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Year: 1874

That the subject is lamentably old we
readily admit; but what matters that, so
long as humanity is ever new? Marry
ing and giving in marriage will continue
to the end of the world; but, for all that,
a great number of marriages prove mis-
take. Unfortunately, when men and
women have matrimonial designs upon
each other, they endeavor to hide their
true characters, and, however dissimilar
their tastes, to pretend that they are
alike. The rules of etiquette are such
that a course of deception is rendered
surprisingly easy; indeed, so facile, that
were there no intention upon the part of
those most concerned to dissemble, al
most the same end would be attained. Is
it not natural to us to display our best
attributes to strangers of either sex
Men are often captivated by the seeming
amiability of women who are, in reality,
shrewish while women admire the
nobility of men who can not define the
word "honor," In either case, matrimony
follows-afterward, misery in five cases
out of six. For, after marriage, the true
traits of character begin to show them.
selves. A scowl, or sharp word, or O
mean action, will not then involve
serious consequences. Things that be
fore the Gordian knot has been tied
would probably bring about separation,
after the honeymoon has been passed
are quietly received, probably upon the
principle that what can't be cured must
be endured. It must not be understood
that we mean to imply that the majority
of marriages are entered upon without
affection being at the bottom Of them
We grant that there is love of a certain
kind in many, and very sincere love II
some. What we maintain is, that 1t i
brought to fruition under such circum
stances that 1t can not be expected to en-
dure.
Year: 1874

A little elbow leans upon your knee,


Your tired knee that has 80 much TO beer;
A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly


From beneath thatch Of tangled hair,
Perhaps yeu do not heed the velvet touch


OF warm, moist fingers holding yours so tight,
You do not prize this blessing over-much;


You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But Il Is bessedness! year ago


i did not see IL rs do to-day
We are all 80 dull and thankless and too slow
To catch the sunshine as II slips away.
And now II seems surprising strange TO me


That while wore the badge of motherhood,
Ibid not kiss more oft and tenderly


The little child that brought me only good.
And II, some night, when you sit down to rest,
You miss this elbow from your tired knee
This restless, curly head from of your breast,
This lisping tongue that chatters constantly,
III from your own the dimpled hands had slipped
And ne'er would nestle In your palm again;
II the white feet into the grave had tripped,
could not blame you Tor your heart ache then
wonder that mothers ever fret


At little children clinging TO their gown
Or that footprints when the days are wet


Are ever black enough TO make them frown.
II could find little muddy boot,


Or cap or jacket on my chamber hoOr;
If l could kiss a rosy, restless foot


And hear II patter in my home once more;
If could mend a broken cart to-day,


Tomorrow make kite to reach the sky
There Is no woman In Gods world could say
She was more blissfully content than 1.
But an the dainty pillow next my own,


Is never rumpled by shining head
MY singing birdlng from its nest has flown
The little boy used TO kiss Is dead!
Year: 1874

A FRENCH sarant attributes sea-sick-
ness to dcranged circulation of the
blood, produced by the rolling and heav-
ing of the ship, by which the brain isde-
prived of the amount of blood necessary
to keepup a stimulus of that nervous
centre, and not to congestion of the
brain or disturbance in the abdominal
viscera, which is the opinion commonly
held. In support of this theory atten-
ton is called to the fact that the sensa-
ton experienced is similar to that felt
Immediately after the letting of blood
when the patent sits or stands, namely, a
disposition to vomit; and furthermore,
that those suffering from sea-sickness
feel its effects in much slighter degree
when in a horizontal position, the relief
afforded being like that produced by the
same position when person is in q
state Of syncopc.
Year: 1874

A correspondent sends the Boston
Journal the following account of kid
mapping case in England nearly forty
years ago, which in some of its aspects
resembles very much the case of the
Ross child in Philadelphia. A similar
explanation of the Ross case has been
hinted at in some of the newspapers, but
the suspicious seem to be satisfactorily
explained away


