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Year: 1874

I met the maiden that loved


One evening on the lea
And, save peering star or two,
All by ourselves were we.
The silken moths few round about,
And softly moved the air,
But softer on my shoulder fell


The futter Of her hair.
And 30 we walked an hour or more:
How swift the minutes sped
And then we parted---well-a-day,
What might I not have said y
met the maiden that loved


One sweet May-morn again,
And save the happy Sabbath bells,
No sound was In the lane.
But when looked her in the face,
So fast the bushes few,
No wild-rose blossoms in the spring
Had ever such hue.
And 30 we wandered toward the church
How softly the minutes sped
And then we parted--well-a-day,
What might not have said
met the maiden that loved


Once more In after years,
And as she passed me in the street
/ scarce could look, for tears.
For by her side stranger walked,
And she might be his bride
But oh she smiled not as of yore,
Our darling village pride.
Then most thought Of one still eve,
OF one May-morn, now sped,
And how we warted---well-a-day,
What might not have said
Year: 1874

To CLEAN Door PLATEs. --UHc
weak solution Of ammonia in water,
applied with u wet rag. THIS wash
is equally useful for silver plate DC.


Poor MANS PUDDING. One tea
cup Of rice, one tcacup of sugar, two
quarts ofsweet milk. A little salt
and navoring. Mix all together and
bake three hours in a slow oven.


A NATURAL DEYTTFEcE.-It IS said
that the common strawberry is a naiu-
raj dentifricc and its juice without
any preparation dissolvcs the tarta
rous incrustations on teeth and makes
the breath sweet and agreeable.


To KEEP WoRms FROM DRIED
FRUIT.-Placc your fruit in a steam
or over a,pot Of boiling water, COW
cred tightly. When thoroughly
heated, tie them Immediately in q
clean linen or cotton bag, and hang
them up. This method is preferable
to heating in an oven, rs that is apt
to render them hard, even If you are
SO fortunate as not TO burn them.


LUNCHEON CAKE.-Onc pound OF
dough, two ounces OF butter, two
ounces pounded sugar, two eggs
Beat ali well together in a BASIN III
the same manner as eggs are beaten,
only using the hand instead Of the
whisk, set in Il plain mould to rise ior
thrcc-quartcra Of an hour; then bake
in quick oven. When eaten II
should have the appearance Of hon
cy comb. This is very nice lun-
chcon cake, and will make delicious
toast when stale.


COTTAGE PIE.-Mince any kind OF
cold meat togcthcr-bcefj mutton,
veal. pork or lamb-put it about an
inch or an inch aad q half deep in a
pie-dish and cover it with gravy;
don't spmc salt and pepper; cover
it over with mashed potatoes smooth
at the top, and cut it across IN dia-
monds with q knife, bake till It ls
stiff and brown at the top. A little
Worcester sauce may be considered
an improvement, and IN onion, if
not objected to.


A Coon DIsH.-Wash a breakfast
cup full of Indian rice in two or three
waters, and drain then slice an OIL
ion; nextgct a small knucklc Of veal
stew the veal slowly until half do@,
and then add the rice and onion,
blade of mace, a few white pepper
corns, and if liked n few cardnmons.
Cover close and cook gently until the
rice is done season with salt to taste,
and serve very hot. This dish may
be made with the scrag end OF a neck
| of mutton, fat being carefully cut Oh,
or with a fat young chicken. The
/ latter is most delicate for en- invalid.
Year: 1874

THE SroRE-ROoM. Tho store


room is, or should be the treasury of
house, and the pride Of the mistress;


it is from this gafnered store that


she draws supplies in all those cases
of sudden need which occur in neigh


buhCods and families, and it Is also


the safe receptacle Of the cheicet
daintiesrequired forjas and holidays,


birthdays and festivals, which lose


half their rarity, if they DO not burst


upon old and young as some sort OF a
surprise.


