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Year: 1872

/ Overwork causes great deal ct


health iu farm communities. Very many


farmers in their efforts to avoid ldlcucs.
/ which they consider sin and shame
I 60 to the other extreme and lose botl


health aud happiness thereby. While in


dustry tends to health, orerwork breaks


down the constitution aud shortous iifc


IL Injuries both the body and mind, and Il


long continued, results either ia death OF
premature old age. For this sin, and sin
Il is to oyerwork, there Is not nearly the
/ excuse on the part OF farmers which there


was twenty years ago. Now one has ma.
chimes TO take, in great degree, the place
OF hand labor, aud the farmer who will
use them need not break down his health
by working too hard. But il is not the
farmer who is most liable TO ovcrwork.
The farmers wife Is generally the great
est sufferer, Every day in the year, Sun.
days not excepted, she has much to DO.
Oiten there is as much required Of her as
two women ought TO perform. As the
result of her oyerwork health is lost, and
she either dies long before her time or
lives only to suffer the penalties Of the
law she has transgresscd For this course
there Is no justification, No woman
ought to work herself TO death, and no
man is justified in requiring or allowing
his wife TO do so. He ought to furnish
her with household machines, and If her
health is poor either help her himself or
hire girl to help her. This killing him
self and his wife, which so many farmers
do, for the sake Of laying up few dollars
which they never expect to use and
which they cannot carry with them when
they die, is miserable speculation as
far as profit and loss are concerned, and
sinful, shameful thing for any man TO
do.


Want of sleep is one of the chief causes
OF muchof the physical and mental trouble
of farmers and their families. During
the hurry season, when the farmer rises
at four in the morning and works until
six or seven in the evening, then eats his
supper, does his chores, and sits up an
hour or two later to read his paper or
chat with neighbor, he does not obtain
sleep enough to keep either body or mind
in perfect health and vigor. The evil
consequences Of his course may not be
apparent for many years, but sooner or
later they will come. The waste of the
brain is not fully made up. Little by little
1t decays, and insanity or incurable dis
ease is the final result of using the hours
which should be devoted to sleep for 9th.
er purposes. Farmers wives, who are
often kept awake at night by the exhaus.
ton caused by overwork or by the CRYING
and frctting of children, are the greatest
sufferers, and year by year a vast number
of this class go to insane asylums or the
grave. II is slow but certain suicide to
curtail the hours of sleep, and no man,
woman or child need expect to long con-
tinue in good health without taking the
fullest amount Of quiet rest Workiag
Farmer.
Year: 1872

II got the money how could let him
out Of the closct2 wondered. ! should
not dare 10 meet him; he'd rob me again
aud perhaps murder me. But said. lll
take the gold, resolving that | wonld try
aud get out Of il somehow, just for the
sake Of poor Rcbecca, who so much wan
ted to go TO school.
/ Your heart is in the right place." be
said, and the next moment a big round
gold piece came through under the door.
couldn't withhold sn exclamation OF
delight


It's all right now isn't itf he sneered,
There's nothing like gliding over our
sins a little, BAH all the worlds alike
Here goes another, and another. Count
fast, my pious damsel. dare say there's
no confessional in your church,


Is there in yours!


Well, II there was, gold gets into that
sometimes, they say. Hold fast there (;
you've got the last clinker, now SET me
free.


Wait a minute.


But | won't wait swear | will not !!


Can you help yourself?


Wen, no, not much; but I'm smother.
ing in here. Can't you pity poor fel-
low?


Sit down fiat on the floor. said.


/ heard him plump down as obedient as
a schooboy.


What next?


turned to the kitchen door to see If
the lock was all right, Then turned
the key with sharp click, which sounded
to me like the report of pistol


There | cried, and sprang into the
kitchen and locked the door behind me.


lie came out of his prison swearing
like trooper.


Sharp old Satan! She's locked herself
up somewhere, trying the door as he
spoke. Good night. Madam d.
good night You've got the best Of this.
You have robbed me. Good night Get
down and say your prayers.


And did. What is more, cried like
baby over my money, thinking what it
wonld bring us.


| never saw the strange burglar again,
and in few weeks Rebecca was comfort
ably settled at school. No one ever knew
where the money came from. An uncle
died about that time, and some of my
neighbors shrewdly suspected that he had
left us something; but had nothing TO
say on the subject.


