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Year: 1873

The Journal of Health SAYS: Women
who are nursing babies should never drink
tea. If | had time could tell YOU in plain
terms the reason for this assertion | do
not believe in tea for any one outside the
countries where it is raised | have no
doubt that there if is a national blessing.
Americans need no such astringcnts, no
such hncrye-quickenerS That drinking
is one great cause Of nervousness among
our women believe every thinking man
and woman will agree; and often wish
that our first row with our mother country
had been over something worth fighting
about instead of an old tea-chest. Oat
meal Indian meal, cruel and cocoa, or
chocolate, are the beverages to he partakrn
of by the women who nurse babies These
insure quality as we'll as quantity, and
made OF rich good milk, can he freely par
taken of There is no need of IN ordinary
young woman growing thin because She
is nursing Then again infants should
be held as little as possible. trotted and
rocked never. Accustom yorl baby at once
to the bed OF crib, and insist whatever
Your nurse may say to the contrary. upon
its sleeping alone. Then feed Your baby
regularly, and disabusr your mind OF the
impression that il is hungry every time it
makes noise No woman should nurse
her infant ottener than twice in the night


and at six months this should he stopped
entirely, i'll order to guard the mother
against the exhaustion which follows in
evitahly upon the keeping up of this un-
natural night drag. Once in two or three
hours during the day is also quite often
enough. Bear in mind, also, that your
baby wants, and must have, cold water to
drink daily Begin first, and Immediately,
with tea-spoontll, allowing the child 10
be its own Judge as to the quantity Give
Your babies room enough to breathe and
plenty of sunshine, and my word on il
YOU will have no trouble; mothers can do
this by taking proper care of themselves.
The present system of bringing up chill
drcn is an abomination but what more can
be expected with SO little preparation for
life and its duties on the part of our women?
Year: 1873

N From the La Crosse, Wis. Democrat,


We never had a coal stove around the
house until last Saturday. Have always
burned pine slabs and pieces Of our
neighbor's fence. They burn well, too,
but the fence got all burned up, and the
neighbor said he wouldn't build new
one, go we went down to jones' and got
a coal stove. 1t was called the "Radi-
ant Home," and any man who says we
didn't have radiant home for about
four hours last Saturday night, is a Re-
publican and villain. You see we
didn't know anything about coal stoves.
We filled the Radient Home about half
full of pine fence, and when the stuff
got well to going we filled the artesian
well on top with the coal. 1t sirnmered
and sputtered about five or ten minutes
and went out, and we put on an over
coat and pair of buckskin mittens and
"went out too," to supper. We remark
ed, in the course Of the frugal meal
that Jones was "fraud" for recon-
mending such COMPOUNDED refrigerator
to a man to get warm by. After supper
we took piece of ice and rubbed our
hands warm, and went in where the
stove was, resolved to make her draw
and burn if it took all the pine fence in
the First Ward. Our better half threw
quilt over her and shiveringly remark
ed that she never knew what real solid
comfort was until she got coal stove.
Stung by the sarcasm in her remark,
we turned every dingus on the stove
that was movable. or looked like it had
anything to do with draft, and pretty
soon the Radiant Home began to heave
up heat. 1t was not long before she slut
tered like new Silsby steamer. Talk
about your heat! In ten minutes that
room was as much worse than u Turkish
Bath as Hades is hotter than an ice.
house. The perspiration fairly tried out
of a tin water cooler in the next room.
We opened the doors, and the snow be-
gan to melt as far up Vine Street as
Hascomb's house, and people all around
the neighborhood put on linen clothes.
And we couldn't stop the confounded
thing. We forgot what Jones told US
about the hampers, and she just kept a
billing. The only thing we could do
was to go to bed and leave the thing to
burn the house up If it wanted to. We
stood off with pole and turned the
dampers every way, and at every turn
she just sent up heat enough to roast
an OK. We went to bed, supposing that
the coal would eventually burn out, but
about IL O'Clock the whole family had
to get up and sit on the fence. Finally
Il man came along who had been brought
up among coal stoves and he put wet
blanket over him and crept up to the
stove and turned the proper dingus, and
she cooled off, and since that time has
been just as comfortable as possible. If
you buy coal stove you want to learn
how to engineer it, or you may get
roasted,
Year: 1873

