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Year: 1879

The Lincoln Globe, preparatory
to entering into s war on Senator Pad
dock in conjunction with the Oushs
Bee, Is profuse in its concentrations
Of Church Howe. That paper in it's
anxiety TO show its venom, Is rushing
rather blindly into war, armed with 8
supremsly impOtent cudgel in the
shape OF such . man Sc Howe SIS an
antagonist Senator Paddock il ms
King 2 splendid record. ss the records
OF the senate show, il always in his
place and always votes right, and We
presume 10 say that the people are
generally well satisfied with him and
will be very slow IN taxing up the
tight OF the Globe and Bss.-Bsdtrice
Courier.


We have been at q loss 20 account
for the Globes fawniug st the feet OF
our Nemahs Senator, knowing that
the Bee and Mr.. Howe has s feud.
We know that Howe was always on
hand to buy up such cattle as the
Globe, yet the Colr-ie-'s theory NAV
be correct. And by the way We NAV
say that such alliances would not be
likely 70 hurt Senator Paddock much.
Year: 1879

Mrs. N. q. Cook has taken the
agency OF New Howe Sewing Ma
chine, the best machine in the world
possessing combined improvements of
the Singer and Domestic. Sold az the
same price and terms, or at 8 liberal
discount for cash. Can De seen at her
Millinery Store at the foot OF College
street, near the river.
Year: 1879

About thirty railroad hands have
been constantly st work for two or
three weeks on the river banks, along
our ievse, riprsppiug and making and
sinking brush mating. The deter
mInstion seems to be 20 prevent fur
ther falling in of the hank along the
levee line. A new track is also being
graded, beginning in South Brown
vile, near the bluffs, to interseet the
old track at q point below danger.
Year: 1879

- The spring election Is near at
hand. The temperance people OF
BgoEuville should not forget that in
this election they have another duty
20 perform which should not be neg
lected. The right men sheuId be in
the right place.
Year: 1879

There are cases in which, throu gh the


giving way to excesses of various kinds,


including intemperance in eating and


drinking, the sufferers feel what they
often describe as "altogether out of
in the body that is not crippled more or
less, and the mind too seems to partake
of share of the general wreck. Mind
you, there may be no real disease in
any part of the frame, and still the pa
tient feels as i'll as possible. For cases
like these I can prescribe nothing better
than change of scene, and complete rest
of body and mind. This, combined
with temperance in eating and drink
ing, will soon repair the system. But
once restored to health, let complete
change in the system and style Of living
be had recourse to, or the second i'll
ness will be infinitely worse than the
first.
Tonics of some kinds may be found
of great use in helping to restor relaxed
constitutions during the holiday taken
Immediately before the advent of win
ter. The mineral acids with bitters,
and the t;ncture of bark, will often be
found invaluable; so will the bath.
Here is u capital tonic in the form Of a
bath. Well lather the body thoroughly
with soap and hot water, from head to
foot, by means of bathing glove. Then
Immediately after take a cold sponge
bath. which should be ready at hand.
If real sea-water is at hand, so much the
better; if not, the bath should be got
ready the night before. by throwing into
it two or three good handfuIs Of the
rough sea-salt of the shops. The bath
should be taken the very first thing
after getting out of bed, and if afterward
short walk be taken before breakfast,
the sense of exhilaration will be very
great. Bazar.
Year: 1879

The society for the protection Of ami
mails against the cruelty of human ami
mails is not remarkable for activity in
this country, writes the Paris CORE
spondent of a London paper. Tile po-
lice appear to think it no business of
theirs when carriers or coachmen bru-
tally maltrea. their horses in the streets,
or when boys amuse themselves by tor-
turing dogs and cats. or whatever other
creatures have the ill-luck to fall into
their hands. The horses would appear
to be aware of the supineness of their
supposed protectors, for they have taken
the matter into their own hands, or
rather into their own teeth and feet.
A carter by dint of hard hogging at his
three horses, persuaded them to drag
sixteen tons of coal to the root of the
steep hill which leads to the Boulevard
Bessiers; but his powers of stimulation
utterly failed to induce them to proceed
any further-a thick steam rose up from
their painting sides and nostrils.
Budget" said the fiend; and straight
way the carter began to lash and swear.
A crowd gathered around the furious
beast, who abandoned the lash
and began to bang his stick about their
heads and kick them with hob-nailed
boots in the sides. The leader of the
team took upon himselfto protest against
this extreme measure. He turned round,
seized the carriers arm with his teeth,
tossed him to the ground, and trampled
him with his hoofs; then seized him
again with his teeth and tossed him
about. The crowd and the police, which
had approvingly looked on while he
tortured the horses, interlered for the
protection of the human monster, who
was with great difficulty torn bleeding
and mangled from the just equine re-
sentiment. He is justly punished; but
surely some penalty should be inflicted
on the railroad company which sent ouI
this heavy load of coal to. be drawn up
hill by three horses, when twice the
number would barely have sufficed fol
the work.
Year: 1879

