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Year: 1879

There are mild forms Of hypochondria
which never receive that specific name
from the doctors who attend them, but
nevertheless give their victims much
trouble. The nervous man who is visited
with pimple magnities it into q malig-
nsnt pastule, and his imagination tor.
lures him with the morbid picture OF
the suffering and sudden death which he
will be called to undergo. Many people
are haunted all their lives in this way
without anything serious ever happen
ing, and when they reach old age have,
for sole compensation, the opportunity
of congratulating themselves that not
one of the disagrceabc ompns they had
was ever realized. But after the hypo-
chondriac is cured of one of his un-
healthy flncics he is sure, sooner or later.
to acquire another. AS DR.. Maudesley
points out in his Responsibility in
Mental Disease" though the patient
may seem to 90 away entirely disabused
of his sick fancies, they return to him or
are supplantcd by worse.


In very exceptional instances, indeed,
the hypochondriac may take new de-
parturc and with daily supreme effort
Of will shake off the rnrnmbrance that
weighs upon him. But this is so sell
dom the case that statistics scarce ma kc
mention Of it: and it may generally be
taken for granted that when hyrochon-
dria is cured II change of surrounding
conditions is more responsible for ii than
is the direct exercise of will on the part
Of the patient. his environment remain,
ing unchanged. Few men thus afflicted
have the perseverance and the strength
of will necessary to lift off every day TIT,
incubus which flstGns them down and
to think and act like well men merely
hrcause they choose to do so.-New YORK.
IcleQrai1,.
Year: 1879

Honor the dear old mother. Time has
scattered the snowy flakes on her brow,
plowsd deep furrows on her cheek, but
IS She not sweet and beautiful now? The
lips are thin and shrunken, but those are
the lips which have kissed many n hot
tear from the childish cheeks, and they
are the sweetest lips in i'll tie world.
The eye is dim, yet it glows with the
soft radiance of holy love which can
never fade. All, yet, she is dear old
mother. The sands Of life are nearly run
out, but feeble rs she is, will go further
and reach down lower for you than any
other upon earth. You cannot walk into
a midnight where she cannot see you
YOU cannot enter prison whose bars
will keep her out ; you can never mount
n scaffold too high for her to reach that
she may kiss and bless you in evidence
of her deathlcss love. When the world
shall dcspise and forsake you, when it
leaves you by the wayside to die un-
noticed. the dear old mother will gather
YOU in her feeble arms and carry you
home and tell you fall your virtues un-
til you almost forget that your soul is
disiigurcd by vice. Love her tcnderly,
and cheer her declining years with holy
devotion. n.-Erchanga.
Year: 1879

A few days ago there died in the town
of Vernon, Winneshick county. IN aged
farmer named Carpenter, who left a will,
bcqueathing 10 his son an old chest that
had been m heirloom in the family. On
opening the chest the son was surprised
and inccnscd to find that it contained
nothing of value. lie so reported to the
remaining members of the family, when
they persuaded him to make further in
vcstigations, which he did in taking the
chest apart. In doing so, two cleats;
each half an inch thick and perforated
with augcr holes, were discovered. Tear,
ing off these cleats the young man found
that they were hollow, and that the
snnce between the lid and the bottoms of
the cleats had been filled with gold coins
by the thoughtful parent. How long
they had been stored in such singular
manner in that old chest is mystery
Iowa State Register.
Year: 1879

