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Year: 1874

The Baltimore Gazette says: eliza
Go dfrey, formerly living near Leaven-
worth, Kansas, is among the curiosi-
ties of womankind. She is an inter-
esting and not unatractiye damsel Of
sweet sixteen; and when one night
she was missing, her father setout on
a search for her which ranged over
six hundred miles Of mountaiu and
prairie. The worst Of il was that
she had eloped with her lover, one,
as the sequel proved, unfortunate Mr..
Bailey. For when her father over
took her the course Of true love had
not by any means run smooth. She
had travelled over two hundred miles
in a lumber wagon over rough roads,
and either her affection for the man
Of her choice had been taken out Of
her, or she was Of a disposition
mighty uncertain. No minister was
attainable, and when the Judge ar
rived to marry them this is how it all
ended-a nice little romance spoiled
by the cantankeTOusnesS OF one
woman:


Judge Norton was sent for and
came upon the scene. The party as
sembled, while the eager crowd filed
the doorway and windows TO Yitness
what next would transpire. Spoke
the father: Judge, this is my daugh-
ter. / wish TO give my consent to
her marriage TO this man. Then said
the Judge: Mr. Bailey, do you wish
to marry this womanY i do said
Bailey. And you, young woman,
would you have this man for your
husband ? said the Judge The
young lady looked up and replied,
We'll, Judge, 1 guess not just now"
Year: 1874

When q Chinese serva-t is dis
charged from a family and is about


to leave, he places his mark on the


wall of the room be has occupied, or
in some part of the premises where
the next coming servant viii see IT.


Whatever difference may have exist
ed between the employer and EN-
ployee. whatever disagreeable things,
true or imagined, that is possible to
say against the people of the house,
are duly recorded in few eabalis-
tic signs, and a housekeeper not post
ed will have o chance to wonder at
some things seen in a new servant.
A San Francisco paper tells OF a
family in that city which had con-
tinual coming and going Of Chinese
servants. They treated their help
well, the work was light and the pay
liberal, but no servant could be in
duced to make q reasonable stay in
the house. At last it was found


that refractory man who had been
discharged had left on the wall
certain uncomplimentary remarks
concerning the family, and statements
that could no be verified by facts.
The writing was at once obliterated,
and no other trouble was experienced.
Year: 1874

A correspondent, starting with the
premises that to make good vinegar
you must have good pure cider, and
see to it that the barrel into which
it is to be put is entirely free from
any taint, proceeds with the process
Of making az follows:


Cider once properly made and put
into sweet, fresh barrels, the balance
of the process in vinegar making is
no trick at all. 1t is chemical pro-
cess, to be sure, but nature will be q
good manipuls.or of it. The chemis-
try of the thing consists simply in
oxygenation Of the cider, and if the
cir is allowed free access to it the OK
ygenation will go On slowly through
the winter and more rapidly in the
summer The process may be accel-
Grated by keeping the cider in a warm
room, and made more rapid still by
triekling the cider through q hogs
head or large cylinder perforated
with holes on the side and filed with
birch shaVlngs, so as to allow the air
to come in direct contact with it. A
little yeast added to the cider gives
it good start on its fermenting
course.


Our custom is to wait the slow
process of nature, and to admit air
to the cider only through the bung
hole. In the summer we take the
barrels out Of the cellar and place
them in sunny place, mailing some
wire gauze over the bung holes to
keep out flies and straws. This mode
of making vinegar requires about II
months. Early made cider will some
times go through the vinous and ace
tous fermentati3ns the same fall, but
il forms q poor article, and we pre-
fer to wait till the latter part of Oc-
tober or the first Of November before
Year: 1874

