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Year: 1874

CHAPrED HANDS. The easiest and sim
plest remedy is found in every store-room
lake common starch and grind it with a
knife until il is reduced to the smoothest
powder. Take clean box and fill it with
starch thus prepared, 50 as to have it con-
tnually at hand for use. Every time
hands are taken from the suds OF dish
water, wipe them, and, while they are yet
damp, rub a portion Of starch thoroughly
over them, covering the whole surface
The eject is magical. The rough, smart
ing skin is cooled and soothed and healed,
bringing and insuring the greatest degree
OF comfort and freedom from this by no
means insignificant trial.
Year: 1874

A queer case of somnambulism occurred
few evenings since at a factory in West
field, ct. One of the workmen beng IN
structed in the evening to carry into the
shop the next morning Quantity of wood
lying outside, was surprised when the time
came to find it all carefully piled. The
Waterman says that during the night the
man did the work according to his instruc-
tions, stepping carefully over the things on
the floor. The watchman spoke to him
several times, but receivedno answer, and
as soon as the job was done the somnam-
bulist went home. The night worker no.
ticed feeling of lassitude the next morn
ing, and was unable to work during the
day
Year: 1874

LACK OF kNoWLEDGE OF Hot sEkEEr-
ING. One of the most prolific sources OF
matrimonial difficulties is the lack OF
knowledge on the part Of wives of the
duties Of housekeeping. In these days
there are a hundred Young ladies who can
lhrum a piano to one who can make good
loaf Of bread Yet a hungry husband has
SO much of the animal in his nature that
he cares more for a good dinner than he
doee-so long rs his appetite is unappeased
to listen to the music Of the spheres.
Heavy bread has made many heavy hearts,
given rise to dyspepsia-horrid dyspepsia
and its herd OF accompanying torments.
Girls who desire that their husbands should
be amiable and kind should learn how to
make light bread When a Young man
is courting, he can well live at home; or,


if he has to 90 distance to pay his ad-
dresses, he usually obtains good meals at
a hotel or eating house but when he is
married and gets to housekeeping, his
wife assumes the functions of his mother
OF his landlord, and it is fortunate for her


if She has been educated SO as to know
what a good table is Those who are en-
tirely dependent upon hired cooks make 4
sorry show at housekeeping The stomach
performs Il very important part i'll the
economy OF humanity, and wives who are
toroetflll Of this fact commit Il serious
mistake Even the hon may hr tanned by
keeping him Well fed
Year: 1874

AFTER nER IOorH. A lady in knoN-
Vile, Tenn. had a front tooth put in on ..
pivot Lately the tooth became loose, and
the other day, while out in the ward feed
ing her chickens, she sneezed hard when
the tooth fell out and was at once swal-
lowed by one of the chickens The lady
kept her eye on that same chicken, and ~
Soon as possible, effected u capture, when
she felt Of the craw until She discovered
substance she took to be her TOOTH and tax
ing u knife, the craw was opened ut that
place, the tooth taken out, and again closed
with needle and thread. and the chicken
released The chicken is still living and
well, though full of resolution never again
to swallow TOOTH while the lady sports
full set of teeth again.
Year: 1874

Who can tell the worth of a true home?
There is nothing on earth equal to it, and, |
often think, nothing which gives us so true
a type of life in heaven. Nothing can do
what home can to elevate and purify the
world nothing makes men so strong and
steadfast, so firm in principle and manhood ;
nothing makes women so true and noble. SO
gentle and womanly, so lovabe. 'Tis the
pure, happy homes scattered up and down
our land, out of which came loyal, honest
men and women, in which our hope lies, and
which will do more TO free us from the evils
and woes Of intemperanee aud corruption in
their multitude of forms and phases than all
the laws and politicians can ever do.


Make the roots pure and right, and the
tree will be vigorous and healthful. Homes
are the roots of national life. II these be
pure, our national tree will cast off all UNI
healthy growth, all corrupt branches, and be-
come in time good in every part. Woman
is the heaven-appointed home-maker, and
here she will find work broader, grander
and more beautiful than any other, though |
would by no means disparage any of her ef-
forts for good wherever and whenever made.


