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Year: 1873

In Europe, the best plated goods, and
those commanding the readiest market
and the highest prices, are made by a
very simple process. An ingot of cop
per or of German silver being cast, and
the surface carefully prepared by filing
SO as to remove all blemishes, and a
piece of silver having likewise one sur
face perfectly cleaned, are tied together
by means of iron wire. A mixture of
borax and water is then drawn round
the edges with a quill. They are next
placed in common air furnace to be
heated to proper temperature, and
having small aperture in the door to
show when the temperature is reached.
During the union of the two bodies the
surface of the silver is seen to be drawn
into intimate contact with the copper or
German silver, and the moment this
takes place is the signal for removing
the bar from the furnace. The appear
ance of incipient admixture on the edges
of the silver shows how perfect the flu
sion has been, as the oozlng of the metal
is not in consequence of any cxtraneous
application of solder, etc, but entirely
the effect of the fusion of the surface OF
the two bodies. The ingot thus obtained
is then rolled into sheets of any required
thickness, and, so perfect is the union
of the two metals, that they continue in.
separable even when drawn out into the
finest wire
Year: 1873

BENEFIT oFATRADE.-Give your sonsa
trade. o; c man with trade is worth
thousand without one. The hosts of
young men in every large city who ap-
ply for employment and fail to get it,
for the reason that they cannot truthful.
ly affirm that they are educated or espe-
cially fitted for any particular business,
constitute powerful argument in favor
of reform. Under the apprentice sys-
tenn, we should have fewer ignorant me-
chanics and incompetent business men.
A trade is fortune in itself.
Year: 1873

BY FRANh Olive.
There was man who had a nose,
As men frequently do
\ Romanesque protuberance,


Which oft he loudly blew.
But of the blows he gave that nose,
The very Cruclest
Was when he yaccinatcd it


Upon its soaring chest.
He was man of science,


And chimney corner lore;
OF wise misinformation
He had a plcnteous store.


Whether vaccine would work again
A fierce debate arose
To show his faith, "faith against its work,
lie tried it on his nose.
-Four days he passed all unconccrned-
He knew it wouldn't work"
But on the fifth he felt as if


He had "no6c of a Turk
The sixth, it seemed double nose,
The seventh was still swelling,
And on the eighth he lost his faith.
Likewise the power of smelling.
The ninth day tried his troubled soul,
His nose had reached crisis;
Its bridge became a bridge of sighs--
Indeed of several sizes
1t was a day OF wrath for him,
And-what made it less pleasing
That nose in irritation bursts
Into fit of sneezing!
/ lie sneeZeS Were terrific a
The throes of a volcano,
And with each sneezc the frantic man
Profanely howled soprano.
He sncczed the buttons from his vest,
lie sneezed himself bald-hcatlc,!,
He sneeZed his diaphragm to shreds,
And tell back on his head dead
They opened through the coffin lid,
hole for his proboscis,
Unable to dispose of it


BY any other process;
And those who saw it sticking out,
With one accord admitted
That noses case was pitiful--
And twas profoundly pitted.
The moral of the sermon was:
1t is a serious joke,
Into affairs of science


laundering nose to poke;
But poking science into


numbskull's nose is just
Equivalent to sending


That no se's "dust to dust"
Year: 1873

A WORTHY old lady offers the following
advice to girls: Whenever fellow
pops the question, don't blush and stare
at your foot. Just throw your arms
around his neck, look him full in the
face, and commence talking about the
furniture"
Year: 1873

DYING.-There is nothing with which
we are so familiar, and yet of which we
Tl Known SO little, as the process of dying.
me great mystery can only be fathomed
IN the act. We sit by the side OF friend
OF relative in his last extremity; we watch


