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Year: 1875


There. John, hitch Dobbin to the rosl; come


near me and sit down;
Your mother wants to talk to you before you
My hairs are gray. 1 soon shall be at rest with


in the grave;
Not long will mother pilot YOU DER nfe's tenn


pestuous wave.
I've watched DER Won from infancy till now


you are man,
And have always loved you as a mother only
AT morning and at evening have prayed the
To bless and guide my darling boy to the bright


holhe ABOVE
\ mothers eye is searching, John, old age can't
When watching Ger an only child to see if he


does right;
And very lately have seen what has aroused


my fears
And made my pillow hard at night, and mois-


tened II with tears.
I've seen light within your eye, upon your
That told me you were on the road that led to


gloom and woe;
Oh. John, don't turn away your head, and on


my counsel frown,
Stay more upon the dear old farm, there's dam


ger IN the town.
Remember what the poet says-Iong years have


proved it true
That Satan finds some mischief still for idle
If you live on in idleness with those who love



You'll dig yourself a drunkard's s grave, and


wreck your deathless soul.
Your father, John, is very old; his days are


nearly through;
Oh! he has lab"red very hard to save the farm


for you:
But it will go to ruin soon. and poverty


will frown,
If you keep hitching Dobbin up to drive into


town.
Your prospects for the future are very bright,


my
Not many have your start in life when they
are twenty-one;
Your star, that shines so brightly now, in dan k


ness will decline,
If You forget your mothers words, and tarry at
the wine.
Turn back, my boy, now in your youth; stay
by the dear old farm;
The Lord of hosts will save YOU, with His pow
erful right arm.
Not long will mother pilot you DER Iife's tenn
pestuouS wave.
Then light her pathway with her love down to
the silent grave.
Year: 1875

. "And so Mrs William Brooks has
new sewing machinel That's just the
way it goes in this world; those that do
the least have the most! She has never
worked, and saved and economized as
have. Every time he buys piece of
farm machinery, she has something
brought into the house to match it.


When he bought tanning mill she had
q patent churn, and when he bought a
sulky plow she got clothes washer he
borrowed Seth's hay rake because he lid
he couldn't buy one and get new wiring
er too; but when he bought reaper he
couldn't dodge the sewing machine.
She is woman that stands up for her
rights. She says she's partner in that
firm, and has just as much right to have
money invested for her benefit as for his.
| don't think l should manage just eX-
actly as she does, though l always tried
to have sense enough to know whether
things were consistent or not. Now, fol
instance, know that I'm u partner in
this firm, and if the farm is encumbered
by mortgage, my interest suffers rs
Year: 1875

Vegetine is acknowledged and recommen-
ded by physicians and apothecaries to be
the best purifier and cleanser of the blood
vet discovered, and thousands speak in its
praise who have been restored to health.
Year: 1875

''If you two can keep secret, I'll find
a way to silence Bridget, and it is sub
ject Eva will not care to have discussed,
and fortunately my husband is away
from home. So go to bed and rest con-
tented"


She showed them to the room she had
intended them to occupy. and soon the
house was once more hushed in slumber.


Meanwhile their brother had reached
the depot few minutes too late He
found the train he was to have taken,
already gone, but on consulting time
table, he ascertained that another train
started two hours later, and SO he de-
cided to take it. He figured to himself,
as he impatiently crowded into an empty
seat and was whirled along at rapid
rate, how snugly his brothers had en-
sconced themselves in the best room
which by right belonged to him, he being
the eldest, and consummated plan to
get even with them.


