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Year: 1878


Sad Is the heart OF the mother.


Who sits by the lonely hearth,
Where never again the children
Shall waken the songs Of mirth.
And still, through the painful silence,
She listens for voice and tread
Outside OF the heart-shere only
She knows that they are not dead.
Here is the desolRte cradle.


The pillow so lately pressed.
But far away has the birding


Flown from It's little nest.
Grooming the lullabies over


That once were her babes delight.
All through the misty spaces.


She follows its upward flight
Little she thought OF moment
So gloomy and sad as this,
When close 10 her heart she gathered
Her child for its goodnight kiss
She should be tenderly cherished,
Never grief should she know
Wealth, and the pride of a Princess.
These would mother best0w.
And this is the darling's portion
In Heaven-where she has fed.
BY angels securely guarded,


By angels securely led
Brooding in sorrowful silence,


Over the empty nest,
Can you not see through the shadows.
Why II is all for the best
Better the heavenly kingdom


Than riches Of earthly crown;
Better the early morning fight.
Than one when the sun Is down:
Better an empty casket


Than jewels besmirched with sin.
Safer than those without the fold,
Are those that have entered in.
Year: 1878

The OLD HUNDRED PsALM-TUNE.-
The Old Hundred tune was known in Eng
land as early as 1861, when it appeared in
the edition of Sternhold aud Hopkins
psalms of that year; and from that time
forth it was included in every edition of
that work. The name of the tune Old
Hundred is peculiar to England. In for
eign psalters, especially in the French and
Dutch, the tune is set to the 134th Psalm.
From the days of the Reformation to the
end of the seventeenth century it was
commonly called in England the Hun
dredth Psalm-tune but upon the publica-
ton of Tate and Bradys new versions its
present title came into use. 1t has been
shown that most of the strains in the tune
are taken from ancient hymn-tunes of the
early church, and had been sung by Chris
tian voices a thousand years before Luther
was born.
Year: 1878

outside, went slowly IN. the child IN r.


rms covered over with the flap of my
long coat. My wife was weeping bitter
ly. -


whats amiss?" I asked in a faint
voice. And it seemed that whole
Chorus of voices answered me:


"Dolly's lost!''


''Dolly lost!;' Just for moment my
heart turned sick. Then some instinct,
like ray OF light and hope, seized upon
me. Pulling the coat off the face of the
child I held, I lifted the little sleeping
thing to the light and saw Dolly!


Eyes, sir. The child I had saved was
no other than my own-my httle Dolly.
And l knew that Gods good angels had
guided me to save her, and that the first
flash of the summer lightning had shone
just at the right moment to show me
where she lay. 1t was her white sun
bonnet that had caught my eye, My
darling it was, and none other, that l had
picked up on the drenched road.


Dolly, anxious for her doll, had wan
dered out unseen to meet me in the after
noon. For some hours she was not
missed. It CHANGED that my two eldest
girls had gone over to our nearest neigh
bor's, and my wife, missing tile child
just afterward, took it for granted she was
with them.


The little one had gone on and on, until
night and the storm overlook her, when
she fell down frightened and utterly ex
hausted. I thanked Heaven aloud before
them all, sir, as said that none but God
and His holy angels had guided me to
her. It's not much Of story to listen to,
sir. I am aware OF that. But often
think Of it in the long nights, lying
awake; and L ask myself how could
bear to live on now, had run away from
the poor little cry in the road, hardly
louder than squirrels chirp, and left my
child to die rs


Yes, sir, you are right; that's Dolly out
yonder with her mother, picking fruit;
the little trim figure in pinkwith just
the same scrt of white sun-bonnet On her
head that she wore that night ten years
ago. She is a girl that is worth saving,
sir, though say it; and God knows that
as long as my life lasts I shall be thank
ful that / came on home that night in
stead of staving in the town.--Erchange
Year: 1878

A Mnnch Chunk dispatch Of the 10th
inst, says, the men in that region have gener:
ally posted up notices that they must have the
1875 basis of wages or they will make move.
A curious thing in this, matter is that the
operators in Hazleton recently conceded the
1871 basis, just what the men now demand.
Whether the matter Will result in strike is
not know.
Year: 1878

