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Year: 1874

A Cornwall farmer told Us that his
cattle were so gentle and kind that
they followed him all over the farm,
and in passing a haystack they would
often call him, upon which he obli-
gingly gave each one q lock Of hay.
The traits referred to are not uncom-
mon among domesticated animals.
Wo were visiting family last week in
the vicinity of Goshen. and, having
occasion to cross field whcre malc
cow was grazing, when he followed
us to the gate with an eager express
sion, and, lifting the gate off its him
ges, he took after us at full speed.
No doubt he would have called when
We passed haystaclz, bit the folks
were waiting dinner for US and we
couldn't stop. So VIC left our coat
tail and portion Of our pants on the
gentle creatures horns, aud went into
tho house.
Year: 1874

touched the heated walls, and diving
through the flames and smoke brave
young fireman rushed up the rounds on
his errand of mercy. Stifled by the
smoke, he stopped, and seemed about
to descend. The crowd was in
agony, as life seemed lost.
for every moment OF hesitation
seemed an age. While this shivering
fear seized every bcholder, voice from
the crowd cried out :'cheer him! cheer
him y and wild ':hurrah'' burst from
the excited spectators. AS the cheer
reached the fireman, he started upward
through the curling smoke, and in few
moments was seen coming down the lad
der with a child in his arms. That
cheer did the work. How much can
we do to help the brave ones who are
struggling with temptation, or almost
fa1nting in their efforts to do good to
Others Don't find fault with your
brother in his trial, but cheer him.
Give him word that shall urge him on
the way, and you can't help him in
any other way, give him a cheer.
Year: 1874

THE ju1y in a arecent trial at Nottingham,
England, showed an amusing degree Of
stupidity. The prisoner was charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses, and
very strong evidence was given against
him. The case having been summed up
to them the jury, after consideration, said:
ave find he has done wrong, but
we recommend him to mercy" The Judge
wished to know whether they found the
prisoner guilty or not guilty, and ''the jury
were understood TO say that they found
him not guilty, but recommended him TO
mercy" This verdict was, it appears, re-
ceived with ''some laughter" and his lord
ship having explained to the jury that a
recommendation 10 mercy was an unneces-
sary appendage to an acqGittal, they retired
from the court to consider this explanation.
In an incredibly short time they had mas
tered it, and returned into court with
verdict of not guilty.
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Mark Lane
Express in its review Of the breadstuiis
market, has the following Of the wheat
crops: We are now at the middle of the
harvest, and the new wheat shows nothing
to indicate more than average in quality
and growth, though some Of it shows more
than an average ripeness. Some Of our
contemporaries say the crops will be two
thirds above the average One-third say
about the average, while some think it will
be below the average. An immense amount
Of wheat is yet unharvested, and an in
crease of rain will be serious. There i5 a
great diversity of opinion about the crops
in France and Belgium


In closing its review, the Express says:
We don't see how the price Of wheat can
be much depressed.
Year: 1874

= ANOTHER tripartite alliance. Moul-
ton, Tracy and Ben. Butler the trip
let's Ben will make a hundred thou
sand out of this Brooklyn case, and
then tell us all the facts in Congress
sional TRADE on the morality of the
press. The committee will not be able
to suppress him.
Year: 1874

THE potato bug is pushing the
Spanish fly out of the pharmaeopeia as
a blisterer. An indianapolis drug
house has just received an order for a
thousand pounds of him. We always
knew the potato bug was good for
Year: 1874

PARSONS, Kas., Aug. 12.-Dispatches in
dicate the election of the progressive candi-
date of the Choctaws for Governor of that
nation at the election August D. The re-
turns show that the progressive liberal party
have made great gains in the Legislature.
Should this party succeed, it will have an
important bearing on the adoption OF the
territorial form of government.
Year: 1874

