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Year: 1873

Buy pot of ordinary mignonette,
or plant seed. This plant will proba-


bly, contain tuft composed of many
plants. Pull up all but one: and as
the mignonette is treated without
any delicacy the single plant thas is
left in the middle of the pot may be
vigorously trimmed, leaving only one
shoot. This shoot must be attached
to a slender stick. The extremity OF
this shoot will put forth bunch OF
flower buds that must be cut off en-
tirelv, leaving not a single bud. The
stock in consequence Of this treat
ment, will put out a multitude of
young shoots that must be allowed to
develop freely until they are about 81
inches long. Then select out of these
four, six, or eight, according to the
strength of the plant, with equal
spaces between them. Now, with a
piece of whalebone, make a hoop and
attach your shoots to it, supported at
proper hight. When they have
grown two or three inches longer,
and are going to bloom, support them
by a second hoop like the first. Let
them bloom, but take of the seed pods
before they have time to form, or the
plant may perish It will not be long
before new shoots will appear just be-
low the places where the flowers were.
From among these new shoots choose
the one on each branch which is in
the best situation to replace what You
have nipped of. Little by little the
principal stalks, and also the branch
es, will become woody, and your
mignonette will no longer be an her
baceous plant, except at its upper ex-
tremities, which will bloom all the
year without interruption. 1t will be
truly tree mfgnonette, living for an
indefinite periodf for with. proper
treatment, a tree mignonette will live
twelve to fifteen years. ~
Year: 1873

A number of ladies IN Nashville
have signed an agreement to abstain
from all outward adornment on sun
days, wearing only the plainest sort
of apparel. Ruin is thus threatened
to the milinary business, there being
no place left in which to display the
last sweet thing in bonnets.
Year: 1873




The San Fran cisco Alta is respon-
sible for the story that Nevada law
yer had as client a man accused of
murder, and the principal witness in
his favor being his wife, who was in
capacitated from giving testimony by
reason of her relation to him, he got
the murder trial postponed, brought
suit for divorce in her behalf and Sc
cured il, and then trfumphantly
placed her on the stand to secure the
acquittal of her husband.


The following beautiful ode" was
composed by the local editor of the jack
son Citizen:


How doth the little festive bug


Improve each shining hour7


He perches on the tater plant


And saps its vital power"
Our poet has given the crank turn
and ground 1.-THE poetry we mean, and
not the bug-out as follows: -.
How doth the little busy bug


Improve each shining minute


There amt single tater plant
But you will find him in it.
Year: 1873

Captain Dakin OF the tugboat James Cook, which
foundered in the bay Thursday evening last, and
who was given up as lost with the deck hands and
hremen, was picked mp that night by passing
turned to this city yesterday and at once pro-
ceeded to his home In Brooklyn. Captain Dakin
suffered terribly during the hours he was In the
water and was rescued in an exhausted condition.
In his opinion deck hand Smith and fireman
Brown were drowned.
Year: 1873

The bonds specified in the new call have
already, many of them, been presented for re-
demption. They are presented by the Syndi-
cate, who, it appears, long since purchased
them at a discount, before it was known that
they were to be redeemed. 1t is stated that
the Syndicate control most Of bonds under the
new call, which they acquired in this way.


During the first year that the business of
the late Freedmen's bureau has been under
the charge of the adjutant generals Office, in
the war department, claims amounting to
S424, ,228 have been prSpared for payment, and
only await the call of the claimants and
appropriation Of one hundred thousand dol
lars to carry on the business.


The bureau of education has infrmaOtiOn
that Chicago and Cincinnati, each, received
from the Vienna exposition the grand medal
of progress for their system Of education,
teaching and instruction, and Cleveland, and
Jacksonville, Illinois, were awarded a diplO-
ma of merit in the same department In this
one department of education, teaching and
instruction twenty-five prizes we're awarded
United States exhibitors.


There is heavy pressure at Washington
for change in the postal law by the next
congress- allowing free exchange Of newspa-
pers, and the renewal of franBing in some
modified form.


The board of visitors to West Point have
submitted their report to the secretary of war.
They recommend that the course Of instruc-
ton should if possible be somewhat enlarged
by allowing some time to be given to literary
and historical studies, and to exercise in elO-
cution. Even a purely military education can
not be said at the present day to be complete
which omits wholly from its course of instruc-
ton history and letters. The fact that so
many Of the last appointees failed in literary
examination is attributed mainly to the want
of thoroughness in the schools of the eoun-
try with respect to the primary work. The
academy owes it to itself and its influence as
national institution on the whole system OF
popular education, to render and publish to
the world this honest verdict. If our school
boards and superintendents and teachers in
the north and in the south, in the east and in
the west will but heed the verdict and use due
diligence to correct this great defect, some
abiding good may come from the mortifying
experience of this years examination.


