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Year: 1877

WOULD MEET IN A BETTER WeRLp.--
She led him to sofa and in deep base
voice called him her souls idol and inquired
what his monthly income was. Seeing his
gaze fixed on her boaconstrictor.like mouth
she remarked: Darling, l sec you admire
my large and beautiful mouth let me sx.
plain to you the reason of its unusual size.
When l was quite little child was play
Ing on papa's cellar door. 1t gave way. l
WAS precipitated down into the basement and
caught by the mouth in the projecting hook,
which ripped up my face and extended my
mouth several inches" With his eyes fill.
ed with sympathetic tears 'My angel, you ara
perhaps mistaken. Probably in the excite
ment Of that awful moment you left your
mouth down in the basement and acciden-
tally brought up the cellar. We shall meet
again in the. better world. Adieu.
Year: 1877

A Pro INA PULPIT.-In Methodist
meet house in the city on Wednesday even
ing last, the prayer meeting was broken up
by the entrance of a small rig. The sexton
tried to eject the pig, but the pig had no
thought of abandoning the field, and as the
sexton dashed down one aisle the pig ran
up another occasionally running under the
benches and destroying the solemuity Of tho
occasion. Meanwhile the pastor retained
his speechless gravity in the pulpit. But
when the pig eyinced 30 much audacity a.
to climb into the pulpit and take up po-
sition beside the pastor, the latter fully real.
lied the extremity to which he was at las,
reduced, and he and his congregation re.
tired Piatts6ur9 No. Lever.
Year: 1877

Pay no attention to slanderers or gossip
mongers, Keep straight on in your course,
and let their back bitings die the death Of
neglect. What is the use of lying awake
OF night, brooding over the remarks OF
some false friend, that runs through. your
brain like forked lightning? What is. the
use of getting into worry and fret over
gossip that has been set ahoat to your dis
advantage, by some meddlesome busybody,
who has more time than character These
things can't poss bly, injure you, unless, in.
deed, you take notice of them, and in com.
batting them give them character and stand
ing If what is said about you is true, set
yourself right at once if it is false, let it
go for what it will fetch. If bee stings
you would you go into hive and destroy
it?; Would not Il thousand come upon you
1t is wisdom to say little respecting the in.
juries you have received. We are generally
losers, in the end, FIVE stop to refute al
the backbtings and gossipings we may
hear by the way, They are annoying, it Ii
true, but not dangerous, so long as We dc
Not stop to expostulate and scold. Our char
acters are formed and sustained by ourselves
and by our own actions and purposes, anC
not by others Let us bear in mind that
"calumni0tors' may usually be trusted L
time and the slow but steady justice of pub
lie opinion.
Year: 1877

The custom OF using eggs at Easter is be-
coming, in our large towns, more general ev-
cry year. The wider prevalence of the GUS
tom is significant indication of the hold
which symbolism has obtained in the univer.
sal church of late-a revulsion from the liter
alism of the Reformation and its angry pro-
test against forms. There are those who
deprecate the reactionary movement, believ-
ing that unmeaning observances are disp,ac-
ing the vital principles of religion. But the
observances, when understood, are not un-
meaning, and the ministers of Christianity
would take the wise part would they but ex-
pound and emphasize the spiritual sense OF
material symbols consecrated by long use and
the reverent regard of the Fathers of the
Church. No one looks upon the Sacrament
of the Eucharist as an unmeaning symbol !;
and though the later observances of the
Church may not have scriptural sanction
they are endeared by the approval of the
saints and martyrs of the earlier days.


