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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
An Ingenious Device.

The liability of water-pipes to bnrs,
from the effect of frost is one of the mo-.
prolific sources of discomfort and !,
pense both in households and in NAM
featuring establishments; and no etfer,.
ual safeguard from the evil has hithers
been found. An English inventor nov
proposes method which has certaIns
the merit OF ingenuity, and seems well
adapted to its object The increase h
bulk of water, in freezing, is about one
twelfth, and the expansive force thus er.
erted is so powerful that no pipe or YES
sci vet made can resist it. But this in
ventor adroitly evades the difficulty h,
passing through the water-pipe an india
rubber tube of such diameter that the
space inside of il is a little more than
the increase in the volume of water /,
freezing. The rubber tube is kept full
of air, its supply being acted upon BY
the water pressure in such way tina,
the equality of tension is automatically
preserved When the water in the pine
freezes and expands the rubber tubs
simply yields to it and is compressed
giving space for the increase in bulk
which would otherwise exert an irresist
ible bursting pressure upon the pipe
When the ice melts the air tube again
expands, and the original position d
things is restored. 1t is also worthy Of
note that by communicating heat through
the rubber tube the pipe when frozen can
be thawed out. For water-closets, boiler
supply-pipes, kitchen boilers, etc, the
device seems to be in the highest degree
desirable. -Mechdnicdt Meas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
Fighting With the Feet.

In the northern counties of England,
and especially in Lancashire, kicking is
favorite mode of fighting, and, as the
poorer classes in that region wear
wooden clogs, these contests sometimes
result fatally. The custom is one
against which strenuous measures have
been adopted by the authorities, but
with little result The matter is to be
brought before Parliament by petition
Flogging is regarded as the only posi-
bic effective punishment, and Parliament
will be requested to confer upon magis-
trates the power of condemning to the lash
for the offense. A police magistrate at
Oldham, Lancashire, says on the sub
ject:
"The practice of violently assaulting
parties in the streets at night by severe
kicking has been so common of late in
this locality that | venture to remark
that in all cases of extremely violent as
sault the law would have to be rigidly
enforced, and if it were found to be in
sufficient additional power would haveto
be sought from Parliament to order
heavier punishment. My experience
teaches me that the moral feelings of
the perpetrators of these crimes are so
thoroughly barbarous and oblivious to
everything that is kind, moral and Just,
their habits of life so thoroughly de
graded, their homes such sinks of in
EQUITY, that simple Imprisonment is no
punishment to them. They do not feel
it to be a degradation, and the only way
to reach their feelings is to mete out to
these ruttians as much corporal punish
ment as they mete to theirvictims You
are aware that the lash had salufarv
effect upon garroters. The conduct of
these kickers is equally vicious and dan
gerous, and public opinion is strongly in
favor of its being applied as a means of
punishment for crimes of this descrip-
ton"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

IF it be true-and the natural philo@|
ply of the idea seems plausible-tha|
wagons draw most easily on any road
when all four wheels are of uniform SID
and the pole lies lower than the axle, thei
the primitive vehicles of remotest Easten
days should have been nearly perfect in
their principles of construction.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

DANpRUFF. -Dandrutf is not aresult of
disease, but within certain limits most
healthy product 1t consists of the old
WORKOUT materials of the body, like those
which are thrown Off from all other parts
Of the skin, and coming from the hair
tube is moved toward the surface by the
growth Of the hair, and for some time
chngS to it, for a reason easily seen. The
formation of scurf is healthy, and a good
brush will clear it away. SO saws Dir.
Sexton, an eminent London physician.
\ FAST friend-A telegram
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

\ FAST friend-A telegraph.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28

First-fruits Of the tinancisl;poiicy or
potteriDg Of Congress lleborer's
dollar bill, which. on the 1st of Noyem-
ber. was worth 921a cents, is now re-
dnced to SO cents.
Christian, the first mate of the
French steamship Amerique. has COM
mitted suicide.
a lad J of culture, Mrs. Mary Hyne,
OF st. Louis. was found dead, few
days ago, after drunken bout.
The insurance on the mills of HaxalI
Il Crenshaw, Richmond. Va, amounts
to 100000.
Two young white boys, of Charleston.
have been sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary. for highway robbery.
A Catholic Church is to be built at
Florence. The Messrs. Devereaux, OF
Charleston, are the architects.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28

