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Year: 1872

Through opening riffs, in the southwark sky,
Thesun looks down on the yerdureless earth
Where, withered and strown the forest leaves lie
Cold on the bosom that gave them birth.
But 10, how changed Through all the still night
And soft as the gossamer's fairy tread,
A mantle Of snow of the purest white,
Has come down-a shroud for the old veal


dead.


Sad and sorrowiul the north winds blow
Athwart the pines on the brow of the hill,
And over the fields of drifting snow,


Down where the stream runs dark and chill
The rich make merry in the lighted hail,
BY the genial hearth and the ample board
They heed not the Winters blast at all.
For their fuels heaped, and their garner


stored.


Pity the lot Of the helpless poor,


With children many and scanty fare;
To them the wolf howls at the door,
The cold looks in with icy glare
o Winter, rude and rigorous thou


To many thou bringest days of grief
But God, remembering aye his VOW,
The summer glad, shall bring relief.
Year: 1872

LOCK AT Your CARDs.-A Des Moines
druggist sent his clerk out to drum for
sales of OIL He carried the card of the
proprietor and the picture of his girl in
his side-pocket. He called upon a trades
man at Newton, and tossed card upon
the counter, saying that he represented
that establishment. The tradesman picked
it up, gave it steady look, and said it
was fine establishment, and was informed
by the clerk that he had represented it
about two years, whereupon he remarked
to the youth that he supposed he would
soon be partner. The youth said he
would be pleased to sell him some coal oil
and that his establishment handled NOR,
than any other in Des Moines. The
tradesman took another look at the card
and asked the boy if he wasn't mistaken


He hlushingly guessed he was, as he re
turned his girls picture to his pocket.
Year: 1872

FRS AND STARTs.--Spasmodic efforts
amount to little or nothing. 1t is steady
application that aecomplishes. One may
be easily fred up to do something, and as
suddenly cooled off. The team--of men
or horses-that will pull together and pull
steadily, win do the work But those
who are are always beginning and never
finishing, have more of the spasmodic than
the persevering. Moral; teach your chill
dren to do one thing at time and to fin
ish what they begin.
Year: 1872

The words of glorious old John Milton
are right words Though all the winds
Of doctrine were let loose upon the earth,
so Truth be among them We need not fear.
Let her and falsehood grapple who ever
knew her to be put to the worst in free
and open eucounter?'
Year: 1872

A person weighing himself just before


going to bed, and again in the morning,
win find that he has lost pound or more
during the night. For the most part this
refuse Of the system has passed of in the
room in the form Of exhalations from ths
lungs and skin. This is an appstizins
shsasht for the people who sleep witl
closed windows. Z
Year: 1872

Be vigilant.

 Pay as you go.

 Trade is money.

 Read your county paper.

 Never "fooP' in business.

 Learn to think and act for yourself. Do not kick every stone in the path. Do not stop to tell stories in business hours.

 Pay strict attention to your own af. fairs.

 Keep ahead rather than behind the times.

 Have but few confdents, and the few CT the better.

 Use your own brains, rather than those of others.

 A man of honor respects his word as he does his bond.

 No man can get rich who lounges in stores and saloons.

 If you have place of business, be found there when wanted or in business hours.

 He who seeks to build his reputation on the weakness of another has an unsafe foundation.

 Learn to say "no." No necessity oi snapping it dog-fashion, but say it re- spectfulIy, as you ought to.

 Help others when you can, but never give what you cannot afford to, simply because it is fashionable.

