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Year: 1873

A FEMALE SAvIoUR.-A female saw


Jour and her apostles are creating pro-
digious sensation in the southern part of
the Russian Empire. The Russian pa
pers say that the leader of these women,
whose name is Anastatia Gabacrewicz,
claims to have performed number OF
miracles, having made the blind see
and the lame walk. A vision first re-
vealed to her that she was the daughter
Of God, selected to suffer for the redemp-
ton Of her sex in tho same way that
Christ suffered for that of the other. I'm
mediately after this revelation she gave
up eating meat and drinking brandy,
and prepared herself for the mission -
The Holy Ghost then possessed her and


gave her the power to work wonders with
a mere word. She pretended to be able
to resurrect even the dead by simply
touching them; and so strong is the faith
of the ignorant masses in this new proph
etess, that the prison to which she has
been confined by the authorities, has be-
come place Of pilgrimage for thousands.
The sick are brought from distant locali-
ties to receive the assistance of the in
spired woman, and the keepers receive
large bribes for permission to see her.
Every day new stories of her extraordi-
nary powers are circulated far and wide.
Year: 1873

No DISCRIMINATORY the pas
sage Of the Illinois law prohibiting dis
elimination by the railroads of that State,
it is reported that conductor on one of
the roads has forbid honeymoon billing
and cooling. Observing bridegroom IS
arm out Of place, he forbade further
demonstration. but l have a right to
hug" said John. " Not on a railroad, /"
said the conductor; there is n law for
bidding all unjust determinations on rail
roads, and as l haven'ta woman for each
man on the train to hug, your action is in


violation of the law and must be stopped"
Year: 1873

AN exasperated Bostonian is rushing
around with an unshaven face and de-
mandng to- know if these women will
never know anything. The slight cause
for all his mental disturbance is found in
the fact that one of his daughters had
used one Of his razors to cut maple sugar
with, and another had taken its mate to
sharpen his lead pencil with, while his
wife had rendered his shaving brush
somewhat too stiff for its original purpose
by using 1t in gluing some broken furni-
ture
Year: 1873

arranged that / should spend two even
ings of each week at her house, and study
on those occasions what she thought best


No lover ever looked forward to meet
ings with the mistress of his heart any
more ardently than did to those meet
ings with my friend.


grew careful of my personal appear
ance, careful of my conversation and
strove in every way to be worthy of this
noble friendship. Two years passed in
this delightful manner-two years that
made me. My friend not only attended
to my studies, striving all the while to
sow the right kind Of spiritual seed, but
she procured me business situation with
particular friend of hers, where remain
to this day. Nobody but God know:
what / owe this woman. During the last
three months of those two years, noticed
that she grew constantly pale and thin
she never was betrayed into speaking o.
herself Sometimes when L would ask
her if she felt worse than usual, she would
reply:


"Oh no am only a little tired-that
is ALL"


One evening she kept me by her sofa
much longer than was her custom, while
she arranged lessons, and laid out worl,
enough it seemed to me for months.


"Why so much tonight ~ inquired
conscious that my heart ached, and
vaguely suspecting the cause.


Because, DEAR" she answered, :" dc
not want you to come for the next week
and am anxious that you should have
sufficient work to anticipate as we'll as tc
keep you busy. think can trust you
to be a good boy, John ~


~ think you can, ma'am," answered
almost sobbing.


"If should see your mother, my deal
boy, before long. what shall l say to hel
for you ?''


