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Year: 1873

She nears the land, the boat that brings
My wandering boy again to me.
The sturdy rowers lend her wings,
And now each sunburnt face see.
Among them all mark not himl
1t is not that with rising tears
My watchful eyes are weak and dim
1t is the lapse of twenty years.
He left me when little lad,
lad, babe; see him now,
hear his voice so frank and glad,
1 stroked the curls upon his brow.
NV son returns across the main,
But brings not back the time that's fled;
shall not hear the voice again,
shall not pat the childish head
Perhaps trace yet may find


OF boyhood, in his look or tone;
glance, an accent, to remind


Me still of hopeful visions gone.
His mothers smile may greet me, when


We hold each other hand in hand;
His mothers voice may echo then


A blessing from the spirit land.
The boat comes on, minute more


She'll CRATE upon the beach. And see
Who rises now to spring oR shore!


Who waves his cap aloft? 'Tis he.
No more look in wistful doubt,


As in the man the child appears
His earnest gaze, his joyful shout,


Have bridged that lapse of twenty years
Year: 1873

A PUFF.-A Western newspaper wish
ing to do the handsome thing by the
local doctor, recently made the follow
ing announcement; +" DIR. Crawford was
called, but under his prompt and skill
full treatment the young man died We'd
nesday afternoon" We don't know
what the doctor said to this but if the
editor is taken sick we advise him not
to call in Crawford.
Year: 1873

BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
Let me move slowly through the street
Filled with an ever-shifting train,
Amid the sound of steps that beat
The murmuring walks like autumn rain.
How fast the fitting figures come
The mild, the fierce, the stony face
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and som
Where secret tears have left their trace.
They pass to toll, to strife, to rest
To halls in which the feast is spread
To chambers where the funeral guest
In silence sits beside the dead
And some to happy homes repair.
Where children pressing cheek to cheek,
With mute caress shall declare


The tenderness they cannot speak.
And some who walk in calmness here
Shall shudder as they reach the door
Where one who made the dwelling dear,
Its flower, its light, is seen no more.
Youth with pale cheek and slender frame,
And dreams of greatness in thine eye
Cost thou to build the early name,
Or early in the task to die
Keen son of trade, with eager brow
Who is huttering in the snare!
Thy golden fortunes, tower they now,
Or melt the glittering spires in ar9
Who of this crowd tonight shall tread
The dance till daylight gleam again
Who sorrow DER the untimely dead!
Who writhe in throes of mortal pan9
Some, famine-struck, shall think how long
The cold, dark hours, how slow the light
And some. who flaunt amid the throng
Shall hide in dens of shame tonight
Each where his task pleasures CALL
They pass, and heed each other not
There is who heeds who holds them all
In large love and boundless thought.
These struggling tides of life that
In wayward, aimless course to tend,
Are eddes of the mighty stream


That rolls to its appointed end.
Year: 1873

WHERE THE Sun DOES NOT SET.


a scene witnessed by some
travellers in the north Of Norway,
from q cliff 1000 feet above the
sea, is thus described:


The ocean stretched away in ST.
lent vastness at our feet; the sound
or waves scarcely reached our airy
lookout: : away in the north the
huge old sun swung low along the
horizon. like the slow beat of the
pendulum in the tall clock OF our
grandfather's parlor corner. We
all stood silent looking at our
watches. When both hands came
together at twelve, midnight, the
full round orb hung triumphantly
above the waves, bridge Of gold
running due north spanning the
water between US and him. There
he shone in silent majesty which
knew not setting. We involun-
tarily took off our hats no words
was said. Combine, if you can,
the most brilliant sunrise and sun
set you ever saw, and the beau
ties will pale before the gorgeous
coloring which now lit up ocean,
Heaven and mountains. In half
an hour the sun had swung up
pcrccptibly on his beat, the colors
changing to those Of morning, a
fresh breeze rippled over the floor,
one songster after another piped
up in the grove behind us.-we had
slid into another day.
Year: 1873

No offspring is simply the off
spring of its father and mother.
1t is at the same time the off
spring Of grandfather and grand
mother on both sides. Without
touching ground at all debatabie
he might have asserted that this
dependence Of offspring OF liability
10 reproduce family characteristics
extends much further up the an
cestral line. Hence the import
ancc Of thorough breeding.
Year: 1873

