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TranSfcreRre of Vitality.

Parents and aged persons s-although
ness for sleeping with children-should
be careful not 10 permit'young persons 10
repose in the same bed nor in the same
apartment with the emacia,ed or The aged,
Tor the iransference Of vitality from the
Young to the old is not nursery tale,
but n serious, and too often fatal fact.
Children who are habitually placed in
contact with the aged. however vigorous
before such disposition was made Of
them, become wan. sickly, contract dis.
eases which properly belong TO persons in
advanced life. and il the contact is con-
tinued. die from pure vital exhaustion.-
Their flesh and positive magnetism is
thus absorbed by negative or non magnet
ic persons. to the benefit Of the latter and
the injury of the former. Tho life of The
aged may be prolonged by this means
at the expense of the existence of the
young Many of the children who die
in this city are thus prematurely cut off.
Parents should know this important fact,
and at ouce correct the evil. if unhappi.
" it exists in their families. Says DR..
James Copelnnd: A not uncommon cause
of depressed vital power is the young
sleeping with the aged. This fact, how
ever explained. has been long remarked
and is well known to every unprejudiced
observer. | have on several occasions
met with the counterpart of the following
case. | was, few years age, consulted
about pale, sickly. aud thin boy. Of
about four or five years of age. He sp-
peared 10 have no specific allment, but
there was slow and remarkable decline
of flesh anil strength, and OF the energy
oil The funciiOn.--w his mother very ap.-
Iy termed d gradual blight. After inquiry
into the histor, Of the case, il came out
thoric child. up TO his third year. when
his grandmother. very sged person, took
him TO sleep with her; thai he soon after
ward lost his good looks; and that he con
tlnued 10 decline progressively ever since,
notwithstanding medical treatment. /
directed him TO sleep apart from the aged
parent, and prescribed gentle tonics.
change of air, etc. The recovery was
rapid. Bat il is not in children only
that debility is induced by this mode of
abstracting vital power. Young females
married to very old men suffer in SINH
lar manner. although seldom TO so grea,
an extent. and instances have come 10 my
knowledge where they have suspected :he
cause of this deblitatcd state. These
facts often well known to the oged
themselves. who consider the indulgence
favornble to longevity, and thereby illus
.trate the sellishness which in some per-
sons increases with their years. Every
medical practitioner is we'll aware of the
fact, and parents arc generally advised
not to allow their infants TO sleep with
aged persons. Life illustrated.
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The IiapDy Nan.