"About thirty-eight years ago similar
case to that of the Ross boys Kidnapping
at Philadelphia occurred in England. A
beautiful child was stolen, and the rob
bers notified the father that this child
could be ransomed for the sum of five
thousand pounds. The father replied
through the directed channel that he was
poor man, and could not raise five
thousand pounds. Thereupon the rob-
bers replied that they knew he was a
poor man, but they also knew he had
rich relatives and friends from whom he
could borrow the amount, and if he did
not send it by certain day the child
would be killed for selfprotection. In
the mean time the whole affair had got
into the papers, and all England was
aroused at the audacity of the scoundrels.
Large rewards were offered; ministers
preached from the pulpits about it.
Great sympathy was felt for the parents,
the money was raised, the child recOv-
cred, but all his beautiful curls had been
cut close off. The police and detectives
were totally unable to make any discov-
cries as to who were the criminals. Many
arrests were made, but with no result.
a =. Co ot hot hn Ra l.
of England never reissues any of its
notes, If they have only been out even a
few minutes. One of the gentlemen who
contributed to the fund for the ransom
of the child, knowing the above fact,
went to the Bank of England and got its
officers to mark and register the bills he
was going to give the father to obtain
the release of his child, and requested
the bank officers to notify him when the
bills should be returned to the bank. He
did this in the hope of getting some trace
of the scoundrels who had frightened the
whole community. Several months
elapsed, when one day he was notified
that the bills had been returned to the
bank. Upon inquiry he found that they
had come from bank in the North o.
England. Thereupon he posted north
and found that the bills had been dcpos
tied by person who opened an account
with them. The gentleman and bank
clerk returned to London, when, upor
arrival at his house, a detective was sem
for, and at the same time the father o
the child was requested to meet them il
order to inform him of their discovery
Immediately upon his coming into the
room the bank clerk said: Why, this il
the gentleman who deposited the bill
with u.s. And 80 it proved. In orde
to raise money he had abducted his owl
child. 1t was noticed that he had livet
better since the restoration of his child
but nothing was thought of that, as ]
was thought that sympathizing friend
supplied The means;


"He was arrested for conspiracy to de
fraud, tried, convicted, and sentenced Il
penal servitude. So ended the grea
child kidnapping case, and people VIII
had little ones slept easier"
Year: 1874

bleeding maiden, and each prescribed a
way to cease the flowing blood. The
windows were raised, much to the dis
comfiture of a cadaverous fellow sitting
near the door, dressed in linen pants,
her parian forehead was mopped with
ice water, while old Mrs. Tousley, Of
Herkimer, famed her with the cover Of
a hat-box, and inquired if she did not
feel faint You must feel faint, said
Mrs. Tousley. 1t can't be otherwise,
said fellow holding cup Of ice water,
and stopped it over everybody. After
being repeatedly told that she must
feel faint and that it could not be 9th
erwise, she tainted. Renewed COM
motion ensued. A handkerchief sat
urated with gin from the flask
of a temperance lecturer, who hap
pened to be on board, was applied
to her well-shaped nose, her wrists were
rubbed with the liquid, her temples were
bathed with the same, passengers from
other coaches came pouring into the car
and around the PROSTATE girl, all anx.
ious to know what was the matter,
and had prize-package boy been lying
there struggling for life the sympathy of
the crowd would not have been greater.
After Miss McGinnis became conscious
and the handkerchief was removed from
the injured palm it was found that the
wound was as large as that usually made
by being stabbed with a pin.
Year: 1874

To possess the power Of familiarly
and freshly presenting ancient Instances
to the comprehension of the modern
mind is an excellent thing, and thing
with which everybody is not blessed.
We note. therefore, the performance Of ia
Xenia 20 } Sunday-school lecturer, who
lately, while discoursing on, the Prodigal
Son, sketched upon the blackboard the
return of the wasteful youth to his faith
er's mansion. Animated by generous
desire to smite the intellects and move
the feelings Of his audience. this ingeni-
GUS person drew the Prodigal hurrying
rapidly home with a nice new Russia
leather bag in his hand and beautiful
silk umbrella under his arm. 1t is said
that this illustration of suffering remorse
filled all eyes with tears.-Ne'o York
Tribune.
Year: 1874