A housewife writing for the New York
Tribune proposes virtually TO abolish the
churn. She.says: lit would be well to
train. a family from the4ou to regard
butter, as an incidental ) or luxury, rather
than necessity The manufacture OF it is
one of the hardest and most time contum-
ing tasks that a farmer has to perform.
Moreover, with all the work it involves,
butter adds less to the health and snsten-
ance of the family than would the eating of
the cream that goes into the making OF IT.
Where one physician advises the eating OF
butter, thousand recommend the coi-
sumption OF cream think no one will
dispute the statement that OF cream and
butter eaters the tormer enjoy the best Ill
gestjon, the best health, and have the finest
complexion. Then, why work ones self TO
death for worse than nanght? Why not eat
milk and cream Instead OF turning 1t into
butters, Good bread is good enough with,
out the addition of a condiment to make il
palatable; !; and, eaten with sweet cream
what is more delicious -
Year: 1878

Having seen much in our eastern eX-
changes of the new process Of raising cream
we took occasion not long since to witness
test made. The milk fresh from the COWS
was strained into can and set Ill the cream
cry. where it was covered and surrounded
with cold water. This was done at p. NJ
and at 8 a. m. the usual amount or cream
had risen to the surface in the can. lhere
seems to be some good advantages III sell
ting milk in this manner. The tune oi con
yerting the milk into butter Is much SNORT
oned. The trouble of washing ana drying
mans is avoided. The trouble about the
proper temperature of the dairy room Is
rendered almost unnecessary, and the work
of skimming materially reduced. Inc
cream is kept from exposure to the alf ana
prevented thereby from becoming fopey
and stiff, which would assure . more GER
tain evenness In the color of the butter. Inc
experiment was made by Timothy Wllcox'
of Lewis and Clarke county, in one OF Coo
lows patent creameries. The arrangement
and fixtures of this creamery IS, lhdeeo'
very complete. The creamery IS an ar
tight box, lined inside with q galvanized
lining, and arranged with lid that las
tenes over the top. The box is sunk IN the
earth below the floor Of the dairy where II
is connected by water pipe which keeps
continually filled with fresh water. Inc
cans are made of heavy tin and have small
r1ass or window in the side, the glass eX-
tending from top rim of the can one-thlra
of the way down, 50 that one can easily see
when the cream has risen. These cans are
arranged with a faucet at the pottom'
through which the milk is let out when de


sired. The creamery owned by Mr.. VIII
cox is of sufficient capacity for dairy OF
25 COWS, and we believe cost less than 5loo
Mr.. Wilcox has secured the right to sell
these creameries in Montana, and proposes
to ship and introduce them next season.
Year: 1878

A NOVEL discovery in deer hair has
been made. Experiments prove that
IL is mere buoysnt than cork, and can
be used for life-preservers. In 1876 a
Government Commission made expert
ments with the deer hair, and reported
that one pound Of it would sustain q
weight OF ten pounds for three days.
The latest test was by board of naval
officers, who reported that after the deer
hair had been saturated for seven days
1t sustained in water twelve times its
weight, thus showing q buoyancy five
times greater than that of cork.
Year: 1878

A PARRY of Americans have taken
possession of the small Haytien island of
Navassa, from which they are shipping
large quantities of guano. They have
mounted three or four guns on the island
and want to know what the Haytien
government is going to do about it.
Year: 1878

A COMPANY OF wreckers is now at
work on the hull OF the old frigate Cum
berland, sunk near Newport News by
the Merrimsc in the early part of the
war. Summer guests carry away pieces
of the timber rs relics.
Year: 1878

THR lately invented hundred ton gun
which will fire five pounds worth of iron
six miles and a half in fifty seconds is
considered q very successful device for
making money 80 long way.
Year: 1878

DIR. Aver, Of @ Cherry Pectoral' fame, died
worth from fifteen million to twenty million
dollars lie might have had not 1.-THE of
these millions to bother his head about if he had
sense enough not to have advertised Business
men should take warning. The surest way to
avoid the accumulation of wealth and all the
annovances which it entails is to avoid adyer-
tising.
Year: 1878