1t is better to look up and take pleas
ure in contemplating the good and
great, than to find happiness in low de-
vices and mean acts. 1t is better 70 tell
the truth than to tell a lie; to do good
than to do mean; to save n reputation,
than to blast one; to have charity than
to be critically severe: to love your fel-
lows than to hate them; better to lit up
the fallen than to pull down those al
ready up; to speak kind words than to-
hiss out the gall of bitterness; to keep
pure than to reek with filth; to be on
the losing side of right than to be on the
triumphant side of wrong; to be honest
than to cheat; to have honest piety than
to be Haunting hypocrite; to he indus
trious than to he an idle vagrant to be
Il fair and square human being than to
be an uncertain quantity. With your
virtue worship the trucand you may at
tain unto greatness, but you can never
do it in the eyes of justice by trampling
upon, or by despising what is under you.
The poor have us bright eyes and rs ten
der hearts rs the rich. They are not be-
low your consideration. Natures will
lo'3 will bend over them with the same
grace and beauty they will over the
proudestson and daughter ofearth. Con-
ccrning being true in life, Grace Green
wood says: =" Never unscx yourself for
greatness. The worship of one true
heart is better than the wonder of the
world. Don't tr;mplc on the flowers
while longing for the stars. Live up to
the full measure of life, give way to your
impulses, loves and enthusiasms; sing,
smile, labor and be happy. Adore poetry
for its own sake; yearn for, strive after
excellence; rejoice when others attainiti
feel for your contemporaries n loving
envy; steal into your country's heart
glory in its greatness, rNult in its spower,
honor its gallant men, immortaliZc Its
matches women" How much better
to do these things than to go sulkingand
skulkiny throug gh lie like some diShon-
orcd cur! tits better and easier to do
right than to do wrong. You go straight
forward to the right, but you approach
the wrong by devious and doubtful ways.
-Quincy Modern A'yo.
Year: 1879

"A MIDSUMMER IDrL.


Thou art so near and yet so lar,
D fimy, pale mosquito bar!


In silent watches of the night,


When owlets moan and bats disport


And cats upon the woodshed court,


We stretch our hands to thee so white


To pluck thee round us III! about.


Lest flies disappearing find us out


By dawning morning light.


Thou art Sc near and yet so tar,


Couuettish, :: mosquito bar!


Some mil have cI.ched thee on the fool


Perchance some hook upon the wall


Impedes thy graceful sheltering fall;


Yet when the dreary night is DER


We find thee splattered on the bed


Entwined about our feet and head


o clinging gauzy bore!


DR.. Enward G. Loringspeaks in Har-
per'S Mdgazinc of persons not taking
proper care of their eyes rs follows:
Whatever an ounce OF prevention may
be to other members Of the body, 1t GER
tainly is worth many pounds OF cure to
the eve. Like Il clronOmcter watch,
this delicate organ will stand any
amount of use, not to say abuse, but
when once thrown off its balance, 1t
very rarely can be brought back to its
original perfection of action, or, If it is,
it becomes ever afterward liable to re-
turn of disability of function or the scat
of actual disease. One would have sup
posed from this fact, and from the fact
that modern civilization has imposed
upon the eye an ever increasing amount
Of strain, both rs to the actual quIntity
of work done and the constantly in
crcasine brilliancy and duration Of the
under which it is per,
formed, that the greatest pains would
have been exercised in maintaining the
organ in condition of health, and the
greatest care and solicitude used in its
treatment when diseased. And yet it is
safe to say that there is no organ in the
BODY the welfare of which is SO p crisis
tchtiy neglected as the eye"
Year: 1879

DOINGS AT THE STATE CAPITAL


WARM DISCUSSION IL The ASSEMBLY ON THE


MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY's NEw PLAN


-IHyEsITGATING NFw-YORK GOVERNMENT.


There was "A warm debate in the Assembly yes
terday when the resolution III relation TO the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company was called up
for action. General Hustled praised the man
agement of the company, and more
moderate resolution offered by MI
Sloan as a substitute. Mr.. Murphy's resolution or
dorlng an Investigation Of the cost of New-iOrk
City Government was adopted by the Senate. as
was resolution by the Assembly, calling for infor-
nation from the Mayor and Controller.
Year: 1879

