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Year: 1873

Brigham Young IL believed to have made
an. enormous fortune out OF tho various
financial trusts he held in tho Mormon Church.
At the senal-annual conference yosterday, no
resigned two Of the most important Of these
positions, md is bolioved to DO about to with
draw altogether from tho business afrairs OF tho
Church. Tho attendance at the conference was
smaller than usual
Year: 1873

Next to Christian, the title scholar is the
highest and noblest that either man or
woman can wear. The Christian scholar
OF the scholar Christian, is the summit Of
human attainment in this present life !;
and that parent who does not prize for his
children elegant, exact and comprehen-
sive scholarship above wealth, personal
beauty or soeial position, or all Of these
combined, errs greatly as to the best inter-
ests and true happiness of his children /;
that there are some parents in Knox
VILE who thus think and feel, L believe {;
that the number is large, L dare not say,
but it is worthy of remark that there is a
considerable number of girls i'll the city
whose plans and standard for their educa-
ton are greatly in advance of those which
have satisfied the ambition of their older
sisters and their mothers.


With youth, as bright and capable as
are to be found anywhere, Knox
Vile has, during the last twenty
years, at least, produced far too few schOl-
arly men or women, those of accomplished
classical literary and scientific education:
And, isolated as we are from other and





with so few examples among us of high
education, its value and dignity has not
been duly felt and appreciated. The great
majority of our youth haye left school or
graduated at an age quite too young, at an
age when the mind had but fairly began
to acquire the habit of habitual thought
fulness to arrange, classify, combine, di-
gest and use what it had already acquired
in extending its researches in the fields of
l.
change in all the mental habits, and
in the intellectual tastes and character,
especially, if females, produced by two or
three years of close study of the higher
branches Of an education, after the mind
has been properly prepared for it by dis
cipline,. age and culture. Let Miss A
graduate at the age of II, with good
knowledge of the usual academic or High
School studies, and her classmate Miss B.
add three years of close study of higher
Latin and German Literature, Logic,
Ethics, Esthetics, Metaphysics, generally,
the history of Science, history Of Art, the
slant practice of literary composition and
you will have separated these young ladies
for life. by an impossible and ever widen
ing gulf. The former will likely be
one of the coming mass of So
ciety about her, while the latter
from the impulse and inspiration of such
studies will be a growing, thoughtful wo-
man, of solid character and comprehensive
mind, whose manners, bearing and con-
versation in her family, will irresistably
mold and develop the mind and heart of
her children to every possible form of in
tellectual and moral beauty and strength.
There is goodly number of girls in Knox
Vile on the right road to such womanhood.
The greatest danger is that they will stop
at the "half way house, as their mothers
have done before them. A TEACHER.
Year: 1873

made the proposition when ne drew
up his horse, which was at a ravine,
and said: d" Well, here is an old elk
track. Let Us get off our horses and
follow it." We followed it but few
rods, when he said it was exactly a
month old, and made at two o'clock
in the afternoon. This he knew, as
then we had our last rain, and at the
hour named the ground was softer
than at any other time. The track
before us was then made. He broke
up here and there clusters Of grapes
that lay in the path Of the track, and
showed me the dry ends Of some, the
stumps of others, and by numerous
other similar items accounted for cir
cumstanees that astonished me. 'r e
We followed the trail over mile.-
Now and then we saw that wolf, a
fox, and other animals had praetieed
their trailing instincts on the elkls
| tracks. Here and there he would
show me where a snake, rat, and a
prairie dog had crossed the track
Nothing had followed or crossed the
track that the quick eye OF DalOria did
not detect. He gave an account OF
the habits of all the animals that had
left their footprints on the track, also
of the state Of the weather since the
elk passed, and the effects of sunshine,
wind, aridity, sandstorms and other
influences that had q bearing on these
tracks. The old man, like all trailers,
was retieent; but on this occasion,
seeing that was interested, he be-
came specially communicative.
Year: 1873

It is very rarely indeed q man
leaves his wife in ped asleep and slips
softly into the kitchen to surprise her
bv putting a polish on thecook stove.
When he does it, it is an event OF
some importance in the family his
tory. and the way he does affords ma
terisl for edifying reflections for days
at a time. He first moistens the black
ing by filling the saucer to the orlm
with water. Some Of this ne spills
on his pants but generally manages
to get the greater part OF 1t on the car
pet. Then he grasps the brush firm
ty in his right hand, and setting the
SANGER on the floor where it is handy
to step in, he goes to work, and for
the next fifteen minutes q most as
touding complication Of noises pro-
ceeds from the kitchen. There is
the Whisk Of the brush as it glides
over the smooth places, and then q
sharp rap as 1t comes in contact with
an unexpected angle.


