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Year: 1873

AT the primary election held in McLen-
nan county to determine the candidate for
the Senate in that district, G. B. Erath was
selected for that Office by an overwhelming
majority. He is therefore the candidate Of
that district, as it was left by the late dis
trict convention for the Democrats Of Nc
Lehman to name the Senator. It's a strong
Year: 1873

FROM notice in the State journal, we
see that it is trying to get the printing of
all the Radical tickets, and it promises to
print them SO that they cannot be counter
feited. This means, besides an attempt to
get all the profit of printing tickets for the
whole Radical party, that it will print them
so that the negroes can see whether any of
their color vote the Democratic ticket, and
spot them if they do. But we tell the
Journal that this thing of force, to produce
fear, viii not be permitted in the coming
election. There is now no military or
special police to overawe the voters, and
they will be allowed to vote as they please,
without molestation, and if any attempt is
made, either by whites or negroes, to inter
fere with the voters, all engaged in it will be
promptly prosecuted under the laws Of the
United States. So that the Journal had
better look out. Its ammunition will be at
tended to-
Year: 1873

We are much obliged to the Houston Ags
and the Belton Journal for the interest they
manifest in the political doings Of this dis
trict, but we would kindly inform them
that we are presumptous enough tOimagine
that We can take care Of our own affairs
without help from abroad. We have never
undertaken to interfere with conventions or
nominations Of other districts.
Year: 1873

From the Union County (Ky.) Advocated


There is now a COW belonging to an
individual in this place that has not
added to the number of his live stock
for four years; has been MIXED once a
day for the last two years. Last winter
the lacteal supply was about half pint
per day. This spring that individual be-
came infested with the everlasting spirit
of whitewash, and employed one George,
of color, whom he verify believes has
pandered to a vitiated taste for the said
whitewash, SO as to build him up trade,
whereby as a leech upon the body social,
he may make himself full and sleek.
Well, this hapless individual employed
George, and had his fencing, wherever it
could be fodnd, and visible, white
washed, and became proud and vain, and
puffed up as his neighbors, and was
much pleased, when lol that half.pint
COW commenced, and plank by plank
and panel by panel licked of that white
wash. Now learn the consequence: That
cow has increased in milk from that half
pint to over two gallons per day, and If
there was more whitewash in reach she
wonld double that, or perhaps turn to a
puddle of milk. This is valuable dis
covery, and will be patented, and con-
tract taken to supply the owners OF all
the old white cows about town with lime
sufficient to furnish milk through the
whole of next winter.
Year: 1873

At balloon ascension at Lafayette,
on the Fourth, a live bear was taken
up. The beast was attached TO the bal
loon by harness, and as he went up and
came down he uttered the most piteous
cries. The balloon went but two squares
and alighted on roof. The bear used
his claws to the best advantage on the
shingled roof, but the balloon was toe
powerful for him, and it dragged him in
to the street, where he fell upon pile ol
bricks, receiving serious injuries.
Year: 1873

knows her husband is not Of the best
material, but she thinks the title will
make amends. She usually hnds the
husband worse than she thought and
the title much less satisfactory. The
tone of morals among men OF the world
on the Continent received such damage
during the twenty years Of the French
empire that il will take many more
wears 10 recover. This degradation is
shown in recent works OF fiction and in
recent plays which have excited univer'
sal criticism and disgust. But the out
cry comes from two classes-the depray-
ed spirits who know the pictures are
true, and think they should not be made
public, and the honest folks who call
them false. The people who reyolved
around the Tuileries in the last ten
years OF the empire have nothing TO
learn from Belot or Dumas. n|


It was only among that corrupt and
essentially vulgar set that this worship
Of titles survived. There were so few
men Of good family who recognized the
Emperor that he was charmed with the
adhesion Of those who came, and they
were Always WeicOhe III the lulietleS
and the civil service. The American
imperialists naturally shared in this
folly, and attributed an exaggerated i'm
portance to titles Of nobility. But in
fact title is now worth very little any
where on the continent. In France, for
instance, there are thirty thousand u
ties, while in England there are only six
hundred lords, and the value Of the des-
ignation is in the corresponding ratio.
la Germany Gre6n may let lodgings,
and a baroness may bring home your
washing. Many an American girl who,
while unmarried, was the pet Of the pal
ace, has found that she descended in So
cial position by becoming a countess.
Our countrywomen should remember
they are sovereigns, and that they will
make a mesalliance by marrying any
subject.
Year: 1873

