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Year: 1873

Sometimes man will get the impress sion that there isn't but one fly in the world.

 l after breakfast what he will have for dinner, or just before dinner to put up clothes line.

 An evil-minded man who boards at an Essex street restaurant thinks it is cunning, when wanting the butter, to direct the passing of the "hair-oil."

 It IS pleasant thing to see an entire family working in harmony. We saw a father and four children coming home on Sunday, each with nice pail of ber- ries.

 A Danbury man who travels exten- sively in the course of the year, informs us that during the month of July he rendered services to sixty-eight ladies, and received @ "Thank you '" from forty-seven of them, and wants to know who can beat it.

 Reader" of Boston, wishes to know in what dictionary the word "preventi- tive can be found. He saw it used in the Nea0s. If he saw it used there it must be our word, for had we taken it from any dictionary we would have doubtless credited it.

 A blood-thirsty citizen of this place, who thinks his life is in danger, carries a pistol to protect himself. He came in the office recently to get string to tie the stock and barrel together, as the other fastening is gone, and took occa- sion to observe that he would make the streets run with blood if people didn't quit fooling around him.

 A West street family had little so- cial gathering, Monday evening. Dur ing the evening the head of the house volunteered to crack some walnuts, but cracked his thumb instead, and the wal nut, from which the hammer glanced, flew against a ten dollar vase, and knocked in its abdomen. Then the head of the house threw the hammer through fire screen, kicked the pan of walnuts across the floor and into the legs of the minister, and went into the kitchen to deliver an address. The party broke up.
Year: 1873

Those who affect to believe there is little use in advertising urge as an objection that the advertisements are not read. They can easily be convinced of their error in this respect by making inquiry. Let them insert an advertise, ment offering to purchase some article that is tolerably plenty in the market. and they will be flooded with offers to sell before the ink of the advertise. ment ei is dry. Even an enterprisine weekly that has circulation of one two or three thousand copies is in the position to do the village merchant great good.
Year: 1873

CRIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE stands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have been so universally acknowledged that it would be supererogation to descant on them any further-nothing can beat it.-Com.
Year: 1873

We would not recommend the ire. quent or constant use of any medicine. It is important to take even good article judicious ly. Pdrsons Purgdtiue PiHs safe, prompt and reliable as laxative or cathartic
Year: 1873

Whisky the Cause Of the Accident.


On Friday night distressing accident
occurred near Chatata, resulting in the
death of a man named Turner, wagon
maker, residing near thta place. Turner
had been to Ooltawah on business and was
returning home, but at Cleveland stopped
over until the arrival of the freight train,
when he asked the engineer if he could
ride. The engineer replied that he could
if he got ticket. Turner pulIe
five cents out of his pocket and said he
would pay that, but would get 10 ticket.
The engineer, not wishing to waste time
with drunken man, stepped in the Office
and bought a ticket for him to Chatata.
The train soon after left and on arriving at
Chatata, Turner got off and started to walk
home, which was on the railroad, about
mile distant, and was cautioned to keep off
the track, as another freight train would
pass in short time.


Turner, however, was i'll no condition to
pay any attention to the warning, and
laid down with his shoulders resting be-
tween the crOss-ties and his head on the
rail, the rest of his body being outside of
the track. In little while the freight
train came along at its usual deliberate
speed, but Turner was not yet quite over
come by his potations, and had sufficient
presence OF mind to get out of the way,
but SO narrow was the escape that the en-.
gineer told the circumstance to several,
not knowing the catastrophe that occurred
short time afterward.


The unfortunate man, unmin,lful Of the
risk he had run, lay down once more and
never again awakened in life. The pas
senger train passing within little while,
the pilot of the engine struck him on the
back of the head, the conclusion throwing
his head aside, SO that the wheels did not
pass over it. But when the train had
passed, his head was found resting on the
rail in the same manner in which it was
when struck; the neck was not broken,
and it must have been done by involun-
tary muscular action, as he made no strug-
gle after the Mortified passengers reached
him when the train was stopped. II


No wound was visible, except one OH the
back OF his head, through which the
brain was oOZing. He was breathing
when placed on the train, but died before
reaching Chatata. On arriving at that
station and learning who the man was
and where he lived Conductor DeArmond
ran the train back opposite his residence,
when the corpse was taken in. Mrs. Tur.
ner was aroused from sleep, and having
no intimation of the horrible accident was
so overcome with grief that she tainted
outright.


