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Year: 1873

Thursday night, says the Troy Whig,
report that an elopement in high life
had occurred in the city gained credence
among a few persons. 1t originated in
the following manner A lady well and
favorably known (whose name, for obvious
reasons, we s1ppress), becoming tired
of the monotony of ler life, thought to
change the current of it by what she
supposed to be a funny trick" The
lady, after carefully secreting her jew
els and elegant clothing, hid in an out
Of the-way place in her fathers house,
where she remained many tedious hours,
waiting for the search which she knew
would made for her when her absence
was discovered. Night came, and as
the maiden had not made her appear
ance, inquiries concerning her were
made of her friends, who. of course,
knew nothing about her. Her apart
ment was then searched by the terrified
parents, who became frantic when it
was discovered that her jewels and
clothing were missing. A letter found
in a jewel box coolly informed her par
ents that she had eloped because it was
romantic to do so, but would return on
the following day to beg their forgive
ness. An agonizing scream from the
mother of the lady brought her quickly
from her hiding place. And thus joy
fully ended the affair, which at the be-
ginning seemed to the alarmed parents
lives
Year: 1873

A party of sixteen set off from Chillon
to make the ascent of the Rocher du
Naye. After experiencing some diff
Guilty from binding mist and hailstones
the summit was reached, and at about
two o'clock the descent was begun.


There were no guides. Several of the
party knew the mountain well, and,
though they had not been up this sea-
son, it was decided that a different route
should be taken homeward by Glion.
First came long, steep slope of snow,
soft on one side, but like sheet of ice
on the other then a small ledge of rock
about foot and half in width, with
another slope of loose stones terminal
ing in a precipice, going down some
thousand feet into the Valley of Mon
treux. Mr.. Frederick Close, Is years
of age (brother to the two Closes who
have made the name famous in connec-
Year: 1873

A Lancaster gentleman, after having
been partially flayed by his barber
three times week, for a number of
years, suddenly came to the conclusion
that he would in future do his own
shaving. 1t took him some time to
hunt up his implements, but he found
them at last. His shaving brush was
firmly imbedded in the family glue-pot,
his wife having discovered that it was
quite handy to mend some broken fur
niture but by careful manipulation he
managed to recover most of the handle.
He did not say much, but, when lie
found one of his razors on the top shelf
in the pantry, where the hired girl had
left it after she had used it for chopping
suet, he could not help giving vent to
soiloquy on the general want of dis
elimination exhibited by hired girls.
Then, after another half hours search,
he found his other razor in the little
drawer under the ch;Donnicre, with
signs visible on the blade that his little
daughter had been stropping it on a
slate-pencil. He was calm, very calm,
and during all breakfast time he talked
to his wife about women being the most
foolish, idiotic creatures on the face of
the earth, and, if she called that slop
coffee, he'd better board somewhere
where they knew how to make coffee !;
and the way he slammed the door when
he went out showed how the tempest
ragged within. His wife says she can't
understand how John could make such
fuss out of nothing. The razors were
not hurt bit, for after he had gone she
nearly cut her finger off cleaning them
with soap and sand, and had them both
beautifully bright by the time John
came home. He, however, has given
up all idea of shaving himself, and let's
his beard grow out of revenge.
Year: 1873

The name of Senator Kelley, of Orc
gon, Democrat, does not appear i'll the
above list at all, from the fact that the
law prescribed that the amount of mile
age paid each Senator should be deduct
ed from his back pay, and the balance
then paid over to him. In Kelley case,
his mileage exceeded the amount of his
back pay, SO there was nothing due him
on account of the latter.
Year: 1873

A YOUNG lady left one of our shops in
a hurry the other day, with Il small par
eel she had purchased, and put into her
bag. She left so suddenly that the
clerk could not cut the twine which tied
her parcel, and it spun out like
harpoon line from whale boat-so he
/" let her run" The lady had, as usual,
ever so many calls to make, and in all
sorts of directions. In three-quarters
of an hour the twine ran out, and her
various crossings and turning had spun
it into one Nubia, seven purses, and
tidy and half.-Erchange.
Year: 1873

