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Year: 1878

in his letter accepting the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the first district
of this State, Gen. Phil Cook re-indorses the
State and national platform Of the Demo
cratic party, and says he shall sustain the
majorities received by him in previous cleo
tona, whether his opponent be u straight
out Democrat, an Independent Democrat or
u straight-out Radical. If Gen. Cook con-
tnucs to go on in this way the first thing he
knows the people will get mad and elect him
Governor of Georgia.
Year: 1878

The Philadelphia Workingman's party has
thus far nominated q lot Of lawyers, three or
four bloated bondholders, a score OF profess
cause 1t stained his hands, another who has q
rich wife, and now believes that no class Of
labor should be slghted. They are thinking
of taking up the fellow who sits around and
rocks the cradle while his wife goes out wash
ing to support the family.
Year: 1878




Uncle Billy Aliens fog-h horn has been rolled
up in pair of Gov Williams blue jeans
breeches and laid away on the top shelf In
the barn. How our Democratic brethren ex-
pected to carry Ohio and Indiana with the
two main elements Of their strength omitted
from the canvass, Is another OF those things
no fellow can find out. It is the stboss"
puzzle
Year: 1878

which he called Senator Kellogg q liar. is
likely to have trouble on account OF It.. The
Naval Department authorities have called
upon him for Il copy Of the letter, and the
young officer may be compelled to submit to
q court Of inquiry for his insolence.
Year: 1878

During the eight years Grant was Presi-
dent he was paid 100000 In salaries, besides
probably as much more to cover incidentals.
AS General OF the army for five or six years
previous thereto he received probably 100000
more. Why should he be poor?
Year: 1878

Paducah Ne,rs: Business In Hickman is en-
tirely suspended, and the city has been almost
entirely deserted by the population, leaving
but small number for the fever to operate
upon. Mr.. George Warren, editor Of the Con-
raer, with his family has retired to his farm 8
and family have also gone to their farm In
the country. The fever first n a ]" its appear
ance through the efforts of two hot waffle
men, in paper caps and white aprons VINO got
off some boat and made thir debut there
some time ago. A short time after they land
ed they were both taken sick with fever, but
no one supposed it to be yellow fever, and but
little attention was paid to the matter until
the disease became general through the pecus
Liar condition Of the atmosphere.
Year: 1878

questions namely, strict construction Of the
| constitution, close economy In oil branches OF


the government, and the extinction Of the


national debt gradually, but as soon as poss-
Year: 1878

A HAPPY WoMAN.-What spectacle
more pleasing does the earth afford than Il
happy woman conlented in her sphere,
ready at all times TO benefit her little world
by her exertions, and changing the briars
and thorns of life into roses of paradise
by the magic of her touch? There are
those who are thus happy because they
cannot help it; no misfortnncs dampen
their sweet smiles, and they diffuse a
cheerful glow around them as they pursue
the even tenor of their way. They have
the secret of conlentment, whose Jaue is
above the philosophers stone; for without
seeking the baser exchange of gold which
may buy some sort of pleasure, they con-
vert everything they touch into joy. What
their condition is makes no difference
They may be rich Or poor, high or low,
admired or forsaken by the tickle world
but the sparkling fountain bubbles up in
their hearts and makes them radiantIy
beautiful. Though they live in log
cabin. they make it shine with luster
that kings and queens may covct, and they
make wealth IL fountain OF blessings TO the
children of poverty.
Year: 1878

CRoCODILEs.-The difference between
crocodile and an alligator is thus set forth
by one who evidently knows whereof be
speaks: i know the alligator as know
buffalo, and the Nile saurian is no more
like the South American alligator than II
subsidized. bargain hunting missionary is
like sincere Christian The reptiles be.
fore us were from fifteen to eighteen feet
long. sandy yellow in color, not at all
black. thicker and shorter in the head than
the alligator, and so supple and 1.-the us to
turn themselves almost double when
alarmed. with the ease OF an acrobat. The
alligator when turning moves the whole
body. The Nile crocodile is always II
dangerous antagonist. The alligator in the
Nouthern swamps Is, at hest, sport for con
valescentS and boys in Florida. Even in
his native element the alligator will flee ut
the approach of man, whereas | am told
by the native hunters that in the water
the crocodile inva lably ait tcks, deeming
himself its mighliest inhabiiant.
Year: 1878

