The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Centre, Minnesota), 1867-08-08

              VOLUME I.
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1867.
NUMBER m
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Sauk Gentre,        -        -        Minnesota.
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St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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R. P. EDSON,
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Edlsom «& Walker,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
■Office over Philadelphia Store on Third street,
Sauk Centre, Stearns Cbunty, Minnesota. .
Business Property, Houses and Lots, Farms,
Farming Lands, etc ; etc., bought and sold on
commission.
ATTENTION!
Is called to the fact that our facilities for making out Pre-emption papers and for locating
and entering Government Land with Cash,
Scrip or Land Warrants, are unsurpassed by
any office west of St. Cloud. A large assortment of Town Plots for the use of seekers of
Claims on hand and kept constantly corrected by correspondence with the Land. Office.
We nave in our hands for sale some of the
finest Farms and Farming Lands In this
tipper count-iy.
BUSINESS  CARDS.
R.
P. EDSON
Is Agent for sound and reliable
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENTAL LIFE AND
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He Insures Live Stock against Death and
Theft, In the Hartford Live Stock Insurance
Company—the soundest and only reliable
Live Stock Company on this continent.
N.
H. MINER,
Insurance Agent,
Sauk Centre,        -        -        Minnesota.
Represents the soundest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident- Insurance Companies or the Eastern and' Western
■ States.  Office over the Post Office.
g^DWARD DREBLOW,
Cabinet Maker, '^SLi
Main street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Keeps constantly on hand a complete stock
of Furniture, Coffins, &c.
AU orders will receive promfjt attention.
ILLIARD SALOON,
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.
Thirdstreet,Sftuk Centre, Minnesota.   '
Has first class Phelan& Collender BUlard
Tables.
Choloe Wines, Liquors, Ale, Porter and Cigars.
<3ALOON AND BAKERY.
O'. M. RENNOE, Proprietor.
Main Street, Sauk Centre,   Minnesota.
Bread, Cakes, Pies, &c, always on hand. Hot
Coffee and Meals at all hours.   Good
Wines and Liquors and the best
-. ,<; brands of Cigars.
TOTT   J. WHITEFIELD,
House «& Sign Painter,
Graining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, &c., done
withneatness and on reasonable terms.
- Work warranted equal In quality to that
agreed upon or no oharges made.   «S- Paint
Shop next door to Thomas A Co'S.
Sauk Centre, Minn., June 5,1867.
OHN CHRISTGAU,
Boot Sc Shoe Maker,
Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A complete stoek of Boots and Shoes kept
constantly on hand, and made to order oh
■   short notice.   Good fits "warranted."     '
Repairing  promptly done, at reasonable
prices.   All kinds of Shoemaker's'Tools for
sale.
AND OFFJCE &  REAL ESTATE
AGENCY.
N. H.  Miner,
Lands 'sold on commission. Farms com
posed of Prairie, Meadow and Timber Land
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Scrip or Land Warrants, or to file Pre-
JEmptlon claims, can do so at my office
and avoid the time and expense of
r, a trip to St. Cloud.
Office over the Post Office,  Sauk Centre,
Minnesota.
ItattYg}.
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From the Missouri Democralf.
The Sentimental and the Real.
BY WM. TOD BELMTTTH.
I.ONG AGO-UHE SKNT-HEENTAl.
See. the moonbeams sweetly breaking,
O'er the ever restless sea.
And the Waves to memory waking,
Tell a story unto me.
Tell a tale, ah! me, a sad one
In their never ceasing flow,
Tell a tale of love—a sad one,
Of the years of long ago.
Here when quiet stars were beaming,
O'er the waters of the sea
Walked a youth and maiden dreaming
What their future was to be.
Gently, and with perfume laden
Came the wind from woodlands low,
To that darkjeyed youth and maiden,
In those years of long ago.
Oh!. those blessed youthful visions,
Love and truth, and hope and trust,
Could they stand 'gainst Fate's decisions—
Never crumble into dust;
Could we keep them here forever,
Could we bid them not to gd;
Then the yearling heart would never
Pray for years of long ago.  .
Where are now those vows then-spoken ?
Where the pressure of the hand ?
Hark! the wind is whispering, " broken,"
As it stirs the moonlit sand.
Years of strife and toil and .sorrow,
Mingled happiness and woe—
Can we think of joy to-morrow
As in yeaips of long ago?
