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Year: 1874

One OF the most commendable movements
! which has been inaugurated this SEASON ia the
| Charity Ball which is to be given next ThurB-
! the Chicago Homeopathic Hospital The ex-


cel1ence Of this charity, and the important place
which it holds in the estimation Of all classes
Of cur citizens, is shown by the fact that


the ladies' and gentlemen OF the Committee Of
Arrangements, and the floor managers.
headed by Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan and mem
bcrs Of his stat, comprise the very
elite Of the city, who have consented to use their
influence and contribute their active labor for
the benefit of the Hospital It is also notable
feature Of the undertaking that those who hare
been appealed to for assistance have manifested
none Of the narrow projudices which sometimes
grow out Of the conflicts between schools of
medicine, but have cheerful1y rendered their
aid, without reference to the question Of la1ge
pills Or little pills, OF tie correctness OF Hahne-
MAINS formula. They have conceded the
work done at this Hospital to be work
Of general good and indiscriminate relief. This





on: funds, it is not only impossible to place the
Hospital upon q substantial basis, and scatter
its benefits as widely as possible, but it is also
impossible to meet the dsi1y demands which such
an institution ought to be able to satisfy, within
ito present limits. The result is that many
cases must be turned away, not for lack OF
room, but for lack Of money with which to procure
appliances and skilled attendance. Tho Hospital
therefore are cramped in their designs,
however large their good will and ability may be. |
20 meet this emergency this bali hss been de-
'ised, and it is fair to presume that the hall will
70 crowded with those who arc eager to dance !
heir dollars into the treasury OF the Hospita,
nd through the medium Of their own recreation |
ring recuperation 10 the unfortunate.
The appeal Of the managers of this and other
ospitals, who are struggling to preserve the eff
laacy Of theaz institutions t1qm being impaired,
Year: 1874

The current issue OF the A1idnce has very
sensible editorial article upon "Too Much
Preaching" which. however, will undoubtedly


present fresh source OF grievance to tho other


religious weellies. The Alliance Assumes that


the existence OF u custom does not imply the


wisdom Of d custom, aud TINT among the GUS


toms which belong to the history OF folly is the


enormous amount Of preaching done BIZ the


ministers Of the Gospel. In the course Of its


presentation Of this fact, it throws out the i'm


portant suggestion that the vast bulk of the
present pulpit talk must have originated in the
days when there wore no books, newspapers. or
public education, and the ministers we're there
fore obliged to mako up the total deficiency On
this point. Tho Alliance says:


Thousands Of books. daily and weekly newspapers,
public education, the 8uuday-echool, the Wednesday
evening meeting have combined to reduce the quau-
tity Of pulpit work and greatly to change its quality
The themes which remain for the pulpit are fewer In
number and more fundamental and d{gnided. The
clergyman who should attempt now to how many
sermons he could preach the text about Peters
r1fes mother" would aoon reach the consent Of his
people that the pastoral relation should be dissolved


but this kind Of preaching common when the
Church set out upon thiz great taiking career.


Thore is great deal Of truth and good sense
in this suggestion, and it is one which should
receive attention from the clergy with the Wow
Of ascertaining whether they themselves would
not be hesher and healthier and their religious
teachinga would not be more valuable aud prao-
tical, with one sermon q day instead of two.
The rapid progress OF knowledge in all
ita departments has made II imperative for
prescher who would keep pace with his
congregation to expend much study and thought
upon hia discouzses. Uodar sueh circumstances,
Year: 1874

! cross his tracks or to find = Weak spot in biz


evidence. Instead Of impugning his testimony,


his cross-e1amination strengthened it, and, al


though his story had not word Of truth in it


from the first to the las, the statement that he


had done business on Seventh street, Chicago.


