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Year: 1872




Now there are two courses, either
OF which you can take. One is tc
say: 81 am not living for dressing
so well as my companions snd
must have fine clothes and better
fare. The other is to say, with
stern manliness:. IT have come
here to make my way; and honesty
/ and simplicity require that I should
not live any higher than myself can
earn the means of living. | will be
no mans paUper or beneficiary
| Will make what I take; and what
make and take shall support me. !"
The discipline which you get from
this latter course of seIf-denial is
better than going to college. Many
man Graded IN learning gets no
discipline; but a young man who.
having been reared and trained in
self-indulgence, leaves his fathers
and comes to the city and saws, s.I
VIII be behOlden to no man: / can
afford to I've asplain as any NJ an.
both IN regaId to diet and clothes. if
IL IS necessary to my manhood, I
Will not have anything which I can
not fairly earn; I will be independ-
.ent and establish myself" Such a
young man gets discipline which
is worth a university education.
By forming that purpose and ad-
herring to it, he is educating him
self Ia the very elements of man
hood. He is making man of him
self. 1 -- ss a~E-
Do you suppose men think less
tt-yOU because you dress plainly.
Do yon think your chances in life
are less because you feel ashamed
to show man where your room Is,
and where you sleep? Why, many
a man has slept in a barn who was
bettrr than many others who slept
in mansions and palaces. a man
ought not 20 be ashamed to
say: 81 sm poor and cannot,
do SO and so2' It is the curse of
America, since there are no orders
of nobility here men are ashamed to
admit they are poor. The young
man defends himself and saws: Il
am not SO poor as you take me to
be-. Even sensible. people Weld to
the temptation of the devil, and are
to acknowledge that they
wor.-Plymottth Pulpit.
Year: 1872

g last, Mrs. l.. B. Jewell was severely .le following singular manner: She a vessel containing leaf fat in the stove ; ut the fat, and closing the oven door -fa. Sometime aftcrward smell of turning attracted her attention and

 down to open the oven door just as

 from the force of the burning fat the boiling fat and the flames struck

 on the face and one hand and arm, cry painful, though not dangerous
Year: 1872

ire fire. started our citizens on Sat

 last, and the county narrowly es-

 Owing to some Encouragement of ,e Court House caught fire above flee and burned quite lively for n put, luckily, the morning was still, were cxtinguished without much he damage was insignificant.
Year: 1872

A gentleman, the representative oi
a New York firm, visited Hickmrn
this week, for the purpose of bidding
for the building of the Mississippi
Leyee from Hickman to Tiptonyillo.
His company propose building the
levee, and to advance the necessary
cash ou the bonds of the company to
do the work. The company are not
ready to entertain his proposition, but
when regularly organized, will consider
it, together wiih others, which the
President has received.


These propositions will convince all
interested parties that the cash means
necessary for the success of this Ell
enterprise can be raised, aud that readi
y, provided the land owners will sub
scribe literally. The tax basis as
adopted in Kentucky is good for an
amount equal to what should be our
pro rata, and the land subscription now
being attempted in Tennessee will be
equally as COED security if they will
come up with their proportiOnate part.
The prospects are therefore encourag
lag Tor the Levee If Tennesseans
will do their part as Kentuckians have
done theirs, the leyce and i railroad on
top Of it will be completed during the
next year. During this winter we must
raise the additional amount Of land
subscription, aud be ready for work
with the going down Of the next spring
rises.
Year: 1872

From the New York Tribune.


