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Year: 1873

The lOftiest house, and the most
perfect IN the matter Of architecture
1 nave even seen, was that which n
Wood-cEopper occupied with his fam
liy one winter in the Forest OF Santa
Cruz county. It was the cavity of a
redwood tree, 2i0 feet in height. Fire
had eaten away the trunk at the base,
uHtll a circular room had been form
edI 10 ieet IN dismeter. At 20 feet or
more from the ground was knotbole.
which afforded egresS for the smoke


Win hammOcks hung from pegs. and
lew cooking utensils hung upOn 9th
er pegs that house lacked NO essen
tlal thing. This wOOdman was In
posses ion Of house which had been
u thousand years in process Of build
ing. Perhaps on the very day it was
finished he came along and entered
in. How iii all jack-knife and hand
saw architecture sink into insigRif-
cance IN contrast with this house in
The solltudes of the great forest !
Moreover, the tenant Jared like a
Prince. Within thirty yards of his
cohlierOuS house mountain stream
went rushing past to the sea. In the
sWlrls and eddieS under the shelving
rocks, If one could not land half a
dozen trout within an hour, he de-
served to go hungry as u penalty for
his awkwardness. Now and then a
deer came cut into the openings, and,
at no great distance, quail, rabbits
and pigeons could be found. What
did this man want more than nature
furnished him He had a house with
"cupalO'' two hundred and forty feet
high, and game at the cost of taking
Il. This Arc3dian simplicity would
have made lasting impression but
for a volunteer remark that nothing
could be added to give life a more per-
feet zest. "Well, yes,n said he, "I
reckon if you are going to town you
might tell jim to send me up a gallon
Of whisky and some plug tobacco" 1t
Will not do to invest a hollow tree
with too much of sentiment aud poe
try. If that message had not betn
suggested, we should have been under
the delusiOn to this day that the lives
OF those people, dwelling in a house
fashioned thousand years old, were
rounded to a perfect fullness, without
one artificial want.
Year: 1873

Some one has written beautifully TO
the boys in the following manner.
Here Is q whole sermon in a few
sentences:


OF all the love affairs in the world,
none can surpass the true love Of the
big boy for his mother. IL is a love
pure and noble, honorable, in the
highest degree, to both. do not mean
merely dutiful affection. / mean q
love which makes a boy gallant and
courteous TO his mother, saying to
everybody plainly that he IS fairly in
love with her. Next to the love other
husband, nothing 50 crowns q YO-
mans life with honor as this second
love, this devotion Of her sOp to her.
And I never yet knew a boy turn out
bad, who began with falling in love
with his mother. Any man may
fall in love with a fresh-faced girl,
and the man who is gallant with
the girl may cruelty neglect the
worn and weary wife. But the boy
who is a lover to his mother in her
middle age, is a true knight who will
love his wife as much in the sere-
leaved autumn, as he did in the dai-
sled spring time"
Year: 1873

Open questions in a house about
trivial matters are like open wounds.
OfWhat bits we build our heavy cross!
Do not spend the day discussing
whether you shall drive or walk, invite
a guest or accept an invitation, wear
white or black, waste a letter, rub out a
spot, be on speaking terms with, or
have an honest acquaintance with any
woman or man. Time is valuable,
nerves are precious. II cannot" said
a man, making thousands every day
"consume my strength in debates
with boys whether they shall steal my
grapes or run across my shed" Have
no open questions to quarrel about and


generate in your affection chronic dis
ease. Itfs better to decide a case wrong
ly than to get into q wrong state Of
mind. You are sincere and cOnscien-
Iious in your respective views; do
not, therefore, be tyrannical 70 insist
and urge them past all patience, and
reopen the topic for pickering with
out cessation or fruit.-C A. BdrtOl
Year: 1873

As sat by my study table,


With my sermon strewing the floor,
Ny little sixteen-mOnth darling


Came full-saiI through the study door.
He first bore away to the window,


Then veered to the bright hearth-stOne;
But soon in the further corner


Cast anchor all alone.
First he ratified the quill in my pen-box,
And then with the carpet he played;
Then he washed his hands in the sunshine,
And caught at the shadows they made.
One thing was as good rs another,


