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Year: 1876

A newspaper correspondent, writing
of strong drink, says Those physicians
who are not habitual drunkards don't
know anything about the progress of
the disease; they only see the results OF
it, and therefore they cannot handle it
as they do other diseases. Those who
are habitual drunkards become too
much weakened physically and intellec'
tualiy by the vice itself to be able to
pronounce cure.


I am an old drinker. Have, drank a
quart of whisky every day for the past
fifteen years, except an occasional day
or two when I have "sworn off," l am
satisfied that there is no medicine for it,
Social habits are strong incentive for
one man to drink, thirst for stimulant
for another, although the first may alb
hor the taste and smell of the fuid. The
effect is what the inebriate OF either
class desires and needs. In the interest
of the poor unfortunate inebriate let me
tell him, if he is in earnest in his desire
to break off, to shun all liquor at night
he will not be able to sleep for. q night
or two, but he will come all right in a
short. time. Let him eat a hearty break
fast and, should he be nervous a few
hours afterward, let him fight it out,
hide himself, and shake it out. One or
two hours will give him relief. Then
let him take some solid food, and hurry
to his homo, avoiding the social com
panionship of men, which is one OF his
greatest temptations, and keep himself
to himself as much as possible. All
medicines prescribed to prevent thirst
or nervousness are OF no avail. I It is the
will, and principally the will to stop
drinking at night, and tokeep aloof from,
social drinking friends. I have tried it,
and know. The dread horrors of de-
lirum tremens have never befallen me,
but T have seen them in others, and
have mado o study OF dipsomania, or I
would not offer these hints.
Year: 1876

at meeting of the New York cook
ing club the following lesson was given
"Now, to make sponge cake worthy OF
the name, get a large bowl that will hold
about three quarts. Take five eggs,
half a pound Of sugar and eight ounces
of -four; break the eggs, throwing the
whites and yolks in together sift the
sugar on the eggs, and then beat up
quickly until the drippings from the
spoon drop short and cling back. At
this point It is ready for the -four. Sift
the -four, in, add half a teaspoonful Of
essence of lemon and stir up till spongy.
Then little butter must be melted in
your baking tin to lubricate the sides
we'll, sprinkling a little -four over the
batter coating to preserve the cake from
sticking to the tin or mold. Half fill
the tin or mold, and paste strips OF clean
white paper around the upper edge OF
the tin, so that they form an extra edge
of about one and one.half inches high.
The oven is not to be even moderately
hot, but allowed to get hotter as the
cake rises, and so on gradually, Until
the cake is cooked-not burned"


The professor demonstrated the con-
coction of oyster stew as follows: One
quart OF oysters, one ditto of water put
oysters in water and let boil. The
longer they boil the better the liquor
becomes and the plumper the oysters,
says the professor. "Put in q sprig OF
celery and two leaves OF parsley, 30 as
to have but one flavor made of two.
When boiled skim the oyster liquid of,
wash the oysters of, put them into their
clean liquid. add one ounce OF butter. a
half pint of milk, a saltspoonful of white
pepper, and ditto of salt; put on the fire
again. but do not let it boil; merely keep
it scalding hot and ready to serve"


The professor, right on the heels OF
oysters in stew, rushed oysters lu1u-
rating in soup. He says the best oyster
soup is simply made thus: III d..


Gone quart of oysters in their own
liquid, one pint of water added, one
sprig of parsley and one of celery, two
blades of mace. As soon as boiled,
strain the water off, skim the liquid and
place it back on the fire, but not to boil
merely to keep hot. Mix one ounce
of -four with one ditto of butter over
the fire till they bubble; add then one
pint of boiling water stir this till
smooth, then pour in the oyster liquid
remove the sprigs and leaves Of season
ing, and season to taste with salt and
pepper; mash the oysters in warm water
and return them into the liquid, and
then and there you have A No. soup
ready to be served up."
Year: 1876

