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Year: 1872

General Grant has by his quiet, un-


OstentatiOus ways and retIcence caus-


ed English editors and statemen much


uneasiness. They know what a
/ grand soldier he had proved himself,


ana they have been deeply concerned


to know how he would act as Presi-
dent on the questions pending be-
tween Great Britain and the United
I States. They have respect for him
as soldier and statesman, having


watcht d closely his entire admins


tratiOn. His positiveness, firmness,
and his devotion TO the best interests


Of the American Union have won


their admiration. For Horace Gree


ley they appear to have nothing but
contempt, apparently understanding


his character as well as do the people
Of this country. In a recent editorial
the London Times has this truthful
paragraph :


''1he character of Horace Greeley
is too well known. His rashness Of
judgement and his lOosness of speech
are notorious from end to end
of the union. He has faculties which
have been of good services to its ad-
vantage, but they must be employed
in sphere far different from that to
which he now aspires. The Presi-
dent is the Chief Magistrate of the
American Union, and who can think
without a smile of Horace Greeley as
a magistrate at all? A man who
would be magistrae should keep
guard upon his tongue ; he should be
firm in the opinion upon which he
has resolved, but he should not form
1t until he has weighed all that could
be urged for or against it the desire
of justice should possess him, and his
actions shO1ld be ruled by the in
stinct of self respect. All that Mr..
Greeley is not. He is the very reverse
of il. He is defective where he ought !
to abound, and abOunds where he
ought TO be defective.n


Yet this is the man nominated by |
the MOngrels for President of the !
United States. His election would |
make Us the laughing stock of the !
world.
Year: 1872

An aged man and wife in Rising
Sun, Indiana, may be safely classed
as the champion sulkers of the world.
They are nearly ninety years of age,
and though living with their grand
son, and sitting opposite each other at
the same table daily, have not ex-
changed word for more than twenty
years. 1t all arose from slight milf,
which ought not have disturbed their
happiness for single hour.
Year: 1872


When things don't go TO suit you,


And the world seems upside down,
Don't waste your time in fretting.


But drive away that frOwn;
since life is OF perpleXing.


It's much the Wtsest plan
To bear all trials bravely,


and smile whene're you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus despOil to day?
For when you borrow trouble,


You always have to pay.
II is n good old maxim,


Which should be often preached
Don't cross the bridge before you,
Until the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much signing,
II you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil


are always here combined.
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You must miss from your casket
That precious tewel-health.
And though you're strong and sturdy,
You may have an empty purse
And earth has many trials


Which consider worse
But whether joy or sorrow


Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make yodr pathway brighter
To smile Whene'er you can.
Year: 1872

Many a man has broken down IN
der the weight Of great anxiety who
might have saved mis- life If he had
only been able to laugh. Laughter
ightens many a heavy burden and
smooths many q rough road. Other
things being equal, the merry man is
the strongest man, and the sWiftest
man, and the most enduring man,
and the bravest man. The man who
can ''tell alittle story" can stand more
toll than the man who bears his dig
nifty stifly.
Year: 1872

/ should be glad to think that high
meI tal power insured something like
high moral sense, but have often
been grieved to see the contrary; ana
also. on the other hand, my spirit has
been eheered by observing in some
lOwly and uninstrueted nature such a
healthful, and honorable, and digni-
fled mind as made one in love with
human nature. When that which is
good mentally and morally meet in
one being, that being is more fitted to
work out and manifest the glory of
God in the creation 1 fully admit
kdrrQdQN.
Year: 1872

CONTROL YOUR TESIPER.-No one
has temper naturally so good. that
it does not need attention and culti-
vaiiOn, and no one has a temper so
bad, but that, by proper culture, it
may become pleasant. The difference
in the happiness which is received or
bestowed by the man who governs
his temper, and that by the man who
does not, is immense. There is no
misery so constant, so distressing and
so intolerable to others, as that of
having a disposition which is your
master, and which is continually
fretting itself. There are corners, at
every turn in life, against which we
may run, and at which We may break
out in !mpatience, if we choose.
Year: 1872

Ever since the world began opinion
has changed with the progress of
things, and it is something more
than absurd to suppose that we have
a sure claim to perfection, or that we
are in possession of the highest stretch
of intellect which has or can result
from human thought.
Year: 1872

LIVE FOR SOBIETHING.-Th0
of men breathe, move, and live, pass
OFF the stage of lie, and are heard of
no more. Why? They do not par
take of good in the world, and none
were blessed by them; none could
point to them as the means Of their
redemption; not a line they w.ote,
not a word they spoke could be re-
called, and so they perished; their
light went out in ia kn, O., and they
were not remembered more than in
sects of yesterday.


