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Year: 1873

1t must Be remembered that sleep
repairs not the vital functions only,
but simultaneously those functions
which we distinctly describe as men
tai attributes, and of which the brain
is, to our limited comprehension, the
organic instrument. The intellectual
part of our nature, taking the phrase
in the largest sense, is exhausted by
its constant exercise, in like manner
as the bodily. organs, and requires the
intermittent periods of repose and re-,
pair. If other proof were needed of
the great funetion which sleep fuIfiIIs
in the economy of life, it may at once
be found in the effects which follow
the privation of this repair. A single
sleepless night tells its tale, even to
the more careless observer. A long
series of such nights resulting, as Oft
en- happens, from an oYertaxed and
anxious brain, may often warrant SER
ious apprehension, as an index of mis-
chief already existing, or the cause Of
evil at hand. Instances of this kind,
VIC believe, are familiar to the expert
ence of every physician. But here, as
in so many other cases, the evil of de-
ficiency has its counterpart in the evil
of excess. Sleep protracted beyond
the need of repair, and encroaching
habituallyF on the hours of waking
action, impairs more or less the fnnc-
tions of the brain, and with them all
the vital powers. This observation is
as old as Hippocrates and Artes. who
seYerally and strongly comment upon
it. The sleep of infancy, however,
and that of old age, do not come under
this category OF excess. These are
natural conditions appertaining to the
respective periods of life, and to be
dealt with as such. In illness, more
over. all ordinary rule a1d measure of
sleep must be pnC aside. Distinguish
ing it from coma, there are very few
cases where it is not an unequivoca,
good, and even in the comatose state
the brain, we believe, gains more from
repose than from any artificial at
tempts to rouse it into action.-Etlin-
burgh ReUSelc. os-


The hornet is beautifully defined to
he the red hot child of nature .i.
Year: 1873

The falling off in marriages is found in the
centres of population, where the needs of life
press hard. The old-fashioued disinterested-
ness has of late years been losing ground in
these places. Thirty or forty years ago it
was plain sailing; gibbons hat and the Ital-
ian opera were unknown; all worked tor
living, and none were rich as compared with
those of to day. 1t has become evident that
in cities Hymen is losing his power; yet the
goddess who came out of the seafoam con-
tinues to exercise her wonted charms over
men, though they refuse to follow Hymen.
There is a hide-and seek process on the part
of man to avoid supporting the Woinao,
which would be to the last degree ungenerous
if it were not IN some measure compulsory.
Fathers endeavor to dispose OF daughters to
those who stand upon cohuitious, ana each
tries to shirk the expense of keeping them.
Tbus regarded, the woman becomes poss-
hla enculnbrance to a marrying man, and al
most a parasite in her own family A great
number of those who live in luxury in the
metropolis make both ends meet with difficul


tv. The head of the family is stretched on n
financial wheel, which never ceases to turn
every day in the year. He is pressed for
what he considers the necessaries of life. and
spends twenty thousand dollars year. The
capital OF this man who spends twenty thou
sand collars year, at legal interest, would
not perhaps yield him a third of what he ex-
pends; thus he is obliged to work hard for his
living, and without relaxation. He is not in
position to help any one but himself how
ever willing he may be to do so. The young
man making his way through an ocean of
difficulties. and carrying heavy ballast in the
shape of clubs and social dissipation, may like
the daughter of the poor rich father; but he
has not the audacity, even If she were
willing, to make the sacrifice, 10
Year: 1873

A young gentleman in New York called a
coach dog Dalmatian hound. and was in
formed by his .fdncee that if he could not re-
frain from profanity in her presence, they
must henceforth be strangers.
Year: 1873

EBrooklyn sea captain, just returned from
tour of the Holy Land, expressed himself
disgusted with Jerusalem. ''It is the mean
est place 1 ever visited! There is not a drop
OF liquor in the whole town fit to drink"
Year: 1873