The happy man was born in the city OF
Regeneration. in the parish of Repent.
ance, unto life. He was educated at the
school Of Obedience, and lives now in
The town Of Perseverance. He works at
the trade of Diligence, notwithstanding
ha has large estate in the country OF
Christian Contentment, and many times
does Jobs of Self denial. He wears the
plain barb OF Humanity. and has better
garb to put on when he goes TO Court.
called the robe of Christs Righteousness.
He often walks in the valley Of Self
obasement. and sometimes climbs the
mountain of Spirtualmindedness He
breakfasts every morning upon the Spir-
itual Prayer. and supS every evening up
on the same; he has meat to eat that the
world knows not Of. and his drink is of
the sincere milk Of the World. Thus
happy he lives and happy he dies. Hap.
py is he shat has Gospel submission in
his will, due order i'll his sffec tioDs. sound
peace in his conscience, snctify ing grace
i'm his sonl, true humility in his heart.
real divinity in his breast. the Redeem
er's yoke upon his neck. vain world
under his fee t,and a crown of glory over
his head. Happy is the life of such n
person; in order to gain which. pray fer
gently. believe firmly. wait patiently,
live holy. die daily. watch your heart.
guide your senses. redeem our time, love
Christ and hope for glory. A true gen
;leman is Gods servant. The worlds mas
ter, and bis own man. Virtue is his bu-
siness. Study his recreation, Contentment
his rest, and Happiness his reward
God is his ia ther. the Church is his moth
er, the Saints are his brethren, and he is
friend to all that need HIM. Heaven his
inheritance, Religion his mistress. Loyal
ty and Justice his two ladies of honor,
Devotion his chaplain, Chastity his cham
berlain, Sobriety his butler, Temperance
his cook. Hospitality his housekeeper.
Providence his steward. Charity his treas
urer, Piety the mistress OF The house. and
Discretion his porter TO let in and out as
is most fit. Thus is his whole family
made up Of virtues. and he as the true
master Of the family.
He is necessitated to take the world in
his way 10 heaven, but he walks through
it ms fas, as he cun; and all his business
By the way is to glority the name Of God,
and do good to mankind. Take him in
two words. he is man and a Christian.
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A RICH SERMoN.--Where is the man
with harp of thousand strings?
The following rich extract from SER
mon will be recognized at q glance by
some of our readers here at home. 1t
loses much Of lis humor. because we can
not put in print the peculiar sing-sonS
style and appropriate gestures which &C.
company it,
My friends. sin makes the purliest
young man and CONAN look ugly -ah.--
And III ;ell you how know-ah. AS 1
was coming to church 10 day. saw some
young men on the road-ah. And thought
one of them was the purtiest young man
| ever saw in my life-ah. And as drew
nigh unto them ] discovered that they
were playing of marvles. and they drew
nigh uu:o a place what they called the
taw. and they marvled -ah. And this
purity young man was the last one to
marvle-ah. And when he msrvled, he
jumped up and tapped his hands. like a
rooster does his wings, and..ssys be. II
wish may de id il han't fa.-ah."
And o, my friends. then thought that
was the ugliest young man | ever saw in
my life-ah. And opened my mouth and
spake unto him thus. says |. "Young man
this is not the way to salvation" Aud
says he "Old hoss, if you had been sali-
waited as bad as have, you wouldn't want
TO hear talk of salvation
And now, my friends. when tina, are
young man said he was fat'he told tar
nal lie-ah. 70. he was as lean as that hun
cry looking sister over there that's always
praying SO piously when the hat is bein'
passed round. ah.
And. my friends. if that young man
hadn't been blinded by sin he never could
a mistaken me for an old boss.
Nelg MQdrid Times.
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Fort WAYNE & CHIcAGo.RArLRoAD.--
We are much gratiiied to learn tha, an ar.
rangement is about being made which
will secure the early com pletion of the
Chicago Railroad. II is proposed to con.
soiidale The Ohio & Penn, the Ohio &
Indiana and the Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Railroads into one company under the
name of the Pittsburgh & Chicago Rail-
road. and to have the whole put in COM
plete running order at the earliest possible
day. We have not heard the conditions
on which the consolidation is proposed
to be made, but hope the Pennsylvania
Company is prepared to offer such fair.
liberal, and equitable terms, as will Of
once be accepted by the other com panies
Such an arrangement would add much 10
the wealth and business Of the Ohio &
Penn. and Penn. Central Railroads, and
be relieving the Ohio g. Indiana and Fl.
Wayne & Chicago Railroads of their pre-
sent embarrassments. would be of equal
advantage TO them. The entire line would
be one of the best in the west; and we
firmly believe that when once finished
and fully established. the Fort Wayne &
Chicago will be found the most profitable
portion. of the line. If the Pennsylva-
mans are alive to their interests they will
at once complete the arrangements. and
thereby secure the immense addition 10
their business. ,hat otherwise they would
be in some danger of losing.
Fl. Wayne Sentinel.
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A Remarkable Incident at Sea.

Among the startling incidents with
which the papers are filled, Of the suffer
ings and losses that have recently occur
red on the ocean. the following account
of :he esca oe of the ship Wisconsin, Cap
tain Scott. from Havre to this port, from
destruction by lightning and the unusual
phenomenon attending IL. will be read
with interest:
The ships position was lat. 81, 80 N,
lon. 20. 40 w. Temperature of water,
so deg, air 2S deg. Fahrenheit. The
weather dark and lowering with sharp
lightning. and barometer falling fast; ship
under double reeled topsails. foresail and
iib. Al a m commenced blowing hard,
with heavy sleet. Al 2.30 m, while
shortening sail, an immense ball Of fire
struck the main.royal masthead. and
then fell on the main hatch, where it ex-
plodod with tremendous force. filling the
deck with fire and sparks, with continued
explosions Of the PARTICLES like detonating
powder or torpedoes. Owing 10 the ice.
sleet and snow. with which the decks,
rigging's and sails were covered, the fire
was extinguished. About ten minutes
afterwards a second ball struck near the
same place. bu, was driven bv the lorce
Of the wind just clear of the ships side
TO leeward, when it exploded with loud
report and great commotion.
There were several men furling the jib
at the time, and the concussion was so
grea; that it lifted them nesrly clear Of
the bottom. The tornado lasted all next
day and night, from n. w. by n. The
air very cold and water 70 deg. causing
an immense exhilalion from the Gulf.
which congealed as soon as it rose. and
was driven furiously over the ship, ex-
cluding the very light of day. One of
the crew was knocked down and stunned
for time, but not seriously injured
The mate was blinded by it, and proba-
bly, will not recover the sight Of both
eyes. Had it not been for the ice. sleet
and rain which deluged the ship. there
can be no doubt but that she would have
been on fire from the truck to the water.
The fore top sail was blown out Of the
bell.rope; and The royal mast head scar
ed as il were with a red hot iron. being
all the damage the ship received. which.
to say the least. was very providential.
n. I. Courier d. Enquirer.
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Dreadful Railroad Aecident-TWO Men Killed.


