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Year: 1874

While Mr.. Mouton, yesterday, positively refused
TO be furtner interviewed by the reporters, and
made no exception to the rule, he &C
corded TO one OF the representatives of the
HRRALD the statement that he had no further
communications TO make before the committee.
aud pro, ably would not appear again in the pres
euce of { lat body unless forced there In his own
defence. He does not believe that II will be
necessary to produce the long and elaborate
statement which he has prepared as
matter of record. and is utterly averse
to giving the same either to the committee or the
public. He justthes this course on high moral
grounds, believing that ne has no right to reveal
sacred condolences when such reveianon may
he also has an abiding faith that when
the excitement Of the hour has passed away
and the public In more temperate frame OF
mind his present course win be warmly lndorsed
by all who are familiar with the Importance OF the
secrets in his keeping Mr.. Moulton will probably
leave the city within the next twentyour hours
for the purpose Of securing much needed rest ana
recreation.
Year: 1874

Think how the abstraction of the Sunday
would enSiaye the working classes, with
whom we are identified. Think of labor
thus going on in one mon0tonous and eter-
nal cycle, limbs forever on the rack, fingers
forever straning, the brow forever droop-
ing. and the loins forever aching, the rest
less mind forever schcming. Think of the
beauty it would eilace, the merry -hcarted-
ness it would extinguish, the giant strength
it would tame, Of the resources of nature it
would crush, the sickness it would bring
of the projects it would wreck, the groans
it would extort, the lives it would immediate,
and the cherries graves it would premature
ly dig. See them toiling and moiing and
iretting and grinding and hewing and wcay-
ing and spinning, sowing and gathering,
moving and rcaping, raising and building,
digging and planting, and striving and
struggling, in the garden and in the field,
in the granary and in the barn, in the fac
tory and in the mill, in the warehouse and
in the shop, in the mountain and in the
ditch, on the roadside and in the country,
out at sea and on shore, in the day of
brightness and Of bloom What a picture
this world would present if we had no Sab
bath
Year: 1874

SO singuarly is man constructed, mental
ly, that any great calamity usually fails to
oyerpower him at first his mind instinct
lively seeks for comfort, and turns to the
consideration of the better side of affairs; it
is only after mature consideration of an al
most hopeless calamity that the mind grows
lespairing. Witness the scenes of the late
Chicago fre--the second great calamity be-
falling that most unfortunate city. Men,
who, five years ago, would have submitted
with comparative cheerfulness to their iney-
liable misfortune, now sink beneath the lash
Of unkind fate; for they know precisely the
length and breadth Of their tumble-they
have outlived the first rebound of hope from
despair, and despair obtains supremacy. As
commentary upon this singular trait of
humanity comes the anecdote Of man who
fell into vat Of boiling lard and got out
alive; lie says that it was not an unpleasant
sensation after the first moment, but he
thought what Il mighty quecr-shaped daugh-
nut he would make Yet that man must
carry deep, unSightly sears to the grave,
and wonders, now, that he could ever have
seen ludcrous side to the terrible calamity
which has ruined him for life.
Year: 1874

SHETLAND TAPE WoRM.-The Melbourne
(Australia) Leader, in relation to hydatids
in sheep, and the transformation from
thence into tape worms, says:


"The annual loss Of young sheep through
becoming cranky is considerable, yet on
many, if not all, of the sheep stations, the
disease is actually propagated unwittingly.
When cranky sheep is put out of its mis-
cry, its head is divided and thrown to the
dogs in an uncooked state. Thus the hyda-
It'd in the sleeps brain becomes tape-worin
in a dog and in very short period of time
millions of tape-worm eggs pass from the
dog, and are drifted about by the wind and
are carried by water, For weeks and months
they retain their vitality, unaffected by heat
or cold, rain or drought. Sheep, in picking
up their food, or in drinking water out of
shallow pools or crah-holes, swallow one or
more Of these eggs, which get inta the blood
circulation, and thus to the brain, to form
a hydatid and make another sheep cranky.
So the sheep and dog react on each other.
Year: 1874

