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Year: 1872

OF the election in North Carolina, the
New York Tribune of the Tth inst. says:


"Within twenty-four hours after the
North Carolina election, we published a
table of actual and estimated returns of
majorities by counties, indicating the elec-
tion of Mr.. MerrimOn by a majority Of 575.
We believed then, and believe still, that this
was below the honest result actually at
tanned. Suspicious have been daily grow
ing ever since of a purpose on the part of
the administration leaders to delay the re-
turns from remote counties until there was
time TO figure up the result, and see what
majority was needed to count Caldwell
in. Whatever the final
count may show, we have already gained
far more than We expected the day before
the election, and have made sure of the
State by handsome majority ia November.
We believe that we have also honestly car
ried it now by majority fully IS great as
that claimed in the Tribune twenty-fOUr
hours after the election"


The Tribune is not alone in suspecting G
fraud in North Carolina. The Grant men
went into the contest to win at whatever
cost of money or cheating.
Year: 1872

IT appears the Grant Radicals in New
York are contemplating a flank movement.
a dispatch from Saratoga says:


"The Republican leaders in this State are
earnestly considering the eXpediency of
nominating some prominent Democrat for
Governor, on a very brief platform, in Or
der to checkmate the Liberal combinations
in New York. Liberal success is conceded,
unless some flank movement of this kind
pan ha made -
Year: 1872

AN indianapolis paper says: There
are at present, by actual count, but four
teen young men in the city who part their
hair in the middle. One year ago they
numbered two hundred, but death and the
lunatic asylum have cut down their num-
Ter 10 the present figure.
Year: 1872

l know a stout elderly gentleman
who declares the delicacy of health in
Americans to be due to their neglect Of
an evening walk. I need scarcely in
form my farmer friends that this indi-
vidual is not OF their ayocationl The
man who has followed the plow, and
the woman who has been briskly step
ping about kitchen, dairy and garden
all day. will not be likely to suffer for
lack OF half:hour's exercise at the
close Of it. Rest is far more desirable
boon, and when | see farmer sitting
on one chair, with his tired feet at rest
on another, on a pleasant veranda,
reading his paper in the late afternoon
light, while his wife rests in an easy
chair close by, enjoying favorite mag
azine, feel that they are much more
proftably employed shortening their
lives by either extra work or exercise.
The plainest farm house should have its
broad piazza. To no other persons is
the luxury so desirable as to the farmer
and his family. When the heat Of a
summers day has passed, and the cool
shades OF evening begin to render all
outdoors" an inviting place Of resort,
the mechanic sallies forth from his
close shop, the lawyer from his musty
Office, the minister from his study, the
banker from his counting-room, 10 en-,
Joy with their wives an evening call,
walk, or drive, and to them, as to the
weary seamstress, it seems like q
glorious rest. While to the farmer
who has been bronzing and blistering
in the sun all day, and to his wife who
has for large share Of it been broiling
over hot cook-stoye. the thought Of a
walk would prove everything but re.
freshing.


But because he is loo ;atigued to go
out for enjoyment. the farmer does not
wish to 60 to bed with the chickens,
and lose all the pleasure OF watching
glorious sunsets and beautiful moon
risings. To him, then, when he would
rest at will, and, surrounded by the
lovely evening sights and sounds Of ma
ture, refresh his mind with the news of
the day or the pleasant chat OF his as
sembled family, the broad piazza be-
comes an inexhaustible, almost an in
dispensable source of pleasure and COM
fort.
Year: 1872

y Old Upton, Of Nebraska, is another heavy
cusa The people Of Nebraska appear tn have all
staid at home, at the Presidential election, and
the State naturally went for Grant, Of its own
cord. If Upton had stuck to the Republican par
ty, there is no telling what the consequence
might have been!
Year: 1872

