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Year: 1872

A Boston letter writer gives some
new detail regarding the career of the
adventures who was married in Lon
don to the late we'll known actor,
Walter Montgomery, q marriage which
was almost Immediately followed by
the suicide of the bridegroom. This
woman was one of the coryphees at q
Boston theatre, when she attracted the
attention of an old but wealthy citizen,
who was foolish enough to marry her.
The union was not happy one, as the
woman soon developed fondness for
fast society, which was anything but
Agreeable to her aged spouse. Finally,
she ran away and visited England,
where, as is we'll known, she was mar
ried to Mr.. Montgomery, who was on
the point of visiting the United States.


It has been said that his mortifica-
tion on discovering the true character
of the person whom he had welded
drove him to the desperate step of
taking his own life IN preference to
meeting the scorn which he expected
to receive from tho world when the
facts should become known.


Mr.. Montgomery dead and buried,
the spurious widow returned to her le-
gitimate husband in Boston, who ap-
pears to have been 80 Infatuated with
the unprincipled adventures as to have
lost all regard for his own honor or
good name. The treacherous woman
was received with open arms and sup
piled with unlimited sums of money.
She appeared in public on every occa-
sion with all possible display, making
profuse and ostentatious expenditure
of her husbands wealth. In the course
of a few months the foolish old gentle
mans means were all squantlered away,
and very recently his name has ap-
peared in q list of bankrupts. As
might have been expected, the woman
who had caused his ruin deserted him
rs soon rs his ability to administer to
her extravagsnoe had failed.
Year: 1872

Hair is essential to the perfect condi-
ton of the blain. Now this assertion
may seem ridiculous when it is we'll
known that the worlds great men, from
julius Caesar down to the present year
of grace, are as bald as goose egg.


There is nice physiological point
involved in this matter of no haired
skull, but it would take to much time
to explain the law, and besides, it
would require several technical terms
which nobody but doctors could under
Standard scarcely one in ten of those
learned gentlemen. If bald men ac-
complish so much without hair, who
knows what they would have done with
it,


Now, it is morally certain as any
proposition in science when the bulbs
out of which each hair springs are de-
stroyed no preparation will regenerate
them. Therefore waste neither money
nor labor III buying hair regenerators.


If the hat had air holes from boy
hood up to manhood, ventilation would
put stop to badness. Light open
bonnets save the ladies from that ca
lamity, unless they abuse their long
tresses by overstretching them with
combs. Hats, like the best con-
structed houses, must have provision
for free circulation of mir through
them. Hatters, therefore, have the
benefit of science for their guide.
Year: 1872

Heaven is not reached at single bound;


But we build the ladder by which we rise


From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to its SUBMITS round by round.
count these things to be grandly truel


That noble deed Is q step toward God


Lifting the soul from the common sod
To purer air aud broader view.
We rise by the things that are under our feet;
BY what we have mastered of greed and gain,
By the pride deposed and the passion slain,
And the vanquished III that we hourly meet.
We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we trust,


When the morning calls to life and light,


But our lives grow weary, and ere the night
Our lives are trailing the sordid dust.
Wings for the angels, but feet for the menI


We must borrow the wings to find the way;
We may hope, and resolve, and aspire, and pral
But our feet must rise or we fall again.
Only In dreams is ladder thrown


From the weary earth TO the sapphire walls;
But the dreams depart and the vision falls,
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone
Heaven is not reached at single bound,


Butwe build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to its summit round by round.
Year: 1872

am only little sparrow;


A bird of low degree;
My life is of little value,


But the dear Lord careth for me-.
He gave me q coat of feathers,
1t is very plain know,
With never a speck of crimson,
For it was not made for show.
But it keeps me warm in winter,
And it shields me from the rain,
Were it bordered with gold and purple
Perhaps it would make me vain.
have no barn or storehouse,


neither sow nor reap,
God gives me a sparrow's fortune,
But never a seed to keep.
If my meal is sometimes scanty,
Close picking makes it sweet;
have always enough to feed me,
And ''Life is more than meat"
know there are many sparrows;
All over the world we are found,
But our heavenly Father knoweth
When one of us falls to the ground
Though small, we are never forgotten,
Though weak, We are never afraid,
For we know that our dear Lord keepeth
The life of the creatures he made.
fly through the thickest forest,
light on many a spray;
have no chart or compass,


