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Year: 1874

THE twenty-sixth instant was pretty gem
orally observed as day of thanksgiving in
this State at least in the large towns and
cities. We are gratifed to be able to state
that there was q keen appreciation Of the
situation, and suitable acknowledgment
of the great blessings which we now enjoy.
Year: 1874

\ cable dispatch that there is excitement
IN London over the report that Sir Charles
Dixie. the Young reform politician and
member of Parliament. has sent the body
of his dead wife to Vienna for disposal by
cremation. i> the first news We have here
of her death. She was 4 young woman Of
ari~tocratc family, great spirit, culture
and beauty. and had been married less
than two wears. Devoted to her husband.
profoundly ambitious for him. socially and
POLITICALLY. rs clever indeed rs himself,
She WAS alike an inspiration and an as
,i>tancc to linn in the bold and brilliant
public career in which he was so fully
launched. Her death must have been sud-
dem a fall from the full flush of i double
life, and. beyond the deep atlliction to her
husband. is 4 sad circumstance in the
highest social and political circles of
London. Whether the report that her
body WAS to be disposed of by cremation
he true or not, it is certain that she had tho
holiness, the originality and the force OF
character required to make choice Of that
method Of bodily tinality, and if her hus-
/ band has done what is said. it is undoubt
cdlv only in obedience to her own wishes
-!SIrinyitM Republican.
Year: 1874

A correspondent asks why the Re-
publican party did not re-enact this
year its anti-bad man plank. 1t did.
Not in the same words, but in just as
clear and emphatic terms. In the
ninth plank the party demands of
its voters that sony HONEST and
capable men be elected or appointed
to Office" In other words the State
platform demands that any dishonest
men nominated by Republicans
through trick or even by the defiaLce
of a bullying majority shall not be
elected-that is, all Republicans who
want honest men for officers, shall
vote and work againt them. The
platform of last year laid it down as
the duty of every honest Republican
TO beat all bad nominees. This year
the injunction is more emphatic still,
and the defeat of such men is not
simply advised. and asked but de-
manded.


The Republican party of Iowa was
pioneer in the reform, that the way
to purify a party is TO beat its bad
nominees, and instead of retrograd-
! ing from the doctrine grows yearly
more earnest in it. This will be Il
worse year than last for candidates
forced upon the party by cliqucs, for
nominees VIII 0 are dishonest in them
selves, or have gained their places on
the ticket by cheating in the caucus
or bullying in the canvass. If our
correspondent will but look to the
| last two State platforms he will see
that the Republican party put its
hand to good plOw last year from
which it has neither desire nor intcn-
tion Of looking back this year. Amy
! candidate who comes under the con
domination Of the platform, or any
candidate who thinks of being Il can
didate but has II disposition to grum-
bic at the party because he cannot
stand the rigid test which it will
rigidIy apply, need not wait till
election day to know his fate. If he
does not want to be Crematcd, he
should not indulge in the amusement
of being candidate for corpse. co.,
! R9QiStCT.
Year: 1874

1t now appears that the managers
of all the Iowa railroads have deter
mined to observe the new law which
took effect on the 1st inst. This is
without question the wisest course
for them to pursue. If the law is
unjust and oppressive upon them, a
little time will demonstrate the fact ;
and when this is shown all proper
concessions will doubtless cheerfully
be accorded them. Resistance to the
law by the roads could bring no
good results to the railroads or the
people. The people have exercised
forbearance toward the roads for
years; a slight exhibition of the
same virtue upon the part of the
roads now will tend strongly toward
a satisfactory adjustment of existing
differences.
Year: 1874

The old woman said, Always whttle from
you, and you will never cut yourself" We
might add for the benefit of all whom it may
concern, keep out of the way of heels and toes.
and you will never get kicked.
Year: 1874

In the last few weeks there has been several
big teams, from the valley, pass through town
loaded with hay and grain, for parts above here
This reminds us of the days when we used %
swallow Gust
Year: 1874

