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Year: 1873

ANOTHER CoNTEMPLATIvE Box. =
The pretty playfulness with which
little children charm, away the cares
of their parents is illustrated by
touching occurrence in Indiana. A
boy of six years, after watching the
laundry proceedings, and especially
the way in which the wrinkles in the
linen disappeared before the hat-iron,
retired to mediate In the room whore
his father was taking his after-dinner
nap. There gazing upon the burrows
which years of struggle had made
upon the marble brow OF his parent,
he was seized with beautiful idea.
In less than minute that devoted
little boy was smoothing out those
marks of time and sorrow with very
hot flat.irou.
Year: 1873

at once saw him little distance from the
house, but not in the direction from which he
usual came. He was walking slowly, and
with his eyes upon the ground. His whole
manner was that of one depressed or suffering
l dropped the curtain, and went back into
our little breakfast room to see that supper
was put quickly on the table. John came in,
and went upstairs as he usually did, to change
his coat before tea. In few minutes rang
the tea bell, and then seated myself at the ia
BILE to wait for him. He was longer than usu.
al in making himself ready, and then heard
him coming down slowly and heavily as II
there were no spirit in him.


"My heart beat strongly. But tried to be
bright and smiling. There was, oh! so drea-
ry look on Johns face as first sawit in the
door. He stood still just a moment with his
eyes fixed on me; then the dreary look faded
out; flash of light passed over it, as he
stepped forward quickly, and coming to where
I sat stopped down and kissed me. Never
before was his kiss so sweet to my lips.


II have found my little wife once more, " he
said, softly and tenderly, and with culver in
his voice. laid my head back upon his
bosom, and looking up into his face answered,
"And you shall never lose her again.


And think he will not The sweetness OF
that hour, and the lesson it taught, can never
be forgotten by my friend, Maggy.
Year: 1873

ger. He saw Andy standing on the corner,
and says, well, Andy, you used to be the
best tailor in these parts, and 1 wish you'd
cut out this suit of clothes for my boy Jim
here All right says Andy, and they
stepped in the shop near by, and in five
minutes an ex-President might have been
seen swinging around the circle of a dirty ne
gro, taking his latitude, longitude and bearing
for a suit Of Clothes Andy is very ambitious,
but whether such tomfoolery as this will get
him into the Senate is more than any one can
tell."-Letter to the atlanta Herald.
Year: 1873

KIND WoRDs.-A single word may dis
quiet an entire family for whole day.
One surly glance casts gloom over house
hold, while smile, like gleam of sunshine,
may light up the darkest and weariest hours.


Like unexpected flowers which spring up
along our path, full of freshness, fragrance
and beauty, so the kind words, and gentle
acts, and sweet disposition make glad the
homes where peace and blessing dwell. No
matter how humble the abode, if it be garn.
ished with grace and sweetness, with kindness
and smiles, the heart will turn laughingly to-
ward it from all the tumults of the world,
and home, if it be ever so homely, will be the
dearest spot beneath the circuit Of the sun.
Year: 1873

tears and for a few moments he bowed his
snow white head upon his hands. Then IN a
voice that was trembling with emotion, ne
said: "Gentlemen, can't see it! The hard
est work I have to do now is to collect my
salary, and if I should undertake to collect a
hundred dollars more would be mouldering
in the silent grave in less than week| The
elder was so deeply affected by this remark,
and his conscience was so stung with remorse,
that he Immediately offered to lend the minis
ter two hundred dollars at two per cent. per
month interest and first rate collateral security.
So powerful sometimes is even little word to
stir up in the human breast sense Of Chris
tian duty!
Year: 1873

TIE FATHER AT HoME.-God pity and
soften the man whose standing at home is
not good whose family shrinks away in fear
full silence as his foot crosses the threshold !;
whose children shun the room he darkens
with his presence; whose wife meets him with
a pale, spiritless, crushed look, which tells
how small her hope for caress, how scanty
have been the loving words and looks which
have Frightened her life. God help them,
love him, for it is penance to love such a
man.


And God bless the generous, cheerful,
large-hearted man who always brings sun
shine with him, who leaves his cares and bus
mess "down town." and brings his own cheer
full and cheering self, home to his family !;
for his faceisa never-failing source of gladness
to those who love him, and his tenderness
their highest pride and surest shield, after
Gods.


