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Year: 1875

The members of the Geographical Con-
gress during their stay in Paris made
a trip through the famous sewers of
that city. The trip is an interesting
one, and unattended with the disagree
able trials which naturally suggest
themselves. The sewers are Eghte
with oil lamps, and bear the names OF
the corresponding streets above in
white and blue enameled letters, so that
the drainsmen always know where they
are. The voyage is divided into two
parts. one by rail and the other by wa,
ter. Half of the distance is made in neat
little railway cars. beautifully polished
and lit up with Oil lamps and globes,
which run along rails placed on the
curbstones of the drain over which you
ride, and which are drawn by men OF
either side. The other half is made in
barges, also elegantly lighted and
towed by men. The most trying feature
of the voyage is the want of air, bnt be.
yond this there is nothing that the or.
dinary tourist of both sexes cannot sup.
port without the aid of counteractine
remedies. The trip lasts about half ar
hour, and is sight to be seen by all
foreigners.
Year: 1875

AS n rule, it is not your noisy, de-
monstratlve character who is the most
courageous, but the quiet, cool, and
apparently timid and sensitive individ-
ual, who realizes the horrors of carnage,
but is soul-bound to duty and to the
canse he has espoused. We read q
battle incident not long ago, in which
an account is given of two soldiers
pressing eide by side in the deadly as
sault straight up hill into the muzzle
of hostile guns. Will catches glimpse
Of his comrade Toms deathly pale face
BY Jove," he whispers, "Tom. I be-
lIeve that you are afraid" "Afraid !"
exclaims Tom, Indignantly, "if yon
were half as afraid as 1 am, you wouI
have tainted long ago."


A friend of ours, who fought bravely
in the late war, makes no secret of the
fact that he ran away from the fight in
his first battle, and never stopped to
take breath until far from the scene of
carnage. Bnt when he returned to his
post all fear had left him, and he fought
like hero. Mere animal indifference
or stolidity is not bravery. and it is n
mistake to fancy that brave
men never feel terror, for few rush into
danger without feeling momentary
qualm; tbs in overcoming that fear
that true courage reveals itself. But
there is another kind of courage too
little appreciated by the werld-that
which is shown by the young man who
inheIibly refuses to drink whisky, or to
squander his time in sepseless and
costly lazin. SIS, or to fall into any of
the pleasant little vices that lie like
traps along our road. and which require
a great deal of courage to escape,
is very mnch Drawer than prize fighter
who submits to get beaten into bloody
and 6isfgured mass, or any profes sed
votary of the code of honor" who
goes out to be shot at by a bully. The
world should encourage true courage,
and give it the place it deserves.
Until it does so, we may not bs sur
prissd it mountebanks usurp many
positions, ard need not complain be
cause of the recklessness of coarse,
brutal men, and the insecurity of life,
or that thieves, liars, and murderers
greatly abound.
Year: 1875

An English journal, commenting up-
on the fact that machinery is now being
applied to the manufacture of watches
in France, gives the following brief
sketch OF one or two of the more ingen-
ious now in use at the famous watch
manufactures at Waltham, Masssachu-
sets. With regard to the common
notched or cog-wheels we learn that
they are first stamped in outline from
thin ribbons of metal. A number of the
disks thus formed are threaded on a
fine rod and clamped together. The bar
thus formed is placed in the tooth cut
ting machine, where a reciprocatipg
knife cuts a groove in it 4; the bar is
turned automatically sixtieth or other
portion of turn, according to the num-
the process is then repeated til the re-
quired number of teeth is formed. For
cutting the escapement wheel, with its
curiously formed teeth, a more elabor-
ate apparatus is required. Each tooth
requires six cuts to finish it. For this
purpose the little rod of steel disks is
fixed diametrically across a circular
plate, round the edge of which are six
knives, each mounted 30 as to be capa
blee of traversing across the plate. The
rod is acted on successively by these
knives, it being turned radially so as to
come opposite each in turn. When all
six have operated a sing'e tooth is COM
pleted, and the rod is turned on its axis
to present fresh surface to the knives.
This is continued till all the teeth are
finished, when the apparatus is auto.
matically throw ou- of gear. The jewels
are cut by saws of iron faced with dia-
mond dust, into proper shapes, and
drilled by a wire hair covered with dia-
mond dust, all by machines. Even the
scsews. of which 230 are made from a
thirteen-inch length of steel wire. the
waste being more than the amount &c
tually worked, are formed by q machine
which makes the thread nuts off the
screw, makes the slot in the thread, and
delieers the screw complete. About one
hundred and fifty thousand of these
screws go to the pound troy, SO that
the minuteness of the mechanism may
be imagined. All the rest of the watch.
except only tine dial. is constructed by
machines of equal delicacy. The dial
has to be painted by haud, though it
would seem as if SO simple a printing
operation ought to be done readily
enough by mechanism.
Year: 1875

