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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
FrishtruI Analy at stepbenspOrt
--Ftfteen Persons Poisoned by
Eating Cake at a Party.


A good deal of excitement was pro-
dueed at Stephensport, Breckinridgc
County, Kentucky, on Christmas night
by the discovery that fifteen young la.
dies and gentlemen, members Of the
principal families of the. place, who
had been invited to attend sitting
party, werC poisoned by eating what
is sknown as marble cake. This cake
is made by dissolving or stepping a
spoonful or two of eoehinoal in bot wa
ter and mixing 1t with portion Of
the batter, and then arranging that
through the rest, 80 as TO give ii va.
riegated or msrblsized Sppearance-
All who ate Of this cake were poison
ed, nnd for hours they suffered the
most excruoiating pains, while their
lives were despared Of But on Sat
urday evening, when our informant
left, oil were thought to be out of dan.
ger,
Cochinsal is extensively used by
confectioneis to produce brilliant red
color, and has not been considered poi
sonous; but it would be we'll for all
house. keepers to know, that when ply
sicians give it as medicine, ss they
sometimes do, they prescribe very
small doses, say from a third to half a
grain, 1t would be well to also under
stand that those who deal in the srt.
Gle frequently adul;srate itwith car
Donate oflead, to increase it's weight
This adulteration isperformcd by mix.
ing the two together and shaking them
in bag, when the carbonate adheres
to the coehineRl, Very probably il
wac adulterated eocbinsal that caused
the fearful calamity alluded TO above
CoChineSl is small red insect, but
little larger than gnat, peculiar tC
Mexico and one or two other tropica
Countries Louisville Journal. ,.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
A snake Five Feet Long MiIks
A Cow

A gentleman in the lower part of
this city has splendid milk cow She
ordinarily gives from two to three gall
Ions at milking 1t is remarkable
fact that, for the last two months, she
has given more milk in cold weather
than in warm. When the weather is
cold, her milk is abundant, but when il
moderates her sapply is reduced down
freqpantly to less than quart This
remarkable freak attracted the notice
Of her owner, several weeks ago, and
ever since he has been Sedulously try
ing to divine the cause. At first he
thought she WIS milked by other par
ties than members OF his family, but as
the COW was confined in a lot adjoining
his residence aud closely watched, he
became satisfied no person other than
some one of his family MIXED her, Dur
ing the recent extreme cold weather
her milk was abundant, but yesterday
(the weather having become very much
moderately she failed entirely, This
morning he was up early, determined
if poss ible TO learn the cause Of the fail
ure. lie had hardly entered the cow
yard before his attention was attracted
to a ruStling noise in some chunks near
the stable. Presently he saw o huge
snake emerge from underneath the
stable and crawlu upto his favorite milk,
er and deliberately begin stripping her
teats. The sneak was at least five feet
long, and as large as mans arm at
the shoulder. 1t was what is known
as a cown-snaks, The mystery was
now explained, In cold weather the
snake lies dormant, ALTERNATING, but
when the weather gets warm he emsr-
ges from his winter quarters The
gentleman attempted 10 kill the snake
but failed. 1t ran back pnder the sta
Bile, where it now seeurly lies gorged
= with its faEorite beverage. i r..
The gentleman who relates thissnake
story is one Of our most respected citi-
Eens, and vouches for its TRUTH New
Albany (lnd } Ledger. '
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

they are not going to let It stay there
They will take it and move it the first
chance they get 1t is their nature
And besides, it gives them pleasure to
be mean and contrary this way. They
would die if they could not be VII
lains.
They always iavs up all the old
scraps ofprinted rubbish you throw on
the floor, aud stack them up carefully
on the table, and then start the hre
with your valuable manuscripts. If
there is any particular old scrap that
you are moro down on than another,
and which you are gradually wearing
your life out trying TO get rid of yop
may take all the pains you poaaibly
can in that direction but II won't be
Of any use; becouSe they will always
fetch that old scrap back aud put it in
the same old place again every time
1t does them good.
And they use up moro hair-oil than
any six Ten. If charged with purloin-
ing the same, they lie about it, What
do they care about hereafter9 Abso.
lutely nothing.
If you leave your key in the door
for convenience sake, they will carry
it down TO the office and give it to the
clerk. They do this under the pre-
tense Of trying 10 protect your proper
ty from thieves-but actually they do
it because they want tolnako you
tramp back down stairs after it when
you came home tired, or put you to
the trouble Of sending waiter for 1t,
which waiter will expect you TO pay
him something. In which case ! sup
pose the degraded creatures divide.
They keep always coming 10 make
your bed before you get up, thus de-
stroying your rest and inhicting age
ny upon you--but after you get up
they don't come any more till next
day
They do all the mean things they
can think of, and they do them out o.
pure cussedness, and nothing else
Chambcrmalds are dead to every hu
man instinct .'.N
a have cussed them in behalf Of out
ragged bachelerdph. They deserve it
If 1 can get bin through the Legisla
ture abolishing chambermsids near
to do il. MARK TWAIN.
SAN FRANcIsoo, Nov IL, 1856 '
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

