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Year: 1873

1t is with heartfelt sorrow that We an


nounee to-day that the fever knows no


appreeiahle abatement, and that il Is


gradually encircling the city, taking


with it many of our prominent citizens.


Our heart grows heavy and our eyes


dim as we look back upon


the dreadful work of the pestilenee, and


we ery in anguish of soul, "How long,


o Lord, how long ~ Hundreds of our


poor people have paid the debt Of ma


ture and fearful tithing to the pesti-


lence, and yet it is not staid,


but moves with Tesistless force
taking from US the lovely, the brave,


the generous and the useful. Every
night the death-ro is called, and every
night reveals a list all too long, bearing


the names Of those we loved 10 honor


OF tho e TO whom We looked as brothers,
bound in the common effort of
making a great city and earning for
Memphis name to be proud Of among
the cities Of the land. Priests, minis
tiers and laymen, the babe just born,
the sucking at the breast, the "wee
thing toddling in its first effort, cur
school-children, our budding flowers,
the loveliest of their sex, the mother,
the father, the brother, the friend and
partner are all cut down untimely 10y
the remorseless enemy, and men stand
in awe, asking, When win it end?"
Good Samaritans are working,
physicians exhaust the most sci
enufie skill, aid pours in upon
us from those abroad whom
God in his mercy exempts from the
scourge, and sll to little purpose. The
victims of the plague increase in num-
bers. Surely, if God wills it, We have
had enough. Our cup of sorrow, of trial
and of tribulation is bIimful and run
ming over. For thirteen years we
have known nothing but excitement
and trouble. Death has many times
laid his heavy hand upon US, and


destruction has been about Us on every
side. The prey of revolution, OF war,
of oppression, Of panic and of disease,


we cry with loud voice
and almost in despair, 'Is there
no balm in Gilead? Is there no
nepenthe for the hearts so ruthlessly |
torn in Memphis? Is there no future
for our stricken city? Is there no hope
out Of present binding darkness?n


We read in the good book, and


we feel there is. We have
faith not yet shaken. We have
"A trust not yet broken. We have
confidence not yet impaired. Out
Of present afiiction We are to
emerge purer, better, stronger. Out Of
present sorrows we are to learn the les
son Of life. And out of this surrounding
death and gloom is 10 come the
light that will light US as a
community into a broader, a more
humane, a more liberal and more
tolerant pathway Of life. We are TO
learn to bear and torbear. We are to
learn to be less selfish. We are to learn
Ihat we are to live and labor for each |
other and not for ourselves alone. In


bitterness of keart the lesson is to-day |
being learned by those at home who |
bear the brunt of tbs>pestilence, and by
those abroad w5o are filled with anxiety |
because Of our danger. Let US lay it TO
heart, and with Gods help, profit by it.
Let no change in good times to come
blot out from us the memory Of these
awful days, when the man of to-day is
the cOrDse of tomorrow.
Year: 1873

There is sound doctrine in the follow
ing, which we copy from the HoOsisr
lState:


Everywhere we hear the cry of hard
times. Money is scarce, and in conse-
quence there is daily and gradual shrink
ing in values. Everything is becoming
cheaper and cheaper The merchant who,
seeing this state of things, reduces his old
stock to cost, and advertises the fact, will
succeed in getting it off his dands before
the new and lower scale of prices becomes
general, and thus coming out of the panic
in good business trim will be able with
his new stock, bought at panic prices, to
compete with his rivals and monopoliZe
the trade when pitted against those who
did not get their stocks out of the way.
The latter must fail while the former will
push their way to the head and to for
tune"


The people should buy only what they
need, and pay tor what they get. They
will be sure to buy where they can get
the most for their money, if they know
where that can be done.
Year: 1873

The word creoles was first applied to
the children of Spanish, and afterwards OF
French settlers in the West Indies and the
Southern States born in the New World


