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Year: 1878

The study of animals inclines men
to a steady cheerfulness. All natural
lists are cheerful men, unless there is
something peculiarly sad or painful in
the individual lot; and even then study
of natural history has in many in
stances been known to supply an i'll
terest which enabled the sufferer to
bear his affection more easily. The
contemplation of animal life may act at
once as a stimulant and an anOdyne.
The abolmding vitality Of animals
communicates a strong stimulus to
those energies which we have in COM
mon with them, whilst on the other
hand their absolute inCapacity for shar-
ing our higher intellectual vitality has
a tendency TO make us happily forget it
in their presence. Your dog will run
and Jump with you rs much as you like.
but it is Of no use to talk to him about
your business anxieties or your litera-
rv ambition. l believe that most of
the attractiveness of what is called
''sport, y is 10 be found in the happiness
of association with the lower animals.
Take away. the animals from a hunt;
suppose that there were neither horses
nor dogs, nor stag, fox, nor wild boar,
nor any other animal whatever, but
that the men rode on velOcipedes after
a machine going 10y electricity-whO
does not at once feel that the deep
charm Of the chase would be gone. -
HumeriOn.
Year: 1878


She was watching at the window,
AsI hurried down the street,
In the simple brown merlnO


That I fancy looks so neat,
And her smile I thought pOrtentouA
It was so exceeding sweet.
Then she met me at the threshold
With very loving kiss,
That recalled the early stages


OF our matrimonial bliss,
And felt at once a tremOr,


Was there anything amissl
mol The children were all quiet
And the hearth was very bright,
And my pet-our roguish CHARLIE
Was quite festal in his white;
Yet 1 braced myself for something,
Be that something what It might
Ny chair was near the fire,


And my slippers by its side
Ny pipe was very handy,


And my papers open wide,
And she wore tho pretty brcastpin
That I gave her when a bride.
The dinner was perfection


1t was lavish without waste;
The soup was Vermicelli,


And exactly to nv taste;
While the dessert was a triumph
Of artistic skill in paste.
And when the meal was over,
And the inner man at rest,
She drew her chair beside me,
With the baby on her breast.
Ifelt, aud so I told her,


Twas one among the biest.
Oil the smile Of tender radisucs
That iIumined all her face,
As clasped her to my bosom
In a lovers fond embrace.
It wns then she softly whispered,
wont you let me buve that lacaH 2"
Year: 1878

A great deal is being said just now
about Gen. Grant being a candi-
date for the Presidency in 1880, and
the idea seems to be popular with
many Republicans. We could sup
port him very heartily, having no
scrupIes against ,eIeeting him for q
''third term" after an interval of
four years shall have passed, but we
think the discussion about Presiden-
tial candidates for 1880 is q little
premature. The election is still two
years off, and during that time no
doubt the course of events will make
it sufficiently plain who will be the
best man for the occasion.
Year: 1878

Republicanism in North Carolina is
not dead, whatever it may be in the
other Southern States. At the re-
cent State election Al Republicans
were elected to the lower House Of
the State Legislature, and II to the
Senate. The Democrats have a ma
jority in both branches, but the Re
publicans have So votes on joint bal
lot, giving them the balance Of pow
er, which they will be able to use
with good effect in the election Of a
U. s. Senator. If they cannot elect
a Republican, they can at least com
pei the choice of a moderate and con
serVative Democrat in place Of Vance,
the re-eater, who is a candidate.
Year: 1878

We we're amused at hearing the story
of an old lady whose only exclamation
on hearing of the execution Of man
who had once lived in the neighbOThoOd
was, well, I nOw'd he'd come to the
gaTlows atlast, for the knOtin hishand-
kerchief was always slipping round
under his left ear"
Year: 1878

A Rochester, n. Y, girl who was
afraid to let her lover IN at the door re-
ceived him through the window. While
he was going in the usual way the other
night he was cOlIaTed and taken to the
station, where lie was hooked as a bur
glar. She cleared him.
Year: 1878

Original OF selected contributions for the young
Folks Corner are solicited from our young read
ers and also from such Of our older readers %
have not forgotten that they were once young peo-
pie. The answers must always accompany Prub-
lens, Enigmas, Charades, &c, together with the
real name of the writer, not for publication but
for the private information Of the editor. #
Year: 1878

