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Year: 1873

Some years ago was living in an old


fashioned house built by retired sea-


captain in the early part of the century.


At P. NJ on winters day, in the midst


of q furious snow-storm, as We sat at


dinner, we heard q commotion in the


kitchen. Instead Of the expected joint,


enter q pallid woman "Oh. please


come out and see Martha I" The lady
Of the house hastened to the kitchen,


and found Martha. the cook, almost
fainting upon q chair. "What is the
matter ?" As soon as she could speak
she gasped ont, "Oh, that face at the
Window The window Of the kitchen
looked out upon the garden, which had
a high fence all around it. L at once
ran out to see if any person was there:
the ground was covered with a pure
and untrodden surface of snow six or
eight inches deep. This was rather
startling, when inside the window q
woman was fainting at the sight of some
fearful appearance on the outside. /
looked out on the street, which ran
alongside the garden fence, and which
was not much Of q thoroughfare. There
were no tracks to be seen in the snow.
No human foot had lately been in the
garden.


When the woman came to herself, she
said that, suddenly looking up, she saw
a female face with an agonized express
sion looking in at her from the window.
On being asked if it was any one whom
she knew, she replied that the face
seemed familiar, but that she could not
recall the name that belonged to it.
After reflection she said that it looked
like daughter of hers whom she had
not seen since she was q child. The
girl had been brought up by lady In
another State, and was now a married
woman. living in Vermont.


About a week afterward, Martha re-
ceived letter from the lady who had
brought up her daughter, informing
her that the young woman had recently
died after short illness, and that her
great anxiety seemed to be tC see her
mother before she died. Some time
after wrote to the town indicated to
ascertain the exact time Of tho young
death. The husband had
moved away Immediately after the
funeral, but the town clerk replied that
a person of the name mentioned had
died there about the time mentioned in
my letter.
Year: 1873

One of the strong consultations which
the true Christian enjoys Is derived
from the belief that an all-wise and
merciful Providence is continually
Watching over him, and directing the
course Of his temporal affairs, in such
manner as shall make them all ulti-
mately work together for his good.
Year: 1873

TRY.-Can't do it sticks in the mud,
but Try soon drags the wagon out of the
rut. The fox said Try, and he got
away from the hounds when they almost
snapped at him. The bees says Try,
and turned flowers into honey. the
squirrel said Try, and up he went to the
top OF beech tree. The snowdrop said
Try, and bloomed in the cold SHOWS of
winter. The sun said Try, and the
spring soon threw Jack Frost out OF the
saddle. The young lark said Try, and
he found that his new wings took him
over hedges and bitches, and up where
his father was singing. The OK said
Try, and ploughed the field from end to
end. No hill too steep for Try to climb,
no clay too stiff for Try to plough, no


field too wet for Try to drain, no hole
too big for Try to mend.
Year: 1873

A sentimental writer states that it
was a comfort for him to know that one
eye watched fondly for his coming, and
looked brighter at his approach, where
upon he was condoled as one having a
sweetheart with only one eye.
Year: 1873

The Geological Survey Of the State
has progressed satisfactorily during
the past year. The first volume Of
the final report is now in the hands of
the printer, and will be ready for dis
tribution at the present session of the
General Assembly. Material for an
other volume is now nearly ready, and
it is hoped provision will be made for
its early publication. To perfect the
work Of the survey according to the
original design, and in harmony with
what has already been completed, will
require one year more, and 1t is recon-
mended that the time of the geoIogi-
cal corps be extended accordingly, and
that such appropriation be made there
fore as may be necessary.


Five maps upon a somewhat ex-
tended scale, have been prepared by
Prof. Andrews, representing the coal
in the the district assigned 70 him.
The funds heretofore appropriated
for engraving and printing were not
sufficient to warrant the Board Of
Control in ordering as many copies OF
these maps as there will be volumes
in the edition to be published. II il
should be considered desirable that an
equal number should be printed, an
additional appropriation will be re-
quired.


