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Year: 1871

One of the saddest cases of the
many terrible doings of rum came to
our knowledge yesterday.


As we wero passing Dearborn
street wo observed miserable look
ing man staggering diagonally oppo
site tho Tribune building. His
clothes we're dirty and ragged. His
boots had been worn out some time
ago, and were only together in
places. A slouched hat, long since
unfit for wear, was the covering OF
his head. As VIC approached near
him, we discovered that he was an
old acquaintance, but that 10 his be.
sotted condition Uf drunkenhess-
and it was not yet ten O'Clock in the
morning-he did not recognize us at
all. We were deeply panied at the
spectacle. Upon nearer inspection
we observed that be was without a
shrt. He staggered along the
street and down Dearborn, to a
place where rum was sold, went in,
aud taking chair, soon became lost
to his surroundings in stolid condi-
tion Of cottiplete intoxication. We
have rot seen d more complete wreck
in many years, and doubt whether
there is in the whole city of Chica 90,
a single man, who seen on tho street,
would be taken as q more thorough
representative of drunkenness-of
the gutter--than this poor shirtless,
abject man.


Ten years ago we knew that man,
o popular and prominent member of
the Legislature OF one OF our great
Northwestern States. Soon after
we met him in the great Chicago
Wigwam of 1860, u member OF the
convention which first nominated
Lincoln for the Presidency. Again
we net him in Washington, where
he had much influence with the dele
cation from his State. He W mt in
to the staff department of the army
sometime during the war, aud imme
diateIy after it's c.ose made some for
tunste specuIations by which he be
came rich man. But about two
years ago he entered Interpretation
which turned out badly, and he was
swamped in business A few month.
after that we met him at the Briggs
House one evening, and thought he
was slightly under the influence OF
liquor, we had no idea that he had
begun TO move down that inclined
plane which has brought him to the
gutter and life Of unutterable mise.
~. He is the husband of an intelli
gent and highly cultivated lady, and
the father of children who, a few
years ago, were rs happy as any now
living on Wabash Avenue. Whether
these have been dragged down to the
fathers degradation We do not know
Oh, thou invisible spirit Of wine, il
thou hast no other name to be calico
by, let us call you the DEVIL Chicago
Epeaing Post.
Year: 1871

It O ID q Il ~ t II re-
The glowing hath faded into sombre night,
And the shine dimy in the heavenly sphere;
As veei In heecy clouds, no longer snowy bright,
They watch in solemn silence the departing year
The hours in dark and trailing vesttres glide


From the palace of old hoary hpnded Time;
And leave their foot prints along the ehhing tide.
Which rolls n shore in the lreary winters CLINE.
Onward they march to the portals of the past,


In procession long, with measured tread and slow;
The Old Year Il with them and trembling falling fast,
With Death at his side and his arrow in his bow.
IN the endless vista down the silent vale,


The Old Year gaze moment through the opened door:
His locks gray with age-hs face was nshy pale;
His heart beating slowly 1t ceused forever
he stepped upon the portal, there solemn tone
From the yard bell alown the darkened shore
And at the midnight hour, the Old Year gave groan
Death shot his when they entered in the door.
lie gone forever and dropped trickng tear
As he fixed his vision toward the starlight to the last
Then silently moved to the dim, eternal sphere;


\ spirit in the gloom and the shadows of the past
Year: 1871

i don't see how you came to choose
me, Paul. when surrounded by so many
stylish and beautiful women


Who would gladly do their best to
dissipate my fine fortune returned St.
John, laughing.


He then told Rose of the little scene he
had witnessed in the store of Lowering
s. Brothers, and he had resolved then
and there, to do his best to win her who.
when tempted to expenditures beyond
her means, had strength of mind to say,
Il cannot afford it,
Year: 1871




NEW POEM.


