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Year: 1878

spring lie a trying season. Indications Of sickness
shouldn't once be attended to. Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become con-
stipated and the system to remain in disordered
condition, until the disorder has time to develope
Itself An ounce Of prevention is worth pound of
cure, lis an old truthful saying, Therefore, we ad
wise all who are troubled with the complaints now
very prevalent-headsche indigestion, disordered
liver, want of appetite, nausea or feverlsh skin
to take, without delay, Shenck's Mandrake Pills.
We know of no remedy 80 harmless and decisive
in its action 1t at strikes at the root Of the
disease and produces healthy tone to he system
People never need suffer from any disease arising
from disordered condition OF the liver il they would
take this excellent medicine when they feel the
first indications OF the malady. Families leaving
home for the summer months should take three or
four boxee ofythe pills with them. They have an
almost instantaneous effect They will relieve the
patient of headache in one or two hours, and will
rapidly cleanse the liver OF surrounding bile and
win effectualiy prevent bilious attack. They are
sold by all draggists.
Year: 1878

No man can do a good job of work,
preach good sermon. try a lawsuit we'll,
doctor patient, or write good article
when he feels miserable and dull, with
sluggish brain and unsteady nerves, and
none should make the attempt in such a
condition when it can be so easily and
cheaply removed by little Hop Bitters.
See Truths and Proverbs other. COL
umn.
Year: 1878

Court by reflections upon Its judgment
or integrity. A Court of which any
State might be proud, so learned, 30
noble and so pure" Toward The close OF
the address he said: 81 have abiding
faith; Virginia has tided over greater
troubles before, and she will triumph now.
Count the means TO pay her debts,
and prove the inability of Virginia to
NEE: them, and there will be no trouble
in efiecting settlement with her credI-
tors, honorable and satisfactory to both.
The heart OF the world beats in sympathy
for whatever is noble and true in the
world. II war, drought and flood have
stripped her OF her means, neither one
nor al have stripped her of her good
name; and, when in her poverty she gives
what she can, no more will be asked.
But if she is able TO meet her
liabilities, 10 adjustment Is wanted
or needed. By economy, retrenchment
and self.sscrace she ought TO provide
for them, for so soon as these are mani
tested new wealth will flow into her
help and lift the burden. This has been
the experience of other States with
heavier debt and less resources. l
know it will be the experience OF Vir-
gina"


The speech closed with an eloquent
peroration, and the public ceremonies
were ended. Halliday is considered an
able and an upright msn, and the better
class OF Virginisns have faith IN him,
and there Is already a stronger feeling
in Virginia bonds since he has spoken.
Year: 1878

Hon. B. +. MARTIN, Representative IN
Congress from the Second District, and
Capt. JOIN W. MASON, OF Grafton, made
US pleasant call, yesterday. In answer
to question, Mr.. MARTIN expressed
the opinion that the silver bill, in some
form, would finally become law. He
was not able to say whether the Senate
will pass the bill IS it came from the
House, or will incorporate the amend
ments proposed by its own Finance
Committee. Ii it shall pursue the
latter course, the House VIII most likely
resolve to adhere to its original bill; u
Committee of Con ference would follow,
and bill would most likely be agreed
upon that would be satisfactory 10 the
the country.


We asked Capt MASON AS to the feel.
ing Of the intelligent people OF the In
terror of the State on this silver ques
ton. He said he was scarcely able to
give decided opinion IS 10 their views,
but he rather thought the predominant
sentiment WAS in favor OF the passage OF
the blll-whether intelligently so or not
he could not answer. The only objec-
ton TO it which he had heard which
seemed to have weight WAS the fear that
in the adoption o. double standard We
might practically drive gold out of the
country, as it might prove to continue OF
more value than SILVER. But
when his attention was directed to
the only great country in which
the double standard row exists, and has
existed for some time-F ,snCe-and 1t
wss pointed out that both metals cen
tinue 10 circulate there in pertec: har-
mony, be was not so sure that there was
much in that argument.