 Never buy an article you do not need simply because it is cheap, and the man who sells it will take it out in trade.
Year: 1872

THE CAUCASIAN Hoop. Says letter writer, you may crumple up in your hand what will cover the head and shoulders of tall man. They are of color un- like any shade know, being little lighter, and infinitely more rich than of the color known as Bismarck or in rage" The hood protects the shoul- ders as we'll as the head, and has also long lappels, which can be crossed on the breast and tied round the waist, or else gathered costly round the neck, and in any case it looks graceful and well. If the bashluick this IS it's name be up, the face is shielded, and no cold air from without can penetrate. It is the very thing for soldiers and beauties alike. Every lady in Russia thinks she is bound to have one. Itserves not only for tie day, but for the opera-those for the opera are generally white but what ever the color, the point de guer is that they must be of Caucasian materials, and above all, trimmed with Caucasion gold.
Year: 1872

I Irecollect, in former days,

 loved maiden with blue eyes; Her style was gentle, and her hand

 Exactly formed the proper size. Her voice in cadence had the sound An eddy makes in messy nook, And when she spoke to me, thought, With slightly extra interest shook. Thus dawning of sweet love began Delightful tremblings in my chest Foretold the bliss to come at noon,

 When all the truth had been confessed. One charming day when larks wore high, And we were on the walk alone, I thought that Providence had marked The hour especially our own. I told her in few words my love;

 She answered with accepting tear; And just before the sealing kiss,

 Sighed, "What's your income, dear ?"
Year: 1872

STICK TO THE BRooMsTIcK.--Di you ever see woman throw 6 stone at hen? It is one of the most ludicrous scenes in everyday life. We recently observed tho process-indeed, we paid more at tention than the hen did, for she did not mind it at all, and laid an egg the next day as if nothing had happened. In fact, that hen will know for the first time that she served in the capacity of tar get. The predatory fowl had invaded the precincts of the flower bed, and was industriously pecking and scratching for the nutritious seed or the early worm, blissfully unconscious of impending dan ger. The lady now appears upon the scene with broom. This she drops and picks up 8 rocky fragment of the Silurian age, and then makes her first mistalze-they all do it-of seizing the projection With the wrong hand Then with malice aforethought, she makes the further blunder of swinging her arms perpendicularly instead of horizontally -thereupon the stone flies into the air, describing an irregular elliptical curve, of the earth as far from the hen as the thrower stood at the time, in a course due west from the same, the hen then bearing by the compass north-northeast by half east. At the second attempt the stone narrowly missed the head of the thrower herself, who seeing that any fur ther attempt at the kind would be suici- dal, did what she might have done first, started after the hen with an old and fa- miliar weapon. The moral of which is Stick to the broomstick. k.-Providenc Herald.
Year: 1872

WILL DO r.-It has scarcely been mentioned, for the comfort of the tim orous, that sprinkling of carbolie acid will disinfect fractional currency, before it appears that the effect of the acid is to destroy the value of the note. The same chemical power which kills the small pox germ eats out the ink, and leaves the stamp mere blurred piece of paper;
Year: 1872

Physicians throughout the world agree as to the ns

 cessity for diusve stimuants in medical practice, but complain and with good reason of the mpossbiity of obtaining them pure. The difficulty here presented would be serious indeed if the class of agents limited to the aduterAted liquors and wines of trade

 It vanishes however when the absolute purity and traordinary properties of Hostetters Btes taken into consideration As stimuant the article is absolutely free from everything objectionable but this is only of it's recommendations. If it were nothing more than an cxctant it's effects would be feetng It might refresh and revive the system for few minutes but could produce no permanent benefit

 The stimulating elements of the Btters is means not ead The tonic anti-blous depurative and aperent vegetable juices combined in the preparation are the agents that impart vgor and regularity to the weakened and dsordered organization the spirtrous principle being chiefly useful in dusing their influence throush the system and otherwise facilitating their operation

 Alcohol, even in it's purest form is not much medi

 cine a motive power, by which the specifics of tbs vegetable kingdom be brought to bear upon ths facilitated and disordsred that require

 ing and regulating and it is in this way that the pure essence of incorporated in Hostetters Bitters in

 the efficiency of the purely medical ingredients
Year: 1872

A new style of lace scarf is composed of thread lace over tulle, and is slightly

 hered at the back of the neck, so as to form cape, where it is fastened with velvet bow; itis then crossed ir front and fastened with loose knot at the back of the waist.
Year: 1872

