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Year: 1873

Where the road between Merced
and Smelling crosses the Merced
river that stream is about two hun
dred yards in width, and even at
this season of the year, when the
water is quite low, it looks like
dangerous and deep stream to cross.
Last Thursday, a patent medicine
agent, travelling on horseback
through that section, came to the
river and hesitated about attempt
ing to ford it as he saw the wide
expanse of rushing waters. There
is no bridge anywhere along there
so after some indescision he con.
cluded to swim his horse across
Spying n boy, fishing in small
punt tied to the bank, he said:


"Hello, bub y


"Hello, yourself"


"Can l get you to take my clothes
across the river in your boat p


81 rebin you kin, if you've got
any soap"


"All right, I'll give you quarter
to take over my clothes and this
carpet sack to the opposite shore"


To this the boy nodded assent,
the stranger disrobed, turned over
the carpet-sack and habilaments to
the Juvenile, who padded out into
the stream, and mounted his horse,
prepared to swim the river and en-
Joy the luxury of a bath. With a
splash at every movement, the horse
stepped into the stream and walked
across-the water was nowhere
more than eighteen inches deep!
To say that that medicine man,
perched on the back of his horse,
was a man of iniquity for the space
of half an hour would hardly do
Justice to the occasion. There were
enough "dams" along the Merced
that afternoon to supply q hundred
mill-sites.
Year: 1873

If a man is wounded so that
blood flows, that flow is either reg
ular or by jets or spurts. If it
flows regularly, a vein has been
wounded and a string should be
bound tightly around below the
wounded part, that is beyond it
from the heart. If the blood comes
out by leaps or jets, an artery has
been severed, and the person may
bleed to death in few minutes to
prevent which, apply the cord above
the wound, that is between the
wound and the heart. In case a
string or cord is not at hand, tie the
two opposite corners of a handker-
chief around the limb-put a stick
between and turn it around until
the handkerchief is twisted suffici-
emily tight to stop the bleeding, and
keep it so until physician can be
had.
Year: 1873

A certain political speaker closed
an address in behalf of his party
with the ( lowing perogation
"Build q warm fence around the
winters supply of summer weather I;
skim the clouds from the sky with
a teaspoon catch a thunderbolt in
a bladder; break hurricane to har-
ness; ground-sluice on earthquake |;
lasso an avalanche; pin napkin
on the crater of an active volcano |;
get all the stars in a nail-keg; hang
the ocean on a grape vine to dry (;
put the sky to soak in a gourd !;
unbuckle the belly-band of eternity,
and paste TO Let on the sun and
moon, but never, sir-never for a
moment delude yourself with the
idea that any party can beat our
candidate"
Year: 1873

Tsie Devil CutdOne.
Old Nick came up to the earth one day,
And into old Washington wended his way,
And having some hours to spend for calls,
He thought he would visit our national halls.
On arriving there he crossed the sill
As discussion was hot on the Salary bill.
Now Old Nick, as everybody knows,
Has power 10 change both himself and clothes,
So, seeing Senator's vacant chair,
Presto change! and he was there
And he said, as his eyes DER the assembly ran,
"wouldn't make splendid Congressman
The bill was read, and the devil sat there,
Tilted back in his easy chair,
With no particular interest in it,
Till there came a pause of about one minute;
And in n voice that was full of dread
The "back action" clause of the bill was read.
Old Nick sat up with interest now,
To see what the honorable ~ body would do.
"For surely" said he, "they haven't sunk so low,
That they can pass the bill clear through
1t surely must be some hideous joke,
Or my imps have overdone their work"
The bill was read and the ayes were called,
And the devil sat there like one appalled,;
And the basest thing which he ever saw
Was this wholesale theft under the guise of law.
"To look any further there is no use,
For of all mean things this beats the deuce"
"For thousands of years I've wandered round
Trying TO see if there could be found
In the universe a lower level


Than that which is occupied by the devil
My search was fruitloss by sea and land
Till met an American Congressman.
"If men like these are TO Congress sent
I'll run my chances for President"
Old Nick left town that very day,


