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Year: 1873

TIE FOLLY OF PRETEScE.-If God made you half fool it is better that you should seem to be half fool than that you should make believe that you are wise. All animals are willing to seem what they are. An ass is always willing to be thought an ass and he honors God in it. An owl is always willing to be thought an owl; and he fulfills the function given to him, if he does look wiser than be Is. And man should be wiling to be just what God made him. Not that he should not desire to increase, to augment, his talents; not that he should not put his money out at interest; but man who is ig- norant had better admit himself to be igno- rant A man who is not a genius had better not think himself to be genius. A man who is poor had better think he is poor. A man who is unskilied had better admit that be Is unskilled. What ever you are, while you strive for greater excellence, stand on that which is true and right, and do not make yourself out to be more than you are Do not attempt to put on guises and pre- tences, in the vain hope of winning praise man talks to me in such a way that see | through him in moment. He is trying tC make an impression on me about h.mself, ol about this, that, and the other thing, and the moment the door is shut l say, "What fool he was to think that I could not SC, through himp And yet l go straight tC my neighbor's and try the same trick; anC 1 when am gone he says, 'What a fool ? And he goes to his neighbor and does thu same thing
Year: 1873

HEAT.-Many common practices can easily be explained by noticing the different ab- sorbtion and radiating powers of various sub stances. A dish-co7cr or metal teapot Is kept as bright as possible, SO as to prevent the escape of heat by radiation; black carthenware teapot, on the other hand, has a dull and dark surface, SO that 1t may absorb the heat. So, too, if kettle is to heat quickly, the part exposed to the fire should be covered with fur and soot, to absorb the heat; the other part should be bright to ra dation. These things, like many similar ones, were known, and put in practice long | before their true causes were known, but sci encc shows us now how to account for them. l The laws of radiation likewise account for the deposition of dew at night. The air is then cooler than the surface of the earth, and the latter accordingly radiates its heat into space. Those bodies, therefore, which are the best radiators, become cool most rapidly, and therefore condense the vapor which ex- ists in the air. Plants radiate freely, and < hence become coated with dew, while a smooth road remains almost dry. Clouds of great extent prevent this radiation, and

 hence the dew will be most plentiful on

 clear and cloudless night. A very thin layer

 of calico, CT mating, is likewise sufficient tc

 retard radiation, and for this reason garden. CTS often place covering of this kind over delicate plants to protect them from injury by the cold. When the temperature of the

 ground is very low the dew freezes as it #

 deposited, and constitutes hoar- -frost-[ Pop

 ular Educator.
Year: 1873

er place and lashed it down. The boat
having been bailed out, we deemed ittime
to Gland our prey and after about an
hours hard pulling and getting pulled
we had the satisfaction Of seeing the mon
ster's head chained to the stern, half
drowned and thoroughly conquered


After a hard pull we arrived at the
Fort and hoisted him into the moat that
surrounds it. Here he was kept for six
months and was dubbed by all the sentinel,
as no prisoner was known to attempt to
escape while he was "on duty But, like
all pets, he came to a tragic end, and now
all that is left Of him is fine jaw contain
ing seven rows of teeth that Is in the collee-
ton Of the American Museum of Natural
History at Central Park.
Year: 1873

Coon NEWS FOR THE BALD.-Better
than all quack medicines is the invigorat-
ing power of the sun. Here is bit of
newsfor bald-hcaded people. Says writer
from the silver mines of Montana: "a
friend of mine who had the misfortune to
be bald-hcaded, knowing that there is a
wonderful invigorating power in the suns
rays, last spring threw away his hat, and
worked in the gulch all spring, summer
and fall, bareheaded, and also for the first
few days at midday, For few days the
rays Of the hot sun on his head we're almost
unbearable; After that time he expe-
rienced no uneasiness whatever. The
result was that in the fall he had good
head Of hair. And in this experiment he
was not alone---several Of his acquaintan-
ccs who were bald-headed having followed
the same plan were fortunate enough to
experience the same result =
Year: 1873

MARY's LITTLE LAMB.-rhe follow
ing Is tie latest rendition of Mary's
Little Lamb, and Is published for the
benefit Of the gentlemen exclusively.
1t certainly has the merit OF original
ity:


Mary had little lamb.


