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Year: 1870

Farmers wives and daughters can do
very much toward making the toilsome
life of the farmer pleasanter and hap
pier one. When returning from the field.
the barn, or the dreary winters ride from
the city, cold, hungry, and perhaps dis
couraged-as who is not at times tho
cheerful greeting OF smiling, neatly
dressed woman, and more than all, the
blazing fire and well-laden supper table
waiting only for father, will do much to
Tighten any burden, and inspire him with
renewed activity for business and life


No good housekeeper, or duty-loving
wife, delays the preparation of meals of
the day till after or just before the COM
ing in of the men from the field How
tedious it must be for them to be obliged
to wait for the food which should have
been previously prepared How un-
pleasant to them to move from this side
to that, and from that TO this, that you
may get nearer the stove or the oven, thus
reminding them that they are in the way,
when the fault is really your own


Then if you have had trouble with
your hired help, or the children have been
unusually cross, do not weary your hus-
band with your fretting and complaints,
and unless you are sick enough to need
his active attendance, or the advice of 4
physician, do not tell him of it nothing
weakens the strings of affection sooner
than constant fault-fnding disposition.
Do not excuse yourself from the duty Of
making home pleasant, because your hus-
band is cross and morose May not your
dilatoriness in household matters have
something to do with this At any rate,
try the better way; make home cheer
full and pleasant to your husband and
children, and at the same time you will
find that life and home will have new
charms, and new comforts unfelt before
for you.
Year: 1870

VALUE OF A Word A young lady of
seeming refinement met the effort of an
escort to awaken her enthusiasm over the
gorgeousness of an October forest in
Maine, by saying, in answer to his WELL
turnedperiods, ''Oh. yes-well enough
but they the leaves) look pretty well
played" His sentiment and his esteem
went out together.
Year: 1870

Never be sorry for any generous thing
that you ever did, even ii it was betrayed.
Never be sorry that you were magnamin-
Gus, if the man was mean afterward. New
er be sorry that you gave. 1t was right
for you to give, even if you were imposed
upon. You cannot afford to keep on the
safe side by being mean.
Year: 1870

Judicious advertising always pays.


1fyou have good thing, advertise it.
If you don't, don't.


Ii you don't mean to mind your own
business, it will not pay to advertise


Never run down your opponents goods
in public Let him do his own advertis-
ing.


It's as true Of advertising as of any,
thin. else in life, if it is worth doing at
all, it is worth doing well.


We don't recommend advertising as the
best way to get a wife but we know that
it is the best way to get good trade.
Don't expect an advertisement to bear
fruit in one night, like the prophets gourd.
Like Ayers pills, advertising will take
effect, but it takes more than one night to
do it.


You can't eat enough in one week to
last whole year, and you can't advertise
on that plan, either.


\ large advertising once aud then dis
continued, creates the impression that the
man has fzzled.


Injudicious advertising is like fishing
where there is no fish. You need to let
your line fall in the right place,


A constant dropping will wear rock.
Keep dropping your advertisements in the
public, and they will soon nslt under it
like rock salt.


Large type isn't necessary in advertis-
ing. Blind folks don't read newspapers.


If you can arouse curiosity by an ad-
vertisement it is a great point gained
The fair sex don't hold all the curiosity
in the world.


Don't be afraid to invest the printers
ink, lest your sands of life be nearly run
out.


When you advertise, see that you do il
on the same principle that you buy goods
Get the most you can for the money.


People who advertise only once in three
months forget that most folks can't re
member anything longer than about sever
days.
Year: 1870

A celebrated preacher, named Bucholz.
who resided at Hasmark, in Hungary, had
occasion to go to the village of Eperies, dis
taut about twenty English miles from his own
place of abode. He travelled on foot, and took
with him small terrier bitch, then in the last
week of her pregnancy, After having been
detained several days at Eperies by floods, be
was compelled TO return home without his dog,
which in the meantime had brought forth
litter of FIVE puppies, He had not been in
the house an hour, whom, to his surprise the
bitch came in bearing puppy in her mouth,
which she carefully placed on the mat where
she ordinarily lay, and immediately rushed
out of the house again on the road to Eperies.
In the space of twenty>four hours, she went
and returned four times more on each oc-
casion bringing home puppy in her mouth.
1t is hardly necessary to state that the pup
pies were quite dead as the moth sr brought
them into the house. AS the poor creature
laid the last puppy upon the mat she could
scarcely stand for weariness she whined and
trembled, looking pitifully upon her dead
puppies and after walking once or twice
round the mat, she laid herself down beside
them, and died in few minutes. In twenty
four hours the animal had run about $50
miles.-Eronl a German HIgazine.
Year: 1870