Some time after midnight he was de-
posted at Hollythorn, and reaching his
sisters house he secuted around until he
found way Of entrance into the kitchen
where he deposited his luggage and re
moved his boots Then he quietly stole
upstairs, and opened the door of the best
room. Sure enough" thought he, my
Year: 1875

SWEARING BY AN UPLIFTED HAND.-An old
friend from Montgomery county dropped into
our Office few days since whom we know to
he strict Lutheran, and always swears by the
''uplifted hard" We called his attention to
the action of Mr.. Beecher, and expressed some
surprise thereat. He rejoined that it did not
surprise him, for he also entertained conscien


tious scruples against swearing upon the Bible


We asked him to explain what they were. His
answer was in effect-"that the bible was SIM
ply book composed of paper upon which let


ters were printed representing the word OF God !;
that simply as Book he attached no more
Importance to it than he did to any other piece
of mans mechanism that swearing upon 1t,
and kissing it, was giving to it superstitious
importance which he was conscientiously op-
rosed to; upon the same principle be would be
conscientiously opposed to making oath upon a
crucifx made OF wood or other material repre-


senting Christ upon the cross; that his religion
was opposed to anything like superstition, and
hence declined to give the Bible any supersti-
iious importance by kissing it; that God was a
spirit: that when men raise their hands heaven
ward, and solemnly swear by and in the name


f that great spirit to tell the truth, &C., 1t was
infinitely more solemn and impressive than
kissing an inanmate bundle of paper and ink. /"
We at once confessed the correctness Of the dis.
tinction, and likewise realized its full weight
and Importance, but which had not previously
occurred to u.s. West Chester Am Rep"6hcan.
Year: 1875

Young Spriggles and his Julia had just been
married, and were going on their bridal tour.
They didn't know whether, upon their return,
they would board with the old folks or take
rooms in private hotel. Being only clerk
Snriegles' means were limited, and he could not
expect much at first in the way of living. "Of
course" be said to old Dodge, wealthy mem
ber of the firm who had granted him three
weeks leave of absence, 1--WE must be in style,
Won know, sir. Ispose you took rusher when
YOU were married. l mean, took an expensive
one, and showed your wife the sights"


Eyes" said Dodge, with nod, "Ill tell you
about it. l made long preparations for my
bridal tour and the girl that was to be my wife
helped me. We had it all fixed, aud every
thing laid out beforehand. l worked hard for
it, and she worked too. 1t was TO be the grand
event of our lives, and we wanted that 1T should
be success We felt, as new life opened SO
should it continue. | was earning $500 year
That was good pay for salesman thirty five
years ago-better than three times that amount
now as things go. We were married IN the
morning at the house of my witea father
Then we rode two miles to the substantial cot
tage had secured as a home. My money had
made the first payment on it and Mary money
had furnished three rooms in 1T. Aud we ate
our first meal thereafter in our own house, and
| thence went to my work and my wife sci



were determined to succeed if possible. And
in the success that followed was usually hap
piness. In less than three years my house was
paid for and my home was my own. Come
storm or come sunshine, we had roof to cover
us-a roof from which the hand of man could
not turn us.


doubt, young man, if ever bridal tour wa:
happier or more profitable than was mine, and
| know that the exercise of housekeeping upor
her own account was invgorating and health
full. But, then we were married for real, earnes
living and loving. We believed weshould fine


fes purest joys in the discharge of life's sacree
duties l declare" pursued the old man. witt
a glistening moisture In his eye, al should like
those first blessed days of my home life to liv'
over again. But it may not be. And" h
added, with regretful shake of his head, :"
fear the young men of the present generation
will not live them for my viewings.'


Spriggles walked away, scratching his head
He wasn't sure that he had caught the drift
the old mans remarks; but the old man wa
sure that he had fully intended them for him
to take to heart.
Year: 1875

OLD DUTCH PRovERBs.-We must row with
the oars we have, and as we cannot order the
wind we are obliged to sail with the wind that
God gives.


Patience and attention will bring US far.
If cat watches long enough at the mouse
hole, the mouse shall not escape.


Perseverance will obtain good cabbage and
lettuce where otherwise nothing but thistle'
will grow.


The plowman must go up and down, and
whatever else may be done, there is no Other
but this long way to do the work well.


learn to sleep with one eye open. AS soon
as the chicken goes to roost, it is good time
for the fox.


Fools always ask what time tits, but the wise
know their time.


Grind while the wind is fair, and if you neg
lect, do not complain of Gods providence


God gives food to every bird, but he does mo-
bring it to the nest in like manner he gives
us our daily bread, but by means OF our daily
| work.


