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Year: 1874

The excitement that existed in Philadelphia
concerning the case OF the kidnapped Child ex-
tended to all classes, and every mother in the
city was SO wrought up upon the subject that
she could hardly be induced to permit her chill
dren to go out Of her sight Gillespie lives on
Tenth street. in the same row with Mrs. Magin-
mis-. He moved in few days ago, and Mrs. Ma
ginnis had not had an opportunity to become ac-
quainted with him. He is very near-sighted,
and when he came home the other afternoon he
thought he saw his boy playing in the gutter,
and he approached the youngster with the intent
TO pick him up and carry him into the house.
The fact, however, was that it was Mrs. Magin-
mis- boy, and that estimable woman was watch
ing him with one eye, while the other one rested
upon the second story window, which she was
washing.


When she saw Gillespie seize the child she
knew at once that the kidnapper had come, and
as Gillespie walked of with the booty under his
arm, red-haired woman, in u condition of fran
tic excitement, might have been seen shooting
down stairs and through the front door with the
velocity of light. Gillespie discovered his mis-
take just as he caught sight of the infuriated
Maginnis approaching him, and apprehending
trouble, dropped the child and ran. Blythe time
they had gone around the block twice, Gillespie
had not only Maginnis and six policemen at
his heels, but l 800 other people and half hum
dred dogs AT last he darted up an alley and
endeayored to jump over his back fence, but
just as he reached thetop the ayenging Maginnis
arrived and caught him by the legs, and before
he could explain himself the policemen had
hammered him considerably, and four OF the
dogs had bitten chops out of his legs. He is in
bed yet, and will probably not be around again
until the bumps on his head subside and the dog
bites heal When he does get out again he will
wear glasses. Adeler.
Year: 1874

Several Agricultural Exhibitions arc depend
ing, this week. upon the kindness of the skies
Those at Oxford, West Chester, and Doylestown
all take place Oh the ensuing three or four days
The appearance of tho sun, this morning. was
undoubtedly very cheering to their managers.
The weather for Fairs is fair weather. and none
other will serve
Year: 1874

BosToN, July Freddy English, the
boy detective of Brooklyn, who was used
there in the interest of the crusaders to
procure evidence against saloon keepers for
violation Of the liquor law las turned up
here again and is under arrest charged with
stealing sleeve buttons from the superin-
tendent of the Appleton home. Little
Fred as he was called in Brooklyn, says he
has been playing the part of an impOstor
ana that he was put up to his tricks by his
father.
Year: 1874

THE lengthy article from the Golden
Age, telegraphed this morning, indi-
Gates that Tilton would like to crawl
hack into the same hole he came out
of, if he could, and draw the hole in
after him.
Year: 1874

IT is understood that the negroes
will demand seven of the nine county
offices for their own color. inasmuch as
they are expected b furnish seven
ninths of the voters. How do the in
dependents Ike that sort of civil rights:
Year: 1874

WE have not met a member either
Of the old County Committee Of -, OF
of that appointed by the recent con-
vention, who does not cordially concur
IN our suggestion Of yesterday concern
ing the calling of primaries, etc. for
tue selection of delegates to the State
Convention in this city on Aug. Ia, and
the Congressional District Convention
at Clarksville, Sept. ,. All that is
wanted - the date and place for the
precinct meetings and the county con.
ventIon. There would be no excuse for
trouble about a matter so simple.
Year: 1874

Two CRePs A YEAR.-A year ago l ex-
pressed my intention to try raising two
crops OF Hungarian on one piece of ground
In one season, but the weather was un-
favorable, and abandoned it. wishing to
SOW wheat In the fall. l did, however,
raise two crops of entirely different kinds
on another piece of ground, which were
very satisfactory, and hope to try again
this season, viz, a crop Of early potatoes.
and aftcr them crop of yellow Aberdeen
turnips. These were planted In rows, aud
although not cared for as they should have
been, produced finely. They are, we think,
a nicely favored turnip and valuable either
for the use Of the family or for stock.


