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Year: 1879

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three gallons of trsk minutes to mix and set
like nothing soapsuds
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pound the aueraed compounds called soap ana
pound How long would take for any oe


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knows used See " can be
Dobl ins' Electric.
Year: 1879

GrEfItEr GiNARp's TAcTIC8.-A
man who had Just set up in business
IN the hardware line, and who had
been clerk where Stephen Glrard
had traded, applied to him for a share
of his patronage. Gicarl bought OF
| him, and when he brought in the bill
he found FAULT and marked Down the
prices.


'Cask Of nails said he, which !
was offered for 50 and so, and you
have charged SO and SO, and you mast
take it off.


4 cannot do it, said the merchant


you must do it, said Girard.


4 cannot and will not, said the
young merchant.


Cirard bolted cut the door appar-
emily in a rage and sooD after sent a
check for the whole amount. The
young man began to relent, saying to
| himself PERHAPS he was offered the
nails at that price, But it is all over
now; I am sorry did not reduce The
bill and get it cut Of him in something
else. His trade would have been
worth good deal to me.


BY and by Glrard came again and
gave him another order. The young
man was very courteous and said


] was almost sorry did not reduce
vour former bill.


Reduce bill said Girard. Had
YOU done it 7 would never trade with
you again. / meant to see If you had
cheated me.
Year: 1879

Beside straw stack sat tramp
A jolly tramp and wise
Who while he patched his lattcrcd coat,
Did thus soIiloquizc.
at seems sew sad that my lone life
Doth ever downward tend,
And rags me into wrctchcdness;


But still Pm Oh the mend.
And when needle little cash.


make no loud lamcntst
But by straw stack sit me down,


And gather in my rents.
Year: 1879

A Lady in Madrid, Me-, was in a
house which was struck By lightning.
A valuable gold watch which she
wore stopped ct the time, and al
though jewelers. have repeatedly ex-
anlned it and pronounced it perfect
in every particular, it cannot be
made to moyc. It IS 50 charged with
electricity that watch makers say no
part of it can ever be made to do duty
it taken out and put into another set
Of works.
Year: 1879

The Copenhagen Aftenblad reports re-
markabe case of death caused by remorse for
deed of exceptional cruelty to animals,


which we commend to the attention of MIR.


Bergh. Our Danish contemporary relates
that a family well known IN Copenhagen had
long been in the habit of passing their Sun
days in one of the parks near the city, taking
with them son seven years old. A few
Sundays ago the little fellow, unnoticed by
his parents, discovered an unusually large
toad and amused himself by torturing it in
various ways, finally plunging sharp stick
through its body and so fastening it to the
ground. The next Sunday the family again
visited the park, and the boy, remembering
his sport of the previous week, wentin search
of more toads. He found the animal he had
so cruelty used still pinned to the ground end
still alive. AS he approached, the poor thing
looked at him, its immense eyes distended
with pain and suffering. The child was ter
ror-stricken at the sight and ran crying to his
mother to tell her what he had done. He was
taken home in great state of excitement and
put to bed, where he remained for three days
in burning fever, which ended in his death.
Just before he died he declared that wherever
he looked he saw the pleading eyes of the
poor toad and begged to have II taken away.
Year: 1879

From the Truckee (Nev.) Republican,


A chute is laid from the rivers bank up
the steep mountain to the railroad, and while
we are telling it, the monster logs are rushing,
laundering, flying, leaping down the de-
clivity. They come with the speed of q
thunderbolt, and somewhat ofitsroar. Atrack
of fire and smoke follows-fre struck by
their friction with the chute logs. They de-
scend the LOO feet of chute in fourteen Sec
onds. In doing so they drop 700 feet perpen-
dicularly. They strike the deep water of the
pond with report that can be heard mile
distant. Logs fired from cannon could
scarcely have greater velocity than they have
at the foot of the chute. Their average velo-
city is over 100 feet in second throughout
the entire distance, and at the instant they
leap from the mouth their speed must be fully
200 feet per second. A sugar pine log some
times weighs ten tons. What a missile! How
the water is dashed into the air! Like grand
plume of diamonds and rainbows the teathery
spray is hurled to the height of hundred
feet. It forms the grandest fountain ever be-
held. How the waters of the pond foam and
seethe and lash against the shore! One log,
having spent its force by its mad plunge into
the deep waters, has doated so as to be right
angles with the path of the descending mon
sters. The mouth of the chute is perhaps
fifteen feet above the surface of the water.
A huge log hurled from the chute cleaves the
air and alights on the floating log. You
know how bullet glances, but can you i'm
agine saw log glancing? The end strikes
with heavy shock, but glides quickly past
for short distance, then crash like the re-
verberation of artillery, the falling log springs
$50 feet vertically into the air and with a
curve like rocket falls into the pond seventy
yards from the log it struck.
Year: 1879

