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Year: 1873

In the Tennessee Legislature on the
22d ult, l see no less than thirteen
bills introduced on that day. "to pre-
vent the abusive sale of spirituous Ii
quors These varied bills were
offered by members from different
parts of the State, aud from the
food pouring in on that day, reason.
able inference might be drawn that the
members of that body had been on a
bender the night before, and the ne
cessity for some radical reform was so
apparent as to cause a"ground-swell. "
That there are fragrant abuses OF that
privilege, no just man can deny, aud
while we would deprecatc to see the
law making power of Tennessee swing
ing round =the circle, Jet if it would be
productive of such legislation as the
good order and morality eESsoeiety de-
mands, we might in that case approve
the evil, from the great good that would
flow therefrom. OF this oue thing we
are assured. the county is becoming
aroused to the dangers Of the liquor
traffic, and good citizens outside the
Temperance organizations are demand
ing remedial legislation to check the
evil


The press and the pulpit in many
places have brought their Influence to
bear on this deadly curse, and The feel
ing is gaining strength daityin all parts
of civilization. If the different Tenn
perancc organizations have done no
other good, they have,atleast, by put
ting their abest speakers. in the field,
drawn the public MUD 10 think about
this question. and those thoughts will
necessarily briug about corresponding
good action from just motives.
Year: 1873

NOTICES have lately been stuck MP
along the line OF the Mississippi Central
extension. to the effect that no more
work will be permitted on the road un
til the debts for past work arc paid.
Year: 1873

MODERATE DRISKEK & lou say to
educate young man to steal is wrong.
You also say that drunkenness is
wrong, and you are forced t0admi, that
all drunkards come from moderate
drinking, yet you are by your example
educating the youths Of our land for
what you say il wrong. No man ever
became drunkard until he had grad
uated at the school in which you teach
Think of this. and act uponit.
Year: 1873

Young man, post this in your room, and re-
every day till you know it by heart
Attend well to your business.
Be punctual in your payments.
Consider well before you promise.
Dare to do right.
Envy no man.


Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not in the path of vice.
Have respect for your character
Injure no one.


join not in idle pastime.
Know thyself.


Lie not, for any consideration.
Make few acquaintsnces.
Never profess what you do not practice
Occupy yonr time in usefulness.
Postpone nothing you can do now.
Quarrel not with your neighbor.
Reeompense every man for his labor.
Save something against day OF trouble.
Treat every body with kindness.
Use yourself TO moderation.
Vilify no persons reputation.
WAtchfully guard against idleness.
Xamine your conduct daily.
Yield to superior judgment.
Healously pursue the right path.
4 never give up.
Year: 1873

lVNOR RENT-A good basement suitable for a
a barber Shop, No Ale Market street; in one Of


the most central and desirable locations in the city.


Rent very moderate. Apply on the premises
Year: 1873

ly around her shoulders, and looking so
trustingly and confdingly upon the gen
tlemen around her. her beautiful eyes
Illuminated with light that seemed
not of this earth, she formed picture
of purity and innocence worthy the gen.
ius of poet or painter.


At the close of the song many were
weeping men who had not shed tear
for years now wept like children, One
young man who had resisted with scorn
the pleadings Of a loving mother and
the entreaties Of friends to strive to lead
better life. to desist from course that
was wasting his fortune and running his
health. now approached the child, and
taking both hands in his, while tears
streamed down his cheeks, exclaimed,
with deep emotion:
"God bless you, my little angel. You
have saved me from ruin and disgrace,
from poverty and drunkard's grave.
If there are angels on earth, you are
one! God bless you'll God bless you !"
and putting note into the hands Of the
mother, said:


"Please accept this trife as token of
my regard and esteem, for your little
girl has done me kindness I can never
repay and remember, whenever you are
in want, you will find me true friend, .
at the same time giving her his name
and address.


Taking her child by the hand she
turned to go, but pausing at the door,
said:


"God bless you, gentlemen Accept
the heartfelt thanks of poor, friendless
woman for the kindness and courtesy
you have shown her" Before any one
could reply she was gone.


