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Year: 1877

There is nothing which would be
more frequently impressed upon
the minds of the young men than
the Importance of steadily pursuing
some one business. The frequent
changing from one employment to
another is one of the common err
rors committed, and to it may be
traced more than half the failures
of men in business, and much of the
discomfort and disappointment
which render life uncomfortable


1t is very common thing for a man
to be dissatisfied with his business,
and to desire to change 1t for some
other, which, it seems to him, will
prove a more lucrative employment; /;
but, in nine cases out of ten, it is n
mistake. Look round you, and you
will find among your acquaintances
abundant verifications of our asser-
ton. There is an honest farmer
who has toiled few years, got his
farm paid for, but does not grow
rich very rapidly, as much for lack
of contentment mingled with indus
try as anything, though he is not
aware of it. He hears the wonder
ful stories of California, and how
fortunes may be had for the troub
lie of picking them up; mortgages
his farm TO raise money, goes away
to the land of gold, and, after
many months OF hard toll, comes
home to commence again at the bot
tom of the hill for a more weary
and less successful climbing up
again. Mark the men in every
community who are notorious for
never getting ahead. You will find
them to be those vino never stick TO
any one business long, but always
lorsaking their occupation just
when it begins to be profitable.
Year: 1877

To regain or recover health, per-
sons should be relieved from ankle
ty concerning diseases. The mind
has power over the body. For
a man to think he has q disease
will often produce that disease.
This we see effected when the mind
is intensely concentrated upon the
disease of another. 1t is found in
the hospitals that physicians and
surgeons who make speciality of a
certain disease are liable to die Of
it themselves; and the mental pow.
er is so great that sometimes peo-
pie die of diseases which they only
have in imagination. We have seen
persons sea-sick in anticipation of a
voyage before reaching the vessel.
We have known a person to die OF
a cancer in the stomach when he
had no cancer, nor any other dis
ease. A man blindfolded and
slightly pricked IN the arm, has
tainted and died from believing he
was bleeding to death. Therefore
persons in health and desiring to
continue so, should be at all times
cheerful and happy, and those who
are sick should have their attention
drawn as much as possible from
themselves. 1t is by their faith men
are saved, and also by their faith
that they die. If man wills not
to eat he can live in spite of disease; I;
and if he has little or no attach.
ment to life, he will slip away as a
child falls asleep. Men live by their
souls and not by their bodies. Their
bodies have no life of themselves;
they are only resources of life-ten.
ements of their souls. The will has
much to do in continuing the phys
ical occupancy of giving it up


Journal of Health.
Year: 1877

Never try to rob any one of his
good opinion of himself. 1t is the
most cruel thing You can do.
Moreover, it is by no means doing
what you would be done by. Crush
woman's self esteem, and you
make her grained and snap
pish. Do the same TO man, and
you only make him morose. You
may mean to create sweet, humble
creature, but you'll never do it.
The people who think best of them
selves are apt to be best. Women
grow pretty IN believing they are
so, and fine qualities often crop out
after one has been told he has them.
1t only gratifes a momentary spite
to force your own unfavorable opin-
ion OF him deep into another's
mind, 1t never, never, never did
any good. All! if this world, full
of ugly people and awkward people,
of silly people and vain people,
knew their own deficiencies, what a
sitting in sacllcloth and ashes we
should have! The greatest of all
things that man can possess is a
satisfactory identity. If that which
he calls "r' pleases him, it is well
with him; otherwise he is utterly
wretched. Let our fellow beings
alone; hold no truthful mirrors be-
fore your eyes, unless with 3 pure
intention TO uproot sin. so may a
mirror without a flaw never be pre-


pared for you. In those things
which we cannot help, may we ever
he blind to our own shortcomings.
We are neither ugly, nor awkward,
nor uninteresting to ourselves, if we
do not know it A fool may have
the wisdom of Solomon in his own
conceit. Let him be, and the path
To the grave will be easier for him
to tread; you will be no worse, he
no better. Leave every man as
much self-esteem as his conscience
will allow him to cherish. 1t may be
a pleasure to enlighten people as TO
their faults Of mind and person, but
1t ia certainly not duty.
Year: 1877

