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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-01
THE POLICE BOARD.

The Board OF Police held a meeting yesterday
afternoon. General Duryee stated that he was
happy TO announce to the Board, as its treasurer,
that nearly $3.50 coo mad been saved from the APP
preparation OF 1874, and the same was now in
bank, subject to the draft OF the Board OF EST.
mate and Apportionment The following Is mis-
report:-
The amount appropriated by the Board
OF estimate and appointments Tor
the year 1874 Tor street cleaning pur-
Amount expended. ...................... ssl63s
Unexpendod balance .......................s s,46o
ashes 1919
Total 500, $50
Appropriated for saiaries ............. ss 2Ss4l0
Amount expended. ...'........'.......... 5,l4oois
Unexpended balance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S0O6l
Unexpended balance account Of alterations and a.
balance sssoan 81 I
Total expended balance ............. S2sJ05
Against which are some small outstanding claims,
amount unknown. his amount Is. now on deposit in
bank interest and ,noeet to the call Of the
From the APPROPRIATION tor 1874 also paid for ex.
months OF November ana December, 1873 s6l5a7i max
ing the actual 10 al unexpended balance u the si ap-
TRANSFERS
Sergeant Lefferts, OF the sanitary company, was
transferred TO the Fourteenth precinct, and Ser
Reat Russell, from the Fourteenth precinct 10 the
Tne following transfers OF roundsmen were
made flames J. Brophy. seventh TO second pre-
clncI; Terrence Riley Seventh 10 Tenth precinct I;
Jonn WIegand, Ninth 10 twentieth precinct; q.
T.. Helme. Ninth to Twenty second precinct; r. J.
Buckley, Tenth 10 seventh precinct; Charles
WandlunR Tenth 10 Thirteenth precinct; Hugh
Mcconnell Fourteenth 10 Thlrty-third precinct;
Edw Woods. seventeenth 10 seventh precinct;
q. H. Covert seventeenth 10 TWenty-third pre-
clnct; Jonn Mccullough, Nineteenth 10 Thirty
fourth precinct; Jos. sullivan, twentieth TO fnlr
ty.nrst precinct; q. W. Smith, Twenty-nitn to
Seventh precinct: John g. Mcclure, Twenty-a
TO Thirty first precinct; James f. q. Kenny, Twen-
ty.eightn to Fourteenth precinct.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following were appointed patrolmen:-
Jonn Scu.ly, BernarI McArdle, Thomas Farrell,
James Byrnes, George Becker, NJ. +. Barker, w
IA. Taylor.
The resignation OF James Lee, Inspector OF
health
resolution was adopted requesting the Board
OF Appointment u APP roprate $4,000 out or
the uneXpended balance OF 1874 % clean the
streets. honorable mention was made OF PATROL
man Walsh, OF the seventh precinct, Tor heroic
conduct.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
UNDER THE DAISIES.

1t is strange what deal of trouble We take,
What a sacrifice most of us willingly make,
How the lips will smile though the heart ma.
= ACHE i.i-i1i ni@-t.SN' i'5+il
And we bend to the ways of the world for tn,
OF its poor and scanty praises,
And time runs on With such pitiless how,
That our lives are wasted before we know
What work to finish before we go l;f,s,ts .
To our long rest under the daisies
And too often we fall in auseless fgh5.
For wrong is so much in the place Of right.
And the end is so far be yondo our sight e."
Ills as when one starts on chase by night,
An unknown shade pursuing. .
Even so do we see, when our race is run,
That of alive have striven for little is won,
And of nl the work our strength has done,
How little was worth the doing. s..r;..
So most of us travel with very or,speed, 4tf.
Failing IN thought where we conquer in decd
Least brave in the hour of greatest need.
And muking q riddle that few may read
Of our life's Intricate mazes. g4G.i iHss.s- 81
Such labyrinth of right and wrong,-t .t5.+..
Is 1t strange that heart once brave and strong
Should fsutcr at last and most earnestly long
: For calm sleep under the laisies. s. r.za ,
Butif one poor troubled heart can say -. '..-
- His kindness softened my life's rough way;
And the tears fall over the lifeless clay,
We shall stand up in heaven in brighter array
> Than If all earth rang with our praises :'i d"
For the good. we have done shall never fade,
Though the work be wrought and wages paid.
And the wedried frame of tho laborer laid
d Ahpeacefuily under the daisies. -H'-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
THE UPAS TREE,

