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Year: 1874

between them, owing to his protesting against
her relatives making frequent long visits ~ Ms
house and her encouragement OF them. After the
dispute the visits became moro frequent attended
OF the tragedy brother OF his wife was expected
on Q visit and Mr.. and MRS. Peters had some high
words about II. Mrs. Peters was making prepara-
tons 20 entertain her brother, and had gone TO
the barn to catch some chickens. Her husband
went out to the barn. impelled by feeling ne
into one Of the stalls, and was STOPPING over TO
catch II as he entered. Something in the act
seemed to call ap all the wrongs he thought he
was suffering. and setznR pltchiork, ne stepped
forward and dealt his wife y tremendous blow
over the head She fell TO the door aud never
spoke afserward. The full extent OF the horrid
deed he had committed ct once rushed 70
his mind. He took the body OF his wife
In mis- arms anu csied her by name ana
endeav0red to restore her to consciousness. IL
almost crazed with remorse, the fear OF detection
and punishment for the crime, and the instinct OF
concealng H. predomnated. He ~ nrst thought
he would hide the body IN the straw, and at night
fire the barn. but q better plan presented ITSELF
and he acted upon It, Dragging the body TO the
believing that when the corpse was FOUND IL would
appear that death was caused by the horse. The
BODY was found and the above theory at once ad-
vanced and accepted In the community, not the


least shadow OF suspicion OF foul play being enter
talned


A new years after the death OF Mrs. Peters her
husband married again, and he says that he sub
sequently related to his second Vile the iul par
tlcuars OF the crime.


The friends OF Peters are Mortified at his conies-
TO be insane. II is said, IRON his manner, how
ever that he is perfectly sane and has been driven
by the promptnga OF terrible remOrSe to reveal
the bloody secret Of his life.
Year: 1874

vilanous attempt was made by some un-
known person early yesterday morning to destroy
tue five storied tenement No. $50 First avenue.
The TACT OF the attempt having been made was
learned at SIX A. NJ, when the mante piece in a
vacant room on the third moor Of the building was
noticed To be scorched and some parts oil IL charred
The ire that caused this slight damage may have
been started by some homeless person who sought
refuge in the room for the purpose OF keeping
TO nave oeen started by an Incendlary. Mr..
Esner, the owner OF the building. reported the
yesterday.
Year: 1874

The world is cold, and dreary, and dark,
No song of pleasure, or voice Of lark
Comes to the ear in the weary din
OF toll and turmoil, and woe and sim
We all are full Of trouble and pain
Our weary strivings seem all in vain;
For all we find that our heart approve,
Slips from our grasp as we onward move.
We wandered once through quiet dell,
And all that we found there pleased us we'll.
Contentment and peace filled all the air,
And tho sweet perfume Of flow rcts fair.
But a cloud came DER the landscape fair,
And though very small, was full OF care;
We felt its shadows around US fall,
Thoguh much we tried to avoid them all
And as the shadows around us fell,
We wandered out of the quiet dell,
And into forest, dim and DID,


Where all was dreary and dark and cold,
Where loathsome serpents around us crept
And pale white spectres their vgils kept
And with homcsick tears our eyes were wet,
For our bright past, we could not forget.
So we wandered on with purpose bold,
Throughout the forest SO gray and old,
But ne'er again saw the quiet dell


Whehein were all things that pleased US well
But near our path, even close at hand,
As We wandered through this weary land,
" The shade of great rock DER us hung,
And in its shelter our songs we sung.
And after these hours of sweet content,
Lifting our burdens, our way we went,
But we'll ne'er forget where'er we go,
The friendly Rock, where we rested so,
Feb II, 1874. ELIZABETH.
Year: 1874




Editor Darlington Free Press


DEAR SIR IL have carefully read the
letter to you by T. w. Park, Esq of the
9th inst, in relation to his connection
with the Emma silver mine and its sale.
One-half of the mine was purchased by
Mr.. Park and myself on joint account,
and l was equally interested with him in
the mine until it was sold in London in
October, 1871, | was with Mr.. Park
when he FIRST examined the mine and
know personally Of every transaction be.
fore the mine was sold in London. kept
the books showing the receipts and ex-
penditures during the time we owned the
mine, and all the funds passed through
my hands. After we made the purchase,
a company was organized in New York,
to which the property was conveyed, and
| was the president and treasurer of that
company. After the mine was sold in
London. made the conveyance of it to
the English company under an agreement
Messrs. Park and Stewart had made in
our behalf


was advised by Mr.. Park Of every.
thing he did in London, and from my
knowledge of and connection with the
mine and its sale, have no hesitation in
saying the statements made by Mr.. Park
in his letter to you, are strictly the facts
Of the case.


