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Year: 1879

A woman's glove is to her what a


vest pocket is to man. But it is


more capacious, and in ninety nine


instances out of a hundred it is
much better regulated. A man viii
carry 5000 worth Of small change,
four matches, half a dozen tooth


picks, a short pencil, and yet not
be able to fnd a nickel or a match
or a toothpick or a card when he
wants it. Not so with a woman.
She has the least bit OF glove, and
in that glove she carries the tiniest
hand and a wad of bills and the
memoranda for her intended pur-
chase of dry goods and car tickets
and matinee checks and maybe a di-
minutive powder bag. We have no
idea how she does iL-how she man
ages to squeeze those thousand and
one things into that wee space. But
she does it every time, and the glove
never looks the least discomposed
or plethOric or rufiled. And when
a woman wants any article con
cealed about that glove she doesn't
seem to have the lea { trouble in the
world getting at il. All that is re
quired is q simple turn OF the wrist,
the disappearance OF two fairy fin
gers, and the desired article is
brought TO light. IL is "a wonder
that no savant can explain.
Year: 1879

They say there's land Ger the river,


here pleasures forever abound;
That the voices of myriad angels


Sweetly throughout it resound.
They tell me this land is all beauty;


That flowers forever bloom there;
That st rm- clouds and darkness ne'er SHADOW


This region 30 bright and so fair.
They tell me that sin never enters


This land that is holy and pure;
No death, nor sickness, nor sorrow


Is there; of this they are sure.
The bright land they tell me is Heaven;


That Jesus forever is there
lntercedIng for me with the Fatherl


oh. why should l longer despairi
Many dear ones have passed DER the river
And inhabit this beautiful land;
They are singing the glad halleluiahs


And beckning me on with their hand.
Oh heRrt grow not weary in waiting,


Be patient, and earth's trials standl
Soon Jesus shall send his bright angels


To bear thee away to this and.
Pc watchfull and trust in Him ever
Sometime he will give thee rest
In the bright happy land o2er the river
This beautiful land of the blesL
Year: 1879

Among the plans lately proposed
for promoting the efficiency Of the
United States postal service may
be mentioned one which, on It's
face, is Of sufficient value TO be
worth testing 1t requires the
postal authorities Of the place
where a letter is mailed 10 give a
receipt therefore 10 the person
mailing it on the payment OF a
small extra charge-say ono cent.
This receipt is not intended, OF
course, TO give the person holding
il any claim on the postoiilce, but
20 serve as voucher In cases
where, from any cause, there has
been failure 20 deliver IL, and le
gal evidence is desired that h was
duly posted. We can imagine
many occasion where such a provis-
ion would be Of decided value 20
correspondents; and there can be
little doubt that IL would tend 20
increase the risks Of robbing the
mail and serve as n check upon dis
honest carriers. Az any rate, II is
worth trying # it can be done with
out undue expense.
Year: 1879

We commend the following re
cent utterance of Senator Lamar to
those radical organs which have
been so anxious to hear from him :
Truth, in the long process of time.
will prevail, and our countrymen
of the north will find out at last,
and at no distant day. that the
great danger to this country is not
from southern ruffanism or ante
bellum notification or southern Sc
cession and state rights, but is from
Mr.. Secretary Sherman and his
stalwart party, who are adopting
every measure, just or unjust, right
or wrong, to fasten on this broad
and promising land the shackles of
a dominion that shall be imperial
ism iu all but the name.
Year: 1879

1t will not matter bye and bye,
When daisies grow above me,
If others pass with needless eye,
So that you always love me.
Wild storms may sweep unheeded Ger,
1t will not matter ever;
Ny weary heart will care no moro,
So that you love forever.
But shall hear you lightly tread
Above my lowly dwelling;
Shall know you place above my head
Sweet flowers of memory telling
And if, when done with earthly care,
Life's battles, and its fever,
Your form is laid beside me there,
I'll know you loved me ever.


