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Year: 1871

SPANISH LOVE MAKING.-In Sevelle,
which is popularity believed to be in Spain,
there is in use a most felicitous invention
in the way of making love-clandestinely
After dark, young cabelleros steal beneath
their lady's lattice-which, perchance, is
in the third story-and softly unscrewing
the handle of their walking sticks, proceed
to extract from the same, which are hol-
low, length after length of hollow tubing,
screwing them together after the fashion
of a japanese fishing pole, or the old ap-
paratus wherewith sweeps clean chimneys
A mouth-piece is fitted into each end and
one raised to the window above.


Soon by the aid of this improvised
speak ng tube, two souls with certain una
nimity of thought and two hearts with a
possible unison of pulsation are softly
communing.


Now this is all very nice, seductively
romantic and all that sort of thing, but
mark what the knowledge of it caused to
befall certain youth of Baltimore He
had read of it or heard of it, and happen
ing to have surreptitious affection for a
young and wealthy lady, which she as sur
reptitiously reciprocated, he determined
with her connivance to avail himself. of it.
Year: 1871

CAUTIOUS MANA fellow who was
travelling in western New York, entered
bar-room, and after calling for drink for
two, looked about over the loungers, after
a friend to drink with him. To every
ones surprise he invited a Fifteenth
Amendment who eagerly accepted and
swallowed his pisen with great avidity
Our traveller, however, leaving his un-
touched, very coolly lighted cigar and
seated himself by the fire. After some
time the landlord inquired, rather sharply,
if he did not intend to drink that whiskey,
Why certainly, said he ifit does not
kill that colored man within ten or fifteen
minutes
Year: 1871

In brief temperance article, the other
day, the Toledo (Ohio) Blade attempted
to say something about " the chief point
in the battle" but the perverse types got
it the chief pint in the bottle
Year: 1871


think till weary With thinking,


Said the sad-eyed Hindoo king,
And see but shadows around me


Illusion in everything.
How knowest thou aught of God


OF his favor OF his wrath?
Can the little fish tell what the lion thinks,
Or map out the eagles path9
Can the finite the infinite search?


Did the blind discover the stars?
Is the thought that think thought,
Or throb Of q brain in its bars?
For aught that the eye can discern,


Your God is what you think good,
Yourself flashed back from the glass,


When the light pours on it in food.
You preach to me to be Just;


And this is his realm, you say,
And the good are dying Of hunger,


And the bad gorge every day.
You say that he loveth mercy,


And the famine is not yet gone,
That he hateth the shedder Of blood,
And he slayeth Us every one.
You say that my soul shall live,


That the spirit can never die
If he were content when was not,
Why not when have passed by?
You say must have meaning;
So must dung, and its meaning is flowers,
What if our souls are but nurture
For lives that are greater than ours?
When the fish swims out of the water,
When the birds scars out of the blue,
Mans thought may transcend mans knowl-


edge,


And your God be no reflex of you.
Year: 1871

y The symptoms Of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF


appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive,. some
shines alternating with lax


d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation Of hay
ing left undone something
which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
Spirits. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

They ran through the streets of the seaport town,
They peered from the decks of the ships where they


Law


The cold sea-fog that came whitening down
Was never as cold or white they.


"Ho Starbuck and Pinckney and Tenterden
Run for your shallops, gather your men,


Scatter yoar boats on the lower bay.r
Good cause for fear! In the thick midday
The hulk that lay by the rotting pier
Filled with the children in happy play,
Parted its meorings and drifted clear.
Drifted clear beyond reach or call =
Tbirteen children there were in al,


All adrift in the lower bay!
Said a hard-faeed skipper, f'God help us all!
She will not float til the turning tide -
Said his wife, q Ny darling viii hear my call,
Whether in sea or heaven she blde."


