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Year: 1874

A Berlin correspondent of the London
Telegraph remarks that the Emperor
William no longer rides on horseback,
but has to review his troops from his
carriage. He is now in his 18th year.
"It is true" adds this writer, "that
Count Wrangel, who is nearly thirteen
years his senior, may still be seen from
time to time threading the paths Of the
Thiergarten upon steady going hack,
to the saddle of which he is carefully
strapped and that the grandfather Of
the Prussian army promenades the Lin
den with feeble jauntiness, chucking
servant girls under the chin, returning
eagerly all the salutations paid to him,
and distributing new silbergroschen to
the little boys and girls who follow him
in gleeful groups, and look upon Papa
chen Wrangel as q certain, though ir-
regular, source Of revenue. This lively
and simple-hearted old gentleman has q
tragical past behind him, too, and WAS a
very terrible fellow in his day; besides
which he has boen wounded a dozen
times-more than once severely-and
has achieved rs many victories in the
boudior as in the field yet he bears
himself as though the idea Of death nov-
er crossed his mind, and even dcfied the
laws of nature SO utterly as to recover
entirely from sharp stroke of paralysis
at eighty-eight years of age. Bnt the
cares and responsibilities that oppress
crowned heads have been unknown to
him. He has ever been a soldier pure
and ,nalulteratcd no politics, ]itera-
ture, or other puzzling matter Of that
sort has he over allowed to bother his
brains. As subordinate to carry out
to the letter his orders-as chief to see
that his own commands were accurately
fulflled-these have been the sole cares
and preoccupations of his public life.
Private griefs of the most stupendous
and crushing nature he has met with
the stOical courage of hero, and has
dealt with them invariably in manner
dictated by tho honor of q soldier-more
than once with the most tragical results,


but in such sort that ones admiration
for him, though a slight shudder may
permeate it, can never for O moment be
qualified by the remembrance of any
word or action of his in the least out Of
keeping with the maintenance in nnsul-
lied brightness of his personal and pro-
fcssional honor. A regimental cadet
when King William WAS born; de-
core, for valor in tho field, of tho first
days of the present century; Colonel
at Waterloo, and General fifty-one years
ago, it is very possible that this extra
ordinary veteran, of whom the Berliners
say that he has forgotten the way how


to die, may outlive his sovereign, whom


he little less than worships-he has al-


ready outlived four Prussian kings p
Year: 1874

In presence OF divine revelation it 10
impossible to maintain seriously that the
assertions of q philosopher need not be
controlled by the Word of God. 1t is evil
dent that the opinions of a man are false
from the moment that they contradict q
truth divinely revealed. To deny this
principle is to place human reason above
that which is divine.
Year: 1874

In our domestic machine made Underwear for ladies'
and children we again challenge competition. Our
goods will be found the best make and the cheapest in
price of any in the city Our assortment is excced
nsiy large ~ to make description entirely impossible.
We only invite ladies come and see for themselves
ASSURING them that we shall estsem pleasure to
hibit goods entirely without regard to their being
prepared TO purchase.


The attention Of ladies IL also directed to our depart
ment OF infans Wear and Childrens Nerseics 0oodss
which Will be found well worthy OF examination.
Year: 1874

VERMONT HIGHwAYs-ANIM IMPORTANT
DECIsIoN-At the late term of the Su-
preme Court in Bennington County, the
Court made highly important decision.
The court holds In substance that where
two parties are passing in vehicles along
a highway within the State, both pro-
ceeding in the same direction, and the
hindmost relns out to pass the other,
in case of injury resulting to the passing
party, the town in which the accident
occurs is liable to him in damages, pro-
vided he exercise ordinary care in at
tempting to pass. In other words, that
the town must keep their highways in
such condition that vehicle may safe
ly pass another which holds to the mid
die of track The case upon which
this decision was rendered arose in the
town of SALISBURY, near the State line.
One Mockler in the night time refined
out and passed the vehicle of Mr.. Percy
and in attempting to get back into the
middle Ct the highway his carriage wal
injured. Mockler sued the town, an(
the decision referred to holds the towr
liable Iroy Press.
Year: 1874

