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Year: 1872

The election Of Mr.. Cooper is especially
gratifying in view Of the facts that he is rec.
ognzed as particularly Objectionable to the
leaders of the Democracy, and that he pos
scsses in an eminent degree the energy and
enterprise necessary to make live and valua-
bic Mayor, something we have not had for at
least two years.
Year: 1872

Friends, when you think am like to die, Garry me where the sea is roaring; There on my last bed let mo lie, And list to the long wave landward pouring

 Beating, beating,

 And ever repeating The cry it cried, vixen it first was hurled.

 With 8 myriad shocks

 On the barrier-rocks In the very birthday of the world. And-if could die within sound of the sea The voices of all who e'er leved and knew me To mingle with hers, who is dearest to me, Its murmur would bring, to sleep to woo me Throbbing, throbblng,

 And plaintively sobbing As erst it sighed when the night and morn

 Had faded away

 Of the first fair day, When this beautiful world of ours was born Oh, there, in a church-yard, high on a cliff, In how deep sleep, from the vain endeavor -Of longing and life, could rest me-if The sea it's wild lullaby sang for ever,

 Beating, beating,

 And still repeating The cry it cried, when it first was hurled

 With myriad shocks

 On the barrier-rocks In the very birthday of the world.

 Tom Hood.
Year: 1872

Much curiosity has been felt to learn the date of the first English newspaper, and the circumstances under which it made it's appearance. This is natural, when we contemplate the mighty-we had almost said mnipotent-moral in- fuence which the journalism of the present day exercises on the minds of mankind
Year: 1872

Dr. Schobl has found that the wings of the bat and the ear of the white mouse are abundantly provided with nerves, apparently for the purpose of supplying, by means of very refined sense of touch the imperfection of vision. He estimates the number of nerve-endings on each ear of the white mouse at 6,000
Year: 1872



 This result is the net yield of our dairies to the farmers, and represents 0 sum of $43.80 as the product of each cow Under favorable circumstances, dairymen have realized as much as $120 yearly from COW, but it is obviously impossible that all can be SO favorably situated as to make this amount of in come. A very great proportion of American COWS fall far below the figures stated above, many farmers known to us producing less than seventy pounds of butter per COW, and great many COWS are very much inferior to the cows of these dairies. If we ask why is this, a cursory glance at the average conditiop of our pastures is sufficient solution of the question. Here is certainly one item in which a large improvement is possible.-Hed1M aad Home.
Year: 1872

A JURY's VERD1cr.-Muchs surprise has been expressed at the verdict of the Cor oner's Jury upon the death of James Fisk, Jr. The jury returned that the deceased came to his death, at certain place and time, in consequence of a wound from pistol Gin the hands of Edward A. Stokes, discharged by him in a deliberate manner at the person of said Fisk" &c., and it is asked, why did they not directly say that Stokes was guilty of murder ? We doubt not that the sup posed omission was made by this very intelligent jury simply from a sense of duty. They were empanelled simply to ascertain how Fisk came to his death /; they had nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of the man who killed him. Had they accused Stokes of murder, they would have introduced into their verdict wholly impertinent circum- stance, into which it was not their busi- ness to inquire. There is no further significance in the precise and careful verdict of the Coroner's jury the fact it has ascertained will probably never be questioned. But the question as to the guilt of the slayer is for another tribunal. N. Y. Paper.
Year: 1872

SIZE OF NAns.-The following table will show any one at glance the length of the various sizes, and the number of nails in pound. They are rated 3-penny up to 20-penny. The first column gives the number, the second the length in inches, and the third the number per nnund
Year: 1872

LEAP YEAR PARTIEs.-They are hold ing leap-year parties in Troy. An exchange says: The leap-year party at the residence of a gentleman in Wash ington Park, last evening, was very unique affair. Some of the gentlemen present were attired in semi-female dress, the head gear being good imita- tion of the style which prevails among the ladies. One of these female person ators wore earrings and necklace, and cooled his fsvered brow with 6 fan, which he waved to and fro with artless grace, and behind which he concealed his blushes as the ladies boldly told to him their tales of love. When supper was announced, the gentlemen were served in the parlor by the ladies, and after the former had eaten their fill the fair servitors withdrew to the dining room where they held sort of high car nival, leaving the gentlemen to console themselves as best they might with each others society. This was Q retaliatory act upon the men for their exclusiveness when they are in power. The party was voted great success, and will, very likely, be followed by others.
Year: 1872

