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Year: 1875

went to MINER with a fearful story that

 NIT. Citizen was peeling him because he had thrown stones at our country school houses, and then would not lend him the Citizens columns to plead his case through. The course of the MINER on that occasion re- minds me of the way our dad used to do ii any of us went home from school complain ing of thrashing by the master; he would say, "A-ha, you must have been doing some thing wrong", and thereupon he would pro- ceed with hogging number tooo. That big man got about the same kind of comfort from the MINER. AproPos, our district school has just closed three months term. Miss Matthew, the teacher, succeeded ad- mirably as teacher, and I never saw little folks make such fine progress in like time; from scarcely knowing their letters at the commencement several are now reading readi- ly in words of four and five letters. But, l fear, am extending this communication too far. At some other time 1 would like to discuss the reasons why man may champi

 on public schools in Nevada, and seek to de- stroy them in Arizona. SlvAD.
Year: 1875

K. Bringhurst Co. have re-opened their Mineral
Water Fountain for the season. The majority OF
our citizens have tasted and know for themselves
the superiority of the soda water from this fountain
AMI the delicious flavor of the Fruit syrups they
prepare of which there are upwards Of twenty va
rieties. They have


GLASS s1PHoN BOTTLES,
and the necessary apparatus for properly lling them
with highly charged Carbonic Acid Water, which
can be drawn at Will, making the bottles really


PORTABLE FOUNTAINS,
which enable the invalid who may require II, OF the
lover of Soda Water who may desire IT, to enjoy the
use OF this delightful beverage at any time at home.
We have on draught the following popular
Year: 1875

A SUNNY TEMPER.--What y bless
ing to household is a merry cheer


full woman,-one whose spirits are not
effected by wet days, or little disap-


pointments, or whose milk Of human


kindness does not sour in the sunshine
of prosperity. Such woman in the


darkest hours brgatons the house
like a little piece of sunshiny weather.
The magnetism of her smiles and the
electrical brightness Of her looks and
movements infect every one. The
children 90 to school with a sense OF
something great to be achieved ; her
husband goes into the world with q
conquerer's spirit. No matter how
people annoy and worry him all day,
far off her presence shines, and he
wispers to himself, "at homo | shall
find rest" So day by day she lit
orally renews his strength and energy,
and if you know a man with beam
ing face, q kind heart, and a pros
porous business, in nine cases out OF
ten YOU will find his wife Of this kind.
Year: 1875

ERRORs.--Each letter in news
paper is made on separate piece Of
metal. These pieces are picked up
one at a time and stood on end to-
gether. When we remember that
each column is made up of several
thousands of little pieces, and that
the absense or displacement OF a sin.
gle one will make Typographical er-
ror, is it to be wondered at that errors
frequently occur?
Year: 1875

RELY ON YoURsELr.-In battle or
business, whatever the game, in law
or in love, it is ever the same in the
struggle for power, or scramble for
pelf, let this be your motto: "Rely on
yourself For whether the prize be
a ribbon or throne, the victor is he
who can 70 it alone.
Year: 1875

A CONTEMPORARY asks: "What are
the street lamps for?' The man
who doesn't know what street lamp
is for is hardly fit to sit in an editorial
chair and mold public opinion. Street
lamps are for weary young men to re-
cline against at midnight,when they
forget the way home,-NoyriStouo'
Herald.
Year: 1875

return my sincere thanks to the voters
of Frederick county for the very tlattcrng
vote they gave me at The late election; ana
by the advice of very many of them an
nounce myself as a candidate for Sheriff at
the uc1t Election and earnestly solicit their
support. IS. ". fllLllINIi.
Year: 1875

The Graphic is authority for the
statement that during the war Gen.
Tracy charged at the head of his
column on many bloody field, and
after the battle has often been seen
sitting under tree, combing the can
non balls out of his hair.
Year: 1875

Be NOT ashamed to confess that you
have been in the wrong. 1t is but
owning what you need not be ashamed
of-that you now have more sense than
you had before--to see your error !;
more humility to acknowledge it and
more grace to correct it.
Year: 1875

MACAULAY's MoTHER.--Lord Ma
caulay, the great essayist and his
torian, wrote these words:


