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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-31

Itseems to be generally conceded that no
license Council will be elected by the people
of Lambertville at their coming election. And
some begin to prophesy the downfall Of our
great republic. They say the world was made
in just five-days-and- a-half, and that America
was once the flower of the face of the earth
the land of the free and the home of the brave
land that it sprang up like a flash and will
come down with a crash. Peoples rights are
being tempered with, with but small hope
in view. The time has been when poor man
might grow rich on q half-dollar and get poor
again at his leisure, while his wife could fly
about and earn their daily bread unmolested
by the temperance people and petty tyiannical
town Councils, but those good old times are
no more, and man is made slave. New Jer-
scy they say, especially Lambertv;lle, is like
a frozen potato and that the people are losing
one of their senses. All the hotel yards, they
say, will be closed after election and tie posts
will be considered private property dreadful
to contemplate,. III the year fourteen hun
dred and ninety-two Columbus, they say, be-
lieving the world to be round, supposed that
by sailing westward from Europe he should
arrive at the East Indies and be able to bring
back cargo of gold and diamonds, and that
when he discovered America he named the
natives Indians. Since that time the Modocs
have been completely annihilated. After his
return to Europe many emigrated to the In
dies and commenced the agricultural business
Indian-corn being one-of the chief products,
from which Is manufactured the great stimu-
lator of the age and Is one Of the main props
or pillars of this great nation, which If torn
down by the people Of Lambertyille at the
coming election, will be death-b blow to Andy
Johnson's Stratocracys government. Andy
knows how it is himself He was obliged to
lean upon this great prop ten years ago at his
inaugural. But taking all these dreadful
things into serious consideration we hope
every man will endeavor to vote in
diligently. Consider well the great calamity
that would follow should the world come to
an end, as has been predicted within three
thousand years after the downfallof the great
prop and prostrator of man. Think about
it!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-31
Tract Societies and Tract Work
at Homo and Abroad.

will illustrate the history and methods q this work. win
count Of the mechanical process Of book and
among Others VIII be contributed to by Rey WI Il
WILLIAMS d, ~, Rev. WIN. A. HALLoeR y " e rs
III Fa
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02
How to get Wholesome Mcat.

When public opinion shall de-
mand the same inspection Of
animals, both before and after they
are killed, now practiced in conti-
mental European cities, and by the
Jews, so far as / am informed,
everywhere, and the Christian In
spectoc shall stand at our cattle
markets, side by side with the
Jewish Rabbi, to condemn and
cause to be destroyed the meat OF
every diseased animal, then animals
will be brought to our markets
without cruelty, and the Christian
will eat as good meat as the Jew.
Cattle cars have already been
invented, and tried with entire sue
cess, In which cattle can be carried
thousands of miles with food, water
and rest, and arrive in good con-
dition.
When these cars come into gen.
eral use, railroads will make more
money, because one-third to one
half moro cars will be required to
transport the same number of cat
tie; dealers will make more money,
because Saying nothing Of animals
that die on the passage) an enor-
nous waste of the best part of the
meat will be saved, and this saving
will not only pay the increased
charges of transportation, but also
leave an immense margin of gain ;
the consumer getting wholesome
meats at one-half to three-fourths
the prices they now pay for
diseased meats, will buy larger
quantities, and so increase the
trade.
AL that is needed is a public
opinion which shall require these
forms Of slaughtering to be
generally practiced; and that faith
ful inspectors shall be stationed at
the larger slaughter-houses to see
that they are properly carried out,
and all animals properly fed and
watered up to the time of killing ;
then the sixty millions, or more
Of dumb creatures that are now
killed annually in this country for
food, win die without pain to them
selves, or danger to the consumer.
--Sdnitdrida. ii
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cost in fruit, since the plants in adj
dition to the fruit they bear, will
be thoroughly established for the
succeeding Summers growth. There
will be no necessity of clipping the
runners, if any are made the pres
ent season and next season, by
keeping them properly clipped, il
the soil be rich, they viii make i'm
mense trusses for the succeeding
year.
If you are so unfortunate as to
have no strawberry bed, get plants
from neighbor, and thus learn to
know not only the full value of this
superb fruit, but also the compare
tive ease with which the family
may be supplied with it.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02
N.aal Alone.