Among the names registered at the
Tcmbs the other night was that of "a
youth about fifteen years old, who had
been arrested Cor beiug drunk. But
he was not drunk, nor had he been
drinking. He was, moreover, in good
sound health, but gave all the external
Indications of being intoxicated when
arrested by police officer. Upon
protesting to the keeper Of the Toub,
that he was not intoxicated, it was re-
yealed that the unfortunate youth had
been born natural druukard, or rather
that he had always acted like such Il
thing. lie said that. although in the
very best of health, he had never been
able to walk without staggering. His
speech was not unlike that of persons
il the state Of iutuAicaiion, and When
excited would muiter and reel The
unfortunate yoGth was detained until
the next day, and was uot sent 10 the
courts to be guzed at through judicial
speeacles ! subsequent Investigation
Of the case proved that the lad was
telling the truth about himself. but his
condition revealed u demonstration Of
that natural law that the child Is fair
copy Of his parents. II appears that
prior to marriage, the father had been
a secret but confirmed iuebriate, and
when the facts became known to .he
woman thus suddenly and unexpected
ly, she wept in the most terrible man
uer Almost broke hearted She con
templaied the future misery in store
for her. Months passed away. when
it was discovered ,hat the child AZ three
years Of age acted strangely, and At
the same end of six mouths the un
happy woman fully realized all her
forebodings. The effect produced up
on the mother was not without its in
fuence upon the father, however
Realizing, in the midst of tears of bit
ter anguish, the sin that had been visit
ed upon the child, the man reformed
He has now several bright children,
and most exemplary ones, too, they are
But the boy that was brought into the
Tornbs was not drunk, but has entailed
upon him life of misery, as it was j
blasted destiny.
Year: 1872

Ten years ago the present horse dis
ease was around iD mild form. Ii
Ten years hence it is to re appear in a
correspondingly intensified degree. it is
time to be thinking abOat thOsc steam
wdsous.
Year: 1872

IF churchman admits that intern


perance Is wrong, and that there are
men in his church that are guilty Of it.
aud he does not cnt himself off from
such guilty member, which will meet
the approving smile Of our Heavenly
Father, that churchman, or the GOOD
Templar that lives up to his obligation.
Year: 1872

Coroner schirmer was yesterday notified to hold
an inquest at las East Fourth street the body OF
Pauline Wurnst, a child who died from the effects
OF burns accidentally received on sunday last.
Year: 1872

There will be lecture this evening at the Young
Mems Association Hail. Twenty-third street and
Fourth avenue, for the benefit or that noble
charity-the New York Infant Asylum Clinton
nj
Year: 1872

F The nomination of Hon. JAMES F. LEGArE.
as Governor of Washington Territory, has been
confirmed by the Senate. We are glad oft. We
now expect to see the population of the Territory
increase so rapidly, that in very short time it
will be admitted as State, and will elect two
United States Senators, one of whom will be LEG
ATE, and he will come in for the long term.
Year: 1872

When f. ID. Webster was Assessor of the Thirty
second Internal Revenue District In this city three years ago he
epreted the Revenue laws require brokers 70


24 per the money eT and returned almost
daily alleging that virtually capital and should SUCH
Ths Interpretation OF the law met With determined opposition from
dese who held that accordance with the pht Of the
statute but they nevertheless obliged submit tar which
proved serious loss to them Having determined however test the
question they paid the protest and finally fund and
sent agent named Colgate to Washington look after their
te Their opposition has been successful at last and they prob
ably receive bach the obtained uader protest. In r
TO this matter the New York Stock Exchange Claims
hs issued circular calling the attention Of members to the following
clause from the Lave Of the United States which virtually
rule Of limitation;


No claim application for the refndnE will be entitled o
consideration by the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
shall be hed with him either pnor June 90 lg2 within years
from the date Of the payment Of the tar. 49,


unor that the agent Of the Stock Exchange used money
bis ends has caused considerable improbable that
be viii be called upoa for an explanation.
Year: 1872

The 44urora Borealis will, with
out doubt, be read by many thous-
and clerks throughout the United
States, for clerks are reading class
and we give them word of counsel
to help them on the road to happi-
ness and prosperity. TO be good
business man you must cultivate the
loftiest integrity, even in connection
with the smallest matters. Never
appropriate one cent of your en-
ployer's money or property to your
own use. Deal with honorable ex-
.actness toward all who trade with
you; eschew all business lies in sell
ing goods. If, in measuring or
weighing an article, you discover
defects which lessen its value,
boldly make them known. Do not
permit dishonest employer to com
pei you to be his instrument-his
tool for doing wrong. Prosecute
your daily tasks with the same care
tul diligence in the absence as in
the presence of your employer, thus
proving that you are no eye-serv-
ant.


