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Year: 1873

To KEEP TOMATOES FOR WINTER
USE. A correspondent at Webster,
New York, sends the Rural NcsO York.
es' the following: Gas the tomato sea-
son is approaching I can contribute
one way of keeping them for winter
use that may be known to some of your
readers. ate them in February, sliced
and seasoned with sugar and little
vinegar, that seemed every way as nice
as tomatoes fresh from the vines. They
were prepared thus: Dissolve tea
cupful of salt in a gallon of water
Pick ripe tomatoes, but not over ripe,
leaving little stem on. The tomatoes
must be kept well covered with the
brine, and they will keep to spriug or
longer.
Year: 1873

I9The story is told Of a woman
who freely used her tongue to the scan
dal of others, and made confession to
the priest of what she had done. He
gave her ripe thistle top, and told
her to 60 out in various directions and
scatter the seeds, one byon Wonder
ing at the penance, she obeyed, and
then returned and told her confessor.
To her amazement, he bade her 60 back
and gather the scattered seeds, and
when she objected that it would be i'm
possible, he replied that it would be
still more difficult to gather up and
destroy all evil reports which she had
circulated about others. Any thought
less, careless child can scatter hand
full of thistle seed before the wind in q
moment, but the strongest and wisest
man cannot gather them again.
Year: 1873

B9nThe young man who sat down
last night in front of the residence of
a nervous old couple and hoarsely sang
''Sweet spirit, hear my prayer" must
have been praying for rain, for he got
wet,
Year: 1873

1t is a mistake to suppose, as some
have done, that all animals when angry,
frig ghtened or panicked," shut their
eyes and "!go it blind in the rush they
make. The discovery has been made
that at least horses depend upon their
eyesight when in their runaway mad
ness and madness that has " method
in it, can always be cured. A writer
in the Prairie Farmer tells how runa.
way horse was cured as follows


I had neighbor once, queer genius,
who never lacked in resources, and sell
dom got into any difficulty from which
he did not successfully extricate himself.
Once he had beautiful young horse,
Is handsome in limb and style as he Was
speedy and strong. He was perfect
horse beauty, but he would run away.
Year: 1873

PAINLESS DEATH.-Mere dying, it is
probable, never is painful, but the cir
cumstances that attend death sometimes
are very painful yet men suffer as
much in sicknesses from which they re-
cover as they do in those that terminate
fatally. A strictly natural death would
make no more impression on a man than
was made on him by his birth Nature
is not such blunderer as to make the
inevitable a source of pain that can do
no good. What is disagreeable in dying
is the result of the violation of Nature s
laws. To die is simply to sleep. death
being the rounding of life, as Shakespeare
says. To the properly constituted mind
death is no more horrible than sleep ;
but the properly constituted mind has
not yet been found Even those who
die calmly or gladly do SO because they
have found life a Gordian knot, which
can be cut only by the dart of Death,
and not because they have philosophic-
ally convinced themselves that it is a
matter of no moment. Be a man the
most confirmed of believers, or the most
confirmed of unbelievers, he must have
some doubt-and where there is doubt
be it ever so small, there must be fear
So that when one departs in his sleel
he avoids the last perplexity, that which
waits on the death-bed of the philoso
pher-which was felt by Adam ant
which will be felt by the last Of Adam
descendants. Human egotism has no
yet reached to that point in which dealt
can be matter of absolute indifference
and probably it will never reach it.
Year: 1873

Thieves in India guard against cap
ture IN very curious way-reminding
one of the redoubtable pig so frequently
quoted. 1t is generally safer to allow
yourself quietly to be robbed than to at
tempt to close with the thief. He is
certain to have creased his supple limbs,
SO that it is very difficult for even the
strongest man to hold him and suppos-
ing the victim able to grasp him, he is
as ready with his long keen knife as is
the Neapolitan pickpocket with his sti-
letto. But, luckily, India thieves are
seldom aggressive; they will worm them
selves into the house or room which they
wish to plumber through the smallest
hole with the most consummate adroit-
ness they could steal the babe from its
mothers breast without disturbing her,
as easily as the nightcap from her hus-
bands head while he lay snoring in the
sleep of the just; but they very rarely
employ violence. From a calculation of
chances, they find it pays better ito con-
vey' Gas Shakespeare calls it), to thieve
by artfulness than to use force to gain
their ends, and so arouse the power Of
the law against them IN earnest. Theil
haunts would then be broken up, the
profession ruined, and themselves very
speedily "run i'm to the nearest Jail


