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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-07
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OFFICE OF
PETROLEUM CENTRE DAILY RE"oRD
Aprii / 1871.
There WI just five Gems difference :
tween Luyer aud those disposed to sell to-
day, buyers Offering S'3,9j. No sales.
In col sequence OF this being "a legal holi~
da., (Good Friday there was 10 business
done at either the New York or Philsde!paia
oil B ards.
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from the Wheeling Register.l
County Taxes.

Paragraphs like the following deserye
more than passing notice Of the tax
payer. We clip from the Liberalist,
printed at Fairmont:
In the year 1860 the county levy for
Marion county amounted to six thou
sand two hundred and eighty-two dol.
lars and forty cents. In 1870 the amount
of the levy for county purposes was
eleven thousand seven hundred and for
ty-two dollars and ninety-five cents
nearly twice as much as in the days of
Democratic government. Now there Is
DO reason why it should cost more in
1870 than in 1860 to administer the al
fairs of this county The large increase
of expenditures is traceable TO vicious
system of local administration. Ma
rion county could herself well afford to
pay the expenses of a Convention. to be
relieved of this burden of taxation.
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Wsifing for The Facts:

4
Every Saturday, in. Discriminating
leader on Ohio politics; falls into error
in supposing the OMISSION to mention
the annexation of San Domingo in our
State platform is equivalent to declai
ration against the annexation. The
matter was lett to private Judgment be-
cause there was difference of opinion
which prevented the Convention from
declaring unanimously either way. The
party is no more committed against an.
nexation than fer it We are confetti,
here in Ohio, to decide which side we
shall take after we know more about the
merits of the case.-Ohio Stale Journal
(Rep.)
A great public question '.left to pri.
vate judgment" Why was not the tar.
iff question also left TO private judg-
ment? There is more difference Of
opinion on that question in the Repub;
lican party than on the San n1Domingo
proposition, and still the Convention
found expression, however weak and
uncertain the voice, on that public meas.
ure. 1t was not that the Convention
wanted to know more about the merits
of the7case, but that it was afraid to say
any thing about San Domingo. That
was what allied it.
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NUMBER q
Search for Happiness.


A wealthy epicurc applied to an Ara
bian doctor for prescription that WOULD
restore his body to health and give hap.
piness to his mind. The physician.ad-
vised him to exchange shirts with aman
who was perfectly tontented with his
lot, wheleupon tie patient set out ON a
journey in pursuit of such a PERSON.
After many months spent without aacs
complishing his object, be was told Of a
certain cobh!er Of whom every one had
spoken as model of contcntment and
happiness Pursuing tue direction CIV
en-. the Traveller was at length rewarded
with the sight of the cobtier enioying a
comfortable nap on board Without
ceremony he was aroused from his
slumhcrs, and the important interroga;
| tory, whether he was contcnted with bis
lot, was answered in the affi: native. a,
"rhen," said the seeker after happi;
ness, 81 have one small boon to ask at
vour hands 1t is that you exchange
shirts with me, that by this means, al,
so may become contentcd and happy"
Most gladly would acceoe to your
request" replied the cobbler, s'but--v
May, refuse me not Uninterrupted the
man OF wealth; "any sum that theu
mayst name shall he thine"
Il seek not thy wealth. said the cob.
bier, "but-but-'' r
"But what ?" 5iI903I9ti
".Ehe truth isl hare no shirt!'
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Remedy For Poison.

A correspondent of the London Lit
erarv Gazette, alluding to the numer.
Gus cases of death from accidental pois
oning, adds:
Il venture to affirm there is scarce
even cottage in this country that does
not contain an invaluable, certain, i'm.
mediate remedy for such events-noth
ing more than a dessert spoonful Of
made mustard, mixed in tumbler oi
warm water, and drank Immediately -
1t acts as an emetic, is always ready
and may be used in any case where one
is required. BY making this simple an
tidote, you may be the means of saving
many fellow creature from an untime
ly end"
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From the Ohio Statesman.7
POst0Mice Bulletins.

