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Year: 1879

Let US beware of technical notion of
religious life and truth. The essence and
power of religion are often contained in
that which has not the ritual imprint.
1--WE may take up" says Dora Greenwell,
"some exquisite poem or story, which has
no directly religious bearing. and feel that
it is religious because it strikes chord so
deep in human nature that we feel that it
is only the divine nature, God who COM
passes u.s. that can respond to what it
calls forth" God has cleansed many
things that, to the prosalc dogmatlst or
ritualist, seem common or unclean. His
ways are not our ways. He is subduing
to Himself forces and clements of life that
often seem to us quite outside the spiritu-
al realm. The progress of His kingdom
is not wholly reported on our church reg
listers. and the songs of Zion are not all
sung by our choirs. The wind that blow
eth where it listeth bears in its sweet
breath the fragrance of many flowers that
do not grow in our gardens. Let US be
ready to feel the heavenly influences even
when we cannot analyze and classify
them, and learn to think more of divine
realities than human phrases. .-Sunday
afternoon.
Year: 1879

AN EXPLOSION AT NORTH TROY DEPOT.
An accident occurred at the depot in
North Troy early the other morning which
might have resulted seriously, but was
luckily attended with no great damage.
The depot boy started to make II fire in the
stove and used kerosene oil to hurry it up.
AS it did not start quite as quickly rs he
wanted, he filled the stove with shavings
and turned down the back damper, which
set the fire going in good shape. He then
almost wholly closed the damper and the
" fun" began. The kerosene, of which
there was considerable, got under way,
and the stove began to groan and shake
after the manner of frst-class steam fire
engine, Very soon the pipe was lifted from
the stove, with the noise of gun, and
scattered over the room, and the occupants
made hurried departure. The displacing
of the pipe was all that saved genuine
stove explosion, and we might have had n
disaster to record. That boy will be care
full in future as to the combination of his
materials in making up a" brisk" fire.
Year: 1879

A Pennsylvania lady tells that when


General Harrison was running for the


presidency,he stopped at the old Washing
ton House in Chester for dinner. After
dinner was served. it was noticed that the
general pledged his toast in water, and
one of the gentlemen from New York in


Offering another said, General, will you
not favor me by drinking n glass of wine. "
The general refused in very gentlemanly
manner. Again he was urged to join in
q glass of wine. This was too much. He
rose from the table, his tall form erect,
and in the most dignfied manner replied
" Gentlemen, have refused twice to par
take of the wine cup. That should have
been sufficient. Though you press the
cup to my lips, not drop shall pass
the portals. made a resolve when
started in life that 1 would avoid strong
drink, and have never broken it. | am
one of class of seventeen young mer
who graduated, and the other sixteen fill
drunkards' graves-all through the per.
ncious habit of wine drinking. owe all
my health, happiness and prosperity tc
that resolution. Will you urge me nowP'
Year: 1879

The difference between riding horse
and riding hobby consists in lhis-that
one can get off Il horse at any time, but
once on n hobby, a man can never get off.


An old miser, having listened to pow
erful discourse on charity, said That
sermon so strongly proves tho necessity of
almsgiving that I've almost mind to
beg"
Year: 1879

Louisville Courier Journal


One OF the first duties of the
good citizen is to aid as far as he
can in supporting his county paper
for that paper can do more to pro,
mote the moral, intellectual and
material interests of his county
than any or all other agency.


Show us a county which literally
supports a newspaper, and we will
show you a county whose people
are intelligent, enterprising :and
prosperous. A good newspaper
flourishes only where the people OF
the country are known abroad for
their intelligence, their prosperity
in all their pursuits of life. About
the best county to move from rs
one which does not. or supports in
differently it's county newspaper
About the best county to move into
is one which does support, aud sup
ports literally its newspaper.
Year: 1879

We call special attention to the
following cure for one of the most
fatal diseases to which this climate
is subject, diphtheria. Don't fail
to preserve it. A correspondent OF
Victoria paper writes:


"Shonld any of your family he
attacked with dipFtheria do not be
alarmed, as it is usually speedily
cured without doctor.


