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Year: 1872

These are but the fruit and visible wit
nesses Of disease which holds the en-
tire body in its power, making the veins
its channels every drop of blood its SER
want, every pulsation Of the heart its
slave. The thoughts destroy. The i'm
agination puts the knife's edge to the
jugular vein Of virtue, and lets the pre-
cious current out. You cannot reform
drunkard until you first reform his
mind. What needs to be done is to have
the craving for stimulus taken out Of
him. Over against his inordinate desire
you must raise up some stronger repul-
sion which shall be more than match
for his appetite for liquor. This is the
true philosophy in every branch of NOR
ais. You must change the man himself
if you would change his habits. There
is no life so hard as religious life to a
man without religion.
Year: 1872

Every experiment in successfully run
ming two trains Of cars in opposite diree-
tions on a single track has been a sad
failure; but the telegraphers have sue
cessfully 'inaugurated the seemingly i'm
possible principle in their business. At
various places in the country they have
recently put in operation machinery by
which messages can be transmitted sim
ultaneously in opposite directions over
the same wire. How it is done we will
tell by means of this simple diagram:
Year: 1872

The Edinburgh Scotsman says:

 There died recently in the Edinburgh Royal Inirmary, the well-known Edin- burgh character, Alexander Merrilees, better known by the soubriquet ot "Sal- ly Kelly" Of the eighty-two years of his life, this singular person spent more than forty years in prison, and for the past half century has been considered a pest by the police authorities, having been convicted at the police court about three hundred. and fifty times. Upward of sixty years ago he came to Edinburgh from his native town, Musselburgh, and commenced career of dissipation, which continued until he entered the infrmary not>long since. He never learned any trade, but occasionally did odd jobs for any one who would employ him. He used to sing in High Street, Canongats, and other frequented thoroughfares, to groups of people, who gave him coppers to encourage the flow of his jokes. It was from one of his tavorite songs that he acquired the sobriquet by which he was generally known.

 When not in prison he spent his nights in the muster room at the police office and when for misconduct he was elected, as was often the case, he would adjourn to one of the cellars of the building. One of the last offences he committed was that of stealing some tools belong ing to workman who had been making some repairs in police cell. "Sally " knew the history of all the governors ot the jail for the past half century, and was thoroughly acquainted with every part of both the old and new prison. When sent to the poorhouse or the house of refuge he would not remain, as he used to say the treatment he received in prison was far superior.
Year: 1872

A story reaches us from London which will be read with eagerness by all who are interested-as who is not ?-in the life of the late Charles Dickens. Under ordinary circumstances it would be rightly deemed beyond the ken of Q public journal, but MT. Dickens's own deliberate choice made his separation from h1s wife public topic, and it would be affectation to keep out of print gossip which, though at present that of an in- her circle, is sure to become very soon the common talk of literary society. The rumor is that Forster's "Life of Dickens," vol. 2. which the world is anxiously expecting, hangs fire. The biographer thinks that he ought to tell the story of the separation of Dickens and his wife, and of course is disposed to throw all the blame of the separation upon Mrs. Dickens. But young Dick ems, who, it is said, always sided with his mother in that matter, and thinks that but scant justice was done her by his father when the matter was made public, says that if amends be not made to her by MT. Forster, "plain unvar- nished tale'' shall be published in Al The Fear Round. How the matter will end it IS impossible to foretell. Per- haps the best way would be to leave the tale untold, if young Dickens would con- sent to that course. At all events, one cannot but admire this young man affection for his mother, and his chival. rous determination that at all cost to the reputation of his father her good name shall not be blurred.

 It will be remembered that Walter Savage Landor suddenly separated from his wife and never saw her again. MT. Forster in his biography of Landor hur- ries over the business swiftly, like ska. ter over dangerous ice, but he manages to throw the blame rather upon Mrs Landor than upon his hero. But hay. ing rendered this biography and got a pretty correct notion of this hero-his extreme instability, his lofty notion o1 himself, his craving ambition for hom- agine that the offense of his wife, who lady, was very slight. Mir. Forster SC tells the story as to make the world be- lieve that certainly Mrs. Landor was most to blame, but it is questionable whether MT. Forster, in dealing with contemporary heroes, does not carry hif worship to the verge of funkeyism Better leave the story of Dickens anc his wifo untold if the son would consent to it. But perhaps he will not perhaps he has long felt the injustice to his moth CT ranking in his breast and is now de tsrmined to have the truth published If so there will at least be one advantage the revelation will put 0 welcome enc to the vexatious disputatio1s and impro bable exclusive explanations which arc always forthcoming at dinner tables and elsewhere when the name of Dickens il mentioned.
Year: 1872

