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Year: 1879

erman, as he slammed down the lid and
turned the key.


Mrs. Bowerman had been at it just
seven days and seven nights, and when
the husband went up stairs at 10 o'clock
she sat down before the open trunk with
tears in her eyes.


You see how it is" she explained, as
he looked down upon her in awful con-
tempt. 1--WE got only part of my dress
es in here saying nothing of thousand
other things, and even now the lid won't
shut down. I've got such headache l
must lop down for few minutes.


She went away to lop, and Mr.. Bower
man sat down and mused:


space is space. The use of space is
in knowing how to utilize it."


Removing everything. he began re-
packing. He found that silk dress
could be rolled to the size of a quart
jug. A freshly starched lawn was made
to take the place of pair of slippers.
Her brown bunting lifted into the niche
niche she had reserved for three hand
kerchiefs, and her best bonnet was turn
ed bottom up in its box, and packed full
full of underclOthing. He sat there
viewing sufficient empty space to pack
in a whole bed, when she returned and
said he was the only real good husband
in this world, and she kissed him on the
nose as he turned the key.


Its simply the difference between the
sexes" was his patronizing reply, as he
went down stairs to turn on the burglar
alarm.


When that wife opened that trunk
last night! But screams and shrieks
would avail nothing.
Year: 1879

There is one advantage in mixing oats
or ground feed of any kind with cut hay
Or straw, and that is the more perfect
mastication which the animal gives in
this case but it is doubtful if this advan.
tage holds good with cattle, as they do
not chew their food perfectly when eat
en-, but rely on the rumlnation which fol.
lows. In mixing feed for horses we
should not put great amount Of coarse
food with the grain, or we will give more
than the stomach will hold, and the last
porrons eaten will force the first ones into
the intestines before they are thoroughly
impregnated with the gastricjuice. Thus,
two pounds of hay and four pounds OF
oats are about as much as should be fed
at once when mixed, and if more oats are
given the hay should be decreased. For
instance, five pounds of oats ana one and
half pounds of hay may De:given.


Now, these facts will give US a better
understanding of the effect of water on
digestion. If, after feeding hay and then
oats, we allow horse to take large
drink of water, a considerable part Of tho
oats will be carried by the water into the
intestines, and we get little of the advan-
tage OF feeding the oats after the hay
1t such drink is taken soon after eat
ing h:y alone, the effect will not be 50 in
'urious, because hay does not need so
long time for digestion as grain. If
only one or two quarts Of water are al
lowed, it will pass food in the stomach
without changing its position to any
great extent. When the stomach has got
rid of a considerable part of its contents,
1t seems difficult matter for it to force
out the remainder. and fermentation and
collie sometimes result; drink of water
at such time, by carrying on the sub
stance which has remained long enough,
relieves the condition. This probably
explains why some horse-car companies
have found 1t advisable to have their
horses watered at mldn1ght.-Micaigan
Farmer.
Year: 1879

Our Free Seed Distribution: our enlarged paper
its clear sharp type; the reputation Of It's writer's
the nOerallty of its management and the reduction
OF Its pTco are downright evidences OF the truth
what we assert.
Year: 1879

A true faith in science knows no ini,
to its search for truth.


The gods help those who help them.
selyes-men or women.


Show may be easily purchased: but
happiness IS always homemade article.


A bad cause needs a good advocate
but good cause advocates its own
claims.


One of the great aids, or hindrance 70
success IN anything lies in the tempera.
ment of a man.


We ought not to be surprised to find
| that the idea of right and wrong has
been universal among men.


We learn to climb by keeping our eyes
not on hills that lie behind, but on the
mountains that rise before US.


Health is the riches that man ought
to set n value on; for without it all mer
are poor, let their estates be what they
will


Victor Hugo says that there are mo-
ments in life when, no matter what is
the attitude of the body, the soul is on
its knees.


There is no merit where there is no
trial, and till experience stamps the
mark Of strength, towards may pass for
heroes and faith for falsehood.


In all the professions and occupations
over which intellect holds dominion,
the student will find there is no grace
Of character without its corresponding
grace of mind.


