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Year: 1874

A comparison of the losses of heat by
the respiration of an absolutely dry and alb
sOlutelv saturated air at 800 and S6o f. is
highly instructive. At 320 and dry we
lose I,l72 calOric units at $50 and dry we
lose 1,096 caloric units-difference only rs
calOric units. At 32o and saturated we lose
LOGO calOric units; at $50 and saturated,
420 calOric units-difference rs much as $40
caloric units.


The different states of dryness of the air
appear thus to be of a greater moment than
the difference Of temperature, and this is
the reason why our sensations do not al
WAYS coincide with the thermometer. You
readily understand how much more diff
cult it is to manage ones heat-hOusehOld
in a hot than in a cold climate. Our
means of warming ourselves are better than
those for carrying off our heat. Therefore
the European race has had a hard fight un-
der the equator. The working power of the
body depends upon certain amount of
consumption, by which certain amount
of heat is necessarily created, which has to
leaXe the body in a regular way. The
HifidOO who has to draw the Europeans
punkah bears the heat better in proper
ton as he takes less food and creates less
heat in himself, but then his working
power is quite propOrtionate to the total Of
his consumption.


The Europeans struggle in hot climate
and his dangers of a degeneracy will re-
main as long as he has no better means of
cooling himself by some or all of the known
three routes. Houses with thick stone
walls are tolerably efficaciOus. These walls
rarely get warmer than the average tenn
perature of the year. They cool the air
which comes into the house, and act on
the inmates in the way we have seen when
speaking of the room which is not warmed
through and through. A good means
would be some cOntrivance by which the
air in the house could bedepriyed of water.
-PettenkOfer.
Year: 1874

The st. Paul Press says: The telegraph
has briefly mentioned the death OF a young
girl named Helms, daughter of William
Helms, an old and respected citizen of the
town of Oshawa, NicOllet county; but
there are circumstances connected with
the case which make the sad death one of
the most distressing ever recorded in this
vicinity. 1t seems that a few days ago,
the girl. then about IA years old, under
took to lead pet colt to water at creek
some little distance away from the resi-
dence of her father, and while proceeding
to the spring, as is supposed, tied the end
of the halter around her waist, little think
ing that the playful movement must soon
result in her sickening and terrible death.
While on the way to the water the colt
was badly frightened and broke into a flu
riouS run. The poor girl was instantly
thrown from her feet and was tossed about
like feather, striking different objects on
the way or falling underneath the hOOfs OF
the frightened horse The girl was car
ried about the field for half an hour before
her friends were apprised of the terrible
accident which had befallen her, and when
found the body was mangled and bruised
almost beyond recognition, and nearly
every bone was broken during the mad
flights around the inclosure where she was
found.


The fate of the girl has excited the great
est sympathy in the neighborhood where
she was known, and the bereaved parents
and friends received every coincidence and
kindness in the cruel misfortune which
has so suddenly overtaken them.
Year: 1874

AS tramp was crossing the railroad
bridge at New Brunswick, n. j., he dis
covered, just as he arrived midway. two
trains coming from opposite directions,
and, seeing no other chance of safety, he
got over the side of the bridge and clung
to the beams with his hands. The whole
weight of his body hanging from his hands
must of itself have been very painful, but
the man was compelled to endure it or
drop into the shallow water below. After
the trains had passed, he with much diff
Guilty drew himself upon the bridge again
and continued on his journey. He de-
scribed the sensation experienced while
the trains were passing as being what one
might imagine they would feel If they held
the conducting wires OF about dozen
electric batteries, all working at their full
force and at the same time. He remarked
that the bridge trembled so violently that
he was twice within hairs breadth OF be-
ing shaken off. As the tramp looks to be
a man fifty years of age, and does not ap-
pear to possess more than ordinary phys
ical powers, it is matter of surprise that
he performed the hazardous feat.
Year: 1874

