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Year: 1873




The story told in another column OF the re-
cent visit of the Diplomatic Corps to the
White House, to congratulate His Excellency
the President on his second Inauguration, will
be read with intense interest by wealthy and
powerful portion Of our citizens 1t settles
vexed questions Of etiquette, and distinctly
lays down the rule as to court dress. Here
after no ,nan or milliner can pretend ignor-
ance Of the right kind of cooked hat, breeches
and braid to wear in the presence of the head
of the nation, and therefore the unseemly dis
plays OF democratic broadcloth, which have so
frequently in the past thrown gloom over
our republican Court, will not be permitted
We felicitate the country and congratulate the
tailors on this happy result. The comments
OF our correspondent on the manifested desire
of our dplomates to equal, if not excel, the
representatives of the Old World in gorgeous
ness of dress and stateliness of department we
cannot approve. While we are permitted the
pleasure of maintaining a batch of patriots AS
Minister'S Ordinary and Ministers Extraordl-
nary, we should also be allowed 10 dress them
in the most attractive manner. We certainly





and at home of any country, and they should
never appear out Of character for want of but
tons. gold lace and straight swords. Ii an
extraordinary Minister of the United States in
Europe is compelled to make way for an
inferior and less extraordinary being in
cooked hat, then, in the name of the Appro-
priation bill, let our man have the tallest
busby that dollars can buy. And if Resident
Ministers of kings in Washington are arrayed
in purple and fine linen, let us assert the
greatness of our country by adorning our
diplomates in gorgeous attire.


1t will never do to permit the movement to
stop at Washington. Once started it must
go the rounds of our embassies and consulates
abroad. And perhaps the best representative
Of our altered condition of mind on court
Costume we could find just now would be His
Excellency Jim Nye, Of Nevada. Jim is
underlined to appear at Pekin at an early
day, and it would be judicious and wise
act to clOthe him in garments OF such splendor
as would at once open the eyes OF the Brother
OF the Sun to the immense resources of the
. Great Republic. Then, as ordinary and ex-
tra0rdinary Ministers wear straight swords
only, Jim could carry pair of ''toothpicks"
and ''navy' as significant Of his weight and
standing in the diplomatic world. Clothed in
the usual ''go-to-meetin' s." neither Jim nor
any other extraordinary Minister of the United
States could make half the sensation as in full
court costume.
Year: 1873

The following is the story told by a
Richmond correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial


This is the season of the year for chills
and fever, and nearly all who reside on
the low grounds on James River or live
in those portions of the city which bor-
der Immediately upon the river OF canal
are shaking and quaking or burning
and aching with the dreadful disease
Quinine is household necessity, but it
often fails TO cure When it and all
other doctors remedies prove frultless
the people about here know, or at least
believe that there is one thing that they
can do that which will infallibly restore
and again set the 'blue blood" coursing
throug gh their veins in healthful streams.
A maiden lady, sister Of one Of the heads
of the department of the city govern
ment, possesses the power of instantly
and permanently relieving all Of those
who come into her presence when the
chill is upon them. All she has to DO
is to look upon the poor, shivering and
tormented subject, and at once the chill
leaves him, never TO return. Sheworks
her miracles without mystery; no dark
room, uncertain light, no burning IN
cense, no incarnation scenes are neces-
sary for the performance of the wonders
that has made her name famous and
given comfort and strength to hundreds
ard thousands of poor ague stricken
mortals She will receive no reward,
present or compensation of any kind,
believing that if she were to do so the
magical power she possesses would de-
part. Thousands have come to her,
many OF them travelling long distances
to do so, and in every reported case the
person afflicted has been cured. Now i
know your readers will be inclined to
believe that we are poor, ignorant and
deluded lot, to have faith in such mar
velous and seemingly impossible thing,
but yet we do beleve-at least those
who have been "beneath the spell, and
know its remarkable effect, do; many
have visited this lady utterly incredu-
lous, and have been cured and convert
ed. Of her power over this particular
disease, / entertain no doubt. | could
easily get the testimony Of a hundred
persons who would declare upon oath
that they tried every remedy before
approached her; but after once coming
face to face with her, the malady van
ished. The lady herself does not know
the source of her power, but believes
that it descended to her from her father,
who in his day, himself wrought many
such strange cures.
Year: 1873

Donn Piatt says Of Poland: "He
is fair specimen of what we call
the old school. being addicted to
ruffle shirts, swallow tails and
brass buttons. A long watch
chain and seal dAngle from his
pantaloons fob, and he would have
had the old fashioned flap, but the
one remaining tailor willing to
cling to this remnant of the past,
died and left Poland without a flap.


