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Year: 1872

The Commercial reports Messrs Litchtenstein,
Shortlidgs and Quigley favorable to Greeley.
These gentlemen are all Republican members OF
the City Council. That body is composed of
twenty-one members, thirteen Of whom are Re-
publicans. Now if this indicates the political SEN
tment Of the Republican party In the city. Gree
Icy would reduce the strength of that party very
greatly The gentlemen named are men Of inHu-
suce and popular in their respective wards. They
certainly would not take this step alone each has
his friends and must exert influence CORES
ponding with his position. 1t is clearly evident
thst Grant has become very unpopular with the
most intelligent people OF the country, who are
not willing to continue to vote man into the first
position Of the Republic simply because he has
been q soldier and won several battles, IN every
case at the head of greatly superior numbers
Doubtless these gentlemen think he has been suf-
6ciently rewarded. Honors and riches have been
Asaped upon him in untold measure, while hun
drsds Of men brave and more worthy who did
more fighting and run more risks have received
comparatively nothing.
Year: 1872

The Commercial! expresses surprise that the Ga
seete should abide the decision Of the Democratic
National Convention. The Gazette has never
bolted the regular nominations of its party and
s'o| recommends this course to the Gazette, of
course the recommendation will apply to members
Of the Radical party who not pleased with
Grant and Wilson. or who may be dissatisfied
with the future Radical nominations at its next
State Convention, Kent and Sussex Republican,
should note ths and take heart To cast their votes
Tor Greeley or the Democratic ticket
Year: 1872

The Gazette has all along maintained that the
spfrsnchisement of the cOlored man degraded the
white race Commercial


Not all Of the white race. neighbor; only that
portion of it who have placed themselves on . lev
d with the most "degraded' race in the country
Such q mingled promlscouslv with the negroes at
the late Grant and Wilson ratification meeting IN
the Institute No lady or gentleman would seek
pleasure at such meeting. and no genteei white
person would have went into it if a partizan in
ceptivs had not impeled him.
Year: 1872

A gentleman living in Brooklyn, who
takes great delight in his flower garden,
was for long time much annoyed BY
the depredations of his neighbors' cats.
1t appeared as though his particular
garden was selected for the scene of the
nightly revels of all the cats in the
city. Independent of the dissolution
they brought upon the rose, tulip, GER
anium and other flowers, they kept the
whole household awake every night by
their incessant and noisy sc1immases.
Driven ut last to desperation, tho IN
noyed citizen laid in ambush one night
lately, with a well-loaded shot gun, and
when the congress were in full session
blazed away: In q couple of nights
eight felines fell victims to his unerriDg
aim. As animal matter is good for veg
citation, he determined to bury the
slaughtered grimalkins at the roots
of his grape-vines. Being = quaint
kind Of q genius, it struck him that ~
the game had done 90 much when alive
to disorganize his attempts at adorn.
ment, it would be only fair that they
should make as much reparation q
possible after death. He accordingly
buried the eight innocents in . straight
line, equidistant, heads downward, but
left their tails (Which in dead cats are
always as stiff a. q poker, sticking out
of the ground. To assimilate them
somewhat to the brilliancy of the
flowers around. he adorned each tail
with colored streamers. In doing this
he simply had an eye to the beautiful,
but the effect upon the friends and rvla-
tives of the buried pussies was as sin
gular as unsatisfactory. On the


first evening after. the burial.
our friend heard most unnatural l
and terrible howl of anguish in his gar
den. Rushing to his window, by the
light of the moon he deserted three or
four cats standing opposite their in
verted brethren, and showing every
symptom of the acutcst terror. Their
eyes looked like burning Goals of fire.
and appeared to be starting out of their
heads, as they winklessly glared at
hair stood on end, their tails were
swelled to double their natural proper.
tions, and each cat was standing stiff
upon its toe.nails, apparently SPELL
bound. For minute they thus stood,
horribly howling, and then, With .
Simultaneous shrek, they all dashed
madly over the fence, and fled in terror
away. Since then our friend has been
enabled on nights to sleep the sleep of
the virtuous, and his f1ower.beds are
left intact. The discoveries of the cat.
astrophe are supposed tohave dissemi-
mated the news Of the terrible scene
among other felines, for although occa-
sionally cat is observed glaring for IN


instant over the fence at the row OF
tails, as though seeking confirmation Of
the shocking news, and then mournful.


