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Year: 1873

The National Board of Fire Under
writers at their late meeting in the City
of New York resolved to raise a fund OF
100000 for the detection, conviction
and punishment Of parties engaged in
the nefarious business of incendiarism
and arson. The Executive Committee
of that Board at their meeting on the
fourteenth instant carried out the resO-
luton and opened the subscription.
We hail : this movement as a step in
the righG direction, and commend the
action as one not only likely to benefit
underwriters, but also to protect the
public from Wholesale loss. This action
is more important when il is remem-
bered that the experience of the large
companies transacting the business OF
FIRE insurance in the United States
shows that the proportion of loss TO be
attributed to the above causes is not less
than thiTty-three per cent. of the whole,
or a loss to the country Of at least
twenty-five millions OF dollars per an
num- EVessSag Bulletin.
Year: 1873

We may shred the moss-veil from the rose
The blossoms from the spray;
The broom thai pearls the lueious grape
A touch will brush away;
The vine nay loosen nom the tree


1t clung to once so fast;
But the heart will keep Its memories


Till life itself be past.
The gold must die from sunset skies


The purple from far hills,
The foam-fowers fade from opal waves,


Drouth hush the babbling rills,
The earth grow cold and Passionless


Meath winters bitter blast;
But the heart will keep its memories


Till time itself be past.
The flush will fade from cheek and brew
The sweet smile Wane and die;
The freshness leave the coral lip,


Tears dim the brightest eye;
Youth, beauty, hope and happiness,


Fen love. may die ut last;
But the heart will keep its memories


Till life itself be past
Year: 1873




Next TO being married TO the
right person, there is nothing so
important in ones life as TO live
under ones own roof There is
something more than q poetical
charm in the expression Of the wife:


owe have our coZy house; it is
thrice dear to us because it is our
own. We have bought it with the
savings of our earnings. Many
were the soda fountains, the con-
fectionery saloons and the necessi-
ties of the market, we had to pass;
many a time my noble husband de-
MED himself the comfort Of tobacco,
wore his old clothes and even
patched up boots; and i; oh mel
made my old bonnet do, wore my
old clothes, dld the plainest cook
ing; saving was the order of the
hour, and TO have q home Of our
own had been our united ann.
Now we have If; there is no land
lord troubling us raising the rent,
and exaetiBg this and that. There
is no fear harbored in our bosoms
that in sickness or old age we will
be thrOwn--out Of house and home,
and the money we have saved TO
pay rent is sufficient TO keep us in
comfort in the winter days OF life"


What a lesson do the above words
teach, and we'll it would be if hun
dreds. of families would heed them,
and instead of living IN rented
houses, which take large share of
their capital to furnish, and a quar-
ter of their earnings to pay the
rent, dress and eat accordingly,
would bravely curtail expenses, and
concentrate their efforts on having
ga home OF their own." Better a
cottage of your own than q rented
palace.
Year: 1873




BEAUTY AND GOODNESS Nab,
correspondent of the Vermont Far
mer. says:


We thinke every woman should be
fond of dress IN a measure; it is all
right and natural that every one should
want TO look we'll and wear what is be-
coming and pretty, for we believe God
created woman to be beautiful; for
does he not cloth earth with beauty?
does he not give the rose its color and
sweetness? does he not paint the sun
set with gorgeous dies2 does he not
create many things not for use only
but simply to be beautiful? But God
did not create woman simply TO be
beautiful; he meant her to be useful
also He meant her to have a place
in the world, and one of Importance,
too. lie gave her intellect; lie meant
her to keep pace with man IN intell-
gence and knowledge, The progress
of the age has opened many doors to
woman,-let her enter in; let her
choose what suits her taste, but n
dorm herself with modesty; let her
ever dress simple as an adornment
and not an end; let her remember that
the cultivation of her mind is of far
moro importance than the dressing
of her body, and an upright heart
and a good name are worth more
than the world can bestow.
Year: 1873

