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Year: 1872

and it is the impression of all who
heard them that they are the product
Of a deranged mind.


The Queen left Buckingham Palace
to-day for Windsor Castle. On her
arrival at Windsor she was met by al
most the entire population of the
place with the warmest demonstra-
tions of loyalty and affection.
Year: 1872

But this Is not all the villainy
charged against this monster. The
letter which was found his victim pos
itively ayers was written at the sug-
eestion of DR.. Huston, who had


Taught her to believe that such things
were common, and that by so doing
she m 'ght save him from troable.


He told her to pick out among her ac.
quaintances any young man that she
thought would best serve the purpose
and invite him to take her to one of
the houses to which be had so fre-
quently taken her. His object evil
IDENTIFY was to blast her character for
reliability In case any disclosures
should at any time be made against
him, and the letter subsequently, in
tercepted by her mother was un-
doubtedly written By him and signed
by another name to throw doubt on
the mothers naind as to the truth OF
the revelations her daughter had
madR To her. No such person Ii. ed
at the house where tbs letter was das
ted from, and no such person Was
known BY the daughter, 70 was Q
Year: 1872

Success IN LIFE.-Olive Logan, in
her new lecture ON "Successful People, 7"
was, when she spoke in Philadelphia,


somewhat personal" in reference to;a


rising newspaper man of that city. "You
have" said she, "in philadelphia man
who is the living embodiment OF some
of the principles Of my lecture. At
eighteen he had fixed purpose in life,
occupying an obscure position in a news
paper Office, without influence of any ac-
count He said, Il will one day own
this establishment 1t was regarded as
an idle boast; but he had energy and
persistence, and to-day he does own and
control it, If I would hold up one of
many successful men as an example
TO the youth OF this city, | would men,
ton one whom you all know and honor
-George W. Childs, of the Ledger.


Success may not bring happiness, but
the day will come when judgement will
sit upon our actions, and he who has
achieved it worthily shall receive the
grandest crown from the King Of Kings.
Year: 1872

BE EcoNoMIcA1.-" Take care OF the
pennies Look well to your spending.
No matter what comes in, if more goes
out you will always be poor, The art IS
not in making money, but in keeping it.
Little expenses, like mice in barn,
when they are many, make great waste.
Hair by hair, heads get bald; straw by
straw the thatch goes off the cottage,
and drop by drop the rain comes into
the chamber. A barrel is soon empty,
if the tap leaks but drop a minute.
When you mean to save, begin with
your mouth many thieves pass down
the red lane. The ale Jug is great
waste. In all other things keep within
compass. Never stretch your legs fur
ther than your blankets will reach, or
Won will soon be cold. In clothes, choose
suitable and lasting stuff, and not tawdry
fperies. To be warm is the main thing;
never mind the looks. A fool may make
money, but it needs wise man to spend
II. Remember, 1t is easier to build two
cbimneys than to keep one going. Ii
You give all to back ard board, there Is
nothing left for the savings bank. Fare
hard and work hard while you are
young, and you will have chance to
rest when you are old.
Year: 1872

The Committees Of Conference upon the
Liberal County Ticket did not quite
conclude their labors on Saturday,
but SO far as they have progressed
they have done commerdable work. The ticket
is vastly improved in many cases, and the at-
pointmeuts made to fill vacancies are. as gen
eral thing, judlcious. An effort seems to lave
been made to select candidates who unite fitness
both as respects competency for the dutios and
perEona1 character. We trust that all the gen
uemen named for the Board Of County Commits
sioners will accept their nominations. There is
10 position wherein citizen OF character and
standing can render such valuable services to the
public Us can be done by service in that Board,
which is at this time Of fur
more consequence to Chicago than tie State
Legislature. If merchants and men Of property
will not serve in that Board, it must Of necessity
be filed by those who so there for personal gain.
Tie nominees for county officers are, as whole,
ve1ygood selections, and. should they accept the
candidacy rendered them, they will receive our
hearty support.
Year: 1872