He mourned the loss of flap and
tailor. He has calm, philosoph.


ical phjz framed in by white hair,
and holds his own in the great
wave Of public excl ement through
his intense respectability. Given
the brOadcloth swallow tail and
ruffled shirt, and Poland would
stand unmoved before the trans
mogrification of an angel, prepared
to express his yiews-ruove the
previous question, or vote yea or
hay as the occasion might require.
Year: 1873

A woman's determination to
part her hair at the side broke up
wedding at Bangor, Me, last
week. The company had all as
sembled, the clergyman was in his
place, and the groom proceed ID up
stairs to escort his chosen one to
the altar. The lady was splen-
didly dressed, but in arranging her
hair had adopted the "new style. I"
To this the young man objected in
the most decided terms, saying that
it looked too brazen and EAST"
that the hair of a bride should be
parted mOdestly in the middle. A
sharp war of werds followed, which
resulted in a declaration on the
part of the angry youth that he
had taken a firm stand: that the
hair must be redressed or he would
never look upon it again. To
this the girl replied that be might
leave as soon as he pleased, aid
leave he did, much to the disgust of
the people who came to partake of
thewedding supper and were turn
ed out Of the house without it.
Year: 1873

A Missouri clergyman states
that recently he was called upon
by man to attend the funeral of
his chill; that the next day this
man was thrown from his horse
and killed; that the next day the
widow came and asked him to
preach the funeral sermon for her
husband and child; and that the
next morning she was fatally stab
bed by another woman.
Year: 1873

In Germany when Il e vote of
the jury stands six against six the
prisoner is acquitted. A vote of
seven against five leaves the de-
cision to the Court, and in vote
of eight against four the prisoner
is convicted.
Year: 1873

An inebriate whipped his wife,
on one occasion, and went home
at night drunk. His wife, having
no Goals of fire to heap on bis
dead poured bis ear full of pepper
sauce. He appeared to be just as
we'll satisfied.
Year: 1873

Brick Pomeroy has this to
say about patent outsides: Owe
have got 50 now that when we
come to a paper with a patent
outside we just get up, put on
our hat and overcOat and go
home. Before we get back the
boy has used that patent ont
side 70 make the fire.
Year: 1873

ATTEMPTED SUIcIDE.-Between six and seven
o'clock, last evening, young woman appeared on
the bridge over the Chrstiana, at Third street. ac-
ting in a very suspicious manner. She walked ~
the edge Of the bridge, the draw being open, at
the time and taking off her cloak, cast it and her
muh into the water. She was then about to fol-
low these articles when a gentleman standing by,
rush forward, and seized her Just in tims to pre-
vent the fatal leap. She struggled in his grasp,
succeeded in escaping, and again attempted to
carry her suicidal purpose into effect. THIS time
she was seized bv young Swede, named Dahleen,
theological student from Gettysburg Pa on a
visit to this city who happened TO stroll down 10
the bridge just at this time-who succeeded in car
rylng her from the bridge Not knowing who she
was, or where she lived, he took her to the City
Hall Cells, and delivered her into the care of the
Chief of Police Here she gave her name and her
parents were sent for, who soon came and took
her home. The young woman is quite proposes
sing IN appearance, IS the daughter OF honest pa
rents, and for this reason we withhold her name.