OF course, in all discussion about the
Postollice, who sends and who receives
letters, and whether they are franked or
stamped, the Journal has great advan-
tage. 1t is inside Of that elcemosynary
institution for decayed newspapers. Ii
pretends, for instance, that
''The Republican Executive Commit
tee has not frarked or sent outa frank
ed circular or political document this
year. Neither did it last year.
On proper atlidavits we may credit
this. Last year we know the Committee
sent down to Xenia for Mr.. Winans to
come up and frank documents. He re
piled, by saying that he was opposed to
the idea, and inclosed fifty dollars TO
buy stamps. The fact was published st
the time; and it is rather funny that out
of this act of the Congressman, the
agents Of the ofaceholders' Convention
should endeavor to make capital fol
themselves. We do not know whether
they have store-box of franks at their
rooms or not, but we do know that the
State is now being flooded with Radical
documents, franked through the mails
Somebody must frank them and put
them in the postofiice.
Again, the postal editor of the Jour
nal seems to have been inspecting and
spying out Judge Thurman's mails, fol
he says: -s.t.
"Senator Thurman has franked some
thousands of circulars, and bugle calls
to the faithful all over the State" q.
This is an unqualified talsehood, and
we challenge the Postmaster to the
proof 1t is falsehood. too, that car.
ries with it all the essentials of mean.
ness, because it is made in the absence
of Judge Thurman at New York. where
he has been for two weeks past. He
left no frank behind him, and no man
in the Union uses the franking privilege
more aerupulously than Senator Thur.
NAH.
The editor, if he watches over other
details of his official business as closely
as he does what Judge Thurman sends
to the Postofice, is aware that the Dem
ocratic Committee pays postage on al
the mail matter it deposits with him.
Only in the anti-land grabbing reso
luton Of the Radical Convention, is {
degree Of impudence reached at all com
parable with this furore the Columbus
Postmaster is endeavoring to make
about the Democratic abuse of the frank
ing privilege. To start with, it is {
falsehood But setting that aside, the
Radicals have had it in their power any
time within the past ten years to have
repealed the franking abuse, and have
not done so. Even now they are flood
ing Ohio with packages of franked
speeches, containing an argument in ia
vor of the acquisition of San Dc mingo
in the hope that the people, and espe
cially the Republicans of Ohio, may be
induced to swallow that pet speculation
of Grant and Baez
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That folks love better in heaven for having
uuarreled here.

I've no such expectation; why, parson, if that is
so,
You needn't have worked so faithful to recon-
Gle folks below;
1 hold another opinion, and hold it straight
and square,
If we can't be peaceable here, we won't be
peaceable there.
But there's the request he made, you know it,
parson, about
Bein' laid under the naples that his own hands
set out,
And me to be laid beside him when my time
comes to go,
As if-as if-don't mind me; but twas that un'
strung me so.
And now that some scales as we think, have
fallen from our eyes,
And things brought SO to a crisis, have made us
both more wise,
Why, Caleb says, and so I say. till the Lord
parts him and me,
Well love each other better, and try our best
to agree.
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Our Ohio carpet Dagger, Warner, was
very coldly received by the Radicals of
Mobile, ,and great indignation is express
ed over his appointment as Collector of
that port. 1t will weaken Grant in Ala
bama, which is not bad idea, if he can
stand any more weakening.
The Harrisburgh Patriot says; "Gen.
Hancock is reported to be opposed to
his own nomination fol President for the
following reason: He thinks that by the
time the American people get through
with Grant they will not want another
soldier President for generation"
Recently ex Emperor Napoleon, dur
ing a visit to London, dropped in at his
old club, the Army and Navy, the smo.
king and billiard rooms of which he
knew so well in 1913, and had chop in
the cofee-room like an ordinary men,
ber. He then went to the international
exhibition, and when the inventor of q
type-sctting machine printed card for
him-'the Emperor of the French he
thanked him with laugh, and added,
"You forget the Ex."
Bret IIarte, poor fellow, says the New
Orleans Times, had better go back to
freedom and California. No chains in
the world are so CALLING as those forged
from the gold-ribbed spectacles of Mas.
sachusetts erudition. Encompassed by
the hard, brazen customs and laminated
steel nerves of New England, his genius
stands about as much chance of thriving
as the Victoria Regina would of bios
soming in an ice pond. In the first
place he offended the oracles of that
frigid locality by daring to become fa-
nous without their endorsement.
If cat doth meet cat upon a gar.
den wall, and if cat doth greet a cat,
oh why need they both squall? Every
Tommy has his Tabby waiting on the
wall, and yet he welcomes her approach
by unearthly yawl. And if kitten
wish to court upon the garden wall, why
don't he sit and sweetly smile, and not
stand up and bawl, and lift his precious
back up high, and show his teeth and
moan, as If 'twere collie more than love
that made that fellow groan.
The New York Tribune rejoices over
the last vindication of moral ideas and
"ekal rights" in these words: "The col
ored man has secured in the District OF
Columbia the inalienable right of hav.
ing his whisky when he calls for it and
pays his money. A restaurant keepe,
in Washington was fined fifty dollars
and costs for refusing the needful re.
fres hment at call"
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Genuine ElOquence.

