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Year: 1875

A SUNNY TEMPER.-What blessing
to househould is a merry, cheerful.
woman-one whose spirits are not affected
by wet days, or little disappointments,
or whose milk of human kindness does
not sour in the sunshine of prosperity.
Such a woman in the darkest hours
brightens the house like little piece of
sunshiny weather. The magnetism of
her smiles, and electrical brightness of
her looks and movements infect every
one. The children go to school with a
sense of something great to be achieved ;
her husband goes into the world in a
conqueror's spirit. No matter how peo-
pie annoy and worry him all day, far off
her presence shines, and he whispers to
himself, "At home / shall find rest" /"
So day by day she literally renews his
strength and energy, and if you know a
man with beaming face, kind heart
and prosperous business, in nine cases
out of ten you will find he has a wife Of
this kind.
Year: 1875

LITTLE GRAvEs.-Sacred places for
pure thoughts and holy meditations are
the little graves in the churchyard. They
are the repositories of the mothers sweet
est joy, half unfolded buds of innocence,
humanity nipped by the frost of time,
ere yet canker worm of corruption had
nestled among its embryo petals. Cal
lous indeed must be the heart of him who
can stand by little graveside and not
have the holiest emotions of the soul a.
wakened to thoughts of purity and joy,
which belong to God and heaven, for the
mute preacher at his feet tells oflife begun
and ended without stain and surely if
this be evouchsafed to mortality, how much
purer and holier must be the spiritual,
enlightened by the sun of infinite good
ness, whence emanated the soul of the
brief sojourner among us? How swells
the heart of the parents with mournful
JOY while standing by the earth bed Of
lost little ones Mournful, because a
sweet treasure has been taken away; joy
ful, because that precious jewel glitters
in the diadem of the Redeemer.
Year: 1875

BEoF Coon CHEER.-A man who ac-
quires habit of giving way to depression
is on the road to ruin. When trouble
comes upon him, instead of rousing his
energies to combat it, he weakens, and
his faculties grow dull, and his judg-
ment becomes obscured, and he sinks in
the slough of despair. And if anybody
pulls him out by main force and places
him safe on solid ground, he is pretty
sure to waste the means of help which
have been given him. How different it
is with the man who takes CHEEKY view
of life even at its worst, and faces every i'll
with unyielding pluck! Hemay beswept
away by an overwhelming tide of mis-
fortune, but he bravely struggles for the
shore, and is ever ready to make the most
of the help that may be given him. A
cheerful, hopeful, courageous disposition
is an invaluable trait of character, and
should be assiduously cultivated.
Year: 1875

A stingy husband accounts for all the
blame of the lawlessness of his children
in company by saying his wife always
gave them their own way. "Poor things
it's all l have to give them, wa. the
prompt reply.
Year: 1875

are brought into the Church scholars are trained and
brought under discipline when they are taken into
schools. There should be developed IN them


A SENTIMENT HIGHER MORALITY


The Christianity that Is anxious 10 get men INTO the
Church or the Lord Jesus Christ and then treats them
as II they were common dirt and leaves them % them
selves Is not Christianity There Thousands OF men
that have such of the sacrcdness OF everything
religious that they into the house OF God thoy
step reverenty with uncovered head, and when they
come before the altar bow themselves down, and then
when they come out Of the church and meet
some poor man to whom hat is lifted
they pass him BY without any salute or II they give
any il Is mere 'sAhemn Know ye not that that was
a temple OF the Holy Ghost which you passed with
such contumely and codnessY Know ye not that that
was ono FOR whom Christ died What right have you
10 put such upon your wheel tease him and turn
him and make Of him, and then cast him OIL AZ
he were nothing? A gardener receives nom botanl-
cal garden for the first time small slip Of spruce IN
little pot and one Gays looking At IT, What did you
give for that - Twenty Ave dollars sir The friend
Is asonished TIL he is informed that II is specimen oi
that Californian tree and may grow TO be as
largo of them Now he can carry II around "a
pot When l SEQ little men in little pots carried
around say, "They're little now, but in the other lie
they will grow beyond all measurable size"
Year: 1875

In the above diagram says the Professor, Venus and
Saturn represent Tweed. The former planet Is In an
angle therefore the fugitive be in the city little
southwest from his old home The plan for his escape
ma,urcd when the planet Saturn turned direct in
motion, which was on Monday, October rs. From that
time till he made his escape his friends were only
watching an opportunity. Two persons who repre-
sented by the moon and Mars respectively, will get
themselves into serious trouble through thor particle
patton in the plot They men, dressed in "a little
brief authority" and one Of them will betray tho
othor One OF these is tall Of stature Tho other
is Of medium height and has dark hair The latter IS
exceedingly pompous in manner, and thrusts himself
forward on every possible occasion.


