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Year: 1873

Join all within me join the strain,
Assist my powers OF every name;
MUSES. now strike tuneful harp,
Endearing themes now swell the heart.
Such was thy life beloved child,
Each motion was so calm so mild.
Love was the current of thy soul,
Be sure it did thy life control.
Rich grace beset thy path Of life,
In all thy ways there was no strife.
DO not | hear thy footsteps still,
Going on to do thy Fathers will?
Echo,d too soon. that note did fall,
Much did the sound our hearts appall,
And how it made the soul to swell,
You'll heed it long, il is sfarewell.


j. b.
Year: 1873

EDIToRs HERALD AND TRIBUNE.


1t is no use to say to the drunkard,
stop drinking, as long as the temptation
assail him at every corner and in such va
ried and enticing guise. 1t is no use to
preach temperance to others unless we
ourselves have clean hands. 1t is no use
to talk, argue and battle against the man.
ufacture, sale and use of intoxicating Ii,
quors and yet take cur social sip Of cake
and wine at the house of friend, aud
partake Of the nice (?) dish of brandy
peaches as treat from the same friend
We must first see that our own skirts are
clean ere we condemn others for wearing
soiled clothes, We must lay the axe to
the root of the tree, Bv refusing to make,
taste. touch or handle the accursed thing
in any way, manner or shape, as an article
of food or drink. Eschew it totally in
all lis forms. Touch it not as a cordial,
or even as medicine for where ssin one
case it may perhaps be useful medically,
in ninety aud nine it will prove actually
pernicious! "But," says some ..old fogy
conservative on the temperance question,
"what is the use Of being an extremist ?
| can drink glass now and then to please
a friend who treats me and it will not
harm any one." Yes it will, my friend,
for every drop you drink is so much poi,
son to your system, and besides, by your
example you encourage the makers. the
sellers, and the drinkers, all over the land.
Who can trace the injury you may thus
do by partakingof only one glass? While
BY forbearing to countenance it in any
way, you throw the whole weight Of your
influence in the opposite scale. and does
all that conn. for nothing? If We oan do
but little good iu the world let us at least
do that little and refrain from doing evil,
or aught that leads to evil. We must al
wsys vote no license. talk no license and
Year: 1873

OF all parts of the body, there is not
one which ought to be so carefully at
tended to as the feet. Every person
knows from experience that colds, and
many other diseases that proceed from
the same, are attributable to cold feet
The feet are such distance from the
wheel at the cistern" of the system. that
the circulation of the blood may be very
easily checked 10 them. You see all this,
aud althoug b every person of sense should
be aware of the truth of what We have
stated, there is no part of the body OF
much triHed with as the feet. The young
and would be genteel footed, cramp their
feet iuto thin-soled, bone pinching boots,
10 order to display neat feet, in the fash
ionable sense of the term. Now this Is
very wrong. In cold weather, boots of
good thick leather, both in soles aud up
pers, and large enough to give free cir
culation of the blood in the feet, should
be worn by all. They should be water
tight, but not air-tight- 1t Injuries the
feet to wear un air-tight covering over
them. India rubber shoes or boots should
not be worn except in wet slushy weather.
and then taken of as soon as the exposure
to it is over. No part of the body should
be allowed to have = covering which en-
tirely obstructs the passage of the car
bonic acid as from the pores of the skin
outward, and the moderate passage of the
air inwards, to the skin. There is one
great evil against which, every person
should be on the guard, and it is one
which is seldom guarded We mean the
changing Of warm for cold boots aud shoes
A change is often made from thick tO
thin soled shoes, without rejecting upon
the consequences which might ensue.-
1t is a dangerous practice, aud many au
individual has suffered hours of illness
because of it.
Year: 1873

The Medical Home has the following
receipts, which may be worth preserving


4 tea made of chestnut leaves, and
drank 10 place of water. will cure the
most obstinate case of dropsy in few
days


A tea made of ripe or dried whortIe
berries. and drank 10 the place OF water.
is sure and speedy cure Tor scrofulous
difficulty. however bad.


y tea made of peach leaves is sure
cure for kidney difficulty.


a plaster made of fresh Stacked liue.
and fresh tar, is cure for a cancer,
which with its roots will soon come OUT
Year: 1873

