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Year: 1875

tor oil. II is the only safe article in existence


which is sure to regulate the bowels, cure wind.
collie and produce natural sleep. 1t is pleasant to
take. Children need not cry and mothers may
leep. apr2.w
Year: 1875

A YOUNG lady in Missouri was frozen to
death while out sleigh riding one night last
week. A man who can not keep a girl
from freezing while out sleighing, should be
convicted of "libel" in the first degree.
Year: 1875

The ethics of the question OF sound
provecation to personal assault are so
cloudy that it is perfectly useless to en-
deavor to decide the degree tprovoca-
ton which justifes a man in tuning to
pistols as a remedy of aggrievcd honor;
bnt if Il duel were At any time justiti


able, it would be so in the case of a
young man at Memphis. lie attended
a picnic, and in the midst of it the girls
organized a secre: society and called for
candidates for initiation from among the
Young men. The young men We're not
backward in the matter; they went into
the ceremony, not like sheep to the
shambles, most contidingly; but when
they cane tothe initiation, unlike sheep at
the shambles, they rather liked There was
but one degree to the ceremony, but
that one was nice, consisting as 1t did of
blindfolding each candidate and leading
him into the centre of a magic circle


formed by the Young ladies, when he
was made to kneel and was kissed, be-


ing subsequently made to guess who
kissed him. Such programme Woulu
suit most men, and some of those lnllla.
ted wanted very badly to take another
degree. Finally the young ladies ad-
mitted that one gentleman, a real lady
killer, should be allowed the privilege
he asked for, and he accordingly kneei-
ed down with a look of intense compla-
cencv upon his face that he should be
thus selected as more attractive than
other men. He was kissed and the
bandage removed from his eyes, only
to be disclosed to him the fact that his


lips had been pressed by the aggressive
| " protruding ones of a swarIhy negro,
who had accompanied the party a.
waiter Oh course there was Il roar,and
OF course the lady-killer was mad. Ii
appeared, subsequently, that all the
Young men had been deceived, the kiss
ing having been done by a gentleman
acting as confederate OF the ladies, but
| there was no balm in Gilead for the man
kissed by lie negro. He must have
satisfaction from somebody, and he
sought TO get it from the gentleman


who was in the league with the ladies.
Notes have passed and the Memphis pa


pers talk of duel and gore. sympathy


would he wasted on the disillusloned


ady-killeI, but il isn't at all surprising


lbat he wants to fight. He had asgrava-


ton enough Baltimore American.
Year: 1875

Owners of ferocious CANNES are re-
minded of the propriety of taking care
of their animals ere they cost them
about a hundred times the value of the
precious Cl) brute's head. There has
been two narrow escapes in the past
week of persons having to pay for their
dogs appreciation of human food.
Year: 1875

Why go here, there and everywhere
responsive to every inviting dish of close
shaving9 Trade where the best is always
found at bottom figures and your ac-
quaintance with STAUsMYER & Co., will
be as lasting as satisfactory.
Year: 1875

There can be but one best, and THE
best harvester ever made is unquestion-
ably the Hubbard at home, sold
at home, and warranted by your neigh
bors. Be wise and acquaint yourselves
with it before you buy
Year: 1875

New HOTEL AT REHoboTH.--We are
gratifed to learn that our enterprising
friend, VIM. BRIGHT, Esq, has determin-
ed to build neat and elegant hotel at
Rehoboth. 1t will be four stories high
and accommodate several hundred
guests. We hope he will receive en-
couragement from the railroad compa-
MES and all who are interested in and
desire to see this beautiful watering
place established upon successful ba-
sis. What Mr.. BRIGHT lays hi9 hands
to is bound TO be made success. and
the fact that he has resolved to hazard
q very large amount Of money in this
enterprise will give confidence and
greatly advance the progress of Reho.
both. The hotel will be put under con.
tract in few days and no doubt bt
fully completed ready for the reception
Of visitors early in June next
Year: 1875

