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Year: 1872

and such other things as children like.
She came down to breakfast the next
morning, where the unfaithful guardian
was thinking, in a morose way, how for.
tunate it was for MIN that the State had
no penitentiary, and how unfortunate
that there were no other little girls TO be
let out with endowments. Unhappy
Delawarianl For. him no longer the
fried oyster gamboled or the chicken
fricaseed While he was thinking over
this thing the little girl told her dream.
lie Immediately tainted, and they had
tosborrow some old Delaware rye, next
door, to bring him to conscience.


AS he came to, he said: Myra Che
pronounced it Myrie, as did the future
gallant husband of the little girl), who
has been putting that nonsense into
,p1r neadY He answered his own
question by confessng like an honest
criminal;a one of the fairy-books,


The Little girl was at once put in pos
session of lawsuit. She became a
heroine, married two husbands, and has
living grandchildren. Both her husbands
were devoted men, who believed in her
claim; she does the same, fighting it out.


have theory that natures chief use
for us in this life is employment; and
that, like the fires which convert into
healthy motion the modification and
decay in the atmosphere, we are all right
enough when something is given us to
do. But nature. makes very unhappy
fly of us when she leaves US a vast law
suit, and, at the same time, impresses us
with the fact that we are after our rights.
Who would know much about Daniel
Clarke, or the man in Delaware, If 1t
were not for Mrs. Gaines2
Year: 1872

Winter still continues to finger in the lap of spring and we are in hopes that by June, the frost will commence breaking up. At this present time (26th, we are in the midst of Ia blowing snow storm. Saturday evening panorama of the battle scenes of tue late war was exhibited in the Methodist church. but owing to the storm the attendance was small, although the performance was better than the average. ge......Mr. N, Demars who has been for the last 60 days ill Rhode Island, running the feather bed business has returned to Norfolk on s visit to his family and friends. He proposes to return immediately after election. .......We under stand the Conn. Western R. R. proposes to put on 9 extra trains after April lst; l milk train and one extra freight. ...... .Busi- ness in Norfolk is exceedingly dull, no one doing more than enough to pay running expenses, and the mills are all stopped for want of water, Indeed the prospect for tue future looks exceedingly bad for Nor folk. The railroad thus far instead of bringing business into town carries it all out, and the buyers with it, in fact the railroad is the only concern hereabouts that seems to be doing anything at all. The report in the Winsted Herald of last week that the ex Emperor Napoleon had leased 8 place in Norfolk for summer residence, is we think, premature. Norwalk is the place. We are glad that we are not to be afflicted that way, and glad to know tha, that kind of dirt eating wont be exhibited here this summer. We have every summer quite enough of the notab!es here, for tht peace of mind of our inhabitants. In nc place of our acquaintance is the man wor ship mania quite so prevalent as here

 To be rich in Norfolk is to be blessed, ant we notice it seems to cover any quantity o

 sins. In our opinion the almighty dolla

 is worshipped more than any other Al mighty. SEET sR-BRA.
Year: 1872

w. PARKER wishes to announce to the
lished Drain and Tile Yard on Front street. about
quarter Of nile south Of the railroad. He will
have full stock Of Tile of ell sizes, which he will
sell at reasonable rates. Those wishing to pur-
chase will do well to call at his yard.


S3tf VIM. PARKER.
Year: 1872

Charles Dickens has settled on
his fathers old home at Gadshill,
and taken his place as the director
of Al the Year Round, which comes
out this year with its usual Christ
mas story,
Year: 1872