boiog as near the truth as anything else he


sa1d,-he made complete revolution in the


case, dumbfouuded the lawyers, and turned the


tide Of popular opinion in sympathy with the


Claimant. The discovery OF his perjury vas
naainly accidental The officers Of the Crown
we're cautious enough to retain him in
England until they could send to New
| York to ascertain tho truth of some
statements he had made. Meanwhile, Jean
Luio had become the lion Of the hour. he Vas
greater hero than even the Claimant himself,
and crowds pursued him to get glimpse Of the
witness who had appeared 50 mysteriously upon
the scene and established the right OF the Claim
ant to his property. While he could day after
day Withstand the searching examination Of the
best lawyers in England, and successfully hide
his imposture, he could not Withstand his sud-
den popularity. It turned his heed, and his yan-
ity led hun to have his photograph taken. It
was soon in all the shop-windows.of London,
and it Was not long before the prison au-
thorities recognized him as the notorious SWIM
dler who WAS in Bristol Prison at the yerr
time be ewore he vas saving the Claimant
On tue Atlantic. This Was discovery against
which he had made no precautions, and, with all
his cunning and coolnesa, he could not
stand up against it. It Was the one weak spot
in his elaborate aud ingenious fabric Of testi-
mony which tumbled it down in utter ruin, and
exposed him as al impostor and per1urer,-a
fact which he had grace enough left to confess,
thus shivering the hopes Of the Claimant, and ]
consigning himself to the possibility Of con-
rict's cell once more.


The case with which Jean Luie maintained ]
his imposture, and the success with which he |
defed the rigid cross-e1amination OF one of the !
best lawyers in England, is not very consoling
fact to htigants, especially where large amount
Of property is at stake. II he could sust,in
himself so successfully in a case as intricate
and involved rs the Tichbo1ne suit, what amount
of deception is impossible in simpler cases,
where interruptions counsel can be found to
prepare evidence for swindlers who make l7-
ng BY p1eying upon the community What
'recaution sill be sufficient to guard against it.?
Year: 1874

. The effort to erect monument to the


memory Of John Stuart Mil is likely to


be a failure. Only about ten thousand


dollars has thus far been subscribed, and
but little Of that haH been paid in. This
is but one more fact in proof Of the pre-.
carious character Of the posthumous rep.
utation Of the great men Of our day. 1t
is their tate to exert an influence over


their contemporaries, and to be replaced,
soon after death, by the army Of workers
that are busy in every branch oflearnipg.
Year: 1874

The comet OF Coggia is fast approach.
Ing the earth, and Is now visible to the
naked eye after ! o'clock in the morning
directly beneath the Polar star, in the
northern horizon. twill be the bright.
-est on the evening Of the Sd Of August
and afford asplendid and interesting spec.
tacle. There will be no bull issued against
this fiery visitor in this enlightened age
The exhibition will be entirely free.
Year: 1874

YANKToS, June 25.-The motion for a
new trial In the Wiutermute case was
argued TO- day before Chief Justice Shan.
non. The principal ground Is that three
Of the jurors had expressed an opinion
previous to the trial. The Court reserved
its decision.
Year: 1874

An execution having been issued in the
case o. q furniture dealer against the Dis.
trict ot Columbia q bsiliff proceeded to the
House Of Delegates today and made q
levy, taking possession OF the furniture
and effects Of the House. Some property
had previously been taken from the hall
BY retiring members in q joke, as they
said, but which they were seriously re.
quired to return.
Year: 1874

x-Gov. SEYMOUR spoke to the
point, the other day, at = Democratic
meeting in New York, as follows:


Our capitalists must have a cur
reney to enable them to carry out their
enterprises with success--a currency
which is on par with that of other
civilized nations. Our working men
need steady and reliable work, and
good pay. They can have neither
while the standards of value shift from
day 10 day, and they are paid for their
toll with dollars which are not dollars
Upon the financial point the Demo-
cratic party of New York gives notice
to its political friends in other States,
and to its opponents here and else
where, that, as its frat demanded a
good currency, it will, to the last, in
sist upon that demand. Its purposes
are erystallzed into the form set forth
by its State Convention, when it in
sists upon a return to specie payments
and no step backwards
Year: 1874

Great bargains in dry goods at Wads-
worth Il Parsons for the next sixty days
to make room for their fall stock. Dress
goods at cost, shawls and cloaks at cost,
good grenadines at l2l cts per yard. They
claim to have the only good stock of car
pets to be found in Rock Island, and that
their prices are as low as any where in the
West
Year: 1874