Here are two pithy sayings from the
Orient; Disgrace is an ill-Omened bird
no cage can hold" And again: "Mod-
esty is a sweet song-bird no open cage
door can tempt to fight"


Faith builds in the dungeon and the
lazar house its sublimest shrines; and
up through roots of stone, that shut out
the eye of heaven, ascends the ladder
where the angels glide to and fro
DraYer.
Year: 1879

The Stockton, Cal, Independent claims
that there is no need of lockjaw from
wounds in the feet or other parts of the
body from rusty nails. ANY bruise that
is infiamed may be healed UP simply by
smoking it with burning wool or woolen
cloth. Twenty minutes is sufficient to
take the pain from the worst case.
Year: 1879

As the spring wore ON and the weather got
All sultringly sultry and dad hinged hot,
The late Mr.. Brown declared he'd not
Be melted to death in that dry goods store.
And hence he concluded he'd wear no more
The undershirt he erst III ad wore.
A little cold in his delicate lung,
A little song by the church choir sung
A little corpse TO the graveyard brunR.
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon, while horse,
belonging to Francs Kelley & Son, who
was being driven down Market street,
It suddenly took fright, when just below
Fourth street. and started OF on run.
Tile cololed man, who was driving the
animal at the time, was thrown from the
wagon and somewhat bruised. The
iehtened animal was soon stopped and
it was found, upon examination, that
no damage had been done.
Year: 1879

There is game called "scandal," )"
which creates a great deal of amuse-
ment when it is played properly.
The persons who are engaged in the
game stand or sit in circle. The
more the better; thirty or forty will
make more fun than ten or twelve.
When all are ready, the person ap.
pointed takes his rlght-hand neigh
Dor aside and whispers in his ear a
short story; it may be about some
one present, or about public per-
sonage; but whatever it is, he must
write 1t down and keep it as proof
of what his statement wac. The
neighbor, in his turn, repeats the
story as exactly as possible to the
person on his right-hand, and he,
having listened, passed it on. At
last the tale returns to its original
narrator, who writes it down as he
received it. 1t is said, and L believe
truly, that never once has it been
known to come back as it started.
The most astonishing alterations
occur. Innocent jokes have turned
to frightful accusations, and only
the reading of the first story can
convince any one that he did not
repeat exactly what he heard. There
ia no better type than this amusing
play of the time-worn game of
scandal that the world is playing,
and has been playing ever since it
began. That number of innocent
people, with no intention of dis
torting facts, cannot hand the
simplest story from one to another
in the same room for q few mo-
ments without ridiculous altera-
tions, proves tho impossibility of
getting at the truth of any story
which had passed through many
lips. The disposition of the hearer
colors the tale even as he listens,
and more than this, many people
are deaf without being conscious of
it, and in peculiar way. There is
auricular illusion as we'll as optical
illusion. l know persons who,
while intently listening, hear words
that are not uttered, and who in re-
peating the impression that has
been made upon them, do not in
tend to tell falsehoods, but who
will, nevertheless, say to you, with
q bland smile:


II have told every one that you
told me that Mr.. KS beautiful
young wife had eloped, and they
are so sorry for him." And while
you deny that you made and such
statement, and stare in wonder at
the speaker, you remember having
told her that "Mr. KS new country
house was situated on beautiful
slope of the hill, and that he had
bought it to please his young
wife," I, myself, no longer believe
anything hear, and only half that
L see.


When you hear an evil story of
any one you k9aoW to be good dis
credit it, and say so. Grapes are
not gathered from thstles. Neither
do thistles grow upon a grapevine.
The fruit tells you from what tree
it came; but you know also what
fruit q tree is likely to bear. One
you know to be good and kind and
sweet and noble is not likely to
have done bad orcruel or spiteful
or petty things. Why should you
believe tale of him who is the
subject of scandal?-Mary Kyle
Dallas.
Year: 1879

where I shall endeavor to show all the interesting parts of submarine work. A Diver will show what can be done under twenty-five feet of water, and will re- main there at least one hour.

 Two of the best natural swimmers and divers in the world will show that they are able to stay from ten to twelve min utes under water and perform many feats which appear almost impossible.

 Mr. Charles Graham, formerly assist ant electrician of Hell Gate, will give some idea of the explosion, which some thought, at the time, would destroy the city of New York. MT. G. will also give an idea of duck-shooting should one put in an appearance. The CITIZENS BAND of Bethel will furnish good music, and with the performance fully carried out, interspersed with singing and band music, promise all who attend, a day of unusual pleasure. Come and enjoy yourself.

 Admission, only 25 Cents Tickets sold on the ground, which are cool and shady.

