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Year: 1873

+ NEWSPAPERS PLEASE CopY.-The Albert


Lea Enterprise hits the Congressional grab
3bers with the following oonundrum which
should be sounded by every paper in the
land: We wonder if the sneaks who voted
q postage upon exchanges and newspapers
within the county, and then stole $1,000


for back pay will need the help of these
same editors whom they are trying to crush?
Ana we wonder if they are going to get it?


Ne hope the editorial fraternity throughout
the State will remember this little trick, and
place those who thus wronged them in a
fsasltsan where back pay, or future pay


(Congressionally speaking) will not trouble


them" Pass it along.
Year: 1873

Enough, it would appear, to have created
panic that beggars description itself, in
the old wild cat times But the nation has
learned that it is not necessary ship
should go to the bottom every time storm
would have engufed US. Better take in
sail little however.
Year: 1873

The following is the list of .he principal
steals and jobs, attempted in vain by the
lobby of the late Congress. 1t will be OBJ
served that Holman, who is so virtuously
opposed to seeing Congress pay anything
to anybody, had the biggest steal in the
pile, the Bounty Land Bill for the sold
;arc i2A Won know
Year: 1873

Nova Scotia is the scene of another dis
aster; on land this time The Drummond
Coliery exploded, killing 50 men. The
cause Of the explosion is thought to have
been the stoppage of work, and the conse-
quent accumulation of gas. An g official in
quiry," or committee on whitewash, will
be instituted to see who was not to blame.
Year: 1873


MY LITTLE WIFE.
Our table is set for two tonight;
No guests our bounty share;
The damask cloth is snowy white
The service elegant and bright
The china quaint and rare;
My little wife pTesides,
And perfect love abides.
The bread is sponge, the butter gold
The mullins nice and hot;
What though the winds without be cold:
The walls a little world enfold,
The storm is soon forgot;
In the frelght's cheerful glow
Beams paradise below.
a fairer picture, who hath seen P
Soft lights and shadows blent;
The central picture of the scene
She sits, my wife. my love, my queen.
Her head a little bent,
And in her eyes of blue
read my bliss anew.
watch her as she pours the tea
With quiet gentle grace;
With fingers def and movements tree
She mixes in the cream for me,
bright smile on her face.
And as she sends it up,
pledge her in the cup.
Was ever man before so blessed,
secretly reflect:
The passing thought she must have guessed
For now dear lips on mine are pressed.
An arm is round my neck.
Dear treasure ofmy life,
God bless her little wife,
Year: 1873

Under this head DR.. Hall, in his Jour.
ndtof Health for March, 1873, humorously
diseourses on the tendency of the times as
follows.


1t is really great wonder that every
body is not dead and buried, and the
world itself used up entirely, if the thous-
anth part of what is told us about micro
scopical and other discoveries" so called,
is true. One man will have it that the
glorious Union over which the stripes and
stars float SO proudly will soon become
depopulated, because respectable people
don I have children; another has discovered
myriads Of bugs in the chatelaines and
waterfalls of the ladies, boring into their
skulls and sucking out all the remaining
brains Of the dear delightfuls. A German
sayan now tells us that every sip of tea we
take is full of oily globules which get into
the lungs directly, weaken them. set up
cough and the person dies of consumption.
Another man has found that the purest
spring water, clear as crystal to all appear
anee, if let alone will deposit a sediment
which generates typhoid fever; hence he
proposes that everybody shall quit drinking
water. Another says that bread has so
much lime in it that it is turning us all
to bone, and makes us all stiff at the Joints,
that being the reason we have no 1.-THE,
sprightly old men nowadays; hence we
are full of limps and rheumatics long be-
fore our time, therefore We had better quit
eating bread altogether and live on rice
and sago and tapioca. The water cure
folk assure us that pork and beans, and
ham and eggs are full of abominable
trichiaa, and that if one is swallowed and
gets fairly nestled into the system, he, she
or it will breed million more in short
time, and that roast beef has juvenile tape
worms in it. And here come Tom, Dick
and Harry, all in row, loaded down with
microscopes and spy glasses. which show
as plain as day that the air is swarming
with living monsters and putrid poisons,
which fly into the mouth and crawl up the
nose and creep into the ear hence it Is
death to breathe such pestilential air, that
the best way is to keep the mouth shut,
plug up the nose and ram cotton into the
ears.


