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Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, March 3l.-Johnathan L.
Jones, lately Of Washington City, and well
known in different departments there as an
inventor and bridge builder, was found
dead in his bed at the Laclede Hotel to-
day. He had been drinking freely since
his arrival here, and was much depressed
in spirits, owing to the failure Of Congress
to pass upon a claim for $4,000 he had
against the Navy Department for work
done under Commodore Porter during the
war. Death was probably caused by con
gestion of the brain, the result of hard
drinking,
Year: 1875

DR.. MANNING, who was one Of the
new Cardinals appointed at the Con-
sistory recently held in Rome, address
cd few words to those who were with
him when he received the official inti-
nation Of his promotion. 1t was, he
said, more grateful to him to receive
this promotion In these days Of the
ChUrch's difficulties and struggles than
1t would haze been in the time Of her
prosperity, and he could not doubt
that the Church would recover all she
had lost and finally triumph over all
her enemies.
Year: 1875

ARCHBISHOP MCCLOsKEY having
been raised to the dignity Of Cardinal,
1t viii be etiquette for him always to
appear IN a costume some portion Of
which shall be scarlet. This Is sup
posed to symbolic the special readi-
ness Of dignItaries Of that class to
shed their blood for the good Of the
Church. The full dress of a Cardinal
is one of the most gorgeous and strik-
ing costumes worn.
Year: 1875

THE Brooklyn Argus has been per-
mitted to copy the following letter
from a moral young woman: My Dear
LUCY think l won't come to Brook
lyn this spring. I understand there Is
something going on there that hadn't
ought to. Papa won't let any papers
come into the house, so I don't know
what 1t Is; but l see the parson at the
postofice every morning reading his
mail and laughing fit to Kill himself,
and l think it must be something
awful wicked. Yours, lovingly,


CAROLINE.
Year: 1875

CHICAGO, August THE Times to.
morrow morning will publish q state
ment obtained from q prisoner named
Billy Forester, who is serving out term
Of ten years in the State penitentiary at
Joliet, for the crime of burglary. The
statement is in substance that he For
rester) is in full cOgniZsnCe of the facts
OF the Nathan murder. That though he
cannot point out the man who struck the
blow, he can name the three professional
burglars who attempted, with the CO.
operation and cOgHiZance of certain high
officials in New York, to open the safe
in the Nathan mansion, and who, while
making this attempt reused MI. Nathan,
and between them, in order to escape,
killed him with the iron dog which they
were using ss q professional tool. He
refuses to reveal the names of these
parties, because he fears that this
will interfere with lis plan Of
bringing them 10 jus ice aud OF Teveng-
ing himself on them for their persistent
persecution of himself Should he So
cure pardon, IS he hopes to do, he will
make this the OBJECT OF his life. He af-
firms that the relatives of the murdered
man had no knowledge whatever Of the
way IN which he came to his death, and
he denies the truth of the stories recent
ly published in New York and else
where concerning the murder. For
roster is an old and experienced burglar,
and knows the surroundings Of the Ma
than house perfectly. He submitted
diagrams in connection with this con-
fessiOn, and otherwise displayed ia
miligrity with the scene Of the assassin
alton. His confession is long and cir
cumstantial. 1t implicates deeply some
OF the New York officials, but not by
name.
Year: 1875

The Republic IN managers at
Washington .sre making preparations
for desperate struggle in the COM
ing Presidential campaign. The
Republican Congressional Commit


tee, of which Judge Edmunds is
chairman, will have control of fhe
canvass. 1t is said that the whole
civil service is to be given up to the
committee as source of revenue
and means of reward and activity


Hitherto the Department of the In
torior was the only one completely
devoted to tho political fortunes Of
the administration. The World is
authority for stating that this meth
od of organizing victory is corrupt,
dangerous and demoralizing, but
with al ,nscrupl,lous President who
is u candidate for re election, it is
also very formidable.
Year: 1875