For each gave a new surprise;
And the light OF his childish gladness


Kept shining out ofhis eyes.
AS 1 wondered where all theioy came from
This thought fell from heaven on me;
That when God and babe are together,
A little fountain of glee
Must needs bubble up in the child's heart,
Because those waters are given,
And ever-renewed by the joy tides


or the great cheerful heart IN heaven.
hadquite forgotten my sermon,


And my baby upon the floor
Was tearing the papers to pieces,


That were streWed from window TO door
But knew the thought that he gave me
Was more than his hands could deStrO--
For the love OF the Father in Heaven
Had come to me through my boy.


S. r. Ctllthrop in LadepeadeIt.
Year: 1873

That Church is truest which works
the hardest. Wherever you find q
pulpit that thunders its anathemas
against evil, that risks everything for
Christ, and never asks before IL speaks
whether a dozen pews will be for sale
on Monday morning, but speaks with
the elOquence of the Spirit, there you
find the true pulpit. Wherever you
find Church and society that listen
well on Sunday, and then spend the
week in right earnest religious work,
there you will find the true Church,
whatever denominational name may
be cut in freestOne over the entrance.
Year: 1873

This is good counsel from a wife
and mother:


az try to make myself and AL around
me agreeable. It will not do To leave
a man to himself till he comes to you,
to take no pains to attract him, or to
appear before him with a long face.
It is not so difficult as you think, dear
child, to behave to a husband 50 that
he shall remain forever in some meas
ure a husband. am an old woman I;
but YOU can still do what you like
q word from you in the right time will
not fail Ofits effect. What need have
YOU to play the suffering victim The
tear Of loving girl, says an old book,
is like a dewdrOp on rose but that
on the cheek OF wife Is a drop Of
poison to her husband. Try to aP-
pear cheerful and cOnteDted and
your husband will be so and when
YOU have made him happy you will
become so. not in appearance, but in
reality. The skill required is not so
great. Nothing flatters q man so much
as the happiness Of his wife; he is al
way proud Of himself as the source OF
it. As soon as you are cheerful you
will be lively and alert, aud every
moment will afford you an OppOrtu-
nity to let fall an agreeable word.
Your education, which gives you an
immense advantage, will greatly
assist yOu.N
Year: 1873

An unloving woman is an impossi-
bility, unless we can imagine pillar
of ice to stand out against July sun.
But all women love, and that passion
ately. Those who profess they do not
are only seeking to hide bitter dis
appointment behind the transparent
mask of affection.
Year: 1873

Excellent weather for health and enjoyment was
that OF yesterday at Jerome Park. large attend
ance was not anticipated, because the day was in
the middle instead OF the tail end OF the week, and
the recent blast OF Boreas direct from the North
Pole had driven outdoor sports out OF peoples
heads. Nevertheless, there was very big crowd
present. They came with a rush in the sunny
the racecourse which in the forenoon were bare
and silent as the peaks OF the snow-capped Cor
dilleras teemed later in the day with eager life.
Through the Park and along the ample stretch or
Jerome avenue wagons and carriages rolled cease
lessly for several hours after The club house
was not so thronged as on other race days in the
past; but the grand stand and all around there
where people most do congregate showed no falling
OF OF patronage.


LORD RoSEBERRY STAGGERED.


Lord Roseberry OF England, was among the
visitors. 1t was not so inevitable that because OF
being lord and an Englishman he should fall In
love with Tom Bowling, McGraths pet, but he did,
and he iain would purchase the animal II his price
looked reasonably round, but when Mac thundered
out in the excess OF his extravagant estimation Of
the darling that not copper less than twenty
thousand guineas could sever Tom Bowling from
his owner, Lord Roseberry bid farewell to any
splendid animal his own.


Subjoned will be found q full account OF the five
races run.
Year: 1873

Driven Down the jersey Coast 10 Little


Egg Harbor-Yachting That Was Full


Of Peril.


