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Year: 1874

Half the girls in the land become dys-
peptic before they are out. Of their teens,
in consequence Of being about the house
and nibbling at everything they lay their
eyes on that is good to eat; whereas,
were they to eat but three times a daybat
regular times, and not an atom between
meals, they might enjoy perfect health.
To digesta full meal and pass it out of
the stomach requires not less than FIVE
hours. q If a person eats between meals,
the process Of digestionof the food al


ready in the stomach is arrested, until
the last that is eaten is brought INFO the
condition Of the former meal; just as if
water was boiling and ice was put in,the


whole ceases to boil until the ice has
been melted and brought to the boiling
point, and then the whole boils together.
No wonder that dyspepties are cross and
peevish! How can they be otherwise,
since disordered stomach is the source
of so many pangs? Yet they deserve
punishment for neglecting to obey the
laws which nature renders imperative il
health is to be preserved. Bio
Year: 1874

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The storyis told of woman who free
ly used her tongue to the scandal of 9th
ers, and made confession to the priest oil
what she had done. He gave her this
le-top and told her to 60 out iG various
direc ions to scatter the seeds one by
one. Wondering at the penance, she
obeyed, and then returned and told her
confessor To her amazement, he told
her to go back ane gather the scattered
seeds; and when she objected that it
would be impossible. he replied that il
would he still more difficult to gather NJ
and destroy all evil reports which shs
had circulated about others Any
thoughtless, careless child can scatter q
handful of thistle seeds before the vino
in a moment, but the strongest and wis
est man cannot gather them again
Year: 1874




A young lady of Trenton Village,
of considerable strength, in the her
Oine OF a wrestling match which
took place few days ago. While
purchasing some goods of dashing
young clerk she made some remark
that implied doubts of his muscular
ability, and was promptly challenged
to trial of strength. The Young
lady accepted the banter and step
ped out into the street, and was fol-
lowed by the clerk, who did not be-
lieve that the challenged party was
in earnest. The moment the Young
man cleared the sidewalk he was
grasped by the lady, and a vigorous
tussle followed. In defense the
clerk exerted all his strength, but.
was thrown to the ground, where,
with his head in chancery, he got.
his face nicely washed with snow
The affair attracted crowd of near
'ly 100 persons. This statement is
accurately true, but by request ths
FNaT wv WIsAk
Year: 1874

A clergyman lately addressed his
female auditory as follows: HBe not
proud that the blessed Lord paid
your sex the compliment Of appear
ing first to a female after the resur-
rection, for it was only done that the
glad tidings might spread all the
sooner"
Year: 1874

We hnd the following item In the Bel
mont Chronicle of yesterday:


"a movement Is on foot to build rail
road from this point to either Bellaire OF
Wheeling. Subscription papers have
been started, and q large amount has al,
ready been subscribed 10 forward the
project Rev. Il. N. Close Is an active
spirit in the new and needy enterprise.


We presume that there Is very little
likelihood ol an independent road being
built to either place. 1t is not the fash.
ion these days to build few miles oi road,
from one town to another, unless there is
at least fair prospect of merging it
when built into larger line, which line
IL will materially assist in starting. We
do not wonder that the people Of St.
ClairsVllle are growing impatient and al.
most despondent in regard to a railroad
connection with the outside world, and If
they can quicken any Of the numerous.
projects for through lines into lie by an
Iuependent movement they will have &C.
compllshed all that they can reasonably
expect.
Year: 1874

JEFFEl:soNvlLLE, Ind, February 14-The


wOman's temperance crusade was inauguratel


here to-day, by procession of women start.
ing from church and visiting three different
saloons to pray and sing. The first one they
called at shut the door and declined to allow
them to enter, so they held service on the
sidewalk, attracting an immense crowd, who
followed them to the next saloon, where the
proprietor bade them welcome and gave q
respectful hearing to their services, while the
bar-kccper was kept busy furnishing beer to
the thirsty crowd which had assembled. The
proprietor offered to quit the business if they
would buy him out, which it is understood
they agreed to do. At tho next saloon they
were also courtcously received, and the pro-
prictor offered to quit if they would purchase
his stock, but this they were not ready to do.
They began their services, however, but the
number Of spectators was hy this time so
large that the crusaders were driven to the
sidewalk. They finally moved back to the
church, where they arranged to renew the
on Monday. The movement has
created great excitement among all classes of
citizens, and the effect on the liquor traffic in
this city is yet TO lie told.
Year: 1874