1t has been said that three buckets
Of the water Of Salt Lake will yield one
of solid salt. This IS impossible, as
water will not hold in solution more
than twenty-five per cent Of saline mat
ter.
Year: 1878

Under ordinary circumstances, water
does not wet quicksilver. A drop Of
water will remain on the surface Of
quicksilver. AS soon, however, as
their electric relations are disturbed By
vOltaic battery, wetting commences.
Year: 1878

In some forms of disease certain
colOrless leaves. In some cases this
peculiarly Of growth extends to the
whole branch. In Il few cases it eX-
tends to the whole plant, but i'll such
is popular many Of our florists have
made attempts to reproduce these ac-
cidental abOrtiOns, but 50 far with.little
good result. Peter Henderson, one Of
our prominent florists and gardeners,
relates the following in connection with
this habit in the geranium: "a few
days ago being in the greenhouse Of
one of our well-known florists, he
showed me growing among a mass of
SmilaX foliage (MU'SjphyLlunl) a strong,
vigorous shoot of Il geranium with stem
and leaves as white as snow. | was
perfectly nonplnssed for afeW moments,
as on examining the root there was ap-
parentiy no shoot except the white one
but on scraping the soil off for a couple
Of inches, found the waggish owner
had trained a strong shoot, nearly six
feet high behind the screen of smilax,
which at once accounted for the healthy
condition of the white shoot The
plan was ingenious, and was done in
such way that, had the florist been
dishonesty disposed, he might readily
have found a purchaser, as his white
branch had nearly all the yigor Of the
green shoot. If we once detatch the
white shoot from the life sustaining
green portion, death to the white is
only question of time-and very short
time, too" The taste for foliage plants
is SO much on the increase that ii would
be worth a good fortune to any florist
who could succeed in propagating this
defect, and produce plant with white
or coiorless leaves.
Year: 1878

a thoughtful writer recommends to
every man especially in the Autumn of
his life to take to gardening, if he has
not already experienced its pleasures.
Of all occupations in the world it is the
one which best combines repose and
activity. 1t is not idleneSs; il is not
stagnation; and yet it is perfect quiet
ude. Like all things mortal it has its
failures and its disappointment, and
there are some things hard to under
stand. But it is never without its re-
wards, and perhaps if there We're moth
ing but successful cultivation the ag-
gregate enjoyment would be less. 1t
is better for the occasional shadows
that come over the scene. The discip-
line, too, is most salutary. 1t tries our
patience and it tries our faith. But
even in the worst Of seasons there is
far more to reward and encourage than
TO dishearten and disappoint. There
is no day of the year without something
to afford tranquil pleasure to the cul-
tivator of flowers, something on which
the mind may rest-rest with profit and
delight.
Year: 1878

The value of toadS as insect DESTROY
ers is not properly appreciated by our
farmers; in Europe they are better ap-
preciated, and in many parts of the
country, especially in France, they are
brought into the city market and sold
to vegetable gardeners and fruit raisers,
who build small shelters Of bricks in
various parts Of their grounds to shell
ter the toadS during the warm portion
of the day. One Of our exchanges GER
titles to their value as follows: Every
tidy housekeeper deteSts reaches, mice,
and other vermin about the house,
Two or three domestic toads will keep
the coast clear of these, and will be
found more desirable than a cat. The
toad has Il timid and retiring nature,
loving dark corners and shady places,
but with kind treatment will become
tame All that is necessary TO procure
their aid is to provide them with cool,
safe retreats by day, with convenient
access TO water, and they will go out at
night tc the performance of their noe
turnai duties without money and with
out price The average housewife no
doubt ,letestS mice, but she usually
holds the domestic toad" in still great
er detestation. We know that a single
toad in the cellar Will destroy large
number OF reaches. flies, and bugs, but
have never noticed the absence Of mice.
Year: 1878

The present inordinate length of
ladies' skirts appears to have so great
ly excited the ire of the police of Leip-
sic that they have restored for their
suppression to the sumptuary laws of
the middle ages. A notice has ap-
peared in the Leipziger Tagblatt that
all persons whose dress is found trail
ing on any streets or foot paths within
the municipal boundaries of Leipsic
will be liable to be mulctured in PEN
alties varying from five to fifty marks
according to the extent of the skirt
we presume. Constables are instructed
to arrest, and conduct TO the nearest
police station, all offenders against this
regulation, and the names of the guilty
ones will be published at the end of
every week.
Year: 1878