Leith in his "Travels in Ireland
says:
'sIn my morning rambles, a man sit
ting on the ground, leaning his back
against the wall, attracted my attention
by look of squalor in his appearance,
which I had rarely observed even in
Ireland His clothes were ragged to
indecency, and his face was pale and
sickly. He did not address me as ]
passed by, but having gone few PAGES,
my heart smote me, and l turned back,
If you are in want said /, with a de.
gree of peevishness, 'why do you not
beg2' Sure, it's begging I am,' was
the reply. You did not utter word.
No is it joking you are with me, sir
Look here" he said, holding up the tat
tered remnant of what had once been a
coat; do you see how the skin is speak
ing through the holes in my trousers
and The bones crying through my skin
Look at my sunken cheeks, and the
famine that's staring in my eyes! Man
alive isn't it begging l am with hun
dred tongues p
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POINTS OF A Coop Cow.-Youatt ap
plies the following rhyme to the York
shire cow: f
She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn
She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn,
She's clean in her jaw, and full in her chine
She's heavy in flank and wide in her loin.
She's broad in her rib, and long in her rump
A straight and fiat back. with never hump
She's wide in her hips. and calm in her eyes
She's fine in her shoulders and thin in hel
thighs.
She's light in her neck, and small in her tail,
She's wide in her breast and good ct the pail
She's fine in her bone, and silky of skin,
She's a grazer's without, and a butchers
within.
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The NativiStic Character of the
Population of New York City.

The late census shows total popula,
ton in New York City of 942, 2,202.
OF that number $40, ,553( or more than
one e-half) are white of native birth AIS,
GAG are white of foreign birth, and 49,,
00S colored
OF the native population 475, ,346 were
born in New York, and only 35, ,207 in
other States.
Of the AIS, GIG white persons of for
eign birth, 201, ,999 are from Ireland
over 10000 from what is now Germa
ny; 24,3sS of English birth, and 1851
from Scotland. Scattering representa-
tives from every quarter of the globe
also go to make up the population of the
city.
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Bark Licc ON kpple frees.

Where these annoying insects exist,
the trees should be carefully pruned first,
and then washed with very strongi soap
suds or lye; afterward the rough por.,
ton of trees infested should be scraped
with tree ee-scraper or an old hoe. These
lice are very hartful to trees and fruit,
and should not be allowed to get foot.
hold in the orchard It will not be too
late to fight them any time this year or
next. Orchards well cared for are not
so liable to the visits of the Alouse, but
sometimes the most carefully managed
become infested. Only vigilant duty
can secure exemption. tos1
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Tanning Sheep'SkinS With tile
Wool On,

The American Artisan says: About
every six weeks we have an inquiry as
to the best method of tanning sheep
skins with the wool on for use as door
mats, rugs, etc. Here are the direc-
tions: Tack the skin upon board with
the flesh side out, and then scrape with
blunt knife; next rub it over hard
with pulverized chalk until it will absorb
no more Then take the skin from the
board, and cover it with pulverized al.
um, double half way over with flesh
side in contact, then roll tight together.
and keep dry for three days, after which
unfold it,and stretch it again on board
or door, and dry in the air, and it will
be ready for use.
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or Course.