Another marvel recently brought to
light IN the Yellowstone park of North


America, is nothing less than a noun
tain of obsidian, or volcanic glass:
Near the foot of the Beaver lake 3 band
of explorers came upon this remarkable
mountain, which rises at that place in
columnar cliffs and rounded bosses to
many hundreds of feet in altitude, from
kissing hot springs at the margin of the
lake. As it was desirable to pass that
way, the party had to cut a road
through the steep CLASSY barricade.
This they effected by making huge fires
on the glass to thoroughly heat and ex;
pand it, and then dashing the cold
water of the lake against the CLASSY sur
face, so as to suddenly cool and break |


up BY shrinkage. Large fragments were
in this way detached from the solid side
of the mountain, then broken up small
by sledge-hammers and picks. not, how
ever. without severe lacerations Of the
hands and faces of the men from flying
splinters. In the grand canyon Of the
Gibson river, the explorers also found
precipices of yellow, black and banded
obsidian, hundreds OF feet high. The
natural glass of these localities has from
time immemorial been dressed by tn


Indians to tip their spears and arrows.
Year: 1879

A mistake sometimes proves a lucky
affair. While in the midst of his can.
vass Governor Foster received an offer OF
100000 for some railroad property
owned by him. He had no time to con,
slider the offer carefully, but concluded
that he would telegraph his acceptance.
He had at the same time occasion to
telegraph to his old friend and COM
panion in most Of his stumping tour.
Gen. W. II. Gibson, who was in q
neighboring town, and, being bothered
at the time by a dozen of claims upon
his attention, he got the addresses of the
two dispatches mixed. The acceptance
of the business offer went off directed
to General Gibson at Pine street, New
York. Next lay came q reply from the
telegraph office saying that no General
Gibson could be found in Pine street.
By that time Mr.. Foster concluded that
it would be better to hold on to the
property little longer. Now it is said
to be salable for 1925, 200, so the mis-
take in the address of the telegram was
worth S25. 900 to him.
Year: 1879

There may be seen daily on Chestnut
street, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, a
man dressed in faultless apparel, with a
great diamond on his breast, vainly en-
deavoring to out-glitter the magnificent
solitaire on his finger. In German
university he learned chemistry. and not
even Liebig knew it better. His busi-
ness is the mixing and adulterating of
liquors. Give him a dozen casks of
dcodorized alcohol and the next day
each of them will represent the name Of
a genuine wine or popular spirit. He
enters wholesale drug store bearing a
large basket upon his arm. Five pounds
of Iceland moss are wei ghcd out to him.
To raw liquors this imparts smooth
ness and oleaginousness that gives to
imitation brandy the glibeness of that
which is matured. An astringent cate
chu that would almost close the mouth
of glass ink-stand, is next in order. A
couple of ounces of strychnine, next
called for, are quickly conveyed to his
vest pocket, and a pound of white vitroii
is as silently placed in the bottom Of the
basket. The oil Of cognac, the sulphuric
acid, and other articles that give fire and
body to liquid poisons are always kept
in store. The mixer buys these from
various quarters. They are staples OF
the art.
Year: 1879

