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Year: 1873

THE DOMESTIC GRowLER.-Look
at him he is curiosity. He was
pleasant enough an hour ago. as
he sat in his Office talking to jerks.
With his chair tilted back, the toes
Of bis boots resting against the
mantel-piece, his mouth extended
in i loud gufaw in reply to one Of
Jacks yarns, You would have said
he was one Of the jolliest fellows
in the world.


But he does not look so now.
lie has lowered his hat over his
eyes, and got his family face on.
He considers it bad domcsticpolicy
20 come home looking smiling
and cheerful; it would not only
lower his dignity as master of the
house. but it would encourage his
wife and children to the asking Of
all sorts Of tavor$, and the run
ming Of goodness knows what cx-
travagances. The only way, as
he believes, to keep up: = proper
system Of household authority,
and reduce household expenditure
to its certain limits, is TO always
find fault, and never relax for q
moment the system Of domestic
snubbing.


Of course, the coming home Of
the Growlcr is not looked for with
joy. All pleasant influence take
wing. The very atmosphere be-
comes charged with depressing or
explosive material. The cook
spills the gravy, and blackens the
toast for the pigeons: the wife is
afraid the soup will not be all
right, Or the pudding done to the
precise turn; the children huddle
in a corner and talk in whispers,
and no one feels that they can
breathe free breath until ''pa" is
gone. Who would be growler?-
Ledger.
Year: 1873

RE0RGANIZING THE MIL1TIA.-The
Chester Reporter, replying to an ar
ticle in the Charleston Chronicle, on
this subject. says:


"The object Of recognizing the mill
tie is the same that it was in 1870.
1t is for the purpose of getting up
trouble and confusion in the State, so
that while the attention Of the press
and the people is distracted thereby,
those who have control of or access to
moneys of the State, may steal and
plumber at their will. We predict
that the future will prove that the
organization of the militia at this
time, is either to prepare for some an
ticipated robbery Of the State Treas
ury Or to raise row in the State, un-
der which can be hid the evidence of
some rascality that has already been
perpetrated by the State Admini<tra-
tion. Time will prove this to be the
case.
Year: 1873

the man who printed that piece. l
want to see him bad. l feel as
though it would soothe me to see
that man. [ would show you how
a drunken man acts when you
pour water down the spine OF the
back. That's what | come tor"


Our visitor, who had poured
water down the spine Of a drunk
en- mans back, remained until
about 6 p. NJ, and then went up
the street 10 find the man that
printed that little piece. The man
he is looking for started for Alas
ka last evening, for i Summer va
cation, and will not he back before
September, 1878.
Year: 1873

There are but three ways Of living, as some
one has said, by working, by begging or by
stealing. Those who do not work, disguise it
In whatever pretty language we please, are
doing one ofthe other two.-Fyoude.
Year: 1873

A Cincinnati pedagogue named Rapp re-
Gently raped pupil on the skull with
quarto grammar as the only way of getting
pint O. grammar into the youths head, and
the experiment was so successful that the sub
ject thereof went into decline and parsed
away
Year: 1873

Ogoodly usage Of those antique timesi


In which the sword was servant unto right,
When not for malice and contentious crimes,
But all for praise, and proof of manly might,
The martial brood accustomed to fight.
Year: 1873

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, has 4 man
whom domestic sorrows, induced by
his own weakness. have driven crazy.
His wife says that he was seduced
from her arms by an old maid Of 81 !;
he had previously been put through
the same process by two ladies who
were amoug the elite OF the city;
she forgave him this, but to have him
drawn away by an old maid was too
much. and with her much upbraiding
she drove him mad.
Year: 1873

A SHARP old gentleman travelling
out West got seat beside his wife In
a crowded car. by requesting the young
man who sat by her to ''please watch
that woman while he went into another
car, as she had fits"
Year: 1873

One little word


So often heard,
How much from it we borrow;
And build on air
Such castles fair,
For that bright day-To-morrow.
When cares oppresss


The troubled breast,
And often when in sorrow,


We hide tear,


Suppress a fear,
And think upon-To-morrow.


How very true


And yet how few
Would willingly believe me,


Were to say


That happy day
Was made but to deceive thee.


