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Year: 1873

The holiday campaign at Reddick & Gili3r's
was conducted with the vieor aud success always
characteristic of this euterprising house. The
shattered lines were promptly filled and the ar.
ray OF good. speedily made as formidable and
complete as ever, and business goes on at lively
rate. Though there Is general compliant OF
dull times and secretly of money, this house sp-
parently does not observe much diminution Of
trade. People must have goods, and have wise.
ly determined to 90 where there money will
reach the f4rtherest. This is invariably the case
at Reddick q Gillen's, as they have the largest
general stock and the fullest lines of specialties
to select from, aud alway at ''live and let live"
prices


We observe at this house heavy assortment
of blankets and shaws of all kinds. The lar.
gest and best selected stock of dress good in this
city and at greatly reduced figures. This de-
partment is rich in everything that the fashion.
able lady can wish for, and at such low prices
that there is no need for any one to look else
where. There is general reduction to close
out the stock at this house, and those who de-
sire to save money and obtain rich and besutiful
goods should call without delay.


FURs-Mr. Prescott is just rushing business
this cold weather. selling furs away down al
first cost He has a very large and complete
stock, with good assortments and excellent va
rietes, and he is determined to sell off his stock
to make room for spring goods He is offering
better bargains now than were ever before knowr
in the fur trade IN Ottawa. II you need any
thing IN his line call and see the goods ant
learn the prices.
Year: 1873

Our dispatches of the 18th inst.


indicate that newspapersare includ-


ed in tho bill recently passed by


Congress to prohibit the franking
of mail matter. This feature Of
tn bill, as will be seen from the
dispatches, is already exciting tho
indignation of the virtuous press.
men of the North. They have had
but little to say of the abuses to


which the franking privileges have
been subjected by base men who


wore official dignities, if we except
those democratic journalswho have
never ceased to keep the cry of I'M
position constantly in the ears of
administration Congressman, but
now that the real burden Of the
bill falls upon their peculiar inter-
ests, we find them rushing
with their memorial to Speaker


Blame, protesting against tho vio-
lation of right so sacred to their
own prosperity. There is not
man in tho south, who loves liberty
and respects the law which is en-
acted for the good government Of
the people, who is ignorant of the
gigantic frauds which were perpe-
tratcd upon the franking privileges
by radical Congressman, in sending
broadcast over the whole continent,
campaign documents in the in nterost
of Grants election. During the
whole season in which these out
RACES were being perpetrated the
radical press of the north were
either silent, or engaged in the do
fence of such crimes, which were
vigorously attacked by the domo-
cratic papers Of the country. But
the doom of a better day sheds
new light upon the abuse of the
prerogative, and as "investigation"
advances every scoundrel in the
land is endeavoring to conceal bis
own guilt, by joining in the cry Of
"stop thief" Those very Congress
mon, who most of allothers engag-
ed most literally in exercising their
franking rights, and who were
most heartily denounced by the
democratic papers, we doubt not,
are thh ring leaders in this new
bill, which is calculated to rebound
with little petty forco upou the
heads of their malcfactors. But
they will be mistaken in their an
ticipations. They will see that the
first and greatest principle Of dem
ocrats is, that he who would be
honest must first be just" They
will find to their great humiliation,
that their bill will meet with but
little opposition from democratic
papers, because these managers see
too we'll that in trying to injure the
rights of the people, those fearless
law-givers have blocked the high
way upon which they have hereto
fore Travelled with impun!ty, when
bent upon the accomplishment of
some outrage upon those whose in
tcrosts they should protect, rather
than abuse, which has been their
custom. t.t
Year: 1873

1t is impossible to form any correct idea
as to the number of cattle that have died
west of the Colorado during the present
winter, but we have ,ecently conversed
with persons from the several surround
ing counties who estimate the loss at fully
one third of the entire stock, possibly
more. If the thousands of hides already
taken from carcasses on the prairies-i"
say nothing Of many more thousands that
have escaped the notice of the "skinners,'
and which have been lost to the leather
trade--bo any criterion, then the above
estimate may be regarded as about correct.
Tho severe freeze of last Tuesday will
without doubt increase the loss very con-
siderably.-Gon Ina. u.
Year: 1873

