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Year: 1879

The secret of protecting furs and woolen
garments from the depredations of the moth
is very simple In the first place, see that the
article you are putting away is thoroughly
clean. Remove all spots of grease or dirt,
and brush all dust from the gathers and
folds. Take your furs outdoors and beat
them thoroughly with a small rod, going
over small part of the surface at time,
till the whole have been beaten. Then seal
each article up in double folds of newspa.
per, pasting SO closely that neither air nor
insect can creep in. This is better way
than any we know of, not excepting cam
phor, tobacco, pepper and other pungent
preventives which are commonly used. Moth
ing is more annoying than TO find in the
Autumn that some greatly-prized cloak or
shawl has been ruined by the eating into
it of the moths. Care and pains in the
Spring are, therefore, never wasted.
Year: 1879

j. G. EMERY is now ready
with his Spring stock of new
CARPETS very extensive
in amount, and of unsurpassed
excellence in quality, beauty
of design and coloring max
ing it altogether one of the
most desirable assortments
ever offered in this market.
And the prices are not the
least attractive feature, being
lower than ever before. La
dies and gentlemen are in
vited to an examination of it,
as the goods will be cheer
fully shown.
Year: 1879

In order to keep house acceptably, one
must be endowed with method, judgment,
taste aud self.control; but as these rarely
meet in the same person, many houses are
conducted solely by means OF one or the
other, while many more are run at the ex


pense Of neither and the result is hand-to-
mouth kind of housekeeping, creditable TO
nobody, affording anxietyto all and pleasure
to none. To I've good housekeeper should
be the aim of every one who has house TO
keep, be it palace or cottage; and this does
not merely include living in a state of con-
slant warfare with the ubiquitous ogre, dust,
which lies in ambush in every crack and
Granny, nor in preserving the paint unspotted,
the glass unclouded, the closets in perfect
order, and the floors in such condition that
one could eat off them, as the saying goes,
all this may be accomplished, and yet the
house answer only to the description of a
well kept inn the good housekeeper must
Year: 1879

The great city which counted its popula-
ton by millions, and filled the world with
renown not yet forgotten, has disappeared
under the dust of twenty centuries but ma
ture is as fresh and jocund as when Babylon
was still unbuilt. Birds sing overhead in
the pleasant Spring air; butterflies ilutter
about in search of flowers balmy odors re.
gale the sense. 1t is difficult under the cir
cumstances to feel as one perhaps ought to
feel for the great capital which once cum
bered this ground. Nature does not mourn
for it, and Il is hard TO be sad at the bidding
of sentiment when the bright Spring hides
its graves GearS in Through Asiatic
Turkey.
Year: 1879

QUEEN VICTORIA is reported TO have
taken leave of the Prince Imperial
with almost maternal solicitnde,
When he appeared she received him
with touching Kindness. thanking him
in tremulous voice for his interest
in England and its army. During the
interview the prince sat upon tile so
ia, to which the queen had drawnhim,
and as be was leaving the room she
took from her own finger ring which
she placed upon his, bidding him wear
ii as mark of her grateful regard
The prince is said to have been visi-
bly, affected by this kindness.
Year: 1879

In milking do not seize the teat
between the thumb and forefnger
and drag down until the end slips
from the grasp of the digits. Do
not grasp, with the hand pressing
the nails into the teat, with a
squeeze and pull. Grasp the teat
with thumb partly upwards, and the
fingers in their natural position
when closed, next the udder, and.
closing the fingers in succession,
force the milk downward, with a
gentle pull on the udder. So pro-
ceed alternately with each hand,
going farther and farther up into
the udder as the flow ceases, until
you have all the milk drawn. Thus
you may milk easily for yourself
and the COW; in fact, the COW soon
comes to like the manipulation. If
few simple rules founded on com
mon sense were observed in milk
ing, instead Of kicking cows and
holding up of the llilk, we should
soon find our COWS gentle to handle,
and much yexation would be spared
to the mixers. It should, however,
be remembered that in milking cows
gentleness is a cardinal virtue.
Year: 1879

