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{, The Eye.

The sculptor.C Crawford was accustom
ed all his life to read lying. To this very
largely physicians attribute the loss Of
his eye, Very soon a cancer formed on
the other which caused his death.
The great historian, Prescott, lost his
eyesight when a student, by bit of
bread throws in sport by a feliow-student
at the table. Never be careless in such
| little natters. A paissof scissors or a
fork. thrown sport or anger has often
caused the loss Of an ey which the wealth
Of the .worti canno otrspay.
q friend Who was very anxious to fin-
fish ses linen'fo her brothers, spent
almost winter in fine stitching, sitting
up.often late at hight over the work, in
which she took great delight. The re-
suit was the nerve of the eye became so
injured that she was obliged wholly to
give up sewing, knitting and reading,
under penalty of becoming totally blind.
A young lady,who lived but ten miles
J by train from school, used to spend the
time in studying certain lesson while
she was riding down in the morning 81
The result was a severe affection of the
eyes, which disabled her from study a
long time. is always hurtful to the
eyes to read on train, though we may
not see the effects so plainly when it
happens only occasionally. A steady
practice like this young lady's, may pro-
duce even worse results when the system
is in bad state. N
Never read by twilight, nor before
eating in the morning. The little you
gain in time will be doubly lost by the
falling Of the eyesight long before life's
sundown.
know young clergyman who is a
remarkably we'll read man, whose eyes
are a perfect deformity. He said he ru-
ined them by reading at night; long and
intently, when he was getting his educa-
ton. He seems to have no control of
his lids,whic twitch and move in most
grotesque manner. Don't fancy you can
do what you please with your eyes, and
yet have them serve you faithfully. Take
as good care of them as you would of
gold, for gold can never repay lost eye
i sight
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In Germany, when the vote stands six
against six the prisoner Is acquitted. A
vote of seven to FIVE leaves the decision
% the court, and in vote of eight
against four the prisoner is convicted.
The trade organization of New York,
now preparing for general strike, would
do well to look across the water at the
starving women and children in Wales,
and the freezing women and children in
London. So.
The maddest woman in the United
States of America issthe one who lives
at Jackson, Maine, and recently lent her
fifty-dollar muff. to female acquaint-
ance, who sported it at small pox fune-
raj who sent il home with a neat little
note, stating this fact, and that as she
"had sprinklel it with bcIzine, the owner
need not fear catching the disease"
A reporter tells OF bride who wore
at her wedding pair. of beautiful pink
silk stockings, worn by her mother at
her wedding, thirty five years ago. The
husband is anxious to know Eew the
reporter found out. a reporter some
times knows more before the wedding
than the young husband fiuds out in a
week after. ~as
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25
what an Old Man Has Noticed.

l have noticed that all men are honest
when well watched
| have noticed that purses will hold
pennies as well as pounds.
/ have noticed that in order to be a
reasonable creaturei it is necessary some
times to be downright mad.
/ have noticed that some men are so
honest that necessity compels them to
be dishonest in the end.
l have noticed that silks, broadcloths
and jewels are often bought with other
peoples money.
/ have noticed that whatever is, is
right, with a few exceptions-the left
eye, the left leg, and the left side of a
plum pudding.
l have noticed that the prayer of every
selfish man is forgive us our debts -
while he makes everybody who owes
him pay to the uttermost farthing.
| have noticed that he who thinks
every man rogue is very certain to see
one when he shaves himself, and lie
ought, in mercy to his neighbor, to sur
render the rascal TO justice.
/ have noticed that money is the fools
wisdom, the knave's reputation,the poor
mans desire, the covetous mans ambi-
ton, and the idol of all
/ have noticed that all men speak well
of all mems virtues,whe they are dead,
and that tomhstones are marked with
epitaphs of the good and tirtuous. Is
there any particular place where bad
men are buried?
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The Origin al Mormon.

