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Year: 1870

A DRUNKEN SOLDIER PROTECTED BY A PET
TIGER An amusing scene occurred the other
day at the citadel Of Dover, England. The
lO2d regiment have very fine tiger just come
to the country with the regiment from India
He is very tame, and is daily taken for walk,
and he also goes round the mess table getting
tit-bits. The other day his keeper got the
worse for drink and made his way to the den,
fearing detection. An officer seeing the man
lying asleep, and the tiger sitting by him, sent
for the picket, who at any other time can dc
what they please with the beast The moment
they attempted to get near the keeper the tiger
growled, and very soon let them see they must
keep off, For two hours the tiger kept guard
over his keeper, who was surprised to see nc
one come near his charge.
Year: 1870

The NEwsrA pERs-A child beginning to
read becomes delighted with newspapers be-
cause he reads names which are very familiar,
and he will progress accordingly. A newspaper
in one year is worth quarter schooling to a
child and every father must consider that sub
stantial information is connected with this ad-
Of the heads and having more immediate
charge OF the children should herself be in
strueted mind occupied becomes fortified
against the ills of life, and is braced for any
emergency. Children amused by reading or
study are of course consderate and more easily
governed. How many thoughtless young men
have spent their earnings in a tavern or grog
shop, who ought to have been reading? How
many parents who never spent twenty dollars
for their families, would gladly have given
thousands to reclaim son or daughter who
had igloranty and thoughtlessly fallen into
temptation
Year: 1870

Mr.. Beecher is making very lively paper of
the Christian Union Here is a paragraph on
behavior in church, which has secular appli-
cation:


We may classify the petty incivilities of
church life thus:


l. Smells. Violent perfumes, especially
those containing musk, are disagreeable to most
persons, and to some positively distressing
There Is no smell so universally pleasing as no
smell Never scent yourself when going into a
crowded assembly. The same is true of the
reslduary smell of tobacco which hangs about
the garments and aff1icts the breath of those
who habitually smoke. But tobacco almost in
varlably makes men self-indulgent and regard
less of others convenience. More brutal yet
are they who go to church reeking like a
Dutchman's s soup, with the smell of onions-
There are scores of people who have lost all
profit of a Sunday service by the sickening smells
which surrounded them.


2. Sounds. Whispering in church during
the service Is an affront to politeness. Much of
the coughing which goes on In church arises
from the poisonous gases and personal effluvia
which exist in unventiated churches But the
power OF the will over the muscles which do
the coughing is very great. A needless person
will cough twice as much as is needful-will
cough at the worst time possible, will cough
plump upon the necks Of those before him, in
stead of embalming the sound in his handker-
chief as, with a little skill aud politeness, he
might easily do. We would not forbid men who
cannot sing to make joyful noise''-but it
should be softly noise. In all cases when it
is mans duty to sleep in church, it is his duty
also to snore with the soft pedal down.


3. Stght.-Every one likes to see the minis
ter. 1t cannot be done through your body
True, you cannot help being before sombody
unless you are On the back seat. But, with a
little thought you may very much help those
behind you. Any conduct which shall divert
the attention of others from the service, such
as ostentatious playing with watch OR opening.
and shutting it reading books or papers, look
ing about inquisitivey is impolite.


Many churches have the Ten Commandments
set up upon the wall, in sight of the whole con-
gregation although not one of the reprobated
therein is likely to be committed in church
time Would it not be we'll to have another
tablet enumerating the sins which men are
prone to commit In church time?
Year: 1870

Thou shalt love no other man but me-
Thou shalt not have daguerreotype or any
other likeness Of any man, but thy husband.
Thou shalt not keep it in secret or worship it
or | thy husband am jealous husband.


Thou shalt not speak thy husbands name
with leyity.


Remember thy husband commandments to
keep them sacred.
Honor thy husband and obey him that thou
mayst be long in the home he has given thee


Thou shalt not find fault when thy husband
chews and smokes.


Thou shalt not sc0ld.


Thou shalt not permit thy husband to wear a
buttonless shirt, but shall keep his clsthing in
good repair.


