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Year: 1873

The great question which is now the
leading one with my brother farmers is
this How can we manage 10 get more
and save more, TO enable us to live rs
easily and accumulate as much money as
the average tradesman, mechanic, stock.
holder, or professional MANI Can We
do it by commencing at once to look out
for number one, just as the nou-producing
classes are invariably in the habit Of
doingi The time has come when the
farmer. who has heretofore quietly aided
in the development Of the country, and
who has cared little to know by what
combination those who followed other
occupations in few years amassed
princely fortunes, begins to see that the
prosperity that he witnessed must have
originated 10 a great extent in the com.
psrstiyely low price that he received for
the products Of his labor, and the rela.
lively high price that he had to nay for
everything that he was com mpelled to use.
He never dreamed that he was as much
entitled to protection rs the mauufactu.
rer. Hereafter the farmers intend TO
Gee about this little matter Of protection,
and TO know wby the several millions
who follow the plow should not be as
well protected as the few thousands Of
manufacturers whose proximity 10 the
national capital enables them to lobby
through whatever protective scheme
they undertake. The unrepresented
farmer who has heretofore quietly sub
miited to the powerful combination Of
capitalists will do so no longer. The
leaven Of progress is at work. Farmers
are becoming unified. They are deter
mined to think aud act for themselves


Western farmers are financially embar-
rassed, aud not one In thousand Will
say that he is getting i've per cent on
his investment Farmers do not want
the consumer to pay more than fair
price for what he gets, but they do want
the pork and grain gamblers to 60 to
work like honest men, and with hands
brown with toll, earn what they eat and
wear. As We before said. the time has
come for the farming class to look out for
number one that is, more for them
selves and their interests. In order to
do this they must organize, and then
work together for the common good Of
all. The farmer Of the future is 10 be
better educated in the line Of his profes-
sion. He Is yet to become believer in
statistics. He will soon appreciate the
value Of crop statistics, and will inform
himself Just as the speculator does now,
as to the amount Of the grain supply.
This, in connection with still more
complete system of crop reports, will en-
able the farmer To know as much about
the true condition of the market as the
speculator himself. Then we may nat.
urally expect TO see farmers union grain
elevators. so managed that temporary
advances can be made on grain in store,
and n better average price obtained for
Year: 1873

No matter how obscure the position
in life of an individual, if he can read,
he may at will put himself in the best
society the world has ever seen. He
may converse with the greatest heroes Of
the past; with all the writers in prose
and poetry. He may learn how to live.


how to avoid the errors of his predeces-
sors, and to secure blessings, present and
future, to himself He may reside in a
desert, far away from the habitations Of
man; in solitude, where no human eye
looks upon him with affection or interest,
where no human voice cheers him with
its animating tones, If he has books to
read he can never be alone. He may
choose his company, and the subject Of
conversation, and thus become contented
and happy, intelligent, wise, and good.


Young people should heed these truths.
Year: 1873

The following is the experience
of mechanic concerning the
benefit of q newspaper:


Ten years ago l lived in q town
in Indiana. On returning home
one night, for l am a carpenter by
trade, ] saw a little girl leave my
door, and I asked my wife who she
was. She said, Mrs. Harris had
sent her after their newspaper
which my wife had borrowed. As
We sat down to tea my wife said to
me, by aame:


81 wish you would subscribe foi
the newspaper; it is so much com
fort to me when you are away from
home"


81 would like to do So" said ]
"but you know l owe Q payment
on the house and lot. 1t will be
all | can do to meet IT,"


She replied: "If you will take
this paper, will sew for the tailor
to pay for it,"


subscribed for the paper; il
came in due time to the shop.
While resting one noon and look
ing over it, l saw an advertisement
Of the County Commissioners to
let a bridge that was to be built. /
put in bid for the bridge, and the
job was awarded to me, on which
/ cleared $500, which enabled me to
pay for my house and lot easily,
and for the newspaper. i'll had
not subscribed for the newspaper
l should not have known anything
about the contract, and could not
have met my payment on my house
and lot. A mechanic never loses
anything by taking a newspaper.
Year: 1873

