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MISCELLANY.

How TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.-Learn t,
govern yourself, to be gentle and patient.
Guard your tempers, especially in the sea
sons of i'll health, irritation and trouble ant
soften them by prayers, penitence and
sense of your own shortcomings and en-
rors.
Never sIeak nor act in anger, until yot
have prayed over your own words or acts
and concluded that Christ would have done
so in your place. Remember that valuable a,
is the gift of speech the gift of silence is often
much more precious.
Do not expect too much from others, but
remember that all have an evil nature, whose
development we must expect aud should
forbear and forgive, we often desire for
gveness and forbearance ourselves.
Never retort short and angry word. 1t is
the second word that makes quarrel.
Beware of the first disagreement.
Learn to speak in gentle tone of voice.
Learn to say kind and pleasant things when
ever opportunity offers.
Study the character of each one, and sym
pathize with them in their troubles, however
small.
Do not neglect small things if they can eff
feet the comfort of others in the smallest de-
gree.
Avoid moods, pets, and fits of sukiness.
Learn to deny yourselves and to prefer 9TH
ers.
Beware of meddlers and tale bearers.
Never change to bad motive if good one
is conceivable.
Be gentle but firm with children.
Do not allow your children to be away from
home at night without knowing where they
are.
Do not allow them to go where they please
on the Sabbath.
Do not allow them to be spending money.
Remember the grave, the Judgment Seat,
and the scenes of eternity and SO order your
home on earth that you shall have home in
heaven.
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He appeared to be almost gone. Rolling
his eyes toward the partner of his bosom he
gasped sBury me meath the weeping will
Tow, and plant simple white rose above my
ld."
"Oh it's no use,' she snapped out Your
nose would scorch The roots F"
He got well.
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When We are young we waste great deal
of time in imagining what we will do when
we grow older, aud when we are old we vast e
an equal amount of time in wondering why
we waited so long before we began to do any
thing
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The photograph may bottle up the voice
and pass down to future ages, but the smile
that twists up the face of man as he seeks
solitude and gazes upon his name in print for
the first time will always have to be guessed
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People who attempt to cut boarding house
pie crust with fork, should remember thai
time thrown away can never be recalled.-Oi
City Derrick.
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Mary" said lover to his intended, ''give
us kiss will you? " "No, l shan't," said
Mary, "help yourself"
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TT COMPRISES
VICK'S
illustrated Priced Catalogue.

Seventy-fve pages-30a Illustrations, with Deserip-
tions OF thousands of the best Flowers and Vegetables
in the world aud The rdg groW Mem--all for Two
CENT postage stamp. Printed in German and English.
Vicks Flower aud Vegetable Garden, 50 cents in
paper covers In elegant cloth covers, 40.
Vieks Illustrated Monthly Magazine.-3l pages, fine
and Colored Plate in every number.
Price Sl.2j year; Five copies for $500
Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester, N. Y.
Jan. 10th, 1878.
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The beer gardens outside the Paris Exhibi
tion grounds cover as much space as the Elk
position buildings.
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Work discreetly, for the world has, pei
haps, lost as much by useless labor as by use
less rest.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-06-12

A fine coat may cover a fool, butnev cor
ceal one. -Brooklyn Eagle.
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A frisky Briton bit his wife's nose off, and
the patient woman testified in court that she
bit it off herself.
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DRIGGS Catarrh Eradcntor will Catarrh. 1t
arises from disorganized condition of the stomach,
Initiated secretion of the glandular SYSTEM and impure
ty of the blood. 1t is constitutional as well local
diseased The symptoms are partial or complete OBJ
sructon of the nasal cavity heavy loaded dsagreea-
BILE feeling in the head clogsng up of the throat in the
night with thick obnoxious matter, having when eX-
PEELED scabby appearance occasionally streaked with
blood Briggs Catarrh Eradicator is sent by mail
press on receipt price quarts
for Warranted cheapest aud most eifectual. Adj
dress DIR. ]. Briggs and Co. Newark M. Sold by c. NJ.
Shamaa, Moores Drug Store, Lambertville, Nj.
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Home made bread is good also hoe made
vegetables London Adr.
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w amteea I!

