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Year: 1878

She is modest, but not bashful,
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young and not too old;
Half inviting, half repulsive,


Now advancing, and now shy
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;


She is schooled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma


AS the mistress Of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile;
Oh, maid ie sometimes charming,
But widow all the while.
Are you sad2 How very serious


Will her handsome face become
Are you angry2 She is wretched,


Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb!
Are you mirtbful how her laughter,
Silver sounding, will ring out
She can lure and catch and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelors Of forty, i
Who have grown 30 bold and wise,
Young Americans Of twenty,


With the love-locks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons


Taught by Cupid since the fall
But know little widow


Who could win and fool you all.
Year: 1878

SECRETARY McCRARY has wisely
ordered the distribution of rations and
medicines to the suffering poor in the
yellow fever infected districts. There
is q proviso attached to the order, viz,
that a train can be obtained to run
through from Chicago to Vicksburg.
No doubt there are many brave rail-
road men who would volunteer imme-
diately to man the train on such an
errand of mercy, SO it is pretty certain
that the necessaries will be sent to the
sufferers.
Year: 1878

THE Lazis, strangely enough, are a
very industrious people. They kick
strongly at the Russian occupation of
Batoum, and have repeatedly declared
that the Russians should never hold
1t. Now they have insisted on Dervish
Pasha telling them what he is going to
do about it. 81
Year: 1878

even promi> ed good time at the White
Sulphur Springs in some cases will not
put lite into him. The first meeting of
the army commission was to rave been
held on Monday, but not half of the
members were on hand, and those that
were didn't feel like work.
Year: 1878

From Wartoick AcMichaeps North Anaeri-


can.


On one point we map as well all make
up our minds. 1t is not possible to rule
the South In the name and by the aid Of
the colored race. We may and should
maintain their rights and our own. But
to attempt to make the race the ruling
element at the South Is neither desirable
nor practicable.
Year: 1878

GOLDEN HAIR AT THE CHANCEL--A
friend living inPhiladelphia has q sweet
golden-haired little daughter, aged three
years, who is devoted to her father, and
endeavors, after her baby fashion, to
govern her actions by his own. This
habit causes much amusement in the
family, though the little one seems quite
unconscious that she is the cayse of it
all.


Not long ago the child attended divine
service fyr the first time with her father,
and sat quietly and gravely in the pew
until the close of the sermon. 1t
chanced to be communion Sunday, and
Mr.. -, being a COMMUNICATE, went
with others toward the chancel, uncon-
cious that his little daughter was follow
ing him. As he llnelt and bowed his
head, the baby of three years beside
him also knelt and bowed her sweet
face upon her tiny hands. Those who
saw thetouching sight were affected al
most to tears, and nobody attempted to
remove the small communicate. Not
until my friend rose to return to his
seat did be discover the child, who also
rose, and slipping her little hand in his,
walked gravely toward the pew. The
clergyman, speaking of it afterward,
said it was, in his opinion, the most
beautiful sight he had ever seen.-Edi-
tors Droacer, an Harper's Magazine for
March,
Year: 1878

Special to the Register.


PARKERsBURG, February IS
At late hour last night, John DC
trick was found dead on the street, IN
this city, in front of house OF Ill fame'
with a pistol bullet In his head. Inc
bullet passed through the night
ear and lodged short dig
tsnce above the lett ear.
No sound of q shot was heard by people
who were O, the streets at the time, and
it is strongly suspected that he either
came TO his death a. the hands OF one OF
the inmates of the house or was shot by
a stesmboatmsn. A number OF rousters
were in the house at the time. Inc
coroner is now investigating the matter.


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Year: 1878

The Secretary OF the Treasury has
already made the necessary arrangements
for the immediate execution OF the lsw
providing for the coinsge OF silver dol
lars. so that there will be no delay what
ever in its operation. The Secretary
hiss prepared the form OF the
silver certificate and approved the
device for the new silver dollar,
which was submitted TO him by the Di-
rector of the Mint. The Department IS
therefore ready 10 begin without delay,
the administration of the new law.


Internal Revenue Receipts.


