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Year: 1873

In healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in com
mon with all the other secretions Of the
skin. is more abundant thanin cold When
if is insufficient the skin becomes dry and
harsh and on those parts of the body
where the skin is thick and subject to
motion as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures. The amount of this secretion
is so much reduced in cold weather that
the frequent washing of the hands with
soap causes them to chap readily, and this
the more certainly if the soap is not wash
ed off. The alkali in soap is usually in ex-
cess, and this combines with the oily Sc
cretion. and so depriyes the skin of its nat
ural lubricator. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
all soap from them thoroughly in clean
water This viii ordinarily suffice but, II
not, it will be necessary to make good the
removed oil by using KENNEDY'S S SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT, a sure cure for al


skin diseases of whatever name or nature
/ PRICE 30 CENTS. Sold by druggists
Year: 1873

Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil is clean,
safe, and delicious to use 1t does not soil
the clothing or the SKIN 1t does not lose
its virture by age or exposure, andin using
it for curing headache it prevents the hair
from falling or becoming prematnrely gray,
and cleanses the scalp by curing its humors.
Try it and see
Year: 1873

The great cause of so many young peo-
pie being gray headed is on account Of
their having used the vile compounds
which have flooded the market so long.
Natures Hair Restorative is a sure rem
edy for this Clear as cryStA no poison
pertectly slCeei, cLeaH and reliable. Al
druggist sell it. See advertisement
Year: 1873

Our readers should be careful to notice
that PROCTOR & CANDLES s STAMP is upon
the bars of their NOTIFIED GERMAN Soar,
as all good articles are initiated, and this
Soap being so popular, other manufactur-
ers have copied their stamp 6-23d3m
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST. The Commissary
General of the United States, after a trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is a fact worthy the attention Of cOnsum-
arS
Year: 1873

House cleaning is a great horror to nine
men out of every ten. When that time
comes the men folk" as a rule, give the
domestic hearth wide berth. Oceans
of suds-the product of tons of soap-fair-
ly food every part of the house. The
women, from the mistress down, labor as
they never worked before, and what with
the discomfort, the smell of suds and the
dampness, and not unfrequently sickness,
the product of colds and overwork, mat
ters are generally disagreeable. The sim
pie use of Sapolio instead of soap does
away with all this discomfort 1t lightens
the labor a hundred percent because ii
removes dirt, grease, stains and spots
with hardly any labor, with but little water
and in one tenth the usual time


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Year: 1873

Happy. .daysl flying days
Leave some traces as you hurry through our life
Leave the kiss OF Love, of motherhood and wife
Gentle words and touches light,
Cannot help your rapid fight;
Leave the look our dear ones wore,
AS they neared the brighter shore


Passing days
Sunny days Tender daysl
Leave picture of your beauty on the earth
Take the sin and leave the Innocent new birth
Leave the shining birds and flowers,
And the glowing joy-ripe hours
Take the fruit of vain DESIRE
Leave the hopes that struggle higher.


Smiling days.
Empty daysl Wasted days!
Does 1t matter in the future how you died?
Does 1t matter in the present how you lied +?
Filled with faces that are dead,
Filled with fancies that have fed,
How the storms that O er you swept,
And the tears that through you crept,
Lost their strength amid the past,
DRIED themselves with you at last,


Vanished days
Cruel days Weary days!
Take the burden from my bosom as you go;
Take the memories I used to cherish SO;
Take the leaden-colored skies,
And the cold. reproachful eyes;
Take the ever conscious wrong
And the sobbings sad and long


Troubled days
Dragging days! Wretched days!
Hasten from US to the realms of long ago,
Where forever passions cease to ebb and flow
Hasten by and leave no trace
Of your frowning bitter face
Hide it in the whitened sand
Of that far off, silent land.


Dying daysl
Year: 1873

Los ANGELES Nov. q, 1873.