The term was afterwards applied to all the


American descendants of such persons
and finally, when negroes, that had been
brought from Africa, had children born to
them, those children were called creole
negroes. There is no distinct race of peo-


pie which is known as the "creole race. y


In regard to the correctness of the ex-
preston, 1.-THE house is building" or "the
house is being built?" There was quite a
lengthy discussion at the Teachers Insti-


tute, last month about the correctness OF
grammar of the shove sentences. some
advocating the first, and others the second
form of expression. There are difficulties
and there are reasons on both sides. Many
person who would say "the house is
building" would shrink from saying the
tree is chopping." The truth is, that
either form of expression is mere shift
of vocal laziness, which is resorted to, tc
AVOID giving full and clear statement Of
the idea. When one wishes to convey the
idea that on certain occasion e house
was in process of building, or that tree
was undergoing the process of being chop


ped down by wood-cutter, it is intolera
Year: 1873

THE more man has his fate in his own
hands, the more of man he is, and the.
great end and aim of ''labor reform, - and
indeed the only end and aim worth much
talk, is the committal to the working
classes, as far as is possible. of the man.
agement of their own affairs. Indeed we
hardly hesitate to say that it is only through
co-operation-that is, the participation of
every worker in the business cares, or at
all events, in the knowledge ofthe business
conditions and responsibilities which
surround and uphold his peculiar industry
that any real and permanent improve
The Nation.
Year: 1873

PRESENT DUTY.-The way to make
easy times is as clear as daylight.


Let every man or woman who owes
money pay it at once, if it is possible.


Be willing to make sacrifice in
order to meet promptly all your engage
ments.


Stop grumbling at the faults or mistakes
of others, and attend faithfully to your
own affairs.


Deal fairly, leniently, and cheerfully
with all persons who owe you or are in
pecuniary trouble.


If you are oat of debt, thank the Lord |;
and then 60 round among your friends,
and enemies too, if you have them, and
render them all the assistance. in your
power.


Don't hoard your money; but loan it or
use it to relieve the needy. on the same
principle as you would give bread to the
needy in day of famine.
Do what you can in every way to re.
leve pecuniary distress, to check the cur.
rent of financial endorsements and re
store public confidence.
If you are bank officer or director
don't be cross minute. Smile, as {
Christian duty, from morning till night
Give an encouraging word, if possible, t.
all, and by all means strain every nerve tC
help all who need it.-N. Y. Independent
Year: 1873

THE NEXT LEGIsLATURE.-Taki
the past six or seven years as a stand point
of criticism, the next legislature will be of
more than average ability. The fact that
it is SO shows returning sense on the part of
the people of Virginia, what may be their
political tergiversations. The small num-
ber of members of the last legislature
returned to the next is worthy also of note.
OF the whole number only about twenty
five were reelected, and smaller proper
ton of Conservatives than Republicans
were retained.
Year: 1873

VIRGINIA OPERA-HOUSE.-The nightly
entertainments at this house are of pleas
ing and attractive order, and the manage
ment ought to be well patronized. The
programme for this evening is especially
fine, and ought to secure crowded house.
There arc some five or six pieces in char
acter which cannot be excelled anywhere
or on any boards. The ''Man Serpent"
we should not call by that name, but give
him his real name as one of the most ac-
complished and extraordinary gymnasts of
the age. 'Ling Looks" exploits are the
best we have ever seen in the way of the
"Phenominal Chinee," or apparently inn
possible feats and wonders. Miss Polly
DAILY, as "Flower Girl" is an exquisite
gem of acting and singing. To see her
once is to get your moneys worth
half a dozen times over. The song
of "Jersey Sam" is one of the best
of its kind we have ever heard, and splen-
didly executed both in character and con-
ception. The cornet soloist is admirable,
and the two Queens of Terpsichorean art
have never been surpassed by any artists
upon our Richmond boards. Both should
dance, however, in the costume Of the
more petite of the two. They are too beau
tiful and graceful for either of them to
play the boy. There is loss of grace
and attractiveness here that ought not to
exist.


We might say more, and speak of others
in the bill. Buff you want to spend TWO
hours or more as pleasantly as it is possible
to spend them anywhere, go to the fine
entertainment given us by Frank Rivers
company.
Year: 1873

COURT INCIDENT. White, is it
right for lawyer to take ten dollars
when he agreed to do it for five?" This
question was propounded Justice White
yesterday during temporary lull in the
proceedings of the court. The Justice re-
sponded that he had nothing to do with
the affairs of lawyers and their clients. If
clients felt aggrieved by the action Of law
yerss, they must take the proper legal pro-
ceedings and not ask him for advice.


