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Year: 1873

Prof Wilder Of Cornell University gives
the following short rules for action in eases
Of accident, which will be found useful to
remember


For dust in the eye, avoid rubbing dash
water in them; remove cinders, etc, with
the round point Of lead pencil.


Remove water from the ear by tepid
water never put a hard instrument into
the ear.


fan artery i cut, compress above the
wound if a vein Is cut compress below.


If choked, get on all fours and cough


For slight burns, dip the part in cold
water it the skin i destroyed, cover with
varnish.


smother a fire with carpets water will
often spread burning oil and increase the
danger. Before passing through smoke
take a long breath, and then stOop Low; ; il
carbonic acid gas Is suspected, walk erect.


Suck poisoned wounds. unless your
mouth l. sore; enlarge the wound or
better, cut out the part without delay
hold the wounded part A. long a. can be
borne to a hot coal or end Of cigar.


In ease Of poisoning. excite vomiting by
tickling the thr0a, or by warm water.


If in water, float on the back with the
nose and mouth projecting.


For ap0plexy. raise the head and body ;
for faintirg lay the person fiat.


For acid pOISonS, give alkalies, FOR al
kahne pOis0ns give acids-white of egg Is
good in most cases; in a case of opium
poisoning give strong coffee, and keep
moving.
Year: 1873

The HUsBAND.-The ladies sometimes dc
not value their husbands as they ought


They not unfrequently learn the value of a
good husband by the loss of him. Yet the
husband is the very roof tree of the house,
the cornerstone ofthe ediice, the keystone
to the arch called home. He is the bread
winner of the family, the defence and its
glory, the beginning and the ending of the
golden chain of life which surrounds it, its
law-giyer and king. And yet we see how
frall that life is on which so much depends :
How frail is the life of a husband or father,
When he is taken away, who shall FL his
place? When he is i'll, what gloomy clouds
hover over his bed When he is dead
what darkness, weeping agony Then
poverty, like the murderous assassin.
Year: 1873

house what Mrs. Partington could not do
with the Atlantic Ocean. She mopped out
the fire and saved their pleasant home from
destruction. The excellent lesson she
taught the world will first be told in this
book. If it had been told in the papers of
the day, many a fire would have been
mopped out, many another home saved.
Year: 1873

Now God be thanked that He has give
Blest boon 10 saint and sinner
A day OF rest-oue day seven


Where toll is not the winners
Rest for the tired and ievered BRAN,


The wesried hand on Sunday,
That they nj ght gather strength again


For toll renewed on Monday
The merchant in his counting room,


The clerk o'er desk and ledger,
The art san at forge and loom,


The ditcher and the hedger-
The laborer who must toll and slave
From carly dawn on Monday
Until the week sinks in It's grave


All cry, Thank God for Sunday
The dav that lifts the welghty chain
Which all the week hath bound US
That respite gives to heart and brain,
From the thousand cares around US
That in the tOilsome march Of lie


So bids Us take for one day,
Rest from the battle and the strife,
Oh God be thanked for Sunday
Il thus ty all one day Of rest,


Be hail led by respite solely,
How to the Christian. doubtly niese'
Must he the sabbath holy,
As in ia tbs light he liits ms eyes
To this bright world where, one uAs'
We long to spend beyond the skies
A hlest eternal Sunday
Year: 1873

TIE LAST SIM was once in circle OF
thirteen or fourteen clergymen engaged in
theologio i discussion. The subject was the
eternal subject of sin, its place in the
system, its origin and its cure. | said at
last-to one of the truest men and one of
the purest moralists now living-that we
were heating around the bush-that it
would be much better to speak from in
stance than in the abstract to discuss
sins than to discuss sin. Tell u.s." said ,
"what was the last sin you consciously
committed The whole assembly was
hushed My friend was not startled He
answered Immediately. 81 will tell you
had it on my mind as | was speaking be-
fore. The last sin that ! consciously
committed was the sin of staying in bed
this morning when knew ought to rise.
Voluntarily did what at the moment
knew was wrong" The confession was re-
ceived with shouts of amusement and of
sympathy. And every man of the circle
acknowledged that that very sin Of laziness
the appetite for little sleep, little
slumber, little folding of the hands to
sleep-was the special temptation or sin
which had pointed his language in the
whole discussion.-E. T.. Hale.
Year: 1873