Tweed Is hiding IN wreched place-a basement or
ccllar-whcre many women congregate, and where a
number of dogs are kept about the premises.


The moon Is within degree Of being in quadrature
with Mars, This IS an evil aspect, and denotes that in
one day week the "Boss' will be captured His
taking will be an instance OF perldious friendship for
the very person who has been paid to keep the
will betray his hiding place Mr. Tweed made grand
mistake In selecting his assistants on this OCCASION


1t will bo seen from the above that all the loud talk
Of our astute police about running Tweed TO carh Is
super1uous, he is already under ground
Year: 1875

FEVER AND AGUE.-It is more prcva-
lent during the Spring and Fall than at
other seasons the reason is that the
changes Of temperature are the more sud-
den and frequent. There are persons
who have lived for years in fever and
ague districts without having had the
disease. With proper care and attention
all might avoid it. An Observance Of
these simple rules would generally ward
of the disease.


Avoid exposure to the damp air Of early
morning and early evening, except when
exercising, and then do not remain in the
open air to cool Off Avoid great fatigue;
sleep eight hours out of twenty four. Be
sure that the water used for drinking and
cooking is perfectly pure. Wear flannel
under-clothing at all seasons. Keep the
feet warm and dry.


To cure the fever and ague, take twelve
grains Of qunine at one dose, abodt an
hour before the chill is expected. Just
one week from that hour take another
twelve grains Of quinine. The disease
will seldom return. This is the dose for
an adult Children should take smaller
doses according to age. The reason that
decided doses cure fever and ague seems
to be that the disease receives n shock
which breaks it. Small doses Of quinine
only hold it in check during the time the
medicine is being regularly taken as
soon as it is suspended the disease gene
rally returns. Hence the popular notion
that quinine only feeds the disease. The
fault is not with the medicine, but in the
manner of administering it. While we
do not believe in the employment OF med
icine. we are bound to say that quinine,
heroically administered, has proved the
only dead shot for fever and ague in our
practce.-HaVS Journal Cf Heath.
Year: 1875

WASHING SMoKE.-An apparatus for
washing smoke, and SO depriving it Of its
character as II nuisance, is in operation at
factory at Menlmontant. Paris. A
fine shower of water travelling in the d.
rection of the smoke, and at five times its
velocity, is.projected into the chimney,
where it mikes with the smoke, taking
up the soluble gases and preciptating the
impurities carried up with the smoke by
draft. The foul water is discharged into
cistern, where it is collected, and fine
black paint is got from it.
Year: 1875

A railroad across the Atlantic is on the
list Of possibilities for the future achieve.
mont Of science. Many years ago civil
engineer read paper before the French
Academy suggesting submarine railways.
His theory was that at q certain depth of
the ocean-a hundred fathoms or more-far
below any agitation from surface storms,
the water is Of such density that nothing
in tubular form. whatever the weight can
possibly sink. Having thus made founda-
ton in the very bowels of old Neptune, he
proposed to sink continuous line of i'm
mense iron tubes-after the manner of the
recent cable laying-in which double track
railway could be laid between Cape Clear,
Ireland, and Cape Race, Newfoundland,
and thus trains 60 booming through, to the
CONSERVATION of the sea serpent and the
mortal terror of the big and little fishes.
The only really serious objection to his pro-
ject that the engineer of this deep sea
scheme could then see, was the suffocating
effects from the smoke Of the locomotive;
and if this could be overcome, then the
grand oceanic railway only required the
necessary construction capital to enter upon
its career of ''successfnl experiment" which
he duly figured out upon the profits Of the
ample traffic between the two worlds. Now,
the Aforesaid "ecientific objection" has
already disappeared in the smoke-corsum-
ing engine Of modern invention, to say
nothing of the "Keely motor" Can the
capital question be - easily solved Who
will form the company. and who will take
the shares s-Nesc York Express.
Year: 1875