"WheD it was raging in England
few years ago l accompanied DIR.
Field on his round to witness the
so-called wonderful cures he per
formed, when the patients of 9th
ers dropped OF on all sides. The
remedy 10 be so rapid must be sim
ple. All he took With him was
powdered sulphur aud a quill, and
with these he.cured every patient
without exception. He put q tea
spoonful of -four OF birthstone into
a wineglass of water and mixed 1t
with his finger instead of spoon,
as the sulphur does not readily
amalgate with water. Wien the
sulphur was well mixed he gave 1T
as a gafgle. aud in ten minutes the
patient was out Of danger. Brim-
stone kills every species of fungus
in a man, beast and plant in few
minutes. Instead of splitting out
the gargle he recommended the
Swallowing of it. In extreme cases
in Which be had been called just in
the nick of time, when the fungus
was too nearly closed to allow the
cargling, be blew the sulphur
through a quill into the throat, and
after the fungus had shrunk to al
low of it, then came the gargling.


"If the patient cannot gargle,
fake live coal, put it on shovel
and sprinkle a spoonful or two OF
the flour Of birthstone on it; let
the sufferer mhale it. holding the
head over it, and the fungus will
die. If plentifully used, the whole
room may be filled almost to sutfo-
cation. and the patient will be able
to walk about in it, inhaling the
fumes, with the doors and windows
closed. The mode of fumigatfng 4
room with sulphur has often cured
the most violent attacks OF cold IN
the bead, chest, etc., and Is also
recommended in cases of consump.
/ tion and asthma"
Year: 1879

Memphis Appeal,


The acclimated young man who
has to work for his living can't at
ford to marry an unacclimated girl,
one who has not had the fever.
Even the richest merchants aud
largest property owners complain
of the expense OF running away
and summering up North for four
months in the year The acclima-
ted girl is "a treasure in Memphis.
She may not have yellow hair, but
if she has had yellow fever she is
worth mint of money as a house
hold gift. The unacclimated young
man who has to work for a living
cannot afford to marry at all, be-
cause he cannot pick himself and
wife up every summer and skedad-
die towards the polar star. Among
the courting questions to be pro-
pounded prior to asking a girl to
marry are the important ones
4" Miss -, have you ever had the
yellow feveri d" Was it a typical
casep care you certain your
physician was correct 10 his dag
nosis of your caser II the answers
are not quite satisfactory other
questions might be put that would
develop the desired facts.
Year: 1879

MIR. HENDRICKS denies the
statement that he has been abu-
sing Mr.. Tiiden. We are glad to
learn this, as it does not look well
in him to abuse the gentleman with
whom he was associated in the last
presidential canvass.
Year: 1879

bonds only thirty days after the date OF calls
is also calculated to do injustice to pubic
creditors abroad. and to put an end to IN
vcstments in United States bonds by for
eieners 1t Is thought that this bill, and the
mischef-mnking nest Of repudiators known as
the Committee on Banking and Currency, have
lost all chance for this session; but, as was
shown last Winter. there is no telling what
this extraordinary House may do.


As 10 all these measures, and any others
designed to defeat resumption, tn public safe
guard is in the Republican majority OF the
Senate and the Presidents veto. There Is no
reason to doubt that more than One-third OF
the Senate will sustain Secretary Sherman In
resisting any measure which he deems injuri-
ous to the public credit. And this safeguard
fortunately for the country, Will remain even
after the Democrats have secured majority
i'm the upper House.
Year: 1879

men that if they were again brought before nm
charged with repetition of their offence he must
send them to prison for thirty days. month IN JAN
without any wine bad spirits or pipes or cigars
would be worse than early prayers and recit"-
ton and lecture, TO say nothing of the loss OF
character which tho punishment would involve


