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Year: 1879

She is neither O beauty nor genus,
And no one could call her wise;
In a crowd Of other women


She would draw no strangers eyes;
Even we who love her are puzzled
To say where her preciousness hes.
She is sorry when others are sorry,
So sweetly, one likes to be sad;
And il people around her are merry,
She is almost gladder than glad.
Her sympathy is the swittest,
The truest heart ever had;
She is just an everyday darling,
The dearest that hearts ever had.
Her hands are 80 white and little,
It seems as If it were wrong
They should ever work tor moment,
And yet they are quick and strong.
Many dear one needs helping
She will work the whole day long;
The precious everyday darling,
Every day and all day long.
She is loyal as knight were loyal,
In the days when no knight lied,
And for sake OF love or Of honor,
II need be, q true knight died;
But she dreams not she is Drawer
Than the women by heI side
This precious everyday darling,
Who makes sunshine at our side.
Ah, envy her, beauty and genius,
And women the world call wise;
The utmost OF all your triumphs
Would be empty in her eyes;
To love and be loved is her kingdom;
In this her happiness lies,


God bless her. the everyday darling!
In this her preciousness lies.
Year: 1879

The facts that "Blower" Brown, who
won the great six days match in Eng
land by a score of 543 miles, and that
Weston, who won it back from him by
a score of $50 miles, were both over forty
wears of age, seem to show that, fol-, some
efforts men reach their physical prime
later than has been supposed. For attn
letics of some kinds a man is at his best
under thirty, as in wrestling, swift short
distance running, boxing, etc. But long
distance matches, which are trials rather
of endurance than of strength or dex-
terity, the men of over forty have left
the young men. far behind and utterly
broken down, while they came out fresh
at they finish. Something analogous to
this is found in trotting horses. Horses
that run reach their prime at four or
five years: the tlotters often do their
best work at the age of twelve or four
teen years. The reason may. perhaps be
in this: Youth is more supple and texi-
BILE, and it's movements therefore less
regular and systematic than those Of ma
turity. The walk of young man has
not that machine-like regularity and
precision that characterizes the pace OF
walker of long practice. There is con-
sequently some loss OF power. The sup
pleness that is necessary to enable the
athlete to run at top of speed is in his
way when machine-li like precision OF pace
is the great desideratum. The same re-
mark applies to the trotting horse. The
trot is usually an acquired gait, the re-
suit Of long practice and training, The
steadiness of stride that does not Z" break
up" is of the utmost Importance. But
still the recent result of the pedestrian
matches in England, which twice gave
the victory to men over forty, when the
men of twenty-five and thirty were ut
terly prostrated by fatigue, shows that
with good care of ourselves we may keep
our physical energies up to a later period
of life than is ordinarily supposed. If a
man is in his physical prime for any pur-
pose at forty, he ought not to be far
down the hill at fifty.-Ba1inaore Euery
Suburban.
Year: 1879

Though the harness is an article of
everyday use, there are few who know
how to care for it so as to insure dura-
bility, and to keep it looking clean and
neat. A harness that has been on
horses back several hours in hot or
rainy day becomes wet; if not properly
cleaned the damage to the leather is ir
reparable. II, after being taken from
the horse in this condition, it is hung up
in q careless manner, traces and reins
twisted into knots, and the saddle and
bride hung askew, the leather when
dried retains the shape given it while
wet, and when forced to its original
form, damage is done the stitching and
the leather. Those who use harness
are not altogether in fault for this; they
would take care of it if they knew the
extent of the damage that would result
from their carelessness, and that they do
not is the fault Of the manufacturer. It
is mistaken policy that leads the man.
ufacturer of any line of goods to neglect
giving needed Information to the buyer.
Every harness maker would study his
own interest by accompanying each har-
ness sold with printed rules for preserv-
ing the same.