From London Society]


The story of this discovery has been told by
Mr.. Holden himself in the House Of Com
mons before a select committee appointed to
inquire into the working of the patent laws
We can not do better, therefore, than give 1t
in his own words: II began as an inventor
on very small SCALE" said Mr.. Holden, in
the course of his evidence. ''FOr what l
know, l was the first inventor of lucifer
maches; but it was the result of q happy
thought. In the morning used to get up at
o'clock in order to pursue nay studies, and
used at that time the flint and steel, in the
use of which found very great inconven-
ience. I gave lectures in chemistry at the
time at very large academy. OF course l
knew, as other chemists did, the explosive
material that was necessary in order to pro-
duce instantaneous light; but it was very
difficult to obtain light on wood by that
explosive material, and the idea occurred to
me to put under the explosive mixture sui
phur. did that, and pulished it in my next
lecture, and showed it. There was young
in London, and he Immediately wrote to his
fer matches were issued to the world. be-
the present lucifer match, and 1t was one of
those inventions that people think ought not
to be protected by a patent. 1 think if all
the inventions were like that, or if we could
distinguish one from the other, the principle
might hold good. If all inventions were as
certained and carried out into practice with
as much facility as in this case, no one would
perhaps think of taking out a patent. l was
urged to go and take out patent Immediately;
but thought it was so small matter, and it
cost me so little labor, that did not think it
proper to 60 and get a patent, otherwise l
have no doubt it would have been very profit
able"
Year: 1879




When a Massachusetts woman forms a
habit it is all a waste of time for her husband
to try to break her of it. Well knowing his
wife's disposition to make him present reg
ularly at the anniversary of his birthday, q
citizen of the Bay State, who likewise forci-
bly, realized the fact that economy was an
absolute necessity IN his household, said
to his wife: ''This year you must not under
take to make me "a present ! insist.
It would absurd to do so at this time, when
we need everything we can rake and scrape.
I give you fair notice that if you do carry
out your former custom this year, l will burn
up the present a. surely as you make it. !" 50
the wife bethoueht herself. She could not
bear the idea of being deprived of her annual
pleasure. Therefore she gathered together
her dimes and bought for her dearly beloved.
as birthday present, ton of coal.
Year: 1879

It is related that while Thomas Mann
Randolph was Governor of Virginia he
was once arrested within few hundred
yards of his home in this county and
carried a prisoner to his own house.
The story is to the following effect:
The Governor was on a visit to his
home, and finding that the fencing on
his plantstion was pulled down and
burned by wagoners passing along from
the valley to Richmond, he determined
to detect and punish them. One even
ing he observed party go into camp
on the roadside, and after dark he
strolled down to point where he could
conveniently watch them. He staid out
all night, but the wagoners made no
depredations on his fences. In the
early morning, however, when they
were about to kindle fires to prepare
breakfast, they started out to gather up
what fuel they might find for that pur-
pose, when they spied man sitting on
the fence a short distance ahead.
Now, it appears that short time be-
fore Governor Randolph b had issued his
proclamation, offering reward for the
capture of an escaped horse-thief, and
the wagoners, who had seen the descrip-
ton of the convict, thought they dis
covered q close resemblance between
the man on the fence and the escaped
felon. So thoroughly satisfied were
they that they would receive the re-
ward for his arrest that they
approached and announced that he
was their prisoner. One of them
proposed, as he cracked his wagon
whip, to give him thrashing and then
let him go, but his companion protest.
| ed that it was proper to ascertain GER
tainly whether he was the guilty party
before inficting the punishment. and
proposed to take him to the residence
of Governor Randolph, which was near
by, and get his advice. Accordingly,
they marched their prisoner up to the
house, and, knocking at the front door,
servant made his appearance, of whom
they inquired


is your master at homer"


The negro opened his eyes in aston
ishment at the inquiry and replied,
pointing to the Governor, "That's
| master!''