AS 10 the repeal Of the resumption set,
Mr.. MARTIN says the question OF the
passage of the repeal bill will be close
one in the Senate; and he supposes that
if tbs: body does pass it, tie President
will veto it. Bat he believes that re-
sumption under the present law, is utter Y
impossible, and that its sitemp; will
prove disastrous to the business OF the
country. II will be practical confscstion
of the property Of the debtor clsss to the
creditor class. de believes ths;, If Con-
sress would pass the repesling bill ard
the President would permit it 10 become
law, resumption would practically tske
place in very little while in the natural
course Of business. Gold Commands but
smsll premium now. Pass the silver
bill 90 as to enlsrge the volume 0; COIN
lie, the government receive SILVER for si
manner of dues aRd FOR bonds, as II does
gold. ard the premium on gold would
no. e1is, tor single month. Thst would
be practical resumption.
Year: 1878

OUR correspondents furnish a good
deal OF news of local and general inter-
est from the neighboring towns, this
morning. Owing to the number of COM
municstions received yesterday, we have
been compelled to omit three or four of
them.
Year: 1878

~ W. AAohsO w tSo A"Ah" w y
to the Detroit Free Press


"W hy do you take your son
from school and put him on
the farm at work this year?
Why not let him finish his
course of study first, then GO
to farming if he likes?' / ask
ed of a well-to-do farmer to
day.


II have two reasons" he re
Piled, "frst and least in i'm
portance, | want to develop
his physical self along with
his mind-the former was get
ting a good ways behind, and
no matter what he will do he
will want Il good body. Sec~
Jndly and primarily in impor
tance, | wanted hun to learn
the worth of IA dollar.'


But he will learn that
soon enough when he has to
earn the dollar to support
himself. Why not give HIM
all the schooling he is to have
then let him use his wits to
earn his living, he will know
the worth of a dollar?"


"No, no." was the reply. lit
is not safe to do that, the
knowledge must come gladu-
ally, and the best way to get
it is to expend muscle for it.
| want my boy to understand
that workingmen in this
world earn their dollar slows
ly and at a severe cost. |
want him to have such "a fell
low feeling for these workers
that he will be very careful
how he spends his hard earn
ed dollars. There are so ma
nv failures now in which th 9
poor hard working people are
cheated out of, their earnings
all because the men who fail
never knew the real cost of a
dollar,th [ am determined
this year of experience that
my boy will get, now that be
is budding into manhood,
shall be in his favor, and /
calculate the money he earns
by the sweat Of his brow will
convey an everlasting lesson
TO his mind. He, will know
what it is to earn money by
a slow, honest process, and
whatever he may do hereaf-
ter the lesson will go with
him, and / am satisfied that
there is no school in which
he can acquire thisknowledge
SO thoroughly as the school of
the farm" -


! have been pon dering oy7
er this convel sation a good
deal, and can see that there
is a goodly amount of sound
sense in the old gentleman's
views, only ] should want to
make the, labor as pleasant as
possible for the boy for the
sake OF keeping in him a love
for the farm and its opera
tlons. The lesson will be lost
if the boy conceives a hatred
for farm work, because he
willspe'dily SEX an occupation
where lie thinks the money
will come easier, not calcula.
ting the chances his expert,
ence may become a very bit
ter one. We cannot be toe
thoughtful Of our methods III
teaching life lessons.


Ifyou want a good county
paper, subscribe and pay 70,
Year: 1878

Ths first gun of the summer campaign
against the spitz dog booms out from Long
Branch, where the commissioners are on the
point Of passing decree making it death
for one of the little quadrupeds to be found
within the village limits.
Year: 1878

Mr. Tom Cole was tried before Is
quirc Elliot for the killing of james
Reed, which occurred last December.
There were a dozen or more State wit
nesses, who gave such testimony that
the magistrate did not deem it necessary
to hear any witness for the defence and
discharged the prisoner Immediately.
The s,ory of the killing has been pub
lish.d before. and it will be interesting
TO give the circumstances as detailed by
the witnesses.


