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Year: 1873

y YANKEE TRICK.-A kentuckian and
IA Yankee were once riding through the
woods, the former on an inferior animal
The latter wanted to make SWAP"
but he did not see how he was to do it.
At last he thought of plan. His horse
had been taught to sit down like dog
whenever he was touched with the
spurs. Seeing wild turkey, the Yam
kee made his horse perform this trick,
and asserted that he was pointing game,
as was his custom. The Kentuckian
rode in the direction indicated by the
horses nose, and up rose turkey. This
settled the matter; the trade was made,
and saddles and horses were exchanged.
After time they came to deep, rapid
stream, over which the black horse car
ried his rider with ease. But the Ken
tuckian, with the Yankees old beast,
found great difficulty in getting over,
and when he reached the middle of the
stream he was afraid the horse would
allow himself to be carried away, and
endeavored to spur him up to a more
vigorous action. Down sat the old
horse ON his launches.


'Look herel" shouted the enraged
Kentuckian to the Yankee on the other
side of the stream. "what does all this
meanT'


81 want you to know stranger" cried
the Yankee, preparing to ride away,
"that horse will pint fish jist as well as
he will fowl"
Year: 1873

The Bishop of Manchester, England,
recently gave some good advice to po-
licemen when he urged them to resist
the temptation of acquiring reputation
by leading offenders into trap and
then arresting them, and to use their
best endeavors to prevent crime. This
advice has wide significance. The
prevention of crime is the first business
OF policeman, not the detection of it.
Where the prevention is impossible,
then the detection is his main object
but in this case it is rare that any use
ful result is reached by urging on cul-
prits to commit fresh crimes. In nine
cases out Of ten, it is the quiet police
man who never figures in the newspa-
pers, and who is not celebrated for the
large number of arrests he makes, that
is the best policeman, and the most re-
liable in an emergency. 1t is true, as a
rule, everywhere, that there are too
many arrests made. 1t would subserve
the ends|of public order and justice muct
more efficiently for policemen, in nu
merOus instances, to firmly advise drunl
Ell or quarrelsOme man TO 60 home
than to allow or encourage him TO pre-
sist in his ways until he has violat-
ed the peace, simply for the purpose OF
making Ell arrest. The best officer is
the one who prevents crime or a
disorder, not the one who allows it L
happen, 80 that he may have the credit
of the arrest, and, as a rule, the best OF
ficer is the one whose name is leas
familiar to the public.
Year: 1873

There is no finer, more manly. grace
full and invigorating sport than skat-
ing, and 1t is thousand pities that
fashion for prudence should have cast
some discredit on its enjoyment and
hIndered its universal popularity. 1t
gives endless scope for personal cour-
age, endurance, skill and taste. One
can't get tired Of it, for it is an art
whose possibilities are boundless, and
whose minute and finer Developments
are infinite in subtlety and bewilder-
ment in their complex variety. To the
accomplished figure-skater of to-day,
the laundering, straight ahead operator
of twenty years ago, who made it his
pride to skate so many miles in so
many minutes, to cut n ring back
wards and jump over log on the ice,
is AS the pianist of a travelling show to
Ianssig or Rubinstein. 1t makes our
housekeeping youth acquainted with
the fresh joy of keen wintry air and
smiling wintry landscape, of amber
sunsets and rich brown hill.sides, and
dim gray twilight, and frosty moon
rise. There is timorous ecstacv in
the first breathless ESSAY of the "out-
wardedge," such as the hero may feel
in going into battle, and the success
full backward five" NAV aptly pretig-
ure all later triumph and achievement.
Nowhere can our young people-boys
and girls together-meet in more
healthy, natural and hearty relations
than on the ice.


Nowhere can manly young fellow
we say it without shadow Of SEN
timentalily-so commend himself to
the regard of frank, kindly girl as
by his patient, considerate and helpful
care in series of first skating lessons.
Nowhere, is fine, cour rageous, spirit
ed girl more attractive than in the
modest but fearless determination with
which she addresses herself to better
the instruction of her more robust
companion. Young eyes will light up
at the glance of other eyes, we know
young hearts will beat responsive to
other hearts, why not thousand times
better unuer the Irec shy, the crisp,
clear air, and fine inspiration OF noble
exercise, than in the stihing, noxious
atmosphere and amid the morbid ex-
citement of the ballroom or the
theatre ?-Scribner's for February.
Year: 1873