Ever so many learned professional gen.
tlemen have been torturing poor figures
for years to make them tell the stupendous
fib that everybody is either crazy or soon
will be; that the annual increase is ten
per cent, consequently in eleven years
everybody will be crazy, and more too.


The fact is that the people who spend
their time in Matching out the tomfooler-
cries, ought to be put to work and be made
to earn an honest living. This world has
been pretty well taken care Of for some
thousands of years, increasing in comfort
and wealth and life, the average length of
which has doubled within two centuries,
and the population increased perhaps three
fold and the presumption is that the
Great Maker of all will so arrange all the
antagonistic forces Of life for the future as
eventually to make "the wilderness and
solitary place to be glad, and the desert to
rejoice and blossom as the rose, and the
race be happy still. Z
Year: 1873




William Writ, one Of the most celebrated
Maryland lawyers Of his day, says in his
British Spy: | was one Sunday travel
ing through the County Of Orange on the
eastern side of the Blue Ridge, when my
eye was caught by a cluster Of horses tied
near ruinous wooden house in the forest,
not far from the roadside. Having fire.
quently seen such objects before | had no
difficulty in understanding that this was
place Of religious worship. Curiosity to
hear the Preacher Of such wilderness in
duced me to join the congregation. On
my entrance was struck with his super
natural appearance. He was tall and
very spare old man; his head, which was
covered with white linen cap, his shriy-
elled hands and his voice, were all sinking
under the influence of palsy; and few
moments ascertained to one. that he was
perfectly blind. II was the day of the
Sacrament, His subject was the Passion
Of the Saviour, and he gave it neater
and more sublime pathos than | had ever
before witnessed. When he descended
from the pulpit to distribute the mystic
symbols, there was a peculiar, more than
human solemnity in his voice and manner,
which made my blood run cold and my
whole frame shiver His peculiar phrases
had that force Of description that the
original scene seemed acting before our
eyes. We saw the very faces Of the Jews;
the staring, frightful distortions of malice
and rage. But when he came to touch on
the patience, the forgiving meekness of
our Saviour; when he drew to the life his
blessed eyes streaming with tears, his voice
breathing to God the gentle prayer
"Father, forgive them, for they know not
what they do, the voice of the preacher,
which all along had faltered, grew fainter
and fainter, until his voice being entirely
obstructed by the force of his feelings, he
raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and
burst into loud and irrepressible food Of
grief.


The effect was inconceiyable. The
whole house resounded with mingled
groans, and sobs, and shrieks. / could not
imagine how the speaker could let his au.
dience down from the height to which he
had wound them without impairing the
solemnity of his subject, or shocking them
by the abruptness of his fall But the
descent was as beautiful and sublime as the
elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic.
The tumult Of feeling subsidized and death
like stiffness reigned throughout the house,
when the aged man removed his handker.
chief from his eyes, still wet with the tor.
rent of his tears and slowly stretching forth
hispalsied hand, he exclaimed Socrates
died like a philosopher" then pausing,
clasping his hands with fervor to his heart,
lifting his sightlcss eyes to Heaven, and
pouring his whole soul into his tremulous
voice, he continued 'But Jesus Christ
died like God" Had he been an Angel
of Light, the effect could have scarcely
been more divine.
Year: 1873

In many bleak, Northern regions these
animals are the sole support of the people.
When liberated from the harness they 90
directly in pursuit of food--a peculiar
species Of nutritious moss, which their in
stinct enables them to find deeply covered
with snow. Sometimes as many as one
hundred start off foraging, there being
nothing provided for them by their exact.
ing master Like camels under similar
circumstances, when unladen, they stroll
off miles in different directions. When
they are wanted again their sealskin-clad
drivers get behind them in several direc-
tions, and by hallooing, throwing snowballs
and making considerable uproar the deer
are gradually driven into smaller circle.
The herd is then encircled BY small cord.
the men drawing in nearer and nearer till
it strikes their long legs. They neither
try to leap over nor break it, but huddle
toh Ivr s.s viose as possible.


