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Year: 1871

The great Apostle to the Gentiles
enjoins his son Timothy to
"Hold fast the form Of sound words"
For words are things. Give sophist
liberty to affix to them such meanings
as suit his purpose, and he will reason
God out of the universe.


The word Marriage is thus defined
by all the standard English lexieo-
graphers whose works are within our
reach at this moment.


BY DIR. Samuel johnson: 1. "The
act Of uniting man. and woman for
life. 2. State of perpetual union"


By Noah Webster : 1. "The act of
marrying, or the state of being mar
ried union of man and woman
as husband and wife; matrimony. 2.
A feast made on the occasion of
marriage"


By John Craig: "The act of uniting
a man and woman for life in wedlock |;
the legal union of man and woman
for life; feast made on the occasion
Of marriage"


By Samuel Worcester: "The act of
marrying, or uniting man and wo-
man for life as husband and wife; the
state of legal union between a man
and woman; matrimony; wedlock; we'd
ding; nuptials."


Every one but Webster makes union
for life essential to Marriage, and Web
ster intimates no dissent from the gen.
eral dictum.


Consider now the promise required
by the Christian Church cf every man
who presents himself as a candidate
for marriage. 1--WE quote from the
liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, but it is essentially the same
in all churches j


Minister-"Wilt thou have this wo-
man to thy welded wife, to live togeth-
er after Gods ordinance in the holy
estate Of matrimony? Wilt thou love
her, comfort her, honor and keep her in
sickness and in health; and, forsaking
all others, keep thee only to her, so
long as ye both shall ive?" The man
shall answer, 81 will"


Now we are not here arguing that
the Woodhull-Clafin crowd have not
devised or adopted substitute which
is vastly superior to Marriage-we will
consider that point in its order. For
the present, we only insist on the OBJ
vious truth that what they commend
and delight in is not Marriage, but
something quite other than that, which
should be called by its own proper
name, whatever, that may be. We
do not wish to name it; but why
should not they? He who has invent
ed something vastly superior to an ak,
hoe, an auger, does not seek to con-
found it with that which it is intended
to supersede; he gives it a distinguish
ing name, and tries to make the dis
tinction between the old and the new
as broad and emphatic as be may.
Our new lights, on the contrary, seek
to palm off their nostrum for what it
is not, and thereby betray their con-
sciousness of its inferior character.
No man tries to pass off gold for brass,
or silver for pewter; if he tries to de-
ceive at all, he proffers his pewter as
silver, his brass as gold, and profit as
may hap by the presumed lack of dis
cernment in his customers.
| We demand that those who CON-
mend the Woodhull-C -Clafin substitute
for Marriage shall commend it as a
substitute, and under distinct name.
Is not that demand clearly just9
Year: 1871

There is boy in Florida, fourteen
years old, named Judson Blount, who
saved many lives the other day. He
discovered a place on the railroad
where the rains had undermined the
the roadbed, and ran about a mile
and half up the road to warn pas
senger train. AS with its precious
freight it came laundering down the
grade the boy waved his hat. The
engineer only looked wonderingly
at him, and he then took off his coat
and waved that. OF course it was all
done in moment; but the engineer
realized that something was wrong,
and stopped his train in season to
escape fatal catastrophe.


The natural desire of one feminine
to take down another is thus illustrat-
ed in the New Bedford Mercury: A
Young woman ,gaily dressed in hand.
some skirt and bright colored shawl,
was coming out of Liberty Hall lately,
when a malignant female raised the
shawl, showing the crowd that the up
per portion Of the skirt was composed
of many colors as an old fashioned bed
quilt.


A new bird cage IS in vogue. 1t is
made Of wood, such as rustic chairs in
parks, and is so ingeniously covered
with leaves and flowers growing in the
earth at the bottom as to wholly hide
the wood and wire. The birds seem
within little bower of natural flow.
ers.
Year: 1871

A moments work on clay tells more
than an hours work on brick. So work
on hearts should be done before they
harden. During the first six or eight
years of child.life, mothers have chief
sway and this is the time to make the
deepest and most enduring impressions
on the human mind.


The examples of maternal influence are
countless. Solomon himself records the
words OF wisdom that fell from mothers
lips, and Timothy was taught the Scrip
lures from child by his grandmother
and his mother.


