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Year: 1875

The Rural World has discovered a
use for the old discarded fruit and
oyster cans, which commonly constitute
decided nuisance in the domestic
economy, as no one knows just how to
get rid of them. Its suggestion is as
follows


"Place them in the trees so that you
can fasten them by driving small nail
through the corner of the cans, being
careful to place them 80 they will be
shaded when the leaves come out. Or
you may place them on the shady side of
some building, driving two nails through
the edge Of the can into the building.
These birds will accept such houses for
their summer homes, in which to rear
their young. All this is cheap. Then
why not all enjoy these birds company
and musicl All living in the country, in
villages, or the suburbs of our large
cities, may do it. 1 have about two
hundred of these birds nests around my
buildings and in my orchard Of some
sixty. five acres. 1 hope to see them
more common elsewhere. These birds
harm nothing, but destroy many larve,
also the perfect insect /; and in addition
and this comes in to make up life with
meas pass through my grounds daily,
troubled it may be on all sides, am also
cheered in the midst of my cares by the
constant and pleasant company and
music of these birds"
Year: 1875

81 used to be ever SO fond of it when
was little girl"


John was so delighted that the lady
should like sweet flag, and that she was
pleased to accept it from him. He thought
himself that it was the best thing to eat
he knew. He handed up a large bunch
of it. The lady took two or three stalks
and was about TO return the rest, when
John said:


"Please keep it all ma'am. can gel
lots more. 1 know where its ever SC
thick"


"Thank You, thank you, said the lady
and as the carriage started she reached
out her hand to John. He did not TN
derstand the motion until he saw a cent
drop in the road at his feet. Instantly
all his illusion and pleasure vanished.
Something like tears were in his eyes as
he shouted


II don't want your cent. 1 don't sell
flag I"


John was intensely mortified. 81
suppose" he said, "she thought was q
sort of beggar-boy. To think of sell
ing flag !"


AT any rate he walked away and left
the cent III the road, humililated boy.
Jim said he was green not TO take the
money; he would go and look for it now,
If he would tell him where it dropped.
And Jim did spend an hour looking
about in the dirt, but he did not find the
cent. Jim, however, had an idea; he
would dig sweet flag and see if another
carriage wouldn't come along.
Johns next rebuff and knowledge of
the world was of another sort. He was
again walking in the road at twilight,
when he was overtaken by wagon with
one seat, upon which were two pretty
girls, and young gentleman sat be
tween them, driving. 1t was a merry
party, and John could hear them laugh
ing and singing as they approached
him. The wagon stopped when it over
took him, and one OF the sweet-faced
girls leaned from the seat and said, quite
seriously and pleasantly:


"Little boy, how's your MARI"


John was surprised and puzzled for G
moment. He had never seen the young
lady, but he thought she, perhaps, knew
his mother; Mt any rate, his instinct OF
politeness made him say:


"She's pretty well, l thank you"
"Does she know you are otit9


And thereupon all three burst into 9
roar of laughter and dashed on. II
flashed upon John in q moment that he
had been imposed on, and it hurt him
droadfully. His self-respect was injured
somehow, and he felt as if his lovely,
gentle mother had been insulted. He
would like to have thrown stone at the
wagon, and in rage he cried:


"You'rs q nice"-but he could not
think of any hard, bitter words quicl
enough.


Probably the young lady, who might
have been almost any young lady, never
knew what cruel thing she had done
Charles Dudley Warner.
Year: 1875

A mother who was in the habit of ask-
ing her children, before they went to
bed, what they had done that day to
make others happy, found her twin
daughters silent. The question was re-
peated.


