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Year: 1873

A BLAcK-AND-TAN DOC TACKLES A
TURTLE.-lf anybody has seen back-and-
tan dog, answering to the name of "Judse,"
going down street in company with hard
shell turtle that won't answer to anything,
and certainly won't answer to tackle as
the dog can tell you if you can get him to
stop long enough, please halt the eloping
pair, as they are the property of the editor OF
this paper. We are fondy attached TO the
dog on account OF his vas abondish, Bohemian
ish habits. He knows every dog in Peoria bv
name, and is on speaking terms, with nine
tenths, OF the dogs that come in under the
wagons, and he knows more OF the inbabi-
tants OF this city than the tax collector does.
The turtle is more recent acquisition. It
was placed in the back yard Yesterday. and
the dog spent an hour and half inv yng to
entice it to come out of its shell, and be So
ciable. The old iron clad maintained his re-
serve, however, until the dog crammed his
nose against the forward part and began to
sniff The pair seemed TO come to some sort
of understanding at once, for the dog made
an impetuous remark on very high kew. and
they both started on trip. The dog was
last seen sauntering along like a whiriwind


the turtle staying right by him. We sbouId
be very sorry to lose the dog now. as he has
acquired another important and valuable
quality. He knows more about turtles than
any other dog in the country, and it is mighty
hard to find real good turtl. dog.-Peoria


Rerip1p
Year: 1873

The attendance ut tho Exposition Building
yesterday, during tho day and night, was very
good, though smaller than It would have boon
had not the present panic turned the thoughts
of 80 many to other things. The visitors from
tho country have not yet begun to arrive, since
it will bo q few days before the excursion tickets
will be issuod. Tho display iB steadily improv-
Ing and the vacant places rapidly filling up.
Tho mechanical part Of tho Exposition ia very
full, md contains number Of complicated and
interesting machines which arc in full operation.
Year: 1873

What is year! IT'S but wave
OF life's dark rolling stream,
Which is so quickly gone that we
Account IL but dream;
IT'S but n single enrncst throb


or times old iron heart,
Which tireless now, and strong as when
1t first with life did start.
What is a year! IT'S but turn
or times old brazcn wheel:
Or but page upon the book


Which death must shortly seal,
'Tis but step upon the road


Which we must travel DER;
A few more steps, and we shall walk
Lies weary road no more.
What is yeari 'Tis but breath
From times old nostTils blown
AS rushing onward DER the earth
We hear its weary moan,
'Tis like the bubble on a wave,


Or dew upon the lawn,
As transient as the mists OF morn
Beneath the Summer sun.
What is a year : 'Tis but type
OF lite's oft changing scene;
Youths morn comes giily on


With hills aud valleys green;
Next, Summers prime succeeds the Spring,
Then Autumn with tear.
Then comes old Winter, death, and all
Must find their level here.
Year: 1873

To give rose TO lady has always beer
considered graceful act of gallantry. But
when you take the precaution to till the
leaves Of your rose with Cayenne pepper
the politeness becomes rather dubuious,
This was the elegant and chivalri; device
adopted by young gentleman of Alaha-
bad for Furnishing young married lady
who had sighted him. The effect was a
fit Of sneezing SO violent as to bring on a
severe fit of illness and three physicians.
Besides, she had to go away for change,
and yet her aggrieved husband claims only
700 rupees damages, He may have con-
sidered the going away some compensa-
ton for the three doctors. When the lady
RECEIVERS she may, if her mipd is of litera-
ry turn, find new meaning in the poets
line about ''dyi1g of rose in aromatic
pain"
Year: 1873

Speech from &OV. BaXteF.


