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Year: 1873

The Dover POsr OFFICE A Correspon-
dence OF the Commercial, writing from Dover
says OF the Post Office The Commissioners
10 select the site not having agreed, and the
uptown parties having decided upon lot nm.
ht to say nothing of its costliness, it is rumored
that the Levy Court are about to offer the pre-
sent new, county building (which is fire proof
and well adopted for the purpose) to the
Government for the Post Office, asking only
halt the appropriation, as the price Of sale.
This seems now to be the favored project. as
IN the event of sale to the Government. the
county would get sum, to be added to that
gwen by the Leglsl laturc tor her interest in the
State House, which could enable her to build
upon the burnt corner, Court House worthy
OF the people OF Kent"


:, On the other hand the Ecc,y Ercaiag denies
this statement and says that the architect has
ordered survey OF the Clark and Crouch pro
perties, situated on Lockerman street. to he
made, and it is considered certain the new
building will be erected there.
Year: 1873

AzUsA, Nov. 16.


EDITOR HERALD: Quite serious
accident occurred to a resident of our
neighborhood few days ago. Mr..
Christian ThrOnson, while coming
from the Monte, and when near Joe
Workman's, fell off his wagon, the
wagon running over and breaking his
leg. The team became frightened and
ran about three miles, doing little or
no damage to the wagon or horses.


A shooting scrape took place last
evening at Mexican fandango, which
resulted in the shooting of one Jack
Nelson, one shot taking effect in the
fleshy part of the right leg, and an
other in the left ankle. / failed to
learn the name of the person who did
the shooting, but understood that both
We're slightly under the influence of
tangle-leg. JUSTICE.
Year: 1873

Ra- The tide of immigration 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.
Year: 1873

We are fully convinced that the time is at
hand when old things are to be done away,
and nearly all things are to become new. Con-


sequently, many changes will become neces-
sary, and to facilitate this object Is our pur-
pose In our present business capacity. From
our extensive acquaintance with the people of
the Eastern States, as we'll as our knowledge
of this country and its people-which we have
worked diligently and hard to learn--and the
large amOunt Of 5H55e lnEt ll4zIHss
Year: 1873

BosroN, June 2l.-Although the
health OF the city is excellent the au-
thorities are taking every means in
their power to render its sanitary con-
dition as perfec. as possible. A circu-
lar was issued by the State Board Of
Health setting forth the measures Of
preventing cholera. II is fol-
lowed by q statement from the city au-
lhorities stating that on pains will be
spared to render the city as clean and
healthy as possible.


A few days ago rumor prevailed
that yellow lever had appeared in the
CITY and the Board of Health immedi-
a,ely investigated the report and found
that it had no foundation in fact The
board is on the alert to discover any
cases OF contagious or epidemic diseases
that may exist, and The city is at present
under such careful surveillance that it
is almost apostolic for small pox. yel-
low fever or cholera to make their APP
pea rance without the fact being COM
municated to the health officers. The
only avenue through which the yellow
fever eau quicken its appearance here is
BY way of the harbor, and consequently
the quarantine regulations will be close
ly enforced, and every vessel and crew
examined before being allow
ed TO proceed.
Year: 1873

In view OF the prevalence Of Cholera
10 various parts OF the country and the
almost certainty that come cases will
sooner or later occur here, it behooves
opr citizens TO exercise some precsution
as TO their mode o. living. Next to
cleanliness, attention should be paid to
the diet. Whatever vegetables are
eaten should be both ripe and fresh. A
vast deal OF sickness is produced every
summer by the use of vegetables that
have been so long plucked as to become
wilted and stale. aud. in cholera time,
the system is peculiarly susceptible OF
disorder from this source. More
than usual caution should there
lore be observed in this re-
spec. All OF the usual garden
vegetables de,eriorate very rapidly after
being plncked and should never be eat
90 when they have been longer than
,weuty.iour hours removed from the
STEM Cucumbers are particularly in
jurious and unripe potatoes are scarcely
less Objectionable. II you would avoid
Cholera and all Of its kindred diseases
during this dangerous season, you must
be content to deny your palate some Of
The Injuries that have been INDUCED in
with impunity in less dangerous times.
Be careful to use no vegetables but such
as are fresh, for, in this hot weather,
decay commences very soon and pro-
crosses very rapidly after the removal
Of the iruit IRON the stem.
Year: 1873

