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Year: 1872

Fight your own battles. Hoe your
own row. Ask mo- favors of any one,
and you'll succeed five thousand times
better than one who is always beseech-
inc some ones influence or patronage.
No one will ever help SOU as you caa
help yourself, because no one will be 81
heartily interested in your affairs. The
first step will not be such long one,
perhaps; but carving yourown way up
the mountain, you make one lead 10
another, and stand firm in that while
you chop still another out.


Men who have made fortunes are
not those who have had five thousand
dollars given them to start with but
boys who have started fair with we'll
earned dollar or two. Men who have
acquired fame have never been thrust
into popularity by pulls begged or paid
for, or given in friendly spirit. They
have outstretched their own hands and
touch the public heart.


Men who win love do their own WOO
inf and / never knew a man fail 50
signally as one who induced his alice
tionate grand-mamma to speak good
word for him. Whether you work for
fame, for love, for money, or for any
thing else, work with your hands and
heart any brain Say Il will, and
some day you will Never iee
and man have to say, Il have draggea
you up. Too many friends sometimes
hurt q man more than none at ALL
Grace Greenwood.
Year: 1872

No man is q gentleman who, without
provocatioD, would treat with incivili-
iy the humblest of his species. 1t is
vulgarity for which no accomplishment
of dress or address can ever atone.
Show us the man who desires to make
all around happy, and give cause of Of
fence to no one, and we will show you
q true gentleman, though he may new
er have worn a suit OF broadclOth, no
ever have seen . lexicon. We are
proud to. say, for the honor of our spor
cies, there are men In every throb e-f
whose hearts IL . solicitude for the well
fare of mankind, and whose every
breath Is periumed with kindness.
Year: 1872

The weekly statement of the associated banks is
unfavOrable owing to the locking up Of greenbacks
by the operators at the Stock Exchange and the
withdrawal Of legal tenders by the Treasury. The
small line OF foreign imports during the week has
enabled the banks to make gain in their specie
item. The deposits have increased over three mil
lions rejecting the return OF currency to the city
from tho interior, while the loans have been en-
larged nearly two millions. The statement com
pares with its predecessor 0i last weak as fol-
Year: 1872




SUNDAY, Dec. 8, 1879.


The course OF prices in Wall street during the
week has been affected by the tenor Of the several
State papers presented to Congress at the begin
ing of tho session on Monday and the development
OF great stringency in


THk MONEY MARKET.


The Washington reports were not OF the usual
roseate character Of such documents, and their
plain and frank speaking on several Of the leading
financial topics OF the time were not calculated to
encourage the speculation for rise at the STOCK
Exchange. In the first place the confession of
inability to make any further reduction Of the
taxes was q powerful influence OF itself against
buoyancy in the stock market, and the enunclation
Of the fact by the President in his Message was
followed by sudden decline In prices, especially
as the Secretary Of the Treasury followed with
recommendations to fix limit to the amount Of
currency to be allowed under


THE NATIONAL BANK SYSTEM,


the virtue of which system is rather lin decreasing
than in augmenting it's monopoly Of the banking
facilities Of the country Had Mr.. Boutwell, recon-
mended free banking instead OF asking to be al
lowed to reserve to the Treasury the power Of ex-
panding or contracting the volume of tho our
rency at pleasure, he would have struck the moro
popular sentiment on this important subject.
We're tho national bank system aalswed
to permeate tho whele country lt
would provide cursency xhArs needed, ana
by causing contracttoa ef grssabacks In tho way
of reserve, would hasten eur progress TO speole
payments. Again. the prominence Of Western
Union Telegraph stock in Wall streethAs given Il
more or less influence upon the general market,
and hence Its weakness under the recommends
tions Of the Postmaster Generation -@,se- go
Year: 1872

We earnestly entreat every young
man, after he has chosen his Voca-
ton. TO stick to il. Don't leave IL
because hard blows are to be struck,
or disagreeable work performed
Those who have worked their way
up to wealth and usefulness do not
belong to the shifless and unstable
class, but may be reckOned among
such as took of their coats, rolled
up their sleeves, conquered their
preiudices against labor, and man
FULLY bore the heat and burden OF
the day. Whether upon the old
farm, where our fathers, toiled dill
gently, striving to bring the soil 10
productiveness; in the machine shop
or factory, or the thousand other
business places that invite honest
toll and skill, let the motto ever be ;
Perseverance, and industry. Stick
to enc thing boys, and you win have
success.
Year: 1872