AN IMpossIBILIrY.-It is utterly i'm
possible that two ordinary persons
should live contentedly together, and
not offend each other sometimes. The
offense may not be Intentional it may
occur inadvertently. In order to enjoy
life, all unintentional offenses ought to
be forgiven. Itwould be well, however,
if persons studied not to give offense,
even Internationally.
Year: 1873

Prof. Youmans, in the last Popular
Science MonthlV, furnishes some infor-
nation about sunstrokes with which
many persons are not likely to be famil-
lar. He says it may be experienced
without exposure to the direct rays of
the sun it attacks people in hospitals,
vessels, and often in the night men in
bed who have retired in apparent
health. 1t is produced by exposure to
artificial heat, as in the laundry of IL
hotel. Heat is the principal exciting
cause, but other conditions aid it, as
overcrowding insufficient ventilation and
exhaustion, produced by prolonged ex-
ertion. Want of acclimatizatiOn is a
prcdisposing cause and spirit drinkers
are more liable to it than abstainers. A
victim of sunstroke should be taken i'm
mediately to the shade; outdoors is bet
ter than indoors, on account of the ven
tilation the clothes should be strip
ped from the body, and the head, neck
and chest should be continually drench-
ed with cold water, until there is per-
ceptible diminution of the temperature
of the body. The patient should be
encouraged to drink freely. To avoid
sunstroke, the function of the skin
should be kept free by bathing; hard
labor in a highly heated atmosphere
should be stunned the dress worn
should be light and loose fitting, and
the hat light and so made as to permit
free circulation about the top of the
head.
Year: 1873

Pdganini upon one occasion was
from London TO Paris,
when his lannon's Guarnerius met with
an accident, the case in which it was
carried having fallen down with SO
violent conclusion as To unglue one
nf the inner blocks of the instrument
On reaching Paris he took it tn the
best and most celebrated maker he
could find, to whom he related, in the
greatest distress, what had happened,
and that his violin in consequence
had lost its tone. The gentleman APP
piled to, informed the disconsolate
performer that in order to ascertain
the precise amount of mischief, it
would be necessary to open the instru.
ment; but to this Paganini would
not consent, unless the operation was
performed at his own house and
under his own eyes; and the torture
he underwent was indcscribable. He
seemed, indeed to be suffering the very
pangs of martyrdom, and absolutely
writhed in his chair at each crack
caused by the breaking away of the
glue at the action Of the knife. The
success achieved by the operator in
removing the body of the violin in
duced him, however, to intrust him
with it for the space Of three whole
days, at the end of which his vieiin
was returned to him perfectly restored.
A few days afterward, meeting the
musical doctor who had by his skill
effected so complete a cure for the in
ternal injury, the grateful violinist
took him by the arm, and saying,
Thank you, my dear friend, it is as
good as BEFORE he drew from his
waistcoat pocket little red morocco
box, which he presented to him with
the observation 81 have had two Plus
made ; the one for the doctor of my
body, the other for the doctor of my
violin" When the recipient Of the lat
ter gift opened the little box it was
found to contain Il pin set with twenty
three diamonds, in the form Of the
letter p.
Year: 1873

Some statistician gives US as u result
of his investigations that, about 1000
acres are cleared of timber each week
day in this country. OF the annual
crop S5,000,000 worth goes to fuel,
and s150,000,000 worth to fencing.
The Locomotives in this country con-
sumo no less than 100000 cords of
wood a year, or 5000 acres annually.
We also see it stated, that a. careful
es tie has been made Of the timber
la n Pennsylvania and the aver
ago cid of lumber per acre, and the
alarming conclusion is arrived at that
three years stocking of mills at the
present rale Give hundred millions of
feet yearly), will exhaust all the pine
timber now standing. These state
ments being made after very careful
estimates and by experienced lumber.
men in the State, gives them such an
emphatic iudorsment that their truth
can scarcely be doubted; and taken
in connection with the recent heavy
sales Of timber lands in this and ad-
joining counties, should admonish
those who still have good bodies OF
pine timber to be careful as to how
they slash and cut it down. We have
frequently, during the past year or
two, tried to impress upon the land
holders the necessity of preserving
their standing timber, that its increase
in value OH the stump would yield a
greater profit TO the owners IN the
course Of Il few years, then could be
realized in any either investment they
could make; and each day is develop
ing the fact that our predictions were
correct. And now once more we ad-
monish those who still have good
standing timber to preserve it. Take
care Of it, and don't cut any Of it un-
necessarily, for the day is not very re-
mote when it will be worth double its
present price.-Ec.
Year: 1873




