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Year: 1873

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The prospect for wealth and posi-
ton to day is brighter to any young
man Of ability and ambition, who will
learn we'll and thoroughly good trade
than for any one who attempts to
crowd into the professions. The
country is sadly in want Of mechanics
who combine skill with intelligence.
Not a workshop or manufactury can
be found to-day where they arc not
needed. Nor a manufacturing or me.
chanical establishment exists in the
country which is not deficient, some
way or other, in skilled assistance. It
is the skillful, intelligent mechanic who
is most in demand, and hence none Of
them are to be found who are not
profitably employed. Wealth is rap
idly accumulated by such men, who
devote themselves to the various me.
chanical pursuits, or to the production
of articles which are regarded in the
sense Of necessities by the community:
The pressing demand Of the day is not
for mere ornament, but for those who
by the labor of hand aud brain com.
bined, are able to make capital PRO.
ductive. Our advice to young men is
to earnestly apply themselves to the
acquisition Of sqsh knowledge as will
enable them to supply the ever-iu.
creasing demand for skilled labor,
thereby not only laying the foundation
for future personal prosperity. but at
the same time rendering high and
permanent benefit to the community
Year: 1873

The London Times says Theirs is the
greatest finaneier of the age. A lady says
she finds them of great assistance in better
ing her financial condition occasionally, and
that she can cry her husband out of ten
dollar bill almost any damp day.
Year: 1873

What wonderful oil upon the machinery
of human affairs tact is. To know just what
10 say and when to say it, and to whom to
say it; to know when to be silent, and when
deferentially to listen, is a great gift.
Year: 1873

THE PRICE OF TYPE.-Messsrs. George L.
Rowe q Co. announce that they have at
their warehouse in New York an assortment
of type from one of the most celebrated found
ries in the world that of Higgins, London.
England. which they will sell at 20 per cent.
discount from the American scale, when order
ed in fonts of 100 pounds and upwards. They
also offer to import large fonts on special orders
at a greater discount from the American scale,
and profess to be able to ill the largest order
in eight weeks from date OF its receipt in New
York They supply sorts in large or small
quantities from their stock on hand in New
York at the American scale rate. They assert
that if the present duty on type shall be re-
moved, the price of the article both OF home
and foreign manufacture, will immediately fall
40 per cent below the present scale Messrs.
Geo. T. Rowell g. Co are known IA conduct
ing the largest advertising business ever Sc
cured by one house, and are also extensive
dealers III printing material They are com
PEELED To import foreign goods because Amerl-
can founders, governed by close corporation
or ring keep the price vastly too high. and at
the same time make it an exception " every
other species of merchandise by recognizing
no wholesale price; the same amount per pound
being charged TO the purchaser of FIVE Thousand
pounds as would be paid by him who wants but
fifty
Year: 1873

OVER The VETo. The Nevada Legislature
has passed over the veto of the Governor
bill to release the bondsmen of the late State
Treasurer Rhodes. who was detaulter to tha
tune of about one hundred thousand dollars.
Year: 1873

As to my own personal example
in the matter of dueling. | have on
ly to say, in addition to what have
said already, that | had the misfor-
tune twice to go to the field Of hon.
or; in two other instances
[ was foolish enough to
be the challenging party.
On the first occasion, in 1928, | was
shot in the shoulder by one of the
celebrated dueling pistols of General
Jackson, borrowed by my antagonist
from the venerable hero of the Her
mitage, who, by the by. had certain
ly no. hand in instigating this duel,
and who lived and died my. friend,
bestowing upon me an important
office almost in the last eyer-glorious
administration. The last time /
fought was in 1887, when, after FIVE
shots having been exchanged, the af-
fair termindated without the least per-
'sonal injury to mnself, my adversary
having been disable by my fifth shot,
which had entered his hip. In the
winter of 1928 [ had a personal
dispute at the bar with the famous
SIS. Prentiss, during the trial of a
capital case of much Importance.
His language, though sufficiently
retaliated by me at the time, in
duced me to send him a challenge,
which ought never to have thought
of doing. He promptly accepted.
proved far better shot than myself,
and wounded me very painfully in
the left shoulder. We adjusted our
dispute before we left the ground.
An indiscreet friend or two Of his
spoke disparagingly of my conduct
on the occasion. / was highly exas-
perated. and wrote him a note de
manding whether he had given his
sanction to this act Of injustice. He
at once denied doing so. / pub
lished the correspondence. He pla-
eed such an Interpretation upon my
letter to him as gave him much
offense. He proposed re-opening
the fight, which we did on exceed
ingiy desperate terms. He shot me
dow2. giving me a very dangerous
wound. In three months we were
good friends. and lived in the great
est amity and harmony up to the
period of his death, which happened
in 1913.
Year: 1873

