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Year: 1879

Henry Ward Beecher discoursed to his flock about Kindness" taking his text from verse in St. James's Epistle which says that he who has never offended by single word is 8 perfect man. He did not suppose that St. James meant to say that deaf and dumb man would necessarily be per feet man, but rather one who had the power of speech and knew exactly how to bridle it on all occasions when necessary. People had no right to speak evil of any of their fellows. But the law of kindness, which was the law of God, required them not only to speak kindly and act kindly but to think kindly as we'll. Everybody ought to be kind to everybody else. Every man had his faults. There was not a perfect man to be found on the whole earth

 Indeed there was not, he thought, mar on the whole earth who had ever beer perfect for one day at stretch in his whole life. The course left behind by 6 man each day of his life was bent an6 crooked and it seemed impossible fo1 any man to follow straight line for on, day at stretch. It was no credit to man to be kind on occasion upon hear ing good news, being surrounded b, pleasant company or after good dime, He must be kind at all times and in al places. When he sees evil he mus keep his mouth shut and look in upol his own imperfections. There wer some people who never could be kind They didn't want to be pleased an' wouldn't be. They looked at the pimple on man and never thought of lookin

 for any healthy spots. They hankere 1 for something to find fault with. Blu there was one class towards whom MI Beecher himself could not speak or thin

 kindly. That was the scandal-mongerf "Woe to them," he said. He drew

 picture of lover of scandal setting

 whole community upside down b

 whispering in the ears of a few friend "that it had been said that the Rev MT. so-and-so had been to a party an

 drank so much champagne that on goin

 home he didn't know whether he was O foot or on horseback" The who] world was one family, and when ma publishes the faults of another he WE revealing the secrets of the family.
Year: 1879

It is so generally known that it is sure death for human being to contract the disease known as glanders from horse, and that disease is 50 comparatively rare, that very seldom is the death of a man from that cause recorded. One oc- cured, however, in Waterbury, Conn. The unfortunate man was William H. Hess, a wellknown livery stable keeper of Bank street. He had horse in his stable afflicted by the disease, and from the horse he caught it. The American says: "We understand that glanders are prevalent to some extent among horses in this city, and we suggest that the Board of Health should look into the matter and take such measures as will prevent it from spreading"
Year: 1879

I breed pigs on large scale, says Kansas farmer, and boldly affirm from my experience that the pig is more in- teligent than any other beast, more courageous, cleaner, and possessed of 8 more delicate organism.

 once bought thirty-six young pigs, and put them in pen. For the first few days they behaved themselves ad- mirably. Being novice in the business of handling pigs, I thought this quie- tude was the result of their being we'll fed. What they were really doing was refecting on their confinement, and de. vising a way to get out of that pen. At any rate, they got out. I searched for the missing thirty-six, and found them in my garden, eating lettuce and early peas. But with the help of all the men on the ranch could not drive them back into the pen. they seemed to have for gotten where and how they got out. Around the pen they ran, but not one offered to get in. My men were yield ing to exhaustion, and I was nearly wild with rage. Declaring that those pigs should go into their pen the same way they came out, went to the house and loosened huge half-blood Newfound- land dog that had an inborn dislike for hogs. "Put those pigs in their pen, and don't you dare to bite one of them. '' Fred, the dog, looked first at me and then at the pigs, and, making quick jump at one small specimen, took him down. Standing over the prostrate pig, the dog growled savagely, and every now and then he gave the pig severe shak- ing. When, by my command, the pig was released it ran to corner of the pen, leaped to the third board, turned slightly on it's side, and scrambled through. The others followed as fast as possible. They would have scampered around that pen for week, and not one would have revealed the place, if the sudden and overwhelming fright result ant on being held in the jaws of hun dred-pound dog had not made this one betray the secret. Afterward the thirty six pigs would tunnel under the fence and invade my garden, but when the dog was called, with wild grunts of alarm. they rushed into their quarters. Soon it became necessary only to stand on the hill and yell, "Fred, Fred Pigs, pigs!' to make every hog within hearing TUT for the hole in the pen. Once, and only once, the big dog went over the fence te punish small pig that had been un commonly exasperating. The knowl edge then and there absorbed by hin lasted the year of his life. He was will ing to rest his forepaws on the fence, te look over, and bark at the occupants O the pen, but when urged to go over he walked, and said, by his looks. " I triet that once, and, believe me, it was not | we'll "
Year: 1879

