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Year: 1878

Homely girls should never elope On
commit suicide-in short, should never


10 anything which will render them liza
BILE to get into print. None but those
who have had the sad experience know
what a wofully irksome task it is for a
reporter to dish up a readable arti-
Gle about a scrawny, freekle-faced
girl who has jumped into the river or
taken strychnlne, or done some other
terrible deed, all for love. We don't
mean to say that scrawny, freckla-faced
girls shouldn't fall in love, but we do en-
phatically, nay, tearfully, maintain that
this species of the soft sex should so de
mean themselves in all their loving and
living as to keep out of the realm which
properly belongs to the sensitive repor-
ter. 1t is pleasure, a divine pleas
ure, to write up the misfortunes of the
beautiful. What newspaper reporter in
all our broad land does not hang upon
the suicide with golden hair, and thin,
white hands, and broad, marble forehead
and shell-like ears, and regular, classic
nose, and willowy form and plump white
shoulders. Why, he fairly gloats over
the victim. He wouldn't have had her
live for all the riches of the world. He
presents her to his readers a thousand
times fairer than she is. And yet, put
in her place upon the slab at the morgue,
a stoutish or scrawny creature, with
wart on her cheek, or glass eye, or
cork leg, or false tooth, or red hair, or
bow legs-the spirits of the reporter
plump down into his boots and he either
abandons himself to chaotic, obliVious
debauch, or writes up the really good
item in "half stickful," or inYeigles the
ingenious paragraphist of the paper into
drawing upon his fruitful Imagination
for an ideal heroine with which to gar
nish his story. so that the homely girls
fate is either not recorded at all or is re-
corded under false colors. So We say,
homely girls and homely women owe it
to themselves to religiously keep out of
print And by so doing, they will confer
an estimable favor upon a class that
strives without ceasing to please the pub
lie. The beautiful alone are born to die.
The homely and the staid are created for
life and its cold, stern and often bitter
realities.
Year: 1878

The ear of charity is as deaf as an ad-
der at work on long column of figures.


The grinders should cease, because
they are few, and hand-organ music Isn't
very popular just at present, anyhow.


Old age comes on apace in harness, and
at good round gait. el- s.sF


The boy stood on the burning deck
that he had hauled from the fire, where
his father had thrown it but the old
man yanked him off and completed the
cremation of the vile cards.


Women are generally pretty smart ::
but they cannot hold a candle to can
of kerosene with safety. - -.-t 8


Virtue is its own regard; but a little
besides, that will buy something, is gem
orally quite handy.


The old hummer smelleth the bottle
from afar off when it is set up for a free
treat to the crowd.


A word spoken in due season, how
good it is when it strikes the man with
the bill just about right.


Remove not the old landmarks"
pleaded the venerable tramp when they
bid him peel off and get into the bath
pool at the work house.


Il beg Of you, have you few cents for
. DNe.A fAAAE A4ltAAa GohC0 a VI DS-
destrian on Vine street last evening.
"OhW exclaimed the latter; "you are
only begging the question: and he
passed on.


The blood of the turnip is the seed of
the church in some of the stingy in
stances.


When at home do as the home 'uns do.


3eWare of the man with one book. if
-4e be an agent for it.


When a man slips In to get a slv min
and finds crowd of his acduaintances
there, his first thought is, Defend me
from my friends.


The motto of the gay old bachelor on
the shady side of life is, The Guard dives.
out never surrenders.


At many of the cheap clothing auc.
tions there is great cry and little wool.


God helps them who help themselves.
The lunch fiend takes heart and goes for
what there is on the table, regardless of
Providential aid in the contract.


The fullness of merchants store Is
not indicated by the beggarly account
OF empty boxes which he permits to
block the sidewalk.