We desire to venture little advice on
our own account, and If carried out may
be the means of saving many poor anfor-
tunate individual his bottom dollar. But
before giving it we will narrate in brief the
circumstances attending the case which
called forth the exclamation at the begin
ming of this article:


An unfortunate individual, who had
taken on little more benzine than he
could well carry, had been brought before
his honor, who, in consequence OF its being
his first appearance in court as an offender,
was fined by the justice one dollar, and
discharged; in few minutes afterwards
the mother of the offender propounded the
above inquiry. Now, here was man charged
with slight offence comparatively speak
ing); indeed, it seemed to us that the justice
didn't like to fine him even as much as a
dollar, but something of the kind had to
be done. His offence against the law cost
one dollar and his lawyers fee cost him ten
dollars. If people will offend against the
law they must expect to be punished for it,
but unless it is some offence of magnitude,
we advise them to lean upon the mercy OF
the court, and they will not only save money
but have Justice meted out to them.
Year: 1873

When the task and the lessons are ended,


And the school for the day is dismissed,
The little ones gather around me


To bid me good night and be kissed;
Oh! the little white arms that eneirele


My neck in their fender embrace;
Oh the smiles that are halos of Heaven,


Shedding sunshine Of love on my face!
Oh my heart grows as weak as woman's,


And the fount Of my feelings win Aow,
When think of the paths steep and stony,


Where the feet of the dear ones must 80;
OF the mountains OF sin hanging o'er them;


of the tempests Of Fate blowing wild,
For there's nothing on earth half so holy


As the innocent heart OF a child!
They are idols of hearts and Of households,


They are angels Of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,


His glory still CLEANS in their eyes;
Oh ! these truants from home and from


Heaven,


They have made me more manly and mild;
And know. now, how Jesus could likcn


The kingdom Of God 10 a child.
ask not life for the dear ones


All radiant as others have done done,
But that life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare Of the sun;
would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayers would bound back to my


self;


All! a seraph may pray for sinner,
DIT Ell Eef For
The twig is so easily bended,
have banished the rule and the rod;
1 have taught them the goodness Of knOwl-


edge,


They have taught me the goodnes Of God;
My heart is a dungeon Of darkness,


Where shut them for breaking a rule,
Ny frown is sufficient correction,
My love is the law of the school.
l shall leave the old house in the autumn
To traverse its threshold no more;
All how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the doorl
| 1 shall miss the "goOd-nights" and the
kisses,


And the gush Of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning for me.
shall miss them at morn and at even
Their song in the shool and the street;
| l shall miss the low hum of their voices,


And the tramp Of their pattering feet,
| When the lessons of life are all ended,
And death says, "The school is dis
| missed 70


May the little ones gather around me,


To bid me goodnight and be kissed.
Year: 1873

Franklin Dyre, highly respect
able and intelligent farmer Of Ga
lena, Kent county, Maryland, gives
the following as a sure cure for the
bite of q mad dog. As will be seen,
he has tested it with the most graft
flying results.


Elecampane is plant well known
to most persons, and is to be found
in many of our gardens. Immedi-
ately after being bitten, take one
ounce OF the root of the plant-the
green root is perhaps preferable, but
the dried will answer and may be
found in our drug stores, and was
used by me-sliee or brnise, put il
in pint of fresh milk, boil down TO
half a pint, strain, and when cold
drink il, fasting at least six hours
afterward. The next morning re-
! peat the dose prepared as the last,
and this will be sufficient. 1t is
recommended that after each dose
nothing be eaten for at least six
| hours.


l have a son that was bitten by a
mad dog eighteen years ago, and
| four other children in the neighbor.
! hood were also bitten; they tool
/ the above dose and are alive and
well 10 this day. And have known
a number of others who were bitter
and applied the same remedy. 1t i
supposed the root contains a princi
/ pie which, being taken by the blood
in its circulation, counteracts Ol
neutralizes the deadly effect OF th'
virus of hydrophObia.


feel so much confidence in thii
simple remedy that am willing yOl
should give my name in connection
| with this statement.
Year: 1873

o child! o new born denizen
CT life's great city on thy head
The glory of the morn is shed
Like a celestial benisonl


Here at the pertal thou dost stand,
And with thy little hand


Thou openest the mysterious gate
Into the futures undiscovered land
by what astrology Of fear or hope
Dare l to cast thy horoscope?
Like the new moon thy life appears;
A little strip OF silver light
And widening outward into night,
The shadowy disk Of future years
a prophecy and intimation,
A pale and feeble adumbratiOn,
OF the great world of light, that!
Beyond all human destines.
Year: 1873




Every man is conscious that he


leads two lives, that one trivial and


ordinary, the other sacred and re-


cluse; one which no carries 70 sOcie-


ty and the dinner table, the other in


which his youth and aspiration sur


vive for him and which is a conf


dence between himself and God.