A Large amount of FLAX TOW and MOVED FLAX.
IN WHEAT and RYE STRAW
Apply at the Office of ]. G.. WEEDEN & co, over the
Lamhertve National Bank, or at their PAPER MILL,
Lambcrtyille, May 18th, 1873.
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~ - week in your town. IS Outfit free. No
A&N risk. Reader If you want business at which
VHlVHlpersons of either make great pay all
Y 1.-THE time they work, write for particulars to
II. HALLETT & Co., Portland Maine.
Feb. 27.-ly.
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N OTECE.

A LII persons are forbid entering the house Of the
IN Fleet Wing Hook and Ladder Company and ring
ing the bell running out the apparatus unless
thorized to do by actual member OF the company
Persons offending will be held responsible, and be
dealt with according to law The time of all contribute
Ing members having expired those Wishing TO renew
their membership can make application at any regular
meeting
c. II. w. VAN SEWER,
President Board of Directors.
STEPHEN HULL, Foreman
May 10th. 1878.
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THE EXAMINER AND CHRONICLE is distinctive-
ly a Family Newspaper, In making it the Editor has
the cooperation of the best newspaper writers of his
denomination besides the occasional contributions
in special departments of writers of acknowledged
ability in other c0mmundns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-13
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMAR Y.
Senate,

oeAoS
Various petitions favoring the repeal Of the
bankrupt law, and demonstrating against the
reduction Of tar # duties on numerous articles
were presented by several Senators and re-
ferred to the appropriate committees Among
the bills introduced in the Senate were the
following To provide for the election Of Ter
ritorial governor, secretary, and other Terri
torial officers in the several Territories OF the
United States to provide for the organization
Of the Territory Of Oklohama to encourage
the organization Of free public Libraries. go.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration OF
bills on the calendar, and discussed the bill to
enable Indians to become citizens Of the
United States. An executive session followed
and then adjournment
The bill regulating the compensation of post
masters was discussed, and an amendment
adopted prohibiting the sale. Of postage stamps
as merchandise and at a discount. An amend
ment was offered by Mr. Hamlin proposing to
extend to all officers OF the government tho
free transmission of official mail matter, and
in q brief debate that ensued it was suggested
that the franAing privilege should be restored
to members of Congress. IT amending the
act granting pensions to soldiers Of 1912 was
called up, with an amendment to restore to the
roll persons dropped for taking sides with the
confederacy. The bill as amended was passed
by Al to 8. Adjourned.
A bill was reported to trrnsfer the Hfe-sav-
ing and coast guard service from the treasury
to the navy department. TIE bill to regulate
the pay Of postmasters came up, aud the
amendment to revive the franking privilege, 80
far az letters of the President, Vioe-President,
and members Of Congress are concerned, was
discussed and adopted by 89 to 81. The bill
was then passed and after an executive session
the Sen lte adjourned.
Petitions against the reduction Of tariff
duties and against the restoration Of the tax
on tea and coffee were presented Mr..
Chaffee, of Colorado, submitted an amend
ment to the bill declaratory Of the meaning of
the fifteenth section Of the Pacific railroad aot
Of July /, 1862, authorizing the President TO
appoint q commission who shAll estsblinh
rules and regulations to govern tho operation
and asu OF this pnlon paeifs railroad sud
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-13
France, Spain and Germany.

The H~istor;sch.P olitische Blatter
says that some excitement has been pro-
duced in Spain by aproposal which is said
to have been lately made to the Spanish
government from Berlin. The proposal
was that "inthe event of Spain assisting
Germany in a wal against France, the
Spanish government should be allowed
full liberty Of action in regard to Portu-
gal, and also be offered the prospect of
recovering Gibraltar and c%onquering
Algiers." As a reward to Germany for
her assistance in procuring these im-
portant augmentations of territory,
Spain would give up to her the Philip
pine Islands, (which, together with the
Dutch colonies, would form a very de-
sirable colonial possession" The writer
adds that France is striving to bring
about the financial ruin of Germany by
keeping up an enormous standing army,
and rendering it necessary for Germany
to follow her example. Such a strain
on her resources can be borne by
wealthy France, but must eventually
cripple Germany ; and the writer e
presses his regret that it was not n OF
the conditions Of peace in 1871 that the
peace establishmenttof the French army
should be reduced to such a strength as
not to impose on Germany any excessive
burdens for the maintenance of an equal
force.-PGW Mall Gazette.
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Steps Toward Peace In Cuba.

