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Year: 1873

EE- Is it not very strange that when
all kaesl down to pray in church. and
you think you viii pop your head UP and
look around, most every one else is DO
ing the same thing2 We have tried it,
and have seon nearly every head duck
down at the same moment. This seems
strange, hu it is nothing TO trying to
keep awake during soothing sermon.
It's perfect torture, and We have tried
every remedy, from biting hard Of our
tongue down to stepping upon our favor
ito corn, but all to no avail, nothing but
the short metre doxology would have
the least effect


r. Why are bushes like little glrls ?
Because they become women.
Year: 1873

CYRUS NJ. AND MARY RIPLEY FISHER, LOST on THE


STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC, APRIL lSr, 1873.
Eight years ago sang, with trembling breath,
song of one who when the spring was young,
Her pale lips sealed with the seal of death,
Came home to sleep dear kindred graves among.
Green was the grass we raised to give her room;
Clear were the randrops, tinkng they fell;
Sweet was the pale arbutus' tender bloom
Round the last couch other who loved it wei.
Yet in our blindness, how we wept that day,
When the earth fell upon her eofin-lidi
o, ye beloved, whom sing this day,


Could we but know where your dear forms lie hid
Could we but lay you down by her dear side,
Wrapped in the garments of eternal rest
Where the still hours in slow succession glide,
And not a dream may stir the pulseless breast
Where all day long the shadows come an go,
And soft winds murmur and sweet song-birds


sing


Falls W here the flowers you loved are blossoming-
Then should the tempest of our grief grow calm;


more;


And the clear swelling of our thankful psalms
Should drown the beat of surges on the shore.
But the deep sea will not give up it dead.
o, We who knows where your beloved sleep,
Bid hearts ease bloom on once love guarded bed
And bless your God for graves whereon to weep
Thursday May 29th. J. c. R. d.
Year: 1873

How QUAKERErS STOPPED Borrow
IsG.-The subject of borrowing and lend
ing came up in the cours of conversation


with subscriber living near Ithaca, when
ne suddenly recollected funny remlnis-
eence of that character which had happen
ed in his own neighborhood. He said he
had neighbor whose family were great
borrowers, but not so distinguished as pay
masters-they were always borrowing, but
seldom if ever returning the exact amount
borrowed. An old Quaker lady, another
neighbor, who had endured these invasions
for long time patiently, hit upon very
philosophical mode of even tually putting
stop to the nuisance. Keeping her own
counsel, the next time her good man went
to town, he had a separate and express or
der to purchase pound of the best tea,
and also new canister to put it in as he
knew she already had plenty of tea, and
also canister, he was puzzled to determine
what the old lady wanted of more tea and
new canister ; but his questionings and
reasonings elected nothing more than a
repetition of the order,-


Jim. did not tell thee to get me
pound of the best tea and new canister ?
Now 60 along and do as bid thee"


And 60 along he did, and when he came
home at night the tea and new canister
were his companions. The old lady took
them from him with an amused express
sion on her usually placid features, and de-
posting the tea in the canister. set it on
the shelf for special use 1t had not
long to wait, for the borrowing neighbor
had frequent use for the aromatic herb.
The good old lady loaned generously,
emptying back in the canister any remit
tance of borrowed teas which the neighbor's
conscience inclined her to make


Time went on, and after somthing less
than the one-hundredth time of borrowing,
the neighbor again appeared for just
another drawing of tea," when the oft
visited tea canister was brought out, and
found to be empty, and the good old lady
and obliging neighbor was just one pound
of tea poorer than when she bought the
new canister, which now only remained to
tell the story. Then said she,-


Thou seest that empty canister.
filled it for thee with pound of my best
lea, and have let it all to thee in driblets,
and put into it all thou hast sent me in re-
'urn, and none but thyself hath taken
herefrom or added unto it, and now thou
'eest it empty therefore l will say to
hee, thou hast borrowed thyself out, and
can lend thee no more"
Year: 1873

man in want Of meal The larder being
bare, the fox, the ape, and the hare start
ed at once on foraging expedition
while his cronies managed to secure some
thing eatable, the hare returned as he
went, but rather than be reproached with
inhospltality, as soon as cooking-fre was
klndled, he jumped into it, thus providing
the visitor with dainty dish very liter
ally at his own expense. Charmed with
the action, Iudra took the hare out of the
fire, carried him back with him to heaven,
and set him in the moon. In Scandinavia,
oddly enough, tradition took the New
Zealander's view of Luna's character, and
made kidnapper of her. According to
the Morse legend, Mani, the moon, seeing
two children named Hjuki and Bill drawing
water from we'll into bucket, which
they suspended on a pole. for easy car
riage, seized upon them, and took children,
bucket, and pole into the upper regions.


