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Year: 1873

mastering the Government itself, shutting
its ears against the cries II PatriotIsm, deaf
in its selhshness, blind In its folly, insane
in its assumptions. Government. infected
with the contagion. thinks Of nothing but
immense Jobs. which speedily fall into the
gripe Of such corrupt managers as those
who made up the Credit Mobiler. We
are rushing too recklessly in this direction.
We must stop, or encounter q collision
which may be fatal to every cherished
American interest. of what avail are the
rich cargo and the pOrtly vessel if the ship
in which our all Is embarked is being scut-
tied, while We 20 blindly On, by the hands
Of desperate men


The remedy for this increasing wrong Is,
simply, to reverse our course. Instead Of
fighting each other, Capital should study
the labor problem in sympathy with Labor.
Ghe employer should think more Of the
ser.iDllties Of his hands than he does Of
ms petted horse Capital should combine
not to lower, but. in all possible ways to
elevate Labor. Such n combination Of
hearts and minds would soon result in the
most respectful recognition Of Labor in all
its schemes. Capital would see its interests
cheerfully promoted. And In this way our
Legislators would be compelled to remem-
Der that our foundation as a nation rests
on the children Of I, L.


Already murmurs are heard against
certain class Of immigration. The Chinese,
for illustration. must be diverted to tropl-
cal climates Broad As are our domains,
the speculator has grasPed - much Of
them that competition for soil lis becoming
desperate among immigrant cultIvators.
We must discriminate IN favor Of our own
race, ard an outlet must be provided by
CAPITAL, in the tropical portions Of Amer
lea, for the support Of immigrant Oriental
labor. So much needed III those vast and
prolific regions


To use a well-known admonItion BE
ware Of the locomotive when the bell
rings ~ Do not desplse the Labor Prob
lem. Do not leave Labor IN its despair TO
It's own wild cuunsels Dare not scoff at it,
Champion its Just demands honestly. Men
Of Position, mind, and education Let
not its standard bearers be the knaves and
madmen If a Commune Let us see these
advocates for justice in all the halls Of
legislation, and everywhere among our
large employers This done, and a new
sun will rise over the children of toll,
whose influence. like the dews Of heaven,
shall refresh Labor and Capital alike


We shall recur to this matter, and, in
less space, suggest certain practical reforms.
Year: 1873

A witty boy, suffering from the applica-
ton Of the birch, said, Forty rods are said
to be furlong. know better. Let any
body get such plaguy licking as I've had,
and he'll find out that one rod makes an
acher
Year: 1873

There i . family living Il Jones
county. Georgia. consisting of & gen
tlemsn sad his wife both verT cd
and inErHi, and q maiden daughter
TIE family i entirely q respectable
one, but the fortunes q war and
other adverse circumstances have re-
dgeed their means Of subsistence
down 70 the possession Of a moderate
sized farm Of poor land This the
Old man tried 70 manage and cultivate
n order 10 make a livelihood for his
old wife and their ene daughter. II
this be failed. and rear BY wear affairs
we're growing worse with him, and
be saw that be should have 20 give
up the battle. and that, too, without
having aav one upcn whom be could
rely for sappor1-


The daughter was among the first
TO divine the state of affairs. She
saw that her fSrbe- was too cd ID
longer contend with the world for the
means Of subsistence Her mother
was also aged and lot able to lend a
helping hand; and she knew that #
any relief were 10 come % them Il
mast come through her She thought
the matter over In 8 practical way.
and IN = verr d28zhteriy manner
made up Der mind that her old par-
enIs could not safer for ANYTHING
while she had the strength to labor
for them


Her mind was 10 sooner made up
than she went TO work with a w0-
manly energy, but not II a woman's
sphere She did not 70 70 the school
house, nor 70 the music room nor in
to a millinery establishment but she
went into the field and put beT hand
10 the plow and locked not back
Dsy in and day oui, in fair weather
and foul, il heat and cold. sbe elung
10 her selfimposed duty Though
sometimes when the days work was
ended. she was too weak and sore.
almost, 10 drag herself 10 the house.
her courage never forsook her; but
she toiled OF month after month, IN
I'll now she i reaping her reward IN
making comfortable the lzsf days Of
her parents A bale Of cotton raised
by her was sold at one Of the ware
houses in Macon. few dzvs ago, aad
II It's market value had been fixed se-
eording to the moral worth ofthe pre-
dueer, the product would have Yielded
her g competence for life


Men nav p-ate heroism upon the
battlefield or in time Of danger, but
there is no hercism that surpasses the
heroism Of this wonan- All honor
to her The earth ought 70 yield
most generously where broken BY the
furrows Of her plow.
Year: 1873

We learn from Mr.. Robert Glenn


Of the deoth, on the Goth ult., Of flew


is Flint, at his home, in Wyalusing.


