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Year: 1872

ENCOURAGED by the few who believe
in Him through all r' Blessed be faith
/ know l have been believed into every
good thing / have ever done or been in
this world. | have such faith in faith
that am almost persuaded politician
might be believed into the kingdom of
Heaven, or a mediocre poet into genius.
l am sure many righteous man has been
suspected into a rascal.


Did not a dear and gentle friend of
mine confess that if he had remained
much longer in the employ of a certain
Christian person God save the mark y of
sneaking, suspicious nature, he would
have taken incontinently to picking
pockets?


A fig for the man who has "never been
deceived - and the woman who knows
from the beginning the plot of novel.
This is the crowning sin of imposture-
that il lessons mems faith in their fellow
men.


Blessed, say, be faith for by it shall
the world be saved.-1he Old CIbinet, IN
Scri5Rer's for September.
Year: 1872

child who is quick or violent in his pas
sions will always be so. How many
mothers have sunk down in dependency
because they could not eradicate violent
temperl You could more easily make
blue eyes black. People talk OF subdu-
ing a strong-willed child, of breaking the
force of his will. You may change the
manner of the action of his will, but you
cannot break the will unless you break
the boy.


And just such hopeless things are un-
dertaken in educational institutions.
Boys are sent to college who should have
been sent anywhere else. ltmatters little
that you say you will develop deficient
faculties. That can be done within linn
its. But when you try to turn a boys
whole life in a direction in which he is
poorest, you condemn him to failure and
intellectual penury. Strengthen the weak
side, but let the life-work lie in the direc-
ton of the strong side. If your boy is a
mechanic by nature, do not make him a
preacher. Give him large general culture
| if he will take it, and then let him lift his
burdens with his strongest arm, his con-
structive faculty.


But shall we give over trying to do
anything for the "high-tempered" child
Shall we let his passions run riot? Ger
tainly not. What we insist on is that
they can be regulated, but not eradicated.
There was near a city a crooked stream
that wandered round and round, obstruct.
ing travel and injuring the value of
property. Nobody dreamed of drying it
up. But the citizens straightened it, and
walled it in, and embarked against its
overflow, and cleared distractions from
its bed, and built mills upon its margin.
| The unDleasant trait in a child's character
may be walled by habits of self-control,
may be utilized by giving it a right di.
rection, may be made more blessing and
less a curse than it would be without
discipline. But it cannot be destroyed.


Education can 90 almost anything II
the sphere of habit. 1t can do little in
the sphere of ingrained quality. Power
less over nature, sovereign over SECOND
nature.-Hedrh and Home.
Year: 1872

Bows, 1 want to ask you how you think
a conquerer would make out, who went
through country he was trying to sub
due, and whenever he found fort hard
to take, left it alone. Don't you think
the enemy would buzz wild there like bees
in hive, and when he was well into the
heart of the country, don't you fancy they
would swarm out and harass him terribly?


Just so, want you to remember, VIII
it be with you; if you skip over the hard
places in your lessons, and leave them
unlearned, you have left an enemy in
YOUR rear that will not fail to harrass you,
and mortify you times without number.


"There was just little bit of my Latin
I hadn't read" said a vexed student to
me, "and it was just there, the professor
had to call upon me at examination.
There were just two or three examples l
had passed over, and one of those / was
asked to do oD the blackboard"


The student who is not thorough is
never well at his ease; he cannot forget
the skipped problems; and the conscious
ness of his deficiencies makes him nervous
and anxious.


Never laugh at the slow, plodding
student; the time will surely come when
the laugh will be turned. 1t takes time
to be thorough, but it more than pays.
Resolve, when you take up new study
that you will go through with it like a
successful conqueror, taking every strong
point.


