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Year: 1879

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One winter | met farmers daughter


who had just returned from visit to some


relative in another State. She was the


farmers main stay. for his wife was dead,


and all the other daughters married and


gone. The family was not large. yet they


kept halt dozen cows and made butter


for the market, and kept farm hands
enough to work their place. In fine,
there was no lack of housework for two
able-bodied women, and only one to do it.


When | saw her in the winter she was
rosy and plump and strong as any of her
neighbors. met her casually during the
spring and early summer without noticing
any change. But, toward the close of
summer, | met her, face to face, and was
shocked at the tired, worn look she ex-
hibited. inquired il she were well, to
which she replied, ''Well,-yes, suppose
So" But it was very evident to me that
she Was far from well. knew she had
broken down before, and had gone away
from home to recupeiate. l knew she
had had cough which she assured me, vol
UNFAIRLY, Twas not the consumption" thus
betraying her fears that it ,eas the con-
and she had gone away for her
health, and>had returned with rosy cheeks,
and fresh, elastic manners.


| compared the vigorous girl of eight
ago with the nerveless, tired girl
before me, and involuntarily asked my
feared being misunderstood
Il asked anybody else-"Why will they
not see that they are killing that girl with
work and worry?" And there the question
rests unanswered.


In one Of the late reports on Insane Asy-
ums, the statement Is made that the larg- /
Year: 1879

Mr.. Robert Lowe, NJ. p, ex-chancellol


of the exchequer, said recently. in an adj


dress to the children of a London orphan


asylum:


IL am myself person who has had to


struggle hard in the battle of life. and


will tell you what believe to be one OF


the greatest elements OF success in lite,


and that is that | think there is nothing


that helps young man or woman in life


so much as strict and rigid selfcontrol,
economy and selt-denial. 1t is the Gus


tom to say that youth is the time for en-
joyment and so it is; but nature and
youth have provided that enjoyment for
themselves. The earth and the air and the
skies seem to open to them paradise !;
but when they get older these delights
gradually fade away from them, and they
need the more adventitious and expensive
pleasures. What |, therefore. would
strongly advise every one of you is to
consider that when you 60 into the world
perhaps the first thing you have got to do
is, next to dealing honestly with that
which is intrusted to you, to take care that
you keep clear of debt, and if possible by
self-denial to lay by something for the fu-
ture in case OF sickness or other msfor-
tune. 1t seems to me that that is duty
which is not generally sufficiently incul-
Gated on young people. You will find in
life that if you behave well and do your
duty, all the difficulty is concentrated in
the first step. 1t is the first advance which
men and momen make in life which more
or less decides their future. The begin
nings of life are all crowded. For every
thing that is to be had there is great COM
petition; but when people have once
made step and proved that they are
worthy, all he rest is comparatively easy.
1t has been my duty often to pick out per-
sons Tor situs tions, and my experience is
that when the great mass is penetrated,
and you have got to persons who have
advanced one or two steps, the difficulty
S not that we are overwhelmed with per-
sons fit for the place, but to get any one
who is fit for it. Therefore your object in
ife should be to begin with the greatest
,are, attention and self-denial, 80 to make
his first step as to distinguish yourself as
'eing trustworthy and reliable in all par
iculars, and if you once attract the no.
ice of your employer, and he sees you
re well and honestly diseharging your
uty, you may rely upon it you are in a
air way to make yourself il dependent
nd to lead happy life.''
Year: 1879

Sam, just back from his first voyage.
was telling his mother about u terrible
storm, and how the sea ran mountains high,
taxing the utmost endeavors of the crew
to manage the ship. "Ah, but you see,
my son. said the old dame, laying her
hand softly on his, there was One at the
helm" ''Lor' bless you, mother" he
energeticall slapping his knee,
''sometimes there were five or six
Year: 1879

A new anecdote is told OF Bishop Peck
of the Methodist Episcopal church, who
presided at the late Minnesots conference.
His weight is between $50 and 400 pounds,
and when, in the dead and middle OF the
night recently his bed crushed under him,
the gentleman at whose house he was Wis
iting ran up stairs in great alarm. ..What
is the matter, Bishopg' anxiously inquired
the host Nothing at ALL" groaned the
clergyman ':jnst tell your wife if I'm not
here in the morning to look for me in the
CELLAR
Year: 1879