The Geological Survey is a very
important work in an economic point
Of view, to say nothing Of its scfen-
Year: 1873

The Madrid government rejected the mass OF this
ultlmatum, and. as we know, in the most positive
manner; and, as stated in Yesterday afternoons
extra, stipulated for the delivery to the United
states OF the steamer vrginius and Of It's surviv-
ing crew, Leaving all other questions pending to


The United States maintain their position rela-
tive TO the nag and the occupation OF the virgnus.
to which IS united the duty OF giving reparation
and satisfaction in the way they shall determine.
In that case, as we have before sustained. 1t will
give place to no kind OF doubt on the ground OF


II has appeared to US convenient and even nec-
essary TO present the question entire to put face
to face with the demands o. the washington gov
ernment, that the public may establish for itself
the proper comparison that II may judge with
knowledge OF the case; to reject with that manly
tranquility which Is proper to men capable OF
noble, loyal and glorious resolutions. In the
agreement OF the American government respect
ing the use OF the nag aud the occupation OF the
steamer Nirginius We ind great argument In
favor OF Spain.


BY initiating this compromise the government
probability, we should at least sayMthat lie viT.
ginius mad no right to use the American nag that
u was lifted out to aid the rebellion at Yara; that
the 23d to the 3lst OF October, new and important


SERVICES TO THE SAID REBELLION.


And ana wnen once this confession Is admitted, II is
hard TO believe that government should peremp-
tory demand the delivery OF vessel which Is con-
edered suspicious.


we occupy ourselves with It, the clearer do we see
the right or spain; and Just when we wish to be
most impassive most reasonable and cool, so
much more does the blood boil in our veins our
hearts beat quicker; and, we own IL without q
blush, the heart rules the head and feeling mas


Let not our friends doubt now or ever Of our
loyalty, because they would be even criminaly un.
Just; but we ourselves beg them to distrust tne
cieainess OF our intelligence; Tor he cannot he
prudent counsellor who begins by saying that his
reason. '
Tbe j"DoS'nT address was published in oil the
Year: 1873

sT An illustration of absent-minded-
ness is told Of an eXcitable young drug
clerk, who filled his customers bottles
with the linimcnt desired, and receiving
therefor nice new twenty-five cent shin
plaster, pasted it on the bottle and put
the label in the cash drawer.


1ss- 4 Worcester (Mass.) paper comes
out in defence of mothers-in-law, ii the
editor Of that paper were inspired by the
right sort of chivalry he would defend
people who ere Nnable to defend them
selves,


!ass. n Wisconsin milliner, finding the
ribbon business dull, insured her huss
bands life for a handsome sum, and then
persuaded him to drink some medicated
coffee.
Year: 1873

@- A wealthy and celebrated inventor
of Baltimore, is going to put OH. the top
of his house musical instrument to be
driven by steam and sonorous enough to
make itself heard by the whole city.
Year: 1873

MARRIAGE AMONG THE APAcHEs.-Even
those copper-colored cutthroats. the
Apache Indians. have touch of delicacy
and romance in them. From lecture de-
livered in San Francisco, by Colonel John
e. Carmany, we take the following account
of their courting customs Every young
girl is at liberty to refuse suitor for her
hand. The father, mother, and brother
are prohibited from interfering in her
choice. Her person is at her own disposal.
After brief courtship the lover makes
formal proposal by offering so many horses.
Horses are standard of value among In
dians. As the squaw does all the work.
horses are accepted as an equivalent for
her labor. When a young warrior be-
comes enamored, he fastens the horse near
the wigwam of the squaw whose hand he
seeks, where he is left for four days. If
she fails to feed aud water the horse
during that time the master is rejected. but
if she accepts his offer she grooms and
kindly cares for the horse, and then ties
him to the wigwam Of her lover, as much
as to say, am willing to be your slave
and do your work." At the marriage the
sages and sachems meet together. and the
bride is not unfrequently loaded with forty
to fifty pounds of silver and copper trim
kets.
Year: 1873

