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Year: 1874

Pennsylvania could scarcely do better
than to send Mr.. Clymer to the United
States Senate. He is just such man
as should be there in contrast with ST.
mon Cameron. The former is honest.
open and firm in the advocacy OF all
tried measures that are for the good OF
the people. There is no mistaking Heis-
ter Clymer. His record is as sound as
the purest metal, and he never speaks
that his voice does not raise an echo in
every Democratic bosom He is just
about the age to fill the high position
at this time. He has the vim and the
physique for the endurance of the hard
work that the Democratic Senators have
before them, in bringing tho expenses
down to the standard of economy te
recover confidence and bring about sub.
stantial prosperity. A Reading cores
poudent to the New York World urge:
Mr.. Clym,r's claims, and we hope, if he
will accept, that he nay be chosen.
Year: 1874

It is said that Grant has not given up
his desire for third nomination, and
some Of the most brazen of the Radical
leaders are still urging lin to maintain
his present stoical position, hoping that
some difficulty in the two parties may
arise, Of which advantage may 10 taken
for another nomination perhaps FROM .
third party, in which the Office holders
with their money and experience, worid
form the controlling power


Third terms in this country have
mostly proved disastrous to any who
sought them, and there is less weight IL
Grant than in any of his predecessors.
Year: 1874

Cur THIS OUT.-Every person should
know how to treat a flesh wound, be-
cause one is liable to be placed in cir
cumstances away from surgical and vet
erinary aid, where he may save his own
life, the life of friend or beast, sim
ply by the exercise of a little common
sense. In the first place, close the lips
of the wound with the hands and hold
them firmly together to check the flow
of blood until several stitches can be
taken and bandage applied. Then
bathe wound for long time in cold
water. SHOULD it be painful" a cor
respondent says, "take painful of burn
ing Goals and sprinkle upon them COM
mon brown sugar and hold the wounded
part in the smoke. In minute or two
the pain will be allayed, and the recov-
cry proceedes rapidly. In my case a
rusty nail had made bad wound in my
foot. The pain and nervous irritation
were severe. This was all removed by
holding it in the smoke fifteen minutes,
and | was able to resume my reading in
comfort. We have often recommended
it to others with like result. Last week
one of my men had finger torn out by
a pair OF ice tongs. 1t became very
painful, as was to be expected. Held
in sugar smoke twenty minutes. the pain
ceased and promised speedy recovery.
Year: 1874

street and then selling the liquor to her
husband which killed him. Under the
circumstances it aoas the place for her,
as 1t is the place for every person who
has friend to save, but was it the
place for her husband? Poor Guinan
was murdered-murdered by the rum
seller; each of those who ever sold him
glass helping to give the fatal wound.
Citizen.
Year: 1874

The largest crop Of cotton ever raised
in the United States was produced dur
ing the past season. This is equal to SO
much gold. 1t regulates both foreign
and domestic exchanges and makes
money more plentiful. Such Is certain
result.
Year: 1874

UTOULD ANNOUNCE TO THE PEOPLE OF


w Barton and vicinity that she is now prepared
do all kinds of Plain Family Sewing, such Shirts,
Pants Vests, Dress Making &c. Please give her a
call House over Woodlands boot and shoe store320y
Year: 1874

WHY don't the Cincinnati Consmser-
cia1 send a man to report the beautiful
weather We are having? If it was
half as extensively commented upon as
was one great storm of last winter, Red
River valley would attract the greatest
immigration ever known to any portion
Of the great west-Fargo EGpress.
Year: 1874

If every farmer and fruit grower
would make up his mind to improve
everything that comes into his hands,
whether it be plant or animal, we should
hear less Of degeneration and more Of
progress.
Year: 1874

An honest deacon in Connecticut
parish was sorely troubled about the CO.
pernican system of the universe. He
believed it to be unscriptural and untrue,
and he carried his doubts to the minis
ter. The latter being in his own eyes a
scientific man, and also believer in
Copernicus, said the sun was station
ary body, not revolving, as the deacon
maintained, around the earth. But the
latter pointed with an air of triumph to
the story of Joshua when be commanded
the sun to stand still" Very we'll, "
said the minister; show me, if you can,
the passage of Scripture where it said
Joshua commanded the sun to move
again"
Year: 1874


There were maidens ancient and gaunt and
And maidens of fairsr face.
There were angular women, with optics dim,
And women with eyes ablaze;
There we're men with soap-locks and am rous


leer.


