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Year: 1871

We cannot help it; II our hearts
are worthy true. earnest purpose.
We do care for the opinion Of our
fellow creatures; and bitter words
leave sting!


I could forgive the person who
had misjudged me, and perhaps said
unkind things about me, and love
him Just as well after all was ex-
planned, but the person who comes
to me, repeating the unkind re-
mark, 1 could not, and would not
forgive.


We readily find excuse for friend
who, misunderstanding our motives,
censures our actions, to regret it
afterward; but what excuse can
there be for the misunderstanding
meddler who comes to us repeating
what a friend has said, in q hasty
moment? Does that person think
to prove to us that the true friend
is the one who brings the bones
from the table of scandal to lay at
our feet? Indeed, the dead and
buried sages of the past have left us
this proverb: "The dog that brings
a bone will carry one" And a true
friend will not repeat anything to
wound the feelings Of another, un-
less, by so doing the benefit to the
wounded heart is apparent and un-
mistakable.


Deliberation and reflection have
established in my mind the belief
that it is not our friends who repeat
to us the unkind remarks others
may make about US, or our actions.
L have my theory Of true. pure
friendship, but there are 30 few
hearts capable of approaching real
sentiment, in this whiriing, busy,
restless, age of the world, that I
shrink from the explanation of the
tender theory. Yet, it is not safe
to trust what YOU have not proved,
is it? And it sometimes takes
years to prove II friendship true.


Again I ask: Glow are we to
manage those unman .geable beings
who profess friendship for You.
settle themselves costly at your fire
$ de, partako of your hospitality,
and pretend to defend you from the
SANDERS of your enemies?


They tell You ever, thing anybody
says about you, (al,hough it is Il
mystery how they hear SO much
and while they deny any suspicion
in their own hearts rs to the truth
of what they have heard, they are
serene in contemplating your indif-
fercntly concealed misery.


Once, 1 thought l had found the
true way to rid myself Of my tor
menting friend. (?) "Alas. the best
laid plains Of mice and men often
gang agleew I learned to my ever
lasting dismay that it is useless to
endeavor to influence o gosGping
tongue!


NV tormentor cared no moro for
my plainly expressed opinion that
''it is only my enemy who will bring
me an unpleasant truth" than for
the wind futtering the leaves upon
the trees under which we stood.
People who dare be original, are
sometimes severely criticized, and il
the, have one of these serene,
smiling, disagreeable friends (?) to
report to them all the criticisms OF
the world, if their heart is in, the
least degree sensitive, they have a
good chance to be miserable a
greater portion of the TINA. For,
bitter words wiu leave sting.
Year: 1871

GRANT FAfLURE.-The New York
Herald gives its reasons for no longer
supporting President Grant-and they
are good reasons, too! Hear it.


awe have been disposed to sustain
General Grant on account of the services
he rendered the country in the war, and
believing he was honest, having hope at
the same time that with experience he
would show some capacity for statesman
ship; but he has failed, and we see little
else but blunders both in our domestic
and foreign affairs Public sentiment in
every direction, and even in New Eng
land, the stronghold Of Radical Republi-
canism, is turning against him. At the
very time the tide of public opinion was
thus turning, as clearly shown by the
elections, the President quarreled and
attempted to whip into measures Mr..
Sumner, the foremost man in the Senate
and one of the oldest and most efficient
men that built up the party which put
him in the White House We see the
immediate result, though we have not yet
seen all the consequences Of this mis-
take. "
Year: 1871

rFWe have for sale, half dozen
large superb Steel Engravings of Gen
ROBERT f. LEE. tits pronounced to be
the best executed and most perfect like
ness of this distinguished General ever
executed. 1t is picture that will well
adorn any parlor. Apply at this office.
Year: 1871

sB- The prisoners confined in the Jail in
this place, a few nights since made an attempt
to get out by burning hole through the
floor, which was accidentally discovered be-
fore night,
Year: 1871

The Internal improvement Schemes.
What the N. Y. World Thinks Of Il.
From the N Y. World, Of Saturday.


