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Year: 1874

ATALE or A BoNNEr.-Last week q
lady of fashion received visit from a
country cousin, who came from very
out-ofthe-way part Of the world.


Goodness gracious, my dear ! ex-
claimed the lady, examining her visitors
bonnet, "wherever did You pick up such
an antiquity 7"


II had it made a week ago by the
best modisfe in the town.


"Incredible Why 1t is at least twen-
ty years since that shape was in fashion.
You must come with me to my mOdisfe
who will turn out something worthy OF
you"


On arriving at the modisfes,' the es-
tablishment was found to be full ofpeo-
pie, and the new customer, leaving her
bonnet in an outer room, goes into an
inner apartment to try on a new one
The head-g gear suggested suits her ad-
mirably; with few touches it will be
perfection. The lady and her friend
prepare to leave, when, 10 and behold !.
the first bonnet is nowhere to be found!
Search is made everywhere. till at last
the head shopwoman, blushing up to
the eyes, comes forward and contesses,
with extreme regret, that she has sold
the bonnet for three guineas to lady,
who wished to purchase it on account
of its shape, which she found all the
more charming since she believed that
it was quite new
Year: 1874

One THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR KISS
Helen Crager, an attractive young
school teacher, was kissed against her
will by a conductor on the chicago ana
Northwestern railroad. She caused
him to be arrested on the charge OF as
sault and battery, and he was fined and
discharged from his position. She then
went for the railroad company, and has
lust received one thousand dollars dam
ages, the circuit court of Sauk county,
Wisconsin, ruling as matter OF law
that the company was liable to the
plaintiff for actual damages occasioned
by the wrongful act of the conductor.
Now let railroad companies take warn
ing, and employ no conductor Of vehe-
ment or osculatory propensities.
Year: 1874

ADVICE TO L,DiEs ABOUT TO HAVE
THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKES.-Never
have any photographs taken unless You
sit for them. Always take picture of
friend along with you and tell the ar
tist YOU want yours to look just like it.
Never forget to inform the artist if they
are not good sou will not take them.


Never have your picture taken in a
group unless you get some one to sit
with you.


Always have number of frieads and
relatives go along with you to arrange
your curls, draping, &c, and stand and
watch the whole operation, so yoa will
not appear stiff, awkward, and ernbar-
rassed. Always tell the artist you don t
think your picture looks one bit like
you.


After he has your head in position
and is about to adjust the rest, look
down to see if YOU are all there it will
make him "cuss' mentally, but never
mind that is part of his business AL
ways ask the artist if your hair is ar
ranged properly, and how your light
dress will take 1t will be q good e1-
cuse for yoa to refuse to take the pic
lures, if they do not come up to your
''ideal" of what you think they should
be. Never have your baby's picture
taken standing until they are at least
four months old, as they cannot stand
well under that age.
Year: 1874

BRANDY FROM SAW DUsr.-The fol-
lowing fine piece Of humor is from Max
Adler


We are very sorry, indeed, to learn
that a German chemist has succeeded
in making first rate brandy out of saw
dust. We are friend of the temper
ance movement, and We want it to sue
ceed But what chance will it have
when man can take rip saw and 60
out and get drunk with fence-raii !!
What is the use of prohibitory liquor
law if man is able to make brandy
smashes out of the shingles in his root,
or if he can get delirium tremens by
drinking the legs of his kitchen chairs
You may shut an inebriate out OF gin
shop, and keep him away from taverns,
but if he can become uproarous on boil
ed sawdust and dessicated window sills,
any effort at reform must necessarily be
a failure. 1t will be wise, therefore, II
the temperance societies will butcher
that German chemist before he goes any
further. His receipts ought not to be
made public. He should be stuffed
with distilled board yards until he per-
ishes with nnnia a poiu.
Year: 1874

