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Year: 1871

When woman makes up her mind to
have anything, she is pretty sure to get it.
Probably that assertion will not be dis
puted. At any rate, an illustration of its
truth comes from Cincinnati. The good
dame of citizen of that place could not
persuade her spouse to get her patent
clOthes-dryer. So she took the pole out
from her old-fashioped line the other even
ing, and, crouching down behind the
fence, screamed "murder ~ In an in
slant her startled lord came flying out of
the house, was caught across the throat by
the clothes-line, and, before he could re-
cover himself, it had nearly sawed his head
off. The next morning a sombre-looking
individual, with his neck all done up in
cloths and bandages, was seen putting up
a patent clothes-dryer in that yard. How
many divorce suits might be saved by a
like simple eXpedient?
Year: 1871

This is season hit tries the frame and the consti
tuition If there is weak spot in either the chilling
damps the maarous fogs the varieties of temperature
that mark the commencement of the winter
sure to find it out. There few systems that have
not weak spot somewhere. and the wsest thing that
any man or woman do is to forify it by of
Hosetters Stomach Btters, and thus keep the enemy
at bay Inwar when city is menaced, the first thing
to be done is to strengthen the ramparts, The same
policyhoud be adopted with the human body y,whenits
drest foe malaria is abroad If the stomach is weak
this tonic will lend ii vgor; if the bowels morbidIy
sensitive, this Alternative will regulate them if the v
er is inert this wholesome Stimulant will rouse it, if
there constipation this aperient viii cure it, if there
is nervous debility this nervne viii replace it with
nervous vgor; if there is inpUrity in the blood this
depurient will neutrase it, if there is cloud on the
spirits this exhilarant will dspel it. These are facts
that have been demonstrate every day for the last
twenty years. Can much be said feF any other med
icine-or rather, much be proved for anything
may be said By the unscrupuous. Do not accept any
of the local bitters sometimes recommended BY dealers
in lieu Of the Standard Restorative.
Year: 1871

Not one hour after reading this advertisement need


any suffer with pain.
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
Is sure cure. It was the first and is the Only Pain
Remedy that instantly stops the most


excruciating palms.
Year: 1871

The EDIroR's SmIRT.-It has
long been regarded as strange by
the people Of certain New Jer.
sey town, that whenever there
was a wreck OH the coast, and the
vessel we,t to pieces, the editor
of the paper there always came
ont next day with a new white
shirt on. Whenever anybody
asked him where he got it from,
he invariably answered that a
rich aunt of bis had just died in
Maine. The circumstance occar.
red 80 often that tho people began
to think it was extraordinary how
many rich aunts the editor had il.
Maine. and still more singular
that so large a portion 1T their
wealth should have been invested
in shirts.


So II magistrate called on him
to ascertain IL lie had not been in
tho habit Of swimming off shore
surreptitiously on dark nights, and
pushing vessels ashore IN order to
rob them of shirts. The indignant
editor relieved his anxiety by re-
moving his shirt.bosom. II was
simply a piece Of paper printed in
plaiis, and containing button. holes
traced with q pen. And now the
people want to know how man can
be trust ed to form public opinion
when lie ia guilty of such base
DECEPTION.
Year: 1871

PlTrsBURGH, November 1.-THE
present run Of coal has thus tar proven
an exceedingly successful one. Not a
single accident has been reported. The
list given herewith is still incomplete,
as there are some eight or ten steamers
that have not been reported to us. We
hope tomorrow to give complete list
OF the shipments.
Year: 1871

For wedding invitations this season,
many seem to prefer large note sheet
with the invitations subscribed on it in
script, and only two cards-one with
the name OF the groom, and the other
that of the bride.
Year: 1871

At about five o'clock this evening the
large four story building which has been
in a course of construction on One
Hundred and Twenty-second street,
between First avenue and Avenue A,
fell, burying beneath the ruins several
workmen. A large force OF police and
iremeu were summoned to the scene


and in short time FIVE men were found
and extracted, almost unipjured, the
falling timbers having been iuterlaceC
so effectually as 10 shield the men from
Year: 1871

THE Tribune of this week wants the editor
of this paper to get out a neandanaus against
the cantI business. Apply to the State OF
Wisconsin, Mr. Tribune, and perhaps you
will hear of something in this line to your
advantage.