tne dark shadow asst steals over his face,
shutting out all of earth; we suffer with
~ n.m In corresponding degree the agony
vi separation; but we can never know
What Is passing, at the most awful mo-
heht, IN his mind. "Of what do the dy-
ing think?" says an English writer.
mere mere are moments when the anguished
'aces that bend over them would give
n much to solve that problem. They know
Heath is creeping nearer. They hear him
III the restless tick of the clock, in the
soos OF the children. in the desperate an
Suish OF the watching mother. They
snow that as yet little while and the
moving shadow on the pane, the twitter
:" the birds, the dying sunlight, and the
weird sigh of the winds, will cease to be
,or the sick-that few more hard drawn
ureatns Will bring him face to face with
.uhniathomable knowledge. They know
shey may never, after to-day, get one
more more living kiss from his lips, or gain the
valm OF recognition from his ewes. and as
'uey yearn for look or sign. his eyes
Year: 1873

look beyond them to some invisible pres.
ence. His faint gestures are not ad.
dressed to them; his hands wander in
search of something they cannot give
him. Is the face to which he beckons
that of friend or foe? Are those flowers
he would fain pluck from some aerial
cluster of blossoms? Does he hear the
weeping? Does he guess how near is the
solution of earth s mystery?
Year: 1873

TAME PoRPoIsEs.- Land and Water
states, on the authority of the officers of
an English ship-of.war, that the natives
of Moreton Bay, on the east of Australia,
have domesticated the porpoise, and use
it to aid them in fishing. In the course
of surveying voyage, the natives came
off to the ship and entreated those on
board mot to shoot their tame por-
poises. They explained that great
number of these cetaceans were accus-
toned to bask on the surface of the water
not far from the shore, and were occa-
sonally fed and never disturbed by them
until they required their services. When
a shoal of fish entered the bay, and came
between the ''sea-hogs" and the land, the
people went out to the seward of them,
and reused the latter from their siesta by
striking the surface of the water with
their spears and paddles. The porpoises
then chased the fish, caught and ate some
and drove the rest in shore; and as soon
as they came within proper distance
net was shot around them and splendid
haul was made.
Year: 1873

him to do it; the work is constantly
increasing, and if the Superintendent
has to devote part of his time to
other pursuits, there will be two things
neglected. If | have neglected any
duties it is not willful. but because of
the parsimony of those who make the
laws. | have travelled during my
term of office, attending to private and
public business in this county, 5000
miles annually during the last four
years. I have found the office no sine
cure.


l expect to fall back at the expira-
ton of my term of Office into the
ranks as private. l feel proud of my
profession, and believe that can do as
much good in the capacity of a teacher
as any other; but, before retire, per-
nit me to offer you all my sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the uniform couf-
tsey and kindness always extended to
me, and for your hearty cooperation
in all things pertaining to the adj
vancement of the cause of education.


I shall, in future, look back with
pleasure to my connection with the
schools OF Los Angeles county, and
warmly cherish the many pleasant
associations with the teachers.


1 hope that you will extend to my
successor the same courtesy ann good
fellowship, and give the same co-ope-
ration to him that you have given to
me, harmony and strength being
the support of all things, and particu-
larly in advancing the educational in
terests of II new and spasrely settled
country. If the schools are kept up
properly the citizens will become more
intelligent, honest, moral and pat
riotic; and capital will become the
servant of science, art and literature.
Year: 1873


The Ossipce arrived here at noon today, convoy
ing the Mahopac. She had very rough trip and
parted with the monitor OF Hatteras, rejoining
her, however, next afternoon. pilot boat was
spoken at Savannah, but it would take too long to
coal there and the monitor and her convoy con-
seqnently made this point direct The trip was
made i'll nine days from New York.
Year: 1873

IF Wheeling keeps on as she has begun
this summer, in the line Of violent crimes
she will soon establish reputation tor the
possessIon Of criminal elements that will
IetrSct from the fair fame she has hitherto
enjoyed as q moral and orderly city. The
latest tragedy here is detailed this morn
ing In our local columns. Itis q dreadful
story OF love, Jealousy, despair, murder
and suicide. The murder was only at
tempted but the suicide succeeded. For
Iull details the reader is referred to the
report on another page. r.
Year: 1873

An old farmhouse with meadows wide,
And sweet with clover on each side;
A bright-eyed boy who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And wishes, his one thought all the day:
"oh! if I could but fly away
From this dull spot the world to see,


How happy, happy, happy,
How happy I should bel"
Amid the city's constant din,
A man who round the world has been,
Who, mid the tumult and the throng.
Is thinking, thinking all day long:
''Ohl could only tread once more
The feld-path to the farmhouse door,
The old green meadow could I see,