Be ready to throw in an odd halt
hour or an hours time when it will
be an accommodation, and do not
seem to make a merit of it. Do it
heartily. Though no. a word be
said, your employer will make a
note of it. Make yourself indis
pensable to him, and he will lose
many of the opposite kind before
he will part with you. Those young
men who watch the clock to see the
very second their working hour is
up-who leave no matter what state
the work be in, at precisely the in
stant--who calculate the exact
amount they can slight their work,
and yet not get reproved-who are
lavish OF their employers goods
will always be the first to receive
notice, when times are dull, that
their services are no longer required.
Year: 1877

The Queens state saloon on the
Great Western Railway, England,
is made entirely Of boiler plate, and
so lined and padded that il the car
riage were to go over an embank-
ment and roll to the bottom the
chances are that the occupant IS
would escape uninjurel Why are
not all the railroads equally safei
The Queen is not peculiar in dislik-
ing the idea of being smashed OF
burned to death.
Year: 1877

ABOUT the best thing that could
be done for this country at present
would be to abolish the ruinous
credit system Too much business
is done on promises, many of which
are never complied with. Men who
buy on credit pay from 10 to 20
per cent. mere for their supplies
than those who buy for cash.
Where credit makes one man it
breaks nine. This being so, why
do our people continue the ruinous
policy? 1t will break up the last
one of them in the end. 1t is cnly
question of time with you.
Year: 1877

The Pittsburg Dispatch says:
Whatever may be thought of the
times, many of our manufacturers
are running to their full capacity,
and some of them are unable to
keep up with their orders. Double
turn is the word in the rolling mills.
while many of the idle glass works
are starting up, and the machine
shops tell of marked Improvement
in orders.
Year: 1877

New Orleans Picayune; Crop
preparations have not been as man
ifest as formerly. There seems to
be disposition shown by our farm
ers to await the final settlement Of
the situation in Louisiana before
they move on to work. II may be
they Will have to desert the plow-
handle for the musket, which they
will do if Packard attempts 10 rule
this State.
Year: 1877

The soldiers at the United States
arsenal, Summerville, Ga, had a
pet monkey. 1t concluded to fire a
salute with one of the cannon and
touched fire to the fuse OF Il loaded
one. 1t didn't go off Immediately,
and he ran and peeped into the
mouth to see what was the matter.
At this juncture it went of--so did
the monkey.
Year: 1877

A man in California has raised
ten bushels of wheat on one eighth
of an acre of land by planting each
kernel of seed separate and then
hoeing the plants. Similar results
may be obtained by sowing in drills
and giving atter-culturc, but our
farmers are slow to adopt any sys
tenn which is likely to increase the
labor of raising q crop.
Year: 1877

Great famine prevails in India.
1t is well known that in one portion
of that country breadstuffs are so
cheap and abundant that they hard


ly pay the cost of production, while
in the other portion food is always
so scarce that the people are con-
stautly on the verge of starvation.
England shonld construct railroads
to relieve the distress of this people.
Year: 1877

The pencil marks you see around thI


paragraph (thus) mean thai your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested TO pay up az once. We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win yay our expenses, ana
we are forced to adhere TO a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit Jour favor.


B- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1877

Vicksburg Herald: One term in
Congress, according to Grace
Greenwood, is simply time given to
realize what fool he is. A second
term is sometimes given to show
what fools his constituents are.
Year: 1877

