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Year: 1878

THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
in session at PittSburg on Saturday, received
report of plan of united effort in the cause
of temperance. 1t declares that Christians
must oppose the manufacture, sale or use of
methods, legal prohibition, moral suasion and
the practice of total abstinence, and that aid
ing the manufacture, sale or use by selling
grain to brewers or distillers, by making
which liquors may be made, sold or drank, is
to criminally participate in this most abhor-
rent sin,
Year: 1878

WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Senator Thurman to-day reported back from
the committee on judiciary adversely bill in
reference to the right of women to practice
before the Supreme Court. The committee re-
atfrmS its opinion that the question is one
which must be decided by the court itself
There is no law preventing women from prac-
Using before the Supreme Court cOnseuuently
which admits male lawyers to practice before
the court.
Year: 1878

R0 An Illinois woman has written to one of
the assistant postmaster.gen to pick her
out good young man for husband. She
thought his experience with the mails would
give him an advantage in the selection. But
the official was so ungallant as to reply that it
is not his business to sort the mails.
Year: 1878

s@ A fastidious brakeman on the Central
Pacific railroad cried out as the train was
entering tunnel: "This tunnel is one mile
long and the train will be four minutes pas
sing through it," The train dashed into day
light again in four seconds, and the scene with
in the car was study for painter. Seven
young ladies were closely pressed by seven
pair of masculine arms, fourteen pair of lips
were glued together, and two dozen inverted
whisky TASKS flashed in the air.
Year: 1878

ADVICE TO STUDENrs.-Si up to the table
when You read, easy chairs abolish memory.
Do not read the same book too long at one sit
ting. Ifyou are really weary of one subject
change it for another. Read steadily for
three hours day for FIVE days in the week
the use of wet towels and strong coffee be-
trays ignorance of how to read. Test the ac.
curacy of your work as soon as you have
finished it. Put your facts in order as
soon as you have learnt them. Never read
after midnight. Do not go to bed straight
from your books. Never let your reading in
terfere with exercise or digestion. Keep a
clear head, good appetite and cheerful
heart.-Medical Ezaminer.
Year: 1878

H9- There is no greater every day virtue
than cheerfulness. This quality in man
among men is like sunshine to the day, or
moisture to parched herbs. The light of
cheerful face diffuses itself and communicates
the happy spirit that inspires it. The sourest
temper must sweeten in the atmosphere of
continuous good humor.
Year: 1878

And so YOU are going to he married, and Your


face is rs bright AS the day.
To look at you now one would think YOU dreamed


that life was Il long, long play.
Do you ever look further, wonder, than the tirst


golden hours,
The wedding bells and the music, and the scent


OF the orange flowers
Do YOU deem that life, at It's best, no tears from


your heart will wiring
All! this is the season Of blossom what fruit Will


the blossoms hrings
No, do not come with the hackneycd talk that


the world is not what II seems
bring no dire forebodtngs TO spoil Your glowing


dreams;
And yet one word Of warning have for your ear,
me great mistake eftte many 1 Arjag "a, StU


alone.
When first your new-iound happiness is losing Its


roSinesS,
And the workaday world creeps ON with its bur


den of prosneSS,
Can you meet with patient courage the wear and


tear of life
Knowing that often mans soul rests in the frail


hands of wtes
He is ont in the worlds fierce turmoi-hc is


rasped with Its toll and care
Can you think of this, and remember to make


his home-lfe fair,
10 let him see one face shine out with light


Time cannot dim!
II he learns for sunshine or sympathy forever to


turn to you,
He will fan at your feet and worship-it Will keep


him strong and true.
'Tis only a woman's mission, but great one on


the whole,
Requiring some sell-sacrince a world of Selfcon-


troll;
Tis only womans mission; is the end worth
10 keep your sunlight, and to save the blossoms
from the frost?
Then those blossoms will be the emblem the


Saraccns held of old:
When they wreathed their brides with orange
blooms, " Prosperity was feretold.
Year: 1878

MISCELLANEOUS DRIv1NG.-Rosc Carroll
and Mollie Marshall yesterday afternoon
took it into their heads that they would
have a drivc-and fast one, in keeping
with their character. They hired horse
and buggy from liveryman. With reins
and whip in hand they plunged up and
down various streets, creating panic along
their route. More than once they came
near upSetting other vehicles. Several times
they grazed the bodies of pedestrians. SEEM
ing about to crush them to the earth. and
finally, near the corner of Sixth and Broad
streets, they ran over and injured Valentine
Fronapple, venerable citizen.