Moreover, though It is possible to
buy delicacics, vet it is not always
possible to buy the delicacy you want,
prepared in the manner you prefer.
or to which you have become accus.
toned. Half the plcastlrc Of q house
or homo of your own, consists in be-
ing able to CRAFTY your own tastes
and preferences, and those of your
own Immediate family; and the wife
who docs not make study Of This
branch of domestic science, noglects
a very potent influence in the crea-
tion and preservation Of the health
and happiness of the household,


But It must never be forgotten,
that in city or country, while store
room requires personal care and at
tention, while exquisite cleanliness,
and order, and regularity are necos-
sary to its well being and the salts,
faction to be derived from it, yet
these arc not the ends Of its existence.
1t lives TO he useful TO others; it
keeps safe from contact, and smell,
and base usage, in order that tho Of
fering may be moro perfect. DO not
let us, in "our house. at least, forget
the end in the means, OF subordinate
the greater to the less, by making
the points of household doctrine. or
der, cleanliness, regularity, all impor-
tant, and put out of sight the com.
fort, the health, the happiness of tho
family, for whom oil these exist, and
for whose benefit they were created.
Prom "OuR HOUSE," By jenny
June, in Demorcses Monthly for July.


PROFIT IN PouLTRY.--It Is often
asked if there is any profit in poul
try keeping. In keeping ravcn0us
Aocks of from forty to fifty fowls.
which lay no more than that number
of eggs during the whole Winter,
there certainly is no profit. But a
flock of from twenty to thirty well:
cared for hens, laying Summer and
Winter, will moro than pay their
way, rs any skcptic will be convinced
on trial. Nor is there any doubt
that large numbers of fowls may DO
kept with proportionate profit, II no
more than thirty are confined in a
single house or yard. Every family
having the use Of plot of ground OF
sufficient size, should keep . few
fowls for the sake OF the children,
under whose charge they should be;
and no matter if they are a dead loss
pccuniarily, t,e advantages of the
care taking habits thus gained, will
he incalculablc TO the children.


KEEP YoUYG CHrCKs WARM
If chickens are allowed TO paddle
around in the cold wet straw and wa
ter holes in the barn yard too many
hours u day, when they ought to be
on dry floor, they will surely have
cramps. When they arc sleepy or
sickly looking, they have doubtless
been drinking from some high color
cd soak-water of the manure or other
filthy drain, or slop water such wafer
will sicken chickens, if it don't Kill
them.
Year: 1874

SALE OF PANTINGs.-We once more call
attention to the sale of paintings by b. Scott,
Jr., at COS Market street, which commences
this afternoon at O'Clock and CONTINUES this
evening. The sale wilt also be continued
to morrow afternoon and evening. These
picturers are all worthy of Inspection and
purchase, while some of them are rare gems
OF art, Our art loving people should altend
this said in numbers
Year: 1874

Altogether the most interesting case
of somnambulism on record Is that
of a young ecclesiastic, the narrative
Of which, from the immediate COM
munication of an archbishop of Bor-
deaux, is one given under the head of
Somnambulism. in the "French Encyclo-
padia.' This young ecclesiastic when
the archbishop was at the same seminary.
used to rise every night and write sermons
or pieces of music. To study his condition
the archbishop betook himself several
nights to the chamber of the young man,
where he made the following observa-
tions:


The young man used to rise, to take
paper and write. Before he wrote music
he would take stick and rule the lines
with it; he wrote the notes, together with
the words corresponding with them, with
perfect correctness; or. when he had
written the words too wide, he altered
| them. The notes that were to be black he
| filled in after he had completed the whole.
After completing a sermon, he read it
aloud from beginning to end: if any pas
sage displeased him he erased it, and wrote
the amended passage correctly over the
other. To ascertain whether he used his
eyes, the archbishop interposed sheet OF
pasteboard between the writing and his
face. He took not the least notice, but
went on writing as before. The limitation
of his perceptions to what he was thinking
| about was very curious.


