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Year: 1872

PAINTERS. the ancient paint CT produced a cluster of grapes upon the canvas with such perfect skill that the birds came and pecked at them. This success greatly elated the artist, whose fame went abroad thereat, reach ing the ears of one Parrhasius, a rival artist, who seeking an opportunity painted a curtain before portion of the picture. Soon after Zeuxis approaching the painting to exoibit it to Parrhasius, desired him to remove the curtain But he was compelled to acknowledge him. self defeated, since he had only deceived birds, but his rival had deceived fellow artist.

 Another story is related of Zeuxis, of rather 8 novel character, and which is we'll authenticated. He painted boy with basket of grapes, to which the birds as before resorted. But this gave the artist great dissatisfaction and very properly so, leading him to declare the painting @ failure, since had the simili- tude been in both cases equal, the birds would most certainly have been deterred by natural fear of the boy, from ap- preaching the picture
Year: 1872

The latest railroad miracle was per formed by negro, who happened to be standing in the way of flying train near Philadelphia. The engine threw hlm 20 feet in the air and tore his cloth ing all in shreds. The train was stopped, and the mortified spectators went back to find him on his feet again resnming his old line of march upon the track. The locomotive probably struck him on the head.
Year: 1872

A new plan of dealing is being intro duced into the retail grocery trade of England to induce cash payments for groceries, and also to make new custom CTS, which is said to be decided success. It is styled the "bonus system for cash payment for groceries" and consists in allowing bonus of two and half per cent, payable at the end of six months. on all cash purchases made during that time. Here is hint to some of our own enterprisng merchants.
Year: 1872

SAD AoorDENT.-A sad and peculiar accident happened to child at Wachita, Wis, recently. The mother stepped in to store to make purchase, leav ing the baby in its carriage on the sidewalk. A gust of wind struck the carriage and p ashed it down the street against team of horses. The horses, becoming frightened, kicked over the carriage aud injured the baby so seriously that there is no hope of its recovery.
Year: 1872

Every boy should have his head,
his heart and his hand educated
Lei this truth never be forgotten;
By the proper education of the head
he will be taught what is good and
what is foolish, what is right aud
what is wrong. BY the proper ed
ucation of the heart he Will be
taught TO love W hat is good and wise
and right, and TO hate what is evil,
foolish and wrong. And by pro
per education of the hand he will be
enabled to supply his wants, TO add
to his comforts, and to assist those
around him. The highest objects OF
GOOD education are TO love and serve
mankind. Everything that hinders
us is comparatively worthless
When wisdom reigns IN the head
and love IN the heart the man Is
ever ready to do good; order and
peace reign around, and sin and sor-
row are almost unknown
Year: 1872

The payment of small S!lls, such
as newspaper subscriptions, Is a
matter of more importance than is
usually attached TO it. There are
not a few who in times when busi-
ness is a little depressed, and the
prospects of the future seem more
than usually unsettled, will not
hold on to their cash in hand, tell
all collectors who wait ON them
with overdue bills to "call again"
while the payment would not give
them any serious Inconvenience,
and would accommodate a large
and deserving class of creditors


Indeed, we know nothing that in a
quiet way would go far TO give ami
nation to the markets throughout
the country as the universal fulfill
ment of the little debts for the dis
charge of which the debtors now
have on hand, were paid at once,
the wheels of business would be lu-
bricatcd and jollity soon prevail
throughout the land.
Year: 1872

''Show me where you found this?'


But what need to prOlong my
story?


have taken that great brown hand
head as little Ella did, when, a mo-
ment later, she was ushercd into
where Ben was lying.


But she did, and he, great, awk-
ward fellow that he was,
actually cried as she sat there and
told him of his mother, who was un-
able to come when they read the
news, and of poor, dear Charlie,
sleeping so quietly in the church
yard at home.


With her to nurse him, he was
soon able to travel, and not many
weeks later found them again at
home.


But it was long before he was
again the same great, stI ong-breast- L
Cd fellow that he had once been.


But both health and spirits seem
ed to come back to him more rapid
ly, after a certain day in the early
spring, when he and Ella had gone
to see Charley's grave, and, sitting
there by his head-stone, she had told
all about the poor fellows death, and
of his little sweetheart away down
in the sunny South" and Of the
message he had left for her, TO be
sent with his picture.