The Legislature has the credit Of hav-
ing passed six temperance laws at the
late session: The Local Option law; the
law prohibiting the sale Of liquor within
two miles OF the State University, within
a mile of the Napa Insane Asylum, and
within a mile of the State Prison; the
law prohibiting the sale or gift Of liquor
on election days; the law prohibiting the
collection OF bills for liquor sold at re-
tail to the amount of over So; and the
law prohibiting the sale or Gift of liquor
to common drunkards.-lS. F. Chroni-
Year: 1874

asserted the fact that this meeting OF
newspaper men would result in Infinite
good TO the country and in the thorough
apprehension of each section of the
needs. and worth and viuues of the rest.
NJ Barber is the chosen orator OF the
press association for the next year, and
his unstudied. thoughtful speech of las'
evening attested his fitness for the Office
assigned him.
Year: 1874

G.. w. Lloyd, the architect, desired
some fire-proof brick the other day for
the floor OF a new barn, but when he
learned the cost per thousand he de-
termined to experiment a little with
some eonmon brick. He procured q
few hundred and had them delivered
on the vacant lot on Michigan avenue
between Third and Fourth streets,
where they were placed in big vat,
such as PAYERS use in which to heat
their tar, and allowed to absorb the
hot tar for four hours. In that length
of time the bricks were as black as the
tar itself, and soaked full of it, and
when allowed to cool of it was found
that their solidity had been greatly
increased. A reporter of the Free
Press yesterday struck one OF the brick
eight or ten hard blows before he could
even break piece of, and to strike
one with hammer Is like striking a
rock. Subjected to the same tests as
the regular fire. proof brick, the tar
soaked brick came out finely. To de-
termine their fire-proof qualities, a
number of the brick were passed into
the blazing furnace, and after severe
test they came out without flaw or
q crack; in fact, they were rendered
stronger and tougher for the baking,
and it was almost impossible to break
one. Mr.. Lloyd will use the brick
thus prepared for the stables, and will
then, If the Council grants permission
lay enough of them at some promi-
ncnt crossing to test their merits fol
street-paving.
Year: 1874

We commit the still greater error of
plunging in ice water every morning


then scrub all the skin of with a horse.
hair brush or a Coarse towel sit
down to breakfast of oatmeal and
sawdust; dine off a tablespoonful of


whest and two berries, and make a
supper on eztnip tea, then be mt
through Russian bath of5O0 degrees.
sleep under an open window when
the thermometer is at zero; wear long
hair; dress the women in pautaloons:
make all our property over to them,
then sit down in the kitchen corner
and nurse the baby, and when it is
asleep, wash up the tea-thinRs. and
90 to bed at nine O'Clock to be "out
of the way" What will become of
US men? Surely We have fallen on evil
times. A better and truer mode of
life is to have plenty Of everything
that is good to eat aud drink, which
fmparts nOurishment and strength.
and as much of it as you want. The
idea Of getting up from the table hum
CRY Is unnatural and absurd and hurt-
ful, quite as much SO as getting up in
the morning before your sleep Is out.
on the misehievOas principle that
'early 10 rise, makes 5 man healthy.
wealthy and wise"


Early rising, in civilized society.
always tends to shorten life. Eariy
rising Of itself never did any good.
Many farmers by has been made
an invalid for life by being made to
get up at daylight, before his sleep
was out. Many young girl has been
stunted in body and mind and eoustI-
tuition by being made to get uD before
the system has had its full rest. All
who are growing, all who work hard,
and all weakly persons should not get
up until they feel rs If they would be
more comfortable To get up than to
remain in bed; that is the only true
measure Ofrest and sleep. Any one
who gets upin the morning feeling
as il he "wOuId give anything in the
world" To remain Ia bed little long
er, does violence to his own nature,
aud will always suffer from it-not
Immediately, it may be, but in later
years, by the cumulative i'll effects of
the most unwise practice. In any
given case, the persons who gets up in
the morning before he is fully rested
will lack that much Of the energy
requisite for the days pursuit.


