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Year: 1874




The object Of the new movement is simp
" to do away with corsets and objectiona-
BILE bands around the waist, at the same
time throwing the weight of the clothes
upon the shoulders instead of the hips.
Many of the garments are unique in their
appearance, and all seem admirably adapt
ell to serve the ends of their creation. One
of the prominent knitting manufacturers
of this city has undertaken to sup
ply the trade with knit fannels,
made in one piece from shoulder
to heel, with the lower portions made to
fit closely like stocking; a garment which
is not made elsewhere in this country.
This, with the chemilOOn, a garment in
tended to take the place of the ordinary
cotton garments, and the stOcking-support-
ers accomplish all which is desired in this
movement, without any change being made
apparent in the outer clothing. Many 9th
er devices appear well worthy of descrip-
tion, such as boots, made particularly light
and strong, other undergarments, etc; but
the limits of this article forbid their special
mention.
Year: 1874

The ravages of Diphtheria in Australia
have been so extensive within the last few
years that the government offered a large
reward for any certain method OF cure; and
among other responses to this was one by
Mr.. Greathead, who at first kept his method
a secret, but afterwards communicated it
freely to the public. It is simply the use
of sulphuric acid, of which four drops are
diluted in three-fOurths of tumbler Of
water TO be administered to grown person,
and a smaller dose to children, at intervals
not specified. The result is said to be a
coagulation Of the dlphtlleritic nienbrano
and its ready removal by coughing. II is
asserted that where the case thus treated
has not advanced to a nearly fatal termhia-
tion, the patient recovered in almost every
instance
Year: 1874

We publish call from the Chair
man of the Congressional Committee
Tor the Fourth District, requesting the
committee to meet at Hartsville on the
5th prox. 1t is important that every
member should be present, for the ac-
ton taken cannot bat affect very
seriously the interests Of the party in
that district. Let prudent and har-
monious counsels prevail.
Year: 1874

IS a hospital in Montpelier, France, is a
pltient who has Just swallowed a athemom-
eter left OF his table, while suffering from
temporary delirium. They have great
deal Of trouble with him now. When be
drinks hot coffee that thermometer flies no
against the roof of his mouth hard enough
TO lift his hat off, and when be eats ice
cream its gets down in his boots and wor-
ries his cOrns.
Year: 1874

If the old man will insist on taking a
smoke after going TO bed at night, tie
sooner the house is insured for twice its
value the more complacent will be the
feelings Of the friends and relatives who
stand by when the firemen hunt among the
ruins for his bOnes.-DetrOu Free Press.
Year: 1874

A POPULAR clergyman says II is inter
esting to observe how many people go 10
the circus "just 10 please the children" and
very curious to notice that sometimes
takes several able-bodied men and mother
ly women to look after one little boy or
Girl on such an occasion.
Year: 1874

EIGHT hundred and thirty young girls
applied at the Grand Opera House in New
York, the other day, in answer to an adver-
tisement for one hundred young ladies' to
dance in the ballet. Many Of them were
beautiful, and among the number were six
who had taught school and had given
music lessons
Year: 1874

MARK TWAIN SAYS that since he has be
come director in an accidental insurance
company, the Hartford, accidents have as
sumed a kindlier aspect. look upon a
cripple now with afiectiOnate interest, as
an advertisement. To me there is a charm
about a railroad collision that is Hnspeak-
able
Year: 1874

BERLIN, Nov. 27.-The public prosecu-
tor has decided to ask the court before
which Count Won Arnim is to be tried to
exclude the public during the trial, as it
will be necessary to read official documents,
publicity for which would be prejudical to
the State.
Year: 1874

CHAT dog Of yOurI flew at me this
morning and bit Inc on the leg, and now
notify you that intend TO shoot it the first
time l see it." ''The dog is not mad"
.'Mad know he is moi mad. What's he
got to be mad about? It's me that's mad"
Year: 1874

LULU, the gymnast, who made the won
derful bound at NiblO's Garden, during the
past season, then dressed in female attire
has been frequently seen upon the streets
of New York of late, in male attire, with
his long blonde hair floating about his
shouldarS
Year: 1874