The story Of the terrible upas tree,
as told in the books furnished fer the
delectation Of children a quarter or
half century ago, says the Sun, was,
to put it plainly, a pure fiction. But
like thousands of other tabled produc-
tions, the wonderful properties of the
tree disappeared when Investigated by
men who sought truth instead of the
vcrification Of a superstition. The So
called poisonous upas tree of Java has
been cultivated in the conservatories
of Europe since 1874, and, strange to
say, its nearest kin is the cow tree of
South America, the milky juice of
which is as wholesome as that of the
best shorthorn COW. The Juice of the
upas tree may contain some poissnus
properties, but not in such quantities,
or of so virulent character as to make
it dangerous one to have about, even
as a window plant. Our poison sumac
beats this fabled Java production all
hollow in poisonous properties. But
the original story Of the poison upas,
as told by Foersch, surgeon to the
Dutch East India Company in IVA,
was remarkably good one, and
proves the author to have been a man
possessing very fertile brain.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
THE OCALA REGION.

A Florida correspondent writes to
the Newark Adcertiser: There are
many curiosities in the neighborhood
of Ocala. 1t is the region where Os-
ceola and his braves made stand for
their hunting grounds, and the place
is historic. Here was the massacre
perpetrated which broke the treaty
and brought on the Seminole war, and
there are plantations which were in
vaded and made desolate at that time,
and which never recovered. The
country rests, too, upon a bed of lime
stone, through which porous substance
subterranean rivers are flowing, and
these rivers have, in ages past. formed
caves, some of which are now dry and
accessible, while later, the same dark
flow of waters haye caused the land
to cave in, forming "sinks" some.
times to the depth of a hundred feet,
and in these sinks there are wonderful
specimens of shells from the sea and
other evidences OF the late formation
of the peninsula. Marl also is abund-
ant, such as is found on the coast of
South Carolina. 1t is formed of
small shells, lime. the bones of birds
and fishes, and is a valuable fertilizer.
Frequently it crops out to the surface,
and wherever so found the soil is good.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
GIANTS.


There were the great Scripture
giants, Goliah and Og. The former
was six cubits and a span high U.
Samuel, xvii. y, variously estimated
10 be from nine feet six to twelve feet.
Og is supposed to haye been even tall
er, from the fact that his bcdstcad is
mentioned (Deut. iii. . as being nine
cubits long. During the reign OF
AueustusC Ce sar, we read of tive giants,
Idusio and Secundilla, who were each
ten feet high, and after their death
their bodies were kept for long time e
as a wonder. During the reign of
Vitellius, he sent Dariads as hostage
to Rome with presents, and among
these was Jew by the name of Flea
zor, who was ten feet two inches high.
Gabara, the Arabian giant, was nine
feet nine inches high. The Emperor
Maximus was eight feet and six inch
es high. Jacobus Damiam was eight
feet. William Evans, seven feet six
inches high.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
positively criminal. l cannot think

positively criminal. l cannot think l
am eXtravagant-"
"Ne, no, you have saved me many
a dollar by your prudence and good
managementw
'Your table is not always spread
with ill-cooked, unpalateable food"
"Very, very seldom! Never, unless
you are ill.,"
"Your children are not neglected,
ill-mannered and disgrace to you"
"No, God bless them"
"And yet, Martin, every day for
thirteen years you have accused me Of
one, if not all, of these things"
"And L have worn out the long-en-
during patience and gentleness that
had borne it all these years. Has the
love gone too, Faith ?"
mo, it is all here, hungering for
kind words"
Then Jane came in, and there was
no more conversation, but the chill
dren looking up as the two entered
the sitting-room, knew that mamma
was all her own sweet self again,
though she looked as if she had been
crying.
The next morning an express wag-
on deposited at Mrs. Vests an i'm
pro we'd cabinet sewing machine of the
very latest finish, and a sealed envel-
ope upon open ing which she found
only these words, in her husband s
handwriting GA peace Offering from
NJ. W., cured OH homeopathic LIKE
CURES LIKE"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
SAVE MONEY.

