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Year: 1875

When Bacchus was boy, he jour
neyed through Hallas to go to Naxia,
and as the way was very long, he grew
tired and sat down upon stone to rest.
As he sat there with his eyes upon the
ground, he saw little plant spring up
between his feet, and was so much pleased
with it that he determined to take it with
him and plant it in Naxia. He took it
up aud carried it away with him; but,
as the sun was very hot, he feared it
might wither before he reached his des-
tination. He found a birds skeleton,
into which he thrust it, and went on.
But in his hand the plant sprouted so
fast that it started out of the bones above
and below. This gave him fresh fear Of
its withering, and he cast about for a
remedy He found a lions bone, which
was thicker than the birds skeleton, and
he stuck the skeleton, with the plant in
it, into the bone of the lion. Ere long,
however, the plant grew out of the lions
bone likewise. Then he found the bone
of an ass, larger still than that of the
lion. So he put the lions into the ass's
bone, and then he made his way to Max
ia. When about to set the plant, he
found that the roots entwined themselves
around the birds skeleton and the lions
bone and without damaging the roots,
he planted it as it was. 1t came up
speedily, and bore to his great joy the
most delicious grapes, from which he
made the first wine, and gave it to men
to drink But behold what miracle
When men drank of it, they first sang
like birds; next, after drinking little
more, they became vigorous and gallant
like lions; but when they drank more
still, they began to behave like asses.
Year: 1875

USE OF Cats WHIsKERs. Every one
must have observed what are usually
called the whiskers on cats upper lip.
The use of these in state of nature il
very important. They are organs of
touch. They are attached to bed of
close glands under the skin, and each of
these long hairs are connected with
nerves of the lip. The slightest contact
OF these whiskers with any surrounding
object is thus felt more distinctly by the
animal, although the hairs of themselves
have no feeling. They stand out ON
each side of the lion, as we'll as in the
common cat, so that from point to point
they are equal to the width of the ami.
mails body. If we imagine, therefore,
hon stealing through covert of wood
In an imperfect light, we shall at once
see the use of these long hairs. They
indicate to him through the incest feel
ing, any obstacle which may present it.
self to the passage of its body they
prevent the rustling of the boughs and
leaves which would give warning to its
prey, If he were to attempt to pass
through too close bush, and thus, in
conjunction with the soft cushions of his
feet, and the fur upon which he treads,
they enable him to move toward his VIC
tim with stiffness even greater than
that OF snake, which creeps along the
grass and is not perceived until it is
cooled around its prey. These animals
are all beasts of prey. and thus we see
how even these seemingly useless hairs
become great help to them, and how
wisely God prepares every creature for
its work.
Year: 1875

A girl of Peter Blodgett Of Lowell,
VT, now ten years of age, has had in
hammation and liberation of the bone
of the left arm, between the shoulder
and the elbow joint, for the last two
years, there having been a constant dis
charge all this time, pieces of bone fire.
quently coming out. A few days ago
small piece of bone came through the
SKIN, close to the shoulder Joint, which
could not be easily pulled out, although
very loose. DIR. Duston was called, and
it was decided to administer chloroform
and make an incision large enough to
get out the bone. This being done, there
was revealed piece of bone four inches
long, one inch of the end next the shoul-
der, (from which it had been severed by
disease,) retained its natural size and
shape, the remaining portion being par
tally destroyed, leaving rough and rag
ged edges, terminating in number of
long slender points, having rough hon
ey comb appearance. As the disease be-
gan near the elbow, it would seem as if
the whole bone of the arm had been de-
stroyed by liberation, this being the last
of it. The child has had, all the time,
quite free movement of the arm from
the shoulder, and it is of nearly the
same length as the other arm. From
appearances, a new bone is being formed
to take the place of that which is gone
Barton Monitor.
Year: 1875

