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Year: 1875

Not many years since, certain miners,
working far underground, came upon the
body of poor fellow who had psrished in
the suffocating pit forty years before Some
chemical agent TO which the body had been
subjected-an agent prepared ia the labora-
tory of nature-had eitectualy arrested the
progress of decay They brought it up 10
the surface, and, for a while, till thoroughly
exposed TO the atmosphere, it lay the i'm
age of fine, sturdy young man, No CON
vulsions had passed over the face ia death


the features were tranquil. the hair was
black as jet. No one recognized the face "A
generation had grown mp sincr the miner
went down into the shaft for the last time


But lettering old woman, who had hurried
from her cottage at hearing the news, came
up, and she knew again the face which,
through all these long years, she had not for
gotten. The miner was to have been her
husband on the day after that on which he
died There were no dry eyes when ths
gray,headed OH pilgrim east herself upon
tha youthful corpse, aud poured into his
deaf ear many words of endrarment unused
for forty years. II was "a touching contrast
the one so old, the other so young. They
had both been young these long years ago,
but time had gone on with the living, aud
stood still with the ead.-Loadon HerqH
Year: 1875

II takes touch Of adversely to show
whether a man is man at all, Just as il
needs the touch OF frost to bring out the
glories of the trees. Even on a dark day in
October, how royalty the woods fame out (
Under what glorious banners they march to
meet the winter What unmatched splen.
doris rich as sunset skies, tender rs The rain
bow, shine ont over the whole earth Those
splendors are the treaaures that the trees
were silently laying up when the summers
sun flooded them all day long. Aud shall a
man, in his time Of prosperity, lay up no
store Of sunshine in his inner self, whereby,
when darker days come on, he shall be lu-
minous with conrage aud GOOD cheer
Year: 1875

FLOWERS nearly always begin TO fade and
droop after being kept for twenty hours in
wateri few may he revived by substituting
fresh, but all may be restored by the use OF
hot water. For this purpose place the flow
ers in scalding water, deep enough to cover
about one-third Of the length Of the stems.
BY the time this is cold the flowers will have
become erect and fresh, Then cut of the
shrunken ends of the stems, and put them
into cold water.
Year: 1875

MONEY can be drawn on any business day, without
notice with Interest added for every full month, but
so Interest vim be paid fractional parts Of dollar,
or for fractional narts OF a month


DEPOSITS of any AMOUNT RECEIVED.
Year: 1875

WHAT IT COAST TO. WHIP A GIRI.-The Walla Walla (Wash-

 ington Territory Union is respon- sibly for the following o'er true tale:

 We hear of a young man who at one time thought himself call ed to preach, but subsequently, concluded that fe .sas cut out for teacher. AcC0F ing he took charge of a dislTiet school over on Wild Horse, il Umatlia cOun- ty. Among the pupils IL attend anee was pretty young lady of about seventeen years of age. The teacher tried to be sweet" on her, and she In turn, was lit tie mischlevous. Things ran on in an irregular way in the school for some time. when the teacher undertook to give the young lady a thrashing. She preferred to leave school, and started to run. Then a very exciting fOot-race took place between teacher and pupil over the prairie. She out footed him over the first hundred yards, but the teacher was one of those all day fellows. and out winded the young lady-in the language of the truf, "collared" her-about 150 yards from the school house. He then brought a switch to bear onher, and, whip ped her there, and again after they returned to the ,school-hOuSe, in a most shameful manner. The young lady had no "big brother" and her father was old and small, and consequently an appeal was made 10 Justice of the Peace Court. The teacher was brought before Justice at Weston, and demanded a jury trial. After hearing the case the jury retired, and, after deliberating, returned with this somewhat remarkable verdict for a Justices Court I've find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment" The Justice then assessed a fine of S5 and cost, which amount in the aggregate to a little oyer S60. When tho teacher comes to pay cut more than 8 month $ wages for this little affair he will probably come to the con- clusion thao teaching Is n0t his forte either.
Year: 1875

