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Year: 1871

A girl in Iowa, without legs, has
married man without arms, and
the local papers say they get along
splendilly. She can't kick; he can't
hit from the shoulder. She will new
er run; lie will never strike when
freedom slrieks. She will never
have to stand at the wash-tub the
live-long day; he will never tire his
arms off packing water. But then
he must do all the keeping step to
the music of the Union, and she
will have to bear arms whenever the
occasion demands.
Year: 1871

Observation-Disclosures advcrtis-
ing always pays.


If you have a thing, advertise it.
If YOU have not, don't.


If you don't mean to mind your
own business, it will not pay to adj
yertise.


Never run down your opponents
goods in public. Let him do his own
advertising.


It's as true of advertising as of
anything else in the world-if it is
worth doing at all, it is worth doing
well.


You can't eat enough in one week
to last a whole year, and you can't
advertise OH that plan either.


A large advertisement once. and
then discontinued, creates the i'm
preston that the man has tizzled.


Injudicious advertising is like fish
ing where there's no fish. You need
to let the lines tall in the ii ght place.


If YOU can arouse curiosity by an
advertisement, it is Il point well
gained. The fair sex don't hold all
the curiosity in the world.


People who advertise only once in
three months forget that most folks
can't remember anything longer than
about seven days.
Year: 1871

Probably there is not the rcmotest
corner or little inlet of the minute
blood-vessel of the body that does
not feel some wavelet from the great
convulsiOn produced by hearty laugh
ter, shaking the central man. The
blood moves more lively-probablN
it's chemical, electric on vital condi-
ton is instinctively modified-it con
veys different expression to all the
organs of the body, as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey,
when the man is laughing, from what
it does at other times. And thus it
is that a good laugh lengthens a
mans life, by conveying a distinct
and additional stimulus to the vital
forces. The time may come when
physicians, attending more closely
than they do now to the innllmerable
subtle influences which the soul eX-
erts upon its tenement of clay, shall
prescribe to torpid patient q so
many peals of laughter,' to be under
gone at "sucl and such time"
Just as they do now that far more
Objectionable prescription-a pill, or
an electric or galvanic shock, and
shall study the bestand most effective
method of producing the required
effect in each patient.
Year: 1871

upon the Louisiana division Of 22es miles from New
Orleans to the Sabine River This will pr badly be


the most valuable portion OF the whole line, it will
be the only rail communication by which the enor
nous productions of Texas can reach the Southern
metropolis.


SO important is this road considered to Louisiana,


that the State has made very liberal grants in aid OF


the enterprise. by direct donations, by endorsement


ofts bonds and by subscriptions to the stock OF the
Company, amounting in all to over eight million
dollars.


The Bonds now offered are Of two classes:
Year: 1871

TRoTTING ON THE WESTERN PROMENADE
Although our citizens have not the facilities
for recreation and enjoyment which are pos
sessed by the citizens of larger cities, yet we
are not wholly without advantages in this re-
spect. Thus on the pleasant evenings with
which we are now favored, the Western Prom
enade is the scene of sport and pleasure.
Hither our merchants and lovers of the horse
repair to witness the magnificent sunsets, and
also to test the speed of their favor;te horses.
These trials of speed are often as close and in.
teresting as those which are witnessed upon
the track, and afford more real pleasure, from
the fact that there is none of the trickery of
the professional jockey displayed in these con-
tests. An hour or two is very pleasantly spent
in this way each evening, which affords an ex-
cellent opportunity not only to witness a
splendid scenic panorama, but also to indulge
in the exciting pleasures of the turf ~
Year: 1871




The stock market started off quite bIiskly
but during the morning ruled dull and steady operators
holding aoof until the bank statement made Its appear
ance Early in the afternoon 1t became known thst 'ne
Treasury had ordered the purchase Of bonds on
Monday, which being construed as forming an easier
money market created quite demand for the active
shares which the bad bank statement appearng later
had not the effect Of dampening the afternoon trade
being extensive pretty much all over the prominent list
the market ruling strong and higher throughout the
day. The upward tendency was further encouraged
by the closing out Of some snort contracts
rather than suffer them to remain open over Sunday
The changes Of the day, which were comparatively
trivial and those Of the week. Of material conse
quence, shown in our usual weekly tables appended
Western Union Telegraph was the chief speculative
card, though dividing the honors very closely win
Pacific Mail Union Pacific, and the NewYork and the
Western railways. Investment shares were quet Ou'
well supported the Coal stocks being strong, with some
mild concessions The lower priced Miscellaneous snares
were weak and neglected Express stocks being duh but
firm The following table shows the highest and lowest
nricaa NJ active stocks made to-day
Year: 1871