The world is full Of martyrs, men and
women whose lives find no record,
whose work finds no mention, but whose
impress is left wherever their hearts
beat, wherever their footsteps tread.
They are the pioneers of our civiliZa-
ton; their bones bleach the earth
which they prepared for occupation and
enjoyment; they dug the roads and
planted the trees which shelter us from
the heat and make garden of the will
derness. They expended their brief
lives in labor of which, without thought
of what it cost, we enjoy the results.


No work, however small, no under
taking, however large, has been accom-
plished without much of this unseen
effort. Wherever we see 4 result, no
matter how insignificant, we may be
certain that unseen agencies have been
engaged for long time i'm bringing it
about, and what we see is the smallest
part Of that which remains behind. The
unwritten stories are the saddest, the
unseen work the hardest, the unknown
prophets the truest, the unthought-of
influences the strongest.


We talk Of education as if it were
confined to the few years and technical
routine of school life, wholly disregard
full of habits, of ancestry, of the whole
past of which the child is made up.
Parents form ideal theories respecting
their children, and are disappointed at
not realizing them, when their whole
past life and parental influences, Of
which the children are the outgrowth,
are opposed to these high-wrought con-
ceptiOns. The conduct of children Is
constantly bringing TO light the unseen
work performed upon them in the past,
and before they saw the light. More
over, what was perhaps but a tendency
or inclination in a parent or ancestor,
| becomes, by the force of new comblna-
/ tions wrought out in the unseen labora-
tory, A passion in the child. The wife
of butcher indulges her craving to see
animals killed in the slaughter-hOusei
| in her child it becomes q horrible in
stinct to torture and murder every little
innocent that comes in his way


Children will soon be recognized as
the pages upon which the record of their
parentage and ancestry are plainly
written. Honor and truth, mutual love
and unbroken faith, will find reeog-
milton quiet, obscure and eventful
though their course-while falsehOod,
treachery, deceit, lying, knavery and
wickedness of every description will
write their history so plainly that he


who runs may read.


One of the strongest incentives on the
part Of parents to the practice of all the
virtues is the result in the lives and
conduct of their children. What we
desire our children to be we must be.
In these cases at least an ounce of prac-
tice is worth a pound of precept. II is


worth nothing to inculcate certain


moral ideas, while our daily life is in di-


rect opposition to our doctrines anu the


If we have planted potato, it is no Use


IN talk cauli-fower. 1t will come up


potato, good or bad, according to the


original stock, aided by past neglect OF


cultivation. This is how unseen work


tells. 1t shows itself in results-resulti
not always commensurate apparently


with the labor and effort, but unmis-


taxable, and fruitful of good or evil tf
those who come after. - Hearth GRo


Home.
Year: 1874

Again the ripened grain Is cleanlyshOrn:
Again the earth her yearly bounty yieldsi
Again the sheaves stand clustering in the


fields


Like golden tents. Along the tasseIed corn
The night wind rustles; and the orchard trees
Utter low whispers TO each passing breeze.
And once again hangs calmly over all
The harvest moon- Beneath this dusky


splendor,


This dreamy summer softness, sweet and


tender,


While cooling dews in balmy silence fall,
Come out and stand, your arm about me-sO,
Twas thus we stood together years ago
Just such night as this! Just so the leaves
Whispered above our heads; just so the corn
Rustled beside the wheat fields newly shorn;
Just 50 like tents stood up the clustered sheaves
And royalty above Us, ON her throne
Ofdusky blue, sat the full harvest moOn-
Well remember what You SaId To me


Under the moonlight, what were my replies,
And what / read SO clearly in your eyes;
Twas SWeetcr than the mOonDcanlst And see
Just rs / saw it then, that tender light
As then IL shonc on me, 10 shines Tonight
And that was hong ago. We two have trOd
Ways often steep and rugged, and our rose
Has often borne its thorn; YET still II blows
In fragrant clusters by the stony road
beneath the harvest moon my eyes are wet
With happy tears-I keep my lover yet
Year: 1874

