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Year: 1879

Never say anything dana sing to
lie good name Of q woman, it matters
not how poor she may be Or what her
place in society. They have a hard
time at best, and God pity the man
who would give them kick down the
hill! We are too free with their
names-we talk too much about them
on our street-corncr clubs and in pub
lie placos to De heard Of men We
do very wrong The least little hint
that there is something wrong, that
"she amt all right whether spoken
in jest or in earnest, is taken up, and
unlike toe rolling stone, gathers moss
as it goes from corner 10 corner, and
at last it comes home TO the poor per
secuted creature with crushing weight
She has only been keepirg quiet,
while her idle prosecutors have pnr.
|sned her, and now she is kicked from
door to door, and is fallen 80 low, that
none will do her reverence. Give a
dog bad name. and yon had as well
kill him; talk about a good woman on
your streetcorner clubs and across
barroom counters, and you had as
well set her down at once as "A social
wreck. No one wants to help her
We don't want SO much theoretical
dogmatic religion; we want a kind q
blue.jeans and home-spun piety, that
will do for the wash tub and kitchen
as well as for the drawing room and
parlor--a sort OF universal honesty
that will not consider a woman thiei
because she should happen to wear a
sun bonnet or walk acr, SIS the Street
with string OF nackerel in her hand
There is nothing degrading in manual
labor, and honest poverty is sure
passport 10 heaven - Ex
Year: 1879

A BALTIMoRs man is puzzled over
the paradoxical customs of the Japa-
nese, and wants an explanation ct
why the Japs do. everything back
wards He has written to Herbert
Spencer on tie subject, but thar
learned gentleman lodged the matter
by saying the On stion involved a
wider range than at first sipht APP
pears. He declined to express his
views as to why "a piece of cord in
Japan is twisted from left to right in
the process OF manufactures. plane
is drawn toward the person using it;
the teeth uf saw are so set that il
is the upward pull which cntS; their
books commence at what we would
call the end, turning the leaves from
left to right, while the lines run up
and down the page, instead of across
aud the pages are numbered at the
foot; the face of their clock moves and
the hands are stationary; they say ii
is O'clock meaning that it is -four
hours of being noon, while with us il
is always SO much past the starting
point"
Year: 1879

How these memories come floating back 1t seems
like dream now, but it terribly real then. AT Ous
tee just before the fight, Pease, sir said Pat, Irish
corporal, 81 think me horse wants To ROLL very well "
said the captain ake off his saddle and let him roll but
mind you mount he is through, eyes, sir
said Pat sautng and falling to the There
brush with the ohnnes' few minutes later and there
was lively work for the next half hour When a lul
came, the captain saw Pat sitting quietly a stump
holding his saddle ''Wheres your horse? asked the
captain. Down in the field there, sir answered Pat
rising to salute his commander Didu't tell you to
mount as he had done rolling? Sure you did,
captain, an it's for that I'm waiting. He hasn't begun
yet 1t Pats last sally of wit The poor fellow fell
in the next charge.
Year: 1879

We continue in this number the publication of alpha
betica list of the Battles of the War Of the Rebellion
from authentic sources b continued hereafter II will
be pleasant we hope for the old soldiers again the
names and dates of battles in which they their friends
took part
Year: 1879

A SMALL boy undertook to nfuse lit
tie astonisbment into cross dog, and as n
result got so loaded down with surprise
himselfihat he burst off three suspender
buttons stepping around the corner to tell
the rest of the boys aboutit
Year: 1879




CHICAGO, Feb. 222.-Tbcre are probably few Of
tie good people Of this city who are aware Of
tie narrow escape Of the Singer Building from
total destruction last evening, but nevertheless
it is only owing to its immense weight that it
was not lifted from its foundation and hurled,
SO to speak, into the middle OF next week; and,
escaping this its flre-proof qualities alone saved
it from again falling prey to the destroyer.


He was tall young man, and, not wishing to
fire his letters down the coa1-hoe on Washing
ton street, he went around into the alley and
down the cellar-stairs to do the thing right. It
was nearing, the witching hour of half-past i,
and, being hungry and in haste, he started up
those stairs again two steps at q time, and about
the third jump settled him. Something had to
give way, because he couldn't run his head
through the iron step above him, and he forgot
to 6toop.


