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Year: 1873

An Arabian fable narrates that an
evil genius became enamored of the
beautiful daughter of a bashaw of Bag
dad. Finding her affections engaged,
and that she would not listen to an.
other wooer, the genius resolved to
revenge himself upon the maiden by
mastering the soul of her lover. Having
done SO, he told her he would remove
the malignant possession only on con-
dition that she should give him hel
heart. She promised. The lover was
restored, and the wicked spirit de-
manded the fulflment of her word. She
answered, 81 would yield you my heart
if had it, but have it not. One can
not give what one does not have. 1t is
in another's keeping; it belongs to the
man I adore. Ask him for it. II he
will surrender it my compact shall be
preserved. If he refuse you have nc
redress, for you cannot twice possess
the same soul, and your allegiance to
Amaimon compels you to abide by any
covenant you may make with mortal.


The genius saw that he was foiled,
and roaring with impotent rage, disap
peared.


The daughter of the bashaw was
wise woman. She was q tactician
Woman, by her tact, has always beer
able to control her brother, and exercise
the spirit of evil. The Eastern tale il
Is true to-day as when it was written.
Give woman half q chance with the
devil, say the Spaniards, and the devil
will be outwitted. The argument oi
Eden does not disprove the aphorism'
II was Ewes curiosity. not Satan's cum
ming, which undid her. Her most dan
Rerous foe was within. Relieved oi
list, she would have cajoled the Prince
Of, Darkness out Of his gloom, and
turned his nocksry and sarcasm to the
tune of tenderness.-Galary.
Year: 1873

Put your foot in the stirrup and swing
yourself aboard. The engineers little
cabin is a regular howdah for an ele-
phant. 1t is princely way Of making
q royal progress. The engineer bids
you take that cushioned seat by the
right window. You hear the gurgle OF
the engines feverish pulse, and the hiss
Of . whole community of tea-kettles.


There is his steam-clock with its finger
on the figure. There is his time-clock.
One says sixty pounds Of steam. The
other. forty miles an hour. A little
Year: 1873

THE VANISHING SrxPKSCE.-Having
previously stuck small piece of white
wax on the nail Of your middle finger.
lay a si1pence on the palm Of your
hand, and, addressing the company.
state that it shall vanish at the word of
command. ''Many persons" You OBJ
serve, perform this feat by letting the
sixpence fall into their sleeve; but to
convince you that 1 shall not have re-
course to any such mean deception, I
will turn up my cuffs. You then close
your hand, and bringing the waxed nail
in contact with the sixpence, it Will
firmly adhere to it. You then blow
your hand, and cry "Begone + and
suddenly opening it, and exhibiting the
palm you show that the sixpence has
vanished. If you borrow the sixpence
of any of the company, take care to rub
off the wax before you restore it to the
owner,
Year: 1873

A HAPPY LITTLE EFA,lLY.-There F was,
not long ago, dog in England, whose
family Of pups were drowned, SO that
she was lett alone, with nothing to love-
Her name was Mop; and she was very
sad when she found all her little ones
taken away from her.


About the same time, brood Of nine
little ducks had been left without any
mother to take care of them; so what
did Mop do but adopt the little ducks
for her own? Sne would save her food
for them and when they went into the
water, she would 60 with them. The
little ducks learned to love poor Mop
very much. They would jump on her
back and if any strange dog came into
the yard, thinking he could catch one
of the little ducks to eat, Mop would
growl SO that the strange dog would
run off pretty well frightened.


Mop was happy in her little family ;
for love makes even dogs happy; and
when the ducks grew up, they did not
forget the friend who took care of them.
Many q good time they would have
swimming about in the pond, or eating
their dinner together.
Year: 1873

GOOD IIM1.-Wc learn that preparations are
making at the Crater Hill house for one of The
hnfSt balls ever given in the mines 1t is to
come of at the Crater Hill Hotel on the Ilth
inst, and all those who would like to have a
Jolly good time for 50, so, lad better be making
Their prcpNrAtions.
Year: 1873

