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Hhh is net merely wife pleading 70 hus
bsnds but heart to heart, and soul 70 soul"
CkRKE.
Bring back my child again, bring her 10 ne;
Life h but weary pain, harI to my plea.
Let me but fold her form in my emhrzce-
Let met but smile on my poor Ediths face.
All am dying. how chilly l feel.
Husband, oh, PITY me, hear ny appeal.
Come, darling come, am fa'nt, am weak:
Hear me implore you, hardly can speak.
Bring back my child, again, hear me, pray
Be-, am dying! Don't take her o.cdy.
Bring hackmy child ag.in. back to nv breas.
Let her be nesr me when sinking 10 reet;
bring Edith hack 20 me, here let her stay,
Jul have . q her hps. p issing away.
Then VIII lcsve her, my hus and, with you
Teach her the journey in life ~ pursue:
Come, darling. come, kindly b ed me pray
Have you n pity? Don't take her away.
On. bring back my child again, God how
grieve;
III could see Edith, I'd live, believe.
Bring back nv child again, see, must die;
= .tlL. come back 10 me, darling, don't cry,
For am sinking noW-God. hear my prayer
Eth, my child, try and meet me up there.
Oh, I'm N weary! struggle for breath;
Soon will silent be, folded in death.
Come, II forgive yOu;" Edith, good-by!
II could zee y0a, how happy I'd die
bnng back my child again, hear me, pray!
I'm dying; oh! why will you take her SWAY
Remember, looked up to God and smiled
AND vhen dying prayed, that you'd bsin,
back my child,
WI s. RotS;a Lotasrzls Coart<r- -.Tovrnu
January 5, 1873.
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pleutifully and faithfully. Never put
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Of any kind.
FRUIT 6TAYNs.-To remove fruit
.tains. Let the spotted part Of the cloth
imbibe little water without dipping
IL, and held the part over two or three
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To RRhovE FINaER.MARKs.-S
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two Of powdered sugar, and mix 1t
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fire till of a proper thickness; then pour
into glass dish.
CARE OF CUTLERY after
using, should be wiped with soft pa.
per, removing the grease, etc, then
placed In n deem can 0r veesal knnnin ~
the handles shove water, lnkeWarm,
until washed clean, then thoroughly
dry.
COOKING BEANs.-Put the beans In
cold. water, let them be ten or twenty
minutes, then put In q tesspOOnful of
soda, and you will be surprised to seq
them foam. Grange the water about
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one-haif the time. Cook until until
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To KEEP IVORY HANDLES WHITE.
The whiteness may be restored tu
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then wipe very dry; soak them ocra.
sionaily in alum water that has been
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with nail brush); after this take q
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IL around the handles. leaving them In
10 dry gradually, rs II dried too rapiu'
ly out of the alum. water the handles
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Restless snd unsstisfed:
.'Of what use is GfeY'' cried:
sAil my wishes sre denied.
."All my duties trivial seem,
] have energies / deem,
What ] could be-oft dream.
yet cannot see my way
From this spot whereupon I stay,
80 hope fsdeth day BY day"
Then q voice was ct my sides:
s'Let my conduct be thy guide"
CTwas His voice, the Cruci6ed.)
"Law and prophets to fulfill
Wss my life devoted still.
For came TO do His will. "a.
'Whst that will The Scripture saith,
Thirty years of Nazareth,
Three years Of public work, then death.
Thirty years unknown trod
Galilee'e sequestered sod,
But my life va knosn 70 God.
Daily work at Joseph's call,
Daily life mid duties small,
Yet I was the Lord of all.
Daughter, II thy life be true,
Thou q blessed work shall do,
Though unseen to mortal view.
81 shall know it, shall see.
When with willing heart and free
Thou obedient art TO me. -5.@N
IAN thy quiet life know,
For planned il long age =
Would'st thou that it was not SO?
az have given all for thee,
Live thy quiet life for me,
So 1t shall trsnsAgured be-" -gHT
Now on these sweet words l rest,
And have ceased my anxious quest,
For the Master knoweth best. q
..fez es&Es ~ rEnslish Kagasine.
