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Year: 1872

This is the man all tattered and torn
that Kissed the maiden all forlorn that
milkeda the cow with the crumpled
horn. that, tossed the dog that worried
the cat that killed the rat that ate the
malt that lay in the house that George
Year: 1872

About eight O'Clock yesterday morning Abraham
8. struckle, q lad nine years Of age. with other
boys, was riding on the rear Of truck at Twenty
nfth street and Second avenue, and az the truck
turned around the corner Abraham was thrown OF
on the rail track and before he could recover him.
self car No. 20 Of the Second avenue line, following
closely In the wake OF the truck passed over his
body thus crushing him 10 death. The remains
were taken up and conveyed TO the residence OF the
parents, $40 East Twenty fourth street, where Cor
oner Herman win hold an inquest. Clark Turner,
driver OF the car, was arrested and detained TO
await the action Of the Coroner. Turner claims
that he did everything in his power TO prevent the
accident.
Year: 1872

daily, and that the increase of bust


ness is such that the company intends
putting on another boat to run in con.
nection with the Dick johnson on the
Tennessee river trade. The freight


brought to this station are principal


ly pig iron, cotton and pea nuts
This is an important station to the


railroad company, and great MERIT is
due those who have established this
trade in this remote region. The pea


nut trade at this place is very large I;
several hundred bags were received


here to day, to be shipped North
Several acres have been cultivated,
this year, in this region, and have
proved to be very successful. Farm
ers are making arrangements TO culti-
vate this crop more extensively the
coming year, they deem it one of the
most profitable crops they can raise,
realizing net gain of from fifty to
sixty dollars per acre, and can be cul-
tivats at about the same expense as
corn. From the present indications of
things, business might be considerably
increased at this place, and it appears
to me a good hotel could be made very
profitable, there being a considerable
amount of travel by river and railroad
that have to lay over here. w,
Year: 1872




Our correspondent at Danville, un-
der date of 18th inst, sends us the
following from that point;


As l paid visit to this place to-day,
| found the work on the bridge cross
ing the Tennessee river progressing
rapidly-fye new spans are now com
pletcd and only one more remains to
to be done, except the two draw spans,
and by the first of January the six
spans will be finished. Great credit
is due to Supt. Meek for the energy
and perseverance used in pushing this
work to an early compile
ton Also the work on the hoisting
machinery, at the wharf, for transfer
ing freight from the steamboats, to the
cars, is completed, and il works like a
a charm. A great quantity of freight
is brought to this point by the steamer,
Dick johnson, for shipment by rail
North, and South, and also by rail-
road for shipment, by boat, to all
points on the Tennessee river Mr.
Curtis, the very polite and gentleman
ly railroad agent, At this place, inform
cd me that on an average eight TO ten
cay load Of freight are shipped North
Year: 1872

The Lucknow Times tells MS that a
little while ago gentleman, described
as OF ''rather prepossessing appearance"
came to that place, bringing with him
letters OF introduction to several people
in moderate circumstances. With these
people he lived, and having represented
himself rs gentleman OF substance, lie.
ing solo owner and possessor of one lakh
and fifty thousand rupees, was treated
with the utmost Difference and courtesy,
and further, was permitted to gain the
affections Of n young lady whose only
personal attractions appeared to be n
profusion of valuable jewelry she con-
stantIy sported. The young lady ex-
planned that her father was nm extra as
sistant-comniissioner stationed Mt some
thing less than thousand miles from
Oonao, and possessilg m estate of inn
measurable extent and incalculabe value,
to which she was the heiress. a match
was very soon arranged, and the young
couple, as happy as wealth and affection
combined could make them, were mar
ried, andjef Lucknow on their wedding
tour few days ago. And here the tale,
to be happy one, should end, but, un-
fortunately, this Is not the end of the
tale. The gentleman took his bride to
Buxar, where it turned ont that he wa
engaged in the truly delectable and
highly remunerative profession of fire.
man on the East India Railway, draw wing
the muniticent salary of forty rupees Il
month, and it was with feelings of TN
uttered anguish that he felt it his duty
to inform the lady that the lakh and
half of the rupees were in the hands of
another party, who obstinatoly refused
10 give up the money on the ground of
his being the rightful owner of it. The
bride b-re the disappointment with
stoical equanimity, and Informed her
husband, with uDfeignrd regret, that
similar difficulty existed with regard to
her fathers estate near Oonao. The
estate was there all night of course, but
it was encumbered to such an extent that
it was impossible to get at it. The ma
ture of the encumbrance, too, was eX-
tremely peculiar ; an old zemindar had
another estate ON top of it, and he OBJ
stinately refused to take it off. And the
whole of the valuable jewlry, which had
proved so excellent bait, had been re-
turned to the brides sister and the other
ladies from whom it had been borrowed
for the OCCASION 1t IS said that the pair
bear their common disappointment with
a very good grace, and are as happy as
can be expected under the circum,
stances.
Year: 1872

