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Year: 1876

He was young, he was fair, and he
parted his hair like the average beau, in
the middle; he was proud, he was bold,
but the truth must be told, he played
like fiend on the fiddle. Barring his
voice, he was everything nice, and his
heart was so loving and tender, that he
always turned pale when he trod on the
tell of cat lying down by the fen
der. He clerked IN a store, and the way
that he tore of calico, jeanr and brown
sheeting, would have tickled calf and


ID ade the brute laugh in the face of a
quarterly meeting. He cut quite a
dash with darling mustache, which he
learned to adore and cherish; for one
girl had said while she dropped her
proud head, that 'twould kill her to see
the thing perish. On Sundays he'd
search the straight road TO the chusch,
unheeding the voice Of the scorner; and
demurely he sat like young tabby cat
Year: 1876

In dressing your fields, cut yoar coat
according to your cloth; that is, don'i
run in debt for fertilizers, and when
your sheep are feeced don't let the wool
dealer pull the wool over your eyes AS tc
the price.


When you feel like currying favors,
go into your stable and curry youI
horses and cattle, that will pay best.


DO not do as money brokers 90, sell
yonr stock of hay short; it is better to
have several tons left over till another
season than to be obliged to buy in the
spring.


The time to shear sheep is when you
throw off your coat for the season.


The only kind Of stakes that farmers
should hold is fence stakes.


After raising the best crop you can
the next thing is to raise the mortgage
on your farm; when that is taken up, d
farmer feels in better spirits.


Spend rainy days in spring in practis.
ing dentistry on rakes and harrows, you
can do it just as we'll as to employ car
penter-[ Colorado Farmer.
Year: 1876

Recently Mrs, c. l.. Applegate, living
at Toms River, went to the well, and,
becoming dizzy, fell in. When her hus.
band returned to dinner he was surpris.
ed to see no signs of life about the
kitchen, and searched every part of the
house for his wife. When passing the
well, which is thirty feet deep. he heard
his wife call: "Charley, l am in the
we'll" He soon drew her up with the
windlass, and found that she had fallen
in several hours before, and had been
standing on tiptoe to keep her head out
of the water, waiting for him to come
She said she was nearly frozen, as her
whole body was in the water, and it was
only by laying her head back that she
could breathe without drawing in a
mouthful of water. Strange to say, she
was not hurt by the fall although she
went down head first.
Year: 1876

Locke, the great German philosopher,
gives, in regard to the duty of man to
enjoy life, the following valuable
thoughts: at is mans proper busi-
ness to seek happiness and avoid misery.
Happiness consists in what delights and
contents the mind; misery in what dis
turbs, discomposes, or torments it. l
will therefore make it my business to
seek satisfaction and delight, and avoid
uneasiness and disquiet; to have as much
of the one and as little of the other as
may be. But here I must have care !
mistake not, for if prefer short pleas
ure to lasting one, it is plain / cross
my own happiness. Let me then see
wherein consists the most lasting pleas
ures of this life, and that, as far as ]
can observe, is in these things: 1st.
Health, without which no sensual pleas
ure can have any relish. I'd. Reputa-
ton, for that find every body is pleased
with and the want of it is q constant
torment. Sd. knowledge, for the little
knowledge l have l would not sell at
any price, nor part with for any other
pleasure. 4th. Doing good, for find the
good turn l did yesterday. year, or
even seven years since, still continues to
please and delight me as often as I re-
| feet on it. If then I will faithfully
pursue that happiness propose to my
self, whatever pleasure offers itself to
me, must carefully look that it cross
not any Of the great and constant pleas
ures above mentioned. For example,
passion tempts me, but it endangers my
health, part with a constant and last
ing pleasure for a very short and tran
silent one, and so foolishly make myself
unhappy, and am not true to my own
interest.