President Grant pardons Bowen, the
bigamist, wretch who has added to
bigamy fraud and forgery, and whose
crime has no excuse But Bowen is n
Radical member Of Congress, and II he
had been sent to the penitentiary would
not have been eligible for the other kin.
dred institution. The same Ulysses re-
fuses to proclaim general amnesty, so
as to render eligible to public station
Southern men whose talents are trans,
oendent, and whose private character
without q flaw. Such is Raajcaiisga -
| LyRchbQrg Ncacs :.
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GyT The taxpayer goes to the village
store and buys for his wife
A handkerchief taxed 3j per cent.
A shovel taxed 200 per cent.
A dress, the silk taxed 60 per cent,
and the wooden taxed 100 per cent.
A hat taxed A ID per cent and stock
ings 20 per cent
Taxpayers, are you not tired of pay
ing this tariff premium to retain Radi
Gals in Office?
Attend the Democratic Mass Meeting
in Woodsfeld, on Thursday, the Sd day
of August
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Eg-"Our umbrella is taxed 60 per
cent.paper of needles 25 per cent,
spool of thread S3 per cent. and
paper of pins S5 per cent.
The People know the above taxation
is TO beggar them and enrich the Radical
Tariff Monopolists. ..-
Let them rally to Woodsliclc on
Thursday, the Sd day of August, to the
Democratic Mass Meeting
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~The farmer bitches his horse, ,shod
with nails taxed g. per cent, TO a
plow taxed 45 per cent, with chains
taxed 100 per cent, aud harness
taxed S5 per cent.
Farmers and tax payers, at the Demo
cratic Mass Meeting to be held on
Thursday, August 8, the speakers will
give detailed account of the manner in
which you are swin6led to enrich the
Radical Monopolists.
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The People Demand Reform!

The people want reform; but reform
can only be brought about by the uni,
ted action of the honest men of the
country, against the defaulters and
treasury thieves. Countless millions OF
the peoples taxes have been stolen be
fore they reached the treasury. There
are over three hundred defaalters. On
ly fifty have been sued, and not one sent
to the Penitentiarv.
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where R.es should he Placed.

Bees should not be placed so that
when they crawl about their hives and
stands they will come in contact with
each other and hives should be SO far
separated, or be so dissimilar in appear
ance, that the queens wilfi not make
mistakes an6 enter the wrong hive. 1t
is best to place each on separate stand
four to six feet apart, or if room has to
to be economical and the hive, are clos:
ed on all but one side, four may be
placed with their backs togetler!-JIH.
Bennett. y g.IiE 80
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To EXTRACT GREASE SpoTs.-Grease
can be extracted from floors by applying
paste of wood ashes; keep it on seve-
raj days, and then wash it off Stains
on wall paper can be cut out with a sharp
penkniie, and pieces Of paper so nicely
inserted that no one can see the patch
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Paint on Glass.

1t frequently happens that painters
splash plate. or other glass windows
when they are painting the sills. When
this is the case. melt some soda in very
hot water and wash them with it, using
a soft flannel. 1t will entirely remove
paint.
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ES-"The Ohio Republican Conven-
ton which convened at Columbus on the
21st of June, allowed the Ohio Repub-
lican Association of this city one mem
Der of the State Executive Committee,
and one of the State Central Committee.
The Ohio Association at their meeting
last evening selected w. A. Hunt for the
Executive Committee, and j. r. Knapp
for the Central Committee. Washing
ton City Star. ..1
r The Ohio officeholders at Washington
were compelled to vote the Radical tick
ct in the District of Columbia, in April
last, and were thereby disqualified from
voting in Ohio. They, nevertheless, be-
ing no longer voters in Ohio, act as if
they were, and will, doubtless, in Octo-
ber, attempt to vote. If they do, we
hope the Penitentiary will receive its
own.
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and fire proof; you are over proof. You
can walk through river, or sit on red
hot stove with impunity. Mortal man
cannot harm you, and the devil himself
must curl up his tail and walk off at
your approach. Be virtuous, Mr.. Kobb,
and you will be happy"
l then assumed sash and apron.
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Sweet Green Tomato Pickles.

