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Year: 1873

TO the Editor of the Standard:


Most men toll for the present, few
for the future; but the rudent labor for
both the present and future The wise
carefully study the past from which they
learn that causes and effects are indisso-
lubly joined together; that it is mere
folly to rely on blind chance; and that
foresight and prudence must be exercised
in both public and domestic affairs, with
out trusting in what is called "luck. In
taking a retrospect of the causes of sue
cess or failure the lessons of experience,
often dear-bought are impressed more
viVidly upon the mind, and produce that
foreseeing wisdom which secures success
to its possessor. That success which is
attended with opulence, not only enables
the individual TO have all the means and
appliances necessary for his own com
fort, and that of others, but it furnishes
the means to encourage and promote art
science, literature, morality and christian
ity. The power or advantage afforded
by prosperity is not alone confined to in
dividuality A community city, town
ship, county or state, when wealthy and
prosperous, possesses this same glorious
power of promoting mankind, and bring
ing about the nicer shades Of civility.
Generally, the more wealth the more en-
Iightened are the people, and the better
the morals. The accumulation of wealth
and the augmentation of knowledge nat
urally begin and proceed very nearly to-
gether. The thought of wealth and its
Influences leads the mind to contemplate
the past present and future career of our
own county which promises immense
riches in the future associated with rapid
and pompous strides in civilization. The
visitor Of jackson half q century ago
witnessed quite a different scene then
from now. At that time it was a small
village with little attraction save the ro-
mantle and picturesque scenery which
surrounded it. The lofty trees approach
ed its borders, the foliage of which re-
freshed and delighted the observer. The
deer gamboled in the neighboring forests,
and the athletic hunter, content with his
linen breeches and moneyless pocket
book, feasted on lohnny-cake and veni-
son. The music was very different from
that of to-day The birds sang as sweet
ly and the power of sacred song was as
fully appreciated but there was no as
sistance given by art. Not sound of
the organ fell melodiously on the ear at
church on the Sabbath; but little if any
Ginning of bells through the week; no
murmuring and blowing of furnaces, the
sound of which cheers the laborer, and
the traffic fills his moneyless purse.
! There was no whiting and whistling OF
cars to inspire the merchant and farmer
with new life; and no locomotive power
to facilitate trade and afford ingress and
egress to the prodigious mineral resour-
ces of our county AS recent as thirty
years ago, business was languid and every
thing appeared quiet on the bridgeless


banks OF Salt Creek. But transformation


has been gradually taking place among


the wild scenes of nature. The AK of the


woodman has not remained quiescent


but by being diligently applied has caused
the huge forests to fade before it, and
Year: 1873

A straw will make an impression on
the virgin snow; let il remain there but
a short time and a horses hoof can hard
ly penetrate it. SO it is with the youth
ful mind trifling word may make an
impression on it; but after a few years
the most powerful appeals cease to intlu-
ence Think of this, ye who have the
training of the infant mind, and leave
such impression thereon as will be safe
for it to carry amid the follies and tenn
ptations of the world
Year: 1873

HIGHER-A noble motto for young
man-Never look down. Aim high
push high-leap high. If you can not
reach the stars, you can. have the salts
faction Of drawing near to them He
who stands on an elevated position, is
sure to catch the first rays of the glorious
sun. So he who is always stepping up,
and reaching up, will first catch the
favors Of Heaven as they descend. There
is no object on which we gaze that gives
US so much pleasure as the upward and
continued progress of enterprising young
men, When the chains of sloth are
broken, when the vision is clear and the
heart buoyant higher, and still higher
objects will be gained-nobler purposes
be achieved, and a sublime elevation al
tanned that will thrill with JOY future
generations as they march on in the
same glorious path.
Year: 1873

A wicked Frenchman says: IT'S a
mournful hour in life when a man comes
to the conclusion that fame, love, and
happiness are not worth q good cigar.
lis still more mournfnl hour when a
man comes to the conclusion that cigar
itself is worthless.
Year: 1873