"Innocent diversions delight me. II
I make use of them to refresh myself
after study and business, they preserve
nv health, restore the vigor of my mind
and increase my pleasure; but if l spend
all, or the greater part of my time in
them, they hinder my improvement in
knowledge and useful arts, they blast
my credit, and give me up to the un.
easy state of shame, ignorance and con.
tempt in which I cannot but be very
unhappy. Drinking, gambling and vic
ious delights will do me this mischief
not only by wasting my time, but by q
positive efficacy endangering my health
impair my parts, imprint ill habits
lessen my esteem, and leave constant
lasting torment on my conscience. There
fore all vicious and unlawful pleasures
I will always avoid, because such /,
mastery of my passions will afford me {
constant pleasure greater than any sucl
enjoyments, and also deliver me from
the certain evil of several kinds, tina
by indulging myself in present temp
tation shall certainly afterward suffer
All innocent diversions and delights, a
far as they will contribute to my healtl
and consist with my improvement, con
dition, and my other more solid pleas
. ures of knowledge and reputation,


will enjoy, but no further, and thus


will carefully watch and examine, tha
may not be deceived by the fatsery O
present pleasure to lose greater."-
Exchange.
Year: 1876

The thunder storms of Tuesday were
the most violent of the season, especial
ly the second one. During this one
Miss Lizzie Clapp, the telegraph opera
tor at the Readville station. on the Bos-
ton and Providence Railroad, was in
stantly killed, at about o'clock She
had disconnected the wire and was
standing near the instrument in con
versation with her sister, lady visitor
andMr. Davis, the depot master. The
ball Of fire struck the telegraph wire
some distance from the station, and run
ming along it struck Miss Clapp on the
neck. She uttered scream before she
died. Her gold necklace and earrings
were broken and melted. She was about
eighteen years of age.-[ Boston Journal.
Year: 1876

Dolly Sexton, one of the bers OF
the Shaker community at Mount Leban-
on, New York, whose one hundredth an
niversary of her birthday occurred on
the 9th of last May, took her first ride in
the railroad cars last week. She said
that she was livery much disappointed"
at the appearance of the car, and was
surprised at the speed and comfort Of
her ride. Her health and facilities are
very well preserved. She goes up and
down stairs without help, makes her own
bed, and takes care of her room.
Year: 1876

The Swedes have an ingenious way Of
teaching geography in their schools. 1t
consists in an outline map of Sweden
drawn upon large blackb board. AT the
location of each city and large town is a
hole in the board, and little blocks with
pins attached, each containing the name
of city, are stuck in rows on the side
of the board. The pupil reconstructs
the map by putting each block in its ap-
propriate place on the outline.
Year: 1876

The dog in the manger, that would
reither eat the hay himself nor let the
OK eat it, has been denounced for ages as
the worst example of selishness that
ever came to light in the history of the
world. The wisest men have given the
subject much thought, and have all ar
rived at the same point of conclusion;
that the dog had no reason under the
sun for such conduct, only pure, down
right meanness. 1t never occurred to
them that, as good bed is next to q
good meal, the poor dog wanted that lit
tie bunch Of hay for bed, and had as
good right to it as the OK; hence the
OK was the meanest of the two in seeking
to rob the dog of his bed. So Esop
had better pull down his vest whilst we
tally one for the dog.
Year: 1876

With feet half naked and bare


And dress all tattered and torn;
With penny here aud mockery there,
And floods of derision and scOrn,
She wanders the street wherever her feet,


Weary or willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek as fair
As the earliest blush of the morn.
Wandering up and down,


And driven from door to door,
A Jest for every idle clown


And butt for every boor.
While the velvet-slippered in satin and lace,


Go rustling by her side,
With a chilling look and averted face,


And lip all curled with pride.
So beautiful-Yet so frail;


So willing, and yet go weak;
o, what if the heart should fail


And heavenly purpose break.
And the dens and kennels OF vice


Another poor victim should hOld2
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark


And an angel be bartered for gold
No wonder the heart should fail.


And heavenly purpose fade;
The eye grow dim. and the cheek grow pale,
When none stand ready to aid
No wonder the lairs and cradles of sin
So many poor victims should hold,
While the good are content to worship their


God,


And the rich to Worship their gold
Move patiently, o earth !


