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Year: 1873

If there ever was time for a minor
ity in the Legislative body to act with
circumspection, and stick together like a
band OF brothers, that time is upon the
Conservative members of the General
Assembly which cOnvenes at Little
Rock. There is strength, weight and
influence in union, but loss and ruin in
Settlement. By our members voting
solidly for every measure or man favor
able to the people, they can form neu-
cleus, and draw from the unwieldy and
aggrandiZing body opposed to them
many men who might gladly go with a
body that had the interest of the State
truly at heart, and thus get a working
majority. AS the matter now stands,
there seem to be rings within the
big ring, and unless things are managed
very smoothly. these inner rings will
swell to such an extent as to burst the
main one. Should this happen, and
there are good prospects for it, then is
the hour for our members to hold out the
hand of fellowship and welcome those
willing to cooperate with them for the
good of the people at large. Stubborn
mulishness will accomplish nothing in
the coming Legislature; it requires tact
to begin with; fellOw-feeling in the next
place, and readiness to let by-gcnes be
by-gones; and willingness to cooper
ate faithfully with men, even though
politically opposed, if they show an
earnestness for the relief of the tax
payers. Legislation looking to and ae-
tually reducing the number of officials,
and reduction in the taxes, will meet
with hearty thanks and future good
will toward those instrumental in the
same, be they Republicans or Demo-
Gratis White County ReeOrd.
Year: 1873

MAIN STREET CAvED IS--THE STREET-CARs
sToppEp.-The work Of laying the sewer on
Main from Eighteenth to Twenty.eighth
street has been completed az far as Twenty.
sixth street. At that point the earth under
the street.railway track cared in on Satur-
dav morning for distance OF about twenty
five feet. Most of the slreet-cars being on
the lower side of the break, they did not run
at all on Saturday. Laborers were ut once
set to work to repair the damage, and it Is
probable tue cars will be running again TO-
Year: 1873

SALE OF DELINQUENT LAsDs.-The sale OF
lands returned delinquent for non. payment
of taxes since 1865 for the county OF HenTico
will take place this morning at the county
sourthuuae.
Year: 1873

tits little singular why your wife's
mother will persist in sleeping on a
cord bedstead. But she does. You
don't think SO much of this until you
are called upon to put it up, which
event generally takes place in the even,
ing. The bedstead has been cleaned
in the afternoon, and having been
soaked through with hot water is now
ready for putting up. Your wife holds
the lamp and takes charge Of the con-
versation. The rope has been under
water several times in the course OF
cleaning, and having swollen to a dla-
meter greater than the holes IN & ine e,
rails has also got into tit OF cMllng
up into mysterious and very intricate
forms. You at first wonder at th!s'
but pretty soon wonder ceases to be
Year: 1873

No other gem, says writer in lip
pincoH for June, has been counter
feited with such perfection as the
emerald; and in fact it is utterly i'm
possible to distinguish the artificial
from the real gems by the aid Of the
eye alone; even the little flaws which
lull the suspicious Of the inexper-
fenced are easily produced by a dex-
ferrous blow from the mallet of the
skilled artisan. Not only emeralds,
but most of the gems and precious
stones, are now initiated with such
consumate skill as to deceive the
eye, and none but experts are aware
of the extent to which these fictitious
gems are worn in fashionable society,
for often-times the wearers themselves
imagine that they possess the real
stones. There is not one in Il hun
dred jewellers who is acquainted with
the physical properties Of the gems,
and very few can distinguish the dia
mond from the white zircon or the
white topaz, the emerald from the
iolite, or the topaz from the Bohemian
yellow quartz. Jewellers are governed
generally by sight, which they believe
to be infallible, whilst hardness and
specific gravity are the only sure tests.
Artificial gems rivaling in beauty Of
color the most brilliant and delicately
tinted Of the productions Of Nature
are now made at Paris and in other
European cities. The establishments
at Septmoncel ip the Jura alone employ
a thousand persons, and fabulous quan-
titles of the glittering pastes are made
there and sent to all parts of the
world.
Year: 1873

Always carry revolver when ToQ
80 out horseback riding With a young
lady. Mr.. Bragg, Of Nisalina, Cai.'
carried one when he took Miss Kemp
to ride, the other day, and as they
we're both on the same horse, when
the weapon went off, the bullet en-
tered the young la4y's knee and came
out at the ankle. Her dress was set
on fire, apa she was seriously injured
by the falling from the horse, but
such incidents are trivial in compari-
son with the sense Of security an
able bodied man derives from the
possession Of q pistol.
Year: 1873

