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Year: 1871

To DEVELOP TALENT.-Place a man
iu position that will fearfully tax and try
him, position that will often bring the
blush to his cheek and the sweat to his
brow, position that will overmaster him
at times, aud cause him to rack his brain
for resources. Place him in position
like this but every time he trips 30 to his
rescue ; 60 not with words of blame or
ceusure, but go with manful words Of en-
couragement look him boldly in the eyo.
and speak them with soul aud Emphasis.
This is the way to make man ofa boy, and
. giant Of man. Ifa man haspluck and
talent, no matter whether he has ever
filed a given position or not, put him in it,
if worthy, and he will soon not only iill it
but outgrow it, But put one 10 position
with a faint heart-this is the way to kill
him. Put him in grandly, with most un'
mistakable conf dence. Stand by him witl
the will aud confidence Of truo friend.
Thus try twenty men, such as have been
named, and nineteen will succeed.
Year: 1871

THE BENEFIT OF WoRK.-Some good
people try to bring up their children so
exquisitely that when the children 60 out
for themselves they have no sef-control,
and are Immediately bankrupt. Let chill.
dren make mistakes and learn BY their
mistakes. just in proportion as child is
worth anything he is full Of force. and it
must have an outlet The damnation Of
thousands Of young men is in bringing the
full, fresh power of youth to the city. with
no work for an outlet. They soon 6ud
something to do. o, the slaughter Of
young men! My heart is sick and heavy.
pation-work that uses you, that fills
you, is your salvation. There is nothing
more dangerous than an educated commu-
nifty with nothing to do. There are thous-
ands of educated women who do not work.
No doubt that God intended men and
women should marry. But in the Unequal.
tiles of the present condition Of society
many women cannot be married. If the
women are in feeble health or have little
force, there is not much trouble; but l
don't wonder that the bold, eaglelike ma.
lures fret in their limits and detest life, or
that the great hearts dash themselves out
in waste. There must be an outlet fol
these immense forces, or society will 60 on
getting worse aud worse to the end
Beecher.
Year: 1871

A SWEET TEMpER.-No trait Of char.
acter is more valuable in woman than the
possession of a sweet temper. Home can
never be made happy without it. 1t is like
the flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering US. Let man go
home at night wearied with the tolls of the
day, and how soothing is a word dictated
by good disposition! 1t is sunshine
falling on the heart. He is happy aud
the cares are forgotten. A sweet temper
has soothing influence over tho minds of
whole family. Where it is found in the
wife and mother, you observe kindness and
love prcdomiuating over the natural feel.
ing of a bad heart. Smiles, kind words
and looks, characterize the children, and
peace and love have their dwelling there.
A sweet temper is more valuable than
gold; it captivates more than beauty, and
to the close of life it retains all its fresh
ness aud power.
Year: 1871

PATHErrc.-A Norwich authority
tells pathetic little story about a pig
con which became fastenel by long
string hanging from its leg to tele
graph wire. Two or three cruel boys
wanted to throw stones at it; but kind
gentleman telling them not to hurt the
poor bird, got a ladder, and carefully
uuwound the string, and put the fright
cned futtcring little creature tenderly
into his bosom while he descended.
The next evening he remarked that it
had made much nicer pie than he had
expected.
Year: 1871

: The following strange story is related


by a New Zealand correspondent of a


San Francisco paper in support of the
Darwinian theory of man. descent.


The person. thus singularly nursed, is
said 30 be one of the present members


of the New Zealand Legislature.S His
early life was spent in the wiidsO of


South Africa. When a mere infant he
was one day laid peacefully at rest at


the door iOf his woodland home, his


worthy parent near the cabin, shot the
offspring of a large monkey, lat which
the feelings of the affectionate mamma
were of course much wounded. She


was, however, driven away by the ap-
preaching hunter, and in passing the
cabin door noticed and stole the New.
Zealand legislator. THE. loss was not
discovered until an hour later, and


then all efforts to find the irobber
proved unaVaiiing. Three months after
this period a hunting party came across
a family OF monkeys in the wilderness,
and there, in the arms of the careful
although unttlt ored wet nurse, was the
lost child, who chattered and 'jibbered
in the most approved monkey fashion,
apparently fully equal to the exigencies
Of the Situation The correspondent
wanted to know whether there could


be any more convincing evidence than


this Of the affinity between our race
and the hairy, ,dehizens of the woods.
Year: 1871

