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Year: 1873

We were boys together, George Gib- son and I. We were employed as sales men in grocery store. Business being quite dull, our employer gave us per mission to close the store, that we might attend a ball to be given that evening. I had been paying my respects to Miss Kate H. George also seemed interested in her welfare, and knew that I would be certain to send her my compliments sometime during the day, and request her company to the ball.

 In order to get ahead of me, he sent his invitation quite early in the morn ing. I was not in good humor after George triumphantly showed me his note of acceptance; so when evening came I determined would not attend the ball or stay in the store. We closed about dark. George was ready to start, but had some moments to spare, when, as if to amuse himself, he picked up an old revolver, which we always kept about the store, and was pointing it at | different objects in the room, remark ing how easy he could put hole through it.

 When he pointed it at an oil can, which was quite full, immediately in-

  which caused him to pull the trigger. Zip! the bullet went through the can, and the oil commenced running out in quite stream through the holes the bullet made.

 "Jump, quick, and stop the leak with your fngers" I exclaimed.

 George knew the mischief would be to pay if our employer found the floor covered with oil, and he obeyed my or der immediately. Then happy thought struck me; would leave him in that fix, and go and take Miss Kate myself. Amid a volley of oaths, I made my nasty departure. Arriving at the resi- George was not able to attend, and had cepted his apology, and we attended the ball together. It was late when l returned to the store, and found George still in his uncomfortable position, swearing at me profusely.

 The bullet had passed through the can, and he dared not remove either hand. then procured an empty bar, rel, intending to pump the oil out be. it was necessary for him to be on the | OG4e1 61OC O4 UAC C1us 140 t1S1CCO u the change if I would hold my fingers over the holes until he went around the can. This was unwise enough to con sent to-.

 No sooner had he got me in this fix than he proceeded to wash his hands thea taking up the lamp he went up stairs to bed. I was mad ; language cannot begin to express my feelings.

 n II him to relieve me. Like him, dared not leave the can, for I knew it would cause my dismissal if our employer found the new floor spoiled with oil besides the damage it would do to the goods.

 How I spent the remainder of tht night I shall not attempt to describe it is suficientto to say I stayed there unti morning
Year: 1873

It has been calculated thato meteors bright enough to be visible to the naked eye in a clear moonless night the num- bers that enter our atmosphere daily can not be less than seven and a half millions, and if we include those that would be visible in telescope, the cal culation would exceed four hundred millions. As there is no reason to be- heve that the region in which our earth moves is more thickly beset with mete oric bodies than other parts of the solar domain, and as the space swept through by the earth in & day is mere point compared with the whole extent of that dofhain, the total number of these bodies that must exist around the sun is beyond conception. The hundreds of millions yearly burned up in our at mosphere, and the ashes of which add, it is estimated, one thousand tons weight to our earth in three years, will never be missed

 Besides the stray meteors, of which half a dozen, more or less, may be seen any clear night by watching the sky for an hour, there occur every now and then brilliant displays, known as star show CTS or meteoric showers. It has long been observed that some of these show CTS are. periodical, recurring on the same day of the year, either annually or after period of years. The most remarkable thing about star shower is that all the bodies composing it seem to come from the same limited region of the sky. Those that appear in the cen Ire of the space blaze out and die away without seeming to move: the farther the appearance of meteor from the centre, the longer and more divergent is it's path. The paths proceed from the centre in all directions like rays, and hence it is called the radiant point of the shower. This radiation of the paths, however, is mere appearance, 1 due to perspective. The bodies are re- ally moving parallel to one another

 but the one that is coming directly to. ward the spectator has it's path reduced to point, while the paths of the others all round are seen more or less fore. shortened, and all converging backward toward the vanishing-point.
Year: 1873

