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Year: 1879

Rrum Chamhen' Journal.


The importance of breathing plentifully
OF fresh air as an essential of health is
generally admitted. Well ventilated
rooms, open air exercise. and excursions
into the country. are appreciated to some
extent by all classes But the art of
breathing is very much overlooked. BE.
ing process not depending ON the will
for its exercise, il is too much left to u e
mere call of nature. Ii Is, however. an
act which can be influenced very mater
tally by the vii. Properly trained sing
ers are taught very carefully TO their
breathing.


When brisA muscular exercise is taken,
breathing is naturally active without any
special effort. But when the body Is at
rest or engaged in any occupation requir-
ing confined posture, and especially
when the mind is absorbed IN thought,
the breathing naturally becomes dimin-
ished, and the action of the lungs slow
and feeble. The consequence Is that the
oxygenation of the blood is imperfectly
carried on. Even in taking a constitu-
tional walk the full benefit Is not attained
for want of thoroughly breathing.


As remedy for this it has been sug-
gested that there is room for what might
be ttly termed breath gymnastics-to
draw in long and full breaths, hlling the
lungs full at every inspiration, and empty
ing them as completely as possible at
every expiration, and to acquire the habit
Of full breathing ot all times. This mode
OF breathing has direct effect IN supply
ing the largest possible amount OF oxygen
to the blood, and more thoroughly con-
sumlng the carbon. and so producing ami
Year: 1879

Venus is now at her greatest distance
from us-one hundred and sixty millions


Of mrles-or one hundred and thify-sve
millions farther away than when she is
nearest the earth. This may seem start
ling, but If Is true. She always eets az
far away from Us as she can as .oon as
Congress meets. And ne don't blame her.
Year: 1879

IL doesn't seem now does IL, Jack?--as IL poor
Brown were dead;
Twas only yesterday at noon he had to take his
bed,
The day before, he played first base, and ran
M'Farland DOWN
And then 10 slip away 30 sly--rwas not at all
like Brown.
The story seems too big to take Most any one


will find
It's something hard to get n man well laid out in
And Brown was just aire with life. Twouldn't


scare me now, vow,
To hear n whoop, and see the men go rushing


past here now.
Poor Browni he's lying in his room, as white RS
| called upon HIM, as ii were, an hour or two


ago
A.rushlng into Brownies room seemed awkward
We haven't spoken back and forth for something


like n year.
We didn't pull together square single night or
IIoweer went, he soon contrived to find another


way.
He ran against me in my love: we picked a
About that girl you used to like-the one that


married Jones.
lie worked against me in the class, before my


very eyes.
lie opened up and secuted me square out of the
In the last campus rush we came to strictly bust


ness blows,
And from the eye he left undmed ] viewed ms


damaged nose.
In fact, came at last to feel-and own it with


dismay-
That life would he worth living for If Brown were


out Of the way.
But when heard that he was dead, my feelings


tackled and then
would have given half my life to get his back


again.
| called upon him, as it were, an hour or two
The room was neat beyound excuse-t the women


made il 50.
Dc sure he had no hand in that, and naught about
To see the order lying round had made him very


blue.


face of death.
Straight through the open window came the


mornings Fragrant breath.
Close-caged, a small canary bird, with glossy,


yellow throat
Skipped drearily from perch to perch, and never


sung note.
with hair unusually combed, sat poor M'Far.


land near.
Alternately perusing Greek and wrestling with


tear.
homeIy little girl of six. for some old kindness


sake.
Was sobbing in the corner there as if her heart


would break.
The books looked worn and wrctched like almost


as if they knew,
And seemed to be a-whispering their titles to my


view.
His rod and gun were in their place; and high,


where we might see,
Cleaned jauntily the boating cup he won last


year from me.
| lifted up the solemn sheet. Thathonest earnest


face
Showed signs of culture and of toll that Death


could not erase.
As western skies at twilight mark where late the


sun has been,
Browns face revealed the mind and soul that


once had burned within.
He looked so grandly helpless there, upon that


lonely bcdi
Oh, Jack these manly foes are foes no more


when they are dead
"Old boy" sobbed, "twas half my fault. This


heart makes late amends"
| took the white cold hand in mne-and Brown


and were friends.