All! if your standing at home isn't good,
dear reader, be in greater hurry to make it
so than you are to do anything in this world:
Don't wait until the memory of the grleved
look upon some dear face almost habitual to
it, by reason Of your habitual unkindness,
subdues you into gentleness; when that face
has gone forever from your gaze you can
never call forth smile to dwell upon it again.
Year: 1873

II have no time to read," is the common
complaint, and especially Of women, whose
occupations are such as to prevent continuous
book persual. They seem to think, because
they can not devote as much attention to
books as they are compelled to devote to
their avocations, that they can not read any
thing. But this is great mistake. 1t isn't
the books we finish at sitting which always
do us the most good. Those we devour in the
odd moments, half dozen pages at time, Of
ten give us more satisfaction, and are more thor
oughly digested than those we make partic-
uar effort to read. The men who have made
their mark in the world have generally been
the men who have, in boyhood, formed the
habit of reading at every available moment,
whether for FIVE minutes or five hours


1t is the habit of reading rather than the
time at our command, that helps us on the
road to learning. Many ofthe most cultiva-
ted persons, whose names have been famous
as students, have give only two or three hours
a day to their books. If we make use OF
spare minutes in the midst of our work, and
read little, if but a page or paragraph, we
shall find our brain quickencd and our toll
lightened by just so much increased salts
faction as the book gives u.s. Nothing helps
along the monotonous daily round so much as
fresh and striking thoughts, to be considered
while our hands are busy. A new idea from
a new volume is like oil which reduces the
friction of the machinery of life. What we
remember from brief glimpses into the books
often serves as a stimulus to action, and be-
comes one Of the most precious deposits in
the treasury of our recollection. All knowl,
edge is made up of small parts, which would
seem insignificant in themselves, but which,
taken together, are valuable weapons for the
mind and substantial armor for the soul.
"Read any thing continuously" says DR..
johnson, "apd you will be learned" The
odd minutes which we are inclined to waste,
if carefully availed of for instruction, will in
the long run, make golden hours and golden
days that we shall be ever thankful for
Scribner's for august.
Year: 1873

Bay The church was built to disturb the
peace of man but often it does not perform
its duty for fear of disturbing the peace Of
the church. What kind of artillery practice
would that be which declined to fire for fear
of kicking over the gun carriages, or waking
up their sentinels asleep at their posts?-H.
W Beecher.
Year: 1873

nay@ A little boy of six summers was sent one
morning to call his grandfather to breakfast.
The old gentleman was in the habit Of snoring
very hard, and as the boy pushed open the
door he was frightened at the unusual noise.
He rushed back to his mother, exclaiming,
"Ma grandpa's been barking at me!'
Year: 1873

THOUGHTS OF GREAT MEN.-We always
think of great men as in the act of performing
the deeds which give them renown, or else in
stately repose, grand, gloomy, and majestic.
And yet this is hardly fair because even the
most gorgeous and magnificent of human be-
ings have to bother themselves with the little
things of life which engage the attention of US
smaller people. No doubt Moses snufed and
got angry when he had severe cold in his
head, and If Az bit his leg rbile citing
in the desert, why should we suppose he did
not jump and use violent language and rub
the sore place? And Casar-isn't it tolera-
bly, certain that he used to get the slippers in
the dark, and found that Culphurnia had
showed them back under the bed so that he
had to sweep around wildly for them with the
broom.handle? And when Solomon cracked
his crazy bone, it is unreasonable to suppose
that he hoped around the room and looked
mad and felt as if he wanted to cry? lmag.
inc George Washington sitting on the edge of
the bed putting on clean shirt, and growing
at Martha because the buttons were off; or
St. Augustine with an apron around his neck
having his hair cut ; or Joan of Arc holding
her front hair in her mouth, as women do,
while she fixed up her back hair; or Napo-
leon jumping out of bed in a frenzy to chase
a musketo around the room with pillow; or
Martin Luther in his night shirt trying to
put the baby to sleep at 2 o'clock in the
morning; or Alexander the Great with
the hic-cups; or Thomas Jefferson getting sud-
denly over fence to avoid a dog; or the
Duke of Wellington lying i'll bed with the
mumps or Daniel Webster abusing his wife
because she hadn't tucked the covers in at the
foot of the bed or Benjamin Franklin pairing
his corn with razor; or Jonathan Edwards
at the dinner table wanting to sneeze just as
he gets his mouth full of hot beef; or Noah
standing at his window at night throwing
bricks at a cat.-lia1 Adeler.
Year: 1873

It is remarkable fact that the moment 6 woman writes letter she is frantic to put it in the post otfi;e, although she may have been putting off the writing for six months.