With which she used to tusslc;
She snatched the wool clean of its back


And stuffed IL In her hustle.
And when he saw he had been feeced


He In passion new,


so Mary got upon her ear


And stuffed the lamb In too.
Year: 1873

PUTTING A HooP ON FLOUR BARREL
According to the Danbury Neus putting a
hoop on the family tlour-barrel is an opera
ton that will hardly bear un encore. The
woman generally attempts it before the man
comes home to dinner. She sets the hoop up
on the end of the Stuvcs, takes deliberate
aim with the rolling-pin, and then shutting
both eyes brings the pin down with all the
force of one arm, while the other instinc-
tiyely shields her face. Then she makes a
dive for the camphor and unbleached muslin,
and when the man comes home she is setting
bAsk of the stove, thinking of st. Stephen
and the other marters, while burnt din
ner and the camphor are struggling heroi-
calIy for the mastery. He says II she had
kent her temper she wouldn't have got
hnr. And he visits the barrel himself,
and puts the hoop on carefully and adjusts 1t
so nicely to the top of every staVe that only
! .assy slnarl knocks apparently are needed TO
blFhih down all right, then he laughs TO nm
self 10 think what fuss bis wife kicked up
over simple matter that only needed a little
rfeEciIce to adjust itself, and then be gets the
hammer and letcbes the hoop sharp rap on
one side, and the other side flies up ana
c,ltcheS him on the bridge of the nose, filling
his soul with wrath and his eyes with tcars,
and the next instant that barrel is Tying
ACROSS the room, accompanied by the ham,
mer. and another candidate for camphor ana
rag is enrolled in the. great army that is un'
ceaspgly marching Toward the grave.
Year: 1873

TOUCHING INCIDENT. "A short time
sincein Covingten, KY. brilliant and
much admired lady, Who had been suffer.
ing for some time with a trouble of the
eyes, was led to fear a speedy change for
the worse, and Immediately consulted her
physician: Ah examination discovered
q sudden and fatal failing ID the optic
nerve. and ths pformatioh was impaired
as gently as possible, that the patient
could not retain her Sigh. more than o
few days at thost, and was liable to be
totally deprived Of it any moment The
afflicted mother returned to her home,
quietly made such arrangements as would
occur to one about to commences so dark
journey of life, and then had her two
little children, attired in their brightest
and sweetest costumes, brought before
her; and so, with their little faces lifted
to hers, and tears gathering for eou Q
great misfortune that they hardly realized,
the light faded out Of the mothers eyes,
leaving an ineffaceable picture Of those
dearest to her on earth-a memory Of
bright faces that will console her id
many . dark hour.
Year: 1873

WHAT WE Owe TO WINrER.-It is not
often thought that we owe all our habits
and institutions to winter We do not
bear in mind that the reason why northern
nations are more manly than southern, is
that there is winter in the north, aud no
winter in the south. Winter makes nations
manly by driving men into social unities,
and obiiging them to live with each other,
and devise ways for their instruction. La
a mild climate, where there is no necessity
for men to dwell under roof, they wander
abroad, and in a great measure dispense
with each others society, SO that although
they may have a certain amount of cursory
enjoyment, they are comparatively unin-


structed. But in a severe climate like
this, when the cold season shuts men out
from the field, and they retreat from their
ordinary avocations, and the days are short
and the evenings are long. the dwellings
become a castle and a school-house, and
there must be not only labors, but conver-
sations and readings. Under such circum-
stances the family is a center of knOwl-
edge; and, if there be any leaven in it, a
center of Christianization. The shorten
ing of days and the engthening of evenings
make great difference in the civilization
of nations; and | think it may be said that
New England and all the northern states
owe as much to the fact that they have
long winter, as to any of their laws or in
stitutions; it gives rise to such household
education, such domestic cultdre-H w.
Beecher
Year: 1873

