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Srnall-POx In Louisville.

The Louisville Ledger of the 9th ult.,
contains a candid. fair and commendahIs
article on the subject of smallpox in
Louisville. 1t says:
THE small-pox.of very fatal type
is on the increase in this city, and al
though it seems to be the policy of many
persons to smother and hide the fact, the
tlirielaS arrived when the truth can no
longer oo concealed, and when it would
DC W'cSeu' Vt to say criminal, however
much Ou''nesS erests may be involved,
not 10 ao'''s 'n' r|ic of their danger.
All throughout the inteN ~sf our o,v.
and in neighbo'ing States ttk ~,
disease has been spread, and siiK..o,;n'
ues 10 lind its victims, and pearIv
every Instance il can be traced al
the ExpSsihon' or so'.,,s other X,or.I
meeting place of our citizens. xhx
cautious or careless people have M
the deadly virus. 1t different cox
had been pursued, many persons wouA-
ncs he living who have been stricken
down with tn smallpox, which they or
tieir neighbon contracted here. If in
tead OF giving the impression through
the public press hat there was little If
any of the disease in the city, the facts
had been proclaimed, and our visitors
warned Of their danger, and they had
further been told thai well-performed
vaccination with gooi vaccine matter
furnished very great security against the
disease in any form, andagainst death by
the disease to an almost ABSOLUTE certain
ty, an untold amount of sufering and
death would have been prevented, and
the trade of the city and places-of amuse-
ment would not have been seriously at
fected"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13
Gems from shakespeare.

A woman's fitness comes by fits.
Easy it is of cut loaf to steal a
shive.
Winning will put every man into
courage.
The world. is still deceived with orna-
nent.
Fruits that blossom first, will first be
ripe.
Love all; trust few; do wrong to
none.
Good words are better than bad
strokes.
Ts not year or two shows us a
man.
All deeds are doubled with an evil
word.
Were man but content, he were per-
feet.
The nature of bad news infects the
teller.
Ill blows the wind that profits no
body.
He is well paid that is well satisfied.
Unheedful VOWS may heedfully be
broken.
Scorn at first, makes after love the
more.
A good mans fortune may grow out
at his heels
We cannot weigh our brother with
ourself.
In time, we hate that which we often
fear.
Tis in ourselves that We are thus, or
thus.
How hard it is to hide the sparks of
nature.
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The question has lately been asked,
"Why should We refain from eating
new Dreadr The answer Il. -f5ecause
pnlesv-rsyt~ nrcad Is the only kind of
bread, except sse~s-d. which sbould No
eaten warm New fernen,ea -
much fore difficult Of. digestion than
when Il is day DID," The process'5 '5r
fermentation, or raising" ccnsists in the
transformation of portioa Of the starch
of the -four, through the agency of the
yeast, into sugar, and the further change
of the sugar into carbonic ncidgas, which
rsises the dough. and alcohol. More ca
ses Of dyspepsia are produced by eating
fresh raised bread than by any other
one article Of s.od. White flour, or
that from which the bran has been re-
moved, viii not make the true ''staf of
life" In the first place, it does not con-
tain in sufficient. quantity the elements
needed to properly nourish and sustain
the bones, muscles, and brain, these ele-
ments being mostly contained lin the
bran, which is either thrown away or
given to the cattle and pigs. In the Sec
ond place, fine flour confirms by far too
large proportion of starch, which, when
eaten freely and constantly, causes OBJ,
struction of the liver apd constipation Of
the bowels; and these two conditions, it
is well known, lead to nearly every other
form Of disease. People who live largely
upon white flour bread are imperfectly
nourished, ssd children brought up upon
it cannot be otherSises y Ih.a s,s
npJdhy, Tor the reason that it docs NOT
contain the bone and muscle making ele-
ments they require for vigorous growth.
If fine wheat -four could be banished
from the land and unbolted wheat meal
take its place, the next generation would
show wondeaful increase in the size and
strength of body and vigor of mind over
the present one.
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Odd Names.

