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Year: 1871

The man who can sit down in a
leaky boat and fold his arms, thinking
that if 1t is the Lords great will that
he should be saved, he will be saved,
will find that Gods great will will be
done, and that it is his great will that
he should go to the bottom, because
God has no better use for such a man.
And the churches which undertake to
let the Lork do all their work are the
churches whose work will never-no,
never be done.
Year: 1871

A party of Irishmen, once upon a
time, contracted to clear a very deep
well. Having none of the usual conve-
niences employed for such purposes,
they were at a loss to get one of, the
party on a little ledge near the bottom
to assist in the process of getting cut
water, mud, etc. At last, Jimmy Phe-
Ian, a herculean fellow, proposed u
plan which was considered just the
thing.


1t was this: Jimmy was 10 clasp his
big fists around the windlass; then an
other of the party was to Chamber down
and hold on by his legs, and so ON un-
til the last man should be able to leap
upon the ledge.


Being slightly corDered with liquor,
the party prepared for the descent with
out stopping to contemplate the diff
culties involved i'm the adventure.


With barred breast, and sleeves tuck
ed up, big Jimmy seized the round
portion of the w:ndlass directly over
the weil and swung himself over. An
other Of the party crept down Jimmy's
body and grasped him by the boots.
After several more had followed suit,
and the human chain began to stretch
far into the well, Jimmy became alive
to one great difficulty: the windlass
did not afford him a good hold in the
INST place, and the weight was intolel-
able.


AT last human sinew c>uld stand IL
no longer, and Jimmy hailed the lower
link IN the chain with:


BE jabers, Pat, hold fast below till
sphit on me hans.n .fes5e


Suiting the action to the words, he
released his hold, when, of course, the
whole party was precipitated to the
bottom of the well. AS luck would
have 1t, there was more mud than
water where the Hiberniaps lit, and
they wisely considered themselves par
ticuiarly fortunate in escaping without
actual loss Of either life or limb.
Year: 1871

An article from the pen of Sheppard
IIomans on the growth of life insur-
ance in the United States, published
i'm recent number of the Ame, ican
Lifo Assurance Magazine, contains
the following, which will be read with
much interest:


"a very remarkable example of the
effect of the human will, although ex-
ercised unconsciously, perhaps, has
been developed by the experience of
our life companies. This is i'm the se-
lection by an individual from among
the different kinds of policies issued
by the cOmpany-these are i'm general
for a short term ofyears for the whole
life, or where the insurance is payble
OH the attainment of given age, or at
death if prior. The first would uatu-
rally be selected by such persons as
had some reason to fear that they
would die before the close of the term
of years (and which reason might not
be discernible by the keenesi medical
examiner); the second would natural
ly be selected By persons who had no
reason to believe that death would
occur sooner or later than the aver
age, but who, knowing that death
must occur, desire to make provision
for their families. The third class
would, on account of the increased
premium, be chosen only by those
persons who had some reasf,u to think
that they would live to enjo they
money As result in our largest
American company we find that the
annual mortality among holders OF
short term policies has been LIS per
cent, whole life policies has beel 0.99
per cent, endowment assurance poll
cies has been O.40 per cent.
Year: 1871

Who win caree
When we lie beneath the daises
Underneath the churchyard mold.
And the long grass DER our faces
Lays Its fingers damp and cold;
When we sleep from care and sorrow
And the ills ofearthly life;
Sleep to know no sad Tomorrow,
With its bitterness and strife


Who will care?


Who will care?
Who viii come to weep above Us,
Lying. o SO white and still,
Underneath the skies of summer,
When all natures pulses thrill
To a new life, glad and tender,
Full of beauty rich and sweet,
And all the world is clad i'm splendOr,
That the world should e'er repeat


Who will care?


Who will care?
When Queen Autumn s fowl blossom
And she stoops in pity down,
With a white flower for our bosom,
Taken from the royal crown?
Who will come to kneel in pity
By our long and narrow bed,
When the wild win DIS sing their dity
In the grasses DER our head


Who will care?


Who will care?
When the spring times glad smiles lin


gers


On the meadows far and wide,
And she drops with rosy fingers,
Bloom and tear on every side,
Who Will come with tender yearning,
To the grave of those they miss?
Who will sigh for our returning
To their presence and their kiss?