A prudent business man will be as careful to insure his life as his goods. Insurance is absolute protection when secured in good companies. Before closing any contract to insure your life examine the plans and look into the practical workings of the old New York Life Insurance Company. If there is an agent of the company in your vicinity, invite him to your place of business and he will give you some interesting facts, and. if not, send to the home office, 346 and 348 Broadway, New York, for 8 statement of the vast business done, assets, and dividends paid.-Cona.
Year: 1873

CHANGING HoRsE's GA1T.-In Bar bary, pacing horses are held in such high estimation that the method of mak- ing spirited trotter shackle like boat in chop sea is reduced to science. To make him rack easily, ring of lead, covered with leather, is put around each hoof cord from each weight ascends, and is fastened to the saddle, front and rear next, strap runs horizontally from the fore to the hind foot on both sides. Being rather short, it is impos- sible to make long step. Restraint compels the animal to practice new gait to progress at all. As soon as 8 habit is established of going ahead thus tethered, the desired amble is fully and permanently accomplished.
Year: 1873

Bark Splitting of Apple Trees.

 What is thecause of this very destruc- tive evil, and what the remedy to be used for 1t? When it once begins, ap- parently but little can be done to save the tree. Last year we had five beauti- full trees totally destroyed. The bark split up the side of the tree facing the south and southwest not one showed any injury in any other aspect. We tried binding up and various curatives, but all of no use. The trees were also killed only one plum tree was, how ever affected in similar way. From the aspect of the tree invariably facing the sunny side of the tree, I became convinced the evil rests in some way in the sun itself. Had it been otherwise the split would have occurred in various positions. The evil cannot be due to too much moisture. Our orchard is we'll underdrained, and, being situated on sandy soil, could not well be SUD- posed to be affected by this cause.

 In thinking over the trouble became almost convinced the splitting of bark was due to the heat of the suns rays falling on frozen trees. Consequently I placed pieces of board against the south and southwest side of the tree. After thus shading them no more split ting took place. - Cor. Canadian Farmer,
Year: 1873

Mr.. J. E. Williams, President of the
Metropolitan Bank Of New York city,
in Il speech before the Clearing House
Association, declared the cause Of thc
monetary pressure i'll New York to be
that I'VE are too rich III wheat, pork
and cotton for our financial pocket >
that fifteen millions Of currency had
been sent to the West to move tie
wheat crop, and that considerable
portion of it had been and would be
temporarily kept there; that formerly
the producing States, when their crops
We're ready for shipment, owed nearly
their whole value tD New York, and
that consequently but little currency
was left with them. Now all that is
changed, or at least to a great extent
and as the South and West get ont o.
debt they absorb moro and more cur
rency. MIR. Williams thinks, too, tha
the black l&borer is fond Of hOardine
greenbacks, to such on extent that 81
would not be an exaggerated estimate
to say that forty or fifty millions 0
greenbacks must lay boarded in th'
negro cabins of the South -
Year: 1873

A Detroit man went into telegraph
office and wrote the following message:
g To the Lord in heaven-Where shall
L go next The world is growing
worse every day There is not an hon
est Christian in America" He was
informed that the lines didn't connect.
Year: 1873

Last night was rather lively for most OF
the press gang, and many things were for
gotten that should have been attended TO,
but business did not prevent Mons. Lardner
tfamiliarly called Nike from getting out
an extra edition. The color of the specimen
81 Mt US was clear and distinct, and from the
n inner the grippers took hold of tie sheets
there mist have been the most perfect
register. The material used was rye-not
straw, but grain. Our compositors took a
number of copies after they were through
WORK
Year: 1873