 N. B.-If stormy the exhibition will take place the next day.

 Respectfully yours,

 A. FAIRCHILD.
Year: 1879

together. Hayes admits that gen.
eral legislation has always been
put on appropriation bills, but 1t is
improper to follow the practice
now.


The logic Of the Republicans Is,
Elections shall be free If we have
to surround the polls with bayo-
nets; they shall be according to
State laws if we have to overc0m .
the civil authorities by force to
have it our way; they shall be pure
II 1t takes John Davenport and
every criminal in our cities to man
age and give them purity; they
shall be conducted without appear
ance of violence If artillery has to
be trained on every ballot box; and
they shall be fair If we have to
arrest every man offering to vote
the Democratic ticket. Unless we
can use the army at the polls to
count In the next President, we will
abandon the defences of the coun-
try"
Year: 1879

Near the village of Fratel, ON the
frontier of Spain and Portugal,
Theresa Maria, who was Carving.
her husbands dinner to him In the
fields, was told by a little shepherd


boy that wolf was prowling about


the place. Wishing to see one for


the first time in her life, she put


down her basket and clim bed I'D to


high place 10 which the boy di.


reoted her. There she saw the an
imal in the act of devouring a


lamb. The shepherd boy began
shouting and throwing stones, to
see whether 1t would let 60 its prey;
and the wolf In its fury then at.
tackled the poor little fellow, Jump
ing up at his face, tearing the flesh
from his jaws, and throwing him


to the ground. The woman, seeing
the boys Imminent danger, In an
impulse of heroic self-devotion. ran
on the wolf unarmed, seized tipht
hold of him, and then, after struQ.
gle, contrived to blind him with a
stone, and eventually killed him.
Meanwhile the boy whom she had
rescued ran, wounded as he was, to
seek help In the village. While
several villagers were coming 10,
armed with guns, stones and sticks,
to kill the beast and save the woman
from Its fangs, she was returning
to the village covered with blood,
and with her arms, hands aud face
terribly wounded. She said that at
times she was on the point of being
overcome, but contrived to keep the
animals throat In the close hold of
her left arm, while hitting him
hard on the head with stone
which she was able to pick up. She
was taken to the Mia hospital. A
month afterward she died there of
her wounds, and the shepherd boy
has since died Of hydrophobia.
Year: 1879

The true way to bit colt is not to
bit him at all that is let him bit himself
When my colts are one year old, 1 begin
to teach them to hold . bit in their
mouth. The bit is Of pine, some half
inch in diameter and Eve inches in
length. This piece Of soft wood is held
10 the mouth by cord tied, TO either
end and passed over the head back of
the ears, The colt loves TO have this
in his mouth, because it enables him to
bring forward the teething process. He
will bite 1t and work it over his mouth,
and enjoy it hugely.


He will welcome it, and actually reach
out and open his mouth Tor it, as train
ed horse will for . bit. After q few
days you can tie strings, make miniature
reigus to the bit, and teach the colt the
proper use Of it. When this is done he
is ready for the regular steel bit. Put
your bride on with leather bit, large
and plant; throw your checkline, If your
bride has one attached, into the pigsty ;
get into your wagon and drive Of.


This is all the shifting" colt needs.


Treated ia this way. he will have 4
lively, yielding, sensitive mouth. He
will take the bit bravely when working
up to his speed, but yield readily to the
drivers will. A horse bitted in this sen-
sible way can be driven a forty clip with
the lines held in one hand, or be lifted
over five-barred gate with the strength
Of single wrist. II you do not believe
| it, try and see.
Year: 1879

By this new method every sick person
can get package Of the dry vegetable
compound Kidney Wort, and prepare
for themselves six qoarts OF medicine
1t is specific cure for Kidney Diseases
Liver Complaint. Constipation and Piles
and grand tonic for Females.
Year: 1879

An. enterprising saloon-keeper on


Grand River avenue is always on the


lookout for any novelty that may draw


customers; and perhaps this fact may
have been known to. bland-faced old
man who entered the place the other day
and confdentially began: tH.r"- ..I


IF l could draw a crowd of one hun
dred men to your place here what
sum would you be willing to. give 'me?''


" What do yon mean?' asked the
saIoonist. .'


