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Year: 1879

Don't go to the theatre, concert or ball,
But stay in your room tonight;
Deny yourself to the friends that call
And good long letter write
Write to the sad old folks at home
Who sit when the day is done
With folded hands and downcast eyes
And think of the absent one.
Don't selfishly scribble excuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to write"
Lest their brooding thoughts go wandering back
To many a by-gone night
When they lost their needed sleep and rest,
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their delicate babe
To their tender love and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more need
Of their love or counsel wise;
For the heart grows strongly sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes
1t might be well to let them believe
You never forget them, quite;
That you deem it pleasure, when far away,
Long letters home to write.
Don't think that the young and giddy friends,
Who make your pastime gay,
Have half the anxious thought for you
That the old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off;
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they looked and longe,
Be day an hour too late
For the sad old folks at home,


With locks fast turning white,
Are longing to hear from the absent one
Write them a letter tonight.


National Baptist.
Year: 1879




Spanning the river Antigua, at the
mouth of which Cortez built his Vera
Cruz and sank his ships before begin
ming his march into the interior, stands
the famous natural bridge, better
known, perhaps, by its old name of
the kings bridge, the neighborhood of
which has doubtless been the scene of
more robberies than any other single
spot in all this robber-haunted land.
For the country that Montezuma ruled
and Cortez conquered is the paradise of
robbers. Every variety of the craft
thrives here, from the petty thief who
steals ones handkerchief to the daring
hlghwayman who makes swoop upon
a convoy of dollars, and thinks little of
fierce fight with its escape. In every
city in the land, when darkness slrouds
the streets, the rObber and assassin
issues from his lair with knife, sword
and lasso. The broad glare of day even
is not always protection. The press
frequently directs the attention of
the authorities to the boldness and
frequency of the robberies commit
ted at high noon. There is scarce
ly a road in Mexico two miles
from a city that is not infested with
bandites, and the traveller is generally
obliged to go well armed. Honest men
who have anything to lose are always
careful how they walk the streets at
night. In the City of Mexico some
years since band of midnight robbers
called Eusebadoes, from sebo, tallow,
kept the whole city in frenzy of fear
and piled their nefarious calling for
long months before tardy justice over
took them. They derived their name
from the habit Of stripping stark naked
and amounting themselves with oil,
Year: 1879

THE WRONG OF Practical JOKES
Dennis Carney of Holyoke, died quite
suddenly last week, of pneumonia. His
family has had considerable sickness
and misfortune: About a year ago one
OF his children had an arm torn off by
a machine at brickyard. Carney was
a nard- working man, and having OBJ
tanned work in paper mill, was trying
hard to support his family and pay up
the debts contracted through sickness
and hard luck. Some of the workmen
in the mill, to play joke on Carney
one day hid his shoes, and when time
came to go home at night, he could not
lind them. He walked home in his
slippers, took a violent cold which
brought on pneumonia, and died in
about two days.-Holyoke Iranscript
Year: 1879

q An old colOred man near Roa-
noke, n: c., had some quite unusual
inck while fishing the other day. He
had set line and left the pond, but re-
turning shortly he found that instead of
fish he had captured duck and an
owl. The duck caught the roach with
which the hook was baited and was
Year: 1879

We have recently heard, says the Boston Herald, of a character in New Hampshire town whose personality smacks of individuality and independ- ence so strongly that we wonder of what original spring he has had a monopoly to the exclusion of his more ordinary neighbors. This man keeps "general store." He has kept this same store for twenty years, and one would almost say the same stock, judging from its thoroughly mixed-up condition and the literal accumulation of dust. He hires no attendant, but does all the work of buying and selling himself. Of course he cannot always be in the store he must sometimes eat, like other people. When he has occasion to go away, he goes and locks up the store. He locks up the store when he is ill he locks it up when he comes to Boston to buy goods. In spite of this irregular proceeding he has acquired money, and not little of 1t, too. But the really queer thing about the man and his store remains to be told. In one corner, more dusty than anything else in the place, stand two demijohns. There they have stood since the first year this man began business. They were brought by an old countryman to be filled with molasses and vinegar. As he took one in each hand to carry them to his cart at the door, he said he would settle for them the next week when he came down. But the storekeeper had better plan, and suggested mildly that the jugs better be left, too, till the next week, when their contents could be paid for. "All right" responded the countryman, and he set the jugs down and went away. And there these vessels have stood ever since, and have never been emptied.
Year: 1879

