer for many more, and the
solemn old Spanish town will he gay
under the good luck which the ingenuity
Of its fair daughters has brought within
its ancient walls.
Year: 1873

attended church a few Sahbaths
since. and listened to the discourse OF
an eminent divine ON "beSetting sins.


| WAS Interested; consequently | came
home and thought about it. He said
every one had at least rHc hC>cttimg sin
if not more. He enumerated Il great
many that shall not need To- speak of
here for the reason that you will all
think of them if / do not. lie held
them nj, before us and walking about
them Viewed them on all sides and i'll
all lights. lie performed his duty L"
himself aud congregation very faithful
lN, | thought. 80 much 81 that at the
close of the discourse. | felt lik" going
up to him and saying ''Sir. | thank yoIl
for what Nou have said To me this morn
ing. | might. but hecauSc think il
is no ones business but my own. shall
not, tell YOU how many OF the sins You
spoke of | checked of on my fingers
and looking at them said mine. But
there was more than one. There was Il
plurality"


said went home and thought about
it. did. And the more. | thought
about it. the surcr became, that there
WAS one great and crying sin stalking
through many and many IA house right
about lis that he did not think of. !
= h..


do not mean hy that word any real
sonablc sorrow for trials that are sent
us For, surely. do know that the
Hand that is stretched down to lead us
through life. does not always guide our
feet i'll tiowery ways. There are times,
| doubt not. i'll the lives of all of lis
when we feel that we must needs stop
and weep over our particular trials.
There are times. too, doubt not. in
the lives of most of Ills when some great
and crushing sorrow comes. such as few
see but once in lifetime and from
which we think we can never rise again.
But we do rise from our greatest sOr-
rows. We mourn over them for time
and then lay our dead hopes and dis
appointed aspirations away in their
graves and turn to life's duties again.
And if. in our MORNINGS we have sought
His aid who never turns Il deaf ear to
our call. we come away from those
graves better and purer men and women
than we We're before. We have been
down into the Very depths of sorrow
and have left little of the dross of oul
old lives behind. We have been tried
! by fire and have come forth. almost
! imperceptihly to ourselves perhaps, vet
surely, IL little purer. And such sor-
rows must needs he. We are too al
together human. as the dear Lord knows.
to receive nothing but JOY in our life
journey.


But it is not of these great sources OF
unhappiness that wish to speak AT
this time
Year: 1873

Let the waters roar
Let the hell he toll Il
some dead un the shurr
And some dead IN the hold
Give them quiet rest.
Life had stormy close
Hands upon the breast
In aftrr-calm rrposr.
Find the babe and lay
1t by mothers side.
They must sleep that way
For they together died
Bury deccntly,


Never mind the cost
Mothers Ger the sea
Are weeping for the lost.
Diver, do thy best
Hold and cabin tread
Sea shall have nn rest
Till earth reclaim her dead
Though We sadly weep.
Let us no man blame
God will record keep.
And Judgment tell the maine
WALDEN Vt
Year: 1873

church of God for the peaceable
enjoyment Of a stale and divers
fled sectarianism. Even if
there could be a union of these
sects, it would not be a Chris
tian union, but a sectarian
union, by which the world
would gain nothing, but lose
much.


Nothing short Of a return to
apostolic names and usages can
constitute a pure Christian un-
ion. viii our brethren of "the
different denominations" consent
to abandon their denominationaE
names for the sake Of the unity
for which they pray, and for
which Jesus prayed? 1t is idle
to pretend to Christian unity
while we still cling to our party
names and our part y
organizations. The world sees
through the deceptive veil by
which we seek to cover the de.
formity which we feel. and Of
which we are ashamed.


Here is the unity required by
the apostle: | beseech you,
brethren, in the name Of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that you all
speak tie same hing, and that
there be no divisions ansony you
but that you be mule complete in
the same mimi mad IN the same
Judgments There is no room for
denominationalisn here. The
unity here enjoined is that for
which Jesus prayed. 1t exists
in perfection between the Faith
er and the Son. Brethren, by
which | mean all who acknowl-
edge our Lord Jesus Christ, let
us give heed to this inspired
exhortation. Let us forget Our
parties and party-feelings.
Year: 1873

Wife Eloping with Her Husbands


Brother-Pursutt by the Husband and


His Efforts to Obtain Possession of His


Child Taken with Them.


