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Year: 1871

THERE are great many people who
are subject to "bilious attack" every
spring, and who expect it as a matter of
course The Herald of Health says there
is no more need for people being thus sick
in the spring than at any other time of
the year, if they only know how to live
This periodical sickness can be prevented
simply by regulating the diet. Not that
all persons who have been subject to such
attacks year after year, for long time,
can always overcome the difficulty at once.
We are all such creatures of habit that
when anything becomes established in
this way there is strong tendency to its
return at the regular time, even after the
producing cause has ceased to operate !;
consequently, in bad cases, it sometimes
takes several years to overcome it entirely
Under proper regimen the attacks will
grow less severe every year until they en-
tirely disappear.


During cold weather people eat larger
quantities than usual of carbonaceous food,
such as fat meats, sugar, butter, bread,
cake and other preparations of white or
superfine flour, nuts, fats, syrups, ETC.. OF
course much larger quantity of carbon
aceous food is required by the system in
cold weather than in warm, but as
a general thing people eat too much
of it. clog up their systems with
the excess, and overburden the
excretory organs, particularly the
liver, in vain efforts to get rid of it.
Those who take great deal of out door
exercise are usually enabled to work it off,
and seldom suffer much in consequence,
except in hot weather; while those who
lead sedentary, indoor, life suffer most
When warm weather comes on in the
| spring, people require much less carbona-
ceous food, but instead of changing their
| mind as the weather changes, they con
| tinue toseat the same kinds of food they
have been eating during the coolest
weather of winter, and the consequence is
that the already oVerburdened liver is un-
| able to bear up under this extra load, and
utterly refuses to perform its functions
until it has had a chance to rest and throw
off its accumulated burdens. Now to pre-.
vent this state of things two things are
necessary. First, people must eat less
proportion of carbonaeeous food at all
times Second, as the weather grows
warmer in the spring they must eat much
less quantity of it than they do in cold
weather, and substitute instead more veg
etables and acid fruits Every family
should have a large supply of canned
fruits and green vegetables to use at this
time of year For a single article there is
nothing SO good as tart apples, and they
should be used in unlimited quantities.
Year: 1871

DURING the cruise of the United States
ship Plymouth in the East Indies she Wis
tied the coast of Borneo, and there spent
some time in regulating our commercial
interests. While lying off the mouth of
Bruni River, upon which is situated the
capital city of Borneo proper, party was
made UP to visit upas tree, which, it ap
pears is occasionally found in other islands
than Java


With boats crew, well-armed, we left
the ship at daybreak, in order to accom-
plish the distance (21 miles) before the
sun came out in full strength. Reaching
the mouth of the river, after pull of an
hour and half we landed to eat our
breakfast, and, after resting the crew,
put off again, arriving at our place of des-
tination about 10 a. m. We we're all look
ing out eagerly for the wonderful stories
that so fascinated our boyhood; but here
were no barren wastes, or arid, skeleton
covered plains.


Following our native guide boat, we
sheered in alongside of grassy bank, the
summit of which was laid out in small
plots like children's gardens at home,
each plot surrounded by a border of shells,
with carefully kept walks between them.
Nothing but grass and flowers were grow
ing there, but these were luxuriant; for
this was graveyard, and we were even
then standing under the shadow of the
terrible poison tree, near which these peo-
pie bury their dead, which may partially
account for the wonderful stories told by
early travellers. The tree itself measured
eleven feet in circumference five feet above
the ground, and, instead of scattering
death and destruction, was girded round
with creeping vines and many -colored par
asites that wound their way to the top
most branches, which were higher than
any of the surrounding trees, and equaled,
if not surpassed, those of our loftiest for
est trees at home.


