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Year: 1877

SWANSEA REDUCTIoN WORKS. We find in an exchange Il description of the celebrated reduction and S,plrating works of Wales. We gIve to brIct extract; "The Swansea works are mostly Subterranean, extending for about mile underground, the compart- ment each separated from the other, and the man who has charge of any one apartment is completely walled out from his ncighbors on both sides. so that no one knows what the other person next to him k doing The employees live in such prisons all their lives, have no communication with each other, or the outside world. hence, if one quits. he knows nothing. except that he was required to use certain proportions of chemicals to extract q given metal, as the riyulet of molton matter passed through his chamber. This Is the reason why no one can be found that the modus oprdndi of the entire Swansea works, from personal observation, for no one but the proprietorS themselves understand it, and they will not impart the information for the simple reason that all the world pays tribute to them. Nes, the little Welsh corner by the sea has cargocS of mineral from every country on the globe unloaded al her wharveS
Year: 1877

Rumor has it that General Kautz is about 10 make 8 trip across the Mogollons and on 10 the end of the San Juan division of the Denver and Rio Grandc Railroad. should the General make this trip We may be able to learn exactly from him the distance and feasibility of the new route that our people will be compelled to open up and Use, through which, to receive our supplies.
Year: 1877

Col Martin, Adjutsut General Of this Department, has had the luck to discover two very fine gold mines, so fine indeed that the ores require no concentration, being al ready so concentrated as to enable the Col mel To carry in his vest pocket the entire product of a weeks work
Year: 1877

New York, Sept. 4.-The Newark


Advertiser, whose editor is personal


friend Of Supreme Judge Bradley, re-


ferring to Justice Fields recent al


legged insinuations that Bradley's origi-


nal opinion was against Hayes title to


the Presidency, says:


Judge Field "nagged'' Judge Brad


ley. During all that trial he worked


in the interest of Tilden with an untir-


ing zeal and entire disregard of the


courtesies of the bench. He haggled


and pumped; he was indecent in his


attempts; doubtless he got all sides of


the argument, every phase of constitu-


tional law, every possibility of what


might be an honest decision, from


Judge Bradley, but he never, in any


moment, pumped SO deep that he found


water. How did Judge Field know there


were especially seventeen carriages
that night at Judge Bradley's door,
and who were their occupantsP Was
that the proper function of Judge
Field? Did he sit on the curbstone
and see who Gamer There was no poll
tician who so persistently and impair
TALLY followed Judge Bradley as Judge
Field himself. Six months have passed
since we have had communication,
direct or indirect, spoken or written,
with Judge Bradley upon this topic,
and then his every word rang with
purity of heart and honesty of purpose.
At that time his waste-basket was
filled with letters threatening assassin
cowardly and Tildenishas man
could write them. He was without
personal motive in the fight. All that
he cared for was the judicial ermine.
Can any person under Heaven tell why
Judge Bradley should have acted other
wise than as he did? He may be con.
strued as controlled by the bias of
political opinion-in other words by
personal opinions Of political motive
and constitutional law. We grant
that he was dealing out the law, and if
he had no opinion he had no right to
pronounce it. He did pronounce it,
and he spoke in solemn certainty. The
is not Judge Bradley's Or
gan. With him as with others we speak
whereof we do know, and we do know
that the Florida question was consid-
cred and held in doubt and looked at
in all its aspects as the crucial problem
Of the controversy, and we are solemnly
inclined to believe that Judge Field
that case with his learned
brethren on the bench with more zeal
than he ever manifested in patent
case. The Field family were supremely
active just then. They are men Of
hopeful temperaments, and it is posi-
BILE that one justice of the Supreme
court, in trying to pump another, got
slightly mistaken. If he did it was his
own fault. His own conduct was un-
becoming judge.
Year: 1877

New York, Sept. 4.-The Evening
Post says the scene Of the great fire
yesterday is wilderness of ruins. The
burned area between 10th and 11th
avenues extends from the middle of the
block on the north side of 34th street
to the middle of the block on the north
side of 36th. In addition a number Of
buildings were gutted or damaged on
the west side of 10th Avenue. The
ruins resemble those of a burned town.
Blackened walls still stand at irregular
intervals, the spaces between covered
by immense piles of brick. The lack
of water yesterday was due to the small
size of the main pipes in the neighbor-
hood, which were laid in the days of
hand engines, and are only six inches
in diameter. This morning the hy-
drants furnished only about five pounds
pressure apiece, instead. of twenty or
twenty-five.


