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Year: 1874

A CONFERENCE.-The Germantown (0.) ERde
pendent Press published at our old stamping
ground" contains this:


The Eaton Democrat The IndependeHt Pess the
best paper publisned here but fear that Bro
Gould Is little hasty in his remarks Sol Miller Of the
Kansas CHEF used be here and people thst he got
mighty good paper But IL the Democrat will only
back about ten years then Thanks for the
compliment however


1t is gratifying to have ones humble labors so
kindly remembered, after lapse Of almost twen-
ty years-labors performed when we were young
and without the experience necessary to run an
interesting newspaper But we did our "level
best" and hope that at least not all the apprec-
ative remembrance Of our efforts so long ago, are
to be attributed to the fondness with which
the mind clings to the good old days of the past.
Year: 1874

IL will be seen from this that the Republican
majority of ITO in the present house is changed
into a Democratic majority of 56 in the next
with four Statesyet Ia elect, which will proba bl
not ehoSse delegations materially different from
those they have IN the present Congress. 1t i:
safe to say that there win be a Democratic or
opposition majority Of at least so in the next
house.
Year: 1874

1t appears that the queen in going out
driving, the first time the duchess Of
Edinburgh accompanied her, placed, as
usual, the princess of Wales beside her
on the back seat, so that the duchess and
her spouse wee forced to sit opposite,
with their backs to the horses, which
was all very well for the duke, he being
ii mau aud in his mothers carriagc. but
the proud and petted daughter of the czar
Of all the Russias had no idea Of being
made to yield the first place to any one.
On her return from the drive, therefore,
she informed Queen Victoria that she
had never occupied the front seat in a
carriage before, and that she would not
submit to be placed there again The
queen reminded the irate duchess that
the princess Of Wales, as the wife of the
heir to the crown and the future queen
of England, was of course entitled to
take precedence over the wife of her Sec
ond son, and that, moreover, the Prime
ess Beatrice, as an unmarried English
princess, still under the immediate pro
lection of the queen, was also entitled to
lahe pTeceuence oNeI any VI Tue otHei ic-
male mcmbers of the royal family. Re


member that | am the daughter of the
greatest sovereign ON earth, of the czar
OF Russia" cried the indignant young
lady. To this the queen responded: II
acknowledge no earthly sovereign as my
superior. So there the matter rests,
and the duchess of Edinburgh was not
present at the queen last drawing room,
ostensibly on account of illness
Year: 1874

Representative Hale returned to Wash.
ington last night, and Immediately called
on President Grant to thank him for his
mark of confidence and friendship in
rendering him the appointment of post
master general, but at the same time to
respectfully withdraw his acceptance of
that office. The president expressed his
regret that Mr.. Hale had come to that
conclusion, as he had anticipated with
him pleasant official relations. Mr. Hale
has been in Altoona few days, ald
thought that he would be able TO enter
upon the duties of his position to, day, as
Creswcll made his arrangements to retire
yesterday. He had recovered in a slight
degree from the fatigue incident to long
session of congress, but the excessive
heat for the past few days has so weak
ened him as to compel him to decline the
honor. He will leave for his home in
Maine tomorrow to seek needed rest


The cabinet met at half past ten this
forenoon Creswel and Hale were pres
ent. All the members expressed regret
that personal considerations compelled
Mr.. Hale to decline the postmaster-gen
eralship.
Year: 1874

that the back should be long or short,
81 this length or that; although we
mll.y, in a general way. fall in with the
common description Of what a back
ought to be, and say, "that to be good
one, it should nix q little below be-
hind) the withers, and then run
straight The back will be too large
or too short, or Though, to the observ-
er, of unusual longitude or shortness.
still) of the proper length, depending
upon the formation and Dimensions of
other parts with which, in structure
and action, it is associated.
Year: 1874

To break a horse of paving in the
stable, correspondent of the Furnaer's S
Union says: Take piece of trace
chain two feet long, fasten it to the leg
that he paws with, just above the knee
with hame strap and let the chain
hang at the side Of the leg. He will soon
be glad to keep it still.
Year: 1874

One way not to keep warm is to
drink freely Of hot drinks; to keep the


pores of the skin closed; to eat more
than can be digested; to sit over hot


air furnace; to lace tightly; wear tight
garters, tight shoes, tight gloves, and
bundle up with ''heaps" Of warm cloth.
ing; wear muflers around the neck,
and avoid breath Of cool, fresh air ;
take wine or bitters before meals, and
pills to aid digestion after eating. Do
this daily, a month or more, and you
will be as tender as a tropical house.
plant, and will take ''dreadful colds''
on the slightest exposure. Hot drinks
just before going out are especially fa-
vorable to induce chills; and this is
about the way many are now trying to
cheat nature ard to prolony misera-
bic existence.


