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Year: 1873

No one, says Won Humboldt, can fear
death less than do, neither am much
attached TO life; but / have never
known the feeling Of an anxious long
ing for death; and although it be no.
bier one thnn that Of an absolute weari-
ness of existence, it is nevertheless
blamablo. Life must first, for as long
period MS Providence wills it, be en-
loved or suffored--in one word, gone
through, and that with full submiss-
ion, without murmuring, iamenting, or
repining, There is one important law
of nature which we should pever lose
sight of mean that of the ripeniug
for death. Death is not break in OK
istence, it is but an intermediate cir
cumstance-a transition from one form
Of our finite existence to another. The
moment of maturity for death cannot
be decided by any human wisdom or
inward feeling, and to attempt to do 30
would be nothing better than the vain
rashness of human pride. Tint decis-
ion can only be made by Him who can
at once look back through our whole
course and both reason and duty re-
artire that We should leave the hour to
Him, and never rebel against His de-
crees by a single impatient wish. The
first and most important thing is, to
learn to master ourselves, and to throw
ourselves with peaceful confidence on
Him who never changes, looking on
every situation, whether pleasant or
otherwise, as a source from which our
interior existence and individual char
aeter may draw increasing strength;
and hence springs that entire submiss-
ion which few attain to, although all
fancy they feel it.


CosBcrKaCE warns us as a friend before
e rrnighes us as q Judge.
Year: 1873

As the summer is now approaching,
we warn our readers to beware of mad
dogs. We have no disposition at pres
ent to give scientific account Of either
the origin or nature Of the rabies
GAMMA or dog-madness. 1t is sufficient
for practical people to know that the
malady both in man and beast has hith-
erto proved incurable. Let your dogs
have plenty of fresh water during the
warm weather, and then one Of the
causes of ma jness will be removed.
Keep the children from playing with
the dogs. The danger of that is not
fully appreciated. We have heard Of
an Irish lady, who got hydrophobia by
having her face licked by lap-dog.
Her face happened to be scratched ut
the time the little pet animal licked it.
Let the dogs have plenty of fresh water,
and let the children be kept from fool
ing with them. That is very sensible
advice, and it can be taken and needed
without any trouble, and we hope that
our readers will profit by it.
Year: 1873

MICHIGAN deserves credit for stride
in prison reform far in advance of any
of her sisters. The Legislature, at its
last session, voted to free the conyicts in
the State Prison from the humiliation Of
wearing striped clothes, and granted
them permission to correspond with their
relatives and friends. The State also de-
votes funds to their education, and is to
give each one, when discharged, ten dol
lars in cash and ten dollars worth of
clothing, besides the money he may have
earned by overwork.
Year: 1873

TEE PUNISHMENT TO PERSONS 1MPII-
GATED in the Credit Mobilier operations
IL set forth in an act Of Congress Of
February, 1858, which provides that any
person offering a brlbe Of any kind, to any
member Of Congress, or any member
receiving the same. shall, on conviction,
be fined not moro than three times the
amount offered or given, and bO imprison-
ed in a penitentlary not more than three
years. And iEthe person convicted holds
Office he shall forfeit 1t and shall be dis
qualified from holding any Office of honor,
trust or profit under the United States.
This punishment Of course cannot be
inflicted by a Congressional investigating
Committee. The legal course, when the
prosecution Is to be made Is for the
Committee to remit the record Of the
evidence taken before 1t TO the United
States District Attorney for the proper
district, and it then becomes his duty to
lay the matter before a Grand Jury. This
Is not often done, however. Ifit were,
there would be less occasion for Con-
gresSlonal investigation committees 10
Inquire into Congressional offences and
crimes.
Year: 1873

A Salt Lake dispatch says the journal
of that city asserts that Congress should
appoint an Investigation Committee on
the Mormon Tlthing Fund, to ascertain
what disposition was made Of the large


sums of money sent to Washington, and
what members of Congress and Senators
were retained in the interest Of the
Church and Of pOlygamy. Brigham's
Credit MobiliCr is thought to be worse
than Oakes Ames'.
Year: 1873

The New. York Commercial AdUe1tser
has been giving the whole Of its strict Ad.
miniStration.supporting energies to the
Credit Moblller question with the follow
ing result:


It will be remembered that public
opinion was suspended some time ago at
the request Of Brothers Pomeroy and
Coliax. Information reaches US that with
in the last two or three days it has been
cut down and found to be in exactly the
came condition as when it was hung up
Year: 1873

A POOR Western couple possessing
only quarter between them sought
Justice, but this blind minion Of the law
hard -heartedly refused tepertOrm without
full fee. AS the despondent pair were
leaving, a bright idea struck the rustic
maid, and she tearfully besought the Just,
ice: "Please, sir, il you can't marry US
full up, won't you marry US twenty-five
cents worth? We can come for the rest
some other time" Justice melted; they
were married "full up"
Year: 1873

TIE MORMON oB1EM.-The general
feeling against the liberation ots political
theocracy In the United States, and es-
peciallythe popular revulsion against poly.
gamy are making themselves evidentin so
many ways that kilograms from Salt Lake
CITY indicate that the MormonB are be-
ginning torealize the situation. There are
two or three bills pending in Congress the
object Of which Is the enforcement Of
equal Justice in Utah, and the President,
in recent interview with deputation
of members OF Congress and others who
called upon him with reference to the
subject expressed decided opinions against
inc further tolerance Of the peculiar
institution" OF Utah Territory. The
present scare Of Salt Lake arises from the
reports that have reached there in
reference to that interview, and also
various announcements recently made as
to movement OF troops in that direction.
Whilst the positive statements about the
transfer Of any considerable number OF
troops to or towards Salt Lake have been
contradicted, yet their effect upon the
Mormons has been as manifest as II these
statements had been actually true. The
Mormon problem is one in which there
arc many difficulties, yet it seems as II
the country, before a very remote period,
would have to solve it,
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, January lit is under
stood that the Senate Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections have decided not to send
any commissioners to New Orleans to take
testimony at present, but that they have to-
day subpnnaed both of the returning boards
to appear before them in this city. An effort
will be made by the committee to have
before them oil the returns Of the electoral
vote from the various parishes in Louisiana.
Year: 1873

The latest cure for corns announced
by medical authority is to pare the corn
every night, and bind on il Il rag satu-
rated with castor oil, so as to remain i'll
contact with the corn during the night /;
or "A poultice of peach leaves. The
principle of cure should always be borne
in mind. Whatever keeps common
hard corn on the toe moist for twenty
four hours will so soften it that it may
be picked out with the thumb nail.
Repeat as often as it reappears. A
gentleman who had suffered with corns
on the inner side of the little toes for
years experienced perfect relief in two
weeks by applying, night and morning,
with n soft brush, one drop of per-
chloride of iron.
Year: 1873

The champion Job printer of Iowa is
female, if we are to believe the cdi-
tor of the Bedford Arg"S. And he stands
ready to back his Judgment to the ex-
tent of a suit of clothes. Says the .ir
gus: "We will venture the assertion,
and stand ready to back it, that our bet
ter half has no superior as Il job printer
in the State of Iowa. Aye more. We
will wager a suit of Sunday clothes
against a silk dress, with any gentleman
in the State, that she can do just what
we say, both parties to go into the same
Office, and one in which they are both
unacquainted, and to receive from the
hands of the foreman of the Office copy
of which neitherhad any previous knowl-
edge. Any gentleman who has the money
to spare and wishes to invest it III the
purchase of a silk dress, is solicited to
accept the above challenge"
Year: 1873

ONE of the strangest and most signili-
cant phases of the widespread emigra-
ton to this country from Europe is the
influx of Jews from Roumania. Over
three thousand of the them will shortly
arrive in New York, the most of
whom will settle in Nebraska, arrange
mcnts having been made to form a
colony of them in that State. 1t is
stated that over fifty thousand of these
unfortunate Hebrews are anxious to fly
from their prosecutors III Roumania to
this country, and are only deferred from
doing so by the fact that they are I'M
able to raise means to pay their passage,
the oppressive measures of the ruling
Government having kept them in state
of the most abiect poverty. A sub
scription has been started in New York
and other cities with view Of raising
funds to assist them in cmigrating to
" the land of the free.
Year: 1873

Miss ELIZA STEWART, of Macon, N Y,
started out the other day to take ride
on wild horse. What came of the ride
is thus related by the local paper :
Being a reckless rider, and wishing to
enjoy the exercise, she laid whip to the
animal and was soon going at a rapid
speed On she went, unmindful of dan
ger, until she came to n sudden turn in
the road, when the saddle turned as the
horse was in the act Of making the cir
cult, and she was dashed headlong
against a tree and fell lifeless anl
mangled to the ground, never to rise
again. Her chest was completely
crushed.
Year: 1873

