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Year: 1874

EFFECT OF COLD WATER on THE EYES
The American Journal of Health says:
Many persons are daily running their
ewes bY washing them in cold water in the
morning. Cold water will harden and
roushen the hands, and much more will! 1t
do to the manifold more delicate covering
of the eye; or the eye will in self. defense
become scaly in the manner OF fish, that
is. the coats of the eye will thicken, con-
stituting species Of cataract, which must
imp air the sight. That water, cold and
harsh as it is, should be applied to the eye
Tor curative purposes. in place of that soft,
warm, lubricating fluid which nature
manufactures for just such purposes. indi-
Gates great thoughtlessness or great men-
tai obliquity. Nothing stronger than luke
warm water should ever be applied to the
eye, except by special medical advice.
and under special medical supervision"
Year: 1874

Frightened by the results of the local
op. ion elections in several cities in Cali
fornil, the wholesale liquor dealers of San
Francisco have combined to fight the law
which gives the issuing of licenses over to
the decision ola popular vote. Their plan
is to prove its unconstitutionality. They
contend that the law-making power is
vested exclusively in the legislature, and
that the latter body cannot delegate its
functions to any other body or authority;
that, excepting in cases where the people
have expressly reserved to themselves a
power of decision, the function of legisla-
ton cannot be exercised by them even 10
the extent of accepting or reje ting law
which has been framed for their considera-
ton; and that the body to whom the law
making is delegated has no more power
to refer the adoption or rejection of "a gen.
eral law to the people of a state than to
any other authority.
Year: 1874

During these warm days, the temptation
always is TO drink more liquid than is best
for us. A good way to obviate this, and at
the same time to slake the thirst fully. is to
take water, lemonade or iced tea, through
small glass tube-the smaller the better.
by this method the liquid seems to reach
the palate more directly, and certainly
quenches the thirst with half the quantity
taken after the ordinary manner. You
may test this to your satisfaction by using
and dispensing with tube on alternate
days. A number of persons of our ac-
quaintance, who have been in the habit of
drinking so much water in summer as to
render themselves uncomfortable, have
tried the tube, and been surprised at the
reduced quantity needed, and at the in
creased satisfaction gained. An 'old-fash-
ioned " straw" will answer the purpose
we'll enough.-Scribner's
Year: 1874

An early importation of bonnets from
the best Partisan milliners indicate what
the fashions of the next season will be.
The shapes are large, with high, soft, box
plated crowns, and tiaring brims turned up
directly in front, and are very compact
looking. without strings or streamers. A
similar shnpe of smaller size is in vogue
at present, and is found to be the most
drcssv and becoming of the many styles
introduced in the spring. : The materials
used are velvet, gros grain, and satin. An
especial effort will be made to restore sat
in TO favor At least two fabric. appear IN
each bonnet, as satin or gros grain for
crown and for facing brims. or for p!ping
folds. with velvet for the head or front
piece and as upright loops of trimming


There is also much wide double-flced RIB
bon that is satin on one side and gros grain
on the reverse; this is twined as a scarf
around the crown, and fastened behind
without a bow, but with two short, straight
even ends ravelled out to form fringe an
inch deep. Sometimes it is plated and
folded over the frame to form the entire
crown.
Year: 1874

The old Virginian. after surveying his
dead pet for IN instant in sorrowfll
manner. returned the gun and started for
his mansion The other quickly brought
his piece to his shoulder, and called out:


Hold on there, Mister


What do YOU want?" asked the other
AS he turned and beheld u g bead drawn
on him.


"rd like to have You eat the rest OF this
crow


The oil man turned and swore, and tore
about in a frantic manner. saying he'd BE-
Id if he would, and that he Didn't want
,nv of the Young mans jokes. The cock
inc of the Gun, AMI the assurance on the
part of the soldier that he would certainly
put a ball through the old mans shoulder
unless he complied with the demand. in
dured the Virginian to retrace his steps.
:. Now" said the Sergeant, g / want yoil
to eat the rest of that crow, and no non
sense"


A punch of the rifle on the shoulders of
the old man reused him to quick sense OF
his position. ana picking up the crow he
endeavored to bite it. He grew pale. the
perspiration stood upon his face, he trem-
bled like a Il terrier, his mouth watered. his
ewes filled, and it seemed a physical i'm
possibility for him to touch the crow. The
Sergeant compelled him to take bite,
and it was the only one he did take, for
his breakfast came up so rapidly to protest
AGAINST crow that the soldier relented and
told him to IS git and never to trouble A
Bucktail again.