PoULTRY EcoNoMx-Mrs Arbuthnot
says: "Poultry, if penned up, with only an
occasional run live in complete dependence on
the food given, which must always be regula-
ted by circumstances. 1t must be borne in
mind that high feeding is conducive to
laying, and the eggs will always pay for the
grain consumed, ifthe yearly average price
is taken. On large scale the persuit re-
solves itselfe into system. The market must
be studied for the purchase of grain and for
the sale of your produce. Toshow how good
balance sheet your household must be sup
piled during the dearest as well as the cheapest
seasons of the year. Your spring chickens
must come from your own yard your eggs
at two shillings a dozen from7your own laying
house. Thus you live on plenty-nay, in
extravagance, had you to purchase all you
supply yourselfe With-and you enjoy the
blessing of Independence
Year: 1870

Thuraday week was opening day in New
York In its notice of that event the Herald
SAYS


There is not much change or absolute nov
city in the new styles. Bonncts are regain>
ing their lost popularity, and are also increas-
ing in size. White chip is much sought af-
ter, and flowers form considerable part of the
trimmings. The gypsy shape is in general IA
vor, and threatens to replace the fanchon. The
diadem is higher than ever, and all have capes.
The cottage bonnet isanother novelty, and on
some faces it has charming appearance This
shape admits of inside trimming, and the in
dispensable flowers decorate tho diadcm and
crown. Lace has passed out of general use
as material for bonnets, and is replaced by
crepe de chene and straw of all kinds. Not
withstanding the growing popularity of bon,
nets, there is much to be admired in the
round hats of the period. Their crowns are
higher than ever, in some instances having a
brigand appearance. The brims are also very
broad, and not turned up as much as be-,
fore. For trimming many of them have
wreath of flowers encirciug the crown and
trailing down on the shoulder of the wearer.
Suits have not undergone much change, un-
less in regard to still more elaborate trimming
of the same material as the garment itself
Uniformity of color is preceptibe in all
the new toilets Some pretty contrasts of
black and white, however. are in vogue and
will be much worn this spring. The material
for suits is mostly coufned still to silks of
all kinds, even to small checked and striped
specimens of silk. Nankeen foulard pique
and white Swiss will be also popular this sea
son. For evening toilets, lace seems to oc-
cupy an important place. With two shawls of
this material-black and white-a lady can
arrange dozen different toilets. AS for the
styles of evening dresses their name is legion.
Hardly two are alike, and they depend mostly
on the taste of the wearers. Nothing looks
more graceful than lace or cashmere shawl,
draped over a trained dress, and single
square shawl may serve as tuuic ichu over
short dress, but in every case uniformity of
color is the rule. Short, loose sacks and sail
or jackets are already out aud with young
girls they arc sure to be fuvoritea.
Year: 1870

Some important changes have recently been
made in Wedding etiquette. The card invi-
tation should be issued three weeks before
the marriage, and should be provided by the
brides parents Brides expectant should en-
tirely seclude themselves after the cards are
issued. AT large receptions each guest
should leave his or her visiting card, so that
the hostess may be positive who were present.
There should be four bridesmaids and grooms-
men present at the wedding. Congratula-
tions are out of place in church, and should
be reserved for the reception. The display
of bridal presents is going out of fashion
among people of taste. When the collation.
is announced. the bride and groom lead thu
way to the dining room. The brides cake
is in the center of the table, and the bride
eats the first slice hereception lasts during
the afternoon, aud is sometimes followed by a
dance in the evening IF the bridal party
go on a tour, their departure is usually the
signal for the guest to disperse. The super
stition of throwing an old shoe after the happy
pair, to insure good luck, is faithfully observed
Year: 1870

A small vessel was nearing the steep holmes
in the Bristol chappel. The captain stood on
the deck, his watch in his hand, his sye fixed
on it.


A terrible tempest had driven them onward,
and the vessel was scene of devastation
No one dared to ask, "Is there hope 2" Silent
CONSERVATION filled every heart, and mado
every face pale. The wind aud tide drove
the shattered bark hercely forward. Every
moment they were hurried nearer to the sullen
rock which knew no mercy, on which many
Inflated vessels had foundered, all the crew
perishing.