Does any heart ache there, beyond the

 peaceful river2 Do fond souls wait, with longing in their

 eyes, For those who come not-will not come

 forever For some wild hope whose dawn will

 never rise Do any love there still, beyond the silent

 silent river. The ones they loved in vain, this side is

 fsvl Does the old pain make their heart strings

 acie and quivey'- l shall go home, some day, go home and

 know. The hill-tops are bright there, beyond the

 shihing river, And the long, glad day. it never turns

 to night They must be blest, indeed. to bear the

 light forever; Grief longs for darkness to hide it's tears

 from sight, Are the tears turned to smiling, beyond the blessed river, And mortal pain and passion drowned in its flow r. Then all we who sit on its higher bank and shiver. Let us rejoice-we shall go home and know.
Year: 1875

E'LOON SI NV haVc just man utACturOd
~ fresh supply of the above article. which
has given such great satisfaction to all of our
customers who have tried it. In color, it is of q
rich dark walnut, and it is prepared all ready
for immediate application Shipped to the
country in any quantity desired. Sold by the
pint or gallon by


oct 26 JANNEY & co
Year: 1875

ON Tuesday morning Geo. W. Stevens Patsy), who is at work for Maish & Dris- coll at thelr ranch, about two miles above Canawa, went out back of the house to look for a milch COW, and when out about one hundred and fifty yards, a Mexican jumped up from behind some brush and commenced firing at him with pistol, the second shot making an ugly wound in the left arm above the elbow. Stevens was unarmed and retreated to the house. He says the Mexican was a stranger and he cannot account for the attack except that the man intended to kill him and then plunder the ranch. Patsy says he shall go prepared for these road gentry in future. pr. Handy has dressed the wound and as no bones are broken no danger is anticipated.
Year: 1875

t 1t has been noted that q certain des-
perate, but calm, stubborn and sullen
air of resignation appeared to settle
upon paupers who have been for any
length of time attached to county poor
houses. A man once pauper, seems
scarcely ever to rise above the humiliat-
ing position and settles down to it, as if
he had gone contentedly I" over the hills
to the poorhouse." and had lost all am
bition to go beyond it. Recently,
Chicago paper, desiring to know some
thing of the interior of the poorheuse
of Cook county, sent up reporter, rs q
county-house vagrant, and he was there
three days. In an article on the subject
he says:


1t is curious to reflect upon how easily
one may be influenced by his surround
lngs. For that matter, we are all more
or less creatures of circumstances, grow
ing up according to the character of our
birthplace in life. But, even after hav-
ing become thoroughly accustomed to
and identified with our station and mode
of living, a change of place and associa-
tion will eventually alter our whole prin-
clple OF action, our ideas, and our char
acter. So frail is the human mind
iIivingamong paupers during three days,
imbibing their sentiments, sharing to
the full their discomforts and their sor-
rows, L began almost imperceptibly TO
think of myself as really one of them.
At first l had been obliged to exert my
self to act my part; gradually the task
became easier; till, finally, L found my
self almost wondering whether I had
ever been anything else. What was this
powerful yet slender bond which united
me to the outer world? How frail the
barrier, undistinguishable to any save
myself, which separated me from these
wretched outcasts about me! 1t seemed
as If the slightest of agencies might
snap them both asunder, and leave me
pauper in truth. Hearing the tyranni-
cal voice OF the 'boss pauper,' / invol-
UNFAIRLY shrunk back with a shadow of
the terror which held my associates. I
knew, of course, that L need have no
apprehension, and that motion from
me would transfer me back to the world.
Yet, such was the influence of surround
ings, that I was subject to the emotions
1 have described.
Year: 1875

There is hardly city in the United
States which does not contain more peo-
pie than can get fair, honest living, by
labor or trade, in the best times. When
times of business depression come, like
those through which we have passed,
and are passing, there is large class
that must be helped, to keep them from
cruel suffering. Still the cities grow,
while whole regions of the country
especially its older portions-are de-
populated year by year. Yet the fact is
patent to- day that the only prosperous
class is the agricultural. We have now
the anomaly of thrifty farmers and
starving tradesmen. The agricultural
class of the West are prosperous. They
had good crop last year, and have re-
ceived good prices for all their products;
and while the cities are in trouble, and
manufactures are running on half time,
or not running at all, the Western farmer
has money in his pocket, and ready
market for everything he has to SELL
The country must be fed, and he feeds
it. The city family may do without new
clothes, and thousand luxurious appli-
ances, but it must have bread and meat.
There is nothing that can prevent the
steady prosperity of the American
farmer but the combinations and "cor
ners of middle-men, that force unnatu-
raj conditions upon the finances and
markets of the country.
Year: 1875