Thelatesnowfall was unusually heavy
at the Cascades, and the o. S. N. Co. .
railroad around the portage at that
point was buried several feet under the
surface. Each fall of snow was frozen,
and especially in the cuts it packed
down very solidly. The workmen en-
gagged in clearing it of found it most
difficult task, and about 30 men were
employed for four days and nights in
opening a way for the cars. 1t was
found impossible to shovel the snow of,
so hard was it frozen, and the use Of
axes and picks was necessary to loosen
it up before its removal.
Year: 1879

often tried overmuch by class OF
.roughs seldom seen TO 80 much disad.
vantage in the interior, to say nothing
OF the frequency of such occurrences'


But perhaps settler whom I once
encountered, and at whose cabin /
lodged upon the hea iwaters of the
Kentucky river, could beat even nv
friend Bill Short, in his placid content
ment with short commons and other
disabilities, always more or less Incl
dental to an endeavor to make one of
the army Of occupants or skirmishers
on the outposts of civilization. As was
so often the case, we had heen driven
into harbor with him by stress of
weather, and the slim chance there was
to reaching any more eligible place I;
and after lodging myself and compan-
ion in bed that had about two inches
of straw ON the boards, and that stood
at right angles to and almost touched
that of himself and wife, all he could
furnish us besides was some frostrbitten
sweet potatoes and tin cup of water.
II didn't appear to discompose the good
couple at all. He said he chad intended
to take some corn to the mill and get it
ground; and he had intended to go
and shoot deer, but he had put it off"
My friend thought that his cabin was
something like what is said of the bot
tomless pit If not "paved with good
Intentions" it was-for any traveller
driven to it-"tophet" all the same.
However, / consoled both him and my
self finally with the suggestion that if
the mountaineer could stand such the
whole time, surely we should put up
with it once without grumbling.


CHICAGO. Ill.
Year: 1879

A handsome hand is charming OBJ
iect in itself and seems to indicate re-
finement in it's owner.


To be perfect, the hand should be del
icate and somewhat long.


The back should be just plump
enough to prevent the veins from being
too prominent.


The fingers must be long and taper.
ing, forming little graduated columns OF
perfect proportion. :,


When the hand is open there should
be little dimples OF the knuckles, which
ought to be slightly prominent when
the hand is closed.


Much of the beauty Of the fingers
and hand depends upon the proper care
of the nails. These, if cut too close,
deform the finger ends, rendering them
stubby. The upper and free border OF
the nail should always be left project.
ing line or 80 beyond the extremity OF
the fingers, and should be pared only to
slight curve, without encroaching too
much on the angles. Soap and the nm
ger-brush are all that is necessary for
cleaning and polishing the nails. The
habit If biting the nails is as ugly as 1t
is fatal to them. !,
When the skin Of the hand is hard
and rough they should be kept almost
constantly gloved, and washed fre-
quently-but not too often--with luke
warm water and fine soap, to which may
be added little bran. A little cold
cream before going to bed is a common
and useful application. The skin Of
the hands should be always soft and
| Aavihla
Year: 1879

The preaching of the time in this
country is as good as the people are
willing to hear. Neither in the church
nor out Of it is there any considerable
demand for better preaching. Where
there is most intelligence or culture the
chief desire in regard to preaching is
that it shall be entertaining, and thus
suited to attract many hearers who will
help to pay the expenses Of the church.
Under the voluntary SYSTEM" as it is
called, which prevails here, it would be
very difficult to give the people any
kind of preaching which they do not
want. The persons who need to be
taught, guided and instructed thus fix
the standard and determine almost
wholly the character of the teaching
which they are to receive. This is an
incidental effect of the dominion Of the
masses, Of our universal-suffrage ar
rangement of society. In very few Of
the churches or congregations in this
country can there be any continuous or
habitual religious teaching which the
people do not approve. The standard,
or ideal, as to preaching is usually
higher among ministers than among
hearers, and many clergymen maintain
constant struggle against the injurious
tendencies of the popular taste, and try
to create in the minds OF their hearers
an appetite for the higher and more
spiritual qualities in religious teaching.
But the preaching of the country, like
nearly everything else in our national
life, is likely to become more and more
completely representative Of the culture,
taste, morality, and entire character OF
the people who compose the churches.
If this is the tendency, the character CT
the preaching will not thereby be
elevated or improved.-Atlantic.
Year: 1879