The American department of the Vienna
Exposition was formally opened on We'd
nesday. The telegraph makes the super


our department surpass those of other
countries. This is fact of which the pub
lie have been painfully aware for some time.
Year: 1873

Post Office business l. managed in Mon
tana with refreshing absence Of iOrmality
and red tape An instance Is related in the
report Of special agent of the department
who made an inspection of the Offices in
that region. Going into the post Office at
Iron Rod he found that in the same room
was kept drinking saloon and faro hank,
both doing a thriving business. As he
watched the progress Of these industries a
mail bag was brought in and its contents
emptied upon the floor, whereupOn the
company left their other occupations and
tossed the letters, several of which were
registered, about. until each had selected
what he wanted, when the rest were
tumbled into candle box and placed upon
the bar. The agent, thinking that the
Office needed regulating. but a little doubt
fnl of the reception his criticisms might
meet with, ventured to ask the accomplished
bartender if he were the postmaster. lie
answered, " No" "The assistant post
master then, perhaps" said the agent.
No." was the answer again. where
is the postmaster ?'' Gone out mining"
Where's the assistant ?'' " Gone to Ilell's
canyon, and it's Bill Jones turn to run the
office next week, and, by thunder, he's got
to do it," The official then demanded the
keys of the office The bartender at this
DOLLY set the candle box on the floor, and
giving it a kick which sent it out of the
room said . There's your post Office, and
now git" " Knowing the customs of the
country" says the agent ' lost no time
in following this advice, and got. On re-
ceipt of this report the office was discon-
tinued. Worcester Spy.
Year: 1873

The following letter from Chief Justice
Chase, written in the fall of lS6S. and dur
ing the presidential campain of that year
year when Grant and Seymour were the op-
posing candidates for the presidency. Is
printed Cor the first time in the Detroit
Tr,iunc. 1t is the fullest statement he has
himself made of his political position since
he was appointed chief justice, and of his
views with regard to the great political
parties then and now opposep to each other
which Ina ever been published The let
ter was personal ana private one, but the
death of its writer removes the objection to
making 1t public, and its publication now
may serve to explain the later political
course of Mr.. Chase. and to relieve him in
some degree from the censure which his for
mer political associates have passed upon
fiu,
Year: 1873

W ASHGNGr0N, Oct. II. lobo.


NJ Dear Sir i was in New England
when your letter of the 18th was written,
and it did not reach me until some time
after its date.


did not answer it at the time. because
did not suppose reply would do any good.
Events have separated me from both polti-
cal parties, and RENTED me to the position
which occupied when in the Senato-that
of " democrat, by the grace of God free
and Independent" The principles | held
then are mlne now, and have done no act,
uttered no word, entertained no thought,
inconsistent with them. Years before that
time had declared myself IN favor of uni
yersal suffrage and of the rights of men
without distinction of race OF color. But
recently, not being able to see the path of
duty exactly where Others saw it for me. |
was subjected to systematidmisreprese
ton, such rs in the worst times had neve
before experienced. My position deprived
me of the privilege of self-deience. even haG
| been disposed to avail myself of it but
felt no such disposition. | lpreierred to ae-
cept political independence.


| do not like the political tendencies of
the republican party. On only one point
do | now find myself in full agreement with
it, and that is in the rightfulness and neces-
slty OF the reconstruction OF the southern
State governments, by the whole people of
the several States, without distinction of
race OF color, under the legislation of Con-
gress. Gu this point my dissent from the
New York platform is radical and as this
point was made by the Brodhead letter, and
the nomination of its author, the controlling
issue of the campaign, 1t became impossi-
Bile for me to vote for the New York ticket
have never doubted that, upon this issue,
almost the whole body of republicans, dis
satisfied like myself with the tendencies of
the party, would, notwithstanding their
dissatisfaction, vote for General Grant on
his own platform 50 Let US have peace -
have not, however, thought it my duty,
under all the circumstances which surround
me, to do so myself ] think that in my
present position, Independent of parties. |
can do more for the cause of equal and ex-
act justice for all men than | could in that
of partisan of either side.