Some time was allowed to elapse before
they were arrested. But the end OF their
drive for the day was ut the Second station
house, where they were carried preparatory
to answering the outraged law. They were
admitted to bail for their appearance at the
Police Court this morning.


The women were arrested at the corner
of Thirteenth and Franklin streets by Ofi-
GERS Depriest and Charter.
Year: 1878

BOVINE ACCIDENT.-An unruly member
OF herd OF cattle being driven up Four
teenth street Saturday evening ran against
gas lamp ut the corner OF Fourteenth and
Main and knocked down the letter-boX. He
will be before the United States Commits
sioner to-day-at dinner.
Year: 1878

suppose at the ringing of certain bells every man should step, well armed, into the roads and fields, escape would be nearly impossible West Hartford, as sovereign town, would have full legal right to make such Police regulation. Would it have right to punish :?

 We'll, there are deep, well-formed rights man keeps in his secret heart by which he kills the mad dog and the brutal violator of women and babies-and the stealer of his horse, of course. A combined alliance of men, fire arms, beacon fires and hemp in every town, village, country and State will only render life safe. If the terrible monster grows and lives under that system, then start the battue, clear the woods, make ring of fire, let no guilty man escape"
Year: 1878

ing much nneasiness. A New York lawyer writes to the Springfield Republican as fol lows; "I see by the papers that a shocking outrage has been committed near Brattleboros Vt., by tramp, and letter from that place confirms the statement. When there two sary that young ladies walking in the country should be armed. I met one carrying po- liceman's club garnished with two saw blades

 Others carry pistols. l have no reason to SUD- pose that this state of affairs is peculiar to Vermont l should certainly never have sent. my family there to spend the summer had supposed 1t possible such state of brigandage should exist. Apparently the honor of our wives and daughters is no safer there than in Sicily. There was time when the people of New England were too high spirited to tol- crate such condition of things. If they have sunk so low as to prefer that their women should be ravished rather than spend little money in putting down these tramp ruf1ians. 1t IS time that decent folks from other States should find some safer place in which te pass their summers. It is perfectly easy to estab- lish mounted and armed police, which shall patrol the highways and make such crimes impossible. do not suppose that the money single person spends in place is of much Importance to it. But the whole amount that IS spent in town like Brattleboro by summer visitors is considerable. For one never shall send my family there again, unless some suf- ficient measures are taken to abate this intol- erable nuisance. And there are many who agree with me"

 A correspondent of the Hartford Courant proposes the following remedies ''Plainly by an organization in every town, in every village, which shall render escape impossible, and punishment certain. Supposein the town oI West Hartford, for instance, each home sao mess Rlcyldeo with rockets ready for firing,
Year: 1878

. People make too much fuss altogether over these athletic exhibitions. In his greatest match O'Leary didn't walk as far by seven miles as weak woman out on North Hill did while she was trying to match shade of rib- bon
Year: 1878

A boy with a patch on his knee can't be hired to go on an errand to the next house, but he will follow band wagon all over town anG never realize that he isn't dressed in broad. cloth
Year: 1878

A greater number Of strangers have
visited Redwood Falls and vicinity,
during the last ten days, with view to
purchasing property and going into
business than had done go during the
previous FIVE years. Railroad and no
grassLoppers are the cause of it.
Year: 1878

A. Small aid other citizens ofthe south
side Of the County were in Town this week
and report a prosperous condition OF affairs.
New people are coming in and every foot Of
cultivated land will be seeded
Year: 1878

This is an eight page paper and will be furnished
by mail at one dollar per year, in addition to mail
rates given above, subscriptions will be received
for it separately the for the WEEKLY GLOBE.
The city rate above includes the Sunday addition. In
other words, six papers per week Sby ma) tor 100
per year, papers per week for 50 yer year.
Year: 1878

