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Year: 1877

VALUE OF WoMAN'S Work Rev.
Thomas X, Beecher, writing to the Chris
1Gn Union of his camp life in the woods,
gives the following advice:


"All men ought to 60 to the woods and
religiously do their own washing and
general work-such as sewing, cooking,
housekeeping and dish washing. The
work Of women is not spoken of sensibly
by men until they have done it themselves.
Gentlemen readers, it is easy to talk! But
just try it on Il very modest scale once,
and you'll honor working women more
than ever. Do as have done-do a wash
Of six pieces, and then remember that Il
woman turns off two hundred pieces in Il
day. Look at your watch and see how
long it takes you. Look at your soap and
see how much you have used. Look at
your white clothes handkerchief or tow
ely and see what you have done or not
done, and never again speak harshly of
or at II woman or wash day, nor of laun
dry work rs if it were unsklled labor
Fry it. Don't talk. Don't sneer. Try
it. A sympathetic gentleman having
washed two dozen pieces will never change
his shirt again without a glow of rever-
ence and gratitude. She did this. A sim
liar and salutary consciousness will come
to him who darns his own socks, patches
his trowsers, splices his suspenders, and
washes dishes. Look not every man upon
his own things, but every man also upon
the work Of woman. Such an expert
ence in the woods will 60 far toward set
ting the woman question, by teaching us
that we are all members one of another,
and there must be no schism.
Year: 1877

A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE CURE FOR
BURNs.-At Il recent meeting of the Mas
sachusetts Dental Society. DR.. G. +. Wa
ters of Newton presented very interesting
and important views with reference TO
Burns; their philosophy and cure" His
reason for not announcing his discovery ut
an earlier day was that nc convincing
reasons were in readiness until the present
time. In 1868 the essayist was severely
burned by vulcanizer, at n temperature
of 5000. Covering the burn with bcar-
Donate of soda, he continued his work as
though pothing had happened On the
next day only few white, dry papules
were visible. When he was little boy
his sister was severely burned on the face
and neck by boiling water containing SAL
eratus in solution. 1t was supposed that
she could not live, but the mother dressed
the injured surface with sweet oil and laud-
anum On the following morning dry
desquamation existed, and the cure was
Immediately consummated. Yet it was
not the oil and not the laudanum that de-
served the credit. Many years aherward
the speaker discovered that burns were
dlleNldleu hlliOSG llSlduIhueOuSly Dy lIle
application of bicarbonate of soda, and BIZ
carbonate of potash, lime-water, or bibo-
rate of soda. Unlike the proprietor of the
bullet proof vests, the doctor was not
afraid to stand the fire test Boiling wa
ter was brought into the hall and fearlessly
applied to his wrist. The injured mem
ber was coated with the soda, which gave
immediate relief from all unpleasant
symptoms. The philosophy of the cure
was explained at some length. The num-
ber of pores to the square inch was from
2,700 to 5000; their size varied from
1-1000 to 1-400 Of an inch. They were
straight or slanting for little distance,
and then convoluted. When benzne,
ether, chloroform, or other hydrocarbons
were applied to the skin, and then covered
with an air tight membrane, burns were
the inevitable result. A solution of soda
would dissolve the albumen of the injured
cuticle, open the pores and discharge the
contents. Pain, therefore, would cease
directly. It was absolutely necessary for
a time to keep the surface cool with water
dressing.
Year: 1877

THE LARGEST Book IN TIE WORLD
The Trustees of the British Museum are
in treaty for the purchase of the copy o
the largest book in the world. TowarC
the close of the seventeenth century the
reigning Emperor of China appointed al
Imperial Commission to reprint in one
vast collection all native works of Interest
and importance in every branch of litera'
ture. In the beginning of the following
century the Commissioners completed
their labors, and were able to lay before
the Emperor very palpable proof of theil
diligence in the shape of a compilation
consisting of 6, 100 volumes, entitled " Kir
ting koo kin too shoe tseih ching" or "Ar
Illustrated Imperial Collection of Ancien
and Modern Literature"


