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Year: 1875

There are many people who are ever
ready and anxious to volunteer their
advice on all matters and at all times
in season and out of season. Nothing
is ever done as well, and nobody knows
how to do a. well as these allwise indi-
viduals can do, ..or tell those who are
doing how to do. Do they enter la
dy's parlor they at once descry some
improvement that could be made in the
arrangement of the.furniture. This pic
ture is hung wrong, or that one is not
in the right place or would look better
somewhere else. The piano would be
better in some other part Of the room
or the sofa in some other corner, and
so on until they would-if they could
get to-rearrange, to suit their ideas,
the whole room. If a man is building
a house or store, these all-knowing busy
bodies are on hand ready to volunteer
their advice as to how it should be built
and how it could be improved They
appear to think-at least they act as if
they did-that nobody has such good
taste, or knows as we'll how things
ought to be done as they do. They
forget-er rather don't stop to think
that, perhaps, other people may have
some ideas or wishes Of their own, and
that their advice is not wanted Free
quently their sweetness is wasted on
the desert air." or, like themselves,
treated with the contempt it deserves.
In some instances it falls like water
upon goose's back. and passes off
without doing any harm; but there are
occasions when this unasked for advice
is accepted, to the injury of the party
to whom it is given. It sometimes
happens that young persons will r'ly
upon the professed experience Of these
advice givers and yield to their persua-
sions. Ifgood should result from pur-
suing their advice they would be per-
fectly willing to take great credit to
themselves, but if harm follows, they
are not quite 50 ready to take the GEN.
sure, but rest contented with saying
they "meant it for the best. " and the vic
tim Of their presumptuous advice must
suffer from their mistake When peo-
pie busy themselves about the affairs Of
others and presume to give advice, un-
asked, they ought to bear the response
bility Of their intermeddling, and if
harm results they ought to make it
good. Could this be done few times
perhaps these busy bodies could be made
to attend to their own business.
Year: 1875

THE CONCERT AT ASSEMBLY HALL To-
NlGur.-The concert Of the Fourth-Street
Club to take place at Assembly Hall tonight
will prove one of the most delightful enter
tainments ever presented to the Richmond
public. The selection of vocal and instrh-
mental music is very tiue, and the perform
ers. include the chief professionals and ANA
teurs of the city. There will be q reason-
able amount of burlesque, but this feature
will not be made OF overshadowing promi-
nence.


The spelling.match will provoke much
fun, and is likely to be the champion affair OF
that kind in this State. More than half OF
the reserved seats were sold yesterday, aud
the Others are expected to go off rapidly to-
day, as the ladies' all want to attend, and their
escorts are preparing accordingly.
Year: 1875

FOUND IN THE DocK.-The body OF female
child was tished out Of the dock between
seventeenth and Eighteenth streets yester'
day afternoon. Coroner Taylor will make
post-aortenr examination and hold an inquest
to-day, .g
Year: 1875

y ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MALE ORPHAN So
c1pTY.-The annual meeting of this society
will be held at St. Paul's church at 8 O'Clock
this evening. The annual address Will De
delivered by Judge Ould. The fame OF the
orator no less than the cause will no doubt
attract large crowd. Besides the seventy.
five orphans now in the asylum, all the or.
pban societies in the city will be present
with the children under their charge, and
some very fine singing may be expected.
Year: 1875

COMMISSION MERcHANTs.-Wc solicit your or
ders for printing, or u call at any time you may
wish to see spe cmens or obtain estimates, feeling
assured that It VIII be to your advantage.
Year: 1875

Following are dispatches which have the tone of credibility, and there fore they are given:

 WASHINGTON, November 27.-Just before the close of business this even ing in the Interior Department, Secre- tary Chandler signed formal notifca- tions 10 the chief clerks of three heads of divisions and several other principal clerks of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, that their services from this date will be dispensed with. The removals are based upon the recommendation of Commissioner Smith, and made a clean sweep of all the clerks assOciat- ed for any considerable length of time with the past history of the Bureau Commissioner Smith signifed his con- fdence of the personal integrity of chief clerk Cum by recommending him for transfer 10 some other position in the Department

