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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-04-11
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CHERRY PECTOpIe
For Disease. OF ,hc Throa,

~ ORS'
For Diseases OF the Thr..,
sueh as Coughs, CoId.- ma
Cough. Bronchitis, A.,hMhssI
Consumption.
Among the great discoveries of NJ l.
few are Of more real value 10 mankiira99 asn
tectual remedy for all diseases OF II. 'lg a
Lungs, A vast trial Of its virtues tb1s
and other countries, has shown thai nSA
and eifectually control them. The tess vi 4
best citizens. of all classes establish N 4
CHERRY PICTORIAL will and does Teiisa M
the affecting disorders Of the THROAT ny n
yond any other medicine. The most dsal Z
tons OF the Pulmonary Organs Yield ,a
aud cases OF Sonsumpiion,e cured IN ~
alton, are publicly known. so remarks 4 tlsr
To be believed. were they not proven Iaoie ~
AS remedy II Is adequate, on which iSsl
rely for full protection. BY curing T.pa
torerunners OF more serious disease h saslu
bered lives, and an amount of suas,;Ns ia
computed. IL challenges trial. and AN, RI
most skeptical, Every family should -
hand as protection against the eariv as-
celyed attack Of Pulmonary Affection,
easily met at first. but which become 49,
often fatal, II neglected. ender luSs' =
defence and II is unwise TO be withes, i
safeguard TO children, amid the distress.
winch beset the Throat and Chest Al
CHERRY PICTORIAL is invaluable; for Iv -
use multitudes are rescued from prematr. III
and saved to the love and affection eepte,.s
IL acts speedily and surely against or5;,.
securing sound and health restoring \.
enc will suffer troublesome Influenza af
bronchitis, when they know how east
be cured. '@aiV
originally the product of long. laborion,
cessiul chemical investigation, no eo.,
spared IN making every bottle in the \. q
slble perfection. 1t may be conhdentlv -
on as possessing all the virtues il bss ~ II
tied, and capable. of producing cures a. Va ,
as the greatest II has ever effected.
PREPARED BY
DIR. j. G. AVER q CO., Lowell
Practical and Analytical Cbsu,s,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ErgRyWy
A-e3W
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20

to the dogs.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
Straining a ChiId's Memory.

When child is endowed with that most
excellent thing-a good memory-com-
mon sense should teach his guardians or in
structors that he must be restrained from
oyertaxing it; yet we read that certain
lad, aged twelve years, repeated, in SUM-
day-school, without one blunder, five hun
dred and fifteen verses from the Bible.
What makes the accomplishment of this
feat the more remarkable is the fact that
the poor child is usually employed during
the day, and memorized these verses by
the light of a fire built in his yard at night.
1t may also be mentioned that he has never
attended any other than Sunday-school.
Now the question is this: What purpose
does such gigantic strain upon memory
serve? The precocious boy probably re-
peats his lesson as parrot might, without
in the least understanding that which he
recites whereas, by thoroughly learning
half dozen verses, he not only under
stands what he learns, butreseryes useful
faculty for profitable uses.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
How Women are Valued in China.

Chinese husbands can procure divorces
from their wives by simply proving that
they talk too muchh What if such an ex-
cuse held good in America! Women, in
fact, are thought little of in China. II
you ask a Chinese woman how many chill
dren she has, she will give only the num-
Der Of boys. She has to be asked the
second time how many girls she has, as
they are thought so little of that in many
cases they are killed as soon as born. One
of these women told an European friend
that her first child was little girl, and
described how she loved the little one.
MY husband went out" she said, ''and
brought In tub of water. begged him
to spare its life, but he took the little one
and put its head in the water, and held it
there until it was dead. Ny second babe
was a daughter, and it was served the
same as the first; the third child was a
boy; he lived until he was about four
years old, when the gods got angry and
killed him. Then my husband died; and
if | eat anything that is nice, and if wear
good clothes, my relatives become angry,
and treat me harshly." Even in our Christ
ian churches i'm China the women are not
allowed in the same room with the men,
but are partitioned off in lattice-work
room.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
Limitations In Poultry Keeping.

