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Year: 1875

Be kind to your old wife; she has
walked by your side for many longyears,
she has rejoiced with you in your joy,
and wept with you when you had cause
to weep.


There are men who seldom, if ever,
speak pleasant word to their wives If
they ask question they are answered
with growl, or, "What difference can
it make to your" But let some one
else ask the same question, some one who
perhaps cares nothing for him, and he
is instantly all smiles and politeness.
To the man who is not kind to his wife
! say, would not own his conscience for
the greatest fortune ever inherited by
mortal man. How can you use with dis
respect the wife who has ever sought to
shield your faults, and always speaks of
you as the kindest of husbands How
can you sit so silently reading your pa
per all the long winter evenings, while
she sits in the shadow of the freight,
alone with her busy thoughts? Do you
notice the tears she sheds! Who could
blame her if she wishes she had remain
ed in her home ON the far off hillside,
from which she went forth into the world
with you, from the love of fond parents,
who trusted to your care their fair young
daughter?


And how have you repaid their trust
and her love? Begin to-day and repay
by kindness all that was intrusted to
your care; tell her the news when you
come home; read aloud to her. ask her
advice; and if there should ever come
time when her busy hands can no
longer administer to your wants and
comforts, you will be glad for every
hour of happiness you gave her, for
every smile you brought to her face, OF
light Of JOY to her eye. Oh, husbands,
begin to-day and be kind to the old
wife.
Year: 1875

In recent number of the Nashua
Telegraph is a reference to two Dart
mouth college boys, who not long ago
fell victims to the "banditti" :" whose
rights we are told, are being trampled
upon in New Orleans. These two men
were college mates, one, A. B. Long, a
talented, strong-hearted young man,
graduated in 1858 the other, Frank
w. Perkins, was still in college when
the rebellion broke out, and at the first
call for troops enlisted and went with
the second regiment to battle for his
country. He was the first soldier Dart
mouth sent to the war. When the war
closed, Long, having read law and been
admitted to the bar, was in New Orleans
and for time his friends at the North
heard of him as justifying all the bright
promises of his college days. After
ward he was appointed to a judicial po-
sition in the city. Still later the news
came that he had committed suicide by
cutting his throat in his office. This
report in time reached his old friend
Perkins, who by his ability and integri-
ty had come to be the agent of line of
steamships running between ST. Louis
and New Orleans, and he went to New
Orleans to investigate the report.


Arriving there he learned that Long,
instead of committing suicide had been
murdered in cold blood by band of
of White Leaguers to whom he had be-
come obnoxious by reason of some of
his judicial findings. 1t was also learn
ed that no attempt had been made to
discover his murderers and that the
whole White League organization was
glorying over this summary removal of
a hated radical. Upon learning these
facts Perkins published card offering
a reward of $4,000 for the arrest and
conviction of those who had committed
the murder, and in less than a week he
was hunted down and shot and his
corpse kicked into the street, probably
by the same rebel fiends who had cut
the throat of his old friend.


These murders count but little in the
aggregate of more than three thousand
which are known to have been commit
ted by this White League organization,
and which have gone unpunished and
Year: 1875

SMART CoNDUCToR.-The managers
of the Grand Trunk Railroad, not long
ago, got the impression that some of
their conductors were turning an hon.
est penny" for themselves to the detri-
ment of the road, and they thought they
would try an experiment in order to
ascertain, as well as they could, if their
suspicious were correct. One day they
put some of their clerks ON some of their
trains to collect tickets and take fares,
just to see how the receipts would aver
age with those of previous days. Two
clerks were sent on the train to St.
Johns, with orders to only collect the
fares, while the conductor was to run
the train in all other respects as usual.
Everything went all right on the down
trip, but when they reached St. Johns,
the train had to wait some little time be-
fore returning. 1t was cold day, and
the clerks went to the refreshment rooms
and took something wet to keep them
selves warm and dry. When it was
time to return, the conductor was in too
much Of hurry to inform them, and
the train returned to Montreal without
them. The conductor had no authority
to take tickets, and not fare was col
lected. The managers of the road came
to the conclusion that that trip did not
average well.
Year: 1875

THE HABIT OF Wasteful-
ness 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
nourishing food, decent raiment, and
healthful shelter, but this affords no ex-
cuse for the prevalent sin of waste, nor
does it justify spending hardwon wages
upon expensive delicacies, unnecessarily
large habitations, or costly trifes. There
is far too lavish subserviency to fashion
among all classes. Economy in this re-
spect would not only save money, but
tend to create much needed independ-
ence, both in dress and in our whole
manner of life.
Year: 1875