We have to record this week a pecu-
liarily aggravated case of misplaced
confidence. Everybody who attended
the recent masked ball at the pavilion
remembers the exceedingly vel
cuted representation Of Lotta's foun-
tain that sidled it's majestic way around
the room. This massive and faithfully
hideous fac Sinile, it appears, was con-
structed by two young gentlemen,
room-mates, one Of whom has confided
his tale of woe to our sympathetic paper
bosom. It seems the arrangement was
take turns in showing round the foun-
tain from the inside and supplying the
spigots from the reservoir of bucket
also concealed inside, by which arrange
ment the one not employed for the mo-
ment could participate in the outside
| festivities. Our informant faithfully
furnished the first hours locomotion to
the edifice. but when the time came for
| his relief his chum was nowhere to be
found. Worse than this, he discovered
that his per6dious friend had carried off
the key of the door on the side of the
structure, and as the latter was too
heavy to overturn he was complete
prisoner. By applying his eye to a
small peep-hole he could descry his
companion enjoying himself in a distant
part of the room. but when the indig-
nant captive had laboriously pushed his
prison house to the spot he would find
that the deserter had carefully waltzed
to some still remote corner. This con-
tinued for several hours, the eXasper-
ated man making occasional frantic
efforts to escape from his confinement.
The spectators were highly amused at
the manner in which the fountain would
make spasmodic rushes across the room.
knocking cupids down by the dozen and
causing monks and martyrs to yell with
anguish as their corns were sacrificed to
this new-fangled sort Of Juggernaut,
while instead of water the spigots afore-
said uttered regular melted lava torrents
of maledictions from the true inward
the rage and perspiration Of the foun-
tain's motive power was the fact that
every time he caught q glimpse OF his
betrayer the latter was engaged in hirt-
ing, ncck-deep. with the formers sweet
heart, to whom, in the kindness of his
heart, he had only introduced the per-
iurer the evening before. The injured
party says that he was finally about
fainting from heat and exhaustion when
about three in the morning he happily
fell through ventilator hole, over
which he accidentally wheeled his in
cubus, and was set free in body, but
with d mind whose confidence in his
kind has been shattered forever.-San
Francisco Post.
Year: 1879

The Boston advertiser gives an account


Of very sepbible scheme which has been


conceived by few laige-hearted and level


headed women Of that city. The scheme ia


an improvement upon the kindergarten


method OF teaching and the institution will


be known as the kitchen kindergarten, The


idea is to have the children meet once a week.
deVoting two hours TO each lesson. Each
child Is TO be provided with a tsblecloth.


napkins ana everything belonging 10 n we'll
rrd eres table, and Will be teught to Law III I'm
a proper manner. They will also be taupht
how 20 remove the dishes, wash them and
put them away in the neatest and quickest
manner. When the work has been iinisbed


the children listen to pleasant talk from


the teacher about behavior, are fought some
thing about the best methods Of exeycisinc
their muscles and entertained with music
The second lesson takes n all the details of


bed-making; the third is devoted TO washing
and Ironing; the fourth to syeepinp. waitInS


on table, tending door, laying fires and othe5


and at last come long course of lessons


intended to perfect the pupils in the flno art


OF cooking. Two OF these schools have been


established aud have already deyeloped spr-
prising results, though they are not vet be-


yond the experimental stage. II the schools
already established prove permanently sue.
cessiul others will be opened and Boston will
not be the only city blessed with such insti


tutlons. The one pressing long-felt want
which should be supplied Ia this country ia
skilled fominIne LABOR in the household. The
educational systems of this country do NOT
take into account the fact that almost every
woman will one day have care and superin.
tendence of household upon her hands. and
that she must either do the work herself
superinlend tho hired girl, or become the
slave OF her "help." IL thus happens that
thousands OF girls, whose only mission IN life
Will be the superintendence OF household
and whose destiny at some period of their
llVes will condemn them to actively partici.
pate in its lahors and drudgery, actuallv
enter upon those duties as ignorant OF them
IS tho young men they marry. They NAV
nave been ''well educated" IN the public
schools; they may have been 'fnished" at
some Institute" Bat the accompl ishment
and education impaired in these necessary
and ornamental institutions are about us use
iul to them as the training OF horse Jockey
would be 20 the editor OF daily newspapeS.
They find themselves when too old to learn,
suddenly called upon to master the details of
one of the most difficult of all ptofesslons-
that OF the accomplished housekeeper. As
general thing tde burden is too great aud the
effort encs In disgnst and that last resort of
incompetency--the American bosrding-hOuse
Ii this resort should become On impossible
thing on account OF an Increasing family, the
OF the household Is left 10 SER
wants whose waste and extravaganza bind the
chsin Of poverty 20 the family, never TO 10
broken In the lifetime OF the miserable moth
er. All this might have been prevented by a
systematic course OF training in childhood.
Year: 1879