President Smith of Dartmouth, in
talking to the students the other day,
said, in regard to the employment OF
Dartmouth students as walters at
summer hotels, that so much is said
and written in tne abstract, nowadays,
about the dignity of labor, and so lit
tie is practiced, that it is refreshing to
notice an instance which is so COM
mon an occurrence that it attracts no
attention in the district where it oc'
ours, and is scarcely known beyond
the district. The students who act
as walters in hotels at the White
Mountains, during the summer, come
chiefly from college Dartmouth
where labor has always been held as
honorable. Sixteen from that institu-
ton having served in the Profile
House this season. They get as
regular wages twenty dollars q
month, which is sometimes trebled
by donation. when we consider,
said the President, the fact that near
ly one-third of the students OF Dart
mouth teach school during the win
ter. and work at harvesting during
sumbler. we need have no fear about
the dignity of labor becoming an OBJ
solete expression"
Year: 1874




Many a house keeper longs for a
good old-fashioned brick oven, es-
pecially when there are several lOaves
of bread, and a dozen pumpkin pies
to bake at once.


A brick oven built in the old style,
out of doors, entirely separated from
the dwelling house, is more safe, so
far as danger from ere is concerned,
than if built by the side Of the fire
place in the house. A good brick
oven for baking bread, pies and cakes,
is worth all the ranges and cook
stoves that one could store in bis
kitchen. In. such an oven every
thing will be baked just right, above
and below through and through.


After a foundation has been pre-
pared, let two courses Of bricks be
laid for the bottom of the oven.
Then build the mouth and part OF
the sides, until it is desirable to be.
gin to draw the sides inward, when
sand or mellow earth may be placed
on the foundation, and the surface
smoothed off and pressed down to the
desired form Of the oven. Now let
the brick work be built over this form
ofsand; let two courses Of hard bricks
be laid over the form with the best
morter. After the last bricks have
been laid, the sand may be removed.


The bricks should be soaked for
several hours previous to being laid
so that they will not absorb the
moisture of the morter until it has
set. Such an oven will cost but a
few dollars. Many people can col
leet a sufficient nuInber OF loose
bricks and pieces around their dwell
lsngs to build a brick oven. Besides
this, any intelligent man, though on'
ly half a mechanic, can build such al
oven about as well as mason
Manufacturer and Builder.
Year: 1874

With the beautiful Della behind
him on bis powerful horse. he rode
into Meade's camp the next morning
at sunrise. 1t was in the midst of the
terrible battle of the wilderness that
Doran met and struck Biswick dead
with his vengefnl sword.


This" said be, is for your cruelty
to my chiId.n
Year: 1874

In a Chicago library book on
"self culture never got a reader.
The librarian bad it rebound and re-
cbristened it, "A Young Man on his
Muscle" and anxious readers bad to
wait for weeks before they could get
"a
Year: 1874

The Supreme Court of Massachusetts,, by
few strokes of the pen, have determined that
women may serve upon School Committees,
If the Legislature has no objection. The
Legislature will have no objection. To this
office women hereafter will be eligible in
Massachusetts,. Now what is the lesson which
this teachesf We certainly think that it
should be one of Faith and Trust The pre-
dominant vice of all our reformatOry move
ments is impatience-the desire to build o
moral Rome in day-the determination to
have all wrong nghted between the rising Of
the sun and the going down OF the same
the childish eagerness for cOnclusion-dlsre-
gard of the quality of some questions to settle
themselves. We accept only the last OF
Goethe's motto" Without haste and with
"out restn We will haveiit that Quieta non
,nouere is the devils own maxim. We are like
the boy who pulls up his plant every morning
to show his mother how much it has grown
during the night. We will not understand
the value Of patience. We cannot understand
what Lord Bacon meant by that appeal OF his
TO the next agen OF course, at the bottom
of this irritable feeling there is good deal OF
seliishness--the laborer is in hurry Tor his
hire. But there is also good deal OF that
dlsnterested enthusiasm for the right which
keeps the world sweet.


