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Year: 1872

would get drunk aud lay down in ditch
was no better than hog, and he ought
TO know, for he had been there. The F.,
he strove to gain on approving smile from
the ladies by . few Asttefiug remarks to
them, but didn't seem to succeed, though
some of the old married men present
laughed q sickly apprcciativs kind Of
laugh when he stated that I'VE are nll
moro or less, under petticoat govern
ment." Aud then, as he didn't seem to
have anything more to say, looked sheep.
ish, and dropping down from the stand
like a young rooster from an oak log
after his first attempt to crow, he sub
sided, and We all started for home, and
the only pleasant remembrance is the
taste Of whisky in the water barrel re.
tanned by truly yours,


"IIoNEsT JonN."
Year: 1872

The Philadelphia 4 Heading Railroad Compa-
ny, being unable to ind useful judges in Berks
county, have gone to Philadelphia and applied
to Judge Read Of the Supreme Court We wish
we could hope that he too would disappoint
Year: 1872

As # to prove his fixed resolve to nave
his own way in this new coup d. etat in
louisiana, Grant has ordered his Jacite At
torney General to telegraph TO McEnery,
the Democratic Governor elect, that any ef-
fort 10 change the Decree Of Cesar will
be ui'avsiling. The decision was made
with ut Tearing, and the people are told
very l2iniy that submission TO this inso-
lent assumption of power is the only mode
of avoiding blood-shed.
Year: 1872

The Washington correspondent of the
C;rcinuai Gazette says the language of the
Supreme Court in the louisiana case ''is
so obscure as to cause no little comment
among members of the bar, and some OF
then declare it must have been used for the
purpose of Disgusting the meaning of the
Judcrs."
Year: 1872

sion. His friends cannot do him greater
service than to subject his conduct
at every step to severe judgment.
AT the best be will have
difficult part to play. Whether he shall
show an amenability to intelligent public
sentiment, and shall rise above the personal
view Of the Presidency, will govern the
event whether he shall continue to have
the support Of successful party, and shall
leave il in the control Of the country when
he retires to private life, or whether his re-
election shall precipitate disintegration of
the Republican party, which will make his
administration helpless, and leave him TO
terminate bis official career followed by the
reproaches Of the party that elected him,
and with none to do him honor.
Year: 1872

SALT LAKE, Dec. 1S.-In st. johns
Valley, Tasaola county, tomorrow has been
appointed day of fasting and prayer, that
the Almighty may be merciful to prevent
the spread Of the smallpox. A lady is pre-
pairing to occupy the pulpit of one of the
orthodox churches in this city.


The IrlrepressfbIe Conflict.


There is division of opinion among the
Gentiles as 70 the wisdom of calling an ex-
ira session Of the Territorial Legislature to
revise the laws. Those in favor of it say
that the MOrmoDs should have chance To
to correct their own errors. Those opposed
to it say that only compulsion will cause
the abandonment of polygsmy and the ex-
ira session will avail nothing, but defer
remedy through Congress.
Year: 1872

I AM THIS DAY AUTHORIZED TO OFFER FOR


SALE furnished splendid four story high soop brown
stone House, 25x50x100 newly painted and furnished
throughout In style and with taste; death the cause For
particulars and terms call address JAMES ROWE
Na Third
Year: 1872

T1NIFTH AvENUE--A FIRST CLASS MEDIUM SIZED
four story brown stone House, above Forty second
street for sale with or without Furnitnre built In best
style by Charles DUggn, Esq all modern improvements,
both house and furniture nearly new rich, but not
gaudy Any one wanting gem OF a house ut low henre
viii please apply to No Bcekman street, room
Year: 1872

