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Year: 1875

DOMESTIC TooL-CHEsTs.--Every fam
ily should have one of these. 1t would
save much inconvenience and expense,
for all small Jobs about house could
then be done without sending for an ex-
pensive mechanic. The cost Of the nee
essary tools should prevent no one from
providing them, as they would pay for
themselves in single year. To begin,
there should be chopping or wood Ak,
hatchet, saw. claw hammer, ANAL
let, several gimlets Of different sizes,
two augers, say half-inch and an inch.
two screwdrivers. one large. enough to
screw up bedsteads. two or three CHS
els. a small plane, a pair of pincers,
pruning knife, a pair of shears, one or
two files, carpet stretcher, ball of
twine, etc. There should also be an as
sortment of nails from spikes down to
small tacks, few brass-headed nails,
screws of various sizes, and the nails and
these should be kept in box, something
like carpenters carry, in separate apart
ments. The tools should be hung up in
places marked out for them on board
surface, where there should be an out
line of each made so that, when tool
is done with, it can be returned to the
exact place belonging to it. You can
always tell too, when any tool is missing.
There should be tool closet on the
ground floor of some part of the house,
to contain a wide shelf. under which
there should be suitable drawer to
contain all that may be required in the
way of light materials. No house should
be considered complete without such a
closet, and they should be provided in
building house. Once accustomed to
such great convenience, no one would
do without it.
Year: 1875

HoLD ON.-Hold on to your tongue
when you are just ready to swear or
speak harshly, or use an improper word.
Hold on to your feet when you are on
the point Of kicking, or running away
from study. or pursuing the path of er-
ror, shame or crime. Hold on to your
temper when you are excited, angry, or
imposed upon. or others are angry about
you. Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is much more valuable to
you than gold, high places or fashiona-
BILE attire.


Many people think they are unhappy
when they are not. Real unpleasantness
cannot exist without cause. 1t is a
shame and disgrace to complain Of be-
ing unhappy when we are only lazy and
unoccupied. Such people are like the
fox, who had deep wound somewhere
on his body, but he could not tell where.
Let them be ashamed to own it unless
they can show good reason.


No matter what comes upon you, do
not give up to 1t Look it square in
the eye. Don't let it see you finch. If
sorrow has entered your life, and rem
dered it bleak and cheerless, don't bow
down before it like ''reed shaken Of
the wind" but swallow it, shake it out
of your existence cut it up, root and
branch do not let it pull you down un-
der its feet.
Year: 1875

1nE HABIT OF SAyING.-Wa usefulness
characterizes our domestic economy to
an extent unheard of in more frugal
countries. and we must always eat, drink
and be clothed with the best the market
affords There is no economy in depriv-
ing ourselves of an abundant supply of
nourishiDg food, decent raiment. and
healthful shelter, but this affords no ex-
euse for the prevalent sin of waste, nor
does it justify spending hard-won wages
upon expensive delicacies. unnecessarily
large habitations, or costly trifes. There
is far too lavish subserviency to fash
ion among all classes. Economy in this
respect would not only save money, but
tend to create a much needed independ-
ence, both in dress and in our whole
manner Of life.
Year: 1875


She stood there leaning wearily
Against the window frame;
Her face was patient sad and sweet,
Her garments coarse and plain;
'Wbo is she pay g. asked a friend,
The red lip gave a curl
Really do not know her name,
Shes some ones servant girl"
Again saw her on the street
With bundle trudgc along,
Her face was sweet and patient still.
Amid the iostliug throngi
slowly bus cheertully she moved,
Guarding with watchful care
A market basket much too large
For her slight hands to bear.
A man, thought a gentleman.
Went pushing rudely BY,
Sweeping the basket from her hands,
But turning NOT his eye;
Nor there D. no necessity.


