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Year: 1872

The CoHgregaonalist newspaper, IN speaking of the
case of the Rev. Stuart Robinson. d. D., who has
brought or will bring action for libel against The
Chicago Post which charged him with an infamous
offense against the lives Of the Northern people
during the Rebellion, says: "Clergymen had better
leave libel suits alone" Possibly; but why give
this advice specially to clergymen There is no class
of men to whom good reputation is of greater im-
pOrtance, and we sorry to say that there Is no
class of whom a certain part of the community is
more willing to believe falsehoOds man,
be he Reverend or Hreverend, must judge for
himself in amatter like this but it is always wise,
especially for clergyman, to think twice. twenty
times twice. before summoning the lawyers to the
support of an assaulted character In the first place,


if he is innocent it would be pleasanter to try the
experiment of living down the lie. In the second
place. clergyman with sufficient professional busi-
ness to warrant him in continuing in the
calling will have no time to spare for the
luxury of lawsuit. Still, we can imag
inc cases which would warrant a slandered
preacher in appealing to the courts. When gross
malignity IN the propagation of a calumny is evil
dent there should be some way of Furnishing its
originator or disseminator; but there are some
aspersions SO malignant and absurd that their OBJ
ject can afford to treat them with contempt. This
is true of all manner of tea-table tittetatle aud
minor gossip to which clergymen are specially ex
posed and concerning which it is the wsest course
for them to maintain at least the appearance of alb
solute ignorance Conemptuous indifference is
ann,at;,oaa vary wholpgome
Year: 1872




The Secretary of the Treasury, no doubt IS
not only o jealous friend of the Administra-
ton whereof he forms part, but an earnest
advocate of the reelection of President Grant.
He has it in his power to give that Admins
tration a lift. to promote that reelection, by
doing very simple thing which will COM
mand the hearty appreciation of nearly all the
American People What we ask him to do is
to use the public money lying dead IN ms ra"'s
and drawing no interest to pay OF our Ndhondt
Debt, on ,chich the people are paying s'r per
cent interest.


Could anything be proved just and wise by
the simplest statement if this is notf What
arguments what considerations, could ada 10
the force of that statemcntf


On tho 1st inst, Mr.. Boutwell, reported that
he had on hand in
Year: 1872

A Fond du Lac paper says that
stolen kiss saved girls life few
DAYS ago. for if the man who did the
deed had not pulled her head for
ward Just as he did, beam which
fell from the upper floor would have
dashed her brains out. Such Is the
story, anyhow. And now the Fon
du Lac girls, when in gentlemen S
company, always become frightened
when looking up at the ceiling.
Year: 1872

1t is almost better for q sick person to
be without nurse at all, than to have a
fussy fidgity one in the room, who gives
the poor invalid the feeling of living in
the midst of small whirlwind. That
it proceeds from the nervousness and
anxiety of affection is no comfort, and
indeed is often only an aggravation,for
the fresh worry that the poor nurse Is
sure TO throw herself into, is check
upon the expression of measiness or
additional illness, which is often relief.
Real affection, united with common
sense, will produce the steady, calm de-
mcanor which is such rest and COM
fort to those who have to struggle with
the nervousness and irritability incl
dental to severe illness. Want of pres
ence of mind in sick-room is product
i've of worse evils than mere distress to
the invalid. The fussy, easily agitated
nurse will be quite overwhelmed by the
sight ofsa fainting fit, or the bursting
afresh of vein after bleeding; she VIII
forget the simplest remedies, or be too
nervous aud too faint to apply them
properly; she is always in danger OF
mistaking medicines, and sometimes
giyes a lotion internally, and carefully
rubs ON tonic or soothing draught.
1t is no exaggeration to say that far
more suffering, even loss of life, has
been caused by want of composure and
presence of mind in a sick-room, than
by negligence, whether wilful or unde-
signed.
Year: 1872