BOXING THE EARS tends to dull the SEN
sibility Of the nerve, even if it does not
hurt the membrane. 1 knew a pitiful
case, once, of poor youth who died from
a terrible disease of the ear. he had bad
a discharge from it since he was a child.
Of course, his hearing had been dull and
what had happened was that his father
had often boxed his ear, for inattention
Most likely that boxing on the ear. diseased
as it was, had much to do with his dying.
And this brings me to the second point.
Children should not be blamed for being
inattentive, until it has been found out
whether they are not little deaf. This
is easily done by placing them at few
yards distance. and trying whether they
can understand what is said to them in q
rather low tone of voice. Each ear should
be tried, while the other is stopped by the
finger. l do not say that children are
never guilty of inattention, especially to
that which they do not particularly wish
to hear. Three things should be remem-
bered here: /. That slight degrees of
deafness, often lasting only for time, are
very common among children, especially
during or after colds. 2. That slight
deafness. which does not prevent person
from hearing when he is expecting to be
spoken to, will make him very du | to
what be is not expecting and, 8. That
there is a kind of deafness in which a per-
son can hear pretty we'll while listening,
but is really very hard Of hearing when not
listening.-Dr. Hinton.
Year: 1873

Mr.. HALE ON TEMPERANCE.-The Lib
erM Christian prints most excellent ser
mon by Rev. E, E. Hale on purity and
Paritans. in which he. thus .alludes to tenn
perance: believe that in temperance
the children have improved upon the
fathers; | believe that the last halt GEN.
tury. with bad reactions and rebufs, has
on the whole, made vast improvements
in this matter. Boston has not, perhaps,
improved so much as the country, but on
the whole, the sef-control in face of this
terrible temptation, more terrible in our
climate than perhaps in any other. is, as L
believe stronger and more reliable than
ever before. [ believe We see the danger
of intemperauce as the Puritans did not
see it. l believe We see the way to surer
and more perfect temperance in this mat
ter in the future. L trust to God that no
young man hears me who has not taken 10
through and through the Puritan theory,
that if he is to serve God and to serve man.
if he is to serve the State. if he is to do bis
fair manly share of duty by the world. he
must rise superior to every temptation of
the cup. He ought to be ashamed. if be
thinks he needs its cheer or help for any
duty. even the most arduous. He ought
to 60 and come in campaign, in jour-
ney. in voyage, in the wilderness, in the
tempest, with the tough Puritan strength
of true New Englander. without asking
for stimulaut, without resting on boughten
courage, able at any instant to bear or
forbear with the simple strength given to
pure body by an Almighty God. He
ought to keep himself pure.
Year: 1873

DAUGHTERS intelligent writer says
d" 1t is not possible to over estimate the aG
vantages which would result from men in
trades and professions allowing their daugh-
ters some participation in the work of their
daily lives. What girls want is larger OBJ
servation of the world, and deeper knowl-
jge of human nature. There are few Of our
merchants and manufacturers and profess.
ioual men who could not largely avail them
selves of the services of their educated and
competent daughters; and if such services
could be rendered generally available. it is
not too much to say that wider and more
fertile social lie would arise for mankind.
Mems occupations would in no sense be
prejudiced, whilst women would at once
find that outlet for their faculties for which
so many of them have been so long striving.


A certain responsibility would increase
their self reliance. A capacity for earning
would remove their sense of dependence;
and definite occupation would bring both
health and cheerfulness and the larger ex-
periences of life would give force and com
pleteness to their mental character.
Year: 1873

would conceal me l quietly raised myl
head; the ground was slightly rising, and
I could see around for some distance,
There was my horse unconsciously grazing
away, but the grass was too long for me to
see my enemy's whereabouts. i, however,
guessed that he would try and get between
us, and so 1 waited, watching and grasping
my rife.