Another piece of ground | sowed with
oats after early potatoes, to feed to the
cows green. they seemed very fond of it,
and believe this may be done to the ad-
vantage of our butter cows. Sweet corn
may be raised aud the crops removed IN
time to sow turnips or oats tor the use OF
the cows. In these and in probably other
ways. We may increase tie products of our
small farms, thereby enabling us TO keep
proportionately heavy stock. The stock,
in turn, will make for us the manure Tor a
large part ofit) which is necessary to keep
the fertility of the soil. If the soil is well
fed and cultivated it is capable OF yielding
a very large amount of produce. just as
well-fed and well-managed horse or steam
engine Is capable OF doing a great amount
of work in year without being injured


Cor. Practical Farmer.
Year: 1874




At q fire in d large cit, +,
while the upper stories of a
lofty building were wrapped In
smoke, and the lower stories
aelow with lame, a piercing
shrek told the startled firemen
that there was some one still
in the building in9gperil A
ladder was quickly reared TN
nj il'touched u he heated walls,
and driving through the fl imes
and smoke a brave young fire
man, rushed up the rounds on
his errand of mercy. Slif1ed
by the smoke, he stopped, and
seemed about to descend. The
crowd was in agony, as a lie
seemed lost, for every moment
OIL hesitation seemed an age
While this shivering fear seized
every behoIder, a voice from
The crowd cried out "cheer
himl cheer himl and a wild
"hurrah" burst from the excited
| spe ctators. As the, cheer
reached the fireman, he started
upward through the curling
smoke, and IN a few moments
Was seen coming down the lad.
der with a child IN his arms
That cheer did the work. How
much can we do to help the
brave ones Sho are struggling
with temptation, or almost
tainting in their efforts to do
good to e. others. Don't find
fault with your brother in bis
trial, but cheer him Give
him a word that shall urge him
on The way, and if you CAM
help him in any other way
give him q cheer.
Year: 1874

A LOUISVILLE bank some
time ago placed In the hands
of the Adams Express Compa-
ny a package containing So
600, to be carried to some
point in Louisiana. A bridge
on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, over which the train
carrying the money was pass
ing, broke down and the mon
ey was burned up in a fire that
followed the disaster. The
Express Company was sued by
the bank for the recovery OF
the money, and the United
States District Court at Louis
vile has decided that the Ex


press Company is not respons-
ible for accidents on railroads
II anybody will take the trou,
BILE to read the receipt Of an
Express Company he will see
that the Companies hold them
selves TO but little accountable
ty. The Company generally
bars itself against every class
OF accidents known to the era
on which We live, and then
throws in the "vlsltations of
God" for good measure.
Year: 1874

A MAN living about sixty
miles from Parsons, Kansas,
stole a horse. A mob went to
his house as they supposed, at
night, and finding that the oc-
cupants was in bed, they told
his wife that they wanted to
see him a minute. so he cape
out. They hung him to a tree
and then shot twenty bullets
into him and left him. The
next morning they 'found that
they had got the wrong man,
this one being a d-working
laborer, with three children,
and that the right man. lived
next door Chicago Ti6nus
Year: 1874

AN osweko Paper describes
a fire by saying that "the red
flames danced in the heavens
and flung their fiery arms about
hike a black funeral pail until
Sam Jones got on the roof and
douSed them out with a pail Of
water"
Year: 1874

The temperance maSS-neeting at the
city hall tonight was an immense affair,
and more than usual interest was mani
tested. The exercises consisted of short
speeches by both males and females. \
letter was read from Rufus Main, a prOmi-
nent grocer, who has heretofore stOutly Op-
posed the whole movement, completely
SuTendering and volunteering to sign a
pledge not to sell any more whisky himself
or rent his building TO who will not take
the pledge not to sell whisky on the prem
Year: 1874

