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Year: 1873

Over the river they beekoh to me.


Loved ones who'ye crossed to the farther side
The CLEAN of their snowy robes 1 see.


BuI their voices are lost ID the dashing tide
There's one with ringlets OF sunny gold,


And eyes the reflection OF heavens own blue
He crossed i'll the twilight. gray and cold


And the pale mist hid him from II oTiaI view
We saw not angels Who met him there,


The gates OF the city We-could not see,
Over the river-oVer the river


N.Y. brother stands waiting TO welcome me-
Over the river the boatinan pale


Carried another The household pet;
Her brown eurls waved IN the gentle gale


Darling Minnie l see her Yet
She crossed her bosom her dimplesi hands
And feariessly entered The phantom bark.
W e felt it glide from the silver sands.


And all our sunshine grew strangely dalk-
We know she is safe on the farther side,


Where ali the ranSomed and angels be-;
Over the riyer-Ihe mystic river


MY hiIiL0od's idol is waiting for me-
For none return from those quiet shores


W no cross with the bodGIn4n colt and pale
w e hear the dip of the golden oars,


And catch a gie;m of the snowy sail;
And 10! they have passed from our ycarning


hearts,


Who cross the stream and are gone for aye.
We may not sundcr the veil apart,


That hides from our vision the gates of day
w e only know that their barks no more


May sail with Is over Ines Stony sea;
Yet somewhere, know, on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon and wait me.
A nd sit and think when the sunsets gold


Is flushing river, and hill and shore,
I shall one day stand by the water coiI,


And list tor the sound of the boa tman's oar
shall watch for the gleam OF the Tapping sail.
l shall hear the boat Us it gains the strand.
I shall pass from sight with the bUatman pale.
To the better shore OF the spirit-land,
/ shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfulIy sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river-the peaceful river


The angel of death shall carry me.
Year: 1873

WHAT THEY THINK OF FRALAND.-The
second Baptist Sunday School, of Wilmington,
visited Fraland last week, and here's what one
correspondent says of that watering place
BY Gunter's chain the landing Is half mile
from the bathing houses. By the eye, it is a
quarter of a mile. To happy hearts, if the
day is pleasant, like it was yesterday, it is a
delightful walk, although the sand is little
soft The shade is much better than we ex-
pected to find it. The dry weather has
scorched the grass, and the crOquet grounds
are therefore not superior. But the bathing
is delightful. A sail boat is on hand and was
| in constant use. Some of our party who did
not care to take the trouble of dip, had their
much preferred baptism by sprinkling and
petey drenched as any enthusiast could wish.
This was the result of an inadvertance how
ever, and was the occasion of no little merri.
mcnt for the rest Of the day.


Another correspondent says 1t might be
made a splendid summer resort but the pro-
prietOr evidently doesn't care about spending
money on it or improving it in manner The
landing place is about half mile from the
house and visitors are compelled to wall
through deep loose sand to get there when
boardwalk could be laid down at little expense
The house wont accommodate more than
half-dozen guests and no pains have beer
taken to improve the grounds. But notwith
standing, nearly every one present determined
to enjoy themselves and they did so to thei
hearts content. Some by bathing, others sail
Ing and IN various ways amused themselves
and the excursion was voted by all hands
complete success.
Year: 1873

A YOUNG LADY ATTEMPTS TO Drown
HERsELF.-While the Wilmington steamboat
Samuel H. FELTON, was on her downward trip
last Wednesday evening, when about midway
between Philadelphia and Chester lady Of
respectable appearance, apparently about
twenty five years of age, went deliberately to
the bow of the boat on the upper deck then
she crossed the railing, and was caught in the
attempt to leap overheard. Her movements
had excited the suspicion of gentleman Of
Wilmington on board the steamer, who took
and with the assistance of another gentleman
she was handed over to the authorities on the
boat, who saw her put safely on shore at
Chester. The lady was dressed in black,
seemed in great trouble, and had the appear
ance Of being under the influence Of opium.
Year: 1873

