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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-06-28

THoMPsONs PoMADE OPrIME All oleaginous com.
pound Of great merit for dressing and cleansing
the hair Sold by all druggists % and 80 cents per
hottie.
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TheSensational Preacher.

He Is apt to think more OF saying
a Hsmart," a" telling" or a " talking"
thing than of communicating the
truth Inthis way he uses extrava-
giant epithets, gives exaggerated de-
scriptionsf and magnifies or distorts
features 76r the sake of effect. Even
SO noble 4 man as Thomas Guthrie
once said, in regard to the prepare
ton ola sermon: cit is like the drop
scene in a theatre, and you must lay
on the color thick" But, with all
deferenee to such an authority, that
advice lis exceedingly pernlcious.
For he who consciously exaggerates
does atEhe same time blunt the edge
of his conscience. Every time he de-
viates ON or adds to the real state
of the Be he makes himself a worse
man. Eruth is the girdle of chara-
cter, and he who loosens that is on
the way to looseness in other depart
ments of morality. He is on an In
clined ane, and may some day pro
duce tire biggest SENSATION OF MS lie
by a terrible fiasco. For the tempta
ton is to 90 on. His hearers become
accustomed to the dose, the appetite
grows by what it feeds on" and, in
order to have the effects, which were
at first produced, they crave for some
thing stronger. He seeks to meet
that new demand just as he sought
to meet, the first, and SO it increases
until the tlippant has become the IL
reverent, and the irreverent has be-
come the proiane, and the protane
becomes the impure; or until the
odd has become the heretical, and
the man who began by throwing aside
conventionalties ends by parting
with the central verities of the Cos
pei We do not affirm that all this
has actually happened in any individ-
ual ca but the drift and the tend
encAs6 nsationalism are in the di-
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This eminently proper and highly
moral rebuke has its effect. The
man forsakes me, and he is now
wreaking cheap, miserable revenge
on the smiling passengers by whis-
ting My Grandfather's Clock, ac-
companying himself by drumming on
the window with his fingers.
A woman gets on train, and says
a very warm-hearted goodbye to a
great cub of siGteen-year-old boy
who sets down her bundles, and
turns to leave the car with a gruf
grunt that may mean goodbye or
anything else. There is a little
culver on her lips as she calls after
him:
Be a good boy, write to me
often, and do as l tell you"
He never looks around as he leaves
the car. He looks just like the kind
of boy who will do just as she tells
him, but she must be careful to tell
him to do just as he wants to. I
have one bright spark of consolation
as the train moves on, and l see that
boy performing clumsy satire on a
clog-dance, ON the platform. Some
of these days he will treat some man
as gruf1y and rudely as he treats his
mother. Then the man will climb
onto him and lick him-pound the
very sawdust out of him. Then the
world will feel better and happier for
the licking he gets. 1t may be long
deferred, but it will come at last. 1
almost wish had pounded him my
self, while he is young, and l felt able
to do it. He may grow up very
discouragingly rugged man, extreme
ly difficult to lick, and the world may
have to wait very long time for
this act of justice. 1t frequently
happens that these bad boys grow
up into distressingly bad men.
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Among the recent discoveries in
science, none, perhaps, will prove OF
more utility to man than those relat-
ing to biopIasm. because they throw
light on physiological questions, par
ticularly those concerning the con-
struction and nutrition of the BODY
and the causes of disease. 1t was for
merly supposed that our bodies were
alive from top to toe, inside and out
but this is found to be mistake.
Only about one-fifth part is alive !;
the rest is formed material. Every
body knows that a tree may become
so hollow that only shell is left !;
yet the tree may grow and mature
buds and leaves and fruit. 1t is be-
cause the outside of the tree-the
bark-is alive; the wood is non-liv-
ing; it is simply formed material.
Now the body is not like the tree
alive only on the outside; but the
living portion and the formed mate
rial exist together in every part-in
every tissue, organ, and vessel. A
slight abrasion OF the cuticle, OF the
rupture of cell, is followed by par
ticles of fluid which were formerly
overlooked as of no account. But the
microscope has revealed 20 us that
this apparently useless, insignificant
ooze is the vital, living part of the
body; it is 6ioplasm. This is the me-
chanic, the skilled artist, that con-
structs the cells, builds the organs,
and perhaps, under the direction Of
higher power, adapts each partto
one harmonious whole. For the last
fifteen years, certain English and
German Psychologists have spent
much time with the microscope,
watching this little workman. They
have seen 1t forming tissue, muscle
and nerve, changing food into blood,