Here would seem to be another proper
place to end this story, but there is still
! another chapter.
Year: 1874

OF flowers there is an abundance Vines
of tinted leaves form wreath around the


coronet of the entire bonnet; a wreath of
shaded scarlet geranium with black leaves
trims the dadem of another; a triple clus-
ter of roses, scarlet, pink and tea, are just
above the forehead on the third. There is
more carmine and less crimson in the new
dark roses that will be put on bonnets
with the first autumn days IN september;
a full blown and nearly blown buds with
very little foliage supersede the rose bud
wreaths of last spring. Pink and carmine
roses on blue steel velvet bonnets are in
Partisan taste. Fine small flowers are
also seen in quantities, also velvet flowers
prettiest among which are tiny forget-me-
nots, clcmatis, and jesmine Of white velvet


There are also beautiful lilies of shaded
velvet. In everything there is great deal
of deep carmine or scarlet to be seen, also
ponceau or poppy red. Many French
flowers show the new effects Of color that
will be attempted; for instance, there are
Year: 1874




The next day the old Virginian, smart
ING under the indignities he had suffered
in not only having his pet crow killed, but
being compelled to eat portion of it, went
to the headquarters of the Bucktails and
made complaint to the Colonel against the
big Sergeant The Colonel at once sent
an orderly for Sergeant Smith, rightly sup
posing he must be the person referred to.
He obeyed tie summons at once. He
pushed the door of the tent aside and en-
tered. Swapping his heels together and
standing erect in the position of atten-
tion," he brought his right hand quickly to
the visor OF his military cap, and gave the
customary salute to his Colonel.


Sergeant" said his commander, very
gravely, "do you know that gentleman
pointing to the old Virginian.


Yes, SIR" promptly answered the 9TH
er.


How did you become acquainted with
him, Sergeant" !,


I'VE dined together, yesterday. sir. ,
promptly answered The culprit.


The roar of laughter which followed this
reply need not be described, nor the man
ner in which even the old Virginian join
ed. The Sergeant was sent back to ms
quarters, and the interview between ths
old aristocrat and the Colonel was ended
by an invitation to the latter to dine The
next day at the old mansion.
Year: 1874

Tie Board Of Mayor and Alder
men of this city have let the CON-
tract for constructing the cisterRe for
the use of the Fire Department.,
and the work is being rapidly com
pleteL. With plenty Of water, aud
our i ,Rds0ne engine and gallant
Fire Department all will be safe
fiOm the ravagee of the FIRE fie,d.
Year: 1874

We find the following in the Christian
San, publishes at Suffolk, Virginia
Does it not contain vast deal of truth


Sunday-sickness is an ailment which
belongs exclusively to no section of coun-
try. 1t performs its Office alike, in winter
and in summer, and afficts both the young
and the old. II attacks its victims early
on Sunday morning, and he can find no
relief until Monday morning, when good
and early, he finds relief.


This is the reason we find so many per-
sons busy all the week and until late on
Saturday evening, but on Sunday they are
too unwell to attend to the Sabbath School
or the public services ofthe church. But
these persons always manage to get well
enough by Monday morning bright and
early to pitch into their every day work.


