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Year: 1878

After a japanese lover has proven
false to his vows, the deserted maiden
rises at about two o clock in the morn
ing and dons white robe and high
sandals or clogs. Her Golf is a metal
tripod, in which are thrust three
lighted candles; around her neck
she hangs mirror, which falls upon
her bosom; in her left hand she car
ries small straw figure, the effigy of
her faithless lover, and in her right
hand she grasps hammer and nails,
with which she nailsit to one of the
sacred trees that surround the shrine.
Then she prays for the death Of the
traitor, vowing that if her petition is
heard she will herself pull out the
nails which offend the god by wound
ing the mystic tree. Every night she
comes to the shrine, and each night
she strikes in two more nails, believ-
ing that every nail will shorten her
lovers life, for the god, to save his
tree, will surely strike him dead. 1t
is curious illustration of the hold
superstition yet has on the japanese
mind.
Year: 1878

The women of Germany have re-
markably fine aad luxuriant hair.
The following is their most usual
method Of managing it. About once a
fortnight, boil for half an hour Or
more large handful of bran in a
quart Of soft water. Strain it into O
basin, and let it cool till it is merely
tepid or milk-warm. Rub in.o it a
little white soap; then dip in the
corner of a soft linen tcael, and wash
your head with it thoroughly; divid-
ing or parting aside the hair all over,
so as to reach tie roots. Next take
the yelk of an egg Slightly beaten in
saucer) and with your fingers rub it
well into the roots of the hair. Let
it rest few minutes, and then wash
it off entirely with cloth dipped in
pure water, and then rinse your hair
well, till all the yolk Of the egg has
disappeared from it. Afterwards
wipe and rub it dry with towel, and
comb the hair up from your heap,
partingit with your fingers. In win
ter it is best to do all this near the
fire. Have ready some softpomatum
made of fresh beef marrow, boiled
with little almond oil or olive oil,
stirring it all the time till it is we'll
amalgamated and as thick as oint-
ment. When you take it from the
fire (ond not before stir into it a lit.
tie mild perfume; such as rose water,
orange flower water, extract of roses.
oil of carnations, or essence of violets.
Put it into gallicups that have lids
and keep it for use, always we'll GOV.
cred. Take very small quantity of
this pomatum, and rub it among your
hair OF the skin of your head, after
it has been washed DIS above.
Year: 1878

Dean Stanley has been telling a
story of his own boyhood and Glad
stones: "There is q small school
near Liverpool he said, Gin which
Mr.. Gladstone was brought up be-
fore he went to Eton. A few years
afterward another little boy proceeded
to that same school-a little boy whose
name l will not mention, but who
subsequently, went when a young man
to see it's master, and in the course
of conversation with that master, he
said to him, There is one thing in
which I have not in the slightest de-
gree improved since I quilted your
establishment, and that is casting up
figures. WELL the old master re-
piled, nobody could have been more
incapable than you were at school
with your arithmetic, but will tell
your very curious circumstance :
Mr.. Gladstone, when he was here, was
just as bad at casting up figures as
you were, and are; but you now see
what he has become. When it was
that the right honorable gentleman
was enabled to master his former in
capacity and to become the great
arithmetician whom we all know he is,
I am not aware; but the change did
take place, and l have found in it a
striking example and a cheering en-
couragement to those who are dull in
youth not to despair
Year: 1878

A PERSON who was looking at a
house the other day said he couldn't
afford to pay such rent. "Well, look
at the neighborhood, replied the wo-
man. "You can borrow fat-irons
next door, coffee and tea across the
street, -four and sugar on tire corner,
and there's big pile of wood be-
longing to the school-Lotse right
across the alley"
Year: 1878

STRAW PILLows.-Dio Lewis, says:
The proximate, if not the original,
cause of large proportion of deaths
among American babies is some mala-
dy of the brain. When we suppose
the death to result from dysentary or
cholera infantum, the immediate cause
of the death is an affection of the
brain supervening upon the bowel
disease. The heads of American ba-


bies are, for the most part, little fur
naces What mischief must come
from keeping them buried twenty
hours out Of every twenty-four in
feather pillows. 1t makes me shiver
to think of the number OF deaths
among these precious little ones which
I have myself seen, where l had no
doubt that cool straw pillows would
have saved them. The hair pillow is
inferior to straw because it cannot,
like straw, be made perfectly clean
and fresh by frequent change. Dc
not fail to keep their little heads cool
Year: 1878




in Butter Colliery near Pittston, Pa !;
the following from the Scranton Re-
publican, on this subject is of interest !:


