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Year: 1874

A Southern journal issues the follow
ing notice: "Many people ask for pa
pers at this Office who would scorn to
beg for five cents; yet that is the price
charged for copy. We hope they will
see the point"
Year: 1874

Thomas Briggs of Twelfth street, has
boy baby ten months old. who is ad-
mitted at the beginning of this article
to look just like his father, and to be
the smartest boy baby of his age in De-
troit. Yesterday morning the child was
sitting on the floor, playing with five or
six big coat-buttons on string, and ia
king an occasional nibble at an apple to
bring out his first crop of teeth. Mrs.
Briggs and a neIghbor were talking
away as only women can gossip, when
the baby hid the buttons under mat
and started to finish the apple. A bit
OF skin got IN his throat and he gave a
cough ard whoop and paved the air
and rolled over on his head. "Oh. them
buttons I. he swallowed them buttons 20
cried the mother as she yanked him up
and shook him. Pound him on the
back !" yelled the woman trying to bold
the baby still. run for the neighbors !"
cried Mrs. Briggs. "Oh, he'll die -
screamed the other, as she ran out. And
the neighbors came in and made him lie
on his stomach and cough, and then
turned him on his back and rubbed his
stomach, and joggled him about IN all
sorts of ways, until he got mad and
went to bowling. Then boy ran for
Briggs, and Briggs ran for doctor, and
the doctor came and choked the baby,
and ordered sweet oil and mustard plas.
ter, and told them to hold him on his
back. Everybody knew that those six
big buttons were lodged in the baby's
throat. because be was red in the face,
and because he strangled as he Bept.
They poured down sweet oil, and put
mustard across him, and wept over him,
and the mother said she could never for
give herself. Boys drove By. calling out:
''Slab wood for sale - and the scissorg
Year: 1874

This is how The DanJury Neacs man
tells about it


When a woman puts three mackerel
to soak over night in a dish pan whose
sides are eight inches, and leaves the pan
on stairway, she has accomplished her
mission, and should go hence. This was
what Division street woman did Fri
day night. Filled the pan at the pump,
and then left it standing on the steps to
the stoop, while she went into the next
house to see how many buttons would be
required to go down the front of her
redingote. And mighty important af-
fair that was, to be sure. And there
was her husband tearing through the
house in search of a handkerchief, and
not finding it, of course.


And then he rushed out into the yard,
wondering where On earth that woman
could be, and started down the steps
without seeing the pan, or even dream
ing that any one could be so idiotic as
to leave it there. OF course he stepped
On 1t ; or, at least, that is the supposi-
ton, as the neIghbors who were brought
out by the crash that followed saw hor-
rifed man, and high dish pan, and
three very demolished mackerel shooting
across the garden, and smashing down
the shrubbery. And he was nice sight,
was that unhappy man. when they got
him on his feet. There wasn't a dry
thread on him, and bis hair was full Of
bits Of mackerel, and one Of his should
ers was out of joint. and his coat was
split the whole length Of the back, and
he appeared to be ont of his head. He
was carried in the house by some of the
men, and laid on a bed, while others
went after doctor, and sixteen women
assembled in the parlor, and talked
about the inscrutable ways of Proyi-
dence, and what warning this was to
people who never look where they were
going.
Year: 1874

1t never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe:
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the braver blew


For luck is work.


And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,


But yield the pay


And clear the way,
That better men have room.
1t never pays to foster pride
And squander pride in show;
For friends thus won are sure to run
In times of want or woe.


The noblest worth


Of all the earth
Are gems of heart and brain.


A conscience clear,


A household dear,
And hands without a stain.
1t never pays te hate foe;
Or cater to friend
To fawn and whine, much less repine
To borrow or to lend.


The faults of men


Are fewer when
Each rows his own canoe:


For feuds and debts


And pampered pets.
Unbounded mischief brew.
1t never pays to wrecktthe health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheaply bought with pain.