Frederko Roxo is a coffee merchant IN Rio ia.
neiro. Not long since, as he alleges. his wife
eloped from that city with brother OF his the two
taxing with them his daughter Alice. He traced
them TO the St. Nicholas Hotel, in this city, and
found that they did not design making this country
the termination OF their travels but had taken pas
sage for Europe in q steamer to leave on the 18th
inst. For the recreant wife and brother he does
not care, but does desire to regain the custody OF
his child. Application was made yesterday before
Judge Daniels, holding Supreme Court Chambers,
for writ or habeas corpus directing the Produc-
tIon OF the child IN Court In the petition asking
for the writ were set forth the above facts. The
writ was granted and the case will come up for
investigation this morning.
Year: 1873

DIsTNFEcTANr.-A few pounds Of copperas,
dissolved in water and cast Into ceas-p0ol, will
efiectually and almost Immediately deprive It Oi
its noisome and unwholesOme stencil. A the
cost of this disinIectant is bat . few cents q
pound, why should not every h0usekeeper apply
il in the direction we have indicated Such q
course would be promolive not only Of public
health, bat Of public and private comfort. We
therefore earnestly advise the immediate adOp-
tion Of this suggestion. The warm weather h
upon us, the cholera is raging in the West, and
may at any time make les appearance in OuF
midst, Let US do what can be done to ropel It,
and one Of the efectnal methods Of accsmplish-
ing this is to mainlain cleanliness and . pure
atmosphere
Year: 1873

OFF THE TRAcK.-The engine OF the north
bound train on the Delaware Railroad, Yau Oh the
track this morning at Seaford. and was delayed a
conslderahle time In consequences. Good time
was made In runRing the balance Of the trip, and
the train arrived in this city only about fifteen
minutes behind time
Year: 1873

boNFIREs.-Somo careless little chaps are in
the habit Of building bonIirss at Fourth and Nom
roe streets, occasionally, in the eveninQs The
police should put n stop to these rsprehensibIe
proceedings, or We may have TO record a serious
oonAagration ere long.
Year: 1873


a foolish little maiden bought foolish


little bonnet,
With ribbon and feather. and bit


Of lace upon ii;
And that the other maidens Of the little
town might know it,
She thought she'd go to meeting the


next Sunday, just to show it.
But though the little bonnet was scarce


larges than dime,
The getting Of it settled, proved to be


awork OF time
So when twas fairly tied, all the bells


had stopped their ringing,
Aud hen she came to meeting, sure


enough, the folks were singing.
SO this foolish little maiden stood and


waited at the door
And she shook her ruffles out behind,


and smoothed them down before.
"Hallelujah. hallelnjah.' sang the choir


above her held-
Hardly knew YOU! hardly knew YOU


were the words she tho't they said.
This made the little maiden feel sovery,


very cross,
That she gave her little mouth a twist,
her little head toss (;
For she thought the very hymn they


sang was all about her bonnet,
With the ribbon, and the feather, and


the bit Of lace upon it.
And she would not wait to listen to the


sermon or the prayer,
But pattered down the silent street and


hurried up the stair,
Till she reached her little bureau, and


in a handbook on it.
Had hidden safely from critic 8 eye, her


foolish little bonnet.
Which proves, my little maidens, that


each of you will find {;
In every Sabbath service but an echo OF


your mind;
And that little head that's filled with


silly little airs,
Will never get blessing from sermon


or from prayers.
Year: 1873

On Thursday night at the Festival at
the Pioneer Hall, one of our young
bloods who fancied he Knew thing or
two about the sex, had his eye teeth cut
in very painful manner. Earlier in
the evening. while with party OF con-
genial companions, discussing the girls
OF their sett, the young feller boasted
of the progress he was making In the
affections of a certain damsel, saying he
had engaged to escort her from the es-
tival that evening. Another member
of the party offered to bet him five dol
lars that he could not take the girl
home, and the wager was promptly ac-
cepted and the money staked. The
parties then separated to meet again at
the Festival. few hours later, when
they all put in an appearance. The
party who rendered the bet, on coming
into the Hall, saw that sharp tactics on
his part were necessary to save his '.
His original intention of endeavoung to
secure an introduction to the maiden
and try his own persuasive arts IN entic-
inc her from her allegiance to his oppo-
nent, was abandoned for more strate-
gic policy as he saw at glance that
the other fellow had the best show. Ac-
cordingly he sought an old beau Of the
girl, who was "out" with her on account
of quarrel, and offered to give him 81
if he would flank the opposition and
'cut him out" The offer was accept
ed, and rs usual the old lover was too
much for the new The dansel was
quickly reconcied, and she left the hall
on the arm of her former flame, leaving
the new one disconsolate and five dol
lars out of pocket. Ifyou offer to bet
that young man now about anything,he
smiles sadly, sighs and says, 81 never
bet" His experience is too recent
Cumbrioni Tmss.
Year: 1873

