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Year: 1871

KNOWLEDGE is power. 1t is the duty
of every tax payer, who has more knowl-
edge than he requires for his own domestic
purpose, to impart that knowledge TO
others. l have derived so much instruc-
ton from the writers on etiquette in the
weekly newspapers, and my manners have
been so vastly improved thereby, that it
would be criminal to withhold what l
know about table etiquette. Although
the reasons may not be obvious at hrst
sight, they exist, and will be apparent on
careful consideration. For instance:


!. Do not commence eating before your
host gets through with his grace. / have
known some men to bite biscuit as large
as blacking box in half moon, and have
to hold it in their teeth, under suspen-
sion of the rules, during blessing. This is
disgraceful.


3. Do not sup soup with fork. Your
soup will always have you at disadvan-
tage with such odds. Besides 1t is soup
erfluous."


8. In passing your plate to be re-helped,
retain your knife and fork in your vest
pocket


A. When asked for dish, do not propel
! it across the table after the manner OF
game of shovel-board; always pitch 1t
gracefully in the desired direction, after
the manner of quoits. This will be QUOT
sufficient.


s. Never try to cat fish with a salt-cel-
lar.


6. While drinking, be careful not to
empty hot coffee, or anything of that sort,
into your neighbours paper collar.


T. Do not eat too fast. You will not
"get left" if you make up in heroic doses
for fast time.


s. If you find anything suspicious in
your hash, don't eat any more hash and
if there is anything wrong with your but
ter, propose toast or tell an anecdOte.


8. When you burn your mouth with a
cold potato, don't whistle or make faces
at the company, but shed tears in silence.


10. Never leave the table without asking
the lady of the house TO be excused but
if you happen to be at barbecue or free
lunch, don't leave it as long as there Is q
bone or crumb in sight


If you will studiously observe these lit
tie rules, and don't appropriate your table
napkin under the contemplate pretense
that you thought II was your pocket hand
kerchief, you will succeed admirably:


TIE REST BREAD SoURCH-WOrk.
Year: 1871

A FEW evenings ago a gentleman, be-
longing to city firm doing a large bust


ness was sitting alone in the counting
room. when his mind turned aside from
the rugged track of business, and saun-
tered luxuriously away into the fowery
walks of love. He resolved to write a
letter to his "heart's IDOL" as he called
her, and did so. But his wanderings in
"the promised path of alliance" proved
incapable of shutting out from his mind
all the thoughts and forms of business,
though it must be confessed they were
somewhat indistinct. When he had writ
ten his letter, he copied it with the copy.
ing press in book used by the firm, and
went home. The next morning his part
ner was surprised to find so remarkable a
business letter (for 1t meant business ') In
the copy book. The story was too good
TO keep, and the book-keeper soon learned
1t, and-"you know how 1t is yourself"
Year: 1871

We had Tain d few nights since which raised tue streams more than has been done at any one time during the ias: eight months. The operatives in our factories are expressing their gratitude, and look ing quite cheerful, not having but about half work for some months and being ob

 ligea to lay in winter stores they had come to feel, and some of them are, quite poor
Year: 1871

MIR. EDITOR: The voluminous cores poadent of the Sentinel pretends to be able to enlighten the readers of that would-be eff it could) enterprising sheet, in regard to the character of Rev. Wm. H. Kirk, of the church which he has under his charge. and of the Bannes and Banqaet of which he is tLe Editor. He lays himself out in his first article and pours out the vials of his wrath npon the head of the clergyman and editor, because some time since, there ap- peared iu his paper all article referring to influence of Masonry and Democracy in this town. which article by the way did notioriginate with Mir Kirk but was It mark by some other person, and reported in that paper as sucb The explanation was made in the next issue of tue paper after the appearance of the article in the Sentinel MT. Kirk having tie impr ssion in his mind that the aiticle, must have been a corpulent man land agree with him, for there Was So much gas abont the whole letter that it SC, ms as if there must have been large space somewhere to ho,d it). He advised the editor of the .Sem!imeito en- qure into the morals of his ''corpulent correspondent" which was mistaken piece of advice in my opinion for l. do not think such morals will bear very close en quiry, but they are just the kind the editor of the Sentinel likes best--a little loose

