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ENERGY.-It has been said that en-
ergy is the minds hammer, hatchet
and plow. 1t is a goOdly weapon to
hammer down all obstacles in the path
way; it cuts away all difficulties; it
plOws the toughest soil. Did ever a IIa-
tiOn achieve renOwn without energy
Was there ever n person of note who
was not energetic? No, the attainment
of eminence is only reached by diligent
study, close observation and unwaver-
ing energy. He who has a thirst for
| knowledge and resolves in the language
of the good old Roman adage to ''find a
way to make it, will be sure to succeed
I in any undertaking. He has the will
| the way can be found. Look at that
man in pursuit of "worldly wealth.
/ He pauses not to consider his own en-
/ jOyment or ease, but straining every
nerve to obtain that boon which his
| heart is set upon.
Energy is the key to success. 1t I'M
/ locks the secret of heroic deeds of those
great and grand ones whose names are
| illustrious upon the pages of history,
or as LongfellOw expresses it, have left
their footprints on the sands Oftime.n
/ Energy is firm. 1t shrinks not from la
| Dor; it faints not ut danger. The irTesO-
lutte may, after few vain attempts give
up, in despair, but not so with the en-
ergetic man. He will labor and perse-
we're until his efforts are crowned with
/ success.
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n LIFE SCENE.-You know her. She
lives on your street. Her features are
either pinched, or full and frowsy. Her
dress Is wet, ill-fitting, and no partieu-
lar pattern; her slippers are broken
down; her hair is uncOmbed; her voice
Is either coarse or shrill. You have
seen her stand out in the back yard, and
put bare arm up to her eyes, and under
IL peer out to the fence or barn, where
a man in an ill-fitting coat is searching
for something, and heard her shout:
John. can't George bring me some
And you have heard him cry back:
III he don't get the water l will take
every inch of flesh from his bones"
And when you have looked at her
again, does it seem possible that those
angry eyes have dropped in maidenly
reserve or raised in coquettish light to
the face in the ill-fitting coat. Can you
by any possible wrench of the imagina-
tion conceive of his tenderly passing
peppermints to her; of his taking that
hand in his and bashfully squeezing il.
But it was so. Many "COd bless yon'i
has been uttered above that bare head.
many kiss pressed on that uncombed
hair. The tightly compressed lips have
lovingly framed tender invitations to
him TO take another bite of cake and
pickle. The hands that are now par
boiled and blistered and marked with
scars from the bread knife and scratched
from the last setting hen, were once
twined lovingly about his neck, and the
nose which is peaked and red, and looks
as if it would stand OH its hind legs and
scream with rage, once followed the
once lovely figures of his new vest pat
tern, or bore heavily against his jugular
vein. As little probable as this seems
to you, it seems less to her. She has
forgotten it. She won't hear it talked
of by others. She cannot bear to see it
acted By Others. Two lovers are to her
"a passel Of fools" And-but George is
rubbing his head, and we turned aside
while our heroine re-adjusts her slipper.
-DGH6LHy NeICS.
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ELIzABErH AxD JOHN.
\ LITTLE STORY n VERSE BY PRoFEssoR H. I
LONGFELLOw.


LoNGFRLLow.
Elizabeth was a homely maiden OF the
Quaker faith who lived by the banks Of the
Delaware in the primitive Colonial days. She
receives message from the Lord TO love a
young man named John Estaugh, whom she
had known in England years before, and acci-
dentally meets iu her new home. She con-
fesses her love 20 him I'm these blunt verses;
But, as they started, Elizabeth fingered a little,
over her horse's neck. ia a whisper said to John
''Tarry while behind, for have something to
Not 10 be spoken lightly, nor in the presence
OF others;
Them it concerneih not, only me and thee it
And they rode slowly along through the woods,
conversing together.
II was a pleasure 20 breathe the fragrant air OF
the forest:
It was pleasure 70 live on that bright and
Then Elizabeth SAID though still with a certain
reluctance,
As Il impelled 20 reveal a secret she fain would
have guarded:
Il viii no longer conceal what Is laid upon me
10 tell thee:
have received rom the Lord q charge 10 love
thee, John Esiaugh."
But the young man. Instead Of meeting her
half way, promises 10 take the matter into con-
HlAfisltloiis anu seek DIVINE COUNSEL
And John Estaugh made answer. surprised by
the words She had spoken:
pleasant 10 me are thy converse, thy ways,
thy meekness Of spirit:
Pleasant thy lraukneSS Of speech. and thy
souls immaculate whiteness
Love without dissimulatiOn. a holy and inward
adjoining.