Rise early then the fisherman finds hl'
worms.


The dawn of day has gold in its mouth
He that lags behind in a road where many
are driving always will be in cloud OF dust
Year: 1875

The venerable Gen. Leslie Coombs
does not seem to soften with age. In n
recent conversation with a reporter of
The Louisrille Courier Journal he freed
his mind in this way II read the pa
pers, but do not read political articles.
] have so poor an opinion of Grant that
I let all political questions go, because
he Id sure to be mixed up in some way
with all Of them. think him the most
reckless, obstinate, and ignorant politi-
cal prostitute this country has ever
known. Get that word for word, now las
its some more of my political faith. He
is in favor Of third term, and any mum.
Der of terms, and if the people are not
careful the politicians will have him
elected. Then Gabriers horn will sound
pleasing to my ears.
Year: 1875

All over the land women are feeding
their babies from nursing bottles" with
white rubber tops. Travelling in boats
or stages one sees dozens of little crea-
lures pale and miserable, tugging away
at those horrible things, while their anx-
ious mothers wonder" what Is the mat
ter with them; she would do anything,
to have them happy, smiling, healthy
babies once more And all the while the
poor souls do not know that there is
death in those white rubber bottle-tops.
The preparation used in bleaching rubber
is horrible and deadly poison, and the
constant mumbling and chewing rubber
so prepared places a child's life in danger.
Paralysis has been caused by it, and many
baby dies from noolher reason. Prob
ably the nursing bottl as It now exists,
will be thing unknown in the next
generation, for already a French mother
or nurse, convicted. of putting one to a
baby's lips, is fined twenty francs or i'm
prisoned ten days and to sell one in
France Is a grave miSdemeanOr. But it
is the babe of to-day that we must think
of, and any mother who cannot procure a
nursing-bottle with no rubber about il
would certainly rather feed her child
slowly with spoon than watch its
agonies when it has been thoroughly
poisoned with white oxide of mercury
and kindred drugs. Hove the babies 50
every one of them-I cannot bear to
see this thing done TO them through the
ignorance of those who would fain die to
save them pain. And if only one or two
mothers who read this article will throw
away that deadly thing, the rubber-bot-
tie, and feed their babies from clean,
pure cups with well cared-for silver
spoons for while, helping nature along
by giving the weakly child a few spoon
fuls Of real beei-tea every day, / know
that they viii be glad that have written
against what often seems to he baby's
only comfort and mothers only rest
Mary Kyle Dallas.
Year: 1875

Abiding to a recent cable telegram
TO the effect that American calicoes are
now exported to Great Britain, the Bal
timore Gazette says that Manchester has
at last found a powerful competition in
this country which she little dreamed
would be ever able 20 contend with her
in the worlds market, is i'm the produc-
ton of manufactured cOttons, she has
for century reigned supreme. English
importers admit the superiority of Amer
ican cottons, both as regards quality
and finish. thereby paying one of the
highest tributes to American skill and
industry. This first expectation Of our
cotton goods to enter into competition
with the cotton kings Of England we be-
lieve to be but the iorcrunner of what
will prove a large and profitable field for
American enterprise. The editor looks
to the great cottOE-prOducing states of
the South, whose numerous and eXtcn-
sIye cotton factories are springing up in
every direction, and whose unfailing
water courses afford almost unlimited
power waiting to be utilized, to supply
this new demand. There the cotton is
bought in seed from the planter, White
labor and living are comparatively IN
expensive, thereby making possible the
prodI ctiOn of cotton cloth at the lowest
possible cost Southern manufacturers
should give this great change in the cot
ton goods market their earnest attention
and make every effort TO push their pro-
ducts into this new channel of consump
lion. They should bend every energy,
common with the eastern manufacturers
to make the expectations OF American
cotton an unexampled succcss, and not
mere problematical effort on the part Of
the first shippers. 1t is auspicious that
this initial venture has turned out
brilliant and somewhat unexpected sue
Cnss- Ls-chnnne
Year: 1875