A funny man of the Mohawk Valley
Register says: =" By asking a man who
seemed 10 know her, We learned that
her name was Miss McGinnis, and that
she resided in Rome. She was OF petite
statue, and about as handsome as she
could be and keep her name. With
pocket knife, whose polished blade glist-
ened in the sunlight, as it came through
the car windows, she was seen removing
the shells from a supply OF ohestnuts'
II was Wednesday morning, ana the
train had scarcely reached Fort Plain
when the stiffness that pervaded the car
was broken, and from the palm Of her
left hand there rushed q slightly stream
of gore. Her exclamation, OF course


aroused the inmates Of the car, some
Of whom hurried to her assistance, while
others began carrying out the baggage


The ladies Of the car surrounded the
Year: 1874




1t cannot be admitted however they
may be begniled by the rivalry o.
fashion, young girls should rouge. 1t il
not a proceeding in good taste, nor is i
artistic, for, however cleverly it may be
done, beauty cannot be made to consist
in a color in the cheeks. No woman
was ever the prettier fer it. 1t is apt
besides, to give what the French cal
mauvais air, ard what we call bad
style.


Artists are aware that, apart from the
higher beauty of expression, the ques
ton of material beauty is much more
one of outline than expression. A
turned up nose can never be lost sight
of in bright hued cheeks, if their color
be artificial


1t is much easier and less costly to
cultivate a soul that viii give face its
highest beauty. All the rose pink Of
Lubin, all Kimmells rouge imperial, all
Margaret a. Condrsy's rose divine, and
the celebrated Aower-tint." cannot
though advertised as impossible of de-
lection" deceive the eve. But the
strongest of all objections is the destrnc'
ton Of beauty from the indellible mark
which it leaves upon the cheek, making
the old face of a young one, for nothing
can age more than yellow or brown
stain upon the face.


AL like to look as well as they can.
Coffee creates bile, it hushes the eyes,
tans and withess sld blackens the face.
And so does strong and 1ladulterated
tea. Charcoal, in small doses, carried
of by a laxative dose, improves the
skin, and may be nsed occasionally-a
tablespoonful each TINS, in water, and
powdered-and be removed by the pill.
This done once every month or six
weeks, will be found of great service to
the bilious. and 60 those who do not or
cannot take much exercise, which is the
best rouge. Milk or bran water puTiHes
aud softens the skin. Indigestion is a
great enemy to beauty, and all caters OF
fat Nasty or candy have imperfect
skins.


II the rule not to rouge can be bro
ken, it is when q convalescent appears
at ball. Our foreign neighbors con
slider slight tint in the cheek to be a
mart Of the costume. 1t must be adult
led that gas.light nlls the fine tints Of
delicate complexion. But animation,
the scene itself, gives color, aud the
Young girl who brigbtens up after an
hour or SO. is more interesting than the
beauty who has called in art to look
exactly so, as the phrase is, on enter.
ing. She may be said 70 have lost the
advantage of change or variation.
Year: 1874

In Canada burner is in use by which
the residum of crude petroleum is used
instead of wood or coal in brick kilns.
By a simple contrivance, says the Oil
Journal, the nozzle Of the burner is
made to throw the fame directly down
ward at the first firing, and after burn
ing the head, as it is termed, this nozzle
is replaced by a straight one, the change
being effected in = few moments. The
fame is thereby thrown into the arch
any required distance, burning the
whole kiln from one end, and doing it
in much less time than BY the old
method.
Year: 1874

GIFT CONCERT.
FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT


FOR THE BESEVIr OF THE
Public Library Of Kentucky
OVER A MILLION IN BANK!


Success Assured
A Full Drawing Certain
On Tuesday, 31st of March next.
Year: 1874

After a careful perusal of Mark
Twain and Charles Dudley Warmers
joint production, the Gilded Age, we
are prepared to pronounce it the
greatest literary fraud of this gilded
age.-Shrecepon Times.