For hundred dollars spent in the pur-
chase and careful keeping of a few fowls, a
hundred dollars may be gained each year.
But If this business is suddenly increased
ten times with the expeC Ctation that the
profits will be multiplied proportionately
a failure Is sure to result--as rule. We
have known this to be The case many a
time and oft. On the other hand, when
the experimenter has been content to feel
his way cautiously, and, having one sue
cessful colony in operation, to plant an
other without oyercrowding that already
existing. he has succeeded and afterwards
again successfully repeated the extension.
But we would caution our readers-so
many of whom seem to think that if 100
fowls may be kept profitably that 1000
may also be acknowledgements believing
in the possibility of poultry in large num-
bers without an extended range of clean
grass, or without the closest attention,
governed by the greatest skill and expert
ence, and without every appliance known
TO the art of poulry-keeping through
which the fowls may be Obliged to corl-
form to the needed requirements. The H.
stincts of these birds are keen and strong
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
New Plan Of Church BenevoIence.

The State street Baptist Church of
Springfield, Mass, of which the Rev. A.
h. Potter is pastor, has started n mutual
relief association, the object of which is to
render assistance to families or friends of
the dead at time when the expenses of
sickness and the additional expenses of a
funeral are often so great as to impose bur-
dens too heavy for many to bear alone"
Not only members Of the church, but all
persons holding sittings and their children,
can become members on the payment OF
fifty cents each. AT the death Of MEM
Der each surviving member is taxed thirty
cents, and a sum equal to twenty-five cents
a member is paid by the treasurer to such
relative or friend of the deceased as the
board Of trustees may designate. This is
not charitable association; IL is an appli-
cation OF the principle of mutual insurance
TO one OF the inevitable necessities of life.
1t Is reduction to systematic form of the
Injunction to ''bear one another's burdens.o
The poor and the rich stand ON a perfect
equality all enter upon the same terms,
and all are required to take the relief pro-
vided, whether they need 1t rnot. The
organization of the society is simple and
easily worked, and we are not surprised to
be told that 1t is becoming very popular In
the church. The need of some such sys-
tcui VI rcici - appdrent 10 every pdstof.
Families which in health are able to provide
for themselves are often badly crippled by
the doctors and the underiaker's bills;
and, If without surrendering their self-re-
spect they can be aided at such time, the
helpwill be ofimmense advantage to them.
This church has also parlor, which it
proposes to have opened, warmed, and
furnished with good reading every Sunday
afternoon, so that the operatives and shop
hands who have no better place of spend
ing their Sundays than the dingy dining
room of some uncomfortable boarding
house may here find safe and pleasant
resort. If the parlor could be kept open =
every evening for the same purpose, it
would be well. The evenings as well as
the Sundays Of these working people often
pass drearily. The time will come, we
trust, when every considerable church in
the large towns will provide such a social
room for those of its congregation who
have not homes Of their own. However,
we do not wish to find fault with Mr.. Pot
ter's church; but to chronicle the satisf;ic-
ton which we feel in every such attempt
on the part of the churches to do good to
all men In practical and rational ways
Independent.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
THE WRECK OF THE aAIDEEN.r
By ALFRED rKRcxvAL GRAVES.

By ALFRED PERCKvAL GRAVES
us 1t cure me, Docther, darlin'9 an ould boy
Ahher soafin; OF Berehaven three and thirt,
Wild no other navigation underneath me but an
oar.
"God incrase ye, but it's only half myself is
And there's monntin' slow but surely to nv hear,
o., the dyin' chill;
all mortal skill.
"But ven surely let them Lift me, won't YOU.
Ye'll let thin lit me, surely-werry soft and
VERY slow
Tosee my ould ship "Aideen'' wanst agin before
goS
clay my head upon your shoulder; thank We
kindly, Docther, dear,
Take me now-e'od bless ye, Cap'n-now togeth-
Have no dread that yell distrss me-now. arin-
0chone see her.
"4Ologone my Aideen's Aideen, christeped bv
her laughin' lips, -
Wild sprinkle from her finger as ye started from
Thirty year ago come T. shrovetide, like n swan
among the ships.
"And we both were constant to ye till the bitter,
Whn the typhns took me dariint, and she pined
and pined away,
TIL YOURSELF the only sweetheart that was left
me on the say.
$50 through fair and foul we'd travel, you and
i, thin, usn't We,
The same ould ceorse from Galway Bay, by Linz
erick and Tralee,
Till this storm II shook me overheard and ropr
thered you, machree
But now, agra, the unruly wind has flown into
the west.
oceans breast
Like Aideen's smilin' sperit come to call us to
our rest.
rightly hear
The says too cowld-for one SO ould-- % save me.
Cap'n, dear
Aideen--Aideen's here y,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
Advantage Of Studying Botany.

