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Year: 1874

country Is depressed, as IL has been In the United
states Tor many months the party In power Is
always held responsible Tor 1t, no matter what the
real cause may be. Nevertheless, the report adds,
there has been


JUST GROUND FOR Discomfort


among the republican voters with the character
Of MANY or the Candidates presented TO them Tor
public ONCE, and this certainly operated to q
considerable extent to promote the result.
The report ailudes to the effort being made
by the league, through Its committee. TO
secure the nomination OF unexceptionable
candidates within the republican party to be
voted for Al the February election in this city.
The report speaks or the failure OF Congress to
make an Appropriation TO the Centennial. al ana q
economy OF Congress led 1t to refuse the contribu-
tion desired and threw upon the individual citizen
the task which OF right should have been dis
charged by the nation. 1t c0ngratulates the pub
nc on the fact that through the liberality OF tho
citizens mainly OF Philadelphia the success OF the
Exhibition Is assured. The balance OF the report
treats OF the membership, library and finances Of
the league, The number OF members is 1876.
Year: 1874

The Annual Report ON tho Cause Of the
Late Defeat OF the Republican Party
"aTfstaken Economy of Congress on
the Centennial Question.


PHILADELPHIA. Dec. II, 1874.
The annual report OF the Union League was read
at the annual meeting tonight II starts out by
saying that the league has taken no action In
elections since the last annual meeting, and then
speaking OF the defeat Of the republican
party IN this State, adds that the party
has fallen from causes which appear To be
t.gA. y SAYS rAsseyH taa bpslasss u The
Year: 1874

The business OF the Excise Department was not
so lively as on Friday, yet 1t was greater than
upon any other day for long time. The effect OF
the schwaD case on the affairs OF that departments
is well shown by the following tabular statement
OF the number OF licenses applied for ana tue
amounts OF money received daily during the
Year: 1874

VNANTED-A SEAMSTREss, WHO uNDkhsIAND>,
w cutting and king chldren's clothing and genera
family sewing to so u short distance in the country
must have good reference and understand wheeler
Year: 1874

Ask yourselves what is the leading mo-
tive which actuates you while you are at
work. do not ask what your leading
motive is for working-that is different
thing; you may have families tosupport,
parents to help, brides to win; you have
all these or others such sacred and pre-
eminent motives, to press the mornings
labor and twilight thought. But, when
you are fairly at the work, what is the
motive which tells upon every touch Of
it? If it is the love Of that which your
work represents-if, being a landscape
painter, it is love of hills and trees that
moves you If being figure painter 1t
is love of human beauty and human soul
that moves you-if, being flower or ami
NAL painter, it is love and wonder, and
delight in petal and in limb that moves
you, then the spirit is upon you, and the
Garth is yours, and the fullness thereof
But if, on the other hand, it is petty self
complacency in your own skill, trust in
precept and laws, hope for academical
or popular appreciation, or avarice OF
wealth-it squite possible that by steady
industry, oreven by fortunate chance, you
may win the applause, the position, the
fortune, that you desire; but one touch
of true art you will never lay on canvas
or ON stone as long as you live.
Year: 1874

Do not stop to tell stories in business
hours. If you have a place of business,
be found there when wanted. No man
can get rich by sitting around stores and
saloons. Never fool in business matters.
Have order, system, regularity, liberal
ity, and promptness. DO not meddle with
business you know nothing Of Never
buy anything you do not need, simply
because it is cheap, and the man who
sells il will take it out in trade. Trade
in money. Strive to avoid hard words
and personalities. Do not kick every
stone in the path. More miles can be
made in day by going steadily on than
by stopping. Pay as you go. A man OF
honor respects his word as his bond. Aid,
but never beg. Help others when YOU
can, but never give what you can't af-
ford TO, simply because it is fashionable.
Learn to say no. No necessity for snap
ping il out dog-fashion, but say il firmly
and respectfully. Have but few conf
dants, the fewer the better Use ysur
own brains rather than those of others.
Learn to think and act for yourself sise
yigilant. Keep ahead rather than be-
hind the times.
Year: 1874

pedent, as likewise IRE the hearts. The
statement as to joint existing in the mid
die Of tho baud il incorrect and redic-
ulous. there being no division Of the car
ilageneous attachment of such nature.


f'fiEIR MODE or RESTING in BED.
g II Is supposed that during life each slep
upon lris stomach while the nervous inde-
pendehcs Of each is again established from
the fact that while one slep soundly the
other was known to be awake. Tie cause
Of Ne blood rushing from one 10 the other
ut the time Of the demise Is explained in
the fact that. ihdepehdent of the pouches,
whirl are simply. reflections of the per-
itonial membrane, there exists arteries
which in case Of separation during life.
might have been tied, as they conld have
been had the one who died last cut pi ece
Of flesh from the one who expired FIRST.
Year: 1874

judiciously applied on the back
while the coat is off.