II he had gone ahead the building would have
been ruined, but his recollection now is that he
commenced at the foot OF tile stairs again. and
wien he arrived at the point OF danger made his
bow, aud reached the alley without further mis-
fortune. In thinking it over he feels much re-
lieyed to know that the broad sheet OF flame
that he saw didn't set fire to the mai}-poucllcs
OF to the building, but he has the impression
that the Singer s. H. Co. must have dropped On
him with all their assets, and his most intimate
friend had to loan him her hair-brush this morn
ing because it was-as it were-soft. B..
Year: 1879

The longer l live the more do I become
satisfied shat nothing is so good for the
people who are in deep trouble as real
hard work-work that no: only occupies
the hands but the brain; work on which
one !avishes the best part Of the heart. I
know it requires great deal of resolution
to break away from the apathy Of deep
sorrow or a heavy trouble and resolutely
to put ones hand to the new or long dis
used pow; but the effort once made, if
there is anything in the individual, he or
she will never turn back Aud after
work, real work, work with the hands,
head and heart-after this will come
trust, and with trust will come peace
William G. Eliot.
Year: 1879

As the gladiator trains the body, sc
must we train the mind, by self sacrifice
to endure all things, to meet and overcome
difficulty and danger. We must take the
rough and thorney road, as we'll as the
smooth and pleasant; and a portion. a.
least, Of our daily duty must be hard and
disagreeable, for the mind can not be kept
strong ard healthy in perpetual sunshine
only, and the most dangerous of all states
is chat of constantly recurring pleasure
ease and prosperity. Most persons will
find difficulties and haFdships enough
without seeking them; let them not re
pine; but take them as part of that educa
tiona| discipline necessary to fit the mind
to arrive at its highest good.
Year: 1879

The true hospitality Of the home is
never loudly demonstrative. It neve,
overwhe'ms you with its greeting, though
you have not doubt of its sincerity
You are not disturbed Dy the creaking Of
the domestic machinery, suddenly i'm
PEELED at unwonted speed for your &C
commodation. Quietly it does its work
that it may put you in peaceabIe pos
session Of its results. He Is not the true
host, she is not the best. hostess, who is
ever going to and fro with hurried zeal,
which implies forced effort to effect a
hospitable appearance, but rather the
one who takes your coming with quiet
dignity and noiseless psinstak'og; who
never ob,rudes attention, yet is very
attentive all the while; who makes you,
in word, "at home.'
Year: 1879

public when he was in the Capital OF foreign
Republic" He made absolutely no observation on
the singularty of his positon-On his being left to
do for himself what somebody else might have done
for him. don't think it occurred TO him that any
neglect had been shown him. He was concerned
with nothing but the discharge Of hrs duty. he did
IL, let me add, after q day Of great fatigue, ana
when be was quite i'll enough TO have excused him
for going TO bed instead of going TO the Eysee. tie
had been on foot all the mOrnnga and afternoon at the
opening ceremony, missed his carriage and walked
home. arriving in a state of exhaustion.


To this brief notice of recent incidents and I'M
presslOns. let me add a word about Mr.. Taylors
achievements in journalism. He has Sc
cure fame in literature quite apart from
that, but none the less may his news
paper work be commended to the student as
model in its kind. A great deal of II Is in the
memory Of your readers, but his colleagues and
comrades knew the merit of il better than any out
slider could know IT. His correspondence was more
less under his name, and its qualities are not
less admirable than rare. His editorial work
might not be so generally recognized, but any
body who will turn back TO the studies OF
European politics, which he contributed to
your columns of late years, will be struck
by the wide and exact knowledge Of affairs lie
displayed, and by Judgment and foresight which
are anything but common IN political essays
meant for daily consumption. My obligations 10
him are many. | learned much from him, but
neither from HIM nor from any other source have


learned how 10 express my Of the loss that has
beialen his friends and his country. CIV. 5.
Year: 1879

THE HOUSE FULL OF ZEAL FOR WORK.