Recently. IN Paris, some cartridges
had been placed on table near wiz
dow; the concentration of the sun rays
by an eye in the glass was sufficient
to cause an explosion. In summer con-
nagrations have arisen along railways
by similar action of the glass of the
carriage windows on the dried leaves
along the track and embankments. 1t
is known that in Algerian forests fire
has occurred through drops Of water
attached to the leaves acting as lenses
or burning glasses.
Year: 1878

Ny mas been working very hard,
Ana also very sly.
And keeps her sewing out of sight
Whenever | am nigh.
i asked her once what made her stop
Her work when / came in;
She said she only stopped to get
a needle, thread or pm.
The bureau drawer next to mine
Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants to open 1t


she sends me of TO play.
L stole peep one afternoon,


Although it was not right:
But, Oh. the little things | saw


Were such a pretty sight
The cutCst, incest little clothes
Just big enough for doll;
But then know they're not for her
She needs them not at all.
know they're not for ma nor pa,
Nor me nor brother 'Hor,"
For We can't wear such little clothes:
wonder who tbey'r FIR.
Year: 1878

1t is not poverty so much as pretense
that harnesses ruined man-the strug-
gle between proud mind and an
empty purse-the keeping up a hollow
show that must soon come TO an end.
Have the courage to appear poor, and
you diSarm poverty of its sharpest
sting.
Year: 1878

A faded belle remarked to fresh
young rival, You are having a great
triumph tonight. l wonder what your
enemies will say now" Reply, with
dear innocent smile: Il was just going
to ask you.n
Year: 1878

A man, however innocent he may be,
is always enveloped in thick cloud of
damaging circumstantial evidence
When he leans up against the hotel cor
ner, carefully picks out wooden tooth
pick, and tries to light it on the top of
glass cigar case.-Burliagton Hatok-
Year: 1878

Mrs. Abbott. who resides within a few miles of Pitts Point, in this county, had a singular occurrence happen to her one day last week. She had been totally blind for about eight years, but for about ten min utes on the day in question she recovered her sight and was enabled, during that brlef period, to see everything about the house something she had not been able to do for eight years before. The house had recent ly been newly papered and painted, and when total blindness came over her again she described accurately the various colors used in the papering and painting. Her son had married since she lost her sight. and she had never seen her daughter.in law, but, in the period she was restored to sight, she saw her, and afterwards described her appearance accurately. The momentary ec- stacy occasioned by the miraculous res,ora. tion to sight was suddenly dissipated by it's equally instantaneous loss, and she is now as blind as ever. This case is one of sineu. lar nterest.-E2Esa6sthtOso0 (Ky.) Nesas.
Year: 1878

It was novel idea of the publishers of "Golden Hours" to so design cover for the months of 1878 that every number brings the old familiar look, and yet gives a new picture to it's readers. Thus far we have had representations from tue animal kingdom. What is to follow we are not told. We would rather not know. We love pictures. and we like the pleasant sur- prise.

 It is a comfort to know that whatever is provided by the editor and publishers of this magazine will be in good taste and on sound principles, and if the children get the reading of it first we may have bit of sympathy for ourselves, but not shade of fear on their behalf. Send the publishers fifteen cents for the March number, and see if you agree with us Address Hitchcock S Walden, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Year: 1878

| Wilmington Chapel, the meetin
place generally Of the colored people o
the South side located on Buttonwooc
street between A. and B. was opened
on Wednesday evening last for regular
service, this being the first service held
in it since the great food four week,
ago. At that time the chapel was sub
merged eight feet deep in water, doing
considerable damage. The Sunday
school library is SO injured that it Ia
worthless, and the same Is tho case
with the pulpit hymn book and Bible.
The doors of the church were burstsd
In and all the church furniture dam
aged so as to be useless. The loss
comes hard upon the congregation which
has been struggling along gradually
surmounting many difficulties, and any
favor which any charitaoly disposed
person may feel disposed to confer, will
be thankfully received by Rev. Isaac
II. White. the pastor, or other known
friends Of the church. The total loss
is about $75.


Farewell Temperance Meeting.


Messrs. butcher and Wells hold =
temperance meeting on Sunday after
noon next, at $50 O'Clock, in the Grand
Opera House, as . farewell meeting
previous to their journey south. The
Revs. T. B. Duval and s. H. Caldwell,
will b. present and address the meet
ing. Also the Rev. J. B. Mann II not
absent from the city. .......


