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Year: 1874

A writer in an English magazine


says, in speaking of service in Lap
| land church 1t seems that within


the last few years a kind of falaticism


has crept in among these Lapps, and


the word of God, instead of pouring


oil upon bruised spirit, as every one


is taught to believe who will read the


Scriptures Alright, only fills them with


imaginary terrors and, far different


from the creed of the real Christian,


they seem to think the best atonement


they can make for their sins lies in out


ward show. have seen a little of this
in other churches in Sweden, where at
certain parts of the service the women
all commence groaning and sObbing so
loud that you can scarcely hear the
clergyman. This, however, soon passes
off, and is scarcely worth notice. These
Lapps, however, must have been far
more susceptible, or far more wicked,
for all at once, when the communion
services began, two or three women
sprang mp in different parts of the
church, and commenced frantically
jumping, bowling, shrieking and clap
ping their hands. observed one mid
dle-aged female particularly energetic,
and who sank down in kind of fit after
about five minutes exertion. The in
lection soon spread, and, in few min
utes, two-thirds of the congregation
Joined IN the cry and all order was at
an end. Five or six would cluster
round one individual, hugging, kissing,
weeping and shrieking, till [ really
thought some one would be smothered.
One old patriarch in particular, who sat
close behind me, seemed an object of
peculiar veneration, and the Lapps
crowded from all parts of the church
to hug him. How he stood it cannot
imagine, but he sat meekly enough,
and at one time I counted no less than
seven miserable sinners hanging
about the old man, all shrieking and
weeping. The religious orgies of the
wild aborigines in Australia round
their campfire are not half so frightful
as this scene, for they at least do not
place of worship with their
mad carousals."
Year: 1874

Smuggling is pursued resolutely
on the Belgian frontier, but Woystin
Woytard was caught at it the other day.
He attempted to run the line by driv-
ing at full speed, but the custom-house
soldier brought down the horse with his
rifle. There was 5000 worth of tobacco
in the wagon, and the horse was in
armor, and so armed with knives about
the bride that one could not have stop
ped him by hand without being cut to
pieces.
Year: 1874

ed tS thfow up his arms with gesture
of despair when he saw the lady place
her hands on her forehead and instantly
retire to her private room, where some
simple remedies were applied with
good effect. Perhaps it should be added
that the restoration was q little assisted
by the discovery thpt the guilty boz
when opened contained tiara of splen-
did diamonds.
Year: 1874

Asingle word may disquiet an en-
tire family for a whole day. One
surly glance casts a gloom over the
household; while smile like CLEAN
of sunshine, may light up the dark
est and weariest hours. Like uneX-
pected flowers which spring up along
our path, full of freshness, fragrance
and beauty, so the kind words, and
gentle acts, and sweet dispositions,
make glad the home where peace and
blessing dwell. No matter how hum
bic the abode, if it be thus garnished
with grace and sweetness, with kind
ness and smiles, the heart will turn
lovingly toward it from all the tu-
mults of the world; and home, if it
be ever so homely, will be the dear
est spot beneath the circuit of the
sun.


And the Influences of home per
petuate themselves. The gentle
grace of the mother lives in her
daughters long after her head is pill
lowed in the dust of earth; and
fatherly kindness finds its echo in the
nobility and courtesy of sons who
come to wear his mantle, and to fill
his place; while on the other hand,
from an unhappy, misgoverned and
disordered home, go forth persons
who shall make other homes misera-
BILE, and perpetuate the sOurness and
sadness, the contentious, and strifes,
and ratings, which have made their
own early lives so wretched and dis
torted.


Toward the cheerful home the
children gather las clouds and as
doves to their windows" while from
the abode of discomfort and strife,
and trouble, they fly forth as vul-
lures to rend their prey.