The plea of insanity in criminal cases is
likely to fare bad in Illinois. 1t does not
matter much to the criminal, however, as
at the present day, to use namely phrase,
the lawyers know many tricks that are
worth two of that. Insanity may serve
an occasion, butt is not the reliance IL
was in olden times. Illinois is, therefore,
somewhat late in dealing with the subject,
but her proposed law is an excellent one.
If jury acquits man of murder as in
sane, he is certainly n sufficiently danger.
Gus uuatc to be placed in safe keeping.
A bill now before the Legislature of Hi
nois provides that whenever an indicted
person is found not guilty by reason OF
his temporary insanity the court shall
send him to u lunatic asylum for term,
of years proportionate to his crime.
Year: 1873

at public salo like that IN the rest Of
the Kingdom. There does not seem
to be any difficulty about finding
purchasers, although the Catholics
who engage in such transactions arc
put under tho ban of sxcommunica-
tion. There are already nearly as
maly of these lepers in the Kingdom
as OF those who have suffered from
the smallpox. Now and then there
is reported IN ths newspapers case
in which Christian burial is refused
by the priests of the church TO one
who has been guilty Of investing his
money in this kind OF sacred proper.
". Meanwhile the monks as well
AZ priests are the objects OF severe
criticism. They are caricatured with
a license which knows little control.


American and English comic public
xtions have hardly ever gone greater
lengths than liavs those issued here.
There arc illustrated prints OF the
clerical party that use the same in.
strnments OF attack upon tho Minis
try and the Government party.
This warfare ofridicule OF the Pope'a
friends will 90 on as long as no sign
is given by the clergy ofa disposition
to put themselves III harmony with
existing tendencies The solidarity
OF Catholic opposition to this undue
pretension OF the papacy in Italy aud
Germany every day grows more init.
mate and strong. No one knows
where the controversy is to end
whether by blood-letting, or a return
to the practice OF tho simple princi.
Piles OF love and charity Of the found
er OF the Christian system.
Year: 1873

At ten minutes TO eleven last evening, as the
ierryboat weehawken was on her trip from Hobo
ken to Barclay street, she ran into the National
steamship lying at anchor in mid stream. The
bow OF the steamship cut through the forward
part OF the Weehawken, crushing the tim
bers into splnters and dangerously injuring
West Twelfth street, New YORK. Much excitement
prevailed among those on board bat they Gained
on being assured by the deck hands tnat the boat
was sale Captain Spicer, OF the ferryDoat, AYERS
that the officers on the steamer rang their bells
only at long intervals, although he kept ringing
ferryDoat.
Year: 1873

At a quarter to one O'Clock the Hackensack, or
Hoboken, on her halfpast twelve O'Clock trip from
Barclay street, ran into the same steamer and was
partially stove In on the ladies' cabin side but no
one was injured. The lifeboat was swept from
her dayits.
Year: 1873

A man who achieves any great
thing in any department. Of human
effort must have assistants in tic
shape Of employees, licutenants,
deputies, Observation-Disclosures you
may choose to call them. lie has
brain enough to furnish direction
to the energy of many men. His
success or failure will be due in Il
large measure to the judiciousncss
of his selection. He must know
his men. They must be capable.
They must be faithful. They must
have no bad habits.


This last brings me to what I
wish to present to my readers.


One of the most important
things to know about any man
upon whom you are going to
place any dependence is, how he
sleeps ? Sleeplessness may some
times be involuntary. There may
have been some shock to the mans
nerves which has made him in
somnolent; but sleepncsslcss is
more frequently voluntary. Men
choose to push their studies Or
their work into those hours when
they should be asleep. 1t docs not
matter for what cause any man
may do this; the mere fact Of not
sleeping spoils his case. lie may
spend his nights in the theatre,
in the study, or in the 'protracted
meeting" It will make no differ.
ence; the result to the body will
be the same. The sleep was not
had, and for that the man must
pay. One man may do with q lit
tie less sleep than another but as
general rule, if you want a clerk,
a lieutenant, a lawyer, a physi-
clan, . legislator, q judge, presi-
dent, or q pastor, do not trust your
interests to any man that does not
take an average eight good, solid
hours Of sleep out Of every twen-
ty-four. Whatever may be his
reason for it, if he does not give
himself that, he will snap some
time just when you want him to
be strong.