After testing the question again and
again, modern meteorologists have come to
the conclusion that the moon has no sort of
| influence over the weather, agreeing with
| the Iron Duke, that it is nonsense to place
any faith in her as weather predictor.
Time was when she was thought absolute
mistress of the seasons. Pliny has the fol-
following lunar weather-wisdom. Fine
weather, wind, or rain, may be looked for
according as the moon rises with pure
white, red, or swarthy light. If, at full
moon, half the disc is clear, fine weather
is betokened; if red, wind if black, rain.
Ii at the rising of the new moon the upper
horn is obscured, there will be preva-


ence of wet when she is on the wane if
the lower horn is obscured, there will be
rain before she attains her full; if both
horns appear obtuse, frightful tempest is
near if they are sharp and erect, high
winds may be expected. Darwin declares
it is sure sign of coming rain when the
moons head is hidden in haloes A cor
respondent of Notes and Queries says a
large circle round the moon, with a north
or northeast wind, predlcates stormy
weather if the wind comes from any other
quarter, there will still be rain, but less of
it. IT, however, the moon rises after sun
set, the appearance of a ring round her is
not so significant as the Dutch rhyme puts
Year: 1873

and we believe it also to be true in relation to
tremendous outbursts of atmospheric energy.
At present the weather bureau keeps itself to
reckoning the probabilities for twenty-four
hourso advance but when it has become
more g niliar with the now little understood
law the weather, it may be able to fore
tel ie coming of tornadoes like that of
&c and to fix, proximately, the scene of
ravages.
Year: 1873

A red moon was equally ill-boding. When
Salisbury entreats the commander of Rich
ard II.'s Welsh soldiers to prevent their
dispersion, the Welsh captain replies:
'Tis thought the king is dead we will not stay
The bay tees in our country are all witheredi
Aud meteors fright the fxed stars of heaven
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth
And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change.
These signs forerun the death or fall ofkings.
A lunar eclipse was also an omen dire, as
it we'll might be, if the popular notion in
ancient times was correct and the moon
was only eclipsed when suffering from the
spells of wicked magicians seeking to draw
her down to earth, to aid them in their un-
holy doings fortunately, their machina-
tions were of no. avail if honest people
could make enoug gh noise to drown the
songs of the enchanter.


To sing the moon out of the sky is about
as forcible feat as that Of fishing her out
of pond. Attempting the latter. hay
maker fixed nickname upon his Wiltshire
brethren forever. The story goes that two
Wiltshire haymakers, going home from
Year: 1873

They say five, moons were seen tonight
Four fixed and the fifth did whirl about
The other four in wondrous motion;
Old men and beldames In the streets
Do prophesy upon it dangerously.
Year: 1873

ES- A Nelson street man was charged
by his wife to bring home hcr bonnet Sat
urday night, but he became so embued
with liquor that he fell on the street and
burstod the cover from the bandbox, and
tie hat relied out on the sidewalk lIs
grabbed for it at once, As also did play.
ful dog, and for awhile it was difficult to
determine which would get the hat. They
finally divided it, the man going one way
with the strings and few otrawS, and the
dog another with the balance When he
got home. he extended his share Of the
victory to the wretched woman, and
burst forth in unfeigned admiration. "lt
was the goldarnest dog to (hic) hold on
ever saw, Marier, (hic) an' If l hadn''
been perfectly sober (hie) he'd had TIC
hull (hic) hull Of il
Year: 1873

The course of the Hon. W. G..
Whitthorne, in reference to the back
pay steal is at least amusing. No
man who understands modern poll
tics, and the state of the public
mind upon corruption, will consider
it able or astute. It is remarkably
feeble effort to buy the public conf
dence with ill-gOtten money. 1t is
too late in the present century for
such transparent games to succeed.
Let US see how the matter stands.