Twas once walking short distance
behind a. very handsomely dressed
young gill, and thinking as Hooked at
her beautiful Clothes 81 wonder If she
takes half as much pains with her heart
as she does with her bOdy?'. A poor
old man was coming up the walk with
a loaded wheelbarrow, and just before
he reached us, he made two attempts
to go into the yard ofa small house,
but the gate was heavy and would
swing back before he could get through.
tsWait,p said the young girl, springing
lightly forward, H"I'll hold the gate
open." "joAnd she held the gate until he
passed in, and received his thanks with
q pleasant smile as she went on. "She
deserves to have beautiful Clothes" /
thought, "for a beautiful spirit dwells
in her breast. ~ Little Corporal.
Year: 1871

"


OfIRterest to Builders.-The inaui-


ry having been made whether a good
job of stone or brick work can be done


in the extreme cold of winter, a writer


in the Chicago Tribune replies affirma-
lively, and cites as proof, of the fact
| that he built a mill tower six stories
high-the walls two feet six inches


in thickness when the cold was SO


intense that it became necessary to boil
"a pail of water near each mason, TO dip
histroweF in to'stOpthe mortar from
freezing on it. Daring the following
summer the work was tuck pointed,
and it looks as well and is rs good a
Job a{any ever lone in summer. In
putting up brick walls in winter, care
must be taken not to let the brick get
wet before laying or Immediately after
-IaYlrg. 80 = -
Year: 1871

Baked beans.-Takef small white
beans, put to soak at 6 P. NJ, in a deep
vessel; change The water late in the
evening, and again'next morning, and
parboil for two hours, changing the
water at the end of the second hour.
Pour off nearly all the water; take
raw pork scored on the top; put the
beans in q deep dish; the pork in mid
die, sinking it so as to Rave it just lev
ell with the surface. Add q very little


nolases, and bake at least six hours,
raising the pork toward the last so that
-it may crisp on the top. s.
Year: 1871

a 5.lady'sl husband being away from
home, died while absent. One of the
neighDors being requested to inform
her of her husbands death, found her
at dinner, and when he informed her
of the death she requested the neighbor
to wait until she had finished her din
ner, when he woald hear some ibawl-
ling. .Alaa2 ga Ir-iHy
Year: 1871

a BONE FELoN.-0f all the feelings,
can there be any so iexcruciateingly
painful as bone felon? I'VE know of
none that flesh is heir to-, AS this mall
ady,is quite frequent, and a subject of
much earnest consideration, we give
the latest receipt for Its cure, which is
given by high authority, the London
Lancet: GAS soon rs the disease is felt,


put directly over the spot a fly blister
about the size of q thumb nail, and let
it remain for six hours, at the expira-
ton of which time, directly under the
surface of theG blister may be seen the
felon, which can instantly be taken out
with h'the point of a nedle or lancet" 49,
Year: 1871

The weeks business closes tame and Gfeless
without animation in any department, and the most
fastidous stcker for the literal truth could without any
quans OF conscience pronounce this day as even more
dull than the other days of the week now closing VI
there has been movement In stocks, and this
condition OF things Is likely to continue until after the
election Tuesday. is of the hopeful signs OF
the times that Change, where politics are usu
ally put under the ban, the topic Of most interest
and which occupies most Of the thought and
conversation OF the street, is the coming election
and the possibility, If not probability, OF oustng the
band OF thieves who have so aulaciously robbed ana
welnigh bankrupted the great city and commercial
center Of the Western Hemisphere As an indication OF
the interest felt by the business community in this effort
to redeem the reputation and credit Of the city, the
Stock Exchange and Gold Board have determined to
close on election day, so there will be recognized
market In Wa-st for anything The Banks favor
suspension Of business for the day. and number OF them
have given notice the brokers Of the street that they
will make no calls for demand loans on election day.
Wholesale business in the commercial ne Is now deh
ntely assured will be quite generally suspended The
Produce Exchange at meeting held to-day, COL Reed,
president Of the Exchange In the chair decided by an
unusually full vote TO adjourn Monday to Wednesday
The Naval Store trade adopted similar resolution at the
Merchants Exchange, Pnc-st. The Groccrs' Board Of
Trade, Pearst., adopted resolution recommend
ing the members to close their places Of business
on Tuesday.