The Gibraltar Chronicle gives an ac-
pount Of marriage ceremony recently
witnessed In Tapgier, the bridegroom
being His Highness the Sheriff of Qua
zan, a lineal descendant of Mahomet,
and the bride Miss Keen, an English
Christian lady for some time resident in
MOROCCO The bride rode to the British
Consulate on an Arab horse covered with
scarlet saddle.cloth embroidered with
gold, and was there presented by the
bridegroom to Sir John Hay DrummoBd,
who ofiiciated at the marriage ceremony.
After the usual rites had been per
formed the welded pair rode hack to
their hotel, where a sumptuous banquet
was held, the Consulate body and other
distinguished officers OF the government
being present in regal array. The
bridegroom was arrayed in the flowing
Eastern dress Of dark blue, and was at
tended BIZ a guard of Moorish soldiers.
The festivities we're kept until late into
the evening, and at the conclusion Of the
ceremonies the happy couple were
driven 70 the country house Of the Sher-
if. The bridegroom is = parsonage Of
the greatest importance in Morocco, and
won an enviahle distinction throughout
the country during the war with Spain.
By her marriage TO Mohsmmedan Miss
Keen forieits the protection Of the Esq
hsh law, and becomes one Of the four
wives Of her husband.
Year: 1873

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A good story is told in literary circles
in New York Of an enthusiastic Carlyle
club Of ladies aud gentlemen Of Cam
bridge and Boston, who meet period.
cally 70 read their chosen prophet and
worship az bis shrine. One Of them
not imbued with sufficient reverence q
teach him better. feloniously eoHtrived
q have she reader on a certain evening
inserf something Of his own composition
into tie reading as though Il came from
the printed page and Csrlyles hand
Year: 1873

outside the house, if you can thereby
Tighten the labor of him who has borne
the burden and heat of the day, for in
so doing you will not only induce him
to stay and love his home, but you will
invariably receive kindness and assist
anee from him in return, when he has
leisure. When in concert, you have
set all things right, you can all wash up
and play the piano, sing sweet songs or
ride for pleasure and enjoy the evening
hours as those only can who are of one
heart and one mind.


We therefore conclude il the boy has
an unseltsh, cheerful, pleasant home. he
will be willing to be farmer even for
the sake of enjoying it, unless there be
something inherent or constitutional
which leads to other occupations. If 50,
a model home will serve as silent mon
itor for good when far away.


A FARMERS WIFE
Year: 1873

A SUGGESTION TO LITERARY MEN,
An intimate friend of Horace Greeley
told him months ago that he had not
had good sound sleep for months. This
fact probably accounts for the habit the
famous journalist had of dropping into
a doze at unexpected times and in un-
usual places. He doubtless felt forced
to sleep whenever he could. Nature
will not long suffer herself to be de-
frauded of her rights, and those who
cannot sleep at night may we'll be alarm.
ed. When the brain is overwrought,
sleeplessness ensues; and if this becomes
habitual, neither brain nor body can en-.
dure the lack of rest long. There is
much truth in remark recently made
"Men of intellectual toll, you are care
ful of the candle to keep it burning
brightly you had better begin to look
after the eandlestick p
Year: 1873

LATE Hours AND SHORT LIvEs.-The
New York Times, discussing the question
why people do not live longer, says:


Among the lesser causes which at pres
ent operate against longevity there i.
one which is none the less important be
cause SO few take it into account. Thai
is the insidious arrangement of the sys.
tenn resulting from the ate hours affect
ed by polite society. The preparatory
powers of sleep are seldom recognized
any more than the truth that to yield its
fullest benefits this most potent of rene
dies should be taken at the proper sea-
son. What that season is, nature un-
mistskably indicates. But, as now reg
ulated, how many people, in what is
called society, ever get to bed before
midnight, at least during the season
There is ball or a party or reception
to go to nearly every night, which begins,
on an average, about ten, and ends, let
us say, at two. A young woman who
makes it practice to 60 to bed at that
hour of the morning for three months Of
the year together, need not be surprised
to find the roses rapidly fading from her
cheeks. With young men the result is
quite as bad, since the exigencies of bu-
siness often deprive them OF the proper
amount of most necessary rest. Youth
is apt to think the balance of vitality
inexhaustible, and to draw against il as
iavishly as though age and disease were
not. But the older heads, to whose pill
lows sleep is rarer visitor, can tell them
its value. The remedy for all this. is
very simple. Let our balls and parties
only begin couple of hours earlier,
Everybody will have precisely the same
amount of enjoyment, get to bed in good
time, and get up the next morning feel
ing infinitely better than after one OF
these midnight routs. For some time
past, among sensible entertainers, there
has been movement in this direction.
But it should be systematic to be effect
i've. Let it once be understood that it is
as questionable to come late to an eve
ming party as it is now supposed to be to
come early, and reform, whose value
is not to be measured by its seeming
triviality, would be accomplished a,
once.
Year: 1873

