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Year: 1874

disappear with the door open tonight?
In try" said Katie and presently
she came again, and whilc the door
stood wide open she gradually faded
away, seeming to retire slowly into the
depths of space only large enough to
hold her at the first. The bouquets,
and all other material substances
about her disappeared at the same
time. and when nothing was left but
the hem of her white dress simmer
ing on the floor. she came again, seem
ing to gather herself from thin air,
and to grow, like a forming cloud.
more and more distinct, until she
again stood in mortal guise before
delighted audience.
Year: 1874

A little dog belonging to gentle
man, residing near Stony Brook, Long
Island, was in the habit of following
his masters wood.wagon to the land
ing, some three miles distant. One
day he was set upon and roughly han
died by large dog belonging to a res
ident in the next village. The next
day, though lame, sore and bruised,
the little dog persisted in accompany
ing the wood-wagon again. When
the wagon started, the large farm dog
was found to be moving along quietly
under il. lie was never known to ac-
company the wagon team before. The
teamster attempted TO drive him back,
but he refused to return. The little
dog led the way, limping and brooding
over his wrongs. Ife was also con-
templating the sweetness of revenge,
and gloating over its near accomplish
ment. When he reached the place
where he had received his i'll treatment
the day before, he limpcd up to where
his enemy lay basking in the sun in
the front yard, and snapped and snarl-
ed through the pickets in a most tan
talizing manner. Thinking to repeat
the chastisement OF the day before, the
village dog leaped oyer the fence, but
only TO encounter the large farm dog
who had been watching the proceed
ings from under the slow moving wag-
on, and who now came rushing to the
rescue. The village dog was nearly
killed before they could be separated.
The large farm dog left the party after
the fight and returned home. He had
come only for the purpose of aiding
his little friend to obtain revenge. The
little wretch was almost human in his
airs of triumph, and in his expressions
of gratified malice. By what process,
think you, did the little dog COM
municate his wrongs, or plan with
his big canine friend this well con-
cocted scheme of retaliation +?
Year: 1874

In Indiana, the result still remains doubtful on
the State ticket and it is possible tho Republic
0ans arc successful in spite of their Temperance
plsnk. If so, this will be a decided Republican
gsIn, the present Governor, Hendricks, being a
Democrat
Year: 1874

"God will repay you both for your
kindness. | never can, but when | am
laid IN The cold ground and my spirit
returns to my maker, if lie is willing
| will always be near you to watch
over and comfort you, When [ was
first sick, I did so long to watch the
merry faces on the street, but some
thing told me it was better to prepare
to meet my Father. IF had thought
of that sooner, my burden would have
been easier to bear. But my cross Is
now light, and | feel able to bear it to
the end, which I know is not far off


"And may He in whom you trust
so fully be readyand willing to receive
his precious jewel. How many poor
souls stricken like you,H moanin in their
suffering and know no God"


81 know it and I pray for them.
There is poor woman next door who
has been here but short time and
who is near her end Mamma went
in to see her and spoke of you and
she started and turned her face to the
wall, and kept muttering something
about Jennie Perhaps you would
90 in and see her"


{ COac1uded nert 1reek.)
Year: 1874

to prescribe more stringent remedy
for her one day, but it threw her into
fit more like jim,jams than anything
| knew Of. She broke every plate in
the house over my head, and then l.
had to kiss her before she would prom
Use not to do it again. That's what
makes me say she is set in her ways.


There, too, are the piano and guitar,
which she kept going from morning
until midnight, filling the whole neigh
borhood with the discordant sounds
which she called music. Both are as
mute as the bird-cage which was va
Gated last week by strategic move
ment of the cat.


The two hundred pots Of flowers
she left me to cultivate / don't think
will produce much of a crop. They're
nearly all ripe now, and there's no
sign of a flower yet, have watered
them twice since she left, but it did no
good. lreckon l they miss her, and
are pining away because she amt
here. In this respect they do not re-
semble me to any alarming extent.


Our kitchen never looked better.
The stove and pipe have assumed a
beautiful red tint, and the pots arc
bringing forth fine crop of white
looking vegetable mold, which !
haven't learned the name of, but she'll
know it when she comes The dishes
don't look quite as bright and clean
as they might, but the flies are bad
this year, and if were to wash them
every two weeks they wouldn't pre-
sent respectable appearance.


