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Year: 1875


Oh. let the soul It's slumbers break
Accuse its senses, and awake


To see how soon
Life, IN its glories, glides away,
And the stern footsteps Of decay


Come stealing On
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream a JOY


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
No happier let US hope to ind


Tomorrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight


Like them decay.
Our lives like fastening streams must DO
That into the engulnng sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea Of death, whose waves run on
Ger king and kingdom. crown and throne,


And swallow all.
Alike tie rivers lorlly tide,
Alike the rivulet's humble glide


To that sad wave,
Death levels poverty and pride,
The rich and poor sleep side by side


thin the grave.
Our birth is but a starting place;
Life is but the running ofthe race,


And death the goal;
There ali our glitJering toys are brought,
The path alone. Of ali uusJught,


Is found Of ALL
See. then, how pJor and Little worth
Are all thuse glItlering JOYS Of earth


That lure Us here
Dreams ofa sleep that death must break;
Afes. before it bis US wake.


We disappear.
Long ere the damp Of earth can blight
The cheeks pure glow of red ami white.


He passed away;
Youth smiled and al was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his finger there


And where are they2
Where Is the strength that spurned decay,
The steps that roved so light AMI gay,


The hearts bH he toner
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And Joy grows wearisome and we


when age eolGes On
Year: 1875

\ teaspooniul Of tea for each
person. Heat the teapot FIRST with
some boiling water, then pour that
into the teacups to warm them put
in the tea, and pour water enough Oh
the tea TO cover II; let It stand three
OF four minutes, and pour out, leaT-
ing some portion Of the tea in the
pot when you replenisb, that oil The
strength may not be poured away II
the first cup. Never add fresh tea
to that which has already been made,
BY gay ofstrsngtbening it, for It VII
not have that effect; but il case o.
its being too weak, then put the tea
in a large tea cup, I'll It up witn Doll
ing water, and leave 1t there, eloseiy
covered, for q few minutes, aiier
which pour the contents into the tea
pot
Year: 1875

shade their eyes and partially hide from
view the unaccustomed sight. The sun,
however remained above the horizon for
only short time, but it was the harbin~
ger Of longer days and q promise to the
ice-bound sailors that the hour Of their
deliverance was drawing near. It is the
old story that was told by DR.. Kane and
other Arctic explorers, but it is none the
less interesting and instructive. Human
ity is too apt to forget the manifold bless
ing spread before them day after day and
year after year, not to learn something
from reading Of the Joy with which an
arctic navigator greets such common
place phenomenon as sunrise.
Year: 1875

Yes sir, you needn't look away and ex-
pect to dodge it, because ifyou don't read
it your wife will read it to you, and put
in more italics than I do. Now what
have you done with all the money you
have received for hogs, and wheat, and
corn during the winter? You chad debts
to pay" Of course you had, and you are
sure you "don't know where it has all gone
o?' of course you don't


Now, icyou are anice man, and brought
your wife a present now and then-by q
present don't mean the stout shoes and
the calico dress she would have to have
in any case, but something quite un-
thought Of on her part, and altogether
lovely to look at; for you know she must
tire Of gazing on your beauty forever, if
you are this kind Of man. don't mean
you, mind you; mean you, sir, who put
every dime into your own pocket, and
compel your wife to practice the sweet
virtue of humility every time she wants a
cent, by standing before you in the atti-
tude of a beggar, or born thrall, instead
of a free born woman.


Do you remember the lawyer or the
doctor she might have had if you hadn't
come sheaking round with your WIDE op-
en- blue eyes, your clips of bearded bloom"
and that insinuating way you have, when
you've mind to, which won her precious
heart. Do you ever think what she has
put up with, for love of you, you lout!
Sometimes you are anything but lovely
objectto look at, but the love you woke


in those sweet days not even your hateful.
ness can kin now. Don't YOU see her
Year: 1875