"Chrildren, look in those eyes, listen
to that dear voice, notice the feeling
of even single touch that's bestowed
upon you by that gentle hand Make
much of 1t while yet you have that
most precious Of all good gifts--a
loving mother. Read the unfathom-
able love of those eyes the kind
anxiety Of that tone and look how
ever slight your pain. In after-life
you may have friends-fond dear kind
friends; but never will you have again
the inexpressible love and gentleness
lavished upon you which none but q
mother bestows. Often do | sigh in
my struggles with the hard, uncaring
world, for the sweet, deep security |
felt when, of an evening, nesting in
her bosom, I listened to some quiet
tale, suitable to my age, read in her
tender and untiring voice. Never
can I forget her sweet glances cast
upon me when I appeared asleep
never her kiss Of peace at night
Years have passe away since we laid
her beside my father in the old church
yard yet still her voice whispers from
the grave, and her eyes watch over
me as | visit spots long since hallowed
to the memory Of my mother. "
Year: 1875

WINTER cometh on apace. Every day
the increasing chill in the air tells us Of
this, and the warm, bright fires awaken
the Imagination to pictures of snow and
ice, when the pastimes and amusements of
the Summer and Fall will be withered in
interest by the nipping frosts and be sue.
ceeded by the more hardy ones peculiar to
the Winter season. Base ball is fast draw
1Rg its last breath, and the last races of the
season are now taking place, while rowing
has gone into the past for this season at
least Winter wrappings, coarser boots
and roNgher amuscments will soon be here
in al. their interest.
Year: 1875

Twu emurceu.tnsr made their offences


amenable to a fine Of not less than five


hundred nor more than ten thousand dol,
lars, and be imprisoned for !


term not exceeding three years. Thus


lotteries were driven from the


State, and it had been thought that with II


went all the paraphernalia Of gambling


shops, but in this we have discovered tha


we were very much mistaken, for to-day


Wilmington is delu ,ed by nest Of policy


and gambling shops, that are more daHag-


ing to the good morals of the city than all


the lotteries could be. But even with the


departure Of lotteries, all traces of it have


not disappeared, as in the very heart of the


city the rattle of the printing press is daily


heard, turning out thousands of lottery


tickets to be distributed over the United


States.


If war is to be made upon one species Of
gambling, then why not all? Why should
one crime be preferred to another? Are
not policy shops and gambling dens as
much an injury to the welfare Of our COM
monwealth as lotteries? If they are not,
then we should be pleased to have the diff
ference pointed out to us. If gambling is
not crime then the gamblers have per-
feet right to the protection of the law,
which it would almost seem that they were
receiving, as they have never been molest-
ed, though we have repeatedly pointed out
where they exist and how they can be got
zen at. II they are no more than an inno-
'ent amusement, then they prove no blot
o the escutcheon Of the city. But they
ire not. They have been the prime cause
# more than one wasted fortune; they have t
lied more than one drunkard's grave !
hey have wrung more hearts than one a
18th grief over the fallen husband or the 81
chased son. They are the foulest blot to- n
ay upon the name of our city; and then p
icy wish to know why we expose them. n
'e will tell them. 1t is to drive them "
Ike the lotteries from our midst. To strike
honest blow for the good of morality.


. consign them by the force of law to do l.
honest days work, ard not, vulture I'll
ze, feed upon the wrecks of others. We OF
we begun the war and we intend that it


all be kept up until all that we have said th
$ been realized for the good of the city til
i the State. H.
Year: 1875

Indianapolis Correspondence Gin. Gazette.


Your correspondent received brief call
last evening from Robert Dale Owen, He
was alone and to all appearances perfectly
sane. The wild expression of the ewes, so
noticeable when he entered the asyium, is
entirely gone, and the firm step and ruddy
lace indicate returning health. He is still
regarded an inmate of the asylum, but in
tends returning to New Harmony before
winter sets in. lie reads much, but as vet
writes little. He is now just beginning to
realize how badly off he was when his sons
brought him here three or four months ago.
Year: 1875

GRANT, when he had the auction at his
farm last week, sold all the mules. We
have often wondered why the poor darkey
in the South never got his forty acres and
mule. Now we know the reason.
Year: 1875

PHILApYLPHIA, November l9-OrderS
have been given TO the commsndant ut
the Navy Yard to hurry along the con-
ple.ion and equipment Of the new sloops
OF war lying in the Delaware and to put
a number of monitors in readiness for
service.
Year: 1875

THERE is All old maid in Kalamazoo
who is determined TO get Il husband. She
caught burglar in her room the other
night, turned the key on him, and made
him promise to marry her before she
would let him ont. The fellow was al
lowed to 90 to neighborng town to get
his wedding suit, and from there wrote
back to say that he couldn't honorably
fulfill his promise as he had II wife IN
England.
Year: 1875




Will you please answer the follow
ing questions


j. ] have number Of hens which
are very lousy They have been so
for the last two years. Have tried n
number Of things, but fail to get rid
Of the FermiD. Can you tell me how
to do so


, What is the bes. method to pre-
vent chickens from getting lousy p
W. W. W.