The most troublesome and yexa-
tious tax ever imposed upon our
people, is the one from which we are
being largely relieved, and the dura-
ton of which can now be measured
by a few short years to come, at the
farthest. The internal revenue law
has weighed heavily upon all produc-
ing industries, and all its machinery
has been looked upon with suspicion
and aversion by all classes. 1t was a
necessity, and has been borne with
credible courage and patriotism, and
it's provisions have been as Justly OBJ
served on the one part, aud enforced
on the other, as well as could have
been expected. And yet, no tax of
this nation can ever be free from
peculiar annoyances, and hence it is
that all the people will rejoice at the
clearing of the desks SO lately made.


On the Goth ult. not less than 1900
assessors and assistant assessors of in
ternal revenue ceased to be officers of
the government, and their work is to
henceforth be done, SO long as there
shall he need Of the system, by the
collectors.


The credit of this movement be-
longs chiefly to the Commissioner,
who marked out the plan and has
urged it with SO much fidelity. In
times when all is not too Pheasant in
the way Of true economy and thrift,
the people can hardly fail to value
the beginning Of a reform like this. 1t
is one Of the bright and encouraging
lights that illumines the way of the
future one of the refreshing cases in
Il wide and weary waste made by the
tread of armies and the greed Of camp
followers.-La. Sugar Bowl.


The guina hen is a speckled kritter,
smaller than the goose, and bigger
than the wild pigeon. They hav a
keen eye, and a red kokade on their
heds, and alwas walk on the run.
They lay eggs in CRATE profushun,
but they lay them so much ON the sly
that they often kant find them them
sells. They are az freckled az a coach
dog, and just about az tuff tew eat az
a half billed krow. They hav a voice
like piccallo flute, and for racket,
two ov them kan make saw that il
being filed ashamed ov itself. They
are a very sly bird, and the nearer yu
git tew them the further they git oph.
They are more ornamental than use
full, but are chiefly good tew frighten
away hawks. They will see a hawk
up in the sky three miles and a half
off, aud begin at once tew holler and
make fuss about it.-Josh. Billings.


An Oregon editor publishes an arti-
Year: 1873

earth, may yet have an entrance into the heavenly land. When, therefore, you bring men up in the world full of sins, and say, Dying so, how can you believe that this man can go into the heavenly state and take all that with him?" I say he does not take it all with him. I can conceive of germ of goodness in all which, when it is surrounded by heavenly influences, and under the high glowing sun of Gods love, will begin to find itself No man ever went to the gate of heaven and had the angel of measurement come out and say go in becauee you are entire ly good. There is not the noblest mother. the purest martyr, not one who when he comes to be measured by the absolute measure of perfection, is not faulty, and is obliged to be saved. By what? By grace, 1t Is said. I say by Gods love. He saves men because it is in the nature of infinite generosity to do so. Now, if the best men and women who go into Heaven do not go because absolutely per- fect-go because of Gods great love and kindness; if they go in as sinners, if the highest go in as sinners, why cannot the second, or the third or the fourth, ,or fifth, or sixth class, or even the worst class go in? All enter there, far down it may be, very far down; but the fatherest down, the lowest place in heaven, is infinitely bet ter than the highest part of earth. All that have germ of good will be saved, and If there are those who have not, they will be destroyed as the beasts are.
Year: 1873

That there is some weight in the pub lie sentiment in favor of a new way of dispensing official patronage is evinced by the fact that of the 149 appointees now being examined for admission to West Point, 52 were selected by competitive termination. Two of the 5 are colered boys, one from Virginia and the other from Georgia.
Year: 1873

Hair springs, says writer in the Vic
toria Magazine, are made in the factory
of finest English steel, which comes
upon spools like thread To the naked
eve it is as round as hair. but under
the miscroscope it becomes a fat steel
ribbon. This ribbon is inserted between
the jaws Of a fine gauge, and the dial
hand shows its diameter TO be two
twenty tige hundredths of an inch A
hair plucked from mans head meas
ures three twenty-five hundredths-one
from the head a little girl st a neigh
boring bench, two twenty five hun
dredths Actually, however, the finest
hair is twice as thick as the steel ribbon,
for the hair congresses one half between
the metallic jaws of the gauge. A hair
spring weighs only one fifteenth. thou
sandth of pound troy In a straight
line it is a foot long. With q pair Of
tweezers we draw one out in spiral form
until it is six inches long; but il springs
back into place, not bent a particle from
its true coiing
Year: 1873

found so hard as to refuse the mute ap-
peal of that delicate, pathetic face for
love and help. He would never he
strong as men count strength but one
forgot the in6rm limbs in looking at the
beautiful countenance which, framed in
its profuse golden hair, seemed like one
of the shining ones.