LITTLE Rock, ARK, June 10.-Gov,
Baker was serenaded by the Capital
Guards and large number oflcitizens to-
night. He responded in half hour speech,
stating that be did not construe this into
personal ovation, but one inspired by The
friends of law, of order. he said he would
not dwell upon the unsuccessful effort to
oust him and overturn the late government.
He was beset with spies and foes inO his
own political camp. He deemed it wise to
call on those not of his own political house
hold to uphold the government. When he
took upon himself the oath of office, it was
no unmeaning vow, but one made with the
intention of faithfully discharging the duties
of the position There were some who be-
lieved he had consented to te inaugurated
when another was elected. In regard 10
that he would say that the validity Of his
election had been submitted to every tri-
bunal in the land, suspected OF having pow
er to determine it, and further, if there was
any fraud in his election Re was neither
cognizant of or privy to such wrong doing
Had bis competitor been duly declared
elected, no man in the State would have
been more willing to respect his authority.
When the matter was presented to the leg
islature, that body, including both political
parties, decided in his favor, and when in
the face of this authoratatiye declaration,
an effors was made to go beyond the con-
stitution by applying for quo wIrranto
against him, when that right had
been specially given to the
legislature, it was reasonable to suppose
conspiracy had been formed to eject him
from Office without regard to the merits OF
the case. Under these circumstances, and
with a further knowledge of the Intention
of the bad men, he had put himself in po-
sition to meet force with force. 1t was
source of happiness, however, that no COD
flict arose. While rumors of a great civil
commotion were being spread broadcast,
not ripple disturbed the peace and order
at home. He thanked God, while we had
suffered some from the acts of these bad
men, that we have preserved the
dignity of the law, and that hence
forth the people are determined to put
down every reasonable demonstration that
may be made. In the future he would be
guided by the same principles as in the
past. BE expected to remain faithful TO
his party. He Vas Republican not only
In name but in principle, but at the same
time he returned thanks TO the Democracy
for the manner in which they had sustained
him. In his future administration he
should faithfully adhere to that great fun
dameptal principle, the equality of all men
before the law. At the conclusion OF the
Governors speech the crowd dispersed.


The Prosecution Of POmeroy.g


ST. LOUIS, June 10.-A dispatch from
Topeka, Kansas. says that the reports in
circulation. that the case OF ex-senator
Pomeroy was presented to the Grand Jury
and bill of indictment Ignored, are entire
ly untrue. The case was never presented
to the Grand Jury, but viii be prosecuted
by Information and not by indictment.
Year: 1873

THE Irish Episcopal Synod is now at
work upon q revision of the Prayer Book.
In the communion service it has bean de-
cided to alter the words seat and drink our
own damnation" to 'eat and drink judg-
ment to ourselves"
Year: 1873

A lady was anxious to make her hus-


band present on the occasion Of his


birthday, and il happening to fall in the


winter, she thought dressing gown


would be most useful requisition to his


domestic comfort. She went and pur-


chased a fine Persian pattern, we'll wad-


ded. Not remembering the exact height
Of her husband, she thought it best to


purchase 1T rather too long than too
short, to make sure of its usefulness.
The day was wet; the husband returned
in the afternoon, and she presented him
with the new article of comfort; and he
fancied it indeed great article of COM
fort after he had put off his wet gar
ment. But it was about ten inches too
long. "Oh, never mind" said the af-
fectionate wife; ." can easily shorten it
to suit you" They had party in the
evening, and were very merry; and ev-
cry one admired the beautiful dressing
gown. After they had gone to bed, the
wind and rain made such noise that
the wife couldn't sleep; her husband
snored musically. She arose without
disturbing him, took the dressing gown
and commenced her work, cutting off
about the length of ten inches to make
it suit her husbands stature, and then
went to bed again. In the morning she
was up early to makesome arrangements
with her housekeeper, as several friends
were expected to dinner that day.
Scarcely had the lady left the room when
her sister, good natured old lady who
lived with them, stepped in on tip-toe, in
order not to disturb the sleepers, took
the dressing gown, cut it off about ten
inches as she knew it was too long the
night before. An hour after the gentle
man awoke, and was now anxious to
surprise his wife. Ringing for servant,
he was told to take the dressing gown to
a tailor and have it made shorter by ten
inches. The good wife was detained
longer than expected and scarcely had
the dressing gown returned from the
tailors when she came into the room.
Her husband had just risen, and pro-
posed to enjoy his comfort. But how
was his better half to see her
husband in fine Persian shooting,jack-
ct instead of comfortable dressing
gown.
Year: 1873