That Coal M1NE.-We have received some
specimens of the coal taken from the mine at
Lincoln. Its appearance is not that of regular
stone coal, but we put some in the fire, and
found it burned freely, and in a short time
founl glowing cinder. II it is good thing
as we hope it is, the people at Lincoln will soon
have TO commence repairing some of those
shabby-looking houses which line the streets Of
that moral l.tls burg
Year: 1873

NEW ENTERPRISE. SIX stamp mill,
which formerly stood at the mammoth ledge in
Lone Star District, has been purchased by n
Sen Francisco capitalist, John Sanborn, and is
now being moved and re-erected on Auburn Ra-
ion of j. l.. Bray. The mill is being recon
structed to save the gold by what is known as
The Penniman process. BY this plan the rock
is crushed dry, and the gold is extracted from
su!phrates in one passing through the pans
which pans are peculiarly adapted to save free
gold, no matter how fine. The Penniman pro-
cess is now used in South Carolina and Colou,-
versed quartz men who have examined the pro-
cess pronounce it the only method yet known to
save all the gold at one working Mr.. Bray is
said to understand his business eminenty we'll
and he is quite positive he can work the ores
which he has examined in this vicinity up to IS
80 per cent. of fine assay. Should this
mill by the Penniman process be proven to save
the gold as well as is now reasonably claimed
its advent will create an epoch in the history of
ourquartz mines that will long be remembered
with pleasure. Many of our mines now lying
idle contain an abundance of rock which will
pay well by process that will save 80 per cent. Of
the gold; but which returns but small dividends
when crushed by the ordinary quartz mill We
regard the enterprise with favor, and when the
mill starts working, which we understand will
be by the first of Dec, we shall hope to hear Of
it proving successful equal to the anticipations
of the most sanguine.
Year: 1873

BADLY HURT.-Last Wednesday morning
John Painter, who was employed at the Auburn


Brewery, hitched the team to the wagon as u.s.
ual for the purpose of going out with load of
beer. No one at the time happened to be in
sight, and this is all Painter himself remem-
bers. But soon after the team came running
down the hill and through the town at a terrible
rate. The rattle of the wagon must have called
out the hands from the brewery, and they found
Mr.. Painter lying in an insensible condition
near the gate which opens into the street from
the brewery yard. They picked him up and
sent for a physician, who found on examination
that the man WAS very seriously injured. Two
of his ribs were broken, his arm badly bruised
and the blood oozing from the ear, which indi-
Gated that he must have received severe con-
cussion of the head. 1t is hard to tell at pres
cnt what will be the result of his injuries. So
far he is doing very WELL and it is thought lie
will recover entirely in due time. 1t is the
opinion that the team must have started as
he was in the act of climbing on the wagon,
and that he fell and was either run over by the
wagon or kicked by one of the horses, or both.
Year: 1873

A WAC says he attended a fair last
fall, and the show consisted OF call, a
goose and pumpkin, and it rained so
hard the first night that the goose swan
off. the calf broke loose and ate up the
pumpkin, and thief stole the cali, and
that ended the fair.
Year: 1873

The Tribune today publishes in large
type, the list OF the members Of the last
Congress and places opposite the name
of each Senator or Representative the
record OF his action in regard to the
drawing or returning their back pay.
Editorially it takes occasion to again
denouuce the back pay outrage now
five months old; Republicans. Demo-
Gratis and Liberals all alike stained With
the crime. 1t urges the mass Of voters
to raise above party and show that
they consider common honesty in pub
lie affairs Q more important matter
than party succese.
Year: 1873

WILMINGTON CONFERENCE ACADEMY. - The
Trustees OF the Wilmington Conference Acadia
my, for which charter was granted at the late
session Of the Legislature, advertise for pro-
posals for erecting a building. at Dover The
new academy will be SO feet front, about the
same depth, and four stories high, with man
sara roof and cupola.s Its capacity will be for
the accommodation of from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred students
Year: 1873