An incision was made, after the manner
of tapping maple trees, and the sap, which
is reported to be a deadly poison, com
menced flowing drop by drop. 1t was of
a yellowish white color, thick and glutin-
Gus, resembling, in its general appearance,
good rich cream There was no unpleas-
ant odor preceptible from it, nor did any
of us experience any disagreeable sensa-
ton, though standing nea- by when the
sap was being discharged. This was so
slow an operation that il required nearly
an hour to fill two-ounce vial Mean
time it was desirable to procure some of
the leaves and branches, but these were
beyond or reach, as the lowest branch was
al least one hundred feet from the ground,
and, although the men could easily have
climbed up by the vines, the surgeon in
charge of the party refused to let them
Year: 1871

A NOME should have garden of some
kind attached TO it. However poor the
house may be, little plot of garden in
front of it, where something pretty is
growing, where green vines are climbing
upward into the sunlight, where birds and
bees and children lcve to gather, and the
passer-by pauses to look with interest and
pleasure, gives it far more home-like and
attractive aspect than it can otherwise
have. Many an ordinary house, with
well-kept and tastefully arranged garden,
presents far more pleasing and attractive
appearance than much costlier mansion
whose bare walls have no variegated set
ting of natural beauty to give completeness
to the picture. 1t is surprising how much
a few flowers set in the window add to the
cheerfulness of the room they adOrn, and
the home likeness of the house as seen
from the street. A few hoDeysuckles or
woodbines trailing over an arbOr or along
house wall, alters the aspect of the place
at once, aud creates an impression favora-
BILE to its inmates =


This is the time of year for making pre-
paratiCns for the summer garden; and we
advise our fair friends in particular to
spare no pains in having such plot of
some kind, in which they can work an
hour or two every day, for the health that
comes from iDt CAtTClS6 dIu the luNlSoId-
ton such contact with nature always gives.
Every child wants a garden, and whenever
it is possible even the smallest child should
have the pleasure of planting few seeds
and seeing them grow, week by week,
until he feels something of the beauty and
mystery there is in nature, and falls in love
with her methods and laws. The garden
is the best of nurseries, and it needs only
the fine tact and mastery of natures art
to make it the best of schools. 1t would
be well could it be so arranged that in the
summertime the table could be sometimes
spread upon the lawn, exchanging the
woolen carpet for one of green gssss, and
the accustomed pictures of the dining room
for the fine landscapes visible from almost
every country home. The garden is merely
the frame in which home is set, and the
more that is done to make the setting
beautiful the more shall we prize and enjoy
the jewel it contains.-GOlden Age.
Year: 1871

THERE is certainly one man who has
walked far enough for his pension. He
turned up in Albany, N. Y, the other
night, ON his way to Buffalo TO draw his
pension. He had walked all the way from
out money, and this with one lame leg.
Year: 1871

need il by system which will secure
suiliciency to all and stop at once
the long series of swindles by which
so many millions Of acres have been
given away to those who already have
more than enough


These arc somo OF the duties which
lie before the people if they desire to
see their government administered
with decent respect for the consti.
tuition Of their fathers or with tolera-
BILE honesty in financial matters.


Wo have no test of orthodoxy-no
disabilities for nor determinations
against former political antagonists.
We cannot and do not object to bygone
differences, provided the citizen be
truly and faithfully devoted now Ia
the interests and institutions of the
whole country and all the Inhabitants
thereof.


Our object is not revolution, but
restoration, not injury to our oppo
nents, but an assertion of our own
rights and those of our fellow citizens.
By order Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee.


WILLIAM A. WALLACE.


Chairman.
Year: 1871

SHAKING THE Mercy
on us Carrie, where did all these pieces
of bread and cheese, of cake and sand
wiches, dried beef and pie, come from?
Enough to make some hungry child
meal"


Carrie looked out of the window 1t
was her father who had spoken He was
standing on the icy pavement before the
door regarding her curiously.


"Oh" she said, it is where l shook out
the tablecloth"


"Where you shook out the tablecloth,
my daughterr'


Her father was all ready for walk, but
he turned and came back into the house
and sat down. Carrie knew thata lecture
was coming. Now she was not fond of
lectures, but, knowing she deserved it,
submitted with the best possible grace.