And she lifted quavering voice and high,
Wild and strange sea-birds cry,


Till they shuddered and wondered at her side
The fog drove down on each Iaboring crew.
Yelled each from each and the sky and shore.
There not sound but the breath they drew,
And the lap of water and creak of oar;
And they felt the breath of the downs fresh blown
Ger the leagues of clover and cold gray stone,


But not from the lips that had gone before.
They come no more. But they tell the tale
That, when flags are thick on the harbor reef,
The mackerel fishers shorten salt,
For the signal they know will bring relief
For the voices of children still at play
In the phantom hulk that drifts away


Through channels whose waters never fail.
It is but a foolish shipman's tale.
A theme for poets idle page,
But still when the mists of doubt prevail,
And we lie becalmed by the shores of Age,
We hear from the misty troubled shore
The voice of the children gone before,


Drawing the soul to its anchorage.


September Atlantic
Year: 1871

Shayvangunk FEountains-A narrow


Escape.


Correspondence of the N. Y. Sun.


On last Friday morning, a dog be-


longing to one John Felter, a wood
chopper, was heard barking in the
mountains some distance from the
house. Mr.. Felter's little son, twelve
years old, knowing by the bark of the
| dog that some important game was on
foot, set out for the mountains. His
mother felt little anxious after the
boy had gone, and for some time list
ened to the barking of the dog. After
half an hour the barking ceased and,
as hour after hour passed away and
the boy did not make his appearance,
the mother set out to go to one of the
neighbors to secure their help in a
search for the boy On the road she
met her husband returning home from
the village, where he had that morning
been attending to some business. He
listened TO his wife's story, and trying
to calm her fears, went back with her
to the house, and taking his gun started
towards the place indicated by his wife.


Mr.. Felter travelled about through the
mountains until late in the afternoon,
seeing nothing, hearing nothing, and
was about to return home when he al
most stumbled over the dead carcass
of wildcat. 1t was q very large male.
Everything indicated terrible con-
fict The spectacle gave Mr.. Felter
an apprehension that some terrible
thing had happened to his boy. Ex-
amining the leaves and underbrush, he
had little difficulty in finding trail of
blood, and this he followed nearly
hundred yards. Then he came upon
the dog, standing over the body of his
son, who was prostrate on the ground.
The dog was earnestly looking at the
boy, and occasionally licking his face
and hands. On Mr.. Felter's approach,
he gave loud bark and pranced about
with Joy. The father knelt by the side
of his son and placed lis hand over his
heart. With Joy llnspeakable he found
the little fellow alive, but terribly
wounded, as it appeared, by the claws
of the wildcat. ,'s- aas=


The little fellows clothes were almost
torn to shreds, and his flesh was ter
ribly lacerated from head to foot. He
was suffering from loss of blood, but
MS wounds had been handsomely
dressed by the faithful dog, which had
for hours been standing by him, licking
them. Taking his boy in his arms, the
father made his way home, followed by
the ever faithful dog. After reaching
the house, restoratives having been adj
mil ilistered, the boy was able to tell his
story.


He came upon the wildcat, and see
ing that his catship held the dog at
bay, having an advantageous position,
he attempted to dislodge him, first
with stones; but these the beast did
not seem to mind Then he got pole
and attempted to poke him out. At
this the wildcat became enraged, and,
springing upon the boy, scratched and
tore his flesh as above stated. At this
the dog dashed at the cat and soon
despatched it. The boy attempted
to go home, but sank to the ground ex-
hausted.


The little fellow is doing we'll. The
good nursing of the dog has done much
toward allaying the inflammation; the
licking of his wounds by the faithful
animal has undoubtedly saved the
boys life.
Year: 1871

py !" AoNhS Lady


From the Memphis Avalanche.


In the city lives a poor family. the


father of which is Catholic, while the
mother is Protestant. Recently their
daughter, a beautiful child of five


years, suddenly sickened and died.