A NAN who had saved the life OF
daughter of Boston millionaire, received
$3.50 from the grateful parent. He was so
overcome with the magnificent bounty thai
he paid out every cent of it to seventeen
organ grinders to simultaneously serenade
his benefaCtOr.
Year: 1874

THERE are men in Boston, says the
Transcript, who are capable of walking into
a newspaper office and asking the editoF-in-
chief to lend them his desk for an hour or
two while they write a neat little personal
notice of themselves.
Year: 1874

New YORK, Nov. 27.-The general
strike of the 'longsboremen went into
effect this morning all over the city,
whether receiving the old rates or not. The
men at work on the French line consider
themselves under an obligation to the com
pany and are finishing the work on the
steamer France for nothing. This is only
right, as the company have paid them reg
ular rates all along. The same course was
pursued at the pier of the Atlas line, and
their steamer will sail this afternoon.
About one thousand policemen are scat
tered along the piers on North and East
rivers, and the police boat Seneca is moOred
at a convenient point, ready to convey the
men TO any point where trouble might
Occur
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, Nov. ga barrel of gun
powder exploded last night In blacksmith
shop near the entrance of the Delaware,
1ackawanna and Western railroad tunnel
through Berger hill, Jersey City, killing the
blacksmith and his boy. The spot where
the building stood was entirely swept of all
vestiges. Several houses in the neigh
bOrhOOd were badly shaken.
Year: 1874

The DEMOCRATS AND THE HOUSE.
In estimating the actual Democratic
majority in the next House the Dem
ocrats here count, not only those dis
tricts which are conceded to their par
ty, but nearly all those where the ma
jorities of Republicans are only few
hundred each. This is done upon the
belief that contests will be made bv the
Democrats who ran in these districts.
and that their party in the house will
be sure to decide, in nearly all cases,
for the contestants. They claim that
such course will be fair, and in ac
cordanee with numerous precedents set
by Republicans themselves. They ex-
pect to have been twenty and thirty
contests OF this character on hand, and
it is insisted that by the time they
are decided, their party majority in
the House will not fall much below
IOO.- Washington Dispatch to GIN
cannati Gazette.
Year: 1874

Among the Congressman elected
from South Carolina is Robert Smalls
the colored steamboat pilot, who be-
came famous during the war for run
ming away with the boat of which he
w = large, ana 'aki1e her TO the
Union tise. of Charleston harbor.
Year: 1874

Within the last few weeks our cate
lie feeders have. in q great measure,
been relieved from the apprehensions
which have haunted them since the
money trouble began. The 1000 head
Of cattle that have been eating corn on
our bottom lands, from the Petersburg
Gap to the Sycamore a distance OF
fifteen or twenty miles, have nearly oil
been sold at pretty fair prices, and are
now being started to market at the rate
Of from two TO three hundred per week.
This considerable number OF cattle, Tor
which their owners viii receive not less
than one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, have been tattened on corn pro-
duced on q strip OF our county contain
Jog from twelve to fifteen square miles /;
and that is not all the good land in old
Hardy, either. We would just like TO
see the county that can beat ours in
the production OF corn hooTshe!d
Courier.
Year: 1874

The process by which silver-plated
goods are made is a rather curious one,
and quite different from any the unin-
itiated are led to suppose. Let us fol-
low the process of making a teapot, for
instance A fiat piece of Britannia
which is the basis for most plated goods
circular in form and about the size of
common dinner-plate, is fastened upon
lathe next wooden form or mould,
and the lathe is set in motion. The
workman with the requisite tools presses
upon this revolving disc and shapes it
over the wooden block, giving it the re-
is thus turned off " in a moment or
two. The top is turned off in the same
way, also the lid, and at the proper time
they are put together. The legs,
handles, and whatever other ornaments
of a solid nature are to be added, are
generally cast in moulds and fastened
upon the pots by workmen skilled in
that line.


If the pot is to be engraved or chased
it wiz be necessary to hammer upon it's
surface, and, as the metal is soft and
yiel ding, the pot must in some way be
made solid. This is done by filing the
vessel with hot pitch, and allowing it to
cool, when the whole mass is as flint al
most, and will bear any amount of bang
ing The engraving and chasing finish
ed, the pot Is hung upside down on the
top of the tank of pitch, and the heat
soon empties it of its contents. It Is
then placed in solutions of turpentine
and soda respectively, and all traces of
the pitch are removed.


