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Year: 1875

its most perfect tempering and its finest


polish. OF mental courage there are two
species. One of these is the product of


nature alone; the other is the product
of nature enlightened, renewed, and ele-


waited by religion Both are the offspring


of faith, but faith of very different spe-


cies. In natural courage the man has


faith in himself The essence of relig-


ious courage consists in faith in God. If


we look through the history of all lands


and of all ages, we shall find that every


man worthy the appellation great was


remarkable for faith in himself or for


faith in God The man who is endowed


with a merely natural courage requires,


IN all cases, to balance his resources and


his difficulties, and when there is o


marked disproportion between them, he
must either sink into inaction or rise in


to enthusiasm; must either do nothing
or attempt what is extraVagant But
another element comes into operation in
religious courage The man who is en-
dowed with this thinks not merely of his
difficulties and his God: he considers
whether this be duty, and then he trusts
in God to give strength for its perform
ance, remembering that God can save by
few as well as by many, by the weak as
well as by the strong, by the poor as well
as by the rich


The great souls who stand out in the
history of the world, like the stars which
shine upon us from the remotest heavens,
are those who have thus exercised faith
in God. They dared to hope against
hope. They rested not on the events of
the day, or on changing opinions. but on
their own solemn convictions of right.
10 the support of that they bent every
energy of their nature. They believed
IN God, and therefore, armed with di-
vine courage, they turned weakness into
strength. From defeat they went forth
conquering and to conquer. Through
death they rose to an immortal fame on
earth and an eternal life in heaven.
They are the men who illuminate the
darkness of the past, and inspire with
hopes for the future. Such were the no.
BILE army of martyrs-the heroes and pa
trIots whose names are familiar wherever
virtue and religion and honor are res
pected. Such are the heroes and mar
tyrs in private walks, who labor faithful
ly, though unnoticed; who fight the good
tight, and whose names, if unknown
among men, are written in the Lambs
book of life and will there be held in
everlasting remembrance. How many
such men fall on every battle-feld-per-
haps the greatest heroes of ALL because
they know that no earthly record will
bear their names down to the admiring
reverence of distant ages How many
such heroes and martyrs live and die in
every walk of life-the joy and comfort
of their friends; the hope the salvation,
and, as will appear at last, the glory of
the world.
Year: 1875

enacting and enforcing regulation TO


this effect Fix the penalty for begging
that is, professional begging-at ten
days labor on the highways for each of
tense; there is no danger of a failing de-
mand for that sort of labor for the next
fifty years. Give to every citizen the
power to make arrests in cases of va
grancy; and for every ten days labor by
the partyssso arrested, credit the person
making the arrest with five days toward
the working out of his road tax For his
labor, give the tramp decent board and
lodging, and from ten to fifty cents day
as wages, according to his efficiency Let
such law be vigorously executed, and
in little while we should have better
roads and fewer tramps.


The honest seekers for work would
suffer less under such a system than they
do now, when they are apt to be con-
founded with professional beggars, who
are always in search of ,job-somewhere
else. If seriously in need of work and
money, the temporary tramp would
never be without employment to give
and fifty cents a day to pay for it. The
work hunter would not be long in ac-
quiring enough to pay his way further
or to support himself until he found work
in the neighborhood. Farmers and 9th
ers in want of help would soon learn to
resort to the road gangs to pick their
men, the volunteers being free to engage
themselves at any time, those under ar
rest when their ten days were up. The
professionals would more or less quickly
learn to prefer free labor at high rates to
enforced work on the roads at low rates
in the meantime an enormous "waste
product would be utilized, and the high
ways improved at small cost to the resi-
dents. 1t is safe to predict that any
community adopting such plan would
soon have better roads or fewer beggars
both.
Year: 1875

Sometimes, when the day grows dusky,


And the stars begin to come;
When the children from their playing


Come singing and laughing home,
think with sudden sorrow,


As they press through the open door,
OF the faces of the children


That we never see any more;
Children in snow-white caslSets,


Laid away to their rest,
Their still hands lay folded


Over their pulSeleSS breast!
Children who came and tarTied


As only it were for night,
And passed, at the break of the morning,
On far journey out of sight;
On a long and lonely journey


