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Year: 1878

A young man commenced visiting a
young woman and appeared to be well
pleased. Ore evening he called when
it was quite late. which led the young
lady to inquire where he had been.


Il had to work tonight.


"What, do you work for a living?
she inquired in astonishmant.


Certainly" replied the young man.
II am mechanic"


81 dislike the name of a mechanic,
and she turned up her pretty nose.


This was the last time the young man
visited the young lady. He is now a
wealthy man, and has one of the best
women in the county for wife.


The young lady who disliksd the
name of mechanic is now the wife of a
miserable fool-a regular vagrant about
grog shops, and The soft, verdant, silly,
miserable girl lis obliged to take in
washing in order to support herself and
children.


You dislike the name of mechanic
Ell! You whose brothers are but we'll dres
sed loafers. We pity any girl who is SO
verdant, SO soft, as to think less of a
young man for being mechanlc-one
of Gods noblcmen the most dignified
and honorable pelsonages of heaven S
creatures.
Year: 1878

A good thing is told of Washington


belle, Miss L., noted for her wit, At a
dinner party the lady in question, who
is the daughter of distinguished
Judge. was seated next to gentleman
whom she had not met before, and who
was on visit to the city on business
which had brought him in contact with
the Judge mentioned, who had shortly
before decided case against. At this
dinner. the gentleman, who had not
caught the name of the lady when in
troduced, took occasion to vent his
feelings and express his opinion of the
Judge in terms anything but compll-
mentary. An awful pause IN the con-
versation indicated something wrong,
and the gentleman took occasion to ex-
press to the lady his hope that the
Judge was no relation of hers, to which
to the infinite amusement of all present,
she replied: so no; only connection
of nv mothers by marriage" A shout
of laughter could not be prevented. and
the gentleman, after little reflection,
came slowly to the conclusion that the


Judges family were too much for him.
Year: 1878

The mind and the hand must units
together. to make the labor of each ef>
fective; and that the mind may enable
the hand to very greatly increase its
usefulness. Work on the farm deals
with things that are hidden to the sight
and need be clearly understood; and
there is no physical labor performed in
the world that needs be more guided by
the labor of the mind, than the cultiva


tion of the soil, the rearing of stock,
and the conversion of field products
into finished articles for sale, such, for
instance, as meat, butter, cheese, milk,
etc. The result of this is, that farm


er should be a studious, thoughtful
man, as well as an energetic worker.
He must also learn to stick to one thing;
to persist in his chosen course; to be
patient and persevering. and to strive
to make his labor skillful and effective.
With these qualities, there is no man
surer of a reward for his labor, nor of
better pay for the best quality of work.
Year: 1878

Pruning of curants, goosebcl res,
grape vines omitted in the fall, may De
done now ou mild days.


Care Of the orchard, whether young
or old, will require good fences and
gates, to keep out intruder of all kinds.
A stray OK or horse may cause serious
damage i'll young orchard.


Roots are better pulped than cut for
sheep. There are very cheap machines
that can cut up roots into fiue shreds or
pulp, which will soon save their cost
in the improved condition of the aui-
mails thus fed.


Manure may be carted to the orchard
and spread over the whole surface.
The time of manuring is not of 50 much
Importance as to get 1t on at any rate.
1t is a mistake to put a little manure
close around the trunks of trees.


Covering of strawberries and tender
rasberries should be done, if not al
ready completed. In covering straw
berries do not get the material too thick
over the plants An inch or so is bet
ter than more.


Calves and yearlings may be made to
increase in size and weight consldera-
bly,. and make large quantity of fine
manure, keeping them in a roomy shed,
bedding them deeply with cut straw or
leaves, and feeding them we'll With
plenty of bedding the shed may not be
cleaned out until next spring.


Chickweed is an excellent barometer.
When the flowers expand fully there
need be no fear of rains for several
hours. Should it continue in that con-
dition. no rain will disturb the sum
mer day. When it half conceals its min
iature flower, the day is sure to be
showery. and if it entirely shuts up, or
walls the white flower with its green
mantle, let the traveller put on his great
coat.
Year: 1878

The biggest bores | meet are those
who only know just wha. they have got
out of books.


1 observe those folks that mean just
what they say are very seldom very
great takers.


The reputation man gets from his
ancestors wants about as much altering
to fit him as their clothes would.