ditional service nor will be hesitate to contract
for any number Of votes to be moved to any other
city or county, there to vote with sufficient fre-
quency and In sufficient numbers to give to the
result Of the election any desired certainty Vot
ing trains for the transportation OF Illegal voters
to and from tie places Of their operations. are
becoming as regular q part Of railroad business
as are camp-meeting trains in their season. 4
necessary part Of all elections nre the persons
appointed as Inspectors. These men control
the registration, the receipt Of votes, the count
ing, and the making Of the returns. For this
important duty it would be natural to suppose
the best, most intelligent, and purest men would
he designated. How the feet is, any one can
find out by reading the lists Of men ordinarily
selected. When the result Of an election may
be made dependent On the inaexible honesty
aud intelligence of these Judges, how im-
peratiyely is it required that they should
be both honest and Intelligent.
Of late years, it has become the rule to appoint
men as Inspectors Of Elections who can
bought and paid for rendering official eerEice to
those who employ them. For this express pur~
pose Of buying Election Boards, we pre-
sumo we do not speak extraTagantly when
We say over half million Of dollars has already
been expended in the elections hald this year.
There can be but one object in purchasing the
Judges of Elections. A result OF this direct and
corrupt tampering with the Election Boards is
the extraordinary, and, until within few years,
unknown, proceeding known as ''counting OUT
the man who happens to get elected in spite OF
the means taken to defeat him. In reading over
the confessions Of some twenty and more
persons who we're parties to election frauds
IN neighboring State, Bome years ago, We find
that many OF them justified the false counting,
the stuffing Of the boxes, and the false returns,
On the ground that the persons thus diecrimi-
mated against we're opposed to the policy Of the
Government. These officials had corruptly or
honestly been educated to the point that it was
no crime to, violate their oaths Of Office, and
fraudulently conduct the election, so long as the
other side alone YVES the victim. These same
men would hare thought it q religious duty to
have hanged any Inspector OF an Election CON-
hitting like fraud in favor Of his own party.


An election that is not honest and fair is =
mookery. Each Illegal vote deposited destroys
the power OF one legal voter. 1t is absurd to
say that q Government can long survive which
owes it's existence to systematic corruption Of
the bal1ot-box.


This greatest Of all evils must be corrected by
public opinion, it must produce, as it has pro-
duced elsewhere, civil war, with its attendant
struggles, in which the liberty Of the citizen and
the security Of person and property must rest on
the sword Of the most daring military adventur-
er that the eugency may produce.
Year: 1872

The usefulness Of the Signal Service
OF the United States Is to be extended
on :.nd after January first by report
ing the depth Of water at all pIOmi-
nent points on the principal navi-
gable rivers of the west.
Year: 1872

Here is another burst of candOr from an
Administration orator. The Rev. James Freeman Clarke
called 10 preside at the Massachusetts Grant Wo
mems Convention in Boston the other day. He made a
little speech In the OF which he thus freed his
mind:


81 afraid that not earnest in my support OF
the Republican candidates others. Both parties
have virtually the same platform and the same princi-
pies. Both Gen. Grant and Horace Greeley deserve
well OF the country. Both men have been OF great
service 10 the country and both honest and capable
II there anything that would induce To vote Tor
Mr. Greeley for President q would be the abuse he has
received and for Mr. Sumner Governor OF Massachu-
has been vhed and his great record apparently forgot
ten. Let differ from Mr. Sumner IN willsay he Is
wrong in his present position but for heavens sake lei
not forget that he has stood like rock for many
years. cOntendng for equal justice and Tor equal rights


1t safe to say that the Rev James Freeman Clarke is
not much III demand to make Grant speeches as he
might ha We been
Year: 1872


a,,. me man with an aim
Whatever that aim may be.
whs,be, It's wealth. or whether it's fame,
II matters not to me.
Ia, him walk in the path Of right.
And keep his aim in sight
And work and pray in faith s'way
With bis eye on the slittering height
Give mo man who says.
Il will do something well. :.
And mako the aeeting days
A story oflsbor tel"
Though the aim he has be small.
II il better than none at all;
with something to do the whole year through.
He will not stumble or fall.
Bat Satan weaves snare
For the feet of those who stray,
with never thought or care
whore the path may lead away.
The man who has no aim.
Not only leaves no name
When his life is done. but ten to one,
He leaves record of shame.
Give me man whose heart
Is filled with ambitious fire:
Who sets his mark in the start,
And keeps moving il hisher and higher.
Better to die in the strife,
The hands with labor rife
Than " glide with the stream in an idle drea n,
And live u purpose,ess lie.
Better to strive and climb
And never reach the goal.
Than to drift along with time
An aimle.s, worthless soul.
Ay, better to climb and fall,
Or SOW, though the yield be small.
Than TO throw away day alter day,
And never strive at all.
Year: 1872