The establishment Of q woman's conf
munity within the limits of the town oil
Woburn, about twelve miles from Bos-
ton, was begun on the 22nd OF January
by the formal raising of the frame OF
the first building. In this community
all the land is to be owned by women
and, so far as the management OF the
affairs in the village is concerned,
Woman Suffrage is to be realized to the
extent OF the utter political disqualliica-
ton of the sterner sex. The members
Of the community are obliged to assent
to constitution which is to govern IT,
but farther than this they are unre-
strained; except, however, that they are
expected to attend st least once week
upon the unsectarian service TO De held.
The occupation of this town Aurora IL
is named), will be varied, and industrial
schools are provided to fit persons for
different kinds of work to be done, in
cluding domestic school for instruction
in home duties. Each homestead will
be accompanied with garden, and
gardening and fruit-raising will be
favorite occupation. Cooperative
schemes are also planned. One of these,
and that which has been pushed nearer
/ to realization than any other connected
with the enterprise, is the establish
ment of laundry where every facility
is to be afforded for doing work on a
large scale, and bringing money into
this thus far needy village by compel
ing with the famous Troy laundries.
About one thousand persons are COM
mitted to this enterprise; though they
are not all women and are not TO be
residents. The site of the town is g


wilderness, and it offers all sorts Of OBJ
stacles. The community is called ''ThG
/ Woman's Economical Garden Home
stead League" and is established by
act of the State Legislature.
Year: 1874

THE TRUE GENTLEMAN.-ShOw us
the man who can quit the society Of the
Young and take pleasure in listening to
the kindly voice of the old; show us a
man who is always ready to pity and
help the deformed; show US a man that
covers the faults Of others with a mantle
of charity; show US man that bows as
politely and gives the street as freely to
the poor sewing girl as to the million
aire; show US a man who abhors a Iiber-
tine, who abhors the ridiculer of his
mothers sex and the exposure of wom-
anly reputation; show us the man who
never forgets for an instant the delicacy
and respect due a woman,-as a woman,
in any condition or class-and you show
us true gentleman.
Year: 1874

clearing around the cabin with parti-
colored leaves Of the briar-rose and
blackberry.


Mrs. Lee was gradually growing
weaker. All efforts to rally herself had
failed, and she was now waiting YEARLY,
day by day, for the death summons that
quick consumption had come to herald,
and for which this fell disease was rap
idly preparing her.


John Lee, the head of the family,
who, since his wife's illness and Henry's
flight, had been more constantly drunk,
cross, and incapable than ever before,
was sitting by the fire, and for the first
time in many days, was busy RECALLING
the children with ribald rhymes.


How to get rid of this protector, law
maker and head, so that the dying
woman could see the letter which she
knew young Sykes had brought, was a
question which was more easily asked
than answered.


Annie, desiring to possess herself Of
the coveted letter, complained Of a lame
wrist, and invited the rustic visitor to
60 with her to the spring for water
When the two were out of sight of the
family head and the younger children,
who were always his allies when he was
in drunken good humor, the letter
was transferred to Amie's pocket, while
her heart aehed with anxiety to know
its contents.


1t was late before the head of the fam
lily could be induced to cease repeating
his drunken doggerel and go off to bed,
where Annie knew that he would soon
relapse into a sound slumber.


Jim and Fan had both been admon-
ished to remain awake till their father
should be asleep, and, as soon as it was
considered safe to open the letter, its
contents were read to the listening quar-
tette in guarded undertone.


80, Amier said the mother, excit-
edly, sit seems so hard that children
should find it necessary to run from
their father as though he were a wild
btdSAt MabCnlhb W hNNbhA bhSAA III las
lair! But remember, when l am dead,
that IL was the drink that did it, and be
kind to him. Never forget that he is
your father. l feel strangely peaceful
and happy tonight. Write to Henry
when l am gone, and tell him not to
forget his brothers and sisters"


ado you feel worse, mother? ?" said
Annie, anxiously.