The most important advantage realized
from q knowledge of botany is the pleas
ure and happiness it gives. 1t makes us
acquainted with the vegetation which sur
rounds us, the trees, the shrubs and herba-
ceous plants, and also the grasses which
contribute so largely to the wealth and
support of mankind in the temperate
zones. Having an intimate acquaintance
with these, our daily walks or rides in the
country are made doubly pleasant and
agreeable. The entire country belongs in
in measure to the botanist; tits his to en-
joy and admire, and he often derives more
pleasure from 1t than its owners, because
he does not have it to care for or pay taxes
on it.
We have known invalids to become per-
fectly healthy by studying botany and col
lecting plants. Their walks and rides
were pleasant and exciting, and their at
tention being always drawn to new and
pleasing objects, their exercise was not IA
tiguing. They were looking for some
thing new, and rarely failed to find it, and
sometimes it was a rare and beautiful flow
er. We have been told by doctors aud
others that we could not live long. We
ceased to take medicine and began the
study OF botany, and we have lived many
years since, and now can walk with toler-
aDie ease twenty-five miles day to collect
plants for the herbarium.
To the agriculturist and horticulturist
knowledge Of botany will give more pleas
ure than other science. 1t is with plants
he deals, and the better he understands
them the better he can manage them and
the more happiness he can derive from
their cultivation. Such a person will be
apt to make his home pleasant and its sur
roundings attractive with rare and beauti-
tul flowers and fine fruits. Such person
has more of the elements Of happiness at
bis command than a Stewart, Vanderbilt
or Astor with their millions; for these
last have made the acquisition of money
their chief end and aim. Their minds have
not been enlarged by scientific studies and
they are strangers to the pleasures which
studies afford. The many cares which
they have and which cannot be avoided in
the management of such vast estates rem
der lives toilsome and laborious, much
more SO than he who has a competency in
the country, good library in pleasant
home and a scientific knowledge of his sur
roundings. He sees
Wisdom in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons In stones, and good in everything"
-Rxral Ayabansian.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
Pithole City's Rise and Fall.

The Pittsburgh Dispatch has graphic
but melancholy story TO relate of the rise
and fall of Pithole City, which beats the
histories of all the cities of the Western
plains. But recently the Danforth House
and all the furniture it contained, costing
originally $4,000, was sold for 800, and
that is but am instance of the general
blight which has fallen upon that iliustri-
GUS municipality. 1T Is remnant of oil
times, and within one month after the first
house was erected. an $4,000 hotel was
built. In two months a daily paper was
established, and In three thcMer was
built. Another month added a second
theater and an Academy Of Music, though
they did not get to the erection of any
other academies. In five months the city
had her mud fire-extinguisher, it being inn
possible to obtain water in the place.
The completion of the half year saw sew
enty-four hotels and saloons in full blast,
and population Of 1900. Now she Is
more like the cities of the plain than ever.
Her thcaters have vanished, her hotels
have put up the shutters, and the telegraph
has moved ont. But nine families remain
to mourn the general desoIation, and the
Pithole and Olcopolis Railroad runs but
one train Of cars day, and that for the
purpose OF holding the charter The
twining woodbine is nowtllc principal pro-
duct OF the place. s
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
Street.Car Morality.