81 can think of nothing good for this
day, mamma, only one of my mates was
happy because she left off head of the
class and 1 smiled on her and ran and
kissed her, 80 she said I was good.
That's all"


The other spoke even more timidly.
"The little girl that sits by me has lost a
little brother. / seen her hide her face
in her book and cry. I felt sorry and
laid my head by hers and cried too. She
looked up and put her arms about my
neck and seemed comforted, but don't
know why did her any good"


"Come, my darlings, into my arms, y
said the mother to rejoice with those
that rejoice, and weep with those that
weep, is to obey our blessed Redeemer!'
Year: 1875

The crows who live near my wood al
ways build their nests of interviewer
sticks and twigs, and they are strong
enough to last year after year, if they
are not rs handsome as those of some
other birds. But one of my crow-neigh-
bors tells me that he has cousins who
live on far-away islands where there are
neither trees nor shrubs, and these crows
build their nests, and very good-looking
ones too, of the dried and bleached bones
of large fish that have been thrown up
on the shore.


Queer nests, should think, but they
show the ingenuity and perseverance of
the birds. How much better than to sit
down and cav sulkily that they will not
build any nests at all, because they can't
get just the material they prefer for the
purpose" Jack-in-the-Puipit
Year: 1875

HE Chicago Tribune thus plausibly
explains the increase in the divorce bust
ness "Under existing laws a woman
can recover through the aid of an idiot
jury such heavy damages from default
ing lover that matrimony and divorce
are preferable to suit for breach of
promise as being cheaper and less an
noying. The coming man will marry
and desert instead of paying heavy dam
ages for momentary weakness"
Year: 1875

GEN. SHERMAN's life, rs set forth in
his memoirs, is striking illustration of
the fallacy of the popular superstition
that rolling stone gathers no moss. His
career prior to his entering the Union
army as Colonel of regulars was one of
constant change. He was First Lieu
tenant of artillery in 1S46, stationed at
Fort Moultrie, in South Carolina. His
desire to take an active part in the war
with Mexico was defeated by circum-
stances. He was sent to California in
stead of Mexico, and was a passive wit
ness Of the excitements incident to the
gold fever Of 1S4s-49. A year later he
Year: 1875

Twenty clerks in store, twenty
hands in n printing office, twenty ap-
prentices in ship-yard, twenty young
men in a village-all want to get on in
the world and expect to do so. One of
the clerks will become a partner and
make fortune; one of the compositors
will own newspaper and become an in
huential citizen; one of the apprentices
Will become n master builder; one OF the
young villagers will get a handsome
farm and live like a patriarch-but
which one is the lucky individual 2
Lucky There is no luck about it. The
thing is almost as certain as the rule of
three The young fellow who will dis
tance his competitors is he who masters
his business, who preserves his integrity,
who lives cleanly and purely, who de-
votes his leisure to acquisition of knowl-
edge, who gains friends by deserving
them, and who saves his spare money
There are some ways to fortune shorter
than this old, dusty highway; but the
staunch men Of the community, the
men who achieve something really worth
having, good fortune, good name, and
serene old age, all go on this road.
Year: 1875

The meeting to inagurate this meet
was held at the Fought's school house,
on Monday evening, and was very largely
The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed and an immense gathering on the
occasion was confidently anticipated.
There is to be another meeting on Fri
day evening at the above school house
to resolve upon other preliminaries.
Year: 1875

During our very pleasant duty of re-
the immense commercial re-
sources and unsurpassed facilities Of tho
leading wholesale houses in Toledo,
with view Of unquestionAbly establish
ing the advantage afforded by Western
markets over those of the East-in
which mission we have zealously labored
for over twelve months, with tho most
Year: 1875

how they are TO exist after they get there, or
how they could return in case of failure.


If they will only wait for further informa-
tion from the Government, which now seems
TO be desirous of making concessions to meet
these new interests, there will be no one more
willing than myselfto aid in ascertaining their
value; SO far as the troops are concerned will
promise activity in the present emergency and
conscientious performance of duty.


