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Year: 1873

In the morning of life we paint,
with the brush of fancy, our beau
tiful idea of the future lying out be-
fore US. A picture of cloudless skies
and brilliant sunshine; of flower
strewn paths and tropic bloom. A
picture where joy, and love, and
friendship, and fame, stand, hold
ing out their beautiful offerings,
and we the centre figure of the
whole. But how different the pic
lures painted each day of life by
the brush of the pitiless real! Not
one picture, but many, for the
scenes are ever shifting. The skies
are clouded, and the sunshine faded.
The flowers are withered, and hide
the thorns no longer. Sorrow steps
in where joy had stood; hate takes
the place Of love; friendship, that
we had painted with a beautiful
face, takes on the hideous look of
treachery. At the evening Of life we
gaze at the pictures in the gallery
of memory, and comparing the one
that fancy painted -wish those
stamped upon our hearts by the
stern realities of life, we wonder
where fancy got its beautiful false
Year: 1873

A curious work on ssthe humorous


element in German law" by o. Gieske


has just been published in Berlin. The


author describes the punishment in.


flicted in various parts of Germany, in


some cases up to a very recent period


with the object of humiliating the cul-


prit andexposing him to public ridicule.


A common punishment was that of go


ing in procession through the streets OF


a town or village in dress covered


with Images of swords, whips, rods


and other instruments of corporal


chastisement. In Hesse, women, who


had beaten their husbands were made to


ride backward on donkey, holding his
tail, on which occasion the animal was
lead through the streets by the husband
The custom existed in Darmstadt up to
the middle of the seventeenth century.
and was so common that donkey was
kept always ready for the purpose in
the capital and the neghboring villages.


If the woman struck her husband in
such manner that he could not ward
off the blow, the donkey was led by the
man who had charge of him; if not
then by the husband himself. At st
Goar miller was allowed a certain
quantity of wood from the forest be-
longing to the town,iin return for which
he was bound to supply donkey to the
municipality whenever required for the
of seolding wife. An
other very old custom was that of pun
ishing a henpecked husband by remov-
ing the roof of his house on the ground
that "a man who.allows his wife to rule
at home does not deserve any protec-
ton against wind and weather. IF
two women fought in public they were
each put in sort of closed sentry-box,
which only left their heads exposed, and
then posted opposite to each other in the
market place, where they remained for
IN hour, face to face, but unable to use
their hands or feet.


A common punishment for scoldine
women was the shameful stone, (which
was hung around their necks. This
stone was usually in the shape of bot
lie. At Hamburg, libels and SANDER
srs were compelled to stand on block
md strike themselves three times on the
mouth as a sign of repentance. This
custom SILL existed thirty or forty years
lgo. In some towns the " shameful
'tone" was in the shape of a loaf,
whence the German saying ga heavy
Dit of bread'' (ein schwerer bissen brod. |
At Lubbock it was in the shape of an
wal dish, and in other places in that |
If woman putting out her tongue.
such stones were usually very heavy
lccording to the law of Dortmund and |
ialborstadt (134S) they were to weigh
. hundred weight. Those who were
wealthy could purchase exemption from
his punishment with bag full of hops
led with red ribbon.
Year: 1873

Be it enacted, etc., That on and after


the first of July next, on all mail mat


ter which is wholly or partly in writ


ing, except book, magazine and news


paper manuscripts and corrected proofs


passing between authors and publish


ers, and excepting also correspondence


or postal cards; on all printed matter


which is so marked as to convey any


other or further information than is
conveyed by the original print, except


the correction of mere typographical


errors, on all matter which is sent in


violation of law or the regulation of
the department respecting Enclosures;
and on all matter to which no specific
rate of postage is assigned, postage shall
be charged at the rate of two cents for
each half ounce or fraction thereof, and
that provision shall include all letters
commonly known as drop or local let
ters delivered through post offices or
their carriers, and magazines, manu-
scripts, and newspaper manuscripts are
hereby declared to belong to the third
class of mailable matter.


