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Year: 1876

OUTDOOR EXERCISE FOR MOTHERS --
Consider it your duty to take out door
exercise, without fail. each day. Sweep
ing and trotting round the house will
not take its place, the exhilaration OF
the open air and change of scene is act
uaHy anu absolutely necessary. y, l
know all about Lucy's gown that is
not finished and " Tommy's jacket"
and even "his " coat, his buttonless
coat, thrown in your lap, as If to add
the last ounce to the camels back; still
| say, up and out! Is it not more I'm.
portant that your children, in their ten
der years. should not be left motheriess,
and that they should not he born to that
feeble constitution of body which will
blight every early blessing? Let but
tons and st ings go; you will take hold
of them with more vigor and patience
when you do return bright and refresh
ed and il every stitch he not finished at
Just much a moment (and it is discourag-
ing not to be able to systematlze in your
liber, even with your best etforts), still
remember that =" she who hath done
what she conld" is entitled to no mean
praise Your husband is undoubtedly
the " best of men, though there are
malicious people who might say tha, that
is not saying much for him Still he
would never, to the end of time, dream
what you are dying of, so accept my adj
vice, and take the matter in nand your
seif--MUorc' Hurut.
Year: 1876

EF Almost any absorbent will relieve
the suffering commonly incident to bee
stings, But, perhaps, nothing is more
etfeetual than common raw lean meat.
The sting af a bee or a wasp may be al
most instantly relieved by it 1t is said
to cure the bite of rattlcsnake and cry
clpelas.
Year: 1876

4 Danbury man related 10 a horror-str!cken
crowd, in grocery store, the particulars Of a
narrow escape he had from terrible death
He was crossing long railroad bridge on tOt,
when he was surprised to see a locomotive
coming around curve, and tearing towards
him at terrific speed The bridge was too
narrow 70 allow Of escape at either side, and
be did not dare to jump into the yawniug
abyss below. In flash he took 10 the siiua-
ton and formed bis plan Of action. lie start
ed on swift run TO the on-coming locomotive
and when within few feet Of it he cyncen-
trated all bis nerve and muscle into one effort,
and lesped straight up into the air. The fear
ful monster shot under him, and be came down
on the bridge, saved from death, but seriously
shaken up by the descent. There was a mo-
ment Of deep silence upon the close Of this
narration Then one Of tie company sighed
and shu, up his knife, aod Unexpectedly said !:
" What's the use Of mind when mIn can lie
like that? ?"
Year: 1876

when We are young our boys are sweet,
They climb our knees aad lie at our feet;
When We are old they are hard TO please,
Cold as the rock and wild az the breeze;
They kiss us kindly and speak Us fair,
But we know their hearts are otherwhere.


oh, my sons my son till he gets him wife


But my daughters my daughter all her life
When we are young our days are bright,
And full of hope from morn till night;
When we are old we sit alone,


And think Of pleasant days long gone,
When the house was full ofthe children's noise
The villful girls and the naughty boys.


Oh, my some my son till he gets him a wife


And my daughters my daughter all my life
Year: 1876

lures, and blazing with color, too They
cost anywhere from two TO six cents.
There are also japanese pictures, printed
on coarse paper, some two feet long and
one broad, to be bought for twenty-five
cents each; with dozen of these, a
dozen or two of fans, and say four good
heliotypes, you can make the walls of a
small room so gay that strangers first
impression on entering it will be thatit is
adorned for festival. The fans can be
pinned on the walls in endless pictur-
esque combinations. One of the most eff
fective is to pin them across the corners
of the room, in overlapping rows, like
an old-fashioned card-rack.


Fourth on my essentials for cozy,
cheerful rooms, put order. This is a
dangerous thing to say, perhaps but it
is my honest conviction that sunlight,
color, books and pictures come before
order. Observe, however, that while it
comes fourth on the list, it is only fourth;
it is by no means last ! am not max
ing an exhaustive list. l do not know
where l should stop if undertook that.
| am mentioning only few of the first
principles the essentials. And in re-
gard to this very question of order, |
am partly at loss to know how far it
is safe to permit it to lay down its law
in room. | think almost as many
rooms are spoiled by being kept in too
exact order, as by being too disorderly.
There is an apparent disorder which is
not disorderly and there is an apparent
order, which is only a witness to the
fact that things are never used. | do
not know how better TO state the golden
mean on this point then to tell the story
of an old temple which was once dis
covered, bearing on three sides this in
scription: BE bold" On the fourth
side the inscription : 9" Be not too bold. y


l think it would be well written on
three sides of room " Be orderly"
On the fourth side But don't be toe
orderly. From Talks qcith Girls, By III.
H., an st, Nicholas.
Year: 1876

