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Year: 1871

sell to the highest bidder in the town Of old
Lynnville, on credit Of s months with in
terest from day Of sale, free from the equity
Of redemption, the equitable interest OF said
Thos G. Caldwell in
Year: 1871

known as the Parr place, with brick dwell
ing, containing 80 acres, adjoining the lots
of Beatty and others; an undivided interest
of Is in Brick Store House situated on the
the north side of the public square in said
town of Elktoh. Also one
Year: 1871

You think you love the man who
is coming this Sunday night to Wis
it you. And he acts as if he loves
youi Suppose he declares himself,
and asks you to become his wife.
Are you prepared to say to him, 81
love and will trust you through life
with my happiness, and the lives
and veal Of our children


He isjolly, gay and handsome,
and all the darts of Cupid are shi-
ming in his eyes; but will those eyes
always find expression from the love
of a true soul2


Tonight he says many pleasant
things, and draws pretty pictures
for the future.


Do his ambitions and achieve
ments satisfy you?


Does his every day life shine
with the noble endeavors ofa trust
worthy man? These are questions
which the experience Of after years
make many women weep in bitter
ness of soul that they were not
thought of before they answer, Yes.
Year: 1871

A Jealous New Orleans lover, who is
captain of schooner, arrived in port the
other morning, and hastened to find his lady
love. On the way he thought he saw her
talking to another fellow. His first impulse
was to kill him on the spot, but he only
rushed up frantically and tore them asund
or, and was proceeding to rend his rival
piecemeal when he discovered his mistake
II was somebody else's lover and somebod y
eise. His apology to policeman wouldn't
do, and he had to tell his love story very
pathesically in order to get away from the
recorder next morning.
Year: 1871

The annexed list is the panel from which
the Grand Jury for the November Term OF the Court OF
oyer and TcrEiaer is to be drawn. The names Of 90
men are on the list and, Monday lj OF these will be
selected to compose the jury. Many OF tho names
those Of well known business men in good standing:
Year: 1871

Another Neao Bridge.-It will be seen
py an advertisement in another column that
proposals are asked for the erection of another
oridge-across James river by the Tredegar
denied the use of the streets to this company
to transport the machinery and locomotives
manufactured at the works, they propose now
to build bridge at their own expense, by
which to convey their manufactures to Gus.
toners in the South. We are glad to notice
that this enterprisiDg and go.ahead concern is
independent of the petty spite and meanness
exhibited by some members Of the Council, and
will hereafter carry on their works in their
own way, despite of the body which now con-
trolls municipal affairs. The Tredegar com
pany deserves the hearty support of the people
OF this State and the South, and we are pleased
to learn that their business is increasing and
that many improvements are contemplated be-
sides the bridge. 1t employs large number
noted for theic skill in the respective branches
in which they are engaged.
Year: 1871

900 is more than enough to maintain po-
lice force in the city of Richmond with
the highest degree of efficiency quite suf-
ficient under all circumstances to preserve
order and enforce the law.


The difference between the actual ex-
pense of the police force and what it
ought to have been during the past year,
is $43, ,000l For that amount-lost, mis-
appropriated and squandered-the people
expect the Council to account. The Coun-
Gil ought in fact to be compelled to pay it
back, if they are able, and if not, to tell
us honestly who got the money. Let us
know who are the men that are cared for
in that public charity, that Iyiug-in hos
pital- the Police Department of the City
of Richmond. M
Year: 1871

We hear from time to time good deal
OF talk and see good deal in print about
civil service reform. The gentlemen who
favor us with their views on this subject
propose very little that is practically worth
anything. They have something very
vague and indefinite to say about compet-
tive examinations, and occasionally, when
for some case or other an officer who has
been perhaps faithful and conscientious, is
removed to make place for another equal
ly as good, it is paraded as another evil
dence of what is called the "hostiity" of
the administration to reform. All this is
the smallest, the silliest, the most coll-
temptible kind of opposition.


