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Year: 1874

The Duke was a great diner-ollt
and nothing gave him more pleasure
than being called upon to take the
chair at any Of the annual festivals in
aid of some popular charity ; but al
though the toast which he had to
propose was written down for him on
a slip Of paper, he very frequently
contrived quite to forget what it
really was, or managed to mix It up
with some other subject in Il manner
which was highly entertaining to the
audience. Thus, if he happened to
preside at dinner given at Willis
Rooms in aid of the funds of the
Newsvenders' Benevolent Associa-
ton, flushed with the juice of the
grape, the Duke, rising, would deliver
himself as follows:


g Ladies and Gentlemcn-It is now
my agreeable duty to propose to you
the toast of the evening. We are
met here to promote the objects of a
most useful society, one which has
done vast amount of good in this
metropolis upon highly interesting
occasions, and helped many worthy
fellow-c creatures at period of great
anxiety and peril. Ladies and gen
tlemen, we are all deeply indebted to
this most benevolent society. l beg,
therefore, to propose health, prosper
ity, and success to the Lyingin Hos
pital."


At this juncture some friendly by
stander would pluck the orator by the
sleeve, and remind him that it was
not the Lying-in Hospital the claims
of which he was there to advocate,
but the Newsvenders' Benevolent
Association. Then the Duke, taking
up his parable, would 60 blundering
on, mixing the two up together in a
manner highly comical.


"Ahem, ladies and gentlemen, |
find have rather exceeded my duty
on this occasion in advocating the
claims Of the Lyingin Hospital it is
certainly an admirable institution
no better without it we should prob
ably not have so many newsvenders,
and without these useful members of
society, how should we get our morn
ing papers | drink prosperity,
therefore, to the Blind Asylum
beg pardon, l mean the Newsvenders'
Benevolent Association-and may
they long discharge the duties they
owe to society, by taking care of
those unfortunates who find them
selves in an interesting condition"


Immense applause and laughter.]
Year: 1874

Ir We view the human body in regard
10 its maladies and the season Of the
year. says an English observer. We shall
find that Summer is divided from VIM
ter by line drawn from somewhere by
the third button Of the waisteost. As
the mercury in the Thermometer goes
up. our ailments SO down. In cold
weather the respiratory organs, in hot
weather the digestive organs. are sever
ally the places in which we go wrong.
Year: 1874

town Eavy-Yard TO reGlect Congressman Gooch. just
before election about 1000 ,trs engaged 10
do nothing for from d 70 to - 10 Q day They were
given to understand that they would be needed all Win
ter An emissary of the enemy started the sory


hem that they only hired for few days In order
to make votes for politicians who would turn them
adri tho day after election. They were so enraged ut
this that Mt least two thirds Of them voted for Gen.
Banks out OF pure "contrarieness." or course they
used several thousands dollars OF the funds OF the
United States to buy votes AGAINST themselves nave os
all confidence in human nature.


Mr.. Joseph Medill one of the Civil Service
Commissioners. thinks the Democratic majority OF the
XLIvth Congress will have excellent opportunity TO
give the country q genuine Civil Service Reform. He
says: 1.-THE comparative failure OF the many earnest at
temps hitherto made to reform the Civil Service show
that the task great The chief trouble has been
however, lack OF system. An occasional examination
merely in;;c ;;cduces more element OF uncertainty.
Wo spbmit IA bo .on OF the country plan OF
systematic reform. It may be the best. " ~
good enough TO challenge the production OF better.
Tde Civil Service is oftcn compared TO an army m.h
1t one. Lot all the Government employe' be divided
into different ranks the officers OF an army are a
dozen grades would furnish sufficient classification In
fact a less number might do So"