A8IUsE THE CHmDREN.-Yourb brains
and hands must find employment. If
nothing good is provided for the lit
tie ones they Will be sure to find '.some
mischief stilp' to employ their 'idle
hands" in doing. If a school teacher
wants to show of q school of young
children to the very worst advantage,
let them be told to fold their arms
and sit still for five minutes 1t win
astonish a novice to see what an a.
mount of hitching and hunching, of
twisting and turning, smiling and
giggling can be crowded into five min
utes, when children have nothing else
to do A really wise teacher viii not
do this. Little children need active
employments. Five minutes are too
precious to be thrown away in deVel-
oping monkey shines. A short oral
lesson or story would amuse the
minds and instruct st the same time;
but the teacher needs to be alive to
instruct. A statue placed in the
teachers chair viii do to look at, but
even the smallest scholar viii soon
learn that it is only wood or stone,
and value IT accordingly.
Year: 1873

TIE KIND or WoAAsS,To MARRY.-
Rev. II. a. Henderson's Louisville
lecture: The lecture closed with some
advice to the young. May you sue
ceed in getting true girl for wife.
full OF womanly sweetness-one that
will look as well at tie breakfast Ia
BILE as when she bewitched you with
the arts Of toilette; one who viii not
demand q carriage when you need
cart; one that viii not require q man
sion when you have only cottage to
offer; one that viii be satisfied with
plain dresses when yOn cannot afford
q banquet; one that will plant flowers
in your yard, and insist on your
whitewashing the fence; one that viii
be to you an ornament, pride and mag
net of that dearest place on earth
''home, sweet home. 'rv-
Year: 1873

oBs.-The word does not ex-
ist in France, because they have not
the thing. The snob is the child of
aristocratical societies; perched on
the step of TIE long ladder, be re-
s3ects the man on the round above
him, and despises the man on tho
step below, without inquiring what
they are worth, solely on account
Of their position; in his innermost
heart he finds it natural 10 kiss the
boots of the first, and kick the Sc
cOnd.-r TAME.
Year: 1873

TMRD-TERM TALK-The Cincinna-
ii Gazette persists in its opposition
to third term. In a recent issue,
that paper says:


"a succession of great iprecedents
that subsequent consideration has pro-
nOunced wise has fixed a custom
which has the weight of law. 1t has
this confirming reason, that a moder-
ately popular President, through the
interest the great army Of oficehold-
ers have IN his continuance, and the
vastPower the public patronage gives,
could almost always procure his own
denomination, or could be renomina-
ted if he would quietly allow il, and
thus there could be no way of change
save by eleeting the candidate of the
opposite party. Thisis what the peo-
pie would be likely to do if a Presi-
dent should break over this two
term custom, Of which there is no
probability"


The Gazette may have an opportu-
nifty TO demonstrate its earnestness in
its opposition TO the movement 10
Plaee Grant upon the track for an
other term.
Year: 1873

To MAKE STALE BREAD AS GooD
AS FREsH.-lt is not rs generally
known as il ought to be that stale


bakers or other loaf bread may DO
made as nice as freshly baked by
dipping the loaf in clean cold water
and warming through in a bake
oven. Much bread might be saved
that is thrown away if this were
more generally praciiced than il is.
Year: 1873

Some can walk very we'll along
the plank sidewalk of Gods gentle
providence, and over the smooth
pavement oflprosperity; but when
their path is rougn and stony, their
feet stumble and they faint by the
way Like Peter, they sink when
they tread the boisterous sea Of
trouble and sorrow.
Year: 1873

How TO LEARN.-Never forget what
a man has said to you when he is an
CRY. II he has charged yen with any
thing you had better look it mp. A
person has often been startled from


q pleasant dream of seif-decsption
by the words of an angry man, who
may wish his words nnsaid the next
hour, but they are past recalling.
The wisest course is TO take home
this lesson with meekness TO our souls.
1t was the saying of Socrates that ev-
cry man had need of a faithful friend
and bitter enemy; the one TO advise,
and the other to show him his faults.
Year: 1873

John Briggs, late of Michigan,
the other day stole fine mule from
citizen of Rhea county, and was
pursued, and, by the publication OF
a hand bill. the thief and mule was
captured in Warren county
Briggs will interview the stone bull
ding mile South of the Capitol,
most likely.
Year: 1873

There was down town last week q
certain happy family which is now,
alas! wrapped in grief. 1t appears the
husband, who was Il busy soul, went
out Of nights to attend his business at
tho Office, but these visits being fre-
qucnt and of long duration, his lady
suspected thai his desk did not see him
as much as his club, and she finally
determined to sec forherself.


Therefore, inditing II note to a gentle
man, her cousin, she appriscd him of
her Intention, and one evening duly
sailed out in pursuit of the youthful
wanderer from his domestic felicities.