MY daughter, if you want to grow UP
to be a careful, prudent woman, and do
honor to your mothers training, you
mnst be careful how you shake your table
cloth. Many man, despite his hard toll
and labor, has been kept a poor man for
life just because his wife did not know
how to shake her tablecloth Ifyou want
to have something to help the poor and
needy, the aged and infrm, and such as
are not able to take care of themselves.
whom the Saviour said we should always
have with US; if you want to have some
thing to lay up for sick or rainy day; if
you want to have money to buy books or
magazines, that you may be able to store
your mind with useful knowledge; in
short, if you want, when you come. to be
a woman, and begin life for yourself, to
have things comfortable around you, you
must be careful how you shake your table.
cloth" ,.-1
Year: 1871

of course could not marry but one, and


we must bear our disappointment like
men.


She went and stood beside him. ]
| thought she would faint, but She did not


We all arose, when the minister siad
Let us pray When he was part through
the Judge sat down, completely overcome
by his feelings. l am free to say that this
was the longest prayer ever heard. If
the minister had been suspended be-
tween heaven and the other place, as we
were, he would have made fewer words, I
am sure.


When it was over, he said am here
to solemnize marriage between Catha-
rine f. Browning Che must have felt an
inward chuckle over the torment he was
intiicting, for he paused, well, maybe only
minute, bat It seemed an hour), and
james A. WOOD ruff If any of YOU know
cause or just impediment why these two
persons should not be joined in holy mat
rinony, you are to declare it now or else
to forever hold your peace.


Jim did not stir STEP The minister
took his hand and placed him beside the
bride. He walked up then. l guess the
look he gave her satisfied her, for her
face cleared up like summer sky after a
rain.


The brief service was soon over that
made the Judge happy benedict, and us,
perhaps, bachelors for life.


Jim looked UP so earnest at US: Boys,
| do not deserve this happiness as much
as either of you; but it has fallen to me,
and will do my best to maze her happy.
Win You not wish us God speed? 2? and
he held out his hand Each of us was
man enough to walk up and take it; but
none of US have felt much hankering after
weddings, since, reckon
Year: 1871

The article ssPolitics of Women" in
the August number of LippincoH has
this: i R1a ui


The best bred men in America are of
ficers int the regular army and navy
They have been taught to look up, to
reverence authority and to be respect
ful. It never leaves them; they be-
come the most dignified and the most
simple men in the community. Our
chief magistrate is very conspicuous
example of this. Bred asoldier, raised
by,a most aordinary series of events
to our Republican throne, and having
to contend with an invincible shyness,
it is only fair to say that our President
has the best manners in the world
Never too cordial, always sufficiently
so, never forgetting his station, and yet
never obtruding it, it would be difficult
to find man who has committed few
er solecisms, or who has, made more
people happy by his unaffected and
simple greeting than President Grant;
and yet heis man who has probably
never thought twice on the subject in
his life. His manners are the out-crop-
ping of training in school which
has produced the perfection of manners.
Year: 1871

Pay no attention to slanderers and


gossip mongers. And let their back
billings die the death of neglect. What
is the use oflyins awake at nights, and
brooding over the remarks of some
false friend that run through your brain
like forked lightning? What's the use
of getting into a worry and a fret over
gossip that has been set atloat to your
disadvantage, by some meddlesome
busybody, who has more time than
character. These are things that can
not possibly injure you, unless indeed,
you take notice of them, and in COM
batting them give them character and
standing1-H what is said about you is
true, set yourself right at once. Ifit is
falseaet.it go for what it will fetch. II
a bee stfngs you, would you go to the


hive and destroy it? Would not u


thousand come upon you? 1t is wis


dom toSay little respecting the injuries
you have received. We are generally


losers in the end, if we stop to refute
all the backbitings we may hear by the
way. They are annoying, it is true,
but not dangerous, so long as we do
not stop to expostulate and scold. Our
characters are formed and sustained by
ourselves and hy our own actions and
purposes, and not by others. Let us
always bear in mind that calumniators
may usually be trusted to time, and
the slow but steady justice of public
opinion.
Year: 1871

A little white rose bloOmed all by her
self in nook in the hedge.


sAh!" cried the wind in passing,
what pity you should be sufocated
there! / will blow hole in the hedge
and the breeze shall find you through
it. LEEQ E.C1


I pray, sir, you will leave me as lam.
/ breathe well enough, said the rose.


