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Year: 1874

EITHER A DISCOVERY OR A STRANGE OMISSION FROM


THE CHARTS.


The Italian bark Teresa Picano, owned by
Capt. Plcano her commander, arrived on Saturday
morning at the Atlantic Docks from Queenstown via
Waterford, Ireland. This is the vessel whose captain
reported when he arrived at Queenstown from this port
that on Sept O. when midocean, he discovered high
and shelving projecting 80 feet above the surface
OF the water In order to ascertain what truth there
was In the report TRIBUNE reporter visited the vessel
Yesterday and cOnvfrsed with the officers ana crew
They ell testified that they had seen the rock. Accord
ing their account their course deVdted from that
usually followed by vessels crossing the Atlantic, the
prevailing head winds compelling the vessel to sal
further to the north and south than usual. The rock
was only three miles from the vessel at ono me and
was IN sight for % hours 1t is described looming
up to the hight of the mizzenmast of the vessel
and on 10 the officers state could be plainly
dscernod marks OF the tide, which was at the low
est ebb when the rock first seen. The suggestion
that it might iceberg anything except
a rock was received by all those the vessel with
laughter dersion. They evidently believe that they
have this rock in mdocean. II appears also that
on the chart published in the year S4S rock is marked
near the place described but later charts which
in the possession Of the captain and his mates. do not
indicate it, Tho captain has marked on his chart the
exact location OF the rock he When he arrived In
Queenstown he reported what he ha seen but his state
ments were received with incredibly He insists how
ever with much earnestnes5 upon the existence OF
the rock and is supported warmly by the officers
crew that his statement carries with IL great weight
The SUM- says, shone brightly upon the rock while it
was in sight. and ne could not have been mis-
taken He states that he made Obscr-
vation OH Sept Q, and found that he
was in 40 north latitude and go 1S west latitude. The
observation. be SAYS, perfect At p. IN. he went
on geek When w. n. L. from this position he deserted
a spot the hofZOn. The vessel proceeded in
northery direction beating up dead to windward and
the object gradually Increased in size un 1t plainly
seen by every On board II was rock.


There was difference Of L In longitude and % TO-
latitude between the point Indicated on the chart Of
ISs and that occupied by this rock, according To the
measurements OF the first mate When asked whether
he thought This the rock marked upon tie chart OF
the replied he could not tell. The discoyercr
may have made in ls measurements or IL may
ba an a her uear he nj
Year: 1874

FROM all parts of the county we
hear reports of satisfaction and enthn-
sasm with reference to the nomina-
tions made by the Republican Con-
vention last Saturday. The prospect
of a large majority for the right at tho
polls in this county is rapidly growing
brighter. There are unmistakable
signs Of such an earnest interest in the
result of October's election, that
fuller vote than has been cast in Mari
on county for years is anticipated.


Republicans there Is nothing dis
couraginC in the outlook. If one"halt
of the one thousand votes which staid
at home last year come to the polls
this year our majority will reach and
exceed that by which we were defeat
ed last year. Place your township
tickets in the field, select your best
men, set the forces to work, be active,
discreet and vigilant, and the field is
ours.
Year: 1874

How TO BE R1cH.-The way to get
rich is to be punctual! The way to
preserve it is not to use it too much.
Settle often; have short accounts.


Trust no mans appearances--they
are deceptive-perhaps assumed for the
purpose Of obtaining credit. Beware
Of gaudy exteriots. Rogues generally
dress we'll. The rich men are plain
men: Trust him, if any one. who car
RIGS but little ON his back. Never trust
him who flies into . passion on being
dunned; make him pay quickly if there
be any virtue in the law. ,.at


Be well satisfied before you give cred-
it that those to whom you give it ara
safe men to be trusted. Sell your goods
at a small advance, and never misrSp-
resent them; for those whom you once
deceive will beware Of you the second
time. Deal uprightly with all men and
they will repose confidence in you, and
soon become permanent customers.


Trust no stranger. Your goods are
better than doubtful charges. What
is character worth if you make it chean
by crediting all alike? Agree befors=
hand with every man about to do q inb;
and, if large put in writing. Il any
decline this, quit or be cheated.