Pun. Docs.-A Philadelphia cd
itor thus relieves his mind on SUBJ
iect familiar to all newspaper
ofliccs--thc inevitable Pub. Doc. :


We owe our thanks to Judge
Kelly for the latest Patent Office
reports. We already have sixteen
hundred of those interesting vol
umes in our little library, but they
have been read and rc-read so many
times that we know every passage
Of them by heart. This new vol
umc came opportunely and CRATE
fully on Christmas morning, ard
that nigth VIC gathered our little
family around the fire and read it
through to them. The affecting tale
entitled Improvement in Monkey
Wrcnches," seemed TO touch every
heart, and when we came to the eli
max of the little story about "Re-
vcrsible Pieboards," there was not
a dry eye between the front door
and the stable. During the read
ing of the pitcous narrative entitled
"Gum Washers for Carriage Ak
els" the whole family gave express
sion to boistrous emotion, and the
hired girl was SO excited that she
lost her presence Of mind, and went
around to her mothers inadvort-
entity with six pounds of sugar and
a butter kettle full of -four. and
came homo at midnight IN
toxicated. We can never sufficient.
ly thank Judge Kelly for the inno-
cent enjoyment thus furnished us.
The memory of that happy evening
will linger in our minds very much
longer than that hired girl ever
fingers when she lights on lot OF
substance which she thinks will
suit the constitution of her aged
parents"
Year: 1873

"STEALING OUR THUNDER. ."-That is
what we are accused Of by certain leaders
of the opposition. 1t appears they had
copied resolution from their political
bible, the Examiner, and incorporated it
in their call for convention. We found
no fault with the resolution itself, it was
good Republican doctrine and its sub
stance has been incorporated in the State
platform of every Republican State Con-
vention held since the adjournment of
Congress. But, as Shakespeare has it,
"the devil can cite Scripture to his pur-
pose" and Democrats can make profes-
sions of honesty if they think they can


get into Office by SO doing. The voters OF
both parties are cmphatically opposed to
any such a luse of power as was shown
by those who supported the "back pay'
grab, and were glad to sec the relics and
remnants of the "grand old party" in
this county range themselves against
the thieves who form the majority Of the
Democrats in Congres. We know their
borrowed resolution is only SO much
"clap trap" set up to catch votes, but
we're perfectly willing to give them the
credit for good professions. In fact, so
long as a majority Of the Democrats in
Congress supported the steal, whilc a
majority of the Republicans were opposed
to it, it would have only been in good
taste for the Democrats to have taken
he initiative in condemning the iniquity
before the Republican conventions of
five States had passed upon it, even if
they had had to call special meeting
Of the Centra! Committee 10 do 50.
Year: 1873

for the purpose of nominating Candidates
for county offices, the appointment of II
new County Central Committee, and the
transaction of such other business as may
be brought before the Convention.


Resolved, That all legal voters be en-
titled to vote at our Primaries who are
opposed to corrupt administration of Ell
ther General or State Governmental
matters not whether it comes in the form
of Credit Mobiier swindle, back-sal-
AIRY steal, the present corrupt Indian Bu-
reau, the granting Of unlimited power or
privilege to corporations to extort and
eat up the substance Of the people-and
who are in favor of annulling or abrogat-
ing the present treaty with China, so far
as to prevent the importation of Chinese
or other Mongolian serfs among us, and
who will further support the nominations
of this Convention.


The following named gentlemen are
designated to act as Supervisors in their
respective precincts, and each precinct
will be entitled to elect delegates as ap-
pOrtioned below
Year: 1873

FRAUDS on the part of well-known
importing house in New York have been
discovered sufficient to compel the pay
ment of about 100000 penalty to the
Goyernment and the Imprisonment of at
least one membe of the firm.
Year: 1873

The trial OF the Modocs is ended and
the Court Martial has adjourned, but the
judgment thereof has not been made
known. and probably will not be until
approved by the authorities at Washing
Year: 1873