TnEscason Of vcaly College Commence
ment oralions il again upon us, aud We
observe that the Young Ncalists out at
Morgantown, one Of whom made such q
very vealy speech last year land had no
more sense than to publish il improve
the occasion to suggest in the last issue OF
their "University Bulletin (which Is
about the size Of n good sized thumb pa
per and mostly taken up with an essay on
State Sovereignty that "thc Wheeling lN'
TELLIGENCER should have another half.
way critic ready to review the Commence
mcnt orations this year" They notify
us that they have that criticism prcscrv-
ed in order to remind them Of chow an
editor may stultiiy himself" We have
very dim idea Of what this cutting
thrust at ~ really means, We have, how.
ever, bare suspicion that the Young
Vcali.t who wrote It (and sent us II mark.
ell copy Of il means to insinVatC that We
made fools OF ourselves. There may be
something in this intimation. Solomon
saws that those who undertake to "answer
ioaI according to his folly" are in dang
or Of being "thOught like unto him."
Year: 1875

By reference to the advertising columns
it will be seen that the committee on tare
on sugar of the Chamber of Commerce de.
sire that all interested in the matter in any
manner should be present personally or by
committee at the regular meeting of Oc.
tober to discuss the question. 1t is well
understood that it is Of great importance,
and was postponed from the special meet
ing that the action might not be hasty. A
full meeting and free discussion will do
much to remedy the evils complained of
and establish tare that will be satisfactory
TO ALL
Year: 1875

A THE DEMI-LANDAU.
This elegant carriage for and two horses Is taking
the place Of the Landaulct It combines both summer
and winter carriage. Patented and sold only by


BREWSTER, of Twenty fifth street.
Year: 1875

Not lar from Salzburg. Austria, is a
great mountain. which consists OF moth
ing but beautiful marble. The stone.m1-
sons cut out blocks and columns Of it,
take them to The great city. and build
palaces and fine houses OF them But
what becomes OF the little pieces which
are broken of, and which are 50 small
that the great people cannot use them
These are for the children Out Of them
are made the little marble balls--playing
marbles. How this Is done let me tell
you From the same mountain several
brooks flow down into the valley below.
Their waters rush down from one shelf
of rocks to another aud form countless
little water falls. BY the side oil these
little falls numerous small mills have
been placed. Ia each of these the water
drives little flying wheel. Under the
barrel OF the wheel is u round grinding
stone. This milestone turns in stone
trough. into which fresh water is con.
,inually splashng. The large bits Of mar
bio are broken with a hammer into rough
angular pieces about as large rs walnuts.
No child would care to play with these
stones; they are sharp eornsred, Jagged
and gray and dusty besides. They are
thrown into the stone mIl.trough with
water. and the mill stones begin TO turn.
Now the angular stones have long
merry dance; they hop and skip aud
stumble oyer one another. and wh!rl
round and round 10 olrclo; they crash
and beat and CRATE upon each other a.!
day and night long At last they become
so small that the millstones 10 the trough
takes no more hold OF them and the little
mill stands still. Then the little stones
are ready. The milestone is li(ted-there
they lie, hundred or more, all together
and one just as pretty as another. They
are perfectly round; all corners and
roughness are gone. The marbles only
need polishing. Then the child gets
them and plays all kinds OF games with
them.
Year: 1875

The citizens disclamed any responsibility
for the murders at vicksburg. Could the
Democratic executive committee, which
lodged the issue after call to meet, and
can the White Line press Of the Cemetery
City do as much! Can q party and its or
gans, saying "Win the election, peaceably
If we can, forcibly if we must" shirk re-
sponsibility when negroes are murdered by
Democrats' In the meantime comes the
usual dispatch from the able Associated
Press agent at Vicksburg, GAN quiet here
now"
Year: 1875

General j. r. West, United States Sena-
tor, left for Washington last evening to be
present at the wedding of his daughter to
Lieutenant Wood, of the navy. The happy
event will take place on the twenty-seventh
instant, at Washington. Senator West will
return to this city early in the month of
November, and it is his intention to make q
tour through most of the parishes in this
State, before the reassembling of Congress.
Year: 1875

PENNYRoYAL AND POTAsH.-.f f
mosquitoes or other bloodsuckers infest
our sleeping rooms at night, we uncork
a bottle of the Gil Of pennyroai, and
these animals leave in great haste, nor
will they return SO loug.as the air in the
room is loaded with the iumes OF that
aromatic herb. If rats enter the eel.
lar, a little powdered potash, tarowu
in their hole or mixed with meal and
scattered in their runways, never fails
t, drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep tho buttery aud storcroom
free FROM ants and cockroachcs. Ifa
mouse makes an entrance into any
part Of your dwellings,, saturate a rag
with cayenne, in solution, and stuff it
into the hole, which can then be re-
paired with either wood or mortar.
No rat or mouse will eat that rag for
the purpose Of opening communication
with depot Of supplies.-Scientifc
american.
Year: 1875

| Col. Girart Hewitt, Of St. Paul, hal


written . very excellent letter setting


forth some Of the advantages Of Min.


nesota. 1t is too long for our column,


but We give the following extract.


