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Year: 1875

There Is in Paris q severe law by
which person on being run over while
crossing the street is obliged, if not
killed, to pay fine for obstructing the
public highway, and q very peculiar
and oppressive instance of its enforce
ment occurred recently. A little child,
the offspring of poor couple residing
in one of the minor streets. running out
Of the Avenue Josephine, whilst playing
in the middle of the street. was knocked
down and run over by q passing car
riage and instantly killed. The bereaved
parents, in addition to their sorrow for
the loss Of their child, ndemned
to pay o fine of 800 for not hs,.ng kept
the child out Of the street.
Year: 1875

The LOST BALLOON WAS
standing by the front gate, when he
saw q man coming up the street, with q
crowd of children around him. As he
came nearer, Harry saw that he held in
his hand string, with q great many
bright-red balloons, about ss big ae his
head, fastened to it, each by . shorter
string.


He ran down toward the man to ask
how much they were. The man said,
''Ten cents apiece" Harry had ten
cents in his bank and he went in and
asked his mother if he might spend il
for 9 balloon. His mother said he
might, and gave him ten cents more to
buy one for his little sister Sally.


''NOw, children" said she. 'if you
let go the string, or if it should break,
remember, your balloons will go
straight up In the air, and be lost.
You can never get them again. think
you had better get spools. and tie them
to the ends of your strings, as their
weight will keep the balloons from
rising above your reach"


Harry took his mothers advice and,
having begged an empty spool from
his aunty, he fastened it to the end of
his balloon-string, and held it in his
hand, while he watched the balloon
soaring along high uo above his head
like a splendid bubble. But Sally said
she did not want any spool she could
hold her string tight enough in her
hand.


They had a very pleasant time flying
them for half an hour. "See, Harry"
said Sally, ''mine is Just as safe as
yours 1 knew l could hold" But
just as she spoke, by some unlucky
accident. the string slipped out of her
hand and away went the balloon,
shooting up in the air until it looked
no bigger than a marble. Poor Sally
stood looking up after it as if she could
not believe it was gone.


Harry felt very sorry for her. He
ran in to tell his mother of the mis-
fortune. 80 mother !" said he "what
do you think the angels t0iH say ,0hen
they see Saiiy's balloon coming up into
hedUea
Year: 1875

A PROBLEM SoLvED.-"What be-
comes of needles and pins ?" is q ques-
ton partially answered. Grandma is a
dear, precise old lady, much given to
the making of pretty pin-cushions for
others, while those devoted to her own
use grow old in service. On one of
those stormy days when access to "the
store" is impossible, it was discovered
that mammals work-box was destitute
of needles. In the emergency, grandma
determined to open pin-cushion which
had done her good service for seven
years, hoping that one or two needles
might be concealed therein. The result
astonished all interested one hundred
and fifty-three shining needles did that
greedy cushion disgorge and mamma
instantly collected all the old cushions
the house contained, hoping to increase
her store. The result exceeded her ex-
pectations /; from one cushion was e1-
tracted one hundred and seventy five
needles, and from the other one hun
dred and ten-making in all, from the
three cushions, four hundred and forty
eight needles. These needles were
packed into the centres of the cushion
and had all been slowed away in six or
seven years. Doubtless many millions
of needles are hid away in cushions
after this manner throughout the coun-
try which might be restored to useful
ness if the boys were set to work on
rainy days to keep them out of mis-
chief.
Year: 1875

READ AND HEED THIs.-Many people
seem to forget that character grows !;
that it is not something to be put on
ready made with womanhood and man.
hood, but day by day, here little and
there little, grows with the growth
and strengthens with the strength until
good or bad it becomes a coat of mail
Look at the man of business-prompt,
reliable, conscientious, yet clear headed
and energetic. When do you suppose
he developed sill these admirable quail
ties? When he was q boy? Let us
see the way in which boy of ten years
gets up in the morning, works, plays,
studies, and we will tell you Just what
kind of a man he will make. The boy
who is late at breakfast and late at
school stands q poor chance to be q
prompt man. The boy who neglects
his duties, be they ever so small, and
then excuses himself by saying, 81
forgot, didn't think !" will never be
a reliable man. And the boy who finds
pleasure in the sufferings of weaker
things will never be q noble, generous,
kindly mana gentleman.
Year: 1875

