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Year: 1873

4 MOTHERS INFLUENCE on THE
CHuD.-The schoolmaster sees the
mothers face daguereotyped i'm the
conduct and character Of each little boy
and girl. Nay, a chance visitor, with a
quick eye, sees very plainly which child
is daily baptized in the tranquil waters
Of blessed home, and which is Graded
in violence, and sucked ut the bosom of
a storm. Did you ever look at a little
pond i'm a sour, dark day i'm March d?
How sullen the swampy water lOokedl
The shore pouted at the pond, and the
pond made mouths at the land; and how
the scraggy trees, cold and bare-armed,
scowled over the edge! But look at it on
a bright day in June, when great round
ing clouds, all golden with sunlight,
checker the heavens, and seem like a
great flock Of sheep which the good God
is tending in that upland pasture of the
sky, and then how different looks the
pond-the shores all green, the heavens
all gay, and the pond laughs right ont
and blesses God, AS the heavens over
the water, so a mother broods over the
family, March or June, Just as she will.
Theodore Parker
Year: 1873

A WORD To GIRLS.-The woman who
Is Indifferent to her looks is no true
woman. God meant woman to be at
tractive, to look well, to please, and il is
one of her duties to carry out this in
tention of her Maker. But that dress is
to do it all, and to suffice, is more than
we can be brought to believe. Just be-
cause we do love to see girls look well,
as well as to live to some purpose, we
would all urge upon them such a course
OF reading and study as will confer such
charms as no modiste can supply. \
well known author once wrote very
pretty essay on the power of education
to beauty. That it absolutely chlseiIeu
the features; that he had seen many nan. Il
clumsy hose and thick PAIR GI M M 9'
modified by thought awakened, alIt' i.aG W
tive sentiment as to be unreSo5 me-, No.,
often see people, hOmely ana unaetrg Iif9 ipto
tive in youth, bloom in middle ne mo mo
n softened o 10 Indian summer Of good looks
and mellow tones.
Year: 1873

Father Cary, of st. Peters church,


fun of life and vigor and earnest in


the cause To which lie devoted him
self. has sUcCumbed TO the fever. the
third of our city pastors who have been
takcn from us by the fell destroyer.
He was away mp IL the far north when
the terrible disease made its appear
ance in Memphis, but summoned home
on account Of the extra duties imposed
OH his fellow priests by reason % the
unusual mortality among our CathO-
lie fellow-citizens, he returned prompt
" and entered upon a holy work, at
which death found him Surely TO
him, as 10 Farther DAILY and DIR. Bow
man, IL was but a translation to the
brighter land, glimpses Of which must
come TO souls like theirs, so thorough
~ Ia communion with God Their
gain is our loss. We shall miss them,
for their good works remain to testify
of them. Father Cary was gentle
man Of much personal refinement of
manners, and was characterized by
devoted piety and strict attention TO
duty. He was "A worthy son Of the
church, a brave soldier Of the cross,
fighting sin, helping the helpless and
doing everything for the good Of his
race.-AppedL.
Year: 1873

RETRIBUTIeS.-There is an old lady
now living in the city Of Louisville
who, in 1925, succeeded in gaining
the affections of a married man, who
got divorce from his wife and mar
ried the lady above referred to. By
his divorced wife he had one son, who
is now living in Cincinnati, and is
wealthy. By the preferred lady he
had seven boys. The father died
some time ago, and the first son by
his second marriage was drowned at
sea, being a sea captain; the second
son was drowned in the Ohio river op-
posite this city; the third son was
hung as a deserter from the United
States army; the fourth was shot in
Louisville while settling up some
business with his partner; the fifth
was struck by lightning; the sixth
had his neck broken by a runaway
horse, aud the last died a natural
death after barely having escaped the
penitentiary for stealing.
Year: 1873

because he sees day by day the
pretty cottage growing more and
more his own. The end approach
es little at a timc-a little BY lit
tie 1t approaches surely, neyerthe
less, and there is a great and salts
Tying JOY even in the labor and in
the anticipation. r
Year: 1873