Thou shalt not continually CAD about neglect
ing thy husband and family.


Thou shalt not strike to live in the style of
thy neighbor unless thy husband is able to sup
port it.


Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor fine house
nor his fine furniture, nor his wife's thousand
dollar shawl, nor her fifty dollar handkerchief,
nor anything that Is thy neighbor's.


Thou shalt not 60 to Woman's Rights meet
ing, neither to speak thyself or hear others
speak.


Thou shalt not scold if thy husband stay out
till after 10 o'clock at night.


Thou shalt not run up large bills at the stores
which thy husband is unable to foot, for verify
he knoweth his means
Year: 1870

CELIBAcY:-Single blessedness is not good
for man. He gets along very well for little
while, until his last fortnight's washing is
brought, when he begins to realize the value of
matrimony by the absence Of shirt buttons =
Man can never be an independent creature I'M
til the necessity for buttons can be dispensed
with. In lodging house, manshas considera-
BILE conceit taken of him. His interest in the
establishment is limited authority he has none
His laGdady agrees to fodder him two or three
times day, and stable him at night somewhere
on the third floor. He can't complain of the
coffee, or growl if the potatoes are undone. If
he doesn't like it, he can leave it. Ia the even
ing has all the world before him. He has per-
feet liberty of choice between his bedroom and
the streets. There is parlor, to be sure; but
the young lady who has steady company is al
ways there. You go in, and the damsel looks
daggers. Her young man looks as though he
would like to punch your head. IF you are
possessed of sensitive and sympathetic nature,
you can't resist this mute but eloquent appeal.
How would you have liked it yourself? There
is no alternative but to uddeDlyremember that
you have an appointment" seize your hat,
and rush out into the street.
Year: 1870

ETERNITY When creation began we know
not There were angels and there was place
of angelic habitation before the creation of man
and ofthe world destined for his residence and
even among these pure spiritual essences, there
had been rebellion and fall. How long
these spirits had existed, and how many other
orders of being besides, it is vain for US to con-
lecture, for conjecture could lead to nothing
surer than ITSELF But Of one thing we are GER
tain-that, how far back soever we suppose the
commencement of creation carried, let it be, not
only beyond the actual range (ifa definite range
it can be said to have) of the human imagina-
ton, but even beyond the greatest amount of
ages that figures, In any way combined, could
be made to express; still there was an eternity
preceeding-an eternity from which this unima-
cinable and incompatible duration has made
not the minutest deduction nor shortened by
the subtraction of the longest possible periods
of time Before the commencement of creation,
therefore-before the fiat of Omnipotence which
gave being to the first dependent existence, and
dated the beginning of time-in infinite and in
comprehensive solitude, yet, in the boundless
self-sufficiency of His blessed nature, feeling no
want and no dreariness-Jehovah had, from
eternity, existed alone
Year: 1870

SIGNs.-When you see the sun rising before
you get out of bed, it is sign that you'd not
do for farmer.


When you see man yawn and close his eyes
during the sermon, it is sign that he is get
ting sleepy.


When you see man trying to convince a
lamp post that it is impolite to try to get in
the way of a gentleman, it is sign that be
has been drinking lemonade perhaps


When you see boy throwing stones On the
street and speaking imprudently to old people,
it is sign that his parents don't care much for
him


When you see girl throwing kisses and
winking at the boys as they pass her window,
it is sign that she is two young to be out of
sight of her maternal relative


When you see young gentlemen and ladies
whispering and giggling and writing notes in
church, it is a sign that the man who teaches
good manners omitted to give them call when
he come along the last time.
Year: 1870

GEMS. Write your name by kindness, love
and mercy on the hearts of the people you
come in contact with, and you will never be for
gotten.


If you would rise in the world, you must not
stop to kick at every cur who barks at you as
you pass along.


rapid mind continually struggles, the feeble
one limps, but great mind selects the surest
points, and upon these its stands.