Ifanybody has seen a black
and>tan dog. answering to the
name of Judge" going down
the street in company with a
hardsheli turtle that won't an
swer to anything,and certainly
won't answer to tackle, as the
dog can tell You if you can get
him to stop long enough, please
halt the eloping pair, as they
are the property OF the editor of
this paper. We are fondly at
tached to the dog on account
of his vagabondish, Bohemian
ish habits. He knows every
dog in Peoria by name, and is
on speaking terms with mines
tenths of the granger dogs that
come in under-the wagons, and
he knows more of the inhabit-
ants of this city than the tax
collector does. The turtle is a
more recent acquisition. 1t
was placed in the back yard
Yesterday, and the dog spent
an hour and a halt trying to en-
tice it to come out of its shell
and be sociable. The old irons
clad maintained it's reserve,
however, until the dog cram
med his nose against the for
ward part and began to sniff.
The pair seemed to come to
some understanding at once,
for the dog made an impetueus
remark on a very high key, and
they both started immediately
on a trip after Donaldson's
balloon. When the dog jumped
over Fishers barn, we thought
he had struck the eastern cur
ent and would go right through,
but we learn since that he
landed and was seen saunterlng
along like a whirlwind, tue
turtle staying right by him.
We should be very sorry to
loose the dog now, as he has
acquired another important and
valuable quality. = He knows
more about turtles than any
other dog in the country, and
it's mighty hard to find a real
good turtle dog.-Peoria Re
view. ~
Year: 1874

Colonel Christie, of Ncrth Carolina, was
rounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and
led before his wife could reach him. His
ast words were, kiss me for my Lizzie''l
i am dying. Is she comingf
Throw the window open wide,
Is she coming oh I love her


More than all the world beside.
In her young and tender beauty,


Must, oh! must she feel this loss!
Saviour, hear my poor petition,


Teach her how 10 bear this cross.
All the evening dews are falling;
I am cold, the light is gone.
Is she coming softly, softly,


Comes deaths silent footsteps on;
lam going, come and kiss ne;
Kiss me for my darling wife;
Take for her my parting blessing,


Take the last warm kiss of life.
Surely ere the daylight dieth,
4. will fold her to my heart;
With her head upon my bosom,


Calmly could sink to rest.
l. is hard to die without her. ,.
Look I! l think she's coming now;
lean almosbfeel her kisses


On my faded cheek and brow.
can almost hear her whisper


Feel her breath upon my check;
Iark l hear the front door open;
Is she coming, did she speak
No; well, draw the curtain softly.


l viii see her face 10 more
Till see it smiling ON me


On that bright and better shore
Tell her she must come and meet lne
In that Eden land of light;
Tell her Ill be waiting for her,


Where there is no death-no night.
Tell her that called her darling


Blessed her with my dying breath;
Come and kiss me for my Lizzie,


Tell her love outliyeth death.
Year: 1874

A well-known authoress gives
it as a secret of domestic felicity
that a husband should be absent
from home at least six hours every
day. Then why such a row it he
chooses to select the time to suit
himself-say in the evening.
Year: 1874

To comprehend a mans life
it is necessary to know not
merely what he does, but also
what he purposely leaves nn>
done. There is a limit to the
work that can be got out OF a
human body or a human brain,
and ne is a wise man who
wastes no energy on pursuits
for which he is not fitted, and
he is still wiser who, from
among the things that he can
do well, chooses and resolutely
follows the best.-lGladstOne.
Year: 1874

LIQUID GLuE-The farmer
often requires glue in mending
wood work. The Druggists
Circular" tells how easily it
can be made:


IAN excellent liquid glue
can be made by dissolving
glue in nitric ether. This ether
only takes up a certain guam
tity Of glue, so that there is no
danger Of the solution bel :
too concentrated. The glue
obtained in this way can be
made to have the consistency
OF molasses, and its tenacity
is said to be twice that dissolv-
ed in hot water, A few pieces
Of India rubber Of the size of
a bullet put into the glue and
well shaken will dissolve in a
few days, and add to the ad-
hesiveness of the preparation,
as well as protect it from the
action of the moisture"
Year: 1874

MANAGEAENr OF 4 HousEHoLD ~ Yeuug
ladiss, cut this out and pin it in your
bonnets: "No young woman ought to
feel herself qualified to become wife un-
Ill she is sure she understands how to do
the most that can be done with her hus-
bands money. The management of a
heuseholG is not thing to be properly
and safely intrustsd to hirclng hands. A
servant is broken reed for the head Of
family to lean upon. There are a thou
sand little ways in which money must be
expended, in which real shrewdness and
enterprise are requisite in order to use it
to the best advantage; and there are a
thousand other ways Of saving money.
open only to those who have studied
Alright the art Of economys The Turkish
proverb has it, that a prudent woman is
a mine Of Jewels and. like many other
Oriental sayings, this is beautiful for the
truth it embodies. A wasteful house,
keeper not only actually robs those for
whom she undertakes to manage. of the
comforts it is her duty to provide for
them, but keeps her husband head over
ears in debt, and makes the domestic life
Of poor man continual series of exper-
insnts in shiBning it from one day to the
next in keeping the stomach full, though
the purse be empty"
Year: 1874