Who will care?
Who will think of white hands lying
On a still and silent breast,
Never more to dream of signing,
Evermore to think of rest?
Who will care? No one can tell Us,
But if rest and peace be all,
VIII IL matter IL they miss us.
Or they miss us not at all ::


Who will care?
Year: 1871

The advantage of having ones crani-
um uncrowded with too much brain,
was recently realized i'm a remarkable
manner by Prince William of Baden.
A bullet entered his head, within an
inch of his left eye, and, piercing the
duct of the ear, came out little behind
it. The leaden explorer found nothing
of consequence in its track, except the
ear passage, the damage to which leaves
the Prince deaf on that side. He suffers
no other serious trouble from the runc-
ure of his skull.
Year: 1871

With the regular changes in the season
Messrs Person & Hews mako entire changes ip their
stock Of gsnteman's wearing apparel They have
now ON hend, received per of the
nghtest clothing tor summer wear Their styes are of
the and most elegant kind, AND they guarantee
to give aatSfAc ion to purchaser At the late Texas
Fair Houston their clothing was awarded the


frat premiunp Their Rtock ts Of the make
and material Give them call 1T IS and Is Camp
street.
Year: 1871

CRABS IN A STREET CAR.-NO little conster-
nation was created ip South Baltimore City
passenger car last evening, caused by a dozen
and more of hard-shell crabs making a circuit
of the floor of the vehicle. These unusual
passengers belonged to young man who had
caught them in the vicinity Of Ferry Bar, and
gentleman in entering the car at the corner of
Camden and Sharp sts., accidentally stumbled
against the basket, and in a twnkling the crabs
were crawling abou. the focr in all directions
A lady in the car was first notified of the
presence of the crabs by sharp pain in one of
caused the pain she uttered such scream
as almost threw another lady passenger into
spasms. The crab maintained stub
born hold upon the ankle, and at last a
gentleman essayed TO remove the monster, and
in so doing he evidenced the fact that he was
not posted in the art of pinning crab, as the
latter quitting his hold upon the lady ankle,
caught the thumb of the gentleman, and just
here new source of trouble arose the sudden
attack of the crab caused the man to utter a


peculiar expletive, and in his agony he des-
cribed a swift sem-crcle with his left hand,


and with such force as to detach the body of
the crab from the claw which encirced the


thumb of the gentleman, and the crab went
| full into the bosom of the lady mentioned as


being almost afflicted with spasms. Her
screams now made confusion worse confoun-
ded, and in less than a minute after the bask


cts of crabs had been overturned the liveiiest


scene imaginable was going on in that car, but


the crabs were finally captured and returned to


the basket and quiet restored along the line. >"
-Bdlttn,ore american, AUg. 9h.
Year: 1871

The st. Louis Republican relates the follow
ing:


Living near the Park is family consisting
of a young gentleman, his wife and little
the illustrious Benton the other day, the
mother was surprised at hearing her little
daughter exclaim, in joyful ecstacy: "Oh,
papa mamma here's papa !" and at the same
time going as fast as her little feet would carry
her towards gentleman seated on the grass
under the shade of the statue. With his back
towards the lady, he did resemble her husband
very much, and she was really greatly pleased
to find him seated there, apparently so much
interested in morning paper. Imagine her
surprise when, upon addressing him, she found
that the gentleman was an entire stranger to
her. Abashed completely confused, she vainly
her speech utterly failed her. The gentleman,
however, gallantly came to the rescue, and
assured her that no harm had been DONE


While this little episode was transpiring in
the park, what was the husband doing
Going to his place of business this morning he
met friend there, who, with what intent we
know not, causually remarked to him that he
met his (the merchant's) wife in the park,
and playtully suggested that such a thing
might be that she found something of rare en-
ioyment there or else she would not go sc
often. Being little inclined toward Jealous
disposition he thought he could spare time t
just run up there, slIrprise his wife and ruI
back again, at the 1rt @e time satisfying him
self about his frieGy tis suggestion. He drOv
to the park, leapet .la1LOm his carriage and hur
ried on through the avenues in search of hi
dear ones.