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers to bet
five hundred dollars that no fashionable
lady ever goes to bed without looking
into her glass, and rival is willing to
risk the same sum that no CINCINNATI
editor goes to bed without drinking out
of his,
Year: 1874

A cry of horror went up from
those who saw the movement -
Some stood trans6xed and unable
to move, while others hurried a.
bout in confused excitement
The captain had tbs boats lowered
and manned almost instantly. A
moment after her disappearance
she came to the surface. There
was nothing scared in her ..expres-
sion, and she made no struggle to
save herself. | saw her face dis
tinctly as she came up. aud FAM
cied | could detect in it the same
sorrowful look it bad worn a few
moments before, though even that
expression could not wholly de-
prive it of a certain jaunty grace
which became it well. 1t was on.
ly momentary glimpse which we
had of her, for she disappeared


iust as the first boat touched the
water. | think / never Jaw sad
der men than those rough sailors
when they pulled the heavy yawl
alongside and replied to a hun
dred simultaneous interrOgatories
"We found no trace of her at all" !"
And those gentle ladies. who
shrank with such aversion from
her half an hour before, had many
a tender utterance for her now,
and could not voice their pity
when they knew that. while she
laughed the loudest. the homeless
chlld's poor heart was breaking.
Year: 1874

By a strange perversion of
legal principles, it was supposed
by our ancestors that whosoev-
er married a widow who was
administratix upon the estate
of her deceased husband, rep
resented iDsolvent, and should
thereby possess himself Of any
property or thing purchased by
the deceased husband, would
become an executor de son tort
and would thereby make him
self liable to ap"yer for The
goods of his predecessor. Ma
ior Jones Joy became cnamored
of Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow
of William Ward, who died in
1888, leaving an insolvent es-
tate, of which Mrs. Ward was
administrators. To avoid the
unpleasat penalties of the law.
on the morning Of her marriage
with Major Joy, Mrs. Ward
placed herself in a closet, with
tire-woman, who stripped her
Of all her clothing, and when
in perfectly nude state she
thrusther fair, round arm through
a diamond hole in the door Of
the closet, the gallant Major
clasped the hand of the buxom
widow and was married in due
form by the jolliest parson in
Vermont. At the close of the
ceremony the tire-womand dressed
the bride i'll a complete ward
robe, which the Major had pro-
vided and caused to be depOsi-
ted in the closet at the COM
mencement Of the ceremony
She came out elegantly dressed
in satin and lace; and there was
kissing all around.
Year: 1874

The whole question of the
funding bill can be presented in
few words. The State owed
considerable amount Of bonds
and coupons which had been
for some time due and unpaid.
There were only three alterna-
tives. One was to pay these
due bonds and coupons: This
she was unable or unwilling to
do at that time. The other was
tn extend the debt by including
the interest, as individuals do
when they are unable to meet Il
debt at maturity, and who de-
sire to preserve their credit
The other was to refuse to pay
or to renew, which means sim
ply reputation. Any debtor
who is unable to meet his note
with the accrued interest at its
maturity would gladly get an
extension Oh his debt paying
six per cent, interest for ten,
twenty, thirty or forty years,
and would esteem it great fa-
vor, especially when he knew
that he could, at any time, stop
the interest by paying the prin-
cipal. The allowing a debtor
twenty years in which to pay
his debt, upon the payment OF
six per cent. interest, is consid-
cred an accommodation. The
same rules apply to States that
do to individuals. No man of
any sense doubts our ability to
pay. 1t is merely a question,
are we willing to paw.
Year: 1874

4 French correspondent of
the Boston Globe describes the
draft under the conscript law
in country village as follows:


THE mayor calls in turn the
young men of twenty years they
coming forward as their names.
are called and drawing one of
the numbers which are together
in sack. When Il young man
called for is absent his father
draws for him; if the absent is
notrepresented the mayor draws
in his place. The number Of
men required to be furnished
by the commune is known, so
those drawing a higher number
are assured of their escape from
the service; they leave the hall
rejoicing, and are met by their
friends anil relatives who re-