MUFFL1Na THE THRoAr-What is the best mode of protecting the throat from colds, where person is very susceptible to them The common way of protect ing the throat is to bundle and wrap it up closely, thus overheating and render ing it tender and sensitive, and more h- able to cold and inflammation than be- fore. This practice is all wrong, and re- suits in much evil. Especially is this the case with children, and when in addition to the muffling of the throat the extrem- ities are insufficiently clad, as is often the case, the best possible conditions are presented for the production of sore throats, coughs, croup and all sorts of throat and lung affections. It is wrong to exclude cold air from the neck and if it is overloaded a portion of the time, when it is exposed some form of disa- greement of the threat will occur. The rule in regard to clothing the neck should be to keep it as cool as comfort will allow.
Year: 1872

The situation in Excitement All


layed-New CHba Sugar


PARIS, November pa meeting of the
Cabinet viii be held to-day for deliberation
mittee on the address and the resolution Of
the minority. President Thiers will attend
the session of the Assembly to morrow,
when the report of the majority will come
up for consideration.


The vote yesterday postponing immediate
consideration of the report has served to
greatly allay the excitement of the past
few days, and many believe the crisis has
passed.


Paris is quiet this morning, and dispatches
from the provinces report a corresponding
degree of tranquility.
Year: 1872

Sheriff Vance requests US to say
that he Is still at his Office for the pur>
pose Of collecting the taxes of 1871,


About the expiration of the time
allowed by law for the payment of the
taxes there will probably be a great
rush to the sheriff. office, and all may
not then get chance to settle. We
would therefore advise onr friends not
to delay the matter unnecessarily, and
thereby incur the penalty,
Year: 1872

Now is the time to subscribe for the
Telegraph.


We allow ten per cent. commissions
to all agents.


For a club Of fifty subscribers we
will give a cash prize of Toeaiy Doiiars.
For n club ofone hundred subscribers
we will give a cash prize Of fay dollars.


Work for your home paper, and
work now. This offer is good for the
next ninety days. Send in the names
and money as fast as you get them.
Year: 1872

The calculation on smaller or larger
sums will be easily made. If one has
what is known as "Poor House Scrip"
or Road or Bridge Scrip the proper
ton will of course, be altered; but
there is little Of other out,
Year: 1872

We favor a system that shall con-
tribute most to the happiness of the
individual and the class. If the. one
hour saved from labor be devoted
to intellectual improvement, it is
well. If the laborer thus released
applies his leisure hour to his own
domestic business, to his garden or
his shop, to his needed rest or the
education of his children, to the
pleasant interchange of ideas and
goodwill between neighbors, to al
most anything except dissipation,
idleness and debauchery-it will
prove a blessing, taking him out of
the enforced treadmill of grinding
toll, and giving him status in the
world above that of the mere toiling
serf.


One hour a day saved from slave
ish toll, if rightly employed and i'm
proved, can be the means of Great
ing a new class of men-new in
their capacities for enjoyment, as
for toll igself. The devotion of one
hour day to self-education, to men
tai development, can do what has SO
often been done before; transform
mere drudges into thinking, inteli-
gent beings, with their capacities
for healthful enjoyment increased in
proportion to the cultivation of their
intellects. But this will not be the
result to the man who covets the one
hour saved from toll in order that
he may have so much more time to
devote to the shufiing of cards or
the shaking of dice at the corner
grocery.


It is a common mistake made.
that release from the necessity of la.
Dor ensures happiness. Employ
ment is the law of all really intelli-
gent, certainly all really progressive,
nations and individuals Others
may exist, but they do not live in
the true sense of the word. We
must work with the mind if not with
the hands. The invisible wheels aud
springs Of the brain must keep NOV
ing. Thought will be evolved, and
in its proper direction is the correct
cue to happiness. Let the laborer
get his release from the hitherto eX-
| ira hour or two of enforced toll, and
then devote it sensibly to better pur.
poses than dissipation, or idleness
which leads to dissipation if not tc
vagabondage and crime.
Year: 1872