The total internal revenue receipts Tor
the month show decrease Of 81 ,4s5 227,
as compared with the same month last
wear.
Year: 1878

We, the people, grateful to the Su-
preme Ruler of the Universe tor our free
dom, in order to secure and perpetuate its
blessings, from a more independent and
perfect government, establish justice, in
sure tranquility, provide for the common
defense and promote the general welfare,
do ordaia and establish this constitution
for the state Of Washington.
Year: 1878

FA resident OF Epping y. H., celebrated his
eiehty-filst birthday by getting out Of bed TO
light a lamp and dropping dead.


sB-In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
as modest Stiffness and humility. unless he is
engaged in the life insurance or some an ale goas
business.
Year: 1878

The young Kingof Spain gave an audi.
cncc the other day which was pleasant
and conversational A London Times cor.
respondent says Of it; The young mon.
arch and his amiable bride were
standing at the entrance of third
room, the King with extended hand
and atIable smile on his lips, and in
a gray country suit, the Queen in
dark green velvet brocaded dress. Dur.
ing the whole interview the King did not
utter a sentence without looking at the
Queen, as if to ask her approval, and my
friend tells me that the Queen, to whom
my back was necessarily turned, listened
with admiration to her husbands words.
IL havA noticed you several times, said
the King, "during these grand Spanish
tetes; but they have not been so fatiguing
for you as for those who have constantly
had to figure in them. You have wit
messed the two greatest events in my life
my accession to the throne and my
marriage. AS to my marriage, all now
ask for is to remain quiet with my wife;
and as to my accession, have the firm
resolve to be Constitutional King; and
as long as | remain here'-here the King
looked at the Queen with mingled tender
ness and sadness ''as long a5 | am here
no Cabinet will be overturned by pal
ace intrigue, nor if it please God, by extra
Parliamentary events, but as far as
possible by the working Of Parlia
menrnry mojoritics, to whose policy
| shall loyalty conform
Year: 1878

HARD FARE.-Many families have had
a hard struggle to obtain food and cloth
ing during the last year, and it is not
easy to understand how they have got on
from day to day, with small earnings and
pressing wants. But few have been re-
duccd to such eXtremities as family
Daniel Webster used to tell Of, living
near to him in his boyhood They had
moved to the vicinity Of Hanover, n. H.,
and after he entered Dartmouth College,
his father requested him to call on them,
lie started one Saturday afternoon, and
after q long walk, in which he became
both tired and hungry, found them. They
were delighted to see him, but he felt al
most ashamed Of his call when he found
how poor they were. He said,-


"They were as poor as Jobs cat. They
were reduced to the last extreme of pow
erty, and their house contained but one
apartment, with rude partition to make
two rooms. saw how matters were, but
it was too late to go back, and they
seemed really glad to see me. They con.
fcssed to me that they had not even COW
or any potatoes. The only thing they
had to eat was bundle of green grass
and a little hogs lard, and they actually
subssted on this grass fried in the hogs
fat. But it was not so bad after all, They
fried up a great platter Of it, and | made
supper and breakfast off it,


We doubt if anybody in New Hamp-
shire has been reduced to fried grass for
food this year, however much straitened.
Year: 1878

A PUZZLED PLANT -- Plants sleep ut
night, as is well known, but their sleep
ing hours are matter Of habit and can
easily be disturbed. A French chemist
recently exposed a sensitive plant to Il
bright light at night and placed it in a
dark room during the day. The plant at
first appeared much puzzled. Itopened
and closed its leaves irregularly, in spite
of the artificial sun beaming upon it at
night, and in the daytime it sometimes
awoke. 1t finally submitted to the
change, unfolding itself regularly at
night, and closing in the morning.


CLEAN oil.cIOths with milk and water
brush and soap will ruin them.
Year: 1878

Books are not made for furniture,
but there is nothing else that so beau
tifully furnishes d house. The plaincst
row of books is more significant Of re-


inement than the most elaborately
carved sideboard. Give US a home
furnished with books rather than fur
niture-both ifyoG can, but books at
any rate. To spend several days at a
friends house, and hunger for some
thing to read, while you are treading on
costly carpets, and sitting on luxurious
chairs and sleeping upon down, as if
one were bribing your body for the
sake of cheating your mind. Books are
windows through which the soul looks
ont. A house WithO.t them is like a
room without windows. No man has a
right to bring up his children without
surrounding them with books if he
has the means to buy them. 1t is a
wrong to his family. Children learn
through being in the presence of books.
The love of knowledge comes with
reading and grows upon it; and the love
Of knowledge in a young mi d is al
most warrant against the inferior ex-
citemen.s Of passion and vice.
Year: 1878