The fact is that President Grant has
done more to purify the public service, TO
give the people honest and faithful SER
wants, to give them civil service reform,
than any President we have ever had.
When he was inaugurated two years ago
he found every office OF emolument and
trust la the possession of men one half of
whom ought to be in the penitentiary.
Women brokers hung around the White
House, and dealt out executive pardons at
regular fixed rate 1t has been estimated
that from fifty to one hundred millions of
dollars found their way annually into the
pockets of the unfaithfnl officers who had
been appointed to collect the revenue.
President Grant reformed all this, ap-
pointed honest men to fill their places,
aud we see the result to-day. Grant s
civil service reform was begun twenty-six
months ago. The public debt has been
decreased in that time 1921 ,S89,716, while
the burden OF taxation during the same
period has been proportionately reduced.
This is President Grants civil service re-
form.-National Republican.
Year: 1871

Register We appeal to our people not
to neglect this important duty to-day.


The safety of our city may depend upon one
vote, and no man can vote who does not re-
gister.


we again repeat that the redistricting of
the city requires the re-registering of every
one.


Register the first thing you do on Monday.
Do not delay it, sickness or some unforeseen
accident may deprive you of the opportunity
altogether. lf..ru


No Republican, who is unwilling to see this
fair city given up to the misrue and oppres-
sion which has marked the course of the pre-
sent Council should neglect to register on
Monday.


Register yourselves, and see that all your
friends and neighbors do likewise.
Year: 1871

p Low Church partya arc diligon-
preparing for separation from the
1copal Church. This is the only
ESe now left them. The clergy
III move more boldly ifthcy felt
sled Of tho support OF the laity,


some OF the laity are saying that
4 ore more than ready for action


clergy wculd only lead the


e arrival of tho cotton worm j.
2hlcled in Louisiana.
Year: 1871

a party of Polish ladies, of great
though peculiar beauty, are among
the late arrivals at Newport, and
have made quite a sensation and put
all the cid bellies in the shade. They
are just from Paris and dress in u
style entirely different from that in
vogue here. They dress with their
hair classical style--a small coil high
on their head, from which drop two
or three euFls.
Year: 1871

A correspondent Of the Scientific
American gives the following as q rene
DIV for ingrowing toe-nails; The trouble
and pain from this can be Immediately
and permanently relieved, Take file,
some four inches in length, bastard cut
fat on one side and round on the other,
new and sharp. File down thin all the
exposed part Of the nail, tall i is soft and
pliable. This will immediately relieve
he mart pressing into the flesh, which
need not be cut or extracted. The filing
Is not in the least painful, as the file will
not take hold Of the flesh In the course
Of several months the nail viii grow out
thick again, when the filing should be
repeated. The edges Of the nail will
grow into the Gesh so long as the top OF
the nail is soft and pliable; and there is
nothing 50 simple, convenient safe and
painless for keeping il 50 as hle.
Year: 1871

A recent medical waiter thus accounts
for sick headache, from which so many
persons suffer. He attributes it to a
weak stomach and imperfect digestion,
and that the attacks are usually pre-
ceded by a greater than ordinary appe-
tite. The stomach is naturally weak,
and so long as it is not crowded it works
kindly. By and by more food is put
into it-or more irritating kinds-than
it can digest. 1t ferments, an acid state
is produced, the acid acts as an irritant
upon the coats of the stomach, and this
irritation is taken to be call for food, to
satisfy which more is taken, and all to
no purpose--the stomach revolts, but
with the rest during the headache, and
the relief from the vomiting, it RECEIVERS
its wonted tone.
Year: 1871

The following is recipe for a strong
cement, used by some oriental nations
for the purpose of attaching precious
stones to metallic surfaces; Take six
pieces of gum mastic, the size of peas
and dissolve in the smallest quantity oI
alcohol Soften some isinglass in water,
and saturate strong brandy with it, till
you have two ounces of glue; then rub
in two small pieces of sal ammoniac.
Mix the two preparations at a heat
Keep well stoppered. Set the bottle in
hot water before using. 1t is said by the
Turks that this preparation will unite
two metallic surfaces, even polished
steel
Year: 1871

There is no end to the reports Of the
intelligence Of the colored people. A
New Orleans negro was left in the tele
graph Office while the operator went out
for a piece Of lemon peel saturated with
whisky. Pretty soon the Mobile opera
tor began to call the New Orleans office
The colored man looked frightened when
he heard the ticking, and rushing up tC
the machine, be shouted, Hold on dar
de operator has done gone out Jisi
wait few. And it waited.
Year: 1871

Late advices from Utah state that the
assemblage OF the Grand Jury Of the
First United States District Court, under
Chief Justice Mexican, has occasioned
M unusual excitement in all classes of
the community in Utah. Among the
Mormons there is decided display Of
spirit, which, if carried out must result
in blOodshed.


1t is generally understood that Brig.
ham Young and other prominent Nor
mon leaders have been indicted, but
there is no public acknowledgment Of
the facts. The popular feeling ON the
part of the Mormons seems to drift in
favor of I'm armed resistance to the writs
of the court. l think that the leaders
can never contemplate such IN issue,
but the people certainly boldly talk Of
resorting to an appeal to arms against
what they call the persecution Of the
federal officials, which il simply the en-
forcement Of the laws. They have been
wonderfully encouraged by the purchase
of large quantity Of arms and ammu-
milton at auction at Camp Douglas
from Colonel De Trobriand, who seemed
to have little knowledge Of the situation
here.


Everybody seems to have Springfield
musket and $50 rounds of ammunition,
costing less than three dollars each.
The entire community is bellicose, and, if
not well controlled, dangerous. The en-
tire situation is feverish, and the final
result whether for war or peace, depends
greatly on the Grand Jury.


Colonel De Trobriand's action has
greatly complicated affairs. If good,
square common sense controls matters,
there will be no disturbance of the peace,
but otherwise there is chance for
very serious row.


RumOr has it that Mr.. Brigham Young
is expecting and is ready for IN arrest,
and that he will submit to the process
of the Court like good citizen.


1t is understood that large number
of indictments have been found, but the
names Of those indicted have not yet
been made public.


The mining interests of Utah never
looked more encouraging, and fair
and honest policy on the part of the
Union Pacific railroad is all that is re-
quired to insure our future Boston
News.
Year: 1871

A couple Of uneducated but apparent
ly well-to-do Boston men, in active bus
mess, on Saturday last came together
upon busy street corner, where for /.
few minutes they had red-hot chat
over some trivial business matter. The
pith of the thing was this: One had
been doing something for the other, and
to get even for his work had sent in a
bill, which was regarded rather steep.
After little savage and rather profane
talk, the man who had done the work
Strengthened himself out and sugared the
thing off into a bit Of "Josh" philosophy,
and in very cool but dignifed manner
said to him interrogatively-"Well, ain I
it better to be id hog and get good
pay for what you do, than to be good
fellow and get kicked from pillar topost?"
If that ""mark don't cortain, in nut
shell, tie secret Of success i'll business,
then what does?
Year: 1871

In Seville, which is popularly sup
posed 10 be in Spain, there is in use a
most felicitous invention in the way OF
makiAg love, clandestinely. After dark,
young caballeros steal beneath their
ladys lattice-which, perchance, is in
the third story-and softly unserewing
the handle of their walking-sticks, pro-
eeed to extract from the same, which are
hollow tubing, screwing them together
after the fashion of a japanese fishing
pole, or the old apparatus wherewith
sweeps clean chimneys. A mouthpiece
is fitted into each end, and one raised to
the window above. Soon by the aid of
his improvised speaking-tube, two souls
with certain unanimity Of thought, and
two hearts with possible unison or pull
sation, are softly communing.


Now. all this is very nice seduciively
romantic, and all that sort Of thing;
but mark what the knowledge of it
brought to a certain youth Of Baltimore.
He had read Of it or heard Of it, and
happening to have a surreptitious aifec-
ton for a young and wealthy lady, which
she as surreptitiously reciprocated, he
determined, with her conniyance, to
avail himself Of K. He got tin pipe
of the desired length, made by a timer,
and in each end Of it placed, for want
Of better mouth-piece, a funnel De
licious conversation went on, he sitting
on the top of water barrel, and she
Year: 1871

leaning from the window above. They
would converse for hours, and exchange
all the nonsense in the world, ard then
he would unhip his apparatus, put the
tunnels in his pocket, wrap the pieces
up in a newspaper, and 20 home in a
condition of ethereal bliss.


