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Year: 1871

10 not try 100 hard to DC polite.


Never oycrwhelm your friends by beg.
ging them to make themselves at home or
they will soon wish they were there
Show by your actions rather than your
words that you are glad to see them.


Have enough regard for yourself tc
treat your greatest enemy with quite
politeuess. All pretty sights are merely
meanness and hurt yourself more than any
one else.


Do not talk about yourself or your fam
lily to the exclusion Of other topics.
What you are clever and a little more so
than other people, it may not be that
other folks will think SO, whatever they
ought to do.


1t may be interesting to you to talk
over your ailments, but very tircsomo to
others to listen to them.


Make people think you considered them
clever and agreeable and they will be prct-
ty apt to have pleasant impression Of
yourself.


Treat people just as you would like to
have them to treat you.


II is much easier to lose the good opin-
ion ofpeople than to regain it; and when
any one does not care for the good opinion
Of others be Or she is not worthy Of res.
pcct.


Do not excuse your house furniture, or
the table you set before your guests. II
is fair to suppose their visits are to you,
not your surroundings.


The whole machinery Of social inter.
course is very delicate and intricate, and
it is our business to keep all places Of pos
sible friction supplied with the oil ofpolitc.
ness.
Year: 1871

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The Louisville Commercial says: Lieut..
Doyle, Of tho army, is now having some
funny experience among The Comauche In.
diaus. The last story We got from him
aud as hc was newspaper reporter il
must be ,ruc--is of an old Comanche who
! brought his youg wife, Of whom be was
very Jealous, to have her dagucrreotype
taken, The artist got tho squaw in posi-
tion, and stepped into his dark tent for
some purpose. The old Comauchc thought
no would take look into tho funny box
the artist had his head in and SEQ how it
was done, IIc inserted his head under tho
cloth and looked, and, oh, horror! thoro
was his squaw standing on hor head. Ho
jerkcd out with q savage look at her,
and wanted to know what capors she was
cutting before all the soldiers, She deni-
cd doing anything, at which be told her
she lied, md he had seen her. Hc rcsu.
med his investigation, stuck his head un-
der the cloth again aud there was tho
wrctchcd squaw standing 90 her head ag-
ain. He gave yell and rushing at her.
gave her whack on the head, and told her
not to try that on again with him, but she
stoutly denied doing anything. And now
to catch her at it. lie kept an eye on her
and raised the cloth slowly and tried to
look at her with one eye aud through tho
camera with tho other lie could not do
so he moved his head down slowly; and as
she disappeared from the sight Of tho eye
ho had on hor, there she was standing on
her head as seen through the camera. He
jcrked bis head up quickly and therossho
was standing placidly before him. Ho
jorkcd down and she was on her head ag-
ain. lie then walked of in brown study
and Us he philosophical he concluded that
machine was an exceedingly bad maohiuo
that could stand q squaw on her head iu
half second; so ho wrapped bis blanket
around him and walked sulkily of; but
nothing could induce him to have anything
to do with dagucrrcotyping again.
Year: 1871

1t should not be forgotten that gratis,
which have been fairly set this spring,
when they once fairly start to grow they
mostly go ahead rapidly, and becoming
laden with leaves, aud the hold they have
upon the stock being very slender, they
frequently break off. Birds will also LIGHT
upon them and their added weight snaps
them. They, therefore, should be at
tend to and pruned, when they have shot
eight to ten inches, one. half. They
usually make better branches by this
abscssion, and in no event is there any
injury. Crafts set last spring should also
be examined, and where the wax has be.
come loose aud fallen away or where the
split has widened, additional wax should
be supplied, otherwise the water gaining
entrance will either kill or weaken them,
giving them an unsightly appearance and
at least strntlng them for perhaps years.
Sometimes they nevea recover from it.
Year: 1871

Just fair enough to be pretty,


Just gentle enough to be sweet,
IDust saucy enough to be witty,
Just dainty enough to be neat
Just tall enough to be graceful,


Just light enough for a fay,
Just dress enough to be tasteful,


Just merry enough to be gay.
Just tears enough to be tender,


Just sighs enough to be sad,
Tones soft enough to remember,


Your heart through their cadence made glad.
Just meek enough for submission,


Just bold enough to be brave,
Just pride enough for submission,


Just thoughtful enough to be grave
tongue that can talk without harming,


Just mischief enough to tease,
Manners pleasant enough to be charming,


That put you at once at your ease.
Disdain to put down presumption,


Sarcasm to answer fool,
Cool contempt enough shown to consumption,
Proper dignity always the rule.
Flights of fairy fancy etheral,


Devotion to science full paid,
Stuff of the right sort of material


That really good housewives are made
Generous enough and kind-hearted,


Pure as the angels above
Oh from her may never be parted,


For such is the maiden l love.
Year: 1871

A beautiful little bright-eyed girl was
lying upon her bed, rapidly wasting
away. 1t was evident she would not last
long, unless there were some sudden and
unexpected change. For several days
she had been apparently unconscious, and
was growing worse.