All the worlds a stag, and .ney
makes the mare go before it.


how doth the little busy wife improve
each shlning hour, and CAD around the
shops all day-at night done out and
sour. ''--O'


Father, at that critical period when
the down is appearing on the chin ot
your boy, when his changing voice is
constantly getting out of gear when he
is experiencing his first dreams of love
and he is peculiarly sensitive, be careful
IN your bearing towards him, and govern
your temper, practice forbearance, for
fear the son may go down on your wrath,
and you be cleaned out at your own
game.
Year: 1878

The influence exerted upon youth by
their chosen companions, in forming
their tastes, opinions and characters, can
| hardly be overestimated. 1t has come to


be so generally appreciated that few
| thoughtful parents and guardians now
| leave wholly to chance the quality of
this influence. There is, however, anoth-


er companionship, more silent and un-
ObtrusiVe, but none the less influential
in moulding our young men and women
that of books. Indeed, in some respects,


this is the more potent influence of the
two. In the play of conversation there
is somewhat more air stirring to blow
away noxious vapors-the continual in
terchange Ofsentiment, thought and feel
ing, always varying, and often conflict
ing, tends to dissipate much that is friv-
olous, expose much that is absurd, and
throw doubt upon much that is contra
dictory. In reading there is no such
friction, the attitude is mainly recep-
tive, the suasion is all on one side, the
reader is passive rather than active, he
is impressed by the author, and makes
no reply.


From the time when the little child
first acquires the power of amusing HIM
self by reading, it should be the aim of
the parent and teacher to cultivate and
elevate his taste by a wise selection of
books for his perusal. The amount of
Juvenile literature is large and varied,
and there is enough of what is pure in
thought, simple in style, high in princi-
pie, and sweet in spirit, to satify the
needs of the most eager little student.
If all that is impure and exciting, and
even simply trashy, be carefully exclud-
ed from our children's libraries; if we
form in them the habit of reading and
enjoying the best and most ennobling
books suited to their age; and if a love
for the pure, the true, and the beautiful
be developed in their hearts, the surest
blow will have been struck against the
unwholesome influence of impure and
frivOIOus literature
Year: 1878

Mr.. George Maturin, of Bergen, has


.ust had valuable horse killed by a r


Mr.. Maturin tells The following stOi


about 1t: "a week ago Sunday morning,
as l went out to feed the horse, found
a scratch on his upper lip, from which a


little blood was trickling. l wiped it of
and didn't think any more about it until
that same afternoon noticed that his
lip was badly swollen, and his left cheek
all pulled out. then / sent for a veteri-
nary surgeon, and he said it was a rat
bite. He told me to wash it with salt and
vinegar, and gave me bottle of medi-
cine; l don't know what it was. On the
next day a sore broke out on his nose
The horse kept on eating hay and oats
until Thursday, and then had to give
them up. After that he ate only little
warm mush, but drank great deal OF
water. put Oat meal in the water to
strengthen him. By this time had had
three doctors, and they all gave different
medicines About all we could do for
him, though, was to keep on haxseed-
poultces, and keep the sores as clean as
we could with the wash of salt and vine
gar. "On Saturday he seemed to get
crazy, and threw himself against the
SluoS Vi Tie bldll, QaSn6Q MS leaQ against
the boards, and kicked at everything.
He had always been very gentle before,
only could never tie him. / had him
in box stall, and tried to tie him so as
to keep him from hurting himself; but he
broke every halter and bride had. On
Sunday his brain was badly affected, and
he was very wild. Still l had hopes Of
saving him, for he appeared strong, and
drank plenty of cat meal water. He
drank two pailfuls ten minutes before he
died. In the afternoon left him, on
his feet, and went into the house to fix
new poultice. was gone only a few
minutes, but as returned he was dead.
He was large cart horse, standing
seventeen hands high, and was nearly II
years of age. Now, 1 never before heard
ofa horse dying from rat-bite, but that's
what killed him, certainly, for he had
always been perfectly well and healthy
before that. The doctors didn't think
he would die. They had never known
horse to die from such q cause"
Year: 1878

ssCr1lsh the dead leaves under thy feet"


Gaze not on them with mournful sigh;
Think not earth has no glory LEFT,


Because few of its fral things die;
Spring time will bring fresh verdure sweet
Crush the dead leaves under thy feet"
Look not back with despairing heart


Think not Iife's morning has been in vain:
Rich broad fields lie before thee yet,