Besides which, they magnanimonsly


deem the use of brute force unworth,


the craftsmen who have self-possessiol


enough to tickle sleeping mans ear


with a straw till he turns round to fnt


an easier posture, and so gives the op


portunity of abstracting his watch AM
chain from under the pillow without dis


turbing him. Indeed. wherever thiey
, ing is studied as fine art, the leadin


axiom of its professors is, that force


always impolitic. To judge from aprim


tive mode of catching thieves in India
detective science there lags far benin
the skill of or policemen, or, at a
events, of modern sensational novels
The suspected are ranged in order, an
hidden to put out their tongues. On eac
1 Of these is solemnly placed a quantity
9 dry rice, which they are then told I


swallow. Thus the real culprit is s
v terrified that he either confesses at one
d or else almost invariably chokes wit
J the agitation of attempting to swallo
J his rice as unconcernedly as the inn
e cent ones around him.
Year: 1873

find two ladies sitting beside me. La
dies often came to the hospital with
dainties for us to eat, or books to read
to US, but one of these had so sweet
voice that it charmed me.


Il can pity these poor fellows more
than most women can,' she said. Il
know what gunshot wound is. l have
had one myself.


.sYou?" said the other lady.


Yes" said the first. "When I was
quite a little girl a crazy negro shot me. "


A sudden strength possessed me. l
lifted my head and turned my eyes to-
ward the speaker. Eight years had
changed her from a child to woman.
but knew the blue eyes, the golden
hair, the fair sweet face of Lilly Grey
Lilly Grey, living and in the flesh. And
when l had caught at her soft hand, and
called her by name, and burst into a
wild passion of delightful tears, she re-
membcred me-


The wound the negro had given her
was fearful one, but it did not quite
kill her. She lay insensible for hours,
but youth fought bravely with death and
conquered. She also had believed me
|


dead-murdered in some lonely spot by
the madman-and, save in the minds Of
a few negroes, there had never been any
suspicion that I had part in her injury


The old colonel was dead. Lilly had
never forgotten her boy lover. And 81
my conyalescenee seems to my memory
like little glimpse of Paradise, for, er,
it was over, my darling had promised
to be mine. and all the black and bittel
years of my past life were blotted out a
though they had not been.
Year: 1873

A REAL HERO.-There is herOism
Of humanity that deserves celebrating
far more than that cowardly inhumanity
which resorts to violence at the least
provocation Here is one act, for in
stance Last summer, at a regatta at
Courtmasherry. Ireland. several persons
who did rot know how to manage boats
got into them, and one of them capsized
within fifty yards of the shore. The
| boat contained two men and two women,
and no other boat was near. The men
managed to swim ashore, leaving the
women under the boat to their fate. Nc
Coy, who was sitting at window a
hundred yards from the beach, immedi-
ately jumped through it, a height of
ten feet, and, rushing through the crowd
to the shore, he swan towards the boat
and found the legs of the women stick
ing out from under the gunwale. He
dragged her out, swan with her TO
| lighter, and rested her on an oar, from
which she was conveyed ashore and saw
ed. He again swan to the boat, and,
seeing some bubbles on the water, dived
and, although nearly exhausted, caught
hold of the other woman drowning. He
succeeded in swimming with her to
shore, supporting her with one hand
while swimming with the other. The
Humane Society very properly voted a
silver medallion to the noble fellow. OF
course, he was not lionized as though
he had committed murder. but probably
he will feel good deal more comforta-
: ble Hemp does not always conduce te
happiness, especially when compulsorily
worn about the neck.
Year: 1873