While | was interested in the Emma
silver mine, we divided among the owners
s250,000 from net profits, and during the
time we were the owners. and for more
than year after it was sold. was IN.
formed by every one who had examined
this property that it was Of immense val.
ue, worth millions Of dollars


While was interested in the mine, l
had repeated applications from parties
who wished to purchase for the English
market, and very liberal offers were made
us. Before and after we purchased the
mine, the ore from it had all been shipped
to England and its exact product could
be asccrtained there, as well as by our
books. 1t is needless for me to add that
the article published in the Nation, and
taken from the man Pafford's pamphlet,
is maliciously and wickedly false.


Yours very truly,


II. II. BAXTER.
Year: 1874

bly, be to my pecuniary disadvantage, it
will oe discovered whether the opposition
to our railroad management is serving
the best interests Of the state. BY the
judgment of the people thus formed. am
content to abide. would retire from
all railroad management if | did not be.
leve my interests were identified with the
interests of the people at large. Certain
ly my position is not pleasant one for a
man to occupy who desires to live in
peace, r. W. PARK
Year: 1874

Professor, said a student in pursuit of
knowledge concerning animals, why does
q cat, while eating, turn her head FIRST
one way and then another For the rea-
son, replied the professor, that she cannot
turn it both ways at once.
Year: 1874

BEDFORD SPRINGS Pa, August IL, 1874.


The season at this old time summer resort-of
which the people OF New York know 30 Iitte-is
now iairiy at its most pleasant and prosperous
point 1t began early in June, and the LIST OF Oc-
tooer will 1nd the place deserted ana as lonely as
churchyard, except TO the very few hardy per-
sons VINO VIII iinger Tor the sport OF hunting the
game that Will abound at that season OF the year.
To chance visitor, one not In the habt OF CON-
ing often TO Bedford springs it is a great mystery
how nve thousand people can gather here year
after year during the summer months and so
little be said aoout it. The newspapers tell
us daily OF Saratoga, Cape May. Long Branch, the
white sulphur. Lake George. Atlantic City and
hundred other places OF recreation that might
mention, but rarely ever Is old Bedford spoken
of unless one Of the army OF itnerant HERALD
correspondents should stray into the place on
his travels for Information. I remember that last
rear HERALD man happened this way, and re-
vtved the place IN letter TO his journal. they
ten me here that that was tse first mention they
had had In New York since tne days when James
Buchanan made Bedford the summer capital OF the
country


For the benefit OF the masses who look only 10
the HERALD to find out what is gong on IN the
world, win give brief descriptionsof the place,
with the merits claimed Tor 1t and the drawbacks
that are sure to meet the critical eye. Bedford
Is small town OF about 1900 people, situated In
.1oA cpppiY % that name In the central aoptberu-
Year: 1874

Nature struggles hard to make up
for any defects in the senses, and she
gives to the blind certain power to
see when the eyes give no help. A
blind man says:


" Whether within a house, in the
open air, whether walking or standing
still, | can tell, though quite blind,
when I am opposite all object, and can
perceive whether it be tall or short,
slender or bulky, I can also detect
whether it be a solitary object or a
continuous fence or composed of open
rails, and often whether it be wood
en- fence, a brick or stone wall or q
thick-set hedge. cannot usually per-
eeive objects If much lower than my
shoulders, and sometimes very low
objects can be detected. This may
depend on the nature of the objects,
or of some abnormal state of the at
mosphere. The currents of air can
have nothing to do with this power,
as the state of the wind does not di-
rectly affect it; the sense of hearing
has nothing 10 do with it, as when
the snow lies thick on the ground OBJ
jects are more distinct, although the
football cannot be heard. | seem to
s0S= OOJtStS tnfouSu Cue sklil VI nay
face, aud have the impressions direct
1y transmitted TO the brain. The only
part of my body possessing this power
is my face; this l have asoertained
by suitable experiments. Stopping
my ears does not interfere with Il, but
covering my face with thick veil
destroys il altogether, None of the
five senses haye anything to do with
this power, and the circumstances
above named induce me to call this
unrecognized sense by the name of
'Facial Perception
Year: 1874