 E. E. Tobey of Boston, informed Sec retary Chandler this afternoon, that he was obliged to decline the position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs ten dered him by the President

 Secretary Chandler has invited Com missioner Smith to remain n the De pariment as his confidential clerk in the immediate charge of the business coming up to the Secretary from the Bureau
Year: 1875

about Spain and Cuba, it says: If Spain cannot suppress the Cuban reb- els: if the Island must be half ruined while she holds it; if she will not put an end to that instruction which is the main source of disturbance, itwould be hard to expect that the United States would let the work of devastation pro ceed unchecked merely out of regard 10 the nominal sovereignty of Spain.
Year: 1875

NOTICE of the death of Hon. Ben jamin P. Avery, United States minister to China, has been received al the State Department Washington Mr. Avery ruined his health, as we believe, by over twenty years of continuous edItori- al labor in Marysville and San Fran cisco. He was a highly educated and honorable gentleman Having never sought office, he hesitated 10 accept the Chinese mission, and he told us only a few days before his departure from San Francisco, he accepted in the hope that the change might improve his health. Nothing but good was ever said of him, to our knowledge, in his private and public life
Year: 1875

| Two lions, two leopards, and tame
black panther have for some months
been kept i'll one cage in Barnum's
hippodrome. The lions are separated
from their companions through the
night by iron bars, but in the day
| time the bars are Withdrawn, and the
animals form sshappy family"
| No sooner were the bars taken out
yesterday morning than the leopard
made a spring for the panther's throat.
The panther was young, but his mus
cles were like iron and his skin as
thick as sole-leather, and he struck
the leopard a blow with one of his
fore-paws that laid him sprawling on
the floor of the cage. In an instant
the leopard was on his feet again, and
the animals stood face to face. For
fully minute they glared and growl-
ed, and then, with a shock that nearly
turned the cage on'the side, they met
again, each trying to grasp the other
by the throat.


The employees of the hippodrdme,
attracted by the noise of the conflict,
tried, with iron bars and spears, to
separate the combatants, but without
avail. Seasoned spears were snapped
into like straws, and even the keeper
of the animals dared not approach the
cage.


The leopard, with an unexpected
spring, fixed himself on the panther's
back, and, taking the loose skin on
the back Of the latter's neck between
his teeth, gave the panther toss
against the side of the cage that bent
the thick iron bars nearly double. For
a minute there was great danger that
all the beasts in the cage would es-
cape. The top of the cage was broken
and the floor was split. But the bat
tie was over, for the panther, without
sound, struck the floor of the cage
lifeless.


But the leopard was not satisfied
with the death of his antagonist. No
sooner was he convinced that he
could approach with safety than, seiz-
ing the panther's head between his
fore paws, he gave him tearing with
the sharp claws of his hind feet that
nearly stripped the skin from his
body. Then he began with his teeth,
and before the employees could inter-
fere nearly half of the dead panther
had been eaten by the leopard.


When at length sufficient force
lad been collected around the cage,
the keeper who had tanned the panther
entered the den. There upon the floor
lay his pets silky black skin, almost
entire. His body, not yet cold, quiv-
cred and his eyes glared. The leopard
crouched in corner of the cage, sat
isfied with his meal. The iron bars
were soon replaced, and the leopard
was prevented from doing further
mischief.


