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Year: 1874

THE CHURcH.-Wheneve under any name,
men love Christ and their fellow.men, they are
Christ's, and are spreading Christ's kingdom.
And how glorious is the Church of God upon
the earth! Not that narrow, contending
Church which the eye can see; nor that
Church upon which you can put the arithmetic,
and which you can measure; nor that Church
whose cathedrals and buildings you can behold
not that is the Church of God; but that larg.
er Church which is invisible. The outward
Church, as men look upon it, is split up, and
is pursuing various controversy with diverse
weapons. But there is Church wherein is
harmony; and that is the invisible Church
which is made up Of good men. 1t is that
Church which is made up of the concurring
hearts of those who love the Lord Jesus Christ
in sincerity and truth.-Arthur's Home Maga-
zine.
Year: 1874

WuusKEY AND IT'S PROPnEr.-A move


ment is said to be maturing in Washington to


concentrate and organize strength in Congress


and elsewhere in favor of Newton Booth for


next President 1t is reported in the dispatch


es, no doubt cooked up in Boothian interest


that the prominent men in the labor organza-


tions say there can be massed 5000 societies


throughout the country in his support. twill


be great day for the whiskey business when


the agent of S. T. Suits old Kentucky Bourbon


is elevated to the Presidency Of the United


States. As the successor of the champion


whiskey. .drinker of the country, we shall have
man whose business is to make drunkards,


who has grown rich by the vices of his fellow
men, lust as woman of the town subsists up.
on the passions of depraved humanity. The
wealth he has accumulated in the prosecution
Of the liquor traffic is just as much the wages
of ain and shame as are the earnings of prosti-
tution. What a commentary it is upon the wo
mems war against whiskey that a whisky-deal.
er is Governor of the State of California and
United States Senator elect. and an asprant
to the Presidency, with the support of men
prominent in the labor interest, who say that
three thousand labor societies can be massed
in his behalf What has Newton Booth done
for labor or the laborer that he should be prom
ised the conference Of that class7 He has
sold whiskey and grown rich upon the waste
Of the laboring mans wages, thrown away tol
purchase the noxious compoundsvended by him
and his class. Whiskey has done more to keep
down the laboring man in this country than oil
other causes combined. All the tyranny OF cap
;tal. the exactions and expressions OF corpora
tions. and every other conceivable cause, are
nothing compared with the baleful influences
&c whisky upon the interests Of labor and the
welfare Of the laborer And yet this arrant
who has never done ought for the
ishornr man but utter few cheap and mealy- |
monthed plagiarislns, is to have "massed' 20
aid him in HE presidential aspirations inree
,Ih thonsand societies. Verify. great is Whisky
;n the land, and Newton Booth is it, propnes'
IS. r. Examiner
Year: 1874

CHARITY DEFINED.-It is not charity to
give penny to the street mendicant of whom
nothing is known, while we haggle with poor
man out of employment, for miserable shil-
ling. 1t is not charity to beat down a poor
seamstress to starvation price-to let her sit in
her wet clothes sewing all day-to deduct from
her pitiful remuneration if the storm delays
her prompt arrival. It is not charity to take
poor relative into your family, and make her
the slave Of all your whims. and taunt her con-
tinually with her dependent situation. tits not
charity to give with a supercilious air and pat
ronage, as if God had made you, the rich man,
of different blood from the shivering recipient,
whose only crime is that he is poor. It is not
charity to be an extortioner-not though you
bestow your aims by thousands.-Lond. Times.


The three things most difficult are to keep
secret, to forget an injury, and to make good
use of leisure.


Every man has weak side; and it is very
often the case that this weak side is the best
part of the man.


A humble man is like good tree-the more
full of fruit the branches are the lower they
bend themselves.


The tears of sympathy are sacred drops from
the we'll of life


Practice flows from principle; for as man
thinks 80 will he act.


You cannot dream yourself into character,
you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
Year: 1874

ExCrTEMENT ON RAILROAD TRAIN-A
COACH NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING PLUNGED
INTO THE APPoAATToX RivER.-Passengers
who reached this city yesterday by the Nor.
folk accommodation train, which leaves Pc
tershurg daily at noon, report that the Ia
dies coach Qhe rear car Of the train) mar
rowly escaped being thrown over the Apo
mattoX bridge into the river below.