How They TREAT BROKEN PACKAGES
IN THE LONDON PosT OFFICE.-There is no
SAVIOR of Yankee baggage-smashing in this
account of the tender manner in which ac
cidentally broken parcels are treated in
the London Post Office, and this was at
Christmas. too when there is a great rush
of mail matter, They are borne away to
a side table, which is called &" the hospital /"
and in this Post Office infrmary two
clever surgeons dexterously stitch up their
wounds, set all their broken limbs in
splints, and in fine cure such of them as
are at all durable in marvelously short
space of time. Some of the patients seem
past cure. Alas for the pretty box of
bonbons that has burst open, and the con-
tents of which are brought piecemeal into
hospital, where the surgeons receive them
with shake of the head. In extremis
seems this doll, whose integuments have
been torn off, whose nose has been stove
in, and one of whose neither limbs arrives
some time after the frame to which it be-
longs. A bit of string tinkers up box
containing lump Of plum cake half cased
in sugar, but there is no care for this
packet of Taddy's snuff, addressed in a
woman's handwriting to woman. and the
contents pervading the atmosphere gener-
ally, set everybody a sneezing: Decidedly


l'open for inspection " is the doll in this
Year: 1873

parcel the head sticks up out of the
paper, and something or other has given
madame black eye A box of real
roses, sent from France to Scarborough,
has got broken, and some of the leaves
fall on the surgeons table as the delicious
odor scents the air. With tender fingers
he handles the beautiful bouquet, and let US
hope the fair one whose bosom it will
sdorn tomorrow night will scarcely be
cognizant of the mishap. The trussed
fowl in this package has not been seriously y
injured, nor has the snipe in this other,
but the surgeon shifts disgust at its high
condition as be makes it fit for the road
again. After all it is not so bad as the
dead puppy which passed through his
hands the other night. There is
smashed scent-bottle whose contents have
been mainly absorbed by chignon ad
dressed to a married lady. A woolly dog
that barks snappishIy when he is handled,
is half out of his paper kennel. A box OF
mistletoe has seriously suffered, but the
doctor Gehulfe is dexterously to the front.
and CHEEKY lips may yet be kissed under
it tomorrow night Why didn't the
gentleman who sent the beautiful bouquet


to the lady in Surry inclose it in better


box, and why, oh why was not the dish
Of larks forwarded in something more
substantial than fragile case of paper, 50
as to avert the ANA gamation into which


they had entered with the contents of


Master Jacks paint box
Year: 1873

LUCAS ADVENTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG
We clip from the Hartford Couram this
story, which, whether original with that
journal or not, is good enough for repeti-
ton;


lone day in the winter of lS6 an
elegantly dressed lady walked down the
principal street of ST. Petersburg, She
was evidently a stranger, and gazed with
lively interest on the stately and vast
buildings that distinguish the capital of
the north. The day was excessively cold,
though the sun shone- But the lady being
well provided with furs seemed to pay
little attention to the temperature.


Presently a fat old merchant passed,
and looking attentively at her head said
few words IN Russian. The lady smiled
and bowed, though she evidently did not
understand tie language. 4 few steps
further and the same thing happened, the
man being this time laborer. She smiled
again and passed on. The next that ac-
eosted her in this fashion was a young and
handsome Bojar, who repeated his phrase
when he saw no other effect than a smile.
The lady seemed not to regard him, and so,
in moment, he seized handful of snow
and holding her head with one hand vigor-
ously rubbed her ears with the snow in the
other. A scream and violent resistance
followed, but he held her tight and rubbed
fresh handfuls of snow on her little ears.
The lady called for help Justify, but the
crowd that gathered looked on without in
terfering At last lieutenant came near,
and recognising her explained the matter
in German.


Madame Lucca,' he said, your ears
were freezing rapidly One does not per-
ceive this ones self, but others notice the
purple color. This young man told you,
but seeing you took no notice he applied
the usual remedy


After this the prima donna kept very
quiet until her ears were safe, and then re-
warded their siviour. The same thing
had happened years ago to Rachel, the
great tragedienne, only in that case it was
the nose However, it would have been
as bad for a singer to lose her ears as for
an actress her nose
Year: 1873

We are full of conceit. The develop
ment of the ages accumulating upon US,
have filled US with what we think to be
knowledge and certainties Much of it will
prove to be false. But when we come out
after having been put into the alembc,
the little that we shall bring with us will
be worth more than all that we carried in
For the truth, in its own self, is immutable
universal, absolute-not relative. A lit
tie of that truth which is true, and univer-
sal, to human thought and human con-
sciousness, is worth mountains of truth
which is only relative, and which is believed
to be true by men of particular organi-
zation or conformation.