1t is an admitted fact that i'm consider
able proportion of cases if the conductor
neglects TO ask for the fare, the passenger
fails to remind him. There are few of us
VINO have not seen a man whose appear
ance wouldpresuppOse well-lined pocket
book and balance i'm bank, sitting for a
while with a five cent piece between his
thumb and finger, and after the conductor
has passed by, quietly slipping the coin
back into his vest pocket. There is, how
ever, greater trust OH the part of the car
companies in the average honesty of the
passenger than in that of the conductor.
The patent box" system, more in vogue
IN other cities than our own, depends upon
this faith. Yet we are informed that even
this soon indicates a progressive decline of
morality. hepatrons of new route pay
as they enter with great prOmptitude and
honesty, but it is the conviction of the road
owners that after "a year or two they are
carrying considerable number of regular
passengers who seldom or never pay their
fares.
But the deterioration of morals in the
case OF conductors, if report speaks truth,
Is something frightful to contemplate. At
all events, all systems of management at
present are based upon the suppOsition
that conductors are dishonest. From time
TO time change in the method or the in
PRODUCTION of some contrivance for check
ing the receipts, indicates the extent of
previous generalization. The remarkable
circumstance Is that sooner or later all
checking cOntrivances are more or less
evaded, and the old pilfering is resumed.
The index that used to be placed in cars to
show the number of fares proved valueless
Oh long routes, because the conductors
soon discovered that passengers would not
trouble themselves about its record. The
patent box was introduced on Brooklyn
road, and suddenly raised receipts by 30
per cent; but gradually they fell away, and
in few months they were at their previous
standard. We all admit that there is a
high moral tone about the atmosphere of
Boston that excites our hopeless envy.
Yet from that blissful locality there came
sometime ago tale of ingenious horse-car
immortality which would raise blush on
the indefinite cheek Of a New York con-
ductor. A company there had introduced
the punch-gong system. Each conductor,
as he took a fare, was obliged to squeeze
punch which marked its record on a slip
of paper, and simultaneously rang small
gong attached to the punch. The passen-
ger was to note the ring of the gong. For
q while the receipts were largely swelled.
Then they declined. At length they
reached a lower point than ever before.
Detectives rode up and down i'm the cars,
listened faithfully for the note of the gong
with each fare, heard it every time, and yet
the receipts were short. Months elapsed,
and the proprietors were at their wits end.
At length the trick was discovered. An
ingenious artisan had furnished almost ev-
cry conductor on the road with a small
duplicate gong, which. carried concealed |
in the hand, did the ringing without the
y. Tribune.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
New Method Of Quoting Exchange

The relative value of the dollar and the
pound sterling for purposes of commercial
exchange was fixed by act of Congress on
the Sd of March, 1873, to go into effect on
the lst of January, 1874. BY this act the
par of the English pound sterling is fixed
at $4.S6.45 in American gold coin. In an
ticipation of this change, the leading for
eign bankers of New York have decided
upon new method of quoting exchange,
which will be much more readily UNDER
stood by the masses. Instead of quoting
the rate at so much premium on the dollar,
it is proposed to give the quotation for the
pound sterling. BY bearing in mind the
par rate for the English pound, one can
easily see whether bills are at a premium
or at discount. The different systems of
quotations are thus contrastcd by the New
York Bultitcn:
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20
ALEXANDRIA, La. SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 1873

suincient testimony to the fact that there
ls something radically wrong. 1t might
seem rather an arbitrary ard offensive de
cree that law should be passed prohibit
ing all marriages within the Jurisdiction
Oh The United States, wherein the parties
could not exhibit from their family pbvsj-
cian, or medical officer regularly appointed
ior the purpose, a certificate of health OF
Dody and soundness Of mind but we have
no hesitation in declaring that those par
ties who enter into the sacred compact of
marriage, knowing themselves to be the
present or hereditary victims of disease. are
guilty. OF crime as great as the son who
turns upon the mother who bore him
whose enormity cannot be measured
IN one generation, but whose sorrow goes
Ioliihg Gown the stream of time, to curse
tie erring soul that gave it birth. Mar
riage in our country has come to he re-
garded as too light a matter. VilIainous
and sensual dreamers have gone abroad.
spreading their venom broadcast through
the land, trying to break down the virtuo1s
customs OF our fathers, who, with their
simple partners, surrounded by stalwart
sons and healthy daughters. passed to a
winter frosty but kindly, " to sleep togeth-
er at the foot" after well-spent life. 1t
IS entered into, in too many Instances. In
haste and repented of at leisure. While
the young and inexperienced are apt to
regard the interference and advice of those
who have their best interests at heart with
disfavor, it were better for their present
and future happiness; for the good of
those whom God shall send them for the
welfare and glory of the State, that this
contract, the most sacred and important
upon earth, should be entered into with
careful and solemn consideration, so that
there may be no after-regrets, no sorrow
and signing. no future generations of. in
eyitable wretchedness.-Chieago Inter-
Ocean.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20

and poultry keeper must have the knowl-
edge, skill and patience to conduct his
business so that these instincts are not OBJ
structed, but are led, as it We're, i'm the
ways in which they should go. Other
wise strife occurs and failure is inevitable.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-12-20

immediately after the death of the late
child Prince, it was decreed that there
should be no music in the Japanese houses
for three days. and the order was uniyer-
sally respected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

To Ladies'.