This day goes by,
Altho' we sigh,
Much from the next we borrow;
But when to-day
Has passed away,
Where is our bright Tomorrow?
It is not here


70 dry the tear,
Or yet, to soothe the sorrow;
r Why, then, do we


So trust In thee,
Untold, untried Tomorrow
Year: 1873

THE Wawaset is total wreck. She lies
in about twelve feet of water. at high tide,
with her bow stuck fast on the gravel bot
tom, at about foor or five feet low tide.
The steamer was 129 feet long, 26 feet
wide, 8 feet depth of hold, and was 329.9 so
tons, custom house measurement. She
was fitted up to suit both freight and pas
sengers. She was built in 1868 at Will
mington, Delaware, for the purpose OF
running fruit from Duck Creek and
Smyrna to Philadelphia, but was chartered
by the Government and brought to this
river to be used as transport for troops.


The Ferry Company purchased her
from the Government, and she had been
used on the line between this city and
Cone River for freight and passengers.
Last spring she was completely over
hauled on the ways at Baltimore, saloon
cabin put on her upper deck aft, new
furnished and newly upholstered and
painted throughout, making her one of
the most convenient as well as staunch
boats on the river. Captain Wood is an
experienced seaman, and the full corps of
officers and men are old and careful hands
at steamboating.


No one can give any information as to
how the fire originated, but all agree that
it started in the boiler-room below about
the machinery, and that in two or three
Year: 1873

AS AN evidence that the qualities of nerve
and downright pluck are not confined ex-
clusively to the heroic men of creation,
there is here offered narration of a cir
cumstance wherein young girl bore
herself bravely under such trying circum-
stances as would have severely tested the
most dogged determination ever shown
by the average genus homo. On Sunday
last this young lady was at church, when,
during the delivery of the sermon, she
suddenly became aware that something of
a crawling nature was making an expedi-
tious Journey up her leg. Startled, as
may well be believed, she was for the
nonce bereft of the power of action, and
there forthwith chased each other through
her mind extremely lively and fearful ap-
prehensions touching snakes, rats and a
host Of disgusting creatures, but with a
determined effort she recovered her pres
ence of mind, and by the time the thing
had got a short distance above her knee
she clutched it, through her dress, with a
vise-like grip, and held on like grim
death. Since the first revelation OF the
distressing circumstance, she had not
uttered sound, nor indeed given any
outward sign of the mental torture which
she must have suffered, but sat rigid and
composed, firmly grasping that 'horrible
thing" which she knew was some living
creature when, upon being clutched, it
gave forth squealing sound. For full
three-quarters of an hour the girl sat
there, as composedly as ever, still retaining
her hold to the close of the service, when
she departed homewards, never relaxing
her grip until reaching home, when, Civ
inc hurried explanations to her mother,
she tainted dead away.


A quick examination by la mefgsre-
vealed the presence of a rat, as dead as a
door nail, as the cause of the unhappy
adventure, which, for lively interest, and
the revealing of remarkable spirit in
the mind of young girl, is not often
matched in this latter day.-Neso Orleans
Times,
Year: 1873

ONE of the rarest forms Of suicidal
mania is puzzling the dwellers in Ward
1, in the case of youth who is deliber-
ately starving himself to death. He is
the son of Mr. Charles Dexter, and had
been employed in his fathers bakery on
Carew street. Until half year ago he
was much like other young men, but
since has grown listless and at times mo-
rose. About six weeks since he stopped
eating; for day or two little notice
was taken of his conduct, but as he per
sisted in it, his friends became alarmed,
and in every way exerted themselves to
tempt his appetite. 1t was useless; he
said he didn't want anything to eat; and
at last food was actually forced into his
mouth. His physician was puzzled, for
there seemed to be nothing the matter
with him physically, In the hope that
exercise would restore his appetite, his
father purchased horse and wagon for
him, but the youth utterly declined to
ride. ~ sn


A man was then employed to take care
of him, with doctors orders to keep him
in the open air part OF every day, but
the boy would ask to be taken home al
most as soon as he left it. During three
or four weeks of this treatment young
Dexter ate comparatively nothing, and
now his teeth cannot be forced apart to
get food into his mouth. He does not
complain of suffering, and, indeed, speaks
very little. His physicians perforce agreed
that he is very near dead, but they differ
as to the character of this singular mala-
dy-one pronouncing tpure contrarlness,
and another the effect of working IN the
bakery. At one time he was deemed in
sane, and arrangements completed for his
sending to Northampton, but his mother
strenuously objected, and the removal was


given up. Mrs. Dexter, who is a splrlitu- pp1ia
a aalist. asserts that an evil spirit has obtain
ed possession over him and is starving
him to death-lSpriaaGfetd (Noss.) ifepsfosS-s
Year: 1873

1T will surprise any one who has
not made the calculation, says the
Methodist, to discover how slight a
change of tho habits of the people in
the direction of cconomy will pro-
duce great effects in the business
world. If tho expenses Of the
people Of the United States arc re =.
duccd to the extent Of one fourth of O.
dollar each, the total amount Of re-
duction is ten millions, or three hun.
drct. millions month.