Turner was Il young man and good
workman, but was addicted to drinking
at intervals. A pint bottle of whisky was
in his pocket and quart in his satchel
when he was killed. He leaves a wife
and two little children.


Thus another is added to the long list of
{l,ox of, e s,,k1 l.Cyz
slain his thousands and David his tens of
thousands" but Alcohol has slain mil
lions, and is engaged in the murderous
work to this day.
Year: 1873

in the money market, is such an ASSESS
ment law as will reach all the property of
the State, subject to taxation, and thus
show our ability to pay what we promise
as State.


Resolred further. That in the opinion of
this House, the Committee on Finance,
Ways and Means should arrive at no hasty
nor imperfect conclusion, but should act
coolly, with deliberation, and with that
prudence which is conserved by time: /:
provided, that nothing herein shall be so
constructed as to excnse the said committee
from reporting on the financial question
as soon as possible. '5 ..
Year: 1873

Some one in market yesterday evening
was about to take chew Of fine cut to.
bacco, when q small colored chap knocked
it out of his hand. He reaped the reward
of his mischief, for instead of the tobac-
co crumbs falling to the ground, he knock
ed them right into his own eyes. There
was some bowling on the part of the boy
and some laughing on the part of the by
ISLANDERS, and we predict that boy will not
hand. %
Year: 1873

POSTAL CARDS AS RECEIPTS. cores
pondent inquiries whether it is against
business etiquette to acknowledge the
receipt of letter on postal card by
yours at hand, and contents noted" or
to acknowledge the receipt of n remit.
tance by ''yours of yesterday received.
with inclosure, as stated, in full TO first
instant" There is nothing "mean" in
snch use of postal cards, but rather a
positive advantage, since one side will be
the acknowledgement of the receipt of
money or order, and on the other the
evidence of the date when it passed
through the mails. This revives the
old advantage of writing letter on a
single sheet of paper, folding it, writing
the address on the outside, and mailing
it to its place Of destination. According
to this method the official Post Office
stamp showed when and where the letter
was mailed. On the introduction of
envelopes this advantage was lost, since
the writing was on one piece of paper
and the direction and stamp on another,
and their being no connection link be-
tween them, the actual mailing of a
letter in an envelope is very hard to
prove. There is to be had, however, at
some of the stationers, a combination of
the letter sheet and envelope on one
piece OF paper; and this has the handi-
ness of the envelope with the advantage
of preserving the post-mark. - Wash
ington Chronicle.
Year: 1873

UNIVERSAL IDEA.-Why is it that people in
all par'q of the world will persist in thinking
that ihe:.milkman everywhere is in partnership
with the pump? Thus we read in a Down
East newspaper :"April showers being at hand,
Belfatt milkmen have reduced their price TO five
cents a quart" These little jokes may be very
unjust, but they have become part and parcel Of
the popular humor. and it wonld be vain to try
to suppress them SAusages and dogs, coffee and
beans, veal pie and kittens. are in the same
category.
Year: 1873

During last week the chief engineer
Watsonville Railroad were prospect
ing for new crossing over Sequel
creek. The route will be little lower
down, north of the landing, and skirt
the bay cliff some LOO yards throw
ing the dirt removed by grading over
the bank into the sea.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
OF all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is a fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

Since our article saying that the
legislature had done nothing in regard to
the registration system was put iu
type, We see that an amendment has
been adopted by the house, to be voted
on at the general election in November
1874, repeating the present registry pro.
vision of the constitution and substitut.
ing therefor the following:


SEC. 4. The general assembly may
provide by law for registering all voter,
in cities and towns having a population
Of more than five thousand inhabitants


This amendment, if adopted, and w
have no doubt on that point, will rsliev
the state of considerable expense, and th
people OF much trouble.
Year: 1873

The Republicans Washington special
says: 1t is the intention of the senate
not to take any action in the case Of Pat
terson, but to allow the resolution cxpell.
ing him TO lie on the table, on the ground
that the pressure of business prevents its
being taken up this session. AS his
term of Office expires on the fourth of
March next, the senator from New
Hampshire will have the consolation of
knowing that he only escapes expulsion
through the forbearance of his official
associates.
Year: 1873

Atlanta Herald: "It is rumored that
the reason President Grant reconsidered
his purpose of making a trip though the
South this spring, was that the Radical
leaders whispered assassination in his
ear, and so wrought upon his mind an
impression that his life would be in
danger in the South, that be determined
not to make the projected visit"
Year: 1873

Gov. Warnoth, who has been 10
Washington for some time, left for New
Orleans on the 81, convinced that con.
gress will do nothing to solve the Loulsi.
and muddlc. He is of the opinion that
if the KilIogg movement is forced upon
the people Of Louisiana, when the peo.
pie of that state become convinced of
the fact, there will be such q revolution
in that state as will require something
more than the presence Of federal troops
to suppress it. The opinion is fast be
coming prevalent that congress has
made fatal mistake in not taking some
decided staudIwish regard to the condition
Of affairs in that unfor,un ate state.
Year: 1873

TIE MONEY MARKET


hetter feeling prevails among bank officers,
ana more encouraging tone is to be borrowed
Hom tnem than rom the outdoor circles which
frequent wall and Broad streets. Indeed. a broad
line OF demarcation has been drawn between the
broker and the merchant, and perhaps a more
comprehensive view OF the situation may be taken
from the fact that larger accommodations are be-
ing extended to the mercantile community than to
any other, 30 that money may not be 40 hard ac-
fuallys as IT Is quoted for speculative purposes
We note the range OF rates as from
Year: 1873

Don't you think, if this Advertise
ment is true, that QUIZ advantages
over all other Retailers in our line Of
Goods are so large that, under any
and all circumstances, they cannot
equal our Low Prices and live? lift
is so, is not our Store the place for
you to trade? Money saved is money
earned.
Year: 1873

DEAD BoDY .FouND.-On Saturday after
noon while number Of the stouecutters
were hunting on the north side of the river
about four miles below Richmond they dis
covered the body of a white man in the
water. 1t was at once pulled out Of the
water, and when the party reached the city
the facts were made known to the police au-
thorltles. 1t is thought that the body is one
OF the unfortunateS who fell into the water
on The occasion of the free-bridge disaster.
Year: 1873

sionists; in fact, thought De Blanc
would be there; l had no other knoWl.
edge; / also had a letter stating that there
was going to be fight; 1t was written by
those men who said they were not intim.
idated this morning. am member Of
the Legislature Of Kellogg, though
the McEnery Legislature also scknOWl-
edged me. l saw In the affidavit that
Pachon, Meyers, and others were intim-
idated. They sent me letter 10 that
fact. The evidence for the prosecution
was now closed, and the counsel for
the defence, intimating that they could
not offer on their own behalf anything
stronger than had already been shown,
submitted the case, WhereupOu the COM
missioner said: In this case there Is no
proof to Justify the detention Of the pris-
oners. regret thatthere should be those
imbued with fears which impel them to
suggest 10 others the making Of afldavits
without Just cause. Those who engage
in this kind Of work would do better TO
be attending to their own business. To
be sure the defendants have been unjustly
put to the expense Of time aud money,
but this Is a sacrifice they must be con-
tent TO endure for the good Of the body
polite.
Year: 1873

What ..rse should a family, who
live as nea- y as possible according
to the laws OF health, pursue when
visitors are present who have always
been accustomed to living in the Or
diaary way. Should they prepare
their food in their usual simple and
healthful way, or should they do as
the world generally does and get up
a great variety of tempting dishes
after the usual fashionable style?