Il IIarper's Weekly.
Year: 1879

A drunken man was swaying un-
steadily in the street, when dog with
tin pan tied To his tail ran between
his legs. The collision was so forcible
that the man was upset, and the dog
ran on minus piece of its tail. The
man got up bewildered, rubbed the
bruised end of his spinal column, pick
ed up the dogs tail and thus solioquized :
"This is (hic) unfortunate Never knew
before or suspected that l had sich a
thing as tail till go an fall down
am break it OIL. Might made a (hic)
fortune 'zbtin' myself as man with q
tail. There'd bin millions in it-mil


lions (hic) in it! Jes my luck. When
ever get hold of a good thing it's al
ways gone before (hic) find it out
Year: 1879

There is man in Illinois who never
seeks the seclusion that bedroom
grants, but prefers to retire with the
crickets and the spiders and the ants.
lie doesn't believe in pampered luxury:
Even sleeping on the soft side ofa board
is an indulgence which he rarely allows
himself. lie has trench dug in the
back yard, in which he reposcs after
man-servant has covered all but his
head with earth. lie might find his
position rather uncomfortable If a mum
bcr of cats and dogs undertook TO holo
matinee in the back yard some fine
evening.
Year: 1879

Y. | went out Of curiosity, and had
no more idea of signing temper
ance pledge than had Of jumping
into the Niagara river. After the
meeting persons were invited to sign
the pledge and on the same seat
with me was a mother pleading with
her son to sign, and, as he refused,
the tears rolled down that mothers
cheek as she plead as only mothers
heart could plead. | thought of my
gray-harsd mother who had been
praying all these years that God
would save her boy from a drunkard's
grave. | said to him 81 have been
a drinking man for fifteen years. |
never signed the pledge in my life.
If you will sign the pledge will
sign it with you" He consented.
We signed the pledge; and since
that night have done nothing but
plead with my fellow men to dare be
true to principle in the great ques
ticn OF right against wrong.


To-day have happy home, the
true loving wife who clung to me
through all the darkness, thousands
of friends, and position OF Influence
in our state, the result of two years
total abstinence, and to the Good
Templar Order-with Gods blessing
is due my salvation for tims-let
US hope for eternity.


God has blessed my efforts, and !
have the satisfaction of knowing that
that there are some desolate homes
made happy, soma broken hearts
healed, some fellow beings saved, by
my efforts. Since | have been lee
turing ! have added some 5000 now
members to the Order, and secured
nearly $4,000 signers TO the Good
Templar pledge. l don't think my
friends in the Order who have sup.
ported and encouraged me in my eli
forts for a true manhood. will ever
have cause to regret that support.


If my bitter experience tends to
hel p some poor unfortunate to a
higher, nobler, and a better life, !
am repaid. God help us al to be
true to each other: and to Him.
Year: 1879

The following story is taken from a
work called among the Zulus:" "I
was out after porcupines, and was lying
one night near porcupine's hole, watt
ing for him to come out 1 had no gun,
only my hunting knife and large knob
korrie with which to knock the porcu


pine On the nose-fOr that, as you know,
kills him at once. [ did not hear a
sound until 1 found the grass near me
move, and lion got his paw on me and
claws into me, but luckily my leather
belt prevented his teeth from damaging
me, and he carried me by holding on to
my belt and coat If either of these had
given away, I should have been laid
hold of in a far m re rough manner. A
lion is like cat in one thing: he can
| hold live thing in his mouth and not
damage it, just as l have seen cat car