joice with them and cluster a.
bot as they repair to the booths
to buy gay-colOred ribbons for
their hats, which some friend
arranges, while the boOth-ten-
der stencils the lucky number
upon the pictured card chosen
to be worn in its front. Others
less favored by the draft seek
to hide their secret disappoint-
ment, and likewise place their
numbers in their caps. Joining
arm in arm, the fortunate and
unfortunate parade through the
town singing to the music Of u
drum; the wine shops are af-
terward flied with cOnscripts,
some playing and rejoicing orec
their wine, others drinking and
boisterOusly covering their
cha9rin, and the day is past by
them i'll coarse demonstrations,
and generally finishes by intox-
ication. Parents do not and
cannot take pride in their sons


joining the army, for it is forced
service, and the grief at parting
is not sOftened by the thrill
such as the mother feels who
gave her farewell tears ana
blessing to her boy volunteer
during the late Franco-Prus-
sian war"
Year: 1874

Progression is the watchword
of tt G hour, but in Missouri moth
ers haul their diSobedient chill
dren over the knee and strike on
the same old spot that the Ro-
mans did three thousand years
ago.
Year: 1874

We have noticed in the metropolitan
journals disposition to discourage young
men in the country from leaving their
farm homes and coming into cities to seek
their fortunes. Evidently the editors of
the great dailies forgot that they were
once young men devising all sorts OF plans
by which to evade work. They want to
keep young men down. There is no chance
for young men in the country to get before
the public. They are kept down by disa-
greeable duties. Let them come into the
city and see life Let them stand on the
curb-stones at the corners all summer till
they grow corns on the soles of their feet.
Let them attend lot sales and beer saloons
where free lunches are served, and
enjoy themselves that way. There is a.
ways something to be done in the city.
After the young man gets tired standing
on his corns, and gets sent out OF the
free-lunch establishment few times on
his ear. he can steal an overcoat. There
| is always chance for young man to
steal an overcoat in the city. Overcoats
are among the wisest provisions for
Young men who stand around all summer.
They must have been originally designed
for them, and it is certain that they get
their share of them. Let the young men
in the country come into the city and see
| life -Pittsburg Leader.
Year: 1874

L-AsCHoRRD.
O weary days and nights, SO still, 90 etfl,-
The useless sails hang tapping etiR aud slow
We pine and chafe and set our helpless will
y In vain revolt at what to change, to know
Is not for We hear the strong winds blow
And fret as the east the west.
Great ships and small 60 gliding fast and free.


u.-ADRIFT.
o fearful days and nights. SO dark, 80 cold
The swift wavee mock and leap on every eidei
No rudder steers; msst. spar can hold;
We think could hear us IL We cr1adi
We think God would not miss US II We died
We feel forgotten, helpless cast away
We shut our eyes and do not even pray.


n--oN SHORE.
peaceful days and peaceful nights whose peace
Cannot be uttered o green shores Of life
Beyond the body Shall
To smile that through such hot and silly strife
We camef That doubts and fears could grow 30 life
That we could fail to see how Code good hand
Our ancheripgs and our driftings plannedf
Year: 1874

Had Queen Elizabeth lived in our
day, her extravaganza would be far
more extensive than it really was, I
imagine; for the old dame-I beg her
pardon, maiden-knew little of real
luxury. During her reign, people would
not eat meat on Wednesday and Satur-
day, except in case of sickness, and
then q license must be obtained one
object of this prohibition was "the
sparing and increase of the flesh victual
of the realm" They had eggs, butter,
honey and cheese, but almost no vege-
tables except acoarse sort of beans and
peas, the former being sometimes, in
case of scarcity, ground with grain tor
the bread of the poor; but it was so
unpalatable that even beggars refused
it when there was possibility of get
ting anything better. Herbs of all
kinds went into the pottage of the poor,
which had not always so much as bone
to give it relish. And these herbs
bitter, often-helped to flavor meats
and fish. Wheaton" bread was scarce,
the poorer classes using a combination
of bran and meal. The popular drink
for men and women was ale We read
that royal Bess consumed her full share
of this beverage. Certainly she had no
other inducement to become guilty of
excess IN appetite, and was thus justi-
fed IN making the most of her privi-
eyes, perhaps.
Year: 1874