The first point to be observed is to
keep the leather soft and pliable; this
can be done only by keeping it well
charged with oil and grease; water is
destroyer of these, but, mud and the sa-
line moisture from the animal are even
more destructive. Mud, in drying, alb
serbs the grease and opens the pores of
the leather, making it ready prey to
water, while the salty character of the
perspiration from the animal Injuries the
leather stitchiugs and mountings. It
therefore follows that, to preserve har-
ness, the straps should be washed and
oiled whenever it has been moistened by,
sweat or soiled bv mud. To do this ef-
fectually, the straps should all be un-
buckled and detached, then washed with
a little water and brown soap, then
coated with a mixture of neatsfoot oil
and be allowed to remain undisturbed
until the water is dried out. Then thor
oughly rub with q woolen rag; the rub
bing is important, as it, in addition to
removing the surplus oil and grease,
tends to close the pores and gives finish
10 the leather. In hanging a harness
care should be taken to allow all the
straps to hang their full length; brides,
pad, gig and saddles and collars should
be hung upon forms of the shape of
each. Light is essential to the care of
leather, and when the harness closet is
dark, the door should be left open at
least half the time each day. All closets
should be ventilated, and when possible
they should be well lighted. To clean
plated mountings use chamois, with a
little trip oil or rotten stone, but they
should be secured as little as possible.
Rubber covered goods are cleansed in
the same way. Leather covered need to
be well brushed and rubbed with a
woolen rag.


If a harness is thoroughly cleaned
twice a year, and when unduly exposed,
treated rs we have recommended, the
leather will retain its softness and
strength for many years.-Harness Jour-
,11l
Year: 1879

The heat of the garnet or of the top
story Of a fiat-roofed house in summer is
not only very oppressive but decidedly
unhealthy. So long as slate, shingle or
metallic roofs are used this heat is al
summer are the coolest in winter. The
thatched roof of the old world is COM
plcte remedy for both of these extremes.
The suns rays cannot send their heat
through it in summer and no frost can
penetrate it in winter. In America,
where straw is so abundant and cheap,
it is somewhat surprising that this kind
ofroof is so rare. 1t may be associated
in many minds with poverty and rude
ness, but in India the bungalows of the
highest classes are thatchcd. This style
of building is expressly suited to n hot
climate, being SOM what similar to that
of the huts of many savages. The
bungalow is only one story high, with
roof sloping down from an elevated CEN
ter to ten ortwelve feet beyond the walls
all round. This prevents the suns rays
from ever reaching the windows except
for an hour or two before sunrise and IN
hour or two before sunset. No heat cln
penetrate the thatched roof, and the
broad veranda all round the house is
airy and cool as well rs the rooms with
in. Such Il house could not be SO easily
warmed in winter as 4 two or three
sto:y house, but for the whole of our
Southern tier of States it would, we pre-
sumo, be found very convenient and
comfortable. A house ofany shape with
Il sloping roof might be tllatched, us
also the out. houses for live stock.


The thatched roof, however, has some
disadvantages. 1t is the most danger
Gus of all roofs for fire, and it is liable
to harbor sparrows, and perhaps vermin.
Nevertheless, where shingles and tin or
iron plates are dear and straw is abund-
ant and cheap, rs on the pra;ries, it
might be used very advantageously.
Skilled thatchers are probably scarce in
America, and unless the work is well
done the roof will leak in wet weather,
but well thatched roof will last a Ions;
time, perhaps forty. or fifty years.-New
York Witness.
Year: 1879

AT about half-past eleven the father
took down his hat, brushed his coat
and settling himself into steady Boston
merchant shape, said to the bookkecpcr:


MIR. Doublentry, l am going to the
Custom House. from there l shall 60 to
the Medieval Bank, then to the Dryas,
dust Insurance Company, from there to
the Merchants Exchange, and after that
you may find me in any insurance office
on State street."


The young man listened to this in 81.
lence, but as the paternal footsteps died
away on the stairs he dropped off his
stool and in his turn addressed the book
keeper:


"Doublentry, old boy, I am going 70
Barton's to get IL drink and some lunch,
from there l shall go up to the club and
play q game Of billiards, then I shall
come down to the fremont and get an
other drink, from there l shall 60 to
Parker's for something TO take and q
smoke, after that you can find me in any
hotel or restaurant about town."