They came to bear his corpse away
Before her, grim and stark It lay,
With blood besprent from shield 10 crest,
And five wounds open In the breast
They said to her, sThe grave Is made
Wherein your lover must be laid,
And YOU nor we have time to spare,
Unless we seek his fate to SHARE
She answered, Yet a little space
Give me To look upon his face;
Until this final hour be sped
Leave me alone here with my dead.'
They turned away, those stern men,
Ard left her to her watch again.
Nor stitied sob, nor whispered word;
Heucpforlh the woful stiffness stirred.
Outside the window, droning bees
Hummed drowsily about the trees;
The hot sun blazed along the sky,
The wandering wind crept idly by.
It shook the sweetness and the bloom
From trailing vines across the room,
One white leaf fluttered down TO rest,
And turned to crimson, oil his breast.
She, kneeling by the awful bier,
Made no lament, and shed no tear;
But the dumb anguish in her eyes
Might have compelled the dead to rise.
Could any yearnng look or speech
Avail, alas the dead to reach?-
Aud the still lips that made no moan
Were pale as lips are, cut in stone.
His head within her arms embrace,
Her cheek laid close against his face,
And, all its silllen lengths unbound,
Her dark hair streaming to tue ground,-
So clurg she silently and fast,
As one by one the moments passed,
And with the passing hour once more,
Her brothers entered at the door.
For, marching downward through the land
There came apace hostile band,
And he who met its lawless horde,
Might choose his death by fire or sword.
Brief time remained for funeral rite
When need like this arose for flight,
SO they approached, full sore at heart,
TO bleuk that last EN- brace apart.
And one-the tenderest-at her ear,
Spoke soothing words of love and cheer;
Bat won no answer. Mute as clay
And move less as his voice she lay.
Then, with sudden, vague alarm,
He touched her sheek, he raised her arm
The arm dropt lif-less from his hold,
The cheek had already turned cold!
The grave they followed out for one
Held two before the day was done.
Around it rang the battle din,


The lovers slept at peace within.


From THE ALDINE,
Year: 1874

| found here a widow lady-a Mrs.
George Peasly-at work in a marble-shop
with a number of men. She is cutting
grave-stones, taking them in the rough
the same as men. and is getting her 50
days, and puts in as much time as the
average of men. She has number OF
children. AS short sketch of her history
may be an encouragement to other lone wO-
men, give it as follows: "When her
husband died she was not able to buy a
maidstone complete, but bought marble
slab in the rough and finished it, and 1t
can be seen standing at the head OF his
grave, near the village OF Henderson,
Minnesota. She then cS=Yed some Work
and took it to a marble-wOrker in the city
of Minneapolis, and told him she was
widow with family OF children and
wanted work. The dealer examined the
work, said it was good, and that he would
give her work on two conditions. First,
she should promise not to work for any
other dealer in the city; and, secondly,
she should promise not TO open business
on her own account in the city OF Mime
apoIis. She said she would agree to TINS
if he would agree to keep her in work all
the time. But this lord of creation would
agree TO nothing of the kind. She went TO
ST. Paul and there got work without
special agreements. Finally she came TO
tnis citv, and is now in the employ Of Mr..
Ed. V. Bogart. Winona (MilH.l Cores
poadenes Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1874

The Provi lence Or. l.. Journal refers to
the careless facility with which clergymen
often perform the marriage ceremony Tor
any man who comes with woman on his
arm and fee in his hand, and thinks 1t
was a mistake to repeal the old law which
required the publication of banns OF mar
riage. An exception to the custom 10
which it alludes is the following:


"This matter is brought to our notice
by the very proper conduct OF clergy
man of this city, who was waited upon
last week by two candidates for matrimon-
ial felicity, and, in the course of the in
quiries which he deemed it proper to make
of them, he readily discovered that the
man was decidedly under the influence OF
strong liquor; and he told him that he
would not marry him. why not?'
stammered the expectanr bridegroom.
Because you are drunk; come here So
Der. and will decide whether l will mar
ry you or not; but in your present condl-
ton YOU are not fit to enter into SO solemn
an engagement The man refused 10
leave till the ceremony was performed.;;
but he found that the minister belonged TO
the church militant, and he made hasty
retreat with a boot close behind him.
Doubtless ne found somebody to marry
him. .I
Year: 1874

We must row with the oars we have;
and as we cannot order the wind we are
obliged TO sail with the wind that God
gives.


Patience and attention will bring us far.
If the cat watches long enough at the
mouse nest, the mouse shall not escape.


Perseverance will obtain good cabbage
and lettuce where otherwise nothing but
thistles will grow.


The plowman must 90 up and down,
and whatever else may be done, there Is
no other but this long way to do the work
well.