Every bed in daily use should be SUBJ
jected to the purifying rays Of the sun
at least once week, and should be left
open for the reception of air and light
some time before being made up. Beds
not frequently used are often found
very musty and disagreeable to guests.
The parlor beds, that swallow their own
contents by 4 magic touch. are fair
without, but in time, for the lack Of
proper airing, they become foul within.
Year: 1874

A DEsERTIoN THAT WAS NOT A DEsER-
TIoN-Before Esquire Frazier, Annie Brooks
brought suit against her husband, Daniel II.
on the charge of desertion. After trial,
however, Daniel was discharged as 1t was
proved that he did not desert his wife but that
that parties living in the same house with her
''put a spell on her. They put salt aud clay
in her bed and gave her big black bottle to
place ON the table whenever her husband
was in the room. Annie is evidently very
supertitous.
Year: 1874

'PRoLlFaC.-~There ia woman living 10 Pen
cader Hundred, this county, Who has been mar
RED twenty-iour years, and who, last week gave
birth to her twenty third child-which makes her
record one child per year since her marriage
This woman would certainly take the premium
at any county fair in the land. We could not as
certain whether or not all her children are liv
ing.
Year: 1874

A report has been made to the Philadelphia
Board of Health by the committee of that body
who recently visited this city and examined the
odorlesa Excayator. They speak approyingly
of the machine, and recommend its use in their
city, but not if we understand their report, as a
monopoly, to be owned by Chief Engineer Nc
Fadden, and the Clerk of the Board of Health.
Their suggestion is that licenses to clean wells
be granted to persons provided with such ma
chines-so many as may apply for such license
but they do not, apparently, propose to contract
with any one party exclusively and call upon
Mayor stokley to use his police for the arrest
and imprisonment of all competitors.


No allusion is made in the report, 80 far as we
are informed to the bill for the Committee't
dinner, which was assumed and paid by our vii
mington Board of Health, and there is no ex-
planation as to how the party ate s3.55 worth oil
dinner, each.
Year: 1874




In the Island OF san Domingo were the FIRST to In
troduce the use OF Basam Copabia- Never has a
nauseating drug done more injury, for II not only
changes the nature Of the disease to more dread
fu state than the original but Il ruins the tone OF
the stomach and brings on dyspepsia In Its worst
forms, having horrid taste and disgusting smell.
To avoid this drug and its effects the Samaritan S
GIFT Is within the reach of all, remedy purely veg
etable, and positive cure every time In from two
TO four days, without exposure or trouble. Male
packages, 81; female. s..
For scrofuls and all disease OF impure blood the
Samaritans Root and Herb Juices Is the remedy to
be used.


KEEP THE BLOOD IN A HEALTHY CONDITION.
''The blood is the life of the human body" There
Is no bone, nor muscle, nor tissue membrane Of
unceasng action of the heart pumping out. night
and day, forty-three hundred and twenty times an
hour, this wonderful current Of fel In disease the
heart works faster, the supplies are hurried up 10
the falling organism and nature ever true TO herself,
makes every effort to espel disease and preserve
life. Hence we have eruptions and sores because
nature has succeeded In throwing the poison to the
surface Shall We then stand and look on that he
roc effort OF nature trying 10 free herself from the
deadly enemy, or shall We come TO the rescue with
few bottle OF the Samaritan's Root and Herb Juice
and bansh from the system that foul taint that has
been slowly but surely eating away the very foun-
tain of life3


Sold by E. Bringhurst h Co., sixth and Market
E. McIna, Second and Market. Wilmington, Del,
and by druggists generally. jel7-ly
Year: 1874