Now it happened that evening, after
reaching his office he concluded his
work in Il hurry, and closing the door,
intended going homo to his wife and
give her a surprise, afterwards paying
II visit, if agreeable, to tho theatre.
Hurrying home, however, what was
his surprise and anger to- SEQ his wife
in company with apparently tlashing
and handsome youth, standing by a
shop window and admiring the beau
ties within, and more when she address,
ed him as dear Sammy in most afiec-
manner.


He did not strike in his anger. No.
He did not rage furiously, nor did he
oven swear out; he very quietly depart
cd to his home; and after his wifc had
gone TO his Office she was surprised and
alarmed to find upon her return the
house door locked and her husband in
bed. III vain she attempted an CHI
trance, and only angrily departed to
her mothers, when the policeman on
tho beat warned the couple by "now
yc'd better git away from that door,"
but determined in the morning to forcc
an entrance and we'll repay her misery
after Il slccplcss night. She rushed
around next morning, but found her
husband gone, and later still, in the
day, was served with a copy ola suit
instituted by her husband for their
divorce.


Fortunately, very fortunately, that
young lady had discriminating
mother, and that young man Il sensible
mothcr-in-law, and matters were mu-
tuaiiy explained without further appeal
tolaw. Tho lady learning, though very
sadly, to always trust her chubby" and
never set spy on him because he
mightnt like it, and she might come
out We rSt in the cnd.--/irnY,O'c
Year: 1873

The Graphic thinks its latest balloon
fizzle proves several things, viz. {: that
the balloon was strong; that u large
balloon will carry up fully equipped
life boat; that u cotton balloon contain
ing 100000 feet of gas can cross the
Atlantic elf the theory of a constant
castwardly current is correct" Now,
continues the Graphic, if it can be de-
monstratcd that life boat attached to
a balloon can be safely launched on the
bosom of the waters, then the question
of transatlantic aerial navigation "is
simply a question of ballast and amount
of gas. This leaves the problem about
where it was before the Graphic went
into the balloon business.
Year: 1873

ideas and the skill to develop those ideas
into outward forms developed in unison.
But in time the art was not only used to
express the idea the idea itself also came
TO be used to sustain the art. A beauti-
ful work of art does not necessarily imply
a. beautiful character In its author, nor yet
in those who behold it with pleasure.
All who are acquainted with lives of emf
nent artists, know that the virtue of
many of them tails far short of the beauty
they are capable of representing. The re-
publics ci ancient Greece and Italy, pro-
duced the most beautiful artistic works of
the world, yet they were by no means
models of moral excellence.


The functions of the poet, the painter,
and the musician must not then be eorA
founded with those Of the moral teacher.
Their first and chief aim must be 10 glad
den the eye by visions of beauty, to charm
the ear by sounds of harmony, and to In
spire the Imagination by the representa-
ton of noble characters and deeds. The
aim of the moral teacher, on the other
hand, is not primarily to please. but to
instruct, not even to delight the magma
ton with visions Of virtue and goodness,
but to instill into the hearts and lives of
men, those qualities which the true poet


loves to paint. 1t is true that the artist,
in proportion to his own appreciation of
excellence, will inclusively elevate the
people bolh intellectually and morally,
and the moral teacher, if himself imbued


with an appreciation of beauty, will indi-


rectly gladden. mankind by imparting it;
yet their primary aims are distinct and


separate, and to confuse and mix them


will only weaken the labors Of both.


while adding no power to either.
In weaving or knitting the web of life,
With its coors dim gay,
Let me strive, like u careful and thrifty wife,
As labor day by day,


TO take up the stitches drop in haste,
That nothing may run to waste.
loop may be dropped by careless hand
La the heart OF a woven flower,
And left TO rave TILL, leaf by leaf,
II falls from the rosy bower;
Then let me cherish that precious line,
"a stitch in time saves nine-
Let me take up the stitches of peace and hope,
The stitches of love fair,
Lest miss one flower from the web of life,
And fasten them well with care;
Let lie weave OF the bright materials given
garment meet tor Heaven.
Year: 1873

Children are mirrors that quickly
reflect our every tone and word II
you would have them polite and
gentle in their manners, il is absO-
lutely necessary that you be so in
your treatment of them. Ii YOU
speak in harsh, impatient tones to
them, very soon they viii learn to
answer you in like manners and in
their play with each other many a
cross, unpleasant word will be
heard.


