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Year: 1874

We ALL HAVE FAULTs.-He who boasts of be-
ing perfect is perfect in his folly. have been a
good deal up and down in the world, and never
did see either o perfect horse or perfect man,
and never shall until two Sundays come to-
gether. You can not get white flour out of
coal-sack, nor perfection out of human nature;
he who looks for it had better look for sugar in
the sea. The old saying is, ''lifeless faultless.


of dead men we should say nothing but good,
but as for the living, they are all tarred more
or less with the black brush, and half an eye
can see it. Every head has a soft place in it
and every heart has its black drop. Every
rose has its prickles, and every day its night.
Even the sun shows spots, and the skies are
darkened with clouds. Nobody is so wise but
he has folly enough to stock stall at Vanity
Fair. Where | could not the FOOLS cap l
have nevertheless heard the bells jingle. AS
there is no sunshine without some shadows, so
all human good is mixed up with more or less


of evil even poor-law guardians have their
little falings, and parish beades are not Who'll
ly of heavenly nature. The best wine has its
lees. All mems faults are not written on their
| foreheads, and it's quite well they are not
or hats would need wide brims yet sure as
| eggs are eggs, faults of some kind nestle in
| every mans bosom. There's no telling when


mans faults may show themselves for hares
| pop out of ditch ust when you are not look
| ing for them. A horse that is weak III the
| knees may not stumble for a mile or two, but il


is in him, and the rider had better hold him VI


we'll. The tabby cat is not tapping milk just


now, but leave the dairy door open ,and we viii


see if she is not as bad thief as the kitten


There's fire in the flint, cool as it looks wait


till the steel gets q knock at it, and you will


see Every body can read that riddle but it is


not every body that will remember to keep his
| Cunpowder out Of the way Of the candle.
Year: 1874

THE TuEATRE.-It would seem impossible
to imagine more faithful conception of the
character of Othello than that presented by
Mr. Davenport last night as "the jealous
Moor" But, though powerful, it was not
up to his standard, as he seemed to labor
under the annoying consciousness of having
a support not equal to the demands of such
a play. Some members Of the company
performed their parts well, but others
Showed an entire want Of appreciation OF
the pats they assumed to represent. To-
night we shall have Hamlet and better cast
of characters. Let the company that at
tempt to support Davenport remember that
without careful study they will surely de-
tract from his success and render themselves
ridiculous.
Year: 1874

now in the eighth week of its discussion,
was renewed in the Senate to-day, and gives
every indication Of continuing for some time
longer. 1t is impossible to form any idea as
to what conclusion Congress will come
to, and leading senators admit that
they are in the dark themselves
as to the result. There was very large
audience to-day, it being known that 4Schur z
intended TO make speech, and that senator,
taking ground strongly in opposition to in
fation, made what must be considered a very
skilful as we'll as earnest oration, paying great
attention to the subject of increased specula-
ton and stock-gambling, which he asserted
would result from imitation. schurz does
not think, by that, the West and the
South would be benefited in the least by an
increase. He argued that the bulk of 1t
would be used in two ways-one, by paying
the Government expenses, aud The other by
the purchase of bonds in New York and
that the only way southern State would
get its share would be By purchase; and the
South would have to offer her products to
the markets where the additional cur


rency was. The capital of the South,
be said, had been diminished since
the war by very bad government in seye-
raj of the States, and the deficit there
could not be made up by promises to pay.
The whole speech, which was of three
hours length, contained the most emphatic
utterances against imitation. He based
much Of it on the financial systems
of Europe, even going to China fol
authority and was replied to by Nor
ton, who made a forcible argument, in
which he denied that the theories Of old
European countries could be applied to this
young and growing nation, now. being sc
rapidly developed, and argued that on ac'
count OF the increasing demands of business
the currency should be increased. He de.
tended the present financial system, and said
the country had prospered under 1t more


than ever before. He argued that specie


payments could not be maintained now, as


we owe about thirteen hundred mil
lions of dollars in Europe-nine hundred


millions in Government bonds, and fou,


hundred millions in railroad and Other


securities. The interest on these had to be
paid in gold, thus draining the country O


sixty or seventy millions of dollars ever,
wear.
Year: 1874

The Western Union Telegraph Company will
put up IN their new building III Broadway the first
waterD balance elevator permanently used IN New
York This elevator patented q few years ago by
Mr. Baldwin New-England inventor After under
going considerable notifications II mas been extensively
sdopted in Chicago aud other Western cities rs motive
power Is the attraction of gravity which is applied by
means Of an bucket u feet long, fitted ike piston
int an iron tube p feet in diameter which extends
along one side the elevator shaft from top 20 bottom
This bucket is eGuai in weight TO the elevator with
which il is connected by wire ropes running oyer pull
icys 10 carry load up is only necessary to fill the
bucket With water from reservoir at the top Of the
building which be done by the conductor by press
ing pedal in the car connected by wires with the
reservoir Tue weight of the water the bucket
to descend and the IL thereby drawn upwards
Stoppdges are made by of break. watch clamps
the rail upOn which the Ia order TO descend
the is let by the pressing OF another pei


