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Year: 1874

BRUSH YOUR TEETE.-The causes of the decay of the teeth are two-acids and a minute fungus, abundantly found

 in the mouth. All acids, both vege- table and mineral, act promptly on the

 teeth by dissolving the fenamel and by softening the dentine. Sour fruits and vinegar salads are likely to injure the teeth, unless tho mouth is carefully washed out after eating them. The little parasite fungus can only be re- moved by alkaline mixtures. Soap is one of the best dentifrices. It appears that the parasites grow and multiply very rapidly, and especially between the teeth. It would be advisable for those who wish to preserve good teeth to carefully use the toothpiek, and scrub the teeth with soap and water after every meal, or at least twice day.
Year: 1874

We stood beside the sleeping bay;

 She held my gft-rose in her hand; It was the last sweet trysting day,

 And then, ho! for Q strange, far land. She plucked each tender leaf apart,

 And each leaf told it's tale to me Eaoh leaf hope torn from my heart; The leaves fell fiuttering by the sea. And oft in far-off lands thought

 Of one that never could be mine Who must be loved, but be unsought-- Twas hard to love and not repine. Those rose leaves withered on the sand, But other roses bloom for thee; o lost love in the distant land,

 o rose leaves withered by the sea!
Year: 1874

A large number of ladies recently held meeting at Dresden-and other cities have followed the example wherein the housewives pledged their faith to each other that they would not purchase certain marketable articles at more than fixed price. They would not pay more than thirty cents for a pound of butter, or more than twenty cents for pound of beefsteak; and having made these resolutions, they advertised for public proposals to fur nish those and other articles at the prices fixed by them. The movement is making considerable headway, and the fathers of families are rejoicing.
Year: 1874

The Shepaug R. R. Go. have just put on new engine and got out new time table, which took effect the first inst. Passen- gers coming up this road from up the Housatonic may make close connection at Hawleyville by taking the milk train down. It is good arrangement, and one much needed, for all passengers for this road coming down the Housatonic railroad have heretofore been obliged to wait five or six hours at Hawleyville, while under the present arrangement there will be no waiting at ......Baker & Brinsmade have just received very nice three seated wagon from Courtland, N. Y., which they have put on the road between the depot and Washington Green, and with their pre- vlous good arrangements are now able to accommodate all who may wish to visit one or the prettiest villages in New England, either on pleasure or business. I must not forget to mention that their new harness made by Sanford, IS an elegant one, and re- fleets credit on the maker. MT. Henry Foulois, formerly superintendent of the 0oio sanitary Heating Co.,, and more re- gently dolng business at Brookfield, has just removed his tin and stove business to this place and will occupy one end of the new building just put up by Baker & Brinsmade. MT. Foulois has the reputation of being an excellent workman. and we bespeak him a very liberal patronage here. He is at pres

 ent doing the plumbing in the new hotel just built in Litchfeld There is to be a fine Masonic hall fitted up in the third story of Baker 6 Brinsmades new building, which was raised last week and is being pushed forward towards completion with energy by Carpenter Beach ..T The foun- dalton for the new hall on the green is fast approaching completion. The old school house and academy have both been moved off to make room for it, and are now stand ing on lot presented to the district by F.

 w. Gunn......The Gunnery is full, and about sixty scholars are in attendance this term. x.
Year: 1874

My styles of trimmings arc novel, artistic in de- sign. and neat and correct iu workmanship, and will compare favorably in every way with those of the best New York houses. All orders filled promptly and in perfectly satisfactory manner.
Year: 1874

TCo FAR.-There is point beyond which
human endurance can bear no longer and some
OF the negroes oi this State have about gotten
the white people to that point. They have put up
with degree OF patience which is remark able,
with the negroes IN their efforts 10 force them
selves into the company OF the whites, until the
cup is about full and running over, and they car
stand no more The best thing the negro can
do for himself now is to keep in his place or he
may get hurt. Many resroes are impressed
with the idea that they can DO what they please
right or wrong, aud the United States army will
back them up This feeling has arisen from The
fact that in the past seven or eigh! years the
array has been sent at their back aud call by tht
politicians in power until it has come 10 be re-
garded only as an instrument with which Il
keep negroes and their carpet-bag allies in Office
in the South We raise the note Of warning
now. If the negroes know what is best :or them
let them keep to themselves and not try to fore,
themselves in among the whites, where they arr
not wanted. P0rtsmouh EBtrpriss.
Year: 1874