\ great many of the morti-
fications we experience in life
have their roet in self-con-
sciousncss. We think so much
more about ourselves than
anyone else thinks about us.
How our ears tinglcd when we
made that unlucky slip in
grammar, but the person who
was talking with us, intent on
what he was to say presently,
did not observe either our mis-
take or our embarrassment.
Some one fails to bow to your
sensitive man In the street,
and he spends half the day in
wondering why. He believes
that he has been cut and in
suited, while the truth is that
his acquaintance, absorbed in
some scheme of his own, never
even saw him. The sharpeSt-
barbed arrow of scandal drives
its most venomous sting from
undue self-consciousness. We
are of so great Importance tc
ourselves that we fancy we are
similarly important to others
and we vince at our own con,
ception of what people are
saying about us, long after in.
tereSts more Immediate anC
personal have banished IL;
from their minds altogether
In three years after the deatl


of all but the very creates


men the general public has 81


far forgotten them that if they


are recalled at all, You hea,


one say to another: "Why, lie


us see, he died a few year


ago.. didn't hel' IL is a SAT


rule to eonclude. that we ar,
no more important to othe
people than they are to US.
Year: 1872

A reader sends us this article.


p" "eu we consider what an intricate system
OF defiance to all known physiological laws
woman dress has become; the tender ace ~
winch this defiance begins, and the relentless
pressure OF 1t upon the formative and the re
cuperatlve energies OF the constitution the


numerous ttlDness and scantiness of her
underdressi the effect of the absence of fan
nelS, anu the custom OF barring the neck and
arms, upon the sensitive tissues of the LnnS
and heart; the check to all even circulation of
the blood and healthy condition of the skin
lnnlcted by the imperfect and compressed
covering OF her feet and hands the unhealthy
neat OF the mead, consequent on the manner in
WHICH custom requires her to collect her hair
into a wad Of padding at the base of the brain .
the clasp OF a rack of steel and whalebone
ABOUT the vital organs of the body; the straight.
jacket snap with which the seams of her dress
meet about her shoulders, arms and chest the
leouiCS inevitable upon making the hips the
pnto. upon whlch her heavy clothing is hung
ana tne tulcrum upon which all the motion of
ner body must swing in walking-if, indeed
we Apply that term to the infantine toddle with
winch women are driven to get about the
"orld ABOVE all, the unreasonable and crueI
custom winch compels her to drop heavy skirts
about her lower limbs and feet thus endan.
gerlng her life on all occasions, her health ON
any out dry summerday, and her self-reliance
forever; When we consider the extent TO
whlch the common occupations of woman
deprive her of the open air, of exercise. Of
channge OF scene, of acquaintance with the
world OF the extent to which they are adapted
70 produce all the varieties of sedentary disease:
when We consider the unlimited influence of
the mind upon the body, of happiness unon
health, and the brooding morbidness and acnte
suffering which the lives of women SO largely
induce In theul-shall we find it a matter If
surprise that women as race are diseased and
Feeble, and are bestowing upon the world
future legacy of diseased and feeble children? {?
shall we wrap this ruined creature awav in a
shawl to die, and say, with sorrowful assurance.
Behold woman as God made herr


Woman as God made her! AS man and
the devil and her Own cOwardice have made
her God never made such woman as are
grading the next gen ration in this land TO-DAY,
side by side with female ilteracy. female
iIeoIeness IS running a race among us.
Neglected brains and tortured bodies are work
ing thelr own way upon our actual and possi-
bic mothers. Thoughtful physicians are ner-
picked and alarmed. We are a beautiful
useful and elevated order of animals: the
world has done the right thing by us: i
has stalled and fed us it has petred and
praised us; who can complain?


ELIZABETH s pUErpS
Year: 1872

THE WAY TO MAKE Poor PAsToR.-
l; BE very careless and irregular in attending
church. Never go, except when you can
manufacture no good excuse to stay at home.


2 When at church, be either asleep. or
staring about. DO not listen to the sermon.


8. When you 90 home complain of the
sermon as light and chaffy, or dry and unin-
terestng.
T. Treat your pastor with a cold and un-
inviting clvlllty, and then complain of him
because he does not visit you.


s. Neg ect to pray for blessing upon him
and his la6ors, and then complain of him be.
cause the Church does not prosper.


g. BE always finding fault with your pastor.
and YET you regret that he is not more popular
with the people.


I. BE very lukewarm and worldly-minded.
and yet complain of him for want of zeal.


g. Neg gect to provide for his necessary
wants, and then complain of him because he
wants his salary.