 As soon as the Whiskey. Masonic, Dem ocratic correspondent saw this explanation of Mir. Kirk and read the remark about ''corpnlent correspoudent" lie once more opens his hottled up feelings and vepts them without mercy upon the editors pate He fills a large space in the Sentinel with an article so full of inaccurate statements and persona! abuse that it ought to make even the editor of the Sentinel blush with shame for alIowing'it to appear in his pa- per. Wm. H. Kirk is too weii known in this town to have any sncl abusive article iniure his character m the least. t, Ha is known to be an upright, worthy han in every respect, and one wao does, all the good he can for his fellow beings. Re labors faithfully in his parish and is ever' ready to go wherever any good can be done, either in or out of it, and stands SO high in the respect of tue people of this town, that the coir. spendent of the iSentinel might stand on the shoulders of the editor of that paper and even then bare no comparison, with Mir. Kirk would not have the cor respondent, or any of the feW who '' wish they were as smart as he is," think that Mr. Kirk's character needsaany vindication of mine, but when I see such an attack made upon such man, and for such Q reason as this one. feel that the public have right 10 the truth as we'll as the falshood. That those who do not know Mr., Kirk may not be deceived, l will state that am not member of Mr. Kirk's church, nor in any way connected with his society or denomination, but, as citizen of Kent who loves to see good work pros per and erl work crushed out. l have written this article entirely without Mir. Kirk knowledge, feeling that l only ex- press the sentiments of ali those who know him who feel aay interest in the object for which he is iabouring.

 CITIZEN
Year: 1871

Many ladies', who are afraid to have their
ears pierced, wear small gold wire behind
the ear, which clasps it in front and holds
the earring firmly, and the hair is then
brought down over the ear, in order to hide
Year: 1871

On Thursday night a party Of four
jolly fellows congregated in a saloon
not far from the American Hotel, and
one of them, whom we will call "Joe,"
drew ring on the table with a piece
of chalk, marked four numbers inside
the ring, and putting a finger on one
of them told the other three to each
cover number with finger, remark
ing that it was for the treat, to be paid
by the first who lifted his finger off the
mark. That was satisfactory, and,
there they sat each with a finger i'm
movably planted. Twenty minutes
passed and the proprietor fdgeted-
tnree-quarters of an hour-and he was
desperate, for still the fingers were i'm
movable. He was bound to break up
that kind of sport, and, asa last resort,
brought in his street sprinkling hose
and threatened the crowd. Nobody
stirred. Proprietor than put the nozzle
down the the back of one mans neck,
and gently turned on the icy stream.
He squirmed but the finger didn't
bulge the next trial was up the trow-
ser leg of No. 2; he kicked but held
Il steady hand on the table. Number
3 received a charge of cold water full
in the breast but breasted it like a
warrior. Proprietor taxed his wits and
sent a charge into Joe's ear, but that
worth was too plucky to bo beat at a
game he had introduced, and swore he
would drown first. Itwas evident that
uncomfortable sensations would not
effect the desired object. but Science
did, the proprietor steadily playing on
the wrist of No. 2 until the icy stream
had so benumbed his hand that he let
fall. He treated. This "little game
can hardly be classeG in the list of
amusements for the winter season.
Erie Dispatch.
Year: 1871

Most fashions owe their origin to an
attempt to give prominence to the
strong point or hide the weak point Of
a king or queen. Thus powder came in
vogue to conceal queens gray, and
large perukes because king was bad.
We learn, however, from a Belgian
paper. that the custom ofladies exhibit
ING their busts in all the beauty nf ma
ture has far more romantic origin. In
A battle in which the French were
engaged Gall dates we may mention,
are reserved) their ranks we're broken,
and they were routed. When they re-
treated their women barred their
breasts and entreated them to
pierce them rather than permit them to
fall into the hands Of the enemy. This
was too much for the gallant Gauls.
Nerved with fresh courage they turned,
renewed the combat, and we're victo-
rious. From that hour French women
have on festal occasions always been
accustomed to wear their dresses low.
In fact, when you see one who appears
to have forgotten the upper part OF her
dress, it is no proof Of indelicacy, but
simply an indication of national senti-


ment. This satisfactorily explains what


many ignorant people have taken for
impropriety. We live and learn.
Year: 1871

"A student at the Michigan Agri-
cultural College has realized $4,000
from the sale ofa patent gate, invented
by himself.


"A firm faith is the best divinity; a
clean conscience the best law; and hon
esty the best policy.