From the Little Rock Republican of
Saturday, we get the following in regard
to the suspension Of Stoddard d Bros,
Bank at Little Rock This, we believe,
is one of the mushrooms that spring up
under the Clayton & Co.'S dynasty:


Considerable excitement prevailed in
moneyed circles yesterday on account of
the suspension of the bank of Stoddard
Brothers d Co. The bank did not open
at the usual hour, and of course, rumor
was busy for time, and as many stories
as there are sections in Gantt's digest,
were banded about the streets during
the morning.


The suspension was caused by dam
aging report sent from here by the cor
respondent of the ST Louis commercial
agency that the institution was in fail
ing condition. The report coming back,
caused run on the bank Wednesday
and Thursday, all checks, however. being
paid up to the regular hour of closing
Thursday.


In an interview with Mr.. John Stod-
dard we learned that the assets Of the
are more than City per cent. above the
liabilities. and depositors will receive
their money as soon as collections can
be made. and the suspension will he but
temporary. The commercial agent de-
nies that he sent the report to st. Louis
that the bank was in failing condition,
but claims that he said it was not doing
as much business as formerly, and was
weakened by funds drawn out by the
county collector.


There was slight run on the other
banks-Merchaht' National and Brod
ie's-for short time, but they were well
supplied with means and were not affect.
ed. Several prominent business men
called at these institutions and were per-
milted to examine into their condition,
and we are assured they found them even
in better state than was anticipated
Year: 1874

The Washington correspondent OF the
st. Louis Republican, under date of the
9th, gives the following action of the
Republican sensational concern on the
affairs of Arkansas:


The Republican senator's were in eau
Gus, this afternoon on the subject OF Ar
kansas affairs, but adjourned without
coming to any conclusion Only few
senators expressed themselves in favor
Of intervention, and even these were not
agreed as to the exact form Of move
ment Others were disposed to post
pone action as the present condition OF
the state did not justify any congrcssion
al measures, all accounts representing the
people generally to be satisfied with the
present government with no cause foI
violent disturb nee The question ol
the condition of Louisiana was also dis
cussod. Several senator's said it would
be found on examination that the gov
ernment in one or two of the other
Southern states had no more legal exist
enoe than that Of Louisiana, and there
fore there should be an Investigation
concerning all Of them in order to es
tablish their validity.e
Year: 1874

The franchises, bonds and everything
belonging to The above-named road, were
sold, last Thursday, under a decree of
the United States Circuit Court, the
parties owning the mortgage of
the road, and for whose benefit it was
sold, being the purchasers; and it is gen
orally understood that they will immedi-
ately commence the construction of the
road from Claiksville, and push its COM
pletion to this place. We are not fully
advised as to the matter Of the decree,
under which the road has been sold but
suppose some arrangement has been
made as to the settlement of the debts
due and owing to the citizens along the
route, and which, we are informed, do not
amount TO over $4,000; but we take
1t for granted that they have been pro
ydcd for in some shape
Year: 1874

ET- We learn that there is to be mas.
querade ball at Eugenie Hall, during
Christmas week We also learn that the
girls and boys are busy fixing up the
costumes Of the characters which they
are to represent. The managers are sin
cerely desirous that all the masquers
should SO completely disguise themselves
that they will not be able to tell which
one Of the boys or girls they are. There
will he plenty of fun.
Year: 1874

Ey A swimming park is to be opened
on the eastern terminus of St Mary's
street. 1t will he a pleasant effort of the
mind to tell where the water ends and
the mud begins. The problem can be
the easiest solved of dark night, by one
who is stranger in that part of the
Year: 1874

E1- The furniture and fixtures Of the
Metropolitan Hotel Of Little Rock was
sold last week at auction by the Sheriff.
Mai John d. Adams was the buyer at
08.Oo0 We are not informed that the
Major intends to " keep hotel.
Year: 1874

11th, says.