A humble lot,


A cozy cot,
Have tempted even kings,


For stations high


That wealth will buy
Not oft eontentment brings.
Year: 1874

fered every possible apology for declin-
ing. But at length, weary of ridicule,
stung by contemptuous sneers and sar-
castle remarks about cold.water fanatics,
| weakly resolved to crafty them, with
the mental reservation that it should be
only once. and that never again would
frequent their company. How despise
myself for that eowardly yielding, God
alone may know. | drank not one glass
only, but many. for the first seemed to
awaken and Unsuitable appetite, of which
haG before never dreamt | remember
that | wondered how | could so long
have abstained from it. Poor Lewis was
also somewhat intoxicated, and soon,
mad@ened by stimulants, high words
passed. between US, then followed fiery
reproaches, threats of violence were used,
| am told, till finally We came to blows,
and in the affray | stabbed him fatally.



Need l relate what followed ?'


found him fully resolved to declare
his guilt, and urge no extenuating plea,
a resolution which [ did not seek to alter.


At length the trial came, into the de-
tails of which | will not enter. Suffice
to say, that in consideration of attendant
circumstances, the sentence by the court
was Imprisonment for life.


In our last interview he said to me at
parting, with an expression and earnest
ness which words may not portray;


Life, with all its magnificent possi-
bilities, is before you [ need not say,
do not let one false step lure you into
an abyss of misery, for l know that you
will not but [ entreat of you that you
will urge all those whom you can infu-
ence in your daily life, particularly your
young acquaintances and friends, that
they beware of that most fatal of all SEN
tences-most pernicious of all pleas,
Only Once Relate to them the story
of my bright and happy prospects tell
them the fearful results of moments
weakness of my poor companion, hurled
unprepared and unrepentant into the
presence of his Judge of the suferings
Of his friends. the agony and shame of
mine. Describe the mental tortures.
the blighted life, the living death before
me. and beg of them that they allow no
shrinking from taunts or censure to
swerve them one iota from the path of
conscious right or duty Although in
dulging in the intoxicating cup but once
may but seldom lead to such swift and
sudden ruin as mine, yet it almost inva-
rlably opens the food-gates through
which seas of sin and misery roll."-
PtrenOlogicat Journal.
Year: 1874

Since the advent of the hard times
almost every journal has its column on
domestic economy, filled with appeals
specially addressed to wives and house
keepers to practice the utmost economy
until times brighten, in order that the
household expenses may be brought with
in contracted income. This is all we'll
enough. so far as it is just. But accord


ing to our observation, wives and daugh-
ters, as class, have less need of these
lectures being continually dinned in
their ears than the other side of the
house they are more given to thought
ful and calculating prudence, even in
ordinary times, and more instinctively
and cheerfully enter upon a course of
contraction demanded in times like the
present. But the husbands and sons.
being ordinarily more familiar with the
fact and the extent of the falling off in
the usual income, find it both natural
and easy to lose sight of their own far
greater agency in the matter, and bind
heavy burdens upon those who, by far
greater sacrifices, can save much less for
the common fund. How many women
and children can we point out who fur
nlsh IN their own persons striking illus
trations of the economy and self-denial
demanded by the times-looklng pinch
ed, and cold. and perhaps hungry-and
yet how exceptional are the husbands
and sons who have cut off even one of
their luxurious indulgences ? What
gentleman has surrendered his tobacco.
or his more expensive cigar ? Point us
to one that has abandoned the costly.
and at all times fearfully dangerous.
habit of taking or giving the social
glass ? Who has denied himself eu-
chre or champagne or club supper. that
he might either carry the saving home
to add to his own household store. or
that of suffering neighbor ? No man.
especially this winter, can be justified
in wasting dollar upon his luxurious
desires. while the poor arc among us in
such numbers and in such destitution.


Strict attention to business is also re-
quisite. The rule that no woman ever
lost worthy husbands love by atten-
ton to domestic affairs, holds good when
applied to men, since the more success a
husband honorably attains in business.
the more will he command the respect
and love of his wife. Thoughtfulness
and attention from husband and faith.
er create the happiness of home, and by
a little extra self-denial on his part, the
threatening chasm will be speedily and
happily bridged over, and the days of
prosperity will return to find that the
necessity which drove the household in
to closer bond of union has proved a
blessing instead of CURSE Wotchnaon.
Year: 1874

The trade in smuggled and stolen


goods is a very brisk one in our great


cities. The receivers of such wares set


up no sign to tell of their business, but


they carry it on in great silence and Sc


crecy, very likely under the eyes of the


police. Sometimes they send home a


costly watch in the heart of plate of


butter, which is carried along the street


with cabbage leaf over it, as innocent


looking as any pound of butter could


be. Sometimes they stitch up their sto-


len goods in fine fish or pair of rabbits,
and they are carried to their destination
right by, it may be, the very officers
who are making search for them. Now
if there were no receivers of stolen goods
there would soon be no thieves.