The stock market has been strong all day and prices ad
vanced to per cent At least the variations of the
market were within that limit. Tie favorable bank re-


turns impaired farther strength prices aud late deal


ngs were the best figures OF the day. but there was
hardly enough doing to establish quotations The most
active dealings in New-YOrk Central Lake Shore,
Ohio and Mississippi Ere, North Western Common,
Rock Island and Wabash Pittsburgh went of two per
cent In the pogniDg but recovered part Of the decline
in the afterh6on. The Investment shares were dull,
but without any especial change in prices. At
the informal meeting OF the holders Of preferred stock
In the st. Louis Alton, and Teyre aute Railroad, held
today unanimously resolved to request the Board
Of directors settle the dividends due for the years 1860
and 10 follows 10 per cent in por cent Income bonds
par and per cent in preferred atock at par-makng
together the per cent in 1t stated
that the business OF the road Is improving and the
opinion expressed that 1t would be practicable for
the Company resume cash dividends May 1874 The
report Of the Committee be at the Office Of o.
d. Ashley Co.. No. 81 New-st, where stockholders
requested to call, order to sign the application to the
Board Of Directors Miscellaneous and Express shares
firm, hut quiet The following table shows the
highest and lowest prices Of stocks made to-day
Year: 1871

signal clearness and force Of illustration. lie concludes
his paper with the expression Of his belief that the sys


tenn which he has explained alone purify the govern


Of cities, and that in spite of the opposition
of unscrupulous politicians and Of the tmid good" II
will yet be adopted because 1t Is the only just and right
system and because almost every other possible device
has been tried and tried in vain. We do not
know how far Mr. Nordho1Ts powerful arguments may
prevail against the fecuent tide Of corruption that has


swept all municipal relations but he has spoken sn
able word at the right time and It cannot fail Of sau


tary influence II t does not find general acceptance
Year: 1871

Of November coupons the specie movement Of the week
covering the sale of million In the regular weekly way,
tho receipts Of to5s7242 In the way Of customs and
tsse representing the specie export the coin dsburse-
ments footing UP A9s5iOo. The gain in legsltenders
shows that tho outflow Of currency has been than
Offset by the influx. The following table shows the
Year: 1871

Money has been quiet and easy all day, and the supply
Offering has been abundant at and per cent call.
Prime paper at 10 and u per cent Tue
hank statement WAS much favorable than generally
anpatsd TIE increase p specO indicates the eashinz
Year: 1871

The quarterly number of The Ner Engldnder
for October has elaborate discussion Of the relation Of
railways the State maintaining the principle that the
State be preserved intact from the inSdious in


uence Of corporate hierarches, which should be re-
garded public institutions TO be managed for the bene
At OF the public under strict responsibility to the State
They should be made to understand by the enactment OF
adequate statutes the possibility OF forfeiture to the
State only of its charter but Of oil its goods and
chatels. III the view Of the writer this practca
BILE it is necessary, for though legislatures may be
bought, and the inside OF politics Of all parties
the who the slate and pull the wires at
cOnventiOns-are nOtOriOusy venalTthe people when
reused by great danger to consciousness Of the
situation be brbed and will be ried with
The sovereign people, when the time shall have come,
will find way under the Constitution and by the laws,
TO make the hugcst corporation servant OF the COM
mOnwcalth and not its master. Although the author Is
too sauguile in his hopes from the action Of popular
sovereignty the agitation Of the subject cannot fail of
a sutary effect and he has performed avaluabc service
70 the public by his vigorous and timely assertion Of the
common rights. Among the other articles in this
Der which VIII be read with interest in different quarters
are The Poetry Of William Morris Christianity in
its Progressive lations," and The Future of Yale
College"
Year: 1871