At the afternoon performance the
leopard was SO unruly that it was
deemed unsafe for the trainer to enter
the cage; but the bars were kept in
their places and no more damage was
done.
Year: 1875

Last August, as Mr.. Woodbridge, who
lives just above Cloverdale, formerly
of Petaluma, was going to his work in
the early morning he saw strange
sight, something which he could not
at first -writhing, whirling and
turning on the ground. On a nearer
approach what was his astonishment
to discover two immense rattlesnakes
engaged in deadly strife. They were
wrapped around each other from tail
to within six or eight inches of the
head, and never for a moment did they
take their eyes off each other. Now
and then they would slowly unwind to
within one or two coils of the tail,
when with an instantaneous move
ment they would again become in
volved to the neck, and with jaws dis
tended and fangs exposed, cue would
strike at the other, his antagonist in-
variably lodging the blow, when in
turn he would strike in the same man.
ner and in turn would be foiled. After
repeating their man0uvres for time
they would lie painting in each others
coils and then slowly and cautiously
unwind, only to repeat the involve
ment and striking again. So fiercely
did they embrace each other that Que
would think surely the life would be
crushed out. Strike after strike was
made on both sides, but never once
was an adversary so far caught off his
guard as to receive blow. They had
been fighting over space of fifteen or
twenty feet, as evidenced by their
tracks in the dust. 70 all appearances
they had been fighting all night, every
inch of ground bearing marks of the
conflict. After looking at them for
some time, Mr. Woodbridge cut a pole
some eight or ten feet long, and just
then Mr.. Murphy came up. He took
the pole and approaching the snakes
they simultaneously discovered him,
when loosening their hold of each
other with marvellous rapidity the
larger one rushed at him perfectly fu-
rious; it required the second blow to
stop him. In a moment after the other
started for Mr.. NJ as his now dead an
tag0nist had done, when he too was
slain by well-directed blow. One
had sixteen and the other fifteen rat
ties. = Sonon,a Democrat, February
10th.
Year: 1875

Ii is no less fatal error to despise
labor when regulated by intellect, than to
value it for its own sake. We are always
in these days trying to separate the two
we want one man to be always thinking,
and another to be always working, and
We call one gentleman and the other an
operative whereas the workman ought
often to be thinking, and the thinker
often to be working; and both should be
gentlemen in the best sense. AS it is,
we make both ungentle, the one envying.
the other despising his brother; and the
mass OF society is made up of morbid
thinkers and miserable workers. Now i!
is only by labor that thought can be made
healthy, and only BY thought that labor
can be made happy, and the two cannot
be separated with impunity. All
professions should be liberal, and there
should be less pride felt in popularity OF
employment, and more in excellence Of
achievement.
Year: 1875

to Jack, "and | am glad of IT. Behave
yourself, and see that you are not brought
into court again


YES, sir" said Jack howug


"Ofliccr 32G," said the judge, "it will
need some explanation from you to
account for the strange mistake in arrest
ing this boy. should be reluctant to
believe you guilty Of wiIul perjury in
swearing crime against him, but as you
say you have known the boy two years,
it seems very singular that you should
mistake him for another. As the case is
now made public, it is my duty TO warn
you that unless you can clear up this
matter the commissioners will be forced
to entertain complaint against you Of
the most serious character"


Officer 326 turned as white as n sheet.
and bowing mechanically, moved away
without saying word.


Come" said the artist to Jack, "let's
60 to my studio, where we'll get some
breakfast and I'll make some pictures
of you. Then you can 60 back to your
business as soon as you like"


They went together, and before long
Jack was luxuratipg over chocolate, toast,
dropped eggs and hominy in the artists
studio.


The place looked like gorgeous palace
to the boys admring eyes, and we may
be sure that when his picture was drawn
by his new friend, it proved ten times
moro piquant and smiling for the hoppi.
ness in jacks heart.


His introduction to the kind painter
was luck for Jack Morrow. And he
never showed himself unworthy o. his
gifted acquaintance. The two are good
friends yet.


