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Year: 1875

American society may at once pre-
pare for a general and pleasing fiut-
ter of exeitement if the apparently
very credible report is correct, that


the Marquis de Lorne and the Princess
Louise are to pay the United States
and Canada a visit the coming fall
Never before has this country had op-
portunity to welcome Brit ish Prin-
cess of the blood, and the youthful
pair may expect a reception of such
beartiness and hOspitalitythat no fault
can reasonably be found with it.Some
embarrassment may at first be expert
enced as to the proper way to enter
tain the daughter of England's Queen.
Princes, Grand Dukes and even
Kings can be taken to clubs, or when
balls and theatres tire them, they
can b be furnished with silver mounted
rifles and invited to hunt buffalo on
the plains. The Princess Louise would
hardly delight in such sport. and
something else will have to be pro-
vided, which something the American
readiness of resource will doubtless
promptly furnish. Though looked
upon as having taken q step in the
direction of democracy by marrying
Scotch Marquis, her husband is
quite high enough in the scale Of
blood to satisfy even the most ardent


worshiper of rank. Weighed IN the


balance of rank andpower, il may be


a question whether the heir of the
Duke of Argyle has not as much to


be proud of as the second daughter
of the late Prince Albert; but without


discussing that point, the princeiy


pair represent blood and character
enough to deserve at our hands the
most delicate attention. la
Year: 1875

The EVIL OF SHoP GIRLS. The
custom of compelling shop girls to
stand up all the long day behind
the counter, is selfish, cruel, and
useless; especially selfish on the, part
of the proprietor who requires the
women to stand all the while, wheth-
er serving customers or not, merely
that they may appear on the alert %
wait on those who call, They stand
from seven or eight in the morning.
till six, eight or ten o'clock at night
as is the custom at certain stores
with short time st mid day for
dinner, would weary any man. But
to exact such service from girls and
women! Their physical powers are,
it is we'll known, mnch weaker than
those Of men; at any rate, and by
their anatomical and physiological
peculiarities, they are entirely unit
for bearing this specially severe toll,
namely, standing all day long. Med
ical men who practice largely among
women are constantly witnessing
the terrible consequences Of this
most cruel Hrule of the establish


ment."-HaPs Journal Of Health
Year: 1875

On the principal street of this qui-
ct rural village, and almost oppo-
site of the old Courthouse, where he
entered upon the practice of law
halfa century ago, Stands the home
of Ex-senator Benjamin f. Wade
The old Courthouse long ago gave
way to one more elegant, though
Year: 1875

1t is an ancient joke upon allopath-
ic treatment 10 say that a sickly
patient will soon be unable to speak
in bot weather by reason Of the rise
of mercury in bis system, which. get
ting up to his throat, would choke
him. According to a Partisan news
paper correspondent, something Ike
this has actually occurred in the gay
capital. An Algerian soldier, who
had contracted disease Of the liver,
took to mercury. Now it would be
difficult to say whether be IS merely
super-mercarial Frenchman or al
animated mass Of quicksilver. The
average heat Of the human body is
ninety eight degrees This Is a
height to which poor Louis Lamarck
cannot rise. His faculties are anch-
ored to ninety-one and three-quarter
degrees. He can hear and read
plainly at that temperature. As it
rises or falls he loses his faculties.
At seventy degrees be becomes blind,
at sixty-hve be loses his taste, and
at twenty his touch, and below that
temperature be can handle hot iron.
What a collapse would attend q sum
mer lemonade or a winter Tom and
Jerry. Perhaps the case furnishes
an explanation Of the frequent phe-
nomena Of weak knees, stammering
tongue and a general inclination TO
loll against lamp post
Year: 1875

But few people are aware that they
do wagons and carriages more injury
by greasing too plentifully than any
other way. 4 well-made wheel will
endure common wear from ten TO
twenty-five years, If care is taken TO
use the right and proper amount Of
grease, but If this be not attended to
they will be used up in FIVE or six
years. Lard should never be used
on wagon; it will penetrate the
hub and work It's way round the ten
ons Of the spoke, and spoil the wheel.
TallOw il the best lubricatOr for wood
axle-trees, aud castor oil for iron.
Just grease enough should be applied
TO the spindle Of the wagon to give it
a light coating. This is better than
more; for the surplus put on will
work out at the ends, and be forced
by the shoulder bands and nut wash
ers into the bub around the outside
Of the boxes. To oil an a1le-tree,
first wipe the spindle clean with q
cloth wet with spirits Of turtentine,
and then apply few drops Of castor
oil near the shoulder or eLd One te--
spoonful is sufficient for the - hole.
Year: 1875

