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Year: 1877

Theach them that a true lady may
be found in calico quite as frequently
as in velvet.


Teach them that common school
education, with common sense, is bet.
ter than college education without it.


Teach them that one good honest
trade is worth a dozen professions.


Teach them that honesty is the best
policy, that tits better to be poor
than rich on the profits of "crooked
whisky"


Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.


Teach them that, as they expect to
be men some day, they cannot too
soon learn to protect the weak and
helpless.


Teach them that to wear patched
clothes is no disgrace, but to wear q
black eye is. ers.-


Teach them that God is no respector
of sex and that wnen He gave the
seventh commandment lie meant, it
for them as well as for their sisters.


Teach them that by INDUCING their
depraved appetites in the worst forms
of dissipation they are not fitting
themselves to become the husbands of
pure girls.


Teach them that tits better to be An
honest man seven days in the week
than DE Christian one day only, and
villain six days. l~


Teach them that God helps those
who help themselves.
Year: 1877

LIZ <2zuCW1 IuC l0iuOuS OPtAClou VI
New York City, has been inyestigat-
ing the causes of the prevalence of
tendency to near-slghtedness among


young people. He says:


The eye is an organ which is soft,a


it were, when the child is born, it is


plastic-it is in q condition to be
changed in its shape, and its tissues
are in q condition to be moved, that is.


the tissues which go to make up the


organ can be moulded into various


shapes on pressure. Ordinarily, the


child goes on until it has reached the


age of eight Or ten years, or perhaps


a little older, when it is observed that


it is obliged to hold the object at which


it is looking a little nearer than before.


An examination reveals the fact that


the child is near sighted. This con-


dition usually progresses more rapidly


between the ages OF ten and twenty


six. But we know ny means of the


ophtalmoscope and by the examination


OF the body after death, that the near


sighted eye is changed in shape iron,


the spherical to the eliptieal Or ovid


fOrun, and that progressive near-sight-


cdness ia always marked by change


made up of healthy tissue, and it is
constantly undergoing waste aud re.


pair in use, you readily perceive that
the quality of it's repair is going to be
determined very much by the cbarac-
ter of the tisse-building quality OF the
particular child, aud by the way in
which the child uses its eyes. Parents.
at home are very often At fault in not
teaching their children how to use
their eyes. lie had suddenly entered
the dwellings of many people, and
seen little girls curled up ON a sofa or
chair with head down in the lap, the
vessels in the forehead turgid with
blood, remaining in that situation for
a greater or less time; aud often be-
fore the child can read, some object,
like doll, with its wealth of intricate
or some other plaything, the
child holding the object near the eyes
her accommodation and focal
izing its eyes; and all the time waste
and repair is going On-because there
can be no use of the eye without alter
aliOns of tissue, and the child will 60
blind because the proper nourishment
of the eye!is interfered with, and the
tissues cannot be reproduced as fast as
the wasting process. Ii the child uses
the eye for long time or too closely
at any particular form of work, the
tissue cannot be reproduced or nour-
ished as it should be ; the pressure of
the muscles on the eyeball and the
difficult act of the girl in focalizing,
means that the tissue of the soft and
pliable eye is undergoing alteration,
which will lead to a lamentable form
Of the disease. Then the child goes in
10 the school aud ia there put into
forms and classes, and oftentimes is
made to do work on states and copy
ing books which perhaps might be
better done on the blackboard, and |
thus the eye is strained until the mis-
chief is perceived in its effects. i
Year: 1877

The hypocrisy of the Democrats
moralizing over the indiscretions Of
the TRIBUNE is no longer to be
doubted, since the issuance from
that Office of that disgracefully OBJ
scene circular on election day, in
which Mayor Van Dusen's name is
linked with those of reputed mur-
derers and thieves, and vile pros
titutas. OF course the virtuous pro-
prietors of the concern will dSsavow
all knowledge of or responsibility
for the circular, bat that it was
printed in their Office the types
plainly attest; and that they keep
about them, or allow free access to
the office, to parties who would per-
petrate such thing, is presumptive
of their sympathy Herewith. Like
master, like man."
Year: 1877

LAST Thursday noon our commu-
nifty was sorrow stricken by the
announcement that Miss Alma Sher-
wood had gone to be with the angels,
q victim to that fell destroyer, con-
sumption. 1t is surely true saying
that "death loves shining mark"