A correspondent writes from Vera
Cruz as follows: The harbor may be rs
smooth as glass, as il very often Is; the
guards asleep against the gate-posts !;
everything burning up under the sun.
In considerably less than ten minutes
everything is changed. A Whit Of cool
air strikes the soldiers and wakes them
up, and they see the storm coming : a
little black cloud, growing larger every
minute. Almost before they have time
to slam the Custom House gates the
wind is blowing furiously, and the air
is full of sand, most Of which goes into
peoples eyes. The harbor is full of
big waves, and the ships are tossing
around as IL they were in mid-ocean.
Every steamer gets up full head OF
steam 80 that she can put TO sea in case
Of her cables breaking, as they some
times do. Small fishing vessels within
sight Of land do not dare TO try TO get
in, but put out into the gulf. The
water becomes almost as white as milk,
from the stirring Of the coral sand on
the bottom, and in few minutes the
waves are breaking over the top OF the
Custom House, fifty feet high, washing
its roof. Sometimes they come with
such force that when they strike the
solid wall of the Custom House they
shoot up into the air 100 feet or more ;
and the Vera Cruzans, instead of getting
in the strongest draught they can find
and enjoying good breeze from our
Northern country, like sensible people,
wiring their hands in dismay and say,
"WhAt wretched weather" Tor Spanish
words to that effect). The northers
often last three or four days, and cool
off the whole country, even up on the
table lands and all the way over to the
Pacific coast, where the natives seem 20
consider themselves in great danger Of
freezing to death.
Year: 1879

1t is well known that some OF the In


dian tribes of America have a habit of
killing horses when their chiefs and
medicine men die; and in some in
stances the departing braves wives have
been dispatched to bear them company
to the happy hunting-grounds. When
the cebrated Ute chief, Walker, died,
in the northern part of the Territory, a
good many years ago, a whole band of
horses were slain by his warriors; but
heretofore no one had supposed that
the Indians of this section had interest
enough in the future life to prepare an
escort for their departing braves. The
death of buck near Toquerville short
time ago showed that the old chief who
begs biscuits at that settlement is
blooded. He forthwith decided to kill
a squaw to accompany his favorite war
rior, btt the squaw, getting hint of
her intended funeral, hid herself so
effectually that no clew could be got of
her whereabouts. As the time allowed
for the sacrifice was rapidly passing, the
old chief, in order not to be defeated,
selected 3-year-old papoose, which he
took from its mother, and buried in
the grave Of the deceased. The head
of the child was left projecting above
the ground, SO that it could breathe, but
he allowed no one to 60 near it, till
Bishop Bringhurst, discovering the
commotion in the tribe, traced out the
cause and saved the life of the child,
after it had been in the situation de-
scribed two or three days. The mother
of the child was afraid to tell what had
happened, though she was observed to
be grief-stricken. The Toquerville
people thought seriously of burying the
old Lamanite with his head the other
way, but he insisted that the religion OF
the Piutes required him to do what
he had done.-Silper ReeffNeu.) Miner
Year: 1879

TEA.TAsTERs are well aware of the
dangers to which they are subject, and
few Of them can carry on the business
for many years without running their
health. Moderate draughts OF tea may
produce an agreeable exhilaration OF
mind and body, with no noticeable re-
action; but the effects of its excessive
use are declared by doctors to be palpi-
tation of the heart, an absence OF ex.
hilaration, severe headache, dimness OF
vision, and dullness and confusion OF
mind. Gases of severe neuralgia are
frequently the result of ovef-much tea
Year: 1879

