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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

OVERWORK.-UnWis above many is
the man who considers every hour lost
which is not spent in reading, writing,
or in study, and not more rational is
she who thinks every moment of her
time lost which does not find her sew
ing. We once heard a great man ad-
wise that book of some kind he carried
in the pocket, to be used in case of an
unoccupied moment-such was his
practice. He died early and fabulous.
There are women, who, after hard
days work, will sit and sew by candle
and gas-light until their eyes are almost
blinded, or until certain pains about the
shoulders come on, which are almost in
supportable, and only driven to bed by
physical incapacity to work any
longer. The sleep of the over-worked,
like that of those who do not work at
all, is unsatisfying and unrefreshing,
and both alike wake up in WEAKNESS,
sadness, and languOr, with an inevita-
BILE result, both dying prematurely.
Let no one work in pain or WEAKNESS.
When man is tired, he ought to lie
down until he is fully rested, when,
with renovated strength, the work will
be better done, done the sooner, and done
with self-sustained alacrity. The time
taken from seven or eight hours sleep
out of each twenty-four, is time not
gained, but time much more than lost;
we can cheat ourselves, but we cannot
cheat Nature. A certain amount Of
food is necessary to healthy body, and
if less than that amount be furnished
decay commences the very hour. 1t is
the same with sleep, and anyone who
persists in allowing himself less than
Nature requires, will only hasten his
arrival at the mad-house or the grave
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

The Chicago Tribune says that a
young woman in that city married,
while at Parce two years ago, a Hunga-
rian Prince, whose lordly titles were so
numerous that it took twenty-five
minutes to be introduced to him, and
pronouncing his name was like swal-
lowing an iron fence. Often as she
PAGES her baronial hall, which is nearly
twelve feet square, she blesses the fore
thought of her mother, who had her,
when at school, take an extra course of
plain sewing.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A day or two ago, when young man
entered Detroit lawyers Office to
study law, the practitioner sat down be-
side him and said:
"Now, see here, 1 have no time to
fool away, and, if you don't pan out
we'll, 1 won't keep you here thirty
days. Do you want to make a good
lawyer ?"
"Yes, sir"
"Well, now, listen. Be polite to old
people, because they have cash. Be
good to the boys, because they are
growing up to cash basis. Work in
with the reporters and get puffs. Go to
church for the sake of example. Don't
fool away any time on poetry, and
don't even look at a girl until you can
plead case. If you can follow these
instructions you will succeed. If you
cannot, go learn to be doctor, and kill
your best friends. ."-Detroit Free Press
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A DIALoGUE.-Reviva Ito rural
visitor at hippodrome)-"My friend, did
you come here from curiosity ?"
r. ", Slightly deaf)-NO, sir; 1
didn't; came from Staten Island"
Revivalist-"You misunderstood me.
Did you come from curiosity alOnem
r. V.-"Yes; came alone-the old
woman's got corns, and had to stay
home"
Revivalist (rather impatiently)-''No,
no, my good sir; what brought you here
to-day? ?"
R.V. (smiling)-"Oh, yes! Why, the
horse-car did,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

MADAM" cynically observed a gen.
tleman to leader of fashionable soci-
ETY. at Washington, "woman doesn't
seem to be as much of q 'clinging
vine' as she was once" "That's be-
cause of the extreme insecurity of the
manly oak" she replied.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A Detroit young woman tried to be
aristocratic, and did not look at the
money she gave the horse-car con-
ductOr, who meekly gave back to her
the lozenger on which was written cpl
never cease to love thee" and said that
he was an orphan, with five little
brothers to support, and must be ex-
cused
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A CASE OF GENERAL AVERAGE
"Aren't you rather too old to ride for
half price ?'' said a ticket clerk to the
elder of two boys. "Well," remarked
the youth, al am under fourteen, aud
this boy with me is under six. That
don't make twenty, and you will take
two boys under ten for half-fare EACH"
And he took them.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

Five additions to a family within
fifteen months is enough to appal man
of some means, and yet there is an ag-
ricultural laborer in England whose
wife has just presented him with three
children, having presented twins fif-
teen months ago.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

Several hundred cords of Boston's
"Old Elm" have been disposed of, or
are on sale. Twas a miraculous tree,
and it has grown more rapidly in the
few weeks since it fell, than it grew in
the (almost) three centuries OF its tow
ering existence. Ie
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

The agriculturist of the Detroit Free
Press says: schuyler Colfax can de-
liver a very neat agricultural address,
but when you take him to market and
ask him to tell you beet from a ruta-
baga, he will hesitate and put his hand
on a Hubbard SQUASH"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A young lady dressed in much false
hair was warbling at the piano, and,
when her mother summoned her to as
sist in some household duties, her rosy
lips opened poutingly and snapped out,
out, "Oh, do it yourself r' and then
went on singing "Kind words can never
die.u
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