And men out at elbows and knees,
(The shepherds were those of such goodly


cheer,


And the drunkards reformed were thess.)
Besieged the saloon of "The Laden Vine"
of a wicked old sinner called Jim,
And they ranged themselves up in dolorous


line


And they sang him a dolorous hymn;
" You're 2 sinner, they sang you're


naughty old man.


For YOUR wickedness you must atone,
You're a topper terrific you re under BAN"
land the shepherds came in with groan.l
Their faces were long as the moral law
And their metre was longer still,
With tireless lungs and tireless jaw,
They sang with a right good will;
YOU'RE a brand to be plucked; you're 0


sheep astray,


But there Is hope for sinner yet;
Reform and return to better way,.
And a sweeter reward you II get.
And the hardened sinner whose name was jim
The host of The Laden Vine"
Was melted to tears by the warning hymn,
And he emptied the rosy wine
And the yellow rum and the pearly gin,
Rare Bourbon and Old Rye,
From cask and bottle and crowded bin
In the gutter lying by.
He closed the doors of his wicked den.
He silenced his jeering LAUGH,
And donned a sober garb and then
Had taken his photograph,
Which he sold abroad, and the "wiekedesi


man"


Abundance of money made,
And now he works on the moral plan
And is fully convinced it's paid.
He has upright views and a store Of pelf,
And sOberly walks n crack.
A hummer no more he's shepherd himself
Round belly and spreading back
A shining light unto those who fall
mo better 'twixt here and Rome)
He tipples no more abroad at all,
But relies on jug at home
Year: 1874

A gentleman OF the last generation
saws that when he was boy at Cam
bridge there was not boat owned at
Harvard. A student in the class two
wears before him owned the first boat,
and was hauled up" before the faculty
thereof. He pleaded that he was not
aware Of an objection to it in the college
laws. The cellege officer, however
showed him a rule that No student
shall be permitted to keep a domestic
animal without consent of the family,
and argued that boat came within the
restriction.
Year: 1874

1t is suggested that the Centennial
celebration be spread out all over the
country like an ordinary Fourth OF
July, and not confined to Philadelphia.
There is no reason why it should not be
so. The country is wide and great, and
Oregon has as good a right to celebrate
as Pennsylvania or New England, for
the hardy pioneers of the West include
many descendants Of the men of T6.
Let the rejoicings and the fun be ma.
tional, and not crammed up.
Year: 1874

No deduction will be made for absence the first or
last week of the term. nor for absence during the
term, any case excepting that OF protracted sick
ness.


Students will furnish their quilts, sheets, pill
low-cases, towels and toilet soap. All articles need
ed to be washed should be plainly marked with the
owners name
Year: 1874

to which one of his dignity was never
accustomed before. Donati's comet,
among the rest, moved with her tail
towards the sun and she was instantly
repelled. OF course this evident po-
larity leads to the conjecture that the
tail is electricity itself. Ii inhabitants
of this globe are sometimes led by the
nose comets are invariably led by the
tail.
Year: 1874

When feeding oats to stock, have a
barrel or box convenient, and strike
each bundle over the top that the
ripest and heaviest seeds may fall into
it. Enough of the best seed will thus
accumulate, costing very Little labor or
trouble. Sprinkle with dry ashes Or
air Stacked lime and it will keep the
rats from destroying them. It is well
to scatter these substances through
the stacks also, as they are built up for
q similar purpose.
Year: 1874

From the Coffeville (Kansas) Courier.


