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STRANGE.

Strange that the wind should be left so free,
To play with flower or tear a tree;
To range or TO ramble whereT il will,
And as II lists TO be fierce or still.
Above and around TO breathe of life,
Or ningle the earth and sky in strife;
Gentle TO whisper with the morning light,
Yet TO growl like fettered Aend at night,
To love and to cherish and bless to-day,
What tomorrow it ruthlessly rends $ away.
Strange that the sun should call into birth,
All the fair est flowers and fruits of earth
Then bId them perish and see them die,
Whilst they cheer the soul and gladden. the eye.
At morn its child is the pride of spring,
At night shriyeld and loathsome thing
To-day there is hope and life in its breath;
Tomorrow il sinks 10 useless death,
Strange, does il seem, thut the sun should Joy
To give lie alone that it may destroy.
Strange, that the ocean should come and go,
With its daily and nightly ebb and flow;
To bear on its placid breast at morn,
The barque that ere night will be tempest torn.
To cherish it all the way It may roam,
Then leave 1t a wreck within sight of home.
To smile as the mariners tolls are Ger,
Then wash the dead to his cottage door.
And gently ripple DER the strand,
To watch the widow behold him land.
But stranger than all that man must die
When his plans are formed and his hopes are high
He walks forth lord OF the earth to-day,
And tomorrow behold him part of its clay.
He was born in sorrow and cradled in pain,
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certain light as the "figure" swuni
it wildly over his head; this prov
ed too much for Sans nerves-hc
gave yell that would have done
honor to q Modoc, and sank to the
floor, calling piteously for help
This brought the whole household
speedily to the scene, and they as
sisted the poor fellow to his feet
and then, of course, demanded to
know what the uproar was all
about. He was on the point Of
telling them all about the horrible
spectre that had menaced him,
when he looked up and beheld
Bill Smith, with a board grin on
his face, holding the same carving
knife (which, by-the-by, was only
an imitation one, made of tin foil)
that he had seen in the shadowy
hand. Sam saw at once that a
joke had been played upon him,
and so got rid of the astonished
boarders the best he could, at the
same time vowing vengeance on
that rascal, Bill Smith. The next
morning he fixed cigar, with a
fire cracker inside of it, so that it
would explode when about half
smoked. This he placed in his
pocket with another one, and went
down stairs, where he found his
tormentor sitting on the back
stoop, reading the morning paper.
"Hillo, Billw said he, as though
nothing had happened.
"Hillo, Sam!" said he, as though |
he had never played a joke upon
anybody in the world.
"Have cigar, Bill" he asked,
handing him one.
"Ah, thanks" said Bill, taking
the cigar and lighting it, while Sam
lid the same.
"He won't be so thankful after
he has smoked awhile" thought
Sam.
Bill continued to read and smoke,
md in about ten minutes some
hing went off with bang. Bill
ooked up from his paper only TO
zee Sam holding bis face in both
lands, and hopping about like a
,razy man. Alas! Sam had kept
he wrong cigar himself and given
MS tormentor the innocent one.
"Sold, by thunder" he growled,
$ he started up stairs, thinking
low the bitter had got bitten.
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Local Notices ten cents per line each insertion,
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Advertisements unaccompanied by written or
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The game of life is commenced
by holding only one heart, but
generally two hearts play the most
active part; and they seek for
diamonds, although clubs are in
some instances brought into re-
QUESTION, but spades finish the
game.-Con C. Quence.
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Elizabeth Allen, in a poem, asks
"Oh, willow, why forever weep 7"
Elizabeth is little mistaken as to
the facts. 1t isn't the willow that
weeps; it is the boy who dances
under the timber end OF it.
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When young Jenkinson told his
father he'd only been on q little
lark, the old gentlemen muttered
that he guessed there was more
swallow than lark"
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Professor-"Can you multiply
concrete numbers ?" The class was
uncertain. Professor-"What will
be the product of five apples mul-
tiplied by six potatoes q Fresh
man (triumphantly)-"Hash."
The basket that you bring home
from picnic these days is about
seventeen pounds lighter than the
one you take out, but the red ants
up your trousers legs fully make
up the deficit. Nature abhors q
vacuum.-Burlington Hawkeye.
The Graphic has discovered "the
cradle of Communism" Please
rock the baby.-Detroit Free Press.
Give us a rock and we'll do it
with pleasure.-Graphic.
Why not do it with the rock, in
stead of with pleasure.
Professor-"What is monarchy ?"
Freshman-"A country governed
by a king" Professor--"And who
would reign if the king should
die 2" Freshman-"The queen"
Professor-"And if the queen
should die p Freshnan-"The
jack" Correct.
Snodkins lin trepidation to a
certain eminent professor)-"I beg
your pardon, sir, but have l got
through your examination" 4" En-
inent professor (absently but kind
ly)-"Oh, yes-yes-very credita-
bly,, indeed. What is your name,
sir !'-Harvard Lampoon.
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II is said that one Indian expert
with . spear, can, In one month de-
plete the best salmon river in the
world. he doesn't want any bet
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OF CA AGENTS profits per week. VIII
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cles Just patented samples sent free TO nj. Ad-
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PIMPTES.