There is q sort of kissing noise
made by himself, and which indl'
Gates that the stove is occupying his
entire attention. And this occasionai-
ly relieved by sundry exclamation'
Which may or may not have refer
ence 20 the work in hand-sueh as


"Ouch 90 sc h-r-i-s-t-o-p-h-e-r y


"Merciful heavens I' thunder anC
lightning !" The final noise is a snaI
OF somethingslike crockery which Il


slightly mixed with . proper proper


ton ofpure English, and about thi
time the sharer Of his joys and sor
row makes her appearance in the pic
Year: 1873

The report Of the city emigrant
agent gives a suggestive hint concern
inc the way that Cleveland gains so
raDidly in population. During the
month of May, 763 emigrants from
the various countries of Europe set
lied permanently in Cleveland. The
agent here says that the number who
come to make this city their future
home average more than six thousand
a wear. This number includes only
the emigrants who come direct from
Europe, but does not take into account
the large number of those who come
from England and Ireland to Canada,
and after a few mcnths in that sleepy
country swarm across the border to
the real new world that they left their
homes to seek. Cleveland being on
the frontier, and being well known


throughout Canada as hourishlng,
beautiful and bealthful city, catches s
0reat many of these European Cana
diaus, and they are in most cases a
very valuable class Of recruits. The
foreign born citizens added to the
census of this city cannot be less than
eight thousand per annum. This,
with the influx Of native Americans,
and the legitimate increase through
the preponderance of births over the
deaths, explains without difficulty
the yearly growth of from ten to
twelve thousand people which Gleye-
| land has shown siuee 1865. 1t shows
also why 1t is that from two thousand


five hundred to three thousand new


dwelling houses are built every year,


and yet rents remain high and houses
searce,-Ls0der --rrsra-
Year: 1873

Oh, why should the spirit Of mortal be
Like . swift-fieeting meteor or fast-hying
A Hash OF the lightning; break OF the
BE passeth nom life to his restin the gravel
The leaves Of the oak and the willow shall
Be scattered around and together be laid
And the young and the old. the low and
Shall mo1lder to dust, and together shall
The infant and mother, attended and loved;
The mother that infants affection who


proved.


The husband, that llother and infant who
Each, ali. are away in their dwellings OF


rest.


The hand orthe king thesceptre hath borne;
The brow Of the priest the mitre hath
The eye Of the sage and the heart of the
Are hidden. and lost in the depth Of the
. 'i grave.
The peasant, whose lot was to SOW and to
The 6eEasms n, who climbed with his goats
The beeear. who wandered in search Of his
Have faded away like the grass that we


tread. a.. ..
So the multitude goes. like the flower or the
That Withers away to let others succeed
So the multitude comes, even those we Dc
To repeat every tale that has often been


told.


For we are the same cur fathers have been;
we see the same sights our fathers nave
We drink the same stream and view the
And run the same course our fathers have


run.


The thoughts we are thinking orr fathers
From the death we are shrinking our faith


ers would shrink;


To the life we are cIfnging they also would
But speeds from us all, like bird on the


wing.


They loved, but the story We cannot unfold;
They scorn, but the heart Of the naughty ls
They Erleved, but no wall from their slum-
They joyed. but the tongue of their gladness


is dumb.


They died, ayeI they died: We things that
That walk on the turf that lies over their
And make in their dwellings transient
Meet the things that they met on Their pill


grimage road.


Yes. hope and dispondency, pleasure and
We minele together in sunshine and rain;
And the smile and the tear, the song and
stili follow each other, like surge upon


surge.


'Tis the wink Of an eye, tits the draught Of
From the blossom Of health to the paleness
From the guided saloon to the bier and the
OH Why should the spirit OF mortal be


proud -Ektst
Year: 1873

turesque attire a woman always as
sumes at that hour-eorsets and hoop
skirt predominating-and the specta-
Gle her eyes fall upon is astonishing
to the farther extreme.


