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The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
Before and After.

This is year before mafriage. He is making her call. He is at the front door ringing for her. He has been thinking all day of her. There are his boo ts newly blacked, his collar spotless, his form ditto outside, his gloves drawn on for the first time, his hair newly parted and oiled, his face newly shaven, his heart palpitates for her, his nerves are nervous for her, he fears she may be out or that her parents may object, or worse than that some other fellow may She is there and alone. He is happy.
 This is year after marriage. He is ringing at the door. His face is up- shaven, his collar much worn, his boots unblacked, his hair unbrushed. He rings again in exactly ten seconds. He gives the bell 8 short, petulant pull. He is thinking of her. He is grumbling that she doesn't answer it sooner. He has not all day been thinking of her. He has gone farther, maybe, and fared worse Now she opens it. He pushes past her and remarks, Takes you for ever to answer that bell" His un- brushed boots sound sullenly as he ascends the stairs. She follows meekly after. He thrashes into the room and round the house and sings out, 'isn't dinner ready yetp" She bids him be patient but moment. But he won't. Because dinner isn't ready within one minute after he gets home. Because this is the one year after marriage Because the bloom is of the rye, the down rubbed from the peach, and varl- ous other considerations. Because it's the way of the world, of man of matrl- mony! Oh, temporal Oh. mores! Oh, matrimony !-NeeO Yor6 Graphic.
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
Vitality.

The highest vitality is characterized by the vigorous and harmonious work ing of all the bodily organs. There is connected with 1t the power to digest and assimilate food and to transform it into heat and force; to eliminate freely alt waste products from the system, to expel-within deleterious sub stances that may find their way into the circulation through the lungs, stom- cidental injury; and to enjoy, without painful reaction, the normal activity of the brain, muscles, senses, and the nat ural capacities. To persons of high vii tality, there IS pleasure in the mere sense of being, and vastly more in tEa full and weIl-balanced employment ot body, mind and heart. There slumbers within them, at all times, a great power of achievement. They are equal to emergencies, though So calm may be 1 their life that their neal est friends may not perceive how much is in them until 1 those emergencies, which break down others, may call them to the front
 l A low vitality is the reverse of this. l The person is effected by petty, disturb l ing causes, and readily yields to almost every deleterious agent. The machin- l cry is constantly getting out of order, l if 1t may ever be said to be in order. The infant is puny, and, in the majority of cases. dies within two years. If he manages to survive, he reaches adult life in state of chronic invalidisnl. He can bear nothing;" is dyspeptic, nervous, hysteriaal. neuralgia, peevish and tickle; is easily discouraged; at
 tempts little, accomplishes lesss and, U s he drags along to old age, often wishes himself dead, and wonders how or why he lives.
 Now these are extremes, between
 which is every variety of grades. The I difference is often matter of heredity
 Yet the best constitution may be throwr
 away by over feeding, sensual indul
 gence, passion. anxiety, fret, lack o I diversion, improper food, insufficient
 sleep, foul air, over work of body O
 brain, indolence, or an aimIess life. Or the contrary, the feeble constitution 2, b,
 care, may be lifted to high grade Q
 vitality. Parents should know enougl
 of physiology to begin right with thei
 children; train them 10 right habits and fix in their minds, while still young
 right ideas of morals and hygiene.
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
A FabIe-Aiter the Persian.

A cottager had clock which had been owned by his father and grand- father before him, and for hundred years had ticked of the hours with ut most precision.
 Day and night, week in and week out, the old clock kept ticking away, ana It was the wonder of the children and the pride of the parents. Although its labor was wearis ome and monotonous, the complaint. and although it's face was cracked, its hands rusty and its general appearance anything but handsome, It had no lon gings to be anything better than a clock and to serve the family to the best of it's ability.
 One day a traveller passed that way, having 8 music box under his arm, ana while he ate dinner his box played its merry music. When ne went away the clock was jealous minded and dlscour- aged.
 box as well as clock P" it argued with itself. sThe box made faces at me be- cause I have no music in me, and yet l am vain enough to think that l know more of music in one minute than any dwarf of box does in all day. am tired of being clock, and I will now delight the family with a tune.' Thereupon the clock began to strike and buzz and hum, and the cottager's | wife cried out:
 's Heaven save us! but the old time piece is bewitched."
 The clock tried it again and again and when the cottager was called m ht said:
 aAs a clock, it was faithful, valuable and highly prized. As music-cox | | is q horrible failure and nuisance. l will, therefore, pull it down and sell i to the junk dealer"
 | MORAL:
 If you can shoe horse don't perspir to become an orator.-Detroat Ere
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
The Old Year.