1t seems Tom Cole and James Rced
had difficulty at the grocery on the
Horn Lake road, kept by man named
Williams, only few miles South Of the
city. Friends interIered aud the affair
was quie,ed, Cole giving up his pistol.
Shortly alterward Reed commenced
quarrcllng again, and wound up by
sraspins the lnoffensive Cole by the
throat auG drawing and raising over his
head huge bowie knife. Cole seized
his hand and said II am your friend,
don't cut me-" Again bystanders inter
lercd and Reed started home; but q
drunken brute of friend cried out to
him, Jim, if you arc u coward 30 homc
and 20 to bed, but if you are man show
it, aud cut his liver out of him" Poor
Reed was weak enough to listen to this
drunken advice and again assaulted Cole,
doing his utmost to cut his throat. Cole
could not stand this attack, unarmed as
he was, and it is said, he gave the Ma
sonic sign Of dire distress. Suddenly two
pistol shots were heard and Reed fell
dead. The bullets pierced the breast OF
the unfortunate man and he died almost
Immediately. None of the Witnesses
could say who fired the shot, and Cole S
lips were sealed on the matter. The
theory Of the Attorney, q. p. NJ. Tur-
ner, was that either some friend had
quickly handed pistol to Cole and that
he had shot the man who was choking
hlm and threatening his life, or that
some friend of Coles seeing his imminent
peril, had sen, the threeiold aesrsssor
to his long home. Cole was assured
that he was perfectly justiiiabl' he had
done the killing. but no assurance could
mako him open his mouth on the matter


Esquire Elliot said he saw no grounds
upon which to commit the accused, but
that he, as a magistrate of the law. was
compelled to take notice ofthe fact that
in the earlier part of the evening Cole
had pistol, and he therefore bound
him over for carrying concealed wea-
nons
Year: 1878

The Gar sent to the Shah of Persia
Krupp gun. The present was landed at
Enziii, OF the Caspian Sea, but it took
months labor by regiment Of the Per-
sian army to get The cannon to Tcherap.
Arrived there, day was appointed 10
fire it. TIE court and almost the entire
population of the city assembled. Bang!
went the cannon, away scampered half
the multitude, and down tumbled the
minaret off one of the city gates, near
which the gun had been placed, But
there was another disaster. In au hours
time a messenger arrived from village
five miles away, and reported that its in-
habitants were bewaiIing the loss Of
their mosque. The cannon ball from
the cannon had struck the building and
ruined it. The Shah was so dismayed
BY the effect that he never permitted the
cannon to be fired off again.
Year: 1878

Let others sing in the melting way


OF beauty's power and prime,
| sing of the love that lasts for aye,


And never is touched by time.
Your holiday love is shallop trim,


That becomes the tcmpests prey;
But age. nor sorrow, nor care can dim


The love that lasts fol aye.
Through pine and hemlock whistles the


storm.


The roof-tree rocks below,
But never before so cozy and warm


Has our cottage seemed as now.
Never before the old hearthstone


So CLEANED. like an alters ray;
Never before haye your soft eyes shone


With the love that will last for aye.
.Ieaped to the windows the snow is drawn
And as wide as the eyesight lifts:
Garden, and hedge. and lane, and lawn
Are buried in shining drifts.
But the storm may scatter and pie the
Till hid is the light of day,
II never can darken the eyes that glow


With the love that will last for aye.
Up the turnpike betting the mountains base
Almost blocked up with snow,
The stage coach. fighting its way. l trace,
With numbering course and slow.
I wonder. dear if it's passengers,


Shawled anl mutfiel in every way,
Can guess of our joy as within us stirs


The love that will last for aye.
Snow-bound are we, by the winiry storm;
From the great werld forced apart;
But here in our cottage so cozy and warm
What a world Of the human heart
The murmurer Care; in his corner covers,
And we hug the hearthsiones gay;
HurIah for the JOY that forever is ours
In the love that will last for aye,
Year: 1878

-


That writer wao said that, said all in
few words. 1t is motto that every
girl mi sht have written upon the wall
of the pcaceiul little chamber where she
dreams her maiden dreams, and often
makes up her mind t" marry the dear
good fellow" whose only fault is taking
a glass too much now and then, and re.
form him after marriage.


1t is all the more necessary that it
should be written there, because The
men who "drink are by no means the
worst m"n in the world. We know
the generous, warm hearted men, men
Of intellect aud men Of power, have
found the Temptation too hard to with
stand. and that many a man, otherwise
contemplate and wicked, has never had
"a glass too much" in his life; although
it is also true that uader the Influence
of liquor, men have done deeds the
very Thoughts Of which would have
sickened their sober souls.