1t is officially denied that the peace COM
rnissioners or the interior department furnished
the Sioux with breech leaders or other arms.
Any weapons they have must have been fur
nished by traders. TIE officials regret that
the friendship of the Pawnees for the whites
should excite the hostility of the Sioux, but 1t
is not thought the government will interfere
further than to keep the peace among the
tribes. The fact that the army uses the Paw
nees as scouts, it is thought, may intensity the
enmity of the Sioux.
Year: 1873

Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep,


Where the rugged pine, in its lonely pride,
Leans glOOmily the murky tide;


Where the reeds and rushes are long and rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through
There lies at its moOrlngs the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,


Like sea-birds wings that the storms had Topped,
And crossed on the railing, one DER one,
Like the folded hands when the work is done;
While busily back and forth between


The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the sOlumn owl, with his dull 90 tOO-hOo,"
Settles down or the side Of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk in the Shiny wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,


And the green moss Creeps DER its dull decay
Hiding its moldering dust away,


Like the hand that plants DER the tomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many blossom Of lOvelist hue
Springs up DER the stern of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still
But the light wind plays with the boat at Will,
And lazily in and out again


It floats the length of the rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands Of time,
That meet and part at the nOOntide chime,
And the shore is kissed at each turning anew
By the dripping bow Of the old canoe.
Oh, many a tine with careless hand,
have pushed it away from the pebbly strand,
And padded it down where the stream runs quick,
Where the whlrls are Wild and the eddles are thick,
And laughed leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two.
That were mirrOred back from the old canoe.
But now, as lean DER the crumbIing side,
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that see there is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has a soberer tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things,
But love to think Of the hours that sped
As rocked where the whirs their white spray shed,
Ere the blossoms waved, or the green grass grew,
Der the mouldering stern of the old canoe.
Year: 1873

Beocher Points n Moral with Some Una


dOrned Modern Tales.


In popular theory, and to certain
extent in law, woman still remains a
weak, wavering shadow of man, his
helpless care and absolute property.


It was this most mOnstrous condition
which made of Walworth, the husband
a brutal, domestic tyrant; a course,
domestic bully. Should not man do
what he would with his own? 1t was
this sentimental nonsense that made of
WalwOrth the son a calculating parri-
eide. Should not a son protect his
mother? That the costly legal ma
chinery of a sovereign state stood ready
to "protect" her, as threatenings and
pistols could not, was fact too COM
monplaoe to weight with him. Her
honor being insuIted, chivalry demand
ed that he should avenge it. Smith,
who killed a man and tried to kill a
woman, because that man paid court to
that woman, justified himself a hundred
times over with the same plea, g She
belonged to me-" And he died, to his
own thinking, in the full odor of sancti-
ty, and in the sincere belief that he had
committed no crime. Gillem cOOlly
stabbed his wife because she refused to
live with him on account of his de-
baucheTy, faithlessness and violence.
! He thought that he exercised the plain
est right of a husband, and said to the
policeman, " You'd have done the same
if your wife had left you" And that
policeman admitted that he saw the
murderer lying in wait, knew his mad
RACES, and feared some violence, but
"did not like to interfere between man
and wife" Goodrich happened to be
! the victim instead of the victor, under
his system, which was evidently the
same-namely, that the woman is the
absolute property of the man and the
creature Of his will. To his thinking,
she had no rights IN the case.


These are not pleasant pictures but
it is only in their concrete form that the
bad tendencies of society arrest the
general mind. The one hope of idimi
nishing crime is to reform those falls,
modes of thought which generate
crime. No one of these is more dan
gerous than the notion of a mans own
ership of a woman, and of woman'
accountability to man. 1t Drutalizes
the lower classes from end to end. tt
consequences touch unborn children
and keep the ranks of rogues anC
paus perfull It makes the men the o
upper classes tyrannous and selfish
the women silly, exacting, frivelou
and weak. 1t leads to crimes Of sensu
ality and violence, and sets the code o
honor above the law of the land.


