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Year: 1875

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Year: 1875

1HL ACCxDENI III 4u1DDAE1VWN.


At the inquest Of Coroner Groves over the
body Off. E. Lee Cochran, the verdict rem
dered was substantially the same as FRI
days verdict over his companion in death.
The jury were in session for three hours be-
fore coming to the agreement that he "came
to his death from injuries sustained by
being run into by Engine No. GS the result
of negligence on the part of the conductor,
engineer and others having charge of said
engine, in not giving the proper signal in
approaching the crossing" On another
page we publish letter from the Coroner
in which he states that the public unhesita-
tingly censure the railroad company In the
matter, and recommending that flag sta
tion be established where the accident oc-
cured.
Year: 1875

From a Lecture Love hy Robert C"llyer. in


Chicago"


| want to tell Il story in which have
tried to open this great secret of stay
Ing married. in the light that comes hl
the time one gets round to the silver
wedding. as my wife and | did, last
April. 1t is about Il Young man who
set ont To seek Il wife. and who found
one. aS all Young men do who set out
in dead earnest and when they were
married he knew very little about her.
and she knew very little about him.
beyond this: that they were both born
of Il good, honest stock, and raised in Il
good, wholesome way; and she had to
go home with him and live with that
person our new SatiriStS are girdmg at
so unfarly-a mothcr-in-law. And
what would come ont of it ? They had
no idea the whole future was as yet in
the shadow except for the light of love
that waS in thriI hearts; and when
they came to he alone in their chamber
they knelt down and prayed this PRAYER /:
'Mercifully ordain that we may grow
old together"


Ii was one of those weddings for
which some people predict lciSnrrly
repentance ut first sight. followed
by brief courtship and then the
minister, and friends, congratulations,
kisses, tears. laughter. il supper. which
they ate no doubt looking Slyly at each
other, and half wondering whether it
could he possible that they were really
husband and wife, as the man had said,
us long lis they both should live. They
were both quite young: they did not
know much of the world they had lived
III, and nothing ut all of the world they
were entering. Could he hold his own
rs bread winner. and she aS bread
maker? Could he keep Il house over
her head. and could she make il bright
and trim aS II man loves to see II when
he comes home tired and wants to rest
Would he turn out selfish in his home.
or Self-forgetful or she Il frivolous
gossip, or wife he could trust like his
own right hand Would the sunshine
break ont in his face as he entered his
own door and met the sunshine break
ing out on hers Or. would he save all
his SnarlS until he had shut the door
and sat down to supper, and she give
him back his own with uSurN Their,
II all lay before them, the vast untr"d-
den possibility leading to heaven or t'
hell 10y the time they came to then
silver wedding. There was but one
wish III their hearts, come what would
testing there, as the lark in the sprins
Year: 1875

Dress Makers recommend 1t as being the best
Corset to fit dress over, because it is cut n
such manner that the front and back seams tit
like seams to dress.


And it is superior to any other Corset now in
use. because its peculiar style of cutting gives
sufficient flu lness at the bosom, without folding
ut the top; gradually and closely lifting to, and
over The hips, is longer front and back than or
binary Corsets and in fact is the only Corset cut
in this form. o,,,,n =,
be found q large assortment of other makes at
the following prices-Sl.25 Sl.5O, SLID, S2'oo,
80 so and So
Year: 1875

Bya curious law of compensation,
those who seem to be most loved by
the Lord are the ones who receive the
heaviest Affections at His hands. 1t
is paradoxical, perhaps, but certainly
true. Those who have suffered much
and long are often almost sanity In
character. Indeed, as an eloquent
preacher once said, "We can catch
the gleam of halo around their
heads" 1t is not often that grief or
sorrow hardens the heart; but most
wonderful changes have been wrought
IN apparently hopeless cases by the
softening influence of remorseful or
regretful tears. If we mourn the
dead, their best qualities are remem-
bered, and one great love prompts US
to do as they did, in Difference to their
memories. If lighter Affections dis
tress, we think of "the sweet by and
by" with its longed-for rest, its peace
and happiness and exemption from
earthly ills. Now, if we believe in
this at all, We must accept the state
ment that 1t is given as a reward for
the good done here; and our heart
weariness prompts US to earn the re-
ward by performance of the duty. So,
in every way, God makes tribulation a
door to goodness and happiness. 1t is
often hard to see and hard to under
stand, but faith guides the mind to the
final truth, and hope encourages the
heart until We see, and know, and un-
derstand.
Year: 1875