People who, as a habit, live in a
proper and healthful manner should
make no change for the worse when
they have company. They should
live we'll always, and live SO as to
keep well, and in such a manner as
not to be ashamed to have people
know how they live. What we mean
by living well is not to see how many
kinds of food enc can have on the
table at once, nor how rich and com
plicated it can be made, but to have
a few kinds Of the best, lealthiest
and most palatable food prepared in
the simplest and incest. manner.
Simplicity in cookery, as in nearly
everything else, is the true secret of
success. II people will live in this,
way, as they should do for their own
and their families welfare, what ne.
cesssit;y will there be for making any
change when they have company {?
None at all, They give their visitors
the best they have, what more can
they doY What is good enough for
ones self and those nearest and dear
est is certainly good enough for mere
friends and acquaintances. If they,
your visitors, do. not think 50 and
care more for what they calla nice
dinner than they do for your society,
then let them go where they will be
better suited-you will be the gamer
thereby. Persons who go visiting
Just for the purpose Of getting some.
thing better to eat than they get at
home, and they are by no means few,
are not,very desirable visitors. The
fewer of, such friends the better, 9,
Year: 1873

A Danbury young man, who was
once clerk, lately went on a farm
to work. The first night in his new
position he was detailed to remove Il
Calf from the apartment of its parent
to another shed and while engaged,
:,s thousands have been before him,
in showing the contrary beast along,
the mother reached under the tails Of
his coat with her horns and suddenly
lifted him up against the roof of the
building with a force that threatened
to shatter every bone in his body.
The first thing he did on returning to
earth was to rub himself, the next
thing was to throw up his place. He
said he didn't doubt that agriculture
was a noble pursuit, and that the far
mer needed an assistant i'll the dis
charge Of the nultifarious duties; but
he didn't believe he was designed for
,naking skylights i'll cow sheds.
Year: 1873

TAX REsIsTANcE.-The New York
Herald says:


It is hardly possible to imagine
worse advice than that Of Governor
McEnery Of Louisiana. He wants
his friends to resist the collection Of
taxes by State officials who recognize
his opponent as governor. However
perfect McEnery's title to the execu-
tive chair, and however slight Kel-
logg's claim, the latter, in the actaal
exercise Of its functions and support
ed by federal bay yonets, has full power
to compel payment Of assessments, or
in defat, to seize and sell property
to collie the levy Any citizen who
may attempt forcible resistance viii
surely he crushed. It wilt then be
small comfort to him that he su1cFs
in a just cause. To protect aaninst
the ifregularity is right enough and
may be safe, but only maaMen can
think of a refusal to obey the law
when it is obvious that the army viii
be used to enforce it. There has not
yet been case Of successful resistance
to the power of the general government
from the time of Shay's rebellion II,
that of Jefferson Davis & Co. Louis
ianians should by no means listen to
the temptation to ruin themselves by
taking Governor McEnery's angry
advice. They have other remedies
which may prove effective in tins,


but not resistance.
Year: 1873

A CoNv1cr ARr1sT.-The Boston
Post, in the course Of an interesting
article on the Massachusetts, State
prison, thus describes one Of the pris-
Oners:


In the same room is man Ivy the
name of Darling, who is also serving
out a life sentence for highway rob
berry. He has been here several years,
and is yet q young man. He is fine
looking young convict, genius, and,
notwithstanding the fact of his impris-
onment he asserts his determination
that the world shall yet acknowledge
his power. He is a remarkably good
artist, and he showed, at the request
of the officer, Il piece Of work on which
he was engaged, and which he intend
ed for a present to lady in Cam
bridge, who had been very kind to
him. It is an illustrated copy of Grey's
Elegy, which he is making, printing
and all, with pen and brush. The
title-page is exquisitely illustrated, /,
and all the illustrations are as care
fully finished as steel engravings.
The drawing is spirited and the whole
conception good. He has seized the
spirit of the poem with a correctness
and fidelity that show an entire ap-
probation. He is justly very proud
of his work, and his eyes shone as
praise followed on examination of it.


