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Year: 1873

CLEAN HANDs-The world moves. 1t
is not so respectable as it was a few years
ago to be rascal. People are learning
the lesson that clean hands are desirable.
both for personal comfort and pleasant
social intercourse. Tney really seem to
De learning that purity pays, and that per-
sonal honor and incorruptibeness are
good Investment. Rogues and rings are
having tough time of it, and it is their
own fault if the young and ambitious men
who are now coming upon the stage of ac-
tiOn do not learn to place so high price
upon themselves that neither wealth nor
power can buy them. The rascalities of
the New York Ring are all exposed, and
the members OF that Ring have either run
away, or are staggering before public opin-
ion and the law, disgraced and degraded
men. Bribery in Congress stands exposed
and rebuked, while naCes that were pure
have received a tarnish that can never be
polished away. Men who have held their
heads high in the nation, bow those heads
in shame over hands which are soiled be-
yond cleansing. We call no names, hut,
scattered up and down the land, gre t
regulations lie in ruins. Men who had
wealth which they stole, and men who had
positions which they bought, and men
who used their public Office to push their
private schemes. are thrown high and dry
out of influence, and lie all exposed upon
the rocks of disgrace, where they are sure
to rot or 90 to pieces.


If the young politicians of the country
will learn the lesson that the facts which
we have recounted are so well calculated
to teach, better times for the country lie
in the future. Personal advantage is
mean motive to appeal to, where so vital
question as personal purity is concerned,
but, as there is no danger to morals from
any other appeal. it is we'll to meet temp
tation on its own ground and fight it with
its own weapons. The lesson of the recent
exposure is really needed by none but
those who fancy that they can compass
their ends best by base means and ii
these shall learn from it that, in the long
run, nothing pays 50 well in wealth and
power and safety and comfort as virtue,
they will learn that which will be of in
calculable benefit to them and to the coun-
try. No money was ever won by treach-
cry to trust, that did not harm the winner.
No power was ever achieved by bribery
or retained By falsehood that did not
scorch the palm of him who held it. The
consciousness of ill-desert, the loss Of self
respect, the fear of exposure aud the self
commitment to life of deception, which
60 always with possessions unworthily
won, are poison in the blood, and the ex-
posure, sooner or later, is as sure to come
as death.-F G. Holland ScribRer's for
AprI.
Year: 1873

The EDUCATION OF GIRLs-The Lesson of
the Atlantic Disaster.-The Independent,
aludIng to the TACT that not WOMAN was
saved from the wreck Of the Atlantic, at
tributes 1t to their lack of strength, and
SAYS:


1t is one of the saddest bluuders of our
modern civilization that it dIscrimin ties
against women's health, while assuming to
spare them 1t should be the aim in the
culture of the human race to secure to our
men all the best qualities of women, aud to
our women all the best qualities OF men.
Physical strength is one of the graudest
possessions of man, because it is the foun-
dation of mental and moral powers. The
education which disparages 1t in women is
radically wrong. Our boys are growing up
to be athletes and our girls to be inval;ds.
4 young me1 who cannot march from twenty
to forty miles In a day l. regarded with
disdain. y young wuman who can do it is
prodigy. These things ought not 50 to be-
TIE trouble is in a vicious public sentiment,
which thinks it degrading for girl to run
barefoot, ike a boy; to be colored by the
sun; to ride and shoot and fish and swim; in
short. to live out of doors aud ieel as friends
the wind and the raI8, the sunshine and the
frost. Uuless the present vicious culture Of
girls be corrected, we shall have in gener-
alton or two, if we have it not already, in
the civilized variety Of the human race, the
dedicate" health of its females developed As
a genuine ins. lnce of what Darwin calls
secondary sexual characters, as constant as
the name in the male lion or the peneIlled
feathers in the female Hamburg fowl. The
strength of women at the crisis of their life
depends on their physical culture while
children. Let parents be no more ashamed
of their girls brown faces and fists than of
their BOYS Let them train and clothe them
so that they can run and climb and care
for and protect themselves. Let them take
them with their brothers into the harvest
field. 4 hoy IS not ashamed of work; no
more shJuld be a girl. The refinement that
shut q girl out of Gods sunshine, and
allows her no rougher work in-doJrs than to
embrOider worsteds, or tap ivory keys. or
dust marble mantel is refining her off of
the face of the earth to give place to the
daughters OF the servants In the kitchen.
Their coarse work is healthy and honorable.
We honor it; and among our occasional
contributors there is hardy one of whom
we feel more proud than OF a woman-a
lady-who is not ashamed to earn DER living
as cook and hOusemaId, working Tor months
wages.
Year: 1873

