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Year: 1872

CoNvERsATIoN.-to Conversational power
is gift of birth. 1t is some mems nature
to talk. Words flow our necessarily. ike
drops from spring in the bill side-not
because they are solicited, but because
pushed out by an inward force that will
not let them be still From this extreme
there is every degree of modification until
We come to the opposite extreme, in which
men seem almost unable, certainly uuwill-
ing, to utter their thoughts. Some men
are poor in simple language. They have
thoughts enough, but the syn bols of
thought words-reiuse to present them-
selves, or come siDgly and stingily. Others
are silent from the structure of secretive
ness. Others are cautious. and look before
they speak, and before they are ready the
occasion has passed.


10 regard to language itself, the habit Of
reading pure English, and of employing it
every pay, is the best drill. for good talker.
People always act more naturally in their
every day clothes than they do when
dressed up for Sunday; and The reason is,
that they are unconscious in the one case
and self conscious in the other 1t is so in
speech. If one allows himself to talk
coarsely and vulgarly every day and out of
company. he will most assuredly find it not
easy to talk well in company.


Habit is stronger than intention, and
somewhere the common run of speech will
break through and betray you. To con-
verse we'll at some times requires that you
shall converse we'll at all times Avoid on
the one side vulgarisms, all street COLO
quialisms, even when they are not vicious !;
for by-words and slang sentences amuse
only while they are new. As soon as they
become habitual they corrupt your Ian
guage, without any equivalent n amuse
ment.


On the other extreme, avoid magnilo-
quent and high flown language of every
kind. Nothing is more tedious than a
grand talker. Everybody laughs at a
pompous fellow who lugs into his COZ yer
sation big words or pedantic expressions.
The best language in The world is that
which is SO simple and transparent that no
one thinks of the words which you use, but
only of the thought or feeling which they
| express
Year: 1872

There is fable among the Hindoos that
a thief, having been detected and condemn
ed to die, happily hit upon an expedient
which gave him hope of life. lie sent fof
his jailer and told him that he bad secret
of g eat Importance which he desired T.


npart to thu king, and when that had been
d ,ne be would be prepared to die On
receiving this piece of intelligence, the
king ordered the culprit to be con-
ducted to his presence, and demand
ed of him to know his secret The thief
replied that he knew the secret Of causing
trees to grow which should bear fruit Of
pure gold. The experiment might be easily
tried, and his majesty would lose the ep.
portunity; so. accompanied by his prime
minister, bis courtiers and his chief priest,
he went with the thief to place selected
near the city wall, where the latter perform
ed a series OF solemn iDcantations. This
done, the condemned man produced piece
of gold and declared that if it should be
planted, it would produce a tree every
branch of which would bear gold. "But,"
he added, 'this must be put in the grouud
by hand that has never been stained
by dishonest act My hand is not clean,
there ore pass it to your Majesty. The
king took the piece of gold, but hesitated.
Finally he said, 81 remember in my young
er days that often flched money from my
fathers treasury which was not mine. l
have repented of the sin, but yet hardly
dare say my hand is clean. | pass it,
therefore, to my prime minister. The
latter, after brief consideration, answered
1T were pity to break the charm by
possible blunder. l receive taxes from the
people; how can l be sure that | have
remained perfectly honest? | must give il
to the governor OF our citadel "No, no,
cried the governor, drawing back. "Re-
member that have the serving out Of
pay and provisions to the soldiers. Let
the high priest plant it. And the priest
said. "You forget; l have the collecting of
tithes and disbursements for sucrfice At
length the thief exclaimed "Your Ma
jesty, think it is better for society that,
all FIVE of US should be hanged, since it
appears that not an honest man can be
found amoag us. In spite of the lamen,
table exposure, the king laughed; and 80
pleased was he with thiefs cunning
expedient that he granted him pardon.
Year: 1872

tends the sheep of Peter Filanc, in San


Jacinto Valley, dispatched large noun
tain lion in somewhat novel manner. A
dog belonging to the shepherd got on the
track of lion, and following him up
| forced him to find quarters between two
large rocks. The dog coming to bay,
| the shepherd went UP and found the lion
| as above stated. Taking his long staff,
ne boldly went up to the front of the lion,
| and drawing back gave powerful thrust
with the staff, driving the sharp point
down the animals throat, killing him in
few minutes.