A gentleman who is fond o. all kinds
of literary quips and oddities ha, discov-
cred in Aliens new history of kehucky
the folloy;us curious collection Of Names
among those of the earliest settlers Of
Green county, and hands them to us ar.
ranged in paragraphs according to a
whimsical suggestiveness he finds in their
form or sound:
John Rock and Ab;jah Stone;
Wm Hoehammer, John Steale, Geo.
Spear, VIM. Sickle, Stephen Scales and
Geo. Wolfscale;
Job Little, Stephen Rigg and VIM
Riggen;
Thomas Slaughter, James Killing,
VIM. Peace, Geo. Fought, Alex. WHIP,
Fred. SlinkCr, John Willing and lsh.m
Ready;
William Summer and Elisha Winter;
Philip Wells, William Rivers, Dpuid
Ford, John Bridgewater;
William Meadows, John Fields, John
Wood, John Park, Henry Grove;
A. Birch, VIM. Oaks, Samuel found
tree, Isaac Crabtree, William Bun;
Enos Bird, Christopher Wra, and
John Grove;
Adam Lamm and Eli Bull;
John White, jeremiah Blacl, Daniel
Brown, Liberty Green, Jesse Gray;
John sally, William Nance, Jacob
Niece;
Michael Archdeacon, Solomon Priest;
James Gone and John Goodnight.
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Curious Physical Phenomenon.

we nave ie''rneu '''1"Ny VI ono VI
the most remarfaoie ana unaocoun'aoie
cases of phenomena taa' mas perhoise ever
been recorded, for reasons Oh aI"'aSy
we Withhold the name oi Tue i'uy' VINO
Is IN es'i'huo'o anu "o,'"y ~" "
Frankfort though 'here Is aouhooh' CIV,
idenee to authenticate the lac'S We si'ui
give For the last hi'een OF ''gn'eer
months this lady has' at ''nes, ''ie'ou
exquisite torture, caused py the az narse
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No Home.

There are thousands who know moth
ing Of the blessed influences Of u comfort
able home, merely from the want of
thrift or from dissipated habits, Youth
was spent in frivolous amusements and
domoralizing associations, leaving them
at middle age, when the intellectual and
the physical man should be in its greatest
yigor, enerya;ed and without one laudi-
bic ambition. Friends long since lost,
confidence gone and nothing to look to in
old age but mere toleration in the COM
munity where they should be ornaments,
No home to fly to when wearied with the
struggles incident 10 life no wife to cheer
them in their dependency; no children
10 amuse them, and no yirtuous hosehold
to give zest to the joys of life. All Is
blank, and there i no hope or saccor ex-
cept that which is given out by the hands
of public or private charities. When the
family of an industrious and sober citi-
zen gather around cheerful fire Of a
wintry day, the homeless man is seeking
shelter ia the siation-house, or begging
for a nights rest in the out-bulding OF
one who startol in life at the same time.
with 10 greater advantages ; but honesty
and industry built up that house. while
dissipation destroyed the other.
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THE VILLAGE ANGEL.
4 GOOD STORY FOR ALL.

Emily Wharton was The rat and pride
Of Riverdale. The old men revcrcntly
called her the "yillinro angel" the young
men admired her by day aud dreamed of
her by night; and even her companions
Of her own scS felt for har pure regard,
free from the least taint of envy or jeal.
lusy. Had any one asked if she YVES
beautiful, the reply would have heea !;
"rm sure don't know; but she is 50
good we all love her; we cant help it. ="
And if you, reader, had seen her glossy
brown hair, her deep, tender eyes. of a
dark gray, and her fair round face with
gentleness and patience shining from
every feature. You might deny that she
was really pretty, but you would have to
admi, ;ha. she possessed charms superior
to,.Lose of personal lovelincss.
What little romance there had been in
Emily's quie; happy life, she had made
herself while quietly working for quite
another object. Her parents being the
wealthie.t people in town, aud her own
heart prompting her TO take the most
worthy advantage of this blessing, she
had often helped those in need, and ac-
complished il in such quiet way that
she avoided the ostentaiion of charity,
and caused the recipients 10 feel thank
fulness unburdened by any sense of hu-
initiating obligation.
1t was one summer afternoon, while
sitting with her mother ON the piazza of
their elegant cottage, that Emily saw a
young man staggering under the weight
of heavy S.rv" flied viii, ,rgv.auics.
H. was coming up the road, and as he
drew near she saw that his face was very
pale, and bore only too plainly the marks
of care and sorrow. She watched him as
he advanced, her face revealing the sud
den sympathy which ais appearance had
inspired in her heart.
Resching the house directly opposite,
tn yOung man let his barrow rest upon
the walk, and opened the gate; then,
moving forward with his load, he essayed
to enter, but the gate swung 70, barring
his progress. Again he tried, and with
the same result Wiping the pesPra-
tion from his brow, he looked about for
something with which to hold the gate in
position, and at that moment n slight
girlish figure swept by him, and a sweet
voice said; 81 will hold it while you
come in.'
Surprised, and not little embarrassed
he regarded her for II moment in silence /;
then, while gratitude shone from his dark
eyes, he replied;
you are very kind miss; | thank
YOU"
And he wheeled his burden into the
yard, giancing almost reverently at his
gentle assistant.
my mother thinks you have not been
long in our village" said Emily, shyly.
"No, only three days. I'm stran-
ger. you see, and don't get much work,
but | shall by and by, think, and a
faint smile passed over his features.
n n A 4
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WOODS WIT.