There is a religious society OF
"Penitentes" in New Mexico who
held an annual celebration at Te-
colete ON the Sd instant, in the
course of which one of the mem
bers died from the loss Of blood
caused by the whipping tc which
he had subjected himself. The
Las Vegas Mail says that the
of this society annually
vie with each other in seifim-
posed penances, the severity of
which is shocking to civilization
ard ought to be suppressed by law.
Year: 1872

The most curious design which has
yet been projected for securing rapid
city transit, Is a plan, already patented,
for moving sidewalk, which shall
be in perpetual motion, carrying
pedestrians at the rate Of ten miles an
hour, speed which they can increase
by their whole power of independent
lOeomotiOn.


The particulars of the plan Gre
briefly these: 1t is proposed to have
a series of pillars along the outer
verge OF the curbstOne rising to the
height of the second story of ordinary
buildings. space between the tops Of
these pillars and the buildings ada
cent is to be a sidewalk, one-half Of
which is movable and the other half
stationary. 1t is to be reached at every
corner by a stairway. On the inner
or stationary walk pedestrians can
pass back and forth at their leisure,
entering the stores and offices which
might then occupy the second story
Of the building, and be entered imme-
diately from the street. The other
half Of the walk, made Of a sort Of
lattice work and moving on small
trucks which are beneath the surface
and altogether concealed from view,
is propelled at the rate of ten miles
an hour by engines beneath the sur
face of the ground at such intervals
a. may be necessary to secure the
requisite power. The sidewalk is
moved by friction rollers, worked
upon by shafts which pass up through
the upright pillars, and one side of
the street passes up, and on the other
side down, continually night and day.
On this moving roadway pedestrians
may stand or occupy the numerous
chairs or settees thereon provided, and
be travelling toward their destination
at the rate of ten miles an hour, or, If so
inclined, can walk at full speed in the
same direction, thereby adding four
or five miles an hour to their rate of
progress.


The most ingenious part of the
whole continuance is the device for
getting on and Off this moving path
way. The pedestrian mounts to the
stationary walk, and then if he were
to step from this to the moving one
he would of course be suddenly flOored.
To prevent such a catastrophe there
is series of seats lngeniously con-
trived to move partly on the movable
and partly on the stationary walk.
These are stopped by applyinga brake,
which releases them from the moving
platform and allows them to run on
their own trucks on the stationary
one, where they are readily stopped.
The passenger takes his seat, the con-
ductOr takes his fare, the brake is
reversed, and Immediately the seat
moves on, and the traveller can leave
it without the risk of breaking his
neck. 1t is said that an attempt will
soon be made in New York to de-
monstrate the feasibility Of the
scheme.
Year: 1872

The Charlier method of shOeing
horses Is attracting so much attention
that we give an account Of it. TbeO-
retieally, the device is intended TO
protect simply that part Of the hOof
which breaks by direct contact with
the ground, at the same time preserv-
ing the natural form, structure. elas-
ITCHY, and functions Of the hoof. 10
this end the lower edge only of the
hoof is cut away, the instrument used
being drawing-knife, eontrived for
the purpose by NJ. Charlier. This
operation makes a groove, in which
metallic rim is set, taking the place
OF the part cut OF, and becoming a
substitute for the rim furnished by
nature After a short time the metal
VIII be even with the sole and frog,
both Of which are thus permitted to
come in contact with the ground, as
nature intended they should do. The
frog Is never pared, and soon becomes
able to do its part in supporting the
weight Of the body. 1t soon becomes
thick and flexible, decreasing the
shocks to which the tendOns are sub
Jected upon hard roads. 1t is claimed.
moreover, that when the frog is we'll
developed 1t prevents the animal from
slipping on ice or pavements, acting
like the padded foot Of dog, cat, or
camel. With Charlier's shoe the sole
Of the hoof is never touched, and its
horny development becomes healthy,
strong, tough, and able to resist con-
tact with the sharpest stones. Many
Of our best horsemen are now agreed
that all attempts to protect the sole
from contact with the ground are
instructed, causing the bottom OF
the hoof to become more or less dis
eased. III these theories are correct,
we may expect tOzto see the Dexters
OF the future adding some seconds to
the fastest recorded time Of to-day.
while our common wOrk-horses and
roadsters will, in like manner, i'm
prove upon their present perform
ances.
Year: 1872