Some people scorn to be taught; others
are ashamed of it, as they would be of
going to school when they are old; but
it is never too late to learn what it is
always necessary to know; and it is no
shame to learn so long as we are ignorant
that is to say, as long as we live,
Year: 1873

A sign in East Broadway, New York,
reads "New Footed and Second Hand
Boots Made and Repaired" Without
stopping to ask how second hand boots
can be intended for the feet, we would be
glad to know how any shoemaker can
make secondhand boots.
Year: 1873

SELF-REIIANcE.-Do rely too much
on your friends Learn to rely upon
yourself and your own abilities. We
never knew any one who relied on his
friends to accomplish much. Thousands
have spent the prime of life waiting for
their friends to help them; and, in con-
sequence, find themselves helpless and
poor in old age. Young men, do not ex-
pect anybody to take you up and carry
you bodily forward to wealth and station.
Your own exertions alone can bring you
success. Secure useful, practical educa-
ton early in life, and then trust to your
own energies and your own persistent
efforts.
Year: 1873

The keeper of an insane asylum in
England was taking n patient to ride.
An accident occurred by which they
were both thrown out of the carriage,
and the keeper, striking on his head, was
made delirious. The crazy man put him
into the carriage, tied him in, drove back
to the asylum and delivered the keeper
into safe keeping. The insane man be
came sane and was discharged. The
keeper died.
Year: 1873

SUCCESS IN SocIETY.-The secret of sue
cess in society is certain heartiness and
sympathy. A man who is not happy in
company cannot find any word in his
memory that will fit the occasion; all his
information is little impertinent. A
man who is happy there finds on every
turn of the conversation, equally lucky
occasions for the introduction of what he
has to say. The favorites of society, and
what it calls whole souls, are able men,
of more spirit than wit, who have not un-
comfortable egotism, but who exactly fill
the hour and the company, contented
and contenting. w. Emerson.
Year: 1873

Coon HUMoR-Good humor is the clear,
blue sky of the SOUL ON which every star
of talent will shine more clearly, and the
sun of genius encounter no vapors in his
passage. 1t is the most exquisite beauty
of fine face; a redeeming grace in
homely one 1t is like green in land
scape, harmonizing in every color, mel
lowing the light, softening the hues of
the dark; or like lutte in full concert
of Instruments sound, not at first dis
covered by the ear, yet filling up the
breaks IN the concord with its deep mel
odY
Year: 1873

~ How true it is that misfortnnes never
come singly; and how singular it is that defeated
candidates for the Senate this year, get mashed
up on the railroads, on their return to Washing
ton. Frank Blair is there, limping around with
his arm in a sling, from the effects Of a railroad
accident; and now the remains of Pomeroy reach
there from the terrible collision at Crestlue.
Year: 1873

In his experiments 10 determine the
heat-conducting power of linen, cotton.
wool, and silk, Sir rHumphrey DAvy found
not cnly that these materials conducted
heat in the order given above, linen
being the best, but also that the tight
ness or fooseness Of weaving possessed
an iinportaht influence. It is therefore
evident that in the selection Of winter
clothing, and especially of that 70 be
worn next to the skin, the materials Of
least conducting power, as wool and
silk, shonid be chosen, and the fabrics
should be loosely woven.


As regards the external garments the
same rules apply with equal force. but in
this case care should be taken to remove
overcoats and shawls when in n warm
room; especially should this preeaution
be observed in the instance Of furs
worn by ladies' The habit Of wearing
these articles for hours in succession
while shopping and visiting, often 40
weaken the powers Of resistance in the
wearers that they become the ready
victims Of infsmmstions of the throat
and lhngss1 To such an extent does this
occur in New York that many Of the
most skillful physicians sdsise their
patients to discontinue the uss Of furs,
and the advice is often followed with
the most satisfactory results
Year: 1873

