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Year: 1873

The grand secret of putting any saw
in the best possible cutting order, says
the Industrial Monthly, consists in fl
ing the teeth at given angle to cut
rapidly and of a uniform length, so that
the points will all touch a straight
edged rule without showing q variation
OF hundTedth part of an inch. Be
sides this, there should he just enough
set i'll the teeth to cut kcrf narrow as
1T can be made, and at the same time
allow the blade to work freely without
,plnching. On the contrary, the kerf
must not he so wide as to permit the
blade to rattle when in motion. The
very points OF the teeth do the cutting.
II one tooth is the twentieth of an inch
longer than two or three on each side
OF it, the long tooth will be required to
do so much more cutting than it should,
that the saving cannot be we'll done.


Hence, the SAW goes jumping along,
working hard and cutting slowly. II
one tooth is longer than those on either
side OF it, the short ones do not cut,
although the points may be sharp.
When putting crOss-cut saw in order,
it will pay well to dress the points with
an old file, and afterwards sharpen with
q fine whetstOne. Much mechanical
skill is requisite to put q saw in prime
order. One careless thrust with Il file
will etfectually shorten the point of
tooth so much that it will be utterly
useless, so far as cutting is concerned.
The teeth should be set with much care,
and the filing should be done with
great accuracy. If the teeth are uneven
at the points, large fiat file should be
secured to q block of wood in such q
manner that the very points only may
be Joined, so that the cutting edge Of
the same may be on a complete line, or
circl le. Every tooth should cut little
as the saw is worked. The teeth of Il
hand-saw for all sorts of work, should
be filed tleaming, or at an angle on the
front edge, while the back edges may
he filed tleaming, or square across the
blade. The best way to file circular
saw for cutting wood across the grain
is to dress every fifth tooth square
across, and about one twentieth of an
inch shorter than the others, which
should be filed feaming at an angle of
about forty degrees.
Year: 1873

As judge Of the Superior Court was
delivering his decision in case the other
day, he was interrupted by the vocifer-
Gus braying Of adonkey under one of the
windows of the courtroom. "What is
that?n testify asked the Judge, where
upon the lawyer against whom he was
deciding the case arose and remarked:
g 1t is merely the echo of the court, your
hOnOrn
Year: 1873

To ToUGHEN GLAss.-Put the glass.
vessel into vessel of cold water, and
gradually heat the water boiling hot !;
then allow it to cool gradually Of itself
without taking out the glass Goblets
treated in this way may, when cold, be
filed with boiling water without crack
ing. Lamp chimneys may also he
made tougher by this process. Try it,
reader, for yourself.
Year: 1873

A few days since one of our popular
attorneys called upon another member
of the profession, and asked his opinion
upon a certain point of law. The lawyer
to whom the question was addressed,
drew himself up, and said, 81 generally
get paid for telling what l know The
questiOner drew half dollar fractional
from his pocket, handed it to the other,
and cOOlly remarked. "Tell me all you
know, and give me the change" There
is cOldnesS between the parties now,
Year: 1873

The following anecdote Of Pope Plus
the Ninth, which came to hand a few
days ago, is good enough to repeat It
is truly witty, and has in it, moreover,
enough of papal gall to give it flavor
Some one Informed his holiness that
Father Hyacinthe had taken to himself
a awife The Pope lifted his hands to
heaven and cried:s "NoaU let 0U the
8Giafs be praised the sinner has taken
his punishment into has 0trB hands ~
Year: 1873

Be on time to the minute when the
debtor says come tomorrow at nine
o'clock"


Sit on the step and wait for his
return when he says, am just going
to dinner"


Insist on stepping out to make change
when a man has nothing less than a
twenty"


Go to an " old stager" every day for
a month with a cheerful cOuntenanee
about that little amount.


Don't mind edging into a crowd to
ask fellow.


Take dollar in part if you can't get
ten in whole, and credit it with
alacrity.


Always suggest check when the
money is not in hand, as you can get
it cashed tomorrow.


Always have the account on top"
so that the man can have no excuse for
putting you off,


Don't mind asking for ii Immediate
ly after being treated or pleasant
" entertained.


Never be in hurry, will wait till
you get through.


Cough or salute when the hard
case wants to pass you without see
ing you.