An Arkansas local soliloquzes thus :
'.Some of our exchanges are publishing
as a curious item statement to the ef-
feet that horse in Iowa pulled the plug
out of the bunghole OF barrel for the
purpose of shaking his thirst We do not
see anything extraordinary 10 the occur
renee Now, if the horse had pulled the
barrel out OF the bunghole aud slaked It's
thirst with plug, or If the barrel had pull
ed the bunghoie out OF the plug aud s!ak
ed its thirst with the horse or If the
plug had pulled the horse out OF the bar
rel aud slaked its thirst with the buns
hole, or if the bunghole had pulled the
thirst out of the horse, aud slaked the
plug with the barrel. or If the barrel had
pulled the horse out of the bunghole and
plugged Its thirst with slake, It isht
be worth while to make some fuss over
II"
Year: 1873

Meat is much better for family use
when AT least one week old IN cold
weather. The English method for keep
Exports say hang up quarter of meat
with the cut end up. being the reverse OF
the usual way, by the Leg, and the juice
will remain in the meat. aad not ruu to
the cut aud dry up by evaporation. n
is worth trial, aud when made will be
continued
Year: 1873

Persons who wear moustaches are OF
ten dreadfully embrassed when eating
curry or pea soup by the accumulation of
the aliment upon their hirsu,e append
ages Such will be glad to learn that a
rubber muzzle intended to obviate this
Inconvenience has been invented II
covers the upper aud lower lips. having a
slit iu it to correspond with the mouth,
and fastening being the occiput with a
sprinr.
Year: 1873

A Louisville man who had ouly been
acquainted With bis girl two nights at.
tempted TO kiss her at the gate. La. h;s
dying deposition he told the doctors that
just as he kissed her the earth slid from
under his feet, and his soul went out of
his mouth, while his head touched the
stars" Later dispatches show that what
allied him was the old man' boos.
Year: 1873

A down-ea editor. who has been keep
ing a record Of big beets. announces at
last that 1.-The beet that beat the beet that
beat the other beat, Is now beaten by a
beet that beats all the bee;s, whether the
original beet that beat the beet or the
beat
Year: 1873

Thomas Blown was employed at the Blank
Street Theater, in this city, lew years ago,
as q kind of utility man, and one night the
manager put him behind the scene at the
rear Of the stage to take care of the moon.
Brown had a candle on the end of long pole,
and it was his duty to hold the light behind
the moon, which was merely round un-
painted space in the curtain, al d 10 pull the
curtain slowly up to represent the rising of
the moon. Brown seated himself on a piece
of baronial castle, and while waiting for the
order to go to work, he fell asleep. Presently
the tragedian on the stage said to the hero
inc, ''Swear by yon bright moon," ETC., ETC.,
and turned point to it, but the orb OF
night was not there. The stage-manager file


around and gave Brown kick, and in fren-
zy ordered him to "hst that moon quick kp'
Brown was bewildered, and without waiting
for further orders he run the curtain clear up
with one jerk, when the cord broke and down
it came again. Another string was hurriedly
rugged on the pulley, and the moon began to
rise properly, but Browns nerves were so un-
strung by fright that he couldn't hold the
candle steadily behind il, so that there were fif-
teen or twenty eclipses during the ascent, the
light meanwhile wandering all over the curtain
to the infinite amusement of the audience.
However, the luminary got safely up at last,
and the tIagedan again observed, 'Swear by
yon bright moon. but before the words were
fairly out, the cord again snapped, the cur
tain unrolled with velocity and broke loose
from the roller, revealing Brown, the lunar
elevator, roaming around in his shirt sleeves
with candle on stick. moment later the
manager was trmbling among his hair, and
that very night Mr.. Brown closed his theatri-
cal career. The manager remarked to con-
fidential friend that while a man who was ca
pable of making the same moon rise three
times in one night and of getting up any
number of ecipses and other astronomical
phenomena might be valuable for some pur


poses, he was about as fiji tor theater as q
walleyed mule was for singing hymns.
Year: 1873




THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is Journal of
which, both for its enterprise and independent
spirit, our city may well be proud. AS u news
paper it is not behind any of its contemporaries,
giving as it does not only the Associated Press
dispatches, but its own specials, and reportiDf
all important meetings and movements!
State. The commercial and marine inte
ligence is always full and fresh, and of
great value to merchants Its editorials are
characterized by ability and outspoken criticism
of men and things. The day when political
newspapers merely the organs of a party,
bound to defend its acts and abuse its opponents,
has gone by, and the Press has taken an hon.
orable position in freely discussing public events
without regard to party allegiance. 1t has not
failed to condemn wroDg-doIDg even when the
censure must fall on its own party leaders.
We cordially commend it to all desiring read
able daily newspaper Its subscription price Is
only 81 year to mail subscribers


From the Somerset Reporter.


