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Year: 1873




said if might go back again


To the very hour and place of my birth:
Might have my life whatever chose,
Ard live in any part of the GARTH
Put perfect sunshine into my sky,
Banish the shadow of sorrow and doubt;
Have all my happiness multiplied.
And all my suferings stricken out
II 1 could have known in the years now gone
The best that woman comes to know;
Could have had whatever will make her blest,
Or whatever she thinks will make her so,
Have gained the highest and purest bliss
Which the bridal wreath and ring enclose;
And chosen the one out of all the world
That might, or could or would have chose
And if this had been, and | stood to night
BY my children, lying asleep in their beds;
And could count in my prayers, for rosary
Inc shining rows of their golden heads
Yea said if a miracle such as this
Could be wrought for me at my bidding, still
would chose to have my past as 1t is,
And let my future come as it will
would not make the path have trod
More pleasant even, more straight or Wide
.'oi NhahSc my course the Dreautn OF q hair,
This way or that, to either side
My past is mine, and take it ALL


Its weakness-its folly, if you please
Nay, even my sins, if ou come to that,
May have been helps, not hindrances.
If saved my body from The flames


Because that once / had burned my hand;
Or kept myself from greater sin


By doing less-you will understand
1t was better suffered little pain,


Better sinned for a little time,
II the smaIting warned me back from death
And the sting Of sin withheld from crime.
Who knows its strength by trial, will know
What strength must be set against sin;
And how temptation is overcome


lie has learned who has felt its power within.
Aud who knows how a life at the last may show
Why, look at the moon from where we stand
Opaque uneven, you say; yet it shines,
luminous sphere, complete and grand
- let my past stand just as it stands,
And let me now, as may, grow old;
am what am, and my life for me
Is the best, or it had not been, hold.
Year: 1873

The following details of the death
OF the eronaut, La Mountaine, al
Ionia, Michigan, are printed in the
Chicago Times of Monday: A heavy
squall of wind delayed the ascension
for three hours, but at the end of that
time the air became perfectly calm


Under the direction Of the professor
the balloon was got into position, and
it's initiation with hot air commenced


The canvas was soon filled and loom
ed up nearly seventy-fve feet high


The basket was d willow one, OF q
size sufficient to hold one person com
fbrtably. 1t was attached TO the
balloon by six or eight long ropes


which were fastened at the top to a
round piece Of wood, some two OF
three feet in diameter. The ropes
were in no manner fastened together
between the top and the basket. AS
each piece was one hundred feet long,
it seemed even to the inexperieni ed
eye that there should have been some
webbing or network, at least, over
the bag or hugle Of the canvass. = 1t
was also noticed that the ropes We're
unevenly distributed, three or four
being in comparative cluster, leav-
in5 the other strands far apart.
Everything being in readiness, the
words, F." Let her go, were given, and


the air-ship darted up with great ra-
pidity, while the daring eronaut
waved his nat to the uneasy, uncer-
tain multitude who almost breath
lessly and in silence watched his
flight. Immediately upon leaving
the ground the mouth Of the canvas
began to flap around with great vio-
.lence. When fully q half mile from
the earth, and when the whole struct-
ure looked no larger than a hogshead,
the balloon slipped from between the
ropes and Was instantly inverted.


The car and it's occupant dropped


like a shot, and when the ropes were
.r"llnl tant the round piece of wood
Year: 1873

General Beauregard's support Of
the amalgamation resolutions, as they
are called, recently adopted at a large
political meeting in New Orleans, has
been the subject of considerable com
ment on the part Of the Southern
press. Much regret has been ex-
pressed that one So distinguished and
possessing so enviable a reputation
should nave fallen from his high
estate, and have lis hitherto honora-
bic name covered with rcnroach and
dishonor General Beauregard bas
fallen immeasurably in the estimation
of the Southern people. After the
war, among the surviving chiefs OF
the lost cause" he ran ked second
only to the noble and peerless Lee.
But in consequenceol his late obnox-
ious political teachings his name has
been cast out as unworthy, and he is
resting under the shadow Of the dis
approval and condemnation Of the
people who once loved and honored
him. From the heights of honor de
has fallen to the depths of disgrace;
there let him remain until he gives
abundant evidence of sincere sorrow
and repentance for his folly and crime
in recommending the social equality
of the races.