A modest young lady at the ta-
Bile desiring the leg OF a chicken:
SAID: Il take the part which ought
to be dressed in drawers" j
young gentleman opposite replied
Il take the part which ought to
wear the bustle." The young la
dv tainted and was carried out on
. salver.
Year: 1873

When you see man on a moon
light night trying to convince his
shadow that 1t is improper to fol-
low a gentleman, you may be sure
it is high time for him to join the
Temperance Society.
Year: 1873

CULTURE AND FAlTH.-rhere is 10 more
forlorn sight than that Of a man highly gifted
elaborately cultivated, with all the other Ca
pacities of his nature strong and active, but
those of faith and reverence dormant. And
this, be it said, is the pattern Of man in Which
culture, made the chief good would most likely
ISSUE. On the other hand, when it assumes
its proper place, illuminated by faith, and ami
mated by devout aspiration, it acquires dig
nifty and depth, which of itself it cannot at
tain. From faith it receives its highest and
most worthy objects. 1t is chastened and puri-
fled from self-reverence and concet. 1t is priced
no longer, merely for its own sake, or because
il exalts tho possessor of it, but because it en-
ables him to be of use TO others who have been
less fortunate. In a word, it ceases to be self
insulated, and seeks to communicate itself as
widely as it may. So culture is transmitted
from an intellectual attainment into spiritual
grace. This seems the light il which all who
are admitted to higher cultivation should learn
| to regard their endowinents, whatever they be
Principal Sharp.
Year: 1873




He Is ABLE.-God is able of these stones to
raise UP seed TO Abraham.


Able also to save them to the uttermost that
come unto God by him.


What he has promised he is able to pei form
Able 10 make all races abound toward you
that you having all sutliceney in all things, ,may
abound to every good work.


l commend you to God and to the word ol
his grace, who is able TO build you up and to
give you an inheritance among all them that
are sanctilied.


Able to keep that which have committed
unto him.


Able to keep you from falling, and present
you faultless before the presence of his glory
with exceeding joy.


Able to succor them that are tempted.
Able to keep all when the Father hath given
him, so that he will lose not one.


Able tc do exceeding abundantly above al
that we ask or think.


Believe We that he is able to do this ?-.Selcc
ted.
Year: 1873




Before Judge Curtis.


Henry W. Kelly VS.. Benjamin Benas-This was an
action brought Q Dromssory note. The defence set
up failure OF consideration The showed that
plaintiff and defendant painters, and that they put
bid for the painting Normal College, the con.
tract Of which controlled by the Board Educa-
tion The original understanding that plaintiff and
Jointly Sqs BsnHs the put n
Interests Of the board q Educanon accepted sub
Sssy sssSsasy ks 1sasa ast With 5 hs
Is Of %
SET that the contract was that the note be





a.a s II I
hs s establish %ss sss Hpsa
s s no such the existed Gy a. was ass.a
s n ss there F must ,.v be for
ne given under the circamstances stated By
s s snS s: the 5 t c not %
the completion of the and the payment Of the
% BE-
IN n 70 Ss
the basis OF the renewal notethe one in controversy
ing their seats for the full amount Claimed
Action by . British Insurance Company


for . Premium.


Lancashire Insurance Company The Union Print.
ing Company.-Ths action brought by the plaintiff





the British Empire against the defendant corpora
ton. created by the law OF the state Of New
York. The action to recover the premium
due on q certain policy of insurance issued
by plaintiff The defence set that the insurance was
really for the benefit of the Union Printing Company a
& snd not not s BY the de-
Of the Union Printing House the in this action
itself and the Union Printing Company, in which the
Union Printing Company contracted to Keep the defen-
defendant but had been leased to the Union Printing
Company pl evlous TO the date Of the policy Charles
Wescott the President of the Union Printing House and
also superintendent OF the Union Printing Company,
swore that authority given by any proper
legal agent representative Of the defendant negot
ate this policy Of Insurance; but Mr.. Thompson, the
insurance agent that he did have authority from
Mr. Westco TO effect tins insurance The Jury evidently
disbelicved Westcot they found for the plaintiff
Court instructed the jury that they satisfied that
there authority given by proper legal agent
representative of the defendant corporation to Thomp
the broker TO effect the Insurance. then. irrespective
the the of the contract the Of
the Union Printing Company to keep the defendant In
sured plaintiff entitled to because the prop
erty the defendant protected by the ggis Of the
insurance policy; also, that IL they were satisfied that
tho insurance actually made tor the benefit OF the
defendant corporation without direct authority in the
rt instance and the contract aterward ratified by
the legal agent representative OF the defendant then
plantn was entitled TO recover. The Jury rendered
Veruict Tor the defendant tor the full amount Claimed
Year: 1873

not done they will move In manner that their
claims will be listened to. Tney say that general
dulness exists and that few men are working
that there cannot be any fair quotation OF wages
given by the few OF the diIerent trades employed
Year: 1873