The world should be told that We


have here in the centre Of the cont.


nent state with an estimated area Of


6fty.four million acres, of which less


than three million acres are under cul


tlvation, and that instead Of claiming


Of the world its charity, We have this


year raised thirty five million bushels


Of wheat-better wheat aud more to


the acre than any state or territory


ever has or can produce that our


crops Of oats, barley, rye and potatoes


are equally good that We are matur.


ing corn crop that entities US TO rank


proudly among the corn growing states
Of the west. Young as We are, We to-
day staod at the head Of the wheat
growing states of the union, and this


is proud historical contribution to
the centennial; not only ahead in
quantity, but far ahead in quality
quality that makes our wheat bring as
much in our fields as the wheat Of
some states brings when it reaches
eastern markets! Tell them that these
crops are raised on lands that are


boug ght at from one doller to twenty
dollars per acre, and men often clear
their entire farm and all expenses out
of the first crop; that farming here is
done with half the labor required in


New York and New England; that
such is the vigor men enjoy in this
climate that a man can d. as much
field labor here in one day as he can
in some states in two; that SO much
of our farming here is done by machin
cry that but little is left that is lrk-
some or forbidding in farm life that
We have market at our door, that
our bread rivers and our two thousand
miles of railroads traverse our entire
territory and give every section OF our
state q market; that We have eight
rival routes to the east, one by the way
Of our own lake port at Duluth, anoth-
er progressing toward Bayfield,, also on
Lake Superior, the great water route
Of the continent; that We have the
Mississippi river as an outlet to the
Gulf and eight competing lines Of rail-
road connecting Us with Chicago, St.
Louis and the east. Tell them that
We have climate uuequsled for CON-
fort and health the year round, that
our winters, upon the severity Of which
our rivals 50 much delight to dwell,
are by many preferred to our summers
pleasant as they are conceded to be ;
that We are above sad beyond the re.
gion in which malarial influences pre-
vail; that the health of oar people
when eontrasted with the middle, south
aud southwestern states, is alone sufi-
cient to determine thinking men. Tell
them Of these things aud that We have
here already seven hundred thousand
people that We can justly boast Of
possessing the most magnificent endow-
nent for educational purposes of any
state in the union that we have more
good land and at more reasonable pri-
ces THAI can be had elsewhere that
we have pine forests to furnish lum.
Der for ages, and in portions Of our
state mineral wealth that will tell upon
our future.
Year: 1875

The belief that the negro is not des.
tined to rise in Intelligence and inda-
ence is not shared by The Richmond
Enquirer. 1t says: I'VE verify be.
lieve that the course Of the negro is
onward and upward. He may stumble
by the wayside, or be led away by the
siren song of the deoeiver, but in the
end he will certainly become an effect.
i've, productive and worthy citizen"
Year: 1875

A man living twelve miles from
Mankato had an attack of delirum
trenens. His neighbors say it was
produced by drinking too much water
while in the country, where there was
no whisky; he was not accustomed to
taking it as q beverage.
Year: 1875

ABOUT SICK AN1MALs.-Nearly all
sick animals become so by improper
feeding. 10 the first place, Nine cases
out Of ten the digestion is wrong,
Charcoal is the most efficient and rap
id corrective. 1t will cure a majority
Of cases if properly administered. An
example Of its uses: The hired man
came in with the Intelligence that one
of the finest cows was very sick, and a
kind peignbor proposed the usual
drugs aud poisons. The owner being
ill aud unable to examine the COW, con
clu led that trouble came from over
eating, and ordered a teaoupful Of pull
verized charcoal to be given in water
1t was mixed, plaoeo in a junk bottle,
the head turned upward, and the water
turned downward. In Eve minutes
improvement was visible, and IN few
hours the animal was in pasture quietly
grazing.