The gold market opened strong at lIb that being the
price attained last evening the receipt Of news Of
panic the London Stock Exchange consequent upon
the active condition Of the money market in London and
the calling up Of additional margin on subscriptions
ves of the United States, though this morn
ings dispatches the report untrue Later the
price advanced to 11o and then went of to 1ls but
more rigorous short demand, up ll6s, the
highest point since the early days Of the
At this point the foreign bankers commenced cell
ing freely, resulting in decline TO ll+i, the final
quotation standing st l150llS, the market for tho
moment losng this sustaining influence Cash gold was
easier, and lent and per cent for carry
ing transactions being of interest to either Dor
rover or lender. The days business at the Gold Ex
change Bank was as follows: Gold cleared ESQ., 900;
gold balances, S92,leO; currency balances, s207tsA
Tho following were the quotations:
Year: 1871

Government bonds have been strong and higher, par
ticuary those whose option extends over the longest
period The new FivePerCents Tor the scrip represent
ing the same are reported ct discount Of per cent
in London This Is explained by the fact that among the
subscribers there undoubtedly some weak concerns
which subscribed for than they could carry In the
expectation that there would be an immediate rise i the
price, and that they could sell out at profit, mahns
what brokers can handsome turn. The advance Of the
bank rate and the prospect Of more active money In
London has undoubtedly Influenced this class OF subsr
bers TO force their bonds for SALE The market closed
strong on the basis CT ll4S a114a for sixtyseyens.


FIsk Hatch report as follows at p m:
Year: 1871

A wELL.INFoEMED writer says that
more than 100000 acres of the best
timber in America are cut every year
to supply the demand for railway sleep
ers alone. In a single year the loco
motives in the United States consumed
S56,000,000 worth OF wood.
Year: 1871




was hurrying around the house
this morning, doing up my extra Sat
urdav work as quickly as possible, that
l might sit down with Henry, who was
kept home by the violent storm when
suddenly | heard Henry call me from
the sitting room. found him looking
as had never seen him before, and
Aunt Minerva rather abashed. Henry
drew me down on the lounge by his
side, and, putting his arm around me,
said, "Now, Aunt Minerva, please re-
peat what you have just said to me-"
She tried to speak, but the words re-
fused to come. She was such picture
of confusion that / really felt sorry for
her. At length, finding that she could
not or would not speak, Henry turned
to me, and said, "Annie, Aunt Minerva
has been telling me that you are SO
extravagant in your cooking, and in
some other ways, that you will soon
exhaust my means. And this is not
the first time she has complained of
you in this underhanded way. have
never replied, thinking that she would
perceive from my manner that would
not attend to such talk; but the last
time it occurred, / resolved that the
next time l would call you in direct
ly." And then, turning to Aunt Mi
nerva, he went on: "Whatever fault
you have to find with Annie heresAer,
must be done in her presence. She and
l are both young, and make no pro-
fessions of perfection. We are faulty,
and are striving together against our
defects. But l have confidence in An
nie's judgment, and do not think she
will 60 far astray in housekeeping mat
ters. She may feel that l have the
most entire confidence in her III every
respect, and that l will never allow any
one to even attempt to prejudice me
against her." At this stage of our
first domestic storm, Aunt Minerva
summoned courage to say: "Well, /
must say you are making great fuss
about little matter of advice" Hen
ry replied, at is not little matter of
advice the saddest case l ever knew
of estrangement between husband and
wife was brought about by Just such
interference as yours. l knew of it
when quite boy, and the circum-
stances made very deep impression
on my mind. The husband aud wife
were good people, and truly attached
to each other; but the husband had a
sister, of whom he was very fond, and
at length gave heed to her jealous whis.
perings in regard to his wife. For
many years they were unhappy. A
time of reconciliation and better un.
derstanding came, and the wife had
some years of comparative rest and
happiness before her death, dimmed to
a great extent, however, by the recol-
lection of the undeserved misery which
she had endured for so many years.
Annie cannot, ,ofcourse, expect to spend
life free from trials, but, God helping
me, she shall never suffer from want Of
confidence and love in me"