We clip the following paragraphs from
the Glasgow Times:
A fellow who was going to be hung,
said that his business had proved ruin
Gus, and that he had been forced to
suspend
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13

India rubber bastles are fashionable
with the habities OF the skating rinks up
north. They keep apile of straw just out
side the enclosure, and when the footing
fails, they lind themselves acrobated on
the nearest straw pile.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13

Tur last Levy Court fcs Sr.su county
established and fixed the charges Of ply
sicians attending on thepoor in the coun-
ty at the economical rate Of twenty-five
cents mile going and returning, and
nothing for medicine furnished.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13

The best thing we know of for people
who are dealing with'thc epizootic is to
"heel" it.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13

The epizootic is bringing around the
times that try mems "soles."
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IF SEVEN days make one week, how
many will make one strongs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
CHICAGO.
Terrible Accident---Deafh OF Fore
paugb's Elephant Romeo.

CHICAGO, June IA terrible acci-
dent occurred at the ruins ofthe Grace
Episcopal Church, on the corner of
North Lasalle and Superior streets.
Workmen are engaged in taking down
the walls and clearing away the de-
bris. About noon, while two of them,
one named RicksOn and the other
Swami, were sitting on one of the
walls eating their dinners, some other
workmen placed heavy ladder
against the wall They had scarcely
got it into position when a large see
ton of heavy twenty-five inch wall
fell with fearful crash, burving the
two men and crushing them out Of
all resemblance of humanity, the bod
les presenting a horrible sight.
The celebrated elephant Romeo,
one of the oldest and said to be the
largest in the United States, andval-
ued at $4,000, died this afternoon
in Forepaugh's Menagerie. now ex-
hibiting here. The death was from
natural causes. The body has been
presented by Forepaugh to the Chi
cago Medical College. The skeleton
will he mounted and placed in It's
museum
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19
THE MENNONITEs OF RUSSIA.
Proposed Emigration Of a Colony oi
10000 10 the United States.

The st. Petersburg correspondent
of the New York Tribune writes
The United States seems likely to re-
ceive large emigrationfrom Russia
during this or the ensuing year. The
Mennonite colonies, which are situa-
ted on the south of Russia, near Ber-
diansk, numbering some 10000 souls
at least, and estimated at more than
twice that, propose removing in a
body either to the United States or
to Canada, in order to escape from
the obligations of military service,
which is contrary TO their conscience
and religious belief 1t is said that
they have already presented petitions
TO the American and British Govern
nents, asking on what conditions they
will be received As the emigration
of such large body of people, all
connected together by religion, friend
ship and blood, and who would vir-
tually desire to settle in one place, is
matter of considerable importance,
it will be well to tell who these Men
nonites are, and what are their char
actcr and circumstances.
At the time when the Anabaptists
and other mystical and protesting
sects, fiourishcd most in the Low
Countries, Menno Simonis, Catho-
lie priest, abandoned Catholicism and
united many of these errant sectari-
ans into "Communes of God" ''poor
and defenseiess brotherhoods. This
teaching was very simple, and i'm
many respects resembled that of the
Quakers One great doctrine was,
that war was unlawful and military
service sinful. The effort of these
communities was torestore the Apos.
! tolic Church to its primitive simple.
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The Storm i'm Ohio,