A MAGNIFICENT TRACT OF LAND WITHIN HALF
n hour of Hunters Point and comprising upwards
of 100 and having than one mile OF road front
great bargain and on easy terms The finest suburban
railroad leading from New York the farm and a
party purchasing for Improvement could, doubtless with
out difficulty secure depot IN the centre Of property
Wiggns No. Ferry street, Hunters Point
Year: 1873

The Sheriff and the deputies who have been de-
tailed 10 "work upn the Genet case have not as
yet been able to get their man ''wthin the proper
limits, where his capture viii be certain" as one
OF them has 1t. That is to say, the officers claim
know where the runaway is, but that he cannot be
got at very easily as yet. The Sheriff refuses, OF
course, TO give any details OF what he really does
know about his whereabouts but 1t IL understood
that he has all along kept the District Attorney
fully posted to the doings OF his officers. IL Is
argued by the Sherins friends that the extension
OF time granted in the matter oil the contempt case
strenuously opposed by the District Attorney,
shows that there IS yet hope that Genet will be
taken aud that Mr. Phelps Is satisfied that II Is too
early altogether yet TO give up the hunt. There
were, as usual, yesterday all sorts OF rumors rela-
tive to the prevalent az the Sherif's once
but none OF them had any real foundation In fact.
Year: 1873

THE BoRDERER, Las Cruces, New Mexico, says that its issue of to-day closes its second volume, and that for want of paper, it will then suspend publication for three or four weeks for want of paper. We have been in pretty rough winter quarters in the newspaper business, but never missed a number, nor published one on brown
Year: 1873

Having full faith in the country, they mean to stay by it until the day of gen eral jubilee shall come, when all can re- joice together in its peace and prosperity Drop in and examine our stock. Exchange sold on all parts of the world Photographic transfers made with any section of the country.

 A few more of those Don't mention them" left. Call quick if needed. c. H. LORD. w. w. WILLIAMS

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Year: 1873

Almost every family in Pittsfeld, Mass,
keeps Renne's Pain-killing Magic Oil in
the house for use. People there, where it
is made, know how good it is to cure pain,
and if you try ii fairly you will hardly be
willing to live without it in the house. 1t
| is sold by your merchant
Year: 1873

PEOPLE have been so humbugged with
dirty, poisonous hair preparations, that
they hail with delight the new article
styled NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE,
Clear as crystal, and it does its work most
effectually. See advertisement.
Year: 1873

eE Those holding tickets in the original scheme
can return them to J. c. WALLACE. Manager Day.
export, and receive two chances in the new scheme
for one in the old.-which will give them one
chance In Is to draw prize.


The managers assure the public that the drawing
Year: 1873

From lands end to lands end, that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who are on the road TO an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there is but one truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is
Year: 1873




Never does a ferment of feminine energy
resolve itself into public shape without promise OF
remedying the seryanev among the blessings tenfold
I'm its train. committee domestic employme has
been created in every society for the ameoration OF
human woes in gross. college of servants has been
proposed several times, and with selfdenyng zeal the
other members of each organization have suggested that
the LADY members OF the said domestic committee would
reach the end the speediest by training girls In
their own families to English thoroughness, by way Of
providing model servants for the rest But beyond the
registry of such committee society ever went What
a woman's parliament workingwomens union, ladies'
club and dozen benevolent agencies beside failed to do,
the Chdren's Aid Society has quietly added to its
work At the Girls Home, in st.; Mark's-place.


has been formed for training in efficient domestic
work. ana goes through course OF tsaemng ana prae-
is formed only OF volunteers, or those who enter at the
desire OF their parents and the Is complete
under seven months. Ihe principal considers year


little enough time for ordinary proficiency but IL is i'm
possible retain girls longer as they anxious to be
earning the higher wages which their newfound skill
receives AT first they taught to make BEDS sweep
and dust in the quickest, neatest way which every
housekeeper knows quite at variance with the com
mon happy-go-lucky style OF Bridgets performances
When they can make bed leok like a frosted loaf
cake aud can sweep without raising clouds
before the broom, and know how %
leave a room ~ ,.h shining order they learn how
in waiting the matron's table, and answering tho
The lessons in cooking, bread aud pastry making,
given by an experienced cook the girls taking their
kltcuen Till they know now 70
do well what Is required in common families They can
make good soup, Dro chop season stew, dress
poultry Desserts and coffee receive special attention
The class is not large for few girls have the patience to
learn their work thoroughly when unsked service gets
such prices from the start IL averages seven girls VINO
room together separate from the changing odgers aud
are kept under tue matrOn's and housekeepsrs eye.
This trained help eagerly sought for, and commands
good wages and good employers


