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Year: 1873

There is now and then person 30 stupid as
70 believe that Advertisements in the newspapers
are not generally read, and that money expend-
ed in advertising is practically wasted. Even
such will concede that il q hundred men OF po-
lite address, Of fluent speech and ready wit were
to call upon hundred others and get the ear of
each long enough to say John Smith, or Jones
or thompson, at such place, has such and sdch
goods at such prices. or would sell q farm or
house and lot, or hRslost horse or pocket-book,
or would loan money, etc., we say, such men
Will concede that the services Of this hundred
men would be Of great value to Smith or Jones
aud in some manner advantageous to the party
to whom this statement was made. These one
hundred men could not be employed: to 60 from
door to door, and make this statement to ten
thousand people at less than a cost Of several
hundred dollars each trip. All this is done by
the newspapers at q cost of a few shilllngs, or g
Jew dollars at most, and the visits are made
week after week, and day after day. The mes
senger who travels addresses himself to the ear,
and takes the party addressed when he may
nave his thoughts absorbed In business or other
mAuersi but the newspaper reaches the party
sought through the eye, when the reader has
him.


But those who affect to belle 70 that there is lit
"9 use IN advertising urge as objection that the
fferusements are not read. They can easily
10 convinced Of their error in this respect by
tuaAing inquiry. Let them insert an advertis-


ieht Offering to purchase some article that 10
snoleTa6y plenty in the market, and they will be
NODDED with offers to sell before the ink of the
advertisement is dry.
Year: 1873

was II Qrean2


walked one day down through city's streets
Inc sun was shining dimly overhead,
While hlth and vileness were beneath my feet,
And the houses on either side seemed red
To the bricks core with wiekedness untold;
And there were sights SO drear and manifold
OF want and suffering, Of wretchedness
In young and old, of hunger pitiless,
And stenches foul the very soul was sick,
And dared not harbor questions, crOwding thick,
VI Gods benihcenee, and of His love.
And there, through those sad'ning sights stroye,
Zen there upon garbage heap, I spied
A rosebud, thrown by scornful hands aside
rosebud that few days before had hung
Upon its parent tree, purest among
Its sisters sweet and fair. The dew had blessed
It's opening morn its odors had caressed
The ambient air, and kissed the lips of those
Who bowed their lips to kiss the budding rose.
And then enc said he loved it more than all,
And tore it from its stem did see fail
rain-drop?), and bore it on his breast away.
All how it joyed to lie there through the day,
Bright with fragrant beauty, sweetly asking
But soon, its freshness gone, it knew its fate
Alas! how many learn it late, too late!
And he who wore it merely that it shed
Its first sweet orders circling round his head.
And with its beauty graced him as he walked,
Nor loved it for its sake alone, when banked
OF these, soon tore it from his breast away,
And, careless of its fate, left it the play
And toy of who should care moments space
To please him with its feeting, fading grace.
And so twas soon, when fostering and fOrlOrn,
And sOiled aud torn of all pure men the scorn;
This bud SO fair, so sweet So loved the while,
This withered bud, so faded, bruised, and vile
Was thrown upon the garbage heap, to yield
It's little earth to enrich some POtter's field.
With reverent hand took it from the pile
Il thought the heavens gave me back smilel-
With reverent hand brushed the filth away;
I gently pulled apart IT'S petals fair,
And even then, an odOr faint but rare
Breathed from its inner heart and seemed to pray,
And colors bright and pure that heart disclosed
The rosebud eUeR yet contained the rose 7
And then 1 thought twas waited from my hand,
And blossomed fun and sweet in Heavens own land.