When we consider what an intricate
system of defiance to all known physi-
illogical laws woman's dress has be-
come; the tender age at which this de-
fiance begins, and the relentless pres
sure of it upon the formative and the
recuperative energies of the constitu-
ton; the murderous thinness and seam
tiness of her underdress; the effect 0f
the absence of tlannels, and the custom
of barring the neck and arms, upon the
sensitive tissues Of the lungs and heart !;
the check to all even circulation of the
blood and healthy condition of the skin
inflicted by the imperfect and compress
ed covering of her feet and hands !;
the unhealthy heat of the head, conse-
quent ON the manner in which custem
requires her to collect her hair into a
wad of padding at the base of the brain !;
the clasp of a rack of steel and whale
bone about all the vital organs of the
body; the straight-jacket snap with
which the seams of her dress meet
about her shoulders, arms and chest;
the result inevitable upon making the
hips the pivot upon which her heavy
clothing is hung, and the fulcrum upon
which all the motion of her body must
swing in walking-if, indeed we apply
that term to the infantine toddle with
which women are driven to get about
the world; above all, the unreasonable
and cruel custom which compels her to
drop heavy skirts about her lower limbs
and feet, thus endangering her life on
all occasions, her health on any but Il
dry summer day and her self-rliiance
forever; when we consider the extent
to which the common occupations of 4
woman deprive her of the open air, of
exercise, of change of scene, of ac-
quaintance with the world; of the eX-
tent to which they are adapted to pro-
duce all the varieties of sedentary dis
ease; when we consider the unlimited
luhuCuCC VI tllO iiiiiu upoii bhC DOuN ,Vt
happiness upon health, and the BROOD
ing morbidness and acute suffering
which the lives of women so largely in
ducetin them-shall we find it matter
of surprise that women as race are
diseased and feeble, and are bestowing
upon the world future legacy of dis



eased and feeble children? Shall we
wrap this ruined creature away in 4
shawl to die, and say, with sorrowful
assurance: Behold woman as God
made her?'


Woman'as God made herl As man
and the devil and her own cowardice
have made her! God never made such
women rs are cradling the next genera
ton in this land to-day. Side by side
with female illiteracy,' female feeble
ness is running race among us. Neg
lected brains and tortured bodies are
working their own way upon our actu-
al and possible mothers. Thoughtful
physicians are perplexed and alarmed.
We are beautiful, useful and elevated
order of animals; the world has done
the right thing by us; it has stalled and
fed us; it has petted and praised us
who can complain?
Year: 1872

1t is highly probable that Alexis will
have reason to remember Niagara Falls
in future, not only by the magnitude OF
the cataract but also by the correspond :
ing magnitude of his hotel bills at tha,
place. Swindling has long been q char.
scteristic Of all entertainers of the public
at that place. from hack men to hotel.
keepers Of the second class. As all the
6rst.class houses are closed for the winter
it was q matter Of necessity that the
Duke and party should stop at q second
class house. The Spencer House was
selected, and the party stopped three
fourths of day and ate one meal. The
landlord presented bill Of 81 500 as his
idea of moderate compensation. The
bill was refused, of course. wheroupon
the landlord had the baggage Of the party
seized for the purpose of compelling pay
ment. The matter was finally compro
mized by the payment Of $1,000. the
Duke not caring to involve himself in O
law suit. Niagara has now capped the
climax as the meauest place in the United
States.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of tho British Journal
of Photography predicts that owning to
tho fact that mcro-photography was
brought to such degree of perfection by
the exisencies Of tho siege Of Paris, tho
time may not be far distant when our
daily papers will be about the size of q
postage stamp, and we may have ou,
favorite authors printed on our vest but
tons. Fancy our carrying about with u:
a complete edition of Macaulay on the
three studs we wear in our shirt bosom
or "diamond edition" Of Dickens in oul
sleeve buttons. When that era has ar
rived, it will be as imperative a duty to
carry q microscope as it is to wear ha
or to carry pocket handkerchief. Won
ders will never cease, and we constantly
ask ourselves "what will come next -
Providence Journal.
Year: 1872