Oh ! this Sunday sickness 1t is a ter
riblc disease. 1t hinders the work of the
Sabbath School, and the leading of the
young to Christ. 1t thins the eongrega-
tion on Sabbath morning, discourages the
pastor, makes his preaching poor, and
helps to break down his usefulness. It
destroys the spiritual life Of the afflicted
one, and makes him set an example of
neglect of the house Of God, which is in
furious to all over whom he exercises infu.
ence. Oh this Sunday sickness This
Sunday sickness This Sunday sickness


To treat the subject seriously, we won
der persons are not afraid thus to feign
sickness, as reason for absence from the
services of the church. We would be
afraid the Lord would afflict us, sure
enough. We would be afraid to spend
the whole week for self, and then cheat
God out Of the Sabbath in any other way.
1t is an experiment which we would not like
to make. We think they risk great deal,
who thus venture. The Lord is jealous
God, and win not be trifed with. No
man can trine with bis God with impuni-
ty. Beware Beware Of trifing with
Jehovah.
Year: 1874




England is importing hay from this coun-
try, not for feeding purposes, but for paper
stock. Common slough hay, or what is
better known as prairie grass, in large
quantities, has been ordered from Chicago
by English paper makers, the first cargo
Of which is now being shipped from that
city. 1t is intended to take the place Of
Esparto grass, the supply Of which from
Spain has been cut off 70 great exrent
by the internal difficulties in that country.
As our paper makers in this country have
pretty well exhausted experiments in pa
per making qualities Of grass, It remains
to be seen what foreign skill and capital
will do. With the modern improvements
for COMPRISING hay, the article can be
very economically transported. Asalarge
portion of our paper rags and stock come
from England and the south Of Europe
this new departure may be regarded a,
one Of the cccentricities Of commerce.
Year: 1874

Pink and purple, arching over
Meadow.slopes thick set with clover
Pink and purple and blue together
o the perfect summer weather.
o the corn, with green leaves cleaning
o the roses deep in dreamingl
Wherefore, darling, dost thou tarry?
Come and bind the spell Of faeryi
Pink and purple slowly fading,
Fainter colors ihtershading-
Hid in dusk, the insect chorus,
Tells that night is falling DER us.
In the east a star is burning
Signal, dear, Of thy returning;
And the babyTs eyes are weary;
Come and bind the spell of faeryl
Pink and purple gone together,
o the perfect summer weather!
o the dark blue, arching over
Meadow slopes, thick set with clover
o the ceaseless insect ct-droning!
o the tender baby. Grooming
And the love that does not tarry,
Making all a world Of faery.
Year: 1874

S.ecplcss persons should court the sun.
The very worst sporiiic is laudanum. and
the very best. sunshine. Therefore. 1t is
very plain that poor sleepcrs should pass
as many hours as possible in the sunshine
and as few as possible in the shade
Many women arc martyrs, and yet they
do not know it. They shut the sunshine
out of their houses and their hearts; they
wear yeiis; they carry parasols aud
everything possible to keep of the most
potent influence which is intended TO
give them strength and beauty and cheer
lulness. Is it not time to change all this
and so get color and roses on our pale
cheeks. strength in our weak backs. and
courage in our timid souls? The women
OF America are pale and delicate, but
with the aid of sunlight they may be
blooming and strong.
Year: 1874

How TO ENJOY WINTER-The Human
Organism is a regulated furnace. The
blood may be compared to the fuel, and
the more stable tissues formed from it, to
the iron stove containing the fuel Just
in proportion to the energy and celerity
with which life is carried on, this combus-
ton proceeds; and fresh fuel, that is, fresh
blood, is required. But, in order to obtain
this, there must be both food, and also di-
gestive energy. When there is failure
in this digestive energy, stimulants fire.
quently are had recourse to; but their eff
feet is transient and if used too long and
exclusively, they tend to derango the di-
gestive functions But let DR.. Gottliet
Fisch's Bitters be used in conjunction with
food, and its tonic qualities will rapidly
strengthen the digestive organs! AnG
when an abundance of wholesome food i:
once duly digested, it will bring about {
fullness of vitality hitherto utterly unknown
There will be no more desire for alcoholic
stimulantsl


