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Year: 1875

We have been selling the "EMPIRE "
Piano for the past few years in all parts Of the
United ates, and to the entire satisfaction Of
all purchasers. The reasons for this are very
simple


FIRST
They are durable this is tho most essential
quality. @ .........


SECOND


They are Magnificent in Tone: rich. fnIl
and especially noticeable for their beautiful
Singing Quality. ... 81.


THIRD
They are Reasonable in Price: not a cheap,
poor Piano, but well and carefully made in
every part, and placed at such q figure as can
not fail to please all purchasers who desire
REALLY GOOD PIANO AT A Low PRICE.


FOURTH


They have very attractive and handsomely
finished cases in FiOus styles, suited to all
tastes. All have carved legs, and every i'm
provemeut desirable in modern Piano Forte;
in addition to which we have introduced the
celebrated
GA GRAFFEo
attachment in each Piano Forte. ...
Year: 1875

How TO KEEP A SITUATION. BE
ready to throw in an odd half hour
or an hours time when it will be
accommodation, and don't seem to
make a merit Of il. Do it heartily.
Though not a word be said, your
employer viii make a note Of it.
Make yourself Indispensable to
him, and he viii lose many Of the
opposite kind before be will part
with you.


Those young men who watch
the clock to sea the very second
their working hour is Up-who
leave, no matter what STYLE of
work they may be- in, at precisely
the instant-who calculate the ex-
ira amount they can slight their
work and yet not get repFoved
who are lavish of their employers
goods-will always ba the FIRST to
receive notice when times are dull,
that their services are no longer
required. Exchange.
Year: 1875

AS an evidence that the desire to ac-
quire military glory is not dying out
among the French, it Is stated that but
six persons have proved refractory 10
the call tor the reserve forces of 1876.
Year: 1875

Ualaxy Tor June


The ladies are having their revenge.
For some years past managers have ran
sacked the civilized world for pretty wo.
men for the stage And il must be con-
fessed that they succeeded more
than tolerably well. The result
was q degree Of open admiration for
handsome actresses which appeared very
considerably to " rile the female bosom.
What was the use Of getting ones self
up in the ravishng toilettes for the
eyes Of men who were absorbed in the
beauties of Rousby or of NeilsOn, or Of
other ladies, hlstrionic If not dramatic,
who wore no tOilettes at ALL or next
to none2 The amount of adverse crit.
cism to which these ladies, particularly
the latter, were subjected by their own
sex was incalculable, and the keenness
OF its tone quite inexpressible in the
male vocabulary And now they have
US on the hip. They can cover their
mantelpieces and their dressingbureaus
with Reynolds and Montagues, and we
have nothing to say. For shall they too
not admire the drama in the persons Of
two OF its most distinguished represent
atives2 Go tol Marry, come upl In.
deed but they will, This is free coun-
try; and in any country cats may look
at kings. They may and do And il
we venture to wonder what it is that they
can see in the big fellow with scowl
and the waxed mustache that they should
go on about him so-what demure twist
ings Of the mouth, and what scornful
glances, and what cutting reminders that
one man never can see anything to ad-
mire in the appearance of another
Mems men are always such ill-iooking
creatures-only good fellows that help
each other out OF scrspes and tell pleas
ant stories at the club. Well, we have
only to bide our time. The fever RACES,
bat it will not prove fatal, at least to the
entire sex. The supply of women, and
Of women willing to be pleased by men
who are not on the stage, will be kept up
and smong them there will be the full
proportion of beauties So we can af-
ford to wait; and by the time that our
fair tormentors have come to their senses
we shall have taken to ourselves seven
she dramatic devils worse than the first,
and we shall have our turn again.
Year: 1875