Policeman No. 1926 did not retain his
badge long after the transaction just re-
corded. He was unfit for his place and,
justice sooner or later overtakes those
who abuse their privileges or bear false
witness against their neigh5ors.
Year: 1875

We now enter the fie1d for
the fall and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes.
paying and most easily worked
agency in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we nave
lately added new and exceed


ingiy taking inducements, re


qufring only intelligence and
application for any one, e,young
or old, Of either sex, to make
really first-class paying busi
Year: 1875

tic Kellogg fraud" ON the hands of the
president to be upheld by federal bayonets
for two years longer, and make that an is
sue in the next presidential election. This
gigantic fraud must be got rid of in some
way satisfactory to the sense of right and
justice of the people. The president in
sists that this congress shall solve the pro-
blem Of giving the people of Louisiana a
governor Of their own free choice, and the
members of the Republican party indorse
this demand. Neither hot-headed coun-
sells nor the game of bluff will answer the
purpose.
Year: 1875

The stories of want and suffering that
come from Kansas are terrible to contem-
plate. Twelve hundred persons are said
by reliable authority, to be living on the
most scanty charity, and advices from
Burr Oak, Jewell county, state that ten
miles west of that place two familiss have
starved to death. One numbered eight
persons. When found, the husband,
wife, and six children were dead. The
other family consisted of delicate
woman and one child. the husband
went to st. Soseph's for help, but when
it came both mother and child were dead.
Many more will starve unless they are
helped at once, for there is OF one man
in hundred with grain enough to last
through the winter.-& Paul Pioneer.
Year: 1875

chine of his own patent called the parakite.
1t is thirty feet high and thirty feet wide.
As soon as the sail was fixed over the frame
work and the front or windward point of
the parakite raised, so as to allow the wind
to touch the machine on it's under surface,
form and showed symptoms of rising. The
wind was blowing at the rate of not more
than two miles an hour, but with this
slight breeze the @ronaut was carried into
the air. The idea is to put it into practical
utility for war purposes, engineering, and
signalling, where it is necessary to attain
lofty elevations. The machine covers an
area of 700 superficial feet, and it's entire
weight is 100 pounds. The inventor as
serts that it can be used successfully in
any wind, ranging between fonr and forty
miles an hour, and an altitude of from GOO
to 900 feet can be attained.
Year: 1875

CURsING.-In Maine, Sunday cursing is taxed two dollars per oath; on week days the rate is lowered to only one dollar per oath. The law is rigid, and the proceeds, when collected, are to go toward founding a lunatic asylum.-Ex.

 There has long been a statute in this State making it an offense for which the fine is one dollar for each oath uttered, but we have never yet heard of a man being fined under the law. If it was enforced and tie fines collected and applied as 1t is above stated they do in Maine, we would soon have a lunatic asylum with an endowment sufficient to support it without any expense to the State.
Year: 1875

Ninety mechanics and artisans with their families have emigra- ted from Pennsylvania and settled on Hood river, Oregon, and over 300 will follow in the spring. They intend building a college, a woolen mill, grist mill, and educational and industrial estab- lishments.-EX.

 That 300 and over would do we'll before going to Oregon, or any other place, to send an agent to Arkansas to look at our country. Beyond all doubt or question, Ar kansas has now entered upon a period of improvement, progress and peace, which with her unsur- passed natural resources, render her the most desirable field in the Union for the location of such 8 colony as above referred to.

 Come right this way, gentlemen, and look at our country and you will seek no further. We have all that you want-every element of wealth, greatness and prosperity. We need you to help develop our immense resources, and you need the rich reward which awaits honest industry and capital in our State. Come right along!
Year: 1875

The young wife Of merchant in Barnes
Nlle, Ga, during his absence in New York
70 buy goods, gave evidence of alteration
ol mind and when friends in her presence
proposed to telegraph him, she said g You
peea @ not telegraph him The good Lord
!: mas enable me to apprise him of my condi-
'loh, But they telegraphed, and when he
returned he said that, the night during
winch she screamed out, he dreamed that
she was IN the condition he found her in,
And When the telegram came he was fully
aware Of her condition.
Year: 1875

Que thousand shingles laid four
inches to the weather will cover one
hundred square feet Of surface, and
five pounds Of shinglc nails will fasten
them on.


One-fith more siding aud flooring is
needed than the number OF square feet
Of surface to be covered, because OF
the lap in the siding and the matching
Of the floor.


One thousaad lhh will cover seventy
yards of surface, and eleven pounds Of
lath nails will nail them on.