The reasons which induced her 10 make this
suicidal attempt are briefly told. 1t Is the "old,
old, story Having fallen from virtue, and be-
come almost crazed with remorse, she determined
70 drown all her sOrroWs In watery grave. She
IS now home with her parents, who by their low
ing care and attention will do all ia their power
to reclaim the erring one
Year: 1873

DKTKNTIoS.-This m ornin9 gravel train on
the Delaware Railroad ran of the track at the
gravel pit, near New Castle. Iu consequence of
this accident the trains on the Delaware Railroad
were delayed, the train North not arriving In this
city until nearly noon
Year: 1873

We believe that about no animal have so
many pathetic stories been told as about dogs-dogs
that have saved life died for grief o. their dead
masters, have caused reiteraton OF the old proverb
Love me, love my dog" poor wsyfaring man of
grief lately applied for admission 10 the CITY Hospital
IN Nashville lie had little dog with him. He was
told that he could come In, but not hs dog He burst
into ears, and declared rnSt he would die before he
would gave up Tim. This too much for the stern
officials. They not only decided that Tim might come
IN, bat they rdised money enough also t. buy him
hospital grounds.
Year: 1873

Among the newspapers which have ex-
pressed astonishment at the refusal of
the negroes to trust in and unite with
the Southern Democrats, none have been
more persistent than the Richmond En-
qltirer Yet day or two ago that journal
began leading editorial by saying that
'the supreme, positive and practical issue
in this canvass is that of the control OF
our State government by the white men
or by the negroes; and in the same ar
ticle it said: .aa


at is natural, of course, that every
white man in the State, who has any re-
gard for the inherent and insuperable su-
periority of his race to the negro race,
should for that reason. if for no other,
contemplate with revolving horror the
asceudency of the black man in the man
agement Of the public affairs of Virginia
And even if it could be demonstrated
that the negro is capable of performing
the functions Of the highest offices OF the
State and Of the country there would be
an unconquerable aversion to elevating
him to such positions on the part of all
men of the other race who have not be-
come SO much accustomed to an affilia-
ton with negroes as to have forgotten
that there are ineradicable differences
between them"


We do not return to this subject again
for the purpose of arguing the injustice
of these sentiments, but simply to give
the Southern Democrats an opportunity
to explain their own queries as to the an
tipathy of the negroes. The person, of
whatever race, who is intelligent enough
to read an implied Indictment of himself
such as these extracts contain, would be
stupid indeed not to feel that the writer
of them was his most thorough foe, So
cially and politically. So longas these
are the sentiments of the Southern Dem
ecrats, wherever the negroes have ma
iority of voters they cannot be expected
to do otherwise than to vote for anything
or anybody that may be set up in oppo-
sition. They may be blind to the low
moral character of their friends-for
their early educations were quite gener-
ally neglected, if we recollect the condi-
ton of southern society before the w}4F-
but, possessing some, if not all of the
emotions of humanity, they are not apt
to turn the. other cheek when one is
smitten. @
Year: 1873

Mr.. Treasurer Spinner has written a
letter to show how much more difficult
it is to repent than to sin. There is no
law. he tells u.s. by which Back Pay can
be covered into the Treasury so etfectu-
ally that the owner cannot get 1T out
again-unless, indeed, h, should be pat
riotic enough to die and leave it to the
United States by will 1t cannot be
turned over as an unexpended balance,
because it is an independent appropria-
ton, "and like that for the payment Of
tho interest on the public debt always
Year: 1873

1t is not surprising the Democracy all
over the country profess wish to raise
no dead issues" They would like to
have their infamous record on these dead
issues buried out of sight and forgotten
forever. They would like to have people
forget what they have been, that thereby
no means might exist of forming correct
judgment of what they would be. Like
the man who has been twice and thrice
in States prison, they would be much
obliged if the record would be forgotten
or scratched out. Thank you; that is
not the course people take.-C5a. Gazette
Year: 1873

A minister in a neighboring town was
greatly exasperated lately by a COW
which had made havoc in his garden,
and which had defed the efforts of the
boy who had been sent to turn her out.
just wait till | get this coat divinity of,
and I'll drive you, you old cuss," said he,
and before the the words were out of his
mouth the coat was thrown upon the
ally
Year: 1873

A young married friend tells a good
joke on himself, perpetrated by little
three-year-old pride of the family" She
is the only pledge of love that has twined
itself around the hearts and affections of
himself and wife. A few evenings since
a minister visited the family and re-
NAMED until after tea. At the table the
reverend visitor asked the blessing, and
the little one opened her eyes to the full
est capacity in startled wonderment. She
could not understand what had been
done, and it was with great persuasion
that her mother could keep her quiet
during the, time they were at the table