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"A Boston woman last week testified
that d man threatened to tax her life.
snd be wes put under bonds to keen
the peace for six months. Since then
she has marrid him.
The 0hiosn who tW isted a spool of
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collar hack and pulled the black chin
forward.
Now, puts it ter yer, and do you
III lissen, an you, too, Lizzie Millens.
Ak yer dis question-How menny
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ChOFus-'TwO9 ffs
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Chorus Two
AN how nenny mouves?'
One
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much es yer talks Now, member d.
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Cleveland, -ruscarawas Valley & Wheeling)
Railway Company, Z

hallway Company,
Cleveland, June IL, 1877.
gHIHE Subscribers to the Capital stOck OF saiu
- Com pany will take nOtics that Lnetr sub
.cIiptIons heretofore made for the purpose
aiding IN extending the railroad OF said CON
pRny from its present terminus TO the Oh1t.
River, having heretofore been accepted By
SAID company, the Board OF Directors of saiG
Company at y meeting thereof. held on tn.
5th day of June 1877, by resolution. ordered
that the first instailDe ent Of five dollars $500
on each share OF fifty dollars $50 00) SO sub
scIihed TO the capital stock Of said Company
now due from subscribers, appearing on tht
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p A. He1cein, Treasurer Of said Company. at the
general ONCE thereof OF the same may Do paiU
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July S, l577--l0m.
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i've jsst raid Q weeks board In sd
vsnce, suggested Mr.. Smith.
Take hack your wresched drossl
bellowed Mr.. Penrice, flineing q roi
4 bills on the grass. Col Depart
L yae no time, and take those other twi
young men with You. I'm sick o
boardersp
And 90 the three young men depart
ed. When once the garden gate va.
closed behind them, Mr.. PeDsico ele
vsted his right arm theairically in tn,
air.
'Never-never will receive snoth
n bosrder into my family said he
As for yOu, false wife
ma; but IL Ii honor bright abOu
the boaFders?' interrupted Mrs. Pensi
co, with sparkling eyes.
L swear II by yopder cerulean blue!
@sid Mr.. PensicO, who had just beer
reading st. Emo
Certain SUR?
Certain surev said her husband.
IN thsf Case said NJ 5. Prn-ico, 81
| may MS well tell you now as any tim.
4, that John Brown and Ferdinand Jnnt.
ara my u-ins, ,snd that Charlie Spitt
j. my brother
Eli? gssped Mr.. Pensico. WAS
conspirscy?
They wanted hoard 10 the country.
said Mr. PensicO, 'aud you wsntec
btarders.
A heavy weight seemed to be lifte'
rom Mr.. Pensicu's heart ~ he remsin
beresi the srIn around SyIvi = wsi-i
So II was only her brother. A d liiil.
Sylvia hadn't played the married flir
latter nll.
He took bis wife to his arms snC
gave her a hearty kiss.
My dear said ne, you're a mis-
chievous little girl, tut I fdrgive you
And / gueSs we'll give up the boards
business
Which was all that Mrs. Pepsic'
wanted.
Il Was determined TO conquer him,
thought she, and I've done IT,
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No Rubbing Il 0ui-NOt Gwine
a 70 Leaibo Dis WOrRs 60 Play f
RmnU. Rail-
tAtlanta Constitution. i

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Atlanta Constitution.
While they were Resting from work
at n6s,n yesterday Amos said: "a .
'sl heah'd er white man reedin' in
de paper dis fnorBin' dat folke was
sbstia' now. whudder dere wuz emmy
hell or noii'
s.sfucksY- said old 81; "you'se got
dstWrohg eend 70 'ususf, shop
mo, sah; dat wuz what he red in
de paPer!' -,
"Whudder dere wuz emmy hell?,'
repeated 81. n' sFads 1-s7 90
"Yas. sab; whudder yhel er man
give out up here ne went ter he'll, er
Jess dissolved ter dust aginin hse {
"LD0kie heahi sledon't want no
'spute wild nobody, but IL cenny man
come foolin' 1rOuad1ne. wild dat sorter
scripture he's xwinsYter heah me ri,
up ysudeF inter shouting tones!" said
"why isdats', Wnw
''Ksse taiut gwine ter do! Yer less
make er nfggsr beiebe edar sin't nj,
he&harter an see what yer comes ter.