The Easter egg is the symbol of the great
est miracle which the hand of the Almighty
ever wrought, the miracle of life. From time
immemorial it has been held as the type of
the beginning of all things, ,and the egg occurs
in the proverbial literature Of nearly every
nation as visible mark Of the origin of life.
Its use in religious observance was not con-
fined to the Chosen People. They held il in
high honor in the feast of the Passover and
placed it by the side of the Paschal Lamb. In
later years, when the true faith had become
corrupted through foreign influence it was
associated with the bird Gig" fowl which
figures largely in rabbinical tradition.
But other nations, Egyptian, Persians,
Greeks, Gauls have regarded the egg as an
emblem of the universe. With the Persians
the New Year, celebrated at the vernal equi-
nox, was lookee upon as the renewal of all
things, as the triumph of the Sun after his
long winter of defeat. Partly influenced by
Jewish tradition, partly by the immemorial
custom ofthe East where Christianity early
set up its standard, partly by the obvious sig
nifcance of the thing, the Church adopted
the egg, as containing the elements of the
future life for the emblem of the
Resurrection. As that emblem it easily as
sociated itself in later age with the great
Spring festival of the North and that festival
and the triumphal return of the Sun, and the
Resurrection of our Lord easily blended
themselves into Easter day, the old obser-
vances becoming elevated and purified by
the lofty spirit of the new faith
Naturally the emblem of the resurrection of
life common to so many nations was retained
as symbol of the common religion, of which
the doctrine of the resurrection from the re-
gions Of death and the grave was the central
theme.
Year: 1877

COMPULSORY education in Ohio, as re-
Gently determined by the Legislature Of that
state has called out the sneers of the Demo-
cratic press. Why the average Bourbon
cherlshes such prejudice against the school
house it is difficult to explain. No republic
can long endure except on the basis of intelli-
gent citizenship. A system that aims TO give
every child fair elementary training should
receive the cheerful support of the friends of
good government. What has given the
North the commanding position in the Union
but its schools and colleges, its institutions of
art and science. its papers and magazines
An atmosphere of liberal thought surrounds
the humblest member of society. The only
explanation is that in the elevation and en-.
lightenment of manhood the Bourbon reads
the loss of his influence and the death of a
decaying organization.
Year: 1877




The New York Times thinks there is not
much reason for high moralzing over the
Nemesis OF the Tammany Ring. 1t wants to
know what will be the verdict of the phllos-
ophers "when they finally discover that
Tweed has purchased impunity with trifing
part of his stolen money; that Sweeny is
making terms which will secure him from
molestation; that Woodward is free and,
withal, not uuprosperous, man in Connecti-
cut; and that, generally, the surviving mem
bers ofjustice and of the Ring are proofs OF
the blindness and of the efficacy Of
bargaining as a means of counteracting
the administration Of the law?" And yet
their fate is not much Of an encouragement
to repeat the experiment.
Year: 1877

The decoration of the Easter egg was SIM
pie at first. 1t was stained with spots of
red in memory of the blood of Christ shed at
the time of the crucifxion. How the fantas-
tic devices now seen upon it originated would
be difficult to determine. They appear to
have little connection with its embematic
meaning, though doubtless they may be
traced to old fables and traditions which have
outlived the downfall of the faiths of which
they were once part,
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
ncations that are not used.
Year: 1877

THE general aspect of the famine districts
in India remains unchanged and several
deaths from starvation have been reported.
There is decrease of about sixty thousand
on the relief works in Madras. The doubling
of the railway lines from Madras to Arconum
is now sanctioned and in progress. This
work when finished will greatly diminish the
difficulty of carrying grain to the famine
stricken country.
Year: 1877

The large number of young men
who have no time or money to spend
upon studies that are not to be of prae-
tical financial value to them must,
from their necessities, enter at once
upon the the short way TO successful
and useful business life. business
Colleges have become national ne
cessity. The best men Of the country
recognize their useful mission and
patronize them. The student should
select the best institution, and the best
il the one that presents the best course
of instruction, has the best corps OF
teachers and the best arranged rooms
for classification. The Davenport
Business Collegepresents the following


SPECIAL ADVANTAGES:


The very large attendance and
profitable business Of the College en-
ables the proprietors to secure the best
talent for teachers. They pay the
largest salaries of any Business Col
lege in the West, and employ only
those teachers that command high
place everywhere and are worthy OF 1t.


The College rooms are fitted up in
substantial and elegant style with all
the modern improvements expressly
for this College, and are probably the
best arranged rooms for Business Col
lcge purposes in the West-and are not
surpassed anywhere.


The Boarding Club is in successful
operation and furnishes the student
with excellent board ut prime cost.
The kitchen, dining room and table
furniture complete is furnished by the
college free of charge, a cook employed,
groceries and provisions are bought at
wholesale, each student paying his
proportion of actual cost. In this way
good board and rooms, furnished and
taken care of, is obtained at a cost of
about $50 to $3.50 per week.