John Randolph, of Roanoke used to
say 81 should have been French athe-
list were il not for the recollection Of the
time when my departed mother used to
take my little hand in hers, and make me
say, on my bended knees, 'Our Father
who art in Heavenr"


4 have found out what made you the
man you are" said gentleman one
morning to President Adams; II have
been reading your mothers letters to her
son."


Washington's mother trained her boy
to truthfulness and virtue and when his
messenger called To tell her that her son
was raised to the highest station in the
nations gift, she could say:


George always was good boy"


A mothers tears dropped on the head
of her little boy one evening as he sat in
thedoorway and listened, while she spoke
of Christ and his salvation.


Those tears made me missionary"
said he, when he had given his manhoods
prime to the service of the Lord.


Some one asked Napoleon what was
the great need of the French nation.


"Mothers p was the significant an
swer. Woman, has God given you the
privileges and responsibilities of mother
hood? Be faithful, then, to the little ones
you hold the key of their hearts now. Ii
you once lose it, you would give the
world to win it back use your opportu-
Mite before they pass.


And remember, little ones, you never
will have but one mother Obey and
honor her; listen to her words, and God
will bless you day by day The Chris
tidn.
Year: 1871

IMPURE WATER.-Set a pitcher of
iced water in room inhabited, and in q
few hours it will have absorbed from the
room nearly all the respired and all the
perspired gases of the room, the air will
have become purer, but the water utter
ly filthy. This depends on the fact that
the water has the faculty Of condensing
and thereby absorbing all the gases,
which il does without increasing its own
bulk. The colder the water is the great
er its capacity to contain these gases.


Atordinary temperatures, pint of wa
ter will contain pint of carbolic acid
gas, and several pints of amonia. This
capacity is nearly doubled by reducing
the temperature to that of ice. Hence,
water kept in room.awhile, is unfit for
use, and should be often renewed, wheth-
it has become warm or not.
Year: 1871

Every young man should make the
most of himself, intellectually, morally,
and physically.


He should depend upon his efforts to
accomplish these results.


He should be willing to take advice
from those who are competent to give it,
and to follow such advice, unless his own
judgment or convictions, properly sound
ed, should otherwise direct.


If he is fortunate enough to have q
rich and indulgent father, he must do his
best under the circumstances, which will
be to conduct himself very much as
though he had not these obstacles to over
come


He should not be discouraged by small
beginnings, but remember that all results
have been wrought out from apparent
slight causes.


He should never, under any circum-
stances, be idle Ii he cannot find the
employment he wishes, let him come as
near to his desire as possible,-he will
thus reach the object OF his ambition
Home and Health.
Year: 1871

DRINKING Ice WATER Drink ice
water sparingly" is an important maxim
to every person in summer. Experience
shows that in order to quench the thirst
little cool drink accomplishes quite as
much as a large quantity. The hotter
the day the less should the stomach be
loaded either with food or drink. A lit
tie observation will show the rule to be
good one both in respect to comfort
and health. Let any one who doubts
his try the following experiments, each
for the six working days of week of
hot weather:


l. Every other day eat largely and
drink moderately, and on the alternate
days eat and drink sparingly.


2. Every other day drink largely and
eat moderately, and on alternate days, as
before, eat aud drink sparingly.


3. Every other day eat and drink
largely, and on the alternate days do
both sparngly. The result of the exper-
iments will show that in each case when
the stomach is least burdene6 the COM
fort is greatest, and the da when the
stomach is loaded with the full meal and
the largest amount of drink, the greatest
discomfort is experienced.


"But what shall be done to quench the
thirst in the hot days?" Drink only
little at time IF the water is cold
swallow or two will generally prove suf
ficient. When the sense of thirst returns
take another swallow, and SO on. Bits
of ice kept in the mouth or chewed until
thev melt are much better than copious
draughts of water. When the sensation
oe thirst is felt delay in quenching it as
long as may be conveniently done. Try
all this and test it for ourselves Yer
Blonter.
Year: 1871

There is beautiful land we are told.
With rivers of silver and streets Of gold;
Bright are the beings whose shining feet
Wander along each quiet street;
Sweet is the music that fills the air