Aman must not yield to dependency,
nor sit down inactive, despairing, be-
cause he is in darkness. Sometimes
few steps onward or upward are all that
are needed, aud he, for want even of
that activity, may remain all his life
beneath the cloud. Perhaps you have
been ascending a mountain with the
mist SO thick before you that at a few
feet from you not an object was visible,
and SO wet that it was like dripping
rain. Timidity and dependency say in
such case, you had better turn back,
at any rate lie by in the first shelter.
But perhaps you will find a clear sky
with a little more travel upward. Cour-
age and hope say, Go on! Faith says,
SO on |! higher up you find light So
you go on, and at length, unexpectedly.
at one single step, you emerge into clear
sunshine Then all your trouble is for
gotten. How glad You are that you
persevered, that you did not turn back !;
you would have lost this glorious sight,
this magnificent prospect, this peculiar
ity of glory, which you could enjoyed
only under these very circumstances of
preceding mist and gloom. ''You
would have lost the sight Of the clouds
under you, and the atmosphere resting
upon them as on a sea of chalcedony,
smooth, soft, undulatingERnd the sum
mits of the mountains all around gilt
tering with ice and snow. And you
would have lost the glory of the break
ing up and trooping away of these cloud
congregations, as the departure of an
army with banners, and the revelation
of the unveiled world as a new creation. .
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is ont and unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay mp at once:
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone win pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


rB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Wright, in his book on poultry,
thus talks of the importance Of green
food to poultry that is confined:


The last requisite IN the shape Of diet
is a regular supply of green food. Here,
again, fowls kept on grass viii need no
attention; but for birds penned up
the daily provision Of it is an absolute
necessity, though most beginners are
are ignorant of it. We wall remember
in our own early experiences how our
fowls died, we could not at first tell
why; and one fine Buff Cochin cock,
whose only fault was strong vulture
hook, was IN particular greatly regretted.
An experienced friend let Us into the
secret, and after that we had no din
Guilty in keping fowls, even where 1t Is
often said they cannot be kept in health,
viz: in a yard paved with large flag
stones. The best substitute for nataral
grass is a large, fresh turf, thrown In
in daily, to each fouF or five hens and
even IN towns Il is often possible TO pro-
cure this by giving children few pence
ever week to keep 4p a regular supply.
Where turf Is not allowed 10 be taken
grass may be cut or pulled, but IN this
case must be cut into green chat with
shears or a chat machine. The latter
plan l. how We actually managed for
years IN a yard only sixty-seven by
thirty five feet, divided into six pens.
paying some child a few pence 10 bring
fresh-cut grass daily, cutting it up and
mixing il with their soft meat.
Year: 1873

1t cannot be that the earth is mans
only abiding-place. 1t cannot be that
our life is bubble, cast off by the
ocean of eternity to float a moment up
on its waves, and then sink into dark
ness and notbingness. Else why is it
that the high and glorious aspirations,
which leap from the temple of our
hearts, and are ever, wandering abroad
unsatisfied? Why is it that the rain
bow and cloud come over us with a
beauty that is not of earth, and then
pass off, and leayeus to muse upon their
faded loyeIiness /? Why is it that stars,
which hold their festivals around the
midnight throne, are set above the grasp
of our limited faculties-forever mock
ing us with their unappreachable glory 2
And why is. it that the bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our view
and then taken from us, leaving the
thousand currents of our affection to
flow back in am Alpine torrent upon our
hearts? We are born for a higher des-
tiny than that of earth. There is Q
realm where the rainbow never fades,
whore the stars VIII be spread out be-
fore us, like islands that slumber on the
ocean-and, where the beautiful beings
which here pass before us like visions,
VIII stay IN our presence forever.
Year: 1873