Thomas Jefferson wrote the fol-
lowing excellent advice. There Is
much human nature and good sense
in it: @


Harmony in the human state is
the very first to be aimed at. Moth
ing can preserve affections uninter-
rupted but firm resolution never to
differ in will, and a determination
in each to consider the love of others
of more value than any object what
ever on which wish had been liked.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of
of any other wish when weighed
against the affections of one with
whom we are to pass our whole life u
And though opposition IN single
instance will hardly of itself pro-
duce alienation, yet every one has
their pouch into which all these lit
tie oppositions are put; while that is
filing the alienation is insens1bly go
ing on, and when filed it is COM
plete. It would puzzle either TO say
why, because no one difference OF
opinion mas been marked enough to
produce a serious effect by itself.
But he finds his affections wearied
out by a constant dream of little
checks and obstacles. Other sources
of discomfort, very common indeed,
are the little cross purposes of hus-
band and wife, In common converse
ton, q disposition In either to criti-
else and question whatever the other
saws, a desire always to demonstrate
and make him feel himself in the
wrong, especially in company. Moth
ing is so goading. Much better,
therefore, if our companion views a
thing in a light different from what
we do, leave him in quiet possession
of his views. What is the use Of
rectifying him if the thing be anim-
portant; let it pass for the present,
and wait a softer moment and more
concilatory occasion of reversing
the subject together. 1t is wonder
full how many persons are rendered
unhappy by inattention to these lit
tie rules of prudence"
Year: 1872

There was once n Bavarian duke
by the name of Christoph, who visit
ed pretty regularly a little church IN
some obscure village, to join with
the devout peasants in prayer, and
being a very kind and sociable man,
took pleasure in. speaking to every
man of the low class, whosoeyer
chanced to meet him.


One day he met an old man by
the name of Lorenz, from Merzing,
and being much pleased with this
mans intelligent conversation said
to him, on parting, that he would
take much pleasure in doing him
some favor, and whenever his assist
ance could be of any service to him
he should find the prince always
ready to help him.


"Oh," replied Lorenz, Your
highness could not do me a greater
favor than you have already done to
me; you have brought the greatest
blessing upon me and my family
that ever could be bestowed upon
u.s."


How could that happen ?" asked
Christoph; Il do not recolleet that I
ever had an opportunity to do you a
favor"


Well" said the old man, 'I new
er embraced the opportunity to tell
your highness under how great an
obligation I am to you, because you
saved my son from his career to
eternal perdition. He was drunk
ard-a very dissipated young man
always ready for the perpertration of
any crime. Ore day, lettering about
he saw you, my gracious Duke, en-
| ter the church. This stirred his Gu
riosity; he wanted to know what you
were going to do there in that place,
which he SO much despised. But
when he saw and heard your devo-
ton he became so deeply affected
that he prayed for the forgiveness of
his sins, and from that very hour
became an altered man. This heav-
emily blessing I owe to your instru-
mentality, for what neither my ad-
monition, nor my rebukes, nor my
prayers could achieve, that have you
accomplished by your pious exam
pie"
Year: 1872

The use of soda tor washing linen
is very injurious to the tissue and i'm
parts to it a yellow color. In Ger
many and Belgium the following
mixture is now extensively and ben
efcially used: 2 lbs. of soap are dis
solved in about gallons of water as
hot as hand can bear it; then next is
added to this fluid three large sized
tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia
and one spoonful of best oil of tur-
pentine. These fluids are incorpor-
ated rapidly by means Of beating
them together with a small birch
broom. The linen is then soaked
in this liquid for three hours, care
being taken to cover the washing-tub
by a closely fitting wooden cover
Bv this means the linen IS thorough
" cleansed, saving much rubbing,
time and fuel Ammonia does al
feet the linen or wooden goods, and
Is largely used as a liquor in the
North of England.
Year: 1872

The wasted wealth IN this coun-
try, in the shape of night soil, is al
most beyond computation, and is a
constant reproaeh upon the intelli-
gence and economy of our people.
Scarce a farmer or q gardener IN a
thousand, uses if. And we know OF
no city whose system of sewerage,
makes any provision for saving and
using this enormous resource IN the
production of food. And yet 1t IS so
valuable, that if such provision we're
made IN our larger cities, the reven-
ues that would be derived IRON It's
sale to neighborinsy farmers and gar
deners, would NOR than comPen-
safe the expense of such provision
annually, beside diminishing the cos
Of and increasing the production O
J the country,
Year: 1872