1t is true that General Beauregard
in recent address to the people of
Louisiana in vindication of his sup
port OF the ama'gamation resolutions
takes the ground That they do not
necessarily lead t" the social equality
of the races. But in tie entertain
ment OF this opinion he is at variance
with the editors of the prominent:
and representative Southern Journal
who have given 5the resolutions due
consideration andscarried them cnt to
their logical consequences. They
claim that the inevitable resnltof the
close commingling of whites and
blacks in schools, hotels and every
place Of public nature wiA lead to
amalgamatlon. General Beanregarl
in his address Of vindication has not
succeeded in meeting the@objections
raised against the eresolutions OF which
he is SAID to be the author.. And t
is a matter of simple impossibility
for him TO meet ,hese objections which
are founded on the instructive feel
ings Of cur nature, andsconsequently4
entirely out ofethe domain OF argu.5
ment. Ii he is possessed OF any
;pnwers of penetration or discernment
lie must see and feel that he has COM
5mitted a grav error and taken a false
step. 1t IS to be .hopedthat he will
repudiate his own resolutions, and dc
works meet for repentance of the ig-
noble and ignominious course that
has brought his once honorable name
into such unspeakable disrepute.-
Chester Reporter.
Year: 1873

POULTRY KEEPING FOR WOMEN.-There
are many women who, especially within
the last halfdozen years, while the price
of eggs has been so high, make money
much faster by tending poultry than by
sewing. 1t is an occupation especially
suited to women, because it involves pa
tience and constant details rather than
strength Then, again, the hardest thing
for many men to learn, in handling either
poultry or bees, is gentleness. How many
times we have seen boys, and men with
no more sense than boys, jerk hens roughly
from their nests, enter the poultry houses
abruptly and frighten the occupants till
they rush into the furthest corner, and
keep the poultry community in constant
agitation and distress. But all domestic
animals appreciate the manners of women
attendants, when they are fortunate
enough to be cared for by them. Now
there are women gardeners and florists
who, by commendable industry and busi-
ness qualities, have risen to eminence in
these callings, and while one of the most
successful bee-keepers in the world is q
woman, we hope to see others give poultry
more attention than it has hitherto re-
ceived. Aside from profit, the keeping
of fine poultry for fancy, is an elegant
pastime, very popular with English ladies,
and we see no reason why the fashion
should not be adopted in this country
Poultry World.
Year: 1873

far exceeding any legal and sure rate OF interest it
has many fold proved blessing to thousands who
would otherwise have been left destitute.


The Society issues all the most desirable Forms
OF Lie and Endowment Policies, on which Diyi
dends will be paid annually.
Year: 1873

It has been decidod by the Seereta-
~ Of the Treasury that congressman
cannot return their back pay to the
Treasury. They can deposit it there
but they Or their legal representatives
can claim it At any time. Congress
will probable pass = Law next session
to meet the case.
Year: 1873

Work on the Winoua l. St. Peter
Railroad has been suspended for the
season, and for how much longer . Pc
riod is not known. The Company
have completed the road to the Sioux
River and short distance beyond, rs
far as Is required to secure title to the
railroad lands granted them BY Con-
g:ess It is hardly probable that the
road will be extended farther until the
settlement of the country beyond the
present terminus till completion Of
tie North Pacific Road shall render an
extension or this road desirab and
profitable The last rail was laid on
the 18th inst; aurfacing and all other
work was complete on the 10Th most oi
the employees went east to their homes
or to other scenes OF operations -Pra.
irie Schooner.
Year: 1873