4 Philadelphia paper complains be-
cause the female teachers in the pri-
mary departments OF the public schools
OF that city receive but nine dollars per
week, and those in the higher DEPART
ments but little more, while male teach.
ers receive fully twice the wages paid
10 any OF the females. The ladies are
expected to dress well and to pay their
board out Of this, which is quite an i'm
possibility. Unfortunately PhiIadel-
phs is not the only city where such
Discrimination is made against female
teachers. We have known instances
wherein the lady teacher was the actual
worker, while her almost useless supe.
ror carried of two thirds OF the money
paid 10 the two. This ia certainly an
unjustifable outrage, the only excuse
for which is that it exists everywhere.
We hope to see the day when work
will be paid for witbout discrimination
on account Of color and sex Toledo
B la@s.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is a fact worthy the attention Of consum-
Year: 1873

Unless you wish premature death you
will let all the poisonous hair preparations
alone NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is
perfectly harmless as any druggist will tell
you. See advertisement.
Year: 1873

From Ihe Ne HIFaI BapIIst- 81 LOUIE


A few days since, friend handed us u
few packages of DR.. Price Cream Baking
Powder, with request to try it We
tried it and found it superb We gave
small packages to few friends, and they
all came back to US for some more. As
we were not prepared, however, to aban-
don the conduct of the Central to go into
the Baking Powder business, We were
obliged to turn them away disappointed
For their qualification, and that of the gen
eral public, we will say that this inimitable
Powder can be had at most of the leading
grocers in this city, and at wholesale Of
Steele i Price, CHICAGO and St. Louis
Year: 1873

silver.


The director of the mint makes the
following statement of the purpose OF
the government in paying out silver
coin: As in other countries where gold
is the standard, or measure of value,
silver coins are over-vaIued for the pur-
pose of rendering them inexportable.
They are manufactured and issued on
government account, the law, however,
placing, directly or indirectly, limit
on the issue to prevent redundancy.
If issued in times Of specie payment
beyond the requirements of the public
for change, such coin will not maintain
their purchasing power with standard
coin. Owing to various causes in this
or other countries, silver has declined
in value to a point at which the govern
ment can purchase it with gold, manu-
facture it into small coin and pay it out
at fair profit. The government has
recently purchased quantity of silver
bullion sufficient for its purposes, at
1924 cents per standard ounce, and will
manufacture it into coin at fixed legal
rate, at 124 and four-tenths cents per
ounce, the differences between the pur-
chasing and issuing rate being within a
fraction of u cents per ounce, or about
ten and half per cent. on gold coin
paid in the purchase. This operation
is believed to be a more profitable one
for the treasury, and also more advan-
tageous to the public in the present con-
dition of the money market, than the
sale of gold for legal tender notes, and
is not a scheme for the resumption of
specie payments, but simply a compli-
ance with the mint laws. A dollar in
United States currency will purchase a
little more gold in the market than
dollar of small silver coin. The dollar
will therefore soon find its level, and
unless there be a rise in both the prices
of gold and silver, small coins must cir
cuIate concurrently with paper money.
The government has in possession of
the assistant treasurer about five hun
dred thousand dollars in silver coin,
and at the mint and assay offices, in sill
yer bullion and coin, about g, 900, 900.
This stock is ample for the present.
This mode of paying out silver coin
will be continued until circumstances
shall dictate a contrary course as pro-
per. The government will exact the
full seigniorage required by law, but
will not undertake to control the dis
position of coin after it is paid out
Coin will then become the property of
holders, who may do what they please
with it. This course was not decided
upon until it had been fully considered
by the secretary of the treasury. Out
standing Iegal-tenders, $3.50, ,288, 888.
Year: 1873