The Hon. w. G. Whitthorne evil
IDENTIFY considers, by his action, that
he has no honest right to the money,
or else he would devote it, as he
would then evidently have the right
to do, to his own private purposes.
If it was not his money, gotten in a
legitimate way as a reward for his
public services, it was not his money
at all, and he had no more right to
give it TO the Vanderbilt University
than to pay with il his own private
debts. He says clearly that il was
not his money! We would like to
ask whose money il was? By his
conduct in the matter, we are not
left in doubt. The answer is plain;
The peoples money wrongtully OBJ
tanned from the Treasury of the
United States. Could the Honora-
bic member of Congress from Ten
nessee have any doubt as to its pro-
per disposition? Did he not know
from whence he wrOngfully drew il,
and could he have with all his expe-
rience, any doubts as to his proper
IN "a Tal
not II he had, he had the patriotic
examples of Carl Schurz, Thurman
and Sherman to initiate.


But here comes in his shallow
stroke of policy, and in mentioning
it, we declare we do not desire TO
do him ieiustlce, and II we are
se Fysssfs,as.,e--l 49,. = .f,ts--.
reer set us right.


II is said that he is a candidate for
Governor. It would not do for him
to keep the peoples money for his
own use; but wishing to obtain
some benefit from II, which he could
not do by returning it to the United
States Treasury, he uses it in this
way: He gives il To the Vanderbilt
University, already one OF the rich
est corporations IN the South, but
belonging to the Methodist Church.
OF course he does not know the
strength of the Methodist vote in
the State, or the potency Of its in
fluence; There Is one thing, though.
he Will find out hereafter, that his
game is too thin, and not worth the
candle.


This Is certain: West Tennessee
is determined to have her claims re-
cognized in the noxt election for
Governor, and the thousand and one
aspirants in every little county town
in Middle Tennessee-and every
county town has one or more can
didates for Governor-may as well
take due notice. If they will not
deal fairly by US, we will turn to
East Tennessee. There is among
her mountains, waiting, an old maB
eloquent, who will be eager to an
swer = call to arms.


We simply throw out these hints
as a beacon light for the future.
We hope there will be no necessity
for their verification.
Year: 1873

There is too much fussing about the
noise of children, consequent upon
too little knowledge of the require
ments of youth in its etfervescing
state. II growth and health are con-
sidered in their true bearings, chill
dren cannot make too much noise.
The school mistress who enforces
silence on her pupils is committing,
unintentionally, of course, an of
fence against reason, worthy only
of a convent. Every burst Of laugh
ter, every shout, nay, every mOder-
ate tit of crying cOnduces to health,
by rapidly filling and emptying the
lungs, and changing the blood more
rapidly from black to red-that is,
from death to life. Andrew COmbe
is a great authority in such matters
as these, and he tells a story of a
great charity school, where the pu-
pills were forced TO be so silent that
a large portion of them fell i'll.
Without doubt this is one good rea-
son why children Of delicate consti-
tutiOns cannot 60 through our pub
lie schools without breaking down.
They are kept toe still. Often, too,
teachers are disposed to insist on a
posture so erect as to be absolutely
injurious; for the body has more
parts than one, and while to sit up
right is good for the chest, it is, if
long continued, an intense strain on
the spine. The truth is, children
should not be subject to monotony
of any kind. They should speak
and be silent, sit erect and lol, very
much as nature inclines grown peo-
pie to do. It Is time that more at
tention is paid to the Kindergarten
system in schools; and less 10 the
the states prison one so generally
in vogue.-Er.
Year: 1873

ADoG NOT FOR SALE.-Among
the section men who were showed
i'm by the late fearful snowstorm,
was one who lived several miles
from St. James. He was unable to
reach home; his wife became alarm
ed for his safety, and he was uneasy
about his family. On Thursday a
shepherd dog belonging to him came
bounding into st. James with a
little leather bag attached to his
collar, in which was a letter from
his wife containing the joyful intel
ligence that they were "all well at
hOme," and asking for news of her
husband. A letter was written in
forming the wife that the husband
was safe and would return home as
soon as he could reach there. This
letter was placed in the leather bag,
and the faithful animal told to ego
home" Away started the almost
human animal through the fearful
storm and snow drifts, and arrived
safely home with the precious news
so anxiously looked for by the wait
ing wife and mother. That dog Is
not for sale.
Year: 1873