In an account of his adventures in
the Upper Nile, Col. Long, of the
Egyptian army, says that the black
King of Mann Nam decapitated thirty
of his subjects in honor of the visitor,
who also accepted girl as royal gift.
Through an interpreter she said 81
want very much to go with you, but it
must be on condition that on will not eat
me-" The colonel said h., wouldn't eat
her on any consideration.
Year: 1875

WE PLEDGE our reputation on the as
sertinn that any educated physician, after a
careful examination of the recipe, will say
that Parsons Purgative Pills possess more
merit than any other pill now offered for sale.
Year: 1875

YTNHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


Il up in the most attractive style possible,
with view to the convenience and comfort
of patrons. The proprietor desires to call the
attention Of customers, friends and the public
to his superior stock of
Year: 1875

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is trying
season. Indications Of sickness should at once be
attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by al
lowing the bowels to become corstipated, and the
system to remain in disordered condition until
the disorder has time to develop itself. An ounce
of preventive Is worth pound of cure, Is an old
and truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
troubled with the complaints now very prevalent
headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want of
appetite nausea, feverish skin, to take, without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know Of no
remedy harmless and decisive its action. 1t at
strikes at the reot Of the disease and produces
healthy tone to the system. People never need
suffer from any disease arising from disordered
condition of the liver if they would take this excel
lent medicine when they feel the first indications
OF the malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four boxes Of
these pills with them. They have an almost in
ST. ntaneous effect They will relieve the patient Of
headache in one or two hours, and will rapidly
cleanse the liver of surrounding bile and will efec
tually prevent bilious attack. They are sold BY
all druggists.
Year: 1875

II is the opinion of some that there are two
kinds of the Clinton grape, the one seed
ling of the other-the seeding having double
or shouldered clusters. The writer has been
of opinion that there is but one kind, the diff
ference referred to resulting from cultivation.
He was led to this by somewhat extensive
and careful cultivation of this sort. One vine,
grown untouched for many years in tree,
acted very much like a wild grape-perfectly
hardy, prolific, with small clusters, berries
scattered and ripening unevenly and late,
with little or no shoulder. Being unacquain-
ted with it, you wuold say, upon viewing and
tasting it, that it was wild grape of the best
sort, though the writer has seen better.


Another vine which has received thorough
cultivation and care, is so different from the
other, that it seems another grape. 1t is so
prolific that more than half the punches
have be removed, and about half of the ber-
ries taken from each bunch, on account OF
the crowding, the cluster being ruined if this
is not done. Almost every cluster is double,
not shouldered, but forked, producing one
large and one smaller cluster, the latter from
a quarter to halt the size OF the other, and
sometimes nearly equaling it.


Now, these two vines are grown from wood
of the same old stock; hence the difference is
owing to treatment. The.fruit of the vine in
the tree is harsh and rather sour to the taste.





Weeter, with less OF the wild, foxy taste, a
pronounced spicy flavor, and strong teuity
relish. 1t is the farthest removed from the
insipidity so common in other sorts held in
high estimation. But the Clinton must not
only be ripened, but it must be rpened un-
der abundant heat, at the maturing period.
Then it will be sweet, ard its better qualities
will be developed, and then only in connec-
ton with high and careful culture.