Some Michigan boys feeling the need
Of wholesome recreation, stuffed q suit
Of clothes with straw aud buried it
killed couple of chickens and strewed
the blood around tho grave, and trampled
the ground so that it gave evidence of a
fearful struggle. The Mortified citizens
soon discovered the grave, summoned the
corner, had a jury impannelled, dug up
the body, and djourned in q hurry.
Year: 1872

A consignment of seven thousand
salted kangaroo skins was received in
San Francisco several months since from
Australia, and purchased by parties
who propose TO convert them into leather
The skins are now being tanned.
Year: 1872

A Party of Fort Wayne young gen.
tlemau dined sumptuously at restaurant,
and each one insisted on paying the bill
To decide the matter it was proposed to
blindrold the waiter, and the first one he
caught should pay the bill. He hasn't
caught any of them yet.
Year: 1872

An exchange snys that the now style Of
collar for gentlemen is simply terrific.
They ere 90 economical article. however,
as 9Th moderately long pantloons they
DO away With all necessity for shirt.
Year: 1872

/ THIEvING Indians have been lately seen in San Pedro Valley. About the 1st. instant five of them drove seven head of cattle towards Camp Grant reservation on the east side of the ranches; and couple of days later, another party of three passed down on the west side of the river, with five head of cattle headed directly for Grant. They came from the direction of Whetstone Springs, and probably got the stock in Sonora. Ranchers must be on the their guard both for their lives and property. The time Is happily short that Indians off reser- vations can in any way plead peace full or honest intentions, or be treated >Other than as public enemies.
Year: 1872

Henry Ward Beecher thinks it quite proper
for man to have a just estimate of his own
ability and power. He expresses himself as
follows: '..t 'h t-s' ~ lf'T''7 =


''If a man find that on the whole he thinks
faster and more accurately than his partner:
If man find that he has more delicate
sense of truth than his partner, is he bound
by humility to pretend that he does not know
it? 1t in the execution of business one man
sees himself more successful than another. is
it necessary TO humility or proper apprecia-
ton of himself that he should pretend that he
does not see it? If God has given man great
power, must he make believe that he does not
carry power? If a man has the gift of speech,
must he seem ignorant of it? Must Homer,
for the sake of humility, say, 4 cannot sing?'
Or must Milton, in order to be modest, be


lieve that he did not speak in immortal num-
bers? Or must Shakespeare, if he would be
manly, suppose himself to be but common
man? If one can organize forces in society;
it he is a leader among men; if he find him
self producing effects on every side. there is a
reason why he should not think of himself
more highly than he ought to think but there
is no reason why he should not think of him
self as highly as he ought to think, and should
not know what facts are .."saa.'
Year: 1872

WAsHINGToN never made speech In the
zenith of his fame he once attempted 1t, failed,
and gave 1t up confused and abashed. In
framing the Constitution of the United States
the labor was almost wholly performed in
Committee of the Whole, of which George
Washington was day after day the chairman,
and he made but two speeches during the con-
yention, of very few words each, something
like one OF Grants speeches. The convention.
however, acknowledged the master spirit, and
historians affirm that had it not been for his
personal popularity and the thirty words of
his first speech, pronouncing it the best that
could be united upon, the Constitution would
have been rejected by the people Thomas
Jefferson never made speech. He could
not do it. Napoleon, whose executive ability
is almost without parallel, said that his
greatest difficulty was in finding men of deeds
rather than words When asked how he
maintained his influence over his superiors in
age and experience when commander-in-chief
OF an army in Italy, he said 'by reserve" The
greatness of man is not measured BY the
length of his speeches and their number. q
Year: 1872

