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Year: 1874

a house or room, of giving this sense OF
completeness and satisfaction, is the express
sion by every different part of some leading
idea-whether that be of place for work, for
rest, for cosy home comfort, or for sensuous
luxury. The farm-k keeping room suggested to
us, unconscious of it though we may have
been, rest after honest labor, the calm of de-
cent old age; the vulgar provincial parlOr or
the drawing room OF the man of taste speaks
Of nothing but money and its ignorant abuse.
We remember certain hut in the Allegheny
Mountains where the walls were of unpainted
pine boards with wide chnks between, and
the furniture that of the poorest poor. where
an odd drapery of hOme-woyen white netting
over the walls, and curtains OF white muslin
wherever curtains were possible, left curl
ous impression OIL the mind of quiet and pu-
rity To all home makers out OF unfurnlshed
houses we would say, Give your body OF
bricks, paper, carpets, and color sOul Oh
s;ccint SUI. Ga Gti;c cti II you have any great
work of art sufficient to enter in and possess
a room, give the room up to it. Make hang
ings, seats, and ornament pay homage to 1t
retire as far as possible out of sight. DO not
make the air of your sittiDg-room uneasy with
fighting gadiators or confuse your guests at
dinner and heat your ices with too naked
Yenuses. If you have little money but great
ambition for genteel appearance, abjure shams.
Turn your back on imitation china made by
youiseisf, on cheap chintzes that fade, and
dried and painted grasses that are the rouged
ghosts Of Summers In short, take warning
by Nature, whose tableaux are each complete
in itself, and who is always and at all risk
real
Year: 1874

The Convention of Chemists just adjourned
at Northumberland, whose proceedings are
described on another page, was the product
of happy thought. A lady who is her
self student of chemistry first suggested
the idea which has been carried out to so
pleasant consummation. The number of
chemists who thought favorably of and acted
on the suggestion much exceeded expectation,
and many names of eminence were enrolled
in the undertaking. A delightful locality
among the mountains, cool even in the dog
days. and the notable hospitality of the people
of Northumberland contributed materially to
the success of the project The appropriate
ness of the occasion, which was long under
discussion, was more than justified by the event.


Exactly why there has never been before
tho present tune much afiIatiop between tho
Year: 1874

covered has that tendency. The censorious
spirit of the press does not prevent good incn
from running for Congress. Someuhes 'noy
do run and get beaten sometimes we are eiiu
70 saw they are elected. Many are KEPT iioi''
comnetine bv the difficulty OF securing noun
nations but it is safe to say that no one ever
declined a candidacy on the ground tnat the
nress was unjust to public men. There Is one
hope and one danger in the vlgiah' op'er'a-
tion and criticism of independent newspapers.
The hone is that dishonesty may be nade di5-
agreeable and Improbable for the dishonest,
and that acquiescence in 1t may be made un-
comfortable for those who are personally
honest. but whose easy conscences are IN
clined to wink at the knavery of their col
leagues. public opinion against bribery
ought to be built up so strong that no
honest man would dare to smile and say
of thief in his party, as honest men
have done for years past He does things
Il would not like to 90, but he is a
good-natured fellow and an active member"
The men WHO will not bribe or steal are
almost always in the majority, and if they
could be made sensitive about the company they
keep, it would be great point gained. The
danger-and we do not pretend to deny it's
existence or importance-is that the thieves
will grow callous to the scOurge and the public
become so accustomed to denunclat0n OF
roguery in office that they will cease to care
for it. But if the better class of newspapers
continue to act with the same discriminating
vigor they have recently shown, there Is
more of promise than OF danger in their
course.
Year: 1874

Everything is mysterious about the last
murder in this city-one of those, of Saturday
nght--exceptingit its cause. That is plain enough
and old enough. Rum was at the bottom of
it. The other Saturday night murder seems
to have had nothing mysterious about it, and
10 be likewise due entirely to drunkenness.
Year: 1874

1t is a droll result of last sessions legisla-
ton against the press. that citizens of the
District who felt themselves outraged by the
Misrepresentation of the Ring press in Wash
ingtOn are now proposing to secure the in
dlctment of the Ring editors. This is hoisting
engineers on their own petards after fashion
not lately witnessed.
Year: 1874