DUMAs-TIC.-Thcrc are few character
izations more witty and comp rehensive
than that which Alexandra Dumas.
pere, gave OF his son. We have never
seen it iransated:" He came into the
world ut that hour when it has ceased to
be day, aud is not vet night. and the as
semblage of antitheses which make up
his strange individuality are, like he
hour of his birth, a mingling of light
and darkness. He is lazy, he is indus
trious; he is gourmand, lie is abstc-
mious he is lavish he is economical: he
is suspicious, he is crcdulous 3; he is blasc
and he is inmocent he is ind fferent and
he is ardent; he is slow in speech and
rapid in action: he ridiculcs me with all
the brilliant wit Of which he is master,
and vet he loves me with all bis heart.
lie Is always ready to fleece Ine out OF
all my money like VALERIE, or tn fight for
me like the Cid. His imagination is the
most vivid and the most sustained that
| have ever known in n young lna.i of
II years. Ii bears me away like tor
rent !: it shines like a half-hidden flame:
il reveals itself in reverie as in excite
ment, in quiet as in danger, in smile as
in tear. From time to time we quarrel
with each other, and, like the prodigal
son, he tax his portion and quits the
patcrnal mansion. On that day buy a
calf and begin to iatten il, sure that be-
fore month he will return to get his
part of it. 1t is true that evil-minded
people say that it is for tie sake of the
calf that he comes back, and not for
mine; but am not more than half in
clined to believe that"
Year: 1873

A Louisville paper wagers that Ser
geant Bates cannot carry the Ameri-
can flag, or any other banner through
the streets just after school is dis
missed without finding how we'll the
average bad small boy of the period
can throw stones.
Year: 1873

Some close observer, commenting on
the alscrity with which workmen left
their labors at the stroke of twelve, re
marked: 81 have seen man who had
his pick in the air knock off work and
leave it there rather than waste the
time to put it down after twelve struck !.
Year: 1873

A writer on physiognomy sagely says
"A human face without a nose doesn't
amount to much" whereupon another
writer observes that ga hnman nose
without q face doesn't amount to much
either,s.
Year: 1873

on MS coat ana natf anu NalAeu toNaru
the Farm.


Meanwhile another traveller was max
his way in the sane direction, with quite
a different purpose from that which d.
rected the steps of honest Luke Meadows.


Kate moved restlcssly about the house
but never at farther distance from the
room Of the invalid than to bewithiI easy
call. On passing into the house-Plaee at
about half past eleven O'Clock, she was
startled by hearing noise at the window.
Thinking at first that it was only the wind
was shaking the glass, she took no imme-
diato notice OF the occurrence, until pres
emily she saw the window gradually rails
ed, and the light of dark lantern thrown
into the room. Half dead with fright,
she held her breath, barely conscious Of
what was going on around her. Though
she could net see his face, she could easi-
ly perceive that the man who entered
was well acquainted with the
place the instant he reached the floor
he gave one hurried look around and
made directly for the safe, which was
placed under one of the shelves on which
Farmer North kept the books which con-
stituted his library. Opening the iron
door with key, he took from it several
documents, and box Of money, which
he placed on the table. Up to this time
Kate Meadows had not seen the face oI
the visitor but when he had apparently
cleared out the contents OF the safe, he
turned to examine some notes. The light
was thrown upon his face. With loud
scream Kate rushed toward him. The
burglar was Tom North


In a moment he had again passed
through the window, leaving the safe ans
the documents which he had abstractcC
strewn upon the table. Kate had now
fallen down almost insensible, just as Far
mer North, who had been aroused by hel
screams, rushed from his bedroom, gur
in hand. Quickly learning from the state
of the room that the safe had been open
cd and its contents purloined, and alst
qereciring at G lance that the window


was open, he rushed that way, the better
as he thought, to track the cuIprit. Abou
!" h"ad~ol sa~.le f.~-, thu hnnsa h.


thought he saw figure quickly retreatin!


in the distance. Without deliberatin:


for lnorc than an instant, North fired hi


gun, and ran, as he hoped, upon his game


but he could find no intruder dead O


alive. Returning to the house. the farm


er found Kate Meadows liz a state of tn
most distressing agitation; but he coult
not gether any further information iron
|, her than that she had seen man ente
the room and plunder the safe. WheI


pressed to an answer if she could identif
, him. she was too truthful to equivocate


and implored him through her tears no
/ to ask her any more about the incident
: of that most terrible night.