She had been a child of prayer, and her
lips had been taught to breathe nightly
an Offering to the children's Friend. The
rosy cheek had turned pale, the little form
was mere skeleton, and her little hand
had become as white as the sheet.


A mother sat by her, watching the
pale and silent sufferer. 1t seemed as
though God had already come and closed
her little eyelids and shut out the world,
that she might sleep her last sleep, and
awake refreshed in Heaven.


All at once, see opened that soft blue
eye, so long closed, looked into her moth
er's face with sweet, coufding look, and
said:


"Ma, ma, [ forgot to say my prayers"


Summoning what strength she had left,
she elapsed her little white fingers to-
gether and audibly repeated her little
prayer:


"Now I lay me down to sleep,


pray the Lord my soul to keep;


II should die before | wake,


pray the Lord my soul TO take"


The prayer fnised, she never spoke
again. Jesus heard those sweet words,
and the little sufferer went where pain
and death are no more.
Year: 1871

Get good stock aud feed them from


their birth with as much as they can eat.


1t will not do to starve them in the sum-
mer and then expect to make them ''as
fat as butter" by a few weeks feeding
in the fail. A writer On hogs saws
THE finest porkers | ever saw were kent
growing right along through every day
of their lives till slaughtered. More
is commonly lost in winter than at
any other time. See that they have
dry, warm, sheltered place, plenty of
good clean litter to keep them warm,
very regular supply OF wholesome food
(not trash), and a clean place to stay in.
With this kind of management, such pigs
as you would have next spring would
astonish your slipshod, careless neighbors
at your wonderful luck ; and if cores
ponding care were continued through
the season, you would show such porkers
as would surprise them still more. -
Nile Farmer.
Year: 1871

Ny remedy is bleeding, l bleed in
the neck just US you would a horse. One
thorough bleeding usually effects a cure.
[ have known cattle 10 eat heartily i'm
mcdiateIy after being blcd that had re-
fused food before.
Year: 1871

impassioncd AMI resolute, and his clear, ringing
voice gave TO his words their fullest expression. In
private life Mr.. vallandigham was much esteemed
lie was OF a most exemplary character generous to
fault, fun OF charity, stanch friend and mag.
naninou5 foe.


CONCLUSION


It is not for us to pass judgment on his political
HE. What is treason to-day may be patriotism TO.
morrow. But justice to the dead and to the living
impels us to recognize the purity Of the motives
which prompted MIR. Vallandgham TO sacrifice his
political prospects during the war. He had faults;
but who Is there without tnem2 He may have erred
during the rebellion; but sure that he erred'
He never retracteu word that he uttered In that
eventful period nor expressed regret that lie pur-
sued the course lie did. He died believing that he
was right and his sincerity demands our respect.
even as did his abilities command our recognition
and our admiration.
Year: 1871

a Cool, DcIighttwl Hair Dressina-Keeps tho
head and hair healthy CIlEVAL1ERS LIFE FOR THE
HAIR Is the only reliable able toilet article In the world
for restoring hair stops It's falling liz
growth. SOLD
Year: 1871

With the sunlight. with the moonlight. with
Come to us thousand memories that arc true
and sweet and Oldcn;
And we enter in the chamber of our hearts so
gladly lighted
And with blooming hopes we cover all the joys
that care hath bliGhtcd;
And encouraging and rejoicing, We &C forth
upon our way.
With the midnight. with the storm cloud. with
the darkness iercely scowing.
With the rattling Of the rain-drOps, and the
tempest'S dreary bowling,
ThrO' our weary hearts. in darkness. we go
haltIng, stumbling, cropping,
While despair is hard up IN us, aud cen covers
up our hoping;
And in sadness and in silence for glcam of
Hghtwe pray.
Then we yearn and call for comfort; but no
comfort comes unto US.
And we wrap ourselves in sadness, and dcS-
pair goes thrilling through us:
And the darkness gathers round us, with its
horrors half unspOken,
And we pray again for succor, that the dreary
spell be broken
With the light Of something shining, be it only
one ray.
Then within our hearts a blossom from the
drcary mold is sprinGing.
The birds of hope make US music with their
sweet and cheerful singing;
Then, upon the great clouds gazing, We dis
eern their silver lining,
Until through the veil of darkness bursts the
sunbeams glorious shining,
And our longing eyes are greeted with the
bright and perfect day.
Year: 1871