About six months after my adventure
brother Joe came to me, one day and
said that ne had been stopped in the
street by strange man that morning,
and that he begged him to say to Madame
Quimby that the frill of her night-cap was
just little too wide So saying he passed
on.


What did he mean2 Joe asked.


Nothing only he was crazy. answer
ed quickly; but my face was as red as a
blaze.
Year: 1872

Among the rules and regulat ons print
ed on the card of the course of study
adopted by the State Board OF Education
Section II makes it the duty of the cleIk
of each schoul district to notify the County
Superintendent in writing, as soon as the
school is commenced in his district, of the
date of its commencement. the duration oi
the term, monthly salary paid teacher, and
the grade and kiud OF certificate held by
the teacher who is to teach the school
Sec. q Of the Rules and Regulations Gays
"the District Clerk at the close of each
term of school, or wherever teacher is
discharged, shall certify on the back OF the
warrant, for The last months salary, thai
the tate School Register has been proper
ly. kept as required by Sec. 81, Schoo
Law
Year: 1872




A ANEAT BIT OF A BACKLOG STUDY.


Here is something clever from Warmers
Backlog Studies," in the forthcoming
number of Scri6ner's:


Perhaps the influence of the four great
winds on character is only fancied one; but
it is evident on temperament, which is not
altogether a matter of temperature, although
the good old deacon used to say, in his hum
BILE, simple way, that his third wife was very
good woman, but her Temperature was very
different from that of the other two." The
North wind is full of courage, and puts the
ably would into a woman too if there were
series of resolutions passed to that effect. The
West wind is hopeful; it has promise and adj
venture in it, and is, except to Atlantic voy-
ayers American bound, the best wind that
ever blew. The East wind is peevishness; it
is mental rheumatism and grumbling, and
curls one up in the chimney corner like cat.
And if the chimney ever smokes, it smokes
when the wind sits in that qnarter The
South wind is full of longing and unrest, of
effeminate suggestions, Of luxurious ease, and
perhaps we might say of modern poetry-at



air. I am not sure but the South is the
most powerful of the winds, because of its
sweet persuasiveness. Nothing so stirs the
blood in Spring, when it comes up out Of the
tropical latitude; it makes men ''longen to
gon on pilgrimages."


did intend to insert here little poem las
it is quite proper to do in an essay on the
South wind, composed by the Young Lady
Staying With Us, beginning


Out Of drifting Southern cloud


My soul heard the night-bird cry
but it never got any further than this. The
Young Lady said it was exceedingly difficult
to write the next two lines, because not only
rhyme but meaning, had to be procured.
And this is true anybody can write first lines
and that is probably the reason we have so
many poems which seem to have been begun
in lust this way, that is, with South-wind-
longing without any thought In it, and it is
yery fortunate when there is not wind
enough Ito finish them. This emotional
poem, if may so call it, was begun after
Herbert went away. liked it and thought
it was what is called "suggestive;" although
did not understand it, especially what the
night-bird was; and am afraid hurt the
Young Lady's feelings by asking her if she
meant Herbert by the ''night-bird" "a very
| absurd suggestion about two unsentimental
people, She said, ''Nonsense;'' but she af-
| forwards told the Mistress that there were
emotions that one could never put into words
without the danger of being ridiculous a pro
found truth. And yet should not like tC
say that there is not tender lonesomeness
| in love that can get comfort out of night
bird iu cloud, if there be such thing. An
| alysis is the death eff sentiment.
Year: 1872

BERLIN, Nov. s, 1872.
The Prussian government has created a number
OF new peers in order to secure q majority In Its
favor in the House OF Lords.
II s stated that the House will be given su1icient
time after the reopening Of the new Diet TO recon-
sider Its vote on the Country Reform bill before
shat measure is again introduced by the govern
ment
Year: 1872

james Jones' an ofiicer OF the Twenty. fourth pre.
cnct who was doing temporary duty in the Ninth
precinct. was sent to preserve order yesterday
afternoon at the foot OF Perry street. While he
was In the discharge OF his duty clearing the place
Of Objectionable characters, he was struck in the
face with brick, thrown Oy some unknown per.
son. II was at first thought his skull was lrac.
tured but on examination IL was found the Injuries
were not severe as at first supposed and he WILL
NO doubt, live, though badly disngured. The Off.
Ger was taken to his residence, 66 Canal street
Year: 1872

