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Year: 1877

Never marry a man who has only his
love for you 90 recommend him. That
is very fascinating, but IL does not make
the man. n he is not otherwise what he
should be, you will never be happy. The
most perfect man who did not love you
should never be your husband but
though marriage without love is terrible.
love only will not do. IF this man is
dishonorable TO other men, or mean, or
given 20 any vice, the time will come
when you will either loathc him or sink
10 his level


u Is hard to remember, amidst kisses
and praises, that there is anything else
in the world 30 be done or thought Of hut
lOye-making but the days of life are
many and the husband must be guide
10 be trusted-a companion, friend, as
we'll ~ a lover.


Many girl has married n man whom
she knew 10 be anything but good, be.
cause hc loved her So" And the flame
has died out on the hearthstone of home
before long and beside IL she has seen
sitting one that she could never hope
would lead her heavenward-o whojif
she OllOwed him as a wife should, would
guide her steps to perdition; marriage is
q solemn thing-a choice for life; be
careful in the choosing.
Year: 1877

Rural Scenes in the Celestial Empire.


From Powers Travels.


The wife and daughters of the
Chinese farmer walk about the
world with such feet as it has pleas
ed God to give them: and very pret-
ty feet and ankles they generally
are. In fact, whatever want of
beauty of feature there nav be
among the Chinese women, no one can
deny them the merit of remarkably
beautiful feet, ankles, hands and
arms Of the rest of the figure one
can judge but indiferentIy from
their peculiar though not ungraceful
costumes. In the country villages
the young girls and matrons may be
seen at their doors, or grouped to-
gether beneath the trees, or in the
yard attached to the house, engaged
IN household or farm occupation.
laughing the while in merry chorus
to their work l have often, from
the back of my horse, looked over
the low walls at such a group-but
the result was rarely complimentary;
for on some coy damsel catching
sight of my Saxon face she would
scream an alarm to the rest, who re-
treated to the house with a general
screech. On reaching the thresh-
hold, however, they would general
ly stop to giggle at the object of
their fears, on finding him not pur-
suing with savage intent, or some
times the respectably-bearded patri-
arch would take them by the shoul-
ders, and.in spite of their affected
resistance push them all out again
into the yard, calling jokingly to
me at the same time, in some incom-
prehensible gibberish, probably, to
''eat them up" l fatter myself,
however, that l was not sufficiently
frightful to alarm them very much,
with stout wall between, and the
whole village within call.
Year: 1877

At the present there is only a sin
gle iron-clad ship under construction
at Chatham Doekyard, circum-
stance which has not occurred for
several years past. The vessel which
is now in course of construction is
the AgamemnOn, which is intended
to be powerful ship, of the Inflexi-
bic type, it being intended that she
shall be built in all respects on the
same principle as that vessel. Al
though number of additional hands
have been placed on the Agmemnon,
and her massive keel is steadily ris-
ing, it will be fully two years before
she can be completed. But though
only one armor-clsd ship is actually
on the stocks, the designs and plans
for another have been prepared at
the Admiralty, and a sum for its
construction will appear in the esti-
mates. Pal Mall Gazette.
Year: 1877

The May-time in beauty


Has swept DER the earth,
And flowers on the hillside are springinG
And over fair meadows.


As in forests green.
The birds are everywhere singing.


As the spring brings delights


Us to gladden. anew,
Let US join in holy ovation,


That sweet peace through the land
Gives her rest to the heart,
And strengthens the hope of the nation.
And amid all our joys


At her every return,
Well remember the brave of the battle;
Yes, the loved who went forth,
The bold patriot boys,
To die mid the strife's fearful rattle.
There are father and son,


There are husband and friend.
And many q mess-mats and brother,
Asleep meath the sod


Or the low tufted mound
In maiden heart. many lover.