Learn to sleep with one eye open. As
soon as the chicken goes to rOost, II Is
good time for the fox.


If weary with waking, your portion
soon will be meager.


Fools always will ask what time it is,
but the wise know their time.


Grind while the wind is fair, and if you
neglect, do not complain of Gods provl-
dence


God gives feed to every bird, but he does
not bring it to the nest; in like manner he
gives us our daily bread, but by means OF
our daily work. a
Rise early; thea the fisherman finds his
worms.


The dawn ofday has gold in its mouth.


He that lags behind in a road where
many are driving always will be In cloud
of dust.
Year: 1874

married, and lives a useful life in the vii
lage.


Gradually the two old friends drifted
nearer to the rosy dawn of the heavenly
day, and gradually, cut of long and ear
nest talks at their firesides, grew plan
plan TO make that cheerful nook in the
world perfect home.


Lawyer Anthony was called into the
council, and slowly the whole thing took
permanent form. The place and the bonds,
into which the money had been turned
which were enough to make comfortable
living for five or six people able to help
Themselves, and with economical New
England ways-were left to Carlo and Car
lOsta Benini, in trust for a specified num-
Der of paupers, who were to be selected
by them from the PoOr-house; as fast as
one died or became self-supporting an
other filling the place. Young people as
well as old were to constitute part of the
number, that there might always be some
one grown up in the house to leave in
trust for the next generation and carry out
the donors intentions. Young people
were to be taught some way of self sup
port, to give up their place to others.


When this was all arranged to her salts
faction, and when her old friend Sally had
passed beyond the gates, and her place
had been filed by another broken-down,
desolate creature, Hannah seemed to feel
that her work was done. .yr....


Day after day she sat in her rocking
chair, her little table, with spectacleS, and
cOarse-print Bible (which she had learned
to value since the bitter Poor-house days.
by her side. always with pleasant smile
and cheerful word for every body always
knitting soft, gray-colored mittens and
tippetS for the POor-hOuse children. Her
face grew heavenly in its peace and rest,
and her breast warm and tender to all the
world.


And at last, her worn-out body was
found one evening in her favorite place,
the knitting in hand. the usual smile on
her lips, and glorified look on the face
and Hannah was gone. lr --r


Carlotta never married, but lived to
good old age, keeping the house full, and
carrying on to the day of her death the
work old Hannah left in her hands, and
leaving young, well-train hands, and
willing hearts, to follow in the same path.


Every year-as specified in the villa
Thanksgiving dinner was given to the in
mates of the Poor-house, and gradually
the place came to be known as Thanks
giving Cottage"
Year: 1874

passengers from this place put up a new
lob on the road. One of them went to the
office, purchased ticket, went on board
the train, took his seat and silly slipped
his ticket out of the window TO another, he
passing in and repeating the operation,
and so on until the whole party were com
fortably seated within the car, the sentinel
smiling rs they passed in and eOngratula-
ting himself, no doubt, upon the splendid
run at the tickei-office and the small
amount of trouble he was having with
the passengers that day.-DaUenPort Ga
81
Year: 1874

DAN DAVIS ofVirginia City paid a visit
to Promontory, on the Central Pacific
Railroad, and was charmed with the man.
ners and customs-almost patriarchal in
their frank simplicity-of the people. He
stopped at the principal hotel of the town.
1t was nice place, and the landlord was a
very agreeable and friendly sort of man.
SAYS Dan :" When dinner was ready the
landlord came out into the street in front
of his hotel with a double-barreled shot
gun. Raising the gun above his head he
fred off one barrel. | said to him, 'Nyhat
did You do that for? Said he, To call my
boarders to dinner 1 said, Why don't
YOU fire off both barrels 2 'Oha said he,
i keep the other to collect WITH"
Year: 1874

I'll see about that" and started for the
door.