WOMANLY MoDEsTY.-Man loves
the mysterious. A cloudless sky,
the full-blowu rose leaves him 'un-
moved; but the violet which hides
its blushing beauties behind the
bush and the moon, when she emer-
ges from behind a cloud, are to
him a source of inspiration and
pleasure. ModestY is TO merit,
what shade is to figure in painting;
it gives it boldness aud prominence.
Nothing adds more to female beau.
ty than modesty; it sheds around
the countcnance u halo of light
which is borrowed from virtue
Botanists have given the rosy hue
which tinges the cup of the rose
the name of "maiden blush" This
pure and delicate hue is the only
paint that Christian virtue should
use; it is the richest ornament. A
woman without modesty is like a
faded flower, which the prudent
gardner will throw away from him.
Her destiny Is melancholy, for it
ends in shame and repentance
Beauty passes like the flower of the
aloe, which blooms and dies in a
few hours, but modesty gives the
female character charms which sup.
plies the place of the transitory
freshness of youth.
Year: 1873

u CIyILITY.-Apart from its worth


as an agreeable trait Of character,


civility is q valuable commodity


Every one who has business to


transact should add civility to his
stock IN trade 1t costs nothing,


while it vastly facilitates trade and


profit. There are business men and


women who make fortunes simply


by civility. Their wares or their
services are no better probably
than the stock in trade of their
erusty neighbOrs. But, having IN
dertalben 4 business, or adopted a
profession, they arc wise enough to,
know that whatever is TO be done
successfully must be done with a
good grace and with 4 good will
They do not show by their beha-
Fior tnat they consider every body
an intruder, but act in the persua-
sion that everybody may be made
Friendly. They do not treat pee
pie as though they were IN a hurry
Co be dnnoL+Eith thoAl mt Ofeee aud
forever, but as though even casu-
al caller may be cultivated INTO an
acquaintance and made q constant
customer. To neglect the small
courtesies of life is to insure neglect
for yourself. And the reasOn that
some persons are successful is that
they invite strangers to become
friends by civility, while the others
rcpcl even friends by the want of
courtesy.
Year: 1873

PHENOMENA OF THE BRAIN.-One
Of the most inconceivabic things in
the nature Of the brain is that, al
though the organ of sensation, it
should itself be insensiblc. To cut
the brain gives no pain; yet in the
brain resides the power Of feeling
pain IN any part OF the body. If
tho nerve which leads to it from
the injured part be divided, we be-
come instantly unconscious of suf-
fering. 1t is only by communica-
ton with the brain that any kind
Of sensation is produced; yet the
organ is itself insensiblc. But
there is 4 circumstance more won
dcrful still. A certain portion of
the brain itself may be removed
without destroying life. The ami
NAL lives and performs all those
functions which are necessary to
simple vitality, but it has no longer
a mind. 1t cannot think or feel
1t requires that the food should be
pushed into its stomach; once there
1t Is digestcd, and the animal will
even thrive and grow fat We in
fer, therefore, that part of the
brain is simply intended for the ex-
ercise of the intellectual faculties,
whether of the lower degree, called
instinct, or of that exalted kind be-
slowed on man, called reason.
Year: 1873

The Nashville Journal Of Com
merce, in speaking of the Financial
Panic, says:


Never has there been In the history
of our country as causeless n none
tary crisis as the one through which
we are just passing. Calmly looking
over the whole field, we do think
there is little cause for alarm. The
agricultural interests of the country
were never in a more prosperous con-
dition. The country is literally full
of produce of all kinds-wheat, corn,
and cotton; and our manufacturing
interests have, during the whole year,
been doing a safe and profitable busi-
ness and while a few banks and
stockholders have been gambling in
impossible railways and fancy stocks,
vet their number has been SO small
comBared with the institutions doing
a legitimate business, Te cannot con-
ceive that the panic can effect trade
for any great length of time. In fact,
outside of the few venturesome
banks, there has been no cause for
general suspension of any of OuI
banks, except that of the distrust OF
some of their depOsitors, and the peo-
pie have the matter in their OWL
hands. Prudence and ordinary com.
mon sense on the part of the people
will soon enable our banks to resume
regular business. Faith, forbearAnce
and the exercise Of patience, is what
is now required on the part of the
people to save them from Disaster
At the same timG we ought to insis
that rigid inquiry should be mad,
into our financial system. Our owl
impression is that we have not sufi
cient volume of currency to carry OF
/ the legitimate trade of the country
That such a widespread suspension
should take place in time of sucl
general prosperity is, we think, suffi
cient proof of this for, while we con
tend that our banks are general,
/ solvent and safe, the fact that the,


are so dependent upon popular conf
/ dence, shows that they are doinj


business upon too contracted a cur


rency. We know that, as near as


can be estimated, the whole currenc


in Tennessee only amounts to abou


50 per head. This, all will admit,


too weak motive power to move on


values.
Year: 1873

Honesty is the best policy" a
man in Missouri sold TO a mill own
er log that proved to be hollow.
AS he sold it for a sound log, he
Voluntarily went and gave back the
price, and hauling it TO his own
yard chopped it up for fire wood
In This operation nc found ten five
dollar gold pieces which somebody
had secretcd in IT.
Year: 1873