As people, we do not get enough
sleep, We do not get enough rest, We
will not take time for thess things:
hence our nervousness, our instabil-
ity, our hasty temper, and the prem
ature giving out OF ths'stamina of life.
Half OF US are old at three-score, the
very time man ought to be in his
mental, moral, and physical prime.
Half Of our wives, especially in the
farming districts, die long before their
time, because they do not get rest aud
sleep prOpJrtiOued TO their labor.
Nine times Out Of ten, 1t would be bet
ter for all parties If the farmer should
get up and light the fires and prepare
breakfast for his wife, she coming
directly from her toilet 10 the break
fast table, because it almost always
happens that she has to remain up to
set things right long after the hus-
band has gone to bed, when really be
has nothing t. d. after supper but to
go to bed. This is mOnstrously cruel
impOsitiOn on wives and mothers
Year: 1874

A dozen years have elapsed since
the events recorded in the last chap
ter. Jean Guyot is dead. His son is
now a young man of twenty-three,
and is standing by the very bed in the
little chamber where we first made
bis acquaintance. Madame Guyot is
lying on the couch, and the old doctor
is at Jacques side.


"Dear Jacques, 1 am going," she
murmured almost inaudibly, land yet
l would gladly have seen you and
Annette married before my death
but Heavens will be doue." The son
did not reply. He knelt by the bed
side, and held his mothers hand in
his.


at was your fathers wish," she
continued. "You were betrothed in
early childhood. Her parents died
soon after and she went to live with
her uncle, who has never favored
your union.n Jacques was still silent
and she proceeded "Since your ill
ness, the year of the last great
drought, you are much changed in
character. You have grown melan-
choly, and I have tried in vain to
bring back your naturally-cheerful
temper. Remember my last request,
Jacques remember your duty to An
nette.


In few days al was over, and the
young man was alone in the world ;
and yet why should he remain so
He had q comfortable house to live in;
and his prospects were better than
those Of his class, for he was both in
dustrious and economical. In fact, be
was already known as penurious and
people said he was constantly grow
ing like his uncle-an old missr who
had lived in a garret for fifty years,
and died very rich, before Jacques was
j born. %
Year: 1874

This gentleman has become some
what extensively known during the
past few weeks; his exact where
abOuts at present writing is rath-
er uncertain, however, neverthe-
less any body desirOus of getting on
his track, has only to enquire at any
OF the business houses ana follow care
fully directions that may be given.
The mythical 'rom Collins" was first
started in New York City and was
perpetrated as joke on the newspa-
ler reporters, who, when the Mayor
OF New York was to appoint a police
commissioner, were very anxious to
learn the name OF the fortunate indi-
vidual. The City Hall Clerks took ad-
VANTAGE Of the occasion To get I'D 8
sell, and after arranging matters with
hotel keepers they Informed the re-
porters the new commissioner was
Tom Collins: None of them knew
him. 1t was stated that he was stop
ping at the AstOr, and the reporters
made break for that hotel. There
they were informed that be had lust
gone to the Metropolitan, and the
whole corps of New York reporters
visited half the hotels of the city in
one short night to learn at last that
Tom was but the offspring of some
wagis simaglnatiOH. Therapeutics gave
no account of their hunt for the new
Commissioner, but did all they could
to perpetuate the Joke, succeeding
most admirably. the representatives
ofAllen PinkertOn's Detective Agency
in Chicago were informed by the most
reliable authority that Tom Collins
was ''paP of Roberts, the New YORK
railroad bond thief, and that he was
stopping in Chicago, frequently chang
ing his hotel. A telegram was at once
sent to Mr. Robert PInkerton, of New
York, requesting that extradition pa
pers be obtained for the arrest OF q.
well known bond fOrger. Then de-
tectives were sent out over the city
with orders to shadow Tom Collinsb
and arrest him at all hazards II he at
tempted to leave the city. After a
search of several hours the myth
searchers returned exhausted with IA
tigue and embittered with rage at
having been sold.


In Cleveland fine looking old gen.
teman seated IN a palace car was
guardedly accOsted as Mr.. Collins by
a polite young man and amazed at the
request for a position on his new air
line railroad, To the amusement OF e
group of the einitiated who stood laugh
ing in the background. The man or
woman in search of an occupation is
sent by some idiot on a FOOLS errand
for miles in search of this myth. He
is represented as standing at the head
of every enterprise, and taking live
ly interest in every thing that con-
Germs mankind. The myth was in
trOduced in Delaware not many even
ings since by certain parties sending
one of the policemen t. arrest "POm"
as nuisance. he got un his track,
and after tracing him from store to
store finally gave it up, and is now
ready to arrest anybody who says
"Tom Collins" TO him. Later, others
were taken in, and as we write Fom"
is a well-tO-dO farmer in quest OF
harvest hands, whom he will pay
three dollars dAy.-Deid,0dre Ga
zette.
Year: 1874