Charlie never climbed the dark back
stairway any more.


"Just slip off your shoes, dear, -
Aunt Asenath would say, land 60 up
on the carpet; Aunty would rather that
you should"


She could not forget how he had suf-
tered and laid at deaths door, and
thought that though it might be we'll
TO save the carpet, it was better to care
for her dear boys life and limbs.


Mother" she said one day, those
back stairs shall be torn down, and We
will have new ones that shall be just as
safe and pleasant as the front ones
and as We cannot have a window, we
will have skylight, and it shall be
done without delay"


1t was wise, good thought, and she
lost no time in putting it into action.


But are Aunt Asenath's the only
dark, steep back stairs that should be
made better
Year: 1873

in nature Or art. Do you wish the ugly
plain doors that shut off your tiny entry
from your parlor to be arched or curved,
like those of your richer neighbor
Buy couple of brackets, such as lamps
for the burning Of kerosene are some
times placed in, and screw them on the
sides Of the door. Put in each plant
Of English ivy the longer the better ;
then train the plant over the top,
against the sides, indeed anyway your
fancy dictates. You need not buy the
beautiful but costly pots the flower deal
er will advise, common glazed ones will
answer every purpose, for, by placing in
each two or three sprays Of Coliseum
ivy, in months time no vestige of the
pot itself can be discerned through their
thick screen.-Jomnal of Horticulture
Year: 1873

The use of English ivies for the pur-
pose Of decorating living-rooms is more
extensive every year, aud cannot be to
highly commended. Being very strong,
they will live through almost any treat.


ment; but study their peculiarities,
and manifest willingness to crafty them,
and they will grow without stint. Most
houses are too hot for them, as indeed
they are for their owners, Neither
plants nor people should have the tenn
perature over sixty five degrees Fahren-
heit. Take care and not enfeeble your
ivles by excessive watering or undue
heat, and you "ill find they will not
seem to mind whether the sun shines
on them or not, or in what position OF
direction you train them. Indeed: SO
much will they. do Of themselves to rem
der room charming, that We would
rather ett.ee ssE have e.. un unlimited number Of
them to draw upon than anything else
Year: 1873

There is sad enough need Of the ele-
vation Of women even in Switzerland.
One hundred women climb each day to
the splendid buildings which overlook
the City of Zurich-the first fountain
Of learning in the Republic; thousand
women toll from sunset till late evening
in the narrow lanes below, dragging
heavy hand-carts, staggering under
large burdens balanced upon their heads,
saving wood, or gathering the refuse
from the streets with baskets and shovel
in short, performing the most menial
service that the lowest class Of male la.
borers are condemned to do in America.
l have often seen two slender women
saving oak and ash wood in the street,
while stout fellow stood by leisurely
splitting the sawn sticks: One poor
old creature, the other day, sat upon
the curbstone. holding her saw reversed
between her knees, and in utter weak
ness was rubbing the stick of wood upon
it to; saw it in two.
Year: 1873

