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Year: 1872

FRENCH VS. ENGLISH GALLANTRY.-In
comparison with the rude covering with which
the Briton clothes his acts, the plant grace
and kindly solicitude Of the Gaul in presence
of his fellow men compel admiration. Yet if
one could read the heart a this BritOn, it
would perhaps be found that his sentiments of
humanity arc deeper than those of his neigh
Dor. The rudest husk sometimes covers the
sweetest kernel. When the Gau performs a
gallant act, he extracts all the honey that is to
be gotten out of it. If he gives up his seat to
a WOman-whch, by the way, he does not often
do-he takes off his hat and points to the vacant
place as if he were surrendering an empire and
inviting IA queen to enthrOne herself thereon.
1t he hoists her umbrella it is as if he were
spreading out the canopy OF heaven over her
head. Ii he picks up fallen glove, he offers
it to the owner as il he were placing his sword
and honor at her disposal for the rest of his
! life. If he quits her at the foot of stairway
! he looks after her as a chamberlain of the court
might do when her majesty mounts the throne
And in each instance the woman meets hin
halfway in grace and affability. All thi
makes him happy The consciousness o
having conducted himself as chevaler with
out reproach, the probability of having pro
duced an impression on the heart of her whom
he has thus encountered, and the recollection


of her enticng manner bring rippes of plea
sure across his mind whenever the scene recur


to him.
Year: 1872

The EMPLOYMENT OF "DRUMMERS. The
Journal of Commerce is inclined TO think that
reaction is approaching in the method Of
attracting custom. The employment of drum
mers 1--WE are told) is essentially demOralizing.
1t almost certainly debauches the agent sooner
or later and tends by the insrumentalities
used to the injury of the morals and habits of
customers Even where these evils can be
avoided it is most expensive agency, and this
will lead to its disuse, since if employers are
not sick of it, the buyers must see that they
have to support it, and must eventually decline
to lay in their stock subject to such costly
machine for distribution. 1t is great mistake
60 suppose that these local and travelling
solicitors of custom are at all necessary to the
transaction Of large business The first
essential is brains, then sufficient credit and
capital to present desirable stock. Judicious
advertising will announce this to every man
whose custom is worth having. Courtesy and
fair dealing will complete what is thus
auspiciously begun. Drumming leads directly
to dissipation and RIGHTEOUSNESS; hut if it were
morally unexceptionable, it is too heavy tal
to be laid upon the distribution of goods
Country merchants are growing as shy of thest
red-faced borers as the farmers are of light
ming rod agents or patent pill peders. Have
stock worth selling, and announce the fact t
the public in the columns of a newspaper ant
when customer is thus found make it for hi
interest and pleasure to come again.
Year: 1872

DELIcAcY OF BUTTER-It is well known to
all dsiry-women of experience that, butter to
be sweet, require the cleanest and most delicate
handling and care. A farmers wife says: "Of
all the products Of the farm it is the most
liable to be tainted by noxious odors floating in
the atmosphere. Our people laid some veal in
the cellar from which little blood flowed out
and was neglected until it had commenced to
smell. The result was that the jar of butter
which was then packing smeled and tasted
like spoiled beef. Another lady reader
observes that there was a pond of filthy, stag
nant water few hundred feet from their
house, from which an offensive effluvium would
be borne on the breeze directly to the milk
room, when the wind was in certain direction,
the result of which was that cream aud butter
would taste like the disaereeable odor coming
from that pond As soon as the pond wa;
drained VIC had no more damaged butter.
Year: 1872

An old black man expressed to a wild young
Virginian the half unconscious creed of many a
white sinner. 'Massa Richard" said this
hoary evil doer, solemnly lifting up his hand to
emphasize the sdmoniton, sit there is here
after, don't carry on-but, and here he sud-
denly broke into enthusiasm and broad grin,
IF there amt no hereafter, carry on power
fnl -
Year: 1872