In fine-be patient as post, cheer
ful as duck, soeiable as a flea, bold
as lion, weather proof as a rubber,
cunning as fox, and watchful as a
sparrow hawk.
Year: 1873

COMPTROLLER OFFICE, Nashyilly,
Nov. 6, 1S73.-To the Tax Collectors
and Chairman of the County Courts
of the State: In answer TO inquiries
from different parts Of the State, L
issue this circular:


/. Ii is the duty of each tax cOllec-
tor to endorse upon his tax books the
date of the payment of each tax there.
in" whether that payment be made
to-day or year hence.


2. IL is the duty of each tax collector
to make to the Judge or chairman of
the County Court monthly statement
showing the aggregate taxes which
have been paid during the month, and
an abstract of the report shall be fur
nished to the Comptroller BY the COun-
ty Court Clerk. / would suggest that
each tax collector make his first state
ment up to the first day of the month
next after he receives his tax books,
though full month have not elasped;
then afterwards up to the first day OF
each succeeding month. This will
give system to the reports OF the tax
collectors of the State.


3. The sum of ten per cent. upon
amount collected during the month by
anv tax collector will be imposed upon
him for each month he fails or refuses
to pay over the money collected by
him.


4. As the poll tax is levied exclus
lively for school purposes, it must be
returned so that it can be credited on
the books of this office to the school
fund, separate and apart from the gen.
eral State tax. If the tax collector
makes his payments to State deposit
tory, his receipts should state distinct
ly what he has paid in poll and what
on State tax.


5. With the 10 per cent tax on prop
erty for school purposes, the Comp
troller has nothing to do. No report
of it should be made to him. 1t is
paid to and distributed by the County
Trustee. JSO. G.. BURCH,


Comptroller.
Year: 1873

New York has done the most mag
nifcent thing yet, and at time when
we hardly expected any more large do
nations not already on the way here.
The dispatches in the morning papers
state that the appropriation Of $4,000
by the Board of Alderman mentioned
yesterday has been confirmed by the
Board of Assistant Aldermen. They
voted it on the supposition that there
will be needy people in Memphis all
winter, and did not take it for granted
that they knew more of the neces-
sites and sufferings of the poor than


we know ourselves. We think the time
has come to say to the world that we
will try to getalong without further aid,


and then if anything is sent after that
for the relief of the poor through the


coming season it will be all the more


gratefully appreciated. We should let
the outside world know that the peo-
pie of Memphis are not disposed to
take advantage of public sympathy,
but desire to become self-suppporting
as soon as the nature of circumstances
will admit Memphis Ledger 4h inst.
Year: 1873

In speaking of the late Bishop Early,
Bishop McTyiere said: He was q re-
preventative man Of the heroic age Of
Methodism, for Methodism had 3
heroic age, before the log cabin and
bush arbor had given way 60 the state
ly dwellings, with freseoed ceiling
when men rode circuits as large as our
present districts, and preached at twen-
ty-eight appointments in twenty eight
days, and when the word salary was
not in the book.
Year: 1873

Officer Paul is detailed to duty in
the Sanitary Squad, under Captain
Yule, and is very efficient officer;
but last night joke was perpetrated
on him which he will not hear the
last of for some sine.


Last night in going to his dinner
the officer, not wishing to get wet,
jumped on a Bleecker street car, and
before he had ridden far one of the
passengers called out that he had
lost his watch.


Officer Paul Immediately began to
search for the missing watch, and the
owner soon left the cur. While the
officer was still looking for the thief
or the watch, one of the passengers
called to him and said: "Why there
is the watch now," pointing to the
tail of the officers coat, and sure
enough there was the watch hanging
to one of the buttons On the back OF
his coat. The thief, no doubt, fear
ing that he might be arrested and the
stolen property found in his posses
sion, resolved to play the officer a
trick. The name on the watch is
"F A. Allison, New York city,
N. Y Post.
Year: 1873

The daily or weekly newspaper
that ia published in your midst is the
everyday history of the town you re-
side in-of Improvements, changes,
deaths, marriages, etc, and it there
fore should be not only the aim OF
every person who can do so to SUBJ
scribe and pay for his local journal,
but he should also file his paper
away regularly. The cost of having
these bound in yearly volumes is
but a trife compared with the useful
ness and pleasures to be derived in
having in your possession book, or
series Of books, that will trace up
step by step not only the local histo-
~ of your town and county, but also
the history of that busy, bustling,
active world OF which we each form
an intelligent part for the time being.