A silence of several minutes ensued,
which was broken by the proprietor, who
exclaimed:


"Gentlemen, that lady was right, and
| have sold my last glass of whisky; il
any one Of you want more you will have
to 60 elsewhere


"And / have drank my last glass oi
whisky" said a young man who had
long been given up as utterly beyond
the reach Of those who had deep inter
est in his welfare, as sunk too low evel
to reform.
Year: 1873

CATCHING SQUIRRELS ON A FISH HOOK.
II have caught with hook and line
nearly all kinds of fish, besides turtles,
frogs, ducks and other fowl, but yester-
day, while fishing for trout in the VEL
lingsby brook, in Plymouth. Mass, l
discovered new field of sport. While
| had just taken out splendid trout
from under rock, and was about bait
ing my hook, saw good-sized squir-
rel jump upon rock. My pole was
of good length, and | improved my op-
portunity by placing the hook near his
head. At first he brsshed it away with
his paw; but after while, either out
of spite or for love of the sport, made
jump and took the hook in his mouth.
At that moment l "drew upon him."
and soon saw him dangling twenty feet
in the air. Such a dancing and climb
ing up the line and then down the pole,
was a lesson to common fish. I finally
laid the pole on the ground, and then
came series Of gyrations and various
antics. Not being acquainted with that
kind of fish, and fearing that any at
tempt to dlsengage the hook would be
bad for the fingers, I shouldered my
fsh-pole and marched to the blacksmith
shop near by, where, with the aid Of
two assistants and pair of blacksmith's
tongs, the hook was detached and the
fellow set at liberty. Not three minutes
later, however, he was capering along
the fence as if moth ing had happened


Cor. Boston Journal


/ A man named Muir shot and killed
deer, one day last week, on Sucker
Lake, in the town of Fine. He then
started across the lake toward the shan
| ty where his party was stopping, taking
the deer's carcass in the boat with him.


On landing he drew the deer out, when
a panther made his appearance disputed
| the possession of the game. The PAN
ther attacked Mr.. Muir with his fore
paws grasping him by the shoulders,
and with the claws of his hind feet
tearing the flesh from the hips down


both legs. and inficting terrible wounds


Mr.. Muir at the time Of the attack had


knife il one hand, with which he
struck the panther, but only to exasper-
ate him. In the tussle he finally man.
aged to get hold of his gun. and soon
ured nine feet from the head to the tip
of the tail--Ogd Journal.
Year: 1873

NAIL IN THE Foor.-We give the
following for what it is worth: To re-
lieve from the terrible effects of running
a nail in the foot of man or horse.
take peach leaves, bruise them, apply to
the wound, and confne with a bandage.
They cure as if by magic. Renew the
application twice a day, if necessary,
but one application usually does the
work. have cured both man and horse
in few hours. when they were appar-
emily on the point Of having lockjaw.
Year: 1873

AT certain seasons, as in spring and
summer, the appetite Of even the very
robust is apt to fail, and the relish for
meats and heavy food to wane. This is
all right enough, for animal diet in warm
weather heats the blood. tends to head
aches, and is generally unwholesome,
unless sparingly used. On the other
hand, fresh vegetables, berries, fruit and
bread are cooling, corrective, and what
the palate most Graves. Don't be afraid
to 60 without meat for month or SO,
and, if you like, live purely on veg
etable regimen. We will lose no more
strength than is common to the time,
and that you will not suffer from pro-
tracted heat, as when dining on the reg
ulation roast.


Many persons regard a hearty desire
for food as something unrsfned, indeli-
cate, and to be constantly discouraged.
This is a greater and more harmful
mistake chan that Of coaxing the appe-
tite It is not necessary for the braiu to
eat beef and mutton, as for the man
who labors solely with hands. The
stomach and the brain are twins the
former being the elder, and having prior
right to care. Let that be well provid-
ed for; and it will sustain its brother.
The people who strive to check whole.
some and natural appetite are the people
who regard dinner merely as feed,
not the center of an agreeable social
custom and as the domestic event of the
day. We are sorry for them, as they
must regard eating at all as prosaic duty
obligatory on them because they have 9
bias in favor of living. We all know
that we must eat simply because we
enjoy what we eat. We are not gour
mands because we relish chops, nor are
we invalid5 because VIC want strawber
ries.