The Shoe and Leather Reporter appears
to think we have plucked the flower safety
from the nettle danger. 1t says: There is
nothing so potent as the spur of necessity to
bring out the latent energies of the country,
and evoke its full productive power. The
wonderful progress that has been made with
in the past five years is attributable mainly
to the universal prevalence of the feeling that
every thing had fallen into a very bad con-
dition, and that vigorous measures must be
adopted to repair damages. Before the crash
came, scarcely anybody seemed to be aware
that we were plunging deeper and deeper in
to difficulties; that people who imagined they
were making money were merely treasuring
up unto themselves "wrath against the day OF
wrath," by adding scores to the debtor and
creditor account, which would prove very
troublesome by and by. But just as soon as
the great awakening came-when it was dis
covered that there was an amazing difference
betweet real property and paper outlines Of it
that inherent force of character which is the
sure guarantee that American pluck is equal
to encountering and overcoming every phase
of misfortune, began to assert itself in
thorough earnest. Then everybody who
could get anything to do, set to work TO help
retrieve the losses which long career Of ex-


travagance and .indiscretion had occasioned.
Year: 1879

THE Columbia. South Carolina, Register
says of the plan of issuing greenbacks In place
of the national bank bills, that it is scheme
to make the National Treasury ga great
banking institution, grasping the commerce
of this wide land in one grand political ma
chine" It then adds:


The time will rapidly approach when the
national banks will stand at bay before the
monster that will clutch all the industries of
the country by the throat, and this monstrous
political engine prove too strong for liberty
and law, and for the country our fathers be-
queathed US. Better national banks, better
anything amenable to law, than this huge
money power at the heart Of the country which
shall make our flair goddess" bedizensd
harlot.
Year: 1879

ST. MARTIN is bad lot undoubtedly.
But his bad character makes it all the more
probable that he was engaged in the business
which he says he was, viz, assisting the
Democratic members of the Potter Commit
tee, or some of them, to manufacture false
affidavits
Year: 1879

THE New York Erening Post thinks that
by common consent 1879 is regarded as q
year for business. "There is a revived sense
of the necessity of work. There is no longer
royal road to riches. Men feel that the
money which they are to get in the next
twelve months must be earned, and they are
turning their attention not to easy specula-
tion but to substantial business" 1t sees
signs of this in Congress and the New York
Legislature, and sit is long since so many
members have given SO prompt and so earnest
attention to matters of practical importance"
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commun
cations The name and address OF the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com.
mnnicatons that are not used
Year: 1879

Isaac Nailor was engaged in burning
rubbish in clearing on his farm near
the Riverview Cemetery, on Tuesday.
when the flames extended to the ad-
joining woods belonging to neighbor.
In order to exti1guish the fire he
such strenuous efforts that he made
became exhausted and fell down burn
ing his face and hands considerably.
He arose and fell second and even
a third time, when he gave the alarm
and his son came to his assistance, or
it is very probable he would have lost
his life. liz was conveyed to his house
and proper restoratives applied. lie is
well known to many Of our citizens, as
he has occupied stall on market, days
for several years back in the Eighth
street market.
Year: 1879

The President yesterday issued an
executive order, announcing in appro'
pirate language the death of Major
General Dix. The Secretary Of the
Treasury and the War Department will
pay appropriate honors to the memory
Of deceased on the day Of his funeral
and the Departments will be draped in
mourning for thirty days.
Year: 1879

George w. Bush & Son are agents
for the celebrated Brook,id. Lykens
Valley coal which is the best burning
coal for summer use in existence. 1t
is very extensively used in New York
city and the Eastern States. 1t gives
general satisfaction TO all who use it az
it is economical as well as pure coal.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the Rochester
Democrat, describing the criminal Curl
osities at Police Headquarters in that
city, says: "a frequent feature in this
collection is the sand bag This is
made of canvas, and is foot in length
and about four inches in diameter.
being filed with sand it becomes for
midable weapon, and then it leaves no
scar. If man be knocked down with
any other stroke the mark of the latter
is an inevitable proof of the mode of
injury, but one may be struck dead with
the sand bag and when picked up may
be supposed to have died in Il fit 1t
was in this manner that the once noted
pianist, Gottschalk, was killed, being
the victim of secret malice, which thus
was gratified. Men have been picked
up in our streets at midnight speech
less and dying, being no doubt the VIC
Tins of such an assault. Another
weapon of dangerous character is the
slung shot. A blow from this is as
fatal as pistol shot, and no report is
heard to excite alarm. The slung shot
is much more convenient to handle than
the sand bag, and hence is more fire.
quently in use. Brass knuckles are
also much worn by those who live by
crime, and therefore are found in this
collection to the number of couple of
dozen. Here, too, is an Internal almachine,
intended to do immense damage, but
detected in time to prevent it. There
is evidently no end to the malice of
those who devote themselves to the
service of evil
Year: 1879