Finally, the two ends meet, held by one
person, while the others enter under the
line and select the animals they want,
seizing them by their horns, bringing them
outside and tying them to something strong
enough to hold them till harnessed to the
sledge. The remainder again scatter in
pursuit of moss.


Strong, tall and feet though the reindeer
are, able with sweep of their antlers to
NOV down score Of sturdy Mortimer,
they cover at the voice of man. Their
masters are rude, harsh and unkind toward
them, and the deer are always in fear Of
them. Under no circumstances of oppres-
sion or hardship do they evince the slight
est resentment. They are so timid that
the sound Of their drivers voice sets them
running at such speed that they will die
before halting if the drivers continue TO
urge them.
Year: 1873

WHAT is THoUaHT OF Us.-A cores
pondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial.
who has recently been in Northern Mime.
sofa, saw there a number Of Canadian
citizens from Manitoba, and asked one Of
them what he thought about annexation,
and how he and his people would like to
belong to the United States. II don't
want any Of il in mine, he said abruptly.
"Is that the general feeling? r. "Yes you
cannot find one Canadian in twenty who
would consent to annexation. If ever we
join the United States it win he at the point
Of the bayonet Right now we are freer
than you are, and have less taxes to pay.
You are taxed to death in your rotten
republic, and don't know it. Your Con-
gressmen and officials steal more than il
takes to run our whole government in
Canada. Do you suppose we outside peo-
pie, knowing these things as well as we do,
want to pin our destinies to such GOV.
ernment ? The theory Of yours Is good
enough, ! know; but the corruption and
imbecility have corroded it until what You
call the best government the world ever
saw has become the worst
Year: 1873

The american AgrienltVrist gives an
interesting account of the manner in which
chromos are produced, and as this style of
picture is very popular just now, we trans
fer the account to our columns, feeling
sure that it win interest the reader. The
stone used is peculiar limestone, capable
of receiving a polish, and yet absorbent Of
water. To paint lithograph, the stone
is first polished, and then, whatever design
is required is drawn upon it with pencil
made for the purpose, and which contains
some greasy matter. Let us suppose that
the artist draws picture, or, what is sim
pier, prints out the words American Agri-
culturist. The stone is then wetted, and
the water sinks into the pores everywhere
except the place where the greasy ink
formed the words. Ink, or paint, is then
applied TO the whole stone with roller
Just as it is to types. This ink does not
adhere to the stone where il is wet, but to
the words drawn with the greasy pencil
the ink will stick. Then sheet Of paper
is laid over the stone, and the whole passed
under press; when the paper is lifted off
it will be found to have taken up the ink
left adhering to the words upon the stone.
This process can be repeated over and over
indefinitely by mixing the stone and keep
ing it wet. There must be us many stones
as there are colors and tints in the picture
to be copied. One stone must have all the
red parts drawn ON it, another all the blue,
another all the brown parts Of the picture,
and 50 on. Sometimes one color is printed
over another to get the proper shade, so
that, to reproduce the picture the chrome
has to be printed color and bit at a
time, on from ten to twenty or more stones,
every touch of the painter being faithfully
copied. When the chrome picture has
received sixteen or eighteen different paint
ings on as many different stones, so that it
is shadowed every way like the original, it
is finally pressed upon clean stone, which
has been cut in grooves like the threads Of
canvass, and it now has all the appearance
OF being real painting on canvas. The
reader will see that it is an immense work
to prepare the different stones at first, SO
that each shall have some of the picture in
just the right place aud color. 1t takes
three to six months to prepare set fol
one picture, even if but one copy was to
be printed. But after the stones are once
prepared, copies can be transferred to other
stones in few minutes, and after that they
can go on and print as many thousand, ol
tens of thousands, as are desired.
Year: 1873

