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The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
H0usek eoping Hints.

Never put a particle Of soap about
your silver if you would have it retain
it's original lustre. When itwants polish,
take piece of soft leather and whiting
and rub hard. The proprietor of one Of
the oldest silver establishments in the
city Of Philadelphia, says that "house-
keepers ruin their silver by washing it
in soap suds, as it makes it look like pew
ter.
Stove lustre, when mixed with tur-
pentine and applied in the usual manner,
is blacker, more glossy, and more durable
than when mixed with any other LIQUID.
The turpentine prevents rust. and when
put on an old rusty stove, will make it
look as well as new.
To extract ink from cotton, silk and
woolen goods saturate the spots with spir-
its Of turpentine, and let it remain sew
eral hours; then rub it: between the
hands. 1t will crumble away, without
injuring either the color or the texture of
the article.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

A DANBuRY man kindly volunteered
to hold fractions COW by the tail while
it was being MIXED He hung on we'll
going up, but inadvertently let go in
coming down, and hurt himself.
He who cultivates the farmers mind,
cultivates their farms, and the best
crop in the whole round Of agriculture
IS crop vf sayacious, reflective and in
dustrious men.
lHE remark Of a lady who recently
mao tooth extracted was as amusing
as 1t was natural. She had not WINGED
during the operation, which was some
what painful, and expected that the
dent'st would compliment her courage
This he forgot to do, and as she passed
out she said to her companion. "Now
| wish had made an awful fuss.''
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
HUMOROUS.

A LADY who was stoning raisins left
the room, leaving her small boy, forbid
ding his touching the fruit in her ab-
sence. "Well, Charley, did you take
any raisins ?" "No, mamma" "You
know if you did, God saw you" "Yes,
know he did, but he won't tellv'
If Brigham Young's harem should
actually break loose, and take to lectur-
ing, what would be the average chances
for mortality outside Of Utah? Wife
XVII is slowly bearing down upon US
from the great plains, as intent on pick
ing up dimes in the advance east. as
she was husband on the route west.
Of course a great and generous people
Of forty millions can stand one at a
time; but Bril- gham is getting old and
We tremble to think Of the result if
they should advance in numerical from
I. to say MDCCXIX or SO. But the
subject is too painful to dwell upon.
We have witnessed the sad results of
epizootio and yellow fever since last
winter, and were in hopes of being
spared farther Affections Truly the
ways Of Providence are mysterious and
past finding out.-Ptoneer.
A WRITER in the Californian delivers
Sunday-school address from which the
following is an extract: "You bows
ought to be kind to your little sisters.
once knew bad boy who struck his
little sister blow over the eye. AL
though she didn't fade and die, in the
early summertime, when the June
roses were blowing, with the sweet
words Of forgiveness on her pallid lips,
she rose up and hit him over the head
with the rolling-pin, so that he couldn't
60 to Sunday-school for more than a
month, on account Of not being able to
put his best hat on"
: A LITTLE four;ye.r old girl who
had been there" gives the. following
recipe for vaccination :. '" Scrape your
arm 2 little ) scrape it till it hurts; put
in in, lit little i putty; let it dry; and that's
Z WITH true New England ,fortitude,
though because of the panic, most Of
them have been thrown out of employ
ment, and hard . winter before them,
there is no . word Of complaint from
the laborers in the Massachusetts.
States prison.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
The Horse.