A shadow stood by my bed last night A shadow wan, and worn and old; With frozen look on the wrinkled tace And the hand he laid on mine was cold In the ghostly presence shook with dread, And shrank from his touch with curdling
 fear, As cried: "God save mel specter grim, What sorrowiul errand brings thee here?' Then the pale lips moved, and a whisper came, Like breath from the northwind, chill and
 drear; 'Oh, timid mortal, be not afraid Ot the shrinking form of the dying year! am sealing the records my pen hath made To be read in the light of the Great White
 Throne; Hast thou aught to tell, ere my book is closed ot labor for Christ that thou hast donei "With the names of those who day by day Scattered the precious seed with tears Who bound full sheaves in the harvest time, And garnered stores for the coming years, I have vainly looked oh, child ot earth, If thine, perchance, might be entered there; Arise; be doing; 'tis not yet to late; For thee, if thou wilt, there are gleanings
 rare
 "There are golden grains by others lost; And sheaves that the reapers in haste forgot Up, sluggardly soul, from slothiul rest, The hours are preciousj oh, waste them not! Oh, work! oh, work! for the time is short, To write thee the Lords ere the bell is tolled That shall tell to the world that the dead old
 year
 Is laid in the shadows. stark and cold"
 
 The bell tolled slow for the old year gone; Alas! for the work that was left undone!
 T,c., hf PI;,a
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
The "Christmas Shoe."

Certain families in France continue the tradition of the Christmas shoe," which is a much homelier and pleas anter thing. On Christmas eve the children ot household place their shoes within the fender oi a fireplace. and before daybreak their mamma has filled them with sugar plums and toys The children are informed that 1t is the Angel of Christmas Q'Ange de Noel who thus stocks the shoes; but the juvenile mind is growing skeptical, and it is to be feared that few attach much credit to this lesend- In some provin- cial towns, chiefly Brittany and Prov ence, it used to be the custom. not so long ago, for parents to combine and have the services of . merry fellow. who would go from house to house dis guised as Father Christmas and ask whether there were any naughty chil- dren who required punishing- The man was armed with a rod. and his ap- pearance caused the most hardened
 youngsters to wriggle uneasily on their seats. If there were some naughty bows or girls in 8 house, a wholesome | terrorizing would be effected by the fathers proposal to whip these delin- auents on the spot; but when there had l been enough sauealing and crying. l coupled with promises of amendment
 during the new year, papas and mammas
 would beg of the culprits. and distri. button of sweetmeats would ensue in- stead of the castigation- The father
 always carried a sackful of toys and bon.
 bons, and was thus enabled to mitigats
 the very unfavorable impression he pro
 duced on first entering the domes' ic cir
 cle In some parts of Belgium ant Switzerland it is St. Nicholas, no
 Father Christmas. who is regarded q the dispenser of sweets and stripes t
 youth. and his festival falls on the sitl of December One of the princips l reasons for abolishing both St. Nichola , and Father Christmas ia that the prac tice of keeping New Years day as ! great festival of mirth and gif's he 6 now become universal in all trenc
 speaking countries-
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15

There may be people in this world who do not know what Hardic coach is, but people of that sort would be looked on as very ignorant in Philadel- phia. The Quaker City travelling public have long staggered under the burden of a cent. Street cars charge six cents and punch a buff trip slip in the presence of the passenger, which adds insult to in- jury This started the Hardic coaches
 Previously band of walkers was inaug. urated, but Philadelphia differs very slightly from an entire western county except that the houses are little more frequent, and so the walkers could not stand it. The coaches hold eight or ten passengers, charge five cents. are pulled by one horse, make quicker time than the streeG cars, start at 30 A. M., stor at 12 80 A. M., aud thus they are tbrot- tling a gigantic one-cent monopoly.
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
Not So Old as She Ought to Be. 2.