EDITOR HERALD:-Iti Is we'll known
all over the State that there is what is
called the Sunday Law. That is to
say, on the first day of the week all
business houses, with the exception of
a. few, shall be closed. Our dry
goods merchants, generally, by mu-
tual consent have complied with the
requirements of this statute, and have
found that their sales in the aggregate
show no material difference as COM
pared with the time when their places
of business were open; but to the dis
credit of few of them be it said, they
still manage to keep back door open,
or surreptitiously entice q passing GUS
toner into their stores. Now this
method works disadvantageOusly to
those merchants who in good faith
keep their. stores closed. The clerk,
who, during the week day has labOred
hard and faithfully sixteen hours, is
certainly entitled to one days rest; and
) it is about time that the officers en-
force the law, as has been often de-
manded by our merchants of them.


That there is need of one day Of rest
: out Of seven, is apparent to any right
thinking man. The experiment of
abolishing the day Of rest, was tried
! in France during her travail in the
throes of revolution. The carefully
prepared statistics of the census had
shown o the world that the physical
man and the dray horse, appropriated
to severe constant labor, degenerated
to such a fearful extent, that the whole
eloquence and rhetoric of France be-
came alarmed and wrote and spoke
the obnoxious statute from the roll of
French Statutes into appeal. sa.1
20 Your correspondent would state that
he is himself nominally an Israelite,
therefore the charge Of Puritanism
could not be brought against him; yet
he would state that the finger Of dis
appreciation should be pointed against
those fen, who still, in the face Of the
: law and in opposition to the finer SEN
timents of human nature, endeavor to
fatten their purses at the expense of
their more honorable neighbOrs who
oOnnply with the law. " W ~tt


a0T Yours, truly, L1H S.IBN
Year: 1873

The only place where the genuine
interchangeable Pebble Spectacles can be
found Is at Fisher & Cos Jewelry Store, 81
Main street. They are made Of the best ma
terlal, uniform in density and of high refrac-
tive power. Come, all ye who live for good
oversight, and try them.
Year: 1873

M The tide of ofimmlgration is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two.
Year: 1873

Over Exertion, either of body or mind, pro-
duces debility and disease. The usual remedy
is TO take some stimulant, the effect of which
is the same as giving tired horse the whip
instead of oats. The true way is to fortify the
system with a permanent tonic like the
Peruvian Syrup, Ia protoxide Of Iron,) which
gives strength and vigor to the whole system.
Year: 1873

The Hon. James A. Garfield made long
speech at Randolph, Ohio, on Wednesday last,
in support of the Republican State ticket. In
it he touched upon the financial situation and
upon that now indispensable topic in every
was TO be found in too much railroad building.
That the panic was not widespread in its
destruction, like that Of 1887, he attributed to
two causes First, that, outside of railroad
building, the great body of the industry of the
country is in a sound and healthy condition /;


and second, that the Republican party had
abolished the old system OF State banking, and
created in its place System more safe and
more wise than any other that this country
ever knew" In regard to the resumption Of
specie payment, he said: IL have no doubt
that resumption of specie payments, care
fully and prudcntly made, would rather ease
the money market than increase its stringency."
Year: 1873

Her FIRST RIDE.-The Brcaktcater Light
tells this: An old colored woman, who took
her first ride on the cars, Wednesday, from
Georgetown, desired to 20 to Milford. She
purchased her ticket for that place and took
seat in the Car. When at Milford the con-
ductor informed her Of the fact, and she got
out of the cars on the platform, and after view
ing the locality and surroundings, she again got
on board the train, fully convinced that the
conductor had made a mistake, as she had
been to Milford "a many time" and that
didn't look like Milford to her. She was
however much surprised to learn, after being
seated for few minutes that she was several
miles from Milford and near Harrington She
remained in the car and conductor Ewing
safely landed her at Milford on the return trip.
When we inquired her age, she said she was
getting we'll on toward hundred, and that
her name was Ailsey Reynolds. AS this was
her first trip on the cars she had no doubt been
used to entering Milford at different point,
as she was quite surprised to find so small a
place and said, ''it used to be a right smart
town"
Year: 1873

Be sure and get the genuine Renne's
Pain Killing Magic Oil Avoid all others
as spurious limitations. Don't use spurious
Magic Oil and then blame us Nopersons
have any right to use the name Magic Oil
except VIM. Renne & Sons Its their le-
gal trade mark.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention Of consum-
Year: 1873

HEALTHFULNEss. A distinguished ply
sician says After a careful examination
Of DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder | am
satisfied that it is a wholesome and valua-
Bile preparation, with which bread and 9th
er articles may be prepared suitable to a
weakened and disordered digestion. have
introduced it among my patients, and have
yet to learn Of the first instance where a
c0nvalesceut patient could not indulge in
warm biscuits made with it. and feel the
better for it. Sour milk and saleratus VIII
not, | hope, be longer used to poison the
stomach aud corrupt the blood DR.