ry mouse. | knew the nature of the
lion well enough to know that if strug-
gled | should have my neck broken or
my head smashed in an instant; SO |
did not struggle, but quietly drew my
knife and thought what was best to do.
I thought at first of trying to strike him
in the heart, but [ could not reach that
part of him, and the skin look ed so loose
that [ could not strike deep enough,
carried as | was. I knew that it would
be life Oh death with ne in an instant
so turning myself a bit, [ gashed the IL
on's nose and cut it through The lion
dropped me as I should poisonous
snake, and jumped away roaring with
pain. He stood for an instant looking
al ME but did not move, and he die
not seem 10 like to carry me again.
More than once he came TO within & few
yards, licking the blood as it poured
from his nose; but l remained ther,
like stone. and he was fairly afraid t
tackle me again. I know baffalo ant
an OK are very sensitive about the nose
cant stand it, SO thought lion nigh


be the same, and so it proved.


Childrpn hauo mara nood of model.
Year: 1879

w HIT FIEL DIS COURTSHIP.-The
celebrated George Whitefield began his
courtship in singular fashion. His
biographeT pronounced him one of the
oldest wOoers that ever wooed. When
Whitefeld was in America, and had un-
der his charge the orphan house in
Savannah, it was much impressed on
his heart that he ought to marry in or
der to have helpmate in his arduOus
work" he had also fixed his mind on
the young lady whom he intended to
ask to become his wife. So he address
| ed letter to her parents, and inclosed
another to herself. In his letter to the
parents he stated that he wanted wife
| to help him in the management of his
increasing family and then said: "This
letter comes like Abraham's servant to
Rebekah's relations, to know whether
your daughter, Miss F., is proper
| person to engage in such an undertake
ing; and if so, whether you will be
pleased to give me leave to propose mar
riage to her. You need not be afraid of
sending me refusal; for 1 bless God, if
know anything ofmy own heart, am
free from that foolish passion which the


world calls love. He wrote in similar
strain to the young lady, asking her,
among many other questions, if she
| COulu ttaSS ilGi dliu Hill
for support who feeds the young ravens :;
and bear the inclemencies of air both as
to heat and cold in a foreign climate !;


whether having husband she could be


as though she had none. He also told


her that he thought the passionate ex-
pressions which ordinary courtiers use


ought to be avoided by those who mar


ry in the Lord and that if she thought


marriage would be in any way preju-
dicial to her better part, she was to be
so kind as to send him denial that she
need not be afraid to speak her mind, as
he loved her only for God.


| The letters were not so successful as
Abraham's servant. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daughter
on such an adventure; and Whitefield
continued for longer space in his bach
eiOr condition. Some time after he es-
sayed another cOurtship with widow
in Wales after the same style. The
mode in which Rebekah was chosen for


Isaac seems to have been Whitefield's
ideal of obtaining q wife. The week af-
ter he was married the went on one of
his evangelistic tours, and left his new
ly welded wife to muse alone amid the


Welsh hills in the second quarter of
their honey Chambers Journal.
Year: 1879

WHIPPING A CHILD.-If you cannot
manage your children without whip
ping them, it only proves that you do
not understand governing either your
self or them. We do not believe in
whipping a child, unless, perhaps, in
some very rare and exceptional cases.
Whipping a child makes him sly and
deceitful; harGens his heart, and blunts
his eptibilties; makes him sneak
and coward it is a cruel, cowardly,
brutal proceeding to whip defenceless
little one, who is dependent upon and at
the mercy of his parents. By eXercis-
ing 2 better control over your own tenn
be angry with your children, you will
doubtless find less occasion for " whipping
them.
Year: 1879

Boston transcript.


A clergyman who can preach three
;, mons consecutively without mention
ills Galileo.


a man who will refrain from calling
his friends speech "happy effort"


A woman who remembers last Sum-
days text, but who is unable to speak
understanGingly of the trimmings OH the
bonnet of the lady in the next pew III
front.


An editor who never feels pleased to
have his good things credited or mad
when they are stolen.


A pencil that is always in the first
pocket you put your hand into.