p S.: We learn just as we go to press,
that the long talked of canal has been cut
through, and that the water of the bay OF
Superior being some twelve or fifteen
inches higher than that of the lake, is pour
ing out with great rapidity. Our Duluth
neighbors may now expect to hear from
the state authorities Of WiscoE sin very
soon.
Year: 1871

THE COMING SEAsoN.-The indications
are that the con ing season will be one of
activity on Lake Superior. The copper in
terests, after passing through trying ordeal
emerge, clransed and purified, upon a ca
reer otunexampled OF prosperity. In the Mar
quette iron district the condition of things
is excellent, and with the development OF
the iron deposits of Houghton county which
the building Of the Houghton and Ontona-
gon railroad will simulate, as well as the
opening up of the Menominee iron fields by
the Portage Lake and Lake Superior ship
canal, this last staple will be produced in
the future in such quantities as to insure the
consumers OF the raw material OF the ability
OF Northern Michigan to supply all their de-
mands.


The interest which the Gazette has crea-
ted IN the direction OF establishing manu-
featuring plants on the lake is increasing as
our people examine into the matter, and it
looks now as if there would be a number of
charcoal blast furnaces erect ID before the
close of 1871 -P0rtuge Lake Gazette
Year: 1871

One of our citizens recently made inqui-
rieS OF the editor OF the Prairie Farmer, of
Chicago, in reference TO the beS. fertiizng
agnt for grass or clover crop on our
tiff clay soil, and received the following
reply:


Cold, compact, eayey land should have been pre-.
pared for a grass crop hv powiug in considerable
amount OF rolerable coarse manure. This would have
rendered the soil light and provued food for the
of grass at some distance from the surface. Even
sand or ashes If piowed N would have proved of great
benefit in a mechanical by making the soil loose
aud rendering II IL condition so that grass roots
could easily penetrate it, We shall expect little per-
manent advantage from guano it would only stmu
late the growth of roots the surface Ii the soil
is already well supplied with lime and mari it seems
to contain ali the properties that would be derived
from bones. Common Land Plaster ground gypsum
generally of advantage to clover and the cultivated
grasses but there soils and locations in which it
produces very little good. The amount and method
of appl ca ion spoken of those generally recon-
mended. If you obtain good stable manure we
should it any artificial fertilizer
Year: 1871

The total amount Of the first two issues
of fractional currency lost or worn out
while in circulation is estimated at S6,5OO.-
600, or about tifteen per cent. of the whole
issue. This sum is Of course "A clear cain
to the Treasury, and an entire loss to the
people.
Year: 1871

The immense activity with which rail
road operations in this State are being
prosecuted is set forth in an article prepar-
ed by the reporters of the Press on the
fourth page of this paper. Last year $50
was doing pretty well. This year 10 miles
more are under contract to be completed
before winter. As follows:
Year: 1871

The ragamuffins of Paris are waoing war
on the churches. They have whipped sew
eral monks and priests. But while marching
out OF the city to attack some men who were
not on the peace establishment, they were
well whipped in turn
Year: 1871

WINoNA, Mimi, is to have road run
ming southwestwardIy to the State line if
she will grade it, and gain the right of way
and do it right away: SO says Senator
Window and President Gilman of the Iowa
Central
Year: 1871

Snow Thus far in the season our
mountains have not received their
wonted supply of snow, which is so
necessary to the working of the
mines. Although, there is time
enough yet for an abundance of
snow to fall; the mountains of the
Territory are at this time compare
lively bare. A great deal of snow
usually falls in the month of Feb
ruary, and it is likely that the COM
ing month will be no exception to
the general rule, but it is anxiously
prayed for, for upon the mining
interests rest our principle hopes Of
business stimulus and profitable
trade Boise News.
Year: 1871

EF II is said that Ak Mcdonald has
the credit of transferring the U. S Court
from Van Buren to Fort Smith. Weare
glad to know that he returns no more to
the Senate. No better man may take his
place--but we are confident the new man
cannot represent any less the masses of
the people.
Year: 1871

find the following;