This subject continued next week under
Rapid Nutrition" "
Year: 1874

CAN IT BE TRUE?-Within the last few
months considerable number of persons
have called upon DR.. WALKER, the pro-
prietor of the popular medicine known as
VINEGAR BITTERs, and assured him that,
in their belief, his preparations are an in
fallible antidote for rum and tobacco. The
minute details which have been furnished
him forbid him to doubt the accuracy of
the statements. This new claim ofa great
remedy to the confidence of the public will
give vast and well-deserved impulse to
its popularity Heretofore the BITTERs
have been recognized as pure vegetable
tonic and corrective, devoid of alcohol, and
thoroughly adapted to the cure of the
stomach and bowel complaints, nervous
disorders, bilious affections, muscular dis
eases, and, indeed, majority of the all
ments within the reach of medicine; but
if it will also cure the craving for liquor


and tobacco, philosophers, statesmen and


theologians ought TO unite their voices in


it's praise Can the good things be true


it's easy to test the question.
Year: 1874

| 1t is not easy for one living beyond
! the limits Of Louisiana to keep up with
her politics or to handle the tangled
web with an Intelligent satisfaction.
All we know is that the muddle
| thickens and dcepens. The solution
has been for Il long time in Washington
in fact, in the hands of those who are


responsible for, and, indeed, actually


created the tanglc. New Nrlcaus is
now in a fresh paroA ysm OF fevcrish
excitement over new complications.
and it looks rs if affairs were about to


be further "miXed' and the end would


be Il Gordian knot that only the sharp
sword of some Alexander will be able
to cut. Perhaps tho changes in the


public political opinions of tho United
States, which are being SO remarkably


manifested of late, may, as in the case
of the late attempt to make Il third-rate
lawyer and a first-class partisan politi-
clan the Chief Justice of the United
States, bring the Grant Administration


to the conclusion that 1t would be we'll


for it to get this Louisiana elephant off
it's hands. We say stperhaps," because
we have seen how slow these Grant
people are to learn prudence and to
take hints. What we consider quite
certain is, that if they run much longer


in the present ruts, Gen. Grant will not
end his administration without i'm
parchment. Nothing is SO common


in history as the popular idol to-day,
and tomorrow the victim of popular
indignation and wrath. The last Ma
polcon marched out of Paris to meet
the Germans at tho pinnacle of power.
After Sedan even his beautiful and ac-
complished Empress had to fly the
capital for her life, and Napoleon him
self could not have been safe in the city
where he had SO long reigned supreme,


for single hour. The great Cesar of
the world fell by the blades of a hand


full of conspirators. Why may not o,u.


Caesar fall by Impeachment, despite his


former popularity ?-Mobtie Register.
Year: 1874

The Jefferson Democrat of the 9th


publishes the following dispatch from
Houston


s4HousToN, Jan. 5.-The Supreme
lCoufk full bench, decide tho election
law WnncOnstituticnal. Walker deliver
ed an opinion.very lengthy. WiI send
synopsis. This annuls the late election


keeps Davis Governor and the 18th
Legislature in Office. A new election
is to be held before the 2sth Of April.
Great excitement throughout the State
over the decision. Another Louisiana


case anticipated"
We must confess that with even our


Louisiana experience of the audacity


of Radical judges, we had no idea the


Supreme Court Of Texas would have


the brazen impudence to make this


infamous decision. The election was


held under q law approved by Davis


himself, and in accordance with his
own proclamation. OF tho constitu-


tionality Of tho law, there can be no
question in the minds Of intelligent


men; yet because the Radical thieves


were not elected to office, the Radical
Supreme Court OF the State declares


the law under which the election was


held, unconstitutional and the election


void. The Supreme Court of Texas
has surpassed that of Louisiana in au-
dacity and shameless prostitution of
the law, and ought to be tarrcd and
feathered and ridden out of tho State
on rail.


A new election is to be held, it seems
from the above dispatch, on the 2Sth of
April. But what will that amount to?
It will entail an expense of over one
hundred thousand dollars on the State,
and though there is beyond all doubt
a Democratic majority of over fifty
thousand votes, there must be behind
the Court that dared to render such a
decision n power greater than the peo-
pie it outraged, and that power, in u
new election may, by judicial prostitu-
tions, perjury and bayonets, over bal
ance that majority and foist upon Texas
a fraud as scaudalous as that it has
fixed upon Louisiana.