Every one spoke of the family as an un-
commonly united one, for each and every
member showed such strong attachment
for the home to which each one contribdt.
ed 50 much ule.-RuraL Home.
Year: 1878

MISTAKEN KINDNESS.
Under spreading thistle leaf
grass bird built her nest,
And there her little brood she fed,
And warmed them with her breast.
And in and out she softly few,
With scarcely room TO pass,
So close the pnckly covert dropped
Its curtain on the grass.
gentle heart in passing near.
The leafy shelter spied,
And with loving, kind intent,
Turned the sharp leaf aside.
1t really seemed too rough a thing,
To shadow such nest;
The pricks might wound some uniedged wing
Or pierce some tender breast.
Alas the wisdom so unwise
That knew not What II didl
The prickly leaves fom dripping skies,
The open nest had hid.
And now the cold rain fell anew
The rOoness nest around;
The covert from the stor M was gone,
The little brood was drowned.
So may our sharp defences be
A proof 'gainst grief and care;
A shelter from tercer storm,
Or mole fatal snare.
Year: 1878

PAkTI.
As the spring wore on and the weather got
All sultringly sultry and horribly not,
The late MIR. Brown declared he'd not
Be melted to death in that dry goods tore,
And hence he concluded he'd wear no more
The undershiIt he erst had wore.


PART II.
A little cold in his delicate lung,
A little song by the church choir sung
A little corpse to the graveyard b. ung.


st. Louis Journal
Year: 1878

Albert Biondi, n young Italian, living on
Seventh street, near q southeast, is no
rcspecter Of the dead. The funeral of his sister
took place yesterday afternoon, and his grief
assumed the form Of II bowling drunk. While
in this condition he behaved outragcously and
put stop to the funeral gerviccs. The police
were called in, and had very hard time with
him. lie refused to be quiet, and when
they undertook to arrest him he pitched
into them and made things lively for Il time.
A free use of the baton brought him to suffice
ti0n, and even then he had to be carried TO
the statiou.housc, He was rather badly cut
and bruised, but, from all accounts, deserved
it all.
Year: 1878

About eight o'clock last evening buggy,
driven by an unknown man, ran over a boy
named Gray Bailey, about six years Of age on
Ninth street, between II and ! northwest, in
juring him severely about the body. He was
taken to Gathers drugstore whore medical
assistance was obtained. after which he was
removed u his home. No. 9li NJ street north
west. The driver did not stop to see whether
the boy was injured.
Year: 1878

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed In California outside OF San
Fran cisco and sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us Will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1878




Many farmers use the cellars under
their dwellings as place TO store their
root crops, especially potatoes, beets, tur-
nips, celery and even cabbage, which Is
not a root. II Is convenient TO do so
where there is no barn cellar or where
these vegetables are not buried upon tho
premises. But II is practice not TO be
recommended, except the best care ii
taken to keep the cellar clean and well
ventilated. Every day at about noon,
when the weather will admit OF 1t, the
outer door should be opened for an hour
or so, and even when the weather Ia cx


1remely cold the door should for that
line be partly opened. The refuse Of
vegetables also should be daily removed
and not left TO evolve deleterious gas as
soon as the temperature shall rise sufl :
cienily TO act upon il. The most danger
is in the spring, when the mildness of the
weather outside finds its way into the
cellar, and operates, II the cellar is not
ventilated freely, in producing deCompo-
stion in some degree. There is nothing
that tends more directly to produce the
most deadly fevers than filthy cellars.
The poisonous gases permeate the whole
house. And yet how frequently do we
see cellars left untouched, with all their
heaps Of vegetable refuse, until April and
even MayP We hope this word OF warn
ing will not fall on unwilling ears,
Year: 1878