Love is like the measels, you can't
have it but once, and the later in life
we have it. the tougher it goes with us.


Great thinkers are not apt to be great
whistlers. When q man can't think OF
anything else he begins to whistle,


There is no woman stationed on the
face of the earth who tries SO hard tc
do right and fails oftener than the av-
erage mother-in-law.


l have seen people so mean and ava
ricious that they couldn't take dose
of castor oil without licking the spoon
to get all that belonged to them.
Year: 1878

Young Radspinner and Lillian Deus
enbury had long been lovers. They
were engaged to be married. The day
was set, and, waiting for the day to
come time moved rs slowly as an ac-
commodation train on Western rail
road One evening just a week before
The time fixed for the nuptials, young
Radspiuner aud Lillian were ont stroll"
ling up and down the railroad track
enjoying the calm and peaceful sunset.
Lillian wore her wine>colored silk, and
her young lover had told her hundred
times that it made her look sweet
enough to drink. A tender speech was
interrupted by the appalling screech OF
steam whistle Just around the curve.
The limited mail was coming at the
rate of sixty-five miles an hour There
was not moment TO lose. Young
Radapinner caught the beautiful arm OF
his betrothed and tried to drag her from
the track. Her dress caught upon a
spike and held her fast She tried to
kick it loose. She screamed and kicked
but the spike would not let go. The
train was bearing down upon them like
demon. They could almost feel its
hot breath upon their checks. Young
Radspinner stopped over and seized the
IL t,ta
hands, intending to rip it from the spike,
and rescue from death the one fair wo>
man beneath the sun. She stopped
him with a cry of alarm:


"Don't tear my dressl'


"You must be realeased from this, "
he yelled, "the train is upon usr'


ats my wine colored silk; | would
not have it torn for the world"


His love for her rose above everything
else, and renewing his hold upon the
garment, he exclaimed:


Darn your wine colored silk!'


Don't you dare to tear itr' she cried
endeavoring to loosen his grasp. The
locomotive screamed again, this time
right in their ears. The brave girl
pushed her lover off the track aud
shouted above the rattle of the train:


"Leave me, George; leave me, and
save yourself. l had hoped to live for
you, for love you devotedly. and | am
sure we could have been very, very hap
py, but I would die thousand deaths
rather then tear my Wine colored---"


The locomotive struck her am.dshlps
and strung her along the track for
mile and half. George hunted and
hunted until his eyes grew weary, but
he could not find enough of the wine
colored silk to make him n necktie.
Year: 1878

To encourage agriculture is to in~
crease nations prosperity. To encour-
age the requirement by individuals of
even small holdings of land is to add to
the country's strength and stability.
The man who is possessed of even a
small plot of mother earth which he
can call his own, becomes better citi-
zen, becomes an integral part of the
nation. While his citizenship, from a
mere sentiment, becomes part of his
nature, elevating at once his dignity,
self.respect, and sense of duty.
Year: 1878

BURNING GREEN WooD GREAT
LY WAsTEFUL.-Wa Water in passing
into vapor absorbs and hides nearly
LOCO degrees Of heat. A cord Of
green wood produces just as much
heat as a cord of the same wood
dry. In Burning the dry wood we
get nearly al! the heat, but in burn
ing the same wood green, from one
halt to three -fourths of the heat
produced goes off latent and use
less in the evapors ting sap or va
ter. Chemistry shows this, aud
why, very plainly. Therefore get
the winters wood for fuel or kind
lings, and let it be seasoning, as
soon as possible, and put it under
cover in time TO be dry " hen used.
Il will of course season or dry much
faster when split fine. "A solid
foot of green elm wood weighs 90
to So lbs, of which 80 or 35 lbs. is
sap or water. As ordinarily piled
up, if we allow half of cord to be
lost in the space between sticks, We
still have weight of about two
tons to the cord, of which nearly
one ton is water or sap. Such
wood affords very little useful heat
it goes off in the ton of sap. The
great saving Of hauling 1t home dry
is evident-as we get the same
amount of real fuel for half the team
work. Beech wood loses one
eighth to one-ft:h It's weight in
drying; oak, one-quarter to two
fifthS-4n,erican AgrjculturiSt.
Year: 1878

