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Year: 1875

TREATMENT or CHIDREN.-P \. Tay-
lor, VI. F., has recently called the attention
OF the British government to the case of
child, seven years old, who had been sent to
prison for stealing sugar plums. The Home
Secretary did not deny the truth of Mr. Tay-
lor's statement, but said in explanation OF the
extraordinary circumstance, that the father
Of the child was au habitual drunkard that
another child Of the same family had died
from starvation, caused by the fathers neg
lect, and that this same child, seven years
old, had previously been convicted OF steal
ing, and las it was too young to be sent 70
retormaIory it was only sent TO prison as an
act Of kindness to remove it from the evil in
tuenceS Of the parent" The Secretary fur
ther sdded that the chaplain and school
master had been directed TO the case. At the
same time this Is an extraordinary comment
aIy upon the state of society IN England
that children Of seven years can only be res
cned from the evil treatment of worthless
father by being formally convicted of crime
and sent to prison.
Year: 1875

THE THIRD TERM.-The n. Y. Her.
05d reviews President Grants third
term er,and sums up It's conclusions
as follows: "We shall be surprised
If the country accepts this as salts
factory declaration from the President.
1t is an evaSive letter. 1t would have
been much better for his fame, and
even for the welfare of the party which
he proposes TO serve if he had not
written it. In 3 word, the country Is
told that the President will not take
what is not offered to him. That is
not what we wanted from the Presi
dent, What we did want was an ex-
press avowal by General Grant that
the question of q third term would be
treason TO a sacred precept of our
unwrltten common lava declaration
that whoever presumed TO use his
name for such a purpose would do an
unworthy act, an admonition to the
country of the dangers to liberty which
twelve years of Capitalization had pro-
duced, and a prayer that the people
would destroy C@sarism by limiting
all administrations to one term. Such
a declaration would have thrilled the
country and been graceful cap,sheaf
to the fame Of Grant. As 1t is Cesar
ism Is as political issue more potent
than ever. 1t becomes the dominant
question IN the next canvass. Our
answer should be the limitation of the
Presidency TO one term, and no re-
election ever after"
Year: 1875




The following paragraph was pub
lished in the New York .Slta, in the
form of dispatch bearing date, at
Washington City, May 9th;


Senator Jones of Nevada, has been
10 Wall street, and came back q sad
der and wiser man. lie had himself
made a Director in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and undertook to
bull the stock from 80 or thereabouts.
lie succeeded in running it up to about
li0. Jones was at one time nearly
S30O,OO0 ahead, and all went nicely.
Jay Gould let him have the stock as
as fast as he was ready to buy, and
when the Senator had completely
loaded up with the stuff the wicked
Gould took his scalp as neatly as Red
Cloud himself could have done. The
Senator is out some 100000. 1t is
said also that his present embarrass-
ment Is SO great that he has been COM
PEELED TO dispose of his interest in the
1t. james Hotel at a great sacrifice.
Year: 1875

TIE ONO REpUULICANs.-The Ohio
republicans have followed their friends
in Pennsylvania in recording them
selves against the third term. They
do not appear to have any purely
State issues, Judging from the synopsis
Of the platform, bat content themselves
with some rather large generalities.
The plauks in regard to tariff and
finance are but little different from
those Of Pennsylvania. They declare
III favor of the protective plunder sys
TEN, and on the currency question it
is hard to make out what they are
driving at. 1t Is one of those sound
ing utterances which can be construed
10 the pleasure Of whoever reads it.
1t will apply equally well to expansion
and contraction. In fact, it means
nothing satisfactory. The intention
of the democrats is TO make q square
fight on the expressions of the tariff,
and in that case they will assuredIy
beat their antagonists.
Year: 1875

The EUROPEAN SITUATION. Lord
DeTby's statement of the part taken
by England and Russia in preserving
the peace between Germany and
France, goes far 10 confirm the sub.
stantial accuracy of the alarming re-
ports which q few weeks ago seemed
10 indicate rapidly approaching cut
break Of hostiiities. 1t is perfectly
apparent IN fact that Germany did
seriously contemplate an assault upon
France, and We think there can be no
reason to doubt that such an attack
was prevented solely by the Joint pro.
test. of England and Russia. More
than this, Lord Derby's statement
shows that the danger is by no means
over, but that as he expressly declares
the causes of dispute are liable 70
recur." So far as can be seen at





present, they are not only liable, but
certain, 10 recur, for it is the old story
OF the wolf and the lamb, and the
lamb can do nothing which Will not
serve as pretext for attack. The
armament Of France must be cousid.
cradle, TO maintain her independence
as nation, and for moral effect. But
she cannot raise it to even the old
standard without being accused of q
secret desire to renew the war, while
if she disarms under menace she
might as well abandon all thoughts of
retaining the position Of first rate
power.
Year: 1875