It is a conceded fact that the press ex


erciscs potent influence in guiding and
controlling public sentiment. 1t should
therefore, be governed by fixed principles,
the most important Of which is a consci-
entious adherence TO truth. AS it is con
fessedly al, engine Of great power, its in
1uence will be either salt!tary Or banefnl


according to the tone, matter and cAacac-
ter of lis articles. In our judgment the
press should be conservatoE Of good NOR
ais, and not prostitute its proper functions
by pandering to q avitiated taste in publish.
ing articles of sensational character
which have no foundation in fact, for the
purpose Of notoriety. Such popularity will
have I. mere ephemeral existence, and vii!
be certain to meet with proper Ictribu


ton in the loss OF confidence. To main


tain proper responsibility the press
should not Ge prevented to igncble pur:
poses, and be made the vehicle Of scandal
or misch:cvous gossip. Its usefulness
Will be commensurate with its high and
elevated tone, and the exclusion Of all
matter which is of dubious character OF
offensive to decency Or good morals. It
should appreciate the responsibility of its
position, and like g faithful sentinel on !;


watch tower, guard every avenue Or por-
tai in its domain, warn against impe1a;lin G
danger, supervise with scrupulous fidelity
the material interests Of all who have con-
fded to it the sacred trust The proper
office Of the press is not only to dissent
nate news and to entertain, but to instruct
and inculcate lessons Of practical value.
1t en- braces within its Jurisdiction every
phase cf society, the rights and interests
Of which should not be ignored nor disrc


garded. It should be the aim and pur.
pose Of all editors to make their journals
useful in the advancement of all objects
tending to the public good. In striving
to attain this end, they will a>1orn their
profession, and receive the pIaudits of Il
grateful people.-seueca Falls Reveille.
Year: 1875




A correspondent who criticiscs the very
excellent custom which has become al
most Or quite universal at butter and
cheese factories, and is rapidly spread
ing elsewhere, Of reckoning milk by til e
pound instead Of by the gallon, is not
aware of the origin Of the custom, and is
in error in basing his criticism upon the
supposed fact that there everybody
''knows what isa quart of milk There
are several standards as regards measures
Of capacity, especially the wine gallon Of
23l cubic inches and the beer gallon Of
2o2 cubic inches. One Of these is some
times used and sometimes the other. In
the early history of the factories, farmers
were often induced to give beer gallons
because they wished the price per gallon
to be noninaliy as large as possible; and
the system of buying and selling by meas
ufe rapidly came into disfavor. A pound
is standard weight, and has the same
meaning wherever the English language
is spoken. The bulk ola given quantity
OF milk, moreover, will vary with its tenn
perature, aud We have had occasional
doubts whether the froth is not sometimes
counted in,' when the number of quarts
yielded is measured warm from the cow
for the information Of the public. As to.
comparison Of weights and measures, it
is common to regard pint as pound,
but careful correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentleman lately stated, as the result
ofnumerous trials, that quart of milk
will average 2 . pounds in weight; and
when thoroughly cold, that he has found a
quart to weight nearly I'll (2.23) pounds.
Year: 1875

Our common, everyday sun is so ia
miiiar to us that it is doubtful whether
we can, even by the aid Of imagination,
appreciate the benefits he confers upon us.
The officers and crew of the Gcrmania,
one of the ships Of the recent German Arc
tic expedition, had m experience in Green
land which will probably give them a
higher regard for. the sun than they had
before they started on their periloas voy-
age. They sought a winter harbor at Sa-
bine Island, in. a small bay on the coast
of Greenland, and after night lasting
for three months, they looked out on the
third Of February and anxiously awaited
the rising of.the sun. The southern hori-
zon was almost clear, the few clouds float


ing there were brilliantly lighted by tho
SUMS rays. Minute BY minute the color
ing Of the sky and clouds grew brighter,
until the dazzling light forced the men to
Year: 1875

Rev. Lozier, OF Fort Dodge, during an


extended begging tour through the East,
succeeded in collecting about. $4,000 in
cash, and old clothes enough to stock A
Chatham street Jew store. The clothes
were equitably distributed, but one thou
sand dollars Of the money went towards
building a church at Fort Dodge. Inas-
much as the worthy reverend begged the
privilege Of travelling, and after getting
the proper endorsement begged the money
for charity and not for church building,
we hold that any such misappropriation
Year: 1875

bending under daily burdens all too heavy
for her slight frame, and hungering with
that craving heart hunger you can never
know, for glad and beautiful things from,
which your life Of isolation and toll has
shut her out. DO you ever stop to consid.
er that of all the profits Of your farm q
share is rightfully hers? Do you-but I
know you don't You are hog, sir
that's what you are! !-the rest Of you
needn't mind me-and want you,to put
youF hand in your pocket and fork over!
do you hear, sir? Z1P.
Year: 1875