Asewlng-machine class In the Home Is very popular
among the girls as t IL something they PICK up rapidly
and leads they imagine. into more genteel employ
ment. But the idea OF u training school meets with
great prejudice among those II was meant 10 benefit
absurd reports started that the girls
be sent West without the knowledge OF their parents,
and bound out as slaves Stll the school Is bound
work tTway INTO favor Ladies' do much toward
encouraging THIS practical reform by urging poor girls
10 enter the class keeping an eye ON them whe there,
and fostering their serespec Oy udcious praise show
ing them udmlstsKaby that they do not lower them
selves IN the opinion refined people by entering call.
ing as honorable household service that Is not the
work but the way II 10 done that commands respect.
Year: 1873

g I viii give you an Unfailing key to
success" said an experienced man to
his young friend "Make one ,eelO
friend every day, and retain all you
make. Three hundred and sixty-five
friends year would certainly be an i'm
portant auxiliary to the productive re-
sources" of an ambitious young man
making his may in the world. But then
comes the question: How are these
friends to be made It will be easy
enough to retain friend once earned,
but how can this very excellent pre-
scription of making friends be car
ried out? There may be many
ways in which progress may be had in
this direction, even if the task should
not be literally accomplished. Let us
look at the matter in rational way.
To commence with, civility is an ex-
cellent bait with which to catch friends !;
and civility is cheap. Nothing is easier
than to keep a supply constantly on
hand" There are bogus articles some
times attempted to be palmed off for
the real thing, but they are all so base
that they are easily detected. Obsequi-
business is one hattery another mock
modesty third officiousness a fourth,
and soon. These may have the d" genuine
stamp" but their spuriousness is easily
detected. True eivility needs no false
lights to show it's points. It is the en-
bodiment of Truth, the mere opening
out of the inner self The arts and
articles of a polished exterior are we'll
enough but if they are anything less
or more than fair exponent of inward
rectitude, their hollOwness cannot long
escape detection. Shakespeare has said,
g" A man may smile, and smile, and be
a villain - but all the world knows that
there is a wide difference between the
smile of a villain and that Of an honest
man.


Courtesy, which is the natural out
growth of inward gentleness, bears It's
characteristics by the artIess child as by
the grown man. Civility, therefore, to
be effective in this quest, must have the
sub-stratum of goodness. It must be
pervading and uniform. not exceptional
and fitful. 1t is all very well to lay the


blame of an unreliable and explosive
| temper upon weak digestion, or that


crash humor" inherited from others
| but its disastrous effects are all the same.
! The worst tempers are made subservient
/ to we'll settled and persistent prin-


ciple of right doing and that is the


only thing which can be relied on. The


whole question therefore resolves itself
! into this formula.


To make friends, Do right


/ To keep friends, Do right
Year: 1873


No mechanic can ever attain distinc-
ton unless he is able to detect ordinary
imperfection at sight, so that he can see
if things are out of plumb, out of level,
out of square and out of proper shape;
and unless he can also detect dispropOr-
toned or ill-shaped patterns. This is a
great mechanical attainment. We say
attainment, because it can be attained
by any ordinary person. OF course
there are defective eyes as there are
other defective organs; the speech, for
instance, is sometimes defective; but
the eye is susceptible of the same train
ing as any other organ. The muscles,
the voice, the sense of hearing, all re-
| quire training. Consider how the ar
tist must train the organ of sight in or
der to detect the slightest imperfection
| in shade, color, proportion, shape, ex-
preston, &c. Not one blacksmith in
five ever attains the art of hammering
square; yet it is very essential in his oc-
cupatiOn. It is simply because he al
lows himself to get into a careless habit;
/
necessary for success.