Cows must be fed naturally to be
healthy, milk well and breed well.
There is good deal of nonsence
being printed about keeping cows
on meal alone. When / first came
to this country there was a great
rage among a certain class for
cutting every scrap of hay, ETC.,
into chaff. My principal gave or
ders that no animal on his farm
should eat aught uncut; but there
was one man on the farm who OBJ
served the longing of the cattle
for come hay, and he might have
been seen every morning, before
the other workmen came, giving
horses, cows and young stock a
forkful each of something long for
them to enjoy; and that man felt
happy in witnessing the gusto with
which it was eaten. Next to child
rem, that man took an interest in
the comfort of animals, and the
owner Of those cows, ETC., would
tell his friends that his rule was to
cut all his feed. f
Some humane attendant doubt
less waits on these meal-fed cattle,
for they would die ere long on the
allowance said to be given. There
is much said on many subjects
which is not true, and such glaring
absurdities tend to cause doubt of
the statements made by honest,
practical men. It is admitted that
by gradually using animals, gener-
ations in succession, to treatment
not natural, the requirements
change, but II q close investigation
was made IL would be found that
there are penalties which must be
paid for any flagrant breach of
natures laws.--Cor. R,wdl Nesc
Yorker. A,'it.1 tag Vttsela
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

"Scarce as hens teeth" This
is an old saw. Yet You should see
to it that your fowls are possessed
Of good teeth. Not natural ones,
exactly, neither artificial ones, but
natural artificial ones, In the Shape
of gravel stones, with which tkey
may triturate the food in thei r
gizzards. Hens teeth compftse no
incisors, no CANNES, but are all
grinders. The flatish, or scaly
gravel is not suitable, bat a form
approaching the sperical is TO be
preferred. II your neighborhood
is not gravelly, blocks of granite
or quartz may be reduced 10 irreg-
ular, angular Fragments, which are
excellent. Shells Of quahoG or
round clam pounded serve the dou-
BILE purpose Of grinding and afford
ing a supply Of lime for the for7na-
ton of egg shells, and ON this
account are better thsn oyster
shells. = Canada Fmma. NJ
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spirits of hartshorn. Jackson was
suffering from a severe cold and q
young physician who was called
prescribed aqua amonia in tea
spoonful doses once every four
hours. Jackson's father followed
the directions as he understood
them, and gave his son d teaspoon
ful of the amonia undiluted. The
Binghamton Republican says the
result was fearful. AS soon as the
drug r entered young Jackson's
stomach, blood spurted from his
mouth and nose, and he was in
terrible agony. Pieces Of the
mucus membrane several inches
long were vomited up, and the
young man was literally burned to
death internally. The phycian
says that his iniunctions were to
put teaspoonful of the amonia in
a teacup of water and give a tea
spoonful of the amoniated water
at intervals. The occurrence is a
forcible illustration Of the value of
knowledge in regard to the use of
chemicals which are in every day
use among physicians and others.
If when the deceased took the
dose of aqua amonia and its terri
BILE results began to be felt, guam
tity of milk, or even water, had
been given him, there would have
been no danger. The milk or wa
ter would have diluted the ammonia
in the stomach to such an extent
as to have made it entirely harmless.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

haps some one will come out and
ask what is wanted; if to stay all
night, you will be shown into a
barren room, frequently without
furniture, nevet any bedding, and
on one side place called a kang,
which is simply a raised platform,
under which fire can be built to
warm the stones which cover the
top, and also secures the room from
accident by fire, and is the only
heat you can get. When you re-
tire, your bedding (which you take
with you) is placed on top the
kang, and with the warmth of the
stones will allow you TO sleep quite
comfortably. Old temples, in fact
maty good temples, receive travel
erB. The charges are moderate
at such places in the country one
tao to cart. Our party of nine
carts, in going to the great wall,
paid ut one temple, with all our
servants, 81. Prices vary, as the
Chinese are in the habit Of asking
four times the value of a thing, es-
pecially of foreigners. A fair charge
for accommodations at q first-class
Chinese inn is about two and a
half taio per day; this for one
per day. The foreigner is expec-
ted to give more than the natives,
and generally finds it more to his
interest to submit to a slightsqueeze
than to fight the question"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02
A Great Printing Machine.