DEAR DuyHAM-The birds sent you were chiefly do
mated by Col. j. p. King But to the match; The
challenge of King having been taken by Northcutt
who had only to accept. Colonel King challenge
unlike any other and contrary to all former usages m
such things, not only proposed to 90 the thlg haed
but assumed the right of designating the place ana
time But Ill objections being waived, the chaiiege
was accepted and the parties met on lllot Mound,
lovely eminence from which one can stand ana see
oII over Vine Prairie Umpres were chosen all pre-
iiminares agreed upon and the two contestants with
umpiros marched out upon the snipe ground to test
their skin as sportsmen and settle the claim to cham
pOnship. No spectators were allowed on the held SO
we we contentcd ourselves looking from our stand
point. An occasional pun OF blue smoke ana the re-
port of the doublebarrel told that the game was be-
ing played with the utmost precaution and consqm-
ate skill il could be told by the mOyemeBts-whCn
the bird fell the umpire Of one Of the parties would
advance to pick it up. The number of shots to be
taken by each party being forty and the number OF
became evident that if the extreme cauu0n OF Col
King persisted in the shooting would have To be
done IN succeeding days, as time was advancing anu
he having taken in hrst round OF two hours nlne
shots only. Northcutt although reasonably cautious
was evidently taking more hazardous chances ana
had shot sixteen times in first round. one shot being
declared an accident leaving his actual shots at hi,
birds and result reported: Col King nine shots and


The Colonel, being small odds ahead, claimed the
right to and did propose to withdraw the match,
which. being referred to umpires, was Herewith an
nuled and stakes Withdrawn.


This letter appeared after my departure for
Louisville, Ky. | did not see it until my re-
turn month afterwards; lit contains mac
curacies needless to enumerate now,) the
sniping season was then past and thought
best to defer any notice Of it until the season
should again return. 1t has at last come
around and ] desire to again test the skill OF
the parties arrayed against me in that contest
and accordingly invite each or any of them
to shoot against me at such time and place a.
they may suggest during the present Shipping
season. Further preliminaries to be arrayed
to mutual satisfaction. And in earnest of this
propose to wager from 500 to $500 on the
result.


That there may be no excuse to decline thl,
invitation, | extend it to any citizen of Van
Buren, who may feel disposed to take hand


Truly, j. Il. KING.


Van Buren,, Mar. Il, 1871.
Year: 1871

You cannot escape from anxiety and
labor; it is the destiny of humanity.


No MAN has any right to manage his
affairs in such a way that his sudden
death would bring burdens and losses
on other people.


Do ALL around you get, in your ways,
such a reflection of Christs life that they
could not understand you without know
ing Christ?


SHENsToNE, an artist in landscape
gardening, said he knew the turn in his
life which led to unhappiness-it was
when he made pleasure his aim.


The preaching of the word in some
places is like the planting of woods,
where, though no profit is received for
twenty years together, it comes after
ward.


WHAT a world of gossip would be pre-
vented if it was only remembered that
person who tells you of the faults of
others intends to tell others of your
faults


WITH love, the heart becomes a fair
and fertile garden. with sunshine and
warm hues, and exhaling sweet odors ;
but without it, it is bleak desert cov-
cred with ashes.


"THE streams of religion run deeper
or shallower," says Calcott, Gas the
banks of the Sabbath are kept up or
negled." A preacher in Holland called
the Sabbath Goods dyke, shutting out
an ocean of evils.n


"CALUMNY," says Archbishop Leigh
ton, "would soon starve and die of
itself if nobody took it in and gave it
lodging" "There would not" says
Bishop Hall, abe so many open mouths
if there were not so many open ears"


MANY men pass fifty or sixty years in
the world, and when they are just going
out of it they bethink themselves, and
step back, as it were, to do something
which they had all the while forgotten
-to-wit, the main business for which
they came into the world, to repent of
their sins, and reform their lives, and
make their peace with God, and in time
prepare for eternity.


