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Year: 1873

From the Address Of the British
Premier to the Pupils Of Liverpool
College we copy this interesting por-
tion


On an occasion like this should not
have, desired even before those of you
my younger friends, who are on the
threshold of active and resnonsibie
manhood, to dwell in mark ed manner
on the trials you will have to encounter.
But the incidents OF the time are no
conmon incidents. and there is one
among them SO obtrusive that you can
not long enjoy its natural privilege of
unacquaintance with the mischief, but
at the same time so formidable that
youth really requires to be forewarned
against the danger [ refer to the
extraordinary manifestation in this
world of ours, and especially in the
year about to close, of the EXTREMIST
forms of pnbelief. [Applause] | am
not about to touch upon the differences
which distinguish or partly sever the
Church of England from those commu
nions by which it is surrounded; wheth-
er they be of Protestant Nonconformists
or Of those who have recently incorpo>
Year: 1873

The love life of George N. San ders is
a rather queer story. About the year
1888 George fell in love with Cincin-
natl lady; but neither she nor her par
ents would have anything to do With
him, He was not discouraged, but his
method of creating an impression was
certainly peculiar. He possessed some
fancy stock, and he named fine young
Alderney COW after the young lady. he
had the COW painted, moreover, and sent
the picture to the lady. This was rare
compliment, of course; but the young
lady was greatly offended, and retaliated
by naming a Berkshire boar belonging
TO her father George N. Sanders;
This crushed the love out of Georges
heart, and for a long time be vas ex-
ceedingly sensitive against the mention
of the NEST diminutive pig. However
be recovered after time, and, subscrlb-
ing for New York magazine called the
Passion Flower, soon became enamored
Of its editress, a Miss Reed. A CORE
spondence was promptly opened,and the
lady was found to be as gushing as the
bruised heart Of Mr.. Sanders could de-
sire. The parties we're married IN due
season, although up TO the day Of the.
ceremony they had never seen each
other.
Year: 1873

some twenty feet long, quite light and
whitewashed, and which travellers tell us
looks and smells much like comfortable
wine cellar. The most prominent object
is large square tomb. surmounted by
the erect figure OF an abbot, and close by
this, in an opening in the wall, is what
appears Mt first 10 be only a collection Of
dusty rags, but which, on close iIspec-
ton, prove TO be all that remains on earth
Of the renowned eonqueror Of Peru.
The remains have still on them the
clothes and shoes which he wore at the
time Of his assassination. OF course,
his body is but skeleton covered with
dried flesh and skin so that no feature is
discernable. The body is covered with
the remains Of what was once white
linen, swathed round him, but the dust
Of centuries has collected on it and
turned into light brown color, and il
almost pulverizes when touched. The
body is placed on narrow piece Of
plank in sloping position and has been
placed in this hole merely to put il out
OF the way.


The people in Lima do not think any
thing Of the remains OF poor Pizarro;
and it is not unlikely that small sum
of money judiciously invested might pro.
cure for any curiosity-hunter so desiring
all that is left to human Skht Of the con-
queror of Peru. Such is human fame
and military glory in the very land Of its
highest achievements.
Year: 1873

where a renewal OF all his former In.
famies soon caused charges to be pre-
ierred against kim, and a court martial
was ordered. After full hearing he
was dishonorably dismissed from tho
United States service. Upon his dis
charge he entered a gambling saloon in
Salt Lake City, and was soon known as
the leader OF gang Of the worst pimps,
thieves and cutthroats in that city. He
soon made himself so odious in Utah
that he was forced to leave the Terri
tory.


He wandered about for a while, and
at last came to this city some three years
ago, since which time he has made
Denver his headquarters. His object in
this city was the organization Of band
similar to the one he led in Salt Lake,
and that he succeeded in accomplishing
this infamous object, none doubt. 1t is
highly probable that the bold burglaries
of the past summer were done either by
himself or members Of his gang. He
was bartender in the saloon in the
News block for long time. Although
he had always been hand in glove with
the gamblers Of this city, he at last grew
in such disfavor with them that he was
ordered out Of all the frst.class hells "
here,
Year: 1873

