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Year: 1873

An Arab was asked by a traveller
how he knew there was God. Fixing
his dark eye on the man, who seemed
to doubt the being of God, he met the
question with another "How do |
know whether it was man or a camel
that had passed my tent last night?
And are not the footprints Of the Crea-
tor the footprints of God?"
Year: 1873

Says George Eliot: There is no
despair SO absolute as that which
comes with the first moments of our
first great sorrow, when we have not
yet known what it is to have suffered
and be healed, to have despaired and
TO have recovered hope.
Year: 1873

Il pray you very solemnly, says
Ruskin, to put that idea of knowing all
things in heaven and earth out Of your
heads. 1t is very little that we car
ever know, either of the ways Of Provi
dence or the laws Of existence But
that little is enough, and exactly
enough.
Year: 1873

In courtship everything is regarded
as provisional and preliminary, and the
small llest sample of virtue Of accom-
plishment is taken to guarantee de-
lightful stores which the broad leisure
of marriage will reveal. But the
doorsili Of marriage once crossed
expectation is concentrated on the,
present.
Year: 1873

1T Is vain thought to fee from
the work that God appointed us, for the
sake of finding a greater blessing to
our own souls, as if we could choose
for ourselves where we shall find the
fulness of the Divine presence, instead
Of seeking it where alone it is to be
found, in loving obedience.
Year: 1873

Happy are they, says Luther, who
are found watching. Our sand-glass
is not so long that we need to weary.
Time will eat away ard root out our
woes and sorrow Our heaven is in
the bud, and growing up to harvest
Why, then, should we not follow on.
seeing our span-length of time will
come to an inch.
Year: 1873

1t is not what we eat, but what we
digest that makes us fat; it is not
what we read; but what we remember
that makes us learned it is not what
we earn, but what weaves, that makes
US rich.
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 a fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

RECIPE FOR CURING HEADAcHE-Mi
Magic Oil with water, and bathe the head
freely with the mixture, also inhale the
odor of the Magic Oil from a cloth. This
gives immediate relief and will cure cold
in the head. Try it.
Year: 1873

SLEEPLEssNEss.-lt is amistake to sup
pose that the most appropriate treatment
for sleeplessness, is TO administer marco
tics. A narcotic strong dose of opinum
for example-will produce sleep Of a sort,
but not natural OF refreshing sleep. More
over, although i narcotic produces sleep,
it cannot permanently cure sleeplessness ::
quite the reverse let the use of marco
tic be withdrawn, and the persons is more
sleepless than ever-without his narcotic,
he cannot Sleep A better cure for sleep
lessness is a strictly moderate dose Of a
good tonic stimulant-al the better if it
can be taken along with food, and in that
case not too soon before bed time. But
avoid excess The sleep of drunkenness
is no better than Is that of opium-narco-
sis In fine, for those suffering from alb
normal wakefuness, by far the best tonic
stimulant-es especially when it is taken in
conjunction with foods Dr. Gottlieb
Fisch's Bittcrs