The New York Tribune is making
anxious inquiries as to the whei ieabouts
of the Republican party's leaders. 1t
says the Republican masses may well
survey the situation with alarm when
they lind that the mismanagement Of
a ID rccklessness of the administration
have left them at crises like this
without commander. Who, of all
their chief men in Congress or the ex.
ecutive offices, can strike the key note
of policy for them, or rally their half
broken ranks? They had nobody to
send into Maine except Senator Nor
ton, who is more thoroughly identified
than any other man in public life with
the odious measures which have
brought the party into disrepute. De
lano dare not take the stump for fear
Of damaging his own side. Boutwell,
is involved in the same disgrace as
Morton. The leaders of three years
ago are politically dead-destroyed by
Credit Mobilier, or the Louisiana
usurpation, or the force bill, or the
outrage fraud, Mr.. CoAkling could
only help the campaign in New York
by keeping away from the convention
and when the party in this State under.
took to make the best possible show
for itself in desperate circumstances,
it could think of no better means than
sending all its leaders to the rear and
passing pointed condemnation OF the
course of its own administration. Here
is the result of six years of Grantism.
Where will it be in 1876
Year: 1875

"The Gazette compares Mr.. Bayard' s
popularity with that of Henry Clay.
This is drawing it very strong, but even
Henry Clay never was elected President.
Commercial.


But had Henry Clay not abandoned
the party which elected jefferson and
Jackson he would doubtless have been
President
Year: 1875

It IN proposed by tho National Butter and
Egg Association to urge tho passage Of State
laws prohibiting tho adulteration Of butter.
They agree to tho employment Of coloring
aubstaneowhcreby the sictly hue Of the winter
product of tho churn may DO given the rich
gold Of the genuine Orange County "gilt-
edge" !" but they will have no lard in theirs.
Gentlemen Of tho Association, don't split
hairp In butter, but lot us have the straight
article (of butter) while you nro about it.
Year: 1875

CURE FOR CHICKEN CHoLERA.-Mrs. Henry
APaImer, near Spring Hi ln Augusta county
furnishes the following remedy tor chicken
cholera: Take one quart of sweet milk, one
Spoonful Of soda, and mix in a dough made OF
half corn meal and hall -four, aud feed the
afticted fowls In addition to the above keep
hour cruel, or paste, in troughs where they can
Iced upon it.
Year: 1875

The way Of the transgressors is hard, mo-
only to themselves, but to the friends who
are attached to then. At the time of the
homicide Of Fisk, Edward S. Stokes had
an aged father and two brothers younger
than himself, who devoted themselves to
saving him with the most untiring zeal.
One brother died Of consumption, said to
have been caused or hastened by the in
tense anxiety which he suffered On Ned's
account; and now it is stated that his faith
or, whs died suddenly on Saturday, was
brought to the grave by the grief which
he experienced at the failure Of his efforts
to get his son pardoned. Stokes will
emerge from prison at the expiration of
his sentence to find his home greatly
changed: brother who loved him tender
ly and his father gone, and his wife d.
vorced!
Year: 1875

The EFFORTS Of the Republican
members of Congress 10 create a
false sentiment among the people of the
country as to the position Of the Demo
cratic side of the House, as regards thei,
feeling towards Northern soldiers, is as ri.
'liculoas as it is deceitful. The idea is to
create the impression that the Democratic
members are opposed to the appointment
to any Office under the control of the House
Of any Union soldier, that has beer


wounded. This is to create the impression
that the Democratic members are all in
sympathy with the Lost Cause, and will
appoint as many men from the South Of the
line of Mason and Dixon, as can be worked
into positions under the control of the
House. This is merely a party measure
10 keep the party skirts from dragging too
much in the mud of lost power which is
painfully apparent to the members. Is-
sues Of some kind must be raised 10 sus-
tain life, no matter what kind, how low or
how groveling, false or true, the Republi-
can party needs cheer in Its dying hours,
and no effort is to be spared to obtain ii:
honestly or dishonesty.
Year: 1875

The appropriation to tbs Board of Edu


c,tion by Council is not sufficient to mee


the expenses of the former body. 1t is q
natter which calls for the wisest Judgment
from the members of both bodies. Il
possible it should be settled at once. It's
importance demands this. The suspend
ing Of the schoolsseveral months before the
ending of the scholastic year would be a
burning disgrace to the community, and
one that must reflect upon the intelligence
Of our people. Sixty thousand dollars has
already been appropriated and all that is
needed according to the estimate made by
The Board Of Education is only fourteen
thousand dollars more than this amount.
Is is possible that Council cannot raise this
amount? Can they not relieve the expense
somewhere else? Put up fever lamps
which are to be lit only when it suits the
convenience Of the lighters, and it can be
done very easily. For the sake of the
city and the good name it should bear let
Council attend to this matter and prevent
others from judging our ideas of education
by the limited amount that some of our
legislators have.
Year: 1875

PORT JERvIs, August IS, 1875.