The two sections of the elm tree recent
ly cut down in the rear OF Battle CSappel
have been contributed ty Superintendent
Andruss to the Scientific School. Professor
Brewer hss made careful examination of
one otthem, aud decides the age OF the tree
TO be one hundred and AfLy one years old.
According to tho rings showing the years OF
growth, It had o diameter OF about fifteen
inches at tho time of the Revolution. One
section will be sent to Harvard College
New Haven Register.
Year: 1879

THE scientists oil agree that tho present
month Of June is to be the hottest 10 fifty
years. The average maximum temperature
Of tho month so far hiss been so l-S degrees,
which Is fully ten degrees ia excess of the
average maximum OF the same month since
the year 1887. Prepare yourselves for .
solar waYs ofunusaal malignily an duration.
Year: 1879

: Rev. Josephus Cheyney lectured as
announced at the Hall Of the III. 5. X.
A., last evening, and despite the in
clemency q the weather had an excel
lent audience to listen to him. 1t Is
understood that the Rev. gentleman
will lecture in the Opera House under
the auspices of the club at an early
lata
Year: 1879

A legal gentleman met brother law
yer on Court street one day last week,
and the following conversation took
place: We'll, Judge, how is business p
Dull. dull; l am living on faith and
hope Very good, bat l have got past
you, for I'm living on charity


THANK you, but am sick as ever =
For thirty years I haven't known a we'll
day. 'Humph! Well, I've known you
all that time, and / don't recollect the
time when you we're not the very picture
of health That just proves the obsti-
macy and malignity Of my complaint,
which sticks to me in spite of my ap
parent robustness


"A party of Irishmen went to cloth
ing store to buy suit of clothing in
which to bury dead comrade. All va
rieties of garments were examined and
discussed by the mourning friends, but
none could be decided upon until one of
the party held up light thin suit, say
ing, "Begorra, let's take this, b'ys; its
thin an cool, and poor Pat will find it
mighty comfortable"
Year: 1879

We have recently heard, says the Bos-
ton Herald, of 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 amonopoly
to the exclusion. of hisimore 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 thor
oughly mixed-up condition and the libe-


raj accumulation Of dust. He hires no
attendance. but does all the work of


buying and selling himself. or course


he cannot always be in the store; he


must sometimes eat like other people


When he has occasion to 60 away he
goes and locks up the store. He locks
up the store when be is ~; he locks 1t
up when be comes TO Boston to buy
goods. In spite of this irregular pro-
ceeding he has acquired money, and not
little of it, too. But the really queer
thing about the man and the store re-
mains to be told. In one corner, moro
dusty than anything else in the place,
stand two demijohns. There they
have stood since the frst year this
man began business. They we're brought
by an old countryman to he filed with
molasses and vinegar. As be tooksope
In each hand to carry them to bis cart
at the door, be said he would settle for
them the next week when lie 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. sAll righk'
the couniryman, and be sss
the jugs down and went away And
there these vessels have stood ever since,
and have never been emptied.
Year: 1879

A few days since party of gentle
men were together. One man, a Joker,
stepped up to a member Of the party
and holding q long hair before his eyes,
said: "See here, old fellow, this looks
suspicious. Where did this long hair
come from2" "Why, that's from my
wife's headp care you sure of it?-
"Sure of it2 Of course I am. You
don't suppose you would find any other
woman's hair about me, do you ?" "No
probably not, but I am sorry you are SO
sure it is your wife's hair, for / just pick.
ed it off the coat Of this gentleman
pointing to friend near by. There was
tableau. but the victim "set 'em up
for the crowd when he saw the point OF
the joke.
Year: 1879

There is q difference in milkmaids;
the milk made In the country is not the
same as the milk made in the city.


Coffee growing has proved successful
with few planters in Southern Florida,
and its cultivation there promises to bs
extended.


