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Year: 1872

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During the war Northern papers pub
lished the following excellent and char
acteristic private letter from General


Lee to his son Custis, the original of
which was found among the papers
which were purlOined from Arlington
House. 1t is interesting, and although
written many years ago, viii well repay
perusal:


ARLINGTON HOUSE, April ), 1852.


Ny DEAR SoN-f am just in the act
of leaving home for New Mexico. My
| fine old regiment has been ordered to
that distant region, and i must hasten
to see that they are all properly taken
care of. / have but little to add in reply
to your letters Of March Goth, 9th and
18th. Your letters breathe a spirit of
frankness They have given myself
and your mother great pleasure. You
must study to be frank with the world;
frankness is the child of honesty
and courage. Say what you mean
TO do on every occasion, and take it for
granted you mean to 40 right. If a friend
a ks favor you should grant it if it is
reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why
you cannot; you will wrong him and
you will wrong yourself by equivocation
of any kind. Never do wrong thing
to make friend or to keep one; the man
who requires you to do 50 is dearly
purchased at sacrifice. Deal kindly
but firmly with your classmates; you
will find it the policy that wears best.
Above all do not appear to Others what
you are not. If you have any fault to
find with any one tell him, not others,
of what you complain; there is no more
dangerous experiment than that of un-
dertaking to be one thing before mans
face and another behind his back. We
should live, act and say nothing TO the
injury of any one. 1t is not only best
as matter of principle, but il is the
path to peace and honor. In regard to
duty, let me, in conclusion of this hasty
letter, inform you that nearly one hun
dred years ago there was day of re-
markable gloom and darkness, still
known as the dark day, day when
the light of the sun was slowly ex-
tnguished as if by an eclipse. The Leg
islatureof Connecticut was in session and
as its members saw the unexpected and
unaccOuntable darkness coming on, they
shared in the general awe and terror.
1t was supposed by many that the last
day-the day of judgment-had come.
Some one, in the CONSERVATION of the
hOuAi hiONCu du duJOuIHA1Sul. 1Heu
there arose an old Puritan legislator,
Davenport Sanford, who said that if the
last day had come he desired to be found
at his place doing his duty, and there
fore moved that candles be brought so
that the House could proceed with its
duty. There was quietness in that mans
mind-the quietness of heavenly wis
DOMAIN inflexible willingness to obey
present duty. Duty, then, is the sub
limest word in our language. Do your
duty in all things like the old Puritan.
You cannot do more; you should never
wish to do less. Never let me and your
mother wear one gray hair for any lack
of duty on your part. Your affectionate
father, E.LEE.


To @. w. Custis Lee.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Hattie Wilder, of Wyandotte,
Kansas, unthinkingly put q needle-gun
cartridge in the place OF pin in one of
the old-style bedsteads, and drove it in
point foremost with a hammer. OF
course it exploded, and the brass part
flying back, dividing in three pieces,
struck her about the chin. The butt end
cut from the center of the chin down,
and lodged about the collar-bone, while
the other two pieces plOwed their way,
one on each side of the chin, cutting
deep but not dangerous gashes.
Year: 1872

The unfortunate mistakes made by somebody in the handling of the mail bags and our remarks thereon are eliciting explanations, and we regret to say more counter charges than any, thing else. Complaints are now made against the Maricopa, Sanford and Tucson offices. Cur remarks last week about the Sanford one may be unjust, but they were based on a letter by parties of some responsibility. Until this week, we were not aware that one Dr. Dumont had ceased to manage that office. From many sources, we some time ago became convinced not only of his incompetency but unfitness in general for the place, and hence the severity of our remarks-as none other would likely touch the raw. We have no desire to too harshly criticise anyone, but experience has long since taught us that truthful severity alone would produce effective reforms-as witness the RoweIl and Reavis and kindred cases.