To Kill Bed-bugs.-Catch hand.
full and hold them in q kettle ol
boiling water for one hour.


These receipts are all good. but
the readers may act their own pleas
ure in regard to following the di-
rections.
Year: 1874

with all his might. Mrs. Coville: with
greater presencesof mind, went for him
at once, and taking him by his sound
ear, shook him until he ratified like a
pepper OF corn. All efforts to get a
comb into his hair were unavailing :;
and, made desperate BY its resistance,
the disgusted parents clipped it off,
the father sitting on the struggling
legs, and holding with the grip Of a
vice the struggling arms while the op-
Grafton was performing. With his
hair thus cut, the miserable boy was
nearly driven to the verge of despair,
but finds some consolation in feeling of
an iron bolt which he constantly car
ries in his pocket, and which he de-
signs driving, at the first favorable op-
portunity, against the skull Of a certain
insurance agent who was at thef party.
-Danbury Ne0s. 4
Year: 1874

the crowning evil of the occasion, the
very pinnacle Of the family despair,
was master Coville. Such a spectacle
as that young gentleman presented,
when he appeared, was never before
seen in any family, we are certain.
There was candy in his ears, and in bis
eye-winkers, and down his back, and in
his pockets, and on his clothes and
there was candy on the inside Of hia
jacket sleeves, and 50 much Of it that
he could not, trying his best, get that
garment more than part way on. And
as for his hair no pen can describe it,
and a steam-plow wouldn't attack it.
It was just simply matted with candy.
Had he plunged headlong into hogs.
head Of the motion article, his Uranium
would not have been more thoroughly
smeared with it. Where on earth that
boy could have been, and how he ever
got such quantities over him, no one
could tell. To . mind Of ordinary bust
ness capacity, it would have been a very
difficult matter to decide which should
be saved-the boy OF the molasses.
Mr.. Coville no sooner saw him than he
checked q mouthful of invectives With
= suddeness that made him gasp, and,
dropping into chair, fell TO staring At
the struggling and 'besmeared youth


: ! q
Year: 1874

The utmost Indignation exists among the peo'
pie VINO are so unfortunate as to nave dealings
with the Comptrolier's ONCE and who fall into the
hands OF the examiner OF Comptroller Green A. d.
Ford. This mau processes to be an expert In
everything and the head OF the finance Bureau
bclievesit. Yesterday the Arbitration COMMITTEES


OF the Produce Exchange submitted report on
Year: 1874

From the London Correspondence of the New


York Times.l


The third and concluding volume of
Mr.. Forster's Life OF Dickens = has
Just been published. 1t presents a mel
ancholy picture of decaying powers
morbid unrest, and corroding dis
content. 1t may be doubted whether
Dickens, who is supposed by many
of his readers to have been one OF
the most genial and jovial of men, was
ever happy man; but it would certainly
appear that in his latter years he was
supremely wretched AS younger
man, his animal spirits and vanity
helped to take him out of himself. He
was satisfied only when he had an ad-
miring company around him. de was,
in fact, essentially an actor, and miser-
able without an audience, and bis gayety
was forced and histrionic. There was
no repose about his character. He
could never endure to be simple and
plain and natural; he ewanted to be al
ways fireworks. At home he was seen
at his worst, suffering from the reaction
of excitement in company, and weary
with his elaborate efforts to amuse and
startle. Mr.. Forster passes as gently as
he can over the domestic misadyentures
of his hero. 1t is not pleasant page,
and one is glad to turn it. Dickens was
always fond of the hustle and change Of
travelling, and after 1860 his restlessness
seems to have become almost a mania.
He had notions of burying himself for
whole six months in some of the recesses
Of the Pyrenees, or of spending a winter
in some elevated and secluded convent
in the Alps. His work had evidently
begun to tell on him. His invention was
less fertile, his composition less spon-
taneous IH had become an effort for
him to write, and he was haunted by the
fear, which was partly true, that his
prime was over and that he would never
again be what he had been. He had, in
fact, lost his elasticity of mind. All
this necessarily gives rather bad tone
to this concluding volume; but Dickens,
though he confessed himself to his
friend, was the more resolute in showing
a bold face to the world, and his letters
are full of dash and humor. He went
about a good deal and used himself mer-
cilessly. The fit of paralysis which
finally killed him had apparently been
impending for some years before his
death. The railway accident from which
he narrowly escaped with his life must
also have shaken him more than was
suspected at the time.
Year: 1874

