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Year: 1874

A Washington telegram to the New
York Tribune says Representative
Brombergs bill to establish a national
quarantine system is opposed by MEM
bers on the ground tEat it would in
terfere with the State quarantine es-
tablishment. Mr.. Bromberg replies
to this objection that this would not
necessarily be the case, for the State
officials could enforce any local regu-
iations after the government officers
had examined the vessel. In reply to
the objection that it is not legitimate
function of the general government to
look after the health of the people, the
author of the bill refers to the fact that
in 1865, when the rinderpest prevailed
in Canada, Congress prohibited the
transportation of cattle except under
such regulations as the President
might prescribe.


If it is competent for Cun2ress to
legi late for the health of the cattle of
the country, he thinks there can be no
question as to its power to make regu
lations to guard the health of citizens
The chief object of the bill is to pro-
tect the Southern seaports from the
Introduction of yellow fever. Local
quarantines have been found to be in
efficient. They are almost always en-
forced too late, because the local au-
thorities hesitate to admit the danger
That exists for fear of iniuring bust
ness by creating alarm among the peo-
pie, and when they are enforced they
do not protect Southern cities from
the Introduction of the disease by per-
sons who have landed on other parts
of the coast and enter them by rail.
Year: 1874

Mr.. JOIN BRIGHT writes from his stand
point very good letter to our civil service
commission, the full text of which will be
found in another column. We presume
that civil service reform, asMr Bright says,
is a very great success in England, and we
are certain that if we had the same condi-
ton of affairs on this side of the Atlantic, it
would be good thing here. But what is
medicine for Great Britain and ireland is
poison for the United States, so what is the
use of arguing about itf Mere dOctri"GirsS
never run a country or government except
70 destruction.
Year: 1874

IrLooKs after all as if the Centennial,
notwithstanding the setback it received
from Congress, will be grand success. 1t
is not the first time in the history Of our
country that our representatives. failed to
appreciate and interpret the real motives
and feelings of the people. The address of
the Women's Centennial Executive Com
mittee, elsewhere printed, has the true ring
about it, and the fact that they have placed
their shoulders to the wheel is one of the
best omens of success. While the women
of America are sound the republic can suffer
no detriment in honor or patriotism.
Year: 1874

ALETTER from West Point in reference to
the graduating class says that Cadet Smith,
who has been out of the newspapers for some
time, " is doing very well in his studies, and
will leave quite number of his white class
mates to attend to the safe-kseping of the last
class members %
Year: 1874

A PRETTY FULL REPORT Of the lecture
of Rev. Father Ryan, on Tuesday evening
last, on oWhat is Faithf'' will be found on
our third page. This report was unaEoid-
ably crowded out of our issue of yesterday.
Year: 1874

A Wall comes up from the Florida press that
the river and harbor appropriation Till, which
went through the Senate with lightning speed,
does not contain single cent for that unhappy
State.
Year: 1874

Here is a Wholesome suggestion from
the broad waste Of newspsperdOm


Thought engeuders thought. Place
one idea upon paler-auother will fol-
low il, and still another until YOU have
written n page. You naunot fstbom
your mind. There is a well Of thought
there. which has no bottom. The more
you draw from II, the more clear and
fruitful will il be. IL you neglect TO think
for yourself and use other peoples
them utterance only
YOU will never know what you are capa-
BILE of. At first your ideas may come but
IN Jumps, homely aud shapeless; butt no
matter time and perseverance, will ar
range and polish them. Learn TO think,
and you will learn TO wri,c. The more
you think, the better you will express
your ideas.
Year: 1874

A Canadian youth has proved to his
complete satisfaction that Millions de-
finition of jealousy as "the injured
lovers hell' may be accepted, so far as
he is concerned, at least, in the most
liberal sense. He became possessed OF
the idea that his inamorata received the
visits of other admirers than himself.
and to satisfy his jealous suspicious he
concluded to take advantage of dark
night and station himself in the
branches of tree which overlooked
the window of the lady's sitting room,
He had hardly accomplished this some
what difficult feat before the curtain OF
''the golden window of his silent
watch" were cruelty and closely drawn,
and his vigil was rendered fruitless.
As he prepared to return to the earth
he became aware, from the deep
mouthed bayings which greeted his
ears, that large dog was anxiously
awaiting his descent, and for two long
hours he desperately, but necessarily
somewhat quietly, ,endeavored to induce
the animal to retire. But the dog was
as faithful as Byron's bOatswain, and
the unlucky lovers smothered en-
treaties interpretations were alike un-
availing. He was thereupon compelled
to select the most comfortable crotch
the branches of the tree afforded, and
resign himself to night of dismal un-
rest. When the first streaks of dawn
enabled the half-frozen fellow to get a
glimpse of his tireless watcher, he
found, equally to his disgust and relief,
that the dog was his own The sudden
ness with which the baffled lover finally
reached the ground is said to have been
remarkable, and the soliloquy in which
he INDUCED shockingly profane.
Year: 1874