Superiority of Penmanship Depart
ment. This department furnishes first
class facilities for preparing young
men to become good business penman,
or for acquiring thorough scientific
and practical knowledge of penman-
ship, business and ornamental, or to
teach penmanship. Both of the pro-
prietors of the College are classed in
the Spenccrian publications as adopts
in the Spencerian, which is the only
system that uniformly produces good
writers, and is the standard system.
Cur students are in demand rs teach
ers of penmanship in other schools,
and frequently get situations as such
before completing the course.


Every department has professor in
charge as instructor, who is selected
with special reference to eminence al
ready achieved in that department.


We are confident that all these adj
vantages, combined, are possessed by
no other school. They are considera-
tions which unite to influence the stu
dent to choose the Davenport Business
College as the place for him to obtain
a practical Business Education.


Six hundred students during the
past year.


For further information apply at the
College Office or address


MONTAGUE & LILLIBRlDGE,
47-l3w Davenport, Iowa.
Year: 1877

Some persons are never satisfied
with the price OF produce and there
are eases when they hold on too
long. Then when the markets
collapses, and they have to take
moiety of what they might have had,
then the saddest words Of tongue or
pen, Is ut might have bsen."
Year: 1877

The editor can corroborate the opin-
ion of the Mason City Rcpubtican as
to the fine condition Of soil for crops
this spring: Farmers tell Us that
the sowing small grain has not been
done so satisfactory for four or five
years. The Ground is in splendid or
der and the weather fine for farm la
Dor. The seed is put into the earth in
fine style and all the signs bid good
cheer a. to the bountiful harvest that
awaits the sons Of toll"
Year: 1877

For the farmers Of Iowa We would
say word of apology. If they do not
buy as readily at the short-born sales
now in progress 1t Is more owing to
the unusual pressure in money mat.
tiers than in want Of interest in the
improvement of stock. Among the
mass of farmers money has not been
as scarce before ig twenty years. This
is their apology.
Year: 1877

He was far away, but it was
jackson.


"Curse himl but he has got a
guardian angel" howled"Old Pete"
as he shook his fist toward the
turnpike.


No other man ever had rifle
drawn on him at such fair range
and escaped three cool, carefully
aimed bullets. His escape sent a
thrill Of superstition through each
mind, and from that hour to this
moment, when the news of jack
sons death reached us, sold Pete"
never spoke a word. Soon a sol
dier, ,hurrying along shouted: "We
are all right. Stonewall Jackson
has been killed up the road there. +"
"Old Pete leaped up, whirled
around to face the bearer of the
news. and savagely shouted back j:


"You lie you lie! you lie |!
Stonewall Jackson can't be hurt
by shell or killed by bullet J.
~ BUT 1T WAS SO.


Lying in the arms of those who
loved him, so near us that the
cries of our wounded must have
reached his ears, was the mortal
ly wounded General whose skill
and strength had no match.
While the white faced dead look
ed up to the torn and shattered
forest trees, while the wounded
crawled here and there In their
awful agony, while the living look
ed into each others anxious faces
and wondered if another night
would find another of US there,
the legions of ] ackson werestrange-
ly silent. Now and then came
the sudden boom Of some great
gun, sounding like a deep groan
of despair, but there was nothing
more to break the silence. While
men rested in line of battle, hav-
ing the awful horrors of war ON
every side, there was one who
gave up his life as he whispered,
Let US cross over and rest under
the shade of the trees"
Year: 1877

The Turkish method of reck-
oning the days is a constant pit
fall to European editors who are
not well versed in the matter. In
Turkey they begin each day
with the night before it. Thus
Thursday begins with the sun
set of Wednesday; and Thurs
day night is what we call
Wednesday night. Those who
quote the Turkish verbatim
with regard to any night arc
apt TO get tangled up in their
chronology.
Year: 1877

five say Of the surface of the earth
that it Is the limit of the earth and
the beginning Of the atmosphere, we
are not correct in reference to the lat
ter. The air begins much below the
ground, and We ought to say that
where the ground, which is a mixture
of earth. water and air, ends, from
there the atmosphere exists alone. 1t
is no wonder that no particular atten-
ton was paid to the air in soil; its
presence there does not make any di.
rect impression on any of our senses;
we infer its presence more from our
other experiences and consequent con-
clusions. The human mind formerly
looked upon the air as something un'
substantial. spiritual, although men
saw the effect of hurricanes. No won
der, then, that no one thought Of the
air hidden in the ground, which car
not even blow the hat from our head.


