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Year: 1874

The term horse power is used in es-
timafing the effect which steam engine
or other machine can produce. The term
has no reference To the animal whose
name is used; it simply means certain
amount of work. A power to lift $4,000
pounds through one foot in ole minute,
is horse power So when an engine
is described as an engine of ten horse
power, we understand that it is able to do
work equal to that of lifting 10 times
81, 900 pounds, one foot in one minute.
The handle of common pump is a
lever of the first class; the piston and the
water are the weight, the hand of whom
soever does the work is the power, while
the pivot on which the handle turns is
the fulcrum.


"A copulative verb predicates an ad-
jective or noun. An intransitive verb de.
rotes complete act or state. A transi-
tive verb denotes an act as affecting some
object.


The cor junction that, and the pro-
nouns who which, and what often
introduce asubordinate substantive clause
Henry Hudson, an English naviga-
tor, discovered New York Bay, AID en-


tered '.he river which received his name
in 1909 He was in search of passage
acr oss the continent.


The first settlements formed by the
Dutch were at Fort Orange, now Albany
and New Amsterdam, now New York


City.


! The Thousand Isles are in the st
Year: 1874

pretty good for an average Trinitarian.
Hes got good heart in him and splen-
did dump.


Mae did kill the deer, however, for |
remember eating some venison recollect
it distinctly. Mac says he has no desire
to tllch an advertisement in the Journal
but il anyone is putting or going TO put
mp ice this Winter, in or about Weaver
vile, he has coffee poi for sale, war
ranted to freeze over in 10 minutes by the
watch on red hot stove.


Darned if l don't believe there is some
one else mining on this river besides my
self, for the water comes down muddy
every day pretty much. Ii | can get
hold of the Delinquent Tax List, III try
and find out who he is and report what he
is doing. Well, call and see the dog, and
I'll apply the gum to the cracks on my
hands and turn in. say, Mac did dislo-
cate the vertebral column of that deer.


JACINTo.
Year: 1874

FIXING UP.--Atkins & Lowden are
preparing the Frey mine, on Grass Val
ley creek, for sluicing, as fast as possible,
and before many weeks expect to have it
in complete running order. We expect
to hear of a big thing from that quarter,
shortly after they get to work. The gold
is there and they intend to find it.
Year: 1874

Pocket Book LosT.-Mr. j. A. Bur-
ger lost pocket book, on Tuesday of last
week, which he advertises in another col
umn. The papers in the book are valu-
able, but to no one except the owner, who
will duly return thanks to the finder if it
is left at the JOURNAL office.
Year: 1874

PROBATE NoTICE.--Application has
been made for an order to sell all the
real estate belonging to the estate of Geo.
w. Woods, deceased, and March 3lst is
the day set for hearing said application.
Sec notice elsewhere.
Year: 1874

CANON CREEK.-Miners on this stream
are hard at work and all reported to be
making money. Many OF the claims
there have heavy gravel and big rocks to
contend with, but as coarse gold is quite
literally distributed among the boulders,
the boys don't mind turning few of them
over occasionally. Canon Creek is one
of the richest mining sections of this
county, and it is about time we were
hearing of some rich clean-ups in the
claims there.
Year: 1874

DoGGEREL.-There was man and he
had dog and this man loaned his dog
to another man and this man took the
dog with him on visit to q neighboring
village; and while the man was taking a
social drink with the proprietor of the
village hotel, the dog went into the din
ing-room, got on the table and helped
himself to unreasonable quantities of food,
even to pie, and sponge cake, and jelly,
and preserves, and so on, and so forth into
the street and away from that hotel, be-
fore the landlord discovered the mischief.
or it is probable that that dog would have
died young; and the next time Trotter
goes 10 Douglas City he will leave Drivers
dog at home for fear that Leonard will
take summary vengeance on tho canine
Year: 1874




The fireman of the steam heating appara-
tus at the Central depot yesterday found a
penny as he was raking over the hot ashes
in the furnace, and he took it up with the
tongs and placed it ON a bench to cool off.
Tt had hardly commenced to cool when a
healthy man named Johnson, living in Sag
inaw, came along. lie was talking bust
ness with friend, and as he came to the
bench lie parted his coat tails and sat down
ON the penny, remarking, "As / was re-
marking, you can have forty acres for
whoop? Thunder and blazcs-ouch-das
it-gosh to whoop p He galloped around
in wild amazement, the hot penny sticking
to him like brother, and it was two or
three minutes before any one found out
whether he had dropped down on tack OF
had been bitter hy il dog. There was a
heavy aroma of burning cloth and blistered
meat, and Mr.. johnson stretched forth mis-
arm and exclaimed that he should devote
the remainder Of his life to hunting down
and furnishing the fiend who thus planned
to waylay him.
Year: 1874