The stove appears in half-dressed
uniform of blacking and ashes, and
seem to be taking lively interest in
the whole affair, while the man of
the house, apparently riveted to the
spot stands there in his shirt sleeves,
staring with all his might at a hole
in the carpet, and vainly endeavor-
ing to comprehend how il all hap
pened, while patches Of agreeable
lustre illuminate his face and shirt
front, and stove blacking and raw
spots equally divide possession Of his
hands. He has skinned every knuek-
lie on both hands, and broken the
saucer by stepping into it, and got
the ashes into the carpet and snapped
the handle from the brush. She
takes it all in at a glance and with
true womanly sympathy says, well
I hope you are satisfied now" And
the expression Of his face attests more
eloquently than words that he is.-
DdnbuTU NetDs.
Year: 1873

A fearful story is told Of the Indian
chief and robber of Topic, Lozada,
which has but recently been brought
before the public, and which for cru
elty cannot find 3 parallel.


2 In the small village of San Luis,
near Topic, there has been discovered
q subterranean apartment, construct
ed expressly for the prosecution OF
horrible crimes, and in this was found
not long since a man who for fourteen
wears had not seen the light Of day
Unshaven and unwashed, and doubled
by feebleness, and withal bereft of
sense when discovered, he Is said to
have had more the appearance OF a
wild animal than Of humanity.


From motives Of revenge Lozsda
had him incarcerated in the sepulchre,
and formerly would seem to have TAX
en- especial pleasure in witnessing the
tortures OF this unhappy man, visit
ing him daily for that purpose, and
taunting and mocking him in his
helpless misery. " &


The Eretched man was placed on
his release in charge OF q physician
who Is obliged to use the utmost pru'
dence In bringing him forth from bis
living tomb to enjoy once more th'
liberty Of life; and, even with tht
greatest care, it is thought his enfee
bled system will not sustain the shOcl
such change may bring to it.
Year: 1873

CENTRAL FLOWER o1ANDf


The whole ornament sometimes
stands upon q piece of mirror of the
desired form. and then the flowers are
reelected in the mirror; and it is hard
to realize that we are not looking up
on a sheet of water.
Year: 1873

made visible in the flight Of a cannon
hall: for although the initial velocity
of the ball is so much greater than OF
sound that persons killed within the
range of q mile are usually struck be-
fore the report could be heard, yet so
greatly is its flight retarded by atmos-
pheric resistance that 1t soon slackens
to less than the velocity of sound
The two rates are therefore so nearly
alike that either may be taken as
pretty fair representative OF the other:


Should the time ever arrive-and
there is no telling what may or may
not be expected-when railway speed
shall equal that of sound, then sever
al rather queer looking phenomena
will be within the bounds of possibIl-
ity; e. g., were signal cannon to be
planted at each mile post along the
road. and fired at the instant Of the
cars passing at this rate, no report
would be heard by any of the passen-
gers aboard, until the train had slack
ened speed at the next station, five,
ten or twenty miles ahead, st which,
time ali the reports would come thun-
derinC together! Again, were can
non-ball fred after the train, from &
point directly in the rear, at the dis
tance Of a quarter Of q mile, 1t is
doubtful II 1t would overtake the train
at all, unless sWifter than some can
non-balls Of our day ; or, it should
succeed in entering the open back
door, it would move with such seem.
ing laziness that q passenger might
easily capture it in his hat


This brings Us to consider two
highly interesting velocities in which
ali dweIlers upon earth are vitally
concerned, yet TO which few people
have deigned more than passing
thought. The description just nov
given Of the maximum rate of traYe
Year: 1873

| l noticed several days ago, in looking


over one of Colton's new maps of Tennes-
see, that railroad was laid down as


projected from Knoxville to SevierviIle.
Since then have asked number of per-
sons what has become of this enterprise,
and undoubtedly the same question has
been asked by the people along the pro-
posed line. No one seems to know any
thing about it and can not tell whether a
charter is in existence.


am sure that Narrow Gauge Railroad
could be built for small amount of money
into Sewer county, and be quite remuner-
ative to the people along the route and add
considerable to the business interests of
Knoxville.


Before the year 1873 closes we will have
bridge completed across the Holston
River at Knoxville, and a railroad run
ming up the country would add greatly to
the tolls of this bridge. The distance from
Knoxville to Sevierville is twenty-five
miles.aand the country along the route
railroad would naturally find its way is
rich i'm agricultural productions, and if the
farmers had a way to carry their prOduc-
tions to market, this would be largely in
creased.