When the strength or nerve power Is al
ready worn out or used up, the digestion OF
food only makes fresh demand upon 1t, and
if it be unable to meet the demand, the food
is only burden upon it, producing mischief.
Our bodies have been compared to steam
engines, the food being the fuel and the
steam produced the nerve power. The
analogy holds good to certain extent: Ii,
when the steam is low, because the fire is
low, you pile in too fast quantity OF ccal
YOU put out your fire, and If you have de-
pended unon steam power to fan your fires,
that is also extinguished. Beyond this the
comparison falls. You may clean ouf your
furnaces and begin again, bus IN the Oody
the consequences of this overlooking are
dangerous and sometimes fatal. No cause
of cholera 10 NOR. common than eating
freely when exhausted. The rule should
be to rest for time, and take some simple
refreshment, a cup or q part OF cup OF
tea, a little broth, or even piece OF bread,
ANYTHING simple and in small amount,
inst to stimulate the stomach slightly and
begin to restore its power. After rest, a


moderate quantity will be refreshing. New


er eat a full meal when you are exhausted
Take first small qusntity OF any thing single
which may be handy, and rest. Then,
after a time, proper food will be blessing,
not a burden. The fires will burn, the steam
will be ~, and you can go on youf way
safely. 1t not amiss, in this connection,
TO say that children would avoid many q
feverish night and many an attack OF dis
ease, if mothers would follow this rule.
Year: 1873

have nothing new OF much import.
auce 10 write concerning the bill for the
removal Of the Capital. 1t is still in
the hands OF the Judiciary Committee
Of the Senate and opioiou as TO its ultI-
mate fate are quite diverse. Some OF
the friends OF removal seem TO be very
s.pguiue OF success, and claim that
they bave gained some recent access
sions to their strength. while the Char
leston people seem TO be equally con-
fident that no removal will be effected,
until the bill is reported and the vote
actually taken, the disposition Of the
Legislature upon this .ukjecI is one Of
those consUdrums that no fellow can
fad ou! 81"
Year: 1873

[From the New York Ledger.l


A correspondent wishes to know if
there is any such thing as luck.


Most people think there Isl such thing
as luck; many think there is a great deal
of it; some that there is, to them, a great
deal of good luck, and others that there
is, to them, a great deal Of bad luck.


" 1t is his luck" say the neighbOrs, of
one man; his Investments always turn
out we'll he is bound to make money"
We remember, by the way, hearing this
remark made once, by an ambitious
young man, about one many years his
senior 1t is his luck" said the young
man; "whatever he touches turns to
gold" ard on the strength Of his faith
III this elderly mans luck, the youth, al
though he was a theological student,
broke off an engagement with a true
hearted young girl ard married the
"lucky7 mans daughter; but it turned
out that the lucky man afterward failed,
and instead of everything thathe touched
turning to gold, the young mans hopes
and expectations turned to ashes.


But is there, in reality, any such thing
as luck?


We suppose there is, if the word luck
be limited to its proper significatiOn.
Luck properly applies to such events as
are entirely beyond ones own influence.


The common error on the subject con-
sists in attributing to luck or fortune
those things which depend entirely, or
mainly, or in some part, upon ones own
conduct and management.


One man fails in everything; it is his
| luck; so he thinks, and so others half
| believe; when, as the fact is, it is all his
own fault. He does nothing at the right
time, or in the right way. He may work
very hard, yet he works to little or no
purpose; and yet it is entirely attributa-
BILE to the fact that his eE3;t. IS are not
timely, or are misdirected or misdbplied


Another man almost invariably sue
ceeds. 1t is his luck, people say. Yet
luck, in most cases, has little or nothing
to do with it. His plans are judiciously
laid, and promptly and perseveTingly
executed. Phe result is simply the ma
tural product and consequence of his ex-
ertiOns.


IF an accident which could not be fore,
seen by the passengers occur to a rail
road train, it may be a matter of lucE
whether a traveller happen to be in 6
car which is crushed or in one that es
capes. If we look back to the root O.
the matter, however, we discover tha
the accident itself, instead of being con
sequent upon luck, i'll most cases is Oc
casioned by some carelessness or mis-
management.