But have yet no light 10 lead me, no voice 10
direct me.
When the Lords work Is done, and the toll
and the labor completed
lie hath appointed To me. I Will gather into the
stiffness
Oi my own heart awhile. and listen and wait
for his guidance"
He whispers formal goodbye, crosses the
ocean 10 England, waits for the proper guild
ance, which comes al last. and he seeks her
anew:
Then John Estaugh came back o'er the sea foi
the gift that was offered,
Better than houses aud lands, The gift OF .
wOman's affection.
And on the First-Day that fOllowed, he rose in
the Silent Assembly.
Holding in his strong hand q hand that trem
bled little.
Promising 10 be kind and true and faithful in
all things.
such were the marriage-rtes OF John and Eliz
abeih Estaugh.
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LINCOLN MONUNIENT.-The Lincoln
monument, which will consist of the
central figure of Lincoln surrounded
by four groups, representative of the
navy, the infantry, the cavalry and the
artillery, is designed ultimately for his
tomb at Springfield, Ill. The statue of
Lincoln, modelled in Italy, has been
cast in bronze in ChicOpee, Mass, and
has been paid for by the Lincoln Monu-
ment Association. The national coat of
arms to accompany it has been also cast
and its cost paid. The group represent
ing the navy is now being modelled by
Mead in Rome. The money for this
group, Sl3,70 was raised by Governor
Morgan in New York city, and was
contributed by 137 citizens. The infant
ry group, which is also being modelled
by the same sculptor, is to be paid for
by the citizens of Chicago; for this
81, ,56G was raised by the Hon. J. Y.
ScammOn, of that city. The group of
cavalry Will be the contribution of the
city of Boston; it is not yet modelled.
Then remains the artillery group, which
was to be provided by the city of Phila-
delphia; its cost will be about S13, 600, of
which $500 only has been subscribed.
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Who can read without emotion the
story of the two little girls in Green
Bay, Wisconsin? The eldest was seven
years of age, the youngest only five. a
drunken father left them alone in their
room for six days, with only a small
loaf of bread for food. When the chill
dren were found, the eldest was nearly
dead, having refused to eat of the
bread so that her little sister might not
suffer. We hear great deal Of hero
ines. Does history furnish an example
equal to this?
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\ little girl, probably six years Of
age, appeared at one of the juvenile
balls held recently at Long Branch in
an entire dress of lace of the most valu-
able description. 1t was made the style
of the day, and worn over pink silk.
The lace being white, the effect was
most beautiful. The dress was valued
at $500. The little child also wore dia-
mond earrings, necklace and rings.
Five years ago, says Grundy, this same
childs father was barkeeper in Cali
fOrnia.
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SHORTHAND WRITING.-One of the
most valuable accomplishments that a
man or woman can possess is the art of
shorthand writing. There are many
studies taught in our public and private
schools, and considered essential to a
good education, that are not half so
useful or important as this. 1t is not
an exceedingly difficult thing to learn.
A boy or girl of average intelligence
and aptness at the age Of fourteen or
sixteen, can, with competent instruc-
'tion, comprehend the principles of pho
nogrOphy, and by the same degree of
application that is given to ordinary
branches of learning, can master it. OF
course, some would become much more
proficient than others, and probably
only comparatively q few would ever
become extremely expert, but knowl-
edge of the art and ability to apply it in
the practical concerns of life would be of
great benefit.
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4 CURE FOR CANCER.-The following
has been handed in for publications:
Take n piece Of sticking plaster; cut a
circular hole in the center thereof, a
little larger than the cancer, so as to
have a small circular rim of healthy
skin next to the cancer exposed. Then
make plaster of chloride of zinc,
bloOdroot, and wheat flour. Spread on
n piece of muslin of the size Of the cir
cular opening, and apply to the cancer
for twenty-four hours. After it is re-
moved il will be found that the cancer
will be burnt, and have the appearance,
in color and hardness, of an old shoe
sole, and the circular rim outside will
appear white and parboiled, as il
scalded with steam. The wound must
be dressed. The cancer will come out a
hard lump and the place will heal up.
The remainder sloughs out like dead
flesh, and new flesh grows instead.
Thus a perfect cure is completed.