! A bit Of anisseed cake that he sought
for he ate approvingly; but when on any
other occasion a piece Of tho same cake
was put into his mouth, he spit it out with
out observation. The following instance
OF the perceptions upon, or rather their
subordination to, his preconceived ideas,
is truly wonderful. 1t is to be observed
that he always knew when his pen had ink
in it. Likewise if they adroitly changed
his papers when he was writing, he knew
| if the sheet substituted was of different
size from the former, and appeared en-
barrassed in that case; but if the fresh
sheet of paper which was substituted for
that written on was exactly Of the same
size OF the former. he did not appear to be
aware of the change; and he would con
tnue TO read off his composition from the
blank sheet of paper as fuently as when
the manuscript lay before him nay. more.
he would continue his corrections and in
troduce the amended passage, writing it
upon exactly the place on the blank sheet
which it would have occupied on the
written page.
Year: 1874

IL you are, am not. l see nothing to
get mad about" and then went into the


house. Ingram went around the house,
and the witness went around on the other
side, just as witness turned the corner, he
saw the pistol fired. the defendant stand
ing in front of the door. The deceased
fell half way out Of the door. lie was
standing in the door helding to it when
shot. He died in fifteen minutes, saying
as he fell,
Year: 1874

ITS GREAT MAGNITUDE,
with considerable care, and tie court had
concluded that the judgment of the low.
er court should be affirmed. lie then
asked the prisoner if be had anything to
say why the
Year: 1874

"THoU SHALT DO NO MURDER"


This is proper attoncment to the laws Of
man, but the laws Of God can be appeased
only by renitence and prayer and an
humble trust in His all,pcryading mercy.
Your victim was an old and unofleudipg
man. He had done you no wrong be
was man of kindly and gentle spirit.
You deliberately armed yourself with
Year: 1874

TO TELL HOW THE KILLING WAS DONE,
but Judge Sneed said that it was hardly
worth while to show that, as the proof was
on record.


lie then addressed the doomed man as
follows: The terrible death penalty
which is about to be pronounced upon
you, and which will be inflicted upon you,
is not the judgment Of these judges,
Year: 1874

wAYLAJD HIM ON Ills PATH.


and slew him while he was retrcating from
you to save his life. There is not an ex-
tenuating fact in the case upon which you
can claim immunity or mercy Of any hui
man law, and l admonish you not to de-
luie yourself with any false hopes that
the Governor, or any other human pow.
Year: 1875

AssAULTED.-On Saturday evening,
as shifting train on the Philadelphia,
wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
was passing through the Tenth Ward,
some OF the men discovered a colored
man lying between the tracks. They
examined him and found him to be in
drunken sleep, with stab in his
back, bruise on his shoulder and a
cut on his head. His name is Alex.
ander Ash, and he lives on East Lib
erty street. He was taken home and
provided with medical assistance, as
his injuries were quite serious. 1t is
supposed that he was engaged in a
drunken row, and his assailants left
him for dead at the place where he
was found.
Year: 1875

SLIGHT FTRE.-The alarm of fire at
noon yesterday was caused by the bur-
ming of some oily waste in the rear of
fools machine shop, foot of Thorn
street. The fire was promptly discov-
cred and extinguished and the greatest
damage sustained was that to the Wa
ter Witch steamer which in turning at
Front and shipley streets, caused the
back wheel to come in contact with
the curb, completely demolishing the
wheel. An old one was brought from
the engine house and after delay of
half an hour the engine was taken
home.
Year: 1875

That Iron Is Valuable as n Medic line
has long been known, but 1t 10 only since its
preparation in the particular form of Peru


wan syrup that it's full power over disease


has been brought to light. Its effect In cases
| of dyspepsia AID debility Is most salutary.
Year: 1875

EvEnYrunHa points to Grant as the
nominee of the republican party Tor =
third term. The Western editor, who
predicted that the man Of destiny
would never leave the White Ioase
until they carried hlm out IN a coffin,
may prove, after ell, to have been
right.
Year: 1875