Suppose you were to see the sun
rising in the middle of the night,
what should you call that ?r said a
teacher to a plow boy pupil, whom
he was examining on miracles. 1.-THE
mune, please, sir! "But suppose
you knew it was not the moon, but
the sun, and you saw it actually rise
in the middle of the night, what
would you think ?" "Please, sir, I
should think it was time to get up.h
Year: 1872




Very shortly afterward, I learned
in all their detail the incidents that
had been so painful to him; and
what then was said to me or written
respecting them revealed the story Of
his Soyhood. The idea of david
Copperfield, (which was to take all the
world into his confidence, had not at
this time occurred to him; but what
it had so startled me to know, his
readers were afterward told with only
such change or addition as for the
time might sufficiently disguise him.
self under cover of his hero. For the
poor little lad, with a good ability
and a most sensitive nature, turned
at the age of ten into "laboring
hind" in the service of" Murdstone
and Grimby," and conscious already
Of what made it seem very strange to
him that he could so easily have been
thrown away at such an age, was
indeed himself. His was the secret
agony of soul at finding himself
Year: 1872

Albert Lunel, by the late Lord Brougham,
fHarper & BrotherD is the title of posthumous novel


which will excite curiosity by the name of its author
not by tho interest of its contents Iw written in the
wear 1874 but for private reasons of Lord Brougha was
not published during his lifetime The plot OF the story
is OF simple and inarticial character serving as
f,areUork for the discussion Of various religious pot-
oaI and social questions which Of more Importance
M the date OF its composition than at the present day
There arc frequent of the writer's characters
tic vgor Of STYLE and many descriptive passages OF PIC
turesque beauty The lovers Of speculative discussion
in narrative or dramatic form will ind the WORK 20
their ste but IL affords scaDy material TO readers In
searrh of "a new sensation.
Year: 1872

The Immigrant Builder, by c. P. DIVER
fCIaxton Remsen) is expressly intended guide to
the now settler proposing to trough it in the bush
showing him how to plan and construct cheap dwell
ing adapted to his immediate wants, and furnishing
comfortable shelter for himself and his family while
waiting the turn the tide that leads on TO fortune
The author writes from long experience IN the west anu
from familiar knowledge of the modes of cheap con-


ructnn In those European countries where the neees-
sty Of the occasion the only architect He describes
the practical details Of the subject with great cearness
OF abatement and his little volume must prove an invai-
able aid to the immigrant in the endeavor TO establish
home IN the forest or on the prairie.
Year: 1872

Don't try to quench your sorrow in
rum or narcotics. If YOU begin this,
you must keep right on with it till it
leads you to ruin or, if YOU pause,
you must add physical pain and the
consciousness Of degradation to the
sorrow you seek to escape. Of all
wretched men, his condition is the
most pitiful who, having sought to
drown his grief i'll drink, awakes from
his debauch with shattered nerves,
aching head, and depressed mind, to
face the same trouble again. That
which was at first painful to contem-
plate will, after,drink seem unbcara-
bic. Ten to one the fatal drink will
be again and again sought, till its
victim sinks hopeless, pitiful wreck.


Work is your true remedy, If
misfortune hits you hard, hit you
something else hard; pitch into some
thing with will. There's nothing
like good solid, absorbing, exhausting
work to cure trouble. If YOU have
met with losses, you don't want to lie
awake thinking about them. You
want sweet, calm, sound sleep, and to
eat your dinner with appetite. But
YOU cant unless vou work, If You
say you don t feel like work, and 60
loafng all day to tell to Tom, Dick
and Harry, the story of your woes,
you'll lie awake and keep your wife
awake by your tossing, spoil her tenn
per and your own breakfast the next
morning, and begin tomorrow feeling
ten times worse than YOU do to-day.


There are some great troubles that
only time heals, and perhaps some
that can never be healed at all but
all can be helped by the great pana-
cea work. Try it, you who are atlllc-
ted. 1t is not a patent medicine. 1t
has proved its efficacy since first
Adam and Eve left behind them with
weeping their beautiful Eden. 1t is
an etfectual remedy. All good ply


sicians in regular standing prescribe
it in cases of mental and moral dis
ease. 1t operates kindly and well,
leaving no disagreeable saquellm, and
we assure you that we have taken a
large quantity Of it with the most be-
neticial effects. 1t will cure more
complaints than any nostrum in the
materia medica, and comes nearer to
being cure all, than any drug OF
compound of drugs in the market
And it will not sicken you if you dc
not take it sugar coated.
Year: 1872

find place where l could set the
things down, so | stood up and held
them.


