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Year: 1874

CLEANING KID GLOVES.-During the
warm weather kid gloves are easily soil
Ell, particularly as the prevailing colors
are quite light; and as it costs some
time and money to have them cleaned
az the dyer's, we give our readers the
secret OF cleaning them at home, which
can be done as well as If paid for outside.
Take little sweet milk and piece of
white or brown soap. Fold clean towel
three or four times, spread it over your
dress, and spread out the glove smoothly
upon it. Take a large piece of white
flannel, dip it into the milk, then rub it
upon the soap, and rub the glove down.
ward toward the fingers, holding the
wrist of it by the left hand. Continue
this process until the glove, ifwhite, looks
of a dingy yellow, but if colOred, looks
dark and entirely spoiled. Now let it
dry, and then put it on your hand, and
it will be soft, smooth, glossy and clean.
Take care, however, to omit no part OF
the glove in rubbing it, and see that all
the sOiled parts are thoroughly cleaned.
This process applies only to white and
colored kid gloves. For black gloves
that are soiled, turned white and other
wise injured, take teaspoonlul of salad
oil, drop few drops of ink into it, and
rub it all over the gloves with the tip of
a feather; then let them dry in the sun.
White kid boots and slippers can also be
cleaned by the first process TO look ''as
good as neW,n and black kid boots ard
slippers can be restored TO the pristine
gloss by the latter method.
Year: 1874

We acknowledge our indebtedness to
the cotton exchange for cOpyof their
admirable report for July, which can be
read in srother column, and will be
found Of interest to cotton men Of all
CLASSES, as well as planters.
Year: 1874

The national board Of underwriters Of
New York have demanded that Chicago
shall establish and maintain a fire.
patrol of one hundred men, under
penalty of withdrawal of all agencies.
The Chicago board is "lOoking at" the
proposition, with not much disposition
to comply.
Year: 1874

Crops are very much behind-corn
especially is looking dreadful and fear.
ful in this section, the ground entirely
too hard to plow in places, The acre.
age in corn has been increased some.
what over last year. Cotton is 10 ok.
ing very well where it has been clean
ed ont and worked. Wheat turned
out only tolerably well. Oats have
turned out much better than the farm
ers anticipated, but some almost too
low to cut well, but will add greatly
towards feed for their stock, as corn is
scarce and high.


we hope soon to get a good rain,
which will make everything feel in a
prosperous condition again


Yours, fraternally,


COLfaT, June % 1874
Year: 1874

liberty of anarchy, which to a man
should be q supreme object of destins-
ton. The second liberty is the liberty
OF law, which has made the name the
symbol Of honor, and has made the
thing the supreme object of desire.


But the enthusiasm for true liberty
has in these modern times been trans
fered to its opposites. With a singular
inversion of cause and effects, men
have seen in liberty not the exercise
and the reward of virtues which have
been acquired under restraint, but
some natural fountain, draught from
which is to operate as spell for the
regeneration of our nature. Freedom,
as they picture it to themselves, is like
air aud light, condition in which the
seeds of excellence are alone able to
germinate. Who is free? asked the
ancient sage, and he answered his own
questions. The wise man who is master
of himself. Who is free? asks the mod
ern liberal politician, and he answers,
laws which he is expected to obey.


Does the freedom of a painter con.
sist In his having himself consented to
the laws Of perspective, and light and
shade? That nation is the most Tree
where the laws by whomsoever framed,
correspond most nearly to the will of
the Maker of the universe, by whom,
and not by human suffrage, the code
of rules is laid down for our obe-
dience. That nation is most a slave
which has ceased to believe that such
divinely appointed laws exist, and will
only be bound by the acts which it
places on its statute-book."
Year: 1874