Then l knew all, and my grief knew
no bounds. 1t is no use to go on. She
died two days after; and when heal
folks saying, "Theres woman at at the
bottom of it," feel it like telling the
whole world what woman did for me-. ,
Year: 1873

any one doubtsa the financial wisdom of
the course aboverecommended let him try
the experiment for once Of buying years
supply Of some article that will keep.
That is, let himsspend at once as much for
sugar, molasses and starch as he pays out
for these articles in the course Of year,
and see whether he saves or loses by the
operation. In making such purchases he
will, of course, buy by the quantity when
the articles are at the cheapest, coal in the
summer time, sugar and molasses in Janu-
ary and February, and dry goods when
they rule low. WITH great many house.
keepers the fact that they are short of sup
plies renders them incapable of making the
most of the resources at their command.
With full supplies they might not furnish q
better wardrobe or 8 more sumptuous ia
bic. but they would feel vastly more satis-
faction in their surroundings. We want
nothing so much as that which we are de-
MED. Not for this, however, but from mo-
tives Of economy in dollars and cents, we
urge on all those who can to buy by the
quantity, and not buy by the small.
Year: 1873

In the Legislative proceedings of Thurs
day, in the House, as reported in the Union
and Amcricon, we find the following


After roll call and reading of the journal,
Mr.. Kerr, of Shelby, rose and called the at
tention of the House to the statement of u
morning paper to the effect that certain
distinguished gentlemen from the Eastern
and Western divisions of the State are
said to be preparing for a hostile meeting,
upon the soil of neighboring State in vio-
lation of existing statutes, and especially
in violation and disregard of the proyis
ions Ofa bill now pending before this Cen
eral Assembly, which makes it felony
punishable with confinement i'm the pene-
Ientiary, and ineligbility to public offices
in this State forever, in aay of its citizeni
to return to the State after having left it
for the purpose of fighting duel.


Mr. Kerr said the pending bill was not
retrospective in its purposes, but by espe-
cial clause was only TO apply to such cases
as should arise after its enactment. AS the
author of the bill he desired to exempt
from its provisions such of our warm blood
ed and generous young men as during the
wal and since had been unfortunately
connected with any of these affairs of dis
honor, and not require the "anti-dueling
oath" of Office TO be administered to them,
as to the past, bat only for future offences.
If rumor be correct, it is not hasty, ire
sponsible boys who are bringing this fresh
trouble and disgrace to the State, to the ma
ton, 10 families, TO communities, 10 indi-
viduals, but men, matured men, men of
great power and influence ut home and
abroad, men who have in the past held
high and honorable public station, one at
least, if not more of them, at present filling
places of important and responsible trust.
He would therefore move n suspension of
the rules of this House to put the pending
bill upon its second reading, so as to adj
vance necessary legislation to be in time
for the distinguished would-be violators OF
the peace and dignity of the Common
wealth of Tennessee. The rules were at
once suspended and the bill passed on its
second reading without dissenting vote
Year: 1873

your answer in regard to the subject In
the mean time, if the occasion offers, l
will speak fully with my nephew upon
the subject, and sec what he thinks of em-
igrating to Knoxville"


Now the practical application is this; {;
The writer of the above letter is one of the
weathiest bankers in Europe. He seems
to be anxious to invest money in the Uni
ted States, and at present has fromS $50, 600
to S500,000 in the Nashville and Louisville
Railroad But, with all that, he is very
careful man in his speculatons, and will
only invest where he feels confident that
it is perfectly safe. Now if this nephew
can be brought over here by proper in
ducements being offered, it would he the
means of bringing thousands of dollars
among us. 1t will not require any great
length of time after his arrival for him to
be convinced that this business will pay
here, and pay largely. When his uncle
has been once convinced of this fact, he
will only need to hint that to insure per
feet success he needs more capital, and we


have no doubt it will be furnished by the
| thousands. Nor will it stop there. Others,
stimulated by his success will be induced


TO embark in enterprises of like nature and


the result will be that soon one factory af-
| ter another will be erected around us
Hundreds of idle persons would find EN-
| ployment, and immigrants would pour in
! by the thousand 1t does seem to us that
| the leading business men of this city


should be interested enough to make up {


stock company for this purpose, and Offer


suitable inducements to this man, or any


other good man, to come here and lay the


corner stone for the future prosperity o
| our city.
Year: 1873

One of the Ohio papers tells about
brave little boy out there who found a
broken rail on the railroad track, and per-
ceiving the peril in which the train would
be placed if it should come dashing past
without warning, sat out on the fence for
five long hours in the bitter winter cold
in order that he might carry the first news
of the accident to his father, who is local
editor of paper published In the neigh
boring village
Year: 1873