'fNo, my darling; / am much better.
1t seems as though glory fills the
room. catch faint strains of heavenly
music, and voice whispers 'all is we'll
Go to bed now, children, all of you
Pm certain 1 can sleep. o, Henry
my boy, it was so thoughtful in you tC
remember your mother"


The morning dawn revealed to Annie
the still deeply-snoring form OF hel
besotted father over against the wall
while on the edge of the bed lay hel
pale-faced mother, her hands folded
peacefully across her bosom, the blue
eyes calmly closed, and the features IL
an attitude of deep repose. When Annie
bent to kiss her she started back in ter
ror at the icy GOODNESS of her touch.
The mortal frame had done will
suffering and the martyr wife was dead


ITO be continuedl
Year: 1874

At the Battle Creek race meeting the
first nriZe for the best rider among the
voung ladies of that place was equally
divided between Miss Ida Chilson and
Miss Matte Upton, the committee being
unable to determine which was entitled
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Year: 1874

If man sent me @ challenge througl

 the mail, should carefully seal it UT

 again, write s'sRemoved on the en

 velope, and send it back. This would

 give him time to ponder over the mat

 ter. If he persisted, and sent it back

 by, friend, I should say that I wasn't the man-that 1t was my cousin he wanted to see. This would give him still further time to ponder, and per haps he'd get over his feeling. But, ii he sent it the third time, I should ac- cept, and should go and state to his friend how I had killed fourteen men in Alabama, three in Texas, five in Neva- da, and dozen in other States-each one falling in duel he had provoked.

 If this didn't put stop to proceed 1ngs, I'd agree to go out and revolver the fellow on any morning he might name. wauldn't go on the morning agreed, preferring to give him a little longer time to ponder, but if he press. ed me five or six times more, and was determined to fight, I'd go and fight him. I'd be on hand to the minute, and as he came upon the ground I would remark

 :" MT. Jinx, have incidentally learned that you are the sole support of an aged mother. don't care particularly about killing you, and If you'll apollo gize I'll call it all square. |"

 If he didn't apologize, but insisted that the duel should go on, I'd wait until the seconds had measured off the ground, and then I'd give the rash young man one more chance for his life. I'd say: -.-- ..s ... .. ..-s...

 |" Mir. Jinx, understand that you are the sole support of an aged family, and that you are engaged to be married 1; under these circumstances, and after much persuasion on the part of your friends, l have concluded, in case you will apologize, to let you off this time."

 If he demanded that the rcvolvers be loaded and the ground measured, rash ly rushing headlong toward his death, l would make up my mind to kill him and be done with it. Then, as the vision of his aged family rose before my eyes, I would repent and give him last chance; Iwould say: t.,-k

 MT. Jinx, you are standing upon the brink Of the grave. You will make the fortieth man I have shot in affairs of this kind. Owing to your extreme youth, your rashness, and the pressing demands of your friends, have con cluded to let you off with an apology, but it must be an ample one."

 If he refused to apologize, would take my position, remove my boots, hat and coat, and prepare to kill him at the word. I would feel at first as if noth- ing could move me from my purpose, but as l remembered his poor old mother, and seemed to hear her walls of grief. I would falter, and break down, and offer him one more chance. If he refused to accept it, madly rush. ing to his fate, I should go over to the farm house half mile away to see what time it was, and probably allow the women to prevail upon me not to go back and shoot .Jinx, but give him little time to ponder, repent and apol- ogize.-M. Quad.
Year: 1874

A School Boys Composition on thi

 Growing Subject. Y

 Most trees were once twigs, but som ones were. acorns, which are not goot to eat but some boys eat them though and think they are bad off. A kind O tree which was once a chestnut is gooc enough, but it was awful tall ant mighty scarce, because chestnuts art SIX dollars bushel, and they do no give hardly any for five cents and so would rather buy peg top.

 | But there is kind of tree what they make into homemade sugar with, and believe I like them kind best for il you can borrow an auger, you can spit | on your hands and bore hole in them and then drive in big elder, and suck till you get sick if you suck too much. Then you can leave the elder in the hole, so that other boys will get sick, just for spite. .|-