Was it a dream
Year: 1873

His life ended most TRANQUILITY, among
such hOnors as have fallen to few men.
He lived so long that his fame went to
the ends of the earth, and brought him
universal worship. From all the differ
ent points of the compass idolaters
came to bow before his shrine and
these not common idolaters In intelIec-
tual Germany he ruled supreme, though
he was not political or patriotic Ger
man, and took but little interest in the
national cause. His way to the grave
was as pleasant, as gradual, as softly
carpeted with mosses and flowers, as
ever begui1ed human footsteps onward


Welmar became famous through the
world by his means. It was no longer
known as a little ducal residence, or the
capital of a tiny province, but as the
temple in which was adored the greatest
poet of his age. There, surrounded by
his friends and children, he died. His
companions were mostly gone before
him. Duke and duchess and brother
poet had been swept away into the un-
seen, and another generation had taken
their place; but it was a generation
which, from its earliest breath, had been
trained to adore Goethe. He was 50
when the end came He died an ideal
death, with as small an amount of suf-
fering as was inevitable, and with no
consciousness of the approaching con-
L rUIo L. r. =


this world were, " More light words
most tOuchingly symbolical, though he
meant it not. His life had been excep-
tionaliy prosperous, calm and without
anxiety. All he had wished for had
fallen into his hands, and long and
mellow evening of repOse had followed
upon the bright and busy lingering day.
Thus lived and labored and died a man
who has, perhaps, been elassed at more
widely different estimatiOns than any
other man of his time If we cannot
allow, with Carlyle, that he and the
first Napoleon were the two greatest
men Of their day, it must at least be
conceded by the least willing that his
1unucuCC SBACttu ulOLC Wlurlys dilu VIC
may say, has lasted longer, than that of
any other modern member of the great
brotherhood of poets. He did much,
and he suggested much He set minds
as great as his own going with a touch
of his finger. And he was infinitely
fortunate IN catching exactly the right
moment and the right subject to move
the world withal. His fame and his ma
ture were both profoundly national ;
and though his patriotism was dull, he
had perhaps more to do than any of his
contemporaries with the creation of that
national sentiment without which no
country can ever be great. In every
way, therefore, the effects which he
meant TO produce were increased and
magnifed by effects which he did not
mean to produce-rehectiOns and i'm
pulses which he threw off almost with
out knowing. There can be no better
| applause given to human greatness
| ByacktOOOdPs Magazine.
Year: 1873

cts, and finally her bracelet, but not
once did he forget and stretch out his
hand to take them, for the pressure of
the girdle reminded him in time. So
he would nod to his marshal, and he re-
ceiVing them, saying: We remember. ,


Then the princess would become i'm
patient and would exclaim: % My hand
kerchief has fallenl Can your lordship
pick it up for me?" Whereupon the
prince would fasten his spur into it and
wave it carlessly, while the princess
would have to bend and remove it from
his foot, angrily saying: 4 remember


Thus a year passed away, and the
princess said to herself:


This cannot remain so. It must be
settled in one way or the other


She said to the prince


3" [ have one of the finest gardens in
the world. viii show your lordship
over it to-day.


The prince smelt his apple, and as
they entered the garden, said:


cit is very needful here, and in or
der that we may walk near each other
in. peace, and not to be disturbed by the
desire to try our game, I beg you my
lady, that for this one hour you will
take upon you the custom of my court,
and let your hands also be fastened.
Then we will be safe from each others
art, and there will be nothing to annoy
u.s.


The princess did not feel very safe
about this arrangement, but he begged
so strongly that she could not refuse
him this small favor. So they went on
alone together, with their hands fasten-
ed in their girdles. The birds sang,
the sun shOne warmly, and from the
trees the red cherries hung so low that
they brushed their cheeks as they pass
ed. The princess saw them and ex-
claimed.


"What pity that your Iordship is
not able to pick few for me-


Z" Necessity knows no law, said the
prince, and he broke one of the cherries
with his teeth from a branch, and Of
fered it to the princess from his mouth.


The princess could not do otherwise
than receive it from his mouth, and so
her face was brought close to his. So
when she had the cherry between her
lips, and kiss from him besides, she
was not able to say that instant, ''I re-
member"


Then he cried joyfully, "Good morn
ing, much loved one," and drew his
hands from his girdle and embraced her.
And they spent the remainder of their
lives together in perfect peace and
0uietness.
Year: 1873

The tongue of slander is never tired
In one way or another it manages to
keep itself in constant employment
Sometimes it drips honey and some
times gall. It is better now and then
sweet. 1t insinuates or assails directly,
according to the circumstances. It will
hide a curse under a smooth word, and
administer poison in the phrase Of love.
Like death, it cloves a shining mark. "
And it is never 50 available and eloquent
as when it can blight the hopes of the
noble, soil the reputation of the pure
and break down the character of the
brave and strong.


