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Year: 1875

l can shake hands with Governor, sit
beside an Alderman, and smoke with
State Senator, and never feel my little
ness but when | come to stand in the
presence of a modern hotel clerk, feel
that awe and inferiority which tourists
feel as they stand in Yosemite Valley
and look up at the mountain tops a thou
sand feet above.


There is something about that young
man standing behind the Office counter
of frst-class hotel which is calculated
to hold the common man at distance;
you may gaze at him if you wish to-in
fact he is there to be gazed at-but dom
attempt to be familiar. | would as soon
think of diving within the crater Of a
volcano as of going up, extending hand
to hotel clerk, and asking him if his
family were enjoying tolerable health. l
sometimes dream of being thus familiar,
and when l wake up, feel as if had
been frozen.


The dignity, asperity, and condescen-
sion of the modern hotel clerk Did
you ever notice how he resents the at
tempted familiarity Of travelers2 If a
man calls him old boy" or yells: "Say,
you feller, there !" no well-bred clerk lets
on that he hears. He goes right on read
ing the morning paper, and finally that
familiar traveller has to put on beseech-
ing look, and timidly ask:


please, mister, will you kindly permit
me to disturb you while l umhly in
quire if the Toledo train leaves at s
o clock or at 8:40?"


The clerk will raise his eyes from the
paper, drop them, raise them to the
clock. gently move them around the
room, and finally reply;


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With what dignity they receive and
assign guests II the traveller asks for a
room on the first floor, on account of his
lame leg, the clerk lays back on his dig
nifty and assigns him to the top floor as
a punishment, and ii all the earthquakes
that ever quated were to attempt to alter
that clerks determination they would
gct beaten.


use:. to believe that hotel clerks were
like hotel walters, that u bribe would
often fetch EN- but found out my mis-
take, when trying to pass II crumpled
ten cent note into the young man :
hand he drew back with such n look OF
scorn and contempt on his face that
didn't dare to register at all, but slept IN
barn and breakfasted on cheese and
crackers. | heard afterwards that he
was killed by railroad collision, but ]
dom see how any such thing could have
disturbed his dignity.


There are times when the hotel clerk
will unbend. 1t is when the traveller says
that he has wandered all over the world,
stopped at all kinds of hotels, and seen
all sorts of clerks, but yet, in all his ex-
| perience, he never saw such n hotel and
such II clerk as that. There are well au
| thenticated accounts of at least tive
clerks, who had been thus addressed
allowing something like a smile to cross
their faces as they offered the person:
addressing them a Eve cent cigar.
Year: 1875

A widow was weeping bitterly at the
loss of her husband, and the parson tried
to console her, No, no" said she; "le
me have my cry out and then ! shan't !
care anything more about ib
Year: 1875

The passage of the appropriation bill for
the postal service for the fiscal year ending June go
1876 has rendered necessary the adoption Of regu
lations by the Department Copies OF these regulations
have been sent to all the potmasters In the country
The postage miscellaneous or third class matter Is
fixed at the rate Of cent for each fraction
thereof instead OF cent for each fraction
thereof heretofore provided by law The postage
iransent newspapers, merchandise. &C. Is 10 he cent


mn ounce instead OF cent for two Postmasters
are also drecedto pass free through the mails The Oon
oressiuaI Record reports and speeches upon which the
word free" Is written printed over the name OF
member or delegate OF Congress written by himself.
They are also directed pass free through the mails
agricultural reports enanatng from the Department or
Agriculture packages OF seeds transmitted by the Com
missioner Agriculture and packages Of seeds received
for distribution from the Department OF Agriculture,
under the conditions imposed by Congress at Its recent
session.
Year: 1875