~, but precipitately retiring, not one


has since that night set its foot in oul


friends garden.
Year: 1872

For some days past there has been
on exhibition in the window of Messrs.
Bailey & Co., at the corner Of Twelfth
and Chestnut streets, some remarkable
specimens of colored marbles from the
recently;opened quarries on Lake Cham
plain, which have attracted much at
tention. These marbles, in their hard
ness and durable qualities, as well as
in the beauty of their veining, far sur
pass anything of the kind that has
been produced in this country. Here
tofore the great supply of colored mar
bles used in the United States has been
drawn from the quarries of France,
Italy and Germany, and has been con-
sidered a luxury in which the wealth
alone could indulge Recently, how
ever, the use of colored marbles has
become very general for decorative
purposes, and it enters largely into the
architectural designs Tor the interior
adorr ment of private as we'll as public
buildings, and especially of the
churches of tie present day. This
beautiful material has hithertoiore,
become necessity, and as hitherto,
with the single exception of the Ten
nessee marble, all our colOred marbles
have been imported, and the gold paid
for them taken out of the country, the
discovery of native supply which is
said to be inexhaustible is Of the great
est Importance, simply in mercantile
point Of view. In addition to meet;~ ;,
our own demands, we can undoubtedly
be able to export these colored marbles
to foreign countries and turn the cur
rent of gold the other way. 1t seems to
be conceded That in quality, beauty,
solidity and texture, and especially
in the size of tho blocks, the Lake
Cbamp]ain marble is unsurpassed by
any of the European colored marbles,
and such being the case we may expect
the material to be used more extensive
ly than ever for all kinds of decorative
purposes, and to become the favorite
marble in the market. 7&lc-
graph.
Year: 1872

1850


Ed. REooRD:-The item of
news in your. issue of May %,
whereby the people of Vinton
county and the world at large
are informed of the high state
of morals in Jackson township
is something that should be no.
tleed and properly explained,
that the Methodist Protestant
preacher who was egged may
be exonerated from any provo
cation, and that public Judg-
'ment may be rendered against
such acts of violence perpetrat-
ed by the ignorant, foolish and
foul. The gentleman who has
been the subject of this out
rage, is a man we'll educated,
OF good address, possessing an
untarnished reputation, and in
his preaching not one whit be-
hind the best of the order in
ministerial weight and argu-
ment. But he incurred the dis
pleasure of a majority of this
church-going community by
what was considered errors in
religious views and matters of
taste. His civility and good
breeding were taken for osten-
tation and pride; he preached
principle for religion instead of
passion or feeling, which is not
exactly orthodox in the M. P.
Church, and to add to the de-
parture, he used notes to aid in
systemizing his sermons; but
the worst Of all, he had no taste
for fruit preserved in sorghum
mOlasses, but was exceedingly
fond Of sugar in coffee, and in a
sermon delivered to the young
OF the community he remarked
that a good name was of great
er value than gold. For these
offenses the ruffians of the COM
munity under the cover of
darkness to hide their shame,
spent their strength and slime
in throwing eggs at the man
who had committed no crime
but the folly of casting pearls
before swine. If the church
had shown its good sense by
being religiouSly proud of so
able a minister instead of in
strucfing the thoughtless TO
think light of him, Jackson
township would have been saw
ed the disgrace. FAIR PLAY.
Year: 1872

A CHICAGO girl wrote to her lover III
Springfield, Mass, just after the fire, say
ing: "Our wedding day was set for next
week, and if You will stand up with wo-
man dressed in a cotton skirt and hel
fathers overcoat, come on The brave
youth telegraphed in reply: Get ready
| will be with you
Year: 1872

\ HARTFORD lady screamed a little at


the s,,pper-tabIe a few evenings ago, when


mouse popped out Of a doughnut which


she was conveying to her mouth, and scam
pered over her shoulders and neck. The
lady was about to eat the mouse out of


house and home, which it had just eaten
itself into.
Year: 1872

A LADY recently made call, and on
returning home one of her little ones
asked her what she had heen doing
She replied that she had been singing
He asked again what she sang? She said
she sang alto and the other lady sang air.
The next morning when the children
awoke, they sang together, There is a
Happy Land" and the little boy said,
mamma, did you hear that % "Yes;
why p Il sang alto and sister sang
aciad.'
Year: 1872