study my horse; and my horse
studies me. If I am coward, he is
one if I am lazy, he is lazy; if I am
impatient, he is impetuous; if I am
lost in thought, how dreamily he pur-
sues his way! But cat is cat the
world over, let the mistress be what she
may. A dog is dog, in season and
out of season, whether he follows beggar
or prince. A sheep is a sheep; aud no
circumstance can modify it's sheepish-
ness. A COW is COW, no matter who
the milkmaid,-the same senseless,
broad-faced panicky" beast, the same
indolent machine, the same placid
lump Of awkwardness, the same
matter-of-fact agricultural fixture.
Hence Ihave always imagined I could
read in the conduct Of the horse a Ger.
tain measure of the character of the
owner, as you can see the man in empty
hat which sits upon the table, you can
not tell why. When I was boy, used
to estimate the condition of my neigh
bors by the looks and conduct Of their
horses. When I saw venerable pair
seated in rickety wagon drawn by a
low headed, ewe-necked, ring boned
mare, by jerks along the road, always
pictured to myself the establishment
from which that venerable pair came
out. When I saw the village doctor
jogging about with rusty harness, and
dilapidated vehicle, and melancholy
horse, drew my own inference, and
instituted comparison at once between
this man and his rival, who, without os-
tentation, kept his equipage in order,
and drove we'll the horse which he had
selected we'll. Upon the box of mar
ket wagon, drawn by a we'll matched,
even.working pair of solid bays, I always
found seated contented and thriving
farmer. The minister of my native
town, a large-hearted, kindly, sympathiz-
ing pastor, and sensible preacher of
the Gospel Of Christ, always drove an
elegant horse, and drove him we'll so
that in his two wheeled chaise at least,
or when mounted erect in the saddle,
the people respected him, and did not
forget their respect when he had dis
mounted. And never shall I forget the
chagrin and dismay,' and "dismal
doubts" which filled my mind as
found myself and my beloved Jerusha,
now my wife, seated in her fathers an
cient chaise, behind her fathers ancient
steed (both borrowed by ME for the oc-
casion), and subjected to the sly jibes
Of the smart young people who drove
their smart equipages on that memora-
BILE drive to the seaside. I pitied Je-
rusha and Jerusha pitied me. But,
fortunately for us both, that horse was
the only fault she or her family had
DR.. Loring.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
FAMILY CIRCLE.
MOthers.in.LaW.

Everybody has had fling at moth
ers-in law. first and last and we almost
wonder that any woman in her right
mind, with due regard for her person
al peace and happiness, should dare to
become moth'er-in law.
Everybody who had any wit has writ
ten sarcastic things about them; every
body who had no wit has abused them
And if we are to believe half that has
been said Of them they must have
been given over to Satan long ago.
They have made French-roof Pande.
moniums of the home Of their sons-in-
law; they have taught con6ding wives
to scold unfortunate husbands for being
out so late nights "seeing man "
they have frowned down the innocent
indulgence Of night keys, and banished
bottles with long necks from the homes
aforesaid.
They have allowed angelic little chill
dren to be ''sassy"t to their tender pas, and
they have the sick headache when they
smell tobacco smoke, and the sight Of
whisky punches ordered for Brown or
Jones, who has just dropped in Of an
evening, you know, gives them the ague.
They invade the sacred mysteries Of
the hash and stick their investigating
noses into the cold cabbage. They
take upon themselves the getting up of
the soap fat, and insist on poking over
the few scraps which Bridget had set
apart for " the poor lone widher Of her
brither Nike"
They kick the family cat out of doors
cold nights, and scald the hair off
from the dogs back with the hot gin
ger tea they are taking for their colds
For mothers-in-law invariably have
colds. They have hereditary DISPOSE
tion for colds.
This sort Of scandal in regard to
these unfortunate women has always
prevailed until recently. But this is
an age Of progress, and later develop
ments have proved that mothers-in-law
are worth dying for.
The ever-veracious newspapers in
form US that a young man of eighteen
recently committed suicide in one of the
Western States because of the death of
his mother-in-law
Noble youth
The pioneers in any great movement
of reform are entitled to the lions share
Of the glory, and surely this young en-
thusiast should be kept before the peo-
pie. He should be encouraged, for if
the dead have cognizance of what goes
on here it would undoubtedly help his
feelings to know that those he has left
behind appreciate his devotion to the
shrine of his mother-in-law.
The paragraph in regard to this
young man does not state whether he
used tobacco or profane language, and
it fails to inform US whether he went to
Sunday School regular.
We can have no doubt but he was
obedient to his parents, and brought
water On Mondays for his mother to
wash with, instead of going off cunning
with bad boys. He never played mar
bles on Sunday. He never tied kite
or an old tin dipper to dogs tail, or
threw stones at chipmunk, or burned
up hornets nest, or stole birds eggs.
To be sure not. Nothing of the kind.
And We are glad to see the public
press publishing the news of this young
man.: devotion and We are glad to be-
lieve that there is light in the future
for the much-abused class known as
mothers.in.law KATE THORN
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
OUR YOUNG PATRONS.
ORION, Dec. 29th, 1873.