II would probably be followed. or ought to be-


by expulsion from college, and what that would
probably be followed by, we need not say
If these boys think it best to abandon the prospects
of lifetime for the sake of drunken lark, one can
only bewail their infatuation, and pity the homes
to which they will bring modification and sorrow.
Year: 1879

The llliuoi, Legislature winch has juft set
ND i plaintiye cry for the silver dollar Of our
fathers, as it has come down to Us from SEQ
"Iorial times" will be astonishcd to Learn
that the silver dollar has been steadily diinn-
i.bjus in weight since colonial times and
that the present dollar is the least welghty
and least respectable of all. The least tribute
these loyal sons can pay to the memory OF
Their colonial sircs is to demand that the sll-
yer dollar be put back where they left it
And if the old dollar was cheaper than the
new. The Illinois Legislature would!
Year: 1879

If the few Brooklyn Aldermen who resisted the
annual motion 10 purchase badges for new meln-
bcr- Of the Board at cost oi $50 EACH viii be con-
s.trnt and refuse to wear the badges after they
have been provided they wlll do real public ser
vice in q small way. The expenditure Of some thing
over ~ 900 for badges for each new Board is an
abuse none the less real because the amount in
volyed Is not enormous. There is also manifest bad
taste here The coarse fellow who sad that his less
experienced and moro economical. colleagues were
.'frcsh and would be in favor Of unlimited badges
next year. evidently does not know that fifty
dollar dgc on I'm Alderman Of his stamp Is about
as appropriate 4, e pearl necklace on a pig
Year: 1879

SO many of what are called the hard drink
ers of society. We see in ali these the ex-
ternal sign of that diminished resistance in
the blood vessels to the entrance of blood
which alcohol induces in differnt degrees.


Those who laugh at abstainers for being
pale would be warranted in laughing if it
were the fact that the red face they so much
admire was a face Indicative of health, and
the pale face indicative of disease. Unfor-
tunately for their side of the case, that suf-,
fused face, that jolly red face, that dark red
face is the face of disease, while the pale
face is the face as Nature meant it to be.
Unfortunately, also, for the laughers, is the
fact that the. red face is not simply skin
deep, and confined to the face. The same
redness extends to other and more vital sur
faces. The surface of the brain and of the
other more vital organs are congested in like
manner, according to the degree of injury
that has been inflicted on the blood vessels
by the paralyzing drug that is accredited
with SO much usefulness.


There is an immense population living
from day to day in this semi -paralyzed con-
dition of the circulation. They are already,
in the midst Of their laughter, half wrecked.
They are easily overbalanced by slight caus-
es, and they almost inevitably fall prema-
turely into death,i if they, do not succumb


Immediately. Sometimes they get organic
kidney or liver disease, or consumption of
the lungs. Physically, the condition of the


whole of the members of this great popula-'
tion is;very bad. They are the last that


should make fun of the pale faces. !
Year: 1879

SLEEP AS A MED1c1NE.-A physician says
the cry for rest has always been louder than
the cry for food. Not that it is more i'm
portant, but it is often harder to obtain.
The best rest comes from sound sleep. OF
the two men or women otherwise equal, the
one who sleeps the better will be the. more
healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much
to cure irritability Of temper, peevishness
and uneasiness. 1t will restore vigor to an
overworked brain. 1t will build up and
make strong weak body. It will cure a
headache, IT will cure q broken spirit. It
will cure sorrow. Indeed we must make a
long list of nervous and other malladies that
sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness
requires clean. good bed, sufficient exer-
else to promote WEAKNESS, pleasant occupa-
tion, good air, and not too warm room a
clean conscience and an avoidance of stimu-
lents and narcotics. For those who are
oyerworked, haggard, nervous, who, pass
sleepless nights, we commend the adoption
of such habits as will secure sleep.
Year: 1879