Before Judge McCue


suit was brought by Henry Jacobs against Abraham
Benhem for $1,000 damages for alleged slander The
charge that the defendant in the presence os
era parties made statements derogatory to the plain
tf character The parties reside and do business In the
Eastern district


The jury rendered verdict In favor of plaintiff and
assessed the damages at 81, 900
Year: 1873

RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. yesterday morning
about o'clock the horse attached to wagon
of the Domestic Sewing-Machine Company
becoming frightened ran down Main street
at quite rapid rate, to the no little danger
of many pedestrians in that vicinity. His
wild career was terminated by comAug in
contact with the fence on the corner of
Eighth and Maiu, which resulted in pair
Of broken Shafts and other minor damages.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT At THE TUNNEL.
Mr.. Joseph Dorsett, one Of the watchmen at
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tunnel,
while walking near shaft No. yesterday
morning fell in. and was SO seriously injured
as to cause his death in a short time. The
deceased was at one time an engineer on the
Petersburg road, and was also watchman
at the Danvile depot. He leaves wife and
several children.
Year: 1873

Those who have the privilege Of
''sitting under" long-winded preachers
should at least endeavor to acquire the
habit of sleeping with their eyes open,
if they find it quite impossible toresist
the temptation to slumber; foralthough
the sight of one or two sleepers during
lengthy sermon may be borne with
patience, yet the sight of whole con-
gregation dropping Off is a severe
trial to the temper of even the most
decided Christian. A painful scene,
according to the Edinburgh Courant,
occurred when d. d. and ex-MOdera-
tor of General Assembly of a Scottish
kirk, while preaching to devoted
flock, was shocked to see that, not one
by one, but in great numbers, his hear
ers were gradually passing beyond reach
of his persuasive tongue. AT last his
Highland blood cculd no longer bear it,
and singing ont the beadle, who had
been for some time giving nodding
assent to all that was being said er
cathedra, be determined to make an
example of him. He. accordingly
pansed IN his discourse, surveyed the
effect, and then, drawings a long breath
called out in voice of thunder to an
elder of the church to awaken up
Scott" The 'obedient elder at once
fulfilled the mission, and with success
equal to that which attended the awak-
ening of the Sleeping Beauty o. the
Wood" for the whole congregation
were startled from their slumbers, and
their attention, especially that of the
beadle, during the remainder of the
service left nothing to be desired.
Year: 1873

Congressman Dawes, of Massachu-
sets, evidently does not believe in
forgetting the past. In his address at
Greenfield on Decoration Day he said:
GAS nations are more often shaken
down be internal commotion than by
external violence, so the perils of an
internecine war are always greater than
Bny other that can hang on the issues
of battle. Then, logically, follows the
highest duty of putting before all 9TH
er ersymbols of national prowess those
that tell of the deliverance of the ma
tion from rebellion more appalling in
every proportion and every trait and
consequence, than ever before impend-
ed over the head of people or Govern
ment. On Decoration Day we are pay
ing q debt to the dead. For this reason
it is that the decoration of the graves
of rebel soldiers would shock the pa
triotic mind of this country. They
were indeed brave-they dared; they
suffered and died like heroes-but it
was in a cause which did not command
the approval of mankind. They fought
against while these fought for, free in
sti:utions and universal liberty and
universal manhood. To decorate their
graves with those of Union soldiers
would, therefore, be to blot out the dis
tinction in the causes for which each
laid down his life-between loyalty
patriotism and treason, between the
arm uplifted to save and that raised to
destroy. 1t would blot out, too, all
distinctions in the actions of men, and
confound right with wrong, upturning
the very base of society itself" ''
Year: 1873

