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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-05-06

L. w. FROST, President.
J. P. ROGERS, Secretary
JOS. L. ToPHAM, Manager for New JERSEY.
EDWARD H. HOLCONIBE,
Agent Lambertville, N. J.
For agencies, apply to
JOSEPH L. TOPHAM,
General Agent of New Jersey,
30 Grant St., Newark, N. ].
L. L. RICE, NJ. D.,
Medical Examiner at Lambertville, N. ].
w. H. SCHENK, M. D.,
Medical Examiner at Pennington, N. ].
RICHARD H. FOULKE, M. D.,
Medical Examiner at New Hope, Pa
The Assets of this Company invested ac-
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>SS6, 900 0O0). 1t is aprudently managed Com
pany, and offers every reasonable inducement
to persons of all ages and each sex to insure,
BY taking Policy in it you will only be fol-
lowing the example Of A. T. Stewart III. B.
Clatin, U. s. Grant, Horace Greeley. Joel
Parker, Marcus L. Ward, H. w. Loncfellow.
John G. Whittier, Henry Ward Beecher,
Charles Dickens, John w. Forney, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Thomas Scott, and One Million
other Bankers, Business Men, Professional
Men, Editors, Farmers and Mechanics. The
intelligent men not insured now are exception
al. To not be insured is criminal To be in
sured is Duty and is Pleasure. You can
either protect yourself from Poverty in old
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or Crime by your premature Death Do not
Delay. Do not Procfastinate. Do not be
Pharisaical and say it Is good for every one
else to insure but yourself Let the rich in
sure because their riches may take wings and
fly away. Let the poor insure because it is
the most certain way of laying aside a few
dollars each month to protect themselves and
family from want.
April 16, 1S7&
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-05-06

An Iowa Granger thinks that there is too
much lawyer in our politics, and that as q
nation we have gradually given up to the
lawyer nearly every placed honor and trust.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-05-06
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Of pictures the rest specimens Of artistic skill in black
and white Although each succeeding number affords
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13
Deep OF Shallow Flowing for Corn. VIII,

The statement that farmer in Washing
ton county, Pa, attributed his success in
growing an enormous crop of corn n894
bushels to the acre. chiefly to the fact of
ms having ploughed the ground only 81 to
inches deep is running the rounds, and is
calculated, we fear, to do some harm, as
young farmers are apt to jump at conclu-
sions and theories not sufficiently founded
we remember once walking throw
corntield in Prince Georges countyE s.'gI
Immediately after torrential rain, NJ
mad washed some of the burrows into
lies. On the side of one of these gullies
found, washed clean and bright by the t M
rent, the whole of the roots Of large cod
stalk which was just shooting into ed
Ihese roots were bright, clean and white,
live feet in length, and in bulk about as
much as could be grasped in both hands.
He'd alott and waving in the breeze, they
looked at a short distance not unlike the tail
OF white horse. Reasoning from this fact,
we came to the conclusion that for corn.
land should be broken up to the full capac-
ity OF large pillow, and after narrowing
and planting, a pillow should never be snf-
fered to go into it again. The after cult
walton should he done with cutiyator,
set as shallow as it will run. Where a plant
puts forth roots five feet long, the ground
cannot in the first instance be pulyerized
to too great depth After the roots are
permeating the soil in every direction "a
search food they never should be disturb
ed under any circumstances Tarf, Field
and Farm.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

CLEANING SiLK.-Silk is such an elegant
but expensive material, that every lady pos
sessed of economy as we'll as taste should
study to preserve and renovate every breadth
as soon as it shows the first signs of fading
and losing its original fine lustre. The
following is an excellent recipe for restor-
ing that important item in lady's ward
robe. Use potato water for all colors and
kinds. Crate potatoes into cold spring
water, say cut large potato to every quart
of water, of which five or six will do for a
couple of dresses. If for very light silk,
pare the potatoes; if any way dark, merely
wash them clean. The pan of water must
not be stirred in the least for forty-eight
hours, then very slowly and steadily.
Pour off the clear liquor, but not particle
of the sediment, into an open vessel-a bot
tie or such like. Dip the pieces of silk
into this liquid up and down few times,
without in the least creasing them then
wipe them on fiat table with a clean tow
ell, first on one side and then the other. IT
is as well to hang each one as dipped up&
line to allow the drops to drain off lit
tie before wiping. Have damp cloth to
cover them in till they are done; then iron
one way on the soiled side. The result OF
this wash will be most satisfactory.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