New York Tribune.l


Lads with a love of literature who
fancy that it would be fine thing to be
a Bohemian like Savage and Chatterton
and Dermody, had better think twenty
times before they rush into any such
folly. For, in the fret place, if there
were no material points to be coDsid.
cred, beginners should take heed Of the
waste OF ability which the so-called Bo-
hemian life brings with it. They will
not find it pleasant at the end of a loose
and unbrided career to reflect that they
might have done much and have done
80 ittle-a few verses, tale or so, q
farce few jokes in the comic neWspa.
pers, and miscellany OF pen and ink,
stuff forgotten in the reading. OF
course, their light performances have
creditable elements-brilliancy, perhaps
humor, good feeling, suspicion of high
and honorable aspiration. 1t is gener.
GUS, doubtless, for writer to put his
best inte his public writing, and to re.
serve his worst for his own daily life and
conversation; but such liberality comes
to no good at last. Bad habits take
away the power Of good work Without
their constant companionship, a man
forgets what is 10 the books. Ex-
igency will make him tolerant
of his own hasty faults, aud
unmindlul of the duty Of doing his best
for the mere sake of doing it. Sensual
pleasures will render the finest hand
coarse in times. He who drinks beer, +"
said DR.. johnson, thinks beer;" and
the stronger the beer, the smaller the
thought, may be added. Moreover, a
want of method will make results frag-
mentary and quality unequal, while the
waste Of precious time and the unim-
proved "onee' of opportunity, will
crown the disaster Of an ill-spent life.
Then will come mems pity harder to
bear than their reproaches; the sting Of
conscience; the sense Of failure; want,
modification, the extreme OF discomfort,
and at last death and the grave, with the
undertaker's bill paid by the charitable
aud monument raised by subscription
Young gentlemen still in Liber Primus,
this is the brilliant Bohemianism Of
which you sometimes pleasantly dream.
Our advice to you is to have nothing to
do with it Love literature as much as
you please, but cultivate habit Of pay
ing your debts, Of saving yeur money, Of
improving your time, of keeping sober
and Of wearing clean shirtsl There isn't
writer living by his wits in this great
city, who will not, in his serious mo
menis, tell you that this is good counsel
he may repeat it to you over the mug oil
beer which you are to pay for, warning
you to do as he breaches and not as he
practices. Then he will drink the beer
and wait for you to offer him a cigar.
Year: 1875

A man was fined the other day in
Lincolnshire, England, for refusing to
60 to church on Good Friday, when told
to do so by bis employer. 1t was a
stipulation in the contract that he should
as head man attend church once every
Sunday. But the man thought that did
not apply to Good Friday and declined
to 60. The proprietor said he merely
brought the case forward In order to let
the defendant and other men see that
they were compelled to obey the orders
of their foreman. He gave his men a
holiday on Good Friday, and he ex-
pected them to attend church the same
as on Sunday The magistrates seemed
to be Of his way Of thinking, and fined
the man q 81 and costs.
Year: 1875

"Better late than never" is an en-
couragement without which many duty
long neglected would 90 finally undonc.
The subject of the following little story
deserved this encouragement rather than
any special praise for his honesty. He
"never meant to keep" what he stole,
and his long carefulness of the pilfered
articles seems to show that he was sim
cerc though tardy in carrying out his
good purpose. The Providence Journal
says:


A few evenings since, lady con-
nected with one of our public benevolent
institutions was accosted by young man
standing in the shadow of building on
one of our principal streets. Asking a
few questions to satisfy himself that the
person he addressed was the one he de-
sired to find, and convinced from the
replies that there was no mistake, he
handed her porte-monnaie containing
money and other articles lost by her
more than three years before. The con-
tents, as afterwards found, were some
thing more than had been remembered,
with the substitution of new and more
valuable purse in the place of that
which had been lost


AstOnished by an occurrence so un
expected, she looked up at him with a
face expressive of her surprise, when he
said, in a sad tone,-


81 took it. / was in bad company
and was tempted. But" he added, Il
never meant to keep it."


OF the circumstances that had inter
vened, she learned nothing in the brief
interview, except that he had made the
effort to find her, but had not until now
been able to satisfy himself of her iden-
tity. But now that this was proved,
that which had been taken was restored,
wsth more in value than had been lost.
The voice, the countenance, the manner,
all indicated q remorseful consciousness
of the past act, mingled with the pain
which could not otherwise than accom-
pany a confession of such nature.