One of the most conspicuous examples of the
reward of intelligent enterprise is seen in the
great success of the PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
in extending its circulation and influence and
in constantly adding new and valu able features
1t is now more emphatically than ever, the
best newspaper in Maine. 1t presents through
the Associated Press dispatches and its own
specials all current news. Its State news are
carefully selected and full.


From the Saco independent


The Press is distinguished for its fearless,
Outspohcu anu IuucptuueuI CIlLclSm OF men
and things While Republican in politics il
never fails to condemn with unsparpg severity
all malfeasa1ces of its own party leaders.
Its Augusta news during the legislative session
is specially complete and accurate. 1t is strong,
full and able in all departments. Maine is for
tnnate in having so good paper and we gladly
commend it to all desiring reliable daily paper
Its subscription price is only 81 per year
an ddrance to mail subscribers.


From the Belfast Journal


The Portland Daily PRESS, in its prospectus.
for the coming year, announces new and valua-
BILE features that will add largely to its already
excellent reputation as newspaper of enter
prise and ability. There is no paper in Maine
that makes so large expenditures upon its news
and editorial departments, and the results of
which so well justify liberality. 1t is especial
ly strong ard able in its editorial force and
brings to bear upon each question as 1t arises a
prompt and ready comment which shows it
waits tor Inspiration from outside source
The commercial ews of Portland and full mar
inc reports fud daily place in its columns.
and are of a reliable character. The PRESS ia
a pronounced administration. paper, and of
course we nave sometimes occasion to differ
from it, but we recognize n It's columns never
failing candor and fairness. We are glad TO
know that the PRESS is in a fourlshing condi-
tion.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


great deal has been said and written about
what ought to be done with the extra pay which
the members Of the last Congress voted themselves.
and Treasurer Spinner's letter has been published
in your columns showing how IL could or could not
be covered" into the Treasury. All the people
OF the United States want to be assured OF Is that
the amount Is used for their benefit and not that OF
an individual. To do this enectualy let each Con-
gressman whose conscience tells him that 1t Is
wrong to take and use that money for himself
invest the amount in United States bonds. cancel
them thoroughly, and send them to Treasurer
Spinner with the request that he will ''covern them
well IN the next fire that he has knded to destroy
old notes. That much o., the public debt will never
trouble the people aga.n, thus saving the interest
and commissions which the next syndicate would
mako lor renewing II.
Year: 1873

peace. You are young yet, and can have
many years of happiness before you.r


"You want me to desist,'' she said, in
terrupting me. 81 have two good reasons
for going on. 1t is not avarice, although
having sold myself to the devil am right
in getting the best price for my poor soul
But let me show you my two reasons for
going on" .r .y


She walked to an arcbed recess, and,
pulling aside q heavy curtain, showed me,
playing on the. floor, two beautiful children.


"There," she continued dropping the
curtain, "there are my two reasons. 1
cannot give my children good name but
will give them that which is mere precious
than good name in this mean wicked world
of ours. / will give them wealth and will
try to teach them to be anything on earth
but what their unfortunate mother has been,
SO that If you betray me you betray them. /
left detective business when left Baltimore


| try moral suasion now, And so took
my leave, and give this imperfect sketch
of the way laws are made through the lobby,
in our beloved Capital.
Year: 1873

EBrA very singular property of ice is
shown by placing a wire across mass of
that substance and weighting it so that it
will cut its way through rapidly. The ice
win reunite behind the wire and can be as
easily cut at any other point as where the
wire went through. A Scotch experimenter
has also found that mass of ice placed on
wire gauze and subjected to slight pressure,
will pass through the gauze and reappear
on the other side in solid mass of the
same shape and nearly the same weight as
before.
Year: 1873

without oiling, will last but little
while. No more can q man crowd the
work Of a week into single day, and
still retain his health and strength.
Physical laws are not always immedi-
ately enforced. Sometimes the penalty
does not follow the transgression for
years. But one thing is certain, sooner
or later it will come. - The man who is
careless of his health is sowing the
seeds of disease, the fruit of which he
will sometime reap. 1t may come soon
or it may be delayed for years, but in
either case 1t will make him wish that
he lad been more careful.