All this she told him sitting there
by the little green mound-and more
for when he gathered the little
hands within his own, and, looking
again into the misty depths of the
violet eyes, asked her if she could
love suc'. a great, olsi, aWkWard OeaI
as he was, She told him yes.


And gathering the weeping form
to his heart, he felt that he was IN
deed very rich in the legacy which
his friend had left him. = Cincinnati
Times.
Year: 1872

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
out YOU will always be poor. The
art is not in making money, but IN
keeping it; little expenses, like mice
in a barn, when they are many,
make great waste. Hair by hair,
heads get bald; straw by straw, the
thatch goes OF the cottage; and drop
bv drop the rain comes III the cham
Der. 4 barrel is soon empty, If the
top leaks but a drop a minute
When YOU mean TO save, begin with
YOUR mouth; many thieves pass
down the red lane. The ale jug Is a
great waste. In all other things
Keep within compass. Never stretch
yoar legs farther than the blankets
will reach, or you win soon be cold
In clothes, choose suitable and last
ino stuff, and not tawdry hneries. -
To be warm is the main thing; new
er mind the looks. A fool may
make money, but it needs a wise
man to spend it. Remember, 1t is
easier to build two chimneys than
to keep one going. If you give all
to back and board, there Is nothing
left for the savings bank. Fare hard
and work hard while you are young,
and Won will have a chance to resi-
when YOU are Old.-COdt and Iron
Record
Year: 1872

1t Is bad plan TO grease the up
per leather of the shoes for the pur-
pose of keeping soft. 1t rots the
leather, and admits the dampness
more readily. 1t is better 10 make
a varnish thus: Put half a pound of
gum shellac broken up in small pie
ces in q quart bottle or jug, cover il
with alcohol, cork it tight, and put
it on a shelf in a warm place, shake
it well several times a day, then add
a piece of camphor rs large as q
hens egg, shake II well, and in a
few hours shake it again and add
one ounce of lampblack. If the al
cohol is good it will be dissolved in
three days, then shake and use. II
it gets too thick, add alcohol, pour
out two or three teaspOOnsful in a
saucer, and apply it with a small
paint brush. Ii the materials are
all good il will dry in about five
minutes, and viii be removed only
by wearing it of, giving a gloss C.
quai TO patent leather. The advan-
tage of this preparation over Others
is, it does not strike into the leather
and make it hard, but remains on


the surface, and vet excludes the


water almost perfectly. The same
preparation is admirable for har-
ness, and does not soil when touch
ed, as lampblack preparations do
Exchange.
Year: 1872

Carry the radiance ofyOur soul in
your face. Let the world have the
benefit of it. Let your cheerful
ness be felt for good wherever you
are. and let your smiles be scatter
ed like sunbeams con the just a
we'll as on the unjust" Such a dis
position will yield you a rich re-
ward, for its happy effects will come
home to you and brighten your mo-
ments of thought.


Cheerfulness is a duty; It makes
the mind clear, gives tone to
thought, and adds grace aud beauty
to the countenance. JOubert says,
''When you give, give with joy and
smiling"


Smiles are little triiies, cheap ar
tieles, to be fraught with so many
blessings both TO the giver and re-
ceiver-pleasant little ripples to
watch, as we stand on the shore oi
everyday life. They are our high.
er, better natures responses to tho
emotions of the soul.


Let the children have the benefit
of them; those little ones who.neeC
! the sunshine of the heart to educate
them, and would find a level FOL
their buOyant natures In the cheer
full loving faces of those who leas
| them.


Let them not be kept from tn
1 middle-aged, who need the encour
agement they bring.


Give your smiles also to the aged
They come TO them like the quie
rain of summer, making fresh an
verdant the long, weary path of life
They look for them from you VIII
are rejoicing in the fullness OF lifC
Be gentle and indulgent to ALL
Love the true, the beautiful, th
Just, the holy; in short, be cheerful


and you will have a happy face &


long as you Iive.-EhreROtogtct


Journal.
Year: 1872

SPEAI< KINDLY.-Speakk kindly IN
the morning, II Iightens the care of
the day, and makes the household
and all other affairs move along
more smoothly.