The fairy tale of the White Fawn has
found modern reproduction in Oregon.
A deer chased by dogs took refuge near
where a man was squaring timber. The
man drove the dogs off, and the deer re-
mained With him all day, allowing him
to fondle it, and appearing to feel live
ly sense of gratitude for the mans in
reference on It's behalf.
Year: 1874

The LIQUOR TRAFFIC.-The liquor
traffic has fallen upon troublous times.
What with the praying women at the
West, and Gov. Dingley hauling the
Sheriffs over the Goals at the East for
not enforcing the laws; with the corpor-
alton of Trinity Church, New York,
clearing out all liquor sellers from its
buildings in that city, and the Methodist
Episcopal Church pursuing similar
policy with its property; with the State
Constables harassing the dealers in
Massachusetts as they have never done
before, and with the general awakening
interest all over the country in the con-
test for the suppression of intemperance.
it seems as if the traffic must, by all
these combined assaults, be driven into
closer quarters than ever before. That
the contest will be long and desperate
one no person can doubt, and that the
cause of temperance will win lasting
victories in it only so far as public SEN
timent is brought to sustain it, is equally
clear. The most encouraging ASPECT .oi
the contest at the present time IS the
fact that whole communities are array
ing themselves against the evil, making
a public opinion before which the keep
ers of liquor saloons and groggeries aban
don the traffic, and what is equally i'm
portant, Strengthening those who have
been the victims of intemperance in thei
efforts to reform. Out of all these in
dications the friends of temperance ma,
gather faith to believe that they are t
see the great evil against which the.
war very much circumscribed, and il
many places, we hope, entirely abolish
ed.-BoStom Journal
Year: 1874

A few days ago very handsome lady
entered dry goods house and inquired
for a bow The polite clerk threw
himself back and remarked that he was
at her service. Yes, but ] want buff
not green one,' was the reply. The
young man went on measuring goods
Immediately.
Year: 1874

The public is also swindled in an
article of artificial honey, which has of
late years been extensively placed upon
the market This bogus stuff is called
clover honey, but its origin. instead of
being the fragrant clover blossoms in
rural fields, is in reality old cotton and
linen rags, chemically treated with re-
fined oil of vitriol, the solution being
thickened to the proper consistency with
corn starch A large quantity of this
vile compound is now on sale as first
class strained honey. Purchasers should
insist on honey in the comb, if they
would avoid being swindled.


The reporter was informed that sugar
made by boiling down the bogus sugar
syrup is extensively used in the manu-
facture of confectionery, and thus the
little children are poisoned with oil of
vitriol at time when their delicate sys-
tens can lily sustain its delecterous
effects.


THE AFFECTION OF A DoG.-Many re-
markable instances of the affection dis
played by dogs for their dead owners
have been published from time to time.
and an acquaintance relates the follow
ng:


The proprietor of one of the hotels in
Richford. Vt, has dog in his possess
ion who is slowly terminating his days
in grief for the loss of>his master The
previous proprietor of the hotel owned
the dog, which has black and tan blood
in his veins, for almost eighteen long
years, and was very much attached to
him. The attachment was reciprocated
by the dog, and about year ago the
master was taken i'll and died. During
his sickness the dog was shut up in a
stable for the purpose of keeping him
quiet and of weaving him from his mas
ter, whose absence he would most likely
loudly bcwail in the manner peculiar
to such animals, and shortly after the
fIInaral s>->-l l---------''-'9 1f'70f0 0'"oo
He Immediately instituted a search for
the grave of his late master, and soon
found it, and would not leave it for three
weeks. He was subsequently taken
home, and for the past eleven months
has been well fed and kindly cared for
Dy the present occupants of tle hotel,
but no amount of kindness and pettlng


will olioit frvm him any manifestation


Of joy, arra he will no doubt soon follow
| his deceased master
Year: 1874




A LITTLE HERoINE.-0nce in a while
is tod some story of heroism in child
which ought to help the professional
cynic to little faith in his kind. Not
long ago young girl, lost in the woods
with her little brother, protected him
from the weather all through bitter
night at the cost Of her frozen limbs
Some days ago three children. little
girl of six, her brother only four, and
another little boy six years old, went to
pond in Kentucky to skate. That day
the ice had been cut from half the pond,
and the six-year-old boy skated directly
into the deep water and sank. The
three small creatures were all alone
there. The four-year-old tried to rescue
the poor child, but failed; then the lit
tie girl, with presence Of mind woman
might be proud to own, walked to the
edge Of the ice, waited until the boy
rose gasping, seized him and drew him
out. What a glittering romance might
be built upon this true story Of child's
/ COURAGE
Year: 1874