When they left it she walked up 70 the
minister, for whom she had formed a
great friendship, and said: What did
you say at the table before we commenc-
ed eating? My little darling, thanked
God for his goodness in giving us to eat,
SO that we might grow and be strong"
Papa doesn't say that" What does
your papa sayF' Paper says, 'Goddle-
mighty, what support" a -Iai3,l
Year: 1873

The Man in the Gallery" writes to the
Albany Times:


gentleman who now occupies q seat i'm
the upper branch, but at the time was a
member of the Assembly, relates the fol-
lowing:


Perkins was as honest q man as ever set
foot in Albany. Money wouldn't buy
him, and knew it, but | thought would
have little fun with him so went down
to his room one evening and said, ".Per-
kins, what do you think of the under
ground railroad bill Are you going to
vote for it 2"


"Well, said Perkins, :" haven't made
up my mind yet, exactly. ] am inclined
to think it is good bill but why do you
ask r.


II thought you were in favor Of it. and
as long as you have concluded to go for it,
Just wanted to say to you that the men
interested in it are paying five hundred dol
lars for votes, and as it is coming up on its
final passage tomorrow you can Just a.
well have the money as not you'll vote
for the bill any way"


"Vote for the bill Ill be hanged first p
cried the irate Perkins. "No, sir If i'm
proper means are being taken to pass this
thing, as you say, for one viii vote against
it every time. You can put me down no.


''Oh, l don't care anything about the bill;
was only trying to do yon favor, and
think ] can yet, for, to tell the truth, the
rival companies are here in full force and
are moving heaven and earth to defeat it.
They are paying the same amount for
noes, and a. long as you are going to
vote shat way, Ill get you five hundred
dollars all the same"


"Can such things be I" exclaimed Per-
kins, raising from his seat and tearing up
and down the room in n whirlwind Of
righteous wrath and virtuous Indignation,
"What state of things this is A plague
on both of your houses. / won't vote at
all"


Gan right, said l, as 1 laid my hand
on the door, '1'll get you FIVE hundred
dollars for being absent"
Year: 1873

There il one thing that no family pre-
tends to do without; that is . family ham
mer. And yet there il nothing that goes
up to make the family equipment Of do
mestic establishment that causes one-half
a. much agony and profanity a. hammer.
1t is always an old hammer, with handle
that is inclined TO silver, and always bound
to slip. The face is as round a. the full
moon and On smooth an glass. When ii
strikes ifAil full and square, which it has
been known to do, the act will be found to
result from d combination Of pure acci-
dents. The family hammer il one Of those
rare articles that we never profit by. When
it glides off nail head, and mashes down
. couple Of fingers, we unhesitatingly de-
posit it in the yard, and observe that we
viii never use it again. But the blood has
hardly dried ON the rag before We are out
doors in search of that hammer and ready
to make another trial.
Year: 1873

LEF3 !. Like roll Of costly material pass
inv gwiftiy Through our hands, and We must
embrdadnr our pattern on as it goes. We
cannot wait 10 pick up false stitch or
pause too long before we set another.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER Coz LIsTON.-Ths AmericaD
schooner Alberti, after several weeks buffeting
with adverse winds in the Channel, was run
into and disabled, on Saturday, by large bark,
near the Lizard Light. The people on the bark
refused to give her name or to render any
assistance. The captain Of the Alberli wa
crushed to death while trying TO put his wife OIL
the bark. The Alserti succeeded in reaching
port in a disabled condition.
Year: 1873

by N. D. BRINE.
wonder why this worlds good things
Should fall in such unequal shares;
Why some should taste of all the joys,
And others only feel the cares
wonder why the sunshine bright
Should fall in paths some people tread,
While others shiver in the shade
Of clouds that gather overhead
l wonder why the trees that hang
So full of luscious fruit should grow
Only where some may reach and eat,
While others faint and thirsty go!
Why should sweet flowers bloom for some,
For others only thorns be found
And some grow rich on fruitful earth,
While others till but barren ground?
I wonder why the hearts of some
O'erfow with Joy and happiness,
While others go their lonely way
Unblessed with aught of tenderness !
wonder why the eyes of some
Should ne'er be moistened with tea
While others weep from morn till ~
Their hearts so crushed Wit =
All well; we may not


