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Year: 1871

Place young girl under the care Of kind
hearted women, and she, unconsciously to
herself, grows into a graceful lady Place a
boy in the establishment Of a thorough-gong,
straightforward business man, and the boy
becomes a self.reliant, practical business man.
Children are susceptible creatures, and cir
cumstances scenes and actions always impress.
As you influence them, not by arbitrary rules,
nor by stern example alone, but thousand
other ways that speak through beautiful forms,
pretty pictures, etc, so they will grow
Teach your children, then, to love the beauti.
full Give them a corner in the garden for
flowers; encourage them to put it in the shape
Of hanging baskets; show them where they can
best view the sunset; rouse them in the
morning not with the stern " time to work -
but with the enthusiastic see the beautiful
sunrise I" Buy for them pretty pictures :;
and encourage them to decorate their rooms
in his or her childish way Give them an
inch and they will 20 a mile. Allow them
the privilege, and they will make your home
beautiful
Year: 1871

Every human soul has the germ of some
flowers withini and they would open if they
could only find sunshine and free air to ex.
pand in. | always told you that not having
enough Of sunshine was what allied the world.
Make people happy, and there will not be half
the quarrelling or tenth part of the wick
edness there is.-Mrs. Child,
Year: 1871

A pleasant house is not house where
one is especially talked to, but where one
discovers that one talks more easily than else.
where. The tact is certainly invaluable which
enables woman to know the strong points
Of her guests, to lead up to their subjects, to
supply points for conversation, and then to
leave it quietly alone. But it is only dis.
play on grand scale of that particular fac
ulty Of silence which wins its quiet triumph
over every hsaEtA.yug.
Year: 1871

ST. JOSEPH, No., Dec. II, 1871.
workmen on the caisson OF pier No. OF the
bridge across the Missouri River at this point on
Saturday found magnificent specimens OF amethyst,
garnet and gold bearing quartz In the gravel over
lying the rock bottom at depth or forty three feet
below low water THIS gravel bed Is evidently the
old bottom OF the sea. Work Oh the bridge IS pro-
gresslng rapidly. The sinking Of the second pier
cammnDceS next week.
Year: 1871

The most singular incident in the
eventful life OF Sam Houston, and
one never heretofore explained, was
his abandonment of the Governor
ship of Tennessee only three days
after marrying a young wife. He
became a voluntary exile among the
Indians of the plains for years there
after, was made a great chief, and
only reappeared in public life when
Texas was struggling for indepen-
dence. The Galveston News lifts
the veil from this secret chamber of
Houston's heart by this strange nar-
ration:


"What we know about the mat
ter is so honorable to him that We
shall, forthe first time, put it in print.
We may premise that our informa
ton is derived indirectly from one
now deceased, who, during her life,
had a right to know what caused
that strange episode in the life of
the great man. Gov. Houston's
first bride was Tennessee belle of
surprising beauty, and of conside-
rable social rank. She was, if not
the affianced bride, at least the
sweetheart of a neighboring gentle
man, when Governor Houston sought
her hand. Her family being very
ambitious, forced the match and
she was married. After retiring to
the bridal chamber, her department
was such as to cause him to sus-
pect that while her hand was his,
her heart was another's. She con-
fessed the truth, when interrogated,
and while promising fidelity and
wifely duty, declared herself unable
to love him. He at once retired
from the house, leaving his bride as
pure and spotless as ever. He then
resigned his position and went among
the Camanches. In due course of
time the lady sought and obtained
a divorce"
Year: 1871

The Mobile Register says it should
be the fixed policy of every planter
to'raise his own meat and bread
stuffs, and less cotton. The Regis.
ter further says


"The plan of making cotton to
the exclusion of everything else, has
had the most disastrous consequences
1t every planter will make up his
mind to let his plantation be self
supporting as far as possible, there
will not be all of this straining and
embarrassment for money to buy
supplies with. Our exchanges can
not do their planting readers a
greater service than to earnestly i'm
press upon them the folly of plant
ing so much cotton and 50 little
corn. There is entirely too much
money going to the West every
year for meat and grain, and the
longer this suicidal policy lasts the
poorer our planters will get"
Year: 1871

