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The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
Selected Hisrellatg.
WE REAP WHAT We SOY.


EY H. CLAY PREUss.
For pleasure or pain, for veal or for woe,
IT'S the law OF our being-we reap what SOW.
We may try to cvade thcm-may do what we
But our acts like our shadows, will follow US still.
The world is wonderful chemist, be sure,
We may boast OF our claims to genius or Birth
But the world takes man for just what he's
worth.
We start in the race for fortune or fame,
And then when fail the world bears the blame
l'lt nine times in tcn it's plain to be seen,
There's d s. screw somewhere loose'' in the human
machine.
Arc You wearicd and worn in this hard earthy
Do You yearn for affection to sweetcn Your life?
Remember this great truth has often been proved
We must make ourselves loua6le would we be
loved.
Tho life may appear as a desolate track,
Yet the bread that we cast on the waters comes
back;
This law was enacted by Heaven above
That like attracts like and love beCets love.
stone,
In our gardens are flowers from every zone;
Bnt the beautiful graces that blossom within
Grow shriveled and die in the Upas Of sin.
We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for gold
Till health becomes broken and youth becomes
old
Ali did we the same for beautiful love,
Our lives might be music for angels above.
We reap ,0h0t ve so,o-oh. wonderful truth!
4 truth hard to learn in the days Of our youth:
But ut last II shines out as "the hand on the
For the world has its debit and credit for all.
Industrial Age
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
Social Relations in France.

THE liens which bind relations together
are close and strong; hence the prudence
exercised by parents in the choice of
husband for their daughter, or wife for
their son. The man who marries the
daughter also marries her family, to the
cousin-german. The parents look at
possible husband for their daughter with
view to close and constant association
and they exercise vigilant watch lest her
affections should become engaged in a
quarter not approved by them. The
parental authority is admitted to such an
extent that if the young man were to pro-
pose marriage to their daughter with
out consulting them he would be held as
dishonorable man the proposition is
made to them, and they give the answer,
in some instances without the daughters
knowledge. This brings about solidarity
in the family, composed of members pre-.
disposed to kindliness and sympathy,
and it also gives rise to uneasiness when
new element is presented for admission,
lest it should disturb harmony. Through
Intimacy and sympathy they have accom-
modated themselves to each others hab-
its and caprices, and have succeeded in
living IN the same groove. The French
are much attached to their habits, the
proof of which is, that they can never en-
tlrely accommodate themselves to those of
other lands, but after season of nostalgia
return to those Of their native country.
This tenacity to habit sometimes assumes
form that is ludicrous. Matrimonial
propositions have been refused because
the candidate disliked the game of be-
zique or the novels of Dumas. A possible
marriage connection with foreigner of
different religion and race is regarded
with distavor, and the daughter is kept
away from such temptation by general
holding aloof from foreign intercourse.
There is much going to and fro be-
tween family connections in France, in
the way of dinners, breakfasts, and quiet
parties Of pleasure. Besides the social
intercourse, there are close relations In
practical affairs. If member of the
family entertains a proposition in mat
ter of business, it is submitted to his wife,
and probably to all his immediate con-
nections, before it is decided upon. This
is in striking contrast to the American,
who often concludes affairs involving the
half of his fortune without his wife's
knowledge. 1t is carried to an extent that
is wearisome in France.-Azbert Rhodes,
IN GALAXY for Nay.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02

IT would save good deal of trouble if
men who marry clapdestinely would lea We
some clew by which those who survive
them could ascertain to whom their
property belonged. Col. Phillips, of
Pittsburgh, by neglecting that precaution,
has LETT peck Of trouble for his relatives
He died recently and left considerable
property, and his brother and sister were
about to take possession OF it when two
young men stepped up and claimed to be
the legitimate issue Of Col. Phillips, he
having been married secretly to their
mother many years ago. As Col
Phillips has Away been supposed to be
a bachelor this revelation has produced q
profound sensation.-Chicago Times.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
For 8 Memorial Of Her.