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a Cape Cod clergyman one Sabbath
had prayed most earnestly for rain. He
entreated the Lord to "uncOrk the bot
ties of Heaven and send down the re-
freshing showers" The drOuth had
lasted through August and part of
September. Tuesday morning the line
storm began, and continued with great
violence till Friday, flooding the coun-
try and sweeping off bridges in every
direction. Saturday night it set in to
rain again, and Sabbath morning it
was still pouring down. This time the
prayer was rs follows:
20 Lord, we recently took occasion to
entreat Thee to uncork the bottles of
Heaven and send down the refreshing
showers, but we did not mean that the
eorks should be hrOlUn dlOdg."
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In her recent "Outlines of Men, Wom-
en- and Things" Mary Clemmer Ames
writes this paragraph, which is only too
true:
"The sister is taught, whatever her
temptation may be, that she must he
good; the brother is left to believe that,
however he tries, he cannot help being
bad. 1t is expected of him that he will
grow to be a respectable man some day,
but before that event, through the law OF
his nature, he must necessarily be very
wicked. The sister is taught she must
preserve herself blameless for the future
/ husband TO whose life she is TO he the
crown; the brother is left to spend the
same time in sowing his wild OATS To
/ his wife he is to bring no virginity ui
heart, no purity of person, no record OF
stainless past. Many a man looks
into the eyes of the wife who trusts
him as she does her God, into the faces
of his daughters who believe him to be
scarcely lower than the angels, with a
secret remOrse which cannot be meas
ured, as memory forces in upon hi:
thought what he has been-perhap:
what lie is. With what shame he !:
conscious that if they know his secreI
history, he would stand transformed be
fore their eyesw
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The routine of necessary domestic du-
ties, with all its boasted beauty, becomes
dwarling to the mind, not because it is
a routine of degrading duties, but be-
cause il is a routine. IL is no disgrace
to work wOrthily i'm the kitchen, but ii
is disgrace to have no thoughts higher
than the kitchen. And yet this is the
precise condition toward which some
of our purest and best housewives are
tending. The serpent of care gradually
throws its folds about the mind, till un-
der the pressure of our complex civili-
Zation, the mind yields its very life.
Because ambition and interest i'm the
great world outside the precincts Of
home have been killed by these little
cares, many minds stagnate and shrivel
into dwarfishness. While we would
give the first place to the high minis
tries of charity and religion, we would
not despise a due attention to civil
science rs a powerful mode of counter
acting the narrowing tendency of daily
routine. And this grand outlook to-
ward natural and general intent, rather
than uniting the mind for home and
homes duties, gives new power and zest
| for home life WOBldIFS Journal.
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\ few years ago, when a number OF
ladies in San Francisco became inter
ested in the subject of the advancement
and elevation OF women i'm both pOlit-
ical and business sense, two sisters
Miss Leila and Miss Mary Curtis-made
up their minds to prepare themselves
for active business life. With the con-
sent of their parents they came to New
York to acquire the art Of wood engrav-
ing, and remained at the Cooper In
stitute, until they considered themselves
prepared to engage in business. They
then returned to San Francisco, and,
under the name of Leila Curtis x Co.
opened an engraving establishment
They had devoted themselves to theil
business with industry, fidelity and
skill. Their work has increased OF
their hands, and they have now several
other young ladies associated with
them. Their establishment stands il
reputation second to none in San Fran
cisco. In the meantime both ladie:
have been married, which incidents il
their lives have not been permitted tC
interfere with their business.
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POTATO LEMON PUDDING. - Three
ounces of potatoes; the peel Of two large
lemons; two ounces Of white sugar, and
two ounces of butter. Boil the lemon
peel until tender, and pound it in a
mortar with the sugar; boil and peel
the potatoes, mix together with little
milk and two eggs; bake slightly.
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ELEMENTS OF A HOME.-I never saw
garment too fine for man or maid;
there never was chair too good for .
cobbler, or cooper, or king to sit uponi
never house too fine TO shelter n hu-
man head. These elements above US
the gorgeous sky, the imperial sun, are
not too good for the human race. Ele-
gance fits man. But do we not value
these tools of housekeeping little more
than they are worth, and sometimes
mortgage a home for the mahogany we
would bring into it? L had rather eat
my dinner off the head of barrel, or
dress after the fashion of John the Bap-
tist in the wilderness, or a sit on block
all my life, than consume myself before
| get a home and take too much pains
with the outside, that the inside of it
was as hollow rs an empty nut. Beauty
is great thing; but beauty of garments,
house and furniture is tawdTy Orna-
ment, compared with domestic love.