A novelty in the matter Of railroad
inventions is what may be very
properly termed railroad veloci-
pede. Its weight is about 100 pounds,
and il is destined solely for the use Of the
supervisor of the road, to enable him to
travel from point to point for inspec-
ton or other purposes. The vehicle
has three wheels, two Of which run on
one rail Of the track and one on the
other. II has seat for one man,
though il might well carry two. IL is
very easily operated, and is run on al
most the exact principle Of the ordinary
yelocipede. With strong, muscular
man to move il, it will make speed OF
fifteen or eighteen miles an hour.
Year: 1879

knowledge or of quiet. The Bedouins have
no great appearance of muscular strength,
but they are singularly active and enduring.
They are patient and humane, and seldom
allow their passions to pass beyond control,
one main reason being their sobriety. No
drink stronger than "lebben," or sour milk,
is known among them; and they look upon
the use of all fermented liquors as disgrace
full Brutal crimes have no place in the cat
alogue of Bedouin sins. The women are in
person proportionately taller than the men;
the older of them often become fat and un-
wieldly; the younger do all the laber of the
camp, fetching wood and water, setting and
removing tents, milking and cooking. They
live apart from men, except their nearest rel
atives, but have plenty of society among
themselves, They seem to have good health
and good spirits; but in mental qualities the
women of the desert are usually far below
the men, their range of ideas being extreme
Iy limited.
Year: 1879

It is not an unusual thing to hear the
mother of family complain ofthe time con-
sumed by the homely duty of washing dishes,
"My work is never done," she sighs. 'No
sooner are all the dishes clean than they
must be soiled again. I'm tired of itl just
to think of all the best part Of ones life be-
ing spent in washing dishes for half doz-
en- persons-more or less. 1t is too great
sacriic." 1t is a great pity that those who
have a gift for-higher work, provided there is
any-"higher work'-could not find it out
before they take upon themselves wifely du-
ties and family cares. But let us see about
this sacrifc of time; for whom do we wash
the dishes? For husbands, fathers, mothers,
brothers and sisters, and they in return are
working for US. In most cases doing ali in
their power to make our lives comparatively
happy. Would we consider it sacrifice of
time and talents to wait upon any one of
them during long and severe illness, even
until our physical strength was completely
exhausted2 or would we consider it sacrifice
if we were required to give up life itself to
save the family from destruction? Now
when we wash dishes, we are adding to the
comfort of our loved ones just as much as
though we were nursing them through long
and tedious illness. And we have beside
their society, and know that they are able to
converse with us, advise US when we need
counsel, and cheer Us when we are inclined
to dependency. Even in this age of progress
and radical notions, women must follow
their old, old occupation.
Year: 1879

Undoubtedly if young ladies, English or
otherwise, of high rank or low, wish to tattoo
their legs, they have perfect right to do so
but having INDUCED in such personal docora-
ton, and the fact is made public, they must
not complain if people talk about it. When
London journals of wide circulation, like
Truth, and correspondents of dignified
American dailies like the New York Times,
tell us that it is now the fashion for the Lon
don belle to tattoo one of her legs everybody
is excusable in wondering how in the name
of common-sense such an idea originated.
The secret was divulged in an advertisement.
A miss, IL years old, occupying an exalted
position in society, ran away from home.
They published her in the London Times, and
stated that she was tattooed on the left leg.
She is thought to have come to America,
and as large reward is offered for informa-
tion concerning her, he will be a lucky fell
low who finds her. The advertisement hav-
ing started inquiry, it was quickly discovered
or rather asserted. that it was altogether the
proper thing for the London girl TO tattoo
one of her legs, and at this moment it is not
considered in the least indelicate to ask ones
fair vis-a-vis in a London drawing room
which one of her legs she has ornamented.
Possibly the style is an outgrowth of the
elaborate stocking, but whatever is response
BILE, for it, it is curiously useless and mon
strously vulgar.
Year: 1879

Many people are born tired-or lazy. In
the case of many individuals, it is an inherit
ed malady, and consequently hard to oust
from the system. But it is oftener the case
that the distinguishing temper is brought on
persons by their own deliberate selfshness-
by vast discreditable disposition to shirk
the inevitable burdens incident to living a
decent life. Laziness OF this kind is one of
the cardinal sins, and should submit the OBJ
noxious offender to the discipline of the
treadnlill. More particularly is laziness Of
fensive to the young and healthy. To learn
to work cheerfully, is the central lesson of
life. Begin to learn it .early-eschew lazi-
ness as the most disgusting of all faults, and
one that will surely end in hopeless misery.
Year: 1879