A young man told his wife last night
he was going out to make the acquaint-
ance of "Tom and Jerry" The two per-
sons who brought him home this morn
ing were probably the ones meant.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

"Don't you think" said husband,
in a mild form of rebuke to his wife,
"that women are possessed of the
devil ?" "Yes," was the answer, "as
soon as they are married"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

At a young ladies' seminary, during
an examination in history, one of the
pupils was interrogated: "Mary, did
Martin Luther die a natural death ?"
mo; he was communicated by a
hnU ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

italian editors announce in their an
nual prospectuses that they have ap-
piled for and received the blessing of
the Pope on the editors, printers, type,
paper, and readers.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

The DIFFERENCE.-"Co is
bliss" said an ardent young man.
eyes, and matrimonyi is blister" snarled
an old bachelor.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

ENTERED, according TO Act of Congress, in the
year 1875, by Mrs. A. ]. Duniway, in the office of
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12
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A 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 Wrongs
of the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
A Cluster Of Golden Opinions
FOR THE
BR ADBURx PIANOS


Have mai ufacturel and in use over $4,000
instruments.
Tue peculiar charm Of this Piano is lis adap-
latiou to The human voice as an accompaniment,
owing to ts sympathetic, mellow, yet rich and
powerful singing tones
From personal acquaintance with this firm.
we can udoise them as worthy Of the fullest
confidence OF Che public. We are using the
Bradbury Pianos in our families and they give
entire satisfaction.
Persons ut a distance need feel no hesitation
in Sending for their illustrated price-lj7t and
ordering from it, or to order second hand Plan
os or Organs. They are reliable.
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Gen o. f.. Babcocl, Washington.
Gen. w H. Bpknup Secretary Of. War,
Chief Justice S. p Chase,
Admiral D. d. Porter, Washington.
Columbus Delano, Secretary In aIior.
?. N. G. Creswell, Washington.
Rev 0. II. Titlauy Washington.
Robert Bonner, New York.
Grand Central Hotel, New York
ST. Nichols Hotel New York.
Gen. 0. .. Howard, Washington.
Bishop L. :, James, New York.
Rev Or. John McClintock
DR. James Cummius, Connecticut.
Kew W Nor Pushou. London.
T. 5. Author, Philadelphia.
Or John Chambers. PjiiadelphiB.
Attorney General Williams Washington.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
Pianos and Organs,
TIE BEST lN The WORLD.

VIM. KNABE & CO..
c. l.. GORHAM & co,
CHICKERING e SONS,
DURHAM & SONS,
PEASE Il CO.,
and other Pianos from $3.50 to $1,000, Z or II
Octave with all the very latest improvements.
MASON & HAMLIN,
PRINCE Il CO, and other Organs will
now be sold by the undersigned at less than
New York factory prices for cash. or on easy
monthly instalIments, or rent with privilege Of
purchase to responsible parties
Every instrument fully warranted for five
wears. Old pianos taken in exchange.
For terms and prices please address me
through The Post Office and | viii cheerfsly
give all information 10y letter or in person.
Orders, Tor tuning or repairing Pianos, lef
at Vim. Roots Drugstore viii meet with
prenpl attention, at moderate prices.
T. l. FREYER.
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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
Feet of the Chinese Women.

A lady, writing in st. Nicholas of the
Chimes at home, thus speaks of the
girls and one of their noted peculiarities.
She says, speaking of young Chinese
girl:
She had the thy, pressed feet that
the Chinese consider not only beautiful,
but necessary to high breeding and
they were encased in the daintiest Of
satin slippers, embroidered in seed
pearls. But fnery could not hide the
deformity produced by so unnatural a
process, nor the awkward limp OF the
poor little lady as she leaned on the
shoulders OF her maidens in hobbing
from room to room. I asked if the
feet were still painful, and she replied
that for the last two or three years
sort of numbness had succeeded the
pain, but that formerly, and from her
earliest recollection, her sufferings had
been so intense that she would gladly
have died ; and that she had often, IN
frantic agony, torn of the bandages,
and when they were replaced, shrieked
and screamed till delirium, for time,
relieved the consciousness of suffering.
But after the fifth year the pain gradu
ally became less intolerable. she said,
and now she did not think very much
about it, except when the banlages We're
changed. Then the return of the blood
to the feet was such tol ture as language
could not describe. Yet in reply to my
question on the subject, this gentle girl
wife said it would be cruel i'll parent
not to press the feet OF his daughter, as
he thereby shut her ont from good
society, and made plebeian of her for
life.
The bandages are always applied in
early infancy, and before putting them
on, all the toes except the first and sec.
ond are doubled in beneath the soles of
the feet. The length OF the foot, after
undergoing this painful operation, never
exceeds five inches, and ordinarily is
conrooly fo-,r
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
Mysterious Fires.