During the war good wagon road was
built by the Con fedarate authorities into
North Carolina, and from this section
Knoxville could control large trade. The
timber along the route could find ready
market at Knoxville, for it is well known
that each year our lumber merchants are
compelled to branch out from our water
courses for material to supply their saw
mills.


By an act passed during the session of
the Legislature in December, 1871 the
amount necessary for an Organization
one thousand dollars per mile-can be
easily obtained, and believe if proper eff
forts were resorted to that sufficient
amount OF money could be subscribed to
build n narrow gauge railroad to Sewer
vile.


The narrow gauge SYSTEM | think, has
been full, tested, SO that there can no
longer be doubt of their success. Several
days ago noticed that Congress had grant
ed privileges to the Washington, Cinein-
natl and st. Louis Narrow Gauge railroad.
If such line across the continent can find
success in the narrow gauge, why then
will not a narrow gauge to Severville be a
success? Let us hear from the partfeis who
were intereited in the first organization If
any. NJ. Y. l..
Year: 1873

Multitudes of women lose health and
life every year, in one of two ways-by
busying themselves in warm kitchen
until weary, and then throwing them
selves on a bed or sofa without covering
and perhaps in room without fire; or by
removing the outer clothing and perhaps
changing the dress for a more common one
as soon as they enter the house after be-
ing cut visiting, walking, or shopping.
The rule should be invariably, to go at
once to warm room, and keep on all the
clothing for five or ten minutes, until the
ti1lehead ti is perfectly dry. BY this time
ifyou have to walk and ride on any oc-
caslon, do The riding first.-Dr. Hall.
Year: 1873

The Farmers and Mechanics journal
makes the alarming statement that our
countrymen spend more money for the
when their hard earnings are wasted on
indulgences which do harm instead of
Year: 1873

ANOTHER OCEAN TRAGEDY.-LossO Of Bark
with all on BOard.-A special dispatch to the
New York Times from Newport, r. l., an
nounces the wreck of bark and the loss of
all on board, save one, who was picked up BY
Block Island fishing boat. The dispatch
says:


The vessel was the Italian bark Emile Cos
tel Marie, Captain San AntanO COccoraIe,
with an assorted cargo of merchandise for
New York She sank on Wednesday night
about fifty miles from land. The survivor
could not tell either the latitude or longitude,
as he was but common sailor. The bark
had sprung aleak 1t did not alarm the cap
tain, however, and he, with the most of the
crew, went below for the night. About five
hours afterward the man at the wheel noticed
she was sinking, and Immediately sang out,
"COme this way or you'll be lost" UnfOrtu-
nately there were two others on deck, and
through fright or cOwardiee they neglected to
call the captain and the rest of the crew
They loweIe the bC at ard had scarcely done
50 when the vessel sank carrying with her all
on board The survivor also reports that he
believes the other two who were on deck were
picked up by another Block Island boat, hnl
up to this hour no tidings have been heard
from them.
Year: 1873

Better to wear a calico dress without trim
ming, il it be paid for, than to owe the shop
keeper for the most elegant silk, cut and trim
med in the most bewitching manner
- Better to live in a log cabin, all yonr owe,
than brown stone mansion belonging to some
body else.


Better walk forever than run into debt for a
horse and carriage.


@Betler to sitby the plain pine table, for which
you paid three dollars ten years ago. than send
home new extension black walnut top and
promise TO pay for it next week.


Better to use the old cane seated chairs and
faded two-ply carpet, than tremble at the bills
sent home from the upholsterer's for the most
elegant paTlor set ever made.


Better to meet your business acquaintance
with free don't owe you a cent" SMILE than
to dodge around the corner to escape a dun.


Better to pay the street organ grinder two cents
Tor music, If you must have it, than owe for =
grand piano.


Better TO gaze upon the bare walls than pic
lures uGpaid for.