If postage on papers is reduced to
one cent, there will be two sent where
there i5 one sent now.


He who does his best, however lit
tie, is always to be distinguished from
one who does nothing.


TO keep cool in the country in
warm weather-slate yonr roof, shingle
your hair and board yourself
Year: 1871

person judge any class in which he or she may be an
exhibitor h


regularity entry or other fpor
ant mater which the committee
tie proper department


person knowingly mepesenng keeping stock
manner of manufacture or production of manufactured articles onin
interfere committee shall forfeit
the az arded


the control Of the Board of Directors
until the close the without


No but
the Society," committees and invited Horses,
hbed in the
attached by the Judges before leaving the
Premium


Membership complimentary tickets giveno those
Teshments transferable presented
by than the
al destroy


The sale of intoxicating drinks is prohibited within and the
dangerous driving racing


betting gambling
tolerated the Fair Grounds. allowed.





Committees will be appointed exhibition


Hay furnished Society gratui
ousyan nd grain will be at the loves market price.
Year: 1871

Dull times are the best for adver-
tisers ; because when money is tight
and people are forced to economize,
they always read the advertisements
to ascertain who sells the cheapest
and where they can trade to the
best advantage.
Year: 1871

That is not a bad dodge of the
shoe dealer out West, which consist
ed in numbering all his ladies' boots
and shoes two and-a-half and three,
disposing of them under the guise
of that amiable fiction.
Year: 1871

It Is midsummer, the sweet midsummer-
Poor DaftJdiI blossom what's that to thee?
Thou hast no part in its gOldeR glow
Thy time of blooming was long ago;
Thou hast no share in its silver dew
It wi not wake thee to lite anew.


What sadder fate can tha Autumn bring
Than Summer does to flower Of Spring?
1t is midsummer, my life's midsummer
Ny sorrowing Heartl what's that to theef
Its joys are things that cannot share
'Tis not for me that its days are fair;
For lore for me was an April flower,
Whose beauty went with the passing hour.
What sadder fate can the Autumn bring
Than Summer does to a flower of Spring?
-LASEIE D. GREEN, in Harper's Magazine for A
g1st-
Year: 1871

IT turns out that Minister Motley
was recalled from the British Mission
because of his palpable disobedience
of plain instructions, and the cores
pondence between himself and Secre-
tary Fish shows the Ex-Minister to
have been both unfaithful and un-
truthful. President Grant did right
in recalling such a man; and develop
ments indicate that the resignation of
Secretary Cox and removal of Com
missioner Wilson were occasioned by
eminently sound reasons of a public
character.
Year: 1871

A gentleman who has recently visit
ed these mines In Castle Dome District,
writes us that they look very we'll.
Several hundred tons of ore are being
taken out of the "Castle Dome" and
"Flora Temple" and the permanency
of the veins is undoubted. a number
Of other lodes prospect well. The Don
Santiago, Nonpareil, Empire and
Poormar are favorably mentioned,
the latter having a quantity of ore
mined The country there sis full of
veins, and all will pay big wages for
men without much capital but plenty
of muscle


From all reports worthy of credence
about these mines, we cannot doubt
their value, and believe them to be
worthy of more attention by men Of
limited means as well as those of
abundance The mines are conven-
lent to cheap supplies, and little work
opens them to paying ore. Provisions
and materials of every kind can be
laid down within a few miles of the
mines at cents per pound freight
from San Francisco, and ores are car
ried to that city at merely nominal
charge.
Year: 1871

We give two columns of our first page
to a synopsis OF the message of Governor
Stafford, delivered to the Legislative Assem-
bly, on Nth Jan. 1t can be safely said that
this is the ablest message ever submitted to
the Territorial Legislature. 1t is a compre-
hensive and most interesting review of the
progress of Arizona, showing the unprece-
dented difficulties which have been over
come by the handful of brave men who are
there breaking the way for civilization, and
the formidable obstacles which still i'm
pede the development of the country
The Governor takes a statesman-like view
of the present condition and wants of the
Territory, and his suggestions are stated in
a clear and fOrcible manner. We have no
room for comment the message speaks
for itself. Itshould be published through
out the country
Year: 1871