The course OF true love never did run
smooth, and one evening the old gentle
man, smoking in the back garden at an
unusual hour, saw the young gentleman
arrive, fix his apparatus and commence
his soul-communing operations. He
made up his mind in minute. He went
into the kitchen and asked for a pitcher
Of boiling water; it was handed TO him,
and off he posted up stairs. Just as he
reached his daughters door he com
menced calling her. So telling her lover
to wait a moment, she came TO the door
Nelly, my dear, run up to my room and
get my spectacles; I'll wait here till you
come down" She disappeared up stairs
and he stole cautiously to the window.
The moment he touched the funnel the
amorous and dunsuspecting youth clapped
his mouth to it to resume where he had
broken Off" my darling, you cannot
imagine how" Just then the old
gentleman commenced assiduously fill
ing the tunnel with hot water, and the
rest of the miserable youths sentence
was never heard. He wore -four on his
face for fortnight after, and declines
to go into society just at present
Year: 1871


There is many a rest in the road of life


five could only stop to take it;
And many a tone from the better land.


If the queruious heart would make ii.
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,


And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers bright,


Though the winter storm prevalent.
Better to hope tho the clouds hang low,


And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without day,


Or an evening without mornings;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb says,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,


Which we pass in our idle pleasure.
That is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser's hoard of treasure.
1t may be the owe of a little child,


Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For a cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life


A bright and golden filling,
And to do Gods will with ready heart


And hands that are ready and willing,
Than to snap the delicate minute threads
Of our curious lives asunder;
And thus blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Year: 1871




From the Congregationalist.l


A few days ago two young men went
from Massachusetts to Hartford to make
a visit. They were excellent in every
way, and carried little religious cards in
their pockets, with suitable notices, in
order to SOW seed by the wayside. They
were very anxious to see DR.. BUSHNELL
and yet did not feel bold enough to call
on the great man The relative whom
they were visiting was engaged in one of
the banks, and told them that the Doctor
was in the habit of Dropping in there
pretty often; and that, in fact, he must
come in soon, as there was some money
awaiting him. One morning while the
two were in the bank, thinking perhaps
the Doctor might happen in an elderly
man, with a felt hat put on rather slouch-
lily, a grayish black suit, big oak walk
ing stick, >and the air of a well-to-
do, bluff, outspoken farmer, came
in as though he belonged there, and re-
ceived a thick roll of greenbacks from
the cashier. They had that vile smell
which money much handled gets, and
the old gentleman (it was DR.. Bushnell)
began in his sharp way to jerk out some
thing about this filthy currency" and
to stigmatize it with terms good deal
more formidable than elegant The
young men looked at the elderly one
with a good deal of commisseration,
and overhauling their religious cards,
picked out one, and, approaching him,
put it into his hand. 1t contained the
words, Are your thoughts pure2"
What the doctor thought can hardly be
imagined, but we can conjecture what
the young men thought when their friend
came out from behind the counter, un-
conscious of what had passed, and intro
duced them to Rev. DR.. Bushnell, of
whose piety they had heard so much,
and whom they so greatly desired to see.
History drops the veil on the scene at
just this point.
Year: 1871

Members Of church choirs will prob
ably feel a disrelish for the following
paragraphs, which appeared in the March
number of the chronological Journal:


Remember that all must be done for
the glory of the choir. 1t is absurd to
work in with the prayers and sermon
for harmonious religious effect. If the
minister does not work in the prayers
and singing, so much the worse for the
minister.


During prayers, be whispering and
turning over scores and note books and
consulting. No one of the saints will
notice you, for they will be hard at
prayer. If any of the congregation do
not particularly desire to be praying, it
will help to entertain them. Keep things
brisk, and draw much attention to the
choir. The church was built, and the
congregation gathered, for the choir.
Mind, that; it is fundamental principle.


As soon as the sermon begins go out
of the church. If it is pleasant weather
you can have a smoke, and get back in
time for the next musical performance.
You do not come to church to worship;
you are paid so much for singing or
playing, not for hearing sermons; or, if
you are gratuitous, you have laid the
congregation already under enough
obligations by your professional services.


Never let it be settled among the sing
ers who is chief. Let each make him
self and herself the most important. 1t
is not enough to keep harmony in the
singing2 Why should the singers be
harmonious2 1t is not regular and fash
ionable to have peace in choir. The
singers owe it to themselves to have
strife about something or nothing Let
every thing be done through strife and
vain glory. 1t will give the pastor some
concern and develop his skill in man
aging.


Of course they never do this in heaven;
but you are not in heaven-yet.
Year: 1871

ing More Beautiful.


Communication in the New York Standard. ]


If at my age | may presume to com
pare the present with a past generation,
| will venture to say that there is nothing
among all the novelties to be seen in the
streets of New York so peculiar and
characteristic of the age as the growing
beauty of women. | am positive that
the change is not of my own suscepti-
bility. 1t would be against nature for a
middle-aged married man to be growing
indiscriminately rapturous over every
thing feminine. This statement is to be
taken literally as to quality, numbers
and quantity, all three. | suppose that
the vast multiplication of cheerful and
luxurious homes, of the warming, stimu-
lating and softening comforts of sensu-
GUS existence, of the public amusements
and social festivities which draw out the
feminine susceptibilities into the liveli-
est play, the growth of parental intelli-
gence and of refinement of manners,
and the very early application of the
hot-bed influences of Irritation, all COM
bine to develop girls into beauties at
rate never before known in human
history.


The present generation has made no
progress more worthy of congratulation
and of gratitude from posterity than
in this matter of physical culture. For
women it has introduced high boots,
warm flannel, thick soles, easy waists,
thick winter dress goods and cloakings,
skating and other outdoor exercises,
and plenty to eat. High nourishment
betraysitself whenever custom permits,
notably in glowing eyes, cheeks and lips,
ravishing husts, and in girls below pu-
berty in a wonderful multiplication Of
richly rounded limbs, on the street. On
our eastern seaboard there is no danger
of running into coarse and stupid gross
ness We get perfect sensuous beauty,
of which. / predict, the American will
soon be the most famous type in the his
tory of mankind. There is a good. deal
of painting, hut there is no need of it.
The contrast between the two sexes in
their normal development of flesh under
like conditions of nourishment at least
is very striking.


The reason is obvious to reflection,
but so few think of it that it may be
worth mentioning. The grand physio-
logical distinction of the female sex is
double power of nutrition. A properly
endowed woman is furnished for nourish-
ing two instead of one. Consequently,
while she has but herself to nourish, she
must naturally enjoy a far richer ply
steal development at all points than,is
natural to the other sex. The harmony
of providential arrangements is remark
ably displayed in this result. The ap-
propriate charms of the softer sex are
brought out in luxuriant perfection, while
reserve of nourishment is stored up
which becomes of the greatest import
apce eventually to the nourishing mother
and much more to the constitution and
substance of her offspring.
Year: 1871

An ingenious mechanic in New Or
leans constructed a safe which he de-
clared to be absolutely burgl.r-proof
To convince the incTedulous Of the
fact, he placed a thousand dollar bill
in his pocket, and had himself locked in
the safe, and declared that ne would
give the money to the man who un-
fastened the door. All the 5laeksmiths,
and carpenters, and burglars in the
State of Louisiana have been boring
and blasting, and beating at the safe
for a week with every kind Of tool
and explosive mixture known tn
science, and the man is in theT. yet
He has whispered through the key
hole that he will make the reward
ten thousand dollars if somebody viii
only let him out. He has convinced
everybody that it IS the safest safe
ever invented. Fears are entertained
that the whole concern will have to
be melted down in a Olast furnace be-
fore he can be released, and efforts are
to be made 20 pass in through the key
hole fire-proOf jacket to protect the
inventor while the iron i melting.