-Kokoma Tribune
Year: 1879

The Partisan papers are giving a
bit of good advice to bachelors
"Eitber marry a woman who is
beautiful enough to live without q
fortune, or one who is rich enough
to do without beauty"
Year: 1879

Savannah News Florida letter:
AS a general election occurs next
year, and as a consequence labor
will be more or less demoraiized
and unreliable, the outlook for a
good crop in 1880 is not promising.
The entire State viii be closely
canvassed from Pensacola to Key
West, and should Grant be nomina-
ted by the Republicans the cam
paign will possess unusual charms
Tor the negroes. Grass may grow
and cotton may fall from the bolls,
but it will be a matter of absolute
necessity that the freedmen should
feast on barbecued meat and attend
mass meetings. Hence, even
should the season be propitious,
the prospects for a remunerative
crop in 1880 is, to say the least,
doubtful.
Year: 1879

DIR, Blackburn, the yellow fever
hero, was inaugurated Governor of
Kentucky on the I'd instant. From
his inaugural address we make the
following extract, which has the
true patriotic ring about it;


Ours will undoubtedly proveto be
the best government ever known i'm
ancient or modern times if both our
Federal and State governments will
strictly confine themselves to their
constitutional powers and functions.
The child perhaps Is now born who
will live to see more than 100000
600 of people iuhabiting our present
extensive territory, and it would
surely be extreme folly to suppose
that our Federal Government, alone
and by itself, would be adequate to
the wants and desires of such an inn
mense multitude, occupying such a
vast area of territory as ours. Let
us uphold in its entire integrity that
beautiful and grand system of gov
ernment bequeathed to us by the
fathers of the Constitution, by such
illustrious men as Washington,
Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Madi-
son and other patriot cOnfreres, and
the day will come when the star
spangled banner will float over the
happy homes of five hundred MIL
lions of free and liberty-loVing peo-
pie. Let US hope that the people of
the various States, bound together
by so many ties of interest, will cul-
tivate feelings of social amity and
friendship, and that they will
believe and remember that the en-
terprise and prosperity of a single
State adds to the prosperity Of all,
and the time is at hand when all of
us, north and south, east and west,
will turn with scOrn, contempt and
loathing from those political, bla-
tant tricksters, from whatever sec
tiOn they may come, who, for their
upholy ana selfish ends, continually
endeavor to excite sectional bitter
ness and hate. They remind US of
hyenas who disinteF and feed upon
the bodies Of the dead.
Year: 1879

The Howards have appealed for
assistance as follows


The Howard Association Of Mem
phis, after having battled for the
last two months with the dread de-
stroyer in their midst, find every
dollar in their treasury exhausted,
several hundred sick and GONZALES
cents to be provided for and large
number of nurses to be paid. We
were hopeful i'm the beginning that
with the funds then on hand at the
outbreak of the epidemic we would
be able TO provide and care for the
sick that would be thrown on our
hands, but the fever has continued
to spread, and with two long months
yet before us, leaves no alternative
but to appeal to the charity of the ma
tiOn for substantial aid. The gene
rous people throughout the Union
will not fail TO respond to this call
for help. We feel that we are per-
forming a sacred duty to the impov-
erished and distressed people, among
whom our lot is cast, The bounty
of common people was shOwered
upon US in 1873, and to those same
willing givers we appeal. IL help
is not speedily furnished, we will
be compelled to abandon the work
we have been engaged in, and leave
hundreds to suffer and die for want
of Howard's helping hand.


w. j. SMITH,
Acting President Howard Assn,


Il. RoANE WARING,


Sec'y Howard Association.
Year: 1879

The figures that show the move
ment of population to the new farm
ing lands in the West are almost
startling. During the year that
closed with last month not less than
sixteen millions acres of Govern
ment lands were taken up by home
stead entries alone, and fully four
teen million acres Of new lands
were sold TO settlers. II is estimat-
ed that half a million people settled
upon the new lands in 1878, and the
number for the present year prom
ises to be even gveateF.
Year: 1879

THE extension of time for the
withdrawal from the national bank
repositories ofthe proceeds of sales
of four per cent. bonds has justly ex-
cited wide attention. The Secretary
of the Treasury has been forced to
make public explanation to vindi-
cate himself from the charge of
favQritism, The reason assigned, in
brief, Is that if he had not given the
order for extension, "serious injury
to business would have resulted. y
The order was made, he says, be-
cause general complaint had reached
him that business was being serious
ly affected, the rate of interest was
and an unnecessary
of legal tenders was occur
ring. The Secretary denies any
motive on his part to favor his pet
banks, and deiiounces the charge as
a tpolitical sensation. Those who
can swallow the explanation as sat
isfactory can do so, but the impress
sion left by the attempted vindica-
ton upon unpreiudiced minds is
very different from what Secretary