A house ought to be the work of art, just
like picture. Every bit of furniture in it
should be a particle of great composition
chosen with reference to every other particle.
A grain of color, hundredth of an inch
across, is OF the utmost Importance in a pic
ture; and little ornament OH the chimney
piece is of the utmost artistic Importance in a
house.-P. g. Hdmerton.
Year: 1873

Sticks in ones drink seem to be dangerous.
A man in st. Louis has been suffering from
lockjaw, produced by absorbing elaret punch
through straw. Luckily this method of OBJ
tanning the contents of tumbler is too slow
to be very popular in st. Louis.
Year: 1873

No man or woman was ever cured of love
by discovering the falsity of his or her lover.
The living together tor three long, rainy days
in the country has done more to dispel love
than all the perfidies in love that have ever
been omnlitted.-Heips.
Year: 1873

Ghosts are odd fishes and seldom go in
couples, but newly-married pair of Troy
people have been driven out of their chosen
home by the apparitions of man and
woman that would come in each night and
disagreeably glide around, passing through
walls where there are no doors, and never TAX
ing the trouble to go round chairs and tables,
but always through them.
Year: 1873

To The Editor of The Commercial


VIII the same poisonous matter which kills fish
by the thousand in the water of the Brandwine,
kill the Thousand of men women and children
who have no other resource than this stream for
domestic use Thousands OF fish are floating
down the stream at this writing IL P. NJ. Where
does the poison come from Which of the es-
tabiishments on the Brsndywine have to-day
emptied the deleterious stuff into the stream


SPECTAToR
Year: 1873

JAY COOKE CO.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company having
de ermined to close its 7sO First Mortgage old Loan
at aggregate not exceeding thirty million dollars
and thereafter to pay higher rate of interest than
per cent further issue of its bonds the limited
remainder of the I s-'Oloan is now being disposed
of through the usual agencies.


As the bonds of this issue are made receivable in
payment for the Company's lands at LILO, they are
in constant and increasing demand for this pur-
pose and will continue to be after the loan is closed
"a fact which mucn enhances their value and
attractiveness as an investment.


The Company has more than 500 miles of it's road
built and in operation has earned title TO nearly
ten mltonacres Of its land grant, and sales of lands
have thus far averaged So 66 per acre.
All marketable securities are received in exchange
for Northern Pacific at current rates.


John McLear 81 Son,


BANKERS,


No. eo2 Market Street.
Year: 1873

entirely out of the arena of military opera.


tions.


Lee had made his works at Petersburg
lmpregnable to assault, and had movable
column Of his army within two days march
of the Federal capital He had made a
campaign unexampled in the history of de-
fensive warfare.


Colonel Venable concluded his noble ad.
dress as follows:


"My comrades, I feel that I have given
but feeble picture of this grand period in
che history of this time of trial Of our be.
loved South-a history which is great gift
of God, and which we must hand down as
holy heritage to our children, not to teach
them to cherish spirit of bitterness or q
love for war, but to show them that their
fathers bore themselves worthily in the
strife, when to do battle became a sacred
duty. Heroic history is the living soul Of .
nations renown. When the traveller in
Switzerland beholds the monument to the
thirteen hundred brave mountsinsers
who met the overwhelming hosts Of their
proud invaders, and as he reads in their cpl.
taph: who fell unconquered, but wearisd
with victory, giving their souls to God and
their bodies to their enemy or when he
visits the places sacred to the myth Of vii.
liam Tell, transplanted by pious, patriotic
friends from the sages of another people, to
inspire the youth of that mountain land with
q hatred of tyrants and love of heroic
deeds-or when he contemplates that won
derful monument by Thurwaldsen, on the
shores of Lake Lucerne, in commemoration
of the fidelity in death of the Swiss Guard
of Louis XVI.-a colossal lion, cut out of
the living rock, pierced by fatal javelin,
and yet in death protecting the lily Of France
with his paw-he asks himself how many
men of the nations of the world have been
inspired with love of freedom by the monu-
ments and heroic stories of little Switzer-
land?