Till mercy's wandering dove
Shall fly to the rosy realm of its birth,
And rest in the bosom of love.
Move patiently on till the Crucifed


Shall gather HIS radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trampled down
Year: 1876

Some mistaken genius has in
vented pocket photograph ap-
paratus. You meet a woman who
pleases you, you draw out the ma
chine, and before she has time
to be astonished you have her
likeness in your pocket. A man
operating with such an apparatus
is warranted to have an eye pok-
ed out with a parasol several times
a day. -NOrristoUra Herald.
Year: 1876

Men who have stood where
thousands fell, who have gazed
unmoved at the horrors of the
battle field and the wrecks of the
storm, cannot, without emotion,
behold the devastation and man.
gled ruin which marks the pro-
gress of a woman with a scythe.
Nature shudders when it sees a
woman throw a stone, but when
it sees woman throwing scythe,
it just tries to cover up its head
anb keep out sight until the ruin
is complete.
Year: 1876

WALI.APAI ENTERPRIsE.-The first number

 of this new candidate for popular favor,

 dated June lst, has reached us, and it is no

 unmeaning fattery to say that it Is real

 little gem, both as to quantity and quality

 of matter as we'll as in mechanical execu- tiQp. J. W. Leonard and c. F. Mitchell are editors and proprietors, and if the initial

 number is an index of its future, every man,

 woman and child in Mobave county ought to be cremated if they fail to give it a gen. erous and ample support. In saluting the public they say: "We are not publishing a political paper; upon such matters we shall endeavor to give our readers the items of news as they come to us, fairly and impartially, and without editorial comment. But upon all matters of interest to Arizo- mans in general, and the citizens of Mohave county in particular, we shall strive to make our paper an advocate of its best interests, and to present all the information we can obtain" They have marked out just the right thing to do, and are just the boys to do it right. They have the experience and the ability to represent the county fairly, so that when their paper is read abroad it will soon be understood to be fair exponent of the truth as it exists in their country, and will be believed and trusted for its fair deal- ing. It is printed on fine quality of book paper, in clear type, and is really handsome. We wish it success.
Year: 1876

F. M. Speed, Superintendent construction of Military Telegraphs in Arizona, gave us a call last week and left with us pleasant an- ticipation of the time when an office may be established in Prescott. He saw for himself that the Post at Fort Whipple is too far to one side to make it at all convenient in a business view, and will do all he can to locate an office in the business portion of the town.
Year: 1876

Some thirty of the Boston colony came in from San Francisco Mountain on; Monday, had their picture taken in group, and have scattered, some going to California, thence back to Boston, some to the mines, and some have found employment here. Z
Year: 1876

The grounds surrounding the Capitol when
finished will present a handsome and attractive
appearance, and something that has long been
needed. Already the improvements have pro-
gressed rapidly, and the work still continues.
Work in the eastern section is finished, but nu-
merous changes are to be made in the western
section. Pennsylvania avenue at the main en-
trlnce is to blend with First street northwest,
and the establishment of the circle will probably
complete the work, which will doubtless be
pushed forward speedily and be ready before
Spring. about which time it is said the new statue
OF Peace will be unYailed.
Year: 1876

A very comprehensive statement of the case
between the Presidential candidates has been ar.
ranged by Mr.. A. W. Hart, of the District bar.
The pamphlet contains also quite an ingenious
compilation Of the statutes Of the respective
States upon the various mooted questions, and
is an interesting book. Just az the time
when there are so many positive vet opposing
theories respecting the Presidential muddle il
cannot fail to receive satisfactory attention.
Year: 1876

