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Year: 1875

English physicians are in the habit of
sending patients to Italy, to get the
benefit of the climate and drink asses
milk. In order TO secure the purity of
the milk, the asses are ordered each day
to the patients door, where the milking
is done under his own eye or that of q
servant or friend. A traveller, writing
of this custom, SAYS that "the ass-milkers
in the Italian towns usually carry a
bladder of lukewarm water under their
cloaks, kept mp TO the heat of the body
under the armpits, of the contents OF
which they furtively infuse portion
into the several milk-Iugs in the face of
the domestics, who never suspect the
trick. Thus are poor patients, when
given up by the faculty and sent to
ianguish under an Italian sun, and die,
turned over to the tender mercies of
tricksters, generally the associates or
creatures of cheating hotel-keepers. "
Year: 1875

1t is only about fifty years since the
first locomotive pulled along the first
railway, dragging the first clumsy pas
seDger car. During each of those fifty
years more than two thousand miles of
rails have been laid, and in England and
the United States every day OF those fifty
years has seen the completion OF one
locomotive and two passenger cars.
Immense workshops are kept busy build
ing locomotives and cars. They are
generally near the principal depOts OF
the great railway lines, and know of no
more interesting place where one can
spend part of his day in the depot.
Each and every part of locomotive
must be made with the greatest precision
and dehcacy, and great machines are en-
ployed for hammering and cutting and
punching and planning the iron into
shape. You will find in these railway
works, as the English say, OF "locomo-
tive works" as they are called in Amer
lea, immense machines, possessing al
most resistless power, yet driving only a
little steel-pointed instrument like a
chisei not bigger than ones little finger.
IL seems almost waste of power to use
such a giant to drive so slight tool.
But this delicate chisel digs it way little
by little through the hardest OF cold
iron or steel, and planes it as smooth as
ever the carpenters plane trims wood,
and il produces, too, shavings of iron as
delicate as those of soft pine. Little
shears, hardly bigger than tailor's, cut
through iron as easily as through paper;
and delicate steel punches drive their
way through iron plates. In most of
these works you will see the Nasmvth
steam-hammer, mighty giant In power,
but as docile as lamb under the touch
of master hand. 1t is an immense shaft
of iron, sliding up and down in greaU
wooden frame, and regulated in its
movements so that it can strike hard
or soft, quick or slow blow, as the
engineer who directs it may wish. A
heated shaft of iron foot thick can be
crushed, or tack may be driven, by its
blows. About twenty years ago, the
Prime Minister of England, Lord John
Russell, visiting the railway works at
Manchester, was invited to eat boiled
egg for luncheon. Before giving him
the egg, the master of the works put it
in a small wine-glass and placed both
under the great steam hammer. The
engineer set the giant at work down
rushed the shaft with the rapidity OF
lightning flash anil struck the egg, but
so perfectly was the hammer regulated
that the blow merely chipped the shell,
crushing neither glass nor egg.-S.
Nicholas Tor December.
Year: 1875

About n year and half ago Young
man by the name of Benjamin Peter, of
Washington township, Berks county,
Pa, was attending public sale III
North Whitehall township, Lehigh
county. On his way home on horse
back, and riding fast, he was eating pea
nuts, when piece of shell was carried
into his mouth by the current created by
his fast riding, passing down his throat
and lodging in one of his lungs. At the
time of the occurrence nothing serions
was thought of it, there only being
slight tickling sensation, which was
thought would pass away. But not so.
In few months the pain was felt in the
lung, which kept growing worse. Re
course was had TO physician, and after
some treatment, and finding that no
good was being done, the advice of other
medical men was sought, but to no avail,
while the young man has gradually been
growing worse, until now ne has become
50 reduced in strength that he is entirely
unable to perform any kind OF labor.
and hardly able TO get about. As a last
resort be is now making preparations to
visit Prof. Pancoast, Philadelphia, 10
see If his life can he saved.
Year: 1875