A clergyman was once endeavor.
ing to get subscription in aid of
some charitable institution out OF q
close.fsted parishioner, who at
tempted to excuse himself ON the
ground that he already owed great
deal of money. 'But," said the min
lister, "you owe God larger debt
than you do any one else" 'That's
so, parson; but then he amt push
ing me like the balance of my ere
ditors.n
Year: 1871

Mr.. About says of an avaricious
man, that it had been proved, that
after having kindled his fire, he
stuck cork in the end of the bel
lows to save the little wind that
was left in them.
Year: 1871

Monograms are all the rage now-
a-days with people who consider
themselves anybody. A young man
in this town had one worked under
his eye the other night, because Il
friend of his lied and he told him
about if.
Year: 1871

a reporter of the New York Mail,
who attended banquet last week,
concluded his description with the
candid statement ''that it is not dis
tinctly remembered by anybody
present who made the last speech"
Year: 1871

An exchange says there is no dan.
ger of there ever being large supply
of female type-setters in the market.
AS soon as girl becomes a profit
cient and valuable compositor, some
male printer marries her, and that
puts an end to her work in the
printing Office.
Year: 1871

In order to get an enemy, lend q
small sum of money for day. Call
upon him in week for it. Wait
two months. In three months insist
upon his paying you. He will get
angry, denounce you, and ever after
speak of YOU in abusive terms.
Year: 1871

JAPANESE JUGGLERs.--the iugglers
inJapan are few in number compared
with the immense population OF the
country. The are. to use com
mon expression, ''bred in the bone,
and the first thing a iuggler learns
is to rear his son mp to the same
business. In this resolve the Japan
ese iuggler is supported by the
knowledge that his child will be
supported and educated by the gov
ernment. The Young Inggler, male
or female, at the age OF two years, IS
at once put into training. Suppose
the Young athlete is boy: when his
swaddling clothes are discarded the
father brings his son to the gymnastlc
school and places him under the con
troll of the principal juggler. His
ductile limbs are led Into the devious
ways of posturing and tumblin@, his
, body bent and twisted into all the
contortions necessary to ladder feats.
his fingers made flexible and quick
to grasp and change. his sight rem
dered sharp by practice, his muscle
developed by hard work, and his
flesh kept down toa fine level by
keen feeding and thorough training.
After four or five years Of this life
the young artist is turned out into
the world as a specimen OF japanese
juCgler.
Year: 1871

Thompson is not going to do any
more conundrums. He recently
asked his wife the difference between
his head and a hogshead, and she
said there was none. He said that
was not the right answer, and left.
Year: 1871

KNIGHT ERRANTRY. - Two men
fought in a Rochester hotel for the
possession Of Il woman whom each
claimed as his wife. The lady stood
by, refusing to decide the question
until the last round. when she went
off with the victor-tle reward Of
bravery.
Year: 1871

The vexei question Eheihet or not a policy Of
life insurance becomes void upon the death Of
the holder by suicide, bas been decided by Judge
McKenua, Of the United States Supreme Court.


The Judge held, in a case against New Jer-
sey company for the recovery Of $4,000, that
the conclusive evidence IF the insanity of the m
sured person constitute. bar against forfeiture.
L was decided shat the man vas insane when Ge
took his own life, and that insanity Is 2 disease
therefore, death having been the consequence Of
this diseased condition, the policy remained in
rs full force az if death had resulted from any
other disorder. So many cases Of this character
have lately come up that it Is very desirable to
have the Law On the whole question strictly snd
finally defined. 4 full-beneh decision from the
Supreme Court Of the United States would settle
il at once
Year: 1871

There is hardly another town
in the State cf Tennessee but that
can boast Of fifty or a hundred men
belonging to the Sons. That is
surely a shame-it speaks bad for
this community. Yes, as many
men as we have who profess to do
rightin the eyes Of God and man,


| think it really a shame, that we
can turn out so few men as we dc,
who are willing and ready to do
the great commandment of God,
''Love thy neighbor as thyself."
There is too much selGshuess a.
mong us /; we care for no one but
number one-may the devil take
the balance, is our motto. That
is bad, bad spirit. Remember,
friends, life is short, even at the
longest period allowed US. We
must all soon pass to the bar Of
God to give an account of our
deeds, and it is surely great sin
to see our fellow man drinking
his body to ruin on earth and his
soul to damnation in eternity,
without the least word of warning.
You cannot give that word with
SO great effect outside the Order
as you can in it. There you can
only say 90 and be saved, with US
you can say come. You all know
which has the greatest effect.
Come, join US then, and sin no
more.
Year: 1871