Vivid pictures are often drawn of the
stupidity of children, and especially of the
ignorance which they display of the mean
ings of common English words. But such
pictures are more vivid than true. A child
may understand the meaning of word per-
fectly without being able to find a synonym
for it. To give a definition of the COM
monest word off-hand, is not always easy.
An inspector expressed his surprise that no
child could tell him the meaning of the
word boat, and, upon being asked him
self to define it, said =


why, a boat is IA boat, you know.
Everybody knows what a boat isl


The story is too good, perhaps, to be
true but it points moral nevertheless.
Year: 1879

Mrs. Partington's remark concern
ing going to church is so timely as to
be worthy of repetition now. moth.
ing does me so much good" said she.
as to go to church and hear pop
ulous pasture dispense with the
gospel"
Year: 1879

Mr.. EDITOR: Quarantine, as against
yellow fever. is getting to be ques-
ton OF Importance. 1t is a question
appealing to the best feelings of hu-
manity, and, plainly put, will strike
the truly Christian heart as a voice
from God Himself, asking what Of
thy brother? Shall thy neighbor,
thy kiDsman, may be, bone of thy
bone, and flesh of thy flesh, be denied
an asylum because he has fled from a
pestiferous air, which it is impossible
for him to carry with him? Shall
the offices of humanity be withheld
on an assumption of truth, in prop
osition, which has been again and
again disprOven?


The humanitarian is trembling more
for the results of absolute meanness,
which men will be guilty of under
the teachings of the possible transport
tstion of yellow fever, than from any
fear of that fever being propagated in
a locality incapable of originating it.


And the Christian had better 90 to
his closet, and devoutly ask for guild.
ance in this emergency, lest, per-





chance, he be led from confidence in
unsonnd doctrine, to place himself in
position where his brothers. blood
will cry aloud against him.


speak whereof know. For two
hundred years the yellow fever has
been under observation, and they ap-
proach a unit against the dogma of
propagation at locality in
capable of originating it,--are al
most a unit against the possibility
of it's transportability from the at
mosphere of the locality in which it
originates.


I beg you to publish this, my pro-
fessional protest, against SO untenable
a doctrine, and my imploring to sem
slbie people to look at the questions
involved in the same considerate man
ner which they would give to a mat
ter OF business in which they were
concerned more than any one.


FRNAK A. RAMSEY, M. D.
Year: 1879

New York Sun.l


Presence of mind has lately proved
valuable in several interesting cases.
Henry Kuhn, at the bottom OF Du-
buque well, drove his pickax into the
side, and stood under it when he saw
the earth laden bucket falling, thus
saving himself from being crushed.
John Carey, when lightning struck
the New Haven mill, of which he was
foreman, knocked down three of the
panic-stricken operators, who were
madly rushing toward the narrow exit,
and so prevented dangerous jam on a
stairway. Mrs. Dunkin, OF Long
Prairie, Minn., was threatened with an
AK by her crazy son. She said: "Well,
if you want to cut my head Oft, let's
go to the choppins block" 1Ie nodded,
and they passed out to tho wood pile.
1t was dark, and addressing him with,
"Now, I'll put my head on the block"
she drew the white kerchief from her
neck and throw it down and slipped
away. The lunatic struck the kerchief
a heavy but harmless blow. Julia
Clarke, q San Francisco factory girl,
was caught in machine by her long
hair. She seized pair of shears and
cut off her tresses so quickly that she
was not drawn between the wheels
and killed, as she otherwise would
have been. Ten men started down the
shaft of a Nevada mine in small
skip. Tho donkey engine broke, and
the miners felt their vessel sink down
ward with lightning speed. Dcathly
fear turned every face white. In the
panic most of them clutched the skip
to wait for the crash. at the first init
! nation Of disaster Patrick Mccarthy,
the engineer at the top OF the shaft,
seized a heavy plank and thrust the
end between the pigcon-shaft and the
| reel from which the cable was running
Off The drum was running with ter.
rife speed, and the friction produced
streams OF fire and smoke. But the
engineers thrust was exactly at the
right point, and the end of the board
soon checked the descent, bringing the
skip to a standstill Il few feet from tho


bottom.
Year: 1879

ruE West Virginia Press Association
holds meeting in this city to-day. This
meeting is partly for business and partly
for social purposes, We are glad to vel.
come the brethren Of the quill to our
midst, and they will be made cordially
welcome by all our people. The business
meeting will be held in the Senate
Chamber at the Capitol at 10 o'clock
to-day, after which the programme
will be, as we understand It, to visit sever.
al Of the prominent business establish
ments OF the city. Tonight banquet will
be given the editors at the Mcclure House
by a number Of the business men Of the
city,