The writer has given the Clinton almost all
kinds of cultivation and treatment, and it ad-
justs itself readily to the directing hand. The
best success, and that decidedly, has been
realized where the ground was well drained
from four to six feet in depth-a mixed soil of
gravel, sand, clay and humus, with finely
broken bones inserted among the roots; also
the application of wood ashes, and yearly
coat Of leaves for fall mulching, and garden
refuse, sprinkled with ashes, for summer
coat. The wood and fruit were kept in bal
ance, each of which showed great thrift. The
grape, after it is gathered, will improve by
Keeping, being superior keeper. 1t is best
in February and March, but will keep later.
No grape perhaps requires so much care to
develop its good qualities as the Clinton. The
common fault with those who grow this sort
is that they neglect to thin out the clusters.
To grow all is to fail with well-established
vine. With young vine, the first few years
of its bearing, it is different. But the quality
is not so good in young vine.


1t is always better to leave the vine on the
trellis; in no case lay it down, as it will al
ways stand the winter, however cold, if its
wood is ripenen, which 1t will be if there is
not too much fruit grown; otherwise the
cold will take it, whether buried or not.
Year: 1875

There were no kisses on familiar faces,
No weaving of white grave-clothes, no lost ponder
Over the still wax cheeks and folded fingers.
There was no putting tokens under pillows,
There was no dreadful beauty slowly fading,
Fading like moonlight softly into darkness.
There were no church-yard paths to walk on, think


ing


How near the we'll beloved ones are lying.
There were sweet green graves to sit and muse on
Till grief should grow summer meditation,
The shadow of the passing of an angel,
And sleeping should seem easy, and not cauel.
Year: 1875

weekly sweep, If you pick up any coarse lltter
each morning, or occasionally use a ousS-pah
and brush.


Sweeping, if carelessy done, wears car,
pet more than anything else, and yet we find
very few good sweepers. Indeed, many
woman prides herself on the amount of dirt
she can gather, when the "dirt'' is simply or
largely wool that she has swept from the
framework OF the carpet with her stiff, harsh
broom. l hope yet to see carpet sweeper
that will be a really valuable substitute for
the broom, but have never yet found one
that would do its work as neatly, or with as
little damage. as is done-by good sweeper
with good broom.


The first time child is set to sweeping a
room it should be taught how to do it, and
the lesson repeated till the right habit is
formed, for it is as easy to sweep in right
way as a wrong way, and yet hosts OF women
never learn to sweep room properly. The
most common fault is to bear on so hard that
the carpet is, as we have limited, qnite un,
necessarily worn out. L believe most hired
girls are destructive to carpets. They have
seldom been taught how to sweep in child
hood, and now think they know quite as
much on the subject as their mstresses, and
perhaps they do,) and feeling no pecuniary
interest in the matter, ,stiive only to make the
carpets look clean and bright.-Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

There is row no doubt at all
says Philadelphia letter-that the
exhibition will be an overpowering
success, and that every nation, with
the exception OF Russia, desires TO
pay tribute to the great republ c
by being present st its centennial
oommemoration.
Year: 1875

THE LOVE OF A BIG Boy FOB HIS
MOTHER -Of all the 1--we affajr~ IN
the world, none can s.lrpas~ the true
love OF u big boy for his mother. II
is a love pure and noble, honorable
III the highest degree to both. | do
not mean merely dutifuI affection.
| mean "A love which makes a boy
gallant and courteous to his mother.
saying paInly to everybody that he
is fairly in love With her. Next to
the love Of her husband, nothing so
crowns a wOmau'S lite with honor
as this second love, this devotion of
her son to her. And | never vet
knew boy t. ''turn out" badly who
began by falling IL love with his
mother. Any man may fall in love
with freSh-taced girl, aud the man
who IS gallant to the girl may cruelty
neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the big boy WHO a lover to
bis mother al her middle age is a
true Knight. who viii love his wife
"a mach in the scar Leaf autumn a.
he did III the dai~iel spring, There
IS nothing 50 beaG'iiuly chivairous
a. the love of big boy for his
mother
Year: 1875

Among the great discoveries of modern science, few are of more real value to mankind than this eff fectual remedy for all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. A vast trial of its virtues. throughout this and other countries, has shown that it does
Year: 1875