Mr.. DOUGLASS Nor FAvORABLY
IMPRESSED. SO far as the colored
people were concerned, he was not so
favorably impressed as he would like
to have been. He said that at the
grounds he had been disgraced. Out
side of the throng which had gather
ed around him, and remained until
the end of his speech, the attention
which he deserved and had a right TO
expect, was not given him. The
women talked, and in the rear of the
amphitheater frolicking and gambling
went on without restraint. lie had
been used to speaking to cultivated
audiences in the North, and had al
ways received their attention until
the close. He had not so much hope
for the present generation of cOlored
people as the rising generation, which
would be educated and grow up an
honor to the race Banner.
Year: 1873

THE BACHELOR REvIEwED.-For "A
genuine example of misery, commend
us 10 the bachelor. He is pig with
out a trough; horse without a brl-
die: a wagon without a tongue he IS
everything w Inch lacks something To
complete il. A man doesn't work
we'll in life's harness until he has a
bridal of his own. A man who has
had no honeymoon is a honey-comb
which the bees have not begun TO nil
with sweetness. He is an empty
vinegar barrel. He knows no more OF
the pleasures of life than babe that
never sucked in any but the English
Language knows of Hebrew. Bal -
Talk about old bachelors! I! all they
are fit for is to be set up as warning
TO young men, to show them how
much better it is To be married and
happy than unmarried and wretched.
There is no more philosophy in being
a bachelor than there is in the curl
of a pigs tail Macon Telegraph.
Year: 1873

'PRoFEssoRs." As an ilIustra.
ton of the widespread use Of GER
tain popular title, it is related that
a gentleman recently stepped into
saloon in Denver, and cried out in
a loud, CHEEKY tone, "Hello, come,
professor, take drink" Six men
sitting in the saloon at once arose
and came forward, while a boot
black, whose stand was Just outside
the door, and a passing corn-doc-
tor smilingly accepted the invita-,
tion and stepped in.
Year: 1873

An eminent Judge used to say
that in his opinion, the very best
thing ever said by witness to a
counsel was the reply given to Mis-
sing, the barrister, at tho time lead
er Of his circuit. He was defend
ing a prisoner charged with steal
ing a donkey. The prosecutor had
left tho animal tied up to a gate,
and when he returned it was gone.
Missing was very severe in his ex-
animation of the witness.


"Do you mean to say the donkey
was stolen from the gateg"


81 mean to say, sir"-giviDg the
Judge and the jury sly look, at
J the same time pointing 10 the eoun-
sel-"tF ing.
Year: 1873

The Fourth Grand Gin Concert authorized
by special act of the Legislature for the beRe-
Mt of the Public Library of Kentucky, will
take place I'm Public Library Hall at Louisville,
KCntucky.
Year: 1873

A merchant going homo cleva-
TED, staggered against q telegraph
pole,


BEG your pardon" said he; II
hope no offence. It's rather dark,
and the street is narrow. YOU
see."


In few moments he came in
contact with another pole.


"Coulle't help it, sir" said he,
lifting his hat; Il never saw such
crooked lanes as we have here in
this cltyr'


Again he ran foul of a pole, this
time with force which sent him
backwards to the ground,


"Look here, neighbor, you
needn't push a fellow down be-
cause he happens to touch you;
the road is as much right to be
he as you have, old stick-in.the.
mud"


tie picked himself up: and made
another efforts to reach his home.
but be ao0R came plump against
anotAer pole.


Il shan't make any more apolo-
gies,' said be; "if you get into the
middle Of the street and stand in
my way, that's your lookout, and
not mine"


Proceeding on his journey
again, and becoming angry and
dizzy, he seemed to be entangIed
into an inextricabIc labyrinth of
telegraph poles, which led him to
make a general speech.