4 WE rejoice to see that our good
friend, &. ]. Ball, of Parker county,
has received the nomination, of the
Democracy for reelection as Senator
from his District Jack made an excel
lent Senator daring the last Lcgisla-
ture- was always true to his people, to
the State. and to Democracy, and we
repeat that We are glad that he has


been nominated for reelection.
Year: 1873

a YOUNG lady in Fonddu Lac, while
out walking with her lover, was at
tackled by savage dog, who seized her
by tho breast and tore it from her
body. The lover tainted with horror
at the sight, but the young lady, much
mortified, went for the dog with q
picket, renafking. 'eFhat ere cost me
a dollar and half, aud want made
for no dog to chaw up.p
Year: 1873

THE manner in which Judge Silas
Hare prcsides over our Criminal Dis
trict court seems to give feeling of
relief and satisfaction to both the bar
and the people We speak what seems
to be unmistakable public sentiment,
for we have not personally attended
the court.
Year: 1873

OUR neighboring town of Plano, in
Collin county, only sixteen miles
from Dallas, is improving rapidly and
substantially. 1t is surrounded by as
rich a body Of land and as good class
of people as any town in the State. We
rejoice at its prosperity.
Year: 1873

lature can with great propriety de-,
mand self aid of all school corpor-
atoms Climate, in some measure,
regulate the length of the school
term. In Canada they are oontin-
ued nearly the entire year; in our
State nine months may be placed as
the maximum, and six months as the
minimum. The average should be
from seven and a half to eight
months. It is now in the power of
the General Assembly to place our
schools upon q more useful footing
than ever before attained by them.
They have advanced in the quail
ty of their work, why not in the
quantitya


Every day added to the length of
our school term adds not only to
the aggregate amount of intellec-
tual and moral capital of the coun-
try, but also to it's material wealth.
Wealth is subjective rather than
objective; more in the mind than in
the object.


MILTON B. HOPKINS,


Sup't of Public Instruction.
Year: 1873

Some conception of the immense
iron demand in the United States
may be inferred from the fact that
it requires fully one-half of oil the
American iron produced to build
our railroads and keep them in re-
pair. n
Year: 1873

50 asazzzSo s----s8a


There WAS much more than
mere witicism in the remark of an
old bachelor who had paid atten-
ton to a maiden lady twenty
years, visiting her regularly every
night, when rallied for not marry
ing: II I were married, I should
have nobody to court, and no place
to go at night He had deeply
felt the contrast between his own
delicate and ETHEREAL enjoyment and
the hard discontented, fretted life
of too many married people, and
his answer was irony. He saw
there was something in courtship
which too often exhales and expires
after marriage, leaving cold, duh,
monotonous burden, where oil was
beauty and buoyancy before. Letus
see what that something is. In
courtship nothing is taken for
granted. Both parties are put on
their good behavior. Love keeps
itself fresh and active by constant
expression in word and act. But
strange to say, the conrtship un-
usually ends in marriage Very
soon the parties yield to the sense
of possession, and the feeling of
security robs gallantry of motive,
and extracts the poetry from the
mind. The beautiful attentions
which were so pleasing before mar,
riage are two often forgotten after
ward, the gifts cease, or come only
with the asking; the music dies
out of the voice; everything is tax
en- for granted and the love that,


like the silver jet of the fountain
leaped to heaven, denied the natur-
al outlet, ceases to flow altogether
Then comes dull heavy, hard days
with two unhappy ones tied together
wishing themselves apart; and not
always content with merely.wishing.
This is unnatural and wrong. What
married life wants to give is new
tone and sweetness and more of the
manner as well as the spirit of the
counting time. Very much of the
pleasures of the courtship comes
from the constant attentions of the
parties to each other. Their af-
fection voices itself in all possible
ways. Every sentence is edged
with compliment and spoken in
tender tones Every look is new
! word in the nexhaustable vocabu-
larry of love. Kiss and caress are
parenthetic classes and gestures in
the dialect of love, and gifts and
sacrifices are the more emphatic ex-
pressions of the spirit no language
can fully articulate and devotion
declare. And it is the fact that af-
fection confesses itself continually
lin look and word ana act, making
the voice musical and the fingers
poetic in their touch. and doing,
that makes the experience so beau


tiful, the only Eden women has on


earth. Love must have expression


or it will die. It can be kept for


ever beautiful and blessed as at the


first, by giving it constant utter


ence in word and act. The more it


is allowed to flow out in delicate at


tentions and noble service, the


stronger and more satisfying and


more blessed it will be. The house


becomes home only when love drops
| its heavenly mamma in it every day,


and the true marriage vow is made


not once for all at the altar but by


loving words and helpful service


and delicate attentions to the end.