Our fair correspondent HELEN,
writing from Aurora, Illinois, gives
the following interesting account of
Winters weather in Fox river valley,
in which valley Aurora is situated:


Cup to the 2lst of December, we
had passable Fall weather, but from
then until the 10th of May it was in
tensely cold. There was forty-two
days of cold, cold, cold. The
ground froze to the depth Of over five
feet. 1t took three days to dig grave
in the cemeteries. and there were many
deaths among children and old peo-
pie. Our river, good sized stream,
froze to the very bottom. The ice
was thirty-four inches thick. 1t was
very dry here last Summer, and the
feed failed sorely. Many of our farm
ers had to begin feeding our hay to
stock before the first of September. In
January, February and March they had
to haul in ice and melt it to get water
for their stock. Not over one-third of
the mills had water, and cisterns froze
SO we could get no water from them
for weeks. The cold hurst the gas
main, and but for the kerosene we
should have had a winter Of parlor
darkness"
Year: 1875

1t is good to sing. We all have
voices, and they are meant for use; not
in fretful grumblings nor sharp re-
torts, but as means of praise. Every
true, pure word is tribute to Deity.
Every cheerful, happy song is hymn
Of praise--a pouring out of the hearts
content in gratitude. The birds seem
conscious Of this, and their power in
this respect is almost enviable. Chill
dren love to sing - wordless songs,
perhaps, looking up at the sky In
reverence for what they locate beyond.
And the instincts Of their innocent
hearts are truer than the philosophy
of sages, for God loves the offerings SO
simply sent up.
Year: 1875

The following description of a
marriage in the Druidical days is
given in Saintine's Myths of the
Rhine"


Alta place where two roads meet
the cracking Of whip is heard /;
hogs, sheep and small oxen are driven
aside to make way for kind of pro-
cessiOn, consisting Of grave and sol
emn men and women.


1t is wedding.


Two young people have just had
their union blessed by the priests un-
der the sacred oak. The bride is
dressed in black, and wears Il wreath
of dark leaves on her head. She
walks in the midst of her friends.
A matron, who walks on her left,
holds before her eyes Il white cloth;
it is a shroud, the shrOud in which
she will be buried one of these days.
On her right Druid intones a chant,
in which he cnumerates in solemn
rhythm all the troubles and all the
anxieties which await her in welded
life.


From this day, young wife, thou
alone will have to bear all the bur
den of your united household.


You will have to attend the baking
oven, to provide fuel, and to 90 in
search of food; you will have to pre-
pare the rcsinous torch and the lamp


You will wash the linen at the
fountain. and you will make up the
clothing.


You will attend to the cow, and
even to the horse, if your husband
requires it.


Always full of respect, you will
wait on him, standing behind him at
his meals.


If he expresses wish to take you
with him to war, yOu will accompany
him to carry his baggage, to keep his
arms in good condition, and to nurse
him if he should be sick or wounded.


Happiness consists in the fulfill
ment of duty. Be happy, my child.


What is still more strange is that
this dOlOrous wedding song, but
slightly altered, is still, in some
parts of France, at this day, address
ed to brides by local mInstrels.
Year: 1875

TThis beautiful poem was composed
years ago by Henry Stanton, Maysville
kentucky. Such gems of poetry ar,
not often met with, written by authors
whose names are never known i'm his
tory.l
Is there no place on the face of the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue
Where bOsoms in kindness and mercy


will heave,
And the poor and the wretehed shall


ask and receive?
Is there no place on earth where knock


from the poor
Will bring a kind angel to open the


door?
All! search the wide world wherever
you can,
There is no open door for the moneyless
man.
Go look in the hall where the chande-


lier light
Drives off with its splendor the dark
ness of night;
Where the rich hanging velvet, in