A CITY UNDER A LAKE. engineer
ing problem, as interesting as the laying
open of Pompem, is involved in a strange
discovery which Is reported from the Lake
of Geneva A tourist haying lost his
trunk, two divers We're employed to search
for it. While they were below water they
found what they supposed to be a villege,
since covered by the Lake. Their state
ments led to an investigation of the spot
by the municipal authorities, who took
measures to ascertain the truth of the ex-
traordinary statements of the divers. On
covering the placid surface with oil, these
latter were able to Distinguish the plan Of
town, streets, squares and detached
houses marking the bed of the lake. The
rudy hue which characterized them led
the observers to suppose the buildings
had been covered with the famous YER
million cement which wss used by the
Celts. Cembri and the early Gauls- There
are about 200 houses arranged over an
oblong surface, near the middle of which
is a space more open, supposed to have
been used for public assemblages. At
the eastern extremity lies large square
tower, which was taken for rock. A
superficial investigation seems to indicate
that the construction Of these buildings
date from some centuries before our era.
The Council of Vaud has decided to have
the site of the dwellings inclOsed by a
jetty stretching from the land, and to
drain off the water, so as to bring to light
what promises to be one of the most In
teresting archaeological discoveries Of the
present time.
Year: 1877

The last wan petals leave the rose,


The latest swallows plume for flight,
The Summers gone where no one knows,
With dead mems love, and spent years


Light,


And warm hearts buried out of sight.
Red roses are the crown of youth,


The warm light strikes on lovers lips;
Laugh thou, and fondle happy mouth,
And yet, remember, sweet time slips,
Death hurries on with full eclipse.
So short, so sad, o let not death


Find only faded flowers and wine
When, hungry for the joyous breath
That dreams not of the years decline,
He lays his cold white mouth to thine!
Cling to the flying hours and yet


Let one pure hope, one great desire,
Like song on dying lips be set


That ere We fall In scattered fire


Ourhopes may lift the worlds heart higher
Here in the Autumn month of Time,


Before the great new year can break,
Some little way our feet should climb,
Some little mark our words should make
For liberty and manhoOd's sake!
Clear brain and sympathetic heart,


A spirit on flame with love for man,
Hand swift to labor, slow to part,


If any good since time began,
The soul can fashion, such sonls can.
And so when We are dead and past,


The undying world will some day reach
It's glorious hour of dawn at last.


And we cross Times sunken beach


May smile one moment. each to each.
Year: 1877

A REGISTER OF DRAMs.-Riehmoad,
"a, Sept. S.-The Motfet register, or
bell punch" as it has been improperly
called, is now fixed fact, and on Mon
day it will go into operation IN eve;y
saloon IN this city where alcoholic and
malt liquors are sold. 1t was stubbornly
fought from its very inception first In
the Legislature, and afterwards in the
courts, its opponents (the hquor-dea!ers)
receiving a final quietus to-day IN the
dissolution of an injunction obtained
against the register In the United States
Circuit Court The law under which 1t
operates provides for tax of two and a
half cents on all alcoholic beverages
drunk, and half cent on all malt bever-
ages sold. This Will necessitate an In
crease of the price of whiskey drinks from
10 to 10 cents, and probable diminution
of the size of lager-beer glasses to pre-
vent the loss of the half cent to the saloon
keeper. 1t IS estimated that in this city
alone the amount of revenue to be deriv-
ed fromit will exceed SI75, 900 per annum
and if anything like the expectations OF
the projectors of the register are realized
it will bring the State Treasury 800, 600
a year. The register is a plain apparatus
about the size of small cigar-box, with
gas meter dial on the front and crank
in the rear. Inside is the necessary
machinery to register each drink, and a
gong which, with each revolution OF the
crank, gives notice of the fact. There is
no punch about it, that idea having orig
mated from its similarity to the car bell
punch The barkeepers and liquor deal
ers are greatly excited at the success OF
the register. They are violently opposed
to it, and threaten to defeat every can
didate for the Legislature who viii not
vote for the repeal of the law Its oper-
alton comes in very opportune moment,
when there is not cent in the State
Treasury, and while the State authorities
are trying to negotiate loan of 500, GOO
to carry on the State Government Five
hundred registers are ready in the hands
Of the State Auditor, to go into operation
on Mondey, and the entire state can be
supplied in few days. The novelty OF It's
operation was tested while the late State
Convention was In session, and 1t Is re-
garded as a success.
Year: 1877