The weather, unhappy man, is now
pleasant enough for you to beat the car
pets. In the morning when you get
up and see your wife flying around the
room with handkerchief on her head,
a tack hammer in her hand, and fire in
her eye, You want to climb into your
garments and drop out of the window
and make tracks for the office,
Year: 1875

A Philadelphia woman remarks in the
Press Where are the poor who seek
employment Vainly have 1 searched
for fortnight for woman willing to go
eighteen miles into the country, at high
wages, to live in comfortable, warm
kitchen. with plenty of food and kind
treatment, and cook for n small family,
doing her duty as faithful servant.
Year: 1875

Here is what Charles A. Wetmore tele- graphed The Alta on the cowardly char acter of Congressmen and their submission to the dictation of an arrogant and venal press which misrepresents the peoples wishes:

 Your correspondent has, ever since the opening of Congress, predicted Scotts fail ure, not so much on account of the merits of the scheme, but on account Of pubic sentiment, weary subsidy-seekers and the moral cOWardice of members of Congress. It is an undOubted fact that a large major ity of the House privately acknowledged cowardly to place themselves on record in accordance with their convictions and public interest. The average Congress man is afraid to perform what is believed to be his duty for fear of the criticism of the press, and consequently the press des- pises Congressmen who dare not suffer criticism.

 The weakness of Congress during the last two years, and the consequence weak ness of the Republican party, has been due almost solely to the moral weakness of members, and striking success has been only by steadfast, uncomprom1slng men who know what their constituents want and pay no attention to the venai press, which undertakes to arrogate to H. self to represent the sentiment of the peo- pie in order to accomplish the ends Of ln- terested individuals and wild schemes. These ideas are being illustrated every day during the present session of Congress.

 The Alta is entitled to honorable credit for the publication of such truths.
Year: 1875

oilers to the citizens of Smyrna and vicinity the most
complete assortment of new and choice NOVELTIES
for Fall and Winter to be found no where else
on the Peninsula and At the lowest prices


for CASH,
Year: 1875

RATHER PisHY.-The Milwaukee Nc,es
says that there was at ths police station
In that city recently. young girl not
over sixteen. with preposscssing face
aud n good figure. whose body aud limbs
are covered with scales the size Of and
similar in appearance To the scales OF u
fish Medical gentlemen, who have ex-
aninei her. say that she presents the
most extraordinary case OF malforma-
ton on record. These scales have tho
chaineleon-like function OF changing
their color. Tho scales on her arm.
while tho writer was present. changed
twice FROM pale amber color to blood
red and back again. They do not over
lie each other. as in tho case OF 6sh and
reptiles. but appear to DO imbsdded in
the flesh in sort Of mosaic work; and
In the color changes the transformation
does not take place at once in all the
imbricated plates. but varies. some turn
Ing red while others retain tho amber
color. which seems to DO tho primary
hue.
Year: 1875

ADVERTISING. S0.-There is n class OF
person. who imagine they are doing
very judiciously by advertising through
tho medium Of circulars. They scatter
n few thousand through tho country
announcing their business, and await
the result. fully convinced that in 80
doing they have taken all necessary Pre-
liminaries to success. Various circulars
are almost daily to be found ON our
loorsteps and entry ways Of respectable
houses. Their fate is generally to ba
thrown into the street by the indignant
servant girl. or summarily pitched aside
by the man Of the house. who finds
them when he returns home. and who
desires no suggestions Of new methods
of tightening his purse. The use OF
circulars may. in certain limited cases,
answer every purpose; but the vast ma
jority Of those who have mado money
by ADVERTISING have found that the col.
umns Of newspaper are tho best and
surost. and. in the end. the cheapest
medium Of communication between the
business world and the public.-Ma'oi''-
kte UaiOn.
Year: 1875

