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Year: 1874

JAMAIcA.-Mrs. Mary Spilet residing on
Churchst in this village. while crossing the track OF
the South Side Railroad st tho crossing about
O'Clock yesterday, was struck by the locomotive OF


freight going west carried the pilot for
feet and thrown the platform ct the depot building
Year: 1874

A monthly magazine, published at Wash
ington, D. c., at 81 per annum. The
March number of this periodical is before
us, and contains several articles of rare
value. The aims of The Republic seem to
be three-fold-to spread political informa-
ton, to educate its readers in political
thought, and to teach them to form an in
dependent Judgment upon political ques-
tions. Its contents are not holiday reading,
for knowledge in any science can only be
obtained by diligence and labor, but we
are fully convinced that those who carefully
read this valuable publication will be nec-
essarily qualified to discharge their duties
as citizens.


One of the principal articles is an essay
on the Wealth of the Nation, which con-
denses in few pages all that is of practical
value contained in an immense quarto cen
sus volume. 1t is in fact a compendium of
a compendium. Another essay is an analy-
sis of the Expenditures of the Federal Gov
ernment for the last fiscal year, and is a
full and frank exhibit Every number is a
political textbook, and those who are really
intent on securing better government in
stead of merely change of parties can aid
the cause in no better way than by intro
ducing The Republic to the people.


In the Appendix will be found the great
speech of Mr.. Garfield on Expenditures,
and of Representatives Fort and Kellogg on
Finance.


We will furnish the Republic and the
News together for 1926 per annum, in ad-
vance.
Year: 1874

Having a few moments leisure
time, I thought a line from the 'the
town of steady habits" might be of
interest. This is beautiful location
for town, and a very quiet little
village It sits nestled among the
hills, its inhabitant moving along in a
quiet, unassuming way. AS temper
ance is the all absorbing theme of the
present hour I cannot forebear
word upon that, and to the credit of
the place be it said, that such thing
as a drunken man is scarcely seen or
heard of here. The women are vigi-
liant, and ever ready, to take the ad-
vantage of the enemy, on first ap-
proach and hold him at bay. The
consequence is, this is a very quiet,
sober community, and business
moves along in an even, steady way ;
just the place for one who wishes to
calmly enjoy life ''for the living there
Of"


Our old landlord, land very clev.
er one he isItoo) still keeps accommo.
dations for man and beast. Dame
Rumor says we are to have another
Hotel, but for the truth of her state
ment, I cannot vouch.


There are good pixies in several di-
rections from the town, and a nice
drive, from either of the country
towns, making this very pleasant
quiet resort, wayfrom the humdrum
of city life. Then too, it is on the
direct line of one of the great Rail
roads ofthe State, which takes you tc
the Queen City in twinkling.
But lest / trespass upon you
space, 1 will close here, and hope tt
give you something more interesting
next time. Respectfully,


CHRONIC.
Year: 1874

The Rev. A. G. Hurst states that
the report that whiskey is sold as
usual in Warrington G. H., and that
there is as much drunkenness there
as ever, isnot correct. Having heard
that such a report was in circulation
he asked the Marshal of Washington
for official information on the point
and was told that there had been bu,
one arrest for drunkenness during
the six weeks last past!
Year: 1874

The German Press of the country
is doing what it can to awaken feel
ing of sympathy for the many per-
sons who would be thrown out OF
employment and must suffer want
if the manufacture and sale of into1-
eating liquors are checked They do
not think of the multitudes disquai-
fed for business, and the much larg-
er multitudes reduced to actual wsns
BY the sale OF intoxicating hqaogz-
[l4s Vgupp EepG6FsaaF
Year: 1874

From the Mt Vernon Banner.


Our Representative, Mr. Beach, sends us
the following copy of Bill which has
recently passed both branches of the Legis-
lature, and is therefore law of the State.
1t will prevent voters from being imposed
upon bypolitical shysters: a-


AN ACT


To amend section two of an act entitled an


act supplem entary to an act entitled an


act to preserve the purity of Elections.


passed May 8, 1868. rs. & s., page


343.


