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Year: 1873

A NOVEL Guosr.-The Detroit Free
Press says The conductors on the
First street route have nice little sen
sation all to themselves. About ten
nights ago the conductor Of the last car
down, having no passengers beyond
Twentieth street, was standing III the
front door talking to the driver, when
he heard a rustic of silk, and looked
about to see woman seated in the car.


He wondered to himself at her agility
in boarding the car while the horses
were in trot, and after the car had
passed along several blocks, he started
forward to collect her fare and to ask
where she desired to stop OFF. She had
her face turned from him, and as he put
out his had to touch her shoulder, the
lady vanished. The conductors hair
stood up. and the driver felt cold chllls
run up his back. Every night since
then, as half dozen conductors aIlege,
the ghostly passenger boards the last
car provided there are no other passen-
gers, and after riding few blocks she
s Suddenly varishes. Some Of the drivers
have remained on the rear platform to
see where she gets on, but the first
thing they know she is iii the car. They
describe her as being richly attired Ill
winter clothing, having shawl, hood
and muff, and so closely yelled that a
glimpse at her features is impossible.
Whatever the general public may think
of the affair, it is certain to the minds
of ten or fifteen conductors and drivers
that they have areal ghost on their hands.
Year: 1873

Putting hoop on the family flour
barrel is an operation that will hardly
bear an encore The woman generally
attempts it before the man comes home
10 dinner, She gets the hoop up on the
end Of the slaves, takes deliberate aim
with the rolling pin, and then shutting
both eyes, brings the pin down with all
the force Of one arm, while the other in
stinctively shields her face Then she
makes a dive for the camphor and un-
blcachcd muslin, and when the man
comes home she is sitting back Of the
stove, thinking of st, Stephen and the
other martyrs, while burnt dinner and
the camphor ale struggling hcroically for
the mastery. He says that il she had
kept her temper she wouldn't have got
hurt And he visits the barrel himself,
and puts the hoop on very carefully, and
adjusts it so nicely, to the top of every
stave, that only few smart knocks ap-
parently are needed to bring it down all
right, then he laughs to himself to think
what n fuss his wife kicked up over a sim
pie matter that only needed little pa
tience to adjust itself, and then he gets
the hammer, and fetches the hoop sharp
rap on one side and the other side flies
up, and catches him on the bridge Of the
nose, filing his soul with wrath and his
eyes with tears, and the next instant that
Darrell is flying across the room accom-
panied by the hammer, and another can
dida,c for the camphor and rag is en-
rolled in the great army that is unceas


ngly marching toward the & ave Dan
bury Necs
Year: 1873

warranted not to cut in the eyc--not q head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than It's on your back in pound of beet
and it carries a bead like necklace for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1873

The streets in the vicinity Of the old
post.oface, at the corner Of Sixth street and
Commercial avenue, are in q worse condi-
tion than at any time during the past win
ter. The worst mud holes 10 De found in
the city exist there, and unle.. soon filed
pp, It will be out Of the question for drays or
wagons to get through them.
Year: 1873

DEsTRUcTIvE FfRE IN New YoRK.-The
people OF New York had their nerves shaken last
night by the burning OF an immense government
warehouse in the midst of denSely populated
quarter Fortunately the wind was light and
the sparks fell IN safe places. The burning OF q
few adjoining buildings composed the field OF
disaster but the loss is estimatod at half million
Spontaneous combustion Of goods in the ware
house is the cause ascribed for the origin of the
Hra - Il
Year: 1873

would have filtered and failed. n


had q generous side to his nature
The poor have been befriended b,
him. and be has shown himself read
on many occasions to help those wht
we're in trouble. That be sometime
made mistakes-that he had hi;
faults none will deny. But at the
grave we should call to mind human
excellencies, forever bury human
failings.


Under the administration Of Pres
ident johnson Mr.. Grant received
and held TO the time of his death the
appointment of Postmaster in this
city. But death respects neither per-
sons nor the places they occupy. lie
spites in every station and calling of
life. Princes and peasants are alike
his subjects.


In the quiet of his home, with
wife aud daughter and few friends
at his bedside, on Sunday evening
last, Just as the son of day was hid
ing bis face behind the western hills,
Mr. Jesse L. Grant departed this
earthly life.