Somebody accused the Wabashaw Her
aid of going back on some Of Inc Repub
lican nominees at the late election, and the
Herald seems to think it necessary to
estate that we did not intend to do any
such thing" The accusers should have
been told to mind their own business, OF
words to that effect. What impairs the
influence of papers more than anything
else, is an impression that every cross
road politician is potential in its manage
ment.-P0neer Press.
Year: 1879

Professor: "What is a proposition p
Sophomore Something that we perceive
by intuition, SIR" SIS every proposition
something which we perceive by intuition,
that hog does not chew the cud % mo,
sir; know that from experience.
Year: 1879

Recreation for the farmers wives would
not remove every cause Of disease or in
sanity; but if farmers would plan recrea-
ton tor their wives and families, they
would remove one cause Of despondency,
gloom and sickness from their houses.
They would do much to avert the calmity
Of bodily vitality. They would DO very
m.eh also for their own happiness and the
recommendation Of the farmers life to
their sons and daughters.
Year: 1879

On Monday last large bald eagle made descent upon young white calf, on the premises of Mir Torres, in the Franklin canon. about two miles from Martinez, with the evident in- tention of flying off with it, but on finding it had ta1zap too heavy a con- tract. reIinquished it, and few away before the observers could get gun ready to shoot at it.
Year: 1879


"The great battles of life are unending-they go OF
by night well by day, at all seasons and in al
places"
Obi not upon fortified hill or field,
Where foemen meet with saher and shield.


Are mightiest battles fought!
Not amid warfare's wild alarms,
In the roar Of cannon, the clash Of arms.


AEe the grandest victories wrought
Look abroad into earth's sad homes
Where fierce temptation stealthily comes


Followed by wan despair;
Where souls are assaied by some mercless foe
By sin, by followed eyed want or woe,


And mark the conflicts thereI
Many mother sitting at night
By her starving child. without warmth or light,


In the desolate winter time,
Faces dread foes with a courage true,
And a spirit whose noble struggles outdo


hero's deeds sublime.
Many wife who watches and prays
Through long sad hours, while her loved strays


With those who to ruin lure
Bravely wrestles with unseen foes
Bravely smiles while her hearts blood flows


From wounds that know no cure.
Behold yon maiden, strangely fair,
With her gentle smile and her patient air,


At her needle toiling STILL
All she could tell of many a fight
Bitterly waged by day and by night


With the legons of wrong and i'll.
But she's conquered the terrible army at last
The struggle is over the peril is past,


And victory crowns her brow.
No mortal eye may see it shine
Yet the crown is there, and its light divine


llumines her spirit now.
All, yes these wonderful battles are fought
These silent victories hourly wrought


In the lowliest ranks oflifel
While some are wicked and many are weak
While spirits of evil their victims seek


Will be waged this unequal strife.
Only God and his angels pure
Ever can know what they endure


Who cope with these unseen foes
Only heaven, with It's infinite rest,
Can symbol the peace of the victor's breast


When these perilous conflicts close.
Year: 1879

Col. Mead, Superintendent of Agri-
culture, says that in five years after he
fixed his stables so as to save his liquid
manure he had doubled the products of
his farm. The greatest waste of New
England agriculture to-day in this waste
of the liquid excrement of our cattle. 1t
is five times greater than all our taxes.
heavy as they are. And there is no need
of it. 1t is simply the result of igno-
rance and shiftlessness.
Year: 1879

consoled her effectually on that score,
by telling another secret after her kiss
Of congratulation.


"Jack was indeed doing his best to
carry out the plan, she said ''and he
was often grieved about you; but dear
Madge, you must congratulate US now
not me, but us. Jack and l made it
up between US months ago, and We had
many quiet laugh about YOU"


So Madge herself accepted the ring,
and wore her golden fetters by her own
free will after all nor was there ever
happier or more willing captive. AS
for Fitzallan, if he was not another Ar
thur, as the girls fancy had prompted
her to call him, he was "blameless" as
the prince of the ''Idyls," and far more
blest; and if he reigned over no realm,
he was at least king over one brave and
tender heart-a kingdom wide enough to
satify his desires, and a prize which
time proved to be we'll worth his years
of waiting. CasseNs Magazine.