There Is something of an agitation in
West Virginia in favor of a convention to
revise the State Constitution, the pro.
motcrs being chiefly persons who desire
such changes IN that instrument as will
authorize the extension of the State aid
TO internal improvements. Considering
how decidedly the popular sentiment,
wherever evoked since the war, upon that
subject llaS manifested hostility to State
aid, It is quito curious to sec this attempt
in exactly the opposite direction. State
aid, meaning simply taking money from
n thousand men in order to give it to one
man to enable him to build II railroad or
canal for his private cmolumcnt, Is not
altogether an honest doctrine, and this
West Virginia attempt to galvanize it in
to renewed existence we are happy to
lecl assured will fall
Year: 1871

1t Is very encouraging TO see the Regis
Ter come out so strong for the free public
school system Of the State. Some appre.
hensiOn has been felt, and Judging the lu'
ture by the past, we have in some degree
shared it, that the Democrat party of the
State would Cmbarass and discourage
rather than promote that system. All
the history Of that party in Virginia was
hostile to free common schools. Under
its domination Virginia built up and en-
dowGd splendid schools for the rich, but
made no provision for the poor, II the
Democracy Of this State are such warm
friends of common schools Il is strange
that no common school system ever exist
ed in Virginia till another party came in
to control. W0.must conclude that this
affection Is n plant Ofrecent growth. And
it is in this view Of the case that we feel
encouraged. There is little ODE admired
or initiated in the past course Of
Virginia Democracy in its treatment
of matters affecting the mental devel.
OpemGnt and progress of the COM
mon people; and IL the Democracy
Of this State, inheriting alike the history
and faults of It's Virginia ancestry, Is now
so heartily devoted to the education and
intellectual improvement of the plain peO-
pie as the Register leads lis To believe, II
shows that the world does move. For
tunately the Registers testimony Is
strengthened by that of State Superin-
tendCnt LEWIS, who snatChed little time
the other day from his arduous lab0rs in
behalf Of convention to make Il speech
to the teachers at ltavenswOOd, wherein
he hepr0tesled even more strongly than the
Register the undying affection Of himself
and his party for the Common School
system of West Virginia. Accepting these
ntteranCes:as representing the whole par
ty las doubtless we are expected to dO)
we congratulate ourselves and readers thAt
Free Schools have Yanquished all their
foes No party, 1t seems, dare rest under
the imputalion of hostility to them. This
shows that the Democratic party man.
ayers believe at least that the schools are
strong with the masses and that that par
ty Is compelled by the logic Of necessity
to move forward.


The disposition generally manifested to
take the new departure, to accept as ire
vesiblG the amendments which secure tho
negro the rights off man and citizen, IL
another hopeful sign, showing that even
the most bigoted and obstinate preludices
yield at last to the steady pressure of Just
and enlightened ideas.


We have no doubt we shall yet live To
chronicle other signs of improvement aud
progress In the Bourbonism that had
learned nothing Of human rights, or tue
nobility Of human nature, In fifty years.
The Republican party has placed the live
coal on the back OI this old, inert tortoise,
and the astonished creature begins 10
stick ont Ills head and reach forth his legs
in tlmid, hesitating way, not knowing
Just what direction to take, hut feeling
kccnly the necessity of moving.
Year: 1871

SINCE returning from the convention
tho Nat Photo Association, we have re
modelled and rcarrangcd our sky light
aller the most approved style. With our
present facilities VIC are sure TINT our work
cannot be surpassed. Call al the Par
fridge GallerY and see for yourselves.
Year: 1871

A heavy northeast rain storm set In at
4 p. NJ, and extended pretty generally
over the Northwest Communication
with Minnesota Is cut of tonight, by the
severity Of the lightning and rnin.
Year: 1871