LOKO AGO—THE REAL,
I am smoking a quiet cigar
On the shore just in front x>f the sea,
And a happier man by far     ^ .
Than e'er I expected to be.
The moon is uncommonly bright,
The tide is uncommonly low;
Tlie tail of a comet's in sight,
But no tale of love, that I know.
I remember this very same spot,
And reader I'll tell you the reason:
Some long years ago, when the hot
Weather drove people here for a season,
I came a delighted young man,
Just green from the lectures of college,
And my thoughts (If I had any) ran "
On everything else but on knowledge.
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A damsel was here in her ."teens,"
I loved her the' first time I "seen her?/ ;
And though I was verdant as greens,   •
I fancy Miss Nancy was greener.
And here on these very same sands,
I swore By the moon and the breakers,
I placed all my life In her hands,
And therefore I thought I might take her's
. 'lis fanny to look back and see
How the moon and stars and the sight
Of the salty old waves of the sea,
Put a man in such terrible plight.
Miss Nancy, she gave me the slip,
And left me heartbroken to dye
For another the down on my lip.
For another fair maiden to sigh.
And here once again by the ocean,
I laugh as I see on the shore, ' 'Njtoi
A couple of figures ih motion,
. As I and Miss Nancy of yore.
.  I bet he is swearing to love her,
And talking of "heart-strings" and "woe,"
Of " gushing sweet moonbeams above her,"
As I did in times " long ago."
"    MOBAL. , N
" Where ignorance is bliss, &c, &c, &c."
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A MIRROR.
In Which Many People May See Themselves Reflected.
Albert, I wish you wouid let me have
seventy-five cents."
Kate Landman spoke very .carefully,
for she knew that her husband had not
much money to spare ; yet she spoke
earnestly, and there was a world of entreaty in her look.
" What do you want seventy-five
cents for ?" asked Albert, not very
pleasantly.
- ". I want to get some braid for my
new dress."
" I thought you had the materials all
on hand for that."
So I thought I-had ; but Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Thompson both have a trimming of braid upon theirs-, and it looks
very well. It is very fashionable, and
it certainly adds much to the dress.
"Plague take these women's fashions ! Your endless trimmings and
thing-a-magigs cost me more than the
dress is worth. It's nothing but shell
out money when once a woman thinks
of a new dress."
" Surely, Albert, I don't have .many
new dresses. I try to be as economical as I can." \
" It's funny kind of economy at all
events. But if you must have it, I suppose you must."
And Albert Landman took out his
wallet, and counted out the seventy-
five cents ; but he gave it grudgingly;
arrd when he put the wallet back into
his pocket he did it with emphasis
which seemed to say that he wouldn't
take it out for a week.
• When Albert reached- the outer door
on his way to his work, he found the
weather so threatening that he concluded tp go back and get his umbrella, and upon re-entering the sitting-
xoom he found his wife in tears. She
tried to hide the fact that- she had
been weeping, but she had been caught
in the act, and she was asked what
it meant.
"Good Gracious I" cried the husband, " I should like to know if you
are crying at what I said about your
dress?"
" I wasn't crying at what you said
Albert," replied .Kate tremulously;
" but you were so reluctant to grant me,
the ljttle favor. I was thinking how.
hard"! work—how I am tied to the
house—how many little things I have
to perplex me ; and then to think—
"0, pshaw! What do you want to
be so foolish for ? "   ':&
And away started Albert Landman at
second time; but not tq;escape so easily. ' In the hall he was met by his
daughter Lizzie, a bright-eyed, rosy
cheeked girl, ten years of age.
" O,' papa, give me fifteen cents."
"What?"
" 0, I want fifteen cents. Do please
give it to me."
" What in the world do you want of
it 1 Are they changing ..school books
again ? "
" No—I want to buy a hoop. Ellen
.Smith has got one, and so has Mary
Buck and Sarah Allen. Mr. Grant has
got some real pretty ones to sell.
Mayn't I have'one ? "
" Nonsense ! If you want a hoop go
and get it from an old barrel. I can't
afford to be buying hoops for you to
trundle about the streets"
" Please, pajfe.."
" No, I tell you! "
The bright blue eyes were filled with
teaf s, and as the child's sobbing broke
upon his ear Albert LandmaK.-burried
from the house with some very impatient words -upon his lips.
This was.in the morning. At noon,
when he came home to his dinner, there,
was a cloud over .the household, fijs
wife was sober, and he was sober, and
even little Lizzie,' usually so gay and
blithesome, was sad and silent.