There was general rejoicing in the lower part OF
the city yesterday when intelligence was received
that the sloop yacht Meta was sale and at anchor
in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. The telegram
that caused such peasurable excitement was re-
ceved at Mr.. Beling's Office about eleven O'Clock,
and read as follows:-


TUcKERToN, N. j., Oct s-1o:4O A. M.


Yacht Meta arrived safely at Little Egg Harbor
last night-sund0wn.n


Other dispatches soon confirmed the good news,
and the great anxiety that had been predominant
In the minds OF the friends OF those on
board and yachtsmen generally gave way
to contentment. In the afternoon eight
OF the crew arrived In the city by the Long
Branch steamboat Plymouth Rock, and they mar
rated the story OF their experiences. Captain Will
liam Ellsworth said that soon after the judges boat
Fletcher left them on Monday terrible squall from
the northwest struck the yacht. and instantly they
took in the jib and endeavored TO lower the main
SAIL hut IL refused, as the hay ards were wet with
the heavy rain. The yacht being In danger OF going
ashore she was jibed over, when the nine and
hall inch boom was snapped six feet from the jaws.
Then the wind hauled to the northward and the
jib was run up and the yacht worked off
shore until the boom was fshed, when,
with three-reef malnsa. the Meta was hung
TO wndward until that sail was blown
almost TO ribbons. Now 1t was concluded TO scud
down the coast and make harbor when the OPP



Tuesday morning they anchored to the leeward Of
Barnegat Shoals, when the work OF repairing the
in the afternoon. before it was finished. Ii was
then bent and at sundown the yacht had beaten
up to Little Egg Harbor, with all well on board. The
experience OF the crew during Monday night was
terrible. There was but little water to drink on
board and no heavy clothing, the men, conse-
quenty, suffering badly from the cold rain.


There were nine men left on the yacht, and 1t
was Captain Beings intention to return in her so
soon as the wind and weather permitted. No
doubt they left Little Egg Harbor last night and by
this time the Meta will be anchored in Gowanus
Bay. 1t is the unanimous declaration OF those OF
the crew who have returned that the Meta as a
seaboat cannot be eacelled. she seems almost
perfect in this respect, which is great credit to
her builder, Mr. p. Mcclellan, OF Pamrapo, N. J.
The Meta is IS feet over ALL 10 ieet inches beam,
leet inches hold, feet draught OF water and
rs tons burden.
Year: 1873

1r 1t is matter of interest to our
readers to know the best place to purchase
their goods, and there is no place where
they can buy their Dry Goods, either at re-
tail by the Patrons or at wholesale by the
Oranges, than the large wholesale and re-
tail Dry Goods House Of H. Choate, Winona,
MINI: It is one of the largest stocks in the
State, and has become justly popular by,
keeping the best quantity and largest as,
sortment Of goods and always selling at the
lowest prices. Oranges are sold as low as
they can buy in any Eastern Market s.5
Year: 1873

"a Mrs. Charles has returned from
Chicago and New York with large and
elegant stock Of Fall and Winter Millinery,
and invites the ladies to call at her store
in Red Wing and examine.
Year: 1873

If deficiency of vital energy is not disease in itself it is condition which lays the system open to the attacks of all conceivable maladies Night terious influences No atmosphere is entirely pure, no water utterly free from injurious par ticles; while in many localities both positively unwholesome. What defence has the weak languid system, in which the vital principle is deficient dormant, against any of the morbid influences which produce epidemic and other diseases None whatever There is no safety in artifitial re-. inforcement. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters have, beyond all question, vitalizing effect. If the nervous forces of the body have been recklessly expended in exhausting physical or mental labor, or dissfpated in the indu1gences of fastn life, this powerful vegetable tonic and corrective will restore them. If the defective vitality consti- tutonal evil it be remedied to great extent by this wonderful invigorant. At season ot the year when the air is more or less impregnated with the seeds of periodic fevers it is especially desirable that the digestion should be perfect, the habit of body regular, the liver active, the blood pure and the nerves firm. These conditions are the best protection against all disorders and they are con- ditions which the Bitters better adapted than any other medicinal agent to promote and secure See to it, however, that imitation or counterfeit is substituted for the genuine article and let all who value health and have m antipathy to poi son beware Of the local bitters made from cond demn cd sprung up like unwholesome fungi over the couu- try.
Year: 1873