As some persons may be in the same
plight the coming spring that l was
last, as regards knowing how they are
to grow few early tomato plants. and
have them stocky and tirst-class plants
III every respect, will give the details
of how 1 managed to grow few hun
dred to my entire satisfaction. took
a small box, 12x20 inches.6 inches deep
and filed it with good garden soil, and
put it on the kitchen stove-drum, and
let it stay there till the dirt was thor
oughly warmed through; then took a
stick and made marks an inch apart, 4 ]
inches deep in the dirt, cross-ways of
the box; then scattered tomato seeds
quite thick along the rows and covered
them about I of an inch deep; then
took newspaper and wet it and COW
cred the box to prevent the dirt from
getting dry on top. The box was set
on bench near the stove after the
seeds we're sown and the following day
set on the stove drum again for the pur-
pose of keeping up the heat in the soil
being careful not to let it get too hot.
In forty-eigbt hours from the time the
seeds were sown they had sprouted,
and many had broken the ground; q
few were near one-half inch high
Rurat NetU Yorker.
Year: 1874

This tree divides with the elder the
ignOminy of being that on which the
arch traitor hung himself,-neither le-
gend being worth thetrOuble of sitting.
1t is native of the south of Europe,
and several countries of Asia from
Syria to Japan; and is handsome low
tree with spreading head, easily dis
tinguished among the LeguminOus
order by its simple glabrOus, kidney
shaed leaves, and by its purple flowers,
which are produced abundantly in May
before the leaves, not ONLY from the
young twigs, but from the old branches,


and even the main trunk. The flowers
are succeeded by thin brown pods
about six inches in length, which re-
main on the tree all the year. These
are not generally produced in this
country England) unless the plant be
trained against a wall; but in a warmer
climate they perfect their seed in
abundance, and afford q ready means
of propagation. The leaves are re-
markable for their unusual shape, for
the pale blush green of their upper
surface, and for their sea- green hue be-
meath. The flowers have an agreeable
acrid taste, and are sometimes mixed
with salad, or made into fritters with
batter, and the flower buds are picked
in vinegar. This species is known as
Cercis Siliquastrum, from the cOnspicu-
Ous appearance of its seed vessels.
Year: 1874

There are is legend among the hat
ters that felt was invented by no less a
parsonage than st. Clement, the patron
saint of their trade. Wishing to make
a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre,
and at the same time to do penance for
sundry une1piated peccadilloes, the
pious monk started on his journey afoot.
As to whether he was afflicted with
corns or kindred miseries, the ancient
chronicle from which this information
is derived is silent but, at all events,
q few days successive tramping soon
began to blister his feet. In order to
obtain relief, it occurred to him to line
his shoes with the fur of a rabbit. This
he did, and on arriving at his destina-
ton, was surprised to find that the
warmth and moisture of his fee. had
worked the soft hair into cloth-hke
mass. The idea thus suggested he
elaborated in the solitude of his eel,
and finally, there being no patent laws
in existence in those days, he gratuit-
ously presented to his fellow mortals
the result of his genius in the shape of
q felt hat.
Year: 1874