"SHE can't sit down." said a female
custom-house inspector at New York
the other day, as she observed a
lady who had just come off a Hamburg
steamer standing on the wharf. The
new arrival was pretty, but she looked
very weary. They took her, protesting
against the outrage, into a dressing
room, and penetrated the mystery of her
makeup, they discovered that from her
waist down she was solid mass of
smuggled hair Luscious golden tresses
twined themselves around her dainty
limbs and surgcd to her waist, mingling
with raven locks and auburn ringIets.
The officer stripped her, and she then
was able to sit dowu. She was import
ing the plumber for fashionable Broad
way human hair dealer
Year: 1875

LEvERRIER, the great Paris astrono-
mer, who, some thirty odd years ago, by
the single rule of three and few vulgar
fractions, figured out the existence and
whereabouts Of Neptune before he had
ever seen. or anybody else had seen or
heard, or dreamed of that planet, pre-
diets that this is to be an unusually cold
winter, and that immense quantities of
snow will fall in December and January.
The northwestern Indian, though, says
the winter will be a mild one, and for the
sake Of his reputation as a weathcrwitch
and also in view of the high price of
coal and the insufficient thickness Of the
overcoat herewith exhibited, we hope the
Indian will prove the better prophet of
the two.
Year: 1875

ENGLISH detectives also find it is
easier and cheaper to bribe burglars to
deliver up their plunder than to compel
them to deliver up themselves. The
Albert institute was robbed of a silver
service valued at 600 guineas and other
articles of value. The police rushed
about in bewildering fury, but found
nobody to arrest and no silver. Present
ly good-natured fellow offered to bring
all the plumber back on receiving Goo.
A check was made out, and the plumber
WAS found secrcted in Il tunnel near the
town and brought back without injury
And now Dundee debates whether COM
pounding a felony is not the cheapest
way of dealing with it. 1t is certain
that the police does not pay as an invest
mont, though like an old fint-lock with
out stock or barrel it does create a wan
derful feeling of security.
Year: 1875

THE Edgar Thompson steel works of
Pittsburg, Pa, have just rolled and de-
livered to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
st. Louis railroad company, a large or
der of steel rails of sixty feet in length
each. These are the first rails of this
length ever rolled in this country, and
the first steel rails of sixty feet in length
ever rolled i'll any part of the world.
Iron rails Of about sixty feet were sue
cessfully rolled in England some time
ago, and mention was made of the fact in
the London Times as a remarkable event
in the manufacture of railroad iron. The
difficulty attending the production of
rails of more than thirty feet in length
is that of handling the mass of steel to
be rolled. An advantooe whic' he long
rails are said to posS, IS is thai of cheap
ness. They are sold at rs low a rate as the
shorter, and the saving of time consumed
in laying them is considered by railroad
men to make them desirable for use from
an economical point of view.
Year: 1875

and sorrow, that the three cornered
spirit, la buckwheat grain, has found a
reward that should have been visited on
worse man.


Colonel Ben Wilson is with US, make
ing himself not only useful but ornamen
tai; useful by his gracious lessons IN hand
shaking, genial smiles and the distribu-
tion Of fragrant Havanas; ornamental in
classic looks, sprightly wit and other
qualities too numerous to mention.


am glad that the fair season is over.
Like school commencements, being SO
often repeated, they become bore and
readers sigh for relief.


am not going to say anything about
our fair. which was triumph in every
particular. "Salathiel may and doubtless
will, and absolutely is now doing the
Lewis County Agricultural Fair justice IN
his report to the REGISTER. Ion.