Should you, my dear young friend,
have been in the habit ofpurloining
your employers cash, stop short!
You are on the road to disgrace and
ruin. Look upon your employers
cash as plaguc-sorc, that, bat
touched, would be your utter ruin.
Do not be scduced, then, into fault
of this nature on any condition
whatever. BE frugal of your own
money, be Industrious, choose good
company, and remember, while you
are subordinate agent, your en-
ployer is entitled to the benefit OF
all your virtues.
Year: 1872

it. He has only recently come to a
world that is full of good things to
eat, and there is, on the whole, a
very short time in which to eat
them; at least, he is told, among
the first informations he receives,
that life is short. Life being brief,
and pie and the like flecting, he
very soon decides upon an active
campaign. 1t may be an old story
to people who have been eating for
forty or fifty years, but it is differ
ent with the beginner. He takes
the thick and the thin as it comes,
as in pie, for instance. Some peo-
pie do make them very thin. I
knew place where they were no
thicker than poor mans plaster;
they were spread 50 thin on the
crust that they were better fitted to
draw out hunger than to satify it.
They used to be made up by the
great oven full, and kept in dry
cellar, where they are hardened
and dried to a toughness you would
hardly believe. This was long
time ago, and they make the pump
kin pie in the country better now,
or the race of boys would have been
SO discouraged that I think they
would have stopped coming into
the world.-C. d. Warner.
Year: 1872

back street at 9 o'clock, and entered
the theatre by the back door. l
stumbled my way in the dark among
the ranks of canvass scenery and
stood on the stage. The house was
gloomy and silent, and its emptiness
depressing. went into the dark
among the scenes again, and for an
hour and half gave myself up to
the horrors, wholly unconscious of
everything else. Then l heard a
murmur; it rose higher and higher,
and ended in crash, mingled with
cheers. 1t made my hair rise, it
was so close to me and 81 loud.
There was pause, and then another;
presently came third, and before
l we'll knew what / was about was
in the middle of the stage, staring
at a sea of faces, bewildcrcd by the
fierce glare of lights, and quaking
in every limb with a terror that
seemed like to take my life away.
The house was full-aisle and all!


The tumult in my heart, and
brain, and legs continued full
minute before I could gain any com
mand over myself Then l rccog-
nized the charity and the friend
liness in the faces before me, and
little by little my fright melted
away, and l began to talk. With
in three or four minutes | was COM
Portable and even content. My
three chief allies, with three auxil-
iaries, were on hand, in the par
quettc, all sitting together, all arm
ed with bludgeons, and all ready to
make an onslaught upon the feeb-
lest joke that mi ght show its head.
And whenever a joke did fall, their
bludgeons came down and their
faces seemed to split from ear to
ear. Sawyer, whose hearty coun-
tenance was seen looming rcdly in
the centre of the second circle,
took it up and the house was carried
handsomely. Inferior jokes never
Jared so royalty before. Presently
l delivered bit Of serious matter
with impressive JUNCTION, Git was
my pet, and the audience listened
with an absorbed hush that gratified
me more than any applause: and as
I dropped the last word Of the
clause | happened to turn and catch
Mrs. IS intent and waiting eye;
my conversation with her flashed
me, and in spite of all l could do l
smiled. She took it for the signal,
and promptly delivered mellow
laugh that touched off the whole
audience. and the explosion that
followed was the triumph Of the
evening! I thought that that honest
man Sawyer would choke himself;
and as for the bludgeons, they per-
formed like pilc-drivers. But my
poor little morsel of pathos was
ruined. 1t was taken in good faith
as an intentional joke, and the prize
one ofthe entertainment; and l wise
ly let it go at that.


All the papers were kind il the
morning; my appetite returned; |
had abundance of money. "All's
we'll that ends WE'LL"
Year: 1872

A Sundays dinner is made the
most sumptuous meal Of the week
in great many households, and the
guests retire from the table more
like gorged anacondas than intel
lectual human beings, with the re-
suit that during the whole afternoon
there is such an amonnt of mental,
physical and religious sleepiness, if
not actual stupidity, that no duties
whatever are performed with alacri-
ty, efficiency, and acceptableness.
The Sunday dinner made Of a cup
of hot tea, some bread and butter,
with a slice of cold meat, and abso-
lutely nothing else, would be wiser
and better for all; it would give
the servants more leisure, the appe-
tite would be as completely salts
fed half an hour aftcrward, while
body brain and heart would be in
a fitting condition to perform the
duties of the Sabbath with pleasure
to ourselves, with greater efficicucy
to others, and doubtless with larger
acceptance to Him toward whom
all our service is due.-HaA's Jour
nal Of Health.
Year: 1872