[From the Boston Daily Advertiser.l

 If there should be disagreement between the president of a savings bank or trust com pany and it's auditor, resulting in the retirement from the company of the latter, and the presi- dent should then publicly charge him with hay ing been removed from insubordination and in- competency, and he should publicly allege in his defence that the sole cuase of the Presi- dents dissatisfaction with him was his refusal as auditor to certify the correctness of accounts, which he knew to have been fdlSifed by the President, and the said President should then, without any explicit denial of this, launch upon the Press an overwhelming amount of adUertiS- ang patronage, ingeniously contrived to lead the public mlnd away from the true issue. who ought to pay for this advertising-the company or the President himself?

 This question is respectfully submitted to the policy-holders of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, hundreds of whom are doubtless readers of the Advertiser. It is of some material interest to them. In reply to the card of SHEPPARD ROMANS, lately printed in the Adce'tiser, stating rather pungently why MT. WINSTON, then President, eoiSled Co get Yid of him, a very costly advertisement is going through the leading newspapers from one end of the country to the other, and the nearest it comes to answering Romans damning accusa- ton against the President-not against the company-is this ''Mr. Romans was removed from his position in this company for sufficient cause, by the unanimous action of its board of trustees"

 For anything that appears in this volumin- ous and irrelevant advertisement, the thirty six trustees, whose names are appended to it may have unanimously" removed MT. Ho- mans-if they ever did anything of the sort just because he refused to audit false accounts. The money is thrown away, even as Q defence of Winston {; and the company has not been at tackled How long are the poicy-holders going to allow Winston to fight his battles with their money especially when he has nothing better than the Chinese weapons of fog and fragrance to oppose to Mimic balls

 August 9, 1873. ELIzUR WRIGHT
Year: 1873

Lives are frequently lost by noxious gases in wells. This may be prevented by the adoption of the following very simple means Take some pieces of carpet or common sacks, and make them up into loose bundle, nearly as large as the area of the we'll. Inclose in it a brick, to give weight, and attach to the bundle a rope of sufficient length to reach to the bottom of the we'll. Throw this bundle down the we'll and haul it up again as quickly as possible. Re peat this operation rapidly for ten min utes, and the atmosphere of the we'll will become quite innocuous, as will be proved by letting down a lighted candle. The bundle, as is easily understood, carries before it quantity of fresh air from the surface, and this, of course, displaces the foul and dangerous air from the bottom.
Year: 1873

Brown, young insurance friend of

 ours, who lives in Cambridge, had the

 fifth anniversary of his wedding occur

 about week ago, and his friends de-

 termined to celebrate his wooden we'd

 ding by surprise party. Brown came

 1n yesterday and told us how they suc-

 ceeded. They commenced by sending

 servant round with team to take

 Brown and his wife out to ride about

 seven. Then they began to come with

 presents and materials for supper.

 There was little party of five came

 first, all laden-hands full. They all

 got nicely inside the garden gate,

 which shuts with a spring, when

 Browns big mastiff, which is always

 left unclaimed in his masters absence.

 came round the corner and surprised

 them. One woman stepped on her dress, and in her fall so demoralized a fragile black walnut bookcase she car ried that it was afterwards done up in bundle and presented as kindIino wood. Another fellow got safely out of the yard all but part of his pants, while old Smithers, who weighs two hundred and twenty pounds, plunged wildly with the eight-gallon pail of ice cream AS Oe"AA4SSAs DlOWu RlbSS uOU- house in the corner of the yard, and surprised some $3O worth of exotics. Finally they got things fixed up and got into the house, and as it was about time for Browns return, they con- menced laying the supper-table. They got down Q tea set of rare china that a friend of Browns in the trade had loaned him week before, and broke two pieces, so that Brown has since been obliged to mortgage his hen-house and buy the set; and the comments of Mrs. Brown when she saw the condi- tlon of the carpet were sarcastic in the extreme. Finally, as a crowning touch, they tried to hang out Chinese lanterns with the letters welcome on them, on the porch over the front door. They succeeded in hanging two lanterns, and when they had saved the house from the fiery fend there wasn't enough porch left to pay for the trouble of trying to hang out any more. Then they sat down and waited for Brown and his wife to come home, which they did about two o'clock in the morning, the driver having lost his way, and some way or other turning up in Ded- ham at about midnight. We draw the veil over the scene that followed their return. Some scenes are too joyous to be described in cold, cold words Boston Zraueller.
Year: 1873