Half a dozen prominent citizens
have quietly entered into plan within
the last week to fund the outstanding
old city bonds, under Flippin's con-
solidated scheme, at the rate of fifty
cents on the dollar. They have every
confidence in their ability to drive it
through to success. One Of these gem
tlemen handed in $15O,0OO worth of
old bonds last Saturday, and yesterday
several round lots we're added by
olhers. The amount now funded is
100000, leaving barely Sl,SOO,OOO
YET to be funded out of the entire
bonded indebtedness of the city. 1t
is understood that leading fnanciers
in the East, who own Memphis bonds
in large amounts, have expressed a
Willingness to convert them, if assured
that the interest will be promptly met
and that our local hoaa-owners have
taken the lead in the same direction
The ball has been put in motion, and
it is likely to keep rolling. The last
sale of compromise bonds, was at fifty
three cents, decline of eight or mint
cents since last summer. This is moi
considered heavy falling off in value
as compared with the depreciation O
other stocks and bonds here and else
where.
Year: 1878

bread should be stale, and no very heat
ing food taken. Eight hours sleep should
be taken every night, if possible; this
alone will nearly cure. Take no mar
cotics to make you sleep. A few raw
oysters before bedtime are worth all the
narcotics in the world, are easily digest
ed, and furnish material for restoring
nervous tissue and blood. If you wake
up in the middle of the night, sometimes
small stale biscuit eaten will send you
off to sleep again. A change Of scene,
air and cheerful society, with sea-bath-
ing, are excellent agents for curing ner-
vousness. Avoid physic; it exhausts
the tone of the system, the very thing
you would restore. Above all, keep up
good and firm reliance on the great
Author of Life.
Year: 1878

Some slipshod mortals insist that it
is permissible, and, indeed, commenda-
BILE to tell fibs in cases where she utter
apce Of the plain truth might give Of
fence or pain. That this doctrine is
practically carried out in society we all
know. Persons who wish to avoid re-
ceiving unwelcome visitors without re-
sorting to positive rebuff, direct their
servants to say they are 'not at home"
"Glad to see you" is the greeting with
which man of polished manners meets
the bore whose appearance he regards
with horror. Invalids past hope of re-
covery are informed by smiling friends
that they are looking better every day.
Rash men of business are congratulated
on their brilliant prospects by those who
know they are on the verge of ruin. In
fact, never to utter disagreeable truths,
and to deal literally in agreeable false
hoods, seem to be the accomplishments
negative and positive-most indispen-
sable to individuals who desire to be
perfectly at home in polite society" "
To such courteous hypocrisy We cannot
subscribe. 1t may sometimes be inexpe-
dient to tell the truth, but never neccs-
sary to invent falsehoods for courtesy's
sake. Infinite harm is done by what
are called "White Lies" In nine cases
out of ten, the plain truth kindly spoken
is beneficial to those who seek counsel,
advice or any kind of information OF
aid. In no case is falsehood, however
well intended, really justifable. When
it is deemed unwise to speak the truth,
say nothing.
Year: 1878

How TO PRESERVE ICE.-During i'll
ness ice is generally needed in the sick
room. The following method of preserv-
ing it is highly recommend, and is GER
tainly worth trying: Cut piece of fan
mel about nine inches square, and secure
it by ligature round the mouth of an
ordinary tumbler, so as to leave cup
shaped depression of flannel within the
tumbler to about half its depth. In the
flannel cup so constructed pieces of ice
may be preserved many hours, all the
longer if piece of flannel from four to
five inches square be used as loose COW
er to the ice cup. Cheap flannel, with
comparatively open meshes, is prefera-
BILE, as the water easily drains through
it, and the ice is thus kept quite dry.
When good flannel with close texture is
employed, a small hole must be made in
the bottom of the flannel cup, otherwise
it holds the water, and facilitates the
melting of the ice. Placed in cup of
this kind, two ounces of ice has been
known to last for nine or ten hours.
Year: 1878

WORTH REMENBERING.-It is the
penny saved more than the penny earn
ed that enriches it is the sheet turned,
when the first thread breaks, that wears
the longest; it is the damper closed
when the cooking is done that stops the
dollars dropping in the coal bin; it is
the lamp or gas burned low, when not
in use, that gives you pin-money for the
month it is the care in making the cof-
fee that makes three spoonfuls 60 as far
as a tea-cup ordinarily /; it is the walk
ing one or six blocks, instead of taking
cab or omnibus, that adds strength to
your body and money to your purse; it
is the careful mending Of each weeks
wash that gives ease to your conscience
and length of days to your garments;
and, last of all, it is the constant care
exercised over every part of your house.
hold, and constant endeavors to improve
and apply your best powers to your
work, that give peace and prosperity to
the family.
Year: 1878