Should the points from which the miners
start be so remote as to make it impossible for
our scanty force to watch them, we can oc-
cupy the two or three gaps in the Black Hills,
and etiectually exclude trespassers. Very re-
spectfully, P. II. SHERIDAN,


Lieutenant General Commanding.
Year: 1875

AN ACT to amend Chap. 1877 of the General Laws


of 1871, entitled An act TO provide for the trial


of offense upon information, and to make the


general laws of the State applicable thereto. :
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-


sented in Senate and Assembly. do enact as fol-


lows:


SECTION 1. Sec. 6 of - Chap. 49, Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: Ii shall be the
duty of the District Attorney of the proper county
TO inquire into and make full examination of all
the facts and circumstances connected with any
case preliminary examination provided,
by law touching the commission of any offense
whereon the offender shall have been or shall be
committed TO Jail, or become recognized or held
in bail and to file an information setting forth the
crime committed according to the facts ascer-
tanned on such examination and from the written
testimony taken thereon, whether it be the same
offense charged IN the complaint on which the
examination was had or not; but if the
District Attorney shall determine in any
such case that an information ought not
to be filed he shall make, subscribe and
file with the Clerk of the Court statement in
writing containing his reasons, in fact and in law
for not filing an information in such case; such
statement shall be filed at and during the term of
the court at which the offender shall be held for
appearance: Pr0Utded, That in such case the
court may examine such statement, together with
the evidence filed in the case, and If upon such
examination the court shall not be satisfied with
such statement the District Attorney shall be
directed by the court 10 file the proper informa-
ton and bring the case to trial.


SEC. :. All acts and parts of acts contravening
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.


SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.


Approved March 4, 1875. ty~ COPY.
Year: 1875

An old bachelor thus impeaches wom-
an: +" | impeach her in the name OF the
great whale OF the ocean, whose bones
are torn asunder to enable her to keep
straight. / impeach her in the name of
the peacock, whose strut, without his
permission, she has stealthily and with
out honor assumed. ] impeach her in
the name of the horse, whose tail she has
perverted from its use to the making OF
wavy tresses to decorate the back of the
head and neck. / impeach her in the
name of the kangaroo, whose beautiful
figure she, in taking upon her the Grecian
bend, has brought into ill-favor and dis
repute."
Year: 1875

Thunder on the School QueS-


tiOn.


New York, December liza special
from Washington says: The Democrats
are generally accepting the idea that they
should fall In with the Presidents s1ggeS.
tion Of The constitutional amendment
prohibiting the support Of sectional
schools out Of the public money. And al
the meeting Of the Democratic Associa.
tion Of the DeStriCt Of Columbia last
night, the first step towards such move.
ment was taken by the introduction Of
resolutions deciding that the free school
system Of the United States is the bright
eat star In the glory Of Republic, and
that on ia maintenance and perpetuity
depends the present and future Of the
American people, and that the Demo.
cratic party always has, and at all times
hereafter will resist any and all attempts
looking 10 division Of the public school
fund, no matter for what purpose, that The
Democratic party has been, il now and
always will be, In favor Of free schools,
free press, free speech, free trade, and gold
and silver as The only constit tiOnal
money Of the nation, paper money being
the illigitimate offspring Of the Republi.
can party. tits we'll known TO the nation
at large that the only fatal blow struck at
The free schools Of this country was by
the Republican party in Congress, when
II endeavoted 10 mix white and black
children In the same schools. No State
shall make any law respecting an estab'
lishmehL OF any religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, and no money
raised by taxation for the support Of The
public schools, or derived from any pub.
lie fund therefor, shall ever be under The
control OF any religious sect, nor shall
any money so raised ever be divided be-
tween religious seCts or denominations.
Year: 1875

s0r Here's new parlor game: Two
players are closely blinded with band
age made OF their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Each one is provided with saucer full
of cake or cracker-crumbs, which is
held in the left hand, and o spoon,
which ia held in the right hand. A
sheet is spread upon the floor, on
which the players sit, and at given
signal they begin to feed each other.
Their efforts to find each others mouths
with their spoons never fail to afford
much sport. Another amusing expert
ment is to try to blow out candle
blindfolded. The candle is placed upon
table, up to which the player is first
led; he then walks back six steps, turns
around three times and walks forward
as nearly in the direction ofthe candle
as possible and tries TO blow it out. II
he happens to wander to the wrong
part Of the room the effect Of the blow
ing is very funny.
Year: 1875