 After all, it is a damaging fact which we wish had no existence and pever may be repeated, that once mail bags which did start west were re- turned, and the very same ones were Iagain sent from here and returned a fecond time; also, that very lately the same operation was once repeated to the manifest injury of this con- munity; and that 1t was hardly pos sible for the said bags to have reached the Maricopa office before taking the back track. We further believe that in neither case were the mistakes made purposely; but they were made. and that's what's the matter. We know this community hope they will not occur again. We have a belief that the Tucson office is exceptionally we'll conducted. =
Year: 1872

PUBLIC attention is called to the adver- CITIZEN This firm must be prospering, as they have recently removed to new, neat and more commodiOus quarters. Their facilities for trade and exchange are ample for the public wants.
Year: 1872

WE want it distinctly understood that we have a profound regard for all true philanthropists, and more profound disregard for all pr1tssion1 philanthropists; the former are never specially famous, and the latter are always infamous.
Year: 1872




The following are the resolutions adopted by The
Goored people, at their Convention at Camden last
week:


WHEREAS. The power which was overlhrown still
lives in this State. IN opposition CivIl Rg hts
opposition 10 the Fifteenth Amendment of The United
States Constitutions IN opposition to the Educational
bill which was intended 10 do US Justice; It's Opps-
stIon to the repeal OF the black laws OF our Sale
its attempts to sometimes by violence TO keep from
voting and IN lis opposition to enrol line The
assessment lists OF The counties in which reside,
Ihereinre-


ResolUe1. That we reaffirm our demand heretofore
made for The recognition by law all the country,
OI the entire equality OF all American Citizens IN
civil and political rigl Is, regardless Of color.


ReSOlUed, That the cOlOred peO pie have legal right
TO the same free and full education of their children
heir white fellow citizens and duly approaching
the fact that on such an education depends in very
great degree their further standing and usefulness
citizens; and having long and patiently waited and
appealed ia vain for recognition OF those rights,
think the lime has come for us To take some steps
toward obtaining them and we'll knowing the worth
OF the ancIeni prOverb that God helps those a one
who help themselves" We shall now cease being
sUppiant and demand through The courts those rig
which have SO long been denied us.


Resolved. That we hail with joy the late conversion
OF the Democratic party to the Republican faith and
sincerely hope they will be instrumental in repesling
all of those black laws which 10 day stand as living
disgrace on the statutes OF Delaware.


RESOLVED. That all candid minds must admit that
tie nations advance since the days OF active rebel
Ion has been constant and satisfactory, and hav-
ng escaped the shoals and quicksands Of treason and
secession, as we near the port if there anv on
bnard who would cOnspire against The commanding
officer of the Ship OF Stale. God forbid that any ol
said mutlneers should be colored American citizens
ResOUed That we rally TO the support of Grant and
Wilson. with that resIsiless spirit with which we
fought for our bert with that deep sincerity with
winch m0urned the death of our Ilartvred ibe ra
tor. Abraham Lincoln; and with the exuanI hope o
making General Grant President with our firsl vote
IN November next.


William d. FOrten, Esq III the course Of his elo
quent remarks read the following resolution. whict
he had written for the OCCASION not knowing tha
oilers were prepared


Resolved, That when the Democratic party uses IT
power, influences and votes. 10 The expunging froH
the Statute Books all laws degrading citizen
Of the United States and joins in harmony with tn
great and true Republican parry in securing 10 u
perfect civil rights. equal school privileges, an
accord TO US The fullest and eest OF the
essential and valued rights the Ballot that then "
may be d to look upon them wearing the swad
ling bands Of repentance. and will pledge Ou
selves 10 use all our InhIenee to al them in the
growth toward the plane Of manhood and their re
demptlOn from Slaverys debaslng influence.
Year: 1872

This at least method treating the long
abused much human body 1t is longer consd
cred wise patient to the torture In order to him
disease In which pain already undermining the energies
his system True science itself the side Of nature
assist her ia her fight against disease This
the province Of lesetters Stomach Bttes the most
proved advertised in this country 1t be
mended fall medicine, excelence for it is in the fall
that bOusness dyspepsia and maarOus fevers especially
prevalent The frame, exhausted by lhe heats OF is
relax ed and feeble at its close and requires
artificial assistance Afford It that assistance in


ona doses Of HOsteter Stomach Bters and the evils
may be escaped. Throughout the West and
the steamng auva Of the Southern rivers all the varieties
periodical probably rife to-day Had
Hoseer Bters been commenced by the sufferers month
before the unhealthy set in
them would in all probability be In their usual health at th
present tme So much for Of SO much o
keeping in the house. and using daily the best safeguard
| against epidemic and endemic fevers.