Thomas Briggs of Twelfth street, has
a BOY baby about ten months old. who
is admitted at the beginning Of this arti-
Gle to look just like his father, and to
be the smartest boy baby of his age in
Detroit. Yesterday morning the child
was sitting on the floor, playing With
i've or six big coat-buttons on a string,
and taking an occasional nibble at an
apple to bring out his first crop of teeth.
Mrs. Briggs and neighbor were talk
ing away as only women can gossip,
when the baby hid the buttons under a
mat and started to finish the apple. A
bit of skin got in his throat and he
gave a cough and paved the air and
rolled over on his head. "Oh, them
buttons - cried the mother as she yank-
ed him up and shook him. "P Pound
him on the back - yelled the other
woman trying to hold the baby's legs
still. "Run for the neighbors p cried
Mrs: Briggs. "Oh, he'll die !" scream
ed the other, as she ran out. And the
neighbors came in and made him lie on
his stomach and cough, and then turned
him on his back and rubbed his stomach.
and joggled him about all sorts of WAYS,
until he got mad and went to howling.
Then boy ran for Briggs, and Briggs
ran for doctor, and doctor came and
choked the baby, and ordered sweet oil
and mustard plaster, and told them to
hold him on his back. Everybody
knew that those six big buttons were
lodged in the baby's throat, because he
was red in the face, and because he
strang led as he howled and wept. They
poured on sweet oil, and put mustard
across him, and wept over him, and the
mother said she could never forgive her
self: Boys drove by calling out: Slab
wood for sale" and the scissors man
went by shouting: "Sharp! sharpw
but that distressed crowd held the baby
down and shed tears over his whole
length. The doctor Was looking seri-
Gus, and Briggs was thinking that he
hadn't done anything to deserve such a
blow when one of the women pushed
the mat and discovered the buttons.
Then everybody laughed and danced,
and they kicked the sweet oil bottle
under the bed, threw the mustard plas-
ter at the doctor, and Mrs. Briggs hug
gsd the bowling angel to her bosom and
called him her "wopsy topsy hopsy
dropsy popsy little cherubim. '-Detroit
Free Press.
Year: 1873

"Take this child and nurse it for me;'
Guard it lest IL go astray;
In the path of duty train it,


"And thy wages I will pay"
stake this child and nurse it for me :"
Nor its body feed alone;
For the saint or sinner groweth.


From the seed in childhood sOwn.
''Take this child and nurse it for me;"
See thou ne'er thy trust betray,
For, remember, as thou workest


accordingly will pay.
Take this child and nurse it for me-"
Do not deem it wholly thine,
who lent, again may take it,


If thou question it il mine.
Take this child and nurse it for me:"
Brief perhaps may be its stay;
And when calling to surrender,


thy wages then will pay.
Year: 1873

"A peasant at the foot OF the alps
was one day led to accompany an old
friend up the mountain side as far as
they could climb There he lighted on
a beautiful rose, such as he had never
seen before. It was so delicate in color;
and he was surprised to find on examin-
ing it that it had no thorn like the
roses that grew in the gardens below.
"Ah," said he, " this is a prize a
rose without thorn-why, that's what
folks have been wishing for ever so
long. Now, | shall have something none
Of my neighbors will show the like of:
1t is small, but care and culture can do
much for size." To all this his friend
said nothing. With no little labor the
peasant dug up the plant and carried it
carefully home.


That very night he tore up his best
double rose-his wife's favorite flower
out of the bed before the door of their
cottage, and planted this one in its
stead. 1.-The soil is good there" he
said, "it is sure to come to perfection"
So he watched it, and watered it, till
his proper work was beginning to be
neglected, and his wife began to hate
the sight of the bush, and said 50 to her
husband one night as they sat together
in the lamp-ight And next morning,
when the peasant examined his rose
more carefully than ever, he found
thorns beginning to grow upon it, and
at once accused his wife Of winking at
a jealous neighbor carrying away the
prize and putting worthless rose in
its stead


But he would not be defeated; he
set out that very day to climb the noun
tain and seek for another thornless
rose; and, having found it after much
labor, he came home and pulled out the
suspected bush, and planted this one in
its place. And again he watched and
watered till his poor wife lost all
patience with him, and threatened to
tear up the rose.tree. And in few
days thorns appeared once more. There
was no peace in the house any longer.
The man spent nearly all his time,
whilst his wife worked harder and
harder for their daily bread, in seeking
for thornless roses on the mountain,
and he nearly filed his garden with
them; and neighbors laughed as he
went about early and late watering
them. And when at length Autumn
came, his beds were filled with stunted
thorny bushes, which he was ashamed
to look upon.


