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Year: 1878

This life is like game Of cards. We
must play the hands dealt to us, and
the credit is not 30 much in winning
as in playing poor hand well.


When | hear "A mun Dragging about
what he is going to do next } ear, | can
tell pretty near what he's doing now.


Don't despisc poor relations. They
might got rich sometime, and then II
would be 80 hard TO explain things.


The reputation man gets IRON his
ancestors wants about US much alter
ing TO fit him as their clothes would.


There Is no woman on the lace OF
the earth who tiles 80 hard to do right
and fails oitcner than the average
mothcr-in-law.


An enthusiast is an individual whO
believes about four times rs much as
any body else wlll believe,


Falling in love is like falling down
stairs-its hard work 10 find odt just
how tho thing was done.


A man who has been waiting foi
the last fifteen years for something IL
turn up, is still IN the same business.


A poodle il woman's pct, and
have seen some | would like to SWAP
livings with.


The worst tyrant in this world is q
woman who is superior to her husband
and lets everybody know it


Love Is like the measles, you car
have It but once, and the later in lit,
we have IL the tougher il goes with us


Great thinkers are not apt to bt
great whlstlers. When man cant
think of any thing he begins to whistle


The man you have to work on
farm for nothing and board himself
Just about earns his wages.


Neatness, in my opinion, is one o
the virtues. have always considered
IL twin sister To charity, but none work
so bard as the victim Of ecstatic neat
ness. have seen neat person whC
would not lot weary fly rest long
enough on their best wall paper Il
take breath, and who would chase l
single cockroach up aud down stair
until bis legs were worn off.
Year: 1878

After cheeriully abstaining from read


ing the many theories suggested, we are


forced to the conviction that more money
| is needed, in fact we have felt the want
of it for many ears but have refrained


from a public declaration. There has


been such a prolonged arrangement be-


tween ourselves and any large family Of


money, that any sudden compaDionship
would create a painful embarrassment on
our part in its presence, almost as much
so az in its absence, and we don't hesitate
in the belief that such is the feeling of
many now enlisted in its enlargement
The idea is to induce 4 large immigration
of currency regardless of any particular
value. It would then be much easier to
pull out pound than the present trying
custom Of borrowing an ounce. No one
will deny that during the confederacy IL
was rather bard times, and that the only
soft thing in circulation was the money.
Then the Incorporate walked into sap
house and demanded an invigorating
toddy. The merchant independent
replied one hundred and ten dollars FER
tod. The consumer, without hesitation,
says, "there's your money" and tho
moonsbiner says, there's your tod"
Thus were priyations escaped, and the
pangs of proverty unknown. True it
was poor grub, poor clothes, poor sap,
and poor money, but there was wealth
of it in quantity, and everybody was an
aristocat from a pecuniary standpoint.
AS for silver being obnoxious as an
article of pocket transportation, we can
soon become accustomed 10 that inconn
venience. We know a great many per-
sons who are footsore carrying around an
empty pocket, and we believe they could
be reconciled 10 a tenantry Of a few silver
dollars. You can't keep up light heart
with light pocket. The scene needs
little dark shading of currency to make
it enioyable.-- Barney Hughes.
Year: 1878

Professor w. Frank Stewart has in his
possession specimen, the like of which
has probably never before been seen in
any part of the world. It is piece of
charcoal some FIVE inches in length and
half an inch thick, on which is formed
about Cne inch of as handsome bitumi-
nous coal as ever was dug out Of the
bowels of the earth. The coal is some
what crystalline in structure. 1t shows
no sign of the grain of the wood from
which it was formed, while the charcoal,
to which it was firmly united, shows the
grain of the original wood through its
whole lengths, in fact, nothing more
than a piece of ordinary charcoal. The
bituminous coal gives to the whole speci-
men about the weight of lump of ordi>
nary coal of its size would have. This
remarkable specimen was taken from a
coal-pit of the kind commonly construct
ed in eastern Nevada in burning coal for
use in the smelling furnaces. 1t is proof


posiJive that, under certain amount OF
pressure, and when sumbitted 70 proper
degree of heat, pine wood may be con-
yerted into bituminous coal. As 1t 50
distinctly shows this as to convince any
one who sees it OF the fact, the specimen
is invaluable would doubtless create q
great sensation were it exhibited before


some of the learned societies OF the
Atlantic states or Europe. The speci'
men il sound and firm in every respect


and there is no reason why 1t may not bt
preserved for hundreds or even thousandi
Of wears if not exposed to fire. 1t Il


certainly a wonderful production, and IN
| lis way the greatest curiosity we hav'
ever seen. Virginia City (Nev.) Enter
| prise.
Year: 1878