The Cincinnati Saturday Night pub
fishes the following reasons why letter
don't go:


Because you forgot to address it.


Because you forgot to stamp it.


Because you forgot to write the town
or the State on the envelope.


Because you didn't write the street
and number plainly.


Because you didn't put three cents on
the letter for every half ounce or frac.
tional part thereof.


Because you used a once Cancelled
stamp.


Because you cut out an envelope stamp
and pasted it on your letter.


Because you used inteaual revenue
stamps instead of postage stamps.


Because you used old, out of date,
stamps.


Because you put one cent on for a
drop or city letter, when it should be
two cents.


Because you used a foreign stamp.


Because you wrote the address so bad
ly that no one could read it.


Because you wrote the address on the
top of the envelope and it was surely
obliterated by the post-ofice dating, re-
ceiving, and canceling stamps.


And because you put your letter in {
blank envelope, and sealed it and for
warded it to-the dead letter office
where thousands upon thousands of val
liable letters are daily destroyed, becaus'
the people are either careless or ignoran
of the postal laws
Year: 1879




''LET THE MUD DRY FIRST" Here is
capital lesson that may well be i'm
pressed upon the memory of both old and
young: Mr.. Spurgeon, in walking a lit
tie way out of London to preach, CHANGED
to get his pantaloons quite muddy. A
good deacon met him at the door and de-
sired to get brush and take off some of
the mud. ooh, no" said Mr.. S.. ''don't
you see it is wet, and if you try to brush
it now, you will rub the stain into the
cloth =? Let it dry, when it will come
off easy enough and leave no mark" So,
when men speak evil of US falsely
throw mud at us-don't be in hurry
about brushing it off. Too great eager
ness to rub it of, is apt to rub it in.
Let it dry; by and by, if need be, lit
tie effort will remove it. Don't foster
scandal about yourself or others, or
trouble in society, or in church, by
haste to do something. Let it alone;
let it dry /; it will be more easily eradi-
Gated than you think in the first heat of
excitement. Time has a wonderful power
in such matters. Very many things in
this world will be easily got over by
judiciously "letting them dry"
Year: 1879

DOES HER OWN WoRK.-Does she ?
What of it ? Is it any disgrace Is she
any less true woman, less worthy of
respect, than she who sits in silks and
satins, and is vain of fingers that never
labor? We listened to this sneer few
days ago. and the tone in which it was
spoken betokened narrow, ignoble
mind, better fitted for any place than a
country whose institutions rest on hon.
orable labor as one of the chief corner
stones. 1t evinced false idea of the
true basis of society, of true womanhood
of genuine nobility. It showed the de-
testable spirit of caste. of rank, which
certain class are trying to establish
a caste whose sole foundation is money
and is the meanest kind of rank known
to civilization. Minds, manners, morals
all that enters into good character,
! and are of no account with these social
snobs position in their styled ranks is
bought with gold, and each additional
dollar is another round in the ladder by
which elevation is gained.
Year: 1879

A case Of very great interest was on trial in the
Circuit Court at Milwaukee last week. Miss Min.
ME Dane swore out bastardy warrant against
Joseph Schwinn Deputy Sheriff, charging him
with being the father Of her child The woman
on the witness stand, swOre that schwin never
had any intercourse with her, but that they were
sweethearts, and that through some mysterious
interference Of nature the child was begotten.
The physician who attended the woman in her
illness, also swOre positively that from a careful
scientific examination, the fact was demonstrate
ed that the complainant never had sexual inter.
course with any one, and the instance was only
the fourth or fifth one Of Its kind that had ever
been known. A few cases of it's kind are record.
ed. The vlrtuous, unmarried mother is pretty
young woman about 10 years old, and the father.
less child, now about two months old, is heal
thy, good sized, ordinary looking baby. The
case has excited much interest among physicians,
anumber from various parts Of the country at.
tending the trial.
Year: 1879

The following tables we find in the steuben-
vile Gazette taken from the State Auditors re.
port, and as they give valuable information, we
insert them. Youngstown is omitted for the rea.
son that town was not city in 1870. The FIRST is
Year: 1879