A delicate but self-satislied youth
of great Gotham recently found
himself in one of our New Mexican
coaches. In leaving our goodly
town the shoddy exquisite placed
himself carefully upon one back seat
by the side of a miniature rifle and
fishing tackle, which he carried as
part Of his baggage. AS the coach
drove over the Acequia bridge the
youth saw picture which caused
his heart to dance with delight. In
the shade of the tall cottonwood
trees. which line the banks, gamb-
oled group of young Mexican girls
in the limpid waves of the Acequia.


"For Gods sake, Mr. Driver, what
are those beautiful animals?"


Them are mermaids." answered
the stage man, suppressing twinkle
in both eyes.


20, hold on for just one minute"
and out went eXqusAe with line and
rod, while he threw the hook toward
the laughing group with gesture Of
beseeching agony.


The gay throng gradually closed
on the fascinated fisherman rs he sat
upon the bank drinking in the rap
turous scene before him, but paying
little attention to his line or bait,
Suddenly black-eyed Peri of about
fifteen caught the end of his pole,
and with a deXterous movement
landed the fisherman into the middle
of the Acequia. Every mermaid of
the batch Immediately took lively
interest in irrigating their captive,
who only succeeded in crawling up
the Acequia bank after desperate
struggles. and very much in the con-
dition of Norway rat. as


The washerwomen at the. next sta
ton declared she never saw so much
Rio Grande mud on one suit of
clothes in her life, and the young
man was heard to mutter, often to
himself: % hard fish to catch,
those Mexican mermaids r. @
Year: 1873

Those farmers who desire to i'm
prove their seed corn must remem-
Der that the work Of selecting it
must commence now.


| There are two chief requisites in Il
| good corn, VIZ early maturity and
prolificness. We feel that there is
too little attention paid to this mat
ter by farmers generally, BY neg
lect and Incidence they will let the
season for selecting seed pass by;
and next spring, when they get
ready to plant. thes will pay some
more enterprising neighbor two or
three times the commercial value, to
get some good seed corn. ..


1t is law of nature that like pro-
duces like, under like circumstances.
If we want to improve the earliness
of our corn crop. we must select our
seed from those stalks that first ma
ture. AS a rule, those ears mature
first that ''shoot' first. Go through
your field and mark with piece Of
red flannel, or other device. one hun
dred of those stalks that shoot first.
Later, go through again, and mark
all of that hundred that shows ten
dency to perfect two good ears
When ripe, select all perfect, we'll
formed, deep-grained ears from this
marking, and tie them up for seed.


Plant these by themselves next
year, and from this planting make
another selection in similar man
ner, using more care to save seed
from the two-eared stalks; also
keeping in mind the early maturity,


The third years planting will dc.
velop a seed, if proper care has been
used that will show two good ears
to the stalk, in seven-tenths of the
planting.


1t is in this way that the yield of
our great cereal can be increased to
eighty, ninety, or one hundred bush
els per acre and the man that first
perfects these valuable qualities can
make q snug little fortune in raising
corn for seed alone. We hope some
of our young and enterprising far
mers will take hold Of this matter.
Don't let the season pass without
making an effort in this direction.
Year: 1873

81, POI, ,48I,77 s1,37s, $685. $176, ,s66, SO


1t will be noticed that there was
an increase in every month of the
year except June. The cause for
the falling off Of your business for
June is fully understood by all Of
our people, and it is feared that your
passenger business for July and Au-
gust OF the ensuing year will be in
jured from the same cause.


l regret to say that as yet you
have derived very little, if any ad-
vantage from the opening of the Ala
bama and Chattanooga Railroad. In
this wehave been greatly disappoint-
ell but it is hoped that the Road
mentioned will soon become one of
your most valuable connections We
are now building 10 new stock cars
and would recommend the building
of 50 more box cars. This, it is be-
lieved, will fully supply the demand
for some time to come. We would
also recommend the laying of TWEEN
ty miles new Iron during the coming
year, so as to keep your track in an
improving condition. We have made
a contract for building a new Pas
senger Depot at Knoxville. to be
completed first November next. This
will supply a want which has long
been felt.