WAsnINaToN Feb. l874.-A cub
committee Of the House Com mittee
on Judiciary have prepared long
report in favor of the abolition Of
test oath in all cases, and will this
week present it to the full Commit tee
The temper Of the House is in favor
Of such legislation. The bill will re-
licve pensioners and deputy post
masters from the exactions Of the
test oath and totally Danish the iron
clad oath prescriptions.
Year: 1874

The Boston Advertiser says:
"When a colored man sits down on
civil rights bill and seat at de
fust table on the Lake Michigan
st steamers, they have a neat way" Of
heading off his enjoyment. The
waiter comes around and take his
order and his plate, knife and fork
with it, and-docsn't come back
again.
Year: 1874

Dispatches from the West show
the womcn's raid upousaloons spread
ing. The numbers are not large,
but they comprise determined class
Of tho fair sex. Sa oons close upon
the approach Of tho women, and open
after they leave.
Year: 1874

A young man, living on Cumberland
street, this city, had, for many days,
suffered with a severe toothache, and, as
a dernier resort, he decided to 60 to a
dentist and have the bi-cuspid taken out.
With that resolution well fixed in his
mind and one dollar in his pocket, he
sought we'll known "tooth carpenter "
on Greene avenue. The dentist at once
decided that two teeth would have to be
drawn. The young man had not the
nerve to stand the "double extract" so
he told the dentist to bring forth the
nitrous-oxidc bag and he would quaff him
self into insensibility.


He took the mouthpiece and drank
away at the gas. The dentist at last
thought he had enough. He spoke to
him. A rational answer was returned.
He must have more. gas and the mouth
piece was again inserted between his lips.
When-he had taken gasenough to render
two men insensible to pain, the dentist
thought he would apply well-known
dental test to see if he was "gOne."


"Billy?"


No answer.


lie then touched the patients eyelid
tO sec Ill tHtIc WAC any musCuldf COii-
traction, and, in so doing, accidentally
touched the eye itself. No twitching OF
any kind. He must be insensible. The
forceps at once brought out tooth with
tremendous root, and at the same time
brought that young man to his feet with
yell.


Why in the duce, Doc, didn't
YOU wait until / had sucked some more
gas 2"


"More gas? You took enough to put
two men to sleep, and besides, / touched
your eyelid and even put my hand on
your eye and you never showed twinge
and that is considered an infallible
test"


"That's good; wondered what in
thunder you were fooling around my glass
eye for"


The valve which was found to be out
Of order, was repaired, the mans second
tooth drawn, and he soon went away
chuckling to himself, "That's good
feeling of my glass eye to see If I'd
twitch. ."-Brooktyn Eagle.
Year: 1874

ONCE in while there comes to light
some man with an old fashioned, squeam-
ish, utterly impractical regard for consist
cncy and truthfulness. This time il is
President Jocelyn, of Albion College,
Mich, who declines nomination for
Governor because with the ordination
VOWS of an itinerant minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church upon me,
feel that ! have no right to become a
candidate for any position to which
I can not be appointed by the proper
authorities of the church" And this in
the United States, in the nineteenth
century.
Year: 1874

AN AUTHORS DOMESTIC TROUBLES Niche
let, the French writer who recently died, wrote
most touchiugly about the happiness Of domes,.
tic life; the family; the love and affection OF
home; the close ties which bind those living
together to each other Not Byron, who did
everything but beat his wife, and then wept
over the recognition of his dog, could have
been more tender. Swift, when he bad just
returned from that stormy interview that broke
the heart of Vanessa, could not have praised
more highly the sweet amenities of happy
household. Now. Michelet did, after his fash
ion, love his wife--loved her too much, in fact.
While he was turning bis pretty. phrases In his
study be sided with bis wife against the rest Of
his family, and in short time he and his wife
were isolated from all the rest.