We are coming on to an age when there
are to be great trials in regard to convic-
tion of faith, and statements of orthodoxy.
We are coming on to times when there
are to be great trials of doctrine But
the word of God standeth sure. When
we come to that ground where we make
no more pretensions for this dear old book
the Bible than it makes for itself; when
we take it and hold it just as it presents
itself to US, as an epitome of the ripest
experiences of men down through a long
period of development; when to bring to
the knowledge of our fellow men, as it has
been made known to US by more scientific
methods, the dotrine of the sinfulness OF
man-that is to say, such condition as
needs divine unfolding, and has a divine
Revelator that has the power to re-
generate and sanctify, and declares the
doctrine of the relations of this life to the
other life, in respect to God, spirit, ne
cessity, weakness, inner want, supplica.
tion, help, Observation-Disclosures we do
this. the teachings of Scripture will be
summed up, l think, and will be the voice
not of the Calvinist, nor of the Arminian
nor of any sect. nor of any man outside of
sects, but of God. speaking in the world,
and in the conciousness of men, in the ex.
perience and knowledge of the school, and
in nature itself. Great will be the powe,
Year: 1873

1t is popular idea that trees, and
especially deciduous ones, from the
shedding of their leaves in Autumn
until about the time of the swelling Of
the buds for the ensuing foliage, re-
main in dormant condition; but such
is not the fact, at least in climates like
that of this country.


Although there may be no visible
signs of active life above the ground,
there is continual circulation of sap,
and the roots continue to grow, form
ing additional tibrous ones with their
terminating spongioles, ready to en-
gage in the work of sucking moisture
from the ground, to be carried up and
employed in the foliage season for the
further building up of the form and
for the fruit.


This continued activity of trees may
be easily demonstrated, and the growth
of new rootlets observed, by planting
lat this time, November,) in warm,
moist ground green willow-cutting
or stake, and allowing it to remain so
planted in the warm moist ground
until about the time when it conf
mences to develOpe new buds and
sprouts, and then carefully removing
the ground from around the buried
part of the cutting, the new rootlets
which have been thrown out during
this apparent dormant state will be
discovered.


1t is a law of the physiology of
plants worth being known and re-
membered by the planters, that when
the earth, in which the roots of
a tree is imbedded, is warmer than
the atmosphere surrounding the
branches of the trees, the down.
ward flow or circulation of the sap is
more active, and the formation of root.
lets with their sucking mouths more
rapid than when these conditions are
reversed. In other words, when one
extremity of a tree or plant is warmer
or mOister than the other the predom-
mating flow of sap is toward the
warmest extremity.


BY attention to this law, and follow
ing its dictates, gardeners are enabled
to successfully propagate many va
rieties of trees and shrubs, from slips
and cuttings, which otherwise rarely
grow from cuttings.


The foregoing facts should serve as
guides in transplanting trees. They
teach the importance of care and skill
in the taking up from the ground and
in tina removal of trees that are to be
transplanted, so that as many rootlets,
with unharmed eXtremities as possi-
BILE may remain attached to the tree,
and that the tree, especially the
tibrous roots, should be as little ex-
posed as possible to the effects of
drying atmosphere. That, if planted
in dry ground, it should be imme-
diately wet, to prevent the desication
of the spongioies by the dry earth
with which they are placed in contact.
That the most favorable season of the
year for transplanting is that in which
the earth Is warmer than the atmos-
phere. That the longer time that en-
sues after the tree is transplanted be-
fore the upward flow of the sap pre-
dominates, the better. That the ear
lier in the fall, as soon as the tempe
nature of the atmosphere falls below
that of the ground, and while the lat
ter still retains heat acquired in the
summer, the transplanting is done,
the less check to the growth of the
tree will be given by the operation.


n
Year: 1873

A man whose morning dram had
been too much for him, in saddling his
horse got the saddle on wrong end
foremost. Just as he was about to
mount, neighbor came up and called
his attention to the mistake. The
horseman gazed for moment at the
intruder, as if in deep thought, and
then said, "You let that saddle alone.
How do you know which way / am
going?" Aud he looked daggers at
the Officious neighbOr.
Year: 1873

ReGect that sound mind and body aro Che
most necessary requisites TO promote connubial
happiness. Indeed, without these tho journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, tho
prospect hourly darkons to the view. tho mind
becomes shsdowed with despair, and lllod with
tho melancholy reflection that tho happiness OF
another ia blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

THE SUSPECTED LITTLE NECK MURDERER FOUND


DEAD.