Not long since the news of the death
of friend of mine reached me. AL
most the first thought that occurred was
how little had ever done to make that
short, sorrowful life happy. Many,
many things | remember that might
have done when it was too late, just as
we all do when we stand beside those
who have gone We never regret the
kind words we have spoken or the retort
we have left unsaid, but bitterly we re-
call sharp words uttered angrily, and un-
kind actions that may have caused tears
to come to eyes that will never shed
them any more.


None of us value sufficiently the vast
influence of kindness. Wee do not think
how those around us stand in need Of it;
we only feel for ourselves. Alone, un-
witnessed save by God, many conflicts
take place the poor human heart strug-
giles with sorrow. Let US try, then, and
do all we can to make those about US
happy, if only with kind word.


| remember, when a child, being away
from home and feeling very lonely, | ac-
cidently met with lady who, putting
her arm around me, drew me towards
her and said few kind words. The
words have forgotten long since, but
the impression they made is still as fresh
as yesterday, and as look back through
years to that face it always seems SO
young and lovely.


Kind words are like the flowers we
may scatter around us, whose fragrance
rises up like incense or, better still,
they remind us of the girl in the fairy
tale, from whose lips, when she spoke,
beautiful pearls fell But they are of
more value than pearls. From them
we reap rich reward here, and they are
treasures laid up in heaven.
Year: 1876

The inhuman exhibition of Juvenile
gymnasts and kindred performers is
likely to receive severe and deserved
check in New York state for some
time to come. An act of the Legis
lature which recently went into effect,
enables the prevention Of cruelty to
children society to obtain the custody of
a child by the decision of any court or
magistrate, not having to depend, as
formerly, upon an order of the supreme
court, and prohibits the employment of
child under sixteen years of age in
begging, peddling, singing, dancing, or
acrobatic. Formerly, the society could
only interfere when there was evident
brutality or great danger to life and
limb, as in the case of "Prince Leo,
but hereafter it will be able to compel
all exhibitions of children to be stopped,
and if necessary the young performers
may be sent to some institution. Re-
Gently the society rescued little four
year-old fellow whom Spaniard named
Miranda had been training and exhibit
ing and was about taking to South Amer
lea, and arrested Miranda.
Year: 1876




SHARP.--Some days ago, in France, a
gentleman named M SO far forgot
himself in heated discussion as 10 give
a blow to X, the brother of an ac-
tress. A duel was arranged, but M
on reflection, seeing that he had been in
the wrong, sent in note of apology by
his second to X. The latter respond
ed that he would only decide whether
to accept the apology or not when they
met on the duelling ground. On the
appointed morning they met, and X
walking up to his antagonist, said Il
have received your letter, and | am
willing to accept your excuses, not wish
ing either to kill you or to be killed my
self but | have one question to ask you
first i; If you were in my place would
you deem like apology complete rep
aration for such an insult? Yes or no?"
Yes" answered M. Are you
sure of it ?" Certainly" / am
charmed to learn it, " said X, giving
M vigorous blow on the cheek
with one hand, and at the same time
with the other presenting him copy of
his own apology.
Year: 1876

BABIES LEGs.-Bow-legs and knock
knees are among the common deformi-
ties of humanity; and wise mothers
assert that the crookedness in either case
arises from the afflicted one having been
put upon his or her feet too early in
babyhood But Massachusetts physi-
clan who has watched for the true cause,
thinks differently. He attributes the
first mentioned distortion to a habit
some youngsters delight in of rubbing
the sole of one foot against that of the
other some will go to sleep with their
soles pressed together. They appear to
enjoy the contact only when the feet are
naked they do not attempt to make it
when they are socked or slippered. So
the remedy is obvious keep the baby's
sole covered. Knock-knees the doctor
ascribes to different childish habit,
that of sleeping on his side, with one
knee tucked into the hollow behind the
other. He has found that where one
leg has been bowed inward more than
another, the patient has always slept on
one side, and the upper member has
been that which has been most deformed.
Here the preventive is to pad the inside
Of the knees SO as to keep them apart,
and let the limbs grow freely their own
way. All of which is commended to
mothers who desire the physical up
rightness of their progeny.
Year: 1876

Having become convinced that CASH BASIS is
the only true and safe way of doing business in
these times of dstrust and competition beg leave
of my patrons who have been accustomed TO having
TEREST ON ALL ACCOUNTS, WHATSOEVER
AND TO WHOMSOEVER. FROM DATE OF PUR-
equal footing.


