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Year: 1873

STRENGTH FOR THE WEAK.-A medi-
cine which either directly OF indirectly con-
fers strength, is the most appropriate for
those whose radical ailment is simply fee
bleness. (And such is the case with the
great majority of invalids.l This truth
has not been always recognized. In for
mer days violent purging was resorted to
in such cases This course involved a rad
ical error it is to have strength added to
them-not to have the little which they
still have, taken away from them, tby vio-
lent purgation,) that such sufferers need,
Now food is the only source of strength
but the want of food is not the only source
of weakness. There may be full abund-
ance, but, if the system does not possess
the necessary vigor to digest and to assim
ilate it, it becomes, in so far, useless A.
remedy for this unfortunate condition
DR.. Gottlieb Fiscl S Bitters will be foun(
has been found-marvellouslys suitable


This subject continued next week unde
| Our Tropical Summers.
Year: 1873

The WONDERFUL VIRTUES OF INK
No fluid, water perhaps excepted. has so
benefited the world as ink. 1t has beea
the medium through which the great
thoughts of all the ages have been preserv-
ed and disseminated, the discovery by
which the art preservative of all arts was
made possibility. And yet much as has
been written on the subject, and long as
it has been experimental with, it has re-
mained for the present day to develop some
of its most remarkable qualities. One
night last week a Louisville gentleman.
who had retired to rest after a light
supper of soft-crabs and cucumbers, awoke
in the night with certain pains which ex-
cited his fears of an attack of cholera.
No time was to be lost in wardlng off the
fell destroyer. He spraug from his spring
mattress, and seizlng bottle of camphor,
took swallow and then commenced Wig
orously rubbing the atfi cted portion of
his person with the restorative, continuing
the application after he had returned to
bed. He experienced prompt relief, but,
as his fright left him, it occurred to him
that his camphor had lost its customary
odor. Again he rose. and this time turn
ed on the gas. A single glance at his
night-shlrt told the tale. Iustead of cam
phor he had used bottle of superior
writing fluid.


Another discovery of the virtues of ink
was made at Washington during the recent
heavy thunderstorm. An elderly lady, a
devout Catholic, became so alarmed at the
severity of the electric discharges that she
closed the windows and curtains of her
bedroom, and having made the room as
dark as possible, procured from the cup
board bottle of holy water, with which
in one hand and prayer beads in the Other
she sprinkled the room thoroughly. As
was to be expected, the storm soon ceased
and with feeling of relief the curtains
were raised, the shutters were thrown
open, and the good lady discovered the
carpet and furniture and Counterpart and
walls sprinkled with violet ink of delicate
hue. Every effort was made to remove
the spot and prevent the joke from leak.
ing out, but in vain-the printer heard oil
it, and the good old lady is now visiting a
friend in the country.-Harttord Courant
Year: 1873

How GREENBAcK" PAPER is MADE
All the paper for the money issued by the
government is manufactured OF 81 inch
FourdrInier machine. at the Glen NJ lis,
near West Chester, Pennsylvania. Short
pieces of red silk are M xel with the
pulp in the engine, and the finished stuff
is conducted to the wire without passing
through any screens, which retain the silk
threads. BY an arrangement above the
wire Goth, shower of short pieces of fine
blue silk thread is dropped in streaks upon
the paper while it is forming. The upper
side, on which the blue silk is dropped is
the one used for the face of the notes, and
from the manner in which the threads are
applied, must show them more distinctly
than the lower or reverse side. although
they are embedded deeply enough to re
main fixed. The mill is guarded By off
GERS night and day to prevent the abstrac'
tion of paper.
Year: 1873

The prophet Micah foretells a time to
come when " Nation shall not rise up
against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more" As age after age has
passed without apparent approach to the
fu'6llment of this grand promise. the faint
hearter and the doubling have almost
failed in faith. But at last the day so
long foretold draws truly near. In the
vote of the House of Commons last week
whereby the government of the greatest
empire on the earth, whose dominion
stretches all round the globe. was instruct
ed to communicate with the other great
powers with q view to the improvement
of international law by substituting arbi.
tratiou for war, may be seen the beginning
of the end of the long night of hatred aud
passion between nations. The prophet
Daniel foretells that many shall run to
and fro. and knowledge shall be greatly IN
creased" In the swarms of travellers who
now by the aid of steam visit each others
lands AMI learn to recognize that " God
hath made of one blood all nations of men,"
is found the fu fImeut of D lnel'. words
and in the disappearance Of ignorance and
prejudice between people appear the signs
of that wondrous period wherein future
generations will rejoice, when the lion
shall lie down with the Lamb, and little
child shall lead them," while " hol ness to
the Lord shall be written on the bells of
the horses.