Nothing presents a sadder COM
mentary upon the present condition


Of society than the large number Of
families, both in town and country,
but more especially in the latter,
that subscribe to no paper Of any
kind. Hundreds and thousands Of
families are thus growing up utter
y ignorant Of what is transpiring in
the world around them-ignorant Of
the mighty events Of the day. But
who can ten the vast amount of in
jury that is being inflicted on the
rising generatiou-tbOsa who are to
take our place in the busy world st
no distant day-grOwing up with
out any knoRIedgs of the prosalt


any study of the past, this ignorance,
too, being imbued into them by the
sanction Of those who should, and
doubtless do, know better, did theyon-
ly think Of the injurious effects Of their
insane course. Let the head Of every
family think Of this, and place IN the
hands Of those for whom he is respOn-
sible the means Of acquiring some
knowledge Of the moving panorama
in which we act the different parts.
Year: 1878

We 90 not mean that a man should
not exercise due haste in pursuit Of a
meal, but he should be calm after he
has caught it. a gentleman and his
son the other morning were a little late
for their customary town train on the
South Western, and had to "make a
run for it. !" They were successful in
their attempt and caught the train.
But ths younger gentleman gasped for
BREATH made few motions with his
hand, and would have fallen if he had
not been caught. Before the train ar
rived at the next station he was dead.
The verdict Of the corOnOrs Jury, fol-
lowing the opinion Of the medical wit
ness, was to the effect. 'sThat death
arose from syncope Of the heart,
brought on BY running, after hearty
neal SugI was theead- of a gentle
man only thirty years of age.-CaL
Paper
Year: 1878

Real bronze is made of copper, tin and
zinc, in various proportions, the two
former being largely in excess of the
zinc. When Il metal of this-mixture is
exposed to the air it slewly oXidizes,
producing upon the surface the color
known as bronze. AS this process is
slow, it has become the custom to hasten
the operation by a quick chemical oxi-
datiOn which produces the same result.
French OF imitation bronzes as they are
frequently called, are made Of spelteT
almost entire Y, and the color Of the
bronzes is initiated by artificial means.
Nearly all the bronze figures in the
market, both American and foreign, are
made in this latter way.
Year: 1878

Boys ana young men sometimes start
out in life with the idea that ones sue
cess depends on his sharpness and
chicanery. They imagine if man is
able to ''get the best Of a bargain" +" no
matter by what deceit and meaness he


arries his point, that his prosperity
cannot be founded on cunning and dis
honesty. The tricky and deceitfuI man
is sure to fall victim sooner or later, to
Ae influences which are forever werk-
ing against him. His house is built
upon the sand, and its foundation Will
be certain to give way" Young people
cannot give these truths too much
weight. The future Of that young man
is safe who eschews every phase Of
double dealing and dishonesty, lays the
foundation Of his career in the enduring
principles Of everlasting truth.
Year: 1878

1 have known a country society
which V vithered away to nothing under
the dry rot Of gossip only. Friendships,
once as firm as granite, dissolved to
Jelly and then ran away to water, only
because Of this; love, that promised a
future as endearing as heaven, and as
staple as truth, evap0rated into morn
ing mist that turned to a day, long tears
only because Of this; a father and a son
were set foot TO S0Ot with the fiery
breath of an anger that would never
cool again betwe them; and a hus-
band and young wife, each straining
ut the hated leash which in the begin
ming had been the promise Of a God
blessed love sat mournfuly by the side
Of the grave where all their joy lay
buried, and all because of this. [ have
seen faith transformed to mean doubt.
10y give place to grim despair, and char
ity take on itself the features Of black
malevolenCe, all because of the fell
words Of scandal, and the magic NUT
tering Of gossip. Great crimes work
great wrong, and the deeper tragedies
Of human life spring from the larger
passions; but woeful and most mourn
ful are the uncatalogueI trag dies that
issue from gossip and detracLion; most
mOurnful the shipwreck often made Of
noble natures and lovely lives, by the
bitter winds and dread salt waters Of
slander. So easy to say, yet so hard to
disprove-throwing on the innocent all
the burden and the strain of demon
strating their Innocence, and punish
ing them as guilty if unable to pick out
the stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear--gossip and
slander are the deadliest and cruelest
weapons man has ever forged for his
brothers heart.
Year: 1878