The Liverpool "Victory" Print
ing Machine Company has achieved
a most signal triumph in engineer
ing skill. 1t has invented ma
chine which can turn out of hand,
ready for the readers use, nc, fewer
than six thousand copies per hour
of work containing in all twenty
four pages of printed matter
pasted and bound together without
the aid of the manipulative art Of
folding, stitching and binding. The
machine in question has been made
to the order of an American firm,
and measures but twenty-seven
feet in length. The operation of
feeding" is entirely dispensed
with the machine regulates its
own supply, and in very little more
than a second a sheet of clean
paper passes in at one end, and
comes out at the other in the form
of q well-cut and solidly bound
book.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

A correspondent Of the Syracuse
Journal gives the following picture
Of a Chinese inn: ani e.
ga Chinese inn is a peculiar In
stitution. They have no furnish
ed rooms with fires orlights. You
drive mp to an inn, which, by the
way, Is through the wall into a
courtyard, where donkeys, mules
and carts are congregated. Per
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02
Summer Planting OF Straw
berries. r..

The scarcity of plants and the
| exceeding demand for them last
Spring, owing to winter-killing, de-
struction by the grub and various
other causes that seem to have con-
sp;red to injure the beds, ought to
admonish those who did not sue
ceed in renewing their plantations
last Spring, to try Summer planting
after the runners are well rooted,
which should be by the first to the
middle of August We have never
advised this course for general
planting, and do not propose to do
so now, but, for home use where
needed, it should be done by all
means, where enough were not
planted last Spring for the next
years crop.
BY this means fair crop of ex-
cellent berries may be secured
next season, and the bed will be
in perfection for the succeeding
year. AS soon as the runners are
well rooted, having prepared the
land in the best possible manner,
take up the rooted plants with as
much earth as possible, and plant
them as in the ordinary way, at a
distance of twelve to sixteen inches
apart, the distance between the
rows being two and half or three
feet, leaving depression about
the plants. Let an assistant follow
and give each from a pint to a
quart of water. When this is set
tied away, draw the dry earth over
to cover the plants well mp to the
crown. The principal point in
planting is to press the earth firmly
about the roots.
After this having been properly
done, and it is not a slow process
by any means il judgement is used
in organizing the labor, there will
be but little moisture lost by evap-
Grafton before absorption can take
place by the root, since the dry
earth prevents undue heating by
the sun, and must itself become
saturated before the moisture can
be passed into the air. Then if
you cover each plant with leaf
OF burdock or rhubarb, or any
other large leaf; or If you cover
the rows lightly with mulch to
break the direct rays Of the sun,
the plants will hardly cease grow
ing, and a crop Of superior fruit
will be the result next year.
Protection during the Winter
is essential to oil beds Of straw
berries, and that much thick
or than is usual say three or four
inches. With Summer and Au-
tumn planted beds, II is not only
essential, but imperatively necessa-
ry, since, on all but the flrmest
soils, they would be inevitably
thrown out and thus the value of
the plantation destroyed.
A bed thus set and protected
win, under the circumstances OF a
scarcity Of plants, fully repay its
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

A Young man by the name Of
James jackson was accidentally
killed in Tioga county a few days
since by taking teaspoouful Of
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ADvERTIsING RATES.

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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

Attorney aud Counselor ut Law. Office in
the Mcdonald block, Second street, Alpena,
Mich. Sc
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02
little Tilings.

A cup bf water timely brought,
An offered easy chair,
A turning Of the window blind,
That al may feel tho uir;
An early flower unasked bestowed,
A light and cautious tread, ..
A voice to softest whispers hushed,
TO spare an aching head.
Oh, things like these, thous h little things,
The purost love disclose
As fragrant atoms I'd Tho air
Reveal tho hidden roso,
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w. III. SiicDson,

Duncan Gty, Mich. All saws sent icr rep airs vii
reosive prompt attention. l54
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
n shepherd Dogs.