Some time since little town in
Ohio was infested by incendiares, and
all other means of detection having
failed, two or three persons clubbed
together and purchased bloodhound,
one of the kind used by the chivalry
to hunt down runaway negroes in the
pleasant days before the war In
some manner the news Of this little bit
bit of enterprise became noised
about and the fires suddenly ceased,
not an opportunity having been offered
since to put the animal on the trail of
an incendiary. The day before Christ
mas, however, a citizen discovered that
q beautiful evergreen tree in front of
his residence had been cut down and
carried off the night before, and the
long looked for chance was afforded for
testing the new purchase. TO the as
toinishment of all, the four.legged de-
tective took a straight line to the
house of one of the wealthiest deni-
zens of the town, nearly three-quar-
ters of a mile distant, and placing his
fore paws on the window, glaring
through and bayed savagely at the
owner, who was engaged in decorating
the tree for the festivities Of the NOR
row. The scene that followed may,
perhaps, be imagined, and consider
able sum Of money was readily paid
in order to hush the affair up.


A mentionable old lady died in
Newburyport, Massachusetts, this week
This was Mrs. Abigail ID. Cook. She
died on the 73d anniversary of her
wedding, and in the same room in
which she was married She was one
of the choir which sang at the welcome
of General Washington on his visit to
Newburyport, and she also sang at the
commemorative services on the occa-
sion of the Generals death. She was
the mother of nine children, and fol
sixty-fye years member of the
church. She is said TO have been a
very handsome woman in her prime
and she retained her sprightliness tc
the last.
Year: 1873

TRANSLATED FROM THE srANfsH, ny A. N. n
o let the soul its slumbeis break,
Arouse its senses, and awake


To see how soon
Life in its glories glide away,
And the stern footsteps of decay


Come stealing on.
Aud While we view the rolling tide
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away so fast,
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream Joy


Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind:
No happier let us hope to fud


Tomorrow than to-day.
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight,


Like them decay.
Our lives like fastening streams must be
That into one enguling sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea of death, whose waves roll on
Ger king, and kingdom, crown and throne,


And swallows all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivulets glide


To that sad wave;
Death leavels poverty and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side


Within the grave.
Our birth is but the starting place:
Life is the running of the race,


And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are brought;
That path alone of all unsolight


Is found of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth


That lure us here;
Dream of sleep that death must break.
Alas before 1t bids us wake


We disappear.
Long ere the damp of earth can blight
The cheeks pure glow Of red and white


Has passed away;
Youth smiled, aud all was heavenly fair;
Age came and laid his finger there,


And where are they?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that moved so blithe and gay,


The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step Is slow,
And joy grows wearisome, and woe
When age comes on.
Year: 1873

Feed more grass These three words
contain and explain the entire theory of
that practice by which any one can make
hog distinguishing the cholera--as profit
able as the raising of any other kind of
stock, if not more so, on account of their
ready sale in any market every year.
When L say feed more grass, do not mean
to advise you to turn your sows and pigs,
shoats and stock hogs upon short crop of
any kind OF grass, or upon an old field in
which the noXious weeds and briers luxu-
riate, or from which the cream of the best
and richest heritage has been cropped by
your bunch ofmules, cattle or horses, and
then, expect your hogs to flourish, grow
and fatten for the market, without feeding
them corn at all. By no means; for hogs
kept on such pasture must have corn, and
that in ample quantities every day, if you
would realize anything from their growth.