A YOUNG man of twenty-one named Boyer,
lately drawn in the army conscnption at
Beaune, in France, was in despair at the
thought of being separated for five years
from a young sewing girl to whom he was
betrothed, and retired with her to Verlus,
on the river Soane, where they agreed tG
drown themselves With his cravat ne tied
her right arm to his left, her left arm being
thrown around his neck over his right shoul-
der. The handkerchiefs of each were ther
linked together and tied round the bodies o.
both. They walked steadily toward thu
centre of the stream until the rapid current
carried them away, and their bodies were
found, still enlaeed, at some distance below
Year: 1877

The MASSACRE OF TOURISTS. the
Helena Independent we take the following
particulars of the massacre OF National Park
tourists The party was in camp when the
Indians fired upon them, wounding Mr.
Cowan who Immediately fell. His wife
rushed to him and while holding his head an
Indian approached, and placing the muzzle
of a revolver to her ear, fired Scarcely had
the monsters turned away when several
Young lads approached and mashed their
victims head with stones. Frank Carpenter,
brother Oh Mrs. Cowan, was taken prisoner
as was also younger sister. The Indians
tied Mr.. Carpenter to tree and were going
to shoot him His sister begged them to
spare his life, but for long time the Indians
would not grant it, as they could not agree
At length he made the sign of cross and
they decided that he might live. After keep
ing them prisoners for two nights and day
the Indians permitted them to 60, and gave
each of the ladies broken down pony to
ride; upon which they succeeded in reach.
ing the Hot Springs MrS Cowan is said to
have kept up wonderfully until she reached
the Mammoth Hot Springs and all danger
was over, when she became perfectly ex.
hausted and could only be removed to Boze
man by slow stages.
Year: 1877

There is now in this city one of the most
remarkable specimens Of humanity that
has ever been known to lnhabit the earth
since the DAYS of Adam. He Is colored,
goes by the name of DR.. George Thomas,
and seems to have literal control of hls
entire physical nature, being able, by the
simple exercise of his will, as it were, to
change at pleasure the location of the ma
chinery of his body, besides which he Is
possessed of muscle almost the consistency
of iron, which he is capable of developing
to most remarkable degree. For instance,
he takes solid bar of iron, of about three
inches in diameter and about three feet in
length, and, holding it in one hand, bends
it by repeatedly striking it across the dis
engaged arm, the blows being sufficiently
vigorous to break the limb of any ordinary
man, but which do not seem to have the
slightest effect upon his Own, the muscles
of which are as hard as the iron itself


He then straightens the bent bar IN the
same manner He asks you TO feel the
pulse in his wrist, and it beats with the
same regularity and power as that OF any
other mortal, but by sudden and almost
imperceptible movement OF the muscle oil
his arm, the pulsation apparently ceases
altogether, but is in reality removed from
its original position. BY the e1ertion OF
the same power it is then restored at pleas
ure to its proper place. He can also move
his ribs from the side to the abdominal
region, where they can be distinctly felt,
and return them to their proper place at
will, while by the exercise of the same
power the heart is changed from the left
to the right side of the body. Two of our
physicians, we understand, examined this
remarkable specimen of humanity and
were astonished at the extraordinary de-
yelopments which resulted from a practi-
cal test of the wonderful powers of the
man. One of the physicians was asked to
place his ear in the region of the mans
heart, and It's beatings were regularly and
distinctly noted, but suddenly there was
AN entire cessation Of the throbbing, and
on the instant his companion, who had
his ear to the right side of the body, ex-
claimed that he could then detect the beat
ing on that ide-Wiminyton Star.
Year: 1877

WHEAr-The price Of wheat has tuctu-
ated slightly during the past week II, IN tins
market. but at the present writing, Thurs
firm at that quotation. The fall rams seem
10 have begun IN earnest, and, unfortunate
lv for the country, there is still much gram
in the fields exposed to the drenching rams


From the best information we can gather
from all sections OF the State, we estimate
that there is at least one-iifth OF the entire
crop still uncut in the field or standing IN !,
tbe shock or stack. On that which Is well
stacked there viii be bat little loss, as We
Will eventually have sufficient dry weather
in which TO thresh it before the winter rams
fairly begin. But all that Is in the shock or
nncnt will, in all probability, be total loss
or at least only be fit for iced or seed
When fair weather comes again, as 1t un,
doubtedly will, much OF this damasfa for % psrt
Uaa,'s ~ crop The result to be gained Is at
ie.st worth an effort.-Satem Mercury.
Year: 1877