In the crypt under the high altar Of
the cathedral are deposited the remains
OF the celebrated Pizzaro, who was assas-
sinated at the palace close BY. A small
piece Of silver dropped into the hand Of
the sacristan. procures for the traveller
admission into the crypt. Descending a
leE steps you enter q small apartment
Year: 1873

The contest over the Massachusetts, Sena-
torshlp is but breezy now but there are clouds
IN the horizon which Indicate heavy squal
before the matter is through with. Of course
Butler Is into it-not as a candidate to be
sure-but as the bitter opponent of Mr.
Dawes whom he is seeking through the Bos-
ton Globe, and his Secretary through the
IrdoeAer to swamp in the Credit Mobilier
scandal. The investigating committees ses-
sions have been neld in Buffers committee
room and his Secretary, who is a short hand
reporter, has been allowel to occupy the
room at the same time. The result of this
seems to have been that Butler as got the
evidence and perhaps manipulated it to suit
the vengeance which he would wreak on
dawes. One result of their tactics will be-,
that the committee room will be thrown open
to the public after the committee resumes
tnelr Investigation. Speaking OF the Credit
Mobilier scandal Washington correspond
ent says that it is alleged that some addition
al facts have been brought to light, by for
mer president of the Union Pacific Railroad,
that will tend to implcate other members OF
congress than those already named.


Ihere seems to be but little doubt in re-
gard to the selection Of Judge Richardson for
the treasury in the event of the resignation
of Mr.. Boutwell,.


Secretary Belknap will send to the House,
soon AFTER the opening OF the session, a reply
to Fernando Woods resolution calling for
Adjutant General Vincent's reports upon the
condition of the affairs of the freedmen's bu-
reau at the time they were turned over to the
War department last August. The report
will show that the books, accounts, records
and business of the treedmen's bureau were
found in great confusion by the officers of the
War department, and that on the face of them
1t appears that the public funds had been dis
Dursed In manner and for purposes not au-
thorlzed by law. A similar state of affairs
was also found in connection with the freed
mems hospital, which was taken charge of by
Assistant Surgeon Billings for the War de
pa1tment. The medical department of How
ard University is believed to have received
the benefit of some OF the appropriations
for the hospital, and the deficiency in the hos
pital account for rations purchased of the
,ommissary general amounted to over twenty
thousand dollars. Ger eral Howard will prob
publish statement of the affairs Of the
bureau. He says privately that the confu-
sion OF which complaint is made would no
have occurred had not the War department
ordered him to Arizona on duty, which de-
tained him all summer.
Year: 1873

How A HOTEL KEEPER KNOWS AN
HONEST MANA New York hotel
keeper has discovered an infallible
rule for determining the honesty of
his customers. He says: Il have
made it a rule in my house, when
ever a man wants room and has
no baggage, to demand pay in ad-
vance, as is usual. If he manifests
no objection, and puts his hand in
his pocket for money, l tell him it
is all right; that he can pay just as
well when he goes away. That
kind of men always pay. But
there is another sort of fellow who,
when informed of the rule. pretends
to be very indignant, insisting that
be is a gentleman, by, and is
not in the habit of having his name
questioned or his honesty doubted
In such a case, | invariably insist
on the production Of the funds, fol
| know if l don't get them then,
never should get them in the world
Men who talk about their honor
and assume to be insulted when re
quested to pay, can be depended Oh
for frst-class dead-beats.'
Year: 1873

Some Winters ago I sailed forth
one evening, to skate on the Ken
nebec, in Maine, by moonlight, and
having ascended that river nearly
two miles, turned into a little
stream to explore its course. Fir
and hemlock of a centuly's growth
met overhead, and formed an arch
way radiant with frostwork. All
was dark within but I was young
and fearless; and, as I peered into
an :unbroken forest that reared it.
self on the borders of the stream, I
laughed with very joyness; my wild
hurrah rang through the silent
woods, and I stood listening to the
echo that reverberated again and
again, until it was hushed. Sudden
ly sound arose ; it seemed to me
to come from beneath the ice it
sounded low and tremulous at first,
until it ended in a low, wild yell. I
was appalled,. Never before had
such noise met my ears. [
thought it more than mortal; so
| fierce, and amid such an unbroken
solitude, it seemed as though from
the tread OF some brute animal
and the blood rushed back to my
forehead with a bound that made
nv skin burn, and I felt relieved
that I had to contend with things
earthly and not spiritual; my ener-
gies returned, and I looked around
for some means of escape. AS l
turned my head to the shore, I
could see two objects dashing
through the underbush at pace
nearly double in speed to my own.
By this rapidity, and the short yells
they occasionally gave, I knew at
at once that these were the much
dreaded grey wolf.