Last Saturday afternoon two Irish Id
borers were killed at ,he Roilroad bridge
on Mr.. Roses farm. two miles west of
Wabash. They were discovered on the
Railroad track by the engineer of the
gravel train, who Immediately gave the
alarm and commenced ringing the bell.
Owing to the violent wrnd that prevailed
at the time, and which blew the smoke
back upon the engineer and obstructed d
his view OF the track, he was unable TO
see that the men were on the bridge. and
inasmuch as they did not get off imrnedi-
ately lie felt no uneasiness. and supposed
tha; they would step off the track when
the cars came nearer TO them.
He did not discover his mistake until
il was too late. The poor fellows at
tempted to run. but in doing so one of
them fell through about 30 feet on the
rocky bed of the stream, and was almost
instantly killed. The other one, il would
seem. attempted 10 climb down. bat in
the attempt was caught by the locomo-
tive ond his left hand and leg between
the knee and ankle were mashed 10 a iel-
ly, and he fell upon large rock which
broke his skull and killed him instantly.
Their names were White and Sullivan
In The forenoon they had come down from
Lagro and took dinner at Mr.. Collins
who keeps boarding house for Messrs.
Stone & Wells.
They started to go to Mr.. Fishers in
the afternoon. About three quarters OF
mile This side of the. place where they
were killed they had stopped and assisted
Mr.. William Collins to remove a stump
from his stone quarry. They were sup
posed TO have been sober, but must GER
tainly have been very much frightened Or
they could surely have avoided the acci.
dsnt. They were brought to town in the
evening, and on Sunday were decently
buried i'll the graveyard by Mr.. Pawling.
one of the township trustees.
Wabash Gazette.
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RaDid Experimenting,

The hot-air locomotive. "Vampire."
ran off the track near Patterson during
unexperimental trial trip On Friday, while
running at rate judged TO have been
abou! eighty miles per hour Fortunate.
ly no harm resulted either 10 the machine
or its operation. The machine il will be
recollected. is impelled by heated air. 'or
rather by both heated air and steam, in a
manner invented by Mr. PHINEAs BEy-
NETT, and is, we think, the first locomo-
tive ever tried with hot air as a motor in
any form. 1t is. taken together, very
remarkable construction. Ii has cost, up
to :he present time, about $4,000, but
has never been altered in any material
point from its original design. Il has no
tender. and carries lis engineer on i,s
back, or rather on its side. neur the for
ward end. lis weight, in running order.
is forty one tons, ana fuel enough for a
trip of 800 miles weighs only about three
tons more, and is carried in its capacious
furnace as single charge. The working
out of the principle has been most skill.
fully executed.-N. 7. Tribune.
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DEATH OF Son OF MOLLY PITCHER.
The Carlisle Democrat notices the
death in that place. on Thursday OF last
week. Of Sergeant John l.. Hays, an old
resident Of Carlisle. and soldier in the
war OF 1912: Sergent Hays was born on
the day of the battle of Lexington. and
was consequently IS years. of uge. He
wns the son of the celebrated Molly
Pitcher. who distinguished herself a: the
battle of Monmouth. and OF whom Head
ly. in his "Life of Washington" gave the
following account:
1t was during this part of battle. (when
Gen. Lee was struggling nobly against
the overwhelming numbers that pressed
on him. that an Irishman. with serving
his gun. was shot down. His wife.
named Molly. only twenty-five years OF
age. employed herself, while he loaded
and fired his piece, in bringing water
from n spring near by. While returning
with supply she saw him fall. and
heard the officers in command order the
gun to be taken to the rear. She immedi,
ately ran forward, and seized the ramme r,
declaring that she would avenge' his
death. She fought with her piece like a
hero TO the last. The next morning
Greene, who had been struck with her
bravery, presented her 10 Washington
who Immediately promitted her to SER
gean,. and afterward put her name on the
half-psy list for life. Previous 10 this.
she fired the last gun when the Americans
were driven from For. Montgomery.
At the close of the revolution, Molly
Pitcher took her residence in Carlisle.
where she was known as Molly McCauly.
She lived to advanced age, much respect
ed By all, and was buried with military
honors.
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The Prairie Chief