The boys tell a good one on


Jim Barndollar, of the Usage
Agency. 1t seems he had sent
his washing to l-blood Usage
squaW who was to have it done
and bring it home ON Saturday
night. The squaw failed to
fulfill the contract, however,
and on Sunday Jim had to 90 to
church with the same suit he
wore during the week. In the
meantime he had sent word to
his washer woman to "bring
them shirts" He had just got
comfortably seated in the
church, and the grave minister
had opened up in thunder tones
on sinners generally, when in
stepped big Usage Indian with
a package under his blanket,
who began making all kinds of
unintelligible signs to our
friend. Jim appeared to take
no notice Of his presence, how
ever, until by his audible whis-
pers and frantic gesticulations
the Indian had attracted the at
tention Of the entire congrega-
ton, and fairly Mortified our
hero by drawing forth a shirt
with stunning.Iy clean front,
several pairs of socks, and 9TH
er things that go to complete a
fashionable young mans ward
robe. This was too much for
him, and he Immediately arose,
and beckoning the persistent
laundry clerk out, he then and
there exhausted both the Eng
lish and Usage vocabulary Of
epithets, after which he took
charge of the clothes, and told |
the dusky warrior to go his way.
Prolane language is prohibited
at the agency, but it is said that
Jim made good use Of all the
emphatic religious adjectives
that came within his grasp.
Year: 1874

4 North Carolina minister
lost his life week or two ago
in a singular manner. He was
amounting his entire body with
kerosene, as a cure for rheuma-
tism, when the oil was ignited
by the fire on the hearth and he
was burned to death.
Year: 1874

past. They took dinner at Moark on
Tuesday and at Hot Springs on Friday.
That is the only trace we have of them
now"


"When did you come back"


81 went to Piedmont and telegraphed
from there, and then went on to the State
line, and came back this afternoon"


Afford is quiet man, with humorous
style of telling what he sees, and told his
story to the Globe in aquaint but straight
toward manner. He is q man Of nerve,
and man of strong common sense. He
evidently has reason for believing those
who attacked him to be the Iowa train
robbers. In his narrative there was no
Dragging. He seemed toaccept the lnev-
table situation, and make the most OF 1T.


And so these bands of thieves seem to
make Missouri their home, intend to stay
here, get their money here and spend 1t
here. Perhaps some effort will be made
to catch and punish them, and perhaps
not. In the mean time the travelling
public are to rejoice at the prospect OF the
enlivenment of otherwise monotonous
railroad journeys.
Year: 1874

The END OF THE MATTER.-The New
York Sun points out the perils of the Re-
publican party, and draws conclusion
1t says: "At the last four Presidential
elections, tho Republicans have had it a.
their own way. The precedents point to
its dissolution at the next trial. More
over, the great principles which it arose
to vindicatc have been settled, thoroughly
settled in its favor. And more fatal to
its continued supremacy than all this, it is
permeated with corruption, and the names
of many of its chief leaders are odious to
honest men.


This is not hopeful view Of the Re-
publican situation. There are two modes
by which the party may possibly escape
destruction. The one is Legitimate and
the other fortuitous. The former is to
purify itself and discard its venal leaders
The latter is 20 rely once more upon the
stupidity and unpopularity of the 9emcc'
racy."
Year: 1874

Wadsworth & Parsons say they are now
prepared TO show the finest stock of carpets
and floor oil cloths to be found in this sec
ton. and that they will guarantee their
prices to be lower than any other house.
They also say they are offering, for few
days. great bargains in dress goods to make
room for their spring stock, which will be
opep in few days.
Year: 1874

Each year hundreds of people lose
their lives by the communication OF
fire to their clothing. Children's cloth
ing is light and infammable as they
venture near gas lights or other columns
of flame. Dancers and others on the
stage are also nightly subject to danger.
French chemists declare that expert
ments in that line have convinced them
that valuable compound to do the de-
sired work may be formed by boiling
together twenty-five pounds of sugar
of lead, fifteen pounds of itharge and
forty gallons of water, for about half
an hour. When this liquid is to be
used, as much of it is taken as will at
least completely cover the fabric or
material to be treated-or, in many
cases, the fabric, may be simply
passed through the solution, raised to
nearly the boiling point. This opera
ton having been performed, the fabric
is removed, and spread out for about
twelve hours to the contact of the air,
after which it is to be immersed for a
period of from one to two hours into a
hot and moderately strong solution OF
silicate of soda. On being withdrawn
from tLis bath of silicate OF soda, the
material is allowed to drain, then wash
thoroughly in soft water, and when
dried, It will be found to haveacquired.
to valuable degree, the property of
being uninfammable. If a hundred or
more human lives can be saved each
year by this process, it will be one of
the most valuable ever presented to the
werld,
Year: 1874