7 had never met with. these ami
mails; but, from the prescription
given of them, I had very little
pleasure in making their acquaint-
ance. Their untameable ferceness,
and untiring strength which seems
part of their nature, render them
objects of dread to every benighted
traveller.


There was no time for thought;
so I bent my head and dashed mad
" forward. Nature turned me to-
ward home. The light fakes of
snow spun from the iron Of my
skates, and I was some distance
from my pursuers, whence their
fierce howl told me I was their
fugitive. I did not look back; l
did not feel afraid, or sorry, or ev,
en- glad; one thought of home, OF
the bright faces awaiting my re-
turn, of their tears if they should
never see me again: and then ev,
cry energy Of body and mind was
exerted for escape. I was perfect
ly at home on the ice. Many were
the days that T had spent on my
good skates, never thinking that a


one time they would be my onl!
Year: 1873

What does a man need wife for?
1t is not merely to sweep the house,
make the beds, and darn the socks,
and cook the meals chiefly that a
man wants a wife. II this is all,
when young man calls to see
lady, send him into the pantry to taste
the bread and cake she has made; send
him to inspect the needle-work and
bed-making; or put broom into her
hands and send him to witness its use.
Such things are important, and the
wise young men will quietly look after
them. But what the true man next
wants of q wife is her Ompanionshlp,
sympathy and love. The way OF life
has a good many dreary places in it,
and man needs companion to go with
him. A man is sometime overtaken
with misfortune; he meets with fall
ure and defeat; trials and temptations
beset him; and he needs one to stand
by and sympathize. He has some
stern battles to fight with poverty,
with enemies, and with sin, and he
needs a woman, that, when he puts
his arm around her and feels that he
has something to fight for, will help
him fight; that would put her lips to
his ear and whisper words of counsel,
and her hand to his heart and impart
new inspirations. All through life,
through storm and through sunshine,
conflict and victory, and through adj
verse and favoring winds, man needs
a woman's love, the heart yearns for
it. A sisters or a mothers love will
hardly supply the need. Yet many
seek for nothing further than success
in housework. Justly enough half OF
these get nothing more. The other
half, surprised beyond measure, have
gotten more than they sought. Their
wives surprise them by bring ing a
nobler idea of marriage and disclosing
a treasury of courage sympathy and


love.
Year: 1873

THE FREEDOM OF GOOD BREEDING.
Perhaps it is the highest test of good
breeding to be able to accept and bear
an unusual load of obligation without
allowing the friend who confers the
favor to think you feel over-burdened.
Ill-bred people, who are i'll at ease in
their company manners, generally
meet all prOffered courtesies at first as
though they could on no account think
of accepting them. Thus when the
gentleman who carves the chicken
asks you which bit you prefer, believe
that he asks you becaute he would be
pleased to know, aud tell him, instead
of saying what is obviously what
d'-ye-call-it, that it makes not the
slightest difference; and when the la
dy at the other end of the table prof
fers you a second piece of pie, If you
want it, say so. 1t is the least COM
pliment yon can pay for giving you
seat at her table. Don't keep on, in
the old New England fashion, of say
ing "No," with a tone and glance
which convey the unmistakable gloss,
"Yes, but want a little urging"
Year: 1873

What is the greatest feat in the eat
ing way ever known? That recorded
OF man who commenced by boiling
door, after which he threw up win
dow, and then sat down and swallowed
q whole story.
Year: 1873

The comparative advantages and the rela-
tive cost of the construction Of broad and mar
row gauge railroads are now attracting gen
eral Investigation throughout the country. 1t
is particularly desirable that information CAL
cuiated to lead to cheapening of the con.
struction of railways should be disseminated
throughout the South. From the Knoxville
Chronicle, of late date, we take an extract
from an article by Capt. O. G. Vankerhoff,
civil engineer, giving some most interesting
facts showing the comparative cost of the two
systems of railway. 1t will be found to repay
perusal: -