TIE TRACKS OF CROSs-TOwN RAILROADS COVERED


WITH SNOW BY ACTION OF THE POLICE DEPART


MENT-ATTITUDH OF THE COMMISSIONERS DE-


NoUNCED DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG


RAILWAY COMPANIES


The snow storm of Sunday and the action of
the Police Commissioners have caused considerable df
hcuy to the crOss-town railroad companies aud, In
some cases have compelled them stop running their
cars The Christopher and Tenth Street line has been
most seriously affected In Clinton place. between Broad
way and sxthave the street is marrow, and the entire
space between the track and curb was filled with snow
piled up the railroad and from the sidewalks and
stoops This bank OF snow was in many places
from five TO six feet In hight On Tuesday
about p the police authorities forbade the employees
OF the railroad throw out the snow which was con-
stantly carried the tracks by passing vehicles At
the same time the Street cleaning Department, under
the supervision of Commissioner Dlsbccker began to
level the piles Of by spreading 1t upon the tracks,
which covered to the depth OF foot or more
Through this obstruction tho drawn with
great difficulty, and four horses had 10 be attached to
each car BY 4o'cock the road became entirely impas
sable and the cars. which usually run until after mid
night stopped running. The Company were not able
TO resume running yesterday Much fault is found by
tho Company with Commissioner Disbccker for his
duct In matter and legal steps have been taken In


On the seventeenth Street Railroad there have
cars In West Fourteenthst. the snow
banked up high each side OF the track.
and yesterday was shOyeled on the track
In Clinton place Part of the time the were,Ohliged
to run with horses aud all the time with double
teams. For cOnsderab be distance in West Fourteenth
st. Yesterday afternoon the cars ran partly on aud
partly off the track The tracks were cleared by the
Company rs fast as the Department w0rkmeDIcOyered
them with snow. f. d. Burr, the secretary OF the Com
paDy, stated 10 reporter OF THE TRIBUNE that the
Copanys charter required the road TO be kept open
for the accommodation OF tho public. II
any detention is caused by the action OF
the city authorities the Company will sue the
city for damages. Tho Company are amenRbo to all
Reasonable rules Of the Common Council The action
the Police Commissioners IL REGARDED unreasonable
and un arrsntaDe Any detention t0 suspension OF
Year: 1875

The bill was certified to correct by ex-Assstapt
Adere an Brueks Keating and Kehoe. who were on
the Reception Committee. The Finance Committee
indignant this bill. and declare they will audit
H. Tie Committee also sent back the bill OF the Wind
sor Hotel for particulars. It IL understood that there
arc several additional bills yet to be presented
Year: 1875

IT is reported here by those who ought to know that the Arizona Miner has been sold to a gentleman named T. J. Butler, who has had much editorial experience on the Pacific coast. The line has been out of order much of the week, or we surely would have had news dispatch concern ing the sale,
Year: 1875

GOOD butter sells in this town from 75 cents to S1 per pound, and we notice cor respondent of The Miner says that just enough is made in Phenix to supply that market at $l per pound. Can't some man tO get rich in the business? Grass is abundant in the Winter as we'll as Sum- mer, and a very great demand much of the time not supplied, and will not be by all engaged in it now.
Year: 1875

AN assay office is now open in Tucson, in charge of a competent asSayer-Samuel Hughes. We have before mentioned that Mr. Hughes has recently spent over two years in inc best metallurgical works of the States and Colorado. and he is now amply supplied with proper appliances to make perfect assays. His office is in the building formerly occupied by the Pioneer Brewery. It will be of immense value to this section of country.
Year: 1875

OUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with quality of Flour, which factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California. We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill and at our several agencies

 Three Qualities of Flour,
Year: 1875

Early yesterday morning the outgoing
passenger train on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad was considerably
smashed by a freight train at Whites
station, q few miles east of this city.
The passenger train had stopped at the
station for the purpose OF woOding,
when special freight train came along
and plowed into the rear coaches,
wrecking seversl cars and shaking up
the bewildered passengers in q most un-
ceremonious manner. We understand
that lady and gentleman who were in
the rear coach of the passenger train,
received severe wounds, but that no 9TH
er persons were seriously injured. 1t is
said that the frost on the rails prevent
ed the freight train stopping, and before
the breaks could be operated effectively
the engine had reached the passenger
train. The passengers made narrow
escape, and should be thankful that
they did not receive severe injuries.