Massachusetts papers say that there is
strange old man, named slime F. TwOm-
bly,, living at Maiden, that State, in mis-
cradle hut, ten by sixteen feet, with his
horses and dogs. He is the man who, two
or three years ago, in contesting the appli-
cation of his wife for divorce, pleaded his
own case before the court, and just prior
to the opening of the proceedings at every
session knelt in the courtroom and en-
gagged in prayer for several minutes. He
lives in lonely spot and his habitation is
Just what might be expected from its be-
ing occupied by two horses; indeed, it is
so filthy and so much exposed to the
weather that the old man was recently
brought to trial by the Society for the
Prevention, etc. What supports him no
body seems to know, for he seldom earns
any money, and about all he gets goes for
rum. A few weeks ago he killed dog
and ate him, and once he shot horse and
sliced him up, but whether he devoured
him or not could not be learned. A board
of physicians have pronounced him sane,
and, though the people in his vicinity are
afraid of him, they don't know how to get
rid of him.
Year: 1874

''Would it be wrong for young man
who is a Christian and an active member
of a church to marry young lady he
loves, and who he has reason to believe,
loves him, but who is not Christian and
does not belong to Christian family?"


We have several times given a general
opinion on this question-we cannot at
tempt to advise in particular cases. The
advice of Paul against marriage with ''un-
believers is not wholly applicable to this
time. There was an irreconcilable doc
trinal and moral antagonism between an
ancient heathen and Christian living in
perpetual expectation of martyrdom from
heather foes. There could be no ''fellow-
ship" between them. The whole ques-
ton is one of fellowship. If the lady
whom our ourcorrespOndent speaks of is one
who will be in sympathy with his highest
aspirations and purpOses-his purposes to
live nobly and unselfishly-then he had
better marry her than some professor of
religion.-H. W. Beecher, IN Christian
Union.
Year: 1874

that account worth noting, the "great
scandap' may be the means of illustrat-
ing how people may affect a reputation
lor Taste and refinement, cultivate pic
lures and music, talk in the most aes-
thetical manner, and be full of all sorts
OF Pietistic and sentimental gush, ready


to slop over on all occasions and upon


no occasion at all, and yet lead very
mean, dirty, despicabie lives, and be
capable of all manner of uncleanness,
cowardice and deceit. In short. the
whole wretched business is calculated
to impress anew the old and vet ever
needful lesson of humanity and self
distrnst, and to inspire a reasonable
suspicion of all extravagant preten-
tions and claims of superiority for
goodness and'wistlom, for where either
goodness or wisdom really exist, pre-,
tension of all sort is usually absent
Despite the immoral tendency of the
whole Of this Brooklyn scandal, this
much OF moral must perforce suggest
itself at the spectacle Of so many fallen
and broken idols, lately the objects of
the North.
Year: 1874

A few days since see1y per>
son called upon wealthy citizen
for help, and received the small
sum of five cents. The giver re-
marked as he handed him the pit.
tance: Take it; our ears are all
ways open to the distressed THAT
may be, replied the recipient, but
never before in my life have l seen
so small an opening for so large
ears
Year: 1874

by our present railroad system inadequate
for the transportation oftbe agricultural pro
ductions of the west to the sea board, and
whereas for want of sufficient competition,
railroad companies seem disposed to extort
rates of freight which are unjust and op-
pressive, therefore


Resolved, That we appeal to our senators
and representatives in congress to use tnelr
influence to secure the Improvement OF the
navigation of the Mississippi river and all its
important tributaries by the national gov
eminent, and as soon as possible. On mo-
zion, the secretary was instructed to send
copy of this report to each members OF the
Missouri dele CATION in congress.
Year: 1874

Tothe County Commissioners of Bartholo-
NEW County:


1 hereby notify you that am opposed to
granting license to any person to sell liquor
in this, the - ward, and l also notify yo ur
honorable body, that hereafter any petition
bearingmy name will be without my knowl-
edge or consent.
Year: 1874

"A decision has been given BY the ref-
cree against the Maine Central Railroad in
favor Of q passenger for injuries suffered At
the hands of . drunken fellow passenger
It is held not to exclude from the cars per-
sons SO drunk as to be noisy and quarrel
some is negligence which will make the
railroad company responsible for damages.
Year: 1874

MRs. Anna Snow was just getting up
10 leave a train OF cars at Newburyport,
Mass. some two weeks ago, having rid
den from Boston. when she found roll
OF bills OF large amount in her lap, bu,
how they came there she could not tell.
She advertised them, and on Friday n
man proved them TO be his, though he
was not ON the train the day they were
found. and had never been at New
buryport.
Year: 1874

A DELAWARE man arrested for mur.
der. proved that ON tho night, and ut
the hour Of the murder he was at home
mauling his wife. and this fact saved
him. A word TO the wise. You know.
Year: 1874