And here we are again. NJ. Liable the French
chemist tells us that though milk alone is good
and coffee alone proper stimulant, yet to mix
them before drinking is to atflict our stomachs
with an insoluble compound formed by the tan.
min of the one and the animal material of the
other and so to slowly poison ourselves. Like
Moliere's hero who spoke prose all his life with
out knowing it, many of us are poisoning our
selves every day in this and hundred other
ways and never find it out till these hygienic sa-
wants inform us.
Year: 1874

Now you will have to put down white mark
for Susan B. Anthony. The other day reporter
tried to extort from her something bearing on
the Beecher-Tilton scandal. and all lie got was
this answer During my whole public ca
reer have never answered any personal news
paper alusion to myself-any scandal, charge.
gossip or mean thing not even the charge that
was drunk on the platform last May And now
that am fifty-ive years of age, on the second
turn towards the centennial, l shall not com
mence.n
Year: 1874

HAM Toast. Chop some lean Fam
fine, put it in a pan with a little
pepper, lump of butter and two
eggs beaten; when well warmed,
spread ON hot buttered toast, and
serve.


LEMoYADE.-Upon the very thin
rind and juice of four good sized
lemons put sugar to your taste. and
three pints of boiling water. The
lemonade should be made thirty six
or forty eight hours before using it.
Leave the peel in one day. Strain
before using.


BIrTERs Take one ounce of BE-
vile orange.peel, half nm ounce of
gentian root, half an ounce of carla-
mons hnsk the cardamoms, and
crush them with the gentian root.
Put them in a wide.mouthed bottle,
and cover with brandy or whisky.
Let it remain for twelve days, then
strain and bottle it for use, adding
to it one ounce Of lavender drops.


SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Break four
eggs into IL saucepan, into which II
large pat of butter has been thrown.
and keep stirring the whole until
they are cooked, which will be in n
few minutes. You will know when
they are done by their appearance,
as they will get into lumrs. Some
bultered toast should be ready on
which to spread eggs, and then pep
per and salt them. Some people
add the latter while cooking. They
are easily prepared and very good.
Year: 1874

y terrible story comes to us from
Persia. In one of the districts labor
ing man had been sentenced to be bas-
tinadOed for some Offense, receiving 12O
blows on the sOles of his feet. As he
sank down on his knees after the sen
tence had been carried out. and it was
believed that his injuries were of Sc
rious character. he called the Judge to
his side, intinjitinS that he had a terri
BILE secret to reveal As ne could only
speak in a whisper, the Judge placed his
eur TO the lips of the fainting man, when
the latter seized it with his teeth. and in
his agony bit it off In Persia the loss
of an ear, no matter under what circum-
stances, i considered a lasting disgrace,
and the Judge so felt it. He at once
gave orders to have the prisoner care
fully cared for, assuring the physicians
that if they did not save his life their
own should pay the penalty, and they
succeeded. When the prisoner was fully
recovered he was sentenced to have his
teeth pulled out one by one in the pres
ence of the mob, and this frightful sen
tence was carried out, two days being
exhausted in the work No pains were
taken with the horrible job. and the
jaws were broken and crushed until the
whole lower part Of the mans face was
a mangled mass, and his suiTerings We're
80 great that many Of the men tainted
in witnessing the operation. Two days
after the little life in the man was
beaten ont Of the sOles Of his feet. and
the Judge having fully satisfied his thirst
for vengeance, committed suicide.
Year: 1874

HERE IS another nice little job. \
portion Of the walls Of the new Central
Lunatic Asylum az Columbus has been
condemned a. unsafe and j, to be torn
down that the foundation may be put
in deeper This will cost the State an
additional fifty thousand dollars, besides
greatly delaying the completion Of the
buildiny. IL j. better, though 70 tear
down an unfinished building than 10
have a finished and occupied building
fan down.
Year: 1874

In the range Of mountains in West
ern North Carolina, known as the
"Fork Range" u most wonderful
phenomena exists. 1t is q breathing
cave" In the summer months u
current of air comes from it so strong
ly that u person can't walk against
it, while in the winter the suction is
lust as great. The cool air from the
mountain in summer is felt for miles
in direct line from the mouth Of
the cave. At times u most unplcas-
ant ouor is emitted upon the current
from dead carcasscs OF animals
sucked in and killed by the violence.
The loss of cattle and stock in that
section in winter is accounted for in
this way: They range too near the
mouth Of the cave, and the current
carries them in. At times. when tho
change from inhalation to eXhalation
begins the air is filled with various
hairs OF an mails not unfreIuentIy
Zones and whole cArcAses are found
miles from the place. The air has
been known to change materially in
temperature during exhalation, from
quite cool to unpleasautly hot, with
ering vegetation within reach and
accompanied 10y a terrible roaring,
gurgIlng sound, az Il pot boiling. 1t
is unaccounted for by scientific men
who have examined it, though no ex-
ploratlon can take place. 1t i, feared
by many that volcanic eruption
may break forth there some time.
Such things have occurred in places
as little unexpected.
Year: 1874