II, IT Is said that the wife of a prominent


western Senator is one of the best poker
payers IN Washington. A certain men,
De Der OF foreign Legation has spent seven
thousand dollars at her residence trying
70 learn the game. The Indianapolis
sentinel remarks that with such a wife
as that, the Senator might have declined
with scorn to participate in the salary
steal; but he didn't" 8
Year: 1873

James Merrigan was arrested yesterday after.
noon on suspicion OF being implicated with his
wife, Sarah Merrigan, in the murder OF Margaret
HammM The deceased, it may be remembered
was found about a month since In o bedroom
Ninth street, Williamsburg, with o rope tied about
her neck and her clothing partially burned. 1t
was supposed that Merrigan and his wife
had murdered her, while she was visiting
them, for the purpose OF robbing her, and that in
order to conceal the crime they had set the place
on fire, At the Coroner's inquest Mr.. Merrigan
was discharged, but his wife was held to await the
action of the Grand Jury. Yesterday Merrigan
who had been to Newburg, working, returned to
the house OF his mother, in Williamsburg, Tor the
purpose OF seeing his child, when he was arrested
on bench warrant issued by District Attorney
Britton. He was locked up In the First precinct
station house to aw ait trial.
Year: 1873

For Cuts, Wrap mp the Wound In tho
blood and wet the bandage thoroughly with the HOUSE.
HOLD PANACEA AND FAMILY LINIMENT. For
auickens the blood and nvigoratcs the whole system.
No mistake about IT, For internal and external
Sold by all druggists.
Year: 1873

The most gratifying news ever pub


lishCd ia the APPEAL was that contain


ed IN the financial report of yesterday,


and which viii still be found on our


third page. Il tells the story we have
waited for weeks to hear. 1t says: ITO
day, being the fourth, the months obliga-


tions were due and were met in a way


that showed q considerable amelioration
in the money situation. We have now


fairly turned the point Of the new year,
and there is great confidence that i'm
provement and a gradual easing are Ger
tain from this time" Business men
have now only to pursue the even tenor
Of their way, to bear lightly upon each
other, TO ease up where and when they
can and psy as much as they can
and all will be well. The banks
have been very lenient. They
have renewed paper several times
before the final payment was made, and
have carried many '1sme ducks"
and that notwithstanding the
severe monetary pressure at the
East, induced by the Presidential con-
test, the Boston fire, the Northwestern
corner and the Erie rumpus, now settled,
We hope forever. But the mercantile
world has recovered from the caution
usually induced by general elections,
Grant having given assurances Of dis
position not to tamper as unnecessarily
with trade affairs as during his first term;
the losses sustained in Boston have
been adjusted, trade there has ne
sumed its wonted channels, and
ther is no present prospect Of
iner in anything. Added to /
this, semi-annual dividends are falling |
due and are being paid or arranged for,
TO the amount, perhaps, Of one hundred
millions OF dollars, and new partner /
ships and business arrangements for the |
year just ushered in are being entered /
into. All these things have induced /
healthier tone in the money markets Of
the great centers of trade, which has
already been felt here in the promptness
with which obligations were met on
Saturday, and the generally healthy
feeling that peryaded all branches of
trade. There can be no doubt that the
good time is coming. It's approach Was
heralded on the fourth.
Year: 1873

DY appointment OF the Clerk and Master,


ID we shall have the honor, as auctioneers,
of assisting him at the sale ordered by the
First Chanoery Court, of that most valuable
ground on Union street, in the limits of
the burnt d tstrtct, extending from Sec
end street to the alley between second
and Main street, to take place upon the
premises, on
Year: 1873

UTTERLY lMPOssIBLE.-Among the "utter
ly lmposslbles" the CHRONOLOGICAL Journal gives
the following That the old lady who beIives
in "signs and symptoms" always looks for
the new moon over her left shoulder, and never
makes pickles ON Friday, will not know


something to happen" within the year. par.
tlcularly if she has the bad luck to break the
looking glass. As the old Dutch farmer said


Things is always happening, most yearsT'


That the man who says PLENTY of time
there's no hurry" should not miss the boats,
lose the trains, aud get generally behindhand /
just notice whether people that have plenty
OF time" don't usually end with having no
time at ALL