Yes, they fell on the field,


Or they died in the camp,
And in prison-pens, starved by strangers
But their of ring was made,


So our freedom was saved,
And the war passed away with its dangers
In the East and the West, -
In the North and the South, 9
Then let US bring flowers to the altar,
And there streW them above
Our most hallowed dead,
Who in duty knew never falter.
Yes, let us strew flowers


Over father and son,
Over mess-mate, husband and brother,
And then pray that no act


Bringing diseord and strife, "a -
Shall ser cause the death Of another.
Year: 1877

GZryHfs not easily earned in these times
M but 1t can be made In three month
VI by any one OF either sex. In any part
OF the country, who is willing to work steadi-
~ at the employment that we furnish S68
per week in your own town. You need not
oe away from home over night You can give
your whole time to the work, or only your
spare moments. 1t costs nothing to try the
business; Terms and IS outfit free Address
~ once. III. HALLET q Co. Portland Ne lv92
Year: 1877

The MAIN CoMpLETED.-rhe ninth
ward is now supplied with water, the
six-inch main over Market street bridge
having been completed on Monday. The
pipe at the south end of the bridge runs
perpendicularly out of the ground to
beams overhead, and it is then taken
acr9ss beneath the roof, to the northern
end where it descends and pursues its
underground course until it connects
with the main in the Ninth Ward. To
prevent the pipes from becoming losened
by the vibrations of the brige, caused by
heavy wagons crossing. Three slip joints
have been put over the pipes for pro-
lection. Stop.cocks have been placed at
each end Of the bridge by which the pipe
can be emitted in a very few minutes.


The work has been done IN complete
manner as the improvement will be per.
manent, no matter wh 5ther the large
main under the creek, at the Eleventh
street bridge is used or not. by using
both pipes the water will always he kept
in motion. and not allowed TO become
stagnant as heretofore.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The electoral
commission remained in secret session
until 8 o'clock this evening, and then by
mutual agreement adjour ned to meet to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock with the
understanding that a vote will be taken
to-day. '-


At the hotels and all the public places
tonight great variety Of rumors were in
circulation as to the decision of commits
sion. One statement most freely circu-
lated was that it had arrived at the de-
termination to 60 to the fullest extent be-
hind the returns desired by the demo-
cratic counsel. The Foundation for this
was based on the important circumstance
that Jerry Black had been seen to rub
his hands with great satisfaction, and
Gen. Garfield was obs erved walking
homeward looking very disconsolate.
This rumor found hundreds of believers.
So great is the interest taken in the ac-
ton of the commission that scarcely any
thing else was talked of. t4


| tits understood also that the indications
to-day were that there is not likely to be
any serious difference of opinion among
the Supreme Court justices, and further


more that the idea that the determination


of the questions before the commission


are likely to consume all the time to the


fourth of March is entirely without foun


dation. 1t is not believed that more thar
TWO members of the commission whose


names will readily suggest themselves


will consent for a moment to any Pre-


crastination likely to have that effect
Year: 1877

POLICE CoURT.-Last evening before
acting Mayor Esquire O'Neil, Annie Will
mer was arranged and plead "not guilty"
to the charge of disorderly conduct and
assault and battery.


Andrew Ralston testified that she had
been living in his house for over two
years, and yesterday morning, without
any notice whatever, she commenced
chasing himself and family around the
house with an axe, and afterwards she
threw bricks at the door, and broke it
open, #h


During the testimony the woman kept
mumbling to herself and acting in sing
ular manner. She was remanded to the
cells to be taken to the insane asylum to-
day.
Year: 1877

Hot water in the treatment of bruises
and wounds is strongly advocated by
certain medical authorities. In proof
of its efficacy, the New York Medical
Journal cites the following case: The
hand of workman in machine-shop
was crushed under the fall of trip
hammer weighing 700 pounds. The
hammer was arrested when within a
half-inch of its bed, but the palm Of the
unfortunate hand receiving the blow
was reduced to a pulp. The metacar-
pal bones were extensively comminuted,
yet, in the hope of saving the member,
it was kept immersed in hot water for
two or three weeks, and then taken out
and dressed. In three months the pa
tient was dismissed from the hospital,
and in nine months was able to move
his fingers and demonstrate that he still
possessed useful hand. The tempera-
ture of the water employed in such cases
should be about 1909 Farenheit.
Year: 1877