This afternoon about two O'Clock, the roadway at
Cascade ravine the Erie Railway about four miles
this side the Susquehanna depot Pa, washed away,
making gap 225 feet long and $50 feet deep AT this
point the railway crosses ravine about $50
feet deep and 400 feet wide, and when the
road was first built spanned by immense
trestle, which filed In several years
ago. small brook passed under it through small
outlet cuvert. This morning the brook had become
a raging torrent and the cuvert proved too small.
large lake formed and fears entertained
that the embankment would 60 out About two O'Clock
the to rise very fast, and in few min
utes the immense dam gave way. The cause
of the water rising rapidly was the breaking
away of milldam some distance above the
railway and when its waters came rushing down they
proved too much for the embankment 1t will prob
ably take five six days to put reste across the gap
although the Erie officials confident and say three
days will do it, The Erie Company will probably make
the arrangement with the Lackawanna and West
Company that they made last spring. when the Saw
mill Rift bridge was washed away, for the moving Of
their through freight and passenger trains The storm
is and the barometer rising
Year: 1875

NORTHERN RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY.


NYAoK, August is, 1878
The storm king has vented his wrath, and the hour
of apparent destruction is seemingly at end The
Northern Railroad Of New Jersey seems TO have been
particularly unfortunate little less than week ago.
by sudden slide in its abutments, hundreds Of homes
were flooded and indeed but for a lul in the storm
the little village of Piermont would have been literally
crushed out of existence.


TRAINS DELAYED.


The storm to-day began in the forenoon and continued
steadily until sunset Between Sparkin and Permont
the fields with their growth Of corn and oats al
ready aoa before the rainfall of to-day and the
crops for an of miles already utterly ruined
This afternoon fresh disaster occurred which covered
the fields flooded the tracks and delayed every train
the road The train due here at eleven O'Clock did
not arrive until after three, and in fact many
trains announced the time table did not run.


Three heavy land slides took place between this
place and Sparkil a culvert in instance being
washed entirely away 1t may be said that the whole
line OF track between Norwood and Broadway was un-
der water The company, hearing of the great damage
done sent up their wrecking train, and hundreds OF
men were kept busy engaged all day. Wherever a
break occurred they put up temporary trestlework,
to enable the trains 70 pass TO the terminus Of
their road
Year: 1875

The time of the Addie " was not taken.


Altogether the was the best that has so far
marked the cruise Vice-Commodore Garner, the
Of the Mohawk whose manlness and judgment through
out the subject of commentator, warmly
graduated upon his meeting will be held to-
day board the flagship when the future movements
Of the squadron will be determined.
Year: 1875

They all skipped away at a lively gait with the wind
abeam bnt the first round there several acc-
dents. The II. Holmes capszed of Bay Ridge and the
Siren carried away her backstays and had to retire In
the third class The Only Daughter capszed gybng round
the homA stake boat the first round and the Comet
capsizedDof Bedloe's Island. The day squally
that quite difficult to handle the small craft They
Year: 1875

AS the Alarm subsequently abandoned the race no
official time given as TO her movements. Short
tacks in order after leaving the ghtship the Dread
nought working handsomely into good weather posi-
tion the Rambler following the lee quarter Of tho
Mohawk the Idler being next and the soops tackling
each other for a rousing contest
Year: 1875

come here and spend his natural life be.
fore he would be arrested by Ordway,
provided he employed no more vigorous
means Of working up clues than he has
done. If it is true that there was IN as
sociation of officers Of the House working
together in the interests of the lobby,
then it would be easy to understand the
mild way in which the search for this Bill
King is conducted.
Year: 1875