II tbe sight Of man is beaateous. ]. il
when you first catch glimpse Of him through
q black night, in a strange depot. when pack
Of hyens backmen are to be defed, your lug
gage looked after, Jour hotel found, aud you
are alone, a stranger and woman. In that
moment, il no other. am duly grateful tha,
a man was made who is ready 70 smooth mj
path and to take care Of me. 2t this moment
four women were thankful for The same fact
IN that day shall seven women take hold oi
one man. Poor man He has always bad
my pity. There was bu. four Of Us, yet each
one Of us knew that our guide. philosopher and
friend had more than his portion. though be
took il up With smile aud carried it like q
sain: TO the end
Year: 1874

On summer eve. when the sun was low,
An old man sat in the golden glow,
The waves were washing the sandy stones,
And calm and sweet were their languid tones,
He looked, and listened, and softly sighed,
As he heard the voice Of the ebbing tide.
He has passed his three-score years and ter,
He has smiled and wept like other men
Brother and parent, friend and wife,
Had drifted over the sea of life


To the peaceful shore where the saints abide
But be was left by the ebbing tide.
Left oil alone with the dreamy past;
A battered hull on the shingle cast,
No more TO ride on the seething main,
Nor feel the shock OF the storm again
lie lay al peace BY tie ocean side,
To waitthe coming Of Deaths great tide.
That solemn tide, with its voiceless roll,
Shall bear on its waves the weary sotl
To the blessed land, where the angel throng
Will hail its coming with holy song.
And the home of that faithful heart shall be
4 place Of rest by the Crystal Sea!
Year: 1874

Rest ~ OLD AoE.-I coyet rest neither for
myself nor my friends. so long as we are able
to work but when age or weakness comes on.
and hard labos becomes an unendufable bur
den. then The necessity Of work Is deeply pain
fol- and it seems to imply an evil state Of sOcic-
ty wherever such necessity generally exists
Ones childhood should be Tranquil, as ones
old age should BE playful; headwotk a, either
extremity Of human existence seems TO me out
of place. The morning and the evenings
should be alike peaceful at midnight the sun
msy burn. aud men may labor under it.-Dr.
Arnold.
Year: 1874




A M1xruRE.-A curious story. and a
sad one, if true. comes from the South.
The author is a telegraph operator. not
by the nature of his calling the most
telling individual in the world
He has Just reached Cairo from Texas
and he says:


A mysterious fever has broken out.
which takes its victims in from half an
hour to an hours time, with horrible
certainty. The doctors call it dangua
pneumonia. but seem powerless to cure
it. The winter has been very mild in
Texas. Frost was not felt. The heavy
rains have washed bare hundreds of bod
les of the yellow-fever victims of last
summer. and it is only too probable
that this disease is q more malignant
form Of the epidemic, springing out Of
the poison arising from the remains o.
the last. Parties are busy re-interring
the bodies washed out by the rains, but
they are numerous, and are all near
enough to the surface to taint the At
mospere, and a terrible pestilence must
almost certainly be the result.
Year: 1874

RAILROAD REAuNIscENcEs.-The re-
suits Of three years operations Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company


under the control of the Land Ring
are, 1st: The expenditure Of two or three
hundred thousand dollars in the at
tempt to build up town in a forest and
Year: 1874

BROKEN TO PIEcEs.-A little girl ran
out to meet her father. as he was on bis
way home yesterday. exclaiming: Pa.
I declare. somebody has broken kitty all
to pieces" An examination disclosed
the fact that fourteen little Thomases
and pussies had been added to the fe-
line family.
Year: 1874