During the sickness it was attended by
physician who was accompanied on
every visit by his daughter, girl of
fifteen years, who evinced the greatest
solicitude for the little sufferer. When
death came with its cold, icy grasp,
tender hands closed the innocent eyes
who had been called home The
funeral took place the next
day, and, owing to the conflict of rehg-
ious opinions between the parents,
neither priest nor minister was called
in The young lady went to the house
OF mourning, and, in company with the
grlef-strlck9n parents, followed the re-
mains to the cemetery. Arriving there
the little body was placed by the side
OF its narrow resting-place to allow of
last look at the sweet face which all
loved SO well. With low wall the
poor mother threw herself down by 1t.
and with passionate kisses sought, as it
were, to recall life to the cold motion
lesss clay. Every one was visibly
affected by this outburst, and when she
called upon the young lady to offer a
prayer for her poor darling, all
reyerentially uncovered and knelt to
the ground. The young lady, without
a moments hesitation, knelt and COM
menced praying. At first, her voice
was visibly affected by emotion, but as
she proceeded she seemed to forget self
and surroundings, and poured forth
such fervent and touching appeal to
the Throne of Grace that there was not,
when she ceased, dry eye or an un-
moved heart in the entire assembly.
When she had finished the body was
carefully lowered into the grave. above |
which now grows some beautiful flow
ers, mementoes of the love of the fair
young lady.
Year: 1871

The economy of force and of time
characterizing the substitution OF the
circular for the reciprocatlng saw is a
fact well known. The latter occupies
as much time in rising as in descend
ing, and is therefore effective only dur
ing one half the period of the opera
ton. But the continuous action OF the
circular saw is attended with the ad-
ditional advantages that it can be run
at a higher rate of speed than IS posi-
BILE for the older form, and that 1t ad-
mits of a heavier feed on account OF the
steadiness and regularity of the cont1n-
uous cut. These advantages have been
secured for the saw with a straight
edge by NJ. Perrin, of Paris, by giving
to the tool the form of a band running
over pulleys of diameter sufficiently
large to allow the material to be opera
ted upon to meet the saw on the de-
scend1ng side, without being interfered
with by the part which is rising The
saw must of course be made OF very
flexible steel, and it is therefore com
paratiyely thin; but any unsteadiness
arising from this fact has been over
come by the simple e1pedient of placing
fixed guide-that is, a piece of wood
having a slitin it equal to the Thickness
of the saw-immediately above the ma


terial which is to be cut. A similar
guide is also usually placed below.
Year: 1871

Lord how / did laugh at old Dean,
father Of Julia Dean, one night. He
was playing that funny old King to
Booths Richard one Internal cold night
IN Buffalo. When Booth stabbed him
the awkward old duffer fell flat on the
register Of the stage. Some devil OF
an actor, seeing this, ran down and
told the wild Irishman at the furnace
that everybody was freezing on the stage
to rush up the fires. We who were
iIr the secret watched the result. First,
the dead King broke into profuse per-
spiration while Richard was delivering
his long soliloquy. How the dead King
did sweat But, as the fire increased,
he began to wriggle and squirm. The
audience was startled to see the body
culver and the legs give little post-n1or-
tenn kicks not in accordance with the
text. We could hear him mutter to
Richard


Hurry up, cuss it; hurry up I'm
roasting here u


But Richard continued rolling out
his heavy thunder as slowly and deli
berately as if his royal highness were
resting on bed Of roses. At last, when
he groaned out, Down, down to hell,
and say I sent thee thither ~ his de-
parting majesty rose up and walked off
the stage, rubbing his back as if he
felt ridiculous; TO the utter amazement
of the audience. But Booth was equal
to the occasion Striking an attitude,
/ he roared out:


''Can such things be,


And overcome us like summers cloud,
Without our special wonder? "


Dean got black eye and broker
nose while attempting to kick the Irish
man.
Year: 1871

How many years had the old actor seen,
siics, nrst boy, he trod upon the stage?
year aiter year had passed. and each had been
run OF ripe art and full of coming age:
And now twas his last night and his farerreu
Must now be said to scenes he'd loved SO wen
In the vast crowd although his eyes were dim
Faces he saw, not seen before for years;
And younger faces that had grown with him
To know the joys of laughter and of tears
ALI had come forth to heer the last farewell
That he must say to scenes he'd loved so well.
The Oldest ne'er had seen him play so well
All hearts all hands, confessed his wondrous power:
And, as in slow descent the curtain fell,
Loudly they called the hero of the hour
He came not forth: for him the last farewell
By death had come to all he'd loved so well.