If YOU will only keep your teeth
clean they won't decay The Won
derfuI deutifrices which are sold AZ
fabulous prices are greatly inferior
to a simple mixture Of sosp snd pre-
pared chalk. with a something Ike
orris root; but the essential articles
are soap and chalk The druggist
will prepare you enough for 2 quarter
Of a dollar 70 last you q long time
Just before going 70 bed. with broad.
soft toothbrush go through the
mouth thoroughly. II disposed 70
bad mouth you nav repeat the dose
in the morning. But the PrineiI .
article for keeping the teeth clean IS
a tooth piek-s soft goose quill
which you must use after eating, 10
matter though il Is only a piece Of
apple. aud If convenient after using
the pick, rinse the mouth 0gi with
water.
Year: 1875

Il has been said 10 another form of
expression that the slightest excess
Of expenses over income is poverty,
and the Slight test excess Of income
over expenses i wealth. The abili-
ty of practical farmers to endeavor TO
master this great problem Of life is
not so much dependent upon what
they know Of their business as on
their faculty to apply What they
know. Success in business is due 10
administration. Capacity In admin
istratiog is due 10 hat faculty, pow
er or quality called common sense,
which every body speaks well sof and
nobody understands exactly. We in
fer its presence OF its absence from
the results Of 4 mans life. We ven
tuFe upon a definition Of the phrase
we are using, not 50 much for the
purpose Of fmakiBg It's meaning clearer
as for the great purpose Of giving it
ia iofIier place ia your thoughts
Common sense is a degree, a high
degree-in Gne, the highest degree OF
human wisdom applied to practical
things. 1t is not learning; it is not
knowledge ; it is rather the faculty Of
applying what we may know to what
we do. Other things being equal,
the practical farmer who knows the
most viii DO tie best but other
things not being equal, a man who
excels in wisdom in administration
may surpass q man Of greater learn
ing, or even greater knowledge Of
things But DO not allow this sug-
gestion TO lead you to place a low es-
innate upon learning whether general
or professional; culture Of every sort
gives US capacity to appreciate wis
dom, and opportunity also for its
exercise.
Year: 1875

/ A good story Is told of how a GER
tain French Colonel put stop to
dueling on the part OF officers in his
regiment. This regiment was fam
Gus for the tuels its officers fought
among themselves and with other
parties. The matter, however. grew
to be such an annoyance that at last
the authorities appointed new Col.
onel, q man whom it was expected
would stamp ont all nonsense. Very
soon two officers applied for permis-
sion to fight duel, and to the sur
prise OF everybody it was granted
The men went out, slightly wounded
each other, declared honor satisfied,
and returned. The Colonel sent for
them to come to HIM as soon as they
recovered. "When officers. fight"
said he, Tin the regiment have the
honor to command, they kill. Go J"
Then the men went out again,
wounded each other severely, and
were six months recovering. Still
again and again they were sent out,
till at last they killed each other, and
the practice OF dueling disappeared
from that and from many other regi.
ments. The story is told as a sugges-
ton that many Of the European
duels Of the day are not mortal in
intention. If she code insisted upon
death in every instance duels would
be of extremely rare occurrence, even
in France.
Year: 1875

Across the rapid stream of seventy years
The slender bridge of Human life 1,


thrown;
The past and future form ifs moulderine


piers.


The present moment is It's frail keystone
From" dust thou art" the arch begins to rise,
"To dust" the fashion of its form deseends
''Shalt thou RETURN" the higher curve i'm


plies,


In which the first to the last lowness


bendsi


Seen by youths magic light upon that


arch,


How lovely does each far-on scene ap.