A writer in Frascr's Magazine says
A large oil-paihting of the prophet is
carefully preserved in Brigham Young's
reception-room at Salt Lake. No ina
licious reports of his enemies are SO
damaging to smiths character as that
portrait. The face is large, the eyes
big, watery, and. prominent, the checks
puffy, the under lip long, the lips thick
and sensual. The chin is small; the
cheek bones are unpleasantly prominent;
the forehead recedes in a manner scar
cely human. The prophet has long
brown hair, straight and Jumped at the
ears. He wears high collar, with q
redundant white neckctoth The whole
appearance of the head-bulky, awk-
ward, ill-set, with bulbous eyes. and
horribly retreatiag forehead, is ahnor-
NAL, and repulsive. in the extreme. A
conviction seizes irresistably on the
spectator that it must be the head of a
criminal or of an idiot. No helicyer in
the prophet should be suffered to see
that painting.
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Two Congressman Renounce
BACK Pay" .
New York, March IL, 1873.

New York, March IL, 1873
Hon. George s. Boutwell,, Secretary of the Uni
ted States Treasury:
DEAR SIR: l have this day instructed
the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House q
Representatives to pay into the Treasury
of the United States the amount of my
back pay for the Forty second Con
gress.
Having voted against the bill for in
crease of pay chiefly in. consequence O
this particular feature, | would not now
feel, justified In accepting money the
granting of which opposed with my
vote.
] will further say that L was uhdeci
ded whether to distribute the amount
among the charities of my Congressiona
District or turn it over to the Treasury
of the United States, but on considera
ton deem the course have taken The
proper one under the circumstances. !
have the honor to be your obedient ser
want, VIM r ROBERTS,
Fifth Congressional District.
Judge Hoar, of Massachusetts, has
turned over the arrears Of pay awarded
to him by the recent act to the Worces
ter County Free Institute of Industrial
Science, the annual income to he applied
to the payment of tuition for pupils from
Norfolk County, in his ongressionaI
District.
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-25

In tie first Baptist Church in Piqua
Ohio, on Sabbath evening. the 9th inst,
a young lady, Miss Stoker, was to be
baptized by immersion,and while passing
up the aisle, robed for the ceremony, tel
dead, of heart disease.
A ASpanish correspondent of the Lon
don Times calls attention to the fact thai
there are three Princes who may in tht
future lay claim to the throne of Spain
The Prince of Asturias, son of Don Car
los; the Prince of Asturias, son of ex
Queen Isabella and the Prince of Astu
rias, son of the liking Amadeus.
The Harrisburg Patriot gives the fol
lowing reason for the presence Of Ger
tain men in Congress whose usefulness
in that body is not clearly apparent
"Neither Clayton, nor ,Caldwell,nor Pat
tcrson of New Hampshire, nor Pome
roy, has been expelled from the Senate
bat Patterson of Mifiiintown, Penn
and Columbia, S. c., has been added to
the list Of worthless whose presence
seems to be necessary in that body to
cause Others of its members to shine by
comparison.
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A Mothers Lore.

Lamartine gives this illustration: 'Ir
some spring freshet, river wildly wash
ed its shores and rent away bough
whereon bird had build a cottage fo1
her summer home Down the white anC
whirling stream drifted the green branch
with its wicker cup of unfedged song
and futtering beside it went the mother
bird. Unheeding the roaring river, or
she went, her cries of agony and feal
piercing the pauses in the storm. How
like the love of az old fashioned mother
who followed the child she had plucked
from her heart, all over the world
Swept away by passion that child might
be, it matteredanot; though he was bear.
ing away with him the fragrance of the
shattered roof tree, yet that mother was
high with him. a Ruth through all his
life, and Rachel at bis death"
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M,dnis hi sIusings.