Since writing the above we learn that
none of The passengers received serious
injury. The conductor OF the freight
train was the only person who was seri-
ously hurt. II has been ascertained that
the true cause of the accident was the
absence of the red lights, which are car
Tied on the resr platform of the hind
passenger-co AS there was no sig
nails on the passenser-coach, the freight
Lrsin roJlG have had no intimation of
toe passen9er-train icing on the track.
Year: 1875

RUNNING FOR OFFICE.-I never ran
for office but once, says John Quill. At
the earnest solicitation of my friends. in
an unguarded moment, | allowed myself
to be announced as candidate for the
office of Justice Of the Peace. Previous
to this foul move, had been considered
decent kind Of II man, but the next day
when the BUgie came out, it was filled
with accounts OF my previous history that
would have curdled the blood of II Digger
Indian. a susceptible public was in
formed that | was not fit for the office,
that | was II fool, and besides had come
West under very suspicious circumstance
es. l had starved my old grandmother
to death, and then sold her remains to II
soap factory. had stolen hand organ
from poor blind cripple and run away
with the proceeds. had sold the coffin
Of my grandfather for Sl4 and buried the
old gentleman in boot box. In utter
desperation | rushed round to headquar-
tiers, withdrew my name and swore sol
emn swear that never would indulge in
politics again, and | never will.
Year: 1875

Did ever you think how strong the
growing plants must be to force their
way up through the earth? Even the
green daisy tips and the tiny blades of
grass, that bow before breath, have to
exert a force in coming through that,
in proportion to their size, is greater
than you would exert in rising from
under mound of cobble-stones. And
think of toad-stools-what soft, tender
things they are, breaking at touch.
Yet, can tell you, they're quite mighty
in their way.


Charles Kingsley, the celebrated En-
glish priest and novelist, was a very
close observer of nature. One evening
he noticed particularly square, fiat
stone that, j should say, was about as
long and as broad as three big burdock
leaves. He thought it would require
quite strong man to lift stone like
that. In the morning he looked again,
and 10! the stone was raised so that he
could see the light under it. What was
his surprise TO find, on closer examina-
tion, that crop of toad-stools had
sprung up under the stone in the night
and raised it up on their little round
shoulders as they camel


I'm told that Canon Kingsley gives an
account of this in his book called
Christmas in the West Indies" but il
was in England that he saw it.


Knowing that he was so close an OBJ
server, shouldn't be one bit surprised i
he went still further and found out thai
one secret of the toad stools being able
to lift the stone was tnat they didn't
waste time and strength in urging eacl
other to the work, but each one did his
very best without quarreling about whose
turn it was, or whether Pink Shoulder ol
Brown Button was shirking his share
But then the toadstools mus: have beer
strong, too. : "Jack-in-the- Pa.pa," 81
Nicholas for Aprtl.
Year: 1875

Once upon time people Gid not know
what tight fitting knitted stocking was
they wore hose, or trousers made of
cloth, that buttoned at the ankle, and
never thought OF dressing each foot by
itself.


But when people began to think more
of dress thew went To the tailors TO
make them pair of stockings, and he
brought some like the CATERS little
children wear now.


At last a King of England had fine
pair of knitted black silk stockings sent
him from Spain. He thought himself so
grand in them that he only wore them at
state balls


When his daughter became Queen
Elizabeth she also had present sent to
her of pair of knitted silk stockings
| for silk shanks, as they were cailed),
which she liked SO much that she would
| wear no other kind, and gave a great
price to get some more like them The
mobiles of her court wished they could
buy some too but they were very scarce,
| for no one in England could make them
until young man borrowed some six
| stockings and knitted pair like them in
| wool, which he sold to the Earl of Penn
| broke. These were the first woolen stock
| ings made in England.


In the hot countries of the East people
leave their slippers, shoes or boots at the
door when they enter room and keeI
on their head-dress, just the opposite tC
what we Europeans do. We take off oul
hat and keep on our boots; but then We
must remember that these people do no
sit in chairs, but on mats or cushions
with their feet doubled up under them


SO that they would make their clothes


dirty and find their seat very uncomfort
able at the same time. The Turks, wht
are not Christians, but followers of Ma


homet, do not allow anyone to enter theil
mosques or isoly shrines with shoes on


as they consider it mark of disrespect


As they wear long, loose garments you
| would moi notice whether they had stock
ings ON or not; and as, in these hot ch
mates, folks bathe 8 great many times
day, this easy style of going about with
Year: 1875

only loose pair of slippers on and no
stockings to trouble about must save
the lazy Orientals some exertion.