There is a time when thou mayest say moth
ing, and time when thou mayest say some
thing; but there never will be time when thou
shoudst say all things


Idleness is hard work for those who are not
used to it, and dull work for those who are. :.
happiness is of home manufacture.
| Something for vaulters to remember-that
one good turn deserves another.
Year: 1870




MANUFACTURES IN THE SOUTH. Southern
papers are discussing the project which was in
such favor just previous to the war, of manu-
featuring large share of the cotton crop into
yarns and coarse cloths, instead of shipping it
to Europe In the bale. 1t is claimed that by
doing so the staple would be increased in value
by the addition of labor fully one hundred per
cent. The average crop is now worth two hum
dred million dollars, and if half of it were spun
would realize three hundred million dollars,
besides employing thousands Of operatives and
uniting large emigration. 1t is claimed that
yarns can be manufactured at the South of equal
quality to those made abroad, and that they
would sell readily in European markets The
consequence would be that the surplus spinners
of the Old World would be obliged to come to
the raw material instead of the raw material
going to them, as now, and, moreover, very
large saving in freight would be effected The
scheme is certainly dazzling one, and we shall
be glad to see it successfully carried into opera
ton. The South now has less than two hun
dred thousand spindles, while the North has
5,S4S,4 AT. If the South could spin it's own
cotton, or one-half of it, and send it abroad in
the shape Of yarn, the above proportion in
spindes would soon be reversed. d.-Ne,o York
Times.





of lime is two-fold: First, physical second,
chemical As mechanical agent it opens
stiff clays, rendering them friable, mellow, and
more easily worked chemically, it acts upon
the vegetable matter Of the soil, and sets free
those stores of valuable substances which, with
out the action Of this agent, must have remain
ed inert and useless. 1t also enters directly in
to the composition of plants, and in many va
rieties forms large proportion of the weight
of their inorganic constituents 1t neutralizes
certain acids which are often present in soils,
rendering them useful to vegetation instead of
being positively injurious, which they are in
their original state. The existence of water in
the soil, however, affects the action of lime
very considerably. If the land is wet and un-
drained, lime will not exert the same influence
which it would do in the case of thoroughly
drained land A greater quantity Of lime is
necessary to produce given effect and thus
the neglect OF thorough drainage entails con-
siderabiy greater expenditure in lining than
would have been necessary, if the land was
either naturally or artiGeiay dry.


A wag, reading in one Of Brigham Young s
manifestoes that the great resources of Utah
are her women' exclaimed SIT is very evi-
dent that the prophet is disposed to husband
bis resources.
Year: 1870

A gentleman from Williamsville yesterday,


relates the following sad accident which oc-


CURED near that village on Monday last. A
young and promising physician, who graduated
at the University of Virginia about two years
ago, and subsequently at Baltimore Medical
College, has been practicing his profession for
the past year, at Williamsvie, Bath county,


Va. Near the close Of the day, the Doctor
was, returning from visit to his boarding
house. Some of the family were sitting on
the porch, when whipporwill lit near the
house to warble its evening song. A young
sportsman, wishing to procure the bird for the
ladies, left the house with his shot gun, and
carelessly discharged it; but when going to
pick up his victim, he saw the Doctor-until
this time unnoticed, approaching him, reeliug
in his saddle, with countenance pale as death.
My dear SIR exclaimed he you have shot
me r s'Oh, horrid [ did not see you-are
you much bASt?" ''Yes, badly, shot in the
bowels Take me off " The young man
trembling with fear and remorse, helped him
from his saddle and assisted him to his room,
while the ladies wrung their hands in speech
less agony. A hasty though careful examinae
ton was made, which disclosed the fact that
the contents of the shot gun had passed harm
tessly through the air, missing both whippoor-
will and Doctor. In the language of the illus
trious Lincoln-"there was no body hurt -
How wonderful is the Imagination of man
the Doctor arose Immediately


3 T,,rroI W, Tau1o4l 1o-o
Year: 1870

The DISASTROUS FIRE IN HENDERSON, N.
ca terrible calamity has fallen upon the cit
liens OF the town Of Henderson, in Granville
county, about which we have been able to OBJ
tain the following information:


About three o clock Monday morning, the
storehouse belonging to Dr. Debnam was dis
covered to be on fire. Immediately means
were employed to stife the flames, but all in
vain. Before any efficient remedy could be
used brisk breeze sprung up and caused the
sparks and flames to communicate with build
ings on the opposite side of the street The
attempt to stay the furious element then be-
came worse than folly. Every house was con-
sumed from the store of L. H. Kittle, ESQ, to
the residence of Mr.. Reavis, on either side of
the street, and nearly all the stores and dwell
lngs between this street and the railroad


The fire continued to rage until about six
o'clock, and only ceased when there was moth
ing more within its reach to consume 1t is
fully believed to be the work of an incendiary.
Many goods and articles of furniture were
saved from the different dwellings, but in the
hurry and confusion the things rescued were
badly damaged We have heard of no loss Of
life or personal injury -Raleiqh Standard.
Year: 1870

that those bold, defiant, energetic, perseverng,
successful business men, are always those whose
gencrative organs are in perfect health2


You never hear snch men complain of being
melancholy, of nervousness, or palpitation OF the
heart They are never afraid they cannot sue
ceed in business; they don become sad and dis
couraged; they always polite and pleasant


in the company of ladies, and look you and them
right in the face-none of your downcast looks
or other meanness bout them. do not mean
those who keep the organs inflated by running
to excess. These will not only
Year: 1870

How many men, from badly cured diseases,
from the effects of self-abuse and excesses, have
brought about the state OF weakness in those or
guns that has reduced the general system so
much to induce almost every other disease
Year: 1870

State or other elections at which mem
bers of Congress may be chosen, shall
be deemed registration within the
meaning of this act.


Sec. q. Where the laws of a State
require the name of candidate for
Congress to be placed on ballot with
names of candidates for local offices,
proof that any person voted for local
officers shall be pg-iBld fdcie evidence,
under the provisions of this act, that
he voted at same time for member oi
Congress.


Sec. %. Any officer of election, at
which member of Congress is voted
for, who shall neglect or refuse to per-
form any duty required by any law Of
the United States, or of any State, or
who shall aid or advise any person to
do anything forbidden by this act, OF
who shall omit or attempt to omit
anything required herein, may be
punished as provided in section 19.


Sec. %. When any person is defeat
ed for any Office except Presidential
elector, and member of Congress or
Legislature by reason of the denial to
any citizen, who shall offer, of the
right to vote on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude,
his right to such Office shall not be inn
paired thereby, and he may bring suit
TO recover his office; and where the
above is the only question touching
the title to such Office, such suit may
be brought in the United States courts.
Year: 1870

NEW YORK, June 3.-Last evening
as a train was approaching Hunters
Point a coach attempted to cross the
track. The horse took fright at the
whistle of the locomotive, and sud-
denly jumping, broke the traces, leav-
ing the coach on the track. The flag
man managed to stop the train, but
not until the engine had nearly
reached the coach, in which were six
men,


A box, the properly of P. Meter,
was stolen this forenoon from No. 79
Leonard street, by young man who
entered the store under the pretense
of having business with the firm. The
box contained 5000 worth of city
railroad shares.


John Powers and Martin Lynch
were seriously injured to-day by a
gunpowder explosion in Union street,
Bergin City. Powers had been sent
for a can of powder, to be used for
blasting purposes. After opening the
can, he stopped to talk with Lynch,
who was at work on a neighboring
forge. A spark of fire fell in the
powder, and an explosion ensued.
Lynch had his arm blown of, and
Powers was so seriously injured that
there is little hopes of his recovery.
Year: 1870

DUBLIN, June 3.-It is known on
competent authority that the Prince
of Wales, through his agents, has
been in negotiation with several
landed proprietors for the purchase Of
an eligible estate, with the view of
fixing permanent residence in the
country. The best confirmation of
these rumors is found in the fact that
negotiations have been closed, and
that the Prince has definitely fixed
upon desirable site, and will shortly
commence the erection of his future
royal residence.
Year: 1870