All, is this. then, the common lot.
The end Of earthly love and trust
To be by cherished ones forgot


When the frail body sleeps in dusts
Shall hearts. which now with love run o'er'
Retain for us no deeper trace
Than leaves the foot-pr on the shore,
Which the next wavelet may effaee?
Shall those who one could only live
Within the sunshine of our smile.
To whom existence could not give
Ajoy unshAred by rs the while;
Shall they mid otherjoys live on,


And form anew affections tie,
When we from earth's delights are gone,
Forever hid from human eyer
Ay, thus it is the eternal laws


That rule our nature are Obeyed;
Not in mid-confliet may we pause
To linger long where love is laid.
We pile the turf above the breast
That pillowed once our aching head.
Then tnrn. und leave unto its rest
Our buried, half-forgoaen dead.
Tears-the hearts de solating rain
Awhile upon our path may fall;
But Hopes sweet sunshine smiles again
On all things save the funeral pail;
Anon the dirge's mouFnfal measure
Is changed for some less saddening strain,
And soon the echoing voice of pleasure,
Tells Love and Grief alike were vain,
We form new schemes of future bliss,
New flowers spring up to cheer our way,
And scarcely from our side we miss
The partner Of life's earlier day,
Alas how vain our noblest feelings;
How idle would affection seem.
Did not God give us bright revealings
OF life. where love is not dream.


j A. OSBORN.
Year: 1874

wife fodraw up, and after saying
something TO her, he helped the widow
out of Bills buggy and into his, and
the two women went on, leaving the
men behind. Bill lost no time in ar
ranging his toilet as well as be could,
and then with great persuasion Ed.
got him to go home with him, and
hunting up slippers and socks, and
getting him washed and combed, had
him quite presentable when the wo-
men appeared. | need not tell how
the story was wormed out of bashful
Bill, and how they all laughed as they
sat at the supper table that night but
will conclude by saying that they
went to the shew together, and Bill
has no fear of Gus. Sackrider now.


This is the story about Bill and the
widow, just as got it from Ed. Will
bur, and if there is anything unsatis-
factory about it, ask him.
Year: 1874


Time is money and many people
pay their debts with ii.


Ignorance is the wet nurse of pre-
jjuvfiCe.


Half of the discomforts of life is
the result of getting tired of ourselves.


Benevolenoe is the cream on the
milk of human kindness.


People of good sense are those
whose opinion agree with ours.


Style is everything for sinner, and
a little of it will not hurt saint.


Men nowadays are divided into
slow Christians and wide-awake sin
ners,


There are people who expect to es-
cape hell because of the crowd going
there.


Most of the people are like eggs
too full of themselves to hold any
thing else.


A mule is bad pun on a horse.


Health is loan at call.


Necessity is the mother of invention
but Patent Rights is the father of it.


Beware ofthe man with half shut
eyes, He's not dreaming.


Man was built after all other things
had been made and pronounced good.
If hot, he would have insisted on Civ
ing his orders as to the rest of the
job.


Mice fatten slowly in a church.
They can't live on religion any more
than minister can.
Year: 1874

WE defy any man, woman, or child
to stop at a peach stand one minute
without pressing the cheek of five or
six peaches before he, she, or it, passes
on. Watch and see. Again, as Gu
riosity-a mental phenomenon-why
does it become necessary fora man or
woman to pick up (in dirty paw, it
may be) on butchers stand, every
piece in the pile, and then hold the
piece in the left hand, bend the neck
to the right, and ''scrutinize" the meat
sharply with cooked eyeS Watch
and see.
Year: 1874

A few evenings before the battle Of
Cullodcn, there were gathered in the
apartments Of the Pretendcr, at Inver-
nsss, few Of his friends, for the purpose
Of playing at csrds. In the course Of
the evening the nine Of diamonds be
longing TO the pack with which they
were playing was lost. On the night af-
ter the battle, which resulted 20 diSs-
trously for the rebel army, the Duke Of
Cumberland entered Inverness, and, a.
was his invariable custom, took up his
quarters in the apartments which had
80 recently been occupied by Prince
Charles Edward. On the following
morning, a scout brought in word that a
small portion Of the rebel army had
taken shelter in deep gorge among the
mountains. The Duke at once directed
an officer to take number Of men, sur
round the party, and put every man to
death who was found in arms. The Off
Ger, reluctant TO execute this inhuman
order, and perhaps fearful Of after conse-
quences, declined to take the command
without a written order. The Duke
looked round the room for piece of pa
per on which to write the order, when
some one picked up the lost card, and
presented it to the Duke, who wrote his
order on the back of it, and handed II to
the officer. The soldiers departed on
their errand Of butchery, and 20 well did
they execute the Dukes commands, that
not one of the devoted band of High
landers escaped death. Hence it is that
the nine of diamonds is called the curse
Of Scotland.
Year: 1874