He was boy with nineteen cents in
his fist. He counted the money at the
corner of Woodward avenue and Con-
gress street, again at the corner of Jefler-
son avenue and once more on Griswold
street and there was no more nor less. He
wa. boy who wanted to do good with his
money. His first desire was to buy
nineteen barrels of -four for nineteen
peor and worthy widows. but after
figuring little he found that he couldn't
do it. Then he got an idea that he
might offer a gold medal as a prize to the
Woodward avenue car driver who should
drive his car the nearest to one mile in
an hour, but he replied that some would
drive in an hour aud thirty minutes,
some a second slower or a second faster,
and the strife might result in the death
of three or four horses.


al think I'll come right down to Jaw.
breakers 70 once" he said as he sat down
in a doorway. "I kin buy nineteen jaw.
breakers and make nineteen boys happy,
including myself. Jim! Jim !"


Jim came down from the corner, and
the philanthropist said


"Jim, if you had nineteen jawbreakers,
what would you do with 'em?"


Eat every burned one in forty sec
onds by the watch" was the prompt
reply.
pist to boot. black across the way.


The sinner came over and was asked
"Would ohe jawbreaker make you
"For just about ten seconds" an
swered Sam.


The philanthropist walked away from
them, and rs he reared candy store he
mused:


81 igger that one jawbreaker will make
me happy for half an hour, and tha'
nineteen jawbreakers will last me nine
teen days. BY giving them away al
happiness is gone in ten seconds, and all
iawbreakeis are gone in forty. Isn't j
better for me to eat the hull nineteen
Would this world be any bettert to morrow
il | sowed eighteen jawbreakers broad.
cast Casting bread on the waters is all
right, cause bread won't sink, but one o
them jawbreakers goes right to the bot
tom like hunk O. lead


He entered the store, sheIled out his
change, and said


Gimme the worth o. this in jaw
breakers, and please do up the package
so it II look as If was carrying home an
old Goldfish ."-- Detroit FREE Press.
Year: 1878

II was about $50, fairly set in, and
the street below was lit through its en-
tire length by fame jets from gas and oil
and naphtha, that the crowd began to
make its appearance. From my observa-
tory | could see through the whole
breadth of the plate.glass windows Of
the Cat, and scarcely yard of the ample
space before the bar, provided by five
compart ments, was hidden from me.
There had not been much doing at that
establishment as yet but the decks were
cleared for action, and the crew of mus
cular barmen were evidently prepared
tor action. There were four of them,
strong and hearty fellows, in their shirt
sleeves, which were rolled back above
their elbows, and with white aprons, but
with neither shirt-collar nor neckerchief,
the object evidently being to avoid any
superfluous incumbrance that might
impede free action when the time ior
displaying it arrived. Mr.. Chowler, the
proprietor, was present, but he wore his
glossy hat and his black coat, and his
frilled shirt with the emerald studs, and
lounged negligently at the door of the
private bar, smoking cigar in manner
admirably adapted for the display of the
two large diamond rings with which his
short and chubby little finger WAS
adorned. The queen was in her count.
iughouse, counting out the money in
other words, Mrs. Chowler, wearing the
sleeves of her black satin gown short
enough to fairly reveal her heavy bullion
bracelet, was busy in the parlor with a
cash box and tray, setting out count.
less heaps of change for sovereigns and
half sovereigns, handily counted out and
all ready. Seven-7:30 came, and at
present the four stalwart barmen had
he'd such an easy time that began to
think | had unfortunately hit upon an
exceptionally slack night. But my
alarms were soon dissipated. At 7:30
counted sixteen people drinking at the
bars; at 7:45 there were thirty-lhree; at
s:l5 there were so many, and the five
doors were so constantly opening and
shutting for the ingress and egress of
customers, that | found ii impossible TO
keep count, aud gave up the task as
hopeless. There was no rush ss yet.
However elaborate the carving and gild.
ing and cumbrous ornameEtation on the
liquor vending side Of the bar, the most
rigid economy as regards space was OBJ.
served on the drinking side of it. In each
ofits five compartments (Which included
the great principal one, capable of afford
ing standing room for perhaps one hun
dred persons), everything was as naked
and bare as a warehouse. Not a chair,
not form TO sit on, not table or so
much as an upturned tub TO rest glass
or pot on. But as there was by no
means roam enough at the !oug length
of bar to accommodate the groups Of
friendly drinkers, who, as the night ad-
vanced, poured in thicker and faster,
there was nothing for them to do but to
stand in the midst Of the restless mob, in
clusters, sore pressed for elbow room, as
they turned their measures of gin into
the glasses. or raised the shining quart
pot out of which they were amicably
swigging.- Bslgracia.
Year: 1878