We think IT very strange when


we see horses in a burning barn


seeking, as it were, their own de-


struction, BY making every effort
IpoSsible to stay there. You may


do all in your power to bring them


away, but unless you bring some


strategic power to help them a.


way they will certainly stay and


be burned up. But when we re-


fl, ct that they belong to the br7,te
creation, we can expect no more
from them. They know not the
danger that awaits them, and, be-
ing without reasoning power, do
not reflect. But how much more
strange does it seem when we see
man, the image of God, possessed
with every advantage that his rea-
soning power can invent, having
hundreds Of examples set before
him every day, both good and bad,
reared in the heart of civilization,
brought up in the arms Of educa-
ton, with all earthly happiness at
stake, and the frowns Of both God
and man upon him-we repeat.
how strange it seems that Le, like
the poor dumb brute, viii seek his
own destruction; and not only his
own, but he seeks to destroy his
wife, children and kindred gene.
rally in the burning barn Of in
temperance. He marches delibe-
rately forward while the MONDAY
sun scorches him through his rags,
OIL the wintry winds freeze his We
ry flesh through the rents that
are in his coat, with o smile of
contentment resting on MS bloatrd
face, and steps up to the bar To
spend the last cent be has in the
world for zone drink" '.just one
drink" of whiskey. When that
''last cent" is gone (that should
have bought bread for his starving
babes at home,) he buys all that
he can son tick" and finishes his
drunk on the charity of others not
quite so bad as himself.


Come, friends, and Join our
band. Help US to save that poor
wretch +; the flames are fast closing
in on every side-he will soon BE-
gone. He will soon drink "his last
drink, if some friend to poor hu-
manity don't check him. Come
on, then, and join us in saving the
poor fellow from ruin OIL earth and
IN eternity.
Year: 1871

a clergyman writes Some
twenty-five years ago when | was
pastor of a church in - | took
occasion one evening to attend a
social meeting in the church of
that place. As is their custom
on such occasions, one alter an
other rose and gave bis or her
experience. Alter a time man
in humble circumstances, small
in stature, and with a very elfemi-
nate speaking voice, r,se to G We
in a piece of his experience, which
was done in the following man
ner:


Brethren, have been a mem
Der of this church for many years.
| have seen hard times; my tami-
ly has been much afflicted !; but |
have for the first time in my life
to see my pastor or any of the
trustees of this church cross the
thresho Id Of nay docr.''


No sooner had he uttered this
part of his experience than he
was suddenly interrupted by one
of the trustees, an aged man, who
rose up and said in a loud voice /:


"My dear brother, you must
put the devil behind you"


On taking his seat, the pastor
in charge quickly rose, and also
replied to the little man as fol-
lows:


"My dear brother, you must re-
member that we shepherds are
sent to the lost sheep OF the House
ol Israel"


Whereupon the little man rose
again and in answer, said in a very
loud tone of voice,


eyes; and if I'd been a fat one,
you would have found me long
ago"


The effect upon the audience
can be better imagined than de
sclibed.
Year: 1871

The following from one of our
exchanges, in respect-or rather
in want of reSpett-of persons
who are too full of prejudice to
read a book or paper tnat does no.
fully accord with their views, is
commended to the perusal OF those
who are Of that caste:


"There is no greater proof of.
the intelligence and enlighten
ment of reader than his cordial
welcome and hearty enjoyment
of writer with whom he entire
ly disagrees. The miserable soul
who simply wishes a newspaper
or book to pamPcr prtjudices or
inclinations, and Will not admit
to his understanding reading mat
ter of any other description, is not
meant Tor the nineteenth cntury
he belongs to the age Of the in
QUESTION, when all men were com
PEELED to think one way"
Year: 1871

We were standing in the doorway
My little wife and l,
The golden sun upon her hair,


Fell down so silently
A small white hand upon my arm,


What could ask for more
Than the kindly glance Of loving eyes,
As she kissed me at the door. -'res
5 l know she loves with all her heart


The one who stands beside.
And the years have been so joyous,
Since first / called her bride,
We've had so much of happiness


Since we met in years before,
But the happiest time of all was


When she kissed me at the door.
Who cares for wealth of land or gold,
For fame or matchless power s
1t doesn give the happiness