Mysteries of fire are of three kinds
the mystery of fraud, the mystery OF
carelessness, and the mystery OF ignor-
ance. The latter characterizes people
OF all ranks in life, and is, seemingly, as
persistent as carelessness, and some
times as culpable as fraud. For in
stance, how many people know precisely
what a defective flue is9 How many
know anything about spontaneous com
bustion? How many know that hollow
walls are actual fues, which have the
power of carrying flames from the bot
tom of house to the top, almost in
stantly9 How many know that the
heat of stove, even when separated by
some little distance from wood, will, In
the course of time, so char it that a
spark will fire it How many know
that, under favorable circumstances,
fires will smolder for hours, ready to
flash into actual flame when famed by
the opening of door, or the slightest
current of air caused in any manner
whatever9 In brief, how many know
anything of hundred and one circum-
stances that will cause mysterious fires,
which a slight degree of practical knowl-
edge might easily prevent2
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
The Decay of Seamanship.

The declineof the American merchant
marine, says the New York Erening
Post, is familiar story and uufortu-
mattel y well founded in fact. 1t may be
questioned, however, whether, in one
respect, the character and qualifications
of sailors, other nations have not fallen
away as far as ourselves. There is late
case in point. An inquiry is now going
on before the British board of trade i'll
the matter of the British bark Island
Belle. The vessel was lost on the twen-
ty.first of December-why, the situation
of affairs on board shows pretty clearly.
It is charged that there was only one
seaman who could steer, and he was in
irons for threatening the officers. The
second mate was i'll, hut the captain
compelled him to work until he fell
from exhaustion, and then kicked him
violently. The man died in few hours.
This bit of fresh maritime history, add
ed to the recent instances of incompe-
tency on government ships as we'll as on
private vessels, suggests that there is
vet plenty Of work for Phmsoll and men
like him to do among British sailors,
masters aud owners.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
The PrOper Treatment.

A correspondent writes to the Drug,
gists' C;rcutcr, describing a mode OF
treatment for lime in the eye. He says
A colored man came to me in intense
agony, some unslaked lime having got
into his eye. That the lime must be
neutralized at all hazards felt certain.
l chose sulphuric acid. I puton drachm
and a half of the diluted acid in four
ounce graduate, filed it with water, and
told him to wash his eye with the liquid.
He did as he was told, and was relieved
almost Immediately. Then 1 made him
rinse his eye with pure water, and after
that I told him to anoint it with olive
oil and to continue the application for
some time. To-day he is almost well,
and can see with his eye again. In an
other similar case no remedy was imme-
diately applied, as a doctor had to be
sent for from some little distance, and
the man Lost his eye entirely.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
Retrenchment in the Army.

An important bill was introduced into
the United States House by Gen. Ban
ming, chairman of the military commit.
tee. 1t provides that the pay of all
general officers shall be limited to pay
proper, fixing the pay of Gen. Sherman
at $13, 500, Sheridan at Sl1 900, major
generals at $1,000, and brigadier-gener-
ais at SIS, 500. No change is proposed IN
the pay of field officers, except the re-
duction of communication of quarters
from s1S to SO a month. Among the
line officers the second ieutenants are to
have their pay reduced 5000 per annum.
The pay of officers on special duty is to
be limited to the pay of their rank,
while no officer below the rank OF briga-
dier general can receive longevity ratlons
or commutation in excess OF 5,oOO a
year. The argument in favor OF the re-
duction of the pay of second ieutenants
is that they are young men, mostly un-
married, and do not require as much in
proportion as the officers Of higher
rank. The forage account also is re-.
duced, making altogether total OF
100000. .........
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
"Other Suns than Ours.0

Mr.. Proctor, in one of his lectures on
the subject of "Other Suns than Ours, "
declared it fixed fact that all stars
were suns. Every star visible to the
naked eye on the clearest night was the
center Of a system of worlds like our
own, and although the most powerful
telescopes were still unable to reveal the
circling planets, the imagination could
certainly discern the millions of worlds
clustering around each Of these hun
dreds of th ousands of bright suns. The
nearest star to our system was Aldebaran,
in the constellation Centaur, star only
visible in southern latitudes. This star
was 200, 600 times as far from the earth
as the sun is, and it's size was much
greater than that of our sun, being
about 1,125, 900 miles in diameter. The
next nearest star, Sirius, was much
larger than Aldebaran. Astronomers
knew that this star was st least certain
number of billions of miles from our
system, but how much more distant they
could not tell. The lecturer supposed
that the progress of life in this myriad
of worlds was about the same as it is in
our system, and for every inhabited
world there were thousands of worlds
upon which life was either extinct or
had not yet begun. The thought that
death and desolation were so predomi-
nant in the universe was not so melan-
choly to the lecturer as it might be to
many others. The same change was 60
ino on in the life and death of all thSse
worlds as is seen on every hand and
among all things that are at any time
endowed with life and being.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER.
The Execution of Women in Frnuce-.-A
Wife's Last Request.