shadowy fold,
Sweeps gracefully down with its trim


ing of gold,
And mirrors of silver take up and re-


new
In long lighted vistas the 'wildering


view;
Go there III your patches, and find If


yOu can
A welcoming smile for the moneyless


man.
Go look in your church of the cloud


reaching spire,
Which gave back to the sun his same


look of fire.
Where the arches and columns are


gorgeous within,
And the walls seem as pure as soul


without sin;
Go down the long aisle-see the rich and


the great,
In the pOmp and the pride of their


worldly estate;
Walk down in your patches, and find if


you can,
Who opens pew for a mOneyless man.
Go look to your Judges, in dark flowing


gown,
With the scales wherein law weigheth


quietly down;
Where lie frowns on the weak and


smiles on the strong,
And Furnishes right while he justifies
Where jurors their lips on the Bible


have laid,
To render verdict they've already


made;
Go there in the court room, and find if



Any law for the case of moneyless


man.
Go look in the banks, where Mammon


has told
His hundreds and thousands of silver


and gold;
Where, safe from the hands of the


starving and poor,
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore /;
Walk up to the cOunter-alI, there you


may stay,
Till your limbs have grown Old and your


hair turns gray,
And You'll find at the bank not one of


the clan
With money to lend to a mOneyless man.
rhon go to your hovei-no raven has


fed
The wife who has suffered so long for


her bread;
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the


death frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty


lost
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless while it smites you, the chast-


ening rod;
And you'll find at the end of a life's lit


tie span,
welcome above for the money


less man.
Year: 1875

man, who ought to be strong giant


and great genius. The bullet


headed man has outstripped the


broad-browed man in everything he


undertook; and people say, ''Where


is your phrenology% In reply, l say,


"Look at that bullet headed man, and
see what he has to drive his bullet


head WITH His stomach gives ev-
idence that he has natural forces to
carry forward his purposes. Then
look at the big headed man. He
can't make spoonful of blood in
twenty=four hours, and what he does
make is poor and thin. Phrenology
classifies the brain regions we'll
enough, but you must understand its
relations to physiology, and the de-
pendence of brain work upon the
qusntity and quality of blood that
the mans body makes.


You may ask, "What is the use of
knowing these things?" All the use
in the world. If person comes to
me'with dark, coarse hair, l know he
is tough and enduring, and | know,
if it is necessary, that l can hit him a
rap to arouse him; but if l see per-
son who has fine, silky hair, and a
light complexion, l know that he is
of an excitable temperament, and
must be dealt with sootlingly.
Again, if | see one with large blue,
watery eye, and its accompanying
complexion, say to myself that all
Mount Sinai could not wake that
man up. | have seen men of that
stamp, whom you could no more stim-
uiatc to action than you could lump
of dough by blowing the resurrection
trump over it.


Men are like open books, if looked
at properly. Suppose l attempt to
analyze mans deeds | can do it
with comparative facility, because l
have in my eye the general outline
of the mans disposition and mental
tendencies. A deed is like letter
stamped from a die. The motive
that directs the deed is like the ma
trix that molds the stamp. You
may know the mold from the i'm
preston made by the stamp. You
must know what men are in order to
reach them, and that is part of the
science of preaching. If there is
any profession in the world that can
afford to be without this practical
knowledge of human nature, it GER
tainly is not the profession of a
preacher.
Year: 1875

l do not suppose that phrenOlOgy
is perfect system of mental philOs,
ophy. 1t hits here and there. 1t
needs revising, as in its present shape
it is crude; but, nevertheless, when
it becomes necessary to talk to peO-
pie about themselves, / know of no
other nomenclature which so nearly
expresses what we need, and which
is so facile in its use as phrenology.
Nothing can give you the formulated
analysis of mind as that can. Now
let me say, particularly, a few things
about this, and personally, too. l
suppose inherited tendency or tu
itiOn to read man. The very aptitude
that l recognize in myself for the
exercise of this power would indicate
pre-existing tendency. In my
junior college year l became, during
the visit of Spurzheim, enamored of
phrenOlOgy. For twenty years, al
though l have not made it 4 special
study, it has been the foundation on
which | have worked. Admit, if you
please, it is not exactly the true
thing; and admit, if you will, that
there is little form or system in it,;
yet l have worked with it the same
as botanists worked with the Lin
n9an system of botany, the classifi-
cation of which is very convenient,
although an artificial one. There is
no natural system that seems to cor
respond to human nature so near as
phrenology does.