st. Petersburg, the capital of Russia,
is the haven for children who have a
propensity for making mud and sand
pies. In many Of the small public parks
Of that city there are, here and there,
large open spaces covered with gravel.
Every morning in each Of these spaces
may be seen large pile of sand, cone
shaped, about four feet high, and six feet
in diameter at the base. After break
fast, all the children of the neighborhood,
equipped with little spades, hatchcts,
and wagons, repair to these cones, and
employ themselves in digging them down
and scattering the material, according to
their fancy, over the gravel spaces. The
next morning the cones are all ready for
another assault. The city government
provides the sand, and has it piled up in
the cones each night. The result of this
simple plan is that the children acquire
a fondness for exercise and labor, and get
that hcalthful open-air amusement SO
essential to their vitality in city. Per-
haps they always get the usual maternal
spanking for soiling their clothing, but
this is one Of the sweets Of the halcyon
days of childhood that can be looked
back to in after years without revengeful
feelings.
Year: 1874

Some amusing incidents occur among
travellers by rail, and the following We
can vouch for: One day last week a
venerable gentleman was riding over
a Western railroad, when lady entered
at one of the stations with child under
one arm and dog under the other. The
ear being well filled, she made for the
seat where the gentleman was sitting
alone, and was proceeding to stow her
self, child and dog into the vacant seat,
when the gentleman, who has great
aversion for dogs, blandly remarked to
the lady;


Madam, l have no objection to one
baby in this seat, but have the most de-
cided objection 10 twins"


II is, perhaps, needless to say that the
lady petulantly moved on to find seat
for herself and dog.
Year: 1874

Persons who cannot write sign their name,
as is well known, with the mark of y cross.
Such mark, however, can be easily initiated,
and how, in ordinary circumstances, are forge
rom m ~ an American newspaper lev @ Iisis5 there % is,
perhaps, a solution os the difficulty. 4
wealthy merchant in Chilli could not write, and
he signed with q cross. A bill upon him with
a forged cross, on being presented for payment,
was refused. A lawsuit ensued. The Judge
before whom the case was brought asked the
merchant how he could prove that the mark
was a forgery. In reply, he said the proof was
a secret which he would reveal to him pri-
vately. He then explained that in signing
with cross he drew the pen along the side of
his thumb, so that each limb of the cross was
the side of his thumb in profile. The proof
was deemed satisfactory. The holder of the
bill was non-suited.
Year: 1874

Returns of the election in second
congressional district of Vermont
announce the defeat of Judge Poland,
father of the iniquitous ''pressgag
law passed at the last session OF Con
ureSS
Year: 1874

They have n new hired girl over at
keyscr's farm, just outside our town
says Max Adeler, and on Tuesday, be
fore starting TO spend the day with q
friend, Mrs. Keyser instructed the girl
to whitewash the kitchen during her
absence Upon returning, Mrs Key
ser found the job completed in very
satisfactory manner, On Wednesdays
Mrs. Keyser always churns, and last
Wednesday when she was ready she
went out, and, finding that Mr. Key
scr had already put the milk into the
churn she began to turn the handle.
This was at eight o'clock In the morn
ing, and she turned until ten without
any signs Of butter appearing. Then
she called to the hired man and he
turned until dinner time, when be
knocked off with some very offensive
language addressed to that butter which
had not yet come, After dinner the
hired girl took hold of the crank and
turnedit energetically untiltwo o'clock,
when she let go with remark which
conveyed the impression that she be-
lieved the ehurn TO be haunted. Then
Mr.. Keyser came out and said he want
ed to know what was the matter with
that churn, anyhow 1t was good
enough churn if people only knew
enough to work it, Mr.. Keyser then
worked the crank until halfpast three,
when, as the butter had not come, he
surrendered it again to the hired man
because be had an engagement in the
village The man ground the machine
to an accompaniment of frightful i'm
precautions; then the Kcyser children
each took u turn for an hour, then
Mrs. Keyser tried her hand, and when
she was exhausted she again enlisted
the hired girl, who said her prayers
while she turned. But the butter
didn't come. When Keysercame home
and found the churn still in action he
blasted his eyes and did some other
innocent swearing, and then he seized
the handle and said he'd make the but
ter come if he kicked up an earthquake
in doing it. Mr.. Kcyser effected about
two hundred revolutions of the crank
minute, enough to have made any
ordinary butter come from the ends Of
the earth; and when the perspiration
began to stream from him and still the
butter didn't como, he uttered one
wild yell of rage and disappointment
and kicked the chun over the fence.
When Mrs. Kcyser went to pick it up
she put her nose down close to the
buttermilk and took a snuff, Then
she understood how it was. The girl
had mixed the whitewash in the churn
and left it there. A good, honest and
intelligent servant who know show to
churn can find a situation at Keysers.
There is vacancy.
Year: 1874