pear.
But an {! how changed when on the onward


march,


Our weary footsteps bring the vision near.
Twas tabled that beneath the rainbow's foot
A treasure lay, the dreamer to bewitch
And many wasted In the vain pursuit
The golden years that would have made


them rich.
So where life's arch of fsmany eolors leads
The heart expects rich wealth OF joy to


find;
But In the distance the bright hope recedes
And leaves a cold gray waste of care be-


hind.
A sunlit stream upon its bosom takes
Tn inverted shadow of a bridge on


high.
And thus the arch in air and water makes
One perfect circle to the gazer's eye.
SO tits with life; the things that do ap-


pear


Are neetIng shadows on times passing


tide
Cast by the sunshine of a higher sphere
From viewless things that changelessly


abide.
The real is but the hall OF life /; 1t needs
The ideal 10 make perfect whole;
The sphere OF sense is Incomplete, and


pleads
For closer union with the sphere Of soul.
All things of use are bridges that conduct
To things OF faith, which give them truest


worth
And Christ's own parallels do us Instruct
That heaven is but the counterpart OF


earth.
The pier that rests upon this shores the


same


As that which stands upon the further


bank
And fitness for the duties here will frame
A fitness for the joys OF higher rank.
OH dark were life without heavens sun 10


show


The Likeness of the other world in this;
And bare and poor would lie our lot be-


low


Without the shadow of "a world of bliss.
Then let US, passing DER life's fragile arch,
Regard IL as a means. and not an end;
As but the path Of faith on which we march,
To where all glories of our being tend.


Good Words.
Year: 1875

In making apple sauce use q little
quantity of water and sweeten sufii-
GENTLY when first put on the stove
and do not cook longer than just tr
have them done. To make a nice
sauce, pare and quarter them and Jay
in sugar for twenty-fOur hours, using
about a quarter OF pound OF sugar to
pound of fruit. This will harden so
II cooked slowly they will retain their
shape perfectly.


COred apples are excellent boiled.
Put in a stew-pan with sufficient wa
ter to cover and boil slowly, with
sugar and cinnamon in the cavities.
After the apples are done they can be
skinned olt and a richer slrup made
by adding sugar and cooking longer.


For puddings, pies and tarts, apples
are better if grated. Use q large graf
er, such as is used for grating horse
radish. This grated apple mixed with
milk, cream, or melted butter and
egg, favored with nutmeg and einna-
mon, sweetened and baked with one
crust, makes @ tOOthsOme pie.


An excellent apple-pudding is made
by putting q half-dOZen cOred apples
in q pudding dish and pouring over
them a smooth, rich batter made
with flour, eggs and milk; eat with
any sauce you choose.


Another good padding is made by
putting alternate layers OF spiced ap-
piles and bred crumbs i'm a pudding dish
Nand filling up with q mixture Of milk,
eggs, sugar and cinnamon with the
layers and pour in sufficient milk or
water to mOisten the crumbs. Then
serve hOt'Or cold with cream.
Year: 1875

A practical farmer writes 81 think
they must be poor farmers who al
low their fences to drive them into
the middle OF the fields. 1 have q
good many rail fences, but they do
not occupy much ground, for | get a
good many loads of hay out Of the
corners of my fences, and of the best
quality. Good, high fences serve for
wind-breaks, and crops are always
better along fences than in the center
of large, square fields A man who
will allow q fence to occupy ten feet in
width Of ground should turn his atten-
ton to something else besides farm
ing. The convenience OF small fields,
the greater growth OF grass aud grain
along fences IL the corners are moved
every year land no farmer will neg
lect that, will pay ali the cost OF
keeping up fences a rail fence ought
not TO occupy more than eight inches
OF ground at most.
Year: 1875

One of our business men, whose store
has fine front, was annoyed by a small
colony of these sprightly little birds
over one of his window cOpings. There
was only a nest or two yet in Occupa-
ton, but he had an apprehension as to
what lengths the affair might grow.
Accordingly the owner determined to
move at once upon their works and
dislodge them. This was done and the
broken up nests were soon lying in the
middle of the street; and now mark
the result. The feathered owners of
their homes had watched the dire
proceedings, but were neither dis
mayed nor disheartened. In ten
minutes after their dislodgment a
cloud of sparrows were on the spot
gathering up the scattered fragments
and restoring the habitations, with
much chattering, to the old place, and
in a very brief time the nests were re-
built, the friendly assistants dispersed,
and things were as before. The owner
of the building noticing neighbOr over
the way watching the maneuvres of the
birds, at the close of the drama, came
out of his store, at one look took in the
situation and with a shake of the head
gave up the contest.
Year: 1875