POOR GIRLs.-The poorest girls III
the world are those who have never
been brought up to work. Rich par
ents have pettcd them, they have been
taught to despise labor, and to depend
upon others for living, and are per
fcctly helpless II misfortune comes
upon their friends, rs it often does,
their case is hopeless. The most for
loru and miserable women on earth
belong to this class. 1t belongs to
parents to protect their daughters
from this deplorable condition. They
do them great wrong, if they neglect
it. Every daughter should be taught
to earn her own living. The rich us
we'll as the poor require this training
The wheel OF fortune rolls swiftly
round-tho rich are very likely to be-
come poor and the poor rich. skill to
labor is no disadvantage to the rich,
and is indispensable to the poor. Well
to-do parents must educate their
daughters to work; no reform Is lAola
imnerative than this.
Year: 1874

ism. While in New Bedford just be.
fore the Butler caucusses last year, re.
ceived money from tue hands Of bis
partner to carry the caucuscs there,
and the money was used for that pur-
pose. received money from Usher to
60 to Fall kivcr and pack the caucuses
there for Butler.


ii stand ready as young man, form
crly strong Butler man, to take the
stump in any place between the hills of
Berkshire and the shores of Prov
incetown, to proclaim to the State the
rottenness Of corruption that fills to re-
plction the Butler organization. Iwell
know that I shall be accused Of treach-
cry and falsehood, but stand ready to
meet any Butler man on any platform
in any place in this State, and discuss
the merits of Butlcrism. They will call
me insane, perhaps, but every man who
knows me and knows my record as a
soldier and citizen will say I mean just
what I say, and have the courage ty
back it up at any time and at ano
place.


Il hold myself personally responsible
for every word | utter, and it is my
earnest wish to speak before the people
Of Salem as soon as pos
sible on this matter.
shall be attacked on every side by But.
Ter men who have beep my friends, but
with truth on ny side and possessing
the pluck to.,; speak, I defy them, one
and all, and IS;now throw down my
gage. F. j. SIMMONS.


An inquiry at Boston elicits the fact
that the letter which the Tribune
publishes this morning is not from co.,
lector Simmons, but is from the brother
of that official.
Year: 1874

The coroner's jury in the recent ter
rible disaster at the Granite Mills, Fall
River, Mass, rendered their verdict
Saturday. They found that the fire
department was promptly on hand and
efficient, that the appliances for extin-
gushing fires in all the stories was in
good supply, though for some cause
water was lacking in the upper stories;
that ample means of escape was pro-
vided from all the floors except the at.
tic, and that the large loss of life was in
great part due to neglect in not prompt
ly giving the alarm to those in
the sixth story, as had such
an alarm been given the lives of all in
that story might have been saved. The
jury therefore find that the death Of
James Turner and the twenty-five 9th.
crs was caused by being burned within
the mill or in jumping therefrom, with
out any censure upon the mill owners.
The report concludes as follows: ''Let
the lesson not pass unheeded. either by
millers OF the public in general, that
human life is precious, in all means that
tend to save, particularly or generally.
the precious boon to the poorest mortal
has the sanction of all mankind. and an
example in him who died for all.''
Year: 1874

An examination by Scotch natural
ist Of the stomachs of three hundred
and five birds Of prey has revealed that
mice, shrews and insects constitute
nearly the whole of their food. The
naturalist concludes that it is for the
interest Of farmers to protect rather
than destroy these birds. If natural
lists keep on in their Investigations they
will probably prove that there are no
kinds of living creatures which it is pro.
titable for men to destroy.
Year: 1874