In furnishing small rooms SO that
they will be comfortable as we'll as tidy,
few rules must be observed. The
wallpaper should be of some small
pattern, in the first place. If the rooms
arc low hang the pictures low; the
more space there is between the top of
the picture and the ceiling the higher
your room will look. It is very COM
mon mistake to imagine that the higher
pictures are hung the higher the room
will appear. The next to be considered
is the furniture. Anything large ought
to be avoided. 1t is not the quantity
but the size Of furniture in room that
seems to crowd it. A number of small
tables in small drawing-room will take
up far less room, and be much more
useful than one big one. Even the Or
naments should be chosen judiciously !;
they ought all to be small and delicate
ly shaped, and harmonious in color. 1t
is not easy to keep small house tidy
unless you have plenty of place in which
to stow away things. There is no pos
sible room for large chests of drawers,
chifonieres, or even that convenient
thing, a box ottoman, in so limited a
space as that we are considering. One
must resort to shelves and small cup
boards put up on the wall in any unoc-
cupied corner that can be found. Even
these may be turned to ornamental as
well as useful purposes, for nothing is
easier than to get plain deal cupboards,
painted black and gold and with pretty
designs on the panels. Shelves, too,
covered with cloth the same color as the
curtains or furniture in the room, add
to its effect, and help to keep it tidy.
Thus, you perceive, it is by no means
impossible to live very comfortably and
tastefully in a small house.
Year: 1878

1t is well-know weakness on the
part of the tender sex, to conceal their
age.


A woman at times feels greatly in
clined to regard her age as an unknown
quality, and if she wishes to gain GER
tain ends her only safety is in keeping
her secret from others.


If she has remained single till she is
thirty years old, and the charms Of her
person begin to fade, there is no point
in her individual history which she
more desires to cover up than her age.


She will blush when you venture to
guess it, and tell stout little falsehoods
if you guess too closely.


The age is her greatest anxiety.


Now, man, on the other hand, is
good for little until he is nearly thirty.


The lawyer is almost briefless till his
beard is tinged with gray, and the older
he grows, till he is unfit for active SER
vice, the more his business increases.


The doctor has to wait often in his
younger days for business to come to
him, but his gathering years nearly al
ways witness the large accumulation of
professional activity.


The editor finds himself a growing
man till he is unfit for duty, and even
then his older head is needed to control
and direct the younger men.


The hard working, useful men, there
fore, answer the question-How old are
you with conscious pride, and. when
their work is done, leave memory be-
hind them which goes down to the next
generation, and is powerful for good
when they are no longer here to enforce
the memory of what they once were in
their actual presence.
Year: 1878

How TO CURE CHRONIC NERVOUSNESS.
All injurious habits must be given
up; late hours and intemperance in eat
ing abandoned; smoking. if practiced,
stopped. The food is most Important
it must be abundant and wholesome
neither too much nor too little. It
should not be sloppy, and soups had
better be avoided so long as solid food
can be taken. Rise from the table feel
ing you have had enough, but not op-
pressed with what you have eaten. The
Year: 1878

The following rules from the papers
of DR.. West, according to his memoran-
dunn, are thrown together as general
waymarks in the journey of life:


Never ridicule sacred things or what
others may esteem as such, however ab-
surd they may appear to you.


Never show levity when people are
engaged in worship.


Never resent supposed injury until
you know the views and motives Of the
author of it. And on no occasion relate
it.


Always take the part of an absent
person. who is censured in company, so
far as truth and propriety will allow


Never to think worse of another on
account of his differing from you in pol
itics and religious subjects.


Not to dispute with a man who is
more than seventy years of age, nor
with woman, nor with any sort of en-
thusiast.


Not to affect to be witty, or to jest so
as to hurt the feelings of another.


To say as little as possible of your
self and those who are near you.


To aim at cheerfulness without levity.


Never to court the favor of the rich
by fattering their vanities or their rich
es.


To speak with calmness and delibera-
tion on all occasions, especially of cir.
cumstances which tend to irritate.