We are again reminded of the dangers
which surround US all, even in pursuit
of the most innocent amusements and
the plainest duties. For instance, read
ing is both an amusement and duty to
those who can reach books, and not to
read the current news in the papers Is
almost looked upon as criminal at this
day in this type-enlightened country.
And yet reading is sometimes pernicious
even to healthy minds, if the reader alb
serbs and digests the matter with avidity
and thoroughness. There are several
instances of students reading themselves
into every symptom of disease which
elected their intense interest. Some
body said to an old apostle that much
learning had made him mad. Whether
this was the fact or not, we know that
many persons have read themselves into
incurable insanity, and it is not at all
surprising that religious reading has
made many mOnomaniac aud pious
fanatic. One curious case of>pernicious
reading is that of Il doctor, who, though
he never touched Intoxicating drinks,
read himself intOa clear case OF delirium
tremeus by intense study of those i'm
Jams" He actually got the name of
being habitual drunkari, his practice
fell off, and it was with great difficulty
he was finally cured. Symptoms of con-
sumption aud gOut and other diseases
have been produced in like manner,
which were almost unmanageable, and
came near proving fatal. The last case
of this character is that of prominent
citizen of Carroltou, La, who read
himself into the most violent symptoms
of hydrOphObia. He became intensely
interested in the late newspaper ac-
counts of that disease, and read every
thing he could reach on the subject. 1t
is unnecessary to describe the symptoms
he developed. They were sufficiently
severe to show that he was in real agony,
and terrible enough to alarm all his
friends. The sight of a dog or OF water
threw him into violent cOnvulsions. de
loathed food and drink, and became so
violent that it was necessary four or nve
men should become his constant watch-


ers day and night. During his spasms


he frothed at the mouth and rolled over
tbe floor and yelped like dog. Under
carafnI medical treatment he is likely


10 recover mis- wonted health, but it will


ho a long time before his friends can
trusf him to see dog. This case, which
seems TO be we'll authentieated-thoug
the name is withheld-is in harmony
with the theory advanced by some that
hvdrophobia in man is in nearly every
case the result of diseased imagina-
tion.-T. Louis Republican.
Year: 1874

DON'T BORROW Tools. A farm
er can get in no habit worse than
that of borrowing tools, and for the
following reasons: First, one who
owns tools does not like to lend
them, and he thinks less of the man
who borrows; second, one never will
come to learn how to use borrowed
tools nor to keep them in order !;
and third, he who borrows never
can be a good farmer. 1t is true
that young men just starting may
be allowed to borrow some, but he
shou Id not establish the habit; or
one may borrow new implement
to see how it works. A man who
borrows is not likely to use a tool
as carefully as if it were his own,
and, as consequence, he does not
do careful, nice work. What can
a man be thinking abont when he
borrows a steel plow, keeps it
several days or weeks, and brings
it home, as will be most likely the
case, so dull as to be unfit for use Z


The owner can only take it to the
shop and at his own expense get it
sharpened. If a man lends tools to
one there are several neighbors who
also will want to borrow and thus
it is, harrow, for instance, may be
going round through the neighbor,
hood all the season. 1t is every
way desirable to cultivate what is
called "good neighborhood," but
this cannot be done where borrow.
ing is practiced.
Year: 1874

SPAvIN-Is fT CUREABLK is
a question asked in the West Farm
er and answered by its veterinary
editor, William Horne. as follows:


No; SPAWN is not curable; never
was, never will be, the many qua ok
assertions to the contrary notwith.
standing. At this advanced period
of information and knowledge in all
such and similar matters a man
shows himself behind the times
when the question of durability of
SPAWN is not with him a settled
fact, as an incurable disease. have
been so often asked if SPAWN or
ringbone can be taken of, that am
impatient now the moment such
a question is asked. Neither can
be cured, but may be so mitigated
that the horse may be just as useful
as through the exOstosis of SPAWN
or ringbone did not exist. The
surest and with me the best remedy
is the actual cautery (hot iron) in
the hands of a qualified man none
other. Next remedy is active blister
ing with the common cantharides
blister ointment or biniodide of mer-
curry, or iodine ointment, or strong
tincture of iodine, applied for sever.
al weeks, but firing is the best by far
and most effective.
Year: 1874