making the secretlons: and, as parts
of the body became worn and etfete,
silently disintegrating and utilizing
them, or removing the useless parts
from the body. The first decided
knowledge of bloplasm came by ac-
cident iii finding thing we are
searching for can be called accident:
is it not rather revelationD, by ascer-
tanning that when a piece of live It's
sue is immersed in solution of car
mine the bioplasm is stained. This
discovery has enabled observers to
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find and watch this little workman,
while busy in constructing every part
of the body. Bioplasm is the builder
not only of the body, but of all ami
mails and plants. To it every organ
lied form, whether animal or vegeta-
BILE, owes its formation and growth.
Bioplasm is a clear, colorless fluid,
like thin mucus. Only microscopes
of the highest power are of use in
studying the substance; for the
largest normal masses are not one
thousandth of an inch in diameter;
but such microscopes tail to detect in
it the least sign Of organization. Yet
this apparently unorganized substance
is the cause of all organization. 1t is
a medium through which dead inor-
ganic matter becomes living. organ
ized.-JOur1.dI Of chemistry.
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5Then 4 stepped across the aisle
took up those bird cages and set
them along on top of the coal box,
and sat down in the seat thus va.
Gated. I apologetically remarked to
the woman, who was gazing at me
with look that BODIED trouble, that
" it was much warmer for the cana
ries by the stove" She didn't say
anything, but she gave me look that
made it much warmer for me, for
about five minutes, than the stove
could make 1t for the canaries.
don't believe she likes me, and | am
uncomfortably confident that she dis
approves of my conduct.
A friendly passenger wants to talk.
L am not feeling particularly sociable
this morning. and consequently do
not propose to talk to anybody He
asks how like this kind Of weather,
and l say, "splendidly."
He laughs teebly, but encouraging
ly, aud says there has been a little
too much snow. 1 say: mot for
health; it was just what we needed"
He asks il l heard of the accident
on the Central railroad, and I say,
eyes"
Then he asks me how it was, and
tell him, Il don't know didn't
read it,"
He wants TO know what 1 think
of Hayes, and l say, II think he
made very good constable"
Constable i" he says; 81 mean
President Hayes"
say | thought he meant Dennis
Hays, of Peoria.
Then he asks it am going far
say, NO"
How tar?" he asks.
Fourteen hundred miles," l say,
unblushingly.
He thinks that is what he would
call " far" ana | make no response.
Two babies are rehearsing little,
and in rather faulty time, but with
fine expression. And the man with
one or two "dashcs asks if it
doesn't bother me to write with lot
of " brats squalling around"
I looked up at him severely, for it
always makes me mad to hear man
call a baby brat" and / said to
him, in a slow, impressive MANNER
that " / would rather listen to baby
cry than hear u man swear"
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| w 49, - AiCo nv O6h ny, JOu
don't learn him to look Didn't l
leave it in the kitchen when I went
there last night after something to
eat? How the deuce should you
know? l say it's your business to
know, and to have my things ready for
me in the morning, and not have me
losing so much time. Eth you have
too much else to do? Of course
you have with three servants and
two children Be calm? o yes,
acW be calm. You see am calm,
and if you would only be so, l should
have been able to find my hat long
ago, instead Of staying here listening
to your excuses, when l ought to be
down town attending to business. l
wonder how you expect Pm to keep
this house going, if Pm to be kept
waiting here for my hat. What
how can you help it Z? Why, madam,
it's the easiest thing in the world.
It's simply this new management.
Now, do you suppose things would
so on in this way if you would only
see that the articles are in their right
places? But | suppose You haven't
got time to do that even. OF course
not. Well, there is no use talking, l
must go TO the office bareheaded Your
bonnet, madam? Your bonnet But
why should l be surprised-why
should / be surprised, if you should
offer me your skirts also, since l seem
to have lost all authority in this
house. It's not yow fault? And
pray, then, whose fault is it I will
repeat it over twenty times, if you
wish it-whose fault is 1t =? What
the servants. No, ma'am, 1 tell you,
you are mistaken-it's not the SER
yants-I tell you it's yoaw fault.
wonder who oversees the servants
who, madam, but you9 Then, clear
ly, its your fault that can't find my
hat. (Slts DOWN. Well, its no use
talking, shan't so to the Office to-
day, and you, madam, shan't go to
Newport-dy'e hear. No use ask
asking, you shan't go. You needn't
suppose Pm going to be deprived of
my hat like this, and then allow you
to spend my money at New
port. Mono, ma'am, here I am
and here I'll stay, all day
ma am, and, Ell What? You wish
| wouldn't talk so much? Itell YOU
| will talk-Tll talk all day, If
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The True wife.