We often see large stock of cattle which do not seem to thrive, and come out "spring in the right direction. One dollars worth of SHER1DANs CAVALRY CONDITION POWDERS, given to such stock occasionally during the winter, would be worth more than an extra half ton of hoy-Go,n
Year: 1872

MEN OF FEW WoRDs.-Some men use words as rifemen use bullets. They say but little. The few words used go right to the mark. They let you talk and guide with their hands and face, and on and on, till what you say can be an- swered in word or two, and then they launch out sentence, pierce the matter to the quick, and are done. Your con- versation falls into their mind as a river into deep chasm and is lost to sight from it's depth and darkness. They will sometimes surprise you with few words that go to the mark like gunshot and they are silent again as if they were reloading. Such men are safe counsel lers and true friends where they profess to be such. To them truth is more val uable than gold, while pretension is too gaudy to deceive them. Words without point, to them, are like titles without merit, only betraying the weakness of the blinded dupes who are ever used as promoters Of other mems schemes.
Year: 1872

OIVE IT A IRIAL.-A DaQ speaker, or one not careful in the use of emphasis, would boggle terribly in the delivery of the mentrical toasts:

 Here's health to all those that love; Here's healtv to all those that love me

 1 love,

 And to those that love those that love me. Here's to those that love them that love us; Here's to them that love those that love us /; Here's to those that love those, that love those,

 that love these,

 WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS. Perhaps no man living has won more golden opinions than Dr. Walker, as the enor- nous and widely increased sale of his CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BTrTERs attests. We never look into one of our exchanges, but there is panegyric of the Bitters staring us in the face. Our readers will say that there must be reason for all this praise They are right. The eff cacy of this celebrated medicine is estab- lished by evidence which it Is impossible to doubt. Among the thousands who have borne testimony to its excellence, there is not one dissentient voice. In very many phases of inorganic disease it seems to be unfailing, All diseases aris- ing from vitiated state of the blood are surely eradicated by it. It is an effectual remedy for pulmonary complaints, bili- ous, remittent and intermittent levers, rheumatism and dyspepsia. It purges the body of all unhealthy humors, gives tone to the system, and where the vital powers are enfeebled, restores their func- tions to vigorous and healthy action. All this it does the more effectually be- cause its operation is not interfered with by the presence of alcohol. The VINE GAR B1TTERs is perfectly free from any such hurtful ingredient. We have al- ways believed that plants contain the true remedies for disease, and aW the remedies necessary. Dr. Walker is on the line of real progress, and we hope that he will not rest on his present dis coveries. Com.
Year: 1872

They are'laughins in the meadow.
They are smiling in the dell;
Upon the woody hill-tops
The blue eyed beauties dwell;
And unto those who love them


A pleasant tale they tell.
They speak of sunny weather.
of birds and babbling brooks.
OF walks within the forest glens.
And rest within its hooks.
And many dreamy fancy


Recorded not in books.
From fallen leaves and withered
They misehievously peep,
And langh at later flowers
INV ikened from their sleep,
While tenderly they gaurd them,


And loving vigil keep.
In modest maiden beauty
Some blush along the way.
while Others feek the meadows.
Or by the fountains stray.
In white or blue habiliments


To greet the April day.
They seem at frolic ever.
Now hiding from my sight,
And then together clustering
As if in half alright,
Yet conscious of 'heir holiday,


And happy in the light.
No other coming flowers
To me are dear as they.
VI those tnht DloOm IN Aprll,
Or in the genial May;
| would that thus TO comfort me


They evermore would stay
For tales of vanished childhood
To me they sweetly sing.
And TO the fading memory
They reeollertions bring
Of home and loving faces


A precious offering.
Unplueked leave them growing
Full thick about my feet:
/ cannot call them downward
From out their fair retreat
No refuge has the city


For anything so sweet.
The story that they tell me
OF pleasure and content,
Ot hope and trusting confidence
However faith is bent
This lesson | can bear away


To teach it they were sent.