"Gcntlemen, you are not doing
the fair thing. You do not give
a man a chance. You run from one
side of the street to the Other
right in my way"


Just then he met friend. and
IT, t::ss:..ssiing him by tho hand, he said


There is procession going
along the street, and every man is
drunk; they have been running
againstmcall the way from the club.
l knocked one Of the fellows down,
and one of the fellows knocked
me down. and then 4 lot of them
got around me, and | believe they
would have licked me within an
inch Of my life If you had not
come to the rescue. Let US get
out Of this street before the pro
cesslon comes back, for they are
all drunk"
Year: 1873

In Wilmington, on Tuesday last, an
old colored man applied for a passage
across the river in the ferry boat, and
on being told that it would cost him ten
cents to 60 and come, he declined to i'll
vest but plunged into the river, swan
across, transacted his business and re-
turned in the same manner.
Year: 1873

Two young people thought it was fine fun to
set married in fun at country frolIc ont
West The man who had married them was n
Justice OF the peace, and they were married in
eaInest' Inc groom is the son OF wealthy
hatents. ana the bride Q poor orphan factory
gmi; There are hopes that the father Of the
groom will be elected to Congress when the
ssan0ard OF relationship will be more equal.
Year: 1873

TREES IN CITIES As DIsINFEcTANTS.-
The New York Times, assuming that the
meteorolosist are correct in assuming
that we are to have a cycle of very hot
summers, calls attention to a certain
suggestion of an eminent sanitarian in
the Health Department, DR.. Stephen
Smith, as to measures during the coming
summer which shall prevent the fatal
effects of the expected heat. One of
these is to equalize the temperture Of the
city and purify its atmosphere by causing
large number and variety Of shade trees
to be set out in various streets and
squares. The effect of trees is to cool the
temperature in summer and soften the
cold in winter. The writer reminds us
that in city like New York vast guam
tity of poisonous gases are being con-
stantly introduced by the decay of ami
NAL and vegetable substances. These
malarial and mephitic gases arg sent
forth in the greatest quantity dp1 the
night Trees act on these poi a
constant disnfectant 1t is TIN Top.
erty to take up during the night these
poisonous gases, and then to pour forth
during the day the health-giving oxygen
Trees in a crowed city are self-actinG
slnitarium. They neutralize malaria
and absorb poisonous exhalatlons.
Year: 1873

JOB WORK.
Done at the RECORD Office in the best style
known to the art; and must be paid for on de-
livery, unless persons having the work done
have standing accounts with the Office. No de-
Walton from this rule
Year: 1873

We had heard of almost every machine,
Which claimed to be "best that ever was


SEEN"
So we went round one day to examine


them all.
And decide which toGs best for our sewing


that fall.
One agent ran much on his noiseless affair,
So quiet you never could know it was there,
And he spun it to show us how gently it


Whirled-
But It ne0er had made mach noise IN the toorld.
One made stitches like magic, but he nev-


er showed,
You could rip them ali out just as fast as


it sewed;
Another one talked of his needle alone,
It was all in his eye, and it needlessly


shone.
And this had a hobby, and that one


kink,
Which took with those not accustomed to


think
But merit was what we were after, you
And we bought the HOWE 6ecaase it could


SEW.


What we claim for the Howe is that
it is an honest machine, not subject to
fits nor constantly getting out of order;
that it will do your work perfectly and
give entire satisfaction. Call on Jos,
It. BAYLIs, Port Tobacco,
Year: 1873

at the trap till the rel with their
yellow fangs, were CO with blood
and foam in his mad q rts for life.


Now doubling almost hto a ball, he
would straighten, rear up to his ut
most, and then tear at the trap, the
while filling the air with his snarling.
To kill him was my next thought. So
taking light club, cut for the pur-
pose, I struck him SO exactly between
the ears that he fell over upon his side,
gave one or two kicks, and was still.


I threw him across my shoulders
and returned to camp to enjoy my
breakfast and laugh at ycompanions'
expense, having efeetuslly silenced all
their theories respecting the subject.


He was a beautiful full-grown spe-
cimen, finely developed, and covered
with a long, thick coat of rich color.
I still possess the skin, and took, in
addition, his exact measurement from
muzzle to brush, which were of the
greatest use, as I subsequently model
ed life-size group, representing a
coyote and raven fighting over the car
cass Of buffalo calf, AMI every portion
of the VOLTS anatomy vas taken from
this identical beast; though, during
my long sojourn upon the Plains, and
the numerous captures made of this
variety, it never was my fortune to get
a more perfect specimen. of his kind in
every way.-6pirst of Tie Times.
Year: 1873

i AAS1A VI oil OIul1d1J OioC1cCn, cdy :
DIR. Hall in his journal Of Health,
would be banished from civilized life,
and dyspepsia become almost unknown,
if every body would eat but thrice a
day at regular times, and not an atom
between meals, the intervals being not
less than five hours, that being the
time required to digest full meal and
pass it out of the stomach.


| If a person eats between meals, the
process of digestionof the feed already
in the -. - ~ ,s..e..1
: I-a1raa Condition Of the former meal;
| just as, if water is boiling and ice is
put in the whole ceases to boil until
the ice has been melted and brought to
the boiling point, and then the whole
boils together.