The Centennial seems to be brought nearer
TO us when we read that the first foreign
Commissioner, the representative of the
Government of Sweden, is already on
the ground looking over the field before pre-
pairing to collect the goods for the Swedish
Department. 1t will not be hard for him to
understand all the preparations which we have
thus far made.
Year: 1874

The railroad conference at Saratoga was
called, like the one which lately held its
sessions here, for the Ostensible purpose
of making combinations to facilitate trans
portaton and establish uniform freight and
passenger rates. The report we publish else
where Will indicate to many that the roads
really combined to resist what they look upon
as forthcoming encroachments of the Western
Changers.
Year: 1874

The painful revelations which are made this
morning of "baby farming" in this city are
not new stories; IN this instance they happen,
however to be unusually revolving. There
are scores of these private institutions IN New
York. and few Or none are more humaneU
Year: 1874

The New York World, speaking
of cremation, gives the following in
stance of the neatness of the thing -
'1n the Vienna Exposition this mat
ter was practically exemplifed. On
one of the mysterious shelves was &
bottle marked No. 10, containing
three and three-quarter pounds of
fertilizing material, the gross result Of
an Italian gentleman, who had evil
dently never been in such reduced
circumstances before. The entire cost
of putting him into glass case was
just two shillings and four pence,
English money. This of itself is an
item of sufficient importance to carry
conviction to any sane man. 1t only
takes three hours and about half a
cord Of wood to put a millionaire into
a very small glass bottle. The only
difficulty to be apprehended is the in
evitable increase of family jars.-
However, after death, it will be al
ways possible to put stopper in,
which during life is sometimes diff
cult"
Year: 1874

A correspondent of an exchange says:
I feel deep sympathy for old horses;
1t is common practice in this country
to make old horses bleak the colts and
too often work with them for years.
1t is hard for an old horse to work
with a colt Or young active horse.
Old horses, like old men, are often
capable of performing more hard work
than some young ones, who can beat
them for an hour or more. The old
man wants to take moderate jog, and
can hold out all day but little i'm
moderate exertion for few minutes
unstrings him for p erhaps all day.
An old horse driven at the top of his
speed for a few miles spoils the days
journey When once made sore or
strained, the result is stiffness the next
day. The old horse should not haul
his load to town and then be forced to
trot back. 1t does not injure him as
much to do heavy work with slow mo-
ton as to do light jobs at fast gait.
Again, the old horse requires more
time to eat his meals and rest his
nerves. Of all animals the horse is the
worst abused. Although he has been
our faithful and profitable servant yet
in his old age the lash is applied to
force out his youthful yigor. The old
er he grows the more he feels the lash.
He is often turned out doors to give
place to the colts. Too often the neg
lect and abuse heis subject to, because
he is little old, result in greater
loss than is made up in the care of
young horses. The last part of
horses life may be more profitable if
rightly used than the first part.


There is more comfort and less danger
in working old horses. We under
stand them and they understand us (;
and we should be willing to conform
in some measure to their wishes. 1t
would be more humane as well as pro-
fitable to use them as they should be
and as long as it would pay, and then
take them out and shoot them down.
But the practice is to knock them a
bout as much as they will bear to pay
well, and then trade them off to some
more inhuman wretch than ourselves.
The old servant has gone among strang
ers, and he receives no sympathy in his
last extremity. We do not blush to
say that man who has enjoyed the
profits and pleasures of good horse as
long as he was profitable, and then
shoves him off among inhumanj jockeys,
is an inhuman, treacherous and suspi-
cious friend. The man who does so
without regard to how the horse may
be cared for is, in my estimation, OF a
suspicious character; and I never see
horses abused so as to excite pity but
my symphaties are directed to the
mans wife and children also, if he has
them.
Year: 1874

The professor of natural philosophy
in a certain college recently gave the
class problem to think of during the
night, and answer the next day. The
question was this "If hole was
bored through the center of the earth,
from side to side, and ball dropped
into it, what motions would the ball
pass through, and where would it
come to a state of rest p The next
morning student was called up to
solve the problem. "What answer
have you to give to the problem :"
asked the professor. "Well, really"
replied the student, 81 have not
thought of the main question, but Of
preliminary one. How are you to
get that hole bored through 7"
Year: 1874

acter calling himself Lord Gordon-Gor-
DON They did actually kidnap their
man, and were making for Uncle Sans
dominion as fast as horse flesh could
accomplish that job, and were in fact
almost there, when they were them
selves captured by the Provincial
authorities, taken back and thrust into
Jail. It was, and is claimed, that At
torney General Clarke was exceedingly
severe upon the prisoners, and the fel'
low Hoy and his accessories in making
this dastardly attempt upon the life Of
the involid Clarke, pretended to justify
themselves on the grounds Of that sup
posed severity.