Amid that busy whirl
For him 10 be gentleman


To "somebodv's servant girl"
All. wei IL is that God above


Looks in upon the heart,
And never judges any one


by just the outer part
For if the soul he pure and good,
lie will not mind the rest,
Nor question what the garments were
In which the form was dressed.
And many % man and woman fair
BY fortune reared and fed,
Who will not linger here below


with those who earn their bread.
When they have passed away from life.
Beyond the gates of pearl,
VIII meet before their Fathers throne
With many % servant girl.
Year: 1875

II 90 wish and u have were one, my dear
You would be sitting now
With not a care in your tender heart,
NoJ a wrinkle upon your brow;
The clock of time would go back with you
Ai the years YOU have been my wife,
Till It's golden hands had pointed out
The happiest hour OF your life;
Iwould stop them at that immortal hour;
The clock should no longer run:
You could not De sad and sick and old
II to wish and to have were one.
You are not here in the winter. my love,
The snow is not whining down;
You are iu the heart Of the summer woods,
Ia your dear old seaside town
patter Of little feet in the leaves.
beautiful boy at your side;
lie Is gathering flowers in the shady nooks--
u was but a dream that he died
Keep hold of his hands. and sing to him:
No mother under the sun
Has such u sernplic child as yours
n 10 wish and to have one.
Mcihiniss am with YOU there, dear wife,
In that old house by the sea;
Ihavc town To YOU as the bluebrd flies
To his mat. i'm the Poplar tree.
A sailors hammock hangs at the door,
You swing I'm it, book in hand;
boat is standing In for the beach,
Its keel now crates on the sand
Your brothers are coning-twO manly men,
Whose lives have only begun
Their days will be long in the land, dear heart
TO wish and TO have are one.
II to wish and TO have were one, all mel
would not be old and poor,
But Young and prosperous gentleman,
With never a dun at the door;
There would be no past to bewail my love,
There would be no future to dread
Your brothers would he live men again,
And my boy would not be dead.
Perhaps it will an come right at last
IL may be. when ali is done
We shall be together In some good world
Where TO wish and to have are one.


-HARPEKs WEEKLY
Year: 1875

Flora was at the window watching for
papa. She was growing impatient, for
it was almost time for the stars to come
out, and she wanted to give him good
night kiss. Presently Flora's quick ear
caught the sound of familiar footstep,
and with cry of joy she bounded away
to meet her father. Before she reached
the gate gentleman who was passing
stopped to speak with him.


Suddenly the sunny face became cloud
ed, and slowly the child turned toward
the house, and sat down in her little
chair, and covered her face with her
hands.


The mother seeing her, said: us Flo
ra sick tonight 2" mo, mamma ;" and
then the little head bowed again. The
mother took her in her arms, and said !:
"Will not Flora tell me what troubles
her 2" II know must keep nothing
from my mother" Flora answered. Il
was watching for papa, and when be
came | ran out to meet him, but some
one called him, and while waited for
him to 60 away, heard some one swear.
Do you think it was papa? ?"


The mother knew not what to answer.
She knew that her husband frequently
took the name of God in vain, but tc
her sorrowing little one she could not
say this,


Flora slipped from her mothers arms
into her little chair, and again buried
her face in her hands, when her father
came in. He had missed the bright face
and bounding step of his little one, and
when he entered the house and she die
not come to meet him, though she mus
be ill. Taking her in his arms, he saiC
tenderly: ais my little Flora sick to
night ?'' mo, papa" What ha
troubled my darling then q After /
moments hesitation, Flora said ''Wher
l was waiting for you just now, | hearc
some one swear, and think it was th'
man on this side of the fence. "Was i
you, papa Did you swear 2"


1t was hard to meet the gaze of thos
clear eyes. What would not the tathe
at that moment have given could he hav
answered, NO, Flora, your father di'
not swear" From the silence and tn
averted gaze, Flora's quick intuition
gathered the truth, and she would no
be comforted.