This subject continued next week under


''Mei0acholy."
Year: 1873

When q boy can carry anything at
one load he will not go twice after it,
This was the case with boy who was
working his way through Elm street,
New York, the other dny, with twenty
benn poles on his shoulder. Now one
bean psle is about all IN ordinary
mortal can safely carry, and nobody
but boy would undertake to carry
twenty Of them. He had tied them to.
gether at the middle, leaving the ends
loose, and had thought OIL starting, with.
out doubt, that he was n boy OF remark.
able promise. Bean poles are naturally
uneasy. When they can't move one
way they will another but they will
move, and in spite Of all precau.
tions. These did, He had them on
his shoulder ut first, but some of them
got to dropping down behind, and
striking against people, and others fell
down in front, and stuck into the side
walk and made him stumble. Then
again some OF them lay horizontally.
Not but that they preferred to drop Ms
the Others did, but laying horizontally
while the others were in, opposite posi-.
tions, gave a pleasing variety to the
performance. When the boy stopped,
Us he was frequently obliged to do,
some one in the rear would step on the
poles or in among them, and swear at
him. Finally, ho turned round to see
what the matter WIS, and knocked out
the face OF clock man was carrying
in his arms. This so excited him that
hc dropped the poles entirely. The
owner Of the clock culfed him over the
head, and then took down his fathers
name, and swore le would have dam.
ages. The unfortunate youth then
took the awful things up in his
arms, but they wouldn't lay still. They
kept together ut the middle, but were
demorllized at the ends, and whirled
about SO rapidly us to scare him. H
looked like a windmill, aud presented
such IN awful spectacle that people
precipitately took to the street, anu
several horses attempted TO climb up
into their wagons. He had to drop the
load again or be shot down in his tracks
by the infuriatcd drivers. Finally he
made two bundles OF them, and took
one under each urn. Some Of the ends
commencedt to tangle with the opposites,
and get in front Of his eyes, and shut
out his vision. Others dropped down
in front and behind, and one Of those
which went down in front caught SO
firmly in the walk as to completely
upset the unhappy youth, and he came
down on his back-haying turned u
complete somersault-with poles under
him, and over him, and on all sides oil
him. while Just back OF where he went
down, stood n woman picking the wrecks
of n bonnet out Of her hair, and, looking
in the pile for the largest pole was II
middle.aged man with q cut nose and II
rupturel shirt front. The boy jumped
up and fled.
Year: 1873




The law does not and will not after
June 3Oth require full prepayment Of
postage on all printed matter. Transient
or miscellaneous matter muss be fully
prepaid at the mailing office. Regular
publications, known as newspapers or
periodicals, may be sent TO subscribers
now and after the o0th instant unpaid,
and the postage collected quarterly Of
the subscribers. Newspaper exchanges
may be prepaid quarterly either at the
Office Of mailing or delivery.


The requirement for full prepayment
on transient printed matter is statutory,
not departmental, and therefore cannot
be abrogated by the Postmaster Gen.
eral. It is made the duty OF all post.
masters to collect all deficient postage
ut the office OF delivery, whether upon
letters or printed matter. more or less
such matter being inadvertently trans.
mitted in the mails. It is not shown
TINT more is collected at the Washing
ton office than is legally due, or more
than ct other Offices, in proportion To
tho quantity OF such matter delivered.


II any statement has been made that
no papers will be be sent without pre-.
payment, then mistake has been made,
for large numbers are sent daily to sub.
scribers as provided by law.


One cent will fully prepay on any
daily or weekly published in this city,
but II will not carry two such papers,
nor will it carry the larger New York
weekly or daily papers.
Year: 1873

An aggravated case of domestic infelicity
has just come to light in Detroit. The hus-
band, a rich bachelor, married a beautiful
Southern girl, and took her home in 1859.
She soon informed him that she m rried him
only to escape the humiiations of poverty,
and they lived cold and cherries life until
about year ago, when former suitor of the
lady app. ared, and again became devoted.
A short tine since the woman was taken
alarmingly i'll, and the husband, being iniolm-
ed that she had the small pox, was dispatch
ed to bring her relatives from Georgia When
he got 20 Nashville. Tenn, telegram an
nouncing her death recalled him, and he
came back to be intor ued that his wife was
buried the day after she died. His condition
was little shot Of madness then but when,
few days later, he found that the sickness aud
death had been snare to get him out of the
way, and cover the elopemeni of his wife al d
her lover he became real maniac, and was
confined in an asylum. Partially recovering,
he was set at liberty, and was bent ON leav-
ing the country, when he was informed that
his wife and her paramount were living In
New York. He is now trying to find them,
| and whether the search be successful or oth.


erwise, it will probably result in complete
| loss OF his reason. - l- tr-
Year: 1873

The average Vermont widow, after burying
her husband, takes satisfaction from the
thought that she knows where he sleeps
nights. The extent to which this is capable
of softening the keen agony of separation,
can only be appreciated by those whose mar
ried life is not blessed by such perfect knowl-
edge.
Year: 1873