Maria" said I, chow is this for a
cool morning ride ?" ,


Said she, You're a brute, Jenkins.


Said l, "My love you have made
that observation before


l kept my courage up, yet / knew
there would be an hour of warmth
when we got home. While we were
getting out of the cars the bottle in
my pocket got broke, and consequent.
ly had my boot full of vinegar all
day. That kept me pretty quiet !;
and Mary Ann ran off with big
whiskered music teacher, and lost her
fan and got her feet wet, and tore heR
dress, and enjoyed herself so much,
after the fashion of pic mic goers.


And Maria called me pig because
l wanted to open our basket before
the rest of the baskets were opened.


AZ ldSt UlllIlcl CliAc taliS wiz
nice dinner in the woods, you know.
Over three thousand little red ants
had got into our dinner, and they
were worse to pick out than tishbones.
The ice cream had melted, and there
was no vinegar for the cold meat ex-
cept, what was in my boot, and OF
course that was of no Immediate use.
The music teacher spilled cup Of
coffee on Maria head, and pulled all
the frizzes out trying to wipe off the
coffee with his handkerchief. Then |
sat on raspberry pie and spoiled my
white pants, and concluded | didn
want anything more. l had to stand
up against a tree the rest Of the after
noon. The day afforded considerable
variety, compared with everyday life
but there were so many little draw
backs that | did not enjoy it so much
as might have done.
Year: 1872

Maria Ann recently determined to
90 to pic mic.


Maria Ann is my wife-unfortun-
ately. She had planned to 60 alone,
so far as | was concerned, on that pic
mic excursion; but when heard of it
! determined to assist. She pretend
ed she was very glad, but | don't be-
lieve she was.


1T will do you good to get away
from work day." she said, "and we
shall so much enjoy a cool morning
ride on the cars, and dinner in the
woods.


On the morning of that memorial
day Maria Ann got up at five Of clock.
About three minutes later she distur-
bed my repose, and told Inc to come
out to breakfast. ! told her | WASH t
hungry, but it didn't make a bit Of
difference; | had to get up. The sun
was up; | had no idea the sun com
menced business so early in the NOR
ming, but there he was.


"Now,' said Maria Ann, 1--WE must
fly around for the cars start at half
past six. Eat all the breakfast you
can, for you'll get nothing before
noon.


| could not eat anything at that
time in the morning, and it was ust
as we'll that | could not, for | had all
! could do. The ice was to be ponn-
ded to 90 around the pail Of ice cream,
and the sandwiches to cut, and ]
thought l never should fix the legs OF
the chicken so that | could get the
cover on the big basket. Maria Ann
flew around and piled up groceries for
me to pack, and gave directions to
the girl about taking care OF the
house, and was putting her dress on
all at once. There is great deal Of
energy in that woman-perhaps a
trihe too much.


At twenty minutes past six, stood
on the steps with the basket on one
arm, and Maria AIMS water proof on
the other, and pail in each hand
and bottle of vinegar in my coat
skirt pocket. There was camp
chair hung on me somewhere, too, but
| forgot just where.


"Now.' said Maria Ann, 1--WE must
run or We not catch the cars.


Maria" said |, "that is reasona-
BILE idea. How do you expect me to
run with all this freight ?'


you must, you brute. You al
ways try to tease me. If you don t
want a scene on the street you II start
too.


SO | ran.


| had one comfort at least. Maria
Ann fell down and broke her parasol
She called me brute again for laugh
ing at her. Maria Ann drove me all
the way to the depot on brisk trot
and we got on the cars; but neither
OF Us rould get seat, and could not
Year: 1872

GOLDEN WoRDs.-Let us take care
how we speak of those who have fallen
on life's field. Help them up, do not
heap scorn upon them. We did not
see, nor do we know the origin of the
conflict. We do not know the scars,
but we should bear in mind "Do unto
others as we would have others to do
unto us"
Year: 1872

Dean Swift said 1T is useless to
attempt to argue man out Of ii thing
he was never reasoned into.


Those days are lost in which we
do no good those worse than lost in
which we do evil.


Every real thought, or every real
ubject, knocks the wind out OF some
DO !y OF other.