down, and covered with the same veil Of
floating white, hanging down in deep
hounce over the woodwork of the bed.
The toilet-table is the samoa nesting
maze OF transparency and lace, with
blue beneath and knots and streamers
Of mingled satin and velvet round. On
the chimney.piece stands clock and
candlesticks of Sevres china. The
piano is in pale bois de rose (not rose
wood, which is a very different sub
stance), inlaid with plates of painted
Sevres to match. At night light comes
from above, where hangs a lamp Of
Sevres again. In our day, with our ac-
tive ideas and actual wants, such rooms
as these are typical; they represent the
highest form of realization of modern
taste without its faults or rather with as
little of them as is consistent with the
expenditure of so much money and so
much thought. In these rare vases
vanity seeks for another satisfaction
than that of glare, but vanity is at the
bottom all the same; the only difference
is that it is accompanied by true sense
of art.-French Home Life.
Year: 1874

A devout clergyman sought every op-
portunity to impress upon the mind of
his son the fact that God takes care of
his creatures; that the falling sparrow
attracts his attention, and that his loving
kindness is over all his works. Happen
ing one day to see a crane wading in
quest of food, the good man pointed out
to his son the perfect adaptation Of the
crane to get his living in that manner.
See, said he, how his legs are formed
for wadingl What a long slender bill
he has Observe how nicely he folds
his feet when putting them in or draw
ing them out of the water He is thus
enabled to approach the fish without CIV;
ing them any notice o. his arrival.
Ny son." said he, it is impossible to
look at that bird without recognizing the
goodness of God in thus providing the
means Of subsistence" Yes, replied
the boy, i think / see the goodness OF
God, at least so far as the crane is con'
cerned; but, after all, father, don't you
think the arrangement little tough on
the fish,"
Year: 1874

question into which the Committee was instruc ted
to inquire that has yet occurred The report itself
is too volumnous for popular circulation, though 1t
will be an invaluable document for reference; but
in his speech. Senator Window, besides discussing
the several plans that have been proposed TO secure
cheap freights from the West. condenses all the
more important statistics and facts and places them
within the reach of all The speech was listened TO
with marked attention. and the Senator at its close
was warmly congratulated upon the success OF bis
effort. Several Eastern Senators have already as.
sured Mr.. Window that they will warmly support
the Committee.


THE EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY BILL.


The House Committee on War Claims to-day
agreed TO report the Senate bill for the relief OF the
East Tennessee University. This bill appropriates
$4,000 for aid given by this university to the Uron
army during the late war; and is understood TO nave
been drafted at the White House. 50 as TO avoid the
objections raised by the President year ago 10
bill for the relief of the same institution, when he
vetoed. As vetoed, the bill was for "use and oecn-
patton" which 1t was urged in the message ought
not to be paid for As this bill approprlates the
same amount and is precisely the same claim IL Is
difficult to avoid the conclusion that the veto was
inspired more by political tnan by public consider
atoms.
Year: 1874

The above cut represents the table ready for use,
which claim be the best invented from the
fact that possesses all the qualities to sup
ply all the wants OF any Lady who desires her ironing
done neatly. and with the least possible difficulty.


The following are some Of its advantages over all
other tables, VIZ:


1. By its peculiar construction, lsdy's skirt, or
any article OF underwear can be placed over the end
OF the table without lifting up the top, and by the
peculiar shape of the toy the gathers be wdened
out, which greatly facilitates the ironing of the upper
part of the skirt.