But there is class of people who do
worse than steal gold. They steal peo-
pies good names away. They are the
tattlers. They scent bad story more
keenly than greyhound does his game.
They will travel miles, on foot, if neces-
sary, to get all the particulars Oh what
spirit to cherish. They will visit
family they propose to serve up to the
community, and with false smiles and
smooth words. draw out from them all
they can, only to run and tell it. One
so dead to all honor as to betray family
secrets in house where he has been a
guest is not fit for respectable society.
If you know such person shun her as
you would a viper about to spring upon
you. If you give any ear to her. rest
assured that your time will come. She
will spare neither friend nor foe. To be
friendly with such character one must
stoop to very low things.


Now. if there were no listeners. there
would soon be no tattlers. These are
the receivers of stolen and smuggled
goods who keep up the trade. Don't al
low yourself to be numbered among them
if you would have the approval of your
own heart, and the favor of Him who
has commanded ''Thou shalt not 90 up
and down as a tale bearer among tby
people" !" And remember 1.-THE partaker
is as bad as the thief"
Year: 1874

The whole country, both West and
South, is now financially in a good con-
dition, prepared to take and pay for a
fair supply of goods with the opening of
the new year The wheat crop has been
large one, and is wanted in Europe.
and it will be moved without difficulty
for the simple reason that it is virtually
paid for. Last year at this time, the
Western and Northwestern States were
burning corn for fuel, but no such use
will be made, this season, of that cereal.
The hog crop, too, very important one,
has been gathered with satisfactory re-
suits. and the demand is regular and
steady. At the South. the cotton crop
has turned out we'll, and no small
amount of that staple has been sent
North in payment of indebtedness. In
fact. all departments of trade show un-
mistakable signs of returning prosperity,
and it now looks as though by next
Spring money, for which there has been
such a panicky demand, will be a drug
In the market.
Year: 1874

Can you steer the mainmast down
the forecastle stairs p asked sea cap
tain of new hand "Yes, sir, can, if
you will stand below and coil it up."
Captain didn't catechise that man any
more
Year: 1874

ROLLING THE GRoUND,-A correspond
ent of the Germantown Telegraph writes:
'On dry or wet ground the effect Of the
roller is found to be salutary. Plowed
and prepared for sowing, dry land is
much helped by the roller. The blades
of grass spring up sooner and retain
frmer hold in the earth. In season
of drought, rolling has saved the crop,
when without it the seed would have
never sprung from the ground. In wet
and heavy ground it is believed the roll
er, smoothing and hardening the surface,
will leave the soil Immediately beneath
the surface in better condition to gen.
crate the seed. On grass ground that
has been heayed by the frost, the roller
has an excellent effect IN fixing the roots
Rolling the ground is also good when
the land has been laid down uneyenly
the previous year. If the land is too dry
wait till just after soaking rain, and
it viii work capitally Its a good idea
70 roll plowed sowed ground before har-
rowing. as it presses down the burrows
that would be turned back and makes
the surface less uneven. and the harrow
pulyerizes it much. We find that on
an average not one farmer in four has
roller"
Year: 1874