Oftentimes | have seen a tall ship
glide by against the tide as if drawn
by some invisible tow-line with a
hundred strong arms pulling it, Her
sails untitled, her streamers were
dropping, she had neither side wheel
nor stern wheel; still she moved on
stately, in serene triumph, as if with
her own life. But l knew that on
the other side of the ship, hidden be-
meath the great bulk that swan so
majestically, there was a little toll
some steam-tug, with heart of fire,
and arms of iron, that was Juggling it
braveIy on; and | knew that if the
little steam-tug untwlned her arms
and left the ship, it would wallow
and roll about, and drift hither and
tbither, and go off with the refiuent
tide, no man knows WHITTIER And
so l have known more than one gen.
ius, high decked, full-treighted, wide
sailed, gay-pennoned, that, but for
the bare, toiling arms and brave,
warmbeating heart of the faithful
little wife that nestled close to him
SO that no wind or wave could part
them, would soon have gone down
with the stream, and have been heard
of no more.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
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"You have married again, have
you not?"
Eyes, SIR"
How old is your present wife ?"
About thirty five, sir"
rs she stout and healthy, Mr.
Wilson ?"
Yes, sir"
"Then, Mr. Wilson, will you please
state to this jury how you are dam.
aged in this case ?"
Mr.. Wilson had, evidently, never
taken this view OF the matter, and
could make no answer. The good
and true men thought he had made
rather a good thing by his bereave-
ment, and brought in a verdict for
the defendant. -Haypey's Magazine.
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A Question of Damages.

Some lawyers take very practical
views Of cases in which they are re-
tanned. in certain town in Missou-
ii, Squire G. was defending a
charge OF malpractice. A colored
man was suing for damages, his wife
having died shortly after an operation
for the removal of a cancer. When
IL came to Squire G-'s turn to
cross examine the plaintiff, he asked ::
Mr.. Wilson, how old was your
wife when she died ?"
=" About tortg-fve, Sir"
Been in feeble health a long time,
had she not, Ar. Wilson, and cost
you great cal OF medicine and
help?n
3" Yes. sir"
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Health and Wilderness.

In working for the health of the
soul, we must regard many things.
All the healers in the world are CO.
workers; and to keep man in per-
feet health, no good influence Of any
kind can be spared. To be healthy
in any particular and remain SO, it
becomes necessary to be healthy on
all sides. If "a man says, | will not
lie, nor swear, nor steal, but mean
to get something for nothing every
time l find man foolish enough to
stake his money on slow horse,
that man is like an apple with rot
ten speck in 1.-THE will, before long,
be diseased to the core. And if a
man says, mean TO educate my
children i'll art, and science, and lit
erature; but as for the spiritual edu-
cation they talk so much about
nowadays, that's all nonsense. " he
will probably live to see his mistake.
His children will grow up undevel-
oped on what ought to be their strong
side, and disease will creep in there
and its banetul influence will show
on all sides of their character. On
the other hand, the monk, who, de-
spising bodily health. and throwing
away his social nature, attempts to
attain perfect health of soul by going
out into the desert alone to mediate
on spiritual and divine things, makes
treIITv, and rs very sF ],
in become diseased and dwarfed,
of cause he neglets all other tacult
at D. n. UTTET
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1858
MLSUNDERSTOOD.

