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Year: 1878

Hardly any woman in France mas had
so marked a personal influence, has so
permeated her time, as Julie Recamier
and that without taking any active part
in the stirring events of the close of the
eighteenth century. She was essentially
and intensely womanly, the incarnation
OF gentleness, amiability and tact. Her
friendships are renowned-shc was her
self an ideal friend-and the charm of her
presence was unbounded, almost unpre-
cedented. Beautiful of person, perfect
in manners, fascinating by inheritence,
living in an era of gallantry, which means
so much, often SO i'll, in France, she
gracefully avoided the countless perils
surrounding her, and went to the grave
without the shadow Of spot upon her
name. Grievously misunderstood at
times, though mainly by foreigners who
could not believe what traversed their
theories, her behavior finally nullited
scandal and shamed her detractors to
silence


During more than seventy years she
seems never once to have crossed the
delicate boundary between love. as gem
orally apprehendcd, and genuine friend
ship. Kind and complaisant to all, she
knew exactly when she had yielded what
was due to the fullest courtesy, and there
she serenely paused. She scarcely made
an enemy amongst her own sex--for she
never sighted ,nem, was never guilty Of
arrogation-- and rarely offended the vain
est and most sensitive man, because she
refused to kindle expectations she would
not crafty. That a woman so lovely and
bewitching should have escaped shoals Of
feminine foes manifests the completeness
OF her tact, the excellence Of her intuition
Many called her cold-a prudent woman
is apt to be so regarded but she was not !;
but she was extremely tender, and tender
ness is passion at rest. Everybody ad-
mired her, and was drawn to her though
not beyond the line that is the boundary
Of esteem
Year: 1878

good bed for the horse. cows aod
other stock kept housed during the win
ter, goes much further towards sayine,
feed, and keeping stock thriving and
comfortable, than large class OF farmers
and others are willing to allow. -Four
tons OF fodder will more than equal five
tons, where damp scanty bedding. and
hard, cold. uncomfortable standing places
only are provided. There are very few
farmers who cannot provide with little
difficulty or expense, plenty of litter 10
give their stock good, comfortable beds
through the usual season of necessary
shelter and stabling. There is usually
refuse fodder, straw, and such other mat
ter which may be thus utilized and made
INTO manure by this process; forest leaves
and muck are at his command very
frequently, where the disposition is NOT
wanting, but the whole involves some
labor. What is there which is connected
with the farm that does not involve labor2
The coarse refuse fodder needs to be cut
or IN some way made fine. before going
into the manure heap.


ms cutting up may be a light matter
where the will is not wanting For corr
stalks, a block and a part OF an old scythe
with wood handle affixed to one end
make short work where any more econo-
mlcal implement is wanting Muck
should be dug and we'll dried, and then
be housed conveniently for use. Straw
and other long litter should be made
shorter in some way, before passing into
the manure heap, for ease in handling.
l.
rial, where 1t IS to be had conveniently.
and makes good dressing for any heavy
SOIL Sawdust makes about as comfort
able a bed as anything, but all may not
be able to procure it as needed. Sawdust
very frequently is allowed to 90 to waste
at the mills, or used as q fuel. but tbn
farmer could afford to pay its fuel value,
where withina reasona BILE distance Of his
place, for bedding:


1t makes a neat, clean bedding mate
rial where we'll dried, aud applied indi-
clously. 1t should be confined within the
standing or lying space of the stock, by
several cleats or partitions, and be spread
two to four inches deep, and when wet
must be removed to be mixed with the
dropplngs OF the stock. Sawdust furnish
es a most agreeable and refreshing stand
ing bed for tired teams. cooling and sooth-
ing to feverish and hard used feet. to d
greater extent than any other common
bedding. 1t will not require a large
amount Tor a single animal, so thar
the storage room need only be proper
toned to the number of animals, or to
the available supply. ! have known farm
ers haul sawdust five or eight miles for
bedding in the horse stable, and they
thought it agood investment Two horses
will haul as large a load as can well be
put on any common wagon. with boards
and stakes to continc it.--IF II. White, in
Country Gentlenqaa.
Year: 1878