OF just one little hour
With one who loves me as her life
She says she loves me more
And l thought she did this morning,
When she kissed me at the door.
at times it seems as if the world,


With all its wealth of gold,
Is very small and poor indeed,


Compared with what l hold
And when the clouds hang grimly darl
| only think the more
OF one who waits the coming step,
To kiss me at the door.
If she lives till age shall scatter


It's frost upon her head, -a.
know she'll love me just the same
AS the morning we were wed
Dut'if the angels call her,


And she goes to heaven before.
l shall know her when | meet her,
For She'll kiss me at the door.
Year: 1871

1t is announced on excellent
authority that more than half a
million pounds of willow Leaf were
made up at Shanghai last season
and palmed off as green tea :
The willow leaf, as prepared, can
not be distinguished from green
tea by the eye; but to cover the
difference in taste, it has been
mixed with tea before being sold.
1t can be produced at cost of
about four cents pound, and can
be used in the proportion of twenty
or forty pei cent. of the whole
mixture-so that it can be easily
seen what a profit the "little
game" can be made to represent
to the seller.
Year: 1871

AT a certain hotel in Ohio q
large mirror is placed at the en-
trance of the dining hall which
is so constructed that you see
yourself Il thin cadayerous hum
CRY person, but when you come
from the table, and look in the
glass, your body is distended to
the extremity of corpulency.-
So pleasant is the illusion that
you go away satisfied with your
well-fed sleek condition, even
if you rise hungry from the ta7
bic.
Year: 1871

A DIFFERENCE.-A teacher one
day, for want of a better thing for
the class to parse, took up tenn
perance paper, intending to have
them parse a temperance story ;
but as the story was long one,
he told them to stop at the "grog
shop" and not parse it. He, of
course, had reference to a portion
of the story. Imagine his surprise,
next morning, to receive note of
dismissal from the school commit
tee for his Incorporate ideas in ad-
vising his pupils ''to stop at a grog
shop, and not pass it." An expla-
nation ensued, in which it was
found that parsing aDd passing
are not the same.
Year: 1871

The following article from
the CarroIIton, Miss, Conserva-
tive has the ring Of true metal,
and as such as we take pleasure


in laying before our readers:


We do not expect every
"good man" to stand on our
platform, but we see nothing
that would seriously disturb his
conscience If he should. The
"new departure" makes no sac
ritice of principle, it simply a
bandOns Il policy which will not
win. we DO assert the propo-
sition that they may be, are sac
complished facts a fact is
no less accomplished because it
is not good, and it is not irrev-
ocable because it IS accom-
plished. All this refinement a.
bout "the settlement can only
be accomplished when it salts
fies the eternal equities of the
case" is as silly as the gable
of geese. If a man Is beaten
with stripes, what does it avail
to deny that he is whipped? We
take the fact as a fact palatable
or unpalatable, because we have
no option; we may say we do
not accept but nevertheless
it is forced upon us, and we are
to-day living under the effects
of the two amendments as fully
as under the original Constitu-
ton.
Year: 1871

An interior paper tells about a
girl who hated her suitor to such
an extent that, when be called to
see her on Sunday evening, she
threw both herarms about his neck
and squeezed him almost to death.
The youth was so alar med that he
didn't call again until the next
evening.
Year: 1871

A man who married a buxom
Irish girl, greatly to the horror
of his mother and sister, made the
following defence: ''If 1 married
an American girl | must have an
Irish girl to take care of her, and
I can no. afford to support both
of them"
Year: 1871

For about week past a few


rough-loOking sharperS from New
York have been operating in the
country, an exchange informs us,
IsWindling the farmers by what is


known as the cloth dodge. They
went around by two, and played
their game in the following man


ner: One Of the two would go


to a house and offer for sale a
piece of cloth at a very low price.