A country lad and maiden living in q One day, while he was at window, he saw the girl pass with bucket of water on ber head. He had gun in his hand and, pointing it at her, he said, laugh ingly, "Take care, I'm going to shoot. J

 The girl only laughed, and proceeded on her way, but slowly, on account of the load on her head. A little boy, how ever, brother to the girls lover, think ing him in earnest, tried to pull him back by one of his legs. The young feI- low, losing his equilibrium, clutched at the window-sill. But in doing so he let fall the gun, which went off and struck the girl mid-body. She died on the spot.
Year: 1879

To soften the hard, dry putty in the windows, wet it W ith muriatic acid.

 Oxalic acid will remove stains, ink and iron rust, but must not be allowed to stand long on the goods or paint.

 Turpentine will remove ink from white woodwork.

 To take the woody taste out of wooden pail, fill the pail with boiling hot water let it remain until cold, then empty it and dissolve some soda in luke warm water, adding 8 little lime to it, and wash the inside W Il with the solu- tion after that, scald with hot water and rinse well.

 A good way to clean zinc is to rub it with piece of cotton cloth dipped in kerosene; afterward rub with 8 dry cotton cloth, and it will be as bright as when new.

 Bleeding of wound in man or beast can be stopped by mixture of wheat flour and common salt, in equal parts, bound on with cloth. Water can be purified in cistern by dropping in large piece of common charcoal.

 A good wash for the teeth is made by putting equal parts of borax and cam phor gum into bottle of water and let ting it stand for a short time before using.

 A warm bath on going to bed is the best aid to sleep. A woman under 50 should have eight hours of sleep.

 Those who have hard calloused spots on the hand can rid themselves of them by holding the spot over the grindstone 8 moment or two.

 Rubbing the hands with slice of raw potato will remove vegetable stains.

 Refined chalk made into thick plas- ter with one-third as much glycerine as water and spread on the parts will cool inflammation and reduce redness of the nose or face.

 Always take bath in a warm room. and in tepid water, unless particularly robust.

 For people with skin diseases, car bolic bath should be used.

 For roughness of the skin, mix two parts of brandy with one part of rose water and wash the face night and morning.

 An application of cold, wet common whitening placed on immediately is al invaluable remedy for burn.

 To soften the hair Beat the yolk O one egg into 8 pint of warm rain water rub the scalp and hair we'll with this then rinse the hair thoroughly and dry with towel. Use very little oil if tho hair becomes too dry.

 A small spoonful of molasses added to buckwheat batter each morning vii make the cakes temptingly brown. | A spoonful of sugar added to 1driei corn when seasoning improves it. 1 Crockery with gilt bands or fowerl should not be wiped. It should b. washed quickly, rinsed and drained un til dry. A transparent mucilage of great te nacity may be made by miqing rice fou with cold water and letting it gentl, simmer over the fire.
Year: 1879

This Grand Remedy has been in use by an old practitioner over thirty years with neveraiing success,

 It has worked many miraculous cures, and hun dreds of people to-day enjoying perfect health who were apparently doomed to fill an early grave. but rescued by the prompt of this great fe saving remedy.

 Reader. if you are afflicted with Cold, Hoarse- ness or Sore Throat, or have troublesome Cough. don't delay seeking relief at once, for remember that an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure"
Year: 1879

Some years ago the late Horace Mann.
the eminent educator. delivered an ad-
dress at the opening Of some reforma-
tory institution for boys, during which
he remvrked that If one boy was saved
from ruin it would pay for all the cost
and care Of establishing such an insti-
tuition - that. After the exercises had
closed, in private conversation, q gen
tleman rallied Mr.. Mann upon his
statement and said to him:


Did you not color that little when
you said that all expense and labor
would be repaid if it only saved one
boy


Not if it were my boy was the SOL
emn and convincing answer.