Farmer North having made every thin
, secure, and having assured his wife, i


one of those humane misrepresentation
Of which it may be hoped the recordin
angel will take no note, that he had onl
gone out on hearing the dogs bark, retire
| to rest. But he was too keen an observe
not to have perceived that Kate Meadow
had recognized the burglar, who ha
shown an intimate knowledge oftho Farm
[CoNrINUED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1873

Brown, who lives in Cambridge, had
the fifth anniversary Of his wedding oc-
cur about a week ago, and his friends
determined to celebrate his wooden
wedding by a surprise party. They
commenced by sending servant with 8
team 20 take Brown and his wife out to
ride about Z. Then they began to come
in with presents and materials for sup
per. There was little party OF FIVE
came first, an laden, hands full. They
all got nicely inside the garden gate,
which shuts with a spring. when
Browns big mastiff, who is always left
unclaimed in his masters absence, came
round the corner and surprised them.
One woman stepped ON her dress, and
in her fall 50 demoralized q fragile
black,walnut bookcase she carried that
it was afterward done up in bundle
and presented as kindling wood. An
other fellow got safely out of the yard,
all but part of his pants, while old
Smithers, who weighs two hundred and
twenty pounds, plunged wildly, with
the eight gallon pail Of Zoe cream he
carried, through Browns glass hot
house in the corner of the yard, and
surprised some thirty dollars worth of
exotics. Finally they fixed things up
and got into the house, and as it was
about time for Browns return they
commenced laying the supper table.
They got down a tea set of rare china
that friend of Browns in the trade
had loaned him a week before, and
broke swo pieces, so that Brown has
since been obliged to mortgage his hon
honse and buy the set and the COM
ments of Mrs. Brown, when she saw the
condition of the carpet, were sarcastic
In the extreme. Finally, as q crowning
touch, they tried to hang ont Chinese
lanterns, with the word % Welcome -
on them, on the porch over the front
door. They succeeded in hanging two
lanterns, and when they had saved the
house from the fiery fiend, there wasn't
enough porch left to pay for the trouble
of trying to hang out any more. Then
they sat down and waited for Brown
and his wife to come home. We draw
the veil over the scene that followed
their return Some scenes are too joy
GUS to be described in cold, cold words
Boston Traveller.
Year: 1873

Dinner over, siesta on the soft mats
is next in order, These mats seem made
for sleep and indolence. No booted
foot ever defles them. Every one leaves
his clogs on the ground outside, and
glides about in his mitten-like socks,
which have each a special compartment
for tho great toe. My waiting damsel
having gone out, and there being no such
things as bells, do as the natives, and
clap my hands. A far-off answer of
he-i-i is returned, and soon the shuf-
fling of feet is heard again. The house
wife eppears With the usual low bow,
and, smiling 50 as to again display what
resembles a mouthful of coal, she lis
tens to the request for pillow. Open
ing the little closet before spoken of,
she produces the desired article. It is
not a tioking-bag of baked feathers in
closed in dainty, spotless case of white
linen, but little upright piece Of wood,
six inches high and long, and one wide,
rounded at the bottom like the rockers
of a cradle. On the top, lying in a
groove, is a tiny rounded bag o; calico
filed with rice chaff about the size of
sausage. The pillow-case is piece Of
white paper wrapped around the top,
and renewed in good hotels daily for
each guest. One can rest about four or
six inches of the side of his os Occipitig
on a Japanese pillow, and if he wishes
may rock himself to sleep, though the
words suggest more than the facts war
rant BY sleeping on civilized feathers,
one gets ont of training, and the Japa-
nese pillows feel very hard and very
much in one place. The dreams which
one has on the these pillows are charae-
teristio. In my first some imps were
boring gimlet-holes in the side of my
skull, until they had honey-combed It
and removed 50 much brain that felt
too hght-headed to preserve my equi-
librium. On the present occasion, after
falling asleep, thought that the pillow
on which lay pressed its shape into my
head, and the skull, TO be repaired, was
being trepanned. Ny head actually
tumbling of the pillow was the cause of
the fancied operation being suddenly
arrested
Year: 1873