The deceased was As years Of age.


About nineteen years ago it became


manifest, from the sudden change


that came over him, that insanity was


rapidly developing itself. A log


cabin was built near tho one in which


the family lived, where the dementod


man was placed for better security.


Confinement seemed TO aggravate his


disease and increase his violence


which wa hard for his poor mother


10 bear but all efforts on tho part Of
friends 10 have him removed to some
safe place were unavailing.--The
physicians called to examine bis case
pronounced him hopelessly insane,
therefore no room for him could be-
found in the hospital for tho insane,
and to any other place they feared Ia
have him go. Another plan, however,
was adopted, which seemed TO have
q better effect. A large block OF
wood was obtained, too heavy TO car
ry, to which was attached q chain,
fastened around his ankle in such o


manner as to produce no injury.
This arrangement allowed him soma
freedom, and he would divert linn.
self by rolling his block around in
and out Of doors at pleasure, but ID
was always necessary to watch his
movements--It was many times nec-
essary for his brother, who had
charge Of him, to be temporarily
absent from homo, to which the in
valid mother never objected. Strange
as it may seem, sho felt safe to DO
left alone with the insane son, who
never during his long insanity, when
laboring under his strongest par
oxysm, seemed to forget the sacred
name of mother. His sickness was
of short duration. A few days be-
fore death he was attacked with q
violent pain in the head, which so
prostrated him that he made no
resistance to being laid upon his bed.
His reason now, for the first time in
many years, seemed to be partially
restored. He told his brother that
he was going to die, asked for what
he wanted, and, dioovering his block
some distance from his couch, asked
that it might be rolled to his bedside
With his own hand he wrapped the
chain once more around his ankle,
ane there kept it until ife's ftful
fever was o'er.-Grdnt County { W;s)
Herald.
Year: 1873

from the Virginia Enterprise, Sept. Ill


THERE was yesterday a rumor
on the street that some excellent
ore had been struck on the l.3OO-
loot level of the Ophir. Some as.
serted that they have seen very
line assays from the new deposit,
and were quite sure that the re.
ported strike was no humbuy. 1t
Is probable that ore has been
struck, but there is not likely to
be much excitement about it un.
til something more is known than
at present i'll regard to quantity
and quality.


ARM BROKEN-Day before yes
terday,a young daughter of James
Dram, who resides on the Bowers
grade, while going after a pail of
water, stumbled and fell to the
ground. breaking her right arm
midway between the elbow and
wrist.


STATE PRINTER PUTNAM, hay-
ing purchased a farm near Carson
City, is now making preparations
to punch the nimule bull and bold
the speedy plow.
Year: 1873

A MATCHMAKER at Florence, Ala, once
told us how he managed to get into besi-
ness there. He settled in the place a
stranger, just after the people had started
new town-clOck in the tower of the
court house, but nobody came to give
him job. A week or two passed on
without improving his prospects, when in
a kind of desperation he determined to
make bold strike for business. Every
body swore by the town.clock, of course,
a fact which our matchmaker knew, so
after night he made his way into the
tower and changed the hands few min
utes. Heard nothing of it on the day
following, and so changed them again
the next night. On the morning after
the second change had been made, a man
called on the matchmaker and spoke of
employing him to regulate the town
clock; but the matchmaker told him he
thought no regulation was necessary, as
he had noticed that the clock was run
ming exactly with his time, and, drawing
forth his watch, he compared it with the
clock, and sure enough they were exactly
together. Next morning the town-clock
and the watches of the place were further
apart than usual, and the gentleman who
had called at the watch-shop the day be-
fore now again presented himself accom-
panied by several friends To their great
surprise they found the watchmaker's
regulator and watch still exactly with
the clock, and that settled the question.
They all left their watches to be cleaned,
remarking that they would rather have
no watches at all than watches that did
not keep time. The news spread; other
irregular watches came in by the score
until, before the day was over, the watch
maker had the windows hung entirely
full of work.-HObile Register.
Year: 1873