If ye ask for whom Christ die2,
answer, for all that hear, be they who
they may; a cord is cast into a hallow
pit to draw you up, and many more.
If ye dispute, saying, is the cord east
down for me? l will tell you how
YOU may answer that doubt; catch
hold fast for your life, and beyond all
question, then the cord was cast down
for yOu.-R0ijh Ershiae.
Year: 1871

studied closely its various moods


and changes. This snake, he says


did not partake ofa morsel Of food


for the first nine months, and but


little water. He then gave is mice


rats, &c, putting the same in the


case alive, and it COM


menced devouring it voraeiously.
Itnever would touch a lame ord dead
mouse, fresh as it might be. When


young rat was put into the case,


it would plant its unerring fangs in
some part Of its limbs or body, and
then wait until it died from the
thorough inoculation of the poison.
When quite dead it would turn it
over, take it head foremost and
swallow it, evidently drawing nutri-
ment from the poison its own tangs
had infused. It shed its skin
twice a year, each in Spring and
Autumn, new rattle appearing at
each shedding Of the skin, which
explodes the popular notion that
but one rattle comes a year. The
other morning the DR.. took the
case and placed it in the sun. From
the effects of the sun three of the
young snakes died. Two others
became stupefed but recovered
their vitality on being removd into
the shade. The circumstances of
the oirth Of the young snakes, and
the time Of the captivity of the old
snake. attracted large numbers of
visitors to the drug store to see the
family National Po-
ice Gazette,
Year: 1871

There are few families, we ina


gine, any where, in which love is


not abused as furnishing the license


for impoliteness. A husband, IA
ther or brother, will speak harsh
words to those he loves best, simp-
ly because the security of love and
family pride keeps him from gat-
ting his head broken. 1t is a shame
that a man viii speak more than
impolitely, at times to his wife or
sister, than any other female ex-
cept low and vicious one. 1t is
thus the honest affections Of a mans
nature proves to be a weaker pro-
lection to a woman in the family
circle than the restraints of society,
and that woman usually is indebt-
ed for the kindness and politeness
of life to those not of her own
house hold. Things ought not to
be so. The man, who, because it
viii not be resented, invects his
spleen and bad temper upon those
OF his own hearth stone, is small
coward and a mean man. Kind
words are circulating mediums be
tween true gentlemen and ladies at
home, and no polish exhibited in
society can atone for the harsh Ian
guage and disrespectful treatment
too often INDUCED in between those
bound together by Gods own tie OF
blood, and still more sacred bonds
of conjugal love:


The words apply with equal force
to both sexes.
Year: 1871

Some years ago a fashionable
church was built in Boston, the
basement of which was used for a
business house. It was customary
for the minister to read ali notices
left upon his desk, before com
mencing services. One of the
apartments below was used fer q
drinking saloon, and some one de
signed to give a gentle hint, wrote
the following Poetical quartette, and
laid it upon his desk, with the re-
quest that it be read:


There is 3 spirit above, and spirit below,
A spirit Of love and spirit Of woe;


The spirit above is aspirit divine,


The spirit below Is n spirit Of Ssiat.
Year: 1871

There is not any room for doubt
ing that this winter is to be awfully
cold. The prophets AL say SO, and
the man is insane who disputes the
prophets. They have found the
moss growing thick on the trees,
frogs standing on their heads, sun
flowers pointing toward the North
Pole, grape vines running around
poles instead Of up them. and there
are q thousand other signs to show
that every body viii be frozen as
stiff as a chip before February.
Year: 1871

Respectfully announce that, for the accommoda- for whom our uptown store, corner of Broadway and Twentieth Street. is inconveniently distant, we have completely re-stocked the Store corner of
Year: 1871

This is the subject Of a lecture which Rev. Father
Nugent OF Liverpool proposes to deliver on Thurs
day evening next at Steinway Hail. The object Of
the reverend gentlemans visit to this country Is to
establish system Of juvenile and female immigra-
tion to the South and Texas. He is well known for
his untirnR efforts in behalf of the children OF the
country may be looked upon as the noblest work
which he has yet undertaken. His lecture has beep
highly commended by the press, and some papers
is SAID to be an eloquent speaker Is practical in his
views and few men have had more experience in
Father Hecker will preside on the occasion and the
admission IL to be free.
Year: 1871

-
aine millions, ..---..-4-.-.