Recent Honolulu papers announce the
death of w. 2. Ragsdall, governor Of the
Leper settlement, on the island of Molo-
kai. Ragsdale was native of Hawaii,
born Of a native mother and American
father A lawyer by profession, he was
held in high esteem by the people and
government. His discovery Of his leprosy
is thus described: One night he was
studying up law case in which he was
deeply interested, when the chimney of
his lamp fell Oh the table. Although the
chimney was hot as fire, "Bill," in his
excitement, picked it up, and set it in its
place, without experiencing the least in
convenience, such as would naturally re-
suit to really sound person handling a
red-hot lamp chimney. Rejecting for a
moment, he looked at his hand, but could
not discover the least sign that he had
been burned. He then took off and put
on the lamp chimney repeatedly, and with
the same result. This experience con-
vinced him that he was among the affiict-
ed, and he lost no time in communicating
with the authorities.


An examination was made, and medi-
cal authority declared that he was atflict-
ed with leprosy The police did not ar
rest him, however, owing to his exalted
position, as was common with those sus-
pected of being lepers, so he voluntarily
delivered himself up as victim of the
terrible disease. He was then sent to
Molokai and installed as Governor Of the
leper settlement, which position he held
for number of years up to the time of
his death, last month. Soon after his
isolation from the world and his friends,
the disease made itself more apparent,
and there were none so incredulous as to
believe that he was not forever afflicted
with the leprosy. During his administra-
ton of affairs he was as successful as he
was popular. There were and are about
eight hundred lepers in the settlement,
but by his tact and kindheartedness,
Year: 1878

The subject Of the employment Of wom-
en- is as vital to the rich as to the poor
Mr.. Emersons remark with regard to the
regulation of the body holds equally for
the soul-he who is rich, and would be
we'll, let him live as if he were poor. We
talk Of the lazy poor because they are a
burden to the community are not the la
~ rich, after all, the rottenness at the core?
Every woman, from he Queen on the
throne to the little Pippa who passes ev-
ry day to the tilature, has her work to do,
and is responsible for the due perfor-
nance Of it. All service ranks the same
with God. All are servants equally in
His sight,


What picture would the life of the
average woman Of Fifth Avenue Or
Becon Street present to US if we should
lay it down without exaggeration on
paper! Her school-days over. it is her
habit to walk into the breakiast-room at
nine o'clock, just from her bed, her
front hair twisted over pins or bits
of silk. She lounges, reading the news
paper, chatting with others as purpose
less as herself, warming her feet or gaz-
ing out of window, until eleven; then she
retires to arrange her toilet for the even
ing; perhaps to examine clean clothes
from the wash, or perform some other
household duty-duties not to be omitted,
but which the economical woman Zone
who has learned the value of time) would
have completed before the day began;
then she dresses for afternoon calls, and
list in hand, descends to the lunch
table. Here nearly another hour fades
away before she begins her afternoon
round, flittering from house to house,
cheerful chatting Of the 'shaugAraun,
Nilsson, Kellogg-of every thing in short,
which concerns the shows of life, but
careful as one walking over pitfalls to
avoid every subject of vital interest either
to herself or others.


Then, the visits or drive ended, she hur-
ries home in season to dress for dinner,
and go somewhere afterward, as if to ex-
haust to the last drop her own vital
strength and the hours of the day. This
little record is not overdrawn. With
certain notifications, this is the substance
of the life CT wives and daughters of we'll
to-do merchants in our cities. These
days are varied by certain mornings Civ
en- to music and others to painting. But
how small the average Of those who
achieve anything worth doing! A man
Year: 1878

We are called upon this week to
chronicle one OF the most horrible ac-
cidents that ever occurred in anv com
munity: The accident happened about
two miles from Shamrock, and little
Jimmie Robinson was the sufferer. The
facts, as we obtained them. are about as
follows: Mr.. Robinson was some dis
tance from the house clearing, and Mrs.
Robinson had gone to a nejghbor's (Mrs.
Fritz, some 300 yards distant, leaving
Jimmie and Guy, aged respectively four
and two years, at home. She had been
gone only a short time, when she and
Mrs. Fritz heard child making a
noise at the door, and Mrs Fritz, think
ing, perhaps, it was her child wanting to
get in, opened the door and there stood
Jimmie with the last vcstage of clothing
burned from his body, except his boots
and little flannel collar; and his body
down to his feet burned almost into
perfect crisp. Mrs. Fritz picked him up
and ran into the house, and began bath
ing him with castor oil. The telling Of
his mother at this time no one but motif
ers could tell. Yet her frcnzicd cries
never seemed for a moment to dagnt
him or affect in the least his presence of
mind