The following record will show the changes In
the temperature for the past twenty four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD Building:-
Year: 1872

CHILDREN whose brain development is unu-
sually large. in comparison with the body, are
frequently singled out for premature final
resting place. Why is this? Simply because
the functions of the body are too frail to sup
ply the waste going on in the brain consequent
upon active intelligence. Fellows Compound
Syrup of HypoPhosphites is so prepared that it
imparts the vital principle dire city to the brain
while it assists in developing vigorous and ro-
bust body. aug 3-dedSsw1t
Year: 1872

The enterprising directors of the new Ma
tional College of Music have engaged as
teacher Of italian singing, Signor Cirillo of
Naples. He is said to be one of the finest of
the italian masters of singing and belongs to
the school of true vocalists who following the
traditions of the ancient masters, by ltheir
sound technical and theoretical knowledge
of music and the right use of the voice, were
enabled to obtain such brilliant results.
Signor Cirillo was pupil of the Naples Con-
servatory, at the expense of Government,
having won his place by victory over four
teen other competitors. His studies included
Singing, Composition, the Piano-forte and
Organ. We have no doubt from the warm
praises of Signor Cirillo's merit and talent
that he will do credit to himself and to the
Mendelssohn Quintette Club who have offer
ed him the professorship. AT the time of this
engagement, he had under consideration
fiattering offer from Genoa, and that of a
musical dictatorship in government institu-
ton at Athens. The department over which
Signor Cirllo will preside will be that of the
culture and development ofthe voice; Il the
pupil select italian singing as his specially,
the course OF instruction will .be completed
under the care of this professor, but if Ger
man song or oratorio be chosen there viii be
found at the College competent masters in
these branches. tits with much pleasure we
hear of the arrangements which are being
made for the college, and wish the Quintette
Club all success in AN undertaking so truly
artistic in its aims.
Year: 1872

A Western paper describes the manner of
love-making practiced among some of it.
readers, in the following paragraph: ''The
young people who were seen feeding each
other dove fashion, over a gate post, the
other evening, had better be a little more
cautious in f1ttre,'
Year: 1872

Lord SALISBURY gave a striking Illustration
OF the force of habit, in debate ON Lord
Buckhart's Acrobat Bill. A poor boy in a
ragged school, who had been in the hands of
the acrobats, could not make satisfactory prog
ress in his studies unless he was allowed to go
into corner now and then, and stand on his
head three or four minutes.
Year: 1872

Herr Brahms, SO well known as scholarly
and accomplished composer, has just finished
sacred cantata, on the death of the Savior.
The composition is in eight parts. 1t met
with a favorable reception at its performance
in Carlsruhe no
Year: 1872

At = recent performance of "Aida' at
Padua the ballet dancers went on novel
strike. The management having penchant
for the dramatic unities" considered that
to give ''local COLOR to the piece the ballet
of Egyptians should black their faces.
The corps de ballet had naturally prejudice
against this proceeding, and preferred per-
forming without distinction of color" So
they respectfully declined to appear, and not
until after severe managerial contest did
burnt cork prevail.
Year: 1872

How is it that women manage to look SO
cool in warm weather? A man will go along
with open vest, handkerchief in hand, hug
.ging narrow strip of shade OH the sidewalk
with dogged desperation that projecting Gel
lar doors and dry goods boxes well nigh
heighten to insanity, and making a show of
himself like boiled carrot steaming from
the pot, while woman-a young woman
will turn out in a streaked dress, put OIL some
kind of fy-net around her waist, little
frilling, some blue ribbon and lace collar.
and sail along under MONDAY sun looking
as cool and graceful as Norway pine on its
native hills. Why is it?