DO NOT GET LEFr.-On the occasion oil
the late Pythian excursion to Washington
and Mount Vernon a good many persons
mjstook the hour Of starting and were lait
behind, much to their disappointment. re
excursion to the same places tomorrow Will
leave the corner of Broad and Adams streets
promptly at a quarter before & O'Clock A: d.
So be on hand in time if you do not Wish 10
share the same fate.
Year: 1875

but that where the press is biased by i'm.
proper influences It becomes the betrayer
rather than the defender Of liberty and jus.
tice.


did not mean to be So grave in stating
the views of the minority, which was us
good humorcd as it could be where there
were not enough members to cultivate
laugh 10 a ha hs Bad luck to Kelly and
all Of 'cm. trust he will have at least one
li4le twinge added TO bis rheumatism Tor
~.
Year: 1875

After the lambing season in January the flock
of sheep will number about 14,000 and they
will be kept undivided, to save expenses to
the shareholders. This will give about thirty
sheep to each share. The sheep will produce,
in increase and wool, over 80 each yearly over
and unsoid lands fi of the aa companv % The P ne
fence " law is in force in Los Angeles county.


to supply every lot with crystal. cool, sweet
Year: 1875

A school superintendent gave to a
teacher the following sentence to
write: "a cynic by the name OF
Wright, in Wrightville, Wright coun-
ty, out West, recently writing on
woman,s rights said: THAT it Is so sell
dom that women do write what is
right concerning theirrites, that it is
no more than right that when they do
write what is right of each rite, men
should willingly acknowledge that 1t
is right.'n
Year: 1875

A square mile is laid off at an eligible point
on the tract, with lots 25x140; avenue 100 feet
and streets 80 feet wide.
A stream of water can be brought i'm so as
to supply every lot with crystal, cool, sweet
water.
Farm School.


A large lot will be set apart for each relig-
ious denomination. A block will also be
given for the erection of large hall by the
different Fraternal, Grange and Temperance
Societies.
Year: 1875




The subject of church music was discussed at
Tie recent meeting of the Protestant Episcopal
Congress in Philadelphia. 1t was remarked
By music you can reach the working classes.
Many of the religious gatherings attributed their
success to church music. Singing was yet one
of the undeveloped powers of the church, Artis-
tic music reaches the heart of the worshipper,
and draws his soul nearer to God. The coirs
lad great influence on the souls of converts :
cultivated people had been converted by the aid
of sweet church music. 10 the power OF music
men feel repentance.


Another speaker referred to artistic music,
rendered with unfeeling finish, as unfit for the
temple OF God. He denounced the idea of
church hymns being set to operatc airs. To
have good choir the members should be con-
yerts of the church, and their hymns should be
uttered in language that was intellgible to the
congregation.


New York clergyman said, that in the large
cities the people were ambitious to build fine
church, not for Almighty God, but because they
would draw fine congregation. They make
the edifce fine in appearance The front must
be built of brown stone for the wealthy to look
upon, while the back is built of brick, for the
residents of the back street and God to look
upon When the church is completed fine or
gan s placed therein and an expensive choir is
engaged, after which the whole is beantihed by
ali enormous mortgage. The singers are paid
high salaries, not for the purpose of converting
sinners, but to bring fine people to tho church
and to help rent the pews. In one of these
fashionable churches in New York city the
choir alone cost 512, 500 per annum In one OF
these churches one man pays annually :3, GOO a
year for pew, this heavy tax being necessary
10 pay for the mus C.
Year: 1875