A new method of obtaining uniform
temperature and abundant fresh air in
dairies is reported. The dairy is built
of stone, and is placed on the side OF a
bill and close to an icehouse, or near
enough to it to bring the drip from the
melting ice into an open tank on the
floor Of the dairy. To secure an even
temperature, the building is sunk 2. 13
meters (about seven feet) in the ground,
and the walls, doors and windows are
made alright. To ventilate the place
two pipes, lined with slate, are laid from
the floor of the dairy, underground, in
opposite directions. One extends about
$3.50 meters Zone hundred feet) uphill,
and is then brought to the surface. The
other pipe extends on. equal distance
downhill, in the opposite direction, and
is then brought to the surface. The
open ends of these pipes are protected
by wooden wings from the influence OF
the wind, otherwise they are entirely
open at all times. In the summer,
when the temperature OF the atmos-
phere is higher than the ground, the air
in the upper pipe being cool, settles
down into the dairy, passes through it
and escapes by tho lower pipe. The
tank of Ice water serves to lower the
temperature to about fifty deg. Fahr.,
and the temperature Of the air in the
sunken pipes is about sixty deg. Fahr.,
so that the dairy is kept swet t and cool
by const mt supplies Of fresh air at a
comparatively low temperature. In
winter, the ground being warmer than
the atmosphere, reverse current is
maintained through the pipes. The
warm air in the upper pipe rises and
escapes, and draws fresh supplies of air
into the dairy through the lower pipe.
This, in its turn, raises the temperature
OF the infowing air, and prevents the
entrance OF freezing draughts. This de:
vice is said to work well in practice, and
to keep the dairy well ventilated, and at
nearly the same temperature at all sea-
sons. -Scribner'S
Year: 1876

The Vanderbilt Guard !" is the name
given to the corps of reporters whose
duty it is to wait for bulletins relative to
the health of Commodore Vanderbilt,
the railroad king. Shortly before ten
o'clock every evening, the band assem-
BILE near the residence of Mr.. Wander
bilt, and await Intelligence. In the
midst of the noise of resounding debate
comes the sound of the opening door.
A sudden rush is made up the stalks.
The bearer Of glad tidings gives the
usual announcement "There is no
change, gentlemen" Then follows q
running. fire OF questions, relevant and
irrelevant, about any incidents of the
day. It is the reporters despairing
grasp at a straw, anything which will
serve to vary the monotony of the hun
dreds of bulletins, q large portion of
which he has already evolved from his
inner consciousness When their thirst
has been sated with these driblets OF
personal gossip, the guard departs as
one man, to meet again at midnight, and
still a third time at the second small
hour OF the following morning.


A short time ago room WAS hired IN
the University building, on Washington
square, and the evening was passed by
the guard in singing songs, playing
cards, and telling anecdotes until the
time arrived to 60 the commodore's
house. After ascertaining his condition
all would return. New acquisitions to
and repeated desertions from the corps
were OF such frequent occurrence that
this place of resort was abandoned, aud
now the only times that the guard as
semple are at the hours above stated.
The persons who guard the bulletins
are frequently late, and opinions are
freely expressed as to the advisability OF
ringing the door bell Ten minutes
grace is generally given, and then some
impatient reporter takes pull at the
bell and generally succeeds In remind
ing the occupants of the house that some
one is waiting outside. Lately. the an.
nouncements at the hours of twelve and
two have been made from q front window
on the second floor. A head appears,
a thin, small voice pipes ont "all right, !"
the reporters respond with morning
greetings, and the midnight watch of the
guard IS over. 1t has been limited by
some irreverent members that the thing
was growing monotonous, but the loyal
ty of the major portion of the guard is
proof against long watches in the keen
morning air and meager reports IRON the
sick-room. m.-Tribune.
Year: 1876

The Commercial Bulletin is reminded
of an adventure at Western country
railroad station where, when the train
stopped, several of the passengers were
astonished to observe soven or eight
swine racing from field near by up to
the railway track, halting beneath the
car windows. Attention was distracted,
however, by the entrance of boy with
/" nice fried pies, only FIVE cents
apiece" This really sppetizipg looking
merchandise was eagerly purchased, es'
pecially by any one who had ever eaten
a fried apple turnover in New England.
But, alas the folly of trusting to ap-
pearance for, no sooner was the first
mouthful beneath the teeth of the pur-
chaser than the flavor of strong butter,
grease and general nastiness met his
taste, causing him to raise the car win
dow and not only eject the mouthful,
but the remainder of the pie from which
it had been taken-a proceeding which
the hogs waiting beneath were evidently
we'll acquainted with, as they devoured
the discarded viands with much gusto,
and to the disgust Of the passengers,
who thus found that they had become
swine purveyors, as doubtless Others
had before them, Judging from the AMI
mails actions.
Year: 1876