The truth is that Luck is the name O.
a convenient pack-hOrse on which care
less and indolent and thoughtless peOplt
delight to place the responsibility fo1
their own errors and shortcomings.
person who always does his duty, at thu
right time and to the best of his ability
is very apt, in the long run, to turn Ou
Iucky.
Year: 1873

NEW BooTs.-The Danbury news


says: "It is little singular how we'll


a pair of boots can be made to fit at the


store. You may only be able to get your


foot part way down the leg at the


first trial, but that is because your stock


ing is sweaty or you haven't started


right, and the shoemaker suggests that


you start again and stand up to it, and


he throws in a little powder from a pep


per box to aid you. And so you stand


no, and pound down your foot, and


partly trip yourself up, and your eyes


stick out in an unpleasant manner, and
on the point of bursting, and all the
while that dealer stands around and


ewes the operation as intently as If the


whole affair was perfectly new and


novel to him. When your foot has
finally struck bottom, there Is a faint


impression ON your mind that yOu have
stepped into an open stove, but he re-
moves it by solemnly observing that he
never saw a boot fit so good as that.


You may suggest that your toe pres
ses too hard against the front or that
some of the bones in the side of the
| foot are too much smashed, but he says
that this is always the way with a boot,
and that the trouble will entirely disap-
pear in few days. Then you take the
old pair under your arm and start for


home animated as q relic of 1812,+all
the while feeling that the world will
| not look bright and happy to you again
| until you have Drained that shoemaker,
You limp down town the next day, and
smile the while with your mouth, while
your eyes look as if you were walking
over an oyster bed bare foot. When no
4 = I, rInIr TAncf
or some other obstruction and show a
| fondness for stopping and resting
against something that will sustain your
weight. When yOu get home at night
Won go FOR those old boots with az
eagerness that cannot be described, and
| the remarks that you makes upon learn
| ing that your wife has disposed of them
| to widow woman in the suburbs, ape
| calculated to Immediately depQpulate
the earth of women and shoemaker
| generally"
Year: 1873

Nothing is better calculated to upset
mans equanimity. and disqualify him
for sound mental action, than quarrel.
This is the view of the Columbus Sun,
which adds: "Let it be ever so light,
and the cause ever SO trivial, the effect
is the same. 1t puts him out of sorts,
so to speak, and is the source of great
annoyance. The occasion may be one
of small moment, and may pass off in
a few moments, but the effect will con-
tinue for hours and mar his peace and
happiness. Hence it should be the
policy of every one to avoid quarrel, if
possible. If man cheats you, cease to
deal with him; if he is abusive, quit his
company, if he ISLANDERS you, take care
to live so that nobody will believe him.
No matter who he is, or how he uses
you, the best way is to let him alone,
for there is nothing better than this cool,
calm and quiet way of dealing with the
wrong we meet with"
Year: 1873

An honest farmer looking over O bill,
found To lbs sugar. To lbs ditto.7
He went to his wife and said, "Here is
a pretty charge. What on earth have
you done with so much ditto 2" She de-
clared she never had any ditto in the
house in her life. So back the farmer
posted to the store and reported, and
received an explanation. On his return
his wife asked him if he had learned
whatit meant. eyes," said he "it means
that I'm darned old fool, and you are
5i++o y
Year: 1873

DISCOVERY IN WooD PAPER MANU-
FACTURB. -" Burleigh" writes to the
Boston Journal as follows: "a young
man of this city, a son of a clergyman,
has brought to light an invention that
promises a fortune to himself and
great benefit to the community. The
manufacture of paper from wood is
carried on to limited extent. There
are only certain kinds Of wood that can
be used for the manufacture of paper,
and the scarcity of material makes the
paper very high. By the discovery ]
have alluded to paper can be made out
Of any of the hard woods, while a pulr
from the Southern pine makes a paper
at once tough, handsome and cheap
The sap is extracted by steam, and the
process of making the paper is very sim.
pie and inexpensive. Paper men sax
that the Invention will revolutionizt
their trade.'
Year: 1873

