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Year: 1879

Coming down on the street car the other
morning they got to talking about their
ocsl stoves, and one man said


We'll, don't want to brag, but think
I've got the boss stove. So far this winter
| havnt burned but three tons of coal, and
the stove has kept three rooms warm
You must have poor stove remarked
the second. havn't burned bat two tons
of coal yet, and my stove heats parlor, dii-
ing room, two bedrooms and hall


We'll when you come to stoves, quietly
remarked the third, Il claim to have the
best coal stove in Detroit. have burned
but ton and a half of coal so far, and we
have to keep all the dampers shut, and
back door open all the time


Some men looked out of the window and
some down at the straw, and no one seemed
to doubt any of the assertions. At length
heavy sigh was heard frt m the rear end of
| the car, and a clerical looking man arose
and said


Gentlemen, there goes a fire-alarm. 1t
| strikes the box in front of my house. / have
no doubt that my residence is at this hour
in flames and the lives of my family are in
peril. 1t is all owing to my coal stove. 1
set up the stove last November and put on
one peck of coal. Every room has been 20
| hot ever since that the base-boards have
warped off, and We finally had to move
down into the basement. This morning the
water in all the pipes in the house was boil.
ing, the shingles on the roof red hot, and 1
have just hired four men to form snow
| bank around the stove. Too late-alas
too late ! That stove has accOmplishe its
fiendish purpose and no longer have
home. 1t may not, however, be too late to
save the baby. Good-by, gentlemen p
He opened the door and got off the car,
and not passenger spoke again for four
blocks.-DetroH Free Press.
Year: 1879

lad named Casabianca stood on tn,


burning deck Of the Orient after everybody


had played the great act and deserted her


while the flames that lit the battles wreck


shone round him o. er the dead 1t was an


uncomfortable position for the young fellow
to be placed in, yet beautiful and bright he
stood, as born to rule the storm or burst a
Hue. You will doubtless be surprised to
hear it, but the flames rolled on, some of
them scooting up the mainmast as a repair
er would scoot up telegraph pole, some
performing monkeyshines on the yardsarm,
Others licking the name off the sides of the
vessel, etc. Notwithstanding all this busi-
ness, the boy would not go without his fa-
theirs word, for the very good reason that
his back was still ringed, streaked from the
last ambasting he received for disobeying
the old man.


He called aloud Say, father, say If yet
my task is done, for if l don't get out of
this pretty quick I'll be done myself, and
done brown, too ; and don't you forget it,


You see he was ignorant of the fact that
the chieftain lay unconscious of his son.


Speak, father J once again he yelled if
| may yet be gone p and just then the enc
my's vessel sent broadside into the burn
ing wreck, AMI fast the flames rolled on. He
felt their breath on his brow and he thought
to hr-self that it was getting almost as hot
as ward caucus. The boy continued to
look from that lone post of death, while he
ratified the marbles, spools, tops, brass but
tons, dog knives and few other things III
his pocket, with more or less despair depict.
ed on his countenance.


He shouted but once more aloud 'Fa.
ther, what's the use of me standn' here p
While DER him fast, through sail and shroud,
the wreathing flames made way, with not
pump in working order, and nobody TO
work it. In order to make this thing very
graphic, it is necessary to state that the
fire'fiend wrapped the ship in splendor wild,
painting it in grander colors than the band
wagon of circus he also caught the flag
bons than street peddler. After this he
stood on top of the jackstag and made an iu-
cendiary Fourth-of-July speech to the sea-
gull. But in the midst of life we are in
death. There came burst of thunder sound;
the boy, oh where


To tell the great American truth, there was
no boy in the case. Captain Casabianca
had no son, and, even if he had, it is not
likely he would have taken him along when
he was expecting this battle on the Nile, to
say nothing of the absurdity of supposing
father would expose his little son on the
deck of vessel during an engagement
Year: 1879

Emperor Is the most vicious, as be is the


finest animal in the country. During the


winter months he and his six companions
are chained by their hind legs in an out


building in Central Park N. Y. Boat
swain, until the arrival Of Emperor, was the


pride of all female elephants, and Gypsy es-
pecially loved to caresa him with her ggentle
| trunk. But Boatswain once cried out under
punishment and from that hour he lost his
place in the respect of his associates and
Gypsy transferred her Establishments to the
last conner.