But never lose my way.
And I fold my wings at twilight,
Wherever l happen to be;
For the Father is always watching,
And no harm can come tome.
an only a little sparrow;


A bird of low degree;
But know the Father loves me,
Have you less faith than me?
Year: 1872

An excellent idea is suggested by o
contributor to the Cincinnati Enquir-
er. He suggests that fund be raised
by 81 contributions from every printer
in the United States, the fund be ap-
piled to the erection of q monument
to the memory of Horace Greeley.
We feel sure that the suggestion Will
meet with ready favor at hands of the
craft and suggest that an organiza-
ton for the collection of the fund be
effected at once.
Year: 1872

People having sick horses in the
country should be careful not to al
low barn-yard fowls in the stable to
pick the oats or among the hay of
which the sick animals have partaken,
as it is believed the disease can be and
has been communicated in that way.
The appearance of the epizootic in
New York and Pennsylvania among
fowls, is accounted for in this way.
Year: 1872

NV first is in thumb, but not in finger,
Ny second is in hinder, but not in linger,
NV third is in bold, but not in brave,
My fourth is in tomb, but not in grave,
My fifth is in May, but not in June,
My sixth is in saucer, also in spoon,
My seventh is in night, but not in day,
My eighth is in rye, but not in hay,
My ninth is in moon, but not in sun,
Ny tenth is in play, but not in fun,
My eleventh is in love, but not in hate,
Nv twelfth is in island, alsOin strait,
My thirteenth is in knife, but not in fork,
Ny whole is a young man near Rocky Fork.
Ragweed Avenue PAP'S % GAL.
Year: 1872

We fear that some of onr country
boys are violating the game law by
trapping quail The law forbids trap
ping. Every one ought to make it a
special object to see that the law is
obeyed It is because ofthis trapping
process, that the quail crop is nearly
run out every winter. Don't let the
morbid appetite for sport kill off the
entire quail crop. Give them at least
fair chance for life, and in a few
years the country viii abound with
them.
Year: 1872

The friends and visitors of the
Adams County Mineral Springs have
undertaken to build a small chapel or
house of worship at that place, and
solicit subscriptions of one dollar each
for the purpose.
Year: 1872

The editor of the Youths Department, in the
News of Dec. 18th, stated that the answer to the
Pole Problem, as furnished by correspondent
from Bell, was not correct. On further examina-
ton, the editor is convinced that he was wrong and
the correspondent right. At first sight it would
seem that to reach the top of pole 20 feet high
climbing 8 feet each morning and slipping back
feet each evening, would require days, but in
reality the top would be reached on the morning of
the 4th day. Try it and see.-IEd. Y.D.
Year: 1872

A boy started to market with some eggs. He fell
down and broke = of what he had and l dozen
more, but if he had broken dozen more he would
have lost T-12 of all he had. How many eggs had
he?
Year: 1872

spent in the Valley of the Shadow of
Death, this belief in human love help
ed him wonderfully to hope and trust
in love Infinite and All-embraeing.


Lucy, in the quiet and peace of her
new life, regained her youth and pret-
ty looks, and is to-day happy wife
and the mother of brave sons and
beautiful daughters. In her redeem
ed life, and in the comfort and i'm
provement of their fathers latter
years, Robert and Mary Hammond
found cause for gratitude in that, hav-
ing recognized their duty, they had
sought out and gone after it-for it
grew to a blessing on earth and its
final reward in heaven.


Whoever heard of q person eating
dog grease? Not many, We reckon.
But prominent business man Of
Ironton, some time ago adopted that
uninviting diet, to cure the consump-
ton. He killed a good fat dog, rem
dered out the fat, and took Tin large
doses. Before he adopted the diet,
he was in deplorable state of health
and fast sinking.-He is now 'Hhearty
as buck" and he refers the change
to diet of dog. Ifeverybody would
only kill dog, and eat it, how much
better off the community would be-


Ironton Register.
Year: 1872

A Remarkable Experience with q


Grizzly.