There are shrewd boys in Bur-
lington, Vermont. On the night
of recent charter election
they got out a drum and ffe aud
went noisily to the house of one
of the successful candidates. He
thought they were the voters who
had supported him, and flung wide
bis hospitable doors. Before BE-
could get the boys out they had
eaten most of the supper that
had been set for the real voters,
who found the table barren when
they came.
Year: 1874

4 New AGENCY.-A very
powerful agency is brought to
bear against the sale Of liquor
in Ohio in a business way
Since the movement against the
liquor sellers began, the receipts
of many Of the wholesale gro
GERS have fallen off, and this is
the explanation. In many in
stances families who are advo-
Gates Of the mti-liquor move
ment have fatty refused to buy
from their grocers until they
sign the pledge and refuse for
ever to sell liquor Of any kind.
Year: 1874

A widow in Sutton, New Hamp
shire, recently visited a dying
woman, and said: Il have been
waiting for some time to see some
one about to die, that | might
send message to my husband.
Tell him that we are we'll here,
and send cur best regards
Year: 1874

HARD TnEs.-We give a receipt TOR
keeping the times hard. Let everybody
talk depressingly. When any one fails
in business, put it in all the papers. Let
business men keep up a continual com
plaint Let us have occasional EDITOR.
ais melting bread riots, and political
speeches on the wrongs Of the laboring
classes. Let everybody prophesy a
hard winter, very bard winter, an aw-
fll hard winter. Let us all talk down
instead of up. Let us take no account
of the fact that flour is cheap, and that
the harvests are large, and God Is good
We shall in this way be able TO take
another faggot from the poor mans
hearth. and knock another pane OF glass
out of his window, and hinder the man
ufacters from employing hun. All to-
pether now-ministers, editors, capt
italists and laborers,-let Us give long,
deep groan and keep it going I'LL next
Spring. and the times will be as hard as
we could possible expect.-Ex-
Year: 1874

ROMANCE WILL NEVER DIE-Iierc
is the groundwork for first-cla:s nO.-
81 A blind man was crossing Broad
way when he was on the point Of being
run over by a very reckless cab driver,
and at the risk of her own life, beau
tiful young lady ran TO his rescue; and
piloted the old man TO the pavement III
safety. A rich bachelor saw the transac-
ton. and straitway sought her ont, was
was introduced, courted, proposed,
was accepted, and married the heroine
without loss of time. The effect is won
derful. Hopeful young ladies caa be
seen standing in the vicinity of streets
crossings, with one eye searching for
stray blind men, and the other on the
lookout for a rich bachelor; for 1t
would be an awful bore if they should
tackel the old man and have the bach
elor nowhere around.
Year: 1874

WorK A BLEsSING.-Many young
men have fathers that are well Oft, and
they have no ambition, and no partlcu-
lar prospect. Thep scorn trade; a
man that is too well-born for trade Is
very well-born for gallowsl Thou
sands of parents, who, by industry, have
gained a position which enables them
to destroy their children, take the surest
means of accomplishing their destruc,
ton by encouraging them in ldleness
aud allowing them as they grow up to
feel that it is disgraceful to work at
whatever mammal labor best suits his
talents. no matter whether his father Is
a minister. or a lawyer, or II Senator,
or the President of the United States.
MANY young men are looking forward
upon life with the generalidea that they
are going to enjoy themselves. They
are provided with all needlul physical
comforts, and they mean to be happy.
They have no trade. They slight their
profession. Their whole governing
principle in life is to shirk anything like
work; and they expect to have enJ'y-
ment without industry. But no man IN
this world will be happy who violates
the Fundamental law OF industry. You
must work if you are going to be a
happy man. | know you think 1t IS
hard: but if God had meant you should
be a butterfly, You would be born q
butterfly. And as you were not born a
moth or a miller, but Il man, you must
accept the conditions OF your manhood.
And if there is one principle that IS
more important at the very threshold OF
life than another, it is that man Is BORN
10 rOrk.
Year: 1874