The device of circus men for Furnishing
an elephant is cruel. To legs of the animal
are fastened strong puleys, which are at
tached to levers. Alta sgnal the legs are
drawn asunder, and the animal sinks down
mass of helpless, tortured flesh. Then
the keepers, armed with long clubs, ap.
proach and beat him on the legs and bot
toms of the feet. The elephant during pun
ishment curls his trunk beneath him, and
closes his eyes. Hour after hour goes by
sometimes, but the keepers only relax when
the elephant either becomes insensible 'or
cries out which latter is token of submis-
sion and conquered spirit. Boatswain
cried out, and was never again guilty of Of
tense. Emperor, how ever, has stood this
terrible punishment several times and with
such extraordinary nerve that his kee ers
are afraid OF him. He is vicious, and wnen-
ever missile comes within his reach hessdis-
charges it at the nearest keeper straightway.


On Monday night Emperor watched one
of the attendants whom he particularly dis
likes. 1t was bedtime, and the man was
making everything snug when Emperor
turned upon him and knocked him down.
The keeper screamed, as Emperor, with
shrll cry of rage, WAS on the point of drag
ging him beneath his feet and stamping him
to death. Help came, and the keeper was
saved, and then it was determined that EN-
peror should suffer for what he had done.


The attendants took the long iron poker
with which the fires are stirred, and this
they heated red hot. Emperor was bound
in the fashion that has been described, and
while one of the keepers held his trunk, the
other ran the red hot poker up into it. The
savage punishment nearly blinded Emperor,
but he did not squeal. He looked sullenly
all the time at his keepers. Since then the
elephant has been unable to eat and stands
alone and sullen, slapping his horribly mu-
tilated trunk wherever there is cool spot
in the shed. The men call this extreme
punishment, and said that it has never been
applied before in this country. 1t was not
strong enough tu subdue Emperor. Sun.
Year: 1879

The patriarch Abram sat in his tent door
Waiting the guest whom God perchance


would send
To ask an aims from his abundant store,
Or timely shelter, given as to a friend.
The cool wind lifting carclessly his hair,
Stirred to new thankfulness his soul serene,
When looking up, one waiting halted there.
Whose shadow trembled on the earth I


ween


An old, old pilgrim, leaning on his staff,
With vision dim returned his asking gaze,
His story in his aspect written half.
And half rehearsed in slow. uncertain phrase
The Father of the Faithful welcomed him.
Bathed the tired feet and profered wine and


bread,
Looking to trace, cen in that visage grim,
a grateful soul bent to the Hand that fed.
Yet blessing none escaped the famished lips;
This heather beggar knew no God but


Fire;
So Charity was lost in swift eclipse,
And Abram cried in his exceeding ire
VI cast thee out, ungrateful, to partako
OF the great deserts shelter, that the night
Darkening around, thy graceless soul may


shake;


Since He is in the dusk as in the light ~
But the Lord called to Abram in his sleep;
"How petty thy inpatient soul appears,
Unwilling for single night to keep
Whom God hath suffered, 10 these hundred


years y
Year: 1879

sadly, "You are gone. You were the only
one that loved ME, and killed you" Then
sobs and groans would interrupt her words.
She did not see Horlense till suddenly
she looked up.


"Oh, do not send me away ~ she said
wildly. "I did not mean to kill her How
could want to kill the only one that loved
meY Let me stay Do let me stay l' and
she clung to Hortense's dress conyulsiye.
ly.


Lulu Allen, how came you here ?" was
all that Hortense could reply.


u could not rest, / could not sleep, till
had asked Maud to forgive me for poison.
ing her, so | came here, and by and by I
shall rest with her down in the ground.n
and she buried her face in the grass, as if
she would seek shelter with her friend from
the harsh world.


Hortense knew that she was wild and de-
lirious and her heart smote her for the wrong
she had done her, There by her sisters
grave she could not retain her old animositv
Her own tears flowed faster than Lulus had
done.