Never before in the presence of hi
clild had an oath escaped this father
lips, and he was grleved that his littl
daughters faith in him should be :
shaken. If before his child he stoo
condemned. how can he appear befor
the Judge of all the earth ?-Congrego
tiOadliSt
Year: 1875

SHE was watching at the window


AS hurried down the street,
In the simple brown merino


That | fancy looks so neat, :
And her smile thought portentous-
1t was so exceeding sweet.
Then she met me at the threshold
With very loving kiss
That recalled the early stages


Of our matrimonial bliss,
And felt at once tremor-


Was there anything amiss?
No! The children were all quiet,


And the hearth was very bright, -,
And my pet-our roguish Charlie
Was quite festal in his white;
Yet braced myself for something,
Be that something what it might.
My chair was near the fire


And my slippers by its side,
My pipe was very handy


And nay papers open wide,
And she wore the pretty breastpin
That l gave her when bride.
The dinner was perfection


1t was lavish without waste;
The soup was vermicelli


And exactly to my taste,
While the dessert was triumph
or artistic skill in paste.
And when the meal was over,


And 'he inner man at rest,
She drew her chair beside me,


With the baby on her breast;
And felt, and so ! tod her,


l was one among the blest.
Oh! the smile of tender radiance
That illumined all her face
As clasped her to my bosom


In lovers fond embrace
1t was then she softly whispered:
"Won't you let me have that lace:"
Year: 1875

"A case has recently occurred at Gosh
en-, Mass, that seems to confirm the pop
ular belief that beech trees are never struck
by lightning. A beech and maple stand
ing near together, with branches inter-
locking each other, received an electric
bolt from a passing cloud which shattered
the maple and passed into the earth
through a PROSTATE hemlock tree lying
near, which was stripped of its bark near
ly the whole length. No trace OF the
lightning was left upon the beach.
Year: 1875

A SEA Captain, off Massachusetts, has
caught sea-serpent. He espied tito the
larboard and gave chase. Coming up with
it. his vessel gave it a fearful dig, stunning
it SO that the crew could take it. Upon
examination it proved to be of the species
sugar hogshead.
Year: 1875

THERE has resided near the Stone Cor
raj, in this county, for number of years,
an old man by the name of Barber, who
made vow many years ago, when Henry
CLAY was candidate for President, that
he would never cut his hair until Clay
was President This old man has lived
the life of hermit, and last week he
went over to Marysville and was found
dead in bed. The machine had run
down, and he passed to the other side to
Join his great idol, Clay, but his vow
was never broken.-Calusa (Cal.) Sun,


lam 81 .~
Year: 1875

the man for whom they were looking
might be there. They found Mrs. Arm
strong's brother, whose name was Reu-
ben, at his work, and represented them
selves as two lawyers who had under
taken his sisters case, without men,
tiOning what her trouble was.


II expected it would get her into
trouble" was Reuben's remark, which
showed that he knew about the crime.
This information he might have got
from newspapers, but still it struck the
detectives as indicative of a knowledge
acquired from another source. As they
were cOnversing with Reuben, they OBJ
served man watching them from an
adjoining smithy.


"YOu had better come with us and
see Your sister. one of the officers said.
g Go and ask the fOreman's leave, and
refer him to us, if necessary. for an ex-
planation.''


Reuben said he would do so, and
turned toward the Office near the gate.


snow let us see what is in that
smithy," one of the detectives said,
and grasping their revOlvers in the
pockets of their OvercOats, they moved
in the direction indicated. As they
reached the door they heard crash,
and saw the figure of Il man passing
through the roof near the chimney.


sROund there and watch the out
side," said one of the officers rs he
spranS into the smithy. But the man
had disappeared, and rushing forth the
officer was just in time to see the fugi-
tive spring from the roof. As he
reached the ground he fell, and before
he could rise the grip of both detectives
was upon him.


He was secured in moment, and
proved to be the man they wanted.