Prices Special Flavoring Extracts as vel


as his Cream Baking Powder has gained
their popularity and extensive sale from


their perfect purity and unvarying quality
Year: 1873

MONTGOMERY. April IA case was before
United Suites District Judge Busteed to-day
OF petition to force party into bank
ruptcy.a The party plead that there was an
illegal consideration, the contract being for
cotton, and founded on what it called
"futures." The judge instructed the jury
that if they believed from the evidence that
there was 10 he no actual delivery of the cot
ton, the defendant had committed no act oil
bankruptcy. Tie jury brought In verdict
for the defendant. The plaintiff will appeal
to the higher courts. This involves the
whole question of liability on futures"
Year: 1873

MLwAUKRE, April 23.-Two sail yes
sells and the propeller Ironsides are fast in
the ice outside the harbor here, and will
probably remain until change of wind.
The bay is full of floating ice for miles out.
This has never occurred before at this sea-
son of the wear
Year: 1873

Recorder Hackett in the Court of Gener-
al Sessions to-day read a letter received
from an anonymous correspondent threat
eDing himself or some member of his fam
lily with death should be persist in imposing
heavy sentences upon prisoners convicted
of WIat the writer regards light offences
Year: 1873

i wealthy epicure applied to an
Arabian doctor for prescription
that would restore his body to health.
and give happiness to his mind.
The physician advised him to ex-
change shirts with man who was
perfectly contcntel with his lot. up
on which the patient set out upon
his Journey in pursui. Of such a per-
son. After many months spent
without accomplishing his object, he
was told Of 4 certain cobhler Of
whom every one lad spoken as a
model Of contentnent and happiness.
Pursuing the direction given. the
traveller was pleased with a sight of
the cobbler enjoying a comfortable
nap on a board. Without ceremony
he was aroused from his slumbers,
and asked il he was contentea with
his lot. and he answered in the
affirmative


Then" said the seeker after hap
piness. ! have one small boon to
ask at your hands. 1t is that you
exchange shirts with me, that by this
means L also may become contented
and happy"


Most gladly would I accede to
your request, replied the cobbler,
but"


Nay, refuse me not, interrupted
the man Of wealth; ANY sum thou
may'st name shall be thine"


4 seek not thy wealth. said the
''hut-but-'


But what 2


The truth Isl have no shirt p
Year: 1873

A Judge Of 1Lilesian extraction,
charged jury as follows: Gen
tlemen Of the jury, yon must find
that the defendant IS guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt \ reasonable
doubt is such a doubt as will con
vince a reasonable man that the de-
fendant is not guilty"
Year: 1873

The Decentralization OF SILVER When
the substitution OF a gold for silver currency
in Germany is completed there will remain, af
ter due provision is made for subsidiary coins,
total of s49, 1000. 900 worth of silver, the
whole OF which will be thrown upon the market.
But this is not all. Denmark, Sweden, and
Holland have decided to adopt gold standard
and the same course will probably be followed
by Belgium. In these countries the quantity
of silver to be disposed of in consequence of the
demonetiziug of that metal will be not less than
e24 ,000 000 Thus we have total OF e72 900, 900
of silver which before very long will be thrown
on the market. The effect of this increase 10
the supply cannot fail to have great influence
in the direction Of a further fall 10 the price Of
silver. Moreover the ancient and characteristic
prediction of the Oriental countries for silver
of which they have hitherto taken great
quantities from Europe-is growing weaker,
aud hence the most intelligent of them, the
japanese, have adopted gold currescy. We
cannot, then, recon upon the great Eastero ma
tions absorbing the enormous quantity OF silver
which is about to be thrown out of circulation
in Europe. So far, therefore, it seems likely
that the depreciation Of silver must go on in
definitely. But there is one, and only one pos