RrMArKABLx IIsINCLINATIoN OF TIE DEMO


CRATs TO ATTEND TO Anything ENCrFI that


WHICH LAST WINTER THEY NEGLECTED MOST


GENERAL GOSSIP AND NEWS OF TIE CAPITAL


Congress- will meet again to-day pursuant
N adjournment. 1t is said that Speaker Kan
dali and Democratic leaders in the House
will endcavor to hurry up the regular business
of the session 10 the exclusion OF other
matters. There is nothing said about
whether the House will take any notice of
the important subject of the cipher dispatches.
Mr.. Hewitt thinks his silver bill may pass.
The opposition to the Army bill Is growing
Justice Hunt has been stricken down with par
alvsis. The Supreme Court has rendered deci-
sion in favor of the Government in the Utah
polygamv case. 1t is reported from Virginia
that wealthy white man has been sentenced
by colored justice to be whipped at the post,
designed solely for negroes. d,
Year: 1879

Correspondence of the Register.


We wish to call the attention OF our
city authorities to the fact that the Spir-
itualistic seance Of Sunday night last
was in no sense a religious meeting,
and was, therefore, contrary to law, es-
pecially in view OF its disgraceiully riot
Gus character. Doubtless there were
many respectable persons present.
Whether they felt ashamed OF the crowd
they had fallen into is another question.
We protest, however, against making
the "wOrkingmen" responsible for this
outrage upon public order and de-
cency. Poll the 'workingmen' OF
this city and see whether or
not they are in favor Of subyerting the
long established uSagcs Of civilized and
Christian society. We think it Is gross
libel upon this class OF our citizens. We
are we'll satisfied that the class OF per-
sons, who seize every opportunity,
SpirituahStic or otherwise, for the sub
version of Christian morality, is made
up chiefly of those who are troubled
with no settled convictions, who have
but little love or regard for God or man,
and ii they had the power, would will
ingly or unwillinely, turn the world
into a pandCmOuium. We very much
mistake the character OF our working
men. it We suppose that they are to
be identified with COmmuniStiC outlaws.


LAW AND ORDER.
Year: 1879

AUGUSTA, December l0.-A hearing in
the mandamus case OF Andrew K. Il.
Smith, petitioner, VS.. +. II. Cove, Sec
retary OF State, began this morning. in
the Senate chamber, before Judge Nir-
gin. The chamber was well filled with
people. After the reading OF the petit
ton for a writ OF mandamus to compel
the Secretary OF State to give access to
the election returns, and OF the reply OF
the respondent Cove, IN which he
denies that he is at present the legal
custodian of the returns, or has been
since October 30th, at which time he
delivered them to the Governor and
Council. The counsel for petitioners
presented the case to the court. de
touched upon the jurisdiction OF the
court in the matter and the jurisdiction
OF the court over the parties, citing
many authorities and legality justice
and necessity of the issuance OF writs OF
manddmus in this case, holding that the
Governors the legal custodian of the
returns; that the people have a
right To have access to them, and that
the exhibition OF them by the Governor
is simply ministerial act which he
should be requested to perform.
Year: 1879

He Lives.


New YORK, December l0.-John Nc
Eyoy, aged fifteen, crawled under the
table OF circular saw for sawdust. The
saw had been stopped to mend the belt,
and the man in charge, not noticing the
boy, started the saw. The next minute
he saw a hat fly from under the table;
He stopped the machine and looked
under the table, and saw the bow with
his head almost literally sawed in
two. The saw had run from near the
back of the left ear across the top OF the
head, down through the forehead be.
tween the eve and nose, without lnjur-
ing the eyeball, and through the nose,
so that one nOstril was sawed clear from
the other. The saw penetrated the
brain around the ear to the depth OF
from one and a half to three inches.
The boy retained his consciousness
while being taken to the office OF DIR.
Garnett, where the scalp was sewed up.
The physicians could see the pulsations
of the brain through the opening.
The lad said the pain was very great,
but he refrained from crying, and pinch
ed the nails of his hands into the palms
until the blood ran. At the Sisters
Hospital he was able to lift glass OF
stimulants to his lips. DIR. Marsh probed
the brain to the depth of nearly two
inches without touching the bottom OF
the cut made by the saw. The boy was
able to talk intelligently all day, but he
said that it panied him to converse, and
he was kept as quiet as possible. He is
vet alive and conscious tonight. The
physicians say that it is miracle that
he has lived.
Year: 1879