Whoever has taste for reading need never
be .rithout a companion. Not only that. but
safe one, provided virtue and intelligence
go with such . taste. The storm may howl
outside, but still the hours chime on pleasant
ly. They are to be pitied who lack this re.
source. They are Indeed at the mercy of
excitements, and deprived of these, weari-
ness and discomfort are their sure portion.
Above all, to the young people of both sexes
In our cities, is taste for reading blessing.
We are glad that books and newspapers are
SO cheap, that even thOss who are limited in
purse may yet indulge this taste freely.
Year: 1872

BATHING. Many persons have lost their
lives by getting chilled in the process of
bathing; sometimes by being into the bath
too soon after eating. No person should take
any kind of bath sooner than three hours
after regular meal, and the room should
show heat of seventy five degrees of Fab
renheits thermometer, at about five feet above
the floor in the middle of the room, in order
to avoid dangerous chills; persons of feeble
circulation should have the room still warm
er; if there is an uncomfortable feeling of
coldness to the body when it comes out of
the water, the room is too old.-Hat's Jour
nal Of Health. ga.zas VI I. a7 .4.tslF"
Year: 1872

INEXPENSIVE ORNAMENTS. There is no
more ornament inside or out of our houses 30
cheap and tasteful as plants and flowers. Few
rooms or your house, butthe beauty of flower
ing shrubs, or the living arabesque of thrifty
creeper over your door, are lessons of taste
and beauty. Indeed, suburban residences are
sadly deficient without these simple yet beau.
tifal accessories, always within the reach of
taste and refinement, no matter how empty
the purse. As the real necessities of life re-
quire the least expenditure of time and money
so these objects which tend most truly to sat
isfy the love of the beautiful in nature, within
the reach of her humblest children. 'Fh|
Year: 1872

The following beautiful poem is from the Oxford
dton of Miltons works and as the work is rare and
he lines comparatively little known. we reproduce
hem:


am old and blind!
Men point at me as smitten by Gods frown,
Afflicted and deserted by my Kind;


Yet am not cast down.


am weak; yetdying,
murmur not that no longer see;
Poor, old and helpless the more belong,


Father Supreme, to Thee.


o, Mercifu One!
When men are farthest, then Thou art most near;
When men pass coldly by-my weakness shun-


Thy chariot hear!


Thy glorious face
ls leaning towards me, and its holy light
Shines In upon my lonely dwelling place,


And there Is no more night!


On my bended knee
recognize MI y Thy purpose clearly shown!


Thyself-Thyself alone.


Ihave nought to fear,
This darkness is the shadow of Thy wing,
Beneath 1t l am almost sacred; here


Can come no evil thing.
-. Oh! seem to stand
Trembling where feet of mortal never yet had BEEN
Wrapt in the radiance of Thy sinIess hand,


Which eye had never seen.


Visions como and go;
Shapes of respendant beauty round me throng;
From angels lips seem to hear the flow


OF soft and holy song.i
1t Is nothing now ,..
When Heaven is opened on my sightless eyes
When airs from Paradise refresh my brow


That earth in darkness lies.


In pure cline .... If
Ny being fills with rapture, waves Of thought
Roll In upon my spirit strains sublime


Break over me unsought.


Give me now my Tyre,
feel the stirring of gift divine;
Within my bosom gows unearthly fire,
Lit by no skill of mine.
Year: 1872

BosroN, November 15.-As the sufferers
by the fire become better acquainted with
the nature and extent Of the losses, the feel
ing of confidence among all classes interested
seems to grow stronger that both the home
and foreign insurance companies which
have been brought to insolvency will In time
liquidate their entire debts. The salvage is
found to vary from fifteen to sixty per cent,
in proportion to the loss, as schedules OF
saved property are being made out as rapidly
as possible; and the policies and proofs Of
losses are In some cases already sent to. The
work of adjustment will be pushed forward
with the utmost celebrity.