A JAPANESE HoTEL.-In imagining
Japanese hotel, please dismiss all ar
chitectural ideas derived from the Conti-
mental or the Fifth. Avenue. Our hotels
in Japan, outwardly at least, are wooden
structures two stories high, often but
one. Their roofs are usually matched,
though the city caravanseries are tiled.
They are entirely open on the front
ground floor, and about six feet from
the sill or threshold rises platform
about foot and a half high, upon which
the proprietor may be seen seated on
his heels behind tiny railing ten inches
high, busy with his account books.
If it is winter he is engaged in the abb
sorbing occupation ofall japanese trades
men at that time of year-warming his
hands over charcoal fire in low bra
zier. The kitchen is usually just next
to this front room, often separated from
the street only by latticed partition.
In evolving a Japanese kitchen out of
his or her Imagination, the reader must
cast away the rising conception of Brid-
gets realm. Blissful indeed is the
thought as we enter the japanese hotel
that neither the typical servant-girl nor
the American hotel-clerk is to be found
here. The landlord comes to meet us,
and falling on his knees, bows his head
to the floor. One or two of the pretty
girls out of the bevy usually seen in
japanese hotels come to assist us and
take our traps. Welcomes, Invitations
and plenty Of fun greet us as we sit
down to take off our shoes, as all good
japanese do, and as those filthy foreign
ers don't, who tramp on the clean mats
with muddy boots. Westand up unshod
and are led by the laughing girls along
the smooth corridors, across an arched
bridge which spans an open space in
which is a rocky garden, and pond
stocked with Goldfish, turtles, and marine
plants. The room which our fair guides
choose for us is at the rear end of house
overlooking the grand scenery for which
kanozan is justly famous all over the
empire. Ninety-nine valleys are said to
be visible from the mountain.top on
on which the hotel is situated, and we
suspect the multiplication by ten would
be scarcely an exaggeration. A world of
blue water and pines, and the detailed
loveliness of the rolling land, form pic
ture which 1 lack power to paint with
words. The water seemed the type of
repose, the earth of motion.-Lippiin-
colts Magazine.
Year: 1873

A Detroit business man found a coun-
terfeit fifty cent scrip among his currency
the other day, and he put it in his vest
and that afternoon gave it to little girl
begging on the streets. When he came
back from tea he found the same piece
of scrip in the drawer again, and ques-
tioning his clerk he learned that little
girl had brought it in, bought stick Of
gum, and gone away with forty-nine
cents good money. That bank has sus-
pended on currency payments to beg
gars.
Year: 1873

Some years ago new fire company
was organized at Reading, Penn, and
the members one evening thought they
would have little innocent fun ut the
expense OF Hopkins, their Captain.
They decided to rush around to Hop.
kins house Just after dark, to throw up
their ladders, pull out their hose, climb
on his roof, aud scare him with the be-
lief that his dwelling was on fire. But
that very day Hopkins moved out OF the
house. and a clergyman moved in, with
out the company being aware Of the


change. So about eight o'clock they
dashed out and went through all the
movements, getting on tile roof and
splashing water around and creating n
terrific disturbance generally. A rival
company, noticing what was going oil,
also hurried to the scene, and without
understanding the joke, attached their
hose to q plug, smashed in the front
windows, and began to empty q two
inch stream on tho family OF TINT Pres.
byterian clergyman. They squirted
into all the rooms, split open the win
dow shutters with an axe, broke down
tho front door, ran out tho furniture,
tore off tho shingles, and bawled
through trumpets until tho hired girl
had commissions on tho kitchen stairs.
The fire company tried to explain, but
the new comcrs thought IN effort was
being made to get them out OF the wAy,
and fight ensued, and presently fire.
men were sliding of the roof, and pelt-
ing down the chimneys, and bleeding
over the entry carpet, and having bois-
ferrous encounters with spanners and
brass horns on tue stairs. And tho next
morning that divine and his family
moved out. They said the place seemed
to be too animated and sensational for
quiet domestic circle. They wanted
house where there was calmness and
peace; where they could have more
security for their privacy and pianos,
and for their front doors and shingles,
and peace Of mind and window sashes.
Year: 1873