But these things could not last long,
in this household; for the husband
and wife'loved each other devotedly,
and were really at heart kind and forbearing. When Albert came to his
suppei Kate greeted him with a kiss,
and in a moment the sunshine came
back ; and had the lesson ended there
the husband might have fancied that
he had done nothing wrong—that the
cloud had been but the exhalation of a
domestic ferment for which none was
particularly responsible; though he
might not have banished ' the conviction that women's fashions were a nuisance and a humbug, as a frightful
draft upon husbands' pockets.
' After tea Albert did a few chores
about the house, and he lighted a cigar
and walked out. He had- gone but a
"short distance when he met Lizzie. In
her right hand she dragged an old
hoop which had been taken from a
dilapidated flour barrel, while with her
left she was rubbing her red swollen
eyes. She Was in deep grief, for she
was'Sobbing painfully. He stopped his
child and asked her what was the matter.
She answered, as well as her sobs
would let her, that the other girls had
laughed at her, and made fun of her
old hoop. They all had pretty hoops,
while her's was ugly and homely.
" Never mind," said Albert, patting
the little one upon the head-^for the
child's grief touched him—" perhaps
We'll have a new hoop sometime:"
." Mayn't I have one now? Mr. Grant
has got one left—O! such a pretty
one ! "
The sobbing had ceased as the'child
caught her father's hand eagerly,
" Not now, Lizzie—not now; I'll
think of if."
Sobbing again the ohild moved on
towards home, dragging the old hoop
after her.
At one of the Btores Albert Landman
met some of his friends.
" Halloo, Albert, what's up 1"
§ Nothing in particular."
" What do yon say to. have a game of
billiards?"
" Good ! I am in for that."
^And away went Albert to the billiard,
hall, where he had a glorious time with .
his friends. He '. liked billiards. It
was a healthy, pretty game; and the
keeper of the hall allowed no rough
scruff upon his premises.
They -had played four games. Albert
had won two and his opponent had
won two.
"That's two and two," cried'Tom
Duff. "What do you say tosaddling 'em
off?"
" All right—go in," replied Albert,
full of animation.
So they-played the fifth game,-and
he who lost was to pay for the five
games. It was an exciting contest:
both made capital runs ; but in the end
Albert was just beaten by three points,
and, with a light laugh, he went up to
settle tho bilL* Five games—twenty
cents a game—-just one dollar. Not
much for such sport, and he paid out
the money with a good grace, never
once seeming to feel that he couldn't
afford it. T''•
" Have a cigar ? " said Tom.
"Yes."
They lighted their cigars and then
they sauntered down the hail to watch
other players.
By and by Albert found' himself
seated over against a table at which
some of his friends were playing, and
close by him were two gentlemen—
both strangers .to- him—one of whom
•was explaining to'the other the mysteries of the game.
" It is a healthy pastime," said he
who had been making the explanation ;
" and certainly it is one which has no
evil tendency.
Albert heard the remark quite.plain-
ly and he had the curiosity to heex
what the other would say.
" I cannot, of course, assert' that any
game which is free from the attendant
curse of gaming, is of itself, an evil,"
remarked the second gentleman. "Such
things are only evils in so far as' they
excite and stimulate men beyond the
bounds of healthful recreation."
" That result can hardly follow such
a game, said the first speaker."
But the other shook his head.
" You are wrong there. The result
can follow in two ways. First, it can
lead men" assay from their business;
and second, it can lead men to spend
money who have no money to spare.
You will understand me. I wouldn't
cry down the game of billiards; for if I
understood it I would certainly try you
a game now i but when I visit a place
of this kind I am led to reflect- upon
the strange and prominent weakness of
-human nature as developed in our sex.
■For instance observe that young man
who is just now settling his bill at the
desk. He looks like a mechanic ; and
I should say from his manner, and
from the fact that he feels it his duty
to go home at this hour, that he is kind
hearted and generous, and I should
judge that he - means to do about as
neto fig.ht- as he oan. He has been
beaten, and he pays one dollar and
forty cents for the recreation of some
two hours duration. If you observe,
you will see that he pays it freely, and
pockets the loss with a smile. Happy
faculty I But how do you suppose it is in
.tfcatjjoung man's.home? Suppose his
wi£» had come to him that morning and
asked him for a dollar to spend for
some trifling thing—some household
ornament, or some bit of jewelry for
the adornment of her person—and suppose his little child had put in a plea
for forty cents to buy paper dolls and
picture books with, what would have
been the result.? - What do you think
he would have answered ? Of fifty men
jlfet like him would not five and forty
hare declared that they had no money
to spare for such purposes ? And
moreover, they would have said so,
feeling that they were telling the truth:
Am I not fight ?