NAPOLEON. 1t Is officially announced
that tho French government will replace the
statute OF Napoleon upon the summit OF the
Column fend0me This is wise. Whatever
any French government may think Of NaPo-
leonism the erection Of the column without
the crowning statute would be an argument
IN favor Of BOnapartiSm moIe cogent than
ten thousand monuments.
Year: 1875

| am not old, yet there are silver hairs
sprinkled among the brown; and though
not yet forty years Of age, have lived
over half a century in experience, and
though young in years, wear on my
countcnancc the wrinkles of age as evil
denccs of the dissipation Of early years.
am prompted to give little Of my cx.
perience, in the prayerful hope that it
may be the means of deterring other
young men from wasting the precious
hours Of their youth in a similarly dis
graceful manner.


My parents were in good circumstan-
ces, and had the advantage Of first
class education, and, as my father design
ed that should follow the occupation of
bookkeeper, a large share of my attcn


ton at school was devoted to this partc-
ular branch of education, that | might
be qualified to fill the position which my
ambition coveted. AS a consequence,
when my school-boy days we're number
ed with the past, and had shaken from
my feet tle dust of the schoolroom, and
from its loved shades and halowed mem.
cries stepped out upon the worlds stage
to play my part in the great drama Of
life, was well prepared to fl, accepta.
bly,, dny bookkeeping position that might
be offered me.


fearful love of drink and the card table,
and at the age Of sixteen was confirmed
sot and gambler Tine and time again
had my father implortd and besought me
to abandon my evil associates and habits,
and as often | had made solemn rcsolu
tons to abjure and fsrsake them But,
oh, the Unsuitable appetite for whisky,
how it preys upon the soul, binding
mans reason to all the holy VOWS he may
make to unshaeklc himself from the iron
fetters of the evil spirit with which he
is bound. My mothtr-may God bless
her pure spirit, that, methinks, from its
spirit. home, comes Oft to earth, as the
guardian angel of her boy-when would
come home, reeky AMI riotous under the
potent influence of drink and anger, met
me at the door, and kissed me lovingly
on my burning cheek She queted my
rawlings, and actually carried me to my
bed room, in order to spare me the abuse
which my father bestowed lavishly on
me on such occasions Then she would
ba,hc my head, and give me somethingto to
sober me, and then, when reason had re
sumed her place, would knee by my
bed and pray, as only mother can, for
the reclamation Of her boy. Long years
have passed away since then, and land
and sea have stretched their length and
breadth between my footsteps and the
sacred room in which she often knelt
and prayed for my erring soul but, IA
write, with all the. comforts OF n home
around me, the vision of that sweet moth
er kneeing by my drunken form, now
pleading with me, in angelic tones, to stay
nv fearful course, and walk again the
road of right aud reason, now liItinag to
heaven her sanity face, her lovely cheeks
bedewcd with pearly tears, praying that
| might be delivered from the only vices
of my life, seem pictured on NY mind as
though it was but yestcrnight it all occur
Year: 1875

WHOSE Boy rs THAr1-IIc may DO
seen any day, in almost any part OF the
village; he never makes room for you
on the side walk. and looks at you sauci-
ly; swears smartly il asked anything 10
very impudcnt, and often vulgar to la
dies whom he passes; delights in fright
enng, aud sometimes does serious injury
to, little boys and girls; lounges at the
street corners, and IL the first arrival at
o dog.6ght, or any other sport or scrape;
he crowds into the post office Of an eve.
ming. and muitiplies himself and his an
ties at such rate that people have legit.
innate business are crowded out; thinks
himself very sharp, and is certainly very
noisy; he can smoke and chew tobacco.
now and then, and rip out an oath almost
any time; VIC ask whose boy be 10. Is he
yours, mother2 We think hc 10, for
there are many good qualities In the lad,
and we do not think you know what he
does on the street Look after him,
mother keep him at home. Train him,
and you will have a son to be proud Of