Ia Scotland they often lend their
shepherd dogs, and though they per
form their duty wellthey never make
a mistake. and adopt the new master
for good and ALL A gentleman
stopping for a few days with a shep-
herds family, observed Q fine dog
come in every day at dinner time.
lie received Lis rations and then went
away. Il never see that dog except
at dinner time" remarked the guest,
in~quiringly. "The reason is" said
lie farmer, eve have lent him to our
ueighbor, Jamie Nicol, an we tell
him to come home ilka day to his
dinner. When he gets his dinner,
puir beast, he goes ava back till his
work
Fine working dogs they have in
Scotland, with a great deal Of ma
tional sense. Three dogs were lying
asleep before the fire, when some one
wbistled them out. Two arose and
the other lay still. at is odd" said
the visitor, that this dog does not
get up like the others ut is not
his turn" remarked the farmer, "he
was DOT a the mornin'."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
Type inn

The Poughkeepsie Eagle, 10 an ar
Jicle on how mistakes happen in
newspapers, figures up the number
of type used in a newspaper, the size
Of The Eagle at SOC, 600, 4. e. the ac-
tual number of bits of metal arrang-
ed and ~rearranged every day in pre-
pairing a newspaper Of that size for
the press. We suppose few people
think Of the printing trade as one Of
the most exact and particular Of all
handicrafts, but it is. In making
type, variations that might be allow
ed in the finest machinery would rem
der the type useless. 1t is very rare
that type furnished by two separate
foundries can be used together with
cut u great deal of trouble, though
they try to make it after the same
standard. We read, once in a while,
of a wonderful piece of cabinet work.
containing ten, twenty or fifty tbous-
aud pieces, the maker of which has
spent months, or even years of labor
in producing il; and people go to see
it as a curiosity; but the most elabo-
ate and carefully fitted piece of work
of this kind ever made does not COM
pare with that which the printer does
every day, for minuteness of detail
and accuracy Of fitting. The man
who does the first is looked upon as
an artist-a marvel Of skill-and If
a hundred Of his pieces were put in
wrong side up, or turned the wrong
way, it is not observed in the general
effect; but if the printer, in fitting
ten tines as many pieces together in
a single day, puts one where aDotker
should be, or turns one the wrong
way, everybody sees it, and is amaz-
edat "tbe sJupid'carelessnes of those
printers"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
a Mammoth Barrel Factory.

One of the largest factories in
South Baltimore is devoted to the
making Of molasses and oil barrels
by the following process: The slaves
are sawed to the proper size, with
the edges merely trimmed, and pass
ed to a boy, who sets the number re-
quired for each barrel loosely in a
frame. \ man then draws the slaves
tightly together with Il machine for
that purpose, after which two iron
hoops are put on loosely to hold
them in place. This rude, unshaped
compound is next passed to a third
workman, who .fastens it in a large
lathe, and in less than a minute the
barrel is trimmed to the proper size,
aud is as smooth inside and out as
if it had been sand-papered. While
it is in the lathe the bunghole is
bored, and a groove is made in the
chimes to receive the heads, which
are now sawed and inserted by
another machine. The whole pro-
cess does not occupy more than five
minutes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
How TO Grow the OIeander.