From the San francisco Bulletin.


A gentleman who arrived O few days ago from
the lower country, where grizzly bears help the
herders to take care Of the sheep, relates Curl
GUS bear adventure which occurred to an Indian
herdman in his employ. He sent the man to d
distant portion Of a large rancho to look after d
herd of sheep. The Indian at nightfan got un-
der shed with q roof Of branches, but open on
all sides, and lay down in his blankets. After q
few hours sleep, he was awakened by feeling
the hot breath Of some animal on his face. He
uation-a huge bear WAS snufing him. The man,
with great presence Of mind, determined to keep
perfectly still, for he knew if he moved or cried
out, one blow of those huge paws would break
his skull like walnut. Bruin scratched off the
blankets and seized tho Indian by the leg.
Though Ruf1erleg terribly, the brave fellow did
not allow groan or cry to escape him. The
bear dragged him from the hut for some dis
tance and then commenced to dig hole to lay
the Indian in aud cover him up from the coy
otes. After the grave had been dug deep enough
the bear [contenting himself with about pound
Of flesh from the victims thigh moved the body
to the hole and covered it up. The Indian man
aged to keep tho earth over his face loose
enough to allow him to breathe, and when the
bear retired: he crawlcd out toward the mustang,
hut. With great difficulty he mounted. and then
rode toward the rancho house. A doctor was
sent for, and pronounced the wounds, though
severe and painful, not likely to prove fatal.
The next day q hunt was organized, and the
grizzly was killed in the neighborhood of the
spot where he had slowed away his intended
meal.
Year: 1872

Two singular examples of the manner in which


reverence for high birth is decreasing in Great
Britain have recently been made public. In the
first case, at tho Warwick County Petty Sessions,
were occupied during nearly day in deciding
upon complaint made by Lord Conyers against
a Mr. Edward Tuckwcl tutor to 2Ir. Liebort, Of
Wellesbourne Hall, charging the defendant with
having violently assaulted his Lordship. The
evidence was contradictory and not particularly
interesting; but it appeared that the tutor,
having become involved in a quarrel with
the Lord, in which each Of the par
ties exhibited decidedly aggressive pro-
pensities, wound up the discussion by pummel-
ling his Lordship on the gravel1ed paths Of his
effectually that his Lordship was obliged to use
crutches in coming into court to tell his story:
An yet it did not appear that any great moral
Year: 1872

How often we hear the remark,
"Eve been TO see a friend" And
how few ever fully feel the value OF
that word. When enemies gather
around; when sickness falls on the
heart; when the settled sadness of
the soul, like death itself; comes
down; when the world is dark and
cherries, then Is the time To test
the value and full meaning of the
term. The heart that has been prov
ed like true gold, redoubles its ener-
gies when a friend is in danger. He
who turns from suffering or distress
betrays his hypocrisy, and proves
his own self-intersst. Let the true
friend feel that his kindness is ap-
preciated, and has not been thrown
away. Real fidelity may be rare
but it-does exist, and its power is
seen aud felt. The good, the kind,
the generous, are around us every
where, if we would only seek them
out. There are many who would
sacrifice wealth and fame, every
thing but honor, TO serve cherished
one, and they move thrugh the world
quiet and unrecOgnized because no
opportunity has been offered TO draw
them out.
Year: 1872

What is man to himself but Inys-
terry; amidst the wonderous works
of creation he goes forth, looks on
the distant stars, aud longs to be IA
miliar with their glories; for here is,
in the IN the vast expanse, a mag
unanimous -sorce for the springtide of
happiness, without which, life, pas
seth like dreamy sleep, both use
less and unenjoyed- 1t would be
bliss to tell ourselves the beings that
we really are, but for the thought of
what the spirit is, and what it might
be. A holy thing is life in him
whose mind can dwell with God
amidst his works.
Year: 1872