Theodore Tilton. in the Golden


Age.
Year: 1873

young men lounging around street cor.


ners that produce less than they Goa.


sumo. III these men were educated the


wealth Of the State could be doubled.


Industry required an atmosphere 70


make il valuable. The reason Why man.


ufacturers did not thrive as well at the


South as In New England was because


in the latter the people for generations


had been educated 10 Industry. al the


South they had not. The workingmen


were Organising in clubs and associa.


tions to better their condition. be was


heartily on the side OF those men in all


their efforts 10 improve themselves, but


when they asserted that one man was as


good as another, il depended largely on


what that other was Men were free in


one sense; they ought 10 be free, but


they were not free as a matter OF fact.


As 10 being equal, in one sense they


were equal they stood before the law
equally; but that did not mean that they
had the same productive power. Men


were not equal in that sense; one man
could do more than another, and that
was the highest man that could
do the highest things, for as sure as
there is a God in Heaven, continued
the lecturer, "no man can 90 down
that has educated brains, and no man
can 30 up and stay who has moi" Zap
plause. There were special reasons
why America should press the matter of
popular education. One was the rea-
son Of her great population spread over
so vast an extent Of territory that with
universal suffrage the government was
imperiled unless the people were edu-
Gated. An educated people brought
from every quarter of the globe could
be fused into a republic when it was
republic like this, broken up into States,
but If it was a consolidated government
il would not last generation; but when
New England kicks she merely lifts a
hinge, and when the Middle humps up
that does not disturb the border States
he believed in State rights, but not in
State sovereignty. There we're q great
many people that did not believe in uni
versal suffrage; but IL was here, and we
must make the best Of it. Before
this generation shall have passed
away, said the speaker, women will
vote on all questions Of schools or
police, whether they vote on matters Of
state or not; and if you allow them
to vote once on anything you cannot
stop them from voting on everything.


Laughter. So upon the question OF
suffrage, since it was certain that all the
people must vote, it was indispensable
that they should know how to vote intel
ligently, and this question Of education
was the most important Of any. The
State should make provision for the edu-
catios Of its whole people, aud should
see to it that education was compulsory.
The State ought to provide for its whole
population the elements OF literature.
But that is not enough There should
be introduced into the schools the
groundwork of honesty, truth, justice,
industry, selfcontrol, fidelity and pa.
triotism. Some kind of industrial occu-
patton should be taught Every man
ought to know how to work with his
hands. II should teach the elements of
Of knowledge OF ones
self. Lastly, the State ought to make
the free schools so good that no private
school could be able to live in their
Year: 1873

Neatness is the first consideration
which makes a hand attractive. No
matter how long, bony, or large jointed
and unshapely if it is clean, and the
6nger-nails properly cared for, hand
can never look disgusting.


A soft, warm, pliable hand has great
power and fascination. There is a char.
acter in a large hand, many times far
greater than in tiny one. A hand cor
responding in size to the rest of the body,
is much finer than the little fat, dimpled
hands, SO many are proud to possess,
and others envy the possession. 1t is
equally as nonsensic2l to squeeze the
hands into gloves size too small, as to
pinch the feet for tight boots.


a very small nose is considered insig
nifcant, while large one is said TO in
dicate nobility of. character. Why not
the same with hands and feet2 II, with
changes Of time, the idea should prevail
that smsll noses only were fine, while
large ones were something to hide, and
Of which to be ashamed, would not the
vanity of humanity attempt to reduce
the proportion Of that member by lacing
or inserting in close net? 1t would be
equally as sensible as stopping the cir
culation of the blood in the other por-
tons Of the body.