. God is building to-day greater
temple than he built by the hand of
Solomon. This is the Church in
the world. Aud He is calling upon
the people to make conservation to
this great work. He asks men to con-
secrate the affections of their hearts;
to love Him with all the heart, mind,
soul and strength. He calls upon them
to consecrate their intellect to His
service. He wants them to give their
best thoughts to Him; to use their
brains for Him; to plan and devise and
direct. He asks them to consecrate
their voices to Him; to give Him all
the power that lies in eloquence and
song. He wants them to contribute
the service of their hands to Him; to
work for Him in all the necessary call
ings of life; to write for Him and send
their printed thoughts out on the
wings of the wind. He calls on them
to consecrate their money to Him, to
be used as He may direct. He wants
this money to build churches, schools,
hospitals and asylums; to print leaves
that shall be for the healing of the
nations; to provide for the wants of
the poor, who are His representatives
on earth.-GOOd NeWS.
Year: 1875

If the ambiguous whisperings that are
heard in regard to negotiations with Tweed
are to be given any credence it appears that
the heavy exile is willing to pay nearly
million dollars for the right to live in this
city unmolested of the authorities, and for
such peace of mind as he can obtain from
this sort of compromise with justice. From
which it would appear that he either rates
his peace of mind very highly or that he
iinks'' of life in Belgium or other foreign
countries. Tweeds estimate of the value
Of the privilege of living in this
city is all the more remarkable if,
rs is alleged, the million he is willing to
pay will exhaust what remains of the plum
der. He loves the city well enough to live
as Il poor man here rather than rs rich
man elsewhere; and it is odd, therefore, that
he did not love it well enough not to rob
it 50 mercilcssly. But he is, it seems,
even 50 solcitous to carry out this arrange
ment for the purchase of immunity that he
who. it is presumable, were more or less i'm
pIicated in his rogueries. Disclosures are
threatened, vague terrors are held out
to cast shadow on any con-
sciences that may be in shaky
condition, all with view to enforce assist
ance or to frighten the timid who may have
assumed any position of hostility. This is n
very queer spectacle to soc-a fugitive from
justice put forth from his safe hiding place
the airy fulminations Of his wrath against
people thus far not known as his accomplices.
But this is probably only one more demon
stration Of his peculiar style 1t is the same
sort OF bravado, empty and yet for a time
effective, that led him when first accused to
defy justice. Others, with more logic in
them and less assurance, would have fled;
but the seli-confdent and dull-witted Tweed
only turned with the taunt, "What are you
going to do about it?"
Year: 1875

No patriot will object if in doing 50 we re-
move the last yestige of Cesarism. When
Mr. Pierrepont spoke some time ago in rap
turous way Of the 'era Of good feeling, he
little imagined that the democrats themselves
would offer a resolution which, if properly
accepted, would mark the opening Of that


era. 1t is by measures such as these that the
democrats will retain the power that they
have won. 1t is by craftsmanship based
upon these broad, liberal, generous princi-
Piles that the nation can be brought under
democratic rule. We do not know
whether partisanship in Washington has
gone so far, or made such deep
assures between thinking men, that
proposition of this kind would not be con-
sidered. But we commend it earnestly to
the patriotic members of both parties Let
us end this C@sarism terror. Let us secure
the one term idea, and in such manner as
TO compel the friends of Grant themselves to
support it. Let us recognize, even in an ex-
ceptional degree, the memorable services of
Grant. Let us be just to our President.
With this amendment part of the law the
country can feel that the dreariest phantom
that ever oppressed the politics of America
has faded out of sight. We can begin our
second centenary in the enjoyment of that
era of good feeling for which patriots have
hoped and prayed SO long.
Year: 1875