OLD SHoEs.-Everything tangible
seems to have two or more states of
existence. Now it is quite possible
that you think, if you look very sharp
ly at an old shoe when you throw it
away, you will know it again if it ever
comes back to yor. But that doesn't
at all follow. One of these days you
may button your dress with an old pair
of slippers, comb your hair with boot
or grasp cast-off galter while you eat
your dinner. You don't see how this
can be? Well, We'll tell you. Old
shoes are turned to account: They are
cut into very small pieces, and kept for
a couple Of days in chloride of sulphur.
The effect of this is to make the leather
hard and brittle. Next, the material
is withdrawn from the action of the
chloride Of sulphur, washed with wat
er and dried. When thoroughly dry,
it is glound 10 powder, and mixed with
some substance like glue or gum, that
causes it to adhere together. It is then
pressed into moulds and shaped into
buttons, combs, knife-handles, etc. So
you will see how it may come to pass
that you will comb your hair with a
boot, and fasten your clothes with q
slipper.
Year: 1873

The Springfield Union says: s'The
preparations for making the new Hitch
cock gun at the water shops are going
on as RAPIDLY as could he expected
The big shaft, which is being sunk in
the Northeast corner Of the old drop
hammer-room, has reached thirty-sev-
en- feet in depth and will be completed
next week. For while the drilling
and blasting went along rapidly owing
to the softness of the rock and the alb
sence of the water, but when about
twenty feet below the surface the wa
ter began to pour in and little further
down the rock changed to hard, gray
ish red, conglomerate sandstone, ex-
ceedingly difficult to work. Two small
pumps were put in to remove water,
and although they are run seven hours
each night, they prove incapable of
carrying off the water as fast as neees-
sary and their place will be supplied,
this week, by a rotary pump, with a
capacity of $50 gallons per minute. As
the shaft has to be blasted fifteen feet
in diameter in the clear, the progress
is necessarily quite slow, and eight men
have been employed at the work for
nearly three months. The drilling is
all done by hand, the holes being about
two feet deep. The drilling is kept up
from bell time in the morning till
noon, when five blasts of one and one
half pounds of powder are let off, one
after the other, and another series of
blasts are fired at four in the afternoon.
Although the firing is in a hole forty
feet deep, there would be considerable
danger to passers by and the workmen
from flying stones, were it not guarded
against by heavy covering OF brush


which is placed over every drill-hole
before firing. This shaft, it will be re-


mcmbered from previous descriptions,


is to contain the big hydraulic press
which forms the anvil on which the
gun will be forged, l. e., the steel rings
of which it is composed will be welded


together by the blows from the ten ton
steam hammer overhead. AS each
eight inch ring is added to the gun,


eight inches of water will be let out OF


the press, and the gun will of course
Year: 1873

drop just that distance into the shaft.
Then, when the forging is completed,
and the $4,000 pound monster is ready
for trimming and boring, it will be
tipped over little to one side, to avoid
hitting the furnace and machinery at
the top of the shaft, and the water will
be let into the press bringing the gun
to the surface.
Year: 1873

An old man from Maine has Just re-
moved alone to establish his home
among strangers in Minnesota. a lit
tie more than ten years ago he had a
wife and eight children. His four boys
went to the war, and all laid down
their lives in defense OF their country.
Their mother died broken hearted al
her loss, and his four daughters did not
long survive her.
Year: 1873

IF we would but check the speaker


When he spoils his neighbours lame,
If we. would but help the erring


Ere we utter words OF blame;
If we would, how many might we


Turn from paths of sin and shame!
Ah the wrong that might be righted .