Amateurs who are troubled with the
red spider upon their fuchias and WON
der, without satisfaction, as to the cause
of the dropping of the leaves, will find
some consolation in this advice of the
American Farmer: "If they look on
the outside of the leaves carefully, when
the first signs of distress are noticed,
they might discover the cause in the
shape of almost infnitessimal insects,
called red spiders, which suck the juices
entirely out of the leaves of plants upon
which they are allowed to remain. They
increase very fast In q high temperature
and dry atmosphere. The remedy is
clear water forcibly applied to the foli-
age, more particularly to the under side,
as often as necessary. Syringe plants
freely in the morning before the sun
shines upon them, and i'm the evening
after the sun has gone off them. Clear
water and the syringe are great aids in
Horticulture" Some recommend tobac-
co smoke, but unless great care is ex-
ercised its use involves danger, and
those not accustomed to its use are al
most certain to injure the plants at the
first trial. A small amount of carbolic
soap in the winter will help very much,
but too much should not be allowed to
fall upon the earth in the pot.
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times writes: Experience has taught


ne never to raise calf, no matter how


Eood the dame, unless sired by a
thoroughbred" Here we have the


whole secret Of successful breeding in
nutsheli. Il calf sired by a bull of
rod milking stock, but of no particu-
+ blood. whose pedigree cannot be
0Sced to sires who have transmitted


heir good qualities through several


generations, may, and often does make
q good COW; but If sired by thorough


bred bull of good milking stock, the


chances of failure are reduced to very
low rate, and can only be further re-
duced by using thoroughbred cow of
the same stock. Thoroughbred stock


seldom, if ever, fail to perpetuate their
own qualities, and common stock often
do it; but in the latter case it is only
chance work, and yet we know there
are those who will continue to raise
calyes of common stock, when at an in
creased expense of less than five dollars
per animal they might have had good


milking ancestors on at least one side.


The dairyman who expects to build up


a first class dairy by raising the cows
can hardly make a better investment


than in male from noted milking


stock; the expense, when it is divided


among the product, makes very small
amount to each one, but the aggregate


result is large. = ti'A. i ''-'
Year: 1878

When a man goes round the house
signing and wishing himself dead You
needn't trouble to put the bottle OF
opium away He wouldn't touch it Tor
worlds. II he should be suddenly at
tackled by collie you would hear him
screaming out for doctor at the top OF
his voice. One day Pompey SAID ne
wanted to die and go to glory He
wrought himself into an ecstatic stap,
and told the people at the prayer meet
ing that he positively couldn't waif
much longer. That night, at twelve,
some one knocked at his cabin door.
s'What you want?" said the colored
man, trembling. II want POhpey to
take him to glory" replied gruff
voice. The darkey thought moment
and then said, Mister Angel, Pompey
done moved up Norf three months ago,
and don't never expect to come back
again. Now, go wayp Whiteor black
we are all the same. alaft
Year: 1878

The disposition to sportive exercise
shown by nearly all young animals is
not altogether the result of a mere aim
less exuberance of spirits. OF the pur-
pose of this natural instinct the Scien-
tific American has this to say:


Play is an instructive faculty, inhe-
rent in all animals. 1t is as much an
instinct as the desire to seek food when
hungry; and to regard it as a mere aim
less and trifiing species of exertion is a
total mistake. The gaanbols of child
emerging from babyhood, or of kitten,
are due to precisely similar reasons. AT
this period of life the purpose of play in
man and brute is the same; in after
years the difference vastly widens
through the introduction of the intel
lectual element in the actions of the
child, and Of course its total absence in
those of the brute. The games and
playthings of youth are not those of
childhood; but the play of an old dog
though more rarely occurring-is new
ertheless the same as that of a young
puppy. The object of play in young
life is exercise. 1t is the peculiar exer-
else which Nature prompts the organ
ism to undertake.; and it may be said
that it is the only possible form of ex-
ercise which is at once attended by
pleasure and is able to MOI. Id the frame
OF the growing animal in the direction
Of its perfect development. Its antitli-
esis is task work, which, though it may
no. involve one tithe the exertion, new
ertheless passes quickly into fatigue,
and thus results in straining some mus
cles unduly while others are left COM
paratively undeveloped. Inplay alone,
the instructive sense Of physical need
gets full scope; its spontaneity and aim
lcssness are therefore only apparent,
and its nature and amount are deter
mined by the sense of pleasure in the
exercise itself; while on the other hand,
a strictly natural limit is imposed on
all undue exertion by obedience to the
sense Of fatigue. The result is an equa-
BILE and harmonious development of
muscular energy and nutrition in every
muscle and fiber; and it is one attaina-
ble IN no other way-certainly not by
any prescribed routine of exertion-or
save by obeying a natural instinct.
Year: 1878