To REsroRE VELvEr.-When yon have
some old velvet you would like TO work
up in trimming or making your winter
hats. treat it as Grape is sometimes treat
ed Steam it on the right side until heated
through II very badly crushed. wet on
the wrong side; let somo one hold hot
iron, bottom upward, and pass the wet
side of the velvet slowly over that sur
face--a sort Of upside down ironing.
When the steam rises thickly through the
right side, it will raise the pile within.
Dry without handling
Year: 1875

Medical Association Tor member
thereof, during recess induced
some Of the subordinate officers Of
each House to lay on the table of
each member pamphlet recently
published by them, criticising the
official action of the Governor in
the matter of the Insane Asylum.
The Governors friends were in
dignant at the Association for
selecting this occasion to distrib-
ute their documents, and they
have probably injured their cause
somewhat thereby.


The two Houses are now in
good working order. The best of
harmony seems to prevail, and
everything bids fair to make this a
session for the accomplishment of
much needed legislation.


The members of both Houses
seem to be earnest and reliable men
and considerably above the aver
age of former sessions in ability.


Most of the River members in
tend making a tour of the Sound
before returning home, and you
will then have an opportunity of
welcoming them to your town.
More anon. X.
Year: 1875

He had spoken to her about that very
thing several times before, and as they
reached the gate he said:


MARY is there a woman in the world
who can pass another on the street and
not turn and look back p


"Yes, sir, there is


Name her, Mary"


al am oner'


A look of pity and contempt covered
his face as he hung his hat on the rack
and continued:


81 will give you new twenty-dollar
greenback if you will go from here to the
postoffice and back, and not look behind
your


"HonestH'


al never told you lie yet"


9TH start in fifteen minutes, she re-
Piled She held a brief conversation with
a neighbor's boy, and in less than quar-
ter of an hour hack was at the gate,
top up and curtains down over the Win
dows.


Going away, Mary? ~


Eyes, going to win that greenbacks !"


He looked at her in queer way,
scratched his head, smiled sorrowiully,
and, as he handed over the bill, he re-
marked:


~ wouldn't say anything to the neigh
bors about this, Mary"


mo 1 won't John" she replied, as she
folded the bill. "Of course l could get
into the hack, tie handkerchief over
my eyes, and not see anything for half
an hour, but neither one of us is pre-
pared to say what effect it would have
on my health to know that was passing
so many turn-up hats and pull-bacl1
dresses without being able to see an inch
from my noseP
Year: 1875

o, Thou, whose sacred feet have trod
The thorny path of woe,
Forbid that / should slight the rod


Or faint beneath the blow.
My spirit to its Christening stroke
meekIy would resign,
Nor murmur at the heaviest yoke
That tells me l am Thine.
Give me the spirit of Thy trust,
To suffer as son.
To say, though lying in the dust,
My Fathers viii be done!
know that trial works for ends
Too high for sense to trace
That oft in dark attire He sends
Some embassy of grace.
May none depart till have gained
The blessing which it bears,
And learned, though late, entertained
An angel uEawares.
So shall bless the hour that sent
The mercy of the rod,
And build an altar by the tent


Where have met with God.
Year: 1875

Moody and Sankey already announce the dis
covery that the class of people with whom they
are dealing in Brooklyn are much less suacepti-
BILE to revival influences than the middle
classes of England and Scotland, but they believe
that whatever impression they may be able to
make upon them will not be less enduring. Hav.
ing to deal.with higher order OF Intelligence,
they have to convince the head as well HI to
touch the heart. This, they admit, will make
Their task more arduous, but they hope to be
equal to it. We shall be surprised il the abors
of the evangelists do not show practical result
IN the awakening of religious, revival, but that
II will very greatly exceed those reyiyals which
have at different times been experienced in this
country is hardly to be expected.