This means so much less business
done, and the Inconvenience of those
who have prepared sto of goods to
sell, on the expectation of the usu al
volume of trade. If all the p cople
in tic land determine to wear their
hats, and boots and clothes, litt,e
longer to make what is already in use
serve for the present. those who make
and sell hats and boots and clothing
will feel the difference in their trad Q
directly. And this is What the peo-
pie are everywhere doing, from tho
apprehension that their resources
will be during the coming winter,
diminished.
Year: 1873

The Fairly county News man has
this to say Of long sermons


We do not like long sermons !;
never saw any one who did I; but
many people arc afraid to say so.
Sermons should be good, but it is n
rare case for long sermon to be
good throughout. They arc scarcely
more entertaining than long editorials
in country newspapers. The advan-
tagc, if any there be, is on the side Of
the editorials, for We eau read them,
as VIC may elect but, if caught by .
long sermon, between tho pulpit and
the door, wo have no remedy but to
be ar it.
Year: 1873

The Live Stock Journal saws =
Nearly all sick horses and COWS are
made so in the first place by eating
improper food, OF too much of it. For
remedy, in the first place, attend to
every exterior comfort practicable. If
the weather is cold, plsee the animal
in warm quarters, avoid all expo
sure, and attend to pure air and strict
cleanliness. But there is one medi-
cine that can never do harm, and is
commonly beneficial. This is pulver-
lied charcoal. As we have Just re-
marked, nearly all sick animals be.
come so by improper eating, in the
hrst place. Nine cases out OF ten the
the digestion is wrong Charcoal is
the most efficient and rapid corrective.
1t will cure in majority of cases, if
properly administered. An example
of its use. The hired man came in
with the intelligence that one of the
finest cows was very sick, and kind
neighbor proposed the usual drugs
and poisons. The owner being III,
and unable to examine the COW, con-
eluded that the trouble came from
Over-eating, and ordered a teaeupful of
pulverized charcoal given in water
1t was mixed, placed in a junk bottle,
head held upward, and the water with
its charcoal poured downward. In
five nutesimprovement was visible
and in a few hours the animal was in
the pasture quietly eating grass.
Year: 1873

Civilization makes sad work with
our teeth. SaVages are rarely ever


troubled with a defect or an ache in


their dental apparatus. It is not hot


drinks which destroy them prema


turely; nor warm food, SO much as
acids, too concentrated vinegar, pick
les, ETC., which acts directly upon the


lime in their composition, and thus
crumbles them.


The foundation for sound. firm,
white teeth must be laid in early life,
by subsisting on food that contains
the elements which the teeth must
have, or they will be imperfeetly
formed, feeble in structure, and fall
early into decay. If wheat flour were
never bolted, but eaten with the bran,
as we find it partially in Graham
bread, then the system would be
abundantly provided with the phos-
phate of lime, the essential ingredi-
ent for the formation of the teeth.


Butter contains a good proportion
of the phosphate Of lime, and hence
those who consume much of it fur
nish from that source a supply for
keeping their teeth in good condition.
ShAAdACh dAC Usually AONCAo VI DACdu
and butter, especially if they are ha-
bitually fed on white fine bread. In
that way they obtain something the
their teeth, but by no means enough.
The cOarser the food, especially bread,
the better for young people. The
soundest teeth belong to persons who
have not been reared on delieacies.-
Poor teeth become hereditary, simply
because the ancestral stock was Ge-
prived, either by perverted taste, or
the habit of feasting on rich eoneen-
.rated diet, of the phosphate of lime
which nature provides in the cover
Ings of grain used as food, and in some
kinds of flesh on which caruivorous
live We cannot have sound
.eeth unless the stomach has the right
material for their manufacture.
Year: 1873

Man being omnivorous, his food
must be varied frequently for the full
development of those mental and
physical powers which give him do
minion over the earth. .