The poets have discourSed elo-
quently on the erich brown tints''
of autumn woods; and certainly
there is nothing more beautiful than
the hundred and one changing hues
of gold, yellow, and russetfbrown
which makes q sunset walk in the
country so charming in the late days
of September. But chemistry and
pSetry are not the same thing. The
leaves of plants in a state OF com
plete vitality and growth are, more
or less. bright green; in a state of
less vitality or change, they assume
a more or less red, scarlet or bright
orange brown tint; till, in death and
decomposition, they change tOa dull
brown or black color. The red coll
or is oftener produced in spots where
the leaues have been injured by in
sects. The principle on which the
leaves OF trees receive their differ
ent colors is still a matter of discus
sion, but it has been discovered that
there arc several distinct groups Of
colOring matter on which plants de-
pend for their hues. The normal
green is a mixture Of two or more
colOring matters; aud il is doubtful
ifany leaves are colOred by one sin
gle substance. Generally, in fact,
they contain not only colors belong
ing TO several groups, but even more
than one of the same group. The
coloring matter which gives rise To
the red patches in the beautiful va
riegated leaves of some of the gera-
niums in our gardens is the same as
that met with in the flowers Of par
ticular species. The purple color of
the leaves of turnips is the same as
that OF the purple flowers OF the
commongarden stock. But curious
ly, the color which we find In the
dark leaves OF ivy seems 10 CORES
pond with the fine, deep pink color
developed in many leaves only in aiI-
tumn, so as to produce the brilliant
red and scarlet which have such a
fine effect on certain kinds of seem
cry. A curious fact may be noticed
with regard TO scarlet leaves, that,
when they are digested in hot water
the red color comes away, and leaves
them green, yellow or brown, as the
case may be. Reverting, however,
to our autumn tints, we may con-
clude that they are nothing more
nor less than the signs of dccompO-
sition; and this may be remarked by
another faeJ-the unhealthy branch
es of tree turn yellow, while the
rest Of the tree remains green.
Year: 1872

MIcRoseoPE.-Many people are
not aware that evening is the very
best time for making microscopicaI
examinations. 1t is easier to adjust
your light, and throw it exactly
where yOu wantit, gas and kerosene
being decidedly more manageable
than sunshine So if you want de-
lightful occupation for these long
evenings, get a good microscope,
and when supper is over, let father
and mother and little folks gather
about, and see what wonders the lit
tie magician viii reveal. A little
practice will enable you to prepare
your own objects for examination,
and will find at every step proofs of
the skill and wisdom of the great
Creator, who has fashioned with ex-
quisite perfection the very dust that
your careless finger brushes from
the butterfiy's wing.
Year: 1872

"GooD FOR THIS DATE ONLY"
The railway ticket-agents are both
ering their brains over the question
whether passengers may ''lay over"
and resume their journey at pleas
ure, or whether, when they have
once Quilted the cars, they have for
feited their tickets for the remain
der of their journey. The courts
have already decided that a man
who buys a ticket, as it were be-
tween Boston and New York, has
the undoubted right to stop at any
place on the road, and to resume his
journey at his leisure, without buy
ing another ticket. The legend,
Good for this trip only" has no
value in the eyes of any save railway
officials, and the law has decided
that any action taken by conductors
with a view to enforcing the i'm
piled contractis is illegal. There the
matter should be allowed to rest
The public are satisfied so to leave
it, and the railway companies ought
not to complain. If man buy d
ticket to Boston, and the company
receive the money for it, there is no
reason why they should refuse to
carry him thither, or why they
should wish TO ferCc him to do it To
suit their own convenience instead
of his own.
Year: 1872

1t is 4 good thing for a young man
to be ''knocked about in the world, u
though his soft-hearted parents may
not think so. All youths, or, if not
all, certainly nineteen-twentieths OF
the sum total, enter life with sur
plussage of self-cOnceit. If, III
measuring themselves with wiser
and older men than they are, they
discover that it is unwarranted, and
get rid of it gracefully, of their own
accord, well and good; if not, it is
desirable, for their own sakes, that
it be knocked out of them.