A CALIFORNIA VAMPIRE-The San Fran
cisco Alta has description of a vampire
recently caught by the second mate Of the
steamship Nevada


"While the steamship Nevada was
about eighty miles off one Of the minor
isles of Micronesia, on its way up from
Australia to this port at about six o'clock
in the morning, strange animal of dark
figure was observed to light on the highest
peak of the forward mast Attracted by
its peculiar appearance, the officer Of the
deck, Mr.. Burns, the second mate, offered
one of the sailors small sum to secure it.
The man cambered up the mast with
heavy cloth in his hand, and after slight
struggle, in which be was severely bitten
on the hand, it was secured. Bringing it
to the deck for examination, the beast
proved to be fine specimen of species
of the vampire tribe. This animal closely
resembles the terrodactyle of the antedilu.
Wan ages. In appearance it is like
huge bat, on hasty examination. 1t is in
the head of the animal, however. that the
main distinction is found. That of the pres
ent one is perfect counterpart of the
black -and-tan terrier dog. Its teeth are
very long. and are called in constant re-
quisition to discountenance all attempts at
familiarity,
Year: 1873

An unmistakable disbelief in Senator Pom
eroy's line OF defense is thus displayed BY
The Cincinnati Gazette 50 Pomeroy tried to
get out of his serape by attempting to show
that the money handed to York was intend
ed for Page, TO enable the latter to establish
a national bank. This was very thin, and
it has been made more transparent by the
fact that Page has not sinee exhibited dis
position TO go into the banking business
under the national authority. Pomeroy was
not sharp: otherwise he would have had
Pagego into the banking business
Year: 1873

CHEAP HORSE FEED An astute agri-
culturist, as the story goes, fed his horse
successfully for a number of years, upon
clean pine-shavings-merely using the
precaution to furnish the brute with a
good seryiceable pair of green spectacles
This innocent delusion, operating upon
that amiabe simplicity of character which
distinguishes the inferior creation, induced
the horse to imagine that all this time he
had been living on the best of clover
Thus we all see only what we bring with
us eyes to see To the jaundiced eye, the
whole universe is sickly-yellow and, nat
urally enough, the effect of such vision
not exhilarating But let bottle of Dr.
Gottlieb Fisch Bitters be administered
and, 10, what a change! The blood, upon
which brain, nerve, everything, depends
for its well-bearing, is no longer vitiated
with WORKOUT dead matter which the ex-
cretories are impotent to throw off The
whole external world becomes radiant with
loveliness and within, all is peace


This subject continued next week under
Not Happy Enough.
Year: 1873

Seiatica, or neuralgia in the sciatic
nerve, is generally felt in or near the hip
joint, and may be an intense pain without
much lameness, or it may be both pain
and lameness, and to cure, use ,Renne's
Pain Killing Magic Oil on the limb and in
the hollow of the foot freely Its use
cures as surely as it is used thoroughly.
Sold by John Bengston.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST. 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 fact worthy the attention of cOnsum-
prS
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 viii tell
you See advertisement.
Year: 1873

There can be no doubt but the greater
portion of the pain which the human body
has to undergo is caused by some derange
ment of the great organs the Liver, Blood
Kidneys and Bowels. Spring is upon us,
when change of atmosphere and habit are
apt to affect these organs: and the best
way TO avert attacks of disease of this
character is to use Maguire's Cundurango
Bitters, the great Liver invigorator and
blood purifier. which releases the bile and
purges it from the system, thereby pro
noting perfect health For sale by all
Druggists.
Year: 1873