If only one kind of food is supplied
for considerable time, as that of DO
tatoes for example, there will be
strong muscles but feeble brain force.
A varying diet, ole thing one day,
and something the next not on the
table every meal, has a wonderful in
huence on the harmonious manifesto
tions of both mind and body. Vary
ing the diet furnishes elements essen
tial TO health. 1t eonduces to the
moral wellbeing of an individual who
is both peevish, dissatisfied, and grum-
bier if The same dishes appear invaria.
bly, at breakfast and dinner. Coffee
and tea, properly prepared, are not
loathed, but are always welcome but
nothing else il, on a boarding house
table. In keeping house we provide
what we like. That is the difference


A positive reason why such multi.
tudes fail of success in keeping boar
ding house is because they serve pre-
cisely the same articles all the time.
A devoutly christian stomach rebels
against that system. On the other
hand, hotels or boarding houses hav-
ing the reputation of an admirable
table, have more patrons than they
can accommodate. That is the whole
secret of having no vacant rooms
Starving boarders is no economy, as
the cost of advertisements for dodgers
is vastly more expensive than gener-
Gus variety every day in the week,
which keep the house full.


Living well simply means not to
subsist on the same kind of food,
cooking always in the same manner
The laws Of physiology demand
varying diet, and those hoping for
good paying boarders should profit by
the suggestions of science.
Year: 1873

The BrookyilIs Je6ersonidR says
"a lady in town who is frequently
annoyed by her husband coming home
at late hour in a doubtful condition
was awakened the other night by a
voice in her room. Looking up she
saw her liege lord endeavOring to trace
the lines on her Dolly Warden, which
was hung against the wall. while a
boon companion was holding the
lamp. what do you mean by bring
ing a man in my room at this hour of
the night ?p inquired the indignat
wife. Just keep quiet (hic), old wo-
man, Bill says Punk 'tawneyis direct
ly south (hic), and I'm going to prove
him (hic) liar if be holds that lamp
lhicl still long enough for me to find
it (hicl on this map"
Year: 1873

Do it at once. Never wait to be told
a second time. Do just what you are
told to do. Do not try to have your
own way, even in part. Do it cheer
fully. DO not 60 about it in a surly,
cross, peevish way. Don't fret, and
grumble, and talk hack. Only cheer
full obedience can be pleasing to God
and man.
Year: 1873

LAST Monday evening quite little episode
occurred in the lower part of town, which at
one time, judging from the tone Of the perform
.s, seemed likely to result in bloodshed. Had
de Sheriff not put in an appearance there is no
telling what might have been the result.
Year: 1873

The Acting AutOcrat of Russia.


In letter to friend, United States


Minister Jewell gives his impressions of


Russia as follows: "The government


is, of its kind, perfection and clock


work itself. The Emperor is a man of
brains. force, and progress. and think
has real love for his people They GER
tainly appear to be very fond of him
all classes He appoints the Council,
Senate, and Courts, and these make
and execute the laws His displeasure
is not pleasant thing to incur. The
people may be no more honest than
ours, but exposure is too risky. 81 the
shells are never filled with sand, nor
do the troops run. The most power
ful man here after the Emperor is
:'Tripotf." Chief of Police-a man of
wonderful executive ability--always at
fire. a row. or a parade He is al
ways just behind the Emperor when
out. and says who may come and who
may GO, and who shall be tried too,
think, and perhaps who may be con-
victed He just runs this city. and
does it to perfection. He is aceounta-
BILE to nobody but the Emperor. I
send to him to get Americans out of
scrapes. or out of the country or to
do anything else. All | know is that it
is done His dispatch to the frontier
lets anybody in or out. or stops them
for examination. He is said to be q
very just man, as he certainly is very
active one."
Year: 1873

The cost of yard of calico is matter


of considerable Importance to the consul


mer who studies economy: but unfortH-


nately there are those who in wishing to


practice frugality deceive themselves in


to the idea that because an article is low


in price it must necessarily be cheap.


The result of this is demand UPON the


manufacturer for low priced goods and


he, TO keep pace with the wants of his
customers, introduces into his wares.
when practicable, certain preparations
calculated to hide the fiimsineSs of the
products he is then called upon to sup
ply.