A Syracuse gentleman and his wife left
home, a few days ago, for an extended South
ern tour, intending to visit Florida. They
got as far as New York, and in visiting one
of the theatres there the gentleman was
Year: 1873

A society statistician calculates that if all
the yards of silk in ruined ''last seasons
dresses were sewed together they would
form band as long as the Pacific railroad.
This is most important for the world to
know; we don't know why, but that's what
the statistician says.
Year: 1873

SLa Parisienne" is a new hustle. 1t is
very light, and is formed of steel springs
encased in thin material. Over these are
three founces made Of thin goods which will
starch well, and these can readily be removed
for washing. 1t does not extend over the
hips, but is very bouffant in the back.
Year: 1873

WOMAN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, by ABBA


GOoLD WOOLsON.


This is thoroughly enjoyable and salts
factory book. 1t is one of the few publica-
tions of late year, which have compelled
from us the tribute of being read through at one
sitting. Although the articles of which IL is
composed were written for a daily journal, yet
they group themselves very well into COM
pact appeal for better and truer life for wo-
men. Although the sympathy of the author
with the proposed changes in the political re-
iations of women is apparent, the book itself
IS largely devoted to sensible reforms to be
made by women themselves and in their So
cial relations. And thi. is accomplished not
by the way OF set discourse but in series of
truthful pictures of woman's life as il now Is
from girihood to maturity and old age. Il
opens with bright and loving description of
the school girl who has yet to learn the due
and divine superiority of the male of her spe-
cies and who dreams Of manhood as lofty
and pure as her own thoughts. After grad
uation comes the sense of unfitness, OF being
out of place, born of the incompatibility Of
wide hopes and the narrowness of the limits
within which society has thus far ordained
that women shall move. In time the one
yields to the many and not few girls who
meant to be worthy of their natures
sink to the level of the rest and
think the whole duty of woman solved in
getting decently married ;-and havi. no
other future devote themselves to the sacred
mystery of clothes, charitable fairs and the
the duty of looking beautiful and pleasing
the gentlemen. As the result of too much
indoor life, of ill-adapted clothing, many lose
health, ard, worst of all, take dreary COM
fort in it, and are respected therefor by their
neighbors. The chapters on "Invalid,sm a.
as Pursuit." and the "Physical Education
OF Girls are well worthy most careful read
ing. {
But it is impossible in the space we have,
to give any full idea of the book. 1t is not
all devoted to questions of social reform.
There are besides some beautiful pictures
like the chapters entitled "a sojourn in Ar
cady' and of "Grandmother's Houses"
There is a charm abont the latter which
makes you forget the present and takes you
back to your grandmother's house and the
wonders and mysteries that used to be there
until you live over again some of the sweet
est hours of childhood. 10
While almost all Mrs. Woolson's views are
stated in language as pleasant as it is clear
and felicitous she is not incapable of that
fine cutting which Injuries people so that they
never know it until they shake themselves
and fall to pieces. The irony of the first
three pages of chapter TX is delicious.


Published by Roberts Bros, of Boston.


For sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Year: 1873

The Young Mems Christian Association of
Chicago propose to supply all of the trains
going out Of that city with Bibles. 1t would
oe tar more reasonable and encouraging to
supply all the trains going in.-Commer sial
Advertiser,
Year: 1873

1t is said that woman got divorce from
her husband in Kentucky because he went to
meeting of the Good Templars, leaving her
at home to take care of the baby. And this
shows the evil of too much temperance.
Had not a great principle intervened the
baby might have been brought up on the bot
tie, so permitting the mother to attend the
meeting of the Good Templars; and the
husband might have gone quietly about that
other business which has nothing to do with
the lodge.
Year: 1873