4" Porter is at work." he said. "The
clouds are the smoke of exploding
bombshells." Very soon we met an am
munition box; then a dozen, and then
an acre of them, floating in the
sea. The testimony OF these mute
witnesses of combat was soon
confirmed by the sullen roar of
artillery that fell upon the ear. We
arrived at the scene of conflict Just as 1t
had ceased. A heavy pail of sulphurous
smoke, made blood red by the settings sun
behind it, hung in the still air over Fort
Fisher. Porter had, indeed, caused the
louisiana, under the command Of the in
trepid Capt. Rhind, to follow in the wake
of a blockade runner, at midnight, TO
within three hundred yards of the north
east salient of Fort Fisher. There she
was anchored, and at two o'clock in the
morning the powder was exploded with
out any sensible effect upon the fort or
the garrison. The shock was felt like a
slight earthquake at Newberne and
Beaufort, but the garrison of Fort Fisher
thought it was the effect OF the bursting
of the boiler of blockade runner. Prob
ably not e.fitth of the powder was ig-
nited. The fort seemed untouched by
the explosion, for the edges of the parapet
were as sharply defined as Benson
j. Losing in Phiid. Weekly Times.
Year: 1878




Among the Seminole Indians there
is singular tradition regarding the
white mans origin and superiority.
They say when the Great Spirit made
the earth be also made three men, all
OF whom were fair complexioned, and
after making them he led them to the
margin OF small lake, and bade
them leap in and wash. One obeyed.
and came out purer and fairer than
before; the second hesitated mo-
ment, during which time the water,
agitated by the first, had become
muddled, and when he bathed he
came out copper-colored; the third
did not leap until the water became
black with mud, and he came out
with his own color. Then the Great
Spirit laid before them three pack
ages, and out OF pity for his misfor-
tune in color, gave the black man the
first choice. He took hold OF each OF
the packages, and, having felt the
weight, chose the heaviest; the cop
percolored man chose the next heav-
lest, leaving the white man the light
est. When the packages were open,
the first was found to contain spades,
hoes and all the implements of labor /:
the second unwrapped hunting, fish
ing and warlike apparatus; the third
gave the white man pens, ink and pa
per, the engine OF the mind-the
means Of mutual, mental improve
ment, the social link OF humanity, the
foundation of the white mans superb
oritv
Year: 1878

While we are righteously wrathful
at the impuni.y with which heinous
crimes are committed and censure
executive clemency, we must not for
get that community, in the long run,
is more seriously demoralized by
minor crimes that are unnoticed than
greater ones that are noted without
being adequately punished. A COM
munity will be worse demoralized by
general gambling than occasional
murder, and the official indifference
or incompetency that winks at one
and fully fights the other would be
less mischievous probably il it fought
one vigorously and winked as far as
it could at the other. Young men Of
respectable station and good pros
poets are not likely to form murder
Gus habits from the examples OF men
like Tate or Merrick, but they are
not only likely but very certain to
form habits OF mild gambling, grow
ing worse, where gambling is allow
ed in specious forms in all sorts OF
public resorts.-Indiandp0Hs Ne,rs,
Year: 1878