STEEL PLows.--A B. Allen, of New
York, says: 81 would sooner pay double
the price for steel pows than accept as a
gift the best set of cast-iron plows to be
found in the United States. Though ever
so hard chilled or smoothly polished, cast
iron will foul, more or less, on the mold
board, in every kind of soil, from sandy
or grayelly up to Il heavy clay loan. The
dirt thus gathered on the mold board adds
greatly to its draft and prevents good work
Another objection to cast iron is, that, in
order to get equal strength, the weight must
be considerably greater than with STEEL and
this is hard drag all day, and requires Il
much stronger team OF this any one may
quickly convince himself without resort to
dynamometcr or any other means of testing
the draft. He has only to hitch light team
to steel plow, and IL stronger one to the
cast iron, and work them side by side. In
this way | have found that a pair Of four
teen-hand ponies would do about the same
work, and with as much ease to themselves.
as pair Of Sixteen-hand horses. The same
observations about material will also apply
to cultiyators. In thus candidly advising
my brother farmers in regard to the supe-
rior merit Of steel pIows, am speaking di-
rectly against my own individual interest,
for have been manufacturer and dealer
in cast-iron plows for upward of thirty
Years past.
Year: 1874

SOME experiment, have been made recent
ly in England with an apparatus termed the
acrophore, This invention, it is claimed,
will enable a miner to penetrate at once,
and to a great distance, into pit filled with
choke-damp, to remain their several hours,
to carry his lamp with him without danger,
and without dcpriying him Of the free use
of his arms. To prove these assertions the
inventor, armed with his apparatus, entered
a small hut which had been filled with n
mixture of sulphurous and carb,nic acid
gases, and remained there about twenty
minutes. While in the hut he constructed
box, to show the freedom of the arms 1t
was claimed that it would have been good
box if the hammer used had not been spoil
ed by the excessive amount of sulphur.
Year: 1874

Live up to your enga gemcnts.
Keep your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to a person, look him in
the face.


Good company and good conversation are
the very Sinews of virtue.


Good character is above all things else.
Your character cannot be essentially in
jured except by your own acts.


If one speaks evil of you, live so that
none will believe him.


Drink no kind of Intoxicating liquors.
Ever live (misiortunes excepted) within
your income.


When you retire, think over what you
have done during the day.


Make no haste to be rich, if you would
prosper.


Small and steady gains give competency
with tranquility Of mind.


Never play at any game Of chance.
Avoid temptation, through fear you may
not withstand it.


Earn money before you spend it.
Never run into debt unless you see a way
to get ont again.


Never borrow if You can possibly avoid
doing so.


DO not marry until you are able to sup
port wife.


Never speak evil of any one.


BE just before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would be
happy,


Save when you arc young to spend when
you are old.


Read over the above maxims at least once
a week.
Year: 1874

Ralph W ellis describes in recent letter
to the teachers of Grace Mission how he
met in the Alps a huge shepherd dog 1t
illustrates very pleasantly the gentle way of
doing things, and it will apply just as we'll
in our dwellings with rough girls and boys
"We had hardly started, when a shepherd
dog, seeing one abroad at so early an hour,
concluded that something was wrong, and
blocked the way, the only way, and very
narrow one at that. Now it Is known that
we are very fond f dogs, bat to see that
Swiss dogs hair rise, and those Swiss teeth
shown, and to hear the low, resoute growl
that implies no passage here is too much
for Yankee pluck, even on the Fourth of
July Two ways suggested themselves out
Of the difficulty. The first is stone the
second a cracker. The latter is first tried.
'Doggie want a cracker? Presto, change !,
down goes the hair, in go the teeth, wag
goes the tail, and, with sweet smile on his
face, doggie goes oil to eat his cracker Try
the cracker first, teacher'
Year: 1874