To the grand result that slowly approach
es realization, Com nerce, and they who
labor in its nane, largely contribute. Tne
white-winged fleets of trade penetrate
every country and explore every cline up
on their peaceful MISSION. The spirit Of
trade is the spirit of freedom; aud it has
for centuries steadily gained on the spirit
Of despotism and restriction that rule 4 the
Dark Ages. 1t gained grand triumph
quarter of century since in England
when. under the lead of Bright, Cob len
and Thompson, it overthrew restrictive
legislation but granier triumph Was
gained when Britain placed herself fore
most among the peacem .kers. whom the
Saviour himself called blessed. As she
gIoriousIy moves toward among the nations
TO carry into practice the song of the an
gels at the birth of the infant Christ. and
as she summons mlnkin1 to submit to the
earthly dominion of the Prince of Peace,
:. dove in the air shall carry the voice.
and the uttermost parts OF the earth shall
hear" till at length, in the L,rrs own
time. the promised morn shall dawn.


The first State to respond to the over
lures of England should be Christian


America, which but lately led and aided
the mother country in proving to the world
that arbitration is practicable as a means
of avoiding war. As the spirit of CON-
merce is the spirit of freedom and peace


so should the commercial men of America,


through their various organizations. urge
on the United States prompt and ener-


getic cooperation with British effort for


the abolition of the system that makes


murder and robbery profession.-U. S
Economist
Year: 1873

MY dear, it exceeds anything ever
knew in the way Of extravaganza. If MIR.
Z gers is allowed to do 50, he will as
suredIy lose his influence; it is SO ipcon-
sistent, and minister should be especially
careful of his reputation. called at Mrs
Pratt's on my way home, and when [ told
her about it, she suggested writing him an
anonymous communication. You know
she's president of our sewing society, and
says she won't make her eyes ache
stitching for parson or his family that
can afford to spend money like that ! She
thinks he'd better hire a seamstress Why,
it will be the talk of the town! I've
mind to see two or three of the ladies, just
to get their opinion of the matter"


Aud Mrs. John Lester paused for
breath while she handed her husband
cup of tea that looked most inviting,
served in the delicate china which had
been her last Christmas gift.


The evening was warm, but through the
open windows came the fresh country air,
sweet with the fragrance of the clematis
that shaded the west end OF the piazza.
Every surrounding of the supper-room
spoke of ease and luxury. Mr.. Lester
forgot the close business office forgot the
dust and filth and noise OF the city when
he drove into the little village where ne
had made his summer residence. Hard
work had brought him fortune, and when
he married his partners handsome and
wealthy daughter, the world counted him
as one of the happiest of men. Yet the
worlds judgment is often wrong, and well
for some of US that its standard of happi-
ness lies beyond our reach, else we might
labor to catch the glittering bauble, and,
after heart and hands and feet were
bruised and bleeding in the search, grasp
it but moment, to find it only-god!
| John Lester was a man in the highest
sepse of the word. He held his influence


in the village, for he was generous of man
ner as we'll as means, and rich and poor


alike respected him. He who seeth not as


man seeth, who looketh not on the outward


appearance, judgeth which was the nobler


act-the donation of thousand dollars


towards the new church, or the hearty
|" Good evening, Tony" which Away


made the coachman's dark face lighter


with a smile. Tony had sunstroke ont


season. When the fever was raging, ant


Eunice, his young mulatto wife, could no


control the strong, excited frame. Mr
Lester staid all night by the coachman'
bedside. Did Tony ever forget that?