Tho Temper nee Convention which
met at Owatcnna las. week adjourned
without making any nomination fol
State officers. In that it acted, wisely
and will have the almos. unanimou.
approval Of the temperance people oi
tho State. We do not know wha,
reasons there may have been for call


ing tho convention or what motives
influenced those who had control
They certainly did not expect to or
.ganize party that would in any degree
influence the fall elections or affect the
result. What We need in this State j:
a temperance sentiment and people
with temperance principles. A ten


pcrance party cannot be organized nor
a temperance ticket supported without
this To obtain this is. or should be


the purpose aud work Of every earnest
and honest temperance man. just
how il is to be done or can be best done
81 a d,fiic1l, and serious question, aud
one on which there will be great di


versity Of opinion among earnest ten


perance people. There is one way il
which i, seems TO Us. it never will be
done or anything accomplished in the
right direction aud that is by holdiu4
poli'ico temperance conventions. The
time will Gene when the temperance
clement will be the controlling elem. n,
10 politics, but before that great deal
otserious sni qniet sork must be done.
The sentiment must be created. the
principle. instiiled and the people who
are doing this work aud who are look
I'd to for its accomplishment are not
those who f .ure in al less conventions
Year: 1873

has joined together. When q minister
work is done in a place, l believe God
will show it to him. 1 will not join
you, sir, in the scheme that brought
you here; and, moreover, if hear an
other word of this from your lips, l
shall ask my brethren to deal with you
as with them who cause divisions. /
would give all 1 own to recall what l
did thirty years ago. Stop where you
are, and pray God, il perehance the
thought of your heart may be forgiven
you."


This decided reply put an end to the
newcomers efforts to get a minister
who could make more stir, and left him
free to lay out roads and build hetels.


There is often great power in the lit
tie word "no," but sometimes it requires
not little courage to speak it as reso-
lutely as did the silent deacon.-En-
aminer and Chronicle.
Year: 1873

cent daily journals chronicle the fact


that the International society has


made its headquarters In New York.
and is seeking to lnstill into the
minds OF our workmen the balefu!
and communistic principles of its
organization. 1t may be we'll for
the men to consider such facts as
those above stated before joining an
association, the only object of which
IS to lead them into further st,ife,
productive OF no other results save
misery to themselves and families
Scientific american.
Year: 1873

Gentlemen of the jury, tbs prisoner at
the bar stands indicted for the crime Of murder in the
fret degree. That crimo had long been defined by
statute in this STATE but the goth day Of May few
dars before the OF the act upon which tho
present charge Is based the Legislature OF this State
plssed law altering In material respects the then


sting statute on the subject OF murder IN the first
degree, and the prisoner is on trial under that


atute It having been made 30 take effect Immediately,
and his alleged ofenso having occurred after lts
passage This ia the first occasion which this Court
has called upon 10 consider that statute and to give


TO Jury instructions relative to its application TO any
case. shall proceed briefly first 10 perform that duty


Prior this statute It had long been settled under the
existing law that when the killing OF human being
was done with clear and welde1nod ntont design 10
effect death. that murder in the first degree; and
although that intent formed upon the instant Of
striking tho blow firing the shot which oooasoned
DEATH the premeditaton sufficient. II the jury could
fnd from the facts laid before them wedeADsd intent
10 destroy fe Many in the books to be found
holding that doctrine The language OF the statnte prior
to the presentthe law under which the prisoner is ON
trhl--was these words, which shall now rvad to
you:


such killing, unless 10 be manslaughter or eNcusabe
usttnablo homicide hereinafter provided shall be
III urder ln the nrsJ degree. IN the following casas
lsL whom perpotrated ttoi premeditated do,ign "
Year: 1873

but few children they are apt to be allowed
to be selfish, wilful and wicked; while in a
family OF children such as one Of the Patri.
archs would have been proud Of each is
Obliged to esteem others better than him.
sell And then that mysterious law, by
which 50 many believe it to be in the
power Of the mother to give disposition and
tendencies TO the infant, must be important.
You may doubt its force, but Il is danger.
Gus to take the benefit Of that doubt.


50 we think the best thing we can do for
our boys is to give them fathers and mothers
who have been thoroughly converted, and
plenty Of brothers and sisters and with a
right start, constant care and watchfulness,
prayer and faith, we may hope to overcome
the evil that is within them, hang there the
right tablets, and lead them on to perfec.
tion;. May angels guide our trembling
hands while we point them to the Healer,
TO the better things that are if store for
them that walk uprightly.
Year: 1873

BYGAIL HAMILTON.