HARDENING SMALL TooLs.--According
to Scheuszleder, watch makers and engrav-
ers harden their tools in sealing-wax. The
article is made white-hot and thrust into
sealing-wax, allowed to remain a moment,
then withdrawn and thrust into another
place, and this treatment is continued un-
til the steel is cold, and will no more en-
ter the wax. The hardness thus attained
is extreme, and comparable to that of the
diamond; in fact, steel hardened in this
way may be used for boring or engraving
steel hardened by other processes, the tool
being previously moistened with oil oftur-
pentine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13
Pc g tic al.
HARD TIM ES.

HARD TIMES
Oh! take me, friend, Oh take me where
Hard times none ever cry,
Where bread-and butter grows on trees
And sausages close by;
Where oysters dwell in constant stews,
And devilpd crabs fall out,
Where clans come ready-cook'd to hand
And cooks can never pout.
Oh take me to some wilderness,
Far, far away from town,
Where turkeys roasted run about,
With gravy dripping down;
Where people never have to work,
AS some do, night and day,
Where one can get just what one wants,
And nothing have to pay.
OH take me where no wicked still
OF strychninc whiskeys found,
Nor where champagne fills every ril
And cognac doth abound;
But where the most delicious fruit
The eye has ever seen,
Spontaneous rolls from mountains down
And every hill ice cream.
Oh take me to the land of peace,
Where never comes dun,
Where people never 60 to law,
And lawyers never come;
Where crops are good and never fail,
And each one gets his share,
Where one may eat, and drink, and sleep,
Without an anxious care.
Oh take me, do, where all the folks
Get plenty clothes to wear;
Where fashions never change, and pants
Do never burst nor tear;
Where satins, silks and bonnets all
May have full supply;
Where children are obedient
And babies never cry.
Take me where wives good humor'd grow.
And gossips never talk,
And parsons less by preaching judg'd
Than by their daily walk;
Where doctors charges are unknown,
Where none grow grey and old,
Where chills and fevers trouble not,
And quininc is not sold.
Oh! take me, for I'm awful sick,
Far, far from banks away,
Where meier another note I'll give,
Or have bill to pay.
Oh take me to some wilderness
Where oil these things are found;
Oh! take me, take me quickly, for
Pm almost run aground. ALFRED.
1t is very evident that this aspirant is one of
hose earnest souls" who is not afraid of work,
)ut quite clear that his fearessnessi is of that
confident type that would lead him to lie down
md go to sleep by it.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

ENCOURAGE YOUNG CHILDREN. - En-
couragement works wonders with almost
anybody, no matter what his occupation in
life may be. A boy likes to be encourag-
ed; so does girl; man likes it; also a
woman and even the old grandfather and
grandmother have q relish for it.
Some parents often make mistake in
not giving their children credit when they
do thing we'll and some unintentionally
let lesson that has been studied very hard,
or piece of work that has been we'll done
by boy or girl, pass by without the least
notice. This discourages child, and has
bad effect otherwise.
Encouragement puts new life in child,
especially if it be bestowed by parent.
Yet there are people, who, though anxious
to have their children do well, are contin-
ually, and in dispiriting way, tell them
that they shouldn't do so and so, and that
it is wrong, &c., without ever having lit
tie friendly talk with them, and giving
good advice, and encouraging them when
they do right
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13
farmers' Column.
. Speed the PIOsV."
Prepared for The Asgis d mteRigencer.
NOXIOUS WEEDS,