Will you thus live and die, o man
immortal Live for something! Do
good, and leave behind you monu-
ment of virtue, that the storms of
time can never destroy. Write your
name by kindness, love, and mercy
on the hearts of thousands with whom
you come in contact, year by year,
and you will never be forgotten. No:
your name, your deeds. will be as
legible on the hearts you leave behind
as the stars on the brow of the eve
ming. Good deeds will shine as bright
ly on the earth as the stars of heaven
Year: 1872

1t is related of Frederick the Great, Of
Prussia, that in going through the re-
oeption room of his palace at Sans
Souci, he encountered a workman, who
busief himself to get on top Of a ladder
to take down a clock from the wall, but
owing to the smoothness Of the marble
floor the ladder could not be kept firm.
What art thou doing here, mon amir
inquired the King. am watch
maker" answered the workman, and
have received orders from the superin-
tendent Of the palace to repair this
clock; / have been trying to take it
down, but cannot succeed, as the ladder
does not stand firm Ascend the lad
der, said the King. land | will hold il
while you are at work. This done, the
workman departed With the clock. On
the following morning, the King was In
formed that the clo0k Of the reception
room had been stolen. No sooner had
his Majesty heard this, when he found to
his chagrin that instead, as be believed,
Of assisting a matchmaker, be had been
made the dupe Of a thief The King at
once issued an order saying. Let him
run; have been an acconpliee to the
theft.
Year: 1872

The fish that swallowed Jonah. or one
that might have performed that remark
able feat, has been discovered of the
coast ef Brazil. He does not carry
about with him any date or memorandum
authenticating bis claim to be the orig
nal prophet-svaliover, but he is the only
monster of which any saeount has been
given which could SO have taken IN the
rebellious preacher to the aiIeyltes.
His body is over fifty feet long aud sesel
feet in diameter, while the mouth, the
most essential part Of the creature, will
admit Of q person standing between the
laws or sitting comfortably in the cavity
when they are closed. &c is said to be
neither shark nor whale.
Year: 1872

Many women before marriage,


made it their study to please the


eyes Of the men they wished to


marry, loose their affection after


marriage by carelessness in Dress


Men are fasidious in this matter.


Even those who are careless in re-


gard to their own appearance take
q delight y in seeing. their wives neat in


their attire. They miss those CO.


quettish garments, the neatly dress
ed hair, and all the thousand tasty


and fanciful little articles with which
young women adorn themselves,
more than they would be willing to
allow: The neatness and order
which charmed them, too often give
place to a slovenly morning gown,
frowsy hair, slipshod and unlaced
shoes, and the like. Men reason that
they should have the same desire to
please the men they have chosen,
after marriage as well as before it.
The last new song loses its charm
coming from the lips Of a slattern.
The poetry goes out of life at q
glance, and the household loses it's
brightness. The wife, who on ac-
count of household cares, neglects
her personal appearance, commits a
grave mistake, which too often bears
bitter fruit, and they see their hus-
bands leave their society for that of
others without really knowing the
cause, and most men are too proud
to tell them. Let women always
give the same care to dress after
marriage which they gave it before.
Year: 1872

A beautiful young Lady who had
allowed the tendrils of her heart to
twine fondly around a strapping
great conductor on a horse car had
her affectionate nature crushed by
the discovery that he was taking
fare from her and dead heading an
other girl who lived on the same
street. She did not eat pickles and
pine away, but wrote him an affect
ing epistle, which read; You want
to nok down enuff stamps 10 get me
a pais1er shawl & a dolly vardami be-
fore sunday, OF i will put an awning
over that girls eye the next time i
meet her in society. You hee, m,e.''
Year: 1872