Ready to yield their golden grain,
Autumn may bring thee fruitage sweet
Crush the dead leaves under thy feet"
Murmur not If thy shadows fall


Thick and dark on thy earthly way;
Hearts there are which must walk in shade.
TIL they reach the light Of eternal day,
Life is not long, and the years are fleet
Crush the dead leaves under thy feet
Bravely work with steadfast soul,


Make others happy, and thou shall find
Happiness flowing back unto thy heart,
A quiet peace and contented mind;
If earth be lonely, then Heaven is sweet
Crush the dead leaves under thy feet"
Year: 1878

Early yesterday morning q little son Of
officer Richards. aged about three years,
while playing as the top of a stair case lost
bis balance and tumbled to the bottom. No
serious injuries were sustained but the little
fellows face was considerably bruised.
Year: 1878

GooD use is being made Of the Chi
nese minister. A delegation Of New
York and Baltimore merchants visited
him yesterday to learn Of the prospects
Of obtaining genuine tea, such as the
Chinese themselves drink. The minis
ter said there was nothing to prevent
this as the natural tea was cheaper
than that which was artificially colored
Year: 1878

There was Gen. Ewing, small and wiry, and
his beautiful wife, There was Mrs. Mary j.
Holiness little blonde, with girlish face,
fair curly hair, sad, mild blue eyes; we would
never take her for n popular authoress who
had written numberless novels. There was
Mrs. Southworth, and Mrs Frances II. Bur
nett, the talented authoress of "That Lass o.
Lowrie's," the strongest novel written for q
long time. There was Grace Greenwood,
sparkling and piquant, looking not day old
er than she did the first time l saw her, ten
years ago she was accompanied by her only
daughter, very miniature of herself who
entertained the company charmingly with
some songs. One of the most prettily dressed
ladies in the room was Mrs. Hooker, and she
was also the recipient of great deal of at
tentiou. 1t was easy to see that she was a So
cal fayorte.


Next week | shall assume my old position
as "Our Boston correspondent" But the
nearer the time for departure comes, the more
my feet linger, dreading to turn away from
this city of bloom, the loveliest city ON this
continent. All if Fate will only be kind to
me and speedily send me here again leave
my heart here; won by its beauties it refuses
to go back to the old love sitting on her three
hills 10y tha sea. SALLH JOY WHITE
Year: 1878

The wolf asked the goat to dinner, but the
goat declined.


fox sleeps, but counts hens in his deans.
The wolf changes his hair every year, but
remains wolf.


Dog, why do you bark ? 70 frighten the
wolves away. Dog, why do you keep your
tail between your legs? l am afraid of the
wolf.


Love, fire and cough cannot be hid
Make friends with n bear, but keep hold of
an aX.


Measure ten times, you can cut only once.
Everything is bitter to him who has gall in
his mouth.


Bread and salt humble even robber.
A full stomach is deaf to instruction.
If you hrlt two hares you wi" catch nei-
ther.


God is not in haste, but his aim is sure
You may shut the door on the devil, but he
will enter by the window.


Praise not the crop until it is stacked
The devil when old becomes a monk
1t is not necessary to plow and SOW fools
they grow of themselves


With God We go even over the sea without
him not over the threshold.


Truth is not drowned in water, nor burned
in fire


fool may throw a stone in pond it
may take seven sages to pull it out.
No bones are broken by a mothers fist.
Many will give advice few give help.
To whom God gives employment lie gives
understanding.


Whose bread and whose salt l eat, His
praises sing


good conscience is Gods eye.


Lies march on rotten legs who lies will
steal.