All the elegance in the world will not
make q home, and l would give more
for a spoonful of real hearty love than
for whole shiploads of furniture, and all
the gorgeousness that all the upholsters
in the world could gather together
Theodore Parker.
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1t is stated that the costs of the re-
cent lawsuit to establish the claims of
women TO medical education at Edin-
burgh University amount to S4,24l, and
that these costs have been thrown on
the lady students.
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When person feels sick at the stom-
aeh, vomiting can be prevented by hold
ing the hands IN water as hot as can be
borne, letting it extend over the wrists.
II very sick keep reclined position.
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SILVER CAKE.-The whites of four
eggs one-fourth cup of butter; one cup
OF sugar; one-fourth cup Of sweet milk;
two tablespOonfuls of sour milk; one
half tablespoonful of soda, and one and
a half cups of flour.
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BAKED DUMPLINGs.-Pare and core
as many apples as you wish, and roll
them up separately in crust made as @ ior
pies, but not too rich. Bake one nour,
and eat with hot sauce or WITH sugar
and cream.
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CRACKERs.-Eight cups of flour; two
cups of cold water; one cup OF butter
one egg, aud three tea-spoonfuis OF oak-
ing powder. Bake twenty-five minutes
aud then dry them.
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Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names TO the
Editor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
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ways strive TO not infringe on her rights
or 10 impose on her good nature"
"Mrs. sullivan said DIR. Blair, "the
philosophy of your success with your
hired girl lies in the fact that you
respect her rights as you would have
her respect yours. The best Of us get
out of sorts occasionally, and we vent
our ill-nature upon our interiors. We
scold and find fault with our children
and servants as we dare not with an
equal, and If they resent or attempt to
explain, we complain of impudence.
We accuse unjustly, or blame unreason-
ingly, and if they try to defend them
selves, we tell them to shut up, that we
don't want any of their sauce.n
That's So" rejoined Mrs. Sullivan,
1--WE say just what arouses their COM
bativeness and makes them want to
talk back and then We stop their talking
back.n
ave are too selfish to our employees,
in many respects" continued DIR. Blair.
ave ought to be their friends, to inter
est ourselves in their concerns, and
be their advisers. There are hundred
little courtesies we can bestow, and
many kindly words we can give which
will give encouragement to and help
them. If they are ignorant, rude and
uncultured, we should strive to inform
and refine them by our daily associa-
ton. If we want good, faithful ser
wants, we must treat them not as slaves,
animals or machines, but as human be-
ings, with good and bad streaks, and
possessing bodies, hearts, souls and
brains. Young men who work for wages
have their stated hours, and their regu-
lar times for rest, but hired girls have no
noon, and toll from early morn until
time to sleep. Each day they go over
the same monotonous routine in dingy
kitchen, feeling that they are menialsr
and envying the mistress in the bright
parlor n Your Home Magazine.
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gBe 1:lew 4 q !A#lortbwest.

\ Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests Of Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrong
OF the Masses
, 1873-04-12
PERSONAL.

The Hon. Edmund Rico, Of st. Paul, is at tho
Geult House.
Con. Dan Dustin, OF this State, is at tho Gault
House.
Gen. Nat Hoad, Of New Hampshire is at the
Gault House. .
Prof j. Y, NJ, stanaish, Of Galosburg, is at tho
Sherman House.
Tho Roy. r. N. ZabriBkie, Of Connecticut, is at
tho Sherman House.
Thomas Fry, Darnstablo, England. and George
AnBtey, England, nro ut tho dault House.
Tho Chicago metropolitan Club will give re-
oeption to J. s. Below and i. 3. Chnnfrau tl-is
evening.
Tho nov. D. .A.Wnllaco, President Of Monmouth
College, il in tho city, aud il expected to proach
in tho United Presbyterian Church tomorrow.
"Doss" Twood Is still at tho now Briggs
House. It iB understood, howoyer, that ho will
leave for Now York some time to-day, Ho visit
cd Hooley's last evening. and threw Ills peculiar
smile and the sparkle Of his peculiar diamond
upon the people from private box.
Among tho arrivals Mt the Gault House yeater~
bargh; George i. Newell, minneapolis ". Al
ans, OmRlln 9, G. Colo, Boston George W.
Taylor, Now York; ": L. dil!ess, Now Orleans;
&. Merritt, san Francisco ]. n. Vanco, W4ool-
Ing, ". Va; II. q: Giles, Natchez.