We count among the slang phrases of the
Year: 1872

Kodama Ia real prince) and the other Jap
anese students at Williams College are MAX
ing remarkable progress. They are thorough
students. During the recent intolerably hot
weather their chamber windows at night were
always Illuminated far into the small hours,
and the poor fellows could be seen tirelessly
at work with brain and book, the fan mean
while piled with utmost vigor.
Year: 1872

Every one who has been in the habit
of reading carefully the London news
papers, cannot have failed to notice the
great typographical accuracy of the En-
glish press. This is not achieved with
out immense expense and labor. On
the great London dailies each portion of
matter passes through a number Of diff
ferent hands. From the reader" gen.
orally fairly educated man, it goes to
the sub-editor's room, where it is care
fully perused by gentleman in his de-
partment. Thence it passes, If editorial
matter, to the editors room, and is care
fully gone over by one of the chiefs Of
the editorial department. If it be foreign
correspondence, it goes to the foreign
editor" whose department is entirely
distinct, and from him to the editorial
department. One of the principal dailies
retains the services of a gentleman
whose extraordinarily extensive reading
and retentive memory make him invalu-
able in correcting inaccuracies in the
way of quotation and illustration. 1t is
his duty to read over every editorial and
morsel of foreign correspondence. The
editorials on the Times and Telegraph
are so much altered by the editorial over
seers, that, to the great annoyance of
their authors, they could hardly be recog-
nized as the original composition. II
don't quite like that, an editor will say;
" see if yon can give more point to the
wind-up of this leader" After that it
will 90 to some one else, who will make
still further alterations. But the result
is similarity and equality of tone,
which is specially observed in the Lon
don Times. The articles, although writ
ten by very different people, are so
thoroughly trimmed by the same hands,
that they are distinguished by the special
style desired.
Year: 1872

NAVY PAY OFrrcr, No. 20 BRoApwAYl


NEw YORK, Dec. 2, 1s7l !
Sealed proposals, endorsed Proposals Fresh
and Vegetables" will be received at this Office until
O'Clock NJ on the seventh 9TH day OF December 1872,
tor the supply OF one hundred thousand u0OW pounds
Of Fresh beef and one hundred thousand U00 pounds
OF Fresh Vegetables. Ut the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
station, as required.


The Beef must be Of good quality and equal to the grade
necessary to make the best mess beef and be delivered In
equal proportion Of fore and hind quarters The yegca
bles must be Of the best quality the market Affords and
the Beef and Vegetables must be offered for BY the
pound,


quarter Of the estimated amount of the contract and
amount Of each payment collateral security for the
due performance Of the contract, which reservation will
not be paid until the contract Is fully complied with
Every 0fcr must be accompanied by written guaran
tee signed by one or responsible persons that he
bidder bidders wili II his their bid be accepte
ter into an obligation within five days, with a and
sufficient surctics, to furnish the articles PROPOSE
such guarantee, and the department reserves the right
TO reject any proposal unless the responsibility the
guarantors certified TO by the Asses or Of Internal Rev
enue tor the district in which they reside and unless
satisfactory evidence that the bidder Is a regular dealer
In the articles he offers TO supply Is furnished with the
PROPOSAL as well as reject any proposal not considered
Advantageous TO the government.


Its to be undcrstoOd that the contract will expire at
the close Of the fiscal year ending June 3O 1878 without
and IN case the stipulated quantity of either article shall
be delivered before that date, leaving balance due
the other article the contract may be considered


J. O. BRADFORD
Pay Director United States Navy.
Year: 1872

A TooTHAcHE SroRY-A Cincinnati den
tst. who had become nervous by frequent burg
laries in his vicinity, was somewhat startled re-
Gently by having man come daily at the same IN
hour each evening and sit GU his doorstep, He
finally suggested that if it would be all the
same to him he would be pleased to have MN
divide his attentions and sit on some nelghborr
doorstep awhile. But it wouldn't be the
same" shouted the visitor in return, NOR any
thing like it. You are dentist and have an
iufernal aching tooth that | have ut the cour-
age to have pulled | come here every after
noon trying to make up my mind to have 1t out
and as soon as come in sight OF your house 1t
stops aching and as long as sit on your door
step where the confounded thing knows 1t can
get pu|led if it gives trouble | have some rest
Now if Won want ME to go to another dentist
| W will ION, no, was the reply, under
those circumstances stay by all means. my
friend '
Year: 1872

People have but little Idea Of the cost
Of the filthy rags which they Use a. mo-
ney. The expense Of maintaining our
paper money in circulation Is very
heavy in the wear and tear.
The cost Of q metallic currency is far
cheaper. We have dimes In circulation
for ten and fifteen years, circulating
thousands Of times, that exhibit little
wear. Take a paper note of the same
sun, and before it has performed the one
hundreth part Of the service it is de-
faced and worthless. And so with the
larger notes. Recently the House adopt
ed resolution calling on the Secretary
Of the Treasury 10 furnish an estimate
on the number Of pounds of paper re-
quired 10 replace our paper currency.
The aggregate and cost are as follows:
Year: 1872