Butler favors meeting of the Forty
fourth congress in March. The general
disposition Of Benjamin, as already evin.
ced in congress, Is to square up accounts
with the party which did not rc.elect
him. Ills stirring up Of the currency
question would alone indicate this, and
il may be that he will so stave off the
appropriation bills as to secure his end
Year: 1874

Especially Reported for the Commercially


VIsIBLE.-The Genet is now plainly visible
with the ordinary field Or opera glass, and many
of our citizens have been viewing it.


The BOAT RAcE.-.The skiff Lima May, of
Pennsgruve, N. j., has been chartered for the
season, by several of our young men, and we un-
derstand they.intend entering her in the race to
take place on the 4th inst, between the boats of
her class. Judging from her looks, our New
Castle yachts will find in her tough competitor
for the prize-a handsome silk flag. The course
of the race, we believe, is around Fort Delaware
and return.


PREPARING FOR THE PARADE. =. There will be
n meeting of the Screw Nozzle Hose and Steam
Fire Engine Co in the Town Hail. this evening"
at o'clock, and all those who desire to partici-
pate in the grand parade to come OFF on the
afternoon of the 3rd instant, are respect
fully invited to be present. The Off
GERS of the company extend cordial in
vitation to the citizens of New Castle in general
out, and have not already been enrolled, Will
please give in their names this evening, as this
will be the last meeting before the parade. A
full attendance of the members is particularly
desired Those of our Wilmington friends who
wish to see this grand fantastic procession,
will do well to come as lots of fun is antlci-
pated, NJ
Year: 1874

fit though Lord Russclls notion that it had much
to do with the Tory victories in the late election and
that tho Liberals had been punished for the Treaty,
will not hold water. The Daily Necs says cleverly,
that the punishment little indIscrminate. and
that the mode of vengeance did not always work
very logically. Sir StatfordlNorthcote, for example,
was one of the three negotiators Of the Treaty OF
Washington, and the constituencies punished him
by making him Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Standard coolly ignores the responsibility OF
of its party chiefs for the bargain, and declares
its satisfaction in hearing one of the most expe-
rienced statesmen of the Liberal party proclaimng
the truth about that discreditabe transaction in
language of unequiyOcal condemnation. The Times
says:


We have heard many interpretations OF the verdict OF
the constituencies but this is rhe first time that we
have heard IL spoken of expression OF resentment


the Washington Convention, Not that doubt that
this misconceived and worseexecuted treaty was an
element which contributed with other causes to turn
the balance OF public opinion against the late nisry.
It's history q painful illustration OF want OF pre-
science and OF want OF strength, but the nation as
whole wisely held that the mischief had done, and,
moreover. the present Ministry by means free
from completely in the policy and in the negotiation Of
the Treaty.


All which will show you ithat the feeling under
the surface about the Treaty is by means one of
enthusiasm. The occasional growls you hear mean
as much as that and do not mean much more. 1t is
not o settlement which anybody wants now to un-
settle, or would if they could, much as they may
dislike it, Friendship with America has become q
fixed idea with the English and they will not read
lily depart from it. They will read NJ. p" and his
English man letters quoted above with some amuse
ment and some incredulity. Pity the name could
not be given and with it the names of those best
Americans who feel humiliated by the result of the
arbitration and who lie in wait for an opportunity
to outdo England on another OCCASION not in sharp
ness but in dignity and magnanimity. Possibly
of could guess who those heroes are, and
tell the difference all the way across the Atlantic be-
tween bray and roar. G.ws.
Year: 1874

fortetures of contracts under the law and there
was therefore no money TO be paid into the Treas
ury The presence of the Postmaster General Oh
the floor during the debate criticised by Some
members in conversation on the ground that he was
attempting to influence legislation; Others took the
sensible view that it was praiseworthy action
on his part to devote the day to explaining the
workings of his Department, and said that all the
Cabinet officers would do well to follow his OK
ample when the appropriation bills Tor their depart
ments were under consideration.