Sitting at the foot of the monument was hi
wife, and at her feet gentleman who was


perfect stranger to him, caressing and chat
. ting with his child. With a cry of rage an
despair, he sprang upon the supposed invade
of his family peace, seized him by the throat
and presented q revolver at his breast. Tn
wife, innocent of any wrong, retained won
= derfully her presence of mind, and begged
pleaded and implored him to await an explains
tion Upon the stranger giving his name, tn
J host started with seeming nervousness, an
instantly asked his fathers given name.
q was furnished. The husband raised upon hi
feet and in an excited manner and apparen
ly laboring under great excitement, looked tn
guest squarely in the face and asked his mother
y name. Upon the announcement Of ht


name the husband feel with a cry.of joy upo
the neck of the stranger, crying, " Brother
= brother" 1t was indeed his long lost brOthe
10 whom he had been separated from since chile
,e hood, and save for sober second thought


would have murdered, and at the same tin
be blasted the future of himself and family.


boy hood they had lived in an Eastern HON


and one, seized with the spirit of adve


ture, went to the Pacific coast, failed to wri


home, and became as it were dead to the fam


". The other brother came West several yea
r. after and settled in ST. louis, where the fiji
y brother wandered after somewhat EVENT.
=, experience, and the recognition took place.
tie
Year: 1871

Don't wait till your body is about to
plug up hole in the ground before you begin
your charities. 1t is too much like starving
week or so to make room for good, rousing
thanksgiving dinner
Year: 1871

how soon his head will he broken. II
ought to take over year to learn min
ing well.


After picking up some specimens Of
shale finely marked with tho impress OF
plants which existed in prcadamite times,
we turned our steps. .surfaceward. Aswe
passed another wooden door, our guide
paused, and said


II worked ut Avondale, aud this is
the kind of door the men inside barri
caded to keep out the fire. They filled
up the chinks with their hats and clothes,
but il was no use.


A feeling Of awe stole over us as we
stood and looked at this weak defence
against the ravaging flames. Suppose
the miners who had seen us enter the
mine, and who bore spite against our
guide, should take it into their heads to
imprison lis inside. There was more
than one rough among them VINO might
do snch thing. H0rrid thought, und
without delay, we ascended the slope to
its entrance and viewed the sky and in
hailed the pure air once more with CRATE
ful feelings. Better year of sunlight
than century of such subterranean
occupation. with a fortune as payment.
lis it possible that any one can call crop.
ing about like mole underground
pleasure p? Let those who have never
seen such place try exploring n flooded
cellar with small lamp, and they will
have fair conception of being inside
coal mine.
Year: 1871

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Jow"oi tells this story


One of our most eminent brokers has
Il portion of his family travelling in Eu-
rope. Among them is young son, who
is preparing by travel to join his broth
ers in the business of the street. In
company with some friends he made one
of the party who were to have an audi
ence with the Pope. As is well known,
these audiences are held in the Library
of the Vatican. The visitors who are to
have the honor of an interview are
ranged on either side, single file. The
Pope passes down the line. As he passes
slowly along devout Catholics kneel and
kiss the slipper Qunsi Catholics kneel
and kiss the ha. j If His Holiness.
Others stand and salute the hand which
is extended to all The young New
Yorker was the last on the line. He did
not kneel TO kiss the shoe, nor did he
kiss the outstretched hand, but seized
it, and gave it n good, hearty Yankee
shake. The CONSERVATION at the audaci-
ty of the young man was very fThrked,
The Pope, who was evidently taken by
surprise, was the first to recover himself.
He shook bis finger rouguishly at the
youth, laid his hand on his shoulder and
said You are from New York, young
man, ] presume - am a New
Yorker was the reply. Thought so, )"
said the Pontiii, as he passed on, intima-
ting that New Yorker was quite daring
enough for anything. When questioned
how he dared do such q thing, Young
America replied ; Dare do it ! shook
hands with Gen. Grant and Gen. Scott,
and why should not shake hands with
the Pope as with any other eminent
man ?" The affair is quite the talk of
the street, where the young man is well
known. 1t will make him quite as
famous as the act of Raleigh when he
flung his cloak in the mud before Queen
Rnss
Year: 1871

According to North Carolina cores
pondent. the influence of the moon on
vegetation may he determined by trying
the following experiment