What pleasure man or woman can
find IN such work we have never been
able to see. And yet there is pleasure
Of some sort in it TO multitudes, or they
would not betake themselves to it. But
no soul in high estate can take delight
In it. It indicates lapse, tendency to-
wards chaos, utter depravity. It proves
the doctrine and fact of SIN beyond all
controversy. It proves that somewhere
in the soul there Is weakness, waste,
immature. Education and refinement
are no proof against it. 1t often holds
most cruelty where these have attained
their rbestresuits. These often only polish
the slanderous tongue, increase its tact,
and give IT suppleness aIfl strategy TO
do its death work
Year: 1873

1t is stated that the physician of Senator
Sumner is of the opinion that if he can be in
dueed to keep from excitement, and remain
away from Congress for the remainder of the
Sc sson, he will be able to enter upon his sena-
torial duties at next session with much of his
old vigor.


John w, one of the favorite and most
business like of Brigham Young's sons, now
East on railroad business has divorced two of
his three wives and will hereafter reside in
Philadelphia. well founded rumor prevails
that Mormon agents are negotiating for large
tracts Of land in Mexico


The Children's Aid Society passed reso-
luton that if the Greeley estate is in the same
condition now as it vas in 1871. they insist
upon their legacy of ten thousand dollars.
They will not, however, demand the legacy if
the estate is embarrassed, as is reported.


The Children's Aid Society has received
$4,000 from old friend of the society, to
make up for the probable loss in case the
Greeley estate will be materially impaired.
Year: 1873

BY ROsALTE =. GRAVES.
There is a harp in each human breast,
The strings OF which are never at rest;
Where music forever breathes and fingers,
Awakened by thousands Of viewless fingers,
That play like the hum of fairy wings,
Their notes On its thousand quiVering strings
This heaven-born harp is priceless boon,
In its mortal frame, with its strings in tune;
But, whether tunes Of this living harp
Are gentle and tender, fat skarp,
Where louder dirge depends always
On the ear that hears and the hand that plays.
How touchingly tender is its moan
As it gives to sorrow its monotone;
When touched by the Palsied hsud of fear
And its strong wrought frame in frenzy leaps
While passion its diapasOn sweeps.
But happier spirits are lowering near,
And the music they play we love to hear;
They throng each heart with tine grave and gay
And many note I've heard them play
So often too they are playing the same,
That we know their touch, and call them by name
There is love who comes on his tiuttering wing
And how it thrills when he touches the string!
Fame thinks he is heard all the land
As he strikes the chord with master hand
But to Faith and Hope is the mission given
To touch the notes that are heard in heaven.
They llnger still when the rest are gone
And left the frail harp broken and lone
And when Death plays the last sad strain,
Breaking the chords he shall ne'er touch gain,
They bear it away with joyous wing,
And string it anew where the angels sing.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scriPtior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone VIII pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere TO strict oash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor


e We enter no new names on our
socks without the money in adE1i &c.
Year: 1873

In response to the House Resolution call


ing for statement of the amount paid the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for army
transportation, and an estimate of what said
transportation would cost if the railroad had
not been constructed, the Secretary of War
has transmitted report of the Quartermas-
ter-General, showing that the Government had
paid the Union Pacific Company for such
Year: 1873

We said, when the telegraph an
notIrced to the country that Governor
HENDR1oKs, Of Indiana, was in Wash
ington City in secret consultation with
Democratic and Liberal Republican
Senators, maturing plans for future
party organization, proposing to aban-
don the old Democratic party and
forming a new one with an attractive
name and with such n compromising
declaration of principles that its
success will he certain, that sit was
a curious sound to hear that Governor
" HESDRIcKs proposes to abandon the
" Democratic party. Itsounds stranger
{. still to hear that he proposes to COM
promise his principles. The time
:. has not yet come for making arrange
ments to fight the battle of 1876, or
6. even that of 1874. Sufficient unto
l." the day is the evil thereof Let us
&c take as long breathing spell as
g possible before forming new parties
or forcing new issues"


This rumor turns out to be, as we
suspected and intimated, false in toto.
We are now informed that the state
ments, which have been widely pub
lished, of conferences of Governor
HENDR1cKs with leading Democratic
Senators and others for the purpose OF
forming q new party organization,
appear to have been founded on O
misconcsption. At least half dozen
Democratic Senators who have been
Year: 1873

They have a young lady at Grand
Rapids who is SO cOnsclentlOu that
she won't take kiss without return
ing it.


