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Year: 1874

Wherever we set our feet, thorns and
thistles spring up or flowers bloom. 1t
is not only what man does in his own
person OF while he lives on the earth,
but also what he does through others to
whose life and character he has given
impulse and direction, and especially
what he does after he is dead. in the
teachings. example and influence which
he has impressed on other hearts, to be
communicated by them to get others. In
endless succession. Not only has every
one an influence, but every one has prob
ably an influence, more or less, on every
other member of the race, as 1t is math-
ematically demonstrable that grain of
sand falling to the earth lifts the earth
to meet It,


God never made independent man,


The old illustration of the pebble cast
into the placid lake could not be ex-
changed for better. The stone sank
to the bottom and was soon still, but
the motion it communicated to the water
lived on and spread in undulations and
overwhelming circles, till its trembling
weight shook the farthest sho-e. So
man drops from his Makers hand into
| fha saa of humanity. communicates his
impulse for good or i'll, and shortly falls
into the stiffness of the grave; but the
impulse and influence of his life remain,
operating through other lives, widening,
extending, passing on through succeed
ing generations till the end of time, roll.
ing its grand result at last on the eter.
nal shore. The tramp of the archangel
will not break its power. 1t will con


front its author at the bar of God.
Year: 1874

As the initial narrow gauge railway
of this country, the Denver and Rio
Grande, is study to scientific men and
a curiosity to all others; both classes
are busy looking at it this season. There
have been other roads of narrow gauge
built in the United States, but all of
them of very limited length. or intended
for special and contracted business.
This one aims at line of LOO miles.
and is already full working road, car
rying passenger travel and all kinds of
freight. | have not space in the limits
of this paper to go into discussion of the
principle of the narrow gauge. a ques-
ton which the railway and scientific
journals have been arguing with such
heat fer some lime past. Suffice it to
say here. that it involves an entire rev.
olution in the present system of railway
construction, equipment and manage
ment. Colonel VIM. II. Greenwood, the
general manager of this road. and ore
Of the foremost advocates of the narrow
gauge reform, distinctly, and l think
wisely, says that the principle of the
narrow gauge system now does not lie
in the mere distance between the rails,
but is question Of general and thorough
economy and retrenchment in the pres
ent system of railway management. 1t
means lighter equipment, less useless
speed. and so a perpetual saving in wear
and tear as well as in the first cost of
construction and equipping.


As continental north and south
through line, the Denver and Rio Grande
is again a road of imperial conception.
1t wants to be and will be the iron back
bone of the continent trending the east,
ern base of the Rocky Mountains, the
whole length of the English, American
ppdu1SH bCllo- i1CiStOAOIC TIC fdot
continental railroad enterprises of this
country have been east and west, and
the north and south lines only short, in
dependent connections. This road is the
first conception of north and south
system. With the Denver Pacific and
Central Colorado. and meditated ex-
tension from Cheyenne to some point on
the North Pacific on the one hand, and
its own projection to the city of Mexico
on the other, the Denver and Rio Grande
will constitute a through north and south
continental line, bisecting at right an
giles the Northern Pacific, the Union and
Central line, the Kansas Pacific, the At
fantic and Pacific, the Texas Pacific and
any line running from the city of Mexi-
co to the sea. With this faint outline
of its scheme, we leave the reader to fill
up for himself the picture of its magnif-
icent future.-From ''Ratlscays IN Col
orado" IN Phrenological Journal
Year: 1874

GOOD people all have a care of your skim
Both that without and that within;
10 the first you'll give plenty of water and soap
10 the last little else beside water We'll hope!
But always be very particular where
You get your water, your food and air;
For if these be tainted or rendered impure
1t will have its effect on your blood-be sure!
The food which will ever for you be best
Is that you like most and can soonest digest;
AL unripe fruit and decaying flesh
Beware of, and fish that is not very fresh
Your water transparent and pure as you think it,
Had better be filtered and boild ere you drink it,
Unless you know surely that nothing unsound
Can have got to it over under the ground.
But of all things the most would have you beware
or breathing the poison of once breathed air;
When in bed, whether out or at home you may be,
Always open your window and let it go free.
With clothing and exercise keep yourself warm
And change clothes quickly ifdrenched in storm
For cold caught by chilling the outside skin
Flies at once to the delicate lining within.
All of you who thus kindly take care of your skin
And attend to its wants without and within,
Need never of smallpox feel any fears
And your skin may last you a hundred years