"Can the watermelon be successfully


cultivated on sandy soil, in a rural town


of 1000 inhabitants, and an institute


located near by containing 100 students


studying for the ministry?" This


question excited considerable comment


and loud discussion among the agricul-


turists present at meeting of The


Hayseeds' in Cleveland, and nearly an


hour and half was spent in discussing


the same. An old green grocer who


had raised early and late vegetables for


the market twenty years of his early


life, said he could raise melons on top
of barn, or on billiard table even,


let him pick the locality and his neigh


bors. 1t was not so much the soil, nor
season, that the melon depended upon
for it's perfection, as it was the peculi-
arities of the inhabitants of the coun-
try round about. Where there was an
excess of colored citizens, it was almost
as impossible to raise paying crop of
melons as it was to keep spring chick
ems unless they roasted at night in a
Herring's safe. Then again, colleges
have a bad effect upon the melon crop,
and even minister's family of seven
boys has been known to blight large
patch in single night. In sections
of country where these drawbacks exist,
the speaker had learned that the only
method to insure full crop of melons
was to station a man by each melon
from the time it was the size of hens
egg until it ripened. This was expen-
sive, but the result was always gratify-
ing. As the fruit grew in size and ap-
preached ripeness, the speaker had
found it necessary to station two guards
over each melon, and even then, in
where too great fond
ness for these luscious products existed,
he had known of the inside of a water
melon being stolen and devoured when
TWO men with clubs were seated on a
shell or rind, engaged in friendly con.
verse. -Danbury Ne,Us.
Year: 1874

Mr.. Layard, the Eastern explorer,
once requested Mohammedan official
to give him some statistics of the city in
which he lived. He received in reply a
letter, of which the following is an ex-
tract !: "My illustrious Friend and
Joy of my Liver: The thing you ask
of me is both difficult and useless. AL
though I have passed all my days in
this place, have neither counted the
houses nor have inquired into tho
number of inhabitants; and as to
what one person loads on his mules,
and the other slows away in the bot
tom of his ship, this is no business of
mine. But above all, as to the previ-
GUS history of this city, God only knows
the amount of dirt and confusion that
the intidels may have eaten before the
coming of the sword of Islem. 1t were
improbable for us to inquire into it.
Oh, my soul oh, my lamb seek not
after the things which concern thee
not. Thou comest unto us and we well
come thee. Go in peace"
Year: 1874

Coop LANGUAGE. Young people
should acquire the habit of correct
speaking and writing, and abandon as
early as possible any use of slang words
and phrases. The longer you put this
off, the more difficult the requirement
of correct language will be; and if the
golden age of youth, the proper season
for the acquisition of language, be
passed in its abuse, the unfortunate
victim will most probably be doomed to
talk slang for life. You have merely to
use the language which you read, in
stead of the slang which you hear, to
form taste in agreement with the best
speakers and poets in the country.
Year: 1874

The illustrations of THE ALDINE have
won worldwide reputation, and in the art
centers Of Europe it is an admitted fact that
its wood-cuts are examples of the highest per-
fection ever attained. The common prejudice
in favor of steel plates is rapidly yielding to a
recognizes the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility of production
The wood-cuts of THE ALDINE possess all
the delicacy and elaborate finish of the most
costly steel-plate while they afford better
rendering of the artists original.
| The popular feature of "a cOpiously illus
trated Christmas number of THE ALDINE L
will be continued
Year: 1874