How happy, happy, happy,
How happy l should be.
Year: 1873


TO .Superrisors and Clerks Of The Sererdl Coun-
ties in ArkdHsdsi


GESTIEMEN-ln consequence ofthe inform
al orders which are constantly being received
at this Office in relation TO the rcfundlnS OF
taxes. claimed to have been improperly paid
the following rules are published for your
guidance:


The claimants petition should set forth the
nature of the error, stating whether 1t was an
error of the Assessor in placing the valuation
upon the property assessed, or an error IN the
extension OF the tax.


Whether the property upon which the tax
claimed TO have been srroneously assessed, Is
real estate or personal property, and II real
estate it should be described.


If the property Is exempt from taxation.
and has been wrongfully upon the tax books,
the petition should set forth the tact and
proof that the property should be exempt
should accompany the petition


Ia case OF duplicate assessment and pay
ment of tax, 1t should be SO set forth by the
petitioner, and both receipts of the collector
produced.


Evidence should be produced that the tax
was actually paid


In case an excessive valuation of the prop
erty is claimed, the evidence of the assessor
SHOULD be taken.


The petition Of the claimant should be en-
tered upon the record of proceedings Of the
Board of supervisors In connection with the
refunding order, and in forwarding certi-
fled of such order to this office, the clerk will
iaclude the petition or aFynopsis thereof
and forward herewith the assessors certiti-
cate regarding the erroneous valuation, if 1t
is an erroneous yaluatlon), and copy OF the
collectors receipt.


To insure the refunding Of State taxes, the
foregoing rules must be complied with


STEPHEN WHEELER,


Auditor of State
Year: 1873

AShlNGToN, July ~.


The question Of the fate Of the Modoc
murderers lately tried by a court marshal
in California is at last put to rest by
semi official authority, dispatches an
nouncing that the military commission
appointed to try them has awarded the
full penalty of the law, and except in case
Of executive interference the sentence OF
death by shooting will be carried into ef-
feet as soon as it shall have been approx
BY the president All G. those charged
with capital offences have been found
guilty. The sentence of thu court mar
tial was unanimous, ana Gen jeff c,
Davis is earnest in the expression of his
hopes that the law will be allowed to take
its course The papers in the case, there
is every reason to believe, are now in
Washington, but as Secretary Belknap
does not return till Thursday there is lit
tie probability Of their contents being Of
fcially made known until after that date.
The signature Of tho president will un.
doubtedly he a.ixed or withheld accord
ing as the review Of the court martial
proceedings by Secretary Belknap shall
be favorable or adverse to the records
before him There are many facts in
connection with this case. of interest to
the public, which will be shortly divulg-
ed. 1t is thought, however, by army Of
ficials Of high ra.k, that tho finding Of
the court will be promptly indorsed
Year: 1873

SHOOTING MArCH. Before the winding up
Of the Thruston-king match, week or two
since rifle shooting match, was made up
between b. +. FARMER. of Mulberry, on the
one side and ALvIs SMITH, Of Van Burcn, on
the other. On Thursday next is the day set
and the little town of Alma the place for the
trial Of skin, designated. Both are good shots
and We look for superior shooting on this oc-


Il
Year: 1873

tE The many friends Of Hon j. ID. WALK
NE. will learn with regret that he is Danger
ously III In Carol county. From the Fay
etteyjllc Democrat we learn that his wife wa
sent for on Tuesday night to be with him.
Year: 1873