What the phrenologists call faculties,
and associate with definite and limited
parts of the brain, is now better ex-
planned on the theory of different
modes of action in which the whole
cerebral system is implicated. This
doctrine is of practical Importance, for
when there is injury by over-exertion,
it is not merely some "organ" that is
damaged, but the whole structure. All
agree that thoughts too long and too
intently fixed on one object weary the
part of the brain so employed, and If
we did not get relief by changing our
occupation there is danger that this
WEAKNESS may end in disease. There
is case of an English student who de-
termined to commit to memory GER
tain number of Greek primitives every
day. After persisting some time he
found that, though competent to other
study, this wearied him. Being met
aphysician, despising "materialism," F"
ignoring the brain, and believing in the
omnipotence Of "will," he resolved not
to be thus mastered, and persevered in
spite of wcariness; but in short time
delirium came on. lie took the hint,
laid aside the Greek, and recovered. In
this case it was not merely the "organ'
OF memory for Greek words that failed
by exhaustion from Oyer-actiOn, but
there was arrangement affecting the
whole mental constitution. 1t was not
that memory lost its grasp of certain
lingual signs, but that all voluntary
control of the intellectual operations
was suspended, and the whole mental
fabric overthrown.-GdldTy.
Year: 1872

Politeness of Arabs is remarkable,
even among the lowest. A fellah living
in mud-hut in 4 village will conduct
himself with grace of carriage and
speech that is surprising. Glass dis
tinetions are observed by all. An ex-
treme act of politeness for the. humble
is TO Kiss the hand of his superior. The
next in degree is reaching down the
hand toward the ground, as much as to
say that the gesturer places himself at
the feet of the person addressed. An
other is TO put the hand on the top of
the head, accompanied. with a low how,
meaning that the postnrer is ready TO
be walked over. These graceful man-
Guvres-especially in ascending the So
cial scale-are accompanied with high
flown compliments, in which each party
endeavors TO eclipse the other. Men do
not enter upon business before exchang-
ing 4 brace or two OF these flattering
speeches, with an inevitable reference
TO Allah, and the PrOppet. To neglect
to do so would be ill-bred and ungodly.
Between equals there is kissing on the
cheek. Expressions of snperlative ad-
miration are pronounced, and extra
ordinary professions of friendship are
made at these interviews.


One of the politest of these Orientals
was the sheik Of the Mosque of Omar.
He expressed the hope that my shadow,
and the shadow of all Americans, would
never grow less, and that after death We
would all inhabit paradise. 1 asked him
how it was possible for us as. Christians
TO have a place in that coveted realm.
He was sure the Prophet would make
an exception in the case of such sweet
and lovely people as the Americans
inshullah. Naturally he made like
speeches to persons of other nationsli-
ties.


Ii in hiring horse or camel the
owner is asked the charge therefor, he
generally puts his hand on his head and
says that all his horses and camels are
at the disposal of the asker, without
price; the honor of serving such gen.
tleman is ample compensation for him.
1t the animal is taken with no more def
mite understanding than this, the hirer
is made to paw an exorbitant charge.
Those who understand Arab nature pin
them down with written contracts, and
even then find difficulty in not being
swindled. When offers of presents are
made, they are not 10 be accepted. This
is simply a form of pOliteness.


They are easily affected by show. If
a consul walks the street unattended by
dragomm or kavass, his Arab friends
make simply polite salutation of the
hand to the head; if he is preceded by
a gorgeous kavass humping his mace
over the stones, and followed by a drag
oman, the same men salute with extray-
agant gesture and salaam. A process
sion of the Pasha, with his fifty bashi-
bazouks, plunges them into ecstasy
GALAXY.
Year: 1872

There are nearly as many bad wives
as bad husbands. Many men who
work hard and try to do well in life,
are neglected and abused by improyi-
dent women.


They are condemned to eat the poor
est dinners, when they. provide the best
the market affords.


On heavy bread, soggy vegetables,
muddy coffee and tough pie crust, how
can 4 woman expect her husband TO he
loving?


Such men often drink whisky, be-
cause their food distresses them-as it
would any body who had not a cast
iron stomach-and the habits OF intem-
perance are sometimes in this way be-
gun, through the fault of the wife.


1t costs more to cook poorly than to
make food good and palatable.