Large quantities of goods stolen at the
fire have been recovered by the police-the
value being estimated at between 100000
aud S4O0,000 !; aud lot Of unclaimed pro.
perty now awaits Identification at the City
Hail.
Year: 1872

FIFTEEN DAYS IN JAIL PoR STEALING
THIRTY CENTS WORTH OF Woop.-Yestcr-
day morning Thomas Fife appeared before
the Police Court to answer the Charge of
stealing quantity of wood, valued at thirty
cents, the property of r. Schultz. The ac
cused was found guilty, and his punishment
fixed ut fifteen days in the city Jail.
Year: 1872

HORSE DISEASE IN THE CoUNTRY.-The
Baptist Memorial Committee, have found II
necessary to recall and postpone the appoint
ments made In the Middle District and James
Riuer Associations for the coming two weeks
on account of the prevalence or dread of the
horse disease preventing the gathering OF
congregations.


Several of our principal stage and canal
mail-contractors have stopped carrying the
mail owing to the sickness Of their horses.
Year: 1872

RAIN, ETc.-On the last day of May and again
on Tuesday last this section of the country was
visited with fine refreshing showers Of rain, suf-
ncient to do growing crops much good, and yet
the chances are that as much harm as good was
done by them. The pasturage had become
partially dried and suffered the loss of much
notrlment by these bleaching showers, and large
quantities of hay was down in the fields and
also suffered material damage Had these show
Fr' come two weeks earlier they would have been
uodsend, but now honors are about even
mains after this season of the year are positive
uamaSe in this section of the State
Year: 1872

THE Rock CREEK ScHooL.-This school, after
an eight months session. closed on Friday last
for the present year. Owing to the paucity OF
attendance on the part of the children, OCCASION
ed by their withdrawal from school to assist in
harvest work, there was no examination this
time, as was the case last Fall This indeed we
very much regret, but, to prevent recurrence
of this kind at any time hereafter it is to be
hoped that the school will be commenced early
enough in the Spring 50 that the term may be
completed efore the reapers are needed


The school is now well organized and in good
working condition, and the department excellent.
1t is graded as follows: Second grade, first
division, thirteen pupils; second division, eight;
third division, fourteen Third grade. second
division, five; third division, four.


The first Of the above classes has ovinced q
marked Improvement in reading, arithmetic and
composition, although it must be owned, they
had to unlearn great deal Of what they had
previously learned and bad habits early con-
tracted under bad system and defective tute-
age, had to be eradicated. The next class has
not attained equal perfection owing to the habits
being more deeply laid, and therefore more diff
cult to be overcome. The third class show a
degree OF proficiency and thoroughness that can.
not be surpassed, it is everything that could be
wished for. The two next classes also show q
good degree Of intelligence and ere promising.
The tctal number of pupils enrolled are Al;
average number belonging, 35; average daily
attendance, 81; percentage of attendance, 50;
tardiness none. The children are happy and
cheerful, strong healthy and robust, the develop
ment of the mind and body seemingly going on
together hand in hand. The teacher, it is worthy
to note, is engaged for the ensuing year. Will
this be taken as evidence Of his competency and
attention or that the people are at last coming
to understand the bad policy of frequently
changing their teachers. The salary of the
teacher, it is said, is also to be increased.
Year: 1872

School PrcNrc.- The closing picnic OF Auburn
Public schools took place on Monday last. as
per announcement, and was pleasant and salts
factory reunion. The attendance was modcr-
ately large and all seemed to enjoy themselves
with the feasting and varied exercises of the day
as well as could have been expected. The day
was an extremely pleasant one, it being neither
too warm or cool for comfort. The participa-
tors began gathering about nine clock, and the
last were leaving the grounds about five O'Clock
in the evening, after day we'll and pleasantly
spent, and especially so to the children.
Year: 1872

GONG HoME.-Miss Minnie Carter who has had
charge of Forest Hill Public school for the past
two years, leaves, we learn, for her home in
Illinois, next Wednesday. We learn that the
school authorities and patrons of Forest Hill
deeply regret to part with their much esteemed
and accomplished teacher, and will hold the
situation open if Miss Garter can possibly be
induced to return.