 In a recent article on fair in his locali- ty, the editor of Western paper says a brother editor took valuable premium, but all unkind policeman made him put it right back where he took it from.

 It is suggested that persons who go about with their Cashmere shawls turned inside out to show that they are genuine, should adopt the custom of walking on their head !, to show that their boots are soled.

 A portland man, caught fishing for trout on another mans land the other day |, completely silenced the owner, who remon = strated, with the majestic answer, "Who wants to catch your trout I'm only trying to drown this worm."
Year: 1873

A letter from Ionia, Michigan, gives the following details Of the death of La Noun tain, the eronaut When fully half mile from the earth, and when the whole struct- ure looked no larger than a hogshead, the balloon slipped between the ropes and was instantly inverted. The car and it's occu- pant dropped like shot with the most ter rife velocity, the unfortunate man clinging to the basket. That he was conscious Was evident from his struggle.

 With all the intensity of life he strove to raise the basket above him, evidently hop ing to use it as parachute. He succeeded in his object, but when about 100 feet high he loosened his hold, folded his hands and arms before his face, and his feet first struck the ground with dull heavy thud.

 Then ensued panic and uproar ln the crowded multitude. Women tainted, strong men wept and the canvass came Ay- ing over the crowd like huge bird.

 Some one cried out to get from the way as it would fall with crushing force. Then the cry was taken up and general rush made for safety, in which many were more or less injured. La Mountain was crushed into literal pulp. A medical examination disclosed the fact that hardly whole bone was left Many were ground and splintered to powder.

 His jaws fell upon lis arms and were pulverized. The blood spirited from his mouth and ears. The corpse was laid out and placed on the public square, where it was viewed by thousands during the after noon, and sent to his home at Brooklyn, Michigan, the following day.
Year: 1873

BRIGHAM YoUNG AND Ills WIvEs.-Occa- sionally Brigham Young breaches sermon aimed specially at the women of his flock, who are at times found little hard to man. age. The following, taken from Salt Lake paper, is specimen of the style ill which he administers bis reprimands:

 Il wish my women to understand that what am going to say is for them as well as others, and want those who arc here to tell their sisters, yes, all the women in the community. am going to give you from this time to the 9th of October next for re- aection that you maydetermine whether you wish to stay with your husbands or not, and then am going to set every woman at liberty and say to them, now go your way, my women with the rest, go your way. And my wives have got to do one of two things, either round up their shoulders to endure the afiictions of this world, and live their religion-that is polygamy-or they must leave; for will not have them about me; will go into heaven alone rath- CT than to have scratching and fighting about me. will set all at liberty. What, first wife, too? Yes, will liberate you all. I Iwant to go somewhere or do some thing to get rid of the winners. do not want them to receive part of the truth and spurn the rest out of doors. Let every man thus treat his wives keeping raiment enough to cover his body, and say to youl wives take all that have and be set at lib erty; but if you stay with me, you vii comply with the law of God in every res pect, and that too without any murmuring or whining. You must fulfill the law o1 God in every respect, and round up you shoulders to walk up to the mark without any grunting."
Year: 1873

Premium on Punctuality. Our readers are undoubtedly aware of the fact that after July lst the law compelling payment of postage on all newspapers in the counties where they are published will go into effect, and this law insists upon prepayment of all postage. either at the mailing office the office of delivery, therefore as no papers hereafter go free, we have concluded to make the following offer which we shall pay as a premium to all who will be punctual and prompt in the payment of their subscription

 All who subscribe for THE NEWS for one year, also all who renew their subscription for year promptly at it's expiration and pay us at the time of subscribing or renewing, may withhold twenty cents or an amount sufficient topay the postage of the same for the year.

 The date on the slip with the name indicates the time when each subscription WILL EXPIRE, and this date is every paper received by subscribers.