Don Francisco Velasquer informed
me, in 1870, that he had pOwderwhich
made the ants mad, so that they bit
and destroyed each other. | made sew
eral trials of it, and found it most eff
ficacious in turning large column of
ants. A little of it sprinkled across
their paths in dry weather has most
surprising effect. As soon as one of the
ants touches the white powder it COM
mences to run about wildly, and to at
tack any other ant it comes across. In
a couple of hours round balls of ants
will be found biting each other, and
numerous individuals will be seen Bit
ten completely in too, while others have
lost some of their legs or antenna.
News of the commOtiOn is carried to
the fOrmicarium and huge fellows,
measuring three-quarters of an inch in
length, that only come out of the nest
during migration or an attack on the
nest of one of the working columns, ,are
seen sailing down with determined
air,as if they would soon right matters.
As soon, hOwever,as they have touched
the sublimate, all their stateliness
leaves them; they rush abOut;their legs
are seized hold of by some of the
smaller ants already affected by the poi
son, and they themselves begin to bite,
and in a short time become the centre
of fresh balls of rabid ants The sub
Innate can only be used effectively in
dry weather.
Year: 1874

If you buy your coffee already


Drowned, says correspondent of the


Country Gentleman always brown


it over. This develops better flavor


and increases the strength. The reason


is that the desirable qualities are made
available by the heat but go back again


gradually, and may be brought out
again by heat as before. In cOnse-
quence of this, coffee should always be


Drowned, or Drowned over, at the time
it is wanted to be used. Then it is
fresh, with all the flavor and strength
developed. 1t will benefit 1T to keep il
cOrked up tight after it is Drowned. 1t
should never be left exposed to the air
in this condition, as it will lose its
strength, and absorb OdOrs that come
in contact with it, Hence the grocery
taint of the coffee of commerce, both
the Drowned and the mbrOwned, as
both have the property of absorbing,
being good disinfectants. In purchas-
ing get the raw material. The Drowned
is often an inferior or defective article,
cOlOred to hide the defect. The best
way is to get sample and test it. If
good, secure a quantity and keep in a
dry place and pure air, using it as
wanted. Mocha and Java are the best
kinds. Grind coffee fine, or, better,
pound it i'm a mortar. This crushes and
reduces it to condition to take in
water the better, so as to extract its
substance, which it will readily do when
finely reduced; else more or less of the
strength will remain unObtained. |
have experimental upon thisand taken,
cOarsely ground coffee after it had
passed through the cOtfee-pOt, re-dried
do fnt, A.,f -
not only get all or nearly all the strength
of the vessel is little perceptible; if the
vessel is of stone or earthen. not at all.


To avoid long standing in the vessel
to settle. add the white of an egg and a
little water to the ground coffee before
it is steeped, and mix well; leave not a
dry dust. Let the quantity of water
and egg be sufficient to mOisten, and no
more. If more is added. the egg will
cook; and as it holds the coffee, the
water cannot well reach it,and you will
have a weak cup of coffee tasting of the
egg. 1t is a nice thing to apply the
egg properly; but when so done, it will
clarity the liquid, making it sparkling
and clear like wine. Never, never boil
coffee. When will people learn to heed
this important injunction 7 1t has
been preached time out of mind, but
seems to do no good. Look at the
amount of poor coffee that is made with
its strength boiled away, what is not
left in the cOarsely ground mass. The
better part is readily thrown off by
boiling-the extractive matter, much
of which is Objectionable, taking its
place. Steep, then, as you would tea,
bringing to the boiling point, but not
exceeding it. A few minutes will suf-
flee, stirring in the meantime the sur
face occasionally, so as to expedite the
settling.
Year: 1874

A certain mechanic found, at the
age Of twenty-one, that he possessed
fancy for books, cigars and liquor
extravagant tastes all Well, he
thought the matter over, and know
ing that he must be dependent on his
skill for a home and education, he de-
cidea to lay out in books every year
the sum which he estimated it would
cost a moderate drinker for liquor
He also calculated what it would cost
him for tobacco and cigars, for thea
tres and Sunday riding, and set apart
that money in the same way. The
result was, that in a few years he
owned library of several hundred
volumes. In this library he has a
row of shelves labeled Liquor, To
bacco, Theatres, Livery Stables, which
are low filled with books bought with
the money he would otherwise have
appropriated for these purposes
Young men, this little story needs
no eomment-but think of it.
Year: 1874

At last theyare going to introduce


civil marriage in Italy. A law will
shortly be submitted to the Italian
Chambers making the civil marriage
ceremony obligatory, and Furnishing
any priest or clergyman who shall
perform a marriage rite unless the
civil requirements have first been
complied with. In point of fact,
civil marriage was introduced there
in 1865, when the new ciyl code was
adopted, but this provision of the
code wus rcver-cnrried- e,lt, there be-
ing no means to enforce it. The
present measure is introduced to
remedy this deficiency. 1t would be
well for the German Empire to in
troduce a similar law, and thus do
away with an important element of
the conflict between church and state.
. Missouri Democrat
Year: 1874