From the San francisco Chronicle


Yesterday afternoon a Chronicle reporter Wit
messed scene aboard the Washoe that convinc-
ed him that dogs sometimes reason. While he
was gazing blankly at every passenger who
came aboard, and studying human nature from
the features Of the pretty girls who tripped
down the drop, he observed a remarkably saga
c1ous-1ookin6 white pointer como aboard, unac-
companied by any one. She walked near the
centre OF the boat, and laid down, but deck
hand. who had watched her movements, came
up and attempted to drive her from the boat,
unmindful Of his harsh epithets, cross voice.
and even blows, she frisked playfully around
the deck for time, and then. running
directly to him, licked his hand, fond1ed
awhile at lis feet, and finally
sprung right into his face and took kiss. This
raised laugh On the deck-hand, and be at
tempted again to drive her from the boat, but
she would not Co., repeating again her playful
hands, " she seems to have no owner, and wo
will take care Of her." Accordingly, the dog was
caressed and permitted to remain on board. She
crossed the bay all right, but the moment the
Nashoe touched the gate at the end OF the slip
abe sprang of and ran to the train near by,
where she repeated the same manBuvres. and
succeeded in getting into the good graces Of the
occupants OF the smoklng-car. When the train
reached Mastick's Station, in Alameda, she
sprang from the car and ran toward Schuetzen
Park. The reporter, his curiosity excited byher
conduct, followed her and saw her enter the
park, when he soon after found her With her
owner, who informed him that he left her locked
up that morning in q room in the city from
which he had no doubt she had made Ger Hay
and managed to reach him.
Year: 1872

1 TWO CHARMING AND POPULAR WORKs
IL OF ART.


wide Awake and Fast Asleep"
TWO EXQUISITE FRENCH OIL CHROMOS,
= THE SUBJECTS OF WHICH ARE LIFE


SIZE, AND CANNOT FAIL TO PLEASE


ALL WHO LOVE ART OR Chill
Year: 1872

The charming pair of chroms, ''Wide Awake'' and


EAST Asleep" of whose real beauty and attractive
ness Mrs. Stoves graceful sketch can give but an
imperfect idea-so pleasing are they to all who love
art or chdren-haye always sold in the picture stores
for S10 and the original publisher has never been
able to supply the great demand for them even at
that price, And yet, although thousands of them
have been sold in America at that high rate they are
now within the reach of ALL for they are
Year: 1872

To show how deep meanness can go, it is as
serted that the Legislative Manual and State
Register Of Georgia contain biographical sketch
es of all the officials, save the blacks, and of
these merely the names are given,
Year: 1872

[ renew the recommendation made as
on a previous occasion of the transfer to
the Department of the Interior, to which
they seem more appropriately to belong,
of all the powers and duties IN relation
to the Territories, with which the De
partment of State is now charged by law
Year: 1872

BEAR IT IN MIND.-We hope the
State and municipal authorities of Virginia
will bear it in mind that two notorious
bruisers have signed a compact to engage
in prize fight IN Virginia on the 10th day
of July. We are not exactly in favor of
welcoming these fellows with bloody
hands to hospitable graves" as Tom Cor
win was charged with saying Of the Amer
ican forces which entered Mexico, but we
are in favor of giving them such whole
some exhibition of official power and
righteous indignation, if they should enter
the State for any such brutal purpose, as
will last them for life time. Let there
not be a spot of earth in the nation which
the .prize-fighter can desecrate with i'm
punity. -.-
Year: 1872

FURNISH GOOD READING.-One of
the pleasantest and noblest duties of the
head of the family is to furnish its mem
bers with good reading. In times which
are past it was considered enough to
clothe, feed and shelter family. This
was the sum of parental duty. But lately
it has been discovered that wives and chill
dren have minds, that it becomes necessary
to educate the children and furnish reading
for the whole household. 1t has been
found out that the mind wants
food as we'll as the body, and that
it wants to be sheltered from
the pitiless storms of error and vice by
the guarding and friendly roof of intelli-
gence and virtue. An ignorant family in
our day is an antiquated institution. 1t
smells of the musty past. 1t is dark spot
which the light of the modern sun of in-
telligence has not reached. Let good read-
ing go into home, and the atmosphere
of that home gradually but surely changes.
The boys begin to grow ambitious, to
talk about men, books, the past
and the future. The girls begin to feel a
new life opening before them acknowledge,
duty and love. They see new fields of USE
changes, and out from its number will grow
intelligent men and women, to fill honora-
BILE places, and be useful members of So
cety. Let the torch of intelligence be lit
in every household. Let the old and the
young vie with each other in introducing
new and useful topics of investigation, and
in cherishing love of reading, study and
Improvement.
Year: 1872