As focks OF impOsers and mitatOrs trying to follow
the wake the American remedy, therefore be


article buy genuine and verified by the


marks The true only be obtained 10 bottles
Beware spurious bters sold by the gallon keg
Year: 1872

saw Young man i'll the offices Of q


Western railway superintendent Ht


was occupying Il position that four hun
dred boys in that city would have wish
ed to get. 1t was honorable and ''il
paid WELL" besides being in the line OF
promotion. How did he get it? Not
10y having a rich father, for he was the
son of laborer. The secret was, his
beautiful accuracy. lie began as an
errant boy, and did his work accurately.
Ills leisure time he used IN pertecting his
writing and arithmetic. After a while
he learned TO telegraph. At each step
his employer commended his accuracy,
and relied on what he did because he
was sure it was just right. Aud it is
thus with every occupation. The accu-
rate boy is the favored one. Those who
employ men do not wish to be on the
constant lookout as though they were
rogues or fools. If carpenter must
stand at his journeyman's elbow to be
sure his work is right, or if cshier must
run over his bookeeper's columns, he
might as well do the work himself as to
employ another to do it in that way and
it is very certain that the employer will
get rid Of such an inaccurate workman
as soon az possible.


| knew such a young man. He had a
good chance to do well, but he was so
inaccurate aud unreliable that people
were afraid To trust him. If he wrote a
deed, or mortgage, or a contract, he was
sure either to leave out something or put
in something to make it an imperfect pa
per. He was lawyer without bnisness,
because he lacked the noble quality of
accuracy. just across the street IRON
him was another young l.wyer who was
proverbial for accuracy. He was famous
for searching titles, and when he wrote
out the history of title to a piece of
property, il was taken for granted as
Just so. His aim was absolute accuracy
in everything. 1t he copied convey
ance, or cited legal authority, or made
a statement, he aimed to do 1t exactly.
The consequence is, he is having a valu-
able practice at the bar, and is univer-
sally esteemed.


"But," says some boy, "when l be-
come man, that is the way | shall do.
| mean to be very accurate"


Perhaps so. could tell better if l
knew Just how you do your work now.
There are several ways of getting a les
son. One is, to get it tolerably welI,"
which does not cost much labor, the 9TH
err way is, to get it faultlcssly which
costs great deal of labor. A boy can
get a general idea of his lesson sin a
jiffy," but to get it with accuracy is very
hard, and requires both time aud indus
Try. IT you, my boy, to-day are getting
your lesson IN slipshod way, you viii
grow up slipshod man but IL to-day
your habit is TO ge, every lesson with
perfect accuracy, | will warrant you Will
do that way when you become a man.
How is it President Iattte.
Year: 1872


How shall we meet In our future homer


As we parted here on earihg
Will the spirit carry its loves and hates


Into the heavenly birth p
Will the heart be moved in that world of bliss
BY the feelings that stirred its depths In this
When we meet with the lost ones, face TO face


In the light of that better shore,
Will the cankering cares of this changeful life


And its harrassing doubts be DER?
Then, Father above! speed on the day
When the mists of earth shall be cleared


away.


Year after year our round we tread,


In spirit of sad unrest,
Striving to hold, with clinging clasp,


The phantom joy to our breast;
Heaping dust DER hopes that have died,
And smiling above the graves we hide.
Father divine Oh. teach MS how


To patiently wait thy will;
To bear the burdens upon us laid,


And trust in thy goodness still:
Till death shall the pearly gates undo,
And swiHg them aside to let us through.
Year: 1872

If there is any environment which can
degrade u human being or harden a
younG heart, it is the atmosphere of
merely fashionable life. Yon may take
the t,nderest and most beautiful and
lovely girl, the one that is kiudest at
home, AMI love ia h + and mother best,
and put her into the highest circle Of
fashionable life, with plenty Of money
and plenty of scope to do as She plcases !:
let her dress herself MS she will cover
herself with diamonds and pearls, costly
silks and laces; let the love OF admira-
tion become the controlling passion and
by and by all the tenderness OF that
young nature passes away; her thoughts
concentrate upon herself what figure
she is cutting, who her admirers are,
what conquesls she can make; aud by
and by the youthful, beautiful mn.lesry
is gone, and the way is open for vice
that, in the beginning, would not have
been dreamed OF, or if thought OF, put
away as utterly impossible.
Year: 1872