Our Sunday cotemporary, The Capital,
is Of the opinion that the Republican men,
bers of the last Congress ''really had no
desire to pass the force bill" This is q
mistake. The number of Republicans who
were unfriendly to the bill was very small,
but unfortunately they were able, by
combining with the Democrats, to prevent
the fulfillment of the caucus agreement for
an amendment of the rules. One apparent
result of their success in this combination
is the encouragement of the South"-2; De-
mocracy in their career-of intimidation,
<2goscnption and fraud. If the bill had be-
core law the White Leaguers would not
have had the courage to make the attempt,
which proved SO successful, to rob the
people of Mississippi of the right Of self.
government
Year: 1875

1T is TRUE journalism oprinta all reliable
intelligence of a moral and useful char ricter
which may benefit the public. As jour
nal fills this mission well or i'll, making
truthful and judicious comments upon the
same, 1t will be sustained and patronized
by virtuous community. By this method,
and this alone, it secures and maintains its
circulation The general circulation of
journal among the best citizens renders it
an attractive medium for advertising.
Without the circulation named no one
would care to advertise in it. 1t is worse
than folly for merchants to pretend that
they advertise for the purpose OF assisting
to sustain paper because they like or dis
like its politics Such merchants would be
unworthy OF credit. They advertise be-
cause thty think they get quid pro quo
for their money. If they only advertise
for the purpose of sustaining the paper
they would contribute the money and FORE
60 the advertising. When a journal sub
mits to allow its advertisers to control its
columns or dictate its policy it is "gone
up community" Its subscribers will leave
Just as soon as they see that its reading col
umns are subsidized. And when its read
ers are gone it ceases to have ability to ben
eft its advertisers. When the latter have
left, which will be about the same date
with the desertion of the subscribers, the
mission of that journal is ended.
Year: 1875

The Pittsburg Gazette says President
s'Grant has great popular strength before
"lhe country, and it would be most
wretched policy for any man to seek to
"promote his own advantage by fighting
"the President True, every word oft


And the great trouble with the Republican
party for two years past has been that a
number of ambitious leaders have pur.
sued the ''wretched policy" alluded to by
the Gdzctts Judging him by themselves,
they presumed that he was candidate for
reelection, and were thereby prompted to
aid the Opposition by fighting him. The
result has been dissension and strife and a
forgetfulness Of the true mission of the
party by those of its members who have
taught themselves that it is popular to be
ranked as Anti-Administralionis Now,
however, that the Third Term project is ct
best a most remote contingency, this
policy of fighting the President has
been abandoned, and it is to be hoped
that in due time the party will swing
around en- mass into its old, weld fined
and consistent paths. When 1t does this
it will be as popular before the country as
the President himself; but until then he
win remain as he is now, stronger in the
affections of tine people than the party to
which he owes his greatest advancement
Year: 1875

science renders this an opportune time for
taking action upon measure the adoption
Of which is essential to the collection OF
some Of the most elementary facts upon
which that science depends. and In view OF
the relations of these facts to public con-
venience in various important matters. and
of the common interest which the National
and State governments have in the collec-
ton of the information contemplated in Mr..
Elliott's resolution, it is to be hoped that
the matter will receive prompt and earnest
attention at the hands both of Congress and
the State Legislatures.
Year: 1875

WE HAVE never made "a rather bold
" and vindictive charge of general DIS
+" honesty" against any class of business
men in the District The statement that
we have made such a charge is down
right falsehood, and it is certain that the
author of it knew that he was writing q
falsehood when he indited it What we
did do was to give few figures regarding
the price of clothing and cloths, which v ere
based upon calculations made by the Sow
ereigns of Industry. The immediate result
Of the publication was a fiattering with
drawal Of advertising patronage from our
columns by two firms Of clothiers, who ac-
klfowledged that the influence Of the Ma
TIoEAL REPUBLICAN was so great that the
publication Of q gossipy paragraph in our
Saturdays issue threatened the ruination of
their business. Other firms engaged in the
same business recognized the same fact, but
instead Of Withdrawing their patronage IN
creased Il. Meanwhile, we have the salts
fsc.ion of knowing that the thousands Of
eorereigns of Industry who read the Ma
Year: 1875