To regulate the speed OF the there is tube passing
through the bucket FrOyded with valve at each end
the bucket fits air tight III the large tuD' II can Only
descend rate of speed prOpOtiOncd 10 the
rapidlty with which the air pass through the
smaller tube ont OF Its front ana MI
the vacuum created behind il. THIS is regulated by the
valves The points calmod in favor OF the new elevator
are smOOthness and rapdlty OF motion. II Is provided
with safety breaks closely resembling the breaks used
IN the wilcox and Gibbs sewlng-machine Tlc water
has to be pumped into the reservoir by steam power
Year: 1874

ground at the usual hour, began the practice inrne-
d,atey Col. vimar present last Monday upon the
occasion of the dsgraceful performances Of the 9Th Reg
ment and had taken every step to prevent their
renee. Not single lagerbeer vender was there, nor
the permitted TO visit the saloon at the depot


To their credit must be said that none expressed de-
sire to leave the range. Every order was implicitly
obeyed and every attention paid TO such instruc
ton as was needed Though the craftsmanship was not
as good as that OF many other regiments, II was GER
tanly not the fault the Their armOry Is With
out range, and opportunity has been offered then
for ed practice The standing OF the companies OF the
regiment at the range was as follows: ..-oo ,
Year: 1874

QURBEC, October AT a special meet.
ing OF the Council OF the Board OF Trade
OF Lewis the following resolution was
unanimously passed:


ResOlred, That this Council, after hear
ing the explanation by VIM. Sewell on
the possibility OF the navigation OF the
Gulf AMI river 81. Lawrence from Quebec
to the SEQ during the winter months, be-
lieve that navigation can be accomplished
by steam with comparative ease and safe
". The Council therefore trust that the
Dominion Government will take the ques'
ton into serious consideration.
Year: 1874

The regular physicians OF the County
Of New York have begun the work ol
prosecuting quacks under the new law,
which places those CENTRES entirely in
their hands. The public will, perhaps
be better Of II the work shall be vigor-
ously carried on, but tho regular faculty
is responsible for the success OF the vend
ers Of nostrums. II they had anything
like an exact science OF therapeutics slch
men would in all cases call upon the doc
tors, but as it is very well known that OLE
women can often cure when the who'll
faculty in consultation can do nothing, /
Is not unnatural that people should go II
the qusckS. Still We suppose the en-
lorcement Of the new law will b.
popular among respectable people, wht
Nthey must die want to do It in the reg.
ular way.
Year: 1874

"Your old Kentucky home l'' you poor
soul you said Mrs. Partington, as she
thrust her night cap out of the window
away almost into the midnight to catch
the notes of the song an individual was
singing, in a dismal voice, near her
dwelling 81 wish to my heart you was
there, where your friends could take keer
of you and do for you. It is terrible
thing to be in distress away off among
strangers, particularly where you amt
acquainted with any of 'em but dom t
think it looks we'll for a man to wake
up whole neighborhood at midnight
with his sorrows" She saw hlm disap-
pear a moment afterwards in a shop
with red curtain, opposite, and with
the remark that she guessed the poor
creatur' had gone in to get something
''to invarigate his cistern, with. she
shut down the window and in FIVE min-
utes by the wooden mantel clock that
tieked sleepily in her chamber she had
forgotten all about the Kentucky home
Post
Year: 1874

A LOST CoLoNY.-About thousand
years ago, colony of Icelanders was
planted on the western coast of Green
land. They were hardy people, used to
cold and meagre living, and there seem
ed to be no reason why they should not
take root in the frozen soil of their new
home. They built stone church there
and stone houses to live in, of which the
runs are still to be seen. But what
became Of the builders is question
that has never been solved, and never
will.be. They vanished from the face
of the earth, and that is all that is
known. Whether cold, or pestilence,
or starvation took them off, or whether
wandering sayages killed them, no man
can tell. Their settlement Is known In
history as Lost Greenland.
Year: 1874