The following is comparative cost Of the
five foot and three foot gauges after graded
and prepared for the track. No definite fig
ures can be made in reference to the grading,
as it would vary in different localities. Ora.
ding per mile will average between 81 900
and $4,000, according to the locality and the
amount Of bridging and masonry to be put up.
Year: 1873

Dear Sir: thought I would let you know how
am getting along. am as well and feel as well
as ever did, and am cured of all but shortness
of breath. 1 am entirely shut of pain. have a
very good appetite, and can stand work about as
well as ever. 1 now weigh 1GO pounds; when
commenced TO doctor with you my weight was
about 14O pounds. l feel very thankful to You for
what You have done for me, and hope yon may
live TO help many more afflicted people. Had It
not been for you and my husband l should have
quit doctoring as felt discouraged as others had
told me could not be cured, but now feel very
thankful that did not give up as l now consider
myself cured with the exception of that shortness
OF breath, and hope that will get better too felt
US though it was my duty to write you and for the
benefit OF other afflicted persons. Yours


Mr.. a. and Mrs. j. HENsEL


You have our sincere thanks for the good Won
have done. Mr.. A. and Mrs. j. HisysFi,.
Year: 1873

Dear Sir: Ifeel it a duty owe you as well
as the afflicted, to acknowledge the wonderful
cure you have made in my case. The long
continued sore throat and bronchitis was a
source Of great annoyance and alarm to me
for a number of years, but since you prescrib-
ed for me feel no trouble there, and have no
fear of a return of the complaint. The dispo-
sition was strong to scrOfula consumption
that, 1 think, entirely changed. My other
difficulties are entirely cured. Ifpeople only
would give your remedies fair trial, feel
confident yoa would benefit all you say you
can. Yours truly,


MRS. MARTHA PARKS
Year: 1873

A hop in your walk is halt, but a
dance upon nothing is a halter. A
deal of gold may be a plum, but a
dealer Of lead is a plumber. You
may sometime put sauce into cup,
but you should always put a cup in
to a saucer. You're fool if you're
walker in a pond; you're philo-
sopher if you ponder in your walk.
A cough makes you wheezy in the
chest, but of the chest you can east
ly make q Golfer. A steel is what
makes a blade sharp, but blade
that makes a sharper is a stealer.
Year: 1873

A letter from a fallen woman,
published first in the st. Louis
Democrat, is printed on this page
She strikes at the heart Of the
trouble in the whole social evil
problem when she says that society
gives little help to the ssinnocent
and poor girls who work like slaves
for mere pittance, with no hope
of change, except in marriage or .
life of shame. II society would
be good to those who are likely to
fall, and forgiving to those who
have fallen, the whole question
would be solved. It is one of the
rare things of common life TO find
a woman who is vile from her own
desire. Even in the lowest dens of
prostitution there are fcw that
would not return to virtue if the
way was open. But the way is for
ever closed. They have passed q
portal over which has been written
Dante's inscription upon the gates
of hell. They live beyond the reach
of mercy, where hope is dead


Some sinned for loves sake, some
for LIES saka aadseens ssntonly,
not knowing tbs na9n q thsix
transgression, but Che SIN Is In an
cases the one which society will not
pardon nor forget.


This is as it should be-" say the
severe moralist; sslet those who are
coming on know the deep damna :
ton that belongs to this SIM" Bet
ter than this to kill the transgres-
sors as some of the savage tribes
do. It would be the more merciful
thing.


Christ taught better lesson
ssLet him who is without sin cast
the first stone


During one Of the stormy days
of last week young woman, appa-
rently not more than seventeen
years Of age, carrying a little wan
baby, applied at a house on Fifth
street to beg the lady of the house
to take the child. Il am not mar
ried, . said the girl. II have done
wrong" 'sBut why do you want to
part with your child!" asked the
lady. "Don't you love your childa'
sizes" said the girl, breaking down
and sobbing as if her heart would
break. 81 would give my life for
my child, but the woman that ]
/ work for says that I must get rid
of the baby or get another place,
and I can't get another place The
lady could not take the child, and
the girl went away in the storm,
facing a hopeless lite, and bearing a
stain never to be wiped ont this


side of the grave.