On one occasion the writer desired TO
erect q board fence around a field which
was free from stone, aud he proceeded
on the following plan The line of the
fence was laid out perfectly straight,
and small stakes were driven into the
ground sixteen feet apart. A sha1p
wedge-shaped pointed crow-bar was pro-
cnred, with which holes were punched
in the ground where each stake was
placed. BY working the bar back and
forth in the ground, the hole was made
large enough to fit the post closely, and
two and half feet deep. The post was
pointed very evenly ON each side, so
that it would drive straight. The top
was beveled so that It would not split
in driving. A triangular stool, with
three legs three feet long, and a heavy
beetle, completed the outfit The
beetle was made out of a piece Of soft
maple, fifteen inches long, cut from q
small tree about n foot In diameter.
The bark was trimmed off. and the
edges were beveled of about three in
ches a handle of ash, two inches
thick, was put through the beetle, and
was trimmed down so as to be an inch
md half thick one way and two inches
IN another. This prevents + from turn
ing IN the hands when striking with it.
When the posts we're all ready 10 be
driven, a man held one of them. with
the point IN the hole, while another
mounted the stool and drove Il down
with the beetle. With q little carr. the
man who held the post kept Il upright
and in line with the rest. As the posts
were driven, two men followed mailing
on the boards. These four men COM
pleted a fve-board fence around a square
ten-acre field IN one day and half,
making the labor eqnal to six days
work. Had the holes been dug, the Job
would have taken at least four times as
long. The cost Of the labor was less
than ten cents rod. The men were
good mechanics, or it woaid have cost
much more, their labor ct two dollars
and half day being probably twice
as cheap as common labor at half that
rate. In addition 10 the superior rapid
ity and cheapness OF the work. the fence
was much hrmer than Il coald possibly
have been had the holes heen dug for
the nosts
Year: 1873

Half the perplexity, annoyance and
trouble that men have in this world is
in consequence of getting in debt. 1t
seems TO be natural for some people to
buy and incur obligations without meas
ure, so long as they can avoid paying
the ready cash. Give one Of this sort a
chance to buy on credit, and the ques-
ton of payments are matters that he
cares but little about. But what crop
Of trouble springs up from the seed of
debt. How many gray hairs it brings,
and how often it shortens life some
times leading men to commit suicide OF
murder. And yet how easy It is to
keep clear of this terrible monster. Ex-
cry young man should form fixed and
unalterable determination, before COM
mencing his active business career, not
to incur one penny Of indebtedness un-
der any circumstances never buy any
thing unless you have the money to
pay for it at once pay no attention 70
" splendid opportunities, I" rare
chances" '' bargains, " and the like
Such are only traps to catch victims.
II you see anything you would like to
accept, look first at your money pile,
and make the answer depend upon that
Always pay as you go. If you are short
Of money, guage your demands accord
ingly.
Year: 1873