Professor Lewis is credited with de-
vising very ingenious means of color
ing opacities in the corner of the eye.
The instrument used is bundle Of from
three to six very fine sewing needles in
serted into a handle. For coloring mat
ter, ordinary water pigments are used,
rubbed to a pasty consistence and mixed
with little glycerine. For the black of
the pupil India ink is employed. The
surface of the opage spot being wiped
clear from moisture, the paint is applied
thickly over it with a small pencil. The
needle points are made to penetrate re-
peatedly and rapidly in varying eirec-
tions, until much of the Opaque surface
is gone over With the pigment. Two OF
more repetitions of the process are nee
essary in order to realize the complete
effect The operation is said to give the
patient no pain, and, as the coloring
matter is regularly tattooed into the It's
sues, it cannot be washed out by tears.
Year: 1873

NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Supreme
Court of Massachusetts has sustained the
validity Of the blanks used by telegraph
companies in an action brought to recover
damages for non delivery of an unrepeated
day message written upon the usual blank


of the Western Union Telegraph Company.


The court held 10 effect that the Company
assumed no responsible y for dispatches not
insured or repeated.
Year: 1873

An exchange says: Sleeping rooms
should always be so arranged, ifpossible, as
to allow the head of the sleeper to be
towards the north. Frequently, in cases of
sickness, person will find it impossible 10
obtain rest if the head is in any other direc-
ton, and often cure is retarded for long
time,n
Year: 1873

a correspondent writes in the Philadel'
phia Ledger: Is II not unfortunate that
our Temperance Societies make no DIS
tinction between the use Of spirits and the
use OF wine? l can well understand
how o conscientious man may consider II
his individual duty TO abstain even from
the latter In a country where 1t Is not
within the reach Of all classes, but do
not see how any one calling himself q
Christian can dcnounCe Its use by others
as pOSitiuely sinful.


1t is probably known 10 most oi your
readers that dlstillation was first practiCed
by the Arabs. whose religion forbade
them TO drink wine. To their discovery
we owe probably three.iourths Of the
misery which drunkenness has since that
time produced. A man rarely becomes
an habltual drunkard through the use Of
wine especially II taken with his meals),
although it's use may be very dangerous
TO him II he has ever reached that stage.
The same may be said Of malt liquors


And now one word as to "liquor laws"
1t seems TO me thAtnothing better in this
line has yet been devised than the law
now In force In one or two Of the West
ern States, which makes the oppeTJ Of
premises leased Tor taverns pecuniary lia-
BILE for all injury 10 life, health, or prop.
crty traceable to the liquor sold. II the
family Of drunkard could compel tho
owner Of his favorite resort TO furnish
them a support, there would be fewer
bar-roOms and fewer drunkArds.
Year: 1873

PoTTsvILLE, Pa, May 27.-The Phila'
delphia Coal and Iron Company having
issued an order compelling the employees
In their collieries 10 enter the mines be-
fore seven o'clock in the morning and re-
main until half.pGst five in the evening,
the men held meeting and resolved that
as the order was issued for the purpose
Of forcing the miners to strike in order to
relieve the company Of the odium Of stop.
ping, that they refuse to strike at present,
but give notice that at the first favorable
opportunity they will resist the rule in q
body. A resolution was also passed that
the law laid down in the ventilation act
must be strictly adhered TO-, and upon
any infringement Of said law tho immedi'
ate attention Of the inspector be demand.
ed. 1t Is reported that the miners at
Indian Ridge colliery have struck, and at
another colliery have turned out for an
increase Of wages. .
Year: 1873

Van c. Smith, Esq, arrived in town last evening from his home in Lincoln county. We learn from him that there is considerable excitement among the Apa- cLes at Fort Stanton and number have already left the reservation. The cause of the trouble was demand made upon them for stock now ou the reservation and claimed to have been stolen since they came in the Indians refused to give it up and run of Col. Price, with five companies Of cavalry is in pursuit of the runaways New Mexican.