Speak kindly at night, for 1t may
be that before the dawn some loved
ono may finish his or her space OF
life for this world, and it will be
too late to ask forgiveness.


Speak kindly at all times, 1t en-
conrares the downcast, cheers the
sorroWing, and very likely awakens
the erring to earnest resolves TO do
better, with strength to keep them.


Kind words are balm to the soul.
They oil up the entire machinery OF
life, and keep it in good running
order.
Year: 1872

Many a true heart that would have
come back, like the dove to the ark,
after lis first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the saw
age charity of an unforgiving pub
lie
Year: 1872

INFLUENCE OF THE STOMACH
The emotion of the mind has pow
erfuI influence on the stomach. Let
a porson who is about to sit down
to rood dinner with good appe-
tite receive a piece of news, either
exceedingly joyful or exceedingly
distressing, his appetite goes IN
moment. Children who are about
to set out on a pleasant journey, 1t
is well known cannot eat. This,
when | was child, was called go
inc tourney proud" On the other
hand a blow on the stomach will
sometimes take away life instantly;
a drink OF cold water, when the body
has been very hot, has often the same
effect. Attend to your companions
when on a journey afoOt; as their
stomachs grow empty, how sullen
and silent the whole party becomes.
Let a crust of bread, little cheese, a
GLASS or wine be taken, and cheerful
ness Immediately reigns, even long
| before anvuutriment has had time to


reach the circulation. These thing;


also show the general sympathy be


tween the stomach and every Other
mart of the body.
Year: 1872

The following is said to be one OF
the most brilliant articles written by
the lamented Geo. D. Prentice:


The fiat of nature is inexorable'
There is no appeal for relief from the
GREAT law which dooms Us tothe dust.
We flourish and fade as the leaves OF
the forest, and the flowers that bloom
and wither in day have no frazier
hold upon life than the mlShtlest
monarch that ever shook the earth
with his footsteps Generations OF
men willappear and disappear as the
grass. and the multitude that throng
the world to day, will disappear as
the footsteps on the shore. Men sell
dom think of the great event Of death
until the shadows fall across their
own pathway, hiding from their eyes
the faces of loved ones whose living
smile was the sunlight of their exist
eace. Death is the antagonist OF Ilfe,
and the cold thought of the tomb IS
the skeleton of all feasts. We do
not want to go through the dark val
lev, although its dark passages may
lead to parad Sc; we do not want to
lay down in tue damp grave: even
with princes as bed fellows. In the
beautiful drama of Ion. the hope of
Immortality, so elegantly uttered by
the death devoted Greek. finds a
deep response in the thoughtful soul.
When about to yield his young ex-
istence as a sacrifice to fate, his
Clemantha asks if they should meet
again, to which he replies: Il nave
asked that dreadful question OF the
hills that look eternal-of the clear
streams that flow forever-of the
stars among whose fields of azure my
raised spirit has walkedin glory. All
were dumb: but as l gaze upon thy
living face, feel that there is some
thing in the love that mantles thro
its beauty that cannot wholly perish


We shall meet again Clemantha-
Year: 1872

It does nt pay station keepers to write forage receipts when they send this office and procure any desired number of neatly printed blank receipts gotten up, actly per instructions from the Chief Quarermaser of the district. and at cheap rates

 When desired will bind any number of receipts in books for a very small Send in your orders. If
Year: 1872

letins to-day to learn the resuIt Of tl,o nov,


nations at Cincinnati. There was. how


ever, no excitement, and all parties anUear


to he satlsted-the Republicans having


faith IN the name OF Grant over all oppOsi-


ton; the Democrats believing that the nom


ination will carry large number of Grants


adherents


There is great curiosity TO know what the


Democrats are going to do.


The Liberals have made no display of en-


thusiasm SO far and are probably waiting
for the return OF their leaders from Gin
cinnati.


New YORK, May 3.-The Sjuj of tO-mor-
row will say: Never was such a compli-
ment paid to the newspaper press as in the,
nomination of two editors at Cincinnati.
1t believes the Liberal Republicans and
Southern Democracy will all support
Greeley, and that fact will exert power
full influence upon the Northern Democ-
racy. The North, South, East and West
are for him. The Germans seem for him
enthusiastically, and he is likely to carry
the Irish vote 1t only remains for the peO-
pie to elect him.


