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Year: 1872

BEoUEsT TO THE NEEDLEWoMEN
OF BosToN.-The will Of one of
the solid men Of Boston, who re-
Gently died, directs that the in.
come derived from large portion
of his estate shall be used for the
benefit of the needlewomen ofthat
city, in providing them with cheap
and comfortable apartments at all
times, and with employment dur
ing the periods when they cannot
readily obtain it from ordinary
services. The details of this cha
ritable scheme are lett to the man.
agement of trustees named in the
will, but objects aimed at are clear
ly set forth in the declaration that
the "design is to ameliorate to
some extent the condition of the
large class of industrious women
of the city of Boston who gain
their livelihood by sewing" by
helping them to "constant en-
ployment at fair prices, and to
desirable homes at fair rates;
and the testator provides for the
creation of labor fund and q
building furd, to be appropriated
to the purposes designated.
Year: 1872

Work on this end Of the Port Royal
Railroad is progressing rapidly. We
understand that the track will soon be
laid from this city to the Savannah
River. Operations are also progressing
with great rapidity upon the other end
of the Port Royal Railroad. We learn
that the line will be completed to Allen.
dale, in Aiken County, by the middle or
latter part of this week. If nothing uu'
toward prevents the completion of the
bridge across the Savannah, it will not
be long before the excursion trip to
Beaufort vii! take place.


Augusts Chronicle.
Year: 1872

OF all medicines that give strength and robustness to
body and mind, DODD'S NERVINE bears the palm,
Its sale large and its popularity long established
Probably more families keep 1t on hand for every day


cines now before the public 1t is pleasant to take
as any wine jan23f4w
Year: 1872

Delegates to tho Republican state Convention
VIII be chosen in New Castle county TINS after
room, at the uaual voting places in each Ward
aal Hundred The time Of voting in this city
i from ? to 7 in the country districts, from 2
Year: 1872

FIRST SPEEcH.-The irst speech of the
campaign in this county was made by
Col Chas. K. Gin at the City Hall las,
Thursday evening The only motto
given was by few bandbills distributed
the day before the meeting, and it being
in the midst OF harvest and the great
wheat excitement and at the same time
with an evening picnic in Ross grove,
the audience Of course was not large.
Peck says there were g present, bu, as
we didn' see him there, his testimony is
not frst class. We should judge, how
ever, that he came withi1 80 Of the
truth The Colonel talked for about Gn
hour, and made several good points,
which elected the applause of the au-
dicEGe At the close Vi the speech three
rousiGg cheers were given for Grant


a Il things considered the meeting was
ali that could have been expe ted, and
Wa 4 COED opening Of the eaDpaien.
Year: 1872

a LETTER from man who is we'll in
formed IL the Blue River vicinity says
i have met no Republicans about here
who are Greeley men | think al, the
Democrats Will swallow him, though
some said they should not vote at all.
The hu:kleberry crop here is failure
this year"
Year: 1872

An explosion Of a singular nature
occurred in an old we'll in Baltimore,
the other day. The well hal not
been in use for many years, and
through the lower portion of it one
Of the sewerage pipes passed The
explosion is supposed to have been
caused by the great impurity Of the
atmosphere in the we'll, ignited prob
ably by match being thrown into
the opening. The force Of the ex-
plosion was so great as to throw up
portions of the iron pipe and frag-
ments of earth, and the bricks in the
yard were torn up and the fencing
blown to pieces. A Asecond explosion
followed the. first enc, but with not
such force Fortunately no person
was injured.-Er.
Year: 1872

This little sentence should be writ


ten on every heart-stamped ON ev-


cry memory. It should be the gold


en- rule practiced, not only i'll every


household, but all through the world.