Much has been said and written
about the wedding ring, but the
more lovely par engaged IN the mys-
tic matter, the taper residence OF
this ornament, has been neglected.
Now this is rather curious, as there
are facts which belong to the ring
finger which render it in q peculiar
manner an appropriate emblem OF
matrimonial union. 1t is the Only
finger where two principal nerves
belong to two distinct trunks; the
thumb is supplied with its prinei-
cipal nerves from the radial nerve,
as is also the fore finger, the middle


finger, and the thumb side of the
ring finger, while the ulnar nerve
furnishes the little finger and the
other side OF the ring finger, at tho
point or extremity OF which q real
union takes place. IL seems as If IL
were intended by nature to be the
matrimonial finger. That the side
Of the ring finger next the little fin
ger is supplied by the ulnar nerve,
is frequently proved by common
accident, that of striking the elbow
against the edge of q chair, q door,
or any narrow, hard substance; the
ulnar nerve is then frequently
struck, and a thrilling sensation Is
felt in the little finger, and on the
same side of the ring finger, but not
on the other side Of it.-Er.
Year: 1873

To DEVELOP TALENT. Place q
man in a position that will fearfully
tax him and try him, a position that
will often bring blush on his cheek
and the sweat to his brow, a posi-
ton that will overmRster him at
times and cause him to rack his
brain for resource. Place him in a
position like this. But every time
he trips 90 to his rescue; 60 not
with words of blame or censure.-
But go with manful words OF en-
csuragement; look him boldly in
the eye, and speak them with soul
and empasis. This is the way TO
make a man Of boy. And q giant
of man. If man has pluck and
talent, no matter whether he ever
filled a given position or not, put
him in il, if worthy, and he will
sosn not only fill it, but outgrow it.
Put one in a position with q faint
heart. This is the way to kill him.
Put him in grandly with most un-
mistakable confidence. Drop no ca
yeats, but boldly point the way and
then stand by with a viii and coun-
tenance of true friend. Thus try
twenty men, such as have been
named, and nineteen will succeed.
Year: 1873

WORSHIP IN THE Ho2rE.-That
many little things which make up
human life have a real magnitude
and far-reaching significance may be
seen in the decisive influences which
they have upon the future. The
morning reading of the Bible, the
prayer of the family circle, and the
blessing invoked on the food, pass by
without incident, and often without
due attentien-such is the power of
custom to strip Us ofinspriration and
feeling; but there is not one in all
the group which is not affected by il
throughout the day, and the memo
ry of these devotions, dull enough,
msyhap, at the time, has afterward
saved many a young man not only
from career of wickedness and a
wretched death, but led him back to
the faith and pure life with which
he was formerly familiar.
Year: 1873

A woman should never, at any
time, at home, among strangers or
any where else-sufier any familiar
ity from any one. There is q class
of men who travel extensively, are
business men, but are entirely un-
principled and unfit for respectable
female society; they let no opportu-
nity pass to attempt a familiar ac-
quaintance with females who are
Obliged TO travel without male es-
eorts; you can tell one OF them in
a moment by the stare and impudent
look he casts upon every woman in
omnibus, car, cabin or parlor. A
woman who will not suffer the least
familiarity from one Of these we'll
dressed fellows, is very soon left
free from their annoyance. To be
openly and pointedly repulsed, very
much hurts their pride and vanity
the great stock in trade of these
men.


To be too familiar even with your
own sex, you will often see in them
some fault or blemish that will cause
YOU TO think less OF them; had not
familiarity existed, you would never
have known. Too much familiarity
in the exchange OF confidence, the
communicating of secrets to one all
other, often leads to quarrels and
domestic difficulties. Never suffer
yourself to be familiar even will
your best friends; 70 a certain exteni
Il banishes your own self-resDect
Year: 1873

For the Delaoare Republican,


NATAL ANTHEM"
Fair Spring was laid asleep,
No blade nor sprig did peep
From out its winter rest,
The moon hung bright above,
Each birding told his love,
lntrilling coos, upon bis mates white breast
The herdsnan and the fold,
Upon the bleaky wold,
In drowsy silence sat,
When from some hidden cell
Such airy notes did swell,
AS made their witless senses fear therest.
A Triton's messy shell
Or midnight PhIlomel
Had strook the fairy note;
But never music so
Majestic, soft, and low,
From windry shell or thIobbins pipe did


float.
For all seraph band,
With glad ecstatic hand
Had touched the quavring wire;
And Orpheus hath fed
To hide his woeful head.
For aye he thought his was the master