Soft and mysterious midnight; what
varied scenes dost thou behold9 Be-
meath thy kiud mantle nature lies buried
iii tranquil sleep-sleep which is
shared by the humble artisan, and the
happy tiller of the SOIL But beneath
thy conopy the ship boy climbs the gid
dy mast, and the weary sentinel mods
upon his wonted round. Beneath tho
solemn sky, "lcve wakes and weeps,"
and the prowling murderer steals darkis
to his victim while at the self same
bour fashion sparkles. in her balls of
light What mingled avcices fall upon
thy ear. On night, the laugh Of pleasi
ure, the cry of woe, the vespered yo#,
the muttered curse, the prayer Of the
holy, and the serenadc Of the gay.
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HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE. i
A Man Drawn Feet Foremost He.
tween Two Iron Rollers.
lNewburg IN. y Correspondence New Yorl
Worl5

lNewburg On. " Correspondence New York
i..,-..f l,. World.l
1t is scarcely ever within the province
of newspaper to chronicle a more sick
ening accident than that which happen
ed to James Nfilligan, who was drawn
feet foremost through two massive iron
rollers only three and d half inches
apart, and which are used in fattening
bars of steel for the plates of saws. Mr..
Milligan was employed as blacksmi.h's s
|helperin the steel rolling miii Of Wheel.
er, Madden and Clemson. He was
climbing upona board laid across rods
over the rollers, in order to place in po-
sition wrench which is used to regulate
the space through which the heated steel
and iron are passed;when the board sud-
denly tipped, causing him to fall. His
feet struck upon the steel side in front
Of the rollers. which were revolving at
the rate of sixty times minute, and
were instantly caught between them. -
The Eoor fellow had only time to utter
the single cry Of 'sOhr' while his body,
feet foremost, was being drawn through
a space of only three and half inches.
Hardly second had elapsed before the
body was shape,ess mass of flesh blood,
boues and clothes, presenting, as it did,
the most horrible and sickening sight
that eyes could look upon. 1t dropped
from the rollers limp and quivering
|mass,and when Strengthened out covered
a space of ground that two men would
occupy. Not whole or perfect bone
remained in the body, and many bones
were protruding through the flesh at diff
ferent places. The head was a fearful
sight to look upon. Ithad gone through
the rollers face upward, and it came out
completely fattened and partially turned.
Flowing from the smashed skull were
the brains and blood in stream sicken.
ing to behold. Strong minded, able
bodied men we're Mortified and hardly
able to stand and look at the scene, which
really beggared description. His com
rades who witnessed the horrible affair
were struck dumt with awe, and render
led almost motionless and as silent as
the corpse before them, except when
questioned. The deceased served three
years in the late war, was about thirty.
three years old, and leaves wife and
two children in moderate circumstances.
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Ashes am d salt for growing wheat.

p All farmers who have growing wheat
should avail themselves Of the opportu-
mites offered in the leisure days of win
ter to top dress the wheat land with
these substances. Ashes, from the con.
|tained potash, afford. "a most valuable fer
|tilizer, not only as direct food for the
wheat plant, but also for their solvent
|effect upon some constituents inthe soil.
They are also effectual in destroying
the germ of smut that was sown with
the grain; for smut is but fuugeus
growth, of diminutive form, that adheres
ltothe grain of wheat, and its growth is
Ianalagors tu sfifats of other vegetable
forms more apparent to the eye. We
take it for granted that no good farmer
has sown his wheat without soaking the
seed in blue stone, or strong brine, both
iof which are effectual in destroying the
germ of smut; but if this were neglected
by any, the top dressing with ashes will
supply the place Of those preventives.-
Eight to ten bushels of unleached ashes
should be applied per acre, ano more
would be still better This home fertil
izer is generally accumulated rapidly on
every farm during the winter. and is too
often left to wastcful exposure to the
rains of winter. Leached ashes are also
of much importance, as they contain
salts highly conducive to plant growth.
The agricultural world has never yet
settled the question as to the value of
common salt as fertilizer; but any far
mer who will apply it to his growing
wheat at the rate of at least fifty pounds,
and not over one hundred pounds, per
acre, can determine the question for him.
self when, toward the time of harvest,
he perceives the thriftiness of the straw,
the plumpness of the grain, and the
greatly increased yield over that of any
portion of the field that was not treated
with salt. There is danger in the use of
salt in excessive quantities as fertilizer;
and therefore we fix the precautionary
limit of not over one hundred pounds
per acre. The price of salt does not
place it beyond economical use as fer.
tilizer, as in almost all sections of the
older States, the quantity judiciously ap-
piled to an acre can be purchased at from
sixty cents to dollar and quarter
Salt is not only stimulating to the growth
and effective inthe yield of wheat, but
produces earlier maturity of the crop,
thus affording an avenue of escape from
that other malady OF the wheat plant,
rust on the stem and blade, from which
our wheat crops of the South are in
greater peril than from the smut. Rust
is generally an almost complete blight,
while smut is usually but damaging to
the quality of the crop produced.-N.
+. World.
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To Fassen a norse.