paper the name Of the advertiser
should be as prominent and per-
manent as the sign over his door.
added TO which, he will not be dam
aged by the live publicity which is
secured by the constant, unremit-
ting employment of the cheap col
umn advertisement, for local square
and announcement. The advertiser
should seek to keep his advertise
ments ever fresh, even If with a
change of phraselogy without a
change of merchandise. Business
men, as a general thing, who are
tirst-class business men in other re-
speets, do not seem to appreciate
the Importance of the expenditure
of little thought, a little time and
a little money every week, to their
advertising department. A bust
ness man should never let his busi-
ness get cold, and in the columns of
his local paper he can keep red hot,
and not be necessarily eXtrayagant
or reckless at that. Ifthe publisher
grows rich by itso much the better.
So much the better local press, so
much the more respectable and gilt
edged the commercial character
of his city or town, that sends forth
to the world outside live, comely,
prosperous journal. Let the think
ing business man weigh these posi-
tions in his mind, viz; That all ad
vertising is good, and advertising
judiciously in well-esta blished and
generally read newspapers is the
best"
Year: 1875

It Was a sad cynic WHO said that
youth passes its time In wishing that
it could, and age regretting that it
didn't But it is true that all
through the first Of ogr lives we are
thinking what we will do when once
we get fairly started, and we 60 on
pleasing ourselves with these dreams
until, ali Of a sudden, We wake up TO
the fact that we have begun TO 60
down the hill, and that aow the time
to hope and plan is past, and the
time TO remember and regret has
come. We often hear of the ironiss
Of life. The saddest irony is its
breyity-onr days are out a span,
oui life is but a sleep and forget
ting II it were possible TO realize
in the beginning that threeseore
years and ten are not . hundred and
to say to ourselves calmly, such
and such things are,in SO brief space
unattaiRable-leJ US content our
selves with striving for what We can
reasonably hope to win, we might live
our short span more nationally; then
would the rich man begin in season
to dispense and enjoy his riches re
membering that out OF his life be
can carry nothing with him-then


would the philanthropist limit his
schemes to his possibilities; then,
above all, would those who love each
other beware that they gave No
space to estrangement or fanltfind.
ing. since our life Of 50 few days il


all TOO brief for bitterness.
Year: 1875

You have never really seen a pic
ture of despair, and utter misery,
and sore distress and amazement,
unless you have seen a man, stand
ing in the presence of the wife of
his bosom, and one of the other
members of his family, and reaching
into his pocket TO hand her let
ter he had got out of the postofice
for her, bring out of the recesses of
that inside pocket a crumpled, rum
pied, creased envelope, once white,
but now looking as though it had
associated with cigars for many a
long day, the very indentIcal
letter which she had written to her
mother or dear, dear friend six weeks
ago and given her perfdious hus-
hand to mail. The very letter he
had sworn a thousand times he had
mailed, and even related a little Joke
that the Postmaster got off about
it, in order to prove that he had
handed it to the Government in
person. And there it is in the un-
happy husbands guilty hand, and
wife's eyes start from their spheres
as she gazes upon the well-remem
ed, although cigar-stained address.
She does not scold; not she, the an
gel. She does not swear, as her
husband would do in her case, and
as he does in his own mentality
She does not get up and kick over
the piano stool and drown the trem-
bling caitif in a torrent of talk.
She only looks at the letter and
then at the man and says 'Well -
And that man would rather be
sworn at for straight month than
have that "welr' dropped on him
1t erushes him like a pile driver.
There are probably about four thou
sand ways of saying well, but only a
woman can say it with the accent
which belongs to it under these cir
cumstances. And the wretched
man starts to say about one hun
dred and fifty things and doesn't
finish one of them. He feels that
he has given himself away, TO be
sure. He would like the ground to
open and swallow him up, but the
ground appears to enjoy the play
too well to spoil it by taking away
one of the stars. No living man has
the nerve to go through such a
scene and keep his senses ST fficent-
ly about, after that ''Wellp' is shot
at him. But it is a matter of record
that the man mopes about and cuts
a cord of kIndling wood, and fixes
that kitchen shutter and carries in
| all the house plants and counts
them to see how many brackets will
be needed in that bay window, and
he puts up the hanging baskets,
and fastens the loose shelf in the
pantry, and sets the mouse trap
and carries in stove wood enough
to last a month, and tries TO talk
gossip. and says HEN have Daubs
come around in the morning and
grain the front door, and be tries to
be as good as he knows how, and
ngslly, declaring that he is not
j sleepy, he sets up till after 9 O'Clock
and breads going to bed worse than
the late Mr. Rogers dreaded going
to the stake, and when he does 90


in fear and trembling, he finds his
deceived wife's eyes open so wide
and tight that you couldn't shu


them with a monkey wrench. Anc
here we drop the yell over tbs
dreadful scene.
Year: 1875