ORION, Dec. 29th, 1873.
Dear Editors You want to hear
from the young folks, and I hope they
will all write. I am fourteen years old.
Last harvest l done the work in the
house, and ma drove the reaper. Pa
gave me $14 a week. Pa and one hired
man bound. Pa had nearly twelve hun
dred bushels of wheat, and my two little
brothers carried the bundles and shocked
it, and pa put the caps on. My Oldest
brother was twelve yesterday and the
other will be ten next Sunday. Good
by for this time.
ESTELLA HOPKINS.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

The wheat deficiency in France is
placed by different authorities at from
fourteen to twenty-four millions of
bushels.
The acclimation Society Of Cincin-
natl, lately received $4,000 worth of
birds from Germany: comprising many
varieties nsver before brought to this
country. They will be turned at large
next Spring.
Seven hundred Norwegians, with
half million capital. Lutherans in
creed, teetotalers in practice. and one
half young married people, sailed the
second week in January, from Gothen.
burg for the vicinage Of Vineldna, New
Jersey.
The Cheap Transportation Associa.
ton of New York is proving to be a
very practical and useful institution
They had: it appears by recent report,
settled fifteen disputed cases Of freight
overcharges within the last month. and
collected the money for the same. The
Cheap Transportation Association is
showing itself as useful an institution tc
the business interests Of the East, as
the Oranges and Farmers Clubs are to
the Farmers Of the West.
There is no use in manuring land
to grow weeds; in buying tools to rus,
out under stone wall; in erecting
buildings to rot away for the want Of
paint and care; in buying animals and
leaving them to the unhindered action
Of disease; in accumulating manure te
fill the air with its exhalations and the
brooks with its teachings; in raising
forage to floor barnyard with; in buy
ing land to yearly lose its strength anc
virtue in growing crops to feed un
needed insects. Yet more than one O.
these defects may be seen in almost un
restrained operation on every farm il
the country, and the extent to which
they lower the average success of ou1
farmers is greater than would be be
lieved.
-Butter-nsahiny.-It requires botl
attention and experience to produce but
ter in the shortest time. If the cream
be too warm it froths great deal, anc
thin liquid appears in the vessel, es
pecially at high temperatures wher
the cream is too cold it froths too, bu
appears thick, like freshly-fallen snow
In the latter case. the cream ought tt
be warmed, and in the former, cooled
The appearance Of the butter globules
also serves to indicate whether the cream
is too warm or too cold. In the forme,
case the globules are soft and melting
in the latter, hard in both cases q
slower churning is advisable. Ole
cream produces butter sooner than fresh
A temperature between seventy anc
eighty degrees is best in churning, anG
the cream should be skinned off
Fresh air and strict cleanliness of tht
vessels are indispensable. Scientific
american.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

Stock Yards, Chicago, for the month Of
November were 612,301 head, tho
average weight being 267@ pounds.
During the month of November, 1872,
there were received 373, 1868 head, the
average weight being 272 pounds.
"A company has been incorporated
at Denver, COL, to construct = canal
from Platte River Canon, in the Rocky
Mountains, to the eastern borders Of
Colorado, over 25O miles. It is to
carry 300 feet of water, which is to be
used to irrigate the plains. The en-
terprise will cost SO, 100000.
The report of the Department of
Agriculture for November and Decem-
ber shows that the average tobacco crop,
in comparison, with last year is ninety
four. A falling off Of 1900, 900
bushels in potatoes is indicated. The
hay crop is 100000 tons less than last
year. ., .-...... ...-. az.
An editor, who had been keeping
. record of big beets, announces at last
that the beet that beat the beet that
beat the other beet is now beaten by a
beet that beats Ill the beets, whether
the original beat, the beet that beat the
beet, or the beet that beat the beet
that beat the beet that beat the beet"
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