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unrebuked, but to the hundreds Of young
men in New Hampshire who knew the
victims, who knew how brave and con-
scientious and true they were, how in
capable Of meanness orcrime, these two,
even if they stood alone, are enough to
prove how richly the conservative viii
iians who committed them deserve hang
ing, and how little they merit the SYM
pathy which rebel press north and
south is laboring to excite for them As
against such crimes, all the reports of
committees and the howls of democracy
and the whims of White Leagues amount
to nothing.
Year: 1875

How TO ADMoNIsH.-We must con-
suit the gentlest manner and softest sea-
sons of address our advice must not
fall like violent storm, bearing down
and making those to droop whom it is
meant to cherish and refresh. 1t must
descend as the dew upon the tender herb,
or like melting flakes of snow; the soft
er it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and
the deeper it sinks into the mind. To
probe the wound to the bottom with all
the boldness and resolution of a good
spiritual surgeon, and yet with all the
delicacy and tenderness of a friend, re-
quires a very dexterous and mastery
hand
Year: 1875

Nobody of course expects to find ev-
cry thing as well as might be; and the
person who does go spying out the loose
joints in a household should be given a
wide berth out of doors. We would not
say, by any means that there should be
absolutely "no difference for company.
1t is most certainly pleasant and right to
give expression to our better feelings by
rendering to those to whom it may be
our duty or privilege to entertain the
best which may be at command, observ-
ing too, that regard for personal attire
and behavior which we instinctively
adopt as the badge of true respect for
others. The Golden Rule is the thing
to practice. No one who knows Of the
great labor attending elaborate prepar-
ations for visitors and the unnatural ex-
citability of entertaining them, would
feel the slightest enjoyment in so taxing
the hospitalities of their friends, espec-
tally if the work comes largely upon the
mistress herself Proffer, then, hearty
welcome, rather than to distress yourself
and guests by the betrayal and chagrin
that your house is not palace. Talk
when you feel like itand confer similar
favor upon your visitor. Don't spoil a
meal by apologizing for its want of deli
cacies. Good appetites and good diges-
ton are prompted by cheerfulness SO
let the cheerfulness reign at the table,
as well as in the parlor. If we SO con-
duct when people come to see us, wheth-
er for a call or a longer time, as to en-
joy ourselves in their company, we have
probably done the best thing for their
enjoyment too.
Year: 1875

A Brutal Outrage.


The st. Louis Times, the Bourbon or.
gan of Missouri, prints the following
brutal and cold-blooded paragraph in
recent issue:


"Mr. j. III. Oglesby was not compelled
to resign the Presidency of the New Or
leans Chamber of Commerce. After his
extraordinary testimony in behalf of the
Kellogg government, he simply found
himself in a position from which the
common civilities and courtesies of social
life were withdrawn. A resident and
business man for half century, he
awoke to the discovery that he was with
out single acquaintance among reputa-
bic business men, and his bank-that
had become famous as custodian of
commercial wealth--found itself in q
single day without single depositor.
Mr.. Oglesby was as completely alone as
if he had lived in desert. Isolated and
ignored by the friends he had known for
fifty years, the terrible rebuke struck
home as none other could, and he resign
ed his commercial honors for friendless
retirement. To nature like Mr.. Og-
lesby's, such manifestation of public
disapproval was crushing in its effect.
He now lies at the point of DEATH"


The facts in this case are substantially
these: Mr.. Oglesby has been respecta-
BILE citizen and prominent business man
of New Orleanes for over fifty years.
During all that time no taint has ever
rested upon his moral reputation or CON-
mercial honor. He was summoned be-
fore the committee to testify, and, while
he did not seek to justify Mr.. Kellogg
or his administration, when asked some
questions touching Kellogg's relations to
the business community, he spoke favor
ably of them rather than stain his honor
by lying. Because he would not lie, he
was ostraeised socially and commercially,
anu uliNCil tibO anu " uis
death-bed by men who contend there is
no such thing in Louisiana as intimida-
tion and coercion And this is sample
of Southern chivalry and honor Could
there be more notable exhibition of
White League hate and fiendishness If
the conservatives of Louisiana thus
hound a man to his death whose honor
has been kept in tact for fifty years be-
cause he will not lie and soil his honor
to suit their partisan purposes, can there
be any more convincing proof that they
themselves have lied in their testimony ?
The ostracism 6f Mr.. Oglesby is the
blacklist deco the conservatives of Lou
isiana have yet committed, and should
bring upon them the swift condemnation
of all high-minded and truthful men.
This is a matter which lies outside Of
politics. 1t is personal outrage of the
gravest character which will come home
to every one who has respect for the
truth and honor, and it shows, as moth
ing else could, the fiendish hate and ma
levolence of the Bourbons towards any
man who will not prostitute his honor in
their behalf. A whole life. time of labor
for the interests of his city and his state,
and a reputation in politics, in trade,
and in society unspotted by single dis
reputable act, count nothing against his
refusal to lie. This is an objectionable
offence.
Year: 1875

