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Year: 1873

abe shoemaker sat at his leathern bench,


And sang as hc pegged his shoe; .5
lie worked and sang and tang and worked.


While he drew the wax ends through,
rcrchanco his song was not 30 sweet


As the nightingales sweetest trill;
But ho worked az ho sang md sang az h,


worked,


And sang and worked with a will.


was not Of love and Cupid's power


That the shoemaker gaily sang;
But ho worked as he sang and sang AZ Le


worked,


While the shop with the echoes rang
He did rot sing 10 Italian strains


Those words that none can tell
But he beat the time to his own. hearts rhyme
With the hammer that rose and fell.
The words that he sang are known to ALL
And are known the old world through
But little he dreamed Of his coming fame
AZ lie sang and peggcd his shoe.
He had lef, the door Of his shop sjar,
For breath Of cooling breeze.
That murmurng sighed in the forest wide
OF the gently whispering trees
From the clover red in its crimson bed,
The breeze ltr fragrance bore,
And swept it along with the stream Of song
Tia, flowed from that open door
And this was the song that the shoemaker sang.
Ar ne rang aud pegged his -hoe,
While fly lit on tho end Of his nose
As he drew the wax ends through.
His hands were full and he could not stop.
So what to do was he 2
Then lie sang IN the words that echo vet
shoe fly! don't bother me-
Aud he beat the time, IN kind Of chime.
And Air hammer that rose and fell,
Aud tho words Of his song were borne along
Wherever the breezcs swell
When now 80 soon tho sun Of June.
And summers sultry sky,
Shall work on man the curse and ban
By bringing back tie n.y.
Ihou vhercsoer the breezes swell.
On land or DER the sea.
Ilis song shal rise in countless cries
Shoe 1y don't bother me"
Year: 1873

At an early hour, man standing on
a wharf at Cincinnati observed q dog
swimming around in a circle in the
river. The observer weLt to rescue the
dog, and discovered pear him the body
OF man who, as the Coroner's inquest
proved, had committed suicide. He had
been the dogs owner, and the latter
olung to his master to the last.
Year: 1873

a despatch to the Bangor Commercial
says the coroners inquest on the body Of
Willie Martin found dead on the banks Of
the MeduXnekeag stream a week ago Sat
urday, is at last concluded The jury,
after a long and extremely careful inquiry
into the facts Of the case, and hearing Il
large number Of witnesses, have rendered
their verdict, which is: That Willie
Martin came to his death by a pistol shot,
fired by some person unknown"


There is no truth in the report that Il
man named Whitehead, spread the story
OF the murder in l.ittlcton, before the body
was found in IIoulton. 1t has appeared
that Whitehead went into the woods on
the Wednesday before the murder The
fact came out on the second day Of the in
quest. No one there ever thought Of him
as connected with the murder The body
was found before A. NJ, Saturday, and
not at A. NJ, as has been reported


Nh Donnell said that, on the theory of
accidental shooting, Martin might possibly
have got himself into the position and
shape III which he was discovered, but that
il was not probable.
Year: 1873

l.oSr AND tot'Np A tcw weeks a"o u
brilliant wedding occurred in this city
\ Young gentleman now in business in
Boston, though formerly Of this city, was
united to one Of our Portland bellies The
happy couple left nj once for Boston.
About a week after the marriage the lady
whose father is one of the Cllicers OF the
steamer John Brooks, plying between this
port and Boston, went down to the boat


;Is She lay Al the wharf in that city, to see
her father. Busily engaged III pleasant
conversation she failed to note the flight
OF time, and the boat put off for her trip
east before she was aware OF it. OF course
she became terribly excited on discover
ing that She was sailing down Boston har-
bor. She flew to the deck; she flew back


to thr cabin She found her father; her


father tried to find the captain, which.


after little delay, he succeeded III dong.