First his eldest SOD was driven from the pa
rental roof The young fellow lived in great
misery for long time, but finally got place
in the railway Office at Strasburg. He had Just
enough to keep him alive and no more. Ooe
day be fell ill, and his place was given to anoth-
er. Whea living on charity he wrote home tor
aid, but received no reply. This killed him.
The next letter was from the doctor. and Niche
let went to S,rasburg to 6nd his SOD a corpse.
Then his son-in-law left his home; his daugh-.
ter died on bad terms with him on account OF
his second .ife, and as NJ. Dumesnil was not
willing to have his children raised by Nine.
Micheet, an open warfare was begun, and Is
still going op, over the dead body Of Michelet.
Year: 1874

DIAMOND D BRAND OF BLACK Al
- PACAS AND PURE MOHAIRS-We
have now added to our stock this we'll known
brand of old English goods, to which we would
call especial attention. our facilities for obtaining
these goods are such rs warrant US in saying We
can guarantee both prices and qualities Call
and be convinced.


FERGUSON'S


an13 Fancy Goods Store 66 King st.
Year: 1874

RATHER HAsTY-"lron Worker" in last even
ipg's Erery Erenin9, assaults the GAZETTE Wig
orously on the iron question. We might conde-
scend to reply TO his TRADE of abuse but for the
fact that in his ignorance and carelessncss Iron
WORKER has "barked up the wrong tree, and


made himself extremely ridiculous by assailng
the wrong paper. Had his ability to read cor
rectly been equal to his perception of the GA
RETrB's Ignorance" he would have seen that
the article on "The Iron Trade, published in our
issue of July 9th, was compiled from the columns
of the Reading (Pa,) Eagle, paper published in
the centre of one of the most extensive iron dis
tricts in that State. The article in question was
careful review of the Pennsylvania iron trade,
and we believe it was, in the main, accurate as
it was interesting. We have more confidence in
The Eagles kno~lcdge of the iron trade than in
Iron Workers" In fact, We are confident he
has not the slightest practical knowledge of the
business, believing that his pride is too great to
reconcile him to honest toll in this dirty though
eminently respectable business, while he can &c
quire a cheap, unenviable notoriety by abu-
sive, servile pen.
Year: 1874

We learn frotr, Democratic member of the
City Council that that body ha, about one hum
drsd thousand dollars of floating debts, which
will absorb all the funds, and that long befo,c
July next the Treasury will be without dollar.


This IS astounding news to us. The Council
had q debt of nearly cne hundred thousand dol
lars funded by the last legislature, and was thus
entirely out oil debt, But in less than two years
they havo incurred another floating debt OF about
100000. Thus the money is spent before it is
collected. a change in the Council is absolutely
necessary.
Year: 1874

BALK's EARLY.-Charles d. Lore, ESQ
has presented us with few peaches from
his orchards in Somerset county. They are
of the Hale's Early variety, but much
few days they will be in prime condition
for shipping. Those We received were
double the size of any other peaches We
have vet seen this season.
Year: 1874

EXCITING RUNAWAY Yesterday afternoon,
horse attached to Iurni ure car, beth belong
ing 10 Muris We die) became frightened, and
ran away, starting from Mr.. WIS stable, on
Front street. near French. Before proceeding
far the horse struck a colored man, knocking
him down aud injuring him severely. The an
imal then roceeded out Front street to Mary
land Avenue. Here he made turn around,
without upsetting the vehicle and retraced his
steps back to the starting point. About this time
the cart broke loose aud the horse kept on with
one Of the shafts dangling at his heels. He was
stopped at the east end Of Front street, after
being cut pretty badly by the broken shaft.
Year: 1874

For the first two days through which
strong and healthy man is doomed
to exist upon nothing. his sufferings
are, perhaps, more acute than in the
remaining states-he feels an inor-
dinste. unspeaksble craving ct the
stomach. night and day. The mind
runs upon beef, bread and other sub.
stantlals. but still, in great measure,
the body retains its strength. On the
third and fourth days, but especially
ON the fourth, this incessant craving
gives place to sinking and weakness
of the stomach, accompanied by q
nausea. The unfortunate sufferer still
desires food, but with loss of strength
he loses that eager craving which is
felt in the earlier stages. Should he
chance to obtain a morsel or two OF
food, he swallows it with wolfish
avidity. but five minutes afterward
his sufferings are more intense than
ever He feels as if he had swal-
lowed living lobster, which is claw
ing and feeding upon the verV foun-
dation of his existence. On the
fifth day his cheeks suddenly appear
hollow and sunken, his body attenu-
ated, his color is ashy pale, and his
eye wild, CLASSY, csnnibalish.