THE ALDINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic of ordinary periodicals.
1t is an elegant miscellany of pure, light, and
graceful literature, and a collection of pic
lures, the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in
black and white. Although each succeeding
number affords fresh pleasure to its friends,
the real value and beauty of The Aldine will
be most appreciated after it has been bound
up at the close of the year. While other pub
pared with rivals of a similar class, The Aldine
is unique and original onception-alone and
unapproached - absolutely without competi-
ton in price or character. The possessor of
the volume just completed cannot duplicate
the quantity of fine paper and engravings in
any other shape or number of volumes for ten
times its cost and then, there are the chro-
mos besides
Year: 1874

Only let a woman be sure she is
precious to her husband, not useful,
not valuable, not convenient simpl y,
but lovely and beloved let her feel
that her cares and love are noticed,
appreciated and returned her opinion
asked, her approval sought, and her
Judgment respected in matters Of
which she is cognizant; in short, let
her only be loved, honored and cher
ished, in the fulillment Of the mar,
riage vow, and she will be to her hus-
band, her children and society, we'll
spring of happiness. She will bear
pam and toll and anxiety, for her hus.
bands love to her is & tower and
fortress. Shielded and sheltered there
in, any adversely will have lost its
sting. She may suffer, but sympathy
will dull the edge ofsorow. A house
with love in it--and by love | mean
love expressed in words and deeds,
for / have not one spark OF faith in the
love that never crops QUIT is to
house as person to a machine-one
is life, the other mechanism I'M
loved woman may have bread just as
LIGHT as the other, but the latter has a
spring of beauty about her, penetrat-
ing and pervading brightness to which
the former is an entire stranger The
deep happiness Of her heart shines ont
in her face. She CLEANS over. 1t is
airy, graceful ard warm, and welcom-
ing with her presence, she is full OF
devices and plots and sweet surprises
for her husband and family. She
is never done with the romance and
poetry Of life. She herself is a lyric
poem, setting herself to all pure and
gracious melodies. Humble house.
hold ways and duties have for her
golden significance. The prize makes
the calling high, and the end sanctifsa
the means.
Year: 1874

One of the hardest lessons in life
for young people to learn is to practice
economy. 1t is harder duty for
young man to accumulate and save
his first thousand dollars than his
next ten thousand. A man can ba e.
economical without being mean, and it
is one of his most solemn duties to
lay up sufficient in his days Of strength
aud prosperity to provide for himself
and those who are or may be depen-
dent upon him in days OF sickness or
misfortune. Extravagance is one of
the greatest evils of the present age.
1t is undermining and overturning
the loftiest and best principles tnat
should be retained and held sacred in
society, 1t is annually sending thous-
ands of young men and young women
to run and misfortune.


Cultivate, then, sober and industri
Gus habits; acquire the art of putting
a little aside every day for your future
necessities avoid all unnecessary and
foolish expenditures Spend your
time only in such a manner as shall
bring you profit and enjoyment. and
yonr money for such things as you ac-
tually need for your comfort and hap
piness, and you will prosper in your
lives your business, and will win and
retain the respect and homer Of all wor
thy and substantial people.-O'v Fire
side Friend
Year: 1874

into fit of anger by some unexpect-
ed contradiction and expired on the
instant.


We have said that the quack often
takes a villainous advantage Of this in
huence of the mind over the body
and the true physician should make it
a study how he may utilize the same
agency for the best interest of his
patients lie must watch lest it, by
working against him, neutralizizes
partially or wholly his most skillful
treatment, and must endeavor in all
cases to make it his ally, remembering
that it may become no less potent for
evil-JornM Of Chemistry
Year: 1874

~ III IoIs lIlE llhENs
There is one among the many,
Can you tell mo where he staysf
He's an odd, old-fashioned party,
Called the honest man who pays
Yes--the honest man who pays


Every dollar he may owe,
Keeping up the good old ways


That so many scarcely know.
If he gives his word Of promise
'Tis bond as good as gold
If he hold post of honor.
Not trust is ever sold


BY the honest man who pays


Every debt he may incur,
Yielding each a just reward,


And no grlldging or demur.
And I'm told this rare old party
Lives-within his income, won
BY the fairest, squarost dealing
We see beneath this sun


And the honest man who pays
Always holds it good and right,
For the rich to help the needy
When the times are tough and tight