A boy who is sent to large school
soon finds his level. His will m "
have been paramount st home; but
schooIboys are democratic in their
ideas, and, if arrogant, are sure to
be thrashed into a recognition OF
the golden rule. The world is a
great public school. and IL soon
teaches a new pupil his proper
place. If he has the attributes that
belong to a leader, he will be in
stalled in the position of a leader;
if not. whatever his own opinion Of
his abilities may be, he will be CON-





file. If not destined to greatness,
the next best thing to which he can
aspire is respectability; but no man
can be either truly great or respect
able who is vain, pompous and over
bearing.


By the time the novice has found
his legitimate social position, be the
same high or low, the probability is
that the disagreeable traits of his
character will be softened down or
worn away. Most likely the process
of abrasion will be rough, but when
it is all over, and he begins to see
himself as others see him, and not
reflected in the mirror of self-con-
ceit, he will be thankful that be has
run the gauntlet, and arrived,
though by a rough road, at self
knowledge. Upon the whole, what
ever loving mothers may think to
the contrary, it is a good thing for
youths to be knocked about in the
wOTfd-it makes men of them
Year: 1872

CHICAGO, February 2S.-Bishop Fo-


ley last evening delivered q lecture


before the Union Catholic Library as.


sociation. In his address he said that


there was scarcely q book or paper


published in this country which did
not fling a sneer at or preach against
the Catholic religion. Books alone
could do but little injury, bat there
was more dangerous foe. Both the
daily and weekly newspapers were
spreading this poison. No paper was
entirely exempt from this charge.
''The Catholic religion has not single
friend among the daily newspapers;
they are continually making the most
gross misstatements with regard to
the doctrine Of Infallibility, which has
been occupying for some months the
attention Of the entire world. These
statements were more or less credited
by the readers Of these journals, though
their falsity can be readily seen. The
New York daily papers, with an ag-
gregate circulation OF about half mil.
lion copies, are spreading the poison,
end each OF these papers are read by
two or three persons. Besides this,
the Eeetarian press are occupied in the
same enterprise, and this immense
power is daily used against the Cath
ole religion"
Year: 1872

Bad stacking is the cause Of most
of the really damaged grain in tho
market. To stack well follow these
Lay your stack on "a
level ground as it is possible to find,
say OH the top ola little hill, which
top is generally Hat commence in the
in the middle, setting up the bum
dies as for "shock, = build all
around until you get ass largo bot
tom Us is desired. Now commence
the outside layers, having the butts
of the bundles about even with the
bottom, or II little further out if tho
grain is daaip. When this row is
formed, lay the second with the butts
four inches outside of the bands Of tho
first row, and 81 OH until you get
filed up. IL YOU find the middle
getting too full, lay them in little
further. Here let me caution all,
against filing up the middle Of the
stack with loose or broken bundles;
if YOU have such, bind them up or
lay them on the outside, for the mid
die of the stack must be solid. Don'k
walk any further toward the Ouside
of the stack than is necessary. When
you come 10 topping out the stack DO
careful to keep the middle well-filled
up. and the outside rs even rs yeu
van. hut mind YOU don't get as muck
is one bundle with the heads tho
lowest: if such places occur, lay somc
bundles on the inside, filling up the
hollow before laying tho outside
ones, for one bundle pitching the
wrong way often let's in a great deal
Of water. In finishing, YOU have
no more middle to fill up, keep in the
center, laving a bundle whenever the


butt will be the lowest. until com.


plctcly topped out. Force a long,
luicelv trimmed stake down well into


the stack to keep the rain from blow


ing of the top.
Year: 1872

AN UNINSURED LIFE IN THE Mutual
There is rumor "on the street" that the
directors Of the New York Mutual Life In
surance Company have determined to sacrifice
President Winston to the wrath of the irate
policy-holders. But what do they intend to
DO in regard to the decreased rates of insur-
hnce? Throwing tub to whale is very
good policy, but it is more profitable to the
fishers than to the fish. The poicy-holders
nre seeking to avoid the harpoon of low pre-
)miums, and may not allow themselves to be
amused by the Winston tub.