The why's, Tn5


But this we know-ther,


And watches us through 10. or
Each life its mission here fulfills,
And only He may know the end,
And loving Him, we may be strong,
Tho storm or sunshine He may send.
Year: 1873

"A Missouri woman said she gave railroad
conductor ten dollar bill he said it was a
two: she insisted he persisted she took out
revolver and snapped it, and he gave her the
eight dollars balance, not wishing to have any
dispute with lady.
Year: 1873

A fellow in Texas has just invented q
strengthening plaster which will enable you to
''take up' anything, from four months note
to hogshead of sugar. A few in this market
would meet with ready sale.
Year: 1873

"A fond father recently wrote SIT generally
takes twenty years of training to eradicate the
word nice from a woman's vocabulary. The
Falls of Niagara, the Psalms of David and the
progress of the human race were all mice to my
eldest till she got married.
Year: 1873

81 have no time to read" is the
common complaint, and especially of
women, whose occupations are such
as to prevent continuous book peru
sal They seem to think, because
they cannot devote as much attention
to books as they are compelled to de-
vote to their avocations, that they
cannot read anything. But this is
great mistake. 1t isn't the books We
finish at a sitting which always do us
the most good. Those we devour In
the odd moments, half dozen pages
at time, often give us more satisfac-
ton, and are more thoroughly digest
ed than those we make a particular
effort to read. The men who have
made their mark in the world have
generally been men who have in boy
hood formed the habit of reading at
every available moment, whether for


five minutes or five hours.


1t is the habit of reading rather
than the time at our command that
helps us on the road to learning.
Many of the most cultivated persons,
whose names have been famous as
students, have given only two or
three hours a day to their books If
we make use of spare minutes IN the
midst of our work, and read little,
if but a page or paragraph, we shall
find our brains quickened and our
toll lightened by just so much in
creased satisfaction as the book gives
us. Nothing helps along the monot-
onous daily round SO much as fresh
and striking thoughts, to be. consid-
cred while our hands are busy. A
new idea from a new volume is like
oil, which reduces the friction of the
machinery of life. What we remem-
Der from brief glimpses into books
often serves as stimulus to action,
and becomes one of the most precious
deposits in the treasury of our recol'
lection. All knowledge is made up


of small parts, which would seem In


significant in themselves, but which,


taken together, are valuable weapons


for the mind and substantial armol


for the soul. "Read anything con
tinuously," says DIR. johnson, ''and
: you will be learned" The odd min
utes which we are inclined to waste
if carefully availed of for instruction
d will in the long run, make COLDER
: hours and golden days that we shal
; be ever thankful for.-C"Home an


Society;" Scribner's for August.
Year: 1873

A little boy in the Bishop Scott
Grammar School at Portland, Ore
gon, has gotten off the following
luminous view of "Oxen." His ''com-
position" is given Uer6dtina ct Htera-
tim:


Oxen is a very slow animal. They
are very good to break up ground.
I would rather have horses if they
did not have the collie which they say
is wind collected in q bunch which
makes it dangeresser to keep horses
than oxen. If there were no horses
people would have to wheal their
wood on a wheal-barrow. 1t would
take them too or three days to wheal
a cord mile. Cows are useful to-
1 heard some people say that if they
had to be O cow or OK they would
sooner be a COW, but ! think when il
come to be MIXED on a cold winter
morning 1 think they would sooner
be oxen, for oxen don't have to raise
calves. If 1 had to be an OK or COW
I would be a hefer but if I could not
be a heffer and had to be both
would be aox.
Year: 1873

This has taken so strong and per
manent hold on the popular fancy
that itappears on everything, in every
width, and in every form of plating.
1t is called the Marie Stuart, Catha-
rine de Medici, Elizabeth, and other
historic titles but we fancy that
Sarah Maria and Anna Eliza would
serve quite as well, so far as any
positive likeness to the ruffs of those
renowned ladies is concerned. When
the ruffs first came, they were thickly
plated, and sewed to the edge of the
neck. Now they are less full and
frequently formed from the trimming
which outlines the rest, only following
the neck across the back. They are
cut from the same stuff as the dress,
lined with the same or lined with
color; or they are made entirely Of
colored silk, and used in place Of
bright neckties, or of velvet, lined
with black or colors. They are plated
in close box plaits, side plaits, double