son CITY,


The Courtlandt street ferry boat Hudson
CITY, which left New York for Jersey City at
740 p. NJ, had eone about two-thirds oJ
the wav across when the steamship State of
Indiana, going up the North River, lay near the
course OF the ferry bot. The pilot sieDslled
two whistles as an indication that the steam
shio might keep on her way while the ferry boat
would slow up. The steamship answered with
two whistles, which meant that the situation
was understood. Suddenly the State OF Indiana.
diverRinR ION her course. crashed into the port
bow OF the ferry boat near the gentlemens q
cabin. The men standing outside and those In
the forward compartment OF inst cabin rushed
either across the boat or through the passage
way to the II portion OF the eentlemen's cabin.
Some OF them barely escaped. The shock sprung
some OF tue heavy forward be ms and nearly
turned the boat on her beam ends. when the
steamship began to turn from the ferry beat her
sheet anchor caught In the end OF the joiner's
work Of The gentiemen's cabin. tearing Il into a
wreck. Tue roofing OF the ReDtlemen's cabin
was demol ed, and had the boat been crow led
a disaster NUT have resulted. The side Of the
boot from tie bow to the paddle wheels 10 dam
aged, 10 the sur erintende ents opinion, to the
extent Of nvs or SIX thousand dollars.
Year: 1876

A writer in the QUARTERLY Journal of
Science makes a trenchant criticism of
Arguments usually employed by yege-
tarians In support of their system of
diet. The auther considers the question
from the economic. the moral. and the
hygienic points of view. but we have
NOT snace TO e1ye more than an epitome
of his remarks on the first of these
topics. One hundred acres of good
land. saw the vegetarians, will support
a greater amount of human life If plan
ted with wheat .potatoes. or other crops
directly consumed by man. than If laid
ont i'm pasture or set i'm vegetables in
tended for the food of cattle, This is
true. but all land is not oood: in every
country there Is abundance of land that
is unfit for tillage. and which. never.
Year: 1876

The following superstitions, handed
down by tradition from the past, are
fervently believed in, in many parts Of
this country, and by people who rank
among the most intelligent:


Whoever reads epitaphs loses his
memory.


When mouse gnaws gown, some
misfortune may be apprehended.


When stranger enters room he
should be obliged to seat himself If only
for moment, as he otherwise takes
away the children's sleep within him.


The Growing Of a hen indicates some
approaching danger.


Whoever sneezes at an early hour
either hears some news or receives some
present the same day.


When women are stuffing beds, the
men should not remain in the house,
otherwise the feathers will come through
the ticks.


To rock the cradle when empty is
injurious to the child.


If a child less than twelve months old
be brought into a cellar, he becomes
fearful.


The first tooth cast by the child should
be swallowed by the mother to insure a
new growth of teeth.


To eat while a bell is tOlling for a
funeral causes toOthache.


The following are omens of death: A
dog scratching on the floor, or bowling
in a particular manner, and owls hOOt-
ing in the neighbOrhoOd of the house.


ButtOning the coat awry, or drawing
on a coat inside out, causes matters to
go wrong during the day.


White specks on the nails are lucky.


He who has teeth wide asunder must
seek his fortune in distant land.


He who proposes moving into a new
house must send In beforehand bread
and new broom.


Domestic harmony must be preserved
when washing day comes, in order to
insure fine weather, which is indis-
pensable, as that ceremony is generally
performed out of doors.


When children play soldiers on the
roadside it fOrebOdes the approach of
war.


Whoever finds a four-leaf trefOil-
shamrOck-should wear it for good luck.


By bending the head to the hollow of
the arm the Initial letter of the name
of ones future spouse is represented.
Year: 1876

Where men are subject to great and
prolonged exposure to cold, experience
has taught them the danger Of taking
spirits while the exposure continues.
Ny friend DIR. Feyer told me that when
crawling through the wet weather. in
pursuit of deer, on cold day, he offered
the keeper who accompanied him pull
from his flask. The old man declined,
saying, ''No, thank you, it is too cold" !"
The lumberers in Canada who are en-
gagged in telling timber in the pine
forests, living there all winter, sleeping
in holes dug in the snow. and lying on
spruce branches covered with buffalo
robes, allow no spirits in their camp,
and destroy any that may be found
there. The experience of Arctic trav-
elvers on this subject is nearly unani-
nous; and owe to my friend DIR.
Miner Fothergill an anecdote which
illustrates it in very striking way. A
party of Americans crossing the Sierra
Nevada, encamped at spot above the
snow-line, and in an exposed situation.
before going to sleep, and they lay down
warm and happy; some took moderate
quantity, and they lay down somewhat
but not very cold; others took none at
all, and they lay down very cold and
miserable. Next morning, however,
those who had taken no spirits got up
feeling quite well, those who had taken
little got up feeling quite cold and
wretched, and those who had taken a
good deal did not get up at all; they
had perished from cold during the
night. Those who took no alcohol kept
their heart warm at the expense of their
skin, and they remained well; those
who took much warmed their skin at
the expense of their heart, and they
died.