HOTEL ARRIVALS, April 27, 1S14-
Ilheeler Iiomse-Wm Read, n G; Frank
Gcrig, j Gladncy. Winnsboro; p
Dnfte. Charleston; L II Bnrnhard, U S
a; II Baum, Camden; II B Beecher. G.
IL Knowles, city; G l. Is Marsh, Will
mlngton; q MIngrath, L McCrady,
Jr, q II Simonton, L B Seabrook, e
Ciaclus. Charleston; j M Mackuy, S G.;
+ al West, Wilmington; Z a Brown,
CITY; u 5 > Hayes, Lexington; NJ w
Ferry, LonisvilIo; NJ Il Freedberger,
Union; David Hemphill, Chester;
Ienry ID Capers, Oxford; AG Magrath,
Jr, CharlestoD; VIM Bradley, Augusta; !;
II M Walter, Arkansas; Il Is Weathers.
Canada.
Cotum1iu Hotel-W L Hntson, w j
DeIrevllle. Orangeburg; Z ] Clark, ST
Louis; james Cosgrove, Q a Spenegger,
charleston; G W Thames, Ball Noun
tam; A Thnyer and wife, New York; j
~ Suaw aud wife, Miss Bishop, Boston !;
A y Frederick, Chas Barnum, city; d
Sicily, Louisville; G G Memminger,
Charleston; Fl Beattie, Greepville; L
W Irumble, Baltimore; Judge Thos Ii
Cooke, Greenville; 0 NJ Sadler, wife,
child and nurse, 8 G; j 2 Reed, Matter
Iced, Il Herrick, Anderson; " 81
iced. Williamston; D Bieman, WAL
haila; Land. j NJ Seigler. G & @ r
Is; L D Gillespie, s G; G T. Reab, Au.
gusta.
Hendri:c House, S Gladney, Winns-
boro; r Cotton, Union; II Vance,
Miss B 81 Watson, Cokesbnry; John G.
Wilson, Newberry; P E Wise, a @ Frick,
Prosperity; John Bollin, city; Quattle-
banm, Lexington.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28
AuoI1on Sales .
Auction Sale of Securities.

0uCIKUH oaIt OI 06CUTILItS.
nS MONDAY, May 1. at 10 O'Clock a. d.,
~ We will sell, at our Office. on account o:
whom it may concern, the following SECU.
III TIES:
Two II 600 per cent Bonds Of the State
Of South Carolina-Nos. 3 499 and 3.475, OF
Bonds" with three past due Coupons on each
Bond
200 Coupons. $3.50 each. detached from
Second Mortgage Grccnville and Columba
Railroad Bonds.
Sale positive and without reserve, for each
April 81. .28.M2,4 SEIBELS EZELL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28
Funeral Invitatlnn

The sricnds and acquaintance OF Mira. F.
MADDRY, and of Mr. and Mrs. James L
Beard are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of the former at the Washington
Street Mcthodist Church, THIS {Tuesdayj
MORNING, at ii O'clock
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28
SENECA CITY

1 lANCN IS not eight months old, yet
T. ~ =e,1A capital livery stable, Car
eS.sse5as4riage -, smith and harness
shops, besides several stores and private
residences, steam mill, &C., have been
erected there. Many OF the lots sold at our
first sale, l4,h August last, have changed
hands, without exception. at good profits,
and some as high as 400 per centum. We
propose to have further AUCTION SALE
OF LOTS on
FRIDAY, MAY 1. 1874.
fo which We invite the attention of caLital.
lists, merchants, mechanics and traIesmcn
"f evely kind, as well as all persons who de.
sire to locate in furnishing, healthy, moral
to"n, possessing more railroad facilities
til III Any town i'll upper South Carolina, and
80 located as to offer sure reward to the
onterrprising settler, whatever his honest
employment may be; but having, in our no.
tice OF the first sale, stated the great com
mercial manufacturing. mining and agricul-
tural advantages Of the town and its neigh.
borhood. we ,lcsist and refer to that.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash; balance
in three and ri1 months.
Anri % NORTON Il THOMPSON
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28
Just Received.