The different parts of the system
now war with each other. The stom-
ach calls upon the legs to go with it
in quest of food; the legs, from very
weakness, refuse. The sixth day
brings with it increased suffering, al
though the pangs of hunger are lost
in an overpowering languor and
sickness The head becomes giddy-
the ghosts of well remembered din
ners pass in hideous professions
through the mind. The seventh day
comes, bringing increased lassitude
and further prostration of strength.
The arms hang lifelessly, the legs
drag heavily. The desire for food is
still left, to degree, but it must be
brought, not sought. The miserable
remnant of life which still hangs to
the sufferer is a burden almost too
grievious to be borne; yet his iuhe-
rent love of existence induces a de
sire still to preserve it, if it can be
saved without tax upon bodily ex
ertion. The mind wsnders. At one
moment he thinks his weary limbs
can not sustain him mile, the next he
is endowed with unnatural strength,
and if there be a certainty OF relief
before him, dashes bravely and
strongly forward, wondering whence
proceeds his new and sudden i'm.
pulse.
Year: 1874

More quarrels arise between broth
ers, between sisters. between hired girls,
between school girls, between clerks in
stores, between husbands and wives,
owing to electric channels through
which their nervous system goes by
lodging together night after night un-
der the same bedclothes. than by aoy
other disturbing causes There is moth
ing that will so derange the nervous
force as to lie all night in bed with an
other person who is absorvent in ner-
yous force. The absorber will go to
sleep and rest all night, while the elm
inator will be tumbling and tossing,
restless and nervous, and will wake up
in the morning fretful, peevish, fault
finding and discouraged. No two per-
sons, no matter who they are, should
habitually sleep together. One will
thrive and the other will lose This is
law. and in married life it is defined al
most universally.
Year: 1874

Peck's Experience with n Coal
La Crosse Democrat


We never had u coal stove around
the house until last Saturday. Hav-
ing always burned pine slabs and
pieces of our neighbor's fence. They
burn well, too, but the fence got
all burned up, and the neighbor
said he wouldn't build a new ono,
so we went down to JOnes's and got
coal stove. II is called the Sra
diant Home" and any man that
says we didn't have a radiant home
at our house for about four hours
last Saturday night is a Republican
and a villain. You see we didn't
know anything about coal stoves.
We filled the Radiant Home about
half full of pine fence. and when
the stuff got well to going we filled
the artesian well on top with coal.
1t simmered and sputtered about
five or ten minutes, and all went
out, and we put on an overcoat and
pair of mittens and "went out,
too" to supper. We remarked, IN
the course of the frugal meal, that
Jones was "froad" for recommend
ing such a cOnfounded refrigerator
for man to get warm by. After
supper we took piece of ice and
rubbed our hands warm, and went
in where that stove was, resolved to
make her draw and burn if it took
all the pine fence in the First Ward.
Our better half threw a quilt over
her. and shiveringly remarked she
never knew what solid comfort was
till she got a coal stove. Stung by
the sarcasm in her remark. we
turned everything in the stove that
was movable, or looked like it had
anything to do with a draft, and
pretty soon the Radiant Home began
to heave up heat. 1t was not long
before she suffered like the new
Silsby steamer. Talk about your
heat! In ten minutes that room
was as much worse than Turkish
bath as Hades is hotter than Liver
mans ice-house. The perspiratiOn
fairly fried out of tin water cooler
IN the next room We opened the
doors. and the snow began to melt
as far up Vine street as Hanscomb's
house. and people all round the
neighborhood put on linen clothes.
And we couldn't stop the con-
founded thing. We forgot what
Jones told US about the dampers,
and she just kept billing. The on
ly thing we could do was to go to
bed, and leave the thing burn up
the house if it wanted to. We went
to bed, supposIng that the coal
would eventually burn out, but
about twelve o'clock the whole fami-
ly had to get up and sit on the fence.
Finally, a man came along who had
been brought up among coal stoves,
and he put wet blanket over him
and crept up to the stove and turned
the proper dingus, and she cooled
off, and since that time has been
lust az comfortable as possible. IT
YOU buy a coal stove, you want to
learn how to engineer it, or you
may get roasted.