The FIRST AcCIDENT.-The first accide mt
on the Peach Bottom Railroad, now being
built (the road with which the Whining
ton q Western when extended, will connect, }
occurred recently, and Is thus described =


The traeklayers have two small hand cars
for carrying rails, ties, &c, as the work goes
forward. These two cars were Iashed near
together with rails laid on the top of each,
forming long carriage for carrying ties. On
It was loaded about 200 ties aud several men
and while descending the heavy grade from
Oxford towards HOpeWell the brakes broke,
and the car shot forward rapidly. just at
this point all the men jumped of and escaped
with but slight bruises. The heavily loaded
car soon increased its speed at q fearful rate
and BY the time they reached the end of the
track, about half q mile distant, its velocity
was terrible to witness, the roar and whiz It Is
said, equalling whole park of artillery. At
the end OF the track the car went of like a
shot, and the ties scattered as rapidly as il a
keR Of powder had exploded under them, some
being thrown q distance of fifty yards. The
cars were not much broken, and after stFaiQh-
tenlng an axle and mending n few breaks
were soon put upon the track again.
Year: 1873

pieces Of red flannel. aud every high
colored piece Of cloth they have been
able to get hold Of since that time.
These decorations are replaced AS often
as they become decayed or blown away
by the winds. At the time Of our visit
il was trimmed in the most gorgeous
trappings imaginable. Every portion
Of Il was covered with either ribbons
and rags or paint. Within a few inches
Of the sacred stone is pail Of water,
which is never allowed TO become
empty; for il is the belief Of those igno.
rant people that the old Queen Of their
ancestors frequently assumes the form
Of squaw and drinks the water. In
former years she drank more than at
present, they say; but this is easily ex-
planned Then there was more game
there, which, in wandering TO the pail,
drank the water, To disturb this bucket
or any portion Of the trimmings Of the
pstrifed squaw is considered a great
offence against the Great Spirit, and is
punishable by death.
Year: 1873

A Paris letter to the Nation says: II


will be curious political enigma to ex-


plain for what reason and under what


influences the last Bourbon has thrown
away the French crown, which was so
near him. Why did he keep France in
the dark for more than fortnight
Why did he allow his friends, to frame a
bill which contained all that he was ua-
willing to give2 Was NJ. Chesnelong,
whose respectability is above doubt, so
confused and so moved by the presence
Of the future king that he misunderstood
his expressions2 and was he such an in
experienced negotiator that he mistook
his own desires for positive facts2 Did
the Church and the Jesuits, who are
said to have influence at Frohsdorf, at
the last moment, forbid the Comte de
Chambord to make any concessions to
the spirit of the timer But the Jesuits
are generally credited With some worldly
wisdom; and they must see that the fall
of Henri v is blow to the Catholic
Church. Was Henri V. really surprised
to find that the French were not unani-
nous; did he think that they we're still
too divided, and that the Revolutionary
venom was not sufficiently exhausted2
At the moment of jumping the ditch, as
Henri ~ said once, was he afraid Of
falling into the Paris of the Commune, of
'93, of 1880, the great capital of barri
.cades2 Did the ghost OF his father,
stabbed at the door Of the Opera, visit
him2 1t is said that his wife, since she
was threatened with royalty, has done
nothing but cry and pray. Who can say
what moved this royal monk, who has
lived ever since he was born in a moral
solitude, keeping his mind inAamed with
visions of grandeur in the midst of an
obscure and regular life, who has ac-
cepted the easy task of scolding coun.
try of which he is ignorant, and is per-
haps contented with this role Of living
providence2 We have heard him after
each event. each calamity, exclaiming
from a distance, 81 told you SO. He is
prophet, the Jeremy Of kings; he an
nounces revolutions, and war, and the
falling of fire and birthstone. But this
is all he could do. When he was wanted
as a savior, he was found wanting Far
be it from me to speak of him otherwise
than with respect and with pity; but my
greatest pity and my greatest regard will
always be for France. AS fer him, he
is from this day among the things of the
past; his name will 90 down to posterity
with that of the last Stuarts, as a syno-
nym of fatal and hereditary impotence.
Year: 1873