Why do not people 90 to church more
One thinks it is this, another thinks it is
that. You can open church in howell
and let voice go forth that has the pow
er Of touching men aud you will find 1t
crowded and thronged. You do not
want the cobs that used to have corn.
That which man wants is sappy food, re-
freshng food. Men are willing to be
dealt with, to have their sins flashed in
! their faces, willing to have their con-
science aroused, but do not want to be
handled: they want a preacher that takes
hold of them in some way, and If he can
do more than that if he give to them that
which every man consciously needs
some men have aspiration, and some more
indulge in superficial thought-and if be
can give them strength to bear their bur-
den, men that are sore in lie; men who
are in sorrow; women who don't know
how to bring up their children, and who
are continually having more added to
their flock; people who want to know
where the next hod Of coal is coming
from; people who are afraid of the Sher-
if; men who are pricked with the ten
thousand nettles of human life--they
come to church and hear long discuss
ion on the fall of Adam. Well that is
not inopportune, but still they're so fiat
themselves that they feel as if they would
| like to know something about their own


fall. They want something that deadens


the struggle that is going Oh within them;
| they want some one who will take part
with them, minister who brings God
down to the side of men, not as an ever
| lasting condemner, but one who brings
God down as present help in time of
| trouble. A minister who brings the
ProdigsI Son home to his Father, who
seeing Zion afar of, runs to him, and be-
fore he can speak, throws his arms around
his neck. The helper we need Is he who


will help a sinner, who will help hard
hearted proud man who knows he is
| selfish aud wants to get over it., but is
too proud to do 50. He wants God 10
convert him, aud that is what be wants
--BeecherS Lecture.
Year: 1873

An exchange says the several millions
Of tortured and corn afflicted people
may forever after bear the name Of llumph
reys in a grateful recollection, Ilumph-
reys is a judge at tho city OF Washington.
in the District of Columbia. Before him
came as plaintiff, a shoemaker and asked
judgment against man for whom he had
made pair of shoes Came also the de-
fendant and made answer that the shoes
did not fit, AS to the issue which was
joined on the aver ment ofthe defendant,
the shoes were the best witnesses, and
they were brought into court and placed
upon the feet of the defendant. That
they would go on Is fact that would
seem to have initiated somewhat against
the theory Of the defence; but tho de-
tendant swore that, being on, they, made
existence insutlerable. Then IL was that
Humphreys uttered the great principle
that should have made his name immortal.
lie said in substance that tight shoes
were a torture that no free man should be
required to endure; that when
the shoemaker fails to consult tho
comfort of his patron the latter is under
no obligations to pay for the work, Judg-
ment for defendant
Year: 1873

Another unknown man. while walking
on the track of the Hudson River Railroad,
has been run over and killed. We have sug-
gested once, in the interest of humanity, that
all strangers approaching that road should
be required to produce letters of introduction
to the officers of trains, or keep off the track,
and we hope we shall not be forced to do it
charlottesville Courier-Jounal
Year: 1873

A Chicago personal-"A brick fell from a
scaffold on Dearborn street yesterday, and
crushed through bridge underneath. What
Jim Stevens has the doctor for this morning
is because it was the bridge of his nose.''
Year: 1873

Automatic lawn-mowers are the latest
thing out. They cost about $12O, and one
will operate through whole neighborhood.
You have only to leave gate open over
night, and you will find the grass cut in
patches here and there next morning. The
eniy drawback is that it !, jnst as likely to
take the top off favorite plant as anything
else, and will hoofhole garden bed till it
looks as if it was afflicted with magnifed
smallpox. But it may also be said in its fa-
vor that it gives couple of quarts of milk
for a few days, and will scare the life out of
every squalling baby in the vicinity, besides
hooking dogs and small boys.
Year: 1873

Scribner's Monthly, is an article
on Home and Society," explains
how to have good cup of coffee
Tor ones breakfast s#


It has been truthfuliy said even
in these enlightened days, and in
the the lands most blessed by the
influence of civilization, there are
thousands upon thousands of per>
sons born into the world who live
long lives and then go down to
their graves without even having
tasted a cup Of good coffee. Their
are many reasons for this, and the
principal one, Of course must be
that few persons know how to make
a good cup OF coffee. Aud yet there
! has been thousands of recipes and
directions published which teach