Among the relics were the remains
of a cart and the blackened skeleton of
a horse in the yard of Hunts pickle
factory. The team was all ready to be
driven away at the time of the fire but
was cut off from the means Of escape.


Reports in regard to the loss of life
by the fire are as conflicting to-day as
they were yesterday. Many persons
still believe that large number of
bodies will finally be taken out of Hale's
piano factory. Capt. Washburn thinks
the workmen in the upper stories had
time to escape to the roof of the new
factory before the latter took fire, and
down its stairways to the street. Five
persons have been reported to the pre-
cinct station house as missing since the
fire. These persons were all reported
as missing by relatives. The heat of
the ruins is such that it will be .impos-
sible to dig in them at present.


The board of aldermen to-day voted
to investigate the causes of the fire.
The commissioner of public works was
authorized to lay larger mains in the
vicinity of the fire, as in the opinion of
the aldermen much of the loss of life
and property was due to an insufficient
supply of water.


LATEST.


No bodies have yet been found in the
ruins of the fire at Thirty-fifth street
and Tenth avenue. The latest esti-
mates place the losses at 1875, 900, and
insurance $4,000.
Year: 1877

London, September A. - Yesterday
morning ex-President Grant and party
left Edinburgh on visit to Melrose
and that neighborhood. They returned
in the evening. The General was to
take up his quarters last night in a
Pullman car at Waverly station, and
leave this morning for the north on a
visit to the Duke of Sutherland, at
Dun Robin castle.
Year: 1877

THERE is not school boy" says
Col. Forney, "who does not know that
sending out commissions to treat with
Sitting Bull, is just at this time the
height of folly" He demands that an
army shall precede the commission,
but that would never do. Suppose
Howard should lead it. What chance
would there be of ever catching up to
Sitting Bull?
Year: 1877

is no doubt the former officers did steal
large sums of money, but this does not
involve Chamberlain in the least. They
say also that Patterson's defense is
purely technical, and that unless he
can make better showing than any
yet offered, the case is strong against
him. There are eight colored men on
the grand jury which found the indict-
ments.
Year: 1877

WOULDN'T it be good idea for the
government to appoint commission to
determine just how many horses it can
afford to let the Nez Perces steal from
Gen. Howard? These are rather hard
times, and horse is horse.
Year: 1877

London, Sept. 1.-The Times lead
ers yesterday and to-day show the
needlessness of the present war, its
excessive costliness in men and money,
far outweighing its possibilities for
good, and the danger Of an eventual
Russian failure, from all of which the
Times concludes that the present
moment is propitious for the interven-
tion, and that Germany and England
ought to take the initiative to bring
about q truce.
Year: 1877

Poultry keepers who are SO situated that
they may allow their tlocks to roam at large
will perceive great advantage in opening the
doors now, at least portion OF the day, in
order to promote the health and productive
ness Of the fowls. They find something
just to their taste--the fresh, tender grass.
They have a nankering for greens, notwith-
standing they may have been permitted to
pick All occasional cabbage-head during the
winter, and live bug or worm, no doubt,
hits their case better than cIlandler's greaves
.or even butcher 8 meat.


If the range is limited, or the fences such
as not to prevent trespass on neighbofs,. then
only q short time, just ut night, may the
doors be opened; the freeds prisoners will
improve the time. The pullets come out on
the double quick. and thrice the cocks as
sumo the erect attitude, and thrice extend
and flap their wings, as.t' to say, Three
cheers for Liberty


1t is astonishing how quickly they will
learn to expect their daily freedom; and
chafe when the time comics for the door to
be opened, though previously keeping quiet.
This is on the supposition that they are per-
mitted to go out regnlaily,,a ut a certain hour,
which is by far the best pan. In an hour,
or even less, they will search' the ground
over and supply themselves with certain
necessary substances that, very likely would
! not be provided tlea in their houses..
Year: 1877

The Louisville Commercial says:


1t was only few months since that the
Democracy of Louisiana styled themselves
White Liners, and sought by every means
to establish strict color line ia politics,
vehemently insisting that rome but white
men should bold office. But on Thursday
last General Nichols addressed letter TO
the Louisiana commission:


~ am thoroughly satisfied that any course
of political action traced on a narrower line
than the good of the whole people, regard,
less of color or condition, must inevitably
lead to disaster and ruin.