Another inztance Of equal success
occurred with young heifer which
had become badly bloated by eating
green apples after hard wind. The
bIoat was SO severe that the, side, were
almost as hard as q barrel. The old
remedy, salaratus, was tried for cor.
recting the acidity. But the attempts
to put it down always caused coughing
and it did lite good. Half a teacup-
full of fresh powdered charcoal was
given. Insix hours all the appearance
Of the bloat had gone, and the heifer
vas we!l.-Liye Stock Journal.
Year: 1875

A photographer in San Francisco
made likeness for a man who refused
to take the picture, claiming that it
did not correctly represent him. Hs
thought it made hin. ugIier than the
reality. The maker sued to recover
the pay, and in the trial the picture
was put in evidence and shown to tho
jury. The jury, by their verdict, de-.
cided that the defendant was as ugly
as the photograph.
Year: 1875

A SINGULAR RIVERA New York
Herald correspondent, writing from
the Black His, ssys: "a most re-.
markable stream vas discovered and
appropriately named Amphibious creek
Its waters sink into and rise from tho
earth many times in their journey from
their original spring to the south fork
Of the Cheyenne. A we'll worn bed
extends all the way, showing that 10
the wet season = torrent flows on tho
surface: but at the present time not .
vestige Of the current may be sesu for
miles after it disappears, until it sud-
denly bubbles up again from the rocks
and rolls onward to the next point Of
descent into its subterranean channel.
Streams of this character are 50 com.
mon on the great plains that they ars
not thought remarkable, but theY are
rarely found among mountains, for tho
reason that the substrata is usually
composed Of solid rock lying not far
below the surface, and affordiog no
room for a subpassage through the sand
if that should happen to compose the
SOIL"
Year: 1875

A valuable red granite quarry 10
said to have been lately discovered
near St. Cloud, in Stearns county, and
a company Of responsible men has been
organized to develop it. By this il
will be seen that there is sufficient
granite.iu this vicinity to supply the
United States.-CSauk Rapids Seuti~
Year: 1875

We can number half dozen Of ou


farmer acquaintance who have, within


the last year or two, been luyed t


financial destruction by the glamour o


speculation. And going back ten year.
and carefully looking up the history o.


the men We know, who have left the
farm to engage in trade, We find thai
not one in ten has succeeded.


A recent case has come to our know
cd &c that is full of instruction to those
who are tempted to leave the farm


By his own exertions alone this farmer
had accumulated . handsome compe.
tence, aud At the age Of fifty could
look with pride over his broad acres OF
rich land, his 6ae herds and focks, and
comfortable building8 He was out Of
debt, and had : handsome surplus in
the bank. Two years ago, in an evil
hour, he vas induced to invest in a
dry goods store. Last Fall his farm
aud stock were sold for debt, and he is
reduced to the necessity Of day labor
to support his large and yet dependent
family. All the accumulation of over
thirty years Of hard toil-many of them
years Of privatiou, hardships, and the
closest economy-swept away 10 few
short months by this demon. specula-
tion.


And this is not a solitary case.
Every reader can count similar ones in
his own list of acqusintances. They
all teach one great lesson-stick to
your legitimate business, the business
in which you have succeeded. "Let
we'll enough alone" 4 man who has
lived all his life on a farm stands but
little chance to compete successfully
with the men who have been educated
and trained for speculative pursuits
The two occupations are extremes
honest toll At one end, and the tricks
Of trade at the other. If you have =
good farm, keep it, improve it, adorn
it, be proud OF it, and when you are
done with it, hand it down to your
children the best inheritance, with a
good name and education, that you
could leave them.-[Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

There much qualification felt in the city yester.
day among the many personal friends Of Mr. o'Conor,
well the among the thousands who know OF him by
his great fame lawyer, at the announcement that
the most recent change in his condition for the
better. The main pecuares Of his disease have been
often explained in the newspapers that they IA
mar by this time to everybody, and leading physi-
clans have theory to the disease greater
hope of his recovery The name of the affection in
medical language Is "follicular atrophy," two word
which in themselves express the pecularties OF th
malady, the word follicle meaning q bag sack or
gland and the word atrophy meaning wasting away
from want Of nourishmenL This want Of nourishment
has been the trouble Mr. oConors case, the gastric
juice being thwarted and shrinkage Of tho
machinery necessary for digestion being consequence
HERALD reporter called on some prominent medical
in the city yesterday to inquire whether In their
Judgment, change for the better might be expected
in the further progress OF tho These gentlemen,
however, declined giving opinion, as they had not
the patient this refusal being professional point
OF honor. They would not touch upon the pecuari-
Of Mr. oConor's disease but stated that "focuar
atrophy" the for indications alleged by tho
newspapers to belong to the OF the distinguished
lawyer. They would not give speculative opinions.
The eminent medical practitioners who have been in
charge Of Mr. 0Conor's chances for life during his Ill


both yesterday gave lectures TO student classes
IN connection with the colleges
Year: 1875

OF


THEREON.