APRINcE OF TIE PREss.-The Lon
don papers contain notice Of the re-
ioicing at the country seat of MIR. Wal
ter, of the London Times, consequent
on the marriage of his eldest surviving
son. Bearwood, the superb abode OF
this prince of the press, is in the royal
county of Berks, and not many miles
from Windsor. The house is enormous,
and the grounds are beautiful and ex-
tensive. The young lady who has mar
ried the herr TO this goodly heritage
comes Of distinguished ancestry, being
the daughter of a clergyman, Mr.. Ak
son, first cousin OF the Earl of Litch-
field. Her parents having married on
slender means, and having resolved, as
their family increased, to give their
children the best Of education, had the
rare courage to resort TO course when,
were it more genteel, we should less OF
ten hear the wall OF genteel pauperism,
more especially on the part Of impecu-
nious clergy They dismissed all their
servants. and with the exception of oc-
casional help from the village, the fami-
" did its own work, and Mrs. Axson,
herself, the daughter of colonel in the
guards, of ancient family, thought no
more of cooking dinner than Fifth
Avenue belle does of going to a ball.
The wise conduct was the admiration
and respect of every one, and there are
not few wealthy young men who
would prefer wife from such a home
to the spoilt fal-lal darlings with which
ball rooms do most abound.
Year: 1873

Pennsylvania paper says: Liberal
Republicanism is not in very vigorous
condition anywhere in the, conntry-not
even among the stockholders Of the New
York Tribune, who have not received q
dividend since the paper became its or
gam"
Year: 1873

LISBON. Aug. 25.- The expedition which
is laying cable between this city and Rio
Janeiro, after having proceeded 383 knots
was stopped by the discovery of a fault in
the wire. Tests have been made from which
it is believed the fault is near the land
The expedition will continue paying out
until it reaches Madeira, from whence the
cable steamer will return and repair the
fault.
Year: 1873

AdmOnlshed by past of feebleness on the part
of the State Department-whlch we should call
inanlty but for the cunning and blatant pretense
that coOspired therein to degrade US nationally
we expressed fear that, in the case of the Viz
gtnius, dishonOr was again In stored for us by a
repetition Of the same begging diplomacy.
Year: 1873

I see various opinions given by writ
ers in the agricultural papers as to which
is the best improved breed of cattle for
the South. Some recommend the Devon
some the Alderney, some the Durham,
and some the Ayrshire The last named
is nv favorite, decidedly 1t combines
more good qualities than any OF the 9th
or named. Did we want work oxen pr n
cipally, I should say the Devons are the
best. They are the most docile. most
easily broken. and by far the feetcst
tor work. Did we want beef, and our
object to raise stock for the butcher,
should recommend the Durhams. They
grow to an immense weight, mature ear
ly, are easily fed, and their meat is the
finest But we Of the South want com.
bination for work. meat, dairy purposes,
and the Ayrsbires furnish it, The Al.
derneys, OF which ] see good deal is
said, are small. ugly, and are good for
nothing but milk, and, as they are essen.
TALLY fancy stock, cost the most fancy
prices.