SALT-Irs EFFECT ON THE Blood
DR.. Stephens, French physician, saw
butcher killing n pig. He observed
that he stirred the blood of tho animal
and added q handful of common salt to
it while stirring, which made it crimson,
and the stirring being discontinued, it
remained fluid. Butcher could give no
explanation of the phenomenon, except
that it kept from jellying and spelling.
DR.. Stephens seized vessel, caught
some of the blood, and tried several ex-
periments by putting salt into it, and
found that the blackest blood was
changed to bright vermillion by salt.
And" said he "hsre is fact that
may lead to practical rule" He had
observed in cases of yellow fever in the
army, that tho blood drawn was very
black and fluid and on adding salt it
became vermillion and retained its usual
freshness; whereas, putridity of the
blood is one of the characteristics of
yellow fever. He therefore abandoned
the usual mode of treating it, and gave
his patients mixture of various salts,
and in very short time reduced the
mortality of fever in the West Indies
from one in five to one in fifty.
Year: 1872

The ART OF SPENDING. Every indus
trious, wide-awake person can find ways
and means of earning money, but after
it is fairly earned the great trouble with
everybody is that il slips away so easily.
Every time you turn you will find ways
and means of spending money. Now
the great art in spending is to make
every dollar show where it is invested
There are SO many ways of disposing of
it which never seem to give any returns.
Your housckeepers need to learn the
art of spending well. A dollar invested
in n nice covered Iii sh for the table, n
useful mat for the hall, a beautiful tree
for the front door yard, would give n
hundred fold the pleasure that it would
in n strip of ribbon about the hem of II
dress, or q fat chicken for the table.
which leaves you no better satisfied
tnan if you had dined off an inexpensive
chop. Think well over every dime you
pay out, and resolve to put it to the
best possible account. The art of spend
ing is even more important than the art
of making money. You can gain it by
the spadeful and yet fritter it all away
by the spoonful.
Year: 1872

CHARCOAL FOR ANIMALS. 1t is difficult
to doctor brute animals, because they
cannot tell what is the matter with
them; and probably three quarters of
the attempts made to relieve them only
makes matters worse. Generally they
are sick from over-eating, or from ex-
citement and over-heating. It is not
uncommon for horse or COW in the
pasture to eat too much green clover or
apples; or something else disarranges
their stomach; or in the barn they will
get into the meal barrel, and suffer
from the effects. In all such cases the
remedy is pulverized charcoal. Take
it new from the wood fire, grind it, and
pour it down their throat. Itnever can
do any injury, and in hundreds of cases
it afforded speedy relief. There is no
animal that over eats so often as the
pig; and as q resulative Of his digestive
powers, there is nothing SO good aa
charcoal. 1t should always be kept in
the pig-sty, and in small quantities feed
every few days, and it is worth more
than the same bulk in corn.
Year: 1872

AZ A friend OF ours who has not
been quite year in the Territory, went
to hear Lugubrious Gaifelde last Sat-
urday, and expressed his admiration of
that human trumbone. He says that
only Jim Eastman can equal him III u
verbal emotic. Jim once made speech
in the Police Court in Marysville, in
behalf of larcenist for whom he was
trying to prove an abb: "Your honor,
we are ready to prove that my client
was not within four miles of the place
designated in the complaint when the
alleged offence was committed. He
was far from the bricks and mortar of
his crowded city; far from its reek of
smoke and miasma of vice; far from it's
selfish strifes and contentious. He was
seated in the ruddy glow of departing
day, upon a moss-yrown bank shaded
by the outrageous foliage of the fra
grant manzanita, with his left arm en-
circling the waist of frail but fair
daughter of the Montezumas, breathing
gushing accents of sensuous love into
her sunburnt ear!''
Year: 1872

FRANKLIN's INDEpENDENcE.-Soon after
his establishment in Philadelphia,
Franklin was waited upon by one of the
wealthiest men of the city, who offered
him an article for publication in his pa
per. The publisher glanced his eyes
over the piece, and requested the gen.
tleman to call on the morrow. On the
following day the author called and
asked what was the decision upon his
article. Why, sir" rejoined Frank
lin, I am sorry to say that I think
it grossly scurrilous and defamatory.
1 have concluded not to publish it. :"
" SIR cried the gentleman in amaze,
" know you what you are doing. Do
you think what the influence of myself
and my friends would be, either for or
against you, were VIC to exert it?" "I
have thought of it, said Franklin, with
solemn earnestness. "On account of
my poverty hesitated, and tried to
persuade myself that the publication of
the article in the present issue of my
paper would be pardonable. Last
night, when my work was done, I
bought two-penny loaf, on which,
with q mug of water, made my even
ing meal. Then I laid me down in my
great coat with roll of paper for my
pillow, and slept soundly till the break
of day, when another two-penny loaf
and mug of water afforded me a suf-
ficient breakfast. And now, sir, since
l live very comfortable in this manner,
why should L prostitute my press to
personal hatred, or party passion and
malice for a more luxurious living?"
The gentleman departed utterly unable
to face the incorruptible man; but he
did not become Franklin's enemy. On
the contrary, his admiration for the
sterling character and moral worth of
the poor printer, led him to offer his
devoted friendship, which was accepted
and which remained true to the end.
Year: 1872