1t has been my constant aim as an
officer of your Company to foster
and encourage in every possible way
the local business and enterprise of
the country through which your
Road passes, being fully satisfied
that the interests Of your Road and
of the section that it penetrates are
identical and inseparable. Let the
material resources of the country be
fully developed and you can then re-
ly on a satisfactory and Temunera-
tive local business. But, if from any
cause the business of this section is
depressed, the interest of your Com
panv must be adversely affected
thereby. Whilst this is true, it may
be on the other hand that with at
least a portion of the community the
great benefits derived from the OPP
erations of your Road, are not fully
appreciated. All may readily see
and admit the advantages to the
community of work of public i'm
provement which furnishes transpor-
tation to distant markets for the
marble, coal, iron. grain and other
surplus products Of the country, and
which furnishes the facilities for
easy and rapid transit for local
travel.


However, it may not have occur
red to every one the full extent of
the material interest that this imme-
diate section has in the building up
of a great through passenger and
freight business over your line. The
stockholders have a right to hope
and expect that the business of the
road will yield some returns for the
money invested by them. But in
meeting competition it may fre-
quently occur that through work is
done at figures which are inadequate
and to your company unremunera-
tive. Still, when such work is done,
if the amount received is barely suf-
ficient to cover tie cost of transpor-
tation, the people along the line of
road derive therefrom substantial
benefits, inasmueh as the greater
portion of the money expended in
prosecuting the business of youz
road is paid out at home and is dis.
seminated through every avenue OF
enterprise and trade. passing
first into the hands of the laborer.
the mechanic, the manufacturer and
the contractor, who keep up the
roadway and furnish wood, cross,
Year: 1873

of the Company we'll nigh two mil
lions Of dollars. ea s-


President Wilson returned his
thanks for this manifestation of their
approval of his action. lie gave a
short review of the history of the
road, showing its dilapidated condi-
tion at the close of the war and then
showing tile present fiattering condi-
ton of the road.


On motion of Judge Barton the
stockholders went into an election of
a Board of Directors, during which
time a recess was enjoyed.


After a recess of about an hour,
the Convention was called to order
by the Chairman, when the judges
of the election reported the election.
by a'vote of 15.4605, of the follow
:,
Year: 1873

ness. without caring in the least about the
eject he produces. His conversations seem,
in many respects, like loud thinking; he
simply speaks out what happens, to pass
through his brain without carefully weigh
ing his words. and che nearest clear impress
sion is to him the best. When bis character
and conduct are compared with those OF
diplomat of :he old school, We comprehend
his successes. He has always said precisely
that which he meant and intended As this
was unprecedented, diplomacy naturally
believed him to mean and intend something
altogether different. While diplomacy puz'
zied its brains TO discover what that might
be, he quietly did what he had promised.
and thus surprised the whole world. For
where the lie il the rule, truth becomes the
Eost wonderful hypocrisy.
Year: 1873

Belfast, Me-. IL, The Gordon murder
trial was resumed this afternoon in the pres
ence of large crowd of spectators. The
aged mother Of the prisoner occupied seat
by his side.


In his opening address, County Attorney
Folger admonished the jury upon the import
ance and solemnty of their duty. Nearly
twenty years had elapsed since trial for
murder took place in our community, but in a
single summers night our sense OF security
was destroyed, and a tragedy almost une-
qualled in tie annals of crime had given US a
painful noteriety. Murder was too mild a
term for the decd which suddenly swept into
eternity father and mother and their inno-
cent child. But one person could know the
horrors of the scene, and 1t was for the jury
to determine whether John T. Gordon was
that person.


Alter d definition Of the law which governs
the case, general statement Of the expected
evidence, which is strictly crcumstantial, was
given at length.