The room was empty, and Hannah's
knitting lay on the floor. Then the search
began. Every room and corner of the
place was ransacked, and nothing discov-
cred except that her shawl and hood were
gone. Great was the excitement and won
derful the talk about the mysterious disap-
pearance till evening, when the master came
home from town. and reported that she
had been seen riding to town with Caleb
Bent, and there was rumor that she had
fallen heir to some money. That made
the talk all the fiercer, and on'tsuppose
any body in the house, except the very
young and the very old, slcpta wink that
night. Old Sally did not say much, but
i'm her heart she felt hurt that her old
friend had left her and not told her word
of her good fortune; and Lofty buried her
head in the bundle of rags she called her
bed, and sobbed half the night. The next
day the wonderful news was corroborated,
with the addition, that she was at present
the guest of Lawyer Anthony. Moth
ing more was heard of her till Thursday
morning.
Year: 1874

THOSE who have been in the United
States Senate chamber during heavy
shower, remember that the noise made by
the rain upon the roof was so great as to
render the transaction of business almost
impossible. This has now been remedied
by the use of lath and plaster under the
tin roof.
Year: 1874

1t is hard to oyernurse tree unless it
is pottcd. The very presence of the gar
dener about it, tie animal exhalations,
his breath, etc, are healthful food to it.


Its soil should be kept clean and free.
cultivated like corn>feld, till the tree is
we'll set. Even after that breaking up the
soil, crumbling it with the rake and hoe,
is beneficial, and will help a struggling
tree like kind word to man in trouble
There is nothing more attractive than
this apparent consciousness Of the home
vineyard and orchard of the domestic
hospitality. Itgrows more thrifty, yields
more abundantly, as If grateful for
the familiarity and attention. Who has
failed to notice the superiority Of the
grapes, peaches, apples and oranges grown
in the house>yard, in favor and quantity,
over their congeners in the neglected
field! That the mere presence of man,
when not destructive, is promotive Of
vegetation is a fact so apparent in the
economy of animal and vegetable life, l
need not insist upon any theory of poetic
sensibility or sylvan gratitude of the
hamadryad. Yet there is something in
being cruel to a life so generous and de-
pendent as hale old apple or orange
tree that has sheltered and nursed our
boyheod in its generous arms and fed us
on its fruit | can not conceive Of neg.
lecting or abusing it but as Of mean and
shabby act.-Home aud School.
Year: 1874

How much has been written Of Home,
yet the subject is never worn thread-bare.
Home and love! Old as the creation.
yet like the landscape before us, ever
new, ever beautiful the mere world fills
one with tender, loving thoughts
"Home's not merely four square walls.
Though with pictures hung and gilded."


1t is, or should be, place filled with
peace and rest, and love, a refuge from
the cares and coldness and deceit of the
world, heaven of rest, IN oasis in the
desert, where soul and body are strength>
ened and refreshed when weary and worn
with the struggle of life-a place where no
rigid rules are enforced, and each inmate
feels on entering that an atmosphere of
blessed freedom prevails; where no strict
boundary line exists between grown peo,
pie and children, but where young and
old mingle together in sweet and familiar
intsrcouss; where the blessed Day Of
Rest is looked forward To as o season of
physical and mental relaxation, and not
dreaded as an interval Of dull ana stupid
inertness, or made intolerable by an un>
due strictness and regard to the letter
rather than the spirit of religion.


We make our homes; and how many
of us make them what they should be?
How many of US do our whole duty as
husbands, wives. parents? How many of
us use Alright the unlimited authority we
have over our own children !--overlook>
ing at one time fault which at another
we condemn with hasty aud harsh re-
proof, and which we may perhaps recall
with unavailing regret through long, bit,
ter years, when the grass shall be waving
between the dear face of our darling and
our own.


The houses wo live in are not always
homes, no matter how crowded with ele-
CANT furniture, works Of art and luxury;
the simplest cottage, with its vine>drap.
ed window, its little parlor covered with
n straw mating, its round table and
chintz covered lounge, its shelf of books
and stand Of flowers, may contain more Of
the elements of true home than the
abode Of luxury


"a world of care without


A world Of strife shut ont


A world of love shut in."
This is home.
Year: 1874

A gentleman Of Knoxville SAYS the
feeling between Col. Thornbugh and
Judge Honk is rapidly approximating
red heat. Meantime, Mr. Maynard is
reticent as the grave in respect TO his
future intentions, though the belief is
pretty general that he viii in due sea-
son announce himself for Congress. He
is now in the full prime and vigor of
life, with reputation that is national,
aud has no idea of being shelvcd and
filed away like an obsolete volume, to
rust out the balance Of his days in idle
ness and inglorious case. There are
prominent aspirants in the Republican
organization whose chances for the Vice
Presidential nomination in 1876 are not
half as good as Mr.. Maynard's, pro"id-
cd he keeps well TO the front during
the interval and maintains his present
prestige.