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Year: 1875

A religious mother! How many
great, good men have in the flush OF
their successes and joys ascribed to
the influence of such mother their
attainments! Childhoods impressions
are so easily made-so lastingly re-
tanned that one may well shudder lest
one give false ideas. But a devoted
woman, with all true woman's love
and reverence for the pure and good,
will give her children, by the very ex-
ample of her life, principles of holi-
ness and purity which will guide them
Alright through coming years of temp
tati0n. Still an undue observance Of
forms Is calculated to distress the ver-
satile childish mind. What picture
is more forbidding than that of an old
time Sunday, with its cold dinners,
its dreary services, and smileless faces?
Sunday, as we'll as everything else con-
nected with religion, should be made
as attractive as possible. Everyone
knows the instructive love childhood
has for the beautiful; and those moth
ers who combine tact with desire to
benefit their children will always be
found to show good things in their
fairest light. Happy youth, noble
life, golden age, and firm trust and
hope beyond are the portion of those
whose mothers know the beauty and
symmetry of religion.
Year: 1875

Temptation may come unawares
even to the earnest Christian soul, and
blur the image of Christ impressed
there; even as banner may be ruff
fled by the breeze till the device upon
it cannot easily be discerned.-Pik-
ington


All souls! you are no longer safe and
secure than when you are upon your
watch. While Antipater kept the
watch Alexander was safe; and while
We keep strict watch we are safe. A
watchful soul is soul upon the wing,
soul out of gun-shot, a soul upon a
rock, a soul in castle, q soul above
the clouds, soul held fast in everlast-
ing arms.-Brooks


When I am out of heart follow Da-
vid's example, and fly for refuge to
prayer, and he furnishes me with a
store of prayer. l am bound to &C.
knowledge that / have always found
that my prayers have been heard and
answered.-,Sir f. Btlxton.
Year: 1875




A brother In his need,
The kindly word In time of grief.
That proves friend indeed;
The longing after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The strlvlngs after better hopes,
These things can never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
May find some work to do:
Love not chance to waken lore,
Be firm, and just, and true:
80 shall light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And Angel voices say to thee,
These things can never die.
Year: 1875

THE STRANGE HALLUCINATIoN OF AN OIL


AND REsPEGTABLE CTTIZEN-A HUSBAND


ON THE WING.


the New Orleans Times tells it thus
About three months ago much interest and
surprise were occssioned by the reported
mysterious disappearance of an old and re-
spectacle citizeu. As he was known to be
in possession of about $500 it was at first
supposed that he had been foully dealt with,
but it was subsequently shown that the un-
fortunate gentleman. with the shrewdness
and cunning of a mind unhinged, had left the
city, and so cleverly concealed his tracks
that beyond Jackson, Miss. no traces OF him
could be found. Neither his employers nor
any one else questioned his honesty, and as
time wore on epd no intelligence came OF
his whereabouts, grave fears were enter
tained for his safety. The gentleman being
of the Masonic fraternity, that benevolent
order caused circulars descriptive of their
lost brother to be printed and forwarded to
every lodge in the land. About two
months ago letter from the Houston lodge
was received stating that man an
swering the description was there:
but that he did not appear non compo
mentis, although st times his actions were
little strange. About the same time q
brother OF the gentleman's wife received a
letter from the wsnderer, stating that he
was in Houston, and asking after the welfare
OF his family, but did not say where to di-
rect. Thus it was that the missing man was
discovered, and acting under sdvices from
her friends the wife embarked for Houston
in search of her husband, but reached there
only TO learn that


HER HUSBAND HAD AGAIN TAKEN WING.
Thinking that no must have made some ar
ranpament for recent of an answer To his
communication, che interviewed the post
master, but tbst gentleman had received nc
instruction where to forward letters. No.
wise dsunted, the lady informed the post
master that in all likelihood her husband
would dispatch q messenger for the letter,
and asked that when the messenger came
that he be detained. Sure enough every.
thing transpired as was predicted, and from
the messenger she learned that her husband
was out in the country. She was soon on
the road thither, and upon her arrival found
him prostrated with fever. He did not
appear in any wise startled or sur
prised at seeing her, bat greeted her as II
her presence was but the natural order o
events. She soon learned that her husband
had left this city, fearing death at the hands
of an imaginary assassin, who, he thought


ollowed him even as his shadow. ResssureC
by his wife's presence, he recovered very
rapidly, but could not be induced to return
to this citv. Being advised to humor him
she let him roam at will, to Palestine, II
Waco, to Houston, and finally she man nsgec
| to get him to Galveston. There the storm
overlook them and for several days they
were weather bound. By this time his hal
lucination had been almost dispellsd and
without difficulty his wife got him on the
steamer, and Wednesday last arrived In thii
city.
Year: 1875

There comes time when we grow old
And like sunset down the sea
slope gradu md the night wind cold
Comes whispering, sad and chilling!