him the full benefit of his public
and how does the case
stand from his own confession? 1t
Is no more or less than this: The
claims the right to con-
troll the money market at will, to
make money plenty or scarce at
pleasure, to regulate the rate of
interest throughout the country as
he may deem best, to personally
control prices of labor and merchan-
disc and all kinds or property, and
TO hold the business of the country
within the grasp of a single hand.
This is according to his own show
ing. Such in exhibition of auto
cratic power Is startling, and should
arouse the rejecting and conserva-
tive sentiment of the country to the
danger of the situation. The Score
tary Is an aYOWed candidate for the
He has the entire
of the Administration to
help promote his ambition. He is
allied with the banks and money
power of the commercial centres
and, by his own public declaration,
claims more power over the desti-
nies of the country and the pros
perity of it's citizens than can be eX-
ercised by any European despot.
Such imperialism, when associated
with system of measures designed
to control the balllot-hox, should
open the eyes of all friends of old
fashioned Democratic ideas to the
necessity for a change of men and
measures.-B0StOn Post (Dem.).
AltQtLSt %,
Year: 1879

Perhaps there have never been
more changes in the prospect of the
different crops of Tennessee than
this year. Sometimes it appeared
as if no crops would be made on ac-
count of the dry weather, while at
other times tie prospect was flatter-
ing beyond degree. In the final
result there is every reason to be
grateful at the result. While in
some portions of the State there is a
slight falling off of corn, oats and
grasses or hay, is others the yield is
unprecedentedly good. On the
whole it is now beyond contradic-
tion that Tennessee will garner the
finest crop she has been blessed with
for many years. We are gratified
to be able to make this announce
ment, and the people show the in-
spiritfng effects by being already on
the high road for preparation for
1880.
Year: 1879

Hogs are in sufficient abundance
to more than supply our population
with meat. Little effort is making,
however, to produce large supply
of pork, the prices being SO low as
not to justify the feeding of corn.
Very little hog cholera is reported,
and hogs are healthy and in good
condition.
Year: 1879

a New York letter to the Philadel~
phia Ledger says: There would really
seem to be no future for the poor sailin
ship. About the only paying business
that has been left for the smaller class
of vessels of late has been the West
India sugar aud mo]asses trade, and now
even that is about to be turned over TO
the sll.devouring British steamships.
they were doing badly if they could not
get q much higher figure. These steam
ers are upward of 1000 tons burthen,
but their draught is not so great as to
prevent them from getting in and out OF
any of the sugar ports without difficulty.
The worst of it is," said an old ship.
owner at the Maritime exchange this
afternoon, when these British steamers
once take hold of any particular trade,
they never let 60 their hold until they
have driven every one else out of it.
We may as well accept the situation,
however, and make the best of it. Ger
tain it is that the sailing vessel has had
it's day, and as things stand at present
no one but lunatic will think of build.
ing a new one"
Year: 1879

What the key is to the watch the
prayer is to our graces.
Self-sscrifice is the only power that
| can plant or build.


Earnestness OF purpose can spring
only from strong convictions.


The,e can be no true thankfulneaa
where there is no benevolence.


The trouble with many communities
is, that their dead men refuse to be
buried.


Man believes that to be a lie which
contradicts the testimony Of his own igs
norance.


The happiness of the tender heart is
increased by what it can take away
from the wretchedness of others.


Great vices are the proper objects of
our destination-smaller faults OF our
pity; but afectation appears to be the
only true source of the ridiculous.


No man has come to true ggreatness
who has not felt in some degree that his
life belongs to his race, and that what
God gives him he gives him for mankind.


The very heart and root of sin is an
independent and selfish spirit. We erect
the idol self, and not only wish others
to worship it, but we worship it our
selves.


Universal love is like glove without
fingers, which fits all hands alike, land
none closely; but true affection is like
glove with fingers. which f ts one hand
only, and fits close to that one.


1t is when our budding hopes are
nipped beyond recovery by some rough
wind that we are most disposed to pic
ture to ourselves what flowers they
might have borne had they fourished.


The great sorrows of life are either a
curse or blessing to us. Even the
open grave may be q doorway into
the heaven of q larger faith or the open
way into life of solemn despair.