The class of men that disturb and
disorder and distress the world are
not those born and nutured amid the
hallowed influence of Christian
homes; but rather those whose early
life has been a scene of trouble and
vexation, who have started wrong in
the pilgrimage, and whose course is
one of disaster to themselves and
trouble to those around them
Year: 1874

The Hartford COurGnt evolves the
following theory: "There has been
some pathological doubt as to the
phrase After him with a sharp stick.
It may have occurred to many that
the sharp stick referred to is the
much feared january bill And it
would seem there was some ground
for this. The Neeshenan Indians OF
California have not the brutal and
disagreeable habit prevalent among
us of sending dunning bills. When
one Indian owes another, it is consid-
cred bad taste, as it is, for the cred
itor to dun the debtor. He proceeds
with more delicacy. He proeures a
certain number of sticks, according
to the amount of the debt, and paints
a ring around the end of each. These
he carries and tOsses into the debtor s
wigwam, and then goes away without
a word. The debtor pays the debt
and destroys the sticks; it is consid-
cred a reprOach to have dunning
sticks thrown into the wigwam, and
the creditor never uses them except
with hard customers"
Year: 1874

A professor in Vermont, who was
a believer in the power of the human
eye, realized the power of the doc
trine to his sorrow. Determined to
convince the skeptics of its truth, he
selected ferocious bull who was the
terror of the neighborhOOd as the OBJ
ject of his experiment. The result
was not altogether successful Sur
rounded by a retinue of disbelievers,
the scientific gentleman sauntered
into the pasture where the thought
full bull was peacefully grazing. He
fixed upon the bull his eagle eye, but
the ferocious old animal quailed not,
neither did he retire in melodramatic
order, but the last thing seen Of the
professor was his archaeological form
tossed twenty-seven feet into the air
and coming down on the other side
of the fence. His physical injuries
were slight, but his faith in scientific
mesmerism as illustrated in bulls,
has been greatly weakened.
Year: 1874

A New Orleans paper tells us of a
printer who, when his fellow-work-
men went out to drink beer, put in
the bank the exact amount he would
have spent if he had gone with them
to drink.


He did this for five years.


He then looked at his bank account,
and found that he had laid up five
hundred and twenty-one dollars and
eighty-six cents.


In five years he had not lost day
because of sickness. Three out of
five of his fellow-workmen had, in
the meantime, become drunkards.


The water -drinker then bought out
the printing Office, and in twenty
years from the time he began to put
by his money he had laid aside a
good many thousands of dollars.
The story TEACHES a lesson which ev-
cry little boy should lay to heart.
Year: 1874

A fig for your upper-ten boys,
With their canes and cigars and eye
glasses;
Their dandified airs and soft eyes,
Winking down on each girl that passes ;
They may guzzle clambake and cham


pagne,


And pride in their very n gh birth;
But give me that lad that goes plain.
The boy with the hickory shirt.
He is round az a barrel, and brown
As the peach in the mid-antumn sun !;
From the sole of his foot to his crown,
He is brimful of frolic and fun.
Not afraid of hard work or of cold,
He is fearless and rOagh, without


hurt;
His hOnOr's as good as pure gold
The boy with the hickory shirt.
70 say his big heart cannot beat
With kindness for parents and BROTH


ers,


Would picture his traits incomplete,
If his sisters shared not with the 9TH


ers,
In fact he's broth of a blade;
can't fathom how much he is worth !;
But the poor girls fortune is made,
That gets Jim with the hickory shirt.
Year: 1874

If anything in the world will make
a man feel badly, except pinching his
fingers in the crack of door, it is
unquestionably a quarrel. No man
ever fails to think less of himself af-
ter it than before. 1t degrades him
in the eyes of others, and, what is
worse, blunts his sensibilities on the
one hand, and increases the power OF
passionate irritability on the other.
The truth is, the more quietly and
peaceably we get on the better for
our neighbors. In nine cases out OF
ten the better course is, if man
cheats you cease to deal with him; II
he is abusive, quit his company; and
if he slanders you, take care to i've
so no one will believe him. No mat
ter who he is or how he misuses you,
the wisest way is to let him alone, for
there is nothing better than this cool,
calm. and quiet way of dealing with
the wrongs we meet.
Year: 1874

