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Year: 1872

THE latest mosquito story comes
from way down East" A nervous
traveller found somo of them sitting
on his bureau In his room, quietly
smoking his cigars, and one made


bold enough TO use his toothbrush.
Year: 1872

In every generation we should seeI
to prepare men for another life; bat
the best possible preparation for an,
other life is one which shall make
this world, at the same time, fair
er, purer, nobler, and better earth tC
be lived in.
Year: 1872

A KIND lady in New York gave a
pair of pantaloons to a poor boy re-
Gently. The next morning the boy
returned, and requested her to put a
watch pocket in them. as otherwise
they would not be of much use to
him.
Year: 1872

Ar THE close OF violent thunder
storm, writes a Milwaukee reporter,
suit of clothes was found at the
foot of an oak tree In the suburbs
from which the recent occupant
seemed to have been percussively
eliminated by a flash of lightning,
Year: 1872

SEEING is Decetrirg-Hcre is row of
ordinary cari'alle;tcrs and firures-SS IS
xxx XZZZZ3 1888 IS. They
are such as are made up Of two parts Of
equal shapes. Look carefully at these
and you will perceive that the upper halves
of the characters are rcry irie smaller
than the lower halves-so little that an or
dinary eve will declare them 20 he Of equal
size Now turn the page upside down.
and, without any careful looking, you
will see this difference in size is very much
exageerated--thst the real top half Of the
letter is verv much smaller than the bottom
half. 1t will be seen from this that there
is tendency in the eye to enlarge the
upper part Of any object upon which i,
looks. We nigh, draw two circles Of
unequal size. and so place them that they
should appear equal.-Onee a Week.
Year: 1872

THE Sun NIsBEHAvING IrsELF.-The
fears about Plantamour's comet, which
were in fact a libel on Plantamour, have
hardly been set at rest, when danger
shows itself in a new quarter Of the heavens.
The London Spectator. which publishes
articles from time to time discussing
with great interest and ability, the condi-
tiou and prospects Of the sun, brings out
the fact. qBr0Dos of the recent tremendous
heat in England and America, that the
italian astronomer Tacchini, who devotes
himself to specToscopic observations, re-
ports phenomena in the solar envelope alb
soluteIy unprecedented in his experience,
They consist in the evolution of enormous
masses OF vapor of magnesium, which pro-
duced on him the impression " that he
could see the surface of our great source
of light renewing itself From this the
writer In the Spectator deduces the con
clusion that the sun may be using himself
up. as other stars have done, and may
suddenly fall of in heat and brilliancy, or
may in the process of renewing the supply
of heat and light suddenly Increase the
power of his rays TO q degree that would
make the earth uninhabitable In fact, II
seems a. If new and most horrible source
of anxiety was about TO be introduced into
life. With a Greeley administration,
framed OF the model of the Greeley wing
Of the New York Republicans AMI with
the sun behaving in a ftful and uncertain
manner, life, in this country at least would
be to many people a very doubtful good.
Tie Nation
Year: 1872

of painstaking in this direction. They ev-
en- think the desire OF effort to be pleasing
is a sin or a weakness. They think it is
sufficient if they are good


Such should study the beauty OF holiness.
Goodness must seek. agreeable forms Of ex-
preston virtue must wear a winning face
and clothe itself in the garb Of gracious
manners. Because one Is earnest and sin
cere, he has no right to be rude and un-
couth. There are barriers behind which
individual reserve hides ITSELF there are
secret places where reticence guards the
entrance. We may not intrude here un-
hidden or unwe4come. Another's person
ality must be recognized, social formalities
must be remembered, the restraints of COM
mon politeness must be observed in our
Christian zeal The good man, because he
is good, has no right TO set these aside.
The Christian should not exempt himself
from anything that makes the true gentle
man or lady.


We shuddcr at the barbarous code OF
honor which settled personal matters with
sword or pistol; but it is pity we do not
hold more loyalty a chivalrous tealty to a
to true honor and knighdiness of charac-
ter We do not wish to be taught how to
maintain respect for ourselves and for our
neighbor at the mouth Of pistol, but We
ought to learn it nevertheless. \ better
code the Apostle gives Us in both duty and
motive Let every one of Us please our
neighbor for his good to edifcation -
Hearth and H0Dls
Year: 1872

4 SOUTHERN FlsH STORY We learn
from a southern paper, and that of course
is proof of its authenticity, that there
was a colored skeptic living near Pamela
Miss, who treated religion with more lev,
ity than solemnity, and went fishing on
Sunday. Being demonstrated with some
weeks ago, he replied irreverently that he
would 20 the next Sunday morning " be-
fore God gets up, and catch nice string
of fish" Accordingly, on the following
Sunday morning he repaired to the banks
of the Tallahatche River very early, and
threw his baited hook and line into the
river. Scarcely had he done so when there
was a violent tugging at his hook, and
counter-pull from the shore brought to the
surface Of the water huge catfish, which
found voice to say % You shall remain
here fishing all the days of your life, till
God gets up" and then disappeared.
Since that time all efforts to drag the un-
fortunate fishermen from the bank of the
river have proved unavailing. 1t is evident
that he labors under strange hallucina-
ton, but he insists it is the judgment of
the Almighty, and that he must continue
angling in that spot until he receives ab-
solution from his offended Maker
Year: 1872

SEArs OR SO FABEs.-The Springfield
Mass Republican, Of August - says
s 4 gentleman from the West who arrived
in this city yesterday, tells of an incident
which happened this week on a New York
Genital train, which may furnish hint to
travellers hereabouts. Among the pass
cngers who got on the train at Utica, \
Y, were twenty-three men who were IN
able to lind seat. Among them was


lawyer, who proposed to the rest that all
declined to give up their tickets until they
were furnished seats The agreement was
made. and when the conductor came around
he found twenty-three gentlemanly but
very obstinate men. who refused to give
him either tickets or money unless he
would show them place to sit. The con
ductor replied that there were plenty OF
vacant seats IN the next car but on in
quiring It was ascertaiGed that this was 4
drawing-roo ear, for which extra charge
was made So the twenty-three declined
to bulge, and matters remained in this
unsettled condition until the cars had
gone a long distance The conductor
finally induced two dozen persons who had
seats to 90 into the drawing-room car, with
out extra charge, and then made place
for the obstinate twenty-three, who than
gave up their tickets as they had said they
would do Undoubtedly they had the
right Of 1t, as the courts have repeatedly,
decided that passenger is justified in re-
fusing payment of fare until the railroad
gives him proper aecommoda-
tions.'
Year: 1872

A CHEERFUL HoME.-A single bitter
word may disquiet an entire family for a
whole day. One surly glance casts
gloom over the household while smile,
like gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Like
unexpected flowers, which spring up along
our path, full of freshness, fragrance, and
beauty, so do kind words, and gentle acts,
and sweet dispositions, make glad the home
where peace and blessing dwell. No
matter how humble the abode, if it be
thus garnished with grace and sweetened
with kindness and smiles, the heart will
turn longingly toward it from all tumults
of the world, and home, if it be ever so
homely, will be the dearest spot beneath
the circuit ofthe sun.


And the Influences of home perpetuate
themselves. The gentle grace of the
mother lives in the daughters long after
her head is pillowe1 in the dust of death
and fatherly kindness finds its echo in the
nobility and courtesy of sons who come to
wear his mantle and to fill his place, while
on the other hand, from an unhappy,
misgoverned, and disordered home, 60
| forth persons who shall make other homes
miserable, and perpetuate the sourness and
sadness, the contentious and strifes and
ratings which have made their own early
| lives so wretched and distorted.


Toward the cheerful home the children
gather as clouds and as doves to their
windows" while from the home which is
! the abode of discomfort and strife and
trouble, they fly forth as vultures to rend
their prey.


/ The class of men that disturb and dis
order and distress the world, are not
those born and nurtured amid the
hallowed influences of Christian homes
/ but rather those whose early life has been
q scene of trouble and vexation-who have
started wrong in the pilgrimage, and whose
course Is one of disaster to themselves and
trouble to those around them.-Frie7sds'
! IHteIigencer
Year: 1872

Saving WooD BY ELECTRICITY.-The
latest novelty in the electric line is the en-
ployment of the battery current to saw
wood, without a saw 1t is well known
that the resistance to the passage of cur
rent is inversely as the sectional area of
the conductor In fine wire, for instance,
this resistance is very great, and the arrest
ed force being transformed into heat may
be sufficient to render the wire white hot.
This is the principle of the various gas
lighting and fuse-fring electric apparatus,
in which the gas is lit or the fuse exploded
by the white hot wire 1t has also been
employed instead of the knife in certain
surgical operations, the wire being found
to burn its way rapidly and smoothly
through flesh, etc. The latter application,
according to the Scientific american, has
been extended by DIR. George Robinson of
this city, to cutting wood also, the cleo
trically heated platinum wire proving as
effective without any expenditure of
manual strength, as saw in the hands of
a strong man. The surfaces are slightly
charred.-Exchange.
Year: 1872

SEA SICKNESS are scores of so
called remedies for sea sickness. Some
times one is efhcacious, sometimes another,
and often none Of them do any good. Still
1t Is well for those at sea to know how sea
sickness mag bealleviated and possibly pre-
vented. Sir James Anderson, in discuss
ing this subject, says that it is not only
necessary to take q recumbent position,
but also to lie in the right direction. A
person lying down with the feet toward the
bows OF a ship Is, while it descends IN pitch
ing, in the same position as a person in
swing descending toward, in which case we
have seen that sickness is produced by
blood being forced upon the brain. On
the contrary, a person lying down with his
head toward the bow is, during the descent
of the ship, in the position of one descend
ing backward in a swing, in which case the
pressure by the blood will be toward the
feet, and therefore relief, rather than an
inconvenience, will be experienced, the
tendency being to reduce the natural supply
of blood to the brain. 1t IS necessary not
only to lie down. but to do so with the head
to the bows, and it IS highly desirable that
this position should be assumed before the
ship begins to move. There is a secondary
advantage to be gained by closing the eyes.
and so shutting out the confusion arising
from the movemet of surrounding objects.
-HarDer'S Ba-ar.
Year: 1872

INGENUITY OF ASNALs.-One of the
largest of fferocious animals in South Amer
lea is the jaguar, native tiger. Being
large and immensely strong, he epractises ex-
traordinary stratgetic schemes in getting
food which indicate something above mere
instinct, because circumstances are con-
stantly requiring some variations in their
foraging expeditions for prey. Humbolt
says when they find a turtle they adroitly
turn 1t over on its back. 1t is helpless and
totally unable to offer resistance in that con-
dition and with the most cruelImanifestation
of feline character, thejaguar then leisurely
gnaws out the quivering flesh from between


the she'll and carcass Another of the
jaguar maneuvres Is to quietly follow the
margin Of streams. At the sight of fish
near enough to be approached. with quiet
dash of its paw the game is thrown high and
dry above the bank Fortunately for the
country the jaguar has a match in the great
serpents that infest tropical America, In
the twinkling of an eye one Of these mon
sters winds himself round his body and
crushes out life and cracks the bones into
fragments at the same moment.
Year: 1872

TYPHOID FEvER-. The time Is COM
ing, says a distinguished physician,
" when it will be as disgracefnl to have
the typhoid fever as it Is to have lice or
the itch" Everybody ought to know that
the fearful! sickness is directly caused by
taking into the body excrementitious
matters. These almost always declare
their presence to the olfactory nerve, and
the instant they are detected, measures
should be taken for their suppression.
Fresh earth is a complete disinfectant, and
in the country the cheapest. Next to this
copperas water. Let it be sprinkled about
drains and sewers, left standing in shallow
earthern dishes in sick rooms, and all
unpleasant odors will be quenched. Care
should be taken in using it not to touch
any garment that will stain: Lime and
plaster Of Paris are excellent absorbents,
carbolic acid and chloride of lime will
sweeten the foulest gutter. With one or
all Of these resources at command there is
no excuse for vile odors


Coffee is a deodorizer but not
disinfectant. A handful parched and
ground, when thrown on a hot shovel, will
quickly remove disagreeable smells, but
will not neutralize their poison.


Great care should be used, especially
during this hot weather, as to the water
one drinks. A few years since picnic
party found some very cool, clear and fine
tasting water in an old well near their
lunch ground Most of them drank freely
of this water. Every one of them was
prostrated by typhoid fever and only two
or three recovered. On investigation the
skeleton of lamb was found in the
bottom Of the well. All surface water
should be carefully abstained from and
assurance be made that no sewerage con-
taminated the cooling draught. Sleeping
rooms should be aired daily, bed and body
linen changed frequently, and the sun per-
mitted to search and cleanse those apart
ments in daily use. No pits, or sink
holes or open drains should be permitted
around our dwellings, for deadly are the
subtle emanations that rise from them.
Year: 1872

LONGEVITY or ANINALS.--A recent ar
ticle in Appleton'S Journal discussed the
ages of animals, and submits facts in re-
gard to the matter, as follows: Lions
have reached the age Of seventy years :,
and their average Is about thirty years.
OF all terrestrial mammalia the elephant
is the longest liver, often exceeding a
century The hare, rabbit, and squirrel
seldom outlive the seventh year. The fox
lives from twelve to fifteen years; the cat
about fifteen; and the wolf from eighteen
to twenty. The domestic horse does not
often live longer than twenty-five years,
and the ass about the same period. The
wild horse is supposed to attain much
greater age The dog loses his sprightli-
ness in his sixth year, and decrepitude
overtakes him in the eleventh or twelfth
year But dogs have been known to live
for twenty years. The average age of
the sheep does not much exceed ten years,
yet they have been known to live for
twenty-five years. Cows and oxen gener-
ally reach the age of seventeen without
diminution of their powers. The eagle
and raven, the swan and parrot are each
centenarians- Among fishes the carp IS
notorious for the remarkable tenacity with
which it clings to life. In the canals OF
Chantilly they have been kept more than
one hundred years, The pike Is also sup
posed to live over one hundred years. The
great longevity of the tortoise Is estab
Iished best of all. One in the garden Of
Lambeth Palace lived one hundred and
twenty years.
Year: 1872

COMETS AND THEIR TRAIL>.-ln discus
sing these erratic bodies, Professor Zollner
starts with the fact that fluids, :; water
mercury, and solids Of nearly all kinds
give off vapor of low tension though in too
small a quantity to be recognized by any
tests with which we are now acquainted
1t therefore follows that the masses of mat
ter scattered throughout space are Ultimate
ly surrounded with an atmosphere Of their
own vapor. If the volume of such mass
es Is too small to exert sufficient attractive
force to retain this vapor, the whole mass
ultimately assumes the vaporous state.
Professor Z0llner thinks that many Of the
small comets are such masses of vapor,
while others are fluid, consisting of water
or perhaps of liquid hydrocarbus, an idea
which is fortified by the character of the
spectra of certain nebul9, as well as of
some of the smaller comets.


Regarding the self-luminosity OF comets,
and the formation of their trains, Professor
Zollner says, there are but two causes which
can produce the first of these results, viz,
elevation of temperature and electric action.
Setting the first aside as being utterly IN
adequate under the circumstances, the
author thinks the electricity developed by
the solar rays, either in the process of eva
poration or by the mechanical or molecular
disturbance they produce, is amply sufi-
cient to cause the luminosity, and also to
form the train. The explanation here given
of the formation of the tails or trains
OF comets, is exceedingly ingenious, for it
not only applies in those instances in which
the train is directed from the sun, acting
under these circumstances by repulsion,
bat it also accounts for the fact that in
some instances the tail is directed toward
the sun, there being under these circum-
stances electrical attraction, instead of
repulsion.
Year: 1872

lent self-fastening busk that need not be
taken out when the corsets are washed.


PoLoNAIsEs.


The effort to Danish polonaises will fail.
These garments are so easily made, SO
graceful, so convenient and comfortable,
that ladies will not willingly relinquish
them. The fancy for skirts rutfied to the
waist behind, and worn. with an apron
front and basque, will bring into favor the
polonaise lately introduced by Worth, in
which the basque and apron are combined.
This garment descends to the knee in
front, is sloped sharply upward on the
sides, and has merely a short basque be-
hind, dispensing with the long backbreadths
now used. A fully rufied skirt is worn
with this, and is we'll displayed on the
sides and back, making a very dressy
costume.


Palmer suits will have the simple sty-
lish redingote defined by Madame Ray
mond to be a 'polonaise without drapery.'
These overdresses' are being made at the
furnishing houses. They have two or three
collars laid one above he other, like
those on the greatcoats worn by our grand
fathers. The lowest collar is large enough
to be called cape. \ model costume Is
Of grew and blue cashmere, the body of the
redingote gray, the collars, cuffs, border
aud large '1ttons are deep sapphire blue.
Two buttous define the waist behind.


BLACK ALPACA SUITS.


Silky black alpacas and glossy beaver
mohair make the most useful suits for fall
and early winter To have these tasteful
as well as serviceable, they should be
simply made and plainly though richly
trimmed The model alpaca suit for sum
mer had two skirts and basque. in order
that white waist might be worn with the
double skirts, but as this Is not done in
winter, fall suits are best made with an
overdress and single skirt


HINTS


The best modistes have quit lining silk
skirts, as it makes them very heavy. They
are merely faced with paper muslin as
deep as the trimming and on this Is an
outer facing Of crino!ine a quarter Of a
yard deep. The silk Is turned up an inch
deep on the facing, and worsted braid Is
sewcd fatty along the edge instead OF be-
ing used as binding Very rich silks for
the house and carriage have silk facing
instead Of eriuoline y simple style OF
trimming in favor just now for black silk
skirts consists of straight side plating a
fnger-leugth deep around the skirt, while
above it are seven gathered bias rutfies Of
the same width Many skirts are now
being trimmed higher on the sides than on
the back and front, to I'LL up the space
when the poIonaise Is looped away very
high on the sides.


Two OF three shades OF each color are
imported in faille aud other fine goods.
TINS suggests that shaded suits will
continue in favor, although it is predicted
contrasts vii. be worn more than they
have been for several seasons.-H7rper' 5
B1-0r.
Year: 1872

A WISCONSIN girl was so anxious 10
know who was making the music under
her window the other night that she fell
out Of the window, and so scared her
serenader that he fled and left her to her
fate.
Year: 1872

CAMPAIGN PAPER.-To-morrow after
noon will be Issued in this city the first
number oil the Ersning Democrat, daily
Journal devoted to the overthrow OF the
Ring whose candidate is JOHNSON N. CAM
DEN. The Democrat is to be edited and
published, we hear, by the Democratic
Executive Committee Of this county, ant
will be continued during the State cam


paign. From what we learn of its pro


jected editorial management, it will make
things hot for the Register. Courier gang
Year: 1872

Ir brooms ara wet III boiling suds
once week. they will become very
tough, will not cut the carpet, last
much longer, and always sweep like
a new broom. A very dusty carpet
may DO cleaned by setting a pail Of
cold water ont by the door, wet the
broom In It, knock it to get out all the
drops, sweep yard or so, then wash
the broom as before, and sweep again,


being careful to shake all tho drops
Off the broom, and not sweep far at
Year: 1872

A valuable mare, the property of Aid. Moore.
of the seventh ward, died suddenly en- Wsdnes'
day morning last The animal had been driven
home somewhat vigorously the evening previous,
after which she fed heartily Of corn and was
turned out to grass for IN hour or 80. Early
next day she was found to be in great pain, and
shortly died, notwithstanding prompt measures
were adopted for her relief. A post mortens ex.
animation proved that the stomach of the animal
wal, from some cause or other, completely de.
csyed, and the food lately eaten Was scattered
through the abdominal cavity.
Year: 1872

HONE WoRK.-We are pleased to observe
u. e., we can get gas lamps made here as we'll
and cheaply as though we send thousand miles
away. Mr. Stormont is making q dozen new
gas lamps for the city, and for aught We could
discover, no foundry in the country could do
them better. Mr.. Stormont is good Judge Of
all that belongs to the foundry and machine
business and our faith in him is unlimited.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Morris has just received direct from New
York large and varied consignment Of ladies'
and misses hats, which are declared by all who
have seen them to be the finest and most recIter.
che ever brought to this city. They are now on
view, and will be offered at lower prices than
ever presented in Ottawa. Inspection Of the
stock is cordially invited.
Year: 1872

We have tried Todd It Sons family flour, and
do not hesitate in pronouncing it the best to be
had in Ottawa. Riale Bros. and Hsmalle keep
it, you cannot get it at any other place in the
city.
Year: 1872

not apply to vote until late In the day that in times
past the gangs OF repeaters who foated about rom
one election district TO another voted, and thus de-
prived the legal voters OF their rights. While the
new law is well calculated to Illustrate repeaters,
there will no doubt be successful attempts In that
direction and the only sure way to defeat them Is
for every voter to reach the ballot boxes at as
early an hour as s possible. An excellent plan
tors to reiieye portion OF their men between ak
and nine, another detail between nine and twelve
ana third between twelve and three. By this
means their business might proceed without seri-
Gus interruption and spficient time would be given
all to deposit their ballots.