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Year: 1871

TFrom the New Jersey Mechanic.


Failures in business are by che un-
fortunate attributed generally to every
case but the true one. We all prove
ourselves the sons and daughters of
Adam and Eve, by endeavoring to
attribute, as the cause of our mlssor-
tunes, some indiscretion of some incau-
tious fraud or Willy enemy.


Very goodness of heart and anxiety
to please others, are often. the causes of
embarrassment in trade, and the final
unfortunate cause of the winding up OF
a career auspicious at its opening.


But extravaganza in dress and equi>
page, and keeping up princely estab
Iishapents are the causes of majority
OF American failures. Americans are
seldom miserly. Nearly all of that
class now among us have been i'm
portaiions The ancient Astors and
Girards were not natives of the United
States. Americans love money as well
a the natives of other countries, and
their efforts to accumulate wealth are as
great but their anxiety to enjoy it,
and to make as large display as possi>
BILE, forbid that they should ever be-
come misers. They Worship wealth, not
for its intrinsic value. and because it
furnishes all the requisite materials to
crafty the lusts of the flesh, and the
lusts of the eye, and the pride OF life" "
And when thus self has to be gratified,
the devotee has launched upon stormy
ocean.


But young and inexperienced mer
chants are not willing to admit that
their style of living, dress and equipage
is extravagant. They argue that their
position, the nature of their business
and surroundings, demand that they
should keep up the appearance OF
wealth, and the display of peeuniary
independence. They say, we are COM
PEELED to mingle with merchants en-.
gagged 10 the same line of business with
ourselves. We meet with them not only
on Change, bat 10 the social, literary,
and business circles; and our families
are on terms of intimacy, and it il
absolutely necessary for US to live in as
COED house. and to keep up as fine an
establishment, as those with whom We
associate. We would be ostracised and
lose caste in the community. were We
60 fall below their standard Of mercan'
tile gentility, dress and equipage Ou
establishments and style of living mus
be characteristic of our circle. Tht
youthful trader has but vague idea 0
the self-denial practised for many year,
by his senior. The wife and daughter
of his prosperous nelghbor over the wa.
once dressed in calico and did their owl
house work. The young man has but
remote conception OF the careful watch
ing and laborious toiling by which hi
seniors ascended the ladder OF wealth
and afiiuance.


In word, to descend to plain mat
ters of fact, young and ambitious met
enter a mercantile career with all th'
extravaganza of q long-establishet
house. IN the vain hope that by show
and display they shall command /
business that not one in thousand eve
realized but by sleepless vigilance, un
Year: 1871

How few persons understand the
mechanism and phj siology of the ex
ternal covering of their own bodies !;
and seldom do we find individuals who
possess the most remote idea of the
important part the skin plays in the
preservation of health when its func-
tions are properly performed. or the
alarming consequences the injury of its
Offices produces. Each square inch of
surface throughout the body contains
$500 pores, aud the plumber of square
inches of surface in a man of ordinary
stature is nearly $500, making the
almost incredible number of seven mil
lions. From three to four pounds oil
eAcremeutitious matter makes its exit
through these pores in twentv>four
hours, if they are not agglutinated with
filth. or contracted by sudden exposure
to cold, thus closing the channels
which nature designed for the eIimina>
ton of noxious materials, the retention
of which causes diseases of various
kinds, by compelling other organs to
perform an additional amount of labor,
aud by acting as poison.


These facts should furnish sufficient
evidence to every person of the neces-
sity of keeping the skin we'll cleansed,
and of the pernicious results of expos
ing the body to cold currents of air
when in state Of perspiration.


Doubtless, thousands of lives are an
nually sacrificed through ignorance of
the laws which govern the human
organism.


If this be true. all intelligent persons
must be converted to the belief that
knowledge of the human machine aud
its fuoctions are of infinitely more
value to the health and happiness than
the amount of drugs consumed in a
year. Why do not some of our physi>
clans do more with the pen and tongue
to prevent disease, and less with dele
terious drugs to remove it, when
brought on through ignorance of the
causes which brou ght on through ig-
norance of the causes which produced
it? Why affect to despise doctors who
lecture on Anatomy and physiology,
sciences which form the basis of a
sound medical education Why use
their influence to disuade persons from
attending lectures, which are essential
to the well,being of every man, woman
and child If a knowledge of these
sciences are essential TO them, they are
not so to all


Parents, let your children learn the
mechanism of the human body, regard
less of those who endeavor to rctard the
dissemination of knowledge which per.
| tains to the promotion of health, or the
prevention of disease.


Teach them the function of every
organ 10 the body, that each one may


know how TO operate his own machine
so that his digestive system will need
no pills or emetics to keep it 10 repair
SO that his liver and lungs will cali fol
no 6oxious drugs to aid them to per.
form their Office, so that man may know


more Of health and happiness. and less
of physic and physicians.
/
/ TO CLEAN WHITE FEATHERS -
Draw the feathers gently through
warm soap lather several times, thel
pass them through tepid, and fnall,
through cold water to rinse them. Thel
bold them short distance from the FIRE
and curl the separate parts Of tn
feather as it dries, by holding stee
knitting~pin in the hand, and drawing
each portion of the feather briskly be
tween the pin and the thumb.
Year: 1871

across the valley to the elevated plateau
occupied by Camp Douglas. The view
1 from this high level was beautiful beyond
description. Behind us rose a mountain


chain, lofty and snow-capped, and on eve


ry side the high mountains lowered. Be-


fore us was spread out the capital of Utah


its tabernacle looking in the distance like


a huge sea-turtle.' There lay the broad


valley, charming and richly cultivated, in


the distance the waters of the lake gleam-


ing like FURNISHED gold. with Its islands
rising up like dream-land Colonel Nor


row, the genial officer of the forces, who
made our visit TO the camp a refreshing
spot IN the memory, pointed out to us the
striking resemblances of the country with
the coufguration of ancient Palestine
There lay the Dead Sea- So dead that
not an animal can live in it /; then followed
the Jerdan; in the mountains above was
Utah Lake, which ought to be called the
lake of Gailee; and yonder stood Nebos
lonely mountain He told US that he had
often seen the mountains of the south blaz-
ing in the splendor of day, while the
shadows of the mountains behind were pro-
jected across the entire valley-and that
often while the city was wrapped in shad-
ow he had watched the bright golden ght
resting on the broad dome of the taberua-
Gle.
Year: 1871

CHURCH GAMBLING.-The Tribune goes


for pious gamblers after the following


fashion The Tribune is sound in this


question, and its remarks should be stud


led by everybody connected with church


fairs, or those contemplating holding one +:


some time ago, on the occasion of a


Baptist Fair in this city, we called the at


tention of the religious world to the injury
done to the cause by the so called raff1 ng
and other unfair practices too common at
such places. Since then, we notice that
strenuous effort has been made by some of
the churches to prohibit any such illegal
modes of money making, aud we notice
also that they lost notheng, even in
pecuninary view, by the action, besides
gaining lmmeasurably in moral position.


A Fair which is now in progress in
Brooklyn brings the matter before the pub
lie again. 1t is for the best purpose
Hosp tai for Women and foundlngs-and
is under the conduct of ladies both Catho-
lie and Protestant, whose devotion and
charity no one can question. They have
a large and brilliant display of goods for
sale, and ought to have in that way an,
assured success. We scruple the less
therefore, 10 demonstrate with them for
the gambling element so large
ly into their plans. 1t is naturul for gen.
erous women eager in good cause to
overlook the ultimate effects of the ma
chinery they employ. But the more noble
the purpose the more requisite Is it that it
should not be accomplished by criminal
means. Ether gambling is wrong or it is
not; ifit IS, we, for our part, can see lit
tie difference in young mans winning
l 600 at j faro-bank or one to which the
name Of ST. Peter invites him, except, in
Iced, that in the latter case the sanction
'f religion is given to what the law pro-
libits as c-ime. The very women who
would be most appalled, at the thoughts of
her sons or brothers falling into such
empiatIon, are the first to offer it here
lnder the CLOAK Of Of pious charity, and
with all the allurements Of winning smiles {
nd bright glances-
Year: 1871

SLIGHTLY MIXED.-A friend who mar.
ried l widow, explains as follows how he
got mixed up in his relationship :. | mar.
ried a widow who had a grown-up daugb-
ter. Ny father visited our house often,
fell in love with my step daughter and
married her So, my father became my
son-ln-law. and my step daughter my
mother. because she was my fathers wife
Some time afterwards my wife had a son,
he was my father, and my uncle, for he
was the brother OF my step mrther My
fathers wife, that is my step daughter,
had also a son; he was, Of course, my
brother and in the mean time my wife
became my grandmother because she was
my mothers mother; was my wife's hus-
band and grandchild at the same time
And as the husband of persons grand
mother is his grandfather, l am my own
grandfather"
Year: 1871

The following is in Western instance
of the ruling passion strong in death -


Squire W was very fastidious in
his notions of propriety. At weddings and
funerals he was quite oficious, and very
particular that every thing should be done
deeently and in order. In due time he
was taken ill-fatally so-and relatives
and friends were gathered around his bed,
sad and weeping. One of these, more
thoughtful than the rest, asked the depart
ing squire if he would like to have cler-
gyman called in to pray with him to
which he replied: " Well yes think it
would be appropriate. --HarDer'S TOR May.
Year: 1871

The Eureka (IIander county, Nevada)
Sentinel of July 24th had the following
in regard to Fish Springs mining district:
This new district is situated about eigh-
teen miles southwest of Eureka, and the
best road by which to get there" is by
Spring Valley, and then down Spring
Valley canon, where the water will be
found and the camp of the proprietors.-
The district was organized few days
since, and about twenty claims have been
recorded. The claims are situated upon
a low hill of "a few acres, and the dis
coveries so far made do not cover but a
few acres in extent. The appearances
now indicate, on the east side of the hill,
that there are regular veins Of quartz !;
and the west side seems to be entirely
carbonates and galenaores. The carbon
ates at the surface assay from $50 to S35,
while the galena has assayed as high as
S400. The Mountain Queen is the first
location in the district, and shows ore
fully fifteen feet in regular assure vein.
Several specimens have been assayed, and
the average is S2l2 in silver and forty
per cent in lead There is good ma
tural road to the district, and although
there were only half dozen persons there
when the district was formed, there are
now about hundred. Over twenty claims
have been recorded, and there is much
excitement about them. The entire trade
of this new district will come directl to
Eureka, and we presume the increase from
this source will make an addition OF no
small importance. Restaurants and lodg-
ing houses are going up at once, and with
in week all the appearances of a village
will be given to section of country that
has been a waste and totally unoccuped
The timber is good-much above the
average-and is easily obtained There
is already talk of furance and other ap.
picances to work the ores The new dis
trict is near at home, and may be, as
worthy of attention as some that attract
people many miles.
Year: 1871

y writer in the GornhW Magazne has
had an interview with an Arab Prince,
and gives the following as his views on
the woman question:


English women think of themselves,
always think of themselves, think very
much of themselves, think very little of
their husbands ; so they are disobedient,
self-willed, do what they like, and will
not do what their husbands like; but
Arab women think more more of their
husbands than themselves they live to
please their husbands they are obedient;
they are much better than English wo-
men; a man may do with them just as
he pleases. Suppose she should disobey
him-what does he? He. says to her,
by Allah l will leave you" And if
she disobeyed him three time and he
says that three times, she is no longer his
wife; she must go back to her fathers
house. But suppose an Euglishman mar
ry woman, and she proves to have
very bad temper and disobeys him always;
very hot tongue, and scold all day and
night too lead him devil of life make
him sweat very much with trouble, make
him wish to kill himself-what can he
do? He can do nothing; he must keep
her, and must not take any other woman
to wife to comfort him. All the Arab
custom is better than the English Gus
tom and the Arab women are better for
the man than the English women. | am
sure Of that.
Year: 1871

This is the season when immigration is
at its maximum, and the people of North
ern Europe are pouring into this country


at the rate of forty thousand a month
Every steamer that arrives is crowded,
new line with new attractions has entered
the list with the old ones, and New York,


Boston, aud all ports of entry are swarm
ing with the recent corners. The late


war, which claimed the attention Of all


Europe, seems scarcely to have affected


the steady tide of immigration to our
shores.


Where will these immigrants go is
question which it is difficult to answer,


but which is of vital importance to the


nation at large. Many of them, no doubt,


will remain in the large cities, to swell


the sorrowful ranks of the workers with


no work, more will 90 South, and beyond


the Mississippi to the vicinity of the re-


Gently built railways but by far the larg-
er number, especially the Scandinavians,
are moving towards the great North west,
whose area of settlement and attractions
to settlers have been immensely increased
by the building Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad already the results of this
movement are becoming conspicuous.


Minnesota is filing up even to her
western boundary the broad prairies
of the Red River Valley are being staked
off into "caims," colonies are buying
large tracts in order to prove on an ample
scale the advantages of organized and co
operative industry, and at the other end
Of the road, in Oregon and in Washing
ton Territory, the better lands are rapidly
being taken up by settlers. Even to
Maritoba and the adjacent British pos
sessions, the tide of the population seems
TO be rising, and there can scarcely be any
doubt that in few years, as the advan
tages of the Northwest are more and more
understood by the world, bread belt of
towns, villages and prosperous farms will
extend across the continent, from Lake
Superior to the Pacific. The public
would not believe this year ago, when
the Northern Pacific enterprise was first
broached, but the curtain has already ris
en- on the first act of the drama, and
events in our day move fast.


Let the people come forward now, and
with their means expedite the enterprise
which is thus transforming one of the
richest portions of our territory. They
are invited to do this, not from charity or
patriotism, but simply from intelligent
self interest for no safer or more remun-
erative investment can be found In our
markets than the first mortgage bonds of
the Northern Pacific Railroad - Philadet
phid BUtletia.
Year: 1871

VERY extensive deposits of sulphur
have been found in California. but for
some reason the working of the beds have
not been profitable. Surprised at this
fact the San Franciscan Bulletin" says
-"In the region of Clear Lake we hear
that the work of preparing sulphur for
market has been abandoned in several
instances. An inexhaustible sulphur bed
ought to be desirable property. Accord
ing to Ex Commissioner Wells forty seven
millions Of pounds of sulphur are annually
imported into the United States. The
duty on crude sui phur is sic dollars ton
and on refined ten dollars. The bulk OF
the sulphur used in the United States is
brought from the coast of Sicily, where it
is obtained for little adVenee on the cost
of collecting. But to this must be added
the duties and freight money. 1t has
been stated that the annual consumption
of sulphur in California is six hundred
tons, which equals one fourth of the
amount imported into the United States


The production of refined sulphur in this
State ought to be profitable business. "
Year: 1871

God has 30 made the sexes that
women, like children, cling to men !;
lean upon men for protection, care
and love; look up to them as though
they were superior in mind and body
They make them the suns of their sys.
TEN, and they and their chldrcn' re
volve around them. Men are rods, if
they but knew it. Women, therefore,
who have good minds and pure hearts
want men to lean upon, Think of
their revcrencing q drunkard liar, a
fool, or iibertine If a man would
have Il woman do him homage, he
must be manly in every sense; true
gentleman, not after the Chesterfield
school, but polite, because his heart is
full of kindness to all; one, who treats
her with respect, even dlffidcnce. be
cause she is woman; who never con
descends to say silly things to her;
who brings her up to his level, ifhis
mind is above hers who is never over
anxious to please; but always anxious
to do right: who has no time to be
frivolous with her; always digntied in
speech and act; who never spends too
much upon her; who never yields to
temptation, even ilshe puts it his way,
who is ambitious to make his mark IN
the world, whether she encourages him
or not who is never with her to the
extent of being an adopted brother or
cousin; who is not over careful about
dress always pleasant and consider
ate, but always keeping his place OF
the man, the head, and never losing It,
Such department, with noble pElnci-
Piles, good mind, energy and indus
try, will win any woman in the world
who is worth winning
Year: 1871

1t is great mistake in female edu-
cation to keep young lady's time
and attention devoted only to the
fashionable literature of the day. II
you would qualify her for CONVERSE
ton, you must give her something to
talk about, give her education in the
actual world and its transpiring events
Urge her to read the newspapers, and
become familiar with the present
character and improvements of our
age. History is Of some Importance
but the past world is dead; We have
nothing to do with it. Our thoughts
and our concerns should be for the
present world to know what it is and
improve its condition. Let her have
an intelligent opinion, and be able to
sustain conversation according to the
mentsl. moral and religious improve
ment of our times.
Year: 1871

Ten years Of Radical rule have
placed our expenditures four and a
half million dollars above those of
Great Britain. What will ten more
years OF the same kind Of manage
ment bring forth?
Year: 1871

There was once lady who had two
ducks, and one Of these was drake
We call male duck drake. The lad,
was very kind to them, and used to feec
them herself every day.


One morning, as she was walking OF
the terrace around her house, the drak,
came to her and made queer noise, at
if to ask her to notice him. But she
merely said, "Whats the matter, Billy p
aud walked on.


Billy was not to be put off in that
way. lie followed her, aud at las
pecked at her feet with his bill then, as
she took no notice Of that, lie took the
hem Of her dress in his bill, and began
to pull it.


"What can be the matter with this
creature p thought the lady. II never
saw bird act SO before. Go away, you
bad Billy"


Billy knew that he was not bad and
he did not mean to 60 away till he had
made his mistress do what he wanted
her to do. So he kept on pulling her
dress, till at length, thinking that some
thing must b. the matter, she said,
"Well, 60 along, Billy; l will follow
you"


But Billy kept his hold of her dress,
and in this manner led her along till
they came to place by the pond, where
there was a sluice to let out, water
Here the lady saw that Billy's mate
Dolly, was in great trouble.


A beam had slipped down over he
neck SO far that she could not NOV,
backward or forward, struggle as sh
might. "Why, you poor Dolly l' crie'
the lady. And she ran and lifted u
the beam, so that the poor duck coul
draw her bead back, aud come up O.
the bank.


Billy was so pleased, that he ra
round, and made more queer noise
hau the lady had ever heard before fror
one Of the duck tribe. She knelt dow1
and patted them both, and smoothe
their feathers, and then went back t
the house, strong in the belief ths
Billy was the wisest fowl she ha
over seen or heard of.-Emily Garter
in the Nursery.
Year: 1871

A prominent government official re
Gently wrote to u friend In New York
inquiring as to the position. financially
and otherwise, Of u resident of that city.
He received the following reply: II am
happy to inform you that Mr.. --
stands at the very top of respectability
here. He owns a fast horse, New
York judge, and intends to steal the
first railroad he sees lying around
lOoset
Year: 1871

that the dense air and the rare air shall
have the same temperature. From tn.
foregoing 1t follows, that, given the We
locity Of sound in air, the temperature
nf the air may be readily calculated. II
the molecules of the sir be ruppos ed t"
be balls held together by springs,
then heating the air is tantamount :"
increasing the rigidity Of the springs
The very motion Of waves of sound
through air raises the temperature ot
the air thus sound wave raises in its
own path things which augment its rate
Of propagation.


The distance of a fired cannon or Of I:
discharge of lightning may he deter
mined by observing the interval which
elapses between the flash aud the sound
Hence, it is easy to see that ifa row OF
soldiers form a circle, aud discharge
their pieces all at the same time, the
sound will he heard as single discharge
by person occupying the center al the
circle. But If the men form straight
row, the simultaneous discharge of
mems pieces will be continuous kin't
Of roar. A discharge Of lightning along
a lengthy cloud may in this way pro
duce long roll of thunder; the roll OF
thunder must, however, be in part, due
to echoes from the clouds.


The following was the most beauti
full Of the experiments exhibited In the
course Of the lecture. A thin thread OF
light from the electric lamp was thrown
upon q small mirror, about the size Of q
sixpence, mounted on the top Of one of
the legs Of large tuning fork. This
mirror reflected the line Of light back
behind the lamp, upon a looking glass
which Professor Tyndall held in his
hand this large mirror reflected the
light as bright spot upon large white
screen facing the observers. The vibra
ting fork gave a slight up and down
motion to the line Of light. and the lsc
turer by moving the large mirror on its
verticle axis, gave a horizontal motion
to the light. The result Of these was
that series Of very beautiful waves OF
light was seen upon the screen, and
thus gave optical expression to the
sound Of the fork.-.Scientifc Ameri
can.