There are many arrangements ia III,
world that we can not understand but In


voluntarily watching the children at theil
play, we can readily see why they are ar.
ranged in groups, and not consigned to sol.
itary education. IL is not alone for enjoy.
msnt' but for training Parents do their
part, but they cannot do the whole. Chill


dTen must themselves complement theil
own development. Even the defects oi
parental training may be made up by tho
Inevitable trituration of these atoms. The
parents are strong and self-possessed and
protecting and just and friendly; but when
the child goes out into the world he will
ind it different, unjust reckless How can
he bear the transition from the warm at.
mosphere of home to the cool, not to say
biting airs Of this new sphere2 But the
wise, seli-restrained, helping adults do not
constitute all of home. Again and again
comes little baby more helpless, ignorant,
appealing, than the helpless, ignorant, and
appealing child. The three. .yoar.old imme-
diately constitutes herself mother superb
or to the three-days-old The same lovely,
helpful traits which she calls forth in her
parents the baby calls forth in her. Chill.
drcn are to each other what the outside
world is to their parents Needless, head
long children become careful and cautious
when the baby wanders into their play
ground. The boy who howls and storms
and raves because his mother will not yield
to his wish and whim, will himself Weld To
the whims Of the tiny sister left while in
his charge, and coax and cajole aud induce
not only with marvellous patience, but with
wisdom and tact Of which you had never
suspected him to be capable Thank Heav.
en- for the quarrel of children Thus they
learn the balance Of power before they
leave the nursery. Perhaps his father
will not allow Charley to be punished, but
if he strikes Kitty, Kitty strikes back, and
with blind fury. So he learns to curb his
temper in spite of bis father The trouble
is that parents too often interfere when it
would be much better to leave the children
to fight it out. But Charley is stronger
than Kitty, and hurts her True, but ii is
very important that Kitty should learn to
measure herself and to know that if she
filings herself rashy against a superior pow
er she will be beaten. Besides keeping a
general supervision of eyes and bones, let
US not exercise too close watch. The out
cry and clamor are not soothing or musical
considered merely as sounds, but when you
classify them as the friction of souls striv.
wing to adjust themselves to the relations
OF life they are far from annoying. Let
the children alone. The brothers impa-
thence may better discipline the offender
than the fathers patience. The sisters
quick, effective resentment is more like the
worlds ways than the mothers loving en-
durance. The slap that strongly follows
encroachment is good practical lesson in
human rights. Be not too hasty to forbid
the little children to beat and box and tease
and scold and scratch each other into re-
spcct for ownership, for sensitiveness, into
a dignifed self.control, and even, at length,
into a profound and universal benevolence
Year: 1873

Some one has said that three things
are necessary for great speech-a great
theme, great occasion, and great man.
A preacher always has great theme, but
a great occasion can only grow out of the
mental and moral attitude Of his audience.
No man can do his best, preaching in an
empty house aud the cffeo, Of indifferent
listeners is often even more depressing than
empty benches. No one who is accustomed
to teach Sunday school class has + led
to note the painful and almost paralyzing
influence of listless and inattentive scholars.
We demand that the preacher shall declare
the truth with earnestness with tenderness,
with affection but how can man be earn
est, or tender, or affectionate towards peo.
pie, many of whom are as insensible to
what he is saying as blocks of wood ? We
have known speakers who declared that
they were obliged to select men, here and
there in an audience, who gave attention,
and preach to them, in order to feel that
they were preaching to living beings, and
thus avoid the depressing influence of an
inattentive audience. ce.-Ezaminer.
Year: 1873




1t seems to me that we want more
Christian sensbilily, more tenderness, more
feeling; a breaking up Of the fountains Of
cur heart, like the breaking up Of the
fountains Of the great decp;" a melting
that shall dissolve all our hardness and
coldness into tears.


This overlooking sensibility, this tender
and weeping state, suits well every relation
and duty of our Christian life. Certainly,
it fits our return to Christ as those who
have wandered away from him in paths Of
worldliness and forgetfuness. Think of
coming back to him to hear him say,
have somewhat against thee !" carrying 10
our consciousness the self reproach have
not lived so near to Jesus as / ought.
have not been true to my covenant with
him. My love for him has been cool, my
zeal languid, my witness false, my interest
in his cause scarce above Indifference, all
this on our hearts, without breaking down
into tenderness and weeping


This weeping state suits even the ioy of
restoration No one has ever had any very
great joy who has never known what it is
to weep tears Of JOY" Could you come
to Jesus and receive full and fresh for
giveness; feel his hand laid upon your
head in welcome and benediction; hear
him say, "Go in peace, thy sins are forgiv-
en- thee :" sing that song, " Love | much
I'm much forgivenl' and yet keep the
tears back


Such deep sensibiity suits we'll the offer
ing Of earnest prayer. We can not wrestle
with God for great blessings with heart
cool and calm, whose pulses are unquicken-
ed, whose tenderness is slumbering.