An old acquaintance and a very obsti.
nate, unwelcome one, is the blue devil. bIne
weed or vlper's buglos, as it is variously
caiied. Its botanical name, eclium pulqaye,
Is from the Greek echis, viper. learn
that this plant is much more troublesome
In Virginia than here, while northward it is
very rare. During long residencein Mas
sacnusetts, never saw single specimen.
It's botanical name indicates that its trou-
Dlesome character was early recognized. 1t
Is SAID to have been naturalized from En-
rope 1t lisa rough plant, with large SNOWY
mowers IN lateral spikes, corolla reddiE
purple, changing to brilliant blue or yioK
color The stem leaves lanceolate and rouH
with bristles. In favorable soil it GRO
Two feet high. 1t is the only species of # !.
genus known in the United States. ms.
garden plant called borrage, also introduce
ed from Europe, and now naturalized be,7
resembles it, being of the same family.
to which it gives the name, 6oryaqiaGE 81.
often see the fields, gardens and
times the yards about the houses, Der
appropriated by the wild carrot, daud Fl 4
Totd. Its large, compact umbels of
flowers bloom all the summer. Motto so
the central f1oweret in each umbel is
pie; these alone produce no seed.
the seeds are fully matured the umbelB "a
longer Nat, but becomes so concayeg s..
dense as somewhat to resemble b
nest. When the ground is moist ss
heaVy rains, a man may effectually &
acres OF it in day. Like the cultiyA
variety, it is biennial plant. G.. G. RS
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

Tom SCOTT AS Boss During Col. Tom
SCOTS recent visit to st Louis, he was hail
ed ON the street by little bootblack with:
"Boss, have your boots shined 2" The col
.onel pleasantly shook. his finger at him,
'/xying, "My boy, am no boss.n The lit
to waif swung his box over his shoulder,
and, cycling the railroad king from head to
foot, replied "You're boss of yer boots,
amt yer 2"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

A FRIEND IN Observation-Disclosures says
the proverb, sis plant of slow growth"
1t is, perhaps, best not to grow it at all in
the Australian bush, Judging from the fol-
lowing incident related by a Melbourne
paper. A certain person was travelling
through lonely district when he heard a
great outcry. Thinking bush-rangers
were at work, he fires off pistol to intimi-
date them; and presently the noise ceased
and scampering was heard. On coming
to the open ground the traveller discovered
man tied to tree. "Oh sir" cried the
victim, ~ am so glad you are come. Ihave
been attacked by ruflians and they were
robbing me when they heard your pis-
toll" "And couldn't you get loose, my
friend 2" asked the traveller. "No; they
tied me so very tightly" "And did they
rob you of anything" "No; only my
watch. They had not time to search for
my money, which placed in my left boot"
"How fortunate !" observed the traveller {;
twas the sum considerable cover II
thousand, thank heaven" said the poor
man. Are you sure they are gone ?" asked
the other. "Oh certain" The newcomer
looked round and round, and, seeing the
coast clear, said coolly, swell, as they're
gone, think I'll finish the job myself"
And he proceeded to rob the unfortunate
victim.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-03-13

CARD.-Grateiul for past favors l continued to
N offer my professional services 10 the public. For
the mutual benefit of myself and patrons, will remain
at my Office eusry Thursday, from 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
10 O'clock ?. NJ to attend specially to chronic
Accounts services, &c. will be presented and pay
Ment expected, every 81 months.
Office at my residence, opposite Charles r. Hongs-
Gorth's store.
+. MARION HAWKINS MD.
Homeopath Physician.
Fallston, Nd, January 4th 1872 jan51y
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The New York herald., 1874-09-11

The PROPOSED GIFT OF STAruE-It seems
at the first subject for regret that the Central
Park is administered on rules so rigid as to
have deprived the great public resort Of fne
monument to one of our political Titans. Il
appears great pity to lose fine statue of
Webster. But if we contemplate the possibil-
tiles that might come on us without such rule
as this which deprives us of the statue, we must
deem the rule wise and good one, notwith-
standing the present result Of it's enforcement
What would become of the Park if everybody
could place in it any statue satisfactory to
himself, and even choose the point where he
would put it? Gould We ever, for instance
survive the disgrace of seeing there some day
such piece Of sculpture as that brown stone
Father Of His Country that once stood in front
of the City Hall =?
The New York herald., 1874-09-11
Another Harmless Municipal Row.