Better to eat thin soup from earthenware, j
YOU owe your butcher nothing, than to dine of
lamb and roast beef, and know that it does no
belong to you.
Year: 1873

Importance of Healthy BlOOd.-Every drop
OF blood that ciICulstes through the veins even


tually becomes a solid particle of the body. Flesh.


bone and muscle are merely solditied blood. and
upon the quality of the blood depends the condl


t:on of the whole physical system. Unless the
liquid material b; which the human substance is
renewed and sustained pure and nutritious. it is
impossible that the body lie healthy and
strong. One OF the most important properties of
Host.tte.'s Stomach Bitters is that OF improving
the condition of the vital :iuid when infected or
Impoverished. Acting directly and powerfully
upon the stomach. in which the manufacture of
the blood is commenced, and upon the liver which
secretes fluid next in importance to the stream
of life itself. this powerful vegetable tonic and
depurent has an Immense indirect influence upon
the circulation. Hence the extraordinary cures
wrought by the bitters in of general debility.
malarous fevers, rheumatism, biliousness consti.
patton etc. iylb 3t cod W
Year: 1873

EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:


While the Second and Third Districts
have easy acces. to the lake by the Pont-
chartrain railroad, the great body OF the
population, from Canal street to Felicity
and above. have no convenient access to
the lake. The contemplated road out Cont
stree. does no. seem half so necessary as
the one suggested in your columns some
time since. from From: street out Delord on
the upper side of the new basin to the lake.
No doubt the latter would be a paying line.


FIRST DISTRICT.
Year: 1873

Whether it comes within the province Of
the sanitary inspector or not makes no diff
terence. but the smell of cabbage in the
afternoon as the horse car takes you past
the French Market market makes you thank
your lucky stars that you have a strong
stomach. or wish you had
Year: 1873

THEY WENT DowN.-Judge Long, Third
District, does not have more prisoners than
he can attend to. but when he disposes of
his prisoners he likes to see proper re-
port made. Mary Jane and Matilda Bell
were before him for stealing cotton, but az
proof was scarce and thin. the court could
not commit them for larceny. but as the
evidence was plain that accused disturbed
the peace, they wers sent to prison for
twice ten days each.
Year: 1873

r. E. LEE BASE BALL CLUE This or gan
ization cared little for lowering weather
Sunday, and therefore gave its picnic on
it was full of spirit and good feeling. The
prize foot race was so closely contested that
q second run was necessary. when Mr.. Peet
performed the feat with pair Of flying
feet, carrying off the prize. Dancing was
greatly enjoyed by a majority of the visitors,
and most of the time the platform was un
comfortably crowded.
Year: 1873

THE ST.. CHARLES STREET RAILROAD
GRADE.-COrpcrat:ons it is said, have no
souls, and it seems true of the company
which owns the railroad lire from the head
of Baronne, at Canal street, along St.
Charles street, up to Carrollton. This COM
psny has been duly notified to make the
grade of its roadbed conform to that Of the
streets on each side of it, but it appears
that the notification has been passed by
quite unheeded. The company, with great
condecension. has agreed to permit the city
TO perform the work, which would be a
neat thing for the company. Now we will
see if our city corporation has sufficient
heart, pluck and soul to enforce its ordi-
nance in this affair. Unless we are greatly
mistaken the city will no longer hesitate to
perform its plain duty toward the railroad
company and citizens who demand that the
grade be lowered
Year: 1873

Young men with excellent purposes
sometimes make great mistake in think
ing they ought to give up every moment
of their time to business. and to neglect
everything else. This is sad error
Every young man entering life ought to
give some portion of his time regularly
i don't care if it is only half an hour
a day to the development of his mind,
to the gaining of useful information, to
the cultivation of some innocent and en-
nobling taste. Why, a man who has no
soul except for his business is 'poor
STICK mere machine. A taste for
reading is worth more than a hundred
thousand dollars to him who has it
nay. worth more than any sum | could
name. A rich man, without that or some
similar taste, does not know how to en-
JOY his money. His only resource is to
keep on making money, unless he prefers
to spend it and mind that is not well
developed does not know how to spend
it wisely. A man worth his two mill
ions used to tell me he would gladly give
it all if he could only have the educa-
tion which his lazy and stupid boy re.
fused to acquire. If you will pardon
the advice, | would say; Make it a rule
never to be broken, to devote at leas
half an hour day to the reading o.
some useful book-not stories chiefly
neither. Stories are good in their places
but every man needs knowledge Of his
tory, the elements of science and othe
useful subjects; and, if he has only hal
an hour to give to reading, he will b
very foolish to give it all to novels. b.
hungry and thirsty after knowledge o
all kinds: and be sure you will be non
the worse, but all the better, as busines
men.-F E. Abbott