The condition Of Mr.. Dutchsr's health
will not permit him to labor In the cold
climate during the winter and II will bs
the last time he will address the people
for some time. Come and give the
cause the support Of your presence and
such material aid AZ you can sfford
in order that the laborers may be equip
ped for the journey.


where the PROFITS como From.


This morning a reporter ofthe REPuB-
LIcAN meeting carpenter and contrac-
tor Of this city on the street, inquired
how business was with him. He stated
that the carpentering business was dull
and he thought Of going into other bus
mess. Why, said he, do you know
that the machinery has cut the bust
ness up 80 that there is very little profit
for the contractor. For instance he
stated the mill work formerly done by
hand and now done by machinery was
where the most profits came from. !
Year: 1878

A Boston man has vest that Fanny
Fern made with her own hands. And
he will bet 500 that it never did and
never will fit any man in this wide, vide
world; that they can't tell by
its shape whether it was original
ly made for a fat woman or a
lean man; for man with q sway
back, or man with hump on his back
ike camel. Woman, heaven bless her,
is the light of our homes, but when she
tries to make a mans vest the angels
weep. And when she makes pair OF
pantaloons for him the immortal gods
lust hold their sides and run away out
into the woods and roll on the grass and
howl Burlington Hawkeye,
Year: 1878

this city who does not recollect the time
when a very large amount OF trade was
carried on in this branch of business with
almost the entire southern section OF the
country. Where is the larger part OF
this trade to-dsy2 With the Mounds
vile and other penitentiaries.


After stating TO his ot0n entire salts
faction that we will have to look for
other causes for the present hard times
than those he champions, he smuses HIM
seli by asking q series of questions OF no
sort of interest to any enc but Cevotee
of the system.


In regard to working the criminals
upon the public roads he says: alt
West Virginia is able to spend money
in building roads. why not give employ
ment TO a portion OF the legion OF un'
skilled labOrers who are to-day asking IN
vain for work to build them" We answer
West Virginia has not the money to pay
honest men for lasor required TO make
good roads, but she has the convicLs,
and as to their escaping, do what has
been done in other states when the same
kind of employment was given them
and they attempted to escape, put ball
and chain upon them. a man with an
ornament OF that kind won't run very
far.


Captain Bridges evidently imaglnes
he has made great hit, and can fancy
l see him enjoying hearty laugh at his
own wit, when he charges the opponents
of convict labor, as the case now stands,
with wishing to shut these criminals up
and let them live IN idleness, and pre-.
tends 10 believe we wish to gull the
large percentage of taxpayers into our
views. We do not wish to gull any one,
and such ah assertion is unworthy even
of contradiction.


Nor is the basis of the calculation
which he makes in regard to the proper
tion OF the number OF Convicts to forty
millions of people correct To argue
in this way shows singular lack
of knowledge on his part. IL is with the
Lumb Der OF skilled mechanics who are at
iected by it that the comparison should
be made. With them their knowledge
is their stock in trade and 10 man or set
of men have the right to take this from
them any more than has thief TO take
Capt. Bridges pocket book from him.


But, Messrs. Editors, | am fear occu-
pying too much of your valuable space,
and SO for the present l will close.


A WORKMAN.
Year: 1878

"Ah! women are ficklew you tell me,


Well--yes--if by fickle you mean
A trifie less false than you men arv;


And greatly more true than you scem."
"But women are cruel-so cruel!


They fatter and coax for while,
Then tread on the hearts that we give them


And deal us blow with smilep
"we are crucl-it may be-but cruel


In million charming ways;
So sorry at times to have hurt You,


SO kind on the gloolniest days.
" But you men r'-you calculate nicely


How near you may 60, or how far,
And never one moment You soften,


Nor pity the hopes you mar.
"And when yon at last are successful,


And the flower foats down to your feet,
Its colors are no more 80 perfect,


Its perfume il no more so sweet.
"YOn leave it to lie on the roadside


(First trampling it down in the dust).
And fancy such is your right here,


To break and to Outrage our trust.
"You think us to weak, till we sting you,
And give you at last your deserts;
And then you turn round in you anger,


And vow that all women are fiIrts.
"Believe me, that if you would let us


BE honest and true, as We are
(Not Striving to conquer us always),


The world would be better by far"
Year: 1878

Troy Prees.