LYING AND SWEARING. old Parson S.,
of Connecticut, was particular kind of
person. One day he had a man plowing
in his field, and ne went out to see how
the work was going on. The ground was
very stony, and every time the piow
struck stone the man took occasion 10
swear little. "Look here" cried Par
son S. "you must not swear that way in
my field" "Well, reckon you'd swear
too" said the man, 'if you had to .plow
such stony field as this" "NOt bit OF
it," said Mr.. S. ''Just let me show your"
So the parsen took hold of the plow, but
he very soon had considerable trouble
with the stones. As stone after stone
caught the plowshare, Mr.. S. calculated:
"Wen, l never saw the like" And this
he repeated every time time a stone stop
ped his onward way AS soon as he had
plowed round once he stopped and said
to the man: "There, now You see |
can plow without swearing" "But
guess it's pretty near as bad to lie" an.
swered the man, "and you told dOzensof
lies. Every time the plow struck stone,
you said, Il never saw the like, when the
same thing happened minute before"
Year: 1872

WHAT is known as the cloud burst is
often cOnfOunded with the Water:spOut,
but these phenomena are in reality very
different. Water-spouts are frequently
seen on the ocean or upon broad lakes,
and are produced by whirlwinds gather
ing the water and throwing it upward in
heavy columns They can be seen for a
long distance travelling with the wind. 1t
is said that they can be broken by can
non-shot but if broken by a ship, sure
and speedy destruction must follow.
Cloud bursts occur in the summer season
during heavy thunder storms, and are
simply sudden showers of extraordinary
violence.


We are indebted to the Gold Hill (Ne-
vada) Neaos for the following interesting
facts concerning cloud bursts, as they oc-
cur in the far West. Some overladen
cloud, sailing over a mountainous local
ity, turns its watery contents loose, which
come streaming down, flooding Sthe hill
sides, whence the water flows in sheets
into the ravines. So sudden is the flood
that, where not drop of water has been
seen for weeks or months, an OEerWhelm-
ing torrent comes pouring down, carry
ing away trees, rocks, railroads, houses
everything. in fact, which opposes it,
One of these floods, thus pouring down a
steep, dry, mountain canon, frequently
shows an advancing front of logs, bushes,
huge boulders, and similar debris, twelve
or fifteen feet high. Woe to any unlucky
teamster who happens to be passing with
his loaded wagon along the bed Of the
canon! Those who understand matters
are able to guard against the impending
calamity by getting their wagons out of
the ravine and up on the hillside as far
as possible or, if they have no time for
that, they will unhitch their animals aud
give them chance to escape. Instances
are Known where one Of these cloud bursts
has occurred on some broad slope where,
having no ravine to carry off the water,
it has plowed and torn a channel for it
self of great depth and extent.
Year: 1872

THE Characteristic of the umbrella is
its power of changing shapes. You may
leave a bran new silk umbrella with an
ivory and rosewood handle at any public
gathering, and within three hours it will
transform itself into light blue or faded
brown cotton, somewhat less in size than
a circus tent, with handle like tele-
graph pole and five fractured ribs. }st
Year: 1872

FOR several years past we have warned
our people against the dangerous political
teachings of the Nashville Bonner. While
the Radical party In Tennessee was in state
ofperfect organization, the Banner kept up
an unrelenting warfare against Democratic
organization. Although the Democracy
has made no laws that were not for the well
fare of the people, and had done nothing
that any reasonable man could object to,
vet it must be destroyed. OF course the
result of all this could be nothing but ben
eft to the Radical party. The Banner
poisoned the public mind against Demo
cratic Conventions, and in this way brought
about the late disastrous division in our
ranks. Having succeeded in temporarily,
at least, disrupting the Democratic party of
Tennessee, the Banner comes out boldly
now, and endorses Grant in the following
words:


sit is the part Of wisdom not only grace
fully 10 sequiesce in the reelection of Gen.
Grant, but to give to his second administra-
ton the heartiest and most cordial support,
until it shall have proven itself unworthy
OF it,"