81 have earnestly sought to obliterste the
color line in politics and consolidate the
people on the basis of equal rights and COM
mon interests, and it is a source of grati6ea.
tiOn to be able to say that this great object
is about to be realized"


This is from the Democrat who is sus-
tanned by the Louisiana Democrats, It
will not be worth while after this. to say
that the Republican party is not one Of
singular utility. 1t forces its adversaries
TO subscribe to its most unpopular doc
trines. The mission of the great party of
1861 Is not ended by considerable. 1t must
govern the nation until its last enemy shall
have recanted his errors and acknowledged
the excellence of its creed.
Year: 1877

To regain or recover health, persona
should be relieved from all anxiety con-
cerning diseases. The mind has much
influence over the body. For aperson
to think be has disease may produce
that disease. This we see effected when
the mind is intensely concentrated upon
the disease Of another. 1t is found In
the hospitals, and physicians who make
a speciality of certain diseases are liable
to die of them themselves, and the m9n-
tai power is so great that, sometimes,
people die of disease which they only
have in imagination. We have known
a person to die from imagining t4at he
had a cancer ia the stomach when he had
no cancer or any other mortal disease.
Reading a medical book containing de-
scriptions OF certain diseases has often
produced the symptoms, even among
young medical students, while they at
last got the disease. unless II was stopped
by common sense treatment. Therefore,
well persons, to remain well, should be
cheerful and happy, and sick persons
should have their attention drawn as
much as possible from themselves, and
directed upon subjects cheerful to con-
template. Notwithstanding the mind ia
a product OF the impressions upon the
senses with which the body is provided,
and, therefore, greatly under the innu-
ence Of the bodily conditions, II has in
its turn some influence over the body
and its sanitary condition, and this to a
greater extent than is generally recog-
nized.
Year: 1877

THE HOUSEKEEPER.


CURE FOR A FELON.-Take a teaspoon.
fui OF black pepper, a tablespoonful of vine
gar and the yolk of an egg. Simmer
together and bind on. Renew twice a dav


FOR CLEANING black cashmeres. wash in
hot suds with little borax in the wotor.
rinse in blueing water,-very blue, and iron
on the wrong side while damp.


WASHING CARpErs.-Housekecp ecpers NAV
be glad to know that tablespoonful of am.
monla III one gallon of wlrm water will re-
store the color of carpets


To CURE HoARsENEss-Wben tho
voice is lost, as is sometimes the cosc fron,
inc cnects OF cold, simple, pleasant rem
cay Is furnished by beating up the white of
an egg, adding the juice Of onc lemon. and
swesteninS with white, sugar to taste, Take
ocen Known to effectually cure the ailmcnt.


BRoILNG MEATs-When meals orc
broiling on gridiron over hot Goals tho
sudden heat applied sears the outside, which,
shuts in the juices, and tho rapid applica-
ton OF heat soon cooks the meat through. if
IN moderately thin Slices 1t is then tender
juicy and palatable. Those who never broii
their fresh meat, fish or poultry do not know
animal food


LEMON BEER.-An authority saws In.
TWO large lemons in slices and put them into
the jar, put pound of white sugar over tho
lemons, add one gallon of boiling water,
stand 1t away until it is cool, and then nut
IN one.,quarter of cup of yeast, let it stand
TIL 1t ferments, bottle in tho evening in stone
jugs, cork it tight, and there's your GOOD
lemon beer 1t beats larger and is more of
temperance drink


IMPROVED SCRUBBING MACHINE.-Tb;s
machine consists of wheeled frame, carry
ing reclprocating scrubbcr and mechanism
Tor operating it; also water holder, which
Is connected with the scrubbcr by flexible
tube, and mop and pan, for taking up the
water that has been used in the scrubbinc
operation. The machine is pushed about
on wheels, so that the floor is both scrubbed
and mopped us the machine advances