Only small edition was printed off il
the first instance, and before long thC
greater part of the copper types which
had been cast for the undertaking, vert
purloined by untrustworthy officials, anC
the remainder were melted down and coin
ed into cash. Accidents by fire, and by
violence have considerably reduced the
number of copies of the imperial edition
originally printed, and it is believed tha
on Iy a comparatively few now remain ex
tant. The Trustees of the British Museum
having become aware that one such copy
has lately been offered for sale at Pekin
have entered into negotiations for lis pur
chase, and it is much to be hoped that they
may succeed in adding this rare and inter
esting collection to the national library
London AhenGune.
Year: 1877

One of the Mollie Maguires who were
hanged last week came nearer to rescue
than he had any idea of. Right in the
crowd at Wilkesbarre, watching the pro-
cecdings throughout, was Charles N. Farr,
the governors private secretary, with
reprieve for Duffy in his pocket. His in
structions were to see if any of the pris-
oners in confession should exculpate DUFF
fly. None did so, and finally the secretary
telegraphed to the governor that all were
hanged Duffy was the only one about
whose case the board of pardons had any
doubt mt all.


An effort to determine the true meaning
and proper application of the words an
hropOIogy, e.bnology and ettnogrGphH was
made ut recent session of the Anthropo-
logical Society Of Paris. Mr.. Broca said
that conventional usage had made the fol-
lowing distinctions: First, anthropology
is the general study of man, or the entire
human species secondly, ethnology is the
study of the natural divisions of the hu-
man species, which are commonly known
as the races of man and finally, we have
ethnography, the most special of the three
studies, which relates to the subdivision of
races into peoples.


The late DR.. Hall once said that the true
mode of living is to "have plenty of every
thing that is good to eat and drink, which
imparts nourishment and strength, and as
much of it as you want. The idea of get
ting up from the table hungry, is unnatu.
raj, and absurd and hurtful-quite as
much so as getting up in the morning be-
fore your sleep is out, on the mischievous
principle that early to rise, makes man
healthy, wealthy and wise. -" The doctor
did not believe that person gained Or re-
tained health by plunging into ice-water
every morning and then scrubbing all the
skin off with horse-hair brush or Il coarse
board towel; neither did he favor a break
fast of oatmeal sawdust. Wholesome food,
pure air. regular habits, plenty of mental
and physical exercise, and sufficient sleep
these, he thought, in connection with
good temper and contented disposition,
were the means of retaining health and
prolonging life.
Year: 1877

CHOICE OF A PRoFESSIoN.-In the case
of many young men the choice of a pro
fession is attended with much anxiety and
no little misery. Some there are who
take kindly to the profession which their
friends advise, or which is cut out fol
them by circumstances. There is, how
ever, class of young men for whom we
have much sympathy, who find it very
difficult to geL started in life, because they
have no strong inclination or pre-arranged
reason which would induce them to choose
one profession rather than another. These
are speculative rather than practical men


who are better adapted for taking college
honors than for the struggle for existence


They do not wish to enter the clerical


profession; they may not have sufficient
money to enable them 10 live through the
winter of discontented briehessness at the
bar; their tastes and nerves are not suGl
as would qualify them for the medical pro


fesson; they may have no business con


ncction. At last they begin to fancy thai
they are de tr0p in the world, and come tC
The very erroneous conclusion that man.
kind has no need for their service. TC
such we would say: Go into the profes-
sion you dislike least, and habit will make
it bearable. Remember that patience and
conscientious plodding, though sneered al
by shallow young men, are the highest
virtues, and synonymous with true genius


Life is too short to make ourselves misera'
BILE over the choice of II profession, OIL
to spend years speculating about what is
best to do, which would be better en-
ployed in doing it. We must not seek fol
mathematical demonstration that the road
we propose to travel on is the right one
when we come to crossroads in life. A
certain amount of probability is sufficient
to make us take either, especially if the
wolf Of hunger be at our heels, or the no
Bile incentive of desire to be useful to ouI
fellow creatures is urging us. In the
choice of a profession, as of n wife, there
must be II certain venture of faith, and in
this unintelligible world there is rash


ness which is not always folly. Young
men cannot always adapt circumstances
to themselves; let them therefore endeavoI
to mould themselves to circumstances.
Year: 1877