Z IA Kentuokian has just paid $500
in! costs for the luxury Of lawsuit over
the possession Of An aged sheep worth &3.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

It is our nature to rejoice, when al
within and without is undisturbed !; the
miracle is, ''To rejoice in tribula ton !; p
and this miracle is continually wrought
As the believer is passing through the
wilderness.
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

An Iowa paper proclaimes itself IN
" honest newspaper" and in another
paragraph says. When man pre-
fesses honesty nowadays, keep your
eye peeled for thief" @.z 40
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07
ESTELLA HOPKINS.

A MISSOURI girl on her wedding day
sold her piano, and bought sewing
machine and materials enough for =
suit for. her husband and herself, and
At once set to work making them up.
her husband blowed it. In two weeks
her four sisters were married. s.54e
The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

Contentment abides with ruth.
And you will generally suffer for wish.
ing to appear other than you are
whether 1t be richer, or greater, Of
more learned. The mask soon becomes
an instrument of torture.-Helps.
, 1874-09-02
IfIE COURTS.
Record OF Business Trnnsnctcd Yes
teruAys

tordnYs
AND YET lie 18 NOT HAPPY.
Although tho irrepressible James Baxter filed
q loug petition about thrce weeks ago asking for
mandamus against the Board OF Trade to COM
Pc, it to restore him to his privileges in that
body, from which he had beon expelled, he does
not yet seem 10 be satisfied The detailed and
minute statement ho then made of his affairs
and supposed grievances seems to have awak-
ened llsoly feeling Of pity for
himsolf in his own mind, aud
yestorday ho fled another little
document Of 1O7 pageB, in which he gives his
autobiography second timo In fact, hc seems
to have such unbounde0 confidence In the
etory related in his tormer suit that he copies
tho petition in toto, mud adds 1t to hia present
bill. Another at1ay copy OF the rules And by
laws Of the Board OF Trado having falion In hia
way, he incorporated TINT entire, and also, to
''rad" out the bill, makes copiouA extracts in
manuscript Of these rules. mud puts them In:
included ID the bill. This indlgostible
aud in{ligeatel maus then has o new head and
tail-picce added, aud Mr.. Baxter concludes by q
prayor,-a prayer which. however. IL confined to
tho orator'a own wants. and Which IL, In short,
that tie Doard Of Trade may 10 euioined from
closing its doors on him, aud that he may be al
lowed 10 pass It's magic threshold, aud intrude
In its fnyoEod halls without moleBtation until
lowed. Judge Moore took all tho ntatoments as
tsuo, MI In duty bound to do, tho bs!i being
sworn to, aud granted n temporary Injunction
uuder bond for 81 QUO.
11lLt TO CORRECT FLAT.
Rudolph ". rapandicok, ". II. Holden, Theo-
aore Isecso, y. 8. Aouthwlek, a.d ". T., Smith
Tiled LiA against Perry +, Powell, tho Tr1lstncH
of ottoss. 10 cusreet tie pias o1 Powell Addition
to Purk Nldso. Conplanuuts alleSe thst Pow
eli buLdlyiu0d t,au. Of 40 acres known as tho 9.
II OF tho i. Il Of tho ~ W. II Of SEQ. Us. Al, 10.
aild on tho north alds aLl OF 19 foot for oue.haf
Of Crescent nyonue. 1t iH claimed that ponan !
mint shows division of q piece Of land
30 U-1O feet longer from north to south than ho
really owns that ho has laid out his leud ln ao-
cordsnc0 with the erroneous plat, ahl thus has
telan 20 do feet from the land Of eomplsia-
, 1874-09-02
a Good Result or the KceChrr Rusi-
%. hess.