Ten minutes passed in silence, and then
| fancied that the grass was moving un-
naturally. In another second hand and
bow appeared; heard little twang, and
saw the tiny messenger of death again
pierce the spot where had been. kept
myself from firing, though l covered the
place. Surely he would become impatient,
and give better chance. Another ten
minutes, and suddenly, in different spot,
which commanded a better view of my
cap. little black head peered over the
grass. 1t was enough and as fired, .
shrill shrek and spasmodic spring into
the air told me that had nothing more to
fear.
Getting out as quickly as possible,
dragged myself-ior the limb was now
much swollen, and becoming more and
more painful-to my saddle, where l
carried in little bottle some remedy for
snake bites, and poured out a large dose.
After drinking it,. L caught my horse,
| saddled it, and picking up two of the
arrows, went to have look at the dead
Bushman. He was scarcely over four feet
high, with arms SO long and thin as to
reach deformity, short and bow kneed legs
supporting little round body-he had
evidently not been starving lately-and
features SO closely resembling those of an
intelligent ape, that had there been a tail,
no one would have thought twice about
the matter. l did not remain long there
was no time to lose, SO, taking his bow, |
mounted, and putting the horse at his
best pace, started on my long ride. knew
we'll that the only chance of saving my
life depended on my reaching Ladysmith
that night and obtaining medical aid. The
distance was sixty miles, and, there were
nothing but Dutch Doors houses on the
road whence | could not hope for any help.
For the first twenty miles l kept steady
on my way, though the agony was dread:
full, and could hardly sit my horse. |
reached an Euglishman's farm, pulled up,
and asked for spirits to keep my strength
up, and fresh horse. | shall not forget
his wife's look as she came out and saw
me by the light of her Pickering candle.
They brought me out bottle of whiskey
and tumbler which | filled and drank of
neat, but they had not got horse " up. >
They were, all running, and it would take
hours to find them. | do not remember
much more of that wild moonlit ride; |
just retained sense enough to 60 straight
How | did it | do not know, as for the
great part of the way there was no road
However Providence guided me right, and
| reached the town at one A. NJ. l had
finished the whiskey on the road, and to
that the doctor ascribed my recovery. For
days | was delrious, and it was six weeks
before | got well, and for years the wound
did not heal. Even to the present day it
bursts out afresh, and will probably do &c
to the end of my existence.
Year: 1873

over the cost of the ribbon, and makes up
her mind to have flowers in hers like
those worn by the woman in the corner,
and lace like that gaudy-looking creature
in the middle. And when she walks down
the street and studies all the hats that
come along, and when woman passes her
with one on, she twists her neck around to
see how it looks behind, and is disgusted
to see that the woman is also disloeating
her neck, to see how she trims her hat.
When she arrives in front of q millinery
store she fingers until she has analyzed all
the spring hats in the window, and she
determines to trim hers nineteen different
ways, and decides not to have flowers like
the woman who sat in the corner, Then
she shoots into the store and asks to see
hats, with the air of person who has a
whole female seminary to rig out with
eighty dollar head gear. She examines
every hat in the establishment, overhauls
ten bushels Of flowers, gets about twenty
dollars worth of work out of the sales
woman, and then says she will look
further. Then she goes home with her
mind fixed on thirty-eight or nine different
styles in which she wants to trim her hat
After awhile she begins to think she
ought to have a feather in it, and she
passes two or three sleepless nights trying
to decide whether to put one on or not.


At last she resolves she will. Then
she lies awake for two more nights en-
deavoring to determine whether it shall be
red or blue. She fixes on blue. She
buys the trimming and sews it on in sew.
enty successive positions, her mind filled
with deepest anxiety as to whether the
feather should 60 on the right side, the
left side, or on top. She puts it on the
right side, but just then Mrs. Brown
passes the front window with a feather on
the left side of hers, and so she change


it. The next morning Mrs. Ferguson
calls, and her feather is on the right side
and then another change is made A


church the next day, Mrs. Smith ha


feathers on both sides, and Mrs. johnson


has one on top. Then more sleeples


nights and more painful uncertainty. A


last, in utter despair she takes the nat tc
a miliner and pays ten dollars to have il


trimmed. When it comes home she pro


nounces it hateful, and picks it all Il


pieces, and broods over it, and worries ant


frets, and loses her appetite, and feels iif'
to be burden for two weeks longer, unit
suddenly she hits just the right thing, an


becomes once more serene and happy, an
puts the hat on and goes out and make
millions Of other women miserable becaus


their hats are not trimmed exactly lik


hers. As wife, woman is blessing; a


mother, she is an inestimable boon; a
5 an organizer of spring hats, she is simpl
an object of compassion.
Year: 1873