The Sacramento (Cai) Journal gives
an interesting account OF noted wild
horse which has recently been captured
i'm that vicinity. The animal was known
as the Prairie Chief or wild horse OF
Yolo, and is considered the best native
,rotter in the State. and the most endu-
ring animal perhaps in any country. He
had baffled for years repeated attempts
to capture him although every method
that ingenuity could devise and men ex-
ecute was tried years ago.
More than forty horsemen, mounted on
The very flower Of the ranches, pursued
him time and again. often running him
from sun 10 sun. and occasionly hunting
him on the second day. when he proved
as fresh as the on first; and never, until
last captured, even when hottest pursed.
was he seen to break into a gallop.-
Trot,lng he could run around some horses
galloping. Once he was decoyed by
means of other horses into a corral. but.
on perceiving the snare. he Of once bounded
clear by sevaral feet the b:isiing post of
the coral. A reward Of $1,000 was once
offered for him. and he was after several
attempts, driven into narrow pass and
!assoed. but he snapped the lusso in an
instant aud escaped.
The las, organized attempt 10 secure him,
however, succeeded. and the noble animal
vas robbed of the freedom he had so long
ard so gallsntly coutended for. A party
Of thirty persons, we'll mounted. assem-
bled q, the place where he was known to
be grazing. which was along range of
hills on the West bank of the Sacramen-
to. A few of them. in the morning.
drove him 10 the mountains, when he
was compelled to run back upon the
plains, where the res. of the party. scat
tered in squads for the distance of thirty
miles along the country. dashed at him
by turns and thus ran him at his full
speed back and forth to the mountains.
and up and down the plains. until he
was completely jaded and worn. and at
dark they were enabled to lasso and cap
ture him. Thus did this wonderful horse
run Cor troi raiher) the entire day with
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SUIcIDE.--A Mrs. Heath. OF Milton
township, Jefferson county. in this State,
few weeks siace. deliberately took q
rope. got upon a chair and fastened one
end OF ii to rafter. in the scond story of
her house, adjusted the other end to her
neck, and then kicked the chair from un-
der her. Her son, coming in few min.
utes afterwsrd, cut the rope before life
became extinct. She lived three or four
days. when she died. She was much re-
spected. Domestic troubles, il is said,
drove her to the desperate act. Her hus-
band committed suicide by hanging him.
self with a chair. in a stable. on the
same farm. about nine months ago.
Teuay Ncirs.
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Sniride Of Catherine 4. RODGERS.

We briefly noticed last week the death
of Mrs. Rodgers by suicide. Since then
We have edrned some additional p1rticu-
lars. Mr.. Rodgers. the husband of Mrs.
Rodgers, resided the Asher MCGOWAN
farm. Late last fall he moved from Vir.
ginia to this county. He has two or three
children, who have been attending school
and were at school last Wednesday when
their mother committed the dreadful deed
AT noon they came home from school and
not being able to find their mother began
to cry, Mr.. Rodgers coming in few
minutes afterwards found Mrs. Rodgers
up stairs hanging BY the neck, and quite
dead. 1t is the impression that soon af-
Ter breakfast when Mr.. r. had gone to
his work. and the children had gone to
School that Mrs. R. went ups tairs and
cutting a piece of rope from the bed cord,
got upon a chair and fastened the rope
around one Of the raf,ers. and then around
her neck, and then stepped of, The chair.
knocking il over. Some neighbor's child
rem on their way to school that morning
saw Mrs. Rodgers sitting in the door
reading the bible. The only plausible
supposition as to the cause is this.
A few weeks ago. Mrs. Rodgers who
was a member of the Methodist Church
in Virginia, presented her letter TO the
church here and at the time partook of
the sacrament. Since that time she had
been greatly depressed and was laboring
under the impression that she had cam
mitted great sin in going to the COM
munion table at all. considering herself
altogether worthy. This impression
grew upon her day by day until she was
finally driven to the horrible act which
ended her life and her troubles together.
She left note lying on the Ia BILE. which
was in substance as follows:
DEAR HUSBAND: I want you to send
for sister Jane. and keep the children to-
ge!her. Don't quit housekeeping.
can't live any longer. die.
CATHERINE A. RoDGERs.
Wab. Gazette.
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"A newlarlicle Of ladies' dress has mao

