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Year: 1873

Nv soul is like a dark, deep sea.
With one broad track of liquid light;
And like the moon thy love for me,
That traces there a. path so bright
And yet would not that the moon
Should ALWAYS prove similc;
For she is tickle, and full soon
Will smile upon another sea.
MOI rather be it like the skill
Which traces like scuptor's hand,
An image on my heart, thatstill
Through every change Of life may stand;
So deeply craven there that Time
Shall fail e'er to obliterate;
So perfect, that to move one line
The heart and image both must break.


June Galary.
Year: 1873

ASan Francisco widow keeps the skull Of her
deceased husband in glass case She once
remarked to friend who was viewing the
remains: Alas how often have banged
those bones with broomstick am sorry for
it now"
Year: 1873

Imeant to have told you of that
bole.n said one to his friend, who was
walking with him in the garden, and
tumbled into pit of water.


"No matter" said the visitor, blow
ing, "I have found it, a ~
Year: 1873

VINO WANTS TO Buy "A Detroit man
wants to sell Il patent pistol cane or a
promising Newfeundlandpup hedoes MT
care which. He went home the other
night and set in his cane, heavily charged,
behind the door, and started in for a
romp with his three bright little ones.
They got along well enough until the
pup spied the cane, and, going for it,
started upon promiscuous run around
the chairs and table-legs with it between
his teeth The doting father remember
ed the effect of slight pressure upon
the spring, and with rare presence of
mind succeeded in throwing the children
down the cellar stairs and placing himself
on the top of the sideboard before the
thing went off. The ball only broke a
hundred-dolar mirror, and the pup only
got few scratches in jumping through
a plate-glass window The doctor says
the children will all recover. No insur-
anee.
Year: 1873

People who believe the current stories
about intelligent dogs will read with
pleasure that lost dog in Norfolk hav-
ing seen his masters advertisement in
one of the local prints, promptly went
home.
Year: 1873

Travellers by Railroad frequently find their
Watches completely demoralized by the continu-
ous jar of the train. To overcome this difficulty
has long been problem with watchmakers, and
il is now successfully accomplished In the new
grade made by the
Year: 1873

a half millions of acres to in
crease the sugar, rice and indi-
60 crops of the southern part,
or the grain and tobacco pro-
.duction of the northern part.


Now,it is plain from the facts
here presented, that the recla>
nation of this vast and fertile
tract is a subject of national i'm
portance, and one that at least
merits careful consideration.
1t is more than probable that
an effort will be made during
the present session of congress
to bring the matter up in an
effort to secure government aid
to maugurate q system of
levee improvements. Such a
measure possesses much inter
est to the inhabitants OF the
whole valley.
Year: 1873

hogs" so-called, are the only


kind that can exist Oh pine


lands, that the finer breeds, if


brought to the country, win


soon degenerate to the pine


woods standard. They might


do so but it would be 10 fault


of theirs or of the country, but


of the owners. The degeneracy


would be a result growing out


of a want of feed-it is poor


feeding that makes inferior


stock more than anything else,


and it is good feeding and sci>
entific care from generation to


generation that makes most of
ouI fine breeds.


There is no sound excuse for


bad feeding, even in the pine
country, for lands cannot be so
poor that they will not produce
some kind of feed crops. They
will produce Bermuda grass or
peas for summer feed, and the
manure of the stock will snffic-
iently enrich enough of them
to bring a sufficient yield of
root crops or crab grass hay for
winter feed. These given out
to the stock in addition to what
they will be able to gather for
themselves will keep up fine
breeds or soon make an aston
ishing improvement even in
piny woodsers.


1t is astonishing to see the
good effects produced by judic~
ious management of stock of !
all varieties, each generation
becoming superior to its an
cestors, if fed and treated in a !
better way, and if a wise dis
elimination is brought to bear
on the proper matiLg of the
parents, as witness the sheep
of the present day compared
with those of forty years back,
and see how very much finer
the descendants of the Arabian
horses are in England, in spite
of the pernicious practice eff ov-
er early training.