"On the hills leading to it can
plainly be seen immense volumes of
steam rising upwards, caused by the
intense heat escaping from the numer-
Gus caves in the ground, and coming
in contact with the cold air on the
outside. AS we approached, the
cracks in the ground foretold heavy
working of the heated mass, and al
though at. first we were not intent upon
venturing further the numerous ad-
venturers caused US to follow. Our
route brought US over the most dan
gerous approaches, and each scene
that was presented as we gazed down
the fiery depths foretold an extensive
body of burning debris. At some of
these openings, which have nearly
caved in, the volumes of heat and
sulphur which rushed out made it i'm
possible for one to stay there long
with safety, and we were forced to
change our location numerous times
to be freed from the heated atmos-
phere. The extent of the fire is sup
posed to be eight acres and all the
area is one burning mass, with the
rock to a white heat to the surface at
many of the openings where the rock
crops out. The ground is covered
with cracks, and from appearance is
settling down, as the huge pillars Of
coal underneath are consumed. The
site of the fire when it first broke out
was among old workings which had
been abandoned years ago and while
the loss is not great as yet, as the coal
consumed would not have been taken
out, it is now an established fact that
the fire is steadily burning towards
other valuable coal beds which it will
be NECESSARY to protect, and a con-
tract has been made by Conrad, civil
engineer, who will at once put to work
a small army Of men and endeavor to
cut around it. The average depth of
the coal from the surface is about ff-
teen feet, and the shelly nature Of
the rock above the coal, is the present
cause for the numerous openings and
continued caving in. Mr.. Conrad's s
method will be to commence at the
surface and excavate down to the coal
a long channel across that part which
communicates the burning district
with the main bed of unworked
coal. This, if successfully accomplish.
ed will result in retaining the fire
to its present location and eventually
die out. The place is visited by hun.
dreds of people daily, and while the
existence of such fearful volume O.
fire is regretted, the sight presented
is worthy of a visit. Since writing the
above we have been advised that the
large trench to be excavated will
measure twelve hundred feet, the
depth averaging from eighteen te
thirty-fve feet. Goal Trade Jour.
Year: 1878

A LADY witness declined to answer
question, and the attorney demand
ed her reason. Because it is not fit
to tell decent people" 20. WELL"
said the lawyer, 'just walk up here
and whisper it to the Judge"
Year: 1878

| meet with Christians who, because they
have been once washed from their sins,
seem to think that they need not be very
particular about the little ways of their daily
life. They are not prepared to die Just
now; but they look for general cleansing,
when the day of their death comes. They
do not care to have clean conscience be-
fore God every moment. They think it
easier to wait. If they only die well, all will
be well. So the little sins are allowed to re-
main and togrow. The heart is uucomforta-
BILE, faith is confused, hope is dim, life is
not holy Never mind, they think, we shall
be all right at last; we shall sing with Joy
in heaven. Now, it is blessed truth that,
being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (Ro-
mans W ~ But if you would have abid-
ing peace and growing strength to serve
God, you must remember that we are justi-
fled by Christ that we may be sanctified by
the Spirit. The look of faith must be con
tinued all along. Clean every whit, yet we
must wash our feet every day, (John xiii
We must not put off anything to dying
day, but we must keep our conscience clean
before God; continually sprinkled with the
cleansing blood; living only for him all the
day long. Then, when our Master comes, we
shall not be ashamed.-Rev. j. E. Sampson.
Year: 1878

The expense of public funerals has been
often condemned by Christian teachers and
indeed it is worthy of condemnation. 1t
brings very heavy burden upon the poor


especially upon poor widows and orphaned
children, that just then, when the stay of
the household has been taken, they must
incur an additional debt of fifty or one hun
dred dollars for coffin, hearse and carriages.
Certainly we agree that such families ought
not to be thus burdened. But how can they
in the first sensitiveness and abandonment
of utter bereavement bear the imputaton
OF any seeming least lack of respect or affec-
ton for their dead ? The only remedy is
that other families in better circumstances
shall set the example of simplicity and
privacy. There are enough places and times
for the rich TO display their possessions.
Their fine clothes, carriages, and houses are
not wrong in themselves. III the rich have
honestly come by these handsome things,
and are correspondingly lavish in charities
and all good works. then their luxuries may
be benefit to the whole community and
country, and harm or wrong to nobody