Our OF MEAT-A deacon being in n
neighboring town one Saturday, tell in
with a travelling minister and invited
him TO come to his town and preach
next Sunday, and to his house for din
n"r. SO Sunday morning, the deacon
told his family that the minister would
he there to dinner, and, as they were
ont OF meat, todd his hired boy to 90 To
certain place by the side of the road
and dig out a woodchuck that was sup
posed To have burrnweI there, and they
would have him for diuncr While the
boy was digging away at the woodchuck
hole, the minister came along on his way
TO preach. On seeing the boy thus dig
ging, he hauled up and accosted him
with


"Well, my son, what are you doing
there ?''


digging out a woodchudk, sir" said
the hoy.


"Why, but don't you know it is very
wicked, and besides, you won't get him
it you do dig for him on Sunday"


Git him - said the boy, "thunder !
I've got to git i'm; the minister's com
ing TO our house to dinner, aud we amt
got any meat -
Year: 1872

The diversion of Summer travel TO
Euorpe has become one of the most
notable features of passenger movements.
by the steamers which sailed for foreign
ports from New York, on Saturday last,
went an enormous number of pleasure
seekers, one snip alone carrying about
$50 passengers. Fares are low the cost
OF living in Euorpe j, comparatively
inexpensive, and to go abroad is easy
and "the thing" What effect this
foreign current will have on our own
wateirng-places and Summer resorts,
remains to be seen but one would sup
pose that these great ship loads of
transatlantic vOyagers must leave some
room for the guests of crowded seaside
and mountain hotels.
Year: 1872

1t is almost better for sick person to
be without a nurse at all, than to have
fussy, fidgety one in the room, who gives
the poor invalid the feeling of living in
the midst of small whirlwind. That it
proceeds from the nervousness and anxi-
ETY. of affection is no comfort, and indeed
is often only an aggravation, for the fresh
worry that the poor nurse is sure to throw
herself into, is check upon the express
ion OF uneasiness or additional illness,
which is often relief Real affection.
united with common sense, will produce
the steady. calm demeanor which is such
rest and comfort to those who have to
struggle with the nervousr ess and irita-


bllity incidental to severe illness. Want
OF presence of mind in sick room is pro.
ductive of worse evils than mere distress
to the invalid. The fussy, easily agitated
nurse will be quite overwhelmed by the
sight of fainting fit, or the bursting
afresh of ii vein after bleeding; she will
forget the simplest remedies, or be too
nervous and too faint to apply them prop
erly; she is always in danger of mistak-
ing medicines, and sometimes gives a To-
ton internally, and carefully rubs on a
tonic or soothing draught., 1t is no exag-
geration to say that far more suffering,
and even loss of life has been caused by


want OF composure, than by negligence,


whether wilful or undersigned.
Year: 1872

PARIS, December l2.-The majority
of the Duiuare Commission are pre-
pared to grant Theirs prolongation OF
the Presidency for five years, or such
other term as may be definitely settled,
with a veto power on all measures
coming before the Assembly. They
also propose to concede the ministerial
responsibility claimed by Theirs for the
government. The agitation for the dis.
solution of the Assembly continues.
By consent OF the various parties in the
Assembly, Saturday next has been set
apart for the consideration Of the ques'
ton of dissolution, when the numerous
petitjops received from variona quarters
urging dissolution will be debated
The Right will move that no petitions
asking Tor dissolution be received. NJ;
Gambetta, on behalf OF the Lett, Will
move that the Assembly at once pre-
ceed to the consideration of the proposa
to dissolve The chances Tor q dissolution
being agreed upon are now considered
les favorable 1t is expected that the
Government will oppose the dissolution
until the complete liberation OF the
French territory by Germany. Inc
members OF the Right will be united
against the proposal to dissolve.
Year: 1872

How Heavy MeriuO FlPeces SHRINK


The St. Louis Democrat 6 ives an ex'
pertinent made by a dealer who took q
Merino fleece, weighing twenty seven
pounds, unrolled it and exposed it to
the action of the sun 'or three days. at
the end of which time it weighed but
nineteen pounds. He then washed 1t
without soap. just as sheep is washed,
and it weighed but twelve pounds
Finally the fleece was picked apart and
secured with soap and soft water, and
when dry the weight oi the fleece was
reduced to nine pounds. At the pres-
ent prices for washed and unwashed
wool, the buyer would have lost just
Sc "a on his purchase.


wArERISG SHEEP.