From here If goes to the polishing,
and then to the 50 bathroom, where the
silver is added to the surface. The
great requisite in silver-plating is a
clear and smooth surface. Without
this the work would he very unsatisfac-
tory. In order 10 attain this, each piece
is thoroughly polished, and then thor
Oughly boiled in a strong solution of
potash and riused in clean cold water
before going into the bath of silver, in
which it remains a sufficient length of
time to obtain the coating required,
and is again thoroughly cleansed.


Another polisher gets it next, and by
means Of revolving brush of copper
wire takes off the heavy white appear
ance which the silver bath leaves, inter
| stices of the lngraved or chased parts.
| The burnisher handles it next, and
| with a steel instrument about one
eighth of an inch thick, shaped like a
trowel but smaller, by constant attrition
brings into brightness the now dull
| looking body, furnishing such portions
as are Intended to be acted upon. The
remaining processes are those of finish
! ing and packing, mainly.


The girls who are employed as burn
ishers work by the piece and get the
| same compensation as men for the same
| class of work. They earn from 81 tC
S15 per week, according to capacity.


" shaped, like large walters, ETC., are
made bv the lathe and pressure process
we have described, but the heavy worH
is "struck up" with dross, much ST
iewelry is.


The process Is q very interesting one


and can be thoroughly understood only
by personal inspection.
Year: 1874

It is possible that the report of gold
discoveries by Gen. Clusters command
may presently stimulate a new gold fe-
yer among the adventurous classes Of
the west. They need to bear IN mind
two or three things. First of all, as
Mr.. Greeley used to put it, statistics
demonstrate that, on the average, more
money has been made in proportion to
those engaged in the work by men dig
ging potatoes than by men digging
gold. Then the country is covered by
Indian claims, and although these are
not likely to stand against determined
invasion of gold diggers, they are pret-
ty certain to be wiped out only in a
good deal of blood. Old geld miners
have less faith now in surface diggings,
and it must be remembered that only
surface diggings viii be possible in the
new region for some time to come
And, finally, it is fortunate that the
new Eldorado appears to be attractive
for other reasons than because of its
gold. If the emigrants viii only take
plOws as well as picks, the country will
be the better off for their movement. -.
Netg York Tribune.
Year: 1874

grave. It will do this TO the artisan
and the capitalist, the matron and the
maiden, as well as to the farmer; fol
its in deadly enmity to the human race,
acohOl is no respecter of persons.
Year: 1874

railroad subsidy. That announcement
has been made and one year and a half
has transpired, and in three and half
years, by contract with the company,
we are to be connected with the world
by rail-" To prove this assertion, the
writer produces the record of the pro-
ceedings of the Supervisors upon this
matter, and quotes it as conclusive tes-
timony that the company is holden to
the county of Los Angeles to complete
the connection within three and half
years.


The Railroad Company, to obtain
the public land conditionally granted
to 1t by Congress, must construct not
less than a certain number of miles of
road yearly. If the company comply
with this condition, it will get the
land, whether the road is completed
within three or not until the end of
ten years.


The people of this county were au-
thorized by law to vote for or against
the issuance of certain amount of
bonds to be donated to the Railroad
Company. The Board of Supervisors
were authorized by law to submit this
question to the people. The law gave
them no power to make any contract
whatever with the Railroad Company.
The power conferred upon the Super
visors was only to submit the matter
to the people, who by an election
should decide the question. If they
voted i'll favor of the issuance of bonds
the Superv sors were required to issue
them, and if they should have refused,
the Courts would have compelled them
to perform their duty. They could
make no terms or conditions upon
which their issuance should depend
other than those provided in the law
which empowered them to submit
the matter to a vote of the electors of
tle county.