COLORADO In Colorado poets seem
to be natural outcropping OF the soil,
though at present the growth seems im-
perfect. Imagination is largely devel'
oped, though with som deficiency in the
sphere of accuracy, or perhaps we should
say sobriety of statement. We take the
following from local paper. Perhaps
it is slightly high-falutin' rs to the fer
tiity of the soil, but that will be par
doned:


IL it where the cabbages grow so fast
That they burst with noise like the thunders


blast?


is il where through the rich deep mellow SOL
The beets grow down as if boring for oil
Is il where the turnips are hard to beat,
And the cattle grow fat on nothing to eatF
Is it where each irrigaling sluice
Is fed by water melon juice
Is it where every thing grows to sucl mon


strous size


That the biggest stories appear like lies
Tell me, in short would ike TO know
Ia this wondrous land called Colorado?


You're right, old boy, it is!
Year: 1872

The H'oman'S Erposit0r Mormon
journal has been publishing articles in
favor OF polygamy, and giving instances OF
happiness in the plural marriage state. As
an Offset to some of the stories, the Salt
Lake Tribune tells the following which is
vouchcd for as strictly true:


4 few years ago there lived in the town
Of Spanish Fork a man who was blessed
with a loving companion. She was the
wife Of his early years, kind, loving and
atiectonate. She Elirly idolzed her hus-
band, his love for her being equal. They
lived only as those do who love each other
with true affection. But the Elders were
continually advising the husband to take
another wife, telling him it was the only
true road TO salvation.


But" said he, my poor wife will 20
crazy. She could never be satisfied with
that state OF lie.'


What" said the bishop, edo you pre-
tend to 6e governed by your wifc} Are
YOU going to lose salvation that you may
please your wife? 1t was damned foolery
like that that played the devil with man
in the first place; for pleasing woman
Adam was driven out Of the garden OF Eden
and, like him, you, to please your vile
wou,d throw away your salvation. Now
| advise you to take another wife as quick
as possible or else dread the ill will Of the
Lord"


Hearing this, the poor fellow was pre-.
vailed upon to take another wife. He did
so, and as lac said, his poor wife became
frantic. After suffering with griet for a
lew months she became hopelessly insane
then her love turned to the most deadly
hatred. She was continually swearing
vengeance against her husband. In the
course Of time her hus band died, and hi:
funeral procession passing her door, she rar
cut and folio wing the hearse, threw stones
at it the whole way to the grave, cursine
the dead man as the cause ol all her trou
ble. Ia few months, she herself passed
away.


The Tribune adds "Now let the reflect
i've and honest Mormon answer what wa
it that poor distracted wife cursed aaC
stoned because of her blighted life? Wa
it not polygamyF
Year: 1872

The HOME. Whether it is duty more
definitely belonging to the sphere Of
woman than of man to beautify the home
we will not pretend to decide, since. in
these days, the "sphere OF woman is
topic of so much discussion and dis
agreement. But we confidently believe
that the majority of our lady readers
have such love for the beautiful in ma
ture and in art, and such reliance upon
the influence of refined taste in the fam
lily, that they take a genuine pleasure
in those nameless little adornments
which make the home cheerful, bright,
beautiful. just now we are not thinking
of costly paintings and engravings, or
rare and curious ornaments, though all
these, tastefully arranged, are most
pleasing additions to the rooms in which
we live but these October days remind
us OF simple method whereby the fam