he would owe, under Gods care, his child's
life. The doctor left the room silently,
respecting the mans sorrow and grief. He
met Maggie on the stairs, and in whisper
she told him that May was sleeping. a
glad smile lighting up the thin face, so white
after the hours of nursing and care. ''Her
father is in the reception room, and | expect
you had better step in and tell him. He
ought not to see her, however, until he is
calmer." Trembling and faint she obeyed,
though the task seemed too much for her
strength. He did not hear the soft
step nor the low voice that spoke
his name. She stood for q moment
regarding him with an earnest gaze. Was
this the gay, fashionable man she had mar
red? Was it possible that time could have
so changed him, and that it had brought into
her presence this sorrowful, worn mourner
as the husband of her youth. This agony,
was it all for May, or was memory torturing
him with her suffering when she too had
been stripped of all that made life happy?
She would gladly have touched him, have
soothed him with plying words, but she
forbore and said calmly: "Mr. Phelps,
May" He started to his feet with startled
cry, Maggie The ordeal was too much
for her, and she tottered towards him, the
out his hands to strengthen her, but so deep
was his shame and humility that he would
not presume to touch her. "Maggie, will
you forgive me? have suffered, but there
seems no atonement for my sin.
Will you forgiven" Another bolder
and less loving would have
pressed his case, but he dare not approach
her. She hesitated, as if in doubt, and then
with a glad cry of love and happiness, she
threw her arms about his neck, with the enc
word, WILL" upon her lips. 1t was like a
tempest that had spent Its force, and the
stiffness of peace succeeded the mighty
storm. Before either could speak the doctor
came in. "Miss Maggie, May is awake and
asking for you. She is much better. Prob
ably her father can go up with you"


The story is told. The severed fortunes
are united; the lives so strangely, so sadly
marred are again covered by the glow of
happiness; but the terrible deep scars are
there the wounds have healed but the
marks remain ineffaceable for all time.
There were ever to husband and wife pages
of their past that they could not read aloud,
but silently and alone the words written IN
agony were reviewed. The world sees these
broken homes and wags its gossiping tongue,
but if perchance the story be told, and hearts
are united and hands lovingly enclasped, the
critic calls it an idle romance and condemns
the tale that it ended not in bitterness.
Year: 1878

lAppiclOh


One who writes in an English journal on
Clothes declares that "men do but ask to
see their mothers, sisters and sweethearts
daintily clean and fresh in all their arrange
ments and appointments, and as pleasing to
the eye as modesty and moderation will per
nit" There is something really charming
in this picture, simple as it is. "Ddintily
clean and fresh in all their arrangements" !"
We may cOncede that, for great occasions,
ladies may elaborate little on this basis;
but say for the breakfast table or for all
lightful it IS to see our woman
mood arrayed in fresh and simple attire-D
crumpled hair in reminder of last nights
elaborate coiffure, no silks or other costly
fabrics, now spoiled and dilapidated; no
formidable wrappers, loud of color and won
derful of pattern; o-twice used linen; no
slatternly shawl, that horror in untasteful
households; no touch of dishabille in the
slightest or least suggestive degree. I'm
happily this picture is much rare. There
are many women who persist in wearing
at the morning meal, and upon other
domestic occasions, old gowns, or
apparel that has been banished from the
drawing room. Now, a lady may he dressed
in more rich and costly fabrics at one time
than another, but there should be no de-
gress of neatness, of odOr, of purity, or of
freshness. The morning dress may be a
wholly inexpensive one. but a grease stain
or a rent is just as much an offense ct break
fast as at dinner. la fact, if there must be a
stain, we would rather see il on the evening
silk than the morning muslin, which should
always have the supreme sentiment
of freshness and dain;iness Many
women have little idea of how
greatly they shock the tastes and
really endanger the affections of their hus-
bands by their unseemly domestic apparel.
There is not man of sense and refined
feeling anywhere who would not prefer
some simple and chaste adornment for his
wife in the morning to any extreme splendor
means dress brilliantly on those occasions
abridge her privileges nor battle her instincts
in this particular; but we claim that IL is
important for her, if she values her house
bold serenity, that she should give
equal heed to her customary domes-
tic attire. The female who goes about
the house untidily dressed has no
right to the title Of woman. She
Is without those marks and indications by
which she can be classified. We reject the
notion that person can really be woman
who is without those dainty instincts for
sweet and pure apparel that additionally
pertain TO the feminine sex. Such an indi-
vidual has lost the characteristics, the
qualities. the refinements, the distinguishing
elements of the daughters of Eve; and, as
she has not 10y this elimination gained any
characteristics of the masculine sex she
evidently belongs tn some as yet undescribed
variety of the human family.