Comrades, we need not weave any fable
borrowed from scandinavian lore into the
woof of our history to inspire our youth with
admiration of glorious deeds in freedoms
battles DONE In the true history Of this ar
my of Northern Virginia, which laid down
its arms not conquered, but wearied with
victory, you have a record of deeds of valor,
of unselfsh conservation to duty, and faith
fulness in death which will teach our sons,
and our sons sons how to die for liberty
Let us sec to it that it shall be transmitted
to them"


Colonel Venable's very interesting ad-
dress was received with frequent bursts Of
applause from the audience; and yet during
the whole of it the decorum observed was
remarkable. His touching illusions to the
past services of the gallant Army of North
ern Virginia drew forth tear from nearly
every eye, and when he eloquently recited
the heroic deeds of the faithful sons Of the
South, his words were greeted with snthusi-
astic applause. Now and then humorous
incident of the campaign-the last sixty
days of the ..r-as recited by Col. Venable,
excited the risibilities of the audience, and
the next moment he carried his hearers
through some of the most solemn and impress
sive scenes of those last days of battle, and
their laughter was then almost turned into
sobbing.
Year: 1873

The lovliest adornment of pefect
womanhood is uuconsciousness of self,
If the woman possessed of this rare
virtue by lacking in physical beauty,
nay even plain, there is charm In her
innocence and simplicity more potent
than the fairest of smiles of the fairest
Of featured sirens that ever deuded the
susceptible heart of man. There is
something in the presence Of vain
and pretentious woman that, be she
ever SO fair, repuises rather than at
tracts admiration She is regarded
only for the symmetry of her form and
features, and like cold and senseless
statute Of stone, her eyes never changs
or lose their fixed and soulless express
sion they never Tighten up with the
beauty of thought nor sparkle with the
conception of any new and sublime
idea their changeless look is not the
repose OF peace, nor the steady gaze of
uuchanging happiness-it is the fixed
stare of heartless worldly woman,
wrose only thoughts is of herself who
is ever insensiole to the sense of doing
good to others-an expression uncha>
geable se6shness,


True beauty lies in the hidden per-
fection of tie soul The most lovely
type of perfect womanhood is the being
whose heart is not insensible to refined
and tender feeling that mingles and
blends itself with every act and deed of
her life. No feminine face is truly
beautiful that does not wear, to GER
tain extent, an expression Of conteut-
ment repose Ruskin has said -


DO not think you can make girl
lovely if you do not make her happy.
There is not one restraint you put on
good girls nature-there is not one
check you give to her instincts OF
affection or of effort-which will not
be indelibly written on her features
with harshness which is all the more
painful because it takes away the
brightness from the eyes of innocence,
and the charm from the brow of virtue



The perfect lovliness of womao's
countcnance can only consist in the
majestic peace which is found in the
memory of happy and useful years full
of sweet records ; and from the joining
of this with that vet more majestic
child;shncss' which is still full OF
change and promise, opening always,
modest at once and bright with hope of
better things to be won and bestowed.
There is no old age where there is still
thatpromise-iti is eternal youth"
Year: 1873

We need not preach the courage to
die-that is common euough-but the
courage to live, to be honest in spite
of poverty and neglect; to be true,
though all is dark except where God
shines in; to be faithful, though Heav-
en- fall and heart breaks, and friendship
turns to gall. Yes, we must teach men
to dare to be unpopular, to be misap-
pretended. to be ahead OF the times, to
follow the voice of God though it lead
into the wilderness, to tell the man Of
his very face that he lies, and also to
give him his dues, an act which re-
qnires the supremest courage at times.


wouldn't give farthing for the
triumphant faith of the death hour,
unless it comes from the triumphant
faith that makes our life full of noblest
daring, that is ready to fling aside
honor, wealth the praise of friends,
rather than impair for one moment the
souls integrity. Oh, for such .
courage the courage to think, to act,
to tell the harsh truths, to overflow
splendid falsehoods, to disown sweet
lies, and to Danish tenderest association
rather than check in the least the free
movement of the sovereign soul. We
all must die with more or less equa-
uimity, but we cannot live in the full
splendor of our being except by courage
anu determined exertion. The cow
ard, under certain circumstances, may
die grandly but never under any cir
cumstances, can he live grandly.-
LIBERAL Christian.
Year: 1873

ometer continues to fall, we may be sure
that the vortex is approaching us !;
while, if the barometer rises, we
may count on its having passed by.
The general direction of the movement
of the center is from west to east but it
may depart several points from the cardi-
nal line.