Take any given quantity of common
peas, and divide the same into four
parts, keeping them separate. Then, on
any ground at all fit for vegetation, when
the season approaches, SOW the contents
of the first parcel on the first or second
day of the new moon the second parcel
SOW near the same spot on the first or
second day of the second quarter; the
third parcel SOW on the second or third
day before the full moon; and lastly
SOW the fourth parcel on the second or
third day before the moon Is ont. Now
the first parcel, sown under the new
moon. will grow very fast, blossom most
beautifully, but will not bear much fruit;
the second will blossom and bear very
little the third parcel will not only bios
som beautifully, but will bear fruit in
; and the fourth and last par
eel will scarcely rise from the ground.
Likewise all fruit trees set at the new
moon blossom, but three days before the
full moon, bear abundantly. In pruning
trees, the same effect takes place, for
tree pruned at the new moon will shoot
forth branches, but will prove unproduc-
tive. but if pruned at the full, it will
bear abundantly.
Year: 1871

An IDEA. Professor De Morgan, the
great metaphysician and mathematician,
lately dead, preferred during his lifetime
to be accounted skeptic falsely and lose
by it, rather than to be known asa Chris
tian and gain by it. But passage in his
will reads thus Il commit my future
destiny with hope derived from expert
ence, to Almighty God, who has been
and will be, my guide and my support !;
to God. the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, of whom believe in my heart
that God has raised him from the dead,
and whom have not confessed with my
mouth in the sense usually attached to
these words, because such confession
has been in my time the only way up in
the world"
Year: 1871

SHEEP TENpING.-ln early spring


nights of March yon may find many a
shepherd in farmstead, cottage or lonely
shieling among the mountains, on the
watch to tend the ewes and little totter-


ing lambs the latter just born into a


bleak world Were he not to tend them
he would lose many thus preserved. We
cannot but think that this office of shep
herd must tend to make man generally
kinder to all living things. There comes
much satisfaction also, from relieving
the helpless it is an honorable office
and most ancient. A shepherd grows to
know his sheep individually, much as
we distinguish the features If a friend,
and in the darkness can find his way to
an eve recognized by her cry, who like
wise knows his voice, and that it is
friendly. While on the watch at night,
waiting on his flock, the shepherd has
many chances of observing the signs of
the night its sounds and faint lights
and changing aspects of darkness and of
dawn. .-OnMe Night 1o,rer.
Year: 1871

\ DETERMINED SUIcIDE.-A former
Principal of the High School in Marl-
boro, Mass. a a for two years prac-
ticing lawyer that to- !, driven to in
sanity by slanderous ries respecting
himself, made an attenI pt a week ago to
commit suicide. He first emptied the
six barrels of revolver into his breast :;
then deliberately loaded and fired another
shot Just under the ribs III the left side.
Finding all these Intellectual, he next
fired into his right ear, then behind the
ear, and lastly just over the ear At this
point he became insensiDle, and he was
almost Immediately found by his family.
All the ten bullets are now in his body.
Three of them are supposed to be i'm
bedded in the brain, while the other sew
en- are supposed to be somewhere in the
region of the heart, and at last accounts
he was still alive.
Year: 1871

The EVILS of lynch law were striking
ly illustrated in Cedar County, Missouri,
a short time since. Two horses having
been stolen, suspicion fastened upon a
man of bad character living in the
neighborhood. Two citizens followed
and overlook him, and after recovering
the stock hung the thief to tree. But
a short time afterwards the citizens were
seized and hung by mob of men, sup
posed to be friends of the man who had
stolen the horses This caused great
deal of excitement and at last accounts
there was imminent danger of more
hanging in the vicinity.
Year: 1871

A young man, who speaks from expe.
rience, declares that there is no ordeal
more trying to a young man thar being
introduced 10 an elderly person or a
man of middle age. The elderly person
or the man of middle age never enjoys
an introduction to a young man, and
vice versa. There is always a halt-dis-
appointed look on the features of the
man Of middle age or elderly person,
which seems to say, What the deuce
does Snooks mean by putting this young
sprout at me2" Then the half-disap-
pointed look is succeeded by look like
Let me get away" The young man
looks Let me get away" too, and feels
as though be had shot his grandmother.
Both are bored. and each secretly re
solves to never Eake any use Of the in
PRODUCTION.
Year: 1871