The whole city feel the ineOnvsnience arriSins
IRON the crowded state of the eurt-stone market
at least two days in eOch week, aud yet the CITY
Council neglect TO apply remedy, nOtWithsiand'
ing brief amsndncht to the ordinance, requiring
the wagons to be stationed eight ten feet apart
This would remedy the crowd and enable all who
desire to purchase ct this market to do So AT pre-
sent 1t takes up more time than the wives OF many
of our citizens, who like to do their own market
ing, have time to spare, to say nothing Of the nm
pleasantness Of being hustled about in a rough
crowd where sometimes ill-mannered people use
their baskets In a manner 30 careless as to do un
Intentional violence.
Year: 1873

Last evening good company assembled
in this Church, to hold festival for the
purpose of raising money to make repairs
in the church building. Fair young ladies
dispensed with beaming faces the ice
cream and Strawberries, and there seemed
to be an unusual appreciation of their SER
vices. Men always like to eat good things.
and none the less when served by fair and
smiling young ladies. A good array of
fancy articles. we also found exposed for
or wants were met The objectof this fes-
tival is most commendable, and as it is to
continue open to-day and this evening.
we trust it will be largely and literally
patroniZed ID.
Year: 1873

Yesterday morning leak was discover
ed in the boiler at the rolling mill, in
place heretofore patched, and operations
had to be suspended for the time, to enable
ration t takes place to-day they will lin not tire fire
Up again until Saturday, if then.
Year: 1873

LAST YEARS PRICEs--GRATIFYING INCREASE IN


PRoDUCTIoN--HoME CONSUMPTION INCREAs-


ING.


The price of cotton nuotuated considerably last
year and is now lower than the average rate of the
year. The price of low middling in New-York at the
end of each month was as follows;
Year: 1873

Especially. who have become the victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands Of young men OF the most eX-
alted talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence or walked to extac-
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence
Year: 1873

The Detroit Tribune says there are over 900
mechanics in that city who cannot obtain en-


ployment Of any kind. and many Of them are
not in good condition to fight the winter
through; and that paper adds, '' II there Is
young man or young woman in the interior
Of the State holding situation. it is best to
Year: 1873

The Marquette Mining Journal says that
some remarkably well executed counterfeit
greenbacks have been passed in that community
lately. People are 30 anxious to get hold Of
anything that looks like greenback that they
do not scrutinize them closely, and hoard them
up as if they were genuine.
Year: 1873

The night before T thanksgiving about twenty
chickens were turned loose in the barn on the
premises occupied bp the L ditor Of this paper,
by some person who thought he was playing
trick on him.
Year: 1873

TO the Hon. Members of Congress from


the State of California:


The Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce begs leave to call yourattention
to the following facts relating to the
port of San Pedro and the Wilmington
Breakwater in Los Angeles county,
Cal.


Up to the present time Congress has
appropriated for the construction of
the Breakwater $425, 900 currency. OF
this amount about $25O,OO0 have been
expended in constructing break
water 6,7OO feet in length, and of such
great strength that the severest storms
have not been able to do the least in
jury.


The work is u perfect success as to
durability and protection against sand
filling the approach to the inner
harbOr.


Before the completion of the work
there were only q feet of water OH the
bar at low tide, the bar being about
1000 feet wide. The work has been
completed about four months and the
action of the tide has deepened the
water ON the bar an average of 2 feet,
giving 4t feet at extreme low tide.
Some 2,OOO,OOO cubic yards of sand
having been removed from the bar
and channel. The tide has also car
ried away a large part of the inner
edge of the bar, thus cutting into the
bar a channel over l3 feet deep at low
tide, where formerly there We're not
over feet of water.


The channel across the bar is now
being narrowed by wQss so as to con-
fine the Outfl0wing tide to narrow
stream. This, with some dredging,
which will soon be done, will clear out
channel from 13 to 18 feet deep at
low tide, where formerly were only
% feet of water.