Sbiity Of its being prevented. The Congress
of the United States may carry out the pro-
posal OF Gen. Grant to place the currency of
the States upon silver basis. In that case,
no doubt, the prospect will be very much alter.
ed to the great relief of the European money
markets, for instead of having to send gold,
which We greatly need, to America, we shall
send silver, which We don't want, and OF which
there is the prospect of now having great deal
too much. h.-Ecoaon,tSte FancatS
Year: 1873

A Town PROVIDED WITH FLAGS. s.-Some
six or eight years ago an eccentric citizen OF
Cornish made bequest to the town of 81 900
the interest Of which was to be annually ex-
pended for national flags, said flags to be un-
iurled in pleasant weather in various parts OF
the town The will was duly approved. The
town accepted the legacy, aod appointed trus-
tee, who has executed the wish to letter.
Cornish. however. is not exempt from people
who banker after ''fithy lucre." Recently
some Of the heirs Of the deceased eccentric
asked the Supreme Judicial Court to set the
will aside on the ground that it is needless
expenditure; the town has no authority to ex,
ecute the wishes of a defunct citizen, and
moreover no provision is made for flag g-poles,
ropes, and tackle The opinion of the bench
was given at Concord recently, by Judge
Foster. who took occasion to say that it was a
very proper bequest-one calculated to Keep
alive the spirit of union and patriotism and the
memories Of the historic past Of the nation.
The town has the same right to accept the
gift and execute the wishes of the donor as 1t
has to accept gift for school, public library,
or any other object, The court ruled that the
poles, ropes. and tackle were only the lnciden-
tails to the flag, and as such were included IN
the spirit of the bequest. The decision leaves
the flag flying, and the heirs to try some new
expedient to make an honest dollar. .-Boston
Transcript.
Year: 1873

she sat upon the piazza. The carpenter
had been there that day, glazing up the
rustic chairs on the porch, so we took a
seat ON the step In front OF Miss Magruder.
where we could gaze into her eyes and
drink In her smiles. 1t seems probable
that the carpenter must have upset his elue
pot on the spot where we sat, for after en-
.joyng Miss Magruder's remarks for a
couple OF hours, and drinking several OF
her smiles, we tried to rise for the purpose
OF going home, but found that we were
immovably fixed to the step. Then Miss
Magruder said: Don't be in a hurry"
aud we told her we believed we wouldn't
The conversation had a sadder tone after
that, and we sat there thinking whether IL
would be better 10 ask Miss Magruder To
withdraw while wo disrobed and went
home in Highland costume, or whether we
should urge her 10 warm up the poker, or
whether we should give one terrific wrench
yand then ramble down the yard back ward.
About midnight Miss Magruder yawned.
and said she believed she would 20 to bed.
Then we suddenly asked her If she thought
her father would have any objection TO
lending us his front steps for a few days,
because We wanted to take them home for
pattern. We think Miss Magruder must
have entertained doubts of our sanity. for
she rushed in, called her father and scream
ed. Magruder camo down with double
barreled gun. Then we explained the sit
uation in whisper, and he procured saw
and cut out the piece of step to which We
wero attached. Theu we went home wear
ing the patch, and before two O'Clock
crushed out our young love for Miss Ma
gruder. We never called again, and she
threw herself away on dry goods man.
There is melancholy satisfaction In re-
calling these memories of youth, and re-
fleeing upon the influence Of glue upon
the emotions OF the human heart.
Year: 1873