IF only all men who were despicablc
in all other respects, there would be
little need or the warning; but, as it
is, let every Girl remember it, let every
mother whisper it. Whatever his
charms or his natural virtues may be,
no woman can be happy with drunk
ard. And he who will not give up
drink for his swcetheart's sake will
never give it up to please his wife.


Ifanything can check a man in his
career Of dissipation. it will be the dread
Of losing the girl he loves. Say, You
shall never have me unless you iorsakc
the bottle" aud you may conquer him,
Failing in that, all your wiicly tears
would fail also. Don't marry him.
Better weep over your dead hopes, and
g. single to the grave, than suffer what
a drunkard mikes his wife suffer. Never
marry a man who drinks Mary Kylo
Dallas in New York Ledger.
Year: 1878

The monster seen in the Mississippi
river above Memphis few months ago
by the captain and crew Of towboat re-
appeared the other day near island ninety
five. This time the frightful creature
was seen by some Of the crew of pro-
duce boat. The monsters body was
shaped like snakes. his tail forked like
u fsh's and his bill formed like pcli-
cans. His bill was about six feet long
and flowing black name stood out from
his head, which was erected eight feet
above the water, as he swan majesti>
cally down the stream. One twist OF
his forked tail knocked off the steering
oar of the produce boat and sent the
crew in terror to the hold. The il!
starred craft now lies moore1 at Nicks-
burg, deserted by all the crew but one
man, the others believing that the mon
stcr is lying in wal, for this particular
boat to sink it out Of sight.
Year: 1878

Men are drowned BY raising their arms
out ofthe water, the unbuoyed weight OF
which depresses the head. Other ami
mails have neither notion or ability to
act in a similar manner, and therefore
swim naturally. When a man falls into
the water he may move his hands az he
pleases if he does not raise them out Of
the water and his head will rise high
enough to allow him to breathe; and if
he will use his leg as in the act OF walk
ing up stairs his shoulders will rise also
These plain directions are recommended
to the recollection Of all who have not
learned to swim, as they may be found
useful in preserving life.
Year: 1878

A French physician is out in long
dissertation on the advantages Of groan-
ing and crying in general, and especially
during surgical operations. He con-
tends that groaning and crying are two
grand operations by which nature allays
anguish that those patients who give
way to their natural feelings more speed
lily recover from accidents and opera
tions than those who suppose it unwor-
thy a man to betray such symptoms Of
cowardice as either to groan or cry.


He tells of man who reduced his
pulse from one hundred and tWenty-six
to sixty in the course Of few hours by
giving full vent to his emotions. If
people are at all unhappy about any
thing let them go into their rooms and
comfort themselves with loud boo-hoo,
and they viii feel hundred per cent
better afterward,


In accordance with the above, the
crying Of children should not be too
greatly discouraged. If it is systemati-
cally repressed the result may be st.
Fitus' dance, epilentio fits, or some
other disease OF the nervous system.
What is natural IS nearly always useful,
anG nothing can be more natural than
the crying of children when anything
occurs to give them either physical or
mental pain.
Year: 1878

A young mans interest and duty both
dictate that he should make himself in :.
dispensable to his employer. He shoul9
be SO industrious, prompt and careful
that the accident of his temporary alb
Sence should be noticed by his being
missed. A young man should make
his employer his friend, by doing faith
fully and minutely oil that is entrusted
to him. 1t is a great mistake to be
over-nice or fastidious about work.
Pitch in readily and your willingness
will be appreciated, while the high
toned" young man who quibbles about
what it is and what it is not his place to
do, will get the cold shoulder. There
is story that George Washington
once helped roll log that one of his
cOrpOralS would not handle, and the
greatest Emperor OF Russia worked as
a shipwright in England-t0 learn the
business. That's just what you want to
do. Be energetic, look and act with
alacrity, take an interest in your employ
ers success. work as though the bust
ness was your own, and let your en-
ployer know that he may place absolute
rsiance i'll your word and on your act.
BE mindful have your mind on your
business because it is that which is
going to help you, not those outside at
fractions which some OF the boys y
are thinking about. Take pleasure
in work do notgo about it in a listless,
formal manner, but with alacrity and
cheerfulness, and remember that while
working thus for others, you are laying
the foundation Of your OWn success in
life.
Year: 1878

Neapolitan milkmen are very funny


fellows. They do not have a milk
wagon and horse or even pail and dip
per. They have only little three-legged
stools tied to themselves $50 that when


they want to sit down they are all
ready,) and they drive their goats and
COWS before them to the different
houses, and milk them at the door in a


bowl provided by each customer. No
chance Of watered milk there, you see.