| believe that my countrymen will yet do
me justice in their thought; but shall be
contented if they do not. look for moth
ing in1she future, politically. wish for
nothing except grace to enable me to do my
duty while live. and pardon and peace
when die. Sincerely yours,


5. p. CHASE.
W. n. HuDsoN, Esa.
Year: 1873

\ LITTLE STORY. William Allen, the
Governor elect of Ohio, went to that State
from Virginia about 1926, poor boy with
scarcely Il dollar in money. About 1880
he fell in love with the daughter Of a
wealthy old Fedcraist. The daughter was
devoted to young Allen, but the father
didn't like the young jackson man, and
bitterly opposed the marriage. In 1892
the old gentleman was nominated for
congress by the Federalists. The district
was strongly Federal and no doubt was
entertained Of his election Young Allen
who was then %, just of the constitutional
age to be Il Representative in Congress,
sought the Democratic nomination and
received it. The boy took the stump and
went for the old man and his federal prin-
ciples The fight was desperately hot,
but Allen was elected by just one majority.
This. however, did not have effect to mol
| lify the old man who constrained his
daughter to marry another man. The
husband, however, died within two years,
and Allen returning from Congress full OF
honors and full of fame, married the
widow. She is now the partner of his old
age
Year: 1873

More was buried with you, love,


Than Just the beautiful clay
You left 10 chill the passionate kiss


When You passed from "llr life away.
More was buried with You. Lowell


Than the spring of your Young renoWn.
And the glow Of the fresh green laurel leave
That were weaving 10 make your crown
More was buried With sou. love.


Than golden hopes and dreams
Than all the glittering halo hung


Round true hearts noble schemes.
For oh when the heavy >ols lay straight
In the black December weather.
The light of home and the strength of a Iii,
Were left meath their weight together.
There We're many around your grave love.
With IN honest tear and PRAYER.
But one a she knelt beside il. knew


Her youth. too, rested there.
Year: 1873

The beneficial influence of Il WeAA aiI,ali
wash upon the bark OF fruit trees Is Of long
standing hnoWlcdgemeut ltS action is
in expansion of the pores. while al the
same time il is destructive ot all animal
life sporadic or otherwise. Writers on
theorists differ as 10 the best time 10 apply
ii hut We have always found that il good
common sense he used IN preparing it the
time of application is alWays good. And
now Tor the preparation If Nou use pui-
chased potash reduce it 50 that you can
bear vour finger in ii half minute on
more without Il tingling or sore sensation
lfNou can obtain good soft soap from the
refuse crease and I've ashes saved up dry,
then take il and reduce ii CHE soap) down,
not To- Il sudS. but 50 that il will not be
ropv when used by Il soft whltewash brush.
st ii freely and ii matters not materially
u~t when but say now, and any time
most convenient until lst of July but after
that time ii IS perhaps better To wait TIL
the next wear. American Farm journal


How TO TREAT EtN-DoWN lloESEs
When horses become worn out and run
down by hard work. sometime liberal
feeding alone Will not bring tacm up
again To their proper state OF health.
writer in the Agricultural says his animals
were in that condition of laSsltudc and
weakness. and he sawed Il barrel in two
and placed the ends upon the platform OF
the pump, to be used in watering the
horses Into one of them he put a pailiuI
Of corn meal and mixed ii with the water.
The horses at first did not like it, and
would only drink u little when very thirs
ty. After they had drank what they
Wonld. they were allowed pure water II
a few days, however they drank this corn
meal soup with u relish, and in less than Il
week there was a change for the better N
the appearance of all the horses. He did
not let them eat the meal, but merely let
them drink the milky water. There is no
doubt but it is as good for them rs 4 plate
Of good soup is for tired and hungry
man before dinner. 1t seems TO stimulate
the appetite and aid digestion.
Year: 1873