Eight bushels OF good lime, sixteen
bushels Of sand, and one bushel Of
hair will mike enough good mortar to
plaster one hundred square yards.


A cord of stone, three bushels Of
lime, aud q cubic yard OF sand will lay
one hundred feet of wall.


Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on chimney, six bricks
in q course will make flue four inch.
es wide and twelve inches long, and
eight bricks in course will make q
aue eight inches wide and sixteen
inches long.-Cor. Prairie Farmer,
Year: 1875

Gen. Warren has made his report
to the Secretary of War on the survey
Of the Minnesota river. lie estimates
that the improvement Of the river,
FROM the north end of Lake Travers
to the mouth OF the river, will b. Sl2.
$50, ,000 and the annual cost Of keep
INK it in repair Will be about the same
as that Of any other canal Of the same
length
Year: 1875

TEMPTING DEATH.-Every man
or woman afflicted with a cough or
cold, which he or she takes no mea-
sures to arrest, is tempting death.
There is not drug store in the land
where Hale's Honey of HorehOund
and Tar may not be procured, and
there is no ailment of the lungs or
throat tending to consumption or
bronchitis, which it is not competent
to cure. Do not suffer cold to accu-
mulate on cold, but arrest the first
symptoms of pulmonary disease, and
tone and inviSorate the breathing
organs with this wonderful remedy.


PIXIES ToOTH-ACHE DRoPs-Cure
in one minute. d2S-lwddrw
Year: 1875

The Valley House is the best for
commercial travellers and transient
guests to stop at in Salt Lake City.
The cleanest of rooms and best Of
fare, at sl.50 to q per day.


DoVlT-dtmayi
Year: 1875

A writer in Blackwood's says: The
subject OF female education has brought
out with special force Of acclamation, the
superiority Of the present day over the
past, in the thoroughness OF instruction
impaired. The slipshod teaching of
girls in former days, its miserable pre-
tense and hollowness is an inexhaustible
theme, and indeed there is not much to
oe said of it. Compare the school books
OF the past with any paper or teaching
addressed tp the young women of the
present-compsre what they are ex.
pected to be interested in, the intrica.
.cies OF grammar and construction, which
are at their fnger-ends, with the ignor.
ance of accidental picking up OF knowl.
edge which was once the woman's main
chance of requirement and our expecta.
tlOns are not uhreasonably raised.


The pupils of the new school ought to
be more companionable than their pre-.
decessors, they ought to talk better,
more correctly, more elegantly; and, as
their subjects of interest become more
profound, as science and art open their
stores to them, their vocabulary should
meet the need at once more accurate.
more copious, more felicitous. We put
it to our world of readers-is it so2 DO
our young ladies talk better than their
mothers2 Do they express their mean
ing with greater nicety2 Nay, do they
speak better grammar Moreover, is
this an aim2 Are they taught to do this
by their sex, who profess to portray the
girlhood Of cur day2 Is it not an uu-
derstood thing that three or four epithets
are to do duty for all the definition the
female mind has need of, and that sole
cisms, which would have shocked the
ears Of an earlier generation, pass unre-
proved"
Year: 1875

H"0oeS VI DiSsiphuOh OOunterncted


Alcoholic excesses cannot be too earnestly
deprecated, both for their destructive effects
upon the constitution and their pernicious
influence upon mans general welfare. AT the
same time there is little probability that he
will cease TO indulge in them until the end Of
time, Common humanity would therefore
seem TO dictate the suggestion Of tho most
!eihclent means OF counteracting their effects,
There is not among medicated stimuianis one
SO admirably calculated to counteract the
physical consequences Of hard drinking al
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which relieve
the nausea and headache produced BY IL,
steady the trembling nerves, and yield that
unieverish repose which is the best reouper-
ant OF health shaken by excess, The bilious
symptoms caused BY dissipation are promptly
relieved by the Bitters. which are also an ex-
oellent remedy Tor all disorders affecting the
stomach, bowels, liver and urinary organs, 10
which II imparts unwonted regularity and
tone,