In view Of this SAVING of INTEREST I submit
the following list of Reduced Prices. which trust
ali will see is a GREAT OFFSET to the SMALL
ITEM of Simple Interest, and guarantee in all
things not here enumerated, the Lowest CASH
Prices.
Year: 1876

said the floor last week that he had the authority
Of all the IL members Of tho Committee to pro-
nounced absolutely and entirely false, and
which he himself characterized az the pro-
duct of o mODstrous imagination" and
freely denounced to members individually
as an Infamous falsehood. Gen. sherman, from
whom the information was derived. authorizes the
statement that while Judge Hogeboom did not
directly charge that the census was fraudulent on


its face the drift OF his remarks to the effect
tnat the returns would probably be erroneous, and
ought to be investigated and, while the Democratic
members did not refuse to join in the discussion,
they did take the ground stated that the Committee
had right to question the accuracy of the census
The remainder of the report was strictly correct
Judge IiOgeboom was. therefore, not authorized as
he said he was, to say what he did and what he did
say was not true. Ii would be easy to characterize
his statement in severer terms if 1t were worth
while.
Year: 1876

The Greeks had proverb which


ran thus: "To dispute on the shad-
ow of an ass" This took rise from
an anecdote which Demosthenes is


said to have related to the Atheni-
ans, to excite their attention during
his defence of criminal, which was
being but inattentively listened to.
ga traveller" he said, "once went
from Athens to Megara on a hired


ass. 1t happened to be at the time
of the dog-days and at noon. He
was much exposed to the unmitigat-
ed heat Of the sun; and not finding
so much as bush under which to
take shelter, he bethought himself to
descend from the ass and seat him.
self under its shadow. The owner
of the donkey, who accompanied
him, objected to this, declaring to
him that when he let the animal the
use of its shadow was not included
in the bargain. The dispute at last
grew so warm that it got to blows


and finally gave rise to an action al
| law. After having said SO much
Year: 1876

Warren on Attorneys and Solicitors


"Never do anything in hurry" Is
the advice given to attorneys and
solicitors by Mr.. Warren. No one
i'll hurry can possibly have his wits
about him; and remember that IN the
law there is ever an opponent watch
ing to find you off your guard. You
may occasionally be in haste, but
you need never be in a hurry; take
care-resolve-neyer to be so. Re
member always that others interests
are occupying your attention and suf-
fer by your madvertance- by that
negligence which generally occasions
hurry. a man of tirst-rate business
talents-one who always looks on
calm and tranquil, that it makes ones
self feel cool on a hot summer day
to look at him-once told me that he
had never been in hurry but once,
and that was for an entire fortnight,
at the commencement of his career.
1t nearly killed him; he spoiled ev-
erything he touched; he was always
breathless and harasscd and miscra-
BILE; but it did him good for life; he
resolved never again to be in a hur-
ry--and never was, no, not once that
he could remember, during twenty
five years practice. Observe, l
speak of being hurried and tiustered
not of being in haste, for that Is
often inevitable; but then is always
seen the superiority and lnferiority
of different men You may indeed
almost define hurry rs the condition
to which an inferior man is reduced
by haste. l one day observed, in a
committee of the House of Commons
sitting on q railway bill, the chief
secretary of the company, during
several hours, while great interests
were in jeopardy, preserve 4 truly
admirable GOODNESS, tranquility and
temper, comforting on him immense
advantages. His suggestions to
counsel were mastery, and exquis-
itely well timed; and by the close of
the day he had triumphed. How is
IL that one never sees you in a hurry?'
SAID /, rs we were pacing the long
the long corridor, on our way from
the committee-room. Because its
so expensive he replied with 4 sig
niticant smile. | shall never forget
the observation, and don't YOU"
Year: 1876