We hear of no "piny woods
horses" and yet horses are
in the pine woods; but
people feed their horses, while
they allow their cattle and hogs
to run at large and shift for
themselves as best they can or
die. 1t is "root hog or die"
sure enough. Most of the hogs |
run through their generation
without ever having had a bite |
of anything fed them, and the
same may be said ofmost of the |
cattle, with the exception of
milk cows, perhaps-they are
sometimes stopped a little in
merely to make them
come up and be MIXED, but
when winter arrives-the sea-
son when they need feed most
are turned out with
their calves to feed themselves
and their owners either buy
milk and butter from abroad or
do without.


No wonder we have "piny |
woods stock"


A Southern editor mons
Year: 1873

A Southern editor pops
the question in his paper in
this public fashion: "There's a
certain girl in this town who
can carry our smoke-house keys
for life if she'll only say the
work"
Year: 1873

Parliament which authorized the Government to
grant the charter, ia to be built 't.from
some point on or near Lake Nipissing
on the south shore thereof, to some point on
the ehore of the Pacific Ocean," The Company
is also to build branch line to Lake Superior.
and also one from penbina to Fort Garry. This
hitter branch is to be completed Dec. 81, 1874.
The first section Of the road extends from the
eastern terminus at Luke Nipissing, to Red
River the second from somo point Oh the east
ern section to Lake Superior; the central, or
third section, from Red River to point in
the longitude OF Fort Edmonton tho fourth
from Manitoba to the boundary limo of tho
United States and tho fifth from point IN tho
Longitude Of Fort Edmonton to the Pacific
Ocean. The whole is to be completed in ten
years from the LIST of July, 1871, unless moro
time is given by act Of Parliament.


The capital stock OF the Company is $40, ,000,-
600; 10 per cent Of which must be pnid in With
in one month from the signing Of the contract,
and this amount, On which per cent
is to be paid by the Government, is
to be held by it as security for
the completion of the road. No transfer OF
stock can be medo in less than SIX years without
the consent Of the Government: Lands GRO
granted in alternate sections for ten to twelve
miles On each side Of the road but il tho lands
are unfit for settlement the Company need not
select beyond one mile from the road, taking the
deficiency in moro favorable localities.
A bonus in money OF S90,00o,0o0 ia
given to the Company, to be paid
monthly as the road progresses. The Company
may connect with any roads in the United
States.


Such are some Of tho general features Of the
charter. Prodtng by our experience in building
Pacific Railways, it is to bo hoped tho Canadi-
ans will build their road honestly, and as cheap
us possible for money. From certain outgivings
that have have come to us, We strongly suspect
that they will run their line direct to the foot Of
Lake Superior, and crossing there will
connect By g line On the south shore OF that
lake with the Northern Pacific ct Superior City
or Duluth, and use that road [tho n. P.) to the
Red River. This would seem to be sound busi-
ness policy, and would 30 far lessen the immo-
date burden OF tho construction Of the
Canadian 1ine TINT it need not inter-
fcre with the more important work
Of enlarging the St. Lawrence :. Canala.
It can scarcely be doubted that the statesmen
OF the Dominion will appreciate the importance
Of this great work, and ut the earliest day posi-
bio make it an accomplished fact: i
Year: 1873

The opera season is over. Lucca, Kellogg,
and the rest have come and gone and ne may
reasonably expect no more opera until NEXT fall.
It is "a yet too carly to indicate with certainty
That tho next season will develop, but there is q
strong probability that there will be two troupes
in tho fie1d the one hcsdcd by Lucca, and the
other By Nilsson. The prospects for tho return
OF Adaiina Patti g1ow darker and darker and
the London Orchestra and A0aeneun, which are
usually good authorities, state positively that
she will not come. It is certain that she will re-


main in Europe az long as there is moro
money to be made there than hare, for Maurice
6trakosch rever stops squeezing an orange az
long as there is any Juice left in it,
Year: 1873