BRAN FOR HORSES. The Josss-
ndl Of the Farm says: Bran when
fed to animals is laxative, and on
this account should not be fed to
horses in any quantity whom hard
work is at all required Of them, be.
cause weakness is caused BY this re.
Taxation Of the bowels and great in.
Jury inflicted. The theory that In.
PRODUCES bran into the horses sta
blss is as pernicious in its effects a.
the indiscriminate use Of bran itself
as the whim of the stableman snd
the theory is, that horses sick OF
we'll, should be fed upon bran mash.
ed. A little bran with other and
more substantial articles Of tood
may, however, be occasionally give
with advantage, bat always taking
care not to feed it in quantities to
give rise to looseness Of the bowels,
nor be counted to the poor horse ~
so much other solid food for. In
doing SO you not only deceive
yourself, but cheat your horse, .lLe
Year: 1874

Fatal Cases OF Spinal Meningitis-The


Farmers Alarmed.


NEwT0wN, Conn.,, August 90, 1874.


Probably no more healthy locality for man or
beast can be found In the State than Newtown.
AS O grazing region 1t has no superior. The farm
ers have abandoned the cultivation of the soil as
business, and have for many years en-
gagged in the work Of stock raising. This
year, however, the change OF pasture or
some other cause has had bad effect. Out of
Ill four-year Old steers brought from Michigan
and owned by Elmer Fairchlld, large cattle
dealer, seventy have been seized with what Is
known as spinal meningitis. MIR. Fptrchild was
unacquainted with the character OF the disease,
and thinking 1t might be poison, applied remedies
accordingly Two days afterward one OF those al-
and third and fourth were seized with convul-
sions consultation was held with Drs Bennett
and Judson, when post-mortem examination
made in the case OF one OF the victims revealed the
disease to be as above stated. The kidneys were
found innamed and the stomach disclosed
the presence OF unhealthy bile and other
substances foreign to IL in its normal
for the safety OF their native cattle, and the sltua-
ton has been brought TO the notice OF the state
Cattle Commissioners, Mr.. Could who has signifed
his intention to make an investigation for the
benefit of the cattle raising interest The Secre-
tary OF the State Board oil Agriculture was mere
to-day and examined into the nature Of the dis
ease. He Is OF opinion that the water which these
West to East was not good and might have pro-
duced the effects narrated The spleen OF each
deceased animal examined was found TO be en-
larged and to weigh from seven to eight pouhds.
Year: 1874

Vice President Wilson. during the
few hours he was in Washing ton,
ventured to observe that the proba-
bility was that the Democrats would
carry two Of the Congressional dis
tricts in Massachusetts This was
before he went to the White Honse,
but it would not be fair to say tnat i:
was on this account that the Presi-
dent desired to see him, although, to
be sure, the President did, on the
same day, see number of other per-
sons ofmuch less consequence than
tho Vice President. The politicians
say that Grant never did have any
use for Wil.on, and that since the
latter declared against the third term,
it has SO happened that, although
they have several times been in com
pany together, the President has
never had time to interchange a
word with Mr.. Wilson. However
all this may be, there is considerable
gtumbling among the Radical poll
ticians over the dismal view the Vice
President took of affairs in his own
State, and they say if he could not
hold his tongue. he had much better
keep away from Washington.-
Washington Special to Baltimore
Sun, 29th.
Year: 1874

Among the reasons which have
been urged for calling a Convention
none strikes US with more force than
the defects of our present judicial
eystem and the way in which the
Legislature is hampered in trying
to remedy some of its practical