Though you want a job ever so much, ),
make oil sure at the outset, and in q
case at all doubtful make sure of . guar
antee. Be not afraid to ask tit is
the best test of responsibility; for, If
offense be taken, you have escaped
loss.
Year: 1874

NAoy AAO sSA2 AOS1s
To The Editor:


DEAR EDITOR ii ment to write Last
week but was so busy. planted part
Of acre Of poalos Last week and number
of other garden seeds I also owne one
goose And she has seven goslins on the
frset Of May was to May day party
there was % Of US it was not very fine
Day But we injoyd our selves very Mutch
and Met at the grange hall and we had a
good time Miss haty stone was chosen for
our queen think she looked like little
farey that we sometimes reade about when
they placed the crown upon her he'd. we
have good sundy school Now Mr. stone is
our father is Building
Bridge few Mlese from home And The
rest Of the family are in Bed. I Must fin
ish this shorte Letter for it is after 10
clock, good Night Kinde Editor.


LILLE NJ. BOUSTEAD.
Year: 1874

We give limited space in our col.
umns from communications for children
and young writer's. We do so to encor-
age them first to think, and mex to write
and print their thonghts. We are com.
PEELED, however, to give some instructions
in this matter. Before writing be sure
and have something to say. Tell US
about your stock, about your crops,
about your chickens, ducks, turkeys &c.,
about your fruit trees about the sue
cess of your schools, about the health
ofyour neighborhood whether you have
too much or too little rain for your
crops.


You see there are plenty Of subjects
to write about that will be of general
interest to all readers.


Be sure and look out the words and
spell correctly. This week the waste
basket received several letters from this
fault mainly. If we trimmed up the
letters the writer would sail under false
colors, and our effort to encourage edu-
cation would fail Of its object. We are
pleased to learn from our young friends,
but We want them to think as we'll as
write. Suppose the little 9 year old
girl takes her dictionary and writes her
letter all over, looking out every word,
aud see how many mistakes in spelling
she can find. No better way to improve
the youthful mind.
Year: 1874

-We have devoted this column to our
young in order to interest and improve
them, and we hope that the boys and girls
who write for THE GRANGE ADVANCE viii
try to see how nicely they can write, and
how much better they can write each time.
Remember that the boys and girls Of to-
day will soon be the men and women of our
country, and in their hands will be the
farms, the homes, the schools, the interests
and welfare Of the State and Nation.
Year: 1874

MAP11 FARM, May 7sh, 1874.
Mr. Editor, Grangs Advance:


have red your paper sevrel times and
are interested in it and hope that every
girl and boy is the same We have pretty
good time hsar there is singing school hear
We have good teacher hear we like him
very much his name is Mr.. Noel we have
learned quite good deal I am years old
I CESS I must stop now if you publish this
letter will write again good bye Mr. Edi-
tor with respect farmers Daughter.
Year: 1874

A proposition to !" start ano agricul. tural weekly and printing-house," on the joint stock plan, :" the shares to be made available to the smaS Sarmers and farm laborers," was defeYfed for more deliberate consideration by the Mary. land Grange. The New York Tribune, in speaking of the matter, says b t.It is not so difficult to begin such an en- terprise, but to keep newspaper run ming, in the sharp competition of the present day, requires more outlay of money and of labor than persons un- familiar with the practical details are willing to believe. The failures of such schemes in this city alone are each year counted by the dozen. and yet there seems to be something so beguiling about the business that new victims are always on the short and rapid journey to the sacrifice. It is safe to be blind and deaf to any person who comes for ward with attractive columns of figures which appear to prove that there is sure fortune in new periodical. Least of all should small farmers and laborers be asked to risk their slender savings in any such seductive lottery"
Year: 1874