At the close Of the address another
pra yer was said by one of the clergy
men present. The congregation then
Joined in singing the hymn


ain every trying hour


My soul to Jesus flies,
after which the bepediction was pro-
nounced The casket was again trans
ferred to the hearse and remains
taken to Spring Grove Cemetery,
where the beautiful and impressive
burial ceremony Of the Methodist
Church was read.


During the progress of the cor!cgs
through the streets the sidewalks were
l;ued with persona anxious to see
not only the illustrious son of the
dead. but at the same time to show
some sign of respect TO the venerable
man who had gone to his long home.
Enquirer.
Year: 1873

/ correspondent of the London Telegraph


was hurryiug along the pier, and toob


of his hat and bowed to the "King oI


Kiags,7 and tAe King of Kings gave


a polite military salute Ia returB. This


was the commencement of the excite


melt. The success of the breathleSS
Telegraph man made all the other Lon
don correspondents mad, every man OF
whom fourished his stovepipe reckless
ly and cheered Justify, some of the
more enthusiastic varying the exercise
by lowering their heads and eleyating
their coat-tails. Seeing all this, and
feeling that if | was to impress the
Shah at all, now was my time, | ven
tred a little sQueaky yell, quite distinct
from the other shouts, but just as
hearty. His Sbahship heard and saw
and saluted me in manner that was, |
considered, an acknowledgement of my
superior Importance. do not know
that | ever felt so ostentatiouS and
absurd before. All the correspondents
came aboard, and then the Persian bag
gage came also, and was carried across
to the ship alongside of ours. When
she could hold no more we took some
where about Q hundred trunks and
boxes aboard our vessel. Two boxes
fell into the water and several sailors
jumped and saved one, but the other
was lost. However. it probably con-
tanned nothing but a few hundred |
pounds of diamonds and things.


UNDER WAY FOR ENGLAND.


AT last We got under way and steam
ed out through a long slip, the piers on
either side being crowded with Floun-
lcrS but never cheer. A battery of
.hree guns on the starboard pier boom
ed o royal salute, and we swept out to
,ea, the Vigilant in the lead; we right
in her wake, and the baggage ship in
ours. Within fifteen minutes everybody |
was well acquainted; a general jollfiie-
ion set in, and | was thoroughly glad
had come over to fetch the Shah
Year: 1873

the woman that she was Mrs. Shafsr


and Parker also. Explanations fol-


lowed, which revealed the fact that


Madam was married to both men


honestly. She married Parker in


Indiana some twenty-,hree years ago.


Shortly afterwards be came to Cslifor-


MIA, and bis wife, hearing q rumor
Of his death, wept into mourning.


After her grief had cooled Shafer
came along, upon matrimony intent,
and proposed to the widow. He was
accepted. bat with the understanding.
that if Parker should ever turn up
she should return to her first love.
The Shaier came also to California,
and have lived happily until few
days since, when along came Parker
with his genuine strawberry mark"
and his long lost, but mucb-married
wife kept good her word and left
with him for his home at Knights
Ferry. Finally every thing was set
tied on a peace basis by Parker keep
ing the wife, and Shafer returning to
Sacramento. Stockton Independent.
Year: 1873

Could we but live our life over
again starting from boyhood, how
many an error, bow many mistakes
would we try 10 avoid Men and boys
make mistakes. We wonder they do
not commit more. Many a spot in
the road Fife sould be avoided. We
should try to be more brave-more
earnest in defense Of the right, and
g. protect the weak. There is not
q boy but who Can DO better than we
haze done. There is not man but
who can by beginning at once, build
hi2self up 10 glorious position.
Year: 1873

lDy IuuCuisll'l


Sleep is much modified by
habit. Thus, an old artillery
man often enjoys tranquil re-
pose while the cannon are
laundering around him ; an en-
gineer has been known to fall
asleep within a boiler, while
his fellows were beating it on
the outside with their ponder
GUS hammers; and the repose
of a miller is nowise imcom-
moded by the noise Of his mill.
Sound ceases to be a stimulus
to such men, and what would
have proved an inexpressible
annoyance to others is by them
altogether unheeded. 1t is
common for carriers to sleep on
horseback, and coachmen on
their coaches. During the bat
tie of the Nile some boys were
SO exhausted that they fell
asleep on the deck, amid the
deafening thunder of that dread
ful engagement. Nay, silence
itself may become a stimulus,
while sound ceases to be so.
Thus, a miller being very ill,
his mill was stopped that he
might not be disturbed by its
noise; but this, SO far from in
ducing sleep, prevented it alto
gether, and it did not take
place until the mill was set
again. For the same
reason the manager of some
vast ironworks, who slept close
to them, amid the incessant
din Of hammers, forges, and
Year: 1873