CHICAGO, June 15.-The warehouse
bill passed by the Legislature of IlIi-
nOis will 60 into effect on the Ist of
July. The WarehousemenO Of this citv
held meeting a few DAYS ago, and It
is understood they agreed to reduce
their charges for storage for sound
grain to the following rates: Two
cents per bushel for finest twenty days
or parts thereof, and halt cent Der
bushel for each succeeding ten days or
part thereof. The tariff fixed in the
warehouse bill is two cents for the
first thirty days, and half cent for each
subsequent fifteen days. This decf-
sion denotes that they will not take
out license under the law, but will 10
business as private Warehousemen, re-
ceiving grain only from those who
may request them in writing to do so
at the above rates. Storsges for this
purpose the WOrehOusemen will, in
accordance with the provisions of the
constitution, make weekly returns of
grain in store, received and shipped
by each, with the number of the ware
house, receipts outstanding against
each elevator; but it is understood
that they have legal advice that the
bill recently passed by the Legislature
is unconstitutional in several Ofits pro-
visions, and cannot therefore be en-
forced.
Year: 1871

LONDON, June 25.-The annual BAN


quet OF the Golden Club came of last


evening. A speech was made


Earl Granville, Secretary OF State


Foreign Affairs. In the course of


remarks he said that if definite pro-
pOsals in reference to the French treaty


of commerce were made to Her Males.
ty's Government they would be re-
eeived with most friendly cOnsidera.
ton. Passing to the Washington
treaty he said that Mr.. Golden ALWAYS
desired that England and America
should be connected by ties of the
warmest character. The speaker then
praised the labors of the Marquis of
Ripon and Professor Montague Ber-
nard in the High Commission, and
spoke of the settlement of the Ala.
bama question as a great and good
work, both in its relations to the past
and future, showing how discussion.
which were perhaps the commence
ment OF quarrels which should be
settled, leaving behind only friend
ship, peace and good will, and he
alluded to the United States as hold
ing striking protectional opinion, but
declared his belief of the people of
that country were fast coming to the
conviction of its improbable condi-
ton of the collection of enormous
tariffs. The Earl also spoke in high
praise of the efforts of the United
States to pay off its debt, and in con-
he expressed the hope that
the two countries would at last be
The Marquis of Ripon made
a briefspeech, in which he maintained
that the treaty at Washington was
an equal contract between free neigh.
bors.
Year: 1871

FROM THE FAR NORTHWEST.
Is Not a Suspension Of Judgment on the
New Departure Worth Considering.
The Question Ably and Logically Dis
cuSsed-TO Win we Must Have Pure


Democracy and Undetiled
Year: 1871

South Joggins, Nova Scotia, has Its
scientific mystery, which the native
pundits are scratching their heads
over with slight hope Of solution. II
is nothing less than a fossil human
foot, which a gentleman of an Observ-
ing turn Of mind recently dug out Of a
sandstone rock.
Year: 1871

A woman in Pittsburg had her hus-
band arrested for iIl-ueatment. He
then had her arrested for bigamy.
She turned the tables on him with the
same result. The sequal was that the
woman had husband and be a vile
previous TO the alliance between them,
but that each had deceived the other.
Year: 1871

artists and tinged with 0rientalism the
fashionable taste of the day.


What little while ago was but cluster
Of novel curiosities, attracting few amateurs
is now widely-sOught nucleus of foreign
trade. In New York the principal importer
of japanese ornaments has not only several
large warehouses constantly filled, but al
ways three or four hundred tons Of goods
either just arrived or on the voyage. To
keep pace with this growing trade, there
should be an appreciatiye taste formed by
analysis of the best japanese works, so that
the demand may not occasion, through ig-
norance Of taste, deterioration in the artis-
tic quality Of objects really of value to US in
the formation of our national school of art


japanese art, says In Fargo, = can be
the source of useful influences from a living
school, equal to any in the study of Nature
and the use of decoration and it offers to all
those willing to put themselves in the proper
mood a nelv and fresh fountain Of imaginative
enjoyment


The moral, too, Of japanese art is some
thing precious for it includes in all its best
forms the motive qualities-patience, cheer
tulness, and love Of Nature-which are to
art what smiles arc to the human face
Year: 1871

She raised her voice to call the girl,
when a low answer near her surprised her.


Oh, you dressed up in honor of my
boy Well l must confess | never knew
You had such a handsome dress, and you
look like picture, with your net off and
them short bobin' curls. George this Is
Mary Smith, my


George came through the door, glanced
eareiessly at the corner where the woman
stood. Then, with a cry sprang with out
stretched arms to meet the little figure
that few into them.