The deceased was one of our most
highly esteemed young ladies, en-
bracing all the essential qualities of
noble woman. Although quite
young she had won the hearts Of all
who knew her, and will be missed
greatly for her frank and genial
manner. The funeral took place OH
Saturday, and was attended by Il
large number of citizens, anxious to
do honor to this departed friend.
With the public we extend our sym
pathies to the bereaved family, for
at their fireside, at their hoard. the
vacant chair will be most prominent.
Year: 1877

THE Germanic, of the White Star Line,
has the credit of the quickest voyage ever
made from Liverpool to New York-seven
days and eleven hours. Of course the news
papers are colgratulating the Steamship Com
pany, and the captain is being thanked by
the owners, and the other captains are men
tally resolving that on their next trip the
time shall be seven days and seven hours.
Perhaps they will make it; but perhaps, also,
when one of the White Star Lines finest
vessels runs ashore, and three or four hun
dred lives are lost, the public will be given
the satisfaction of wondering what would
have been the time of the voyage had the
vessel come into port. There may be great
deal of satisfaction in quick trip, but
most passengers, if consulted on the subject
will prefer walking ashore on the New York
wharf to being landed with boat-hook on
the banks of Newfoundland a couple of days
earlier,
Year: 1877

THE starting of another ship-load of emf
grants from the United States for Australia
should give the thinking men of tLis country
much uneasiness in regard to our industrial
future. Heretofore we have been accustomed
to sit back on our dignity, taking it for
granted that foreigners viii come and settle
in the United States and build up our waste
places without our taking the slightest con-
Germ in the matter or making the least exer-
ton. 1t is, therefore, with shock of some
what painful surprise that we discover that,
for the first time in our history, the tide of
immigration is beginning to turn, and we can
no longer rely on our natural attractions and
advantages to secure an increase in popula-
ton. We have passed the era when we stood
alone as the candidate for foreign favors.
Year: 1877

IT would be worth while to have special
session of Congress, if only to watch Clerk
Adams organize himself as a Returning
Board, with judicial functions and power to
go behind the returns. Clerk Adams is no
doubt truly good man, but he has no more
power over the organization of Congress than
he has over the invitations to State dinner
at the White House. After all the row that
has been made over legal Returning Board
in Louisiana, it would be amusing to see the
Democratic majority in Congress maintained
by a Returning Board of one at home,
Year: 1877

OUR Democratic friends are endeavoring to
explain that the lack of funds necessary to
carry on the departments of Government is
due, not to the niggardliness in appropriat-
ing, but to waste in spending. The Supreme
Court, however, does not seem to be of this
opinion, as it distinctly asserts that the in
terruption in the administration of justice is
''on account of the insufficency of the appro-
priation by Congress-" 1t will be in order
for those who have praised one Congress for
refusing the money necessary for carrying on
the printing of the records of the Supreme
Court to censure the present Congress when
it shall be compelled to make the appropria-
zion
Year: 1877

we do not read anonymous letters and eommuni
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-
nicatiOns that are not used.
Year: 1877

RUSSIA seems to think Asia is her spot,
and will there make the first formidable at
tack on Turkey. There are millions of sore
eyes there to be gladdened by the sight of her
arinias
Year: 1877

We do not know if it is possible for a
man to understand a sensitive, high.spirit.
ed woman's reluctance to ask for money.
because he cant put himself in her place
II would require an impossible stretch of
the Imagination for him to conceive what
his feelings would be if he were compelled
to ask somebody when he wanted new
hat, or coat, or pair of shoes. Perhaps he
might be able to approximate to something
near her state of mind if be could recall
his abject terror, when, as a boy, he ap-
preached his father to crave the boon of
few extra dollars. A lady said to us !:
81 have lain awake half the night, dread
ing the stern necessity of asking my hus-
band for money next day." Another said
"If was absolute mistress of even the
paltry sum Of one hundred dollars year,
so that | could spend il without feeling
responsible to anybody, | should feel that
great weight had been lifted off me.
A wife who does her share of work for
the family, and by careful management
aud cohtriging adds to the common fund
is entitled to her share of the profits, and
the division should be justly and cheer
fully made by the head Of the firm, as
with any other partner If women were
so recognized and trusted, many whose
souls are now tormented about the yexed
question Of their "rights" would be con.
tented, happy "keepers at home. - Toledo
Year: 1877