So, say, God bless the homes and their
inmates and make them all they are capable
of becoming-make them many and blessed
everywhere.
Year: 1874




! saw a good story lately that was headed
How TO Escape the Trap" Itisa sort Of
fable. The story says that company of
rats once met in The cellar Of q house 10 con-
suit together about their safety. large
steel trap had been set in that cellar. II
was baited with good big piece Of cheese
which smelled very nice, and which they
wanted very much 10 get at. But they bad
seen a number Of their friends killed and
wounded 10y this trap. IN this way they had
learned that IL was dangerous thing to med
die with And now they had met together
TO see if they could not find out some way
vi getting that nice cheese out of the trap
without any injury TO themselves. Many
long speeches were made, and many plans
suggested, but none Of them seemed 10 an
swer. AT last one of them got up aud said !.
81 move that committee of two of the,
strongest among ms be appointed to attend
10 this business And think if one OF the
committee win put his paws upon the spring
and keep it down, then the other can take
away thr cheese with safety" This seemed
to meet with great favor. They agreed that
this was the best plan that had been sug-
gested, aud they uttered loud squeal in IA
vor OF il.


But just then they were startled by a
faint voice, aud poor lame rat, with only
three legs, came linping into the meeting.
lie stood up to speak, and said


"My friends, | have.tried the plan that
has just been proposed, and YOU see the re-
suit | lost my leg 10y it, that is what it
cost Inc. Now let me give you my advice.
II Won want TO escape the dangers Of that
trap, the best way is to let il alone. Don't
touch it, Don't 60 near it,"


And this is one of the ways in which
Jesus, our guiding star, keeps us out of dan
ger Every sin is like a trap We cannot
90 near it without danger. And the advice
which Jesus gives US, when we are tempted
to any kind OF sin, is always the same. lie
saws Let il alone Flee from it. Have
nothing TO do with IT, The best way to
escape the trap is not to 90 near il.
Year: 1874

Ir is true, all who drink Intoxicating
liquors do not become common drunkards
and il is equally true that all who go into
the battlefield do not get killed, but they are
all in danger
Year: 1874

Never give child patent mixtures,
said prominent physician to the writer,


10 prescribe for Il patient properly, a
doctor should always know what modi.
cines have been given and if these have
been used he has generally to go TO work
in the dark. If opium is necessary, use
paregoric--then you know just how much
you are giving 1t is safe 10 assert that
every one of the syrups, cordials and
clixirs, advertised as boon to babies and
a relief to mothers. contains opium in
greater or less quality, and more thar one
woman is, to-day, killing her child by
their use, in total ignorance Ct what she
is doing 1t is a good rule never to give
physic unless you are sure that it is need.
ed and collie may often be relieved by
external remedies. Warm Hannels to the
stomach, which should be gently rubbed
toasting the littlo feet laying the infant
across the lap. face downward, while rub


bing the back with the palm Of a warm


soft hand, and holding baby against the
shoulder while the rubbiugIprocess is car
ried on in the same way these arc
some of the simple modes in which Q
slight attack may be cured. If medicine
is needed, Devices oarminative, an Ole
fogy preparation which has been 10 use
Year: 1874

When the celebrated French chemist
Orfla was on one occasion witness at a
trial for poisoning. he was asked by the
President if he could state the quantity
Of arsenic requisite to kill fly. Ger
tainly, NJ. lie President" replied tho oz-
pert 'but must know beforehand the
age of the fly. its sex, its temperament, its
condition and habit Of body, whether mar
ried or single, widow OF maiden, widower
or bachelor
Year: 1874

for over forty years, is safe and reliable.
The satisfaction in it is specific for
wind the prepared chalk is a standard
baby physic, and of opium there is not
enough in it to be dangerous. Besides,
every druggist San mix it, every physician
knows its component parts; so that mo
theirs who think that the child must take
something can administer it with perfect
safety. The medicine is not patented,
and the good old doctor who first CON
pounded it has gone to his grave long
ago. Christian Union.
Year: 1874

\ movement has been set on foot
mong the churches Of New York to fur
nish funds for the Palestine exploration
expedition Thirty thousand year for
three years are needed by the American
Society to give effect TO their plans
Year: 1874

Why was Adams first day the long
est? Because there was no Eve. When
did AbSalom sleep five in a bed When
he slept with his forelathers Why did
Job always sleep cold? Because he had
miserable comforters.
Year: 1874