BAD ON THE BAcHELoR.-An ex-
change furnishes the following lu-
dicrous paragraph:


An old bachelor who had became
melancholy and poetical, wrote some
verses for the village paper, in which
he expressed the hope that the time
would come when he should


-':Rest calmly within shroud,


With weeping willow by his side"
But to his inexpressible horror it
came out in print:


''When shall rest calmly with a shawl.
With whipping widow by my side
Year: 1872

When you see ragged urchin


Standing wistful in the street,
With torn hat and kneeless trowsers,
Dirty face and bare red feet,
Pass not by the child unheeding:


Smile upon him. Mark me-when
He's grown he'll not forget it,


For, remember, boys make men.
When the buoyant youthful spirits


Overflow in boyish freak,
Chide your child in gentle accents
Do not in your anger speak.
You must SOW in youthful bosoms


Seeds Of tender mercy; their
Plants will grow and bear good fruitage
When the erring boys are men.
Have you never seen grandsire,


With his eyes aglow with joy,
Bring to mind some act Of kindness
Something said to him-a boy?
Or relate some slight or coldness,


With brow all clouded, when
He said they were so thoughtless


To remember boys make men.
Let us try to add some pleasure


To the life of every boy,
For each child needs tender interest,"
In its sorrow and its joy.
Call your boys home by its brightness,
They avoid gloomy den,
And seek for comfort elsewhere;
And remember, boys make men.
Year: 1872

ROOMS OTATE CENTRAL COMMITTED


Republican Party: State of Louis


lana, New Orleans, March 18, 1872


To the Republican State ofLouis.


lana


The Republican State Central


Committee having, in the discharge


of the duties imposed upon it by
the last State Convention, arrived
at the regular period which has
been set apart by the usages of the
party for its State Conventions, and


having authorized it's President to


issue the usual call, therefore deem


the occasion suitable to address
these brief remarks upon the politi-
cal situation to their fellow Repub-
licans. The quadrennial election
for President Of the limited States
occurs this year. The election Of
this high officer of the Republic,
whose character and political views
are so important, especially to the
Republicans Of the South, and whose
selection almost decides our politi-
cal fate for the next four years, and
perhaps the whole future, makes
this election one of the deepest and
most vital interest to all our people.
We feel that wespeak their 1nanim-
Gus sentiment when we invite them
to respond to the call of the National
Republican Committee, and advise
them to send our best representa-
tive men to the Philadelphia Con-
vention, to help in selecting tried,
true and unfinching Republican to
be our next President. Our State
election is also of the greatest i'm
portance. We have to elect a Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary of State, Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, Superintendent of Public
Education, Attorney General, a new
General Assembly, and Representa-
tives in Congress. In fact, this
election is to determine question
still more important to us than
who shall be the next President. It
is to determine for the next four
years whether the State government
Shall be Republican or Democratic !;
in favor of equal rights, or against
them !; in favor of progress, educa-
ton and improvement for all peo-
pie, black as well as white, or in
favor only of white progress, educa-
ton and improvement, and opposed
to equal advantages for the black
people j; whether we shall retain all
that we have won and go forward,
or whether we shall lose all and go
back to where we were at the close
of the war.


We wish plainly and distinctly to
understand the fact that all parties
opposed to the Republican party,
whether under. the name of Demo
Gratis, Reformers, Peoples party, or
any other title whatever, are simply
the old Democratic party under a
new name, and have for their OBJ
ject but one thing, that is to throw
the State government out of the
control of the Republican party and
into the hands of their enemies.
Our people will also see that to de-
feat the strong and determined ef-
forts of the enemy to again get
control of the State, one thing is
the, great essential, that all Repub-
licans shall be UNITED AND
WORK TOGETHER. IF we do
this, victory is certain.


To this end We cordially invite all
true and earnest Republicans, with
Year: 1872

Mr.. J. Milton Turner, ATTACHED


to the United States Legation i,


Liberia, writes as follows to the st


Louis Democrat.