"A BLACK NAvY.-The New York
Herald say it begins to look as if our ar
vessels, that is if we shall have any, will
all soon all be manned by The black
brother. That element is SO large in
our vessels now that white men-of-war's
men whose terms have expired will
not re-enlist if they can get anything else
to do. r
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, April 26 "A dele CATION,
white and black, OF the Labor League OF
the United States called on the President
to day, and read an address requesting
him to embody IN his message TO Con-
gress q recommendation for the appro-
priation of money for internal improve.
ments, to give employment to the idle
lsborer, and also TO recommend the re-
storation of suffrage in the District of
Columbia, and the payment Of the 10000
workirgmen defrsuded by contractors
under the Board OF Public Works. The
President in reply said: This speech is
so voiuminous and the topics so numerous
that l would not undertake in uncon-
sitered and off.handed sentences to ex-
press opinions in regard to It. Some of
the statements of iacts, perhaps, deserve
q good deal OF consideration. Certainly,
if there are twenty thousand men in this
district out of employment or that
number of men to whom the government
owes money, it ought to be pad, and
Congress would be very derelict in its
duty ii it is not done. IS for the gem
erai expression of good will you express,
| appreciate it, and return my
thanks very fully. Perhaps this is
all l desire to say on the subject without
further consideration. The rights of all
citizens are precisely equal before the
law, and our courts and executive de-
partment must see that these equal rights
are maintained, with such assistance as
Congress, and above all the people, can
give them. The right of suffrage in this
District is not question 1 have given
any consideration to. The tact is that
during the administrations of Washing
ton, jefferson and Madison and earlier
Presidents, suffrage was vested in the
people of this district with regard to local
affairs, but none Ms to general affairs.
There have been various changes from
that time to the present. Here Chair
man Lodnett, oi the delegation, inter.
upted with the query Ms to what the
President thought Of that order of
thirgs rs Americas prlTciple


The Pres ldeDt-W will not discuss it.
1t is enough to say that what you desire
on that subject is within the power Of
Congress to grant; it is not within the
power OF the Executive This, OF course,
is a very large question, and is to be
considered IN accordance with the
wishes OF the people. l do not know
what the feelings OF the people are on this
question. L: not for me to lay down
rules for the dicsion OF questions OF this
sort. 1t is safe TO leave them to the
great body o. the people. If the phople


a. tc hau SiiG-
frage in this District l shall not inter-
iere with them, aud should no. veto, but
would sign any bill on that subject.
Year: 1877

ANEoDoTE OF GARRIcK. When Gar
rick was in Paris, Preville, the colebrat-
ed French actor invited him to his villa,
and, being in gay humor, he proposed
to go in one of the hired coaches that
regularly piled between Paris and Yer
sailles, on which road Preville's villa
was situated. Wnen they got in, Gar
rick ordered the coachman TO drive on,
but the driver answered that he could
not until he had got his complement of
passengers. A caprice Immediately
seized Garrick. He determined to give
his brother player specimen of his art
While the coachman was attentively
looking out for passengers, Garrick
slipped out at the opposite door, went
round the coach, and BY his wonderful
command of facial expression, palmed
himself off upon the coachman as o
stranger. This he did twice, and was
admitted into the coach each time as a
fresh passenger, TO the astonishment
and admiration Of Prcville. Garrick
slipped out third time and addressed
himself to the coachman who said in q
surly tone, that he had 'got his compile
ment." He would have driven of with
out Garrick, had not PreYille called out
that as the stranger appeared to be q
very little man, they would accommo-
date the gentleman and make room for
him.-Once Week.
Year: 1877

posei crime was even hooted in his ears
a. he passed through the public streets.
Thus he passed eleven years OF his life,
waiting patiently for his vindica'ion.
His loss sf character hal brought with
1t loss Of property. and he became re-
duced almost TO beggary.