be permitted to miscsrry, if there was
no secret in ltf


The counsel then called attention to
Beecher's letter of February, 1872, IN
which he stated that he was willing TO
step down and out if that would serve
their purposes. beecher, said the coun-
sci, was willing to descend from his high
position on account of the darkness which
surrounded him. That man offering to
abandon his great mission, Offering HIM
self as sacrifice that Illton
could be helped and his
wife and children might be saved. Coun-
sci could not make this more emphatic
or appealing to the sensibilities of the
jury than the language in which this let
ter was clothed. What was there in II
which led this great preacher to offer
himself a> sacrifice to repair the inJu-
rleS which he had done TO Il woman who
had cast herself involuntarily upon his
love? What was there that caused Mr.
Beechcr to say that he was living on the
dragged edge of remorse and despair"
There must have been some reason that
forced this strange yet meaning
expression from his lips; ard yet
the other side tell Us it was
used bl Bcccher ut random and was ut
terIy without any sense or meaning
Webster tells Us that remorse is the keen,
piercing anguish, caused by a conscious
ness of guilt. Henry Ward Beccher
said the speaker, was penitent to his God,
but timid and lying toward his fellow
men, and that WAS not the form of peni-
tence which would save Il man. This
was the remorse Henry Ward Beecher
felt. His friends might say, people reyer-
cnce thee, art thou not retaining lost
seuls?" and his language III the letters,
a have rcpented, | am great, but the
bitterness of death Is on me
and my whole being is tortur-
ed on the ragged edge
of death and despair And when this
man thus broke out in the agony Of his
soul was there no significance to be at
tached to it ? And was this man who ut
tered these words to his God and the man
be- had offended, to be believed when he
said that he was entirely innocent of this
charge


E,urt olinurDnI
Year: 1875

1t Was stated during the recess that
Beach would not finish his address before
Friday afternoon, and in that case Judge
Nelson said he would not charge the
jury until Monday. 1t isnow considered
certain that TiIton's counsel W h, at the
conclusion OF Beachs address, ask that
the case be reopened for the admission Of
the newly discovered evidence,
Year: 1875

One of the best investments for a
person of small means is building as.
sociation shares. Their cost is but
little, and saving to pay the monthly
dues begets habit of economy which
makes payments easy after a time.
Even girls living out" as domestics
have found means to buy and keep
running building association shares.
and there could be no better invest
ment for them. Even If only one or
two shares are taken, it is accumula.
tion, and little drops make great riv.
ers. Young men and young girls
should endeavor to obtain as many OF
such shares as they can keep running,
If only one or two, for in no other way
can they make money so surely and
safely and with so little outlay.-Rea&
ing EAGLE.
Year: 1875

| Here is story that was rela-


ted forty or fifty years ago: A


stagecoach was going along an


Arkansas road. On the back


seat were three women, on the
middle one two men tall and
muscular, while the forward seat


held only a small man, wrapped


up completely in a blanket
After a time one Of the power
full men on the middle seat lit a
cigar and smoked. The smoke
went full in the face of one of
the women,w was both young
and timid. She sfckened and
then requested the man to stop
smoking. This aroused the
rufian in him and he roughly
declared, 81 have paid my fare ;
it is customary to smoke and /
will smoke as much as [ have a
mind to-" Accordingly he took
out a fresh cigar and started the
smoke cloud again. The wo-
man could only add that "smo-
kers ought not to forget to be
gentlemen" This suggestion
excited the mans rage to white
heat. At this point the small
man on the front seat laid aside
his blanket, put his left hand
on the knee of the ruffian, in
order to withdraw his atten-
ton from the woman and to
himself, while with his right
hand he drew a bowie knife
from its case between his shoul-
der blades. Pointing the weap-
Oh at the heart Of the brute and
looking him square in the eye,
the little man quickly said: Il
am Col. James Bowie, and un-
less you throw that cigar away
in one minute 1 will put this
knife in your heart as true as
there is God" The ruffian COM
pretended in an instant with
whom he had to deal and threw
the cigar out Of the window
without adding a word. Col.
Bowie replaced his weapon,
drew his blanket about him and
relapsed into a condition Of ap-
parent indifference. If he had
lived in the ancient times his
contemporaries or the genera
ton following would have made
a god Of him.
Year: 1875