Many persons are under the impress
sion that it is wholly or quite unneces"
sary 10 water sheepi more than once
day in winter, and not at all in summer,
when on pasture. There could not be
a greater fallacy. 1t is tue that sheep
and also horses will manage to live, and
even to do tolerably well, in dry pas
lures 10 summer, by feeding exclusively
at night. But careful observation will
show that, il allowed. water will always
be taken in small quantilie. and usually
at regular intervals, and this with ad-
vantage to themselves and profit to
their owners. There can be no more
vicious practice than that OF watering
but once a day, as many otherwise
good farmers do. 1t has been
pretty we'll demonstrated that a
large amount OF water taken at any
one time is detrimental to health, and
especially to iattening animals, as pro-
ducing an unnecessary amount OF car
bouic acid. Besides, in winter, sheep
as well as other animals, when they
are watered regularly, will take so
much that it chiIls them, or, il very
cold, will not drink at all. But if al
lowed freedom to drink at will, they
will consume only just enough, and
that at regular intervals. Therefore
free access TO water, both summer and
winter, or watering regularly, not less
than twice day, ought to be regarded
as indispensable by every fockmaster.
II there is shepherd who is not aware
of the difference there will be in the
condition of sheep that have. and of
those that have not been thus watered
during a winter, he has but to try it to
he convinced
Year: 1872

Most persons who own and use carriages or
wagons doubtless think they know how and when
to wash them, but few hints from the Carriage
Journal may not be out OF place.


Washing wagons is too often looked upon as
an operation solely for the purpose Of removing
a coat of mud; this is one Of the objects, and an
important one, but the wagon should be washed
even when there is no mud on it. During the
summer the varnish loses its lustre and assumes
dull dirty appearance unless it is frequently
washed. When wagon is badly covered with
dirt it is best to soak the dirt loose by wettng II
with sponge, but not rubbing 1t, In cities
where water can be forced through pipe, the
sponge need not be used until the bulk OF the
dirt has been run off, then use the sponge, COM
mencing at the upper portion OF the body, and
do not wash over too much surface at a time, as
water should never be allowed to dry on the body;
after Washing with sponge, take clean water
and chamois skin, and wash and dry lmmedl-
ately with the chamois.


After the body is washed, wash the carriage
part and then the wheels in washing the wheels
be careful to clean the dirt out from between the
spokes, and wipe perfectly dry. Immediately
after using carriage in hot weather the leather
and trimmings should be busted off, and the
paint well washed and wiped as directed, using
soft water il possible, but never using salt water
has been recommended by some who are
afraid that the supply of water will give out Il
many of our cities if il is used for other than drnl
ing. Careful washngs will tend to harden the
Vsrnsh, remove the particles OF dust that woult
otherwise bed themselves in the paint and keel
the carriage fresh and clean. The leather tol
should also be wiped of, and il an oiled cloth b
rubbed over Immediately after the leather ha
been dried with the chamois, it will do much to
ward preserving the uAtre Of the leather, an
preventing it getting hard and shrinking. Afte
washing, always rub the plated work with


woolen cloth that has little rotten-stone on il
Many dollar in expense and much annoyano
from having soiled carriage may be saved b
thus caring for it.
Year: 1872

1t is to be regretted, we think, that the teach
ing Of vocal music in the public schools is likely
to be abandoned. The Board Of Education de-
cided at it's last meeting, not to employ music
teacher at salary, and we learn that the present
arrangement for instruction by Mr.. Glenn
mer will probably be abandoned for the reason
that the compensation is not sufficient to war
rant him in continuing it. This appears to be a
step backward, especially as the scholars have
become much interested in their music lessons,
and appear to derive much benefit from them.