IRoN.-Everybody, doubtless, knows of the large
mountain of No. iron ore, near the railroad,
few miles above Auburn. That this will, some
owners, but to the entire country, none will
doubt. The world wants iron, and is willing to
pay good price for it; and that mountain Of
this most valuable mineral, located near great
railroad thoroughfare. is going to stand forever
unappropriated, is preposterous. For lack OF
money, or enterprise, or perhaps both, though. 1t
still bears the landmarks of nature. That this
evidence from discoveries made within the past
week. Groupings of rich iron ore have been
found over a space of forty acres. some distance
from the iron mountain, but doubtless on the
same lead. Many of the people are anxious for
the establishment of manufactures, % also are
many of the newspapers, and it is a worthy de-
sire. The opening of these iron mines would be
a grand step towards the consummation Of that
desire. These mines once opened, and smelling
works erected, the heavy cost Of transportation
would be saved, and the cost Of iron would be
proportionately lessened. Cheap iron makes
machinery cheap, aud cheap machinery would
materially lesson the cost of building manufac-
tories The price and dersn for the manu-
factured articles being the same. the induoement
would thus be increased. Besides this cheap
iron would lessen the cost of ship building. and
thus give an impetus to that important business
on this coast; it would lesson the cost of rail-
roads; it would lessen the cost Of substantial
structures of every kind, anlin doing this, would
give additional substance to the prosperity Of
the country.
Year: 1874

tte wheat attacked the corn ID stood at the tune
about i2 OF IS inches high and some Of fhe locus's
cnt IL off near the roots while others devoured the
leaves From 10 to % per cent Of the crop was left
IN isolated bills standing here and there, the fields
looking very much like those have seen I'D New
England that had been nipped by June irost'


A greater breadth of flax was planted III this
region this year than ever before. Many Oh tno
farmers were without seed wheat and were 'lnaoie
TO obtain it, while the oil company at Mankato
offered to lend them hax-seed and purchase thelr
crops Some fields of flax which visited last SatuT-
day were as utterly destroyed as the wheat nave
described; il was almost impossible to ma any
traces of the crop The best saw will probably
Weld one-fourth of a crop. The manner in which
the locusts have destroyed the flax when their
attack upon it has been late has been peculiar
They have no particular liking for the seed
bolls. and of course they cannot eat the
tough woody fiber of the stalks; but they do
srip off the leaves and then they bite off the slen-
der stalk Just under the boil causing the latter to
fall TO the ground. In some fields / examined, the
ground was actually covered with the secd-bolls,
two-thirds tbreefourths OF the entire crop being
SMILED and lost in this way. And the bolls that
were left found 10 very poorly filled the destruc
ton of the leaves cavsing the seed to shrlyel up.


The district visited Saturday is. | am told, the
wosst damaged of any in this county should think
that taken altogether, not ten per cent OF the
crops of every kind will be saved The iocusis lett
nearly two weeks ago, and during the whole after
noon nowhere saw them IN greater numbers than
may be seen any hot day in a New-fork State OF
New-England bayfield,.
Year: 1874

NEW AND DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.


SIR The public are cautioned against coun-
terfeit vedollar National bank notes on the Traders
National Bank Chicago, H.. which has been dscov
cred by the officers acting under my direction the
general appearance OF the note is such TO deceive
although q close examination betrays many essential
points Of difference, as follows:


Under the letter c. in the word "Chicago" the face
of the note the shade line into the top of the
first letter In the word "Pay" which Is directly under
IT, while IN the genuine distinct space nteryenes In
the date Of the year 1885," under thefght hand end
OF the words Give Dollars" 10 the body OF the note.
the numbers and closely together In the coun-
tereit there much wider space. The panels in the
border surrounding the face OF the genuine note have
numerous marks OF the drapey In the counterfeit the
marks are fewer and less distinct


On the reverse Of the note the most distinctive point
Of difference between the counterfeit and the genuine
appears 10 the lathework nclosng the figure "5" at
the lower right and left hand OF the note, the
eccentric circles being nearly round and distinct In
the counterfeit and much eccentric and less clear
In the genuine The kneeng figures in the left hand OF
the ygnette the back OF the note are much less dis
tinct than In the genuine, and tue WORK generally ID





The paper upon which the note is printed inferior
in quality to that used by the Government, being much
coarser but tho entire bill Is liable TO deceive even an
expert at the first glance


Very respectfully, H. G. WHITLEY.


Chief Secret Service Division, Treasury Department.
Nete-YOrk, July %, 1874