She is washerwOman, and she lives
in one of the northern cross.streets OF
New York, not far from the Hudson
River. You may have met her, some
time, hurrying along after nightfall, car.
rying in her arms that enormous bag Of
Clothes and bent under its weight. Week
in, week out, she tolls at her tub, at that
hardest work that human backs are heir
to; every muscle strained and bent, as
she soaps and rubs and wrings. Day in,
day out, she stands at the ironing table,
lifting and passing to and fro the eight
pounds of solid iron, seven times heated,
lifting and pushing it all day long. Stand
ing, mark you, at table or tub, "on her
feet" literally, sixteen hours out Of the
twenty.four!
She supports by her hard work hus-
band, now quite an old man, and one
child. She rents a small, six-roomed
house, two rooms of which she retains
for herself, and the remaining four she
rents out to laboring men and their fami-
lies. With the rent of these rooms and
the profits of her own hard work she has
managed to "get along" comfortably and
to have few dollars laid by for rainy
day.
The rainy day came in the autumn.
Every man of the four who rented her
rooms was turned out of work. Good,
honest fellows, sober and industrious,
with their little families around them;
facing the problem to beg, or steal, or
starve! Leaving home early III the morn.
streets all day long in the vain quest for
work, and returning at night: hopeless.
Hopeless? Desperate save for one ray
oc 1toh< ~ <ho 1or1xrocc- limb hot
bound them to their kind.
washerwoman, "and it's going on five
months now. Sure an they've had but
one meal day the winter long, and that
a little oatmeal. If they make few pen
MES, with shoveling snow now and then,
would it be that would take it, and the
children starving?"
Through all these five dark months has
Ann the washerwoman scrubbed, ana
soaped and wrung; has toiled over the
h OF irons, and carried home the heavy,
piled-up basket, rejoicing that it was
heavy. Paying the rent for those four
families, keeping, who knows from what
extremity of crime and reckless despair,
those four husbands and fathers. In her
magnificent charity-for all greatness is
is relative-what proud name in New
York can rival hers! In what proper
ton to our incomes, to our own out
lay for luxury in mind or body, does
our giving stand to this woman's
mite? What man or woman among
us, millionaire, banker or merchant, or
gay leader in fashionable charities, has
given of his substance, his all, and added
| to the gift the hard earned wages of every
day, as q this one woman hath done? ?"-
| Christian Union.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
NUMBER "a.

same silvern cravat. Decapitation is per-
formed in China in this wise: The con-
demned is made to kneel with his hands
pinioned together, and his head is cleft
by an officer standing behind him with a
two-handed sword. Ordinary strangula-
ton is effected by extending the con-
demned on a cross and binding cords
tightly round the body from the feet up
ward until the neck is reached, when
cord is passed around it and drawn
tighter and tighter until death ensues. 1t
may be mentioned that the Emperor
always consults his first law. officers be-
fore ordering capital punishment, and
fasts before signing the execution war
rant. Furthermore, he deems that part
of his reign the most fortunate in which
the least number Of executions takes
place.-Bost0n Times.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02

AN Indian chief, becoming gloriously
drunk on his first bottle Of liquer, and
finding his courage and talkativeness con-
siderably increased, declared that whisky
was made Of lions hearts and women's
tongues. Women's tongues seem to be
the chief antidote against whisky at the
present time.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02

your pony, jack" followed soon after by
another with "Give me a pipeful of
tobacco. and similar requests put period
to his efforts. It was not until the next
day that the injured youth was able to
convince his relative that he had been
made the victim Of practical joke
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers to bet
five hundred dollars that no fashionable
lady ever goes to bed without first look
ing in her glass, and rival is willing to
risk the same sum that no Cincinnati ed
itor ever goes to bed without drinking
out of his.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02

A RUTLAND (Vt.) farmer who had col
for sale the other day let q couple o
young men drive off little distan ce to
try him, they leaving 800 and a
"gold'' watch for security, but they have
not returned, while the watch turns out to
be oroide and the money "queer."
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

eB- In regard to profanity, could never
allow the powers of speech which my Gre
ator had bestowed upon me, to be used for
such base purpose as to profane His name,
and while some of my companions thought
it manly, ever regarded it as loweri ng
one to the company of the vile and degrad-
ed, all of whom are profane. In the words
of the poet H"
ITO swear is neither brave, polite, nor WISE"
"What does Satan pay for swearing p"
said pious man to profane youth. " He
don't pay me anything" was the reply.
"Well," added the good man, :" you work
cheap To lay aside the character of a
gentleman to inhict SO much pain on
your friends and civil people ; and to risk
losing your soul, and all for nothing You
certainly do work cheap, p,very cheap indeed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
SUNDAY BEADING.
Reading the Bible.