This scene has drawn Henry and
myself very near to each other; and it
has made me very sorry for poor, dis
contented, short-sighted untMiverva
Herald Of Health.
Year: 1871

All this talk about early rising is
moonshine. The habit of turning out
OF bed in the middle Of the night suits
some people; let them enjoy it. But
it is only folly to lay down a general
rule upon the subject. Some men are
fit for nothing all day after they have
risen early every morning. Their en-
ergies are deadened, their imaginations
are heavy, their spirits are depressed.
1t is said you can work SO we'll in the
morning. Some people can, but others
can work best at night; others again,
in the afternoon. Long trial and ex-
pertinent form the only conclusive
tests upon these points. AS for getting
up early because Professor Cannon
has written letters to the papers prov
ing the necessity of it, let no one be
goose enough to do it. We all know
the model man, aged eighty: 81 in
variably rise at 5; / work three hours,
take a light breakfast-namely, a
cracker and pinch of salt--work five
hours more; never smoke, never drink
anything but barley-water, eat no din
ner, and 60 to bed at 6 in the evening"
If anybody finds that donkeyfied sort
of life suit him, by all means let him
continue it. But few people would
care to live to eighty on those terms. If
a man can not get all withered and
crumpled up on easier conditions than
those, it is almost as we'll that he
should depart before he is a nuisance
to himself and bore TO everybody
else. School boys and young people
generally, ought to get up early, for it
is found that nine-tenths of them can
stand it, and it docs them good. But
let no man torture himself with the
thought that he could have been twice
as good a man as he is if he had risen
every morning at daylight. The hab-
it would kill half of us in less than
five years.-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1871




The fact that 'civiIty costs nothing
is probably the secret Of its unfashiona.
bleness. A thing that every one can
have, few think worth having.


Men of industry, of integrity, of
respectable intellectual gifts, are met
at every turn; but your purely civil
man is rdra ovis. We are not speak.
ing of people in their social relations,
but in their intercourse with the out
side world. Many men, who are every
thing that is genial and courteous in
the home circle, become cold, brusque
or irritable the moment they enter
their countIng-rooms, offices, places Of
business, or labor, or whatever else it
may be. The playful, indulgent pater
fdmiIias of half an hour before, sudden.
ly changes into surly ogre, who snaps
up his little palefacad clerk as is he
would make a supplementary break
fast of him. Under such master it
is no wonder that the clerk in turn
finds it impossible to be civil to any
stranger whom the chance of business
may throw IN his way.


AS general thing clerks in mercan-
tile houses do not stand in need of un-
gracious examples. Much dealing
with complicated accounts seem to
sour the disposition. Fractions beget
fractiousness. If you desire a fine
healthy specimen of irrita5ility, take
an ancient book-keeper at the time be
is making out his balance sheet, and
ask him the slightest question not con-
nected with his calculations. But for
all people engaged in strictly sed.
entary occupations one should make
a generous allowance.


Men who hold positions which bring
them into contact with the public, and
place the public to certain extent at
their mercy, have no right to be any
thing but civil. The ticket.master at
the railroad station has no right to
snub you because you do not happen
to know on which track your train is.
The conductor has no right to regard
you with look of disdain mingled
with commiscration when you ask him
the name of the next station. You
were not born on the road, and if
your interrogation convinces him that
you are a natural idiot, he ought to
respect your misfortune, and not be-
try it to the other passengers. The
hackman who gloomily awaits you at
the terminus Of the journey has no
right to hustle you as if you were a
part of your baggage. The hotel clerk
the natural humility of whose disposi-
tion lies buried under that monumen-
tai diamond pin, has no right to treat
you as an inferior. Yet who that has
travelled has not met all these forms of
incivilty? This, to be sure, is only
one side of the story. The traveller is
almost as likely to be exasperating as
the employee of the road or the clerk
of the hotel. But then the traveller
is not paid for being civil, and the 9TH
er gentlemen are.