MILK PAINT In Every Man has
Oaon Painter we find the following:
I" For painting in rooms where the smell
of oil or turpentine would be objection
able, preparation may be made as fol-
lows: Take eight ounces of freshly
Stacked lime and mix it in an earthen
vessel with three quarts of SKINNED
sweet milk. In another vessel mix three
and half pounds of Paris white with
three pints of the milk. When these
mixtures are we'll stirred up put them
together and add six ounces OF linseed
oil. Mix these we'll and it will be ready
for use. This preparation is equal to oil
paint, and is excellent for walls and
ceilings. Amy shade may be made by
he addition Of dry pigments.
Year: 1873

Here is an ther one of those delight
full facts of science: Feeling il much
slower sense than sight. If man had
an arm long enough to reach the sun,
and were to touch that body with the
tip of his finger, he would never find out
whether it we're hot or cold, as he would
be dead before the sensation arrived at
headquarters, which would require 100
years." But wouldn't his fingers be
pretty well fried by that time?
Year: 1873




been topic for free COZ versation, as well
as the ready theme of many writer. Ev-
cry man considers it his privilege to dis
cuss the character of every other man,
seldom bearing in mind that he is him
self subject to the same unreserved crit
icism. Two men, meeting on the street,
stop to exchange their opinions concern
ing the proceedings of this or that man,
while they gravely shake their heads,
and doubt if he is such person as he
ought to be. A lady steps in to make q I
morning call upon her neighbor, in or
der to relate some new flaw which she
has discovered in the character of the
neighbor on the other side. The char
acter of community becomes the prin-
cipal subject for talk in another commu-
nifty, till the former comes to be cousid-
cred almost pandemonium. The little
difficulties which occur between neigh
bors, or even the more weighty dissen-
sions of townsmen, bring out a mans
character wonderfully. A truly good
and honorable individual steps about an
inch out of the path which others have
marked out for him to walk 10, aud he
is lost. His error, SO considered, Is re-
marked about in pompous language by
people who, no doubt, consider them-
selves exemplary in every particular.
And so 1t goes, like SNOWFALL rolling
iown hill, which accumlates a new coat
ing with every revolution. Also. a man
who has long been considered = person
u veracity is placed in the class OF lias
when one of his falsehoods can be ed
to advantage by another party. The
party in question never thought before
that he was such man" and in the fu-
ture they will, undoubtedly, keep out of
his way, SO as to keep their own gar
ments unsoiled. Not every man expects
to have a biography of his life handed
down to the generation which shall come
after him. He is neither Stokes or q
Fisk, to have his name handed about
through the country. by every man, wo-
man and child, but if he has a character,
be it good or bad, busy tongues will not
let him alone. Ii every person would
consider the defects in his own character
before so freely pointing out those of
others, it would be well. He who talks
the loudest and breaches the longest on
the text of Others faults is usually
the one who is most freely com mented
upon by people in general. and, very
likely, not without cause.