will mei Free the recipe for simple Yege-
table balm that will remove Tan, Frecklos, Pim-
pies and Botches, leaving The skin SOFT clear and
beautiful; also instructions for producing lux
urinnt growth of hair on bald head or smooth
face. Address. enclosing a ct. stamp, BEN
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ter Indian meal than salmon
Courier Journal.
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What is that which, by losing an
eye, has oaly 5 no.s lstss a noise.
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II you are out in a driving
storm, don't attempt to hold the
rains.
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| Ana all that seventy yeurs can snow,
Is that wealth is trouble and wisdom woe.
He walketh path Of care and strife.
Who drinks of the poisonous cup of life.
WIT AND HUMOR.
Advice to statesmen by the Chi
cago Times-do right-don't write
To the average Athenian the
dearest spot on earth is the Greece
spot.
The wise doctor reads it thus
physician heel thyself." f."-Keokuk
Con.
What man must have his glass
before he can do days work
The glazier.
A marked change-a silver
quarter with hole in it.-Norris-
town Hearld.
May not tuning fork be ap-
propriatcly termed "pitch fork p
Boston Transcript.
How to make match safe--soak
the head Of the match in water
| Norristown Heard.
The pickpocket's motto is like a
name made immortal by Dickens,
because it's "Pick quick"
Herkimer county rejoices in a
four-eyed pig. Pigs in these parts
have but one i.-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
The butcher who sells ox-tails
for soup, and calves heads for din
ner, undoubtedly makes both ends
meat.
If your foot is asleep do not be
alarmed the poet tells us that the
sole is not dead that slumbers.-
Syracuse Times.
Over at the Exposition they are
laying up something for rainy
day-not an umbrella, but Paris
haul.-Whitehall Times.
A Connecticut woman was ap-
pointed constable, the other day,
and the first thing she said was:
"Now | shall catch man."
Mathematics. Freshman at the
board. Professor-"Mr. E., what
have you gotl" +. Gnnocently)-
"rve got stuck."-Yale Record.
In these demoralizing times how
long will it be before aphonograph is
detected in uttering forged notes +!
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
An exchange prints an article
entitled "Where Gold is Almost
Unknown" So there are two
places in that condition, ehs-Nor-
ristown Hearld.
Is it not right that Beaconsfieid
sbould claim the lions sharef-
Buffalo Express.
What, and leave Russia only q
bear pittance E Graphic.
The strain of exultation in the
voice of the mosquito is now ex-
plained. There is strike in the
mosquito-netting factory at Pater-
son.-Courier-Journal.
"See here, wife, you indulge that
boy too much. He is perfect
mule" "Oh, husband, please oon
accuse our hoy Of having an ass
for a father" The old man was
silent
The Graphic makes the towards
" remark: "When Emerson reck-
lessly wrote 'every natural action
is graceful had he ever seen an
angry woman throw o stone at q
cowi"
II Is said that one Indian expert
with . spear, can, In one month de-
plete the best salmon river IN the
u --1S n So.oust Uvank anv bat,
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" Vindustlicls. Men, women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere TO work for Us. Now is the
time Costly outfit end terms free. Address
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To Corsurnptives.