Not only for the sake of your
children, but for your good, learn to
speak gently and low. 1t VIII be
great help TO you TO try to be pa
tient and cheerful. Anger makes
you unhappy and your children al
so. Impatient. angry tones never
did the heart any good, but much
evil. What though you are tired by
the mischievous acts of your little
ones, be patient. Firm, gentle tones
insure obedience quicker than harsh
and angry words. Do not turn
them away impatiently when they
come to you with their little cares
and troubles, but sympathize with
and comfort them, thus winning
their entire confidence. What If
they do hinder you in your work
with their countless wants and
ceaseless questionings; is it not of
far more Importance that their hun
gry minds be fed, and thus little
hearts be made happy, than that
every household duty should be fin
ished at the appointed hour? Ii you
knew the little restless hands and
feet would be cold tomorrow,
would you ehide so impatiently
when little finger marks appear on
the newly washed windows, or mud
dy footprints on the clean kitchen
floor? Do you know that they will
not?


Instead of spending hours in en-
broidery and rufiiing on their little
dresses, spend time in talking and
reading TO your little ones; play
with them, and try in every way co
make their home so pleasant that, as
they grow to be young men and wo-
men, they need not seek for pleas
ure elsewhere; so pleasant that in
after years, when as men and wo-
men they are battling with the cares
of life, its memory may be a sweet
resting place for their tired hearts.
st. Louis GLOBE.
Year: 1873

If God made you half fool il is
better that you should seem to be
halfa fool than thatyou should make
believe that you are wise. All ami
mails are willing to seem what they
are. An ass is always willing to be
thought an ass; and he honors God
in it. An owl is alway willing to
be thought an owl; and he fuifills the
function given to him, even ifhe does
look wiser than he is. And a man
should be willing to be just what
God made him. Not that he should
not desire to increase, to augment,
his talents; not that he should not
put his money out at interest: but a
man who is ignorant had better ad-
NIT himself to be ignorant. A man
who is not genius had better not
think himself to be q genius. Aman
who is poor had better think he is
poor. a man who is unskilled had
better admit that he is unskilled.-
Whatever you are, while you strive
for greater excellence, stand on that
which is true and right, and do not
make yourself out to be more than
you are. Do not attempt to put guis-
es and pretenses, in the vain hope of
winning praise. a man talks to me
in such way that see through him
in a moment. He is trying to make
an impression on me about himself,


or about this, that, or other thing:
and the moment the door is shut /
say, "What a fool he was TO think
that l could not see through himr'
And yet go straight to my negh-
boris and try the same trick; and,
when am gone he says, ''What a
fool" And he goes to his neighbor.
and does the same thingi Your char
acter in the community is a thing
fixed definitely, and your reputation
generally will be what your charac-
ter is. Men see through your shams.
They accommodate you and call You
what they think you want them to;
they call you a peacock, or an eagle,
or any other bird, as the ease NAV be
to please you; but they laugh as soon
as your back is turned; for they
know what you are. If you are a
Jaekdaw, they know it. And these
weaknesses, these dishonesties, these
corrupting pretenses, after all, win
Year: 1873


God bless the farm-the dear old farm,


God bless 1t every rood
Where willing hearts and sturdy arms


Can earn an honest livelihood
Can from a coarse but fertile soil
Win back recempeHse for toll.
God bless each meadow, field and nook,


Begemmed with fairest fiOwersl
And every leaf that's gently shook


By evening breeze or morning showers
God bless them ali, each leafs gem


In Natures gorgeous diadem.
And may He bless the farmers home,


Where peace and plenty reign!
No happier spot meath Heavens dome


Doth this broad beautesus earth eontaiH
Than where, secure from care and strife,
The farmer leads q peaceful life.
Year: 1873

Rev. DR.. Cuyler, in one of his ar.
ticles, talks in this wise of family
topics:


'1f father usually talks OF mon
ey, money at home, he generally V
rears a family in worship of the al
mighty dollar, If he talks of horses,
games and races, he breeds a batch
of sportsmen. If fashion is the fam
lily alter, the children are offered mp
as victims upon that alter. If a
man makes his own fireside attrac-
tive, he may reasonable expect TO
anchor his own children around il.
My neighbor Q-makes himself
the constant evening companion of
his boys. The result is that his boy s
are never found in bad places. But
if the father hears the clock strike
eleven, in his clubhouse or the play
house, he need not be surprised If
his boys hear it strike twelve in the
gaming room or drinking saloon
If he puts the bottle on his own ta-
BILE he need not wonder if his son
stagger in by and by at his front door.
When the best friend that childhood
and youth ought to have becomes
their foe, the home becomes the
starting post to moral ruin.
Year: 1873