Where we could not help or hold;
For we saw but the closing of eye-lids,
The fading locks of gold,
And knew how now but silence


Where once had been prattle and song;
And only chill and shadow,


Where was sunshine the whole day long.
Away from our care and careSSes,


God knows where they are" we say,
And we know that We tarTy behind them
Only n little way;
For we too, haste in our journey,
And we know it will not be long,
Till We come to the city eternal,
The rest and rapture Of song.
Yet oft, when the sun is setting
In unSpeakable splendor of light,
Or the day grows dim and dusky,
And the shadows stretch into the night;
When the children, tired with their playing
Come in though the open door,
think of the dear, dear children,
Who will never come any more.
Year: 1875

A boy recently informed a policeman
that there was an lawful fight in ten
ement house on Franklin street, and the
officer hurried in and found man bent
backwards over the table, and his wife
hanging to his hair with death grip
The man was helpless, and the woman
knew it and enjoyed it. This fighting
must be stopped said the officer, as he
stood in the door. "Td be willing" re-
piled the woman, getting a new brace for
her feet. Then why don't you let up
on him p asked the officer; "he SAYS
he'll never lay hands ON you again II
know he does" she replied breathing
excitedly, "but l know him better than
you do, Mister, and I'm going to hang
right to this hairi"
Year: 1875

When spectacles were first introduced
it was considered fashionable to wear
them, even by people who were not in
the least near-sighted, In Spain they
formed part of the costume of every we'll
bred person. This absurd use of glasses
was meant to increase the gravity of the
appearance, and consequently the vener-
alton with which the wearer of them was
regarded. The glasses of spectacles were
proportioned in size to the rank of the
wearer. Those worn by the Spanish
mobiles were as large as ones hand.
Year: 1875

An Iowa paper tells of a smart wife
who helped her husband to raise seventy
acres of wheat The way she helped him
was to stand in the door and shake
broom at him when he sat down to rest
Year: 1875

Ny dearest, my only love,


While YOU are not far from me,
Hlply looking for another youth,


And not happy dreaming Of me.
], In my quiet chamber


Where none can look on and smile
II press Kiss on my paper,


Or am pausing TO weep while,
Write you loving letter


To haunt you all the while,
whispering the words can not speak
Till am sure you love NE better.
Ny dearest love, my only love,


Filled closely are pages three.
And the fourth 10 an end rs drawing
But what shall my postsc .ipt be ?
or you am always thinking


And hope you will lend a listening ear,
To some pleasant news or message
From him that should he dear:
o. pledge that nv lips refused you


When love vas 10 new and shy,
In spite OF its secret triumph,


To be spoken lille you were so shy?
All no, my young fair maid,


nothing have left unssld,
Then take not words for my postscript,
But a lock OF my hair instead,
To- twine itself round your fingers
OF myself, though severed, al art;
To woo your tendcrest kisses,


And lie perchance at your heart;
To keep my image before you,


And the hour when first knew
How much OF Joy there dwelletn
In love that Is strong and ,rue!
Thus, my dearest, dearest love


sever the tress OF hair
That, happier far than | can be,


Shall 90 with you every where
The lock that may oft remind you,
When this my letter you ope,
That in my house sot far of


Must wait and pray and hope;
Pray TIL your love ain gaining,
Wait till the hour may be,
And hope that second TO heaven,
Your thoughts will ever be Of me;
-rArranged by W. Il. Cox
Year: 1875

A FARMER told his man to run into the
pastures and catch an OK. mean the
off one; / win manage the other myself"
he said. The man ran to do as he was
bidden, but suddenly paused on his way
with the exclamation, /" He Is q reasona-
BILE fellow, ANYWAY How am 1 Know
which is tie Orphanf'
Year: 1875