Sec. 2. That from and after the first
day of January next, under such regu-
lation and in such manner as the Post
master-General shall prescribe, the pos
tage provided by law to be paid upon
printed matter or mailable matter of the
second class shall in all cases be prepaid
and collected at the Offices respectively
where such matter shall be mailed, and
postage on daily newspapers, not ex-
ceeding four ounces for each copy in
weight, shall be charged and collected
at the rate of fifteen cents per quarter
provided that weekly newspapers with
in the respective counties where the
same are printed and published, and
none other, may pass through the mails
free of postage, as provided in the
eighth clause of section 1S4 of the act
10 revise, consolidate and amend the
statutes relating to the Postoffice De-
Dartment.


SEC. ). That any person who shall
Jake any letter, postal card or packet
'ut of the postOflice or branch postoffice,
,r from letter or mail carrier, or which
las been in any postoffice or in the Gus
,ody of any letter or mail carrier, be-
ore it shall have been delivered to the
oerson to whom it was directed, with |
lesign to obstruct the correspondence
'r pry into the business or secrets of
mother, or shall seerete, embezzle or
lestroy the same, shall, on conviction
hereof, for every such offense forfeit
md pay penalty not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned at
lard labor not exceeding one year, or
10Th at the discretion of the court.
Year: 1873

One of the most saddening and humil-
iating exhibitions which human nature
ever makes Of itself, is in its greedy cre-
dulity touching all reports of the misde-
meanors Of good men. Ifa man stands
high as moral force op the community
if he stand as the rebuker and denouncer
Of social and political sin if he be looked
up to by any conside ,able number of peo-
pie as example of virtue; if the whole
trend and power of h,s life be in a high
and pure direction; fshis personality and
influence render any allegation against his
character most improbable, then most
readily does any such allegation find
eager believers. It matters not from
what source the slander may come.
Multitudcs will be influenced by report
against good mans character from one
who would not be belived under oath in
any matter involing the pecuniary interest
of fifty cents. The slanderer may be no.
toriously base-may be panderer to the
worst passions and the lowest vices-may
be shameless sinner against social virtue
may be thief, notorious liar, drunk
ard, libertins, or harlot all this mat
ters nothing. The engine that throws the
mud is not regarded. The white object
at which the foul discharges are aimed is
only SEEM and the delight Of the by-stand-
ers and lookers-on is measured by the suc-
cess of the stain sought to be inflicted.


AS between the wording and the man
who profcsseses to be guided and controll-
ed by Christian motives, all this is natur.
al enough. The mau bound up in bis self.
Year: 1873

A Chicago paper says"a young lady
Of this city has just sent to Europe an or
der for fifty yards Of Brussels carpet twen-
ty-6ve feet wide. She is going to work a
pair of slippers for the editor of the st.
Louis Globe.'


Three shirt-buttons were found in the
crop of a chicken, Thursday. We don't
suppose the chicken swallowed those but
tons merely because they were nourlshiug,
but rather for ercreation.


When you make sidewalk you want
to get it very narrow and very high
mething like the shape of an egg.
Then whom any one slips on it, leg will
60 off at each side, and he will split
through to the chin, and die without
struggle, and his wife can get the insur-
ancc and marry man who will 90 into
business and make an assignment. On
any other walk man will fall and cripple
himself, and live on for years after his
wife is dead, and then die and leave the
insurance money to his mother. 1e5as
Year: 1873

STILL BINDING, AND WHAT 1T FoRBIDs.


In a small Tract, No. 1877, written by
William S. Plunmsr, and published by
the American Tract Society, the law Of
the Sabbath and its Importance is set forth,
showing that it was made at creation and
could be repealed by no less than the
same high authority that gave it. He
asks, Is any evdenceof such repeal
found in Scripture? If so, where is the
book, the chapter, and the verse, contain
ing it ?" After arguing the law at some
length, and showing that the seventh day
is the true Sabbath. as we shall shortly
show from his own words, he very cooly
slides over to the first day Of the week,
and tries to maintain that as the Sabbath,
without giving us even one text, Thus
saith the Lerd. Nov in his own words |
ask for the ''book, chapter, and verse;"
where the Lord requires us to keep holy
as the Sabbath day the first day of the
week. He says


II ask for a few minutes of the read
crs time, while reason with him coucern-
ing one of the laws Of the world in which
he lives. That law is found in Exodus,
Goth chapter, and reads thus Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, Six
days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
but the seventh day is the Sabbath Of the
Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh-
ter, thy man.servant, nor thy maid-ser-
want. nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth. the sea and
all that iu them is, and rested the seventh
Year: 1873

Mr.. Lambton Young, fhe Secretary of the
Royal Humane Society, publishes the follow
ing excellent advice to bathers:


Avoid bathing within two hours after a
meal.