He was tried ut the Carlisle AssiZes i'm
April last, and convicted by overwhelT-
ing evidence. Before the time for his
execution arrived, he wrenched apart
one of the bars of his cell door, and with
the Jagged edge inflicted terrible
wound on his throat, from the effects of
which he died in few hours.


BY what means he induced Kate COul-
ter to quit the house with him on tfe
fatal night and accompany him to tie
Black Tarn remains Il mystery. 1t is
probable, however, that the girl had
some lingering regard for her formol'
lover, and was led out of pure goodneas :
of heart to grant him an interview.
Why he removed her clothing can only
be guessed. The Tarn was frozen over,
and here and there holes had been made
for the fish. Through one of these holes
the murderer must have forced the
body, and finding that the clothes,
which were wooden, stuck to the ice
and prevented the body from going un-
der, the suppOsitiOn is that he stripped
the corpse and concealed the apparel
where it was subsequently found.
Year: 1875

On the anniversary of the battle of
Bienheim, each year, a gentleman may
be seen getting off the train st Windsor,
and carrying white flag up TO the old
castle, depositing it in the hands of some
court official with great solemnity aud
ceremony. On the anniversary of
Waterloo, another gentleman proceeds
to the same place also with a flag,
although this time the bunting is tri.
color. On certain day in every Octo-
ber should you happen to be in the Office
of her Majestys " Remembrancer," in
London, you would see three very digni-


fed gentlemen, with heavy watch seals
and bristling sidewhiskers, diligently
engaged in splitting faggots Of wood and
counting some horseshoes and hob-nails.
Such are few OF the lingering relics of
the poetry Of feudalism in England,
Blenheim was given to the great Duke of
Marlborough, and Sirath6eldsaye to the
greater Duke Of Wellington, on condition
that the ceremony detailed above should
be performed annually forever The city
Of London holds possessions in the shire
OF Salop so long as certain officials make
wood.choppers and uailreckoners of
themselves once every year. What would
occur if these flags did not arrive at
Windsor, or those nails were not counted
is as mysterious as the consequences of
manning a member" in the House of
Commons 1t may be at least taken for
granted that some worthy old Tories
would be heard to deplore the fact that
England was going TO the dogs" No
body-except, perhaps Bradlaugh and
few others Of his sort-thinks of abolish.
ing those absurd though not unpictu.
rescue performances. Even Temple Bar
is allowed to totter on its feeble founda
ton, though it threaten to fall on the
heads Of passersby any hour of the day
and there seems to be the limit passed
between harmless keeping alive of
quaint old customs and the dangerous
preservation Of what is old simply on
account Of its age.
Year: 1875

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POS
SIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, is Of
FERED BY THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 9TH OF
FEBRUARY NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE
MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE
RETURN OF THE MONEY IF THE DRAW
ING SHOULD NOT COME OFF AT THE
DAY NOW APPOINTED
Year: 1875

It Is admitted that Mr.. Delano's son
has been guilty of corrupt practices in
Indian and other jobbery, and the organs
Of the Administration seek to excuse the
father by making the son u scapegoat
This experiment will not succeed. John
Delano is no youth, as he has been rep
resented. but the head of a family. with
large experience of the world.


He served first as chief clerk of the In
terror long enough to acquire training
in its ways, and then went to Minnesota
to figure among the plunderers of Indian
pine lands, the contracts for which had
to be approved by his father. During
this time he was drawing pay as clerk
in the Pension Office.