An exchange says: "The worst
Joke that was ever perpetrated on
scientific men took place recently
at Louisiana, Mo. A man was
sick with rheumatism, or some
thing, and a fellow went round to
the doctors and professors and


things, and told them that it was
the queerest case on record. He
said the man had no feeling. You


could stick pins in his body all
over, and he paid no attention to
them at all. He was perfectly
numb. So the doctors got togeth-
er and called on the sick man to
experiment. All arrived with pins
and needles and bodkins. The
man was asleep and they got
around him, and each one stuck
his pin in the patient. The sick
man rolled over and looked at the
crowd, and thought they had come
to dissect him, so he took a chair
In one hand and a bedpoSt 10 the
other, and drove the crowd thence.
They are around with their heads
tied up, looking for the man who
said that sick man had no feeling"
Year: 1871

An instance of the renewal il
sleep of an impression of memor,
calling up an apparition 10 en-
force it (it is the impression which
causes the apparition, not the ap
partition which conveys gthe i'm
preston, occurred near Bath half
a century ago, and is related BY
Miss Cobb In an article on "Un
conscious Cerebration," in a late
number of MacMillan'8 Magaziae
Sir John Miller, a very wealthy
gentleman, died, leaving no chill
dren. His widow had always un.
derstood that she was to have the
use Of his house for her life, with
a very large jointure, but no will
making such provision could be
found after his death. Tie heir.
at-law, a distant connection, nat.
urally claimed his rights, but
kindly allowed Lady Miller to re.
main six months in the house, to
complete her search for the miss
ing papers. The six months drew
at length toa close, and the poor
widow had spent fruitless days
and weeks in examining every
possible place of deposit for the
lost document, till at last she
came to the conclusion that her
memory.must have deceived her,
and that her husband could have
made no such promise as she sup
posed, or had neglected to fulfill it,
had he made one. The very last
day OF her tenure Of the house
had just dawned, when, in the gray
of the morning, Lady Miller drove
up the door of her man Of bust.
ness in Bath, and rushed excitedly
TO his bed room door calling out,
Come to me have seen Sir
John! There is a will p The
lawyer hastened to accompany
her back to her house. All she
could tell him was that her de-
ceased husband had appeared to
her that night, standing by her
bedside, and said solemnly,
"There is a will !" Where it'was,
remained as uncertain as before.
Once more the house was searched
in vain, from cellar to loft, till
finally, wearied and in dispair,
the lady and her friend found
themselves in q garret at the top
of the house. at is all over,
Lady Miller said. 81 give it up /;
my husband deceived me, and I
am ruined p At that moment
she looked at the old table over
which she was weeping. "This
table was in his study orce Let
us examine it!' They looked,
and the missing will, duly signed
and sealed, was within it, and the
widow was rich to the end of her
days. 1t needs no conjuror to
explain how the anxiety called
up the myth of Sir John Miller's
apparition, and made him say pre-
cisely what he had once before
said to her, but of which the
memory had waxed faint.
Year: 1871

Talleyrand used to be worried


about his autograph, and to one
Of his prosecutors he thus wrote:
"Will you oblige me with your
company to dinner on Wednes-
day next, at s o'clock? l have
invited a number of exceedingly
clever persons, and do not like to
be the only fool of the lot
Year: 1871

LIFE is more precious than silver OF
gold, and to preserve it as long as possible
Is our duty, consequently no plausible
scheme should be left untrisd to secure an
end SO devously desired. DR.. Bells BalsAm
OF Alpine Moss for Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs, has be
came very popular within few years, and
we attribute its fame, to its success. See
advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

Those that are subject to 1t only know what
distressing complaint it Is, and is very un =
welcome visitor. At first it cEuses dimEess OF
vision, followed by terrible pain, siokIess al
the stomach, and vomiting and then for cay
or two, person feels as though thei hAd II
of ,iek ness. One dose will cure when first al
tackled. and one to three hotties will effect per
m anent cure
Year: 1871

WoMAN's SUFFRAGE Ladies are not only
allowed but invited to vote, as gratifying
experience of the past convinces us that Q
large majority of them cast their vote in
favor of DR.. Prices Cream baking Powder
aud Special Flavoriugs pronouncing bott
by far the most pure and satisfactory of any
in the market
Year: 1871

sent them


"God bless Mr.. Grant," The excla-
nation from Mrs. Lee was involuntary


On the part Of Harriet, to whom one
dollar was due, q gush OF silent tears
marked the effect this timely supply OF
meLey produced. She received her por-
ton, and, without trusting her voice with
words, hurried away to supply.the press
ing want at home.