old and Ne1c.
Year: 1871

A WE'LL was recently dug to the depth
of six feet at Newmanvllle, Pa. While
the digger was at his dinner, stream
about six feet in diameter, burst
through the bottom, filing the we'll,
and soon overfowing the adjoining
field. It still continues to flow, and
there is now quite a large run formed
where before was dry land.
Year: 1871




The Council Bluff Times tells the
following story:


Last evening we got an invitation to
a cheap ride on Spoon Lake, on the
confines of the city limits, and went.
Spoon Lake is appropriately named
from its resemblance to a spoon. The
bowl is nearly circular, and about
seventy-tive yards in diameter. The
handle is nearly half mile long, and
crossed by the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad bridge near the neck.
The water along the handle is very
deep, and below the surface water as
cold as ice The bowl seems to be I'M
fathomable, for a five thousand feet
line with plummet failed to touch the
bottom.


A remarkable fact in regard to the
lake now is that is isliteraliy packed with
fish, while heretofore there was not
more than enough to crafty the sport
ing practice of our anglers. The fish
come toward the shore in shoals, gasp
ing Tor air, and dying in myriads, are
cast upon the banks to decay. The
water of the lake heretofore so limped,
has assumed a dark brown water
color.


An eddy III the middle of the bowl,
ebbying and flowing with tidal regular
ity, indicates that Spoon Lake is in di-
rect subterranean communication with
some vast body of water. and is sub
iect to it's influence. The water some
time bulges up in the middle of the
bowl to twelve or eighteen inches abLve
! the height of the brim Or margin, and
again is seen to form a miniature cup
or whirlpool, as if the water was all
leaking out through hole in the CEN
ter. The circumstance leaves little or
no doubt of a subterranean channel


Another strange fact Is that, like the
Caspian Sea, it is fed by several small
streams and, as there is no visible
outlet, and the water retains its fresh
ness, there must be an underground
communication.


1t was ebbing when we visited the
lake, and we were filled with curiosity
to see the little maelstrom at work, so,
procuring bottle, we enclosed a SCRAP
of paper inscribed with the date, loca
tlon and circumstance, cOrked, tied ano
sealed the bottle, and cast it into the
eddy, when it instantaneously disap
peared-was swallowed up by the whirl
pool.


There is no getting over the fact tha
in the flow OF the lake large quantitie
of fish have been introduced to it's wa
ters by this underground passage, un
til the lake has become overstocked
The native fish, no doubt jealous o
their piscatorial visitors, made war ol
them no doubt with the lntension o
repelling the invasion. But the invad
ing armies seem to have been NOR
l powerful, to judge from the dead ant
. dying strewn along the margin, for tn


great bulk of those found are buffal


fish, cat fish, perch and pike, but witt


difference of color, showing at leas
5 different species. We picked up som
r OF the dying fish and examined them
+ Some were bitten on the lower part Q
t body below the gills, and others bat


tered along the sides as if receivin
[ chastisement from an opponents tai
Year: 1871

Never go to bed with cold or damp
feet.


In going into a colder air, keep the
mouth resolutely closed, that by COM
pelling the air to pass circuitously
through the nose and head, il may be.
come warmed before It reaches the
lungs, and thus prevent those shocks of
sudden chills, which frequently end in
pleurisy, pneumonia, and other serious
forms of disease.


Never stand still q moment out of
doors, especially at street corners after
having walked even short distance.


Never ride near the open window of
vehicle for a single half moment, es-
pecially if it has been preceded by
walk; valuable lives have been thus
lost, or good health permanently de-
stroyed.


Never wear india-rubber in cold or
dry weather.


Those who are easily chilled on going
out of doors should have some cotton
batting attached to the vest or outer
Sui heut, 81 uo W piOlect tuc sptCe be-
tween the shoulder blades behind, the
lungs being attached to the body at
that point, II little there is worth five
times the amount over the chest in
front.