From N. 7. Correspondence Chicago Journal.l


A real estate panic is now predicted
by croakers here, and a large circle Of
spectators are operating on the bear
side Of stocks on the belief that this pan.
ic Is close at hand. It Is unquestionably
true that there has been during the past
fourteen years an immense amount Of
real estate "balooning" in and about the
metropolis. It Is unquestionably true
that hundreds Of men who year or more
ago regarded themselves as independent,
are now cramped and hampered, II moi
absolutely blockd by their land purchases
For ten or fifteen years 1t has been decid.
edly the thing for rich men TO purchase
large tracts Of territory within ten or
fifteen miles oi New York, and cut
them up into village lots. Proprietors Of
new railroads hereabouts have made a
point ot buying In advance all the land
they could, and then holding on 10 1t for
a high market. Men thrown out OF en-
ployment, who have not gone into insu-
rance, have, to large extent, betaken
themselves to the real estate business.
Ever since war times, when money grew
plethoric, there has been disposition to
buy up town lots, both on time
and margin, with the expectation that
there would be q rapid advance In values,
These and various other causes, which |
will not stop to enumerate here, combined
to make q glut in the real estate market,
and to arouse serious apprehensions
whether rush 10 sell may not cause q
panic this season and consequent throw.
ing overheard OF property regardless Of
decline and shrinkage. Should such q
time come, undoubtedly there will be
CONSERVATION among the landed proprie.
tors of New York and vicinity, especially
among those who Tor years past have been
operating and epeculating in real estate
just as the bulls have been manipulating
railroad shares. Then will be the time
for artisans having few hundred dollars
to buy their little plats Of land, and thus
secure homes for the future. One thing
Is very certain, real estate has advanced
In price in New York unnsturally fast
during ten years past, and prices are now
too high, by all odds. It stands TO reason
that the reaction must come, sooner or
later, 1t Is beginning to come now. A
gentleman who 10 compelled to part with
some Of his real estate in order 10 secure
ready cash, said to me one day last week
that he should have TO sell a building on
Broadway for one hundred thousand dol.
lars less than he was offered for 1t three
veArH apn
Year: 1874




We observe that they had lively
meeting down at Parkersburg on sstur-
day last with reference to sending del
egates to the Grafton Convention on the
27th, next Wednesday. General JACK.
son opposed sending delegates and an
unsuccessful effort was made to postpone
any action by the meeting, But the
meeting nevertheless decided to send del
egates, and accordingly list Of repro
sentasiVes was submitted and ratified, q
respectable number too we observe, and
Wood county will therefore without
doubt be heard from at Grafton. We do
not gather from the proceedings Of The
meeting what hspoIna Of objection wsrt
Year: 1874

CURED HER-An old man had poor,
cranky bit Of wife, who regularly once
a week got up in the night and invited
the family to see her die. She gave away
her things, spoke her last words, made
her peace with Heaven. and then about
eight she got up in the usual way and
disappointed everybody by going at her
household duties as il nothing had hap
pened. The old man got sick of it final
ly, and went ont and got coffin, with
Farewell, Mary Ann" worked in, aud
a handful Of silver-pated screws. Lay,
ing the screw driver beside the collection,
he invited her to just to holler die once
more. "Do it," said he, "and in you
go, and this farewell business is.over. "
Mary Ann is at this moment baking
buckwheat cakes for large and admir-
ing family, while they dry apples in the
coffin up in the garret.
Year: 1874

How TO CURE A SORE THROAT" One
who has Tried It," communicates the
following seasonabe item about curing
sore throats to the New York Herald
"Let each one of your half million read.
ers buy at any drug store one ounce of
campherated oil, and five cents worth OF
chlorstc Of potash. Whenever any sore
ness appears in the throat put the potash
in half a tumbler of water, ana with il
gasgie the throat thoroughly, then rub
the neck thoroughly with the camphora-
ted oil at night before going to bed and
also pin around the throat small strip
OF woolen flannel. This is simple,
cheap and sure remedy. T"
Year: 1874

DEATH OF DR. CAMPBELL.- We find in the San Francisco pa- pers the painful intelligence that the body of Dr Campbell was foun d floating in the Bay. but no particulars have reached us as to how he came to his untimely end. The Doctor spent several months here during last fall and winter and made many friends by his gentlemanly department and ,af. fable manners.
Year: 1874

Last Wednesday night some of the boys gave a lively serende. They honOrd us with some fine music but as we had none of the "Oh he joy full" in the house we played possum and lay still.
Year: 1874

During the recent building Of
a bridge in Holland, one of the
traverses, four hundred and six
ty-five feet long, was misplaced
on the supporters. 1t was an
inch out of line, and the prob
lem was how to replace it. Ex-
periments proved that the iron
work expanded a fraction Of an
inch for every degree Of heat
received. 1t was noticed that
the night and day temperatures
differed by about twenty-five
degrees, and it was thought this
might be made to move the
bridge.


In the morning one end Of
the pieces was bolted down Sc
curely and the other end left
free. In the heat Of the sun
the iron expanded, and toward
night the free end was loosened.
The contraction then dragged
the whole mass the other way.