A prominent article i'll the October number


OF The NOTh american Rertep, by Mr.. Charles NOrdhOf


which will attract the attention Of thinking men at the
present crisis is devoted to the abuses in the government
of NcwYork pointing them out with unsparinR fidelity


and at the same time proposing remedy which may
be universally deemed sound In theory or available in
practice is certainly the road to reform and presents
many valuable suggestions Mr. NOrdhOf considers the
great evil Of all the municipal charters OF EewYOrk to
De the Limitation Of the power OF the people over their
own concerns The government Of this city has never
made the people responsible 10 themselves 1t has been
founded distrust and fear Of the the popu


atOn But this Mr.. NOrdhof argues, Is wholly unrea-
sonable. Although the majority are poor and live
from hand TO mouth, they are, In the main, n
lawrespecting, peaceable orderly people In the afro
riot Of 1862 there the best reasons for believing
that the actual rioters numbered thousand
men, with comparatively small number Of women and
boys, who stole, and occasionally set fire TO An aban.
doncd shop warehouse But tho people OF New York
had part in the disturbance and riotous body ia al
ways limited IN numbers aud despicabe In character
to be put down without much difficulty by the police
To then that the city s unfit for popular


s pure nonsense There is salvation but In the direct
and effective action OF the people But this plain square,
honest method Is not likely to meet with favor from hack
politicians OF any persuasion because IN very few yeara


II would scatter jObbing and imbechty to the wipds
and give the city useful and respectable Poyerpuent


in which the best citizens might be proud to take part
without undertaking to plan u new City Charter Mr..
Nordho6 suggests that the Constitution OF the United
States affords the best model for the municipal organic


law Its main features are applicable the city as TO
the whole country They include one responsible head
who appoints all bis subOrdnates and whom alone the
people look for the enforcement Of the laws judc1-
Sry appointed for life md legislature which
controls the purse strings. II New-York is to hive
Rn efficient and economical government, its charter
must coincide with the Federal Constitution in these
three pointS First II must give the city Mayor
elected by the whole people, for short term who sould
appoint oil bis subOrdnates but for his term OF Of
bee only; second city judiciary to be appointed by the
Mayor. and retaining office during good be-
laviOr; third, q common council with power
'vcr every purely municipal interest, and especially
vcr the appropriations Of the City Government.
Cbe details o ptGn forth by Mr. Hurdho6 with
Year: 1871

Says the London Times: At this mo-
ment Birmingham is losing its old mar
let. A few years ago it used to supply
the United States largely with edged
tools, farm implements and various
smaller wares. It does so no longer, nor
is the cause to be sought merely in the
American tariff. It is found that their
manufacturers supersede Us not only in
their own but in foreign markets and in
our own colonies, and the Birmingham
Chamber has the sagacity to discover and
the courage to declare that it is owing to
the superiority Of American goods
High as are the wages of an English
artisan, those of an American artisan
are higher still, and yet the mauufactur-
ers Of the United States can import iron
and steel from this country at heavy
duty, work up the metal by highly-paid
labor, and beat US out of the market
after all with the manufactured articles.
How is that to be explained? The
Americans succeeded in suppIanting US
by novelty of construction and excel
lence Of make. They do not attempt to
undersen US in the mere matter of price.
Our goods may still be the cheapest, but
they are no longer the best, and in the
country where an axe, for instance, is
an indispensable implement, the best
article is the cheapest, whatever it may
cost. Settlers and emigrants soon find
this out, and they have found it out to
the prejudice of Birmingham.
Year: 1871

How WDrunkenness is Produced.


A sudden mental emotion car


send too much bIood to the Brain


or too great mental excitement doe:


the same thing. It is the essential


nature of all wines and spirits to


send an increased amount of blood


to the brain. ,''..''''..
The first effect of taking a glass. OF


wine or stronger form of alcohol is


to send the blood there faster than
common hence it quickens the cir
culatiOn that gives a red face; it
increases the activity of the brain,
and it works fasterrand SO does the
tongue. But as the blood goes to
the brain faster than common, it re-
turns faster, and no special perma-
nent harm results. But supposing a
man keeps on drinking, the blood is
sent to the brain so much faster, in
such large quantities, that in order
to make room for it the arteries
have to enlarge themselves; they
increase in size, and in doing so
press against the more yielding fac
cid veins, which carry the blood
from the brain, and thus diminish
their size, their bores the result be-
ing, the blood is not only carried to
the arteries of the brain faster than
is natural or heaIthful, but is pre-
vented from leaving it as fast as
usual ; hence a double set of causes
Of death are set in operation. Hence
a man may drink enough brandy or
other spirit in few hours or even
minutes to bring on fatal attack
Of apOplexy; this is literally being
dead drunk.-[Hall's Journal of
Year: 1871

The three great eonquerOrs Of the
world are Fashion, Love and Death.