For no drunkards are there.
No garres are there where the weary wait
Where the room is cold and the hours are late
No pale faced wife. with looks of fear.
Listens for steps she breads to hear.
The hearts are free from pain and care


No drink is sold there.
All the long day. in that beautiful land
The clear waters ripple DER beds of sand
And, down on the edge Of the waters brink
Those white robed beings wander nor shrink,
Nor ieaI the power Of the tempter's snare,


For no wine is there.
Year: 1871

Your everyday toilet is part of your
character. A girl who looks Ikea "fury"
or ''sloven" in the morning is not to be
trusted, however finely She may look in
the evening. No matter how humble
your room may be, there are eight
things it should contain, namely: mir
ror, washsland, soap, towel, comb, hair,
nail and tooth-brushes. Those are Just
as essential as your breakfast, before
which you should make good use of
them. Parents who fail to provide most
of their children with such appliances, not
only make great mistake but commit
sin of omission. Look tidy in the
morning, and alter the dinner-work is
over improve your toilet Make it
rule of your daily life to "dress up" for
the afternoon. Your dress may or need
not be anything better than calico; but
with ribbon or some bit of ornament,
you can have an air Of self-respect and
satisfaction that invariably comes with
being well-dressed.


A girl with fine sensibilities cannot
help feeling embarrassed and awkward
in ragged and dirty dress, with her hair
unkempt, should a stranger or a neigh
Dor come in. Moreover, your self-respect
should demand the decent appareling Of
your body. You should make it point
to look as well as you can, even if you
know nobody will see you but yourself
Year: 1871

A gentleman taking his morning walk
on the Fitchburg railroad track, near
Boston, thought he felt something touch
MIN from behind. The Coroner's inquest
decided that it was locomotive. propel-
ling train of freight cars, that brushed
him off the track.
Year: 1871

They had been married year, and
the honeymoon had shone as steadily
as if ii had been heightened by dispen-
sation. But it waned at last, as it al
ways does, and the conflict of life begun.


Kate's great grief was that Charley
had a mother. Not but that in the
course of nature he would have been
Year: 1871

one could cook like his mother. Now
Kate had made a long visit to the moth
er soon after her marriage, and with
her teaching and loves assistance rem
dering her the aptest of pupils. Kate
had really become quite u cook herself.
To this mother, who was in truth rare
cook, Kate told her story of that first
chicken pie. And she took lessons now
most humbly, not scorning advice as
she had her own motne in the old
days. So all unknown to Charley she
made the pies till the kind mother said:


81 shall be quite jealous, Kate, |
think you even out do me"


So then the housekeeping began. Oh,
how brave the little woman was How
she worked and worked in the kitchen
day after day to make dainties to please
Charley, and Charley would come home
and pay no heed to the flushed and wea-
ry face, and eat the goodies in 81 ence,
talking all as a matter of course. His
mother had been such good cook it
was nothing new to him, he didn't stop
to think that what was easy for mother
was hard enough for dear little Kate.
But worse still, half the time it was:


"Kate, | do wish you would get mo-
ther to teach you to make this. She
used to make it so it would melt to your
mouth. This is no more like it than if
it hadn't the same name"


Kate would bear up under these con-
trasts, which he, man that be was, ne
yer dreamed she minded, till he was
safely out of the house, then up to her
little room to "cry it out" and get heart
to try again.


Finally, said Kate, thinking sadly of
the old days, when everything was am.
brosia if she made it, "I'll try chicken
pie. Mother herself says l can make
that equal to her.


No sooner said than done, and when it
came out of the oven, a triumph of art,
Kate laughed herself as she contrasted it
with that other one, and reflected
Poor fellow, how could he eat that un-
salted, burned up thing"


She gathered few flowers to adorn
her table, and even put on her French
print to look little roster herself, and
then when all was ready, she tried to
look as if nothing was the matter-as
if nothing had happened but what hap
pened every day, tried to keep her fool
ish heart from beating so fast as she sat
and waited for his coming, and thought
how he would praise her. Wasted trou-
blel He came in hurriedly, did chance
to notice the bright new dress, but did
not think to say tondly. This for my
sake, dear? but only said, Got compa-
ny?"


And then as he threw himself into his
dining chair


"Oh, chicken pie, hey?" and then
ate on in silence.