AS q pendant to the German official
report on the battle of Sedan, the Paris
correspondent of the London Times tells
the subjoined story concerning the cot
tage where the two Emperors met: 1T
is known in the locality" he says, "as
La Maison du Tissesand La Maison
de lEmperur, or La Maison des Duck
Freres Ennemis. The two frs. titles
explain themselves, but the third is de-
rived from a fact which is but little
known, and which is another proof that
accession of fortune is often acquired at
the expense of domestic peace. The cot
tage is one story high, with tiled roof,
and stands parallel 10 the road. A newly
built wall reaches from the front of the
house to the road, and divides the build.
ing 10 two; but before this historical in
terview this wall did not exist. The
house belonged TO two brothers, half to
each. The room in which the celebrated
meeting was held is in the corner of the
cottage nearest to Sedan; but in 1871 the
entrance door was at the other extremity
nearest to Donchely, and looked upon
the road in 'front.' When the room was
being prepared for the interview-that is
to say, when the round table and the two
straw chairs, which still remain, had been
brought in-the Emperor, who was some
distance off, was informed that all was
ready. He alighted from bis carriage,
entered the front door, and went up
stairs-that is to say he came in at the
right side aud entered the room situated
to the Left. After the war was over, and
indeed before, great many visitors went
to see the house, and, after the manner
OF tourists, were careful to follow the
same road, to 60 up the same staircase
and SIT in the same room as Napoleon III
and Prince Bismarck The owner of the
room soon began to make good thing OF
the curiosity OF the visitors. He sold
photographs Of the house. The four
pieces Of gold which the Emperor had
given to his humble hostess he had
framed aud hung over the mantlepiece,
for, curious to relate, it was the fallen
monarch whe paid in this way for the use
ofthe audience chamber. The proprietor
found, in short, that this unexpected
meeting produced golden shower, but
his brother, the owner Of the staircase,
putin claim for share Of the profits.
He said that as the visitors went up his
staircase he ought, in common justice, to
get half the proceeds of the exhibition,
and be added that he would stop the way
unless his demands were satisfied, His
brother looked at the matter in differ
ent light, arguing that people did not
come to look at the staircase or the pas
sage, but at the room, which belonged to
him. Day by day the quarrel got worse,
both we're equally stubborn, aud the do.
mestic peace of the house was fatally dis
turbed. Soon a stone wall was built
between the two halves of the house, and
the weaver opened a new door and
erected new staircase so that Nowadays
visitors no longer use the old staircase on
the right, up which the Emperor passed


Every day travellers come from ell parts
OF the world to stare at the bare walls of
the room and sit in the straw chairs, so
that the weaver makes deal of money,
but peace is not restored in the 'Maison
des Deux Freres Ennemis.
Year: 1875

Manufacturer and Merchants Advertiser ]


lndiscriminate charity is often more
hurtful than beneficial. We cannot be
certain that every application is from a
deserving source, and hence We often
refuse where, if we knew the applicant,
we would be glad to give.


We have method to propose TO our
readers by which our charities can be
prohtably employed at but little cost of
money and without any loss Of time, and
yet with the certainty that we will give
to worthy objects


1t is well known that Mrs. Sadds mis-.
sion is an admirably organized institu-
ton, and that she causes thorough inves-
tigation to be made of every case that is
brought before her, helping to the extent
OF her ability the deserving, and refusing
absolutely to give OF the funds intrusted
to her TO the undeserviDg. Her mission
has the entire confidence OF every citi.
zen. The suggestion which we have to
make seems not only feasible, but as
nearly perfect as any scheme of charity
can be made. Let the Sadd mission have
a few thousand small oval OF circular
cards printed, such as can be carried
in the pocket as we carry nickels, and
let these cards be placed on sale in vari-
GUS convenient parts of the city to be
sold at five cents apiece Everybody can
afford to carry frcm twenty-five cents to
a dollars worth of the cards in the
pocket, and when an unknown person
applies for charity, let them be given one
OF these cards and told to present it for
redemption at the mission. Each case
will there have investigation, and if de.
serving, the charity will be we'll applied.
II the card is refused, it is safe to con-
clude that the applicant is unworthy. If
it is taken and then destroyed or never
presented, the amount has already been
paid for charitable uses, and our money
has not been thrown away upon worth
less beggars.


This seems to US TO readily solve a dif.
6culty which exists in every city, and
will soon clear the streets of profes.
sional beggars, or of those who are too
lazy to work, but not too proud to beg.