Notice to the Editor.-Please sup,
press that article | sent you about my
"spell OF Single Blessedncss." The
old woman has got back.
Year: 1874

4u NiIN ii''o SooiiS "'"J iOh Ni'S '0N''


mer, and left me in full charge of the


house. like it; hav'nt had such 4


run of liberty since we were married


hope she's having a good time, for


| can now exercise my rights as the


head of the family. Can't do it when


she's at home; she'll not stand it. She


has rules, and makes everybody about


her toe the mark. But I've got her


now, and am having things my own


way.


THIS morning | came home quite


early. 1t was two a. m, I'd been to


the club and got caught out in the ram.


For half an hour couldn't find the


key-hole, which must have got mislaid


I felt for it everywhere, and even got


down into the yard and examined


every brick, but couldn't find it. |


was in the act OF calling one of my


neighbors, and asking him who had


carried off my front door, when hap


pened to fndit and got into the house.


In the dark | kicked over a spttoon,


bnt luckily didn't get any Of the tobac
co juice on my boots | hung my
oyercoat and umbrella on prong of
the chandelier let them drip On the
parlor carpet, went upstairs snd turn
ell in with my boots on. | though it
wasn't worth while to pull them off,
as would have to get up in eight or
ten hours anyhow. If my wife had
been at home she'd have had me look
inc an hour for the boot,jack, and [
would have lost that amount of rest,
which my system so much needed.
Besides, she'd have made me give u full
account OF myself which | don't like
to do. Ineyer did believe in praising
myself. It's better to let others speak
Of ones virtues. | en- now wear
shirt a week and It's nobody's bust
ness. | don't see how | ever did get
along with that woman. The idea of
having to put on a clean shirt black
my boots, and brush up my clothes
every morning, is simply ridiculous.
1t is miracle to me how ever did it
and attend to my other affairs. now
read the morning paper without being
forced to see an impatient woman
with her dress in one hand,
looking very miserable, and finally
telling me she is going down town
and wants that paper. Any one, to
look at the house now, would know
that there'sno women about, everything
is so quiet and comfortable and handy.
If l want to do little figuring don't
have TO hunt up pencil, or pen and
ink. but | just sit down to one Of the
tables and do it with my finger, and
there's nobody to be eternally welding
a dusting brush around my head and
telling me to get cut OF the way until |
the house is cleaned up. These are
that every married man
should ponder over. But when we do
ponder and resolve what good does it |
10? That's the question that is now
,gitating the American people. What
good does it do? Not bit. If these
women can't have everything just
heir own way, they swoon off into
Mysteries. AS consequence, we have
% pay fifty-dollar doctors bill, and
stay in the house all day, fannin G
hem, and promising in the end that
'we may be happy yet" before they
show any disposition to compromise.
Dur wives are petted too much. And
his reminds me chat mine won't yield
10 any other treatment l undertook
Year: 1874

heavy stones, the fibre is boiled with ashes.
! After another washing it is well pounded
and then moulded into balls Thc>r balls
are next thrown into Il wooden trou~h.
and mixed with Il pulp, together with t he
paste made from the root of the Turoro-
4 shrub somewhat resembling the cotton
plant \ portion of this pulp is next
placed in i frame, consisting Of an inner
and outer portion, with 4 false bottom Of
plated bamboo. \ deXterouS and peculiar
Jerk from the skilled operator sets the
pulp in the frame, and it is then 80 placed
rs to permit the water to drain off. The
sheet Of paper is lifted from the frame
with Il piece of bamboo, and laid with n
brush on Il drying board, the side adhcrin~
to the board forming the face of the paper.


The paper warranted to wash is made
with another kind Of paste; and in the
oil paper, for waterproof clothes. a clue
is used, made from young fern shoots.
stained with the expressed juice of unripe
per>immon>. Colors are applied in pow
der mixed with bean paste


Several of the trees and plants used in
the manufacture of paper are described
As being the object of careful cultivation.
especially in the manurinr and prepare
ton of the soil.
Year: 1874