Mr.. JAY GoULD's newspaper makes
the suggestion that the English Mission
be put up at auction and given to the
highest bidder. There is no great NOR
al idea in this proposition, but if carried
out it would enable Mr.. Jay Gould 10
buy it, and as the great stock speculator
has great difficulty in amusing himself
these days it is possible that is exactly
the game his newspaper is up tO.-PhR-
ddelphid Times.
Year: 1879

The Wholesale market was Detter than
it was last week while in the retail trade
the only improvement observable was
early in the market and then only in
the better grades, which were quite
scarce and OF not as good quality as they
were last week, the best having been re-
shipped east, prices there showing an
improvement. Common and middle
grades were off and the market was very
slow, dragging heavily long before the
close. The decline in common and mid
die grades was b@i of cent. Quota
tionS 2G6 cts.
Year: 1879

The Plsttsburg Leader hits the nail on
tho head thusly; "Men who advertise, do SO
because they believe the money they invest
in that way will secure them additional pat
ronsge; aud that their advertisements will be
read by people who have the means where
with to purchase articles Of merchandise
Hence shrewd advertiser will always pat-
ronize a paper that has a good eireulation'
and one that is taken by the people who are
able to buy goods. The character OF tbe
circulation Of parer is therefore OF as much
importance as the extent of II.
Year: 1879

A young man who had long and


dearly loved a beautiful cir! on


Warren avenue besought her re-
Gently to name the happy day,


which she did with such fond, re-
luctaut, amorous delay that it


would hardly have been thought
that she had made up her mind


what tho date was TO be more


than two months before, so soon


as she saw that he really meant
biz. They accordingly waited upon


the author Of her being, and, 60
ing down to their knees; acqualnt-
ed him with the lay of the land,
and besought Of him his blessing.
He was a practical and econ
omical old man, with mind ter
tile of resource, and when the
young man had stammered that
be loved her dearer than his LIE,
and had a salary of $1,000, and


that be hoped-the old man caught
up his trusty Toledo (O.) walking
stick, and calling his prospective
sou-in-law moon-eyed candidate
for the Presidency, and a diddle-
hinged unvindicated monometa!lst,
drove him out Of the house then


seizlng his daughter by her tiny
shell-lac car he awayed with her to
the deepest bedroom beneath the
attic roof and locked her in there.
| What was the consequence? ? That
very night the young man came


with a rope-ladder an ample CLOAK
and a double-barrelcd MARRIAGE
license; and stole his bride away


and they were made QUE at the
, West Side church. The young


wife then said to her husband:
"Algernon, my father behaved
towards you as mean rs all get
Year: 1879

ABOUT EDIToRs-Every editor
loves to have his friends, and par
ticularIy his readers, call on him.
They belong to the same family,
as it we're. But when you call 10
see the editor, don't stay too long.
Editors are generally very busy
in business hours. lfyou have a
suggestion to make, or news 20
communicate state it in the few
est words possible. Don't offer
any excuses, or indulge in a long
preface to what you have to say.
Burt it right out; tell the editor
you wish him we'll, and bid him
good-day. Editors dote on such
men as that; they love to receive
calls from them. Don't argue
with them-don't try to do it.
They have no time for argument
while at work.


When you write to an editor
for publication, make it short
boil it down. Pitch right into
the middle Of your subject, and
be sure to stop when you are
through. Editors always like
something fresh and original in
the way of communications, and
are especially fond Of news. But
the editor must always be- the
Judge Of what is worthy Of publ
cation. OF course, every writer
thinks his own publication the
best just as every mother thinks
her, baby the prettiest that was
ever born. But the editor may
be so stupid as to have a differ
ent opinion. If so, it can't be
helped. Don't try to argue him
out OF his notion, if he is too stu
bid to remedy his dulness. You
may think You arc a great deal
smarter than the editor and this
may be true; but the editor may
be responsible, and you are not.
There is NO class Of people who
are so anxious to please a majority
Of people as editors are. There
is no class so coyetous ofthe good
opinion Of others. 1t is well to
remember that fact.-Erckaaae.
Year: 1879


This morning q couple OF mlnerS
were seated on boWIder along
side the road to Sutro, discussing
the kicking powers OF the mule
One bad just returned from Sutro
and the other WAS or the way
there. and having met near the
rock they sat down for talk.