JOHN THE BAPTIST Speaks.
Repent repent repent
For the kingdom of God is at hand,
And all the land
Full of the knowledge of the Lord shall be
As the waters cover the sea.
And encircle the continent
Repent repent repent
For 10, the hour appointed,
The hour SO long foretold
By the Prophets of old,
OF the coming of the Amounted,
The Messiah, the Paraelete,
The desire of the nations, is nigh
de shall not strive nor cry.
Nor his voice be heard in the street;
Nor the bruised reed shall he break,
Nor quench the smoking fax!
And many of them that sleep
In the dust of earth shall awake,
On that great and terrible day.
And the wicked shall wall and weep,
And be blown like'a smoke away,
And be melted away like wax.
Repent repent! repent
Priest, and Pharises,
Who haFh warned you to flee
From the wrath that is to be.
From the coming anguish and ire.
The ak is laid ct the root
Of the trees, and every tree
That bringeth not for' h good fruit,
Is hewn down and cast into the fire
Ye Sc'ibes, why come We hither
In the hour that is uncertain,
In the day of anguish and trouble,
He that stretcheth the heavens as a curtain
And spreadth them cut as a tent,
Shall hlow upon you. and We shall wither,
And the whirlwina shall take you away as stub.
slel
Repent! repent repent


PRIEST.
Who art thou, 0 man of prayer
In ra,ment of camrls hair,
Begirt with leathern thorg,
That here in the wilderness,
With a cry as of one In distress.
PrPachest unto this throng'
Art thou the Christ?


JOHN
Priest of Jerusalem,
In meeknes. and humble ness,
deny not, confess
am not the Christ,


PRIEST.
What shall We say unto them
That sent us here! Reveal
Thy name. and naught conceal!
Art thou Elias


JOHN.


No,


"RIEsr
Art thou that prophet, then,
OF lam ntation and wee,
Who as a symbol and sign
Os impending wrath divine
Upon uubelevjng man.
shattered the vessel of clay,
In tie Valley of Slaughter


JOHN.


Nay,
am not he thou namest


PRIEST.
Who art thou, and what is the word
That thou now proclaimtst'


JOHN
l am the voice of one
Crying in the wilderness alone:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord
Make his paths stI aight
In the land that is desolate


PRIEST
Ii thou be not the Christ,
Nor yet Eliss, nor he,
Tn At, in sign of the things to be,
Shattered he ves-el Of clay
In the Valley of Slaughter,
Then declare unto us, and say
By what authority now
Baptizest thou
indeed haptize you with water
Unto repentance but He,
That come-h after me,
Is mightier than I and higher;
The latchet of whose shoes
am not worthy to unlooSe;
He shall bap'ize you with fire,
And with the Holy Ghost
Whose fan is in his hand
He will purge to the uttermoss
His floor, and garner his wheat,
But will burn the chan in the brand
And fire of unquenchable heatl
Repent repent! repent
Year: 1871

sion a further inflow of Atlantic water,
which in turn undergoes concentration.
And this interchange will be maintained
perpetually, there being on the one hand a
tendency to the restoration of the level
lowered by excessive evaporation, and on
the other tendency to a restoration of the
equilibrium disturbed by excess of pres
sure. The inflow and outflow will thus
keep each other in check, so that neither
the lowering of the level nor the increase
of density will ever exceed very limited
amount.


This explanation, DIR. Carpenter thinks,
received additional confirmation by the
phenomena observed in the currents of the
Baltic. Here animmense amount of fresh
water is received from the lakes and riverf
which tends to dilute the waters of the
sea. An outflow is established from the
surface, which. Of course, being continued
without any counteractlng tendency. would
IN time wash out every particle of salt,
were II not for an under current which
brings back into 1t the salt water from the
North Sea. Thus, while the surface cur
rent Is tending to reduce the level of the
Baltic to that OF the North Sea, the influx
Of fresh water into the Baltic and the
outflow of a portion of the salt water must
tend TO diminish the density; and the
equilibrium is maintained by the inward
passage of body of salt water from the
depths The case is. therefore, exactly
the reverse of that of the Mediterranean.
but such as would he expected in view of
the hypothesis advanced by DR.. Carpen-
ter.-EDTToRs' SCIENTIFIC RRCoRD, in
Harper'S Maga-ine forAuglst.
Year: 1871

/ Discovery a New Motive PowER. a
citizen OF New Orleans has recently been so
successful IN experimenting with fluid gas of
ammonia as motive power that he claims


that there is probability that it may super


sede horse power on street railroads. Liqui-
fed ammonia, when subject to a heat of
COS Fahrenheit, turns to a vapor which
produces pressure of sixty pounds to the
square Inch. This pressure is applied like
steam. and is subject TO the same controlling
influences. When intended to be used for
the purpose of propulsion, the ammonia is
poured into Il system of tubes. deposited in
tank of water in such a way that the gas
which passes through the cylinder. instead
of escaping into the open air, may be car
ried through the exhaust pipe, and be alb
s0rbed bv the water. In this manner the
ammoniated water is preserved, and being
reinstilled, is capable of being used over
again several thousand times, wearing out
only at the rate of twenty-five per cent.
per annum. The gas is so readily absorbed
by the water that 1t prevents any disagreea-
be smell or noise of concussion with the air.