SOME dastardy wretch orept into a
stable in San Francisco, last week, and
mixed poison with the horses feed There
were thirty-three of the animals in the
stable of which six died on the next day
the rest were in fair way to recover. The
had an enemy, and the poisoner is entire
ly unknown.
Year: 1873

HERE is the latest dodge in the way of
petty thieving at Davenport Ia. A plain
ly-dressed girl calls at residence and in
forms the lady of the house that her mis-
tress wants TO borrow a silver cake basket,
as she expects company to tea. This girl
ascertained that the ladies were on in
innate terms. The basket is delivered to
the girl, who departs, never to return.
Three ladies in one neighborhood on the
bluffs lost caleba in this way, all in
one afternoon, last week.
Year: 1873

"A Danbury boy bought and took
home a copy of story paper. His father
took it from him and burned it. He said
that the contents were nothing but lies,
and that the influence of such journal
was extremely pernicious. Then he put
his hands in his pockets, where were
potato and u horse-ebestnut, preventives
of rheumatism, and went down street.
Year: 1873

The oyster when spawning does not
cast its eggs like other fish, but dis
solves, as it were, part OF its own
body, which passes off in long, slender
threads, as fine as a spiders web, upon
which are congregated millions OF little
eggs, not visible to the naked eye, but
which, when put under powerful
magnifying-g.ass, astonish the beholder
by their number. 1t is estimated that
about seventy per cent. of the spawn is
destroyed by fish, and about ten per cent
from other causes, leaving twenty per
cent. to find their way into market.


These little "seed" cling to whatever
they touch, generally old oysters and
the many little shells one often sees
clinging to large oysters are but the
growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in q clear place, and free
from their fish enemies, their growth is
very rapid until they attain the size OF
a quarter of dollar and it is at this
period OF their existence that the oyster
men take them for transplanting.


The shells are very thin, and the in
side meat scarcely larger than shirt
button, and having the rest OF the shell
filed with q milky fluid, which in time
forms the body of the fish. Oysters,
after they are transplanted, are, with
a few exceptions, not fit to eat under
three wears. It might be esupposed that
the oyster, with its hard shell, was free
from all danger, but snch is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies
the star fish and the borer. Theformel
will fasten on the mouth OF an oyster,
and in a short time suck the life out oi
him. The latter, with his little saw
and gimlet bill, bores through his shell,
and, once through, the oyster is soor
destroyed.
Year: 1873

1t is remarkably easy to puzzle people
if you show by your words or manner
that you expect them to be puzzled.


We once propounded the following to a
company of gentlemen A owes B $500,
and admits the debt. AS father dies
intestate, and BIS father takes the bene-
fit of the bankrupt act. Does this dis
charge AS obligation to B After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did It seemed to the friend with
whom we were arguing perfectly easy
for any intelligent person to throw out
all the latter items of the statement as
having no possible connection with the
first but the test established the point
for which we were contending, that this
could only be done by a mental effort to
which some men were not equal ut the
moment the question was asked. III we
had not witnessed such exhibitions, We
should suppose that n question proposed
by our friend at Morris, New York, was
designed as q quiz. He supposes the
case of hunter pursuing squirrel,
which lodges around tree. and rs the
man with the gun follows around to get
a shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the all
important query: Has the gunner, hav-
ing thus gone around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Year: 1873

ner now; purely as the ne|ly-laiien
snow that covered il, whose day on
earth had been as fieeting. Unde: that
porch where she had sat when heaven
in its mercy brought her to that peH :. !.
full spot, she passed again, and The Old
church received her in it's qniet ,.hade.


They carried her to one Old monk
where she had many and many time
sat musing, and laid their burden softly
on the pavement. The light streamed
on it through the colored Windows
window where the boughs of the trees
werc ever rustling in the summer, and
where the birds sang sweetly oil day
long. With every breath Of air that
stirred among those branches in the
sunshine. some trembling, changing
light would fall upon her grave.


Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
dust. Many young hand dropped its
little wreath; many o stifed sob was
heard, some-and they were not few
kpelt down. All were sincere and
truthful in their sorrow.


Tho service done, the mourners stood
apart and. the villagers closed round to
look into the grave before the pavement
stone should be replaced. One called
to mind how he had seen her sitting on
that very spot, and how her book had
fallen on her lap, and she was gazing
with pensive face upon the sky. An
other told how he had wondered much
that one so delicate as she could be 30
bold; how she had never feared to enter
the church alone at night but had loved
| to Enger there when all was quiet, and
even to climb the tower stair, with no
more light than the moons rays steal
ing through the loopholes in the thick
old wall.


A whisper went about among the old
est there that she had seen and talked
with angels and when they called to
mind how she had looked and spoken, and
her early death, some thought it, might
be so indeed. Thus coming to the grave
in little knots and glancing down, and
giving place to others, and falling off
in whispering groups Of three or four,
the church was cleared in time OF oil
but the sexton and mourning friends.


They saw the vault covered and the
stone fixed down. Then when the dusk
of evening had come on, and not a
sound disturbed the stiffness OF the
place-when the bright moon poured
in her light ON tomb and monument,
on pillar, vale and arch, and most OF
all Git seemed to them) upon her quiet
grave-in that calm time, when all out
ward things and inward thoughts TEEN
with assurance of Immortality, and
worldly hopes and fears are humbled
in the dust before them-then, with
humble and submissive hearts they
turned away, and left the child with
God.


OF 1t is hard to take to heart the
lesson that such deaths will teach but
let no man reject it, for it is one that
all must learn, and is mighty, uni
versal truth. When death strikes down
the innocent and young, for every fra
gile form from which he lets the pant
ing spirit free, hundred virtues rise,
in shapes OF mercy, charity, and love,
to walk the earth and bless it with their
light. OF every tear that sorrowing
mortals shed ON such green graves,
some good is born, some gentler nature
comes. In the dnstroyer's steps there
spring up bright creations that defy
his power, and his dark path becomes q
way of light to heaven.-Old CURIOSITY
/ Rop.
Year: 1873

In THE WArER.-It is important for
eyery one who ever ventures into or up
on the water, to remember that when a
person falls into deep water he will rise
to the surface, and continue there, If he
does not elevate his hands. II he moves
his hands under water, in any way he
pleases, his head will rise 60 high as to
give him free liberty to breathe; and If
he will use his legs as in the actof walk
ing upstairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use the
less exertion with his hands, or apply
them to other purposes. Those who
have never learned to swim should bear
in mind these simple directions.
Year: 1873

Uusophisticated persons who banker
after chances to get rich on S400 capital,
may learn a lesson from the experience
of Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy dur
ing an indefinite period, and then paid
it over to q New York advertiser of
business opportunities" who guaran-
teed half interest in profitable busi-
ness. The trouble was, the business
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire S400and didn't give
his victim even half interest.
Year: 1873

We have been put under further OBJ
legations by the receipt of still another
club of subscribers from Herringsvile
Harrell's Store, and Taylor's Bridge,
in Sampson county, this being the
third club received within the last ten
days from that section.


We assure our friends in Sampson
that their cordial support of the
JOURNAL is exceedingly gratifying and
encouraging to its editors. When the
people of Sampson endorse us SO
heartily, we feel sure that we are on
the right track
Year: 1873

IF our old friend of the Sentinel
will turn to our editorial of the 4th
July he will find that we were correct
in saying we had given him proper
credit for the scant praise he bestowed
on Wheeler, and that the ''singular
blunder' referred to yesterday is the
blunder of the Sentinel and not of the
JOURNAL. More "hurried writing"
Year: 1873

They report u queer case of aponta-
neous combustion from New Hamp-
shire. A physician had prescribed
linseed oil and camphor for Il severe
pain in the chest, and the patient com
planned OF the heat soon after its APP
plication on cotton batting. In about
an hour he prDAasted he could bear 1t
no longer, and before it could be re-
IN we'd it took fire, actually blazing up
and burning the poor fellows neck
SnunrelN
Year: 1873