SEC. 1. Be Sit enacted by the General
Assembly of Ohio, That section two of the
above recited act be amended so as to read
as follows:


Sec. .. That all ballots voted at any cleo
ton held in pursuance of law shall be writ
ten on plain white paper, or printed with
black ink, with space of not less than
one-fifth of an inch between each name,
on plain white news printing paper, with
out any device or mark of any description
to distinguish one ticket from another, or
by which one ticket may be known from
another by its appearance, except the words
at the head of the ticket; and whenever any
ballot with a certain designated heading
shall contain printed thereon in place of
another, any name not found on the regu-
lar ballot having such heading, such name
SO found shall be regarded by the judges of
election as having been placed there for
the purpose of fraud, and said ballot shall
not count for the name so found, and it
shall be unlawful for any person to print
for distribution at the polls, or distribute
to any elector, or knowingly to vote any
ballot, printed or written, contrary to the
provisione of this act: Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prohibit the erasure, correction, or in
sertion of any name by pencil mark or with
ink upon the face of the printed ballot.


We will give the Democratic Legislature
the credit of passing at least one good law.
It will prevent men who wish to smuggle
themselves into Office in sneakinG under
handed way, from interpolating their names
upon other candidates tickets, with the
view to deceive. The law is good one.
Year: 1874

. A strike occurred in the Evansville
Indy Courier office yesterday be-
cause the proprietors would not dis
charge a cOmpositor who had refused to
pay an assessment to send q delegate to
the National Typographical Union at
ST .o,,io
Year: 1874




Nature, in truth, had denied him no
| gift essential to the orator, and no ac-
! cident serviceable 70 his gifts. Never
had orator fairer physique in whic1
to wreak himself on expression He


was six feet two inches in height.
! erect, symmetrical and 1.-THE. His


bearing was self-possessed and gracs-
/ ful, his voice clear, rotund and pene-
4 trating. and his enunciatiOn so dis
tinet that his words ali came forth
/ clean-cut like coin fresh from the die.
/ 1t is true, his gestures were sometimes
open 10 the charge of extavagance,
and his wit to that of buffoOnery; but
these blemishes, from which even
| Cicero was not entirely exempt. we're


carried of by the prevailing grace and


power of his manner. Though not q


highly cultivated man, he was a natu-


raj orator. lie never seemed so thor


oughly at home as when lie WIS on


his legs. In speaking, whether on the


platform, in the Senate, or at the bar.


his mental equilibrium and his mem


tai vitality were invincible. Nothing


from within or from without could


disturb the one OF dash the other. In
terruptiOns Of all sorts only added


fuel to the fire of his oratOry. From
the first sentence to the last. he was
master of the situation, the whole ef-


fort being stamped with unity and in
stinet with grace. To borrow the
phraseology of the drama, there was


no break in the acting. Not a link
was missing; not a minute vas lest.
He would tell an anecdOte while he
was looking for a citation. and throw
Oh b Hash 81 Wit as he wired his forr- 7
head. Even a glass Of water he would /
take with rhetorical effect, dexterous-
ly weaving the act into the texture of |
his speech, or carelessly tossing il /
among the flowers of the border. /
When he was on the boards, neither /
the stage nor the audience ever wait
ed. He never hesitated for thought /
or a word; yet (such was the aptness
and weight of his NATTER no one ever
thought of calling him fluent The
word, if it had occurred, would have
seemed absurdly disparaging. He
was in fact neither fiiPpant nor hur-
ried. His movement had the simple
but resistless impetus springing from
the free play Of his faculties. His
style was racy and at the same time
lofty. He touched nothing that he
did not elevate as well as assimilate.
He made everything his own, and
himself. have heard
many Of the great orators of our time
in both hemispheres, but, taking all
IN all, / have never heard one who in
my opinion was his equal Galaxy.
Year: 1874

have travelled some. And it is sell
dom that / find coffee fit to drink, es.
pecially at the hotels. 1t comes to US
pretty near cold, often full of coffee
grounds, of a dirty, black color; very
often il is not deserving the name OF
coffee. All the cream and sugar you
can put IN it does not make it palata-
BILE. It is no more trouble to make
good coffee than poor. First wash the
coffee clean, then'dry it, then brown
it-not burn it. The hopperful of our
common coffee-mills is about enough
for eight or ten persons, according to
the strength the persons want.