Standing on the platform a t
Plymouth church Sunday morning,
with basket of fragrant flowers on
each side of him, folding the arms
and facing the immense congrega-
ton, Henry Ward Beecher said:


"That man who condemns a fel-
low mortal for his sinful conduct,
and says it serves him right when
overtakeu by the law, and that it is
all nonsense to pity him, is most
arrant sinner himself. There is no
man living who cannot be made to
in in some manner or other" He
spoke of the effects Of kindness in
rebuking, and said that parents
erred greatly in their manner of
correcting the transgressions of
children. Kindness, he said, alone
was needed.


"When l threw spit balls at my
school teacher" said Mr.. Beecher,
''and often to my great regret
missed him, l was brought up for
chastiscment. l stood like an In
dian. | was considered a hero by
the other boys, and marched to my
seat in triumph. Had the man
spoken to me kindly and told me of
his desire to educate me properly,
there would have been more quiet
in that school-room. When a child
enters a pantry in the absence of it's
mother or the other guardian, and
sees, smells, and tastes a doughnut,
which in all well regulated families
is considered forbidden fruit, and
is discovered, its first impulse is to
deny the otfensc. 1t is not strong
enough to bear the burst ofpassion,
and seek to avoid the stroke. How
much better would. it be for the
mother or father to tenderly caress
the child and talk to it kindly con-
ccrning the misdemeanor. TIL e
child would hang its head in shame
and probably never commit a sim
liar act"


When Mr.. Beechcr placed him
self in an attitude which seemed
plainly to Indicate a knowledge of
the manly art, and said: 81 am of
very cxcitablc and combatablc dis
position, and my first impulse is to
strike out" the staid portion of the
congregation were aghast, but when
he mildly said "but as grow older,
l have less disposition to do SO, !"
the frownS diSannearod
Year: 1872

What John said was, that he


didn't care much for pumpkin pie;
but that was after he had eaten a


whole one. 1t seemed to him that
mince would be better. The feel


ing Of a boy toward pumpkin pie
has never been properly considered.
There is an air Of festivity about
its approach in the fall. The boy
is willing to help pare and cut up
the pumpkin, and he watches with
greatest interest the stirring-up
process and the pouring into the
scalloped crust. When the sweet
SAVIOR Of the baking reaches his
nostrils, he is filled with the most
delightful anticipations. Why
should he not be? He knows that
for months to come the buttery will
contain golden treasures, and it
will require only a slight ingenuity
to get. at them. The fact is, the


boy is as good in the buttery as in
any para Of farming. His elders
say that the boy is always hungry;
but that is very coarse way to but
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies as usuaD, we
solicit a share of your patronage.


To the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in tho city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

A matchmaker in an Illinois town
has constructed peculiar time
piece, and the local Journal descri-
bes it as follows:


1t is simply dial,plate with two
hands-an hour hand and a minute
hand. The dial is "a inches in
diameter, with large opening in
the centre. The minute hand is
twelve inches in length, and the
hour hand nine and a half inches,
fastened in the center of the dial
upon small pivot. That is all that
can be seen looking at it. BY look
ing closely on the large ends of the
hands, or ends toward the centre of
the dial, and on the reverse side,
you will see what appears to be
weights, intended to balance the
hands, but which in reality contain
the secret Of the movements Of the
hands. Within these small" weights y
arc miniature works like those of a
small watch, strong enough to con-
troll the large hands. Aperson may
whirl the hands until they shall
spin around like top, but each will
invariably return to its proper
place, and indicated the time ofday
correctly. ..g. ,a