HEAVY Snow STORM IN ENGLAEp.-
BY cable dispatch we learn that Eng
land has been visited by snow storm
of most unusual and extraordinary Sc
verify. IT commenced last Wednesday
and continued, with more or less sever
ity, to Friday morning Trade and
travel are almost entirely suspended
The streets of London are chok ed with
Snow, and the city being enveloped in
fog several accidents have occurred -
The snow drifts are of great depth in
the rural districts, and many dwellings
and old castles are almost buried, The
underground railroad affords the ehiet
means OF locomotion around London.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
why Ireland hasImprOved.

Tho Londontines contrasts tho CON
dition of Ireland now with what II was
twenty years, and attributes the recent
improvement in no small degree TO
emigration. The population was to
largo to subsist of agriculture alone
The Irishman has onlywhst the Eng
lish man and the German had begun
long before, We are accustomed to re-
gard the foundation Of the American
colonies, tho establishment of the In!
dian empire, and the sentiment of Aus
tralia as among tho greatest achieve,
ments of our race; and if similar
spirit of enterprise takes possession of
the Celt, It 10 SO much gain TO the
world, '-'
There can be nothing to deplore In
the emigration itself; for, as Lord Duff
form observes, the large amount of the
rsmittancss made from America shows
how the Irish have prospered in their
new home. 4hey are only, in fact, do
ing, what the inhabitants Of New Eng
land States themselves do, and which
ought much the more to be done from
so densely apeOplcd country as Ireland.
Undoubtedly, it is a misfortune that
they go forth with feelings Of hatred
towards England, and that they cherish
them in their new couhtry for so many
years. But traditional disliksisliksly
to be dangerous only so far as it is In.
tensifisd by real misery IN Irelsgs
IitSslf.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
A ChrisInnas FroIic.

The local of the Augusta Constitu-
tionalist has the following interesting
Incident in bis department Friday
morning t
"On Chrintnss morning, about ten
o'clock, there occurred, just outside Of
the city limits, opposite the powder
mills, u most novel celebration of the
day, A mahogany hued drawer Of the
bureau'-he is engaged in drawing
ordnance stores-wbo lived in little
shanty in the vicinity referred to, had
some difference with his wife, placed a
large box of powder near the fire and
threatened to "blow everything up"
and suiting the action to the word, be-
gan throwing small quantities of the
'villainous' into the fire.
Sud enly the tragic hero found him
self travelling upward, and ere he had
time to think 1T, he came back and
landed on terra 6rma. His wife also
started heavenward, but being Of tho
earth, earthly, she too drapped, and
gathering herself up commenced two
forty gait across the fields Her olOthes
were in flames, and che resembled q
comet which could not resist the at
traction of this little planet. Fortu-
nately gentleman came TO her assist
ancs and succeeded in extinguishing
the fire before she had sustained any
seriousinjpries. The cable Guy FawkeS
did not fare so well, as the going up or
coming down, has damaged him con-
siderably, the result Of burns and brul-
ses, The domicile of this happy coup
lie was literally demolished, hardly two
pieces Of plank remaining together"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

Against all chambermaids, of what
soeyer age or nationality, | launch the
curse Of Bachelordom
Because .
They always put tho pillowO at the
opposite end OF the bed from the gas
burner, so that while you read and
smoke before sleeping GAS is the ancient
and honored custom Of bachelors you
have to hold your book aloft, in an un-
comfortable position, to keep the light
from dazzling your eyes
Wien they find the pillows removed
to the other end ofthe bed in the NOR
ming, they receive not the suggestion
in friendly spirit but, gIorifying in
their absolute sovereignty, and unpit-
ying your helplsssness, they make the
bed just as it was originally, and gloat
in secret OSep the pang their tyranny
will cause you,
Always after that, when ttey find
you have transposed the pillows, they
undo your work and thus defy.y you,
and seek to emtitter the life thai God
hath given you. a.- ."4a .. p.
Ifthsy cannot get the light in an
inconvenient position any other way,
they move the bed:
you pull your trunk out six inches
from the wall, SO that the lid will stay
up when you open it, they always shove
that trunk back again. They do it on
purpose.
Ifyou want the spittoon in a certain
spot, where it will be handy, they don't,
And SO they move it.
They always put your other boots
into. inaccessible places. They chiefly
enjoy depositing them as far under tho
bed as the wall will permit Itis be-
cause this compels you to get down in
IN undignified attitude, and make wild
sweeps for them IN the dark with the
bootjack and swear, b.
They always put the matchbox in
some other place, They hunt up new
place for it every day, and put bottle
or other perishable glass thing, where
the box stood before, This is to cause
you to break that glass thing, groping
in the dark, and get yourself into
trouble. ttI
They are for ever and ever moving
the furniture. When you come in, in
the night, you can calculate on finding
the bureau where the wardrobe was in
the morning. And when you go ouV
in the morning, ifyop leave the slop-
bucket by the door and tho rocking,
z chair by the window, when you come
in at midnight, or thereabOpts, you
will ialloyer that rocking chair, and
you will proceed toward the window
and eli down in the slop-tub. This viii
disgust you They like that.
\ No matter where you put anything
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
Presence OF mind OF a child,