Young farmer-How can we tell you
show to cure ham" unless you inform
us what ails the hamy
Year: 1879

BY MRS. MANDA GARRETT.
I'm thinking to-day of home, mother,
The home of my childhood days,
When but child by your side, mother,
You taught me Gods name to praise.
And while I am musing of home, mother, +
I think of far back in the past. IN
When father came home on furlough,
And ah, must say, twas the lastl
Yes. the greeting he gave was the last. motfsl
For he never came back any more; Ds
BE died for his country SO bravely, rcme
And scared to the bright, sunny shore.
We've missed him so sadly since then, mothe,
Your sorrows being many and deep;
But Christ, who said II will share them,"
Has made it so sure and complete.
For all through the storm and winter,
He has SO gently cleared our way;
Has given us to see SO plainly,


That the dark hours are just before day
But now we are parted. dear mother,


Your counsel I'll hear not SO oft;
But the counsel you gave I will cherish
Twas to walk in the ways of the just.
I'll love thee, yes, cherish thee. mother,
Though may be far away;
I'll think of the good night greeting


You taught at the close of each day.
You may often grow weary, dear mother,
Wien foes gather round near your door,
To tempt you and lead you to sin. mother,
But yield not, oh. trust in the Lord.
IT'S God who lsadeth his children


All along the pathway Of life;
He'll bless thee and make thee to know ,mothe
You shall dwell in the land of light.
Let us walk in the pathway of life, mother,
With charity and love for all,
And seek to honor the Savior
Who died to redeem from tho taH
When you go to the church-yard, mother,
Take Della with you oft, ~
And gather some beautiful flowers


To strew Ger that mound so soft.
And while Tn so happy in life, mother,
There's voice whispers soft and low:
Labor earnestly in my vineyard,





For they only reap who sown
Let us gather the sunshine, mother,


To brighten our home below;
For whether we ride in a cart or carriage,
Our hearts can be all aglow.
Year: 1879

1t is only shallow minded pretenders


who either make distinguished origin q
matter of personal merit, or obscure orl-


gin matter of personal reproach. Taunt
and scof6ng at the humble condition of
early life affect nobody in this country


but those who are foolish enough to IN
dulge in them. and they are generally
sufficiently punished by the published
rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of
himself need not be ashamed of his
early condition. l did not happen to be
born in log cabin, but my elder broth
ers and sisters were born in a log cabin,


raised among the snow drifts of New
Hampshire at a period SO early that
when the smoke first rose from its rude
chimney and curled over the frozen hill,
there was no similar evidence of white
mans habitation between it and the set
Elements on the rivers of Canada. Its
remains still exist; make it an annual
visit. I carry my children to it to teach
them the hardships endured by the gen.
erations which have gone before them.
| love to dwell on the tender recollec.
tions, the kindred ties, the early affec-
Year: 1879

The heaviest tax that can be imposed
npon nation is one that is paid in
human lives. From whatever point of
view the subject may be regarded, this
conclusion is irresistible. If we look at
it according to purely economical con-
siderations, we may obtain remarkable
results. 1t has been estimated that an
actual money cost of 81, 500 is incurred
in raising boy. Graded among the
poorest classes, from birth to manhood.
1t does not require us to ascend very
high in the social scale before we find
this estimate must be trebled. If we
take what we call the cost price of the
human unit at any definite time, say
$4,000 on arriving at maturity, the pro-
ducing power of the unit in question
will bear some relation to that sum the
more costly and careful education pro.
ducing, as rule, the more valuable re.
suit. as to the productive power. If the
laborer who earns Sc week adds 5000
per annum to the wealth of the country,
the physician, the scientific or military
or naval officer, the barrister or engineer,
may look forward to the time when his
yearly labor will be worth more than a
hundred times that amount, even if ap-
praised only by the price he is actually
paid for his time. Taking any produc-
ing individual, whether valued at $3.50
or $4,000 per annum, at any period of
his career, no income tax to which he
can be subjected can approach in its
pressure the extravagant tax of death.
For the payment of that tax at once an
initiates the total earning power of
which there was, until that moment, a
fair mathematical expectation.-.Science
Monthly.