But while alcohol is thus injurious
during prolonged exposure to cold, the
case is very different after the exposure
is over, and its administration may then
be very beneficial.
Year: 1876

No one has yet been able to analyze
or demonstrate the essential action of
perfume. Gas can be weighed, but not
scents. The smallest known creatures
the very monads of life-can be caught
by a microscope lens and made to deliver
up the secrets of their organizations,
but what it is that emanates from the
pouch of the musk deer that fills whole
space for years and years with its pene-
trating OdOr-an Odor that an illimitable
number of extraneous substances can
carry on without diminishing Its size
and weight-and what it is that the
warm Summer air brings to US from the
flowers, no man has yet been able to
determine. So fine, so subtle, so ill.,
ponderable, it has eluded both our most
delicate weights and measures and our
strongest senses. If we come to the
essence of each OdOr, we should have
made an enormous stride forward, both
in hygiene and i'm chemistry, and lone
would profit more than the medical
profession if it could be as conclusively
demonstrated that such an odOr pro-
ceeded from such and such cause. as
We already know of sulphur, sulphurate
hydrogen, ammonia, and the like.
Year: 1876

A substantial dinner, eaten during
the hours of business pursued with
the eagerness it generally is in our stir
ring cities, is fatal to good digestion.
This requires a freshness of bodily
energy, a calmness of nerve, and an
ease of mind which are seldom to be
found in the bank parlor, the exchange,
or the counting room during their
periods of activity. The chop-house
and restaurant systems of dining, which
have been adopted to econOmiZe time
and supply the necessaries of life which
the niggardliness or unskilfulness of
our American homes has failed to pro-
vide, are responsible for most of the
broken-dOwn constitutions and prema-
ture deaths of the business people Of
this country. The facility with which
their ever-ready spreads can be reached,
and such provisions as they offer con-
sumed, does away with all the neces-
sity of preparation for or deliberation
in dining. With hop, skip, and a
jump the merchant is out of his count
ing-roOm, into the eating-house, and
before the ink is dry in his ledger he is
drenching himself with brandy-and-
water at the dinner-table. With the
sweat OF labor and the trem0r OF Dusl-
ness anxiety and excitement still upon
him, he begins his hurried play of knife
and fork, and it is so soon over that he
Is again at his desk before the effects of
the care and work he took away with
him have had a chance to disappear.
He has in the mean time almost uncOn-
sciously gorged mis- stomach, having
filled it with every thing at hand that it
blindly cared for. Digestion = an
operation which demands concentra-
ton of nervous energy TO which ex-
haustiOn and agitation of all kinds, and
especially mental anxiety, are particu-
larly unfavorable-is hardly possible
under the circumstances. Business and
eating can be carried on together, as
may be daily witnessed in our mercan-
tile quarters, but the result is sure to be
some blow, sooner or later, fatal to
health or life.
Year: 1876

Affections are cut close, are worn by
old and young, and are equally becom-
ing to all. They are useful for every
day wear, for hill-climbing, and rock
scaling. They come mostly in the old
decided colors, and are worn long or
short to suit the taste or convenience of
the wearer.


Honor is beginning to be considered
a somewhat antiquated goods. Several
large houses are selling out below cost,
preparatory to going out of business,
''as there is no profit in it," they say.
Large stocks have accumulated on their
hands, as they found few purchasers
for even the finest quality. Some ap-
parently heavy dealers have failed en-
tirely, and closed up for want of capital.


Generosity was much worn at the
holiday season. 1t is not an imported
goods, but of home manufacture, and
comes in all prices and grades.


: Intellect is much sought after at GER
tain shops, where it is supposed to be