Ah! there is . wonderful value about
my boy Other boys may be rudeand
rough; other boys may seem to require
more pains and labor than they will
ever repay; or other boys may be lfei
to drift uncared for to their ruin. which
is so near 1t hand but my boy'-it is
worth tho toll OF life time. and the
lavish wealth ofs world around to save
him from temporal and eternal ruin
We would 60 the world around to save
him from peril, and would bless every
hand that WAS stretched out TO give him
help aud welcome. And yet every
poor. wandering. outcast, homeless man
is ono whom sone fond mother called
my boy Every los. woman. sunken
in the depths of sin. was somebody S
daughter in the days of her childish in
nocence. Today somebody's sou i,
. hungry outcast. pressed to the very
verge Of crime and sin. Today, some
body's dsughter is . weary. helpless
wanderer, driven by necessity into the
paths that lead 70 death. Shall We
shrink from labor. shall We hesitate at
cost when the work before US is the
salvation Of . soul.


No, if it is my boy not il We have
the love Of Him Who gave His life 10
save the Just.
Year: 1879

The average bov believes that he
may be happy when he is a man
and can do as he likes; the average
man finds that he cannot do as he
likes, aud sighs to think he was
not aware of the fact when he was
a boy


The average maiden imagines
that most husbands are indifferent
to their wives, that a wife may keep
a man a lover until he is old
enough to die; the average wife
finds it about all can do to bea'
and train her cbha.en, cook, wash
sew, keep her house in half decent
order, and twice year visit hel
mother, who lives six miles away


The average teacher imagine
that never yet vas one so tired n'
he, nor had a harder lot and eE
dured it better; the average parent
OF the average scholar thinks thai
in some things the present teacher
might be improved on.


The average spinster believes
that nobody but Asrseif knows jus
Year: 1879

how to bring up children; while the
aged grandmother reslizes that
most people have to bring up two
before they can knew how to bring
up one properly.


The average man or woman who
has never had the care of childrC n
wonders show people can have
houses so clutted up and budgets in
every chair and they imagine that
persons bump of order must he
small indeed who cannot manage
by moral suasiOn any five ordinary
boys and girls.


Those who love and have care of
children know that they are not
like grown people, but must have
both play things and pets, and
physical as well as mental exercise,
even though there may he a budget
in every chair, and muddy foot
prlDts on the floor. So it comes to
pass that on an average each is
happy in his own conceiI, and would
not change himself, his views and
his lot with any man.
Year: 1879

A man Who will refrain from call
ing his friends speech "happy eff
fort"


A woman who remembers last
Sundays text but is unable to
speak uuderstandingly of the trim.
mings Oh the bonnet of the lady In
the pew next in front.


An editor who never feels pleased
to have his good things credited, or
man when they are stolen.


A pencil that is always in the first
pocket you put your hand into.


A man who has been a fool some
time during his life and knows
enough TO keep the knowledge of it
to himself.


A married man who does not
think all the girls envy his wife the
prize she has captured.


A married woman who never said,
No worder the girls don't get mar
ried nowadays; they are altogether
different from what they were when
was a girl"


An unmarried woman who never
had an offer.


A man wno never intimated that
the economies of the universe were
subject to his movements, by say
ing, Il knew if l took an umbrella
it wouldn't rain" or some similar
asslnine remark.


A pocket knife that is never in
''Lhem other pants"


A mother who never said she
"would rather do it myself" when
she would have taught her child to
do that thing.


A child who would not rather eat
between meals than at meals.


A person, age or sex immaterlal,
who does not experience flush of
pride upon being thought what he
is not and may never hope to be.