Some parts of the city are nearly alb
soIutely abandoned. You can walk
square after square, day and night,
without finding a soul to talk to,
without finding an open door, or seeing
a light or any other signs of life.
Death and fright have carried or driven
the people all away. An owner of
property in what is called the infected
district, directed his agent, as matter
of charity, not to call on his tenants for
pay on the usual day, and sometime af-
ter, when going through the neighbor-
hood, it was found that all his houses
were empty. Those who had not been
taken by the plague had been driven of
by terror. Business is at a perfect
standstill, when, had it not been for
the.epidemic, Memphis would now be IN
the flush of trade and commercial ac-
tivity. A large proportion of the Prl-
vate residences are closed, giving those
a funereal appearance which. even have
had no such sad occaion OF mourning
within their walls. Most of them,


however, are associated IN the minds OF
the citizens with scenes of disease and
death. Very few ladies are met on the
streets, save those wearing the badge Of
some charitable society, or the weeds
of mourning. The street cars are never
crowded, generally having but one or
two passengers, and are scarcely more
numerous than hearses. Theaters, of
course, are all closed, and so, too, are
more than two-thirds of the bar-roOms.
Year: 1873

HONESTY AN ACQUIRED QUALTY.-
What makes a man honest? Honesty
is not a natural virtue man must be
drilled to it. 1t is after a man has
looked at temptation when he has been
put TO the proof, that he is to be judged.
There is not a farmer on Long island
that is as honest as the men in Wall
street. Why? Because these men are
old veterans. The old farmer is as
good as men go, but he would probably
break down at the first offer. I asked a
friend, not long ago, who was giving mo
a sad story of the purchasable values Of
different members Of society in the leg
islature how it was with farmers.
" Bless your soul, said he, they are
the cheapest stuff we buy IN the legisla-
ture. I am not up for election, just
now, and therefore am not obliged to
call farmers the "bone and sinew of the
country. Henry Ward BeecheT.
Year: 1873

MEATs-When a Joint of meat comes
from the market, it is well to cut it mp
at once. Separate your roasting piece.
Cut up the part for steaks, and put
away IN your coolest place what IS left,
to cook afterward. Take out the bones
you mean to make soup of, and boil
them soon, as they Will not keep as well
as the meat. 1t is impossible to say
how long meat must be cooked, much
depends on the fire coal gives out more
heat than wood besides, persons differ
in regard to what meat well done means
Redmeat, like beef, must be cooked
rarer than white meat, as pork. A
good way to find how much done 1t IS is
to stick a skewer in near the bone; II
blood follows it 1t is not done. Gravy
for roast meat is made by putting some
Drowned flour IN, also salt and pepper
and boiling water. In frying meat,
lard is better than butter. Mutton
and beef suet are good when the lard
seems hot try it by throwing IN mlJe
of bread. When boiling meat or Poul-
try skim it often, or the meat will be
dark keep it boiling. Put fresh meat
into boiling water, salt meat into cold
allow one quarter of an hour to every
pound of meat. In roasting poultry or
birds be careful to baste and turn often.
The back, having little flesh requires
little cooking.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay mp at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you Will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of s1Ich a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


ET We enter no new names on on
Dooks without the money IN advl'ce
Year: 1873

The Duke Of saxony, eldest son Of the
late King John, has assumed the succession
to the throne Of saxony. His majesty issued
q proclamation, In which he promises to up
hold the constitution, and announced that the
present ministry viii remain in ONCE.