"Has it taken you longg"


"Eight months to do what yon see
there but l can only work at it about
an hour and half day. If I could
but give my whole time to it and
he turned away to the drudgery. o1
his every day toll. This man was
made for better things, but he wen1
wrong, and by his own action made
his life failure and to such rar,
promise brought such sad fllfllment
Year: 1873




The Louisiana members Of Congress
were unit in supporting the increase
of salary bill, whereby each member
who had served a full term, came out
with five Thousand dollars ahead. 1t
is related that Mr.. Boarman, the only
democratic member from this State,
was up nearly all night for four sue
cessive nights, in order to cast his
vote for the bill. He was elected to
fill vacancy, and when he came to
make settlement it was ascertained
that he was loser by the passage of
the bilf to the amount Of seventy-six
dollars, having previousl y drawn
his full pay and mileage under the old
law, he had to refund that amount to
the United States. Virtue is sure Of
its reward-tState Register.
Year: 1873

Several years ago, in one Of the mid
land counties Of England, the son OF
a poor clergyman became enamored
of young lady named Moss, who
lived in London. Miss Moss was most
graciously disposed toward her rural
adorer; and as he was a gentleman,
the society Of tho village recognized
no incompatibility IN the affair.


Upon her return to London, how.
ever, the young lady, whose father
was a wealthy merchant, received SO
little sympathy from her family, that
she felt ilnpelled to write rather dis
consolately to herlover OIL the subject;
and when he, himself, was received
with repellant coldness by the parents,
the prospect for the lovers seemed un-
promising enough. -.


Not to be thus dismissed. though,
the clergyman's son obtained a private
interview with the merchant and
stoutly asked why he was not eligible
for the alliance he desired. The blunt
answer was that his worldly circum-
stances were not suitable. He was
poor and likely to remain SO, and
should seek a wife adapted to his
means. The lover took leave Of the
father with no great eordiality but,
upon bidding adieu to his lady love,
asked her if she would promise to
wait for him until he should have
gained the means and position neces-
sary to change the parental decision.
The answer was affirmative; and,
without further explanation, the re-
jected suitor said hurried good-by.
Miss Moss heard no more Of him
until nearly three months thereafter,
when Il letter bearing an American
post,n,rk amazed her with the in
formation that he had crossed the
Atlantic to seek fortune ard had high
hopes Of soliciting the fultillmcnt of
her promise in about two years. A
half-bruther of his father was Il mcr-
chant in Leaveuworth, Kansas, and
had given him countenance and gen.
c,al assistance, by which he was
sanguine that lie could not fail to
speculate successfully in city property.
The story of American fortune max
ing by immigrants has not much
variety. Occasionally the dream is at
least partly realized, but as a general
thing deferred hope is the burden Of
the song. The young Englishman in
Kansas was always just about to do
better, but the time of actual golden
consummatson never chanced to come.
But the father Of Miss Moss departed
this life also, and about three months
ago the true-hearted hei,ess wrote to
her desponding lover, that, as he
could not go to her she had decided
to come to him. Accordingly, the
spirited young lady, disregarding the
still urgent objections Of her kindred,
and leaving her home Of luxury and
refinement. has crossed the Atlantic
alone, and few days ago arrived at
hotel in this city where her yet i'm
pecunious lover was to-and of course
did-meet her. They were married
SOON afterwards, and it may be added
that their journey will be back to the
old country. Learenuorth (kansas)
| Times.
Year: 1873

An old colored minister, in sermon
on Hell, pictured it as a region of ice
and snow, where the damned ffoze
through eternity. When privately
asked his purpose in representing
Gehenna in this way, he said: 81
don't dare to tell them people nothing
else. Why, if were to say that hell
is warm some of them old rheumatic
niggers would be wanting to start
down the first frost"