BY helping one another we not only


remove thorns from the pathway, and


anxiety from the mind, hut we feel


Il sense of pleasure in our hearts,


knowing we-arc doiKy " duty to i.


fellow-creaturo.
A helping hand or an encourage


ing wcrd is no loss to us, yet it is ;s


benefit to- lcrs. Who has not felt
the power of little sentence? Who
has not needed the encouragement
and aid Of kind friend? How
soothing, when pcrplexed with some
task that is both mysterious and bur-
densome, to feel a gentle hand on
the shoulder, and TO hear a kind
voice Whispering: "Do not feel dis
couraged, I see your troubles, let ms
help you" What strength is inspir-
cd, hope created, what sweet graft
tude is felt, and the great difficulty
dissolves a dew beneath the sunshine.
Yes, let us help one another, by en-
deovoring to strengthen and encour-
age the weak, and lifting the burden
OF care from the weary and oppres-
sed, that life may glide smoothly on,
and the fount of bitterness Weld
sweet waters and He whose willing
hand is ever ready to aid us will re-
ward our humble endeavors, and
every good deed will be as bread
upon the waters, to return after
many days" if not to us, at least to
those we 1oye.-N. Louis Journal of
Year: 1872

Let not your tongue cut your
throat.


Tne first step toward happiness is
to forget ones self.


Let it be seen and felt that your
aim is to be-not seem to be.


Men may judge Us by the success
of our efforts; GGd looks at the e.
forts themselves.


The best charities are those which
are daily dispensed in pleasant words
and kindly To all round US.


Blessed are they whose eye is Sc
reoe; whose voice is gentle whose
heart is sweet; whose life makes
happiness.


Nothing can tend more to the
health of the Dody than the tranquil
lity OF the mind and the due regula
tion OF the passions


II good people would but make
goodness agreeable, and smile, instead
OF frowning in their virtue, how many
would be won 10 The good cause.
4 true religious instinct never de
prived msn OF any single joy; mourn
full faces and sombre aspect are tn,
conventional affections of the weak
minded


Never mind where you work; car
more about how you work. Neye
mind who sees, if God approves.
he smiles, be content We can no
be always sure when We are most use
full.


. The chief secret OF comfort lies i
not suffering tribes to vex one, an
, in prudently cultivating an undel
growth of small pleasures, sine
very few great ones are let on lon
leases.
Year: 1872

The delegation appointed to notify
the nomination of the Philadelphia
Convention OF their nomination, re-
ceived the following impromptu re-
sponse from Senator Wilson:


/ will, in day or two, give you
an answer in writing to this commu-
nication. take this occasion, how.
ever, TO thank you and the members
OF the convention you represent. for
this manifestation OF confidence. As
l neither asked nor wrote TO any
member OF the convention to give me
a vote, l am all the more grateful for
their generous support: / am graft
fed, too, for the friendly tone of the
Republican press of the country. For
thirty-six years in public life and in
private life, have striven to MAN.
tain the distinguishing idea OF the
Republican party-the freedom and
equality OF all men. / have striyep
ever to be true to my country and
to the rights of our common human
ity; to know no sectional interest.
nor race, nor color. In the future as
in the past shall unfalteringly ad
here to those principles which are
convictions OF my Judgment, heart
and conscience / am clearly of the
opinion that the great soldier who
rendered such illustrious services to
his country in the great civil war,
will be reelected President of the
United States. His humanity to the
vauquished, his firmness to vindicate
the rights OF the humble and defense.
less, and his devotion to the leading
ideas of the Republican party, cannot
be questioned. / esteem it a high
honor to be associated with him in
the coming contest. While / am
grateful TO the friends who gave me
such generous support, / honor those
who adhered with such devotion to
Coliax. We have been personal and
political friends for nearly twenty
years, and it is source of profound
satisfaction to me, that our personal
relations have not been disturbed by
tAC ASOSAt SOALCcGs w ullc 6uStt
never cease to feel grateful to the
friends who honored me by their sup
port, / shall even entertain a sincere
respect for those who deemed it to
be their duty to give their support to
others. / hope we shall strive to win
to our support every honest and pat
riotic man in the country, every man
true to the rights of humanity; every
man who would elevate the condition
of the toiling millions, and have our
republic become great Christian
nation, an example to the world.
Let it be understood, that our ranks
are wide open to receive all devoted to
the country, and who would advance
the hsppiness and general well being
Of all sections Of the land, and all
conditions OF people. We Republi-
cans shall offer the hand OF recon.
ciliation to all fair-minded and hon
orable men, and use all legitimate
mears to achieve success, for the hon.
or and salvation of the country, as


we'll as for that of the party which
saved the Union and established


freedom in every part OF the land.h
Year: 1872

THE GREAT CASH HOUSE, "Old White


y Corner" by Court House. A complete Dry
Goods Store, Clothing Store, Boot and Shoe
store, Hat and Cap Store, Millinery Store, Fur
Store, Carpet Store. The place where close
buyers buy. Follow the crowd
Year: 1872