Just Received.
A SPLENDID assortme ent OF aue FRENCH
"a CANDIES full line Of the best CRYS-
TALlZED and GLACIE FRUITS, BON
BONS, &C.. &C., at MuKENZIE'S,
April 20 Main Street.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-28
Grand Trotting Race. 900 Purse

oxtS~ SaAsae eslzht trottedover the state
Auxiliary and Joint Stock Associations
Cnursn. at Columbia, s. q ,on May I, 1874,
between T. u. Johnston's brown geiding,
Ruin of Man." aud II. Smalrs brown gold.
Mile l.eats. best three in five, under the rules
OF the National Association. 1t is expected
there will be othor races on tho samo day.
j. b. MOORE, Secretary.
81 Charleston Ne,os and Courier and AN.
gusta Chronicle end Sentinel cory 6ve times,
ana send bill to Secretary. April -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
Doing a Dun.

81 HAVE small bill against YOU" said
pernicious-looking collector as he en-.
tered the store of one who had acquired
the character of hard customer.
yes, sir, very fine day, indeed" was
the reply.
"I am not speaking of the weather
but your BILL" replied the collector in a
loud key.
at would be better if we had little
rain"
"Confound the rain," continued the
collector; and, raising his voice, added
Have you the money to pay this billy
BEG your pardon, Tn hard of hear
ing. I've made it rule not to lend my
funds to strangers, and | really dom
recognize you"
I'm collector for the Daj2y Ertin.
gutsber newspaper, sir, and | have a bill
against YOU" persisted the collector, al
the top of his voice, producing the bill
and thrusting it in the face of his debtor
I've determined to indorsc bills fol
no one; you may put the bills back into
your pocket-book; really can't indorsC
it."
Confound your Endorsement! VIII you
pay it?'
" You'll pay it, no doubt, sir but there,
always risk about these matters, you
know. So / must decline it,"
The money must be mine to-day"
90 yes, ninety days, but would no
indorse a bill for you at a week; so ge
out of my store. 1t is seldom that an
pressed upon for an Endorsement, ever
by IA friend on the part of n stranger
sir, it is ineXplicablc. Do not force me
to put you out; leave the premises"
The bill was returned to the E,rtia
gjtjSder office indOrsed so dreadfully
| deaf that he couldn't understand
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To CLEANSE blankets put two large
teaspoonfuls of borax and pint bowl of
soft soap into tub Of cold water; when
these are dissolved put in the blankets
and let them remain over night. Next
day rub out and rinse them thoroughly
in two waters and hang them to dry. Do
not wiring them.
To AvoID GREASY BUTTER. R.-Churn
with pressure instead of friction. The
dash churn brings butter by pressure and
makes better butter than most other
kinds of churns. Butter should also be
worked by pressure instead of friction
The ladle or worker should not be drawn
across the butter, but pressed down upon
it.-RurdL Neto Yorker.
SUMMER DRINK FOR BABIEs.-Wash
four tablespoonfuls of rice, put IL into
two quarts of water, which boil down to
one quart and then add sugar and little
nutmeg This makes pleasant drink.
pint or half a pint of milk added to
the rice-water before il is taken from the
fire gives nourishing food, suitable for
cases of diarrhea. Sage, tapioca, barley
or cracked corn can be prepared In the
same manner Western Rural.
ONE of the London journals contains q
statement by DR.. Berry of his successful
treatment of uncomplicated whOoping
cough with dilute nitric acid, In doses OF
from five to fifteen minims, according to
age, with simple sirup, given every three
or four hours, alleviating the cough and
spasm, and apparently cutting short the
disease. During an epidemic of the dis
order he prescribed this frequently, and
with very satisfactory results He of
fers no suggestion as to the operation of
the remedy, but he believes its action to
be that of a tonic. Its refrigerating prop.
critics are not to be lost sight of. In all
the cases treated he has, of course, paid
attention to the state Of the digestive or
gans, and in such cases as have required
it he has given an aperient combined
with an Alternative.
PRESERVING FRUIT UNDER WATER
Take only good, sound fruit, which is not
over-Tipe or stale. Then get some
strong, perfectly watcr-tight kegs, and
cut hole in one end sufficiently large &c
admit the hand freely. Procure a quan.
tity of powdered charcoal put little
of this into the bottom of the keg; add q
layer of fruit and then more charcoal
and so on until the keg is full. Shake
down and fill all interstices with char
coal, and then plug up the hole tightly
and pitch if necessary, because the con
tents must be Theoretically sealed. Now
sink the kegs in water, and if no ali
bubbles arise it is ready for storing
away; but should any appear, the worl
must all be done over again. The place tC
store these kegs Of fruit is in deep well
cold spring or pond, with chains or ropes
attached with which to draw out wher
wanted for use, In spring or winter thu
fruit can be taken out, the charcoa
rubbed of, and it is ready for use
have tried sinking the kegs in common
cisterns, but the temperature appears t,
he too changeable to insure long keep
| inp.-C0y " Y. Sun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
Timing Railroad Trains.