Moneys In United States Courts.


The President has approved OF the bill requiring
that all moneys In the registry Of any court Of tho
United States or In the hands or under the control
OF any officers Of such court which were received In
any cause pending or adjudlcated shall, within
thirty days after the passage OF this act, be
deposited with the Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer or designated depository OF the
United States, in the Dame ana to the
credit OF the court. All moneys hereafter
received are TO be deposited IN like manner; pro.
vded that nothing herein shall be construed to pre-
vent the delivery OF any such money upon security,
according to the agreement Of partes under the
direction Of the Court, No money Is to be with.
drawn. except by order Of the Judge or judges Of
the court respectively. II any person shall
knowingly receive from clerk or other
ofncer any money belonging to the registry
Of the Court as deposit loan or otherwise, he shall
be deemed guilty Of embezzlement, and on convic-
ton fined nve hundred dollars, Or imprisoned for .
term OF not less than one nor more than ten years.
or both, at the discretion Of the Court.
Year: 1871

The First Jury Trial on Shelter island for


Forty Years.


For the first time in forty years jury trial was
held at Shelter Island. The case was an action
brought to recover the earnings boat sub-let to
third party. A verdict was given for the plaintiff
at the trial before the Justice, but the defendant
appealed to the County Court and the Judge de-
cided there was no cause for action. The case
excited considerable interest on tho Island.
The mails for Brldgehampton are now being car
rled by way OF the branch railroad. MI Charlick,
President or the Long Island road, proposed TO
carry them II the people would pay the expense VI
carriage from the depot
Year: 1871

New YORK, June 2l.-Grace Sadler,
OF thirtv-two West Seventeenth street,
who cut her throat on Monday, died OF
her injuries yesterday. She was eighty
two years old.


BIooKLYN, June 2l.-At midnight
Monday a most horrible suicide was
perpetratcd by woman named Elisa
beth Georgian who resided on the corne'
of West avenue and Third street, Long
Island City. !; seems that during the
evening she had some difficulty with
her husband on account Of jealously !;
they had some hard words but thought
nothing Oft. Her husband states that
little before midnight she arose from
the bed where she had been lying with
her clothes on and before he compre-
hended what she was about poured the
contents ofa kerosene can over herself
completely saturating her clothes with
the liquid She then deliberately set
fire to her clothes. Before doing SO,
however, she took her baby child seven
months old which laid on the bel in
her arms; the husband instantly
grasped the child and wrapped it in the
bed clothes: he then threw blanket
over his wife, smothering the flames.
On the arrival OF the physician the
poor woman was found standing in the
middle of the room entirely denuded
of clothing and burned in a most shock
ing manner. Notwithstanding the best
medical aid was secured the nature OF
the injuries were such that Mrs. Gors-
gan died Yesterday after great suffering.
Year: 1871

Upon reassenbling, Ex-Governor
Deppison was made permanent Presi-
dent He made speech OF about
twenty minutes duration, in which he
compiimeuted General Grant and his
Administration, and the Republican
party for what they had dooe for the
country In the past, and what they
hoped to do in the future.
Year: 1871

Sometimes a ladder is the means Of
! saving a house, and it is important that
one or more good ladder should be on
hand at every house. A ladder is easily
made, and there is no good reason why
any farmer or housekeeper should he
without the proper supply, that in case
OF lire be can be on the house-top in a
| few minutes.


Procure straight pole of chestnut,
cedar, or some other wood and line it
on one side for boring the holes, which
should be about a foot apart, and bored
clear through with an inch auger; then
when these are bored, turn half way
round and lire on each side, and rip
apart with hand saw-the back should
be shaved of. Make the rounds of good
white oak, and for ladder of from 1G
to n feet, the lower round may be 30
inches long, and the upper one IS to 20
inches. In case of fire a ladder of about
sixteen 'eet long, with hooks on the end
to catcil on the comb of the roof and lie
fiat on it, is very useful.