DANGER AHEAD.-Professor Kirk
wood, who is one of our most wide-awake
astronomers, makes an interesting an
nouncement in regard to one of the as
teroids. 1t is well known that the orbits
in which these little planets move are
very elliptical. One of them, Ethra by
name, revolves in an orbit so eccentric
that it has recently been discovered that
when it reaches its nearest approach to
the sun, it is not very far removed from
that point of the orbit of Mars that is
farthest from the sun. Therefore, time
must come when Ethra and Mars will
chance to be near these points at the
same time. 1t would be difficult to
prophesy the result of such neighborly
encounter upon the planets themselves,
or upon the equilibrium of the solar
system. But astronomers have not yet
worked out the problem as to when the
juxtaposition will take place, and we
may safely possess our souls in quietness,
while they are settling their mathemati-
cal calculations or correcting their ta-
bles, and making allowances for all kinds
of perturbations. If the planetary par
ty should come off in our day and gener-
alton, we shall have an astronomical
event to anticipate that will throw the
transit of Venus in the shade, and be
more astounding than the presence of a
dozen unexpected comets with tails
reaching from the horizon to the zenith.
u s. Gazette
Year: 1875

CARE OF GOLD FIsH.-An acknowl-
edged authority in piscine affairs, directs
that gold fish should never be taken in
the hand, but should be removed, when
necessary, by means of small net made
of mosquito netting. They may be fed
with anything that they will eat, but
what they do not eat should be taken
out of the water. They generally die
from handling, starvation, or impure wa
ter
Year: 1875

These form very comfortable low seats,
for any room in house, and while orna-
mental will also be found useful for a
variety of purposes, according to the
rooms they are in. For holding chill
dren's toys, shoes, soiled clothes, etc.,
they prove most convenient. They are
also very nice for holding wood for the
parlor fire. In short, it would be impos-
sible here to enumerate the variety of
uses to which they can be put Wooden
boxes, such as will be found at the groc-
er's, used for packing fruit and vegetable
cans, are the best, but shoe boxes will do.
First nail the lid ON firmly; then pile
on excelsior mattress stuffing; over
which tack any old useless cloth. The
top must present plump, cushion-like
appearance. Over this put piece OF
pretty carpet, furniture rep, or chintz
it being optional to have the boxes match
the furniture or not. Bring it about two
inches below where the lid is nailed, and
tack on firmly. The box is now to besawed
in two, at the edge of material used for
covering. This gives you the upper
part covered now cover the lower part
with the same material, put on smoothly,
and join the two parts together with
hinges. Small brass hinges are the best,
but leather will answer. Brass handles
at each end, pretty low down, are both
convenient for moving the box, and at
the same time ornamental; but if not
convenient to procure, a strip of the
material used for covering, bound on
the edges, and tackled on for handles, will
do. To finish off the lower edge of cov-
er, and the upper.edge of the bottom
part, a strip Of gimp or bright-colored
cloth, pinked out at the edges, and'stud-
ded with brass or with metal headed
nails, are used. A fall of coarse fringe
being pretty addition. A room that
would otherwise appear scantily fur
nished with seats, is, with couple of
handsome boxes, given cosy look. Ev-
en- two or four would not be too many in
some rooms, and the cost is SO trifing
as not to be worth mentioning.
Year: 1875

GRAY EYES. The gray eye is pecu
liar to the eye of woman. And here we
meet with variety enough to puzzle
Solomon himself. We will pass over il
silence the sharp, the shrewish, the spite
ful, the cold and the wild gray eye every
one has seen them-too often, perhaps
But then, again there are some beautiful
enough to drive one wild, and it is only
them which we mean. There is a dark,
sleepy, almond shaped, gray eye, with
long, black lashes; it goes with the
rarest face on earth-that sultan-like
beauty of jet-black hair, and complex.
ion that is neither dark nor fair, almost
a cream color if the truth must be told
and soft and rich as the leaf of the
Gala Ethiopia itself.


Directly opposite to this is the calm
clear gray eye-the eye that reasons,
when this only feels. 1t looks you quiet
ly in the face; it views you kindly, but,
alas, disappointedly passion rarely
lights it, and love takes the steady blaze
of friendship, when he tries to hide
within. The owner of that eye is up
right, conscientious and plying his fell
lowmen, even while at a loss to under
stand their vagaries. 1t is the eye for a
kind and considerate physician, for a
conscientious lawyer (if such a man
there be,) for worthy village pastor,
for friend as faithful as any poor hu-
man being can be.