Strangers contemplating investing
in our midst shouldu not be misled,
lest they should be disappointed, and
become discontented and prejudiced
citizens, instead happy and useful
ones. w.
Year: 1874

A SECREr.-William Wirt's letter
to his daughter, on the "small, sweet
courtesies of life" contains passage
from which a great deal of happiness
might be learned


.'I want to tell you a secret. The
way to make yourself pleasant to 9TH
ers is to show them attention. The
whole world is like the miller at Mans
field, who cared for nobody-no, not
he-because nobody cared for him.
And the whole world would serve you
so if you gave them the cause. Let
people see that you do care for them
by showing them what Sterne so hap
PLY called the small courtesies, in
which there is no parade, whose voice
is too still to tease, and which mani
fest themselves by tender and affection
tiate looks and little acts of attention.,
giving Others the preference in every
little employment, at the table. in the
field, walking, sitting, and standing"
Year: 1874

of Cuyahoga county, Democrat, was
Governor from 1850 to 1853. Previous
to this he had been for long time a
President Judge and Judge of the Su-
preme Court. He ranked as q good
laWer, and made many friends BY his
care and attention TO young members
of the bar. In the middle of his second
term he left The Office to assume the
duties of consul to Valparaiso, his last
public position befnre his death
Year: 1874

In railroad bonds the demand continues actiVe'
and in some cases the supply has been reduced to an
unusually low point. The sharp inquiry is the nat
ural result of the enormous accumulation Of capital
at this point The dealings to-day were we'll disrb-
uted and IN several instances further advance was
established The following were the bids:
Year: 1874

We hope every Democrat IN the tenth
ward will make it a point to be present
at The meeting to take place tonight st
the Mississippi and Tennessee depot
Allthe candidates will be present and
speak upon the issues Of the day. The
meeting Of last night was success; let
that Of tonight be no less so.
Year: 1874

The stagnAtiOn in business in the Eastern markets
has given opportunities to make LARGE CASH
PURCHASES under the favorable conditions. and
enables offer goods at exceptionally
Low Prices.


We have deferred announcing the arrival of NEW
GOODS until entire stock in arranged for
exhibition. We are now prepared with q large and
unusually wellselected ezceIed
any market embracing everv article for entIeruans
complete outfit


Our stock of GentIemen's Clothing for Fau and
Winter in medium and fine goods surpassss in fit
style and make, anything by heretofore We
manufacture stock. nay no manufacturing
profit buy exclusively CASH thus enabling us to
offer extra inducements in prices.
Year: 1874

During the asst few months, on several occasions
we have been informed that it was and is the practice
Of certain agents Of prominent National Boards COM
panes in this city and elsewhere, (extendng in fact
from East to West and from North to South) to in
dulge in wholesale sweeping denunciation of the
solvency of nonboard companies without discrimin-
alton or exception. This is a contemplate method
of conducting any business, and especially the fire
insurance business 1t is the vilest way of obtaining
patronage, and We pity the company which has for
its agent any person despicably mean, as to run
down his rivals in one general strain Of defamation


This journal has been an advocate and supporter Of
local and National Boards from the day of its first
issue, though we have freely criticised blunders aud
mistakes In their management and shall continue to
do So We recognize the fact that among the COM
panies outside the National and local boards, are
some which are as conservative, as prudent az re-
liable, as pr0mp and as safe in their dealings with
thepubc any ofthose inside OF these organizations


We nigh name several which possess equal experien-
ce and talent with any of their loyal neighbors and
some also with large and well invested assets which
have been as carefully and prudenty managed as any
of those in the +, al U.s. In any test which may be
applied excep ing the single of upholding board
rates, hey the peers Of the best and cannot be
sneered down, lied down DETAINED to death. 1t is
an unworthy spirit which animates such defamation.


We would in no manner be understood as claiming
these merits for all board companies even as we
would not claim all the virtues, stability and sound


ness par ercelence for all board companies. In fac


there are some board companies which offer weak
points for attack, quite devoid of superior merits
as their nonboard rivals We hold up to public gaze
the bad and Indifferent, whether of the board or nom


board species with equal satisfaction and shall not
spare the rod in Furnishing both alike if they are
guilty of peccados in their business transactions.
is not our province to defend any company because it
is in the board any than to assa another COM
pany which is out of the board We do hold it, how
ever, to be exceedingly impudent and malicious to
denounce all nonboard companies in fhe same BREATH


because happens that steal away risks below
the tariff rates. Two wrongs never made right yet


and foul and noisy agents who talk about their
neigbbors will do to remember it.-Westerm Insur-
ance Reciew. oct22W&S2w
Year: 1874