1t is said that the Governor then
promptly confirmed the statement OF
the servant, and joined heartily in the
laugh that followed. He then told the
man who had proposed to whip him
without the opportunity of defense to
remain outside and he would send him
a morning dram, at the same time un-
buttoning his coat exposing pair of
horse pistols, and remarking that he
should certainly have used them had an
attempt been made to carry the threat
of castigation into execution. The other
WAGNER he invited in to join him in a
hot breakfast. : Charlottesville (Va.)
| GbYonicLe
Year: 1879

The " Angel Guardians " is char
tered society of Paris. Ius object is to
aid and protect drunken people, and
take them home. Only men of ap-
proved temperance habits are admitted
to membership. On holidays and Sun
days these guardian angels may be seen
around the drinking places and else
where. They carefully guide any
drunkards they may encounter, take
care of his money, if he has any, and
turn it over to his family. Not one of
these angels has ever been accused of
taking even centime found upon any
slave of Bacchus.
Year: 1879

The last Congress passed a new pos
tai law which goes into effect May l,
and some of the changes made therein
are quite important to the general pub
lie.


Under the old regulations of the de-
partment mail matter was divided into
three classes, viz:


First-Written matter.


Secoad-Periodical publications.


Third d-Miscellaneous matter.


The last or third class has, under the
new regulations, been divided into two
classes, third and fou. tn class, third
class being now miscellaneous printed
matter which, on and after May 1, will
be carried through the mails at the
rate Of one cent for two
ounces, or q fraction thereof
The term "printed matter" is defined
to be the reproduction upon paper by
any process except that of handwriting,
not having the character of an actual
or personal correspondence. This class
of matter it will be noticed includes cir
culars which, under the former regula-
tons, were charged at the rate of one
cent per each ounce, and on which there
could be no writing. Under the new
regulations, they go at the rate of one
cent for each two ounces or fraction,
and do not lose their character as cir
culars when the date and name of the
addressed and of the sender shall be
written thereon, nor by the correction
Of typographical errors in writing.


Mailable matter of the fourth class
embraces all matter not included in the
first, second or third class, which is not
in its form or nature liable to destroy,
deface, or in any way damage the con-
tents of the mailbag, or harm the per-
son of any one engaged in the postal
service, and is not above the weight
"a lbs.) provided by law.


No mail matter of the third or fourth
class can go through the mail if it
weighs more than four pounds, except
where package of third class matter
is composed of a single book, which
package is not limited in weight.


All classes of matter, except second
class, can be registered, thereby secur-
ing, at q very small cost, the prompt
and safe delivery Of any article of less
weight than four pounds.
Year: 1879

dren to read them. This last is most
necessary; young people will rarely
read really good and useful book
which their taste does not demand.
The right sort of teacher-one full of
tact, cultivation and judgment--will
know how to inspire the proper taste.
ed bright boy in some suggestive and
valuable book may serve to bsnd his
mind for life in noble and useful di-
rection.