A man who las been fool some time
during his life and knows enough to
keep the knowledge of it to himself.


A married man who does not think all
the girls envy his wife the prize she has
captured.


A married woman who never said.
mo wonder the girls don't get married
nowadays; they are altogether different
from what they were when was girl. -


An unmarried woman who never had
an offer.


A man who never intlmated that the
economies of the universe were subject
to his movements, by saying, 81 knew if
l took an umbrella it wouldn't rain" or
some similar aSinine remark.


A pocket knife that is never in "them
other pants"


A mother who never said she would
rather do it myself" when she should
have taught her child to do that thing.


A father that never forgets that his
duties to his children are as weighty as
theirs to him.


A child who would not rather eat be-
tween meals that at meals.


A converted brother who does not eX-
aggerate his forsaken wickedness when
relating his experience.


A perSon-age or sex immaterial-
who does not experience flush of pride
upon being thought what he is not and
may never hope to be.


A button on the male garmenture that
never comes off except when the person
whose mission of life is to sew but
tons on is near at hand with her uten-
sils.


A singer who never complains of a
cold when asked to sing.


A woman who, when caught in her
second best dress, will make no apology
for her dreadful appearance.
Year: 1879

A sCHooLMAsTER TO a pupil: "But
my dear child, how is it that you don't
get on any faster with your reading?
When l was of your age l could read
iuently without spelling a word."-
Probably" retOrted the boy, You
had a better master than have"
Year: 1879

The passage Of this bill is looked forward to by
thousands of soldiers means Of affording them
relief in poverty, and recognition of their patri
otic services. But the money due will not enter
your pockets unless you shall cooperate with those
laboring to secure the same end Our paper, THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the central organ of the sol
diers. Its influence is known and felt in Washing
ton and all over the country. It's most effective
blows will be struck in favor of the Equaliza-
ton Bounty Bill all soldiers anxious to see
pass. Subscribe for the paper, and you will 50
strengthen us that we confident then of getting
your ardent wishes accomplished
Year: 1879

ETMr. JAMES WATSON, who is re-
corded as voting for the law, on its final


passage, to tax every farmer who owns


a dog 81, tried to defend himself on the


lst inst, before squad of his PoMERoY
faction, by denying that he voted for the
bill on its passage.


We informed Mr.. WATSON that we


stood upon the official record, made up
by the Clerk OF the Legislature, and that
he would have to do the same until he
could establish different record. His


denial amounts to nothing. Nine men
in every ten condemned to be hung, de-
ny their guilt to the last breath, when the
Official record proves their guilt beyond
a doubt. The record is what men go


by, and denials, when men discover that
a mistake has been made that is calcula-


ted to damage them politically, don't


amount to the breath required to make


them. No, no, Mr.. WATSON; stand right
up to your official record made while a


Member Of the Legislature until you
can, by the same, or some other compe-
tent authority, establish different one


equally as good.
Year: 1879

Never try to beat a colt into doing a
thing. for if nervous be may turn out a
vicious horse, and if stupid he may be-
come. stubborn. Remember that by pa
thence and gentleness be can be got to
do any thing that will not hurt him.


When the horse shows signs of shying
at an object, do not beat him, but lead
him up to it, allowing bin to stand and
look IS he comes closer, and after he ex-
amines it few times he will not fear any
thing Of the kind again. In passing by
hedges with colt, throw in stones and
stop him until he takes no notice Of the
noise. f' a''e


Before putting on any article Of har-
ness let your colt smell it, and then rub
against bis head, neck and body,


Always start q horse with the voice,
never with the cut of the whip. Ii start
ing turn little to one side; in stopping
when going up a hill do the same. Nor
risto,cn Herald. ~ e 2o'e91 t1s
Year: 1879

The editor of the Quincy (Ill.) Whig
is all store up" over the gradual hut sure
decay of the Republican party. 1t rants,
kicks, ,spurts, paws the ground, and final
ly comes TO the point with these kindly
observations