lily rooms may be frightened up for the
prospective winter. Some of our read
ers have no need of any suggestion from
us for weeks they have been watching
the forest leaves changing to red and
golden hues they have gathered the
choicest, and carefully pressed them
Ferns and grasses have been plueked,
ad the collection Is varied aud beauti-
ful, yet they will not regard it complete
until the melancholy days" have come
October days are certainly not much !;
then they will fill their vases with sand,
aud arrange the bright-hued leaves in
tasteful bouquets. All winter long they
will give a cherry look to the parlor, the
dining-room, the library. Moses and
ferns have also been taken from their
native soil and transferred to the simple
fernery, which, in some snug corner, will
preserve its luxuriance through wntry
months. A fernery is scarcely any
trouble to its owner. 1t may be as SIM
pie as one pleases. A box with glass
sides and cover is all that is necessary,
and then, when stocked with plants, it
will take care of itself if it is watered
once in week or two. City residents
lack the opportunities of those living in
the country for preparing winter bou-
quets but October will doubtless sec
many interested gatherers Of the brilliant
autumn leaves.
Year: 1872

KNOCKED ABOUT IN THE WoRLD.-lt
is good thing for young man to be
''knocked about in the world, though
his soft hearted parents may not think
so. AL! youths, or if not all, nineteen
twentieths Of the sum total, enter life
with a surplus of self-conceit. II, in
measuring themselves with wiser and
older men than they are, they discover
that it is unwarranted, and get nd of 1t
gracefully, of their own accord, well and
good i'll not, it is desirable, for their own
sakes, that it be knocked out of them
A boy who is sent to a large school soon
finds his level His will may have been
paramount at home, but school boys are
democratic in their ideas, and, If arrogant
are sure to be thrashed into a recogni-
tion of the golden rule. The world is a
great public school, and it soon teaches
a new pupil his proper place. If he has
the attributes that belong to leader he
will be enstalled in the position OF a
leader if not, whatever his own opinion
of his abilities may be, he will be COM
PEELED to fall in with the rank and file.
If not destined to greatness. the next
best thing to which he can aspire Is re-
spectability but no man can be truly
great or respectable who is vain, pom
pous and overbearing.


By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be the same
high or low, the probability is that the
disagreeable traits of his character will
be soitened down or worn away. Most
likely the process of abrasion will be
rough, but when it is all over, and he
begins to see himself as others see him,
and not as reflected in the mirror Of self
conceit, he will be thankful that he hes
run the gauntlet, and arrived, though
Nv rough road, at self-knowledge.
Upon the whole, whatever loving
mothers may think to tie contrary, it is
a good thing for youths to be knocked
about in the world-it makes men Of
them.
Year: 1872

HIS NAME. - The Overland Mmhty
gives little anecdote of Prince William,
one of the highest chiefs in he Ha-
waiian kingdom, who is quick witted,
and as ready at repartee in English as in
his native tongue. A few years ago the
somewhat pompous and patronizing
French minister at a royal reception
turned toward Prince William and, hav-
ing for the moment forgotten his name,
vet wishing officially to recognize him,
said. And your name is-?" pausing
for a reply. At once the prince who
did not care to be patronized-threw
himself into a theatrical attitude, and
with capital rendering of this apt quo
tation, replied, my name is Norval.
On the Grampian hills my father feeds
his flock frugal swain" Nobody
could more thoroughly enjoy than did
he the confusion of the courtly French
man, who knew too little of English
literature to comprehend the force of
the extract which go much amused the
by.standerS.
Year: 1872

CHEAP LIVING. - The cheapness of
living in France is due rot alone TO the
price of articles, but to the simple aud
unosten.atous manners of the people.
A writer in Fraser's Magazines gays that
however small or reduced the income of
gentle family in France. their social
position is not in the least affected by
their circumstances ; and that the gen.
eral diffusion Of wealth shown by the
French loan is owing to the economical
living and the thriftiness of the W nen,
who generally participate in the busi-
ness of earning livelihood. And then,
when the children marry, they continue
to live under the pateinal roof, as before,
in one family, thus reducing the expen


ses, and holding the families in a sort Of
communism until both parents are dead.
Year: 1872