Meanwhile the boat was moving majcstl-


caIly down past island. fort and reef, out
into the broud bay. When the captain


learned the circumstances the boat had pro


tceded so far that he deemed it best to con


tnlIe on his course, especially as the lady s


father was on board and could care for her


That night violent gale arose and the


steamer was obliged to put into Cape Ann
for safety, where she remained throughout


the next day. The lady. however, was


not to be persuaded to remain quietly on
board. Her agony Of spirit created such
sympathy among the crew that some OF
| them yenturcd to put her ashore in a
| small boat, which offer She gladly accept
ed After great peril the shore was reach
ed, and in 4 short time she was on her
way to Boston. where She soon met her
somewhat puzzled and troubled husband.
| he husband, too, had his share of ankle
ty, for when the wife Went TO the boat she
thought to return III an hour, and took
the key TO their room. Going home, he
found the room locked and could get no
answer to his call, Naturally alarmed, he


broke open the door, but found no trace
| OF his wife. He then called upon the
| police and the city was searched far and


near, but no wife. In his excitement he
! telegraphed to the mother-in- law, living


in this city, and filled that house with the
| CONSERVATION that the husband and wife


out of their home were suffering But


''all's well that ends We'll" though the


lady will hereafter leave note when She
| visits Il steamer that is to sail Portland
! Press
Year: 1873

The Lewiston journal says The other
evening gentleman who resides in Lisbon
came to this city and called for Il room at
one OF our hotels As he was quite tired
he asked to be shown his room at once.
The porter took a taper and the gentle
mans carpet bag and proceeded up stairs.
The servant ascended to the third staircase
when the gentleman with sigh, implored
the porter to halt. GLOW much nearer the
stars do you intend to take me e'' he asks
20 only one flight more" says the dazed
servant, ''Daned if I'll stand it, saws
the guest 81 only live miles from here
and I'd rather walk home than 90 up any
more There was nothing to do but to
descend when the gentleman took his
satche and left the hotel 1t subsequently
appeared that he did actually walk home
: miles that night, for bed.
Year: 1873

We would say to the retail
trade that we have made a Large
Reduction on all goods in Stock.
and goods just arrived we are sell
ing at SMALLER MARGIN
of PROFIT than ever.


We present as usual our cele
brated brand Of
Year: 1873

The truth-seeking spirit and the spirit
of faith, instead of being opposed, are
in the deepest harmony. The man whose
faith is most profound is willing to have
it's assertions tested by the severest
scrutiny. And the passion for truth has
underlying it i profound bot3! nd cO9yietion
get to the heart of things we shall find
there what we most need. Faith is false
to itself when it breads truth; and the
desire for truth is prompted byan inner
voice of faith. ..t
Year: 1873

ENAMEL FOR COOKING UTENs1Ls-To
enamel the inside of copper cooking ves-
sells in which acid fruit and vegetables
are cooked, and thus preventive forma-
ton of the so-called "verdigris," the
following method is recommended:
Twelve parts of unburnt gypsum and
one part borax are finely powdered in
timately mixed, and fused in crucible.
The fused mass is then poured out, and
after cooling is rubbed up to q paste
with water, The copper vessel is to be
coated inside with this preparation ap-
piled by means of q brush, and the YES
sci placed in moderately warm place,
so that the coating may dry uniformly,
after W hieh it is subjected to a gradually
increasing heat, till at length the pre-
paration fuses. On cooling the vessel is
found to be protected internally by %
white Opaque enamel, adhering very
firmly to the copper, not chipping off by
ordinary knocking and. rubbing, and
impervious to vegetable acids.
Year: 1873

OLD MAIDs-A recent writer express
ses his opinion of old maids in the fol
lowing manner | am inclined 10 think
that many Of the satirical aspersions
cast upon old maids tell more to their
credit than is generally imagined. Is a
young woman remarkably neat in her
person ? "She will certainly be an old
maid. Is she particularly reserved to-
ward the other sex ''Sbe has the
squeamishness of an old maid. Is she
frugal in her expenses and exact in her
domestic concerns "She is cut out
for an old maid" And if she is kindly
humane to the animals about her, moth
ing can save her from the appellation Of
an old maid In short, / have always
found that neatness, modesty, economy,
and humanity, are the falling
characteristics of that terrible creature
an "old maid.
Year: 1873

TIE STRANGEsr CASE on RECORD
On Tuesday week NJ h. \. Hall, of the
firm of Hall e Pratt, book and station
cry dealers, Scranton, near six o'clock
on the above named evening, complain
cd of severe pain in the head and left
for his residence. Soon after he was
taken with violent spasms, and they fol
lowed each other in quick successiontill
10 o'clock, when he went to sleep and
rested quietly until morning. When he
awoke remarkable gap in his memory
had taken place, and three years of an
active life were blotted out.