This Shreveport man has wonder
full knack of hitting the nail exactly
on the head, and he never delivered
truer blow in his life than the
above.
Year: 1874

The effort of Brooks, of Arkansas,
to upset and drive off the Baxter
government has had its counterpart t
in the recent effort Davis made to dis
rupt the popular government in this
State. However, the Arkansas fight
is one inside of the Republican party,
and as far as the heads are concerned,
we feel the utmost indifference. We
reserve all our sympathy for the
poor people who will have TO bear
the brunt Of the trouble.
Year: 1874

We publish in another column an
appeal from the Mayor Of New Or
leans to aid the unfortunate people OF
Louisiana, who have had every hope
swept away by the late disastrous
aood in the Mississippi and its trlbu-
taries. We are satisfied this appeal
will not be made to Texans in vain,
but that they will meet this new de-
msnd upon their generosity with
their accustomed liberality.
Year: 1874

The editor Of the Age prides him
self upon being q good proof reader.
He's rare bird anyway. Proof read>
ing is bore Of the first water, COM
ing as it does alter a days hard
drudgery, and when one feels least
like being critical, it is almost utterly
impossible to see straight, and it
takes just that, no mora, nor no less,
to get the pesky little types into
their proper places. Commend US to
Cook.
Year: 1874

The Shreveport Times mourns over
the failure of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad to'concentrate trade at that
point. The Times rs beginning TO
recognize the fact that our own Gulf
cities are the natural outlets, fer our
own productions and while railroads
are omnipotent in controlling the cur,
rent. of travel, yet commerce takes
the course marked out for it by the
great engineer of the universe, with
put reference to what mans puny arm
rap do to the contrary.
Year: 1874

Because the sun causes a, more rap
i'd evaporation of the portion OF water
which oozes through to the surface of
the vessel; and by this rapid evapora-
ton a longer portion Of the cOtOrtc Of
the confined water is carried off.
Year: 1874

SOME five or six weeks ago Il young
man named Charles Perrin, twcnty-three
years old, and Il carpenter by trade, fell
in love with good looking girl whose
parents live on Orchard street. Charles
has red hair and frcckled face, and al
though the young lady treated him court
eously when he called at the house she
had her mind made up that she could
never wed red dheaded man. After an
acquaintance of three weeks he asked
her to become Mrs. Perrin, and was
greatly taken down when she told him
that she couldn't think of such IL thing.
Charles then sought to have the old folks
put in good word for him, but they de
clincd to interfere. He continued his
visits, perhaps hoping to soften the girls
heart, but Thursday evening the crisis
came. He went to the house with a bot
tie of acid in his pocket prepared to spoil
her beauty if she did not give him IA
vorable answer There was no one at
home but the girl and her mother, and
Perrin first wanted the girl to take a
walk with him. She refused to go, and
he asked to see her alone. She also re
fused this request, and the lover had Just
got ready to draw the bottle from his
pocket when something bit him. He
thought ii was dog, but it wasn't. The
cork had worked out of the bottle and
his coat-tails were turning brick color at
the rate of yard IA minute. The acid
wasn't content with the coat-tails but
struck out for flesh, and in about IL min
ute the young man was dancing around
the house as if to escape Il bullet, Shout
ing and whooping he got out of doors
and threw off most of his clothing and
rolled in the mud, and it was some time
before any one could find out whether he
had snakes in his boots or had sat down
on bradawl He was so badly burned
that two men had to help him to his
boarding house on Fifth street, where IA
physician dressed the burns. There is a
good deal of laughing at his expense,
and if he makes his appearance at the
house again he will be arrested, as he
told some of his friends in advance that
he meant the acid for the girl-Det, oil
Free Press
Year: 1874

"THE horse that frets is the horse that
sweats" is an old saying of horsemcn,
and it is just as true of men as of horses
The man that allows himself to get irri
tated at every little thing that goes amiss
in his business or in the ordinary affairs
of life is a man that, as IA rule, Will ne
complish little and wear out early. He
is Il man for whom bile and dyspepsia
have peculiar fondness and for whom
children have ii peculiar aversion. He
is Il man with perpetual thorn in his
flesh which pricks and wounds at the
slightest movement; Il man for whom
life has little pleasure and the future
small hope


To keep jolly" under all provocations
Is perhaps Il task which only Dickens
Mark Tapley could perform. We never
have met Mark Tapley in our experience
of human nature, but we have seen him
closely approNiAated; and it would be
well if people in general could approach
more nearly that inimitable character.


In all the phases, emergencies and oc-
equations of human life good temper is
a commodity for which there is great
demand; but in those which bring an
individual into daily contact with many
others it is perhaps in greatest demand
and most limited supply.