Moderation in the of stimulants, like the avoid
ance of all excesses, is unquestonably praiseworhy
and lifeprolonging All sensible persons admit this
But the vendors of non-alcoholc slops. desrous of
undermining the reputation of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters in order to sell their own worthless trash
have thought fit to go to the length of denouncng as
baneful in the extreme all inyigorsnts containing
spirits Now the very of this is the case the
fact being that no vegetable btters entirely devoid of
alcohol are worth rush, that being the one ingredi-
ent which prevents the decomposition and sourfng of
the others. Probably no one knows better than YOU
Messieurs the Trumpery Tonic Venedrs. that the
perfectly pure liquor used to dissolve the botanic
constituents Of Hostetters Stomach Bitters is the
very best medium that could have been selected to
facilitate and confirm The invgorating, protective
and remedial action of the great stomachlc.
Year: 1874

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are in
ali cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
bat as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
nunications that are not used.
Year: 1874

The Toronto Globe, the ablest and most
important of the Dominion journals, takes up
the discussion in the PRESS, of the business
relations and connections of Portland, in a
leading article under the heading of ''Port
land in Maine." This article is of so much
interest and consequence to our business men
who are considering the question of transpor-
,tation facilities, that we commend it to their
careful perusal. The cordial feeling express
ed should be met by reciprocally warm well
come on our part, and we should leave no
room for the accomplishment of the menace
suggested at the close of the article. Thor
oughlY friendly relations are important to
both parties, and sentiment of antagonsm
should not be allowed to grow through any
neglect of ours to fulfill our share of the effort
required to facilitate commerce between the
nations.


The Globe article IS as follows:


The Portland PRESS, in an article on the
progress and enterprise connected with that
city, endeayors to impress its readers with the
Importance of encouraging, as ''the main reli-
ance for developing our commercial resources"
the railways which make Portland the shipping
W
of ocean steamers are, the PRESS points out,
only auxillaries of the railways that link the
city with far distant regions whence Yves tern
produce seeks the Atlantic seaboard. The
PRESS goes on to refer to the railways existing
between Portland and other American cities
Boston has its manufactures; Baltimore and
Philadelphia are nearer to the great dlstribut-
ing points of the West than Portland But
then, says the PRESS: "We have the advan-
tage in geographical position, relative to Great
Britain and her North American colonies, in
our connection through the Grand Trunk with
Canada, which furnishes SO large per centage
of the business for European steamers, as we'll
as with the West, and in being the Atlantic
terminus of a line owned and controlled by
English capitalists whose interest is to have the
channel of trade between Great Britain and
Canada run through our city, and who have an
American company can command"


What does all this prove but that very close
identity OF interest exists between Portland
and the Dominion, with which the Grand Trunk
Railway places her in such close relations
There can be no doubt that great deal de-
pends on the spirit in which Americans meet
the people of Canada, as to whether those re-
lations are rendered more intimate and profita-
ble or the reverse. Americans have it lust
now in their power to invite Or repel the sub
jects of the Dominion by assuming an attitude
either friendly or hostile, as respects the com
Inercal intercourse of the two countries. If an
enlightened and liberal spirit should guide the
councils of the Republic, no cne will rejoice
more than the people of Canada to see Port
land, or any other city of the states reap the
benefit. If, on the other hand, commercial
monoDolles and shortsighted policy should
prevail, Canadians would be more than human
II they did not decide on taking care in the first
place of themselves, and seeking, as far as pos
sible, to be independent of uucongenial neigh
bors.
Year: 1874

IT. Is mus seen That The boats are burdened
very evenly and we may expect to see re-
not predict success In either direction from
the present outlook.


The following is a list of the oarsmen, and
the dimensions of each racing boat
Year: 1874

Moral CoUR4GE.-'sHave the
courage to face a difficulty. lest it kick
you harder than you bargained for.
Difficulties, like thieves, often disap-
pear at glance. Have the courage
to leave a convivial party at the prop
er hour for doing so, however great
the sacrifice, and to stay away from
one upon the slightest ground for OBJ
lection, however great the temptation
to go. Have the courage to do with
out that which you do not need, however
much you may admire it. Have the
courage to speak your mind when it is
necessary that yeu do SO, and hold
your tongue when it is better you
should be silent. Have the courage to
speak to poor friend in seedy coat,
even in the street, and when rich
one is nigh. The effort is less than
manv people take it to be; and the act
is worthy of king. Have the
courage to admit that you have been
in the wrong, and you will remove the
fact in the mind of others, putting a
desirable impression in the place of an
unfayorable one. Having the courage
to adhere to the first resolution when
YOU cannot change it for better, and
to abandon it at the eleventh hour
upon conviction.
Year: 1874