SCIENCE OF HEALTH
Year: 1874

She stopped, and her voice died away
| knew not what to say to her.


s.It tortures me, Laura, she said, Ito
know that he is here day after day, and
| am thirsting for one look at his face,
for one word from his lips; yet | must
neither see nor hear him. Let me go
away for time; will try to be so good
sister, and give you no trouble, but let
me 60 away :"


| took ner to my heart, as one does a
little child in its griefs, and soothed her
with loving words She fell asleep soon,
but lay awake trying to make up my
mind as to what l had better do.


Most bitterly did l reproach myself
that | had not been more watchful over
my mothers child. Yet what could |
have done? How could / have averted
the evil? Even self reproach was too
late now. The only thing left to do was
to remedy the evil.


Refore the sun rose my resolution was
formed. I would do as she wished
take her rig hit away. and not let Sir
Gerald know her address, keeping her
from Lime Cottage until she seemed
stronger, or had forgotten him. As soon
as the sun rose we would start; she
should not know another days torture
if could avert it.


Silently and quietly rose-my
trunks and hers were both packed before
breakfast-everything was prepared for
our journey. I did not tell Mrs. Gordon
all the facts of the case, only that Clar-
ice and [ were going to a watering place
in the south of England. After while
| decided that it was necessary to give
her my address, so that she could for
ward letters and write to me herself
She evidently understood the whole
matter. l saw that by the CLEAN of
comprehension in her eyes. "All right,
my DEAR" she said, Il shall not give
your address, or tell any one where you
are; rest quite assured of that And,
Laura, while you are away, pray that I
may soon hear from Hugh


During all this time the mails had
come in without bringing single word
from Hugh. 1t was not new sorrow
to me-I never had any hope-but it
told terribly upon Hugh's mother.
Nothing but my sisters urgent prayer
would have induced me to leave Mrs.
Gordon.
Year: 1874




A GooD BED.-A most soft, comfortable,
and wholesome filling for beds or for
mattresses can be procured in most coun-
try places by getting a farmer, when
threshing, to allow oat chaff to be saved.
1t is soft, light and elastic, and when
fresh and clean is very sweet. The cost
is very little, only the cost paid to the
farmer for the men saving md sitting it.
AS oat chaff is rarely used for cattle
food, it is easily obtainable. 1t is so
very light that slighter kind of bed
tick than is necessary for other kinds of
filling is quite sufficient for oat chat.
Another advantage is that it can be
changed every year at so little cost that
it is within the reach of many, if not of
all. For children's beds it is perfectly
satisfactory. It is only necessary to
keep sack or two stuffed full of oat
chaff in dry place. and then new and
fresh filling is at hand to make sweet
bed, whatever accident may have be-
fallen the cot mattress. Next to the
chaff is clean oat straw for bedding.
Indeed, we should make this the first
choice, after the more cleanly mat, for
all adults. 1t should be changed fire.
quently, and always be kept sweet and
clean.
Year: 1874

They have a new hired girl over at
Keyser's farm, just outside our town,
says Max Adeler, and on Tuesday, be-
fore starting to spend the day with
friend, Mrs. Keyser instructed the girl to
whitewash the kitchen during her alb
sence. Upon returning, Mrs. Keyser
found the job completed in a very salts
factory manner On Wednesdays Mrs.
Keyser always churns, and last Wednes-
day when she was ready she went out,
and, finding that Mr.. Keyser had already
put the milk into the churn she began to
turn the handle. This was at eight
o'clock in the morning. and she turned un-
til ten without any signs of butter appear
ing. Then she called the hired man and
he turned until dinner time. when he
knocked off with some very offensive
language addressed to that butter which
had not yet come. After dinner the
hired girl took hold of the crank and
turned it energetically until two clock,
when she let go with remark which
conveyed the impression that she belived
the churn to be haunted. Then Mr.
Keyser came out and said he wanted to
know what was the matter with that
churn, anyhow. 1t was good enough
churn ifpeople only knew enough to
work it. Mr.. Keyser then worked the
crank until half.past three, when, as the
butter had not come, he surrendered it
again to the hired man because he had
an engagement in the village. The man
ground the machine to an accompaniment
of frightful imprecations then the Key
ser children each took turn for half an
hour, then Mrs. Keyser tried her hand,
and when she was exhausted she again
enlisted the hired girl, who said her
prayers while she turned. But the but
ter didn't come. When keyser came
home and found the churn still in action
he blasted his eyes and did some other
innocent swearing, and then he seized
the handle and said he d make the butter
come if he kicked up an earthquake il
doing it. Mr.Keyser effected about twt
hundred revolutions of the crank !;
minute, enough to have made any ordinar,
butter come from the ends of the earth