From the Tedesco rocks on the outer
point at Swampscott, recently, there
was scene of awful sublimity, says a
letter written in the Boston Transcript.
A heavy surf during the day had been
rolling in upon the beach, and breaking
with magnificent effect upon the rocks,
while the broad expanse of the ocean
was white with the foam of million
caps which were dashed into spray by
the gale. AS the night came on and
deepened, the wonderful phosphores-
cent light, far more brilliant than any
thing ever seen upon our shores, was
displayed i'm a pageant of indescribable
beauty. AS far as the eye could reach
along this rocky coast the breaking surf
was turned TO molten silver, and then
to deepest emerald, and then to the mi
mute sparkling fires one sees flashing
from c0ronet of diamonds in artificial
light. 1t was sea of glittering gems.
The crest of every wave was a line of
massive silver, and the seething waters,
changing from palest blue to most bril-
liant green, emitted light which
cleaned upon rock and grass, and was
reflected upon the clouds above. At
midnight, at the full tide, the splendor
OF the scene was beyond words. Wave
after wave broke upon the line of rocks,
showing a wall of colored fire. forty,
and at times even fifty feet in height.
the ocean seemed aflame. The crest of
every wave was corruscatioA Of gems
sparkling with more than rainbow hues.
The intensity of color, all luminous
with phosphorescent fire, was far more
wonderful than that produced by any
mechanical chemistry.
Year: 1878

Many people of modest means would
De glad to have more house plants than
they have room for indoors, and yet can
i'll afford the expense or care of a green
house. To such we would suggest to
build out from the south side of the par
lor or sitting room a glass structure
about eight feet square. with double
windows, SO arranged as to be entirely
removed in summer, when a canvas
awning should take the place of the
glass upon the framework, and will
form an agreeable shelter from the sun
in summer.


1t should be entered from the sitting
room by long window reaching the
floor and shutting tight; this will be
closed when smoking the plants to kill
insects, or sweeping the sitting room;
at other times it win be kept open to
warm the conservatory by the heat Of
the stove in the sitting ROOM This
heat viii be enough for the health Of
most plants except invery severe windy
ni6ntos WuCn - okuAkk Ou otOfC oAlOuAo
be kept burning IN the conservatory.
which win cost only two cents perhour
an6 viii only be needed for a fewnights
in the winter. -. -


If the house is heated by a furnace in
the cellar, it may be quite easy to carry
hot-air pipe into the conservatory, or
a steam-pipe; and If the house Is sup
piled with water, hose should be pro-
ylded to reach the conservatory, SO as
to give the plants frequent sprink-
ling, which will greatly improve their
health. and will give q pleasant and
healthful moisture to the air In TIE sit
ting room.


Persons unfamiliar with greenhouses
will be astonished to see how much
more healthily plAnts will grow in
place like this than in an ordinary sit
ting-room, the air of which is too dry
and dusty for vegetable life to endure.
The temperature of the sitting room is
also too hot for the health Of most
plants.-PJougkmaa-
Year: 1878

The love that will soonest decay.
The love that Is surest to die.
The love that will soou t< away:


Is the love
That is told by n sigh
The love that Is surest to last,
The love that a woman's heart needs.
The love that will be kept fast,


Is the love
That Is spoken iv eeds-
Year: 1878

When any of the station agents
of the s. P. r. II. accept a coun-


terfeit coin and forward it among
their receipts to headquarters, the
officials there cut it neatly into
halves, return it to the sender, and
charge him with the amount. This
makes the agents keep a sharp
lookout for the spurious, but with
every precaution they get "nip-
ped" once in while. Our friend
Mr.. Smith, who has charge of the
Anaheim depot during Mr.. Dar-
ling's absence, found counterfeit
half dollar among his receipts last
week. He, with malice prepense,
fastened it securely to that part of
the passenger platform most f,e.
quented, and up to date he and Al.
len have had nine dollars worth of
fun in watching the ludicrous at
tempts to purioin the apparently
lost coin. The attempts to get hold
OF that half dollar are amusing in
the extreme. Some one of the
loungers or waiting passengers will
spy the coin on the platform. He
will begin to whistle, and walk to
and fro, gradually getting nearer
to the money, until he manages to
get his foot on it. He whistles
with redoubled vigor, his face bear
ing fearfully strained look of un-
consciousness; he glances warily
around to see if any one is looking
at him; he seizes favorable oppOr.
tunity, and with the rapidity of an
eagle swoOping down from its
mountain eyrie, he makes desper-
ate clutch at the money on the
platform and-gets a silver under
his nail. He retires in frame of
mind easier imagined than de-
scribed.