In the last century the one prevailing
idea of education for women scarcely
included learning at all. 1t meant
simply and emphaticalIy the discipline
which fits for society. Through more
than half that period manners were the
thing IN qrestion-manpers, and how to
improve them; for clearly there was
everywhere great falling off from what
had been, whether in France or England.
We find Nine. de Maintenon Gin 1707)
confding to her friend, the Princesse des
Ursins, in very plain language, her feel
ings on this point fI confess to you
that the females of the present day are
to me insupPortahle their ridiculous
and immodest dress, their snuff, wine,
gluttony, coargeness and Incidence, are
all so opposite to my taste that it is
natural for me to dislike them" The
Spectator, at a date two or three years
later, remarks upon the same character
istics, and breads the conclusion of the
war for the influence peace may haze
upon English ladies. "The whole dis
course and behavior" he writes, "of
the French is to make the sex more
fantastical, or, as they are pleased to
term it, more awakened, " than is
convenient either with virtue or discre-
tien. TIC speak loud in public assemblies,
to let every one hear you talk of things


that should only be mentioned in private
or in q whisper, are looked upon as part
Of refined education. at the same time
q blush is unfashionable,a and silence more
iIl-bred than anything that can be
spoken" Under this teaching ne re-
cords the behavior OF arefned lady, newly
returned from France, at the perform
ance OF Macbeth, who. before the rising of
the curtain, breaks out in a lotd solilo-
guy, When will the dear witches
enter ~ and before the play is half
through has formed a.little audience for
herself. "This pretty childishness," he
says, " is not to be attained in perfection
by ladies Who DO not travel for their i'm
provement," to add, as It were, point TO
their ignorance, in imitation of those
ladies Of the court Of France who thought
it i'll breeding to pronounce hard word
right-tor which reason they took fire.
quent occasion TO use hard words that
they might murder them This author
ity further adds: That a lady of some
quality q court having accidentally
made use of hard word in q proper
place and pronounced it right, the whole
assembly waseut of fcountenance for her
Year: 1878

The silver bill has been passed over


the presidents veto by a vote in the
senate of 46 to 19, and in the house bJa


vote >of 196 to 73. This settles the
question of bi>metallic currency, and
emphasizes a great popular victory. Il
remains nNw for congress to proceed to
such supplementary legislation as viii
perpetuste the fruitage of this victor.
The wrong which was pepetrated by the
stealthy demonetization of silver has been
righted, and the fegal tender character
of the old silver dollar has been restored
but the bill, as amended by the
senate, leaves silver a subsidiary coin,
and future legislation should be directed
to placing it on an exact equality with
gold, where it stood previous, to the act
of demonetization. The relation of silver
to gold can be fixed by law so Mat the
owners of silver bullion can receive coin
certificates for all they deposit with the
government, receivable for customs, taxes
and public dues. The silver dollar Of
4123 grains may, by full coinage and free
circulation, through proper ancillary
legislation return to the value it bore at
the time of decentralization 100. 46
cents in gold.- Courier>Journal.
Year: 1878

