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Year: 1875




CHOOSING HUSBANDS AND WIvEs.-Of one
thing girls may be sure, and that is that
the young men who make the best SONS
and brothers will also make the hest Inns.
bands. And young men may be equally
sure that those girls who are the best
daughters and sisters will also, as a rule. be
the best wives. Ifa young man, before he
Is married, is destitute of these affections
and principles which come out in flioI
obedience, traternal courtesy, and con.
trolling sense of duty, he will be EQUALLY as
destitute OF them after he is married The
mere fact of wedlock will not chance tho
fundamental principles of his nature. He
will be essentially the same human beino
after marriage-or, at least, after the honey.
moon-that he was before it. The same
principles hold true with regard to women.
She who Is selfish, and vain and idle. and
deceitlul as girl, will pretty apt to be the
curse OF the man who marries her. While
the girl is dutiful to her parents, and in.
dustrious, and unselfsh and truthful. will
almost certain to be a blessing to him who
gets her for a wife.
Year: 1875

LOVER AND llUsBAND.-Perhaps there is
no more painful time in woman's life
than the time of transition when the
asslduous lover is passing into the matter.
of-fact husband, and the wooer is eroduallv
changing into the master. Women, who
are so much more sensitive than men. more
sentimental too. and less content to trust
IN silence to an undcmonstrative affection.
are Tor the most part happy only while
they are being made love to. 1t is not
enough to be loved; they want to be told
so twenty times day, and to have the
harmomeS OF life enriched by crowd of
" occasional notes, embroiderinc tbe solid
substance by which they live. Men, on the
contrary, get tired of making love- When
they have wooed and won. they are content
to be quiet, and to take all the rest for
granted. They are not cold however. be-
cause they are secure and to most, and
those the best, practical kindness i better
than hattery, security ranks before excite.
ment and hysteria, and life passed in
serene friendship, fearing no evil, knowing
no break, and needing no praisng, is better
than life passed in perpetual turmoil of
passion, where there are scenes and teore
and doubt and broken hearts, if there are
not endless courtshipand fatiguing demon.
stratiOns,
Year: 1875

pretty explanation that is !" And again she


turned away from the gate


Stop! Let me tell you. Can't Won


listen minute? ?" said Hiram in despera.


ton. lie felt there was no other way than
TO make clean breast of it, and plunged
INTO his work at once. Word for word he
related the conversation he had heard in
the horse-barn, and the effect it had upon
nm. lie was deeply in earnest, and in
closing humbly appealed for forgiveness.
lie saw her tremble and put her hands to
her face Poor girl, she pitied him! His
heart rose, and his hand was upon the gate
10 open 1t, when peal of laughter, louder
ana longer from being so long pent up,
rang outupon the night air. almost startling
Hiram out of his boots and wakino tho
deacon and his wife from sound sleep in
the upper front bedroom.


Up went the window, and, a nightcapped
head was thrust out, with the demand os 70
what was the matter. Still Jenny launched
while Hiram stood silent by the gate angry
and ashamed, not knowing whether to
advance or go back. At last Jenny found
her voice


&" Go home, Hiram Jenkins" said she.
say your prayers and go to sleep, and if YOU
want to say anything more to me, come I'M
tomorrow evening after supper. But
mlnd' don't go listening at any horse-barns
on your way home; and she went off in
another peal of laughter.


Hiram did not wait to say good night.
whether he slept or said his PRAYERS that
night it is not recorded. but il is an
established fact that eight o'clock the next
evening found him in Deacon Bates porlor
The interview was long and probably an
interesting one, and its immediate result
was that before Thanksgiving the deacon
had neither Jenny in the house nor in |
the barn.


That was years ago, and Hiram has since |
done the town some service as selectman. |
and Is likewise a dignifed Justice of the |
Peace. But in the midst of lis dirnities
ana honors, If he ever happens to insist
upon having his own way, the threat of
telling about the horse-barn brings him 70
terms at once. 1t is the one check TO his
lndependence-the magic charm by virtue
OF which Mrs. Hiram Jenkins wields tho
household sceptre.
Year: 1875

A woman cured her husband of staving
out late at night by going to the door when
he came home and whispering through the
keyhole, SIS that you, Willie?" Her
husbands name is John, and he stays at
home every night now, and sleeps with one
eye open and a revolver under his pillow
Year: 1875