Mrs. Lester was an estimable lady. He
husband loved her, for he was too homes
man to have married for any othe
cause. She, too, had power with tn
Year: 1873

ScRArs.-A manuscript by Fam Crane
has been discovered in Western New York,
containing the following anecdote of Red
Jacket, which is new:


" He was once on visit to house in
Canandaigua, and not arriving until after
dinner, the girl was ordered to make prep
aratious for him. She. through her care
iessness.or thinking it would do well enough
for an Indian, placed on the table dist
of meat that had BE- n visited by the flies.
Red Jacket advanced to the table, and,
seeing the insects busily engaged in the
meat, rook the dish and paced it on the
sill of the door steppel back /; took his
rife, deliberately took aim. and discharged
the contents through the meat. The re-
port of the gun alarmed all in the house.
They ran to ask the cause. Red jacket
replied that he always killed his meat be-
fore he ate it. Tne joke had its desired
effect Syracuse Journal.
Year: 1873

The New York World, in an article on
the extravaganza OF the times. says, The
difficulty about this and So many other
matters in this free country is that we all
want to be equal nowadays, although We
are dreadfully unequal in purse. {. When
I dine with . man with $6 900 year."
sal q millionaire. he gives me the same
dinner IS when dine with one who has
s6O.OOO year, though how be manages it
l dou't know"
Year: 1873

The Indiana divorce law is 70 be made
more stringent, actual residence for two years
being required. Hence these who are anx-
ious to shuttle off the matrimonial coil under
the present easy law, must ''hurry up
Year: 1873

In the first fire-engines, a boy was constant
ly employed to open and shut alternately the
communication between the boiler and the
cylinder, according as the piston either as
cended or descended
Year: 1873

A poet asks: ''Where arc the dead, the
vanished dead, who trod the earth that now
we treadT If we were to make a random
guess, we should say the most of them are
buried-though this may not be the right an
sxx.ar
Year: 1873

The editor Of live Michigan newspaper
that is first run through press in Chicago,
says in recent issue: Three new subscrib-
ers came last week, and SO our list rolls up
We shall soon hire man to run our press, as
we cannot furnish brains and everything else
at the present subscription price of 81 a
year,
Year: 1873

No efforts will be spared to make the MAINE
STATE PRESS more acceptable to its patrons. Indeed
the Publishers will not relax their efforts to make
the paper necessity to those who have been accus-
toned to read it. We pledge that during the year
1873, the Weekly PRESS shall be more a NEwSPA-
PER than ever, SO that the famil. that thoroughly
reads the paper will have all the cu1 rents Of the
day.
Year: 1873

A London butcher has invented a
convenient device for feeding and water
ing cattle as they stand in the railway
cars. 1t consists of series of trouphs
built parallel with the railway track,
each the length of car. These are ele-
waited or depressed by simple machinery
and the act of feeding and watering is
accomplished with comparatively little
labor. As merely human contrivance
the invention commends itself, but when
in addition we learn from experts that
every bullock from the moment it leaves
the grazier's yard loses eight pounds
day in weight, besides loose fat, the in
terest is also transferred to the drover's
pocket. Prof. Simons says of the mat
ter: There cannot be a doubt that the
feeding and watering of animals on their
journey to fat cattle market would
prevent, to great extent, that waste of
tissue which invariably takes place in
the travelling Of cattle, and would also
tend to maintain that juicy and WE'LL
known superior quality of the meat
which is met with animals killed at
home.
Year: 1873

BANG Almost every boy who goes
cunning, if he can find nothing that he
wants to bang away at, considers it the
next best thing to kill few woodpeck.
ers. They look so funny, wrong end up


on the side Of a tree, bobbing and whaek-
ing round the loose bark, that the temp
tation is strong, and the poor. jolly ham,
merer has no friends-so bangl and
down he comes, and he is given to the
dog to play with and tear to pieces.
That poor little bird, if over year old,
has killed and eaten many hundred thou
sands of bugs larvae, in the form OF
grubs and worms, and almost every one
of a kind which is injurious to vegeta.
tion. The cat-bird, one of our finest
singers, and bird that is always socia.
bic, if ever permitted to be so, eats q


cherry occasionally, and of course be
must be banished or suffer death. He
pays better price for every cherry he
eats than any fruiterer would dare de-
mand in the market, in the worms he
destroys, and throws in a complete bird
opera several times day in the bargain.
Year: 1873