Among the pretty things for the par
lor which may easily be made at home
are lamp shades and window Transparent
cies cut from bristol board. For lamp
shade take five pieces of bristol board,
three inches wide at the top and five at
the bottom, and sloped like q dress gore
on both sides. On each of these sketch
lightly in pencil, or if your skill is not
equal to this, trace with impression pa
per any simple picture you please.
Flowers, leaves, a spray of any sort,
vine with leaves, grapes with tendrils are
all effective and pleasing patterns
Vick's or Bliss catalogues furnish
abundance Of pretty designs. After the
pattern is traced take a sharp pen knife
and cut through each line, taking csre to
leave enough of the board intact at the
base of each, so as to prevent any part
from being wholly detached and so fall
ing out The design may be colOred on
the reverse if desired, and for this no
skill is necessary-bold stroke and dashes
Of color answer perfectly, provided there
is no burning Of the links. We have seen
some such shades where. instead of using
a knife, the lines were priclzed with pin
or with a large needle. When the parts
of the shade are all done bind them with
narrow ribbon or gilt paper pasted on,
and join them together, This may be
done by making hole at each corner of
each gore and tying them together by
means of narrow ribbon passed through
the holes. II a larger shade is desired,
six pieces may be made, but five will be
sufficient for the ordinary size. The
effect Of such a shade will, when the lamp
is lighted, be found equal to the finest
bisque or porcelain transparencies. For
windows cut the board in rectangular
shape and proceed in the same manner
with yolH picture. We have seen q
head of christ and a Madonna and child
beautifully executed in this easy art
work. Your knife must be sharp and
your hand steady. It is we'll to fasten
the work to drawing board, as artists do
their drawing paper, to hold it in place
while doing it, since this insures more
regularity in the strokes.-[ Philadelphia
Times.
Year: 1878

Acting under the instructions of the
secretary of the treasury, the director of
the mints has been engaged in making
the necessary arrangements for running
the mints to their tull capacity ON the
new silver dollar, in connection with
which gold only will, for some time, be
coined. 1t is probable supply of work
ing dies will be ready in about ten days;
and, in the meantime, silver bullion will
pass through all the processes of putting
it in shape for coming the dollars, except
that of stamping, and for which par
ticular operation the capacity OF the
mints is in excess of other operations, so
that in reality but little delay in coinage
will be occasioned by the dies not being
now ready. 1t is thought that by the
middle of April the coinage OF the silver
dollar will be at the rate of three million
five hundred thousand dollars per month,
The supply of fractional silver coin at
the mints and different treasury offices
is sufficient to meet the demand likely
to arise for several months. The mints
are al in excellent condition, with a
sSillful force of workmen, and everything
in shape to meet the large amount OF
coinage devolved on them by the new
law.
Year: 1878

The commandant of a post generally
gives the Indians under his control per-
mission to go on a buffalo hunt ABOUT
twice a year. A party from two nun


dred to three hundred is allowed 70 90
out at once, and may be out from thirty
to ninety days, being, during that tlme'
accompanied by two or three SOLDIERS
from the garrison. The party IS dlVioeo
and the herd is surrounded, the circuit
being about half mile in diameter.
When about half way around the
signal is given to charge, ana tne
bucks commence to ply their arrows.
The excited buffaloes run backward
and forward, until probably one-nlth
of them is killed, when the nunt
is temporarily over, at least. Inc
souaws have, in the meantime come
along and picked up their huspauus


clothing, and follow after TO complete
the work of the chase. The bueK, K,naVlne
shot his buffalo, rushes forward 70 pass
the animal over, so that he will NOT TAI


on the side which the arrow has pierced
and break it. He cuts the arrow out o


its place, puts it back in his quiVer' and
then marks the buffalo with his peculiar
brand, which may be cut ID 1ne nos
Year: 1878

What q picture would the life of the


average woraau Of Fifth Avenue. or
Beacon street present to usIf we sh5dld


Law it down without exaggeration on
paper! Her school days over, it is her
habit to walk into the breakfast-room at
nine o'clock, just from her bed, her front
hair twisted over pins or bits of silk.
She lounges, residing the newspaper,
chatting with others as Purposeless SIS
herself, warming her feet or gazing out Of
the window, until eleven: then she retires
to arrange her toilet for the evening,
perhaps 70 examine clean clothes from
the wash, er perform some other house
hold duty-duties not to be omitted,
but which the economical woman Zone
who has learned the value of time)
would have completed before the day
began; then she dresses for afternoon
calls, and, list in hand, descends to the
lunch table. Here nearly another hour
fades away before she begins her after
noon round, fitting from house to house,
cheerfully chatting of the Shaughraun,
Nilsson, Kellogg--of everything, in short,
which concerns the shows of lite, but
careful as one walking over pitfalls to
avoid every object of vital interest either
to herself or Others. Then, she visits, or,
drive ended, she hurries home in season
to dress for dinner, and go somewhere
afterward, as if to exhaust to the LAST
drop her own vital strength and the
hours of the day. This little record is
not overdrawn. With certain modifica-
tions, this is the substance of the life of
wives and daughters of well-to-do mer-
chants in our cities. These days are
varied by certain mornings given to
music and others TO painting. But how
small the average of those who achieve
anything worth doing A man to be q
painter must not paint with half his
mind The same law holds good for the
women.