Dcmosthcnes continued the defence
of his client; but the auditors,
whose curiosity he had piqued, were
extremely anxious to know how the
judges decided on so singular a
cause. Upon this, the orator com
mcnted severely OH their childish in
justice, in devourlng with attention
a paltry story about an ass shadow,
while they turned deaf ear to q
cause in which the life of human
being was involved. From that day,
when n man showed a preference for
discussing small and contemplate
subjects to great and important ones
he was sad "to dispute on the shad-
ow of an ass"
Year: 1876

Bishop Doane, of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese Of Albany, at y
late service, severely criticised mod
ern church music. He thinks that it
is given over to the hands of men
and women who are only musical in
a secular sense, and who used, avow-
edly, to draw y multitude of listen
ers who prefer the kind of music
they have learned to love in operas
and concert-halls. He considers the
church music of to-day not only a
bill of expense, but q bond of conten
tention which the rectors of parishes
are unable to check OF control.
Year: 1876




They got aboard the train at a little
town between Canton and New Orleans,
and took a seat in the1ront I'd of the car
He was a Young man with an independ-
ent big enough to take care of myself
sort OF an air, and she was Il young wo-
man apparently Big enough to help him
to do it. He seemed entirely to overlook
the tact that there We're any passengers
on the train, and especially that several
distinguished St. Louis and Chicago drum
mers were aboard. lie WAS full to burst
ing with something to say, and the move
ments OF race horse are tame in compar-
ison with the way he projected to say it,


During the first hall hour, with head
and arms extended until they nearly touch
ed the person OF the fair damsel ut his
side, and utterly unconscious that dozen
pair of eyes were watching him, he pour
ed forth such Il flood of words as must
certainly have overwhelmed any one un-
able to swim IN the liquid language of
love. Once during the halt hour she
seemed to rebuke him for some startling
expression, and he tell back disconifited
to his own end of tile sear. 1t was only
for a moment. Long enough. however,
for some rash individual to offer bet that
the maid would win, which was at once
accepted by all parties within hearing.


AT the end OF the first half hour she ex-
hibited strong symptoms of willing, and
Chicago bet ten to one on the young man,
which was taken by St. Louis. Things
were now becoming intensely interesting
to all parties, and when at length the
young man ventured to put his arm
around the maid, with no sign Of disap-
proval from her, significant glances pass
ed among the crowd, a hundred to one
was offered with no takers, and all fur
ther betting was cut off by the maid pass
ing her arm round the young man, and
dropping her head on his bosom. They
had gone far enough The climax was
reached, tie goal gained. the dear object
won, and they got off at the next station
They passed out quietly and lovingly, not
knowing that the blessings Of an entire
car load Of passengers followed them
Amid the general enthusiasm which fol-
lowed their exit, St. Louis, with long
drawn sigh, was heard to remark: 1T is
long time since have seen anything of
the kind.' And Chicago did not forget
himself as he replied: "Pshaw, We have
them every day with us"
Year: 1876

There is no cry in all the bitter earth


SO bitter as the one which strives in vain
To pierce q grave with its remorse and pain;
g Dear one, at last l know thy priceless worth


Thy death brought to my love its travail birth
The far horizon of the loneliest plain
| seek, and soundess midnight on the main,


And stirless MONDAY in the deserts dearth,


To call thy name. | know thou livest. Wait
Dear love, for Gods sake wait one moment near
know thou lov'st me still. 1t cannot be
Too late for me to speak and thee to heart


Alas! no sound, no token anSwereth me,


Except the echoes of my words-"Too late"
Year: 1876

| have tested some two hundred vare-
ties of the potato during the past five
Years, and at least one half OF the number
have proved good and worthy of cultiva-
Lion, if one needed that number of sorts.
Rose are probably as near perfection as
we shall be able to reach in the way OF
early sorts, and there is very little differ
ence between the Alpha, Extra Early Yer
mont, and Early, all three being excellent
in quality and prolific. In some soils the
Early Rose has little too much of the
pink color in the face to look we'll when
brought upon the table, especially to those
who delight in mashed potatoes and cream,
as snowy whiteness is one of its attractive
and appetizing features.