and when the perspiration began t.


stream from him and still the butte
didn't come, he uttered one wild veil G
rage and disappointment and kicked tn


churn over the fence. When Mrs. Key
ser went to pick it up she put her nos


down close to the buttermilk a nd took


sniff Then she understood how it wa


The girl had mixed the whitewash


the churn and left it there. A goot


honest and intelligent servant WI


knows how to churn can find a situa,tio


at Keyser's. There is vacaricy.
Year: 1874

One Of the largest buildings in the
United States is The Howe Machine
Factory. Its floors have an area of
three and one half acres or 100000
square feet. Here are turned out Six
Hundred Sewing Machines a day or
One a Minute, and even at this rate
the large demand cannot be supplied.
This indicates how the public appre-
ciate them and is strong proof Of su-
periority. AS the purchase of a Sew
ing Machine may perhaps be the act
of life time, care should be taken to
get the best.
Year: 1874

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.-What a won
der it is that in the present age of education
and refinement SO many men and women are
found who cannot read and write. One of a
sensitive nature would think that such persons
from pure shame, would at least learn to write
their name, if nothing more, so that in Ordina-
ry business matters the making of a cross for
signature might to large extent, be done
away with; but it seems to be a fact, lamenta-
BILE as it may be, that persons who have been
allowed to grow up ignorant of the first prin-
cpes of education, seldom take the pains in
after life to acquire any education IN that d.
recton Many persons Of this class learn from
observation, and often master language to such
an extent that they seem upon the surface to
be very well informed, but, alas, the tell-tale
mark when they are called upon to record their
name, takes away that respect that would 9TH
erwise be bestowed upon them.


We cannot but lose all patience when full
grown man says. Il cannot learn to read and
write. | am too Old Too old, indeed! Not
too old to learn trade, to drive sharp bar
gain. to possess houses and lands, to hold notes.
bonds and mortgages, which. if printed in let
ters a foot long. they would be unable to tell
the first letter or word upon them; but simply
too old to learn to write their own names
What a shame to hear a man make such con
fession as this. Why, a little child of FIVE or
six wears of age would not think the task a
hard one to learn to write his name in few
DAYS, and we undertake to say that man OF
any intelligence at all can learn to write his
name in one day. He could in that time learn
to make the proper lines mechanically, even
though he did not understand one letter.


We should of course, have sympathy for this
class so far as we reasonably can and not scorn
them because they were unfortunate enough 10
be born in land where ignorance reigned su-
preme-at the same time, we should not let
our sympathy extend so far as to excuse such a
thing in man or woman who has lived in this
enlightened land any length OF time, where all
can learn if they wish. The only true remedy
that we can see for this great evil is compuiso'
! ry education This, of course, would not help
the matter as regards those who have already
grown to man and womanhood, but with such
law strictly enforced, the effect upon the next
generation would be wonderful. 1t may be
true that in some isolated cases hardship would
ensue by its adoption, but the amount of good
it would do, would be so great in comparison
that the small amount of hardships created
would dwindle into insignifcance.-
County, (Cal.) Gazette.
Year: 1874

However large may be the profits Of


New York landlords in winter they GER
tainly are very small in summer. Hotels
ct this time Of the year are deserted vii
lagos on a small scale. Although prices
are reduced to persons whe board by the


week, guests Of that sort are few. The best
business ls done at this season among
southern and western people passing
through the city on their way to the sea
shore or mountains. In the case OF such
transient visitors there Is no reduction in
the rate OF board. Summer prices in
Year: 1874

him that he would have Immediately
rushed upon me.