"Put money in your purse" II you
can, young man deny yourself a few
of those expensive pleasures which
are so evanescent, and which leave a
sting behind. 1t may come hard at
first; few take kindly to self-denial !;
but in the years to come you will
thank yourself for exercising prudence
in youth. Habits are easily formed
and he who does not begin to save
when he commences life for himself,
will rarely begin at all for where not
even the nucleus of modest fortune
has been early acquired, family expen-
ses will, after time, grow a. fast as
the income, and two keep abreast
ever afterward. The saving and keep
ing of the first hundred or the first
thousand dollars is the key to future
success, from the fact that it builds up
business character; it compels the for
nation Of habits of economy, and fixes
them for lie ; it puts the young work
er on the ris sht road; accustoms him
to keeping his financial matters snug,
and builds up a granite determination
to force expenses below income.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
A MYSTERIOUS BULLET.

A correspondent of the Toledo
Blade, writing from Hastings, Mich,
says: "About ten miles south of this
place, a farmer, while driving some
COWS through deep forest adjoining
his fields, unexpectedly came upon an
unusually large buck, stretched out
upon the ground, and meaning away
the last hours of his existence. The
animal was evidently very old, and in
a sadly emaciated condition, SO the fact
the farmer Immediately put a bullet
through his head should rather be
looked upon as an act of compassion
than otherwise, just as he was about
to leave he observed lump on the
animals side, which so attracted his
attention that he stopped to examine
it. Quickly discovering that under
the skin was deposited round, hard
body, he used his knife and brought
to light silver bullet such as was
used in olden times for the inclosure
of secret dispatches. He carried this
curiosity to his house, where, after
considerable trouble, he succeeded in
opening it and found, to his great sur
prise, that it contained a message
written in cypher form, upon paper
attenuated to high degree. Other
wise than that the paper was sliShtly
discolored, (nst sufficiently, however.
to obliterate the characters), neither
the bullet nor what was enclosed, bore
any evidence of its late surroundings,
or of the strange vicissitudes through
which it might previously have gone.
Several men of science have carefully
inspected this relic of the past, and are
as much at loss TO decipher the mes
sage as they are to satisfactorily ex-
plain when and how the bullet come
to be lodged inside Of the buck"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
THE PEACH CROP.

The peach growers on the eastern
and western shores of Maryland, ac-
cording TO the Baltimore american,
think their crop will be larger this
season than it has been for several
years. They state that although the
late frosts in April did some damage
to the buds, it has net proved as seri-
Gus as was at first anticipated. In
some localities the damage willne
doubt be severely felt, but as a gener-
al thing the crop is expected to be
large. The growers say that owing to
the back wardness of the spring the
buds did not come forward until later
than usual, and consequently they
were but slightly damaged. The Off
GERS of the various Baltimore steam
boat companies, whose vessels make q
specially of freighting peaches, are so
confident that the crop will be large
that they are already making prepara-
tions for putting on additional boats
| during that part of the year,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
A CHANCE TO IMPROVE SOME PUBLIC
MEN.