For example, you assume that a
mans brain is the general organ of
the spiritual and intellectual func-
tiOns.


l see a man with a small brow and
big in the lower part of his head,
like bull, and know that that man
is not likely to be a saint. All the
reasoning in the world would not con-
vince me of the contrary, hut would
say of such man, that he has very
intense ideas, and will below and
push like a bull of Bashon. Now,
practically, do you suppose 1 would
commence to treat with such man
by Haunting a rag in his face? My
first instinct in regard to him is what
a man would have if he found him
self in a field with wild bull, which
would be to put himself on good
manners, and use means of concilia
ton, if possible.


On the other hand, if see a man
whose forehead is very high and
large, but who is very thin in the
back of the head, and with a very
small neck and trunk, l say to my
self, that is man, probably, whose
friends are always talking about how
much there is in him, but who never
does anything. He is man who
has great organs, but nothingt to drive
them with. He is like splendid To-
comotive without boiler.


Again, you will see a man with a
little bullet head. having accom-
plished more than the big-headed
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Commercial re
views the Louisiana situation, and
then concludes:


We are not able TO see that State
sovereignty suffers any more in this
case than it did some months ago in
Arkansas, when the slender line Of
blue coats kept armed mObs of State
sovereigns from cutting each others
throats, and gave the Conservative
squad the preference. We did not
observe at that time any special
alarm among the Democracy about
the subjugation of the sovereignty of
and we have to say that
the greater part of the row abont
State rights is passion and nonsense,
delusion, folly and madness.
Year: 1875

TIE whole affair is fitted to disgust
the American people with Louisiana
and all that pertains to it. The peO-
pie of that State appear to have lost
all capacity for government. The
Constitution of the United States
seems no longer applicable to their
condition. They show themselves to
be capable of no government but that
of military force, whether such a
government be lawful or nOt.-PrOr-
ItdeRce Journal.
Year: 1875




JENNY JUNE got a hat that turned
up on one side, and her husband crit
icized it so severely that she wore
her old bonnet when she went to see
the Sphinx, and loi it was the only
one there. Everybody had on a new
hat, and every one had it turned up
high on the sides. Said her husband,
'Good heavens! have all the women
gone crazy?" "Yes,'' replied she,
meekly, land why can't 1 go crazy
too?' "My dear" said he, "you may /;
it would look ridiculous to be the
only sensible woman in the world"
So hereafter she is going to wear her
gray felt, turned up on one side, in
peace.
Year: 1875

We presume that most of our read


ers have a general notion of the


structure and working of the human


eye,s They know that the little


sphere, of an inch or so in diameter,


wifsSh forms the eyeball, is acamera,


essentially like the one used by the


photographer to throw the image of


external objects upon the surface pre-


pared to receive it and placed within


the apparatus. The mere forming of
this picture inside the eye is not,


however, seeing. The picture might
as well be anywhere else, if there


were not some means of making the
mind aware of its existence. The
optic nerve answers this purpose-a


branch of the brain which enters the
eye through small hole in the rear,
and spreads out in a delicate net
work over the surface whereOn the
picture is formed. The impression
made by the rays of light upon this
network of nerves, is telegraphed to
the mind, which then sees the object,
or, rather, from seeing its image in
the eve, comes to recognize the exis-
tence of the object itself outside the
eye.