You destroy the divine image in your
soul by sadness. God is joy. All ma
ture rejoices in its Creator. Would you
remain in sorrowful silence7 It is chris
tian joy that makes the heart fear God
Year: 1879

The Presbyterian fires hot shot at the
mean people who manage to cover up
with a religious cloak the unchristian
covetousness which is a chief part of
their nature: "a lady rustling in silks
is reported to have been moved in her
soul to pay her pastors wife q visit of
coincidence. Diamonds were swinging
from her ears, glowing in mystic light
from her fingers; seal>skin coat, all
warm and shiny, on her back; coupe
stood at the door, all satin"lined and
cushioned, with a gloved groom to do
her bidding. The occasion of the call
grew out of the last congregational meet
ing. The trustees had cut down the
pastors salary, and the poor man had to
submit or take his flight in the winter
contrary to the command of his master.
So his wife, as dernier resort, COM
menced keeping boarders. The baby
was sick, and drifting preachers and &C.
quaintances turned into the manse at
unseemly hours, and she could not have
the meals regularly, and the boarders
complained and left. This sanity sister
parishioner drew out the tale of family
woes to crafty her curiosity, and then
with a sigh began to condole with the
pale, bloodless-lipped woman--more a
lady than herself-on their privations.
Turning up the whites of her eyes, as
some of the primitive preachers of the
south were wont to do, as preface to
the words, Let us look to tho Lord and
be dismissed she proceeded to say, as If
pronouncing the first words of funeral
address: My dear sister, your reward is
| in heaven"
Year: 1879

ley, salt and pepper. Chop the oysters
| very finely. Beat yolk and whites of the
eggs separstely-the whites until they
stand in heap. Put thrse.teaspoontuls
OF melted butter in trying pan and let
it get very hot. Stir the milk into a
deep dish with the yolk and season.
Next put in the chopped oysters, beating
vigorously as you add them gradually.
When they are thoroughly incorporated
peur in the tablespoonfuls of melted
butter; finally whip in the whites lightly
ami with as few strokes IS possible.
Pour the omelet into the very hot but
tered frying pan, do not stir it, bnt when
it begins to "sst" slip broad bladed,
round pointed dinner knife around the
sides and cautiously under the omelet,
that the butter may reach every part
As soon as the centre is fairly "set"
turn out into hot dish. Lay the latter
bottom upward over the frying pan,
which must be turned upside down dex
teroueily. Thissbrings the Drowned side
uDpermCst.
Year: 1879

Is recoverable, not by the use of mineral ge1.
atlves, but by a recourse to efectnal tome
treatment Opiates and the like should only
be used as auxilaries, and then as sparlDgiy
as possible. Vigorous nerves are quiet ones,
and the most direct way to render them so is
10 reinforce the vital energies. That sterling
invigorant Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, will


be found all-sufficient for this purpose, since
it entirely removes impediments TO thorough
digestion and assimilation of the food so
that the body is insured its due amount of
nourishment, and consequently of stamina.
Rheumatic tendencies and affections of the
kidneys and bladder are also counteracted
by the bitters, which is besides pleasant
medicinal stimulant, infinitely purer than the
raw excitants of commerce, which react in~
juriously upon the nervous system.
Year: 1879

Make a shallow basin in the gFoune


not far from the kitchen, and gil with


coal ashes az is it made, and on thii


throw night slops, wash water etc. Ar


Immense amount of the very best o1
fertilizers can be made in this way.


Most of the diseases of cattle are
caused by wrong treatmelt-too much
feed at one time, too little at another
too rich at one time, too poor at another.
If cattle and horses were fed, and water.
ed, and used properly there would be
little disease.


Pure air and mater are of even more
importance than exercise in the care OF
young animals. They are often huddled
together in houses altogether insum>
cient in size, and in which the atmos.
phere is almost constantly impure from
the product of respiration.


To clear cistern water add two ounces
powdered alumsand too ounces borax to
a twenty-barrel cistern of rain water
that is blackened or oily, and in a few
hours the sediment will settle and the
water be clarified and fit for washing,
and even for cooking purposes.


If, after the wool has grown to some
considerable length, sheep or lambs be.
come annoyed with lice or ticks, wa>h
the lambs in strong decoction Of tobac-
co. Another way is to take q pair of
bellows and inhale tobacco smoke; they
blow the smoke with q considerable
folce among the ticks. This will prove
instant death to them.