Iknow better, said the wind, and
rent the hedge as he passed on, and the
BOYS rushed through and made her
tremble with fear.


You are not well placed there, he
said, as he came by again, will give
you a better berth than that.


/ beg you will leave me as 1 am. ]
like my place we'll enough, if it were
not for the gap you made, said the rose.


But the wind would not listen; he
brcke her stem, and she fell to the
ground. Alel


Oh, you mustn't lie therel he cried, !
will carry you to the spot that will suit
you exactly. std


Nay, I entreat you to let me lie and
fade in this pleasant grass, said the rose,
beseechingly; but he caughther up and
whirled her on few yards, when her
petals were scattered and her leafless
steam was cast on the hedge.


How is this? exclaimed the wind.


How is it? This Is how lis, replied
the hedge; there are some folks that
! are never satisfied but when they are
meddling with other folks affairs; they
think nobody can be happy except In
their way; and you are one of them,
and this bare stem is specimen of your
work.
Year: 1871

A party of gentlemen in a saloon,
disputing over the question whether
the American system of treating or the
European system of not treating was
preferable, couldn't settle the matter
by talking; so they went to work test
ing it by practice. First each man took
drink by himself. Then each man
invited a single friend to drink. After
that each single friend returned the
compliment. And finally each man in
the party-there were six of them
asked all the rest to drink. When all
that was accomplished not a soulin the
room could tell where the discussion
originated or what it was about-[Lake
CITY Press.
Year: 1871

The way to make peach pickles is to
take any quantity of fine peaches just
before they rlpen; stick into each one
four or five cloves; make syrup of
three pints of vinegar and three pounds
of peaches; add cinnamon if you like.
Bring your syrup to a boil, and pour
hot over them; repeat the process every
day until they are sunk on the pitt
After the last scald, they should be put
away in a very cool cellar until cold
weather sets in. They will be ready
for use, however, in few days after
they are picked.
Year: 1871

A Leavenworth paper publishes the
following advertisement for wife: A
young and handsome man, who owns
hundreds pilots in the town, will give
q lot to every single young lady who
will come to Concordia to make it her
home.- He will agree to share his lot
with the best looking one.
Year: 1871

Gail Hamilton tells us ola married
woman in New York who held indie.
pendent of her husbands control,
thirty thousand dollars. This money
she received from him when he was in
good business and in full health. He
became paralyzed; and she at once
took paramour and sailed to Europe
leaving her husband an annuity of three
hundred dollars, and supporting her
paramour out of the proceeds of the
fortune which her husband had given
her,
Year: 1871

We think we see the signs of an
early md acrimonious agitation on
federal politics by the Southern
press. We rcgreat this, and on sew
eral accounts. The first is, that we
consider it unnecessary. Every
man in the South holds substantially
the same sentiments regarding the
political situation, and therefore it is
unnecessary. In the second place,
agitation implies that there are ma
terial differences Of opinion when
there are not, and is Obliged to result
in harm. In the third place, the
people need quiet, and should be
kept free from all excitement on put
lie affairs. There is not the slightest
danger Of their voting away their
liberties, unless they are looked after
and kept in terment, as some poll
ticians seem to suppose. The psople
are all right, and will remain SO it
left to themselves. Fourthiy, the
South can now influence nobody by
political discussion, except against
herself. The very fact that We
mark out q line for the govern.
ment will be sufficient to put tho
Northern people against it. Mas.
terly inactivity is our true policy
The memories of tho war have not
yet passed away with the Northern
people sny more than they have with
us, and as We are in q worry small


minority we cannot expectto dictate,
nor to have everything just as We


would like it to be. The great end
and aim Of every truo patriot is to
overthrow the present revolutionary
faction which has control of the gov
ernmont, and is hurrying it, with all
the national interests Of the country,
to pordition.-Savanndh Republican.
Year: 1871

"Our troubles never come singly"
it is said, and the old saying has been
verified by an other hailstorm last
night. At any other time it would
have been considered big even here,
but after passing through the storm
of Saturday last, we consider it mild.
Probably about 500 lights OF glass
were broken out in town. The storm
began at dark and it continued to
rain till far into the night although
the hail all fell between 8 and Q
o'clock. Reports from the southern
and western portions OF the county
tells Us that the storm was very bad
in that direction.