There are such a number Of reci-
pes for killing lice on hens that it is
difficult to determine which is best.
We use only one thing, and that is
sulphur, and in the following manner:
Whenever q hen takes a nest for set
ting, fresh, clean hay is put under the
eggs, and one tablespoonful Of sui
phur scattered over it. This will
sift in among the hay, and the
warmth of the ben viii be just suii-
Gent to cause slight fumes to arise
and kill all vermin which may be on
the hen Or in the nest. We have
practiced this plan for the past twelve
years, and neither a lousy chicken or
mother has ever been seen 10 our
yard during the time named.


This is our preventive for lice on
young chickens. Every spring we
have our poultry house and roosts
thoroughly cleaned and whitewashsd
inside, and then scatter flour Of sui
phur in every crack and corner, and
literally over the floor Do this and
repeat it in the autumn, and We will
venture to say that you will have no
vermin on your towels. To kill the
lice oD the old towels Immediately,
mix a little sulphur in lard and grease
their heads with the compound, and
put little under each wing.


Sulphur is death to all kiads Of
lice, and hot at all injurious to high
er animal; If scattered plentifully
about barns and other out-buildings,
it will destroy maDy kinds Of vermIn
besides hen lice. We have had no
pip" among our chickens since We
commenced the sulphur treatment.
Year: 1875

Not.even the huge and unwieldy
whales are exempt from the sense of
humor as displayed by playfalness.
Ia Benefits Whaling Voyage there
is short and graphic description Of
this trait of character in the spema-
reeti whale, or cacbslOt, as it is often
called:


"a large party Of caehalots gam
boliag on the surface Of the ocean is
one of the most curious and imposing
spectacles which q whaling voyage
affords; the huge size and uneouth
agility Of the monsters exhibiting q
strange combination of the grand and
ridiculous


"On such occasions it is not unusual
to observe a whale Of The largest size
leap from the water with the activity
Of salron. display the entire bulk
Of his gigantic frame suspended ct
the height of several feet in the air,
and again plunge into the sea with
helpless and tremendous fall, which
causes the surrounding waters to
shoot up in broad and lofty volumes
capped with foam.


"Others Of the same school leap or
breach in less degree, sportlvely
brandish their broad and fan-shspOd
aukes in the air, or protrude their
heads perpendiculsrly above the
waves Ike columns Of black roek"


Captain Scott, r. n, once told me,
as en- example Of the height to which
a esehalot viii leap in these gambols,
that when standing on the deck ei
man-of-war, be has seen the horizon
under the animal before it fell again
into the water. When we recollect
that these whales often reach eighty
feet in length, We may appreciate the
force which is exerted Ia projecting
this huge mass 10 such a height
Year: 1875

To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN.-The
people know the traditions and tendencies,
and ell aments and spirit that necessarily
lie behind any democratic candidate
whatever. They know also that the
republican party contains the sound,
progressive, intelligent element, thorough.
ly in sympathy with the American
principle and with the renewed spirit OF
the constitution, which ought to control
the government, now that the war hos
swept away all the reason that the
democratic party had for existing at all.
But if they see that that element in the
republican party does not command it,
everything seems to show that they will
undoubtedly decide, not that the demo.
cratic party is more trusty, or honest,
or patriotic, but that they cannot sustain
a party which, while retaining the repub.
lican name, betrays the republican tradi.
tion. For such result they, and they
only, will be responsible who, by what
ever means and under whatever pretense,
force the party into position which
many of the oldest, truest, most sagacious
republicans would feel themselves obliged
by honor and conviction to dsapprove.-
Harper'S Weekly.
Year: 1875

The editor sits at his table,
Writing as we'll as he's able


Paragraph, leader and puff,
His scissors beside him are lying,
While he is in agony trying


Of copy to furnish enough.