But he was heard to mutter as he passed away:
"I'll let that forty second Alone


For If don't they'll steal my throne!"
Year: 1873

Country readers can wander
forth into the fields and meadows
which are now filled with ripenine
clusters of berries, and revel upon
them. Do they not recall to you
the early days of your life, when
perhaps barefooted, you wandered
among the briars regardless of their
assault upon flesh and clothing
Year: 1873

sician in town, send for him when you
are sick, and give him chance to dis
play his skill and science in your be-
half. If an enterprising man proposes
to plant a grist mill or a saw mill on
one Of the streams that water your vii
lage, don't take pains to carry your corn
or logs by his mill to the neighboring
town. Give him generous patronage.
Encourage home business. Build it up
in all the ways you can. Never 60 out
of town for anything you can buy or
need, that you can procure at your own
door, An observance of this injunction
will brighten up many dilapidated vii
lage in Vermont, and tend more than
any one other thing to keep our young
men from depopulating the State by the
constant drain ofwestern emigration
argus and Patriot
Year: 1873

pause--and again he went on.


"Ihey made my heart desolate, wretch
ed and void and II, in turn, dasola-
ted their household, and wrecked their
peace forever, as they had two passions
to feed and foster-the most boundless
love for me, their only child, and pride
which, God forgive them, they had also
given to me, and the latter the greater,
they sacrificed me to that pride. Well,
] trampled on their pride. They knelt
to me in the dust and ashes of humility,
and l scorned them.


'They offered me bride, the fairest
in the land, and only laughed at them.
They could not give me little Alice, and
] had nothing else for which to ask. l
had a grand funeral from that work
house for my wife and child, and [ put
nv name on her coffin lid, and after that
day forgot that | had a name or par
cnts, and l felt that had avenged AL
ice, for their house is house of mourn
ing, and the world is to them as to me
"a sepulchre.


"And this is the reason that [ don't
care for anything that comes or goes,
that happens OF does not happen. want
to be dead. want to sleep and never
wake up.


'Let me sleep and don't disturb me
l am going to dream of my Alice and
her child again.
Year: 1873

BAD DREAMs.-Bad dreams are fire.
quently caused by tight neck band,
which prevents the blood when it has
reached the brain from flowing freely
back again. Compression of any part
of the body should be avoided at all
times, but especially during sleep. The
lighter the bedclothes are the more re-
freshing and sweet will be repose. For
this reason, comforters made of delaines
or other thin woolen material and stuff
ed with wool are far preferable to those
made of cotton, and warmer even than
blankets, since the fbers of wool are wi
der apart and the same weight goes far
ther in retaining the warmth Of the body.
Year: 1873

1t is clear therefore, that THE SPIRIT is invaluable,
and becomes necessity to every Farmer Breeder or
Owner of stock in the land Every copy Of THE
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES is carefully supervised so
that it go, wthoutquestion into the family circle.
AS be it is elegantly printed sheet of
TWENTY-F0UR PAGES and is repete with matters
of great interest EVEN A SINGLE COPY OF THIS.
PAPER is INVALUABLE TO EVERY VILLAGE IN
AMERICA; 1T is ACTUALLY PROVIDING A
Year: 1873

sERENADE OF. FARMER DoNNELLY.
come, my love, and live with me;
And keep my cottage in the glen,
AS patient as the bumble-bee,


As busy as setting hen.
Beyoud the vermicelh row


hear the bull-frogs sigh again
The cackle of the Durham eve
The below of the Berkshire hen.
Oh come, love, come the morn if fair,
Ill celebrate the day with thee;
Pll merrily dig the Bartlett pear,
And shake the ruta baga tree.
Oh, hump yourself, my lovely Poll,
And in the cause of anti-mOnOp,
Well mulch the turkeys in the Fall,
And graft the long clam on the hop.
My sweetest I am fond of mush
And thou wilt set some out for me;
Well early SOW the currant bush
And tap the cranberry jelly tree.
Well pull the wool from off the calf,
The cottonwood its fleece shall shed.
So at the Winter we will laugh,


And gayly weed the oyster bed.
Well blithely hoe the Winter wheat;
Well chase the eggs the squirrels lay;
And when the Bantam hog shall bleat
Well feed him with some clover hay.
Year: 1873

THE SPIRIT is the SOLE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
THE NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION
Through its columns alone the proceedings of the
BOARD OF APPEALS are given to the members of
this Association, as well as to the racing public.
Year: 1873

1t is the aim of THE SPIRIT-and we refer to
columns to prove how well we have succeeded in this


to give to its readers full accounts of all racing events
throughout the world promptly and effectively. In
connection with this give select Hunting Stories
and extended renOrtS all
Year: 1873