lCharleston News and Cour1er-J


Charleston may congratulate herself
hat the embarrassed condition Of her
city finances has thus far prevented her
from venturing on any extended scale,
upon the costly experiment of wooden
pavements. We may take a profitable
lesson in this matter from the expert
ence of the rich cities cf the north and
west. OF the even, pleasant noiseless
surface presented by the wooden pave
nents when new there can be no ques-
ton. Bat they lack the 6rst requisite
of a good pavement; they viii not last.
st. Louis is the latest city that has
voted them a failure, if not nuisance.
The mayor, in a message to the common
council, embodies the results of twelve
years trial of this kind of pavement.
he says the fact is clearly shown that
wooden pavements are not suited to
streets used by heavy traffic, and It is
expensive under any circumstances. BE
saws that the average wear of such a
pavement is six years, and the cost Of
repairing Is one dollar and a half per
hneal foot. In Phiiadeldhia the wooden
pavement averages only three or four
years, and IS voted to be comparatively
worthless. In Pittsburgh insestisa-
tions are IN progress that are likely to
result In q similar verdict. New York
has long since found ont that it is the
most costly and worthless Of all kinds
of navement.
Year: 1873

It is the luck of some people to see
every thing is rather my case. Ten
days ago was present at a great Rus
sian wedding, and at first-class French
one yesterday; and have been first
witness" use the word tenso5p for
this as for the other and more dangerous
duel--at a wedding of the people. IF
it takes Frenchman and Frenchwoman
as long to get separated as it does to get
coupled, then, indeed, is single life a
blessing, and separate maintenance a
luxury only within reach of the very
idle and rather rich. I am persuaded
that all the coachmen and all the cooks
had given themselves rendezvous to be
married that day in that special Marie.
1t is a dron ceremony. Row after row
of brides, bedecked with so many
orange-fowers that look for oranges at
six sous each next year, were waiting to
catch the eye of the mayor, a mild man
with a most evident wig and decided
smell of stuff, with which he sprinlzIed
the bridal wreaths and dresses most
handsomely, causing one bride, two best
men, and one heavy father, to sneeze
awfully. Now it is, if not indecent, at
least indecorous, to sneeze on such oc-
casions. "Will you, Jean, marry this
Jeanne % and the answer a sneeze I
But accidents viii happen. 1t must be
great thing to be married at a
mayors court, " if,I may so render a
A" Marie" I had to wait there for
happy couple, one of whom was about
to give to the other, which I did with
great pleasure, as neither of them be-
longed to me. You can first of all see
the names Of your friends who are
'persons about to marry" then the
number of your aequaintances who are
removed or have been appropriated =
then you can buy land to build on, or
ready-built house for those children
who may drop in later. IF you are
bankrupt, you have only to run over to
the other side of the court and state the
fact to the proper authority and, final
ly, read, belew the chalky bust of the
emperor and the well-bewigged head of
the mayor, the address of a house where
you can be vaccinated for next to no
thing. OF the religious ceremony, 1
think the less said the better. We
went to the Madeleine, where another
very snuffy gentleman, backed up by a
small boy in dirty surplice-suggest-
ing the painful idea that the clean
clothes were given out only on Sundays
was kind enough to whisper the cere-
mony aud while he was blessing the
bride, the little beadle came and drew
of the groom his fee Social Lite IN
France.
Year: 1873

A NEW manner of catching rats is ex-
citing great interest among the return
ing house-holders. A barrel is filed
half full of water. Alayer of powdered
cork is laid on its surface, and over this
layer of corn meal is sifted. A chair
and box or two are placed unobtru-
sively in the neighborhood, whereby the
rat gains the edge CT the barrel He
sees nothing but the meal. He has no
innate ideas which teach him to beware
of the treacherous foundation on which
hat tempting surface rests. He shifts,
he leaps, and goes gently down through
meal and cork to his watery grave. If
any of his friends see him disappear
from the edge of the barrel, they hasten
after him to get their share of the pro-
bable plunder, and are in turn taken in
by hospitable death. The plan seems
effective as against the rats, bat is cal
culated to destroy their confidence in
human nature
Year: 1873

A MAN may conceal his name, his
age, the circumstances Of his life, but
nos his character. That is his spiritual
atmosphere, and Is ~ inseperable from
him Is the fragrance Of a rose from the
rose itself. In the glance Of the eye. In
the tones Of the voice, in mien and ges-
ture, character discloses itself. All the
company may be equally well dressed,
but NOT even a child shall mistake Blue
Beard for Saint Eicholas nor Gree fog
Diana-Ce1sa Bisrieigh
Year: 1873