The Builder gives the following re-.
,nedy for damp walls: Three-quarters OF
a pound of mottled soap to one gallon OF
water. This composition to be laid over
the brickwork steadily and carefully
with large fiat brush, so as not to form
a froth or lather on the surface. The
wash to remain twenty-four hours to be-
come dry. Mix half pound Of alum
with four gallons of water; leave it to
stand for twenty-four hours, and then
apply it in the same manner over the
coating of soap. Let this be done in
dry weather. In the case OF stone walls
the following ingredients, melted and
mixed together, and applied hot to the
surface of stone, will prevent all damp
from entering and vegetable substance
from growing upon it-one and a half
pounds rosin, ono pound Russian tallow,
one quart inseed oil. This simple re.
medy has been proved upon. o piece Of
very porous stone, made into the form lo
of o basin; two coats Of this liquid, on
being applied, caused,it to hold water as
well as any earthenware vessel.
Year: 1876

The Cologne Gazette contains an &C.
count of g. combat which took place in
the geological gardens of that city be-
tween two Polar bears, which, that jour
nal remarks, &C. Roman emperor would
assuredly have paid million sestertii to
Witness" These two bears had been
brought from Spitzberg five years ago,
and had been placed in a large pit, with
q tank il the center.


Until recently they had remained upon
excellent terms with each other, but Q
quarrel ensued between them, the result
of which was that the female bear took
refuge upon the summit of q large rock
in one corner of the pit. The male did
not attempt to follow her, and she re-.
NAMED there three days, when, pressed
by hunger, she descended again. AS
soon rs the male bear saw her he lmme-
diately rushed at her and attacked her
with his forepaws. The keepers at
tempted to separate them, and belabcrr:.: r:
ed the male with heavy iron bars, bur
the bones in the lead OF the Polar bear
are 80 much harder than those OF the
ordinary bear that these blows took no
effect. The male bear continued to
wreak his vengeance upon his COM
panion, and, after having almost torn
her body into ribbons, he dragged her
to the bottom of the tank and held her
there until he felt assured that all sign
of life was extinct. He then brought
her body back to the floor OF the pit
and dragged it round the tank for near
" an hour. After this he withdrewlnto
bis sleeping den to rest from his labors,
and the keepers at once closed the iron
bars upon him.


Having examined the body OF the
dead bear, they found that it had re-
ceived more than hundred wounds;
the neck and head were crushed almost
to iefiy, and the flesh was hanging in
strips from the back and sides. During
the whole combat neither OF the bears
uttered a cry or sound of any kind; but,
except in this particular, it must have
borne a singular resemblance to what
NAV sometimes be seen in Lancashire
without paying million sestertii.
Year: 1876

There is in Leavenworth q tall, blonde
youth, Henry Arnold Green, who, by the
free use of his little pistol and his wild,
drunken sprees, made himself famous in
this city kansas City, about year ago.
lie is part owner of the Leavenworth
appeal He receives regularly large in
come from his English estate, which he
devotes to the qualification of his whims.
On Monday, the 4th inst, Green felt more
than usually funny. lie had seen a
funeral procession, and it pleased him to
have little funeral all to himself. Having
first secured the services Of hackman, he
directed him to drive to an undertaking
establishment, and there he ordered a
hcarse and horses, and an empty coffin.


The coffin was put into the vehicle, but
before the doors were closed the Enlishman
said that it was his pleasure to "get in
there himself" After instructing the
hackman to follow certain line of process
sion at a given distance from the hearse
ne crawled inside, and, lying down beside
"|AO NOiHii1 hShGCO a. ClSuT. 1ue procession
then moved of to Cherokee street, at a
funeral pace, tho hearse in front and the
hack following. AS they went down
Cherokee street toward the river, the
knight of the black plumes produced two
bottles of whisky, which he placed along
side of the coffin, and proceeded to wind
up two.days' spree. Presently they came
in contact with q large crowd, who were on
their way to attend festival, and who
made comments on the strange funeral
procession. The English corpse becoming
anxious to know by what authority he was
delayed on the highway, called loudly fol
the driver to stop, and while so doing
turned over in his small apartment and
with loud crash, forced portion of his
body through one of the large oval panes
of glass OH the side of the hearse. The
crowd couldn't stand corpse breaking out
of its coffin, jumping through the side oi
the hearse, and calling for the driver tc
stop further proceedings. They fled in all
directions. After once moro getting in
side, the author of the adventure was driven
to Shawnee street, and then he returned
the hearse and coffin to their owner
Kansas City Times.
Year: 1876