Competent engineers are of the Opin-
ion that by constructing two parallel
rows of pile work about 450 feet apart
on each side of the inner channel, with
proper tide gates, SO that the inflow
ing tide will open such gates and thus
fill the entire tide area of the bay, and
the pressure of the OutfiOwing tide
will close such tide gates, thus caus-
ing the entire tide to enter the
upper end Of said channel, be-
tween the piles and thus flow
out, there would be cut out and kept
clean channel 45O feet wide by 20 feet
deep, that being the size of a channel
necessary to convey in and out the
tide. The cost will be about $500, ,O00
With this amount there can be made
channel about four miles in length
by 20 feet deep and $50 feet wide at low
tide. This will bring shipping up to
the main land and will save to the
people of that part of the State q light
erage tax of 81 SO per ton on freight
which lighterage tax amounts annual
ly to about $l60,OOO.


To competently determine the feast.
bility of this latter plan of construct
ing o channel to the main land, 1t il
necessary to have a photographic sur
vey of the inner bay of San Pedro OF
Wilmington Harbor. This survey cal
be made and a full report given at
cost of about $2, 900 currency.


The people of this community would
willingly meet the expense of such {
survey, but unless the survey wa
made under the orders of the Govern
ment and by Government Engineers
Year: 1873

The amount of goods one can get for 81 90 at
the Dollar Store is really astonishing; and
Dunsmoor Brothers deem it pleasure to show
their beautiful stock of Holiday Goods to all
who may choose to call. Parties buying pres
ents for Sabbath Schools or Christmas trees
will find it to their advantage to call on Duns-
moor Bros. before making selection.
Year: 1873

No The tide of Immigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people dc
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is nc
comparison between the two.
Year: 1873

Ir is, of course. well understood that
the Queens speeches are written by her
ministers. Her present government hap
pens to contain in the First Lori of the
Treasury and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, two very distinguished classical
scholars. Yet bad as the grammar of the
Queens speeches usually is, the Ministry
seem this me to have surpassed them
selves. The Queen herself writes-when
she chooses to address her subjects per-
sonally-very simple and dignified Eng
lish. But who could read without trans
lation such a sentence as the following
The thanks Of the government are ex-
tended to the arbitratOrs for ''thn care be-
slowed by them on the peaceful adjust
ment of controversies such as could not
but impede the full prevalence of national
goodwill in case where it was specially
TO be cherished" This conundrum we
leave the reader to render into English /;
he may succeed by dint of running it
through two or three times. Again,
when the government wishes to say that
they were able to go on with the arbitra-
ton because the indirect claims had been
excluded, they record that the Queen
"was enabled to prosecute the inquiry in
consequence of the exclusion of the indi-
rect Claims" We do not think state
document should be flippant or familiar,
but surely the resources of our language
are sufficient to express any plain fact in
words which are at once clear and digni-
fied.-Hearth and Home.
Year: 1873

1t is the essential nature of all wines and
spirits to send an increased amount of
blood TO the brain. The first effect of
taking glass of wine or stronger form of
alcohol, is to send the blood there faster
than common, hence the circulation that
gives the red face. 1t increases the activ-
ity of the brain, and it works faster, and
so does the tongue. But if the blood goes
to the brain faster than common, iI re-
turns faster. and no special harm results


But suppose man keeps on drinking, the
blood is sent to the brain so fast, and in
such large quantities, that in order to
make room for it the arteries have to en-
large themselves; they increase in size,
and in so doing they press against the
more yielding and fiaccid veins which
carry the blood out of the brain, and thus
diminish their size, their pores, the result
being that the blood is not only carried to
the arteries of the brain faster than is ma
tural or hsalthful, but it is prevented from
leaving it as fast as usual hence double
set of causes of death are in operation. A
man may drink enough brandy or other
spirits in few hours. or even minutes, to
bring on fatal attack of apoplexy.
Year: 1873

Old Uncle Jimmy, as he was called. al
ways took leading part as one of the
congregation, and sometimes the "beys"
thought he interested himself little more
than was necessary about their affairs and
dOings, for he was always lectuling some
one about their "morals," and exposing
their bad deeds to the public. SO they
(''the bOys'') concluded they would break
him of this habit.


The schooIhouse in which the services
were conducted was arranged in the old
style, the seats running round the sides
OF the room. Now, Uncle Jimmy had one
particular seat, which he always claimed
and occupied during services.