If it was known that I had in my
possession a fying-machine, and that i
was to fly from your door here on a GER
tain day and hour, wouldn't the novelty
be sure to collect thirsty crOWdY'


C Yes, I think so. If you have fv-
ing machine and want to show it of
here tomorrow night I'll give you dol
lar, and If the machine is a success. per.
haps I'll buy it." ......


" Well, sir continued the old man in
whisper, I've got the boss! She flies
from the word go! All I've got to do is
to toss her into the air. and away she
sails. right down fine and no chance
for failure, and I'll be on hand at 7 O 'clock
tomorrow night" ra~ rf- Iu


The matter became noised about, and
next evening there We're fifty or sixty
people in or around the saloon towit-
ness the experiment The old man ar
rived on time, having some. sort of a
bundle under his arm, and he collected
his dollar of the saloonist and received
several treats" from the crowd,
When everything was finally ready he
stood on the walk clear of the spectators
and said: .-r nj r.rf t...... : p. .,..


Gentlemen, / warrant this thing to
fly. didn't invent it myself; but am
now acting as State agent to dispose of
county rights. Hundreds of men have
spent years of anxious thought and thou
sands of dollars in seeking to invent fly
ing machines, but this one leads them
all. She will now fly. Please stand
back and give her a chance to rise"


The crowd fell back and the man let
fall the cover hiding his bundle, and
gave an old speckled hen toss into the
air. She uttered q dismal squeak, sailed
this way and that, and finally bumped
against a telegraph post and settled
down on the roof Of a low shed, cackling
IN an indignant manner at being turned
loose ID strange neighborhood. 1t was
4 fuLl minute before the. crowd was sure
that 1t was hen, and during shat min
ate the old man isisupposed to have run
/ distance of seven blocks. i1 A few tried
.o"overhaul him, but it was no use.
Year: 1879

[ChaTles Burt in London Timesl


On the13th of September three ladies
and two young gentlemen obtained at


the Hotel Pilatus, at AIpnacht, a horse
and guide, and reached the summit Of


the mountain after six hours hard walk
ing. They rested and refreshed them.
selves at the hotel on the mountain, and
started on the downward Journey. Be.
fore leaving the top the guide asked one
of the gentleman for some cognac, which
was refused. 1t soon appeared that the
guide was intoxicated and worse than
useless. He led the horse on which one
of the young ladies was riding, and so
alarmed her by dragging the animal to
the edge of the path that she got off and
continued to descend on foot. -..s..i


Once the man would, in the sight of
the party, have sent one horse down a
precipice, but the poor beast realized the
danger, and set his feet steadfastly
against going further in that direction.
1t was now getting dark, and to be left
to the mercy of a drunken guide half
way down steep and rugged mountain
path was trying enough; but, to make
The matter worse, the man appeared de-
termined to 90 into danger. The ladies
anu SCuIItLlCu luCIG1OI6. udSLeu0u on
and left the guide and horse to follow.
After much trouble in finding and keep
ing to the path in the darkness, they
ultimately got safe to .Alpnacht, and
told their story. The guide did not
come in. The next morning search was
made for the guide and horse, and both
were found dead on the mountain side,
having evidently fallen from the path
about fifty feet above. The hotel peo-
pletried to keep the affair from becom-
ing public, and the guide was buried
next day without aninquest ofanyllind;
but, having still an eye to business, the
worthy host cody demanded an in
demnfty for the loss of the horse from
the persons who had so nearly become
the victims of the guide he had Supplied
to them. As yet the claim has not been
paid. 1 could not ascertain the guides
name.
Year: 1879

Gen. Durbin Ward having recent
" made an address, in which he
spoke of "the Democratic party's
unparalleled devotion to the Union, "
the Lebanon Star gives a series of
instances of that devotion" run
ming through the last twenty years,
which ought to make the Generals S
ears ring.


What does General Ward expect
to gain for himself or his party by
seeking to falsify history and insult
the common sense of his country
men and of mankind One-half the
Democratic party covered the land
with blood and mourning, in q mad
effort to destroy the Union by force
of arms, while two-thirds Of the 9th
er half gave open sympathy to the
accursed treason, and are acting in
close concert with the beaten trait
ors to-day.