Last of the gray eyes comes the most
mischievous; a soft eye, with large pu-
pill, that contracts and dilates with a
word, thought or flash of feeling, an
eye that laughs, that sighs almost, that
has its sunlight, its moonbeams and its
storms a wonderful eye, that wins YOU
whether you will or not, and holds you
even after it has cast you off No mat
ter whether the face be fair or not = no
matter if the features are irregular and
complexion varying, the eye holds you
captive, and then laughs at your very
chains.
Year: 1875

The New York News utters protest
against Furnishing with blows the mis-
deeds of five year old offenders. 1t
might have added a rebuke to those who
with sharp words wound the spirits of
their little ones, not less than the lash
tortures their flesh. Perhaps it takes
less time te put eheckrein on the ener-
getic little mischief by sharp word OF
a smart blow but the method of the
sun as against the wind, is nowhere more
potent for good than in the nursery:


" 1t is impossible to measure in ad-
vance the physical results of corporal
punishment when applied with intention
to infiict pain, upon these undeveloped
babies. One can hardly judge at times


whether child of FIVE years of age is
sick or well; at one moment it is play.
ing merrily, at the next moment, fret
ting, complaining and showing unmis-
taxable signs of physical distress. Those
small bundles of humanity contain
enough aches without being subjected to
the tortures of the lash, and probably
many a time some lurking disease has
been provoked and aggravated by the
shock and sting of a thrashing given for
some trifing, perhaps unconscious or un-
avoidable breach of nursery discipline. y
Year: 1875

Frozen MiNEs.-The remarkable frozen
mines of Colorado are described by Mr.. Il.
Weiser, of Georgetown in that territory, i'll
a communication to Sii'in,on SJournat. One
of them is the Stevens mine. ut Il height of
twelve thousand five hundred feet above
the level of the sea, in Clear Creek county.
At depth of from sixty to two hundred
feet, the lode or vein of silver ore, us well rs
the surrounding rock, was found to DE froz-
Ell solid. "Therc are no Indications of q
thaw summer or winter; the whole frozen
territory is surrounded by hard, massive
rock, and the lode itself is as hard and solid
as the rock The miners being unable to
cxcavute the frozen material by pick or
drill, to get out the ore, found the only way
was to kindlc II large wood-tirc at night
AGAINST the back end of the tunnel, and
thus th:tw the frozen material, and in the
morning take out the disintcgrated ore.
This has been the mode of mining for more
than two years. The tunnel is over two
hundred feet deep, and there is no diminu
ton OF the 1roSt; IL seems To De fdthcf III
crcasing" Tho writer cannot account for
the occurrence of this frozen mass so far
underground, except on the hypothesis that
the frost penetrated to that depth during
the glacial epoch. and has remained there
ever since 1t could not have found its way
thither from the outside while the region
was subject to any such climate as now pre-
walls there.
Year: 1875

STARTING ArpLE Nurser.--
men are divided in opinions in regard tn
keeping apple seeds during Winter. Som"
prefer to prepare the soil in Autumn an
SOW ut once in shallow drills. Others PACK
in boxes with alternate layers Of moist sand.
place either in cool cellar or out i'll the
open air on the north side of the building
where it will remain frozen until quite late
in Spring. As this seed gcrminates SO
readily and so early in the season, the lat
ter is an excellent plan. At all events.
SOW the seed as soon as the ground l.
sufficiently dry TO work nicely withon,
danger OF baking. Sow very shallow an !
keep the weeds down, as a matter OF course
No one has over yet grown good seedlings
and Il thrifty crop Of weeds on the sam.
soil at the same time. Strong onc-year-oi
seedlings are likely t. hc TT to graft; at
two years old they a'onlI he excellent.
Year: 1875

out appeals to the prejudices of the peo-
pie. Nothing can be gained for either
side by stirring up bad blood.