Commander Kells. Of the gunboat Rio
Bravo, has his crew already shipped. his
subordinate officers have almost all re-
ported, and it is his intention to steam
away on Saturday for his new post of duty
in the Rio Grande. The commander has
worked night and day to get ready for &C.
tive service. and he seems to be impatient
to get to the front.
Year: 1875

Speaking Of the new attempt to
raise money for finishing the WASH
ington monument, the Providence
Press aptly suggests that it would
be more to the purpose to raise .
few statesmen on the Washington
model,
Year: 1875

A new kind of locomotive has
been invented In France by NJ. For
tin Hermann. Its driving power is
produced by the rising and falling
of six articulated feet, which strike
the ground or rails something like
the feet of quadruped. These feet
are arranged in two groups: three
support the fore part Of the machine,
and the other three the after part.
The two middle feet are connected
together by horizontal shaft; the
four others are independent, and
strike the ground successfully in
such q manner that while the mid
die feet move al o moderate pace,
the others have highly accelerated
motion. Each of these groups of
three feet is affixed to q single trunk.
The force of the steam is applied In
such way as to drive these feet
toward the ground. 1t is said that
locomotives OF this kind have four
times the power of the ordinary
style, aud will run up grades Of one
foot in ton.
Year: 1875

CoLLLEcToRs AND THEIR SECURITY
The amount of security required Of our
county tax collectors is entirely too high.
The Levy Court should adopt some mode
by which this would be remedied. This
could be done by requiring the collec-
tors TO make frequent deposits with the
county treasurer. No collector ought to
hold in his hands or to his credit more
than few hundred dollars, and then not
longer than few days. If rule of this
kind was adopted by the Court and made
arbitrary, the amount of security might
be reduced to $1,000 or $4,000 instead o.
$4,000, as at present required in Will
lnington Hundred.
Year: 1875

The Commercials argument in favor
of State Aid" is curious sample of
the legislation that would follow the
introduction Of Radical legislation in
Delaware, and shows our people what n
fortunate escape they have made. 1t
would run the State into debt 100000
in order to get 100000 to expend on a
non-paying railroad in this county. Of
course the real estate of tho county
would be taxed, according to the Com
naercidfs own admission, to pay $4OO, 900
of the whole, since it has frequently sta
ted that the people of this county paid
about two thirds of the taxes.
Year: 1875

Now you want to know what there is fur US
in tn future. Well do believe Congress
in the next session will grant any AID 10 rail-
roads, because the Presidential cImVagn is
near at hand. and ho'h Plrrirv are afraid TO
act But when we elect a good square repub-
lican President, then something will he done
After that campaign Is over. the company Is
going to ask for aid to the Portland, Dalles
and Salt Lake RAILROAD Will not vote for
any raIlroad bill unless they DO Justice 10 the
North Pacific coast There Is not another
portion of country that suffers 50 on account
Of freight charges as this. The Senator here
made comparison of figures, showing that
the tariff here is eighteen times AS much a.
that imposed on the people OF the Mississippi
valley. and that % per cent. of all the y heat
exported from the United States is shipped
from the Pacific coast.
Year: 1875

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THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE EXTENDED
the Association by people Of the Northwest,
has placed its business upon a permanent and sub
stantrrl basis Its members DOW humber more than
sufficient 10 allow the law of Mortality ample scope
for operation. The system of the Company has
proved the mOst economical and popular pre-
sentel 10 the public; offering Life Indemnity at
LESS THAN ONEFOURTH the cost of Eastern
COMPANIES while its mutual contribution plan al
lows all surplus premiums be retained by each in
diviiual member, until required by actual death
LOSES thus absorbing no large fund from any locality
The lower rate of mortality and higher rate OF IN
terest of the Northwest and careful system of Life
Underwriting and rigid economy Of management,
enables this Association 10 offer Indemnity for Life
at a cost lower than any company organized else
where


ES- Full information given upon application to


T. l.. SHANNON, SuPt. Agts-,
42-tf At Slime House, Wslla Wella-
Year: 1875

The railroad company that will
come in now and propose to this pee


pie to connect them with the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railroad or with
any other direct line with the West,
North or Northwest will meet with
success We begin to see light ahead