The train had just left the depot, and was
proceeding over the bridge at rate Of about
four or five miles per hour. Suddenly seye-
raj of the passengers were startled by the
ominous humping and bouncing of the car,
which convinced them at once that the car
had Jumped the track" Major William
+. Tapner, OF this city, who was in the car,
and one of the first to discover the accident,
with great presence of mind and promptness
gave the beIlcord steady pull, the engi-
neer whistled down brakes, and in moment
more the train came to stand-stil but that
moment will be ever remembered by all who
were on board.


Upon examining the bridge and the car, it
was found that the wheels of the front truck
had not only run off the track, but two ofthe
wheels were upon the very edge of the bridge,
and one revolution more and the coach would
probably have been thrown into the swollen
and muddy river below. Several of the
cross-ties We're cut in two. 1t was found
impossible to put the car back upon the track
without considerable delay, and 30 another
coach was gotten and the train came on to
Richmond, having been delayed nearly an
hour.
Year: 1874

HAY AND OTHER CRops.-Farmcrs in this
vicinity are in the midst of hay harvest. The
crop Of clover hay now being reapcd is very
heavy, and will produce Il fine yield. limo
thy is probably not so good this year as it
frequently is, the cold, wet weather OF the
spring months having to some extent re.
tarded its growth, but still it promises Il fair
if not medium yield.


Wheat and oats are unusually promising at
this tine. The fears which were INDUCED
in as to the effects of rust upon the wheat
have not been realized, and the prospect now
Is. if no untoward evil beIall it, that heavy
crop will be cut.
The corn is too small yet to make any cal
culations as 10 what will be gathered.
Potatoes are very fine, and plentiful sup
ply may be expected.


A friend remarked 10 us few days since
that the crops in Virginia were heavier than
ever before, basing his remark, as he said
upon the fact that the farmers were moi
grumbling.
Year: 1874

SENT TO JAIL FOR THIRTY DAYs.-In the
Police Court yesterday Matilda Evans was
tried on the charge OF stealing S7.2O from
Indiana Morgan. The accused was found
guilty and sent to Jail for thirty days.


Jennie Evans was also tried on the charge
of stealing $40 worth of wearing apparel
from Catharine Page in October last, found
guilty, and seot to Jail for thirty days.
Year: 1874

Court Of the United States, and in the
meantime they 90 on disregsrding the law
and charging such rates Of freight as they
may be able to extort from the necessities
of the people. Well, now they want the IT,
tie to these lands, and claim that it is a
matter Of justice aud equity. Yes, these
men who have defed the laws of the State,
now ask that same State not only to do for
them what the law requires. but to go be-
yond strict legal requirements, and grant
them 700, 900 acres of land as matter of
equity.


The resolution Of Mr. Donnelly was re-
ferred to select committee, and we hope
they will give the matter the most careful
consideration This is an opportune occa-
casion to inject into this company little
respect for the laws Of this State, and for
the rights Of the people. Let our honorable
Senators and Representatives see to it that
the occasion be well improved.
Year: 1874

house. Although he never sought office Of
any kind whatever, he has almost constant
ly filed official positions during his resi-
dence in the county and was President of
the village corporation at the time Of his
death. He built the first mill that was
erected in Scott county on the same site
now occupie,; by the large stone mill of
Foss, Wells s Co., on Sand Greek. When
he sold out that mill, he then built the low
er mill known now rs the Nicolin mill lie
bore an irrcproachuble character and was
highly respected wherever he was known.
His funeral occurred Oh Sunday. afternoon
last, that day bring just one year from the
time of his ,vifr's death. His funeral WAS
one of the largest ever known in the county,
He leaves seven sois and one daughter all
grown up, five Of whom live at Jordan. one
in Henncpin county, and two in the State
of Ohio.
Year: 1874

Ten millions is all the Philadelphians ask
Of the Government in order to enable them
to get up first class centennial in 1876.
Now centennial is undoubtedly d great,
grand and glorious thing to have, but the
price-ah no thank you, we'll take no
centennial in ours
Year: 1874

countries, and closes by warning the frater-
nifty that now is the time to strike; that If
they do not achieve their just rights now,
history only can tell their situation in years
to come
Year: 1874

We are in receipt Of letter from Secre-
tary Paist, setting forth the action of the
State Grange on the question of official or
gan. We regret that it came too late for
insertion this week. We will publish it in
full next week
Year: 1874

and William Paist and wife will attend the
National Grange in st. Louis. VIM. Paist
and wife intend taking southern tour after
the meeting of that body, hoping thereby
to benefit his health which is very delicate.
Year: 1874