In Vermont town, the Methodist
and Universalist denominations combin-
ed to build chapel, which is occupied
in the morning by the former, and by
the latter in the evening. A few eve
nings since, the Universalist pastor
asked the Methodist minister to an
nounce that the evening discourse would
be on 1.-The death of the devil. The
sturdy follower of John Wesley, irritated
by this summary taking off of person
rye of the utmost value for soaring sin
ners into sanctity revenged himself by
saying from his pulpit: This evening,
my friends, there is to be a funeral in
this house. One popularity about the
service will be that the son will preach
his fathers funeral sermon" The church
is now closed until the pending law suit
gives all right to it to one or the other
sect; and the Universalist clergyman
believes that, if there is any man too
wicked to be saved, it Is his Methodist
'.brother."
Year: 1872

Cor MORE THAN ITS SHARE.-An
Irishman employed on farm was told
by the farmer that one of his duties
would be to feed the chickens. This he
did daily. but observing with much con-
Germ, that when he gave them their corn
meal pudding, an old drake that was
among the flock shoveled it in with his
broad bill much faster than the chickens
could do At last an idea struck him.
One evening, as usual, while Pat was
distributing pudding to the fowls, he
commenced soliloquizing in the follow
ing manner: "Arrah, and it's here ye
are agen, ye scaramouch of a spoonbill
of quadruped; ye lay under the barn
all day, and when I say chickey, chick
ey, be St. Patrick, ye are the first one
here, and Se pick up three mouthfulls
all in one. I'll fix ye for that, ye baste,
so [ will!'' Sure enough Pat called the
drake close to him, made grab, and
nabbed him. ''And it's welcome ye are
blast yer ugly picture when I'm done
wild We, yell not gobble down more nor
We share" With that Pat got out his
knife and trimmed the drake's bill off
sharp and slim, like a chickens, and
then exultingly threw him down, saying,
'.Now, bedad, ye can pick up the feed
like dacent fowl p
Year: 1872

GETTING Our OF BED.-Dr. Hall does
not approve of the old fashioned doctrine
which was instilled into the minds of
children, namely, that they spring out
of bed the instant they awake in the
morning. He says that up to eighteen
years every child should be allowed ten
hours to be in bed. They may not re-
quire ten hours sleep, but time should
be allowed them te rest in bed until they
feel as if they had rather get up than
not. 1t is very great and mischiev-
Gus mistake for persons. old or young,
especially children, and feeble aud sed-
entary persons to pounce out of bed the
moment they wake up; all our instincts
shrink from it, and fercely kick against
it, Fifteen or twenty minutes spent
gradually waking up after the eyes are
opened, and in turning over and stretch
ing the limbs, do as much good as sound
sleep, because these operations set the
blood in motion by degrees, tending to
equalize the circulation for during
sleep the blood tends to stagnation, the
heart beats slowly and feebly, and to
shock the system by pouncing up in an
instant and sending the blood in over
powering quantities to the heart, caus-
ing it to assume gallop when the in
slant before it was a creep, is the great
est absurdity. This instantaneous
bouncing out of bed, as soon as the eyes
are opened, will be followed by weari-
ness long before noon.
Year: 1872

Viscount Milton, who intends to visit
this country soon, some years ago trav-
eled from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean through the unexplored British
Dominions, and afterward wrote book
concerning the trip, entitled The North
west Passage by Land. He is a son of
Earl Fitzwilliam. The story is told
that the ring with which he welded his
wife was made by himself from some
gold mined by him in this country.
Year: 1872


Oh for lodge in a garden of cucumbers:
Oh for an iceberg or two to control;
Oh for vale which at midday the dew cum


bers;