When Cincinnati. Chicago, Cleve-
land and Columbus begin to cast
glances in this direction, we can be-
gin to hope. Cincinnatians are now
urging the river road, while capital
lists from all sections are casting about
with view of determining the point
at which to strike. We feel very IA
vorable toward the Michigan and
Ohio road, because that. put in OPP
Grafton, which is almost certain to be
built within the next two years at
the farthest. will give US the best
connection for the Development for
this mineral region. If built to
Portsmouth, it will not be long be
fore il will connec. with the Chesa


pcake and Ohio, or cross the river
and connect with the Maysvil!e roa
which would open up the country To
the South. No one expects it to ter
inmate at Portsmouth. In any
event n connection with lronton
would be an important matter but a
small undertaking. Ironton journal.
Year: 1875

Miss Rebecca Melton, a valetuiiha-
rian of sixty, lay diving ut her house
in town. She had held so tenacious
a grip upon life that it was difficult
for the two Young people to realize
the end was 81 near. These two
Young people Gerald Melton, her
nephew, and Miss Amy Williams,
her companion and nurse.


Gerald had seen the young Woman
every day for the three years she had
lived with his aunt, but ncver until
that moment had bestowed II serious
thought upon her. He did not even
know the color Of her eyes, till his
aunt gaSped out a sentence that
caused him to look at her attentive
ly. Then he found them shining
luminously in the sombre gloom OF
the sick chamber. a


III you expect to pay for that
horse for Emily Thorpe to ride with
the money you get by my death, "
said the dying woman, you're mis-
taken"


You don't understand" began
Gerald.


1T was an infamous transaction y
said the old lady. | found out enough
about it to make me put codicil to
my will. Eve left every penny to
Amy Williams


1t was then that Gerald looked at
Amy; but his aunt suddently stretch
ed out her hands to him pleadingly,
and finding a grey pallor spreading
over Eer face, he knelt down by the
bedside, and took her cold withered
hand in his own.


"Ifthe horse had been for any one
but that Emily Thorpe!" faltered the
poor otd lady.


"Oh, aunt, said Gerald, '1f you'd
let me explain-'


Il would if | had ume," she said :;
''but | must die now


sIn ten minutes it was all over, and
| Gerald went out Of the house with a
great ache at his heart. He was
very sorry for. his aunt she had been
kind to him--too kind, for she had
reared him for the useless life OF a
dronc, when now it appeared hemust
work for his living like all the rest OF
bees. 1t had hitherto been some
thing OF a bore to him merely to
spend money, and the fact began 10
d wn unpleasantly upon his mind
that to earn it must he intinitel,
more wearisome.


Walking aimlessly on, his feet took
mechanically familiar direction,
and he found himself pausing before
, a fine house in fashionable quarter
Of the city, from whence shambled a
somewhat bent and awkward figure
that presently disappeared in a broug
ham before the door.


! Gerald recognized the man as MIR.
I Badger, the millionaire. ard invoi
UNFAIRLY contrasted his own condition
with that of the fortunate soap dealer.
He was, however, so absorbed with
the direful news he had to tell Emily
that before she came into the parltr
he had forgotten Badgers existence.


1t was singular that her remarka-
bic beauty and brilliant toilet did no,
appal Gerald at that moment, that
the fact of his no longer being able to
grace that lovely hand with beftting
gems did not prevent him from seiz
ing it in both his own and kissing il
rapturously. For that enchanting
moment he was allowed to forget the
gloomy chamber where his aunt lay
dead, and the woman that waited
there for the money he had been
taught to consider his ewn.


1T seems to ne that you are very
beautiful this morning. was all that
! he could say.
Year: 1875

if not morally, wounded:
and it was plain to see by tue
bloody path in the earth that
the vic.,im had been dragged
to the river. Gore marked
tue whole distance, and the
police were at once put on
the alert for the arrest of the
living thieves and the recov-
cry of the body Of the dead
one.


But all efforts proved vain
and the bravery of the young
girl was discussed far and
near.


The grateful bachelors were
so overwhelmed that they Of
fered to give Marie a dover.


'Ah! messieus,' replied she
afectionately, how can 1
leave you! You may. again
be attacked by robbers


But we will not neverthe-
less, stand between you and
happlness,' they replied
Here are thirty thousand
francs-you have saved our
lives, and richly deserve the
money. If you choose to
live in this house with your
husband, we will repair the
lower part for that purpose,
and you can also be hired to
keep our room neat as 1T
present.


Henri married Marie, and
they accepted the dover and
the house.