He told them to go after his little broth
er; that be had left him at the fence;
couldn't help him over, and about how
the accident happened. He said Guy
was playing in the fire with a stick and
set him afire; when his cloths began to
blaze he ran to the water bucket to
put it out, but the bucket was empty, and
he then began to scream. Getting no re-
ply from anyone, he said he rar into the
yard and began to swear, thinking his
mother would come to correct him for
swearing, as she had often done, but no
one answered him, and he then started to
where bis mother was, and after going
some distance he thought of having left
his little brother shutup in the house.
He went back after him, saying he might
be burned up also. They then started to
gether, and in crossing the branch he
said he thought OF lying down in the wa
ter to put the fire out, but was afraid be
might die. And it was afterward found
that he had gone through two gates and
fastened them both, having to climb up
on the fence to pin them, his father hay
ing often scolded him about leaving the
gates open. The father Immediately
sought medical a;d, but to avail moth
ingg.---Shamrocl (No.) Cor. Fulton Gasette.
Year: 1878

A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED POEM BY FELICIA


HEMANS.
Have you heard, have you heard Of that sun


bright cline,


Unstained by sorrow, unhurt by time
Where age hath ne power DER the fadeless
frame,


Where the eye is fire and the heart is flame
Have you heard of that sun bright cline ?
There are rivers of waters gushin there,
Midst blossomed beauty strangely fair,
And thousand wings are lowering DER
The dazzling wing and the golden shore


That's found in the sun-bright cline.
There are myriads Of forms .arrayed in
Beings of beauty clothed in light
That dwell in their own immortal bowers
Mid the fadeless hue of the countless flowers


That spring in that sun-b-ight cline.
Then far away in that sun-bright cline
Unstained by sorrow, unhurt by time,
Where amid all things fair, is given
The home Of the just, and its name is Heaven


The name OF that SUM- bright cline.


Neau Yorh Champion.
Year: 1878

The Portsmouth On. H) CArouicze
says: On the farm of Mr. Daniel Cook.
which is in one corner of Kittery, Me-.
close up to the York and Elliott bound
ary lines, san intermittent spring, which
is not only most eccentric NATURAL curl
osity but very great convenience to its
owner. Its existence was unknown to
Mr.. Cook Cor any one else in the neigh
borhood) until one Of the parched snm-
mers of five or six years ago, at which
time all the springs, swamp holes, ETC.,
IN the cattle pastures dried up, and the
ANIMALS had to be driven quite distance
twice day 70 get water. One evening,
on turning the cattle out of the pasture


in which they had been feeding during
the day into the one in which the inter
mittent spring is situated, on
their way to water, the thirsty
creatures utterly disgusted the


boy who had them in charge by desertine
the path and running to distant part of
the pasture, in spite Of the boys vigorous
use of language and stones. Following
them up, the boy was astonished to find
Year: 1878

to be painter must not paint with half
his mind. The same law holds good of
the woman.


Let every woman apply to her own life
the doctrine Of selection. The man is
bread to this. What is your son going
to be: parents are asked, and boys IN the
public school contide to each other the
profession OF their choice. No one asks
the girl what is to be her employment,
what she is preparing for. The days of
her pleasant school lite-g glide by one af-
ter another; frequently no accurate schol-
arship has been required of her. and when
the routine stops, she is without rudder
and without aim. --Harper s Magazine for
Mdrch.
Year: 1878

Ragsdale made the extraordinary and
saddest community on the face Of the
earth as cheerful and happy as the un-
fortunate could be. BY his advice the
government made many reforms. and the
1epers recognized him as a father.
Year: 1878