CURIoUs.-About twenty years ago,
the nurse in a very respectable fami-
ly dropped an infant, about a year
old. from her arms to the floor. The
child was terribly shocked, and at
first supposed to be fatally injured;
but it recovered, and grew into a
blooming young lady, who was happi=
ly wed a few months ago. At the
time the child met with the accident
it was beginning to talk, but the only
word it could distinctly artieulate
was spa" And here is the strange
part Of the incident, for this is the
only word she has ever uttered since
After the fall she became, and still is
q deaf mute, except the single sylla-
BILE, ''pa," which she is still able td
utter.
Year: 1874

The history of our race, as well
as the nature of man, teach us
that the nearest approach we may
ever attain to contentment and happi-
ness in this life, is in closest associa-
ton with nature. The nearer he can
come to receiving his daily bread
fresh from the hand of the Creator,
the less he feels dependent on the ca
price or will of his fellow man.
Hence we find in this country lauda-
BILE ambition among men and women
to own a home of their own, where
they can plant their trees, train their
vines, and plant their flowers, and
feel these are growing for me and
mine.


How it inspires hope, nerves the
weary hand, and cheers each passing
hour. 1t binds the family together.
Each child has his or her tree, shrub
or flower, something on which labor
is bestowed, and to which they are at
tached. And as the years go by and
families change, sons and daughters
90 from home into the world, and
parents are alone, how the evidence
of the toll or skill of absent ones
call up pleasant associations of the
past; and to the children there are
numerous attractions to draw them
often back to the old home. 1t should
be the aim of every one in this coun-
try to become the owner of his home
as early in life as possible, and par
ents will do their children a great
service by instructing and assisting
them to provide the nucleus Of a
home, even during their minority
1t will give them an object for which
to save their money, teach them fru-
gality, and show them that success is
within their power.
Year: 1874

The Norristown Herald says: ga
loving wife in Bridgeport wants di-
vorce. She recently, found pieces of
ostrich plume in her husbands beard,
of an entirely different shade from
that on her own hat. He explained
that bits of ostrich feather sprinkled
on the beard is the very latest style
in New York, and it is not his fault
that the shade is different from her
own
Year: 1874

QUAKER CRY etiquette: Two young
men stopped in the street to converse
with couple of young ladies. When
they separated, the gents discovered
that one of the misses had sewed
their coat-tails together,
Year: 1874

"It is a noteworthy circumstance" says
the World, "that, while corporal punish
ment is going out of fashion in this country
in Difference to public sentiment, and the
lingering traces Of it in Delaware continue
to excite the horror OF sensitive press,
it's revival is talked Of in England. There
seem to be certain kinds of offenders against
order who can only be ruled by the terror
of the rod-brutal men and obstreperous
school-boys, for instance. Bread and
water at the workhouse may fail to con-
vince the British peasant or miner that the
law does not, in some way, give him tue
right to wallop his wife, and that he is
not tho victim of cruel and upjustifiable
oppression but thirty strokes of the cat
o'-nine tails, we'll laid on and drawing the
blood, will afford him lively appreciation
of his legal and moral duties towards the
mother of his children. He will hesitate
twice before he strikes again."
Year: 1874

LOVE FOR THE DEAD.-The love that
survives the tomb, (says IrviDgl, is the
noblest attribute Of the soul. If it has
woes, it has likewise its delights and
when the overwhelming burst of grief is
Iulled into the gentle tear of recollection,
then the sudden anguish and cOnvuistve
agony over the present ruins Of all we
most loved, are sOftened away into pensive
meditation of all that it was In the days of
its Ioveliuess. Who would root such
sorrow from the heart though it may
sometimes throw a passing cloud over the
bright hour Of gaiety, or spread q deeper
sadness over the hours Of gloom, yet who
wonld exchange is for the song Of pleasure
ort he burst Of revelry : No onei Thereis a
voice from the tomb sveeter than song I;
there is g remembrance Of the dead, TO
which we turn even from the charm Of the
living.
Year: 1874