A file of old newspapers forms an
interesting chapter Of reading mat
ter, inasmuch as it recalls the names
and faces of those with whom we
were familiar in other days, but who
now be resting beneath the clods of
the valley, or far removed from the
places that once knew them, and, per-
haps, may not know them again for
ever. Step by step the improvements
that have been made, the gradual ex.
tension of our town limits and bust
ness facilities, can be traced, and a
comparison instituted between the
poking village of earlier days, and
the bustling city that We take pride
in to-day.


A simple death notice recalls to
memory one who was near and dear
to US, but who was almost forgotten
in the years that had flown. A mar.
riage chronicled with the usual wishes
ofhappiness and prosperity-the bless.
ings which the printer always be,
slows with heartfelt pleasure-will
carry US back to the merrymaking
and jokes attendant at the wedding,
and maybe we will look around and
see stalwart men and women today
who are the fruits Of the happy union
consumated years ago.


1t is an easy matter to lay asi de in
u careful manner, in some safe place,
the journal that you are now reading
and continue SO doing day by day, or
week after week until the numbers
necessary to complete the year are
made up. Then you can take them
to the bindery and have them bound
in a manner that will enable you to
use them at any time for reference.
The many advantages other than
those we have enumerated will at
once suggest themselves to our read
ers, and therefore we say again, File
your newspapers ."-JohnstO,cn T'rib.
Year: 1873

The papers are descanting on the
ruin sure to follow getting in debt to
carry on farming operations One
farmer who stopped giving and ask
ing credit few years ago, recorded
it as his experience, that be can now
buy more than be ever bought before,
and sell more. The case is mention
ed of the French, who never go in
debt, and who, having been saving
money since the days Of the first Ma
poleon, have become the richest na-
ton in the world, which seems prov
cd by the fact that the German in
demnity of a thousand millions Of dol
lars which they were obliged to pay
has all been discharged in two years.
while we have been struggling for
eight years with twice ssmuch. Per-
haps the wealth of the French farm
ers arises as much from the small farm
system and the high cultivation they
give the soil. There is vast differ
ence between farming in loose way
and having all work done in the best
manner.
Year: 1873

No housekeeper should be without
a bottle of spirits of ammonia, for, be-
sides its medicinal value, it is inval-
liable for household purposes. tits
nearly as useful as soap and its cheap
ness brings it within the reach of all.
Put teaspoonful of ammonia to q
quart of warm soap suds, dip in q
flannel cloth, and wipe off the dust
and fly specs, CRIME and smoke, and
see for yourself how much labor it
will save. No scrubbing will be
needful 1t will cleanse and brighten
silver wonderfully; to a pint of hot
suds mix teaspoonful of the spirits,
dip in your silver spoons, forks, etc,
rub with a brush, and then polish
on chamois skin


For washing windows and mirrors
it is very desirable put few drops
of ammonia upon piece of newspa-
per and you will readily take off eve
ry spot or finger mark on the glass
1t will take out grease spots from ev-
cry fabric; put on the ammonia near
ly clear, lay blotting paper on the
place and press q hot fat iron on it
for few minutes. A few drops Of
ammonia will clean laces and whiten
them as well also muslins. Then
it is most refreshing agent at the
toilet table; few drops in q basin
of water will make better bath than
pure water, and if the skin is oily it
will remove all glossiness and disa-
greeable odors. Added to a foot
bath it entirely absOrbs all nOxiOus
smells so often arising from the feet
in warm weather, and nothing is bet
ter for cleansing the hair from dand-
ruff and dust. For cleaning hair
and nail brushes it is equally as
good.


Put teaspoonful of ammonia into
one pint of warm waiter, and shake
the brushes through the water
When the brushes look white rinse
them in cold water, and put them in
the sunshine or in a warm place, to
dry The dirtiest brushes will come
out of this bath white and clean
For medicinal purposes ammonia is
almost unriyalled. For the headache
it is desirable stimulant, and fire.
quent inhalings of its pungent odors
will often entirely remove catarrahal
cold. There is no better remedy for
heartburn or dyspepsia, and the aro-
matte spirits of amonis is especially
prepared for these troubles Ten
drops Of it in a wine-slass Of water
are often a great relief. The spirits
of ammonia can be taken the same
way; but it is not as palatable.