My Marion my darling little wife
What does this mean p


The Deacon and Mrs. Clements stood
in speechless amazement. Then Marion,
all bushes and fearful smiles, went over
to the old pair and took their hands.


am Georges wife, l was so afraid
you never would love me so [ came de-
termined to win you if L could. Mother,
Father. may l be your daughter


And happier family, when they had
exhausted their powers of surprise. amaze
ment and pride in beautiful Marion, never
gave thanks over supper-table.
Year: 1871

and repression. But for the children
around them you would think SINE
of them were women who had done
with this world. | am told that the wives
of even the highest Mormon dignltaries
show little pride in their lords. 1t were
perhaps difficult to feel much pride in the
sixteenth part of man, as men 90. Even
the first wife of wealthy saint betrays in
her husband and household, they say, no
exultant Joy of possession. An investment
in a Mormon heart and home must be
rather uncertain stock for a woman. L
am assured, though, that the second wife
is seldom taken without the full consent of
the first Not only are the poor womaa's
religious faith and zeal appealed to, but
her magnanimity toward her sister woman
out in the cold. 1t must be through
great suffering that such nights OF self
abnegation are reached. The crucfxiOn
of the divine weakness of loving woman's
heart must be a severe process. But there
fls some some comfort in the thought that


or tn, sc poor polygamous wives there IS
no wearing uncertainty, no teverlsh anX-
iety-that they are spared the bitterest
pain of jealousy, the vague nightmare tor
ture of suspicion, the grief and horror of
the final discovery, the fierce sense of
treachery and deception. They know the
worst. Perhaps it Is the dead certainty
that gives them the peculiar cold, still


look have referred to As to the Nor
mon men whom | have met, mostly leaders
in the church, and prominent, well-to-do
citizens, | must say that they look remark
ably care free and even jolly under the
cross. Virgil, l believe, has somewhere
the expression, '' 0 three times and four
times happy" Well, that is the way they
ook.-Utab Letter to N. y. Times.
Year: 1871

How TIE MAMMOTH CAVE WAS MADE.
Some members Of the Association for the
Advancement of Science have lately made
visit 20 the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Naturally enough the first questions sug-
gested were how and when was the cave
formed. These savans do not, we believe,
share the popular belief that the rapid and
violent action of some subterranean stream
of water has worn these deep channels
through the limestone. Their theory,
stated in a briefer form than that their
chronicer has seen fit TO adopt, Is this
That the cave Is wrought in what is
known as the ST. Louis limestone; this
stone is dissolved when it is subjected to
the influence OF running or dripping water
impregnated with carbOnic acid gas wa
ter exposed to the air absorbs the gas,
and surface water, percOating through
small tissues of the limestone, dIssolves 1t
and further, when the water becomes thor
oughly impregnated with lime it loses its
power to dissolve the stone. Now. all
these conditions exist to-day, as they
doubtless have for countless ages, and so
the great cave constantly increases in size.
There Is lust one drawback to this theory,
and that Is this: carbonic acid gas and
water form the popular drink known as
soda water the body contains some lime
now, this soda-water has produced one
mammoth cave Is 1t likely to produce
many mammoth q" caves" in the human
system? VIII patrons of the iceberg
fountains" consider and answer this query?
Year: 1871

Important Case In Bankruptcy-The Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad-Admiralty Mat
ters-A Gang Of Roughs Overpowering
the Captain Of Steam Propeller
Dealing in Counterfeit Money in
JAIL Winding Up" Insurance


Companies Rudd Nur-


der Trial in the Court Of


General Sessions
Year: 1871

Can any picture, either of the cabinet,
or kitcat, or ten-acre kind, ever be worth
100000 or $200,0002 There is one
clsiming to be Virgin and Child, by
Raphael, in London, for which the owner
asks that sum. 1t is now hung up in the
National gallery-last year it was shown
in the Louvre. 1t was given by the ex-
King of Naples to person who had been
of service to him. AS to the question
with which we started, we cannot help
thinking that 100000 is too much for
either private or public buyer to pay
for picture by anybody. But then we
might say the same thing in the pur-
chase Of diamonds. In a certain sense
everything is worth what it will fetch.
But if money is to be expended literally
on art, for the soul of us wa cannot see
the advantage to be derived from giving
for a picture by Il dead artist money
enough to endow an academy of art, or
to furnish, to some extent, an interesting
and instructive gallery. Such things as
pictures are rich or rare as fancy rates
them" but, regarding the matter with
utilitarian eyes, we think it better to
breed up new painters than thus to honor
an old one
Year: 1871

beautiful was the reply of a venerable
man to the question whether he was still il
the land Of the living; " No. but am almos
there.el4 q t# A


Almost done with hearts that change.