REMEDY FOR SCARLET FEyER.-We
find the following simple remedy for
scarlet fever in one of our exchanges
and republish it for what it is worth;
"Take an onion and cut it in half; cut
out a portion of the centre, and into the
cavity put spoonful of saffron; put
the pieces together, then wrap them up
in cloth and bake them in an oven un-
til the onion is cooked so that the juice
viii run freely; squeeze out all the juice,
and give the patient teaspocnful, at
the same time rubbing the chest ard
throat with goosegrease or rancid bacon,
if there is any cough or soreness in the
throat. In short time the fever will
break out in an eruption all over the
body. All that is necessary is TO keep
the patient warm and protected from
draughts, and the recovery is certain"
Year: 1874

EE5EHE application of water in this Wheel is some


presented to the Wheel in sluiee or gate and


9 operates as perfectly each and every bucket
at once as though each bucket fed through a
gate or sluiee of its own thus avoiding large amount
OF friction. and leakage attendant small apertureS
and Fly Trap" gates. The power by avoiding fric-
ton results in giving force 10 the water, and
consequently power to the Wheel. The last five
years hard trials successfully encountered has pret
caly set at rest the credit and ability of the Wheel
perform all that has been claimed for it, The and
slight expense with which is set in place the rela
the slight loss experienced by back water, together
with the entire with which clubs stones brush
anchor ice be removed and the readiness with
which the amount of water used be aseertained
makes the Wheel agreeable TO all who have in care
the running of the power; while the actually
tanned fact that portion of the water gives its full
effective force Just in proportion to the used
from the first to the last inch makes it desirable for
economy of water, variable amounts, while the
price of the Wheel is low for the amount of power
furnished that any one who wants power Just
well have first as second class Parties who
have been and are now using this Wheel TO drive all
kinds of machinery under all amounts of head and
with ever varying quantities of water, ready and
they manifest in the of this Wheel any and
all others they have used Five years ago was
launched entirely its merits by the maker who
was well aware OF all means creditabe and discre-
able which are used to puff machines and new
improvements. 1t felt that if the Wheel was
better than those that had preceded it. the community
would be able to find out the tact. and candid enough
to appreciate it, Experience demonstrated the above
principle TO be correct.
Year: 1874

Look not only to the material com forts of your daughters, Be generous to them in truer sense than that of heaping trinkets on their necks. Train them for independence first, and then labor to give it to them. Let them, as soon as they are grown up, have some little money, or means of making money, to be their own, and teach them how to deal with it. without needing every moment somebody to help them. Help them to help themselves. Fit them to be able to add to their own means, rather than to be forever pinch ing, and economizing till their minds are narrowed and their hearts are sick. Give all the culture you can to every power which they may possess. If they should marry they will be the happier and the better for it. If they should remain among the million of the un- married, they will bless you in your grave, and say of you what cannot be said of many doting parent, by his surviving child: "My father cared 1. that should be happy after his death. as we'll as while was his pet and his koy "s24 s-fs4Iz+st E3t
Year: 1874

and married daughter, he was shot twice
by his son-in-law, Thomas Schooley,
and died from the effects of the wounds
on the following day. Two balls were
fred at the women, but they both esq
capped unhurt; one of the balls was af-
terwards found in the clothing Of an
infant child of Schooley's having spent
its force before reaching the body. The
only known cause of the horrible act
was delirium brought on by protracted
drunkenness. The parties held very
respectable social position. The muir
dered man was an Englishman and has
been a member of the Victoria City
i Council. The murderer was native OF
Pennsylvania, and has been successful
miner in British Columbia. He married
Forman's daughter about Is months ago
and has lived with his father in-law ever
since. He had been drinking hard for
several days previous to the murder and
was violent and abusive to the family
At the time of his arrest he barricaded
himself in his bed room ard fired upon
the police. When an entrance was forced
he was sitting upon the floor in the act Of
cooking a pistol, with another loaded
pistol. bowie knife and demijohn OF
port wine by his side. A loaded der
ringer was found in his bed. Since his
arrest. on becoming sobered. on being
told what he had done, he said he had
drank heavily and remembered nothing
his mind had been a blank since
Wednes lay afternoon.
Year: 1874

