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Year: 1873

There is a great difference between hav-
ing poison and being poisoned. All apoth-
ecaries, almost, have poison to use upon
divers occasions but yet they are not poi
soned, because they have not poison in their
bodies, but in their shops so thou mayest
have riches without being poisoned by
them, if thou keep them in thy purse or in
thy house, and not in thy heart, To be
rich in effect and poor in affection is the
greatest happiness of a Christian; for he
hath by that means the commodity Of riches
for this world, and the merit Of poverty
for the world to come. If thou desire ar
IDENTIFY and solcitously the riches which
thou hast not, it is not folly to say that
thou wouldst not have them unjustly; for
thou dost not cease to be covetous for all
that If thou affect much the goods which
thou hast, if thou be much troubled about
them, setting thy heart and thoughts upon
them, and fearing with vexing and impa-
tient fear to lose them, believe me, thou
hast also some kind of fever. 1t is i'm
possible to take great pleasure in anything,
without setting our affection too much upon
it.-De Sales.
Year: 1873

Though the temptation to any sin
whatsoever should last an our life, it could
not make US unpleasing to the Divine
majesty, so that it delights us not an that
we give no occasion to it-De Sales


There is no war between the parts of
the human mind and Cother things being
equal) he who best loves God will, with
most uutiring energy and singleness of pur-
pose, pursue whatever good work his genius
has fitted him for.-NocmaR.


Those that can look with dry and Ut.
displeased eyes upon another's sin, never
truly mourned for their own. 1t is a god
less heart that does not find itself concerned
in Gods quarrel and that can laugh at
that which the God of Heaven frowns at
Bishop Hall.


No life can be low where great ends
are followed and the spirit that will not
work its mission within the trammel of cir.
cumstance, will never be true servant of
that Master who came TO found kingdom
Of heaven upon earth, and who found to as
sociate with him in the work men of another
spirit than his own, and even the traitor
who sold away his lile.-J. H. Thorn.
Year: 1873

Until recently have made the shirts
for my boys open in front OF course the
bosoms were easily soiled by being buttoned
and unbuttoned so much, and as they were
quite stiff with starch aud the button-holes
unyielding they soon gave way at the ends
and became ragged. Now | have their
shirts open behind, and find they wear and
look much better. | make couple Of but
ton holes in the bosom for pearl studs, which
are put in when the shirt is put on, and not
removed till it goes into the soied clothes
basket. The bosom is made whole, or in
one piece, and stitched on to the body oi
the shirt. 1t is lined with muslin. This
makes it wear better and makes il sitter
when starched, and that is what boys and
men like equally wcll.-Kate H'ani5ee.
Year: 1873

The following cure for neuralgia is given by the Newark Gazette, and is we'll worth trying. The article reads: "A friend of ours, who suffered horribly from pains from Deural- gia, hearing of a noted physician in Germany, who invariably cured the disease, crossed the ocean and visited Germany for treatment He was permanently cured after a sojourn, and the doctor freely gave him the simple remedy used, which was nothing but poul- tice and tea made from our common and field thistle. The leaves are macerated and used on the parts afflicted as poultice, while small quantity of the leaves are boiled down to pint, and small wine glass of the decoction drank before each meal" Our friend says he has never known it to fail of giving relief, while in almost every case it has effected sure cure.
Year: 1873

There is nothing which contributes more to the sweetness of life than friendship; there is nothing which disturbs our repose more than friends, if we have not the discernment to choose them we'll
Year: 1873

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 failing to perform my obligations as such bidder.
Year: 1873

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 made in good faith, and with tho intention to en. ter Into contract and perform the service in ease said bid shall be accepted and that the sigma. iGres Of tue guarautors thereto are genuine, and
Year: 1873

Discussing with my wife the great
advantages of conversational powers
and easy compositions as aids to
either sex las well as a great personal
gratifcation) in the journey of life,
she expressed great surprise that they
were not given more attention in t5e
education of youth, and were not
made regular studies in the public
schools of the country. Now, though
she and myself frequently disagreed
about trifes, and come sometimes,
almost to daggers' point, in this mat
ter we seemed to aggree perfectly and
wondered how it was that our Union
School in this place, controlled by
travelled and learned trustees, with q
new and intelligent Superintendent,
should not make these two features
of prominence. 1t would add to the





attractions of the school and increase
the interest of the pupils and the
public.