"A Massachusetts, teacher writes to
the National j. urnaI Of Education de-
scribing an experiment in the school
room which seems to be successful.
Instead of facing his pupils he has his
desk behind them, and thus oyerlooks
them to good advantage. The naughty
little ones, not knowing when his eye is
on them, dare not whisper and
play. "They have," he says, $50 fire.
quently come to grief in attempting to
calculate chances, that they have con-
cluded to make virtue of necessity,
and give up play in the school-room as
Improbable, costing more tllan it comes
to-" Another decided advantage of this
system is that it completely isolates
classes reciting from the rest of the
school; the recitation benches being in
front of the teachers desk, between
him and the school, and the backs of
the pupils toward each other, commune
cation by look or sign is out of the
question. The only special rule made
is that pupils shall not look around.
Year: 1879




Pain in the right side under the edge OF the ribs,


Increases on pressure; sometimes the pain Is in the
lef, side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the eit
side sometimes the pain Is felt under the shoulder
blade, and it frequently extends to the top OF the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
usm in the arm The stomach is affected with loss
of annette aud sickness; the bowels in general are
costive sometimes alternative with lax; the head IS
troubled with pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is generally
considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a
painful sensation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. sllgnr, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains
of weariuess ard debility: he is easily startled his
feet are cold or burning, and he complains Of
prickly scnsatc. of the skin bis spirits are low
ana although he Is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up
fortitude enough to try it, la fact he dstrss every
Several OF the above symptoms attend the
disease, but cases have occurred where few OF
them existed, yet examination OF the body after
death has shown the LIVER 10 have beeE extensive
Is deranged.
Year: 1879

THERE is NO EXCUSE for those who drag their
weary and disordered bodies into our company,
when few doses Of AYERS SAKsAPARILLA
would cleanse their murky blood and restore their
health and ylgor. Ye muddy victims OF bilious dis
ease, have some regard for your neishbors II not
for yourselves.
Year: 1879




ID believe they were


10 ceIptry different from what
ley found on reNchlng here.
( On the Other hand, their united testimo
ny is that they were assisted by the in
formation furnished, SO they at once knew
what to do on their arrival here.


Its regular circulation has never been
less than 600 copies, and portion of the
time as high as 500. Its advertising
patronage was always liberal. Urder
ordinary circumstances this support
would have been more than sufficient to
have yielded o handsome return on the
investment made Some of the reasons
why it has not done so are as follows:


This community of itself was not
strong enough to support q newspaper;
therefore most Of the support must be
gained abroad. Those who started the
enterprise knew nothing about the bus
iness and had to pay dearly for their
experience in learning.


To gain the requisite support, as well
as to gather the large amount of original
information furnished, the publisher was
compelled to be away from home large
share of the time, travelling over the
country. Besides this loss of his time
and the expences incident to almost in.
cessant travel, it cost nearly twice as
much to secure the same amount of work
being properly done as it would, had the
publisher been always at home ard in
person superintended every detail OF the
work.


Then for the past two and one half
years the logging business has been SO
paralysed here, that nearly all those con
nected with it have lost money, and
most Of those engaged at it have become
bankrupt and financially ruined, so that
it will require term Of years, sufficient
for the dcvelopement Of the immense
agricultural resources of this valley, to
restore the former prosperity of this
place.


Great as these difficulties were, they
were all met and surmounted, so that
there would have been no real obstacle
in the publisher permanently sustaining
the STAR, were it not for second sun.
dering ofall domestic tics, after they had
been re established, and business and
social relations were both upon found
alton that promised permanence, business
prosperity and domestic happiness


The STAR had been kept up fornearly
two years without missing single copy,
il had attained a circulation of nearly
800 regular subscribers, and with the
collections that could have been made at
the close of its second year of pabIica-
ten, it would then have been in
condition to dictate its own future
course, and have yielded handsome re.
turn to those identified with it. notwith-
standing the hard times that have since
prevailed.