During last week had occasion to take two
or three trips through different parts of the
County and was forcibly struck by the evil
denccs of industry and improvement going
on Although sc hear the cry OF hard times
aud the want Of money, our farmers seem to
be determined TO take advantage of the few
weeks Of good weather, ard found many
who had finished sowing grains and planting
corn. and are now engaged in preparing land
for one of the largest cotton crops ever raised
in Craw ford county. There will be more new
land cleared up and cultivated this season. in
this County, than in the last five or six be-
fore. might venture to say that there viii
be near one.thiru more land cultivated in the
County this season than last, Our farmers
seem determined to not be discouraged by the
universal cry of the hardest times | ever
knew here, "and the frequent visits Of our
unsweryng taX-collcctor. but to make one
great effort to save themselves, families and
the country from bankruptcy. by year of
hard industry and frugal economy. What
know of farming, " is not much, bat know
a corn field from a cain brake, and ] predict
that with any thing like fair season, the
people OF Crawford county will see more plen-
ty of staple of life produced this season than
any since the war; and that money will he
more plenty than at any time heretofore We
all have found out that we cannot pay out
m Jncy all the time and have much left If we
do not provide some means of replenshing
our funds. II we buy all the articles We con-
sumo and have nothing to sell to pay with,
it is not very probable that we will pay. So
if the country imports all the time and has
nothing to export, great scarcity of the
" where-with-all' y to pay taxes may be ex-
pectcd. Our farmers have found this to be
the case and SO look out for a huge crop of
Oats, Wheat Corn and Cotton in old Craw-
ford next fall. MARK.
Year: 1873

We have patiently awaited the moving o
the legislative waters, thinking some of our
political ills might meet with n miraculous
cure. We have waited In vain. We promised
after the Democrat. took the shoot they did,
to be n friend and aid them all we could. Ihls
promise has been fulfilled. We have had
none but good words for them, but We find it
has turned out MS We feared. The pledges
made when they cast their votes for Mr.
Dorsey are all gone, and none OF them
have been fulfilled We as a State are in as
bad iix now rs when the Legislature met.


True the amendment has been adopted ond
the Republicans claim all the credit. but we
are not disposed TO wrangle with them over
the credit due 10 some one for this great
boon. But, alas, we have no new Registra-
tion Bill adopted aud it may or may not turn
cut to our good that the amendment is
adopted The School Superintendents still
hang like an incubus upon our common
school sy stem. Many other useless and cN-
pensivc offices still oppress the taxpayers.
II, a word let us ASK. in all kindness, what
has the Legislature done for the good OF the
people OF the State OF Arkansas? Civil
Rights Bill (so-callcdl has been passed, but
we predict it will be the source OF many un-
civil acts on the part of the white citizen If
any serious attempt be made to enforce it.


We sincerely hope thi, body will do some
thing good before adjournment. They had
better do something gool or adjourn. The
people of the State will gladly welcome
either Tae money paid by the tax payer
ought to bring him some little good, but SO far
none has come from the Legislature Of 1873.
Perhaps, ifthese stove pipe gentlemen would
como home the people might tell them some
of their wants. For Gods sake let us have a
rest and change.
Year: 1873

EXTENSION OF TINE FOR PAYING TAXas.-
The bill passed by both Houses, extending
the time for collection of Taxes to the 31th Of
April. having been signed by the Governor
becomes law This will relieve many in
this part OF the State.
Year: 1873

should decide against the validity of the law,
and Mr. Buchanan should still persist in en-
forcing it. the Governor of the State would
feel it to be his duty 10 resist this attempt in
arms; and that he had accordingly made all ne
csssary arrangements to carry his views into
effect. 1t was evident, therefore, that it de-
pended essentially upon the action Of Judg
Swan whether domestic peace should be main
tained or bloody civil war be initiated. ar
rived 10 Columbus on the very day, that this
controversy was brought to a conclusion, and
Immediately on reaching the hotel, where put
up, heard that Judge Swayne had made the
ablest speech Of his life in support of the law,
and that the Supreme Court had decided the
question at issue iu favor Of the United States.
thus was civil war prevented, How conflict
between the State Of Ohio and the Government
upon the mos, appalling question would have
resulted it is difficult now to say; but no one
eau deny that Judge Swayne acquired more
true glory ou this occasion than twenty years
service as Chief Justice would be likely to pro-
cure him. Wash. Chronicle.
Year: 1873

devoted his leisure hours. Ills profess
ional reputation was among the first in
the city. and distinguished career was
predicted tor him by all who enjoyed his
acquaintance The deceased had been
kind to the poor. and during his illness
his premises were throneed hy them Of
fering their prayers Tor his recovery.
Year: 1873