And he severed his connection with
business for that day.-Bosto,a CONNER.
ciGl Bulletin.
Year: 1879

numbers on the wheel. "Your money
down in time, and the wheel goes
round" If it stops with the flexible
pointer on the right number you win,
but it does not generally stop there. -,


The nutshell game" which is played
with three half walnut shells and a rub
Der ball The size ofa pea, is variation
of three-card monte. The nutshell man
tosses the ball from one shell to the
other, and wants to bet that nobody can
tell which shell the little ball is under.
The popularity of the game seems to be
that if you do not bet, you can tell just
where the little ball is, but if you do bet
you cannot.


AS the evening wanes, every table is
surrounded by players. The services of
the barkeeper are in active demand !;
walters run with liquor to players who
are unwilling to leave their seats, and a
lunch stand where can be obtained what
has been appropriately called :" photo
graph of a sandwich" is well patron
f1od
Year: 1879

A few nights before the coup d'etat
which made him emperor, President
Louis Napoleon gave 4 grand ball at the
Elysee. The wealth and fashion of Paris
were represented there. Perfume OF
flowers and strains of sweet music filled
the air. Magnificent as the scene was,
the president tired of it and longed to be
out under the calmcr light of the stars ;
so taking his friend, Edgar Ney, the
Duke of Ia Moskwa, by the arm, ne
started out through the conservatory for
the cool gardens. As he stepped through
the doorway a picture met his gaze that
almost took away his breath, and for q
moment he stood rs one in a dream. 1t
was not long, however, before ne saw
that the beautiful vision was reality.
Standing before mirror in the conserva-
tory was the most exquisite creature he
had ever seen in his lite. A young lady,
whose golden hair had fallen from its
tonfining comb down over her white
shoulders, was trying to arrange the tru-
ant curls with nervous fingers. The gal
lantry of Frenchman would not permit
him to stand staring in the doorway even
ut so beautiful a sight; so, stepping
quickly to her side, the future emperor,
with courtly bow, offered his arm to
his future bride and conducted her to a
dressing-room where she could repair
The ravages of the dance. 1t was a case
of love at first sight, and the ardent Ma
poleon hastened back to the ballroom,
where he awaited with impatience the
return of the beautiful Espagnole. Nor
did his regard for Mile. de Montijo prove
transitory. His attentions became so
marked that one day Nine. de Monti)o
asked a private audience Of the prince,
and told him that his attentions to her
daughter were the subject OF comment,
and that she thought they had better
leave France. This was at St. Cloud,
where the mother and daughter were
both paying a visit. No doubt the
prince had made up his mind what to do,
but princes cannot always lay bare their
plans. The mother was told to stay un-
til the next day; that he would have
something Of importance to communi-
cate or the morrow. Did the ambitious
old lady suspect?-NeW York Herald.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the New York
Commercial has interviewed Miss Ander-
son, who made such n sensation at New.
port with her big trunk. BY actual
measurement he found the trunk to be
seven feet nine inches long, four feet two
inches wide and five feet three inches
deep. On the top of the trunk is the
following: Baggage Smashers: Ii you
can't lift me, call for more help. Swear
ing won't make me bulge an inch. Re
member the Commandment: Tho
shalt not take the name of the Lord tn
God in vain"
Year: 1879

Stammering is caused by disorder of
that part of the brain which presides
over speech, though there is no defect in
the tongue or organs of speech. A young
man who stammered, knowing this,
cured himself in q very simple way.
with each troublesome word" he ex-
plains. especially with one beginnings q
sentence, l made some slight motion
with the hand or foot, or even with a
single finger, and 1 found that this plan
enabled me to get the word out without
stammering. In this procedure the at
tcntion is diverted from the effort to
speak to the performance of the muscu-
llr action mentioned, and hence the
speech becomes more automatic than 1T
is wit the stammerers generally. And
this is the whole system of cure. 1t
consists in efforts to render the speech
automatic" He occupied two years in
cllripp himself
Year: 1879