SIMPLICITY OF DREss.-Female love
illness never appears to SO good advan.
tage as when set off by simplicity of
dress. No artist ever docks his angels
with towering feathers and gaudy jew
elry; and our dear human angels-if
they would make good their title to
that name-should carefully avoid orna-
ments which properly belong TO Indian
squaws and African princesses. These
tinselries may serve to give effect on
the stage or upon ballroom floor, but
in daily life there is no substitute for
the charm of simplicity. A vulgar taste
is not to be disguised by gold and dia-
monds. The absence of true taste
and real refinement of delicacy cannot
be compensated for by the possession of
the most princely fortune. Mind meas
ures gold, but gold cannot measure
mind. Through dress the mind may be
read, as through the delicate tissues the
lettered page. A modest woman will
dress modestly; really refined and in
tellectual woman will bear the marks of
careful selection and faultless taste.
Year: 1874

Into the arid atmosphere Of politics
and bread and butter sometimes comes
a bit of romance of melting sweetness:
Of such is the story of two lovers and
a remorseless father, as it has been told
by Bostouian, must Of course be true.
Ten years ago beautiful young Bos-
ION girl was sent to the Vermont hills
to arrest, if possible, the indications OF
approaching consumption. She recov,
cred her health, and meaatime inflicted
a cureless wound upon the heart OF an
intelligent and well educated young far
mer's SON. Unlikn Lady We're de We're
she did not scorn his timid affection,
but returned it heartily, referring him
to her father. That additionally unro-
mantle parsonage wouldn't hear of it.
Never-r, never-r, shall base mechanic
wed my child |!


The young man retired, went vest
and made large fortune, and the Young
woman married the man presented by
her father. She went to live in France;
her husband died in two years, and her
parents also dying, she remained abroad.
The memory of her first romance faded
with her as with its object, who, though
unmarried, was too busy making money
for tender thoughts. Last year bis bus
mess took him to Europe, and one
night found him on little steamer be-
tween Marseilles and Leghorn. A storm
came up, and lady, who had risen
from her seat on deck to go below, was
thrown overheard by sudden lnrch OF
the vessel. The base mechanic jump
ed after, and though in the dark the
eteamer drifted away from them, they
clutched providential Plank and float
ed until they were picked up by another
vessel. During the night, in the cold
aud darkness, they discovered in each
other the loved and lost Of other years.
The old feeling came back in that fearful
hour, and on their arrival at Malta they
were married. End of the poetry.
Year: 1874

The AWFUL FATE OF SIR JOHN
FRANKIIN's PARrr.-It is well known
that in his great sledge journey in search
of the relics Of Sir John Franklin, Capt
Hall made distressing discoveries, which
he resolved never to give to the light as
long as Lady Franklin should live. On
his last departue from Greenland in the
Polaris he intrusted all his important
documents to Mr. Smith of Tessuisak.
From them it is now ascertained that
Capt. Hall made the sad discovery that
Franklin and his party were reduced to
the dire necessity of eating each other.
The fact of this discovery would have
added still greater tame to Capt Hall
He kept the secret from Lady Franklin;
but now that the tender and heroic ex-
plorer rests under the same dreary skies
with the lost Franklin, the most unhap-
py secret has come to light.
Year: 1874

"If had leisure / would repair that


weak place in my fence" said farmer.


He had none, however, and while drink


ing cider with neighbor the cows broke


in and injured prime piece Of corn. He


had leisure then to repair his fence, but


it did not bring back his corn.


If had leisure" said a wheelwright


last winter, II would alter my stovepipe,
for I know it is not safe" But he did not


find time, and when his shop caught fire
and burnt down he found leisure to build


another.


If had leisure" said a mechanic, 81


should have my work done in season. y
The man thinks his time has been all oc-
cupied, but he was not at work till after


sunrise; he quit work at five O'Clock,


smoked cigar after dinner, and spent
two hours on the street talking nonsense


with an idler.


"If had leisure" said a merchant, 81


would pay more attention to my accounts


and try and collect my bills more


promptly" The chance is, my friend, if


you had leisure you would probably pay
less attention to the matter than you do


now. The thing lacking with hundreds
of farmers who till the soil is not more


leisure, but more eresolution-the spirit to
do, to do now. If the farmer who sees
his fence in poor condition would only


act at once, how much might be saved?
1t would prevent breachy cattle creating
quarrels among neighbors that in many
cases terminate in lawsuits, which take
nearly all they are both worth to pay the


lawyers.