The action of the House the amendments
offered to the bill was not in all creditable
Mr. KassOn proposed to reduce the number OF special
agents, for the excellent reason that many OF them
are of no use to the Department or to anybody ex'
cept themselves and the Senators and Members who
keep them in office. but his amendment was lost.
The hankerng of the House after the Franking
privilege was shown to be as strong as ever by the
adoption of amendment permitting the Agricu-
tura Reports to go free of postage All other docu-
ments would have been included had not the
Speaker ruled motion for that purpose out OF order
The Agricultural Report got in by virtue OF sus-
pension of the rules on Monday last, which made IN
order an amendment offered by Judge Hoar, to Tx
the postage this document at 10 cents an amend
ment to this allowing the Report to free was de-
cided to be germane. Judge HoaT has therefore the
credit of opening the door to piece meal restoration
of the odious FrankiDg privilege.
Year: 1874

This lively newspaper, whose misfOrtunes
| we have been compelled to chronicle dur
| ing the past week, comes to US on half


sheet, vigorous and sparkling In the best
| of good nature it apologies for its cur


tailed appearance:


We offer an apology to our readers for
our diminutive size this week. We have


been sacked, pied, pillaged and plundered.
| We hope we won't do so any more.
On the morning of Tuesday, the eleventh
instant, as we walked into our office scene
| presented itself which would make one
| think that threshing machine, a tornado,
prize fighter, or a first class maniac had
| travelled that way. We have studied this


thing slightly, and if any printer wants 'pi,"
we can give him enough to last him
| through the summer season. 1t any
printer is getting too many cobwebs
how to relieve him in trice of all such
little entangling alliances. We promise to
do it first class style, and we defy compe-
tition. We can put up a job of which we
wouldn't be ashamed in any civilized cOun-
try. We don't care whether the machine
is "Franklin," "Howe" or Washing
ton." we know how to quell all questions as
to the freedom of the press, and we think
we can batter up the thing in such style





called back from beyond the Styx, would
pass il by in unbroken silence and would
disclaim all knowledge of the original de-
sign with which the affair was built. We


have an inky flood upon our floor, waste
of ideas all around and for dessert we have
a Guttenburg dodge podge.


Our knees smite together as we read upon
our walls the tracings of an invisible hand
':K. X. K."-which we interpret to mean
clicked" "kudgelled" and "kategorically"
Ku-kluxed We can wish our nocturnal
visitors no greater happiness than to say,
may their shadows never grow less, but


continue to grow more and more until they
shall obscure the light of literature, the
illumination of the press and the efulgent
corruscations Of our DEVILS genius.
In another part of the paper little polit-
ical secret is disclosed:


Take the lawyers out of our parish and


St. Mary would never have any White


League or trouble. The lawyers must have


Office and the poor whites must fall in


line when they whistle.
Year: 1874

AL the courts except the Supreme, Su.
perior District and Superior Criminal were
in session yesterday.


In the clerks Office of the Superior Dis.
triet Court were many anxious private
market men and reporters, but information
was scant.


Application was made by counsel for an
other rule for contempt but this plan was
abandoned. The understanding seemed to
be that another measure was to be taken.
This is to inforce the injunction-not by
further rules, but by preventing any inter
ference. ANY person interfering with the
order of court against which no legal oppo.
sition has been made, either by rule or
otherwise, is to be Immediately arrested
This affords opportunity for further devel-
opments


The First District Court did not do much
business.


Judge Tissot of the Second District
Court, and Meunier, of the Third District
Court, sat as usual a.


The Fourth District Court was busily
engaged all day in trying rules.


Judge Cullom, of the Fifth District Court
plainly exhibiting the healthy effects of a
few weeks at Biloxi, sat all day doing the
same thing.


Judge Saucier, of the Sixth District Court,
whose hard work deserves the relaxation
afforded by a leave of absence, held court
until P. M.