If woman runs home from q neigh
boris just in time 10 throw 4 pie to-
gether, bake it, and bring it to the din
ner table hot, she ommits great Of
fence against the health of her family.


II man has only an hour TO go home,
get his dinner and return to business, it
should be ready for him promptly on
time, else he will eat very hot food in
the greatest haste, and start of for
rapid walk, all OF which is very bad,
and will soon show its effects upon the
strongest man.


When her husband gets peevish, low
spirited and forgetful of the little acts
of kindness he taught her to expect in
days agone, Il woman who is such
housekeeper, need not sit in the twi-
light and wonder at sad changes.


Dyspepsia is not conducive To tender
thoughts or happiness.


Had she acted her part with halt the
zeal and industry of her husband, all
would have been well, and she could
still sit in the sunshine of earlier days.


1t is very hard for man TO earess the
hand which for years has been feeding
him slow poison.-Elm Oriod.
Year: 1872

GA Connecticut clergyman recently
announced from the pulpit that hc had
heard a man say that he had read the
Bible through IN sixty hours. Determine
ed to ascertain whether the individual
told the truth, he set about it himself,
and read tic whole Of it aloud to his
wife in lifty-nine hours and something
over thirty minutes. lie read sometimes
an hour and sometimes two hours
day, keeping the exact time, with the
result indicated.
Year: 1872

TmE NEW CorNTLHFEIr GREENBacKs.
The reverse Of the new counterfeit
fifty dollars. Of the last green back issue,
is close imitation, but the face Of the
note is poor in the engraving. printing
and paper, II having general litbo-
graphic appearance. The large red seal
Of the Treasury in the center is wanting,
and the bracelet OF the arm OF the female
figure OH tho left side OF the note is
scarcely pcrccptiblc.
Year: 1872

An cNprcssman upon reaching his
office carly one cold morning in January
observed On Tic sidewalk long heavy
box, which his practiced eye ut once
identified as containing corpse. Upon
the end of the box, shivering with cold,
sat little half-clad boy. about seven or
eight years of age. Addressing him
kindly, lac said:


my lad, don't sit there, you will
freeze come ia ana sit by the stove"


Bursting into tears, the little fellow
Irepicd:


mo, / can't come; my mother is in
this box, and l promised her that l
" ould not leave her until we got home


Deeply affected with the touching de-
votion OF this brave little fellow, he fin
ally succeed in convincing him of the
entire safety Of his precious charge, and
taking him to "a neighboring restaurant,
gave him a warm breakfast, and then
learned the particulars of his story. Ills
father died about Il y ear previously. IN "A
remote village in Minnesota leaving his
mother in poor health and nearly ussti-
tutc. She died but u few days before
the boys sad journey, charging the little
hero with tie sad duty OF conveying tho
remains to her friends in a distant state,
and furnishing him with lali she l,ad) u
sum OF money barely sufficient to carry
them both, by freight cars, to their dcs-
tination. The little fellow had actually
ridden night and day in freight car
with his melancholy trust, never for a
moment losing sight OF it.
Year: 1872

FELLOW CITIZENS: We most earnestly
call your attention to the necessity which exists
for making some immediate arrangement for the
settlement of your taxes.


We know the straitened circumstances in
which many OF you are placed without any
agency of your own. and our sympathles are all
with YOU We would not willing y increase the
troubles which so many Of you have to bear
and it is for this reason we now appeal to you to
come forward and make some arrangement to
prevent sale of your property. our failure
to do so can have no other effect than TO increase
the costs.
You will find the Collectors, acting under the
orders Of the Finance Committee, ready and
anxious to make any settlement that will insure
the payment of your dues to the city, and pre-
vent the advertisement and sale of your proper
ty The payment Of these cannot be avoided :
The law is imperative, and if not voluntarily
settled by you, they must be settled by tax
SALE
some of this property is now in litigation in
the Courts for sale and settlement OF the rights
of the parties, and sone may be unrepresented.
On all such cases being made known to US, an
arrangement can probably be effected to prevent
An advertisement and sale, with its attendant
costs.