If anybody desires to know what a
wife may be to her husband, with what
pure unselfishness and devotion she can
give up everything that she has to his
service and find noble happiness in do
ing it; what support and comfort she
can be to him under the inevitable sor.
rows and misfortunes of life how mag
nificently she can inspire him to fresh
exertions, and stand as bulwark be-
tween the adverse world and himself
any one who wishes to comprehend all
this need only to read the story of Mr..
Disraeli's married life. 1t will be found
that in such case the devotion is not
all on one side. The affection of good
woman kindles the noble qualities of
man, and he will repay her devotion
with lofty fidelity. Ii Mr.. Dsraeli had,
as he once said, the best of wives" he
on his part proved the best of husbands.
Till the last day of her life he paid to
his wife those attentions which are too
often associated rather with the romance
of youthful intercourse than with the
routine of married life. When he rose
to the highest point of his ambition, the
only favor he would accept of the
Queen was coronet for his wife. He
was scarcely ever absent from her side
until the dark day when the fast friends
were to be parted. She knew that she
was dying, but refrained from telling
him so, in order that he might be SPAR
ed the pain of bidding her farewell. He
also knew that her last hour was at
hand, but kept silence lest he should
distress her. Thus they parted, each
anxious to avoid striking blow at the
others heart. The domestic lives of
public men are properly held to be be-
yond the range of public comment
but in an age when marriage is the
theme of ridicule from " leaders of pro-
gress it may be that this passage in
Mr.. Disraeli's career may be pondered
with some profit by the young.-Aaan-
tic Monthly.
Year: 1873

To Fry OYSTERS. is no dish
more easily cooked or so often spoiled
as fried oysters. Drain your oysters
thoroughly (they should be large and of
the best quality,) then put them into
cracker crumbs; have eggs sufficient for
the quantity, well beaten and seasoned
with pepper and salt turn each oyster
round in this liquid, then cover it again
with cracker crumbs. and lay it on
dish large enough so that each oyster
shall be separate. Have some of the
finest lard or butter hot, the hotter the
better, SO that it does not burn, into
which plunge your oysters few times.
and as they are we'll Drowned remove to
dish and throw over them a napkin.
not close cover.
Year: 1873

ruddy drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs,
The world uncertain comes and goes,
The lover rooted stays.
i fanced he was fled.-
And, after many year,
Glowed unexhausted kindliness.
Like daily sunrise there.
My careful heart was free again,
y friend, my bosom said.
Through thee alone the sky is arched.
Through thee the rose is red;
All things through thee take nobler form.
And look beyond the earth.
The mill round of our fate appears
A sun path in thy worth
Me too thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair,


II. W. Emerson.
Year: 1873

WHAT HoRAcE GREELEY Saddle
said that 100000 die annually by strone
drink, and that total abstainers are no
more fanatical than a man who put out a
fire that is consuming bis own house.


He said that every glass of strong
drink taken shortens life-that he has
been total abstainer for forty years
and that if he had taken but one glass a
day during those forty years, his life
would have been shortened by several
years, and that be would now have been
in his grave. In his childhood he was
sickly; but at sixty years of age he had
a better hold of life than lie had at FIVE.


He said that prohibition in Maine is
not failure. In passing through it he
did not see strong drinks from one eud
to the other. They may doubtless be
found. but public temptation is removed.
He said if the sale of liquors were
stopped in cities. every policeman might
be dismissed, and there would be less
crime than now exists in spite of them
Year: 1873

NEVER do anything that can denote
an angry mind for although every ybody
is born with certain degree of passion,
and from outward circumstances will
sometimes feel its operation, and be what
they call "out of humor," yet sensible
man will never allow it to be discovered.
Check and restrain it; never make any
determination until You find it has sub
sided, and always avoid saying anything
that you may wish unsaid
Year: 1873




A CAR sREAEs LOOSE on AN INCLINED


PLANE.


From the Eln,ira Gazette, we i.ai.
tina. there were lively times at the NJ
Intyre mines on Thursday last. A train
of cars, loaded with coal. were just start.
ing for tie down trip on the inclined
plane, when one of them broke loose,
snd all alone end unchecked commenced
the twenty five hundred feet run. The
velocity it attained was inconceivably
swift, and the runaway car must have
looked like a streak Of creased lightning
as it flew along the down hill track.


As it reached the bottom of the plane
the safety car Of the mines just reached
the mouth of the pit. A terrific collision
was the result The safety car, weighed
25OO pounds, was struck by the coal car
and hurled up into the air many feet and
crushed down through house over the
track.