Have You quit over thore?
said the one who was eastward
bound.


Yes


why?


Mules


'trald OF 'em !?


You bet. L saw one yesterday
alongside an old boiler klcken OH
: the rivct-heads one by one. Never
missed one, L was just soin OH
: shift, and when l saw the mule
and heard there was more Of 'em
i inside, [ weakened and threw up
my job. I've got a wife and three
children dependin' on me, and l
dons take no chances !


'Ihe worst mule ever saw,
said the other, was in Pioche
some years ago. 1t was one |
owned. One day it rubbed against
some nails sticking out Of a post,
and it turned square round and
drove those nails in one by one,
using q single blow OF the hoOt
with tie iron shoe on for each
nail. 1t never missed its lick and
always drove 'e!n just into the
head. Then ne saw few tacks on
the pos, a little lower down.
which were only half driven IN;
and he drove them in, too, with
light taps Of the hoof, just as gen
tie and easy as could be. One day
q man came along and set ont a
can Of nitro glycerine and giant
powder. He wanted to get the
mule to kick itand then get Killed
L saw him aOout the corral with
the can ana kne" "hat was up
At hrst L was gong 10 stop nlm'
but then l thought II my mule
was any kind of a mule at all be
could take care OF himself. SO l
just watched Wen, the mule sa"
the can and walking up smelt OF
1t, and then squared hlmsell lol
the kick. The man was sneaKlng
off: and just as the mule was going
Year: 1879

Two country attorneys over
taking d wagner on the road.
thinking to break . joke with
him, asked him why his fore
horse was so fat and the rest sc
lean. The wagner, knowing
them to be limbs Of the law, re.
piled that the fore horse was
lawyer and the rest were his
clients.
Year: 1879

Now that ice cream season has set in, it will be well to announce grand opening in spring pocket books.

 We should think the conductors s wife would be jealous Of her lord, He is always looking after the fares you know.

 The burning up a lot of wild beasts in barn, out in Michigan, is a warning against Barn em me nageries in the future.

 An Irishman said that if Queen Victoria did not die soon the Prince of Wales would live long enough to see his son made king.

 Little boys now go down to the river, stick their toes in the water and cxclaim; "It's getting bully" What in the mischief do they mean

 It is openly affirmed by Brooks, the Texas ranger, that a man would rather live with q cross-eyed woman than with a cross mouthed woman.

 A well-known scientific man says its all humbug about fish contain ing phosphorus: We always thought it fish story, and felt disposed to make light of it. To much fuss for us.

 An old bachelor who particularly hated literary women, asked an authoress if she could throw any light on kissing. I,,"couid" said she "butI think it's better in the dark"
Year: 1879

Necessity does the work ofcourage.

 A thousand parties of pleasure do not leave a recollection worth that of one good action.

 Ambition often plays the wrestler's trick of raising man up, merely to fling him down.

 A mother dreads no memories those shadows have all melted away in the dawn of baby's smile.

 In the man or woman whose child hood has known caresses there is always fibre of memory that can be touched to gentle issues.

 Smiles are to life what the sparkle is to wine, or scintillations to the diamond, intensifying its beauty and clothing 1t in all the superb hues of the rainbow.

 The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see noth- ing but sand, the angels come to visit us aad we only know them when they are gone.

 By loves delightful influence all the injuries of the world are alien ated, the bitter cup of afiliction is sweetness, and fragrant flowers are strewed along tue most thorny path of life.

 Generous and noble emotions, vivid feelings and active exercise in tue pursuit of some noble object, rarely fail to give grace to the move ments and Q rarer charm than beau ty itself to the face.

 Our loves should be like the days, more beautiful in the evening; or like the spring, aglow with promise; {; or like the autumn, rich with golden sheaves, when good works have ripened on the field.

 Nemesis is lame but she is of CO., lossal stature, like the gods, and sometimes while her sword is yet un- sheathed she stretches out her huge left arm and grasps her victim. The mighty hand is invisible, but the victim tottcrs under the dire clutch.

 The human heart loves flowers. The Persian in the far East delights in their perfume and writes his love in nosegays; while the Indian chief of the far west claps his hands with glee as he gathers the abundant blossoms-the illuminated Scripture of the prairies.