Among the "second early" sorts there
are many noted for their excellence; but
] am not disposed to run the risk of Civ
ing an opinion Of their varied merits ex-
cept IN Two instances, and in this may
be accused OF drawing the point too fine,
bat the reader should remember that there
may be better sorts outside nov two hun
dred than within, which of course are not
included in the present decision. For
quality alone, vote unhesitatingly for
Compton's Surprise. 1t is by far the
whitest feshed potato that l have ever
seen, and the flavor is unexceptionabe
The growth, yield and health Of plants are
also all favorable, but the color of the
skin is decidedly Objectionable, being a
dark purple, almost black. For baking it
answers very well, and if carefully peeled
before boiling, will do; but if cooked
whole they are like a snow-b ball in an ink
pot, and one trial would be enough. The
; color OF this potato is a barrier against its
ever becoming popular sort, either for
market or home use, although it is the
best potato for quality alone that have
seen.


Next to Compton's Surprise in quality,
with the addition of beauty without and
within, | must say that the Snowflake
comes nearest to filling the bill for per-
feet potato, of any variety that has found
its way into my grounds. l used last
years crop until long after the new crop
was in condition for the table this year.
for they were sound, dry and nearly up
to the last showing keeping qualities rare
~ excelled even in the latest sorts. The
Year: 1876

BEST FRosTING. Many cooks are troub-
led to make good trosting that will adhere
to the cake and not crumble to pieces
when cut. To all such | wish to recon-
mend the following simple method. 1t
takes but q few minutes to make the frost
ng. and it is always good. 1t is much
better than to beat the eggs to a troth: :
For one large cake use pound OF pulver-
ized sugar. rolled or sited to free it from


Jumps, and the whites OF TWO eggs. Some
times the trosting stitfens up SO that | do
not quite use all the sugar. Stir the sugar
gradually into the whites; when nearly
stiff enough, squeeze in the juice of half a
lemon when all The sugar is in that is re-
quired, give it a good stirring; put the
irostlng in the center of the loaf of cake,
dip a broad-bladed knife in water and
spread the trosnng, dipping the knife in
water often enough to prevent Sticking
when spread put the cake on the stove
hearth or under the stove tor half an hour
on thereabouts, till it gets firm. The lem
on-juice gives it a pleasant flavor, while
the acid acts upon the trosting, making it
whittier and nicer to cut.
Year: 1876

SORROW ny THE WAYsrpE.-A family
from Southern Kansas, consisting Of q
husband, wife and three chiitren, passed
through this city In a covered wagon yes.
terday afternoon, and the following sad
chapter in their history was related by
the man. He stated that they left Kan
sas on the fst OF March, with the inten.
tion ofjoining number Of families for
merly from Kansas, who are now living
in Brown County. They travelled rapid.
ly, and met with no mishaps until last
Sunday morning, when their little babe,
was taken III and died The grief OF the
poor mother on the death of her child
knew no bounds; in fact. she became
temporarily insane, and when her husband
wished to bury the body of the infant
she clutched it wildly In her arms aud
fed from rim and hid herself in the
woods, where she remained over night
alone with the corpse. 1t was no. until
nearly noon on the following day that
be finally found her. She was SO COM
pletely exhausted by that time that he
had but little difficulty in taking her back
to the wagon, She was induced to take
some nourishment, and soon afterwards
fell asleep While she lay sleeping the
little corpse was placed in roughly
constructed box, and the father and tht
children buried it under live oak tree BY
the roadside. The mother slept severa
hours. and awoke with her mind rcstor
ed. She assisted her husband in build
ing fence around the lone little grave
and then with many backward glsnces
the afflicted family pursued their wear,
journey Wacco( Tea E1dmiasr.
Year: 1876

A single decade intervenes the happen
ing of the events we are assembled here
to commemorate. A few years ago, as
noble and brave an army as ever march
ed to victory, went forth from our midst
to do battle After four years OF iratrl-
cidal warfare, than which neither ancient
nor modern times bath excelled 10 deter.
Year: 1876

E& One Of the pleasant incidents Of the
celebration OF" decoration day in Mo
bile, Ala. a few days ago, was the deco
ration Of public monument to the con
federate dead with pyramid of flowers
bearing the inscription, From the ofil
GERS of the United States army stationed
at Mount Vernon Barracks, in respect to
the fallen brave"