 There is tree ef Heaven, which never could understand and why they call it so, and if they would talk me blind, wouldn't believe it ever came from there, it don't smell like it did. They are the hatefulest trees which grows. !. l don't think the honey locust tree is much liked, only by birds, for they know that boys can't climb and get their nests. The thorns are as sharp as tacks, for my part it is the only thing what I will take dare on. I won't climb honey locust tree for anybody. Honey locusts are tolerable good to eat, but they won't fall till frost, and boys have no time to wait for frost, and so they throw clubs at them. |

 despise sycamore, for they nearly always grow by the creek, just where the good holes is, and they root out in the water; so, when you go a fishing and get bite, and think you have got a chub, why you haven't got no such thing, but you get a line broke and get mad.

 Then there is the persimmon tree, which if you eat them before they get ripe, you can whistle Shoo Fly and Hail Columbia at once.

 A tree grows in our back yard and I don't know it's name, but a good many of the small limbs is trimmed off of it. My stepfather cut them off one at a time as they was needed. If the wind would blow that tree down altogether. or it would get blighted, I would be glad.

 A tree is the most natural thing, and they are like schoolmaster, because no two of them is alike. These which 1 spoke about are found in the woods, lightning strikes them which ain't too lazy, but no boy can find the lightning. Some of the Great Eastern was once a tree, and telegraph pole also once was, and so was stump fence, and some of the Erie railroad, and then you will know that tree is one of the use- fullest things which is. There are some men which they call wooden men, but l don't know for certain If they was trees.

 But my fingers is sore, and my pen must be mended.
Year: 1874

Some months ago gentleman adver- tised that he had discovered a sure specific for the cure of drunkenness, He would not divulge the secret of what compounds he used, but furnished the medicine at so much per bottle. He did not have so many applicants for his cure as he expected, considering the extent of the disease. In fact, the more malignant cases did not seem anx- lous for relief they rather appeared to enjoy the malady. A few, however, placed themselves under treatment, and some were cured whether by taking the medicine, or by not taking strong drinks, is not stated. One of the cured ones had faith in the medicine, rigidly carried out the directions of the doctor, and now has not the least taste fer in toxicating drinks whereas one year ago he was an inebriate, and could pot get along with less than a pint to quart of whisky per day. He said that, at some trouble and expense, he had procured the recipe for the preparation of the medicine, which he had pub ished for the benefit of suffering hu-

 nanity. It is as follows: -....

 Sulphate of iron, five grains pepper mint water, eleven drachms spirit of nutmeg, one drachm. Twice day. This preparation acts as tonic and stimulant, and so partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks. It is to be taken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram, and as often as the desire for dram returns.

 It IS estimated that there are in Eng land alone not fewer than six hundred thousand habitual drunkards Of these, sixty thousand die annually, and their places are supplied by sixty thou sand others, drawn into the vortex of ruin, from what many regard the safe and happy streams of moderation. So that every ten minutes some fresh vic- tim becomes a drunkard-every ten minutes some drunkard's soul is hur- ried to drunkards eternity 1
Year: 1874

Some discouraged wives fancy they do nothing worthy when they only make 8 good and. happy home. For such we quote the following paragraph from an exchange: 1t takes good deal of brains to keep house, to make a home, even if you don't do the manual labor. The woman who makes a per- feet one puts into the work probably enough talent to have made fortune. But if she prefers the latter result, she had best not marry. She. may be able to do other things better, more profit ably, but very few of us in this world get into just the place or have just the work we want.l yThereris mo tonic bet ter than the consciousness that, one amounts to something. But i've are sorry for the woman who thinks she does not because she only keeps house."
Year: 1874

AN INCIDENT. reader sends the following pleasant incident. About eight years ago young canary bird was found in the garden of a family resi- ding in Baltimore. The little creature was caught, and claimed as the special charge of the mother in the family. The bird, however, failed to develop any gift for singing, and the family thought it useless to keep it but the mother had become too much attached to it to think of parting with it, and so it became her constant companion for years. Last December the lady. died, and on the very day she passed away her little bird, so long silent, burst forth into charming song, as if to com fort the bereaved ones. It has con- tinued to sing ever since, particularly toward evening. The coincidence is re- markable and pleasant. It should be mentioned that the lady herself was highly gifted with musical talents.
Year: 1874