Thus matters stood until the early
part Of October. 1867, when n man.
clothed in the garb Of a sailor. made his
appearance in the village Of Plattsburg
and inquired for Captain John Weather
wax. The latter was just then entering
the post-ofiicc. where considerable
crowd had collected, and was pointed
out to the inquiring stranger. He
made his way toward him, laid his
hand familiarity upon his shoulder, and
exclaimed:


How are you, John


John looked at him for moment in
bewilderment, gave easuppressed scream,
and replied:


Great Heaven! has it come at last ,"


Turning to the crowd, he said:


Gentlemen, my vindication has at
last come. For eleven years 1 have
borne your reproaches in silence, hop
ing and praying for this hour. This is
my cousin Andrew, for whose supposed
murder / have suffered punishment
many times worse than death


For short time there was a disposi
ton to regard the newcomer as an i'm
postor who had been brought forward
to relieve Captain Weatherwax of the
disgrace that had attacked to him. But
his identity was soon established beyond
question.


The account which Andrew gave of
himself was that he left the boat on that
eventful evening after the quarrel, wan
dered into q rum shop q short distance
from the landing, became engaged in a
fight, and was arrested. In the morn
ing he was brought before a magistrate
and fined, but having no money, and be-
ing still angry with his cousin, he would
not go to him for aid, and was on the
point Of being taken to Jail, when a
stranger came forward and offered to
pay his fine if he would engage to sail
with him, his vessel then lying at Mon
treal. He consented, and the next day
they sailed for China; for eleven years
he had followed the sea. and never once
communicated with his relatives. He
now heard for the first time that one of
them had suffered on his account.


The matter of the blood and his hat,
which, it will be remembered, was found
on the deck, he explained by saying
that he had had the nose-bleed during
the day, and that some of the blood had
probably fallen on the deck; the hat he
tossed upon the deck when he decided
to go out in the evening, taking better
one in its stead.


The Identification of the body found,
the quarrel, the blow, and the voice of
Weatherwax heard during the alterca-
ton, are mysteries never explained.
Year: 1877

A new FooT WAY.-The foot crossing
across TIE race at the upper head-gaIe, on
the Brandywine after remaining in n dan
gerous condition Tor two or three years, has
ut last been made safe. Col. MIC oskey the
gentlemanly Street Commissioner was IN
formed a few DAYS ago of the danger of the
crossing. and he Immediately ordered new
one in place of the old one. The new bridge
is constructed of yellow pine, is tour feet
wide ana has a railway on the outer side.
Year: 1877

THE Salt Lake Herald of Sunday last
is out in a facetious article, entitled
- The Uprising" and has fling at the
New York Herald and the Salt Lake
Tribune. 1t purports to give the pro-
posed campaign and plans of Brigham
Young and his cohorts, and proves to
the average Eentile that Salt Lake has
4 navy, also, that is not to be sneezed
at as well. We are glad that the Her.
aid can afford to be facetious in this
affair, and can jest to its hearts con-
tent upon the subject of Brigham
Young's intentions, but after all there


is to be detected vein of worlnwooi
and gall throughout the article which
shows that these people would de q
great deal that was devilish and 1ield-
ish if they only dared to. IN the
meantime the United States govern
ment will send troops to that territory,
Notwithstanding the terribly facetious
article of the Herald with its vein of
wormwood and gall.
Year: 1877

MARY CLEMsIER says that congress
men should never leave their wives at
home. This is something new for Ma
ry to advocate. Heretofore she has
been in the habit of fmonopolizing the at
tention and services of the average con-
gresham who visited Washington


without his wife. Now Mary wants
him to bring her. We cannot under
stand her motive for the life of us; but
you may rest assured that she has one,
and henceforth the congressman should
be upon his guard when this woman
comes around. .4 .t sra ~
Year: 1877

All Listen to the news from Rock
ford, ILL.,: "The court house investiga-
tion is proceeding slowly" So slow
that it will eventually stop altogether.
We wonder what year it was that JUS
tice gave up in despair, and folding up
her scales and taking off her necker-
chief that blinded her eyes, proceeded
Westward.
Year: 1877