Judge Poland was met by a reporter Of The
Cincinnati Commercial as he passed through st. Louis
last week, and was persuaded TO give his views at
length the Republican defeat The Judge sezod upon
poor Butler with great alacrlty aud laid large share
of the blame to him. The third term question. he vas
sure. had influence In NewE0gland. though 1t had
weight in New-York. great drawback had
been the presence OF bad blood In the party
and harm had been done through the Efforts OF
some men in at the expense Of others. He was
convinced, however. that tho Democrats would soon
cut their own throats. Let them," said he, "como
together the 4h of March, and sit for awhile. Then
they will adjourn until December, and then meet in full
blast for tho biggest heard Of in American
politics. They will fight over everything In Gods
world They are not united on "a single point, except
opposition TO the Republicans. They are divided on the
currency question: the negro question: tho tarh
aud every question OF Importance. When there Is no
Rldcasn Tor them TO oppose they VIII fall to hghting
among themselves. Let only get them together In
March, and thcy will be badly split up before tho
Presidential election around that II will be the
easiest thing In the world to beat them"
Year: 1874

First, A man who sees that good
care is taken of his horse in the stable,
by being web fed with wholesome
food of cracked corn and oats, with
plenty of good hay.


Potatoes or carrots may be given
once or twice week to good advan-
tage. 4A. @ aa


See that he is kept clean, warm and
comfortable, with plenty of bedding.


A piece of rock-salt should always
be left in the manger.


Second. He should see that his har-
ness is kept soft and clean, particularly
the inside of the collar, which ought
always to be smooth, as the rerspira:
ton, when dry, causes irritation, and
is liable TO produce gals on the shout
der. ~ s5 IS a


The collar should fit closely with
space enough at the bottom to admit
mans hand, If too large it has the
bad effect of drawing the shoulders
together.


On no consideration should team
or any work-herse be compelled to
wear a martingale, as it draws the
head down and prevents him frota
getting into an easy and natural posi-
ton. 1a


The check-rein may be used, but
only tight enough to keep the head
in natural position, and should new
be wound around the names.


See that the names are bUckled
tight enough at the top to bring the
draught-irons near the centre of the
collar. If too low, it not only inter-
feres with the action of the shoulder,
but gives the collar an uneven boar
ing. 8


Caution should be taken that the
girt is not buckled too tight, partic1-
larly on string teams, for when the
deney to draw the girt against the
belly, and distress the horse.


Third. See that the horse is kept
well shod with a good stfF shoe, al
ways calked at the toe and heel on
the hind feet, as it is there where all
the propelling comes from when heav-
lily loaded.


Keep the feet good and strong by
not allowing them to be cut away too
much by the blacksmith.


Fourth. The best of judgment sho'd
be used in loading, taking into consid-
efaIlOH lue COHUllIOH OA bklC SlEc0t AHu
the distance to be travelled, sta} =


Never overload, for by SO doing
you only distress, strain and discour-
age your horses and do them more
injury than you can gain benefit by
carrying the extra load.


When your load is hard to pull, stop
often, and give your horses a chance
to breathe.


No good driver will ever resort to
the cruel practice of whipping or beat
ing his horse A light whip may be
carried, but there is seldom use for it.
Much more can be accomplished by
kind treatment and good judgment.


Remember, the horse is very in
telIigent, proud, sensitive, noble ami
NAL, the most useful known to man,
aud is deserving of the greatest kind
ness.


: AS many horses have suffered from
bad example and inexperienced tlriv-
ers, the above advice is offered.
Year: 1874

g The prisoners, some six or seven, con-


0ned in the Jail at this place. attempted,


HIST before night one day last week to
snyepower the Jailer. He was handing


ihe prisoners bucket Of water through
Hthe door-which is a small opening about


6ne and half foot square in the large
1ron door, which is closed by an iron


rrate or deor-when one or more of the


prisoners seized him by the arm and at
tempted to pull him through the opening


But as they jurked his arm in, it brought
his body against the door, which was


bart way closed, shutting it against his
arm and preventing the prisoners from
trawing him in, or getting to his body
In any way. The guard shouted Justify
for help, which was soon at hand, when
xhey let go their hold. No harm was
slone except a severe wrenching OF the
arm of the guard.