Whether we talk or keep silence, ii should
be understood that the eternal instinct OF the
will maintains it in the right direction. 1t
would be useless for lis to discuss the prob
able effect of non-discussion, of silence. OF
acquiescence, of let-well-enough alone; be-
cause these tongue tournaments, these pro-
miscuous battles, these surging seas of volu-
bility, these well-intentioned follies and mis-
takes are predestnate. The worst of them is
that they discourage sensitive and sensible
men and women, and keep them out OF the
work when their helD ia ths wast Yaatad IL
Year: 1874

is worth while for them somstmes to consider
how much, notwithstanding the drawback Of
mistaken zeal. has really been accomplished.
And for this purpose it is hardly necessary w
go 70 history. Sydney Smith. when he col
lected his early Edinburgh Reriew essays,
pointed out in the Preface how many unjust
laws had been repealed 5iDce ne began 10
write. Several stupid statutes he had fairly
laughed out Of existence. IIe had stuck
pins into various parts Of the body
of English Jurisprudence until be had quick
ened it into something Ike vital humanity
Any man half a century Old need not tax his
memory very severely to recall q score Of
absurdites and injustices which in his shor.
tine have received quietns. In religion We
have become 80 tolerant .that we are in some
danger of also becoming Indifferent and tepid.
In politics and morals Wa have rid ourselves
Of Slavery ADd what a hopeless giant that
seemed 10 be, we need not say. IL is trso tina.
the defunct giant bis lett progeny numer-
Gus and troublesome OF problems; but the
main error of property IN man" is exploded
forever, and all else seems easy to deal with.
Then in another department Of morals, mixed
with the physical. 1T has been settled that
abstinence from alcohol ls always best IL is
easy to write it now, but the world was q long
time coming to that conclusion. Finally. let
any one who is constitutionally hopeless look At
the present condition of the Labor Question, and
compare it with the practices, for they had no
opinions, of our grandfathers. To this Wa
must add the consideration that he settlement
of one important question not seldom disposes
of many minor ones. The greater always com
prehends the less.


All history teaches Us tbat changes which 10
the conservative mind seem charged with innu-
merabe pestilent evils frequently prove a.
wholesome as they were unavoidable. We
laugh at that quality of the human intellect
which sees the day of judgment in the repeal
of statute; but caution Is not Of itself bad
or undesirable. Until all men are made alike
there will be dissentients, although it is cred
liable to the social man that the dispute is
usually about methods. The common instinct
of our nature to make the wrong right and
the crooked straight is superior to the tools
with which we work. The age travels even in
it's sleep, by night as well as by day, when 1t
thinks itself at rest as well as when it knows
that it ia moving nor will the earth cease to
revolYe upon Its axis because women have
been placed upon School Committees. We
mention this for the benefit of certain gentle
men in Boston who seem to think otherwise
Year: 1874

All who desire to deal intelligently with the
individual appeals for charity, which are con-
stanty reaching them at their homes and
Offices, will do well TO cut out and preserve
for reference the elaborate statement of the
different charitable organizations OF the city,
the work Of each, and the place to which the
various classes Of charitable applicants may
be referred, which we print this morning on
the second page.
Year: 1874

1t is possible that there ia no truth in the
report, which comes to US by cable, that Mr..
Gladstone has resolved no longer to take an
active part in British parliamentary proceed
ings; but there is much to be said in Its
favor. The letter from our London cor
respondent, published on the third page this
morning, shows how nearly the Liberal party
came toward disorganizaton. To person OF
Mr.. Gladstone's temperament this must have
been peculiarly annoying, and it is easy to
imagine that he should court retirement
There is some reason to believe that bis with
drawal from political affairs, if IT should be
merely temporal. would benefit both himself
and the Liberal party.
Year: 1874

An institution to be called the Free Uni
versal Business Exchange has been established in
Brooklyn. its object being to improve the business fac


ties Of the people of that city JOB johnson has given
rent free the OF the building at Myrtle and Bedford
aves. formerly occupied by the Commercial Bank of
Brooklyn and will pay with his own money all neces-
ssry expenses until the members and patrons OF the
Exchange desire assist him. There will be file
the Exchange for public all the leading daily and
weekly newspapers of the city and country with maps
and aliases embracing railroad and steamboat guides
Any and ali persons may meet here and negotiate
any business they have TO do and books containing
forms OF for all business done will be furnished. 1t


intended provide the for the sale OF all kinds
property. whether personal or real estate at public
auction on the avenue outside the building. on two
days IN each week. special agent will be employed
bng together employers and servants for all classes
OF business without cost TO the servant and nearly
gratnitous to the employer as practicable competent
attorney will attend to conveyancing OF property
searches etc In fact everything that further the
object OF the Committee having the matter charge
" be
Year: 1874