But TO make such display or expenditure al
funeral is in itself a harm and wrong. Be
cause, say, funeral is the one place wher,
poor people cannot economize-cannot hav,
moral courage enough to fall much behinC
the fashion of the village. And the sin /,
especially ours, fellow. Christians, if we coun
tenance such customs. Let there be fashion
style, and show everywhere else, If ther,
must be-let the poor even be kept ava,
from the house of God because they canno


wear as fine clothes as supposed Christian
ladies and gentlemen wear but let not ex
trayagance, pomp, or fashion have any plac


when man is borne to his long home and tn


mourners 60 about the streets.-T. c. Jerome
Year: 1878

Probably all things have their use in this
world, and grumblers and fault.fnders are
no exception to the rule. 1t needs one OF
two dogs to take care of flock of sheep.
To be sure whole flock of dogs would be-
of little value. They would produce neither
lambs, wool, nor mutton but one or two OF
them serve an excellent purpose. They
guard the flock, they hunt up stragglers,
they raise alarm when dangers real or fan
ced are near, and so they really serve the
shepherds interests. So one or two growl


ing, snarling grumblers about church aid
wonderfully in keeping things in order


They may be unreasonable they may in
themselves seem Improbable; neither fleece
nor milk can be expected from them; but
their growls warn men away from danger


their snarling and muttering serves to keel


people on the alert, and at safe distance


Many a man has had great reason to thank
God for the ISLANDERS and lies that have been
told about him, and which have stimulated
him to constant watchfulness that he might
prevent their ever coming true. So, good
friends, if you can't be sheep, be dogs, and
keep on yelping it may keep sheep in the
fold, if it does not keep the wolves out and
in the end we may see that all things have
their use, and hat all things work together
for good to them that love Cod Christian.
Year: 1878

The training Of manners, the discipline of
department, the old quaint ceremonials, the
restraints of silence, the decorums of polite
society," the courtesies, and obeisances Of the
humber classes, the Difference of the young
towards the old, the observance of children
for their parents, the seventies of home.rule,
the long practice and self-restraint necessary
to success and full enjoyment even of the ia.
vorite recreation-all imply training mort
or less laborious a never-relaxed vigilance
in the teacher-docility, patience and self
command in the learner. Our survey tends
to the conclusion that at no time have man.
ners been so left to form themselves as now.
We hear of people forgetting their manners.
but some Of our youth stand in danger OF
never learning them. While so great point
is made of thoroughness in all other learn


ing, the mere A grounding of manner,
threatens to be left untaught. 1t seems
supposed that, given so much intellectual
culture, boys and girls, by the mere process,
of growing old, turn into polite, considerate
men and women. We do not believe it.
Many arts and sciences are more easily &C
quired late in life than a good manner. II
people are to behave well, they must be early
taught to behave--a practice that demand
unceasing sacrifice of minute personal lik-
ing to the general pleasure and convenience
The COrnhW Magazine.
Year: 1878

young man to acquire and to do this he
must learn TO save. This is the first lesson
to be learned, and the youth who cannot
master it will never have anything He
will be menial, dependent.-Seiected.
Year: 1878

Some one inquired of the editor of the
BGtaUiGn what he knew of ''Sam Patch
and what was his real name. The edi-
tor interviewed an old citizen of Gene
see County, and answered: Z" Sam
Patch's" real name was Samuel Patch,
but by consent the uel was torn of in
his boyhood, and was never afterward
patched on. Sam was first discovered
in or about Paterson, N. j. He didn't
develop well as boy or man. He was
as good-natured as the day was long,
and as shiftless and dissipated as he
was good-natured. His surname was
placarded all over his clothes by a care
full mother, and all over his face by the
effects of the water he took in hizen."
He had, occasionally, lucid intervals.
In one of these he determined to be a
blotch on the face of creation no longer
and so hurried to the Passaic river, with
suicidal intent, and with a mighty leap
went over its beautiful falls and into its
seething waters below. But, as the la
mented Greeley had it, "thOugh he
tried to give up the ghost, the ghost re-
fused to be given up" and Sam came
out alive and well. An idea struck him.
He had new way for a lazy man to
make living, He'd jump; the crowds
would pay. He utilized his idea
Jumped falls here and there all over the
country; went to Niagara Falls and
leaped safely down that tremendous
cataract; went to Rochester, N. Y,
leaped there once in safety, tried il
again, was drunk at that time and did
not maintain his perpendicularity in
descent, and, striking the waters little
angling, was probably killed By the col
lision. His body was never found
This, his last jump, he made about for
ty-fve years ago.
Year: 1878