The Philadelphia Times says that d" the time
is past for penny papers to meet all the require
ments OF complete Newspaper with financial
Year: 1875

For farmers and those who live 10
localities where people can retire al
eight or nine O'Clock in the evening,
the old notion about early rising is
still appropriate. But he who Is Kept
up till ten or eleven or twelve O'Clock,
and then rise at five or six, because
of the teschings of some old ditty
about "early to RISE" is committing a
sin against God and his own soul.
There is not one man in ten thousand
who can afford to do without seven or
eight hours sleep. All the stuff writ
ten about great men who slept only
three or four hours night is apOcry-
phal and lie. They have besn put
upon such small allowance OCCASION
ally, aud prOspered but no man ever
yet kept healthy in body and mind
for a number of years with less than
seven hours sleep. Americans need
more sleep than they are getting.
This lack makes them 50 nervous and
the insane ssylums so Populou5. If
you can get to bed early, then rise
early. IfyOu cannot get to bed till
late, then rise late. 1t may be as
Christian for one m9n to rise at eight
as it is for another to rise at five. We
counsel the readers of the Christian at
Work 20 get up when they are rested
But let the rousing b,ll b. rang at
least thirty minutes before your pub
lie appearance. Physicians say that
q sudden jump out of bed gives irregu-
lar motion of the pulses. 1t takes
hOurs to get over q too sudden rising.
It is barbarous t. expect children in
stantly to land on the center of the
floor at the call Of their nurses, ther-
mometer below zero. Give US time
after you call to us to roll over. gaze
at the world full in the face, and look
before we leap.-Tdln1dge
Year: 1875

Soon after Chief Justice Chase as
sumed the gubernatOrial chair in
Ohio he issued his proclamation ap-
pointing a Thanksgiving Day. To
make sure Of being orthodox, the
Governor composed his proclamation
almost entirely Of passages from the
Bible, which he did rot designate as
quotations, presutning that every one
would recognize them, ami admire
the fitness Of the words rs we'll a. his
taste in their selection. The prOela-
nation meeting the eye Of a Demo.
cratic editor, he pOunced at once up
on il, and declared that he had read il
befOre-eOuidn't exactly say where
but he would take his oath that il was
a downright plagiarism from begin
ming To end. That would have been 8
pretty gnOu fair joke but the next
day a Republican editor came out
valiantly in defense Of the Governor,
pronounced the charge libelOus, and
challenged any man living 20 pro-
duee one single line Of the prOelama-
ton that had appeared In print be-
fore.
Year: 1875

Soak about q quart of clean whit
wheat in warm water for twelve hour
or longer. Then bell it for thre,


hours, or till the kernels are thorough
ly cooked, in farina kettle, or i'm


tin pail placed in another kettle con
tanning water. Lit few large nails
or small stones be put in the kettle tC


keep the pail from resting directly or
the bottom. BY this means the Whea


can DO cooked for q long time with
out scorching it. II the vessel con.


tanning the wheat Is not kept iI


hot water, the wheat will seOreh anC
burn, even if the mass is stirred while
1t Is being cooked. After the kernels
are quiet soft, add salt to suit the
taste. But wheat should never be
salted before it is cooked, A. salt will
render the bran tough. Wheat thus
prepared is excellent Sken eaten in


milk, or dressed w.tt, c7c~Fl. and
sugar. Procure the 6elrink dsS Of
white wheSt, as red whes De Il
be tough. Only q smAn Tor N of
the wheat received at cit uring
mills Is sufficiently free from rats and
mice litter and fowl seed to be cooked
In the foregoing manner. The prac-
tice of the writer has been, for q few
years past, to procure q small bag of
clean wheat from some good farmer,
who cultivates clean, plump grain.


Aside from the surprising economy
in providing such an article of diet


boiled wheat is one of the very best
kinds of food that invalids, bilious
and high-living dyspepties can eat.
No medicine is comparable to. it for
giving healthfql tone TO ones sys-
TEN when it Is somewhat run down.
A friend who had been accustomed to
subsist largely on beefsteak and Oys-
ters was laid on q sick bed last
autumn, and his physician assured
him he could prepare for an unwel-
come case Of typhoid fever. We sent
to him few pounds of wheat, with
directions for cooking and eating, and
as we anticipated, he was at his busi-
ness in four days, quite we'll. He
abandoned the use OF meat, except in
small quantities two or three times
per week, and says the wheat has al
most made new man of him. Such
soft food will digest easily, it is suf-
ficiently bulky to distend the stOm lch,
and no other food will make better
blood. Boiled wheat is far superior
to wheaton grits aud Graham bread.
Year: 1875

Under the above named act of Con-
gress, this park Is under the exclusive
control Of the Secretary OF the Inter
iOr, but it may not be out Of place iOr
me to state in this report that it IL the
wish and desire of this department. to
unite with the Secretary of the Iu-
terror in doing what is possible to be
done with the limited appropriation
at hand for opening and surveying
this region, so appropriately called
Wonderland" At present it can
notte reached except by long and
tiresome travel, of from the usual
route but when railroads are built in
that direction, and when that region
is opened to more prompt cOmmuni-
cation, il will doubles be tile resort
each year of thousands of those who
will seek to visit 1t.