Sunday before last, Mr.. Phillip Gree
ley, Of Chicago went with his wife to
church leaving at home his little boy,
nino years Of sgc, aud two other child.
ren, sevorally five years and one year
old, with their nurse. Shortly iner
their parents had LEFT, tho litilo boy
discovered that the house was on Gre
and instead Of being overcome by ter.
ror, as mostyoungstcrs Of his age would
havs been, he calmly directed the man.
ner OF escape of his little brother, sister
and nurse, which having been effected
he started OF on q run 10 the church,
which heentered, and marched straight
up the broad aisle, where lie caught
the eye Of the preacher. "Bfr Collier"
said the little fellow, sis my father
here? If he is, tell him that hour houT
is all on fire, and that he must como
home as soon as he can" The father,
and the congregation s. well, started
Instantly for the FIRE and saved con-
siderable portion Of the furniture, al
though the house was seriously dam.
aged. -rfHs 1r.1 10
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
Robbery and pIurderous Assault.

Anegro entered tho grocery-stcre Of
a Mr.. Reese, in Leavenwortl, on Wed.
nesdsY last about noon, and robbed the
owners money drawer. In attempting
to defeat the robbery, lad who was
cleark IN the store, was struck by tho
negro with 3 hatchet, receiving a tCrri-
bic cash on the top of his head, aud a
fracture Of the skull, from which, how
ever, be IS likely TO recover. The ne,
gro then fed with his booty, and had
not been arrested or even recognized,
though the clerk says he could identity
him. If seen. Considerable excitement
grew out of the affair, and one or two
rows took place, in opo Of which ne.
gro was badly beaten. The 'irrepresi.
bls conflict does not seem to be settled
even in loyal Kansas. If it were IL
would be difficult to account for this
beating of innocent negroes in conse-
quence Of the crimes perpetrated by ono
Of the color.--[St Louis Repubicans
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
n6-The Inventor OF the needlo gun

b1-T The Inventor OF the needlo-gun
has completed several new weapons.-
One OF these is eaeh,loadhng rfA
made entirely of iron, but with a semi !
circular hook in the place Of the butt.
The shoulder fitting into this hook is
said to give much steadieraim. Tho
barrel is coated with substance that
prevents its seor,hihg the fingers after
several discharges, and therihe, which
can be fired eighty times a minute and
carries thoaand PAGES, is said To
weigh three pounds less ,han tho nee-
die gun. ~ ~" |.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
Serious Advice to "Green''
Exnterg

EAtAteESs
Now that the skating mania has bro
ken out with violence, an exchange
takes occasion to print the following
directions for beginners:
J.. Never try to skate in two dlroc.
tions at once. This feat has often been
attempted by beginners, but never
successfully. 1t always ends in sor-
row.
2. Eat few apples for refreshinont
sake while skating, and be sure to
throw the cores on the ice, for fast
skaters to break their shins over. Fast
skaters are your natural enemies, and
should moi be allowed to enjoy them
selves psaceably.
3, Sit down occasionally, no matter
whers-rlght in the way Of the rest of
the party, il you want to. There is no
law to prevent new beginner from
sitting down whenever he has an incli-
tion 10 do sO
4. When you. meet particularly
handsome lady, try to skate on both
sides other at once. Thisis very pretty
and sure TO create sensation. lfthe
lady's big brother il in sight, it is well
to omit this
o Skate over all the small boys at
once. Knock 'em down. II makes
great fun, and--they like it. e
g. If you skate into hole in the ice
Aaka il coolly, Think how you would
feel if the water was boiling hot
z. Ifyour skatesars to slippery, buy
anew pair. Keep buying new pairs
until you find a pair that are not slip
perry This will be fun for the deal
ers. f ea 500 .r N.N
s. In setting down, do it gradually
Don't be too sudden; you may break
the ice,
8. When you fall headlong examine
the straps Of your skates very carefully
bslore you get up. This will mske
everybody think you fell because your
skate was loose. Beginners always dp
you know,
TO- Wear Il heavy overcoat or cloak
till you get thorougly warmed up, and
then throw it off and let the wiud cool
you, This will insure you fine cold
Ihat will last you as long us you live.
II, After you get SO you can skate
toleraLly well, skate your fsick i'm.
mediately. Don't be reasonable about
it; skate three or four hours-skate
fraptiGally-skate till you can't stand
up, DO this every day; and it will be
an excellent thing, it will be such O
good example 10 the rest Of the young
people, ,ssEa0 Qg1aFsF -"l
a few simple directions for lady
skaters are added;
l /. lfyou wear filters on the ice, b,
sure that your calves are properly ad
juAted. The spectator. along the bank
are generally critical. ~ ~
2. Scream prett.Iysin passing an ali
hole, and give the arm of Charles Au
gustus frantic squeeze. il makes him
feel his oats, in prOtectional way,
3. Ifyour skating partner is eligible
and your foot is pretty, don't hesitate
in asking him 10 adjust your skRt'
straps every ten minutes. lie will
ratherlike it,, Q aErI
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
Orafory.