That the woman who puts off her baking
until the washing is done, and the washing un
til the weather is little warmer, and sits down
to read dog scared novel in the mean time.
should have anything but, desolate home


That the man who carries his hands in his
trowsers-pockets should ever possess anything
else to carry in his pockets


That the young lady who sleeps in kid gloves
and powders her face " for the benefit OF her
complexion" should have more than her share
OF common sensel


That the man who wears an imitation dia-
mond ring will ever own a real one, for mock
jewelry indicates lack of brains, and it takes
certain amount of brains to make money
enough for real diamonds, or anything else
that is genuine. But it might be added as
general rule in this world-the more iewelry
the less brains.
Year: 1873

The EFFECTS OF HAzING.-" Accidental
Death" is the verdict Of the jury in reference
to the cause of the sudden cutting off from the
living OF young Leggett, student ut the Cor
nell University the other day. 1t appears that
10 a process hazing process-preliminar to
Initiation into the Kappa Alpha Society, Leg
ssett was blindfOIded, when he and Lee and
Mason, who we're leading him, ell fell from the
chh So much for those brutal pastimes, in
hlerited and retained in our colleges from the
1t is to be hoped that the violent death of
young Leggett will lead to the initiation in our
colleges of new order of things in the place
of such senseless brutalities as those which
cost him his life.
Year: 1873

GUNs.-There are very few things in this life
so thoroughly enjoyable as guns. Quite ma.
turally the hrst thing that occurs TO the refec-
tive person who has just encountered a great
success, whether it be an election to the Board
OF Alderman or the disappearance of his moth
erin law, is to FIRE hundred guns. We fire
them, or have them fired, upon all occasions.
Especially do we fire them when we have car.
ried an election. The gentlemen to whom we
are indebted for the smooth running of our
political machinery, and who give all their
time and talents to the selection of our rulers
and ofhcials, have the weakness for guns de-
veloped to an unusual degree. Whenever thew
save the country, or stay the tide of corruption
or have great reaction or tidal wave or anv
such political phenomenon, they 90 at once for
O gun. Nothing in this world can convey an
adequate idea Of their Joy but brass cannon.
10 get blind drunk affords them some relief,
but that is not so pervasive On expression of
delight as to fire a hundred guns and scare as
many horses. That sort of thing is felt moro
widely than mere individual drunk, which
must OF necessity be limited in it's scope and
influence. For sincere joy there's nothing ike
guns, Over political victory there's no sub.
stltuts for guns. They not only soothe and
comfort the victorious. party, but they infurate
the defeated, which, after all, is the great end
Oh politics aud political contests
Year: 1873

A negro minister who married rather sooner
than some of the sisters thought proper and


becoming, excused himself as follows. "My
dear brethren and sisters my grief was greater
than L could bear; turned every way for
peace and comfort, but none came searched
the Scripture from Ginisee TO Reverlations,
and found plenty of promises to the widder,
put marry one to the widderer. And so took
IL that the Lord didn't waste sympathy on a
man when it was in his power to comfort him
self and having first-rate chance to marry
IN the Lord, [ did so again. Besides, brethren
L considered that poor Betsy was just as dead
as she ever would be-"
Year: 1873

AT juvenile party one little fellow, reioic-
ing IN the splendor of his new clothes, went up
to another with the triumphant remark: "You
am dressed as well as am" WELL" rotor
ted the other, Il can lick you, anyhow.
Year: 1873

We have never: read better story
than the following. Many of our read.
ers have doubtless seen it in the Sun.
day School Advocate, but it will do them
good to read it again and wzjzsEMt
here, that it may not only Be, ,re-read
by those who have see%i1, BIT many
who have not done 50. H5,dey is the
boy for us; how many Hartleys are
there among our b6Js? We hope the
story will greatly increase the number.


shall never forget lesson. which I
received when quite. small boy at the
Academy in B. Among NV school.fel-
lows were Hartley and Jemson. They
were somewhat older than myself, and
to Jemson looked sup as sort of lead.
er' In matters of'opinion as we'll as
sport. He was not at heart malic;ons


but he had a foolish ambition of being
thought witty, and he made himself
feared by the bad habit of turning
tn'ngs into ridicule, and being ever on
the lookout for matters Of derision.