The history of the reindeer Of Lapland
is well known, and from that history we
learn how useful our own species may yet
be made. As is well known, the Laplan-
ders have large herds of these animals,
and use them for beasts Of burden and for
draught, their milk and flesh for food,
their skins for clothing and for covering
their sledges The reindeer is a very
hardy animal, and draws the sledge of its
owner with great speed. In one of the
palaces in Sweden there is picture of one
of these animals, which is preserved with
great care, from the fact that the animal
from which it was painted drew the sledge
Of an officer, with important dispatches,
the distance Of eight hundred miles in
forty EIGHT hours.
Year: 1877




If we have to eat artificial butter it il
gratifying TO know that it can now be made
equal in favor, texture and odor to the
best butter made from cream. There are
several manufactures in this city and
Brooklyn which turn out many tons Of this
product weekly; and a Yell-known chemist
Of this city recently declared that, while
he had no doubt that more than half the
butter consumed in New York was artif-
cially made, he coDscientiously believed
that it was quite as good as butter made
10 the dairy, and often much better. The
imitation is made of suet which, after be-
ing thoroughly washed, is reduced TO oil
at low temperature; to each 100 pounds
Of oil some twenty pounds Of sour milk are
added and the two substances are churned,
half an ounce Of bicarbonate Of soda and
two or three tablespoonfuls Of solution of
annette being thrown into the mixture.


The product of this churning is allowed
to come in contact with ice, and is again
churned with more sour milk. After fif-
teen minutes agitation the solidifed oil
takes up certain percentage of the milk,
as well as its favor and odor, and the but
tor is ready for the market. An analytical
chemist Of this city, who has prepared and
published pamphlet on the manufacture
Of artificial butter, furnishes a number Of
analyses, including those Of artificial and
genuine butter. OF the fats, including
oleine, palmitine, stearine, butyrine, &c.
artificial butter contains 81 per cent. cream
butter S6 per cent The most percepti-
bic difference in the constituents of the
two products is in the matter of salt, of
which artificial butter contains 5.225 per
cent. and the genuine article 81 per ct.
Of coloring matter there is trace in the
artiicially prepared compound. The per-
centage Of salt, it is said, may be augment
ed or reduced to suit the taste and require
ments of the public. Il is claimed for the
counterfeit butter that it does not become
rancid 50 quickly as dairy butter, and that
it can be made much more cheapIy. 1t is
a fact that more than nine-tenths Of the H.
quors sold here are arti6cially made, thanks
to chemistry, which is now able to repro
duce the exact constituents of the various
kinds of ardent spirits. Let US hope be-
fore long chemists will be able to SO com
bine the requisite amounts Of carbon, hy-
drogen, nitrogen, oxygen, as to give us ar
tifeial quinine and the other alkaloids at
prices considerably less than Aey sell for
ut present-Neto York World.
Year: 1877

A LAUNDRY SEcREr.-The following
recipe for doing up shirts will be found
Of use to many housewives Take two
ounces of fine white gum arabic powder /;
put it into pitcher and pour on il pint
or 80 Of water; and then, having covered
it up, let it stand all night In the morn.
ing pour it carefully from the dregs into
clean bottle, and cork it and keep it for
use, A tablespoonful of gum water stir
red into a pint of starch, made in the
usual manner, will give to the lawns,
either white or printed, a look of newness
when nothing else can restore them, after
they have been washed
Year: 1877

Trials have been mede in Rome Of a
solution Of chloride Of calcium as a sub
stitute for water in laying dust in streets
and the results are said to have been
highly satisfactory. The dampness com.
munlcated to the road remains for a whole
weep The road remains damp without
being muddy, presenting hard surface,
on which neither the wind nor the passing
Of pedestrians or horses has any effect :
Year: 1877

The Meriden Sons of Temperance have had startling surprise. They were in- vestigating their ''grand worthy patri- arch" for breaking his temperance pledge, when that official suddenly said he would take the matter in his own hands. and suspended the division till the meeting of the grand division.
Year: 1877

possession Of the station and would allow
no one to pass either way, and told those
who have mad" the attempt to turn back
and they would not I've moIcsted. M
one has been hurt yet that is known.
The telegraph line is down and strung in
different directions All the Young Ban
nacks and Shoshoncs at the agency who
can raise gun have lett this morning to
fight the hostiles