Every Republican knows that moth
ing could happen to this Republic that
would be of such advantage to it as a
general and judicious slaughter of the
Democrats at the polls. For this pur-
pose there ought to be a Federal bayo-
net in every county in the United States
at the next general election. There
ought to be more, bat there are unfortr-
nately no more to be bad. Every patri-
OF, however-and every patriot is Re-
publican-ought to take bay onet with
him to the polls for the purpose Of as
sisting the Federal army in the work OF
killing Democrats"
Year: 1879

s. Z. I y -


In preparing a meal for any one whose
appetite is delicate. it should be made TO
look as tempting as possible The tray
should be covered with lhe whitest nap
kin, and the silver, glass. and china
should shine with cleanliness. There
should not be too great variety of
viands, and but very small portion of
each one. Nothing more quickly dis
gusts feeble appetite than quantity
Of food presented at one time.


The. patient never should be consult
ed beforehand as to what he Will eat or
what be will drink. II be asks for any
thing, give 1t to him, with the doctors
permission; otherwise prepare. some
thing he Is. known to like and offer it
without previous comment. One OF the
chief offices Of a good nurse is 70 think
for her patient. His slightest want
should be anticipated and gratified be.
fore Ne has had tineto express, il. Quick
observation will enable her to defect the
first symptom OF worry or excitement
and to remove the cause. An invalid
never should be teased with the exertion
of making decision. Whether the
room is. too hot loo cold; whether
chicken broth, beef tea. or Cruel is best
for his luncheon, and all similar matters,
are questions which should be decided


without appealing to him. as3lias 10
Household troubles should be kept as
far as possible from the sick-room-
Squabbles of children or servantspeyer
should find an echo there.


In the event of some calamity occur


ring, of which it is absolutely, necessary
the sufferer should be informed, the i'll
news should be broken as gentlyas pos
lsible, and every soothing device employ.
ed to help him to bear the. shock


Above ALL an invalid, or evcngas per-
son apparently convalesceHt, should be
saved from his friends. One garrnlous


acquaintance admitted for half an Il hour


will undo the good done by a week ,of


tender nursing. Whoever is the respon-
sible person in charge should know how


much, her patient can bear, she should


keep a careful watch on visitors or whose


discretion she is not certain, and the


moment she perceives it to be necessary,
politely but-frmlysdismiss them.


2 She must carry outimplieitlgytheIdoc-
TORS directions, particularly thoselEre-


garding medicine and diet Strict obe-


dience to his orders, diligent, pains-ta-
king following of his Instructions will
insure to the sufferer the best results


from his skill, and bring ORDER method
and regularity into domestic nursing


Scribner. sd lfa 9,6aT7sa
Year: 1879

Wheeling, West Va, Aug. A fire
broke out in Volcano, town of 1000
inhabitants, in Wood county, this state,
early this morning and is still raging
fiercely. Half the town is in ashes
now and the flames will probably not
boz stayed until there is nothing for
them to feed on, as there is no water to
be had in anything like sufficient
quantity to queneh even an ordinary
fire. 1t is estimated that the loss will
reach 800, 900.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man has expressed the came of the trouble
among farmers in the West in the half dozen
lines we quote below:


The West is wheating itself poor, because we
have not grown enough cattle; because our
money lenders ask too high a rate of interest
for US to afford to stock up on borrowed capi-
ttal and because we are all more less In
debt, and must look to the wheat crop. as that
will bring us the most speedy return for our
labor.


The rate of interest banks and brokers have
charged farmers has caused more distress,
from the far East to the remote borders OF
Western civilization, among the agricultural
class, than all other causes combined. In
judicious borrowing has desolated thousands
of homes and transferred millions of dollars
from the hands which earned them with
slow toll and sweat to the Golfers Of sheriff.
and attorneys in the shape of fees" sscom-
missions" and illegal costs, whose defini-
ton is, money received for small expendi.
ture Of labor and care.