The preceding generaizations of po-
sition apply to the Northern Temperate
Zone. A little consideration will help
us to understand that, in the Southern
Temperate Zone, the direction of the
rotary movement is the opposite to that
of storms in this region the winds blow
round the vortex the same way that the
hands of a watch move. In the Torrid
Zone, within what are technically known
as the " doldrums" (the limits of true
cyclone action), the difference between
the lengths of the successive parallels of
latitude is SO small that the conditions
of rotary motion are present but feebly,
and not at all on the equator.


It is evident that this knowledge is of
much greater practical value on the
water than on the land added to which,
storms move with more regularity on the
ocean than on shore, the motion not
being interfered with by irregularity of
surface. On land our theoretical circle
often becomes an irregular ellipse, but
on the ocean the circular form is very
nearly preserved. The mariner may
avoid serious damage, and perhaps total
loss, by knowledge of these facts of
storm motion, by steering as nearly as
may be away from the vortex. This may
be accomplished by keepingt the starboard
side to windward, and getting out of the
track if the storm-center be moving to-
wards the first noted place of the vessel.
Some of our ocean-going seamen are
already educated up to a knowledge of
these facts, and an appreciation of their
value; and there can be no doubt that
more thorough dissemination of the
principles of storm science will result in
material diminution in the annual per-
,centage of loss by shipwreck. Elias
Colbert, in Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1873

The Whfrling Movement, and its Causes


How to Tell the Direction of n Storm


Center.


Observations of the weather during
the past few years have established our
knowledge of the important meteorolog
ical fact that all our storms are accom-
panied by the phenomenon of a circular
wind. The fac is now much more widely
known than it's cause. The accompany
ing diagram will enable our readers to
understand the latter
Year: 1873

She comes down to the depot in an
express wagon three hours before
the train time She insists on sit
ting on her trunk out on the plat
form to keep i. from heing stolen.
She picks up her reticule, fan, para
col, lunch basket. small pot with a
house plant in it, shawl, paper of
candy. boquet (she never travels
without one), small tumbler and ex-
ira veil, and chases Historically af-
ter every switch engine that goes
by, under the impression that it is
her train.


Her voice trembles as she presents
herself at the restaurant and tries to
buy ticket, and she knocks with
the handle OF her parasOl at the door
of the old disused tool house. in vain
hopes that the baggage man will
come out and check her trunk. She
asks everybody in the depot and on
the platform when her train will
start, and where it will stand, and
looking straight at the great click.
asks "What time is it now p She
sees, with terror. the baggage man
shy her trunk into q car where two
men are smoking, instead of locking
it up by itself in a large, strong,
brown car, with bad order. shops"
chalked on the side, which she has
| long ago determined to be the bag
gage car, as the only safe one in
sight.


Although the first at the depot.
she is the last to get her ticket, and
once on the cars, she sits to the end
! of her journey in an agony of appre-
hension that she has got on the
wrong train. and. will be landed at
some strange station put in 2 close
carriage, drugged, and murdered,
and to every last male passenger
who walks down the aisle she stands
up and presents her ticket, which
she invariably carries in her hand.


She finally recognizes her waiting
friends on the platform, leaves the
car in a burst Of gratitude, and the
train is ten miles away before she re-
members that her reticule,5 FAM par.
asol, lunch basket, verhena. shawl.
candy, tumbler. veil, and sboQneti are
on the seat where she left them, or
in the depot. at Peoria, for the life Of
Fier she can't Tell which.
Year: 1873

| Whenever q wave of financial en-


barrassment sweeps over a section Of


country, it behooyes every good


citizen and every Christian man to


strive to do what lie can to restore


confidence and to prevent disastrous
I failures. For failures bring in their


wake, broken hearts, crushed hopes


and ruined anticipations Of happiness


and prosperity - affections which
strike we know not where.