The liquid yieldings of animals are
worth more-good authority say one
sixth more-pound for pound, than the
solid excrements, and they are saved
with greater care by the best European
farmers and gardeners All the leaks in
the stable are not in the roof; those
often in the floor. are quite as objection
able and ARE the cause of great deal of
waste.


In preparing ground for squashes,
put liberal amocnt of manure in each
hill and cover it with two inches Of soil,
Then cover the whole with coal ashes
with which the whole ia filled, and the
Oil on the manure covered. The seed
are then planted in the ashes directly
over the manure. At each hoeing, acat-
ter fresh supply of ashes around the
plants, and grubs will never trouble the |
plants. !
Year: 1879

The yellow hair which a number of
actresses and many women off the stage
affect, seems to be growing more and
more common. 1t is not pleasant to see,
however, because it is, in almoat every
instance, artificial, the result of dyeing


and artifciality is never agreeable for
any length of time. Actresses have
professional reasons-perhaps mistaken
ones-tor dyeing their hair; but other
women have no excuse for it. They


imagine, of course, that it adds to their


beauty, or modifes their homeliness,


which it certainly does not. The effect
indeed, is quite the contrary. Nature is
very likely to understand the true prin-
ciples of art. Although she may not
make all women handsome, she gener-
ally furnishes them with complexion,
eyes and hair to match. And when they
bleach their hair they blunder asthetic-
ally, wronging nature and themselves at
the same time. The peculiar hue Of the
hair which is DOW the fashion with a
certain class is almost always unbecom-
ing, because 1t is unnatural. It adver-
tises and emphasizes its artiiciality, and
conveys an unfavorable impression OF
the person who adopts it. No woman in
civilization colors her hair blue, her nose
red, her cheeks green or her teeth black.
But if she did she would be acting very
much like the woman who dyes her hair
yellow-a dead, fictitious repellent hue,
Yellow hair is apt to give an unprepos-
sessing notion of the wearer. The man
or woman OF TASTE and good sense who
sees 1t associates it with painted eye
brows, painted cheeks and other false
things, spiritual not less than material.
If these hair~dyers knew what men OF
the world mean by saying, "she is the
sort of woman who bleaches her hair, -
they would think twice before thew saw it.
Year: 1879

n:ck 20 as to aim his blow right. Another
had two ssWerds forged of a temper so
extremely brittle that unless used with
particular caution, and in a manner he
daily exercised himself, the blade must
necessarily fly in pieces. Both these
ingenious persons killed their men with
very little risk or trouble, and with no
less applause, it would seem, than il
they had fought without any rule such
was the degenerate spirit of the times.
Year: 1879




On this subject the Methodist says
that "a cold soulin the church OF Christ
is like a dead body in "a warm room.
This soul canaot stay cold; it is against
law, against the vital spiritual law that
tends to draw together souls fired with
the same zeal "a zeal which, at white
heat, burns down barriers, lifts up de~
Vouring flames abave the fimsy stuff
woven by selfishness, shrivels sophisticsl
arguments and fuses endeavor into a
mighty upholding power. This is the
enthusiasm OF Jesus Christ, an intense,
underlying movement, which is to the
soul what the beating of the heart is to
the body; the thought that personal
endeavor is to save the world, and that
it can make 80 imperfect an organization
as the church an organism compact,
solid. Irresistible as God. For burning
zeal shall make of many souls one soul,
and that one shall be one with God"
Year: 1879




1t does not require a great deal oi
talent to find fault. Almost any body
can do it, The Examiner and Chronicle
deals the habitual fault-fnders a well
merited crack of rebuke: "To find
fault, to pick flaws, to search for spots,
is some mems vocation, the thing they
delight in. They instinctively take the
of'slde, and act as though there was no
such thing on earth as confidence, faith
or trust in man, however good or noble.
What they are after is the bond, signed,
sealed and delivered -- thoroughsgoing
Tnomases are they, who will not believe
unless they can put their fingers on the
absolute, black>and-white proof of q
thing. Bonds of this nature are good,
and sometimes needtul, but as rule the
best bond that a man can have that
things will come out right is faith in his
fellow>men, and especially in his fellow
Christian men. With this faith occa-
sions enough will arise when honest
criticism cannot be and ought not to be
avoided. But to be an habitual fault
finder is pitiably unfortunate position
for man to be in"