The Catholic children have been
very generally withdrawn from the
public schools of New York city and
Brooklyn, and placed in parochial
schools established by the Catholic
Church. A thousand children were
taken from the public schools in one
of the wards and marched with ban
ners to new and costly edifce erect
ed for a parochial school. AS the
children passed their old school, they
gave it three cheers! This withdraw
al of the Catholic children is not due
to the religious exercises or instruc-
ton in the public schools, but to the
fact that these schools are not under
the Catholic control and influence.


The announced policy of the Catholic
Church is to educate all its youth in
Catholic schools, and, to this end, it
demands a division of the school
fund Ohio Educational Monthly.
Year: 1874

The following has been handed us


by our friend Bob, who has carried


it in his purse for many years, as a


sort of talisDada, and who regards


much of his success in life as the re-


suit of a strict adherence, to the ad-


vice it contains. We do not often


see more sound advice in the same
space. We. commend it to all young
men just starting out in life. Out it
oaet and paste it in your hat: o. l..


"Keep good company or none.
Never be- idle, If your hands can't
be usefully employed, attend to the
cultivation of your mind. Always
speak the truth. Make few promises.
Live up to- your engagements, Keep
your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to a person, look
him in the face. Goodcompany and
good conversation, are the very sin
ews of virtue. Good character is
above all things else. Your charae-
ter cannot. be essentially injured, ex-
cept by your own acts. If any one
speaks evil of you, let your life be SO
that no one will believe him. Drink
no kind ofintoxicating liquors. Ever
live misfortune excepted within your
income. When you retire to bed,
think over what you have been doing
during the day. Make no haste to
be rich if you would prosper. Small
and steady, gains give competency,
with tranquility of mind. Never
play at any game of chance Avoid
though you fear you may
not withstand it. Earn money be-
fore you spend it. Never run into
debt unless you see a way to get out
Of it Never borrow if you can pos
sibly avoid it Do not marry until
you are able TO support a wife NeY=
er speak evil of any one. Be just be-
fore you are generous. Keep your
self innocent, if you would be happy.
Save when you are young, that you
may spend when you are old. Read
over the above maxims at least once
a week"
Year: 1874

| We saw the man today who is


going about 'under cloud, 1t is


cloud that he has enyeloped him


self in. 1t is one Of hisIoYn creating.


No one is to blame for it but him


sell, He might free himself of it


perhaps, if he chose to do SO, and


had the moral nerve to make the eff


fort Tt wants nerve, though, and


he hasn't got it. Does anybody sus- IS


pect what the cloud is? We can can call


it in one word. Its drink. 'iAab5rt 4 short


and wonderfully expressive word Rtl Of #
one syllable. Geographically { speak


ing it is bounded on the north by


depraved appetite, on the east by


weak resolution, on the south BY tad
company, and on thesyest by.a.Whisky
shop Speaking after the manner of
the grammarians, drink is a nom, a
common common noun, very common as
general thing being the name of a
thing, and it is thing that people
would do well to let alone entirely.
It should be; in the objective case,
but the number of those who. OBJ
iect toitis surprisingly small, Nouns
are supposed to agree with their verbs,
but drink is a noun that hardly ever
agrees with anybody. az -, -.


The man who is under aeloud has
a way Of forgetting everything. He
forgets his engagements and obi
cations. He forgets to get up for
is too late for dinner, and
gets Cleft at supper per time. He ,; is
of his personal appearance,
and hasn't pride enough to keep him
from trying to borrow money of
strangers, or get the bar tender to
trust him. If he sits down anywhere
it is to sleep, and if he is walking; . on
the street you can n safely bet he he is
hunting drinking saloon or a lunch
table. After all, the man who is IN
der a cloud is entitled to some pity.
You who are differently constituted
from him need not take too omuch cred
lttoyourselves that you do differently,
but thank heaven that you are not
under q cloud. - -
Year: 1874