The narrowing sufferings of eight or nine
millions OF people in the famine stricken
provinces OF Northern China have been in
tensiied by the unusual severity Of the
weather. The winter has been the coldest
known in nearly twenty years. Even as far
south as Shanghai the thermometer has been
freezing point by night, and has several times
failed to rise to thirty by day. The lowest
point touched in the settlement has been 1872.
but the mercury fell to 100 on one extremely
bitter night at villa in the neighborhood.
Shooting. parties who had gone up country
In house-boats, as is the custom about New
Years, got frozen in the canals, and only ef-
fected return by walking a hundred miles
or so, or by laboriously cutting through the
ice for greater or less distances, to free the
boat. The profusion of ice suggested one
fraud essentially Chinese. Attracted by an
unusual sputtering, after putting GOALS on
the fire, gentleman was led to examine one
OF the Jumps, and found it was ice carefully
blackleaded.
Year: 1878




There Is just now no reignipg belle i,
Washington, either married or single. Don.
ma Mantilla has the handsornest dresses
Mrs Ben Willis is the prettiest woman: vet
neither is, In any fullness OF the term
a belle.


-, There are swarms of girls In Washington
They come from every part of the world
have seen luscious beauties, with the peachy v
bloom OF girlhood on their rounded cheeks,
standing by the door jambs alone, and going
IN punches OF six or eight into the supper,
rooms at parties.


Things were not formerly at such an ebb.
Not long ago every pretty woman in society
had dozen strings to her bow; now there is
nary thread The White House has run
oyer with young country cousins, fair and
tirty, but not marrying man was known to
be hanging around the Presidential Mansion
Yet we are told that the foreign legations
resident In Washington numbered forty sim
gle men; that Devens needed housekeeper
that Schurz had room for one more: that
Ferry was only waiting till the Indian girl of
his early love was called above. where no
breach OF promise suits are known, and that
fifteen members of the House we're compan-
lonless, and only two had more than their
share. 1t is an outrage on Cannon and Mitch
ell that these gentle, mild-voiced men have to
take care OF from two to six apiece, while the
rest OF the shlrkers go free
Year: 1878

:, The Voice of the Bravo is the English OF


the name OF newspaper published at Mata.
| moros, the Mexican side of the Rio Grande


One-half OF the paper is printed in pure Cas-


tlilan. The other half, through the Joint
iabors OF the translator and M 9xican print
ers,, In such pigeon English as the following
Ihe prospects OF our turner's the esplendfd
since we have had two or three DAYS rains.
we have ulsittdd some of the fields ia our
nnelgntahood and they are looking fine Our
Market is already supplied with roasting
years, squashes and great many other lux
cerles in the yegabid line. The last rain lust
telling time for our farmers. We are all glad
OF it. For the past two or three days we have
noticed many U S. Soldiers commiDg over to
our Heroic city to make their popel uteful in
purchasing what little things they need from
It. We do them justice, they frolic all arround
the city, and we have not as vet. seen or
heard of any disturbance by them raised, al
though they some times take one glass too
many. That we could only say the same
about our own. But unfortunately for our
country that is not the case; principally on
account of the lack of civil education in the
masses OF our people To every one, his due.


Such little errors as one may observe in
these extracts may be accounted for by the
following apology in the Bravo.


our country, on account of it's conditions of
social advancements, stand, since q good
while ago, distinguished position. relative
ly speaking; and Notwithstanding this fact.
the press amongst us has not as vet arrived
at such a state OF organization as to be able
to march streight forward through the cbra-
ter OF passions and make every one feel the
effects OF its beneficial influences in every
respect
Year: 1878

geray thinks he has been harnessed long


OF cruel treatment from his wife. His petit


tion cites several facts. She amused herself


by dragging him around by the hair of the


head, scaldfng his face with hot tea for sup
per. went to his factory and interfered with
take laudanum and summoning him to her
death bed when she didn't die, laying in bed
and firing pistol at him twice while he Law
on the sofa in the room, and lastly reporting
that ne was a thief and rascal, was robbing
picture was in the rougues' gallery All
which Forgeray calls 'cruel treatment" and
ne can't stand 1t any longer. Mrs Fongeray
may have begun right and with the best inten-
lions OF leadership, but then she may have
gone little too far sometimes.
Year: 1878