Be gentle, for you little know


How many trials rise;
Although to thee they may be small,
To her, of giant size.
Be gentle, though perchance that lip
May speak murmuring tone;
The heart may beat with kindness yet.
And joy to be thine own.
Be gentle weary hours of pain


Ills woman's lot to bear;
Then yield her what support thou canst,
And all her sorrows share.
Be gentle, for the noblest hearts


At times may have some grief,
And ever in frettish word


May seek to find relief.
Be gentle, for unkindness now


May raise an angry storm,
That all the after years of life


In vain may seek to calm.
Be gentle; perfect there are none;


Thou'rt dearer far than life;
Then, husband, bear and still forbear


Be gentle to thy wife.
Year: 1873

Fun FOR THE CHILDREN.-Did any of
our young readers ever experiment with
the requirements Of a spider? If they
haven't they have deprived themselves
of much amusement. One of the best
ways to test a spiders ability is to get
himself out of a scrape, is to fill an or
diuary washbowl with water, take a
stick and place it in the center of the
bowl, and reaching some little distance
above the water and then put the spider
on the top of the stick. We will guar
antee the insect will get himself away
from his isolated quarters in less thar
ten minutes, if undisturbed, and he won't
even wet his feet in the transit. Try i
and see how it is done.
Year: 1873

A young man who knows all about it,
states that his experience has taught him
that airt is fool who delights in fool
ing fools, and the fool who is fooled by
such fool is the foolishest kind of a
fool. He's been fooled badly, we should
Judge
Year: 1873

Reflect that a sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubIal
through life becomes n weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly dnrkcns to the view the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

A LOUISVILLE hotel keeper has just
been multed in considerable sum for
turning young lady traveller away from
his hotel because she was unaccompan-
led by n gentleman. The young lady,
whose character was proved to be above
reproach, incensed ut the insult, brought
suit, with the result above named.
Year: 1873

Those who witnessed Lincoln's first
Inauguration will net soon forget one little
scene which then occurred. The Presi-
cent elect came forward upon the plat.
form prepared at the east front of the
Capitol with his natural awkWardness
increased by the momentous circum-
stances of the occasion, and by gorge
wardrobe, in which it was evident he felt
ezceedin-ly uncomfortable. The stiff
dress coat, vest and pantaloons of black
broadc1oth were enough Of themselves to
disturb his mental and physical equanim,
iLy, but to these were added other incum-
brances in the shape of brand new silk
hat and ponderous goId-headed cane


The cane he managed to put away in a
corner, but the disposition of the hat per-
picked him greatly. 1t was too good to
throw away, too nice, as he thought, to
rest upon the rough boards, so, for a
moment at least, poor Lincoln stood there
in the gaze Of assembled thousands, grasp.
ing the hat desperately and seeking in
vain for safe place to deposit it. Douglas,


who sat Immediately IN the rear, saw the
embarrassment of his rival, and rising,
took the shining beaver from It's sorely
bothered owner and held it during the
delivery of the inaugural address. 1t is


doubtful whether, five years before,
Stephen A, Douglas ever dreamed that he
was destined to hold the hat of Abraham
Lincoln while that individual was appear
ing for the first time as President Of the
United States--MisS0url Republican.
Year: 1873

An article on the evil effects of tobacco,
published in the February Herald of
Health, says: #-


"That tobacco does lodge in the tissues
IS evident from the following fact. The
hydropathists have among their processes
one which they call the wet sheet pick.
The patient is enVeIoped first in a wet
sheet and then-over this--in blankets,
By this process they claim that through
the operation of the principles of endos-
NOSE and erosmose, the water Of the sheet
is made to enter the body, while at the
same time impurities are Withdrawn
.herefrom. Now let the habitual user Of
tobacco be subjected for an hour to this
process. When, at the expiration of that
time, his developments are taken off, the
odor of tobacco coming from his body,
and from the sheet in which he has lain,
will be as perceptible to every one pres
ent as though cigar had just been Smok-
ed IN the .oom."
Year: 1873

A French newspaper published In the
interests of the Jewish population of Paris
has the following