THERE is an appearance of political
trescbery in the policy now being pur-
sued by Governor Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, which suggests that he will bear
watching. When man of his stripe be-
gins TO coquet with the rebel Democracy,
as he has done, it is time for honest men to
come TO the front with a determination to
protect their interests against threatened
injury. He seems TO be seeking social
recognition, 5" and it will be generally ad-
mitted by those who know anything about
South Carolina politics that he cannot
reach the object of his search without a
serious COMPROMISE OF principle.
Year: 1875

THE QUARREL within and without the
Democratic ranks regarding the next
speakership is becoming decidedly inter-
esting The adherents of the several rival
candidates are busy just now exposing and
defending their respective records. The
result is that tue public is beng treated
with choice bits of gossip, and is rapidly
being convinced that the Democrats have
failed TO elect either a competent or an
honest man to be member of the next
Year: 1875

"Already prominent and able paper in the
eastern part of the State is advocating the
re-establishment of the whipping post and the
beginning of the use of the branding iron
Vieksburg Herald.


Just as soon as Mississippi was secured
to the Democracy, through widespread
intimidation of the colored voting ele-
ment, the bitter White Line press Of the
State commenced advocating such measures as
the above. The branding-iron and whipping
post smack strongly of the spirit which our
Northern gushers Claim as dead.
Year: 1875

He went into Smiths house with bright
smile on his face and patent back-acting side
movement Indian rubber baby jumper under
his arms, and he came out in less than three
seconds with a dish rag planted in the back of
his neck and rolling pin bruising the place
where his coat tails go bah, bob, as he travels.
Year: 1875

Mr.. NJ. D. Conway told Western audience
that there is no devil, and it is said that the
sigh of relief that went up from the assembly
sounded like thunder storm paying strict at
tention to business.
Year: 1875

It is a pleasure to note the full restoration to


health of the Vice President. 1t is still deemed


Of the utmost importance that he withdraw


from all excitement and mental labor for .


considerable period. The fate Of the late Chief
Justice and Of Mr.. Horace Greeley should ad-


monish many Of our public men who have


labored without stint during the last twenty or


thirty years that there is point beyond which


the brain cannot be safely forced, and none
more than Mr.. Wilson. If he spends the win
ter in Florida, and lives on turtle soup, eggs


and steaks and tropical fruits, instead of a


legislative and political diet such as Washing
ton affords, he viii, no doubt, recover strength


rapidly, but he should get beyond reach Of
mails and telegraphs. If possible, he should
get beyond food for and stimulants of thought
for time. HIS heavy drafts upen the future


are beginning to mature, and it will require
the greatest economy and prudence and re-


trenchment of vitalityto enable him to meet
them on presentation. Two of these have al
ready gone to protest, and extensions on them
heen procured only through the most ardent
and perseyering attentions Of his friends and
Year: 1875

Aside from an occasional puerile attack
upon the President, the New York Sun is de-
voting its editorial space to Mr.. Beecher, and
seems TO gloat over the recent reopening of
the disgusting ulcer, insomuch as it furnishes
material for comment SO well suited to the
perverted tastes of the literary illlbuster.
Year: 1875

DoN'T UfRbs. don't think that
yards and yards of ribbons, ruffles
and lace; will add one particle to
your real valt,e. Don't make a walk
ink hilliner's shop or jewelers. store
of yourselves, covering all that is of
true merit within you, with that
which will attract Only the shallow
Drained. Don't think sensible peo-
pie are 20 be deceived by vain show,
they look for beauty of heart and
mind. Don't flatter yourselves it is
TO effect ignorance of manual labor,
or to be IGNORANT of it. Don't give
the sdbject Of rliatfimuny a thought
while in your teens except to qualify
yourself for the responsible position
it places you in you need all that
time of your life to fit yourselves for
it. You need to study books, the,
laws of life and health to be well
experienced in the culinary art as
perhaps the happiness and health of
hundreds are depending on YOUR
knowledge ofthis. Don't give your
time and talents to the world or to
seeking the things oftime and sense
that perish With their using. God
has created you for nobler purpose,
and made you accountable for what
he has given you. Don't sell your
birth-right for a mess of pottage.