1t Is noticeable that none of the
victims make u bold dash for the
orphaned coin. They Invariably
resort to strategy, and their efforts
to appear uDconcered while grad
ualiy edging toward the object, not
infrequently have an effect opposite
from that Intended. Try as they
WIltt ga Cd4A tt-
nance, intended to be inexpensive
and indicative OF the utmost care
lessness, is apt TO draw attention
to their movements; and the
knowledge that they are watched,
combined with fear that
their purposes are known, or that
somebody else will capture the
coin, produces feeling of mind
not at all conducive to a calm and
unperturbed expression of counte-
nance. Some will approach the coin
by devious ways, drop their hand
kerchief on it, aud endeavor to pick
up coin and handkerchief at the
same time; others, not SO dlgnified.
will, with u great pretense of being
tired, cit down on the coveted piece
until they are convinced of its inn
movability; and one old gentleman
Is strongly suspected of having af-
fixed some adhesive substance to
the sole of his boot, as he was seen
making frantic endeavors to get
possession Of the coin by pressing
his boot against 1t, and then, under
pretense of hunting for q flea some-
where in his stocking, passing his
hand over the sole of his boot with
the evident expectation of finding
the coin adhering to it.-Gazette.
Year: 1878

A Supper Dish Of Drsed Beef.-Chip
the beef thin and place in d stew-pa an
with some milk and small piece of
butter; have ready some -four wet with
cold milk and stir in the beef when it
comes to q boil.
Year: 1878

Glittering through coral lips is certainly a
pleasing object: but row Of discolored, be-
specked teeth in any mouth is grievous
drawback; add to this that such set ofteeth
is usually accompanied by impure breath
and one can scarcely imagine anything more
Objectionable. SOZODONT, the great pu-
ritter of the breath and whitener oft teeth
obviates this state of the mouth completely,
rescuing its dental occupants from destruct.
ion, and counteracting the influence upon the
enamel Of acid secretions in the mouth.
Year: 1878

Manchester, Sept. 2S.-The Guardians
commercial article says that in consequence
Of an excessive supply and deficient demand,
the cotton market is again dull and lifeless.
The declaration of actual stock cotton at
Liverpool has not been received with uni
versal confidence, many being of the opin-
ion that there is good ground for the belief
that the supply Of American is larger than
was returned.
Year: 1878

All old YumefiOs will recOllect Billy King, who was a property holder here, a naturalized citizen and a creditable member of the community. He went back to China but does not like it, judging from the following letter from him which is given verbatim:

 SHANGHAI, Dec. 18th 1877

 DEAR SIR Yours of Oct. 21st. come to hand contents noted. am glad to hear your we'll I am the same. I am still do. ing nothing yet, and I don't think likely to be, because I think I will leave here in the course of a month, and tell you truth about it, don't like the people & climate been raining ever since cold weather set in which is about three months ago Times are very dull here, and flaming Gamine) in five Provinces, which in those flaming Dis- tricts they are eat ohe another. and worst of all the Government are opposed ad- vancement & Civelization, which a little distance of railroad build by Foreign Capitalist about twelve miles, & the Gov
Year: 1878

ANAHEIM Jan. 6 1878 DEAR SIR You will please publish the death of F. M. Chapman wEo died of lung fever near Wortenburg Cal Oct. 24th 1878 A friend may kind spirit wait his soul back to god who gave it P. S. please send A copy of the paper to Mrs Jennie Chapman Red Oak Ellis co Texas.

 The foregoing communication was without signature. We only hope that Mrs. c. will some day get her ten fingers into the hair of the idiot. who hopes to make this editor an accomplice to so thin a fraud. Take out an extra handful for our account Mrs. c. No black Republican would spell God with small g anyhow.