ONE STEP AT A TIME.-A great many
people dishearten themselves by worrying
too much about possible future troubles.
Prudence and forethought is commenda-
bic, but mere unreasonable worry should
be avoided. 1t is an act of folly for a man
to cOniure up all the troubles that might
befall him, and mass them before him as
so many obstacles to overcome at once. A
man at the foot of flight of stairs which he
is about to ascend, would be foolish to
assume that he must take all the steps at
once, and that because he cannot do that
he cannot ascend tho stairs at all. lie has
only to take one step at time, and when
he gets to the top step he takes that almost
as easy as he took the first. But when ne
gets to the top let him be careful lest he
does not fall all the way down by one
misstep. 1t is the same way with the
affairs of life. All we have to do is to take
one step at time.
Year: 1876

In his speech at Fremont on Saturday
night, Gov. Hayes thus alluded to his nomi-
nation for the Presidency: at is very
great responsibility that has been placed
upon me, to be a representative of twenty
millions of people, responsibility which
l know very well am not equal to per-
form. understand very we'll that it was
not by reason of ability or talents that l
was chosen. There were accidents and
contingencies that caused this result, but
that which does rejoice me is that here,
where | have been born, and where l spent
my childhood, there are those that come
and rejoice at the result"
Year: 1876

her manners and views. Secluded from
the world, reading little and hearing less,
she fossilizes in her place, and in few
years becomes a living anachronism, a
ladylike kind of Rip Van Wrinkle, for
whom time has slept and changes have not
been, and over whose mind progress has
not traced the lightest furrow. Too gentle
to be anything but amiable, never mixing
herself up with scandals or disputes, taking
no part in the life of the place anyhow, for
good or evil alike, she is yet practically
friendlcss; and when people speak of her
it is rather with contempt than with the
pity which she merits. But the world is,
as rule, without pity for those who do not
please it; and an eccentric old maid,
devoted to cats and worsted work, with
queer manners and an odd style of dress,
who make no condolences, asks no advice,
knts up no intimacies, but just lives as a
nun unprotessed-wanting the director
offers no points for the imagination to seize
on and sympathize with, though much
that can be laughed at and ridiculed.


THE NUN BY NATURE.


Of the same type, with difference, is
the sweet and sanity old maid, to whose
life love has always been astranger, and who
never even in her youngest days, thought
of marriage with anything but horror, Of
motherhood with anything but dread
She, too, is of the tribe of natural nuns fol
whom Pratestantism has no place, and
whose natural home is the convent. This
again is Of the kind that does not change
with the years. She has always been the
same. When young she moved through
the world in a stately statuesque kind O.
way, making the despair of all the men
who loved her-perhaps the moro because
she was unattainable; and when old she is
the same, with just the difference bctweer
the lily when it stands up in its first youn!
bloom and the lily when it is dropping t.
Its fall-botween wax fresh, bloomy, rosy
and wax faded, yellow, and with all til,
bloom rubbed off. But whether young O
old, she is always of the samo spiritua
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untouched by the senses in any direction
with few, very few affections, and thes
with strange want of personality in thei
character-quite as satisfying if the object
thereof are separated from her for years a
if they are next door; woman whom tn
love of man never warmed, the caress Of
child never thrilled; the modern vestal
the Protestant num- in the world but no
fit; passonless and pure but a statue
not a woman.