Its superior strength, all the irons being wrought
out of the best material and then being firmly put
together, makes article that will, with ordinary
care, last lifetime.


g. when done using, 1t can be folded up SO Us to
take but little more room than ordinary ironing
board.


They can be seen OF purch ased at No. or East
Fourth street. the right for New Castle county hav
Ing been purchased by gentleman of Wilmington.


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Year: 1874

she desires, to deny her the journey whicl
would do so much to break up the monot
ony Of her home-lile, 10 rear children il
mean ways, to shut away from the famil,
life thousand social pleasures, to relin
quish all amusements that have a cosl
attached to them, for wealth which may
or may not come when the family life il
broken up forever-surely this is neither
sound enterprise nor wise economy. We
would not have the American laborer,
farmer and mechanic become improvident,
but we would very much like to see them
happier than they are, by resort to the
daily social enjoyments which are always
ready to their hand Nature is strong in
the young, and they will have society and
play of some sort 1t should remain strong
in the old, and does remain strong in them,
until it is expelled by the absorbing and
subordinating passion for gain. Some
thing Of the Old World fondness for play,
and daily or weekly indulgence in it,
should become habitual among our workers
Tod would be sweeter if there we're re-
ward at the end Of it; work would be gen.
tier when used as a means for securing
pleasure which stands closer than an old
age Of ease character would be softer and
richer and more childlike, when acquired
among genial, everyday delights. The
all-subordinating strife for wealth, carried
on with fearful struggles and constant self
denials, makes us petty, irritable and hard.
When the whole American people have
learned that dollars worth ofpure pleasure
is worth more than dollar worth of any
thing else under the sun; that working is
not living, but only the means by which
we win living that money is good for
nothing except for what il brings Of com
fort and culture; and that We live not in
the future, but the present, they will be a
happy PeOple-happier and better than
they have been. "The morrow shall take
thought for the things Of itself, may not
be an accepted maxim in political econo-
my, but it was uttered by the wisest being
that ever lived in the world, whose mission
it was to make men both good and happy
DR.. j. G.. Holland; .ScriJner's tol
Augua.
Year: 1874

shabby-looking brown mules, drawing
tumble down old public hack next, man
with four great wine barrels piled upon his
shoulders; next, an entire set Of parlor
furniture, sofa, table, rocking chair, and
six ordinary chairs, all rosewood, carried
by two men on poles, over their shoulders;
next, handsome private carriage, drawn
by two beautiful Mexican mules, with sill
yer-mOunted harness, and a cOaehman
looking like mountain robber, with his
broad sombrero, short jacket, and panta-
looms studded with rows Of little round sill.
yer buttons down the sides next, and
last for the last halfhour is Just up) q
huge van from the interior Of the country,
drawn by fourteen mules, four in front,
four next, then two, and finally two at the
pole, every one struggling along apparent
ly ION his own hook"


This sketch is faithfully true; every.
thing (and Of course much more that was
not worth while to jot down, actually pass
ed the corner Of our streets, Gale San
Francisco and Calle Coliseo, during the
half-hour that ! sat in the high balcony
Of the Fonda Iturbide.


A MEXICAN HoTEL.-When we arriy.
ed in the city, We went first to this great
hotel, but although our elegant apartments
were on the first floor, they were so high
up (sixty-four steps on the grand stair
case, and the dining saloon so low down
on the ground-foor, we couldn't stand
such an elevation, and accordingly re-
moved, after three days, to sort of private
house near the American Legation; where
our rooms and cafe are all upon one floor.
and where we are very pleasantly situated


We arise about eight; take our coffee
or chocolate and fruit at nine; wander of
on some interesting excursion until noon !;
breakfast at halfpast twelve read, sleep
and pay and receive visits until FIVE; f; stroll
among the streets or gardens until seven,
when we dine, and then either pass the
evening at some private or public enter
tainment, or go to the Plaza in front Of
the great Cathedral, where the military
band plays from eight until ten, and then
to bed, where now and then the Aeas keep
up an animated skirmish with us until the
small hours
Year: 1874

In the breeding of poultry as all other
pursuits, little care and forethought
invariably return an apparently dispro-
portionate result. In the rearing of
poultry, where the expenditure on each
fowl is small and the material provided
comparatively inexpensive we are apt
to overlook the small wastes which oc-
cur in the transformation of the differ
ent grains into poultry, but which ag-
gregate quite respectable sum.