Half the social questions that vex on
souls will be answered when the worl,
comedies that woman is a normal, re
sponsible individual that she must b
the protector of her own honor, til
Judge of her own duty, the keeper o
her own conscience, answerable only t
the law and to heaven. There win be
lofty observance of marriage, a nobl
race of children, only when the ma
and woman are Intelligent equals an
friends. And in that day the worl
will be ashamed to remember throug
how many centuries it ranged men int
mock order of devotees and wome
into a sentimental priesthood.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


Fs We enter no new names on OUT
books without the money in ady11 ce-
Year: 1873

ADAvBURY man became convinced the
other day that woman's temper Is very
irregular. He had been moldlng bull
lets. aud had neglected to cool of the
IadIe in which me lead had been melted
While he was counting the bullets his
wife came into the room humming a
tender love song Suddenly the song
ceased. and the man was made aware
that something had happened by catch
inc an adjacent coffee mill on the bridge
Of his nose. The unhappy wife and


mother had taken this picturesque mode
81 Informing him that she had picked
mn the ladle by the hot end
Year: 1873

he would grant in return extensive CONNER
cial privileges, allow the erection of naval
store-houses and the use of the best timber
for ship building. The Sultan was informed
that better way to present his proposition
was to send special envoy to the United
crnvernrnartt
Year: 1873

We direct the attention of our readers, and
of the ladies' particularly to the advertisement OF MT
George T. Shilling. proprietor of the long established
ladies' hair store 3sl Dry AIDES street, between Tha


a and Erato streets opposite the Jefferson school.
Mr. Shilling has just returned from protracted visit
+o Enrope where he secured supply of all the latest
novelties in his line and having thoroughly repaired
and painted his he is prepared to receive his Gus
toners and the public generally, with the assurance
that his stock be exceed by any establishment
In the South He has real human hair from the light
eat to the darkest shades of color, in braids curs,


,o;t. and swtches He also has full stock of fancy


let and black SETS every article used in hair dress
ing together with fancy toilet articles perfumery'
combs brushes ETC. He will make and repair all kinds
of hair work to his store he haa hair dress
ing and hair cutting saloon where an ar
lat will attend to ladies and children. Those who cal
ON Mr.. Shilling will find his goods Of the latest style
and best qualities and his prices marked down to suit
| the times
Year: 1873

SOMETHING PLAIN AND TO THE POINT
Newspaper putting has been carried to such an extreme
III ut readers afraid any short article
with taking head" They fear that the story OF the
nice " little boy" remarkable four year old girl
sn wind mp by telling them that snooks has excellent
dry goods sells coal at less than cost etc. Now
We intend to write


BUSINESS NOTICE,


and hesitate In saying at the outstart that
of tho best groceries in the South and for the
advantage of oil who either cat to live OF live to eat VI
course We alude the we'll known grocery Of Skardon
Il Co.. corner Rousseau and Jackson streets to stock
which every OF the globe must have been drawn
on 1t packed with all conceivable articles in the
grocery line of which mentioned in the adver
tisenent on fifth page: The groceries here sold
are all resh of the best quality and far as prices
arc concerned place in town offers better rates.
Then to weight measure all customers are more
than satisfied as being of the highest integrity
and honor MesSrs. SkArdon Co. particularly caro-
full that their clerks should treat all with the most
scrupuous fairness We have heard the merits of gro
ceres frequently and all united in the opinion
which, from personal experience. the writer endorses
that place to buy Is at this we'll stand


essrs Skardou Co deliver goods free OF drayage tc
all parts of the city.
Year: 1873

The geptlemen of New Orleans are remark
able the elegance Of their dress. Wherever they
travel they picked out from the multitude
for the neatpess excellence OF At and beauty OF tex
ture Of their Clothes eSs than by the air Of men
accustomed TO the good things for which they
are remarkable Thss doubt to be attributed partly
to their natural instincts but principally to the fAot
that those who taken themselves the burden
of supplying market with dress goods are men OF
taste and Judgment. Frst among these must be placed
tho we'll known house Of Pierson & EewS. Being gen.
tsmen by BIRTH instinct and education they know how
to treat all visitors properly and having had large
experience that line, they understand what 10 c1'
pooted Of theE and always fully meet these expsosa
tsona AGoet Of the beautiful salts worn by our
bankers, merchants, clerks and mechanics came from
their large storos Nos IS and Camp street. They
have articles all qualities and s1Ss and ut all Prioes
suits that long and look we'll at moderate Prices
and cheap goods At Cheap John priceS-only they In
form all customers OF the quality Of what they
se and above thriving by sharp tricks Of trade


We recommend this house to our city and country
readers knowing that complete satisfaction will be
Ri$en TO all purchasers.
Year: 1873