The Georgia Legislature is making an eff
fort to do away with the custom of wholesale
murder in that State by enacting law which
provides that courts must drop all other busi-
ness to hasten through any murder case that
comes before them, and if there is no court
in session the judge must call session and
at once try the accused. Such law as this
would be of advantage all over the country.
Two-thirds of the murderers who escape con-
viction owe their good fortune to the fact that
delays are not dangerous, but, on the con-
trary, great safeguard which they one and
all seek as the prominent feature Of their de-
fense.
Year: 1879

Young man, save some of your strength
for old age. 1t is curious. but true, that
bottle of champagne at 20 may intensity the
rheumatism of three score. 1t is fact, that
everlasting the eye at IA may necessitate
the aid of spectacles at 40instead of so. We
advise our young readers to be saving of their
health for their old age, for the maxim holds
good with regard to health as to money
waste not, want not. 1t is the greatest mis-
take to suppose that any violation of the
laws of health can escape its penalty. Nature
forgives no sin, no error. She lets off the
offender for 80 years sometimes, but she catches
him at last, and inficts the punishment just
where, just how he feels it the most Save
health as well as money.
Year: 1879

The further the health authorities of New
York pursue their investigation of the tene-
msnt houses of that city the worse they find
things. Some of the late examinations in
the 11th ward have brought many pest spots
to public attention. In many of these houses
whole families sleep in single room, where
there is not window, and no other ventila-
ton than such as door affords; the cellars
and adjacent areas usually answer as a re-
ceptacle for dead cats; nobody ever seems to
pay any attention to burst waste-pipes, and
sewer gas fills most of the rooms day and
night We hear great deal more about the
dreadful and dangerous condition of these
tenement houses than we do about practical
measures to improve them The character
of the people is so much under the influence
of their domestic surroundings that the con-
dition of these houses is very important
matter in more respects than one.
Year: 1879

A man who has the elements so mixed
within him that he naturally, as one says,
borrows trouble, and crosses bridges before
he gets to them, and permits things small or
great to fret him, is bound to worry. He
may as well attempt to alter his complexion,
or change the thickness of his skin. as to stop
worrying. The most he can do is to control
the expression of his mental state without
himself-and that is often more wearing to
him, however it msy be to others, than to
give vent to his feelings.
Year: 1879

In April, 1876, an Orphans Home
was organized in Mt. Vernon, O., by
an association composed of members
from the different congregations Of
the city. Children are admitted into
this institution from any part of the
country, where they are fed, clothed
and instructed, till good private
home can be secured. Or in the
event where children have a parent
or friends who desire that they re-
main in the Institution, such an az
rangement can bemade This Insti-
tuition is a home for the homeless.
It is always open, and up to this
time has received forty -four children.
Persons knowing of homeless chill
dren will be kind enough to learn
what they can about such children
and communicate the same to the
Superintendent of this Institution.
And all who desire an answer when
writing, should enclose a stamp, as
there is no stamp fund belonging to
the Institution.
Year: 1879

"What," the young man asked the


young woman who was waiting for him
| to ask for his hat, "what do put you in
mind Of" a French clock" she said
softly. And pretty soon he arose and
went on his way. The next morning he
called upon an eminent hOro!ogist and
asked him what was the distinguishing
| trait of a French clock. The hOrolOgist


said, "Why it never goes" And the
Young man was sorely yeast down, and he
grieved, and he told no man Of his hurt.
Year: 1879

It is a common practice Of cooks, and
often of those who are called good
housekeepers, to sprinkle salt over meat
when just ready to put over the fire.
Now, to salt any meat before it is well
heated through-or, better still, hall
cooked-wiI iujure very materially the
best ever sold in market, and certainly
quite spoil a poor article, no matter
whctherit is steak, roast or stew. It Will
harden the fibres, tougher the meat all
through, extract the best of the juice,
make it very injurious to the stomach,
and give no pleasure to the palate. -
Year: 1879

THE SOUTHERN PATRIOTS in Congress
who expected to supply their constitu-
ents with cheap whiskey by withhold
ing the appropriations for the federal
marshals, in the hope that the business
of Illicit distillation could not be inter
fered with, will be grieved to learn that
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenu.
is going to prosecute the moonshiners
this year precisely as he did last year,
whether the money holds out or not.
The South will now be disposed to
grieve more than ever oyer the fact that
there is fraudulent administration at
Washington.