PA, guess our man Ralph is a good
Christian "How so, my boy?" "Why,
pa read in the Bible that the wicked
shall not live out half his days; and Ralph
says he has lived out ever since he was a
little boy"
Year: 1875

The editor of the Bowmanville Statesman.
had man fined ten dollars for throwing
an INK bottle at him. Yet this editor has
been Singing ink at everybody else for
years-only he didn't sling it bottled up.
Year: 1875

The msts which overcast the political horizon the
beginning OF the session have well nigh cleared away
and that the Seec; Committee has made its formal
report favor OF speedy dissolution and general ecc
tion may not be inopportunc take general glance
nt the situation.





has been accomplished BY the Chamber during tho
month which has elapsed since II Much. for the
vcxed question Of the scrt,ns has been rest and
all parties well agreed that appeal the country
can longer be delayed and little, inasInuch as the
government the Republic still the hnnds OF anti
republicans and the future OF tho constitution remains
uncertain. Indeed, there Is more uncertainty now
than at tho beginning OF the session for then il
thought that the Buffet Ministry would long sur.
vive the opening OF Parliament, and that q slightly
liberal Ministry would succeed ~ and though the
possible notion Of the President caused uneasness yet
It hoped that tho young Republic would shortly
triumph all opposition and succeed in becoming
an institution beyond the reach OF discussion But tho


VICTORIES woS THE covERSMESr,


albeit in dying Assembly, make II impossible for
republicans to entertain too snnguinc hopes for tho
success of their cause. They are now regarded
throughout the country the beaten party and the


oEDISARr FnKScu ELECTION


is not, like Cato, disposed 10 favor The vanquished
The conservatives, on the other hand, will 90
70 the country with tho great advantage OF being tho
party possession Of once and msny the peasants
and petty shopkecpers who will whatever can
ddnes they may put forward simply they are
on the side OF Power The petty proprietor OF the soil
wishes for quiet Hfc which he hopes TO obtain by
constantly supporting authority He does not appear
20 recognize tho fact that is this impassvc attitude
on his part which made dcspotism and misgovern
mont so easy in Franco and has given him peace
but half Of revolutions and three invasions or
the territory IN eighty years


SO II will be again, FAR may judge from tho
history OF tho past With the aid Of


rHE STATE oV sTEGR


and tho jealous cooperation Of the local admnistra
tion and clergy in every department. NJ Buffet and
his colleagues viii in nil probability majority
at the polls in Fcbruarythat is majority OF deputies
openly or secretly hostile to tho Republic and wiling
overthrow il at the FIRST opportunity. But
IL will not be a homogeneous majority; will be d..
vidcd perhaps pretty equally into Bonapartlsts and
those who for want Of convenient term, may be
the Comte de PARIS or the Due d'Aumaie but that
they dislike imperialism, which intcrforcs with
their pct plan Of governments sim
liar TO that which ruled England before
the Reform bill Orcanist and Bonapartist will
agree nothing save that they may combine su-
prcmc occasions to keep down the rcpublIcans though
IL IS not quite whether the Prince lmpcrai's
sdherents may attempt 10 make the republicans
play the disnihcG r6ie or the cat in a well fable
II is whispered that at the present moment they
eoquetng with the Len and half inclined 70 support
Year: 1875


The mists which overcast the political horizon the
beginning OF the session have well nigh cleared away;
and, that the Selec; Committee has made formal
report in favor Of speedy dissolution and general
tion may not be nopportunc take general glance
-.
Year: 1875

A child has Alright to his individuality,
to be himself and no other; to maintain
against the world the divine fact for
which he stands. And before this fact
father, mother, instructor should stand
reverently; seeking rather to under
stand and interpret its significance than
to wrest it from its original purpose.
1t is not necessarily to be inscribed
with the family name, nor written over
with the family traditions. Nature de-
lights in surprises, and will not guar
entee that the children of her poets
shall sing, nor that every Quaker baby
shall take kindly to drab color, or have
an inherent longing for q scoop-bonnet
or O broad d-brimmed hat.