with the people who are to sit as judges
upon your acts. You have undertaken
to unseat u man in this body. But you
will deny that you have undertaken the
iob-you have simply undertaken to
investigate the case of a Senator on this
floor; that has been decided by the
highest tribunal that could act on his
position. Sir, there are twelve Senators
on that side of this house that every
man on this side believes have poorer
titles to their seats than the honorable
Senator from Louisiana has TO his. BY
fraud and violence you occupy your
seats. Now show us the road how to
vacate seats in this body il you dare.


Mr.. Eaton called Mr.. Chandler TO
order, but the Chair held that he was
in order.


Mr.. Chandler resumed as follows: |
think every Senator on this side of the
Chamber believes that there are twelve
Senators on that side who hold their
titles to their seats upon a simmer,
poorer basis than my honored friend
from Louisiana. That is what | in
tended to state that it was our belief
and il was my belief that their seats
were obtained and held by fraud and
violence. That is what | now say. But,
Mr. President, did not rise to discuss
this question. l simply rose to say to
the other side, you have your day in
court; make the most of it. Your time is
short. The people of the North have
taken this question in hand, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from one
end of this land to the other, the people
are aroused and alarmed at the state
ments that have been made and the
actions that have been taken in this
Senate Chamber and in the other House
within the last sixty days. Let me say
to you, gentlemen on the other side of
the Chamber, Meme, meme, tekeI up
hGrSin' is written all over your brows.
Year: 1879

DIR. CLARA SPETIGUE has become a
regular medical practitioner in Cam
bridge, Mass, but at the outset of her
professional career she finds her hus.
band an obstacle. One of her patients
is handsome young man. AS he sal
in her office and she was counting his
pulse the jealous husband dashed in,
declared that she was squeezing the
sick mans hand, ordered him out OF
the house and finally knocked him
down.
Year: 1879

1t is bad plan to "make up" the beds
Immediately after breakfast The sleeping
apartments in the house should be aired
every day. Beds should be opened every
morning to the sun, and to the atmosphere.
Do not be in too much haste to get the
chamber in order. Let the sheets and
blankets be spread over separate chairs,
the mattresses lifted apart, and the pure
morning air be allowed to get into every
nook and Granny of the room, before the
beds are made. Better endure little de-
lay in getting the house in order, than loss
of health.
Year: 1879

ORNAMENTAL Work on ENGINES. -
The movement to replace the brass or
namentai work on engines with plain
black finish has progressed very rapidly
within a few years, eflecting saving
which in the aggregate must be very
considerable. 1t is true that an engine
presenting to view an urelieved black
from pilot to tender does not have that
spendor Of appearance given by highly
coored brass and brilliant gliding and
stripping, but il seems to draw jast as
well, and the road does not show any
falling off Of passengers or freight on
account OF the palmer fnish.-RUiVay
10e
Year: 1879

A LIFE insurance company refuses to
pay the policy on the life of Peter A .
Tighe, Of Memphis, whU died Of yellow
fever, on the ground that the family
cannot furnish the proper certificate.
The doctor who attended him, the under
taker who laid him out, and the clergy
man who officiated at his funeral, all OF
whom are necessary to the execution oI
such certificate have themselves since
died Of the fever.
Year: 1879

II is not what we earn blt what we save
that makes us rich. 1t Is not what we eat
but what we digest that makes US strong.
1t is not what we read but whet we
remember that makes US learned. II is
not what we intend but what we do that
makes us useful. 1t is not a few faint
wishes but life long struggle that makes
us valiant.
Year: 1879