It is very certain that if the Attorney
General was not severe upon that crowd
of kidnappers he was unfit for the posi-
ton he occupied. 1t was generally
supposed at the time that if they had
succeeded in kidnapping Gordon and
bringing him within the jurisdiction Of
the U. S., there would have been rich
spoils to divide, and it certainly does
look now as if this rufian, Hoy, mad
dened and cha6ng under his disappoins-
ment in not getting the ducats that
were almost within his grasp, had de-
termined to wreak his devillsh revenge
upon the man who thwarted him in Sc
curing illegal gains, and in the commits.
sion Of most heinous offence against
society.


Hoy was instantly arrested on the SIM
pie charge Of assault and battery, and ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $500. But
the District Attorney and the people Of
st. Paul were not going to let the kidnap.
per and bully off 50 easily as that, and
in the afternoon upon complaint of Mr..
Il. Munger he was arrested upon the
more serious charge of assault with in.
tent to commit murder, and gave bail in
the sum of $500.


1t is to be hoped that the leniency of
the Manitoba court toward this rowdv
will not be initiated by the court at St.
Paul Society can we'll afford to dis
pense with the services Of this fellow
tor a few years even at the expense Of
boarding and clothing him during the
time.
Year: 1874

A man out west fooled the potato
bugs BY planting kernel Of corn in
each hill of potatoes. The corn coming
up first made the bugs think it was Il
corn field, and they left in disgust.
Year: 1874

A lady at Madison, thinking pleas
antly to surprise one Of her boarders,
put a gold ring which he had lost in II
pancake and places the cake on the
plate at breakfast But the boarder
boltcd the pancake in such large bites
that the presence OF the ring was not
discovered, and now it is lost again.
Year: 1874

FEEDING Cows WITH HMEAL.-A dairyma
says, as there have undoubtedly been cases of
injury from high feeding, farmers should
learn that meal should be fed understanding
ly. The effect of the feed should lie watched,
and if there are any indications that it il in
furious, it should be reduced or changed AZ
once. If the meal has been fed dry, 1t may
be well to mix it with water for Jew days,
and notice the effect, II auy, of the change.
Or wheat shorts or rye meal may be substitu
the for, or mixed with, the meal. Either Of
these will probably cause cows to give larg-
er quantity of milk, but they will not keep
in as good flesh as they VIII on corn meal
alene.


In my practice aim not only to keep up
the flow of milk, but also to keep my cows in
good condition. To attain these results,
consider either grain or roots absolutely nee
essary. prefer, and consequently usually
feed, clear Indian meal. To cows which are
drying up give two quarts per day, feeding it
dry. To new milch cows l give from four to six
quarts, mixieg it with water. do not often
feed more than four quarts day, and think
there are but few cows which are well fed
with hay and cornstalks, which can eat more
than SIX quarts a day without injury When
rye is worth no more than corn, 1 sometimes
use half rye and half corn, and feed to new
milch cows only about six quarts a day; but
when rye is worth more than corn, rather
sell than feed 1t to COWS,
Year: 1874

DoN'T ABUSE THE OLD HORSE The
cold winter has come, hay is high, and grain
costs tine dollars, and many old horses, II
they could speak, would say, 1--WE dread the
winter" If the old faithful servant that has
worked for you so many years is not quite as
strong, or quite as fleet as in years gone by,
perhaps he is worth as much to you as to
anybody. Good care and generous feeding
will make even all old horse more valuable
than if starved or abused. If your business
requires younger and smarter horse flesh,
keep the old one for the women or children
to drive. Old acquantances are often safer
than new ones. If you cannot keep both,
give the old one TO some old farmer who you
know will be kind 10 him, with the promise
that he shall not trade him off to some brutal
master, but will keep him as long as he is
worth keeping, and then kindly lay him
away where he will be beyond the reach Of
hunger, cold or pain. Many an o!d horse, 1t
he knew his situation, would thank his
owner to take away his If, as burden too
heavy to bear. We have got into the habit
of being too careless and too cruel to old
horses in this country. We owe it to them
as our servants, as well as 10 ourselves as
human beings, that we see to it that cur
holses are not necessarily abused or neg
lected as soon as they begin to show signs Of
old age.-N. H. Farmer. ..-
Year: 1874