If we would but see the way!
ALI, the pains that might be lightenee


Every hour and every day
If we would but hear the pleading,


Of the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold


OF our selfishness and pride;
Let US lift our fainting brothers,


Let US strengthen ere we chide;
Let US, ere we blame the fallen,


Hold light to cheer and guide. =
All, how blessed-ah, how blessed


Earth would he if we'd but try
Thus to aid and right the weaker,


Thus to check each brothers sigh;
Thus to talk of duty's pathway


To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,


There are seeds of mighty good; .
Still we shrink from souls appealing


With timid "If we could )"
But a God who judges oil things


Knows the truth is, IF we would"
Year: 1873

A CHEERFUL. HOME. .-Of all the
blessings enjoyed by human being,
there is none better or more desir-
able than a cheerful, happy home.
It is, therefore, the first duty Of
every one to endeavor to promote
the most, amicable relations in the
home circle. A single bitter word
may disquiet an entire family for a
a whole day. One. sdrly glance
casts gloom over the household;
while a smile, like agleam Of sun
shine, may light up the darkest and
weariest hours. Like. unexpected
flowers which spring up along our
path full of freshness, fragrance
and beauty, so the kind words and
gentle eacts and sweet dispositions
make gtd the home where peace
and amity dwell. No matter how
humble the abode, if thus garnish-
ed with goodness and sweetened
with kindness efd smiles, the heart
will turn longingly toward it from
all the tumults Of the world;i and
home, though it be ever SO homely,
will be the dearest spot beneath the
circuit Of the sun.
Year: 1873

The women are shopping now
nothing but the top-knot of the aver
are clerk is visible above the tower
ing counter, except when he goes up
for H another piece of goods, and it is
interesting to study the emotions that
are at work within by the wrinkles
of tho scalp. All, no one can really
understand the mighty thoughts that
surge through their braiu as they are
asked, if they haven't got something
a little lighter. We who have com:
Portable homes, and kind parents anc
bakers bread, seldom think of this.
Year: 1873

A Row In u Lions Cage that insight have


Terininated seriously. ~ 60


The performance in the cage of
lions at the Exposition buildingThurs-
day night came near resulting in u
more serious contest between the ani-r
mails and their master than was put.
down on the bills. On entering the
cage the exhibitor, MIR. Dozler, opeu7I
ed the door of the adjoining depaIt-
ment, in which was the young African
lion, and as usual, moliOned the ami
NAL to enter. But the young prince
of beasts was sulky and moved with
evident reluctance and i'll temper, and
Mr.. Dozler struck him sharp blow
with his whip. This reused the ire of
the brute his kingiy dignity would
not brook such an insult, aud with
open mouth and hOarse but savage
growl, he sprahg upon his master.
The latter swerved aside just in time,
however. and tie animal swept by,
his teeth grazing the shoulder of Mr..
Dozier, ie iring his dress, and inflict-
ing a slight skin wound. Quick as
thought the lion tanner reversed his
whip, and the angry lion hardly
touched the floor when he received u
stunning blow on the head. This was
followed by another and another in
quick succession, till the brute COVER
ed beneath the Yehemence aud daring
of the attack, and skunk subdued into
d corner OF the cage, the other ami
mails meanwhile looking ON in appaI-
rent wonder, but evidently too much
afraid ot the man aud his weapon to
mix in the afiray. AS Soon as he had
conquered the rebel, Mr.. Dozier made
his exit from the cage i'll the usual
way, feeling, probably that he had
given the audience u sufficient exhibi-
ton OF his power for that evening.
The affair passed so rapidly that IL was
over and the man was safely out OF
the cage before most of the audience
conprehended the perilous nature of
the attack. When they fully realized
it, however, there was no little COM
motion in the crowd, especially among
the women and those gathered abont
the cages beat hasty retreat from tho
vicinity, most of them in evident
trepidation. The incident did not
deter the daring exhibitor from going
through his usual performances yes
terday afternoon and last night, but it
may well be Imagined that he exer-
cised something more than his usual
watchmlness while among his savage
pets.-LoG. Courier Journal.
Year: 1873

After we had been talking in an in-
different kind of way for some little
time the old man took a drink from
the contents of the ginger beer bottle,
and remarked with smack of his
lips,as he put away the empty glass,
81 like that. Yes, yes" In consider
alton of his expressed preference for
the beverage we made over to him the
entire of what remained without the
smallest scruple OF conscience that we
were fastening his existence TO a pre-
mature end. Z" so ti1


"And yon shook hands with Gener-
al Washington ?" | asked the old
man after his disposition to become
communicative eVinced itself. e 3sE'
Year: 1873

AS he sat opposite to us in the chair
he presented unmistakable marks of
extreme old age without the usual ac-
compartment of paralized or impaired
senses. His oversight is as good as
that of the average of men of sixty.
His hearing is slightly defective and


made 1t necessary to address him in
Year: 1873

The subscriber will keepthe market open at
the old stand. under Wheeler's Block, where he
will be able to furnish his old customers and
snch new ones as may favor him with their pat
,an q with the