The hands may be taken off and
laid away for and hour, or two
hours, or ten, or any length Of time,
and upon being replaced upon the
pivot they will instantly point the
precise hour and minute. There is
no electricity or anything Of that
sort. The dial hangs by a tiny hook
from a nail. 1t may be suspended
by string, or held in the hand, and
the movements Of the hands are all
the same. The hands do not move
with the regularity and precision of
those of a regulator, but the correct
time Of day is always indicated, and
when the hands of the regulator, or
any properly regulated clock, are
upon the figures Or minute marks,
those of this strange timepiece will
will agree exactly. 1t is really a
remarkable piece of workmanship,
and excites much comcnt. Nothing
is seen by looking at it or cxamin-
ing it, save the rim Of the dial and
the hands. That is all; and when
they move so correctly and mark
the time Of day it seems rs though
some unseen spirit must represent
and impel their movements.
Year: 1872

A few days since Henry J.
Holmes returned TO this city with
his bride, whom be married in
Prairie City, Polk county, Iowa.
Twenty.three years ago, Holmes
left the lady in the place men.
toned to make bis fortune in Cal.
ifornia, the two being at the same
time engaged. The luck usual
with most of the forty-niners was
his; and after llcng aLaa unsuccess.
ful labor he settled down to le.
gitimate business. in which he
managed to slowly accumulate


property. After time he re.
rurned to Iowa for bis bride; but
her brother was afflicted with a
long and tedious illness, and the
faithful sister would not leave him.
The illness terminated in death a
few months since, and then the
lady wrote her betrothed-the
two having corresponded regular
ly all this time-that she was
free and he might come again
Holmes was now possessed of a
comfortable competence, and be
was still faithful. He promptly
responded to the summons, mar
ried the lady, and is now settled
in the enjoyment of domestic hap
ness. 1t is seldom that hope SO
long deferred in this particular d.
rection- is finally realized, but
they are practical couple, and
probably feel no older now than
they did twenty.thIee years ago.
San Francisco bulletin.
Year: 1872

An immense pigeon roost ex-
lists at this time near Oakland
Allegheny county, Md. They
collect nightly on a tract of
ground covered with elder bush
es, occupying about six acres


The Cumberland M,c8 says:
The Unlocking pigeons gradual.
ly settled down upon the bush
es, until they were bent to the
ground by the weight of the
birds. Still more pigeons came
flying from distant points and
continued to settle down upon
the already living mass, until
the whole five or six acres were
compactly covered. So great
was the,number of birds that they
were piled upon each other in
places from one to two feet in
depth. The pigeons continued
fiocking in and settling upon
and among each other from a
bout four O'Clock in the after
noon until nightfall when at
last they became still and pre-
pared for their nights rest.
With the early dawn of the
morning ficck after flock arose
and flew away in all directions,
which departures were contin-
ued until about nine o'clock when
the place was deserted and not
a living bird to be seen during
the remainder Of the day, until
toward evening, when they "a
gain began fiocking back the
scenes of the evening before
were again to be witnessed; and
all this has occurred daily forthc
past ten days.


At this wonderful roost thou
sands and thousands of pigeons
have been nightly captured by
men and dogs, with guns, clubs
and bags. After nightfall
person can go among the birds
and scoop the into them mouth
of a bag. 1t is needless TO add
that thousands of them have
been wantonly shot, allowed to
remain upon the ground where
they died.
Year: 1872

The State of Ohio used to be ia


nous for its camp-meetings and re
! iligious revivals but if what we


hear from there nowadays is true


it has sadly lost its prestige in


in those particulars. An Ironton


paper tells us of circumstance
which lately occurred in that To-


cality which is strong indication
THAT there is some wrong either
about the preachers or the people.


A revival preacher, who had a.


chieved considerable reputation as
to his powers in the pulpit, went
to Ironton for a week, to "start a


revival" He showed great zeal,
preaching every night during his
stay, got double row Of mourn
ers' benches ready and called
frantically upon hrs congregation
to come forward. The last night
there was an immense gathering,
and the preacher fairly outdid
himself. He shouted, and plead
ed, and waited, but all in vain
Not soul rose. Finally, discour-
ed beyond measure, he sat down.
AT that juncture, a long faced,
looking man got up, and
said that the elder had been work.
ing hard and labored faithfully
with them, and as a token of their
appreciation he moved that the
congregation give him three cheers
1t was done with a heartiness
which made the pews tremble, and
the people went home satisfied
that they had fally and faithfully
performed their duty. The preach
er has ever since been waiting TO!
see Ironton destroyed by fire.