The advertiser, having been pcrmatontly cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by q simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire II,
he win send a copy OF the prescription used, free
of charged, with the directions for preparing the
same which they will find a sure cure for Con-
sumption, Asthma Bronchitis etc. Parties wish
ing the prescription. win please address +.
WILSON. I0i Penn St, ,Williamsburg,N.N y 3Ssm6
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The Graphic makes the towards
" remark: "when Emerson reck-
les.ly wrote every natural action
is graceful had he ever seen an
angry woman throw Q stone at q
cowf
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1t has been discovered that the
noise made by bees is lament
Detroit Free Press.
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Call and examine our stock and
prices, we mean business.
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Especially when they use a short
haired boy for a phonograph.-
Cincinnati Commercial.
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Greatly Reduced Prices !

: nd ns low AZ those of any flrst-elass machine
Spccial inducements offered To cash purchasers.
Easy terms of payment by note 10 responsible
persons.
Nortcr. Energetic mon wishing 20 sell the
WEED Sewing Machines should address the
company at Toledo, Ohio We with to arrange
for the sale OF our machines in every county and
town in Ohio Michigan AMI Indiana.
For further particulars inquire of
Weed lSeUjRg Ndnhi06 Co.,
No 2ee Summit street, Toledo, q.
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Vol. VIL.-No. 40.

MONAGHAN'S
WEEKLY
Bulletin.
/ offer Canned Goods and Dried
Fruits of all kinds at greatly
Reduced Prices.
We sell fair Japan Tea at 25c perl
We sell prime Japan Tea
at 35c per lb
We sell choice Japan Tea
at SOC per lb
We sell ex. choice Japan
Tea at 75c per lb
Extra choice white
wheat -four $685. per bl
Choice white wheat -four 500 per bl
Fair white wheat -four 5.25 per bl
Fine corn meal 3.25 per bl
Course corn meal $50 per bl
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ADVERTISING RATES.

one two TIRE ioar TIRE "a one
" H. w'ks W'ks wlks mos In iIN1lI
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Herkimer county rejoices in a
four-eyed pig. Pigs in these parts
have but one i.-Philadelphia Bull
Latin
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The wise doctor reads it thus :
physician heel thyself. ."-Keokuk
Con.
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WIT AND HUMOR.

Advice to statesmen by the Chi
cago Times-do right-don't write.
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Transparent Teaching Cards.

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The pickpocket's motto is like a
name made immortal by Dickens,
because it's "Pick quick"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-10

The butcher who sells ox-tails
for soup, and calves heads for din
ner, undoubtedly makes both ends
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-10

To the average Athenian the
dearest spot on earth is the Greece
spot.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-10

What man must have his glass
before he can do a days work
The glazier.
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"see here, wife, you indulge that
boy too much. He is a perfect
mule" "Oh, husband, please don't
accuse our hoy Of having an ass
for a father" The old man was
silent.
, 1878-05-25
GENERAL HowAED.-For years General

GENERAL HOwAED.-For years General
Howard suffered almost silently, under
the imputation of haying defrauded the
Freedmen's Bureau The charge WAS
heralded and repeated far and wide
throughout The country, and his assumed
guilt was made the pretext for opposing
and criticising him IN the most unfair and
unserupulous manner. In this way his
usefulness as ali officer OF the army WAS
more impaired than by any mistakes Ire
NAV have made The late investigation
Of these charges and the honorable &C
ouittaI OF Gen Howard Is an act of tardy
iustice which comes too late to repair
much Of the evil that was done both to
him and to his country; as 1t is always
hitter late than never to do right thing,
We congratulate this brave officer, whose
oalIantrv in the field and whose devotion
H. the service of his country none can
question, upon his being relieved from
the oSious and unjust burden OF these
charges. His case was investigated by
men of the most unblemished problty,
and he has bv them been fully acquitted
OF all completely in the matters referred
to in the charges made against him We
sincerely wish the g one armed hero
long career of future usefulness, and
hope that even his ener,ies may hereafter
be willing to do him justice.-Idaho
StateSaoa.
, 1878-05-25
The Future of the Pk0nOgraph.