The following letter, received from a
young lady who had previously ad-
dressed one to the same young man,
beginning, "You concentrated lump Of
sweetness" caused the latest suicide in
San Francisco: "You know as well as
that women are fickle-the best of
them-so do not blame me more than
the rest. Full we'll l know by my own
sad experience that weak human beings
as We are, we cannot command our
hearts or their affections. Twill return
you your ring by Wells & Fargo as soon
as convenient, and with the exception
of rings please consider that golden
cord (Which 1 at one time thought
bound two loving hearts together) bro
ken. I awaken to the stern reality L
do not love you. You no longer awaken
the spirit of love within my breast, and
think marriage without love mock
cry and sin. Forgive me, Ernest, and
seek one more worthy of your affections
and too sincere love than l. There are
many, many girls in this world more
suitable to you and would make bet.
ter wife than I. ! am not capable OF
loving. I have no heart, or else If /
have, it is as unfeeling as pin
cushion"
Year: 1874

The Pal Mall Gazette reports the re-
suits of trial at Devonport dock yard,
England, of method of rendering wood
uniDfiammable by saturating it with
tungstate OF soda. The prepared wood
is under all circumstances much less
readily infammabIe than the ordinary
wood, and chips and shavings of it,
although they may be made to burn,
will not by themselves set fire to sub
stantial timbers of the prepared wood.
The cost of preparing the wood, and its
largely increased weight, however, are
against these advantages. The patentee
desires large sum from the British
Admiralty for the right to use his
patent, but his cffer will not be accepted
until further tests are made. Two small
vessels are to be built, alike in all par
ticulars, except that one will be built OF
prepared and the other of ordinary
wood. These will be filed with COM
bustibles and set on fire. and from this
experiment decision will be made on
the value of the invention in retarding
the burning of ships. The prepared wood
can be burned by great heat, but
steadily resists a mere flame without
great heat. In building operations
(spart from its cost and increased
weight it could prove of little value ex-
cept in retardipg the spread of fire in
its early stages, and even then, with
combustibles of other kinds piled up
near the wood work, it would be exposed
to the heat which it cannot resist.
Year: 1874

Among the sentiments expressed by
Mr.. Froude in his works, 1.-The
English in Ireland" We find the fol-
lowing on Liberty" which it would
be we'll for many to take seriously to
heart; for on almost no subject is there
mere vague or incorrect opinion:


There is no word in the human
language which SO charms the ear as
Liberty. There is no word which
so littlt pains have been taken to define.
or which is used to express ideas more
opposite. There is a liberty which
is the liberty of child or a savage. the
liberty of animals, the vagrant liberty.
which obeys no restraint, for it is con-
scious of no obligation. There is q
liberty which arises from the subjuga-
ton of self and the control of circum.
stances, which consists in knowledge
of what ought to be done. and power
to do it obtained by patient labor and
discipline. The artisan or the artist
learns in an apprenticeship under the
guidance of others to conquer the diff
culties of his profession. When the
conquest is complete he is free. He
has bee ome q master. 1t is with life
as q whole, as with the occupations
into which life is divided. Those only
are free men who have had patience to
learn the conditions of useful and
honorable existence, who have over
come their own ignorance and their OWL
selfshness who have become masters
of themselves. The first liberty Is the
Year: 1874

According to an article in Land and


Water, omnibuses trace back AS far as
1862, in which year Louis XIV.
authorized line of carrOSses a cinQ
sous for the special benefit of the
middle classes. A company was forth
with formed for working the new system,
with the Duke de Roanes and other
peers at its head, and in a short time
seven omnibusses started, each con-
structed to hold eight people. The
terms of the concession to the company
provided that they should run at fixed
hours, whether full or empty, to and
from different quarters of the city, for
the benefit of the intirm and those en-
gagged in lawsuits, as well as for all who
could not afford to hire carriage. But
before very long the new conveyances
were diverted from their original pur-
pose, and became extremely fashiona-
BILE. The Grand Monarque travelled in
one to st. Germain, and his example
being followed by the aristocracy
generally, the class for whose benefit
they had been introduced were COM
pletely excluded. This fashionable
whim appears, however, to have lasted
only a short time, followed by the fall
ure of the company, owing to the SUBJ
sequent refusal of the poorer classes to
patronize the new vehicle. Nothing
more was seen of omnibuses in the
French Capital until 1927. when they
were again introduced by leading
banker, who made large fortune out OF
the speculation. 1t was not until two
years after this date that they made
their first appearance in London streets,
when Mr.. Shillibeer started two run
ming between the Bank and the western
extremity of the New road. These
ponderous vehicles carried twenty-five
passengers inside, the fare being one
shilling for the entire distance. But IN
some respects they appear to have been
greatly superior to the modern omnibus
The first conductors were sons of gen
tlemen, which can scarcely be SAID oi
their successors, and the periodicals
were provided gratis by the proprietors
for messengers to read en- route.
Year: 1874