Two subjects might be given out
at the close of the week, and two
compositions written and read dur
ing the following week; or a short
composition might be written each
day. And then, at least one after
noon in the week should be given to
debating or discussing prominent
topics by those belonging to the
higher or more advanced classes.
This should be imperative on the
part of the teacher, and he should be
umpire, and correct errors OF gram
mar, history, or fact. This, it seems
to me, would be practical education.


Pro BoNo PUBLICo.


Yellow Springs, o.


= -[Xenia Torchlight
Year: 1873

The official announcement of the
bet1othal of the Grand Duchess Maria
Alexandrovna, only daughter of the
Gar of Russia, to the Duke of Edin-
burg, second son of Queen Victoria,
has brought out another episode in
the life of the Grand Duchess, which
is now the chief subject of gossip in
st. Petersburg. Itappears that about
two years ago the Gar conceived the
idea of marrying his daughter to the
Duke of Edinburgh, and as a prelim-
mary step. sent for young English
Professor in the University of st.
Petersburg, named Swayne, to teach
her English. The Duchess immedi-
ately fell in love with her teacher, and
informed him of it. For several
months he taught her English and
she taught him love, but one day the
Gar told her he should shortly take
her to German watering place to
make the acquaintance of her intended.
She informed him that would be un-
necessary, as she had already given
her heart and hand to Mr.. Swayne
Thereupon she was sent to her apart
ments, and Prof Swayne was sum-
moned and informed by the Gar
that he had better leave Russia i'm
mediately, which he did. The young
Duchess was inconsolable for long
time, and swore to her parents she
would never marry the Duke of
Edinburgh. When she was taken to
Germany she refused to meet her
intended, and during her recent so
journ with her mother in Italy, she
heaped continual sights upon his
head. Her repugnance, however, was
finally overcome, and now, instead Of
becoming plain Mrs. Swayne, she
will soon be Duchess of Edinburgh
How much comfort the Duke may
derive from the alliance is another
consideration.
Year: 1873

When you wish to know what the
weather is to be, go out and select
the smallest cloud seen. Keep your
eye upon it, and if it decreases, 1t
shows state of air which will be
sure to be followed by fine weather;
if it increases in size, take your great
coat with you, if you are going from
home, for falling weather is near.
The reason is this: When the air
becomes charged with electricity,
you will see every cloud attracting
all lesser ones toward it until it
gathers into shower, and, on the
contrary, when the fluid is passing
off, or difusing.. itself, then the large
clouds will be seen breaking into
pieces and dissolving.
Year: 1873




10 Arch, the English laborer, in a
speech at Newburg on the 18th, said
that f'if his life was spared until Au-
gust he should visit the States of
America" But it is no holiday ex-
cursion that he contemplates. He
further said, if he found there home
for the agricultural laborers of Eng
land he should tell them so, but if he
found that farmers in, America were
men who wanted both sides of the
bargain, and that the crows were as
black there as here, he should advise
them to stay in England. , If he
found America WIS the true home
for the workingman, where the son
of the poor man could sit down by
the children of the rich, write on the
same slate, and read out of the same
book, and where they could have full
electoral power, he would stand on
her shores until he had drained the
laboring serfs out of England, in or
der that he might settle in the fruit
full field of America, with its ninety
millions of acres yet untitled. And
he would do this until the farmers
of England were made to bite the
dust, if they refused to treat their
laborers like men. He hoped before
this time twelve months to make the
farmers of this country know the
worth of man. Although he was
ofhumble birth, and had only been
an agricultural laborer himself, he
had English blood, and an English
heart, and humane feelings; and he
would not see six hundred thousand
tillers of the soil in a state of slavery,
and Knocked by being told they were
free. He would traverse America
from one end to the other, if he lost
his life, in trying to raise the Eng
ish laborer, and would die gladly il
he could bring him into a state OF
| freedom.
Year: 1873

The Courier Journal furnishes the
following "answer to correspondence
A youthful correspondent desires to
know how we would like to sail with
Professor Wise on his balloon voyage
to Europe. If you will go, my dear
boy, and climb the least of the many
piles Of twenty-dollar gold pieces
that it would require to hire US tc
undertake such voyage, you vii
find that its summit is wrapped il
perpetual snow.
Year: 1873

DlScI0Seu.