A highly interesting article on the pho
nograph, written by Mr. Edison, the III
ventor OF this latest mechanical marvel,
is published in the North american Re
rier. OF the future Of the phono@raph
its inventor confesses himself unable to
speak positively, because its application
cannot be defined like that of an instru
ment intended to fulfill specific purposes,
like clock, sewing machine or a reaper.
The range of application OF the phono-
graph seems unlimited, because the ne
reduced to a minimum by the simplicity
of its mechanism, and it is not dependent
on the operation Of forces other than
purely mechanical Yet Mr. Edison has
sketched for lis description OF the uses
to which the phonograph can be put i'm
medlately and without any further impor-
tant development of its powers. Baslng
his statements on the fact that the phono-
graph captivates fugitive sounds and I'M
prisons them for unlimited reproduction,
Independent of their source of origin, he
declares that The instrument can be used
for letter phoautograpiic writing, by
which the recorded sounds can be trans
mitted through the mails and reproduced
as often as desired at distant places. 1t
is, as it were, mechanical letter reader
operated by clockw0rk. The receiver OF
the letter sits at his desk and the instru-
ment reads his correspondence for HIM as
clearly and much more accurately perhaps
than clerk could do it. In like manner
photographic books can be prepared and
the instrument can read these aloud n a
public hall or school room for the benefit
of large audiences Music can be repeated
in the same manner, and the cries, calls,
&c, used for business advertising, uttered
in sonorous tones by tireiess, lungless
piece of machinery. The surprising ac-
curacy of the record Of sounds Is proved
by their reproduction. 1t Is in these Pro
eesses that the marvellous simplicity of
the phonoTaph strikes the observer and
hearer. The childhood of the future will
be amused In manner that can be at
once entertaining and instructive, for
speaking toys viii become as common as
the squeaking dolls and dogs Of to-day.
In combination with the perfected tele-
phone the phonograph promises to revOlu-
tionize the present system of telegraphy.
1t will be no longer necessary to write
messages for telegraph operator tc read
and transmit. They can BE- spoken and
heard only by the sender and receiver,
who are interested. As the steam engine
and the telegraph have been the great
engines Of this century one Of those of
the next will undoubtedly be phonograph-
, 1878-05-25
Dangers Of Flour Mills.

There seems no reason to doubt that
the recent disastrous and fr9htfuliy de-
structive explosion at the Minneapolis
Touring mills HiS caused by the genera
tion of combustible and explosive gases in
the process of making -four. Modern
science has demonstrated that the impal-
pable four d;,st which permeatcs the at
mosphere of a large mill is highly intiam-
mable, and that under certain conditions
it may explode, with al the force and de-
structive effect of nitro-glycerine. 1t Is
evident that the force of the explosion in
the Washburn mill must have been ire
mcnious. The building, a solid and mas
siye stone structure, was literally torn to
pieces, and the con cussion of the ;.ir no
doubt communicated the shock, Ike 4
rapid epidemic, to the neighbCriE9 mills.
1t will strike the public as singular that
if this danger is inherent in the process
of Touring, tire danger should only have
been developed so recently We believe
that the :irst authenticated case of 4 simi
lar accident occurred in England in 1872,
Yet Touring mills have been running for
th u Ai4t hb.4Is, st:4i ibt
least half Il century upon large scale. lt
NAV h: that the dang increases with the
magnitude Of the operations, and perhaps
with the extent and power of the nachIn
erv \ number Of revolving stones VIII
generate electricity iii considerable guam
titles, and thus 4 peculiar condition of the
atmosphere, favorable to an explosion,
might he sci up Ii Is, however, evident
that new and formidable danger attaches
to business which has hitherto been re-
garded as exceptionally safe and steady
Henceforth -four mills viii be looked upon
as differing but little in their uncertainty
from powder mills. 1t will become neces-
sary to remove them from the neighbor-
hood of inhabited districts Insurance
offices will decline to take such risks.
And men viii hesitate to work in them at
the ordinary rates Of wages. Science has
thus far failed to suggest any means of
averting the dang +, and at present it
would seem Inseparable from the business,
and even less capable of Being guarded
against than similar catastrophes in pow
der mills or freyork factories The diem
ma of the millers Is indeed a serious one,
and il is incumbent Oh the scientific men
who have discovered the cause of these
explosions, to find 4 preventive for them.
Record Union
, 1878-05-25
PGETICAL SELECTIONS.
The Charm or the Household.