An Iowa man now ]anguishes in
prison because his wife, to whom he
has decided all his real estate, refuses to
become his surety for $1,000 bail i'll
criminal suit.


The gentleman who set n stell-trap
in a drawer, the other day. to detect
the pilferer of e1tain small articles,
wears This right hand in a sling now
aud calls it rheumatism.


Female deception received a severe
check the other day when twenty thou
sand dollars worth of corsets were
seized at the New York Custom House
while being smuggled through. The
Government is right in levying tax
on artificial appliances for squeezing.


A young gentleman who advertises
for a wife in the Independence Beige
has his little preferences. The appli-
cant must be a Young lady or child
less widow and he would prefer '' a
wife who is slightly lame "a precau-
ton probably against her running
away.


The old fashioned mantilla is coming
again into favor as wrap. The mod
ern form is made of black cashmere.
trimmed with yak lace, bows, betu,
and sashes of watered ribbon, with
buckles and chatelaines Of silver and
jet.


Rufs are becoming very large and
very stiff. An engaged man complains
that he can't get near his lady love
when she has ono on, and would as
| soon think of kissing circular saw
running at full speed.
Year: 1873

After the most officious, persistent
and presumptuous efforts, perhaps
ever employed in any similar exploit,
I Edward Cantwell, Radical Solicitor,
has at last succeeded in getting the
grand jury of Bladen county to find a
true bin against the editors of the
Wilmington JOURNAL for libel ! H.,


For the objectionable sin and dis
loyal conduit Of applying the epithet,
''scoundrel," to the notorious Judge
Bond. the JOURNAL editors incurred
the wrath Of this partisan Solicitor
With an energy worthy of a better
cause, backed by instructions from a
Radical Judge, ,he labored in vain a
whole week to get his bill through the
grand jury of New Hanover.


After this ignominious failure, if he
had been possessed Cf one iota of
common sense, he would have aban-
doned project SO absurd. and so full
of partisan prejudice and hate. But
not 80 with the inevitable Cantwell.
He was made of sterner stuff than that
This was too good a chance to punish
So we behold him, going from county
ing his pet libel bill in the ears of the





everywhere, until he reaches the county
of Bladen Here it seems, he man
aged to manoeuver his bill through.


We look upon this whole proceeding.
on the part of Cantwell and his aiders,
as a perfect farce from the very begin
ming. It is mockery Of justice and
must rebound upon the guilty heads of
its instigators. It makes no difference
whether this smart Solicitor was obey
ing the dictates Of his own unbridled
prejudice, or the mandates Of some su-
perior master in the Radical party, the
result will be the same. It Is an inya-
sion of the freedom Of tho press and
the rights cf the jury.


1t is fortunate for the country that
there are but few such Solicitors and
but few such Judges Their paucity
renders them powerless. It may be,
that n few such are necessary to serve
as a warming, and to open the eyes of
other and better men to the degeneracy
of the times.


Whatever there is left of civil lib
erty in this country can be traced to
the freedom and independence Of the
press, and the safeguard and protec-
ton afforded to society by fair and
honest jury of our peers. SO long as
these are safe and are above the reach
of party tyrants and corrupt Judges,
the freeman may know his rights and
dare maintain them but when these
great and precious rights are success
fully invaded and destroyed, when the
press is muzzled and the sacred jury
box is tampered with, our last bulwark
is gone, and the boosted freedom of
America will be numbered with the
things that were"
Year: 1873

The gifts from the United States to
the Geneva arbitrators, consisting of
three silver sets, all alike, manufac-
tured to the order of the State Depart
ment at total cost of about $50, 900,
are now on exhibition at Tiffany g.
Each set consists Of punch bowl, a
pair of vino coolers and a pair of
candelabra, elegantly carved and re-
lieved with gliding. On each Of the
punch bowls is an Inscription. express
ing the satisfaction of the United
States with the manner in which the
arbitrators discharged their duties.