If wound made by a rusty nail be
held for twenty minutes over smoke
from burning wool or woolen cloth, the
pain will be relieved and the worst case
of inflammation allayed. This is sim
pie and worthy of trial, in these very
frequent cases which often result so fa-
tally.
Year: 1875

An advertisement for a dry goods
clerk reads, " Wanted, a young man to
be partly out door and partly behind
the counter" 1t doesn't specify what
part of the young man is to be out door.
Year: 1875

DR.. Hall gives this advice to ladies


Have rocking chair in some large
room, at the top of the house, all cozy,
quiet and clean, and in some of the old
familiar tunes of the village church of
your childhood sing by the hour, with
an open mouth and loud voice not
on a penny whistle pitch the psalms
and hymns, and spiritual songs Of Watts
and Wesley, of David and Moses, and
Deuteronomy and all Of them Sing
away and rock away, and don't be afraid
if your neighbors do think you are a
live one, the angels won't be ashamed of
you; but while you are singing, think
what the words mean, and let your rheart
go out in that meaning; think, too, of
the many who used TO sing these same
songs with you, side by side in the same
pew, but who can sing them no more
now, for their lips are still in death, and
their sweet voices are hushed in the
churchyard grave, to be heard no more,
until you join together in singing the
hallelujahs of the skies
Year: 1875

A Leavenworth man told a lie, and
then said hope to be struck dead il
have not spoken the truth He had
scarcely ceased speaking when he fell
to the foor-a man having knocked
him down.
Year: 1875

BE FAITHFUL.-A man cannot afford
tobe unfaithful under any circumstances; /;
a man cannot afford to be mean at any
time man cannot afford to do less
than his best at all times and under all
circumstances. No matter how wrong
fully you are placed, and no matter how
uniustly you are treated, you cannot, for
your own sake, afford to use anything
but your better self, nor to render any
thing but your better services; you can
not afford to cheat cheater; you can
not lie to liar; you cannot afford to
be mean to a mean man you cannot
afford to do other than deal uprightly
with any man, no matter what exigen-
cies may exist between him and you.
No man can afford to be anything but a
true man, living in his higher nature
and acting from the noblest considera-
tions.
Year: 1875

Every man has at times in his mind
the ideal, of what he should be, but is
not. This ideal may be high and COM
plete, or it may be quite low and Insult
ficient; yet in all men that really seek
to improve, it is better than the actual
character. Perhaps no one is SO salts
fed with himself that he never wishes to
be wiser, better and more holy. Man
never falls so low that he can see moth
ing higher than himself This ideal
man which we project, as it were, out of
ourselves, and seek to make it real
this wisdom, goodness and holiness,
which we aim to transfer from our
thoughts to our life-has an action more
or less powerful ON each man, rendering
him dissatisfied with present attainments,
and restless unless he is becoming better.
With some men it takes the rose out of
the cheek, and forces them to wander a
long pilgrimage of temptation before
they reach the Delectable Mountains of
tranquility, and find rest for the soul, :"
under the tree of life.-Theodore Parker
Year: 1875

R4- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTER
ING THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHE-rhe NEW
YORK HERALD has adopted distinguishing Coston night
signal board the HKRALD steam yacht, show
ing while burning the colors red. changing
the ether succession and can be seen sew
eral miles distant Captains OF vessels seeing this
signal will oolge US by preparing any marine news
they may have tor the Ship News Department OF the
HERALD


no Persons desrous OF communicating with vessels
arriving New York do by addressing TO such
vessels care OF HERALD yacht pier No East
River New York Letters received rom all parts OF the
world and promptly delivered Duplicates are re-
Year: 1875

What is it the baby's hand can hold?


Only one little flower, do you say?
Why, all the blossoms that ever blew
In the sweet wide wind away from the dew,
And all the jewels and all the gold


OF the kingdoms of the world to-day
The baby's hand can hold.
What is it the baby's hand can hold


Why, all the honey Of all the bees,
And all the valleys where summer stays,
And all the sands Of the deserts ways,
And all the SHOWS that were ever cold,


And all the mountains and all the seas,
The babys hand can hold.
What is it the baby's hand can hold


The baby's hand 30 pretty and small?
Why, just what the shoulders of Atlas bear.
Bonding him down in the picture there
(Now all can tell you is surely told)-


But that is the world2 Well, that is all
The baby's hand can hold.
How is it the babys hand can hold


The world ?-yee, surely ought to know
For oh, were the baby's hand withdrawn,
Down into the dust the world were gone,
Folded therein as you might fold