A newspaper, printed in the interior
of the island Of Cuba, has publishe | the
following official dispatch, received from
headquarters, dated Zanion, as the con-
ditions OF peace offered by the Spaniards:
Article l. The island of Cuba to receive
the same political organization and ad-
ministrative concessions as enjoyed by
Porto Rico. 2. Ample pardon for all
political offenses committed since 1868,
and liberty for those persons under SEN
tence and political prisoners, and q gen
eral pardon to deserters from the Spanish
lines. 3. Liberty to be given to slaves
and Cinnamon within the i%nsurgent
lines. 4. No person recognizing by
virtue of this treaty the Spanish authori.
ty can be obliged to do war service I'M
less peace be re-established in the whole
territory. s. All persons desiring to
leave the island to be furnished means
to do 80, without touching either village
or city, if 80 desired. 6. C%apitulation
of each force to take place on uninhabit-
ed spots, where the arms will be de-
posted. 7. The Spanish general-in-
chief for the purpose Of facilitating the
adhesion of other departments to those
conditions TO give free access to roads by
sea and land. 8. The foregoing basis to
be considered generator all departments
of this island accepting the propositions.
The Spanish troops have received
orders to suspend operations, remaining
on the defensive. Practical guides have
been dispatched to make known these
conditions to all insurgent bands. The
insurgent camara and government has
dissolved itself into q central committee
Ior treating for peace.
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The Hermit of the Rocks.

Coroner Schirmer, of White Plains,
was called to hold an inquest upon the
body of James tombstone, aged about
eighty years, who, while in conversation
with a baker, in the employ Of Mr..
Mead, fell dead from the chair in which
he sat. tombstone was a very eccentric
man, and well-known in White Plains as
the Hermit of the Rocks" and Jimmy
of he Rock" the name being given him
from the fact that he lived for many
years in a large cave among the rocks,
near the village. He became the owner
OF eighteen acres of land surrounding
the cave. For bis bedstead, he dragged
into the ave the body of a box wagon.
He was the owner of a horse, a pig,
several goats, and some dogs, cats, and
chickens, all being occupants. of the
cavern. When Jimmy" had occasion
to visit the village. his pig as we'll as his
dog were seen trotting along by his side.
About two years ago he was visited by a
brother who resides in New Jersey,
who offered him the comforts of q good
home for the remainder of his days, but
the hermit could not be induced to aban-
don his seclusion, nor could the brother
elicit from him any why he had
isolated himself from his fellow beings.
When taken sick, some time ago, he
consented to accept of some provisions
made for his comfort by Mr.. Mead,
baker, of White Plains, in whose house
he died. DR.. Murray decided that he
came to his death by apoplexy, and the
jury rendered a verdict to that effect
NeW York Tribune.
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Stanley's Work.

We find this in a Cairo egypt letter
to the Philadelphia Bulletin /: On New
Years Day T had the pleasure OF an
hours conversation with Stanley in bis
room, when he gave the following
summary of his work Leaving Eng
land on August Is, 1874, he went to
Zanzibar, on the east coast, to organize
the expedition. Starting from that city
with a total force of 347 men, he com
menced the first allotted task of settling
the problem of the sources of the Nile,
which was satisfactorily accomplished,
Secondly, he was to finish the e1plora'
tons of either Baker or Burton, and he
chose the route of Burton. He, how
ever, followed the other sufficiently far
to sight Bakers lake and add to the
discoveries around that body of water.
Lastly he undertook to determine
whether the river Lualaba was a tribu'
tary CT the Nile or of the Congo, and il
proved to be Of the latter, as the voyage
down the Lualaba brought the explorer
out on the Congo. Stanley emerged or
the eastern coast of Africa on Angus
II, 1877, with but lis men. Thence he
sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
back to Zanzibar, nine more men dying
on the voyage. At Zanzibar he dis
charged his little army, made presents
to the relatives of his dead followers
and returned to Cairo by the way O.
Suez. During his three years in the in
terror 7,4O0 miles were accomplished
of which 6,400 we're over a country
never before trodden by explorers. Thu
continual reduction in the number OF hi
force was caused by conflicts with hos
tile tribes and by fevers. Stanley him
self suffered more or less from fevers
but having become thoroughly accli
mated the attacks were not of a serious
nature.
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Bringing Drowned Bees to Life.