There comes time when we grow oio'
And like a sunset down the sea,
STONES gradual, and the night wind cold
Comes whispering sad and ehillingiy;


And locks are gray


As winters day,
And ewes Of saddest blue behind
Tke leaves all weary drift away,
And lips Of faded cOrrl say,
There comes a time when we grow old
There comes time when joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leaps the laughing main'
Are dead TO all save memory,
As prisoner in the dungeon chain;


And dawn Of Gay


Hath passed away,
The moon hath into darkness relied,
And by the embers wan and gray,
1 hear voice in whisper say,
There comes a time when we grow old
There comes a time when manhood's prime
Is shroud d in the mist Of years,
And beauty, fading like dream,
Hath passed away in silent tears;


And then, how dark!
But, oh, the spark,
That kindled youth TO hues OF gold,
Still burns with clear and steady ray,
And fond affections, lingering, say,
There comes a time when we grow old.
There comes time when laughing spring
And golden summer cease to be,
And we put on the autumn robe,
So dread the last declivity;
But now the slope,
With rosy Hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold,
Another dawn with fairer light,
| While watches whisper thro' the night,
| There comes a time when we grow Old
Year: 1872

II must be borne in mind that alI
the foibles attributed to woman are
hut the characteristics of mankind
in general. 1t is said there is moth
ing fixed, immutable, and steadfast
in the character Of woman. True
il is, most true, that they are as
chan2eable as hght-as huctuatlng
as the shadow of q summer sea-
But are not men-particularly the
more youthful part-at least the
more sensitive, the more poetical-
as changeable, as capricious! But
this very love of change and variety
is the consequence of a quick, apt,
sensitive and precipitate nature; and
such a nature is woman's as il shows
itself in everything she does
Whose mind is struck so forcibly as
hers by the striking and brilliant i'm
age traced out by painting and poe
try? Whose eye so quick as hers for
color? Whose ear so formed for
the changes and vibrations OF
sound?


Her only attachment is home, and
that she carries about with her,
/ Her vitality is untouched; her sym
\ pathies are unhurt by the influences
/ of foreign customs, or of strange


sky and air. La her youth she may
/ have blossomed about the doorway
| of a cottage; in after life she may bC


transplanted to a house in the city


made to breathe the hot and crow
/ ded air-tO bask in the artifcia


suushine-in the shadow, in tn,


smoke, and in the thick atmospher,
of q town. But even there she i
happy-even there she i maxim:


sweet everything she touches, anC


shedding light and cheerfulness ol
: every side of her. Her couatenanc


is as pleasant as ever. Her playful


laughi is heard as of yore.
Year: 1872

It is easy to be nobody, and we
will tell how to do it. Go TO the
drinking saloon TO spend your leis-
ure time. You need not drink
much now; just little beer, or some
other drink. In the mean time play
dOminoes chequers, or something
else to kill time, so that you will be
sure not to read useful books If
YOU read, let it be dime novels Of
the day. Thus go on keeping your
stomach full and your head empty,
and yourself playing time-killing
games, and few years you'll be mo-
body, unless (as ii is quite likely
you should turn out a drunkard or a
professional gambler either OF which
is worse than nobody, There are
any number Of young men hanging
about saloons, just ready to grada-
ate and be Olympia


ErhO
Year: 1872

Under this head comes the prac-
tice of making speech vary accord
ing to the person spoken 10; of pre-
tending to agree with the world
when you do not; Of not acting ac-
cording to what is your deliberate
and well advised opinion because
some mischief may be made Of il by
persons whose judgment in the mat
ter you do not respect; of maiRtain-
ing q wrong course for the sake OF
consistency; of encouraging the
show of intimacy with those whom
you never can be intimate with; and
many things of the same kind
These practices have elements OF
charity and prudence as well as fear
and meanness in them. Let those
parts corresponding to fear & mean
ness be put aside. Charity and pru-
dence are not parasitical plants


which require poles of falsehood to
climb up upon;extremely difficult II
| the mixed things of this world tC


act truly and kindly toO;-but there
| in lies one of .he trials of man, that
mis- sincerity should have kindness
| in 1t, and his kindness truth.
Year: 1872