The RELIGION OF JOHN STUART MILL
According to Charles l.. Brace, John
Stuart Mill ''died as he had lived, a con-
sisont 'modern stoic.' His favorlte read
ing was Marcus Aurelius, and he has left
to the world the memory OF the highest
stoical life-ol utter devotion to truth, JUS
tice, and humanity-but alas | in all prob
ability, without the conscious inspiration
of Christianity, and without hope OF per-
sonal Immortality" We may add that
there is no evidence that he believed in
personal God. When ask ed what his be-
lief was in that respect while a candidate
for Parliament, he Indignantly replied that
it was matter which concerned no one
but himself In reply to Mansells state
meut that Goods goodness is different
from mans goodness" he wrote: "If in
stead Of the glad tidings' that there exists
Being in whom all the excellencies which
the highest human mind can conceive ex-
ist in a.dogree inconceivable to us, am
informed that the world is ruled by be-
ing whose ottributes are infinite, but what
they are we cannot learn, nor what are the
principles of his government, except that
the highest human morality which we
are capable of conceiving' does not sanction
them convince me of it, .and will bear
my fate as l may. But when am told
that 1 must believe this, and, at the same
time, call this being by the names, which
express and affirm the highest human NOR
ality, say, in plain terms, that will not.
Whatever powers such being may have
over me, there is one thing that he shall
not do he shall not compel me to worship
him. 1 will call no being good who is not
what l mean when apply that epithet to
my fellow cre eatures and if such a being
can sentence me to hell for not so calling
him, to hell will CO."
Year: 1873

BY BALLOON TO EuRoPE.-The Boston
Board of Aldermen have signalixed them
selves by making an appropriation OF ss, 900
Prof John Wise and w. II. Donaldson to
aid them in fitting out their erial ship, in
which they " Ill start from the Boston Com
mon for Europe on the Fourth of July.
The gentlemen will take two scientific men
with them, il they can get them, to observe
the phenomena OF the upper air. Their
idea is that a a certain height they will
find current OF air moving directly toward
their destination.
Year: 1873

TRANsFIxED.-The following rare bit is
from the Saturday Evening Post: We shall
never forget that evening we spent at Ma
gruder's years ago. We admired Miss
Magruder, and we went around to see her
1t was summer time, and moonlight and
Year: 1873

4 Richmond, Va, paper tells !
story Of a very ssgacious dog and q
very foolish man, and the man owns
the dog. He is a married man, and
the other evening told his young wife
that be was going to the lodge. y
The wife anxiously looked for the re-
turn of her husband until the small
hours of the morning, and finally
there was a scratching at the door
She opened it. The dog was there
and something more. He had in his
mouth a bloody handkerchief and q
round piec. Of ivory about the size
of o silver dollar. She did not know
anything about the ivory. but the
bloody handkerchief suggested TO her
a terrible story Sheput on her bon-
net and followed the dog. He pi-
loted her to the lodge, which was in
an upper chamber of high building.
and there on the floor in one corner
was her husband, with . badly swol-
len eve and bleeding nose and use
less legs. He could not walk home,
but there was areason for that, which
disappeared in y few hours. That
young man wants to dispose OF a
very faithful, well meaning dog He
also wants to find the man who hit
him on the nose in the gambling
house
Year: 1873

handkerchief, and also laughed violent
ly, but silently. Peals and cheers
arose, and it was simply impossible
to pursue further serious treatment of
the subject.


Mr.. Charlton himself was obliged to
smile, in the midst of his wrath and
discontinue. He handed the paper
back to Fanny, and said few words to
her which none of us could hear in the
uproar, and she bowling, went to her
seat


The funny scene ended, and all was
studious enough for the remainder of
the day, and indeed for many days
thereafter.


well remember when we went up to
the next grade" Mr.. Charlton was
talking to the teacher whose depart
ment we were about to enter


Fanny stood near, and patting her on
the head, he said:


This girl, you will find, will always
have her lessons, but look out for her,
or she'll be too much for you. There's
danger behind those black eyes -


If this were "story" Fanny would
of course be my wife now, but as it is
n simple reminiscence of real life, it
doesn't end that way. Soon after our
entrance into the higher grade Fanny
discovered charms in q youth named
Smith that far Outshone mine. This
threw me into a cynical frame of mind,
from which it took me fully two weeks
to recover. Then to spite her event
with" another girl.


Then came the breaking up of our
class, some tears and hearty hand-shak-
ing. That was dozen years ago, and I
believe Fanny is now the wife of a man
out West Such is life