Most Englishmen know Her Majesty
by sight, have seen the fine-cut features
which have possibly become little heavy
by age, but which remain in most re-
markable degree aristocratic, though
comparatively few, perhaps, have heard
the clear, ringing voice, which is de-
lighhul in ordinary conversation, but
which becomes most painfully disagree>
able and unpleasant when excited, or have
seen the heayy-lidded eyes wake and flash
lightning for a moment and then sink
back into disdainful repose. These
flashes Of light in the eyes are common to
only three members Of the royal family
the Queen, the Prince Of Wales, and
the Princess Beatrice. 1t is an extra.
ordinary phenomenon: the whole face
changes for an instant when suddenly lit
up with the excitement shed from the
eyes, and the physiognomy is entirely
altered for the moment. The late Lord
Russell said once 10 Lord Dalling that he
would rather face anything than Her Ma
jesty's displeaSure, for "it dazzled and
shocked you like sword suddenly un-
sheathed in the sunlight" The metaphor
is apt and true, and friend Of ours who
was dining at the royal table at Windsor
on one occasion when Her Majesty be-
came suddenly displeased with certain
member of her family whom we v i'll not
name, has often assured us that her face
changed so for an instant as TO be almost
rnrecogniZable. Whitehall Review.
Year: 1879

A bright boy was walking along the
street sith his mother, and, observing a
mar with peculiar hitch in his gait
approaching, he drolly exclaimed {:
Took there, mamma See how that
poor man shutters with his feet p
Year: 1879

As a last resort, and knowing the old slave
must know if there were any secret ford, or
boat. | displayed the varied contents of my
valise, including many glittering trinkets
such as school boys are apt to pick up,
promised him the whole lot, when he should
show me some means of escape. 1t was
easy to see his eyes were dazzled by the of
fer. but the gloating expression changed to
despair as he declared, = fore de good
Year: 1879

From the Baltimore 0axette-lHh.


Afew days ago small quantity Of su-
car beets, raised In Maryland, were
brought TO this city for exhibition. The
beets were Of the kind used in Germany
for the manufacture Of sugar, and IL is
understood that the success attending
the culture in Maryland will lead
to the extensive pursuit OF oeet-rais-
ing in this latitude next season. Inc
immense success of the manufacture OF
beet sugar In Frauce may be taken al
most as demonstration that 1t can De
maize equally so in this climate. The
beet sugar is not only cheaper than the
cane snear but purer and of delicious
favor. II is preferred by many to the
lest cut loaf cane sugars. Inc cohsump-
tion of sugar In this country is enormous,
745,0O0 tons Of sugar every year. VI
this amount about ten per cent. Is raised
In the South, chiefly LouisianA. The
remainder is imported from Cuba and
South America. Since the abolition Of
slavery in Jamaica the sugar culture
has fallen completely into decay, as has
also that of Hayti and San Domingo.
Should slavery be abolished in Cuba 1t
can hardly be doubted that its prcduc-
tion of sugar would be greatly diminish
ed If it did not cease as an article Of
commerce. The result of this world be
a great increase in the price Of cane
sugar in this country and in Europe.
1t would, therefore, be well to have our
beet sugar interests developed to meet
that event, which can hardly be delayed
mach longer. 1t will not, however, be
nece ssary to walt for this before the in
Ilstry will be made to pay. The only
obstacle in the way of its immediate
operation 10 the cost of the machinery
which is necessary to boil the sugar.
The advantage to the growers Is that
there Is no waste. The crushed beets
after tho sugar has been extracted forms
an excellent food for cattle, food upon
which they thrive and yield milk freely
tits, moreover, said to be a crop which
rotates well with corn and wheat and
which does not require very great labor
in cultivation. 1t grows well in light
and sandy soils, such as abounds in the
Eastern counties Of this State. There
Is thus every encouragement to the pro-
duction of beet sugar in this State. Gil
nate and soil favor it as is shown by the
success Of the experimental crops of the
sugar beet and the preliminary steps are
in progress to introduce the necessary
machinery. In Wilmington, Delaware,
tLere is q stock company which is abou,
to establish a large plant capable o
manufacturing hundred tons of bee
sugar per day. This will give a large
and steady demand for the beets an,
make their culture a safe industry
Should this succeed 1t would doubles
lead to the establishment OF ofa simila
factory here.
Year: 1879

the Repeal Of the Test Oath and Elec-


riOn Law-The Republicans Propose TO


Filibuster.


tsoecial to the Democrat


WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The House, in night
session, Is just about to reach the considera-
tion of that part of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill on which
amendments repeating the test oath and cleo
tion laws will be offered. The Radicals have
indicated their determination to admit the re-
peal of the test oath, and then flibuster on
the repeal of the election law. LII they fill
buster by keeping their seats and refusing to
VOTE there will not be Democrats enough In
the House tonight to make quorum and 80
1t is probable that after formally testing the
matter the House will adjourn.