There are persons who emerge from
every aflietion and trouble and vexation,
purified like fine gold from out of the
furnace. There are others--and they are
more numerous-who are embittered and
soured, and made respondent and apathetic.
We think the latter belong to the class
that try to stand alone during the storms
Of life, instead of looking above for aid.
When one can truly say, "He doeth all
things well, the sting is taken ont Of
affection, and courage is given to bear
what the future has in store. This we
think, makes the great difference between
these two classes.
Year: 1873

The FIRST PRINTING BY STEAM
In 1914, on the 10th of November, the
London Times leading editorial said
"Our journal Of this day presents to the
public the practical result Of the greatest
improvement connected with printing since
the discovery Of the art itself" and the
editorial proceeds to describe the new
machinery of steam press by which mo
less than 1,100 sheets are impressed in one
hour" This is believed to be the first
application of steam to the printing press.
The idea was so bitterly opposed by the
old pressmen and such apprehension Of
violence from them was entertained BY
Mr.. Walter, the proprietor, that he had the
machine secretly constructed, and on the
night Of November 18th the old presses
and pressmen were kept waiting with the
statement that important foreign news was
expected. When the impression was FIN
ished (some 1000 copies only they were
informed Of the grand change in affairs,
with the addition that an ample police
force was at hand to protect the machine.
-Ne,c York Observer.
Year: 1873

When you meet with sprain, wet III,
injured part with flannel dipped in hot
water; If the sprain be very painful, wei
the flannel with laudanum and cover the
whole with dry cloth, Then, with III,
arm in a sling, IL it be the wrist that i,
sprained; or the leg in horizontal posi-
tion If it be the ankle; wait and see If Il
be necessary to send for the doctor.
Year: 1873

A shrewd old gentleman once said to
his daughter: "Be sure, my dear, you new
er marry poor man; but remember that
the poorest man in the world Is one that
has money aud nothing else. .
Year: 1873

DISEASES OF Hoes. The Planter and
Farmer gives these receipts for the treatment
of cholera, mango and worms in hogs: There
are but three diseases requiring treatment,
which are mango, cholera and worms in the
kidneys, commonly called breaking down in
the loins. For mango. wash well with I've
soap, and then pot liquor. For cholera, if
you know the disease, as soon as you see the
hog begin to droop and try to vomit, gag him,
and give him twenty grains of calomel made
into pill. Ifyou have been in the habit of
giving your hogs spirits of turpentine, at the
rate OF one tablespoonful to the hog, put it on
corn, and you will be rarely troubled with
this fatal disease.


If the first dose of calomel does not relieve
in twenty-four hours, repeat the dose. L
rarely have to repeat 1t ii administered in
time. We sometimes see hogs dragging their
hind legs. This is caused by worms in the
kidney, and may be easily cured by giving a
teaspoonful of turpentne every morning for
three or four days, mixed with corn. Hogs
which have been feeding on acorns are most
subject to this disease, and should have the
turpentine at least twice a week while feed
ing on this mast. Every hog feeder should
keep bottle OF the spirits of turpentine, and
give it occasionally through the year; he
will find it of great benefit 20 his hogs
have practiced this for twenty years success
fully. 1t seems to be a specific food for all
hog diseases.
Year: 1873