At the end of each trip the tubes are refill
ed from stationary reservoir of liquid am


monia, and during the journey the heat lost
by the tubes is acquired by the water in the
tank, which re-imparts 1t, and prevents the
ammonia from falling below the boiling tenn
perature. The report of the examining COM
mittee, headed by General Beauregard, ap-
proved of the invention in terms which are
too indefinite to be conclusive.
Year: 1871

A few evenings since young lady of
Chicago went down oD the dock, and, taking
off her hat, let her hair down. She then
took letter from her bosom, and after read
ing it, tore it in pieces. Next she leaned
over and looked down into the water, after
which she stepped back and seemed on the
point of sprnging into the river, when two
Young men interfered. They seized hold of
her and asked her what she meant, and when
she failed to answer they took her ID the
armory. Shortly afterward a gentleman
claiming to be her brother, called for the
young lady and took her away with him.
lie refused to give either his or her name,
but said that his sister was non coDlp0s
T2eEtiS
Year: 1871

CASTING OUT DEv1Ls-A Methodist
preacher, of a large muscular frame and
huge hand, with a powerful grip, some
time ago was holding a meeting, at which
quite an interest was awakened A number
of persons had come to the anxious seat,
aud some had been converted. A group,
consisting of two or three young men and
as many young ladies, were present, whose
object In coming was to have merriment
The minister kindly requested them to
observe decorum bene6tlng the place
One of them ventured in rather an un-
gracious manner to reply that they had


understood that miracles were worked
there, and they had come down to see some
performed Upon this. our robust friend
the minister, coolly took the young mar
/ by the coat collar, deliberately led him
down the aisle, and opening the door, with
out any ceremony IanGed him outside
quietly remarklng we do not work
miracles here, but We cast out devils
Year: 1871

WHAT We SHOULD EAT.-Those who
expect to think, says the chronological
Journal, should not eat much food which
simply produce warmth and fat, such as
ham, fat pork white bread, butter, rice.
tapioea and starch. These contain very
little phosphate food. being carbonaceous.


The proper food for laboring men-we
mean thse who have TO exercise muscular
strength chei1y-should be that which
contains the greatest amount of nitrogen.
Among these barley and cheese stand high.
The red flesh Of the OK or sheep and un-
bolted bread are the leading articles. Men
who train prize-hghters seem to understand
much better than others how TO build up
physical strength and endurance When
their battle or their race Is ended. they
lay aside their unboted bread and fruit
their lean beef and mutton, and fall into
their old habits of liquor-drinking and o
eating STRENGTHENING articles, such as rice
fine bread, pudding, with fat meat anC
butter, and they soon become as fat anc
law as the carbonaceous articles can make
them.


If a man wants TO stand the cold he
may eat buckwheat cakes with butter,
syrup ial poEh auu hAttS DSau> out ISt
him look out when hot weather comes for
bilious fevers, pimples on the face and a
rank smell of the whole system, and
muddy, dirty complexion. Men living at
the north pole, or near It, can drink fish
oil by the quart, or eat pounds of cake
tallow, and the cold climate will burn it
out; but in warm OF temperate regions
the food should be so selected as to furnish
nourishment for muscle, bone, brain, and
warmth in proper proportions.


The student should eat articles which
are pretty largely charged with phosphates
or brain food; the laborer, those articles
containing nitrate or food for muscle
and those who are much exposed to cold,
but not required to exert muscular strength,
that kind of food which is largely charged
with earbonates or heat produces.
Year: 1871