What are you doing here,
Norah, my dear.
Out in the dark and the mist?"
Well, if You insist,
/ am looking to find
Some dark brown curls that missed
But your hands are quite wet.
NOrah, my pet.
Why are you walking so slow?"
Well, if you must know,
am waiting to hear
A voice that is tender and low"
For me you have no word,
NOrah. my bird.
Why do you stop so to rest 2"
Now stand confessed.
l am watching to see.
The eyes that love the best"
" I or you 1 would have died,
Norah, my pride,
And now you my love despise."
Then. softly. she cries,
" But have found them all.
Twas your hair, your voice, your eyes,
MIRIAM KENYON
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Life Oh the Rail.
PEN PICTURES OF TRAVELLERS BOB
BURDETTE HAS MET.

A woman with three bird cages
and little girl has just got on the
train. She arranges the bird cages
on. a seat, and then she and the little
girl stand up in the aisle, and she
glares around upon the ungallant
men who remain glued to their seats
and look dreamily out of the window.
| bend my face down to the tablet
and write furiously, for I feel her
eyes fastened upon me. Somehow
or other, l am always the victim in
cases Of this delicate nature. Just as
l expected. She speaks, fastening
her commanding gaze upon me.
"Sir, would it be asking too much
if 1 begged you to let myself and my
little girl have that seat A gentle
man can always find seat so much
more easily than lady"
And she smiled. Not the charm
INCEST kind of smile. 1t was too
triumphant to be very pleasing. Oh
course l surrendered. l said:
ooh, certainly, certainly. l could
find another seat without any trou.
ble.n
She thanked me, and I crawled out
of my comfortable seat and gathered
up my overcoat, my manuscript, my
shawl strap package, my valise, my
ovo.Siixz--o ond - 49, I,++lo -; ii
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A CaudIe Lecture Reversed.

Now, Mrs. Caudle, 1 should like
to know what has become of my hat?
Here I've been hunting all over the
house and lost ten minutes that
should have been given to the Mutu-
al Life Insurance Co. Now, | say,
what haze you done with that hat ?
You havn't seen it? Of course not !;
never do see it. Frank, go and get
my hat, and Jane, fetch me my cane.
What's that ? You can't find my
hat ? Now, Mrs. Caudle, l should
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RECIPES.

Corn Cake. One quart of sour milk.
three well beaten eggs, one teacupful of
flour. yellow meal enough to make a
batter as thick as for pancakes. Bake
quickly in pans well buttered.
Salad Dressing. -Yolks of four hard
boiled eggs rubbed to a paste with two
tablespoonfuls olive oil, two teaspoon
fuls made mustard, one teaspoonful salt
and one teacup strong vinegar.
Scotch Buns Take of white fiour 9
pounds bi-carbonate of soda. Q
drachms salt. IA or. Sour buttermilk
one pint or 20 ounces. Mix and bake the
same as for tea cakes.
Batter Pudding. -One quart sweet.
rich milk. twelve tablespoomfuls, -four.
little salt, eight eggs, beat the eggs
separately, very light, and have the bat
ter perfectly smooth Bake quickly, and
send to table Immediately. Serve with
butter sauce.
RoIS.-One cup mashed potatoes,
hot, one cup of lard, two cups of hot
water, when it is little cold add three
quarters of cup of Yeast flour enough
to make up in loaf; do not forget a
little salt: Set TO raise when light
break off small cakes and bake in
quick oven.
BOStonDOaghnuts. -Small tablespoon
full butter,1 tumblerful milk, warmed.
l tumblerful sugar, 2 eggs, nutmeg.
1 quart of flour, small, IA teaspoonful
soda, IL teaspoonful of baking powder.
Let it stand hours before the fire be-
fore frying in very hot lard
Rolled Jelly Cake - Take eggs,
2 cups sugar. cup of butter, table,
spoonfuls OF water, teaspoonful of
cream tartar, one half teaspoenful of
soda. Stir all together, and thicken with
flour pour it in a common sized bread
pan bake quickly. When it is done.
spread one side of it with some kind
of good jelly roll it up, wrap cloth
around 1t, and when it is cold vou will
have splendid jelly cake. Flavor it
with lemon or cinnamon.
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Luck.