US how to make good coffee by


boiling it; by not boiling it; by
confining the essense and aroma;
by making it in an open vessel:
by sleeping it; by Tot sleeping it,:
by clearing il; by not clearing it;
| by grinding it fine, by grinding it
coarse; and by many other meth
ods opposed to each other and to
all these. Now we do not intend
to try to tell any body how to
make good coffee, but we just wish
to say word about the treatment
of the coffee after it is made. Aud
on this treatment depends its ex-
cellence, brew it as you may. The
rule is simple; never decant it.
Whatever else you do about it,
bling it to the table in the vessel
/. in which il was made. A hand.
some urn or GORGEOUS coffee-pot is
the death of good coffee. OF course
if it is more desirable to have the
pot look well than to have the
| coffee taste well, we have nothing
more 10 say. But when hot coffee
is emptie.l from one vessel to an


other, the kitchen ceiling general
ly receives that essence-laden va


por which should have found its


way into the cups on the breakfast


table. When the coffee enters


them, it should find the milk CT


cream already there. BY obeerv.


ing these rules, ordinary coffee,


made in almost any way, is often


very palalabla indeed, sa
Year: 1873

The following by Grand Master


Chrles G. Clark, of North Carroll
na, we commend to the fraternity:


Profanity and drunkenness should
surely come within the prohibition
of Masonic authority, since they
offend against every rule of gen
tlemanly propriety and decorum-
and to be Mason certainly cannot
mean not to be q gentleman. Hab-
its which deaden the moral sensi-
biity, blunt the moral PERCEPTION,
and debauch all the moral faculties,
should be forced to yield uncon-
ditionally to the mandate of an in
stitution which teaches the HOLY
Bible to be the rule and guide OF
faith, and that all actions should be
squared by the square of morali-
ty."
Year: 1873

The prince smelt Of his apple,
and as they entered the garden, he
said: A


at is very beautiful here, and in
order that we may walk near each
other in peace, and not be disturbed
by the desire to try our game, I beg
you, my lady, that, for this one
hour, you will take upon you the
custom of my court, and let your
hands also be fastened. Then we
will be safe from each others arts,
and there win be nothing to annoy
u.s. Ass


The princess did not feel very
safe about this arrangement, but he
begged SO strongly that she could
not refuse him this small favor. So
they went on alone together, with
their hands fastened in their gir-
dies. The birds sang, the sun
shone warmly, and from the trees
the red cherries hung so low that
they brushed their cheeks as they
passed The princess saw them
and exclaimed: +, s''
ssWhat pity that your lordship
is not able to pick a few for me-"
Y Necessity knows no law" said
the prince, and he broke one of the
cherries with his teeth from a
branch, and offered it to the prin-
cess from his mouth, and SO her
face was brought close to his. So
when she had the cherries between
her lips, and a kiss from him besides,
she was not able to say that instant
I" I remember"


! Then he cried, foyfully: "Good
morning, much loved one" and


drew his hands from his girdle and


embraced her. And they spent the


rest of their lives together in per.
feet peace anil quietness.
Year: 1873

- DVes eSeCes.sOo0e


The rrdimental educstion and
moral training received previous
to my coming to Richmond, were
rather more than nsual in these
early days, though opportunities
and temptations to be sliured into
vices were not SO numerous ~ the
present day, yet when Hook around
among my cotemporaries, who had
similar training, and who have step
ped aside from the path Of recitude,
I ana reminded that the adage to
such may not have proven true:
6 Train up . child in the way it
should so. and when it groxsold it
will not depart from it," 3ss


But it is not my purpose to NOR
alize or sermonize; yet the impor-
tance of the-former 10 too much
neglected by the latter, who may
pay attention more 70 the . tithing
of mint and annis than more
weightier matters.


About the winter of 1880 several
of the young people Of Richmond
formed themselves into q literary
society, and secured areading room,
where the members met each even
ing and on the first day of the week,
for the perusal Of a useful selection
of books and newspapers, and other
social enjoyments. Such society
of young men at this day would be
vastly more useful to them than is
too much the practice of such, who
have some literary requirements,
spending their winter evenings in
saloons and billiard rooms. / am
gratifed to learn that there is an
association of young men who have
the moral courage to refrain from
attending such places, and meet to
/ gether in rooms for intellectual and
literary attainments now in our
city.