81 have the honor of sending 20,


a package Of African (ormore strict
y speaking) Liberian coffee. The


coffee has been pronounced by those


of great experience in the cultivation


of the article equal in quality with


any in the world, and superior to
most. The reason it does not pre-
sent more desirable appearance II,
That the people Of tue 6ss6diddntry have have
not the necessary machinery for
taking the berry from the hull that
covers it. The hull was removed
from this by beating in an ordinary
mortar, by which process you will
discover many Of the grains were
broken. By close observation you
will find a misfortune of greater
importance has befallen this coffee
by reason Of the same process, to wit:
the very delicate skin that nature
provides the cofee-berry with, for
the purpose of preserving that aro-
matte favor that renders the Mocha
so delectable to the practised ap-
petite of the epicure, is almost en-
tirely destroyed. Liberians are but
now discovering the fact that coffee
is to their country of by far greater
Importance than cotton has proved
to us. In vain have they endeavor-
ed to find their staple in sugar-grow-
ing. Each country can make its
own sugar, either from the beet,
cane or some other sugar-producing
plant. Cotton can never be more
than their auxiliary staple, because
they will not be found equal to en-
ter into comparative competition
with the great modern republic, and
because of their being located SO
many removes from the great mar
kets of cililization. If this infant
republic outlives the political revolu-
lion now existing here, one decade
more, I am quite certain, the prolific
'oil of Liberia will be shaded by an
almost uninterrupted coffee grove,
along the Liberian
'oast from Cape Mount. to Cape pal
NUS"
Year: 1872




Nothing can be more demor-
alizing in the long run than
lynch law. And yet lynch law
often originates in a burst of
generous indignation which is
not willing to suffer bold op-
pressor to escape by means of
corrupt and cowardly COURTS
1t is oftener born of fear
Both motives powerfully agita-
ted the people of the region
round Olifty as night drew on
after Ralph's acquittal. They
were justly indignant that
Ralph had been made the vic;
tim Of such d cohspiraey, and
they we're frightened at the
Year: 1872

CHAP. XXXIII.-Into the Light.


For two weeks longer Ralph
taught at the Flat Creek school
house. He was everybody,
hero. And he was Buds idol
He did what he could to gel
Bud and Martha together, and
though Bud always "saw hel
safe home" after this, and call
ed on her every Sunday even
ing, yet to save his life, he could
not forget his big fists and. his
big feet long enough to. say
what he most wanted to say,
and what Martha most wanted
him to say. At the end of two
weeks Ralph found himself ex-
ceedingly weary of Flat Creek,
and exceedingly glad to hear
from Mr.. Means that the school
money had "gin aout." Itgave
him a good excuse to return to
LewiSburg, where his heart and
his treasure were. A certain
sense of 1elicacy had kept him
from writing to Hannah just
yet.


When he got to LewiSburg
he had good news. His uncle,
ashamed of his previous neg
lect, and with an eye to his
nephew's growing popularity,
had gotten him the charge oI
the grammar department in the
new graded school in the vii
lage. So he quietly arranged
to board at a boarding house.
His aunt could not have him
about, of which fact he was
very glad. She could not but
feel, she said, that he might
have taken better care of Wal
ter than he did, when they
were only four miles apart. He
did not hasten to call on Han
nab. Why should he? He
sent her a message, Of no con-
sequence in itself, by Nancy
Sawyer. Then he took posses
sion of his school; and then, on
the evening of the first day OF
school, he went as he had ap-
pointed to himself to see Han
nah Thomson.


And she, with some sweet
presentiment had gotten things
ready by fixing up the scantily-
furnished room as we'll as she
could. And Miss Nancy Saw,
yer, who had seen Ralph thai
afternoon, had guessed that he
was going to see Hannah. IT


wonderful how much enjoy
! ment a generous heart can ge
Year: 1872

of Small's. 1t was certain that
they did not know the full ex-
tent of the danger as yet. And
what Small might do with a
jury, or what Pete Jones might
do with a sheriff, was the ques.
ton. l must not detain the
reader to tell how the mob
rose. Nobody knows how such
things come about. Their ori-
gin is as lnexplicable as that of
an earthquake. But, at any
rate, rope was twice put
around Small's neck during
that night, and both times
Small was saved only by the
nerve and address of Ralph,
who had learned how unjust
mob law may be. AS for Small,
he neither trembled when they
were ready to hang him, nor
looked relieved when he was
saved, nor showed the slight
est flush Of penitence or graft
tude. He bore himself IN u
quiet, gentlemanly way thro'-
out like the admirable villain
that he was.