The Tirnova election has it's parallel in that which raised Marshal Bernadotte to the throne of Sweden in 1911, despite the covert opposition of Napoleon, who foresaw clearly enough the danger that threatened him from the elevation of 8 man who had so often smarted under his unsparing rebukes. One of the devices employed to turn the scale on that occa- sion is we'll worth chronicling. The Queen-mother, few days before the election, sent coat of fine broadcloth to the principal leader of the popular par ty, with an autograph letter from her. self, requesting him to appear in it on the day of the ceremonial, in compi- ment to her. The representative in question being proverbial for his cour- tesy, she calculated that he would be too polite to refuse, and that his aceptance would lose him the regard of his brother Radicals. But the intended victim was equal to the emergency. On the morn ing of the election he appeared in his usual simple dress, to the Queens great chagrin; {; but when she upbraided him with his want of courtesy, he re- piled by throwing open his coat and dis playing an inner lining made from the broadcloth which she had sent him, say ing at the same time, with low bow, "That which we most value, Madame, we do not place outside, but next our heart"
Year: 1879

There is a wonderful fascination about iron work and iron workers. Novelists have made them the scenes and heroes of their stories poets have made them the themes of deathless song. We sing of the forge of Tubal Gain, and Hector swore s'by the forge that stithied Mars's helm," but the other trades are passed over.

 When did poet, in lofty numbers, sing the carpenter lathing back room on the second floor?

 Who chants the brawny arms and the thrilling deeds of man climbing four story ladder with bod of mortar?

 Does anybody stand with rapt emotion watching painter putty up nail hole

 would not exchange my one hour ct midnight in the iron works at Ashland for whole week of watching man mix mortar with hoe. Why, these iron works surround the Ashlanders with enough romance to last Western community at least six weeks. And yet, suppose there are people about here WAO AOfCL onW O AoAA AA1O7 III OAOA A1FOSs I have known times, in my own eminently useful and highly ornamental career, times when I was trying to nail front gate to'a leather hinge, when I wished there had never been nail made anywhere by anybody. And watched them as they fell from the ponderous machines, fast as rain drops, and it seemed to me, as I watched them fall, that I could hear the dull, treacherous thud of the hammer on the human thumb, the low vail of a woman's anguish, !" the big, big D " of a strong man in his agony. These strange weird feelings and fancies rushed into my mind like 0 torrent. I stopped and picked up bran new nail, as memento of my visit.

 Then I laid 1t down again. Sadly, but not slowly. have an impression, I know not where I got it, that new laid nail, like new laid egg, is warm. And that it is far more perceptible in the case of the nail. It may not be so in every instance. I presume there may be some nails laid cold. But the one picked up was not so everlastingly gee whizzing cold, and I did not investigate any farther. HNepkeve.
Year: 1879

A writer in the British Medical Jour- nal, in communication to the editor in regard to the possible cause of the re- cent outbreak of au epidemic of sore throat at Darmstadt, says: 1t is weli- known that women and children are in the habit of kissing pet cats and dogs, especially when these favorites are ill with discharge from the nose, cough, and sore throat, and even use their pocket

 handkerchiefs to wipe away the secre- tion. I have seen this done frequently. As such mistaken sympathy is exceed ingly dangerous, think notice in the Journal to this effect would tend to its discouragement. It is a common saying that, There the cat has got cold now it will go through the house; ; and, as this remark has been repeatedly verified, it shows how careful people should be to avoid contact with such mode of con- tagion. I do not affirm that this was the way in which the disease was con. tracted, either within or without the palace walls, but I,feel sure the habit of kissing pets is source of danger that should be widely known aud prevented.
Year: 1879

MT. A. O. Redwood, in one of his ," Johnny Reb " papers, in Scrdbser for June, gives this description of an in cident within the Confederate lines. He says It was the end of bleak No vember day the fires of railway ties, extending in a long line either way as far as the eye could follow, made still more neutral by contrast with their rud- dy light the dun-gray fields of stubble, and the woods in which the gorgeous panoply of the earlier season was paling into russet and ashy tones. The work was over and we were waiting with some impatience for the order to take up the line of march back to camp for the evening air struck chilly through our threadbare and tattered jackets, and we had eaten nothing since early morning. Moreover, wild rumor had spread abroad that an issue of fresh pork awaited our return, and though the long habit of expecting nothing good until 1t came secured us against any serious disappointment there were not wanting tender memories of |" short J biscuit to raise our anticipations higher than we cared to own. Thus preoccu- pied, we are fain to refer distant cheer ing further down the line to tidings of the coming rations, and we gather by the roadside in order to get off the more promptly when our turn shall arrive. The sound grows more and more dis tinct every moment, and now, far down the road some moving object can just be discerned in cloud of dust which travels rapidly our way. Nearer and nearer it comes louder and more en, thusiastic ring the shouts, and now we make out in the dust the figure of g single horseman, with clump of others trailing off into obscurity behind him Jackson IS coming! A moment more. and he is here, going at almost top speed his hat is off; his hair blowr back from his broad white forehead

 his eyes dancing and his cheeks agloN with excitement, and the rush of keer air. And now the cheers grow deafen ing and ragged hats are swung more wildly still as the men of the Foot Cav airy recognize their leader. The caval cade passes like whirlwind and disap pears 1n the dust up the road, cheeree to the very last tagging courier of the escort,- we are in good hunor now with ourselves and all the world. Ane as we step briskly out upon our home ward march, the air feels fresh and in vigorating, and the miles seem shorter than they were in the morning; ever the beloved biscuit is of minor conse quence, and the promised pork pales be side the thought which fills us-that VI have seen Jackson