When you walk, pray once; when you goto
sea, twice when you so to be married. three
times.
Year: 1878

Why A WOMAN CAN'T Throw STONE
The practice of whole life will not enable
woman to throw n stone with grace and accu-
racy. 1t was one of the first and most knotty
physiological problems which presented itself
TO our youthful mind-why our big sister,
when She tried to throw a SNOWFALL at us, al
most invariably sent it careening over the
top OF the house, while we, in turn, could pop
her H. the ear almost every time. 1t may be
that We took n mean advantage of this dis
elimination of nature in our behalf against
our sister, and it may be that We improved
the opportunity TO Iak her fore aud aft when
ever she came within firing distance. But
that is neither here nor there As time passed
on and we increased our stock of observation,
we saw the other fellows sisters labored un-
der about the same disadvantages that ours
did in the matter of throwing any kind of
missile. Why this marked and unmistak-
able difference existed we never learned
until, at n somewhat advanced period, we
dove into a book of physiology, and learned
that the clayicle or collar-bone, in the anato-
my of a female is some inches longer and set
some degrees lower down than in the mascu-
line frame. This long, crooked, awkward
bone interferes with the full and free action
of the shoulder, and that's the reason why
girl cannot throw a stone. The design of this
sort of thing is still unexplained TO our entire
satisfaction. We have developed pet theo-
ry of our own, however, that an Nll-wise and
beneficent Providence, foreseeing that there
would be rolling-pins, and stove-hooks, and
pot-lids, and hot water in the world, set the
woman's clavicle down a hitch or two for the
safety of the men. It's lucky for all of us
that women cannot throw stones. ETehdAge.
Year: 1878

Cabot, presumably in Venice The birth of
Cabot is uncertain, as are his age and the
pace and time of his death. But the fact
that the license granted him by Henry VII
calls him Kabotto, Venetian would seem to
determine the question Of his nativity. The
dscoverers had n sorry fortune. Columbus,
as we are aware, was treated with the black
est iDgrattude by the King of Spain. When
the officers Of the vessel in which he was car
ried prisoner to Spain offered to remove his
chains imposed upon him by royal order he
replied, II win wear them as a reminder of
the gratitude Of Princes" He ded as every
body knows neglected, in extreme poverty,
Of broken heart. Nespucci had many trials
and died poor, and Cabot, or Cabota, fell into
such obscurity that no one can tell where or
when or how he died. Surely the auguries
attendant on the birth of the Western World
were not favorable, and in n superstitious age
might have led to the belief that its history
would never be marked by good fortune.-N.


Y Times
Year: 1878

On Saturday next our County Conven-
tion will be held, at which time two dele
gates will be chosen to represent us in the
District Senatorial Convention to be held
at Minneapolis Jnly 10th, in view of the
present state of affairs in this district, and
the possibility of an outside man being
nominated, it will be as well for the dele
gates to go uninstructed, as it gives them
the power to act as they see fit; as gen.
eral thing instructions generally hamper
delegates.
Year: 1878

Mercedes, the young and beautiful queen
of Spain, died last week after short i'll
ness. Her marriage last winter was the
subject OF much comment, as it was a real
love match; which is not very often the
case in royal marriages. tits severe
blow to the king, as he fairly idolized her,
and indeed to the whole nation also, as she
was very popular.
Year: 1878

The LIE Sueur Sentinel is after the light
ming rod agents, and says; If there is any
way of arresting and furnishing these light
ming rod and other swindlers, it is high
time for our county authorities to do So"
Year: 1878

The Pioneer Press in an article on the
railroads, mentions among other prospec-
tive lines, one, which, is to run from ''Mor-
ris to Deadwood in the Black Hills" and
claims that such route would be over two
hundred miles, shorter than the proposed
Northern Pacific extension. This is of
course interesting news to us, and it wonld
not be surprising if such line would some
day be built. This is really the best point
to start from, as it is the nearest point to
Browns Valley, which would probably be
the point at which the road would cross
into Dakota, for the reason that Traverse
and Big Stone lakes would prevent cross
ing, for distance of nearly eighty miles
in north and south line.
Year: 1878

PETE MENTGEs will reopen his saloon
No. l9 Adams, tonight with full supply
Of fresh beer, wines and liquors. Pete's
has always been one Of the institutions
Of the city, and not to know his head
quarters was to Acknowledge ignorance
about the general meeting place Of the
beer drinkers OF the city. We know his
saloon will be crowded tonight, and
when the beer flows freely expect to be
there 10 enjoy it.
Year: 1878