He waived a preliminary ex-
animation the next day; his
father went his bail, and he
forfeited Lis bail and disap-
peared from the county and
the horizon OF my story. Two
reports concerning Small have
been in circulation-one that
he was running a faro bank in
San Francisco, the other that
he was curing consumption by
inhalation and electricity in
New York. If this latter were
true, it would leave it an open
question whether Ralph did
we'll TO save him from the gal
lows. Pete Jones and Bill, as
usually happens to the rough,
er villains, went to prison, and
when their terms had expired
moved to Pike county Missouri.


But it is about Hannah that
you want 70 hear, and that l
want to tell. She went straight
from the courtroom to Flat
Greek, climbed to her chamber,
packed all her earthly goods,
consisting chiefly of a few fam
lily relics, In a handkerchief,
and turned her back on the
house of Means forever. At
the gate she met the old wo-
man, who shook her fist in the
girls face and gave her a part
ing benedictlon in the words:
"You mis'aEle, ongratetul crit
ter you, 60 long! Pm glad to
be shed of you'll" At the barn
she met Bud, and he told her
good.by with a little huskinesS
in his voice, while a tear glis-
tened in her eye. Bud had
been a friend in need, and such
a friend one does not leave
without a pang.


"Where are you going? Can
l."


"No, mo-" And with that she
fastened on, afraid that Bud
would offer to hitch up the
roam colt. And she did not
want to add to his domestic
unhappiness by compromising
him in that way.


1t was dark and raining when
she left. The hours were long
the road was lonely, and after
the revelations OF that day it
did not seem wholly safe. But
from the moment that she
found herself free, her heart
had been ready to break with
an impatient home-sickness.
What though there might be
robbers in the woodss what
though there were ten rough
miles to travel ? what though
the rain was IN her faces what
though she had not tasted food
since the morning of that ex-
Year: 1872

had wakened much which she had thought
long since dead. For once her usual stately
self-control did not come at her call. Dew
ereux, for his part, felt chilled by her sudden
silence and reserve His heart sank-he
feared more than he hoped. He hestated-
doubted-asked himself If he had not better
wait.


They were still standing apart in this way
when whst-quartet came in, and the OPP
portunily was lost.


Continued IN Saturdays Commercial
Year: 1872

LOOKOUT MILLS.-The Lookout Flour
ing Mills of this city are running with a
capacity of five hundred barrels per day.
Indeed their capacity is SO great that they
have exhausted the supply of wheat in
this section and yet their orders for flour
are more than they can fill. Farmers will
find market for their wheat next year.
Let the work go on. Chattanooga is to be
the great manufacturing city Of the South.
CHAT. Herald.
Year: 1872

How TO MAKE A PAIR OF Doors LAST
FOR FIVE HEARs.-Melt and mix three
ounces of beeswaX with two ounces of
sweet oil. Rub the mixture well into the
boots while hot, then lock them up in
cupboard, and do all the walking you've
got to do in a pair of shoes.
Year: 1872

HAVE LEASED THE HOTEL LATELY KNOWN
as the Stacey House, and will henceforth conduc
it in the most approved style.


The patronage of the public generally and of my old
friends particularly, who have stood by so truly in
the past, is respectfully solicited promise them
cordial reception and comfortable home at the Battle
House. JOEL A. BATTLE.
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel Diabetes. Drop
sy lncontinence of Urine, Brights disease Albumin
ra and IN where there Brick dust deposits or
the water is thick. cloudy, mixed with substances like


the white OF egg threads like white silk or there


Is morbid dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits, and where there is prickng, burning
sensat on and pain in the small of the back and along
the lons. In all these conditions Railways Sarparil-
Ian Resolyent, aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small of the back and
the bowels regulated with one two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, soon make complete
In few days the patient will be enabled hold
and discharge water naturally without Dain and the
Urine will be restored TO its natural clear and amber
or sherry color,
Year: 1872

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use of farmers, being able to sew grain sacks and
heavy clothing with the same facility as the usu-
al family work--maling more dufnhe seam
not liable to ravel as is the case of the loop or
chain stitch