The administration Of arsenic in DIS
ease, according to Dr. Griffith, in the


London Medical Press, should never be
resorted to where there is a feverish
state of the system-a quickpulse and a


hot skin indicating that it should not be
employed. It should be given shortly


after meals, and never on an empty
stomach; it sho.Id not be given in the
solid form, nor in increased doses, but
as q rule, five miuims Of FOwler's sOlu-


ton should be the maximum dose for
an adult; the dose should be diminished
or the administration altogether ceased


on the occurrence Of pain in the epigas-
triurn, nausea, or irritation Of the eye


lids
Year: 1878

Hard age and irreverent youth will
not make a good combination, whatever
name associates them together; but age
that is tender and maternal, age that re-
members its own youth and does not
demand bread from the growing corn
nor wine from the green grapes, and
youth that can feel for inGrmities which
it does not know and that can believe
in wisdom which it has not reached
these two together make a whole, per
feet for what it is, and turn a chance
cOmpaniOnship into a mutual blessing,
and out Of a temporary association ere
ate a lifelong affection.
Year: 1878

An interesting point Of law has arisen
in Mclean county, ii. The Judge of
the district, while presiding at muir
der trial, temporarily vacated his seat,
and with the consent of the prisoners
counsel, placed well known member
of the bar in his stead. The prisoner
was convicted, but appealed his case TO
the Supreme Court Of the State, winch
held that the absence Of the district
Judge for time, however short, was il
legal, AMI that neither the prisoner nor
his counsel could make the substitute
Of another man legal by their consent.
The higher Court has, therefore, decided
that the accused had no legal trial, and
that tceremony will have to Be gone over
once more before his guilt or innocence
can be established.
Year: 1878

Russia leather is made of calf skins,
first steeped in weak bath of carbon
ate of potass and water; next immersed
in another bath cont lining dog and
pigeons dung in wafer. Freed from
the alkali they are thrown into a mix


lure Of oatmeal and water to undergo
"a slight fermentation. To tan these
hides birch bark is used instead Of oak.
When tanned and dry, made pliable by
oil and friction, they are rubbed over
gently with birch tar, which gives an
agreeable odJr and renders them proof
against moths and worms.
Year: 1878

In setting out and cultivating the
nutmeg tree at Signlpore, the sex Of
the tree is regularly defined. The fe-
male trees are planted thirty feet apart,
in diamond shape, with one male tree
in the centre. They do not bear until
the eighth year, and they form a large
and beautiful tree, with thick foliage
of a rich green.
Year: 1878

New-mOwn hay has a peculiar smell
which is not perceptible viii the grass
is growing, because this smell proceeds
from the whole hrrbage, and seems to
escape from the oriiicps Of its contain
ing cells only when the surrounding
vessels withdraw their pressure from
change i'll ,0nditiOn. When this scent
Of new-mowu hay is concentrated it be-
comes the flavor Of bitter almonds.
Year: 1878

Our best-class churches, public halls
and school rooms are now furnished
with means for changingsthe air as fast
as it is corrupted. But two persons in
ten hours will infect the air as much as
ten persons in two hours; and - few in
j small room as much and as soon as
many in a large one. Hence, where
bedrooms and sitting-rOoms are not
furnished with yentilators, the air in
them should be fullychanged by a strong
current through the windows and doors
at least once or twice every day.
Year: 1878

The heavens are a print from the pen
Of Gods perfection; the world is bud
from the bower Of His beauty; the sun
is a spark from the light Of Gods wis
dom, and the sky is a bubble on the sea
of biG DOvUar
Year: 1878

1t is satisfactorily proven by geology
that man was the last of created
beings upon this planet. If its data
be consistent and true, as seems to be
the case. then there is conclusive evil
dence that, as we are told in Scrip
man has occupied the earth but about
GnOO wears.
Year: 1878

IL any of our readers want what is
calleI,a scarecrow, ere are a couple re-
commended by The Scientific American:


Take two small, cheap mirrors, fasten


them back to back, attach a cord to one
angle, and hang them to a pole. When
the glass swings the suns rays are re
tiected all over the lield, even if it be a


large one. and even the oldest and BRAY
est of crows will depart preeipitately


should one Of its lightning flashes fall
on him. The second plan, although a
terror to the crow, is especially well
suited to fields subject TO the inrOads of
small birds, and even chickens 1t in
wolves the artificial hawk made from a
large potato and long goose and turkey
feathers. The maker can exercise his
initiative skill in sticking the feathers


in the potato so that they resemble the
spread wings and t;til of the hawk. 1t
Is astonishing what a ferOciOus bird of
prey can be constructed from the above


simple material 1t only remains to
hang the object from a tail, bent pole


and the wind will do the rest. The bird


viii 'maKe swOOps and dashes in the


most headlong and tire tening manner.