A farmer and truckman were trying to trade horses at the central depot yes- terday. The truckman had large, stalwart animal, the farmer a small bay mare.
 "That horse ot mine," said the truck man, .s is six years old, and stands six teen hands high in his stocking feet. Yourn s nothin' but little runt.
 "Wall," said the other, ''she's only four, and if she hadn't been worked SC - hard ever since she was colt. shed been six by this time. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15

It is claimed that man never loses anything by politeness, but this has proved mistake. As an old Philadel- phian lifted bis hat to 8 young lady the wind carried away his wig.-Phila e1- phiG Herald.
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15

When panes are out of windows we try to put them in, and when pains are
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
Ostern in schnee." C If Christmas be in clover.

Easter with snow'll be heaped over."
 And the same people say: "Ist das wetter um Weihnacht gelind, so webrt die K8lte gewoehnlicl lapge bis Freuh- jahr hinein." "When the weather is mild at Christmas cold weather lasts into spring." All of which proverbs receive important modification when applied to this our N2rth American climate
The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15

If you can shoe a horse don't perspil to become an orator.-Detrost Frt Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11
LATER NEWS.

THE fifth days session Of the Repub-
lican National Convention, at Chicago, began
at 10 :i5 on the 9TH. A motion was imme-
diately made that the Convention proceed
under the rules to ballot for candidates for
President and the motion was unanimously
carried. The first ba llt resulted as follows:
Grant 3O4; Blaine, 2S4; Sherman, 93; Ed
munds, "a; Washburre, 30; Window, 10. The
balIOtlng continued with slight changes
through eighteen ballots, when a motion to
take a recess until seven O'Clock was carried
by close vote. When. the convention reas-
seinbledthe Chairman called forthe nineteenth
ballot, which resulted IA follows; Grant, ;05;
Blaine, 279; sherman, 96; Edmunds, 81; Win
dom, 10; Washburne, 80; Garfield, l; Hart
rauit, l. No changes of Importance occurred
during the nine ballots which followed, Grant
standing 800, Blaine 279, sherman 81, Wash
hulne 35, Edmunds 81, Window 10, CART Id
ON the twenty-eighth and last ballot
for the night On motion of dele
gate from Massachusetts, the conven-
tion adjourned unit ten o'clock on the
following day. The Grant men mainly voted
no. Hayes received one vote on the tenth,
eleventh and twelfth ballots
THE bill reducing the price of public
land within railroad limits from 81 so to 81 p
per acre was passed by the Senate on the 1th.
Mr.. Herman made speech in favor Of the
resoluio ions uuseating Kellogg. Mr., Beck,
from tue OblllhlllLtc on Appropriations, re-
ported with amendments the SundrY Civil Ap-
preparation ILL. In the House the Senate bnl
ratifying the Ute agreement, with the amend
ments Of the House Committee thereto was
passed.
A PARIS correspondent telegraphs
that the Government has resolved TO close all
Jesuit establishments on the 18th without
further warning.
JOHN BRoUGHAM, the actor, died in
New York City on the 7th
EPHRArI HOLLAND, who has had
much notoriety from connection with election
frauds at Cincinnati in 1875 was shot on the
night of the 9TH, by Marshal Woodng, a gam
bier, The bali struck Holland in the upper
part of the right leg near the groin.
A TERRIBLE wind storm passed over
| Hancock County, Ohio, on the 9TH, doing an
immense amount OF damage. In Orange
township the Sabbath school of the English
Evangelical Church, TO the number of sixty,
| had assembled when ayioleut gust caught the
roof and tore it from its fastenines. At the
same time the south gable Of the church,
which was OF brick, fell In with a crash, bury
| ing beneath the ruins the major portion of the
congregation. Twenty-three persons were in
| lured, among them SIX seriously, il not fatal v.
The scene was frightful in the extreme,
A BERLIN dispatch says intelligence
has reached st. Petersburg that the Chinese
were massing in large bodies troops on the
Russian frontier, aud an attack is expec' ed
without the formaity Of declaration OF war.
A LoNDoN dispatch says private let
ter received there gives an appalling account
Of the famine In Dionbeker and Bagdad, Per
sla People are dying In the streets, women
are selling their children for fsod and many
are living On RATA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11