The intellectual and moral con-
nections Of sleeping have, l think
not been sufficiently appreciated.
Men and boys have been praised
for "burning the midnight oil"
Now, this "midnight oil" is a dclu-
sion and q snare. The student
who is fast asleep at eleven
o'clock every night, and is wide
awake at seven in the morning, is
going to surpass another student
Of the same intellectual ability
who goes to bed after twelve and
rises before five. In sleep the
plate on which the picture is ta-
en- is receiving it's chemical prepa-
ration, and it is plain that which
is the best prepared will take the
premium.


Men who arc the fastest asleep
when they are asleep arc the
widest awake when they are
awake.


Great workers must be great
restcrs.


Every man who has clerks in
his employ ought TO know what
their sleeping habits are. The
young man who is up till two,
three and four o'clock, in the morn
ing, and must put in his appear
ance ut the bank Or store at nine
or ten o'clock, and work all day,
cannot repeat this process many
days without a certain shaking
coming into the system, which be
will endeavor to steady by some
delusive stimulus. It is in this
way that many young man be-
gins bis course to ruin. He need
not necessarily have been in bad
company. He has lost his sleep;
and losing sleep is losing strength
and grace.
Year: 1873

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TIE EX-
TENSION OF THE TINE FOR THE
PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAX
ES FOR TIE FISCAL YEAR COM
MENcISG NOVEMBER lsT, 1872.


Whereas delay in the levy of
certain taxes to meet appropria-
tions for the fiscal year common
Year: 1873

When you are carrying several aTti-
cles and one of them slips, it is best
not to try to recover it. An Essex
street man named Roberts was helping
his wife prepare the dinner table on
Sunday, as one of the deacons was to
dine With them. Roberts took a plate
of steak in one hand and the coffee-pot
in the other, and had dish of peas on
the arm with the steak. The wind
blew the dining-room door partly to as
he approached 1t, and putting out his
foot to push it back, the arm with the
peas moved out of plumb, and the dish
commenced to slide. A cold streak
few up Roberts, spine, and his hair be-
gan to raise, and he felt sudden sick
ness at the stomach, but he lodged
them, made a wrong move, lost them
again, jabbed at them with the coffee
pot, upset the steak dish, and in spring
ing back to avoid the gravy stepped on
the cat that belonged to the family
down stairs, and came to the floor IN a
heap, with the steak and peas and a
terribly mad cat under him, and an
oYerfowing pot of scalding coffee on top
of him. Then he bounded up, and
stamped on the steak dish, and picked
up the other dish and threw it out of
the window, and finished that perform
ance in time to hurl the eoffee-pot and
the remaining contents after the cat,
which was making the very best time
down the front stairway. The deacon
didn't stay to dinner Roberts retired
TO the bedroom with bottle of sweet
oil and a roll of cotton batting and
Mrs. Roberts went over to ker moth
erss to cry.-DHab1Tg NeaVs. sE


ATTENTION to the mind is the natu-
raj prayer that we make to interior
truth, that We may discover it-Male-
] branch.
Year: 1873

New Orleans Picayune-l


In the private album of the chief of
police, where all the celebrated wOmens'
pictures, or +" mugs of the MolIs," at
taohed to the rogue's gallery are kept,
there are many striking faces, some
fair, beautiful and proud, others soft
and delicate, others pinched and sharp,
while again are those intellectual and
with the stamp of refinement and wealth
Mollie Waterman's picture is none of
these. It is that of a plain, cold
woman, just like that of statue would
be, with her black hair folded back and
bound around her head, while her dress
of rich black is caught by the throat
with heavy clasp.


By her side, with its head in her lap
and It's intelligent eyes looking eagerly
into her face, is a black and tan terrier
dog of medium size and with a plain
collar. -.


A singular picture to see in a gallery
Of thieves, yet probably the most sin 3u-
lar pair found in the long lines of faces,


MolIie Waterman never stole herself.
She trained her dog. Going into a store
she selected various costly Iaces, jew
elry, etc, and looking at them placed
them back with particular motion of
her hand, shortly going out of the
store. The dog remained, and siezing
the article when the showman's back
was turned, made with it to her room,
where it was received by Mollie and
the dog rewarded. .-e. ---.F
q For years she piled this with success
until one day the dog was caught there
Unheeding Of herself she surrendered
imploring for the life of her favOrite.