1t is not pleasant to read of the efforts that
are making to stay the sentence of execution
passed upon Dolan and the three negro mur-
derers who are condemned to die tomorrow.
We mean by this that the uncertainty which
exists in reference to this execution is un-
fortunate in double sense. First, it is an
encouragement to those who break the law
to expect immunity from just punishment !;
second, it is torture to the prisoners them
selves These unhappy men should have
some time for preparation for their awful
fate. According to our legal system every
moment from pronouncing sentence till the
execution is q moment Of hope and expec-
tation. Now, we would be far from denying to
any of these wretched people the utmost
benefit of the law. If there is any evidence,
for instance, going to show that Dolan did
not commit the murder of Mr.. Noe, or tend
ing to show that Staudermann is insane, or
lessening the guilt of any of the three
wretched negroes, let it be known. If the
sentence is unjust let it be changed. But
capital punishment, to be at all effective in
our system ofgovernment, should be prompt
and decisive as in France and England.
The action of the Court should close the mat
ter. The Governor should make known
his final decision for or against mercy at least
ten days or two weeks before the execution
of the sentence From that decision and
from the action of the Court there should
be no possible appeal. This is due to hu-
manity as well as to justice. 1t is hard to think
of these wretched men in the Tombs living
from hour to hour in the hope that their
lawyers or their friends will secure re-
prieve. AS it is now no one can tell
whether this execution will take place to-
morrow or not, because it is just possible
that at twelve o'clock tonight some busy
lawyer will induce the Governor to grant q
reprieve. OF course if it is the Governors
duty to grant reprieve he should do it, but
we repeat, that in all matt srs of this kind
the decision of the courts should be final
and there should be time allowed between
that dread arbitration and the execution Of
the sentence for the condemned man to pre-
pare for the other world. We can imagine
no system of cruelty, Chinese or Indian, as
terrible as what we impose upon men SEN
fenced TO death in New York
Year: 1875

THE REWARD OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
gold, offered by the managers of the Direct
Cable for information leading to the "dis-s
covery of the vessel which broke their cable,
shows that they believe the break to have
been caused by human agency but whether
the result Of accident or design they do not
aver. This puts very serious face upon the
matter. To purposely break cable is as
grave a crime as to scuttle ship, and should
be treated as vigorously as piracy upon the
high seas Apart from the question of
property-and in such case it represents
mllions-the act would be treason to human
intelligence. We hope the matter will
be thoroughly investigated 1t is not so
hard to break cable To throw grapnel
astern and tow it at night across the line of
submerging is all that is necessary. A slight
shock would be felt on board when the grap-
pied cable snapped; that is all. In spite of
this there are many reasons why it would be
difficult to do it in face of large reward, one
of which is that the plot should be known to
several persons. On the other hand, there
are many ways that a cable may cease work
ing without being designedly broken The
work itself may be faulty, or the bottom on
which il is laid of such nature as to cut the
insulating material. II, however, foul play
is suspected, the wider and deeper the in
quiry goes the better. There should be more
cables by dozen than we have, and then,
with fair spirit of business rivalry, we
should hear less OF dark suspicious and
darker designs.
Year: 1875

THE PLoT TO Blow UP THE MosEI, which
is laid bare in our special dispatches, is so
hellish in its nature as to produce sense OF
stupefaction rather than burst of indigna-
ton. 1t requires considerable stretch OF
imagination to realize it in all its horrors, SC
out of proportion to the gain sought is the
magnitude of the contemplated crime.
Whether the would-be suicide is
lunatic who, with insane cunning, did
the actual preparation for the horrid
work himself and evolved the rest of the al
legged conspiracy from his diseased mind, hat


not been thoroughly settled, and the only
way to do SO is to hunt up every clew which
can be gathered from his statements since OF
movements prior to the explosion. From
one of the former we learn that lie alleges to
have accomplices in New York who were
presumably to divide the plunder upon the
high insurance which has been or was ia
have been effected on goods in the MoseL
This is work for our shrewdest detectives.
Year: 1875

THE UNION FERRY CoMPANY's LEASES from
the Sinking Fund Commission under which
they run their boats from and to this city,
have been declared invalid by Corporation
Counsel Whitney, and steps are to be taken
to make the company pay for the privileges
they have enjoyed since 1870.