People will be gratified to observe the an
nouncement of Harper's Weekly that it will give
prominent attention to the illustration of the
Centennial international Exposition" This at
tention has been 80 long delayed that the neg
lect seemed to be systematic and intentional.
Up to the present time, we do not remember
that the Weekly has published single picture
relating to the Centennial when surely nothing
could be OF greater interest to the people.
Year: 1875

Depression in the present selling prices OF
real estate ID noticed in other cities as well as
Wilmington, and the Boston Transcript tells it's
readers that a better period than the present
for investment in real property will not be
known for many years. In New York it is re-
ported ON good authority that number OF
wealthy capitalists, realzing.the fact that prop
erty is sselliug below its value, have been quietly
bnying, under assumed names, all of the best
which has been offered at the auction rooms. 1t
il predicted that at a very moderate calculation
these investors will get twenty per cent inter
est on their purchases in less than three years
from the present time, and the World makes
the remark that "Every one knows that the al
formations in the price OF real estate at about
successive five year periods have been the max.
ing of our largest fortunes, and that in the next
rise, whether it comes this winter or next, to
the man who buys shrewdly at the lowest point
OF depression, there will be more millions in it
than in almost any other business
Year: 1875

COURTESY OF RAILROAD OFFICIAL
During .he late session of the State Medical
Society one of the members received informa'
lion that near relative was very i'll in Nor
lVIS, and that he must come down forth
With. He went to the Petersburg depot and
found that the train had gone-ipdeed, the
cars bad reached Manchester. In this dilemma
DC went TO Superintendent Shaw, who very
hinuly sent him out on locomotive, and In
This way caught the train. -.
Year: 1875

E. Bringhurst d co. have re-opened their Mineral
Water Fountain for The season. The majority OF
our citizens have tasted and know for themselves
the superiority Of the soda water from this fountain
and the delicious flavor ct the Fruit Syrups they
prepare, OF which there are upwards OF twenty va
tetes They have


GLASS SlPnoN BOTTLES
and the necessary apparatus for properly tlng them
with highly charged Carbonic Acid Water, whivn
can be drawn at will, making the bottles really


PORTABLE FOUNTAINS,
which enable the invalid who may re1utre IT, or the
Year: 1875

About six months ago MT. F. A. Wright, while walking down pleasant lane near Osceola, Iowa, was met and accosted by restless steer, who sug- gested little promenade. MT. Wright had no objection, so he turned around and went back on his track, so as to go the same way as the steer was going. Then the steer waltzed him down that lane, in and out of the fence corners across forty acre lot, under bridge, through a stackyard, around a barn three or four times, under haywagon and out again, through an orchard over a pair of bars, into milkhouse, through @ blackberry patch, and up shell-bark hickory, and, while trying to climb the tree after him, the steer fell and broke his neck, and, if the owner of that sociable animal didn't bring suit against MT. Wright for malicious mischief in killing that steer But the jury dis charged the murderer without strug- gle, and piled the costs on the 1oroaooutOr
Year: 1875

men and women searched for miles Tn every direction, making the hills echo with their cries. It is estimated that the different bands travelled over 5000 acres of wilderness in which frequently the most experienced woodsmen are at fault in traversing. On Wednesday morning the people were still traversing the | forest, anxious only to recover the dead body of the little wanderer, for all hopes of finding him alive had long since van ished.

 About eleven o'clock on Wednesday forty or fifty men were following mar row and devious rabbit path in an almost impenetrable jungle, two or three miles from the settlement, when Levi Lozey and Jim Smith, workmen in the tannery, who were in advance, sent up joyful shout. The whole party, though half dead with fatigue and hamilton, made an enthusiastic rush to the front. In the center of tangled thicket of birch, and underbrush, lying upon his side on long, black shelving rock, was little Herman fast asleep. He was bareheaded and barefooted, as he went away, and he had taken off his short coat and pants as though going to sleep in his trundle bed at home. The father sprang for ward and clasped his son in his arms, but as the little fellow awoke he was startled at the great number of strange faces he saw, and he cried out in alarm. But when he recognized who it was that held him, he clapped his hands and asked eagerly for bread and water. One of the men had bread in his pocket, and this was. given him sparingly, and he was taken to 8 spring near by and given small draught of water. He was al- most exhasted through hunger and thirst, as he had had nothing to eat in two days but the May apples, 8 few of which were found in his pockets. It is supposed that he travelled all the way to his rocky bed the day on which he disappeared, and that, overcome by exhaustion, he had been unable to leave. His hair and clothes were filled with mossespand the surface of the messed rock was redly imprinted in his cheeks. He was borne at the head of long procession back to the little log cabin, and the mother nearly tainted at the happy refutation of her misgivings.