Three or four Judges Of the Su-
premc Court of Indiana have been
bought by railroad corporation for
the sum of eleven thousand dollars.
To outsiders it will appear as II they
sold themselves very cheap but when
it is taken into consideration that they
have been accustomed to live on a sal
ary of one thousand five hundred dol
lars, which was but recently moderately
advanced, the bargain is by no means
q bad one. However, railroads wishing
to purchase Judges will have to pay
more than that for them IN any othe,
State.
Year: 1873

An Oregon youth is accused of dress
ing up a straw woman, and giving it O
sleigh ride through the town, after his
bashful approaches had been rebuffed
by the genuine articles among his fe-
male acquaintances.
Year: 1873

There has probably been no resident of the
western part Of the state OF NewYork who has been,
for many years more generally being identi


fed with the and settlement OF large tracts OF land
there than Mr.. Joseph Fellows who died at Corning,
N. Y, on the 10th ut in the 93d year OF his age AS
agent Of the Puleney estate and as trustee OF other
great landed interests he had during his very long and
busy life business connections which extended from
Buffalo New York. His manner and appearance at
tTacted attention being always remarkable ana old
fashioned He lived unmarried In quiet and secluded
manner and left large fortune the fruit OF indus
try and strict honesty.
Year: 1873

ture, and giving it such exclusive privileges
as to compel all of them to obey its re-
ouirements. was re-establishment of the
slavery forever abolished by the 18th amend
ment to the Constitution, and also viola
ton OF the 18th or civil rights amendment
thereto, inasmuch as it places all butchers
at the mercy of the corporators, and de-
prives them of their business, which is given
over to the monopoly.


The court below held that as the chart,
or was for the declared purpose of protect
ing the health of the city, an object within
the lawful scope of legislation, there was
sufficient consideration for the grant of the
privileges and the charter was valid.


This opinion is sustained By the Supreme
Court which says the law does not prevent
butchers from doing their own slaughtering,
but only eompels them to do it in location
which It is the right and duty of the Legisla-
ture to 7x< The wisdom of the monopoly
granted, may be questioned, but there is no
justification for the assertion that the
butchers are deprived of the right
to prosecute their occupation or
the people of their daily
service of food. The regular fun of busi-
ness of slaughtering animals within city,
the inspection of the animals to be killed
and of the meat afterwards, are among the
most necessary and frequent exercise of
power belonging to States, and the exclu-
sve authority of Legislatures over the su y
ject is well settled. The answer to the OBJ
lection raised under the 18th amendment is
that personal servitude is there meant as
plainly indicated by the use of the word
''involuntary." The clause of the 18th
amendment which has been cited protects
the privileges and immunities of
citizens of the United States from the hos
tile action of the States and not those OF
citizens of the several States. The immu-
mites and privileges are distinct in nature
and if the plaintiffs in error have any priv
ileges and immunities infringed by defend
ants charter, which is not conceded, they
are not such as depend on citizenship of
the United States sand not
within the protection of such
clause of the 18th amendment. Nor
does that charter deprive the plaintiffs OF
property without due process of law, nor
deny them the equal protection of the law
within the meaning of the 18th amendment.


Dissenting Opinions.


Mr.. Justice Field read dissenting oph-
ion on behalf of Chief Justices Swayne,
Bradley and himself maintaining that the
right to follow any ordinary pursuit or avo-
cation of life was not given by law, but by
the Almighty, aud merely recognized and
protected by Law; that the Legislature Of
the State of Louisiana has no more right to
put all the slaughtering of nearly 12C
square miles of densely populated territory
into the hands of the few corporators OF
this company than it had TO put all the ovens
of that large city into the hands of privi-
legged few, and holding that the charter is
unconstitutional and void.


Justices Swsyne and Bradley also read
separate opinions.
Year: 1873

CHARLESTON, S. c., April 14.-Mrs.
johnson, wife of the keeper Of the Cape
Roman Light House, was found in her bed
last night with her throat cut from ear to
ear, and razor and revolver by her side.
A large sum of money which the deceased
had recently drawn from the bank is miss
ing.