There are times when life seems OF llrtie
value, and one of those seasons came to John
last Sunday. He went to church with new
beaver and young woman. He was happy.
He seated the damsel at his right hand and
placed his hat upon the left. They rose to
sing, but during the singing one or two
strangers were ushered into the seat, and
this necessitated change of position. The
hymn over, John prepared to seat himsel, bat
forgeiful of the change, sat down deliberately
and decidedly upon the crown of his new hat.
There was a report like that of young cannon,
the near audience snickered, and John, with
one look at his young lady, took the rem
nants of that hat in his hand and skunk out
of cburcl,
Year: 1874

THE decision of the Supreme Court
must inevitably lead to surmises and
conjectures to be deplored by every
lover of good government Every ju-
dicial officer should be above the eslight-
est taint of suspicion, either of corrup-
ton or party prejudice. Far be it from
us to charge or intimate pecuniary cor
ruption on the part Of either judge.
We have no such idea. But, review
ing the past and present condition of
this State-the history of the whole
question, from the inception of
the election law down to this
decision--looking at the overwhelm-
ing expression of the ablest and pur-
est legal talent of the State, of both
parties, and seeing that this decision, If
legally made, would wholly ignore the
popular will, 50 decisively and fairly
expressed, and remanded for an indef-
mite time the control of public affairs
to a minority Insignificant in numbers,
seeing and rejecting on all these
things, 1t will require n large amount
of charity to make men believe the
court has not yielded to party feeling
in this decision.
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON, January 3.-Thomas
Scott was addressed recently on the
subject of the affairs of theTeXas Pacific
railroad by the citizens of San Diego
through their agent in this city. The
San Diego people are alarmed lest an ex-
tension of time should be asked for the
completion of the route now in prog
ress at the Pacific terminus. They
were also anxious to learn the prospects
for legislation by Congress in the inter-
est of the company. Colonel Scott
authorized the sending, in his name,
of the following dispatch: prospect
for legislation good. No extension
will be asked for"


1t is understood that no definite plan
for action has yet been agreed upon.
but number of bills are in process Of
preparation, to be submitted to him
for approval; the main object being to
promote the means to obtain govern
ment aid in disposing of railroad bonds,
and to secure the government for all
disbursements.


1t is authoritative that the Northern
Pacific has agreed to leave the field to
the Southern Pacific, at least for the
present session.
Year: 1874

SOME persons are laboring under the
impression that the next city election
in Dallas is to take place early in
March, This is incorrect twill come
s,f on the first Tuesday in April, when
the whole city will vote for Mayor,
Marshal, an Assessor and Collector,
.i.y Treasurer, and City Attorney,
While each ward win elect its own Al
Iefmen. The City Clerk is elected BY
DIE Board Of Aldermen.
Year: 1874

1t il not the business of Republican news
paper to do more than state the facts of the
present political situation, and urge the party to
act wisely honorably and fairly. We hope for
such result, in the delegate election, to-day, as
wlllWomote harmony secure Republican sue
cess. and serve the interests of the State.
Year: 1874

Cough is a symptom by which various dis
eased conditions of the throat, bronchial
tubes anu lungs manifest themselves. But
whether it arises from the irritation produced
in the throat and larynx by taking cold, from
an attack of bronchitis, from incpient con-
sumption or from various other causes, moth
ing Will alay it more speedily nor cure it more
permanently than DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery 1t does not matter whether it be a
recent attack. or lingering cough, the Dis
covery is in either case equally well adapted
for its relief and permanent cure In fact, 1t
will cure a cough in one-half the time necessa-
~ to cure it with any other medicine, and it
does it, not by drying it up, bat by removing
the cause, subduing the irritation. and healing
the affected parts No time should be lost in
commencing the use of proper medicine for
the relief OF a co1gh. for unless this course is
pursued, serious and dangerous disease of the
lungs is liable 10 result.
Year: 1874