There are some men who seem on
ly fitted by nature for overriding what
ever they undertake. These have made
the money question an absurdity, and
have done much towards defeating the
adoption of any system of financial re-
form. We are glad to see that their
influence is now about to be counter.
acted by zealots who favor hard money
only. 1t is between the extremes which
these advocate that the true system is
to be found.
Year: 1875

cry friend that you ever had. And
what is worse, it has always been
apparent that your desertions and
betrayals have been prompted by
the most contemplate of personal
motives. So notorious is this fact.
that nobody nowadays gives you
credit for sincerity; hardly any one
believes aught that you say; and the
entire community look upon you as
miserably corrupt, deceitful, selfish,
venomous and untruthful dema-
gogue, who has misused extraordin-
ary opportunities of doing the world
good service, and employed his tai.
ents only in achieving infamous no.
toriety. You know that you are
politically and socially dead; that
you have degraded yourself to the
low level of the vulgar ruAainly
brawler, and, in your desperation,
yon are trying to drag down with
you those former friends who exert
ed themselves, while there was vet
room for hope, in striving to sustain
you IN respectable position. My
advice to you now is, to take warn


ing in time and avoid deeper degre-
dation and more humiliating shame,
by leaving the arena of politics and
the field of journalism, both of which
you have polluted, and retire to your
home IN Nininger and devote the
remainder of your life to striving to
become as nearly gentleman as
you have the ability to attain, and
hoping that you may exceed the
most sanguine expectations of a
former sincere friend, l shall remain


Yours, &c., H. H. YOUNG.
Year: 1875

The Catholic question is causing a
good deal Of excitement throughout the
country. At meeting held in New
York, on last Thursday evening, to con-
slider the subject Of using the Bible in
the public schools, several rabid anti
Catholic speeches were made. It's a
pity that question of this sort cannot
be discussed dispassionately, and with
Year: 1875

S1R:-It is a disagrceable task for
me to publicly censure one for whom
Ihave SO frequently expressed friend
ship, and it is especially humiliating
when it becomes my duty to expose
such an one as wholly unworthy of
confidence and sadly deficient in
those characteristics which consti-
tute a gentleman. But recent cop
les of the Anti-Monopolist place me
under the necessity of apologizing to
the people Of this country for what
1 have done, insignificant as it is, in
assisting to and maintaining in prom
inent positions, one SO utterly desti-
tute of all sense Of decency and SO
wholly reckless of the common
proprieties of life as you have shown
yourself to be. The productions of
your pen stamp you ineffaceably as
a vulgar and unprincipled defamer
of those against whom you have
chosen to array yourself.


Hesitating at no falsehood and un-
checked by any regard for public
morals, you wilfully heap upon all
who disagree with you such loads of
obscene abuse, as to place it beyond
their power to resent your insults
properly and, at the same time, re-
main law-abiding citizens. Those
who are called by their fellow-citizens
to become candidates for public off,
ces, you seem especially to regard
only as subjects for vituperative
abuse or fulsome f1attery, accordingly
as they have made you or refused to
make you the recipient of their
"donations. One of them, who
you claim is a poor man, and who
has been so unfortunate as to be
made the candidate of a party which
is unable to elect him, you have
"bled" to an extent that even rich
man would feel, and that, too, when
you could not reasonably believe it
to be in your power to gain for him
a single vote by the influence Of the
sheet which you have made infa.
nous by your blackguardism.


Whether you have induced any
other candidate to "come down" to
the extent of $1oo. l know not,
but evidently they did not give you
enough to satisfy your avarice, for
nearly every prominent democrat in
the State, besides, has received one
or more of your begging circulars,
asking donations professedly to sus-
tain the paper you publish, and
which disgraces the party whose
cause it pretends to advocate And
wherefore have you asked these
subsidies? OF what infamy were
they to be the price? Was it not
for your treacherous selling out of
the anti-monopoly party to the St.
Paul ring Of democratic corruption
lists? Were you not induced to go
into the latter's convention last July,
by the promise, hope and expecta-
Year: 1875

may mislead and abuse it for time, but
they cannot it. tits rapidly teach
ing the farmers and middlemen their
respective duties and their respective
rights. It is teaching the public SER
wants, whether politicians or corpora
tions, to know their place. It is help
ing to determine what is just between
all parties. The association of men
against the association of dollars is en-
tirely in accordance with the laws of
political economy. Whatever this grange
attempts in opposition with these laws
will surely fail. We believe in the
grange, and believe that there is code
called political economy Of unwritten
principles of justice and common sense
governing men in their relations to one
another"


The Rural World announces that the
Patrons of Illinois have after much diff
ticulty succeeded in establishing a house
in Chicago, where members Of the Or
der may secure their city supplies from
near the fountain head, and of course at
reduced prices. The pecuniary benefits
it is confidently expected will be large
and important. The Grange Business
House Of Chicago occupies spacious
building at the corner of State and Ken
tucky streets, which is filed with goods
of every variety. Each person connected
Herewith has been selected for his or
her special qualifications for the posi-
tion occupied. The members of the
firm, which is known as Montgomery,
Ward g. Co., understand their business
thoroughly.