Grant bargained and got assurances from Re-
publican leaders that II he would accept First
Term and give up his life Office as General Of the
Army he should have. q Second Term The chances
are II he takes Third Term he retains the option
Of Fourth. That's the Grant way Of doing
things
Year: 1879

Hon. E. l.. MARTIN will accept our
thanks for q copy Of the Report Of the
United States Fish Commissioner, on
tie "Propagation of Food-Fishes OF the
United States, for 1856" The BOOK
embraces over thousand pages, made up
mostly Of tables Of figures, making 1t a
very costly volume. All that is useful or
necessary in it could be put into work OF
one hundred pages, that would be more
convenient and be much more readable,
and therefore much more valuable. as
vehicle of intelligence to the people.
Year: 1879




A "DIspLAY OF LIARs."-The Times
says ''the arrest Of two or three witness
es in the Louisiana Senatorial investiga-
ton on the charge of perjury does not
seem to have frightened anybody. The
display of liars was little more than
ordinarily disgraceful yesterday, and 1t
has always been quite sufficient to show
that few dollars would buy almost any
kind of evidence that may be wanted on
either side." Among "the display of
liars" there was one negro who said his
name was Wilson. The correspondent
Of the World says che swore that he had
been preacher, o teacher and lawyer,
made the committee and the audience
merry by the naive way In which he re-
vealed his notions of what lie was and
under what circumstances the Scrip
lures authorized him to swear to one.--
He made an affidavit that he had person
ated one S. Thomas, a member of thu
Packard Legislature, and had ia tha
assumed character voted for Kellogg
That, he said, was only a 'quasi-afiida
Wit and he had taken 'quasi-oath' to it
1t was all quasi. He did the deed whel
he had one Of his 'spasms of moral tur
pitude, for which his conscience alway
pricked him Immediately afterwards
He thought it right enough to swear to
lie because the Jurisprudence of Louisi
ana did not recognize any such thing.
Such is the character of the men WHOM
Mr.. Kellogg expects to swear away MI
Spofford's right to seat in the Senate.
Year: 1879

1T Is stated that the Committee ON
Coinage has agreed to bill to exchange
trade dollars for standard silver dol ars
and to recon the former into the latter.
The dollars thus coined to be in addition
to the amount directed to be coined under
the act remonetizing the silver dollar.
Year: 1879

SCRIP TO BE TAx.-The Attorney
General of the United States has given
An opinion that the scrip issued by the
Reading Railroad Company to its EN-
ployees in payment of wages is currency
aud, as such, liable to the annual tax of
10 per cent. The company has issued
of this scrip up to date, Sl,92l, ,260. No
demand has yet been made by the Gov
ernment for the payment of the tax, but
it is probable that suit will be brought
and the matter decided. The officers of
the company contend that the scrip is
not subject to taxation.


AS this scrip has been prescribed by
the Government, and we do not see why
it should not oe held subject to tax just
IS the notes of State bank or any other
corporation, we presume an effort will
be made to interdict the circulation Of
the per cent. bonds which the State
Of Georgia has issued to circulate among
her own people in the form Of small
coupon notes, about the size of the green.
backs. A similar form OF Indebtedness
having been adopted to get off its bonds
by the United States, of course all othe
interests will have to be put out of thu
way. The few gentlemen who now pre-
side at the heads of the Treasury De
par rment claim the right to control al
the metal money and also all the pape
money. When we add to this the righ
through the head of the army, to orde
the troops to the election polls, and tn
head of another department to ords
thousands Of U. S. Maishals to go
the elections and dictate who shall vo
and who shall not vote, armed with Il
power to arrest and imprison any vot
and hold him without a hearing until
Is too late to vote, the government b
certainly reached point so near d.
potism that it only requires the dispo
ton in the man to complete the cham
Just how long we shall wait for that
man can tell. But Congress has beenve
considerably and kindly informed by


Hayes in his message that he will


be that man-that the soldiers shall


be used at the polls while he is Preside


But he also informs Congress that


power shall be reserved for any OF


auccessors should tney feel inclined


use it.
Year: 1879

In a smoking room, on table lay


pipe and seRar together.
The one was made Of the finest clay,
The other had come from far away,
And they had debated the livelong day


To decide the question, whether
Ihe one or the other had greater claim
To popular use, or popular fame.
The pipe asserted, his claim and said