Avoid bathing when exhausted by fatigue
or from any other cause


Avoid bathing when the body Is cooling
after perspiration; but bathe when the body
is warm, provided no time is lost in getting
into the water


Avoid chilling the body by sitting or stand
ing naked on the banks or in boats, after
having been in the water.


Avoid remaining too long in the water,
but leave it Immediately there Is the slightest
feeling of chilliness.


Avoid bathing altogether In the open air, IL
after having heen short time in the water,
there is a sense of chiiness with numbness
of the hands and feet.


The vigorous and strong may bathe early
in the morning on an empty stomach; but
the young and those who are weak had better
bathe three hours after meal; the best time
for snch is from two to three hours after
breakfast.


Those who are subject to attacks of giddi-
ness and faintness, and those who suffer from
or other sense of discomfort at the
heart should not bathe without first consulting
their medical adviser.
Year: 1873

The subject impression at first sight was
being talked over in family circle, when the
mother of the family said, Il always form
an idea of person on first sight and gener-
ally find it correct" "Mamma," said her
youthful son. ''Well, my dear, what is it?"
II want to know what you're opinion of me
was when you first saw me-"
Year: 1873

BoQUETs.- There is no ornament in a household
so beantifnl as bright fresh boquet, and nothing
so dsagreeable as faded flowers. The following
is said 10 be an infallible method Of preserving
the buds and blossoms, and will be appreciated
by our friends; When you receive q boquet
sprinkle it lightly with fresh water; then put it
in vessel containing soap suds, this will nutriIy
the stem and keep the flowers bright as new
and lay 1t sidcwise the stock entering flrst) Into
clean water. Keep 1t there a minute or two, then
take 1t out and spring the flowers lightly by the
hand with water; replace 1t In the soap snds and
it will bloom as tresh as when first gathered
The soap suds need changing every three or four
days. BY observing these rules o boquet may be
kept bright and beautiful for Mt least n month,
and will last still longer in very passabte state
Year: 1873

GREEN CORN.-Now that green corn has made
its appearance on our table, it may be well TO
mention that many of the wise, excellent cooks
fail In the method of preparing the favorite vege-
table Many cooks boil their corn loo long
II the corn will prove tender at all It win after
half an hours boiling, and twenty minutes is usu-
ally sufficient aud aiter 1t Is done it only loses its
sweetness by longer boiling.
Year: 1873

CUcUMDERs-An exchange says When Gu
cumber is taken from the vine let IL be cut with a
knife, leaving about the eighth of an inch OF the
cucumber on the stem then slit the stem from
the end TO the vine leaving small portion Of the
cucum6er Oh each dcFisiDn and On zach sdjafhte
slit will be new cucumber as large as the first.
Year: 1873

The managers of the Brooklyn Nursery gave
a reception, yesterday afternoon and evening" to the
friends of the institution, house warming in its new
quarters No sc ProspectpAce, Brooklyn entertaining
them very aeeably with choice vocal and instrumental
music. and addresses by the Rev H. N Nye and others
The rooms were ged throughout the afternoon and
evening by a large number Of persons interested In the
Nursery, who were much pleased with its new home
The building into which the Nursery moved on May
l. is four stories hight The rooms are large and airy
and well adapted for the purpose. They are neatly


furnished throughout The lot is CO by 1873 feet aOrdng


fine large yard with abundance OF room for giving the
children arr and exercise, which adds greatly TO the ad
yanages of the place The institution contains at present
IS Children with 70 to for them but with the
enlarged accommodations OF the new home the number
will shortly be increased go The addition OF many
children and the expense OF removing and fitting up the
new building with increased rent Will make heavy
draft ON the FUNDS OF the Nursery and the managers
peal to the generosity OF the public 10 help them IN bear
ing this extra burden. Money supplies OF any kind,
will be gladly received and thankfully acknowledged.
Year: 1873

himself from beam in the attic OF his residence No.
DeKabave which Is located In the rear OF hs place iof
business. lie was discovered hanging by donesuo
who notified officer Of the First Precinct out wnen
the body was eut down life was extinct. On table -
his chamber was found note addressed 70 Geoge N