Partisanship should not be al.
lowed to enter into the matter ut
all. 1t is the people who have
been outraged, aud it is the people
who should be avenged. Ii our
people are to love and respect the
Federal government, if they are to
hope for its perpetuity and pros.
perity, this great wrong to them
must be undone, and if Mr.. Hayes
is shown, after an honest and fair
investigation, to have been party
to the fraud, he should be prompt.
ly unseated and disgraced, no mat.
ter what is "upset' for a time.
The government will be stronger
snd purer for it, the people will
have more confidence in it and in
themselves. This matter must not
be allowed to die. The seeds of
speedy national decay are in the
White House at this moment. If
we would live as a people they
must be removed.
Year: 1878

We knew it would come about at
last. They now propose to run To-
comOtives without steam. 1t is an
English idea. The plan is said to
embrace the conversion of air into
bydrocarbon gas of great heating
power, and storing it In II chamber,
which is to be subjected to consid-
cradle pressure. From this it is
forced out again through a pipe to
the perforated tubes, from which
combustion takes place in the fur
mace and by burning hydrocarbons,
with the gas, in a gazeOus or exter-
nal heat to gasify or divide them.
The heavy oils, In this divided or
gasified state, burn over the CRATE
in conjunction with the hyaFacar.
bon gas.
Year: 1878

New York Sun.


Whatever may be the conclusion


to which the committee to investi'


gate the alleged electoral frauds


may come, there is 10 possibility OF
any disturbance of the peace in
consequence. The appeals to the
fears of the timid have been with
out any foundation. Who thinks
OF disturbing the peacef No one.


1t is urged by some journals that
the interests of business will suffer
from the investigation. Suffer how I
What is it proposed to dot Look
into an alleged fraud. Does the
prosperity of business depend upon
connivance at fraud 7 CannOt the
will of the people in the election of
their chief magistrate to be quietly
carried into effect without u shock
to the business of the country !
Those who predicted prosperity as
the fruit of the electoral commits
sion were mistaken; and the same
persons are now predicting trouble
from the investigation of the elec-
toral frauds, and they will turn out
to be mistaken again, utterly mis-
taken. There will be no trouble.
can make trouble. If the
alleged frauds are disproved, that
will be the end of the matter. If
they are clearly established, MIR.
matter what his disposi-
tion - would net possess the
strength of a child to resist the tor
rent of public sentiment which
would demand that the Office OF
president be given to tho man who
vas lagfullv elected.
Year: 1878

Thou ESPECIALLY the ladies) shalt
love the printer, tor he lOveth You
muchly.


Thou shalt subscribe for his pa
per, for it is an abOminatiOn in his
sight to SEQ those sponged upon
who do take it.


Ii thou art u business man, thou
shalt advertise, in order that thou
mayst not only be able to pay for
thy paper, but that thou mayst
put money in thy purse.


Thou shalt not visit Inn regard
less of his Office rules in deran.
ging the paper and type.


Thou shalt not touch anything
that would give him trOuble-.hat
he may not hold thee guilty.


Thou shalt lnot read the manu-
script in the cOmpositOr's hand, for
he we will not hold thee blame
less.


Thou shalt not read the news be-
fore it is printed, for he will give 1t
to you in due time.


Thou shalt ask him few questions
of his office.


Thou shalt not write communica.
tions on both sides Of the paper,
for the editor neetleth the other
side to write his editorials on.


Thou shalt not ut any time send
abusive and threatening letters
to the editor, neither shalt thou
c0whide him more than four times
u year.


Thou shalt pay for thy paper in
advance and thy advertising bills
when due, mot waiting to be dun
ncd) in order that the noble prin-
ter may live.-Er.
Year: 1878

Duty Of Democrats In Congress.
Watertown Dispatch.


Now that the republicans them.
selves have confessed and unearth-
ed the whole foul plot, and stand
ready to produce tho proofs, what
is the duty of the democrats in
congressf Certainly they can do no
less than accept the invitation thus
proposed by the republicans and
order an investigation in some
form. The democrat senator or
member who, in view of recent de.
velopments, neglects or even liesi-
tates to demand a. thorough invest
igation of the whole matter, in
some form, should be set down as
a traitor to his party and an enemy
to his country. The people will
never rest contented until at least
thorough investigation is had and
the responsibility of the outrage
brought home to the doors of the
originators and participators in it.