If the inaccurate scholars difficulties
closed with his school life, it might not
be so great matter for bis future career.
But he has chained to himself habit
that will be like an iron ball at his heel
all the rest of his life. Whatever he does,
will be lacking somewhere. He has learn
ed to shirk what is hard, and the hsbi.
will grow with years. Now nothing we
get in this life is to be had for nothing.
Success is not thrust upon a man. III
you want any good you must work for IT.
The eve that never falters and the nerve
that never quails, are the true elements of
victory in the mental and moral, as well
as the physical world. Don't skip the
hard Enthusiastically Visitor.
Year: 1872

course of the whirlwind is as. plainly
marked as the swath of mower in hay
field. The branches of one-halt of some
of the trees are cut off as smoothly as
though done with knife, while those on
the other half remained untouched. In
some places the earth was swept bare OF
every particle of verdure, and as smooth
as though it had been burnt over.
Year: 1872

WHEN John Adams was ninety years
of age, he was asked how he kept the
vigor of his faculties up to that age. He
replied: by constantly employing them:
The mind of an old man is like an old
horse; if you would get any work out OF
it you must work il all the time"
Year: 1872

HARRIsBURGH, January A most
distressing accident occurred seven
mile. north OF this city about 2 o'clock
this afternoon. A man named Jacob
Baker was taking a young lady named
Della A. Straw to q station on the
Schuylkill and Susqehanna railroad
that she might meet young man to
whom she was TO be united in marriage
this evening. As they were driving
along beside the railroad track the
Erie express came laundering along,
frightening the horses to such an ex-
tent that they became unmanageable
and leaped upon the track. Before the
engineer observed the obstruction,
owing to a short curve in the road, the
wagon and its freight was struck by
the engine. demolishing the vehicle,
throwing the young lady some eight
feet down in a gully, injuripg the man
slightly and killing one horse and NOR,
tally in njuring the other. The lady died
almost Immediately after the accident.
Her affiauced, who left his home this
afternoon, reached the scene Of the
accident only few minutes after Miss
Straw's death.
Year: 1872

BROOKLYN, January 4-On Monday
morning last the insensible body OF a
man was found by the police on the
corner of Flushing avenue and Adelphia
street, and on examination at the sta
ton house it was found that the skull
had been crushed and the pockets rifled.
He was removed to the hospital where
he died soon after admission. He has
since been recognized as Robert Han
ney, shipping merchant, doing business
on Thirty.fourth street, New York. Ills
assassination is shrouded in mystery.
There is no doubt but that robbery was
incentive to the crime. An inquest Will
be held today.
Year: 1872

Olive Logan has addressed the follow
ing letter to the New York Sun: So
many journals have copied your state
ment that both my husband and myself
'stand in the front rank of the ultra
progressionists Of the age in regard to
marriage, and the religious ceremony of
Tuesday they regarded as a concession


to the prejudices Of the unenlightened


majority" that I will ask you TO please
PRINT nv denial. understanding the
statement to imply that an ultraPro-
gressionist 10 this matter Is one who
holds the marriage bond lightly, and


who would break it easily, I deny that
Year: 1872

To-day good mechanics are in re-
ality the most independent and pros
porous members of our community.
Some have made large fortunes, 9TH
ers are making them. The cry is
universal for. skilled labor, and the
ranks are not as we'll filed as if
young men would put aside an old
effete prejudice and recognize man
ual labor not only as necessity, but
as an honorable necessity. The old
life is null and void. The new life
requires different training and cul-
ture. Tt is better to roof house
well and get good pay for it, than to
sit under the same roof and let pow
crty and discomfort eat out the heart


As q general rule there is no want
of culture among mechanics. In
fact, they are usually intelligent men,
better posted on the issues Of the
day than most of their fellow-citizens.
They are pcaceable, law-abiding.
and usually make up the best part Of
every community.


Let no one suppose that our re-
marks have grown out Of any want
Of respect for the " Three Black
Glacas.' We pay them due honor.
but they are not SO universal in their
favors that they lavish wealth and
reputation upon their most incapable
followers. We merely suggest there
are thieves and sinews Of very little
use in the learned professions which


might be turned to profitable &C
count among the welders Of iron ane
f;,slioners of wood. We merely
deprecate the folly Of parents who
in MANY cases will not allow thei2
sons to follow their own inclination'
and choose an honest trade instea(
of a profession.-N. 0. Times.
Year: 1872

A Dolly Warden dress is thus des-
cribed for the benefit Of ignorant
people CA dolly Warden is Il
MORE antique dress pattern, and'it is
made of some material, and is cut
bias at the top anu bottom and trim
med with honiton polonaises and
tube roses, with a pepl1m running
two chains and three links to the
southwest from the starting point.
around the skirts Of civilization, and
pinned together self-acting safety
pin. The figures are SO large, that
it takes eight dress patterns to show
them off to advantage.
Year: 1872

Some Pennsylvania wood-cutters
recently sawed down large poplar
tree, and found snugly ensconced
therein q hickory sappling fully four
inches inside the bark. Both hickory
and poplar were perfectly sound.
Year: 1872

SOURCE OR MOUTH.