CINCINNATI, June l1.-Later infor-
nation from the scene of the tornado
which visited Quincy and De Graf,
Logan county, Ohio, on Saturday
evening, shows that it was more ter
rible and destructive than first reports
indicated 4 sultry day was follow
ed by the appearance of a cloud in
the west. about five O'Clock in the
evening, which gathered blackness
and size with fearful rapidity. \
heavy wind set, in, and at half-past
FIVE O'Clock the whirlwind struck the
earth FIVE miles from Quincy, moving
south-easterlv. The destroyer was
hardly more than five minutes reach
ing Quincy, through which it passed,
making clean sweep of houses, trees
and fences along its path, which for
tunately was comparatively narrow.
In this village fifty or sixty dwellings
and stores, and two churches, and as
many more shops, stables and out
buildings were unrOOfed, rocked upon
their foundations or were demolished.
The air was literally filed with flying
boards, furniture, laths and plaster
A parlor stove was caught up by the
wind and hurled through the air, fall
ing upon a woman, who was so crush
ed that she has since died The Bap-
tist and Methodist Episcopal churches
were completely destroyed.
The tornado on its way to De Graft
struck Bogg's fouringmill, five stories
high, and containing three thousand
bushels of grain, moving the building
nine inches upon its foundation, car
rying away the roof and part of the
fifth story. Itplowed its way through
De Graf, scattering destruction in its
path, but hurting few persons and
damaging less number of buildings.
After leaving De Graf it passed sew
eral settlements. missing houses. and
finally rose from the earth and was
seen for miles carrying in its funnel
shaped form timber, rails and debris
which it had gathered in its destruc-
tive march. The papers of this
morning give the names of thirty-nine
persons injured in Quincy and eley9n
in De Graft The list does not COM
prise all the injured in the former vii
lage. Mrs. Roll, reported killed in
De Graf, is vet living, though her
two children were killed Mrs Click,
of Quincy, has since died from her
wounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-19

bic counterpoise to the Mormons, toI
they have all and more than all the
good qualities OF the Saints" and
none Of their bad ones. What the
Mennonites asked in their petitions to
the American and British governments
was whether they could obtain land
free or at low prices for their whole
colony; whether they could have ex-
cmption for themselves and their de-
scendants from military service Of
every kind and whether the govern
ment would advance them any money
to defray their travelling expenses.
Though the colony is prosperous and
some of the members rich, vet there
are there, as everywhere else. some
poor who either have no land, being
mere dav-laborers, or have 50 little
property that the forced sale which
they would have to make on quitting
their homes would leave them almost
destitute With the numerous emil
grant aid societies which exist in
America, it would seem that the path
might be tmoothcti 70 the MennO-
mites, and everything well arranged
to satisfy them
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THE CITY OF MEXICO.
Its Charitable Institutions, Markets
and Fruits OF the Climate.