Ebery secon' hOuse'lf be er court h0us',
and dc houses gvixt ,em,ii be sisle
houses. HITS n0aEb bty hard ter keep
esu strate now Wilde sheriff ean'heii
bofe Tore der eyeslnS - ORS - e
sDen you's on de std eob de Cab an
hrimsfoie.F ErT Er[17 - F-tTs1
-'Yod-se right, ho6eyP Ef yor tink
yo1'se gWine ter leebss dis wurid Ter
play snowsAali somezHhas you'se 'rong.
Dsr's 81 Harm place Jess beyant heah
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Aud on these terms Messrs. Smith
Brown and Jones became possessors o.
the three best bed rooms OF the cot
tage, driving Pensico end his wife TO 9
sofa bedstead In the back parIor.
Are we always to live sog plain
lively demanded Mrs. Pensico.
One shouldn't mind 9 little incon.
venience. my dear, when q matter o
twenty ave dollars sweek is at stake, !
said Mr.. Pensico, with an air of supe
rior wisdom. u4A'.
But as the days wore on, and Messrs
Jones, Smith and Brown began 10 fee
themselves more at ome, matters be.
gan to be less pleasant to Mr.. Peter
PensIco.
MY DEAR said pater familias to hi.
young wife one day, do you think II
is quite digniied for you to be romp-
ing out on the lawn with those three
young men,
i wasn't romping,' retorted Sylvia
with pout, that showed the coral
curve Of her lip to the best advantage.
1 was only playing croquet. You
charged me especially to try to make
things agreeable 10 boardsrs, didn',
you.'
This WIS on Monday. On Tuesday,
Mrs. PensicO went fishingwi the three
hosrders. Pensico might have gone
too perhaps-oniy Tint the boat wss
capable Of holding but four.
On Wednesday there WAS q picnic
up the river, TO which Mr.. Smith iu-
vi;ed Mrs. Pensico. On Thursday Mr.
Jones and Mr.. Brown had Camp out
in the woods, in which Mrs. PsnsIcp
and one Miss Tomlinson. OF the neigh
borhood, formed on Indispensable &C
Compartment.
On Friday. Mr.. Brown undertook to
lsy out Mira. Pensico's veroeaa bed in
true landscape gardening style. On
Saturday IL rsined, aud Mr.. Jones, who
was considerable Of an elocutinpis,.
read poetry alone TO Mrs. Pensicoi
while she darned the family hose. On
Sunday, Mr.. Smith drove Mira. PeDsl.
20 to church, ten miles away, In an Ell 1
eeant little buggy, with long tailed
horse.
This is getting intolersble, said Mr..
Pension. ~ Il
And he wished he hadn't written
that advertisement. 49,. Il
But this was nothing to his chagrin
on the next day, when he found Nr.
Smith sitting ont under the appla trses
with his arm around Syivia's waist.
'Siri' thundered Mr. Peusico.
'Eh3' said tha boarder.
Leave my Prenaisest' said the gro.
robs So 'f-t-- t.e if..si1 e -r ~
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- y - EtS 2E8
How Beecfer JelneA de Church.
Mr.. Beecher, told, ON laEt Friday
nigh, how ne was dragged into the
church, and started on the road that
ended il Plymouth pulpit. In 1927 he
said, q spasmodic movement called a
revival struck Mount Pleasant, where
he was at school, and ran like firt.
through the students He thought
thst be had got religion, bat vel Il
seemed to be more the pastors notion
than his. In four or FIVE weeks he had
forgotten all abcut II, and was having
as mach fun as ever. He continued:
~ then was astounded to get letter
from my father telling me that was
expected TO come down and ioin the
church with brother Charles on the
nextSunday. Well, II l. had been con-
demned 10 be hung, shouldn't have
felt worse. went down there, how
ever, and had the regulation exami-
.nEttCn, snd was pronounced to be ali
right. But remember as / went down
theiaisls that Sunday how the carpets
danced. / was excited to the bottom
OF my shoes. 1t was a pitsous time.