This explains why Moses, the great
lawgiver, put off his shoes when he stood
before the burning bush from whence
the Lord spoke to him. He knew it was
holy ground, and this was his way of
showing respect.-Little Folks.
Year: 1875

FEVER IN WATER.-The Journal OF
Chemistry warns the drinkers of water
of wells that are near dwellings to beware
of the typhoid poison sure TO be found
sooner or later in those reservoirs if any
of the house drainage can percolate to
them. The gelatinous matter often found
uoon the stones of well is a poison to
the human system, probably causing by
its spores a fermentation of the blood with
abnormal heat or fever.


Wholesome, unstained water is always
free from all color and odor. To test it
thoroughly, place about half pint in a
clear bottle, with few grains of lump
sugar, and expose it, stoppered, to sun
light in a window. If, even after expos
ure of eight or ten days, the water be-
comes turbid, be sure that it has been
contaminated by sewage of some kind.
If it remains perfectly clear, it is pure
and safe.
Year: 1875

A BALTIMORE lady of wealth and piety
is said to have remained single until the
age of 40 years, refusing many offers, be-
cause she had resolved to marry no man
except minister. A while since she was
welded to penniless but devout pastor
of little church, and the honeymoon
was hardly over before he set up broker
shop with her funds.
Year: 1875

A TURK who desired to join the Chris
tian Church recently, in the American
Boards Western Turkey Mission, was
asked whether if he loved others as him
self, he would not, if he had several load.
of wood, give half of it to any poor man
who might come and ask for it. "That
would not follow" said he, I" for in that
case would have none left for other poor
men who might come afterward."
Year: 1875

AN Indiana man has sued for divorce
on the ground that his wife has hit him
on one spot on his he ad with the rolling
pin for nineteen years, and his physician
tells him that he will certainly have soft
ening of the brain unless the woman se-
lects some other point. She declares that
she is too old to change her habits hence
tho stlit
Year: 1875

THE ghost of Noah Webster came to a
spiritual medium in Alabama, not long
since, and wrote on slip CT paper: 1t
is tite times" Noah is right, but we are
sorry to see that he has gone back on his
dictionary.
Year: 1875

THE young man who beats the gong at
a Mississippi railroad hotel, fulflls the
predictions of his fond mother concerning
him. She said he would live to make q
noise in the world some day.
Year: 1875

SAVE your pennies. The Providence
Press says it never heard in funeral SER
mon or orstion, and seldom in private
conversation, the opinion expressed that n
man with $4,000 income had gone to
hall
Year: 1875

Sept 18th, 1875.


Mr.. Editor-It would probably be a
matter of interest to the readers OF the
Register to hear something directly
from the Kansas City Fair and the
speech of Hon. Jefferson Davis, deliver
ed on that occasion. The Fair opened
on Monday the 18th with brilliant
prospects. The crowd was larger than
was ever known for the first day. The
arrivals that night and the next morning
on all the railroad lines running into
the city showed that there were many
anxious both to see aud hear 1.-THE old
Rebel'-Jeff Davis, who was adver-
tised to speak on Tuesday. Your cor
respondent, among the latter number,
after spending an hour or two very
pleasantly i'll the Art Gallery, wended
his way to that part of the grounds
where Davis was to speak aud was for
tunate enough to secure seat just in
froLt of the stand. Here he waited for
two long hours beneath the scorching
rays of Missouri sun (and they who
have never felt it know nothing OF It's
intensity while the crowd gradually
filled in and jammed him into smaller
space than comfort allowed. But at
length the hearty cheers arising from
the other part ofthe grounds, announced
the arrival of the distinguished orator,
and soon he was seen to alight from the
hack and bowing to the cheering crowd
took his seat on the stand.


His speech was what might have
been expected of JEFF Davis-fully equal
to his high reputation. He wisely made
no illusions to politics, with the single
exception of slight allusion to that
question of allabsorbing interest-the
resumption of specie payment. Even
in this he took no partisan view. lie
says, "We will be able to'resume specie
payment when exports exceed our im
ports, so that specie will accumulate in
the country to pay for the exports we
send abroad, and never before. Cheers
and 'that's it. >" He believes that sun
der the present circumstances, they will
be less ready in 1879 than they are in
1875" But anything like a full report
would make this communication too
long. His speech was received with
long and enthusiastic cheers at its close.
Aud We are confident the old gentleman
must have been wearied with the hand
shaking and other enthusiastic demon
strations on the part of the crowd. ..