Horace Greeley advised Abraham
Lincoln to pay the Soush for their lib
Grated slaves, and he recommended that
the sum of four hundred millions Of
dollars should be appropriated out of
the national treasury for that purpose.
This advise proves Greeley to be q
just man and a friend to the people of
the South. He did not think that the
Government should destroy their pro-
perty in slaves without paying them
for it. Let that fact be borne in mind
by all our people.
Year: 1872

AZ In England the outlook of the
food prospect is represented as very dis
couraging, and the newspapers speak
very dolefully Of the approach of win
ter. The potato crop in England,
Scotland and ireland is failure, from
disease attributed to wet season.
The foot and mouth disease prevails
largely among cattle in all parts of the
kingdom, SO that beef is scarce and
dear. Add to these misfortunes great
rise in the price of coal, which is still
advancing, and the prospects of the
poorer classes for the coming winter are
gloomy enough.
Year: 1872

s%A petrifed baby has been ex-
humed from Chicago cemetary. The
Times says: CAN, save the mother of
the little infant stood mutely looking
upon it, but she became frantic with
excitement from the first moment that
the body was exposed to view. She
endeavorcd to take it from the coffin,
crying bitterly, and wildly insisted
upon taking it with her to her home.
Her husband held her back and would
not allow her to remove it. The moth
er seemed nearly distracted with grief
at the thought of its being rcinterred.
1t looked SO natural and beautiful, SO
like the baby she had platel in the
grave ten years ago, that it brought up
all her sorrow afresh, as if she was but
just now laying the loved darling in the
earth. The body was removed; with
others which the family had come there
to exhume, to Graceland, and reburied.
The family are Swedes, and it was
learned reside some distance out of the
city. The child so remarkably pre-
served had been buried for more than
ten years."
Year: 1872

Sc The other evening young man
propounded the usual question to the
idol of his heart. She laid her soft
white hand in his, put her head upon
his manly shoulder, hove sweet sigh
of resignation, and in dulcet accents
that sounded like sweet music upon the
water, whispered Yes; anything
to beat Grant.
Year: 1872

s1 There las been project started
for the purpose of cutting a canal
through the isthmus Of Darien on q
plan of like magnitude to the ship canal
of Suez. The route has not yet been.
settled upon. Should its construction
be determined upon and successfully
carried out, it would completely revolu-
tionize the commerce of the Pacific and
open grand avenne for direct commu-f
nication with the eastern hemisphere.
Year: 1872

* North Carolina election returns
have not yet peen published. The
Secretary Of State declines to make
them known for the reason that many
of them bear gross evidence of fraud
on their face. They will not be accu-
rately known until the meeting of the
Legislature. The general impression
among honest men Of both parties is.
that on fair count the Democrats and
Liberals would have the State.
Year: 1872

RESYE's Pain.Killing Magic Oil is used
By number Of the families in our town,
and they speak well of it as remedy for
curing most painful complaints. II is the
cleansst and most delicious article to use we
have found. The large size bottles are
cheapest in proportion to the price.
Year: 1872