shower the trees with water, in which Is
mixed a small quantity Of Paris green.
In some sections apple trees are in
iured by leaf rollers, which work at the
same time that the tent caterpillar and
canker worm works, and should they
become rs numerous as either, will
prove not only a very destructive enemy
but one not easily managed
While we are battling the enemies OF
our orchards the currant worm is taking
possession of our gooseberry and cur
rant bushes. He does it so cunningly
and so mysteriously, that, until we fully
understand him, our knowledge of his
presence often comes about the time the
last leaves are being consumed, and we
wonder If he has grown in a night. The
reason we do not see him at first is, be-
cause he very carefully keeps himself
concealed in the center of the bush when
small, and approaches the outer branches
only when he has consumed all of the
inner leaves. The little grub has a very
disgusting appearance and seems to bo
covered with sticky substance. A small
quantity of air Stacked lime or even wood
ashes sifted on the bushes is pretty sure
death for the European currant worm,
but the American, which is a larger and
smoother worm, neither lime or ashes
seem to have any effect; bellebore should
be used for his destruction. Eternal
vigilance seems to be the price of good
fruit; for from early spring until late in
the autumn, numerous enemies, of both
tree and fruit are abroad, requiring the
constant attention of man to keep them
in subsection.
If there is any form of life that man
fails to become the master of, it will be
that form which is known as the creep
ing things of the earth. Massachusetts,
] PkOMQhnan.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11
Enemies of Orchards.

THE numerous insects that make their
appearance every spring, to destroy our
vegetables, iniure our fruits, and to suck
our blood, undoubtedly come for some
good purpose if they do nothing more
they sharpen our wits, and compel more
active exertions. Among the first leaf
eating insects that make their appear
ance in the spring, is found the tent
caterpillar, which begins to hatch out as
soon as the leaves commence to grow.
In the earlier stages of their growth the
tent caterpillars live in colonies, and
surround themselves with a web, or
tent, to protect themselves from the
storms; from this protection, in good
weather, twice day they march out in
a single line to the leaves of the tree /;
when their appetites are satisfied they
return to their tents in the same way
in bad weather they remain at home.
When nearly grown they separate and
roam singly over the tree. There are
but few enemies to the orchard, so easily
destroyed as this, if taken in season, but
if neglected until separation takes place,
il is very difficult, and almost impossi-
BILE to rid the orchard of them.
With n conical brush fastened to q
pole, small quantity of kerosene in a
shallow dish, the orchard should be Wis
tied at sunrise. When the little grubs
first hatch, looking through the tree
from the side opposite the sun the little
nests are easily seen, and can be entirely
destroyed by dipping the brush into the
kerosene, and passing it through the nest,
turning the brush round at the same
time; very large number can thus be
destroyed in a single hour. Care must
be taken not to continue the work after
the caterpillars leave their nests. The
orchard should be examined several
times as there are always some nests
that hatch later than others, and often
times some that are overlooked the first
time. No good orchardist will permit
his orchard to be injured by an enemy
so easily destroyed, as the tent cater
pillar.
Closely following the Matching of the
caterpillar, is the canker worm. This
is an enemy not so easily managed,
when once it finds lodgmenJ in the tree
but the careful orchardist commences
in the autumn to protect his trees, by
stopping the female from ascending the
tree TO lay her eggs; this is done, by
patent tree protectors placed around the
trunk of the trees, or by strip of paper
a foot wide, kept covered with printers
ink during the warm days of autumn
winter and spring; but if by any reason
this is neglected, and the worms make
their appearance on the trees, it is very
difficult to destroy them, on account o.
the fact that they scatter themselves al
over the trees. The easiest, and per
haps the most sfie0tud remedy, 10, u
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11
Giving En- Fits.