The next day Sheriff Grady had them
5alI put in irons. This is what they get
for attempting an escape, which could
hot have been successful one time in a
hundred.
Year: 1874

Dr. j. G. Holland has published re.
ply to the recent circular of Archbishop
Purcell on the present temperance move
ment among the women. H. says:
What in Gods dear name was there
left for them to do but just what they are
doing and what you condemn? The
whole business has been left to God and
the women, and the latter are, praying in
churches and in the street, and pushing
on their divine and peaceful crusade


Because the men Of America have failed
to do their duty, shall Christian man in
a high station lift his voice against
them p The Scriptural quotations Of
the archbishop are answered ty other
quotations and with the remark that when
no account is taken of the circumstances
under which each separate passage was
written, it is easy to sustain almost any
proposition by it. In the concluding
paragraph of the reply DR.. Holland says
to the archbishop: II tremble to think
Of the stumbling block which you in
your circular have placed before sthe
tempted and deceived. There is not a
whiskey mill in the Union which does not
stand firmer on its foundations in conse-
quence Of it; there is not whiskey seller
in the country who does not approve Of
it and feel easier in his business because
of it; there is no clergyman who INDUCES
in wine to the destruction of his influence
as a temperance man, who does not see
in it his justification. There is no young
man just beginning course Of dssipa
ton who does not find his downward
steps the easier for it, All those who
respect and revere the temperate prac


tees Of your life are grieved by it. You
have made a mistake which you can hard


ly rectify in lifetime. You have given
strength to the forces organized against
the national parity and morality.
Year: 1874

NEW STORE.


Tho Misses STEUERNAGEL,
Having returned from the North with a large
and well assorted stock of the latest and most
fashionable styles of


MILLINERY and DRESS GOODS,
respectfully solicit share of the public patron
age.


my G-lm 10 KING STREET.
Year: 1874

therefore. for a new departure. While we
should continue to do no less than we are
doing to break the force of the rum pow
er in our several States. we are, at the
same time. also to initiate a plan of oper-
ations that shall be as wide and AS campre
hensive us the nation. We cannot do bet
ter than to conclude our own remarks with
the following well-considered suggestions
of one of our cotemporaries


a temperance constituency. large in
numbers, and. if united in policy and pur-
pose, weighty in influence. already eX-
lists within and outside of he various tenn
perstnce organizations in every state and
territory of the Union. Alliances or
leagues, embracing the membership of the
different temperance societies and all good
citizens friendly to national prohibitory
legislation, should be at once formed in
every Congressional district. The exist
ing Congress should be earnestly memori-
allied for the reasonable legislation de-
sired. Candidates hereafter should be Sc
lected and voted for with reference to their
trustwOrthiness in respect to temperance
as 4 national issue. The press. the pulpit
and the platform should be urged to unite
in directing the public thought to this ma
tional agency of the Congressional action,
and to the Importance of efficient organiza-
ton with especial reference thereto. Cler-
gymen and members of churches should
work with will and as a unit in this di-
rection. Moral suasion should generate
the motive power-a right public opinion.
Intelligent, vigorous political organization
should apply this aggregate power of citi-
zenship, through Legislation and the ma
| chinery of administrative government, to
the end to be attained-th absolute pro-
hibition of the traffic in alcoholic poison
for drinking purposes throughout our ma
tional domain"
Year: 1874

The twins were born at Il small village
on the coast of Siam, in the year 1911.
Their parents got their living by fishing.
and. until 1929, when Eng and Chang
were brought to the United States, they
made their living by selling shell-fish.
Their mother bore II children. At one
time she gave birth to three and never less
than two. But none of these children
were deformed. The twins We're united at
the anterior part of the chest by prolonga-
ton of Il kind of tieshy band the size of the
hand. This band of flesh was about two
inches broad and four inches thick. The
whole mass was tough and capable of be-
ING considerably extended. One could
whisper in the ear of one of them without
the other hearing; while volatile salts APP
piled to the nostrils of one had no effect on
the other: and while pinching the arm of
one excited no sensation in the other. still
ifone but stuck n pin in the exact vertical
center of this connecting link both would
finch from the hurt. The twins We're
seldom observed to converse with each
other They played good game of
draughts, made pretty much the same
moves. and ut the same time and frequent
lv played against each other.