Toll toll toll
What a weary life is mine,
Wasting the precious midnight oil
In leader and column, and line;
Working from morn till night,
Working from night till morn,
Oh why was the steam press made
Or why was the editor born,


Toll toll ! toll
And whosc is the game when won
Whose are tho trophies we achieve,
And from whom are the laurels won
To stand in the foremost rank
OF each hard fought party fray
To share the toll, and only get
Abuse and neglect for pay.


Toll toll toll
What a thankless task is ours
TO bake the bread and press the cheese
That Senator Jones devours.
To sit on q three-legged stool,
While others have hair stuffed seats,
To prepare the hash aud cook the stew
Bat never to taste the meats.


Toll toll toll
As the constant drop on the stone,
So this ceaseless, endless work,
Wears away body and bone.
Though the poet splutter and write.
Though the orator bully and bawl.
If it were not for the editors pen,
What were the use of it all


Toll toll toll
Christians, Mormons and Jews,
Is there man on this weary earth
But grows richer by reading tho news,
Richer, richer, richer,
As they read it by sunlight aud taper.
And there isn't soul Of them all
But grudges to pay for his paper


Toll toll toll
There's q row in the very next street,
Somebody's going to murder his wife,
And must be off tout suh.
Yesterday, just at this time,
Two policemen got choked in riot
And 40 it goes on from morn till night,
And an editor never knows quiet.
Get; up, knocks his hat over his eyes, AZ
shes out in a state Of distraction ''to pick up
IN"
Year: 1875

AT recent meeting of a society com
posed Of men from the Emerald Isle, a
member made the following motion Mr.,
President move yes whitewash the
ceiling green, in honor of the old aag."
Year: 1875

incident of story of Joaquin Mil


marriage ceremony as performed


Sierra Judge between a minor and


My woman in camp. 1t occurred


bar-room crowded with miners.


Judge had sent to San Francisco for


I'm of the service, but il had not ar


we'd, and his consequent Reimbursement
yas so great as to endanger his reputa-
ion as the greatest man in the dig
gings. "Do you solemnly swear" he
began, with mighty effort after an
awkward pause of hesitation; heaheld
up his hand as he said this, and labori-
ously added, "To love and honor and
obey?" 1t was very painful The little
man took down his lifted flagstaff to wipe
mis- little bald head, andhe coulduOtg get 1t
up again, but stood therestill and helpless
You could hear the men breathe as they
leaned and listened with all their might
to hear At last the Judge revived, and
began again in voice that was full Of
desperation, "Do you solemnly, swear
to love and protect and honor and obey
till death do you depart; and --@S Here
the voice fell down low. lower and the
Judge was again foundering in the
water. Then his head went under utter
ly. Then he rose, and Now lay me
uOWu JOslccp ioieu u SAluAOo9Ay aihSueh
the silent room from the lips of the
Judge. Then again his head was under
water; then it rose up again, and there
was something like Twinkle, twinkle,
little star" Then the voice died again;
the head was under water, Then it
arose again and the head went up high
in the air, and the voice was loud and
resolute, and the man rose on his tiptOes,
and beginning with "WheD, in the course
of human events" he went on In deep
and splendid tone with the Declaration
OF independence TO the very teeth OF ty-
rannical King George, and then, bring
ing his hand down emphatically on the
gambling table that stood to his right,
said, loud and clear and resolute and
authoritatively, as he tilted forward on
his tiptoesi "So help you God, and pro-
nounee YOU man and WIFE"
Year: 1875

Arranged for the Now York Observer.


O Lord my God, .hou art very greatl


Thou art clothed with honor and maj
csty


Thou covcrest thysclf with light, as with
a garment


Thou stretchost out the Heavens, like
curtain


Thou laycst the beams of thy chambers
in the water


Thou makest the clouds thy chariot and
walkest upon the wings OF the wind


Thy way is in the whirlwind and the
storm; and the clouds are the dust of thy
feet.


Ofold hast thou laid the foundation Of
the earth, and the heavens are the work of
thy hands.