granted personal interview, an
unprecedented favor to a private in
dlvldual, but as token of good
will and a compliment to the ina
tion Of hand-shakers," extended his
hand in greeting. Mr.. Stewards
right arm was entirely paralyzed,
and he had not the slightest power
to place his hand in the outstretch-
ed palm of the Sultan. His intense
modification and embarrassment
may be imagined at thus being
forced to appear even for a
moment ungracious in his
response to such remarkable
courtesy. There was an awkward
pause Of brief duration until, turn
ing to Blaque Bey, who sat beside
him, Mr.. Seward exclaimed in an
accent of irritation: "Raise my arm
and put my hand in his" Mr..
Seward was remarkable for his
courtesy, and this untoward circum-
stance at the beginning Of his inter-
view with the Sultan must have de-
tracted greatly from the pleasure and
qualification his kindly reception
gave him.
Year: 1873

POPULAR FALLACY AND DECEPTIoNs. -
1t is an infrmity of man to cling to the
teachings OF past generation, and to stub
bornly rerist the hight of reform and pro
gress Health-reform and Temperance
growth are jealously watched over by the
Poison Bitters compounders. One great
prevailing deception of the present age; is
the impression that every human biped OF
either sex must be stimulated, and the pois
oned chalice is labeled Medicated Bitters,
the better to palliate their use and prolong
the epidemic One of the most jealous
workers to cure this malady, DR.. JOSEPH
WALKER. Inventor and Proprietor of the
famed CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BrT1ERs, be-
lieves in making Bitters that are true
medicine, and advises the sick man to
swallow draught that will wash out the
Leprosy of his disease. In this faith he is
steadfast, and his VINEGAR BfTTERs,
though a contradiction to the general char
acter Of all other Bitters, are, as great
success and Life Fitalizer, evidence OF one
popular fallacy and corrected.
Year: 1873

the largest and best stock of goods he had
ever seen. The rural gent thought he
would look through the different stores in
this city and Davenport, and compare the
goods and prices before purchasing He
called at an old established Carpet House
in this city, and also at several stores in
Davenport, and after long and careful
examination of goods and prices, he re-
turned to this city, thoroughly disgusted
with what he had seen, and almost
Year: 1873

two hours from the time he came into the
store, he started home with $4S9.63 worth
of goods for himself, and good supply for
some of his neighbors The last thing he


aid when starting home, was this: Il shall
always come to
Year: 1873

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ALLOWANCE.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF CoMMoNs-TIIE BILL


PASSED on ITS SECOND READNG-oPPosITIoN TO


ITS NCREAsE-DEMoNsTRATIo AT NOTING


HAM, BIRMINGHAM, AND ELSEWHERE TURBU-


LENT DEBATE IN THE coRrEs.


LONDON, Thursday, July 81. 1879.


In the House of Commons to-day, shortly after the
opening of the session. Mr. Gladstone stated that the
business of the House was so far advanced as to
warrant the hope that its session would be pro-
rogued on Tuesday next.


The bill granting annuity Of $4,000 to the
Duke of Edinburgh upon his approaching marriage
with the Princess Marie Alexandrovna came up on
its second reading.


Mr.. p. A. Taylor, member for Leicester, moved
that the second reading Of the bill be postponed for
one month from this date. He spoke at great length
in support of his motion In the OF his speech
he protested against the frequent application by the
Crown for grants of annuites to the Royal children
He stated that such applications place the Queen In
an unfavorable and unsatisfactory light before the
public. He ethought that if the civil list was sufficient
for the proper maintenance of the Royal household
the Crown ought to surrender to the public treasury
theimmense private property now heldby It, lie heid
that the private property be retained by the Queen
there can be no necessity for the appropriation pro-
yided for in this bill He stated that the whole
management of the civil list naturally gives rise to
numerous grave suspicious on the part of the public
by reason of the secrecy with which it is invested
He also said that the people of Great Britain were
not interested in the proposed marriage of the Duke
of Edinburgh and beside that the latter receives an
ample allowance now, wrung as it is from reluc-
tant and indignant people


Mr.. George Anderson, member for Glasgow, sec
onded the motion TO postpone. lie declared that
the proposal contained i'll the bill disgraceful


The Right Hon. Edward p. Bouverie. member for
KilmarnOck, and Mr. John Sidney North, member
for Oxfordshre spoke in opposition to the postpone
ment of the second reading of the bill.