It is a complaint as old as man, says
a writer in the Saturday Review, that we
only know how to live when we have
done with life. The saving is essen
TALLY true of marriage and Of TIE right
kind of person to choose. Girls of ro-
mantic tendencies. think they ought not
to marry unless with the most passion
ate furore of love. They do not know
that respect and compatibility of tenn
per are better sureties for happy life
than a passion which must IN tirne wear
itself out. however strong It may be
now, and of which the best hope is that
1t may become friendship. Good plain
common sense men, who would make
excellent husbands but are nothing to
look at, are refused by certain of the
feather-headed, IN favor of a dream
that will never be realized, a fancy that
has no more substance than soap bub-
BILE. Or personal wealth is refused for
mere wealth, quite as often as for pen
niless romance. The man of a girls
fancy is too handsome to be traitor,
roue, weak, or of so wayward temper
that her life, if she marries him, viii be
simply torture. She is. sure of him,
she says with indignation when stony
hearted wisdom points out his patent
flaws, and experience breaches caution
AID remuneration. She knows that love
will not fly out of her window when
poverty stalks in at the door or she
does not believe he is a roue now, what
ever the evidence. And even if he is,
she comforts herself with the sensible
reflection that a reformed rake makes
notoriously the best husband and ne
woman is proof againt the seduction
of reforming the man she loves, and
bringing him to virtue by means of her
wiles. She is in love, and she believes
that her love is eternal. Pretty girls
of poor circumstances and belonging to
large families, whom it would be an In
caiculable relief to get web settled,
have been known to refuse eligible
offers from good men because of this
fancy of theirs about Prince Pretty
man. tt- - @
Year: 1873

Waste paper can be made to perform
variety Of service in household econ
omy. Any surface like q stove or
crate requiring backing can be kept
bright for long time by being rub
bed daily with waste paper. Win
dows, OF any glass surface that has
been thoroughly washed. can be wiped
and polished with pieces Of soft news
paper. Tin that has been secured, or
silver that has been rubbed, can bs
frightened in the same way. Several
thicknesses Of newspaper laid under
carpet are an economical substitute for
the material found at the carpet-stores
for the same purpose. House plants
covered by newspapers will resist the
frost on cold nights, and out door
plants eau be protected in the came
way. Newspapers placed between
blankets have the effect Of additional
bedding. These are only few Of the
uses of waste paper that could be easily
enumerated. We recommend 1t n q
household agent, because the supply
il un limited, and because, after hav-
ing done duty once, 1t can be still
available for use as kindtiug, or to be
sold to the dealers in the article.
idence Journal.
Year: 1873

/
is woman OF medium size and looks
rather delicate. She is handsome,
well educated and a lady in every
sense Of the word. Their family con-
sists of three blue-eyed little children,
the oldest little boy Of three years,
has FIVE fingers on each hand. Their
house is rude log structure of the
frontier style Of architecture. Rude
as it is beneath that roof best two
warm sympathizing hearts that will
share the last morsel with the stran-
ger. or with him who is in need. Ma.
hue Lake is beautiful sheet Of
water, nearly half mile wide and one
and a half long. On the east side is
a grove of thick timber, and right
here is where Mr.. Colvin's house
stands. Our camp is near the house
and some two hundred yards from
the Lake. They live on the borders
OF civilizations: their nearest ncighbor
on one side is eight miles distant and
on the other side is trackless wilder
ness. Colvin has spent the greater
part of his life in hunting, and has
chosen this location because game is
plenty here. On the 18th Mr.. Col
vim and myself went 1 or ) miles in
the timber to hunt; Mr.. Ncgus went
along and we returned the same day
with the team to our camp ON the
lake. That evening ! got glimpse
of deer, the first had seen for sew
eral years. fired and up he tum.
blcd. Mr.. Colvin killed one also; we
carried one to our camp, the other we
hung up in the woods. ! will just
say to our old friend VIM. Knott Of
Upton that have eaten venison and
thought of him while doing SO accord
ing to his request. We saw plenty
of bear signs. Colvin killed cub
few days before we came to the lake,
and he gave us a part of it; the bear
was.there about ten days ahead OF us:
but they have "gonc where the wood.
bine twineth.' Mr.. Negus came with
the team, and we all wen, TO our
camp on the lake. We then moved
our camp few miles into the will
derness to cranberry marsh where
we gathered five bushels Of berries
which we intend to send home.


On the 23d we moved back to eur
camp near Colvin's, and the next day
packed up and with feeling Of regret
left our kind friends at the lake, who
will ALWAYS have warm place in our
remembrance. and wound our way
back to the settlements. killing lot
of fine grouse as we went. which by
the way are very very plenty, and
the next day we pitched our tent on
the suburbs OF st. Cloud.