The New York World, speaking of
the recent shipment of Kentucky mules
to Glasgow, says: The average Ken
lucky mule, we take it, will puzzle the
average Scotchman more than the aver
age London witticism. The Scotchman
has hitherto been familiar chiefly with
the ponderous and stolid Clydesdale
stallion, whose disconnected and ramb-
ling kick in three acts and four tableaux
is so easily eluded. The Kentucky
mule prides himself upon the original
ity and opportuneness of his kick. 1t
it like thunder from a cloudless sky, or
the oratory of the Late Lord Hougham.
He does not, indeed, kick; he rather
appears to wink with his hind legs.
His wrath is patient, and his vigil long,
for he has been known to painfully con-
struct good character through several
years for the simple purpose of getting
his victim within range. Familiarity
with him should by no means breed con-
tempt for him, as is proved by many
modern instances.
Year: 1877

They tell good story on one OF the
boys who lives at Mineral Mill, and who
happened to arrive in town during the
progress of the Inauguration ball. His
social instincts prompted him to attend,
but his attire was not quite up to the
mark, and he applied to friend for the
loan of the necessary articles of ap-
parel. The friend consented with some
reluctance, and, arrayed in borrowed
plumes, our hero engaged in the festi-
tivities. The owner Of the garments
watched him as he threaded the may
dance and after it was over, and he
had enscounced himself in seat by the
side of fair charmer, approached him
and broke loose with the following re-
mark: "See here, D, them pants
is new, and wish you wouldn't sit
down and make knees in them." D
came very near fainting with mortifi-
cation, and abruptly left the ball, fol-
lowed by a sympathizing friend who
had overheard the remark and felt sor-
nv for his embarrassment. D


stripped off those pants, and, after
much solicitation, accepted the loan OF
Year: 1877

another pair from his new found friend,
and after some hesitation, returned to
the ballroom and soon forgot his troub-
les in the smiles of the company of the
fair dancers. A polka was called on.
He was on the floor with the belle of
the evening, skipping and hopping as
gracefully as that exhilarating dance
would permit, until, out Of breath, he
promenaded. with his fair partner on
his arm, in close proximity to the owner
of the breeches, who had been looking
on in evident delight at the abandon
of the wearer, and as he came by him
he gave vent to his pleasure by slapping
D. on the back and exclaiming:
go it, old feller; burst h-ll out of the
breeches if you want to; don't care a
cent as long as you enjoy yourself.
D dropped his partner and rushed
to the depot just in time to catch the
train.
Year: 1877

encounIet.


New York, Nov. 16.-Setting Bull has
been talking with correspondent, and tell
ing the story Of the Custer massacre. He
says the fight was "hell'-"a thousand
devils" )" the squaws were like flying birds
and the bullets like humming bees. We
thought we were whipped, not at frst but
by and by. Afterwards your people we're
killed. ] tell no lies about dead men.
Those men who came with the "Long Hair"
we're as good men as ever fought. When
they rode up, their horses were tired and
they were tired. When they got off their
horses they could not stand firmly On their
feet, they swayed to and fro, so my young
men have told me, like limbs of cypress in
great wind. Some of them staggered un.
der the weight of their guns, but they began
to fight at once; but by this time our camps
were aroused and there we're plenty of war.
riors to meet them. They fred with
needle guns, We replied with magazine guns
and repeating rifles.


Setting Bull illustrated by putting his
palms together with the rapidity Of fusil
lade. Our young men rained lead across
the river and drove the white braves back,
and then they rushed across themselves, and
then they found they had good deal to do
The trouble was with the soldiers; they
were so exhausted and their horses bothered
them SO much that they could not take good
aim. Some of their horses broke away from
them, and left them to stand and drop and
die. All the men fell back fighting and
dropping; they could not fire fast enough
though they kept in pretty good order. They
would fall back across a couli and make a
fresh stand beyond on higher ground. There
were great many brave men in that fight,
and from time to time, while it was going
on, they were shot down like pigs. They
could not help themselves. One of the off
GERS fell where the last fight took place.
Where the last stand was made the "Long
Hair" stood like sheaf of corn with all the
ears fallen around him.


Not wounded?


No.


How many stood by him?


A few,


When did lie fall?


He killed man when he fell. He
laughed.


You mean, he cried out


No, he laughed; he had fred his last shot.


From carbine?


No-a pistol.


Did he stand up after he first fell?


He rose up ON his hands and tried another
shot, but his pistol would not go of.