And locks are gray


As winters day,
Ard eyes of saddest blue behold
The leaves all weary drift away,
And lips of faded coral say,
HC ere comes time when We grow Old
tn re comes time when joyous hearts,
; E1ch leaped as leaped the laughing main
Are cad TO all save memory,
AS prisoner IN HIS dungeon chain.


And dawn of day


Hath pas ed away,
The moon hath fnto darkness 70, led;
And by the morning wan and gray
hear a voice IN whisper say,
There comes a time when we grow old.
There comes time when manhood's prime
L shrouded in the mist of years,
And beauty fading like dream,
Hath passed away in silent tears;


And then how dark


Blu oh ! the spark
That klndies youth in hues OF gold,
SIN burns With clear and steady ray,
And fond affections lingering, say,
There comes time when we grow old.
There comes time when laughing Spring
And golden Summer cease to be,
And we put on the Autumn robe
To tread the last declevity;


But now the slope


With rosy hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold
Another dawn with fairer light,
While watchers whisper through the nigh;
There comes time when we grow old.
Year: 1875




BREAKING RANKs-THB RUSH TO GET AWAY


BUT STILL THE CITY CONTAINED VAST


NUMBER OF STRANGERS DURING THE NIGHT.


Soon as the procession broke ranks the
confusion on the streets was very great.
Hundreds of the strangers were anxious to
leave for home on the afternoon trains, con.
sequently the rush for the depot was sight
to be seen, but not a
thing to be engaged In with
pleasure The sidewalks on Illinois street
would not hold the hurrying crowd, and
men, women and children took to double
quick time, march" down the center of the
street. At the depot the confusion was
greater than in any other one locality. To
say that that spacious building was
crowded, would Ds using an exceedingly
mild term. The people jsmmed in. Friends
became separated, mothers lost their
children, and their cries added TO the
general confusion, made the scene perfect
babel. The crowd was so dense that
at times the trains backing in had to be
stopped several times to give the police an
opportunity to clear the tracks. After the
long trains on the eight or ten different
roads had gone out, carving overloaded
coaches, the streets seemed TO be as lively as
ever, showing plainly that there must have
been 35 900 or 10000 persons viewing the
procession while it passed along Washing
ton street. Tne hotels at supper time were
crowded and the regular boarders say that
their healthv friends from the county make
sad havoc in the quantity of provisions in
store. In the evening the streets
were still crowded. as were all
the places of amusement. At midnight the
streets were still in crowded condition.
Toe stranger who secured an office chair in
nate indeed. By this evening the city will
no itaalf AGAIN
Year: 1875

The Providence Journal gives the follow
ing description of a marvellous bonnet lately
on exhibition at Boston millinery OPEN
ing: It was made of dark green velvet and
ecru silk, two of the stylish colors for the
coming season. On the back of the bonnet,
resting partly on the crown and partly on
the brim, was an elaborate wreath OF leaves.
Within this circlet, which answered tor a
nest, were lnclosed six birds of the size of
sparrows. They were mounted on WIRE so
as to move easily with the motion OF the
wearer, or to sway lightly in the breath of
the breeze. Ten wings formed the trimming
on one side of the bonnet, and larger wing
was intermingled with the bandeau of vel
vet aud silk on the other. The front, large
and fiaring, was flied in with a mass of ex-
quisite flowers, loops and twists of velvet
and silk, and an additional wing. A ward
and a half of velvet, and half that quantity
of silk, were required for the completion Of
this monstrosity of feminine head-gear.
Twelve birds's wings, six whole birds,
masses of flowers, leaves and wreaths, vel
vet, and silk in unlimited quantity, entered
into the composition OF this "loye Of q bon
net"
Year: 1875

into the deeps, leaving Miss Miller, some
what astonished at her adventure. The ca
noe picked her up and took her ashore.