" Upon my soul," responded the man
who understood billiards, " you speak
to the point, I know the young man
who has just' paid his bill, and you
have not misjudged him in a single
particular. And what is more, I happen to have a fact at hand to illustrate
your charge. We have a club for an
excellent literary paper in our village
and last year the young man was one
of our subscribers. This year he was
obliged to discontine it. His wife was
very anxious to take it. The club rate
was one dollar and fifty oents a year,"
" Aye—and so it goes," said the other
gentleman. " While that man's wife;
may at this very moment be wishing
that she had her paper to. read, he is
paying almost its full price for a year—
for what? Almost for nothing. And
yet see how smilingly he does it. Ah !
those poor sympathizing wives I How
many clouds darken upon, them from
the brows of their husbands when they
ask for a trifling sum of money, and
how grudgingly the mite is handed" out
when it is given. What perfect floods
of joy might that dollar-and forty cents
have poured upon the children of the
unsuccessful billiard player. Ah ! it is
well for such wives ahd children that
they do not know' whore all their husband's money goes!"
The game was finished at the nearest
table, the two- gentlemen moved on,
and Albert Landman arose from his
seat and left the hall. 'Never before
had he had just such thoughts as now
possessed hkn. He had never dwelt
upon the same grouping of ideas. That
very morning his own faithful, true,
loving wife had been sad and heart-sick
because he had harshly and unkindly
met her. request -for a small sum of
money. And his sweet little Lizzie had
crept away to her home almost brokenhearted for the want of a simple toy
such as her mates possessed. And yef
the sum of both their wants amounted
not. to so much as he had payed away
that evening for billiard playing,
Albert Landman wanted to be an
honest husband and -father, and the
lesson was not lost upon him. On his;
way home he stopped at Mr. Grant's
and purchased the best and prettiest,
hoop to be found, with a. driving stick:
painted red, White and blue, and in the
morning when he heard his child's delight, and had received her grateful,,
happy kiss, the question came to his
mind—^ybich was the happiest result—
this or the five games at billiards ? The
hoop bad cost thirty cents. He-qpuld
play two games less at billiards, and be
the absolute gainer of ten cents-by the
operation. A few mornings after this,
as Albert arose from the breakfast table, he detected ah uneasy, wistful
look upon his wife's face.
"Kate, what is it?"
" Albert, if you could spare me half a
dollar this morning."
"Certainly, my love. Anything fn
reason to make you happy." And out
came the wallet and the money was
handed over with a warm, genial smile.'
What I -Tears at that ? Was-it possible that she had been so little used to
such scenes on his part, that so simple
an act of loving kindness thus affected
her?
How many games of billiards would
oe required to give such satisfaction as
Albert Landman carried With him that
morning to his shop ?
Avery simple story, is it not ? But
how many may gain lasting profit by
giving heed to the lesson 1
I.TING IN BED.
It is often a question among people
who are unacquainted with tha anato.
my and physiologyNof men, whether
lying with the head exalted or level
with the body, is the most wholesome.
Mpst, consulting their own ease on this
point, argue in favor of that which they
prefer. Now, although' many delight
in bolstering up their heads at night,
and sleep soundly without injury, yet
we declare it to be a dangerous habit.
The vessels in which the blood passes
from the heart to the head are always
lessened in their cavities when the
head is resting in bed higher than the>
body; therefore, in all diseases attended with fever, the head should be pretty nearly on a level with the body; .and
people ought to accustom themselves
to sleep thus, and avoid danger..—Med,
Journal.
The     Moral     Influence    ot    Different
'Kinds ot Food.
Man is a sort of tree which we are
too apt to judge of-by the bark.
At a seance of the Freneh Academy of
Science,'held on the 2d of April, was
read, a curious paper upon • the moral
influence of different kinds of food.
The writer relates in detail a double
series of experiments that he. performed -upon himself with the two capital
articles, coffee and wine. He prepared
himself for each series by a fast of forty
hours, during which he ate nothing but
a few globules of gum, in order that
the stomach might be entirely empty
at the moment of commencing. Then
he ate nothing but coffee and bread, or
wine and bread, for several days, and
carefully noted his mental sensations.