The Mississippi at this place is
about the size of Cedar river at home.
Two miles above here is place
where teams can easily ford it; it is
rock bottom and the surface Of the
water at this time is dotted with
boulders. scme Of which stand out of
the water as large as hay stacks. To-
day Mr.. l.aughton. proprietor of the
City hotel, and daughter, called vi our
camp and paid us short visit. Mr..
l.. is man that means business and
expects to make every one feel at
home who hoAors him with a call.


Mr.. Negus and wife took boarding
at the City Hotel to-day and will
start for their home in Iowa soon.


JOSIAH COLLINS.
Year: 1873

With the rescue Of the Buddington
party by Scotch whaler the story of
one OF the most remarkable OF arctic
voyages comes to . romantic and alb
rupt conclusion. There were few per-
sons who sympatbized with DR.. Hall
In Washington during the winter Of
1871. or witnessed the departure of the
PoIaris with her compact buiwarks,
her comfortable cabins. aud her sup
plies Of oil and provisions. who ever
dreamed Of the untimely fate OF her
Intrepid commander, or calculated on
~ DISASTROUS an ending 70 all his we'll
laid aud hoaorabiy ambitious plans.
In spite Of the meagcr equipment of
the vessel. the disaffection existing
among its officers, and the death Of
its commander, partly by luck aud
partly by persistence on the part of
some Of its gallant members this little
ban J succeeded in accomplishing sci
entific results whose importance can
scarcely yet be estimated. and In pass
Ing far beyond tho bounds which lin
tied tho explorations OF Sir John
franklin, and the boldest of their pre-
decessors.


The strangsst part OF the whole
story is, that In spite Of disasters al
most Incredible, every life. excepting
that of the hopeful originator himself,
has been saved. On . cake Of ice one.
half Of the crew supported life for six
months by shooting seals. The other
men, after wintering iu huts built
with spars of the disabled vessel, put
to sea in canvas boats, by . happy
streak Of good fortune have lived to
tell the tale, are now in the enjoyment
OF good health, and on the other side
Of the Atlantic await . passage home.


Any doubts existing IS to the cause
Of Captain Halls death will now be
entirely set at rest. Captain Budding.
ton will doubtless, be subjected to
close examination on the part Of the
Secretary Of the Navy, and IL there be
any secret to be divulged we shall
soon be able to get at the truth Of it,
Inter Ocean.
Year: 1873

The little Republic Of Switzerland,
which has reposed so TRANQUILITY in the
Alps for the last half century, unmind-
full of the great wars which have been


waged all around it, is at last i'm
pressed by the necessity Of arming
itself with the view to future contin-
gencies. The Government has COM
menced recognizing the army and
fortifying more strongly its strateget-
ically important places. The alliances
which have lately been made have
alarmed the Government, aud it 10
now firmly believed that the next wsr
upon which armed Europe will enter
will have for its theater Switzerland,
or its immediate vicinity In this
event the Mountain Republic will be
prepared to defend itself. Although
the antiquarians have taken away her
Tell, the old spirit still remains there.
Year: 1873

If piece of silver he put into nitric
acid, clear and colorless liquid. it is
rapidly dissolved and vanishes from the
sight. The solution of silver may | c
mixed with water, and to appearance 10
effect whatever is produced thus, in a
pail of water, We dissolve and render in
visible more than ten pounds worth OF
silver, not particle of which can be
seen. Not only silver. lead ard ron,
but every other metal can BE- treated in
the same way with similar results When
charcoal is burned, when candles are
burned, when paper is burned. these sab
stances all disappear and become invisi-
bic. In fact, every material which is
visible can, by certain treatment, be ren-
dered invisible Matter which in one
condition is perfectly Opaque, and viii
not admit the least ray of light to pass
through it, will in another form become
quite transparent. The cause of this
wonderful effect of the condition of mat
ter is utterly mex plicable.