WEIGHT AND MEAsURE.-"A
pint is q pound the world around,
runs an old adage; still we don't ex-
aetly see why our grOcers and ira
ders persist in adhering TO the I'M
practicable system of measure, IN
stead of weight in handling goods.
There are so many articles that can
not be conveniently measured, and
others that ought not TO be, that IL
seems singular that some agreement
is not entered into among retailers
by which the measure Of value shall
be determined by the unerrinG test
of weight. II is well enough, per-
hans, that lumber should be rated
by the measurement, but IL does not
that a peck of ruta-bagas, only one
of which can be got into a measure,
should be thus valued. Nor is there
any propriety in buying and selling
eggs by the dozen or fruit by the
quart. There seems TO be no good


reason why vegetables Of various
descriptions should be sold by the


bushel, peck or half peck, any more
than tea, coffee or sugar by the
quart. If eggs are sold by count
why not poultry, pigs and even beef
cattle? The principle is the same,


and there is comparatively as much
difference in the size and weight OF


eggs of fowls or animals. In some


parts of the country, at the South


and West, the word bushel and
quart is never heard in market, but
| All commodities are sold by weight.
Year: 1872

The icy breath Of wintry winds


Congeals the rivers CLASSY breast,
And with the opening of the year


The world puts on its snowy vest.
The jovial skater wings his way


Along the frozen pond or stream,
AMI merry sleighbells Ill the air


With music, like pleasant dream.
Year: 1872

The rumor that Senator Logan in
tended to take sides with Grant and
at an early day deliver speech IN
the Senate advocating Grants re-
election, is without foundation. He
stated that il was not his intention
to deliver a speech in the Senate IA
the interest of any candidate, and
that, until the different conventions
were held, he would not speak on the
subject.
Year: 1872

A good practical education, inclu-
ding a good trade, is better outfit
for 4 youth than q grand est tie with
the drawback of an empty mind
MANY parents have slayed and pinch
eJ "a cave their children rich, when
half The s1m thus lavished would
have Drofited them far more had it
been devoted to the cultivation of
their minds, the enlargement Of their
capacity to think, observe and work.
Tba one structure that no neighb0r-
hood can afford TO do without, is the
school-houss.
Year: 1872

SELF TAUGHT,-Many men are
said to be self-taught. No man was
ever taught in any other way. DO
you suppose man to be a bucket,
to be hung on the wall Of knowl-
edge and pumped full? Man Is a
creature that learns by the exerton
of his own faculties. There are aids
TO learning of various kinds But
no matter how many Of these a man
be surrounded by, after all, Ihe
learning is that which he acquires
himself; and whether he Is in col
lege or out of college, in school or
out of school, every man must edu-
cate himself; and in our times and
in our community, every man has
the means of doing il.
Year: 1872

Be YOU to others kind and true,
AS you'd have others be to you,
And neither do nor say to men
Whate'er you would not like again;
But if men do and say TO you


That which is neither kind nor true,
Take a good stick, and say 70 men,
scDnn,t say or do that same AGAIN.
Year: 1872

Nothing on earth can smile but
human beings. Gems may flash re-
fiected light, but what is a diamond
flash and mirth fash? A face that
cannot smile is like bud that can
not blossom, and dies upon the stalk.
Laughter is day, and sobriety IL
night: and a smile is the twilight
that hovers gently between both,
and more beWitching than either.
Year: 1872

Practical Education-The Great Utility of


the Institution-The Study and application


Of Mechanic Arts-A Lesson for the Aqri-


cultural College.


BOSTON, May 1, 1872.
To the Editor Of the Press:


So many Of your readers are interested in
the matter of practical education that
may presume place to be open in your col
umns for brief account of visit of an ''oc-
casional correspondent" to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.


By way of preface, however, allow me to
remark that this institution is one of the re-
suits of a growing discomfort with what has
been, or, too generally, still is, the course of
instruction and education provided for the
American people.