Especially is this tenderness of heart
our indispensable preparation for winning
souls. Tell a man that he is in danger of
losing his soul, and tell him as though it
we're fact which you bore philosopbicaly,
and not as though it were grief that was
breaking your heart, and you will not move
him except to anger and contempt. You
can say anything to man without offsnse,
which you say through tears. If you fling
your arms around his neck, and weep upon
him, be can not resist you. You can not
go hopefully on your errand of salvation
unless you 60 tenderly. Love and longing
don't use cold words.
Year: 1873

Every religious system must recognize
the divine presence and providence in
human affairs, for without this there can be
neither faith nor devotion He that
cometh to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of them that diligent.
ly seek Him." There are two essentials of
all religions; to recognize the Divine exist
ence, and to believe that He may besuccess-
fully sought unto; and these embody in
themselves the great Christian doctrine Of
providence and prayer. This brings God
within our range, makes Him the director
Of our faith, caring for us and keeping us,
Hence arise the duty to serve Him and the
proftableness Of Him.
Year: 1873

When the sun arises there is light.
Why, | do not know. There might have
been light without the sun, and there might
have been sun that gave no light, but God


has been pleased to put these two things
together--sunrise and light. So whenever
there is prayer, there is blessing. There
might have been prayer without blessing,
for there is in the world of wrath (; and
there might have been blessing without
prayer, for IL often is sent 10 some who
sought 1t not. But God has been pleased
to make this rule for the government of the
moral and spiritual universe, that there
shall be the answer to prayer.-Spu'g gson,
Year: 1873

There comes time when our religious
nature passes over into manhood. This
epoch may arrive early; it may not reach
us till later in life to some, alas it never
comes. But all who pass through il under.
stand this; The commandment comes,
sin rsvives, and die" We find ourselves
condemned struggling with evil, beset with
conflicting emotions, unwilling, seemingly
morally unable to decide.
Year: 1873

-" Peace on earth and good will to men.
That is the way it was when the Quaker
talked with George Whitefeld. They hat
had some hot words on unimportant things
and the Quaker turned to George White
field and said, George, | am as thou art
| am for bringing all men to the hope Of
the gospel. Therefore, if thou wilt moi
quarrel with me about my broad brim, ]
will not quarrel with thee about thy black
gown. Give me thy hand" l1
Year: 1873

The most accommodating man we ever
saw, says the editor Of the Danbury Neins
was he who was the captain Of steamship
which piled between New York and Port
Royal during the war. One day soldier
lost his cap overheard, and went to the
captain about it, The old gentleman said
it was impossible to stop the vessel to re-
cover it, but he kindly offered to mark on
the rail where il went overheard, and get
il when he came back. We saw him make
the mark ourselves, and well remember
that in all that motley crowd there was not
a single dry eye.
Year: 1873

Little Robbie went to show ans saw
an elephant for the first time in his life.
When he came home his mother asked him
what be had seen. Robbie replied An
elephant mamma, that gobbled hay with
his front tail" "
Year: 1873

A RELIC OF THE PAsT.-In excavatng for
the Main-street sewer at the corner of
Twenty-ffth street the workmen, at the
depth of twelve feet, came across quantity
of rubbish-sticks, leaves, pine logs, &C.
in state Of perfect preservation. The street
was filled up at this point more than quar-
ter of century ago, and it is supposed to
be about the site of spring famous in the
olden time for the purity and volume of its
water. Here also, as at other points in this
excavation, are found the logs through
which water was conveyed to all the lower
portion of the city from Bloody Run spring
before the present water-works were estab-
lished, or even thought of. These logs are
also perfectly sound, and as good as when
placed there, many years ago.