The late lamented Jeremy Taylor observed
that many people in this world seem to be
very busy gathering thorn, to sit on. And
yet it must be confessed that there are other
people who sesm TO be very busy gathering
thorns for somebody else to sit on.
Year: 1874

For 6rst-class forethought commend up TO
that pair Of Danbury doves who started On
their wedding trip yesterday, taking along
with them smallsized two-year old infant,
hired for the purpose of deceiving the vulgar
public upon the matter of their newly found
bliss.-Ddnburu News.
Year: 1874

Many who are suffering from the effects OF
the warm weather and are debilitated, are ad-
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts
of whisky two or three times day. in lit
tie while those who adopt this advice fire.
ouently increase the number of " drinks,
and in time become confirmed inebriates. A
beverage which will not create thirst for intox-
icating liquors, and which is intended especi-
ally for tine benefit of debilitated persons,
whether at home or abroad, is DR.. Schenck' 8
Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the juices OF
many medicinal herbs, this preparation does
not create an appetite for the intoxicating
cup, The nourishing and the life supporting
PROPERTIES of many valuable natural produo-
tions contained in it and well known to medi-
cal men have a most Strengthening influence


A single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate
its valuable qualities. For debility arising
from sickness, over exertion or from any cause
whatever, wine glassful of Sea Weed Tome
taken after meals will strengthen the stomach
and create an appetite for wholesome food.
To all who are about leaving their homes, we
desire to say that the excellent effects Of Dr


Schenck's seasonable remedies. sea meed
Tonic, and Mandrake Pills. are particularly
evident when taken by those who are inJuri-
ously affected by a change of water and diet.
No person should leave home without taking
a supply Of these safeguards along. For sale
by all druggists. 1-l2o-lOo
Year: 1874

Mr.. Smith, of Boston, sent the other
day o letter to Mr.. Brown at Long
Branch, and being either careless or
ignorant, permitted his missive to be
underpaid by the amount of one cent


Thereupon the authorities, as by law
directed, forwarded this letter to the
Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Thence an Office note was dispatched to
Mr.. Brown to say that letter addressed
to him was lying at that office, and
would be sent to him upon his payment
of one cent. Mr.. Brown, slightly growl.
ing. filled up a printed blank lnclosed
in the note put in the stamp demanded,
while on the envelope he placed the ne.
cessary three cent stamp. Thus, to end
the tale abruptly, Mr. Brown was obliged
TO nav four cents for letter Of no i'm
portance, and the Department gave
the price of the official stamp and sew
eral minutes Of clerks valuable time
to get it to him. Why the one cent
could not have been collected by the
Postmaster subordinate in Long
Branch is a question which nobody out
side the circumlocution can answer.
Mr.. Brown thinks that while that four
cents did not form all his worldly wealth
it was an outrage to make him pay three
cents for Mr.. Smiths stupidity or want
of knowledge. An illustrative instance
of red.tapeism is that Chief Justice
Chase, living within a block of the de-
partment, and certainly well known to
its officials, was once obliged to send
the sum of one cent to the stated re-
eipients before he could get a letter
clearly addressed to him and publicly
advertised as being overweighted to that
amount.
Year: 1874

Pitiful is that person who has no
higher aim than the mere adornment Of
the body. We are to educate ourselves
in this as in other things, not as mere
fashion may dictate, or this and that
one suggest, but as the reasonable re.
quirement Of the case may justify.
Philosophy (good sense) must be ap-
piled, so that a man may wear his coat
as a quadruped wears his, naturally,
gracefully, and for the service and pro-
lection it affords him So lady may
initiate a bird If she is birdlike, even its
hashy plumage, or the more simple
beauty Of the flowers; but let it be, as in
the case Of the flowers, the birds and the
quadrupeds, without ostentation.
Year: 1874

A parting at Chicago railroad depot
"Do not forget me or cease to love me,
murmured the husband Never, never,
sobbed the wife, and she pulled out her
handkerchief and tied knot in it, that
she might remember