1t IS q matter of little cost, and GER
talnl 9 one of great prudence, for every
pers on who wishes to save his house
trorn fire, to prepare suitable ladders and
have convenient place to keep them
clos at hand so that in case Of fire he
can be on any part of his house roof in
a very few minutes, when Il few buckets
of water may save his property from
destruction. MCC.
Year: 1871

Usage hedge makers differ pretty
widc V as to the best distance to put the
plants in the row, and Il novice in hedge
making is perfectly bewildcrcd when he
reads the advice of divers men. He
does not know what is really best to do,
and so he makes leap in the dark and
hopes for the best


| intended two Years ago to make a
hedge around my orchard, aiming TO
erect a barrier against thieves and a
Wind-break at the same time | had no
experience whatever, had never seen a
hedge, and desiring to proceed Alright.
| ordered "Warder on Hedges" which
| carefully studied, but for the life of me
| could not tell from that work whether
it was best to put the plants in a single
row, four inches apart, or double row,
two feet apart, or in single row, six
eight, ten, fifteen, or twenty inches
apart Each plan was hi ghlv recon-
mendcd, and each said to be the best.
finally settled on single row, eight
inches apart. | believe Mr. Wardcr
himself prefers two feet apart, but a
hedge made on this plan would not in
twenty years turn Il two hundreApound
hog. The distance now recommended
by the experienced hedge growers of
the West-chicf among whom is Prof.
J. g. Turner, of Jacksonville, Ills
six inches, and even four inches is bet
ter than eight inches or any greater dis
tance In spite of all that the most
careful and vigilant can do. many of the
plants will die out or become 80 feeble
that they do not keep up with their
adjoining neighbors, and a % break " or
gap" in the hedge is the consequence,
as not one replant in dozen will grow
and thrive sufficiently to fill up the miss
ing place, no matter how carefully it
NAV be rcplanted and tended For this
reason it may be safe to infer (and act
accordingly that close setting-say
four to six inches-is the best of all
plans: and then. the following fall after
planting, if the plants are found to he
too thick, it is far easier, and more sat
isiactory, to remove every other one
than to depend upon replanting the fol
lowing 5piiAA


Now for my plan. Being tired with
the labor Of setting every plant just
eight inches from the next, and holding
it there perfectly straight while setting,
| commenced on back line to put them
in Il trench which had been made per.
tectly straight, regardless of exact dis
tanccs, put them in carclessly all the
way from two to four inches, and not
mindi..g whether the tops were straight
or crooked. They grew just us well as
any, and in the fall | thinncd them to
about four inches. Now this back line
is the best Of all my entire hedge, and
| firmly believe it the best plan after all


1naertcan 1gricuhurist
Year: 1871

SCALLoPED DYsTERs.-This makes
an excellent dish to accompany the tur-
key or goose at dinner, to serve at a
supper party, or to help out an other
wise mcancr dinner Small oysters,
which cost less than large one, and are
just as well favored will answer as well
as large. Butter puddingdish and
put On thin layer CT bleau crumbs or
rolled cracker; put on layer of oys-
tiers. another layer of crumbs, and so on
until the dish is filed, or all the oysters
have been used. The top layer should
be of crumbs. In filling the dish, put
bits Of butter and little pepper with
zach layer of oysters. A very little
mace makes an excellent seasoning for
this dish: few bits with each laver-
avoid using too much. The oysters in
cooking usually give up enough liquor
to moisten the crumbs. Bake for an


hour The dish should be handsomely
Drowned upon top, and should be moist


all through, without any running liquor.
Year: 1871

Grover & Bakers sewing machines con-
tinue to attract the attention of visitors to
this city, and to elicit their applause. A
lady from the northern part Of the State
remarked to lis yesterday: "My husband
offered me a gold watch and chain, and l
told him that if he would give me Grover
& Baker sewing machine would earn
money enough in three months to buy the
watck and chain for myself
Year: 1871

Many years ago stranger made a special
deposit of two specie boxes with bank in
indianapolis, which was afterward con-
solidated with another institution Pos
session of the unclaimed special deposit was
hotly disputed, until the boxes were at last
opened and found to contain three stones
and an old newspaper
Year: 1871

\ yourgster, while perusinS q chapter in
Genesis, turning to his mother inquired if
the people in those days used to 90 sums on
the ground 1t was discovered that he had
been reading the passage, and the sons Of
men multiplied upon the face of the earth -