A terrible accident occurred at Alex andra Park, London, by which one man was killed and fourteen or fifteen others more or less badly injured. It is only some ten months since the building was burnt to the ground. Its reconstruction was commenced towords the end of last year, and so quickly has the work been proceeded with that it is expected to be sufficiently advanced for the building to be opened in June. At present there are as many as sixteen hundred workmen engaged on 1t, and right till suddenly interrupted by the scaffolding near the roof of the Palace. The greater number of them were plas- terers, and the rest laborers. At APO o'clock the scaffold fell with Q tremen- dous crash, the noise being so great as to be heard at Horsey and Crouch-end. Instantly the men employed on other portions of the building ceased work, and hastened quickly to see what had occurred. A sad scene met their eyes. A part of tho cornice to which the scaf- folding had been attached had come away with it, and the men were found covered with plaster, broken beams, and blanks. None were able to move from the places where they had fallen, and all were grooming piteously-all but one, and on attention being turned to him it was discovered that he was dead. He was plasterer of the name of Branch, who resided in Tottenham. The other men were extricated as speedily as possible, and under medical supervision were placed in carts for conveyance to the hospital. The whole fourteen or fifteen were very badly hurt. They were all taken to the Great Northern Hospital, where the best at tention possible was given them. The injuries from which one man was suffer- ing were caused in 8 somewhat peculiar manner. It is stated that when the scaffolding gave way he somehow or other managed to catch on to rafter which held firm, and that he hung there till the other workmen brought ladders and rescued him from his perllous situation. The jerk and strain, how ever, which he had sustained were found to have dislocated hls shoulders, and he was removed to the hospital with his companions.
Year: 1874

The great merit of VINEGAR BrTTEBs has made them the leading medicine of the day, and respectable druggists everywhere write: "They are the best and most popular preparation in the market, They have stood the test of public opinion and won, confidence. They sell rapidly because they cure. If you are sick you want reliable medi- cine. VNEaER BITTERs commend them selves to the ailing and afflicted, as they are deficient in one thing alone, viz :: the stimulant that unduly excites the brain, and creates a morbid thirst for spirits There is no phase of Indiges- tion, Biliousness, Nervous Disease, or Physical Debility, in which they will not effect cure. Invalids who are wasting away from a want of proper action in the liver, stomach and bowels, will find them constitutional specific, and @ fountain of vitality and vigor as refreshing and exhilarating as cool, gushing spring of water to the parched and fainting traveller in the desert.- Com.
Year: 1874

In the village of Brockport, Monroe county, the Excise Board met to take action on licenses. The Rochester Express says There was large at tendance of ladies, who had assembled to protest against the granting of licenses to sell liquor. They spoke of the evil effects of intemperance, and urged the Board to prevent the sale of liquors altogether.

 MT. Randall, the President, fully sympathized with the ladies in their anxiety to prevent the opportunities and the temptations to drink which be- set young men in the village. He said that about one year ago he lost a promising and beloved son by means of intemperance, into which he had been led through the enticements of the saloons. Producing a photograph of the boy, he held it up to the gaze of his associates and the assemblage as an illustration of the loss he had sustain ed. He said:

 "Look upon this picture. My only son, who had grown to manhood, and upon whom expected to lean for sup port in my declining years. You have given him poison and killed him. But forgive you ye knew not what ye did. Shall license you again to pur. sue this dreadful traffic? Never There was time when the sale of liquor was not looked upon as so great 8 crime. when dealers were more careful of what they did, and the restrictive laws were respected but latterly these laws are treated with contumely, and many deal. CTS defy them, while rarely one obeya them in entire good faith. For one he would refuse to permit the traffic tc continue"

 This address produced profound sensation, and the allusion to the loss of his only son brought tears to the eyes of many of the large audience.
Year: 1874

The young wife should remember that she has chosen her own lot in life j; she has connected it with her husband ]; and, if by decree of an all-wise Provi- dence, he becomes embarrassed, it is her duty to aid him by her kindness not to mutter or oppress him by her ill-temper. Upon the male sex the task of providing the means of subsist- ence is, in civilized society, almost ex- clusively imposed and, consequently, when they become distressed and have not wherewithal to provide for their partners, they suffer doubly. They have not only their privations toregret, but yours also and the worlds frown, and the worlds (oftentimes uniust) censure, falls exclusively upon the hus- band. The wife can hide herself from the world, but the husband must face it's pride-its prosperity. May all young wives be permanently prosperous but, for their own sakes, and for the honor of womanhood, we admonish them not to depart from that affectionate con duct, in word or deed, which they owe to their husbands, and to conduct themselves in such manner as to do away with the truth of the old proverb, "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. "-J. P D.
Year: 1874

In Paris the birth of every child must be announced at the mayoralty of the ward in which the parents live, and be registered within three days. Great exactness is required of the expressing clerk as to the name, percentage, and description of the child, and the place where the birth occurred. Two copies of this first act of registration are made, and one is kept at the Marie and the other sent to the Hotel de Vile. The least Justification of an act, single change made without authority, is pun ished by fine and imprisonment.

 Twenty-seyen new vessels are being constructed for the British navy.
Year: 1874

A man who promised his wife on her deathbed never to marry again, offers a reward for some one who will convince him that lie is justifable when it is told to soothe the last moments of the departing.