\ BARREL MADE OF One SrAvE-
Considerable inspiration of a certain kind
has been derived from barrels, but recent
ly barrels appear to have been inspiring
genius, and the world is expecting every
day to have lis flour delivered in good
sound barrels made Of paper That the
expectation will he realized is nndoubted.
but the paper barrel makers will have TO
hurry up OF their barrel will have u head
put on it by an article made with only one
stave, which its inventor expects is rona
to be 4 staving good thing. The stave is
Year: 1874

By means of the drill wheat is sown
regularly and all the same depth. If
the seed is good there need be no allow
ance made for wastage as in sowing by
hand. One bushel and peck per acre
is plenty, and, il the grains be small.
o G b,lshel. 1t is planted regularly and
at proper depth, and it has an equal
chance to grow and to fasten its roots
firmly in the soil. by drilling, fertil-
izers can also be sown at the same
time.
Year: 1874

The Springfield Mass RcpudTcoa
says: " One may be pardonel for sneez-
ing under any circumstances, in view
of the experience of woman from
this city in Westtield, recently. Being
in company, and attempting to sup
press sneeze, she felt Il queer sensa-
ton in the left side of her face, which
soon began swelling and drawing out
of shape. A physician was called, but
by the time he arrived her mouth and
the left side of her face had become
drawn up, disfigrlring her so that her
most intimate friends could scarcely
recognize her features, while she found
physicians say it is kind of paralysis,
caused by the great effort she made IN
suppressing the sneezc, and give but
faint hopes that her features will ever
resume their natural appearance. She
is now in this city seeking medical
advice.
Year: 1874

I was escorting home the lovely Char
lotte --, to whom l was at the time
quite devoted. Charlotte could scarcely
find room to spread her crinohue foun-
ces. stood up near her, there being no
vacant seat.


After few minutes, came in a poor
woman, who deposited basket Of clothes
on the frent platform, and held IN her
arms a small child, whilea little girl hung
to her dress. She looked tired and weary
but there was no vacant seat, to be sure,
Charlotte might have contracted her foun-
ces, but she did not. Beside her, howev-
er, sat very lovely and elegant young
woman, who seemed trying, by moving
down closer to others, to make space
enough for the stranger between herself
and Miss D.


At last she succeeded, and with the
sweetest blush ever saw, she invited the
poor female to be seated. Charlotte D..
drew her drapery around her and blushed
too, but it was not pretty blush at all
and she looked annoyed at the proximity
of the new conner, vino was however, clean
and deeently though thinly clad.


The unknown lady drew the little girl
upon her lap, and wrapped her velvet
mantle around the small, half-clad form
and put her muff over the half frozen lit
| tie hands.


So great was the crowd that l alone
seemed to observe. The child shivered
the keen wind from the door blew upon
her unprotected neck l saw the young
lady quietly draw from under her mantle
a little wooden shawl, which she softly put
on the shoulders of the little one tht
mother looked on with confused Won
der:


After short time she arose to leave tht
cars, but the unknown gently whispered
mo, keep it for her. The woman die
not answer, the conductor hurried her out
but her eyes swan with tears. l noticet
her as she descended to a basement, and
hastily entered the house.


How glad, then, 1 was to see her bow
ing, as she passed out, to mutual ac
quaintanee who stood in the doorway
From him, ere many minutes, learne
. her name and address.


To shorten the story as much as posi-
|; BILE, that lady is now my wife. In tn
: small incident which introduced her t
me, she showed her real character.


few days after our marriage showed th
> blessed woolen shawl, that had redeem


ed from its owner, and shall keep as
memento. There are sometimes pleasar


things to be found in unexpected places


certainly l may be said to have picke


out my wife on the cars.-BGLtintore r,
| VielO
Year: 1874

ANDREW JoHNsos concluded his ad-
dress in Memphis, Saturday night, as iol-
lows: al will simply say that know !
have been charged with being ambitious.
Ambitious 1 am ambitious. Applause. ]
And / do not think would be worthy Of
being called man unless I were ambi-
tious. [Applause. am ambitious Of ac-
curing a reputation among this people
that have been q faithful representative.
and that I have stood upon the watch
tower of my country, AMI defended and
vindicated their rights, when they were not
In condition to do it themselves. l am
ambitious of their esteem, OF their respect,
and their confidence, for the reason that
have done my duty 10 my God, to my
country, and 10 my family. Yes, l am
ambitious have lived and toiled for
the people, because wanted their RPpro-
baton and their esteem and when the
time shall come when my connection is TO
be severed from this people, and from
things that are mortal, when the lamp OF
life is about Pickering its last, the most
pleasing thought that can pass through
my mind, will be to feel and know that,
when dead and gone, will occupy place
in the respect and affection and heart ol
my countrYmen."
Year: 1874