With what did our great cheftan General Meade
exclam did Napoleon NaTengo, when informed of the
death of his great eutenant Dessax that Victory at
such price is dear" My friends, when the revee
resurrection shall sound these heroes will rise from


their honored graves and they advance the eternal
throne the tears of pity of the recording angel will blot
out the record of their human ates and fit them to
ceve the of everlasting glory. But that the
doors Of the temple of Janus closed in beloved
country Q hope orese) that the passions ulled
and has again resumed her sway let magnanimty
Year: 1879

"What are the facts in this case, doc
tori" asked the magistrate, as DR..
Busby took the stand.


"Why, you see," said the doctor,
"Jones, the coroner, here, yesterday
discovered lot of old bones in the cell
lar of stable which was torn down.
Being little hungry for fees he de-
termined to hold an inquest, and he
sent for me to get professional opin-
ion. They were bones of horse; you
know; bat when l got there, Jones
had them laid out on the ground In
something like the torn of man; and
when demonstrated with him, he said
they certainly were the bones of man,
and he was under a solemn obligation
to hold an inquest"


"You say" asked the justice, "that
they did not resemble the bones of
human belng?"


"Well you know, he had one leg
made out all right, but when called
his attention to the fact that the
bone of the other leg ran clear up into
the body and stuck out eight inches be-
yond the top of the skull, he said the
man may have been peculiar, he may
have been deformed. He said he had
an aunt whose leg bone projected so
far from Ter head that she had to put a
hole In the top of her bonnet"


"Did he produce the said aunt!"


"No. And when showed him that
the right arm had three elbows, while
the left contained no joint of any kind,
and looked like the breast-bone Of a
chicken, he said there was man In
Peru who had eight elbows, and that
his oath as coroner did not obligate him
to account for all the phenomenal freaks
Of nature"


"Had the remains any other elbows
about 1t anywhereP" asked the justice.


"Not unless you count the joint in
the middle Of the back. The coroner
had the horses hind leg inserted jnst
below his mans shoulders. A real
man, you know, built in that way,
] oeuld knock the back Of his head
Year: 1879

An elephant keeper in Philadelphia,
Pa, tried the other day to get a vener-
able animal named Old Chief to draw
wagon. Old Chief didn't object much
while the harness was being placed on
him. He merely blinked steadily and
now and then cast a glance at his per-
secutors, as though he would say that
his time had come. His actions puz-
zled his keepers not little, and they
began to suspect that he was brewing
some mischief. At length they got
him hitched to the wagon. The gap
ing spectators looked onwith deep inter-
est. Chief manifested no sign that he
was going to move. The trainers put
their hooks into his trunk and began to
pull on him. Chief snorted little and
shook his head disapprovingly. They
pulled harder. Chief snorted and
tapped his ears like the roofs of two
houses coming together. They gave
his trunk jerk. Chief lifted his ears
up with a yell and made dash for
ward, jerking the trunk free Of the
hook and projecting it out before him
like a bayonet, tearing through the
yard with the wagon at his heels,
scattering the affrighted spectators in
every direction. He went tearing di-
agonally across the long yard, taking
in pile of tent-poles in his course and
making straight for the gap in the low
er corner of the enclosure. AS he
dragged the wagon over the pile of
timber a party of half dozen, who
had retreated there for safety, ran for
their lives. One man tried to jump
six foot wall and fell back to the ground
white as a sheet. When he looked up
he saw the wagon, a complete wreck,
not ten feet from him, and Old Chief,
with the broken harness clinging to
his body, standing wcdged in between
the corner of the wall and the corner
Of the stable. He had knocked out the
whole corner of the stable, scattering
forty or fifty bricks over the ground at
his feet. After good deal Of trouble
his keepers succeeded in backing him
out Of his tight position and he was
sent back to the stable, still snorting
and defiant. No moderate estimate
cover the amount of punishment Chief
will have to receive before he is reduced
to subjectiOn.'