BOILING BEETs.-With MANY house.
wives there is a great deal of boiling of beet
root in case it should loose its color. and
minute directions are generally given in alt
cookery books MS to washing the roots care
fully, so as to avoid all abrasion of the skin.
clean before being put into the pot is, Of
course, very necessary; but the most simple
way to avoid spelling the color is to drop the
roots into boiling water


BLACKBERRY FRITTERs-Are made bv
:nixing thick batter of -four and sour milk
or cream as foS pancakes, only quite stiff
Ii cream is used, allow one more egg than
for sour milk, then stir thick with berries.
Have ready kettle of hot lard, dip table,
spoon into the lard, then take out spoon
iul of batter and drop it into the boiling
lard the grease will prevent the batter from
sticking to the spoon, and will let it drop
on IN nice oval shapes. Eat with syrup.
Year: 1877




RYE FOR PAsTURE-A correspondent of
the Elmira, IN. W Farmers Club writes
as follows: "Farmers who are in want of
first-class pasture at least expense, for this
season, should prepare lot for the purpose
and SOW the same to winter rye and they
will soon have pasture for sheep, calves,
poultry, in fact any kind of stock and for
young lambs it cannot be excelled. Heavy
stock will trample it to the ground, to some
extent, if put on early in the season, but
later they can be kept on it at profit
Winter rye sown in the spring will not head
out till the second year, but will stool out so
Al to onvsr ths ground, producing luxu-
RANT mass of feed that will pay every expert
mental trial 1t can be cut for soiling pur-
poses the second year for grown up stock, or
1t can be raised for pasture, as stated before,
or It can be allowed to attain its growth and
manure crop to harvest. 1t will also stand
drouth very we'll, and enrich the land
From one and half to two bushels per acre
shcsid be scwn according to the wealth of
the land" =.
Year: 1877

civilian" said one Quaker to another,
thee knows never call anybody names, but,
William, if the Governor of the State should
come TO me and say Joshua, want thee
to find the biggest liar in the State of New
York. l would come to thee and say
William, the Governor wants to sec tho
particularly"
Year: 1877

Let us discuss the question why woman
can pin on mans collar the first time try
ing, when tho very same pin, if engineered
by man, would double up and run back
ward to stick in his thumb.
Year: 1877

"Stick ginger snap on the end of a knit
ting needle and you have the latest style of
parasol."-N Y. Herald "And wrap
sheet of foolscap around the neck of a min
eral water bottle and you have the latest style
of gents collar.-Norristo,o Herald.
Year: 1877

So far as Philadelphia Is concerned there


has been very little evidence as yet of that


improvement in trade which the pending


trouble in Europe was so confidently ex-


pected to bring about. The tenor of the


general report for some days past has in


dicated an entire absence of animation in
the bread stufs and ocean carrying trade,
in which just now we might reasonably
expect to find at least a moderate degree
OF activity. The truth is, as we have
before stated, prices in the former market
have been speculated up to a point at
which, without corresponding advance
abroad, shippers cannot afford to operate
and the demand is restricted to the require
ments of the local trade. On 'change yes
terday prices of several of the leading
staples were lower, and even at the decline
purchasers were few and far between.
Holders Of flour were decidedly more dis
posed to make concessions than for some
time past, and wheat, which has been
dragging heavily for several days, fell off
fully five cents per bushel, with only
moderate trade doing, while corn was also
weak and lower, without buyers, except to
a very limited extent. Provisions were
also dull and dropping in gconse-
quence Of bare movement in the west,
which has checked the upward tendency
of values and unsettled confidence both
there and here. Cotton, which has all
along been affected adversely by the in
fuences which brought about the advance
in breadstuas and provisions, was marked
down from 114@l1sc. to 11@1lac. for
hiddling uplands and gulf, with an ex>
ceedingly quiet market here and in
New York, where the aggregate transac-
tions were lighter than for some time past.
This decline, however, really occurred
several days ago, but, in the hope of re-
action, was unnoted on the board at the
cotton exchange until yesterday.
Year: 1877

THE forest fires still raging in north.
eastern New York haye already proved
fearfully destructive Of property and dan.
gerous to life. The account of their raw
ages is thrillingly interesting, but only as
respects what has already occurred, but
because of what 1t indicates as to the
probable further spread Of the FIRE and the
increase of loss and suffering.
Year: 1877