Mr. Gladstone regretted the tone of the discussion
which had taken place. He denied that the Govern
ment had maintained any secrecy touching the
management of the Crown property. The Civil List,
he said, was never intended to provide for the
portioning of the Royal children. Parliament must
even adopt the course at present proposed and as
pursued with regard to those of the Royal children
already married, or provide for an increased Civil
List He upheld the proposition contained in the
BILL as it gave to Parliament the control Of the con-
duct of the Crown and Of the Royal family.


The motion TO postpone was lost, and the bill was
passed on its second reading by vote of 1C2 Yeas to
is Nays


Mr. Bradaugb has issued a call for a meeting in
Hyde Park on Sunday next, TO protest against an
increase in the allowance of the Duke OF Edinburgh.
Demonstrations in opposition to the proposed In
Grease in the Dukes allowance made yesterday
at Nottingham, Birmin CHAM, and other places in
England.
Year: 1873

sword, and Mr.. Davis out of his petticoat


There are great many men in the South


ern States who desire peace and justice at


the hands of the government They have


accepted amnesty and representation in


the spirit in which it was rendered


They ask that SO far as may be


deemed just on the part Of Congress


the share Of national patronage to


which each State may be entitled shall be


assigned without prejudice. Is it reason
able that few disconnected persons inim-
ical to the very form Of republican gov


ernment should thwart the wishes of their
tellow-citizens at least as much interested
in the welfare of the South as Mr.. Davis
himself? In view of the numerous ap-
plications from the South now pending OF
preparing, would it not be well for those
who wish the federal assumption Of
debts; the construction Of the Mississippi
levees; the construction Of the Fort St.
Philip and other canals, to take some
public act n exonerating themselves from
the reproach of abusing the very power
from which they. ask aid?


Sincerely interested in the success Of
those applications made on behalf Of LOU
isiana, it is the purpose of the Republican
representatives and press to bring their
entire influence in favor Of these mea-
sures, bu: they will have heavy weight
to carry if, when appealing to their party
and personal friends in Congress, they
shall be met with quotations from Mr..
Davis or his organs showing undying hos
tility to the government. These sugges.
tons are made to all parties interested in
the measures referred to. Before intro
aucing applications in themselves of !
doubtful success, i. will be much better 10 |
remove the great obstacle, that the South |
S claimed to be unzeconstzucted Let
kis be done.
Year: 1873

Tie recent ill-advised speech Of Mr..
Davis. taken in connection with other
manifestations Of discomfort, tend greatly
to embarrass the restoration Of the States
lately in armed resistance to the federal.
government. The great mass Of the men
who fought the war Of secession are at
work trying to repair the loss Of four
years service in the army. They are now
fathers and heads of families. and are
conscious that great deal Of aid is indis-
pensable to restore the commercial and
industrial interests. Some Of these States
owe debt created chiefly before the war,
others have public works to keep up es-
sential to the protection Of private indus.
try. To meet this taxation, to repair these
works, requires assistance from abroad.
Some Of these States are now asking the
federal government to assume thei, debts.
Such an assumsit could only be done as a
matter Of grace, and would be Of very
questionable wisdom, but We admit that
such work as a national levee the re.
moval Of all distractions to navigable
system Of rivers. OF railroad 10 develop
the interior, are legitimate. But if these
measures are TO be asked at the hands of
the federal government as matters of
grace, and not Of right, should not the
applicants treat the granting power with
at least common civilitv?


1t is in the spirit of hostility that Mr..
Davis and many Of his organs approach
the federal government. To the Presi-
dent they say: "You are corrupt tyrant;
you have been elected by fraud, and you
desire to continue yourself and posterity
in imperial power forever" To Congress
they impute systematic oppression and
dishonesty. The Republican party with
Mr.. Lincoln at its head is accused of hay
ing cheated" General Lee out of his