The Des Moines Register thus meets
the arguments of those people who con-
tend that it is unconstitutional to regu-
late by Legislative enactment the tariff
on railroads at is contended by some
that neither Congress nor the Legisla-
ture have the right to regulate the tariff
on railroads. And yet the Legislature
has the right to say how much interest a
man may charge for the use of his
money, or how much miller shall take
for grinding bushel of corn, or how
much bridge company shall charge for
ii team passing over a bridge and even
a corporation has the right to define
how much a hack-driver shall have for
taking a passenger from railroad to
hotel. And in all departments of life
the law steps into private business to
regulate it. In all business transacted
for the public generally, which from its
nature cannot conveniently be done by
each individual. is regulated by law, yet
it is said to be unconstitutional to regu-
late railroads"
Year: 1873

TWELVE years ago Connecticutfarme
killed himself by placing the muzzle OF
a gun against his breast and discharging
it with poker. Last Wednesday week
his son, also farmer, in the same room,
with the same gun, and in the same man
ner, took his life.
Year: 1873

MOST DIsAGREEABLE PRAcTIcE.-
We heard some ladies who attend
ed the hop at the Yarbrough
House, the other night, complain
of some one for having spit upon
the floor of the hall, thereby soil
ing their dresses. This was de-
cidedly bad taste, to say the least
Of it, and we are surprised that gen
tlemen should have so far forgotten
themselves. We would suggest
that those who cannot possibly dis
pense with their quid while in the
presence of ladies OF dancing with
them, to request that special ar
rangements be made for their ben
efit.-R Raleigh Sentinel.


If splitting the juice of tobacco
on the floor Of a dancing room, is
disgraceful what ought TO be said
Of those who chew and spit on the
floor of the house of God during di-
vine service2--E E1chaage.
Year: 1873

OF the three methods Of using
tobacco, that of smoking has insin-
uated itself most extensively among
the youth Of this country, and is in
reality the most hurtful use that
can be made of the weed. Tobacco
employed in this way, being drawn
in by the vital breath, conveys its
poisonous influences into every part
Of the lungs. There the noxious
fluid is entangled in the minute,
spongy air cells, and has time to
exert it's pernicious influence on the
blood--not in vivifying, but in viii
ating it. The blood imbibes the
stimulent narcotic principle, and
circulates it through the whole sys-
TEN. 1t produces, in consequence,
febrile action in those Of delicate
habits. Where there is any ten
dency to phthisic and the tubercu-
lar deposit in the lungs, debility of
these organs, consequent on the use
of tobacco in this way, must favor
the deposit of turberculous matter,
and thus SOW the seeds Of consump-
tion. This practice impairs the
natural taste and relish for food
lessons the appetite, and weakens
the power of the stomach greatly
The great prevalence of craving
thirst among smokers can be trac-
ed to its action on the lungs; and
because it is there instead of in the
stomach, the liquors that are drank
do not alleviate the thirst, but
rather aggravate it. 1t is time
that medical testimony was turned
to this point, and the great danger
pointed out that threatens to make
us a nation of Sybarites and pig
mics.
Year: 1873

Let a man have all the world can
give him, he is still miserable, If he
has n groveling, unlettered, unde-
vout mind. Let him have his gar
dens, his fields, his woods, his
lawns for grandeur, plenty, orna-
ment and qualification, while at the
same time God is not in all his
thoughts. And let another have
neither fields nor garden, let him
only look at nature with an enlight.
ened mind--a mind which can see
and adore the Creator in his works,
can consider them as a demonstra-
tion of his power his wisdom, his
goodness and his truth-this man Is
greater as well as happier in his
poverty, than the otherin his riches.
The one is a lutte higher than a
beast, the other a little lower than
an angel.
Year: 1873