At the request et the prisoners counsel the
witnesses for the State were excluded while
the testimony OF these most material was
taken. Eden A. Ward, aged about %, the
hired man and an inmate of the house where
the murder took place, was the first witness
called. He testified that the prisoner re-
tired alone early in the evening before the
deed was committed. At about 3 o'clock
witness was awakened by the cries of the
children, and discovered that the house was
on fire. He alarmed the neighbors and the
flames were extnguished without damage.
\ bloody axe was found at the entrance of the
room where the victims slept. The prisoner
was first seen in the street. He requested
witness to assist in clearing the house, and a
few articles were removed. The mangled
bodies were then discovered by witness and
dragged out of the burning bed The pris-
oner assisted in pumping water and upon in
quiry for his brother and wife, answered that
they were all burning up. Ho appeared ex
cited and acted strangely. Under objection
witness testified that dog which belonged to
the murdered man, and which was accustomed
to bark at strangers, made no noise.


The cross examination developed nothing
new, and at its close the court adjourned un
til to morrow morning, when the bloody axe
will be produced.
Year: 1873

Philadelphia, IL. A committee of working
men had an interview with Mayor Stokely
to- day for the purpose of ascertaining what is
to be done to provide employment for the
thousands out Of work. The mayor recon-.
mended that petition be addressed to the
city council, when committee will be ap-
pointed to take some action, much out door
work he said could be provided, but there
was also necessity for providing employ


San Francisco, IL. Pool selling on the
great four-mile race began tonight. Thus
and True Blue
Year: 1873

Boston, IL. The ship Quintero, ashore on
Cape Cod, still remains. A portion of the
cargo of wool was discharged to-day and at
high water the steamer Charles Pierson at
tempted to pull her off, but after moving her
several yards she stuck fast and could not be
get any farther towards deep water.
Year: 1873

the Judge allowed the arguments of counsel
to be postponed till tomorrow. Contrary to
expectations the deit counsel did not move
for nonsuit, but concluded to submit all his
evidence, and raise the questions of law in
volved in the case by bill of exceptions, or
by report to the full court, if the verdict OF
the jury gives occasion for so doing.
Year: 1873

The boiler at the time of the exploon was
in charge of a boy thirteen years old, who
had for some time been. allowed to act as
engineer. About twenty persons were
wounded. The accident happened about
four clock when the streets were crowded,
and on the site Of the excavation for sinking
the track of the New York Central & uar-
lem railroad company. The engine was be-
ing used for hosting a machine.
Year: 1873

Mrs. Perley, milliner in this city, was
bbed the other day in New York city, of
Ie hundred and fifty dollars. She had gone
the city to buy goods, and lost all the
pney she had with her to make purchases.


hotel keeper kindly gave her a home while
the city, and furnished her money to re-


IN to Augusta.
Year: 1873

Men ana women, and especially Young
people, do not know that il takes wear,
to marry completely two hearts, even OF
the most loving and well assorted. But
nature allows no sudden change. We
slope very gradually from the cradle 10
the summit Ut lite. Marriage i, gradual


fraction oil Us at "A time. \ happy we'd
lock Is long failing IN love. | know
young persons think love only belouo,
to brown hair, and plump, round, Grim
son cheeks. SO it does Tor its beyiuinu.
Just u, Mt. Washington beginsat Boston
Bay. But the golden marriage j. a uart


OF love which the bridal day Knows no.
thing oi. Youth is the ta,,el and silken
Hover OF love; age is the full corn, ripe.
ana solid III the ear. Beautiful is the
morning OF love with its prophetic Grim
son, violet, purple and gold, with its
hopes oil the days To come. Beautiful
also Is the evening OF love with its clad
RAINBOW side toward heaven as well as
earth. Young people marry their op-
posites III temper and general character,
ana such amArriage i. commonly a good
match. They do it instinctiveiv. The
young man does not say ''My black ewes
require to be wed with blue, and nv


oVervehemcnce requires to be u little
molitled with somewhat of dulness and
reserve" When these opposites come
together to be wed, they do not know it,
but think the other ust like himself. Old
people never marry their opposites; thev
marry their slmilars, and form calcula
tions. Each OF these two arrangement,
isvery proper, in their long journey these
young opposltes fail out By the way a
great many times, and both get away
iron the road, great many times: but
each Will charm the other back again and
Dy-and-bx they will be agreed AS to the
place they will go TO and the road they
Will go by, and become reconciled. The
man will be nobler and larger Tor being
associated with so much humanity u ,.e
himself, and she Will be noble woman
Tor having manhood beside her tnat
seeks to correct her deficiencies and sup.
ply her with what she lacks if the diver
sity be not too great, and there be rea


piety and love in their hearts to begin
with. The old bridegroom, having a
much shorter journey to make, must as


sociate himself with one like himself. A
perfect aud complete marriage, is per


haps as rare as personal beauty. MeI
and women are married fractionallv


now small fraction then large trac.
tod very lew are are married to.
tally and they only think after some AZ
or 90 years OF gradual approach and ex.
pertinent. Such large and sweet fruit
is a complete marriage, that it needs a
very long Summer to ripen in, and then
a long Winter to mellow and season in


But u real and happy marriage If love
and judgment, between a Loble man and
woman, is one of the things SO very hand


some that if the sun were god as the
Greek poets tabled, he might stop the
world in order to feast his eyes will
such spectacle = Theodore Parker.
Year: 1873

The following article, taken from
the Country Gentleman, so thrillingly
sets forth the fearful results of using
tobacco that the most hardened sinner
must repent and hasten to be wise after
reading it: First experiment, hog
was shut up in q tight pen, and his
only feed was one-halfpou of tobacco
day. In one week he had lost four
pount.s. Second, a mule was placed
in a stall without food. Two plugs of
tooacco were placed before her, twice
day. She grew gradually reetive.
On the third day, one plug was forced
down her throat, when she tore the
Year: 1873

One thousand first-rate places are
open tor thousand boys who come up
TO this standard.


Face boy can suit his taste as to the
kind of business he would prefer. The
places are ready in every kind of occu-
patton.


Many Of these places of trade and art
are already filled by boys who lack some
of the most important points, but they
will soon be vacant.


One has an office where the lad who
has the situation is losing his first point.
He likes to attend the singing saloon
and the theatre. This costs more money
than lie can afford, but somehow he
manages to be there frequently.


His employers are quietly watching
to learn how he gets so much spending
money they will soon discover leak
in the money drawer, detect the dis
honest boy, and his place will be ready
for some one who is now getting ready
for it by observing point No. /, and Le-
ing truthful in all his ways.


Some situations will soon he vac,n;
because The boys have been poisoned by
reading bad books, such as thev would
not dare to show their fathers, and
would be ashamed to have their moth.
er's see.
Year: 1873

The disturbances between the whites
and negroes in Colorado county, Texas,
arose from very trifing cause. A
deputy constable named j. r. Hone ar.
rested a freedman who was charged
with stealing a beef, and the prisoner
was rescued by another of his race.
The officer then got his revolver and
arrested the negro again, and in taking
him into custody he struck the freed
man who had interfered with the pris-
oner on the head with his pistol, which
at the same time went off. That night
a party of unknown freedmen fred fif-
teen shots into the house Of the officer,
but fortunately his family, apprehend-
ing danger, had left. The next night
two freedmen, who lived near the scene
of the disturbance, were murdered by
some unknown persons while on their
way to Eagle Lake. This aroused the
whole colored population in that re-
gion, and some four hundred of them
armed and marched on Eagle Lake with
the avowed intention of taking the
place. The persuasions of the Sheriff
of Colordo county, however, and the
knowledge that one hundred armed
white nen had come to the assistance
of the threatened villagers, led them to
renounce this intention [; but at the last
accounts there was an extremely bitter
feeling existing between the two races,
and fears were entertained of serious
trouble.
Year: 1873

"The true woman" says a late
writer, "needs to be sought. She does
not parade herself as show goods. She
is not fashionable. Generally she is
not rich. If you gain her love, your
two thousand are a million. She'll not
ask you for carriage or a first-class
house. She'll wear simple dresses, and
turn them when necessary. She'll keep
everything neat and nice in your sky
parlor, and give you such welcome
when you come home that you'll think
your parlor higher than ever. She'll
entertain true friends ON a dollar, and
astonish you with the new thought, how
very little happiness depends on money.
Now do not say any more, 1 can't af-
ford to marry Go, find the true wo.
man, and you can afford it. Throw
away that cigar, burn up that switcl
cane, be sensible yourself, and seek
your vifein q sensible way"