Gen. Frank P. Blair's rescue from
the jaws of death, as it were, by the
simple process of the TRANSMISSION of
blood, suggests unlimited possibilities
for the improvement of the human
race. The doctors report that General
Blair, after each infusion, partook
largely of the nature of the person
from whom the supply of blood was
drawn. For instance, when he re-
ceiyed supply Of the life-fuid from
the arm ofa healthy young man, who,
unknown to the physicians, had been
on a small spree the day before, the
General Immediately became very
drunk. This shows that great care
must be exercised in the selection Of
the blood supply. But with this pre-
caution observed, what vast amount
of good may be accomplished among
eur public men! Take the case of Rev..
Henry Ward Beecher to begin with.
A pious monk should be found in
some secluded cloister, whose repata-
ton for continency is unassailable, and
Mr.. Beecher's veins should be filled
periodically with the cool blood Of the
anchorite. The blood of gentleman
should be infused into the veins OF
Ulysses S. Grant. For Zach Chandler,
a teetotaler, with an undeubted char
acter for sebriety, should be found,
and found right away. For Matt
Carpenter, the same man whe did duty
for Beecher would serve, unless the
stain on him was too great. The blood
of almost any body would make an
Improvement in John A. Logan. A
modest man should be selected for
Murat Halstead, even though it be
necessary to scrape the country with
fine tooth comb to find him. And SO
on to the end of the chapter. The
medical profession and the people at
large will learn that this TRANSMISSION OF
blood is big thing. There's millions
in it. .t.~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27
THE FIRST POWER PRESS.

The first attempt to make a power.
printing press was in 1904. There was
a compositor in the office of the Lon
don Times, named Thomas Marryn,
who, in that year, conceived the idea
of applying Watts improved steam
engine to a power press. He showed
his model to John Walter, who fur
nished him with money and room in
which to continne his experiments,
and perfect his machine. But the
pressmen in the Office, and there were
quite a number of them, as the Times
had to be printed entirely by hand
presses, pursued the inventor with
such blind, infuriate hate that the man
was in terror of his life from day to
day, and the scheme was given up.
Ten years later another in genious
inventor, named KONG, procured
patent for steam press, and Mr..
Walter determined to give his in
vention a trial at all hazards. The
press was secretly set up in another
building, aud few men, pledged to
secrecy, were hired and put in train
ing to work it. On the night of the
trial the pressmen in the Times build
ing were told that the paper would
not go 10 press until very late, as i'm
portant news was expected from the
Continent. At six in the morning
John Walter went to the pressroom
and announced to the men that the
whole edition of the Times had been
printed by steam during the night,
and that henceforward the steam press
would be regularly used. lie told the
men that if they attempted violence
there was a force at hand to suppress
it, but if they behaved well, ne man
shosld be loser by, the invention.
They should either remain in their
situations, or receive full wages until
they could procure others. This con-
duet in a rich and powerful man was
no more than decent. The men ac-
cepted his terms with alacrity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27

A PNEUMATIC tube is to be intro
duced into the Palace Hotel, at San
Francisco, to convey letters and news
papers from the Office 10 every floor
above. On each floor a box will be
placed for the reception of letters.
These will be shot down to the office
through the pneumatic tube.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27

He that car keep his temper is bet
ter than he that can keep carriage.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27

A CoLonED congregation in Dayton,
Ohio, have decided to forgive their
clergyman for betting on three-card
monte and losing ninety dollars of
festival meney. One of the deacons
remarked: eve are all human, and
de game is VERY exciting"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-27

| 1t is useless to mention each
article in our various depart
ments. We keep everything
belonging to a STRICTLY
FIRST GLASS Furniture,
Crockery and Picture Fran
ing stock, and we modestly
state that ourstock this spring
will have many new attrac-
tions and be far more COM
plete than any in this section,
and second only to those of
the largest cities. ~ toa y as
Most of our goods were
bought during the great de-
preston Of the winter, for
cash, and very low rates of
freight secured. - t,, T"
Our trade has nearly doub-
led, much of it coming from
Akron, Alliance, Garrettsville,
Warren and other adjoining
places. People will buy
where there is a large stock to
select from, if the prices are
right.
We buy direct of reliable
manufacturers, and will war
rant every article purchased
of us. AS before, we pledge
ourselves to Low FIGURES
AND SCARE DEA LING -sef~
Come and look through a
Large, Live Furni-
ture House.
It won't cost anything and
may pay you. -s..'a5~
SEYMOUR & FllRCHlLD,.
No. 8 Phenic Block, g.
NORTH SIDE MAIN STREET,
RAvENNA, OHIO.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