Years passed, and recently
Inc real IactS OF THIS MD
night robbery came to light.
Both of the old bachelors
were dead, and had willed
Marie another thirty thou
sand francs. The brave girl
did not refuse it. 1t turned
out however, that the robbers
were not plural. Henri ac-
ted as the burglar, the blood
Vas from a lamb killed for
the purpose, and the Whole
was but a ruse of the two
lovers to open the hearts and
pIrscs Of the two old misers.
Year: 1875




Relative to The duration of
the fertilizing. effects of bones
in the soil, we have the state
ment Of a Scotch farmer In
the North British Agricultu-
rist, that, after a lapse of 10
years he had dug pieces of
crushed bones out of the soil
in a state of good preserva-
ton, and during those forty
years the crops of gvain gro'n
on the spot where the bones
had been plowed in the soil,
along with a quantity of wood
and ashes, had always fallen
dow n from over luxuriance.
Year: 1875

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RECIPES.


Cream and Toast.-Heat
sweet cream over steam un-
til hot, but do not ALLOW it to
boil, add q little salt, dip the
toast in the cream, and send
all that remains to the table
in a gravy boat. Tins toast
is delightful when properly
made; bnt if the cream boils
or it is cold, or the toast soaks
or cools, it is insipid.


| Tomatoes al Mode.-Skinf
II large tomatoes; cut them
up and put into a sauce pan
with butter, pepper and salt.
When sufficiently done, beat
we'll four eggs and stir in,
stirring one way fer sevoral
minutes.


Tomato Pudding. Two
pints tomatoes peeled and
chopped fine; three ears of
corn grated Or an equivalent
quantity of bread crumbs; ii
large teaspoonful brown su-
CARA teaspoonful salt; alump
of buffer the size OF an egg;
a little pepper. Bake slow
ly and long.


Peach Pot-Pie.-Put a
plain pie crust round the
edge of a pan; cut up some
peaches, and put a layer of
them into your pan; then a
layer of sugar; cover with
crust, and bake slowly for
two or three houls. Eat with
SWeetened cream.


Apple Dumplings.-Roll
your dough thicker than for
pie crust; cut into pieces
about four inches wide and a
little longer; enclose in each
a handful of sliced ripe ap-
Piles, we'll covered with su-.
gar and butter. Bring the
edges together as in any 9TH
er dumplings. When as ma
ny are made as ave desired,
place them side by side in a
pudding pan, spread butter
and sugar over them, and
pour boiling water to about
cover the dumplings. Put
them in the stove and cook
moderately fast until they are
nicely Drowned. The butter
sugar and water make a nice
sauce, which can be enriched
with more butter and flavor
ed with nutmeg if desired.


How to Select Flour.-Look
at its color; if it is white,
with a slightly yellowish or
straw cnlOred tint, it is a good
sign. If it is very white,
with a blush cast, with white
specks in it, the flour is not
good. Examine its adhesive
ness-wet and knead a little
Of it between the fingers, if
it works dry and elastic it is,
good; if it works soft and
sticky it is poor. Flour made
from spring wheat is likely
to be sticky. Throw a little
lump of dry -four against a
dry, smooth, perpendicular
surface; if it adheres in a
lump the -four has life in it;
if it falls like powder it is
bad. Squeeze some of the
flour in your hands; if it re-
tains the shape given by the
pressure, that too Is q good
sign. Flour that viii sta Id
all these tests ii is safe to
buy. These modes were Civ
en- by old flour dealers.
Year: 1875

If You have on your place
land that is elayey, stiff and
heavy, you can use a large a.
mount of wood ashes upon it
to great advantage, both inn
mediate and permanent, even
coal ashes may be turned to
good account there. But ne
! use them Oh lands possess


Ig an t1etss ,i I'll.
Year: 1875




MAIL MATTERs.-Since writing the
item last week regarding the mail facili-
ties of Cheboygan, facts have come to
our knowledge which renders it safe for
us to state that within week or ten days
the change then spoken of as necessary
will be made. For some time past cor
respondence has been in progress be-
tween Postmaster Brace and the Postof-
flee Department in regard to getting the
mail direct from Petoskey. Last week
he was informed that if the change could
be made without additional expense that
it would. Mr.. P. M. Lathrop, the con-
tractor at once signified his willingness
to make the change i'm his contract, and
signed papers to that effect. The order
to make the change will probably come
within the week. This will save day
each way in the departure and arrival of
mails. AT the same time it is probable
that change in the mail days will also
be made, making them the alternate days
from at present.