modern English buildings, even taking


into account the moist and corroding eli


mate. They are more deficient in the


third great requisite of architecture


gracefulness. Need we mention, in this


connection, the monster hotels, of which


there are so many examples in London


huge, devoid of proportion enormous


both in the original and in the acquired


sense of the word? Yet. for the sake of


the virtue we have just noticed, we do


not entirely visit them with the condem-


nation that is sometimes Illuminated


against them. 1t is, at all events, better


to have roof under which you can sleep
with tranquil mind, rather than one
which threatens to fall ON the heads that
are i'm debate, i'm turmoil, or i'm slumber
beneath it, like the Houses of Parlia-
ment of gracefulness. There is too much
hard toll, too little joyousness, i'm our
work. Yet, though the swift touch and
easy lightness of Imaginative power are
nowhere exhibited in the recent edifices
of England, it would not be fair to deny
that some, especially of the new chur-
ches, have been designed with a sincere
feeling for beauty, though feeling too
timid to break away from traditiOnary
lOi llllp ItN W hO
study beauty are still absorbed in the
past; as the ivy to the oak, so do they
cling for safety TO the more powerful


minds which delineated and carved the
lines of our great cathedrals. They for
get that nature never restores the old in
its entirety; that she perpetually regen-
crates her productions from her full and
perennial fountain; and that in the |
creation of a great work no man, be it |
the lowest handicraftsman, ought to be a
mere mechanical agent, content to con-
tribute a certain quantum of horsepower !
to the raising and fashioning of stones,
while all his spiritual powers are inert
and torpid. What, indeed, it most truly |
wanted is a strong popular impulse to
cooperate with artistic genius. But
genuine artists help TO create the wings |
on which they are to soar; and we would
fain hope that the two together may not
be wanting to our country in the future,
as assuredly they have been conspicu- |
Gus in many generations of the past.
Year: 1875

Here is the Yute account of the crea-
ton: In the beginning the earth was
before you. The Great Spirit took his
bow and arrows and shot-shot so well
that he scattered the mist. The earth
became visible to him, but there were
no men upon it. Then he took clay,
fashioned a man, and sent him to bake.
Man came ont white; the fire had not
been strong enough. The Great Spirit
began his work again, and this time the
man came out quite black; he had re-
mained too long in the oven 1t was
necessary to try third time. The ex-
pertinent at length succeeded, and man
came out done to turn; he was the
redskin, the most perfect of human
tvpeS -
Year: 1875

beautiful maidens-aye, natures fair queens
Some in your twenties and some in your teens
Seeking accomplishments worthy your aim
Striving for learning. thirsting for fame;
Taking such pains with the style Of your hair
Keeping your Lily complexion SO fair;
Miss not this item in all your gay livee.
Learn to keep house, you may one day be


wives,


Learn to keep house.
Now your Adonis loves sweet moonlight walks,
Hand clasp. and kisses and nice little talks.
Then. a. plain Charley, with burden Of care,
He must subsist on more nourishing fare
He will come home at the set of the sun,
Heart sick and weary, his working day done.
Thence let his slippered feet ne Ter wish to roam
Learn to keep house and you'll keep him at


home.


Learn to keep house
First in his eyes will be children and wife,
Joy of his joy and life Of his life.
Next to his dwelling. has table, his meals,
SHRINK not at what my pen trembling reveals
Maidens, romantic the truth must be told.
knowledge is better than silver or gold;
Then be prepared in the spring-time of health,
Learn to keep house though surrounded by


wealth;


Learn TO keep house
Year: 1875

Those persons who have attained to
eminenee in any vocation of life have
followed one uniform eourse-that of
hard, earnest work and unwearied ap-
plication. None are truly happy but
those who are busy; for the only real
happiness lies in useful work of some
kind, either of the hand or the head,
so long a over exertion of either is
avoided.
Year: 1875

Didn't Mean T.-John came home
very angry.


Some one left the bars down." he
said. "and the cows are gone. | can
not find them


"0h DEAR" cried Jenny; when
came across the lot forget To put them
up after me didn't mean to-"


So her father had IA long hunt, and
came home very tired.


Next day Jenny was late mt school,
and had black mark ''Why We're
yOu not in time Z" asked the teacher.


al stopped minute to play with
Katie Brown. and did not think it was
so long. didn't mean to he tardy.n


That same week she was playing with
the kitten one day, when the baby was
sitting on the floor. Jenny did not look
where she went. and ran against him.
80 that he fell over. aud hart his head
very badly. lie cried SO loud that his
mamma came.


"IIow did he get this great bruise "


81 hurt him. said Jenny al did not
mean to do It,"


Then her mother told her that this
didn't mean e., If she let it live. would
grow INTO a great, ugly giant habit, and
make a slave of her.