Both may be equally sincere, and


there need be no contradiction be-


tween them, any more than IN a
healthy man. between soul and body.
II the higher life be real and earnest


its result, whether in literature or
in affairs, will be real and earnest,
too. But no man can produce great
things who is not thoroughly sim
cere in dealing with himself, who
would not exchange the finest show


for the poorest reality, who docs not
90 love his work that he is net only


glad TO give himself for IL; but finds
rather a gain than a sacrifice In the
surrender. The sentimentalist does
not think of what he does 50 much


as of what the world will think OF
the same. He translate should into
would, looks Epon the spheres OF
duty and can never learn how life


rounds itself to a noble complete


ness between these two opposite
but mutually sustaining poles OF
| what we long for and what We must.
Year: 1873

The construction of the Nashville
and Chicago and Cumberland and
Ohio roads is being warmly advO-
Gated. We have yet TO meet man
who has expressed any opposition
to those great enterprises. All seem
TO realize the fact that Nashville
should be made the railroad center
of the South Banner.
Year: 1873

An equivocation that serves the
purpose of a falsehood, bears the
same relation to it that a hypocrite
does 10 a profane person; being ap-
parently better, it is therefore a
more dangerous cheat.
Year: 1873

Tue romantic devotion of Shaun, who
sacrificed himself for Arrah, has been
initiated in real life by young girl in
London. To save her betrothed, the ac-
tual culprit, she went into Court and
swore that she had stolen the diamond
pin. of the abstraction of which he was
accused. This would be called true love
by the sentimentalist; but ah! how much
more noble and beautiful and unselfish was
the conduct of the young Philadelphia
lady who sold her new bonnet the Other
day that the man she loved might pur.
chase ball ticket, That, now, is high
minded devotion of which few, very few
women are capable.-N. Y. Tribune,
Year: 1873

ENDLESS BURNING LAMP.-Among
the lost arts is that of the endless burn
ing lamp. 1t is said that in the time OF
Edward VI, lamp was discovered in
the grave Of Constantine, at York, which
had been burning since his burial to that
time, period of twelve hundred years.
Also, in the grave of Tulia, daughter of
Cicero, was found burning lamp, which
was lighted at her death, fifteen hundred
and fifty years before. 1t went out as
soon as daylight was admitted. Yet il
was certainly clever device of the an
clients TO invent lamp which would il
Illuminate through all time the home Of
their dead. ..-
Year: 1873

A YOUNG lady in Nashvilleis changing
her views somewhat relative to the ques.
ton of matrimony. She says that when
she "camo out" in society she determined
that she would not marry man unless
he was an Episcopalian. Time passed
on, and she did not get married and mod
iGed her views and concluded she would
marry no man who was not christian
That young lady is still unmarried, and
says now that all she is looking for is a
man who doesn't drink whisky.
Year: 1873

A MARRIAGE engagement in Portland,
Oregon, was broken up the other day be-
cause the prospective groom haggled
with toll-keeper about the payment OF
two bits toll when he and his intended
were enjoying ride. He had told his
love, but did not want himself and his
love to be tolled. ~
Year: 1873

OLIVE LOGAN tells of nice young
man who waltzed supcrbly. All the
girls went for him. Nobody could catch
their face as we'll as he. When asked
how he managed it so handsomely, he re-
piled he never thought about it, he never
tried hard, all he did was to hold his part
ner in his arms and let her kick.
Year: 1873

WHEN the time comes for women 10
take their places in the halls of Congress,
one Missouri lady will be found fully
qualified for the position. Before clipping
with the darling Of her heart she had an
interview with her fathers bureau drawer
and voted herself an increase Of back pay
to the extent of $1,000. She would have
nobly taken more, but that was all there
was TO take.
Year: 1873