But it must not be supposed that his
warm reception was universal. There
are some, still who have never forgiven
the leaders of the South, though on this
occasion we are happy to say they had
the decency either to abseut themselves
or the remain quiet.


CORN CRACKER.
Year: 1875

OSPes ~, iOio'


Dear Register see you made my
Camp Meeting letter registered one,
so am induced once more to do as the
fishermen, viz ''drop line"


There is great deal of stagnation
stirring about here just at present; you
can hear dog trot from one end of the
town to the other, that is it you could
find dog in town with energy enough
to trot which is doubtful just now.


The Supreme Court has decided that
it is lawful for us to have Wheeling
Capitol "a Capitol Decision) they say
the f;AoWs who spoke never got tired
of recommending Wheeling as good
hub for our State to reuoiue around but
we would suggest that they keep on
Wheeling the Capital till they laud it
in Charlestown; my Jewish Friend at
my elbow wants TO know why the above
little joke is like hanging, and says
''because its Capital Punishmeant,"
see it! A Capital Punishment.


We have not been able to attend the
Temperance Encampment at Leetown
but learn it is a rather dry affair, wants
moisture dreadfully, nobody on the
ground being allowed to take hour
except members of the band.


We had a fire the other night, the
residence of Mr. Charles Johnson hav-
ing been fired it is supposed by some
wretch who we would advise to have
his life insured before he meets with
Charles, for he meals with so many hard
cases in his business that if he has his
own way with him he will be weighed
and found wanting, and the Coroner will
have to call In jury to find out what
butchered him.


We have fire engine in our town
that has the finest moral effect on fire
we have ever met with, we remember
several cases like the last, when in the
dead hour of night the cry of fire would
ring out on the still air, and our citizens
would dress in double quick time and
rush to see where the fire was and after
batting awhile with tie fire fend, some
one would mention the en- ngine and away
they go pell NELL after our mucular
squirt gun on wheels and as soon as they
came back putting and blowing with the
aforementioned 5. g., the flames would
tremble and die out the fire was over,
and next day the fire company would
turn out and have a jolly time washing
off the Court House and other public
buildings with this moral engine.


Autumn is stealing on US gradually,
the coquettish Dame Nature is putting
little rouge OH her cheeks and the
leaves one by one are beginning to fall
in her pathway, but we are to have our
Indian Summer yet, what delicions time
when nature smiles a smile of wondrous
warmth and beauty before she drops to
sleep gently and quietly in the arms of
old King winter whose snowy covering
like the robe Of charity covers all de-
fects, and brings the sleeping Queen
dreams of spring time, the morning Of
the year.


We had forgotten to mention the
Grange Picnic, it was largely attended
we believe, but it does not seem to have
affected the price of wheat much and
the trains on the B. & 0. II. Il. run as
! before. Yours,


AMOS KEETER.
Year: 1875

That SETTLED HM-On one Of the
Anchor Line boats the other day was a
young man of decent look, but good
deal the worse for whiskey. lie per-
sisted in singing at the top of his voice,
and it was the poorest kind Of singing.


After brief pause he removed his
hat and said:


snow I'm going to sing something
sad"


Hadn't you as soon wait until we
get to Yicksburgs' inquired passen-
ger.


"Wh-what FRI" gaspcd the young
man.


"Because, I've got young mule on
the lower deck, and if he gets an idea
that he can sing as good as you do
he'll never be worth nickle to bray
Year: 1875

Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.


If you have a place of business, be
found there when wanted.


No man can get rich by sitting
around stores and saloons.


Never fool in business matters.


Have order, system, regularity, and
also promptness.


Do not meddle with business you
know nothing of.


Do not kick every one in your path.


More miles can be made in one day
by going steadily than by stopping.


Pay as you go.


"A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bond.


Help others when you can; but never
give what you cannot afford because it
is fashionable.


Learn to say no. No necessity OF
swapping it ont dog-fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.


Use your own brains rather than
those of others.


Learn to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the
time.