"A communication from Morocco fur
nishes some narrowing details relative to
a fact thoroughly Oriental, and which
gives a sinister view of the moral state OF
that empire. A revolt took place some
time back against the authority OF the sui
tan. After the victory gained by the
government troops not far from Iangief'
forty of the principal chiefs were exeeu-
ted, and the pasha could not imaglne e any
thing better than to salt these two score
heads and send them to the emperor. lie
ordered the Jewish butchers to perform
that hideous operation, but they reluesa, @ L.
until, under the threat of death IN case OF
non compliance, they were forced TO TO con m :
sent. What made the matter worse was
that they were compelled to execute the
dreadful work on a Saturday. Inc iti1i-
ian consul is said to have been the scse
Individual who protested against such
dreadful treatment
Year: 1873

A SAN Francisco widow keeps the
skull of her deceased husband in a glass
case. She once remarked to friend who
was viewing the remains: Alas how
often l have banged those bones with a
brOomstiok, am sorry for it now"
Year: 1873

The railroad war in Illinois is bccorn-
Ing interesting and the people arc bound
to come out ahead. The legislature has
fixed passenger rates at a certain figure.
The companies disregard the law. Pas
scngcrs get upon the cars, tender tho
legal fare, conductors refuse to receive
it, but dare not put the passengers off
their train, for what kind of y chance
would railroad companies have before
an Illinois jury in q suit for damages ?
In this way, the suckers arc riding
free, and they rather enjoy 1t.
Year: 1873

1t does not appear from the follow
ing article in the Washington Chronicle,
Of the End, that tho Senate has alto
gethcr satisfied tho doubts Of even its
Radical supporters, in leaving the
President free to sustain tho Kellogg
usurpation:


The decision of the Senate last eVen-
ing laying upon the table tho Louisiana
question may be considered n settle
mcnt Of tho question for this session.
We can not believe that such n decision
would have been reached had 1t not
been deemed necessary to avoid AN
extra session. So important y measure
in the estimation OF Senators, ought
not to be acted upon hastily. There is
felt to be Il very embarrassing difficulty.
Tho way out OF it without establishing
"a precedent deemed dangerous ia not
so clear. To order i now election was
clearly tho wish OF tho Senate, but it
could not be done without upsetting
"u organized state governmcnt.--
W lvt..rr thnt isa greater evil than
throwing upon tho President tho grave
responsibility of continuing to recog-
nize an administration established by
extraordinary means Is question.


Whilo no doubt il entertained by the
minority of Congress that there is II
clear Republican majority in tho State
OF Louisiana, the fact Is not to DO con-
ccalcd that that majority was not au-
thoritativeIy established by the returns
in the possession OF the kellogg or
Lynch Board. Congress may have
chosen the least OF two OWLS.
Year: 1873

a man whom DIR. Chalmers engaged
to manage dsordcrly Sunday school
kept his eyes wide open during pray
ing, and when ono boy thrust pin
into another he marched up the aisle,
still praying, and eufrcd that boys
ears, and went back again, praying all
the way. After that he was master OF
the situation, for the boys thought that
a man who could watch and pray like
that could not be put down.
Year: 1873

~ man giving his name as Theobald
Fahrc was found recently i'll q deserted
negro cabin near Augusta, Ga, with
with his throat cut from car to car, and


both tho sesophngus and trnchea COM


plctely severed. AS nearly as could be


ascertained he had lain there for nearly


six days in that condition without


nourishment OF any kind. lIe was


carried to the city hospital nt Augusta


when tho terrible wound was sewcd


up, and he is now recovering. Fahrc,


in accounting for the wound which he


bears, was somewhat incohcrcnt and


unsatisfactory in fixing tho response


bility 4or the deed. On one occasion he


said while travelling along the road at
night he was suddenly attacked by
two men, knocked down and his throat


cut, as previously described, and that


he was unable to tell whether they


were white or black men. On another
occasion he said that while travelling
the road in daylight he was ordered to
halt by whito man. Not Obeying the
order, he says that the man rushed upon
| him and cut his throat, leaving him
| lying in tho road.