Nearly three years ago Mr.. Hall, while
living in Elmira, met with an accident.
He struck his head against q beam in
his barn and fell senseless TO the floor,
and lay unconscious for some time. He
recovered without present serious con-
sequences, and the matter was forgot
ten, until few days ago, when taken
sick. This will explain the strange sto-
ry we relate, which while it has its par
allel cases in medical jurisprudence, still
they arc of unfrequent occurrence. Mr..
Hall awoke on the morning after the
sudden illness without the power to re-
cognise any member of his family ex-
cept his wife all that had occurred
from the moment he sustained the acci-
dent at Elmira was blank His bro
theirs came and endeavored to revive his
memory by the relation of facts that
had transpired at his old home. Deaths
were mentioned and other incidents, but
Mr.. Hall had no recollection of them,
and he stated his surprise that he had
not heard of them before.


His two Youngest children are stran-
gers, and a little girl some five or six
years of age he remembers as a small
girl. Yesterday he was able to ride out
and was taken over the city in hopes
that familiar places would revive the
dormant powers ofmemory. He visit
ed the store. but was stranger to all
inmates. He read the names on the
sign, and recognized his own. He also
was highly pleased with the location of
the store and the general business ar
rangements, but the fact that he had ev
er been part of the establishment was
a truth to him unknown.


With medical men the remarkable
feature of this case will be the fact that
an interval of nearly three years passed
before the effects of the accident were
felt. and that his mind has now recover
ed in full strength with his body from
the attack, with the exception OF peri
Cd of three years of lost memory
Scranton Democrat.
Year: 1873

DEEDS Scr WonDs.-The true way of
estimating a mans usefulness in the
world is by his actions deeds, not
words indicate his current value. And
the nobler his deeds may be, the higher
is the corresponding type Of manhood
to which he attans. The most useful
man is he who is the greatest benefactor
to his race. He who departing leaves
behind him no acts to sully or tarnish
his fame or memory; he Of whom the
lowly and unfortunate eau say ale
aided us in our distress and made the
world we live in brighter for his being
here"


This is what it is to be a great man
to be one whose actions shall be his
proudest monument, and whose deeds
shall in coming years point out like the
index Of book what is most remarka-
ble in him.
Year: 1873

Old DR.. Cooper, of South Carolina,
used to say to his students "Don't be
afraid of dirt, young gentlemen. What
is dirt Why, nothing at 9il offensive,
when chemically viewed Rub little
alkali upon the dirty grease spot ton your
coat, and it undergoes a chemical
change and becomes soap now rub it
with little water aud it disappears. 1t
is neither grease, soap, water nor dirt.
That is a very odorous pile of dirt you
see yonder well scatter little gypsum
over it, and it is no longer dirty. Eve
rything ike dirt is worthy our notice as
students of chemistry. Analyze it; it
will separate into very clean elements.
Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread and
meat, and that makes very sweet
young lady, that l saw one of You kiss
ing last night. So after all you we're
kissing dirt, particularly if she whiten-
ed her face with chalk or fullers earth !;
though | may say that rubbing such
stuff uron the beautiful skin of young
lady is a dirty practice. Pearl powder
think is made of 5ismuth, nothing but
dirt. Lord Palmerston's fine definition
of dirt is 'matter in 1.-The wrong place"
Put it in the right place and We cease
to think il as dirt.
Year: 1873

In the active pursuit Of pleasure Or
gain, the inestimable blessing of health
is too often forgotten, until disease is
firmly seated, and the fact only realized
by great bodily and mental suffering
The Liver is the vulnerable point in
most persons, and the di.arrangement
of the organ involves almost the whole
system hence the reason why under
Liver disease there is enumerated such 4
number of Affections, and We claim the
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR to
be remedy for them all.
Year: 1873

WHAT SHALL We Do WITH Our DAuGH
TEns ?-Apropos of Mrs. Lvermore's lat
lecture on the above important question. tn,
Davenport Democrat thus sensibly makes
answer


Teach them self-reliance.


leach them to make bread.
leach them to make shirts.
Teach them to foot up store bills.
leach them not to wear false hair.
leach them not to paint and powder
| each them not to wear thick warm
shoes.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.


Bring them up the way they should go.


leach them to do marketing for the
family.


Teach them that dollar is only one hun
dred ceuts


Teach them how to cook good meal of
victuals


leach them every day, hard, practical
COMMON sense.


Teach them how to darn stockings and
sew on buttons.


Give them a good, substantial, common





leach them to say no, and mean it; or
yes, and stick to it.


Teach them to regard the morals, not the
money of their beaux.