A good appetite is good thing bu
not If it is to be worried by urging o.
by neglect.-.Scribner's for August.
Year: 1873

No RATS IN ORLEANS CoUNTY-It
has long been wonder why rats do not
live in Orleans county, and as yet no
satisfactory explanation has been given.
None have been found north of the
heights that divide the waters of the
Passumpsic and Connecticut rivers from
the streams that empty into Lakes Mem
phremagog and Champlain. How far
this paucity extends into Canada we are
unable to say, though we are informed,
not far. Several instances are known of
rats being brought into the county, but
have never propagated there. Railroad
communications are thought to be espec.
tally favorable for their introduction in
TO new section, but in several instan-
ces where they have been brought into
the country by this means they have
died out


1t has been suggested by some scien-
tific men, that the presence of manga
nese ore, that exists in abundance in
| existence How much truth there is In
this conjecture we arc unable to say
one thing is sure; if manganese is a
poison to rats, it would pay for farmers
in other counties to import quantity Of
it to place under and around their build
ings to drive them away. One thing il
certainly true; in that county manga
nese is very abundant everywhere
Boulders taken from the soil are cover
ed with stain of that mineral, and i
is observable in every rod of stone-wall
We would like to hear from some o
those scientific men in Orleans county
on this subject.-Democrat.
Year: 1873

SPRUCE BEER-Allow an ounce of
hops ani tablespoonful of ginger to
gallon of water. When well boiled
strain it, and put in pint of molasses
and half an ounce or less of the essence
of spruce !; when cold add teacup of
yeast; put it in clean, tight cask, "a
jug will do,) and let it ferment day or
two, then bottle it for use,-you will
find it quite good after three days The
essence of spruce can be obtained at any
drug store.-Mich. Farmer.
Year: 1873

IDIoTs IN CHURcH.-A clergyman was
recently annoyed by people talking and
giggling. He paused, looked at the dis
turber, and said Il am always afraid
to reprove those who misbehave, for this
reason: Some years since. as | was
preaching, a young man who sat before
me was constantly laughing, talking,
and making uncouth grimaces. | paus-
ed and administered severe rebuke.
After the close of the service a gentle
man said to me: "Sir, you have made
1. great mistake. That young man was
an idiot. Since that have always been
afraid to reprove those who misbehave
themselves in chapel lest | should re
peat that mistake and reprove another
idiot. During the rest of the service
there was good order.
Year: 1873

4 L u
on button, but he is the embodiment
of grace alongside married man. Ne
cessity has compelled experience in the
case of the former, but the latter has
always depended upon some one else for
this service, and, fortunately for the
sake of society, it is rarely he is obliged
to resort to the needle himself Some
times the patient wife scalds her right |
hand, or runs silver under the nail of
the index finger of that hand, and it is
then that the man clutches the needle
around the neck, and, forgetting to tie a
knot in the thread, commences to put
on button. 1t is always in the MORN
ing, and from five to twenty minutes
after he is expected to be down street.
He lays the button exactly on the site
of its predecessor, and pushes the needle
through one eye, and draws the thread
after, leaving about three inchs of it
sticking up for lee way, He says to him
SELF "Well, if women don't have the
easiest time | ever see. Then he comes
back the other way, and gets the needle
through the cloth well enough, and lays
himself out to find the eye, but in spite
of good deal of jabbing, the needle
point persists in backing against the So
lid parts of the button, and finally,
when he loses patience, his finger catches
the thread, and that three inches he had
left to hold the button slips through the
eye in twinkling, and the button rolls
leisurely across the floor. He picks it
up without a single remark, out of re-
spect for his children, and makes another
attempt to fasten it. This time when
coming back with the needle, he keeps
both the thread and button from slipping
by covering them with his thumb and
it is out of regard for that part of hin


that he feels around for the eye in very
careful and judicious manner, but even
tually losing his philosophy, as tn,
search becomes more and more hopeless


he falls to jabbing about in a loose ant


savage manner, and just then the needl


finds the opening, and comes up througl


the button and part way through hi


thumb with celerity that no huma


ingenuity can guard against. Then h


lays down the things. with few famil


lar quotations, and presses the injure


hand between his knee and then hold


it under his arms, and finally jams


into his mouth, and all the while b


prances about the floor, and calls upo


heaven and earth to witness that thel


has never been anything like it since ii


world was created, and howls, whistle
u and means, and sobs After while
ie calms down and puts OH his pants, al
I fastens them together with stick an
IN goes to his business changed man.
ne Danbauy News.