The man Of the News thus describes
recent mishap: Old Mr.. Watson,
on Nelson street, has got 4 nice little
bill to pay. He sent a man down
town for pot Of paint and ladder.
The man got the paint, and then went
to lumber yard after a ladder Then
he tied the paint-pot on the end Of
the ladder, and put the ladder on his
shoulder. This was q very smart az
rangement, and the man himself ad
mired it very much. He started for
home this very way, and didn't find
any trouble getting along the first
block, because people had an impress
ion that long ladder with a pot OF
yellow paint dangling on the end Of
it wasn't exactly the think to trife
with, so they balanced along on the
curbstone, or rubbed up against the
buildings. Pretty soon the man saw
somebody in store he knew, and he
turned AROUND to speak to him, and
drove one end Of the ladder into a
millinery case and knocked the crown
out of an eighteen dollar bonnet.
Then he backed off in alright and
knocked down two sewing machine
agents with the other end. Then he
stapted to turn around, and an old
gentleman, who was desperately en-
deavoring to pull his wife out Of dan
ger, saw the peril, and shouted out,
eli, there!" But it was too late,
The pot struck against an awning
post, tipped to one side, and the en-
tire contents went over the aged coup
lie. This so startled the man that he
whirled completely around, smashing in
an entire store front, frightening a
milkmans team, and knocking over
some thirteen persons who were ac-
lively lodging about to get out Of the
way. Then he dropped the ladder
and fled into the country, shouting
murder and fire at every jump. A
regular ordained painter is now en-
gagged on Mr.. Watson's house.
Year: 1873

About one month ago Chief Justice
Salmon p. Chase was in Richmond,
Virginia, and was the guest Of Gen.
Bradley It. johnson. While there he
was waited upon by a dcputation OF
the residents Of the new town of Chase
City, in Virginia, named in honor Of
the distinguished chief justice. The
town was incorporated by a colony of
Northern settlers, among whom are
many men Of wealth and influence in
their former homes, the colony being
in fact the largest and wealthicst Of
Northern settlers in the Southern
states. The compliment paid to Chief
Justice Chase, could be bestowed on
no man who so eminently deserves
honors and remembrance at the hands
of the people. His life has been spent
in the service ofthe people, and wheth-
er as q senator of the United States,
governor of a great state, secretary of
the United States treasury, Or its
chief justice, his course has been hon
orable, consistent to his convictions
and has always shown the highest OF
der of craftsmanship. lie is one of
the links which bind the people to the
days when stern integrity and true
state craft were held in higher repute
than in these degenerate days.
Year: 1873

OFFENSIVE BREATII.-What is more
disagreeable than an offensive breath?
Perhaps the flthiness Of person which
would produce an unpleasant appear
ance to the eye but we are speaking
more of persons of respectability, who
move in good society. 1t is not very
uncommon for such pople to have a
breath so offensive as to make their
near presence extremely disagreeable.
There may be several causes tol this,
but one of the more common is decay
ed teeth and the want ot-care respect
ing the cleanliness of the mouth and,
singular as it may seem, one may have
an offensive breath and not know it,
and it is subject on which friends
are very reluctant to speak, so that
one may have bad breath for a year
and all.his friends be aware of it, and
he not know it. Let lis recommend to
all persons the propriety of keeping
the mouth clean. After each meal
one should remove with stick or
quill all loose particles OF food from
between the teeth, aud rinse the mouth
with water and Il soft brush at night
and in the morning, and little toilet
soap on the brush, may be used. Nine
out of ten who annoy their friends
with bad breath might obviate it en-
tirely by following these directions in
regard to the mouth. - Science of
Health.
Year: 1873

To DRIVE OFF RATs.-Take bunch
of matches, and soak them over night
in a teacup of water; then take out
the matches and thicken the water
with Indian meal to thick dough,
adding a spoonful of sugar and little
lard. Lay about the premises where
the rats are, and nothing will get it.
1t is decidedly the best exterminator
extant.
Year: 1873

The BEST METHoD.-Somebody
having applied to an editor for a
method by which he might cure his
daughter of her partiality for young
gentlemen, is kindly informed that
there are several methods of reform.
The best is to put her in well and
drop a few loades of gravel on her
head I; or to bind her ankles to an
anvil and upset her out of a boat.