OUR READERS will see, by the new advertise
the amusement column, that the managers have
introduced q novel and very liberal feature,
which will certainly draw largely. The idea OF
seeing SO good an exhibition as they give for
quarter, and standing so good chance to draw
handsome prize, in cash, in the bargain. L.
certainly very attractive. This affords a first
rate opportunity to try ones luck, as the sayin
Is, without aDy risk,
Year: 1870

The following story, which we do


not remember to have seen in print,


may be old, but it is received as true:


AT a famous and fashionable water


ing place, a gentleman one night was
suddenly seized in bed with an ex-


cruciating pain in the stomach, which,
neither brandy, No. 6, nor any other
remedy could remove. His wife, after
trying number of things in vain, and
having exhausted all her stock of rem


edies, left her husbands bed. side FOR
the purpose Of getting warm appli-
cation. Guided on her return by a
light which she saw shining in cham
ber, and which she supposed was the
one just left, she softly entered ,ahd was
not little surprised to find her patient
apparently in deep slumber. How
ever thinking he might still be suffer
ing, she gently raised the bed.clothes,
&C., and laid the scalding poultice upon
stomach-but not the stomach of her
husband-which no sooner touched the
body Of the person than he, greatly
alarmed, and writhing under the tor
ture of the burning application, shout
ed: "Hallo! halo! what in the name
of heaven and earth are you about
there?" then, with one spring from his
bed, he made for the door and rushing
down stairs, declared in a frenzy OF ex.
citement, that some one had poured
shovel Of hot Goals upon him. The
woman, overcome with excitement
and alarm gave frantic scream, which
brought her husband hurriedly in
from the next room to her rescue. The
husband was SO much excited, and also
so much amused with the singular
mistake and the ridiculous position of
his better half, that he forgot all his
pains but early next morning he, his
wife and trunks left for parts unknown.
The poulticed gentleman still retains
the handkerchief-a beautiful linen fa-
brio with the lady's name on it, which
he considers of rare value.
Year: 1870

1t is not generally known, or does
not appear to be known, even by those
who wear kids almost exclusively,
that the durability and set of these ar
ticles depend very much upon how
they are put on the first time. Two
pairs may be taken from one box, Of
exactly the same cut and quality, and
by giving different treatment when
first putting the hands into them, one
and to wear double, or nearly that
length Of time, longer than the other.
When purchasing gloves, people are
usually in too much of a hurry, they
carelessly put them on, and let them
go in that way then, thinking to do
the work more completely at another
time. When this is the case person
is sure to meet with disappointment,
for as the glove is made to fit the hand
the first time it is worn, so it will fit
ever after, and no amount of effort
will make satisfactory change. Never
allow stretcher to be used, for the
gloves will not be likely to fit as we'll
for it. All of the expansion should be
made by the hands; If the kids are 80
small as to require the aid ofa stretcher,
they should not be purchased, as they
will prove too small for durability,
comfort or beauty.


When selecting gloves choose those
with fingers to correspond with your
own in length, take time to put them
on, working in the fingers first until
ends meets ends, thenrut in the thumb,
and smo 9th them down till they are
made to fit nicely. A glove that fits
we'll will usually wear we'll, at least
will wear better than one Of the same
kind that does not fit well. When the
ends of the fingers do not come down
right, or when they are so long as to
form wrinkles upon the sides of the
fingers, they will chafe out easily;
where the stretcher has to be used to
make the fingers large enough, the
bo dy part will be so small as to cramp
the hand SO that it cannot be shut
without bursting the seams of the
kids. Some recommend putting new
kid gloves into damp cloth before
they are put on, and allowing them to
remain until moistened. With this
treatment they can be put on much
easier than otherwise, and will fit very
nicely until they get dry, but on sec
ond wearing there will be an unnat-
ural harshness about them, wrinkling
in spots, and they will not set SO per.
fectly as at first. I have tried the
damping process, and do not~approve
of it Canadian Journal of Commerce.