2. S-Ike johnson delivered his
unique instructive and moral lecture
"Nubbins' to All intelligent audience last
evening, and permit HE to assure your
readers that for depth OF thought and
originality and manner Of delivery he
can hardly be excelled. Surely he Is
chip of the old block.
Year: 1875

LONDON, September 2S.-Thc Daily
Nc,rs in a financial article says: The
condition of the German Money market
has become most peculiar. Accounts
ircm Berlin speak of the extraordinary
tightne-s OF money there. The minimum
in the discount market has advanced to
per cent or quite up to our rate Of dis
count; and the withdrawal of bullion
from the Bank of Prussia has been such
Us to raise the expectation that the rate
of discount is to be advanced.
Germany is carrying through
a great transfer notion IN
her money system, and this tight
ness is the price paid. In addition to es.
tablishing uniiorm.goId standard for II
varying silver standard, which formerly
existed, an alteration which will come
into operation on New Years Day next,
and u uniform system of token money, the
government has simultaneously altered
the whole of the currency and banking
legislation. 1t is the foregoing change in
prlces which is now felt
Year: 1875

An exchange has the following article
relative to conductors and their treat
ment:


1t seems strange that corporations
have SO little faith in q certain old-fash-
ioned contrivance for securing fidelity in
their servants, called kindness. There
is no patent on it. 1t has no bell attach
ed to it. 1t makes no noise, and was
never counterfeited. But after millions
of trials for thousands of years, it has
stood the test and has never been i'm
proved upon. The conductor on a
street-car works fourteen hours day,
exposed to all weathers and his work is
always hard and peculiarly wearing. For
this labor he gets from two to two and q
half dollars, and the privilege of being
considered thief, subjected to insult,
watched by spies, searched. thrown into
prison without evidence, pitched out OF
employment at any moment on mere
surmise. If he refuses to give some.
thing to the driver, the latter rewards
his virtue by dropping hint, and if he
neglects to fee the starter he loses his
situation. Yet there have been conduc
tors who belonged to excellent families
men of education who have been unfor
tunate and have gratefully consented to dc
the work sooner than tend bar or beg
men with families have been glad tt
earn fifteen dollars q week in this way
rather than nothing. But whoever ha'
tried it has had the iron driven into hi
soul by the sheer inhumanity of the
corporation that employed him. What
ever may have been his character, ant
however excellent were his antecedents
lie was treated as thief from the start
and everything was done to make hin
one. And finally the punch was resortet
to as sort of chain and ball to advertis,
his guilt. A little human kindnes
would reverse the whole order of things
and secure conductors who are homes
and would keep so. And it does no
cost SO much as punch either.
Year: 1875

A writer says: 1 saw an experiment
tried in New York. A well known Grim
inal lawyer of that city made a heavy
wager that his daughter, who was abso-
lutely unacquainted with the appearance
or character of the habitues of the hotel,
would pronounce upon their moral and
social standing more accurately than the
best detective that could be found. The
trial actually took place in the presence
of several gentlemen, and her opinions
of character were marvelously correct.
The officers were as marvelously er-
roneous.
Year: 1875

that Oldtown is startled-even shocked.
Oldtown is of funereal turn of mind.
He does not think of preparing sermon.
He has so much to say-his heart so
burns within him, that the Sabbath day
seems all to short. There is not a word
of theology or the old Jews in it either.
It is the homelist sort of talk. But
when they come out of church every
body stops TO snake hands and exchange
a hearty greeting. 1t is as if they had
been somewhere with the fresh wind
blowing, and the sun shining, and God
himself near at hand. Tribune.
Year: 1875

When to soft sleep We give ourselves away,
And ina dream as In fairy bark
Drift on and on through the enchanted dark
: = To rosy daybreak-little thought we pay
To that sweet bitter world we know by day.
We are clean quit Of it, as is a lark
So high in heaven no human eye may mark
The sharp, swift pinion cleaving through the
gray.


Till we wake, ill-fate can do no ILL.,
The resting heart shall not take up again
The heavy load that yet must make it bleed
For this brief space, the loud worlds voice il
still, -...
No faint echo of it brings us pain.
How will it be when we shall sleep indeed


II. B. Aldi-ich.
Year: 1875

HANDY TO HAvE.-Chloride of lime
in tightly corked bottle is a useful
article to be kept in the house. Besides
being an efficient disinfectant, it is said


to be excellent to use in case of wounds
inflicted by dogs or rabid animals until
the physician arrives. Mix two table
spoonfuls with half a pint of fresh
water, and bathe the wound constantly.