BE 1t is the duty Of
every man to take some active part
as an actor on the stage of life.
Some seem to think that they can
vegetate, as it were, without beng
anything particular Man was not
made to rust out his life" 1t is ex-
pected he should "act well his part"
He must be something. lie has
work to perform that it is his duty
to attend to. We are not placed
here to grow up, pass through the
various stages of life, and then die
without having done anything for
the benefit Of the human race.
Year: 1878

The legislature of Wisconsin
meets annually on the second
Wednesday in January. This year
the first day Of January being
Wednesday, the legislature will
meet on the eighth. The two houses
meet this year in joint convention
on the 2lst of January to ballot for
a United States senator, and must
vote at least once each day thereaf-
ter until senator is chosen.
Year: 1878

A CASH BUSINESS. = Merchants
and tradesmen all over the country
are discussing the question as to
whether it IL possible to do a cash
business. The general impression
is that it would be far better for the
buyer and the seller, if the credit
system should be abolished. In
thinking over this matter, an ex-
change has the following, which we
commend to all:


"Some say that a cash business
cannot be done; let us cite you in
stances where it is the basis Of ey-
cry transaction. How many per-
sons are there, who, when they get
freight from the depot, tell the
agent to charge it ? and when you
get on the train, if it is but five
miles do you say to the conductor,
81 will pay you the last of the
week You 90 to the telegraph
Office, send a message and ask the
operator how much it is. When the
answer comes. do you tell him to
let it run month? The express
companies are in the habit Of hav-
ing tie money when the goods &re
delivered. When you attend .
concert, theatre or circus, DO you
wink at the agent with the remark.
''as soon as [ sell my hogs, I'll fix it
with you ?" A farmer takes load
of wheat or corn TO market; after
it is unloaded he is not in the habit
of hearing the grain dealer say,
'just charge it [ viii call in next
week and pay you" The farmer
expects cash tor his pork and pro-
duce and it is right he should have
it. Cash is required in mailing let
ters and postal cards. They are
only a cent but we don't ask the
postmaster to charge it. Readers,
please remember these things when
about to say cash business cannot
be done.
Year: 1878

AiR-"OI Rosia The Bor."
I've run all the old parties over.
And now TO new one must go,
think there are Offices somewhere.
!fId any kind Of show.
Oh give me some kind Of a show


oh ho.


I'm rather weak sister know;
But I'd run my legs off for an Office
If only knew which way to go.
From now till the eve Of election.
I'll promise all men everything;
And it's awful to think nv rejection
The votes. when they're counted.


may bring.


Then give me some kind Of show


oh ho Z!


Into any new party III go;
For the starviugest show of an Office
I'll be anything that l know.
Just keep your eyes open and staring,
And when any new party you see
That is wanting man for an Office,
Just kindly refer them to me.
For I'm always ready to go-oh ho,
When an office its shadow may


show


I'd swim through the broad Missis-


sippi
For the littlest office know.
So when the election is over.
AND up the Salt Creek repair,
Ny Punishment wouldn't seem lone
some,
If office could follow me there.
So follow me mp when l go-oh no,
And write on my tombstone, you
know


If you're hunting man for su


office.


Just wake up the fossil below
Year: 1878

landed my first p;ckerel the first
evening we were On Lake Minnetonka.
/ am not skillful fisherman. | told
the boys that l could do little plain
fishing, but ! didn't want to be set
down for snything with any kind of
flutipg, embroidery, knife plating, or
anything Of that kind about it. l
fished from the shore. by the side of
a veteran fisher, Mr.. A. X. Dunlap of
Titusville. He knows every fish in
the lake by name. He can tell by the
move Of the line what kind Of fish is ct
your hook. Something ran away with
my line.


It's pickerel ! shouted Mr. Dun
lap, in intense excitement. a big
fellow Take out your lines =
he yelled to the rest Of them. Give
him plenty of room Play him !! he
shrieked ut me. Let him run! Keep
your line taut Don't give him an
inch of slack Look out Don't let
him do that again! Let him run
Now, bring him in this Look
out Don't let him do that again !