From The Alline for April.
Year: 1872

How TO ENJOY LTFE.-It is wonder
ful to what an extent people believe hap
piness depends on not being obliged to
labor. Honest, hearty, contented labor


is the only source of happiness, as we'll
as the only guarantee of life. The gloom
of misanthropy is not only great de-
stroyer of happiness we might have, but
tends to destroy life itself Idleness and
luxury produce premature decay much
faster than many trades regarded as the
most exhaustive and fatal to longevity.
Labor in general instead of shortening
the term of life, actually increases it.
1t is the lack of occupation that annual
ly destroys SO many of the wealthy, who,
having nothing to do, play the part of
drones, and like them make speedy ex-
it, while the busy bee fills out its day in
usefulness and honor.
Year: 1872

| 10 c"stio iOuSut! With tft16u


dous volleys, the ranks standing firu


and steady as on dress parade, with en-


thusiasm, with deafening cheers, with


music and finished bya glorious bayoneI
charge? Nothing of the kind. Here
are simply some thousands of men on
either side who have been marched out
this pleasant day to butcher each other.
Modern firearms are terribly effective
weapons-a good Springfield musket
will kill at thousand yards; and by
the time you have drawn the opposing
forces to within two hundred yards of
each other, or about the distance across
a good sized wheat field, the battle is re-
solved into simple problem-which
army can stand the most killing and
wounding without breaking up? when
that question is answered you can tell
which side will be victorious. The busi-
ness of the officers is to hold the men to
the work--to compel them to load and
fire until SO many Of the enemy are put
hors de combat that he is forced to with
draw. Take your regiment into battle
as orderly as you may, before it has been
under fire half an hour it will become
resolved into knots and groups from the
drawing together to fill the places of
those stricken down, and the survivors
will be lying or kneeling, forced down
by the irresistible instinct of self fpreser-
walton. The sights and sound of battle
are well-nigh indescribable. Noise. tu-
mutt, danger, excitement, all blended to
make a scene which l think can have no
parallel on the hither side of the internal
regions. During his first battle, perhaps
the novelty of the thing may fill the re-
cruit with genuine enthusiasm; but af-
ter that he will find the poetry of the
battle field somewhat overdone in " Ho-
henlinden," and fighting itself rather
prosaic and dangerous butchery. There
is nothing less like pageant, l verify
believe, than battle.


The arms are not polished and shiny
now, for the dew of last nights bivouac
in the grass has tarnished them; very
plain blouses have taken the place of
straight-bodied, corsety coats; belts are
looseued, or in the fury of the fight are
thrown aside altogether; shoulder-straps
and epaulets are discarded, out of whole
some regard for the enemy's sharpshoot-
ers; and after the fight has progressed
an hour, you will find those who are still
fighting, dirty, grimy, and laboring to
kill the enemy with about as hard man
ual labor as your ood-sawyer employs
on your wood-pile.
Year: 1872

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DEAR PuBLIcIt is now twenty years since we becamq
acquainted, and have yet had serious q
Of friendship have tried hard to sew seeds Of ds
play, 'The Wedding Visit" and regarding my pTesc91
work, 1.-THE Princessc George cone Wite'D. People
tunsely you and are used to the word since We rsS
to see what ali this talk was about You came second
tmc and finally brought your wife and your friend and
right Yon should never bring your d.nghter to thS
not only that plays al immoral but that the placd
itself is Wherever man is shown mp" CQnsta::
not be exposed all eyes and the stage, the ee1
waited and loyal II Is to its true mission the reflector Of
human good and III can live only by full analysis Q!
the whole truth We, full grown and women fathera
and mothers meet in the theatre other ol
things the young maiden should vet hear Let "a
then have done with the hypocrisy Of that cry t is im
do that the stage is but the portraiture the satire
of human passion and human morals, and that being
SUCH II must be either false immoral, for passion and
modern morals the things there claimed to be painted OF
saarzed, and always have been immoral in them-
selves
Year: 1872

| was tired of washing dishes; was
tired OF dluigery. 1t had always been
so and | was dissatisfied. | never sat
down n moment TO read, that Jamie did
not want cake or piece OF paper TO
scribbls on. or bit OF soap 10 make
bubbles. I'D rather be in prison"
said one day, Ethan 10 have my lie teas.
ed out So Is jamie Knocked my slbow.
when | was writing to friend.


But morning came when | had one
plate less to wash, ono chair less TO set
away by the wall in the dining-room
when Jamies little crib was put away in
tho garret, and it has never come down
since. | had been unusually frettul and
disconlented with him that damp May
morning that be took the Group. Gloomy
weather gave me the headache, and. |
had less patience then than at any other
time. By-and.by he was singing in an
other room, Il want TO be an angel
and presently rang out that metallic
cough. never hear that hymn since
that it don't cut me to the heart; Tor the
Group cough rings on. with it. lie grew
worse towards night, and when my hns-
band got home he went for the doctor.
At first he seemed to help him but it
merged into inflammatory Group, and all
was soon over.


81 ought to have been called in soon.
er," said the doctor.


have q servant 10 wash the dishes
now and when y visitor comes, can
sit down and entertain her without hay
ing to work all the time. There is no
lttlo boy worrying me to open his jack.
knife, and there are no shayings over
tho floor. The magazines are not soiled
with looking at tho pictures, but stand
prim and neat on the reading table, just
as leave them.