Kate tried to be cheerful, though the
tears we're well nigh bursting from her
dropping lids,


He said not single word about the
dinner till he moved back IRON the ta-
BILE, and then he said


"It's no use talking. / tell you what
it is, Kate, nobody can make chicken pie
but my mother" and this was his part
ing word.
Year: 1871

When Kate was alone she did not cry.
She walked the floor with clenched fists,
and vowed ''if ever she married again it
should be man that never had moth.
err" And she felt SO weary of the strug-
gle. and she cursed the whole race of
men, and stamped her pretty foot, and
bit her lips, and said, "they were thank
less wretches?" And she almost wished
she had taught school all her days, and
never had anything to do with any of
them. Then at last tears came, and
after that of course she felt better, and
began to find excuses for him, and said
after all, she knew he did not mean it,
And then she tried to think what she
could do next, and then she struck a
bright idea, aud she began to smile-and
long before Charley came home she was
gay as lark. At tea she said


Charley, how long before you can
have little resting spellY'


"Well, that's queer, Kate" said he.
II told them at the store to-day that
was tired and was going to take a week
out ! think we'll run up in the coun-
try and give mother surprise visit.


Kate's heart was in her mouth This
was just what she had planned, but was
so fearful she couldn't bring it about


Charley's mother was as rare woman
as a cook, so to her Kate dared to tell
all her troubles.


"Now, mother DEAR" said she,
know that | make good things, but you
know nothing tastes to grown up folks
as it does to children, and then no mat
ter how good anything is, Charley
thinks it can't be as good as his mo-
ther's and it makes me so unhappy, and
you must help me to cure him.


They planned together how it should
be done, and the next day for dinner
they had chicken pie. Charley threw
up his hat as he came in and beheld it.
Year: 1871

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies
and at as low rates as at agency in the country


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1871

PROTECTING FRUIT AND SEEDS FROM
BIRDs.-A correspondent of the London
Field gives the following method as hav-
ing proved in his experience entirely
efficacious


And what, you willask, is my talisman
Simply ball of gray or Witty brown
linen thread. ! take a ball of this in
my hand, fasten the end of it to one OF
the twigs of the goosebury or current
bush, and then cross the thread back
ward and forward from twig to twig in
perhaps dozen different directions,
fasten off, and the thing is done; and it
will last two years-the thread on the
trees, | mean, 1t is not necessary the
thread should be white or coarse; it
ought rather to be fine and dark--a
thing to be felt, not seen. | have watch
ed the birds, after performing the opera
tion. They come boldly to settle on the
trees, and they strike against these to
them invisible snares, for such no doubt
they deem them to be; they fly off in a
terrible hurry, and settle on the walls OF
trees round about, longing and getting
hungry, till at last they disappear, and
you will see them no more. AS regards
peas and other seeds which | ALWAYS SOW
in dri Is, simply stretch thread, some
times two, along each drill at about two


inches from the ground, supporting it at
that height by little forked sticks. Ii
you put it much higher than this, the
not touch them that ID the grand secret,
something which touches them, some
thing they do not we'll see, nor know
what it means. | have seen people put
thick white string with feathers tied to
it, and perhaps two feet from the ground.
The birds soon understand these, and
care little for them in short, / know to
my cost it sometimes acts as lure,
notice to the birds that there is some
thing to be had worth looking after. /
will answer for it, any one adopting the
plan | recommend will never have to
complain of the birds, however numer-
Gus they may be.
Year: 1871

Express Car on Fire.-The express Car
attached to the through train on the Richmond
and Fredericksburg railroad, due in this city
at half past two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when about fifteen miles from the city, was
discovered by the engineer to be on FIRE in the
forward part Of TIE flooring. The train was
immediately stopped, and with the assistance
of the passengers the flames were extinguished
with water from the tender of the engine.
Owing to the high winds prevailing at the
time, the fire when discovered, had made con-
siderable headway. A part of the floor and
some of the running gear were destroyed. The
car was heavily loaded with freight at Aqua
Greek, and was, as usual, locked before the
train left. The goods escaped with but slight
damage. The fire is supposed to have caught
from sparks blown from the FIRE box of the
locomotive.
Year: 1871

We rejoice in the restoration, of harmo-
ny among our Republican representatives
at Washington. The mutual explanations
between Howe, Sumner, Schurzand others
in the Senate, are honorable to all parties.
Now let Republicans of every grade follow
this conspicuous example. Before the
majesty of our great cause let personal ir-
ritations be forgotten let selfish ambi-
tions be laid aside; let the narrowness of
our vision be enlarged, to take in the far
reaching results of the success or failure
of Republican principles.