1t is a good and safe rule to seiourn
in every place as If you meant to spend
your life there, never emitting an OPP
porsunity Of doing a kindness, or speak
ing q true word, OF making q friend.
Seeds thus sown by the way-side often
bring forth an abundant harvest. You
might so spend your summer among the
people that they and their descendants
should be better and happier, through
time and eternity, for your works and
your example. IN order that people
may be hsppy Ia their work, these three
things are needed They must be fit
for # +: they must not do too much Of
1t and they must have a sense of sue
cess IN It, not a double sense, such as
needs some testimony of other people
for its confirmation, but n sure sense,
or rather knowledge, that SO much
work has been done vel, and fruitfully
done, whatever The world may say or
think about IL So that in order that a
man may be happy, II is necessary that
be should not only be capable of his
work, but a good judge Of his work.
keHsEie
Year: 1873




Though the negroes have been freed
and enfranchised and civil-righted, they
cling to the customs of their forefathers
in many respects, and are still "specu-
lar people" A few days ago a negro
woman was seen to go out upon bridge
leading from the Tredegar works to an
island IN the river and throw a kes or
box into the stream and make off AS
infanticide has been lamentably common
with them of late, boy who saw the
act supposed that another baby had
been murdered and disposed of, and at
once reported to a policeman what he
had seen, and the woman was arrested.
Finding that she was suspected of a
grave crime, the woman was forced to
tell the truth and establish her inno-
cence. On Friday her daughter was
taken suddenly Ill and rapidly grew
worse until Monday, when the mother
accidentally discovered that she had
been coniured. The old woman went
out to sweep the yard and was attracted
to a nail sticking up in the ground.
She attempted 10 draw it out, when it
burned her, and her right arm ''became
paralyzed." This satisfied her that the
evil One" was at work. She laid the
whloe matter before a solemn convoca-
ton of her neighbors, and they unani-
mously agreed upon sure plan for re-
moving the spell so with their advice
she procued a spade and succeeded in
unearthing the nail, with several others.
They were crossed upon one another,
forming a star, and the " devils nail''
the one first discovered-was point
ing toward the house. According to
advice, the old woman made a mixture
of coPperas, cayenne pepper, red onion
and fish brine, and poured it upon the
deviIish instruments, and then put
them In a keg and went to throw them
into a " swift running, never-failing
stream" The spell was thus broken
and her daughter instantly got well.
The police authorities after thorough
investigation ascertained that the
strange story of the old woman was
true according to her belief and re-
leased her from custody.-RichRsop
/ letter.
Year: 1873

LOUISVILLE, June 22.-The reports OF
cholera here are entirely groundless.
Although there is anxiety, there is no ap-
prehension of cholera, the city up to this
time having been absolutely exempt.
The board of health announces that the
health of the city is better than during
June for several years. The sanitary
condition is far better than ever before
t<nnun
Year: 1873

The weather yesterday was dry and
hot-just the thing for the growing corn
and cotton, and week of such weather
will help the planters greatly. The
river rose two inches yesterday, and
stood twenty-five feet eleven inches
above low water. A decline of several
inches is reported at Cairo, and the river
at st. Louis is stationary; but above
there the water is evapOrating in both
the Missouri and Mississippi, while the
Ohio is rapidly getting down to a
troublesome stage. We are without the
signal kilograms, and for that reason
cannot give the usual detailed report.
Year: 1873

A FESTIVAL will be given in the NJ. K. Church

 A of sharon, the 4th of July, afternoon and evening. lee Cream and other summer luxuries will be furnished. In the evening an Essay will be delivered by Miss Kate Lent, a young lady of rare talent, from the Amenia Seminary. The same that she recently delivered before the District Con- ference at Millerton with such unbounded satis- faction to the people. The M E. Sabbath School will sing few choice selections. To the public we would say COME and see and hear and taste and then go on your way rejoicing. k HUNT.
Year: 1873

A Little Rock editor is pathetic about the loss of exchanges, and says that any

 body may steal his wardrobe, eat his

 luncheon, or take his empty pocketbook, if only his exchanges can be spared.
Year: 1873

Look Out for Thieues.-In the towns of Massachusetts bordering on the nortt west ern portion of our state, skillful and daring thieves are in abundance. The inhabitants of this vicinity are probably on the lookout for these desperados, and will give them warm welcome if they intrude within our limits.