FORT HALL, Aug. 21.-No other Indi--
ans have joined the Nez Pcrces and it is
now fully believed there is no danger Of
it. There is rhe fullest confidence in the
fidelity of the Bannacks and Shoshones.
Year: 1877

One of the saddest reverses Of fortune
has occurred at Richmond, Va. A year
ago young, beautiful orphan girl mar
ri, n man who had been a most devoted
lover. S'ie was an heiress with Tor
tune OF 81, ,OOO, 900 She was without
relative in the world. Almost worship
ping her husband, she confided her wealth
into his keeping without a thought OF
trouble. HeliVtd luxuriantly, and made
many purchases for his especial good.
In a few mon his his treatment changed
IN harshness and neglect, and very soon
he abandoned her and fled TO Europe
lie has sold all her property, she signing
every paper he presented. He collected
all the money due her, stole her iewelry
and left her penniless. She braved the
storm of poverty ~ best she could for
while. trying to keep in retirement.
But she had no means to pay strangers
for her board, and was compelled TO 50 10
work. Sne is lot educated sufficiently
for teacher, even il she could get
place. She is not strong enough for
servant, and she is now peddling small
articles from door 10 door. She j. not
vet eighteen years of age, and is very
beautiful She is ladylike and quiet, and
has the good will and respect OF the peO-
pie many of whom would help her more
were they not 80 Door.
Year: 1877




Unt1 MaEEOts and Worms swarm in


the Sore Places and Make Life


UnendurabIe


Twelve days ago the frat real battle
since the fall of Ardahan took place. Six
days ago there was another. In these two
engagements probably not less than two
or three thousand men were wounded.
There were no ambulances on the field,
no surgeons, in fact no preparations what
ever for caring for the wounded. The
poor fellows, after lying for hours, per-
haps days, where they fell, were finally
loaded on to OK carts and started off for
Eizeroum, fifty miles away. After lying
for three or four days on these carts,
under the burning sun, and covered with
dust, they finally arrive in ErzerOum and
are put into khan, where they spend
the night lying on the bare floor, with
not so much as a blanket to cover them.
About eight o'clock this morning Mr.. c.
and myself, with two native assistants
gained admittance to the khan, having
the day previous succeeded, after much
vexatious delay, in obtaining paper
from the government, without which we
should be unable to do anything. I'M
mediately on entering we saw 4 sight
which can never be forgotten. 1t was a
man wounded in the face. The ball had
entered the left cheek, making a fearful
hole, and passed out just under the nose.
Seven days had passed and the wound
was still undrGssed. Such a sight / hope
never to see again. The stencil was some
thing fearful, and the mans cheek,
tongue, mouth, and nose literally alive
with worms. For want of better instru-
ment, l took my pocket-knife and sue
ceeded in dislodgiag a number of white
worms half an inch long. After awhile
got very small pair of tweezers, with
which at least one hundred were taken
out. By the aid of surgen, who hap
pened in, the wound was cleaned as
much as possible, bound up, clean shirt
put on the man, and a blanket procured,
on which we left him. The poor fellow
was afterward taken to the hospital,
where he will probably die for want of
care. One other poor fellow, whose leg
was shattered by a rifle bali, was in much
the same condition, though the worms
were not quite so numerous as in the
other case. We remained in the khan
till one o'clock, during which time We
helped to dress at least sixty wounds,
own bandages, lint, sPonges,
ETC., distributing a quantity OF shirts,
and also bread, for the men were hungry.
Thanks to the Red Cross society, we
have some twenty-five shirts, small
number of bandages, a very little lint:
and also a few pairs of drawers. But
what are they among SO manyf" The
government actually has no preparation
for the few hundreds now here. What
will become of the thousands yet to be
brought in? Unless money and supplies
are provided Immediately, not only will
there be most terrible suffering, but humid
reds and perhaps thousands, must die,
and all for lack of proper preparation
Erzerouna Cor Boston Journal
Year: 1877