The opinion that corn is very nour-
ishing food for fowls is so universal
that no farther thought is given the
matter. If any one should suggest
that corn would be easier of digestion,
if soaked or boiled, he would very like
ly receive the answer that corn was
nothing hard for birds which swallow
stones and other hard substances with,
out detriment. A moments thought
however, will convince that the mill
stones and the grist are very different
things, and feeding hard grain, although
not exactly like feeding the millstones
with pebbles, bears certain likeness
to it, The trouble attendant on the
preparation of food, if it is to be cook
ed, may indeed seem very dispropor-
tonate to the advantage to be derived
from such treatment, but, in reality,
little time need be spent, as before 60
ing the rounds of the nests little hot
water may be poured over the grain, a
tight cover put on the kettle, and the
whole placed over the stove, where, by
the time your rounds are completed,
the corn will have become steamed and
mellow and have lost none of it's good
qualities. Remember each hen has
certain amount of animal force to be
expended every day in some direction,
and the less she has to give to digest
ing her food, the more she will have to
be expended in egg-producing. The
advantages Of the warm food in Win
ter, when much food goes toward pro.
ducing animal heat to withstand the
cold, are two-fold from the direct action
of the food itself, to say nothing of the
fact that the content produced by nour-
ishing food will result in more eggs, for
a hen thoroughly at home will lay many
more eggs than discontented one
We have performed the experiment our
selves and know that feeding boiled
corn does pay, and it is as q result of
experience that we offer this plan to our
friends.
Year: 1874

SALT AND LIME MIxTURE.-This is
made by dissolving bushel of salt in
as little water as it can be, and then
shaking with this two bushels or dry
lime; or one bushel of sare NAV be
mixed with two, bushels of dry lime,
well Incorporated, under cover; let this
mixture decompose gradually, which
will form. chemical union between the
salt and lime. 1t ought to remain six
weeks at least, and if convenient. two
or three months before use. But it NAV
be composted with muck after a few
days; it will act powerfully upon the
muck, correcting its sourness. When
applied at the rate of fifteen to twenty
bushels to the acre, makes an excellent
top-dressing for most crops. This salt
and lime mixture is good to mix with
barnyard manure and deodorize stables.
Year: 1874

SALT IN POULTRY DIET-Salt is nee
essary for human diet and is found in
small quantities in the bones of all ami
mails. To pigeons, species somewhat
allied to hens, it is very beneficial. 1t
is almost certain death to fowls if thrown
out in large quantities, as when meat or
fish barrels are emptied in their way.
Salt fish or salt beef has been known to
cause their death But little salt
mixed with the chicken dough is benef-
cial, rather less should be given than
persons generally use in their own food
Year: 1874

PLASTER TO SwEETEN STABLES
Plaster is excellent to deodorize stables,
and where the crop is not benefited by
the direct application of plaster to the
soil, it will nevertheless, pay to use it
in the stable and on the manure pile to
fix the ammonia We have often found
the manure, thus treated, increased in
value much beyond the cost of the
plaster. But when you have dry muck
to use in the stable, it answers the same
purpose of absorbing the ammonia and
rendering the stable sweet
Year: 1874

POTATO PUFF.-Take cold roast meat
beef or mutton, or veal and ham to-
gether-clear Of gristle, cut small, and
season with pepper and salt, and cut
pickles, if liked; boil and mash some
potatoes, and make them into a paste
with an egg, and roll out, dredging with
-four. Cut round with saucer, put
some of the seasoned meats with one
half, and fold it over like puff; pinch
or nick it neatly round, and fry it a light
brown. This is good method of
cooking meat which has been cooked
before.
Year: 1874

WHEN TO MANURE AN ORCHARD
You need not be very particular when
YOU manure an orchard Some say the
Fall is the time, others say the Spring,
but the orchard will be glad of the fer
tilizer at any time. If you put on
coarse barn-yard manure in Summer, it
will operate as mulch and counteract
the effects of drouth We have found
hemlock saw dust, two inches thick, to
produce as good effect as an ordinary
manuripg. A top dressing is the best
form of manuring for an orchard, but
volatile manure should be treated with
plaster mixed with muck, etc, before
being used. We incline to the use Of