Put the ground coffee IN a bowl or
the coffee boiler, and half an egg, then
pour on Just enough cold water TO wet
the coffee by being well stirred; then
pour on enough boiling water 10 suit
the strength wanted, boil from five to
ten minutes, set off the fire and add
about half a gill of cold water; let
stand one minute TO settle, and pour
off in another coffee-pot. Now serve;
then you will have coffee of a light
amber color, without grounds, fit Tor
ony one to drink.
Year: 1874

MEDICAL VALUE oF AsPARAGUs.-A
medical correspondent Of an English
journal says..that the advantages of
asparagus are not sufficiently estima-
ted by those who suffer with rheuma-
tism and gout. Slight cases Of rheu-
matism are cured in a few days by
feeding on this delicious esculent, and
more chronic cases are much relieved,
especially if the patient avoids all
acids, whether IN food or beverage.
The Jerusalem artichoke has also a
similar effect in relieving rheumatism.
The heads may be eaten in the usual
way, but tea made from the leaves Of
the stalk, and drank three or four
times a day, is a certain remedy,
though not equally agreeable.
Year: 1874

It makes us proud when our love
of a mistress is returned; it onght TO
make US prouder still when we can
love her for herself alone, without
the aid of any such selfish reflection.
This is the religion of lOve.-HaZhtt.
Year: 1874

This Is a beautiful tribute to the
beautifal dead and even the parent
al heart may be compensated in It's
unutterable woe, when the memory
Of its idol is so fifty enshrined in
such rare verses, and yet fautless as
they are, they barely do justice to
the peerless departed one that they
are intended to commemorate.
From the Memphis Sunday Register.l


LENT To US.
Year: 1874

We are indebted to the Holly
Springs Reporter for the informa-
ton that cows that feed on null
berry trees in winter are affected
with rheumatism. We have no.
ticed that our shade trees have
been badly damaged, and many Of
the cattle have been strangely af-
fected.-Bolivar Bulletin.
Year: 1874

However agreeable a beau may be,
he should not be allowed to enCross q
lady for any considerable time. Some
gentlemen make q practice of select.
ing a young lady whom they like, and
keeping her to themselves for the
greater part of an evening. unless the
lady takes measures to prevent 1t. II
she appears pleased with the tete-a-kete
other gentlemen will avoid interrupt.
ing il, and thus a foundation is laid
for one of those idle reports which
every one should take pains to avoid.
In such a case you need not hesitate
to break off the conversation, and tC
change your position so as to ensconce
yourself. among ladies'; and get rid oI
such marked attentions. No man OF
deEcacy would choose to exhibit &
real preference of the heart; this sort
of monopoly is one of the amuse,
msnts of the selfish, and If you sui,
fer it they viii think you highly hon
ored by their notice.


'They put him in a showcase ,
Year: 1874

The caucus OF the Democratic MEM
bers Of the Legislature have resolved
by q vote OF Ga to 6 in favor of redis-
trictiug the State into Congressional
districts. This is as it should be. The
Infamous gerrymander ef the State by
the last Republican Legislature is an
outrage on the Democratic party OF
Ohio, which is entitled to onesbalf the
members Of Congress from this
State, whereas we now have only six
out OF twenty. No person with the
least sense et right or fairness ca n OBJ
jsct 10 giving each party a number Of
tongressmen in proportion 10 the
areugth OF the party in the State. 1t
d to be hoped that the Legislature
will do something to remedy this evil,
bnt in so doing let nothing but fairness
and equity be done, and our opponents
given all that they are Justly entitled
to.-&. CLairsvile Gazette.
Year: 1874