In the very naming of child his indi-
viduality should be recognized. He
should not be invested with the cast-off
coenomen of some dead ancestor of his
torical celebrity, q name musty as the
grave-clothes of the original wearer-
dolefully redolent of old associations
O ghostly index finger forever pointing
to the past. Let it be something fresh !;
q new name standing fora new fact, the
suggestion of a history yet to be writ
ten, a prophecy to be fulfilled. The
ass was we'll enough clothed in his own
russet, but when he would put on the
skin of the lion every attribute became
contemplate. Commonplace people
slip easily through the world, but when
we find them heralded by great names
we resent the incongruity and insist on
making them less than they really are.
George Washington selling peanuts,
Julius Caesar as bootblack, and Vir-
gil q vender of old clothes, make but q
sorry figure. Leave to the dead kings
their purple and ermine, to the poets
their laurels, and to the heroes of the
earth sole possession of the names they
have rendered immortal.


Let the child have name that does
not mean too much at the outset, but
which he can fill with his individuality
and make by and-by to stand for exact
ly the fact that he is.
Year: 1875

Don't tell the little one who may he
slightly willful, that the black man
will come out of the dark cellar and
carry it off if it does not mind" Don't
create q needless fear to go with the
child through all the stages of its ex-
istence.


Don't tell the little fve-year-old jim
my 6" the school ma'am will cut off his
ears" pull out his teeth"-"tie him
up'-or any of the horrible stories that
are commonly presented to the childish
Imagination. Think you the little one
will believe anything you tell him after
he has become acquainted with the gen.
tie teacher who has not the least idea
of putting these terrible threats into
execution?


Don't tell the children they must not
drink tea because it will make them
black, while you continue the use of
it daily. Your example is more to them
than precept; and while your face is as
bright as June morning they will
scarcely credit the oft-told tale. Either
give up drinking the pleasant beverage
OF give your children better reason for
its non-ilse


Don't tell them that they must not
eat sugar Or sweetmeats, because it will
rot their teeth. Pure sugar does not
cause the teeth to decay; and sugar
with fruits is nutritious and healthy,
notwithstanding the /" old saw" to the
contrary. The case of city children is
often cited as if the cause of their pale
faces and slight constitution were al
over amonnt of sweetmeats with thei1
diet, when the actual cause is want OF
pure air and proper exercise.


Don't tell the sick one that the medi-
cine is not bad to take when you can
hardly keep your own stomach from
turning inside OUT at the smell of it.
Better by far to tell him the simple
| truth, that ii is disagreeable, but neces-
sary for his health, and you desire him
to take it at once. Ten to one he will
swallow it with half the trouble of coax
ing and worry of words, and love you
better for your firm, decided manner.


Don't teach the children by example
to tell white lies to each other and tc
their neighbors. Guard your lips and
bride your tongue if you desire te
have the generation truthful. Truth
fulness is one of the foundation stones
of heaven. Remember the old, ole
Book says, "no liar" shall enter withir
the gates of the beautiful city. There
is no distinction between white lies ant
those of darker hue. The falsehooG
is an uutruth, whether the matter bt
great or small. .---Ru7dl Net1 Yorker.
Year: 1875

"ExcUsE Ny GLOVE. Certain kinds
of mistaken politeness, sincere as they
are, are absurd enough to be grotesque.
A common mistake of this sort, with
some persons, even in large cities, is to
say, "Excuse my glove" when they
offer their hand to a casual acquaint-
ance, or on introduction to stranger.
It might be inferred from this remark
that the wearing of gloves is rather ex-
tremely rare in q civilized community,
or that the wearer wishes to advertise
the extraordinary fact that he has gloves.
All he really desires is to appear polite
never suspecting for moment that he
is simply ridiculous.


If you offer to shake hands with any
one in place where it is customary to
wear gloves, you certainly need no ex-
cuse for compliance with the habit. You
might, with equal reason, on receiving
visitor at your house, apologize tc
him for not removing your coat before
bidding him welcome.