The common school graduates seven-eighths
of its pupils with rather too much of ar;tb-
metic, quite too little Of available grammar.
enough of geography, and of course. an abil-
ity to read and write. 1t is only recently
that an attempt has been made to qualify
these boys and girls for practical occupations
OF life by the introduction of Drawing, "a
study which cultivates the sight and taste
and touch, and so lays foundations for higher
successes in all the mechanic arts. This is
very important step in advance. fit be true,
as hear, that ''mechanical drawing Is to be
made one of the required studies in your
High School, then this, and with the previous
practice in free-hand-drawing, secured in the
lower grades, will add cery much to the
equipment for practical life with which our
High School graduates, both boys and girls,
will go out into ''life." But more than this
is really needed. Some of your boys are going
to college, and they get the necessary prepa-
ration. Some are going into business -
and they get theoretical knowledge of book
keeping. Other some-and these the major
ity, perhaps-are to be engaged in the thou
sand and one varieties Of manufacture, as
makers Or traders, and for these no prepare
ton is provided, other than the Drawing just
spoken OF In every class graduating at your
High School, an among the hundreds who
must be content with the teaching gwen
them in the grammar schools, there are those
who could become, if only even started Alright,
Year: 1872

The Journal de Romy, in contradicting the
report as to the dinner given by the Pope to
the Prince and Princess of Wales, states that
almost the only guest ever seen at the table of
his holiness is black cat named Moretto.
the same plate as his master, and of being ca
ressed by the august hand which dispenses so
many benedictlons. The cat is indeed so
fond of the Pope, that he news piteously
when etiquette and ceremony neceseitate a
temporary separation. When the pope cele-
brates mass or gives an audience, Moretto il
placed under lock and key, for fear that he
should suddenly make his appearance by his
masters side
Year: 1872

TO those who have funds to in
vest; and to those who wish to in
crease their income from funds nj
ready invested i'm other securities,
we recommend Northern Pacific
Seven-thirties. Bearing Seven and
Three-tentI,s "a 3-IO) gold interest,
and secured by a First Mortgage ON
both the Road and a Land Grant
Of great extent and value, they
combine unusual PrOfitabIeness
with unquestiOnable Security.


The proceeds of all sales of
Land are required to be devoted by
the Trustees Of the bOndhOIders as
Sinking Fund to the purchase
and cancellation Of the first mort
gage bonds, or temporarily to the
payment of interest thereon, ifnec-
essary. This provision will make
the Railroad Company itseIfa con-
stHAt anu meaVy purchaser Of its
own securities i'm the open market
from the time the read is cOmplet-
ed until the bonds mature or are aII
bought i'm. The effect Of this will
naturally be a steady rise i'm the
value of the bonds.


The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company will, during the present
month of April, offer for sale and
settlement about Two Million
Acres Of its Lands in Minnesota,
and many thousand acres are al
ready taken and applied for. Thus
the immense landed estate of the
Company begins at once to be
available.


For further particulars concerning this bond or
purchase of the same inouire of
Year: 1872

The highly respectable and quiet cat of Mr..
OMeara of Kentucky was lately sacrificed to
the vindictiveness of fash of lightning,
which sought her out under the stove, while
four people in the room were unhurt.
Year: 1872

Two Bennington girls went into the woods
for picnic on Saturday, taking with them a
bunch of cigarettes with which they intended
to learn to smoke. A few puffs made them
dizzy, and dropping their lights the woods
were fired and with difficulty extinguished
Year: 1872

The mild and peaceful oyster, digged from
the bowels of the harmless earth is a cause of
strife and discord between the two sister SOW
ereignties of Maryland and Virginia. If now
pungy from the former shore drops a rake,
an armed tug-boat from Virginia gobbles and
tOWs her in
Year: 1872

Thiers is making Paris politics lively with
dinners he remembers the famous banquets
parade about him. When he comes in from
Versailles he calls the first hack he comes to
and awaits no carriage or ceremony The
evening reception after the dinners are open
to all. The doors of the Elysee are open to
every conner in dress-coat and white gloves
He has but to announce himself, give his
card and name to prepared civil lackey, and
60 straight to the presence of the smiling,
courteous president, in the central receiving sa-
loon, or not 60 to him at all.
Year: 1872

To SwEETEN THE BREATH. From
six to ten drops Of the, concentrated
solution of the chloride Of soda, in
a wine-glassful ofpure spring water,
taken Immediately after the. ablu-
tons of the morning are completed,
will sweeten the breath by disin-
fecting the stomach, which, far
from being injured, will be benea
fitted by the medicine. If necessa-
ry, this may be repeated Id the
middle of the day. In some cases
the odor arising from carious teeth
is combined with that Of the stom-
ach. If the mouth is well rinsed
with a teaspoonful of the solution
of the chloride in q tumbler of
water, the bad odor of the teeth
will be removed.
Year: 1872