THERE Is food for improving reflec-
ton In the following passage taken
from the diary Of degraded woman
who died recently in Memphis? ~
wonder II I lay white and still, with
folded hands and tight closed lips, any
would forget the curses they had been
20 often opened to utter, and remem-
Der the agony and shame which was
only too fruitful Of evil? All. no!
neither living nor dead could the world
comprehend the yearning tor some
thing higher. holier, purer than Is
mine to bear the passionate longing.
the wild unrest, the bitter mecking Of
a life In death, the agonizlng prayers
that have gone upward to an unhear-
ing God In the still watches OF the
night; all the desolation has come up
on me. and ont of the depths Of sui
len, fierce despair. has arisen the in-
domitable will that utters no COM
plaint, but will live defiant unto the
bitter end, and the last outward sign
known of this guilty being named will
be laugh and curse, but whose last
thought was a prayer for pardon and
for peace"
Year: 1873

FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL
Anorher Hopeful View OF the


Situation.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS FRIGHTENING.
What the Banks Have Done and Why


They Have Done It
RELIEF PROBABLY At HAND.
disbursements Here and Elsewhere. Favor
able Condition Of Our Exports.
THE NOVEMBER INTEREST
Duty OF the Stock Exchange


When It Opens.
HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE.
We Are Almost Out Of the


Woods"
Year: 1873

These should be your only watch words in the
campaign, and when you have got over the river
YOU can then talk about swapping horses. NO
mans past politics should be questioned II ne is
honest and his past anti-monopoly record is good.


The fields are white and ready for the sickle;
the golden grain stands ready to be garnered,
and we earnestly ask yoth to cooperate with us
now in this Grand Reform Movement For lit
seems to us as clear as sunbeam, that if we
would be more than slares to the tyrant that
wields the scepter with n ore than kingly power
and haughtiness, we must as people unite and
act determnedly and earnestly upon the vital
questions foreshadowed in this address. Serfs
and slaves to the railroad power we may easily
become, but il we would be free, and enjoy a
freeman's rights, we must buckle on the aohote
ar7aor for this fight and all the friends OF Re-
form must 90 forth to battle together with Spar
tan zeal and courage, determined that II we 1all
we will fall with our faces toward the foe. Uni
ted we can win victory that will be priceless In
It's benefits Divided, all our toll will be fruit
less. and our best endeavors will be stepped in
the wormwood and gall of total route and fail
ure, sprinkled with the ashes of defeat. Let us
then unite, stand firm, and make gallant fight
for ourselves and those who are to come after u.s.


We, therefore, fix Saturday, the twenty-sixth
(26d of July, for the election OF delegates, and
Monday following, at o'clock P. NJ, for the
holding of County Convention, to nominate
Legislative, County and District candidates. The
Primary precinctpoils will be kept open from
/ to o'clock P. NJ.


The following is the apportionment of dele
Year: 1873




Your County affairs are under the control of
secret ring, and no man can tell the extent of the
rottenness and corruption that exists and has
existed for the last six years in this regard. 1t is
matter of public notoriety that the spoils go to
favorites, and that no man, not creature of the
ring, can do or supply anything for the county.
When this ring condescends to receive bids for
printing or for hospital services it lets the con-
tracts to the highest bidders. Even the supplying
Of the charity institution for care of tire poor sick
is made to do duty aid of the rings perpetaation
in power, and the institution its elf to cost tbrib-
hle what it ought. In word, they fix your
taxes, force you to pay. and divide your money
among themselves and their creatures. And
now may we openly tell you the only mode
by which you may escape the further plunder,
robbery and tyranny of this monster and its aid
ers in Placer county, the Auburn ring. To start
you must have some of the nerve, grit self-de-
nial and manhood that threw the tea overheard
in Boston harbor in IT'S. You must discard
every organization in power, every man who has
been the alder and apoogist for the ring or rail-
road monopoly and every man that has been the
lobbyist, electioneerer or willing dupe of these
parties. Your associates in the great local re-
form should be men over whom the ring or rail.
road hold no power. National and sectional
questions should not enter your councils for
discussion, nor should anything foreign to the
great vital issues of anti-ring anti monopoly and
anti-corruption and extravaganza be discussed.