During a thunder storm few days
since, a large oak tree in the Miami
valley was struck by lightning and
rent from top to bottom. In falling
apart the fragments disclosed skel-
eton, yellow with age, which instant
ly fell to pieces and scattered over
several feet of ground. With the re
mains was found few buttons of an
cient pattern and leather pocket
book well preserved. The pocket
book contained papers which discov-
cred the secret of the entombed skel-
eton. The remains were those of
Roger Vandenburg, a captain in the
revolutionary army and an aid to
General Washington. After partici-
pating in the privations of Valley
Forge and the retreat across the Jer-
seys he marched with st. Clair against
the Northwestern Indians. On No
vember 8, 1871, he was wounded and
captured, but managed to escape,
and, being closely pursued, took ref
uge in this oak tree. The hollow
tree gave him hiding place, and to
make his retreat still more secure
from observation he allowed himself
to drop into it. He had mistaken its
depth and when too late discovered
that he was walled in and without
the possibility of escape. He spent
the remaining hours Of his life in
writing an account of the manner Of
his Imprisonment and also of his suf
ferings, as he felt himself starving to
death. 1t is supposed that he must
have lived about eleven days. Now.
after nearly century has elapsed, his
secret is disclosed by an accident, and
the story of his death given to the
world.
Year: 1873

To show how easily the mind is puzzled by any
complication of statement, we once propounded
the following to gentleman: owes $780, and
admits the debt AS father dies intestate, and BIS
father takes the benefit of the bankrupt act Does
this discharge AS obligation to B? After no little
consideration of the problem, several of the compa-
nv decided that it did! 1t seemed to the friend
with whom we were arguing perfectly easy for any
intelligent person to throw out all the latter items
of the statement as having no possible connection
with the first but the test established the point for
which we were contending-that this could only be
mental effort to which some men were not equal
at the moment the question was asked.
Year: 1873

The willamette Valley Oregon
papers are making it lively for a Ger
tain Benton County divine. He has
been "bucking the tiger" and lost his
coin at three-card monte while on hi:
way East to attend the annual Con
ference of his church.
Year: 1873

An Oregon youth is accused OF
dressing up straw woman and Civ
ing it a sleigh-ride through the town,
after his bashful approaches had been
rebufed by the genuine articles
among his female acquaintance.
Year: 1873

The man who returned his neigh
boris borrowed umbrella, was seen,
day or two ago, walking in company
with a young lady who passed look
ing glass without taking a peep. II
is believed that they are engaged.
Year: 1873

Can taior's child be said to die of sheer neglect!
How can Won know whether tree is hollow or
not7 Ak it,


What is the difference between the engine driver
and a passenger who has lost the train? One Is
right in front, and the other is left behind.


When Shakspeare's mother wanted him to con
fess theft, what distinguished character did she
hold up before him? William Tell


Where might you expect to find cows pedigree
In cattle log.


If seven days make one week, how many day
will make one strong?


Could a temperance Oration be called water
spout?


What age is the most deceiving? The sausage
| Answer 10 Charade in last weeks News: Fam
Year: 1873

tion and acknowledged ability--men


who are qualified by enlightened


minds and hearts to Judge mercifally


yet justly Of the crimes of their fellow
men, sitting in the jury.


No! Ii there be lunatic al large
an ignoramus who does not know


enough to read the papers. and whose


mind would topple from Its balance If


he gave it the weight OF an opinion


the man is sure to be selected as being


benighted enough to sit in Judgment


upon the lunatic under arrest.
Why should not jurymen be elected


to office the same as judges, and not
only hold their Office for a length Of
time, but also be required to be well
qualified to fill IL.


They should be versed in law, 10


know what constitutes violation Of
the law in physiology, to know how


accountable man is by temperament


for his acts, whether he reallys.is coD,pos


mentis or not and in morals, that a


mans education and surroundings may
also be considered in judging his deed.


Surely the mind of man who sits
in Judgment upon his fellow man


should be of the broadest intelligence.
Ii such was the case, we should no


longer behold the pitiable spectacle of
twelve owl-like jurors sitting quietly


TO be hoodwinked and blinded BY
Keen and wiley lawyers, whom long
practice has skilled in the knowledge
of the human heart.