Under existing circumstances it would
seem to be altogether legitimate to in
fer that tho sufferer, in Il moment of
temporary mental alteration, probably


caused by lack Of knowledge Of his
! whereabouts, had himself inflicted the


wound in an attempt to commit sui


eide.


Fahrc says that he is IL native of
kchI, Baden, and lived in Now York
four years. He is Il baker by trade,


and had set out from Charleston to go


on foot to Tennessee when he lost his
way.
Year: 1873

MONDAY, May 5-P VI


The Pacific Mail troubles have served to keep that
stock in ferment all day, the price being subjected
TO those wild and rioting fluctuations which made
il so conspicuous on Saturday and which greatly in
terfered with the otherwise buOyant condition of the
stock speculation growing out of returning conh-
dence in financial matters The stories of bank fail
ures and the suspensions of stock houses preya-
lent on Saturday have died out aud except for the
trouble in Pacific Mail it is quite likely thorough
~ pleasant day at the Exchange would have been
cbroniced. Whether the famous StOckwell hote OF
100000 is paid OF not though the Street nclnes to
the belief that il was arranged for to-day it matters
little. for it is shrewdly suspected by the
knowing ones that the whole affair has been very
adroitly managed to beat down the stock to such
price that enough Of it can be bought TO control the
next election, now only few days away without
"pavng too dear for the whistle" This is certainly
n plausible theory. The rest of the market after
dayng for the greater part of the day, late IN the
afternoon gave Pacific Mail the go by, and entered
into little bull movement on its own account, and
closed strong at as good prices as were current ut
the opening. The leading shares dealt in we're the
usual active list Several of the NewY0rk directors
and large stockholders Of the Lake Shore and Mchi-
gan Southern Railroad Company left this morning
for Cleveland 10 attend the annual meeting or the
stockholders 10 be held there wednesday next,
when officers for the ensuing year are to be elected.
The opening highest, lowest and closing prices OF
Year: 1873

Our FooD-- There is no countr,
where there is so much dyspepsia as il
America, because our people pay s


little attention to their food, and eat to,
much meat for the exercise they take
If one has mental labor, fish every
second day at least is requisite. Soul
sets all the glands to work, and prepares
the stomach for the more important
functions of digestion. and therefore
should be taken at dinner every day


Beef broth is to the old what milk is to
the young. Cookery properly attended
keeps man in health. If the stomach
is out of order the brain is affected. W.
should eat more frnit, vegetables. soup
and fish. Good and well-prepared food
beauties the physique, the same rs well
directed education beauties the mind.
Wrinkles are produced by the want OF
variety of food. The man who does no,
use his brain to select and prepare his
food is not above the brutes, which take
it in the raw state.-Hone and Health.
Year: 1873

ranged for the contamination of its
victory. The occasion had been we'll
chosen, for Senator Kellogg, whom
alone they so seriously feared, was
suddenly stricken down and forbidden
to leave the hotel by his physicians.
A majority Of the committee were
known to be- favorable to the Trans
Continental, and the committee room
wascrowded with happily excited men,
But in ono particular, and that fatal
one, their calculations went awry.
Senator Kellogg would not be kept
away. Despite the warnings of his
attendants, he breasted the storm
sweeping over Capitol hill, and APP
peared just in time to claim hearing
before the decisive vote was put, it
being well understood that the Sen
ate would adopt the committee's re-
port.


With clearness and precision, and
in language unmistakable, Senator
Kellogg went into the history of the
Paris bond frauds; proving by docu-
mentary evidence that the certificate
of the New York Stock Exchange had
been forged, and that even were the
present proposed undertaking to be
honestly administered it would begin
its precarious existence burdened with
an immense debt, for which there was
nothing but lawsuits to show.


A thundcrbolt had fallen! Action
was postponed, and from that moment
the tide of fortune turned in favor of
the "Kellogg bill," upon which the
charter of the present road is based.
As conceded by all who know the
facts, the turning point in the history
of this great work, SO full of promise
for our Southern metropolis, was when
the present Governor<of Louisiana
risked his life to defend the just claims
of this people to national sympathy
and support.-N. o. Republican.