The advertiser having been permanently cured of that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure To all who desire it, he will send copy of prescription used, ree of charge with the directions for preparing and using the which they will find SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION. ASTHMA BRONCHITIS, &c. Parties wishing the prescription will please address

 Rev. EDWARD A WILSON

 264 South Third street. Williamshnrrh N V
Year: 1872

An eminent writer upon the subject
in speaking of the action Of the sun in
the great work of germination, remarks:


Upon the chemical influence of the
SUMS rays depends the termination of
seeds as well as the growth Of the,
plants. We bury the seed in the ground
and shut it out from the influence Of
light, but we do not place it beyond the
reach of the suns actinic influence, for.
that penetrates like heat to the little
earthly couch where the embryo plant
lies hid, and arouses it into life. Light,
or the lum niferous rays of the sun, so,
important to the well being Of the plant,
is actually inimical to the excitatioE Of
vitality in the seed. How singular is
this fact! A series of carefully con;
Quoted experiments has proved that
seeds will not germinate in light, al,
though supplied with heat and moisture;
when the actinic rays are cut off, De-
prived of the luminous rays with the t.
actinic in full force, they spring into
life with great rapidity.. Seeds sown
upon the surface of the earth will scarce.
ly germinate, as soil culti7ators very
well known, and, on the other hand,
seeds buried so deep that the actinic
rays cannot reach them will certainly
perish. The planting of seeds. SO as
to secure the proper distance below the
surface, is most important point in
as it has much to do with
the early starting of the plant and the
success of the crops"
Year: 1872

put up the margin. 1t will he different
from what it was in 'G4, when Daniel
was cornered in Harlem. He had no
margin up, and he went home, sick -
Vanderbilt went up to his house and
said:


"'You old sucker, why don't you get
up, and pay your debts like man 2


Drew refused to pay his losses, and
finally settled by paying s500,000.


"And then in 66, when he was cor
nercd in Michigan Southern, he went to
law about if, hut in this case the money
is up, and if he looses he will be very
apt to be obliged to pav::''


MR. DREW CONFIDENT OF WINNING.


But while many predicted that Mr..
Drew would be badly beaten in the op-
Grafton, the prediction in many cases
was traceable to fear or .envy so6 the
wary anil powerful capitalist. Mr.. Drew
is an old hand at the helm. and thus far
he has proved eriinently successful in
padding his own canoe. This trip may
bring him into port freightcd with very
rich cargo, or strand him on the beach
with not enough left to pay the wreck
ers for calling on him. Mr.. Drew is
satisfied to await the result.


A Sun reporter met Uncle Daniel yes
terday. He took his steak like man
whose appetite is not impaired by any
unpleasant thoughts of the future, and
his walk and talk reflected his usual
unique quiet good humor. Evidently
he is not scared a hit. To quote the
language Of an irreverent Broad street
broker, "The old mans tearer."
Year: 1872

to be strong, earliest man, active in
good deeds. There was time, as the
Self-reliant, self-willed boy stood on the
verge Of manhood, when passion and
pride threatened to mar the just proper
lions Of his forming character; but the
power of another life, purer, sweeter,
more loving and patient than his, soft
ened bis asperitics. lifted him into re-
gions of clearer light, and helped him to
see and feel the beauty of goodness
With his own weak hands Alfred could
not move the outside world; but he held
such power over the heart of one whose
hands were strong to do the bidding Of
an active mind that he made himself
widely felt, and always on the side of
right and beneticencc


And not alone through Leon did his
pure life blossom and isd fruitage in the
world. Virtue seemed to 60 out of him,
whenever a human soul came near
enough to draw from his full charged
inner life an electric current.