MALICIOUS MIscHIEF. The editor OF
the Standard delights in mischief. He
is trying to set Mrs. Duniway upon the
editor of the Echo, which would be like
setting well fed mastiff to worrying a
a NANCY cur. We cannot imagine what
satisfaction the General can derive from
witnessing conflict between termi-
CANT and an idiot; the one as regardless
as the other is ignorant of the decencies
of newspaper discussion.
Year: 1874

OHIduC6e TU,COT %
OF which about 1000 will have been
made available and expended by the
18th of noxt month.


It is to be hoped that the subscrip-
tions may continue to come in. that
there may be no delay in the vigorous
prosecution of the work from lack of
funds. There are other subscriptions
promised, which we hope to be able to
publish soon.
Year: 1874

The King of Hawaii is becoming
alarmed lest his valuable subjects be-
come extinct, leaving nobody u him to
''boss." Says this royal idiotv "Now
what can I de to mark my reign-what
shall be done to signalize it i? This is
my great desire-to witness an increase
in the population of these islands. But
| can not do this alone you must assist
me. The father who provides for
large family, and the mother who gives
birth to them and takes good care of her
children, are the benefactors of Hawaii,
and should be rewarded, They are the
hope of the nation,
Year: 1874

that will occur from the caving OF the
banks when the water falls, which will
have to be built up, as well as the nu-
merous works needed on the Lafourche,


Atchafalaya, Red River and Ouachita.


The needs for the coming levee season
will be not less than three millions OF
cnbi. wards, and it is impossible for the
state to pay for one million cubic yards.
and therefore this additional amount
Year: 1874

Not great while since II "bachelor
who has been looking for wife for
fifteen years" published in the New
York Times an essay on the difficult
ties of marriage. This very naturally
provoked large Correspondence with
that journal and the Boston Post, in
which the subject of matrimony was
discussed in the most instructive man.
ner. The original bachelor of this
epistleary multitude, who instigated
the revolution of celibate discomfort,
ascribed his married condition to the
fact that he lived in comfort and was
welcomed i'm the best society on an in
come of 81 500 u year, but had been
unable to whom share in that sum
would be sufliciency. It's creditable
to the practicable determination of the
marriageable women of the country
that they avoided the temptation thus
offered to argue the abstract question,
but proceeded tomake direct personal
application.


One who enumerates her accem-
ing and speaking acquaintance with
several languages, says the Post, an
nuunces herself as competent and will
lllip W uHueTtdhe llOuSekeepSup Ou
nine hundred u year as her share ofthe
matrimonial venture. Another can
get along with five hundred, and six
hundred is minimum sum for which
they are ready to join their futures
with any reasonably proper man.


The shelter of anonymous cores
pOndence even induces such boldness
on the part of one of the writers that
she avows herself as having sought u
husband for six years, and as able to
introduce the eligible bachelor of small
income TO large number of young
ladies of equally persuadable inclina-
tiols.


This sets at rest the fact that the
cause of bachelorhood in the country
is not to be found in the reluctance of
the young women, and must be locked
for in other circumstances.
Year: 1874

The Lotus and Arcadian clubs in
New York were very active i'm be-
half of the Cushman farewell per-
formances. Speaking of this a New
York correspondent of the st. Louis
Republican, says he is reminded of an
old man up in Connecticut who had a
cranky wife, who regularly got up in
the night once week and invited the
family to see her die. She gave way
her things, spoke her last words, made
her peace with heaven, and then in
the morning she got up i'm the usual
way and disappointed everybody by
going at her household duties as if
nothing had happened. The old man
got sick of it finally, and purchased a
coffin, a cashmere shroud, a wreath of
immortelles with "Farewell, Mary
Ann,n worked in, and handful of
silver plated screws. Laying the
screw driver beside the collection, he
invited her to just holler die once
more. 'Do it.n said ne, "and in you
go, and this farewell business is over"
Mary Ann is at this moment caring
for large and admiring family, while
they dry apples in the coffin up in the
garret.
Year: 1874