Mr.. Y. Wood, b6sinass agent for, and ono Of
Grangos, loft for home yoatordGy. While in this
city ho made arrangements With Hoyoral ngrlorl1-
| tnral inplonlont manufacturers to supply tho
| oranges with tho maclincs they want at first
| cost,
| Among tho arrivals at tho now Briggs House
Washington II. i. Dewey, Grand laapida,
Mich. A. i. Miller, Cincinnati; sanluol q.
Field, Now York q. h. Taylor. San l'rancluco !;
Joseph @. Lawronoo, New York; Will II. Phil
". barnott, aalosburg Frol Adoe, Now York.
Among tho arrivals nj the old Briggs 1lol,uo
yoHtorlay woro the following: I. Dorhy, Now
York; Il. III. Basse!t. Connecticut; ]. II. john
aon. II, II, Noglcy, Pittsburgh; ]. ]: Nsolo]as'
lMAa!o; G. y. Warner, Minneapol1s; H. "
Neb. J. A. Kon,,cy, KauHaa; William II. WI.
coz, 0l,icaEo; DR.. ]. Rutherford, Wosstor, N. y,
Among tho arrivals nj tl1o Sherman lto,;so yet
tellaY wego the following; ]. Il. llnna';k. D:l,
, 1873-04-12
SPRING FRESHETS.
The Floods Enst and yycat--Dontrarc-
ton OF Property aud Detention to


Tho Floods Enst and wcst--Dontratc.
tion OF Property aud Detention to
Hl1aincsa.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 11.-Tho flood continues.
Tho ice-houHe Of John Ross was washed away
loss, 81, 600. Some lumber pilea Wero also carried
away. Tho residents of the lower part Of tho
city suffer from tho continuance Of the flood.
UErno1r, April 1.-The froshot in Canada is
doing great damage. Noar Chatham md
Thamosvillo the railway track is washed away
making transfer Of passengers on the Great
Western Railway neceBsary BY boats. Tic pa-
cific exprcHa from tho East due In this city ut
o'clock, had not reached hero at noon, but fs OK
pectod this afternoon. Still creator damage to
this railrond Ia feared. At Prairio Siding tho
current is bearing furfously across tho trnck,
and threatenA ,ita. destE,sstion for long dis
NASHVILLE, Tcnn., April 11.-Tho riyor is fall
ing, with feet Rcant on Harpeth Shoals.
DErnoTT, April 11.-Reports from Bay City
state that tho river is still rising. Trains arc
obliged to pass through tho water up to tho car
a1les. It fa doubtful II another train can reach
that point Until tho water subsidies.
LITTLE Rock, April 11.-The river is still
rising; now % feet in tho channel.
OMAuA, April 11.-Thero WAS about inches
rise in the Missouri River during the last
twonty-four hours. Tho river is very low ut
Fort Benton.
, 1873-04-12
THE WEATHER..
Wnr Department Reports and Prog
nostlCntiOns.

Wnr Department Reports and Prog
nostlCnti0ns.
Wan DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF s1a-
MAI. SERVICE, DIVISION OF TELEoRAats AND RE-
PORTS FOR TILE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE. WAsu1Na-
TON, D. O., April 11:-Probabilitio area Of
lowest barometer will move northoastward down
tho St. Lawrence Valley on Saturday. For New
England, southeasterly winds md threatening
weather. For tho Middle States, southeast
winds veoripg to southwest, with COOL cloudy
woathor during Saturday. For tho Lowcr Lake9,
fresh and possibly brisk northwcsterly winds,
with falling temperature and clearing Weather.
For tho Upper Lakes, diminishing northerly
winds, partly cloudy and cloar weather,
followed very generally by southerly Winds with
falling barometer by Saturday night. For the
Lower Missouri Valley and Southwest, falling
barometer aud rising temperature. For the
Eastern Statos, northwostory winds, bncking to
SOUTH with falling barometer and partly cloudy
Woatlor.
CautionAry signals continue at Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Cape May, and Nov York,
and arc ordered for Rochester, Oswego, Norfolk,
Wilmington, aud Baltimore.
Cu1oAao, April 1.-THE Signal Service re-
ports snow at Escanaba this morning, and rain
at Indianapolis, OincinnAti, and Louisyile. The
lowest thormonetera are at ponlhina, 20 degrees
above zero; 81 degrees ut Marquette and Eeca-
naba. Moderate temperature oil ovor,- the
country. Cloudy In tho lake regions, and In
Indiana, Ohio, Kontucky, and Tounossco.