While in Texas, he was injured by
being dragged through a horse rack,
and again in louisiana he was consid-
erably bruised by being thrown against
the center pole of the circus. Neither
accident was serious in its results,
however, and he continued his ascen-
sions until yesterday, when he made
his final one.
Year: 1872

MATAMORAs, April l3. A special
saws the revolutiOnists have started on a
new base on their warfare against
the Juarez government. Diaz has abrO-
gated the plan of De La Noria, and pro-
claimed that he will fight under the
constitution, which according to his de-
elaration is to remain intact. The plan
Of Noria had been an element of discord
between the revolutionists and the
Lerdoists, because it shut out the candi-
date of the latter, Lerdo de Tajeda, as
chief Justice, from the Presidency in
case of the fall of Juarez. The cause of
disagreement between the two parties
has now been removed by this act of
DiaZ. The fight now is simply for the sole
object of dethrOning Juarez on the
ground of illegal tenure of office The
present constitution is to be left in OPP
Grafton, making Lerdo De Taieda, at
present Chief Justice of the Republic,
the successor of Juarez as President of
Mexico. 1t is calculated that the conse-
quence of this step will be that all the
the Serdoists will now join the revo-
lutionists in active hostilities against
the Juarez Government.


Trevino has issued a manifesto declar-
ing the new alliance an accomplished
fact He left Camargo yesterday noon
with fifteen hundred men and nineteen
guns, including three heavy siege guns,
and is coming down the river road TO
attack this city Another revolutionary
force of one thousand men, cavalry, is
also moving on the inner road with the
same object, The two forces will form
a junction near Matam0ras in two days,
and then bear down on the city and be
gin regular siege.
Year: 1872

There is, perhaps, no one in this world
more to be pitied than the poor rich man
the man who has got into the habit of
saving until he saves from sheer delight
in seeing his wealth increase, and of
counting every dollar of expenditure as
though its loss was something that could
never be repaired. Yet 1t is the duty of
every poor man to save something. The
possession of q few dollars often makes
all the difference between happiness and
misery, and no man, especially a man
with family dependent upon him, can
be truly independent unless he has a few
dollars reserved for the time of need.
While extreme carelfulness as to the ex-
penditure of the money will make rich
man poor, a wise economy will almost
as certainly make a poor man rich, or at
least make him TO a considerable extent
independent Of the eapriees of employ
ers and of the common Yieissitudes of
life. Nothing Is more important TO the
poor man than the habit of saving some
thing; his little hoard will soon begin to
grow at rate which viii surprise and
crafty him. Every workingman ought
to haye an account in some bank, and
should add toit every week during which
he has full employment, even If the adj
ditlon Is but few dollars at a time. If
he does this he viii soon find the dollars
growing into tens, and these tens into
hundreds, and in a little time will be i'm
the possession of sum which is con-
stanfly yielding an addition 70 his in
come, which secures him reserve fund
whenever one is needed, and which will
enable him to do many things which,
without a little money, he would be
poMerless to do.
Year: 1872

NEW YORK, April l4-Comptroller
Hurlburd's defense is published in the
Herald. He says he was not
Influenced in favor of the Ten
nessee National Bank by the pres
ent of a carriage from Mr.. Rut-
ter. The law was explicitly fulfilled in
this as in all cases. The testimony
taken before the committee is not such,
he says, as would be admitted before
any properly-constituted tribunal. 1t is
made up Of gossip, hearsay, etc. All in
timations, however rejecting on my
official integrity are met by a full
and explicit denial. 1 have never
received, either directly or indirectly,
money or property for the performance of
any official duty, or for refraining from
the performance of duty, or for any
favor which 1 had it in my power to
grant in consequence of my official po-
sition, and do not know and do not
believe that any subordinate in my em-
ployment in this bureau has, directly or
Indirectly, received money or property
for official favDrs or for the exercise of
influence, real or assumed, with the
head of the bureau in behalf of any par
ties or applicants whatever. On the
contrary, l have sought continuously to
serve the Government faithfully to the
best of my ability in all things.
Year: 1872

changing views with them in order to
arrange a basis of coalition. 1t is gene
rally agreed, however, by the Demo-
Gratis that their course win be governed
by the National Democratic Committee,
whether it will agree to support the Gin
cinnati nominee or make nomination
of its own.
Year: 1872