Henry Ward Beecher in his lecture to
the Theological Students says:
suppose no person ever did or ever will
read the whole Bible in his life. / know
there are persons who read it by letter;
hear people say that they make it rule to
read the whole Bible once year; and l
have no doubt that they skate over it once
a year but / do not think they do more
than that, because it is not all for them.
Take, for instance, great square-built,
good, honest-minded, practical Yankee,
who knows the quality of matter, and who
knows how to put thing and thing together,
and make money out of them-take such
man and put him into Solomon's Songs,
and see what he will make out of these.
Take an Oriental take man who was
born under different skies; who is of diff
ferent associations from generation to gen
Grafton whose mind-methods are different;
whose growth is m ore by the imagination
and less by the practical reason-take such
man and he will say of the Songs of Sol
ONION, "That is the buckle of the Bible.
It is that which clasps and holds together
all the other books"
And so, all the way through the Bible,
there are things which men who are proud,
or men who are constitutionally without
wisdom, cannot understand, they are mys-
teries to them. There are deep things for
mystics in the Bible which people who
have no mysticism are unable to see. They
do not see them when they look at them,
In the Bible there are things for the twi-
light, things for the moonlight, things for
the midnight, things for the day-dawn,
and things for the noontide. The Bible is
filed with inefFable riches for men and it
belongs to every man to select according to
his need
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

tg- Here are the ten commandments of
Buddah
First-Thou shalt not kill.
second-Thou shalt not take to thyself
what belongs to another.
Third-Thou shalt not break the laws of
chastity.
Fourth-thou shalt not lie.
Fifth-Thou shalt not SANDER.
Sixth-Thou shalt not speak of injuries
Seventh-Thou shalt not excite quarrels.
Eighth-Thou shalt not hate.
F.. Ninth-Have faith in holy writings.
Tenth-Believe in immortality.
II all christians should live up to these
requirements the world would be vastly
improved.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
Little Things.

From the highest point of view-that is
from Gods point of view-to him, nothing
is great, nothing is small, as we measure it.
The worth and quality of action depend not
on its prominence, or on any other accidents
which we are always apt to adopt as the
tests of the greatness of our deeds. The
largeness of the consequences of anything
we do is no measure of the true greatness
or true value of it. So it is with regard to
God himself and his doings. To him, for
his loftiness, there is nothing high to him
for his gentleness, there is nothing low.
He as gladly stands by the sick bed, and
binds up the broken-hearted, as he "telleth
the number of stars"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
How John BrOugham Cried Quarter.

A good story is told of John Brougham,
who was once at the first rehearsal of a new
piece, where the actors were reading their
parts from somewhat ill-written manu-
script. John, when his part came around,
somewhat surprised his brother actors by
shouting at the "wrongful heir'' in the
piece, "And thou bad quarter ~
"What's thatP" interrupted the stage
manager. ln. fsl
$50 set down in my part, I" replied the
comedian, referring to his manuscript. ,
"No such thing--I never wrote that
said the irate author, who was present. 'It
makes arrant nonsense of the speech. Bad
quarter, indeed" ,aaalfraa t
"see for yourself" said the actor, hand
ing the manuscript to the author.
"This, why" said the literary man, adj
justing his eyeglasses, "this reads, thou
base counterfeit" r.a d 4m It.il d,
"Ah / is that itP" said the comedian,
with a sly twinkle Of the eye. " Well, the
terms are Synonymous. A bad quarter is
a base counterfeit"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
nNIeMA DErAnTMnN y.
A Ten Dollar Wife.