An angel in the house! All, yes.
There is precious angel there
A woman formed 70 soothe and bless,
Good, if she be not fair
4 kindly, faithful, patient wife,
Cheerful, and of temper mild,
One who can lend new charms to Life,
And make man reconciled.
Oh. It's pleasant thing to sea
Such a being going to and fro,
With aspect genial and free,
Yet pure as spotless snow
One who performs her duties, too,
With steady and becoming grace,
Giving 10 each attention due
In fitting time and place.
One who can use her husbands means
With careful thrift from day to day,
And when misfortune intervenes,
Put needless wants away
Who snoothe the wrinkles from his brOw
When more than common cares oppress,
And cheers him-faitlful to her VOW
With hopeful tenderness.
One who when sorrow comes can feel
With wOman's tenderness of heart,
And yet can strive with quiet zeal,
To ease another's smart
One Wha. when Fortunes sun grows bright,
And filings the clouds of care aside,
Can baSk with pleasure in its light,
Yet feel no foolish pride.
One can check with saint-like power
Wild thoughts that spring to dangerous birth,
And wake pure feelings, as the shower
of spring awaits the earth
Bring forth the latent virtues shrined
Within the compass of the breast,
And to the weak and tortured mind
Bring confidence and rest.
Good neighbor, not to envy prone;
True wife in luxury and need,
Fond mother, not unwisely shown;
Blameless in thought and deed,
Whoever claims 81 rare wife
Thus should his earnest words be given;
"She is the angel of my life,
And makes my home Heaven"
, 1878-05-25

THE FooT AND THE PoUND-The foot
and the pound are found IN every coun-
try, and have evidently been derived di-
rectly from the Romans But they can
claim far higher antiquity, for Mr..
Chisholm traces their origin to the Baby
lenians, or Chaldaans, who, as mits of
length, used both the cubit and the foot
These were subsequently adopted by the
Egyptians, who introduced considerable
variety, so that there is no confusion be-
tween the different kinds Of cubit and
foot. The natural cnbit, OF about eigh-
teen inches, and the foot, which was two
thirds Of this length, We're transferred to
Greece, and, the cubic having fallen into
.iSlIse, the foot became the ordinary stand
ard Of the Romans. AT the same time
the double cubit, which was equivalent
to three feet, would appear to have sur
vived IN Ike form Of the ell OF medieval
Europe, and in that Of our Own yard. As
all these mcaSureS were originally derived
from the proportions of the human body,
some caution IS necessary in referring
their origin - remote antiquity rather
than directly to the length of the forearm
or Of the foot 1t mGst be admitted,
however, that the coincidence of length
among the civilized nations is very strik-
ing. The derivation Of the pound weight
is more complicated. The earlier Tower
pound appears to have been Of Roman
origin, being presumably identical with
the Greek isiatic NINA, while the hun
dred weight corresponded to the talent,
or weight Of cubic foot Of water. Sub
the Troypound vas substituted,
and, for commercial transactions, the
pound avoirdupois, from the old French
pound Of sixteen ounces. 1t is evident,
however, that our weights and measures
in the dark ages were in an unsettled
state, and subject to arbitrary alterations
at the will of the monarch. h.-Rerie,r.