 And we got the pork besides
Year: 1879

The complexion of persons whose digestion is out of order, who are bilious, or who lack vigor, always exhibits an unhealthy tint. It is by regulating the bodily organs and pro- parchment hue indicative of i'll health, is ban ished from the cheeks. To rectify the fault of sallow complexion, use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an invigorant and alternative which removes those obstacles to renewed strength, physical comfort and personal attractiveness = an imperfect digestion and secretion, and a disordered condition of the bowels. Persis- tence ln the use of this inestimable corrective and tonic will assuredly result in renewed physical regularity and vigor, will tend to in- crease bodily substance, and cause the glow and clear color of health to return to the sal- low, wasted cheek.
Year: 1879

The Geneseo correspondent of the Buffalo Courier recites a case that re- gently came up there which recalls to him the history of similar one in this locality many years ago. "It seems" says the writer, that large open boat had been tied up close to the wharf at Charlotte. Some hay was lying about on it. This tempted young bull, who had broken from an adjoining field, to board the boat and help himself. While thus engaged, the boat, by some means, broke from it's mooring and hoated away, carrying the bull with it out to sea. The owner, finding his bull gone, traced him on board the defendants boat and brought an action of trover for the conversion of the animal. Having proved these facts, the plaintiff rested, and the late Charles M. Lee, distin- guished member of the Rochester bar, proceeded to open the case for the de- fence. "GentIemen of the jury" said he, " this is 8 very important case in- deed, very-but fortunately it will not present long array of evidence. In fact there are only two questions in it for your consideration. Upon these this whole case turns. Having settled these you will easily arrive at verdict These great questions are: Did the boat run away with the bull, or did the bull run away with the boat? We shall contend, gentlemen, that the bull ran away with the boat, therefore the plain tiff cannot recover" The jury found with MT. Lee, that the bull did run away with the boat, and the defendant had a verdict"
Year: 1879

Fowls cannot get along we'll on grain food alone, and must, in both winter and summer-tllo latter especially-be sup piled with some green, succulcnt food, or they will, ere long, become diseased or sickly, when the matter of profit will be very problematic indeed. Many a time have we seen persons pay snug little sums for small flock of fine fowls, put them into neat houses and yards, give them plenty of corn, wheat, oats, etc., watering them regularly, but never allow them bite of grass or other green food. The place must be small, indeed, which cannot afford enough grass for 8 flock of fowls. If sods cannot be ob- tained, cut bunch of fine young grass early every morning for them, and they will show you how badly they need it by eating it up with evident relish. The labor necessary to supply them with this is not very great, and should be pleas ure rather than task, while the benefits which the fowls derive therefrom are very great indeed. .

 If you do not care to give the fowls their green food in the shape of grass, supply them with 8 head of cabbage each day. Tie it up by the roots to some convenient place, and the fowls will soon pick every piece off clean. This is also the way to supply them with their green winter food. Even if you have to buy the cabbage, it is not very expensive; for you caa get the soft heads, which sell at very low price compared with the hard, solid and mar ketable ones at a nominal price, Moore's Rural LJe.

 FooD FOR THE Cow.-Dr. Sturtevant says: "A COW eats food, and milk is made in quantities according as the an- cestry of the COW have been good or poor mixers. The natural or wild COW gives hardly enough milk for her calf, and not enough to satisfy domes- tic calf. Feed the wild COW high, and her milk yield is slight. Large quanti- ties of milk come largely through in- heritance. It is the same with quality. The milk of different breeds has differ ent character. When COW of any breed has enough food, considered in the ele- ments of which the food is made up if there is nothing lacking in the food that is needful to her growth and health then I think it is agreed by the best authority that 8 mere increase of food will not change the quality of the milk while it will increase the quantity"

 A FARMERS TROUBLES. honest farmer of Iowa is reported by The HoaOk- eye man as somewhat discouraged this backward spring in consequence of the following episodes of 8 single afternoon: In the first place he was ''bounced for using three-horse clevis he made him. self, and for which perambulating in- dividual claimed patent; then the imp of the driye-Well wrung him dry; then
Year: 1879

\ poor horse is apoor piece of property,
because with horses we employ labor at
high prices. and if the team is unable to
do 4 full day 5 work, part of this labor is
wasted. Generally. with superannuated
horses. enough more has to be fed III grain
and meal to largely increase the necessary
expense. | would always feed a team
we'll: but with strong, young horses, this
thus diminish its cost. To keep intirm
horses ut work involves greater expense,
as much of their feed is needed to keep
up their vitality. \ team ofhorScS, each
weighing 300 pounds OF over. and from
five to ten years old can do an immense
amount of work if well fed and in hands
willing to put them through. The great
satisfaction in using such a team comes
from the fact that they will not probably
be injured by any work that they are like
ly to be put to.