Possibly also, some Of the tax bills in the
hands of the Collectors may have been hereto
fore settled or improperly charged; in all such
cases we invite the parties to appear before the
Collectors or Finance Committee for examlna-
ton and settlement.


With the earnest hope that you will come
forward and settle your taxes, we have post
poned the sale which was to have taken place
on the first of pril to the second Wednesday
in April, (thc l0th.)
This will also delay until the 25th of March
the advertisement specifying the property to be
sold At the time specified the sale will take
place. o.,


On and after Monday next the 18th instant,
the Finance Committee will meet at the Audi
tors office, on Fairfax street. daily between the
hours of 4 and o clock p. 1n., until the I'D.


JAMES S. FRENCH.


GEORGE Y. WORTHINGTON.


JAMES GREEN.


EDWARD EVANS.


HENRY L. SIMPSON.


GEORGE r. SHlNN.


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Year: 1872

Reflect tnat 8 sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubal
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
nrosuect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
snoIhs is blighted with our own.
Year: 1872

A RABrD BRIDE From the Pittston Penn J
Gazette. About eleven weeks ago a young
lady named Cox, daughter of Miles Cox of
Stoddardville, went into the yard to kill some
chickens The dog followed her, and picking
up one of the chickens ran off with it. She
chased him with stick to recover it, and com
ing up with him, he turned upon her and hit
her in the arm, lacerating it fearfully. Her
mother and brother coming to the rescue, were
also badly bitten by the infuriated beast. The
wounds healed, however, and nothing more
was thought of the matter.


The youg woman was engaged to be married
to young man living at Goldsboro', named
Alfred Kerrick, and the wedding was appoint
ed to come off at the place about two weeks
ago.


On the wedding morning. as she was about
to perform her ahlutions, the sight OF the water
sent shiver through her whole system, and
frightened her, and at the breakfast table the
coffee had such an effect upon her that she spilled
it over the table She then complained OF
feeling unwell, and her friends advised her to
remain at home, but she said she did not want to
disappoint Al, and, accompanied by sister,
proceeded to Goldsboro, were the wedding
ceremony was performed.


Immediately after this she was seized with
spasms, bearing all the indications of hydro
phobia In one of her lucid intervals she warn,
ed the company that she would bite them if
they did not keep away from her. But, .
said she to her husband, cal, you need not
be afraid, | won t bite you.


In one of her paroxysms she bit lady who
was endeavoring to soothe ber. 1t was the
wife of Doc. Hoffman, who drives the stage
from Goldsboro to the Sand Gut, on the d. j..
and ". Railroad.


Soon after assuring her husband that she
would not bite him she was seized with con
vulSions, and, laying back IN his arms, died.


The other members of the family who We're
bisten by the dog have not as yet displayed any
symptoms of the disease, but they live 10 hour
y dread
Year: 1872

writing up, promising, and advocating the building o
a dixie


1t means Duluth It is Duluth measure in the
Duluth interest entirely One fact alone would prove
this even if there other. The publication


in the last Nanesotian of paper which it calls . Mr.
Egans specification OF plan III regard TO canal and
dixie, made and filed at Washington" reveals its
second fact that the "plan contempites cotempo-
raneous construction of dyke, dam across Supe
rior Bay betweeA Rice and Minnesota Points," the
article finally stating that Duluth is anxious and
willing build sad dixie" Certainly she is; it is
part of the orgiM plan. ferred to by the Tribune for
completely diverting the st Louis river, and causing
it by system of canals and dkes to flow straight
out into the Lake" in front of Duluth, cutag US off
from all of its channel harbor-way, its cur
rent natural dredging force and when lawyer
Egan of that place persu ided the War Secretary to
consent the cutting of open canal and the closing
of the bay br dike the Secretary was unwittingly
playing into the hands of schemers whose design 1T IS
to destroy the commercial interests of Wisconsin at
the head of Lake Superior. We have never consented
the alternative :" an open canal or closed bay;
much less I" an open canal and closed bay.