One who is anxious to discover the
causes and remedies for the prevailing
lack of honesty traces the matter to the
credit system as we'll as the financial
calamities now upon US. A thousand
honest men are put at the mercy of a
single dishonest man to pay his debts.
If the one pockets his money and re-
fuses to pay, he deprives thousand
who are anxious to do so. The best
way to get capital is to work for it,
Work for wages till you have money
of your own. To use another's capital,
if you lose it you must replace it. When
a man finds he owes more than he can
pay, he begins to inquire how he can
get rid of his debt. If all he has will
not pay all he owes, then less than all,
he thinks, will pay part, and he hides
a portion or all from creditors. Learn
to make money year before you spend
it, then you will buy less and buy
cheaper. Other things being equal,
dishonesty prevails in proportion to the
facilities for escaping obligations. The
wise man has said that the "borrower
is servant to the lender" and he ought
to be until he returns what he has bor-
rowed. When one has the benefit of an
others labor, property, person, skill and
all are bound for the equivalent. The an
cient Roman and Jewish codes held
that a MANS life and labor should be
bound for his debts. This may appear,
and sometimes is, severe; but strict
justice says, "What doth the Lord thy
God require of thee but to do justly ?"
"Owe no man anything" if you can
help it; but if you do, place what you
have at the disposal of your creditor till
all is paid.
Year: 1874

A New York San reporter who visi-
ted VIM. M. Tweed in his prison at
Blackwell's Island, says: While stand
ing in the corridor of one of the wings
the cell occupied by Tweed when he
arrived in the place was pointed out by
the Warden. While glancing up and
down the long corridor the reporter
saw large form emerging from cell.
Keeper Macdonald was with the man.
The reporter had full view of him. 1t
was William M. Tweed. He walked
quickly along the balcony and recog-
nized. the reporter. His face was
flushed, and he seemed much heshier
than when he first became an inmate
of the institution. 1t was evident, how
ever, that his mental anguish is great,
and that he feels his degradation terri
bly,. His hair is very short and his
face smooth. He wore brown panta-
looms, vest, and short coat, but with
the disg uise which would be complete
in many others, no one who had ever
seen him would have failed to recognize
the man who once carried New York in
his pocket. He hurried up the staircase
to the hospital. He had been visiting
sick convict in his cell and admins
tering medicine to him. , i.


DR.. Partridge, who is in charge of
the prison hospital, has never seen
more faithful orderly in the place than
Tweed. The 'ex-Boss arises ut six
o'clock every morning and attends to
the wants of his patients. There, are
seventeen convicts on the sick list in
the hospital Those who are able to
sit up eat at the same table with Tweed
and the head orderly. Tweed has @
place at the head of the table and his
superior officer at the foot. All fare
alike, and the wealthy, orderly never
complains. He is as, much in earnest
and as thorough in lis work as he was
in other and brighter days when he
was Tammany's chieftain, and none of
the sufferers in his care are neglected
by him. It is astonishing, the keepers
say, to see how active he is, When
convict is carried in with crushed
foot or injured in any way Tweed loses
no time in attending to him. de car
ries q little book which contains the
names of the patients and the physi-
clans instructions about the time when
medicine must be given them or when
bandage or plaster should be re;
moved and Others applied. Thus
"John Smith, two pills every two
hours, is never forgotten, and Tweed's
usefulness is apparent to all. Some
think he works SO necessarily to kill
time, but he seems to take a wonderful
interest in every one in the hospital,
and frequently in the middle oi tue
night arises TO attend to the wants e


poor, suffering wretch. IS


AS the army of prisoners in nitlie etiai-
doris sat closely togetherat the ,nsarow
wooden tables eating fheir cod roast
beef, soup, aSds Bfeaas William M.
Tweed, whose saddened countenance
plainly showed his misery, took his
seat at the head of the plain table in
the ihospitab and tried .toNlook cheerful
as he and his fellow suffering convicts
ate their scanty meal
Year: 1874

Mr.. Joseph Beck, of White Deer town.
ship, had fearful fight with she bear.
While out hunting he came across tree
that he imagined contained coons. He
cut the tree down and bear came out
and commenced an attack upon him.
He was several times in her clutches,
but his dog came bravely to his rescue.
At last he killed the animal and found
that she had three cubs, which he also
secured. If it had not been for his dog,
Beck said he would have been killed by
the ferocious bear.-Leiristurg Journal.