Has made the most Astonishing Cures
so quick, SO rapid are the changes the
body uudergoes under the influence of
this truly wonderful medicine, that


Every Day an Increase In Flesh and Weight


is Seen and Felt. ~
The Great Blood Purifier.
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes-
aud most easily worked
in the world. our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we nave
lately added new and exceed


ing,y taking Inducements, re


quiring only intelligence and
for any one, young
or old, Of ehher sex, to make
really frst-class paying bust
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1875

words peace that came to her. When
her voice was still, Tim had gone to
find his loved ones, and Turie among
them, little as he knew it.


Corinne learned one day of Turie's
death from a chance witness of the
scene; and through all her life the
memory of the tender, self-denying,
suffering children kept her heart more
fresh and pure than it might other
wise have been. The large white
cloud, with the golden edges, and a
red light showing through, lying at
sunset in the far-western sky-is it
not the home of Timothy Guilty and
his wife and children?-Ein''a SITTER
ne .Lnrlseu.
Year: 1875

Montgomery, Ala, Aug, Sat
noon to-day the National flag was
posted over the capital, and twenty
one guns were fired in honor of the
carrying of the conyention by the
people. The majority will be fifteen
to twenty thousand.
Year: 1875

WHAT feminine teachers ask for in the
matter Of salary is thus detailed in let.
ter to the editor Of the New York School
Journal. We claim that We should be
r,id when We are certified to be compe-
TENT teachers mot before one uniform
salary from the lowest assistant to the
highest. What is to be paid the Prin-
cipaI or Vice Principal, we care not
Their price, are fixed on other principles
M,n those that fix ours. And ii this
were done very much Of the trouble
arising from advancing teachers from
gradc to grade would be avoided ! am
in the highest grade myself, and now
claim the same pay for my iellow'tcaeher'
below me as | get, for our work Is the
somcn
Year: 1875

We know why the animal Graves salt, and
why it ultimately falls into disease if salt is
for time withheld. Upward of half the sa-
line matter of the blood(57 per cent consists
of common salt; and as this is partly dis
charged every day through the skin and kid
neys, the necessity of continued supplies of it
to the body becomes sufficiently obvious.
The bile also contains soda as a special and
indispensable constituent, and so do all the
cartlages of the body. Therefore, if the
supply OF salt be stinted, neither will the bile
be able properly to assist the digestion, nor
the cartilages be built up again as they nat
urally waste.


And when we consider it to be fact that
without salt man would miseraby perish, as
among horrible punishments entailing certain
death that of feeding culprits ON saltless food
is said to have prevailed in barbarous times,
we may become partially convinced, at least,
of the necessity OF feeding salt to our stock
that it is one of the necessaries as well as one
of the luxu,ies of life for man and beast; and
it should be profusely provided at short inter-
walls, in proper places, if il cannot be kept by
them continually, so that each and every an
imal may satisfy the demands of his nature.
Then it shall not be said of US that while our
pudding is well seasoned and salted our stock
are allowed to suffer for waut of the same in
gredfent, which is as truly necessary for their
food as for ours.-Prof johnson.
Year: 1875

Between four and five o'clock last
Saturday afternoon young lady liv-
ing on Druid Hill avenue was terribly
burned on the left hand while engaged
in cleaning pair of kid gloves. She
had saturated the glove with bcnZinc
and was engaged in rubbing the spot


from the left one when it caught fire
from stove, and in a moment her
whole hand appeared in blaze. Her
cries for help were heard by her aunt
in an adjoining room, and with the
use of wettowels the blaze was extingu-
ished. The young lady'continuing to
cry out in agony. DIR. Price was sum-
moncd. lie found the young lady al
most beside herself from pain, and he
made every effort in his power to re-
lieve her from suffering, When he
attempted, however, to remove the
glove, the skin from the back of the


hand peeled of with it, leaving the
raw flesh exposed, and the palm where
most Of the oil settled, was alb
solutcly boiled to a pulp. The skin
of the thumb and fingers was also
cracked and turned back in sickening
manner Linseed oil was freely used,
and last evening the patient was much
better, though still suffering intense
pain.
Year: 1875