They shall perish but thou shalt endured
rs vesture shalt thou change them, and
they shall be changed. but Thou art the
same, and thy years shall have no end
From everlasting to everlasting Thou art
God


Let us exnlt the Lord our God, and wor-
ship at His footstool for He is holy Let us
serve the Lord with gladness for His mercy
is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all
generations. The Lord is slow to anger
and great in power and will not at all nc
quit the wicked


Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
v
from destruction, and crowneth thee with
loving kindness and tender merces. lie
hath not dealt with us according to our
sins and awarded us according to our in
iquites. As the Heaven is high above the
earth. so great is his mercy towards them
that fear him, to such as keep his covenant,
and to those that remember his command
menis to do them.
] acknowledge my sins unto thee, and
mine iniquity have ] not hid. ] said, !
! will confess my transgressjons unto the
/ Lord, and thou torgavest the iniquity of
my sin. Have mercy upon me q God, uc-
| cordug to thy loving kindness; for | ac-
| knowledge my transgressions and my sins
are even before me. Against thee only
| have ! sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight Blot out all my iniquities, create IN
me clean heart and renew n right spirit
within me. Cast me not away from thy
presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit
| from me. Restore unto me the Joy of thy
salvation and uphold me with thy free
spirit.


The sacrifices of God are broken spirit,
a broken and cOntrite heart, o God, thou
wilt not despise Open thou my lips and
my tongue shall sing aloud Of thy right
| eousness. Who can understand his errorsl
Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep
thy servant back from presumptuous sins,
and let them not have dominion over me.
Let the words of my mouth and the medit
alton of my heart be acceptable in thy
sight, O Lord, my strength and my Re
deemer


Thou art my hiding place Thou shall
preserve me from troubled Thou shal
compass me about with songs of deliver
ance. Evening, and morning, and at noon
will | pray and thou shalt hear my voice
My heart is fixed, o God my heart is fix
ed l will sing and give praise, for Thou
o God, hsdst heard my vows, thou hads
given me the heritage of those that fear thy
name, Bless the Lord, o my soul, and al
that is within me, bless his holy name.


To God, only wise be glory through
Jesus Christ, forever. Amen.
Year: 1875




The New York Times, noticing the
escape of Boss Tweed, says:


"In all probability Tweed was spir-
tied away very soon after he left Lud-
low-street Jail. The necessary arrange
meuts had doubtless been made before
hand, and all that Durham and Ha-
gan had to do was 20 keep out of the
way until after dark, and thus give the
'old man the benefit of long start
ahead. The day was, Of course, care
fully choseu-five steamers sailed for
Europe, aud Tweed might have been
safely smuggled on board almost any
one Of them, under cover OF a simple
disguise. The German steamer sailed,
we believe at two i'm the afternoun-a
convenient hour. rN eed was proba-
bly, well out on the Atlantic, comfort
ably tucked up iu his berth, long be-
fore Dunham went TO the police station
with his cock-and-bull story. Any~
body who supposes that he will ever
be seen in New York again must have
a degree of confidence in the resources
of justice which may be very charm
ing, but which can not be the fruit of
much experience or observation in
this city,
Year: 1875

A little boy had died. His body was
laid out in darkened room, waiting
to be laid in the cold grave. His af-
flicted mother and bereaved little sister
went in to look at the sweet face of the
precious little sleeper, for his face was
beautiful even in death. AS they
stood gazing on the face of one so be-
loved and cherished, the little girl
asked to shake his hand. The mother
at first did not think it best, but the
child repeated the request, and seemed
very anxious about it; she took the
cold, bloodless hand of her sleeping
boy and placed 1t in the hands of his
weeping little sister.


The dear child looked at it mo-
ment, caressed it fondly, and then
looked up to her mother through tears
and love, and said:


my mother, this hand neverstruck
me-"


What could have been more touch
ing and lovely?
Year: 1875

She was fisherman widow. His smack
had gone down in darkness and tempest,
and so had he. Morning, noon and night
she paced the beach for some memento Of
him. She saw the shining sands stretch far
away. She watched the seabirds come and
go. She heard the legend Of the waves,
and that was all, And yet it wasn't. One
golden eve, with heaying breast and start
ing eyeballs she espied a bottle dancing to-
ward her on the billows. 1t came within
her reach. She clutched it eagerly, chew
ed out the cork, put the muzzle to her
mouth, found not drop Of whisky in it,
and dropped like lifeless lump upon the
shore. And so they found her, working
the sand with her toes. Finis.
Year: 1875

AS the rays come from the sun aud
yet are not the sun, even so our love
and pity, though they are not God, but
merely poor weak image and refiec-
ton of Him, syet from Him, alone
they come. If there is mercy in our
hearts, it comes from the fountain OF
mercy. If there is the light of love in
us, it is ray from the full sun of love.
Kingsley.