But it is law Of nature that all food
begins to decay, after exposure to heat
and moisture for certain time. If a
meal is eaten, and in two hours anoth-
er, the whole remains undigested for
seven hours, before which time the rot
tening process commences, and the
man has a stomach full of carbon
the very idea of which is horribly dis
gusting.


AS, then, all the food in the stomach
is in a state of fermentive decay, it be-
comes unfit for the purposes of nutri-
ton and for making good pure blood.
Small wonder is it that dyspeptics have
such variety of symptoms, and aches,
and complaints in every. part of the
system, for there is not one drop of
pure blood in the whole body; hence,
the nerves, which feed on this impure
and imperfect blood, are not properly
nourished and, as a consequence, be-
come diseased. They complain - they
are hungry-and Ikea hungry man
are peevish, fretful, restless. We call
it nervousness, and no one ever knew
dyspetic who was not restless, fretful,
fdgety, and essentially disagreeable,
ftful and uncertain.


The stomach is made up of NUM-
ber ofmuscles, all of which are brought
into requisition in the process of diges-
tion. But no muscle can work always.
! L aC UuSy uCdI 10 Ill q oUCbUC VI pCI1CCL
ropose for one third of it's time. The
eye can work twice in second, but
this could not be continued five min
utes. The hands and feet must have
rest, and so with the muscles of the
stomach; they only can rest when there
is no work for them to do-no food in
the stomach to digest. Even at five
hours interval, and eating thrice day,
they are kept constantly at work from
breakfast until the last meal is disposed
of, usually ten o'clock at night. But
multiaues eat heartily within an hour
of bed time; thus, while the other por-
tions of the body are at rest, the sto-
mach is kept laboring until almost day
light, and made to begin again at break
fast time. No wonder is it that the
stomach is worn out-has lost its pow
er of action. Many girls become dys-
,peptic before they are out Of their teens,
in consequence of being about the house
and nibbling at everything they lay
their eyes on that is good to eat.
Year: 1873

Scenery along the Republican Wild
Fow1 Sbooting-I'sdian Signal-Sta-
tions-7rapping Cayote.


After night of most refreshing
sleep. we awoke to find the suns long
arrows touching the hill-tops far away
over the course of our previous jour
ney; this, too, with the rosy look of the
sky in that direction showed the storm
had passed. So throwing off the tent
with its glistening white cover, and
the underlying robes and blankets, we
emerged from our resting place and
began collecting fuel for our fire, which
was soon blazing. To feed the mules,
horses, and ourselves was the next
thouSht and one which was speedily
attended to, for cooking among buffa-
10 hunters, though seldom good, is al
ways quick, and the result was that in
about half an hours time from our a.
wakening we had breakfasted, fed the
stock, hitched up and were en- route.


Descending to the valley from our
position among the hills, we struck
the trail and began following it west
again, along the course Of the winding
Republican, which we could see fading
away till its tortuous blue line was lost
in the distance. The winter sky was
eclear, so letting the mules take their
own gait, we had abundant leisure to
note the type of the country through
which we passed.


The river, only about seventy-fve
yards in width, with water somewhat
muddy at this season, was nevertheless
good and offered pleasing prospect,
which will be readily understood by
those who have seen mile after mile of
desert waste pass without a single drop
of the element. The very animals
seemed to feel the danger of extreme
thirst gone, and moved along with a
quicker step and more contented ap-
Year: 1873

+ The Philadelphia NORTH 4Anaericdn of
Thursday says: Governor Hartranft
reticence did not signify any change Of
purpose Yesterday he added freely to
the vetoes of the preceding day. and while
the friends of some of the defeated bills
may be able to establish their merits here
after, and even secure their passage, there
can be no doubt that the defeat Of the
great majority will be warmly approved
hy the publc.n
Year: 1873

men. The vaults of banks, and bankers
Within radius of a quarter of a mile of
Wall street contain millions upon millions
of dollars worth of securities and cash,
where it is remembered that one of the
chief instrumentalities in guarding these
vaults at night, and gas light it will
he seen what immense interests are jeopar-
died by the action of the Company.