A HORSE CAR,--We.are sorry to con-
clude that the present management of the
city railway has run stark mad on the sub
ject of experiments. The one-horse farce
is sufficiently fantastic to make the poor
overloaded horse laugh, if it had the ply
sical power left to do so; but the idea
which is given out that the horses them
selves are to be furnished with car in
which to ride down the hills, after they
have drawn the loaded cars up the hills,
is ludicrous enough to produce general
uproar among the quadrupeds as well as
bipeds of the city. In the name of the
people of Richmond, we ask, when will all
this drollery cease, and serious attention be-
given to the requirements of the public?
Year: 1872

MILITARY EyCURsIoN.-The AtLucks
Guard will have an excursion to West
Point on Monday, the goth instant. The
train bearing the Company and friends will
leave the York River depot at 8 o'clock A..
M. Captain Weaver's full brass band has
been engaged for the occasion. AT the
Point the Company will engage in a target
practice and other amusements. A good
time may be anticipated by all who
attend.
Year: 1872

Endeavor to take your work quiet
ly. Anxiety and oyer-aetion are al
ways the cause of sickness and rest
lessness. We must use our Judge
ment to control our excitement or our
bodily strength will break down.
We must remember that our battle
Is to be won by q strength not our
own. It is battle that does not de-
pend upon the swift nor strong.
Year: 1872

TRUE FRIENDsHIP.-It is one of
the severest tests of friendship to tell
your friend OF his faults If you are
angry with a man, or hate him, IL is
not hard TO 60 to him and stab him
with words but to so love man that
YOU cannot,bear to see the stain Of sin
upon him, and to speak painful truth
through lovihg words-that is friend
shin. But few have such friends, our
enemies usually teach US that We are
at the point OF the sword Faithful
are the wounds OF friend. but the
Kisses Of an enemy are deeeitful."
Year: 1872

OURSELVES Toaequire a thorough
knowledge of our own hearts and
characters, to restrain every irregular
inclination, to subdue every rebellious
passion, to purify the motives of our
conduct, to form ourselves to that
temperance which no pleasure can
seduce, to that patience which no
afflietIon can Overwhelm, and that
integrity which no interest can shake;
this is the task which is assigned to
us-a task which cannot be performed
without the utmost diligence and
care.
Year: 1872

To decoy a pig, instead of driving
him, some Ingenious chap recon-
mends tying the end of strong cord
to an ear Of corn, drop it in front of
the pig, i've or six inches from his
nose, and commence walking away
with it slowly In the way you wish
the pig to 90. If he gets disheartened
at the prospect of getting hold Of it
allow him a slight nibble, and then
proceed. Rural Netc Yorker.
Year: 1872

The amount OF loss suffered by coal
from exposure to weather Is eonsid-
erable-far greater, indeed, than is
generally known. The results of re
cent analysis show in some cases a
total loss in weight from this cause
amounting to 33.0S per cent, while
the deterioration in quality for pur-
poses Of fuel OF gas making reached i
still higher figure.
Year: 1872

the girls sympathies in behalf of the


patient little student, and one morning


madam found on her desk a petition,


signed by nearly all her daughters of


the first families" asking that Chris


might be allowed to Join their classes.


Madam was not prepared for anything


like this, but, born aristocrat that she


was, she could not resist the united


voice of her young republic, and so the


point was gained. Of course Miss


Ringly and one or two others of her set


declared it an imposition, but they were


so decidedly in the minority that their


opinion had no weight. As for Chris,
she was so grateful and unpresuming,
that even her enemies were forced to
yield approval, notwithstanding the
fact that they had to study harder than
ever before, if they would not be out
done by the chambermaid; for Chris
still made the beds and swayed the
broom and duster, and in spite Of her
double duties was fresher and roster
than the girls whose only exercise was
a half-hour's walk in the park. Before
six months had passed a teacher was
needed for one Of the younger classes,
and little Lou Clyde had the audacity
to ask that her "ghost" might be given
the place. Madam was again inclined
to frown, but the ''ghost" had grown
popular, and, finding that on the whole