With the expression of her sense OF
the feeling so wholly honorable, which
prompted this act Of restoration, few
words of kindness out of heart most
deeply moved, warm pressure Of the
hand, and each passed on; the one, il
is believed, in full faith, to future o.
uprightncss, with conscience on which
no added burden OF the kind shall eve,
rest the other, to keep green in he
memory the thought Of the stranger
who met her thus in the broad thorough
fare, and telling with face of sadnes
the story Of his temptation, gave to he
that which she had lost.
Year: 1875

Describing the Alhambra writer says:


"The Moorish palace, mostly but one
story high, is irregularly built about q


number of courts. The exterior is plain
almost to ugliness. We pass through a
hole in the wall-and enter first an OBJ
long court some seventy feet broad and


twice as lsng. Most of this open space
is given to pond, where, tradition says,


the ladies of the harem were wont to
bathe in Moorish days, while guards
made the curious keep their distance.
Mr.. Irving, in his charming description
Of the Alhambra, tells of his frequent
baths in this same spot. On each side of
the court is a slight portico supported by
horseshoe arches which spring from mar
velously slender columns. The next
court, the famous Court of Lions, has
nearly the same shape and size.
1t takes its name from large
fountain basin in its center, which rests
on the backs of very rudely carved lions /;
an apparent exception to very rigid Mo
hammedan Interpretation of the second
commandment. The highly yornamcnted
pOrticO that surrounds this court is of
still greater elegance than the one in the
court preceding. The third and last court
the Lindaraja, so often mentioned
affectiOnately by Mr.. Irving-is planted
with citrOn and orange trees, and is on
lower level than the others. Most of the
great halls of the Alhambra open on
these courts, and description of the
magnificent Hall of Ambassadors will
give an idea of all. 1t is an immense
square room, as lofty as it is broad. On
one side it seems almost entirely open to
the court, owing to the great width of the
entrance; in the three remaining sides
are deep window embrasures cut through
the wall, which is unusually large. But
it is not so much the size and arrangement
of the room as its wealth of strange
decoration that gives it its peculiar
Moorish character. The ceiling defics de-
scription. 1t is more round than fiat, and
yet not round; more pointed than round,
and yet not pointed. If an ocean wave,
rufled by numberless wavelcts, each
with its wrinkles, were turned inside out,
it would have some resemblance to this
ceiling, which is, in turn, intricate as a
honeycomb and picturesque rs stalactite
cave roof The same fantastic wantOn-
ness of ornament is displayed on the
walls. Bright-colored porcelain tiles
reach from the floor breast high, and
above these not square inch that has
level surface can be discovered by the
most patient search. Finely executed
arabesques of the most complicated form,
yet displaying considerable regularity
when examined attentively, join the
mysterious inscriptions in filling every
iota of space. All this luxurious orna-
mentation is executed in stucco, the
lines being channcled from an eighth to
a quarter of an inch deep. Coloring in
red, blue, and gold was used originally to
heighten the effect, but this has wholly
with the lapse of time. In
the center of the chamber is a small
whose water escapes through
open cutters along the floor. Running
water was always necessary to Moor's
indeed, to hear the unceasing
FLASHING of fountains is the chief delight
Of Orientals to this day."
Year: 1875

According to the st. Louis Globe, the
citizens of Tamaroa, Perry County, Mo-,
were lately startled by the intelligence
that young lady of that place, ar Or
phan of respectable character, had sud-
denly disappeared some time during the
night previous. Parties at once started
out in all directions, through the woods
and over prairies, expecting to find the
frozen or murdered corpse hidden away
in some secluded spot. The search, how
ever, was in vain; the young lady could
not be found, high or low, and at night
fall all returned home, tired and worn
out from their long and laborious tramp.
An attempt was made to organize for a
night hunt, but, in consequence of Sc
we're storm coming up, the effort proved
a failure; but the mystery soon solved
itself by the runaway appearing at her
house as suddenly as she had departed.
As the evening passenger train on the
Illinois Central, going nsrth, stopped at
Tamaroa scantily clad female, who,
afterward proved to be the missing girl,
was seen to leave the train. She made
quick steps to reach her home, where, on
being questioned with reference to her
singular fight, she made the following
statement:


After retiring as usual, and going to
sleep, the first knowledge of conscious
ness was strange feeling in the head
and after waking more fully she found
herself standing on the railroad platform
at the station, dressed in the attire of Q
man, and shivering from the intenst
cold. The south-bound train was at the
depot, and man standing close by ad
vised her to go in and get warm, which
she did, and entered the car rs the trair
moved of, and was landed Mt Du Quoin
where two men procured room for he
at hotel. In the morning, employees Q
the house found her crying for femal,
apparel, which the landlord generousl.
furnished. She remained at Du Quoil


until the evening train came along ant
took her home.
Year: 1875

When President Grant conceived and
adopted his famous Indian policy, he fur
nished to the world a system more com
plete, humane and effectual for the govern
meRt of the aboriginal tribes than was ever
before presented to the American public
for its consideration and approval. From
the earliest days Of the Republic down to
the time of the establishment of this CON-
prehensive system it had been the policy Of
the respective preceding Administrations to
deal in a great measure double handed with
their dependent red wards, doing so in a
spirit of overbearing hauteur which oft
times had not one scintilla of magnanimity
in its presence. One century agothe broad
land of the Union, from Maine TO the west
ern slope of the Rocky mountains, literally
swarmed with the people Of this nomadic
race. But civilization came, and soon the
busy force of industry began to develop the
valuable resources of the country and
gradually press these natives back from
their old homes into pastures new and re-
gions before unknown to them. The ire
sistible tide of advancement within decade
vi ONCA NhC 4NOAlhOAA anu SGu
tral States, driving with a stern hand the
dusky inhabitants on toward the shores of
the Mississippi and Arkansas, and OCCASION
ally tie westward march Of the empire was
so rapid and vigorous that small tribes
Of this people were swallowed up in the
rush of civilization. and to-day live in our
midst practiciDg our customs and habits,
besides speaking the English language with
remarkable ease. But the great tribes,
those into whose spirits the innovations of
the whites had instilled bitter and seem
ingly eternal hatred, resisted the encrOach-
ments of the pale-face invaders with savage
ierceness so long as it was in their power
to oppose, and then fell back reluc-
tantly tc regions as yet undisturbed by the
noise and hustle of our sturdy pioneers.
Thus, year after year, by treaty aud by
force, this primitive race have been mar
roWed down in their possessions to q score
or more of reservations, which combined
would scarcely make 8 territory as large as
the State Of Texas. ....ra-.L =.. g


Hitherto this dusky people have been,
upheld and consoled by blind supersti-
tion, believing that the Great Spirit would
eventually overthrow and destroy the EN-
pire Of the whites which had been estsb-
lished upon the domains sscFedly granted
TO tkemsb by nature from time imme morialI,
but the light of q solemn truth is now
breaking upon their clouded minds, and,
they see that the three weird sisters OF fate
are manipulating the spindles which ruu
and weave the threads Of their doom, with
inexorable stornness. With limited intel.
ligence they seem to realize this fact and
already the naughty and stubborn nature,
which for g century past has brought
wretchedness and desolation upon their peo-
pie, Is toned down to such degree that
they row recognize a superiority in the
white mans government which, from force
OF necessity, they are bound to obey. 1lsal


What, then, must naturally be the result
Year: 1875

THE Independent Voter, the Disguised
Voter, the Sore headed Voter, The Dead
Beat Voter, the Blackmailing Voter and
the Hermaphrodite Voter are all synono-
nous terms, indicating the character of the
rank, file and leadership of the Liberal
party, of which the New York Tribune
is the acknowledged organ. George
Butler once wrote Of the present editor of
the Tribune that his physicians had for
hidden him to marry. Horrible suspicion ,
But the Liberals who follow his lead are
in the same category. No matter what ad-
vances they may make toward the object
of their political love, horrible suspicion,
some indefnable doubt, arises, and they are
instantly repulsed.
Year: 1875

HEECEFoRTH in California female teach
ers are to receive the same pay as male
teachers. This is as it should be. Women
are entitled to all the consideration ex-
tended to men when they stand upon the
same footing. The idea that it costs
them less than it does the sterner sex to
support themselves may, be true. but the
equity of the case demands consideration
of the fact that men enjoy larger number
of avenues through which to seek and OBJ
tain employment. Aside from this, how
ever, simple justice demands that one hu-
man being should be remuperated the same
as another for the performance of the same
kind of work.
Year: 1875

"MERE historical or sentimental loyalty
els of far less consequence than practical
"loyalty in the future, were the truthful
and forcible words of Mr.. Secretary Bris-
tow in his recent Louisville address. In
this brief sentence may be found the true
basis of national reconciliation. Ifthe men
of the South who have q record of histori-
cal disloyalty in the past and a sentiment
of the same kind for the present, could
possess themselves with practical loyalty
in the future, there would be no suspicion
of sectional division or misgivings for the
safety of the Government.
Year: 1875