At California fair several bottles of
strained honey were put on exhibition, when
chap put bottle Of castor oil with the rest.
Several old ladies sampled it, with the same
result. The opinion Of all who tried it was,
that the bee who laid it was fraud. One old
lady said even the bees had got to cheating
now a. .davs
Year: 1872

Big boy comes up and holds out his hand,
sulIen and savage. Noble little boy comes
manfully forward and says: g L m the boy that
whisted, sir, at the same time extending his
hand. Teacher SINNERS down and lets them
both off. Mem.-Noble boy thought teacher
wouldn't thrash him if he told the truth, but
he knew big boy would if he didn't.
Year: 1872

The most polished man in Belfast, Me-, Just
now is dry goods merchant whose wife under
took to bathe him all over with balsam for the
rheumatism. After the job was well done she
looked at the label of the bottle and found it
was furniture polish she had been using
Year: 1872

An Act authorize the settlement OF the


accounts Of officers Of the army and navy.


enacted by and House Of Representatives Of
the United States Of America in Congress assembled. That
the authorize the settlement Of the accounts OF the
the and approved June twentythird
hundred seventy shall continue and be IN TOR two
years June eighteen hundred and seventy
two and longer.
lima
Year: 1872

A young man out in search of his father
lost pig, near Scranton, Pa, accosted an Irish
man along the road with "Have you seen a
stray pig about here?" Faith, said Pat,
land hcw could tell a stray pig from any
o,bor 0b
Year: 1872

A writer in the September Sc,iJner gives
a curious instance Of history Tor fction) repeat
ing itself She tells story of an old colored
minister who, in sermon on hell pictured it
as a region of ice and snow, where the damned
froze through eternity. When privately asked
his purpose in representing Gehenna in this
way, he said: 81 don't dare to tell them people
nothing else. Why, if were to say that hell
was warm, some of them old rheumatics would
be wanting to start down there the very first
frost" Washington Irving uses substantially
the same idea Of changing the future to suit
different tastes in his description of the Dutch
town of Brock, famous for its cleanliness He
says that the most fervcnt cxhortatons were of
no avail in converting the matrons there until
the dominic pictured the heavenly city as one
Of purity that surpassed even that Of Brock
itself. That sermon converted the town.
Year: 1872

looked around me, and beheld the fellow 1
first saw, sailing, swimming, skimming around
the room just as if those little wagons were
running of their own free will, and sorter be-
lieve they did, for mine ran any other way in
the world than in the way / willed them to 90.
| tell you it was splendid to see this fellow go
he went SO swiftly and smoothly. As he passed
me the third time my admiration knew no
bounds. L inquired who he was somebody
said Dunn. l thought he had challenged me
for race, so excaiming, .'if it were done when
'twere done, 'twere well twere done quickly
l rushed forward, no [ started to rush forward,
but found l had made mistake: he only
meant to say that it was Mr.. Dunn the skatist.
| tell you, Mr. Editor, became fairly excited
when saw young lady slip out of some cor
ner, on those little wheels and 20 gliding grace
fully around the room like a winged thing of
light," and when this nice looking young fell
low came along side of her, and they sailed
right off together, l couldn't stand it any long
er-started to pursue, and-sat down gently in
corner. But remembering the injunction,
ito be up aud doing with heart for any fate,''
soon regained my feet and spent the remain
der of the evening so industriously in getting
down and up that [ can't tell you anything
more that happened. But | tell you I felt
proud when just before left | heard lady
say ''he is the most successful falist here"


1t is glorious sport, Mr.. Editor you ought
to go. l am going to ask the old gentleman to
let me come to town every night while the town
hall a Rink"


Yours truly, hoping soon to be
Year: 1872

Mr.. Editor:


Happening to be in your city the other day,
| heard nothing talked of but the Skating
Rink" and as [ had to remain over night and
had never seen anything of that kind was nat
urally anxious to go, and so go L did. When
| got to the Town Hall, which they now call
Skating Rink" found it cleared out and a
ring made all round it, something like circus
ring only it was made of chalk instead of saw
dust. Well, says [, that looks queer, are they
agoing to skate on chalk, but had hardly got
ten the words out when there came fellow
bearing right down upon me; l was somewhat
afraid he was agolng to run into. me, but he
gave himself little sort of twist just as he
got to me and sided along by, smiling ever so
sweetly as if it was the incest thing in the world
to go along that way. AS he passed | looked
to see what he had under him to make him go
so smoothly, and what do you think? He had
little four wheeled wagon tied on to each foot.
Well, says [, that beats anything | ever heard
of, that's better than these two-wheel affairs
they used to call velocipedes. Just then fel-
low comes up to me and says, Wont you try
pair?" Well, thought it looked very easy,
and they called it skating, so thought might
try it just little, for you see had skated
some last winter on big pond near our house,
and everybody said | did very we'll. So told
him to put them on; you see L wanted to tell
them at home that l had skated at the great
Rink in Staunton, where all the young men
and pretty young ladies go every evening. He
tied the little wagons on to my feet all the time
telling me not to be afraid, that it was just as
easy as falling off log, and so l afterwards
found it, especially the falling part.


By the time had gotten properly geared to
the wagons, several other young fellows just
about as green as myself, had hitched up and
we all drove out to take our places on the floor,
which we did as quickly as possible, though
not as gracefully as / have seen it done at a
country dance. And some fellows seemed so
well pleased with the position they occupied
that they remained there for some little time.
At length by sort of side movement like,
they reached the nearest bench and then arose
to full sense of the delightful position they
had occupied and fastened to resume it again.
| never saw fellows try so hard to fall or fall SC
hard when they tried in my life. Falling seem
ed to be the order of the evening, but no one
appeared to wait for the order. All this time
Mr.. Editor l was gradually feeling my way to-
wards pillar, on which to rest my aching
head; and the fact is my head was the frs
thing did rest against it, for as I approached
and leaned forward affectionately towards IT.
my little wagons ran backwards and my heao
| went forwards in sort Of inverse ratio. NOW
this was all mighty funny to the lookers-on bu
| couldn't see it," But at length after many
vain efforts succeeded in maintaining that up
right position natural to man and felt prouc
that l could inject my friends once more OF
an equal footing, if not on stable equilibrium
Year: 1872

'They sat in the sun together,


Till the day was almost done,
And then. at its close an angel


Stepped over the Threshold stone.
He folded their hands together,


He touched their eye-lids with balm,
And their last breath foated upward
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
Like bridal pair they traversed


The unseen, mystical road,
That leads to the beautiful city,


Whose Builder and Maker is God.
Perhaps, in that miracle country,


They will give her lost youth back,
And the flowers of vanished spring time
Shall bloom in the spirits track.
One draught of the living waters


Shall restore his manhood's prime,
And eternal years shall measure


The love that outives time.
But the shapes they left behind them,
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred to US by the kisses


The angel imprinted there,
Well hide away in the meadow,


When the sun is low in the west
Where the moonbeams cannot find them,
Nor the wind disturb their rest.
But we II let no tell-tale tombstone,


With its age and date, arise
Oer the two who are old no longer
In their Fathers House in the Skies"
Year: 1872

[ take this occasion to thank my many friends
for the very liberal patronage they have bestowed
upon the late firm and it gives pleasure to as
sure them that Mr. Taylor will spare no pains to
keep up the old established reputation of the
concern, as first class Confectionery Hoping
that he will receive that patronage which he well
deserves, remain,


Very respectfully,


;,,1x TT KIN NEY
Year: 1872

Gard 30 the s'ublic.-The subscriber
n takes this occasion to thank his many friends
and the public generally for the kind and liberal
patronage heretofore bestowed upon the late
firm of Taylor s. Kinney, and hopes, by prompt
attention to business and far dealing with ALL
to secure q continuance of the same


Respectfully,
Year: 1872




Who is the owner? The Stare is owner!