In the education of our children in
the common schools, there is great lack
of instruction in the laws Of health.
No child, however humble his circum-
stances, ought to finish his school course
without thorough knowledge Of ply
sio!ogy and hygiene. 1t is no use to
educate boy in arithmetic and geog-
raphy, and the languages, and leave
him in such ignorance of the laws of
health, that he will die before he is
twenty years old, Of sickness which he
might just as well have avoided. And
among young and old knowledge in
this department of science, is one of the
greatest needs of our times.
Year: 1873

A teller of one of our banks discover
ed the other day very ingenious mode
resorted to by counterfeiters to make
profit by little manipulation of genu-
inc bills. The plan is in this wise:
Take, say. ten So bills, lay one on the
other quarter Of an inch below the
top, something after the fashion ofpast-
ing in the process of making paper bags.
When they are all thus nearly laid of,
knife is run through them, and, of
course, from the first bill a quarter of
an inch will be cut off, a half inch from
the second, three-quarters from the
third, and inch from the fourht and
SO on to the tenth bill, forom the bot
tom of which there istaken very small
portion, nothing more than the border.
This bill is left as it is, but to all the
others the parts taken off are neatly
pasted on, and the result is that there
will be eleven bills all perfect, except
small reduction in the size of each. OF
course the operator makes five dollars
in every ten. The amount taken from
each is so small. and the bills being
generally all of one kind, it is very
difficult matter to detect them. The
bill detected blythe teller referred towas
bunglingly done-the one being an Ohio
bill, while the bottom was Balti-
more bill. The names of the places are
prominent, and consequently bills on
the same bank or place are preferred. 1t
is neat arrangement to cheat people
who are not in the habit of giving to
bank-bills a very close examination
Inter Ocean.
Year: 1873

A female saviour and her apostles are
creating prodigious sensation in the
southern part of the Russian Empire.
The Russian papers say that the leader
of these women, whose name is Ana
stasia Gabacrewicz, claims to have per-
formed a number of miracles, having
made the blind see and the lame walk.
A vision first revealed to.her that she
was the daughter. of God, selected to
suffer for the redemption OF her sex, in
the same was as Christ suffered for that
of the'.other. Immediately after this
revelation she gave up eating meat and
drinking brandy, and prepared herself
for her mission. The Holy Ghost then
possessed her and gave her the power
to work wonders with mere word. She
pretends to be able to resurrect even the
dead by SIMPLY touching them, and so
strong is the faith of the ignorant mas
ses in this new prophecies, that the pris-
on to which she has been consigned by
the authorities has become place of
for thousands. = The sick are
brought from distant localities to re-
ceive the assistance of the inspired wo-
man, and the keepers receive large
bribes for permission to see her. Ey-
cry day new stories of her extraordin-
ary power are circulated far and wide.
Year: 1873

You h ave probably noticed what a


thoughtful woman your wife is. She


never forgets anything, and when she


goes down cellar after an article she is
sure to bring up something besides that
she may need. She calls that "making


her head save her heels" Once in a
while she may neglect something, but
that is because she has so much on her
mind she can't think of everything at
once; and if somefolks has as much to
do and keep track OF as she has, there
would be nothing done at all. After
she says this, it is time you either left
or busted yourself with something else.
We never knew a man who continued
the conversation to appear satisfied af-
forwards. She exhibits this thought
fulness in many ways, but more particu-
larly some nights when you have just
got to bed, and neglected to leave a
match near the lamp. Then she starts
up and exclaims, 81 declare forgot
to set emptying tonight, and there isn't
only bread enough for breakfast" So
you get up and skim around for match
and after securing a light accompany
her to the kitchen, where you hold the
light while she goes through with the
operations required in ''setting empty
ings.'' And after you have stood
around in your bare legs for ten min
utes, holding the lamp in one hand and
frequently slapping yourself with the
other, you go back to bed oppressed by
the consciousness that in some way you
are responsible for the whole trouble
Danbury Ne,es. s9el~ll .ee'sI' Do
Year: 1873