To my astonishment the pony did not
appear in the least discounted, but re-
NAMED perfectly still, with the exception
of its long, bushy TAIL which it kept
switching off the brown buffalo-fies.
My surprise was consequent upon my
conversation with c. the previous
evening, when he mentioned that horses
had a great antipathy to elephants an
antipathy that was only equaled by the
dislike which elephants had for horses.


My surprise was also enhanced when,
on glancing behind me- ! saw the horse
keeper regarding me with broad grin
on his ugly features


Ny fret movements was to draw my
feet out of the stirrups, and slip off the
horse in very undignifed manner. In
doing so, my clothes which we're of a
very light material, were torn by the
thorns of the brake through which |
was passing.


struggled to regain my feet--having
lost my balance in dismounting- -and as
soon as ! did so, perceived the elephant
making a way for himself through the
jungle, in a direction at right angles
with the path l had been following.


Much to my surprise, the animal did
not appear to any extent disconnected
at our encounter, and was moving off at
pace but little quicker than walk,
forcing the underwood away on either
side of him with his trunk.


When | reached the bungalow found
that couple of neighboriHg planters"
--as my friend called them, notwith-
standing the fact that their estates were
considerably over fifty miles from his
own-had called, en- route for Handy,
the up.country capital Of Ceylon.


Considerable anxiety was evinced by
c. and his friends to know what was
the cause of my tattered appearance, in
addition to which Twas scratched good
deal about the face.


Dinner being announced shortly at
terwaTds | proceeded to relate my en-
counter with and escape from, the
e-elephant," and at the conclusion
of my narrative expressed my surprise
at having had what might almost term
a miraculous escape Turning to c.,
asked him how he accounted for the
quiet way in which the horse had CON
Quoted itself.


was greeted with roars of laughter
on every side why, Jack, said c.
do you think rogue elephant" would
have skedaddled as that fellow did2
Your adventure (save the marks) has
been with tame elephant belonging to
the head man of the village, and | may
tell you further, the horse is blind as q
batl"


need scarcely mention that | took
care not to allude to my adventure with
a Ceylon elephant during my sojourn
in the island
Year: 1874

From American Homes for August.l


Ia the early part of the year 1877
was paying visit to coffee planter,
who had large estate in one OF the
most out of-the-way places in the Island
of Ceylon.


After pleasant run up to Handy by
train, and thence by coach and bullock
cart, ultimately reached my destination
in safety. Travelling by bullock-cart is
by no means a comfortable performance,
and as this was the first time had ex-
perienced it, l naturally felt the jolting
very considerably When did arrive,
however, was fully reeompensed, for
received most hearty welcome from my
friend, and we spent the best part OF the
night in talking over school days, and
the latest news from the '0ld Country. "


In the course of conversation C.
mentioned that rogue elephant had
been seen in the neighborhood few days
previously, and he thought he would be
able to arrange for portion Of the jun
gle to be beaten the next evening, when
| should probably have chance of my
maiden shot" at large game.


The bridle-path through the jungle
was very narrow one, but my pony
seemed pretty we'll used to it; indeed, he
wanted to get along rather faster than |
cared about, as his rapid progress re.
suited in my tearing my clothes several
times, in consequence of their becoming
entangled in the branches Of the thorny
acacia, which fourishes most luxuriantly
in that part of Ceylon. arrived at the
postoffice without meeting with any ad.
ventures, and having procured the papers
commenced my return.


Just as / had got about half way
through the jungle, and was in one ofthe
most narrow parts Of the pathway, was
suddenly aroused from my reverie by
what-to me-was a most unaccountable
sound, somewhat resembling the tumult
| should have expected to hear If hall
dozen bulls were believing; the noise
was accompanied by a rustling Of the
underwood, and swapping Of branches.