COMMON CANT ABOUT CnrRcn TRIALS.
During the slow progress of a recent
notable church investigation, we have
frequently met with the remark in print
and heard it from the lips Of noisy wise.
acres that if the accused had only been
arraigncd before court OF law, the truth
would have been sooner arrived ut and
and he would u1,loubtodly have been
convicted The lea ling thought in such
persons head cy.dently i, that church
trials are less dangerous To the guilty
men who are arraignrd at them than trials
wiih lesal Judge a.d jury Precisely the
reverse of this notion j. the average fact


We assume now that ,he committee con.
sttutiug the cccle.ih-tical tribunal is not
rndc up OF strict paItisaus of the accused
or men'al numhsculle, but Of men Of at
least ordinary fairness and Intelligence
We remark also, in passing, that the late
B brooklyn committee was composed oi
material which in point Of brains, integri.
/ ty, culture and experience Of life was in
/ fnitclv in advance Of the current twelve
men who composed the accidental Jury
/ Though theirs may be conceded to have
been to some extent an exceptional case
in rcgard to these particulars, We do not
think it sufficiently so 10 invalidate the
tho statement that church committees
rank as high in respect TO the qualities
mentioned as 10 legal jurics. When the
former take case in hand they roam
over the widest possible field Of proof
bearing upon it, No allegations are re.
iectcd ard nothing is subjected to strict
rules for the admission Of evidence; as is
the practice in the courts. This cannot
DO otherwise than tend to prejudice the
ease against the accused. A mass of ill.,
coherent surmises founded upon the full.
ness and the disconnected variety Of tes
tlaony, is sure TO create a condemnation
in advance and this too, without the
wish or eonnivance Of anybody-sinplG
as the result OF the nature Of the hurried
mind when brought into contact with {
widely printed scandal Tho chance
between the report Of church committee
aud tho verdict of jury in the same case
are largely in favor Of the suppositior
that the frs, would convict where tht
latter would aequit Church tribunals
in the cant Of the hour, are often styled
whitewashing commissions and accused
OF integral aud necessary leaning to thu
side OF weakness and blindness to thu
guilt of the accused. No notion can b.
moro utterly false. The church is his
tor:cally a much harsher institution wheI
it undertakes to deal with the accusan
OF suspected members than society is
when the latter handles its delinquent
simply with codi6ed forms of law. W,
could wish judge, lawyers and jury be
fore an ecclesiastical frying pan any day
1 Kingston Freeman,
Year: 1874

The C0sr OF CoFFINs.-Was the name
of an undertaken ever seen in the list Of
bankruptcy We have never found pa.
tent caskets in any schedule of assets
exhibited by an assignee Farmers are
sold out Brokers break Companies
collapse. Governments become insovcnt.
But the fashionable undertaken flourishes
and is never brought to grief, except in q
professional way. The dealers in metallic
cases are unaffected by financial panics.


Is it because buryipg is steady, un-
fluctuating trade, or is it that there is a
wider margin of profit in coffins than in
other merchandise They ought, as
necessities of life, or rather, of death, to
be- like other necessities, cheap. But
does not the cost of modern sarcophagus,
walnut or metallic, rank among the luxur-
les ? There is a growing inquiry wheth.
or this peculiar kind of joiners work g
not rated much above the usual cabinet
prices,


People pay funeral bills without n
word. To hesitate ut a single item is
counted a sign Of an ignoblc spirit, and
to squabblc over the price Of coffin
would entail disgrace upon our children
children. Ia other purchases men cx.
anime the goods aud hear the price.
They psss from shop to shop, and buy
only at the best bargains. But who has
the heart to inquire the cost of coffin
that must receive the irst.b born of your
boyhood friend far less to haggle over
the price put on by tho maker. The day
Of mourning is not time to pass from
street to street comparing these sad forms
OF POLISHED wood, and setting the price Of
one against the other.


There are many households in fair
condition that can i'll afford to lose the
head Of the family, and find that the bur.
ia expenses cut deeply into years in
come Not to have fitting funeral
equipmcnt such as the fashion Of the day
requires, argues in the publ, mind ignor-
ant and unworthy views, and to yield to
the full tax Of modern mortuary uphols-
terry in severe pressure upon persons
even if not very limited means.