4 DETROIT saloOn-keeper whose place
has been cleaned out two or three times
by roughs has got things fixed TO his
liking now. There is trap door ten
feet square in front of the bar, working
by spring, aud when rough strikes
the counter and begins to raise row he
is dropped into the cellar A pail of hot
water is flung over him by the same ma
chinery, and hickory club, worked by
steam, strikes him ninety-eight times a
minute. When the fellow finally gets
clear OF the machinery a big dog wei
comes him, snuff is thrown into his eyes.
and he reaches the street with a solemn
vow upon his lips to become one of the
most exemplary citizens of Detroit.
Year: 1875

Ons Of the witnesses in the Beeoher case, tho
other day, told the Court that, in his opinion,
"The relation Of the sexes was department
Of human life which should be relegated
to the will and conscience Of the inai-
viduals concerned; that the law should
not interfere with the relations Of the se1es
30 far as the affections are concerned" DoeB
it not almost seem that this view is held By
other persons over in Brooklyn besides the Wit
ness iu question, and does not that fact account
for much that is otherwise wholly ino1plip&ble
in tho IRE aent case
Year: 1875

Y7NHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


up in the most attractive style possible,
with q view TO the convenience and comfort
of patrons. The proprietor desires to call the
attention OF customers. friends and the public
to Ills superior stock Of
Year: 1875

DOR sALE-AT A BARGAIN, A LITTLE HOTEL ON
the European PLAN with restaurant bar lodging
and all complete doing good cash business be
sold Immediately going South. Apply at MITCH
ELLIS Store Agency, u Cedar street. y.
Year: 1875

Tho Senate Finance Committee hnB re-
ported bill for the establishment Of new
mint, but without specifying site. Tho wlsolo
subject will probably bo turned over to tho
President, with request that he consider 1t
during tho recess and make definite recon-
meudatiou to tho next Congress. Chicago is
said to have much tho best chanco OF recoiv-
ing tho mint. Although wo are not suffering
for tho want OF such an institution, we will
not be distressed at having ono.
Year: 1875

One of the fashionable follies of the
day is sending young people Of this
country to Europe to be educated. To
properly govern American youth re-
quires knowledge of their character,
which no person brought up in Europe
can possess. If there is person edu-
Gated from infancy in Europe who can
keep order in an American school
room, we hope he will send US his
name and address. Foreigners expect
in our youth the docility of children
breathing the air of monarchical insti-
tutions, political and theological;
whereas, the very atmosphere here is
charged with independence. So Amer
ican youth must be governed by rea-
son rather than authority; by man.
agement,rather than by force. Child
governing in Europe is like cattle
herding; in this country, like holding
in mettlesOme steed. Hence chill
dren sent to Europe are not governed
at all. At home they would be check
ed and guided. The consequence of
such experience, we will not call it
education, may be easily imagined.
They suffer in both intellect and
morals, besides acquiring supercili-
GUS tone that makes them odiOus for
years. We think of the East as the
seat of learning; whereas, with GER
tain exceptions, the farther East we
go, the mere studidity we shall find.
The struggle for existence in new
country cultivates keenness of intel
lect that exceeds in power the pro-
found learning which an old civiliza-
tiOn has the wealth and leisure to
afford. The one is education, the
other instruction. Westward the
course of empire takes it's way" We
have firm belief that the best college
training in the world is given on the
Atlantic, and the best common school
teaching done on the Pacific Coast of
the United States of North America.
Year: 1875

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEW
a enteenth Judicial District of the State or
California, In and for the county of Los An
geles.-Pauline Hannah, plaintiff, against MI
chael Hannah, defendant. Action brought in
the District Court of the 18th Judicial District
ty Of Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
said county of Los Angeles, in the office OF the
Clerk of said District Court.


The People of the State of California send
greeting to NJ Hannah defendants: You are
hereby required to appear In an action brought
the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial
District of the State of California, In and for
the county of Los Angeles, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days lex
elusive of the day of servicel after the service
on you of this summons-if served within this
county; or, If served out of this county, but
in this District within twenty days; otherwise,
within forty days, or Judgment by default will
be taken against you according to the prayer
of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain decree
of this Court for the dissolution of the bonds
of matrimony between plaintiff and defend
ant and for general relief. Reference Is had to
complaint for particulars.