Teach them to wear calico dresses-and
do it like queen.


Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the diningroom and paror.


Teach them that "A good round rosv romn
is worth fifty delicate consumptives.


Teach them to have nothing to do with
Incorporate and dissolute young men,


Teach them that the more one lives with
in their income the more they will save.
Teach them the more one lives beyond
their income the nearer they get to the
poor-house.


Re Y upon it, upon your teaching depends
IN great measure the veal or woe of their
after life.


Teach them accompshments-music,
painting, drawing-it you have the time and
money to do it,


Teach them to climb apple trees, 60
fishing, cultivate a garden and drive road
cam or farm wagon


Teach them that God made them in his
own image, and that no amount of tight
lacing will improve the model.


Teach them that Il good, steady, greasy
mechanic, without cent, is worth dozen
oll-painted loaters in broadcoth.


Teach them the essentials of life--truth,
honesty and uprightness-then at a suitable
time let them get married.
Year: 1873

DURING a steam voyage, on the stoppage
of the machinery, considerable alarm took
place, especially among the female passen.
gers. "What is the matter? what is the
matter? For Gods sake tell me the worst?
exclaimed one, more anxious than the rsst
After short pause, hoarse voice from
the deck replied: "Nothing, madam, moth
ing, only the bottom of the vessel aud the
top of the earth are stuck together
Year: 1873

AN offended picked W wagon tongue
to expostulate with youth who was try
ing to establish harmony between two cats
which were tied across a clothes line, by the
friendly offices of a sharp. stick. when he
was faced by the aunt of the urcbin, who
Indignantly demanded if child just de-
prived of bis parents could not anuse him
self in a christian community.
Year: 1873

Men and women make their own


beauty of their own ugliness. Lord


Lytton speaks, in one of his novels


Of a man "who was uglier than he
had any business to be-" and if he


could but read it, every human be-


ing carries his life in his face, and


is good looking OF the reverse, as


that life has been good or evil. On
our features the fine chisel of
thought and emotion are constantly
at work, Beauty is not the monop-
oily of blooming young men and
white and pink maidens. There is
a slow growing beauty that only
comes TO perfection in old age.
Grace belongs to no period of life,
and goodness improves the longer
it exists. We have seen sweeter
smiles from the lip of 20 than from
g lip of II. There is the beauty of
youth and the beauty of holiness
@ beauty much more seldom met,
and more frequently found in the
by the fire with grand
children around his knees than in
the ballroom or promenade. Hus-
band and wife who have fought the
world side by side-who have made
common stock of joy and sorrow,
and age together-are not unfre-
quently found curiously alike in
personal appearance, and in pitch
and tone of voice-just as twin
pebbles on the beach, exposed to
The same tidal influence, are each
others second self. He has gained
l feminine something which brings
lis manhood into full relief. She
las gained q masculine something
which acts as foil to her woman
mood.
Year: 1873

If misfortune hits you hard, hit
something else hard, pitch into
something with will. There's


nothing like good, solid absorbing


work to cure trouble. If you have
met with losses you don't want TO
lie awake nights thinking about
them. You want sweet, sound
sleep, and to eat your dinner with
an appetite. But you can't unless
you work. If you say you don't
feel like work, and go around all day
telling the "story of your woe,".you
will lie awake, and by your tossings
spoil your breakfast in the morn
ing, and begin tomorrow feeling
ten times worse than you did to-
day. There are some great troubles
that only time heals, and perhaps
some that can never be healed at
all; but all can be helped by the
great penacea, work. Try it, you
who are afflicted. It is not a pat
ent medicine; it has proved its eff
cacy ever since Adam and Eve left
their beautiful Eden behind them.
Year: 1873

The eyes of all birds have a pecu-


liarity of structure which enables


them to near or distant objects


equally well, and this wonderful


power is carried to the greatest


perfection in the bird of prey.


VIII n we recollect that an eagle will


ascend more than mile in perpen-


dicular height, and from that
enormous elevation will perceive its
unsuspecting prey and pounce on
it with unerring certainty; and
when we see the same birds scrutin-
izing, with almost microscopic nj
Getty, an object close at hand, we
shall at once perceive that he pos
sesses q power of accommodating
his sight to distances in manner
to which our eye is untitled, and of
which it is totally incapable. If we
take a printed page we will find
that there is some particular dis
tance, probably 10 inches, at which
we can read the words and see each
letter with perfect distinctness; but
if we move this page to a distance
of forty inches, or bring it within a
distance of five inches, we shall
find it impossible to read it at all
q scientific man would therefore
call 10 inches the focus or focal dis
tance of our eyes. We cannot al
ter this focus except by the aid of
spectacles.