The wise man, conscious Of su-
perior talent, and the philanthopist,
desirous of the public veal and even
the interested man, who looks to his
personal advantage and progress. must
give themselves and their energies to
studies which involve the immediate
wants of their fellow-men. even though
their best directed efforts should fail of
the desired results. And the simple
reason is that, if the best qualified
minds decline to undertake this task,
it will most assuredly be assumed by
the ignorant and presumptious.
Year: 1874

-SOne thing is set off against an
other You can get no good without
incufMng the risk of some proportion
ate evil. You can have no pleasure
but some pain goes with it. Nothing
for nothing ; everything must be bought
with its common price.
Year: 1874

How near we may be to warm
heart, and yet be frozen How care
lessly we pass by the pool of Bethesda,
with its waiting crowd, without thinking
we might be the angel to trouble the wa
ters? This thought is often oppressive
in the crowd of a city hurrying home
at nightfall. What burden does this
man or that woman carry, known only
to their Maker How many among
them may be just at the dividing line
between hope and despair? And how
some faces remind you Of dumb ami
NAL, who bears It's pain meGkly and
mournfully, yet cringing lest some
careless foot should at any moment,
render it uncomfortable haunting you
as you go to your home as if you wefe
verify guilty il ignoring it.
Year: 1874

View life as discipline and you
have the solution of all it's enigmas,
and a justification of all its ills. Use
it as discipline, and you will never be
quite overcome by it's sorrows. 1t is
because we do not so view it and use
it that we quarrel with our lot Be
lieve that your lot, however crossed, is
the best possible lot for you, the only
one by which the ends of life for you
can be obtained Believe, in all trib-
ulation and trial, that God has consid-
cred your particular case, and adjusted
the course of nature to it, as if nature
existed for your behoof; not to crafty
your selfish appetite, not to pamper
your sense with sweets, or your pride
with pomps, but to draw from you the
uttermOst that is in your worth and
work
Year: 1874

The resources of the Great Ruler
of the Universe are not so scanty and
so stern as to deny men the divine pri-
vilege of free will. We can carve out
our own way, and God can make our
very contradictions harmonic with his
designs.
Year: 1874

For the average of men the doom
must always be work, and although a
man is distinctly happier for knowledge
of any art, or for any knowledge or
almost any employment outside h is
daily labor, we doubt if the entrance of
ambition into that pursuit does not take
away half its charm in destroying all
it's restfulness.
Year: 1874




The ruin of most men dates from
some vacant hour Occupation is the
armor df the soul. There is a satiri-
cal poem, in which the devil is repre-
sented as fishing for man, and fitting
his bait to the taste and business of
his prey, but the idler, he said gave
him no trouble, as he BIT the naked
hook.


A bud is a more elegant Offering
and more Complimentary than full
blown flower. If you wish your ideas
to expand, do not let the whole pro-
cess of expansion take place in your
over writing or conversation. Leave
part of it for the mind of your hearer
or reader.
Year: 1874

1t is the water outside the ship
that tosses it about, but it is the water
that goes into a ship that sinks it. So
all the grievous sin in the world is as
nothing compared with the moity with
in thine own heart.
Year: 1874

The shining crystal snow is moth
ing but dark water purified by frost,
and SO the sanity souls we sometimes
see, are only our common human ma
ture, sanctifed by sorrow and sweetened
by faith.
Year: 1874

No hOusekeeper should ne without a
bottle If ammonia, for besides its medi-
cal value, its it is invaluable
for hOusehOuid purposes, II
is nearly as useful as soap, and its
cheapnesS brings il within reach of all.
Put teaspoOnful of ammonia to a
quart of warm soap-suds, dip in a fan
mel cloth and wipe off the dust and fly
specks, and see tor yourself how much
labor it will save. No scrubbing will
be needful. 1t will clease and brigh-
ten silver wonderfully. To pint Of
suds mix a teaspOOuful of the spirits,
dip in your silver spoons, forks, &C.,
rub with brush and polish with cha
mois skins.