Irrom the Lcavcnworth (1nd.) Democrat.l


During this age Of discoveries and
superstition it becomes our duty to
report fact, which, to those unac-
quainted with the singular develop
ments Of the day, may be somewhat
disposed to doubt. But we give it
as u positive truth, as related to us
by one of the best. citizens in this
county, who went and examined it.
It is as follows Two men, named
John E. Stanley and Frank Henni-
ger, were employed to dig Mell on
the farm Of Mr.. Benjamin Ellis, who
resides in Washington county, near
the line Of Harrison aud Washing
ton counties. They commenced dig
ging in a place where, as they
thought, it would be probable not to
encounter IN obstruction in their
search for water. They had pro-
ceedad but q short distance, how
ever, when they encountered a bed
of lost niggerhead" rocks, which,
upon being broken open, were found
to contain water and other substanc-
es, supposed to be ore Of some kind.
When they reached the depth Of
sixty feet from the surface, they
came to q large cave, which they
followed the distance OF ten Or
twelve feet, when there before their
gaze was beautiful river Of clear
water, which upon examination was
found to contain IN inrumerable
number Of small white fish. Upon
closer examination it was found
to be sixteen feet wide and five feet
in depth, and as clear and cold as
spring water.


As an experiment, a lighted can
die was placed upon n small piece
of plank and set aAoat. 1t started
off into the darkness with the cur
rent, and was soon lost to sight.
Several persons have visited this
curiosity, and many were the con-
lectures as to where the water came
from aud whittier it went, but moth
ing satisfactory could be arrived at.
1t seems, however, to be the general
impression in that neighborhood
that, in days gone by, when the
country was inhabited by Indians,
they had known of this cave and
river, and had concealed their wealth


in it, and then filed the entrance tc
the cave with loose rocks, and left il
to return, perhaps, at some future


time and convey it home. The las'


is only q supposition, yet wo think i
a very probable one. Who will in
vestigate this matter and throw more
light on this strange and singular
!, discovery?
Year: 1872

A PRAcf1cAL STUDY. The students
of the mining class in the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology made
al excursion with some of their pro-
fessors last summer to the mines of
Colorado and Utah. On9 Of the re-
suits of this trip is TIE addition to
the laboratory Of the institute of
about eleven tons Of gold and silver
ore, upon which the students can try
their skill. Here is a practical sort
of studying, and it is only an exam
pie Of the spirit which pre7aaes the
entire plan of instruction in this ex-
cellent institution.
Year: 1872

A RARE CHANCE FOR ONE OF BUSINESS ENERGY
n and activity to purchase speciality paying 100
per cent 81, 900 will buy all rights including stock and
fixtures This business will bear investigation and Is
chance indeed. Address FORTUNE, box lis Herald
Year: 1872

CAMP SHERMAN, GLEN MITCHELL


SARATOGA, July 3, 1872 I


The journey OF the Seventh by rail to Saratoga
was as agreeable jog along as could be expected
under the circumstances. The expression "Under
the circumstances" is all very well In its way,
but people who know very little Of regmental life,
particularly OF Seventh regiment life out Of the
metropolis, may as well understand that
to get out Of city like New York for
enjoyment is an extremely difficult case
for a well regulated command, 600 strong.
There are many things which interfere
with the regular sap0tr .Eaire Of camp life and
many persons who cannot for the life OF them be
brought to the belief that gray coat can do his
duty as soldier should do 1t, and resist oil the
temptation OF the hour. The Seventh, however, is
popularity in this respect. The "boys' may be
jovial and carry on as school boys going on vaca-
tion but once the military rules demand a change
OF conduct they are all attention. Such was the
After leaving the depot at Forty-second street
the regiment made up its mind that during the few
hours which would intervene between their camp
life and their citizen liberty they free to do
they pleased, and they followed the rule strictly