 The above offer is not confined to county sub. scribers, but will extend to any in the United States.

 Those who do not pay inside of three months, we shall insist upon the regular terms given at the head of the first page of THE NEWS, namely If not paid at the expiration of three months, $2. win be charged" and such subscribers must pay their own postage.
Year: 1873

A NEW MoToR.-Mr. William Wells of Salem. Mass, is the inventor of an appa- rstus for running engines by vapor power, which, if it realizes the expectations of its inventor, will produce revolution in the method of running engines of every des- cription. A recent trial of the new engine was pronounced extremely satisfactory. The apparatus is thus described by the Bos- ton Globe: 'The whole peculiarly in con struction is in the boiler; the engine being precisely like any other, and the vapor be- ing conveyed to the cylinder of the engine just the same as steam. The boiler is an upright one, and is really double boiler that is, It has two heads at each end, one a few inches from the tier. The two cham bers thus formed, one at each end of the boiler, are filled with water, and are con nected by tubes, which are for the clrcula- tion of the water between the two cham. bers. The second or inner boiler, that be- tween the two inner heads, IS filled with 8 preparation of bisulphide of carbon. the vapor from which is the motive power talk ing the place of steam. Beneath the boiler is small fire-box, from which lines run up through the two boilers to the smoke, pipe. These hues pass inside of the tubes already mentioned, and the fire, in passing through, heats the chemicals. By this ar engagement it will be seen that the bisulphide in the inner boiler receives the requisite amount of heat without coming in direct contact with the fire fues, as the water is kept in circulation through the tubes. Mir. Wells claims that with comparatively small fire great amount of power can be obtained, and it has been practically shown that with the water at temperature of PIP degrees fahrenheit, or the boiling point, a pressure of 65 pounds to the square inch is obtained on the vapor boiler, and of course if a greater heat Is applied to the water the vapor pressure will in crease proportion ately. It should he mentioned that he chemical preparation is used over many times, as the vapor, after passing through the cylinder of the engine, passes into a condenser, and is then returned to the boil CT to be used again. The waste of chemi- calls is said to be very small It is estimat- ed that at least two-thirds of the amount of fuel can be saved by the use of this inven- tion, hut the exact amount can be better determined after further experiment. Hartford Courant.
Year: 1873

Henry Bristol of New Haven, died at the insane asylum in Concord, N. H., on Sun day. About year ago the deceased had a sun stroke and for weeks lay unconscious As the cold weather came on he seemed to rally little, but he was not able to do any active business until this spring. After a few weeks of labor his head began 10 trouble him, and, at his own suggestion he was taken to Concord to see if he could not be helped.
Year: 1873

T. P. Merwin & Go. of New Haven, were swindled out of SIP worth of dry goods on Monday by a well dressed stranger, who or dered the bundle to be delivered to him at a certain place, and there rendered the car rier bogus check in payment. The swim dler could not be found
Year: 1873

The only infallible meter by which we can measure the migrational tide is the number of homesteaders and pre-emptors, as neither of these classes can obtain land without settling upon it in their own per sons.

 The following table exhibits the land business of the government at the five main gates of the virgin west in Nebraska up to January lst, 1873:
Year: 1873

The WHIPPING.-AH the accounts agree in
asserting that the Sheriff did not apply the
lash last Wednesday with any degree of vigor
to the shoulders of the Wilmington Bank
robbers who stood at the New Castle whipping
post. We notice that mary Of the advocates
of the lash in the State accordingly censure
him therefor, but the newspapers out OF the
State rather commend him. The New York
Times, the Phila. Ledger, Bulletin and Press,
and the Bait. american so speak of it. The
Bulletins ideas are a fair expression of the
sentiment on the subject. 1t says: 1--WE
certainly shall not complain that this punish
ment was not made so cruel as it might have
been, but the leniency of the Sheriff upon this
occasion supplies an argument against the use
of the lash which is stronger than any that
can be offered upon other grounds. The count,
we will say, directs that forty lashes shall be
given to criminal. The Sheriff, if he is
brutally disposed, can kill his victim with that
number of blows, or he can touch him so
lightly tina. the proceedings will be utterly
farcical. We assert that the law which per-
mits an executive officer to use such large dis
cretiOn as that in a matter of this kind is in.
human, unjust and dangerous. The court can
not accurately ix the measure of the punish.
ment. The Sheriff himself determines it. He
can wreak his vengeance upon an enemy or he
can permit friend to escape almost unscathed
Ii ne Is corrupt man he can defeat the end!
of justice by accepting bribe from the victim
and if he is timid he may permit his fear of a
personal assault from the prisoners friends t.
induce him to use tho lash tenderly. Leaving
every other consideration out of the question
this is enough to show the improperly of sucl
mode of punishment. The court aOn
should have the authority to inAict penalties
and an executive officer should be competen
only to obey with exactness the order received
from the bench. Under any other system
abuse is certain.
Year: 1873