1t is all over. He was buried
to-day. He did not live to be
old, and yet his life was not a
short one. He did a great deal
of business, and was widely
known. The flags hung at
half-mast, for his name had
been a good deal before the
public.


Yet nobody respected him.
He was not honest; and that
was the fatal drawback which
always kept him under. He
was shrewd enough and smart
enough, but he never had any
solid substantial prosperity, and
the sole reason was because he
had no inborn, abiding integrity.


Providence so orders things
that dishonesty thwarts the
most cunningly devised schemes
for making money. Were it
not so, thieves would become
rich; but thieves never become
rich in the true sense of the
word. Their gains are uncer-
tain, and their lives are thrift
less as well as unhappy.


Apart from all reference to
future state of existence, there
is no better platform for this
world, no better basis to do
business upon, than that of the
Ten Commandments.
Year: 1873

furnaces, would awake if there
was any cessation of the noise
during the night. To carry the
illustration still further, it has
been noticed that a person who
sleeps near a church, the bell
Of which was ringing, may hear
the sound during the whole of
his slumber, and be, neverthe-
less, aroused by its sudden ces-
sation. Here the sleep must
have been imperfect, otherwise
he would have been insensible
to the sound. The noise of the
bell was no stimulus /; it was its
cessation which, by breaking
the monotony, became 50, and
caused the sleeper to awake.
Year: 1873

Nearly the whole sea is, four
times day, subject to a change
in its level by the movements
of its tides. The motion pro-
duced by the winds and known
by the name of waves is much
less regular. The wind, strik-
ing the surface of the sea in an
oblique direction, pushes some
Of the water on the surface over
that which is contiguous to it,
and thus raises it above the
common level until so much
water is accumulated that the
wind is unable to maintain it
in that position, and it falls
down. Each wave presents a
gently ascending surface to the
windward, and particular de-
scent leeward. The elevation
Of the waves varies according
to- the strength of the wind. A
very heavy gale raises them
from six to eight feet above the
common level; but in very
strong gales they attain an ele-
walton of thirty feet. This mo-
ton of the surface of the sea is
not perceptible to a great depth.
In the strongest gales it is sup
posed not to extend beyond
seventy-two feet below the sur
face; and at depth of ninety
feet, the sea is perfectly still.


The form and even the size
Of the waves vary according to
the depth and extent of the sea.
In shallow water where the
lower part of the waves ap-
proaches the bottom and meets
with resistance, the waves are
abrupt and irregular, and this
is also the case in confined seas:
whilst on the open seas they
are wide and long, and rise and
fall with great regularity
When the waves run to a slow
shore, the slope of the ground
breaks their force and they ter
inmate in a tranquil manner;
but when they are impelled
againstan elevated rocky coast,
being repelled by the rock, they
produce what is called surf.
This evident rising of the sea
on a rocky coast sometimes at
tain an elevation of one hun
dred feet above the sea level.
This surf is always dangerous
to pass, except in boats of a
peculiar construction. The
waves do not subside simulta-
neously with the wind. The
sea continues in an agitated
state for many hours. The air
being little agitated or none at
all is unable to depress the un-
dulation of the sea, and there
fore the waves during a calm
after a gale rise higher and
their elevated part forms a
more accurate angle than dur
ing a gale. Such a state of sea
is called a hollow sea.
Year: 1873

the stage before an audience, a
.pleaser of men. The mission
of the pulpit is entirely misun-
derstood by some persons who
claim intelligence and culture.
They seem to hold that the
preacher is a sort of public en-
tertainer, a furnisher of popular
sentiment, well worded and
tickingly put into itching ears.
His merits are measured in
proportion to his ability to
"drawJ" just as AN actoris mea-
sured. He is heard in a pat


Onizing spirit by people who
erect and furnish churches as
places where they must be COM
plimented and amused. 1t has
come to pass that in these lat
ter days that a minister is
Judged as to his efficiency and
soundness, by his ability to call
forth applause, rather than by


his power to lead trembling sin


ners to the foot of the cross.