Beside those vast and mighty interests,
let us lay down our little burden of private
griefs, complaints and wrongs. Dwarfed
into nothingness by comparison, they will
become ashamed and retire. The future
opening to US, with its infinite possibilities
of good to be wrought and evil to be over
come, will repay thousand fold the tenn
porary sacrifice. Grant that you are
wronged, neglected, and misunderstood ;
that your claims are not at once or not
fully recognized: it is the common fate of
noble men in all times.


True in philosophy, attested by all hui
man experience, is that utterance of our
Divine Master and Leader of men "He
that loseth his life shall save it and he
that saveth his life shall lose it," He
whose loyalty has to be purchased with
office or influence in our councils has no
business with us. But all honor to the
man who sees his hopes disappointed, and
yet is not estrauged; whose sweet and
healthful life flows on un troubled as he
works with brave coed will, where duty
summons and appoints.


He who enlists in the Army Of Liberty
and Human Progress must accept its
risks, its hardships, and its discipline.
In the crisis of the battle be must forget
self. Personal ambitions and personal
wrongs must be postponed. Inspired
with this noble enthusiasm of self-sacri-
fee aud generous devotion, our cause is
surel
Year: 1871




The National Virginian very justly de-
nounces the insane system of prescription
which obtains largely in Richmond and
throughout the South. There is no surer
indication of the weakness of a position
than the resort of its defenders to means
unrecognizedin honorable warfare. Pro-
scription on account of political or reli-
gious opinioH is rare in the North, and is
confined in great measure to ignorant, ex-
elusive and bigoted communities. When
attempted in any city of business preten-
sion it has been so sternly and merclessly
rebuked as to prevent repetition.


All sagacious men understand that busi-
ness cannot thrive in an atmosphere OF
prescription. Men, whose minds have
been enlarged by travel and contact with
the world, will not descend to this little
ness They instinctively revolt against
any attempt to deprive q man OF that
share of patronage to which his merits as
tradesman, mechanic or manufacturer,
Justly eutitle him. ~ never ask man
his politics or religion" said great en-
ployer to us the other day. 81 buy bis
faithful service, in my business, and dis
trust him if he changed his views on those
questions to suit me. / encourage the
largest freedom of opinion in all my
people because it cultivates honesty as a
principle and self-respect as habit"


This is the position which every man
should take. Efforts to coerce opinion are
wrong and harmful, and react upon the
very men who make them. Our neighbor
of the Virginian suggests cooperative
stores as means of defence. We have ad-
vocated cooperative trade for twenty
years, but we would not like to see them
inaugurated as party movement.


But we think that Republicans who are
prescribed should at once resort to ener-
getic measures of defence. We have a
large voting population who eat and drink
and wear, and in various ways consume
material that is made or sold in Richmond.
Let every man resolve at once to trade
only with such men as are openly and
boldly opposed to this proscriptive policy,
men who are willing to live and let live /;
who are not afraid to advertise in Repub-
lican journals. We have such men in
nearly every branch Of business already.
Concentrate our trade upon them and give
the proscriptionists and their allies wide
berth.


We think this defensive policy not only
just, and demanded by our self-respect and
self-protection, but well-chosen means of
bringing about the desired reform.


Let us organize for this purpose, make
up our lists of tradesmen, and publish
them to our friends. We will then put
ourselves on record, and bring an evil to
head, now grown unendurable. Thousands
who dare not to say it openly, are tired
and disgusted with this contemplate and
unmanly warfare upon mechanics and
tradesmen, because they dare be loyal to
the government Of their country, or differ
from the political views which may be
popular in Richmond. We call upon
every liberal and fair.minded man who
has an interest in the welfare of the city,
to unite with US in putting down a spirit so
fatal to business prosperity and barbarous
In all its tendencies.