- IL W Ito llllN iiio'ii st'"'


when an elderly party, rather embon-


point about the waistband, entered,


bringing with him enough cold air to


freeze cellar full ofhouse-plants. He
stood up in the middle of the car and,


fastening his eye upon the fare-box,


began to feel for his nickel. He first


untied-a great shawl-scarf that encir-
cled his neck and hid all of his face
but his eyes. Then he loosed the ear
flaps of his cap and unlocked fur
muller that hugged his throat. Then
he unbuttoned the cape of his over
coat and threw it back over his shoul-
ders, submerging two men who stood
behind him. Then he unbuttOned his
oyercoat and turned it back, filling the
car like a lateen-sail. Then he unbut-
toned the lower buttons of knit
Jacket and his under-coat, and, with a
grunt that frightened the horses into a
run, tried to reach into his hip pocket.
The first effort was highly-successful
failure, and at the second dive he
threw the end of his slrawl-scarf,
skirts of his cape, and tail of his over
coat over the people on the seat behind
them, and smothered groan broke from
the whole community. Finally he got
his hand into the pocket, and his purple
face and swollen veins indicated ap-
preaching appoplexy, but the hand
came out before any fatal result, and
the passengers breathed more freely.
But when they saw him lean over
to the other side, and make a
reach for his other pocket, they
groaned. After repeated efforts he
brought up out of that pocket a ring
of keys, stump of lead pencil, and
a tobacco box, and the people groaned
again. Then he hunched both shoul-
| ders and went into his vest pockets.
Out of one he brought little roll OF
newspaper scraps, suspender button,
a fragment of postage stamp, and a
quill tooth pick, badly damaged. Out
of the other he pulled piece of string
and brass screw and a two-cent piece.
Then he felt in his watch-pocket, and
fwith many sighs and puffs he dragged
up little dirty looking wad which
threatened to be money, but proved to
be lint. Then somebody Uttered, and
some one else giggled, and finally
everybody but the old Returning


Boarder himself laughed. He stood
still and thought a moment, and theI


felt in his outside overcoat, came ul


with handful Of handkerchiefs


gloves, fractional currency and nickels


and when he reached out to place ont


of the latter in the box, it fell from


his fingers into the straw, and the dis


gusted passenger doubled down an,


scraped around for it for five block


before he could ind it. And thel


when he picked it up and showed j


into the box, he sank back on his sea
with groan of satisfaction and begal


to button and hook and wrap himsel


up again, but started up with a snai
of disgust and pulled the strap a


though he had a legacy at the end o
it., While he was down on his hand
and knees in the straw he had bee
carried five blocks past his street. :
BurLig10to,a H1tok Eye.s IN u
Year: 1877

WOULD the scientists who have
turned the world upside down with
their theories and discoveries ever
have accomplished what they have
done if enthusiasm had not led them
on untiringly in their researchesa No
finer, nobler instance can be cited than
Prof, Agassiz. What patient thor
oughness of Investigation What pas
sionate devotion to TRUTH 4 What rev.
erent. recognition Of Supreme Power
governing all the great forces of the
universal A sad day for the world
Year: 1877

The resolution offered in the Board Of
Aldermen yesterday calling for the resigna-
ton of the Commissioner Of Public Works
is very fair indication that Mr.. Campbell
is managing his department in the interest
of the city and not of ward politicians The
reason given for the demand is that Mr..
Campbell, in addition to his public position,
is president of coal company and does
not therefore give his undivided attention"
to the duties of his department. If Mr..
Campbell were politician the necessity of
attending to Tammany meetings, committee
meetings, ward meetings party intrigues
and the applications of Aldermen and others
for patronage, would, doubtless, occupy o
much greater portion of his time than can
be taken up by the duties of the pres
idency of coal company. The
important matters intrusted to the
Department of Public Works make it
very desirable that the directing head of
that department shall be thoroughly
trained and accomplished engineer as we'll
as a man of business capacity and unswerv-
ing integrity It would be suicidal to
intrust the interests of our great water sys-
tenn to incompetent hands. The city is
therefore peculiarly fortunate in having an
engineer of Mr.. Campbells high reputation
ut the head of it's Public Works Department.
If he does not honor the acquisitions of
Aldermen it is, no doubt, because he chooses
to select competent persons as his subordi-
Mates Mr.. Campbell shows saving of q
million dollars in his department, and that
necessarily cripples his patronage. Never
theless it is very satisfactory to the tax