Parson Allen, of D., was quite wag as
well as peculiarly interesting preacher
He was often called upon to perform the
marriage ceremony, and his peculiarities
on such occasions often furnished sup
ply Of merriment long after the parties had
retired from the parsonage.
On one occasion, after the marriage knot
had been tied, the bridegroom, supposing
that the parson was entitled by law to a
certain fee, and would therefore return the
change, handed the minister ten dollar
bill, which was carefully folded and placed
in his pocket. The old parson having
noticed the X in the corner of the old State
bank note, kept up his lively conversation,
commenting on the ups and downs of life,
till the groom became somewhat nervous
over the delay in relation to his change,
and he ventured to say
"Parson Allen that was ten-dollar bill
gave you"
Yes, so l perceive. You are very gen.
erous. 1t is not often that / receive so
large fee. A comfortable thing it is to
have bank note in one's pocket" and
then he gave some amusing illustrations of
selfishness, and another ten minutes OF
precious time was consumed.
Again the groom ventured to remind the
parson that he had not returned the change
he expected, and he hesitatingly suggest
ed
perhaps you did not think that the
bill that l handed you for your services
was ten, did you, Parson AllenP"
"Oh, yes, noticed that it was. l as
sure you that have not been so agreeably
surprised for a long time. ] always think
ON such occasions that the husband has an
appreciative regard for his worthy partner,
and I presume that you regard your wife,
that now is, worth at least ten dollars, and
doubt if you would have the knot united
for twice that sum, would you, Mr.. Mp"
"Not l." said the nonplussed bride
groom. "But is there not regular fee
which the minister is allowed to take for
marrying folks P''
"Not that am aware of" said the par
son. "We always leave the fee to be fixed
by the parties who get married"
And so the bridegroom, evaded at all
points, gave up the effort to get back any
change.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
Exposed.

Lord X-dertermined short time ago
to unmask certain well known spiritual
professor and his medium at "a seance adj
vertised to be held at some hall situated on
Oxford street, London. Accordingly x
had constructed at Bryant & Mays match
of huge proportions and instantaneous
briIliancy, and, armed with this, he pro-
ceeded with two friends to pay his respects
to the "denizens of another world" At
ter the usual preliminaries the room was
suddenly darkened, and, whilst the com
pany held each other by the hands, violins
and tambourines were heard to play in
company with less musical sounds, the
professor and his medium having been Sc
curely fastened with ropes by one of the
audience. At given moment X-let
go his companions hand and lit his match,
or, more properly, torch, on striker skill
fully fixed to the sole of his boot. A great
flare and there stood the professor hard
at work on the violin, whilst the happy
medium assisted the performance by alter
nate accompaniments on the tambourine
with her hand, and on the floor with a
broomstlck. The finale may be better i'm
agined than described suffice it to say that
his lordship, on presenting himself at the
door of a similar entertainment a week
AFTER was refused admission
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

tB- "Look up p thundered the captain
of vessel, as his boy grew dizzy, while
gazing from the top-mast. Look up"
The boy looked up and returned in safety
Young man, look up, and you win succeed.
Never look down and despair. Leave
dangers uncared for and push on. If you
falter, you lose. Look up. Do right and
trust in God
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

v tB- An ignorant old lady was asked by
minister visiting her If she had religion.
She replied / have slight touches occa-
sionally." How many persons there are
who hayeit in the same way, and in some,
the touches are very slight indeed.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

EB- Human life is gloomy chamber in
which the images Of the other world shine
the brighter, the deeper it is darkened.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

az So long as God holds you up by the
will and determination to serve Him with
which He inspires you, go on boldly and do
not be frightened at your little checks and
falls, so long as you can throw yourself
into His arms and trusting love. Go there
with an open, joyful heart as often as pos
sible II not always joyful at least go with
a brave and faithful heart.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10
.NeaO Pensioaa L0ar.