Let every woman apply to her own
life the doctrine of selection. The man
is bred TO this. What is your son going
to be parents are asked, and boys in the
public school confide to each other the
profession Of their choice. No one ssks
the girl what is to be her employment,
what is she preparing for. The days OF
her pleasant school lite glide by, one after
another; frequently no accurate scholar
ship has been required of her and when
the routine stops, she is without rudder
and without aim.
Year: 1878

The approaching disappearance Of Nj
agara Falls announced. A correspond
snt, protesting to write :froni the Falls,
saws: "The theory that has for some
time been discussed with regard to the
caving in, or wearing away of Niagara,
has this season found new fuel to add
to the argument in its favor. Consid-
erable comment has been going the
round of the leading gpapersw.ithr relation
to the changed appearance Of the Falls
from that OF last year. The Horseshoe


has evidently given way some thirty feet
in that part Of the cone where the
green water is seen, 50 that the horse
shoe appearance is metamorphosed to
that of a triangular shape. 1t is
thought that about one hundred and
fifty tons of rock must have
fallen in the Horseshoe alone,
and old habitues are taking landmarks
to notice the recession that may take
place before another year. The American
fall has evidently given way at points to
a considerable extent. There is no doubt
but that Niagara Falls is crumbling
away and falling back, but the present
recession is probably the greatest wit
messed by any one generation. The heavy


ce-6elds which pass over it in the
spring, the strong current and ceaseless
wear and tear of time, and the mighty
laundering cataract, must inevitably tell
heavily upon the rocky crest Of the
grand old shrine; but of course its falling
away must be so slow as not to be
observable to the eye, except when, from
time to time, some of the immense
boulders give way"
Year: 1878

horse, and vigorously pushed With my


feet against the carcass of the wretched
animal, which rolled down into the
abyss. I then arose, and cleared at
few bounds the distance which separated
the place where was FROM the plain
and under the irresistible reaction of the
terror which had 50 long repressed, I
sank in swoon upon the ground. When
I reopened my eyes the colonel was by
my aide.
Year: 1878

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. pa new line of
freight Is TO be established between this port
and Liverpool, to be called the Blue Star Line. Seven
steamers large class have already been engaged and
will begin running the first week in Dccemb,t. They
Will be especially lifted for carrying live cattle.
Year: 1878

A deputatiOn representing the French ship
ping interests had interview to-day with the Mpster
Of Marine considered urgently necessary that the
Government should assist the shipping interests.
Year: 1878

In order for the people of the South to
become independent and prosperous, it is
absolutely essential that they should raise
on their own farms their own means of
90 ubsistence. This they may easily do,
since ali that is necessary is the will and q
small outlay of effort and attention. Few
families require more than 1000 pounds of
meat per annum, and ten hogs, properly
attended, will, without doubt, net 1000
Cannot every farmer, by commencing now,
contrive to have ten hogs to kill next
wiuter3 "Set your pegs" and persistently
work up to them, ia the sure way to suc-
ceed. But you have no corn, and shoats
instead of hogs, we imagine we hear some
of our farmers e1claim, in surly, despon-
dent tone sadly dero2story to their pluck
and manhood. The old proveTb that
"where there is a will there is a way" is
literally true, consequently, substitutes
for corn may be found, and shoats may be
hogs In your horse lot and give them the
slops from your kitchen and your surplus
vegetables, until your corn comes on.


Raise more corn, peas, oats and potatoes,
and less cotton. Raising cotton at 8 and
10 cents will break the best farmer in the
land. Manure your land with stable and
cowpen manure and cotton seed, and try
10 cause one acre to yield as much as you
usually take of three. Try it for once.


Oats is far cheaper as feed for horses
than corn, and does not materially interior e
with the working of the corn crop, conse-
quently every farmer should SOW oats,
particularly if he is scant of COIN. German
millet is also profitable and easily grown
crop, and very handy as feed for stock.