But an eagle has the power of
altering the focus of his eye just as
he pleases; he has only to look at All
object at the distance of two feet,
or two miles, in order to see it with
perfect distinctness. OF course the
eagle knows nothing Of the wonder
fui eontrivance which God has sup
piled for his accommodation; he en-
ploys it instinctively and because
he cannot help it. The ball Of his
eye is surrounded by Is little plates,
called selerotic bones; they form a
complete ring, and their edges
overlap each other. When
he looks at distant object this lit
Year: 1873

When the strength or nerve pow
or is already worn out, or used up,
the digestion of food only makes a
fresh demand upon it, and if it be
unable to meet the demand, the
food is only a burden upon it, pro-
ducing mischief. Our bodies have
been compared to steam engines,
the food being the fuel and the
steam produced the nerve power.
The analogy holds good to a certain
extent. If, when the steam is low,
because the fire is low, you pile in
too fast a quantity Of coal, you put
out your fire, and IL you have de-
pended upon steam power to fan
your fire, that is also extinguished.


Beyond this the comparison fails.


No cause of cholera is more COM
mon than eating freely when ex-
hausted. The rule should be to
rest for time and take some sim
pie rcfreshment, cup or part of a
cup Of tea, little broth, or even a
piece of bread--anything simple
Year: 1873

tie circle of bones expand, and the
ball of the eye, being relieved from
the pressure, becomes hater; and
when he looks at a very near object
the little bones press together, and
the ball of the eye is thus squeezed
into rounder or more convex form;
the effect is very familiar to every
body; q person with very round
eyes is near sighted, and only sees
clearly an object that is close to
him; and a person with fiat eyes,
as in old age, can see nothing clear
ly except at a distance the eagle,
by the mere will, can make his eyes
round or fiat, and see with equal
clearness at any distance.
Year: 1873

sport 1ff sbe SstfsuWkCH Eeissne1S.


Hillo is one of the very few
places on these islands where you
can see a truly royal sport-the
sulf-board. 1t requires a rough
day and heavy surf, but with a
good day it is one of the finest
sights in the world.


The surf-board is tough plank
about two feet wide and from six to
twenty feet long, usually made of
the bread-fruit tree. Armed with
these a party of tall, muscular ma
tives swim out to the first line Of
the breakers, and, watching their
chance to duck under this, make
their way finally, by the help of
the undertow, into the smooth water
far off beyond all the surf. He, G
they Lob up and down on the swell
like so many ducks, watching their
opportunity. What they seek is a
very high swell, before which they
place themselves, lying or kneeling
on the surf-board: The great wave
dashes onward, but as its bottom
strikes the ground, the top unre-
tarded III its speed and force, breaks
into n huge combcr, and directly
before this the surf-board swimmcr
is propelled with speed which we
timed and found to exceed 40 miles
per hour. In fact, he goes like
lightning, always just ahead of the
breaker, and apparently down hill
propelled by the vehement impulse
of the roaring wave behind him
yet seeming to have speed and
motion of his own.


1t is very surprising sight tC
see three or four men thus dashed
for nearly a mile toward the sherc
at the speed of an express train
every mC mcnt about to be over.
whelmed by q roaring breaker
whose white crest was reared higl
above and just behind them, but al
ways escaping his cngulfment an'
propelled before it. They look
kneeling or lying on their long surf
boards, more like some curious ant
swift-swimning flsh--lille dolphin'
racing, as it seemed to mc-thar
like men. Once in while, by some
mischance, the cause of which
could not understand, the swimmer
was overwhelmed; the great com
bcr overlook him he was flung
over and over like piece of wreck,
but instantly dived and reappeared
beyond the outside of the wave,
ready to take advantage of the next
A successful shot launched them
quite high and dry on the beach far
beyond where we stood to watch.
Occasionally a man would stand
erect upon his surf-board, balanc-
ing himself in the boiling water
without apparent difficulty.


The surf-board play is one of the
ancient sports of Hawaii. l am
told that few of the younger gener-
alton are capable of it, and that it
is thought to require great nerve
and GOODNESS even among those ad-
mirable swimmers, and to be not
without danger.