If you want to make the ruin Of
a child sure, give him liberty after
dark. You cannot do anything
nearer to insure his damnation than
to let him have the liberty to go
where he will without restraint.
After dark he will be sure to get
into communication with people
that will undermine all his good
qualities. / do not like to speak to
parents about their children. Their
child cannot or will not lie, when
his tongue is bended like a bow; he
will not drink, when there is not
saloon within mile Of his fathers
house where he is not so well known
as one of its own decanters; he
never does iniquitous things, when
he is reeking in filth. Nineteen out
of twenty allowed perfect freedom
at night will be wounded by it.
There is nothing more important
than for a child to be, home at
night, or, if he is abroad, you
should be with him. If he is to see
any sights, or take pleasure, there
is nothing that you should not see
with him. 1t is not merely that
the child should be broken down,
but there are thoughts that never
ought to find passage into q mans
brain. AS an eel, if he wriggles
across your carpet will leave his
slime which no brushing can ever
efface, so there are thoughts that
you never get rid of, once permitted
to enter your mind; and there are
individuals going round with OBJ
scene books and pictures, under the
lappels Of their coats, that will leave
ideas in the mind Of your child that
can never be effaced. W


There are men here who have
heard salacious song, and they
will never forget it to the ends of
their lives. / do not believe in q
child's seeing life, as it is called,
with its damnable lust and wicked
ness, to have allhis imagination set
on fire with flames Of hell.


Nobody goes through this fire but
he is burned, and he can't get rid
Of the scars-H. w. Beecher.
Year: 1873

LUoK.-We like the thoughts
which follow on luck. "Some
young men talk about luck. Good
luck is to get up at six o'clock in
the morning. Good luck, if you
only have shilling a week, is to
live on eleven pence and save a
penny. Good luck is to trouble
your head with your own, and let
others business alone. Good luck
is, fulfil the commandments and do
unto other people as we wish them
to do unto us. We must plod and
persevere. Pence must be take n
care of, because they are the seeds
Of guineas. To get along in this
world, We must take care of home,
sweep our own doorways clean, try
to help other people, avoid tempta-
tions, and have truth, and faith in
God."--Sua.
Year: 1873

Christians might avoid much
trouble and inconvenience if they
would only believe what they pro-
fess, that God is able to make them
happy without anything else. They
imagine that if such q dear friend
were to die, they should be misera-
BILE; whereas God can make them a
thousand times happier without
them. To mention my own case;
God has been depriving me of one
mercy after another; but as one is
removed, he has come in and filled
up its place. Now when / am a
cripple and not able to move, 1 am
happier than ever was in my life
before, or ever expected to be; and
if l had believed this twenty years
ago, l might have been spared much
anxiety. If God had told me some
time ago that he was about to make
me as happy as I could be in this
world, and then had told me that
he should begin by crippling me in
all my limbs, and removing me
from my usual sources of enjoy
ment, 1 should have thought it a
very strange mode of accomplishing
this purpose. And yet how is his
wisdom manifest even in this
Dr.. PaySon.
Year: 1873

We fail to compare justly the
life Of the man who does much
with the life of the man who does
little-greatly to the disparage-
ment Of the former one. The man
who does much, in whose life there
is much living, must commit con-
siderable errors; and must run a
much greater chance of some errors
being discovered and made known.
Arthur Helps.
Year: 1873




was sitting alone towards the twilight,


With spirit troubled and vexed,
with thoughts that we're morbid and gloomy
And faith that was. sadly perplexed.
Some homely work was doing


For the child Of my love and care
Some stitches half wearily setting
In the endless need of repair.
But my thoughts were about the "building,'
The work some day to be tried
And that only the gold and the silver


And the precious stones should abide.
And remembering my own poor efforts,


The wrctched work haddonc;
And even when trying most truly,


The meagre success | had won.
"It is nothing but wood. hay and Stubblo,"
said; "it will all be burned,
This useless fruit OF the talents,


One day to be returned
sand have so longed to serve Him,


And sometimes know have tried;
But Pm sure when he secs such building.


lie will never let IL abide"
just thes, as turned the garment,


That no rent should be left behind,
My eye caught an odd little bungle


OF mending and patchwork combined.
My heart grew suddenly tender,


And something blinded my eyes,
With one of those sweet intuitions


That sometimes make us so wise.
Dear child! she wanted to help me;


knew twas the best she could do;
But oh! what bOtch she had made It,,
The grey mismatching the blue.
And yet-can you understand 1t P


With a tender smile and a tear,
And half compassionate yeaming,


felt her grow more dear.
Then sweet voice broke the silence,


And the dear Lord said to me:
"Art thou tcnderer for the little child


Than am tender for thee ?"
Then straightway knew his meaning,
SO full of compassion and love,
And my faith came back to its refu &C,