1t is plain to every man who has glim-
mering of sense that raising cotton to the
neglect Of breadstuffs has dragged the
South down to poverty. Will farmers go
on in this most ruinous policy We know
it is said there are some men too stupid to
be instructed evon by experience-that
schoolmaster of fools-bLt we trust the
majority of farmers have sense enough to
quit q system of husbandry that is yearly
impoverishing them. Let every farmer
curtail his cotton crop and go in for di-
verslty of crops-such as corn, oats, peas,
| potatoes, etc.


We must live and practice the strictest
economy in order to become comfortable
and independent.


| If this practical advice be followed and
our present country population be reinfoI ced
by even one in every three Of the strong
healthy younG men who are now a!mos
starving by the tens of thousands in OuI
cities aud towns, in less than ten years the
South will be the richest country in the
word.
Year: 1878

ded it is worth preserving. If YOU put it
off the chances are that you will be unable


to find the passage wheE you want 1t, or 1t
will he altog, Laer fIrgotten. In the second
place your scrap book should have a'care-
fully compiled index, and each extract
should be indexed under two different
headings if possible, for convenience of
reference. This; too, should Be- done when
the extract is put in. An index compiled
in this way, by degrees, is easily made,
aud will probably be an accurate one;
whereas if left to be done after the com ple-
tion of the book, it is troublesome to make,
and is very likely to contain mistakes.
There is no occasion to make it strictly
alphabetical at first a mere classification
under each letter will be gu fficient for some
time, and a Encouragement can easily be
made afterwards. But the index, however
arranged, is Indispensable. 1t is almost
unnecessary to dilate on the value of the
scrap book kept with discretion. There is
hardly any dispute in which man or
woman can be engaged that will not at
times receive aid from such a volume.
There are, no doubt, certain occupations
notably those connected with literature
and aTt-whjch would benefit most by
scrap book. But apart from its use, such
volume ia q source of much pleasure 30
the possessor as wei as to others, and the
extracts made in youth will bs read with a
curious interest in afterlife.
Year: 1878

In reading we are often impressed with


the beauty of a particular passage or idea


but msmory is treacherons, and We soon


lose all recollection of it. Or we are read.


ing a newspaper, and come upon All article


on some special subject, of which we have
long wished for fresh information. In one
part there IS a passage which contains an


account of an invention which strikes US as
we'll worth remembrance. We read it, and


trust to the chapter of accidents - renem
ber it; or we put aside the newspaper for
preservation, in which case it is usually


lost, or we cut out the passage and pocket
it, when a similar fate cvertakos the
extract. Or, again, to come down to more
| homely matters, you notice in some paper
or periodical good recipe, some hint on
household economy or decorative art. You
may remember it, or you may not; at any
rate, some method Of insuring yourself
| against fOrgetfulness is desirable. Now
this is just where the scrap book comes
into play. Captain Cuttle's famous advice,
"When found make a note Of" is admirsb BILE
advice, and 1T is astonishing what valua-
ble collection of extracts, hints and inven
| tious, epigrams and quotations of all kinda
person may gather in y very few years
! OF course a certain discretion must be exer-
cised. If the book is oveTstOcked with


worthless odds aud ends it is Of little use.
Two things are essential If it is to be a
success. In the first place, copy out your
extract or paste it directly you have deci-
Year: 1878

WEARY AMID THE GLITTER. - A
Washington lady whose husband held
one of the highest places in the Govern
mnt, stood In her magnificent home at
tired for her weekly reception. "How
gladly would l give up all the fnery,
show, and insincerity OF this public place
and 60 back to the rooms | lived in when
we were first married. | would throw
my silks and diamonds away and sit
down to my supper of chip beef and tea
at sunset, and alterward take long, qui-
ct walk with Will, and rest on the stump
in the moonlight, and tell my little plans
for the future, and what had done every
hour while he was gone, and know that
we were alone in the world, living only
for each other. Those days seem like
days in heaven. | work harder now than
any slave often 800 calls to make in a
single week receptions or parties every
night ; see the same people, hear the same
talk, eat the same things, come home dis
gusted wonder what | am living for,
where ! will go when die. Betty, l
must have Hon.-and Secretary
here tomorrow / must get their inhu.
ence you must talk music to the Secre-
tary, and you ask Hon. about mono


ith monolith is his hobby. Do your
best. need their help SO it is always.
Help, influence, power-a smile in my
face, interest in my manner, living lie
feeding my soul on husks."