A lady in Providence relates the fol-
lowing story: "Her father once brought
home a molasses hogshead, to be used as
q water tank. On washing day her
mother said: Lets throw the suds into
it, to soak the molasses from the bot
TOM" The instant she had done 80, she
exclaimed, ooh! I have drowned hun
dreds of our neighbors' bees The hogs
head was black with bees that were
busily appropriating the sweets from
what they must have considered an enor-
nous blossom. The good lady made
haste with her skinner to skim the bees
from the top of the water, and spread
them on a board in the sunshine; but
they seemed drowned, and nearly dead,
and she wa very sorry.
"The bees that were around the hogs
head had flown away at the dash of the
water-but in a few moments they re-
turned accompanied by scores OF others.
Then began a curious work. They i'm
mediately went to work upon the un.
fortunate bees, turning them over and
working on them constantly with their
heads, feet and antennm. The result of
of their busy labor was that one after
another gave signs of life, stretched its
limbs and wings, crawled and dried
itself in the sun and flew away. The
lady said there was a half pint at first,
and that there remained only q dozen
hopeless osaes beyond the humane
efforts Of their brothers."
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A Dog Feast.

A recent dispatch from Sioux City,
H., says: About seventy-ive Whine.
page Indians, from their agency below
here, have camped in the woods oppo.
site this city, and for two nights past
have been dancing and shouting from
early in the evening till daylight. To-
day many Of them have been on this
side of the river trading bows and arrows
and other Indian productions for dogs,
They secured about a dozen, and to-
night will occur a war dance and dog
feast. One of the tribe was murdered
q few days ago, and they say they are III
this way trying to appease the great
spirit. Their yellp and barbarous
music Ia plainly head o mile frem the
camp,
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A Double Surprise.

While Mr.. and Mrs. Enright are
agreed upon most all other subjects
they do not exactly agree as to how
tramps should be treated. That is, they
didn't until yesterday. His heart was
tender enough for him to say:
EVERY time you feed a hungry per-
son you lay up treasures in Heaven"
II can't have them annoying me, and
I WON'T" was her spunkv reply.
"Does it annoy you to have q hungry
man ask for food?"
eyes, it does !"
"I'd be only to glad to feed and con.
verse with a score of them,p he con-
tinuel. "I'd like to ask them of their
past deeds and future Intentions ; find
out if they realize that there is another
world !; put new and better thoughts
into their minds. Oh! Hannah, be good
to the unfortunate !"
"Ill fix you, old man !" she said to
herself as she leaned back to rock, and
she meant to do il. Next morning, when
he had been gone an hour, a tramp called
and asked for a sandwich. The fellow
was invited into the parlor to warm and
wait for dinner. At ten o'clock there
we're three in there. At eleven there
were seven. Half all hour later she
smilingly seated two more. About noon,
while waiting for her husband to arrive
and ask them of their future hopes and
fears, and chuckling over her scheme,
she heard one tramp call out
"Let 60 my hair"
"Give it to him !" shouted q second.
"'Rah, for mel" screamed a third,
and then the crashing and smashing
drowned their voices. The whole crowd
fought across and around the parlor, out
into the hall, and two or three were
being dragged down the front steps as
Mr.. Enright came up.
"'Nother of us. Go for him" yelled
a big tramp, and the good man was hit
on the eur, pitched into the snow, and
didn't come to until a. dozen camphor
bottles had been collected. He entered
the house leaning on his wife's arm.
They stood in the parlor door and gazed
on the panorama. It was gorgeous.
"How much treasure in Heaven do
you think has been placed to u credit
this morning ?" she mildly inquired.
He slowly reached for the camphor
bottle, took q long sniff, and replied:
Hannah, let US feed the poor-we
are the poor !"-Detroit Free Press.
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How to Visit the Paris Exposition.