This plant, native of the Cape of Good Hope, has now become one of the essentials of the florist and amateur. It is extensively usedin decorating parlors and reception rooms-for weaving in the hair, and for trimming party dresses, for which purpose it is not only admir- ably adapted, being an extremely grace full vine, with glossy green leaves, but surpasses anything with which we are acquainted. With little care it can be grown successfully as house plant. The seeds should be sown in 8 box or in pots in the house, and should be kept moist till the young plants appear. The seed being rather slow to germinate, you must not think it bad if it does not make its appearance in two weeks. The young plants should be potted off into three inch pots as soon as they are three rsfour inches high. Once a year the bulbs should be allowed to dry off and rest. They will start into growth again in about six weeks. The vine does not require the full sun, but will grow well in. a partially shaded situation. It can be trained on small thread across the window or around pictures.
Year: 1873

A Wali Falls, Killing and Injuring n

 Large Number of Men.

 Ten minutes before eleven in the mor- ming the west gable wall of building in course of reconstruction at No. 321 West Eleventh street, New York, fell without previous warning, tore in its descent the joists of three floors which were approaching completion, and buried twenty workmen in the jagged, dusty debris of bricks, mortar, and timber.

 The fremen and police immediately organized and set to work bravely. Nerved to energy by the agonizing cries of the wounded, and indifferent to the stif;ng dust and tottering wall over head, they cleared passage through the debris, and in half an hour five dead workmen and all the wounded were drawn out. Shortly after three more dead bodies were taken from the ruins, and shortly after the wounded were taken to the hospital three of them died. The accident YVES caused by neg ligence on the part of the contractor, in not securing the wall.
Year: 1873

There is nothing, says Max Adler, Q young unmarried man likes better than to go to dinner at the house of Q friend and be asked to carve the turkey. lie never carved turkey in his life, and with m old maid on one side of him watching him closely, and on the other side fair girl for whom he has Q tenderness, he feels embarrassed when he begins. First he pushes his knife down toward one of the thigh joints. He can't find the joint, and he plunges the knife around in search of 1t until he makes mince meat out of one whole quarter of the fowl. Then he sharpens his knife and tackles it again. At last, while making terrific dig, he hits the joint suddenly, and the leg flies into the maiden lady's lap, while her dress front is covered with 0 shower of stufing. Then he goes for the other leg, and when the young lady tells him he looks warm, the weather seems to him suddenly to become 400 degrees warmer. This leg he finally pulls loose with his fingers. He lays 1t on the edge of the plate, and while he IS hacking at the wing he gradually pushes the leg over on the clean table cloth, and when he picks it up it slips from his hand into the gravy dish and splashes the gravy around for six square yards. Just as he has made up his mind that the turkey has no joints to its wings, the host asks him if he thinks the Indians can really be civil ized. The girl next to him laughs, and he says he will explain his views upon the subject after dinner. Then he sops his brow with his handkerchief, and presses the turkey so hard with his fork that it slides off the dish and upsets O goblet of water on the girl next to him. Nearly frantic, he gouges away again at the wings, gets them off in muti-. lated condition, and digs into the breast. Before he can cut any off, the host asks him why he don't help out the turkey. Bewildered, he puts both legs on Q plate and hands them to the maiden lady, and then he helps the young girl to plateful of stuffing, and, while talk ing her plate in return, knocks over the gravy-boat. Then he sits down with the calmness of despair and fans him. self with a napkin, while the servant girl clears up and takes the turkey to the other end of the table. He doesn't discuss the Indian question that day. He goes right home after dinner, and spendsthe night trying to decide wheth- CT to commit suicide or to take lessons in carving.