The man who cannot lift finger without giving
rise to hundred surmises, who has only to ride
a few miles on a railroad 10 insure enhanced
price for it's shares has need of great circumspectOn
IN his movements For, since Commodore Wander
bt has taken a trip over the Lake Shore line his
followers are confident the property is good as
leased to the Hudson River Company at a round
rate Of income for the stockholders, and with
guaranty of prompt interest on the bonds for all
future time but if half that is alleged by the bears
TO the financial condition of the former Company
be true. such arrangement To quote the language
of q broker, while it might be exquisite fun for
the Lake Shore boys wOuld be certain death TO the
Hudson River frogs" Ii is safe. however in view
of the past, to believe that the wary Commodore
will do nothing In the premises without mature


Election and the most careful regard for the interests
of the Central and Hudson Company, of which he Is
much the largest owner. In regard to the days
market for Lake Shore shares, 1t seemed quite ap-
parent that some new forces are at work to give
additional zest to the strife. One story very gen.
orally believed, is that Mr.. Drew has been made
participant by the purchase OF Mr. Vanderbilts
Put" for 5000 shares at 70 aud the buying OF
an equal number of shares of the stock
the Commodore himself having first secured
jast three taes the 9uauty in ogdsg " give s1sad
Year: 1874

The money market was easy at 2s03 per cent until
near the close of bank hours when rates advanced
to 4a5 per cent. The movement of currency to the
West is not large but the shipments are increasing
to the South 1t is not expected that there Will be
anything like stringency in the market, or even
continuance of these rates. Time loans are COM
paratively easy. Discounts are unaltered.


Foreign exchange was quiet and steady, with
actual business at 4S5G4S5. for long, and 4S9 for
demand sterling. We quote nominal rates as fol-
Year: 1874

Why, indeed, l like you


Would be hard to tell,
Can the sailor tell you


The polar needles spell :!
As the simple flowers


Like the sun and dew,
Knowing not the wherefore,
Dearly like yeu.
As the bee the blossom,


As the deer the dell,
As the birds the summer,
(Whisper, do not tell y
As the ignorant stIeamlet
Loves the ocean blue.
knowing not the wherefore,
Darling, I love you.
Year: 1874

Wildness is thing which girls cannot
afford. Dellcacy rs a thing which cannot
be lost and found. No art can rest ore to
the grape its bloom. Familiarity wi -hout
love, without confidence, without regard,
is destructive to all that makes women ex-
alting and ennohling.


The world h vide. these things are small


They may be nothing. but they are all.


Nothing 1t Is the first duty of woman
to be lady. Good breeding is good sense
Pad manners in woman ia immortality
Awkwardness may be- lneradicable. Bash
fulness is constitutional Ignorance of
etiquette is the result uf circumstances
All can be condoned, and do not banish
man or woman from the amenities Of their
kind. But self-pnssessed, unshrinking and
aggressive coarseness Of demeanor may be
reckoned as a State Prison offense, and GER
tainly merits the mild form of restraint
called imprisonment for life. 1t is a shame
for women to be lectured upon their man
ners. 1t is bitter shame that they need it,
Women are the umpires Of society. 1t is
they to whom all mOoted points should be
referred. To be lady is more than to be
a prince. 4 lady is always in her right
nalienably worthy of respect. To lady
prince and peasant alike bow. Do not be
restrained. Do not have impulses that
need restraint. Do not wish to dance with
the prince unsought feel differently BE
such that you confer honor. Carry your
selves so loftily that men shall look up to
you for reward, not at you for reward nor
at you in rebuke. The natural senti. rent
Of man toward woman il reverence. lie
loses a large means Of grace when / is
Obliged to account her being to be trained
into propriety. A mans ideal is not
wounded when woman fails III worldly
wisdom; but if in grace, IN tact, in senti-
ment, in delicacy, in kindness, she should
be found wanting, he receives an inward
Year: 1874

The cottage upon Long Island to which
Robert Parton had led James Mayhem was
one of the few which skiFted the water at
that particular spot, and at which the for
ner had secured temporary place of
abiding. 1t was not occupied except by
an old lady, her son, who titled few acres
Of ground near by, and Mr.. Parton, the
latter of whom had been a boarder for
only few days, and who had taken the
boat belonging to Mrs. Winston's son for a
short ride upon the waters of the ocean
that day He did not disturb his visitor
for some little time, finally gently touching
his shoulder and then saying to him