Still the captain stood motionless, speech-
less, his watch in his hand. ave arc lost Il
was the conviction of many around him.
Suddenly his eye glanced across the sea
he stood erect another moment, and he cried,
"Thank God, we are saved |" The tide has
turned in one minute more we should have
been on the rocks He turned his chronOm-
eter, by which he had thus measured the race
between time and tide, to his pocket; and if
they never felt it before assureaiy. both he
aud his crew were on that day powerfully
taught tho value of minute.
Year: 1870

REMARKABLE.-The year 1870 will be a
yery eventful one to every maiden who gets
married. Throughout the whole course of the
year. whenever the moon wanes. the nights
will grow dark. Whoever is in love this year
will think his sweet-heartau angel Whoever
gets married will find ont whether it is true;
IF the young lady happens to blush, she will
look red in the face Ifshe dreams of young
man three nights in succession, it is sign of
something. If anybody jumps overheard
without knowing how to swim.itis Two to one he
gets drowned. If any one lends an umbrella,
it is ten to one he is obliged to go home in
the rain for his pains.
Year: 1870

Bear constantly in mind that
nine.tenths of us are, from the very
nature and necessities of the world.
born to earn our livelihood by the
sweat OF our brow. What reason
have we, then, to presume that our
children are not to do the same |?
1t they be, as now and then one
will be, endowed with extraordi-
nary powers of mind, those pow.
ers may have an opportunity of
developing themselves; and if
they never have that opportunity,
the harm is not very great to US or
to them. Nor does it hence fol-
low that the descendants of labor
ers arc always to be latorers. The
path upward is steep and long, to
be sure. Industry, care, skill, ex-
cellence i'll the present parent, lay
the foundation of a rise under
more favorable circumstances for
the children. The children of
these take another rise; and by
and.by the descendants of the pres
ent laborer become men of dis.
tinction: This is the natural prog
ress. 1t is by attempting to reach
the top at a single leap that so
much misery is produced in the
world and the propensity to make
such attempts has been cherished
and encouraged by the strange


projects that VIC have witnessed of


late years for making the laborers


virtuons and happy, by giving
them what is called education.
This education consists in bringing
mp children to labor with steadi-
ness, with care, and with skill to
show them how to do as many use-
fnl things as possible to teach
them how to do them in the best
manner; to set them an example
liz industry, sobriety, cleanliness,
and neatness to make these habit
ual to them, SO that they shall new
CT be liable to fall into the contra.
ry; to let them always see a good
living proceeding from labor, and
thus to remove from them the
temptation to get at the goods of
others by violent or fraudulent
means, and to keep far from their
minds all the inducements to hypo-
crisy and deceit.
Year: 1870

4 giddy lamb, one afternoon,
Had from the fold departed;
The tender shepherd missed 1t soon,
And sought it heavy-hearted.
Not all the flock that shared his love
Could from the search delay him
Nor clouds of midnight darkness move,
Nor fear of suffering stay him.
But night and day he went his way
In sorrow till he found it;
And when he saw it fainting lay
He claSped his arms around il.
And closely sheltered in his breast,
From every i'll to save it,
He brought it to his home of rest,
And pitied and fOrgave it.
And so the Saviour will receive
The little ones who hear him;
Their pains remove, their sins forgive,
And draw them gently near him;
Bless while they live, and when they die
And soul and body sever
Conduct them to His home on high,
To dwell with Him for ever.


GChildren'S Friend.l
Year: 1870

A writer in Good Health gives some
valuable hints for the treatment of this
fearful disease, which is now making
such ravages among children. He
says Undress the child and bring
it to bed at the very first sight of sick
ness. If it has fever give nothing but
sourish lemonade, with some gum ara
bic dissolved in it; then cover its abdO-
men with dry flannel. Take a we'll
folded sheet and dip it in hot water;
wiring it dry, and put this over the
flannel on the child's abdomen. IlFen
cover the whole and The hot
cloth will require repeate& Ac-
cording to the severity of the q and
its stage of progress, perspiratioW will
commence in the child in from ten
minutes to two hours. The child is
then saved, and it's recovery will be as
steady as the growth of a greenhouse
plant. AS the inclination for food re-
turns, help the bowels by injections OF
warm water, oil, and little CASTLE
soap. These directions are for the ear
Iy symptoms of the disease. If the
child has illusions of the heart or brain,
these will not save it; but if these rem
edies are applied in good time, not one
i'm a hundred children will die of scar
let fever"
Year: 1870