We shall be glad to receive any addi-
tiional suggestion upon this subject at
this office, or cooperate with any set Of
ladies or gentlemen who desire to put
the suggestion into practice.
Year: 1875

these, with their muscle aud physical
power, won from the fields of Eton and
Rugby, the Cam and the Isis, made the
dandy subs Of the guards the wonder Of
the British army as they stood over all
in their extraordinary endurance in the
Russian SHOWS on the hills of the Cri-
mea. The muscle and stature Of the
men have raised another race Of women,
and are as distinct from the Clevelands
and Portsmouths Of Charless time as
they are from the Lady Betties and Sa-
rahs of old Ranelagh, when Pope wrote
the Rape Of the Lock and the beautiful
Duchess Of Devonshire kissed the
butcher for vote for For
Year: 1875

Republican, gives the following dole
full account of the destruction
wrought by the choppers" in Kan
sas:


We have had a very cold and
backward spring with very little
rain. 1t looks discouraging here.
The grasshoppers are Matching by
the million; in fact they cannot be
counted any more than you could
count the sands of the sea. They
are taking everything before them.
there are more now than there were
last fall, and not nearly all the eggs
are hatched, and they will have to
stay until they get their wings, and
those that pretend to know say that
it will take six weeks or two
months.


Almost the same report comes
from Missouri. Cattle are said to
be actually starving to death, and
the Chicago Tribune thinks that
Iowa and Illinois are liable to suffer
terribly from the same miserable
plague.
Year: 1875

BILL OF FARE FOR A CAMPING
OUT PARTY.-For the benefit Of
our friends who may be able to get
few spare weeks from the drudgery
of the farm, the shop, office, Or store,
during the coming summer, either to
spend in the delightful recreation Of
fishing, or in exploring our frontier,
we give the following bill Of fare
from St: Nicholas. The provisions
named are designed for a party Of
six: in the matter Of cooking uten-
sils for the average party, little or
no expenditure need be incurred:


Here is a list, and perhaps even one
or two of these might be omitted: Hard
tack, salt pork, ham, potatoes, corn
meal, coffee, sugar, condensed milk,
salt and pepper.


We have found that a barrel of hard
tack will last party Of six between
three and four weeks, if they occasion
ally manage to get supply of softer
bread.


Of salt pork which we shall find in
dispensible in cooking the fish, We shall
want at least ten pounds. The corn
meal will be useful to roll the fish in
before frying them, as we'll as in MAX
ing corn dodgers, slapjacks and Johnny
cakes. Indeed, for any of those dishes
which our genius for cooking can invent
corn meal is far better than -four, and
twenty, or even thirty pounds will be
none too much for three weeks trip.
one good sized ham, six pounds of coffee,
twenty pounds OF sugar, four cans of
condensed milk, and liberal supply of
salt and pepper will complete our stores.
1t may be easier to get the potatoes
near the camp than to take them from
home.


The only things now left to be pro-
vided are the cooking utensils. A small
sheet iron stove is much more conven-
lent than Fireplace of stones, and any
good tinman will give us just what we
want if We ask for a "camp stove" "
This, together with coffee-pot, spider,
tin pail for boiling potatoes, tin plate,
cup, knife, fork and spoon for each
member Of the party, ought not to
cost more than fifteen dollars.
I These articles are all made especially
for camping parties, so as to 60 inside
Of the stove, which has handle at ca ach
end, and can thus be carried easily, like
small trunk.
Year: 1875

A little rivalry all around this State
in manufacturing farm machinery
and implements will hurt nobody
but will in the end do world of
good. In the language of what is
known better as a part of the school
boys defamation than anything
else: Awake, arise, or be forever
fallen"
Year: 1875

Two hundred persons, mostly
men of wealth, are said to be crimi-
nally involved in the Legitimate silk
operations. If Uncle Sam catches
all his naughty boys, he will be COM
PEELED to increase his house room,
in order to have a sufficient number
Of dark closets in which to put them
until they promise to be good.
Year: 1875

The City Council of Northfeld
raised the license on the saloon
keepers and now the saloon keepers
threaten to shut up their saloons and
bring financial disaster to the city
and the city fathers to their knees,
by shutting off their supplies.
Year: 1875

We took look into the butcher-shop of C. I. Rogers tS Co, last evening, since they have fin- ished papering and painting, and had it not been for the beef and mutton hanging from the hook s we should have almost fancied ourset in lady s parlor. Everything is as neat as pin. This evening they intend to make fine display of Christmas meats which will be well worthy drop pinr in to see