The following old song won merit, and
will bear reproducing. If any OF the
readers of the DEMOCRAT can tell who Is
the author of it he will oblge the Massil-
lon Correspondent who heard it sung so
long ago, chat the memory Of man run
meth not to the contrary"


WHEN MY MONEY WAS GoHE.
When my money was gone that I'd gained in the
And the world gan to frown on my fate;
What mattered nv zeal or my honored scars
When indifference stood in each gate
The fac. that would smile when my purse was
Showed a different aspect to me;
And when 1 could naught but ingratitade hnd,
I hied once again to the sea
1 tho't it unwise to repine at my lot,


Or bear with cold looks from the shore,
So picked up the few scattering remnants ia
And tTiaing, alas, was my store.
A handkerchief held all the treasure had,


Which over my shoulder threw
Away then trudged with q heart rather sad


To join with some joVial ships crew.
The sea was less tronbled by far than my mind
For when the wide waste ] surveyed,
I could not help thinking the world WGs unkind.
And fortune a slippery jade
And I vowed if once more could take her in


tow,
That the turbulent winds and the bllloWs could
More kindness than they did to me.
Year: 1874




Tommy Ryan, a 15-year-old-lad of
williamsburg, displayed unusual resolu-
ton and presence of mind for one Of his
years, as. by his promptness, his own fam
lily as well as many Others were saved.
He was in the village near the town hall,
with his fathers horse and wagon. when
the approaching wave was discovered, and,
his first thought being TO save his mother
and younger brothers, he drove with great
speed to his home near James's WOODEN
mill, where he gave the alarm. he then
thought 10 save the lives of the operati es
in the silk mill at HaydenVille BY driving
IN advance Of the food, which be succeed
ed in dong, arriving at his destination
about the same time as Collins Graves.
who gave the general alarm through the
village His mother and brothers IN the
meantime barely escaped death, as in
their fight they were Obliged to scale
high rail fence. The children got oyer in
safety, but the mothers strength failing
just as the waters came up upon her, she
tainted, but was with great difficulty
dragged 10 a place of safety by her little


ors,-SPrigafeld Rep.
Year: 1874

AvARIcE.-All the good things of this
world are no further good to Us than as they
are of use; and whatever We may heap up
to give to Others, We enjoy as much as we
can use, and no moFe,-De Zoe.
Year: 1874

What apity it is that young married folks
will not emulate the examples of Japanese
housekeepers; they are troubled very little
with household cares. A few mats, chest
of drawers for clothing, two or three quilts
for n bed on the floor. some kitchen utensils.
and their houses are furnished. They have
never known the use of bedstead. \ chair
or table MS we understand them to be; and
yet those people have all the virtues of civ
ilization, but perhaps not all its vices. They
are polite. generous. hospitable, perform
their religious duties with exemplary piety.
and If cleanliness is next to godliness they
are much more godly than we are, for they
are the cleanest people in the world. accord
ing to the general testimony of travellers;
we have certainly much to learn before our
houses can be rs Immediately neat and
clean as theirs are. The habit of doffing
street boots and assuming slippers before
entering n room does much toward keeping
a house cleaner than ours are. A Japa-
nese housewife really enjoys more ease after
her simple duties are done than many of our
weather. danes who are weighed down
with the cares of their establishments and
ms for young people just entering life, just
compare their lot with the people under dis
cussion, and if you are an ease loving per-
son, you will soon render verdict in favor
of Japanese housekeepers. MAY.
Year: 1874

This is a subject to which we have several
times called attention, but it is one which
should be kept before the people until they
it in practice. The bad old fashion of dig
ging two holes side by side near the dwell.
ing, the one for a well. the other for cess
pool, is still far too prevalent in our rural
districts There are hundreds of places
within half hours drive of Boston where
one may see the barnyard on the slope of
hill, aud the well at the foot of the hill,
where its waters are certain to catch all the
foul 6ltrations from the manure heaps above.
The following extract from late number of
the London Lancet is as pertinent on this
side Of the ocean as the other -