When A kitten crawls into bed with you
~ two o'clock in the morning, and you throw
IT out ON the floor, and it crawis back; anu
You pitch it out the window and a. IT slmos a1S
On the roof and comes In at the atuc and
takes its place in the bed again. what can a
,,nnr woman do but cry?
Year: 1877

Tzr foolish man rusheth out to see the
mob and is shot through the lungs, but the
wise man huggeth the constitution on tne
limited States to his bosom, and abidetn In
the cellar until the evil days be over.
Year: 1877

WHO DIED AT ST. JoHNsBURY, APR. 20. Is43 AGE


"a YEARS.


Again returning spring,
Renews her flowers Ger one who long ago
Finished his course while my tribute bring
All that L can bestow


He was not formed for strife
And devious ways loved not nor understood:
But gave the golden morning of his life


To nObly doing good.


Worthy his aims and well
He strove the call of duty to obey;
And like CLEAN of light his presence fell
Upon my lonely way.


His life encIrcled all
We value most, its lesson it instils
As gently as the dews of Heaven fall


Upon his native hills.


Am still near to theeQ
Does but vail divide us which at last
Shall vanish, and our chastened spirits be


Allied as in the pastl


And if admitted where
Assemble all the spirits of the just
Will thy warm welcome still await me there,
When risen from the dustl


No tears thy ashes need,
Grief is unseemly at their sacred shrine
Mine be the sorrow that the life 1 lead


No more resembles thine
Camden, n. j. H.K.F.
Year: 1877

In my heart there iiveth . picture


Ola kitchen rude and old,
Where the freight tripped DER The
And reddened the roofs brown mold
Gliding the steam of the kettle,


That hummed on the foot worn
hearth,
Throughout all the lifelong evening.
1t measure OF drowsy mirth.
Because of three light shsdows


That frescoed that rude old room
Because Of the voices echoed


Up mid the rafter's gloom
Because of the feet on the fender.


Six restless, white little feet
The thoughts of that dear old kitchen
Are TO me % fresh and sweet.
When the first dash at the window
Tells Of the coming rain,
Oh where are the fair young faces
That crowded against the pane,
While bits of freight stealing


Their dimpled cheeks between
When struggling out in darkness


In shreds Of silver sheenp
Two of the feet grew weary,


One dresry, dismal day.
And we tied them with snow- white


ribbons.


Leaving them by the way.
There was fresh clay Oh the fender,
That weary, wintry night.
For the four little feet had tracked it
Prom the grave on the bright hills


light.


Oh! why, on this darksome evening,
This evening Of rain and sleet.
Rest my feet oil alone on the hearth


stone;


Obi where are those other feet.
Are they tresding the pathway Of vir-
That will bring us together above.
Or have they made steps that will


dampen


A sisters tireless loves
Year: 1877

Do EVERYTHING WILL If you
have something to attend to. 60 abou,
it coolly and thoughtfully. and do it jus,
IS we'll as you can. Do it ~ though il
were the only thing you had ever to ds
in your life. and IS If everything de.
pended upon it then your work will
be we'll done, and it will afford you
genuine satisfaction. Often much more
does depend upon the manner in which
things. seemingly trivial. are perform
ed than one would suppose. or than il
Is possible to foresee. Do everything
we'll and you will find it conducive to
your happiness. and that Of those with
whom you are in contact.
Year: 1877

The Democrats are very anxious
to get Key out of the Cabinet, but
they are not likely to be gratifed.
He is satisfied, and the President is
satisfied. Key is Democrat, but
not a Bourbon, and that's the wedge
the Bourbons fear. Besides, Key is
discharging the duties of his office
faithfully and efficiently, and it may
be said of the Cabinet as a whole,
that no President ever had a better
working Cabinet than Hayes. It is
working, too, in the interest of hon
esty and economy, and the people
have a decided leaning to that kind
of men.-TCleYeland Leader.