A correspondent Of the Herald of
Health writes: A few years ago we
we're presented with fine pair of birds
turtle ring doves), and they cooed and
were as happy as doves or other beings
can be when they love each ether. They
had several offspring. and would never
trouble themselves about them after they
were able to take care Of themselves.
So time went as merry as a marriage
bell but alas few days ago the female
bird got sick and died, and, would you
believe it2 the mate refused 10 take
either food or drink, and when forced to
take some, he would spit out whatever
did not 90 down his throat far enough,
then throw himself on his back, as much
as to say / will not live without my mate.
We tried 10 pacify him by putting an
other bird in the cage with him-one
which looked very much like the dead
one-but Il was OF no use, be was deter
mined to comnit suicide; and after
carefully feeding him, BY forcing few
crumbs down his throat, We left him the
9Th night only 10 find him, in the morn
ing, lying stif aud cold on his back,
precisely in the position be would throw
himself iHto after hiS mats died.
Year: 1873

The new Indian agency between
Grand river and Fort Rice, called Stand
ing Rock, derives its name from large
boulder standing out alone upon the
prairie about three miles from the river.
There is q strange Indian superstition
connected with the rock, and the Sioux
City Qowa) Journal thus tells it; Many
years ago a powerful band OF Indians
made that section their stamping
grounds. The chief Of the band de-
serted his old wife for young squaw.
This 40 grieved the old Queen that she
vent back 10 the river, and sat upon the
ground and meurned for several days.


Upon the ninth day Of her grief she
turned into this large boulder, The
Indians at that agency all believe
this story TO this day, and Eor-
ship the boulder As q gOd. The
rock has been decorated with ribbons,
Year: 1873

MO PAPER IN MEMPHIS is A BETTER
IN advertising medium than the Western
which Memphis is the commercial center a
very large circulation. This can be known
and read Of all who may become interested.
Judicious advertising will pay. Our Office is
H91S Main street, up stairs, in same building
with Boyle d Chapman.


sat W RLEw 4 co.
Year: 1873

The very serious charges now pending
i'm the public prints against the Secretary
of the Treasury call for immediate and
thorough investigation. II is pity That
Congress is not in session, for Whatever
the character of that body, public opinion
on this subject is strong enough to demand
and require such an investigation.


1t affords perhaps sufficient ground for
calling an early session Of Congress The
credit OF great natiou, especially of one
owing so much money ~ ours docs, is AL
ways worth taking care of, no matter at
what cost.


But we suppose Gen. GnANr does not
think any investigation necessary. 1n-
decd, we should not be surprised if he
should regard it rs extremely undesirable.


We may make up our minds therefore,
TO wait until the regular session before
We shall see the harpoon thrown boldly
into the Treasury Department; but when
the time comes let us look out TO see Zig
whale struck.


That 5 all,
Year: 1873

l. the Republican party in this city run
in the interest If the people. Is the Tammauy
Hall Democracy Is the Apollo Hail Democ-
racyi All will doubtless answer that they are
friends Of the people that their only object h
the peoples welfare. Well, then, which of them
win incorporate in Is platform a resolution call
Ing upon the Legislature To- reduce the fees Of
the sheriff and County Clerk OF this city down
to a reasonable amount2 There Is no sense IN
paying thuse officials from SjOOOOto $1,000 u
year each, especially when all the money comes
out Of the pockets of the people.
Year: 1873

We were too busy last week, and al
So this week To call on our local pat
roms, to see ii they had anything new
10 offer their customers. In fact We
don't much believe in that style OF
business. II you have anything To
say, you know 1t without our calling
to remind you Of il.
Year: 1873

The British Government is about to
make some practical effort to check the
Chinese coolie trade, which is develop
ing the same iniqnities in the China
seas as the slave trade did formerly on
the coast of Africa