Here is man who has just stepped
into the Office and asked US why we
didn't give Mr. So-and-so fits when he
did q misdemeanor. And he further
says we ought to treat every one alike,
rich and poor, and if any one did any
thing wrong, "giye it to 'em." Now
we look into the future and see the
same man get mad some day, and draw
on fight between himself and his
neighbor, and get licked. And then
we see him come around to the office
and beg and implore us to keep his
name out of the paper, and threaten a
libel suit if we don't do it. He'll even
swear he doesn't believe it is tho paper $
place to publish such personal matters,
And verify, the man whose name we
passed over without seeing it on the
previous occasion, groweth angry be-
cause we mention not the fight, and
threatens to stop the paper with six
months unpaid subscription. OIL city
Derrick.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says the
Sultan and his Ministers are firmly resolved
TO resist to the utmost all foreign interfer
ences on the part Of the powers.
MARQUEE, the Mexican revolutionist,
has been deserted by all his soldiers except
about one hundred.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says the
insurrection in the district of Bagdad Is as
suming serious proportions and the Govern
ment troops are insufficient. The Arabs de-
mand self-government under the protection
Of England
A LATE dispatch says second cara
van of ninety slaves had arrived at sioot,
Upper Egypt, and were liberated. Many
slaves were still hidden in the oasis Of FL
Khongeh.
A LONDON dispatch says forty thou
sand persons in KurIistan, Armenia and
Western Persia must be fed for two months
II they are to be kept alive. One hundred
and thirty-eight persons have died of starva-
tion in the district of Bashkatch and one
hundred and seven in Alashgard.
THE Burmah insurgents are increas-
ing The movement has extended to Man
dalay.
SEVERAL Jews have been arrested
near ST. Petersburg on charge of being con-
nected with Nihllists.
EX-EMPREss EUGENE arrived at
Itoyozi, Zululand, on the Goth of May, nea
the spot where the Prince was killed.
In the House of Commons few days
ago, Sir Charles Dixie said Egypt was taking
stringent measures for the suppression of the
slave trade, and that Great Britain would do
all in her power to see the anii-slave conyen-
ton carried out.
A CALCUTTA dispatch, on the Sd,
stated that the rebel outposts near Minhla,
| Burmah, were successfully attacked. The
| rebels captured and dccaptated the com
mander Of the Royal troops
AT Tillis some Jews from Kontais
we're on trial, recently, charged with using
! Christian blood in their Passover ceremonies
/ and with killing a little girl for that purpose
| After a six hours trial they were acquitted.
| The Police Pro ecutor feeling the absurlity
/ of the charges declined TO deliver the usual
| speech for the prosecution.
MARIE ALEXANDRovNA, Czarina OF
Russia, died at st. Peter, burg on the morn.
ing of the Sd. Her death hsd been matter
of daily and hourly expectation for weeks.
The deceased was the daughter OF Louis H.,
Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, and was
! born on the 27th of July, 1924.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11
TIL T. EAST.

THE Maine Democratic State Conven-
ton, held at Bangor on the 1st, ratified the
II smination Of the Greenback convention for
Governor, Harris NJ. Plaisted. The conven-
tion voted to leave the election of Presiden-
tial Electors in the hands of the Democratic
State Committee, who are to act in confer
ence with the Greenback State Committee.
THE Maine Greenback State Conven-
tion instructed the delegates to tie Chicago
Convention to use their influence for the
nomination of solon Chase for President.
A BRUTAL prize fight between Paddy
Ryan and Joe Goss took place in Brooke
County, w. Va, on the 1st. Eighty-six rounds
were fought, and Ryan was declared the vic
tor. Both were badly used up.
y HERMAN LIssBERGER, metal mer-
chant and importer at New York City, sus-
pended payment on the 2d, with liabilities be-
tween 81, 100000 and 5000, 900.
ADMIRAL AMNIEN has received dis
patch from Engineer Menocal, stating that
tie Nicaraguan Congress has confirmed the
concession recently made by the President OF
the Republic to an American Company for
the coustruc ion OF an inter-oceanic ship canal
across the Isthmus.
G.. W. SCHoFIELD, President of the
Tiltsburg Chain Company suspended pay.
ments on the 4th with liabilities exceeding
100000.
The First National Bank of Mead
vii G, Pa, closed its doors on the 4th.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11

the snake kingdom that are offered us,
but we have no need of the ordinary
varieties. More of them are offered
than we want. We make plaster casts
of all kinds of snakes, and color
them up to nature as you will see by
this'-pointing out a handsomely pre-
pared lot of plaster specimens. "This
can be examined by many who can not
look at the real thing, but live snake
has no terrors for those who like them.
Indeed, it is the dead snake that affects
them. Children, as rule, do
not take after the snakes; they arc
not interested in the stuffed birds or
animals"
The Smithsonian collection of live
snakes numbers about 800. OF stuffed
snakes there are about 500, and of plas-
ter casts several hundred Washington
Cor. Hartford Times.