BARON REUTER- AND HIS News AGENCY.
"A London letter to the New York Times
contains this ac .onut of the man who has
taken the contract to civilize Persia:
suppose Baron Reuter- himself is as well
known in America as in England. Not
many years ago he managed pigeon ex-
presses at Cologne in behalf of the mer-
chants of the unsavory city. The electric
telegraph rather knocked his pigeons on
the head, but he was a man of progress
and abreast of the age, and he saw at a
glance that he had better 60 in for the
lightning and drop the birds. He was
among the first to appreciate on this side
of the Atlantic the indispensable services of
the telegraph to the people, and he was
also shrewd enough to see what might be
made OF the reluctance of English newspa


pers to spend money on Independent enter
prise. He therefore set on foot a private
organization of his own, akin to the ar
rangement of our associated press. The
newspapers which joined this system had
no control whatever over the manner in
which it was worked, no means of authen.
ticating the news transmitted to them, OF
even the source whence it came, and they
were bound by contract to advertise it as
Reuters own. Foreign governments were
not slow to appreciate the advantages of
being on good terms with Reuter- and his
agents, and many Of the communications
which were innocently circulated by the
whole press of England as faithful general
news, emanated from imperial cabinets,
aud were either stories to try the mind or
cooked intelligence intended to prevent the
real truth being known. More than once
the London newspapers made an effort to
escape from the system they had volunta
rily imposed on themselves, but they were
not sufficiently united. Reuters kilograms
therefore prevail to this hour, and the
great bulk Of the most important intelli.
gence which reaches the people of this
country comes through the hands of a
private speculator, who can thus publish
almost anything he likes any morning in
hundreds and thousands of newspapers. A
year or two since, Baron (then Mr. Reu-
ter sold his establishment to company,
but he still remains at the helm and
directs affairs. 1t will be easily under
stood that, as far as England is concerned,
Baron Reuter- is a very great man. He
can make the press-doll speak to any tune
he likes, and he has only to pull the strings
to make the arms move and the legs jerk.
He is the Punch and Judy man inside the
curtains of the show. Whether it is
worth while for the Shah to buy the use Of
the puppet remains to be seen.
Year: 1873

We have thought that the funniest OF
all "strikes" was that Of the household
servants who wanted more wages "because
Goals and provisions is high" But this is
made of no account by the strike Of the
beggars of Treves, who have been in the
habit of getting dole for praying on a
fixed day for the prosperity Of the town
As prices rose in the market 50 rose the
price of these prayers, the pious beggars re-
fusing to pray at all unless their pay was
doubled. To lose the benefit OF these ben
edictions was not to be thought of; the city
corporation has submitted-ths strike II
successful
Year: 1873

SPRING HASA woman who is con.
sidering the matter of her spring hat is
an interesting subject for contemplation.
First she buys straw frame that looks as
if it had been struck by hurricane and
then sat down on by an entire Coroner's
jury. After that when she rides in q


street car, she drinks in the details of
every spring hat that enters, and learns
them oil By heart, and does mental sums
Year: 1873

Few who have not examined the subject have any idea offhe extent to which the Republicans of this State west of the Connecticut river, although casting the great majority of the votes of the party, are deprived of fair representation in the House under the present system. We give below tables showing the vote and representation of the State east and west of the Connecticut river:
Year: 1873

The New Preston stationp has been furnished with settees and an enclosure for the new ticket agent, but the highway

 near it is totally impossible from mud.

 We saw men rolling barrels and carry ! bags of grain dozen rods up the.track to point where teams could reach them.
Year: 1873

Mechanics, artisans, factory
hands, and people who labor for
a living, find it very difficu if
not impossible to keep the hands
free from stain Hand Sapolio
will not only remove every par
ticle of stain, and what is called
grained in Dirt" but it will also
keep the skin soft and pliable,
rendering the muscular action as
quick and easy as is the case with
those who do not perform hand
labor 1t is only 10 and Is cents
cake, according to size. Every
mechanic should use it constantly
in place Of other soaps.
Year: 1873

PERSONS who have begun 10
have doubts of the globular
form of the earth will be
pleased to learn that in Eng
land a society has been formed
for the purpose of demonstrt-
ing to mankind that the world
is perfectly fat.