MEN of business, believe me, there is
now and then profitable venture in do
ing nothing at all. In the power to put
business aside, and abiding now and then
in perfect quiet, things sometimes solve
themselves, when we give them that ad-
vantage, which refuse to come clear for
all our trying. We all know how, by
simply taking some perplexity into the
deepest silence this side of death-a good
nights sleep-we can do better some
times than if we sat up and wrought at
our task all night. When Matthew Muir
ray, of Leeds, wanted to see his way
through some sore perplexity in his in
ventlons, and all other effort was of no
use, he rested day and night from all
noise, and all effort save the effort an ac-
tive man has to keep himself quiet; and
then the thing he wanted would steal in
and look at him, and light on him, and
stay, as birds used to light on the old
hermits, no more afraid of them than of
the trees under which they sat. And
mothers, you may care and toll incessant-
ly for your little ones, never resting a
moment in your devotion, and then, he
cause you never do quit, but enter into
your very closet with a little frock to
mend, you shall never be quite able TO
take the whole sunlight and sum of your
motherhood into your heart. You will
be so full of care about the bread that
perishes as to miss the bread that cometh
down from heaven. No person in the
world needs so much, now and then, to
| be still, and open her soul only to the
| silence as an earnest, energetic, whole
hearted mother. This eternal activity is
almost sure TO run at last in shadows
Robert Collyer, in Independent.
Year: 1872

his daughters arm linked in with the
hated lovers. The indignant papa took
the young man by the collar, and was
giving him a good shaking, when he
found he had got hold of the wrong man,
and soon learned that the parties were:a
highly respectable married couple, who
were coming home from a prayer meet
ing"


WHEN postage was high" says a
writersin Temple Bar, "letters were iuxu-
ries which persons far above the con-
dition of those who are called poor could
not often indulge. We cannot give bet
ter illustration of this than one we find in
letter addressed by Mr.. Collins, the
artist, to his bfother in 1916, when the
landscape painter was % years of age.
Collins was then at Hastings, sketching,
and had invited his brother to come down
from Saturday until Monday: The whole
amount of the expense would be the
coach, provided you put two biscuits in
your pocket, which would answer as a
lunch; and / would have dinner for you,
which would not increase my expenditure
a5Ooe tenpence. ! shall be at the place
where the coach stops for you, should
you be able to come. Write me nothing
about it unless you have other business,
for letter costs u dinner!'"
Year: 1872

A DECLAMATIoN FOR A SMALL BOY.


Keep still That's what they always
say to us boys. Just as if there never
had been any noise in the world until we
were born. Haven't old folks all been
boys and girls once? Didn't some of
them ever get boxed on the ears at school2
Didn't some of them drum on the milk
pans, or crack nuts with the flat iron, or
slam the doors, or come down stairs
sliding-down-hill fashion? Everything
that is smart goes off with a bang. This
would be dull world if it were not for
the racket the boys make. Noisy boys
are not always saucy. Some are; but we
don't train in that company. We belong
to the Boys Rattle-te-bang Society of
Good Manners" and we invite all our
young friends to come and Join u.s.
Young Folks Rural
Year: 1872

from the German.I


A deer once saw himself pictured in a
clear brook.


Truly" said he, 81 surpass all ami
mails in gracefulness and majestyl How
lordly do my horns tower upl But my
feet how long and uglyr'


Hardly had he uttered these words when
he saw lion springing toward him.
With the greatest haste his despised feet
carried him to the next forest; but sud-
denly his broad antlers were caught in
the overhanging thicket, and he could
not tear himself away


The lion overlook him and devoured
him.


Learn from this not to value things
from their outward appearance, but for
their inner worth; otherwise you will Of
ten have to repent bitterly your unjust
Judgment.
Year: 1872

THERE was on exhibition in Paris, not
long since, magnificent piano, sent as a
wedding gift to the future Empress of
China 1t is completely covered with
gold and lacquer, and the keys are COM
posed of mother of pearl. 1t is as useless
as it is elegant, however, owing to the
ton has been entirely neglected, and it
will have to be played by machinery, an
attachment accompanying it which works
on the plan of a hand-organ, and beyond
half a dozen tunes will be silent.
Year: 1872

The two jars on the shelf were empty;
but when Emma took hold of the handle
of the jar on the wash-bench, tipped it up
and looked in, she saw that there was
some honey at the bottom.