After attracting \ vast amount of atten-
ton among scientists and psychologists in
the old world, they married two sisters,
and settled down near Salisbury. n. c., on
n we'll stocked plantation. In addition
they had at one period ample funds invest
ed through their agent in New York.
During the war they continued to reside
on their plantation, and lived in the same
quiet and harmony rs ever, until some
few wears afterward. OF course, no one
ever thought of drafting them, and their
negroes prospered, except, when out OF
temper from any cause, it was apt to work
itself off in striking the first one that came
to hand, from which the best escape was
to keep out of the way The brothers pro-
badly never would have had any difficulty
but that their wives, though sisters, turned
away their hearts, and children were the
cause of this estrangement. Up to the
period that each had five children all
prospered we'll enough, but one of them
had a sixth, and this awoke envy and
jealousy to such degree that the twin.
sisters, not being bound together like the
twin brothers, would no longer live under
the same roof.


The brothers were about 63 years of age
but one, the smaller and feebler of the two
looked about ten years older than ths
other They could turn either back t.
back or face to face, but that is rs far a.
the remarkable bond that united them per
mitted. 1t has always been considered al
most certain that. should either die, tn
other could not long survive. as there wa


an artery as large as the femoral arter,


connecting them. A few years since. the!
corresponded with some of the leadins


surgical operators in London, as to tn


possibility of the umbilicus being cut, 81
that, in case of the death Of one, the life o
Year: 1874

the other might be saved. At the request
of the London surgeon. they visited that
city. and many experiments were tried to
determine the safety of such an operation.
Among other things. ligature WAS tied
firmly for few minutes around the con-
nection between them. so as to prevent the
circulation of blood through the artery.
But it seemed as if each would expire if
this We're persisted in. The smaller of the
two tainted away and lost all conscious
ness. and there We're symptoms that the
same effect would follow to the other, but
the process could nol be continued long
enough without endangering the life of
him who WAS the first to faint. Since the
breaking out of the rebellion, the twins
both dressed in the confederate gray, and
We're both members of the same church.
having united with a small Baptist
church iu their neighborhood, of which
they were considered very worthy men,
berS, though born Siamese-
Year: 1874

AGAssIZ WAS A GREAT LOVER OF Chill
pREN.-IIe was constantly speaking to
them in the street and careSsing them not
from affectation or a desire to be popular,
but because he could not helpit. His grand
children. George and Max. were always
running over to see grandpa. and grandpa
was ALWAYS glad TO see them. If grandpa
had had the entire training of them per-
haps there would have been some spoiled
children. \ friend tells me of an instance
which well illustrates his tenderness for
children. Once while conducting some
scientific experiments. it became necessary
to have some water Immediately. Agassiz
seized pitcher and ran out TO pump
near bv. He went out quickly. but was
slow in coming back. They waited twice
as long for the water rs would have suf-
feed tn bring it. and then went ont TO see
what was the matter. There sat Agassiz,
down by the pump. his legs crossed, and
little child. which he was fondly soothing
and caressing. nestled in between them.
In his haste at the pump he had accidentally
struck the child standing near by. Though
the blow was of little account. the eNigen-
cies of science seemed to him the less i'm
portant. and he had to put down his pitch
er and open his heart. When deeply en-
gagged in scientific investigation he would
leave his work Ia seize and fondle a child
that had straved into his room, and the in
terrupted mental process seemed TO be re-
sumed without difiiculty.-BostOn Letter TO
Netc York Tribune.
Year: 1874