A Mrs. King had surprise at Shaw
neetown the other day 1t was all accl-
dent that Mrs King happened to be at
Shawnectown She did not intend to go
there but the steamboat Jennie Howell,
on which she was travelling, struck snag
and sunk in the Ohio river. Several of
the passengers were drowned, and among
them some children, Mrs. King had a
child on board whom she mourned as
lost, and was taken to Shawneetown
without her babe The Jennie Howell
sunk deep in the water, and the next
morning men went to the vessel to re-
cover the bodies OF the lost Soon after
daylight mattress was discovered float
ing in the cabin, which was filled with
water nearly to the ceiling. Upon eN-
animation child, little boy, was dis
covered on the mattress sleeping as peace
fully as if nothing unusual had happened
His bed was not very dry, for it had sunk
q good deal from soaking but still sus-
tanned its living freight. In due time the
child was sent to Shawnectown, where
the other passengers had been taken the
evening before. Its coming made an
excitement among the wrecked travellers,
for more than one mother had lost chill
dren by the disaster 1t was touching
scene when Mrs King recognized the
child as her boy whom she had mourned
as lost foi nearly twenty four hours. The
preservation Of Moses in the bulrushcs
was not so miraculous as the safety of
Mrs. Kings boy. lie had been tossing
about on the waste of water in the cabin
all night, and was brought to his mother
alive in the hour Of her deepest woe
81. Louis Republican.
Year: 1873

A careful perusal of the above reply Of Col
Young is especially requested from the pub
lie hope those gentlemen who favored the
fourth resolution Of the Convention, will nou
understand Col. Us. proposition.
Year: 1873

Brigham Young is reported to have
expressed himself as follows in one
of his recent sermons" in Salt Lake
City: II wish my women to eunder-
stand that what l am going to say is
for them asewell as others, and I want
those who are here TO tell their sisters,
yes, all the women in the community.
i am going to give you from this time
to the 9th. Of October next for reflec-
tion, that you may say whether you
wish to stay with your husbands or
not and then I am going to set every
woman ct liberty. and say to them,
Now, 60 your way. And my wives
have got to do one of two things, ei-


ther round up their shoulders to en-
dure the af{iictions of this world, and
live their rellgion-that is, polygamy
--or they must leave; for I will not


have them about me, / will go into


heaven alone rather than to have
scratching and fighting about me. I
will set all at liberty. What, first wife
too? Yes, liberate you all. want to


go somewhere or do something to
get rid of the winners. do not want
them to receive part of the truth and
spurn the rest out of doors. Let eve-
ry man thus treat his wives; keeping
raiment enough to cover his body,
and say to your wives, take all that I


have aud be set at liberty but if You
stay with me, you shall comply with
the law OF God in every respect, and
that too, without murmuring or whip-
ing. You must ful6ll the law of God


in every respect, and round up your
shoulders to walk up to the mark with


out any whining.
Year: 1873

The action Of the Peop.es' Conven-
ton in Ohio yesterday does not meet
with favor from leading democrats in
Ohio, Senator Thurman says that the
democracy will meet In State Conven-
ton and put a ticket in the field. He
says that the democracy win make
a more vigorous fight this fall under q
straight ticket than they have done for
years. In the Convention of yesterday
the Liberals dissolved their organixa-
ton and united with the Allen county
departurists. They assume the old
hackneyed name of the Peoples Party
name which has become SO common
in the past that it only excites the de-
rision of the people they affect to rep
resent.
Year: 1873

NEW REMEDY FOR CHoLERA.-Every-
body in town knows old Sam Bradshaw,
colored. Well, old Sam took the soap
suds diarrhea and cured himself. When
asked how he did it, he said: "Bless
God, i wouldn't let him go through me;
jes stand on my head and stop him.''
And he did. Whenever he felt like his
bowels would move, he brought himself
to anchor with his head upon the fool
and feet up his cabin wall and remained
in that position until the disposition pass
ed off. Sam was bindings oats the other
day and the hands who were at work
with him missing him, looked back and
saw him standing on his head in the
middle of the field like a great forked
stump.
Year: 1873

TELL IT RIGHT WHILE You ARE
ABOUT IT.-The papers are rehashing
the old Berry story, and they don't con-
clude it in accordance with the facts.
This is the correct version A celebrated
comedian arranged with his green grocer,
one Berry, to pay him quarterly; but
Berry once sent in his account long be-
fore the quarter was due: Thereupon the
comedian, in great wrath, called upon
the grocer and said to him: II say,
here's pretty null Berry; you have
sent in your bill Berry; before it is due
Berry. Your father, the elder Berry,
would not have been such goose Berry;
but you needn't look blue Berry; for /
don't care a StrdW Berry; and if you
come again before June Berry, I'll kick
you rGsp Berry, until it is black, Berry"
Year: 1873