Yes, the mother was right. God had
a place in the world for the poor cripple,
and work for him to do, and the world
was better because of his life-poor, in
efficient and cramped,as it seemed in the
eyes of all.
Year: 1872

An experimenting Detroit chemist
took piece of threadbare cotton cloth,
smeared it with linseed oil, and placed
it in the center of chest filled with
rags. Although the room was not tight
and the weather was cold, there was a
smeA of fire about the room in eight
days. Unpacking it, the experimenter
found the rag half cbarred. In April
he made similar trial with pair of
painters overalls, which he rolled up
with pine shavings and crowded in next
to the roof boards Of loft In week
the smell of smoke alarmed workman
in the next room, and the overalls were
found to be OH fire. And during the
hottest weather handful of old cotton
rags, not smeared With oil, became hot
enough, when hung up in tin box in
the sun, to light matches which he had
placed among them. These facts show
the necessity Of caution in putting
away rags, especially those that may be
saturated with oil, benzine or other in
flammable substance
Year: 1872

The first use of education is to ena-
bic US to consult With the wisest and
greatest Of men on all points of earnest
difficulty. To use books rightly, is to
go to them for help; to appear to them,
when our own knowledge and power of
decision have failed to be led by them
into wider sight, purer conception than
our own, and receive from them the
united sentence Of the judges and coun-
ellis OF all time, against our solitary and
unstable opinion -Ruskih.
Year: 1872

The ''horoskope" for NJ arch is thus
cast by Josh Billings:


The man horn this month will be in
clined tew blow little. He will be do
mestik man and will know how to rok the
kradle and pare potatoze. He will marry
the only daughter of widdo, and will
he good judge of mothers in-law. He
will die about the usual time in life, and
leave house and lot, with small mort
gage on it. He never will run for offs
but once, and get beat. The woman
who appears this month will be all old
maid till she is twenty years old, and
will then suddenly put stop two this
kind of business by investing in yung
man. She will be good housekeeper,
and will kno how to make a plum pad
din with the plums left out. She will
hang on her buty till she is about 40 !;
after that she will have to take her chan.
ceS.
Year: 1872

Let your children alone when they
gather around the family table. 1t is q
cruelty to hamper them with manifold
rules and regulations about this, and
that, and the other. AS long as their
conduct is harmless to others, ercour-
age them in their cheerfulness. If they
do smack their lips, and suppings of
milk and other drinks can be heard
across the street; let them alone. What
if they do take their soup with the
wrong end of the spoon; let them alone


Suppose child does not sit as
straight as ramrod at the table; sup
pose cup or tumbler should slip
through its little fingers and deluge the
plate Of food below, and the goblet is
smashed, and the table cloth ruined, do
not look thousand scowls and thun-
ders, and scare the poor thing to the
balance of its death, for it was scared
half to death before. It ';didn't 60 to
do it." Did you never let glass slip
through your fingers since you were
grown? IHstead of sending the child
away from the table in anger, with not
even threat for this or any like moth
ing, be as generous as you would to an
equal or superior guest, to whom you
would say, with more or less obse-
quious smile, Its of no possible con-
sequence" That would be the form of
expression even to stranger guest (;
and yet to your own child you remorse-
lessly, and revengefully and angrlly,
mete out swift punishment, which for
the time, almost breaks its little heart,
and belittles you amazingly.


The proper and more Christian meth
cd Of meeting the mishaps ana delin-
quencies and improprieties of your
children at the table, is either to take
no notice Of them at the time. or divert
attention from them at the very instant,
if possible, or to make kind of apollo
gy for them. But afterwards, in an
hour or two better still, the next day,
draw the child's attention to the fault,
if fault it was, in friendly and loving
manner; point out the improperly in
some kindly way, show where it was
wrong or rude, and appeal to the child's
self-respect or manliness. This is the
best way to correct all family errors
Sometimes it may not succeed; some
times harsh measures may be required !;
but try the deprecating or the kindly
method with perfect eQuanimity of mind,
and failure will be of rare occurrence.
DR.. Hall.
Year: 1872