DoDo OR NO.-The great question As tn
whether or no 4 dodo is at this time in ac
tual existence is exciting the liveliest in
terest i'm scientific circles in England. We
published few days ago report TO the
effect that such a bird had been found alive
in the Navigator Islands of the South Sea.
and sent to Honolulu on its way To Europe.
This same fact was made known in En-
gland, end awakened the instant opposition
of those who preferred to believe that the
dodo was extinct. Professor Owen, who
is certainly an authority on every point
relating to animated nature, and is sup
posed to be particularly learned on extinct
beasts and birds. maintains that the Hon
olulu dodo is no dodo at all, but only a
dodlet We may assume that dodlet is the
diminutive of dodo, as gosling of goose: ::
and this theory is supported by the learned
professor, who goes on TO say that the ex-
tinct dodo was six times larger than the
living dodlet. Mr.. Owen having written
a quarto volume on the dodo it is scarcely
possible to 90 behind his dictum; SO there
is nought left for ordinary mortals to do
but to mourn the hopes that have deceived
them, and to continue to glide through this
vale of tears uncheered by even 4 passing
glimpse of the formidable fowl of former
days.
Year: 1874

There is pathetic simplicity, as well as
an impressive illustration of the unselfish
earnestness and persistency. in the sentence
of Prof. Agassiz's short will relating to his
daughters. His memorable response, that
he had not time to make money. is fully
justified:


90 l make no provision for either of my
daughters, Ida and Pauline. not from anv
want of affection, but for the reason that
my house in Cambridge (subject to mort
gage) is the only remaining piece of prop
erty that l have to dispose Of
Year: 1874

One of the foreign papers gives the fol-
lowing account of the vitality of an orange
tree: Two persons, to whom an orange
tree had been bequeathed, not being able
to agree as to their respective shares in it.
resolved at last to divide it into two equal
parts by saving it through from the top
to the bottom. This was accordingly
done; each removed his part, covered the
wounds made by the saw with a mixture
of clay and cow-dung. and planted it.
The result was that by degrees the bark
covered the exposed surface, and each of
the halves became perfect and healthy
tree
Year: 1874

Genuine port wine is astringent and
little rough, because of the husks
with which it is colored. The husk is,
however, capable of communicating
very little color; when the red is deep
it is artificial. A deep red color is
never desirable. Branded port wines
are always of an inferior quality.
Shipess are sometimes forced to mix
them with brandy to prevent them
from spelling on the voyage, but this
always destroys the excellent flavor
they possess. Solomon says, look
not upon the wine when it moveth
Itself in the cup" ellis head was
level" Fermenting wine has always
been sickening dose. We doubt if
any wine is sufficiently matured to be
n healthy beverage under four years
old. Our citizens have materially
damaged the reputation of California
wines by pushing them into market
too early.
Year: 1874

l am an old man now, and the recol-
lections of the school-room, which as
a careful cultivator of the little flow
ers that grew and smelt so sweet un-
der my pedagogical care, was my de-
light, will now and then with memo
ry's aid, flash through the glass of
time and make my old heart thump
with gladness at the good that in the
past I've done. One of these graft
flying "reminiscences is this:


The old school clock had struck the
matin hour of nine. The children
were gathering to their daily tasks of
books. Five minutes after the roll
was being called, q little ragged
boy, whose face and hands were all
but clean, who had not been at school
for many days, responded "present"
to his name. When the troll callingn
was done, | summoned the little boy
to my desk, as was the custom of the
school, and asked him why from
school he had been away so many
days. The little fellow was a senti-
mental one, and with feeling said:
"My mamma was sick, my brother
was sick, and was very busy" Then
another little boy came to me and
said: Mister, that boys mamma
told me to tell you TO punish him,
cause he was playing hockey" This
was the truth, and the little ragged
boy was now trembling in his little
scaly feet; so took him kindly by
the hand, laid him gently across my
knees, and warmed his little panta-
looms till the tears trickled down his
dirty little cheeks.


This is some of the good I've done,
and more anon perhaps may come to
my recollection.


J YE ANCIENT PEDAGOGUE.