The dangers of bad milk are engrossing SO
much attention just now, that there is reason
to fear lest the far greater dangers of bad
water should for the time be overlooked. We
trust this serious error will not be commit
ted. For one sample o. dangerous water
could be obtained in almost any part of the
country. Let it never be forgotten that
very few rivers or wells are safe sources of
water supply, and that many are as unsafe
as loaded firearms. The shallow wells of
villages are among the pests Of the country,
and it is high time that Jealous and well
organized crusade should be brought to bear
upon them 1t is sickenng in most country
places to observe the uniformity with which
the cesspoo and well are made to stand side
by side, as though each was necessary for
the other and to think of the twenty feet or
so of foul, sewerage-reeking soil through
which the water percolates to its fetid bed
The question should engage the attention of
every health officer, and will in too many
cases, tax his energies severely, for it is one
of the hardest sanitary problems. 1t is al
ways possible to provide a city or town with
good water but in village, where houses
are few, money scarce, and intelligence
scarcer, it is matter of exceeding difficult
ty-Journdl of Chemistry.
Year: 1874

subduing Of these enemies; but there are
other borers than these to which we give
our attention. They are scattered all through
our woodlands. To the maple, especially, is
one species very destructive; its dep, ejations
upon certain pieces Of young woodland that
have fallen under my notice proving as fa-
tai AS it is possible for those Of the apple
borer to be to orchards left 10 entire neglect
But | saw more Of the good Offices OF these
birds than | have yet mentioned how their
sage aud patient inquisitiveness led them to
peer under the scales Of the rough bark of
the trunks of these trees, aud to break open
the sealed house Of any larvae Of the codling
moth found there.


Now these injurious insects furnish the
chief sustenance to the army Of woodpeckers,
aud the pity is the birds are too few to hold
the bugs in check. So, am resolved, il the
dear little stomachs of these good aud true
allies Of mine so long accustomed to strong
meat require change now and again to re-
store their tone aud sharpen their appetite
for new worms, to share with them without
being much disturbed at their demands, and
to plant more trees, if need be, till shall
not miss the share claimed by the woodpeck-
ers of the ueighborhood.


HoRTENsIUs
Year: 1874

long enough, the dams are opened and the
water conducted to the next field below.
The fields are graded in such way that a
bank forms the outer borders, so that they
hold water very much like q shosl tank.
This embankment is from one foot to eigh-
teen inches high. The soil here is sandy
and pebbly, one Of the chief crops being hay,
as the region about it is one famous for dali
ryiDg. From three to nine crops per year
are cut, although four is about the average.
Irrigation is also largely practiced in Ger
many and England. In the former country,
undershot wheels with buckets attached are
used to raise water for purposes of irriga-
ton. When these buckets come up loaded
with water, they are discharged into large
trough and from thence conducted over
fields, and great deal Of the irrigation in


Germany is done by this means. ln fact, in
that country irrigation lis science, several
journals devoted to it are published regular
ly, many books about it are printed, and
there are large numbers of engineers who do
nothing else but practice this science. Steam
engines are also used somewhat for pumping
water for irrigation. The speaker then gave
a detailed account of a system Of combined
irrigation and drainage, praeticed in Ger.
many, and known as Peterson's system. 1t
is so arranged that one set Of fields is irriga-
ted by the drainage of another or in other
words water is let upon field which soaks
down through the soil into the drains, from
whence it is conducted upon other fields
where the same coarse is followed. If the
weather is dry the fields are irrigated, if wet
the drains carry off the surplus moisture.
Year: 1874

Preserve sacredly the privacies of your
house, your marriage state and your hearts.
Let not father or mother, brother or sister,
nor any third person, ever presume to come
in between you two, to share the Joys or
sorrows that belong to you alone, to you two.
With Gods help build your own quiet world,
not allowing the dearest earthly friend to be
the confidant of aught that concerns your
domestic peace. Let moments of alienation
Gf they occur) be healed and forgotten at
once. Never-no, never-speak of it out
side, but each to the other confess, and all
will come right Never let the moTow's
sun find you still ut variance. Renew or re-
view the vow at all temptations-it will do
you both good. And thereby your souls will
grow together, cemented in that love which
is stronger than death, and you will become
truly one. Thus do pray for every mar
ried pair.-A Wife of Forty Years.