A small but excellent hog raiser follow
ed these rules: He fed about siXty-five
acres in clover and rye; while the clover
was growing rapidly, he turned in the
smaller ones, and when it blossomed, he
turned them all in until the rye was ripe
enough, then turned them all on rye to eat
it down, and in this way the clover and
the rye reseeds fields for years. Before the
clover came, there was always good blue
grass pasture. The first of October they
were put up and finished on corn. On
this plan his hogs were always healthy
and his fork cheaply made.
Year: 1873

The following is the text of the bill
abolishing the franking privilege, as we
find it in the Washington Republican:


''Be it enacted, etc., That the franking
privilege be, and the same hereby is abol-
ished from and after the 1st day of July,
1873, and that henceforth all official cor
respondence, of whatever nature, and all
other mailable matter sent from or address
ed to any office of the government, or to
any person now authorized to frank such
matter, shall be chargeable with the same
rates of postage as may be lawfully imposed
upon like matter sent by or addressed to
other persons; Provided, That no COM
pensation or allowance shall now or here
after be made to Senators, members and
delegates of the House of Representative
on account of postage.
Year: 1873

THE city Of Lexington has been giving
the whole State of Kentucky a good deal
Oftrouble ever since the Fifteenth Amend
ment came in force. A majority of the
voters of the city are Republicans, and
the question has been how to keep the
city Government Democratic? TO do this
the Legislature has been amending the
charter so as to perpetuate in Office, those
elected under the old regime. Thus
far they have succeeded, but powerful
effort is being made to break up the Demo-
cratic nest
Year: 1873

No one has yet been able to analyze
or demonstrate the essential action Of
perfume. Gas can be weighed, but not
scents the smallest known creatures,
the very mOnads of life, can be caught
by a microscopic lens and made to de-
liver up the secrets Of their organiza-
ton but what il is that emRnates from
the pouch of the musk-deer, that fills
whole space for years and years with its
penetrating odor, an odor which an
iIlimitable number OF extraneous sub
stances can carry on without diminish
ing it in size and weight, and what it Is
that the warm summer air brings to us
from the flowers, no man yet has been
able to determine. So fine, 20 subtle,
so imponderabIe, It has eluded both our
most delicate weights and measures and
our strongest lenses. If we could come
to the essence of each odor, we should
have made an enormous stride forward,
both in hygiene and in chemistry and
none would profit more than the medi-
cal profession if It couid be as conclu-
sively demonstrated that such an Odor
proceeded from such and such cause,
as we already know of sulphur, sulphu-
rated hydrogen, ammonia, and the like.
AS it is, no one knows anything and if
the art of the Derfumers forms one of
the chief delights of our civilized
senses, the cause by which he worIzs is
8 mystery solved by none.
Year: 1873




The New York Sun contains the fol.


lowing excellent and timely sugges.


tions:


Once the helpless innocents were


made to suffer untold misery of the ex-
| perience of their mothers, who clad


their darlings in the dainty Geld linen


shirts and overskirts with linen bands ;


next CANA the low-necked dresses, pret-


ty but thoroughly unhealthy, leaving as


they did the sensitive neck and arms of


the little ones exposed. It is difficult
to convince oneself that vanity is the
root of that terror of mothers, the collie,
and that proper warmth viii do more
toward relieving the child, and in truth,
keeping it entirely free from the terri
BILE pain than all the soothing syrups
and paregoric that can be be bought.
Little knit flannel shirts are far better
than linen, for they are warm to the
delicate skin. The bands of the fan
mel shirts should be of thin fine flannel,
Linen or cotton bands should be used
in other skirts and the slips or robes
should all have long sleeves and be high
in the neck Fresh air never Injuries a
child if its body is properly protected.
Again if our friends are at all credu-
lous, let them try the following exper-
pertinent. If the little one is much
troubled with the colics, and has not
been accustomed to narcotics, let the
mother put flannel next to its skin, and
keep its hands, arms and feet warm for
a few days, or if the babe has been IN
healthy, and flannel that has been worn
next to the body is removed, tho exper
iment will cause the unsat isfactory re
suit of pain to the child, and anxiety to
the mother. While we advocate warmth,
we do not approve of too much cover
ing. A sleeping child requires much
less than an adult; if too many blan-
kets are over it, the head is covered with
beads of perspiration, and the child
will become weak and half-sick use
Just enough, and the babe will wake up
laughing and happy. With simple food,
air, exercise, and warmth, there is no
reason why our little ones may not be
well without the use of medicine.
Year: 1873