Was anyone else standing up when he fell
down? One man was kneeling, that was
all, but he died before the "Long Hair"


Setting Bull says there were only squaws,
old men and little children in front of Reno
keeping him in his strong position on the
bluff and preventing him Of giving aid tc
Custer.
Year: 1877

The Southern Christian Advocate of Ma
con, Georgia, says:


"We are glad to note the action of thC
late General Assembly of the Southern Pres
byterian Church touching the perniciOus ye
popular practice of dancing which finds grow
ing patronage, and even advocacy, among
professedly Christian people. The condem
nation is emphatic and all-iuclusive, uttering
the authoritative voice of the Church with
no uncertain sound. One of the resolutions
says:


"Some forms of this Amusement are more
mischievous than others, the round dance
than the square, the public ball than the pri
vate party, but none of them are good, but
all of them are evil and should be discoun.
tenanced and We afectionately urge all our
Christian parents not to send their children
to dancing schools, where they acquire a
fondnesS and an aptitude for the dangerous
amusement"


The whole tendency of this amusement is
evil, only evil, and that continually. 1t is
utterly inconsistent with the maintenance Of
spiritual life in the soul; and ought to be
confronted with the unqualified opposition Of
every Christian man and woman. But it
does not; and the encroachment it is making
upon Church territory calls urgently for per-
Sistent and VigorouSreSistance. Many Church
members, Indifferent to solemn vows and
needless about their souls, participate in the
demoralizing dissipation; others, sometimes
even officers of the Church, countenance and
encourage the evil by their presence and
manifest qualification in witnessing the folly;
and not few Christian parents have such
perverted views of the interests of their off
spring, as to have them put in training for
the frivolous if not grossly sinful life, for
which the danCing school prepares them
Apart from the abstract question of the moral
quality of the modern practice of dancing,
it does seem passing strange to Us that Chris
tan people can maintain quiet consciences
while they disregard and practically contemn
the solemn deliversnces Of their highest
Church assemblies against this popular evil
The weight of presumption is overwhelmingly
against the morality or prOpriety of any
course which invOkes the condemnation of 9
decided majority Of the wisest aud best men
of every communion ; and when that con-
demnation Gads expression in deliberate and
formal utterance, it does seem that mere
Christian prudence should constrain the rank
and file of the Church to hearken to the voice
of their leaders, to waive their own convic
tions in the premises as possibly erroneous
and to abjure all forms of an indulgence
against which they are thus earnestly coun
seled and admonished. Anything like {
wholesome solicitude about their own spirit
ual we'll l-beiDg, it would seem, would promp
to this Difference to the counsel5 and appeal
of their spiritual guides. That so many Dc
not manifest it, is sad proof that with then
the prosperity of their souls is far from being
the uppermost concern.
Year: 1877

Hast thou a care within so deep


1t ehsses from thine eyeids sleepe
To thy Redeemer take thy care,
And change anxiety to prayer.


Hast thou hope with which thy heart
Would almost feel it death to part?
Eutreat thy God that hope to crown,
Or give thee strength to lay it down.
Whate'er the care that breaks thy rest,
Whste' er the wish that swells thy breast,
Spread before God that wish, that care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
Year: 1877

NEVER KNOCK UNDER.-No, ne yer!
Always rally your forces for another and
more desperate assault upon adversely.
If caluluuy assails You, and the world, as
it is apt to do in such cases, takes part
with your traducers, don't turn moody and
or worse still, seek to drown
your unhappiness in dissipation. Bide
your time Disprove the SANDER if you
can; if not. live it down. If poverty comes
upon you like thief at night, what thenP
Let it rouse you us the presence of the
real thief would do, to energetic action
No matter how deeply you may have got
into hot water-alwuys provided you did


not help the father of lies to heat it,
your case, if you are of the right kind of
stuff, is not desperate, nor is it in accord
nnce with the divine order and sweep of
things that life should have any difficulties
which an honest determined man, with
heavens help, cannot surmount.
Year: 1877