A Whitehall grocery-man marks
the prices Of provisions on the cover
of his barrels and casks. He had .
new clerk the other day who mixed
things. He got the cover of the sugar
barrel, which was labeled 20 cents .
pound" upon the lard barrel and
straightway began to sell lard at nine
cents. The sudden decline in the
price attracted all the people in the
town, and the clerk thought he was
doing q big thing until the proprietor
returned, paid him off and told him
to emigrate to Troy where smart peo-
pie were in demsnd.-1foy Press.
Year: 1874

Stokes has comparatively an easy
time at Sing Sing. He wears the
prison garb; Is locked up In his cell at
night, and Of course. does not go out
side Of the prison walls. Besides this
he Is scarcely more confined than an
ordinary clerk in q New York mer-
camille house. His hair, cut short
when he entered the prison, is drift
ing awsy from the Penitentisfy style,
and his beard IL allowed to grow. He
was, for q while, In the hospital, where
he had bis quarters night and day.
He is now In the buckle department,
where he Is clerk, and proves himself
q good book keeper. He says he has
not been In as good health for years
a. now
Year: 1874

Three dozen full grown cucumbers,
eight white onions, peel both and cut
as fine as possible, on this sprinkle
three-fourths of q pint of fine salt,
then putthe whole in seive and drain
for eight hours then take tea-cup
fut OF mustard seed, halfcup of ground
black pepper; mix them well with the
cucumber and onion; then put the
whole in stone jar and cover with
strong vinegar, closing it tightly. II
is fit for use in three days, and will
keep long time.


When cucumbers were scarce we
have taken half green tomatoes and
half cucumbers, and it made an excel
lent catsup. Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1874

Apples have been found to contain
q larger amount Of pOsphOrus or brain
food than any other fruit or vegetable,
and on this account they are very i'm
portant to sedentary men, who work
their brains more than their muscles.
They Alison contain the acids which
are needed especially for sedentary
men, the action Of whose liver is slug
gish, to eliminate effete matters, which
n retained in the system produce in
action Of the brain, and indeed Of the
whole system, causing jaundice, sleep
iness, seurvy, and troublesome diseas-
es Of the,skin.-JourTsdl Of Health.
Year: 1874

1t was just at the close of a summer day.
When the fair young moon in the east was
And falling. as falls the peace of God.
The dew dropped balm ia the wild flower S


cup.
And of such winds touched .he weary


brow
3 ofa woman who leaned on a cottage gate,
And fingered to catch the low, sweet call,
OF late bird singing home TO his mate.
From within she heard the household talk,
As If each to other were true and dear,
And after her, down the lonesome street,
Followed the sound of their mirthful


cheer. -
They Were blest, she knew. in their homely
A sad smile trenbled about her mouth
81 am glad" she said, ''that for some poor
There be fall wells, though the rest have


drought"
She saw the children about the doors,
With fond young lips for mothers TO kiss,
And from every home as she passed along,
She caught some cadence of household


bliss.
Till she came, at last, to her own low roof,
Where she and a ghost dwelt face TO face =
The ghost of her days of youth and joy,
Thesole, sad guest in that lonesome place.
They talked together of all the past,
She and the ghost, in the white moon


light,
TIL the pale guests face like an angels grew,
And Old time glory had made 1t bright.
When the new dawn rose, they both were


gone


On the bed shape like womanis lay
But she, with the ghost of the gay, glad past,
To some land of shadows had wandered


away.
4 land where she found the lost again.
Where youth was waiting ana love was


sweet,
And all the joys she had buried once,
Sprang up like blossoms beneath her feet.
Year: 1874

The Rochester Democrat, in an art
ly made respecting President Grants
desire to be candidate for q third
terms, says:


But no party can succeed at the
polls with third term candidate.
Nomination will be equivalent to de-
feat. Such defiance of the popular
thought would itself presaga disaster.
II would be losing game from the
beginning. Ina republic it is impOs-
sible to war against the public will ;
and that will has in no manner been
more distinctly indicated, than in its
conviction deliberately formed and
frequently and unhesitatingly express
ed, that the incumbeney of the Presi.
Dental chair shall be limited to eight
years. You cannot "kick against the
pricks" A party, however strong,
whatever its prestige or the number
of its triumphs, would simply commit
suicide If it attempted, on whatever
urgency of conditions or fallacy OI
reasoning, to reverse the well estab-
lished custom of the nation, by going
into a Presidential canvass with can
didate who had already been twice
elected.