INDELIBLE INK.-The cheapest material
for marking linen is coal tar diluted with
benziue to the proper consistency. Another
inexpensive description is to place iron filings
or old nails in strong vinegar: let them stand
many days and filter the liquid. Another
way is to take equal quantities of vermiIIion
and ccpperas, and rub them mp with some
old varnish. The first and last preparations
have to be used with fine brush; the second
with common pen.
Year: 1874

TWO MEN DISCOVERED ON THE ROOF OF NO.


292 BROADWAY, BUT ARE NOT CAPTURED.


Between eight and nine O'Clock last evening an
oficer standing at the corner OF Reade street and
Broadway, discovered two men on the roof OF No.
2s2 Broadway. Just opposite. An alarm was
instantly given. and In few min
utes the entire block IN which the
building is situated was completely surrounded by
policemen. On entering the building, which is
occupied by A. LIE Nuno as o pocketbooK factory
and store andAby several real estate brokers', tne
of1cers found all the doors leading from the
various apartments had been forced open. closer
investigation disclosed the fact that the scuttle
bad also been burst open, thus showing the man
ner in which the intruders had obtained admis-
sion Now IL was that the search for the burglars
began every nook and corner being vigorously
examined. but to no purpose, for the game
had taken fright and nOwn. no one
knew where. Sergeant Douglas. Of the
Sixth precinct, delved into the sub-cellar
and roamed about in the most promiscuous man
ner possible Tor at least hall an hour but failed
to unearth anything In the way OF house breakers,
although he cld fall over at least one sninbreaker.


whether or not the burglars succeeded in carry
ing OF any goods could not be ascertained, as the
occupants OF the premises had not been found up
to late nOur last night.
Year: 1874

FIRE ISLAND, Dec r. 1874


Your valuable paper of Dec 20 contains statement
by Egbcrt Terry master OF schr Ada Hallock,
giving the particulars of his passage from Dec l6 until
he anchored under the lee of Fire Island Bar, he
states, about 10 o'clock Of Dec 15 This is doubt
true his signal light sighted, and supposing It
be that Of fishing vessel, attention di-
rected to it. In the morning sighted her again. and
found she had signal set and proceeded at once to
ascertain what wanted Capt Terry stated that he
set signal distress say he did not Had he set his
ensign with union down should have known what he he
wanted but thinking from the kind OF signal that the
schooner was inward bound and needed pilot l DE.
clded OF the board and bring her into
the inlet ordered boat in readiness having about
one mile draw the boat and carriage through the
sand which Is not the work of moment and would
have boarded her in twenty minutes more had not
other aid arrived Capt jeffrey with his sloop lay in


favorable position having only about two miles to
sail wind ana tide and arrived at the schooner
very soon From Capt Terry would sup
pose that the from the le-saving station made
render assistance, but that is untrue, and
hold the captain responsible for TO the
pubic the facts OF the tndk he has been misled
by both enemies to the service and to the
crew LEANDER THURBER, Keeper,


Us Life Saving Station No D.
Year: 1874

A YOUTH OF SEVENTEEN SHOT IN DRUNKEN


BRAwL-HE DIES WITHOUT TELLING WHO


SHOT HIM.


Rapidly following the story ABOUT the youth
Patrick Walsh having been fatally shot In some
mysterious way there came to Police Headquarters
yesterday morning q report that lad OF seventeen
years, named John Mangin, had just died at mis-
home, No. 535 West Fifty-third street. OF knife
wound, which he had received on Thursday night.
The report agreed in every detail, except the one
referring q knife instead OF pistol as the fatal
weapon, with the account OF young Walsh's case.
Mangin from the moment OF his discovery
by his mother, lying wounded on the door step OF
her shanty. up to the time when ne became un-
conscious, refused to say how and by whom he
had been hurt. He died without making any
statement