Mention was made recently Of gen.
tleman in feeble state Of health. who
had been for some time at the Butchers
Abattoir in Brighton for medical treat
ment. simply drinking half tumblerful
o. warm blood twice day. This course
the gentlemen, Mr.. c. H. Stickney. who
is willing that his name shall appear,
has followed until week ago, having
bsen there ten weeks and during that
time gained ten pounds in weight and,
to use his own words. My appetite is
good? I sleep well and feel like new
man, and l am soon to commence bust
ness again in Boston, He also says
that there are ten or twelve others there,
drinking the blood, all of whom are
gaining under this treatment. One gen.
tleman from Boston. a consumptive, SO
feeble that it was with difficult he could
get to this abattoir, is row able to handle
an ak skilfully enough to knock down
bullock lady from the city who
has been sick six years, stricken with
paralysis, is improving wonderfully by
this ''blood cure" A gratifying feature
OF this cure is that it is without money
and without price" and Mr.. Stickney
speaks in praise of the gentlemen in
charge of this establishment, and says
strangers visiting the place will frd
courteous treatment Boston journal.
Year: 1874

There is negro Samson named Mel
son de Lirle, IN New Orleans he is
householder by profession, and the trick
of his trade il to take possession Of
horses in an unauthorized manner. He
was denominated horse thief before
Court in New Orleans in 1859 and sent
to the State prison, where he stayed ON
ly six days Of the fvc years awarded
him. He broke Jail by swapping iron
bars as If they had been pine sticks, and
carrying the outer gate, and fed and hid
The police have been on the lookout for
him, and afraid they would end him
The other day two or three Of them got
hold of him, but he broke loose and1aid
them out on the pavement with one blow
each of his mighty arm. De Lisle then
ran, and the cry Of "Ftop thief was
raised, and a gathering crowd surged in
pursuit. A policeman cred three shots
at him without any apparent effect, and
he was at length brought to a halt By
running, as it we're, in a crowd Of about
thousand men that had collected about
him, both before and behind, IN his
flight. The friction Of such a mass was
too much, and be saw the living wall
close around him. II took twelve mus
cular white Americans 70 take him 70
the station-house, as be kept mp a skirm-
ishing 6ght all the way. He was pot in
the stocks, and it was found that pistol
ball had passed through his thigh, and
4 club had indented his forehead over
the eve. His vitals, which were cover
ed with n heavy coating Of upper leath-
er, were unharmed. He il not Of eHag


gerated size, being little over medium
size, but his mold Il Hofoulean and HE
endurance is equal 20 that Of steam
engine Of twenty horsepower.
Year: 1874

"a PoTAToEs of large size are said to be
produced by . monk in France by
cutting two side shoots from each
stalk when it il. five to- seven inches
high, and setting them in good, rich,
mellow garden soil. In q few days
they send out roots, and form tubers
about as early and in as large qEanti-
ties as the original stalk, while the lat
ter does not appear to be injured by
the moderate pruning. The expert
ment also seems to have been success
fally tried elsew here previously. The
plan may be fonnd especially servica-
bic in the propagation ofnew and rare
varieties for seed.
Year: 1874

A CONTEMPORARY says: A newspaper
and a newspaper editor that people
don't talk about and sometimes abuse,
are rather poor concerns. The men
that all editor sometimes feels it du-
ty to defend ct q risk of making enc
mics of another class, are often the
first to show ingratitude. The editor
who expects to receive much charity
or gratitude will soon find out his
mistake; but he should go ahead and
say and do Whist he conscientiously
thinks right without regard to frowns
or smiles.
Year: 1874

To SHOE AN UNRULY HoRsE.-A
good way to manage n horse that will
not be shod, is to take cord the size
of common bed cord put tinto the
mouth of the horse like bit, and tie
it tightly on the animals head, pass
ing his left ear under the string, not
painfully tight, but tight enough to
keep the ear down and the cord in its
place. This done, pat the horse gent
ly on the side of the head aud COM
mand him to follow. Itsubdues any
horse, and he becomes as gentle and
obedient as dog.
Year: 1874

How TO MAKE ERAsIYE SOAP
Here is an excellent recipe for making
genuine erasive soap that will remove
grease and stains from clothing: Two
pounds of good CASTLE soap; half a
pound of carbonate of potash, dissolv-
ed in half pint Of hot water. Cut the
soap in thin slices, boil the soap with
the potash until it is Thick enough to
mold in cakes also add alcohol, half
an ounce; camphor, half an ounce /;
hartshorn, half and ouuee; color with
half AN ounce of pulverized charcoal.