BY this time l was SO excited l was
on the point of throwing down the pole
and rushing into the lake. intending to
run the fish down and kick it to death.
screamed to Dunlap:


'You take the pole and land him, l
never eau


He refused. He turned and hurled
his own pole, lance fashion, into the
woods


Here 7 he shouted. rushing down
the bank about twenty feet below me,
STOPPING down and spreading out his
arms. Here ! Now! Bring him in
here through the shoal water
Careful, now Careful! Steady


Aud flap, fisp'I had him on the
shore. He was beauty. A little
sunfish about three ard half inches
long.


1t was long time before we said
anything Mr. Dunlap climbed big
birch tree in tie top of which his pole
had lodged. and we resumed our fish
iug. Presently Charley Armknscht
coughed, and l said


How funny the frogs sound over in
the marsh


Aud then we laughed long time at
the frogs. A long. long time and very
heartily. They were very funny frogs.


But Mr.. Dunlap fished on very
silently. and by and by he said the
fish wouldn't Bit when there was much
noise. So We held our hush and the
fish bit But they did not bite any OF
us very badly.


The fishing is cxcellent most any
where in the lake. That evening, on
the upper lake one Ct the boys caught
nine large pickerel When we came to
count the fish, however. it appeared
that he had caught one pickere! niue
times. It was very large fish. and
they are going TO have its skin dried
whole for specimen-case. l caught
mere fish than any one else in the
party, but they were all. with one ex-
ception, catfish. and I learend to my
mazement, that Ihad disgraced my
self and the lake. Why isn't fish a
fish, Id like to know '-Baria9ton
Hd,eisye.
Year: 1878

During the cholera epidemic at Ban
galore. India, . gentleman holding =
high official position in that city. was
one morning informed that his house
keeper had been seized with that dread
full disease. He at once sent for the
doctor. who found the patient in a
state OF coma, and pronounced the case
to be desperate. Disinfectants were
sprinkled throughout the house. and
every precau,ion Was taken ts prevent
the spread Of the sisease to the other
inmates The unfortunate man himself
was tenderly removed to Bcwdon
Hospital. where the usual remedies
were applied without producing any
effect. for the patient still remained
inscnsible. At last, h;s situation be.
inc comparatively hopeless. il was
thought better to desist from further st.
tennis 70 rckindle the faint spark Of
life that vas rapidly dwindling. Late
IN the night, however. TO the surprise
81 the hospital attendants, the patient
Year: 1878

suddenly recovered consciousness and
III strong voice and language demands
ed TO know where he was. He was in
formed that he had been i'll with the
cholera, and was no in the hospital
and implored to remain pefectly quiet
as his only chance of recovery. III
with cholera lie shouted indienately
Il have only been drunk; and to the con-
s'ernation of the doctor and his employ
CT, this statement turned cut to be true


WHAT is the difference between a
hungry man and q glutton One longs
to eat, the other eats too long.
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of the whole human system, as 1t controls the life, health and happiness of man. When it is disturbed in it's proper sction, all kinds of ailments are the natural result. The digest ion of food, the moyenents of the heart and blood, the action of the brain and nerv- ous system, are all immediately connected with the workings of the Liver. It has been successfully proved that Greens Au- gust Flower is unequalled in curing all per- sons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Lver Complaint, and all the numerous symptoms that result from an unhealthy condition of the Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try, 10 cents. Positively sold in all towns on the Western Continent. Three doses will prove that it is just what you want.
Year: 1878

How PRAIRIE Docs GET WATER.-lt
has always been subject of curiosity
and inquiry as to how and where prairie
dogs, living on the prairie far away from
any river or stream, obtain their water.
F. Leech, formerly of Mercer county, Pa,
and a frontiersman of experience, asserts
that the dogs dig their own wells,
each village having one with a concealed
opening. 1t matters not how far down
the water may be, the dogs will keep dig
giDg until they reach it. He knows Of
one such we'll 200 feet deep, and having
a circular staircase leading down to the
water. Every time dog wants a drink
he descends this staircase, which, cOnsid-
ering the distance, is no mean task. In
digging for water the animals display as
much pluck as in resisting the efforts Of
settlers to expel them from the land of
their progenitors.
Year: 1878

A NICE CALCULATIoN.-Few writer's
realize the extent of their own labor. A
raprd penman can write thirty words in
. minute. To do this he must draw his
pen through the space of rod-Sixteen
feet and half. In forty minutes his
pen traveles furlong, and in five hours
and a third mile. We make, on an aver
age, sixteen curves or turns of the pen in
writing each word. Writing thirty
words minute we must make four hun
dred and eighty to each minute; in an
hour, tsenty.eight thousand; in day OF
only five hours, one hundred and forty
four thousand, and in u year of three hun
dred days, forty-three million, two hun
dred thousand. The man who made one
million strokes with pen in month
was not at all remarkable. Many men,
newspaper men for instance, make four
million. Here we have in The aggregate,
a mark of three hundred miles long to be
traced on paper by each writer in year.
In making each letter of the ordinary
alphabet we must make from three to
seven of the pen-or an average of three
and half to four.
Year: 1878

Meridian Mercury, I'd.