We shall hail tho day with pleasure
when the mode Of sepulcher shall be sim.
pie, and the laying Of the dead in the
earth will not heavily burden the living.
When dust to dust is 50 expensive. is
it any wonder that the cremationists have
received countenance, when they offer, at
a trihing outlay aud in the old classic
fashion. TO turn ashes to ashos.'


Whoever will inaugurate movement
against expensive funerals will be a ben.
ofactor, 1t will be- christian charity
for the churches to begin n crusade
against the cost ct collins -- Rictmond
Adrocate
Year: 1874

Recently f. nch newspaper publish.
ed that bankers country house had been
robbed ia the uight, "but fortunately :he
thieves in their hurry. had filled to open
the second drawer on the right hand side
of the escriioire, in which was u large
sum Of money in bank notes" Two or
three days later the editor received the
following note


Mr. EDitor-l cannot sufficiently thank you for
the information given in your excellent paper.
II was in every respect exact, as found on going
last night, for the second time, to the house Of
Mr.. L. The bills we're there, and now are
in my possession


mo signature. You will understand my
soruples-l
Year: 1874

. Washington, u. {. .aH


The mystery of predicting the probable state
of the weather. that every discreet citizen can learn
by reading the morning paper whether or not to take
his umbrella when he saes forth for the
day. fully explained in this instructive volume Gen.
eral Myer the Chief Of the Signal Office in Washington
answers many questions which viii satisfy the curl


osity Of the reader to the character and details OF
tbeservce The volume contains variety OF meteoro-
logical tables and reports which have served ~
basis Of the daily weather announcements 1t appears
that the Signal Office is liable to serious embarrassment
from the arbitrary removal OF officers at the moment
when their services most necessary Justice woud
seem TO require Gen. Myer remarks that officers VINO
have served years in succession should be hed
to have established claim TO permanence Az present
this is not the the War Department. though held
rgdy responsible for the failures OF the service has
not yet been granted the legislation to provide for Its
proper discharge 1t is seldom that an official document
of the National Government abOunds with matters OF
general interest. but the present volume forms an ex
cepton to the rule.
Year: 1874

The little trouble which has of late
attracted some attention in Brooklyn,
has set the curious at work hunt
ing up parallel cases. The most
striking instance that has yet been
found is in an old book not much read
nowadays. The details are too volum-
inous fer the columns of a daily paper,
but those who will take the trouble to
read the story as set down in the
aforementioned old volume, COM
mencing at the eleventh chap
ter of III Samuel, will see that
the affair must have been a
great scandal in its day. The
principal parties to this little bit of
ancient trouble were, like those of the
Brooklyn story, two men and one
woman. Their names were DAVID, q
man of some note and position, URIAH,
the Hittite, and BATH sHEBA, the
daughter of ELAN and wife of the
Hittite. The following is the closing
chapter of DAvID'S statement, as



taken down in short hand by one Ma
THAN:


But the thing that DAVID had done dis
pleased the Lord. And the Lord sent n ATTAIN
unto DAVID. And he came unto him and
said unto h i'm: There were two men in one
city; the one rich and the other poor. The
rich man had exceeding many fiocks. But
the poor man had nothing, save one little
own lamb, which he had bought and nour-
ished up; and it grew up together with him
and with his children; it did eat of his own
meat and drank of his own cup, and it lay in
his bosom, and was to him as a daughter
And there came traveller unto the rich man /;
and he spared to take of his own flock and
of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring g
man that was come to him. And DAvIDs an
ger was greatly kindled against the man; and
he said to NATHAN, AS the Lord liveth, the
man that hath done this thing shall surely
die: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing, and because he
had no pity. And NATHAN said unto DAVID,
Thou art the man.
Year: 1874