evils. The act of 1874 amenda>
tory of certain sections of Battles
Revisal has somewhat relieved the
Superior Courts by removing from
the Docket large number of the
more unimportant criminal cases,
but it is much to be doubted wheth.
er it is not grievous wrong to
the citizen especially of the more
ignorant and poorer class, to put him
into the hands Of an ordinary Justice
ofthe Peace with little knowledge of
and still less regard for, the formal
tiles of criminal procedure which
have been devised by the Law max
ers and the courts for the protec-
tion of the innocent part of the
community. 1t seems to be consid-
erel by many that it is y matter If
little Importance in the case of
petty offenders that they are thrust
into magistrates Office and fined
and imprisoned with but small re>
gard to the decent conduct of their
trial, 80 that by this means the
offender is punished; that the
quicker and more informal the trial.
the better and that it is but lost
labor to inquire strictly into the
circumstances and degrees of his
guilt. Now though it was an abb
solute necessity for US to have some
relief for our Superior Court, that
the important civil business of the
country might not be forever impe
ded by accumulating indictments /
for petty misdemeanors and felon, !
les yet in the name of common ius> ,
tlce, IN the name Of the unlearned
and poorer class of our citizens, 10th ,
white and cclored, We protest against
q constitution which makes the
present resort to the Justices of |
the Peace the only means ofrelief. |
We do not mean to imply that any
abuse of this power on the part of
any Justice of Edgecombe has come
to our knowledge. We are opposing
the principle of the thing.


1t ought to be in the power of
the Legislature to establish county
courts for the trial of petty crimi,
nal cases. Let the Justices of the
Peace have this Jurisdiction. That
1s all we'll enough; but let them
Year: 1874

hold their court on certain set days
in the the county town, and let the
community know what offenders are
punished and how. By all means
let criminal trials be open and in
the face of day, and not in corner.
Since the class of men from which
our magistrates are :aken is 80 diff
ferent from what it was under our
old law, it is much more necessary
that they should have the force of
public opinion brought to bear upon
them in their administration of JUS
tice. How unfit is magistrate $
court to have jurisdiction of the
statutory offense of fornication and
adultery, for example, and yet under
a recent decision Of the Supreme
court their jurisdiction is exclusive.
How liable is this system to corruP
ton aud abuse in the hands of un'
principled men.


By all means then let our Legis
lature have the power to fashion oul
judicial system to suit our varying
circumstances. The constitution
may lay down its general plan ano
outline, but it is an absolute neces
sity to good government that i
snould De IN our power to fashlor
the details to suit the public exisen
cies without interfering with the or
ganic law.
Year: 1874

A gentleman recently from New
Orleans informs the Providence
Press that just before he left to
come North he was shown fine
estate in a most desirable part of
the city, and told that he could
have the use of it if he would pay
the taxes. This illustrates the on
erous rule which has prevailed in
Louisiana, and explains why busi>
ness is at stand still.
Year: 1874

Babies often cry without any ap pa
rent reason but q mother can usual
ly discover reason II she stDps to
think about Ii. And IL Is worth stop
ping to think about, no matter n the
hOuseW0fK or sewing Oe ueIzyed ID
consequences. Perhaps it has eaten
something which disagree5 with its
stomach; perhaps it is thirsty, for lit
tie babies are often thirsty, and will
drink teaspOOnful of cold water with
the greatest eagerness, and be quiet
and satisfied after it. Perhaps Its 1T
tie sock is tied too tightly, as my ba-
by's was the other day. / found 3
deep red mark around her little aa-
kle, which at once explained her fret
fulness. More likely than anything
else, the flannel band around its b1w-
els-if happily one is there-or its
skirt band Is pinned too tightly.


know Of baby who has cried q
grest deal since his birth. think the
trouble is he has been dressed too tight
~. The mother said to me one after
noon when the child was so cross she
hardly knew what to do, "I'Ve g great
mind to undress him and put on his
nightgOwn be IL always real good
then.D So she did. aud he CON-
menced to be good 1T once. Mothers
should search for all possible causes
when their babies get fretful. They
should NOT be ready to attribute their
crying to,nervous temperament or TO
hunger, for It Is more likely to be
caused by the prick Of pin or an
over-fed stomach than either Hearth
and Home.
Year: 1874

The st. Louis Democrat of the twenty
seventh contains the following in its Wash
ington correspondence:


There have been numerous myeterious
hints thrown out since Congress adjourned
that when the full import Of the bills which
passed and were signed during the last
days Of the session become known the press
would find out that more stringent law
for its control had been passed than on
which it was criticizing Senator Carpenter
so severely. These intimatiOns turn out to
be true. 1t appears that under the guise of
depriving the police court Of this District
of the power it claimed over the press Of
the country, Mr.. Poland reported a bill at
the night session, which passed without de-
bate, that takes this power from the police
court and transfers it to the circuit court;
and then in a second section, by max
ing tie thirty third section of an old act of
1883 apply to courts created by Congress in
the District OF Columbia, makes it possible
to begin suit for libel here against editors
of newspapers anywhere; arrest him by a
court Justice of the peace or other magis-
trate, and bring him here for trial, all ex.
penses to be paid by the United States.
The bill was managed very quietly in both
houses, and the eject of the second section
was not alluded to in either body.


Mr.. Edmunds reported the bill to the
Senate, and subsequently Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen called it up and said it was very impOr-
tant and had been carefully considered by
the Judiciary Committee, and it was passed
without debate.
Year: 1874

General Butler has recently been afforded
another opportunity of attesting his admi-
ration of 1.-THE holy, self sacrificing labors
OF the Sisters of Charity" In speaking re-
Gently in favor Of an appropriation by Con-
gress IN aid of the labors of these minister
ing angels in behalf of the INDECENT sick Of
the District of Columbia he said


| desire to add single word; / will de-
tain the House but moment. This ques-
tion came up again in another form. l
carried to New Orleans 5000 men. had
but 600 Catholics among them. When
those men were dying in that inclement
climate OF fever and of malaria from the
swamps they were taken care of in the
hospitals by Sisters of Charity, and the
question never was asked, "What is your
faith 2" The only question asked was,
Are these men sick and dying" And
when that question was answered the sol.
der was taken in and he was treated as
we'll and as carefully as if he had been of
their own faith. Now, sir, with that knowl-
edge and with the remembrance which my
friend from Missouri Mr. Psrker] has
called to my attention of how glad our
Doys used to be to see these white bOnnets
coming upon the battlefelds and into the
hospitals where they nufsed the sick and
dying, would cut OF my right hand be-
fore would strike down the appropriation
in behalf of any religious prejudices
against their religion.


My friend from Ohio says nobody but a
Catholic can belong to this association.
That is true in this sense-nobOdy will un-
dertake the selfdenying vows, that entire
devotion to charity but those who have
been driven by stern religious faith; but
when they have once taken those vows
they go forward to their labors to take care
OF the sick and dying without question a.
to their religious faith. l hope and trust
We will vote for this appropriation without
any division. 3


While in New Orleans, history tells us
that General Butler was the recipient Of
many little notes, written in an educated
feminine hand, conveying to him the thanks
Of "Sister Emily" Mother Alphonso" and
other Catholic ladies, for the assistance
afforded by him to the orph ans, the widows
and the sick under their charge, whose
prayers, they assured him, would daily as
cend to Heaven in his beh alf. Certainly
this evidence of the good he has done in
this direction, coming from pure and un.
selfish source, should overb a. lance all tina,
is said of him By his more worldly enemies
Year: 1874

Senator West says it was the land grant
involved in the scheme which defeated the
Fort st. Philip canal. The Senator, in his
report to the Senate, simply acted as he was
instructed by the Committee on Transpor-
tatiOn.


This may explain one cause why the bill
was defeated, but it does not explain why
Mr.. West himself opposed it. contrary to
the wish of the whole of his own constitu-
ency. We are confident in the belief that if
Mr.. West had earnestly and faithfully sup.
ported the bill it would now have been a
law, and work on the canal would have
been already commenced and, consequent
ly, we believe that his opposition was the
principal cause of its defeat. At least, by
doing his duty, he might have secured the
approval of his conscience and his const1tu
ents. But, 90 far a. We can see, he has be
fouled his own nest, and it will take better
explanations than the above to rid him o.
the blame.-Amite Independent.