OF the five or six hundred depOsitOrs in
the banking house of jay Cooke & Co, all
but about thirty have signed a plan agreeing
to place the settlement in the hands of the ex-
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Rollins.
These thirty are either distant from the CITY or
cannot at present be reached.
Year: 1873

Diligence, tact, quickness and accu-
racy, good temper, controlled enthusi-
asm, the power to do without sleep and


an imperturbable digestion, all of these


combined in one man, say a civil ser
want, will no doubt save him from be-
ing failure in his career. But they
will not secure him a brilliant or rapid


success. They, or some of them, are
among the conditions of success but
they are not the sole or essential condi-
tions. It is we'll that he should be dill
gent but it is better still that the great
man should think he Is so. He may
strive much to be quick and exact In his
work but he should strive more to
catch and keep his chiefs eye. To hap
pen to be always standing just where
that eye happens to fall to be ready
with his ''Here am I, send me, " when
ever the chief is considering whom he
shall employ on a delicate business, and


then, of course, to do the business satls-
factorily to be about his patron to oc-
cur to him; to observe him to oblige
him; and so, as the last and triumphant
achievement, to become the man of
whom his patron thinks the best and
the kindliest in his particular depart
ment or profession, and whom, there
fore, he means to send to the top of it
this is the cheapest, the safest and tru-
est art of rising in life and this is what
is ordinarily meant by button-ho,ing.


PRIVATE LIFE N COUNTRY VILLAGES.
The little villages that nestle down
among the Massachusetts hills are
charming retreats, but do not know
that I should care to spend more than
five years of life at q time III any one OF
them. And as for being retreats, I'm
not sure of that, since come to think
about it. You stand out in pretty bold
relief if you are a resident, still more
SO If you are a visitor. For instance
there was an engaged couple in vii
liamsburg. not natives to the mannel
Year: 1873

The BRIGHT SDE.-Look on the
bright side it is the right side. The
times may be hard, but it will make
them no easier to wear a gloomy and
sad countenance. It is the sunshine,
not the cloud, that makes the flower
Troubles gives sinew and tone to life,
fortitude and courage to man. That
would be a dull sea and the sailor would
never get skill where there was nothing
70 disturb the surface Of the ocean.
What, though things look little dark? a.?
the lane viii turn; and night will end
in broad day. There is more virtue in
one sunbeam than IN "A whole hemis-
phere of clouds and gloom.


Putting mp a stove-pipe as known
IN Danbury as attending a Black Crook
matinee.
Year: 1873

To PARENTS run the risk of
losing the love of their children who
put aside their trivial questions as of no
consequence. An interrogation point
symbolizes the life of childhood. ''Why"
and "What" are the keys with which it
unlocks the treasury of the world. The
boys numberless questions seem trivial,
but the wise parent Will never turn them
off unanswered if he can help it. It is
his opportunity of teaching. He IS met
half way, and there Is all the difference
between impressing truth on an eager
one and an uninterested one. The lit
tie fellow, helping you at yOnr work,
may learn as much in an hour there as
in a week when he Is prisoned in a
schooI-room and his thoughts are out of
doors.
Year: 1873

TUNNELINo may sometimes be made
to pay directly as well as indirectly. A
case in point is that Of the new tunnel
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
the Point Of Rocks, in connection With
the new track to Washington. The
expense Of blasting this tunnel through
the rock was in the neighborhood Of
100000. The rock taken out was util-
lied for ballast on the track OF the road.
A crusbup was put up near the tunnel.
the broken rock dumped in gravel cars,
and distributed where it would do the
most good. We are informed that
President Garrett estimates the value OF
the ballast thus manufactured to be as
much as the outlay for the construction
OF the tunnel. Should it be thought ad.
visable to ballast the tracks OF the
Union and Central Pacific Railroads,
perhaps as valuable use can be found
for the rock excavated in boring the
proposed twelve mile tunnel through
the Rocky Mountains.
Year: 1873