The Democratic caucus at Jefferson
has been ballotihg for United States Sen.
ator. Bocy, Phelps and Blair are the
leading men. An attempt was made to
introduce the name of Governor Wood
son and compromise on him, but that
gentleman had too high a sense Of his
obligation to the party that elected him
governor to permit it. lie says that it
was agreed 10 the last campaign that the
Democrats should have the governor, and
should he now accept the position Of
senator ho would prove fulse to that
understanding. The Governor is right,
and the people will uphold him in his
decision.
Year: 1873

The lower house of the Legislature
passed an amendment to the revenue law
relative to the penalty of delinquent tax
payers, on the 10th inst, which provides
that the interest shall begin on the first
day of January iu each year, and run at
the rate Of one per cent. per month, up
till the 6rst day OF April. After that
time the tax bears interest at tho rate Of
two per cent. per month until paid. The
two per cent penalty as its now stands
commences IN February. 1t also pro-
vides that no seizure or sale by the col
lector for taxes shall be made until after
the first day Of April in each year.
Year: 1873

The Washington associated press re.
ports say that the friends Of the cotton
tax building scheme intend the passage
of an act at this session to refund the tax
collected by the general government after
the close Of the late war. They set forth
that 10 their belief the law imposing a
cotton tax was unconstitutional, that it
was unjust and oppressive ia its opera
tion that it fell essentially upon pro,
ducers and was passed when their state:
were wholly unrepresented.
Year: 1873

AT the convention of the National
Board of Trade, now in session in Chi
cago, the Executive Council submitted a
long report concerning the National
Bankruptcy law, in which they give
history of all the laws upon the subject
of bankruptcy that have been in force in
this country, and accord to them the
praise of being among the benefits that
modern civilization has introduced into
the world, then they state a conclusion
from which there will be but very limit
ed dissent, that the present law on the
subject of bankruptcy needs radical re-
vision and changes to adopt it to the
ordinary commercial transaction of the
people, and the first change they sug-
gest is that the fees of clerks, marshals,
messengers, registers and assignees be
wholly abolished, and that they be
paid instead fixed salary. The object
of this rule is manifest, as it would
divert the current Of the assets of the
bankrupt from the pockets of the Off
GERS of the court towards the creditors.
We would venture to suggest that every
State that adheres to the antiquated
grab system of attachments, should
repeal those laws, bringing all the local
Year: 1873

governments into harmony in their col
lection laws, remodel their courts so that
justice would be speedy and there be no
unnecessary delay in obtaining judg-
ments, and then that the whole interests
of the commercial world be concentrated
into an effort to procure the absolute re-
peal of the whole bankruptcy scheme.
We believe the statute of 1867 on this
subject has outlived its usefulness, and
that it is only retained as a protection
against the unjust attachment laws and
endless litigation of very few of the
States. ....
Year: 1873

human life, and it could but confirm the
truth uttered by the ancient inspired
prophet, 1'We all do fade as leaf"


Thoughtless, indeed, must be that per-
son who can wander for a day like this
around such an assemblage of sepulchres,
each depository of some human dust,
and not be reminded thereby of bis own
mortality. Well would it be for all the
living, if they would repair oftener to
the burial places of the dead and listen
to their solemn teachings, for there are
some lessons of our lives which may be
taught us best by the sides of graves.
Year: 1873

There arc no new features to note in money and
the snug rates Of last week are being continued
to-day. The demand is active and the best bor-
rowers on undoubted stock collateral have paid :
gold on call and from that up to bonus of thirty
second and interest to a sixteenth fat SIXTY
fourth and interest was about the ruling rate Tor
the greater part OF the day. The market for dis
counts has not been very sensibly affected by the
stringeucy of call loans, and wo quote prime
acceptahces at per cent on private terms


Government bonds have been quiet all day, the
total sales at tho boards aggregating only $4,000
while over the counter the trade was very light The
market was strong, on the whole, under the ruling
of gold. The general market wound up firm on the
basis Of ll6 to 11G. for 1868. Fisk Hatch report
asf folloyvs at 4 n m