Another convenient mantle Of the
same sort as the insanity cloak is that
of Inonomania


A woman poisons one, two, half


dozen victims; but, poor thing, how
could she help it? Can you not see
that she is a monomaniac and not re-
sponsihle for such ecccntricities of
character as these.


She has an Irresistible penehaat for
poisons; q mania that way which inn
pels her to try certain physcal physio-
logical experiments upon unsuspecfing
victims. And, If they happen to die


under tho rather trying experiments,
why how can awoman possessed with


a mania be supposed TO help 1t, and be


held accountable


And SO her poisoned victims sleep


unavenged in their graves, while she
turns her thoughts TO fields and pas
lures new, and endeavors to invent
some new way of making a cup of tea


in which no tartar emetie can be dis
covered.


so rampant are the lunatics of the
present day that it is scarcely safe for


the most peaceable citizen to walk
through the streets or ride In the cars.
For who knows, in the early morning
when he sets forth upon the days du-
ties, but that the night shall flnd him
the victim to some madman's caprice.
Who knows but that the knife or
the bullet may be buried in his heart


by some ofthese so-called lunatics
Then, by all means, Ii lunatics are to
roam unmolested abroad, If murder is


to run riot in our very midst, why, let
some asylum ofsafety be provided for
the sane.
Year: 1873

Tho Banking Committee OF tho
House at Washington have reported
favorably upon the bill repeating the
usury clause Of the law relating to
National Banks. The bill, If enacted
into law, will enable banks to make
just such contract regarding interest
- they choose.
Year: 1873

The Dubuque Times 10 rantanker-
ously savage on the present General
Assembly; It says:


"In our judgment this Fourteenth
General Assembly, will 60 down to
posterity as the most conspiciously in.
competent and extravagant legislative
body that has ever sat In the State Of
Iowa."


ut has weighted The party friends
of the majority of ito members with
q burden that will be hard to bear, and
may sink them unless they decline to
carry 1t. For one we don't propose to
attempt to carry the load"


Now the Times did not formerly
think so badly Of tho Fourteenth Gem
eral Assembly. We recollsct when
the House last Winter curtailed . very
heavy expense in Topping oif papers to
the members and strove to cut OF tens
Of thousands more of expenditure, by
repeating or ct least greatly modifying
the Act providing for the publication
of the laws in newspapers, the Timer
did not second the efforts made in this
direction, but rather opposed such ac-
tion. More than this, its Des Moines
correspondent was permitted through
its columns, to bitterly and unwsrran-
tably assail those tmembers who urged
such retrenchment We remember
that the COURIER was the only daily
paper in the State which sustained
this move to cut down expenses
squarely.


The extra session has now accom-
plished the reform, and It may be
in so doing, have been rather too radi-
cal, yet not more 80 than might have
been expected, since large number of
the newspapers Of the State, 80 wan
tonly and 20 mercilessly scored those
members last Winter, who honestly
and candidly urged their view Of the
measure at that time. We hope that
the Tinsss has not gotten In its III hu-
NOR now, because Of the triumphant
success Of the men It abused last Win
ter.
Year: 1873

Railroad Investigations are In order
and the little squinting Of q cat In .
meal tub in connection with the Du.
buque & Sioux City railroad, and its
connection with the Union Pacific, has
awakened a desire for an investigation
in that direction. The grand old Re-
publican party always seeks to purify
itself, and IL there be wrong, let It be
laid bare to the full blaze Of MONDAY.
Year: 1873

A Scranton man who went home the
other evening, and found his house
locked up, after infinite trouble gained
entrance ut the back window, and tbea
discovered note on the table from
his wife, reading. Il have gone out.
you will find the key OH one side OF the
door STEP.
Year: 1873