The Ayrshire are hardy and thrifty,
make excellent work oxen. are easily fat
tened and make good beef. and for milk
ing in our county they are infinitely bet
ter than any breed have ever seen A
good AYRSHIRE COW, well fed and well
kept, will yield between three and four
gallons of milk per day, rich enough to
make from three. quarters Of a pound to
pound of butter This yield has been
far surpassed by cows of this breed in
their native country, Scetland.) have
been told there by men entirely worthy
Of confidence. Of Ayrshire cows giving
upwards of twelve quarts at u milking,
and producing over two pounds of butter
per day They will fatten where Dur.
ham would keep rs poor rs Il rail, and ]
have known them yield from 800 to GOO
POM Is Of dressed beef There are no
better feeders. and the meat is as fine as
ANYBODY wants,


If then we arc to improve our stock
by cross ON our common stock. | would
select the Ayrshire all tho time and thus
ket into a stock in n few years little. II at
all, inferior to the thoroughbred Ayr
shire, whether for the milk pail or the
shambles and while ! admit that no
breed is comparable TO the Devon for the
plow or the yoke, the Ayrshire is very
good for this purpose also. In consid
ering the Ayrshire as attractive rs any,
not much inferior to the Short horn, and
vastly superior to the fancy Alderneys.-
Farm dnd Home.
Year: 1873

i'll bleeve be knows his own master
Wit" So it was arranged that his dog
was TO remain in the old ou!-houss-an
old crib, or barn. by the way-and that
the other dog was TO be unclaimed and
turned in with him at a given signal ny
daylight everybody was up and ready Tor
the fray The old barn in which Uncle
Johns dog was sh~t WAS 50 dark at that
hour that only his outlines--just enough
to indicate that he was "a sho nun dog
could be detected Bets ran high. the
odds being all in favor Of the great
victor OF so many hotly contested lights
Uncle John stakcd a round hundred
against a like sum Of the inn keepers,
Time was called, the ferocious bull dog
shifted his antsgonist through the cracks
Of the old barn, growled defiance Tor a
moment, and when unclaimed and the


window opened, he lit in at single


bound


AhI then and there was hurrying to
and fro, and flying fur, and sputterings
of distress, AND cheeks all pale which but
an hour ago blushed with quart OF rum,
or something less. Men, women and
children outside were running round that
crib, trying to peep in through the cracks
and crsvices. Such spattering, spu,
terng, growing, yelling, gnashing Of
teeth and caterwauling has never been
heard in Sparta from that day to this:
The tavern keeper excitedly suggested
that forty wolves couldn't keep more
fuss than them two dogs Uncle John
awaited the issue with the calm dignity
of one conscious that he holds four aces
in his hand aud the fifth up his sleeve; ;
the only cool man on the ground. But
it did not last long Sooner than it takes
to tell it, faint whine was heard at the
widow, the shutter was thrown opsM.
and what was left Of poor bull strug'
pled heavily to the sill and fell in n raw
lump to the ground OF the outside. Ths
was the FIRST and last time he ever turned
back on an enemy he made one or two
nervous kicks, and all was over He
was in shocking plight, indeed minus
one car, one eye. and the greater part OF
his "nnards he might have passed
through a thrcshing machine and Jared
better. Uncle John hastily snatehed the
wager from the stakeholder, mounted his
horse and rode Off in n sweeping gallop'
yelling at mine host, rs he babe him
adieu. that Whenever he had any more
ntn' dogs to please lot him know


How long the wolf remained in that
crib as monarch Of all he surveyed, or
how long "Bulrs" master was in finding
out the nature Of the dog that sent his
favorite to his last account. is not pre-
eissly stated, but it is said that when he
became fully conscious Of the facts IS
they existed, his neighbors heard him
swearing for a distance Of two miles. lie
took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves,
mounted q stump and gave utterance to
such malsdictions as were never heard
before. His character as n dog fghtist
gone. his money gone, his dog gone, and
Uncle John gone (never to return) stir
rcd the deep foundations Of his inmost
bile. 1t is stated as q fact that he never
smiled again; and all that anyone had to
do to get up the biggest kind Of rum
pus was just to ask that Spartan II he
had any more dogs that bed like to bet
on,
Year: 1873

I The Macoupin { Ill } Inquirer
SAYS that a Greene county young lady
who 10 worth $50. 900. recently refused to
marry a clergyman because she thought
she wss unfit to be the wife OF minister
lie then abandoned his sacred calling and
proposed again. The second time she
declined his offer on the ground that she
was too good to marry = man who would
throw away bis clerical robes to win a
wSman's hand.
Year: 1873

PREPARING TO TEAR RDowN.-Preparation are
now being made to tear down that portion of the
oil Hansberg building corner Of Market and Water
streets, necessary tor widening of the latter street.
The foundations for a wall which will be built
before the outside wall is removed, are now being
built.