That is not the queerest part o. it
though. Italian houses are very high
five, six and seven stories often, with a
different family living on each floor.


Even the palazzoe (palacesl OF The rich
are divided ii this way. Is the first
floor mot the ground floor there are
sometimes from eighty to one hundred
marble steps leading up. On this floor
perhaps a duke may live; On the next
above some one lower III rank, till it
would not be impossible that the noble
dukes laundress might live in the
seventh story of his palazzo. These
uppermost families usually take goats
milk, because the goat can 60 upstairs,
even to the very top floor and be
| milked in full view of the customer.
Year: 1878

The long evenings, which follow the
short days, are made, in some fanliles,
the liappiest of all nappy times the
cares OF the day are ended; themother s
resting-time has come; the father has
dropped all sorts of business worries and
perpleXities, and the whole family throw
themselves With Zest into the innocent
pleasures of the home circle.


Solomon tells us that there is time for
all things; time TO weep, and a time
to laugh, to play, and to dance. Surely
the time to laugh, to play, and to dance
comes most appropriately in the long
pleasant evening h Jurs, when


The cares that infcSt the day


Fold up their tents like the Arabs,


And silently steal away.


1t is well for the women of the house
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at home are strong antidotes
to the practice of looking for enjoyment
abroad, and seeking for pleasure in 10y
and forbidden places; for relaxation
and recreation will be INDUCED in some
how by most men, and happy are they
who find i'll the home circle the diversion
they need. y lively game, an interest
ing book read aloud or, in musical
families, new song to be practiced,
will furnish nastime that will make an
evening pass pleasantly.


A little forethought during the day, a
little pulling of wires that need not ap-
pear will make the whole thing easy,
and different ways and means may be
provided for making the evening hours
pass pleasantly, and time TO be looked
forward to with pleasant anticipations.
We visited once in a large family where
it was the duty of each sister, in turn,
toprovide the evening S occupation, and
there was pleasant rivalry between
them as to whose evening should be the
most enjoyable The brothers entered
fully into the spirit of the simple home
entertainments, and were as 10th to be
obliged to spend an evening away from
home as their sisters and parents were
sorry to have them absent. Every one
spoke of this family as an uncommonly
united one, fer each and every member
showed such a strong attachment for
the home to which each one contributed
SO much pleasure.
Year: 1878

Mr.. w. Whitestone, an English che
mist, has recently succeeded in an in
vention which will obviate many of the
difficulties and Objectionable features
attendant on the use of cotton wicks in
oil lamps. The invention, which is al
ready patented, consists in forming the
wick or burner Of the lamp Of porous
pottery. The mouth Of the oil reservoir
is closed by a disc or plate of metal,
which is pierced to receive a metal or
other suitable tube. The upper end of
this tube is closed by two, three, or more
fat or circular pieces of porous pottery
which form the wick Or burner. In such
cases as the oil reservoir is below the
seat of combustion, the pieces of pottery
which constitute the burner clip be-
tween them some spun glass, asbestos,
or other incombustible fibres, which are
allowed TO project downwards into the
oil and form the road by which the oil
passes by capillary action to the porous
pottery burner.
Year: 1878

To prevent a COW from taking her
own milk take an ordinary halter used
for horses. made of heavy harness
leather, with brow band and throat
latch. Make the nose band large
enough for her to feed with ease. Then
take a strip of some kind of leather, the
entire length of the nose band, punch
holes one or one and one-half inches
apart in this strip, large enough to
admit 10 or Spenny nail, and small
enough to prevent the head from pass
ing through. Then insert in each of
these holes a nail with the point sharp,
and sew or rivet it to the outside of the
nose Oand, having the heads between
the nose band and strip, and the points
outwards. When she attempts to suck
herself the nails will prick her in the
TANKS.