Belts, informing him that he Perkin) had deternseu leu
TO commit suicide as he was fearful that he might DC
come insane The deceased whose age was ~ year, w


Unmarried and was at one time inmate OF the Luh@
Year: 1873

 but those who have felt 1t. Oh, the thoughts and memories that crowded up- on him-many of them bitter, regretful thoughtss But there was one memory for which he was thankful; that he had not listened to the tempter which whisper cd to him yester-morn, that it would be weak and unmanly to yield to to her re- quest.

 They found him there an hour afterward, but he asked no questions, made no re- ply to their attempts at consolation, and they left him alone with his dead.

 There was ''hurrying to and fro" in Sumner that day, for many were left homeless; many bruised and crippled by the storm. And the mourners who wend- ed their way up the long hill to the bury ing-ground, were as sad as though the silence had been broken by the tolling of solemn bells.-Kansas Monthly.
Year: 1873

From the Poughkespsic Pre:s.l


0u Monday afternoon last, tue house
of Mr.. James Niyer, near Glove Branch
junction was struck by lightning. The
lightning first touched the sill on the
corner of the building close 70 the foun.
dation. IL tore of some boards and ran
along the sill. passing under a stoop,
where il killed cat which lay there.
From the stoop, IL turned at a right
angle aud ran out to well about twenty
feet distant, tearing of the spout. By
this time it had spent its fury, for moth
ing more was heard Of its ravagcs. There
is lightning rod on the building, which
renders still more strange the fact that
il was struck SO near the ground. The
lightning rod enters the ground about
twelve feet from where the Lightning
struck, and il is barely possible that the
lightning might have run down the rod
aud when near the ground Jumped of
and struck the corner of the house.


In the house, directly in the corner
where the lightning struck, lay child
asleep. 1t was walked up. but not iu'
iured. Its head could not have been
more than eighteen inches from where
the lightning struck. Mrs. Niver had
just passed over the stoop under which
the cat was killed. but neither she nor
any one else in The building felt the
shock
Year: 1873

The facts in regard to yellow fever to-
day are decidedly encouraging. The
total number of deaths in "a hours up to
noon to-day is l6. 1t is just FIVE weeks
to-day since we have been down 10 that
figure. The yellow fever total
is IL This is falling of that
cannot fail to give hope. After
diligent inquiry and comparison OF
reports from all sources, we hear OF
but few new cases, and that the old ones
are nearly all doing we'll. The weather
is cool once more, aud the air seems
pure aud health giving. While no pre-
cautions should he relaxed, and an un-
due Ielation of spirits guarded against
even as extreme depression, we feel
that better day is now at hand; that
the fever has nearly dragged out its
long, dreary list of figures. A few days
will in all human probability lift the
heavy clouds, let in the glorious sunshine
of better period-lor which let us
never forget to be thankful.
Year: 1873

TRERE was three inches of snow at
Yankton yesterday morning; but Ysnk-
ton is away of. After travelling thou.
sand miles IN that direction one would
still hear of the place as away out West
in Dakota Territory. Besides that, the
snow was rapidly disappearing under a
warm sun.
Year: 1873

ner. And we hope they will bear in
mind that the stoutlooking man along
side Of them who is ordering in quanti-
ties is the country dealer, and that
twenty.iour hours after they have de-
y0ured their stale vegetables aud fruits,
he ia selling to us and other country
people nice fresh fruits and vegetables
at an advance Of fifteen and twenty per
cent. over what the unfortunate city
people paid the day before.