A few months ago he was appointed by
his father, with two others, as CON-
mission to examine the completion OF the
Union Pacific Railroad. And he has
been sent to the Indian country with
large pay and perquisites.
Year: 1875

LET TIE WHOLE CABINET RESIGN
In the House Of Representatives which
meets in December there will be Demo-
cratic majority of about seventy, No.
body doub..s that the House will, through
the agency Of investigating committees,
very thoroughly overhaul the leading
departments of the Administration, and
institute searching inquiry into the
public conduct Of Grant himself. To
fail to do this would be to shun the per.
formance Of plain duty, and seriously
disappoint public expectation.
Year: 1875

out. He has enjoyed more liberty,
more comforts, more luxuries than
thousands of honorable men who
are comfortably well off: Because
he is big thief, because he stole by
wholesale, he was treated like king.
Who ever heard Of a poo, wretch
that stole to supply his necessities,
or to keep the family he loved from
suffering, being taken out of jail for
an airing? Why should this more
criminal thief be made an exception.
If justice is done, those who have
had charge of Tweed should be made
to suffer the penalty of his crime.
Year: 1875

must consist of thousands of barrels
or nothing. In short, so far as the
staple products of the State are con-
cerned, let there either be a grand
display or none at all. We are by
no means sure that it would not be
wise policy for the State to expend
$4,000, as proposed, in making a
proper display at that exhibition.


Still, while we say this, we must
confess that we are far from being
an enthusiastic believer in that big
show. 1t will be much more ad
vantageous to Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia, and to the railroad and
steamboat lines leading thence, than
to anybody else, and it's ultimate re-
suit may be more harm than benefit
to the country generally. But it
cannot be prevented. 1t has gone
too far for that. And now, it is the
part Of true wisdom to use it, as far
as it is capable of being used, to
promote the welfare of our own
State. Hence, we are forced to
favor the proposition which Mr.. Hall
of the Dispatch gets credit for hav-
ing made. Let the legislature make
a generous appropriation, so that
our State may not be behind the
others at the show.
Year: 1875

IL IS well known that We adVOcat-
ed the settlement of the old railroad
bonds by the sake of the 100000
acres of internal improvement lands,
and that we have always held the
opinion that the State will ultimately
pay those bonds. Our policy has
been to settle with the bond-holders
on the best terms that could be
made; not because the debt was
justly due, but because the bonds
bear witness on their face that the
faith of the State is pledged for their
redemption, and one unacquainted
with their history, must naturally
conclude from such testimony that
the State does repudiate an honest
debt.


Notwithstanding this, we can have
no sympathy with the loud-mouthed
brawlers, who take delight in detrac-
ting from the fair name of the State,
because Of its unwillingness to pay
these bonds. Such refusal is not
reputation. Equitably the State is
not bound to pay these bonds. The
issuance of them was an arrant
swlndle; and though the people did
agree to it, it is we'll known that
they were deceived into consenting
and that those who so deceived
them were the same persons to whom
the bonds were issued and who still
hold the major part of them and the
railroads as we'll. For the State to
pay them now Is for it to give to
these swindlers the money for which
they Perpetrated the wrong!
1t would be we'll for those who
are bowling reputation to remem-
Der that there are two sides to this
question, side of policy and a side
of justice. While policy dictates
that the bonds should be redeemed
and cancelled at the least possible
cost, justice declares that the bond
holders should be made to surrender
what they obtained by fraud, and
punished for what constitutes moral
ly a case of treason against the
State.
Year: 1875

On last Monday, at a meeting of
the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath
School Union, in Boston, where
nearly 800 persons were present,
Bishop Haven urged as a measure of
relief for the public, that General
Grant ought to be nominated for a
third term. He must either be
firmly welded to the opinion that
the hair of the dog is cure for the
bite," or he must be a democrat in
disguise, who, believing that Grant
can be beaten for third term, wants
him nominated in order to secure
democratic success. We prefer the
latter hypothesis. But in all candor
we ask, does it not look a little
amiss for clergyman, in a strictly
ecclesiastical body, to bring in the
subject of politics? It seems so to
us and we cannot help thinking that
such conduct is injurious to the soci-
ETY. which permits it and to the re-
ligion professed. We do not object
to ministers having political opinions
nor to their expressing them, but
doubt the propriety of their doing
so on occasions like the above.