There was not enough left of either
the coal or safety car to make a decent
sized toothpick. While the car was on
its destructive down trip one Of the
wheels few off, and crushed through
house in its line Of travel, going clean
through it like cannon ball fresh from
a hundred pounder. In thia house were
two men, who fortunately were not in.
jured. but the scare they sustained wac
about as bad as death.


No one was hurt about the mines,
which, under the circumstances, is re-
markable.
Year: 1873

was winning all the time. Blind Tom was beaten at
the mile and a half and Village Blacksmith at the
mile and three quarter pole by Revenge. The latter
came on to the eighth hurdle, battled Tor the nnls
village Blacksmith the game was played out. lie
landed winner by three lengths, TO the great sur
smith. 1t is doubtful whether some OF the hackers
OF the favOrites realize the fact yet. Blind Tom
was six lengths behind village Blacksmith, yet
quarter OF mile In front or Harry Booth. Inc
time of the two miles was 1854.


Thursday is the second day of the meeting, when
three very good races will be run.
Year: 1873

Eighty Persons Prscipitated to the Pavement BY
q Falling Balcony-A Possible Fatality
Two Young Ladies Very Seriously
Hurt and Their Lives in the Bal
ance Of Uncsrtainty-Thir-


ty Persons Injured


by the Shock
Year: 1873

The Prairie Farmer says that more
attention should be paid to breeding
and raising better stock. Breeding
from scrubs and common blood is
suicidal short-sightedness. It, it a
penny wise and a pound foolish
practice to use feeble and worthless
syearling bulls, when for 800 to $500
a neighborhood may be supplied with
the best blood 1t is not enough
that the pedigree is all right; that
is well as far as it goes, but it will
not compensate for serious defects
in form and organization. A bad
point in a thoroughbred is about as
sure to be reproduced in the offspring
as a good one; if either is "1xed,''
both are. When looking at fashiona-
bly, bred animals with a. view to pur-
chase, let young breeders bear this in
mind. A-
Year: 1873

Those who mourn over their petty
aches and pains may learn a lessen
in pluck and hope from ayoung man
in Mississippi. In the war he lost
one leg, and recently the ether one
was so crushed as to require ampu-
tation. During the operation, he
said to his friends: Thank God
that / have two strong arms left to
get a living with"


A Georgia deacon, who had been
D stout opponent Of new organ
which his church had purchased, was
called upon recently to close the SER
vice said, sCall on the machine II
it can sing the glory Of God. it can
bray too. Call on the machine -
Year: 1873

The Michigan Legislature at its
last session, passed a sensible dog
law. From the Troy City ChrOaicle
we copy the law, as follows; ar 7a-


Every person who owns a dog shall
procure license therefor from the
City or Township clerk where he
resides, which license expires on the
first of the following April; and
every dog licensed shall wear collar,
upon which shall be stamped the
owners name and the number Of the r
license. The fee to be paid is 81 for q
male dog and IS for female dog.
A provision is made for paying damn n
ages for the destruction Of sheep out
of the fund made up Of fees, and the
balance goes to the schools of the
township. 1t is also provided that
whoever shall keep a dog without
license, shall forfeit $40, with cost Of ~
recovery thereof 1t is also pro-
vided that any person may, and it is "a
made the duty of every police officer I'd
and constable to kill any and all dogs
going at large not licensed aud col
Jared as above described, and such
officers are to. be allowed fifty cents q
for each dog so killed by them. .5er7
Year: 1873

A very important provision of the new
consolidated pension law has just been
brought to notice, and is one which, if lit
orally construed, will take several millions
out of the treasury 1t declares that the
pensions of widows shall be Increased at
the rate of two. dollars per month for each
child under the age of sixteen years of the
husband on account of whose death the
claim has been or shall be granted, the in
crease to date from July 25, 1866. This
provision attracted no attention at the time
of the passage of the bill. It had not even
been noticed at the Department. until a few
days back, when it transpired that the
claim agents had discovered ityAnd were


sending circulars on the subject to the
hundred thousand or more widows whose
names are borne on the dension rolls. The
Secretary has now under advisement the
question as to whether this clause is retro


active, although from the language it would
seem as if there could be no doubt about
it.-IEash. Car. qHinsSie ,sssa.J 2 tpo