The curiosities OF the park are rapid
ly being destroyed. How they can
be preserved is a problem, but they
should be saved and il authority
were given to the Department to
make a survey OF the routes alluded
to, and To station one or two compan-
les of troops in or near the park for
the purpose Of preventing spOliation,
which will otherwise frequently Oc-
cur, l have no doubt that the result
would be satisfactory. Surely every
thing should be done that can be 10
protect all that is grand and beautiful
in that remarkable region.


THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.


The total expense Of making full
and satisfactory exhibit of our war
materials has heretofore been esti-
mated at 500, 900. Congress, at the
last session, appropriated only Sl3S, 700
of this amount, and burdened the
appropriation with a pro rata share of
the expense of any building that
might be erected for the aOeommOda-
ton of the entire government ex-
hibit. Experience has shown that
the amount thus left for the practical
exhibit of the War Department is
inadequate, and l recommend that
Congress supplement the appropria-
ton already made with further one,
granting sufficient to make up the
sum of 500, 900 for the practical ex-
hibit of the department. This
amount is set down at SIS, 900, which
includes an item of 50, 900 as re-
for moneys expended in
the erection of the government build
ings at the Exhibition.


l believe that the government, in
as a voluntary contributor
at this Exhibition, international as 1t
is in character, should avoid the NOR
tifieation of an inconsiderable or dis;
creditable display.


WM. w. BELKNAP,


Secretary Of War,
Year: 1875

1 again call the attention Of Con-
gress to the recommendation con-
tained In my last annual report 70
the enactment Of a system OF annu-
tiles for the families OF deceased off,
GERS, by voluntary deductions from


the monthly pay OF those holding
commissions in the army. Certainly
IL private companies can make money
by an annuity system, it is in the
power Of the government at lesst to
render itself secure in extending SINH
Year: 1875

otherwise than by purchase. Nc
doubt is entertained but that many OF
these papers contain data that would
enable the Government to detect
many fraudulent claims, which could
only be proven to be such by tie
agency Of these papers, and it Is re-
commended that Congress, by sP-
propTiste legislation, place this de-
partment in a position to recover


such as properly belong u its files.
AS it now is, these Confederate rec.
Ords are 50 incomplete that the result
OF their compilation will necessarily
be very Unsatisfactory 70 all concern
Year: 1875

Rats are not generally supposed to
be of any particular use in the econ
omy of nature, unless il BE- to eat up
refuse, make a noise, or haunt the
subterrauean cavities or large cities.
A telegraph inspector in England has,
however, upon q recent occasion,
proven that the rat as an operator in
case Of broken wires may "e turned tn
good account. 1t was necessary, says
the Popular Science Monthly, to over
haul a cable OF wires inclosed in iron
tubes. A certain length of the cable
had to be taken out of the tube, and
the men com meneed hauling at one
end, without having taken the pre-
caution to attach tn the other q wire
by which iU might b. drawn back
after inspection and repairs. The
question arose how the cable was to
be restored TO its proper place. The
inspector invOked the aid OF q rat
catcher, and, provided with a large
rat, ferret, and ball of string wound
on the Morse paper drum, he repaired
to the opening in the tube. The
s'fiush-boxes" were opened and the rat
with one end OF the string attached to
his body, was put into the pips.
He scampered away at racing
pace, dragging the twine with
him until he reached the middle
of the pipe, and there stopped.
The ferret was then put in, and of
went the rat again, until he sprang
clear out Of the fiush-bOx. One length
of the cable was thus safe, and the
same operation was commenced with
the other; but the rat stopped short =
few yards from the pipe and boldly
awaited the approach Of the ferret. A
sharp combat ensued, bat after sun
dry jerks at the strings the combat.
ants separated, the rat making for the
other extremity OF the pipe, carrying
the strings through aud relieving the
inspector from his anxiety.-Iater,
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