Lyre.
A parle so heavenly sweet
Was never heard l weet,
Or ever there was seen
A host whose radiant gleme,
Was like tn lightning's sheen;
Or if the night turn'd into day had teen.
The clrclng stars of fire,
Creations wondrous quoir,
In sllvery order sweep;
Tue singing orbs trip by
To metre grand and high,
Aud tones celestial fill tn azure deep.
The moon, has lost his light
As If an awful fright
. Had darkled OH his face:


His broad round face Is cast
Into a gloom at last
So darkly digit, he steps tariy pace.
The iiends of foul intent
On schemes of foulness bent,
Throughout all Pluto's reign
A howl Of horror sent,
Such shock as hell was rent,
Full sure they saw their everlasting bane
Amaze the midnight brood
In awful silence stood.
To see this new lit star


Whose faire and radiant beam,
With fires seraphic TEEN,


Now from Its orb, direct the hsry car
Sweet Peace hath left tn tomb


To find again its home,
Within immortal breasts,


A God hath stopt that way,
Until the verge of day,


A court Of cherubs walt on his behes,s.
Year: 1873

There's fullness In Gods mercy,
Like the fullness of the sea-
There's kindness In His Justice
Which Is more than liberty.
There's no place whore earthly sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There's no place where earthly failings
Have such kindly Judgment given.
For the love Of God IL broader
Than the measure Of mans mind:
And the heart Of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
But we make His love too narrow
BY false limits of our own;
And We magnify His strictness
With zeal He will not own.
Pining souls Come nearer Jesus;
Come, but come not doubling thus;
Come with faith that trusts more freely
His great tenderness for us.
If our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness OF our Lord.


-FQber.
Year: 1873

Alsolicitor who has recently been engaged by
q prominent life insurance firm, returned to
the Once Of his employers, the other day, and
complained that he had been snubbed by u
gentleman on whom he had called. 'sSnubbeds
Why, what did YOU do that he should have
snubbed you? l have solicited life Insurance.
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and have
down stairs, beaten over the head with chairs,
and thrown out of the windows, but snubbed |
never have BEEN" The solicitor is driving u
coal wagon.
Year: 1873

Our life is Il sermon. Our birth Is the text
from which We start Youth Is the introduc-


ton to the discourse. During our manhood we
lay down few propositions and prove them.-
Some of the passages are dull, others sprightly.
Then come inference and applications. Al
The doxology is sung. The book is closed. Il
is getting cold. Frost on the window pane
Audience gone. Shut up the Church. Sexton
! goes home with the key on his shoulder.
Year: 1873

Three-fourths of mile north of the
proposed city Of Nietos, is one of the
most desirable localities for pleasure
resort, to be found anywhere in easy
access of the city of Los Angeles. Ma
ture has done everything required on
her part. The land is as level as a
floor, and forty or fifty acres is studied
with fine timber, just far enough apart
to let in the warm rays of the sun,
which keeps the grass green and grow
ing the entire year. All that this spot
requires to make it the Long Branch
of southern California, is for some
person with means, and backed up
by spirit of enterprise, to take hold
OF the project. the land is owned by
the Santa Gertrudes Land Association.
The company has large tract of land,
around, and embracing this desirable
location. If they would expend few
thousand dollars in improving this
park, it would not only pay them well
for the outlay, in advancing the value
of the land improved, but largely en-
hance the value of the surrounding
lands. 1t Is situated in the center of a
fine and luXuriant valley, whose lands
in point of richness, cannot be surpass-
ed, and in the most healthful climate
on the coast of California. Situated
just far enough from the ocean to make
the temperature even and pleasant,
the mercury seldom rising above 50
degrees, or falling below 80. Where
all the semi-tropical fruits can be
raised in profusion. Where tomatoes,
green peas, and other vegetables,
grow at any season of the year. With
level roads, for ten or twelve miles in
any direction. Which offers superior
inducements to visitors in feeble
health, as well as those in search of
pleasure. OBSERVER.
Year: 1873

All through town, the demand is for
board. Yesterday there were several
persons in the HERALD office looking
UP information in regard to boarding
for themselves or others. OF course no
difficulty is experienced in obtaining
day board, but to obtain board and
lodging under one roof is simply inn
possible. Several parties, after can
vassing the entire city and hunting
with no success, have been obliged to
leave the city; Others have been COM
PEELED to write to friends not to come,
as no place could be found for them.


Why will not some man or men of
means put up boarding-houses to ac-
cOmmodate the demand? or why will
they not build and furnish houses for
rental? Every day this is delayed, the
interests of the town suffer.