If he sold the cloth there, his pal


would reach the house soon after


he left it, and ask the inmates


whether a man had sold them any
cloth. When the cloth was
shown the second conner he would
instantly claim it, saying that it
had been stolen from him, and the
purchasers to avoid being implica-
ted in any trouble, would of
course surrender the cloth, and
lose what they had paid for it


1t is said that these sharpers made
NeWburg, N. Y, their headquar-
ters, but carefully RETAINED from
practicing their little game there.
Police officer Andrews has been
watching them, not liking their
looks, but not being able to bring
anything directly against them
until now. But they left town
for New York the other night,
leaving, it is said, some unpaid
bills behind them. If exchanges
will refer to the dark ways" OF
this gang Of New York gentle
men, who live by their wits at
other peoples expense, farmers in
other sections may be put on
their guard against the swindlers.
Year: 1871

The following story comes from
Sharp Mountain, in Pennsylvania.
Two young girls a few days ago,
left a smaller one, about foar years
old, alone under tree for a short
time and on returning to the spot
found the little one standing still
and speechless-neither replying
to their questions nor wishing to
leave the spot. They finally car.
Iied her home against her will
where every question was asked
and effort made to make her speak
bat in vain, until they inquired if
she had seen a snake, when she i'm
mediately went into convulslons,
with which she has been afflicted
at intervals ever since,
Year: 1871

A Case in the Sixth District Court-A Couple


OF Theatrical "Dend Beats" Bring q Suit


Against Lima Edwin-Interesiing Decision


by 'sLong Laue that Has no Turning"


The humdrum routine Of business at the Sixth
Judicial District Court, which usually mainly con-
ssts Of cases between landlords and tenants and
storekeepers and their customers, was enlivened
yesterday by q suit which, though involving no
great amount is OF general interest to the entire
theatrical profession.


The action was brought by German chorus
singer, named Rudolph LaugenbucK, against the
management OF Lima Edwin's theatre. Laagenbuck
had been engaged In the usual way at salary OF
fifteen dollars week. on a contract terminable at
any time upon notice Of fourteen days. He
claimed that this two weeks notice had not been
given HIM, and that he was therefore entitled to
thirty dollars. He also claimed four dollars and
twenty-eight cents for his professional services
at two extra matinees-one on "the second
day Of Christmas the 26th December, and the
other on the Monday which was observed as New
Years. Another man, Jospeh Klebs, engaged In the
same capacity, had sold him precisely similar
claim, for the same amount, and 1t was therefore
arranged that the two cases should be thrown into
one. This species OF claim Is constany beng brought
against managers, who frequently prefer to fix up
a COMPROMISE rather than lose the time and money
necessarily involved in resisting the imposition.


Lsugenouck and Klebs swore posItlvelyi that the
only notice OF the breaking up OF Miss Lima Ed
WINS company they had received was given them
by the posting up OF short announcement on the
bulletin board in the green room three days before
their actual dismissal. They admitted that there
had been previous notice, informing them that
there would be no more rehearsals; but this they
did not regard as o formal notification Of dis
charge.


The evidence for the defence was


A FLAT CONTRADICTION


OF this statement. Harry Pray the treasurer, said
that according to the usual custom q notice OF The
breaking up OF the company had been posted In the
green room at least three four weeks previous to
the discharge. This was c0rrObOrated by Mr. George
Clarke, the well known actor Richard Marston. the
scene painter, and Thomas O'Neil, the doorkeeper.
In addition the salary book OF the theatre was pro
duced, and the signatures Of the plaintiff and Klebs
were found appended TO receipt In full OF all
claims Of every kind cup to date"


Judge Lane, In rendering his decision said that
the weight Of evinence decidedly In favor of the
defendants, and he thought further that the very
fact OF the plaintiff and Klebs having sRneo the
receipt in full barred the whole action. The evil
dence for the claimants had been IN every way
weak. Not only ought the breach OF contract to
have been proved but 1t ought also to have been
shown that the plaintiffs had been In the language
OF the Court OF Appeals, ''ready, willing and able
TO go on with the CONTRACT" and that they mad suf
fered pecunary loss in consequence OF the alleged
breach oil IL. lie therefore dismissed the complaint
Year: 1871

For ten years movement has been on loot IN
Queens county to abolish toll roads and bridges.
The Legislature has at last conceded the request,
and yesterday there was general rejoicing. Hence
forth there will be an uninterrupted drive from
Thirty fourth street TO Bayside The farmers In par
ticnlar appreciate the cnange as u Is to them pec
mary saving and a guarantee OF good traversablo
roads over which TO transport their produce to the
New YORK markets. =
Year: 1871

A case of libel brought against the Oak land Transcript by one c. W. Ball, whose cs- innate of the damage to his sensitive nature was set at the modest sum of 5000, was decided in favor of the plaintiff The yer dict of the jury awarded him ten cents, law fu money of the United States. Mir. Ball was supremely disgusted