A CORRESPONDENT this morning pre-
sents what may be regarded as rather
vigorous protest against the proposed
purchase OF the former AcHKsoN pro-
perty for school purposes. The otjec'
tious set forth have considerable weight
and ere certainly entitled to careful
consideration BY the Board. The pro-
perty owners in the neighborhood
are considerably exercised" by
the mere thought Of the erection
OF a school house in that loca-
ton and the annoyance that would re-
suit therefrom. and although thi,
ought not TO deter the Board OF Educa
ton from the selection of . site that 10
eminently adapted for the convenience,
comfort and proper management of q
public school, it ought to be regarded
when the site is in other and more i'm
portant respects Objectionable. The
people of the city will await with q
good deal oil interest the action OF the
Board tonight.
Year: 1874

TIE Moundsville Reporter announces
that the famous m ound which gives its
name to the town and which has been
the object Of much antiquarian re-
search, is about to be sold, and the
Editor urges the town authorities to
purchase and hold it as public property.
The suggestion is an excellent one and
we trust that it will be acted upon by
the town council. The work OF
the mysterious mound.buildsrs "
who peopled this continent many
centuries before the Indian tribes
who were found by our ancestors in
possession of the coil, is gradually dis
appearing before the ravages OF the
present race OF money.makers, and we
hope that there may by found in
Moundsville enough men who have q
reverence for antiquity to preserve this
splendid specimen Of the labors OF an
ancient race from total destruction. By
making it the property Of the towr it
may be preserved during the present
geuer alton at least, and still afford to
future antiquarians subject for in
teresting research.


The Reporter suggests that the
mound may be utilized as site for q
reservoir for the supply of water to the
town, but we hope that no such utilita-
rian notion may prevail. The mound
is not very well suited for the purpose
proposed; . better reservoir may be
made on some OF the hills adjacent to
the town; and it should be preserved
for its own sake and with no alteration
OF its main features. 1t is ore Of the
most striking and most widely known
curiosities in this section OF country
and deserves to remain unmarried by
the mercenary spirit of modern times.
Year: 1874

A PLEASING incident is told US by q
clergyman who has just returned from q
health trip. He relates how a baggage
man ON u far Western railroad was 80
impslled by the force Of habit that he
began to knock around and kick and
jam the trunk Of an elephant. a msnags-
rie company having loaded the beast ON
n Hat car. Tho force Of habit in the
trunk was also strong. and the heap OF
blood and bones beside the track demon
strated that. for once in RAILROAD en-
counter. the trunk had the best OF it.
As above remarked. this incident comes
from the lips Of n clergyman lately ro-
turned from Western trip. taken for
his health.-i. Louis Journal.
Year: 1874

The little boys of Rochester, New
York, whose street ball playing and kite
flying has been stopped by order of the
police, display considerable ingenuity
in getting around the command. They
allow little girls to fly the kites and
play ball while they sit by and enjoy
themselves.
Year: 1874

1t is asserted by the English press
that in the will of the late Countess
of London occurs this singular request


II further wish my right hand to be
cut off and buried in the park at Cas-
tie Donington, at the bend of the hill
to the Trent, and q small Cross or stone
over it, with the motto, Il hyde my
Tyne"


This bend of the chill to the Trent, ~
overlooks country seat of the queen
of England. When Victoria was yet q
girl, before her marriage, but after her
coronation, a young sister of the
Countess of Loudon was maid of honor.
She was a gay, beautiful girl, and
from her thoughtless gayety and free
dom of manner, gossips were enabled
to spread false, but damaging rumors
to her fame. The young Queen, in
stead of shielding her protege, gave
open countenance to the scandal-mon
gers and banished tho young beauty
from her court. A year afterward she
died of broken heart, but not until
the scandal was proved untrue. The
evil done was incurable. And from
that time the Countess of Loudon ab-
jured all love and respect for the Queen.
She refused to appear ut court, or in
public on any royal tetc day, saying
always that her murdered sisters
wrongs would be revenged. The SOL
emn defiance provided for in her
will, proves the bitterness of her last
ing resentment.
Year: 1874

Mr.. F. G. Jones mentions the
singular death of q little colored girl on
his farm, near Auburn, Alabama. The
girl went to some stills that had been
used for the purpose of cutting up
meat, and on which there was q large
number of red ants. While asleep the
ants by the hundreds made an attack
on the child, and when she awoke she
was literally covered with them, and all
busy biting and singing. They were
80 ferociOus that woman on tho place
had to sweep them off with a brush
broom. The biting and stinging were
SO very serious that fever ensued. which.
coupled with the poison of the bites,
produced death two days afterward.