DEAR GIRLs-Don't do anything that
you will look back on from the maturer
age of thirty and wish you hadn't.
Dom t do anything, no matter how long
you have been engaged to q man, that
when you are married you will regret.
Your husband will respect you all the
more, if you have always bern true to
yourself during his cOurtship. Time
enough for the kisses and the glowing
clasps will come after marriage, and
will be enjoyed all the more for true
purity Of thought and deed. And if
the engagement should happen to get
broken, it will save many annoying
thoughts, if not words, to know that it
is impossible for some man whom you
care nothing for, then to boast of famil-
iarities from you. These young men
who. are willing to draw out these little,
ceressing familiar acts thatin themselves
contain nothing impure, must possess
impure minds, and imagined license
from the innocent, thOughtless express
sion of pleasure, will, sooner or later,
with some one venture more, you may
depend. Your careless words and ac-
tiOns may inflame. his passions, and
presently some one falls, and you can
say but that it is partly your fault ?
No doubt it is very pleasant to be sup
ported in your evening walk, or ride,
by the arm of your dear Augustus, or to
lean your head to rest upon his con-
venient shoulder, holding his hand, and
to give him parting kiss, but as sure
as you live ten years older, you will be
sorry you did it. Then consider one
thing more. In the strength of your
virtue, did you ever think that some
weaker sister may see or know of the
act, and thinking if you do so, it cannot
be improper? The consequence is. that
some one takes advantage of her weak
ness, and she is lost. Oh, girls! we must
blame our own selves for some Of
this dreadful evil! Do be thoughtful


and avoid any action aelf=respect calls
doubtful.-=[Ashtapula Sentinel.
Year: 1873

The inhabitants of noted fever and
ague district in Illinois are said to turn
their "shakes" to some account They
climb into the top of she'll bark Just
there is not a hickory nut left on the tree.
Year: 1873

A wedding was to take place at Nash
vile one evening lately, and the bride,
parsOn, and guests were ready, when it
was announced that the unhappy bride
groom was on a jury which was unable
to agree, Ond had been locked up for the
nj rrht
Year: 1873

Chadwick's Museum and Ice Cream Saloon
is open to-day.


The First National Bank has declared q
dividend Of per cent, for the last six months


The city tax collectors, and also the county
collectors are TO be found at the City Hall
daily.


The National Bank OF Wilmington and
Brandywine, has declared a dividend Of per
cent for the last months.
Year: 1873

No MORE SPECIAL DkPosITs.-The banks of
this city will not now receive special deposits IN
recent decision Of the Courts having made
them responsible i0r the same In case of robbery
This action on the part Of our banks went into
effect on July lst. In consequence, many hold
ers OF bonds are converting them into invest
meuts less liable TO he lost by fire aud thrOagh
burglars.
Year: 1873

5loxico has not boon az successful as Prussia
in REFRESHING tho disturbances that would nat
urally follow the expulsion Of tho JesuitB
In Ori2aba tho Protestant Bishop las boon
compelled to feo for his life from tho ipfurintod
Catholics In another town riot Inns occurred, and
throughout tho country the Protestant clergy arc
in condition so precarious that the present
Ministry is summoned by tho proas to take NOUS
ures for their protection or to retire in favor Of
one that will do so.
Year: 1873

II used 90 be stated in OldfashOued books Of natural
history that the horse the gift OF the old world TO
the new. But whole Of horses lived and pershed
In America ages before went down into the IN
ships. There in Yale Museum the fossil re-
mains different species belonging TO the horse fam
lly, These animals varied from sizes that are larger
than any existing, down to delicate creatures not
bigger than fox In fact, Yale Is peculiarly rich in
fossil horses and the series Is not only remarkable IN
its completeness II is chain of links garded strong
evidence in favor Of the development theory While they
are all horses there IS yet marked graduation OF form
among them. The change from several toes % one rs IN
the of the modern horse, seems TO De clearly lnd
Gated The earliest form Or2hppu IN the eOcene, had
four toes. The next In order (AnchtheTtuHl, in the
miocene had three all which reached the ground.
toes but two OF the three smaller than the front
one somewhat like the small pOsterOr hOOfs or rudi
mpntary toes Of the deer and OK aud did not touch
ground The most recent forms have but single toe,
like the modern horse. The above diagram, from owens
Comparative Anatomy, gives an illustration OF this meta
morphosis in this and other animals