A man is so much more polite in
church. He is on dress parade, as 1t
were. Nobody was surprised to sec
that young man last Sunday drive sud
denly into the bottom of the pew to
pick up her parasol. While he was at
the bottom he saw the embroidered
edge of her pocket handkerchief stick
ing from under ahe edge of her dress.
He would pick up that too. He COM
menced tugging at it when there was
a fierce scuffie and little hand darted
down. He came up without it There
were two red faces in the Sanctuary TO
which the calm of the Blessed Sabbath
seemed to bring no relief But he was
a young man that meant well.
Year: 1874

NRw York, May ga dispatch from
the scene Of the Mill River disaster Sat-
urday, says the last two bodies have been
found, and the Total loss Of life is now
known TO be one hundred and forty
seven. Bome idea may be formed
of the terrible force of the rushing
stream of death by the statement that
the fissure in the ruined barrier shows
that the food must have started with a
volume one hundred and seventy-five
feet wide and thirty-five feet deep.
Year: 1874

ALMOST COMPLETED Dure & Co.,
who are making for themselves considerable
reputation as street railway as well as railroad
car builders, have almost completed the cars for
the new city passenger railway in Reading. The
tracks of the street railway are almost all laid,
and the cars will soon be put upon them.
Year: 1874

Mr.. EDITOR:


Perhaps, at this time when some excite
ment exis.s In our community on the Mad
Dog" question. Il Is well to know something
Of the character and symptoms of Rabies IN
the Dog.


That such disease exist in the dog, fox
wolf, eat, etc, Is an established fact In this
class of animals it may appear spontaneous
ly but in man 1t arises from the bite OF a
rabiI animal In him we have true ease of
hydrophobia or dread of water while In the
dog, fox, etc, there is an inordinatc thirst,
with the ability to relieve 1t for the time.
That the poison Is transmitted through the
saliva and secretions from the fauces and
throat there can be no doubt. The bite of a
dog unless the disease has reached the stage
when this poisonous secretion has acquired
its virulence, is nothing more than a confused
wound that the disease can be propagated
to the different animals susceptible to its tox-
ical effects only when maturation is accom-
plished, but not without the actual contact of
the virus to an abraded suriace-when APP
Piled to the sound cuticle, like that of all
other poisons, 1t is harmless. But, perhaps,
when In contact with the miSus membranes.
it might become absorbed without abrasion
and produce its constitutional effects.


We briefly give the symptoms OF rabies.
which are wen deAned In from II to say
30 days the dog after being bit by rabid
dog, becomes dull and lstless, and appears
sick, detected and more or less peevish. His
usual habits are greatly altered. His master
can no longer command him. His appetite
is perverted, dirt and rubbish of all kinds he
voraciously dcvours. and with arched back
and dropping tail and wandering in an ir-
regular niauher he attempts, as it were, to
shun observation, avoiding all other dogs
and they, remarkable as the fact may seem,
avoid him. He seems lost, and his bark de-
generates as the disease progresses into a
howl. But there are fortunately but few cases
of rabies but dogs are subject to disease
which simu late it. These should be watched
by way Of prccaution. 1t is thought by many
that all enraged animals are, at times, capable
of producing this disease--in a state of rage
the secretions seem to he perverted,


The writer has not attempted to enter into
the pathology and treatment of the diseases,
but would say. from its rarity. tie good peo-
pie of Van Buren, may expect to die from
some other disease than from hydrophobia.
This is not intended for believers in ghosts.


MEDICus
Year: 1874

I'VE are in continual receipt Of large and fresh Sd
dons to our stock and purchasers are assured they
can always find full and complete assortment.
which. offer low fer cash. une'I3u
Year: 1874

We are glad to notice q disposition
among the Democrats aud Conservatives Of
Berkeley County to permit no outside
questions to distract their harmony 10 tho
coming cuvass far The State Legislature
All with whom We have conversed seem TO
be imbucd with tho high and patriotic
purpose Of sustaining conservative supred-
acy and selecting good and true men to
represent the people in our Legislative
counsel This is surely tho right spirit
laRiasJuy Statesman.
Year: 1874

The Detroit Free Presssays that pair.
oflovers 10 that section have been known
to sit up half the night and not burn as
much kerosene as the family uses in half
au hour during the evening.
Year: 1874