Then the little girl thought to herself,
"This must be one of the jars that
mother told Eliza to wash. But it is a
pity so much good honey should be
wasted. There is some dry honeycomb
on top; but, if take that out, / think /
shall find some nice honey underneath"


Then she thought, "But is it right for
me to touch the honey without asking
leave Of my mothers"


She had some doubts on this point. Had
she listened wisely to her good Thoughts,
she would have heard them say, do not
touch it, Emma! You must wait till
your mother comes home. She will let
YOU have some of the honey if she thinks
it good for you. Do not meddle with it.
Itdoes not belong to you. Fly from evil
and evil will fly from you"
Year: 1872

Cold spring. water should, before applying it
to heated soil, be exposed to the sun and air
for few hours. The colder the wateris, and
the warmer the soil, so is the necessity Of ap-
plying it in abundance for it is evident, though
we cannot explain it. that the result produced
upon the plants by applying cold water to the
soil when at high temperature, unless so CO.
piousy applied as to saturate the soil complete
", is fatal to tender or weakly plants, and Of
ten less or more injurious to strong or healthy
ones - ~.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happiness Indeed, without these the Journey
nrosnect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadoWed with despair, and filled witt!
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
oAAS "a ufb
Year: 1872

How TO WATER PLANTs.-From careful
experiments, Mr.. Mechill discovered that plants
slightly watered every day often perish, and
always become dwarfed whereas good soak.
ing given twice week almost invariably proved
highly beneficial He says:


The sum of our experience in watering
amounts to this-that thorough soaking of the
ground two or three times a week is much bet
ter than the same amount of water applied in
driblets daily. only sufficient to wet the upper
surface, but not the under strata Of earth con
Year: 1872

threatento abandon the effort and repeal
the law just as soon as an attempt was
made to put it into practical operation. He
fully agreed with those who denounced this
Civil Service Reform as a humbug and an
encroachment on the rights of the people,
for bis own rights had been unwarrantedly
infriDged.


In the Good Old Times,


when he went to a Department and
asked to have Smith or Jones appointed to
office because he was friend of his, or be-
cause he had worked hard to make him
Senator, or for some other equally good
reason the matter was generally arranged
satisfactorily without any question of the
fitness of the applicant for the place, but
DOW when he approached the head of
department on the same errand he was told
his recommend was no longer sufficient TO
secure the appointment; that the President
had taken the matter out Of the hands of
members of Congress, and that applicants
were now required to undergo an examina-
ton as a test of their fitness for places
sought, as if there could be any better
proof of a mans fitness for any Office than
that he had helped to elect a Senator.
Laughter. In this way he (EdmuDds)
was stripped of Fictitious importance he
formerly enjoyed aud brought down to the
common level and compelled TO stand on
bis own merits alone. OF course he felt
this to be gross outrage. Laughter.
He spoke only for himself. He was only
stating his own grievances, but knew that
his fellow Senators would sympathize with
him. Laughter.] 1t was painful fact,
however, that in the country there were
great many persons who thought different
ly, people who were neither candi-
dates for office nor the followers of candi-
dates, people who didn't appreciate
the merits and claims Of the managers of
primaries and other political bodies, and
who thought that pOstmasters ought to
know how to write, and that accountants
ought TO understand arithmetic. Nobody
could see more clearly than he did the folly
of all this, but as these unreasonable people
were unfortunately in great majority, and
as it was their business that the officers of
the government were paid TO do, and their
money that was to be collected and spent,
ne feared they would have their way.
Laughter.)


Mr.. Carpenter protested, for himself,
against Mr.. Edmunds' statement of the
feeling and motives Of the opponents of
civil service reform.


Mr.. Edmmds said he might have over
drawn the picture little, but in substance
it was true to nature.


After some further discussion, without
reaching a vote, the Senate adjourned.
Year: 1872

SALT LAKE, March 7.-MesSrs Cannon,
Fitch and Fuller, the Commissioners ap-
pointed by the Constitutional Convention to
carry that instrument to Washington aud
urge its passage, left this morning. A strong
Congressional lobby will be maintained TO
work the territory into State if possible.
Year: 1872

The highest excellence is seldom attained
III more than one vocation. The reads
leading TO distinction in separate pursuits
diverge, and the nearer We approach the
one, the further we recede from the other.