DO all these things, and you will never fail
to have poor pastor


1t the above rules will make a poor pastor
and discouraged minister of Christ. will not
their opposltes help and encourage him
Christian reader have you tried to help vour
minister? Have you been punctua in your
attendance upon church, been early and pray-
erfu? p'N'


Have you spoken encouraging words to
him, and to others Of him? Remember YOU
can do much towards making him effective in
the cause of God.
Year: 1872

Over the bars of a dainty cage


She bent with shivering cry and moan,
Tossing her white arms to and fro


For the door sjar, and her bird had flown.
Close 10 nay bosom held the child,


told her a tale and sang her song,
But the sorrowful wind and my sorrowful heart
Echoed the moaning the whole day long.
And ah from her feverish lips that night


There broke, like the cry Of the lonesome sea.
A pltiful walling, that haunts me yet,


Birdie, my brdie come back to mel"
Over the snow Of dainty cot


bent with shvering cry and moan
For sh BY Somebody 5 hand somewhere
A door was sjar, and my bird had flown.
Deep in my bosom hid my pain:


smile Tor my love. and l sing him a ,ono.
But the tenderest tissues of heart and brain
Are broken with waiting the whole day LONG
And at night at night from my hungry Iips-
Pai and cold as the dead may be-
vail aOats up to the shore unseen:
Birdie. my birdie, come back to metz
Year: 1872

BOLTED THE WEDDING RING.-A new and
careful bridegroom in Cleveland kent the we'd
ding ring ID his mouth during the fore part of
the cermOny, so that he could find it when the
proper moment arrived He mumbled along
all right until the minister winked at him, as a
hint to produce the ring, when in his nervous
stomach pump on hand, he was stood on his
head by three groOmsmen to recover the
''golden pledge"
Year: 1872

There were three maiipns who loved king.
They sat together beside the sea.
One cried II love him. and I would die


II but for one day he might love me-
The second whispered, And would die
To gadden his life or make him great"
The third one spoke not but gazed afar


With dreamy eyes that we're sad rs fate.
The king, he loved the first for a day,


The second his lie with lond love blest;
And yet the woman who never spoke


Was the one OF the three who loved him hest
Year: 1872

The Virginia Superintendent of Public In
struction, in his first annual report, tells of
rather striking instance Of double magnanimity
ln one OF the districts of Henrico County, the
negroes we're largely in the majority as voters,
while the whites owned all the taxable
property. When the question of providing
for public schools by local taxation was sub,
mitted to the voters, the negroes unanimously
declined to vote, on the ground that though
they would be more largely benefited than the
whites by the establishment of schools, they
did not feel that it would be right for them as
non-taxpsyers to vote the tax. The white
people, determined not to be outdone in
magnanimity, voted to man for the tax, and
so they have curious kind of conflict between
the two races in that part of Henrioo County,
which promises to result in the utter extermi-
nation of all ill-feeling between them.
Year: 1872

SIMPLE REMEDY FOR NOSE BLEEDING.-A
Trend who has tried it, says: Put piece of
will stop your nose from bleeding. This
remedy has been tried frequently with sue.
cess"


\ physician says that placing small roll of
paper or muslin above the front teeth, under
the upper lip, and pressing hard on the same,
will arrest bleeding from the nose, checking
the passage of blood through the arteries lead
ing to the nose.
Year: 1872

An old traveller tells pretty tough story
about being lost IN the woods with his dog,
where he could find nothing to eat, and had to
cut off the dogs tail, which he boiled for him
self and afterwards gave the dog the bone.
We would rather borrow hundred dollars
than believe that story.
Year: 1872

A Clergyman who had exchanged pulpits
with brother minister, found note in the
Bible to the effect that Brother A. requested
the prayers of the Church that the loss of his
wife might be blessed to him, etc. The
preacher prayed most fervently. To his amaze
ment and modification, he found that the note
had lain in the pulpit year, while the be-
reaved gentleman was on this Sabbath sitting
with new wife in the congregation.
Year: 1872