Yesterday gentleman from Illinois
purchased, through KIMBALL & BAN
CROFT, ninety acres of land adjoining
the tobacco field near the race track,
and left in the evening for his home
with the intention of returning to this
city within ninety days. He is a man
of considerable wealth, and an
nounced that he should invest his
capital in Los Angeles Valley. Both
he and friend, travelling with him,
say this is the best part of the world
they have yet seen. We are informed
that forty or fifty Illinois families will
arrive in Los Angeles Valley early in
the Fall, with view of permanently
locating here. We may safely count
on a like number of arrivals from
each of the Southern and Western
States. Several parties from the East
have been examining the hill lands
on which Mr.. BEAUDRY is now
throwing an abundant supply of water,
with view of purchasing building
lots for themselves and for friends to
arrive. They have examined the
water-works, the reservoir and the
fountain-head, and are satisfied that
the difficulty of irrigating the hill
lands has, through the energy of Mr..
BEAUDRY, been entirely removed.
This feeling of confidence in the sue
cessful watering of the high lands pre-
walls throughout the entire commun-
ity, and those owning property in that
part of the city are well satisfied with
their purchase. The owners of real
estate both in and around the city
mark decided increase in the num-
ber of buyers, and we venture the pre-
diction that there will be an average
advance of twenty per cent. in real
property in this city within the next
four months.
Year: 1874

Watching the political cauldron is a
source of great amusement to us at all
times, and especially so at the mo-
ment when the managers begin to
touch the wires moving the puppets
that are to amuse the masses during a
campaign. In some of the States the
show is opening, and the wax figures
that are to dance until President is
elected, are being set out. AS yet, we
are favored with only rehearsals, but
from them may be learned the char
acter of the performance that it is in
tended shall run through the season.
Both of the old parties seem to realize
the Importance of making a strong
cast, and offering programme that
will be acceptable to the people. Both
are looking about for their best men,
and both are manufacturing platforms
of excellent material. The Democ-
racy of Illinois have selected and
placed in their platform few planks
which all must admit are sound.
They are as follows:


First. The restoration of gold and silver as
the basis of currency of the country, a speedy
resumption of specie payments, and the pay
ment of all the national Indebtedness in
money recognized by the civilized world.


Second. Free commerce.


Third. Individual liberty and opposition to
sumptuary laws.


Fourth. A rigid 'restriction'of the Govern
ment, both State and national, to the Iegiti-
mate domain and political power, by excIud-
oil
intermeddling with the affairs of society, by
which monopolies fostered, privilege
classes aggrandized, and individual freedom
unnecessarily and oppressively restrained.


Fifth. The right and duty of the state to
protect its citizens from extortion and unjust
discrimination by chartered monopolies
Year: 1874

THE feeling seems to be general that
Supervisor GRIFFITH shall be cam
didate for reelection. He has made
an efficient officer, and now that he
has familiarized himself with the rou-
tine of business it is to be regretted
his term of office is about to expire.
If he will consent to receive the sup
port of his friends, there is no doubt
but that he will be reelected by a large
majority.
Year: 1874

SPEAKING of elections, the Call says
whenever the stakes are large the In
dependents will be in the field. Does
the Call wish US to understand that it
is measuring the Independent party
by it's own standard Some people go
where duty calls; others "where the
stakes are large.u
Year: 1874

and will pay more for it; there is no
scattering, the yield is greater since the
grains are better supplied and the crop
is less exposed to the dangers Of the
weather. With strong heat grain ripens
very rapidly; under these conditions the
grain is not properly nourished, it re-
mains delicate and small when the stem
ripens too rapidly the ascent Of the sap
is arrested and the grain dries as In
stove


Vegetation is not stopped simply by
the separation Of the straw from the
roots; in the last period, cut or not,
the grain draws nothing from the earth,
but is nourished by the juices from the
straw. and for that reason it is impor.
tant that grain should not be dried too
quickly, as would happen if it were ex-
posed to hot suns. which would remove
without profit it's nutritious properties );
upon the other hand. if it were heaped
up into barns after being tied into
sheaves it would be exposed to fermen-
tation and rot; the sheaves should be
thoroughly cured in shocks before stack
ing or housing.


Numerous experiments have been
made and demonstrated that grain cut
8 or 10 days before perfect maturity
gives the best results, in quantity and
quality.


In addition it has been established
by NJ. Duchartre that the terminating
properly proceeds maturity. NJ. Roiset
has further proved that the nutritive
power of grain not ripe is equal to that
of ripe grain. An early harvest, there
fore, is an advantage to both producer
and consumer.


1t Is moreover important to cut the
crop before it gets beaten down; in
this case the plant is nourished with
difficulty; it cannot be acted upon by
the winds, it receives the direct rays of
the sun aud hence dries up; the grain
is not properly supplied and the return
il small.