For two days this experiment
was repeated, and the desired
place reached. We find no rec
ord that the heat Of the sun has
ever been employed in this way
before; the contraction and ex-
pansion of iron bars by fire
heat has frequently been used to
move heavy weights over short
distances. Broken walls and
strained roofs and arches have
been brought into place by sim
ply heating iron rods till they
expanded, then taking the slack
by screws and nuts, and allow
ing contraction by cold to pull
the wall or roof into place.
Year: 1874

When a Tennessee husband will
hOrs whip his wife Tor washing
POTATOES in his Sunday plug hat, il
is time to inquire whether this
generation OF men isn't getting to
he too confounded high-toned for
the age Of the country?
Year: 1874

Next TO rooster III rain
storm, or "a man with his mother
in law on his arm. Tie most
wretched looking thing in the
world is a candidate who has just
overheard s.niie friend wanting to
bet three to one that he won't
be elected.
Year: 1874

The news that the irosts have damaged the
vines in France is q serious polite as well as
social question. The failure Of the wine crop
would cost France in money alone as much as
the German indemnify The distress it would
occasion to the large body Of laborers, and farm
ers would be made t4e pretext for unfortunate
and painful agitation
Year: 1874

JUDGE BLATCHFoRD DECIDES THAT 1T is A PROPER


CASE FOR A WARRANT OF REMOVAL


Albert CunZ was indicted in the Supreme
fame the character OF Columbus Alexander When he
heard Of his indictment Cunz In this city, and he
Immediately surrendered himself to Commissioner Os-
born who released him in 81 900 ball. Harry Hill being
his surety. When Cunz appeared before the Commits
sioner for examination, ex-Mayor Hail. his counsel
an oense against any Federal statute to conspre to
defame the character Columbus Alexander any
man. and therefore CuDz could not be held under
il 10 await o warrant Of removal to Washington for
trial The Commissioner said that he was not satisfied
that be was authorized 70 pass upon the validity in
validity OF indictment found by the Supreme Court
Of the OF Columbia and requested that the
ter should be taken before Judge Batchford of the
Unted States District Court. The suggestion acted
upon by counsel. and to facilitate matters, the Commis-
soner committed Cunz to the custody OF the Marshal
Mr. Hall then applied to Judge Blatchford for Cunzs
release on a writ OF habeas corpus. The Judge
said that the validity invalidity OF the


Indictment in question could be discussed
writ. 1t was finally decided that could he argued
application for the removal OF Cunz
Washington. Such applica was made by Assist
United States District Purdy and Mr. Hall
opposed IL on the ground that q man could not be
removed 70 Washington for trial indictment which
did not charge any oeDse against Federal statute
Judge BlaehfOrd reserved his decision till yesterday,
when he merely said think this proper case for
warrant OF removal"
Year: 1874

because it would produce a condition OF
anarchy fatal to Republican institutions,
and must be repressed: shall
be the last man to encourage the spirit Of
seIp-help by force in arepublic by anything
say. But protest, on the other hand,
against anything calculated to provoke the
dangerous spirit by an unjust use OF power.
speak for the cause Of justice, peace, far
dealing, fraternal accord, and good govern
ment all over the land, and in the name OF
Justice, peace, fair-dealing, fraternal accord
and good government, repeat what l said
at st. Louis. am sure the whole country
would cordially applaud an order from the
President relieving Marshal Packard OF his
official duties.
Year: 1874

fringe two irches in length around the out
er edge Ofthe baldric with jewels of office
suspended by purple ribbon and gilt bar
pins from the left breast and eqUilateral
triangle on left arm with emblem Of rank
embroidered in the centre.


u. The uniform of the elective officers
and past elective officers of Grand Ex-
campment, shall be thaSprescribed for its
members, except that OF the three plumes
to be worn on the chapeau, one shall be
purple, one black and one yellOw-the lat
ter to be worn in the eentre-the gilt fringe
on the baldric shall be two and One-half
inches wide-the belt shall be of plain gilt
webbing one and three quarter inches wide;
the coal to be dOuble-breaSted with two
rows of buttons in front, and a double
equilateral triangle on left arm with em-
blem of rank embroidered in centre.