In keeping team of work horses,
would seldom turn to pasture. and then
only for brief time after midsummer.
and when there was no pressing work to
be DONE Horses ut hard work cannot be
pastured prottably, and fthcy are strong
and healthy. are better in the stable than
anywhere else. Abled bodied men can
work all through the summer six days on
of every seven and take no injury. There
is no reason why able bodied horses in
good health should not. with proper care
and feed. do the same. The bite of grass
which Il plough horse gets at any time
through the Spring work does him far
more harm than good. When burdock
leaves appear few may be led which
will he rclishcd by most horses: but be
yond this the diet should be mainly good
clover hay. with corn and oatmeal OF cut
feed to give strength. and an occasional
feed of roots to sharpen the appetite and
keep the bowels open.


With good horses kept i'll the best con-
dition it is possible to reduce the number
employed i'll working place. Four or
HNt III tlb lllc WbGk
of six or more poor ones, and do it much
more satisfactorily to the owner or the
man who works them. Very often it will
be found advantageous to hire some team
to supplement that kept on the farm rath-
er than let work get behind-hand. OF keep
more horses than are needed through the
greater part of the year. This is especial
ly the case where. through bad manage
mcnt. the horses on the farm are unable
to do full day work. When plough
ing or seeding drag along late i'll the
season from such cause. the fact fore
bodies vast deal of needless work and
worry for the farmer, and an Improbable
seaSon at the close. "A stern chase is Il
long chase" and the farmer who gets be
hind-hand at the beginning of the season,
will find little either of satisfaction or pre-
tit in his work
Year: 1879

CONDITIONS on WHICH THE WITNESS HoRNsBY
MAY BE BAILED AN APPEAL TO THE Gov
ERNoR.


BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


New ORLEANS. jan l. 1879.
The State authorities have at last come to a con-
clusion on the subject Of bail in the of the wit
ness Hornsby which is quite as remarkable as the
entire proceedings in relation to this man. The
amount of bail has been fixed at $3.50. with the un-
derstanding, however. that it must be furnished in
the parish from whence it is alleged he is u fugitive.
This places the prisoner in something of dilemma.
He must go to Natchitoches in order to give bail and
he can't go because he is detained . prisoner
in the parish Jail here In order to meet all the diff
cultes Of his situation Hornsby sent petition to
the Governor yesterday asking that he would order
him to be sent to Natchitoches, that he could
present himself before the only tribunal which, he
told had jurisdiction in his offer the amount
of bail that had been required of him and obtain
his freedom until his case is called. The petition
further asked that the Governor would pro
tect him from all bodily harm to be done.
or procured to be done. by any and all
lawcss mobs," which protection it is to be hoped
the Governor will give When Hornsby first
arrested, on the 18th of December, warrant is
been ordered to leave the parish of Natchitoches he
committed without the benefit of bail He has
been lying since then in city parish prison and
has evidently suffered from the effects of his mpris
onment


HoRNsDYs OFFENCE.


The account he gave of the circumstances
which led to charges against him quite inter-
estng as the law in his case. He says the man
who made the charges had covered his body with a
double barreled gun, cooked and loaded. threatening
to kill him. This. after some deliberation. he
cluded not to do. Instead. he made an affidavit
against Hornsby charging him with assault with in
tent to kill.
Year: 1879

Strange mischances with fatal results
are daily happening here and there. A
Boston butcher ran against knife that
lay on a block, severed an artery and
bled to death. A Denver woman caught
her foot in a railroad frog, and could not
get loose before train ran over her. A
Verne mt farmer sneezed with straw in
his mouth, drew it into his lungs and
died choking. A horse kicked Michi-
gan bov into deep well, where he was
drowned. The shoe few off kicking
mule in Nashville, and fractured the
skull Of baby. An Oregon girl swal.
lowed her engagement ring, and lived
Just week afterward. While standing
on his head on top of high fence post,
an Iowa boy lost his balance, fell in a
tub of hot water, and was fatally scald-
ed. A stone, thrown by q playfellow,
broke glass from which st. Louis boy
was drinking, driving some Of the pieces
down his throat, and he died few days
afterward. in great agony. Looking up
to watch the fight of an arrow, a NASH
Vile woman did not see it descending
directly over her head, and the sharp
metal point penetrated her brain through
one of her eyes, killing her instantly.