The man who in the ministry has
never yet had good, hard bang from
somebody about something in the line
of his duty, must draw the truth very
fine and evaporate it to the thinnest
vapor. For Go rs truth is living, keen,
piercing, exposing, and he whose char
acter is taken on from the Word he
breaches will not be apt to prophesy
smooth things, and he will not always
travel over smooth roads.
Year: 1871

The following sentences from Arch
bishop Seekers Wedding Ring are worth
reading twice: Hast thou soft
heart Pit is of Gods breaking. Hast
thou sweet wife ?-she is of Gods
making. The Hebrews have a saying,
He is not man that hath not wo-
man. Though man alone may be good,
but it is not good that man should be
alone. Every good gift and every per
feet gift is from above A wife, though
she be not perfect gift, is a good gift,
a beam darted from the sun of mercy.
How happy are those marriages where
Christ is at the Wedding Let none
but those who have found favor in Gods
eyes find favor in yours. Husbands
should spread mantle of charity over
their wives infrmities. Do not put the
candle out because of the ST uff. Hus-
bands and wives should provoke one
another to love; and they should love
one another Notwithstanding provoca-
tions. The tree of love should grow up
in the midst of the family, as the tree
of life grew in the garden of Eden.
Good servants are great blessing; but
a good wife is the greatest blessing; and
such help let him seek fer that lacks
one; let him sigh for that hath lost
one let him delight in him that en-,
joys one.
Year: 1871

They were usually married when very
young. Their occupations were to
weave, to spin, to embroider, to super
intend the household, to care for their
sick slaves. They lived in a special and
wealthy seldom went abroad, and never
except when accompanied by female
slave; never attended the public specta-
cles received no male visitors except
in the presence of their husbands, and
had not even seat at their own tables
when male guests were there. Their
pre-eminent virtue was fidelity, and it
is probable that this was very strictly
and very generally observed. On the
other hand, living as they did, almost
exclusively among their female slaves,
deprived of all the educating influence
of male society, and having no place at
those public spectacles which were the
chief means of Athenian culture, their
minds must necessarily have been ex-
ceedingly contracted. Thucydides
doubtless expressed the prevailing SEN
timent of his countrymen, when he
said that the highest merit of woman is
not to be spoken of either for good or
for evil, and Phidias illustrated the
same feeling when he represented the
heavenly Aphrodite standing on tor
toise, typifying thereby the secluded
life of virtuous woman. In the writ
ings of Xenophon we have charming
picture of a husband who had received
into his arms his young wife of fifteen,
absolutely ignorant of the world and its
ways. He speaks to her with extreme
kindness, but in the language that
would be used to little child. Her
task, he tells her, is to be like queen
bee, dwelling continually at home and
experimenting the work of her slaves.
She must distribute to each their tasks,
must economic the family income, and
must take especial care that the house
is strictly orderly-the shoes, the pots;
and the clothes always in their places.
1t is also, he tells her, part of her duty
to tend her sick slaves; but here his
wife interrupted him, exclaiming, ''Nay,
but that will indeed be the most agree
able of my offices, if such as [ treat
with kindness are likely to be grateful
and to love me more than before"
With very tender and delicate care to
avoid everything resembling reproach,
the husband persuades his wife to give
up the habits of wearing high-heeled
boots in order to appear tall, and of
coloring her face with vermilion and
white lead. He promises her that, if
she faithfully performs her duties, he
will himself be the first and most de
voted of her slaves. He assured
Socrates that, when any domestic dis
pute arose, he could extrlcate himself
admirably if he was in the right; but
that whenever he was in the wrong, he
found it impossible to convince his wife
that it was otherwise.
Year: 1871




Life is so cheap and yet so dear


w prize, but we scorn it too,
And plod our round from year to year


With little or to hope or do:
Each day brings fretful cares and toll,
And sorrows come and joys depart
And we grow old with weary toll.


Or else from listlessness of heart
What matters which? what matters how?
Time heedeth not our fftful moods,
But stamps its signet on our brow


In city life or soltudes
And We grow old yet scarcely feel
The incessant whirling of the wheel.
Nor heed the traces that declare
We are not now what once we were;
The world has worn us to its ways;


Do this it says, and we obey;
There is no freedom in our praise


And little courage left to pray.
At moments with a sudden pain
We gasp and cry for youth again,
And wonder where the joy has gone,
Which we were wont to feed upon
When Love with Life walked hand in hand
When twas boundless bliss to dare
The mighty peaks that guard tn e land
Where wisdom dwells serenely fair
Dear Heaven! how strong and rich we were--
For JOY breeds strength, and hope gives power
And knowledge is the young mans dover,
And youthful dreams are fair domains,
And happy thoughts are golden gains.
The dreams are gone, the rapture past,
Each year moves calmly like the last
The sea that foamed with deaf ming roar
Creeps lagard-like along the shore,--
We troad the footsteps of our Sires
With petty aims and mean desires,
And idly act our little part