Hartley was new scholar, and little
vas known Of hin among the boys.
One morning, as wewere on the way to
school, he was seenariving a COW along
the road towards neighboring field.
= group Of boys among whom was
1emsor' met hin1as 1..l he was passing.
Year: 1873

almost universal impulse to interfere, to
thrust ones self in, wherever things
are calm and comfortable. If a man is
standing by lake: and admiring its
stiffness and the beauty of the landscape
therein reflected, he generally throws a
pebble into it before he has done, though
he knows it will make circles on circles
and ruffle the face of the mirror And
if We watch a group of children happily
at play, few Of us will be content to
stand aloof and look on at their pretty
little devices without thrusting our
large, uninteresting selves into the small
company, like great overgrown whale
plunging into party of merry little
minnows. If we would only make a
diversion when things are going wrong,
then, indeed, it would be highly praise
worthy but to~t,' au contraare:" We do
not care about it then. No, it is the
smoothness that tempts the stone, the
brightness that attracts the objects
casting the shadow. And thus it goes
on. We do not qare to 80 and talk to
the neglected pei son who looks posed,
and to whom little attentiqn~6uH be
kindness We prefer to joia the gfoup
of merry takers ind laughefs Wild do
not want us in the least, aud| |on VI pom
our presence will very likely act IS a
check This is Che natural impulsd of
most people; we do not say but vi at
experience teaches a different lesson
sooner or later. a few decided rebuffs
from the popular portion Of the compa-
ny may in time teach any one the
inexpediency Of such intrusions, aud
show them how much better it is to
follow the dictates 5of true courtesy and
try to equalize things. Still, selfasser-
ton is the natura antutored impulse of
human nature in general and have we
not all suffered fry it in others though
We may like to Practice it ourselves?


We must all know what it is to be
engaged in an interesting> conversation,
when suddenly some fresh maroon o.,


ters aud stops i. 9 Why should we
not go on all the aaue?" No doubt the


new arrival wolld say this. but how
few conversations are there, worthy the
name' In which We can go on" under
the influence Of atfresb pair Of eyes and
ears 10 is not chat We are savino ,nv
harm it IS only Chat we are revealing
our inner selves il little more freelv
than usual; or tint our talk has REFER


euce to things not known or understood
by the new listened, who will be liable.
therefore, to thiuk it great nonsense


This is especially III case ithe is differ
ent calibre in an way-say an older
generation. What can hes, e care for our
ohildlike prattle ? will he not misjudge
and condemn? Alas! few are the
houses IN which Che entrance of the
1atner IS not mores or less signal for
caution to a degres that q lamentable.


It is great pitNwhen the elder. are
in hurry to condS pm; when they go
on the principle thlt everything must
De wrong that theydo not.quite see the
Year: 1873

There is Alfred Sutton home with
his family 10 live on The old folks. = said
one neighbor to another: 1T seems hard
after all his father has done to fit him
for business and the capital he invested
to start him so fairly lie is a steady
young man, no bad habits, as far as I
know; lie has a good education and was
always considered smart. but he doesn't
succeed in anything. l am told lie las
tried number Of different kinds OF bus
mess and sunk money every time. What
can be the trouble with Alfred. l should
like to know, for ! don't want my boy
to take his turn.


alfred is smart enough said the
other. ''and has education enough but
he lacks the one element OF success.
He never wants to give dollars worth
Of work for dollar Of money and there
is DO other way for young man to make
his fortune. He must dig if he would
get gold. All the men that have sue
ceeded, honestly o. dishonesty. in max
ing money have had to work for it. the
sharpers sometimes the hardest OF all.
Alfred wishes to set his train in motion
and lei it take care of itself. No Won
derit soon ran off the track and a smash
up the result. Teach your boy, friend
Archer. to work with will when he
does work. Give him play enough to
make him healthy and happy, but let
him early that work is the business Of
life. Patient, self-deuying work is the
price Of success. Ease and incidence
eat away, not capital only, but worse
still. all Of man 5 nerve power. Present
qualification tends to put off duty until
tomorrow or next week. Il is getting
to be a rare thing for the sons of rich
men to die rich. Too often they squan-
der III a half score Of years what their
fathers were a lifetime in accuInulating.
In wish l could ring it into the ears Of
every aspiring young man that work
hard work, Of head and hands-is Che
price of success. Cytafry Gentleman.
Year: 1873

had all returned and as they bowled


along the smooth road still they con-
Nersed or the supernatural. When


short distance beyond the toll-gate
the horses stopped Suddenly and be-


gan to tremble and snort violently.