The oleander is q very ornameu-
tai plant when properly grown, but
We seldom see fne specimens. There
IS scarcely one Of my readers who
has not seen dozens Of tall, straggly
plants.
propose to give a few directions
how the fine plant may be grown.
Take a healthy cutting, place It in a
bottle OF water, and let it remain
there till roots appear; then pot 1t,
shifting INFO large size pots as the
roots require room. Do not try to
have it branch until it blooms. 1t
win then have a long straight stalk
"a good foundation for the plant
Won desire.
After blooming, three shoots will
start: allow these 10 grow, as they
are tie flower shoots. But after these
have all bloomed, cut back all the
shoots to within four or five inches
Of the former branches. Do lhi each
time the plant blooms.
Two years ago we had a plant
given US which was two years old
and several feet high. In the au-
tumn nv husband rem~orselessly cut
il down within FIVE inches Of the first
branching, but after starting The next
spring il grew rapidly.
The oleander has many good quail
tiles. 1t will bloom well for its own
er all summer, aud then after cutting
down in the fall may be put in a dry
cellar for the winter, doing better
during the following summer for its
long rest. While growing it requires
an abundance Of water. 1t would
be a good plan to allow ii to stand IN
pans constantly full of water till at
ter blooming, when the water should
be gradually withheld till cut in, and
it should be put in the cellar and no
more water given till the following
spring. 1t is well to re-pot the plants
every three years Gust before start
ing them in the spring.) If ycu do
not wish them in larger pots, pare
the ball Of roots with a sharp kni fe
on the sides and bottom, re-pot in
strong, rich loan, and set in a shady
place. and in a few weeks the roots
will form anew.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
CHARACTERISTICS on Upland.

Perhaps it is not generally known
that for over fifteen years cranberry
culture on upland has been carried
on on this island in certain localities,
with, 10 some cases, marked success.
| end the main cause Of failure in
every case Is t e fac that they have
tiled 10 treat them the same as on
low land Tbs is all wrong, as they
must be either cultivated or nourish-
ed with meadow hav. straw or
leaves between the rows; ills is pre-.
ferable 10 cultivating; set them in
rows three or four feet apart, one
foot apart in the row; cut OF the
runners. the same As stra wberries.
The advantage of upland crauberries
is that they grow very dark. conse-
quently certainly bring one-third
more ia market. Another adyan-
taSe is they get ripe before any
pests affect them, aud if not allowed
to put out runners, but simply thick
en- up in the rows, they can be raked
at a cost Of one-tenth Of what it costs
to pick them by hand. | cannot saw
how they would succeed in other To-
ealities, but | am very certain that
as far as Long Island is concerned
there is 40 better business.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
ANovads siner-Heaps 10 Get Rich.

Ten to twelve years ago there was
a miner working in the upper levels
Of the Comstock at 81 per day. He
lived in a little cabin down the can
on, did his own cooking, and wills
tied softly, There's a good time
coming, boys To-day that miner
walks about the streets Of Virginia
City, as cordial as in the old days +;
be dresses no better than any ordin-
airy gentleman Of Virginia, and eats
no better food than o conscientious
editor ought to have, and yet as he
is rated in the stock list daily, he is
so rich that, were bis stocks turned
into money, be could lend Scott that
$7O,O DOC 600 be wants aud have
enough left to live comfortably upon.
He could, unaided, go down and
open at his own expense, the Darien
canal or should his fancy run that
way, he could advertise tomorrow
tha, the Government, through him,
bad determined to resume immedi-
ate specie payment, and pretty near
ly make the promise good. He
could endow a college in each State
of the Union with 50, 600, 600 each,
or could build a double track narrow
gague railroad from San Francisco
to New York, and solve at once the
problem of cheap TRANSFORMATION.
There is no telling, indeed, what be
might Go; but what be will do is ap-
parent enough. He was here when
thlrty feet Of ore was a big mine.
AT LOO feet be has found il three or
four times as wide. He believes at
4 600 feet be win strike it 500 feet
Wlde, and get rich, aud be is going
Tor it Virginia Enterprise.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-10
Prices.

The New York Bulletin publishes
a table comparing the prices Of lead,
ing productions of the United States
10 December, 1878, with The same in
December, 1874. From the table il
appears that, with the exception OF
corn, hog products, hops, and sugar,
there has been an important decline
on all the articles enumerated. The
decline per cent. on some of the
leading articles is as follows: Wheat,
No. ,, 20; -four, 239; Scotch pig
iron, II American iron, No. |, u ;
cotton, middlinguplands, III; brown
sbeeting l2a. Thus it appears thai
The shrinkage Of prices which took
place after the panic has continued
with respect to some important arti-
cles, down to the present time.