After denouncing the South for bringing
on the late war, in the most bitter language,
and the Democracy as still for rebellion, it
fellows, just as naturally as effect follows
cause, that the Banner should come out
boldly for Grant. As if Grant had not al
ready proven himself unworthy Of our
support! Henceforth let the Nashville
Banner be known of all men as the Radi-
cal organ in Tennessee. To it belongs the
shame of having defeated the Democratic
party in Tennessee. Let the dirty thing
remain forever in the Radical fold, and
then no one viii be deceived by its treachery.
Columbia Herald.
Year: 1872

Ii the bill t. extend the Habeas Corpus Suspen


SION act does not closely relate to Presidential


mannurerins at the south, then the Senate
speeches nlslead US. The known partizans O.,
Grant are those who support the bill, and they d.
It IN language OF teigned earnestness or fury
Nothing whatever appears in the present conduct
OF the southern people to warrant the hot haran-
CUES OF Senator Scott and others demanding that
the President be ieclothed with the power Of sus-
pending TINS buiwark OF liberty. The whole
south is as quiet as bowl Of milk. We have not
read an authenticated account Of ku-klux,np IN
that section Tor many months now; and rs for
scenes oi ordinary mob violence, the North and
the lest are much more notorious than the South
III recent DAYS. We may be sure that If Scott and
the rest could iasten late instance of Ku klux


awlessness, they would not fail to parade 1t in
their 81 eeci,es. But they do nothing Of the kind


They refer all the time 70 events that happened
many months OF year or two ago, and now
passed into the stale history of ConRressiopal com.
mit,ee reports, All their refsrsnOes TO the need
OF martial law rem the past tense, - they must
be to escape the charge OF ialsehood, Of which an
one could be easily con victed who should assert
that the South Is not to-day rs orderly and worthy
70 be released from military grip ~ anv part Of
the country General Butler BY his motion in the
House, wanted 10 keep the suspension in force by
the trick Of taking recess to the last Thursday
Of November. instead Of adjourning sine due
Thus, the Suspension act, which terminates with
the present session. would be continued in force
Intli after the Presidential election The motive
of Buffers motion was plain. The House did not
adopt 1t. but decided to adjourn sine die June 3,
although It may agree with the Senate IN legal
lang the proposed extension Of the Suspension
act long enough to cover Presidential exigencies
AT the South. Ii the Administration thinks 1t
can make any political capital by reviving this
harsh and entirely needless measure, it is very
much mistaken. The day for that has gone BY;
ana this might be learned, if these partisans were
not so blind and deaf, from the waving Of dags
and shouts OF approval which greet the cry OF "am-
nesty all over the country.-J0ur. Of Commerce.
Year: 1872

, Sixty of the grammar school teachers of st.
join held n discussion the other day Oh the
abolition of corporal punishment, and only
three were found quixotc enough to believe
in the possibility of maintaining discipline
without it.
Year: 1872

establish q registration Office in New
York on or before Wednesday, the
10th inst, they would strike its stock
from the list dealt in on Change.


Robert Seymour, of Williamsburg,
who hiss been missing the past six
weeks, returned to-day, and reports
that he was drugged and shipped IS a
sailor on whaling voyage, and, with
three of his companions who refused
to go, was put ashore in q small boat
at the mouth of the Chesapeake bay.


In the New York Senate, Senator
johnson caused great excitement yes
terdsy afternoon by the announce.
ment of the names Of Senators whom
he charged were under the influence
of Vanderbilt to defeat the pro-raia
freight bill. Subsequently the enact
ing clause Of the bill was stricken out.


A prisoner before Judge Eames'
court, at Williamsburg, this morning
was found to have smallpox. The
Judge and all the officers of the court
did not seem to think his evidence In
the case justified holding the prisoner
for any great length of time and left
a. q bAAoA 6sA-Na
prisoner walked calmly away ION his
ear"


The legal authorities are consulting
as to steps necessary to stay the gene
raj delivery of the prisons, brought
about by the recent decisions relating
to the illegdlity OF the court OF special
sessions, The district attorney will
resist all applications for the release
of cOnvicts. Meanwhile the court
will be reOrganizsd in accordance
with the law.