God forgive p cried she, falling on her
knees by the side of the grave. "God for.
give me my sin toward you. Lulu Allen
Come, Lulu dear Lulu Maud's Lulu y,
she said, "a Lulu neither stirred nor moved.
but lay PROSTATE by the grave. Lulu heard
her not-she was with Maud in brighter
world.


The rest of the events ofthat fearful night
Hortense could never remember clearly.
How she made known where the dead Lulu
lay, or how she reached home herself but
from that night Hortense was unlike her
former self. 1t was bitter lesson, but one
that she never forgot and as the plow.s share
of afiliction rooted up the strong weeds of
pride and hatred from her heart, so in their
stead was planted good seed that sprang up,
making her life beautiful.
Year: 1879

The baby has gone to school ah me
What will the mother do,
With never call to button or pin.


Or tie little shoe ?


How can she keep herself busy Ill dav.
With the little "hindering thing away?
Another basket to ill with lunch,


Another ''good-by" to say,
And the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away
And turns with sigh that is half relief,
And half a something akin to grief.
She thinks of a possible future morn,


When the children, one by one,
Will go from their home out into the world
To battle with life alone,
And not even the baby be left to cheer
The desolate home of that future wear.
She picks up garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste,
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced
If the house were always as still as this
How could she bear the loneliness d?
Year: 1879

This is the season for o man to "go
fishiug,r without violation OF law. But
the man who goes angling and sits In
cramped posture from early morn till
dewy eve, and calls 1t fan, Is the sane
chap that never goes to church because
the pews are not comfortable enough.
Year: 1879




Last week, out near Mount All
Church, near Louisiana, Mo-, Mr.. VIM
Reading, farmer, had just cut down a
white oak tree twenty-four inches in
diameter, and was splitting up the end
next to the stump when he came across
an oak pin about one inch in diameter
which had been driven into an augul
hole. Upon getting this out, he found
in the augur hole lock of woman's
hair of beautiful auburn color, in per.
feet and lifelike preservation, and be.
tween twelve and fourteen inches in
length. The pin and hair were covered
over with at least seventeen years growth
of the tree. Even the roots of the lock
of hair were in perfect preservation, and
had the appearance of having been just
jerked out Of the head.
Year: 1879

A silent alarm of fire was turned in
from the Gifts engine house this morning.
The fire was above SchuItz's printing Of
flee on Race street, near the Arcade en-.
trance ass trihing.
Year: 1879

In Augustin Daly's great play Of
"Under the Gaslight" Laura Courtland
utters these beautiful sentiments:


Tet the woman you look upon he
wise or vain, beautiful or homely, rich
or poor, she really has but one thing
she can really give or refuse--her
heart. Her beauty, her wit, her ac-
complishments, she may sell to you--
but her love is the treasure without
money aud without price. She only
asks in return that when you look
upon her your eyes shall speak a mute
devotion; that when you address her
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind; that you shall not despise her
because she cannot understand, all at
once, your vigorous thoughts and am
bilious plans, for when misfortune and
evil have defeated your greatest pur-
poses her love remains to console
you. You look unto the trees for
strenth and grandeur; do not despisc
the flowers because their fragrance is
all they have to give. Remember,
love is all a woman can give--but it
is the only earthly thing which God
permits It's to carry beyond the grave"
Year: 1879

Show me the girl who has the llardi-
hood to whistle in these days, when
everything natural, even to the hair
of your head, is at a discount, and ri
show you a girl who can be depended
upon--one who will not fail you in
time Of need, and will give you the
true, hearty grasp, the cordial hand
shake, the warm, genial welcome ; no
tip Of the kid glove, and cold chow
do you do 7" who can brave danger,
look toll in the face without shrink
ing, 'laugh with those that laugh
and weep with those that weep" as
well as whistle with those that whistle;
who can, in short, take the world as
she finds it, rough and rugged, and
not go through life as though she
were walking on eggs and afraid Of
cracking a shell who deals in sub
stance, not shadow.
Year: 1879