A writer in the Chicago Tribune gives
the following advice to those intending
to visit the Paris exposition: Leave all
your best clothes at home, they will be
useless to you. Take plenty of warm,
rough clothing to wear on the steamship.
Your watch, starched linen and fine hat
had better remain packed. Upon land
ing 60 to some inland English town-say
Manchester, Exeter or Nottingham-and
arrange to stay a week OF so, during
which time get "traveling suit made,
and buy underwear, etc., complete.
Demand in all cases their lowest price
for cash. You are now un-Americanized,
and ready for London and the continent.
Don't buy in Paris until you have been
there several weeks, then make your
purchases according to your tastes and
the length of your purse. You will find
the hotel rates, and prices of everything
you buy in Paris, and indeed everywhere
you go upon the continent, to be twenty
five to fifty per cent. lower, if you can
successfully pass yourself off as any.
thing but an American.
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The Ancients.

We believe, says Abbott, that the an.
clients possessed the knowledge of the
mariners compass, air balloons and
locomotive vessels; for the arrow by
which Abaris, the Scythian, was enabled
to find his way through unknown conn
tries, was the magnetic needle. The
self-moving ships mentioned in the
Odyssey, were vessels furnished with
windmills that put in motion oars placed
at the ships side. The air balloon of the
moderns is identified with the invention
of D@dalus; and this the more easily.
because he bads his son Incarus not to
fly either too high or too low, for fear OF
di~ssolving the "wa1" by which the arti-
fetal wings were attached to his body.
But the "wax was probably mentioned
by the first narrator Of the story, who
did not know the process still in use OF
joining pipes, made in the case Of Dada'
lus to initiate the joints of wings, by
means of luting, or a composition Of
clay, which if too dry or too moist losea
equally it's ~tenacity.
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Which am I TO Believe?

A correspondent in Texas writes: The
enormous receipts of northern goods
this fall brought with them some queer
material for local railroad agents.
"Thomas," exclaimed a newly-appointed
agent, show much is four times seven ?"
Thomas, being hurried and somewhat
mixed, replied, "twenty.seven " The
agent proceeded with his percentages,
which obstinately refused to foot up
more than ninety-nine per cent. After
two hours figuring, seeing Thomas at
lunch, he again put the question: AS
the brain of the latter was not being
taxed, the answer came correctly,
"twenty-eight! !" With face purple
with rage, he roared "What do I en-
ploy you for? To tell me lies? This
morning you told me twenty.seven, and
now you say twenty-eight. Which am 1
To believe q"
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Frozen to Death.

Two children of Hiram Mcpherson
(colored)-Mag, aged ten, and Mary
Eliza, aged 8 years-were sent to the
house of a neighbor, and were expected
to return Immediately. Inexperienced
their errand aad started back home about
dark, but they lost their way and the
night passed without their return home.
The father became alarmed and started
out in search of them, finding them after
long search frozen stiff and stark. The
children were separated, and we're found
lying some distance apart. It is sup
posed that the eldest first fell, and then
exerted herself to rise and 60 after help,
when she was again overcome and lay
down and died.-Fagettepihs (M az
Gasatte,
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A lady in Saratoga was attracted re-
Gently to a beautiful canary bird by. its
close resemblance to one she had lost
last spring. She was informed that the
songster had been found Il chilly
morning perched upon a window-sill.
The lady said that her bird had been
taught the pretty little feat, when given
it's liberty in o room, OF picking up q pin
and sticking it into the carpet. The
cage door was opened and as the canary
flew forth the lady threw 8 pin upon
the floor. The bird Immediately flew
down, caught it in it's bill, de1terously
stuck it in a perpendicular position in
the carpet. and then it hoped off a step
or two and warbled some Of it's sweetest
notes, as if in exultation of the feat it
had accomplished. 1t was the long-lost
songster.