1t costs SO little and is worth so
much A young clerk with civility
already has stock of goods of his
own. Regarded as mere policy, it is
the next best thing to honesty; and,
like honesty, it is good for its own
sweet SELF An uncivil man is neces-
sarily discontinued mana discom-
fort to himself We beg leave to add
a new sentiment to the copy-book of
the period: Be civil, and you will be
happy.
Year: 1871

By way of introduction-we hope to a series of letters from the Gila set dement's, we give the following:

 FLORENCE, A. T. August 2, 1871. In your number of July 22d, you did us the honor to mention our town in a very creditable manner, expressing the wish that somebody might "write up" the town. And country, too, Ed. CITIZEN. We are very1thankful to you for kindly. remembering us, but we had thought that Florence was sufficiently known for its beauty and healthy climate before this, as we have had the pleasure of receiving visits from great many gentlemen from Tucson. We invite all those that have not yet seen us to come and visit thIs little paradise of Arizona. If you will kindly allow us little space in the columns of your valuable paper VIC will with pleasure accept of It.

 T S
Year: 1871

THE District Court for Marieopa county will be held at Phenix on the first Monday in September. Owing to the continued and dangerous illness of the wife of Judge Tweed, Chief Justice Titus will hold the Court.
Year: 1871

CHEAP IF NOT CHEAPER than any other House in the Territory We are therefore certain that as to quality and adaptability to the wants of the con munity our stock is unsurpassed

 Tor these reasons we respectfully sellclt share of the public patronage, feeling assured.that our goods and prices cannot oil to give entire satisfaction

 FULLY, OCHOA & DELONG.
Year: 1871

To study successfully, the body must
be healthy, the mind at ease, and time
managed with great economy. Persons
who study many hours in the day,
should perhaps have two separate pur-
suits going on at the same time,-one
for one part ofthe day, and the other for
the other; and thesa of as opposite q
nature as pessible-that the mind may
be refreshed by change, and all the bad
effects of lassitude avoided. There is
one piece of advice, in life of study,
which we think no one will object toi
and that is, every now and then to be
completely idle.-to do nothing at ALI
indeed, this part of It life ofstudy is COM
monty considered as so decidedly supe-
rior to the rest, that it has almost OBJ
tanned an exclusive preference over those
other parts of the system, with which
we wish to see it connected.
Year: 1871

Tue latest decree of fashion IN th,t
when you call ON a lady you must no.
hang your overcoat in the hall. but wenr
it into the parlor, and keep ii on until
invited 10 remove it. If that fashion
had G c,me in last week, we should now
be AN overS oat ahead.
Year: 1871

a curious and beautiful effect
was produced by one of the ice
making machines built lately in
Philadelphia. This was a cake of
manufactured ice, in the center Of
which, completely enclosed by the
translucent material, was a bouquet
of fresh flowers. Every leaf and
flower was perfectly visible, while
the brilliancy Of the colors was en-
HANGED by the refraction through
the ice. This specimen of summer
entombed in winter was produced
by the Care-ammonia process, a
French invention, under which
these machines are operated.
Year: 1871

the former may be able to maintain
IFS position.


In conclusion, be said that he en-
tirely approved the action Of the re-
cent Democratic State Convention in
regard to the recent amendments
to the Constitution, and he took
hope from il that the time was near
when their banners of old should
again I'LL the air, and their ears be
gladdened with the music and shout
ings Of great victories.


After briefly reeapitulating his
views with reference to the main
questions involved in the discussion,
be said an eventfuI epoch Of our ma
tional life had just closed, full Of in
terest, but ending in violence. We
stood now at the portals of q new one.
Laying of all jealousies, prejudices
and animOsities, let US, said he, enter
it in the spirit OF kindness, of good
will for all sections Of the country and
all our people, and with the noble pur-
pose to make it illustrious as an epoch
Of prosperity and pesee.
Year: 1871