They have a German servant girl in Brooklyn who is so scrupu- lously neat that after sweeping off the sidewalk in front of the house, she carefully gathers the dirt into adustpan and marches through the hall to the back yard, where she dumps the pan into the ash barrel.
Year: 1873

horse affair: I think now if the Pres ident had only known it in time, he would have let Gen. Van Buren go ahead. Van evidently felt ashamed to spread out the yeast powders and axle grease, and so kept holding back to see if something wouldn't come at last suita ble to the occasion. 1 do not know what could have got into the usually contemplating Americans. It seems like case of what was ev- cry body's was nobody's business. Congress should have spent the money for the commission in boxing up a few leading features of Ameri- can invention, production, art, &c., and shipped them. The only thing of them here, Is the school house, and it is quite an at traction indeed. The Portuguese-- strangely enough--is the only nation represented here ill that way, and they have very fair sample of the modern style of educational contriv- ance.

 I wish you could have seen the beer garden display last night on the rounds of the Weltausstellung That's what they call 1t. can never forget 1t, now that I can spell and pronounce 1t, and live Be sure you print it Weltausstellung--ail right, for I have had pains ard expense with that one word already.

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Year: 1873

A correspondent Of Iron gives some IN
teresting facts regarding the metallurgical
knowledge Of the inhabitants Of the land
Of the Pharaohs Iron is believed to have
gradually superseded copper in the manu-
facture of the implements with which the
great monuments we're carved and hewn
from the stone. The minuteness and finish
with which the hleroglyphics are sculptured
on obelsks and similar structures may also
be considered as strong arguments tn At the
workman possessed steel chlsels, quite as
finely tempered as any we at present can
manufacture.


The skill Of the first smelters was evi-
IDENTIFY not great, much more care being Be-
slowed upon working the metal obtained
than upon gaming fair product from the
ores. II the ancient mines of gold and
silver can be found, the debris worked
over, would doubtless WELD a rich harvest
Old turquoise mines have been already
discovered and 1t is stated that large num-
bers Of very fine stones have heen extracted
and sent to Europe. In the same locality
a system of Notifications has been traced
out, by which the Pharaohs protected their
works and workmen, and, what is still more
wonderful. the remains Of vast iron works
have been found Of such magnitude. that
many Thousand people must have been EN-
ployed upon them, unless the plant used
was on as grand scale As the largest Eng
lish furnaces. These works were commenc
ed in very early times; each Pharaoh as
he continued them, added large engraved
stone to indicate the labor completed II
is believed that the hieroglyphics on these
he cleaned
Year: 1873

THE Scranton Times pays a merited
tribute TO the memory Of John Hays, the
hero of the late mine explosion 1t says


No nobler deeds Of heroism are per
formed on fields Of battle than that which
cost John Hays his life in Shamokin nine
When the half dead and dying man emerged
from the cavernous tomb, bringing the
news of the disaster, he hesitated not a
moment, but sped 10 the relief of his com
rades in danger No thought OF his own
danger kept him back from what he must
have known was imminent risk of his life
The deadly, treacherous vapOr Uverpow-
cred him before he could rescue his fellow
workmen, and his life went out sacrifice
in the cause Of humanity. The heroic
deeds Of the warrior have been celebrated
in song and story, but the heroisrn Of John
Hays need not pale before the brightest
deeds Of any warrior Of ancient or modern
times The warriors deeds are in the de-
struction u life. that Of John Hays was
an effort to save it. The soldier On the
battle held has the excitement Of conflict,
the cheers Of comrades, and thought Of
martial glory to urge HIM on, but the mi
ner who marches into the Jaws Of death to
rescue fellow workman has only his own
brave heart and sense Of duty to sustain
him The herOlsm Of John Hays is not
alone IN the history Of the tolls and dan
gers of miners life Around the flaming
holocaust Of Avondale the cry for yolun-
teers never rose in vain Hard handed
but true-hearted men stepped forth as
promptly to 20 down into that burning,
seethng he'll as they would 70 march in
holiday parade. They knew that death
with eager hand was waiting At the bottom
of that fearful pit. They knew that they
might never look upon their wives and chill
dren again but they faltered not mo-
ment in their attempt to rescue their fel-
low -workmen from death The annals Of
history furnish no brighter example II he
roIsm than that Of little Martin Cragan,
who, at West PittsOn, deliberately aban-
doued the assurance Of safety and met his
death in endeavoring to warn those Who
remained IN the distant recesses Of the
mIne. All honor to the memOry ~ such
men. The world has too few Of them, and
their places are hard to liIl No costly
monument marks their last resting place,
nor are their deeds commemorated iu he
role verse and vet they are none the less
among the worlds host III heroes They
~ not die IN vain for they give us higher
ideas Of duty and more trust ~ the unset
fshness of man.
Year: 1873