The Portland papers report that on the
Grand Trunk Railroad was a Canadian with
his wife and three children, bound for Boston.
The man and woman quarrelled about some
thing all the way along until they arrived at
Locke's Mills, when he ended the dispute
by jumping from the train, which was NOV
ing at the rate of twenty miles an hour Of
course there was general commotion among
the passengers, and of course the mans wife
and children set up lugubrious scream.
The train was stopped and moved back TO
where the man made his leap. but instead
of finding mangled corpse, they found the
man all right aud Fastening to get on board
the train. A reconciliation was effected and
there was no more trouble.
Year: 1871

a surprising fact connected with the
manufacture Of walking-sticks in London,
is the immense foreign trade which it
ere ates. Tons Of material for this purpose
are constantly arriving, and are sold pri-
vately or by public auction to the stick
makers. An unpractised person would at
once pronounce them valueless. Fashion in
this branch of trade, as well as in any
other, regulates the demand for certain
kinds At the present and for some time
past, says a magazine writer, pimenta
sticks have been in great demand both for
walking and for umbrella sticks. For the
former purpose they are manufactured in
to almost every variety of fanciful patterns
by staining, carving, and other processes,
and the wood being very strong and close
grained, admits Of its general adaptation
to almost any purpose. For umbrellas
pimenta sticks are very useful, for their
rigid nature prevents their breaking or be-
coming crooked As imported in their
rough state, they are about two or three
inches in diameter and from three to four
feet long they are the produce of tree
known to botanists as Pime1lta czllqaris,
which yields the allspice or pimenta of
commerce. 1t is native of the West
Indies, where it is also extensively culti-
waited Tor the sake of the well-known ber-
ries.


Lately there has arisen great fancy
among connoissealrS for myrtle sticks; these
are principally used for umbrellas, and
may be known by their rustic and knotty
appearance. Such specimens have singu-
larly fantastic look, and would, we should
think, be well suited for umbrellas intend
ed for lending, as the owner could not fail
to recognize his property. Myrtle sticks
are imported from Algeria, whence also
are obtained various other kinds, some of
which cannot fail, by reason of their names
if not from their. appearance. to command
some amount Of interest. Such, for in
Year: 1871

Couldn't Cos He SUNG So.'-Leaning
idly over the fence, few days since, we
noticed little four-year old lord of crea-
ton, amusing himself in the grass by
watching the frolicksome flight of birds.
which were playing around him. AT length


a bobolink perched himself upon droop-
ing bough of an apple tree which extended


to within few yards of the place where


the urchin sat, and maintained his position,
apparently unconscious of the close prox-
unity to one whom the birds usually con-
slider a dangerous neighbor. The boy
seemed astonished at his imprudence and,
after regarding him steadily for a minute
or two, obeying the instinct of his baser
Year: 1871

THE ARDENNEs DoG.-The dog Of the
Ardennes accompanies the flock when it
leaves the pentold in spring, only to return
when the winters snow drives the sheep
home again fer shelter Each shepherd
possesses one or two of these dogs, accord
ing to the size of his flock, to act as SEN
tinels Their Office is not to run about
and bark, and keep the sheep in order, but
to protect them from outside foes. When
the herdsmen has gathered his flock in
some rich valley, these white, shaggy mon
sters crouch on the ground, apparently
half asleep but now and then the great
sagacious eyes will open, and, passing over
the whole of their change, remain for q
while fixed on the distant horizon as though
they followed a train of thought which led
them away from earth-so sadly do they
gaze into the infinite.


But let the mountain breeze bear to his
ever-moving nostril the scent of the hated
wolf, or his quick ear detect an unk known
noise then is the time to see one of these
dogs in his glory. His eyes become black
with ferceness his hair stands erect his
upper lip becomes wrinkled, showing a
range of white, formidable teeth, while a
low growl alone escapes from his throat
When his keen faculties have detected the
whereabouts of his foe, he rushes forward
with bound that overieaps all obstacles,
and bark that echoes from all the sur
rounding hills.


Every dog of the like breed that may
be near, takes up the note and rushes
cleaning through the brushwood to join in
the attack. Tender as the childhood he
protects, woe to him who dare lift hand
on one of the little ones with whom he has
been brought up. 1t is not he who buys
him who is his master it is he who fed
him when pup, who petted and shared
his pittance with him-he it is who has
his love, and who reciprocates his faithful
Affection, Overland Monthly.
Year: 1871

A Florida Journal says that while lady
of Jacksonville was dressing fish recently,
preparatory to cooking, she discovered, en-
bedded in its flesh, small stone, resembling
glass, and nearly the SIZE of northern white
bean The stone resembles diamond cuts
glass freely, and is very transparent and
refractive. Should this prove 70 be dla-
mond its value is estimated at four or five
thousand dollars; should it be otherwise,
the stone is at least valuable TO mount as an
ornament. The lady has already been Of
fered one hundred dollar for it.
Year: 1871