MURDER NEAR FoRT GIBsoN.-We have
been informed that on Friday afternoon
of last week. Daniel IIankins, citizen of
the United States, was waylaid and shot
through the head while driving his wagon
from the Ferry at the mouth of Grand
River towards Fort Gibson. The bah
struck the back Of the head and passed
out through the forehead, causing instant
death. As the road upon which it occur


red is n public thoroughfare, the crime
was soon discovered and the corps taken
to town and inferred. A few days fol


lowing another white man by the name
of Strader, or Straitcr, discharged sol
der, was arrested as the perpetrator of
the foul deed and lodged in the Guard
House Of the Military Post.-Cherok,e "a
AduOcate ......
Year: 1871

The attempts at reconciliation between
Mr.. Sumner and the President have ut
terly failed How anybody, knowing the
two men could have supposed it possible
to bring them together after the San Do
mingo debate, cannot imagine, but there
were such fools in existence here. 1t was
not expected that they would ever be cor
dial again, but there was n strong hope
that the Senator would moderate his op-
position to annexation, and that the
President would continue to regard Mr..
Sumner as a Republican and supporter
of the administration. In short, it was
hoped that an arrangement could be made
which would have enabled the two gen
tlemen to meet officially with courtesy.
The work in this direction was flung
away, for both Mr.. Sumner and Mr..
Grant are intensely obstinate, and the
former has enough vanity to feel abso-
lutely certain he is right and that the Re-
publican party will follow him. Nor is
he deferred from a Jealous opposition to
annexation, and indeed a personal quar-
rel with the President, by tears of ruin
ing the party, for he doesn't believe that
the party depends upon any man for its
existence, and in fact he believes that
Gen. Grant is at this moment weakness
to the party. Mr.. Sumner has been
" stayed with" by more than one of his
associates, and beseeched to look all the
contingencies of the future. in the face.
One Senator said to him, " General Grant
is sure to be renominated and the
course you are taking will take you into
a position where you cannot supporthim
and then you will find yourself out of the
party" To this Mr. Sumner replied that
he did not believe General Grant would
be renominated, and if he were to be, his
present position would not prevent him
from supporting him, or any other Re
publican as a choice of evils.-Spring-
field RepuJIcdn
Year: 1871

w We are under many obligations
to the Officers of the steamer Gibson,
from the Commander to the Steward, for
the many attentions shown US on the re-
cent trip, we made with them to Little
Rock and back. Maj. ADAMS, is certain
ly fortunate in his selection of officers
for the Fort Gibson.
Year: 1871

A writer in q late number Of the
Edinburg ReUieig presents the follow
ing among recent conclusions and
views in the science Of geology:


First. The new geology hnds that
the sun is made Of the same material
as the earth, but is on fire. 1t is a
"great fiery globe surrounded by an
atmosphere Of intensely heated gases
and vapors, that are continually
rising or falling, like our clouds to
their Temperature" Flames OF burn
ing hydrogen flare out seventy or
ninety thousand miles beyond the
dazzling atmosphere of the light.


Second. The stars, so far as they
can be examined, yield similar results
as to the material of which they are
composed. The nebule are made up,
some chiefly Of such well known gases
as hydrogen and nitrogen.


Third. The Planets generally re-
semble the earth in form, sOlidity, in
atmosphere, in their general relation
to the sun and his system.-Mars for
instance, is whitened in every one OF
his long winters, over all the polar re-
gions, by the heavy falls OF snow
which melt away again in summer.


Fourth. MeteOrites which are small
planets turned out of their course,
have disclosed at least twenty-ssyen
Of the elements found in our own
rocks.


'fThe inevitable conclusion derived
from the study Of heavenly bodies
of sun, earth, stars, msteOrites, and
nebule-is that the Unreasonable
space is full Of matter Of the same
kind, but aggregated in different
fashions; sometimes being gaseous,
at other times solid; sometimes in a
state Of most intense heat, at other
times cooled sufficiently to admit Of
the presence Of life as in the earth and
Mars, or lastly cold, barren, and life
less, as in meteorites. Whether the
gaseous condition Of matters preceded
In any particular case the solidt we
cannot tell. So far as our earth Is
concerned, the only idea that we can
grasp Of its origin is that it was a hery
BODY like the sun, that it has been
gradually cooling from that time down
to the present day. This realization
of the steady change is fundamental
doctrine Of evOlutionism.