II was near ut hand: Had lie not in his
thoughts lightly contemplated it hundred
times, and felt almost ready to quarrel with
the poor woman because she would not die
and get out of the way of his happin,iss ::
Yes, he had: but now she was Ganrcrcusl,
III, ii deaths door more than likely. and vet
not an iota OF Joy possessed him. Contra
diclory ScribbctoE but the pain tina, the in
formation has caused you, the deep anxiety
you feel, the haste with which YOU take your
departure for the bedside of the diving wo-
man Who has been 50 generous to YOU, the
dread that possesses you lest you arrive too
late to receive her last words. to Give her
ticctng spirit The comfort Of your presence
in its last moments on ear:h-alI these are in
iinitcly more 20 your credit, and will make
for you far brighter record on the pages
Of the Recording Angel. than though such a
contradiction had not asserted itself, and YOU
had experienced the rush of JOY that you had
promised yourself when this release of death
should really come.
Year: 1874

The Second Auditor of the Treasury has
raised question as to the legality of the Off
cial acts of Mr. Conant, Assistant Secretary.
The points made are these: The vacancy in
the Office as Assistant Secretary occurred
while Tie Senate was in session, and under
the tcnnrr of office act it was necessary to fill
j; before the Senate adjourned just at the
close OF The session, Representative Bass, of
New York, was nominated for the place and
confirmed by .Ec Senate. Immediately after
the adjournment of the Senate he declined
to accept the position. Mr.. Conant was then
appointed. 1t is now claimed by the Second
Auditor that Mr.. Bass was ineligible because
the salary OF the Assistant Secretary had been
raised 'rIing his term, and being ineligible,
the place, which could only be legally filled
during the session of TIE Senate, was not, in
fact, I!!od, and therefore could not be after
the adjournment of the Senate
Year: 1874

DIR. j. III. Slack saws in the New Iorl,
Tribune Use no wood whatever,
have had an extended and expensive cN-
perience in regard to fish ponds, and have
ALWAYS found that stone or brick is cheap
est in the end. In building q dam first
lay up line of brick extending to within
an inch or two Of the line of the top of the
dam. Now pile your dirt on each side of
the wall and you bid defiance to the musk
rats, which have often in one night des-
troyed the accumulated fishes of years.
Do not trust to plank, the verlnin seems
rather to enjoy eating their way through
them.


The proportions of the dam should be
rs follows Lei the breadth on the top
equal the height. and the base be three
times the height Thus if yonr dam is
ten feet high, let the width OF the top be
ten feet and that ofthr base be thirty ice1
Face the sluice way with stone on brick,
and let it extend to the bottom OF the
pond. Place at the outlet two scis OF
screens ot galvanized iron ware, the up
permost being for the purpose Of catching
any leaves, sticks, etc, which may find
their way into the pond, the lower to pre-
vent the escape of the fishes. One inch
mesh for the upper and one-half inch tol
the lower will he about right. Arrange
these so they can be removed and cleaned
and then keep them clean.
Year: 1874

Co1p SLAw Yelks OF two eggs; a
of cream; small teaspoon
fnl Of mustard; little salt; two table
spooniuls ofyinegar licream is notused
put in a small lump Of butter rubbed in 4
little -four. Cut the cabbage very fine :;
heat the mixture, and ponr ii on hot.


CORN BATTER BREAD. Take six tea
spoonfuls of flour and three OF corn meal,
with little salt; silt them, and make q
thin batter with four eggs and a sufficient
quantity ofmilk; bake in small pans IN 4
quick oven.


SHIRT FRONTS. The following starch
not only gives gloss to the linen but i'm
parts new appearance to it, and makes
muslin perfectly clean TO tablespoonful
of starch put large teaspoonful of clear
prepared gum, a lump of loaf sugar, and a
pinch of salt; mix with little cold water
and stir till quite smooth, then add suffi-
cient boiling water to make it clear and of
the proper consistency a wax candle may
be stirred twice round it, not more.
Year: 1874

An Arkansas correspondent OF the .>cttH-
tffr .lnleriran says: | came here thirty
wears since, and began clearing land and
building houses with hcwn logs and boards
spli, from the tree. After several years
residence | noticed very often that pieces
of the same kind OF timber dccayed more
onickly than others and after much
thought and observation, ! came to the
conclusion that timber lelledatter the leaf
was fully grown lasted the longest |
noticed that timber tellcd when the leaf
first commenced TO grow rottcd the sap
off very quickly, but the heart remained
sound that timber telled after the fall of
the leaf rotted in the heart; even when
apparently sound on the outside. When
fire wood cut in the winter was put on the
fire the sap came out OF the heart; but
when cut in the summer the sap came out
of the sap wood and next the bark. no.
tice also that all our lasting wood has but
little sap at any time in the heart-such as
cedar. mulberry, sassatras, and cypress.