Frequently to review your conduct
and note your feelings.
Year: 1878

RUSSIAN PRovERBs.-The wolf asked
the goat to dinner, but the goat declined.
A fox sleeps, but counts hens in his
dreams. The wolf changes his hair
every year, but remains wolf Dog,
why do you bark? To frighten the
wolves away. Dog, why do you keep
your tail between your legs? l am
afraid of the wolf Love, fire and a
cough cannot be hid Make friends
with bear but keep hold of the ak.
Everything is bitter to him who has gall
in his mouth. Bread and salt humble
a robber. a full stomach is deaf to in
struction. If you hunt two hares you
will catch neither. God is not in haste
but his aim is sure. You may shut
down on the devil but he will enter by
the window. Praise not the crop until
it is stacked. 1t is not necessary to
plow and SOW fools; they grow of them
selves. With God go even over the sea;
without him not over the threshold.
Truth is not drowned in water, nor
burned in fire. A fool may throw
stone into pond; it may take seven
sages to pull it out. No bones are broken
by mothers fist. Whose bread and
whose salt I eat, his praises I sing.
Lies march on rotten legs; who lies will
steal.
Year: 1878

In times like these good many peo-
pie who mistake bile for piety declare
that the world is growing worse and
worse, and point to the prevalent dishon-
esty in high places for confirmation.
This is not true, of course. All observ-
ing, intelligent men know that the world,
however appearances contradict it, grows
steadily better. One reason of the con-
trary seeming true is that We now have
facilities for gathering all the news IN
the world, and evil makes news while
good does not-and presenting it in
single day. When we take up the morn
ing journal the villainy of the entire
civilized globe is thrust upon our atten-
ton; whereas, only few years ago, We
got it in fragments. at intervals, and
often but small portion at most.
Another is that during periods of COM
mercial dullness and monetary pressure,
men, driven to their wits end to avoid
failure in business, are tempted in a
hundred ways that they would not be in
active and prosperous times. Moreover,
their Irregularities are hidden by subse-
quent success, while with continued
strain and stagnation their misdeeds are
forced into light-there is no method Of
covering them up. These days are par
ticularly judgment days, calling every
body to reckoning and seeking out sim
ners in their sin. They do not make
men worse, but they make them more
unfortunate, and misfortune is always
the parent of wrong doing. These are
the days that try mems character and
faith severely and cruelty, and those who
can withstand them have cause to thank
their temperament and training rather
than their inherent goodness.-NeD


York Times.
Year: 1878

We fully believe there is such thing
as drying hay excessively, exposing it
to the sun and winds till much of its
virtue has escaped into thin air. Every
farmer must have noticed the stimulat-
ing effect Of the aroma Of drying hay,
which enables him to perform more la
Dor in haying, and with less fatigue.
than in any other occupation. He feels,
as he sticks his pitchfork into cock of
hay, that it must come. A man with
ordinary muscle feels that he has the
strength of Ajax. Rakiug among the
heavy windrows seems to him but play.
This stimulating effect We ascribe to a
principle in hay similar to the theme in
tea and to preserve this principle for
the benefit of the horses and cattle,
should be our aim in curing hay.-A1ea-
aader Hyde.
Year: 1878

REMEDY FOR EARAoHE.-The Jour-
nal of Health gives the following:
There is scarcely any ache to which
children are subject SO hard to bear and
difficult to cure as the earache. But
there is remedy never known to fail.
Take bit of cotton batting, put upon
it pinch of black pepper, gather it up
and tie it, dip in sweet oil, and insert
into the ear. Put flannel bandage over
the head to keep it warm. 1t will give
immediate relief.
Year: 1878

Where are you going so fast, young manP


Where are you going so fast,
With a cup in your hand, flush on your brow?
Though pleasure and mirth may accompany you now,
1t tells Of a sorrow to come by-and-by;
1t tells of pang that is sealed with sigh;
1t tells of a shame at last, young man


withering shame that will last
Where are you going so fast, young man?


Where are you going so fast?
The flush of that wine there is only bait,
curse lies beneath that you'll find when too late;
A serpent sleeps down IN the depths of that cup;
monster is there that will swallow you up
A sorrow you'll find at last young man


In wine there is sorrow at last.
There's a reckoning day to come young man;


A reckoning day to come;
A life yet to live, and a death yet to die,
A sad, parting tear, and parting sigh.
A journey to take, and famishing heart,
A sharp pang to feel from deaths chilling dart,
curse If you drink that rum, young man


The btterest curse in that rum.
Year: 1878

Every farmer who will take the trou-
bic to keep up tasteful appearance
about his house, not only performs a
good work for his own family, but stim-
ulates his neighbors to initiate him.
Nothing is more contagious than the de-
sire for gardening when once it gets a
footing.