And ever was! Pay him %


In fact, North and South, the Greeley move
ment is characterized by the grossest dissim
ulation. Read what the New York World
says of your letter now under review: We
suppose all Democrats irish to diuide the col
Ored cote, al detach part of it from Grant;
and if they desire the end, they must consent
TO endure the means. What if Mr.. Sumner
does assure the negro voters that the Demo-
cratic party have become converts to the
principles of the Republican party. He is
only adapting his language to their dppre-
tensions and prSjudices to'-i e., he is only
attempting to play upon their creduity, and
SO secure their votes for Greeley; for the
to the principles of the Republican party
they are simply in masquerade 1t is frank,
truthful, but audacious confession.


With great show of magnanimity you
say-'1 am against tanning ancient flames
into continued life. l am against raking in
the ashes of the past for Goals of fire vet
burning. l am against the policy of hate.
Freely accept the hand that is offered, Tart
thou in health, my brother?l and reacn forth
my own in friendly grasp" Why this gush-
ing display of fraternal feeling? Have you
hitherto been animated by spirit of ven
geance? In your present amicable state of
mind, wherein do you differ from the whole
body of the people of the North? To insinu-
ate that any portion of them-that President
Grant or the Republican party-have at any
previous period cherished or do now cherish
any WRATH or malice, or unkincness toward
the people of the South, is to libel them
grieveusly. To accuse them OF wishing TO
''fan ancient flames into continued life" to
pursue ''the policy of hate" is to bear false
witness for there is among them but one uni
iversal feeling of goodwill, and they desire
nothing so much as to 'let by-gones be by
gones'' IN good faith But, seeing how contu-
macious has been the rebel spirit toward
every needful measure for the restoration of
public order and the protection of all classes
alike, they cannot allow themselves to be de-
ceived into the belief that it is no longer
what it was, but thoroughly loyal and patri-
otic, merely because of its verbal assent TO
any form OF patriotic averment, however un-
exceptlonable-seeing that it has, at this
PRESIDENTIAL opportunity, the most powerful
temptation to lie and disscmble, in order to
clutch the reins of government as of old.


Not SO, said Mr.. Greeley; pay the money
to the slavemasters. And this, too. after
they had risen in rebellion, and involved the
country in all the horrors of civil war to per-
petuate their despotic power, and at the cost
of thousands of millions of dollars.


And this is your ''life-time abolitonist,"
Mr. Sumner, always foremost in the great
battle for the rights of the coored race, and
full of sympathy for themp' Why, even
their colonization in Africa was an agreeable
device to him; for, personally, he cherished
the common prejndice against them, though
Year: 1872

DOES 1t not occur to- Ger
mans who love their father
land, that the Republican par.
ty was their friend during the
German struggle with the
French Empire, and that the
sympathies of the Democratic
party were almost unanimous
ly against them9
Year: 1872

This is what neglected teeth would say II they
could remonsrate with their owners and mark
this, the teeth cannot perish or become black or
yellow If the SozopoNT is used daily. eodSw
Year: 1872

Following is dispatch of interest

 WASHINGTON, February 2S. - In the House to-day, Wheeler introduced bill to amend the Act incorporating the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. The bill was referred to the Com mittee on Pacific Railroads. It pro- vldes longer time for the completion of the Western end of the road, and authorizes the issue of consolidated bonds of this and other roads which it absorbs, viz: the Southern Pacific of Texas and the Memphis and Fl Paso.

 The San Diego Union favorably in- terprets this dispatch. In referring to what 1t formerly said, that paper now remarks:

 But we think now as we thought and said then, that Congress will not be apt to grant the extension asked for until the Company has actually commenced work upon the road.

 Referring to Wheeler's bill, The Union IS pleased to say that "its in troduction certainly indicates activity con the part of the managers of the "Company.

 The San Diego Bulletin of February 29-same date of the Union contain ing the news-has no comments on the subject, for the reason that it had not the news. What view 1t will take is not known here at this writing, but it will likely agree with The Union on the main question. If San Diego people can discern the right kind of activity in this bid for an extension of time and other notifications of the charter, this people have their example for feeling hopeful.