The Execution OIL women In frnuce...A
Wife's Last Request.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph writes as follows :
Sophie Gauthier had been found guilty
of a horrible crime she had killed all
her children by means of pins, which
she had stuck into their brain. The
death of this revolving criminal recalls a
few interesting facts connected with the
execution of women in France. Since
1910 nine women have been executed,
and they have all met their death with
great frmness. Ten years ago a man
and woman was executed at Chartres for
having murdered their parents. In
those days the guillotine was not the
horribly neat and compact little lnstru-
ment that it is now there we're steps to
ascend before coming into contact with
the executioner. When the criminal
couple reached the foot of the scaffold
the woman said 81 should like to en-
brace my husband before dying. Pray
unite my hands you can tie them again
Immediately afterward." This supreme
wish was reluctantly granted, for it was
contrary to the regulations. Her hands
were no sooner free than she gathered
up all her strength, and gave her hus-
band ringing box on the ear. Accord
ing to custom, she was the first to suffer
the extreme penalty of the law. Before
the man recovered from the stunning
blow she had dealt him, her head had
follop into Tho cou5ust
Another woman, who created great
sensation at the time, was V1rg1nle
Dezon, who had murdered her husband
and two children. She was only twenty.
five years of age, wonderfully beautiful,
and belonged to one Of the best families
of France. She had not the slightest
fear of death, and the moment the SEN
tence was passed she sent letter to the
emperor, begging there might be no de-
lay in CARRYING it out. Prison Life and
the loss of her long black hair produced
much more disagreeable impression
upon this delicate woman than the sight
of the hideous chopping block and
knife. Many summary. executions OF
women took place when the regular
troops entered Paris during the ins1r-
rection. remember seeing one of the
advanced republican ladies placed
against the wall behind the Great North
ern railway station. She had just been
taken with recently fired rifle in her
hand and standing by the side of a dying
sentry. "Did you shoot this mans" in
q;iired the officer, pointing to the writh'
ing body of the sentry. "I did, u was
the reply, "and am only sorry that I
did not see you before, as you were bet
ter worth the trouble" Two minutes
afterward she was lying ON her face with
twelve bullets in her body. Death had
been instantaneous D.; her victim, The
soldier, lived two hours after her, and
expired in horrible pain.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
Did not Like Dogs.

Among Andersen's pecuiarities was a
mortal fear of dogs. He once wrote to
an intimate friend residing in Geneva
that he meant to come and pay him a
visit. and would arrive on certain day.
The family possessed a large but per
fectly gentle and very intelligent New,
fouudland dog, which, in anticipation OF
the poets visit, was carefully chained
up. The day appointed for his arrival
came, but no Andersen made his appear
ance. Days and weeks succeeded, and
still he did not come. At last the
family received a letter from him, post
marked Nice. "Dear friends" he
wrote, "I arrived at your house on the
day l stated, but when got to the gate
saw such big dog in the yard that 1
did not dare 60 in, and SO 1 took the
first train 10 ITALY,"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
Cure for TOOthache.

DR.. Dyce Duckworth, an English
physician, contributes q short memo
rsndum on this subject. He was called
on lately to treat a case OF very severe
toothache, and tried various ordinary
remedies, including chloroform and car
bonic acid, without any benefit to the
patient. He then remembered having
read that the pain might be relieved by
holding in the mouth solution OF blcar,
Donate of soda. He gave the patient
half drachm in an ounce of water, and,
to his astonishment, the pain ceased
Immediately, and complete relief was Sc
crod. He thinks that, as the remedy is
so simple and the disease so distressing
and often intractable, this treatment may
be worthy of notice and imitation.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
The End Of 1t.

There is no knowing to what uses
some of great enterprises may come at
last. Some years ago great hole was
dug under Broadway, New York, to
demonstrate the feasibility of a pneu-
matte tube for underground transporta-
tion. A show was made of it for some
time, and people made underground ex-
cursions at twenty-five cents head.
Latterly this dismal orifce has been for.
gotten, but at last it has been utilized
as a rife range. While the stages rat.
tie over the pavement, and the line OF
traffic goes on overhead, competing
marksmen fire away at targets at short
or long range, the crack of their rifles
being inaudible to the passer-by, and
the much talked-of pneumatic railway IS
forgotten.