If the optic nerve should be sew
erd, the picture in the eye might be
as perfect as before, but we would
nevertheless be blind to it. If any
portion of the net work of nerves Just
mentioned should be paralyzed, we
would cease to see part of the picture
formed on the portion of the eyes
inner surface. If the entire image of
some small object should fall upon
that insensible spot, we could no more
see it, even though looking straight
at it, than if we had no eyes or kept
them shut. 1t is 4 curious fact that
there is such "blind spot" in every
human eye, and what is more curious,
it is found to be just where the optic
nerve enters the eye-the very place
which we might suppose would have
the keenest sight of all. There is
simple little experiment, by which
we can prove the existence of this
blind spot in our eyes: Shut your
left eye, and with the right one look
steadily at the cross just below, hold
ing the paper ten or twelve inches
Year: 1875

from the eye. Now move the paper
slowly toward the eye, which must be
kept fixed on the cross. At certain
distance the other figure-the letter
O-will suddenly disappear; but, if
you bring the paper nearer it will
come again into view. You may not
succeed in the experiment on the
first trial, but with little patience
you can hardly fail; and the sudden
ness with which the black spot van
ishes and reappears is very striking.
Now, examination has shown that,
when it disappears, its image falls ex-
actly on the spot where the optic
nerve enters the eye, thus proving
that spot to be blind.
Year: 1875

Tho Secretary OF the Treasury has informed
Congress that The changes in import duties
caused by tho revision of tho statutes nre
neither many in number ncr large in amount
The Fig -Iron people will 10 disappointed Mt
the news. They thought there was some
show Of increasing the tariff, in tho way Of
compensation, you know.
Year: 1875

Hanging up my barometer to give it a
few minutes to settle, occupied myself
in collecting resin from the pinon pines,
which were found in great abundance.
One of the principal objects of the climb
was to get this resin for the purpose of
smearing our boats, but had with me
no means of carrying it down. The day
was very hot and my coat had been left
in camp, so had no Innings to tear out,
but it occurred to me to cut off the
sleeve of my shirt and tie it up at one end,
and in this little sack collected about a
gallon of pitch. After taking observations
for altitude, l wandered back on the
rocks tor an hour or two, when, suddenly,
/ noticed that a storm was coming from
the south. l sought shelter in the
rocks, but when the. storm burst, it came
down as flood from the heavens-not
with gentle drops at first, slowly in
creasing in quantity, but as if suddenly
poured from an immense basin. l was
thoroughly drenched and almost washed
away. 1t lasted not more than half an
hour, when the clouds swept by to the
north, and l was in the sunshine again.


In the meantime, discovered better
way of getting down, and started for
camp, making the greatest haste possible.
On reaching the bottom of the side canon
| found a thousand streams rolling down
the cliffs on every side; carrying with
them rcd sand, and these all united in
the canon below in one great stream of
red mud. Travelling as fast as / could
run, / soon reached the foot of the
stream, for the rain did not reach the
lower end of the canon, and the water
was running down dry bed of sand f;
and, although it came in waves several
feet high and fifteen and twenty feet in
width, the sand soaked it up and it was
lost. Wave followed wave and rolled
along and was swallowed up, and still the
floods came from above. found could
travel faster than the stream, 80
hastcned OH TO camp and told the men
there was a river coming down the canon.
We carried our camp equipagc from the
bank to where we thought it would hc
above the water, and then stood by to
see the river roll on to join the Colorado.
-lIajor j. w. PotceH; Scribner.
Year: 1875

A remarkable scene occurred in the
Chester Assize Court the other day. A
woman having been found guilty of the
manslaughter of her husband, Mr.. JUS
tice Brcet, in an address to the prisoner,
dwelt upon the evidence of her husbands
long continued brutality received with
exemplary forbearance, of the special
provOcation she had received on the day
of his death, of the momentary passion
which had moved her to throw a sharp
ening steele at him, without (thc Judge
believed) any intention of striking him.
II did strike the man, and the wife i'm
mediately ran for assistance, and did all
she could to save him. "All the real
right in this case," continued the Judge,
was on your side, all the real wrong on
your husbands, and God forbid that
should punish you. Twill be no party
to it. will not even make this judg-
ment complete. will not allow il To be
said by anybody that you are convict
ed fclon, for conviction is not complete
until sentence is passed, and / mean to
pass no sentence at all. / shall merely
ask you to enter into your own recog-
nizances to come up for judgment If
called upon; and nobody in the world
will ever call upon you-God forbid they
ever should" The address was inter
rupted by loud cheering in the court,
which was renewed when the prisoner
left the dock.