Your carpet never looks dirty" says
my weary. worn mother to me.


"Oh, no." | multered to myself,
"lhere are no little boots to dirty ii
now :"


But my face is as weary as theirs
weary with Stating in my lonesome par
lor at twiight-weary with waiting for
the little arms that used TO Irvine around
my neck, for the curIs that brushed
against my cheek, for the young laugh
which rang out with mine as we watched
the blazing fire, or made rabbits with
tho shadows on the wall. waiting merrily
together for papa coming home. have
the wealth and ease l longed for, but at
whas price? And when l see other
mothers with grown.up sons, driving to
town or church, aud my hair silvered
over with gray, wish l had murmured
less.
Year: 1872

In the universal conflict of life, the
victory is not to be looked for outwardly.
You will remember that when Paul had
that strange, mysterious thorn in tho
flesh, whatever it was, he prayed thrice
that it might be removed from him; and
the Lord answered, My grace shall be
sufficient Tor you. will not take away
the trouble, but will give you grace
that shall enable you to bear 1t. and give
YOU u victory over it." In this world
we frequently gain victories in ourselves,
although outwardly we seem to suffer
defeat. There are many men who are
not prospered when they seem to be pros
peled It is the worst part of them that
is prospered when they are only prosper
ed outwardly. Many men who have
gone down in bankruptcy are themselves
conscious that there is something in them
that is better, sweeter, more noble than
material prosperity has been able 10 de-
yelope. They are conscious that they are
moro men in their trouble than they
would be it they were out of it. Griet
opens the door of Heaven to many souls.
Just 90 to those who sit in the shadow.
There is many a man who has sought
success, and struggled for it, and come
short, of it, and who seems to be defeat
ed but who, after all. had victory.
The best side of him has been victorious.
That which made him victorious was
more manlipess it was more goodness,
it was moro of that spirit OF hope BY
which we are saved. II was that faith
which inherits Heaven by foresight.-[H.
". Beecher.
Year: 1872




Night.


Captain Clinchy, OF the Fourteenth prccicnt,
arrested all the proprietors OF concert saloons in
his precinct again last night. The raid in these
dens was made precisely IN the same manner as
the one on Saturday night, and was highly success
lul. The men and women in the saloons were com.
plctely taken by SURPRISE Nothing like a second
descent was expected. All were taken to the
station house. but the women were DISCHARGED
and the prOprietors and barkeepers only locked
up. The police evidently mean business this time
and II Is better late than never. More horrible or
disgusting holes were never permitted among
civilized community than these concert saloons
The police were well aware Of the character OF the
places, and yet they were allowed to remain upon
the principal thoroughfare OF America for a long
time, standing disgrace to the people. A good
deal OF sympathy was felt for the women who were
taken out OF these saloons on Saturday night be-
cause they were marched to the station houses In
the attire they arrived at the saloons in but it is
now plainly visible how much they were really de-
serving of that feeling. No sooner were the sa-
looms open last night than back they nOcked to
their old haunts. 1t is mistaken clemency
to let them CO. and no good viii eventually come
o. t H. M While there are some poor creatures among
hundreds VINO would not give up their present life
ior any other These women are paid 81 a
Wigs, hair pads, boots and trnkets; and where
does the money come ironip out OF the pockets OF
ui1 ilequeteis VI Tue saoons ii IL Is not gwen 1t
VIII DC absiracteG IN some way, for the women
have not only themselves to keep, but
their male followers, who never work.
and very often children. Beside the
81 per night they arc allowed twenty five per cent
upon the amount received for all the wine they
SELL and this frequently brings in fair revenue
IL can be easily understood the quality OF wine
sold Is such as will soon Oust the of the i'm
biber rom their natural home and lie becomes an
easy victim. one woman who has worked in the
place called the Canterbury is said to be worth
$4,000, all made IN this way. This should certainly
serve as sufficient warning to men with money in
their pockets to keep out OF these holes ana not
trust themselves In such hands. The police will
send The thirty eight prisoners taken last night to
the ToDbs this morning.
Year: 1872

Reports which have been received FROM all
quarters of England, Scotland, and Ireland
seem to Justify the gravest apprehension with
respect to the state of this years potato crop.
The blight is not yet universal, and fortunate
ly the statements from Ireland are of Less
threatening character than those from Eng
land and Scotland, but there is too much reas-
on to fear the disease will widely spread on the
English side of the Channel.
Year: 1872

The Irishmen of Mobile have formed them
selves into political club to be known as the
"Hibernian Club" It is to support the ticket
put forward by the Democratic and Libera,
parties.