I quote his own words:
" If I swallowed a certain quantity of
strong Coffee slowly I felt a singular
change take place in my nature. I
seemed almost' instantaneously transformed into another man ; all feeling
extinguished itself in my breast and at
the same moment my intellect developed an unaocastomed activity; it
seemed as if all my faculties had- transformed themselves into intelligence. I
ceased to. be communicative and kindly ; I became cold, cross and selfish'; in
a word,- my whole -character assumed
exactly the reverse of what it had hitherto been. My intellect labored with-,
out the'slightest fatigue, and almost in
spite of myself Upon any .given subject
it penetrated profoundly and drew almost infinite consequences. If I wrote,
my style was correct and bold.
If I remained a long time in this condition, my inte.itect ceased its' activity
of production, but» like my body, it re-,
mained constantly agitated. I could
not sleep, or, at least, could never completely lose my consciousness-. In a
word, I was entirely reduced to motion
and intelligence. It is Worthy of note
that my pulse was both slow &n<l feeble
throughout the experiment. If now I
drank some wine everything changed,
calm returned, followed by generous
sentiments. I felt myself become
kindly and sympathetic. I ceased, by
magic, io be cross and egotistical. If
the experiment was made from the beginning with wine and bread, instead
of coffee and bread, these -phenomena
were exaggerated; the mind was dulled
to such a point as to be embarassed by
the slightest effort; the character became extraordinarily sensitive. I dreaded to offend any one by the slightest
thing; whereas under the influence of
coffee, the feelings or opinions of the
world -were completely indifferent to
me. In the meantime, this vinous sensibility is not necessarily benevolent.
If the person happens-to fall under the
influence of a malevolent feeling, that
is equally intensified. Finally, I became, heavy, sleepy, inclined for repose-.; the intellect ceased to act; sensibility alone remained."
The author of the memoir observes,
in conclusion, that coffee and wine may
be taken as the types of two great classes of food, of which one acts on the intellect and nerves of motion, the other,
on the sensibility and nerves of sensation1 ; that a majority of articles used as
food occupy a middle place between
two extremes.
TUB   PRINTER.
The following beautiful tribute to the
followers of the "stick and rale" is
from the pen of B. F. Taylor, of the
Chicago. Evening Journal;
The printer -is the adjutant of
thought; and this explains the mystery of the wonderful word that can
kindle a hope as no song can ; that can
warm a heart as no hope can; that
word^'we" with hand-in-hand warmth
in it—for the author and the printers
are engineers together. Engineers, indeed ! " When the little Corsican bombarded Cadiz at the distance of five
miles, it was deemed the very triumph
of engineering. But what is that range
to this, whereby they bombard the
ages yet to be I
There at the "case" he stands and
marshals into line the forces armed for
truth, clothed in immortality and English. And what can be. nobler than
that equipment of a thought in sterling
Saxon—Saxon with a spear- or shield
therein, and that commissioning it
when we are dead, to move grandly on
to "the latest syllable of recorded time,"
This is to win a victory from death, for
this has no dying in it.
• The printer is called a laborer, and
the office he performs is toil. Oh, it is
not work but a sublime life he is performing, when he thus sights the engine that is to fling a worded truth in
grander curve than missile e'er before
described; fling it. into the bosom of an
age unborn. He throws off his coat indeed; we but wonder the rather, that
he does, not put his shoes from off hit
feet,- for the place where he stands is
holy -ground,
A little song was uttered somewhere
long ago; it wandered through the twilight feebler than a star; it died upon
the ear. But the printer takes it up
where it was lying there in the silence
like a wounded bird, and then sends it
forth from the ark, that had preserved
it, and it flies on into the future with
the olive-branch of peace, and around
the world with melody, like the dawn
ing of a spring morning.
HOW TO TEE,Ii  A GOODITEACHEK,
A gentleman from Swampville was
telling how many different occupations
he had attempted. Among others he
had tried school teaching.
" How long did you teach ?"" asked a
bystander.
"Wal, I didn't teach long; that is I
only went to tea^oh."
"Did you hire out ?"
"Wal, I didn't hire out; I only went td
hire out>"
"Why did you give up?"
"Wal, I guv up for some reason or
nuther. You see, I traveled into a
deestrick and inquired for the trustees.