The Railroad bridge over Walnut
creek five miles west Of Red Oak was
blown out, and the mail train going
west came very near being wrecked.
A man who saw the bridge 60 out
went down the track and succeeded
in stopping the train just in time to
save terrific accident. The train
was backed up to this plsce and this
morning at five o'clock was started
for Council Bluffs over the Branch
road via. Hamburg. The mail from
the west this morning was two
hours behind time in consequence of
this accident and came in over the
branch road having run down on the
st. Joe track as for as Nebraska city.


The storm all along Walnut creek
was terrific, and the crops suffered
fearfully. The houses Of Mr.. Alb
bott and Mr.. Eastman, situated about
six miles southwest of here, wero
blown down but fortunately no per.
son was injured, the families taking
refuge in the cellars. The house Of
Mr.. Delinger in the same neighbor-
hood was also moved from its foun-
dation. A house occupied by Mr..
Michael Smith and Landon Warren,
both single men, living together, was
blown over three times and both Of
them badly injured. Smith received
several injuries among which was u
fearful bruise on the shoulder. War
rem had two ribB broken and various
contusions on his head and body
Warren was found twenty yards
from where the house stood among


the debris, and Smith was carried


200 ysrds before he struck the


ground. Both of these men are do


ing well, and DR.. Martin who was
| called to dress their wounds furnish


es US with the above particulars
Express.
Year: 1871

Shelton Dennis, Kentucky hus.
band whose treatment OF his spouse
did not meet with the approval Of
tho neighboring fair sex, was visited
recently at tho dead of night by q
deputation of ladies who extracted
him forcibly from his couch and ad-
ministored 130 lashes upon his bare
back.
Year: 1871

The secret of advertising is not
yet discovered by all who advertise,
A good deal of money and space is
wasted in clumsy announcements,
which no body reads, heavy stand.
ing placards, which no more stilnu.
late purchasers than the names on
signs. Much money is also wasted
in circulars which are thrown into
entries and down cellar ways, and
always received with contempt, OF
in so-called adverting sheets which
nobody reads. There is no medium
that comes into such close contact
with the people as the newspaper
and if advertisers only understood
their business they could make their
part of the paper as interesting as
any other part of 1t. In many OF
the German papers advertising is
carried to an extent of which we
have no idea The newspaper is the
real exchange. Every body goes
to it with all their wants, and al
most all his woes. The consequence
is that the sheets are as live as
neighborhood gossip, and often the
pages devoted to advertising are
the best parts of the paper. And
the papers are read through. The
announcements are always short,
always " TRANSIENT" and one looks
at them in the morning to see what
the world has to offer him that day,
by way Of business or amusement.
Perhaps his next door neighbor has a


rare piece ofchina or a choice engrav-


ing to sell, orhe would like to get an
old number Of some serial, which you
would happen to have; somebody,
somewhere, announced, something
that interests you, and so life is made
more endurable, trade is quickened,
and wants are supplied. We look
to see a more general use of the ad-
vertising columns of newspapers i'll


this country, for all the wants and


queries Of life.-[Hartford Courant.
Year: 1871

A traveller who demanded his
trunk before all others, and was
told by the Irish baggage master
that he must have patience and wait
his turn, turned upon the baggage
master with, " YOU'RE an impudent
dog,n to which he of the trunks re-
joined, " An faith, ye are a monkey,
and it's great pity when we two
we're made beasts that ye were not
made an illiphant so that We could
have We blasted trunk under yer
nose all the time"