A cypress post cut in the summer of
1888 is still sound although exposed to
all weathers, while one Of the same kind
of timber, cut in winter of 1886, and
painted. has rotted in the heart | saw
Yesterday piece Of gum plank, which |
sawed in the summer of 1859 that has lain
ever since, and is perfectly sound while
oak timber that was telled in the winter
before is now entirely rotten.


My conclusion then is: Cut timber ait
ter full leaf say in July and August, to get
the most last from it. The sap goes into
the heart of the tree after leaf fail, and
causes dec aV.
Year: 1874

The English are noted for the carly age
Al which they force THEN cattle 10 The beef
point How it is done was told by n
farmer At meeting OF the kin@Scote
Agricultural Association


Twelve cows are engaged in rearing
calves, which are fattened from birth, and
are sold at about twenty-five months old.
when they weigh from 100 to 120 stone.
The calves are, OF course, we'll bred, while
those calves which have TO be purchased
are carefully selected They are weaned
II three months old, having been pre-
viously kept short of milk and fed partly
on cruel, and thus induced to feed on oil
cake and hay. Supposing them TO be
weaned in December. their daily ration at
six months old would be one and three
tourths pounds or two pounds Of linseed-
cake, with the same quantity of bean
meal, and a sufficient amount OF grain,
mangolds and hay. The cake and meal
are gradually increased, till at twelve
months old the calves get twice the guam
titles Just mentioned


In summer the other articles Of diet
which have been named are replaced by
tritolium. (Which is excellent food while
it lasts,) tares, (Which are also good) and
grass, with second-cut cloyer. The whole
OF the green food is cut and brought to
the animals in their sheds and houses,
which they do not quit till the proper
period arrives tor sending them to the
butcher by which time their daily ratons
have been increased TO four pounds OF
cake and six pounds OF bean meal. with
roots and 2 moderate allowance of hay.
The principle of management is to let the
animals continually master or outgrow
their food, pushing them on rapidly the
last three months, SO as TO land them fat
At something under two years old


After some discussion, the following
resolution was passed BY large majority
This meeting is OF opinion that well
bred calf, if kept well from the time it is
dropped, and not turned ont the first year,
can be brought out iii for the butcher At
two wears old, with profit
Year: 1874

\ contributor to the Hartford Courant
says: I'm eNpending our little bay of hay
4 twelve feet cube. or thereabouts-l find
each horse load reminds me by its pc
culiar herbage Of the part Of the mea-
dow it came from, and the circumstances
Of its gathering in the regular inverted
sequence OF the hay harvest The loads
that were perfectly cured gave an account
OF themselves in more aromatic sweet
ness. Those that We're stored With risky
excess of moisture tells the tale in vol
umes of fine mnsty dust, especially in the
middle OF the NOV The heat there was
undoubtedly near the scaldng point the
hay shows q dull, brownish- green Tint.
and has become very dry and brittle
The sngary gums and dried juices belong
ING to hay in its best condition, and tend
ing to preserve the weight and strength
OF its fibre seem to have been quite Con
sumed in the interior parts OF some Of the
loads. so thatthe young ones in one stormy
day, with aiumpng trolic may reduce 4
whole toddering TO the lightest chat. The
outside is in better condition. showing
that il had taken the prccaution 10 pro-
vide one or several small air holes from
the bottom upward, as by pulling up
NlIIulI pieces tl IplNl NHilc lilt lldN WIS ne
ing filed in. this waste Of the richer and
more appetizing portions of the fodder
might have been prevented


4 partial remedy in the use Of such hay
is to sprinkle each fodderng with water
several hours before ii is wantcd-a pail
Of water. say tor ten or twelve animals.
II the hay is fine, whatever provender is
fed may be mingled with it, layer by lay
er. adding more water. from thelnosc OF the
water pot. This without slop upon
clean barn floor, or making the mixture
heavier than wiltcd grass. The water
alone will settle the dust and develop
anew whatever Of fragrance the hay may
be capable ofyielding The Improvement
is as obvious as that produced in stale
bread by steaming or heating in an oven
with a moist cloth 1t is a similar damp
enino by the weather that makes rough
and mustv fodder thrown from the stack
more acceptable to cattle sometimes than
the best dry hay would be"
Year: 1874

The way to escape sadness. when the
light Of one beautiful promise after another
goes out, is to kindle in place thereof the
light Of one glorious reality after another
William r. Ager.