There are patriotic and Union
loving Democrats, as was proved
during the war; but such VIII no
more act with the Democratic party
now, when it is seeking to reverse
all the results of the war, than they
did while the conflict was going on.
They rallied around the flag of the
Union, upheld by the Republican
party, then; they VIII rally around
it again, now that the same traitors
are once more threatening that
Union Columbus Sunday Herald.
Year: 1879

One Of the gratifying results Of
resumption and the consequent re-
vival of business is the noticeable
decrease of pauperism the country
over, official reports in many Of the
cities showing that the number OF
needy persons applying for help is
from One-half to two-thirds less this,
than for the same period last year.
Thus it is that while Tom Ewing is
waiIing about the poverty of the
country and the destitution of the
working classes, the country is pay
ing off It's debt, reducing the inter
est burden, astonishing the world
with the great and varied products
of its industry and the pauper list
is steadily and rapidly on the de-
cline. That this gratifying condition
of affairs shall remain permanent, II
/. is only necessary that the financial
affairs of the Government shall con
tinue to be kept out Of the hands ot
those who hold to Tom Ewing's wild
theories of initiation.
Year: 1879

The Congressional Committee aD-
pointed at the late session Of Con
gress, to investigate the Congress
iOnaI elections Of last fall in the two
Cincinnati districts, have been IN
that city for the last two OF three
weeks. The avowed object Of the
Democratic msiority in making the
investigation was to show that But
terworth and Young, the Republi-
cans elected to Congress last fall,
owed their election to fraud, and to
improper influence ezerted by the
supervisors and deputy marshaIs ap-
pointed under the US. law, to see that
the election was fair, and to prevent
Illegal voting. The Committee have
laBored diligently to find proof Of
what the Democratic majority were
so anxious to find, but the result has
proved a complete failure. The Gin
elnnah Gazette says:


1t has been conoIusiveIy proven
that all the effort of the Republicans
IN this county in 1873 was to preUent
election frauds. At the same time
the Democrats have signally failed
to show that a single illegal vote
was polled, or that a single legal
vote was IN any way interfered with.
This is the result Of the Congres-
siOnal investigation up to the pres
ent time, so far as regards the cleo
ton. But the prosecution has been
shown to have resulted from a con
spiraCy, as open and shocking as it
was deliberate. Tt was perjury too,
that was hired. Thus the crime Of
bribery was added to that of false
hood.
Year: 1879

Official information has been re
ceived at the State Department that
the German Government is inclined
to modify the position taken by it
against silver, and is willing to dis
cuss with the United States steps
looking to the adoption information
ally of a bi-metallic standard.
Year: 1879

Capt. John Brown, Jr., who is now
in Kansas looking after the interests
of the fleeing colored people Of the
South, has written a letter East,
saying that both at present and in
the coming winter a great deal OF
money will be needed to properly
house and care for the refugees. He
asks the people of the East to con
tinue sending money to the proper
authorities rEx,
Year: 1879

Don Piatt; Il am told that Mr.
Ewing has been hanging about
Gramercy Park, It is a dangerous
locality. More political bones are
bleaching about the entrance than
any door the world over, and back
of it may be found the remains Of a
once powerful party" Don is pretty
good Democratic authority.
Year: 1879

As the Government will redeem
the subsidiary silver coins in sums
of $40, there is no need of parties
selling them at a greater discount
than the cost of transportation to
Washington.
Year: 1879

The amount of petroleum pro
duced in Pennsylvania during the
first five months Of the present year
was 7,149,778 barrels. At this rate
the production for the entire year
will reach the enormous amount of
seventeen million five hundred thou
sand barrels.
Year: 1879

Democratic leaders have declared
their purpose to strike from the stat
ute books every vestge Of legislation
made necessary by the war. Moth
ing short of defeat at the polls will
stay their destructive works.
Year: 1879

Cotton indeed is no longer king.
The statistics for the eleven months
ending May 80 show that for the first
time in the history of the country
the expectation Of breadstutfs has
exceeded in value that of cotton and
tobacco combined.
Year: 1879

Boston Journal: When the Spring
field Republican says that a large
majority of the Republican mer-
chants of Boston prefer Secretary
Sherman for President in 1880, it
makes a statement which can easily
be shown to be fact.
Year: 1879

''To a man up a tree" it looks a
little strange, that, if Ewing is GER
tain of his election as Governor, he
does not resign his seat in Congress.
Thomas evidently prefers the bird in
the hand.
Year: 1879

Ten days before the resumption OF
specie payment was accomplished
Thomas Ewing, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, introduced a
resolution into the House providing
for the repeal of the resumption
act.