For washing mirrors and windows
it Is very desirable; put a few drops of
ammonia on a piece of paper and it
will readily take off every spot or fin
ger mark Oh. the glass. It will take
out greasy spots from every fabric !;
put on the ammonia nearly clear, lay
blOtting paper over the place and press
a hot tlat-iIon OH 1t for few moments.
a few drops of water will clean lqces
and whiteu them as well also musIins.
Then it is a most refreshing agent at
the toilet table; few drops in basin
of water will make Il better bath than
pure water, and if the skin is oily, it
will remove the g.OSsinCss and disa-
greeable orders. Added to foo, att it
entirely absOrbs all .UxiOus smell 80
often arising from Jhe feet in warm
weather, and nothing is better for
cleaning the hair from dandTuff and
dust. For cleaning hair and naii brush
es it is equally good.


Put "A teaSpoOnful of ammonia into
one pint of water, and shake the brush
es through the water. " When they
look white rinse them in water and
put them in the sunshine, or in a
warm place to dry. The dirtiest brush
es will come out of this bath white and
clean. For medicinal purposes ammo
MIA is always unrivaled. For the head
ache it is a desirable stimulant, and
frequent inhalirg of its pungent OdOrs
will often entirely remove catarrhal
colds. There Is no better remedy for
heartburn and dyspepsia, and the arO-
matte spirits of ammonia is especially
prepared for these troubles. Ten drops
of it in ne-glass Of water are often
Il great relief. The spirits of ammonia
can be taken in the same way, but it
is not as palatable.


In addition to all these uses. the eff
feet of ammonia on vegetation is benC-
fetal. If you desire roses, geraniums,
fuchsias, &c, to become more flourish
ing, you can Try it upon them by ad-
ding five or six drops to every pint OF
warm water that you give them, but
don repeat the dose oftener than once
in five or six days, lest you stimu-
late them too highly. So be sure and
keep large bottle of it in the house
and have II glass stopper for it, as it is
very evanescent and also injurious to
| corks-
Year: 1874

immediately after the recent at
tempt at the arraignment Of Ply
mouth Church for irregularities of
lis Pastor, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, that celebrated pulpit
orator seems to have been much
improved in temper by his tri-
umph, and he preached a sermon
of which the following is pOr~
ton.


Those who stagger and disbe-
lieve because they cannot under~
stand Gods ways, will find some
light here:


knowledge is relative. When you
know the best things you only know
them in spots. 1t is not given to man
even to know the nature of the world
in which he is dwelling nor of its re-
lations to the universe; and when we
rise into the great life, when we have
been there, all the little particles of
knowledge over which we swell with
pride will seem like fragments. We
know as little about the whole system
as the old BedOuin knO VS. about civili-
Zation, and once there we shall no
more desire to go back to our present
knowledge than Newton would de-
sire to go back into the nursery to play
with a string and top. Continuing,
Mr.. Beechel said that among all these
changing things love abided constant.
That which remained constant under
all circumstances was the Eeart that
which changed was the understand
ing and its knowledges. We were to
try to develop a Christ-like DISPOSE
ton, and love was the central power,
and this would work out truth and
Justice. 1t was the architectural force
by which the world was to be recon-
structed in wisdom, in doctrine, and
in liberty. If it was true that men
must steer towards orthodoxy, towards
right believing, they must steer to-
wards the disposition manifested in
Jesus Christ, the gift of God, OF which
the central force was love. Men
stand and say. first pure and then
peaceable :; as If a men had No right 10
be peaceable until he was pure as it
the world would not be squabbllng
alenagerie of animals lei loose they
were to wait until they were pure be-
fore they were peaceable. Calling the