A few doors from the residence OF
Mrs. Lee lived a man who, some few
months before, had become involved in
trouble with an evil disposed person, and
been forced to defend himself by means
of the law. He had employed Mr.. Her
riot to do what was requisite in the case,
for which service the charge was five dol
lars. The bill had been rendered few
days before, and the man, who was poor,
felt very anxious to pay it. He had the
money all made up to within dollar.
That dollar Mrs. Lee owed him, and she
had promised to give it to him during
this day. For hours he had waited, ex
pecting her to come in; but now had
nearly given her up. There was another
little bill Of three dollars which had been
sent in to him, and he had just concluded
to 60 and pay that, when Mrs. Lee called
with the balance Of the money, one dol
lar, which she had received from the
shoemaker, Grant.


Half an hour later, and the pocket
book Of Mr.. Hcrriot was no longer emp
ty. His client had called and paid his
bill. The five dollars had come back to
him.-AWhm's Home Magazine
Year: 1871

A RECEIPT FOR HAPPiNEss.-lt is sim
ply when you rise in the morning to form
the resolution to make the day happy
one to fellow creature. 1t is easily
done; lift off garment to the man who
needs it; kind word to the sorrowful
and encouraging expression to the striv'
ing-trihes, il themselves as light as ali
will do 1t, at least for twenty -four
hours; and it you are young, depend up
on it that it will tell when you are old
and if you are old, rest assured it will
send you gently and happily down the
stream Of time to eternity. Look at the
rcsrlt. You send one person-only one
happily through the day; that 10 three
hundred and sixty five in the course Of q
year; and suppose you live forty years,
only, after you commence this course
you have made fourteen thousand, six
hun lred human beings happy, at least for
time Now, worthy reader, is not this
simple? We do not often indulge in q
moral dose; but this is so small a pill
that no one needs currant jelly to dis
guise its flavor, and requires to be taken
but cnce day, that we feel warranted in
prescribing it. II is most excellent for
digestion, and promoter of pleasant
slumber.
Year: 1871

To understand the philosophy of
this phenomenon, essential to the
very existence ofplants and animals,
few facts, derived from observation
and IL long train of experiments,
must be remembered. Were the at
mosphere, 1T all times, at uniform
temperature, we should never have
rain, hail or snow. The water all
sorbed 10y tin evaporation from the
sea and the earth's surface would de-
scend in an imperceptible vapor, or
cease to be absorbed by the air when
it was fully saturated. The absorb
ing power of the atmosphere, and
consequently its capability to retain
humidity, is proportionably greater
In cold than in warm air. The air
near the surface of the earth is warm
er than it is in the region of the
clouds. The higher we ascend from
the earth the colder we find the at
mosphere. Hence the perpetual snow
on every high mountain in the very
hottest climates. Now, when, from
evaporation, the air Is highly saturat-
ed with vapor-though it be invisible
if its temperature Is suddenly re-
duced by cold currents descending
from above, or rushing from higher
to lower latitude, its capacity to re-
tain moisture is.diminished, clouds are
formed, and the result Is rain. Air
condenses rs it cools, and like u
sponge filled with water which its di-
minished capacity cannot hold. How
singular, yet how simple is the ar
rangement for watering the earth.
Year: 1871

TIE regular meetings of the City Coun- cil are fixed for the first and third Mondays of each month. Special meetings may be called at any time by order of the Mayor or a majority of the Council Meetings are convened in Congress Hall.
Year: 1871

THE old ruffian Duffield has lately been on the rampage; has threatened to raise a mob and clean out everybody about the Courthouse, and do divers other things which he will not do A few months more, and Under Sheriff Douglass is quite sure of having the pleasure of placing him in the penitentiary with the other cOnyicts.
Year: 1871

tits probable that regulation will
soon be Issued from the United States
treasury department concerning the re
demption Of mu,ilated currency. Notes
will be redeemed to their fall value when
less than one half Of the note is nutilatcd
and when over one half is destroyed
there will be no redemption. This refer:
alone to fractional currency.
Year: 1871

At the railroad jubilee at Vancebor-
ough, President Grant told the Canadians
present that he was sorry ho could not
crafty his desire to visit Canada just
now, as it was not proper that Prcsi
dent should 60 out Of the country durins
his term Of Office; but he hoped to Lt
able TO come after tie ntnt election.