Society should be more forgiving


to the fallen women, or more severe


upon the authors of their misfor-


tune and upon the sharers of their


sins. IF it must be severe, let it al


least be just.-Inter Ocean.
Year: 1873

What is it to be ssfast?" To read
bad books and filthy publications,
when good works should be stud
led. This is to be s.fast."


To spend money, when time should
be boarded to earn and save money.
This is to be s.fast."


To frequent bars, and brothels,
and places of bad repute, in order
to get rid of time-of the time of
a fool and idler. This is to be ssfast."


To lavish money on bad women,
who will surely bring you, unless
you quit them, to destruction; who
will plunge you in debt and dissi
patton, and discredit youin all good
men and women's opinions; hussies,
who will lead you among gamblers
and all sorts of fash company
This is to be Every fast" The pit
of ink is not far from the house of
the strange woman.


To be fool generally; to live
above your means; to spend all your
income on your passions; to be old
in worldly sin and craft before you
are matured in years; to have seen
all and know all at twenty Eve,
which is seen and known by people
of eighty. This is to be s.fast."


To faunt jewelry and snobby
dress in hours which should be
spent in study, and reflection and
economy, is to be fast
To be slow and sure. is to do the
reverse of all the above. No mat
ter whether rich or poor, the young
man should seek no associates nor
do any act which he would hide
from q good father or elder broth
er. He should study profession,
or learn a trade. There is no curse
like idleness. He should cultivate
the society of pure women; marry
early; attend instructive lectures,
frequent the public libraries, and be
more proud of what he keeps than
of what he wastes.


The fast youth seldom enjoys ma
tured life. He has seen too much
to find content in temperate pur-
suits. Generally an infrm old age
attacks him prematurely, and he
goes out of existence like the bar
rem fig tree-wilted and wasted.
| All of this may sound like nurse
ry talk. Wel-the ssfast young
man" naturally despises the sim
| picities of good advice. But oh
who can tell how those NURSERY
thoughts came back to the wretch
Foster, as he sat in the Tombl
brooding over q life which woult
have been happy and honorable fol
long years TO come, If he had bu
needed plain nursery lessons ik'
the above, which no doubt . goot
mother taught him.
Year: 1873

The subject of borrowing and
lending came up in the course of
conversation with q subscriber liv
ing near Ithaca, New York, when
he suddenly recollected a funny re-
miniscence of that character which
had happened in his own neighbor-
hood. He said he had neighbor
whose family were great borrowers,
but not SO distinguished as pay
masters-they were always Dor
rowing, but seldom, if ever, return
ing the exact amount borrowed.
An old Quaker lady, another neigh
Dor, who had endured these inva-
sions for long time patiently, hit
upon very philosophical mode of
eventually putting q stop to the
nuisance. Keeping her own coun-
sci, the next time her good man
went to town he had separate and
express order to purchase a pound
of the best tea, and also y new can
lister to put it in. As he knew she
already had plenty of tea, and also
canister, he was puzzled to de-
termine what the old lady wanted
of more tea and a new canister, but
his questioning and reasonings
elected nothing more than a repeti-
ton of the order


Jim, did I not tell thee to get
me pound of the best tea and O
new canister? Now go along and
do as I bid thee"


And go along he did, and when
he came at night the tea and new
canister were his companions. The
old LAZY took them from him with
an amused expression on her un
usually placid features, and deposit
ing the tea in the canister, set it on
the shelf for special use It had
not long to wait, for the borrowing
neighbor had frequent use for the
| aromatic herb. The old lady loan
| ed generously, emptying back into
| the canister any remittance of
borrowed teas which the neighbor's
conscience inclined her to make


Time went on, and after something
less than the hundreth time of bor-
rowing, the neighbor, appeared for


'just another drawing Of tea," when
the oft visited tea canister was


brought out and found to be empty,
and the good old lady and oblging
neighbor was just one pound of tea


poorer than when she bought the


new canister, which now only re-


manned to tell the story. Then she


made a little characteristic speech,


perhaps the first in her life; she


said: ''Thou seest that empty can


lister. I filled it for thee with q
pound of my best tea, and I have
| lent it all to thee in driblets, and


put into it all thou hast sent me in


return, and none but thyself hath


taken therefrom or added unto it


and now thou seest it empty; there


fore / will say to thee, thou hast


borrowed thyself out, and I car


lend thee no more"