The fact is, farmers and mechanics have
more leisure than they are aware Of fol
study and improvement of their minds
They have the long evenings of winter
in which they can post themselves upon
all the improvements of the day, if they
will take ably-conducted agricultural
Journals and read them with care. The
farmer who fails to study his business
and then gets shaved, has nobody bu,
himself to blame-Cor. N. e. Farmer.
Year: 1874

The END OF DOG QUARREL.-An
exchange tells pretty bit of a story,
which contains such good lesson
for children of small and larger
growth, that we give it somewhat
abridged:


"One day a fine M f)undland
dog and q mastiff had harp dis
cussion over bon-. ~ y wor-
ried away as g boys.
They were fight az ige aud
the first thing they k .s., nver they
tumb!ed into the waLer rhe banks
were so high thai they ii to swim
some distance before they came TO
landing place. 1t was very easy for
the Newfoundland ; he was as much
at home in the water as seal. But
not SO with poor Bruce he struggled
and tried his best to swim but made
little headway. The Newfoundland
dog quickly reached the shore and
then turned to look at his enemy.
He saw plainly that his strength was
fast failing and that he was likely to
drown. So what should our noble
old fellow do but plunge in and
sieze him gently, and keeping his
nose above water, towed him safely
into port. 1t was funny to see those
two dogs look at each other as they
shook their wet coats. As plainly
as words, their glances said, "We
will never quarrel again"
Year: 1874

from the Register Agricultural Dent
Cut cions before the sap starts.


Pay as you go this year.
Give cows warm bran mashes for
three days after calving.


| Lambs and pigs must be carefully
nursed month vet.


Avoid high interests. It will eat
you up, surer than a cancer.


Cows in high condition. in calf
must have plenty of exercise. Do
not keep them day and night in a
close box.


You may not get back directly the
corn you are feeding to cattle and
hogs bat do not stop the feed. The
run OF years will make it all right.


The prospect for a peach crop in
Delaware is good. The fruit growers
of that State were together lately at
Dover, and report that the germ of
the fruit is yet all right, with a fair
prospect of large yield.


The farmers winter of leisure is
past. Open your eyes and prepare
for work. Put everything in order.
The season Of going to town one day
in the week is over. Too frequently
on the streets after date would be
fatal to the credit of any farmer. The
plans for the spring work being all
made, work close up to the regula-
ton. Let nothing get behind. If
anything unexp~c So ,ins dur
ing the day, ma~ te hours
the same day, a. acroach
on the task allot, ~ ext.


Those who have r., done so,
would do we'll to comm zee with the
season and keep strict account of
the cost Of crops, and what they
bring in market. Then you could
know what you are doing, and can
talk inteliigently about the profits of
farming.


The ougle sounds for the opening
of ano ther A ,ricultural campaign.
Get ready for tha work. Be patient
and hopeful. Hire none but good and
reliable hands, anu pay them all
their labor and their watchfulness
for your interests will justify. Econ.
omise in all things, but be not
pecuniarily mean in anything. En-
ergy, system, industry.


The Maine Farmer gives plan
for a dairy house for a farm, of
wood, prefering that material to
stone or brick. 1t says for dairy
of twenty to twenty five cows he
would build house twenty four feet
long by fourteen wide, with parti-
ton from one of tea feet, for wash
and churning room. Lath and plas-
ter milk room and side with inch
stuff to help keep out heat. Set
building on piers two feet high, SO
that air can circulate freely under
meath and make for ventilators, say
sixteen by twenty-four inches
through the floor of the milk room,
and cover with wire screenery fine
enough to keep out flies. Same
through plastering overhead, with
ventilator through the roof. Close
lower ventilators through heat of
the day and open at night. Stand
building with wash room to the south,
to keep the hot sun from milk room
in the middle of the day.