In the same number Of the TINES we
had the following in reference to the editor
of the Duluth Tribune which is so siugu-
larly appropriate to the present time, that
it will not only bear republication, but
shows up the style of that sheet toward
Superior as one continuous, unmitigated
lie. Read it, and lay it by, and read it
again, every time Mitchell says dyke. We
don't know but that it would be best to
keep it up as standing matter, a sort of an
tidote to the Tribune weekly hash. 1t will
have to be published every six or eight
months anyhow.
Year: 1872

WE understand that it is the design of Rev. Father
Chehul to leave this place in few weeks for an ex
tended visit to his mother country Austria He has
had charge Of the Catholic Mission work in this sec
ton for upwards OF twelve years and accomplished a
great work built several churches and labored fer
yentv for his faith and CATION having the res
noct of all who know him His numerous friends wish
him pleasant journey his native land, and hope to
welcome him back after few months absence. 1t
will be difficult to find a man fill his position, and
his church and friends will think OF him often while
in Europe-Bayfad Press.
Year: 1872

of the country. LCheers. He told how
signally had failed all efforts to show him
corrupt. He may have made some mistakes
but he is honest, true and pure. We want
Grant four years longer until the anti-slav-
cry battle shall have been entirely fought.
He is doing well. We need him until we
reach the final triumph in the great strug-
ole. TCheerS7
Year: 1872

BOSTON, Nov. 10-Sunday, 9 o'clock P. NJ
The party of 400 Portland business men on
their arrival at once struck to Dock Square,
and were glad to find the Fsneuil Hall and
Market intact. Crossing into State street we
found everything safe except the rear part of
the Post Office. A general survey of the bnrnt
district was made which was greatly impeded
by the guards of police and the Ninth Regi-
ment and a detachment of Cavalry. The area
is not SO great as was reported on the route
down to Boston. The area extends from Sum-
mer street on the south to Water and Central
street on the north and from the southeast side
of Washington on the west to Federal and
Battery-Marcb ON the eastward side; on Kilby
street the fire extended to within few stores
of State street. The best of order now pre-
walls and the military guard the district well,
while thousands Of people press for admission
to streets which bound the fire. The firemen
have displayed the utmost heroism in combat
ting the flames, and many are now completely
jaded out; still the engines are at work in put
ting out the fires in cellars, while the gas pipes
and coal heaps are burning brightly, present.
ing scene which forcibly reminds us of the
great Portland fire of '66. A portion of Wash
ingtcn street, and many other streets, are a
heap of debris, making them completely i'm
passible


Many Portland men have interests in prop
erty here, but they all feel that they are safer
than they feared Real estate men estimate
the value of the buildings lost at one hundred
millions, and the stocks are valued at as much
more. Very large and valuable stocks of dry
goods, shoes and leather, and wool were on
hand, and recently laid in for the fall trade. 1t
is impossible to go into particulars further.
great number of girls are thrown out of EN-
Year: 1872

The Boston Fire-Solvency of the Bangor


Insurance Companies.


BANGOR, Nov. 10.-The terrible fire in Bos-
ton is the entire subject of conversation and of
deep anxiety in this city, whose interests are SO
closely connected with those of Boston. The
news received here at six p. M, that the fire
was under control, afforded great relief to our
whole community. The Union National and
Eastern Insurance offices of this city suffer
heavy losses by the fire, but not they say, to
an:extent in the least affecting their solvency.
The Nationals state that their monthly receipts
will cover the extent of their losses and that
their business will be uninterrupted. The
Union Company will publish tomorrow state
ment they will be able to pay all claims from
their surplus fund, and win continue business
as before with no delay whatever The Eastern
Express Company say the same.