So Jenny said she would try very
hard 10 kill it while it was little and
she has grown so careful since then
that you might play with her for a
year, and not find ont that she was the
very little girl have told you about.
Year: 1875

Sleigh BellS.-IIow many boys and
girls know how sleigh bells are made 7
How do You think the little iron ball
gets inside the belIi 1t is too big to
be put through the holes in the bell,
and yet it is inside. How did it get
there


This little iron ball is called the
''jinglet." When you shake the bells
it jingies. When the horse trots, the
bells jingle, jungle, jingle. In making
the bell, this jinglet is put inside lit
tie ball of mud, Just the shape of the
inside of the bell. Then a mould is
made Just the shape of the outside of
the bell. This mud ball, with the jing-
let inside, is placed in the mould of the
outside, and the melted metal is poured
in, which fills 'Ip The space between the
mud ball and the mould.


When the NJ ould is taken off, you see
a sleigh bell; out it wall not ring, as it
is full of dirt. The hot metal dries the
mud that the ball is made of, SO that it
can all be shaken out. After the dirt
is all shaken out of the holes in the bell
the little iron jinglet will still be in the
bell and it will ring all right. 1t took
a good many years to think out how to
make a sleigh bell.
Year: 1875

The Best of fFdries.-Mamma is better
than good fairy, any day, little folks.
Her loving hand and heart shelter you
from pain and trouble. When you are
snngly tucked up in bed in under a
pretty quilt, and fast asleep, she is
stitching away on new dress or jacket
for one of her darlings. The wee ones
love her dearly, but years are too much
for the memories of some children.
They forget how much they owe to the
good fairy mother. After her eyes are
dimmed with age, she too often sits
down in an unwelcome corner, to wait
the dawn of a purer life than this,
where homes are free and ingratitude
does not dwell.
Year: 1875

AN AFFECTING CASE The many
freaks Of physical infrmity show moth
ing stranger than instantaneous blind
ness or deafness, or the immediate cure.
But cases Of the kind an well authen-
ticated. The following is told in. .
Nashville paper:


We recently heard . remarkable and
touching story Of little boy. the son
Of a gentleman in an adjoining county
His age is - or 13. He is an inter-
esting and promising l.d.a One day
during the past winter be failed to rise
in the morning as early as usual. At
length his father went into the room
where he lay and asked him why ibid
not get up. He said it seemed dark
yet and he was waiting. for daylight.
His father retired, but the boy not
making his appearance for some time.
be returned and said q second time:


My son, by-don,t you-get =up?


Father, is it daylight?' he asked.


Yes, long ago.


Then, father the little fellow said,
L am blind


And so it was. His sight had gone.


In short time his father took him
to Nashville to. get the benefit Of the
medical profession there. but none Of
the physicians could do anything for
him, and happily made no experiments
on his eyes. Some ladies in family
Of his fathers acquaintances sought to
cheer him in his affection, and one
night proposed to take him to the opera.
that he might hear the music and sing
ing. He went and was delighted.


In the course Of the performance, all
at once be leaped up, threw his arps
around bis fathers neck, and screamed
With ecstacy:


@ father! I can see !


His sight had instantly returned.
And since then he has retained it in
full yigor, except that under excitement
there is sometimes a slight dimness Of
vision. The case is Of a very remark :
able and ngulsr ehalsctsf..'
Year: 1875

We find the following correspond
ence published in the Pacific Rural
Press:


MEssRs. EDITORS: AS l saw in a
late number of the Press glowing
account of the settlement Of Duarte,
at the eastern end of the San Gabriel
orange and fruit belt, and as 1 have
never seen any account of the little
settlement, some seven miles further
east, in cosy nook between, as you
may say, the Coast Range and the
grand old Sierra Nevada, where the
green old oaks along the foothills are
a relief to the eye, and where the
lime, orange and citron blooms lend
fragrance to the gentle sea breeze.
Whether in the San Gabriel fruit belt
or not, here we are, a thriving settle
ment of about ninety families, in a
prosperous condition, with fair pros
poets and good crops. We have one
good school and another will open in a
short time; also two Oranges and two
stores. For churches, the school
houses answer; but, alas! we have no
preacher Of our own, so we borrow one
from over the river and have preach
ing every Sunday. AS for hotels, the
people understand that it would be q
financial suicide to start one. And
every stranger capitalist who comes
here with an eye to such business goes
away satisfied that the general hospi-
tality of the farmers would starve a
hotel keeper to death. We have u
Postoffice here, also, semi weekly
mail, and through it we get your very
valuable and welcome paper.