An Easton, Pa, editer growls be-
cause the water company of that place
give with every gallon of green wa
ter from half dozen to dozen fish. Z"
He would like dozen fresh oysters in
that quantity of water. Some persons
can never get enough for their money.
Year: 1874

ALL articles We think that are packed
and sold full weight. should have the patron
sge of consumers, also Of dealers; we are
glad to notice in the article Of soap that Proc
tor & CANDLES Extra Olive German Soap is
always packed actual weight
Year: 1874

word dollars" Any testimony that
the drawer might offer to establish the
fact that he gave note for one hundred
dollars must go for nothing, as "there
was nothing on the face of the note
showing that it had been altered" Evil
dence OF an alteration on the face of
the note would have changed the case.
Let tins be lesson to all drawers of
promissory notes. No one can be too
careful in such mntters.
Year: 1874

YkND FLOWER IMPRESSIONS. oil
: saslecT of white paper on one side


Ne side that is oiled over a lamp


knot smoke till quite black


he green leaf on tho black sur
9Th the under part of the leaf next


black surface, as the veins and
fouag of the leaves show palmer on the
~ s4der part--now press it on all parts of
! re leaf with ingers-then take up the
ieaesend put the black, oiled side on
the white page of book (made for leaf
Impressions with an extra piece of nice
paper on top to prevent shutting the
opposite page-press it a few mo-
ments-thdn remove the green leaf and
the imprc ssion will be left on the page,
as beautiful as an engraving. Flowers
of single corolla can be pressed IN like
manner. Many of the geranium leaves
make beautiful impressions. The i'm
I pression-book can be make still more
unGesting by giving botanical classif-


DC OF each leaf and flower.
Year: 1874

Diact that the bulk Of the oil evapO-
rates, and leaves onlya very fine film
behind. If the oil is light, and fully
refined, it evaporates SO quickly as to
tinged or stonce-run oil of sufficiently
high gravity be used, the resinous or
carbonaceous matter which gives the
finge to the oil remains behind, and
fcfns the thin protecting film of var
rish. Ordinary varnish leaves far too
thick and obvious film, while the film
os the once-run oil does its work of per-
lection without displaying itself. As
regards the density of the oil required
Tor this purpose, that which stands be-
tween the burning oil and good Iubri-
n0ftlpg oil Is found to be the best.
Year: 1874

The examination into the charge of stealing
$4,000 made against Officer VIM. Shaw of the Twentieth
Precinct, was continued yesterday before Justice
Morgan at the Jefferson Market Police Court
Officer Osborn OF the Twentieth Precinct testified that
the morning Of the alleged robbery he met MeKenna
in seyenth-ave with two suspclouslookng men, About
two hours later be met officer shaw who informed him
that McKenna had accused him OF robbing
him OF $1,000 and had given him 81 5O
Mr Judge, who owns the liquor saloon where McKenna
took his last drink testified that when McKenna left
his place he not in such o condition as TO
be unable 20 take OF himself.
other witnesses testified TO having been with McKenna
for previous to the alleged robbery during which
time he did exhibit pocket.book After argu
ments by the respective counsel Justice Morgan held
Shaw IN LOO.
Year: 1874

The suit of Justice Flanagan, of the Tenth
District Civil Court Morrisana) against the Mayor. &c.
for his salary from January 1874 yesterday In
the Supreme Court Circuit, before Judge Van Brunt
The plaintiff sworn, and proved that he the de
ueto officer and had performed the duties and put in the
certificate of election The answer that the title
which he claimed under that certificate invalid.
and that he was not legally entitled 10 the
salary, and the Mayor declined TO pay until tho
conclusion OF the quo warranO issued in the case.
Judge Van Brunt reserved decision the point whether
evidence offered by the defense mpeacbcs plaintiffs
title. Should he exclude the evidence. the certificate
will establish the plaintiffs case and Judge Van BruDt
Will 50 rule. II he admits the evidence the WAL DO
put on the calendar for October next.
Year: 1874

From Washington we have the dire news
that the Senate is far from ready TO take any
action on the finance question. Instead of
preparing TO vote, Senators are preparing
new speeches and brushing up old ones.
These gentlemen forget that business is Ian
gushing, trade is unsettled, and the finances
of the country are unsettled while they are
indulgng in talk. 1t is time that Senators
should do something; the country is tired of
this perpetual drzzle of debate.