Nothing was done of public interest
Year: 1874

The police jury of the parish of Caddo
have decided, by vote of three to one, to
submit to the people the question of making
a donation of $5OO,000 to the Louisiana
Central railroad, in accordance with section
twenty of the act of incorporation. The
donation, if made, will be in the form of bonds
Of the parish of Caddo, in denominations of
not less than $lOO, nor more than $1,000
each, dated January l, 1875, payable to the
Louisiana Central Railway Company thirty
years from date, bearing seven per cent
interest, payable semiannually, at the office
of the agency of the company. One.fifth
is to be paid at the completion of ten miles,
and the same sum on the completion of
each subsequent ten miles. Other condi-
tions are added tending to bind the company
to the conditions and to protect the parish.


The election is fixed for September l2.
Year: 1874

What does this mean? The White League
of Louisiana have issued an address in
which they say that in the impending war
of races it behooves Democrats to "protect
themselves by any means in their power"
They add significantly that in case Of secur-
ing such tuli registration as they desire
they will "deliver their votes in new style
without waiting for election day" There
is a significant prophecy of cold steel here
which is simply diabolical.-Ne,r York Com


nercioI Advertiser.
Year: 1874

The experiences of the itinerant
lightning rod man are as various as
his manner Of bamboozling the own
ers of property. He meets with cold
rebu6s and provoking negative replies
to his opportunities to throw over
buildings what he deems necessary
safeguards, until an ordinary man
would quit the business in disgust and
retire to perpetual Punishment. But
not so he; such denials as that lately
administered by General Sherman de-
light him, and he is never more pleased
than when engaging in these little ad-
veDturesome experiences. But up in
Chester county, on Saturday last, one
of these itinerants met with an adven-
ture of little different nature, which
actually did strike terror to him. All
day long he had been busily engaged
in placing several of his double pro-
lection, anti-failure, elf-conducting
rods on the barn of Jerry Starr, near
Landenberg, and finished his work on.
ly as the darkness of evening settled
down among the hills. He had watch
ed, with apparent unconcern the APP
proach of that black cloud which
deluged our city with water, feeling
secure against the elements in the pro-
lection which his aforesaid lightning
rods afforded. Consequently he linger-
ed long upon the roof strutting about
like peafowl in admiration of him
self and his achievements, and it was
not until the promonitory droppings
from the cloud began to fall, that he
would consent to quit the roof.


No sooner, however, had he stepped
from the ladder, for with all his lofty
ambition and flights of fancy he was
only mortal and in mortal way as
cended the barn, than an electric cur
rent shot athwart the heavens, and,
descending, struck the barbed points
of the rods, displacing them and
breaking the rod.in several pieces. As
usual, the charge was too great for the
rods, and, as they afforded no safe con-
duct for the electric current to the
earth, it played all about on the barn
roof which was tin, and even melted
the heads from the nails which held
the covering in position. Our light
ming rod man looked on after he had
recovered from the shock in grave con-
temptation for some time, when he de-
parted, but we have not heard of his
return to replace the broken rods.
| Wilmington Commercial.
Year: 1874

Our complete military strength is
reported to be 29,646 men, who are
scattered from Maine to Mexico in
small detachments. The present In
dian trouble furnishes employment for
all these troops, but it is difficult to
concentrate them at the scene Of out
rage.
Year: 1874

Bill Myers Mare a great many times,
and have seen great many men as
fearless rs you attempt to ride the vicl-
Gus creature, and l have seen n great
many of them thrown, and their necks
broken. 1t may seem cowardly, but I
am afraid to ride her, and I most earn
eStly advise you to get off whilst your
neck Is whole, for feel sure she will
some day throw you. and perhaps kill
you. beg you not to ride Bill Myers
mare!'


Such was my story 1t was not very
de licate in its illustration, but Is a man
to sickle for piccness of words when
he sees n fine young fellow riding down
to perdition on such jade?


My story hit the mark, and the young
man 10 whom 1t was addressed was
quite 'cut down." and to tease up the
matter" l asked him his business and
found he was agent for glove manu-
factory, and forth with he opened his
satchel and presented me a pair of
gloves, as he said: GAS sign that my
honest dealing was appreciated.


Of course, l accepted them with
thanks, brt added as parting admoni-
ton, "My young friend, take the advice
OF casual acquaintance whose chief
business is with young men, and dis
mount us quick as possible from Bill
Myers mare!"