The fact is that the eye is not half as
much at fault as the needless mind.
Some carpenters acquire the careless
habit of using try square every time
they square off a shaving, in place of
giving their minds right to their busi-
ness and properly training their eyes;
and unless they cultivate this power of
the eye they viii always be at journey
work. Look at the well-trained black
smith; he goes across the shop, picks up
the horses foot, takes a squint, returns
to the anvil, forges the shoe, and it ex-
actly fits the foot. Contrast him with
the bungler who looks at the foot, then
forges a shoe, often to the ruin of fine
horse. Now the fault lies in ever allow
ing himself to put shoe that is not In
proper shape for the foot; he should de-
termine to make the shoe fit 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 me-
chanical eye is to first measure an inch
with the eye, then prove it with the
rule, then measure a half inch, then an
eighth, and so on, and you will soon be
able to discover at a glance the differ
ence between a twelfth and a sixteenth
of an inch; then go to three inches, six,
twelve and so on. Some call this guess
ing; there is no guess work about it; il
is measuring with the eye and mind
Acquire the habit of criticising for i'm
perfections every piece of work that yoU
see; do everything as nearly as you cal
without measuring Cor spelling it, o.
as nearly as you can trust the eye witt
with its present training. If you can
not see things mechanically do no
blame the eye for it; it is no more tC
blame than the mouth is because we ca1
not read, or the fingers because we can
not write. A person may write very
: good hand with his eyes closed, the
mind of course directing the fingers


The eye is necessary, however, to de


tsct imperfections.


Every occupation in life requires {


mechanically trained eye, and we should


realize, more than we do, the great i'm
portance of properly training tina


organ.
Year: 1873

FREEDOM without religion is destl-
tuition, vagrancy, vice Freedom from
religion is animalism The freedom
that Is religion can come only from a
religion that is free and makes free
W T. Charlie
Year: 1873

house, badly damaging the car and detain.
ing the arrival of the train in this city til
IL o'clock.


SIX COMETS have been discovered by
the astronomers since April 8, and it has
not been a particularly good year for
comets, either.


FISHER AND GoLDsTEIN, on their ar
rlval at the railroad station at ALBANY.
New York, had to be taken to the peniten-
tiary in sleigh, the ground being so deep
y covered with snow as to prevent locomo-
ton by ordinary vehicles.


MR.. THOMAS, of Adams Valley. il
bound to have his joke. His wife walked
nearly in front of Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad train the other day, and he said
that If she had gone step farther his chill
dren would have had step-mother.


AS WINTER CONTINUES to set closer
IN, let us talk more of trade and work in.
stead Of panic and suspension; for the
reason that, in the degree in which we
talk and feel and act either way, SO do
we awaken activity, or cause depression.


EMOTIONAL INSANITY, according to a
German savan, is q direct and natural
result OF eating oysters. And when we
consider that not one person in hundred
knows how to make an oyster stew we
have no doubt our German friend is right.
Year: 1873

Tho Moving Bog of Dunmore.


A curious phenomenon has recently
occurred in Ireland-the bursting of the
bog of Dunmore-concerning which Mr..
W. lie Poer Trench, after visiting the
locality, writes the following to the London
Times:


~ DUNMoRE, October, 1873.


On the 1st instant the farmer occupying
the farm on Corrabel stream nearest the
bog was digging his potatoes, when he sud-
denly observed q brown mass approaching
him. He left his spade in the ground and
went for the neighbors. On his return the
mass (which was the moving bog) had half
covered his potato-field and completely hid
den his field of corn, with the exception of
a few shocks which happened to be situated
upon knoll or rising ground, and where
they still remain, an island in the middle
of scene Of desolation.


This was but the commencement. Since
thenthe bog has continued to advance in a
rolling mass down the valley toward the
village of Dunmore, burying on its way
three farm-houses, and covering nearly two
hundred acres of arabic and pastare land !,
in some places to depth of six feet. The
unfortunate occupants of these three farms
have been turned, by this melancholy visi-
tation of Providence, farmless and home
less, with their families on the world.