In addition to all these uses, the
effects of ammonia on vegetation are
beneficial. If you desire roses, gers-
NUNS, fuchias, &c, to become more
fourishing, you can try it upon them
by adding FIVE or six drops of it to
every pint of warm water that you
give them, but don't repeat the dose
oftner than once in every 1--WE or six
days, lest you stimulate them to high
ly. Rain water is impregnated with
ammonia, and thus it refreshes and
vivihes vegetable life. So be sure
and keep q large bottle Of it in the
house, and have glass stopper for it,
as it is very evanescent and also in
furious to corks eating them away in
q short time.
Year: 1873

Young Manglebury will probably


not visit Miss Skittles again. He


called upon her a few evenings ago,


and she was not at home, he sat down


on the porch to wait for her In a


few moments old Skittles' big dog


came up, and growing at him in a


manner which made chills run up


and down his back, the dog walked


up and began to snuff around Man
glebury's legs While the animal


was performing this operation, the
young man maintained position Of
absolute repose 1t is doubtful il he


will again be as perfectly still as he


was then until his immortal soul is
| in the land ofeyerlastingrest. When
the ceremony was concluded, the dog
lay down by Manglebury's chair.
As soon as Manglebury felt certain
the brute was asleep, he thought he
would 90 home without seeing Miss
Skettles; but when he attempted to
rise from his chair the dog leaped up
end growled so menacingly that
Manglebury Immediately sat down
again. Then be thought perhaps 1t
would be better not to go home at
once. 1t occurred to him, however
that it would be as well to call for
some one to remove the dog IN case
of circumstances should render it de-
sirable for him to depart; but at the
very first yell, Skittles' dog jumped
to his feet, gave fendish bark, and
began to take a few more CRITICAL
smiles at Manglebury's legs. And
whenever Manglebury shufiied his
feet. or uttered the slightest sound,
that Infamous dog was instantly up
and at him. Once, when he had to
sneeze, he thought from the bolster
Gus Indignation manifested by the
dog, that his hour at last had come
Manglebury had often often before
wanted to see Miss Skittles alone,
but now he felt as if be would well
come any member Of the Skittles
family, even the cook, with feeling
approaching enthusiasm. Finally
he heard voices in the parlor. 1t


was Miss Skittles and young man
who had come home with her and
entered the side door And there
they sat at the window, not thirty
feet from Manglebury, sparkling, and
eooing, and every now and then
making some disagreeable remarks
about Manglebury, until at last the
visitor left and Miss Skittles locked
the door, closed the shutters and
went to bed. And the dog never
moved until morning when old Skit-
ties came down to look at the ther-
mometer and found that faithful guar
dain still watching over the misera-
bic Manglebury who still sat in the
chair in which he began to wait for
Miss Skittles. Old Skittles offered
to shoot the dog, in order to sOOthe
Manglebury, but that person was be-
yond the reach Of such remedies.


He was too mad He cut the Skit-
ties family dead, and be is now en-
deavoring to select q social circle
whose members do not keep dogs.


He hates a dog now worse than q
doctor hates healthy climate.
Year: 1873

some sum when nad Deen contriou-
ted toward rebuilding their barn.


"The friends who got up the sub.
scription thought they would be
obliged to give it up" she remarked;
"there were so few who felt able to
help us; but there has been large
addition to it lately, and we cannot
find from whom it came. | am sure
we are most heartily grateful to him..


Mrs. Lawson glanced at Mr.. Mark.
ham, as she said this, and perhaps
she had her suspicious as to where
the gift came from.


The gentleman said nothing; but
as she went on talking with his wife
on other subjects, he thought over the
events Of the last two weeks, and
came to the conclusion that the lesson
he had learned from Mrs. Lawson was
far more valuable than anything that
money could bestow; and in his heart
be resolved that the better motto Of
Help one another" should in future,
take the place of his old one, Take
care of number one"
Year: 1873

Why are We so impatient Of delay,


Longing forever for the time TO be?
For thus we live tomorrow In to-day,


Yea, sad to- morrow we may never see.
We are too hasty are not reconciled


To let kind nature do her work alone
We plant our seed, and like foolish child


We dig 1t up to see II 1t has grown.
The good that is to be coveted now,


We cannot walt for the appointed hour;
Before: the fruit is ripe, We shake the bough
And seize the bud that folds away the flower
When midnight darkness reigns we do not se
That the sad night is mother of the morn
We cannot think our own sharp agony