In suit brought by John n. Lester
against Richmond, Virginia, manu-
featuring company, and in which the
plaintiff in the settlement of his case
during the war was paid fifty thou
sand dollars in Confederate money,
the jury have now rendered verdict
for Lester in the amount of seventy
five thousand dollars, vitiating the
payment made in Confederate cur
reuCV.
Year: 1872

From the Little Rock Republican


The Journal of March I'd says: "We
are informed that a stranger, name
unknown, committed suicide on Sun
day last, in Gray township, on the
line Of the Cairo and Fulton railroad,
by holding his head in asman pool of
water, gathered where dirt had been
dug by the laborers on the road. His
body was discovered by a lady on her
way to church. An inquest was held
by Squire StovaIl, and a verdict rem
dered in accordance with the above
facts. 1t appears that the unfortunate
man was so neoessitous as to be forced
to beg, and meeting with more rebuhs
than sympathy, he concluded, we
presume, to end his existence"


1t also reports that Lewis Abrams,
living about seven miles from the
city, in Union township, came very
near meeting his death, two or three
days ago, from a bullet discharged at
him by an unknown assassin. Gas
he was passing along the road some
one concealed in the woods fired at
him. The bullet grazed the left side
of his head and passed through the
rim. rim. cs cs lis nat. a quarter OF IN iuch
lower, and the fatal lead would have
passed through his brain. No clue to
the wOuld-be murderer hss yet been
found,n
Year: 1872

SELLING THE OLD MANA story
told us by man of veracity, who vouch-
es for its truth. that a candidate on the
Republican ticket, who was very anx-
ious for an election, went to a saloon
keeper who was friendly to his oppo-
nent, but very anxious to beat Atkins.
to see If an arrangement could not be
made to secure his vote. The saloon
keeper was willing to vote for anybody
to beat Atkins. The candidate said he
could not trade his own vote against a
candidate on the same ticket, but he
would trade the vote OF his father-in-
law against Atkins for a vote for himself.
The proposition was accepted; the old
man produced, and the bargain consum-
ated. 1t is touching instance of pa
ternal devotion to a son-in-law.
Year: 1872

New ROUTE OF TRADE.-The bark
Mary Bell Roberts, which arrived at this
port from San Francisco last week, had
u lot of freight for Cowlitz, near the
Columbia river. which will be sent from
Olympia overland. This is the first
shipment of goods by this route, but it
will not be the last. When the railroad
is completed to the Sound. even the
merchants OF Portland can receive their
goods from San Francisco cheaper by
this route than through the mouth of the
Columbia,
Year: 1872

sap. Compare those facts with the vote
Of the same counties two years ago, and
it becomes evidedent that MeFaddenlre-
ceived in the late election nearly or quite
one thousand Republican votes, and it
is well known that these included many
of the most influential, faithful and con-
sistent Republican and Administration
men in the Territory. Judge McFadden
will go to Washington as the representa-
tive of no party, but with stronger
moral endorsement by the members of
the Administration party than Mr.. Gar
felde ever had; and will be in position
to do more for the public interests, if
not in the direction of Federal appoint
ments, upon which the former exhaus-
ted all his influence.
Year: 1872

ence, which was known to but few, was
his knowledge of the fact thnt during
e campaign the Republican National
Committee had picket in every Gree
ley camp of any consequence from one
end of the country to the other, and
knew day by day every phase of the CO.
a'ition and the situation, as well as the
coalition managers, themselves.
Year: 1872

An exchange very properly and
loertinently says: The hest way to build up


city is for every business man In the place
o advertise his business In the columns OF


he local papers. and tIns present an array
If business houses thut is more attractive
than the array Of houses on the street Il;
draws trade to the town. If 4 man ants to
buy anything he goes where he sees the most
men trying to sell that article II he wants
to sell he goes where the most are buying. II
man wants to buy groceries or sell produce
ic goes to the business man who a,ivertiscs.
for he knows where to lind him and what he


ha, to SELL
Year: 1872

In conclusion, IL must be said that II there Is re-
ally no serious detection nom the democratic ranks
To the Grant camp. the detection from the repub-
lican ranks to the Greeley camp Is quite sufficient
to give the State TO the Philosopher in November
that is II New York city should not, by reason Of
strange combinations darkly limited at In the In
terror by Grant republicans, fall away seriously
seen by the figures give above, the Greeley men
do not-at least all OF them-believe that they will
carry those republican counties which IN 1865 gave
republican majority Offrom ], 200 and upwards but
they do believe that the general detection Is such n
every county-in some to q small extent and In
others to O greater extent-that that triumph is
certain In the end. Judging from oil have seen
during my travelling through the various counties,


can hardly see now tne result can DC oIner m dlan 1


contingencies. have already pointed out many
things that may happen between now and Novcm-
ber to change the general aspect OF AFFAIRS but pres
ent indications in the interior all tend to foretcll
liberal victory, though the contest will be close
Year: 1872