A singer who never complains of
a cold when asked to sing.
Year: 1879

The American Reporter says
Advertise by the year. 1t is
cheaper and yields a better return
in proportion to the money invest
ed. An advertisement should al
ways be before the reader in some
shape. II it disappears it Is soon
forgo often, and those that remain
have the superiority and advantage
of the absence of the competitor.
There is only one excuse for the
discontinuance OF an advertiser ent,
viz: that of retiring from business,
So long as goods are to be sold and
vast public to be supplied, adver
tislng is u necessity, and while nc
single individual can expect 20 at
tract all the trade, all may expect
TO get some portion of it, and which
would not have been obtained indie
pendent Of advertising"
Year: 1879

A good story comes from Wood
stock, Me. A grocer there owns a
COW with horns of inferior length.
Some mischievuus boys obtained
from the tanner a pair of castOff
horns which with a bit of cement,
they nicely fitted over the horns OF
the COW and lett her at milking
time to go home, which she did.
Her owner not only failed to recog


nize her, but actually used force to
eXpel her from the premises. The
village was searched in vain for
the missing animal, ana an adver-
tisement was inserted in the local
paper. Day after cay the stray COW
was turued away, until at last, she
refusing to obey the verbal order,
the victim of an innocent joke
seized her by the horns, which
came off, and the intruder recog-
nized his own property, for the loss
of which he had so sadly mourn ed.
Year: 1879

Reading is rendered easy and ia
tigue to the eyes very much re
lieved by a simple device. Get a
slip of mica about three inches
broad and SIX inches long, such as
is used for filling in the little win
dows of stoves. Place this over the
page and move it along, so as to
cover the lines as you read. A
larger plate of the isinglass may be
employed. so as to cover the page,
if desired. The white surface of
paper is pleasantly shaded, and a
book may be read in open sunlight
or by bright lamp light without ia
tigue. II the reader desires be may
cover the mica slip with light
coat of green varnish. This is bet
ter than green goggles, and may be
used with profit by the overworked
student and the consumer of end


less novels.-[A Atlanta Dispatch.
Year: 1879

A small boy was sent to the
country to board a short time ago.
He promised his mother that he
would write a good long letter, de-
scribing his trip and boarding
place, etc. A week went by, and
his poor mother was nearly dis
tracted when she got the following
interesting letter from him: 81 am
here, and l swapped my watch for q
pup, and he is the boss pup; and l
went in swimmin' fourteen times
yesterday, and a feller stole my
pocket book, and l want some
money; and l shall bring my pup
home"
Year: 1879

Weep not that we must part
Partings are short, eternity is long,
Life is but one brief stage,
And they that say love ends with life are


wrong.


List to thine own heart'sIory-
Love can not die.
What though so far awRyl
Thy thoughts will be with me, and with thee


mine,
And absence has no power
To lessen what by nature is divine.
Listen to thine own hearts cry
Love can not die.
Then weep no moro my love;
Weeping but shows thy trust in me is small.
Faith is by calmness proved,
For know this truth thou canst ot love at all
Unless thine own heart cry,


Love can not die ~
Year: 1879

There is Ohly one thing worse
than ignorance, and that is cOnceit.
OF all Intractable fools an overwise
man is the worst. You may cause
idiots to philosophize, you may
coax donkeys to torego thistles, but
don't ever think OF driving common
sense into the head of a colceited
nnrsnn
Year: 1879

Columbus (Ga.) Times: In this
section the girls and women have
learned the very wise lesson that it
is no degradation to earn an honor
able living and they are not
ashamed to go to the factories and
ask for work. They are proud to
aid their fathers in the work of pro
viding for their families. We know
of some girls in the factory in this
city, who have been accustomed to
rely upon the head of the family
for support, and q" nothing for
themselves, that are now adding
largely to the contribution of the
family Golfer.
Year: 1879

An exchange truthfully says that
in places where a newspaper is pub
hshed, every business man ought
to advertise, even if it is nothing
more than a card stating his name
and the line of business in which
he is engaged. 1t helps sustain the
paper, and lets people at a distance
know that the town is full OF bust
ness men. The paper finds its way
into thousands of places where 8
handbill cannot reach. A card in
the paper is travelling sign-board
and can be seen by everybody.
Year: 1879

The pencil marks you SEQ around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extendIIR
credit TO our friends and patrons, but
cash alone will Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


CE We enter no new names ou our
books without the money In advAnc.
Year: 1879

A corresdon dent asks: "How
long can bottled cider be keptY
That depends upon circumstances
If you put it in safe, lock it up
and sling the key into the river, you
can keep 1t for some time, but you
won't get much fun out of it.
Year: 1879