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No matter how good the soil, how
careful the watering, the plant will not
flourish if its vitality is being constantly
weakened by insects These not only
live upon the juices of the plant, but
some. of them cover its leaves. with a
web, which, though. almost Invisible
closes the pores through which the plant
breathes Water, soap and tobacco are
the three chief remedies, and they are
readily applied in the greenhouse, but
their use is more difficult upon house
plants. A bath-tub, or a large sink, will
allow a plant to be laid on its side and
its foliage thoroughly dronched on both
surfaces with slightly warm water from
a watering pot or syringe. lvies, camel
las and other smoOtb-leaved plants can
have each leaf sponged with soap and
water, and then with pure water, and If
the bark appears unhealthy use strong
soap and water with q brush--an odd
Toothbrush will answer, Tobacco IN
fusion is sometimes used, 1.-The plant, Is
dipped in 1t, and little while after
rinsed in water. In greenhouses the
house is regularly smoked; at night q
pan of Goals Is covered with damp tobac


co stems, and the house filed with Q
dense smoke, and kept closed until
morning. This should be done regularly
at least once week, whether insects are
seen or not. For house-plants smoking


box can be easily contriyed, A dry


goods box, large enough to allow
smoke to be made and not heat thu
plants too much, win answer. Scale O


all kinds can be picked of, and this j


is the best way to treat the mealy bui
when there are but few plants. Thos


who love plants will find little difficult,
in keeping them clear of insects


who do not had better not keep them.-


Ame'ieaa Agriculsprtst, a1rfstra 4
Year: 1875

hydrant streams were employed. Be-
tween seven and eight O'Clock Officers
Dunlevy and Harry Luft, while search
ing IN the upper story, found lying on a
pile of pulu, which had evidently been a
bed in one of tho rooms, u horribly dis
figured corpse. The surrounding indi-
Gated that the deceased had been suffo-
Gated in bed. The arms and legs were
nearly burned off, as was also the head I;
in fact, little was left except the trunk of
the body. The remains appeared to be
those of small person, and physicians
who have seen them judge from the bones
that the deceased was boy about six
teen years Of age. Yesterday fore.
noon officer Dunlevy and two or
three other men searched the ruins of
the building, and about noon found in a
hall in the upper story about fifteen or
twenty feet from the rear of the build
Ing, another body, which had been so
covered with debris that it had been
passed and repassed many times. 1t al
out of semblance of humanity, but from
the size, and The fact that the deceased
had etfdent1y worn red flannel drawers,
it is supposed TO be the body of job
Court. He it was that appeared at the
third-story window and glanced out with
that terror or-stricken look which none thGt
saw it will ever forget. Beneath the
body were found strips of a window-cur-
tain which he had evidently endeavored
to manufacture into a rope, but the ter
rible snake.cloud struck him down be-
fore he could accomplish his design, and
while poor Conklin lay dying horrible
death at the front end of the hall, his
old-time friend, with whom for the past
two or three years he had occupied the
same Galley" in the Union office, was
breathing his last in torture at the other
eXtremity


Among the occupants of the Western
was James Cover. lie had gone up to
his room to change his shirt, and was in
the act when the bell struck. AT first he
paid no attention TO the matter, but q
moment later the thought struck him
that it would be as well to look out, and
he started for the front of the building.
AS he entered the hall he found il full of
smoke, which rapidly increased in den
sity, and his efforts to reach the front
failed. Attempting to Tetrace his steps
he found himself in danger of suflOca-
ton, and had to get down and crawl on
his hands and knees, with his face .as
close to the floor as possible, in order to
breathe. In this manner he made. his
way to the rear, where he got out on the
balcony, which was about twenty feet
from the ground. He called to the men
in the alley to put up a ladder, but they
had none that would reach. A colOred
man yelled to him to jump and he would
catch him. He saw no other alterna
tive, jumped, and sure enough the
colored man kept his word, catching him
so as to break his fall, and he escaped
unhurt,
Year: 1875