An event occurred recently at


the house of August Sink, the
we'll known hotel proprietor at the
Grand Trunk Junction, which
created an intense excitement
A little child of Edward Dwyer,
an engineer in the employ of the


Michigan Central Railroad Conn
pany, died apparently, and the
funeral arrangements were made.
The body was laid out in the US
ual manner. A shroud was made
for it, and all other preparations
for the funeral, even to the engag-
ing of carriages, were completed.
Just before the time for the funer-
al services to commence, the at
tendants were suddenly startled
by a sharp cry, and to their mo-
mentary horror and cunsterna-
ton, the babe for whose death
they had sorrowed two days was
seen to move. Instantly all was
excitement in the house. Grief
was changed to rejoicing for one
risen, as it were, from the dead,
and the news OF the strange event
went abroad as on the wings Of
lightning. The neighbors flock
ed to see the child thus providen-
TALLY returned from the grave,
and all that day the wondrous
tidings were carried from house
to house. The JOY Of the father
and mother cannot be told. The
fUllness Of their heurts will be
measurably understood by the fa-
theirs and mothers who have put
away their little ones in the earth
forever.
Year: 1875

The New York correspondent


of the Troy Times writes of insan
Iity, and says: l may here refer


to the death of an ac9u aintance


(which occurred at Bloomingdale


Asylum. He was a man of slen-


der build, but mental disease had


reduced him to extreme emacia.


ton. He had not lived much
more than forty years, and yet he
was the image of idiotic old age.


Such was the last scene in the
life of one who was once highly
gifted and eminently successful.
When first l knew him he was a
fine-built young man, with a bril-
liant countenance and easy man
ner. He hired a loft in a ware


house and began trade on a capital
which could not have exceeded
$500. But from that beginning
sprung one of the greatest houses
IN the city. His course was one
of wonderful success, but it taxed


his system beyond its strength.
He was so excited that he could
not sleep. lie became delirious
on the subject of making money.
1t was the sole theme of his con.
versation, and at last it was fear
ed that this talk was but a form
of insanity. He would call on
his friends to show them chow to
make money" And this, with
other vagaries, compelled his
friends to place him in the asy-
lum. Here he became a lunatic
money-maker. He would spend
the day in calculation and at
night tell how many millions he
had made. At last his brain wore
out and he sank into idiocy, which
only terminated with his life.-I
The concern which he built up
is one Of great wealth, and he
left his family with half million, !
but it was small price for which |
to sell his reason.
Year: 1875

ONE day last week a smiling in
fant toddled away from its home
near Viola, Iowa, on the Dubuque
Southwestern Railroad, and lay
down between the rails to sleep A
few moments later train came a.
long, and the engineer, seeing he
could not stop in time, pulled her
wide open aud banged the whole
train over the sleeping cherub be-
fore it woke, and never touched a
hair of it. Had the little one at
tempted to rise it would have been
killed instantly.
Year: 1875

A couple of boys with a dog
went into a drug store in Balti-
more the other day. and while
one interested the druggist IN put
ting up five cents worth Of med
icine, the other tied the dogs tail
to the twine on the counter reel.
When the man Of medicine re.
turned to the counter the reel
was flying like fury. The doc
tor quietly reached for a pallet
knif., and, having hung himself


over the counter, made a desper-
ate whack at the Uranium of the
youngster, who, he supposed, was
sitting on the floor helping him
self But, lo! the Toys and the
dog Bouncer were not there. The
docter having tried in vain to
stop his reel, was obliged to give
it up on account of the heat it
communicated TO the palm of his
hand. When he reached the
door he beheld the boys upon the
sidewalk. about two blocks off,
and Bouncer in the middle of the
street going at the rate of forty
knots an hour, the string pointing
directly towards his tail. The
boys had secured a kite string.