MIR. Comptroller Green had the Board Of
Estimate and Apportionment pretty much to
himself yesterday, and, with the help of Mr..
Vance, made the meeting more lively than is
usual when such dull subjects are considered.
He complained of insufficient clerical force,
and demanded more clerks to fill the desks of
those who had been drafted into other depart
ments. His proposition to pave West Wash
ington Market with trap blocks, instead of the
rotten planks now there, was met by Mr..
Vance with an amendment to transfer sixteen
thousand dollars for that purpose from the
appropriation made to pay Mr.. Green's clerks.
Mr.. Green deprecated this amendment as 'ta
monkey trick to which the gentleman had de-
scended," an imputation which Mr. Vance
he could not be patient when the
Comptroller attacked personally the Pres
ident of the Board Of Aldermen. Mr.
Vance said that Mr.. Green had said
what he knew was not true and intimated
that he might hear of it in very forcible
manner To this awful but obscure threat
Mr. Green replied that he had no intention to
insult any one, and thus the war cloud passed
over with terrible thunder, but very harmless
lightning. The peaceful results of these Pick
wickian debates are so familiar to us that it is
impossible to get up enough alarm to be
decently respectful to the Comptroller. The
public does its best to tremble, but it only
succeeds in giving poor imitation of Trabbs
boy, when he affected to be paralyzed with
terror at the sight of Mr.. Pip in his new
clothes
The New York herald., 1874-09-11

AN AMERICAN CONVICTED IN FRANcE.-The
conviction in Paris of Charles Perkins, for
merly United States Consul at Lisbon, and
his sentence to years imprisonment, may
be just, but at the same time it appears to
have been brought about by political in
huences. He is charged with obtaining thirty.
nine thousand francs by representing himself
to be negotiating loan for Don Carlos and
to have concession for cable between
Spain and England. But he is also mixed up
in Spanish affairs. and is married to niece
of ex-Queen Isabella. How far politics may
have contributed to his arrest and sentence
we are not informed, and the evidence is vet
to be published and may throw different
light upon the case. But it is not creditable
to our government service abroad that even
ON ex-consul should be convicted of crime.
Fortunately it is rarely the case that our
representatives are even accused, although
"Little Emma" is not pleasant thing 10
recall in this connection.
The New York herald., 1874-09-11

delegates if he had not been suddenly struck
with this calamitous head wind. Many of the
districts heretofore counted for Tilden will
send unpledged delegates. The possible
acceptance OF Church changes the whole situa-
ton. The only delegates which Tilden can
now be sure of are those from this city,
who will be virtually appointed by Mr.. Kelly.
If Tilden does not retire there is certain to be
warm fight at Syracuse, and as he may find
that discretion is the better part Of valor at
the last moment, if not before, the popular
preference for Church, now that there is q
chance of his acceptance, will revolutionize
the whole face of affairs.
In our judgment the impulsive heat of Mr..
Kelly has effectually killed his candidate.
The wisest thing he can now do is to with
draw Tilden in favor Of Church while it can
yet be done without the mortifying stress Of
compulsion. Mr.. Tilden, at least, should
have the sagacity to perceive that he is the
same as beaten. BE must have had dim
perception of it when he hurried home to ask
Mr.. Kelly's advice as to whether he should
withdraw, and if he can doubt on the subject
after the publication of the libellous and de-
structive interview he is not yet cool enough
to exercise his customary astuteness. If he
and his adviser will make virtue of neces-
sity and gracefully give way for the
unanimous nomination of Church by en-
thusiastic, popular acclamation, even Dix
may be defeated. and the national
prospects of the democracy be wonderfully
frightened. At any rate, two such competi-
tors as Dix and Church would enliven the con-
test, fill it with spirit and animation and
bring out the whole vote. Both parties would
be worthily represented on their gubernatoral
tickets, and if the democrats of this city would
also strengthen themselves by nominating Mr..
Duncan for Mayor-who ought to initiate
Judge Church's public spirit and conduct
the democracy might look with confidence for
one Of their old rousing majorities. After the
passionate blunder of his astounding inter-
view let us hope that Mr. Kelly may learn
wisdom, and that his cooler judgment and
"sober second thought" may recover him to
o magnanimous course. If he could only per-
ceive that the democratic party is not his per-
sonal property, that his position in it is
public trust and that conciliatory Difference
for others is one of the qualifications of
political leader, Mr.. Kellys unquestionable
talents would secure him all the influence he
covets.
The New York herald., 1874-09-11