 Said MT. Durlling, as he patted the head of his little son, who was found on the edge of deep water barrel, ready for new adventure by water: "Oh, he's mischievous, and I don't know what'u become of him, but he wasn't in a rattlesnake den, I tell you, as was reported, for if the snakes had come around him he'd have had them all in his arms. Lord bless ye, he's no more afraid of snakes than nothing in the world. scared him, though, the other day, at night, when he was getting ready to go to bed, by telling him that I guessed would have to take him out to the black rock and let him sleep there for night. He began to cry, and said: 'Oh, no, papa, don't want to go dare, my feet was so cold The two nights he was out were very chilly and frosts fell in low places, and I wonder he ever got through them alive. A day or two ago, at evening, whippoorwill came singing about the house and Herman listened for long time, and at length he broke out with: 'Oh, papa, at Zee bird at come and sun9 to me in 'ee woods all 'ee night. "-N r Sun.
Year: 1875

The song of labor, however pleasant 1t generally is, is dreary when 1t is sung by the grave digger's pick. The dull notes come blunted and smothered from the half-dug tomb, and the grating sound of the shovel as it gathered the earth of the newly made grave told its own story of death that found echo somewhere in 6 homo of sorrow and mourning.

 He was smoking short clay pipe, and his coat was buttoned up close under his chin.. He was down about four feet, and all the evidence there was of hu- man being in the grave was the tossing of clay and gravel to the surface. He spoke not word, and after looking up and finding but curious observer, he continued his labor. Tho robins sang and the sparrows twittered, and the new born breezes of early spring sighed in the ceders and pines; and the cemetery, just disrobed of its mantle of snow, was indeed weird yet pleasant picture.

 "How deep do you dig 'emG'' was the first question ventured.

 The man looked up, wiped his per spired brow with his sleeve and bluntly replied, "accordin' to orders."

 con an average, how deep do you go down 2" was the next question.

 Eight feet is pretty good depth, sometimes little more and sometimes a little less. I've dug graves ten feet deep in other parts; its all accordin' to how the soil is."

 And the toiler went on with his work. He seemed impressed with the solemnity of his calling and he appeared unwilling to talk.

 "How long does it take to dig grave, sir ?" was asked.

 According to what we have to go through. Sometimes it is clay, or gravel or rock. All depends on that. I've dug two in day, and then we've been as high as three days at one. Then we had rock to go through several feet, and then again we have given up jobs when they couldn't, be done, if we'd strike solid ledge that we couldn't get through"

 "Pretty hard work, ain't it 2"

 "Yes, sir; it's all stoopin' and mighty hard on the back. Ain't much room to turn around, and you've got to work right and left-handed. Some diggers gets paid so much for every grave and others are hired by the day. Most graves is plain, while the rest are walled up from the bottom. They cost more. D

 Presume you are accustomed to tearsl"

 "Yes, pretty much," said the man with a sigh. "I'm been to many a funeral and seen many sad sight. Fillin' up the graves, and droppin' the dirt on the coffin lid when the preachers say dust to dust, ain't a very pleasant job at all times. Sometimes it's very tryin' to hold 8 woman and keep her from tumblin' right into the grave. But it only lasts couple of minutes with us, and then they go and leave us to fill in the hole that we worked hard to dig out. It touches anybody's heart to see mothers get buried, and that's about what hate most. When the smallpox plague was we were very busy. Some times we'd bury 'em and nobody would be around. It is dangerous then. When there is no graves to be dug we work around on the lots."