A gentleman subscribing for a copy
Of the News, to be sent TO a Hartford
family, tells Of an agreeable incident
that occurred there few days ago. The
lady had man bred to the business Of
putting down carpets. While thus en-
gagged he held the tacks In his mouth,
and they naturally embarrassed him in
articulation Noticing his fruitless
effort to answer one Of her questions
and understanding but one cause for the
trouble, she sped out Of the room in
search OF a spittoon, and after some hf'
teen minutes Of overhauling and tearing
down, found the article, and returning
with it to the room, sat it down in front
Of the man, with the injunction to spit
in that" He looked upon her an in
slant, and then got his head down in
time to enable the spittoon to catch the
volley OF tacks that followed the explo.
sion.
Year: 1873

The action Of the Tax Convention here
Tuesday was sufficiently spirited and de-
cisiye to indicate that the people Of this
county are not disposed to longer submit to
inequality Of taxation if they can avoid it.
Nevertheless, it was apparent that they ex-
pected to act in concert with the people of
Chittenden and Grand Islecounties if at all.
After their adjournment the convention
held IN Burlington at the same time was
heard from and to the effect that the counsel
advised that no remedy was open but
through the Legislature, and the conyen-
ton took no action and adjourned. They
were probably disgusted. Whether the
people Of Chittenden intend to give it up 30
or not, or whsther they will not take new
heart by the action Cfthe Franklin convention
and try to get a special session and then ham
mer away at the closed door of the Legislative
heart until it Will open and relent, remains
to be seen. Ii also remains TO be seen
whether their action Will not have dis
c0uraging effect upon the people of this
county. We have confidence that the COM
mittee appointed will act wisely and deter
mine early what to do


If, by waiting two years, or FIVE, or
twenty this oyerplus of taxation could be
collected back and re-distributed, We would
by all means counsel quiet submission. But
as it cannot, and a the sum is trifie larger
than We are willing to have extorted from
Us in these hard times. while the precedent
Is more and more dangerous still, our
'' voice is still for war; Not, however,
unless all are earnest. The only hope Of
legislative or even executive recognition
lies in our determination and unanimity
\ mere buster i neither profitable nor
creditable. Now or never, gentlemen, and
have done with it-.H Adams Messenger
Year: 1873

ter, when she was fed on hay Cows may be
very proftably fed with a quart each of oil
meal morning and night. They will lick it
up from trough, if it is made sufficiently
large, without waste When cows are not
tied upat night, good plan of feeding them
is to have a square box for each cow, large
enough for her to put her nose in easily, and
six inches deep. Put the allowance of meal
in these boxes. They may be scattered
about the yard, at such distance as will
give each animal an opportunity to eat with
out being driven away hy Others


Calves will soon show in their improved
appearance and healtl growth, that oil
meal is good for them also A small hand
ful given them in their pasture daily will
push them forward rapidly. 1t is well to
use a small tin pan to feed them with, and a
few minutes spent with the young stock
daily, is not only an agreeable occupation,
but highly profitable for the more regular
ly the owners attention is given to his cattle
the sooner he will perceive anything wrong,
and be able at once to remedy it, and daily
visit is seldom made unless there is some ex-
press purpose in it, Let the purpose then
be to give them extra feed, and double
benefit will result-HeGrh and Home
Year: 1873

4 NEW FUEL.-A committee of citizens
of San Francisco recently made inyesti@-
tion of the properties of new article of
fuel, discovered and patented by a Califor-
MA inventor. The experiments were made
in q brass foundry of the above city The
| Alta California savS They We're shown
into that portion Of the establishment occu-
pied bv the furnace. and in one corner
found a brick furnace some eight feet long
and six feet high On the top of this was
an iron tank holding about ten gallons,
which was filled with crude petroleum.
From this tank pipe about an inch and a.
half in diameter LED into the side of the
furnace \ small jetof oil. not larger than
q small gooSe-quill. was permitted 70 flow
out Of this tube light is placed beneath
this Jet and it immediately ignites. Another
pipe about an inch in diameter leads from a
steam boiler stationed some fifteen feet away.
This pipe leads q small jet of steam upon
the burning oil. end the moment the steam
strikes theoil the hydrogen in the water Is set
free and igniteS with a tremendous roar.
generating in "a very few moments most IN
tense white heat. From this small source
the entire chamber of the furnace, which is
some two feet by five feet, Is filed with
flame 50 brilliant and dazzling that one can
not gaze on it for more than moment al q


time. This flame possesses all the heat Of
an oxy-hydrogen flame, and beneath its
fierce power the hardest metals melt in a
few m0mnnts. The inventor claims that


the cost of this fuel for a furnace viii not
exceed > for twenty-tlur hours. If this Is
true il will be welcome news to onr British
cousins, whose diminishing supply of coal
causes so much apprehension.