"A newlarlicle of ladies' dress has made
its appearance in Broadway. New York,
ard as q description of il may prove Of
interest TO our lady readers, we give one
we find in the Home Journal. That pa
per says:
A promenade over dress-being close
fitting coat like the New York surtout
worn by gentltmen-only not SO long
1t is oil the rage at present in Paris. and
pearl drab cachemire or pelisse cloth are
the goods preferred. The cut is double
breasted, with four pearl or passemedteric
buttons on each side as the lapels, and
two buttons at the waist behind. at the
iuncture OF the box pldits and side seams.
The sleeves are cut in a sagoda style
that is, with a very little fullness at the
arm hole, and formed TO fl The arm nearly
TO the elbow, from whence they widen so
as to come very large and floating at the
wrist, where they are turned over to
form o double cuff Of three inches depth.
For a waist sixteen inches in length, the
skirts should be abou. eighteen inches
lying, and cut in regular circle, to sew
without fullness to the bodice and still
fall gracefully over hooped skirt Of
moderate amplitude. The Innings are Of
silk serge, to match. and the edges are
bound with fine galloon. There are two
diagonal pockets in the skirts. This gar
ment should be cut and made by tailor
who possesses some knowledge Of the
ornamental art, when it becomes the
most attractive and comfor bic garme mt
for promenade thai was ever adopted by
the ladies'.
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Blown Down.

Last Saturday afternoon. during the
high winds which prevailed, the brick
walls of the two houses on canal street
which were burned last winter were blown
down. The west wall fell upon the roof
of DR.. Fords' frame building occupied by
James Wallace Esq, and broke in the
roof, but did no further damage. iaJust
before the walls fell Mr.. I. Wsmsley with
his team was Immediately in front Of the
building. and had barely got out Of reach
when they came down with terrible
crash, Mr.. w. had a narrow escape in
deed WGb. Gazette.
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CHARITY AT noME.--The followin

CHARITY AT HOME. The following
piece Of common sense we clip from a
cotemporary:
Let some Of our public spirited men.
instead of sending out our Bibles to Tim
bucto. and flannel breeches 10 Hotteniots.
beslow some portion of their attention on
the thousands of able bodied agricultur-
lists who arrive on our shores every year,
and, by forwarding them to locations
where they are wanted. not only to ben.
eft the laborer. but The community. by
rendering the price of market produce
more accessible to all. sls.u stoa1f
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AFFECTION IN AYIMALs.-Mr. Quinn
raised lawn which he named "Minnie. {"
1t was raised III company with lamb and
two dogs, and the four were much at.
tached, One day The fawn was missed.
and the greatest uDeasiness was manifest
ed by its companions. On search being
made, they found the body of the fawn.
which some wretch had shot. The lamb
licked its face with every sign of the
deepest frief.
On returning to bury il. they found the
body entirely covered with leaves by the
two dogs and the lamb. which were even
then engaged in their task Of love. From
shat time the lamb took no nouIishment,
and finally died of broken heart.
San Francisco Sun.
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Painful Termination to Banqust.-
The banquet Of the "Young Friends Of
Ireland" which took place at the Apollo
Rooms, New York. last Friday evening.
was brought TO sudden and very painful
termination by The death of John Dougher-
ty. Esq, young man twenty-five years
of age, the Corresponding Secretary TO the
Association. He sat near the orator Of
the day. and was observed to fell back in
his seat. as though in fit. He was i'm
mediately removed from the room, and
the programme was proceeded With; but
in short time intelligence wns received
of Mr.. Dougherty's death. and the com.
pspy retired silently to their homes. A
ball was to have succeeded the bsuquet.