a young Canadian 8-year old takes the
palm for cruelty She Is the child of Mr..
Charles Frost, OF Berlin, Ont. and being left
with the care of sister of five, became
angered because it interfered with her frolics
with her companions. She determined to rid
herself of the incumbrance, and began to
abuse the child in the most fiendsh manner,
First she filled its mouth with snow, next
dipped it into quantity of water until 1t was
nearly drowned. Then it was placed in the
oven OF the stove and burned and bruised
and next thrust under the stove All these
devices falling, she went for saw to saw it's
mead of. but relented, and hit upon the plan
OF placing it In bag and dragging it about
Inc room. She was engaged in this pleasant
amusement when the horror stricken mother
returned. feuI Or course the injuries proved
Year: 1878

A demi-mondaine Of Washington obtained
week, and dropped from her coign of vantage
q perfumed billet-doux upon the desk of the
Senator beneath. He read it, and sent for
the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, and that stern
omclal led the fair and frail one out OF the
gallery by her tiny. shell-l ear.
Year: 1878

A queer case Of stealing is related as


having occurred at a farm situated


along the road leading from a neigh


boring town. A man who drove


wagon provided with a rack for cOnfn-
ing cattle while being transported, hap
pened along this road about ten O'Clock
at night, and coming to a wel-to-dO
farmers, stopped his horses, and let
three fat hogs out from a pen which is
located Just inside the fence. Having
driven them along the road some little
distance, he hitched his horses by the
roadside, and went back to the farm
from which he had appropriated the
porkers, and aroused the man Of the
house, telling him that the endgate OF
his wagon had fallen down, and three
hogs had been lost from the wagon OW-
ing TO this circumstance. Being una
bic to handle them alone he asked that
somebody from the house come out
and assist him in relOading his heavy
freight. One of the good farmers sons
was sent to the scene of the accident.
In the darkness Of the night, and by
the united efforts Of the two, the cargo
of pork was made secure in the wagon,
and the unfortunate man went on his
way rejoicing, with many thanks for
his kind assistance. The next morning
the farmer rises as usual, goes out to
attend to his thriving pOrkers, but
finds an empty pen, and the awful
truth flashes upon him that he has been
Victimized by his unfortunate friend Of
the night before.
Year: 1878

He who strives after a long and pleas
ant term Of life must seek to attain
continual equanimity, and carefully to
avoid everything which too violently
taxes his feelings. Nothing more
quickly consumes the vigOr of life than
the violence Of the emotions Of the
mind. We know that anxiety and care
gan destroy the healthiest body; we
kLEw that fright and fear, yes, excess
Of joy, becomes deadly. They who are
naturally cool and of a quiet turn Of
mind, upon whom nothing can maxi
too powerful an impression, who are
not wont to be excited either by great
sorrow or great joy, have the bEFl
chance Of living long and happy aftd
their manner. Preserve, therefore, ,un-
der all circumstances, a cOmposure Of
mind which no happiness, no misfOr-
tune, can too much disturb. Love
nothing too violently; hate nothing too
passionately; fear nothing too strong
ly. For still, eventually everything
which befalls thee, the good as well
as the bad, deserves neither immOder-
ate hatred nor love; for already on
many occasions hast thou perceived,
though often truly too late, that thou
hast placed too high a value on those
things which passi0nately charmed OF
pained thee.
Year: 1878

They tell about man in Maine, says
an exchange, who refused to get up and
light the fire, and, as his wife said she
wouldn't, they remained in bed thirty
seven hours before the matter was set
tied. Our sympathies are, Of course,
with the woman, and we may be per-
mitted to entertain regret that it did
not occur to her to perform a great deed
Of self-sacrifce upon this occasion.
How noble and beautiful would have
been the example set her husband, how
tOuchingly would she have shown her
wifely devotion, how keenly would she
have made him feel his meanness, If
she had risen and made the hre-if she
had risen, we say, and made the fire
under the bed, in order to rOut him out
all Of suddenl A woman who throws
away such a chance as that is false to
her duty and to her sex.