A HARD WNTER-The Rocky
Mountain News says that an old
hunter just in from the mountains,
bringing a load of bear and other
game, predicts hard winter. Noun
taineers and frontiersmen who have
studied the signs of the forest and
learned to forecast the seasons by a
knowledge of the disposition of wild
animals are generally pretty correct
in their representations, and come


as near the truth quite as often as
sod Probabilities" himself <
Year: 1874

For long time L did not under


stand it at all. 1 thought that, be


cause grandmothers often were feeble


and old-fashioned, they could never


really feel as we children do; that


they needed no particular notice Oh
enjoyment, for it was their nature to
sit in rocking chairs, and they seemed
quite different from the rest of the
world, and not to be especially
thought about; that is, by girls who
were as full of merry plans as we
were.


sGrandmotherlived with us, as father
was her only son. We had a vagpe
idea that she helped mother mend
the clothes and knitted all fathers
winter stockings, besides some pairs
for the church society. We were
supposed to love her, of course, and
were never openly rude, for indeed
we had been taught to be polite to
all aged persons. AS for grlndmoth-
er, she was one of those peaceful
souls who never make any trouble,
but just go on in their own way so
quietly, that you hardly know they
are in the house. Mother sat with
her sometimes, but We girls, in our
gay, busy pursuits, rarely thought of
such a thing. She seemed to have
no part in our existence


It went on so for some time, till
one day 1 happened at sundown tSi
go into the sitting room, and there
sat grandmother, alone, She had
ffallsR asleep in heT-reshfaiF chair s. by the wiz
dow. The sun vas just sinking ouS
of sight, leaving glory of light as
he went and in r4is glory 1 saw
grandmother-saw Ler really for the
first time in my life


She had been reading her Bible,
and then, as if there had been no
need OF reading more, since its treas
nres already lay shining in her soul,
she had turned the book over upon
her lap and leaned back to enjoy the
evening.


1 saw 1t all in moment-her gen
ueness, her patience, her holiness
Then, while her love and beautiful
dignity seemed to fold about me like
a bright cloud, the sweet everyday
lines in her face told me a secret,
that even then, in tie wonderful sun
set Of life, she was, o, hoE human
So human that she missesS bid faces
and old scenes; so human that she
needed share Of what God was Civ
ing us-friends, home interests, lit
tie surprises and expectations, loving
offices, and, above all, a recognition
In the details of our fresh young
lives.


Girls when grandmother woke up,
she found us ali three stealing softly
into the room; for God had helped
me, when I went to tell my sisters
about it. Mary only kissed her and
asked if she had had a good nap;
Susie picked her ball of yarn off the
carpet, where it had rolled, and be-
gan to wind it, all the while telling
her a pleasant bit of news about one
of the school girls; and I-well, 1
knelt down at grandmothers feet
and, just as 1 was going to cry, 1
gave her knees a good hard hug, and
told her she was darling.


That's all, girls. But it's been
different ever since from what it was
before st. Nicholas.
Year: 1874

.


CONSOLATION FOR THE Dun
There is no talent so useful towards
rising in. the world, or which puts
men more out of the reach of the
fortune, than that quality generally
possessed by the .dullest sort of peo
pie, and IN common speech called
disecetiOn-a species of lower pru-
dence, by the assistance of which,
people of the meanest intellect, with
out any other qualification, pass
through the world in great tranquil
ty, and with unusual good treatment,
neither giving nor taking ofeneesra
Year: 1874

Several tea houses in New York
have failed lately and others are
winding up business. The reason is
that Western cities receive their sup
plies of teas by way of the great
steamers, direct from China and
Japan to San Francisco and by rail
from there. Instead of being six
months on board of sailing vessais, as
tea coming toNew York is, the tea
comes the other route in some thirty
to forty days. The consequence is
that the West is more cheaply sup
piled than New York, hence the clos
ing of New York tea houses.
Year: 1874

The earth is going round the sun
at the rate of sixty-six thousand
miles an hour, or eleven hundred
times faster than the fastest express
train moves. The earth is also re
volving upon its axis at very high
speed, proportioned to the distance
of its surface from the axis. At the
equltor it is one thousand and forty
miles an hour, or seventeen a minute;
at T.ekiawts, polar town, it is seven
and half miles a minute; at the
poles it is NIL. The earth has several
other movements, one of the less ex.
actly measured being that through
space, in common with the=whole so,
lar system, which is isestimated at four
hundred and eighty-seven thousand
miles q day,