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Year: 1874




The tract of country known as the
State Range Valley is probably one Of
the most curious that Southern Califor-
MIA can boast of. It il there the i'm
mense deposits of borax were discovered
something like year ago, and at the
time the whole lower or central part of
that basin was covered with white de-
Posit, breaking away in some places in
large soda reefs, in others resembling
the waves of the ocean, and in still 9TH
ers stretching ont for miles in one un-
broken level, from which the sun re.
dected it's rays with glare almost un-
endurable. But one of the most singu-
lar features in connection with this
section was the absence Of rain or mois-
ture the days were ever sunny and
hot, the nights without dew, and gen.
orally warm. For more than five years,
it is said by those who claim to know,
there had been no rain there, until some
threemonths since the spell was broken.
Suddenly and with scarce any warning,
rain commencedt to fall, and increasingly,
unaccompanied by wind, but yet thor
ough drenching rain For two or three
Days it remained pleasant, when sud-
denly q water-spout was seen vending
its way through the valley. It came in
q zig-zag course across the upper end
of the lake, striking the range Of hills
on the east side and coursing rapidly
along them. The canons and gorges
were soon filed With -water, which
poured from them in fearful volume
and spread itself out upon the bottom.
In short time It was over, and dem
izens of the place now look for another
dry season Of five years. Tho Borax
Company are now in operation there,
and are said to be doing we'll, and
another set of works ON . small scale
will probably go up in q short time.
Thirty.fv hundred tons Of the refined
article were recently shipped to San
Francisco, and ten toms Of crude mate
rial.-L0s Angelos Exprcss.
Year: 1874

It has a deep depression under the eye.
It and the Hipparion about equal the
ass in height. The Pliohippus has but
one toe-that is, it's foot is like the
modern horse.


Lastly, at the very top of the forma-
tlon and just where it is passing into
the quaternary, for the first time the
bones Of the true horse are found. 1t
equaled in size the horse of the present
day, and in some species surpassed it.


The existing horse has no depression
in front OF the orbit. Occasionally it
has superauous hoof hanging about
the true one.


There are many other facts of a SINH
lar character about these skeletons and
those of other cognate forms, all indi-
cative of series of progression, or as
the believers in that theory would call
it, Of development. In respect to the
toes the argument may be briefly stated
thus: The single-toed hoof represents
the highest capacity for speed; four
toes may he useful for support in the
marshes, but the necessity for speed
would sooner or latermake animals with
fewer superfuous toes take precedenceo of
the others. The reduction in the num-
Der of toes may in this manner be due
to gradual elevation of the region in
habited. The struggle for existence of
the early horse was principally in sue
cessfully running away from beasts of
prey. At the present day, if a horse
wounded or marc embarrassed with
colt, is overtaken by prairie wolves,
the hoofs are used to great advantage,
each kick that strikes wolf squarely
usually killing it. Nothing could be
more inconvenient than auperfuous
toes in kicking. But what is the de-
preston in front of the eye? This was
developed without apparent reason and
disappeared equally without reason.
which even the development hypothesis
cannot explain.


It will be seen that there are yet
more worlds to conquer. Prof. Marsh
lives in the hope of seeing the skeleton
of the predecessor of the Orophippus
say with five toes in front and four be-
hind. And having got that equine an
cestOr, he will not be satisfied till,
somewhere at the bottom of the see,
or even back in the cretacious deposits,
he finds the greatest great grandfather
of all the horses, which should be
about the size Of a .tirst-class black-and-
tan, and should have five well-defned
toes on each foot, touching the ground.
With this fossil in his possession, I
think Prof. Marsh would be able to
enjoy life without going to the Rocky
Mountains every summer.