Madame, allow mo to prescribe
for you, Lave had a long expe.
rience in the management otdelicate
women, and believe | can give you
some important advice. For the
present | prescribe only for your
feet.
LIST, Procure a quantity Of woOlcD
stockons-not such us you buy 81
the stores under the name Of lambs
wool, that you can read a newspa-
per through, but the kind that your
Aunt JeruSha in the country knits
for you, thick as u board, that will
keep your feet dry and warm in
spite Of wind and weather.
ID. If you want to be really thor
/ ough, change them every morning,
hanging the fresh ones by the fire
during the night,
Sd. Procure thick calfskin boots,
double upperS and triple souls, and
wear them from the first of October
til the first of May. Make frequent
applications Of some good oil back.
ing.
4th. Avoid rubbcrs altogether, ex.
cept a pair a large rubber boots,
which may be worn for a little time
through snow drifts or a food Of
water.
9th. Hold the bottoms Of your
feet in cold watcr half an inch deep,
just before going to bed, two orthree
minutes, and then rub them hard
with rough towels ana your naked
Now, madam, go out freely in gil
woathers, and believe me, not only
will your feet enjoy a good circula-
ton, but as q Consequence of the
good circulation in the lower ex-
tremities, your head will be rclleved
Of all its tpllness, and your heart of
It's paIpitatipns. Your complexion
viii be greelly improved, and yonp
health better IL every respect Die
Lewis, III To-day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
LATEST NEW J,


C9SaeRp. y. II. March Ire
turn, rum III tnw.s SHOW a a
losy for the Renubjcou. OF nho0,
900 ANA ,ncrr sa nrnLuhiIitv oi.mn
cIortion ofugyrrn6r by tLe on ,I.
30 figures on tho Gouy.css.ana
vote can be e ven, as they lave not
uccu returned Tut Nymoaratic can
Idatrs are undoUh,oaly elected
from each Of the three ti-irug,-
H!l,ry Iub5lrl tron tho First.
5.m0oi y. Bel, tom tha Second,
and IL. W. Parker t.)m the rAird.
ia the Legislature tho Rcart licaa-
will have 4 >,rong mqioriry. and al.
50 . majority in ta.t Souatc al.
Council.
Rcturus from $40 towns rive
Straw, Republican, 2It76; Weston,
Demoarat, 2l,45q; Ilackucr, S6l,
Mason, sos Republican. 21476.
Weston, Democrat, yl,l5g. Biank
mer S64; Mason SOB. Rr1rbfo,,,
gan leo; l,opuuJIican loss .a37.
The remaining lows gave last
year Stray 7,4@8, Weston g0j5.
rnis defeats a choice hy the pconlr,
J1cvsoy Vor.b : i, toa
tho tnmnarunr. I'M L,, w., '"I y,
nrcvida ,hat ,on,,,aN
t~catirg l]jnnorl sh,Il narh ,, ''N -
bond Of two tboUsanl I 1"J" =, ~ -"
dcmnjty pcr.on, WIZ sntI,. I]o" ~ ~,
from the effect of such saIe', i Is
also unlawful to sell LIQUORS to
minor9, intoxicated persons, or per,
sons In the habit of getting inloyi.
Gated. il dcnounrpS 80 nEhlinn mi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

Dr.. schit ferdccker. 0! Eew York
has an interesting %artlVlS IN episto.
larry form on vaccination, the prac
tice of which he condeEas une'
quivocallv. In the first place he
makes the very broad assertion
that it does not lessen the woFtali'
" from smallpox, and secondly, il
has increased immeasural ly ly
Transmission, erysipelas and syphl'
liza. He refers to several French
aud German physicians of omincnc(
IN favor of his statements, which
certainly deserve a careful exami
alton.