The driver stood up in the wagon to
find out the cause. and 10, a coffin


lay at the side of the road. The
moonlight shone on the silver plate


and the courageous young man i'm


mediately let 90 the reins and drop


ped into the bottom Of the wagon as
if he had been shot. The lady fortu-
nately caught the lines and thus pre-
vented a runaway and probable dis
aster. As she was endeayoring to
restore the-presence Of mind which


had fed from her crouching com
panion, an undertaker's cart drove
up and the driver dismounting. lifted
the coffin into it. sect up said the
lady. as that horiid thing gomez
groaned the gentleman and ventured
opeep out from the buggy robe in
which he had wrapped his pallid
face. 1t appeared that the under
taker was carrying the coffin to a
house on Geay-street, when his
wagon broke down and he was COM
PEELED to leave it on the roadside
while he returned fer repairs. The
gentleman drove meekly home and
has not since been heard to declare
his Indifference to ghostly vlsitations.
San francisco Bulletin. +H
Year: 1873

Several nights ago. a young gen
tleman Of this city invited a lady to
accompany him on a moonlight ride.
At the appointed time the wagon


was at the door and together they


started for the Cliff House. During
the ride the conversation turned on
things supernatural, and the Bono
van ghost was discussed at length.
The gentleman professed to be free
altogether. from that dread of the
mysterious unknown, which deters
some people from entering grave
yards after nightfall, or sitting alone
with the dead. He declared that he
would even be willing to have a tete-
c-tete interview with any ghostiy Wis
liant who might choose To make him
a call IN the still hours of the night.
After a couple Of hours spent pleas
antIy at the cliff, the horses heads
were turned homeward. The road
was deserted. the pleasure-seekers
Year: 1873

y gentleman advertised for boy to
assist him in his Office and nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves to him.
Out of the whole number he in a short
time selected one and dismissed the rest.


4 should like to know, said friend,
'-on what ground you selected that boy,
who had not a single recommendations


You are mistaken, - said the gentle
man, lie had a great many. He wiped
his feet when he came in and closed the
door after him, showing he was careful.
He gave up his seat instantly to that
old man. showing that he was kind and
thoughtful. He took of his cap when
he came in and answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing that
he was polite and gentlemanly. He
picked up the book which l had pur-
poSely laid on the floor and replaced it
on the table, while all the rest stepped
over it OK showed it aside; and he wait
ed quietly for his turn instead Of nushl!=
ing and crowdiGg. showing lie was hon
est and orderly. When l talked with
him Noticed that his clothes were care
fully brushed, his hair in nice order and
lis teeth as white as milk: and when
lie wrote lis name l noticed that his
tinger-nails We're clean, instead of being
tiipped with jet Ike that handsome little
fellows in the blue jacket. Don't you
call those letters of recommendation:
l do, and | would give more for what
I can tell about a boy by using my eyes
ten minutes than all the fine letters he
can bring me- -
Year: 1873

Ey- The New York Mail says; For
the reinsurance Of those timid souls who
fear the " lightning fash y and the "all-
dreaded thunder storm, some eccentric
lover Of figures has calculated the chances
of any person being struck by lightning
II is about one in l00,SS3, or rather less
the chances Of drawing the capital prize
in the Havana lottery. According to the
same statistician, one is twice as liable TO
die Of sunstroks, and six times as likely
TO commit suicide. Under these clrcum-
stances it is not worth while to go down
tho cellar or bury oue's self in feather
he'd when storm comes up.
Year: 1873

Registration of the voters Of Crawford will
soon commence under Capt. Z. G. Whitesides.
President Of the Board. 1t is all-important
that al! men go forward and register-all can
now register and we must have full regis
uation. Let no one wait for his neighbor,
but all go promptly. This is duty we owe
to ourselves and to posterity. We must have
constitutional convention before long and
must be prepared to put good men in the con-
yention. We can not do this unless the good
citizens register and thus prepare to exercise
the highest right of frcemen-the right ofsuf-
lrage. Let there be no laggards. Look at the
hand bills and see notice in this i-sue.