A KIND father-a man well-to-do-
took his sick son 10 the doctor last
week, and told him if he could cure the
boy for less than the cost of funeral
to 90 ahead, but if he couldn't, the
youth must take his chances.
Year: 1878

THE JUDGE's BLACK CAP."-The
colt cap is still worn in undiminshed
proportions by Judges when they pass
sentence of death, and is generally known
as the "black cap" In old time the
justice, on making ready to pronounce
the awful words which consigned fell
low creature to horrid death, was won t
to draw up the fiat, square, dark cap, that
sometimes hung at the aape OF his neck
or the upper part Of his shoulder. Hay
ing recovered the whitenoss OF his Golf
and partially concealed his forehead and
brows with the sable cloth, he proceeded
to utter the dread sentence with solemn
composuro and 0rmness. At present the
black cap is assumed to strike terror into
the hearts Of the vulgar formerly it was
pulled over the eyes, to hide the emotions
of the Judge.
Year: 1878

LIE DIDN'T WANT TO BUY.-A small
dapper, bilious looking man, with little
eyes, long nose and a pointed chin,
rushed into wholesale book-sto on
Court avenue yesterday and asked one OF
the clerks if they had book entitled
Reveries of a Bachelor" The clerk
who was very obliging, as all clerks in
that store are, began to look for the de-
sired article. He went over every shelf
where it was likely to be, but could not
find it upon any OF them. Then he went
down in the basement-the bilious look =
ing man following him-and dove down
to the bottom of several boxes of books
that had been laid by Tor want of a de-
mand sfor them. secured the shelves,
searched the drawers, but found it not
Then he went up to the second floor and
resumed his search among more old
books, unpacking several boxes and over
turning a large quantity Of goods. He
was about TO give up the search, and told
the man he didn't believe the book was
in the store. But the man said he wished
he would find it if possible so the clerk
went into the third story and prowed
around again for half an hour, and final
ly fished it up out of the dust in little
box away off in one corner of the top
row Of shelves, after search of over an
hour. He brushed the dirt from the GOV
er and said D.: "Yes, here il is 81 so !;
you can have it for 81 25."


"Oh, | don't want to buy it" said the
bilious looking man.


Don't want to buy it ?" said the
clerk why didn't you say so an hour
ago? Why did you make me search so
long for an article you don't want to buy?
My time is valuable, and my employer
expects me to put it to profitable use."


" Well, you see," quietly remarked
the man, " made bet with JEFF Gran
dali. He said | couldn't fnd the book in
Des Moines, and bet him So | could,
and | have won the bet. That's ALL
Sorry to trouble you so much" And
the man wended his way down stairs
again. When he had gone the clerk
thought how happy he would be to get
an invitation to that mans funeral. DE
MOiHeS Register.
Year: 1878

WEST FAIRLEE VT, Jan. II, 1871.


Dear Sir-FOr seven or eight years past have been
in poor health and for the past year or more very
feeble My health continued to decline and my flesh
and strength wasted away, until was unable to
work or go up stairs without great exhaustion
l suffered from frequent and distressing attacks OF
papatOn of the heart, my food distressed me. caus-
ing acidity and pain in the stomach; and suffered
from extreme LSneSs constipation and debility
of the system generally, my blood being thin and
poor and sluggish in circulation, and was for years
suffering all the tortures of a confirmed dyspepuc
About six months since l concluded would try u
bottle of PERUVIAN SYRUP, and received so much
benefit from it that purchased five bottles more, and
have continued the of the SYRUP until quite re-
Gently 1t has restored my health to such an extent
that l feel myself as good new. My digestion is
good and my weight has increased in the past four
months from 100 to 13S pounds my strength has re-
turned. and my general health is thus wonderfully
improved. and can truly say owe it all to the use
of your PERUVIAN SYRUP. / earnestly recommend
all sufferers from dyspepsia and debility to give it
trial hoping it will do them as much good as it has
me Yours very truly Mrs s. b. BEMIS,
Year: 1878

DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY
DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY
DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY
DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY
Almost Invariably Yield to the
TONIC AND INVIGORATINo EFFECTS


OF THE
PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP


Or
Protected Solution of Pr0t0Xide Of


Iron.
Year: 1878

NORTH SEAESMONT, Me- sept y loIO
Dear SirIt gives me very great pleasure to inform
you of the benefit received from the of PERUVIAN
SYRUP my family. My wife, for the past ten
years has been i'll feeble health-very much debili-
lated generally. Last Spring She concluded to try
bottle of PERUVIAN SYRUP, and was so well pleased
with the result continued its use until three or four
bottles had been used and she is now better health
weight from 11O pounds to 126% l have employed
physicians and used great variety of patent medi-
cnes to the extent of hundreds of dollars, and know
she received more benefit from the PERUVIAN
SYRUP than all the rest together.


My sales of the Syrup very large and constantly
increasing and do not hesitate to recommend and
even warrant it to givesatisfacOn. fyou desire you
at liberty to use this communication as you see
fit as it gives me pleasure to recommend good an
article to suffering humanity.


Yours truly, ITHIEL PEASE.
Year: 1878

Courtney ought to challenge Hanlan at
once to a race for the American champion
ship. Already the latter, If reports are
correct, has arranged race with Hawdon,
to be rowed in England May 8, and pur-
poses leaving for that country this very
month with the intention Of rowing all
comers there. As champion of America it
is his duty to promptly accept oil challenges
for that championship, and these private
contests in n foreign land should not be al
lowed to interfere. Moreover, instead of
asking his antagonist to come to Toronto


he ought, as a fair man, to agree to some
neutral course, without tide or current
and well sheltered from the wind. The
mockery Of calling course like
that at Lachine fair course must
long ago have been apparent to him,
and, il he does not fear to meet Courtney
in an absolutely fair race, let him indicate
it by selecting track, not like his own on
Toronto Bay, affected by tides and ed
dies, but one where there is no choice Of
position, where each man is exactly as we'll
Year: 1878

In to-days HERALD we give On interesting
letter from General Cluseret in reply to the
references to him extracted by us from the
was given view of the events and persons
of some late years Of French history.
Cluseret defends himself from Simon's
structures calmly, clearly and effectively,
and turns the tables on his accuser Simon
called Cluseret an adventurer, which is
handy term for the description of men of
ill-defined status, and is in one aspect ap-
propriately enough applied to Cluseret.
But Simon uses it as term of opprobrium
and as description of the Generals poll
tics, which, in fact, were very much the
same as Simon's politics. But it is COM
mon weakness of humanity for the man
who becomes Minister to cast ill words to
former associates. Cluseret is fairly to be
reproached for his association with the
Commune, but that association was short
and ineffective, and he had the honor
to be locked up by the Communists,
as lie records, but was lucky enough
not to be shot. He puts on the
ground Of superior virtue the fact that
he did not make himself dictator, which
does not accurately represent the case.
There was not dictator in him, either by
conscience or capacity, and in the soldiers
of the Commune there was no confidence
in any leader, least Of all in him-and there
was not the military force that can be
used for such purpose. But for the inn
bccility with which the operations against
Paris were directed the reign of the Com
mune would have gone to pieces in week.
Clusoret gives a dim biographical sketch
of himself in that and other relations which
will interest the public, for nearly every
one has heard more Of this man than they
know of him.
Year: 1878

The Supervisors of Dutchess county have
just discovered that they cannot consist
emily throw any stones at their brethren Of
Onondaga county, but the chief wonder Of
the public is that the Supervisors have not
found this out until now. The poorhouse
and insane asylum Of Duchess county are
old enough to have definite record, and, as
they contain more than hundred and fifty
people whose entire expenses come out of
the county treasury, it is natural to suppose
that the Supervisors would at least have
visited the institution to see whether the
peoples money was being judiciously ex-
pended. Tho buildings and their unfortu-
nate inmates have apparently been entirely
neglected by every one whose duty it was
to attend to them. and the consequence is