IF YOU ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUF-


| fered from involuntary discharges, what
effect does it produce upon your general health?
Do you feel weak, deblitated, easily tired ?
Does little extra exertion produce palpita ton
of the heart? Do your liver or urinary organs
your kidneys frequently get out of order u?
Is your urine thick, milky or sloppy, or is it
ropy on settling? Or does thick scum rise to
the top? Or is a sediment at the bottom after it
has stood awhile? Do you have spells of short
breathing or dyspepsia? Are your bowels con-
stipated? Do you have spells of fainting or
rushes of blood to the head? Is your memory
impaired? Is your mind constantly dwelling on
this subject? Do you feel dull listless, moping,
tired of company, of life? Do you wish to be
left alone, to get away from everybody? Does
any little thing make you start or jump? Is
your sleep broken or restless? Is the luster of
your eye as brilliant? The bloom on your cheek
as bright? Do you enjoy yourself in society as
well? Do you pursue your business with the
same energy? Do you feel as much confidence


in yoursef2 Are your spirits dull and tagging,
given to fits Of melancholy? If so, do not lay


it to your liver or dyspepsia. Have you restless
nights? Your back weak, your knees weak, and
with but little appetite; and you attribute this
to dyspepsia or liver compautr
Year: 1870

that those bold defiant, energetic, persevering,
successful business men, are always those whose
generatve organs are in perfect health2


You never hear such men complain of being
melancholy, of nervousness or palpitation Of the
heart. They are never afraid they cannot sue
coed in business; they don't become sad and dis
couraged; they are always polite and pleasant


in the company of ladies, and look you and them
right in the face-none of your dow cast looks
or other meanness about them. l do not mean
those who keep the organs inflated by running
to excess. These will not only
Year: 1870

WHEN YOU BUY A SEWING MACHINE,
w select one not likely to get out of order
The best is the cheapest.


Never before, since the introduction of Sewing
Machines, has there been triumph like that of
me FLORENCE. Its universal success every
where establishes beyond cavil its superiority.


Though ten years younger than most Of the
well known Machines, the FLORENCE has
eclipsed them all asa public favorite, and stands
to-day without a rival as
Year: 1870

There is no charge Of corruption
sgainst any man on the above ticket:
and we doubt whether any man on it is
rich enough to buy . delegate or mem.
Der Of the Legislature. Any Of the off
ccs left blank. We reserve the right to Gil
mp hereafter. An objection may be m sde.
that there are too many from eome local
tiles. The Offices should be scattered Is
much as they can be consistently with
the public good; but il the best msterisl
is wanted. it should be got. regardless Of
locality.
Year: 1870

1. Rules for gathering seed among the
standing grain-H Having selected the choice
and bright heads Of grain, pluck and sus-
pend them in dry place till the next seed
ing time, then shell and wash the seed; put
it into hot water, when the heavy kernels
will sink and the light will rise to the sur
face, and may be skinned off and cast
away.


2. In the twelfth month place the seed
in large earthen vessel, fill it with pure
water of melted snow, ana cover the same
with earth. When the seed has sprouted,
SOW broadcast or in drills; thus you will
avoid the breeding of worms.


3. To determine whether the coming
year will be good or bad, take one measure
of seed in the beginning of the winter sea-
son and measure it carefully, then place it
in an earthern vessel and put it in dark
place and leave it there for fifty days: then
measure 1t again. If then it fills the meas
ure fuller than before, the season will be
good; If less than before, the season will
be bad.