May be the birth pang of joy unborn.
In the dust we see our idols cast,


Andcry that death has triumphed, liieis void
We do not trust the promise, that the last
OF all our enemies shall be destroyed,
With rest almost In sight the spirit faints
And heart and flesh grow weary at the last
Our feet would walk the city of the saints,
Even before the silent gate is passed,
Teach us to wait until Thou shalt appear
To know that all Thy ways and times are just
Thou seest that we do believe, and fear,


Lord, make us also believe and trust!
Year: 1873

back the covering that shrouded the
faces-Nancy and the baby! Shocked.
stunned, he sank on his knees and laid
his face on that dear form. Who can
describe, who can comprehend the utter
desolation of that hour7 None but
those who have felt it. Oh, the thoughts
and memories that crowded upon him
many OF them bitter, regretful thoughts.
But there was one memory for which
he was thankful: that he had not list
ened to the .empter which whispered
to hlm yestermOrn, that it would he
weak and unmanly to yield to her re-
quest.


They found him there an hour after
ward, but he asked no questions, made
no reply to their attempts at consola-
ton, and they left him alone with his
dead.


There was ''hurrying to and fro- in
Sumner that day, for many were left
homeless; many bruised and crippled
by the storm. And the mourmers who
wended their way up the long hill to
the burying- ground, were as sad as
though the silence had been broken by
the tolling of solemn bells.
Year: 1873

James Greenwood has published Il
frlghtful account of the silent system.
which is Ill operation ut the Holloway
Model Prison in London.


1t is an offenSe tol prisoner to speak
one word, and he is never addressed
except in whispers, so that he NAV be
IN prison two years without hearing the
natural sound of the human voice. The
effect of this is so terrible on the mind
that prisoners will speak out in desper-
alton, at the risk of any punishment.
rather than endure that horrible silence.


1he prisoners never see one another,
but remain i'll perpetual solitude One
poor wretch driven to desperation by
nlne months solitude and silence, reck-
lessly broke out in Mr.. Greenwood's
presence: ''FOr Gods sake, Governor.
put me in another cell, Put me some
where else have counted the bricks
In the cell am in till my eyes ache ="
The request of the tortured wretch was
refused.


There is fine hole in each cell. and
as the wardens wear shoes of India
rubber soles, the prisoners can never be
sure of being alone. Those condemned
to the treadmill have to ascend twelve
hundred steps every alternate twenty
minutes for six hours. And this in a
place so hot and close that prisoners
often lose in perspiration three stones
IN as many months.


Every day the prisoners are taken to
a chapel. so arranged that they can see
no one save the chaplain, and him only
through an iron grating. And thus is
the order of devotion. Wardens are
constantly on the watch, lest for a sin
gle instant they, through the whole of
the service, depart from the rigid rule
of 'eyes right" They must look stead
lily at the preacher, must raise and lower
their prayer book with the elbows
squared, and all at once, like soldiers
at drill. They may not scrape their
feet without having afterwards to ex-
plain the movement. They scarcely
wink an eye or sigh without danger of
rebnke or punishment. God help them.
poor wretches,
Year: 1873

SUMNER PLAY.-Nothing can be more
cruel and nothing more foolish than to
place children where they must be dress
ed every day in fresh and fashionable
clothes and their freedom to play cur
tailed for the sake of appearance.
What childhood needs is perfect free
dom among the things of nature-free-
dom to romp, to make mudpies, to leap
fences, to row, to fish to climb trees, to
chase butterflies, to gather wild flow
ers, to live out of doors from morning
until night, and to do all those things
that innocent and healthy childhood
delights in, in. cheap, strong clothes
provided for the purpose. Exactly
that which childhood needs, manhood
and wOmanhOod need-pelfect liberty
and perfect carelessness. So, whether
the dweller by the sea go inland for
his summer play, or the resident of the
inland go to the sea, he should seek
some spot unvisited by those devoted
to fashionable display, and employ his
time III unrestricted communion with
nature, and in those pursuits and
amusements which, without let oil
hlndrance, perform the office of recre-
ADMINISTRATORS for July.