The pictures Of the two were, how
ever, taken together, and then the dog
was killed, the body being inhumanl
thrown into the cell where the woman
lay. l s.sa l.l .aaa Discs 7


So the police left them; but, WheI
lthey returned with the morning, sh'
was found dead, poisoned by her owl
hand, lying with her steadfast friend 4
There was q rude inquest, of course
a coroner and a joking crowd bu
when the two were tumbled into thetl
old box, ont into the potters' field, there
were closed out forever two who might
be an example TO many loving friends
Year: 1873




HilO is one of the very few places on
these islands where you can see a truly
royal sport-the surf-board. Itrequires
a rough day and heavy surf, but with
a good day it is one of the finest sights
in the world.


The surf-board is a tough plank about
two feet wide and from six to twenty
feet long, usually made of the bread
fruit tree. Armed with these, a party
of tall, muscular natives swim out to
the first line of breakers, and, watching
their chance to duck under this, make
their way finally, by the help of the
under-tow, into the smooth water far
off beyond all the surf. Here they bob
up and down on the swell like so many
ducks, watching their opportunity.
What they seek is a very high swell,
before which they place themselves, Iy-
ing or kneeling on the srrf-board. The
great wave dashes onward, but as its
bottom strikes the ground, the top, un-
retarded in its speed and force, breaks
into a huge comber, and directly before
this the surf board swimmer is propelled
with a speed which we timed and found
to exceed forty miles per hour. In fact,
he goes like lightning, always just
ahead of the breaker, and apparently
down hill, propelled by the vehement
impulse of the roaring wave behind
him, yet seeming to have a speed and
motion of his own.
1t is a very surprising sight to see
three or four men thus dashed for near
ly mile toward the shore at the speed
of an express train, every moment about
to be overwhelmed by a roaring breaker,
whose white crest was reared high above
and Just behind them, but always es-
Gaping this engulfment, and propelled
/ before it. They look, kneeling or ly-
| ing on their long surf rf-boards, more like
some curious and sWift-swimming fish,
like dolphins racing, as it seemed to
me, than like men. Once in a while,
by some mischance the cause of which
I could not understand, the swimmer
was overwhelmed; the great zcombeI
overlook him; he was flung over and
over like a piece of wreck, but instantly
dived, and re-appeared beyond and out
side of the wave, ready to take advan-
tage of the next. a successful shot
launched them quite high and dry on
the beach far beyond where we stood to
watch. Occasionally man would
stand erect upon his surf-board, balan-
cling himself in the boiling water with
out apparent difficulty.


The surf board play is one of the an,
cient sports of Hawaii. I am told that
few of the younger generation are ca
pable of it, and that it is Thought to re,
quirc great nerve and GOODNESS ever
among these admirable swimmers, and
to be not without danger. Harper
Magazine.


Though when IN London a great dea
| 81 adv RloaciD okoYa'u a aaauns tha faff
Year: 1873

PEOPLE always fancy that we cannot
become wise without becoming old also;
but In truth, as years accumulate, 1t Is
hard to keep ourselves IS wise as we
were. Man. becomes, in the different
STAGES of his life, indeed a different be
ing but he cannot say that he Will
surefv be better as he grows onward,
and in certain matters, he is as likely
to be right in his 2Oth as in his Goth
vear.-Goetf.
Year: 1873

Laziness prevents man from getting of
his horse to put up the first rail that gets
knocked off the fence, and through this
lazy neglect, whole field ofcorn is seriously
damaged.


Laziness keeps man from driving one
nail when one would do, and finally costs a
carpenters bill for extensive repairs.


Laziness allows gate to get off the
hinges and lie in the mud, or stand propped
up by rails-or stable OF barn to leak and
damage hundreds of dollars worth Of pro-
yeDder.