had been the scene of assassinhtions,
collective or isolated. 1t would not be
inferred that life is specially insecure in
that State, or that there is any more i'm
munity from arrest and punishment
there than there is in the North gener
ally. The correctness of representa-
tions herein, made by President Grant
and Gen. Sheridan, Is not brought in
question. The committee simply ignore
the subject. We submit that this omis-
sion is disgraceful A good deal is said
about taxation, the rarity of white Re
publicans, the mode of procedure before
and by the Retaining Board and kindred
matters, all of weighty importance in
themselves, but all combined of less con
sequence than the Insecurity of life.
Several wholesale butcheries have oc-
cured, and TIN. aggregate ofsisolated
cases amountgsto over 200, and the ass
sassins go scot free. Such, we say, is
the representation made by the Presi-
dent and the Lieutenant-G General of the
United States, and the committee is en-
tirely oblivious of the whole matter.


Such report is a disgrace to those
who make IL, and ought to be rejected by
the House. The latter should demand a
report on the main issue of the case. 1t
looks very much as if Foster and Phelps
had made play-spell of the investiga.
tion, allowing Potter TO run the business
to suit himself. We are disappointed in
Foster. He had done some good work in
Congress. Phelps is conceited fop,
with immense inherited wealth and a
silly affectation of wit. He is just the
fellow to be made the tool of crafty
and polished politician like Mr.. Potter.
The latter did just what was to be eX-
pected of him. He shut his eyes to all
evidence against the Democracy, and dis
torted and magnified all the evidence
against the Republicans. Even then he
has not made out his case.


1t is not claimed by the Republican
party that Kellogg is paragon of polit-
ical virtue, or that everything done by
the party in that State is justifiable On
the contrary, there is desire to have the
entire facts in the case brought to light,
and every man, from Kellogg down, re-
ceive his deserts, be the same rewards
or punishments, small or great. Fortu-
nately the disreputable omission of the
Congressional report will not be very
important, practically, for Gen. Sheridan
is at work preparing a full statement
touching assassinatioDs in Louisiana
The committee, by confirming his report
of the attempted but abortive Wiltz
usurpation, has prepared the public to
accept with implicit faith in its accuracy
that forthcoming report. In this way
the committee has rendered valuable
service, albeit Foster and Phelps were
simply clay in the hands of the potter
Chicago Journal, Jan. 1S.
Year: 1875

Very few blacksmiths understand
how To handle colts in shoeing and u
good many farmers are equally Ignorant
a colt may be ruined for life and ever
afterward be troublesome in shoeiDg by
his first lesson. 1t cannot be expected
that colt will stand perfectly quiet
while a shoe is being put on when he
knows nothing of what is wanted OF him.
The main thing is to get his attention at
tracted TO something else besides the
shoeing. A handful of hay for him to
nibble at will sometimes make him for
get the hammering. 1t is villainous
habit to pound horse over the back
with heavy hammer, as great many
horse shoers do. 1t only makes the
horse worse.-Sderdmen AgrtcuHurtd'
Year: 1875

Colonel McClnrc of the Philadelphia
Times, intcrposeS II word in behalf Of the
great sachen, now retired from public
life aud staying at II large private board.
ing house in New York. He says for
Tweed:


His crime was not 80 much of himself
IL of his time. The example had been set
for him. Tammany had existed before
him, and was already a terrible engine of
evil before this ignorant Foreman Of Big
Six assumed the command of the ma
chine. The society of the sachems had
become corrupt before he quilted his
work. bench in chirman's shop, ard the
only reason it had not done SO much
damage as he afterwards did was because
it lacked his genus. The meterisls were
there, but the master-mind to mould
them was lacking. Tweed was u great
sinner because he was great genius, Il
man of immense force, who knew howto
manage men and shape events. There
are dozen fellows in Philadelphia
who would initiate him to-
morrow if they could. The con-
ditions have beeu ripe here tor
several years, the only essential element
lacking being brains. He came upon
the stage OF the politics of New York as
Marat upon that of the French rcyolu-
ton, and afterwards, until his political
end, he was the leading spirit. There
were other actors, but they only spoke
for him, and were merely his puppets.
When the rotten bubble, which he had
blown out of the materials furnished him
by other men, burst, everybody rejoced,
of course 1t was the first successful at
tempt to stem the food tide of corrup-
tion which threatened the whole land.
1t had invaded local, State and national
administrations, submerged legislatures
and even swept away the integrity of
the bench and stained the robes that had
been pure from the beginning of our
government.