We state our views thus frankly,
because the time has come when they
should be stated. We have been dis
posed to make light of this issue, al
not having any practical bearing
We do not yet believe it to be a ser
ious question but we would not bl
misapprehended, nor would we have
our silence construed into consent. Il
is the duty Of the Republican press
now to state its views without reserve
and without equivoeation. Ninety
nine One-hundredths Of that press are
with us in the position we have tax
en-. They should speak out and LAY
this ghost of Cesarism which haunti
the imaginations OF so many men.
Year: 1874

A strange question in law has been raised in an
Illinois court in an action brought by Chester NJ.
Smith against the Pullman Palace Car Company,
to recover $500, lost in one OF the defendants
cars at night. The facts are that Mr. Smith, on
December 18th, 1872, slept in a palace car on the
Chicago, Alton and ST, Louis Railroad. He put
his vest, containing pocket-book with the mon
ey under his pillow, and in the morning the vest
and pockel-b book still there, but all the mon-
ey was gone The plaintiff charged that the COM
pany was responsible as a common carrier aud as
hotel keeper. The Court changed the jury that
the company was liable, as common carrier, for
the loss OF a reasonable amount OF monty which
a man might carry with him to pay the expenses
of the trip, but no more, and the jury gave yer.


dict for the plaintiff for S2T7. An appeal wa:


asked for by both parties, the plaintiff because


the Judge refused to charge the jury that the com
pany was liable as hotel keeper, and the defend
ants because their liability as common carr.s
was alleged in the charge. The case Will there
fore be taken to the Supreme Court. The coun
sell for the defendants urge that the company i
not liable either as n common carrier or hote
keeper, because it does not receive pay for carry
Ing the person, but only furnishes him with


bed, and because it only gives lodging, and doe
| not furnish meal.
Year: 1874

FOR THE TIMES.
TO ANASTACIA.
would that every angry shaft
From troubles bitter sheaf,
Would wing its flight to pierce my heart
To give to thine relief.
would that every i'll and woe,
That every bitter care,
Would force their way within my heart
That for thee might bear
I'd genial deem the icy chill.
The biting frost and cold,
The stormy tempest, love, if you
We're sheltered in the fold.
If my frail bark was tossed about,
OF angry winds the sport,
Calm as on CLASSY lake I'd feel
If thou vert safe in port.
And if thy choice DER me should pass,
To bless another's life,
His truest friend I'd ever be
Because thou vert his wife,,


ED. A. DoLAN
Year: 1874

A man will always undergo great
toll and hardship for ends that must
be many years distant, as wealth or
fame; but none for an end that may
be close at hand, as the joys of
heaven. n.-H0Wtho7n
Year: 1874

Goods greatness flows around
our incompleteness,' and the
preacher who lays hold of it, bring
ing it within reach of despairing and
struggling men, shall never lack
hearers or rejoicing converts.
Year: 1874

DOVER Doc. 4.
Nothing of importance has taken place in Do
yer on vicinity for some time.
The weather has been very fine for the last
few days. 1t rained sometime last evening, but
is pleasant again to-day.


The report about Attorney General Penning-
ton has cauaedmu regret for him and sympa-
thy for his family. 1t was very unexpected and
the surmises as TO Whist eourse will be taken arc
many.


The canning establishment OF j. S. Collins d
Co. at Lebanon, which is the larg in the State
was burned to the ground last evening although
three and half miles from Dover il lighted the
town almost like day. The building and stock
We're insured in the Kent County Mntual for
$4,000 and TO the amount of about S40,0 in
foreign companies. Ali the fiuit but one vessel
load had been shipped. No one knew how the
fire commenced but it is supposed to he case
of incendiaryism.


The clock and bell for the new Court House
are expected in short time, the towns share
for the clock $500 having been collected a few
days ago. The Howard Clock Company are to
furnish the clock and W. f. A. Woodcock watch
maker Of this place, is to have charge OF it for