The London Pail Mall Gazette edi-
torially declares that the treaty of Ber-
lin is failure; that it will be impossible
by it to arrive at pacific solution, and
that the sooner this fact is recognized
the better. Peace, it says, must be com.
mended By commanding the arrest of
the reckless power which has kept
Europe in commotion for years past
and now threatens to break away from
oil law aud all restraint. II this is only
to be done in concert, and concert is a
give.and-take matter for the benefit oi
which all parties must pay something, il
follows that we should not shrink from
any price in reason.
Year: 1878

This matter now rests with the people
who must know the importance of send
ing up reliable delegation this time
more than usual and who will no doubt
cast full vote next Tuesday. There is
no politics in this, II is business
Year: 1878

that Russia has consented to submit ihe f1ll


text OF the treaty of peace to the congress. II
is h also stated that, RUSSIA is disposed TO agree
ference, who shall have a consulting voice only.
Year: 1878

THE Republicans talk of darkey.-
Why not take Anderson. He would
draw the negro vote out: and certainly the
other candidates would support him, i'll
return for all the votes he has given for
them these ten years. This would cystal-
ize the party and show to the world that
its chief feature was not a sham.
Year: 1878

The Spanish citizens Of New Orleans
yesterday honored the memory of the late
Queen Mercedes with a grand funeral
mass at the Cathedral, during which a
section of artillery fired minute guns in
front Of Jackson Square.
Year: 1878

On Friday last Sir Stafford Northcote read
from Lord Beaconsfied in reference to an
interview with Server Pacha, published in
the London Daily Ne,os, in which there were
allegations peculiarly unpalatable to the
Premier and his party. II have only to
say" wrote Beaconsfield, ''that the state
ment is an infamous fabrication" The
statement particularly thus characterized
was that Lord Beaconstield and Mr. Layard
had encouraged Turkey to fight and to per-
sist in her ruinous conflict by the promise
of English aid. 1t was not to be expected
that the Prime Minister of England would
go into particulars in u matter of
this nature, yet it would have been
gratifying to public curiosity if people
could have understood from his words
whether it was Server Pacha's charge that
he deemed fabrication or the allegation
that the Pacha had made such charge.
The Turkish statesman involved in this de-
nuncation is tho Foreign Minister of the
Ottoman government. He went to the camp
of the Russian commander to treat for an
armistice. In that camp he was seen by an
English correspondent, with whom he con-
versed on current events, and that conver-
sation was published as an interview in tho
London Daily Neos Now, an interview re-
ported by the regular correspondent of
newspaper with n public man is never
fabrication in the offensive sense OF that
term, and the word of a correspondent for
the truth of an interview is as good
as the word of Sir Stafford Northcote or
Lord Beaconsfeld in Parliament We
have no doubt that that interview was an
authentic statement OF what the Turkish
Minister said in the Russian camp. Did
the Turkish Minister state the facts falsely :?
That is where the rub is. The issue is one
of veracity between the British Premier and
the Ottoman statesman. who dealt diractiu
Year: 1878

The wreck of the Metropolis is going to
produce, it seems, large crop of plans in
Congress for improving the coast life saving
service. This is we'll enough. The num-
Der of stations ought to be increased, es-
pecially if all the talk in Washington of
increasing our foreign trade comes to any
thing practical. Not only this, but the in
spection of the coast ought to be more
thorough, and we approve of the proposition
to make navy officers do duty as inspectors.
From them we may at least hope that they
will infuse more thorough discipline into
the service, which it seems to us to need.


But after all this is done there remains
something else, and that is to take care that
the masters of steamers like the Metropolis
know enough to keep off shore in stormy
weather, and that old hulks such as the
Metropolis appears to have been are not
sent to sea heavily laden with iron and pas
sengers. Captain Merryman, of the rev.
enue marine, reports to the Secretary of the
Treasury that 'the Metropolis was rotten (;
her fragments are smaller than those of the
Maggie and Lucy"-a schooner lost last year
on the North Carolina coast.


Lord Dundreary would say on this sub
ject that ''an ounce Of prevention is worth
two or three life saving stations" and he
would not be nearly as far ont of the way as
the Huron and Metropolis were when they
went ashore. nss so