The Democrats of this city havs chartered
train and invite all Democrats who wish to al
tend the Democratic County Meeting on Saturday
to 20 free OF charge, The tain VIII start at one
O'Clock sharp.
Year: 1874

John ONeil aged thirty-one years. a member
OF Hook and Ladder Company No. A. while going
to an alarm Of Hre last night accidentally tell In
front OF the truck, at Fiity-seventh street and
He was taken to the Twenty y-secOnd precinct sta
ton house and an ambulance was telegraphed
for, but before its arrival he was dead The body
was removed to his residence, No. 157 West
Thirtieth street, and the Coroner notified to hold
an
Year: 1874

A curious patient is just now an inmate
of DIR. Mesnet's ward at the Hospital St.
Antoine. His profession was that of a
singer at the Cafes Chantants. During
the war of lS70-7l he was hit over the left
ear by musket bullet, which carried off
about q inches of the parietal bone, and
laid bare the brain on the left side. This
led to temporary paralysis of the MEN,
bers on the opposite side, as is always the
case; but he was eventually cured of this,
while the tremendous wound on the skull
began to heal, so that after time he could
resume his professional duties at the cafes
to the satisfaction of the public. Suddenly,
however, he was seized with nervous
symptoms, lasting from twenty-fOur 10
fOrty-eight hours, and of such an extraor-
ulnary nature that it was considered safe to
take him to the hospital.


His malady is easier to illustrate by eX-
amples than to define. When he is in his
fit he has no sensitiveness of his own, and
will bear physical pain without being
aware of it, but his will may be influenced
by contact with exterior objects. Set him
on his feet, and, as soon as they touch the
ground, they awaken in him the desire of
walking; he then marches straight on
quite steadily, with fixed eyes, without
saving a word, or knowing what is going
on about him. If he meets with an ObSta-
Gle on his way he will touch it, and then
attempt to get out of its way. If several
persons join hands and form ring around
him, he will try to find an opening by re-
peatedly crossing over from one side to the
other, and this without betraying the
slightest consciousness Orimpatience. Put
a pen into his hand: this will instantly
awaken in him desire of writing; he will
tumble about for ink and paper, and, if
these be placed before him, he will write a
very sensible business letter; but, when
the fit is over, he will recOllect nothing at
all about it. Give him some cigarette pa
per, and he will instantly take out his to-
bacco bag, roll a cigarette very cleverly
and light it with match from his own
box. Put them out one after another
he will try from first to last to get
light, and put up in the end with his i'll
success.


But ignite a match yourself, and give it
him, he will not use it, but let it burn be-
tween his fingers. Fill his tobacco bag
with anything, no matter what-shavings,
cotton, lint, hay, etc.-he will roll his ci-
garette just the same, light and smoke it
without perceiving the hoax. But, better
still. put pair of gloves into his hand and
he will put them on at once; this, remind
ing him of his profession, will make him
look for his music. A roll of paper is then
given to him, upon which he assumes the
attitude of a singer before the public, and
MARBLES some piece of his repertOry. If
you place yourself before him he will feel
about on your person, and, meeting with
your watch, he will transfer it from your
pocket to his own; but, on the other rand,
he will allow you, without any resistance
or impatience whatever, to take it back
again.-GaLignaai's Messenger.
Year: 1874

The mode of descent by Alpine travellers
down slopes too steep for walking is called
a qli,sade. Ii is done by leaning the body
backwards and dragging the alpenstock, OF
long staff, through the snow, with half the
weight of the body thrown upon it. \
novice is apt TO find it dangerous :" sled
ding" SO testitieS recent tourist, who
thus describes his first ''gisSade," in let
ter to the Boston Commercial Bulletin;


1t was my turn next. At first | made
awkward work of il, and did not dare to
90 more tn IN from thirty to fifty feet at a
time. but skill came with practice, and so
too did confidence, which was the more
important of the two, and | was soon by
Jeans side. Then we started off together
and made good hundred yards, keeping
nearly side by side.


Elated at such success, | called on Jean.
when we got started again to ''cOme on,
and well it was for me that he did. | had
resolved on at least five hundred feet this
time, and was determined not to put on
the brakes as long as l could keep control
off myself. Down we went, Jean some
twenty feet behind me, and calling to me
every moment TO be careful. We fairly
flew, or rather fell through the air. 1t was
as much ahead of skating as that is OF
walking.