But now that Tweed is an old and
broken hearted man, whose fortunes can
never be repaired nor his power regGined,
and after he shall have restored the stolen
millions, most people will wish for mercy
in his case. 1t was not the amount he
stole 50 much rs the manner and the ex-
ample he set He can never do harm
again; and if he was great evil, he has
certainly pointed the greatest moral ofour
generation. If it had not been for this
single Tweed there would have been
twenty Tammanies; the highest of which
would perhaps have been at this moment
entrcnched in the highways of Philadel-
phin. if. indeed, it is not now. As Mrs.
Moutou said "Give the old man another
clanr,.
Year: 1875

LONDON, April lO.-Paul Boynton, who
started from Dover soon after o'clock
this morning. to go to France in his life
saving apparatus, arrived at Boulogne at
s o'clock this evening. He was in excel
lent health and spirits. A great crowd
was present To- receive him, and gave him
an enthusiastic welcome.


He did not make the entire distance to
Boulogne by swimming. lie was taken
on board press steamer shortly after
six o'clock yesterday evening, against
his own wishes, within eight miles of the
coast. The weather had become bolster
Gus and night was closing in, aud the
pilot declined the responsibility of guild
ing him after dark.


The Queen and Lord Mayor telegraph
ed their congratulations. The reporters
published joint declaration that Boyn-
tons desistence was solely to their re-.
monstrance because of the increasing
darkness and roughness of the channel
He fully proved his power to succeed,
under ordinary circumstances The doe
tors certify that he was fully able to pad
die six hour longer. He was not visibly
disturbed.
Year: 1875

The Schenectady Union of March 3Oth


tells this extraordinary story: "a few


days ago phenomenon ofa very singu-


lar nature occurred at the residence of


Mr.. Veeder, at No. 81 Albany street.


Mrs. Veeder at the time was engaged at


her household duties, and all of q sudden
she was astonished and confounded, ac-
cording to her statement, by what
seemed to be fash of light that filed
the room for moment with brilliant


illumination. She was so overcome by the
strange occurrence that she screamed at
first, but the light having disappeared,
she regained her composure, and, TO her
still greater astonishment, happening to
cast her eyes toward the ceiling OF the
kitchen, where she was ut the time, she
saw the mark of chlld's foot on the
wall overhead. She stood II moment
contemplating the object on the ceiling,
when she saw another mark, precisely
like the first, begin to develop Itself on
the ceiling, which soon appeared
in full, being the print of
II childs foot, corresponding
exactly to the other one. She became
alarmed and rushed. from the room. Pro-
cccdlng to Il nelghbors she called in an-
other woman and both Watched the
curious affair Soon after other foot
prints developed themselves on the wall,
when another lady was called in, but the
footprints continued to multiply. This
curious development went on until the
ceiling of the kitchen was almost cover
ed with these tracks, crossing the wall in
different lines of direction, and soon
after similar marks were seen III quite
number on the ceiling Of an adjoining
bed room. The marks in both rooms
were all of child's foot and were all of
the same size, and precisely alike in all
respects. The ceiling, like all others
at this time of the year, is more or less
colored, and the marks on the wall look
like white spots of the foot shape. The
marks are still on the wall, although
some of them have been rubbed off"
Year: 1875

OF officially visiting King Victor Eman-
uel has been abandoned.


The Nees says it is informed that the
Prince Imperial decided not to visit the
King Of Italy at the special request Of
Prince Bismarck.