An Anti Low-Ncck Association has been
started in England by Boston woman. The
members Of the association are to pledge them
selves never to reveal, under penalty of
immediate expulsion, single square inch of
cutaneous tissue below the crevical junction
with the superia thorax, and to refrain from
going to court until her Majesty rescinds the
the rigorous rule which excludes high bodied
dresses on state occasions.
Year: 1872

A young man in Danburry, Conn, when
told by the editor of local paper that the in
sertion of the announcement of the death of
his wife would cost him nothing, feelngly re.
marked that death for him had teen robbed
of half its terrorist 'f'I-
Year: 1872

Fifty.two saltcellars were presented to a
recent Philadelphia bride-one for each week
in the year. With these and their contents,
the newly married couple ought to be able to
"save their bacon"
Year: 1872

The excitement in England over the extent of
the American claim for damages under the
Washington treaty has served at least to pro-
duce some uneasness on this side OF the water.
The whole affair appears to have grown out of
a purpose to make partisan capital of the lead
ing political topic in England. 1t is said that
the members of the opposition, led by Mr.
Dsraeli, have tried to make the treaty odious
to the people; not because they really thought
the arrangement an unfair one, but because
Mr.. Gladstone was it's advocate. They have
struck at the treaty because, in doing so. they
make the party in power unpopular. Such is
the explanation given by the best informed
correspondents in London. Another theory,
more ingenious but far less probable, is that
the Gladstone party has purposley allowed the
people to become excited over our verv large
claims, so that when the Geneva Conference
shall award damages in a much smaller amount
than we have demanded, the payment will
seem small by contrast, and the Government
can make it without that degree of opposition il
would otherwise have aroused.
Year: 1872

The Arabians have pretty story concern
ing Nimrod the founder of the city of Baby
Ion, which is worth relating for its suggestive
ness as we'll as for its beauty. 1t is as follows


On one occasion Nimrod called his three
sons together for the purpose of conveying
some practical lesson, in the manner which
marks Oriental intercourse with its symbolism
and expressive imagery. To each be gave
vase. One was of gold, another of amber and
the third was earthen. On the golden vase
was inscribed Empire" On tho vase of
amber glory" was engraved. But on the
third or earthen vase, there was no inscription.
When the son who held the golden vase looked
into it, he found it filed with blood. He of
the amber vase sought for the contents of his,
and saw it had nothing but the dust of the
mighty; and lol the vase upon which there
was. no inscription was empty but looking
further, the gazer saw at the bottom the name
of God. LO, said Nimrod, the thirst for
empire perisheth; so glory wasteth; SO
humility exalteth.
Year: 1872

SMOOTH WHISKY.-A teamstcr who had
been IN the habit OF using about thirty or fortv
drinks day Of whisky in order to keen his
system toned and regulated right, got SO tbpt
he was not particular at all as to the beverage
so long as the quantity was right


The team proprietor kept bottle of spirits
OF turpentine in back corner of his Kitchen
cupboard for the use Of doctoring sores on his
ANNALS; and in the same cupboard. also. a
bottle or 50 Of whisky, from which the bows
could help themselves. Early one morning
the team ter In question reached after the
whisky, but accidentally got hold of the tur-
Pentlne bottle and took three big swallows
MS regular measurement-wthout noticing
any difference in the beverage at all. Shortly
afterwards the proprietor took the same bottle.
but, detecting the blunder at once, said


Look here Jim; didn't you take drink
out of this bottle?


''Of course | did I"


why; you bundering FOOL you have drank
up half this turpentine -


Wen, that's pretty good on me! But I'm
blessed II l noticed any strangeness in the taste.
except that it seemed to slip down a little
smoother, if anything. Never mind ! | guess
L kun stand it till next drinkin' time !"


And he did stand it first rate, although it
made him smell like mustang liniment all day.
Year: 1872

The gold market was weak speculation being pretty
lively all day. The price declined from iis to iiok on
free sales, owing 20 tho that advanced
prices OF stocks But for the large shipments OF specie
Year: 1872

In ascribing the reason that We did
why the people were disposed to adopt
the township organization law, we stated
what every well informed man in Lincoln
county knows to be true Dispatch.