READING. let us take time forreadng
1t will never come if we wait to have
every speck of dirt we see removed from
every article. We can always find some
thing else to do, and conscientious house.
keepers with little taste for mental pur-
suits, are apt to make great blunders
The lilo is more than meat, and the
body more than raiment," which means
that you yourself, with all your immortal
faculties, are of vastly moro Importance
than your household atfIirs No kind of
labor is degrading if done from worthy
motive, and no motive can be nobler than
the wommly desire TO make n pleasant
home. But our home cannot bo properly
attractive and profitable to our families il
We ourselves nre dull and harassed. 1t is
necessary TINT good housekeepors should
road and reflect. and Listen and converse


-ElrhdHge.
Year: 1877

SHORT WALKING SKGRrS.-Among the
styles for the coming season, that will re-
ioice the hearts of all sensible persons is
he revival of short skirts for street suits


Walking costumes with the skirts short
enough to clear the ground have been in
ciuded in the most desirable ParisiaI i'm
porlations, and, if the American leaders
say th" word, this comfortable fashion will
be widely and gratefully accepted. Flow
ing skirts and long trains add dignity and
grace TO woman's movements when they
are worn under the right conditions, but
the dignity and grace are entirely lost
when the trains sweep the side >alks, trail
over the muddy crossings, or are kept out
Of harms way Ly being rulhlessly clutched
in the hand Of the wearer. Trailing gar
mcnts are poetic and in place in the draw
lng-room and the ball room, or for home
and carriage wear, but they should never
be seen in the public thoroughf;res, and
all women who wear them sin against the
laws Of goo taste. and that eternal fit
ness which is SO important an element
in the perfection of the feminine toilet 1t
is to be hoped then that II movement will
be made in the right direction in this de-
partment of reform, and that winter wa H.
ing costumes will swing clear OF the mud
AMI peslilenlill membranes Of the
stress, while the most neIegant and un-
graceful necessity for Il vigorous grasp
upon the back brcudths of the skirt will
no longer be II source of amusement and
an unftiing topic for criticism to all spec
tatorS Of the process
Year: 1877

BUSINESS TRAINING.-It takes II sound
mind. Work i, not vulgar. So long us
the brain needs the juice OF the body, so
long will hard work be the fundamental
element in tile development OF the mind.
Business is eminenlly fit for mm Of
genius. ana to earn IL livelihood is the best
way to sharpen ones wits. Besides busi.
ness affairs offer better opportunities at
present than The 50 called professions
therefore our youth should be thoroughly
and practically trained lor business, in Or
der that they may succeed and become -
credit to whatever calling they may adop
At the same time they shoHll be educated
not to dpspise Labor; for after all, it is only
by work that we achieve any success
worthy Of the name.
Year: 1877

HosTETTER's STOMACH BIrrERs viii
rouse and energize the mind and boty when
The lie power OF the system is in a compare
lively dormant state. The languid, feeble.
despondiug invalid is not aware OF the latent
energies that underlie his debility. He thinks
there is no element Of vlgor left in his frame,
when the fact is that his physical capabilities
are merely asleep and only require waking
up. Let him stimulate and tone his animSl
machinery and endow 10 with new motive
power through the agency OF this incompar-
atle invfgoran', and he will soon feel Ike a
new man, or rather like man who has re-
ceived new lease OF life, and the requisite
health 10 enjoy II.
Year: 1877

OUR DAILY BREAD.-We claim that there
is greater Certainty and uniformity in the
production of good bread, biscuits. cake, etc. b,
in the use of Doolegs Yeas P0tCfer, and tn 1t
The articles made with il are more whole
some and digeStible than if made with any
other kind OF yeast or baking powder. Test
ii by the only reliable and truthful test, q
trial by the oven. We claim also that IL is
Just as represented, and Just what the public
expect ii TO be by The name under which IL is
sold
Year: 1877

AMBULANCE CALL.-Mrs. Brooks, OF 304
Pine street, fell on Main street between
Eleventh and Twelfth last evening about Z
O'Clock, and sprained her ankle The am
bulance call was sounded, but her nervous
condition became such that some kind cti-
zens placed her in a hack and sent her home
in few moments after her mishap.


The attention of our Street Committee is
respectfully called to the existence Of the
obstruction which caused this accident. II
exists upon our main thoroughfare, and
should be removed at once. Itconsists OF Q
portion OF an old cellar-cap, which has been
there ever since the evacuation, and it is
estimated that at least half-dozen people
stumble over it every day.