IT does really begin to look as if trouble
will grow out of the wickedness of that
old cut throat, Brigham Young. Between
the old villain and Mexican cattle thieves
there is some chance of little breeze,
Year: 1877

A MILITARY ROMANCE. - Orange
County has just had a wedding with
enough romance about it for a novel. In
1862 the bridegroom, then young man,
though under an engagement to the lady
whom he expected to marry, enlisted in
the Union army. His sweetheart made
no effort to disSuade him from what he
thought his duty, and with breaking
heart she bade him adieu, and quietly
buried herself IN her home with her wild
owed mother, the only living member of
the family beside herself. For awhile
all went well, and loving letters from his
sweetheart cheered the gallant soldier and
tender words of hope from him made life
endurable to her. After the battle of
Chancellorsville his letters suddenly ceas-
ed. Letter after letter was written to
him and his comrades, but all that could
be learned was, that after the terrible
battle he was missing. Whether he had
been killed or taken prisoner no one
could tell, and his fate remained mys-
terry. His stricken sweetheart never en-
tirely abandoned hope, and lived on,
"tender and true" hoping against hope
for his return. After many patient years
her troth has been rewarded, and she is
now a happy bride. His narrative is that
sometime during the fight he was taken
prisoner, and soon after he was sent to q
Southern prison, where he was kept
about year, suffering untold torture.-
He finally escaped and reached the sea-
board, where he conceived the idea of
personating nm English soldier and get
ting to England on blockade runner
After that all is blank. He learned
afterward that he had been taken ill., and
soon after insane. On his arrival in Eng
land he was taken to the insane asylum
by the captain Of the blockade runner,
where he remained until year ago,
when he was discharged cured but pen
nless. He succeeded by the assistance
of friends in the asylum in securing a sit
uation in a mercantile house, where he
rapidly won the esteem of the principals,
to whom he told his story. A leave OF
absence was granted him, he came to
Middletown and found his old ewcetheart'
now mature lady of thirty two, still
faithful 20 his memory. They We're qui-
city married. and returned to England
where he proposed to remain for n term
of years. During this long absence hi,
only surviving relatives, a brother arc
uncle, had died and he had no ties tC
keep him here, save the love of country
which will eventually bring him and his
faithful wife back to our shores .-Ai6a-
ny Argus.
Year: 1877

WoMAN's LoqUAcITY, ANCIENT AND
MoDERN.-Thc fair sex has ever been
proverbal for loquacity. A facetous
lawyer seemed to be inspired by the
knowledge Of this fact when, in writing
deed commencing with the old formula,
Know all men by these presents" he
substituted, Know one woman" ETC.;
- because" said he, "if one woman
knows it, all men soon will" Ilu.tra-
tiors of {" this touch of Nature" " abound
from Putarch downward. Let it suffice
that we recall the story Of the young
man elected into one Of the National
Councils of ancient Greece, whose trans
actions were kept secret, and at no time
profaned by the unhallowed presence Of
the now ubiquitous newspaper reporter.
His wife pressed him to tell her some
thing of their proceedings by argument,
persuasion and entreaty without effect
Wearied at length by her importantly
he consented, at the same time warning
her of the consequences should the mat
ter be divulged. He then informed her
that the Council was discussing the ques
ton whether it would be better that one
man should have two wives, or that one
woman should have two husbands. Next
day, while the wise men were in consul
tation, deputation Of females were an
nounced, who desired to lay n petition be-
fore the Senate and, on being admitted,
the spokeswoman proceeded to say how


important it was that their views should
be known on question so momentous as
that under consideration, and urged that
it was highly desirable that woman
should have two husbands. The Sens-
tors were not less amused than amazed,
and looked to one another for an explain
alton whereupon the recently admitted
member accounted for the singular re-
QUESTION by explaining the stratagem to
which he had resorted for the sake Of
peace, Mt the same time proving to the
sem5ly his fitness to Ike part in its
deliberations. Whether other tales to
the same effect are reliable is Of little mo-
ment. Their purport ard spirit show the
general estimate Of silence.-Linstey'S
Magazine.
Year: 1877

"WHY," asked a teacher in the Gun
day school, "did Solomon tell the slug
gard to 60 to the ant ?" because" said
a thirteen year old boy, The knew his
aunt would have him at the woodpile OF
in the onion bed every afternoon as soon
as school was out"