When there is no hitching post handy,
horse may be safely tied in The fol.
lowing manner, namely: Take the reins
and pass them round underneath the
hub outside of the wheel, and give them
a hitch on to one of the spokes. Ifthe
horse stalt the reins are drawn ND, in
stantly checking him, and as soon as be
commences to back they are as instantly
loosened. Ii in addition to this when
there are pair Of horses biie of the
traces are loosene1, the team will sell
dom move far enough forward to start
the wagon without being checked by the
bits. No team, however, should be left
without tying, if it can possibly be
avoided.
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Kzaf,Ils.

Like dakes of snow that fall unper-
ceived upon the earth, seemingly urim-
|portant events Of life succeeded one an.
other. AS the snow gathers together,
so are our habits formed. No singls
fake that is added to the pile produces
a sensible change; no single action crc-
ates, however it may exhibit q mans
character; but as the tempest hurls the
avalanche down the mountains, aid
overwhelms the inhabitants and his hab-
itation, so passing, acting upon the elc-
mcnts of mischief, which pernicious
habits have wrought together by impci-
eepible accrmulation, may overthrow
the ed.fice Of truth and virtue.
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A Hint 10 the Wounded.

Apropose to the Credit Mobilier rev
elations, Grace Greenwood gives advice
end comfort TO the wounded by relating
the appended pertinent story:
Open confession is good for the soul
but it must be of the prompt, unhesita
ting sort. Neither gracious nor elfica
cious is late, reluctant avowal, like
that Of the Yankee deacon under church
discipline, who obstinately fought the
charge, prevaricated and doubled on his
tracks till the close of his trial, ther
rose in the last ditch of his pew, and
said: Brethren, if you will have it so
plead guilty. / own up. for I don't
think it is the part of a good Christian
to hold out schen thing is. fairly proved
ayin him
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Neck Twisting in church.

There are practices, tolerated in relig-
ious congregations; which Christians,
who are jealous for the honor of their
Masters house, should condemn utterly
Decorum is the handmade Of devotional
feeling; and. for this reason the house OF
God should never be disturbed by the
slightest approach to irreverenee.
1T is part of my religion said a pi.
Gus old lady, when asked why she went
early to church, "Itis part Of my religion
not TO disturb the religion of Others
land, We believe, if many a congregation
made it part Of their religion MOTTO
twist their necks almost ont of joint tc
witness the entrance of every person who
passes up the aisle, during services, il
would be better for their necks and theii
religion.
A gross abuse of religions decorum
sometimes needs harsh medicine as a
remedy. We give that adopted by Henry
Clay Dean, who was one time Chaplain OF
Congress. The anecdote is from the
Pacific Methodist: &
"Belng worried one afternoon by this
turning practice in his congregation, Mr..
Dean stopped in his sermon and said:
"'Now, you listen to me, and I'll tell
you who the people are, as each one of
them comes in
ale then went on with his discourse,
until a gentleman entered, when he bswled
out, like an usher, Deacon A., who
keeps shop over The way and then went
on with his sermon. Presently another
man passed up the aisle, and his name,
residence and occupation were given; so
he continued forsome time. At lesgth
some one entered the door who vas un-
known to Mr., Dean, when he cried cut,
"a little old man, with tlrab coat and au
old white hat; don't know him; look fol
yourselves That congregation wa;
c1red:"
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The Salary Thieves Have No
Friends:

From the Intensely Loyal Toledo Blade]
1t is thought Judge Bingham will be
appointed Minister to Japan. We sup
pose the newspapers will not trouble him
out there. He will not be able to get
rid OF his conscience, however, and that
So 600 grab will haunt him wherever he
may go.
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Grace Greenwood writes to the New
York Times: "The reputation of the
Republican party for economy has bet n
very tenderly nursed as a virtuous and re-
spectacle thing, but a complication Of
diseases in the form of rings subsidies,
land grants, increase Of Congressional
salaries, Board of Public Works enter
prises have been too much for its delicate
constitution. tits. only kept alive by this
pitiful parsimony of cheapening the labor
of women. Let it GO. brethren. 1t is
past praying fo-. Give the squads
show.''
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REIt begins 10 look as il "Wilt

RE- 1t begins 10 look as il "Wild
Bill' was really dead. The latest re-
port is that the Texan who corraIed the
untaimed William did so because he lost
"a brother by Bills quickncss on trigger.
When the Te1al shot Wild Bill, be
asked the crowd in the bar-room if any
gentleman had a desire TO "mix in" if
so, he would wait nn,ii be was ''heelcd," ;"
and take great pleasure in killing him,
No gentleman EXPIRE: sing desire TO be
killed, the Texan got ON his horse, and,
remarking that he had business in Tex
as, slowly stated for tie Lone Star
State. a4s
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So Nice TO be Engaged.

A recent writer says: Every one must
have noticed the great difference, as 4
general thing, between the conduct Of
the betrothed man and the young be-
trothed woman. He, the drawer and
stronger of the two, is utterly confused
and bashful; and seeks to make secret
of the fact She, On the contrary, tries
to parade it, is proud of it. assumes an
air of prnprietorship over him, and Of
fers to her friends little delicate conf
dence as to how nice it is to be engaged.
And how dreadfully jealous he is if she
looks at any one else. The cause, Of
this is. just one thing-the man is Id
love, the girl Is not. I have studied hu-
man nature. have looked into the
depths of human hearts, have made
man and woman the study of my life.
and / aver that the girl IN love is rarer
than black rose.
She simply has for her lover the same
feeling that the young mother has for
her baby. Sne has an anxi0us desire
to see him Tor life, 10 make sure tliathe
10 S1lutci ttUASs buAb iiio, UfiNlOliS SIS ~. 1
right and that his food is what it ought
to be. She understands that he is III
love with her, and rejoices in the knowl-
edge. The idea of losing his love is.
madness to her, but of herself she did
not understand it. A woman who is
not selfish and greedy mean, who. does
not smile on any who can give her fne
clothes and a grand establishment, over
flows with the mother-feelng all her
life. She expends it on her doll, i,i
childhood, on her poodle. or her kitten,
or her canary afterward, and when the
time comes, on her lover Many man
would lose great deal OF his conceit
and vanity il he knew how the girl
whom be. supposed to be in love with
him really felt. She also would be sur.
prised to hear that she was not in love
at all, but only delighted 70 hare sbnd
one in love with her. sessla.sz -
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SHARP.-Sir Fletcher Norton was no.
ted for his want of courtesy. Pleading
one day before Lord Mansfield on some
question of manorial right, he chancet
to say: "My Lord, l can illustrate the
point in my own person; myself have
two little manors.'' The Judge imme
dlately interposed, with his blandes'
smile, "We all know it, Sir Fletcher"