''Come, my friend you are fully rested
and we may as well prepare for tea.
Here, indicating a suit of his own cloth
ing, which he had quietly hung over a
chair, and basin, water and towel, ''are
the means of renovating your general APP
pearance. | will be back in a few mo-
ments. Use no delicacy, a wet man must
not be allowed TO remain So long, you
know"


His unObtrusive and persuasive elo-
quence soon won upon his newly made
companion, and when he returned he found
Mayhem considerably renovated and pre-
senting q new appearance entirely. He
lent q new cheerfulness to the tramp's
mind by quiet but pleasant run Of small
talk, and soon had him in the little dining
room and introduced to Mrs. Winston a.
my friend, MIR. Mayhem"


Both did excellent Justice to the ample
repast upon the tea table, and they agair
settled down into q quiet conversation
when in the little room Of the stranger
again.


"We will take row in the bay whel
the moon is up" said Mr.. Parton. why
man, you viii feel like new man in few
days"


He did not notice his companions eye
a. he spoke. Had he done % he woult
have seen tears-tears wrought from th'
spirit for the first time In many years
Affected thus, lie went ON converting, NO
knowing that in his own behalf he made
friend whose ardor would meyer depart.


The moon had risen gloriously over al
the fair scene ~ the twain wended thei
way to the little boat and entered it, Ono
out where the current gently aoated
along, the stranger rested on his oars, an
assuming an easy position, said TO his com
panion, who sat Watching the silvery waite
! with dreamy, far -swzy look IN his eyes


II feel IN if your coming to me wa
Providential, and do not think, when W
have compared histories, that we viii caz
to part. You need mot shrink from tellin
Year: 1874

Nothing makes a man or woman look
more foolish on the sidewalk than each
making move to pass the other. One
turns to the right and the other to the
left, then both make plunge f,rward, and
instead of obviating increase the difficulty
Nine to one there is q collision and un-
pleasant consequences. How often we see
this thing ON our crowded sidewalks, and
how embarrassing it always is, especially
to a lady, to be caught in such fix. II
would seldom occur if all would keep in
mind the words, Keep TO the right 4
By all means keep 10 the right on the side
walks, and in every act Of hfe
Year: 1874

AhC IN tiC w bbho"s


BEAUTIFUL MISSION OF AN EARH ANGEL.


He plodded along through sleet and
snow, with steps awkward and shufiling,
yet with a certain resolution in it.
Other men might have turned aside, un-
willing to breast the full force of such a
storm. Not so with Daniel Newton
"Shuffiing Dam his fellow workmen
called him. He was no favorite with
them, silent, brooding, sullen fellow they
thought him-but he lived life which
they understood very little. 1t had been
consecrated for fourteen years to one
object and there was in it an element
of chivalrous self-sacriice of which he
was utterly unconscious himself. He
passed a store where some of his COM
rades we're laughing; then the forge,
with its door invitingly open, and the
bright red light streaming out of il
cheerfully, into the murky gathering
night. For a moment he was tempted
Just to go in and warm himself a little
in that glow but he shook his shaggy
head and turned away. "She will be
waiting" he said, as he drew up the col
lar of his coarse coat" little lamb, she'll
be waitin'." And then as if the thought
had given him new life, he plodded on
again valiantly.


On through sleet and snow, till he
came at last in front of cottage, stand.
ing in the midst of square lot. A
light streamed forth from its front win
dow over the white pathway. 1t had
shone there for him every winter night
fall for many year, and he never saw
that beacon ray without blessing bis
s little lamb over and over again.
How warm she had kept his heart And
yet among the hard things in his life,
people who took the trouble to speak OF
him at all, always reckoned that Grip
pledchild.