Have windows in north end. He
recommends by all means to get
vats to set milk in, instead of using
the old styled pans, and says they
are cheaper in the end, not half so
unhandy to skim and wash, and will
keep the milk at much more even
temperature, which is the main thing
in the rising of cream. He is salts
fed that more butter can be made
with the vats than from pans, anG
with much less labor.
Year: 1874

The Troy Whig says that the rea.
son that there are Ave hundred
Swesdes in Boston, is that the streets
are so crooked they can't find their
way out of the city, although they
want to 60 West,
Year: 1874

RETURNING BOARD AND SCHOOL QUESTION


NEW ORLEANS, December 1G.-The
Returning Board alter receiving another
protest from the Conservatives, which
they hoped would be the last, went into
executive session.


The pupils OF the boys high school 10.
day refused 10 allow the cOlored boys to
enter the school house. The pupils hAv-
ing been informed that the Superintcnd-
ent could settle the question and prevent
the admission Of colored boys, they ap-
pointed committee 10 cali upon him.
The Superintendent stated be was only an
executive officer, that the whole matter
was in the hands Of the school board, and
he believed the board was aware that the
general school law made no race distinc-
tons. lie stated it might be that none Of
the Colored boys would be able TO pass
the necessary examination, or they might
be wholly Withdrawn. More than this,
the school board might deem it necessary
to establish a branch school and thus dis.
pose Of the question in a way consistent
with the views and feelings OF the pupils
Of the high school.
Year: 1874

The Pittsburgh iron manufacturers
have exhibited great deal Of reluctance
to mark down the card price Of iron to the
actual selling price, but on Tuesday after
noon they held q meeting and concluded
to come to 1t. The card is now two and
u half cents, which is, we presume still
above the selling price.
Year: 1874

ST. LOUIS, December 10.-An unknown
man, covered with cuts and bruises, was
found in an empty huckster's wagon OIL
the corner Of 17th street and Coss Avenue
this morning. The man was sent to the
hospital, but died on the way there
Nothing has yet been ascertained as to
who tho man was, how he received the
wounds, or how he came IN the wagon,
Another unknown man was found dead
on the sidewalk on the corner OF Main
and Poplar streets to-day. Nothing has
as vet been learned as TO the cause of his
death,
Year: 1874

no time to be troubled with little
children; but Jesus said unto the de-
cipleS "wbosOever shall not receive
the Kingdom of Heaven as little
child shall not enter therein" and he
took them in his arms and blessed
them,


Was not this lovely scene? Jesus
the sun of righteousness smiling on a
happy group of children as he he'd
them tenderly in his arms,


There are but few that learn to love
the meek and lowIy Jesus after they
become old for as age advances the
heart becomes hard and Indifferent
and fruit.ess the effort will prove to
make them see the danger they are
in.


We can never reach Hea ven's
bright shore. where the Sun of Right
eousness forever shines, until we are
first cIeansed by the blood Of the
Lamb that was slain on Mount Cal.
vary


When a child is old enough to
know what sin is, then it is he is old
enough to know and love the Saviour
and plead for forgiveness at the mer-
cy seat.


But while speaking of little chill
dren our minds wander to the deal
little members of our Sabbath School.
Many of them have learned to love
Jesus, yet there are many more tina,
are still ont of the fold of Christ, but
we hope soon, yes very soon, to see
them safely numbered with Christ
believing children


And | will say to the young thai
soon our fathers and mothers and
the old pillars of the church will be
gone and we must take their places
Oh, let us be flithful and work ior
Jesus for life is feeting.


Surely none of the Sabbath School
schOl RS will put off seeking the love
of Jesus until 1t is TOO late.


Children remember that the brittle
thread Of life may be broken asunder
at any time and YOU be hurled into
vast eternity, and will yoa dear chill.
dreu be prepared to stand before the
Jud dSment bar of God.


Then let me cntreat you to come
20 Jesus while young and while your
hearts are tender, for if you were to
die in your sins you would be eternal
ly lost.


"Thcu ch lircn come to Jesus now,


Oh tarry not another day,


The Saviour bids you come, then how


Dare any bid you stay away"