Laziness in short, is the right and proper
name for nine-tenths of the excuses given
tor bad farming. But by far the most
prolific of many wastes that are due to lazi-
ness is the waste of ignorance But this
waste is in itself so great, and has so many
ram6cations, that we shall have to defer
its discussion for anot er time.
Year: 1873

We have recently read notes about close
men. but the following description of "Old
Sknfnt," which we clip from the Horn
vile Herald, takes the lead Old Skin
flint. with "A speckled hen, was down to o.
Brien's circus last Thursday and htched
his team to fence in the rear of bis Office.
Pulling an old ten pound salt sack from
under his seat, he proceeded to feed the
horses What in the world the hen was for
we could not imagine until inst before
hitching up to return he lied the end of
the string attached to the hens leg to the
hind wheel Of the wagon, and the mystery
was solved-he had brought along the hen
to pick up the last oat left by the horses,
that nothing might be lost
Year: 1873

The Missouri editors at their late con
vention formally resolved that man has
the same right to walk into grocery store
aud order barrel of sugar or a sack of coffee,
or into a law office and demand legal
opinion from its occupant, or into an under
takers and request coffin, without ex
pectiug to pay for their respective wares or
services, as into newspaper office and de,
mand the use # its brains and muscle and
type, without thought of recompense.
Year: 1873

A Pennsylvania editor lost subscriber
by death the other day, and this is the ed
itorial obituary death seems to lurk be-
hind every rail fence and hay stack in this
vicinity, aud lay in wait for our most prom
iuent citizens. TO day We see it, tomorrow
we don't. Ab who can tell what day
may bring forth in blasted country like
this ? Death has again turned a flip flap, aud
came down fiat footed in our midst, and
snatched from among US one Of the best sub
scribers we ever had. He possessed the
love, confidence and esteem of all who knew
him, and of some who did not and except
a slight poker debt to Mr., be did not
owe a cent in the world.
Year: 1873

The beauties of litigation are we'll ex.
empifed in the case OF two Colorado par
ties who went to law because they c Iuld
not agree upon the division line between
their lots. One claimed about an inch and
half Of ground, and the land was worth
fifteen cents per front foot. The case has
been in the court two years the last time
being tried with one judge, four lawyers
and forty six witnesses. The costs amount.
ed to 81 ,542; and the jury disagreed
Year: 1873

"CoLD PIzEN." "A day or two since a
young lady at Silver City tried to poison
herself because young man of whom she
was fond had the bad taste to wed another
maiden of the village. When she shall
have lived tc see her rival putting out her
Monday washing, with nine small child
rem and twins at the breast, she will be glad
that the cup was dashed aside.
Year: 1873

A farmer and his wife called at a pho
tograph gallery last week to order some
photographs of her, and while the operator
was getting ready, the husband gave the
wife little advice as to how she must act ::
"Fasten your mud on something" he said,
"or else you'll laugh and spiIe the job
Think about early days; how your father
got in Jail, and your mother was an old
scolder, and what you'd have been if
hadn't pitied you. Just fasten your mind
on that p She din't have any photographs
taken
Year: 1873

vienna Letter A1uCAlCdus


The Germans in th9 u Lifted States, and
those Americans who affect a fondness fer
lager beer, don't drink it as it is drank ia
Germany. Phey rush into restaurant
and gulp down two or three glasses and
move ON. Here German never thinks OF
finishing bis glass Of beer in less than ten
minutes, or to drink it without eating
something at the same time, even if it is
only . cru3t of brown bread. In fact, q
German in the Fatherland is constitution
ally opposed to doing anything in hurry,
and especially TO drinking beer with "rapid
speed" The consequence is that we donot
see men here with great, huge paunches, as
at home, capable of swallowing a keg OF
beer after supper. They seldom treat one
another, but sit down to the tables, and al
though they drink together, each man pays
for what he consumes, whether it be beer
or food. This of itself is great preVen-
tive of excess, as, f half dozen or
dozen were to sit down to drink, as with
US, each must treat in turn, and thus six or
q dozen glasses he guzzled, whether they
want it or not. If our temperance friends
could institute what is called the "Dutch
tre&' into cur saloons, each man paying
his own reckoning, it would be long step
toward reform in drinking to excess. In
short, beer in Germany is part OF each
mans food. He takes it as a susten2nce,
and not as a stimulant-