Now, the course of the fish was directly
toward the American coast. Miss Adelaide
Miller took the hint, and soon left for Cali
fornia to sing and make her fortune. The
adventure with the fish made her exceeding
ly popular at home, for many of the Pacific
and South Sea Islanders regard the shark as
a sacred animal, and never kill one except
in self-defence. Miss Miller's having taken
r 6 on shark back consecrated her, and
she )ecame to them divine. She is now the
Hawaiian diva. and We may one day be
treated to her song.
Year: 1875

Those who have known Mrs Tilton well
have known her as tender and faithful
mother, devoted wife and good woman
They have never for moment donbted her
entire innocence of the charges made against
her. She has been in and out before them
for twenty years, and, until this sorry scan.


name. Naturally they stand by her now
with mistaken faith and love. But the great
world, which reads the trial, has nos seen
her quiet, womanly lite, and does not ieei
the force Of the testimony which personal
knowledge of her would be sure 70 g'se In
her fayor.-Lucy Stone an fsnas's Jour-
Year: 1875

In the United States District Court yester-
day 10000 cigars were condemned by default claim
ant appearing. These arc tho cigars which Custom
house Inspector d. p Harris recently convicted OF
smuggling.


The contest over the probate of the will of
James Hard wick. the particulars of which have been
published, begun yesterday before Surrogate
Hutchngs Only formal testimony OF the execution Of
the will was taken


The second trial of the suit of Isal Good
man, administrator agt The Dry Dock East Broadway
and Battery Railroad Company was begun yesterday
before Judge Loew in the Court OF Common Pleas The
plaintiffs wife In crossing East Broadway knocked
down and 30 injured by car OF the defendants ine
that she died the next day. The defense OF the Com
pany is that she before tho that it
possible to avoid hitting her The jury the last trial
disagreed.


In the case Of the North Atlantic Steamship
Company against the steamship Emily B. Souder action
brought to salvage for services rendered
by the steamer Monterey in towing the Emily d.
Souder the port OF New York April % 1865 The
case tried sOme time ago IN the United States
District Court before Judge BlatchfOrd, who reserved
decision until yesterday when he gave decision IN
favor OF the plaintiff for 5000 d. d. EstOn appeared
for the Hbeants and W. K Beebo for the claimants.
Year: 1875

The N. Y. Nation lays down the square
proposition to the Democrats Of Missouri
that II they refuse to elect Mr. sChurl TO
the Senate, the people Of the country will
naturally conclude that there is no sincere
ty in Democratic promises Of reform and


will vote accordingly in 1876.
Year: 1875

CAPE PoRPOIsEs AND BLACKFIsH.
AT present whales are scarce IN
Cape God Harbor; and it is an extra
hazardous thing for even porpolse
to show bis black nose over the water
in sight OF the town. Only a few
weeks betoie | last saw the place
eight hundred foolish porpoises enter
ed the harbor, and fur hundred
were captured IN an afternoon, ard
not only in the legitimate way, 50 to
speak, by men with harpoons in boats
but pari of the scool was driven IN
to shoaI water, where men waded
out up to their armpits, and grab
bing porpoise with the fingers OF
one hand in his eyes and the other
catching hls back fin, dragged him
ashore by main force. If you want
To awaken Provlncetown very sud-
denly. hire loud voiced man to
shout. "Blackfsh.' = from the root OF
house. You will fad yourself in
less than two minutes in the midst OF!
very lively population.


Blackish mean money They are
worth about ten dollars apiece, and a
CAPTURE of feur hundred tiah Is u
handsome days work, which adds to
The wealth as well us to the fragrance
of the town. Besides the blubber OIL
which these animals and porpoises
Weld, there is a product OF which
few people, imagine. think muc''
but which is vet OF considerable i'm
portance to nil OF US. This is the pc
culiarly limpid oil which Is drawn
from the jaw-bones Of these fish, and
hich is used by watch makers all
over the world to oil the works OF
watches. A drop OF it goes Il long
way; and in fact the civilized world
uses at present in all its huudred nil


lions of watches only about two hun
dred gallons yearly, most OF which Is
produced, or, more correctly saved
on Cape Cod. An old man who had
lbeen thirty five years in the business
of preparing this jaw oil told me that
when a scooI of fish was caught he
bought the heads, which he then trl'
ed out carefully, refined the oil by