The phrase probably had its origin II
the days when gloves were clumsy, ano
used more for protection than as al
essential of dress. Then the naked
hand was thought to be an evidence o.
good will and cordially. Since gloves
have been universally adopted, the ide'
of asking pardon for wearing them Ii
an anachronism as we'll as improperly
Gloves are now made to fit exactly
so that, were it courtesy to take then
off on encountering ones friends or &C
quaintances, an amount of time ant
trouble would be required which woult
inevitably render social greeting a
once a comical exhibition and bore
| Scy'ibner's MOnthLu.
Year: 1875

cY@ A Hartford subscriber writes
that he is just recovering from smallpox,
and will be on in o few days to renew his
subscription. We hope he won't mind
little thing like that. We will send
the paper and wait for the money. We
will wait cheerfully. We amt of that
avaricious kind of people who will grab
for money as if for life. We despise
such things. There's no earthly rea-
son for his coming on; we will wait
Danb,i,p Necs.
Year: 1875

nsy- When an Arkansas judge ascends
this bench the first thing he does is TO
feel under the desk for the whisky bot
tie. and if the tipstaff has forgotten TO
have it filled, legal proceedings that
day don't amount to much.
Year: 1875

In the Summer Land 1--WE again quote
from the volumes just alluded to, and
not from A. j. Davis this time) the
unions of male and female occur from
very similar causes to those which bring
about like unions on earth. Theparties
are drawn to each other through the
operation Of q natural law, and the re-
suit is greater happiness than is usually
Year: 1875

How the Work on the New Lines Will be Done.


The District Commissioners have issued an
order that the engineer in charge Of public works
in the District Of Columbia, the superintendent
of the fre-aIarm telegraph, and the chief en-
gineer Of the FIRE department be directed to in
spect the work to be done and the materials to be
furnished under the contract recently made for
the construction of a new system OF telegraph for
fre-slsrm purposes in Washington and George
town, and see that all the material and the ma
chinery furnished and the work done under said
agreement shall be Of the best plans and done in
the most HOrkmanlike manner, and that the same
correspond to the specifications OF said agreeme
They are also, in the course Of their supervision
Of said work, to see that, required by said
agreement and without additional cost, every
thing shall be furnish cd BY the contractors which
ie necessary TO the proper and satisfactory con-
pletion and working OF the system, whether or
not It has been speci dcsly named IN the agree
ment. They are also TO take care TO observe
whether any Of the telegrsphic machinery, bells,
wires and appliances now in use shall be used by
said contractors in the performance OF the con-
tract, and take proper inventories Of such mate
rial and its valuation and the use to which the
same may be applied by the contractors. They
are slEo to report and certify to the Commission
ers from time 70 tine the progress made In the
performance Of the agreement. The Commis-
sioners St the same time reserve to themselves
the right Of approval and acceptance Of the work,
and the committee are cautioned to refrain from
any act which might be construed TO bind the
District IN any manner,
Year: 1875

Mrs. Thoma, who was seriously injured several
days ago by being struck on the head with q rock
by John Warfen,is is recovering. The friends Of
Warren have sent a communication to this Office,
stating that the assault was provoked by Mrs.
Thoma, .and was really matter of self-defense.
They say that on the evening in question Warren,
who is driver OF a feed wagon, was in the yard
Of her residence, and she stole Q whip belonging
him and set two savage dogs on him, and that q
workman Cf hers also assaulted him; hence he
threw the stone. Warren claims to have wit
of the statement,
Year: 1875

Now is the time that thieves ply their trade.
Be warned BY the bold robberies Of the past two
days. Your vsluables are in constant danger
when kept about the house. Deposit your bonds
and silyerHare in the National Safe Deposit Com
pany, corner Of New York avenue and Fifteenth
street, and be protected from IRE and burglary.
Year: 1875

Only q meagre audience gathered at
Good Templars' Hall last evening to
listen to the lecture which was to have
been delivered by the Rev. Jabez
Walker, Grand Worthy Chief Temp
lar of this State. The fact that the
people did not turn out more numer-
ously to listen to this interesting
speaker, is attributable more to the
excitement of the day, yesterday be-
ing election, and lack of advertising,
than to the reputation of Mr.. Walker
as speaker, for he is without doubt
the best temperance lecturer on tue
coast, and has done more than any
other man living to make Good Tenn
plarism worldwide in its extent, hav-
ing teen the founder of the order in
England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales, and through them many other
foreign countries. He talked some
thirty minutes to the faithful few
who gathered in the hall. Said he did
not intend to deliver lecture to them,
for no matter how one might draw up
onthe Imagination it was hard to make
individuals out of empty seats, and
more difficult yet for one to speak to
said seats with any prospect of incit-
ing enthusiasm in either the chairs or
the lecturer; but as some had come
out to hear him, he did not feel like
letting them go without little social
talk on the temperance question. He
did not believe in high license, or
anything of the kind-nothing but
prohibition" Went on to prove
that whisky selling was physically,
morally, aud politically wrong, and If
wrong, why license it at all? But, If
right, why not give 1t the same
chance and projection as any legiti-
mate mechanical or commercial call
ing. The speaker went ON to say that
it was not like any legitimate bus
mess where the demand govern
ed the supply, but that In the
whisky business the supply created
the demand and would continue to do
so until checked by some stringent
and well.guarded temperance law. He
predicted that In four years or less,
instead of the temperance people heing
the ones to knuckle to the now domi-
nant political parties, it would be vice
verSa, and the people would he the
ones who would have the power to
graft favor.