Peel and slice two gallons of green
tomatoes, to which add five table spoon
fuls of ground mustard, three gills of
mustard seed, two table-spoonfuls of
ground pepper. two tablespoonful of
ground cinnamon, one tablespoonful of
cloves, one pound of brown sugar, three
quarts of vinegar. Boil all together un-
til quite done. If one chooses, one
spoonful of ground and portion of
cinnamon bark may be used. A little
celery top gives a fine flavor. These
pickles are excellent.
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bad Fix Fer a Lover.

The Wytheville, Va, Dispatch re-
lates the following:
"Not far from us a young lady at,
tempted to leave the parental mansion,
at dead of night, by lowering herself
from her chamber by means of a pulley
and a rope fastened to the window. She
had just,reaehed'the ground. where her
lover awaited Der, when her enraged sire
appeared, seized the young man, fasten-
ed the hook to his pants, and raised
him skywards, leaving him dangling in
the air until morning. The elopement
is postponed indefinitely" .". laa
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H"Our silk hats are taxed. by the
tariff 20 per cent. . 4 ' "A u
Taxpayers come to Woodsfield to the
Democratic Mass Meeting ON Thursday.
the Sd day of August,and, hear the tariff
swindle exposed. ..rs
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TEA.-A French Chemist asserts that
if tea be ground like coffee before hot wa
ter is poured upon it, it will yield nearly
double the amount of its exhilarating
qualities.
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Mint Sauce.

Take bunch of green mint, land chop
it fine with a knife, or rub it in a NOR.
tar; add half pint of fine sugar, and s
half pint of sharp vinegar. Stir or rub
well, and serve cold, to be eaten with
roast lamb
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Dishonest officials have control o.
every branch of our Government.
Turn out to the Democratic Mass
Meeting, at Woodsfeld, on Thursday
the Sd day of August.
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~The bunting on the flag to be used
at the Democratic Mass Meeting on
Thursday, the Sd day of August, is tax
ed, by the Radical tariff 100 Per
Cent.
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wrhe People are paying a Radical
tariff tax, every day Of their lives, on
every Tool they use land everything they
eat, drink, or wear.
Come to the Democratic Mass Meet.
ing on Thursday, the Sd day of August.
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Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, and
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, are
mentioned by the Richmond va J Dis
patch as the most desirable Democratic
candidates for The Presidency,
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Another Good Republican Wit
ness for the South.

W. H. Hunter, Radical Sheriff of
Lowndes County, Alabama, has publish
ed letter rebutting the ISLANDERS of the
miscreants who say that "no Republi
cans life is safe in Alabama" Refer
ring to that pestiferous class:
Why do these fellows persist in mis-
representing our people? They must
be manufacturing ammunition for the
"ku Klux Committee" !"
While it is true that outrages have
been committed in various parts of our
State, it is not true that Rcpublicas' s
life is not safe in this county. The Re-
publican officers of this County are treat
ed with the utmost kindness and civility
by all classes of our citizens, and my
duties as sheriff bringing me in contact
with asmost every one, | know whereof
l speak
We have population of 5000 or g.
600 voters, and only one Jail or GALA
boose in the county, and but one priso-
ner in Jail.
A murder was committed in our coun-
ty a few days ago. Captain Jesse Heard
was killed by one Haliman, and would
not be surprised to see his death an
nounced by some Of our sensational pa
pers under heading something like the
following: "Another Ku Klux Outrage
A Prominent Republican Murdered !! ~
Captain Heard was Confederate SOL
dier and Democrat, but was beloved
by all who knew him, irrespective of
party.
1 believe that were the local officers
| (be they Republicans or Democrats) to
do their official duties honestly, ,and treat
the citizens with respect and kindness,
there will be no trouble. l could raise
posse of five hundred of our best citi-
zens to put down any violation of law,
whether by Ku Klux Klan, Union
League, or Black Horse Cavalry.
~"Rice is taxed So per cent
by the Radical tariff, soap 20 per
cent, candles 40 per cent, starch
so per cent and paints 25 per
cents
A Radical Congress imposed the
above taxes upon the People, for the
benefit of few wealthy Monopolists.
Turn out to the Democratic Mass
Meeting at Woodsfeld on Thursday,the lie
Sd day of August.