Now the aged liar is happy again.
He can sit around in the corner
grocery, whittle the sugar and salt
barrels and lie about the heavy
snow storms they used to have
early in August when he was a boy.
Year: 1879

When the old gentleman comes
home and finds his daughters have
got his slippers and the easy chair
and the evening paper ready for
him, he realizes that it is the season
for fall opening of his pocket.
hook
Year: 1879

The pedometer may become a
terror to husbands, when all the
ladies find out the success Of a
shrewd Boston wife, who quietly
a,tached one of these tell tales to
her husband when he started to
90 down TO the office and post up
the books" On his return she dis
covered that he bad done fifteen
miles of walking around billiard
table. He "lost" the faithful re
porter the next day.
Year: 1879

An examination of the eyes Of the en-
ployes of Massachusetts, railroad has dis
closed some curious facts. 1t has been
found that a station agent of one Of the
large towns has one glass eye; popular
engineer on fast mail train hss wholly
lost the sight of one eye; a freight yard
switch tender cannot detect . green light
a bridge tender has the use of only one eye
and is color blind in the good one, and two
fremen canzot read a grade crossing sign
one hundred feet away. It cannot be
doubted that railway accidents are fire.
quently due to defective eyesight, and if
the eyes OF all railway employees were care
fully tested, ard men who are near-sighted
or color blind removed or given less re-
sponsible positions, many lives might be
saved.
Year: 1879

Set given quantity of the milk OF each
COW separately, keeping the milk of each COW
in air Of the same temperature, and let 1t
stand the same length Of time for cream.ng.
Then ripen the cream OF each COW in the
same manner, and churn each mess sepa-
rxtefy, and carefully note all the results OBJ
tanned. This method lis the only reliable
one by which to determine the value Of q
COW for butter making.


Ny experience in large number OF trials
was the same as that given in the article ex
tracted, 1, e., that the most prolific milkers
were often the most worthless butter produ-
GERS. also found that the weight or bulk of
cream was not q safe guide by which to as
certain the quantity or quality Of the butter
Year: 1879

The method adopted by the Wisconsin
authorities TO attract desirable class Of
foreign emigrants to that State is worthy OF
imitation. They have sent an agent TO
New York, and as the home seekers land at
Castle Garden he offers free passage to the
Badger State to such as give evidence OF
thrift and energy. The plan will add to
the number from the best class OF the new
comera
Year: 1879




The Fall River strikers are considering
the e1pediercy OF 'going west" They late.
ly sent delegate to inspect the lands of the
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe railway, and
he has come back with glowing accounts oi
their fertility. We do not know any batter
way of eradicating the strike manis from
the brain of a man than for him to get q
little property of his own; and when one
of these Fall River strikers has acquired a
handsome farm. and has halt dozen men
working for him, he will not receive from
them with much compIacency an intims-
ton that unless their wages are raised they
clear out, and leave him to gather his crop
as best he may. That is substantially what
he has been doing in Fall River. What is
true as to cottonspinning is true as to agri.
culture; a. the party emigrstipg would
more fully understand, if his rural lsborers
on being refused an advance of wages,
should proceed to knock him down.
Year: 1879

LSlunty smith.


We are told that the great empress of by
gone days, CsthsTiue de Medics, who has
gained the title of "The Mother and the Wife
of Kings" used to 20 into the Kitchen to
superintend the dinners prepared for those
whom she would control, and dipped in rich
sauces the hand winch held the reius of gov
eminent. Toe great EN- press Is said To have
dee AIRED that ''Ih- highest thing TO be said
IN praise OF a Woman is that she can cook a
good dinner"
Year: 1879

WHAT is the best family medicine in the
world to regulate the bowels, purify the
aid digestion and stimulate the whole
system?


Truth and soberness compels US to
answer, Hop Bitters, being pure, perfect
and harmless. See Truths" in another
col umn.
Year: 1879

The home government refuses 10 back
the Dominion for a loan of fifty millions,
with which to build the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and this refusal virtually lays the
project on the shelf. England seems to
think that if the scheme were not financial
ly inexpedient the credit cf the Dominion
would alone suffice TO float loan for its