 The facts are that the Apaches of New Mexico were debauched by the Peace Commissioners, and no firm hand like that of Gen.. Crook has since taken hold of or attempted to govern them. They have been con- stantly running backward and toward during the past year between Ca chise's reserve and Tulerosa, and the Mexicans say that from the latter re- serve they are constantly raiding upon them. But they have not yet been insulted by being requested or required to give up the property they have stolen from Mexico, hence they do T,-oc--,o .oeEloog
Year: 1873

THs regular quarterly meeting Of the Pima county supervisors will open next Monday. Supervisor Carr arrived by last Tuesdays stage and will te present as will also Supervisor Fish Probably a Supervisor will be appointed by the board to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Mir PGchecO.
Year: 1873

"JosEPH" writes us from Camp Grant. He probably writes what ought 10 be pub lished, and the tone of his letter indicates that he ought to have some sense about almost universal newspaper rules. If he can't trust his name with us, we will not give his matter to the public, no odds how precious or just it is. His name may be too sacred to entrust to a newspaper office, and if he so regards it he may as well consider his writings too sacred for the common public's eye. And so along Joseph.
Year: 1873

THE hand is the minds only perfect
vassal, and when, through age or
illness, the connection between them is
interrupted, there are few more affect,
ing tokens of human decay.-Tucker-
man.
Year: 1873

REAL Estate AT AUCTION BY fHE
SHERIFF Attention is called to the sale at
auction, to be made this day, at noon, at
the Merchants and Auctioneers Exchange,
ROYAL street, by the sheriff Of the parish OF
Orleans, of lot of ground situated in the
Fourth District of this city, on Philip street.
between Clara and Willow streets. For
Year: 1873

When science enters confessedly into the amuse-
ments OF people the hold which 1t has taken upon
them Is pretty hrm. The only kind OF ghost which
the average intellect in children and adults can
Year: 1873

THE MONEY MARKET


shows greater ease at the close, although the mar
ket has not yet become settled The rates range
from LILO to and per cent, currency and gold,
and exceptionally have been even lower This
was particularly the case yesterday. Greenbacks
are commanding lower premium over certified
checks and are quoted at 1-6 u per cent For
eign exchange has been comparatively neg
lected, but on Saturday was marked up
to 1861 for prime sixty days. sterling and
1Os for short sight. There were some prime sixty
day bills in the market as low as 1861 1861, and
good bills at lo6, but short sight scarce at full
prices. There was nothing doing in commercial or
Continental bills. meeting OF the Union Trust
Company Is expected to take place tomorrow. to
make arrangements for the reopening OF business
at an early day with enlarged capital. This win
tend to give tone and confidence to the market.
compared with its recent history but there are
those who predict much higher prices than those
at present quoted. There are not many converts
to the various theories concerning resumption OF
specie payments In the Cold Room and the dis
position is to make light OF the possibility OF at
tanning that object until at least the government
has accumulated many more millions OF dollars
than it at present owns, and has demonstrated
that enough money Is being received from customs
on imports to pay the interest the public debt.
At present imports are falling or The fluctuations
in the gold market during the week were as fol-
Year: 1873




got up with my bones picked and in highly
interesting state for warm weather. The ladies'
heard, were still worse OF, and they chattered
unceaslngly In the dark that the nuns were
obliged to put them to silence by the awful threat
that they should have coffee in the morning II
they did not hold their tongues. The good
sisters treated their pilgrim guests much like
rnruly children. ana rated them roundly when
fhey were troublesome / saw the ex-Ambassa-
dress and her sister, half laughing and half pout-
ing, as one OF them held lump OF black bread and
the other q few wild strawberries IN her hand.
They told me that they could get nothing else TO
eat but some butter, which was rancid, and dark
colored nuid, which appeared to have been made
Tor their modification, though 1t looked on a dis
tant view like coffee. A benevolent dean, how
ever, VINO had brought q tin pot some spirits OF
vino and the necessary ingredients with him, in
Guiding partridge pie and trufles. showed us all
three touching hospitality, and we ate up his
good Things together, seated upon the ground near
thc noy fountain, while pilgrims as hungry, but
less fortunate. gazed despondingly at our little
feast. have seldom had more cheerful gypsy
breakfast, and the two ladies promised to take
our host for their spiritual director when they all
returned to Paris. But he only laughed in answer.
and remarked that he lived near Toulouse, which
was delightful city, much Inhabited by republ.
cans, and II the ladies liked to live there he would
look out Tor house to suit them.