Would all bear in mind the command,
Let him who is without fault among
you first cast the stone, the result would
be marked. Feelings of peace and good
will would more generally exist between
man and man, and communities would
learn to devote what has been given
them to better and nobler purposes than
the promotion of strife and ill-will.


f. A. H.
Year: 1873

A woman who had been committed to
Jail in Baltimore as common scold,
while there fell desperately in love with
a dashing looking young man incarcer-
ated for larceny, and as soon as they
we're released, they hied them away to
a minister and were made one. Their
courtship had been carried on under diff
iculties. And their married bliss was
of short duration, for in few days the
faithless bridegroom disappeared with
s26 belonging to his trusting and now
disconsolste spouse.
Year: 1873

A lady left a little child of two yea s
playing ON the floor, the other day, while
she went out for few minutes. Ga her
return she was Mortified to see her little
girl toying with rat which she held in
one hand while she caressed it with the
other. With an exclamation of dismay
she rushed to the side of her little one,
snatched up the rat, and-deliberately
proceeded to do up her hair with it.
Year: 1873

The best piece of news, in the literary way,
for many day, is the announcement that
Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner have
written novel in partnership! It win be pub
lished about the end of the summer, and will
be octave in form and profusely illustrated.
The book deals with the salient features of
our American life ofto-day; and, as might easi-
ly be OWNED, is in the nature of satire.
Year: 1873

Kingsley says: If you wish to be miserable,
you must think about yourself; about what
you want, what you like, what respect peo-
pie ought to pay you, what people think of
you; and then to you nothing will be pure.
You will spoil. everything you touch; you
will make sin and misery for yourself out of
everything God sends you; you will be as
wretched as you choose
Year: 1873

Experiments made in Italy, to show the ef-
feet of different colored light upon respiration
have resulted in showing that green and yell
low rays, which are most important to the
vegetable kingdom in taking up carbonic acid
are also most favorable to the respiration o.
animals; that is, to enable them to give off
the most carbonic acid Here is a hint re.
garding the kind of colors best fitted for wall
paper or household ornament
Year: 1873

taken and buried as his; but this I managed by placing my clothing upon the body of Mexican officer, killed in 8 duel, and disfiguring the face so as to be unrecognizable.

 "I sailed for Europe, and with the jewels and other property in my pos session, found myself rich man.

 "In London I met our host, and promised him, if I ever came to America, to visit him. So, arriving last week, l met him in New York, and came up home with him.

 "The name that I bear is my own, being Edmond Madrida Melincho, but the latter have discarded forever.

 Once since my arrival have seen Ellen Rodman, but without her seeing me, and I learn that her father is dead, having died two years ago, and left her poor, and that she is now living with a maiden aunt, her fathers sister.

 "Now, Colonel, you know my history, and I will candidly say that it is my in- tention to make known my presence to Ellen, tell all of my life, and ask her to be my wife, and who that knew my story would condemn me. You will not betray me, will you, Colonel?'

 The Mexican finished his story of bitter wrong done him, and of his blood stained life that followed, and, with arms folded upon his heart, ,and his eyes looking deep into mine, awaited my answer.

 I offered my hand, and to his ques- tion answered.:

 "Senor Madrida, no act of mine shall ever cause you to regret the confidence placed in me and as I know Miss Rod man, I may be of service to you."

 "Thank you, Colonel many times thank you. Tomorrow we will talk to- gether about it. Now it is daylight nearly, for, see, the sky is getting bright beyond the mountain" and placing his arm in mine, we returned to the house, and then retired to our rooms.

 Itwas arranged that should call upon Miss Rodman and tell her the history of Edmond Madrida' s life as he had told it to me, and if I found she was still true to her love for him, that I was to bring him to the house and introduce him, as friend of mine, to her aunt and herself, and leave the rest to fate.

 Upon my return to New York I called upon Ellen Rodman, and at the first mention of the Mexican's name I saw that she had not ceased to love him. and when my story was ended she beg ged me to bring him at once to her.

 Miss Mary Rodman, Ellen's aunt, was delighted with my foreign friend, and when-three months after-Ed- mond asked for the hand of her niece, the old lady granted it willingly, and I verify believe that the only regret of the dear old soul was that she was not forty years younger, to marry him her. self

 Thus were two lovers made happy, and in one of the pleasant portions of our almost boundless republic they live together in peace and contentment in 8 lovely home, far from the strife of busy cities.