10 a young man away from home
and forlorn in great city, the hours
of peril are those between sunset and
bedtime; for the moon and stars see
more evil in single hour than the sun
in his whole days circuit. The poets
vision Of evening is all q compact of
tenderand soothing images. 1t brings
the wanderer to his home, the child to
his mothers arms, the OK to his stall.
and the weary laborer to his rest. But
to the gcntle-bearted youth, who is
thrown upon the rocks of pitiless
city, and stands "hOmeless among a
thousand homes" the approach of eve
ming brings with it an aching sense of
loneliness and desolation which comes
down upon the spirit like shadow
upon the earth. In this mood his
best impulses becomes snare to him,
SO and he is led astray because he is So
cial, kind, affectionate, sympathetic,
and warm hearted. If there be a
young man SO circumstanced within
the circle of our city, let us say to him
that books are the friends of the friend
less, and that a library is a home to
the homeless. A taste for reading
will always%arry you to converse with
men who will instruct you by their
wisdom and charm you by their wit;
who will soothe you when fretted,
counsel you when perplexed, and
sympatlize with you at all times.
Evil spirits, in the middle ages, were
exercised and driven away by bell,
book and candle; and you want but
two Of these agents, the book and the
candle.
Year: 1879

washington Capital.l


A mans courage is very much like
his digestion, in the fact that when
good it is never thought Of. A brave
man Is never aware Of his courage
until it is put to the test, and until
tried he goes his way, a very quiet,
inoffensive citizen. It is on this ac-
count that braggart and a bully is
instinctively regarded by the mass Of
people as a coward. He assumes the
virtue he docs not possess, and over
does the assumption. This has been
the popular belief in reference to
Senator Conkling. And 20 no one
was disappointed or even surprised,
when, after Senator Lamar's deadly
thrust, the overbearing bully Of the
Senate collapsed. The fall was SO
sudden and complete, the lately arro-
CANT lecturer of better men presented
such q pitiable spectacle, that people
who never respected him felt sorry
for him. We refer, Of course, to what
actually occurred for between the
two partisans Of the press, who con-
ceal all the unpleasant facts they
may, and the sneak thieves about
Washington, who have made an hon
Orable profession, q stencil, in the nos
trils of the people, and wllo lie from
force Of total depravity, the account
of the transaction, with q few excep-
tions, were wide of the truth. That
Conkling's bearing was that Of u bully
suddenly brought to taw, no Senator
present doubts OF questions. In the
dead silence that followed Lan,ar's
subtle ana fatal stab, COnkling was
to the last extent unnelved and con-
fused. His assumed nonchalence of
repose and swagger Of action both
deserted him, and looking wildly
about him, he stammercd, hesitated
and lost control Of both thought and
voice. This was evident, not only
from his vulgar retort. after being
pronounced q liar, Of "y0u're an
other,' 'but in committing himself to a
line he has not since had the courage
to carry ont. He served notice on
Lamar that on some other time, and
at some other place, he would attend
to the insult. We know what this
means. 1t is either q duel under the
code or an assault on the street; and
there is no getting away from the
cruel conclusion. Either COnkling
did not know what he was saying, or
he lacked the nerve to carry out what
he had said.
Year: 1879

but the task was hard, day after day


he repressed with almost superhuman
energy, the wild and impulsive throb.
bings of his heart. He suffered deeply,
for him the world was solitude,
society had no hold on his scared
heart, all it's allurements had vanish
ed. Endowed by nature with great
personal gifts, he turned with loath-
ing from all things; the brilliant pol
ish of fashion, the dazzling splendor
of rank, even the bewitching blan-
disllments of intercourse with edu-
Gated society, all were powerless to
heal the hidden wound.


Father Everard with true paternal
instinct had watched the hidden con-
flict, and the temporary victory; his
deep knowledge Of human nature,
combined with his great love for his
nephew and pupil, had enabled him
to see clearly the apparent GONZALES
cence of this wounded heart. Power
felt that the good man knew all, few
words were exchanged, but stimulated
by the silent appreciation of his uncle,
he continued to tread with manly
resignation the narrow path of self
sacrifice and abnegation. Upheld by
kindred sensibility in the bosom of
another no was better enabled to bear
up through this burtllened life; and
frequently in his unguarded moments
when about to sink under his daily
occupations and pursuits, wearied and
satiated with things around him, lie
would look up to find the mild eye of
Father Everard fixed upon him with
a look of encouragement, which to %
delicate mind is more gratifying than
the most eloquent verbal praise.
Year: 1879