it would be to her own interest as a
matter of economy, she graciously gave
her consent. A neat capable girl was
soon found, to whom Chris willingly
her household duties, and de-
7oted herself zealously to her new
work, but she still continued her own
studies under the direction of her be-
owed teacher, and was growing in wis
lom. By and by, however, much to
Jhristine's sorrow, the fate that comes
o nearly every successful school-ma'am |
anne to Miss Caruthers = somebody |
wanted her for wife. Madam Garlan |
vas disconsolate at the prospect of los
ng her faithful assistant, but was in
,art reconciled to 1t by the fact that the
gentleman belonged to one of the "first
amilies." Perhaps that fact, too,
.dded weight to Miss Caruthers' part
ng request that Christine should be
for soon after the young
eacher was given the charge of several
!dvanced classes, and step by step came


It last to fill the very place that Miss
Jaruthers herself had held. And,
TRANCE to say, none of the ''first FAM
lies" took the slightest offense at the
and no ghost ever again


disturbed the serenity of Highland
Iall.
Year: 1872

alternative was, sne 1elt compelled 10
accept it, knowing that if her wages
were cut off the old grandfather would
be sent to the pocr-house; but she went
about with pale, sad face, that every
day grew paler and sadder.


"Poor childr' said Miss Caruthers,
''it is shame to have her starving for
that which half the girls in the school
are not hungry enough to appreciate" :"
And while Chris was still trying to
reconcile herself to giving up her be-
loved books, Miss Caruthers made her
fairly cry for joy by whispering in her
ear that whenever she was not on duty
she might come to her room and study.
But when, in addition to this, she offer
ed to hear her recite occasionally, Chris
felt that "royal road to learning" had
opened wide before her, and could have
kissed the gentle teachers feet. Miss
Caruthers, to tell the truth, had under
taken the task out of sheer pity, and
with not a few misgivings, but found to
her surprise that in more thanone study
her new pupil was in advance Of many
of the girls, and thinking that little
competition might be mutual benefit,
ventured to suggest to the dignitied
"head" the propriety of admitting her
to the school. But Madam Garlan was
shocked at the bare suggestion. II
would be the ruin OF their reputation
to have it known that the chamber
maid was allowed to recite with the
young ladies, and would be positive
injury to the girl herself. Miss Caruth'
ers was too wise to argue the point, but
by a word "ftly spoken" here and
there she soon succeeded In enlistinG
Year: 1872

Probably all Of our little boys and girls
have read about the great herds Of wild
horses that are to be found in the southwest
ern parts Of the United States, in Mexico, and
South America and we presume most Of
them think that the horse is native of our
continent, like the grizzly bear and the buffalo
But in this they are mistaken. The first
horses ever seen on the American continent
were those brought by the Spanish general
fernando Cortez, when he came to conquer
Mexico for the Spanish crown.


As soon as you are old enough to read those
delightful books of Mr.. Prescott, T" The Con-
quest of Mexico" and I" The Conquest of
Peru" you will see that though the Aztecs-
as the ancient inhabitants of Mexico were
called-were in many respects very intelligent
people, who knew how to build fine aqueducts,
magnificent temples, and great cities and could
write in hieroglyphics they had never seen nor
heard Of a horse, aud thought that the mounted
soldiers Of Cortez were a sort OF lighting
demons, against whom it was useless for mere
mortals to contend. This terror made them
an easy prey to the cruel Spaniards, who soon
reduced them to slavery ; and by and by
when it was too late-the poor Aztec
discovered that the Spaniards were human as
well as they ; and great was their astonishment
when they found, as they soon did, that they
themselves could mount and control these feet
aud wonderful animals.


But although horses we're not native to our
soil and climate, they seemed to find the rich
grasses of our Southern plains quite to their
liking, and it was not long before they had
multiplied faster than men could find use for
them, and so little colts were left to grow wild
and shift for themselves, which it was not
difficult for them to do in a warm climate,
with plenty ofgood pasturage all about them.
Now there are great herds of fiery wild horses
roaming about at their own free will, over
miles and miles of the unoccupied territory of
our continent. But a good many of the colts
are being caught every year, and tanned, so
that the numbers of wild horses are diminish
ing and in time there may be none left save
those that are trained for the use of mankind.