THE North Amerfc0H should watch


the fellows who stragglc into its edito-


rial columns and make that venerable


commercial organ play fantastic tricks


upon itself On Thursday the Peace


editor was in command, and fraternity


and brotherhood beamcd out in every


line Of its leader, as it declared: eve
join the South now in burying out of
memory all the animositics that have


arisen since first the South and North
united in IL common causc;h but that
memory funeral certainly did not come
off, and the supposed corpse is flung
into the leader OF the same paper forty
eight hours later, as it protests against
training up another brood Of rebels, "
to dot don't exactly know what. 1t
scouts magnanimity and calls it the
parent of evil, because the South will
rot declare the tombs of its heroes up.
hallowcd, and exccratc the memory of
its fallen. One of these editors should
be unceremoniusly kicked Quit mat
ters little which-but one of them
| ought to retire or at least not crowd


the gushing of the Pacific with the
anathemas of the Vengeance editor for
| at last week or two. Seriously when


will this miserable clan-trap stop in
Journals Observation-Disclosures
the North Amertcdnp 1t must know
that the whole people Of all parties,


North and South, excepting only DO.


litical dependents in both sections, NOT


only want peace, but they teach for
peace, act for peace, and mean to have
peace, Philadelphia is to-day suffer.
ing incidentally, not only in her com.
mcrce, but by the foolish preiudices
bred against the Centennial by such
journals as the North American, and II
is without compensation. There can
be no rational motive for it, no con.
sideraton of justice, expediencv OF
profit to warrant it. 1t is simply the
folly of old party hacks in the Rcpub.
lican party, who think that the war will
never end-justas theDcmocratic Bour.
bons think it never began-and if thcy
won't learn that there has been war.
and that its logical results are inefface.
| ably interviewer with our national or
ganic law, the sooner they die and pass
into charitable forgetfulness the better
it will be for themselves and for the
country. We want peace, commerce
and the Centennial, and we have only
to talk and act like people of sense to


secure all Of them, with their priceless
blessings. IS
Year: 1875

In his charge to the Grand Jury, yes.
terday, Chief Justice Gilpin, in the most
direct and fercible language, called their
attention to the fearful increase of crime
in this county. The Chief Justice, as
States Attorney and as Judge, has had
the amplest opportunity to remark the
progress OF crime in our county, and his
note Of warning has not been uttered
bit too soon. II conveys to our people n
most important notice, aud it comes to
us from our highest legal authority and
through q proper channel. We express
on behalf Of the readers of the GAZETTE
sincere thanks to Chief Justice Gilpin
for this timely utterance of an admoni-
tion that was greatly needed.


But our readers will please bear in
mind that although it comes from the
Court, with all the solemnity which dig
nifty and well spent years can give to It,
sanctioned by surrounding official asso-
Citations, and spoken in the presence Of
the Grand Inquest of the county, it is
not to them alone; but is meant to reach
as well every hearth stone, and should
be brought to the attention of every
family, through the heads thereof.


Who can tell the effect of fathers
or mothers admonition? Who Of our
young mon and maidens have yet at
tanned that dreadful point as TO give no
heed to the warnings Of both father and
mother? Few, indeed, we think. 1t is
not improbable that the uplifted hand
has been staid a thousand times by the
recurring memory Of the mothers warn
ing and invoking voice.


DO the people of this county really
know that notwithstanding the work of
all the churches crime is "fearTnlly on
he incredsef" We would be glad to be-
lieve theJ did not. We would then feel a
greater confidence in their ability to
cneck the career of vice. How can this
be donef Not by appeals to the
Grand Jury alone. Nor is this appeal
intended for thesr ears only. 1t is meant
10 De conveyed to the attention of every
MN and woman in the county. The
good as well as tho bad-the former is
Solicited to exert all their influence 10
pat stop to crime; and the latter al
c1iied upon to pause and reflect and to
urn and follow better ways, and that
peedily.


ohall 1t continue to be said Of New
castle county, which has pridcd herself
oi her schools and churches, her learn
ing and refinement, that her p9ople per-
init the fearful increase of crime ?''
We hope not. Reform socially ns well
us politically is needed.