The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany employ no less than. four fire
trains on the mountain route across
the Sierra. The first is stationed at
Blue Canon, the second at Emigrant
Gap, third at the Summit, and the
fourth at Truckee. Each train con-
sists of a locomotive and three or four
water cars. These cars are about the
same length as an ordinary freight car,
and formed of two inch plank; they
are very strongly put together, as
nearly watertight as possible, and ele-
waited above the track about four feet.
Each car viii hold 1900 gallons Of wa
ter, or not far from 100 barrcls-cqual
in weight to $1,000 pounds. The To-
comotives are arranged with powerful
pumps that throw steady stream, and
do equally as good work as the best
fire engine used in any of the large
cities. Leather hose three inches in
diameter is used, which, when not in
use, is wound upon large reel mounted
on one car of each train, These trains
are kept in constant readiness to pro
cced with all possible speed to the To-
cality of the fire, upon the first alarm.
All Of the 25 miles Of shedding between
Emigrant Gap and Truckee is thor
oughly deluged with water once a
week In sprinkling the sheds, the
pipe man stands on the pilot in front,
of the engine, which moves slowly
along at the rate of two miles an hour


In this work five men are sufficient TO
manage a train. Since the introduc-
ton Of the fire alarm telegraph, with
32 different stations between Emigrant
Gap and Truckcc, the danger of any
very disastrous conhagration in the
sheds is nearly or quite obviated
Year: 1874




Paper is now used very successfully
for making buggy boxes, baskets, belt
ing for machinery, boots, clothing,
household utensiles, etc, etc. For bug
gy boxes its utility is highly apprecia-
ted, as there is no danger of its shrink
ing or cracking, while it is so tough
that it is almost impossible for a horse
to kick ii and make any impression ON
its surface. II is capable of sustaining
very high polish, and the facility
with which it can be moulded into any
shape desired is also advantageous
There is no doubt that it will eventu-
ally supersede wood in the manufac-
turc of many fancy articles, and that
its use for the above purposes will be-
come general e a1flf 800 fl $50
Year: 1874




BREArHINd THRouGn THE NosE.-
The pernicious habit of breathing
through the mouth while sleeping or
working, is very hurtful There are
many persons who sleep with the
mouth open, and do not know it. They
may 20 to sleep with il closed and
wake with it closed but if the mouth
is dry and parched on walking it is
sign that the mouth has been open dur
ing sleep. Snoring is certain sign
This habit should be overcome. At all
times, except when eating, drinking or
speaking, keep the mouth firmly closed
and breathe drought the nostrils, and
retire with firm determination to con-
quer Tho nostrils are the proper
breathing apparatus--not the mouth.
A man may inhale poisonous gases
through themouth without tbeingawar
Of it, but not though the nose,-Science
Of Health.
Year: 1874


WET BooTs.--What an amount OF
discomfort wet boots entail, and how
well we all recall the painful efforts
we have now and then made TO draw
ona pair Of hard-baked bones which
were put by the fire overnight to dry J
Once on, they are a sort Of modern
stocks, destructive Of all comfort, and
entirely demoralizing to the temper.
The following plan il is said, will do
away with this discomfort: When the
boots are taken off fill them quite full
with dry oats. This grain has a great
fondness for damp, and will rapidly
absorb the least vestige of it from the
wet leather. As it quickly and com
pletely takes up the moisture, it swells
and fills the boot with tightly fitting
last, keeping its form good, and drying
the leather without hardening 1t. In
the morning, shake out the oats and
hang them in bag near the fire to
dry, ready for the next wet night
draw on the boots, and go happily and
comfortable about the days work.