Mr.. William Cullen Bryant, the
veteran editor of the New York
Eceniag Post, is publishing in hispa-
per latters within during his recent
visit to Mexico, which, are exceeding
" interesting. From the fifth of the
series we copy the following portion
relating some of the charitable and
other institutions of the City of Mex
leo. The letter is dated March IL,
1872:
One of the most interesting things
to be seen in Mexico is the school Of
Tecpan de Santiago, a charitable IN
stitution, founded and supported by a
Mexican lady, the Sonora Baz, wife
of an opulcnt gentleman who has Tor
merly filed the post of Governor of
the province of Mexico. We called
first at the house of Governor Baz, as
he is called, one of the finest mansions
in Mexico, fitted up with great taste
and attention to comfort His lady, a
native Mexican of a somewhat slight
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girls OF all the different races in Mex
co are sheltered, reared, educated and
provided with home till they marry.
Drawing and music are among the
accomplishments which they arc
taught-cmbroidcry, Of course. The
inmates were Of all ages some had
already reached middle life. and a.
spinstcrs were sure Of a shelter tiil
they died Of olda We were shown
over the whole, and could not hu.
admire the clcan and comfortable aI,-
pearance of everything in their airy
apartments, The long sleeping
rooms, in which were rows of neat
little beds, stretched away like the
galleries of the Louvre in Paris
The matron who showed us these
rooms, and who accompanied US 10
the great kitchen, where the dinnerof
the inmates, was simmering, smoked,
as she went, cigdriIlo, a pinch or
two ofGne tobacco, rolled up in paper
so as to form little cylinder. lt IS
customary among the elderly Mcxi-
can women and those of middle agt
to smoke tobacco in this form, but
when / spoke Of this to a Mexican
lady she answered, "The practice IS
going out of vogue; the young wo-
men now do not smoke"
But | have not vet done with the
school All these ample accommoda-
tions are not alone for the orphans
who are gratuitously provided for a
hundred and forty girls Of Mexican
families are received here "a bOarders
and pupils on payment Of ten dollars
monthly. Besides these, there is kept
in the building a day school for little
girls of the poorer class, who amount
to an indefinite number, and for whom
nothing is paid.
From the National School for Girls
| went to the Founding Hospital,
which is here called the Cuna or
Cradle. Here | found myself IN a
swarm of three hundred Of these par
entless creatures, from grown-up boys
and girls down to the babe Of yester-
dav. Some of them were plump
looking infants, asleep in their little
beds, and there were one or two lying
uneasily and painting with fever.
was surprised at the small number OF
boys in the hospital.
"How is this ?'' | asked what Is
the proportion of boys to girls in this
institution ~
Three fourths are girls was the
answer.
'IBut why should they send girls to
this place rather than boys :"
''Simply because there are more ot
them. The births settle that matter.
Here in Mexico are born three girls
to one boy"
| expressed nv astonishment at
this, but / was assured that the sta
tistics of the country showed the fact
to be as has been stated and indeed
the register Of the Founding Hospit-
al is pretty good evidence Of the vast
Of female over male
births in Mexico.
4 smiling eeclesiastic, with an
asthmatic cough, conducted US over
the building, or rather the two large
private houses so connected Us to
form one, and caused one Of the IN
mates, already woman grown, to
plav for US on the piano, which she
did very creditably. Fourteen ofthe
girls then sang in chorus two or three
songs, with a precision which showed
that they had been carefully trained.
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DON'T WHIP HIN.

Our Bobby was pinching the kitten,
And kicking his primer about,
And pulling beetle TO pieces,
His face all awry in a pout;
His mamma, who silent and patient,
Had heard all HIS fretting and noise,
Now reached for the whip on the mantel--
The terror of four.year old boys.
But grandma, with snow white 'kerchief
Pinned over her warm, loving breast
Where ten little heads had been pillowed
And rocked into childhood's sweet rest,
Looked up from her little wool stocking,
Just finished and laid on her knee,
And said: ''Dear, you'll ruin his temper.
You had better far let the child be-
Don't whip him his father before him
Was fiogged and shut up In the dark,
And stood On one foot in the corner,
And disciplined up to the mark;
We gave him no credit for honor,
But watched him like spiders watch flies !;
And what did It teach him. why mainly
To practice deceit and tell lies.
1--WE called II affection and duty
God knows we were fond Of the boy
But guess his remembrance Of childhood
Is not quite well-spring Of joy.
So put up that yellow whip, daughter,
And try little Bob once more;
You see he's forgotten HIS passion,
And lies half asleep on the fioor-
Then grandmother lifted her darling,
And patted his head on her breast,
And sang an old favorite dltty,
Till ali Bobby's woes were Mt rest
And so the wee whip, bright and yellow,
Was laid on the mantle again; ...
And that is the way these grandmas
Spoil nine little boys out Of ten
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Read the Following List Of
Claims Paid.

James Joiee, New York CITY, 1900, paymen,
overdue months.
+. II. e. Hampe, New York City, 81 900, pay,
ment overdue months and 5 days
Mrs. q. B. Hart, Chicago, Ill. 5000, payment
overdue months aud ls days
II. =. Moore, Boston Mass, s20a0, payment
overdue months and Is days
James II. Adair, New Maysville, Ind, Z, 600
payment overdue months and days.
Bernard O'Grafy, Detroit, Mich, 4. 600, pa
meni overdue yesrs, 10 months and IL days.
Jones ID. Estabrook. Fitchburg, Mass. 81 600.
payment overdue years, month and days.
GO0DCHILD MARSHALL. Agents,
june l2-'72 Somerset Pa.