A preacher, after standing the freez-
ing temperature of the church as long
as he could, broke out with, "Brother
Gliggs, do see that this house ia bet
ter warmed this afternoon it's no
kind Of use for mo to warn sinners of
the dangers of hell, when the very
idea of hell is a comfort to them"
Year: 1879

An intellectual member of the Ark
ansas Legislature has introduced bill
abbreviating the season of Lent from
forty to twenty days. He explains
that everything else has come down
50 per cent. since the war, and there
should be no discrimination in favor
of Lent.
Year: 1879

81 don't think much Of newspaper
men, and never take any stock in
what the papers say" he said. And
then everybody knew that he done
something that he was ashamed of,
and the papers had published an ac-
count OF it.
Year: 1879

The most remarkable love story Of
the summer IL told by the Port Jarvis


Union. -Four years ago, a gentleman
Of twenty-thlee won the heart Of .
lady Of nineteen. She was the daugll-.
ter Of pious parents, and although she
was not connected with any church.,
looked with feeling akin to horror
% anything approaching skepticism.
But the time came when she learned
that her lover was a deist; that he
had no veneration for the Bible, and
took no interest In churches. She
was deeply panied by the revelation.
She sent for her lover and endeavored
to convince him Of his error, but he
was not satisfied with her arguments.
She finally wrote to him q tear
stained letter bidding him goodbye
forever. The lady mourned, but tried
to satisfy herself that she had acted
correctly. Two years made her more
liberal than she had been. The more
she read the more she distrusted her
former decision, and she finally be-
came quite rs liberal as the lover she
had discarded. The lover, too, had
undergone a change. Last winter q
revival Of religion took place in the
city in which he was engaged in busi-
ness. Suffice it to say that he was
united with the church, and in a short
time became a jealous member. He
thought over the action Of his former
sweetheart in discarding him for his
infdelity, and wrote her brief note
asking the privilege Of once more
calling on her. When she timidly
apologized for her previous dismissal
Of him, he, to her surprise, defended
her conduct; said she had been in the
right, and in her place, he would do
the same. Her heart sank at these
words. She confessed the great change
in her sentiments; from being firm
believer in the Bible, she had dis
carded it, and with it her belief in :,
any revealed religion. He pleaded
with her, urged everything he could
think Of to induce her to change her
mind. She could not and told him
80. He felt that he must not be yOked
with an unbeliever, and gave her up.
Year: 1879

Alexander Sample brought suit
for divorce in Jeffersonville, Ind,
and during its progress an order
was issued by the court restraining
him from disturbing Mrs. Samples
possession of the family residence.
Seeing that he would lose if the
case went to trial, his counsel NOV
ed for discontinuance, and thus
the proceedings were ended, inclu-
ding the order about the property.
A race for home ensued between
the husband and wife, each desiring
to get there first and shut out the
other. She was on horseback and
he was in light wagon drawn by
two horses. The distance was
eight miles. Mrs. Sample gained a
lea d of over two miles, but was then
thrown by her horse, which she was
unable to mount unaided. Mr.
Sample passed her, and had taken
possession of the house when she
arrived. She tried to enter the
premises, but gave up the contest
after being thrice thrown over the
door yard fence.
Year: 1879

A st. John IN. F.) correspond.


ent writes as follows: just aG this
season, we are favored with the


visits of another fish more impor.
tant to us by far than the salmon,
as it forms the chief bait in carry.
ing on our great cod fishery, on


which so many thousands here are
dependent. The caplin are now
around eur coasts and in our bays
and harbors in countless myriads.
True to the day almost, shoals of
these beautiful little fish, about
seven or eight inches in length, ap-
pear each season in number beyond
all calculation. Every bay, har-
Dor, and creek around coast not


less than 1000 miles in extent, lit
orally swarms with them. They
come in close on the shore in many
places where there is a sandy or
shingly beach, and a fisherman
stands on the beach with a casting
net in his hand, and i'm a short time
a glittering pile of these little sill
very fish is landed, enough to fill
half dozen barrels. They form
the finest bait for the capture of the
cod, and they are used in enormous
quantities for manure by the farm.
ers, who come for them with carts