This wonderful vegetable restorative
Is the sheet-anehOr of the feeble and
debilitated. As tonic and cordial for
the aged and languid, it has no equal
among stOmachlcs. As a remedy for the
nervous weakness to which women are
especially subject, it is superseding
every other stimulant. In all climates,
tropical, temperate or frigid, it acts as 3
specific in every species Of disorder
which undermines the bodily strength,
and breaks down the animal spirits.
Year: 1872

Some would-be smart United
States Commissioner in the State o1
New York has issued warrants TO,
the arrest of Miss Susan B. Anthony
and other ladies for voting in Ro-
chester at the Presidential election.
Why not arrest the inspectors OF
election for receiving the ballots
This move of the commissioner will
be locked upo6 as persecution OF
the ladies, as it is evident to every
same person that they intended no
fraud, but voted as women and it
would. seem that if any crime was
committed it was by the receiver of
the ballots. The whole thing will,
however, result in bringing about
just what all who believe in the right
Of the governed giving their consent
desire, viz, the extension of the
elective franchise to the women of
the country-NeD National Era.
Year: 1872

Somebody says there should be q
women in every firm Of architects
to look after the closets. When
you build your house, you may tell
the contractor, until you are black
in the face. ave will have q closet
here He will not put one there
until he has seen madam, and ten
to one, when he has seen her, the
closet will go elsewhere, and dou-.
ble the number and twice the size
be ordered. @S
Year: 1872

thousand thoughts unwritten and un'


spoken
Fly from my heart to find their home


with thee;
i not one link of pleasantness is broken
Ghich bound thee in the dear old time


to me.
aay goes by with heavy step or aeeting
Ebears it's freight Of loving hope or


fear,


b which, for thy dear sake, my heart


is beating
Is quick and fond as though thou still


vert near.
morning hour or evening shines OF


darkens,
Without some question from my soul to


thine;
a.s for thy reply my spirit hearkens.
The winds bring answer that all thou


art is mine.
now that through this dark and hope


less sorrow
Ne shall love on as we have loved 30


long;
fd though no ray Of promise gild the
morrow,
ach day will prove our trust more true
and strong.
s matters then for us this earthly
parting?
hat though the daily life be sad and
lone?
sus such tears as these should ne'er
be starting
Nges that once have looked into thine
own.
thought save one Of deep and earnest
gladness
Aould fill the heart which thou hast
stopped to win;
% art SO strong that when Weld to |
sadness
ssainst the greatness of thy love, I sin. |
Friend my Friend! forgive my weak
complaining.
shrink at thought Of all these passing |
years


Tare gone-so many yet remaining
low can choose but count them thro'
my tears!
do not fear that though I now am
weeping, 81 Z:
glorious lesson by thy strength is
taught;


W in vain these vigils am I keeping
% all unworthy is the work I've
wrought.
Year: 1872

A Boston gentleman, who could
not waltz, offered young lady one
hundred dollars if she would let
him hug her as much as the man
did who had just waltzed her. It was
q good offer, and showed that mo-
ney was no object to him, but they
put him out Of the house so hard
that his eyes were quite black.
Year: 1872

!, Endeavor to take your work
quietly. Anxiety and: over action
are the cause Of sickness and rest
lessness We must use our judg-
ment to control our excitement, or
our bodily strength will break
down.
Year: 1872

Il A. MECHANICAL EYE.


= No mechanic can ever attain dil
tinction unless ne is able to detet
: ordinary imperfections at sight, s
that he can see if things are out {
i, plumb, out of level, out of squar
and out of proper shape; and un
less he can also detect dispropro
toned or i'll shaped patterns. Thi
is q great mechanical attainment
We say attainment, because it cal


be attained by any ordinary person


Of course there are defective eye


as there are defective organs; tn


speech, for instance, is sometimes


defective, but the eye is susceptible


of the same training as any othe1


organ. The muscles, the voice, ths


sense of hearing, all require training


Consider how the artist must trai1


the organ Of sight in order to detect


the slightest imperfection in shade,
color, proportion, shape, ression
etc., Not one blacksmith in five
ever attains the art of hammerine
square; yet it is very essential in
his occupation. It is simply be.
cause he allows himself to get into
a careless habit; O little training
and care is all that is necessary for
success.