DEATH A LIFTING UP.-I love to
think that what seems to be the mys-
terry of the silence Of death, which
envelopes so many that we loved on
earth, is not really mystery. Our
friends are separated from us because
they are higher than our faculties can
60. Our child dies. 1t is the last we
see of him or her. He is lifted so far
above us that we cannot follow HIM.
He was our child. He was Graded in
our arms but instantly, in the twink
ling of an eye, God took him up in
his own sphere. And we see him not.
But it is because. we are not yet de-
yeloped enough. We can see no
spiritual things with canal eyes. But
they who have walked with us here,
who have gone beyond us, and whom
we cannot see, are still ours. They
are more ours than they ever were
before. We cannot commune with
them as we once could, because they
are infinitely lifted above those condi-
tions in which we are able to commune.
We remain here, and are subject to
the laws of this realm. They are gone
where they speak higher language and
live in higher sphere. But this sill
enee is not the silence Of vacuity, and
the mystery is not the mystery Of dark
ness and death. Theirs is the glory;
ours the waiting for it. Theirs is the
realization; ours is the immaturity
striving to be ripe. And when the
day comes that we shall disappear
from these earthly scenes, we shall be
joined by them again not as we are
for we shall not be then as we were,
but as they are with God. We shall
be like them and him.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
Year: 1873

Let no man with dumb wife
ever approach her in stealthy man
ner. A New Haven man did this to
his dumb wife the other day, and now
she is telling him-not her love, but
other things not so pleasant to hear.
He frightened her so her speech was
restored; and he is not happy yet.
Year: 1873

Our experience and the history of
the past eighteen centuries incline us
to the belief that no matter how well
you treat shotgun, nor how You
bring it up, it will bang the stufling
out of you the very first time it gets a
chance.-St. Louis Democrat.
Year: 1873

We have no faith in anything that may have
emanatsd IN Madrid or Havana in regard to the
peaceful intentions of the Spanish government
On the contrary, we believe that the rulers nj
Madrid are IN accord with the rulers in Cuba
And it may be that the latter have been instructed
TO commit just such bloody work as thcy have
been guilty OF, in the hope Of concentrating the
national strength over foreign war. 1t is alt, .
gether probable that both sides IN Spain may be
found shouting for instead oi proposing peace.
The action Of the government will tend to hasten
matters. But the fear is that We are not able to
strike the heavy blows that hould fall swift and
sure
Year: 1873

PIFTsBURG, Pa, June IA collision
occurred on the Penn, Central Railroad
this morning which although of a serious
character did not result in serious injury to
any passengers. As the Pittsburg Express
was nearing Walls Station at the usual rate
of speed coal train from the Oak Hill
Mines ran across the track. The engineer
ofthe Express train applied the brakes,
but the distance was so short that the train
could not be checked. The engine plowed
through the obstructing train, scattering
the coal cars and piling them up on both
sides of the road. The engine attached to
the coal train was thrown from the track
and rolled over the emDsnkment into Tur-
tie creek. TIE engineer and fireman es'
capped with slight bruises. The Express
engine was disabled, but no further dam
age done to the train.
Year: 1873

LITTLE Rock, June 12.-lt having been
reported that Mr.. Brooks would issue
proclamation declaring himself Governor,
a Gazette reporter interviewed him this
evening on the subject. He stated there
was no foundation for the report whatever;
that he knew nothing of any intention TO
organize or attempt to set up a new State
Government, beyond the rumors be had
hoard
Year: 1873

A BALKY Horse. Yesterday afternoon q
fhadowy-lookinS horse took it, into his
head to tnlk in front of the post-otlice.
He would neither moTe forward nor back
ward. lie stuck rs closely to that spot as
though he had been Glued land his driver
looked on in silent despair, seemingly ma-
king his peace with tue world before giving
up the ghost. y prominent legal gentleman
OF this city came forward and yentured to
tart him by means of stutflng his
ears with fragments OF copy of
the Dispatch and blindfoldng him with
a supelannla,ed handkerchief. The old
quadruped merely worked the hapdker-
chiel off, but not a step did he bulge. 1t
was suggested by the festive legal gentleman
that the Dispatch in bic ears had enchanted
him and rooted him. A friend offered Us IN
amendment that the piece stuck in his right
ear contained the advertisement OF " Ca
tawba's sPeregrinatonS.' No sooner had the
last two words escaped his lips than the old
horse squared himself and started up the
street at brisk gallop. When last heard


from he was in the 'neighborhood of Ash
land, still moving onward, and grinning


from ear to ear at the idea OF the joke be
and Catawba had played on the assembled


mul itude in front of the rostofiice.