The bond for s15, SOC, 600, the amount
of the Geneva award, is held by the
Secretary of State in that department.,
and is not placed for safe keeping in
the Treasury, as many suppose. The
bond is made payable to the order of
the Secretary of State, and, of course,
none else could procure any money on
it. So far as the danger of it being sto-
len is concerned the officials have no
fear, as it would be of no use to the
thief. This bond is for the largest
amount of money ever issued by any
government in single transaction.
Photographs of the bond and certifi-
cate of deposit have been completed at
the Treasury Department and copies
sent to the president and each member
of the Cabinet. 1t may be stated, as
part of the history of the Ipayment of
the Geneva award, that, on the COM
pletion of the business on Tuesday, Sir
Edward Thornton promptly informed
his Government by telegraph Of the
fact. .-.. %.
Year: 1873

A colored man living on Macomb
street having long admired colored
widow living in the next block above
but being afraid to come out boldly and
reveal his passion, he went to a white
man of his acquaintance the other day
and asked him to write the lady letter,
asking her hand in marriage. The friend
wrote, telling the lady in few brief
lines that the size of her feet was the
talk of the neighborhood, and asking her
if she couldn't pare them down little.
The name of a colored man was signed
and he was to call on her Sunday night
for an answer. Yesterday the writer of
the letter met the negro limping along
the street, and asked him what the wild
ow said. The man showed blood-shot
eye, scratched nose, lame leg, and a
spot on the scalp where handful of
wool had been violently jerked out, and
he answered in solemn tones :-'She
didn't say muffin an din't stay dar
not minute Detroit Free Press wo
Year: 1873

The city man who gets into the coun-


try to spend the summer must make up


his mind to learn somethingef the rou-


tine of rural life. Anew York, man.
who is spending the hot weather season


with family on Pine street, was asked
by the lady of the house II he would


take . hen on the nest,as, it wanted to
set, and she didn't want it to. Ger


tsinly, " said he. and Immediately start


ed out to tie barn where..the hens were
kept, to crush out the maternal pros
poets of this particular one. He went


straight to the nest to lift her off, and


reached out his hand for that purpose,


but Immediately drew 1t back again,


and tucked it up under the other arm,


and. d.squeezed it little, while he drew


up his lips as if about to whistle some


thing. Then he stood there and stared


at the hen, and she lifted up her head,


and stared back at him, -winking her


eyes with singular velocity. .sGes of,


won't you?" said he, after a pause. She


made no response. He drew out his


hand and looked at . red spot on one Of
the knuckies. and then put the knuclle
in hts mouth to cool it, looking all the


while at the hen, and wondering how
on earth she moved so quickly. The
longer he eyed her the less inclined
ne felt. to. touch her, and finally he
climbed up post to beam which ran
over the nest, and working his-way out
On it till he got just above the hen, took
on his hat and shook it at her, and ad-
vised her to get. But she only looked
up at him, one eye at time, and cluck-
ed ominously. He. told her if she did
not leave he would come down there
and kick her through the barn, but i'm
mediatelyi gave up the blood-thirsty de-
sign when lie reflected that it was |
dumb animal, and couldn't reason like
a human being. Then he happened to
think OF his pants, which were white
linen, and rubbed his fingers on the |
beam to find them full of black dust,
which led him to work his body around |
to look. at the pants, and while making
this very natural move, he suddenly
slipped, made plunge to renew his
hold, shrieked for help, slipped again,
and then came down on top of the hen
and the nest, and smashing them
both to the floor, upsetting a bar
rel, and filling the air with dust, feath-
ers, hen noises, and shriekss When the
family reached the barn, the unfortu-
nate mai, looking something like cir
Gus poster on legs, .shad got on his feet,
and commenced turning around
and rubbing his head in an ab-
manner, and every time he
turned, an .omelette on white linen base
came to view, while the hen stood up in
the furtherest corner on one leg, with
a looksof mingled astOnishment and re-
proach on her countenance. After five
industrious application with
a chip, the gentleman was escorted into
the house, where his head was bathed
with spirits, and his comfort generally
attended to.-Danbury Ne,cs.