The New-York Juvenile Guardian Society
started about three weeks ago the plan Of giving all the
hungry newsDoys daily dinner For this purpose
room in the Downtown Relief Office was fitted, and
here every week day. from $50 to $50 boys receive good
plate OF beef and vegetable soup and piece Of
bread From to p. newsbOys. bOOtblacks, and
other needy urchins admitted 40 at time to
their dinners. They dsorderly naturally but under
the direction OF the Rev d. j. Robertson, Secretary Of
the Society, and 5. p Pratt, they come and go with
little confusion. The directors not content with
giving them good dinner hut also try, by suitable in
ducements encourage them In staying at home in the
evenings instead OF at theaters and gambling places
Each boy name and residence taken, and his
cumstances investigated and those who prove worthy
of help encouraged The original plan to charge
the boys few cents for the NEAL but when especially
during the late cold weather poor snverlng boys with


out cent In their pockets and hardly able 10 artheuate
the cold, presented themselves, IL not in the
heart OF the superintendent TO turn them away Now
the dinners free but disOrdery boys admitted
rooms will be used as Downtown Relief Agency.
Year: 1873




The Investigations of the Credit MohiIier
Committee arc very nearly closed, aud their report will
doubtless be submitted In few days. Whether fhcy re-
port conclusions and recommend any action not IL IS
very important that their report should present com.
pete and exhaustive statement OF facts touching the or
ganization OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company lis
original franchises with their subsequent modnca-
uons, the origin ana operations Of the Credit
Mober the dates and character Of all legislation affect
ing It's interests and the position and OF the i'm
pllcated Congressman thereon. In short, the people
want not simply report OF the youminOus testimony
taken before the Committee but the complete record In
the case, 10 enable them ~ judge and how great
wrong has been perpetrated, who involved and 20
what extent There has been vast Of smoke In
khs matter, and the country is anxious TO know lust
how much hre there is who have handled H. ana how
Year: 1873

Besides the heavy verdict brought in By the
jury in favor Of the seyenth-aye. Pavement Com
pany another rendered yesterday against the city
for s. 1850. The suit brought in the Supreme Court
by Samuel Schuyler executor against the Mayor Alder
men, &c. to eO for damages sustained by the
steamer Carrie in running sunken pier of Fifty.
nnthisl n Il. Mes,rs Deyun, Miller Trull appeared
for the plaintiff and asta H. Dean for tie city The
case was tried In the supremS Court The defense was
that the captain aware OF the obstruction and neg
ectcd TO inform the pilot TO which reply was made that
the captain believed that the pier removed, Or at
least, that the cty mad set up buoy
Year: 1873

A communication was received from Col.
sau the meeting Of the Board Of Supervisors Mon
day. the effect that the regiment OF which he Is the
commanding officer desires some other building for
armory purposes II referred to the Committee
ArmOries and Drill-ro0ms. communication was re-
ceived from the Mayor indorsing letter from the
Trustees Of the College Of NewYork asking for an add
tional appropriation The Committee on County Offices
reported that the OF heating and warming the
new Courthouse were inadequate. The report also


stated that the roofs OF the other county buildings
in bad condition. resolution that the Committee on
County Offices be empowered To employ an additional
force for cleaning the buildings laid The Com
mttee ON County Offices dceming the room In the Court
house occupied the Clerk Of the Board OF Supervisors
unnecessarily argefOr his purpose, has assigned the
room Immediately above II TO the Clerk, and set apart
the former for the sessions OF Part H. OF the Court OF
General Sessions.
Year: 1873

It is pleasant to pay visit to the

 house of man who keeps two or three

 dogs. The dogs always fly at you in

 the most ferocious manner as soon as

 you enter the yard, and just as you have

 made up your mind that you are going

 to be torn limb from limb, the owner

 appears, and as you wipe the perspira-

 tion from your brow, he laughs, and

 says those dogs are "perfectly harm

 less, except when any one resists them. !"

 Then you sit down in the porch, and

 all three of the dogs sniff at your legs

 until you are afraid to move. If you

 can summon up courage enough to pat

 one on the head, the other two instantly

 put their forelegs on your lap, and

 cover your trousers with dirt, while

 each struggles to crowd the other of.