The sad white bud Of a rose--just So
For the baby's hand to hold.
Year: 1875

Upon entering the factory where horn
combs are made, says a correspondent,
the first sight presented to view was the
pile of horns in the rough. The odor
was not pleasant. A man sat in front of
cutting machine. He had leather pat
terms of the size wanted, and would
wrap it around the horn and put it under
the cutter. One horn makes two pieces
of different shapes, both of which are
large enough for two combs. These
pieces are thrown in one pile and the
odds and ends in another. Those de-
signed for combs are subjected to a pro-
cess through hot oil, which softens the
horu, so that it can be reduced from
round to fiat shape. Then it is laid
away to dry and season. After that it is
cut the right length, allowing an inch
for shrinkage. The machinery is exact,
and beautiful for cutting the teeth in the
comb. A man stands by the feeder.
The strips are laid on part of the ma
chine, which is heated by steam.


While the horn strips are warm they
are placed between the two horizontal
bars Of the machine, which has sharp
knives, and also dial, upon which are
numbers. These numbers represent the
number of coarse teeth, which are the
first ones made on the comb, and then it
gives little turn backward, or a skip,
and proceeds to make the fine teeth.
When the horn is taken out you can
scarcely see that any impression has
been made, but If you pull the two ends
the combs separate, for there are two,
the teeth of which were interlaced. The
combs are handled many more times be-
fore they are finished.
Year: 1875

Olive Harper writes of domestic life
i'll Greece, that in one respect it is the
promised land for women; for the hus-
bands, in devotion to their wives, are
themselves their only parallel. She
says A Greek man is only content when
he can lavish upon his wife all the lux
uries in the way of dress the female
heart can desire. He is only happy
when, in company with his wife in the
house, in the garden or on the prone
made, she is the best dressed of all the
fair. With the Greek husband there is
no grumbling consent to bestow upon
you enough to buy q pair of boots, while
he spends ten times that amount with
his friends in champagne suppers; no
long-drawn visage as he doles out
stingy sum, while delivering solemn
lecture as to female extravaganza. Not
bit of it. On the contrary, the Greek
husband does not lead his wife through
by-streets for fear of dry goods stores
when she wishes to go ont for little
walk. He leads her, on the contrary,
past the most fashionable stores, and OBJ
serves with the eye of a critic, all the
new styles, and is really, ladies, really
and truly willing to spend his money for
his own wife. Even for fear that she
should not be considered so lovely as
some one else, he goes to parfumer's,
he buys cold cream, rice powder, deli
cate pinks for cheeks little blanched by
the stern realities of motherhood he
buys q little black for eyelashes, to
brighten eyes that have become some
what dimmed by tears, perhaps, or
vigils over sickly babies, and he not
only gives his full and free consent to
their use, but he himself will artistically
apply them, and afterward compliment
his wife upon her beauty till her heart
swells with love that he knows so well
how to retain, fresh as when the first
vows were plighted. Yes, of verify,
the Greeks are bad men, but good hus-
bands and tender fathers.
Year: 1875

Of course all newspapers want adver-
tisements, just as all merchants desire
to sell goods-just as all manufacturers
desire orders for their wares-just as all
farmers desire customers for their pro-
duce-just as all laborers desire a posi-
ton in which they can get an equivalent
for their labor. The solicitor for adver-
tisements is not in any sense different
man from him who waits upon you for
an order for goods, and yet he is gener-
ally considered bore if he asks for your
advertisement. You look at him as
though you were about to confer an i'm
mense favor if you yielded to his re-
quest. You don't advertise as though
You were investing in something that
would prove advantageous to yourself
You seem to think that when you pay
for advertising you are donating to the
newspaper man. You do other things to
bring your name and business before
the public-you ornament your place of
business to attract customers-you hang
out an expensive sign, and arrange your
wares attractively, and hire men to ask
people to buy your goods. But when
you are invited to make your wishes
medium in the world, you begin to won





per man without absolutely kicking him
out of your establishment.


Here you make great mistake. Be
cause you don't hear from an advertise
ment rs soon as it is inserted is no proof
that the advertisement is doing no good.
One seldom hears any good of himself.
To prove how much effect notices Of
ones business are, note how sensitive
most men are in regard to what is said
of them in the newspapers, especially if
the notice is not altogether compliment
tary note, too, how jealous are many
about what is said favorably of another
in the same line of business. Thus do
men tacitly admit the power of good
and evil OF notices in the public prints,
and yet these same men will cry out
"Well, don't see as it does me any
good to advertise. This theory that
advertising is simply comforting o favor
upon the editor of the newspaper is the
silliest of notions. One might as well
say he buys his groceries at Smiths just
to patronize him, or his dry goods of
Brown just to keep him from starving,
or gets shaved ut Thompson's because
he wants to encourage the tonsorial art.
It's all bosh. You trade where you can
get the best return for your own good,
and not from any desire to sustain your
newspaper. advertiser.