A party has just arrived at Lacrosse,
Wisconsin, who Travelled for several days
through and along the burning district
Of Dakota and Northwestern Mime
sofa The description they give of their
own sufferings and the scenes they wit
messed are heartrending. They state
that they found at different points the
charred remains of three human beings,
nothing left but the bodies and those
burned to a crisp Nothing could be
found that would in any way identify
the burned corpses. The mail coach
due in Yonkton on Wednesday evening
had an exciting race with the element
1t was discovered that the fire was com
ing and a race ensued. The driver piled
his whip and away the horses went on a
gallop. Nearer and nearer came the
fire. The red glare filled the sky; the
forked tongues shot out; the terrible
hissings of the demon were in the ears
of the afirighted passengers. The driver
gathered his lines, drew the leaders from
the road, horses gathered, jumped, n
rail fence was beneath the wheels Of the
coach, the coach was ON piece of plow-
ed ground, and the fire went by with a
roar like cataract.
Year: 1871

Although the settlement Of AlaskG
proceeds slowly, yet we may infer thai
it is progressing steadily and surely
since we are informed that on the island
of Unalaska there are already nine com
mercial and business houses. This is
land is the headquarters for all the fish
ing and whaling expeditions bound for
Plover Bay, Bristol Bay Behring Sea
and the Arctic Ocean, as vessels can be
there reftted, obtain supplies and pro
cure excellent fresh water in abundance,
In further refutation of the unfounded
impression that Alaska is bitterly cold
region, we learn that the ice crop of the
past season was extremely meager, and
not sufficient to meet the wants of the
Pacific coast.
Year: 1871

From the Grafton wv. Val sentinel.l


A few weeks since, about ten o'clock
pm, a countless flock Of birds began
flying through the air chirping in a
manner that indicated that they were in
distress. They seemed to have been
drawn to the town by the light, in their
passage, and attracted the attention of a
great many of our citizens. They flew
about promiscuously, and the whole air
seemed to be full of them. One Of the
little wanderers, attracted by the light,
few against the house of Mr.. VIM. Slain,
and disabled itself so that it was cap
tured. 1t was brought to our office the
next morning, and number examined
it, but no one recognized it as being any
species of bird of this region. The
theory is that they heve been driven in
this direction by the great fires that have
been raging in the West. The bird was
about the size of our robin, of a dark
lead color, with tinge of red at the ex-
tremities of the wings and tail. 1t was
a beautiful bird. We learn that several
of them were caught at Webster, four
miles south of this place.
Year: 1871

The facility with which innocent men
in tbis country are sent to the gallows
or penitenuary is only equaled by the
facility with which the genuine rascal
and murderer escape justice. kSnsas
having determined to convict DIR. Medii-
colt Of poisoning Ruth, a burglar Is
placed upon the witness stand with a
story well calculated to deceive a guilt
bic Jury, and there is little doubt that
every word uttered 0y The wretch has
been swallowed by the intelligent Twelve.
There is little hope for hedlicott, and
there is little prospect that anybody viii
eysrr really know whether he is innocent
~ gniity md a thiefs story is as good
as anybody eisss Ehsn this happens to
be the case.
Year: 1871

This is a pretty good time to bring DR..
Sehoeppe forward again, says the Pitts
burgh Leader. He has been lying perdu
and almost forgotten for good while
now. The Chicago excitement having
in a measure subsidized, and nothing hav-
ing as yet taken its place, Schoeppe
might well be brought forward and dis
eussed. To have him occupy public
attention, might be as good move on
the part Of the Governor, too, as a
means of diverting public attention
somewhat from the Evans case.
Year: 1871

WASTE PAPER. Never throw away old paper. If you have no wish to sell it use it in the house. Some house. keepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning many articles of furniture. For instance, volume written by lady who prided herself on her experience and tact, says: ''After,a stove has been blacked, 1t can be kept looking very well for long time by rubbing, it with paper every morning.

 Rubbing with paper is much nicer way of keeping the outside of @ tea kettle, cofee-pot and teapot bright and clean, than. the old way of washing them in suds. Rubbing with paper is also the best way of, polishing knives and tin ware and spoons; they shine like new sill yer. For polishing mirrors, windows, -lamp-chimneys, etc., paper is better than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much better if brown paper instead of cloth, is tied over the jar Canned fruit is not so apt to mould if piece of writing paper, cut to fit the can, is laid directly on the fruit. Paper is much better to put under carpet than straw. It is warmer, thinner, and makes less noise when one walks over it. ...