Sigismond Kaufman; of New York,
who repudiates Grant and joins in the
call for the Cincinnati Convention, was
the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor in 1870 He is German
lawyer in very extensive practice, and is
highly honored among his fellow coun-
tryman and is neither "sorehead' nor
an "office holder"


A New York farmer laughed when his
prudent wife advised him not to smoke
on a load Of hay. He footed it home
that night, with his hair singed, most of
his garments prey to the devouring ell
ements, and the iron work of the wagon
in potato sack; and then his wife
laughed.
Year: 1872

This is what usually comes of playing
with edged tools: A fellow up in Ore
gon thought he would be smart, and just
have little fun with young lady on
whom he had waited two or three times
He asked her what she would do if a
nice young fellow asked her to marry
him, She smiled, oh, SO gushingly, and
looked good enough to eat, but said
nothing. Then he asked her what she
would say if he asked her to marry him,
She threw her arms around him, and
rushed out Of the room for her hat and
shawl. The poor fellow says he was
never married so sudden in his life
Probably that was the nearest she ever
came TO being asked, and she thought
foo,ing around with sentiment would be
dangerous
Year: 1872

In making them care must be taken
not only in the purchase of material, but
in cutting them so as to preserve the in
tegrity of the idea. The sleeves mast
be in antique, that is close ct the top,
with deep ruflles. The high bodice cut
in one with the skirt to open in front, bat
closes so as to form a long waist, cut
with spring which deepens almost into
points back and front The skirt is
looped up in five different places, thrice
at the back and one upon each side with
velvet ribbon loops.
Year: 1872

Heart disease paralysis and nervous exhaus-
tion are the diseases that make havoc on the
Pacific coast, aud break down men apparently
in the prime Of life. The climate is a stimuIant
leading men on to do Their utmost aud deceit.
fully leaving them to die when they break down
Year: 1872

The North Carolina State election TOOK
place last Thursday. The most intense eS-
element aud anxiety has been felt all over
the country to know the result Grant had
made the old North State the battle-ground
of the campaign and every exerIlon ana
money without stint has been poured into the
State to elect the Radical ticket. Everything
failed and the Democracy have come out with
fying colors. Although the returns are not
full or complete we are satisfied that Merrl-
mon, the Democratic candidate for Governor
Is elected by over 10000 majority and that we
have likewise carried six out OF the eight
Congressional Districts, and have the Legis-
lature by o large majority, secur'ngs Seaatoi
in place Of a Radicals.


The Radicals of Van Buren, look blank and
admit that North Carolina virtually settles
the election of GREELEY and BRowN.


Keep the ball a rolling until Arkansas Is
redeemed
Year: 1872

:" HAM EATER. "A correspondent, writing
-ette from Fort Smith. misrepresents the real
sentiments Of the people of the North West.
more particularly so. Crawford county. when
he SAYS they will not cordially support
JosEPH BROOKS. Ham Eater. knows moth
ing of what he writes and it is little credit to
the Gazette to publish such stun. and the
writer would be much better occupied in at
tending to his life insurance business The


Gazette has done, and is still doing more
harm to the reform movement of the State
than all the Radical papers in the State to-
gether. 1t has done nothing since the close
of the Convention, but TO create discord and
anarchy in the ranks of the Democracy, and
it is more in sorrow than anger that we see
it and feel compelled so to speak. We insist
that Joseph Brooks should be continued at
the bead of the Reform movement in this
state; under the present situation We believe
him to be the strongest and best man, and are
sustained, universally, by the true and tried
Democracy of all Crawford. And when the
it has to take Mr.. Brooks, at last. how SUI
premely short-sighted and ridiculously un-
wise, will the action OF the organ. that ad-
ministers words with the bark ON. appear.
We object to the Gazettes employed CORES
pondent, miSrepresenting the sentiments of
the people in the West, to help sustain them
in the course they have pursued,