A Philadelphia policeman the other night was
startled by spectral object depending from
third-story window, and upon more mi
mute inspection discovered that a woman was
hanging head foremost from it lie gently
aroused the other inmates, and. as they ap-
preached the door, exclaimed in a subdued
tone, q For Gods sake, get her in before she
falls out or wakes - Silently they stole into
the chamber and tremblingly drew her itno
the room She was safe.
Year: 1871

ToBACCo.-We clip the following from
the Alblon Pioneer. Young men, read
this


An incident occurred N this place on
Tuesday evening, that gave stronger argu-
ments against the use of tobacco than
could have been produced by volumes of
writing 1t being personal acquaintance
and friend of ours, and having been pres
ent through the whole scene, we are able
to give the full particulars, which we leave
to speak for themselves


The person had the day previous been
working at some rather harder labor than
he was accustomed to, and had felt himself
much fatigued During Tuesday he had
used rather more tobacco than common ;
he had been in the habit of using it for
many years. During the evening he asked
friend for 'chaw,' which he gave him


in the form of fine cut ); as he put it into
his mouth, he remarked that it was the
best and largest 'chaw he had taken for a
month but he had scarcely had it in his
mouth a minute, before he was seized with
a feeling of death-like faintness This
was quickly followed by all the symptoms
of the the poisonous action of tobacco
vomiting, colds sweats, utter prsotration,
$50 great that he coull not even raise
himself) and that terrible sensation of gone
ness that all who have been made sick on
this weed can well appreciate. No persua-
sion could convince him that there was any
chance for recovery, and, indeed, to a cas-
ual observer, he looked but little like it.
A physician was called IA who administer
ed u remedy that caused him presently to
feel better, and in the course of a couple
of hours from the attack he got to sleep !;
but for some time it required close obser-
walton to discern it from that sleep which
knows no waking. By the next morning
he was able to be up and 60 about his
work, though still feeling tolerably weak.
Year: 1871

MOTTO BE BEATEN-A New Hampshire man
and man from Ohio chanced to meet at pub
lie dinner in New York. The man from Ohio
suggested to MIN of the Granite State that it
might be advantageous to him to remove to the
West, especially if he proposed to follow the
pursuit of a farmer. The Yankee could not
see it there was no State in the Union equal
to New Hampshire. lie of the Buckeye State
could not agree to this. Ohio was inferior to
New Hampshire in no respect, while in many
respects she was superior The Yankee deman
ded to know a superior feature. The Buckeye
commenced to enumerate, but as fast as he pre-
sented his claims Of superiority, his antagonist
unhesitatngly swept them away by bold and
vigorous declarations to the contrary. At
length, when all other sources of argument had
been exhausted the Buckeye confidently OBJ
served You will at least allow that Ohio
Justly claims superiority over New Hampshire
! in point of the extent of her territory?" mo,
sir!'' promptly and emphatcally responded


the Yankee. Your State spreads out because
it is fat Look at the mountains of New


Hampshire! Goodness mercy just roll 'em


cut fat and they'd make territory enough to


cover up the whole of Ohio and fill up big


slice of Lake Erie!
Year: 1871

AN OLD LADY's ADVICE" Now, John,
listen to me, for | am older than you are, or
couldn't he your mother. Never do you marry
young woman, John, before you have con
triyed to happen at the house at least four
times before breakfast. You should know how
late she lies in bed in the morning. You
should take notice whether her complexion is
the same in the morning as in the evening, or
if the washbowl and towl have robbed her of
her evening bloom. You should take care to
surprise her, SO that you can see her in her
morning dress, and observe her occupation
when she is not expecting you. If possible,
you should be where you could plainly hear the
morning conversation between her and her
mother. If she is ill-natured and snappish to
her mother, so she will be to you, depend upon
it. But if you find her up and neatly dressed
in the morning, with the same countenance,
the same smiles, the same neatly combed hair
the same ready and pleasant answers to hcl
mother which characterized her department IL
the evening, and particularly if she is lending
a hand to get the breakfast ready in good sea
son, she is great prize, John and the sooner


you secure her to yourself the better.