A most significant event is the return Of
Prince Won Bismarck to the Presidency Of
eral Won Room. There is even some talk
of the re-establishment of the office oi
Pftssian Chancellor, but nothing is as YET
decided about this. Nor are the details oi
all the Ministerial arrangements yet set.
tied but the Cabinet will be thoroughly
Bismarkian, and Herr Won Camphausen
the Minister Of Finance, will, next to the
Prince himself, be its informing spirit.
Year: 1873

On Tuesday, 4th of March, at noon, the
Forty-second Congress came to an end. 1t
has been chiefly notable for the number of
Investigating Committees it inaugurated,
and the vast system of corruption and
bribery which is beginning to play so con-
spicuous part in our legislation. If these
ivestigations rouse the people to more
rigid exaction of duty from their public
servants and a greater care Of whom they
entrust with political power, they will not
have been made in vain. But if such
warnings do not serve to rouse popular
distrust and greater care for the future,
as well as public indignation at the gross
corruption of large numbers of trusted
Representatives and Senators, then their
exposures will but serve to enbolden future
bribers and bribe takers till every govern
ment in the land becomes the tool of gigan-
tie corporations, or rings, banded together
for the purpose of public robbery. OF all
the Investigation Committees, those to ex-
anime into the Credit Mobilier charges
created the most profound regret and as.
constituent at the revelations they made
Men who had filled the Nations heart with
confidence in their wisdom and integrity
were found to have been made easy dupes
by the adroit management of Cakes Ames.
Out of the number of guilty ones two were
selected for punishment, but the measure
of virtue in the House seemed to be too
small even for this effort to appease the
demands of justice. The Senate was fruit
full in trials for bribery and corruption
among it's members, but when the charges
were entirely proven against Pomeroy, also
Caldwell, of Kansas, the nerve was wanting
to expel the guilty parties. Like the ac-
cusers who brought the adultrous woman
before Jesus, and any one among them
without sin was hidden to cast the first
stone; but while Jesus wrote in the sand
and waited for them to act, they all stole
away. And it would seem that the same
guilty cowardice influenced the members of
the Forty-second Congress. One leading
characteristic of the late Congress, which
points out Its strong mercenary charac-
ter is about its last act, which was to raise
the salary of members, to $500
The excuse for this was the abolition
of the Frankins Privilege. This privil-
ege is abolished after 1st of July next, but
the members of the present Congress vote
themselves the extra pay for the past ses-
sion and have enjoyed the Franking Privil-
ege also!


These things are fearfully significant of
the necessity to reform and remodel our
whole system of popular voting. Profess
sional politicians, and combinations Of in
terested men have taken entire possession
of our politics; and the people are being
cast wholly and helplessly into their power.
Year: 1873

What purports to be this important
Document has been published in our past
issues, but it is only the statistical table
which in financial Reports usually accom-
panies the Report as tabluar statement,
and is placed in the Appendix to the Re-
port and marked for reference with letter
Of the alphabet. The printer has built up
with much skill and labor the solid block
of figures with the regularity of rows Of
brick, and statistician could gleam an alb
stlact knowledge of the cause of education
in the county by comparison with the
census tables and other purely statistical
documents; but this is not what the gen.
eral public desire in Report. They
want the benefit of the Superintendent s
experience and observation during the past
year. They would like to have the de-
fects and the good features in the schools
under his charge pointed out. They would
like to know how the school house accom-
mediation compares with what it should be
which parts of the county are most def
cient and what localities manifest most
interest in the public schools. These and
other suggestions and information should
fill up an interesting Report, which every
body would read with pleasure and become
interested in the cause of public education;
if the Superintendent, examiner or what
ever name the manager of the Public
Schools may be known by, put heart into
his Report and work, in place of block of
figures without single word of interest OF
encouragement to the public. 1t was a
sad day for the cause of public education
wien it fell into the hands of such man.
agement, and will never be better we feal
till there is some heart put into the work.
If the schools prosper, it is in spite of theil
MANAGEMENT
Year: 1873

The above communication does no more
than simple justice to the galantry and
services of Gen. King; and his appoint,
ment as Collector of the Port Of Baltimore
would doubtless be satisfactory to the
great mass Of the Republican party and
the independent, influential men of the
State.
Year: 1873

We saw an incident yesterday which we'll
illustrates the new era of good feeling
which has begun since the publication of
the resolutions adopted by the one hundred
citizens. An ex-alderman. Az old citizen
and substantial merchant. was riding down
Prytania street in his buggy. seated along
side of his colored servant. On meeting an
old friend who was waliin. up. he raised
his hat, turned to his colored companion,
and with very expressive look threw his
squeeze. This was as much az to say that
he went in for the new movement. His
friend on the sidewalk saw it and smiled
his recognition. and proceeded in centem-
platiYe mood.