THE following account of novel in
vention is given by the Terre Haute Qnd.)
J0uJadI:.
The chief subject of interest on the
east division of the Vanoalia Railroad
now is an ingenious arrangement for re-
Cording the rate of motion of rail.
road cars. A specimen is on trial on
caboose No. 10, now running between
this city and Indianapolis. In the ca
boose, attached to one side, is an iron
box with a glass front, the key of which
is kept by the officers of the line. There
is common clock in the box. A spiral
thread is fastened upon one of the axles
of the Car which turns a wheel over the
axle. This communicates its motion to
a set of rods, which in turn move another
small wheel under the edge of the car,
and it again turns small rod which pro
jects upward into the iron box before
mentioned, and moves a pencil point
slowly back and forth across a long and
narrow sheet of paper wound upon a
small drum, the drum being turned at a
constant rate of progression by the clock
work. The paper is ruled in red lines
into very small sections, every fourth
line the short way being a dotted line,
representing mile. Now, as the pencil
is moved slowly across the paper by the
rods, their motion being governed by the
rate of the axle, and as the paper is
slowly moved forward by the clock
work, at uniform rate, the pencil point
makes diagonal line across the paper
back and forth. If the car goes mile
in four minutes the line will cross just
four sections diagonally from one dotted
line to the next one. If it goes mile in
two minutes the line will pass forward
= more rapidly, crossing only two sections
diagonallY. And thus the rate of the car
and consequently the rate of the train is
recorded by the pencil point on the
paper. If the train stops the line crosses
the paper directly and not diagonally,
and the time in minutes it stops is shown
by the number of sections crossed in that
manner. The names of the stations along
the road are written at the proper places
on the paper. And thus the exact rate
made at any point on the line can be
found afterward. If the train stops il
can be told how long it stopped and
where. If the wheels are locked and al
lowed to drag, it can be told how fal
they dragged and where. All fraudulent
and reckless rates of progression can be
unerringly detected, and if the train is
run faster or slower than is allowed, the
bosses' are sure to know it. The rail
road men are charmed with the ingenious
arrangement The specimen on No. II
has now been in use several days and is
found to work well. The man who in
vented it is at work on a machine which
will record the amount of resistance, il
pounds, to be overcome in pulling any
train up any. grade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
Rewards for Honesty.