A Western contemporary thinks it
smart TO relate that an Iowa editor
recently, to keep up with the styles,
ran away with another mans wife.
He did not get off so easily, howev-
er, as he imagined he would. The
man followed him and overlook the
truant pair. The editor got behind
the woman, and prepared to sell his
life as dearly as possible. He was
uncertain as to whether the outraged
husband would shoot him, or murder
him with a carving knife He stood
there, like the boy upon the burning
deck, and calmly awaited the result.
The outraged husband came up with
in about two feet of the editor. and
said, 'ECuss your impudence! 1 want
you to stop my paper" That was
all. The editor recovered himself,
and said he would have the matter
attended to at once. During all the
trying scene the woman stuck to the
editor like a sand-burr to girls
stocking. Some people get mad and
stop their paper for almost nothing
it beats all.
Year: 1873

Some time ago Assistant Surgeon
Lewis, of the British army, having
been assigned to special duty under
the Sanitary Commission for the Gov
ernment of India, in examining the
urine and blood of certain patients,
discovered the existence of living,
active worms, hitherto unobserved.-
The worms are LIS of an inch in
length and they have a transverse
diameter of 1-35000 of an inch. They
are SO numerous as to be found in
blood drawn from any part of the
body, and so persistent that they
may exist in the system for months
or years without any marked evil
consequence being observed. 1t is
said, however, that they may give
rise to serious diseases, and ultimate
ly cause death. These worms ap-
pear, through the microscope, like in
completely developed snakes; they
move necessarily, coiling and uncoil-
ing themselves, and rush about among
the blood corpuscles in all directions.
They do not appear to exist anywhere
but in the blood and urine.
Year: 1873

Professor Wise, who expects to
cross the Atlantic ocean by balloon
this month, delivered lecture on
Aerial Navigation in New York recent
ly. Among other things he said
that he was as sure of being able to
cross to Europe with good balloon
as he is that he can cross in steam
er. During August and September
the same climate conditions obtain in
the latitude of New York that obtain in
the Tropics, and the balloon must there
fore go very high and exhaust much
power. If they sail low they will go
nearly north. He and Donaldson
have said: eff we can't go to Europe
we will go to the pole and hunt the
Polaris. The First Napoleon estab-
ished a school of aeronautics and
made them serviceable in the war;
but their great use must be in peace.
Little is known yet about electricity,
ozone, spread of epidemics. Balloon
ing will help to unrayel these myster-
les. If they do not get 1o00 miles
to sea or never come back, science
will be somewhat aided by the trip.
It is often asked what are the plans
of the voyage? In general, they ex-
peet to go up and to land between ST.
Petersburg and Africa. 1.-THE Signal
Service will help, they can go across
in sixty days ahead of any cyclone.
1t was in that way that he was carried
from St Louis to New York. He
crossed the lakes in a tornado that
destroyed sixteen vessels on those
waters. In that voyage, the day be-
ing hot, a phosphorescent light hung
around the balloon at night, which
enabled them to read their instru-
ments. Large balloons are much
more agreeable than small ones.
Crossing Lake Ontario they kept an
average distance of 300 feet from the
water. Men will not exceed the birds
in aerial navigation. It is singular
that none Of the passengers he ever
carried complained of dizziness. This
sort of travelling seems to come nat
ural. It is difficult when above the
clouds to know, from mere surround
ing appearances, whether you are
really moving. Though going mile
minute, you hang seemingly motion
less amid air and clouds. The Pro-
fessor told an amusing story In proof
of this. He sailed up from Allentown,
Pennsylvania, where band was play
ing a national air. Hearing the same
tune as he came down he supposed
he was still over Allentown. He had
landed in Berks county, forty miles
away, among a picnic party whose
band was playing the same tune.
When the Professor began balloon
ing there were DO gas works in this
country that could initiate a balloon
which would carry up one man,
unless several days notice was given
In his last ascension from Gettysburg
he rose three miles, and got into
warm easterly current The air was
so warm that he took off his coat.
This had not happened to him before.
He attributed the warmth to fog.
Year: 1873