Some interesting testimony has been
taken by the committee of the English
House of Commons to inquire into and
suggest means to prevent the adultera-
tion of food. Mr.. Reeves, who has
been connected with the tea trade for
half century, said that gypsum and
Prussian blue were used to color green
tea. He had never heord OF any injury
resulting from the coloring matter
used. 1t was in his opinion as neces-
sary to mix tea to render it palatable to
the consumers in England as it was to
fertify wine with brandy. There was
no such thing as natural green tea.
He believed that adulteration of tea In
England was carried on only to very
small extent, for he thought the tea
would not stand it. He did not know
of any instances where iron filings
were used for mixing, but large guam
tity of iron sand was made use of. His
experience was that black tea coming
from China was perfectly free from
adulteration. Another witness said
that tea did not grow in China as 1t was
seen in England. The black was fer
meuted before it was roasted, and the
green tea was not SO highly roasted.
The Americans gave preference TO
Japanese teas, which were uncolored.
Year: 1874

The false shame which fears to be
detected in honest manual employment;
which shrinks from exposing to the
world necessary and honorable econ
omy, which bushes more deeply for a
shabby attire than for mean action,
and which breads the sneer of the world
more than the upbraiding of conscience
this false shame will prove the ruin
of every one who suffers 1t to influence
his thoughts of life.
Year: 1874

TUE FIRST SrRAwBERRIEs.- little
girl once had bed of strawberries.
Very anxious WAS she that they should
ripen and be fit to eat. The time came.


"Now for FEAST" said her brother
to her one morning. as be picked some
beautiful ones for her to eat.


81 cannot eat these" said she, ''for
they are the first ripe fruit"


"Well," SAID her brother, 'all the
more reason for our making feast, for
they are the greater treat"


''Yes but they are the first ripe
fruit"


well, what of that -


"Dear father told MS that he used to
give God the first ont OF all the money
he made, and that then he always felt
happier in spending the rest and l
wish to give God the first of nv straw
berries, too"


''Ah but" said her brother, show
can you give strawberries 10 God And
even if you could, He would not care
for them"


ooh I have found out a way" said
she. ''Jesns said, Inasmuch as We
have done it unto one OF The least of
these my brethren. ye have done it unto
me, and l mean to so with them to
Mrs. Perkins dying child, who never
sees a strawberry, they are so poor"


Away went the children to give them
to the dying child, and when they saw
her put out her thin arms and take the
ripe, round fruit in her shrivelled
fingers, and when they saw her eyes
elisten. and her little faded lips smile,
they felt as if they had a richer treat
than if they had kept the ripe fruit for
themselves and something within them
told them that God had accepted their
little offering.
Year: 1874

HKIP.-An old Scotchmsn was taking
his grist to mill in sacks thrown across
the back of his horse, when the animal
stumbled, and the grain fell to the
ground. He had not strength to raise
it, being an aged man, but he saw a
horseman riding along, and thought he
would appeal to him for help. But the
horseman proved to be the nobleman
who lived in the castle hard by, and the
farmer could not muster courage to ask
a favor of him. But the nobleman was
a gentleman also, and, not waiting to be
asked, he quickly dismounted, and be-
tween them they lifted the grain to the
horses back. John-fOr he was a gen
tleman too-lifted his KilmarnOck bon
net, and said (: MY lord, how shall
ever thank you for yonr kindness p
every easily, John, replied the noble
man. "Whenever you see another man
in the same plight as you were in Just
now, help him, and that will be thank
ing me"
Year: 1874