TIE FISHERMAN AND THE SEA SwAL-
Low.-An interesting association exists
between the sea swallows and the fisher
men of Lake Palageri in Lapland. In the
centre of this lake is an island on which
the fishermen build their huts in summer.
At early dawn the sea swallows gather
round these huts, and their cries admon-
ish the occupants that it is time to begin
the days work. The boats are hardly
loosened from their moorngs when the
birds start ont to find spot where the
fish are abundant. The boatmen are gov
erned entirely by the movements of the
swallows. When the birds stop and re-
double their cries, the fishermen know
they have found spot where they Will
be repaid for their labor. They hasten
forward, cast their nets. and soon have
the satisfaction of finding them well filled.
In accordance with the old maxim that
the laborer is worthy of his hire, the
swallows receive their share of the booty.
Every fish that the fishermen throw up in
the air is gracefully caught by the birds;
and, indeed, they are SO tame that they
sometimes come into the boats and help
themselves out of the nets. If one spot
becomes non -productN the birds lead
the way to another. )ward evening
men and birds return to the island, and
the birds hasten to clear the boats of the
share left behind for them by the fisher
men.
Year: 1872

Born DRUNK.-Among the names


registered ut the Tombs the other night
was that Of youth about Is years OF
age, who had been arrested for drunk
enness. But he was not drunk, nor had
he been drinking. He was, moreover,
in good, sound health, but gave all the
external indications Of being intoxicated
when arrested by police officer. Upon
protesting to the keeper of the Tombs
that he was not intoxicated, it was re-
vealed that the unfortunate youth had
been born natural dluDkard or rather
that he had always acted like such q
thing. He said that although in good
health, he had never been able to walk
without staggering. His speech was not
unlike that of persons in decided state
of intoxication and when excited he
would mutter and reel. The unfortunate
youth was detained until the next day,
and was not sent to the courts to be
gazed at through judicial spectacles. A
subsequent investigation of the case
proved that the lad had been telling the
truth about himself, but his condition
revealed demonstration of the natural
law that the child is a fair copy of his
parents. 1t appears that prior to mar
riage the father had been secret but
confirmed inebrate, and when the facts
became known to the woman thus sud
denly and unexpectedly, she wept in the
most terrible manner. Almost broken


hearted, she contemplated the future
misery in store for her. Months passed
away, when it was discovered that the
child, at thres years Of age, acted
strangely and at the end of six months
the unhappy woman realized all her
lorebodipgs. The effect produced upon
the mother was not without its influence
upon the father, however. Realizing,
in the midst OF tears of bitter anguish.


the sin that had been visited upon the
child, the man reformed. He has now
several bright children, and most ex-
emplary ones, too, they are. But the
boy that was brought into the Tombs
was not drunk, but had bad entailed
upon him life OF misery.-N. Y. Paper.
Year: 1872

HAVING Coop TIME.--The last time
we met Mr.. Greeley, he remarked that
from the time we had parted in New
York, more than thirty years before, he
had not had one whole day of relaxation
from labor, and that he could II imaSS-
inc any greater enjoyment in life than
day free from care and toll, lying upon
sofa and reading a novel. The super
fetal idler who affects to ridicule what
Mr.. Greeley knows would be utter
ly incapable of maintaining for IL month
the intellectual labor which he has i'll
cessantly kept up Tor more tkan half Il
century, and the wisest as well as the
most simple have protited by his labois.
He is now enjoying the first relaxation
OF his life, and r'nny .wonld think his
present labors "A very onerous tax upon
mind and body, but We can understand
that he regards it as having a good time
and enjoys it with keen zest.
Year: 1872

Since Judge Lewis Dent attacked the
editor of the Washington Capital with a
bludgeon, there is reason to apprehend
another civil war. 1t is proposed to
back Grants brothers-in- law and rela-
tions generally against all the Democrat
ic and Liberal editors in the country
Which side is most numerous has not
vet been determined.
Year: 1872

The japanese Government has found
it desirable to announce that, although
some time ago it granted to men the
privilege of wearing their Lair according
to their fancy, it did not propose to al
low any such freedom on the part Of
women. On the fifth of that month a
notification was issued forbidding them
to cut their hair short or in any way to
depart from the old fashion, which be-
comes them so well.
Year: 1872