4. Treatment of new land.-First, burn
the grass, Tin order to destroy both the
seeds and the roots of grass and weeds).
plow. then SOW to sesamum tan oily grain)
for one year. This is for the purpose OF
destroying more thoroughly the roots oi
the wild grasses.
Year: 1870

Charles Hugo tells the following fairy
story about the plebiscite: There was once
in the Middle Ages a young Lao named
Universal Suffrage. As he was Republi-
can, he was generally called Little Red
Chaperon. One day the State had brought
a plebiscite on the tapis, and his adaptive
father said to him: "Pray, go and look
how your grandmother liberty is. and bring
her your vote in this small butter Jar !"
Little Red Chaperon started Immediately
for his grandmother's house. When he
came through the forest of Bondy, he met
old Coup d Etaf, who asked him where he
was going The poor boy, who did not
know that it was dangerous to stop on the
road and TO listen to wolves, said to him:
81 am going to visit my grandmother, and
bring her my vote in this small butter Jar. "


every well, said the wolf, IL shall ac-
company you and visit her too" Now, the
wolf had devoured the grandmother eight
cen years ago. He hurried on so "a to
reach the place in advance of Little Red
Chaperon. Upon his arrival there, he
went TO bed and waited there for the little
one who shortly afterward raped at the
door and stepped in. Little Chaperon was
greatly surprised TO find his grandmother
In such dishdbiue, and said to her: '.But,
grandmother, you really have very large
and strong arms" I'm order to be better
able TO protect society from anarchy. my
child GRANDMOTHER. you have also very
big legs" In order 10 be better able to
escape from Mexico, my child" Grand
mother. you have very large eyes" Elm
order to be better able to verify Hauss-
mans accounts" Grandmother, you have
very large teeth" '1n order to be better
able to devour you, brat"
Year: 1870

TUBING AS A GUARD FOR INTERPRETING
HoRsEs--A writer in one of our exchanges,
gives two methods OF applying the tubing
as follows: The tubing ~ hose should be
of one-half to three-qnarter inch caliber.
If you wish to protect the joint with a
guard, cut the hose the proper length to go
around the limb above the joint, and run a
round strap through the hose, with buckle
at one end. Properly fitted this will stay
and not eramp the limb or injure the skin.
The tube runs on the strap when the hoof
strikes it. Always remove the guard when
the horse enters the stable, and battle with
cold water.


Another manner for applying the guard
| is to cut the gum tube a little longer than
in the other way, making it reach round
the hoof of the limb that strikes, less about
two inches. Then have the harness maker
sew a small strap in one end of the tube.
and a strap with buckle in the other. Then
| lit the guard around the hoof of the limb
that strikes, Just below the hair. The gum
will stretch sufficient to clasp the hooi
/ tightly, if it is properly adjusted, it will
neither be lost nor slip from its place. ex.
cept by the horse stepping in deep muddy
roads. when it will some times slip up but
will not be lost, and can be re-adjnsted
When the hoof so armed strikes the joint
of the opposite limb the rubber gives and
the skin is not broken, the hair even is moi
cut of, and the creature and the driver, i
horseman and of sensitive nature, escaps
the pain that always affects them beth wher
the horse is hopping ON three legs from
such an accident.
Year: 1870

Three years ago Young German paid
the passage of a young lady to this country,
her parents being too poor to do SO, on
their pledge that she should marry him.


The family settled in Pittsbug, and the
young man went to Wisconsin. A few days
since ne returned to Pittsburg to claim his
bride, but it seems that she had meantime
been wooed and won by another fellow.


The indignation of the old lover was some
thing tremendous. He demanded marriages


The girl refused. He then demanded
the refunding of his money, and brought
suit for its IT coyery. Among the items in the
bill were the passage money, pay for four
tickets to New York theatres, and sundry


bottles OF wine and glasses of the ''good old
larger beer. The bill which he presented
footed up S205, and he said to Christiapa,


Settle this bill or marry me-" She de-
cided to let the case come before the Alder
man. At the hearing an acute attorney who
had been engaged for the young lady ques-
toned the young man closely, and the bill
of damages was reduced to $40. Still the
anxious young man insisted that the bill
should be paid or matrimony ensue. AT
this point the Pittsburgh lover, whom the
young lady really wished to marry, stepped
up and paid the $42, and as a result there
will probably soon be wedding.
Year: 1870

{ 'PEkvENr PoTAToEs BLossoMNG "A dis
.tinguished Frenchman, Gilliodts, has been
testing the influence of towering upon the
Yield Of potatoes, and the results have been
so marked and conclusive that he recon-
mtnds the suppression OF the floral organs
Of the potato; that the buds be removed
as soon as possible after they appear, in
order to prevent the fixing of the nourish.
ing principles necessary to the complete
formation of the floral organs; that the re-
moval should be done by hand rather thar
with any sickle or other sharp instrument,
since the tops of the potatoes would bs
liable to be injured thereby.