The New York Evening Post, in
commenting upon the resolutions in
the Iowa Republican platform, says ::
There was one resolution in the Iowa
Republican platform which deserves
special notice and frequent repetition.
It was that which laid down the new
rule in politics, that it is the duty of
every Republican to withhold his vote
from corrupt or incompetent candi-
dates, even if they have the regular
party nomination. This resolution
has been commended by the Repub-
ican press almost unanimously, and
made more prominent in the discus
sions of the day than any other po-
htical resolution within our recollec-
ton. It is probable that many 9th
er Republican conventions will be ask
ed to approve the sentiment.
Year: 1873

German newspapers announce that
the dictionary ofthe German language
in course of compilation by Brothers
Grimm, will contain more words than
any other publication On record. 1t
has already reached the number of
one hundred and fifty thousand, and
by the time it is completed it will
comprise at least five hundred thous-
and.
Year: 1873

There is a little plant that grows
In almost every soil,
If he who sows the seed bestows
A little care and toll.
Its stems no gorgeous blossoms show
To captivate the eye
Blossoms that greet the morning view,
And ere the sunset die.
All no! Tho plain as flowers can be,
Twas planted here below,
To keep the world in harmony,
And aid to bear life's woe.
Tho needful as the constant food,
That daily want supplies;
Like every other common good,


We fail the plant to prize.
Till absence of it proves its worth,
And discord holds its sway,
And crosses incident to earth,


Grow heavier every day.
We call it "PATIENcE"-kin to three
That would redeem the fall
Blest Faith, and Hope and Charity;
We surely heed them all!
Year: 1873

Conclusion Of Long Branch let
ter: "Long Branch, as a place to
leave, is the most charming in Ameri-
ca. Five dollars day for stall to
sleep in is but small portion of the
dreariness that you miss when you
are once away from it"
Year: 1873

The annexed problem was first started a short
time since in New York, and has provoked any
amount of discussion there. Here it is:


A street railroad has double track on q street in
this shape:
Year: 1873

The fact being we'll known that the
mortality among children is much great
er during the summer season than dur
ing any other portion of the year, parents
and guardians ought earnestly to consid-
er how they may preserve the health of
the little ones committed to their care.
The rate of mortality among children
would not be so large as it is were prop
er precautions taken in regard to their
clothing, their food and their habits.
The nrAsaruatian- of a child's health
While 1T requires constant care, is SIM
pie matter after all. 1t might be so
cared for that in most cases the child
itself might learn what to do for itself,
and when and what to eat and to change,
what to do and what to avoid, in order
to escape sickness. Indeed, any child
that can understand s'you must moi"
can assist very much in the work which
is for its own good, at least in regard to
eating the unripe, unhealthy fruits which
come far easily within the reach of those
who know no better than to eat it. By
every means, and careful soatchinq, the
children ought to be prevented from
partaking of the many unhealthy articles
of fruit and confectionery which are Of
fered at street stands and other places
for their temptation. Temperance in all
their eating and drinking should be
made established habits with the little
ones, and the result would be good fol-
the future as well as for the present


Next in importance to caring for the
child's stomach is the caring for its
body. Cleanliness, it is hardly to be
supposed, would need much said in it:
favor. Frequent bathing of the face
and hands is not only productive of good


but it is very necessary in order to keeI
the pores of the skin free from aecumu
lations of the imperceptible dust which
is floating continually in the air. Blu
the matter most neglected in the car


of children is the paying of proper at


tention to their clothing. This shoult
be of character suited as far as posi-
BILE to the sudden changes of the season
While it should be light and cool, it


texture ought to be such as to protec
the body against sudden cooling by light
soft woolen fabric which would absor


the Precipitation. or entire suits of such
ought to be put upon every child. 1t


a mistake to suppose that children car
not catch cold in the summer. The


certainly do; everybody does who
not guarded against it, and summt
complaints have their origin in colds {


frequently as in anything else. Exit


care during this month in these parti


ulars would greatly reduce the mortalit
among childred and save many youn
life.-Boston Journal.
Year: 1873




The Rev. DIR. Stone, of San Francisco,
is reported as saying that ''the newspa-
per is more feared to-day in Congress
ional halls and The high places of cor
ruption and villainy, than the laws and
courts, the sting of conscience, and the
Divine wrath" This is only another
form of saying that exposure in iniquity
is what men dread more than the moral
consequences of their crimes. The evil
dences are too patent to be questioned
that net only public men, but multitudes
of others. have no fear of God or of
eternal perdition before their eyes. The
moral sense seems to be sadly wanting
in the public mind. and the dread sane
tions of religion to be less and less pow
erful to restrain men. Our hope for
the reformation Of society, and even for
the preservation of the good that remains,
is in the Gospel and in the Spirit of
God. We need a revival of pure and
undefled religion throughout our land
and throughout the world. "Thy king
dom come" must be the earnest prayer
of all who look or hope for the better
| ment of society
Year: 1873