THE JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK


was an ovation from beginning to end. Every
station OF any note the special train passed did its
utmost to show that the neighborhood knew that
ing were displayed at every stopping place. Great
guns were made at every depot along the route to
cheering crowds gathered at every depot the train
passed. showing that the popularity OF the com.
mand was not confined to Gotham alone. The regi.
ment arrived in good order at Saratoga about six
O'Clock, and was received with the utmost enthu-
sasm The streets were crowded with spectators.
The houses were draped with flags and bunting,
and every effort was apparently made by the citi-
zens to give the regiment hearty welcome. The
march to the camp through the village was a per-
feet ovation, and IL was with extreme diicuty the
constabes could make clear way along the streets
so great were the crowds OF hearty greeters. The
heat was intense during the march, but just the
regiment reached the camp


THUNDER STORM


OF terrific violence set In that came very near pitch
ing the tents into field five miles away. The wind
tore through the trees with malice unprecedented
In the annals of saratogians' history branches Of
sturdy oaks were torn asunder and strewn like
bouquets at the feet Of the command, until finally
double quick was ordered, and the gray coats
were ushered into their tented abode where the
Mitchell Brothers had the precaution to have a
good supper ready. that the famished companies
were not oath to seize on. Tomorrow the regular
camp duty will be enforced, and the boys viii, OF
course, astonish even Saratoga In the meantime
the Glen Mitchell folks are making great prepara-
tons for the regimental trial Of the week with the
Seventh, and friends will be here by the hundred


The man Arnold who was prostrated In Pouohkeensie
Year: 1872

Notwithstanding the voluminous mat.
ter that has been written on pear blight,
and the various theories promulgated
relating to its cause and cure, but little,
if anything, is certainly known beyond
mere theory. Our own theory is that
it is largely promoted by over'stimula-
ton, by planting upon rich and wetsoil,
and especially from the absence OF po-
rosiiy in the subsoil, and the violent ex-
tremes of the American climate. Upon
its first appearance, the branches show
ing it should be rruned away below the
Indications of blight. Root pruning has
also been practiced with benefit in some
instances. The best preventive we can
advise is TO plant the trees only on land
naturally or otherwise we'll drained TO a
great depth, and to keep the trees grow.
ing as evenly and moderately as posi-.
BILE, training them by pinching the
young growth, so that knife pruning
will not need to be employed. to any
great extent. Trees that have been al
lowed to grow without care since plant
ing should be pruned to equalize them,
covering the wound with wax, TO pre-
vent sun.cracking and decay, and there
after pursue the course indicated as
above.
Year: 1872

This titular description of our late
war, which has becoms 80 popular on
the Southern side, originated with the
present writer. Shortly after tho war,
he proposed to write a history OF 1t. he
offered the work he designed to New
York publisher, who thought well OF it,
but objected to the plainness Of the
title, " History of the War;" etc. Tho
work thus entitled might be cOnfounded
with some other inferior memoirs OF the
war which the writer had already COM
posed, mere annals" First Year Of the
War; etc. @Could not some title be
found more unique and captivating, and
not quite 80 heavy" 2" The writer prom
ised 20 think of such title. The next
day he presented himself to the pub
Usher and said: 81 have thought of q
name for the work design: it Is The
Lost Cause You see the bulk of the
people of the South were persuaded
that we really contended for something
that had the dignity and importance OF
q cause.-The came of constitutional
liberty Though God only knows what
the sequel might have demonstrated).


I think there is something OF proper
dignity in the word .Gmsc;' then The


Lost Cause is an advertisement OF
something valuable that is gone; be-
sides, the associations of the title are


tender and reverential-there is strain


of mourning in it. How do you like
it?" Excellently WE'LL" replied the
publisher; sit is just the thing" Tho
title proved an instant success, and has
since become monumental The words,


"The Lost Cause" have been inccr-


porated into the common popular
language of the South and the univer-
SALTY OF their reception implies . sig
nificance that is itself interesting