/ had not werd Of Instruction. l was
told that / must make up my choice.
and suppose did choose something.
ana got into the church. 1t WAS moi
my fault. A.
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-11
FIFTH AVENUE PAVEMENT.

COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL PREVENTED FROM
cARnrISo ON THE WORK DY THE ALDER
MEN.
serious bitch has taken place In the proposed I'm
mediate pavement OF Finh avenue from Fifty ninth
10 seventy second street with MacAdam pavement,
under the direction OF the Commissioner OF Public
Works. An advertisement has appeared In the CITY
Record for some time past calling for proposals. Tor
doing this work. These proposals were TO be opened
Al twelve O'Clock yesterday. Al Tuesdays meeting
OF the Board OF Aldermen, ms alrcaay published, q
resolution was hurried through directing Commis.
soDer Campbell to postpone the awarding OF a con-
tract Tor the work until acr nnal IL had upon
Senator Hoaan's bill THIS measure proposes the ap-
poptmeDt OF commission 10 pave tho avenue from
Waverley place TO Ninctctn street and take the
troll u the matter out Of the hands oil Commissioner
Campbell. Under the present law u appears that
contract can he gwen out by the Department OF Pub
lie Works Tor any pa.ent pavement The bnI intro
duccd ny senator Hogan, ~ Is claimed, ~ " becomes
law, VIII opvfats IN tho interest OF certain parties
who propose TO lay patent pavement on Flfth ave.
TO prevent The award oil the contract by Mi Campbell
That gentiomsn Was yesterday served with a copy Of
the resolution Immediately ni,.r had received
the signature OF Mayor Ely Mr.. Campbell.
having noticed the passage OF the resolution IA the
proceedings OF the Aldermen, concluded TO postpone
the opening OF biis until The Ion inst. lie also
consulted with Corporation Counsel whitney ms to
the proper course to be pursued undcr the circum-
stances legal opinion will probably be Rven ociofs
tho bids are formally opened returned 10 the con-
trAessrA IL Ia question a. 70 whether The action Of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-11
A MYSTERY UNVEILED.

Twas big case, strongly fsstensd, and consigned
TO Mossrs. Mullen l. Son, oil Broadway The carman
who brought camc iatc, aud, tho ESTABLISHING
OF The Messrs Mullen cioscd their neighbor Mr..
Montgomery instructed some OF his men to take ir
up stairs and keep II safe there I'LL morning He little
knew that this courteous turn would be the prolific
source OF much Consideration In his establishment
that night and In fact In all that ncighborhood. But
so II proved Tho hours wore on and clerk was en-
sconsed on tho big box taking politics TO the watch
man and janitor, when h. startled by q
Sudden bozzEg noise just undernsaih him.
That wicdsr Of the pen jumped fully yard In the
with an alarmed and abstracied AR. The noise
coming from TIA curious sound whirring and clatter-
log like the unwndinR OF machine gear. A dreadful
suspicion flashed upon the onooKer Thomassen, the
dynamite Tend, had used jlst such contrivance to
compass bis wicked ends Might not some conspira-
tor have introduced this Internal machine with
tue benign intention OF blowing No. 800
broadway and It's animated contents into atoms
The thought dreadful SO the clerk comm aed
" 10 his COMPANIONS and took 70 his heels Only a
moment utd the wstchman tarry, only a moment TO
SEQ the anitor had escaped break hts neck In his
leap down the stairway, and then ne, TOO, plunged
into the night and made hts best time to the Fourth
precinct police station, whore ne found the clerk de-
falling his dreadful discovery Properly reinforced,
pecting 10 the shadow the explosion thrown
across their way. Once there, an intrepid officer,
baton In hand mounted the stairway TIL ne heard,
loud and clear, issuing from the mysterious Case
n sound Ike n burglars alarm. This was too much
Tor his nerves. aud he broke Tor the with idea
that tho house was tur bling aown upon him. There
was another interval and then, as no destroying OLE
mont was heard from, n Simultaneous ascent
mado BY the party ana tho case was taken by storm
Slowly and cautiously II was priso open. None TOO
soon, however, as the whrring noise was beginning
dark lanterns flashed into IT, the mystery was un.
veilod. The case filled with clocks.