Let your expenses be such as to
leave u balance in your pocket
Ready money is a friend in need.


Hearts may be attracted by as
sumed qualities but the affections
are only to be fixed by those that
are real.


Benefit your friends that thew
may love you still more dearly;
benefit your enemies that they may
become your friends.


SMILES AND FRoWNs.-It is al.
ways in our power to make a friend
BY smiles what folly, then, to
make an enemy by frowns.


FATE AND NECEss1Tr.-We can
not conquer fate and necessity; yet
we can yield to them in such a man
ner as to be greater than if we
could.


KEEP AWAY FROM BAD HABITS.
No person ever got stung by hOr-
nets who kept away from where
they were. Tt is just so with bad
habits.


PRAY SIMPLY.-God loves to have
US pray with earnest simplicity
Better in Gods sight are the broken
and heartfelt utterances of a child
than the high flown utterances of
some who think themselves wonder
ful in prayer.
Year: 1871

German SchOOlmaSter'S Duties,


A teacher in Germany has to pos
sess much more versatile abilities
than in this country, nearly com.
plete as is our system of education
In addition to his knowledge of the
elementary branches, he has to be
able to pass examination in music
after the following manner: He
must understand the theory, origin,
composition and definition of chords;
must be able to transcribe a choral
correctly; render a statement of the
principles which govern difficult
consecutive chords have a knowl-
edge of common transition from one
key to another; and also some
knowledge, however slight, of the
construction of organs.


1t also devolves upon him, in
singing, to be able to give the note
either in the major or minor key ;
he must sing a choral at sight, and
be able to lead a part in the singing.
His duties do not stop here; for in
organ playing; he must be able to
play an easy choral and voluntary
correctly. Thus you see a school
master in Germany is expected to be
a gentleman of very varied attain
ments.
Year: 1871

What grows bigger the more you contract it p
Debt.


What is that which is full Of holes and yet holds
water? A sponge.


Who was the wisest man KnOwer. What did
he knOw2 He knew enough to go in out Of the
rain.


When has a man right to scOld his wife about
the coffee? When he has sufficient grounds


Why are birds like farmers Because they de-
pend upon their crops for support.


In what way did ]. D. obey the Scriptures? HI
took humble position, so that when the conduc tO
came along he was asked to go up higher.


What evidence have we that those conductors dis
believed the Scriptures They thought it best tha
man should be alone.


Answer to Enigma in the News Of August oath
James Wrinkle and Alice Hardy.
Year: 1871

It is a good thing to obey the law
of God, but it is a better thing to
love it. The former is to live a new
life, the latter is to have a new
heart. A slave may obey master
whom he fears and hates, but child
loves the laws of a father.
Year: 1871

Down A PEG.-The Pope, in a
late address to the faithful, declared
that infallibility does not include the
authority to set up and depose SOW
ereigns, but that it relates aItOgeth-
er to doctrine. Once, he says, the
Popes exercised this authority, but
now the day is past. True enough
the old Pope waking up.
Year: 1871

"That you believe you have a call to
preach is all very good as far as it goes, q"
said an old doctor of divinity to a theo-
logical student; "but," he added, ave
must wait and see whether people think
they have a call to hear you"
Year: 1871

Milton has left bis testimony Of
the need that men have of intellect
ual capacity and cultivation in a
wife. "WithOut it," he says, "there
must come the unspeakable weari-
ness and despair Of all social delight,
which turns the blessed ordinance
of God into a sore evil under the
sun or at last 10 a familiar mis-.
chief, a dropping and disconsolate
household"