Now for the plan of attack, which was
thus: A small hole was made through the
seat, and common darning-needle fast
ened to wooden spring under the seat,
to which was attached string running
round the entire room parallel with The
seat; the string was fastened to the spring
so that when it was pulled in certain
direction it would cause the needle to pass
up through the seat. and whoever happen
ed TO be on il would receive the full benefit
of the situation.


Well, the time came for the trial the
boys We're all there early. At last. Uncle
Jimmy came in and dropped into his ac
custOmed seat. No sooner had he touched.
however. than he bounded up again
with yell that might easily have beer
mistaken for that of a mad bull. On look.
ing around for the cause Of his sudden dis.
Year: 1873

A horse weighing from ten to twelve
hundred pounds will eat about six tons
of hay, or its equivalent, in a year. And
we suppose the real point to get at is,
whether one can keep his horse cheaper
on some other product than hay. This is
an exceedingly difficult question to an
swer-it depends so much on circumstan-
ces. We shall not attempt to answer it
fully at this time, but will merely say
that. in our opinion, three and half tons
of corn stalks and two and half tons of
corn would keep horse year in fully as
good condition as six tons Of good hay.
We may estimate, also, that it will take
three and half tons of oat straw, and
two and half tons of oats 20 keep a


horse year. A bushel of oats weighs
thirty-twO pounds, so that it will take
over l5J bushels and three and a half tons
of straw to keep horse year. 1t would
take about two acres of good land to pro.
duce this amOuDt.-An. Stock Journal.
Year: 1873

A WATCH is 4 most delicate machine
and very little thing is enough to dam
age its system, and make it go too fast or
TOO slow, or TO arrest the motion OF its
wheels, and it is Just that very little thing
that you don't take any notice of. Show
us your watch. and Wen tell you what
are the habits of its owner.


a person of irregular habits will spoil
the best watch in the world. Careless and
inexact people will always have watches
that go fast or slow-or that 60 both too
fast and too S'"''- ~ -'..r. 'r YOU cant
be steady anG ..a- .abitS, y0u
need not expe tu .t.. ... 1at you
can rely on.


All the bcs wa-clu...r. . 81 world
will be unat.c 10 give your watch that
regularity which is lacking in yourself,
and which you cannot, therefore. preserve
in your watch. and which you destroy as
fast As the watch is regulated. For a
watch should be wound up every day at
the same hour. and as soon as possible in
the morning. And the best occasion for
doing this is when the mnute-hand marks
seven or ten minutes after the hour-hand
has marked the hour.


The operation of winding up watch
should never be performed carelessly or
roughly: but, on the contrary, with great
precaution. especially at the moment when
you give the final turn to the key. Then
you should gently moderate the move
ment. so as not to wind the watch up too
tight.


You should always take good care to fit
the key perfectly into the key-hole before
commencing.


1t is not a good plan TO carry
about with you. unless it is kept in,
and never carry it loose in your p0,
as it is liable to get dust into il, which
will introduce into the watch, from time
to time, in winding it up, to its great
detriment.


Never, under any circumstances but
those of extreme necessity, open the in
terror compartment-that which contains
the machinery of the watch.


In winding up the watch, the hand
which holds it should remain perfectly
steady and without motion.


The hands may be advaHced or set back.
when necessary, without any harm bcns
done to the watch, although contrary 10
the popular notion on the subject.


The difference of temperature. or the
habit which some have of carrying the
watch about the person for a period, and
again leaving it mOtiOnlesS for a great
length of time on some piece of furniture,
may cause slight irreglllarity in the best
watch.


Whether the hands are advanced or set
back, we should never touch the rcgula-
tor. as long as the defect is tritling.


The crystal case of the watch should
never be opened, except by the watch
maker.


by keeping these rules in minc, and
putting them in practice. people would
have less trouble with their watches, and
far less need of the services of a watch
maker -ErcHnnoe
Year: 1873

that the monarcAical government. have
no sympathy with the present republican
experiment. If they can thwart it they
will. 1t is not impossible that Don Car
los in the confusion will reach the throne:
but if he should succeed we can hardly
think that his retention of power will be
of long duration.-N. Y. Herald.