CONSERVATIVE cooperation North and
South" is what they call it now. Its full
significance is to be found in the fact that
the Democrats of the South are trying to
hocdwink the "mudsills' of the North.
Mudsills is the proper name for them, if
they are dull enough to be deceived = Sec
ond time by tie vainglorious chivalry of
the Southern Confederacy.
Year: 1875

Proper human sympathy Is ever extended
to the unfortunate but the recent move
ment of certain enthusiastic citizens of
Texas to provide home for poor old JEFF
Davis is hardly of kind to excite the sd-
miration of any except the most tender
hearted On the 1st instant meeting was
held in the town of Marshall, in that State,
at which the following resolutions explain
ing the character Of the movement alluded
to were adopted:


Resolved, That we, citizens of Harrison
county, Texas, organize ourselves into an as
sociation to be called the Homestead Associa-
tion of Texas, and that it be auxiliary to other
like associations In our State.


ResotSed, That it is our sole purpose to aid
in raising sufficient sum of money to pur-
chase for the Hon. Jefferson Davis home at
such place as he may select and secure to him
. competency in the State of Texas.


Resolved, That we invite all good citizens of
Texas, male and female, to unite with us in
the accomplishment of the above purpose.


The address of the committee says:


ave have taken pains to ascertain through
Mr.. Davis friends his pecuniary condition.
He has lost everything he possessed in the
war, has no business or income, and, with q
large family dependent upon him, the offer of
q home and a competency must be timely, and
to live among people who love and honor him
must be welcome. This could he obtained
from few men, but We have thought It best
that it should come as a free offering from the
people of this great Commonwealth"


Ofthese resolutions, and the committees
report. the San Antonis Erpress says


''It is well known that JEFF Davis went out
of the Confederacy with a full hand that he
lived abroad for several years; that he headed
an insurance company; that he had on hand
large schemes, and the assertion that he lost
all he had IN the war is untrue"


We see in all of this, however, sufficient
reason why the Democracy of the country
at large should take "poor JEFF" up and
give him lucrative political Office If
there is any gratitude in that party, its
members will not fail 10 do something of
this kind for one who, it is alleged, has
suffered so much and so deeply for his un-
swerving adherence to the principles of
State Rights.
Year: 1875

We are exceedingly obliged 70 your correspondent ':Eddwars" for attempting to enlighten us. regarding the marble slab. by the roadside in the ''Hemlocks. We feel just as grateful as If he had been able to do so. We have seen 1t reposing on a sand bank, on one side of the road, and by large hemlock, on the other. We should not suppose either sand or hem locks sufficiently rare in- this locality to need tine protection of the strong arm of the law. Let us hear from some one else

 When will our neighboring town of Kent have sufficient enterprise and public spirit to build the rest of the road around Waramaug Lake? It would add greatly to the many attractions which the Lake already possesses. The route discovered by the party we mentioned in our last, viG- Ash Grove and Kent Hollow. although very pleasant under some circumstances, is rather circuitous for ordinary travel. 4 cross road near the Driggs place has been closed up, making the road much longer than heretofore. Why has this been done?

 The steamer s'Flirt is now making reg ular trips, and is we'll patronized. A gen. tleman who would be considered a good judge, told us. the other day. ''she was the prettiest little boat he had ever seen.'

 Some large and handsome blocks of marble await our sculptors at the New Preston Depot
Year: 1875

HOPE FOR THE DEsPoNDENT.-f you have been coughing all winter and begin to despair of recovery. or if you have talk en a recent cold, go at once to the Drug store of Buell. < Wheeler's, get bottle of DR MORRIS SYRUP OF TAR. WILD CHERRY AND HoREHoUND. Take it and be we'll

 No other medicine acts so promptly and effectually in Coughs, Colds, and all dis eases of the throat, lungs and Chest, lead- ing to consumption. Hundreds who once thought they had that dread disease have been restored to health by the use of this almost magic remedy. It is also the best known specific for Group, and never fails in Whooping Cough. Trial size 10 cents. 431y