boiling it, and finally submitted 1t 10


= freezing test Two or three men
furnish the worlds supply OF this
product; they have established then
regulations and control the markets


this old man remarked that the stock


ON hand was now sufficiently great
and he would not save any more thu


wear. The oil is sold by the produ


GERS for from four to eight dollars


gallon. | remarked to the old tel
low that il he could sell two hund


red gallons year at five dollars


ra.lon he would do a comfortable bu


sincss and ne repliei, Yes, indeed


I'd be happy with that, and throw OF
hall" -.
Nor was he exagGerating. On TIN
frugal Cape cod fisherman Is no


unhappy Dor unfortunate if he make
five hundred dollars By his year


work. His wife will lay up some o
it, aud he will subscribe literally t.


church and foreign missions, an'
think himself comfortable man. H'
owns his house and little gardeI
patch: he is not afraid of the taN


gatherer; he and Ais wife know how


to make money go TAR, and they arr


not at al! conscious that they arr


punched by poverty CHAR F.


NonDnoFF, in Haper'8 Magazine 70


June.
Year: 1875

md fields of ice which lnenaced their
,hips and drove them from their
courses, ere startling in the extreme.
These fields of ice have been encoun


tered many thousands of miles from
their accustomed haunts and this &c
counts for the unusually cold weather
which has distinguished this Spring
and which has so seriously retarded
vegetation, and in this connection we
have an unfailing sign of an extrao: :
dinarv warm summer.


When the winter is very severe in
this latitude, the season is cores
pondinglv mild at the pole and, rice
r,ersa, when the winter is mild here,
it is propo-tiouately severe there. =
We may therefore, prepare for a hot
and dry summer, since the past win
ter at the pole has been so mild as to
detach the ieebergs and foes of the
Northern Zone so early in the season,
and the passage of these is being re
allied in the cold spell we have en-
dured OF late. The northern seas be
ing emptied of their accumuIations
of ice so early there will be none left
to temper our atmosphere during the
summer months. Had our winter
been a mild one, the ice would have
remained locked in the frigid seas and
would not have drifted by us until
mid Summer. Then it would have
contributed to our comfort when its
presence would be most welcome. As
it is, we must expect summer OF un-
usual severity. and since Huntingto.
mans cannot collect a few of those
ice mountains and anchor them in
the Ohio river just above and below
our city for sunmerpurpOseS, the next
best thing to do is to secure a good
stock of fans, light clothing and ice.
Year: 1875

NEVER SPEAK SLIGBTiNGLy or
WouEx.-Of all the evils prevalent
among young men, more are more
blishting in their effects than the
habit OF speaking slightinely Of the
virtue of women. Nor, indeed, Is
there Anything in viii b young men
are 50 thoroughly mistaken as IN the
low estimate which they are Tont to
form OF the integrity Of the sex-not
Year: 1875

An economical Connecticut girl
re fused TO be married by the clergy
man Of her lovers church. because
another parson owed her two dollars
for knitting stocking, and he wJ
too poor to pay cash.
Year: 1875

NyHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


u up Ia the most attractive style possible,
with q view TO the convenience and comfort
OF patrons. The proprietor desires to call the
attention Of customers, friends and the public
to his superior stock Of
Year: 1875

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel.l


A letter from Blackshear to the Sa-
vannah AdUerttSer states that a short
time after the trial and acquittal OF r.
w. Carpenter, who was charged with
the murder of Walter l.. Cole, in that
place in March last, he (Carpenter) was
served through the postOffice with no.
tice that his life would be in danger il
he remained there, and warning him to
leave. Carpenter paid no attention to
this warning, and, until Thursday night,
thought there was nothing in it. About
eleven o'clock that night, a party of
armed men went to his place and at.
tempted to go to his house, but on OPEN
ing the yard gate they were met and
their progress resisted by Carpenters
yard dog. One of the party shot the
dog, and the noise of the dog and the
report of the gun aroused Carpenter
and gave him a knowledge OF his dam
ger. He Immediately called for assist
ance, which, in few minutes, brought
together several of his neighbors and
caused the armed party to leave. A
piece Of paper was found in the yard
conveying the following warning:


R. W. Carpenter, the Murderer of Cole:


You have been warned to leave this
COWn. we mean InaE you SNAIL lea We IL
at Onea, or your life. Notice close to-
morrow and you VIII see what we mean.
An organization Of citizens large enough
will be found in town and from the
country to protect our families and
property. We intend that you shall go,
or death shall be your fate.