IT'S strange how you abuse me,
For I've always held as high head
AS you, and I'm Oft preferred instead
BY rich and poor, white man and red


In fact most people use me;
And my soothing power all fOeman heed
AS they call me pipe of peace, indeed :"
" Don't put on airs !" the weed replied


In q most insulting manner,
Then tossed his head and dared deride
The pipes true boast, and filled with pride
Rose In his wrapper, and thus he cried


i" Pm genuine Havana.
And III have you know I'm used by those
Who would ne'er put you beneath their


nose. :"
They fought and quarrelcd till day was DER,


On this all important matters
And they uttered unseemly words galore,
And called each other bad names a score,
And IT'S even thought by some they swore,


For they kept up such n clattcr
That they made their friends, the matches,


gapc
For fear they'd get into a ecrape.
Now 1t CHANGED two men passed by that way


Who heard how each derided
One seized the pipe, and without delay
The other the weed brought into play;
Each fell to work and without more say
w The question was soon decided
or tho war of words they made Joke.
They sc aped the lnatcnes-and the end was


smoke
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.-It has been
ascertainsd that Senator Hills journey
to New York from this city was for the
purpose of making a second attempt to
bring about compromise between the
Robinson and Kelly factions in the En-
pire State. In this matter Senator Hill
represents feeling (Which is general
among such Southern men as have been
here since the Ohio election) that un-
less the Democracy can carry New York
this Fall there can be nothing to hope
for in the Presidential campaign. He
is urging an adjustment between Rob
inson and Kelly in the name of all the
Democrats of the South.
Year: 1879




A writer in the New York Sun, who
was young primer in the Federal army,
gives this incident of life in the trenches
at Cold Harbor, Va, during the terrific
fighting early in June, 1864: By daylight
we had our earthwork finished, and were
safe. The heavy artillery, armed as in
fantry, were some sixty or seventy yards
in front of us. We being on the crest of
the hill, they were below us. Behind us
were a couple of Delaware regiments,
the two having about l40 men combined.
Back of us was a ravine, an alder swamp,
and in the thickets bordering on the
swamp was a spring of clear, cold water.
The men in front of us had to go to this
spring for water They would draw lots
to see who should run across the danger
Gus open grounds. This settled, the vic
tim would hang fifteen or twenty can
teens around him; then, crouching low
in the rifle pits, he would give great
jump, and when he struck the ground,
was running at the top of his speed for
our earthwork. Ofcourse every Confed-
crate sharpshooter in range fired at him.
Some of these men were shot dead {; but
generally they ran into the earthwork
with a laugh. After filling their can
teens, they would sit and smoke and talk,
nerving themselves for the deadly return.
Adjusting the canteens, they would go
out of the works on a run, and run back
over the bullet-swept course. Some
times they would come to us in pairs.
One day two Albany men came leaping
into our battery. After filling their can
teens, they sat and talked of the beauti-
full city on the Hudson, and finally
started together for their rifle pit. l
watched through an embrasure and saw
one fall. Instantly lie began to dig a
little hollow with his hands in the sandy
soil, and instantly the Confederate sharp
shooters went to work on him. The dust
flew upon one side of him, then on the
other. The wounded soldier kept scrap
ing his little trench in the sand. We
called to him. He answered that his
| leg was broken below the knee by rifle
ball. From the rifle pit we heard them
call to him to take off his canteens, tie the
| strings together and set them on one
side. He did so, and the thirsty men in
the pits drew lots to see who would risk
his life for the water. l got keenly in
tcrested in this dicing with death, and
watched intent. A soldier springs out of
the pit. Running obliquely, he stoops as
he passes the canteens, grasps the strings,
turns, and in flash is safe. Looking
out l see the dust rise in little puffs
around the wounded man, and with
quickening breath feel that his minutes
are numbered. | note a conspicuous
man in the rifle pit, and recognize him
as the comrade of the stricken soldier.
He calls to his disabled friend saying
that he is coming for him, and that he
must rise rs he comes near, and cling to
him when he stops, The hero leaves the
pit on a run the wounded man rises up
the runner clasps him in his arms; the
arms of the wounded one twine about
his neck, and he is carried into our bat
terry at full speed. To the honor of the
Confederate sharpshooters be it said that
when they understood what was being
done they ceased shooting.