A main cause of excitement in
such cases, ia the fact that selfish
people sometimes take advantage OF
the situation to hoard their money in
their own possession. and to neglect
to pay their debts. putting in the
false plea of the tightness Of the
money market; and thereby avoiding
payment for the time Some such
men there will be in every commu-
nifty, and some of them will be pun
ished in a way that they little ex-
pect by the depredations of robbers.


But thinking men, who are rightly
disposed to their fellow-meu will
take pains to use means for the re-
lief Of the community generally, by
paying old debts and settling open
accounts due by them and to them.


If q man owes S. to each one of
fifty people, and fifty people each
owe him $5, he is in debt $3.50. and
has $3.50 owing TO him. II these
fifty people and those with whom
they deal. live in one community. il
is possible for one single FIVE dollar
bill to pay all these debts within a
weeks time. if they will pass it
rapidly from hand to hand. In other
words, a single FIVE dollar bill can be
made to pay, at this rate, $12,500 of
debts in a week s time.


If every man has five dollar bill
and says, when asked for payment:
Well, as money is tight, think /
will hold this for the present. Hard
times, you know. / can't pay now,"
every one unable to pay larger
debts.


If, on the contrary every one will
use the money he may hold in the
payment of all the debts he may owe
just as fast as he can learn the
amounts due by him, the stringency
of the money market will be relieved
soon. If he does not owe any debts,
let him use the money lie may have.
in purchasing lands or bonds or
mortgage or stock, or something he
can use on the farm or in bis bust
ness, or let him carry out that scheme
of benevolence which he has had so
long in mind-loan it to some worthy
seek some one in trouble
and help him out. Above all things.
when the wheels of business are
clogged by tightness of the money
market, do not become n party TO
the increasing Of financial distress by
boarding money.


He gives twice, who gives quick
ly'' is never more true than when the
are afflicted with a foolish
panic Christian Observer.
Year: 1873

The New York Times double leads
the following editorial of Sept. 26 /:


Superfcially. the financial crisis
seemed to have abated yesterday,


and because there were no failures,
many people supposed that the panic
was over. The Government, how
ever, is doubtless better informed.
It must know, for instance, that the
crops have suddenly been checked
in their progress to the sea-board !;
that the grain already here cannot
be shipped that foreign exchange
is almost extinct that we are grad
ually getting back to the primitive
system of barter. We are no alarm
lists, as our readers will bare witness.
but it is impossible to be blind to
what is now going on.
Year: 1873

No one remedy Is louder
chilled for by the necessities of


the American people than a
sure and safe cure for Fever
and Ague. Such we arc now
enabled 10 offer, with a perfect
certainty that IL will eradicate
the disease, and with assur.
Year: 1873

q body, and there were number of the
other temperance orders present, all of whom
deserve thanks for the slacrity with which
they all responded to the call.


Another meeting will be held during the
session of the State Council.
Year: 1873

A retired clergyman sends US an &C.
count of q little. affair that happened in
his place. It appears that there was a
young woman, q fine spirited girl, ,en.
gagged at a wash tub opposite an open
door. Just behind her was a young man,
as is generally the case, and in the yard
was an old buck that was allowed the
freedom Of the premises, which is not al.
ways the case, we are glad to say. We'll,
this buck came up to the door and looked
in, and the young man going close behind
the young woman, pointed his finger
straight at the buck, and the old fellow
recognizing at once the pressing character
of this mute invitation, put down his head
and dashed forward, and the miserable
man stepped 10 one side and fled, and the
young woman, all unconscious Of the ar.
rangcments received the awful shock
without warning, and passed over the
tub, and the air for an instant appeared
to be full of slippers and wet clothes and
hot water and suds. And the next min.
ute that goat came flying out Of that door
at dreadful speed, bald the whole length
of his spine, and with q wild look in his
eye Ani for an hour atterwsrd he stood
back ol the barn scratching his chin and
trying to recall all the circumstances in
the unfortunate afalr-DanbuTy NetoS.