Too many pulpits are but sickly


limitations of the state, pander-


ing to the tastes and passions


of the people. There are too


many more spectators of form


and style, and too few honest


hearers of Gods word. This


state of things is the natural


consequence Of conducting


churches by money, and using
ministers as chess-men in play


ing game for social aggrand-
izement and eclat.


Who can best fill our church ?
OF, Who can preach the most
beautiful sermons these are
the feelers that are put out
after preachers at Conference,
sometimes, and more especially
from among the professedly re-
fined and prominent congrega-
tions. A minister is on the
auction-block for a few days
every year, for the highest bid
der; and while thus in the
market, he is subject to all
sorts of impertinent questions
and measurements. He must
be felt of, as a horse or hat; he
must walk a bit for a speci-
men, pray a sample, give an
exact invoice of his family,
have his face pecked into by
sermon -scenters, submit to a
general turning inside out by
the too-often indelicate dele
gates from sundry DISTRICTS
and all this in answer to the
fundamentally mistaken notion
that preaching is a marketable
commodity, and that hearing
the Gospel is a matter of purses,
positions and convenience.


When the Methodist people
at large shall have learned that
the office of the ministry is
heaven-appointed, and that the
message Of salvation is not to
be received as a mere profess
sional performance, but as the
very Word of Life to sinners,
free, earnest, and unchanging
through all the years,-then
will preaching have it's designed
effect. The business of the
pulpit is not to pander to popu-
larity, not to compromise God
and mammon-but "to reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all long
suffering and doctrine" In
stead of excusing moral cor
ruption, it assails sin in every
point and in every person, de-
mands a full surrender of soul
and body to the Lord Jesus
Christ, and has not a hint of
indulgence in unhallowed pas
sion or distorted taste. And
when preaching degenerates to
anything less than this out
and-out speech of soul to soul,
as in the love and fear of God,
and in view of the judgment
day, it fails of power, and be-
comes a very mockery Of hu-
man wants.
Year: 1873

One of the saddest comings home is when the husband and father comes home to put on 8 paper collar. The last collar has resolved into pulpy rolls, and come up back of his ears or disap- peared within the recesses of his hair. The shirt-band is moist and helpless, and inclined to roll under, carrying the back button with it. His neck is wet and slippery, and all the windows are down, and the door is drawn to. By the time he has found the back button and got the collar hitched to it, it seems as if the air was about to stife him, ana If he would suddenly melt and spoil the carpet. He sends up the windows with a snap, and kicks the blinds open with his foot, and brings that door back with 8 velocity that almost scares 1t. Then he goes to work to fasten one of the ends, and while he is at it, the back button-hole suddenly melts and dis solves. He tries another collar Gets the back and one end fastened, com mences work at the other end, and is about intoxicated with his success, when the first end suddenly collapses. He sits down few moments before trying the third collar, and wishes he really knew If there is future punishment, and wonders where his wife is. Then he makes another trial, with similar re- suits, and dasE Ees out of the house, say ing that if he had nothing more to do than gadding to the neighbors, he would make collars that his husband could wear. Fortunately. his wife is next door, learning new crochet stitch, and does not hear him.
Year: 1873

l see in your paper of June 27 an ar- ticle on hydrophobia. Thought I would send you an article, which you can pub fish if you please.

 l came to Galesburg in 1887. Soon after my arrival found there were many rattlesnakes to contend with. We used to kill from twenty to thirty every year.

 A few years after our arrival two of our neighbors had two of their little boys bitten by rattlesnakes they suf- fered most intensely and finally both died.

 As had four little boys I felt very much alarmed, and what to do or how to manage I did not know, though I thought I would get high-top boots, as the little boys that were bitten and died were bitten in their ankles.

 Soon after this I found two colts bit ten on their noses. Their heads and necks were swollen back to their shoulders, so much so that they could not suck. I thought I would try spir- its of turpentine bathed and rubbed their heads and necks with my bare hand three times thoroughly between 6 o'clock in the evening and midnight; in the morning the swelling was entirely gone.