To one and all OF the visiting brethren
We would say that the latch string at the
IS1ELLIdRNcRR Office hangs out, and we
shall be glad to be able TO contribute in
any manner to the pleasure Of their So
ourn in our midst.
Year: 1879

TIE healthy growth Of the baby Is de.
pendent upon is freedom from the PERM.
cions effects OF opium. Dr.. Bulls Baby
Syrup Is the best remedy known for the
diseases Of early childhood.
Year: 1879




Last Sunday morning, as the regular
tram was approaching 81. Vincent, aud
near the section house, Conductor Jack mar
who happened To be looking out of the
baggage car, discovered the engine of the
Pemblna branch on the main track wood.
ing up. He at once pulled the bell-cord.
and his eDgiuec, Immediately put on the
air brakes. Al that time, owing to the
curve in the track, the engineer did not see
the other engine. tut did little later, when
tie at once reversed bis engine; but too
late, the engines met, one stationary, and
the other advancing at the rate OF about
fifteen miles an hour Engineer Weer of Con.
dnctor Jackman's train, bravely stood to his
post, after telling his fireman to lump off.
which he did, and landed in the woodpile.
The sho>k was quite severe, smashing the
fronts of both engines, and also smashing
the end Of the mail car, and tipping il
over on to the wood pile. A severe shak-
ing up Of passengers, and general helter
skeler Of baggage was the only damage
done to parties and things inside. Conduc-
Tor Jackman was just on time, and the
whole blame is attached to the Pembipa
branch engine, which had no business to be
where it was, without at least taking the
ordinary precaution Of sending out a flag.
man, more especially IA it was storminp
severely at the time. Another engine was
sent up from Crookston on Monday for the
regular evening train, the other one being
too badly smashed for service.
Year: 1879

The first excursion from Philadelphia
TO the Brandywine, took place yesterday,
when about thirty-five persons came
down. Last summer about one hundred
was the average daily attendance, and it
ID hoped that there will be fully that
many coming down each day this season
when the weather gets warmer.
q As WAS the case last year, many in
dulge in regrets that the park is not bet
ter and more comfortable fixed up. 1t is
the general opinion, tha. were benches
and swings put up, the place would be
much more frequented by Philadelphia
excursionists.
Year: 1879

ways expected that the ohjector will not stop
with mere objection, but will, as logical
sequence, make a counter proposition and
support it by argument, in order to show his
superior position, and the strength Of argu-
ment with which it is supported. This is the
either wisdom or erudition We are sorry to
find that the Advertiser man has totally failed
in all this, and hence he has not improved the
defenseiess position of the psper whose cham
pionship he assumes on the financial question
under discussion. Unfortunately for the Ad-
vertiser this new light proves to be no light at
all, but simply an objector. There is nothing
in the world so easily done as to put in the
terrible words / object TO any proposition, but
then il must be remembered, that simply to
object to proposition does not prove its falla-
cy. But as We are perfectly willing to give
the author of the article under review the full
benefit of objecting to our views, we would
respectfully suggest tue propriety of his offer
ing a counter proposition with few logical
arguments in support of the same. In this
way the truth may be arrived at, and it is
more than likely that this new light may sue
ceed in convincing us of our error, and bring
ing US over to his new and superior views.
But until he does this, we are left in the dark
as TO what the Advertiser man wishes to ar
rive At. In other words, if the writer for the
Advertiser has theory, let US have it by all
means, that the people and the Government
may be able to adopt some plan of relief for a
suffering community.