PITTsBURG, April 21.-Peter Weiss
was to-day arrested for the murder of
his wife at East Liberty last week.
When the woman was first discovered
she wrote the name of her husband as
the person who cut her throat, but after
ward: made a sworn statement that she
did it herself and persisted in tearing
the bandages off her throat causing her
death. The prosecutor, with others, be-
ieve the first statement of the deceased
TO be correct, and the sworn statement
to have been made from threats by her
husband. Weiss is in Jail awaiting dis
position tomorrow
Year: 1872

ST. LOUIS, April Yesterday after
noon, William Heder, represented as
lazy, drunken carpenter, shot his wife
in the back of the neck and then fired
three bullets into his own head, but
failed TO kill either himself or his wife.
Heder was removed to the hospital and
his wife taken care of by the friends of
the latter. She is said 10 be q hard
working woman and has for a long time
supported her husband and three chill
dren. Heder gives whisky and jealousy
as the cause of his act. Mrs. Heder's
friends utterly deny any reason for the
latter.
Year: 1872

IF ANY member of the Grant family
is unprOvided for, we have to say that
the pOstofice on Big creek, in the north
en- part Of this county, is without a
postmaster, and we would gladly have
the remotest relation Of the reigning
family take charge and open the insd-
rT1tfon
Year: 1872

An INSURANCE CAsE.-San
Francisco has been interested in
a strange Insurance case. A la
borer decided to insure his life
tor $4,000, and went to the To-
cal agency of a New York COM
pany and took the necessary
steps. The agents forwarded
the papers to New York and in
a day or two after the papers
had been sent the man was MUIR
dered. The agents then tele-
graphed to New York and pre-
vented the issue of the policy.
The widow sued for the amount
of the intended insurance, and
the jury was unable to agree. 1t
is apparent that the law was on
the side of the company, howev-
er much sympathy may have
been on the side of the widow.
One moral can be deduced from
this curious case, and that is that
home institutions should be pat
ronzied. Had this unfortunate
San Franciscan been insured
in a local company, he would
have received his policy in time
TO be murdered.
Year: 1872

A few years ago David Deshler,
formerly we'll known citizen uf
Alabama, aud father of the Con
iederate Gen. Deshler, who was
killed at Chicamauga, was living
in Philadelphia, and while there,
just previous to his death, wrote
out his will, which yesterday was
probated in the Probate Court on
account of suit pending in the
Supreme Court. The deceased
was a man of large property, and
in his will makes provision for an
equal distribution of the same a.
mong his relations. In said will,
however, he makes the following
exception:


"That any of my said nephews
who may have taken an active
part, Voluntarily, to carry on the
fanatic, barbarous, and unright-
eous war upon the Southern States
of the Union by serving in tie
Union army, so called, or by aid
ing and abetting with their Fer
sonal influence or money in said
unhOly crusade, such shall be ut
terly excluded from any benefit
to be derived from my estate,
considering as | do that they as
sisted in diminishing the value OF
the same to a much iarg amount
than would be their legitimate
share had said war in which they
may have participated not occur
red, or been carried out" All Of.
which goes to show that he lacked
a good deal Of being reconstructed
at the time said instrument of
writing was penned.
Year: 1872

A Louisville man who had
only been acquainted with his
girl two nights, attempted to
kiss her at the gate. In his dy-
ing deposition he told the doc
tor that just as he kissed her,
"the earth slid ont from under
his feet, and his soul went out
of his mouth, while his head
touched the stars" Later dis
patches show that what allied
him was the old mans boot.
Year: 1872

The principal of a New York
city fashionable school, at which
only the children of the ellie at
tend, claims that his patrons owe
the institution over $4,000, and
it is the hardest kind of work to
collect it.
Year: 1872

The ladies of Oshkosh are com.
piling list OF the disreputable
houses in the city and gentlemen
wi o visit them. There are nine
hundred able bodied men in thai
city who have inquired the price
of tickets to California within a
week.
Year: 1872

A choral association wants
somebody to lead them.


The people who live next door
to where they rehearse are equal
ly anxious for somebody to lead
them-and the further he leads
them the better these outraged
people will feel.