The Tribune in an editorial tomorrow,
evidently written by Mr.. Greeley himself,
will say: We make no comment on the
ticket presented at Cincinnati. The plat
form has been to us throughout the object
of much greater sOlicitude. Our interest has
centered IN what should be said bearing on
protection and free trade. There is an
honest and serious difference among Repub-
licans and RefOrmers on this question. Our
convictions are strong on one side. Others,
at least equally patriotic aud intelli-
gent, hold opinions antagOnistic to ours.
We did not want the convention to
say that we were right We did not
see to what profit it could pronounce in the
wrong. To declare for either protection or
free trade would repel some, perhaps many,
from the support OF the Liberal movement,
while it would win over no opponent to that
movement. We therefore urged the con-
ventiOn simply to remit this question to the
people as one on which we were not agreed,
asking them to pronounce Judgment thereon
in the choice of members of Congress. by
whom, and not by the executive, it must be
This view, we rejoice to say.
has prevailed, but its prevalence is no
triumph over free trade, much less
over revenue reform, be that what
1t may. 1t is simply q reference of the
whole subject to the people, unpreiudiced
by dlctum of the convention. If the ma
jOrity are for free trade. or against, they
are IN no wise precluded by the Liberal
platform from making their Judgment
known and respected. On the contrary,
they are eXhOrted to do so, with an assnr-
ance that their wishes thus authenticaIlv
expressed shall not be OverbOrne by exeeu-
tive power. This is as we think it should
be, and we do not see why any who have
lalth IN the people should be alienated or
offended by such reference of the subject
Year: 1872




The New York Tribune of Tuesday had
this double-leaded editorial:


If there is any trouble at Cincinnati it is
from the Vaccinations of nominating rings.
We beg to say Just one thing to this con
ventiOn-the biggest thing before the coun-
try Is the question of the honest men
against the thieves. What the country
sOrely needs and imperatiyely demands is
reform in the administration of govern
ment. This is not TO be attained by com
blnatiOns of worn out political hacks to
secure the nomination Of some candidate
for President who may suit their peculiar
wants and views. The Tribune has no can
didate; it asks tor no particular man: but
1t does ask the choice of some man whose
name shall symbolic the national move
ment for reform. If the Cincinnati con
ventlon gives US this, it is a success if, In-
stead, 1t gives us mere candidate Of the
politicians, it is not only failure, but a
farce. The eyes of the whole country are
to-day on Cincinnati; tomorrow they NAV
be somewhere else, unless Cincinnati seize
its opportunity. We ask from that conven-
ton candidate whose name shall be itself
platform. There are half a dozen such
shall We have one OF them!


The Tribune of Wednesday was to con.
tain an editorial Of which the following is
an extract:


Certain journals speculate on the proba-
bility that the Tribune would support this
or that candidate if nominated at CincIr.-
natl. They have no data and no warrant
for saying that we should object to any Of
the persons named. We have said that if
the convention should see fit to place its
candidates on platform hostile to the pro
lection OF home industy 1t would thereby
preclude our supporting them; and vet we
have not said that they might not wisely do
what would cOnstrain us to oppose their
If a majority Of the American
people want free trade, they ought to have
II, no matter though this or that individual
be dlspledsed thereat. In that case candi-
dates who respond to the general aspiration
can do without the support of this or that
newspaper. We have only urged the con-
ventiOn to use language that unequivOcally
expresses its meaning. If that meaning be
free trade, let there be no mistake and no
dispute about it. We shall in no case dis
semble or qualify our convictions that pro
lection has strengthened and enriched our
country; that it has saved us from com
mercial collapse and crash, consequent on
the close of our civil war and that it now
gives work at good prices to hundreds of
thousands who, under free trade, would be
in quest OF employment, and to
accept half the wages they now earn. But
whether The Cincinnati convention shall en-
able us to approve or Oblige us to condemn
is action, our resolve never more to deserve
lie name Of party organ will stand
Year: 1872

All Quarters Friendly to Him-No AntngO-
nism Against Him-KindIing the Fires


of 1S4O-An Overwhelming Victory
Assured.