In any case, however, we have sucI
beautiful types of old maids as make u
forgive the disagreeble and unwonmanly
and when we have two things to look al
is it not the wisest plan to shut our eyes t
the unpleasing and to sec only the NOR
desirable by Hrs. +. Lynn Linton in til
last BclJraria.
Year: 1876

Pretty and pale and tired


She sits in her stiff-backed chair
While the blazing summer sun


shines in on her soft brown hair
And the tiny brook without,


That she hears through the open door,
MOcks with its murmur cool


Hard bench and dusty floor.
1t seems such an endless round
Grammar and a, BIC;
The blackboard and the sums;
The stupid geography;
When from teacher to little Jem
Not one of them cares a straw,
Whether John is in any cease"
Or Kansas in Omaha.
But Jemmy's bare brown feet


Are aching to wade in the stream,
Where the trout to his Turing bait
Shall leap with quick bright gleam,
And his teachers blue eyes stray
To the flowers on the desk hard by,
Till her thoughts have followed her eyes
With half unconscious sigh.
Her heart Outruns the clock,


As she smells their faint sweet scent;
But when have time and heart


Their measure in unison blent?
For time will haste or lag,


Like your shadow on the grass,
That fingers far behind,


OR dies when you fain would pass.
Have patience, restless Jem,


The stream and the fish will wait;
And patience, tired blue eyes


Down the winding road by the gate,
Under the willow shade,


Stands some one with fresher flowers,
So turn to your books again,


And keep love for the after hours.
Year: 1876

WHEN MEN ARE AT THEIR BEsT.-Dr
Beard states that from an analysis of the
lives of thousand representative men in
all the great branches of the human family,
he made the discovery that the golden
decade was between forty and fifty; the
brazen between twenty and thirty; the iron
between fifty and sixty. The superiority
of youth and middle life over old age in
original work appears all the greater when
we consider the fact that all the positions
Of honor and profit and prcstige-profes-
sorships and public stations-are in the
hands of the old. Reputation, like money
and position, is mainly confined to the old.
Men are not widely known until long after
they have done the work that gives them
their fame. Portraits of great men are a
delusion; statues are lies! They are taken
when men have become famous, which, on
the average, is at least twenty-five years
after they did the work which gave them
their fame. Original work requires cnthu
siasm. If all the original work done by
men under forty-fve were annihilatcd, they
would be reduced to barbarism. Men are
at their best at that time when enthusiaru
and experience are most evenly balanced


This period, on the average, is from thirty
! eight to forty. After this the law is thai
experience increases, but enthusiasm de
/ creaseS
Year: 1876

Barnum was overwhelmed at Providence
the other day by applicants for his auto
graph, and was surprised to learn, some
time after, that tho people had somehow
got the notion that card bearing his auto.
graph presnted at the ticket office would
insure the bearer ticket to his show.
Lots of people presented the cards and
were disappointed.
Year: 1876

Keep your conscience tender-tendor as
the eye that closes its lid against an atom
OF dust, or as that sensitive plant which
you lave seen shrink and shut its leaf not
merely at the rude touch of a finger, but at
the breath of a moth.
Year: 1876

In a column Of receipts in an agricul-
tural paper we find one for making Belle
Cake, Several slices Of cucumber and
glass Of ice water will make nice stomach
ache; but the ingredients of the Belle
Cake are entirely difierent.-N9rr;s.oc.
HcraH
Year: 1876

All pleasure must be bought at the cx-
pense of pain; the difference between false
pleasure and true, is just this for the true,
the price is paid before you enjoy it; for
the false afterwards.
Year: 1876

A Spanish provcrb says, lie who would
bring home the wealth of tho Indies, must
carry the wealth of the Indies with him
So it is in travelling; man must carry
knowledge with him if he would bring
home knowledge.
Year: 1876

prepared to endorse this, that in
stead of spending their means for
implements of destruction ut home,
they will make large appropriations
for the "Insane Asylum" and en-
deavor to bring these crring broth
ers back to their right minds. l
have no desire to speak in unnec-
essary hardness, but we have to deal
with facts as they exist. l would
appeal to the men of Michigan to
ponder well the position of affairs.
Break all shackles that bind you to
sympathy with treason. Cluster
around the banner of our fathers,
wipe out the last vestigc of the spirit
that is sharpening the knife that is
numbering our loyal brothers in the
field. Unite in patriotism for God
and our native land; and then shall
treason hide it's head, and rebellion
cease, then shall our country awake
to u holier and better life, then
around every cottage door shall
cluster fearful, joyful faces, to well
come brave hearts home from the
battle field.-Oceana County Jour-
nal.