WINE PRODUCTs OF NEW JERSEY
This State is becoming celebrated for grape
culture. Some of the richest port in he
world is produced in New Jersey by Mr.
Alfred Speer, whose name has become cele-
brated as n producer of strictly pure unadul-
teTated wine. The Port Grape Wine of Mr.
Speer is not bottled or put in market until
it is four year old, and has become thorough
ly fine and mellow. 1t has proved itself a
wonderful assistant to physicians, who pre-
scripe il from the fact that they have hithcr-
to found it difficult to obtain pure Port
Wine. This wine is recommended for de-
bilitated persons and is given to consump-
tives to use with fresh raw eggs, and as n
medium for taking cod liver oil The diff
Guilty of getting an imported or even a pure
California Port is well understood to be so
great as to preclude Doctors from allowing
their patients to run the risk of its use. MIR.
Speer being aware of this fact has taken the
utmost care in the making of his wine from
the ripest and finest grapes so as to supplant
the imported wines by producing genuine
article His wines are known by chemists
to be pure and the most reliable for medicinal
purposes. The Druggists throughout the
country sell it, as bottled by Mr.. Speer.-
Chronicle.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

a WOMAN ATTACKED.--At an early
hour on Friday nornig last, Mr.. r.. G. Ford,
Superintendent of the Wildwood Coal Com
pany on the y. Il. r., in Westmoreland
county. and brother of Mr.. Albert Ford, Pa.
IL. r., agent at Cresson, was awakened by
cries of "murderi' Dressing himself and
taking his revolver, he proceeded rs fast as
possible in the direction of the call, and after
going a short distance found that two men
had attacked a servant girl that lived with
him and were attempting TO outrage her per-
son, in which they would doubtless have
succeeded had il not been for Mr. Ford s
prompt arrival. They had thrown the girl
down and gagged her, and had torn almost
every article of clothing from her body
The girl is seventeen years old, German
by BIRTH and has lived in Mr.. Ford's family
for some time. She had been at dance at
a miners house, about half mile from the
place where she lived, and it was while
turning home that the men attempted the
outrage. The two fellows were employed
by Mr.. Ford, one (E. McClcliand,) } as fire
man of the stationary engine, the other n
farm hand named A. Morris alias Webb
The authorities are in quest of them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

Mt INInN CnI-EGf.-

MT UNION COLLEGE. I'm Col
lege De apartment past year, 1,2ti; different
studsnts from first Il,707, Of whom 7.5I9-
one-thirt ladics-h3vc Taught public schools:
of these !, III are graduates Of Normal De
partmcnl; total graduates in DacCalaurcate
Degree, 675. Over eco commercial students
now fill good situations. The Faculty num-
bers sixteen experienced professors This
College, by having erected good buildings,
keeps board with room At about So per week
self and club-board much less. Tuition
but n trifie in any Department; no cnn'in-
gent or extra charges. Apparatus and spoci-
mems worth over quarter million dollars
to illustrate science. Students enter any
time in term at proportional rates. College
property, bcnefitng students, worth SiJ1,-
276 income last year S26 $40, also aids stu
dents. Many students, without falling be-
hind their classes, earn their college eXpau-
ses by teaching winters, attending the regu-
lar college year of Fall, Spring and Summer
terms, beginning last Tuesdays of August
and February, and middle OF May. The
spccial Winter term, beginning last Tuesday
of November, accommodates students not
teaching. Location health, moral accessible
-15 minutes drive by omnibus from the AL
lance Union Depot. For descriptive cata-
logue, address Pres. 0, y. Hartshorn, LII.
d, Alliance, Ohio.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

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