NORTH CAROLINA ELEcTIoN.-It is II Nv
certain that the supporters Of Greeley
and Brown have elected five Of the
eight members of Congress, and the
Legislature by majority OF 20 on joint
ballot. The Grant party claim the elec-
ton of their candidate for Governor
by 1,5O0 majority, but the election will
be contested before the Legislature on the
ground of notorious fraud in the re-
tu,ns. The Republican majority in the
State at last preceding election was
9,345. We see the GRANTEES are firing
guns over the result. They are minute
guns at funeral.
Year: 1872

The Victoria Standard says. in con
clnding long article on the Presiden-
tial Election: We do not pretend to
be able to foresee or foreteIl what the
result of the Presidential campaign will l
be. bnt of this we are pretty well as
sured that whichever party wins, the
victory win be a had fought one. At
one time we thought the Republ cans
would win an easy victory; at present
We do not feel quite so confident of
their success.
Year: 1872

How TO KILL A TowN.-If you wish
to kill town put up NO more buildings
than you are obliged to occupy your
self. If you should have any empty
building, and any one should wish to
rent it, ask about three times its value.
Look at every new conner with a scowl.
turn cold shoulder to every business
man and merchant who seeks home
among you. Go abroad for your wares
rather than purchase from your mer-
chants and manufacturers ut the same
prices. Refuse to advertise, SO that
persons at a distance will not know that
any businass is being done in your
city. A prompt and close observation
Of these rules will rnin any town in two
years. FictDritt .otaaddri.
Year: 1872

New DREss-The Daily British Colon
ist comes out in an entirely new dress
head and body and is now one of the
hantlsomest papers that come to oul
table. The type is from the foundry OF
Falkner IL Son, San Francisco, from


whom the DISPATCH has just received
large additions to its Job department.
Year: 1872

10 the Trade and the public generally
we return our thanks for past favors.
Our mutual transactions in business,
heretofore, is our chief claim for in
creased patronage.


The rapidly increasing Trade of this
City with the Merchants of the Sound
Ports warrants our present importation.
Year: 1872




UNION PACIFIC R.1LRoAD.-Our dis
patches yesterday indicate bad condi-
ton of things on the Pacific Railroad
A passenger train has been twelve days
in going from Omaha to a point 480
miles east of Ogden. As that point is
1,032 miles from Omaha, and Wyoming
is 4S5 miles from Ogden, it is probably
between Laramie and the next station
west that the trains have been
brought to stand still,


Theroad at the point of interruption
runs through level country, a treeless
waste, over which the wind has free
sweep, and through which cuts of prob
ably less than ten or twenty feet deep
are of frequent occurrence. These cuts
are filled by drifting snow as fast as it
falls, which of course cannot be thrown
ont by the snow-plow. The partial
melting of this snow during the day,
and its freezing again at night, and the
sand which drifts in from the bare
places upon the plain, form a mass of
solid material defying the snow-plow
and yielding only to the pick and shovel
The effort has been made to control or
direct the currents of wind by means
of fences, set at different angles, and in
that way keep the cuts clear by means
of the power that fills them, but "the
wind bloweth where it listeth" and the
fences do not seem to have been ade-
quate for the purpose which they were
intend
Year: 1872

ROAD LAWN the case of Carr
against King County argued and passed
upon this term of Court, his Honor
Judge Jacobs decided that the County
Commissioners have sole and exclusive
jurisdiction over county roads, so far as
locating, altering, or vacating them.
The District Court has only the appel
ate jurisdiction touching the question Of
DAMAGES which the owner of the lands
set aside for public highway may claim
by reason of such location.
Year: 1872

A SicE old lady Of sixty Summers
who was Just married for the first tint
caused some merrimenr In the Meri
den depot the other day, by her ankle
ty to have everybody rejoice with her
On meeting friend. she said In low
tone. evidently intending to be hearc
by all In the room: ~ am married
and am takin' my weddin' tower, and
these are my wetldin' clothes, and
that's my, husband a-cominF y and the
old fellow seemed to be as delighted
"a bis wife.