A HoosIER lover sought to secure the
object of his affections by strategy. He
took her out for boat ride, and threat
ened to jump overheard if she didn't
consent to marry him. She assisted him
in the operation and rowed home alone.
Year: 1873

As lucid o thing as We have
seen on the subject Of the weather
Is this: If you wish to know
whether it 10 going to rain or not,
all you have to DO is to find tho
storm vortex, and then zee which
side Of It 10 the most moist. Mul-
tiply this by the square Of the LAT.
ent heat, subtract the time of
day and divide by the weather.
cock. The result will be the
wrial ratification, plus tho ther-
mometric evolutions OF tho north
pole, and q child can tell what
will follow.
Year: 1873

A DOG belonging to a locomotive
fireman on tho L. 3. & M. =.
road espicd a rabbit on the track
ahead Of the engine. q short dis
tauce from Kalamazoo, the other
day, lcaped from the engine and
went for the rabbit. After them
both went the Locomotive. The
dog and rabbit soon left the track
and making quiet a circuit, struck
the track again just in time for
theengine to run over both ofthem,
which it did, cutting Of the head
of each at the one moment.
Year: 1873

THERE is an extensive branch
Of business beng carried on at
New Orleans, in the expectation
OF moss. One factory has just re-.
ceived an order for two hundred
aud fifty bales to be cent to
Hamburg by steamer, which has
the capacity to pick and bale ten
thousand bales by machinery.
Year: 1873

A MAN Arrested for Stealing SOup-bone


60 Keep hls Family from SearvIngs
From the Washington Chronicle.


Yesterday afternoon Private Waterman
Miller, Of the Centre Market, brought to the
Central Guard House p8le, emaciated, though
tablealOOking, middle aged man, whom
he had arrested while in the act of stealing
soup-bone from o meat-stand in the market. =
The watchmam made great fnss over his
prisoner pulling him about and otherwise ac-
ting as II ne had done something for the good
Of the country. Under this treatment the
captive acted In very gentle manner, and,
upon being questioned, he gave his name as
Thomas Washington. He said he was a stran-
ger in this city, and lived In a shanty on Sew
enth street near the boundary, where he had
left his wife and i've children yesterday morn
ing In very destitute condition. They had
had nothing to eat for days. During his stay
In the city he had applied at many places for
Work at any price, but was unsuccessful. He
had left his miserable hOvel yesterday morn
ing with the determination of getting some
thing to do whereby he could make little
money, or else, at all hazards, bring some
food home to his little ones to relieve their
cravings. The only thing that induced him
10 Steal, as ne said, was the fact that his chill
dren were dying of starvation. He was sorry
Tor what nc had done, but 1t was either "steal
or Starve" and he chose the former, as that
was his only resource. He had been in better
circumstances, and was too proud to beg


During the recital Of this pitiful tale he was
wholly overcome tears rolled down his cheeks,
ana he appeared in great mental anguish
The officer in charge of The station said he
could do nothing for the mani the law was
mighty and had to be Obeyed, 1t seemed at
times unjust, but he had no choice, and the
man must be locked up over night, and would
have hearing before Judge Smell this morn
ing, This poor wretch, who had stolen q soup
bone (wOrth about fifteen cents) to save his
family from starvation, was then put in a cell,
There 1t Is supposed he remained all night


The vOracity with which Washington de-
vOured the meals furnished him by the officers
confirmed his story.


feelings Of his hearers q subscription was to
ken up shortly after his Incarceration, and q
party went out TO the shSnty on SeYenth
Street, where they found his wife and children
weak and sick from their excessive sufferings,
They were furnished with plenty to eat and
made as comfortable as possible, and assured
that their father wouldh home tonight
Year: 1873

All indebted to us for subscriptions and
sther work. will oblige us greatly and please
hose we owe more, by calling and settling


heir accounts. We know that money is
Iesrce and hard to get but we trust our


i,iends will make an effort in our behalf.
Year: 1873

Ey- At the installation OF the Prince
Of Wales as grand master Of tho united
orders Of the grand conclavs OF Masonic
Knights Templars Of England and ire
land, his regal highness announced tha'
the queen was already patroness OF the
craft of Masonry, and would be patron
oss lkswise of their united order.