Then there are very few wel.iuformed
men in the county. Will our nei .hbor
be SO good as to name some Of the bad
points ID tue county management
Year: 1872

rht role OF the next Congress will
probably bs spirit Of generous tolerance
toward the Liberal Republicans, for the
purpose if possible Of drawing them into
the fold again. This, if they DO not
press a fac'iors opposition.
Year: 1872

The New York Times says editorally
that Mr.. GrecIey's death is likely to call
public attention to the dangerously in.
direct method by which the president is
chosen. If at at any time n person in
whose name mojority of the electors
was chosen should die iu the interval be
tween the voting day fixed for the meet.
ing Of the electors, it is easy to see that
By the arts of professional politicians
acting upon small body of men, a
notoriousIy unfi person light be fosted
upon the nation as chiei magistrate. he
only obvious and certain way to avoid
the risks which would attend such o
contingency would be to vote directly
for president and vice president.
Year: 1872

REMEDY FOR PAINFUL WoUNDs.-The
4 Country Gentleman" says Take a pan
or shovel with burning Goals and sprinkle
upon them common brown sugar, and hold
the wounded part in the smoke. In few
minutes the pain viii be allayed and recov-
cry proceeds rapidly. In my own case
a rusty nail had made bad wound in thc
bottom Of my foot. The pain and nervous
irritation was severe. This was all removed
by holding it in the smoke for fifteen min
utes, and | was able to resume my reading
in comfort. We have 6ften recommended
it to others with like results Last week
one Of my men had finger nail torn out
BY pair Of ice tongs. II became very
painful as was to have been expected. Held
in sugar smoke for twenty minutes, the
pain ceased. and it promises speedy recov-
cry.
Year: 1872

bill for an act to provide for the health
and safety Of persons employed in coal
mines, being the special order for Thurs
day, the 18th day Of February, 1872, in
Committee Of the Whole, Mr.. Hinchcliffe
delivered the following speech


Mr.. CHAIRMAN We are approaching
the consideration of a subject of the ut
most Importance to the parties to be affect
ed by the proposed bill, and it is,by no
means one that we can afford to treat
lightly; then hope the honorable gentle
men present will give me their earnest at
tention.


The bill now under consideration has its
advocates, and its opponents, perhaps,
among the members on this floor But it
has its opponents, also, among another
class, who, though not entitled to the floor
Of this house, have spent much time there
industriously throwing around this subject
much unnecessary mystitcation and mis-
representation. These gentlemen-inter-
ested parties are leading members of
great mining corporations, and in their af
fected sohcitude for what they call " small
mine owners, they insist that the passage
Of the proposed bill viii break up all that
class and close up the mines. That, how
ever, is not true, for no mine in this State
will be affected by this measure, unless
they have more than ten miners employed
therein. Other misrepresentation have
been made with the intent to prejudice
yorr minds against this or any other meas
ure for the protection Of miners, and 50 de-
feat, as they have done heretofore, all at
tempts at legislation on this subject But,
in the light of the constitutional obligation
resting on each Of us-it being made the
duty If the General Assembly to pass such
laws as may be necessary for the protection
Of operative miners, by providing for ven
tllatIon, when the same may be required,
and the construction of escapement shafts
or such other appliances as may secure
safety in all coal mines, and to provide for
the enforcement Of said laws by such penal
ties and punishment as may be deemed
proper hope every member present will
disrobe himself Of all prejudice that may
have been created by parties seeking to
defeat this necessary legislation, and give
their attention to the facts and figures and
arguments that | will now, with their per
mission, present for their consideration.


''TNINC STATISTICS.


The State If Illinois embraces an area Of
30, 4O5 square miles Of land, within which
area is found one Of the largest continuous
bituminous coal beds in the world.


The following statement, made by good
authority, although not perfectly accurate,
will give an approximate idea Of the ex-
tent of the coal fields Of the United States


The anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania
which embraces all Of any Importance in the
country Is confined within an area Of 470
square miles, or 30. 900 acres.


The year 1870 marked the beginning OF an
thracite coal mining in cur country.


The following table shows the increase of
population and production Of the anthracite