 The above is the pith of the converse tion held with the man as he toiled in the grave. He was blunt and plain, and spoke only when he stopped to straighten his back.
Year: 1875

In 1870 there was plague of cater pillars in Auvergne, and, by order of the bishop, 8 legal document was made out calling on the caterpillers to appear in court before him, and requiring them, under pain of communication, to leave the country. A recent English writer on travels assures the skeptical that the original document may be seen in the library at Clermont.
Year: 1875

Here is poet who says; I'm Sit
ting sadly on the strand, that stretch
es to the waters brink; and as the
day slips slowly by, i idly fold my
hands and think. Whilst he is Sit
ting ON tho strand with Idle hands
his family at homo may be suffering
for the neceBsaries Of life. He should
skirmish around before the day slips
slowly by, and secure n job at Dig
oino cellar.
Year: 1875

A loving heart and q pleasant
countenance are commodities which
d man should never fail to take home
with him. They win best season his
food and soften his pillow. II is q
great thing for man that his wife
and children can truly say Of him ~
che never brings o frown or unhap-
piness across his threshold"
Year: 1875

The most perfect home l ever saw


was in little house, into the sweet


incense of whose fire went no costly
things. six hundred dollars served


for a years living of father, and
three children. But the mother was
a creator of home, apd her relations
with her children ware the most beau
tiful | have ever seen. Even a dull
and commonplace man was lifted up
and enabled to work for souls by the
atmosphere which this woman creat-
ed. Every inmate of her house invol.
untarily looked into her face for the
key note of the day, and it always
rang clear. From the rosebud or the
clover Leaf, which in spite of her
Lousework she always found time to
put by our plates at beakfast, down
to the essay Or story she had on hand
to be read or discussed in the even,
ing, there was no intermission OF her
influence. She always has been, and
always will be, my ideal of mother,
a wife. If to her quick brain, loving
heart, and exquisite tact had been
added the appliance of wealth and

the enlargement of wider culture, hers


would have been absolutely the ideal
home. As it was, it is the best l
have ever seen. 1t has been more
than twenty years since | crossed its
threshold. / do not know whether
she is living not. But as | see house
10 which fathers, mothers, and child
rem arc dragging out their lives in Q
haphazard alienation of listless rou-
tine and unpleasant collision, | always
think with sigh of that little cottage
by tae sea shore, and the woman Who


was the slight thei eoi," and | find in


the face Of many women and children.
as plainly written and as sad to see
as in the newspaper columns of "Per-
sonals"-"Wanted--A Home"
Year: 1875

Let il be distinctly understood that
all members of a County or District
Grange, including the three fourth
degree delegates from each subordi-
nate Grange, are entitled TO partici-
pate in the fifth degree. There is no
distinction between members made by
tue constitution of the National
Grange, though there is by the State
Grange constitution, and the former
being the higher law, must govern.
Year: 1875

Gen. Sherman says Il don't be,
lieye that Grant was ever drunk when
there was any fighting to be DONE
The Boston Post properly observes
that is a very limited certificate OF
sobriety.
Year: 1875

At about eight minutes before eight
o'clock last evening there was quite
sharp earthquake shock felt in Santa
Barbara by such persons as were sit
ting in the house. We have inquired
of about twenty of our business
houses and find the impression almost
entirely unanimous that the direction
was from the North to the South, or
from the Inyo region to tie ocean.
The motion was only slightly lateral,
and chiefly undulating. Weights on
scales and hanging lamps gave the
direction of the wave. Two or three
shocks in very rapid succession could
be distinguished. The motion was
much like that produced by the pas
sage of huge truck, heavily laden,
over rough cobblestone street. Sew
eral persons who were outdoor at the
time, heard distinct roaring noise
from the North, and as they turned
their heads to see what it might mean
they felt the shock and a moment
afterward heard a quick, explosive
sound at sea. No damage DONE
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