And you are hereby notified that II you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will cause
your default to be entered and will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.


-. Given under my hand and the seal
sr.r of the District Court of the Seven
SEAL teenth Judicial District of the State
~ of California, in and for the county
| of Los Angeles, this 2Sth day of December, in
| the year OF our Lord one thousand eight hum


~ A. w. POTTS, Clerk,
By c. w. GOULD, Deputy Clerk.
Year: 1875

Each part will contain 26 quarto pages, in
Guiding the heavy front.piece on heavy plate
paper. A superb title-page, richly illumin-
ated in red and gold, will be given with the
first part, and the printing of the entire work
will be worthy representation of the "Alden
Press" which is a guarantee of something
beautiful and valuable,
Year: 1875

They have engaged as foreman of this de.
partment, one of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers In the country: and the
presses will be superintended by a Skilled
Freshman from one of the largest offices in
New England.
Year: 1875

One of the best evidences of genuine
conversion is Christian, obedience. The
Psalmist exclaimed: ''Oh, that my ways
were directed to keep Thy statutesr ~
The first inquiry of Paul after his CONVEX
sion was, Lord, what will thou have
me to do 2" and years Afterward we heard
him saying, " L delight in the law of
the Lord after the inner man


Such obedience God owns and appre
ciates. He even puts higher estimate
on such obedient ones than on his
kindred according to the tlesh;" for We
are told Matt. viii. 11-12) that ON a
certain occasion, when encompassed by
a crowd of persons. he was informed
his mothers and brother were present and
desired to speak with him, he replied:
Ny mother and brother are those which
hear the word of God and do it," We
cannot doubt that Christ cherised ardent
affection for her who bore him, for while
hanging in agony on the cross he COM





the care OF his beloved disciple John, nor
have we any reason for supposing he
had not suitable regard for all his rela
tions, and yet acknowledging and affirm
ing he had higher affinities and relation
ship than those of an earthly nature, We
find the relation which those who obey
ed him sustained to him was even closer
and nobler than that of brethren or
mother. We may accordingly lea. II
there is union to Christ in spirit, which is
more intimate and sacred than union to
him in the flesh: that there is dignity in
faith and service surprising even that
of affinity and consanguinity and that
we can attain this exalted dignity by be-
ing "doers of the word" doing the will
of Christ in sincerity and truth.
Year: 1875

EVERY -DAY.-A Christian man, deep
ly devoted and wise to win souls, made
it a rule 10 speak to some unconverted
person every day on the subject of his
souls salvation. One night, as he was
about retiring to rest, he bethOugit him
self that he had not fulfilled his VOW that
day. He Immediately put on his attire
and prepared to go in quest of a soul
But WHERE should he go? was the ques
ton. He concluded to make visit to
a grocer with whom he was in the habit
of trading. He found him engaged in
closing up his store. When the errand
of his customer was made known he was
surprised. He said all sorts Of Christian
peopIe traded with him-Methodist
Episcopalians, Presbyterians, BaptistS,
&c.,-but no one had ever spoken to him
about his soul. The night visit of his
customer, and his earnest pleadingS,
made such an impression upon his mind
that it led to his speedy conversion
Reader go thou and do likewise.
Year: 1875

THE CHURCH IN THE WoRLD.-The
Church must grope her way into the al
lsys and courts and peTlieus of the city,
ard mp the broken staixcase, and into
the bar room, and beside the loathsome
sufferer; she must go down into the pit
with the miner. into the foreeastle with
the sailor, into the tent with the soldier,
into the shop with the mechanic, into
the factory with the operative, into the
field with the farmer, into the counting
room with the merchant. Like the air,
the Church must press equally on all sur
faces of society; like the sea, flow in ev-
cry nook of the shore-line of humanity !;
and, like the sun, shine on things foul
and low as we'll as fair and high, for she
was organized, commissioned and
equipped for the moral renovation of the
world.-SimpSOn.
Year: 1875