There are two striking cases-one in
the Old Testament and the other in the
New-of men beloved of God, praying
perseveringly and with the utmost in
tensity and fervor for something which
was denied them. An answer to a pray-
eris not necessarily an affirmative an
swer. 1t may be an answer in the neg.
ative-an answer Of the wiser love that
sees further than we do and refuses in
mercy. Yet there are some people who
talk as thnnnh IF ,,ra..>- .-.---y--
and of course answered in the afirma-
tive, and the thing we ask given, there
were no use in praying. "Who is the
Lord. that we should serve Him, and
what profit shall we have to pray to
Him?" But prayers are often answered
in the Affirmative. The voice of Chris
tian experience, through all time, has
united in calling our God ga very pres
ent help in time of trouble" Very
present, either to remove the trouble or
help us arise above it. The true doc
trine is, that God our Father is reality
Ia living, loving presence-throbbing
with sympathy, but with plans and
purposes, and knowledge of the situation
Intimately transcendins ours, that He
is near TO US, hears our prayer. considers
it tenderly and patiently, and does for
us the very best that is possible consist
emily with the best good of all. That
it is not always possible for God to grant
what we ask is made certain by the
most interesting and most awful prayer
ever left on record-the prayer offered
in extreme anguish by His only and
beloved Son. Itwas to attain the SYM
pathetic insight of a personal experience
that our Lord passed through depths
so deep that no son or daughter of Adam
ever could sink below Him. In the aw-
full passage He felt the same agonized
inability to endure that we feel, and
called out as we do for relief; but with
the controlling sense of a nobler pur.
pose which He preferred even to that
present relief And in this sense every
true prayer is answered. For when we
pray truly we always do in our deepest
heart, in our higher and better nature,
/ so confide in nrr- -HoauosAlu Rather 4ia&


we prefer His will even to the most i'm


portant clamor of our own wild desires,
Year: 1873

We understand that work pn the new road
from Salina to Raymontlwas commenced near
Tintlsburg few days before the recent cold
weather, but was discontinued on account ol
the cold. cit is also stated that this road Is to
be branch of the Kansas Pacific railroad.
Year: 1873

The abundance Of corn In our Egypt, which
has been extensively used for fuel In this reg
ION, probably saved many people from suffer-
ing during the cold weather, who would not
been able to have obtained wood under any
circumstances. Corn saved them therefore IL
pays to raise it, even II the market price Is not
what 1t should be.
Year: 1873

l begin to believe, now "a days. that
money makes the man, and dress the
woman. ...4 a


/ begin to believe that the purse is
more potent than the sword and pen
together.


l begin to believe that those who
sin the most during the week are the
most devout on Sundays.


l begin to believe that man was not
made to enjoy life, but to keep him
self miserable in the pursuit and DOS
session of riches.


l begin to believe the surest remedy
for hard times and a tight money mar
ket Is an extrayagant expenditure on
the part of indiyiduals-to keep the
money moving.


| begin to believe that piano fortes
are more necessary in family than
meat and potatoes.


l begin to believe that boy who
docs not swear, smoke and chew to.
bacco may he very good boy, but is
naturally stupid. o4s


l begin to believe if the devil should
die one-half the world would be
thrown out Of employment.


I begin to believe that he has most
merit who makes the most noise in his
own behalf; and that when Gabriel
comes-not to be behind the times
he, too, will blow his own horn pretty
loud
Year: 1873

Partial suspension-That con
dition of a bank in which the re
ceiving teller is on duty, but the
paying teller has gone around the
corner to ''see a man.


Total suspension-That condition
OF the bank in which both tellers
are off duty, but the president posts
notice to the effect that the con
cern is solyent-if the assets are
good for any thing.


Failure-Both doors are closed.
but the directors hope to open at
least one of them again-vhen the
receiver gives up the keys.


Certified check-An instrument
calling for money due from q bank
on demand, which the bank. instead
OF paying, indorses as follows: !:
This is to certify that we are all
In the same boat e.rr.