Although the sole object Of Prof Marsh in these expo
raOns has been the discovery OF vertebrate I0ss the
exped tODs under his charge have Uade important con-


ributons TO knowledge OF the geology geography,


quites and natural OF the regions explored,
many OF which had before been visited by civilized
man Ana it is worth considering that while the study Of


these extinct animals may seem To pertain exclusively


TO the domain OF pure science to have practical
bearing, nothing is really further from the fact Fossil
remains are truth the lndces OF the formations that
contain them and often show at whether coal
other valuable mineral deposits be found in given
vicinity. PaigJnoOgy Is now the cornerstone OF ge-
OOgy and the geological structure or any region can
only be known 10 certainty by study OF its fossils.
ThOusands-ntY milliOns-Of dollars are spent every
year In explorations throughout the country for coal
gst could decide that the prospect was utterly
lODeles5,
Year: 1873

As will be seen by the illustrations, the skull Is
long and narrow and supported three separate pairs OF
horns. The two posterior horns were high and may
lave been branching. A pair OF stout horns were
mounted on the maxilaries. The pair mounted on the
two prOminences at the extremity OF the nasal bones
were dermal horns The decurved tusk5 firmly inn
nanted I'm the base OF the horn OF the middle pair
Of horns prominent ridge of the frontal bone doubt
less served good purpose in protecting the eyes OF
these animals If they fought with each other
Year: 1873

WHY WooD IS PAINTED.-When
water is added to the smooth surface of
timber, a thin layer Of wood will be
raised above its natural position by the
expansion or swelling of the particles
near the surface. In colloquiaI phrase,
workmen say that when water is APP
piled to smooth board, the grain of
the timber will be. raised. Every sue
cessive Wetting will raise the grain
more and more and the water will dis
solve and wash away the soluble pOr-
tiOns with which it comes in contact.
As the surface dries, the grain OF the
timber at the surface, having been re-
duced in bulk, must necessarily shrink
to such an extent as to produce cracks.
Now, if a piece of oilcloth be pasted
over the surface, the timber will be
kept quite dry. Consequently, the grain
of the wood will not be subjected to the
alternate influences of wet and heat
AS it is not practicable to apply oilcloth
ready made, liquid, or milliquid is
employed for covering the surface,
which will adhere firmly and serve the
purpose of oilclOth in excluding water
that would otherwise enter, to the in.
jury of the work. Metallic substances
are painted to prevent oxidation or
rusting of the surfaces which may be
exposed to moisture.
Year: 1873

WHEN THE Cows COME HOME
Many of our farmers have wasted years
OF va aluable time, just because they did
not teach their cows to come home at
night. Any one who has ever lived OF
travelled in the country will remember
the familiar CO-bOss, Co-bOss! OF the
farmers son, or hired man, as they en-
deavOr to coax the COWS from the great
pasture. We well remember how many
times We have waded through the bush
and bogs looking for the cows, and,
bOylike, thought them dreadful con-
trary animals. But we have lived long
enough to learn better, and now think
that the biped was the more contrary
animal of the two. Boys, we will tell
you secret that will save you q great
deal of trouble, and it is this: Every
time the cows are driven up at night
or in the morning, give each one a good
lick. of meal or bran, and our word for
it the cows will always be on hand at
milking time: Besides this, they will
give more milk, and forget to kick over
the milk pail, even if you do whistle a
little too loud.
Year: 1873

TEA A NARCOTIC Po1soN.-This is
what the London Lancet. says: '|Tea,
in anything beyond moderate quanti-
ties, is as distinctly a narcotic poison as
opium or alcohol. 1t is capable of ruin
ing the digestion, of enfeebling and
disOrdering the hearts action, and of
generally shatteriBg tile nerves. And
it must be remembered that not merely
is it question Of narcotic excess, but
the enormous quantity of hot water
which the tea -bibbers successfully take
is exceedingly preudicial to digestion
and nutrition. In short, without pre-
tending to place this kind of evidence
on level as to general effect with
those caused by alcoholic drinks, one
may well insist that our tea total re-
formers have overlooked, and even to
q small extent encouraged, a form Of
animal indulgence which is as distinct
ly sensual, extravaganza, and perniciOus
as any beer-swilliRg or GIN drinking in
the wOrld.n