At last when my speed was so great that
it almost took my breath away, | used the
stick. Forcing the point into the snow,
and throwing my weight upon it, slack
ened my speed somewhat, so that Jean had
a chance TO come alongside. Then | threw
my whole weight upon it, when it snap
ped in the middle, leaving in my hands
three feet of useless lumber.


Jean saw the trouble at a glance, and
just as was getting fairly started, without
anything to guide or aid me, he fairly
jumped to my side. caught me by the col
lar, and sat me down in the snow so hard
that the dint in the crust which | made
was an ample bar to any further danger.


Then received a lecture on the folly OF
attempting too much before | had learned
more of mountaineering; and while Jean
sat by my side and trimmed with his knife
the ragged end of my stick which L had
left sticking in the snow behind, and which
he had fetched in the meanwhile, he in
dulged in sundry fOrcible and not over
complimentary remarks touching the ca
naiLLe who made and sold such sham sup
ports for mountain travellers. Then, like
a gOod-natured fellow, as he was, he gave
me his own well-pr0ved staff, and took for
his own use the remnants of mine, saying
that, if worse came to worse, he could
make his gLissades sitting down, use his
heels to ''break up'' with, and not need
any stick at all. But we had no more mis-
haps, and he had no need to resort to this
undignitied method of travel.
Year: 1874

THE Montgomery (Ky.l Republican thus
discourses of the physical charms OF the
ladies of that commonwealth " While
il has always been acknowledged that the
Kentucky women are the fairest in the
Union, yet the half has not been told OF
them. Their forms are perfect models OF
ease and grace, and there is certain style
and gesture in their walk which is not
possessed by one out Of thousand in the
North. Their features are regular and
handsome; their skin fair; light, heavy.
waving hair dark blue eye. and peachy
bloom on their cheeks which makes them
almost irresistible-tO a married man
Their forms are much better developed
than are Northern women, and though
slender enough around the waist, theil
muscle is sufficient TO curb the fiery steec
upon whose back they take their morning
exercise"
Year: 1874

AN inftlriated father, whose daughter
had eloped with the man of her choice,
followed the couple to Portland, Oregon,
and finding them at hotel went for his
son-in-law tooth and nail. The young
man hit back, and in the encounter that
followed the old one got the worst OF 1t.
On the principle that man never knows
how to appreciate his opponent until he IS
thrashed by him, the father-in-law picked
himself up and acknowledged that he had
obtained a son after his own heart. In the
presence of a goodly number of persons,
who had been attracted to the scene by the
unregulated screams of the young wife,
the old man shook the young one by the
hand. took his children in his arms. and
as beautiful denouement was presented
as green baiZe curtain ever descended
upOl.
Year: 1874

The most painful instance of man hav-
ing premOnitiOn of death that know of,


was that of Mr.. FOrtescue who lived in our
village. He came home one afternoon


with pallid face and told his wife that he
was deeply impressed with the conviction
| that he would die within fOrty-eight hours.
Then, while she was bathed in tears, he
sat down and had long talk with her,
giving directions about his affairs, adviS
ing her about managing the dear children


when he was gone and telling her how
| tenderly he loved her and how hard it
was for him to part from her. After a
| few passionate expressions of affection and
regret. Mr.. FOrtescue sent for lawyer
and made his will. Then he went around
and babe goodbye to his friends and
sought minister. from whom he obtained
religious consolation and from whom he
parted weeping. Proceeding to the tall
or's he purchased burial suit, and then,
after making all the arrangements with
the undertaken for the funeral, he bought
handsome satin-lined rosewood coffin
and wrote out list of the friends whom
/ he wanted to act as pall-bearers, The
| tombstone selected by him at the marble
| yard bore a representation of a flower
with broken stem and the legend, Not
/ lost, but gone before - and in his inter-
view with the grave-digger at the ceme-
| terry he selected a spot near where his
mother was laid under the green trees, for
a tomb, at the same time giving directions
| that viOlets should be planted above him
in the early spring. 1t was very melan-
! chOly, and full of deepest pathos. This
was in 1874, and he is still alive and hearty.
having since been twice in the State Leg
iSlature, once in jail for assault and battery


upon his wife, and having been turned out
of the Temperance Society for drinking
too much bewildering rum. He resides
in Pencader where he keeps billiard sa-
loon, and he attributes that warning to his
having been too bilious.-Mdr Adeter.