II instantly flashed across my mind
that had invertently come upon the
rogue elephant" and as the uproar
was Immediately in front Of me, | deem
ed discretion to be the better part OF
valor, and endeavored to turnm horse 5
head.


could not succeed in my attempts
however, the path being SO narrow, and
the path being so narrow, and the un-
derwood on either side so dense, that
had no choice but to stop where l was
or advance


had just turned round in my saddle
to see where my horse-keeper had got to,
xhen found myself within a few feet
of an immense elephant. had no fire.
arms with me, aud perhaps it was for
tunate had not, for to put an elephant
hOrs de combat with single shot is a
feat to be proud Of, and one which is
rarely performed. The chances were
that, had l been armed, i should have
fred at the elephant, aud SO irrltated
Year: 1874

establishment consists Of twelve servants
and five horses; his favorite hack is a
mottled gray, with plenty Of bone and
sinew. There is no state or parade
whatever about him or his surroundings.
He is, however, treated with immense
respect, and as an instance Of the exist
ing etiquette among the sovereigns, it is
worth mention that the Emperor William
always yield precedence TO the Car as
the guest of Germany. Also, when the
King of Holland arrived at Ems, the two
Emperors, though OF higher rank than
the King, went to meet him at the station,
and then the Gear drove away first with
the King of Holland, the Emperor of
Germany following. Moreover, the King
of Holland occupied the place of honor
in the Cars carriage.


The Emperor OF Russia seemed to take
an especial pleasure in going about un-
attended during his stay at Ems, and
roamed so far away from the town th at
he must often have been addressed by
strangers, and probably met with some
adventures as amusing as thase of Ha-
roun al Raschid. He seemed TO put him
self purposely in the way of such things.
He spoke to every one who had claim on
his notice, and was evidently gratified
when accosted, for probably he had few
opportunities of talking to other people
upen equal terms; and it must be re-
freshing for him to get rid of ceremony
in this out of the way country place and
its neighborhood. He behaved much
like large landed proprietor in the
midst of his estates, who has natural
right to feel at home. Sometimes he
stopped to gossip with bevy of young
girls, and gave the rose which he carried
in his hand to the prettiest of them, for
he is a correct judge of beauty, and, no
doubt, every leaf OF the rose he gave with
such winning smile and such gracious
words will be treasured up for years to
come as things of value far above
rubies' Sometimes he talked with old
gentlemen or ladies' and sit down beside
them till their faces were radiant with
"the grace that doth hedge king "
Once saw him meet humpbacked man,
who made him profound, morose bow,
and was siding off sideways in fright,
when the Emperor beckoned TO him, and
laid his hand kindly on the humpbacked
mans shoulder; then they walked on to.
gether. He even slackened that mighty
stride of his for the humpbeeked man,
and | observed that he was always par
ticulsrly gentle with the afflicted and the
infrm. When he had walked for while
he returned to drink again at the springs,
and mingled famiiarly with the crowd
around the Kursaal, conducting himself
in every respect as private person in
search of harmless amusement. There
were never any policeman near him nor
any one. Of his household; no friend Of
whom he made constant companion.
So that a commercial traveller with the
requisite effrontery might have gone
straight up to him and offered his patterns
for the inspection OF the mightiest sever
eign upon earth. dare say he would
have got an order, for the word no is
certainly not frequent upon the Czar S
Inns
Year: 1874

A correspondent of Land and Water
calls attention to the singular preva-
lence of blindness in salmon in the York
river, which flows into the Gulf of St.
Lawrence at Gaspe, the extreme east
ward point OF Canada proper In some
instances fish have been taken that are
totally blind both eyes being covered
over with a hard, opaque scale, while in
others one eye only is thus affected;
again, some have their eyes apparently
sloughing away. 50 complete is the
blindness that man may drop down in
bark canoe right over the fish, and
chip him out with gaff. The York
river is very clean.bottomed and clear
stream, and it is now a frequent occur
renee to observe a large FISH lying in
precisely the same spot at the tail of a
pool, seldom in the strong water, day
after day, and never stirring, though a
fly be passed over and under his nose.
The number of these fish is apparently
on the increase every year They are
all from twenty two to twenty-eight
pounds weight, and have dull, white
appearance, though in fair condition.
Many seem to be old tsh.