Oye fathers and mothers who have


sons and daughters growing up around


you, do you ever think of your respon-


sibilfy in this regard, your responsible


ty for keeping alive the home sentiment


in the hearts of your children? With


in the limits of your means, remember


that the obligation rests on you to make


their home the pleasantest place upon


this rolling earth to make the word


''home" for them the synonym fer


"happiness. I would not have yon
import the vices of the outside world


into your homes for any purpose; but
would have you go to the utmost verge


of what is moral, to provide at home
those things which entice young and
growing persons away from home. Let
me assure you that you had better spend
your money in doing this than in Osten-


tation or luxury, and far, far better
spend it thus, than to amass a fortune
for your children to squander in the
future. And not only as regards amuse-
ments, but also comfort and refinement,
for children have keen appreciation of
these things; this is much the best
policy. Don't send your boy to school
in ill-fittting garments, collar all awry
and chafin his neck, buttons missing,
and shoes down at the heel Don't
make a warehouse or clothes-press of
his bedroom. Don't feed him on sour
bread, and tough meat, and burnt
coffee. Don't let noise and dissension
and misruIe spoil the hours he spends
at home. Don't do any of these things
if you can possible avoid it especially
don't do them for the purpose of laying
up money for his future use. The rich
est legacy you can leave him is a life
long, inextinguishabIe and fragrant re-
collection of his home, when time and
death have forever dissolved the en-
chantment. Give him that, and he will,
in the strength of it, make his own way
in the world but let his recOllections
of home be repulsive, and the fortune
you may leave him will be a poor com
pension for the loss of that tenderness of
heart and purity of life which not only
a pleasant home, but the memory of
one, would nave secured. Remember
this, too, that, while he Will never feel
grateful for your money when once you
are under ground, he viii go to your
green grave and bless your very ashes
for that sanctuary of quiet, comfort and
refinement into which you may, if you
possess the means, transform your home.
Year: 1873

The Farm and Preside Journal thus
summarizes the results of some expe-
riments in feeding pigs:


During the warm weather two and
one-half pounds of extra food produ-
ced one pound live weight. This would
be a most extraordinary result, if aP-
piled to all the food taken by the pigs !;
but they had all the good grass they
could eat, and this food supplied the
vast of the system, the animal heat,
and kept the pig growing moderately,
and this extra food was used solely to
lay on flesh. Here is the secret Of
high feeding. The extra food diges-
ted all goes to profit, whereas the food
that supplies animal waste produces no
gain in the flesh, and if no more is fed
than to supply waste In the young ami
NAL, the food is all thrown away. Full
feeding is the only profitable feeding,
and this leads to early maturity and
early profit. The most profitable feed
ing of pigs Is before they are ten months
old. No profit results In keeping pigs to
eighteen months and two years old, e1-
cept for breeding purposes and be
sides, these eighteen to twenty-tour
months hogs do not generally average
more than $50 to 400 pounds, live
weight. and $50 pounds may be reached
in ren or twelve months. Many mil
lions of dollars worth of grain Is
thrown away every year by half feeding
or feeding principally in cold instead
of warm weather.
Year: 1873

Considerable is written nowadays
about false economy in various ways.
Ny observation leads to the conclusion
that one important item is almost en-
tirely overlooked, and that thousands
of dollars are lost each year by the


reless wintering of farm horses. For
instance, farmer A. owns a fine span of
horses he is not much of a horseman,
but in the summer he works them, and
keeps man who takes good care o
them. In the fall, after work is over,
the horses are put into the stable and
fed all the hay they will eat (be the
same good or bad } or left perhaps a
week or two weeks at time, with little
or no exercise, and when they are dri-
ven, are let go at the topof their speed.
Fast driving, with stomachs full of un-
digested hay, is the very worst OF treat
ment. The result is that, in a year or
two, the horses have the heaves badly,
are spoiled for market, and are unable
to do the usual amount of service on
the farm or road; and this alone causes
a loss each year so long as the team is
used.


This:could in some degree be avoided,
by building a shed with yard for ex-
ercise, and by feeding food of sufficient
strength to keep the muscles in full
strength. Some say that wintering
horses in the field on hay alone, will
cause a falling away of muscles and
strength difficult to regain. No doubt,
being chilled by standing in a cold barn
is very injurious to horses. Country
Gentleman.