TTNDER an act OF Congress approved March 3,
" 1873, widows of officers who were killed. or
died of disease contracted in the service are now
entitled to $40 per month for each of their chill
dren. 1922 '
The guardian of minor child of a soldier who
heretofore only received $500 per month pension
is snow entitled to So per moth. ~ hH
Soldiers who receive invalid pensions can now
have their pensions Increased to any sum or rate
between IS. and SIS. per month.
Soldiers who have lost their discharges can now
obtain duplicates ..t ttu .IA
Fathers and mothers who lost sons in the serY-
ice upon whom they were dependent for support,
can also obtain PENSIONS o1 Ed l.f--i
The Undersigned having had over 10 years ex-
perience in the Claim agency business will attend
promptly to claims under the above act
Call on or address
LEWIS POTTER,
Attorney for Claimants,
New Bloomfield,
20tf. Perry Co., Pa
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-03-10

This Society insures for SIX DOLLARS per thousand
for the rst year; FIVE DOLLARS annually, per thou
sand, for the next FOUR YEARS, TWO DOLLARS per
thousand annually during the remainder of natural
life, and prorqta mortality each death
may occur, which for the First Class aa fnlloMat
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
Fall Fairs.

The Bedford County Fair
commences Wednesday, Septem-
Der Both, continues five days,
:and ends Monday, October 3rd.
The list of premiums solicits
the products of every branch
of Industry. The largest prem
ium mentioned is $50.
OF the Murfreesboro Fair the
Monitor says
In~view of q failure of crops
and pastures consequent upon a
drouth extending through sew
eral months, the lower condition
of farming and stock animals,
the Directors of the Tennessee
Central Fair Association have
determined to hold no Fair the
coming fail. 1t would cost the
Association several thousand
dollars to have an Exhibition
and FAIR, and it is not the wish
of the Association to offer prem
iums, and the money, it is
thought, is not with those who
have patronized and heretofore
sustained the Fair. Some time
in September the gates will be
thrown open and free day, TN
der direction of the officers, will
be given TO those who wish to
exhibit articles and animals Of
every description, and where
the young people may have an
other reunion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06

80 For ten years past it has
been continually asserted by tie
Radicals, that'the Democratic par
ty was dead. Yetthey have been
kept in q continual state of unea-
siness from fear of this very party.
To show the strength OF the Dem
ocratic party at the present time.
we need but state;tha of the thir
ty.seven states in the Union Is
are under Democratic and Is un-
der Republican administrations ;
Arkansas being neutral ground
5 territories are Democratic and 3
Republican. And yet the RAIDS
pretend to think they have seen
the funeral procession of the Dem
iractic party!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
NOTICE. = PUBLIC MEETING.

FINHERE will be meeting of the Demo-
4 Gratis and Conservatives of Lincoln
county on Monday, the 10th of August,
1874, ut the court house in Fayetteville,
far the purpose of confirming and appoint
ing delegates 10 the GubernatOrial Uonven-
non to be held in Nashville, on the 18th of
August next, and to the Congressional Con-
Teniion when If shall have been called.
We suggest to our friends that they meet
an Iheir respective Districts, at the cleo
Gsn grounds on the 9th of Augustine
day for the election Of county Oflicers-and
that they select and send up TO the County
Convention, the names of four good men
who will probably attend the State and
Congressional ConventiOns-twO for the Gu-
bernatorial Convention and two for the Con-
Sressional Convention. The County Con-
vention, it is expected will ratify these Sc
Iections and fill such vacancies as may ex-
lat.
Radicalism in Tennessee is again threat
ening TO get control Of the State Govern
rnent lis partisans are active and vigi-
liant. If we would keep ourselves free from
such infamous and oppressive laws as the
Civil Rights Bill and kindred measures, we
too must be active and vigilant.
We earnestly request the Democrats and
Conservatives of our couHty 10 take an IN
terest in this matter and TO selcct as dele
gates good men, and such only as viii truly
reflect the wishes Of the people.
All good men OF our party are cordially
invited 10 attend the county meeting on the
10th Of August next.
s S. ALEXANDER,
l. L. COLE,
VII ROBINSON,
JOHN CLARK,
FELIX &. BUCHANAN,
iulyA County Committee.