Blackburn, Southard and other leading
spirits in the movement to repeal the election
law express confidence that the Democrats In
the House will stand together, but some OF
our own Representatives are less sanguine,
even to the extent of being anxious and ap-
prehensive.


Every man in our delegation Is on deck,
though Gibson is hardly able to be out OF bed.
They are working night and day to impress
their colleagues with the devilment being
wrought among their constituents under this
law.


1t Is safe to predict that there will be at
least two days filibustering by the Radicals
on the repeal Of the election law.


The regular press dispatch saying Murrell
was an applicant for the office Of Surveyor
General is an error. Murrell has not applied
for anything. A. G. b.
Year: 1879

Especial to the Democrat


WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The Senate Judici-
ary Committee has just agreed to report a
bill creating the right of appeal from the Cir
cult Court to the Supreme Court Of a writ of
error In cases arising under the election laws,
but it does not embody the feature of sus-
pending prosecutions during the tendency Of
the questions raised by the appeal. This bill
will not meet the views Of the Democrats in
the House, who will amend it as above in
dicated What effect this will have on the
repeal proposed in the House remains to be
seen. A. G. Ii.
Year: 1879

When we are asked to give an &C.


count of the birth of storm, we are


reluctantly compelled to admit that our


storms are, almost without exception,
foundings, and that, as the precise


conditions to which they owe their or


igin are, for the most part, shrouded in


uncertainty, warm discussions at times


arise as to the parish sksG1sa they have


set out on their wanderings. Dove


said long ago that storms were due to
the interference of the polar current or


the east wind with the equatorial cur


rent or west wind He gave the winds


east ss vipa7 y consisted tee Of of air a1ef flow, es
ing FIR e IKE North or South pole tow


ard E equator, which was modified in
the Erection of its motion by it's change
Of latitude; while west winds were really
due to air endeavoring to make its way
back to the pole from the equator,
whose course was IN its turn modified
by it's own moving from lower to higher
ATTITUDES. To the conflict of these two
grand currents, east and west winds.
Dove attributed all our storms but he
did not attempt to explain how the
currents came into collision. These
views, however correc: on their cosmical


principles, have been superseded, Of


late years at least, as regards the ex-


planation Of our winds, by the modern
views of the relation between the wind


and the distribution of barometrical
pressure; but, unfortunately, we still


remain in comparative ignorance of the


ultimate causes to which the distribu-
ton of pressure, or the rise and fall of


the barometer, are due.-Popular SCI
eace Monthly.
Year: 1879

The versatile ingenuity OF Western
inventor, who doubtless foresees the
time in the far distant future when the
forest shall cease to clothe the hills and
dales, and the demands for lumber
shall prove vastly in excess Of the sup
ply, has succeeded in devising sub
stitute for the natural product Of virgin
or the cultivated soil. His plan is to
use that fragile vegetable, straw, and
by a peculiar process TO compress it
into a Substance as hard and indestructi
BILE as oak lumber. 1t is claimed that
this process converts wheat-straw into
timber which is susceptible Of as fine a
polish and finish as mahogany and
black walnut, at cost not in excess of
that of the best clear pine. The straw
is first manufactured by the ordinary
paper-mill process into strawboard, and
q sufficient number OF sheets of this of
the right size are taken to make the re-
quired timber. They are soaked and
softened in a chemical solution, which
is, of course, the inventors secret. After
the fiber of the pasteboard is sufficiently
saturated, the pile of sheets is pressed
between series Of rollers which con
soldate them SO that when dry the
whole is a hard stick. It is claimed
that the process renders this wood
substitute impervious to water, and the
chemicals used are such as to make it
fre-proof. But the sanguine inventor
has only made samples thus far.