-[Prof Pettenkofer, in the Popular
Science Monthly.
Year: 1877

The demand of this century is for a
photographer who can improve upon
Gods handiwork. He will have to ar
range matters SO that in the picture
the largest kind of ears will appear
like clover leaves; nose that cant be
covered by a diminutive excrescence
of loveliness; the larger the mouth the
more it must be made to look as If the
owner had just been sucking chunk
of alum; and on the countenance must
linger an expression such as sweeps
over boys face when he suddenly
discovers where the preserve jar is hid.
1t is just possible that it will be diff
cult to entirely carry out this pro
gramme. But if any man can do it,
he'll wear diamonds.
Year: 1877

Five years ago young actress made
the acquaintance in Italy Of a prince
Of an old Florentine family. The
young pair became much attached to
each other, and when the prince went
to Paris he passed much of his time
in the woman's company. Six months
ago the princes father died, after urg.
ing his son to relinquish the society of
the actress. The young man compli'
ed, and informed her that he could see
her in the future but rarely. She
was distressed, but finding him un.
shaken In his resolution, appeared to
acquiesce. A month ago he returned
to Paris. and she sent request that
he would dine and pass last evening
with her. He accepted. and after
dinner they drove to the Bois de Bou'
logne. On returning she dropped her
fan from the carriage, and he aiighted
to recover it. As he did SO she fired
two shots from a revolver at herself,
one Of which took effect in her breast.
She handed her lover, as he stood in
horror at her deed, sealed packet,
which he placed hastily in his pocket,
aud then turned his attention to her.
She was taken to his residence, and at
last accounts was in high fever and
unconscious. The package was hand.
ed to the Commissary of Police, and
found to contain a letter expressing
the impossibility of living without bis
affection. and her determination to
IL
Year: 1877

Lemons cure for Consumption.


A correspondent Of an English med.
ical journal furnishes the following
recipe as n new cure for consumption:
Put n dozen whole lemons in cold wa
ter and boil until soft (not too soft }
roll and squeeze until the juice is all
extracted, sweeten the juice enough to
be palatable, then drink. Use as
many as dozen day. Should they
cause pain or loosencss in the bowels,
lessen the quantity and use FIVE or six
a day until better, then begin and use
a dozen again. By the time you have
used five or six dozen you will begin
to gain strength and have an appetite.
Of course as you get better you need
not use so many. Fellow these direc-
tions and we know that you will never
regret it il there is any help for you.
Only keep it up faithfully. We know
Of two cases where both Of the patients
were given up by the physicians, and
were in the last stages Of consumption,
yet both were cured by using lemons
according to the directions we have
stated. One lady in particular was
bedridden and very low; had tried ev-
cry thing that money could procure,
but ell in vain, when, to please q
friend,'' she was finally persuaded to
use the lemons. She begun to use
them in February, and in April she
weighed 14O pounds. She is a we'll
woman to-day, and likely to live as
long as any Of us.
Year: 1877

No man is afraid of a ghost in the
day time. For twelve hours each day
we stoutly deny the possibility of such
a thing, and ridicule the idea as pre-.
posterous. But after dark we begin
to weaken, and at twelve, midnight,
If we happen to be alone, we are pret.
ty sur, that our former conclusions
were hasty, while our hair stands on
end if we hear any unusual noise. We
are philosophers in the light. but chill.
dren in the dark.
Year: 1877