1t Is true that many of the viler char
acters of the country have Of late years
abandoned the rural sections. But this
does not fully account for the fact OF
crime diminishing rapidly in the tive
lower counties and increasing at so de.
plorable rate i'll our own Society dc.
mands that change shall be made il
TINS matter, that our moral tone shal
be elevated, and that SO speedily that
tn" Chief Justice will be permitted moi
only to note it in his charge to the sue
ceeding Grand Jury, but to do so will
such an approving emphasis as will ava
Ken feeling of pride and exultatior
that will drown out our present one o.
indignation and shame
Year: 1875

give the third term platform will soon
be known.


The omission to make the custom
army reference to tho care of Pro
vidence, is noticeable. Surely, it
would have been very appropriate,
in summing mp the progress of the
Republic during the first century of
its existence, to have acknowledged
the kindness and wisdom of Deity.


The message as whole is a very
creditable literary productiob, alike
in the portions which were written
by Grant, and in those which as
clearly did not come from his pen.
Year: 1875

Sho was one Of those sentimental
young creatures who linger at the
doorway to bid you good bye in the
r,light, and after she parted from
him the other night, she went up to
her room murmuring: Yes, | would
know it was hard times, by the kind
of hair oil he uses now.'
Year: 1875

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL NOT
] Rust or crack and costs only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively BEST thing
for water service pipe. have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS,


in Star
Year: 1875

Up to a late hour last night the
efforts of the New York Police force
t. find Tweed, had been unsuccessful.
The police commissioners seem to
think that Tweed was taken to Goth
street, East River, where he EN- mbarked
In a small steam vessel.


There is no truth in the rumor that
Jay Gould is seriously i'll.
Year: 1875

There is not in our whole country a city


and State fuller of interesting matter fol
the antiquarian than ours, but nowhere il
SO lite attention paid to such things as
here. In most of the cities of the North a
historical society exists, and rooms and


libraries are maintained for depositing rec.


ords and relics appertaining to their local


of the kind. Gayerre has done much in


compiling the history of Louisiana, embrac-


ing the record of the French and Spanish


domination and the American down to the


close of the last war with Great Britain


These large volumes attest the patience


and industry of our historian, but the field


IS wide one, and there is much to be done


by the writer who will take up the pen where
Gaverre laid 1t down. Other cities have
given warm support to those who have
kent I'D their historical record, but there
seems to be lamentable lack of this spirit
here, and our native population seem to be
the poorest students Of our local history.
Educated Northerners frequently astonish
our people with their familiarity with his
torical events which have ceased to be re
rnembered by our Oldest inhabitants. A
dozen private libraries in the North and
West contain works on the early history OF
Louisiana. which can not be found within
our borders. st. Louis is far ahead of US
in this respect, though when the first print
ing press was located at that point ten
newspapers were published regularly in
New Orleans, eight in English and French
and two in Spanish.


Can not an interest be awakened in these
matters in our city, Are there none who
will organize a historical society here, or
lay the foundation tor cabinet of histor
ical relics, 1t Is believed that if such
movement were inaugurated the City Coun-
Gil will set apart room in the City Hall for
its uses. Many persons in the city have
books, papers, portraits and relics in their
which they would gladly con
tribute to such an enterprise, If convinced
that it would be made success.
Year: 1875

We learn that the Garrick Ciuo OF anna
teur actors propose to give performance
for the benefit of the association organized
far the relief of unemployed working men
ia this city, and that an invitation has oeen
extended by the Garlicks to other oIuos 10
mite with them and make the performance
q success.
Year: 1875

to the suffering masses that are calling for
help Oh that every Grange knew how
rapidly We are making history" uow in
America and how imperative is the need
that each man and woman should be up
and doing


e Shall we be carried to the skies


On howery beds Of


While Others fought to win the prize,


And sailed through bloody