A young lady on the tram waved
her handkerchief at the "devip'
in the Oregon City Enterprise
Office, and the young imp has been
nesrly crazy ever since. He has
written her name on the snow
white walls of the Office from floor
TO ceiling, and on every blank
sheet of paper in the sanctum,
and on being reprimanded, SHE'D,
a. shooting stick" at the foreman
He has "pied" column of type,
and stood on his head in the ink
keg, at the same time trying to
balance "galley" of Give mat
ter" on each foot.
Year: 1874

A New York politician, in writ
ing letter of coincidence to the
widow of a late member of the
Legislature, says: 81 cannot tell
you how panied was to hear that
your husband had gone to Heav-
en-. We were bosom friends, but
now we shall never meet. again"
Year: 1874

The News quotes the merest black.
guard balderdash from the vilost
Radical papers in the State against
the Governor OF Texas, and yet there
are papers, and Democratic ones at
that, in the State, that still hold to
the News Democracy. The latest is
from the San Antonio Express. Were
there other evidence wanting Of the
weakness Of the News one-handed
fight against Governor Coke, this
would furnish it. 1t is pity thst
the blind rage OF the News forces it
into such humiliating positions.
Year: 1874

Tho News has cast spell round our
nsighbor, the GrAnbury Vidette. We
should not regret it, only. We are con.
scious Of deserving its non-personal good
opinion, IS we enjoy that Of the majority
Of its readers, and 1t, in recent issue,
says some ugly things In . bad way. We
are sorry to see any power on the from
tier take false position, that might
alien ate the friends of that section. We
are willing for the Videtto to wear the
collar of the News, but are sorry to see it
glorify the act. We have frequently
been able to get in good word with our
merchants for the Vidette. We shall still
do it; not, however, because we think it
deserves it, but we want to see the paper
sustained, because Of the good people
among whom 1t is publis ed.
Year: 1874

Ase prepared in the best manner by put
ting them in boiling water for moment.
and then into cold. to prevent cooking. At
tsr which they will peel with perfect ease
and can b. dried to look very bright in any
machine where artificial heat is applied.
Nectarnss and pluma may be served iu the
oamo manner.


ONIONS AND rorAroHs
having been recommended a. Army and
Navy rstians, on account Of their preventive
Year: 1874

The regular season at the Academy of
Music will close tonight with testimonial
benefit to Miss Alice Harrison. the favorite
little actress who has been the leading spirit
at the Academy during the past season. The
bill for the occasion will be the comedy
called "The Pet of the Public" an oliO of
specialties, and tho burlesque of Little
Red Riding Hood" In the burlesque Miss
Harrison will appear as Blondinette, and
Miss Pauline Markham, who has volun'
teered for the occasion, will appear as
Colin. The little lady deserves full house.
No one in the profession works harder or
more conscientiously to please the public.
She has great natural talents, is comely,
quite young; and very versatile in the as
sumption of characters in comedy, drama,
burlesque and farce. During her stock and
star engagements in New Orleans she has
made hosts of frienas, who part from her
regretfully and wish for her return another
SEASON
Year: 1874

A correspondent, w." writes US to know
why it is that the Carrollton Railroad Com
pany does not furnish more accommodation
for its patrons, and remarks that having to
stand up all the way to Carrollton and back
is not conducive to any ones peace of mind.
We are really unable to give our corre-
spondent any good reason why the company
should not look better after the interests of
the public, which, it seems to us, are it's
own; but we hope before the season is over
the company will see the need Of complying
with the suggestion of our correspondent.
Year: 1874

The second anniversary of this, our
senior boat club, will be suitably celebrated
to-day. The championship pennant that
floats SO proudly from the top of their
boathouse is not less typical of their
aquatic victories than of the perfection of
their organization and the elan and esprit
du corps Of the members.