Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-02-16

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:. Ifa woman were to change heI
:. sex, of what religion would she be:
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The great lakes cover an area Of
one hundred and thirty thousand
T square miles. .-
In the five largest libraries in Par
. is are contained 1,450,000 volumes
) and $1,000 manuscripts. .
There sreason to believe that some
S of the prevailing blonde chignons
4 are made of light fantastic tow.
, Censure is more effectual when
mixed with praise. So,when fault
is discovered, it is well to look up a
virtue to bear it company.
: Young Swell-''I say, boy, what
do you do with your clothes when
you've worn them out?'' .,r..
Boy-"Wears 'em 'ome again.
, ''How do you define black as your
, hat@" said schoolmaster to one
) of his pupils. Darkness that may
be ".replied the youthful wit.
A colored gentleman during the
recent cold weather was asked if he
didn't think it was below zero.
Below zero, chile. zero done froze
| up long ago, and there's no use talk
in any mo- bout him." . ..|
A candidate travelling through
one of the rural precincts of a GER
tain county few days since, rode
up to farmhouse and thus accost-
ed tow-headed urchin who was
seated upon the top of a gate post:
''Bub, where's your pa?" '.-
The youngster replied; "Pap's
just gone down beyond the cow shed
to dig grave to bury the old dog,
Towser. The old fool killed him
self a barkin' at candidates for Sher-
iff." .Haa 81 .A
There are nineteen vacancies in
the College of Cardinals at Rome.
The college is divided into three
classes-bishops, priests and dea-
cons. There are at present five car
dinal bishops, thirty-nine cardinal
priests and seven cardinal deacons.
At the head of the last stands the
name of Antoneli. The present
Pope has appointed no less than
forty cardinals. .r.s
Tread on your dogs tai, and he is
profuse with his affectionate apollo
gies for having vexed you by a mo
ment's bowling. Tread on your
cats and she claws your leg, spits,
and sulks for an hour. / don't de-
fend Mrs. Puss, but you are much
more careful Of treading on her than
the doggie 1t is just the same in
families. 7 -
A young man in the rural dis
tricts of the West, went one eve
ming to see his darling and after ma
king love to her some, ventured to
pop the question. She seemed very
much agitated, and said: "you
skeer me-" He apologised, saying
that he did not mean to scare her.
Feeling much depressed, he took his
hat to go home, she said, Mister,
don't be in a hurry-I wish you
would skeer me again" |,
The family headship is solved in
Maine. A progressive clerical
friend, desiring to know the views
Of his people in regard to church {
matter, requested all the heads of
families to rise. Only the brethren
responded to the appeal; this did s
not satisfy, and our enthusiastic s
minister hurriedly added, ''Now
will the-will the parts of the heads t
of families rise?
Many lose the opportunity Of
saying kind thing by waiting to
weigh the matter too long. Our
best impulses are too delicate to en-
dure much handling. If you fail
to give them expression the moment
they rise, they efevesce, evaporate, ,
and are gone. If they do not turn :
sour, they become flat, losing all {
life and sparkle by keeping. Speak (
promptly when you feel kindly.
1t is not the best things-that is, {
the things which we call best-that S
make men; it is not the calm ex-
periences of life; it is life's rugged ,
experiences, its trials. The discip-
line of life is here good and there
evil, here trouble, there JOY, here rude ,
ness and there smoothness, one work
ing with the other, and the alterna-
tions of the one and the other, which
necessitate adaptations, constitute
a part of that education which
makes man a man, in distinction
from animal, which has no education.
The successful man invariably bears
on his brow the marks of his strug- $
giles which he has had to undergo. {
Il Think said DR.. John Brown of !.
Edinburgh, who,of all prose writers,
has written with the most hearty !;
and delightful appreciation of dogs,
Il think every family should have
a dog. 1t is like having perpetual
baby, tits the plaything and crony
of the whole house: it keeps them {
all young. And then it tells no tales, 7
betrays no secrets, never gets into 7
debt, never comes down late to 8
breakfast, is always ready for a bit t
of fun, lies in wait for it-and you 7
may, if choleric, for your relief, kick 9
him instead of some one else, who 8
would certainly not, as he does, ask l
your pardon for being kicked" r
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To KEEP Blue. CALICO OR LAWN
FROM FADING.-Put an ounce of q
sugar of lead into a pail of cold wa S
ter; in this solution soak the mate c
rial for two hours, and let it dry be- v
fore being washed and ironed. All q
shades of blue may thus be kept +
from fading when washed.
To CLEAN FURs.-Shake and whip !;
them well; then brush; boil some y
flaN-seed; dip a rag in the water
and wipe them slightly. This makes .
them look nearly rs good as new.
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