ONE of the commonest of newspaper
sarcasms is a paragraph recording how
somebody has given ridiculously small
reward for somebody else's honesty in
returning lost money or valuables. The
latest we have seen tells, with conspic-
uous mark of exclamation in both type
and tone, of Boston man who offers q
reward of five dollars for the recovery of
purse containing more than two thou
sand dollars. If the writer of the para
graph intended to point his astonshers
at the losers innocence in supposing that
any finder would return such purse for
such reward, doubtless il would be
just. But the meaning is that the loser,
with unparalleled meanness, wishes to
cheat some poor finder out of about
ninety.five dollars of his just dues and
probably every reader of the paragraph
will share that feeling. 1t is assumed
that if A loses his purse, or his diamond
ring, and b finds it, B at once becomes a
joint proprietor of the article, and should
not be compelled to sell out his share to
Ii except for a good pricel
A moments reflection will show the
utter fallacy of such an assumption, and
yet the whole system of rewards for lost
valuables is based upon it. 1t is held
that the amount of the reward should be
in proportion to the value of the article I;
whereas, nothing is more demonstrable
than that 1t should be determined solely
by the time, trouble and expense to
which the return subjects the finder. III
man who usually earns four dollars a
day spends half day in getting lost
purse back to its rightful owner, he
should receive exactly two dollars,
whether the purse contained ten dollars
or ten thousand Certainly the loser
should not offer him any less, and quite
as certainly he should be ashamed to ac-
cept any more, much less demand it..
The giving of large rewards in such
cases, whatever its policy, is not an en-
couragement to honesty, but conces-
sion to Cupidity.
Cases are not unfrequent where these
demands of self-styled honesty become
the worst sort of robbery. A man
strains every nerve to get together the
funds to meet payment on mortgage
and on the day it falls due he starts for
the bank with just enough for the pur-
pose. Arrived tbare, he discovers he
has lost his pocKetbook on the way.
Presently up comes fellow with it in
his hand, and says Here, sir, is your
pocket-book, which / picked up five
minutes ago. You see, was too honest
to keep it. OF course, you will give me
large percentage of its contents for
my honesty" And so, yielding to a
popular sentiment, and to vague feel
ing in his own mind that he must not be
mean, the loser hands over a considera-
BILE sum to the honest finder, who imme
diately proves his dishonesty by com
placently accepting it, and leaving the
unfortunate man to meet the holder of
the mortgage the best way he can. Isn't
it almost time for the daily press to turn
some of its sneers from the givers OF
small rewards to the receivers of large
Oncs?-1DDLetOn's JOUrpnL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11

AN ACT OF JUsTICE.-Doubting Castle
was "A sad stumbling block in the path of
Bunyan's Christian, though it couldn't
bar his way to Truth. We can sympa-
thize with the Pilgrim, for Doubt always
besets us when we are asked to believe
anything particularly extraordinary.
Consequently, when we heard, some
eighteen months ago, that physician in
California had compounded from the
juices and extracts of certain herbs found
there medicine that cured almost every
variety of blood disease, we were incred-
ulous. Since then we have had opportu-
mites of testing the accuracy of the re-
port, and are free to admit that our
doubts have vanished. Seeing what we
have seen, knowing what we know, it is
impossible for US to question the remedial
properties of DIR. WALKER's VINEGAR
BFTTERs. That this famous vegetable
Tonic, Alternative and Antiseptic is n
specific for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
Chronic Constipation, Fever and Ague,
Bilious Intermittents, Scrofulous Taint
in the Blood, Incipient Consumption,
Local and General Debility, rheumatism,
Sick Headache and Diseases of the Kid
neys seems to be Il matter beyond the
pale of controversy-df freR ftct Tn n,edicdl
hStorg The statements of friends in
whose veracity and intelligence we have
full confidence, corTOborated by our own
personal observation, compel us to admit
the surprising merits of the preparation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
A Lesson In Manners.

HARRY sat at his fathers side at a
friends table. Somebody passed him
the bread Harry touched piece that
was dry, so he dropped it and took a
softer one.
MY SON." said the father, reprovingly,
"never touch piece of bread or cake
that you never mean to take"
Harry ate his bread and remembered.
After a while the cake was passed round,
When it came to Harry, the little fingers
made quick, adroit movement, and
hauled off three large slices.
iWhy, Harry~ cried his father
"Well, papa" said the boy, pravely,
you told me to take all the pieces
touched, and l touched all these"
"No, no, my son; ] said to touch only
what you meant to take"
"And that's just what I did, papa. ]
meant to take every one, and tried foI
that other big slice with the pile of sugar
on it, but / didn't quite get it,"
Everybody laughed, and the father
wisely concluded 10 give Harry his next
lesson IN table etiquette at home.