AN honest reputation is within the
REACH of ali men; they obtain 1t by So
cial virtues, and by doing their duty
This kind of reputation, it is true, Is
neither brilliant nor startling, but it is
often the most useful for happiness.
Year: 1875

How strange it is that anxious souls
do most of all doubt the willingness Of
Christ to be their Savior; yet these
should least of all doubt him. II he is a
willing Savior to any, oh surely he is a
willing Savicr to a weary soul
Year: 1875

COMING from the Mansfield Literal.
the following tribute to General Hayes,
is Of more than ordinary significance,
while not whit more than just: 'sDu-
ring all this time during the eanvass) it
should BE- remembered that Governor
Hayes was the eommander-in-e chief, and
he acquitted himself with eonsummate
skill. He never lost his balance, never
stopped over, never made false move.
From the beginning 20 the end, although
he was speaking every day, ne never
said a single word which any one cared
10 have him recall. He may not have
been as powerful in logic, or finished in
rhetoric as some others. but a better
taetician never headed a party ticket,
and we seriously doubt is any other man
In Ohio could have piloted the ship
through al the intrieacies of the cam
paign as successfully as he.
Year: 1875

The Science of Health gives extended in
structions for taking care of lamps; branch
of domestic economy which many house
keepers are careless in:


In cleaning table lamps, remove the shade
carefully before soiling your hands with the
above blood heat), and in this first wash the


glass chimney; then pour the oil from the


fountain, and remove any sediment from
about the brass work; screw up the Wick and
if it is not long enough for the time 1t may


probably be required to burn, replace it with
a fresh one, by means of the stick. Having


washed all the brass work, wipe the parts


carefully, screw everything in its former posi-
ton, and take care, in replacing the Wick,


that the small notch at the side of the brass


enters the groove which is sunk to receive it !;
turn it up and down once or twice TO see that


it works freely; then prime it THAT is, ringe


the top), replace the fountain filled with
oil), chimney and shade; the lamp is now


ready for use. Purchase the best oil, as the
inferior qualities emit an offensive smell, and
produce so much sediment that the delicate
works of the lamns are quickly clogged, and
the current of air impeded, which causes it
to burn dim. Occasionally it is necessary to
wash the shade. This should be done in
clean, lukewarm water, with the admixture
of a little soda, which removes all the stains
and does not injure the appearance of the
ground glass. The glass chimneys will some
times crack with the heat, particularly in
frosty weather. This may be prevented by
scoring a small notch in the glass at top and
bottom.
Year: 1875

No trumpet blast profaned
The day on which the Prince of Peace was born;


No bloody streamlet stained
Earth's silver rivers on that sacred morn;


But oer that peaceful plain
The war-horse drew the peasants loaded vain.


I he soldier had laid by
His sword and stripped the corslet from his breast


Ard hung his helm on high,
The sparrow's winter home and summer nest;


And with the same strong hand
That flung the barbed spear, he titled the land.


Oh time for which we yearn!
oh Sabbath of the nations, long foretold


Season Of peace, returni
Like a late summer when the year grows old


When its sweet sunny days
Steep mead and mountains in golden haze.


For now two rival kings
Flaunt Ger our bleeding land their hostile flags,


And every morning brings
The lowering vulture from the mountain crags


To where the battle plain
Is strewn with dead the youth and flower of Spain.


Christ is not come while yet
Ger half the earth the threat of battle lowers,


And our own fields are wet,
Beneath the battle-cloud, with crimson showers


The lite-bood of the slain,
Poured out where thousands die that one may reign
Yet soon, o'er half the earth,
In every temple, crowds shall kneel again


To celebrate His birth
Who brought the message of good will to men;


And bursts ofjoyous song
Shall shake the roof above the prostrate throng.


Christ is noe come while there
The men of blood, whose crimes affront the skies,


Kneel down in act of prayer.
Amid the joyous strains, and, when they rise,


Go forth, with sword and fame,
To waste the land in His most holy name.