KATE FIELD did not achieve the
brilliant success in her debut at Booths
Saturday night, that had been antici-
pated by her friends. The Herald mildly
remarks that as "Peg Wellington she
displayed spnghtliness, taste and true
comedy power" but the Times finds it
difficult to imagine anything more un-
sympathetic than her presence and
delivery, and is ungallant enough to
say that she is neither young nor hand
some, winding up with, "her persona
tion had the excellences Of a frst-rate
amateur effort. which are equivalent to
those of fourth-rate professional es-
say" while the World critic is more
tender IN h1s treatment of her, calling
it "a reasonable success" and suggest
ing that she might do better IN some
role adapted to her qualifications.
Year: 1874

BEN BUTLER has informed Herald
correspondent that he is not gong to
be candidate for Governor next year,
nor for the United States Senatorship;
that he would not accept the Russian
Mission if is were rendered him; that he
has no idea whatever of starting a new
party; that he does not contemplate
publishing letter detailing the causes
of the Republican disasters; and, final
ly, that he is pretty certain he will re-
tire from public life at the close of his
present term in Congress.
Year: 1874




The London WOrld has taken D teach
ing Queen Victoria good manners. Its
first lesson touches the prOprietiss with re-
gard to the visit to England Of the Empress
Of Russia, and is as follows: "SuppOsing
you were an elderly lady and your son had
married the only daughter Of the richest,
grandest and most important Of your neigh
bOrs, by whom every possible attention had
been shown to you and yours; and suppOs-
ing on the occasion Of your danghter-in-
laws confinement her mother came from a
long distance to stay with her in her Lon
don house, don't you think il would be
merely decent and pO;ite-we viii say
nothing fpolitie-behayior on your part to
come up from the far distant place, where
you persist in burying yourself to the great
confusion Of the business which it is your
duty to discharge and show some personal
ciyility TO your guesl?D


The fruits and grass upon the farm or
Year: 1874

comprehends how much beauty, ten
derness and grandeur can be condensed
in u space SO small. and in words so
simple. That prayer itself sufficiently
illustrates the truth of the Bible, and
stamps upon it the seal of divinity. So
great was the effect produced" says
our informant, "that conversation was
sustained but short time longer, in
subdued monosyllables, and almost
entirely ceased; and soon after, at an
early hour, the company broke up and
retired to their several homes, with sad
faces and full hearts"


''Can these words liver Let any
man who thinks, and almost says they
have lost their life by repetition, ask
any one of the company that listened
TO Junius Brutus Booth on that even.
Ing to say what is his opinion on the
question. But some conscientious
persons may possibly object that the
effect he produced was dramatic that
he only gave to the words the force of
artificial or acted feeling. Suppose
this be granted if artificial or counter
felt feeling could produce such an
effect, what impression aught not
genuine emotion in the utterance of
that simple and beautiful prayer to
produce on an audience.
Year: 1874

l shall probably always limp lit
tie, my husband says, but l have his
strong arm on which to lean. We are
Ruth's boarders still and when Laura
finishes her studies at the Boston
Medical College, we four are going
to Europe.


And SO bright tints may creep INTO
gray lives after all.
Year: 1874

Last Wednesday Judge - was
passing down Spring street on the Jail
side. He halted suddenly: his atten-
ton seemed to be fully riveted on
something on the opposite side of the
street. 1t was to him as music from
the spheres; but those sweet sounds
proceeded from Decker piano, touch
ed by skillful hands. Now that same
Judge is accustomed to hearing by his
own fireside a first-class piano and
none of the many scrub pianos which
are flooding the California market
would have arrested his attention.
Year: 1874