The Cincinnati Enquirer "a Democratic
Journal) had this remarkably correct edi-
tOrial in its issue of Wednesday morning:


1t was impossible to mistake the tone of
sentiment everywhere yesterday manifested
on the matter of the approaching nOmina-
ton. The marked favor into which the
name of Mr.. Greeley has grown in the last
twenty-fOur hours is the most pronounced
bait yet developed in the extraordinary
gathering in this city. We find a rapidly
increasing feeling in his behalf, confined to
no State or section, but coming from all
quarters of the Union; and what is still
more significant, no antagOnism. While the
friends of the other candidates push their
cause with zeal and fervOr, no one has an
unklnd word to say against the philosopher
and statesman Of the Tribune. His
friends are earnest and enthusiastic, and
declare that with him as the candidate
the fires of 1910 would be kindIed and an
overwhelming victory be assured It is
claimed that he would poll from so 600 to
lOU,OOO Republican votes in Pennsylvania
and more IN New York, and that in Ohio
and the West generally his name would
excite great enthusiasm. Southern dele
gates assert that he is the strongest Of al
the candidates suggested in that section,
and affirm that with him they could secure
l2O electoral votes. 1t is noticeable that he
is the second choice of the friends of all
the candidates, and at this hour it looks as
though Mr.. Greeley would be nominated,
but no one can tell what a day may bring
forth. One thing, however, we will say,
that should he receive the candidacy of
this convention, in our Judgment the White
House will be "To Let in November.


All the predictions of the Enquirer will,
we are convinced, prove to be correct.
Year: 1872

Cold BARNS w hat showing would
the cost of winter feed of his animals
make on the account-book. if the farmer
kept one He would find that large
portion of his feed had become dissipa.
ted 10 the frozen air of the north wind ;
that a good portion OF hay or corn had
gone to melt ice or snow and evaporate
cold rain water, and what was left after
these things had been done, had barely
sufficed to keep life sn his beasts. For
in this case. philosophy science,o or book
learning, call it whatever you will, is
thoroughly corroborated by practice.


If two beasts are fed alike, except
that one is kept we'll stabbed and the
other out of doors exposed to the cod,
The ore thus exposed will consume just
double the amount that the other will,
and will be in worse condition beside.
Every man who keeps cow knows this
to some extent. though may not know
the exact figures. Here we give the
exaot fgures-they are the resIlt oI
a careful experiment made by o careful
feeder: Two lots of sheep (of FIVE each,
were selected, of equal weight aud con
ditioos. One lot was kept out of doors
and unsheltered, the other kept in {
close pen. The lot unsheltered ate 1917
pounds of turnips against $50 pounds
eaten by the other lot The gain il
weight was % pounds per head in th'
first, 28 pounds per head in the second
The profit can be figured out by any mar
wto knows what turnips and mutton ar
worth. Had not the feeding been yer.
abundant some of the exposed sheel
would have died And yet sheep vii
stand more exposure than calves 0
heifers, or even full grown cattle. Not
withstaLding all this, every winters da.
one may see young calves bumped u
and stitfcned with cold, shaking 10 tn


keen breeze, and their owners knowins
at the same time that years growt


is thus frozen out Of them. This come
! of not figuring up profit and loss.
Year: 1872

TO the EdffOr OF the Tribune.


SIR: If understand the editorial on Lunacy
Commitment" in THE TRIBUNE OF Aug ~. rightly, you
imply that in Massachusetts any commitment without
the regular nateO inqrendO by jury, Is defective and
Illegal This Is not To commit person 10 an Insane
asylum in Boston presume II s the same else where h
the State IL Is only necessary that two physicians in
regular standing should appear before the Judge oi
Probate with blank form. properly ned out stating
the patients age, status IN society duration, character
and probable cause, If known OF the disease, and other
details bearing the medical history OF the Tho
oath is then administered to each physician, AMI tho
Judge makes any inquiry he may t. The e1ataina-
ton, If the physicians known 10 the Judge Il usually
merely formal questioning 70 how recently they
have the patient aad whether they have any doubt
his insanity, and whether the statements contained
the blank above alluded to true. This all that Is
necessary II the patient is able to be brought 10 tho
courthouse il is generally considered necessary hut
as rule this is rarely done. The Judge except m cases
where there is question 10 tue insanity on iAa
expedency Of committing 10 the as uni rarely n eyefs
sees the patient MI


Boston, Aug. 80, 1871