In a speech delivered by Henry Clay
before tho students OF the New York
State and National Law School, that
great orator said of oratory: r
al owe my success in life 10 one sim
gle fact, viz: That at the age Of TWEEN
ty-seven l commenced and continued
ior years the process Of daily reading
and speaking upon tho contents Of
some historical and scientific book
Whose off-hand efforts were sometimes
made in a cornfeld, aad others in the
forest and not uGfrequently in some
distant barn, with the hOrse and COW
for my auditors 1t is to this practice
of the great art that am indebted for
the primary and leading Impulse that
stimulated me forward and has shaped
and moulded my entire subsequent des-
tiny. Improve, then, Young men, the
superior advantages you hereby enjoy,
Let not day pass without exercising
your power of speech, There is no
power like that oforatory. Caesar con-
trolled mon by exciting their fears
Cicero by their passions Tie infu-
ence of the one perished with its auth
or, that of the other continues to this
day % a'.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

In TRoUBLE.--Fhe people of Chicago
who wentinto ecstacesover the supply
OF pure water recently introduced intos
the city from Lake Michigan, are now
puzzling their brains with tas problem
of how to get rid ofthe dirty watsr.---o
They are afraid to turn 1t INTO the lako
lest it will return through the tunnel, ,
~ they propose to sendiit SouYhwafdo5
to enriohthe Illinois river bottoms. 8a1
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

,RD- General Butler il ono OF the party
concerned in the recent purchase oEan
Iminenso tract Of land composing most
ofthe district known as Lower Califor-
MIA. Thela installment due TO the
Mexican Government will be paid to
Mr., Romero tie Mexican Minister in a
Ew dAye spts l'isfs'stss ~
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

SHESTILL LINES. ~ Mrs. Burdill Cum
ningham, who was reported among
those lost on the Evening Star, is at
present residing in San Francisco; Cal
ifornia, having seven years ago mar
ried q gentleman named Hayes, who
is possessed of considerable properly
at Lorstto, Lower Californis
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

TYPE MADE FROM INDIA RUBBRR.--I It
is stated that manufactory for max
ing printers type from yplcanized In
idia rubber has been established at
Dalston, England. This new species
of :ype, il is said, is made very quick
ly, and at one third the coat Of ordina-
,ry metallic type, whilst it is claimed
that tho India rubber type is as dura-
bic and of AS good quality as thossnow
IN use. The Invention 10 American.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. -Bsnnet, Jr.,sg
fthe Nov York Herald, wh9ssyatehis e
won the race across tbs Atlantic chals
icngel all Europe The challenge has
been accepted by the Duke OF, Eallsis
burg, whose yateh, the Yicksbprg, iss.
said to be one Of the best in, tbs Log
lish squadron
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18

BoDY SNAToHERs IN CnIoAGo-At s
late hour on Thursday night man
was observed to cautiously enter the
city cemetery, with a spade on his
shoulder. lie was followed by couple
of men, who watched his operations.--'
He was sson to open a grave, remove
the corpse, which he placed in a sack
and conveyed to the lake shore, where
he was met by yacomerade with a handz
cart His followers then sprsng for
ward, when the body.snatchers mado
their escape, leaving their booty be-
hind. A guard Will hereafter be placed
in the cemetery to protect the dead.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-01-18
such Liars.

One Colorado paper gets OF the fol-
lowing on ancther;o 7aq7's
"a rather good one is told at thsox.
Pense of our contemporary, the News.
It announced that, in consequence of
having to move into its new Office, no
paper would be issued or a certain
day, A subscriber who got his paper
st the post Office came on that day the
same as others, and was told there was
no paper. He made some objections,
when the clerk asked him If he didn't
see the announcement in the paper
that there would be none issued on that
dayP Yes, he said, but thy were
such liars thEt lie placed no confidence
IN what they said 30 'f ina
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