CITIZENS.


There is evidently a condition of af-
fairs existing in Pierce county which re-
quires the attention OF the State author
tiles, and such action as will convince
the men who are engaged in this mid
night outrage that in Georgia there are
laws to convict and courts to punish
rioters and assassins. We know nothing
of Mr.. Carpenter or of the crime imput-
ed to him. We only know that he was
tried for this offense, and that the ver-
Diet of jury proclaimed him innocent.
We hope that he will not leave Black
shear, and that enough true men can be
found there to give him that protection
which the law guarantees to every citi-
zen, and to punish the parties who as
sumo to take the place of judges and ju-
ries, and to dispense revenge under the
name of justice. We also hope that
Governor Smith will see to it that the
matter receives thorough investigation.
Year: 1875

GOVERNOR ALLES's GREAT SPEECH


AS the currency question is an sb-
sorbing issue before the people, and as


there is much interest felt in the con-
test in Ohio, we publish this morning
the opening Of the gubernstorlsl cam
psign, at Gsllipolis, yesterday, with
synopsis OF Mr.. Pendleton's speech;
also the speech Of Governor Allen, at
Newark, last Saturday. This speech
will go to the country with 8
clear and logical array OF facts. We
believe it to he unanswerable. We are
OF the opinion that the south will con-
cur in the position OF Governor Allen
on the currency question. She is sadly
ia debt, and any contraction Of the
currency would certainly prove irjuri-
Gus to the debtor class. 1t is certainly
true that "infiation made the northern
merchants and manufacturers rich, and
they are trying now, by contraction, to
make themselves richer. How was it,


and how is il with the southern people?


We have had no initiation here. Our
people have been plodding along with
the hope that the policy OF the Federal
government would relieve them. But it
has not been so. The money mills Of


Wall street have continued to grind the
industries Of the whole country until


the injurious effect is not only felt all
through the south, but until the people
are asking among themselves whether
they are TO be chained down as slaves or
allowed TO breathe as free people in
free country once more" The south
wants more greenbscks, because she has
not currency commensurate with the
demands Of her recupersting trade. She
feels the want OF it to-day; and while
she charges the chief blame on the party
in power at Washington, she has the
common sense to perceive that there are
prOfessed friends at the north who are
also working against her. The truth is
that there is an immense influence at
the north which is guided by money
considerations alone, regardless Of party,
regardless Of political principle, regard
less Of everything but the monetary in
terests of Wall street and its dependents.
But read the speech Of Governor Allen
on this important question.
Year: 1875

stimulate enterprise by the prospect Of
gain; labor more and spend less. The
great want OF the country is an entire
freedom for labor; removal Of every
obstacle; the presence of every aid for
prices. Steady markets and ready sales
are aid, and to secure these q sufficient
and sound .curTency and low interest
are Indispensable. If these be super
added by low taxes, rigid economy and
simplicity of government and purity OF
administration, that nation will be con-
tinued and accelerated.
Year: 1875

BY virtue OF a certain precept to me directed.
Dy the Mayor OF the city Of indianapolis. Indi.
ana, and duly sttested by the clerk OF said city
under the corporate seal OF said city, viii on
Year: 1875

A writer says: Never take "Come and
see me- as phrase meant in earnest I'M
less it be accompanied with a date. Such
an invitation amounts to nothing at all.


If lady or gentleman desires your COM
pany he or she will appoint time for
your visit. "Call on me when you can
make it convenient" "Drop in as you
are passing" Make us visit whenever
yol have an hour or two to spare" are
sooial antiquities by which men and
women of the world understand that they
are not expected to do the thing request
ed. When people wish to be cheaply
polite there is nothing like this kind of
vagueness. The complimentary, small
change of society must always be taken
at large discount. 1t is never worth
its face or anything like it. Yet it is a
convenient medium of exchange, and
heavy debts of gratitude that ought to be
seqrited in better coin are often paid
with it. People who have more polish
than principle use it lavishly-plain
blunt, honest men, sparingly or not at
all. Whoever makes friendly visit to
fashionable house on the strength of q