among All cultvators of the nIcotian weed
The butt end Of each stalk through an
oval metal ring, Fig |, on the inner side
Of which are formed a number Of nutches
and two spurs BY the means shown in
Fig ?, the plant is then suspended u a
hook or nail, its own weight crowding it
against the sharp projections, which firmly
hold IT, H. remove the stalk when the
tobacco is dry. it j. only necessary to lift
It ana crowd 1t to the side Of the ring op-
poslte the two spurs, when It vii readily
pass int 81 the holder Patented August
p 1872 - Slpfirr A mericdn
Year: 1873

(From George u. Prenuce.)


The fat of nature is incxorable. There
is no appeal for relief from the great
law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves Of the
forest. and the flowers that bloom and
wither in day have no Trailer hold
upon life than the mightiest monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps, Generations Of men will appear
and disappear as the grass, and the mul-
titude that throng the earth to-day will
disappear as the footsteps on the shore
Men seldom think Of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across
their pathway, hiding from their eyes
the faces OF loved ores, whose living
slnile was the sunlight of existence
Death is the antagonist of life, and the
cold thought Of the tomb is the skele-
ton of all feasts. We do not want to go
through the dark valley, although its
dark passage may lead to paradise; we
don't want to lie down in the grave,
even with princes for bed-fellows.-
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the hope
of immortality, 50 eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek, finds
deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his young
existence as sacrifice to hate, his
Clemantha asks if they should meet
again, to which he replies; | have asked
that dreadful question of the hills that
look eternal, of the clear streams that
flow forever, of the stars among whose
fields of azure my spirit has walked IL
glory. All were dumb; but as gazt
upon, thy living face, I feel confident
that thcre is something in the love tha


nantes through it's beauty that canno


wholly perish. We shall meet again


Clemantha.
Year: 1873

We have heard Of the test being ap-
piled to servant girls, but John Starkley
was the man who applied it to the Sc
lection Of a wife. The Starkleys and
the Belknaps had been friends through
several generations. In the present
generation there was in the Starkley
family neson, and in the family of Belk-
maps FIVE daughters and it had been
arranged between the parents that the
heir of the Starklevs should take him
wife from among the daughters of Belk-
nap. John, the heir aforesaid, ct fl.e
age of FIVE and twenty, had returned
from his travels, when his father babe
him select from the daughters OF the
friendly house the one he would have
FOR wife. John was dutiful son, and
his heart was whole, and as the maidens
were all fair to look upon, he accepted
the situation, determined to master it if
possible.


John spent several evenings in the
company of the young ladies', and it
was difficult to decide which was the
most charming, though his fancy rested
most lingeringly upon the youngest
not that she was the handsomcst, but
she appeared the most sensible.


One day John was invited to dinner
and in advance Of the family he made
his way into the hall and threw broom
upon the floor directly across the pas
sage to the dining-room. BY and by
the summons sounded for the meal, and
John watched for the result. The eld-
est daughter stepped over the broom
loftily. The second went around it.
The third gave it kick from her path.
The fourth gave it an extra kick. The.
fifth-the youngest-stooped and pick
ed the broom up, and took it to the far
corner of the hall, and set it carefully
out Of the way.


And John selected the meek>cyed,
fair-haired maiden who had thus stood
the test, and he never had occasion to
regret his choice. She proved to be a
wife who looked we'll to the ways Of hel


household, aud her heart had no lack oI
, faith and love.