Like the glad returning dove,
So thought "When the Master Builder
Comes down this temple to view,
To see what rents must be mended,


And what must be builded anew,
"Pelhaps, as He looks DER the building,


He will bring my work to the light;
And seeing the marring and bungling,


AND how far it all Is from right,
"IIe will feel as felt for my darling,


And will say as | said for her,
'Dcar child! she wanted to help me-,


And love lor me was the spur.
"And, for the real love that is in it,


The work shall seem perfect us mine;
And, because it was willing service,


/ will crown it with plaudit divine.'
And there, in the deepening twilight,


/ seemed to be clasping hand,
And to feel a great love constrainlng me


Stronger than any command
Then knew, by the thrill of sweetness,


Twas the hand OF the Blessed One,
Which would tendcrly guide and hold me


Till all the laboris done.
So my thoughts are never more gloomy,


My faith no longer is dim;
II =. 4 F.t


And mine eyes are unto Him.
Year: 1873

influence; he moved, and presently
opened his eyes. Then raising
himself, he looked with an innocent
curious expression upon the two
people at his side. The presence of
a strange man and the dusky In
dian did not seem in the least to af-
feet him. Giving one deep, long
drawn sigh, he simply said:


"l'm hungry"


Kameda flew to the pantry, and
in few moments the best in the
house was set before him.


"Where do you live, my little
boy?" said Muntin.


81 live here"


"But where did you live before
you came hereY


mo where, This is my home"


"Did you never live anywhere
else|


"No."


"Where is your father and
mother"


"There," answered the boy, point.
ing to him and Kameda. "You are
my father and mother"


"This is very strange" said Nun
tin, looking to Kameda as though
he thought she might explain it.
But there was mystery about the
boys strange answers, that not
even her subtitle intuition could
solve, so she was silent.


"What is your name" asked
Muntin, thinking the answer might
be clue to his history,


"My name is Bennie Muntinw
said the boy, in the most innocent
manner in the world.


Phineas Muntin was astonished,
as well he might be, for although
the name had been spoken, yet the
child was sound asleep at the time;
and besides, he had answered all
these questions in such an honest,
quiet way that it seemed quite evi-
dent he believed what he said.
Was it possible that the boy had
slept away all his senses? or could
it be that the will influence of
Phineas Muntin had obliterated all
memory Of the past, and filed the
boys whole being with his earnest
desire for some little one upon
whom he could pour out his father
ly affection?


Perhaps, and Muntin almost be-
lieved, it was his own little Bennie,
who having been transfigured in the
Cherub Land, was now returned,
a more pure and beautiful child.



Altogether it was u mystery he
could not solve, so he contented
himself with adopting the little
stranger as his own.


Once more, then, the old cabin
was lighted with the light of love,
and Phineas Muntin's gloom grad
ually wore away; for there is moth
ing like the CHEEKY prattle and Gun
ming tricks of a little child to drive
away sorrow, or to brighten the
darkest hooks Of q desolate house
hold.


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Year: 1873

A LOVING heart and a pleasant
countenance are commodities which
a man should never fail TO take
home with him. They will best
season his food and soften his pill
low. It we're great thing for a
man that his wife and children
could truly say Of him: "Hc new
er brought a frown or unhappiness
across his threshold"
Year: 1873

''Kiss me, mamma, before | 20. to
sleep" How simple boon, yet how
soothing to the little Eupplicant is
that soft gentle kiss. The little head
sinks contentedly on the pillow, for
all is peace and happiness within.
The bright eyes close, and the rosy
lip is reveling in the bright sunny
dreams of innocence. Yes kiss it
mamma, for that night kiss will ling
ger in memory when the giVer lies
mOldering in the grave The MEM
ory ofa gentle, loving mothers kiss
has cheered many a lonely wander
er's pilgrimage, and has been the
beacon light to illuminate his desc
late heart; for remember, life has
many a stormy billoW TO cross,
many a rugged path to climb, with
thorns to pierce, and we know not
what is in store for the little one so
sweetly slumbering, with no mar
ring care TO disturb its peaceful
dreams. The parched and feVered lip
will become dewy again as recoilee-
tion bears to the sufferers couch q
mothers loYe-a mothers kiss.
Then kiss your little ones, kind
mother, ere they sleep, there is a
magic power in that kiss which will
endure to the end of life. q