The STAR had had it's rivals and
had met its opponents and !
Year: 1879

Who could make hero out OF any of
the Fifth avenue swells, the Philadelphia
snobs or Jersey eXquisites one meets at
the Branch9 Seraphine says that if ever
she falls in love it will be with clergy
man. A pretty clergyman's wife would
that girl makel A weak-looking youth
of the divine persuasion is lowering
around her even now. | am heartily
sick of his white cravat and sleek locks
He always carries an umbrella, too, as if
to shut out heaven as much as possible
while he is here at the seaside--a yellow
umbrella at that / Getest yellow UNI
brellas, yellow dogs and sunAowers; also
lap-dogs. I saw one Of the latter 60 bv
just now in carriage, with a white lace
cap trimmed with pink ribbons on its
head-the ribbons being tied under its
chin. Another young cur, of the Eng
lish pug species, had a silk handkerchief
pinned around its neck-shouidn't be
surprised if the handkerchief was fast
ened with diamond pin. But it is not
ladies alone who 60 about with lap dogs
in their arms--we have 4redoubtable
youth here at the Branch, who is followed
everywhere by small black-and- d-tan. II
he takes lady out for drive, the
black-and-tan goes too If he dances in
the drawing room, the little dog is there
to wag his tail approvingly If he goes
out on the pier at night to court his
Dulcinea, the little dog goes along and
takes nap in Dulcinea's lap, while they
listen to the playing of the band. ] have
my suspicion that this little dog is a sort
of lady trap. All the young ladies, of
course, notice the dog, and next, they
must notice its master. AS a natural
sequence the little dog has a number of
bells attached to its collar--to attract
the bellies. There is no end to the plot
ting and scheming of that creature
man. .u',


The little dog at the seaside has his
daily bath, as well as its master or
mistress. The lady takes her curled
darling down into the water, plunges
him into the surf two or three times,
half browns the poor little creature in
the briny wave, then hands him to her
maid, who wraps him carefully up in a
towel and carries him up to the bath
house to be dried, combed and curled,
while its mistress enjoys her bath. The
duties of lady's maid are certainly mani
fold in these days. Even the little dog
sometimes has it's own maid. The ride
in my lady's carriage, TO wear lace cap
with pink ribbons--and to be waited
upon by a maid that must be sublimity
of puppydom.


Pa may thank his stars that none Of
his girls are yet afflicted with the pre-
vailing rage for puppies IN. Y. Mail.
Year: 1879

The proverbial uneasiness with
which the head lies that is invested
with crown is strikingly exemplifed
in the case of the monarch of the Ce-
lestial land. But short time ago it
was darkly rumored that he had two
pupils to each of his eyes, and now
alas for the mutability of earthly
things lit was discovered that he is
not himself Who is he, or whence he
came, or how he chances to be some
thing different from what he supposes,
and what everybody else believed him,
is not explained. All that can be
CLEANED is that Chinese paper boldly
details how in his early youth he was
changed for the rightful heir by the old
ladies of the Court, and made Emperor
by them because he was likely to be-
come a mere instrument in their de-
signing hands The Empire which
announces this, believes he will re-
main potentate for various reasons,
unless the people who intrigued at
first think fit to do so again, in which
case his Majesty may become a nom
entity with considerable swiftness.
Meanwhile, it is melancholy to reflect
how deep must be the bewilderment
of the monarch's mind some day,
when he finds he is not the parsonage
he thought he was, but somebody else.
Little wonder is there for the fact that
the gentleman who first started the
discussion in the Chinese newspapers
has since committed suicide. Either
his bewilderment or his fears proved
too much for him.
Year: 1879

Some curious prosecutions are re-
ported from the Courts in various parts
of Germany. A wealthy and respected
shoemaker of Lautenburg, in West
Prussia, suspecting servant girl of
stealing twenty-five dollars, and find
ing that she would not admit it, hit
upon the curious device of putting
steaming hot egg under each Of her
armpits and tying her arms over them
until the torture made her confess the
theft. Then he had her arrested. In
the prison the girl begged for some
thing to relieve the pain of the burns,
and in that way the method by which
her confession had been extorted was
revealed. The shoemaker was prose-
cuted and sentenced to two years. i'm
prisonment. He appealed, and the
appellate Court made his sentence
three years In Sinzig there was q
case analogous to that of Caleb Cush-
ing, who, in Washington, applied to
the Courts for relief against the bark
ing of a dog that in the night dis
turbed his studies. In this case it
was a young heifer that beloved at
night when hungry, and it seems to
have been hungry very often. A gen.
tleman in the neighborhood made COM
plant, and the Court adjudged the
owner of the animal to be in fault, and
sentenced him to pay fine and stop
the believing.