Fron The stauntoo (Va.l Vindieasor.
Some mouths ago most estimable Lady Of
Richmond had hor mind disordered on tho sub
jcot Of womau'e rights, and went SO far as to ap-
pear on the stage on tho occaaion'of one or two
Lectures given by It's advocates. She was sent to
the lunato asylum here. A fow weeks ago she
hea,d tho story Of tho Beocher business and the
way that Susan Anthony, Cady Stanton snd
others, womeu's rightors, were mi1ud up In 1t,
and was so disgus.ed With It that her mind CON-
nencod improving on tho spot, and a fow days
siuco she was discharged and sent homo to hor
family.
, 1874-09-02

uiHetlNH.
UNITED STATES COURTS.
Johyloman Shaw, tho patot,toe and owuer Of a
nov ana uaefnl Improvement In recovering gold
aud silver from waato aolutous, filed bills against
tho following parties to restrain tllo.n from in
1ringing said patents, viz: Alfred Hall. Charles
y. Moeher. John Afountford. Louis ". Folt,
Henry ". Lovolay, aud A. i. Wells.
- SUPERIOR COURT IN Dn1EF.
Catherine Chapman commenced . suit In
s9.0too. "' :" N''''''1' '"''e
alaria L. woleott, r. N. Van yalkonburRh. and
4. p. Downer began o snit to rooovor gu, 600
from Egbcrt r. uurlbert.
James 3. Cassidy begnn, suit IN trespass
against John A. Cook, claiming $4,000.
TIE COUNTY COURT. ~.
In the mhttor Of tho estato Of Hubbel D.
Gone, sale Of roal estate was confirmed.
In Tho matter OF tho estate Of John Koofo,
suggestion OF death of James Doylo, adtnlniHtra-
tor, and grant OF administration do honis non
to Charles i. Moore, under an approved bond Of
$1,000.
The Court was occupied nearly the entlro day
in hearing arguments to tho objections in tho
matter Of tho State and county taxes, tho tost
ono being that Of A1r. Griggs Of the firm OF bon
ney, Fay l. Griggs, In behalf OF tho RoRohill
Conetcry Company. Tho objection raised by
quito numbor OF tho obteotors that tho taxos
notreturnlng their books to the County Olork by
the 1st OF July, wis overTuled BY tho Court, NJ
other sections OF tho law mado ample provisions
in case such failuzo should occur.
JUDGEMENTS. ...
SUPERIOR -CoNrEsgIoNs-Ad0lph Aupto w,
Frank Nowak, Josef Paptk, aud Aloa Uher, 81 1G0.-
Joseph sehuster ~. Jaoob Hein, Sl5G.a3.-Downor l.
nemis Company " John g 0ozspsck, m sssl ON; q.
gs. Julns Ncinke and Carl chnrt, 3-Frcderick
dn1atdt vs.. Franz j. Roclso and Iouln Feldcnlan,
$l030.
JupoE GAnr-sephen T. King vs. Seth ". Hardin,
$501.le
, 1874-09-02

Wrinkles Are Unavoidable,
Dnt the teeth ,nay 10 rendered time proof brushed
daily with Bozodont, preparation healthfn as tho
dew they will never decay OF become d1scolor ed Or
infested with tartar.
, 1874-09-02
Bette Stuart 1nstitute-1ndorseme Of Ite
Patrons aud Fricuda,