All the pilgrims who we're about to descend the
mountain now began 70 bottle the wster Of the
holy fountain to carry away with them. Inoticed
one old lady very fussy and noisy in her proceed
ings while doing 1t, and began to be vexad with
her, when the dean told M she had come OIL foot
nom Rennes to pray and fast for q little grand
daughter who was blind.


II II rather


AN AWKWARD RIDE


down the mountain to Corps The narrow path Ii
Sttercd with stones-somc round and some sharp
apd fh1stirad nuIas can hardly kaap THAR footing
Year: 1873

gave her whole patrimony to the poor,
and il is said that she died VI broken
heart because she could give no more.
Her name was Stella" and a fine
obelisk was placed over her grave by the
young art students at Florence. The
epitaph was, Here lies Stella, who be.
ing transported to heaven, a large for
tune in acts Of charity has gone thither
to enjoy it," A contributor to the suf
iering OF this city, who is prominent in
the State, said in letter to friend
here" | firmly believe that charity for
the poor is even for this world better
investment of money than in stocks or
bonds, or any other Investment what
ever. 1t will assuredly come back, II in
no other way than in the soothing sense
of satisfaction OF having done right in
the sight of an all-pervading God"
Year: 1873

We would call the attention of the
Board of Health to the practice of bring
ing to this city for interment the bodies
Of persons who have died from conta-
gious diseases. We do not see what is
to be gained for the dead by this course,
and it is absolutely certain that much
harm will come to the living through it,
therefore we hope that one of the first
acts OF the Board will be to forbid the
practice referred to, except by special
permit from the Board; and whilst on


the subject we would remind the Board
that it has full authority to enact all
orders and regulations necessary for the
prevention and suppression of disease.
Year: 1873

Owing to the terrible scourge which
aiflicts the city. we are reduced TO the
necessity of issuing only half sheet
but this will only be tempo
rary. Two of our reporters are absent,
and number Of compositors. Some OF
these are sick or have sickness in their
families. 1t is impossible at present to
secure other assistance. Meanwhile
those of us left will do our duty as best
we can, and beg the indulgence of the
public.
Year: 1873

WE sincerely trust that our good
people will not permit the matter of the
children made orphans by the yellow
fever to go by default. Provision must
be made for these helpless little inno-
cents, and we hope that systematic mea'
sures will be adopted to that end.
Year: 1873

rs The time will expire on Wednesday
December 81, when our citizens will be
allowed to pay the tax due the city on real
estate. If default is made in such pay
ment on or before that day, the collector
by an existing law, has no option, but to
add thereafter twenty per cent. to each bill,
and is required to proceed Immediately to
collect the same by process of law. If he
were left discretion in the matter it would
be well, but such is not the case. and to
enforce the law will entail much hardship
on many worthy persons, and take from
some of our citizens their all. IL is a
fact well known that many of our
mechanics and workingmen have by
stress Of the times either been
thrown out of employment during the
past three months, or are working on short
time or wages, while others, dependent


upon rents for subsistence, find it diff.


cult to live from inability of tenants to pay.


These classes will in many instances find
it exceedingly difficult, between now and
Wednesday next, to raise the amount due
the city. Will not the city council, in


view of these facts, and others Of a like
nature that could be stated, extend the
time Of payment until, say the first Of
February. 80 q s7s "a hE1a-szotRf g gv, LIs
sT The city exchequer will loose moth
ing by it, while the measure will


BE one of infinite relief to a large
and worthy class temporarily, by stress Of
evil times, debarred the performance Of Q
public duty. If they cannot pay their
present taxes now they certainly will not
be better able to liquidate them when
twenty per cent. on the dollar shall have
beer. added. We hope there will be found
FIVE councilmen with sufficient human sym
pathy intheir composition who will with
out delay cali q meeting of our municipal
representatives and have the matter at
once acted on. The occasion admits Of
no delay. sae. - ~ ..,-,5.gs.5 ~ .r