d,


n A little child was supposed to ha


been drowned in the canal at Whiteha


N. Y, recently, and there was mu
ny mourning, in which the agonized moth
er was conspicuous. While a search "
nd being made, however, the little fell
al was discovered fast asleep on his fathe
:. - boat; and the revulsion of feeling
10 the part Of the mother was SO great Il


she took him upon her knee and spank
So him sbundly.
Year: 1873




On DANBURIAL GRoUND.-A broken
hearted young thing writes to a weekly
paper as follows: "About three years
ago l became acquainted with young
gentleman and although he never paid
me any particular attention, he would
often accompany me to and from church,
in him. He avoids me as much as
possible, and starts if | address him.
Can he have ceased to love me? for |
know he did, though he never said SO.
If / thought he had, it would break my
heart" Perhaps we ought not to in
terfere in this matter but, as we know
exactly what should be done with the
young man, we feel as if We ought to
speak out. Do not attempt to reason
with him, or cajole him, or pacify him.
The next time he calls take a monkey
wrench, fastenit securely upon his nose,
lead him off to the dining room, and
ask him in a firm voice what he means.
If he won't answer, twist the wrench
three or four times, and butt his head
up against the stove or the mantel-piece
until his gloom is dispelled. If he says
he has ceased to love you, let your fng-
ers daily with his ringlets lovingly for
few minutes, and then suddenly lift
out couple of handsful, and have an
Irishman at hand to come in and sit on
him awhile. and knock out his teeth,
and jump up and down on him, and be
sociable. Then let him 60, and com
mence your arrangements to rope in
fresh man. You can not afford to waste
your young life upon such a wretch as
this; and where heart will not throb t.
heart, or soul respond to soul, the bes
thing to do is to torture the nose at once
Year: 1873

Honesty TEsTED.-1here was a lad
in Ireland who was put to work at a
linen factory, and while he was at work
a piece of cloth was wanted to be sent
out which was shorter of length than it
ought to have been; but the master
thought that it might be made longer by
a little stretching. He thereupon un-
rolled the cloth, taking hold of one end
of it himself and the boy the other
He then said, "Pull, Adam, pull p but
the boy stood still. The master again
said, "Pull, Adam, pull! p The boy
said, q can't" 'Why not ?' said the
master? Because it is wrong" said
Adam, and ne refused to pull Upon
this the master said be would not do for
linen manufacturer. But the boy be-
came the Rev. DR.. Adam Clarke. and
the strict principle of honesty of his
youthful age laid the foundation of his
future greatness.
Year: 1873

SLEEpLEssNEss indigestion is very
common cause of wakefulness. Any
thing which acts as an irritant to the
stomach is apt to irritate the brain by
means of the close union which exists
between these organs through the medi-
um of nerves.


For the same reason heavy suppers,
taken when the necessity for them is not
felt, commonly produce broken sleep, or
cause it to be disturbed by disagreeable
dreams, sometimes by all the horrors of
nightmare.


On the other hand, that kind of ex-
haustion which occurs from want of food
frequently prevents sleep. When per-
dine early, and goes to bed without any
substantial refreshment, he is very liable
to find himself utterly sleepless. 1t
may be that no actual hunger is exper-
fenced. It is, rather, an indefnable
sensation of sinking in the region of the
stomach, which gives no distinct indica-
ton of the want of food. This kind of
sleeplessness is apt to be very persistent,
because the exhaustion increases in pro-
portion to the time during which the
person remains awake. In such a con-
dition a sandwich and glass of wine
or pale ale act better and more speedily
than an opiate. No sooner has fooe
been taken, than glow of comfort anc
tendency to repose succeeded. and th'
person soon falls into refreshing sleep
1t is not difficult to comprehend hoV
this occurs: the brain in its previousl,
vigilant state was too full of blood, b.
which its unnatural activity was sustain
ed. When food was taken into tn
stomach the process of digestion was ez


cited, and the superabundant blood wa
by this means diverted from the head t
the abdominal organs.
Year: 1873

If most people talked as we'll in pub
lie as in private, public meetings would
be more interesting. To acquire con-
versational tone, there is something in
Edward Hale's theory. that every per-
son who is called on to speak-let US
say at a public dinner-instead of stand
ing up and talking about his surprise at
being called on, should simply make his
last remark to his neighbor at the table
the starting point for what he says to
the whole. He will thus make sure of
a perfectly natural key to begin with ;
and can go on from this quiet, ''As |
was just saying to Mr.. Smith" to dis
cuss the gravest questions of church OF
state. 1t breaks the ice for you, like
the remark upon the weather with which
we begin our interview with the person
whom we have longed two years t.
meet. Beginning in this way at thu
earth's surface. we can join hands ane
rise to the clouds. Begin in the clouds
as some of my esteemed friends are won


to do. and you have to sit down befor


reaching the earth.-T ". Higgi,son
Year: 1873

Two MEALS DAY.-If any man or
woman, of fortv-fve or over, not engag-
ed in hard manual labor. especially the
studlous, sedentary, indoor livers, would
take but two meals a day for one month,
the second not being later than three in
the afternoon, and absolutely nothing af-
terwards, except it might be in some
cases an orange. lemon, or ice cream or
cup of warm drink, such as tea, broma,
or sugar water, there would be such a
change for the better in the way of sound
sleep. feeling on waking of having re-
tired, an appetite for breakfast, and
buoyancy of disposition during the day,
that few except the animal and glutton
would be willing to go back to the flesh
pots of Egypt.


Ben Wade, as he is Familiarity called,
one of the political lions of the West,
has taken but two meals a day for the
last twenty years and II all sedentary
persons, those who are indoors a great
part Of the time, would, after the age of
sforty-fve, observe the same infexible
rule, there can be no doubt, other things
being equal, that long years of happy
exemption from the ordinary Ills of life
would be the result The reason is,
that the stomach would have time to
rest, for recuperation, and would thus
be able to perform its part more thor
oughly, making purer blood, giving bet
ter sleep, and securing a good appetite
for breakfast. Let any man try it fol
ten days, taking the second meal sever
hours after the first, and abandon the
practice if he can.-Holps Journal oJ
Health.
Year: 1873

The game of billiards was left unfn-
ished. the cards thrown aside, and the
unemptied glass renamed on the count
er; all had pressed near, some with
pity -beaming eyes, entranced with the
musical voice and beauty of the child,
who seemed better fitted to be with an
gels above than in such place.


The scene shall never forget to my
dying day, and the sweet cadence of her
musical voice still rings in my ears, and
every word of the song as it dropped
from her lips sank deep into the hearts
of those gathered around her.


With her golden hair falling careless
Year: 1873

COUNCIL sat till nearly midnight last
night, though the business transacted
could all have been done in an hours
earnest work. The exquisite and elabor.
ate dlsqulsitlons on the precise point at
which hairs shall be split and on all the
mlnutia OF ash piles, cutters, curbs, sew
ers, ETC., may be immensely entertaining
to the eloquent gentlemen who indulge
them, but they soon clear the lobby and
bore the unfortunate reporters to the last
limit OF endurance. An hour on the rack
would be heavenly compared with tho
torture of three hours session Of COun-
Year: 1873

TIE postmistress at Villa Ridge, Ill.,
has resigned In order to got married. In
her letter of resignation that she sent 10
the Postmaster General, she remarked
that she would rather have one man
where she could lay her hands on him
when she wanted him than to be hand,
ling mail bags irregularly on small
0nlaFv
Year: 1873

The hall Of the Hoboken Common Council was
densely crowded at the meeting OF the Committee
OF the Whole last evening" the main topic Of discus
sion being the proposed purchase by the Council OF
lot In First street whereon to construct an engine
house for Hook and Ladder Company No. 2. The
members OF the company are In iavor Of remaining
In Adam street, but some OF the Council politicians
propose to buy lot In First street, more remote
from the city and inconvenient for the hremen
Bitter excitement prevailed among the assemblage,
and the sentiment seemed TO be that the side pos
sessinR the greater innuence would wln-
Year: 1873

The Rev. washington GLADDEN. will lecture this
evening on 'sThc Best Society" In the chapel or
the Church OF the strangers for the benefit or the
Free Dormitory for Women. This institution was
established about three months ago by society
calling themselves "The Fraternals," during which
time 1t has given shelter to hundreds of women
who would otherwise be compelled to walk the
streets or sleep In police stations with from nfty to
q hundred other women who may be reeking with
the tunes OF drink with which they have become
sa.surated. The Dormltory Is the only place In the
cssy where a truly respectable woman, without
means, can find temporary shelter. Besides
nights lodging, each woman Is allowed to take
BATH aud free medical attendance In case or sudden
illness. The proceeds OF the above lecture will go
towards the support OF the charity. The admis-
sion fee Is only twenty five cents.