The body of man who had been frozen to
death was among the hay In j. H. Andersons
barn ut Sewtown Village, Long Island on sat
urday morning coroner made an invesuga-
ton and found the body TO DO that OF tramp
about ss years DID, and dressed in check flannel shirt
striped trowsers, q biack felt hat, and new grained
leather boos The pockets contained wallet In which
was s77 81 in two wrappers, one being piece Oh Ihe
Fushing Times Of Dec 26. The fact that the deceased
had boots that he had considerable money ana a.
the samo time went 70 no warner lodgings
than n barn, caused q suspicion that he
was either tho murderer of James Graham. the
Year: 1873

PHILADELPHIA, March 0.-Alois Peters, age
A residing at No 233 East Yorks committed suicide this
morning by cutting his throat. His wife at church
at the time. When she returned she found the door
locked and upon entrance being effected through
trap door opening from the adjoining building Peters
was discovered dead a bed the third floor. He
n cabinet maker did profitable business The fatal
ac Is ascrbed TO dependency the loss OF adopted
boy Who by legal means, taken away and given In
charge to his mother.
Year: 1873

THE Moon AND WEATHER. Almost
everybody believes that the changes Of
the moon influence the weather. But
scientific men laugh at the deluson
Some one has written to the Universal
Monthly to inquire if any changes in the
weather are attributable TO the influence
of the moon. The editor referred the
communication to Commodore Maury
His answer will disappoint n great many
weathcrwisc folks. The changes Of the
moon have no effect upon the weather
The moon changes, says Maury, every
IL days, consequently every change in
the weather must take place within the
period of 3G days either before or after
moon change and her worshippers give
her all the credit for it The moon gov
erns the tides, but not the atmosphere.
The most faithful observers have failed
to detect any tide in The latter, or any
variableness under the moons influence.
30 this yeXod matter may be considered
as set at rest, and we can defy the weather
prophets
Year: 1873

Hints TO NURSING MOTHERS. w omen


who arc nursing babies should never


drink tea. II had time could tell you
/ in plain terms the reasons for this asser-


tion. ! do not believe in tea for any one
outside the countries where it is raised,
/ and have no doubt that there il is a na-
tioual blessing, Americans need no such


astrngents, no such nerye-quickeners
] That tea-driuklng is one great cause OF
nervousness among our women, / believe
every thinking man aad woman Will
agree; and often wish that our first row


with our mother country had been over
something worth fighting about, Instead
Of an old tea-ohest Oat meal. indian,
Cruel and cocoa, or chocolate are the
beverages to be partaken of by women
who nurse their babies These insure
quality as well as quantity, and, made of
good rich milk, can he freely partaksn
Of There is no need of an ordinarily
healthy woman growing thin because she
is nursing. Then, again, infants should
be held As little as possible, and trotted
and rocked, never. Accustom your baby
at once to tho bed or crib, and insist,

whatever your nurse may say 10 the con
trary, upon its sleeping alone. Then feed
your baby regularly, and dlsabuse your
mind of the impression that it is hungry
every time il makes anoiso No woman
shsuld nurse her infant oftencr than
twice in night, and at six months this
should be stopped entirely, in order to
guard the mother against the exhaustion


which follows inevitably upon the keep
ing up of this unnatural night drag. Once


in TWO or three hours during the day is


also quite often enough. Bear in mind
! also that your baby wants, and must
have, cold water TO drink daily. Begin
first, and Immediately, with tea spoon
ful, allowing the child to be its own judge
as to the quantity. Give your babies
room enough, and enough to eat Of the
right kind, and good air to breathe and
plenty Of sunshine, and my word on it
you will have no trouble, and mothers
can only do this by taking proper care
Of themselves. The present system of
bringing up children is an abomination (;
but what more can be expected with so
little preparation for life and its duties on
the part OF our women 2--HerdH Of
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