A merry Christmas to all, and happy will be
the New Year to ali who are fitted out with
Kahn's good clothing and cheap stock, hound
to be sold. Call at New Clothing House
Commerce St, below Main.
Year: 1873

REV. Mr. STEWART ON BISHOP CUMMINs.
The Episcopal minister of Lewes, Rev. Ken.
sey Johns Stewart, writes letter to Bishop
Cummins through the Deia,Cdredn. He takes
a very conservative view of the Bishops course
and talks to him thus:


1t is, moreover, in far better taste for you,
who were not educated in the Protestant Epis
copal Church, to recede from the authority oil
its canOns because Of questions that you have
never had time to study, or because Of conflicts
that you were not called on to fight, than fol-
many who will continue to share it's heritage
and who allow puritanical bias to warp their
judgment and rule their actions in continue
attempts to subvert its liturgy, priesthood, and
organic law. AS | look back upon your twenty
eight years Of faithful service in and for oul
church. | would fain bid you God.speed in thC
remaining part of your work on earth. And
you will allow me to suggest, that we Ameri
cans are far more apt TO out pope the popes IL
framing platforms Of thought and practice fol
other men in religion as we'll as in politics, thar
older and perhaps wiser peoples. We mould
out for our adherents images and symbols o.
thought, and refuse fellowship with such al
will not accept them. l am free to say tha
you can find in the Bible no such dogmss al
men often make the shibboeths of religion!
life and death. Religion is but the outward
clothing of an inner life, and may be worn BY
the Friends without fringes, or by the Ritua
lists with many fringes. But at the best it il
but our dress, our earthly dress Let us no
destroy the unity Of spirit in the Church O
God for tho sake Of compelling others to dres
as we dress.
Year: 1873

How A PARENT PLAYS INDIAN AND
GETS THE WORST OF IT-A New Yorker is
very much annoyed because his two boys
have read so many Indian stories that they
have gone wild with anxiety to play Indian,
to 60 on the plain hunting for noble red men.
The man was taking nap after dinner in
his easy chair, when he was awakened by an
alarming noise and a strange sensation in
his head. He jumped up suddenly, and
found that one of his boys, dressed in a red
table cloth and his face decorated with blue
paint was trying to scalp his father with a
carving knife, while the other boy, attircd
in a blanket shawl and rooster feather,
fourishcd hatchet and emitted war whoops
from behind thicket composed of two chairs
and a card table. The man decided to put
stop to this kind of thing. So next day
when the boys were playing with bows and
arrows in the garden, he dressed himself IN
an Indian costume and jumped over the
fence with wild, uneartyly yell, for the
purpose of frightening those children. The
Oldest boy however, stood is ground, and
drawing an arrow to the head in which was
inserted ten.penny nail, he buried it in the
chieftains leg before he took to fight. That
night the father walked up stairs on t,
crutch, and fogged the family all around
before he sent them to bed. lie is now
thinking of some other way to effect cure
of the sanguinary disposition of his offspring


Cincinnati Gd:ette.


,t. JoJ;ooto1 q
Year: 1873

THIRTY-rHRKE widows belong to one
sewing society In Fort Plain n. Y,
and the sound Of pair OF boots going
by the house where they meet Is
enough 10 stop all the machines aud
needles.
Year: 1873

A wester paper tells the story Of a country
woman who made her first attempt to get in
tine Court House through the patent back
action gate. She opened the gate, went
through, az she supposed, and shut herself
out ON the same side seven times; and then
calculating ''merciful sakes," climbed over
the fence.