Like puppets fashioned for a show:-
Teach u.s. o Lord how great thou art,
That we our greatness, too, may know.
Year: 1871

The rose of old, they say. was white.
Till Love, one day. in a wanton light.
Flirting away from flower to flower.
A rose-tree brushed in evil hour;
The spreading leaves concealed thorn
By which the boy gods foot was torn.
The precious drops in plenteous flow
Fell on a roses breast below,


And all her snow-white virgin pride
In blushing pure carnation died,
To tell to future times unborn
How Love was wounded by thorn.
Sobbing with pain and weeping dew,
The wounded boy to Venus flew;
But few the ills which boys endure
A mothers kisses cannot cure;
And for such pleasure after pain,
Love would be often prick'd again!
Year: 1871

| CARE OF THE EYEs.-Prescott, the historian,
in consequence of disorder of the nerve of the
eye, wrote every one of his histories without
pen or ink, he could not see when his pen
was out of ink, or from any other cause failed to
make mark. He used an agate stylus on car
donated paper the lines and edges of the paper
being indicated by brass wires in wooden
frame.


Crawford, the sculptor, the habit of whose
lie had been to read in reclining position,
lost one eve and soon died from the formation of
a malignant cancerous tumor behind the ball,
| which pushed it out on the cheek.
There are many affections of the eye which are
radically incurable. Persons OF scrofulous
stitutions, without any local manifestations Of
some erroneous habit Of practice, and it remains
there for life. 1t is useful, therefore, to know
some of the causes which, by deblitating the
eye invite disease to it, render it incapable of
resisting adverse circumstances.


Avoid reading by candle or any other artif-
cial light.


Reading by twilight ought never to be in
dulged in. safe rule is, never read after sun
down or before sunrise.
| Do not allow yourself to read a moment in
reclining position, whether in a bed or on sofa
| The practice of reading on horseback, or in
any vehicle in motion by wheels, is most PERM
cious


| Reading on steam or sail vessels should not be
largely INDUCED in, because the slightest motion
of the page or your body alters the focal point
and requires painful strainng effort to readjust
| it.


Never attempt to look at the sun while shin
ing, unless through colored glass of some kind !;
even very bright moon should not long be
gazed at.


The glare of the sun on water is very Injurious
to the sight.


A sudden change between bright light and
darkness is always pernicious.


In looking at minute objects relieve the eye
frequently by turning them to something in the
distance


Let the light, whether artificial or natural,
fall on the page from behind or little to one
side


Every parent should peremptorily forbid all
sewing by candle or gaslight, especially of dark
material


| If the eyes are matted together after sleeping,
the most instantaneous and agreeable solvent in
nature is the application of the saliva with the
fingers before opening the eye. Never pick it off
with the finger nail, but wash it off with the
ball of the finger in quite warm water.


Never battle or open the eyes in cold water.
1t always is the safest, best ana most agreeable to
use warm water for that purpose over seventy
degrees.
Year: 1871

| All this New Departure dodge was but trick
to demoraze the advancing Democracy, and
prevent the people being their own rulers. 1t
was a plan to continue the management of affairs
in the hands of such thieves as rule to ruin New
York


Such bondhoders as Belmont and others who
pay no taxes.


Such railroad managers as work in concert to
secure subsidies, land grants and consolidation
of railroad lines, ever to increase the tariff of
rates for freight and passengers each year more
and more, at the mercy of these Government
protected robbers.


Such men as own National banks and control
the monetary issues of the country, all the time
grinding the producers, taxpayers and business
men with small means deeper in debt and diff
Guilty.


Where is the remedy for all this wrong?


In the people
In the Trades Unions


In the associations of working men


In the vote of miners, plow-hodcrs, wood
choppers, workers eperyrherei


In the Union Of all who live by labor to pro-
tect themselves, to take a New Departure from
both political parties, and create new party,
under the name of The Continentais, working as
did the patriots of the Revolution to redeem the
land from dishonest rulers, the levyers of unjust
taxes


So it may come that the defeat in California,
followed rs it will be by the defeat of the Demo-
Gratis everywhere who dare not defend the interest
of the people, will result in good, and may end
in new and better party than this country has
known for years"