SWEET PIcKLEs.-For each nine
pounds of fruit, take three pounds
of sugar, one pint of vinegar, and
one half ounce of cloves. Put the
sugar and vinegar together in a
preserving kettle, let them come to
a boil, then put in cloves, ground
if for apples; if for peachss or to-
matoes, put two whole cloves IN
each, or more as you like. Put
your fruit into the strap, let it boil
until it cracks open, then lift it out
carefully, boil down the juice, and
pour it over them. As the juice
gets thinner by standing, drain it
off, and boil it down as much as
you can conveniently, pouring it
over the fruit again.
Year: 1872

The BOILERS CONVENTIONAL
very small and select number Of
gentlemenin n the State have felt it
Incumbent upon their patriotic i'm
pulses to call a Boilers Convention
in Atlanta on the Goth instant.
They appear to have reckoned
without their host in attaching the
names of certain gentlemen to this
call who are not in sympathy with
this movement, and who, in order
to set themselves right on the ques-
ton, have necessarily exposed the
desperate strait to which the small
tea-party of "straight-outs" were
reduced to secure signatures enough
to justify the publication Of their
cali for a convention. The call, as
it stood, with only twenty names
attached-the majority Of the sign
ers without distinction or influence
outside of their individual bailiwick
was too thin to be accepted as
representative of the feeling of any
considerable portion Of the Democ-
racy of the State, who faithfully
support the authorized action of
their representatives in the recent
State Contention and at Baltimore.
-Auausta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Year: 1872

FLOATING IsLAND.-Put into q
clean sauce pan one quart of milk;
when it has been on the stove long
enough to become nearly hot, add
to it the beaten yolks of three eggs,
and stir until it becomes as thick
as cream. Do not let it boil then
strain through a small seive, sweet.
en- and flavor to the taste, and SET
it in a cool place till wanted. Put
the whites Of three eggs into a large
vegetable dish, with two table J,
spoonfuls of currant or other jelly
to each egg-that is, six tablespoon
fuls to the three eggs-and six ia:
blespoonfuls of white powdered
sugar. beat the whole until it re-
sembles thick, white paint or thin
putty in consistency-perhaps an
hour or more; do not stop too soon.
Just before dinner drop the islands
on the custard and it will make a
delicious dessert; try it.-RmaI
Mep Yorker.
Year: 1872

Eox-sMok1Ne CHIMKEYs. TO
build a chimney 50 that it will not
smoke, the chief point is to make
the throat not less than four inches
broad and twelve long then the
chimneys should be abruptly en-.
larged to double the size, and SO
continue for one foot or more;
then it may be gradually tapered
off as desired. But the inside Of
the chimney, throughout its whole
length to the top, should be plas-i
tered very smooth with good NOR
tar, which will harden with age.
The area of a chimney should be
at least half a square foot, and no
fue less than sixty square inches.
The best shape for a chimney is
circular or many.sided, as giving
less friction (brick is the best mate
rial, as it is a non-conductor) and
the higher above the roof the bet
|ter.-Seiengc american.
Year: 1872

! Half the people do not seem to
realize that the chest Of q horse


needs covering quite as much as
his back. They think it only me-
cessary when they stop in the street
to throw an old ragged blanket or
piece Of carpet over his loins, and


leave the rest of his body exposed.
1t would be a poor overcoat for a
man that only covered his back,
and a horse has a chest and langs


as well as human being. It is


due to the horse, and is for the best
interest of the owner, to provide q


good blanket, covering chest, ahoul-
ders and back. ~
Year: 1872

The meeting of the ladies of the Mon
umental Association occurred yesterday
at the appointed hour, in the lecture
room of the Presbyterian church. Mrs.
NJ. G.. Galloway, having previously re-
signed, was again unanimously chosen
TO preside over the meeting, with a re-
quest that she act as Permanent Chair
man. This she declined, but said she
would cheerfully act till a successor
might be elected-tbat she had served
in this capacity 50 long that she felt that
some Others should serve in turn. That
she would ever be found in the future
among the active working members of
this sacred Organization.


This meeting, though not largely at
tended, was characterized by that zeal
and earnestness that augurs well for the
future of its objects, For the purpose
of efficiency in Its plans Colonel w, H.
Taylor, Of our city, ,sand one of the most
gallant defenders of the dead cause and
the living faith, was chosen the bust
ness manager of the monumental fund.
He was Instructed to solicit and receive
donations for this fund, and the MEM
bers there reOrganized with a view to Sc
cure the prompt erection of the monu-
ment in Emwood Cemetery over the