Marriage is n serious thing. No
woman should bind herself for life.
without thoroughly understanding her
own character and the character Of the
man to whom she is to be united. She
should understand the necessities Of
her heart and Of her mind-what mea.
surcs Of affection will satisfy the one,
and what Intellectual pupuits are nee.
essary to the other. Having settled
these important preliminaries. let her
consider how far the man who is about
10 lead her to the altar 10 likely TO
sympathize with the wants Of her ma
ture. Will his heart and mind be fl
companions for her own, Will his
presence be always as agreeable as in
the first flush Of her youthful ahec-
tion' Will the years to come make
no change in his feelings toward her,
or hers toward him! She should re.
member that the natural attraction
which nov brinsr them together mus,
soon fade into Indifference unless
some sympathy exists between their
natures, which will sustain and
strengthen love, when 1t can no long.
er rest on the personal charms Of its
object. Beauty Is hut forest leaf
bright and attractive in the sunny
days Of summer-but it must wither
and disappear. Is she sure that her
lover prizes not alone her handsome
face and elegant fgure' That he
looks much deeper than these, and
finds her possessed Of qualities more
lasting and valuables And is she Ger.
tain that something better than his
manly grsces and rendered promises
make her willing to trust her happi-
ness to his keeping. II is fearful to
awake from the brief dream Of pass
ion 10 find our idol bat . wooden i'm.
age after all-that the symmetrical
figure lacks corresponding soul; that
we are tied down to an efigy with
whom we have not one thought in
common. Truly marriage is a serious
thing. The young man who kisses
your cheeks SO tenderly: whose low
words Of love are now so grateful to
your ears, will not akays be thus.
That glowing color will fade fiom hi.
countensnce; tboee manly limbs now
so full of youthful energy. will totter
beneath the burden of disease. that
deep voice will lose its melody. viii
your love be proof against all these
chsngesi Will it grow stronger in the
days Of trial, On the other hand have
you no Tears that when your beauty is
hut thing Of the past, your husband
viii cease to love you' That he will
turn to those whose psrsons are yet
made beautiful by the summer Of life'


Pause, oh, pause! and question your
self thus; aud should no misgiving
then come to chill your heart, go fear.



lessly to the nuptial altar. United to
a person worthy of your love aud re-
spect, whose heart is connected to your
own by the electric chord Of sympa.
thetic natures. marriage will prove a
blessing indeed. and heaven will have
you in its holy keeping.
Year: 1877

There was once a woman who said
she wanted the board whereon her dead
husbands body was laid, made into a
bench so she could sit on it and mourn
forever. Six weeks afterward she
was married to another man. Then
she took the board for a ash.bench.
Year: 1877

If men could find the tabled foun.
tain that is said to restore youth and
health and beauty, with what eager,
ness they would rush to drink its wa.
tiers. Yet with scarcely less earger
ness do they now rush to drink of wa
tiers that bring upon them premature
old age and disease and loathsome ug'
illness.
Year: 1877

A very fine shaving soap solution
may be made by taking t lb white
CASTLE soap in shaving'. ! pint recti.
lied spirit, / pint water; perfume to
taste. Put in a bottle, cork tightly.
set in warm water for short time, and
agitate occasionally till solution is
complete. Let stand, pour the liquid
oH the dregs. aud bottle for use.
Year: 1877

Young ladies in the first stage Of
love are unable to quite finish the first
saucer OF ice cream. But girls who
have been engaged two or three times
will always take another dish if you
urge il, and some of them can eat two
quarts. BY ice cream you may know
them.
Year: 1877

Saint Margaret was not always a saint (;
she lived in a coarse, bad ueghborhood, and
she was just like her neighbors They
washed their faces every day and combed
their hair on Sunday, and cleaned their
houses when company was coming; and
because their hands were idle their tongues
were very busy, aud made a great deal of
trouble, and their feet carried them to bad
places. Bat Saint Margaret was passion
ately fond of flowers. She loved TO stand
at the florists windows and near the flower
stands in the MARKET that she might enjoy
their beauty and sweet smell One day She
picked up on the pavement small, round
root, something like an onion, covered with
a coarse, reddish-brown skin, Saint Mar
garet knew at once that it was not an onion,
but flower root So she took it home,
planted it and gave it plenty of water aud
air and sunshine. Carefully she watched
it, until there grew up tall green stalk,
with lovely dropping blossoms-a double
white hyacinth, aud the close air of her room
was filed with its fragrance, Then Saint
Margaret was seized with burning desire
that out of her rough, coarse life should grow
something as beautiful and fragrant as this
hyacinth. She fell on her knees beside it,,