Even the most inquisitive of venerable
hens have been known to hurry rapidly


from its dangerous vicinity, while to


small birds it carries unmixed dismay.
Year: 1878

There ere certain things which it
seems profanity TO speak of, even to
those nearest and dearest to our hearts
words spoken now and then in our
lives which remain forever a secret be-
tween Heaven, ourselves and one
another.
Year: 1878

in each grain of sand there are mar
Jels; in every drop Of water a world
IN the great spectacle called nature
rvery being las lis marked place and
distinct role, and in the grand drama
called life there presides a law harmO-
nious as the one which rules the move
ments Of the stars.
Year: 1878

MEN WHO WIN WoMEN.-Ged has
so made the sexes that women, like chill
dren, cling to men, lean upon them as
though they were superior in mind and
body. They make them the suns of
systems, and their children revolve
around them. Men are Gods, if they
but knew it, and women burning in
cense at these shrines. Women, there
fore, who have good minds and pure
hearts want men to lean upon. Think
OF their reverencing drunkard, liar,
a fool, or libertine. If man would
nave woman to do him homage, he
must be manly in every sense; a true
gentleman, not after the Chesterfield
school, but polite, because his heart is
full OF kindness to all; one who treats
her with respect, even Difference, because
she IS woman who never condescends
to say silly things to her; who brings
her up to his level if his mind is above
hers; who is never over anxious to do
right, who has no time to be frivolous
with her. Always dignified in speech
and act; who never spends too much
time upon her; never yields to tempta-
ton, even if she puts it in his way am
bilious to make his mark in the world,
whether she encourages him or not
who is never familiar with her to the
extent of being an adopted brother or q
cousin; who is not over careful about
dress; always pleasant and considerate,


but always keeping his place of the man,
the head, and never losing it. Such de-
pertinent, with neble principles, good
mind, energy, and industry, will win
any woman in the world worth win
ming.
Year: 1878

ADVICE FOR BoYs.-Horace Mann
writes: You are made to be kind, gen
erous, magnanimous. If there be a boy
in school who has club foot, don't let
him know that you ever saw it. Ifthere
is poor boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk about rags in his hearing. If there
is lame boy, assign him some part of
the game which does not require run
ming. If there is a hungry one, give
him part of your dinner. If there is a
dull one, help him on with his lesson.
If there be bright one, be not envious
of him; for if one boy is proud of his
talents, and another is envious of them,
there are two great wrongs, and no more
talent than before. If q larger or
stronger boy has injured you, and is
sorry for it forgive him, and request the
teacher not to punish him.
Year: 1878

A bit of advice to young men who are
trying to get ahead: Never complain that
your employers are selfish. Not that
they are otherwise, but it will help mat
tiers to growl about it. They are selfish.
Their employers, when they were young,


were no doubt selfish and from them they
learned the lesson. You, too, learn it,
and when you become employers you'll
be selfish too. 1t is from selfish motives
that men engaged in trade, and selfish
ness rules their actions. OF course it
would be better, and wiser, and all that,
if were not selfish, but they are. Now,
what are you going TO do about it, Why,
make it for their selfish interest to do
better by you, and they will. Respect
yourselves and you'll make them respect
you. Reminder tnat you are at dis
advantage, that there are a hundred
ready to climb into your place if you
do not fill it, and that those who en-
ploy you are fully aware of the fact
and ready to make the most they can out
of it. Remember that if you are
getting $1,000 this year and want ST.
500 next year, you've got to earn $1,000
this year. You've got to pav FOR promo
ton, often an exorbitant price, and as
you have no other means 10 pay with,
you've got to pay in work. OF course its
unjust, of course Its seems hard that your