We would recommend 70 the patronage Of the public
the Dettie Stuart 1nssute, IN tho City Of Springfield
ILL.,, under the charge Of Mrs IL. Mckee Homes
The Institute was established sx years ago by Mrs,
Homes, snd has boon conducted by her since that
tiMo With ability aud Success md to tho entire sats-
Jacob Bum. II. Hay, H. 8. Graene, James q. Conk-
ling, A. Willard French, s, III. Cullom, Fred Il.
Wines, George H. Harlow, N, II. DroadWel, b. 8. Ed
wards, Q. q. Brown.
, 1874-09-02

ants, which immediately adjolns hla tract on THO
nolth, and thrown Crescent avenue that much
farslor on thcr land. They therefore .aak that
tlle p!at may DO corrootel 10 to Eivo them this
20 G.1O loot and that Crosoont ayonuo may also
bo correctly laid out. ....-.-.
THE MUTUAL. SECURITY rNRunANoE COMPANY.
THO following IL synophia of tho Assignoo'a
report for August, IN tho mastor Of tho State
Insurance Company:
Balance. Aug. l......". $27, ,b745f
Collections. ........ s.........,...+..., 2,37D.27
$2o,eB3s1
Paid. ...u..............,... 1890
.'$9o, 1881
TIE CHICAGO Eyre rNHunAsoE COMPANY.
j. i. Murphy reports tho contlltion Of tho CHI
oago Fire 1narnnoe Company, to ho as follows
Ezrcndcd. ...................,., 1250o
fa4, ,so24e
An order will DO mado at once for . dividend
meeting.
, 1874-09-02

II the soa1p Is Dry the Hair rs Starved
And falls out. usc the pha1on Hair-1nv1gorator," !"
which pcnoraea to apd nourishes the decaytng roota.
Try the " Phalon Caxousn for tho handkerchief. It
cannot be SURPASSED Van Srhsack, Stevenson Reid
Agents. Sold by Ill druggtsts.
, 1874-09-02
Important Announcement,

Mesp1s. J. II. Wing Co. take pleasure in M
nouncIng that the proprietorshtp Of tho Landowner
Uho most splendid newspaper SUCCESS In the West)
having again reverted to them, its publication will bo
resumed In ita formor elegant Style Oct !. Hubscrip
tions will bc received at 81 ycar at the counting
roon, Madison and Dearborn streets,
, 1874-09-02

Prince & Co.'s Organs.
Elmo organa with six atops for Sl25. warranted hrs
class IN tone and finish. Money refunded Il not Aa-
istacsory. Reeds Templo Of Music o. Van Duren
Atfeut,
, 1874-09-02

The Only Rival
OF tho Brazilian diamond yet discovered ta tho Justly
famous Aanka, equalng them It does In beauty and
briliancy. These stones arc mounted by the moat
fashionable Styles An examination tnsros arprecia-
ton. J, s. Davis, No, 10 East Madison street.
, 1874-09-02

1 NEW ans RiRDErT QELEHTh ORGAN FOR
"A $50, At B74 West JAckaoHkbt. --
T0i aAT,E-I6Wl1 NEW: FiRST.0LAHa PIANO,
rnsuJpAsasI In had AalAh, hav!nK I'll lataat am-
proysnoaai fully Matt&aad+ " No. III oak'ss" nesE
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
The Railway Growth Of 1873.

A very elaborate compilation, show
ing the extension of railroads in the
United States in 1873 is published in
the Rail,Oay Monitor and Financial
Nronicic of New York. From the
footings of the several columns it APP
pears that the total mileage of rail
roads in the United States is II, 564
miles the total amount of single track
laid, including second track and sidings,
is S5,076 miles the whole number of
locomotives is IA, 4,223; the number of
cars for passenger trains, 13, 725; cars
for freight trains, 33S, 427 !; capital stock
paid up, $2,O72, ,251 ,954; funded and
floating debt, 81, 1899, TAI, ,597 cost of
road and equipment, TBS, 416, ,95S;
the total miles of road operated on
on which the reported earnings are
based, 81, ,454 miles gross earnings on
that mileage, for the latest years OBJ
tainable, s47S, 1856, ,597; net earnings
over operating expenses (but not over
and above interest and dividend pay
ments), $l74, ,350,913.
The great decrease of railroad build
ing in 1S73,as compared with 1872,
which marks the end of notable era in
the United States, is shown by the fol-
lowing table of the miles of railroad
operated in 1872 and at the close of
1873, together with the number of miles
constructed in each State during the
last year