Coroner Woltman went to the home OF the
youths mother yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose OF making q post-mortem examination OF
Mangin's body. He empanelled jury and went
with the party into The room where the Young
mans BODY lay 10 witness the process 2, alssec m,s
cradle condition OF neglect and the atmos-
pnere In the apartment was so horrible
ISM. a the e result Of H the aSaiinafi5n revealed
tnat Mangln had not been stabbed, but had been
s So small that it Appeared ike The The aperture which
can be made by small knife being turned alter
being Inserted into PERSONS neS1. The dept q
to which the bullet went seems to indicate that
the pistol was discharged very near to Mangins
body. The prOectlle went through the great sacro-
sclauc foramen, or aperture, into the pelvic
cavity, ana caused wound In the stomachs
coating. 1t then passed down and lodged just
over the left gluteal region. Pertonitis resulted
verdict in accordance with these discoveries.


Ii now remains TO be learned how Mangln was
shot and by whom. His mother says that every
evening when he had returned from his work,
which was that OF helper in a foundry, he lelt
the mousse as soon as his supper was over. On
Christmas Eve he lett his home at about seven
O'CLOCK and she did not see him again until after
some unknown persons had brought him to and
laid him on the doorstep OF her shanty. He was
then bleeding prolusely, and the doorstep was
stained by blood. He refused to tell her how he
had been hurt He fingered until the next day
without medical attendance, and finally died at
nine O'CLOCK yesterday morning.


named Bernard McEntee, who resides
ne xt door to the Manglns, says that he saw the
deceased young man on Tenth avenue, with
several other lively fellows. before he was
wounded. Jonn Blggin, resident OF StryKer's
alley, which runs out OF Filty.secOnd street. also
saw Mangln with hilarious party on Christmas
man named Samuel Van Pelt, VINO Is now detained
by Captain ward in the Twenty y-second precinct
station house. This witness met Mangin and two
other young men on Tenth avenue and took
several drinks with the party. He says he lett
them at about ten O'Clock, before Mangin was
hurt. he has given the names Of Mangln's other
companions TO Captain Ward, and that of1cial and
special Officers were searching for their bearers
last night.
Year: 1874

For some time past Mrs. Mary McClegogan, who
lived at 526 East Fourteenth street. has been mucn
depressed in spirits IN consequence OF business
troubles, but her friends thought she would rally
and be restored TO her former cneerluness again.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. McClegogan told her son
he had better go out and enjoy himself ana, being
left alone, she improved the opportunity and hung
herself from The top OF her bedroom door by mea n
OF a rope which sue had secured Tor that purpose.
On returning home late at night the young man
found his mother hanging TO the door, lie then
being quite extinct. Inc Oody was cut down and
Coroner Elcknoff was subsequently notified 10 hold
an inquest. Deceased was hity years OF age and a
native nT freiaDd.
Year: 1874

Last evening, at half-past seven O'Clock, a
loaded wagon belonging to the Adams Express
Company was passing out OF the ferry gate at
Jersey City, when one OF the horses struck an old
man who was crossing the walk on his way
into the ferry. he was thrown uown and
sustained injuries SO severe that he lived only ten
minutes afterwaru. He was carried of by two
body was afterward conveyed to the Morgue
1t was not Identified. The number OF the wagon
having been ascertained the driver was pursued
into the Pc nnsyiva Railroad pot and arrested.
Complaints have been frequently made or drivers
OF tEese wagons for reckless driving, but without
nfTa
Year: 1874

About seven O'Clock last evening man entered
the saloon No. 81 Park row and called for glass
OF applejack which he drank, and then sat himself
down on bench in the rear OF the saloon. He was
very quiet, and as the attendants thought he
merely wished to d0ze little, they did not
10 near him until ten O'Clock, wncn the barkeeper
went TO rouse him up Imagine his astonsnment
at discovering the man to be lead Officers were
called in and, having procured a stretcber car.
red the corpse TO the Second precinct station
house. The name oil the dead man could not be