 Since that time I have had several valuable COWS bitten, and all did was to bathe them thoroughly with spirits of turpentine, which proved a perfect remedy. The milk, which is very poi sonous for several days, throw into a vault, so that nothing can get at it.

 When person gets bit by mad dog, spirits of ,turpentine is sure remedy, though the person that is bit should take few drops of turpentine in some brown sugar for several days.-Cor. of ChicQQO I1ibune.
Year: 1873

The New York Daily Graphic gives an account of an agreement made on the 27th of June, between The Graphic Company and Professor Wise and H. H. Donaldson, the eeronauts, by which the company is to build and furnish 8 balloon not less than one hundred and thirty feet high and one hundred feet in diameter, the construction to be has, tened as much as possible, and to be finished, if practicable, by the 2Oth of August. In this balloon Messrs. Wise and Donaldson will, "on day and from starting-point to be selected by 'The Graphic Company, make public ascension, accompanied by such other persons as may be designated, seek the elevation of the eastern air current, there to remain until land shall have been made on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean, and will then land the balloon as safely and expeditiously as possible, and immediately communicate the intelligence of their arrival, with full particulars of the voyage, by the most speedy means available"

 It will be remembered that Professor Wise offered to make the proposed trip some time ago. One thousand two hundred dollars had been subscribed before the Graphic offered to defray all the expenses, about ten thousand dol lars. "These," says the Graphic, Gas well as any additional subscriptions which may be offered, shall go to Pro- lessor Wise, to reimburse him, in part at least, for the labor of a lifetime in cherishing this important public ex- pertinent"
Year: 1873

II is TO be feared that those charming little
Christmas presents consisting OF elegantly bound
books, with which sensible people annually remind
their juvenile friends OF their affection and esteem,
will fall far short OF the number usually distrib-
uted. The demand Tor fancy books has within the
last month decreased to wonderful extent, con-
sderng that this is the period at which the sup
agents generally complain very much OF the dui-
ness OF the times, and the most energetic or can
vassers have hard times OF 1T. The orders for
books have fallen or greatly, and conse-
quently the binders have TO bear their
share OF the decrease in trade. In
tact, IL would seem that dealers prefer
TO dispose OF their present stock rather than in
crease 1t even in view OF the coming holidays.
printing have been compelled TO reduce the num-
Der oil their employees as much as 0ne-half In oroer
to retain the remainder on full time. A HERALD
representative visited several establishments yes
terday, aud the downcast looks OF many employer
were contrmatory OF the uneasy ana depressing
feeling that prevailed. AS compared with this
time last year, the falling on in the bookbinding
great For instance, booKDinders were compelled
TO decline numerous orders Tor fancy work Tor ho-
day presents owing TO the heavy contracts for gen.
eral work. At present there Is very little OF the
former, and the reduction In the demand
Tor the latter has been 80 large TO
necessitate the dismissal OF many regular en-
ployes. The chances OF those who have hitherto
lore very meagre. Binders in all departments
fancy, commercial and blank bOok-have few hope
iul statements to make, and altogether the out
look Is anything but encouraging
Year: 1873

newspaper purposes were doing a steadier and
more active business than those who make the
manufacture oil finer goods a speciality. the de-
mand Tor the latter having very suddenly fallen
on within the last month. Strange enough too,
the month OF september was remarkable Ior some
very neavy transactions in the paper interest so
that the general stagnation In trade has not cxer
cised its depressing influence this branch OF
facturers state that although they could
do almost as large business as before,
the want OF confidence that prevails pre-
vents them from engaging i'm any extensive
transactions on a credit basis until such
times as matters assume more encouraging ap-
pearance. There is no doubt a general duluess in
the paper trade all over the country, and particu-
larry In the fancy paper establishments, in which
the employees have been working nalf time
But II is gratifying to think that In nearly every
ms ance the hands express willingness TO work
on that basis so long as 1t remains an absolute
necessity to do so. From the lacts ascertained
from many leading manufacturers yesterday, lt rs
evident that they are very reluctant TO discharge
their employees, and prefer, even under dscourag-
Ing surroundings, to retain them on such terms as
they can best afford.