 Ordinarily, bill asking for an ex- tension of time to perform actual work could only be construed against the public and in favor of the applicants; but i'll this case, there does seem @ need for additional legislation in ad- vance of safe work, and it may be that in the necessary delay to pro cure it, time will be frittered away to such an extent that the very existence of the organization would be en- dangered. If the length of time sought were known to us, we could then more intelligently pass upon the real purposes of the company in seek ing it.

 The present management is the best ever m charge of the 32d parallel route. Roberts was an improve ment on Fremont, and Col. Scott is universally accounted the best head ever "put on to" the company, and we believe under his direction the road will be constructed without unreas- onable delay.
Year: 1872

ing and alienated witness of tho
imperfectio1s of this, should not be
unnoticed in the boys story.
Anecdotes could be told Of tender
ness of conscience, of flights of
honorable unselfishness, of pledges
where word was better than a
bond, of friendships which bore the
unspotted confidence Of youth; but
not for such a sketch as this are
these sacred treasures of the heart.
Out under the moonlit spaces of the
hill, with the stars only, and the
Intellectual sympathy of the surround
ing chestnuts, would the boy breathe
his condolences, and wrestle with
his agony, longing for that bosom
upon which to rest, which he shall
miss forevermore.


The boys privacy is not like that
Of the man. It is tenderer, more
agonizing, more easily wounded,
forever sacred, and yet too often,
not only by his schoolmaster, but by
the dear members of his own family
unknown or uncared for. A child
too often secretly conceives a con-
tempt, a half adherence, of dear
and close relations, whose clumsy
touch can only manage to wound
the fibers of his growing heart
can treat with disregard, as naught,
the young heaven OF hopes and fears
which is opening before him. He
will often say to himself, "Let me
remember, when grow to be
man, not to be as ignorant as these
of the proud and wayward recesses
of a boys affections"


'sThc child is father of the man."
no doubt; but how often does this
stupid adult fail of reverence for
such a parent.-OM and Neao.
Year: 1872

Did you ever see woman who
was possessed by the house cleaning
fiend? Not periodically, but at all
times. Who would 60 about draw
ing her finger over every lounge,
and table, and chair, peering into
cracks and crannies for crooked pins
and lint; holding tumblers up to the
light for finger marks; in short, so
utterly absorbed in the pursuit of
dirt, that every other pursuit was
as nothing in comparison.


Now, being New England born,
/ know what neatness is, and value
it as only New Englandcr can;
bat when it takes such shape as
this, and robs life of all its charms,
I turn my back upon it with righte-
Gus disgust. Who thanks these
Jealous furies for their self-imposed
labors? Certainly not their hus-
bands, who flee into corners from
dustpans and dust-brushes, and
weary of the recitals oftheir prowess
day by day. Certainly not their
children, who have no place to
stow away their little sacred pro-
perty in the shape of bright bits of
silk or paper, or broken cups which
are dear and precious to them, and
should always be held in respect
within proper innocent limits.


Oh, yc careful and troubled Mar
thas Of the household, stop and
take breath. Place flower on the
mantel that you and your house
hold may, perhaps, have some in
your lives. While you stop to reat,
read. So shall the cohwebs be
brushed from your neglected brain,
and you shall learn that something
else besides clo anlincss is necessary
to make home really home for those
dependent on your care. .'


Throw your broom out Of doors;
take your children by the hand, and
let the fresh wind touch your
wrinkled forehead. If your house
is wound up to such an Immaculate
pitch of cleanliness, it can run on q
fow hours without your care. Laugh
and talk with them, or, better still,
listen to their foolish-wise talk.
Bring home bit Of gingerbread for
Year: 1872

The Big Hat /!


AS the sign denotes. it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gepts Hats and Fur
nishins Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
AS large and as fine an assort-
mcnt as can be found in any
store of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies { us usuaD, we
solicit a share Of your patronage.


TO the Gents-remcmber it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.