TO foremen in shops and superintend-
ents of large manufacturing establish
ments, good temper is most valuable
qualification Indeed, this article was
| suggested by a notable want of good
| temper in the treatment of subordinates
| by IA foreman in an establishment recent
! ly visited by us. 1t was evident that
! this establishment was pervaded by d
! spirit of revolt, bcgotten by the brow
| beating, insolent language and manner


of the foreman. The men were sulky


and obstinate, being undoubtedly ren
Year: 1874

\ TERRIBLE fashion has been intro
duccd this autumn in Paris to swell bills
and excite an honorable emulation i'll eN


trava"ance. Some one has discovered


that trimming dress with birds fcath-
ers has an exceedingly charming appear
ancc, and that envy is excited in proper
tion to the rarity of the fowl that is
plucked The lady who has introduced
this novelty made her first appearance
in costume which evidently left moth
ing to be desired; though we are unable
to understand the millinery jargon in
which it i, described. The tunic was
trimmed with the feathers of the jay, but
only the blue ones that form part of the
wing. As the jay Is not "A very common
bird-tor lie is a deadly enemy to game
keepers. and even the Legislature has
put IA price on his head-those feathers
must have cost a pretty sum. But what
will old ladies and children eXclaim when
they hear that another merUej}ieuSe, not to
be outdone, has ordered a black silk
dress to be trimmed with canary feath-
ers? 1t is not easy to calculate how
many hundreds Of these little creatures
Year: 1874

YEARS ago, and yet not SO many, for it
has been since the war, some disagree
ment arose between Il couple OF married
folks in one of the old States, and after
much pain and suffering and public eX-
posurc of family affairs in the courts
decree of divorce was obtained, and they
who had stood at the altar of Hymcn to
be joined in union were parted ut the al
tar of Justice, to which they had ap-
pealed. Their own way each of them
turned and long years have come and
gone since then. The husband and
father travelled with his burden to the
golden shores of California, and there, no
doubt, tried hard to forgive and forget.
The wife and mother, with their babe,
struggled with the skeleton of her dead
ened life and in time came to Texas. by
some fatality her husband came to Texas
also.


Last Friday they were both aboard the
train bound from Galveston to this city
The little daughter, while looking curl
ously over the car at the strange faces,
suddenly caught that of her long gone
father Betorei her mother could stay
her she rushed to him, crying Papa,
papa The greeting of father ard child
was touching and beautiful. All the old
emotions, all the smothered love of wife
and child came back in an instant
" Mamma is here" said the little girl ;
come and 90 to her. And she led her
father to the astonished mother, and Il
poetic predestination was accomplished
They met and talked as of yorc, and soon
all was well with them again. Chastened
as by fire, they seemed To know each
other better The sequel is soon told
After reaching Houston tue services OF
the Rev. Mr. Hackett-were called for, Il
license obtained, and the marriage vows
reassumed with IA far better understand
ing of their nature and sanctity And
thus it is that "all's well that ends well
-Houxfon tTer) Ieiegrdph.
Year: 1874

NANNN WIS WCiTN.


Annette watched her at the table at
tending to everybody. but never attend
ing to herself Everybody was to be fed ;
everybody was to be fixed, and who was
to see 10 it but mamma? Appetites
were to please; pleasant dishes were To
dress luncheous were 10 be put up;
every day and every day mamma thought
and did it all, but who thought OF doing
tor mamma?


Annette forgot that her omelct was
getting cold that breakfast was almost
over, and sat tasting and thinking as she
saw the untouched food on mamma S
Year: 1874

The Technologist describes an umbrel-
la lately invented, which, by its simple
and ingenious construction, can in
moments time when desired bc folded
up and packed in a valise or even carried
in the pocket. The ribs are cut in two
parts and secured together by means of
"A slide so that when the umbrella is
folded one section of the ribs slides along
the side of the others, thus reducing the
ribs to one-h half their length. When the
ribs are extended and ready for use they
are held in position by an extra set of
braces which serve the double purpose
of holding the ribs at their full length
and giving extra strength to the umhrel-
la The stick is jointed in the center by
link and slide ferule and is folded up
with the ribs