tho negroes cannot carry In the purposes Of
such scheme, not elsewhere, can be found the
objective points of the military expeditions
that the Attorney General proposes to launch
against the enemies of his party. 1t is in
famous at this time to propose the further use
of troops in the Southern States. Half a dozen
men are murdered in Tennessee and as many
more in Louisiana in consequence Of some
local quarels, and it is proposed to keep the
peace by the armed force Of the United States,
and this by the Executive which stood still
with the whole State of Arkansas embroiled in
a really serious quarrel. No event has oc-
CURED in any Southern State With which the
local police is not competent to deal, SO for as
the facts are known, and constant interference
in such cases will establish precedents that
would keep reconstruction forever incomplete.
1t is treason to send armed forces against
people whose hostility is to party and not to
the nation and dozen murders are no reason
for such step.
1t is with view to find the bases of sound
reconstruction that we have proposed q con-
ference Of delegates Of the States on the con-
dition Of the country. We need reconstruc-
ton different from that that is fitted to sub
serve partisan purposes an understanding
between the people as to our mutual relation
ships under the constitution representation
of the need for the South to tolerate its polit-
ical opponents for the sake of the freedom the
law guarantees, and of the equal need that the
North should not threaten the use of troops
whenever there is riot or a murder; and the
occasion when South and North seem coming
into close political sympathy is especially pro-
pitious for such conference.
The New York herald., 1874-09-11

THE INDIAN defeat IN TEXAS. The bril-
liant and energetic way in which General
Miles punished the Indians IN Texas proves
that our soldiers have an Indian policy
which they are always ready to execute. The
announcement of this decisive victory was
made by our special correspondent one day
before the government received the official re-
port of General Miles, and is another and
striking evidence of the completeness and eff
cheney of the news arrangements Of the
HERALD. BY the later dispatches it appears
that the Indians were not only routed, as
our correspondent telegraphed, but were
pursued for more than one hundred miles,
their line of retreat being strewed
with their tents and arms. General Pope,
commanding the Department of Missouri, has
sent supplies to the Antelope Hills for Cen
eral Miles, whose brave troops are in barren
country, almost without water. The effect
OF this complete defeat of the hostile
Indians will be to make largo territory
near the Red River secure from their depre-
dations.
The New York herald., 1874-09-11

AN INTERESTING REVIEW of the party in
higues in relation to the approaching State elec-
tion, and especially to the election of Governor
and Assemblymen will be found in our Long
Branch letter to-day. The alleged designs of
Senator Conkling and his henchmen, the
meaning of Iildens candidacy tor the demo-
cratic nomination, and the probabilities of
the campaign are plausiby set forth and bear
the impress of truth. But the political wire
pullers, whose characters are faithfully
sketched in our correspondence, will find
their schemes of little avail before the strong
determination of the people to re-elect Cover
nor Dix.