With dark mortality;
With the, sombre. Sraye.h ped range.


Sloping to Eternity.


Almost done with thorns that pierce.
a With words that deeply wound;
Almost done with cold winds fierce
la Howlins my soul around.


Almost done with shade and gloom.


With earth's chill. pelting rain;
Almost beyond the silent tomb.


Beyond suf ring and pain.
Almost done with grief and sin,
With CALLING toll and strife;
I'm waiting now to enter in .f.af


The realms Of peace and life.
Almost at the fountain Head.


Where love flows forever;


Almost done with doubt and dread


Almost beyond the river.
Almost free thank Thee, God
Almost donewith bitter care; f.f q.
Passing out beneath the rod


Almost home! almost there
Year: 1871




Lavater, we believe it was, who discovered
that every man bore the features and traits
of an animal or insect and gave us hints by
which we might write ourselves down dogs
hares, or asses. But how did he happen to omit
the gnats.i Everybody knows them when they
come to life again as men or women; every
body who has work to do has had one or
more of them about him, buzzing, spiteful per-
tinacious, unable to do any harm beyond
rousins our anger, 90 that we could be angry
with them. These men and women gnats have
apparently no errand into the world, or real
work to do in it. They ordinarily settle upon
some dead doctrine or theory, which men
of practical sense have long ago thrown aside
a. useless; If IL has foul smell 1t attracts
them the more. They buzz over it, get from 1t
their daily occupations, noise food. They
are swarming now, in the South over
the Lost Cause shere, over Free Love.
They keep themselves, after the habit Of
their kind, perpetually before our eyes
and ears; but one watches them with
patience, knowing that they live but for the
day, as gnats do there have been unolean
creeds and noisy disciples for them since the
world was made the wind blows them out Of
sight with every year. 1t is amusing to watch
how the Gnat nature betrays itself; one
Year: 1871

The reception OF the communication OF
Deputy CONTROLLER Green. relative to the Tax
Levy, by the Board Of Supervisors, yesterday,
does not indicate any probable disposition of
that body to follow the small tactics Of Mayor
Han. 1t would have been better, however, If
the communication had been accompanied by
a statement showing for what purpose the
taxes were 10 be levied The much-worried
Mayor showed his petulanoe by characteridng
the Joint Investigating Committee "Star
j" Chamber body" The Eneer comes with a
poor grace from his Honor, who is q member
Of the Board Of Apportionment a body whose
proceedings are conducted in secret, and no
report of whose doings has ever been per-
mitted to see the light.
Year: 1871

We may pardon something to the natural sus.
piciousness of the Parisians, but it really does
seem little improbable that there should
exist in Paris a substantial conspiracy for the
restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty. Not
that the Imperialists are not ready for any
scheme which promises shade of success
nor that the deposed Emperor is too good to
sanction and abet such plot; ; but the cause
is too desperate and the occasion now too
unrips for even the gamblers who have just
been driven out. Of the Tuileries 70 hazard
their chances. It may be worth while, how
ever, for the Parisians to have sensation of
this sort once in while, if only to make sure
of the impression that.a NapOleonic scheme is
nothing less than "a conspiracy"
Year: 1871

At last the revolution in Cuba'is actually to
be suppressed. 1t is announced that four
thousand men are to be sent out to reinforce
the Spanish troops in "the ever-faithful ISLE"
Now, then, we shall see real business. To be
sure, the Government has again and again
protested that the rebellion was over, and that
the insurgents had laid down their arms. and
now we expect to hear again from Spain OF
the positively last appearance of the insurrec-
tiou