Oh for pleasure trip up to the pole
Oh for little one-story thermometer.
With nothing but zeros all ranged in row:
Oh for big double-barreled hydrometer,
To measure the moisture that rolls from nay


brow n
Oh that this cold world was twenty times colder
(That's irony red-hot. it seemeth to meD O.
Oh for turn Of its dreadful cold shoulder;
Oh what comfort an ague would bel
Oh for a grotto to typify heaven:
Scooped in the rock, under cataract waste:
Oh for a winter of discomfort. even;
Oh for wet blankets judiciously cast,
Oh for a soda-fountain spouting up boldly.
Frem every hot lamp-post against the hot sky;
Oh for q proud maiden to look me coldly,
Freezing my soul with glance of her eye. --
Oh for draught from a cup of cold pizeni
And Oh for resting place in the cold ground.
With a bath in the SLyx, where the deep shadow y


lies on, Fa- ~
And deepens the chill of its dark running
Year: 1872

common computation or valuation of
stock, and will answer to the four quar-
ters of the animal, sinking the offal. A
deduction must be made for animals
half fat, of one pound in twenty from
those that are fat; and. for COW that
has had calves, one pound must be
allowed in addition to the one for not
being fat, upon every twenty.-Pedder's
Land Measurer.
Year: 1872

There can be no doubt that grass is
the natural food of the horse, for it is
cooling, and slightly medicinal, keeping
the bowels open, sharpening the appe.
tite, and hence is healthful. This is
evident from the fact that if the animal
is ailing, there is nothing that will so
surely promote digestion and remove
all tendency to fever in the system as
g r graSI horse ho Ken at tine grass
efcial, and there need be no fear that
he will lose in condition from it, or fail
either in speed or strength. No farmer
should deprive his horse of grass in its
season. It is not only the cheapest but
the best food he can have.
Year: 1872

The Maine Farmer says: We need
again to urge farmers to have greater
regard for their personal health and
comfort than is generally the case. We
know just how hard farmers have to
work, and how pressing are the demands
of the present season. But nothing is
gained by hard and long-continued ap-
plication. Work in the morning and
at night, and, if possible, enjoy a long
nooning"-it will do you no harm.
Battle frequently, and never repose at
night in the inner clothing in which
you have worked during the day. Have
light, clean night shirt, to take the
place of that full of perspiration and
dust, and enjoy to its fullest extent the
refreshing influences, of the nights rest
Eat wholesome and well prepared food
but avoid an excessive use OF fresh
meats. Drink sparingly of cold water
during hot weather; great injury often
results from this cause.
Year: 1872

A Texas paper says: Take lock of
wool from the sleeps back and place it
upon an inch rule. If you can count
from thirty to thirty-three of the spirals
or folds in the space of an inch, it equals
in quality the finest Electoral or Saxony
wool grown. Of course, when the num-
Der of spirals to the inch diminishes, the
quality of the wool is relatively inferior.
Many tests have been tried, but this is
considered the simplest and best. Cots
do not measure nine spirals to the inch.
With this test every farmer has in his
possession a knowledge which will
enable him to form correct judgment
of all this kind of wool. There are
some coarse woods which experienced
wool-growers do not rank as wool, but
as hair, ON account of the hardness and
straightness of the fiber.
Year: 1872

L
STATEMENT BY SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE-MRa


sCHENCK DECLARES THAT THE SUPPLEMENT


TAI ARTICLE EXCLUDES THE INDIRECT


CLAIMS.


In the House of Lords tonight the Earl OF Derby
read a letter from Sir Stafford Northcote correct
ing statement made by the former IN
his speech on Monday night TO the effect
that there was no understanding between
the members Of the Joint High Commission
that the indirect claims were not TO be presented
and that the Commissioners were therefore careless
in drawing up the Treaty Sir Stafford North
cote declares positively that the Commissioners did
understand that promise was given tEat the claims
for indirect damages would be withdrawn


Earl Granville also read a letter from Nh.
Schenck the American Minister, affirming that the
Supplemental Article is amply sufficient to exclude
the indirect claims. and authorizing the statement
TO be made, as coming from Washington, that the
article is a final settlement Of the question of the
said claims The announcement was received with
cheers


The Earl of Derby said this put new face on the
matter and he thought the debate ought TO stop.
lCheersl


Earl Granville warned the House that the IN
direct claims had not been Withdrawn from the
American case bat that they would be disposed OF
by the acceptance Of the supplemental Article to
the Treaty of Washington.


Earl Russell then Withdrew his motion for an adj
dress to the Queen and the debate closed.