Really, it is becoming serious ques-
tion whether workingmen have any
rights at all nowadays which officials
are bound to respect. The Park Com
miss,oners of New York city refused an
application Of such men as John SWIM
ton for the use Of Tompkins Square for
the purpose of holding a meeting of the
masses to sympathize with the Fall
River operatives, and the Mayor of
Newport: Rhode Island, threatened to
arrest committee Of work;ngmen who
were soliciting aid for the operatives
it they did not desist. He denounced
them as vagabonds and gave them the
option of going to the poorhouse for
six months or leaving the city at once.


The Scientific American says if a
bottle of the oil Of pennyroyal is left
uncorked in room at night not a mus
quito or any other bloodsucker will be
found there in the morning. Mix pot
ash with powdered meal and throw into
the rat holes of a cellar, and the rats
will depart. If a rat or mouse gets in
to your pantry stuff in the hole a rag
saturated with a solution of cayenne
pepper, and no rat or mouse will touch
the rag for the purpose of opening
communication with depot of supplies.


It is stated that the railroads east of
Chicago have combined to pu: up
freights as soon as navigation on the
lakes closes, and that they now discrim-
mate against western shippers of wheat
and flour to the extent of seven cents |
per bushel on wheat and thirty-fve cents |
per bbl. on -four. Fortunately Captain !
Eads' work at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi will soon afford us rival route in
that direction with competing market |
at the destination.


Kansas can now fill orders for thirteen !
million bushels of wheat, and any mum.
Der of grasshoppers in the cold state.


The Catholic question is causing a
good deal Of excitement throughout the
Year: 1875

large mass meeting of citizens opposed to the pro-
jeced Brooklyn elevated railway held last evening
IN the Assembly Rooms Washington street, Mr.
Arthur in the chair The first speaker United
States District Attorney A. w. Tenney, who made a
vigorous address in the Of which he denounced
the Common Council for designating the streets
through which the road TO without permitting
the citizens interested to be heari The project he de-
nounced job and said it forced through the
Railroad Committee OF the Common Council such.
The speaker said that unless the Common Council gave
them fair play they would apply to the courts and
II they failed there they would seek redress from the
Legislature.


Rev T. De Witt Talmage followed and SAID he was in
terested elevated rapid transit road heaven
but he protested against this earth II Il violated
Gods eternal law Of right He objected to a puing
sinking, shrieking tram rushing through the city,
filling the streets and lanes with dust cinders and
quids Instead OF praying for asking permis-
for the streets and avenues the company wanted
to steal them. The reverend gentleman said, in
clusIon as illustration OF the general idea as to
where the road should be laid that tho best place
have boil ones neighbours back


Mayor Hunter in q short speech expressed himself IN
favor OF rapid transit and promised the people should
have fair play. Speeches were also made by H. IL Van
Dyke, Charles E Hill, J. s Thorne and W. W. Hur-
burt


The Common Council Railroad Committee met at
the City Hall last evening and heard the protests OF
several citizens opposed to the road
Year: 1875

from the lst OF January The superintendents OF
the Railway Postal Service receive each 81, 500 per
annum, and IS per day for subsistence All other
special agents Of the department. paid $1,000 per
Rnnuu, together with allowance for subsistence
ranging from So to IS per day, according to the inn
portance Of their ass ignments. They have also the
privilege OF free transportation over any railroad,
steamboat stage line that performs mail service


rHR INTEREST ON THE DISTRICT BONDS


The District Commissioners will endeavor, soon after
the holiday recess, 70 secure permanent appropria
ton for the payment or the annual interest the
three i've bonds The second instament OF In
tcrest will be due in February The January in
all other District securities provided
for and will be promptly paid