"My dear Flora" wrote Miss Ray
mond, " it is a long time since we have
met. Why can't you pack your trunk
and make up your mind to spend the
summer with me in this green and quiet
corner of the earth? You shall diet upon
locusts and wild honey, ii such be your
pleasure; you shall put in appearance at
parish picnics, or sit in the srbor and en-
broider while somebody reads Tennyson
aloud-in short, you shall do as you
please, if you will come to your rural
friend BELL"
Year: 1877

A singular murder case, awaiting trial in
Indiana, has given rise to much legal dis
cussion as to whether the circumstances JUS
tilted the charge. A juggler, who alleged
that he possessed some power which rendered
him "bulet proof" invited the prisoners in
the case to aim at him with loaded musket
assuring him that he might do so without
the slightest fear of producing any painful
results. The prisoner accepted the kind


invitation, and with loaded musket pre-
sented to him by the juggler, Immediately
sent bullet through his head. 1t is urged
that, as there was no intention on the part
of the prisoner to kill the deceased, the
charge of murder cannot be maintained.
The juggler was thoroughly confident of his
own invulnerability, and several of his re-
lations who were to be called as witnesses
for the defence were prepared to prove that
although several times shot at before, he
was never hurt. A similar case occurred in
| England few years ago. A wizard at one
of the theatres begged one Of the audience
as favor to fire gun at him. The specta-
tor, thus invited, loaded the gun with a
charge of shot he had brought with him for
the express purpose of testing cfucially the
alleged invulnerability of the wizard. The
result was painful in the extreme-tbe wiz
ards face was peppered with the shot, aud
the spectator who fired the gun was given
into the custody of the police. Both mar
rowly escaped death--one by the gun, and
the other by the gallows.
Year: 1877

kingston East lonnesseeAnsl


A drinking saloon near Rock
wood, in this county, was the scene
of some target practicing the other
day that hasn't been equaled since
the days of William Tell. A party
of men (we did not learn any of
their names) including a colored
man, had INDUCED in beer and
mixed drinks until the friend and
brother had become stupefed, and
in that condition was utilized as a
support for a target-board, at which
the others INDUCED in pistol prac-
tice, until a ball from a pistol in
the hands of marksman, whose
potations had probably not been SO
frequent as the Others, pierced the
"bull's eye," and passing through
punctured the hide of the slumber-
ing darkey, which caused him to
start up, and taking IN the situa-
ton at q glance, broke lot Uhe WOODS,
amid the shouts and shots of the
men. This had afforded so much
merriment for all engaged that
other similar experiments were it,
dulged in, such as holding up Of
hats to be shot at, holding short
stem pipes in the mouth to be shot
at, and in one instance at least, a
pipe so hold was shot away. One
more enthusiastic, thoughtless OIL
daring than the Others, in holding
his hat up as a target, held it by
the crown, and when a ball struck
the hat it also struck his hand
passing through. In this promis.
cuous and extraordinary shooting
strange to say this was the first
blood brought, and fortunately had
the effect Of stopping further targe
practice, which for recklessness anC
uniqueness exceeds anything W.
have heard of.
Year: 1877

Integrity of character and truth in the
inner man are prerequisites of success in
any calling, and especially so in that of
the merchant. These are attributes
which never fail to command respect and
win admiration. No one fails to appre.
ciate them, and il they edo not pay" in
the vulgar sense of the phrase, they bring
an amount of satisfaction and peace to
the owner that all the wealth of Crwsus
could not yield.


There is no better stock in trade than
these principles; no capital goes 50 far or
pays so well, or is 50 exempt from bank.
ruptcy and loss. When known, they
give credit and confidence, and in ;he
hardest of times will honor your paper
in bank. They give you an unlimited
capital to do business upon. and every
body will endorse your paper, and the
general faith of mankind will be you
will not fail. Let every young man,
upon commencing business, look well to
these indispensable elements OF success
and defend them as he would the apple
of his eve. II inat'entive ana reckless
here, lie will imperil everything. Bank
ruptcy in character is seldom repaired IN
an ordinary lifetime. A man may suf-
fer in reputation and recover; not 80 the
man who suffers in character.


Be lust and truthful. Let these be
the ruling and predominating principles
of YOUR life and the reward will De cer-
tain, either in the happiness they bring
TO your own bosom, or the success which
will attend upon all your business opera
tions in life, or both.-Imericap Mmu.
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