SACRAMENTO Dec a. 1875.
concurrent resolution has been introduced
the Senate asking Congress to modify
our treaty with China by restricting 1t to
commerce alone There is scarcely division OF
sentiment here to the necessity for this as almost
all classes feel that continuance OF Chinese mmgra-
ton only result in ruin the material interests OF
the State The resolution Will likely pass both houses
unanmously
Year: 1875

ACTUALLY WITHOUT RIvAL-THE ELASTIC
TRUSS COMPANY 6s3 Broadway, with their beautifully
effective appliance retain worst ruptures comfortably night
and day till soon cured Sold cheap.
Year: 1875

''PIQUE" AT THE FIFTH AVENUE : aHAfhA'


That Mr.. Augustin Day's new drama u 'ueos'S
one fact alone would prove-that notwtthstan y 'u'
delays and waits which attended It's hrss pm uuO-
hon last night, IL had suflcient interest -
keep crowded audience until considerably
after midnight The late hour at which the curtain
ien on the last act prevents extended notice


fique' Is entitled to by its merits, which many.
NO play that We have for long while is full Of
SITUATION, and this is both its strength and
its weakness II Is absolutely crowded with events.
ana there Is plot enough for three plays OF the
same length The dialogue, which is generally strong
and natural, IS altogether too long Mr. Daily should
cut out one third Of the play and make new drama Of
the excised portions This would be actually possible
for there IS no poverty Of ideas in the piece


With these proyisos We may well compliment Mr.
Daly on brilliant success He has written a powerful
drama, not original In s elements but fresh their
unexpected combinations The story tells OF
woman who marries from pjoue is separ-
ated from her husband, loses her SON who
Is stolen by tramps and is fnaly restored TO both
her husband and her child. A great number OF
characers-serious comic typical and eccentric-are
associated with this simple story and the incidents
range from the purely natural to the extreme Of
meodrama The following are the characters their
Year: 1875

THE best reward Presiden. Grant had to
offer Ohio for the Republican victory there
was the appointment Of enc Of the citizens
Of that State to the vacancy in his cabinet.
This citizen was Zach Chandler, and he is
the worthy gentleman who said the Union
would be good for nothing without little
hlo0d let:;nr
Year: 1875

We have no great admiration for Fer
nando Wood. On the whole we think
private station would best become him.
But if he occupies a seat in Congress his
constituents are accountable. They elect
ed him in full knowledge Of what he is.


Since his mishap the other day in at
tempting to renew in the House the Lou
lana fight, concerning Kellogg and Nc
Emery. much abuse has been heaped upon
his head by his democratic associates, and
it is even said that the promised chair
manship of the Ways and Means will not
be given him.


Now, as we said before, We have no
liking for Mr.. Wood, nor do we think it
will be creditable thing for his party to
place him at the head of the Ways and
Means Committee, but we must protest
against the injustice of making him alone
responsible for what his party friends now
call his blunder. In bringing up the Lou
isiana fight Mr.. Wood was but acting in
accordance with the spirit Of the demo-
cratic party and the advice and consent of
the leading democrats in the House. Had
he been successful in carrying his point
he would hare been on the topmost wave
Of democratic popularity-the hero of the
renovated Bourbon democracy. But un-
fortunately for Fernando ne encountered
foemen too mighty for him and the task
he had undertaken, and SO he was defeat.
ed, as any other democrat would have
been occupying his position.


Poor Fernando is made the scape- goa1
of his party. They say he blundered in
introducing the Louisiana question. but
they marked out the programme and he
followed it. In his baflled attempt we
read the spirit of the democracy. 1t cor
responds with the spirit that controlled the
organization OF the House, the spirit that
would drive every man from Office who
was loyal in the rebellion. and fill their
places with those who trampled the Union
flag in the dust.