 After bit the third dog tries to jump

 on your knee, and they threaten to have

 a fight about it, while you are afraid to

 encourage one for fear of making the

 othertw mad. When they have paved

 about six dollars worth of value out of your pantaloons and covered them with mud, the owner interferes and sends them all away. After tea your host ex- cuses himself for half an hour, and you go out to sit upon the porch alone. Presently the three dogs come bounding up, and they all begin to smell you as earnestly as if they had never performed the operation before. Then they lie down 1; but as soon as you move your chair or your feet they spring suddenly up and appear to be deeply interested in considering you. You think you will take a walk in the garden, and the whole three follow close at your heels, while you are expecting every moment to have the calf of your leg bitten out. It is surprising how gingerly man walks with three strange dogs beyond him. He wouldn't run or dance a horn pipe for million dollars minute, and found for the rest of his natural life. Directly the dogs engage in fight over a bone, and you embrace the opportu- nifty to hurry back of the house. Just as you break into trot, you are sur prised to find that the brutes have made up their quarrel and are leaping up at you and barking, half in fun and half in earnest. You slow up, and get back in the porch. When you put your hand on the front-door knob all three dogs stand around and utter ominous growls. Then they suddenly seem to be i'm pressed with the idea that something is wrong, and they all begin to bark say agely, and to make dashes at you. The door is locked, and in alarm you climb | up on the porch chair. This convinces the dogs that something absolutely must | be wrong, and they begin in downright | earnest to try to grab you by the leg. Just as the big yellow dog succeeds in | getting hold of your boot and squeez- ing his teeth into your flesh, your host comes up, calls off the dogs, and is very much amused to find you so badly scared about two or three unoffending animals that wouldn't hurt child" you once get outside the gate you reg ster solemn VOW never again to visit l any man who has so poor an idea of the demands of hospitality as to keep @ lot of beastly CUTS about his house to annoy md persecute his friends.
Year: 1873

Some weeks ago little child fell into the ornamental water in Regents Park, London, which is known to be nowhere more than four feet deep, and three men declined to rescue it from death, upon the ground that "they were not gong to wet their clothes." Again, last week child fell out of its mothers arms into @ river in London, and two men who were fishing close by declined even to reach out their rods for the it- tie thing to grasp at, upon the ground that "the top joints might come off |" and be lost. In both cases the little victims were drowned, and there is no law that can punish these wretches for their conduct,
Year: 1873

Drearily falls the autumn rain,


The dead leaves float ON the whirling blast
In an hour like this let me live again


In the memory Of the past
Above the sullen plash Of the rain,


And louder far than the wild winds wall,
| hear the voices Of other years


Borne back on memory's gale!
Has my childhood howng Is it all n drcaml
Are the days Of my youth forever gone!
Have they left behind no cheering glcaln


OF a summer that has flown!
Twas stormy voyage, alas, at best,


Over lifes dark and changeful sea-
But soon shall enter the port of Rest,


Moorcd safe in eternity.
They speak of land that is far away,


Where earth dull fretting is never known
Where the summer of youth shall bloom for aye
And the weary shall be no more alone.
Dreariy falls the autumn rain,


The d cad leaves float on the whirling blast
Emblems of life's unrest and pain,


And the hopes too bright to last!
Year: 1873


There comes month In the weary year
month Of leisure and health ful rest;
When the npe leaves fall, and the air Is clear
October; the brown, the crisp, the blest
My life has little enough of bliss:


! drag the days Of the odd eleven,
Counting the time that shall lead 10 his
The month that opens the hunters heaven,
And oh! for the mornings crisp and white,
With the sweep Of the hounds upon the track;
The bark-rOOfed cabin. the camp-hre's light,
The break Of the deer and the rifles crack.
DO you call this trihingg tell you, friend,
A life in the forest is past all praise,
Give me dozen such months on end
You may take my balance of years and days
For brick and mortar brccl filth and crime,
And a pulse Of evil that throbs and beats;
And men grow withered before their prime
With the curse paved in on the lanes anj


streets;


And lungs are choked, and shoulders are bowed
In the smothering reek Of mill and mine;
And Death stalks in on the struggling crowd,
But he shuns the shadow of oak and. pine.
And of all to which the memory clings,
There is naught so sweet as the, sunny spot
Where our shanties stool by the crystal springs
The vanished hounds, and the lucky shots,


The .fldiae.
Year: 1873

An economical wedding party at
Sringfeld partook Of their breakfast,
composed Of smoked herring, crackers,
and cheese, spread out on the head of a
barrel. A meddlesome group around
the door was dispersed by the bride
who exclaimed "Whatn thunder you
lookin at.'