Eapard A. Pollard IN Appleton's Journal.
Year: 1872

Tho cause of horse kicking at night
is oftener the result of nervousness and
restleesness than of vicious propensities.
1t is q form of hysteria OF the limbs.
We have cured animals OF this by at.
tachinr a round ball of wood Weighing
two pounds to the hind fetlock Of the
limb most used in kicking, by means of
a strap two and half or three feet
long. When he kicks he administers
to himself a blow from the ball. He
quickly finds that if he keeps still he
receives no blow, and ceases to kick
Rural Neu Yorker.
Year: 1872

1t is now very evident that the business
men of this city should step forward
promptly and relieve the E. ID. Fair of its
embarrassment. Everybody wants the
Fair to be a success, but how can that be
possible when its debts are weighing it
down like frightful incubus Can we
make brick without straw? Can we drive
a great enterpriselike this without money?
Are there not one hundred men
in this city who will take
stock to the amount of 500 each
Think, gentlemen, of the wonderful re-
suits that would follow from this act. Con-
slider the advantages that would accrue to
your young and prosperous city, as we'll as
the whole country. Never was there
time when hearty and robust action was
more urgently and clamorously demanded
than at present. Act


G.. w. CHARLTON.


Secretary, &c.
Year: 1872

+ AntipOdian newspaper publishers have a
hard time A letter from the editor of an
Australian paper, published in Victoria,
mourns over the dull times and the scar
city of the circulating medium. An idea
may be formed of their desperate straight
by the following extract from the letter of
our far Off-contempOrary:


1--WE look for better times when the
thirty thousand convicts arrive from Paris.
You may judge of our wretchedcondition
when l inform you that we have only had
one murder in our town for the last two
years, and not a robbery worth anything
for nearly eighteen months. We send
our young men out to collect news
over an area of twenty square miles, and
back they come with paltryaccident or a
contemplate petty larceny. The suicide
of some unfortunate wretch is quite God
send to u.s.
Year: 1872

The House Committee on Military At
fairs is considering bill introduced early
in the present session, allowing totally
disabled soldiers and seaman increased
pensions. This is an act of simple justice
to the men who were manned i'll an eX-
traOTdinary manner during the rebellion,
and a strong effort will be made to pass it.
1t is understood that the committee will
report it favOrably 1t provides that all per-


sons by law entitled to less pension than
hereinafter specified, who, while in the
military or naval service and in the
line of duty, have lost the sight
of both eyes, or who shall have lost
both hands or been permanently disabled
in the same or otherwise so permanently
and totally disabled as to render them ut


terly helpless or so nearly so as to require
the constant personal aid and attention of
another person, shall be entitled to pen


sion of fifty dollars per month, and all
persons who, under like circumstances,
Shall have lost both feet or one hand and
one foot, or been totally and permanently
disabled in the same, or otherwise so disa-
bled as to he incapacitated for performing
any manual labor, but not so much as to
require constant personal aid and attend
once, shall be entitled to q pension of forty
dollars per mOnth.-PhjlGdeL0hi0 Press.
Year: 1872

On Saturday evening Joseph Condor, lad sev.
enteen years of age, while engaged with . crowd
Of boys In drawing truck with political process.
sion, fell before the Wheel at Seventh avenue and
forty-eighth street, which passed over his neck
thus crushing him to death. The body was carried
to the residence OF deceased, Broadway near Fifty
seventh street. where Coroner Young will hold an
Year: 1872

The public are requested to give their attention to the above circular of s J. GOLD, who has been so long engaged in the business of Heating, and manufacturing apparatus for it.

 The plan upon which this new ap- paratus is made and operated is entirely new and novel.

 It is constructed upon the most sim pie and yet the most efectual principle of Heating yet discovered.

 There are number of them now in operation in different parts of the coun- try, and the results of the trial have been very gratifying to both the invent or and manufacturer.

 The economy in the use of fuel and its heating capacity is t,uly wonderful, no such results having ever before been achieved by any previous invention. It is only designed in this notice to call the attention of the public or any who may wish to secure what the in- ventor says in his circular above,- "ample warmth without injury to health, ,"-to this new invention which probably will come into general use in all our country homes, as well as in the homes of the wealthy who live iu the large cities and towns. It is subjec, of interest to all who have homes where health, comfort and pleasure are sought after.

 EA Any person who may wish par ticulars about the size, price or descrip tion of the apparatus, or any informa tion whatever, are requested to call ans see one in operation, or address