This system of dressing and finish
ing" as it is called, is practiced at the
present time to a greater extent than
ever it was before, owing to the enor-
nous advance in the price of cotton of
late years. The most common calicoes
are dressed" with flonr, china clay,
etc., and are generally so artfully filled
with one or other preparations rs to be
very deceptive to the inexperienced eve.


When, however, such dressed fabric
comes to be washed, the ''extra fine fin
ished" as it is not unfrequently called,
leaving a soft, flabbv and
iOo>ely WOVEN texture Ill Ine mana.
while the water in which it has been
soaked is almost thick enough for bill
purposes. The finest "makes,"
on the contrary, contain scarcely any
flour, and should never appear any worse
for soaking in the wash tub.


In order to ascertain to what extent
plain calico is finished, we have but TO
rub small portion of the piece to be
tested sharply between the finger and
thumb of each hand, for this ''makes
the powder fly" as the Manchester men
say. If it be of the most common quail
ity, a quantity of ''dress" will be ex-
and we shall soon see that the
threads are left as far apart as those in
sieve, crossing each other unevenly, and
on places going off, as it were, in tan
gents. Then, if we draw out single
thread and pull it asunder, it will be
found to break with swapping. If on
,he contrary the calico is a good one,
scarcely any dressing will come ont of
i on rubbing it; the threads will appear
closely woven together; single thread |
lrawn out will rather burst than snap
when pulled asunder, and the separate
,nds of such thread will present fluffy |
appearance while the whole piece will |
)e firm and elastic to the touch.
Year: 1873

COUGH ON THE WOMAN QUESTION.
Mr.. Cough thinks it is better for a
woman to be laughed at for not be-
ing married than to be unable to
laugh because she is married. The
marriage that takes all the life out of
woman, like the sunshine that takes
all the sweetness out of the grape, is
sn exceedingly suspicious commodi
ty. and ought to give the divorce
doctors something to do. But the
idea of trying to reconcile a woman
to an impaired life because another
woman found it uncomfortable is as
absurd as to try to keep her from
eating apples because Of Mother
Ewes unfortunate pomologieal ex-
perienee.
Year: 1873

FIRST Love People talk so much


about young love, first love, being


so strong Just as if there was any
difference between first and last


love. 1t is my opinion last love is


inst us sweet and strong as first love.


Love will be love, and you cannot


make anything else out of it. A


man of thirty, or even forty, loves


just us much rs one of twenty; more,


for his feelings are stronger and he


would place his feeling on q firmer


basis. The heart has its changes
and seasons as everything else has.
"None. however, which resembles
it's first freshness and purity" says
a writer. Perhaps that is so, but
where the freshness is lost in q
second love there are strength and
truth gained. Less romance, but
more solid ground work for a life's
happiness. There is more of the
ideal about first love no doubt, but
by the time you experience second
love you become more rational.
Every year we live, more wisdom
will have mingled in our dreams of
love until it becomes less unselfish
and more reasonable First love is
two-thirds imagination anyway. L
know dark eyed girl, who thinks
she Is passing through the ordeal of
the first love now; but in o few
years she will look back at this love
and laugh. | often hear girls ex-
press great horror at the idea of be-
ing q second wife. for they fear they
should not be loved so we'll as the
first. That is wrong; second love is
often stronger, if anything. in Its
newly awakened bliss, than the first.
The birds always sing sweeter, the
trees wear a richer foliage. roses are
more beautiful, the air is fresher,
when we are in love, no matter if it
be a first, second, or third expe-
rience.-A Young Lady.
Year: 1873

And still all IS quiet Delow w-eAcept
that popping sound.


Then the string was pulled again
and again-and again-indicating that
the old fellow was just ready to explode
with rage. And for fully fifteen min
utes did he have the portrait of the
man who could not tell lie turning
excited fip-Aaps and things on the
wall, like a bewitched gymnast, until
he fell asleep exhausted-Sallie's father
fell asleep, not the portrait.


Henry kissed Sallie goodnight at
o'clock in the moring, remarking as he
did so, that it would seem like life
long weary year ere he would see her
again-because, you know, he did not
expect to see her again until the even
ing of that day.


The next morning her father exam
ined that portrait, and when he fully
understood the situation he was panied.
He shed a silent tear, detached the
string, sponged out the inscription and
walked away with the weight of fifty
five years on his shoulders, that being
his age. He said that girl who would
go back on her father that way would
just as lief as not disgrace her parents
by marrying a Congressman.