The fact is that the eye not hall
as much at fault as the needless
mind. Some carpenters acquire
the careless habit of using a try
square every time they plane off a
shaving, in place of giving their
right to their business and properly
training their eyes; and unless they
cultivate this power of the eye, they
will always be at journey work.
Look at the we'll trained blacksmith;
he goes across the shop, picks up
the horses foot, take a squint, re-
turns to his anvil, forges the shoe,
and it exactly fits the foot.
Contrast him with the bungler who
looks at the foot, then forges shoe
then fits the foot to it, often to the
ruin of a fine horse. Now the fault
lies in ever allowing himself to put
a shoe on that is not the proper
shape for the foot; he should deter
mine 10 make the shoe ft the foot.
in place Of the foot fitting the shoe,
and he should follow it up until the
object is accomplished.


A very good way to discipline the
mechanical eye is to first measure
an inch with the eye, then prove it
with the rule, then measure half
inch, then an eighth, and so on, and
you will be soon able to discover at
q glance the difference between a
twelfth and a sixteenth of an inch;
then go to 8 inches, 6, -, and so
on. Some call this guessing; there
is no guess work about it; it is
measuring with the eye and mind.
Acquire the habit of criticising for
imperfections every piece Of work
that you see, do everything as
nearly as you can without measur-
ing (or spelling it), or as nearly as
you can trust the eye with Fits pre-
sent training. If you can not see
tnlngs mechanically, do not blame
The eye for it; it is no more to blame |
Than the mouth is because we cannot
read, or the fingers because we can
not write. A person may write a
very good hand with the eyes
closed, the mind Of course directing
he fingers. The eye is necessary,
however, to detect imperfections.


Every occupation in life requires
mechanically trained eye, and we
Ihould realize, more than we do,
he great Importance Of properly
raining that organ. - Scl7,tvic
american.
Year: 1872

The body OF an unknown man, about fifty years Of
age was yesterday found floating in the dock foot OF
Thirteenth street, East River. and sent to the
Morgue to await the result OF an investigation
before Coroner Herman, who was notified.
Year: 1872

Having heard Of the "great raft in the
Red River, since our geography days, we are
all apt to suppose we know all about it. We
are well aware that it is mass Of drift wood,
completely obstructing navigation at the point
where it covers the water with It's countless
trunks Of forest trees We know that the riv-
er passes under this mass as il it were bridge (;
and we may remember that in 1888, when the
raft was one hundred aud twehty-four miles
long. the general government began the work
of removing it, but after working at it for
twenty-five years abandoned the attempt as
impracticable, and coufned its efforts to the
opening up Of some Of the lateral channels or
bayous We may know all this, but still be
ignorant Of one Of the most curious character
istics Of the great raft, which is that il, unlike
ralts in general, moves up the river against the
curren. Instead of down. The movement is
very slow, being but mile or two in year
The explanation Of this retrograde movement
Of an apparently stationary mass is simple
enough. The logs of the lower end of the raft
are continually broken away and carried of
by the foods and freshets. Thus the raft, al
ways falling away at one end aud growing at
the other, gradually moves up the river. and it
is calculated that it has moved since its form
ing about four hundred miles. Scientific
writers have suggested the idea that this vast
mass Of timber, after lying in the old bed Of
the river for quite number Of ages, will be-
come a coal bed But when the Red River
becomes tbickly settled. this enormous colec-
tion Of driltwood may he utilized in some way
or other, and thus intellectually distant gener-
ations may be cheated out Of many good
coal fire.
Year: 1872

INEXPENSIVE ORNAMESrs. There is no
ornament inside or out Of our houses so
cheap and tasteful as plants aud flowers.
Few pause to regard the architecture OF
your rooms or your house. but the beauty
Of flower shrubbcry. or the living ara
besquc Of u thrifty creeper over your door,
are lessons Of taste aud beauty. Indeed
suburban residences are sadly deficient
without these simple ye. beautiful access
sories, always within the reach Of taste
aud refinement. ~ matter how empty the
purse. As the real necessities Of life re-
quirc the least expenditure Of time and
money, so the objects which tend truly To
satisfy the lose Of the beautiful in nature. are
within the reach Of our humblcst children