THE universal superstition that Friday
is the most unlucky of days, probably
arose from the fact that on that day Christ
was crucified. Many people indulge this
as their sole superstition. But il is with
sailors particularly that this obtains.
Many good ship has lost a tide which
might have borne her on to fortune be-
cause Captain and crew objected 70
sailing on Friday. In a late breach
/ of promise tried in Chelmsford Assizes.


the defendant produced his own letter to
the unhappy widow: :" You say | have
used you i'll. but told you not to count
on much lest you should be disappointed


| said if we marry before harvest, it must
he very soon, but you said you would like
to marry on Friday, for you thought that
a good day for on Friday your husband
died. and on Friday | first came TO see
you, and Friday was market-day."


"HUMAN nature" says the Buffalo Err


press, ''is looking up." Yes, but not a:
. I - haf. ha laff
Year: 1874

A CHARACTERISTIC STORY OF AGAssI.-
One day, from my window I noticed o
horse and buggy standing in the street.
The horse had been carelessly hitched,
had worked himself loose, and, having
moved little way out in the street,
seemed inclined to go off with an empty
wagon. A student and minister of the
Gospel in turn passed that way, but
neither made any effort to keep this
horse from straying. Presently saw
Agassiz coming down the avenue. .appar-
emily absorbed in deep thought, his eyes
bent upon the ground. He stopped
when he got to the horse, and without
seeming to take his thought off the SUBJ
ject on which he was engaged. picked
up the hitching strap, tied the horse,
and went on, leaving the owEer ignor-
ant that anybody had done him favor.
Boston Letter.
Year: 1874

How 1T STRUCK HIM.-The editor OF
the B,1ns,oicher has been to hear Phoebe
Couzin's lecture, and this is what he
thinks of it:


One illustration struck us as peculiar
ly apt and happy. She said that she
orce saw horse in treadmill--one of
those internal arrangements for saving
wood, in which the poor animal is COM
PEELED to climb up plane, toiling cease
lessly in one spot, for the benefit of a
master. She yearned to tear the bars
from around that horse, and let him
kick and grunt. Such, she said, was
the condition of women at the present
day-an aimless, thankless, struggle for
the tyrant man. As the fair speak
er grew eloquent on this theme, she
drew every heart in the audience insen-
sibly toward her, and there was not q
man in the audience but felt like rising
in his might, tearing down the bars Of
oppression that hedge in women, and
saying, "Go, God bless you!-go, and
kick and gruntv'
Year: 1874

e There are at least five distinct
classes of mobiles in Great Britain who
possess or who are courteously gifted
with titles. There are peers of England,
peers of Scotland, peers of the United
Kingdom (created since the Legislative
union of the three countriss), and the
sons of peersa who bear titles OF cour-
tesy. Tie peers of England and those
of the United Kingdom sit in the House
of Lords by right and cannot be elected
to the House OF Commons. The Irish
and Scotch peers sit in the House OF
Lords only when they are elected as
representatives of their order there, and
when not so elected they may be chos-
en- to sit in the House of Commons if
they can render themselves accept
able to a constituency. The bearers
of the courtesy titles may sit in the
House of Commons, but not in the
House of Lords.
Year: 1874

A CALIFORNIA RoMANCE.--Thef fathel
of an eloping California damsel manag
ed to overtake the couple on the train
Though considerably abashed, the young
man was not subdued, for he silently
stole away to the bagSSaSe-car, told his
sad tale to the sympathetic baggage
master, was permitted to ride concealed
among the trunks, and when the traff
reached Sacramento he managed to ap
prise his sweetheart of his presence in
time to whisk her away, and get the
bnot tied before the parent discovered
that the young man had been fellow
passenger all the time that he supposed
him to be in the neighborhood of the
Missour; River.
Year: 1874

E The passengers on an eastern
bound car were amused one afternoon
lately at the ejaculation of a good-natur-
ed conductor when told by a dead-beat
that he had nothing wherewithal to pay
his fare. "No ticket No money
You just bounce right out at the next
station; poor houses are full down East. :"
Year: 1874

This motto the undersigned will adhere to in
the sale of his numerous articles: notwithstand-
ing the public may receive much of the latter
the form er is guaranteed when stated so to be.


He has the following to dispose Of: