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Year: 1873

ylted the people Of the con-
gregation to attend choir meet
ing. His invitations were al
ways accepted by some; and
though the choir was made up
of professional singers, the
church had good congregation
al singing. Not only were new
tunes mixed with the old, but
tunes written by the leaders,
who was we'll known as q COM
poser, were largely used, and
are used to this day by the
congregation. Choir leaders
are as = r1Ie reasonable and
up to the average Of good
sense. In musical matters they
are the educators Of their
churches. Their tendency 10
sing fne and difficult music is
sometimes to be deplored. 1t
is, however, an error in the
right direction, and counter
acts a tendency on the part
Of the church to cling to a few
well.known tunes, to the neg
lect Of others easily learned
and just as good The duty of
every individual member Of q
congregation is to follow the
choir or leader in praise to The
best of his ability. A good
choir is an advantage to a
church, but to leave the sing-
ing entirely to it is q mistake.
The people are thereby robbed
of their part in the service,
and God is robbed of bis praise.
Let everything that hath
breath praise the Lord.'-
Christian World.
Year: 1873

ANGER never does any good;
it always does harm. The gen
erous hearted may compassion
ate and pity, but they never
decend so low as to get mad.
Anger debases always unless
there is strength Of character
enough to conceal 1t; but the
misfortune is, the weakest
minded are the most passion =
ate.
Year: 1873

A New YORK female who
read that the Hoosac Tunnel
costs nine hundred dollars per
yard, said she would have a
dress pattern off from that
piece, If the old man did not
lay up a cent for the next two
years.
Year: 1873

AN Indiana woman is mad
because her husband took her
very best sheet to hang him
self, when there was an old
clothes line in the cellar, which
was good enough for that pur'
pose. She says he always was
extravagaat and too lazy to
60 to the cellar for anythiug.
Year: 1873

A ministerial brother, who married
rather sooner after the death Of his wife
than some of the sisters thought proper
and becoming excused himself as follows:
" My dear brethren and sisters, my grief
was greater than could bear. turned
every way for peace and comfort, but
none come. I searched the Scripters
from Ginisee to Revelations. and found
plenty OF promises to the widder, but
nary one to the widderer. And so took
it that the good Lord didn't waste SYM
pathy on man when it was in his power
to comfort himself, and, having first
rate chance to marry in the Lord, did
so, and would do the same thing again.
Besides, my brethren, considered poor
ever be-
Year: 1873

The young man who has an ambition
to make a great noise in the world
should learn boiler making. He can
make more noise at that trade than
anything else he can engage in.


1t he believes a man should "Strike
for wages" he should learn blacksmith
ing--especially if he is good at blow
ing"


If he would embrace profession in
which he can rise rapidly he should be-
come an aeronaut. He couldn't find
anything better for high


He certainly could do a staving (and
perhaps a starving) business at the


If he believes in measures, not men, !"
he will embark in the tailoring busi-
ness.


If the one great object of his life is to
ma Ike money, he should get a position
in the United States Mint.


If he is a punctual sort of a chap, and
anxious to be con time," he should put
his hands to matchmaking.


1t he believes III the chief end of man
to have his business largely " felt" why
Of course he will become q halter.


If he wants to "get at the root of a
thing he will become a dentist-al-
though if he does he will be often
found looking down in the mouth


If a man is a bungler, at his best,
he should become and
then he will have none of his bad work
thrown upon his hands. It is generally
buried out of sight, you know.


Should he incline into his high living,
but prefer II plain board, then the car
penter trade will suit him, He can
plain board enough at that.
If he is needy and well-bred, he will
be right at home as baker.
He shouldn't become a cigar maker
It he does, all his work will end in
smoke.


The young man who enjoys plenty of
company and is ever ready to scrapc
| acquaintance, will find the barber busi-
ness congenial pursuit.
The quickest way for him to ascend
to the top round Of his calling is to be-
| come hold-carrier.


A very grave" young man might
flourish as an undertaken.
Don't learn chair making, for nc
matter how we'll you please your cus-
toners, they will sooner or later get
down on your work.


And don't become an umbrella-ma-
! ker, for their business is FUSED up.n
IL n6 NOulu HAVE Ills WOfk IOuCn Unt
heads Of the nation, we know of nc
way he could sooner accomplish such
an object than by making combs.


T he young man who would have the
fruits of his labor brought before the
eyes OF the people will become an op,
tician. The work being easily seer
through, cannot be difficult to learn.


A man can always make ascent in the
| DeFfIlmeTy business


It a young man is a paragon of honor
truthfulness, sobriety, has never sworI
q prOfane word, and has twenty thous-
and dollars he has no use for-then ht
should Immediately start a newspaper
Year: 1873

ing so ngfy; but the hunchback simply
smiled, and went on being kind to her.


A young woman, without a penny,
alone i'll q great city, and maddened by
her loneliness, had thrown herself, with
loud shrek, into the black, gas-lit
river OF which the hunCiIback, when
he saw 1t as man, remembered that he
had read when boy. There was none
to care for her but the. hunchback. He
had dragged her out and caImed her,
and cOmfOrted her and got her work !;
and at last she had married an honest
husband, and lived to have swarm
Lof pretty little faces swaying about her
like roses around bush; and wife and
father and the little roses all blessed
the ehunchback.


Another lonely girl, whose face had
once been a pure little rose, but had
been sadly blighted, he had found
wandering reckless i'll the same great
quiet country home; and once more
father and mother, sisters and brothers,
blessed the hunchback.


One of the most cruel Of his village
t0rmentOrs, grown up like himself, was
almost rlined-WOuld be completely
| ruined if he had to pay immediately IL
sum OF money he owed the hunchback.
Ask him to have mercy on you, and
| give you a little grace said the mans
wife. cts of no use,n the man an
| sWered, mOodily; "I never had any
mercy on him, and, of course, he'll take
| it out Of me now"


"Then I'll go and ask him. cried the
| wife; and when she had told him Of his
| old tOrmentOrs troubles, the hunch-


back freely fOrgave him all. The man
prOfesSed to be grateful, but afterward


he spread a report that the hunchback
| had Onl y given up his claim because he
| knew that he had been cheat in pre-


tending to have one. And again the


hunchback fOrgave the man all.
| A fearful plague ragged i'll the village.


In almost every farmhouse and cottage
! there were some persons down with it.
| Almost all not smitten with it had fled


in their selfish terror. There was no
| one left to bury the dead. Scarcely any


one was left to comfort the dying, and


to cherish and rescue such of the sick as


might be saved, except the hunchback.
| Ugly as he was, he went from house to
| house like sunbeam, the only ray of
| hope to the poor creatures with whom


he sat up night and day.


| But his turn came to be stricken down.


His eyes were sealed, his limbs frozen


and then his face was transfgured, and


the hump expanded into snowy wings,


on which he fled away to rest. The Sc
cret was out. "We always said he was


an angel, and that his wings were


packed away in the hump" exclaimed
| the sufferers who watched his flight
But when his eyes opened, he saw again


the Orange-tip butterfly and the haw-


thorn bush. He was again little feeble


ugly boy, lying on the warm grass be-


side the holy well.


| Somehow, hewever, as he, walked
/ down through the heather, thinking


over his strange experiences, he felt
that his pilgrimage to the well had not
| been made in vain.
Year: 1873

Soup FOR HORsEs.-JOseph Harris re-
lates the following in the Agriculturist !:


This summer my horses got badly run
down. We fed them iberally but they
did not get we'll. They had no appetite,
no digestion, and no strength and spirit.
They came home at noon and night fag-
ged out, and their nights rest did not
refresh them. | sawed d barrel in two,
and placed the ends on the platform of
the pump. These are for watering the
horses. Into one of them we put pail
full of cornmeal and mixed it with the
water. The horses at first did not like
it, and would only drink a little when
very thirsty. After they drank what
they would they were allowed pure wa
ter. In few days, however, they drank
this cOrnmeal soup with a relish, and in
less than a week there was a decided
change for the better in the appearance
of the horses. We do not let them eat
the meal, but merely let them drink the
milky water.


l have no doubt that it is as good for
them as a plate of soup is for tired and
hungry man before dinner. It seems to
stimulate the appetiteand aid digestion
it is capital for cows as well as horses
| but it is not so easy matter to give il
! to the cows, as they soon learn to stick
their heads into the water up to thei1
horns to get the meal that settles at the
| bottom. 1t is necessary to have a large
trough with false bottom.
Year: 1873

LeavenwOrth boasts of q dog which
brings the morning paper in from the
yard every morning, and gives it to his
master before he gets out of bed. The
other morning the dog brought in the
paper, but, on investigation, he refused
to deliver. lie did not recognize the
gentleman.
Year: 1873

IRONING SHIRT FRONTs.-In first
class laundry starch is made in the usual
manner; toa pail Of starch a wholesperm
candle is used. When the linen is dry,
it is dipped in the cold starch and ironed
in the ordinary way; then tits dampened
with a wet cloth and the polish iron
passed over it. This is an ordinary
smoothing iron, ground off so that the
edges are all rounding. To this last
manipulation the linen is indebted for
the peculiar laundry gloss which all ad-
mire so much, but which many house
keepers have vainIy striven to leave up
on the wristbands and bosoms of their
husbands shirts.
Year: 1873

CURES FOR A FELoN.-As soon as dis
covered take some spirits of turpentine
in cup, dip the finger in it,. and then
hold the hand near a hot fire till dry !;
then dip it in again and repeat for fifteen
minutes, or until the pain ceases. The
next day, with % sharp knife, pare off
the thick. skin and you will find some
thing like d honey comb filed with clear
water; open the cells and the felon is
gone, H too far advanced. for turpen-
tine, oil of origanum, treated i'm the same
way, will cure. If too far advanced for
either to cure, the felon will stillbe ben
fited, as it will be less painful. Never
draw it,
Year: 1873

Somebody has been fool enough to
waste good ink and paper in printing a
book entitled Lectures to Married Men, >
Just as though theywOuld buy that which
they getfor nothing every night at home.
Year: 1873

THE TRUE WAY TO WATER TREES
If tEees standing in grass land are
Watered, the surface round about the
body for three OF for feet in each dlrec-
ton should be covered with mulch of
some sort, to retard evaporation. 1t
will be labor lost to water trees on the
lawn without exercising this precautiOn
as the water will disappear before a
hundreth part of it has reached the
roots. Straw, hay, awn-grass,~ weeds,
shavings OF tan bark, Will make an ex-
cellent mulch. Spread the mulch three
or four inches deep, pour three or four
| pailfuls of water round each tree, and
water will permeate the entire soil,
keep it damp, and supply the moisture
which the tree must have, or die. II
| the soil is iu tillable condition, draw
the earth away from the tree to the
depth of one or two inches; pour in two
or three pailfuls of water and return
the mellow earth, which will keep the
l surface from breaking. Yet mulch is
far preferable to the latter mode.


Whenthe soil appears nearly dry to
the touch, the roots cannot possibly de-
rive the needed supply Of water to keep
the leaves and branches from injury
during the rapid evaporation which Is
I OAR ttHU OII7 Il u
mosphere is as dry and hot as the air in
a huge lumber-kiln, it will have the
moisture in every tree and plant and
the moisture Of our bodies, even il
it is the hot ai) has to take it (the
moisture) out of the hide" Hence, we
must drink, and the roots of the trees
and plants must be supplied with water
or they wither and die.


| A great many persons. scatter the
grass from the lawns and the weeds
from their eapdens in the highway
which is bad horticulture in many res
poets. If they would spread such grass
and weeds around their growing flow


ers OF around any garden vegetables
the mulch would save the labor o


carrying many hogsheads Of water t.
supply the plants with necessary mois


ture, and the covering would keep tA!


surface mellow, keep the weeds down
and save q good. deal of manual labor
and the crop would be heavier.-[Ou


Home Monthly.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER CoAsTING AccIDRNT.-A boy named
Kennedy, while coasting down Washington street
from Second to Front last evening, ran into an
iron casting, in front of Stotsenburg's foundry
and cut his head severely. His wound was dress
ed at Fosters drug store. In spite of the danger
attendant upon such reckless sport the boys still
continue 10 furnish occupation for the druggist
and the doctor
Year: 1873

cratic party made this mistake and sufi-
cred for it. The whig party was notorl-
Gus for the same fault, so that in its latter
days it came to be regarded as party led
by respectable fossils Let Mr.. Dingley
be nominated and it will be an assurance
to every deserving young man in the re-
publican party that the door of preferment
is open to him, and that he may share the
honors as he shares the labors of the CAM
paign. Thus it will be seen that Mr..
Dingley combines all the qualities deman-
ded in the republican candidate at this
time. Let US be wise rs republicans and
avail ourselves of them


For EX-Judge Kent we have the most
sincere respect. Far be it from us to say
one disparaging word of him. He has
honored the State in the executive chair
and on the Bench, filing all positions to
which he has been called with distinguished
ability and integrity. Why we prefer Mr.
Dingley as a candidate is because he seems
to meet more fully the thought and de-
mand of the time We have observed the
development of public opinion since Mr.
Dingley's name was first mentioned. an,
find that it has grown and is growing to
wards him. Like the name of Joe Haw
] ley in Connecticut, it speaks of yigor
dash, independence, honesty, and live
men for public positions. Thirty-five
years ago the name of Kent awakened
similar feelings in the State. He met the
popular wish then as Dingley does now
and herein is difference which is all-im
portant to the republican party.
Year: 1873

The Paris correspondent of the Boston
Journal writes: The journals here an
nounce the marriage of a New I 1ork young
lady to Partisan yieonlte, and there are
many and varied comments going the
rounds in consequence. The fact is that
so few of these mixed alliances have been
fortunate, so far as mutual happiness goes,
that people may well wonder when they
find parties so venturesome as to encoun-
ter the risk of such union. You see, as
a rule, the neblemen who wed the Ameri-
can bellies doiso for consideration, and as
this is sOmeWhatat variance with our man
ners and customs, we mutually are aston
ished to find girls willing to make such a
barter, and parents so weak as to allow OF
such a sacrifice. These European titled
young men are for the most part dissipated,
reckless fellows. over head and ears IN
debt, who count upon such marriage to
get square and have fresh start. Surely
the American girls must be well aware OF
all this, and it must be their pride and not
their reason; which obtains the mastery
when they consent to give up all that
which trueehearted woman desires, mere
" that they may have title. Be madame
La countesse or haronne, and for that much
qualification be the wife of scapegrace, q
spendthrift, who sells his title. Of course
| do not wish to intimate that the late we'd
ding took place under such circumstances
/ do not know any of the parties, and
merely reflect generally upon marriages oi
the kind which have taken place already
with such deplorable results; in fact, am
simply repeating the comments / have
been listening TO lately upon the above
Suiliect
Year: 1873

"A correspondent of the New 7 ork Iri-
buae, with the Juniata expedition, says of
the Greenlanders, that to one ignorant OF
their style Sof dress and the similarity of
dress of both sexes, it would be difficult to
distinguish, the man from the woman. The
man combs his hair straight down and over
his forehead, only parting it sufficiently to
enable him, to see directly ahead OF him,
while the woman combs her hair in long
plait, forming it into a knot on top OF the
head, which Is elevated about four inches
from the scalp and tied with strip OF
ribbon, either of black, blue or red color
the widow being distinguished by black
ribbon, the wife BY the blue, and the maiden
by the red one. The complexion is cop
perry, like that of the Indian, their hair
black, and their nose flat, while their cheek
bones are broad and prominent, nearly
hiding theinasal appendage when the pro-
file is presented. The kapetab or jumper.
with hood attachment, worn by both sexes,
the hood of the woman s being made larger,
In which TO carry the young babe, Is OF
sealskin, with trimmings of dogskin. The
pantaloons and boots are also worn by Dotn
sexes. those. of the women being, In most
cases, very elaborately and artistiealiy
trimmed. The pantaloons OF the women
reach only to the knee, while the boots,
made of finely tanned sealskin, nicely
crimped and sewed with the sineWs OF the
deer. make them look comfortable.
Year: 1873

The reduction of the currency by
Congress at its last session, without
any provision for an immediate in
crease to meet an emergency like the
present, is now generally conceded to
have been unwise. The recent panic
is attributed by various. persons con-


vefsant with the business and finan-
cial systems OF the country, to vari-
Gus and complicated causes. The
amount of currency was inadequate
to the real business wants of the
country, even when it was in undis-
turbed circulation. There had been
an unusual flow to the West for the
purpose Of removing the wheat crop.
BY this and undue speculations in
fancy stocks, short gold, and other
reckless snd illegitimvte business
confidence in the soundness Of heavy
banks was impaired at time when
there was an extraordinary drain up
on the currency in the centers of
trade. In times of such uncertainty
there is always tendency to with
draw money from circulation and
thus reduce its apparent volume.
Deposits are withdrawn from the
banks and their available balances
The systems ofexchange
between banks and the various
branches of trade and industry are
adjusted to existing conditions, and
any sudden disturbance in one quar-
ter quickly affects all others.


Jay Cook & Co., leading banking
firm of New York failed temporarily
and o panic thus started. 1t soon
extended and forced the suspension
of other banks, and created such
wild alarm in all the large cities
that business was brought almost to
to dead lock in many places. The
flow of currency was checked, and Of
course the sale OF grain and live
stock was retarded or entirely stop
ped. Most of the banks which
did SO only tempora-
rily in order to save themselves
and their depositers from loss by
an unnecessary sacrifice Of their secur-
tiles. Many of them have now re.
sumed business, aud the panic is
practically over. The government
purchased bonds to the amount f$l2,-
00O, 900, in order to supply currency
to relieve the stringency. Latest
dispatches say that trade will resume
its wonted activity in a few days,
and that currency is coming west
again in large quantities, and that
prices will range higher than before
the panic.
Year: 1873

In February last the Democrat said:
"The Treasurer, Mr.. Baker, was on
the point of repaying the money to
the individual taxpayers as fast as
the two years elapsed, when the
Railroad Company brought suit
against him to enjoin him from pay
ing out the unexpended tax"


Thus talked Mccormack when he
had special reasons for concealing the
truth. Now he and the Chairman of
his Central Committee labor to ere
ate the belief that Baker intention
ally SECURED an injunction to restrain
him from fefundipg the railroad tax.
Year: 1873

The late Mr.. Babbage, Of calcu-
lating machine fame, had singular
faculty of suggesting avenues to
knowledge. We are told by one
who knew him well that it seemed
possible to him to obtain an exact
record of the succession Of hot and
cold years for long periods in by
gone ages. His plan was as follows:
Among the stumps oftrees in some
ancient forests, he proposed to Sc
lect one in which both the number
and size Of the rings that have been
annually produced we're clearly
marked. He would write down the
succession of hot and cool summers
so marked in this tree, assuming
that the larger the ring in each case,
the hotter has been the summer.
He then proposed to examine other
trees Of about the same date, until
he found some which recorded a Sc
ries of hot and cold seasons, exactly
similar to that which he had already
noted down, and until the series
extended far enough for him to be
sure that the resemblance was not
accidental, but that he had before
him a natural register of the seasons
which had been recorded in the first
tree. AS some of the trees would be
be somewhat old than the first tree,
while others would have survived il,
he considered that it would be pos
sible, so to say, TO piece out the in
formation obtained from one tree by
means of the others; and that after
examing a great number Of trees,
his record Of warm and cold seasons
might be extended indefinitely.
Year: 1873




Hon. Daniel Dougherty, Of Phila-
delphia, in a recent lecture on ora
tory, uses this language:


@The grand days of oratory are
over. The future may give birth to
men who shall rank with the great.
est orators of the past, for oratory
can never be lost while liberty sur
wives, but for all this, its glory, pow
er and pride have have passed away
forever. A power mightier than
any army of orators has arisen
which has dwarfed their genius and
lowered them to the level Of ordina-
~ mortals, and which is changing
the whole world. The power of the
orator sank when the printing press
arose. The orator speaks TO thou
sand, the press to hundreds of thou
sands-the former rarely, the latter
every day. The orator is mortal,
the press unfailing; the one speaks
to city, the other to nation. The
words of the orator die with the
sound that voices them, the words
of the press live forever. The ora
tors are listened to by few Of an
evening, and the press sends even
their words to the world next day.
IL the press then does honestly its
duty with its far greater powers and
labors for the welfare of the people,
the honor of the nation, and the
glory of God, We may be content
that the days of oratory are over
Year: 1873

DIR. LIBBL1-


DEAR SIR: should be ungratcful indeed
ifI did not make some Acknowledgements to
Won. of the wonderful changeyo have work
ea in my physical condition during the past
three months treatment Ihaye received from
Won NV heart and lungs were in fearful
condition. was generally prostrated anu
completely broken down. feel now as wen
as nine-tenths of the women of my age lam
sure that your treatment was the cause OIL 50
wonderful a change. My friends and neigh
bors are loud in your praise. There are many
in this place and vicinity that arc anxious 10
avail themselves ofyour skill, and look Tor
ward with great anxiety to your next visit,
THAT YOU may live to do more of the gooo
work you have begun, is the constant prayer