Oh when the day shall break
Der realms unlearned in waIfare's cruel arts,


end all their millions wake
To tasks of peaceful hands and loving hearts,


On such blessed morn
Well may the nations say that Christ is born.
Year: 1875

care will be needed in laying the covering so
that it shall not press upon ard break in the
wall.


AS the water cannot run from the bottom
of cistern if it is lower than the cellar of the
barn, it is useless to dig them very deep un-
less the water is 10 be lifted by force. If they
are made very wide it is difficult to support


the covering of earth, but we can see no seri-
Gus objection to building them in an oval form
to any desirable extent. The walls of the
shell of cement are much stronger if built
somewhat circular, than if they are perfectly
fiat on either side. 1t seems very strange
that more cisterns are not built both for sta


bles and for family use, when the cost is SO
slight and the work 50 simple. There is
nothing quite equal to good cool spring
near by the buildings, from which water can
be drawn by pipes TO every room without la
Dor, but next to this we class good cistern,
so placed that the water may be used by the
stock without pumping. and this can be done
on nearly all hillside situations.-N. r..
Farmer
Year: 1875

1000 FEET OF LAND, Cor. Canton and MARTYR
Streets. Good building lots Will take MORTGAGE
back for full value if built upon.


3 HOUSE LOTS on Eastern Promenade Will
take mortgage back for full value if built upon.
SEVERAL SMALL FARMS in the country all in
good condition and on cas- terms.


$25OO To LET on mortgage Of city real estate.


MATTOCKS d FOX
poy01d9m 1S3 Middle ST
Year: 1875

by making all its departments more complete and by
sparing no effort or expense at their command to
make the PRESS more valuable and desirable.


The PRESS has larger editorial corps than any
paper in Mane and has unexcelled facilities for col
Getting in all parts of the state: The business,
agricultural and manufacturing interest of Maine
will receive the continued attention of the PRESS.


The growing Importance of Portland as a distrlbu-
ting center for Maine, and its fast increasing whole
sale trade make daily paper at this point of special
importance to every merchant and business man in
the state.
Year: 1875

We do not mean to enumerate small
vics and crimes after the manner of our
reverend friend last Sunday, nor to NOR
ali1e to any great degree at all but to
grow half querulous rather, complaining
that the people of Wilmington do not look
to city decorations enough. This fault
moreover, is common in all towns, and is
often experienced in metropolitan places.
When, however, the city aggregates a
hundred thousand for its population, the
attention of the Cog and Nagog is turned
to the locating and laying out Of parks
and drives. With charitable institutions
and asylums there grow places for the
children to run with leg or bicycle, of
summer and autumn. evenings-trees are
planted in their bed of bricks to afford
shade in the August heat, in fact the city
fathers become living exponents of prev
alentan commendable city pride. In
Wilmington we know of neither the feel
ing, it seems, or the good result. We
have no park, no childIen's ground, and
though West and few other streets can
show excellent shade trees in private
grounds and the sidewalks, they are BY no
means plentiful. The city, we believe,
have few lots out on the hills to the
west, but for present purposes these are
practically useless, and will be moreover,
for long time to come. Now park is
needed very much in the eastern part OF
the city-.ay between Eighth and Ninth,
down there where several building lots
are now covered with uasightly rubbish
and waste materials.


The B-andywine Banks, in the opin-
ion OF every one should be in the
possession Of the city. Under the super
vision OF good landscape artist, if the
land could only be purchased these grounds
could be made fully as inviting as Fair
noun. is to the Philadelphian or Druid
Hill to the people of Baltimsre. We think
that this will at least, bear looking into by
the citizens of Wilmington. As for city
dec' .tions, outside Of monuments, public
fountains. &C., We must look for much OF
OF this from private parties, and not from
the wealthy alone, but every housewife can
do good work in this direction and i'm
mediately, too, by the various tasteful
ornaments that the inhabitants of other
towns use.