Somebody said Mr.. Snickles was the
man I wanted to see^ So I found Mr^
Snickles—named my object, introduced
myself-—and asked him what he thought
about lettin' me try my luck with the
big boys and unruly gals in the deestrick He wanted to know if I really-
considered myself capable, and I told
him I wouldn't mind his asking me a
few easy, questions in arithmetic jogra-
phy, or showing my hand-Writing. He
said no, never mind; he could tell a
good teacher by his gait."
"Let me see you walk off a little
ways," says he, "and I can tell yoU jis'i
well as I'd heard you examined."
"He sot in the door as. he spoke, and
I thought he looked a little skittish;
but I was considerable frustrated, and
walked on as smart as I knowed how.
He said he'd tell me when to stop, so I
kep' on till I. thought I'd gone far
enough—.then s'pected s'thing was.to
pay, and looked round. Wal, the door
was shetj and Snickles was gone! "
"Did'nt you go back." .
"Wal'no—I didn't go back."
"Did you apply for another school?"
"WaL no—I-didnH apply for another
school," said the gentleman from
Swampville. "I rather judge my ap^
pearance was against me."-—N. Y Teach
A MARK   TWAIN TARN:
Mark Twain tells the following story
of a fellow passenger, who. being ban;
tered about his timidity, said he had
never been scared since he loaded ah
old Queene Anne Musket for his father'
once, whereupon he related the follow;
ing:
You see the old man was trying t<3
learn me to shoot black birds and
beasts that tore np theyoung corn, and
such things, so that I could be of some*
use about the form, because I -wasn't
big enough to do much. My gun was
a little single barreled shot gun, and
the old man carried ah old Queen Anne
musket, that weighed a. ton, and made
a report like a thunder-clap, and kicked
like a mule. The .old man wanted me
to shoot the old musket sometimes, but
I was afraid.
One day, though, I got her down, and
so I took her to the hired man and
asked him how to load her; "Hiram
said:
"Do you see them marks on the
stock—an X and V on the Queen's
crown ? Well that means ten balls and
five slugs—thats her load."
"But how much powder?"
"Oh/' he says, "it dont matter; put iri
three or four handsfull."
So I loaded her up that way, and it
was an awful charge—I had sense
enough to sec that and started out.—
I levelled her on a good many blackbirds, but every time I went to pull the
trigger I shut my eyes and winked; I
was afraid of her kick. Towards sundown I fetched up at the house, and
there was the old man resting on the
porch.
"Beenout hunting, hate ye? "  •
' "Yes sir," says I.
" What did you kill ? "
"Didn't  kiH  anything,   sir—didn't
shoot her off—I was afraid she'd kick.
(I knew blamed well she would.)
"Gimmus that gun I" the old man
says, mad as sin. '
He took aim at a sapling on the other side of the road, and I began to
drop out of danger. And in the next
minute I heard an earthquake, and
saw the Queen Anrie whirling end over
end in the air, and the old man spin-"
hing arround on his heel, with one leg
Up and both hands on his jaw, and the
bark flying from, the tree. The old-
man's shoulder was set back two inches
and his jaw turned black and blue, and
he had to lay up for three days. Cholera or nothing else can ever scare me
the way I was scared that time;   •.
AIR  AND WATER.
Set-a pitcher of water in a room, and
in a few. hours it will have absorbed
nearly all the respired and perspired
gasses in the room, the air of which
will have become purer, butf the water
utterly filthy.- The colder the water
the greater the capacity to contain
these gases. At ordinary temperatures/
a gallon of water will contain a pint of
carbonic acid gas, and several pints of
ammonia. .The capacity is nearly
double by reducing the water to the
temperature of ice. Hence, water
kept in the room always, is always unfit
for use. For the same reason, the wa^
ter in a p'ump stock should always be
pumped-out in the morning before any
is used. Impure Water is more injurious than impure air. This shows the
economy as well as the convenience of
modern ice pitchers, a splendid invention which as it seems is more than
ornament and . sho-jir;. ay, it is really
and' absolutely a necessity. Let these
hints be heeded by our health-loving
aed life-preserving readers.
LIFE.
Life is a book, in which we every day
read a chapter. We ought to note -
down every instructing ineideijtf .that
passes. A crowd of useful thoughts: j
cannot but flow from self-converse. '
Hold every day a solitary conversation-
with yourself. This is the way iri=.-
which to attain the highest relish .off
existence ; and if I may so say to ca§jr
anchor in the river of life.
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