At Dunmore small bridge has been re-
moved near the junction of the Corrabel
stream with the Dunmore river to afford re.
lief to the lands up the valley, and the bog
laden torrent is being discharged into the
river. The worst may be said to be over, but
the discharging powers of the river will be
materially afe tied by this influx ofsolid mat
ter. The source of this disaster presented
wonderful appearance. The subsistence at
the discharging point cannot be less than
thirty-fiye feet. The extent of the bog af-
fected is very clearly defined by series of
black "crevasses.' where the upper crust
of the bog has by the subsistence below
been torn asunder. The whole assumes
the form of crater half a mile in diame-
ter. With considerable difficulty we pi-
loted our way to the centre, where we
found the brown liquid bog boiling out
like a stream of lava and feeding the NOV
ing mass in the valley below AT the
point where the bog bursts its banks
the tough sods of the turf were torn up
and hurled by the force Of the current
around on either side, assuming somewhat
the appearance of ''moraines.
Year: 1873

The representatives elect to the Forty
third Congress met in the city of Washing
ton at noon to-day and began their first
session. Nearly every seat was occupied.
The routine work necessary to thorough
organization of the lower house prevented
the delivery of the Presidents message.
Year: 1873

CAsToRIA.--Is more than a substitute
or Castor Oil. 1t is the only safe article in exis
tence which is sure to regulate the bowels. cure
Wind-colic and produce natural Sleep It is
pleasant to take. Children need not cry and
mothers may sleep,
Year: 1873

tl0m.


HAVANA, December 1.-The news of
the settlement of the Virginius question
between Spain and the United States. and
the terms upon which it was based
was received here with much excitement,
but perfect order prevails among the people
and volunteers. The chief authorities of
the Island assembled in conference and have
sen! a manifesto to the Spanish government,
asking it to wait until it shall have received
protocol about the Virginius case, which
shall show the right of the capture and the
justice of the subsequent proceedings.


The mass of the people oppose the sur
render of the Virginius or any yielding to
pretensions which may dishonor the Span
ish flag. The tone of the press is il &C.
cord with the popular feeling. Extraordi-
nary means and resources are being created
to resist any aggressive act, although think
ing people do not expect it, knowing the
prudence Of the American government.
Year: 1873

Tue NEW YORK HERALD has lately publish.
Cd several articles Of more than usual merit
ana torethought on the present tendencies Of
PIpllc events in this country, and dismissing
sne SIDE issues such as those of protection
ana tree trade, suffrage to one class or the
other, and even that yet greater question Of
Capitalization or State rights, says the real
thought In the minds of most of our politicians
Is, Shall we have republican form of gov
eminent? Shall we nominate General Grant
Tor third term?" It il Justly said
that history repeats ITSELF but it is al ways with
variations which partly obscure its teachings
IRON our sight. The change from simple re-
publlcanism to CeSarism In this country will
not 0e marked by coup detGt. such as that of
Louis Napoleon, but many of the sot,al and
polltlcal elements around US are favorable to
IT, There is an absence OF those fixed senti-
ments on many subjects which pervaded the
community when the revolution was accom-
pushed the country has become accustomed
70 the spectacle of military subOrdinatien and
RUE, and many Of our young men haye form
ed their opinions during its existence; enor-
nous wealth and luxury have not only been
obsained, but this has been done with sud-
denness never before known. The prevalence
OF widespread laxity in moral and political
principles, especially among our public men,
Is too plainly proved by the Credit Mobllier
ana other extraordinary legislation in Con-
gress and big railroad and other iniquittes in
state legislation at Albany and elsewhere !;
property is becoming concentrated in fewer
hands, and the opportunities of readily acquir-
ing land and farm at nominal price are al
most totally lost In the older States, and social
distinctions, scarcely known in the earlier
days Of the Republic, are becoming the rule
instead of the exception, while honest labor is
less respected. These things and others con-
nected with them 80 far to make up the body
OF different government and aid those who,
for the sake of retaining their honors and
emoluments, are desrous that Grant should be
reelected for third term and as much longer
as they can carry elections.