Just before sunset yesterday
evening lively pistol tusiIade was
heard on lower Commerce street.
1t was Il street pistol fight between
Col. u. 5. Layton and Sheriff Hen
drrsOn. The latter WAS wounded
twice in each thigh, one wound be-
ing slight flesh one aud the other
serious, the ball penetrating the
limb and lodging somewhere with
in. We hope no serious coAse.
quenceS will follow, though it must
necessarily entail considerable of
suffering.


Col. Layton was Immediately
huuried off to Jail, and we are gli d
he was, for presently Indignation
ran high and grew fierce and
threatening.


Capt. Henderson has been one of
our efficient men during these dark
days, through which we have been
passing and has so endeared him
self to the people that they can
little brook an attempt to take his
life,
Year: 1878

In the interest of the South, the


most important question to come


before congress this winter is that OF


promoting the early construction OF


the Texas and Pacific railway, OF


some railway upon the line for


which that company holds the right


of way. The zeal in behalf of this


enterprise WILDE greatly sharpened


by the news which comes by the


way of Washington that the Cen


tral,Southern Pacific ring, in the
apparent confidence of controlling
congress, have belied all their
promises to the Southern people,
and have made an alliance with the
Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe
railroad company, by which the SO.
called Southern Pacific road OF
California is to be turned north to
connect with the other road at
Sante Fe, and TINS cheat the South.
ern States of the tranScontinental
line it has been so long promised
by Huntington & Co. The new
combination is simply another
northern line, controlled by the
Huutington's and Jay Gould's who
now control the defiant Pacific rail
road lines. For years the Hunting.
ton party has been busy in the
South working up sentiment in
behalf of their so-called Southern
Pacific road which was to be built
through on the 32d parallel. BY this
means they have delayed the pro.
posed government aid to the Texas
and Pacific road until the Central
Pacific ring could get control Of
the California end of the line.
Having got that control they now
deliberately repudiate their promi-
ses, and propose to rob the people
of the South of their right to an
independent tramscontinental road,
as they have robbed the United
States government and the buSi- !
ness of the country, 10 build up |
and perpetuate their bloated mo
For bng time this com.
bination of the Southern Pacific |
and the Sante Fe companies has /
been kept secret. Probably it
was made long before the Southern
Pacific road reached the Arizona
border. But isince it has ceased to
be of so great consequence to quiet |
the nerves Of Southern congress
men who were supposed to have too |
great an interest in the question OF |
developing the transcOntinental
trade of Southern ports, the Hunt
ington-Gould ring now boast of
their newly developed ''enterprise'
n cheating the Southern people.
The result should be a unanimous
demand by the Southern members
If congress for immediate legisla
ion to complete the Texas and
Pacific road.
Year: 1878

Last Saturday the Jackson coun.
ty board of health met here, and
after due deliberation decided the
time had come to raise all quaran.
tine restrictions upon this county


In this action they have the sup.
port of our citizens, for they be.
lieve it unnecessary to carry
on the quarantine any longer, as
danger from the fever is no more
apprehended, and, therefore, the
former restrictions useless.


The Mobile county and city
board of health also raised their
restrictions Saturday, and now
trains arrive and depart as of old,
and we have free communication
once more with the world at large.
After being shut up fer about three
months it is quite refreshing to
know that we can go and come at
will and have uninterrupted inter
course with our friends at dis
tance. Although communication
by rail and water has been opened
up, it will yet be two weeks before
people generally will visit the
cities so recently injected by the
dreadful yellow disease, as they
do not feel perfectly secure in go.
ing into those places so soon, but
business will begin to open up, and
in short time trade and com.
merce will again be active. God
grant we may never have another
such season of disease, death and
destitutiOn.