The manner of constituting the con
vention by legislative act is the sub
ject of first practical consideration. AL
agree that we should have n constitu.
ton coming as nearly as possible from
the people and rejecting the enlight.
ened public will of the state. The
magnitude of our territory demands a
larger representation in proportion to
population than would be necessary in
other states. 1t is not practicable to
provide really just representation
without new census and that cannot
he had without too great delay. 1t
will be found that an adherence to
our legislative districts as at present
constituted, will be a necessity of the
emergency and hence to meet the
emergency it is cOutended rs wisest
and best to allow one delegate for
each senator and representative, which
will form body of one hundred and
twenty men. This, for thegrave work
of framing q constitution for state so
immense in territory, with a popula-
tion of 100000, will be a small body.
The constitutions of 1886 and 1S45,
when our population was so small,
were each made by over fifty delegates.
The house of representatives of Geor-
gia contains over one hundred and
fifty memb bcrs-in Massachusetts over
two hundred.


For the one specific purpose of maxi
ing constitution no objection lies, as
in general legislation, to large body.
But experience proves that large bodies
consume less time in unnecessary de.
bate than small. They will not long
submit to mere buncombe speeches. 1t
is hoped, therefore, that the legislature
will provide for at least one hundred
and twenty members.


The question is often asked--when
will we get the convention =? In an
swer it may be said that, if the legisla-
ture does its duty, it can provide for
electing delegates at furthest by the
first of April, and for the convention
to meet by the first of May. The con-
vention, if wisely constituted, can do
its work by the 10th or 18th Of JUNE
at once submit the constitution to the
people for ratification by al early day
in August. The public opinion Of
the state is believed to favor
the first Monday in August
as the day for our general elections.
This involves no principle, but pos
sesses one great advantage, that it will
always bring out full vote of the peo-
pie. 1t has another. a legislature
elected the first of August can assem-
bic so as to have n three months scs-
sion before the Christmas holidays,
and this would encourage short ses-
sions. 10 meet in November causes a
loss of ten or twelve days turing each
session--a useless expense. 70 meet
in the winter is wrong to the farming
interests, and gives lean house late in
the day when it should be fullest.


These thoughts are thrown out for
reflection, rather than as suggestions,
than positive assumptions. The whole
subject underlies our future welfare,
and ought to be considered.
Year: 1874

Through trains are nov running on
the Alabama and Chattanooga railway.


Boss Tweed has been trying TO get out
of prison OH a writ of habeas corpus,
but failed.


The president and the secretary Of
the treasury will urge in message
and report, a return to specie payment.


There is great apprehension felt that
Stanley will lose himself in Africa, and
have TO die and be discovered la Liv-
inpstone for the next ten years, TO the
great disgust of the personal men of
the press. who were in hopes that they
had heard the last of Stanley when they
got him off to Africa.
Year: 1874

pered to him In one of The pausos that
If II certain young lady of the congre-
CATION would marry him he would give
S5DO.towards paying for the meeting
house. The young man wasable. The
bishop, child.liko, blurted the PROPOSE
tion right out in meeting, and eXhorted
the you Z lady to come up to the
scratch, if 40. for love, for religion.
Presently the young lady rose aud said
she was willing. SO the match was
thus publicly made, the church received
u liberal donation, two hearts were
made happy, aud love and religion
went hand in glove to hymen's altar.
1t was an unfair advantage to take of
a joke, but the bishop wanted money
very badly, the young man was able,
the young woman was willing, and the
little affair made subscriptions brisk
among the other members. The
church will thrive and likely the con-
gregation will increase"
Year: 1874

The Secretary Of War has written
to the Governor Of Montana, saying
that the proposed mining expedition
from a point in that Territory, al
luded to in circulars recently for.
warded by General Custar to the
War Department, will not be per.
mitted to move. The reason for
opposing it, is because Of the gree.
probability which would attend it
Of seriously aggravatmg the Ihdisn
troubles now in existence. isF