The following is an extract from
the great speech of Daniel Webster
in the Girard VIII case. 1t is of it.
aelf sufficient to have entitled the
author to the appellation which he
bears of the Immortal" :"


political eminence and profess
sional fame fade away, and die with
all things earthly. Nothing of char
acter is really permanent but virtue
and personal worth. These remain,
whatever of excellence is wrought
into the soul, itself belongs to both
worlds. Real goodness does not at
tach itself merely in this life-it
points to another world. Political
or professional reputation cannot
last forever: but a conscience viod
of offence before God and man is an
inheritance for eternity. Religion.
therefore, is a necessary and indis-
pensible element in any great human
character. There is no living with
out it. Religion is the tie which
connects man with his Creator, and
holds him to His Throne. If that
tie be all sundered, all broken, he
floats away q worthless atom in the
universe-its proper attractions ali
gone, its destiny thwarted, and its
whole future nothing but darkness
and death. a man with no sense of
religious duty, is he whom the
scriptures describe in such terse
but terrific language, as Giving
without God in the world Such a
man is out of his proper being, out
of the circle of ali his duties, out of
the circle of all his happiness, and
away, far away, from the purposes
OF his creation"
Year: 1873

but very little. IL is false coin that
you give, and you get false change
as well as false goods Ii is far the
best thing for one TO attempt to be
real, and to be willing to appear at
just what he is wOrth.-IL w. Bee
cher.
Year: 1873

A young man in Bean Hill, Con-
necticut, was wanted as witness In a
liquor case. He saw the constable
coming for him, rushed into tame
~, and hid himself in the sweating
room, where the hair was loosened
from the skin by steam. The engi-
neer innocently let on the steam,
and the consequences is that the un-
willing witness is now as bald as
Elisha.
Year: 1873

The Memphis Ledger has tlis
cheerful bit Of sarcasm for the fund
rEa


And still they are not happy-that
is the funders. State bonds seem TO
be going into a steady decline, the
last quotations in New York being
77lc. for the Old, and 77c. for the
new. This is not establishing our
State credit on Wall street, or put
ting money into the pockets Of those
who declined to unload when ad-
vised by this paper to do so. The
extra session is still deferred, and
will be until the noses are counted
several times more.
Year: 1873

WHAT Is Love LIKE-Love is like
the devil, because it torments: like
heaven, because il wraps the soul in
bliss, like salt, because It is relishing;
like peper because it often sets on
fire; like honey because it is sweet;
like rope, because il is the death of
man; like a prison, because il
makes a man quite miserable; like a
man, because it is here to-day and
off tomorrow; like woman, be-
cause there is no getting rid of it;
like a ship, because it carries one to
the wished for port; like wiIl-o'th-
whisp, because it often leads one in
to bog; like . fierce courser, be-
because il often runs away with one;
like the bite Of mad dog or like
the kiss of pretty woman, because
they both make man run mad; like
u goose, because il is silly; like a
rabbit because there is nothing like
it-In q word il is a ghost, because it
is like everything and like nothing
often talked about but never seen,
touched or understood.
Year: 1873

MrCH OF SAMENEss.-The Washington des-
patches relative to the Caldwell investigation
read very much like those that were sent out n
year ago, when the investigation was first agitat-
I'd. The same hand is visible in them now that
shaped them then, and they all designed to
favor u certain interest The statement that Sid
ney Clarke is there pushing the investigation, de-
privss the matter Of none of its Significance. The
public are interested in the investigation; hut
what right has an impartial news reporter tn
spread broadcast such stuff as that Caldwell snd
'his friends boast that they have sl~nced certain
men; that they are scheming to prevent the sx-
animation of certain hank accounts; or that Ger
tain men. although Democrats, arc anxious to
hurry home, - they have q contract to control
given number Of votes in the Legislature for Sen
atsrf From this standpoint, it looks very much
n if the Associated Press reports were being
prostitut-,l to damage the csuse Of an officer who
il undergoing official examination, and to have
m effect np"n the Senatorial election.