How is it that the Peoples Palace is
so popular with the public? ? Echo an
swers: Not alone do they charge very
low for goods at the Palace, but they
also offer an additionali linducement by
presenting each customer buying So
worth of goods with q Christmas
present. In great many instances
the presents are more valuable than
So, some ranging in value as high as
$50, d11:2w
Year: 1874

ns- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMoND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 215o
Year: 1874

ed from the Rio Grande valley early this week, where they have been spending a few weeks and indulging in the excellent fruits grown there In abundance. We thank them for some beautiful and luscious apples. The eating of them impelS us to again say that the same kind might as well be grown right before our doors in the Santa Cruz valley, and the producers rich ly rewarded for their labor. Enough could easily be grown here to supply the people with green and dried fruit, and thereby re- tain thousands of dollars among us which are annually sent abroad therefor. Will not some of our farmers abandon the al- most profitless growth of grain and en- gage in growing fruit?
Year: 1874

SOLOMON WARMERS canal or mill-race is nearly completed, and the water turn ed into the upper part, by which it is seen that the enterprise is bound to be a success. The head of the race is short distance below the ford on the Santa Cruz, near James Lees water mill. The whole length of it is seven-eights of a mile, and the mill will be at the base of the butte opposite town and near the old mission church. Mir. Warner says Alex Mickey has executed him satisfactory piece of work just as he figured it in ad vance.
Year: 1874

nUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with a quality of Flour, which we guarantee far superior to any manu- factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California: We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and at our several agencies

 Three Qualities of Flour,
Year: 1874

A PRINCETON dry goods merchant, in a fit of somnambulism, recently arose from his couch, neatly cut the bed quilt in two with his pocket scissors, and then asked his terrified wife if he could not show her something else.
Year: 1874

THE Camp Grant minstrels are in town: They have the reputation of giving an un- usual variety of entertainment, and we hope our people will give the boys couple of full houses next Monday and Tuesday evenings-at which time they will perform in Tucson and tonight at Camp Lowell Politicians who o have worked themselves up to an unnecessary and ridiculous heat, had better go and discover that there is still some fun in the world.
Year: 1874

MARTIN ToUHEY has retired from the water business in Tucson, having sold his mule and cart to Adam Sanders who is now serving the people with the same regularity and water, that Martin has for over four years. Martin Touhey is one of the very best and most industrious of men, and In whatever he does or wherever he goes, we are sure he will carry with him the best wishes of this people gen. orally. He has not yet decided what he will do, but having resided here for ten years, he thinks any other place would hardly seem like home to him.
Year: 1874

Is always supplied with an ample variety of well-cOoked food. No eXaggeration in this. Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information.
Year: 1874

ence on the subject. Three books were
brought in from the archives of the foreign
office. The first contained an autograph letter
from Napoleon III, asking Russia to join
with Engla and France in breaking up the
Federal blockade and guaranteeing the inde-
pendence of the Confederacy. The letter as
serted that England had already promised
her cooperation, which was probably lie.
The second book contained The Emperor's re-
ply. He fatty declined the alliance proposed
by Napoleon, and declared that, in the event
of any European interference in the war,
Russia would actively aid the North. The
third book had within it copies of the sealed
order given to the Russian Admiral, who, as
our readers will remember, brought his fleet
into New York harbor during the war. The
orders directed him to proceed at once, with
his whole available force, to New York city ;
to remain at anchorage there for sometime
and, in the event of European interference
with the blockade, to put himself and his
whole force at the command of the Cabinet
in Washington, and promise abundant and
speedy reinforcements. While Governor Cur:
tin stared, dumb-founded, at these unexpected
proofs of Russias steadfast fidelity to the
Union cause GortschakofF said to him: "Per'
haps you can appreciate now, sir, why the
Emperor and Empress sent their thanks to
the people who have honored the Grand Duke
Alexis, and not to the government that has
insulted him. We saved your country, and
now your President insults our representative
1t is too much" Curtin quite agreed with
him, and the interview ended. We have eve
ry reason to trust the gentleman from whom
we have received this story. twill probably
be found substantially correct, although there
may, of course, be errors in detail Chicago


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