Never begin a journey until break fast
| is eaten.


After speaking, singing or preaching
In warm room in winter, do not leave
for at least ten minutes, and even then,
close the mouth, put on the gloves,
wrap up the neck, and put on a cloak or
overcoat, before passing out OF the door;
the neglect Of these has laid many
good and useful man in premature
grave.


Never speak under hoarseness, es-
pecially if it requires an effort, or give
hurting or painful feeling, for it
often results in permanent loss of
voice or long life of invalidism.
Year: 1871

AT almost every step in life we meet
with young men from whom we antici-
pate wonderful things, but of whom
after careful inquiry, we never hear a
word. The efTervescence Of youth and
passion, and the fresh gloss of intellect t
and Imagination endow them with a
false brillancy, which makes fools OF
themselves and other people. Like Ger
tain chintzes, calicoos and ginghams,
they show finely on their first newness,
but cannot stand the sun and the rain =,
and assume very sober aspect after
washing day.
Year: 1871

SIERRA VALLEY is basin nearly
on the extreme top of the Sierra Neva-
da, enclosed on all sides by mountains,
and lying nearly or quite six thousan d
feet above the level of the sea- In
winter while the snow lies to the depth
of ten and twenty feet on the surround.
ing peaks it seldom exceeds two or three
feet in the valley. In favorable seasons
the cattle have been known to fin d
scant pasture here even In mid winter.
Frost visits the valley every month in
the year, and perhaps as often as ten or
fifteen nights in every month.
Year: 1871

IL hot tar is applied to boot soles it
will make them water proof. Let it be
as hot as the leather will bear without
injury, applied with swab, and dry
ing by the fire. The operation may be
repeated two or three times during the
winter, if necessary. 1t makes the sur
face of the leather quite hard, so that it
wears longer, and keeps the water out.
1t is good plan to provide boots for
winter during the summer and prepare
the soles by tarrlng, as they will then
become, before they are wanted to wear,
almost as firm as horn, and will wear
twice as long as those unprepared.
Year: 1871

TRUTH IN BRIEF. Anybody can soil
the reputation of any individual, how
ever pure and chaste, by uttering sus-


piclon that his enemies will believe and
his friends never hear of. A puff OF the
idle wind can take million of the
seeds of Il thistle, and work a mis-
chief which the husbandmen must Ia
Dor long to sndo, the floating particles


being too fine to be seen and too light 70
he stopped. Such are the seeds OF SIAN
dor, so easily sown, 50 difficult to be
gathered up and yet so pernicious III
their fruits. A slanderer knows thai
many mind will catch up the plague
and become poisoned by his insinua
tions, without ever seeing the anti


dote. No reputation can refute sneer


nor any human skill prevent mischief
Year: 1871

that opened my eyes little. told her
at the same time, of my embarrass-
ments, and she set her bright little head
to work and showed me the way to
work out of them. Before this always
had poor opinion Of woman's wit in
matters of business; but now, say to
every man in trouble-7eU your Uife -
Year: 1871

CURE FOR WARTs.-In q recent in
quiry the question is asked, what will
remove warts? Take the juice from
milk-weed and apply it to the wart
once, and to your glad surprise 1t will
soon assume chalky state, and will
disappear to return no more.
Year: 1871

One Of the most disagreeable and disgust.
ing spectacles witnessed in any city may be
seen on st. Charles street at the close Of the
Saturday matinees. The banquette is lined
on each side from the theatres to Canal
street with men who stand there to gaze on
the ladies and leer and jeer at them as they
pass down the street. The double line Of
gentlemen who conduct themselves as
loafers in standing and gazing at the lady
patrons OF the theatrical natinees should
be dispersed by the police, so that respect
able ladies may pass along without being
insulted.


We appeal to Acting Superintendent of
Police Baker to adate this nuisance prompt
Is by ordering the detail of a sufficient po-
lice force to keep the banquettes clear and
abate the nuisance referred to, and we are
confident be will listen to this appeal.