But were not our Texas friends them
selves somewhat to blame for this re-
suit? Will the Southern people never
learn that the members of the radical
party can all be bought for a price and,
that purchased justice is the only kind
dealt in by the pow CTS that be? Would
it not have been both practicable and
wise to have bought UP the judges?
Morality might veil its eyes-be shock
ed at such proposition, but is it bad
morals to bribe a man to do what is
right and honest and fair ?-iShrerepork
7lDaSs
Year: 1874

a philosopher remarks there is some-
thing peculiarly instructive in stand-
ing upon a street corner in a large city,
and watch the men rush around trying
to make money, and the womon float
ing around to spend it.
Year: 1874

A MINER by the name of Cox met with
an accident yesterday afternoon, from
which his escape from instant death was
most miraculous. He and fellow work
man named Berry were engaged in sink
ing the shaft, and the latter was lower
ing his partner down in the bucket, when
Berry lost control of the windlass and
Cox was sent with fearful velocity ll3
feet down, the whole depth of the shaft,
escaping with but few bruises. His
escape from frightful death was most
remark ,ble.-[ Eureka Sentinel, oath.
Year: 1874

It is scarcely two years since the whole Christian world was shocked by the cruel murder of John Coleridge Paterson by the savages of New Zea- land. For them he had left home and country, and to them he had brought the flower of his youth, his great faith and abiding tenderness. In his last agony he might we'll have said to his assassins "Ye know not what ye do. " He was remarkable linguist, speaking seven languages of the old world, and twenty-three Oceanic languages. For sixteen years he served this people with truly unselfih devotion, and hay Ing once put his hand to the blow never faltered or looked back until at the age of forty-four he laid down his life on coral island, the scene of his lowly but sublime labors. Paterson was not one of those who, in their great zeal, can pass years of exile as Livingston did, and show very little sensibility about every day affairs. No father among his children could have been more tender than he witk is heathen students and he wrote to his father, himself man of prominence 'I thank you for your great love in never calling me away from my work even to see your face once more on earth" Rare common sense and practical industry went hand in hand with his piety and fidelity. After his conservation as bishop he saw that the lads were properly fed and washed when they were down with typhoid fever, and deprived himself of necessary sleep in order that the reme- dies should be properly administered. He insisted that a man to be a success ful missionary must not only have a cultivated mind, but he also should be "a carpenter, mason, something of a butcher, and good deal of cook. Y" His life is a standing lesson and re- buke to the scores of adventurers, blind and selfish to the core, who have cast discredit on the very name of mission ary to the heather, and it is @ comfort, when refecting on the cruel mauner of his taking off, that though many hearts were saddened by his death, not fewer were the hearts made purer and brighter by his unselfish life.
Year: 1874

Because money can be foolishly thrown away in advertising is one great reason why some do not prosper in busi- ness. They ignore the benefits of the press, and use only the private chan nels to inform the world what they are doing, and what they have to sell, and the business keeps pace with the extent of the means employed, and does no more than that. By some injudicious investment, it has been decided that the use Of printers ink is money squan- dered, and that there is business like economy in keeping out of the public journals. Now this is very unfortu- nate position to be in, for the business man who depends upon the public for patronage, cannot and will not prosper unless he has an efficient means to let that public know what he is able to do, and what inducements he can give to make it an advantage for che people to examine his stock in trade. Advertis- ing shows enterprise and generosity, and these two clements are just what attracts the popular attention. If man never advertises, the public learn to look upon him as niggardly and un- prosperous, and therefore shrink from hin. Keeping business constantly be- fore the public, the experience of thou sands of our most substantial men will say is the life-blood of their prosperity. Judicious and constant advertising all ways pays. An annual advertisement in Q journal will always pay largely, while perhaps an insertion or two year in the same journal would make com paratively light returns. An Indian once tried the softneaa Of featbarr Inv laying one on rock and stretching himself upon it. There are some who try the virtue of advertising on the same plan. It's as true of advertising as of anything else in life, that if it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing we'll. People who advertise only once in three months forget that most folks cannot remember anything longer than about seven days. Quitting advertis- ments in dull times is like tearing out @ dam because the water is low. Either plan will prevent good times from ever coming.