How frequently people are heard
to complain of their bad luck. They
fancy a frowning Providence thwarts
every effort of their life, and, plan as
they may, they fail of success. But
if these persons will study themselves,
closely, examine their habits and
methods, they will discover that
what they term their bad luck is at
tributable to themselves, and not to
an unkind Providence. The slothtul
are peculiarly the subjects of bad
luck. They do nothing in its proper
season. The slothtul farmer does
not sow in season, neither will he
reap in season. He gets in arrears
with his work in spring, and he holds
wei that position throughout the
season. Having sowed too late, lie
harvests too late, and he experiences
the disadvantages of both, and then
grumbles at his bad luck. 1t is the
same with the merchant and the me-
chanic. Their work and their oppor-
tunities are not begun in season, so,
ottentimes, their efforts are fruitless.
Certainly the best laid plans of
mice and men gang aft a glee," and
the keenest calculations of the
shrewdest sometimes fail; neverthe-
less, nineteen times in twenty it is
slothfulness, lack of energy and good
judgment, want Of perseverance and
pluck, to which they may attribute
their failure, and not to their bad
luck Wmgoick Nv. ~ Advertiser.
"a Send on your clubs. A copy
OF the AGRICULTURIsT for a year
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please, and smoke. too-dy'e hear
that ? slhoke in the dining room,
and, ye 4 boYe, I'll smoke in the
parlor, land, by Jove, ma'am' III
scent TIE eultains, and smoke all over
HereE SAYS Mrs. Caudle) the horrid
wretchswas about putting his odious
precep5 into practice, when Jane
came in with his hat, having found
it in rvroYn8r of the large oak-tree
chair bn the back stoop.
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a. The AGRICULTUR1sT, reaches
all parts Of the United States, the
West Indies, and Europe. What
medium for advertising.
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sYA An extra copy OF the AGRI-
CULTURIsT for year, to every one
who will send us five paid yearly
subscriptions
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h0 wave, IT,.

young preachers of the peril that is
incurred by entering in such course.
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Send on your clubs. A copy
of the AGRICULTURIsT for year
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treInv, ii Is very sFTI-,ll.-,..asas...,sss
become diseased and dwarfed, be-
cause he neglets all other faculties.
d. N. UTTER.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-26
A DeubIe.Headed sheep.

Mr.. A. J. Baker tells us of rather q
strange freak Of nature in mis- neigh
bOrhOod, south OF the river, last week.
A fine large lamb, weighing about ten
pounds, was fOaled by a yew belong
inng to Mary Ann Cruze, which had
two distinct and fully developed
heads, with two sets Of eyes, ears, etc.
everything complete. There were no
evidences Of duplication in the body,
it being formed just like any other
animal. Although it was finely
formed, the lamb was dead. 1t was
quite a curiosity, and attracted the at
tention of great many persons.
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a KRKmRhIe DisrnxarN-

Mr.. James Johnson exhibited yes
terday, In our sanctum," some fine
specimens of Ochre, which be has
found on his farm, near Trundle's
X Roads, Sewer cvun'y. As our
readers may know, ochre is a species OF
clay containing iron, and its common
colors are yellow and red. The lat
ter is colored by the sesquioxide and
the former by the hydrous sesquiOxide
of iron,
This mineral is extensively used by
painters, and is very valuable. Mr..
Johnson has had his specimens exam
ined by experts, who say that it is very
fine article-equal to the best French
ochre. 1t is found on his place be-
tween fifteen and twenty feet beneath
the surface, and in almost inexausti-
bic quantities.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-26

In order to close out the balance Of the
Large Stock of Fine and Medium Clothing
in the next 50 days 1 offer this induce
ment, p per cent. less than cost. Some
Goods as much as so per cent. This is a
rare opportunity, come early as my time
is short and I may find customer to buy
the whole stock. Merchants and others
come. 81. w. HALL, Assignee,
of ROBERT VEsTAL.
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PERSONAL.

Mr. VIM. Clotworthy, of Middle
Tennessee, brother OF our fellow citi-
zen, Mr.. John B. Clotworthy, is in the
city spending a few days. He has
just returned from trip to Pittsburg,
Washington and other cities.
w. Gettys, Eeq., of Athens, was in
the city yesterday, and is registered at
the Akin House.
Representative T. G. Cain, Of Ham,
blen County, passed through on the
noon train yesterday, returning to
Nashville from a flying trip to his
home at Morristown.