Now he remembered his old friends
silence when he found the first rose Oh
the mountain, and he set off to have
his opinion. His friend listened
patiently, and then said -" My dear
friend, there's no good in trying to train
Alpine dwarf roses, and but little good
arguing with man who fancies he has
made discovery and will outstrip all
his nei ghbors Let US beware of such
vanity it was there you erred at the
first, and see the trouble it has brought
you into. Experience is dear school.
mistress, but a rightdown good one.
Go home and kiss your wife, and set
about your old jobs again. The
peasant shook his old friend heartily by
the hand, and went home humbled in
heart, and never sought after thornless
roses more.-Good Words.
Year: 1873

THE reverence in which the memory Of
George Washington is held even by those
who are of tender years is truly eneourag-
ing. A lad, last week, In Boston, being d.
rected by bis teacher to compose an essay
on Washington, went so far as to speak Of
that great man as the progenitor Of the hu-
man race-the first man. Being asked by
the schoolmaster if Adam was not supposed
TO stand in that dgni6ed relation, the lad
admitted that ''perhaps he did, if you were
going to take foreigners into account"
Year: 1873

THE Utica Herald has discovered that
sit is now unlawful for tobacco eheSers te
beg 'enew. The United States Internal
revenue Law allows 10 person or personsto
sell or dispose Of tobacco in any form, no
matter how small or great the bulk, with
out paying first license of s."
Year: 1873

It is said that if Maud Muller had her life
TO live over again, and should meet me
Judge in this year of grace, 1873, she wouia
sue him fer breach OF promise, and obtain
sufficient damages to make her family had
py, or else shoot him, become isesurer,
and die rich aud respected by all.
Year: 1873

PITTsBURG, March l0.-The ladies of
Allegheny City in favor of the temperance
movement are making preparations to effect
an organization of the ladies in every ward
in the city so as 10 enable them to work
with greater efficiency in the present tenn
perance campaign. A meeting has been
called for Wednesday in each ward.
Year: 1873

governmental orders should suffice 10
swamp the popular creed and 70 restore
the ancient religion 10 its original place.


II is easily comprehensive that the
Mikado's government should desire 10
see Shinioism flourish, but IL is all but
incredible that the nation at large should
so quietly aoquiesee in the change.


II was Of importance TO the chiefs in
the late revolution that they should
make the Mikados authority to shine
with the utmost luster in the eyes OF the
people. 1t was their only show Of right
Without il they were rebels pure and
simple; and even with it they had all
they could do 10 keep down a more
determined opposition than they met
with. 1t was the flag Of the Mikado
which they carried to which the people
bowed; and they did so, as seeing in him
the descendant OF the gods, and one TO
whom they abcord authority even over
the gods. The Emperor is verify and
indeed believed by the faithful to be be-
fore the gods in rank and in power; and
it is with him even to command them.
Year: 1873

As has been before stated the Odd Eel
lows Of this city have vacated the old hall
on the corner ofSummsr and Union streets,
and rented the hall in the third story of
Luck's buildings on Church street, which
has been fitted up in an elegant manner.
This new hall is to be dedicated tonight
according to the usages of the Order, and
there will doubtless be a large crowd out to
witness these beautiful and imposing cere-
monies. After the dedication an address
will be delivered by Past Grand Sire Z. d,
Farms worth, the exercises of the evening
being interspersed with choice music by
choir that has volunteered for the occasion.
Following the ceremonies attending the
dedication, there is to be hop under the
auspices of the hall trustees in the second
story of the building which will no doubt
be largely attended.
Year: 1873

IT is related that on New York Central
Railroad train, recently, two old ladies sat
on adjoining seSss In one Of the cars;
one declared that If the conductor opened
the window she would die, and the other
protested against it being closed, for she
would certainly smother to death. Ths
conductor was in doHbt, when venerable
gentleman exclaimed, 'Open the window
and kill one Of them and then close it and
kill the other, and then we shall have peace
Year: 1873

Who can be the Boston Clergyman so
vigorously and beautifully depicted by a
newspaper ss "a much admired colossal of
the Church, man all elequence, impetuos-
ity, grandeur-an AlPine torrent, full of
mighty pathos and ripe thoughts pulpit
orator without oratory, and with no sensa-
tional halo, to crush the brilliant mind teem-
ing with its own power" "Halo to crush"
is good, but we are not quite so sure of
"Alpine torrent fnll Of mighty pathos and
ripe thoughts"-that being kind of water
privilege of which we never heard before.
Whoever the reverend gentleman may be,
and whatever his salary, we are sure that
as an act of common justice, it should be
raised Immediately. "The Alpine torrent"
alone is worth 1916 per month.-Nep York
Tribune.
Year: 1873

The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Nelgs says that N. Theirs Is quite
capable of shooting the young Prince if be
gets him in his power, if by SO doing he
could put an end to the intrigUes Of the ex-
Empress. 60