One great cause of failure with
grass in the south has been the
seeding of the crop with the small
grains. This is a common practice
at the north, and we were formerly
inclined to favor it, hut later exper


iments force us to the conclusion
that in our climate at least, the
practice is a bad one, and that it is
far more profitable to SOW each by
itself. If sown Immediately, (when
not already in) grass and clover
will, on suitable soil, attain such a
growth before the hot weather of
next season sets in, as will insure
them against injury, without the
shade of the grain, which viii be in
iured by the clover and grass, while
injuring them in return. In any
case, the land for clover and the
grasses should be rich and thor
oughly prepared by deep, close
blowing, followed by narrowing,
previous to which a good dressing
of superphosphate may be applied
with advantage. Brush lightly to
cover,and, except on heavy soils, by
ali means roll the fields with toler-
ably heavy roller. This last Is an
important and too generally neg
lected process. Ifyou are to SOW
clover on the same field, it is best
to SOW the clover by itself, as the
seed does not mix well with the
grass seed. The various kinds Oi
grass may be mixed before sowing
Year: 1875

puddlewater in his veins, standing
as an outcast and pariah on the
lone desert of despair, shrinking
from the past. agonized by the pres
ent. and not daring to gaze into the
future, beholding in fancy upon the
door OF his own soul the words
'EHope comes net here that comes to
all, shut out by murkiest clouds
from every star that to others lights
the path to the tomb, and writhing
under myriad curses and execra6ons
piled like a mountain of living Goals
upon his head, he shall long, at last
to make his escape from earth
scarcely asking to what more dread
full destiny.
Year: 1875

We have just seen some Of the
Pulaski City bonds, issued in aid of
the VI. d K. Railroad. They were
printed at the Citizen Office in Pu-
laski, and are remarkably neat and
reflect great credit on the Workman
ship of our friend across the line,
and it shows our people shat our
friends IN Pulaski are men of their
word. This of itself should quiet
any doubts that may yet exist in
the minds of any OF our people, but
we are free to say there are none re-
garding the success of the enter
prise.-Lawrsnce Journal.
Year: 1875

DI. Steel informs US that the
brick work of Martin College is
done, that the roofing and carpen-
teri2g are under rapid headway, and
that the Building committee are
ready for bids on the plaster ing,
Year: 1875

We see from the Boston Free
Press, published Sept. 18th 1882,
and now before US, that Asiatic
cholera and Anti Masonic politics
were raging fearfully in the North
East at that date.
Year: 1875

A Cincinnati corpse rose in les
coain and quietly remarked: "I
feel very queer" The two young
men who were sitting up with it had
important business down town the
next moment, and did not hesitate
20 pass out through the window to
attend To il.
Year: 1875

Tomorrow will be Elster-Monday, and
the extensive prrpara ions which have
been In progress for weeks past. by the
members of the Turner Society OF this
city. are completed. The gentlemen Sc
lrctcd by the society to look after the
welfare of the wishes of the members,
were certainly well chosen. for the rea-
son that nothing has been neglected by
them that will aid to the pleasure
OF those who participate in their celebra-
ton. \ model ban of music will he in
attendance TO enlivcn the occasion, aud a
supper, such as rarely spread on any for
mcr event. will be in readiness for all
who may desire it, We would not adj
wise the lovers of anu ,ement to overlook
this opportunity Of u grand evening :
sport, and we predict for the Turner's the
most successful entertainment OF the sea-
Year: 1875

The party to be given az the Liberal
Religious hall tomorrow evening, prom
ises to be success in every particular.
A pleasant affair Is Anticipated. judging
from the arrangements already made. The
gentlemen that are giving the party never
do anything by halves, and we believe all
the few that are invited will attend, and
make ii very enjoyable affair.
Year: 1875

From Judge Bird We learn that the
gentlemen now in our city for the pur-
pose of setting on foot an Odd Fellows
lodge among the colored men OF this
place. have been very successful in their
undertaking. At a meeting head, 'hry
enlisted twenty-iOur of our most worthy
colorcd men, who have signiiicd their
intention TO labor in the interest OF the
organization.