When his wife died, and left him her
hour-old baby to bring up as best be
could, they commiserated him, and Won
dered what he was to do. And when 1t
was found that the child would never be
able to walk, they thought his burden
was heavier than he could bear. But
he knew-only he could not have told
them or reasoned about it-what had
been his sweet compensation. AT fret,
to be sure, it was hard blow when he
found that the little one he loved was
never to be quite like others-that she
Year: 1874

AccIDENT.-On Thursday afternoon
of last week, freight train ON the Ches-
hire railroad was run into near the State
line, by another freight train which was
following it with two engines, while the
first train had one. A number of cars
were thrown from the track and consid-
erably damaged as was the engine,
while the engineer, Mr.. A. b, Sumner,
was seriously scalded by escaping steam.
The evening passenger train was unable
to pass the obstruction on the track, the
passengers being transferred to another.
Year: 1874

There was at times such discrepancy
between the language of Mr.. Adams
ana the tone in which he uttered his
words that the effect was ludicrous be.
yond description. On one occasion an
onslaught was made upon him by sever
al members, principally from the South.
He not only defended himself with sur
prising skill and vigor but delivered
such blows in return that many of his
assailants retired from the conflict stag
gering under their ponderous weight.
But others mixed in the struggle and it
was long maintained, the old gentleman
never getting worsred on single point.
When excited his highpitcbed voice
would break into screech that rang
through the hall with piercing sound,
resembling the scream of an eagle. "Mr.
Speaker, said he, members may as
sail my character and decry my motives,
they may pervert my language and mis-
represent my position their assaults do
not move me in the least | shall bear
them like lamb /" his shrll voice pen
etrating every recess in the hall.


Mr.. Adams had no equal in contro-
versial debate. He was so thoroughly
armed and equipped, and his knowledge
was so extensive and exact, that no aues-
ton ever arose that he was not prepared
to discuss in all its bearings. Naturally
aggressive and as courageous as lion,
he never hesitated in attack or defense,
and never finched, even when assailed
by any number of the ablest men on
the democratic side. He delighted in
raising storm and was perfectly cool
and self possessed when it ragged with
the greatest violence. He was petulant
and irascible, frequently interrupting his
assailants with passionate CALCULATIONS,
and retorting their accusations with
crushing effect but he never lost his
balance, or failed in repelling the most
damaging assault. In the midst of the
widest excitement and agitation he
would rise to address the house. The
silence was generally profound. He
commenced in low tones, but spoke with
such distinctness as to be heard in every
part of the hall. His venerable figure
had the repose o. statue. His large
white head had the smoothness and pol
ish of marble. II was as bald as that
of new born infant. As he proceeded
he warmed with his subject and his high
broad forehead began to change in col
or, streaks of crimson creeping up, one
after another, reminding one of milk
white cloud illumed by lightning until
the whole surface of the head looked as
if tinged with blood. When the trans
formation became complete, his face suf
fused and his eyes flashing. he seemed
to increase in size, his tones grew louder
and more impressive, his sentences vitu-
perative and denunciatory, were deliver
ed like round shot, hot and heavy, and
those to whom he applied the lash were
always to be commiserated. He never
forgot an injury, and rarely forgave
those who wantonly assailed him
Harper's Magazine for June.
Year: 1874

A man who promised his wife ON her
death bed never to marry again, offers a
reward for some one who will convince
him that lie is justifabIe when it is
told to soothe the last moments of the
departing. He adds the postscript that
as a rule he is not hard-beaded in his
opinions, and is easy to convince.
Year: 1874

A Discussed DARKEY.-A short time
since colored man entered the Office Of
the clerk of the county court, and advance
ing to table where the deputy clerk was
busly engaged, he produced n marriage
license for which he had paid the legal fee
a few days before.


Boss" said be, pokiug the license un-
der the nose of the absorbed deputy.


"What is it p was the impatient ques-
ton


Boss" continued the darkcy, "dc lady
declines dis document, and | fotch it to
get de money back"


1t was a little conscling In the darkey
to be told some went further AND Jared
worse. but when assured his money could
not be returned, he turned Indignantly on
his double-soled pumps and mu'tersd as
he made his exit, Every body's done gone
back on dis document.
Year: 1874

A SOLOMON The following story comes
from Ireland: Two men had a quarrel in
liquor shop. They adjourned outside to
settle the dispute The first man, being
from Connaught, Immediately seized a
lump of stone and let fly at the head Of
his opponent, who dipped his head and
missed the stone. which went through an
expensive plate glass window, and did
much damage. A magistrate was called
upon next morning to determine which Of
the two should pay the cast. The evil
deucc clearly showed that the aim was a
good one, and that if the second man had
not dipped his head he would have been
struck. Therefore" said the magistrate.
"he must pay the damages, as it is certain
the FIRST man didn't intend to injure the
win dow, and the window would not have
been injured if it had not been for the act
Of the second man"