a white, flexible hand is desirable, but
not at the sacrifice Of duty. Many a
hard, rough hand has done enough good
in the world to look beautiful in the eyes
of the appreciative Girls who shirk all
the house-work, making drudges of their
mothers rather than soil their dainty,
white hands, need not expect to DO loved
by those who know it. The callous
places and other signs Of labor would be
far more to their credit. l fea1g


The best hand in the world is an hon
est hand be il hard or soft, white or
brown, smooth or rough, angular or
shapely; an honest palm that takes the
hand Of friend with warm, hearty
eFasp, as If there we're nothing in the
heart 10 6snpaal, only warmth and kind
ness towards all. This is the best and
most beautiful hand in the world.
Year: 1873

Large Democratic Gains-The Legisln-


ture Republican by q Greatly Reduced


Majority.


AS there was no Governor, no State oficers or
member OF Congress to be elected this year In
New Jersey the general interest In the election on
Tuesday was tame. The vote was remarkably light
everywhere. State Senators TO the number OF
seven, Assembymen to the number OF full House
and county officers from sheriff down were the
officers voted for o ly. The latest returns show
that the republicans retain control OF the Legisa-
ture, but by greatly reduced majority. The
Senate will stand fourteen republicans TO seven
democrats, much the same as last year, but the
House tones down its republican two-teirds ma
iorty OF last year TO about SIX majority. on joint
ballot the Legislature will have a republican
majority OF thirteen. as the subjoined tables
Year: 1873

To-day we report an increase over the
mortuary list of yesterdsy-thirty.two
from yellow fever and seven from other
causes; total from all causes, thirty
nine, against total of thirty.one yes
terday, and nineteen of yellow fever
an increase not unexpected or startling.
The list auctuates daily, but is gradual
ly and certainly going down like the re-
ceding tide. The worst is certainly
over, and an entire abatement is only a
matter of time. II may be accomplish
ed in two weeks, possibly not under four
certainly not until heavy frost and q
freeze. We do not undertake to explain
the rapid improvement Of the last forty
eight hours. 1t may be from the liberal
use of disinfectants by our Board of
Health, or it may be that the disease
is on the wane from natural
causes, and that the germs of contagion
are losing their vitality, The history of
yellow fever and all precedents justify
us in hoping that we are on the rapidly
descending side of the scale. Advice to
residents as well as absentees is su-
perauous. We only call attention to
the rules and suggestions of the Board
of Health, and advise those fortunate
enough to be away to stay until fur
ther notice. There will be no immu-
nifty or safety here until after the
much desired freeze. When the citi-
zens OF Raleigh can come in on ice, or
bring with them solid piece Of domestic
ice, it will be safe for all absentees to
return. The reports from day to day
will meantime Auctuate and no sudden
change should either elate or depress us
too much When the end comes the
fact will be known all over the country,
and there can be no mistake in that re.
gard.
Year: 1873

Sleep obtained two hours before
midnight, when the negative forces
are in operation is the rest which
most recuperates the system, giving
brightness to the eye and glow to
the cheek. The differance in the
appearance of a person who habi-


tually retires at ten o'clock and that
of one who sits up until twelve IL
quite remarkable. The tone Of the
system, so evident in the complex
ion, the clearness and sparkle of the
eye, and the softness Of the lines OF
the features, is, in a person OF
health, kept at concert pitch" by
taking regular rest two hours be


fore twelve o'clock, and thereby OBJ
tanning the "beauty sleep" of the
night. There is a heayiness Of thu
eye, a sallowness Of the skin, and
an absence of that glow in the face
which renders it fresh in expires


sion and round in appearance that
readily distinguishes the person
who keeps late hours. 5t7es
Year: 1873

WHEN we have done that we came
for, it is time for. us to be gone
This earth is only made for action,
not for fruition: The services Of
Gods children would be ill-reward
ed if they must stay here always
Let no man think much that those
are fetched away which are faith
fal to God: they should not change
If it was not to their preferment
1t is our folly that good men should
live forever, and account. it a hard
measure that they were. He that
lends them to the world, owes them
q better turn than this earth can
pay them. It were injurious hto
wish that goodness should hinder
any man from glory. So is the
death Of Gods saints precious, that
it is certain. BISHOP HALL.