The Farmcrs' and Drovcrs' Bank Louisville Is
treasurer and all moneys arising from the sale Of
Will be placed there remain special deposit until
the s and all the gifts fully provided fors
and then subject only TO the joint check OF the Agent and
Business Manager of the Concert and the President and
Treasurer OF the Public Library The management is
paying expenses but is amply provided with funds
on deposit in the Farmers and Drovers Bank Tor that
nd untouched In bank guarantee for the payment
of all the offered gifts


The money received for the sale OF tickets In New York
Is deposited In the Fourth National Bank OF that CITY,
Year: 1873

Languor, lassitude, an indisposition to engage in
any actual employment mental dullness and melan-
choy are evils which materially detract from human
endowment, and they are experienced in a greater
or less degree, according to tho temperament and
constitutional tendencies Of the individual by large
proportIon of the community in spring. To rouse
the physical and mental powers from this sluggish
condition tonic and corrective is imperatively raquir
ed, and Hosetters Stomach Biters is the only mod
icinal preparation in existence that is thoroughly
adapted to the work. The first dose produces gen.
ia glow throughout the system which is an earnest
of permanent relief. AS time wears on and the tonic
and regulating properties Of this pure and agreeable
vegetable remedy takes full effect every trace OF de-


biity, nervousness and hypochondr La vanishes and
mlnd and body become alike alert and vigorous.
Year: 1873

at once, the condition Of the individual stom.
ach being disregarded in the anxiety for the
general health. So that now the literal pub
lie fast isas foreign to modern therapeutics as
to primitive Christianity. 1t is true that we
are on this day exhorted to make use of
"prayer and suplication," bat the scripture
text following the exhortation makes clear
He prayeth well who loveth well


Roth man and bird and beast;


He prayeth best, who loveth best


All things both great and small.
and that the love which makes prayer accep
table is disclosed by works Of benevolence
alone So
Year: 1873

WE hear of compulsory vaccination and
compulsory education, but the idea Of COM
pulsory voting-that is, forcing the elector to
go to the polls and vote-has not been often
mentioned and never tried. The French
government will be the first to try this expert
ment, which will be watched with interest by
the people in this and other republican gov
ernments. Voting will be placed on tie
same basis as taX-paying,
Year: 1873

THE severe snow storm along portion of
the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, pros
trated several miles of the telegraph line,
which accounts for the meagre news from the
Modoc country.
Year: 1873

MARK TwAN's sensible suggestions in
reference to rubber life RATS on ocean steam
ers, are deservedly attracting wide attention
in the press. There is no doubt that some
thing of the kind would be vast improve
ment upon the unwieldy and unreliable life
boats, which are practically useless when the
waves run high, being generally either shiv-
cred to atoms or larned bottom upwards
when they are first launched. Marks life
raft, or at least the one he has in mind, for
he did not invent it himself, is q different af-
fair. 1t consists of three inflated horizontal
rubber tubes, with platform lashed on top.
They are of all sizes, from a little affair the
size of barn door, to raft twenty-five feet
long and six or eight feet wide. Nine of these
of assorted sizes would occupy, when slowed
IN convenient positions for use, hardly more
than the space occupied by four boats, and
they would save every soul on board. They
could be pitched into the sea in a moment,
and they always fall right side up, ready for
their freight of passengers, who would then
sail away through the storm, sitting high and
dry from two to four feet above the tops OF
the waves.
Year: 1873

some account of which appeared in THE CITIZEN, none of the ministry have even eazed upon the noble Apaches for which they affect so much pity and piow regard.

 It is true that the present Con- missiouelE hdian Affairs did visit several Apa6ne reserves, but he came under direction and pay of the Gov ernment and not of any church.
Year: 1873

IT Is reported that the Bender family, who committed such extensive mur- ders in Kansas, are in Western Texas on their way to Arizona. Tucson is a good location for them, and upon this hint they had better come. The little unpleasantness they had in Kansas can be closed out here by the use of few poles and some rope, in 0 way that will save them time and trouble and the public of much ex- pense.