Though we differ from him on many
points, in justice we must say he Is
very pleasing and interesting speaker,
and had our people once heard him to
know of his capabilities, the hall last
evening would doubtless have been
crowded. He does not send all en-
gagged in the whisky traffic to peril
tion at once, like most men lecturing
on that sui tject, but meets the issues
calmly, sqnarely, conscientiously and
like gentleman.
Year: 1875

a DARING FEAT.-Thcre is a story oil
the admiral's son who climbed up to the
main royal truck, stood upon the gddy
hight for some moments and then findina
it impossible to descend by the rigging
would have fallen to the deck had not hi.
father appeared and ordered him to jumI
into the sea. The boy jumped, and got
off with good fright and q wet skin. A
few days ago sailor on board the shin
Ohd'1cdr performed feat on the main
royal truck that completely takes the
shine out Of the exploit of the boy. The
tar Is an old English man-of- wars
and as the ship was being towed up the
harbor, mounted the rigging to the main
royal masthead. Then getting his knees
on the royal truck, circular piece OF
wood only eight and half inches in di-
ameter, he gradually raised himself, and
stood upon the giddy and dangerous pin.
naclc. All the time, be it remembered
the vessel was in motion. He then turned
round and made sort of Mohammedan
Obelsance to the fourquarters of the COM
pass. But this was only sort of intro.
duction to the extraordinary performance
which followed. Jack proceeded to take
Oft tight undershlrt he wore, turned il
inside out, then put it on again. Those
watching him felt more nervous than
the daring old salt, and when he started
TO put on the shirt but few had the nerve
TO look up at him. After this, by way OF
grand finale, Jack descended to the
main yard, hung on the foot rope by his
feet, head down, took off his shirt again,
threw it down, aud turned somcrsauit
into the water after it. lie secured the
shirt, swan alongside, and when on board
got the glass Of Ium he so well deserved.
This is the first time that this daring and
foohardy feat has been done in this har-
bor.-S. j. I0St.
Year: 1875

OUR SENAToR.-On the 4th of March
the term of Senator Hagar will come to
an end. The President has called a spec
Ial session of the Senate, and unless Gov
error Booth resigns his position as Gov
ernor to take the seat TO which he was
elected, California will be unrepresented.
What his Exoelency's intentions are we
have not the least idea, but his duty is,
we think, quite plain. When seeking
the nomination for Governor he pledged
himself not to use the Office rs a stepping
stone TO the Senate, but to serve out the
time for which he is elected. How well
he has kept that pledge, we have seen,
and the farce Of holding on to his present
position while carrying his certificate of
United States Senator will not avail him.
No man can serYG two lnasters-nor can
the Governor do his duty in the double
capacity Of Governor and Senator and
drawing his pay in each capacity. The
spirit of his pledge to the Republican
Convention has been violated as much as
possible and the fact Of his retaining his
position for the few months left will not
mend the matter in the least.
Year: 1875

MALLEABLE GLASS.-One of the lost
arts has been rediscovered, if one may
believe the report that Frenchman, OF
the name OF De Ia Bastie, who has been
experimenting for six years, in connection
with learned chemist, has solved the
problem. The glass produced by him is
said to be as malleable as copper or iron,
and SO capable Of resisting the action Of
heat that it can be used for frying pans
and kitchen utensils as well as for lamp
chimneys, without risk of fracture. No
particulars that can throw any light upon
the proofs of manufacture have thus far
been given to the world.
Year: 1875

A New PAPER.-Steps are being TAX
en- at Sacramento to establish a new pa
per which will be Democratic in politics.


Sacramento has been a graveyard for
Democratic journals, and we don't believe
that the one now talked of will succeed
any better than did those which preceded