The RA1LEoAD.--Two gangs Of men
in the employ of the railroad company
are at work OIL the Yakima river clear
ing out distractions and building booms
preparatory to driving logs on the Fall
raise Of that stream. If the company
can get out the lumber, they will have
the road in running order as far as the
Tonshet this FaIl.- Wolle IYalla Tn;on
Year: 1872

Prof. Agassiz comes to the conclu-
sion that the continent of North Amer
lea was once covered with ice mile in
thickness, thereby agreeing with Prof.
Hitchcock and other eminent geolOgi-
cal writers concerning the glacial pc
riod. In proof of this conclusion, he
says that the slopes of the Allegheny
range of mountains are glacier-worn
to the very top, except a few points
which were above the level of the icy
mass. Mount Washington, for instance,
is over six thousand feet high, and the
rough, unpublished surface Of its sum-
init, covered with loose fragments, just
below the level of which glacier-marks
come to an end, tells that it lifted its
head alone above the desolate waste of
ice and snow.


In this region, then, the thickness of
the ice cannot have been much less than
six thousand feet, and this is in keeping
with the same kind of evidence in other
parts of the country; for when the
mountains are much below six thou
sand feet, the ice seems to have passed
directly over them, while the few peaks
rising to that height are left untouched.
The glacier, he argues, was Gods great
plough, and when the ice vanished
from the face of the land, it left it pre-
pared for the hand of the husband
man.


The hard surface of the rocks were
ground to powder, the elements of the
soil were mingled in fair proportions,
granite was carried into lime regions,
lime was mingled with the more arid
and unproductive granite districts, and
soil was prepared fit for the agricul-
tural uses of man. There are evidences
all over the polar regions to show that
at one period the heat of the tropics ex-
tended all over the globe. The ice Pc
riod is supposed to be long subsequent
to this, and next to the last before the
advent of man.
Year: 1872

The habit that obtains, in many fami-
lies, OF "heaping' food and giving little
and considerable more than is asked for,
has nothing to be said in its favor and a
great deal against. Unless one has a
strong, firm appetite that only an earth
quake or tempest could effect, large
quantity of food is appalling. II is much
pleasanter to send ones plate and have il
replenished. than to be obliged to leave
food upon the plate. In order to clear
the plate one is prone to over eat, from
an idea Of Saving the food Economy
does not signify lack Of plentifulness
nor stinginess. Il means enough for each
and all. nothing wasted, and when food
is served in an overabundance, waste
must be the result. unless, indeed, the
surplus Is gathered together again-the
simole idea of which is disgusting. More
over, il Is a comfort to have just what
one asks for-if"half . cup Of tea, that
much and no more.
Year: 1872

| How did people get in the habit o


shaking handss The answer is not fil
to -uck. In early and barbarous times,


when every savage or semisavage was


his own law-giver, judge, soldier and po-


liceman, and had to watch over his own
safety, in default Of all other protection,


two friends or acquaintances, or two
strangers desiring to be friends and ac-
qaintanccs, when they chanced to meet,
offered each to the other the right hand
the hand alike Of offence and defence, the
hand that wields the sword, the dagger,
the club, the tomahawk, or other weapons
of war. Each did this to show that the
haud was empty, and neither war nor
treachery was intended. A man cannot
well stab another while in the act of sha-
king hands with him, unless he be
double-eyed traitor and villain, and strives
to aim cowardly blow with the left
while giving the right, and pretending to
be on good terms with his victim. The
custom of hand-shaking prevails, more
or less, among all civilized nations and is
the tacit avowal of friendship and good
will, just as kiss is Of warmer passion.
Ladies, as every one must have remarked,
seldom or never shake hands with the
cordiality of gentlemen, unless it be with
each other. The reason is obvious. 1t
is for them to receive homage, not to give
it. They cannot be expected to show to
persons of the other sex warmth of
greeting which might be misinterpreted,
unless such persons are very closely re-
lated to them by family or affection in
which cases hand-shaking is not needed,
and the lips do more agreeable duty.