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Year: 1875

Our street commissioner has been performing
his annual scrape along the borders of Water
street, enriching the city farm thereby well as
rendering the street more attractive and health
full.


Spring painting has commenced in various
parts of the city, and it may be expected that all
the dingy localities will receive attention.


The freight building on Steamboat wharf has
been removed to safe quarters, pending the dan
gers from ice and high water.


Brown is cutting up another pair of big oxen OF
fabulous dimensions and weight


1t was Mr.. Stephen Stantial, instead of Star
bird, who fractured of his ribs by fall at the
brick school house recently.


The spelling match this Thursday evening
will be in Wilson Hall, commencing at half past Z
o'clock. Prize, Worcester's unabridged diction-
ary. Considerable interest is felt by all our cti-
zens in the success of this novel enterprise.


The Haowcll and Augusta coach arrangement
is to be discontinued for the present. as it does not
prove paying institution.
Year: 1875

In order to give all connected with this Office an
opportunity to observe in their own way, the an
nual Fast no paper will be issued from this office
tomorrow. The Daily will appear on Saturday
morning.
Year: 1875

NEMEDY FOR DPruERGA.-A LADY
who has had considerable experience
in treating diptheria recommends the
following recipe, which she says as
never been known to tail to effect a
complete cure, even in the most ma,
lignant cases Take as much of the
bark Of alder root as can DO grasped
between the forefnger and thumb,
same quantity of dogwood and per>
simmon root bark, and one ounce al :
um. Boil down in a pint Of strong
vinegar to half pint. Before cooling
add three tablespoon Is cold water.
Sweetcn with honey. Use as gar
gle.
Year: 1875

If you have a good thing, advertise
it. If you haven't, don't.


If you don't mean to mind your own
business, it will not pay to advertise.


It's as true of advertising as of any
thing else in the world, if it is worth
doing at all, it is worth doing we'll.


We don't recommend advertising as
the best way to get wife, but we know
that it is the best way to get good
trade.


Don't expect an advertisement to bear
fruit in one night, like the prophets
gourd. Advertising will take effect,
but it takes more than one night to do
it.


You can't eat enough in one week to
last whole year, and you can't adver-
tise on that plan, either.


A large advertisement once and then
discontinued creates the impression that
the man has fizzled.


Injudicious advertising is like fishing
where there is no fish. You need to let
the lines fall in the right place.


A constant dropping will wear rock.
Keep dropping your advertisements on
the public, and they will soon melt un-
der it like rock salt.


Large type isn't necessary in adver.
tising. Blind folks don't read newspa-
perS.
Year: 1875

"The gentleman king of England I"
had plain country squire to dine with
him, one day. When game was put
upon the table, and the squire got q
snipe on his plate, he took it by the legs
and began to twist them off in his rough,
homeiy style. The attendants were
Mortified. The king saw it, and knew
that if the squire should glance UP and
see their looks he would know that he
was doing something dreadful, and be
covered with confusion; whereupon the
king took his own snipe by the legs and
began twisting them off, just as the
squire was doing. What fine case of
the usual form of politeness withdraw
ing behind the principle which seeks to
protect the feelings of others
Year: 1875

A man employed to watch the medical
colleges in indianapolis, to prevent the
stealing Of subjects, gives the following
account OF one nights experience
kept up brisk walk along the west end
of the building, knowing that was the
only way to crowd them in, although
occasionally varied my beat by going
round on the other side of the block,
passing both stairways. In the early
part of the evening I met and passed a
good many pedestrians-men of rough
appearance-whow went through the alley
in leisurely way, as if bent more on
filling in time than anything else. As
the ghostly hour drew near / saw fewer
of these rough providers, and finally
found myself the sole wanderer in the
Alley. A little before midnight light
covered buggy turned in from the street.
1 was quite near it, and by the light II
the street lamp saw it contained two
men. The one on the right was driving,
and chatting volubly to his companion,
who in turn responded in different and
somewhat coarser voice. Very good
friends they seemed to be, and very
civil, thought. OF course, they could
have no "subject concealed in that





enough to hold themselves. They stopped
suddenly. the driver speaking the word,
" whoa !" in an unusually loud tone OF
voice. / was close behind them, and
saw rope drop down from the upper
regions very unexpectedly to mo, but
not to the soft-voiced gentleman on the
right side of the buggy. He caught the
end of it, and in an instant Of time
hooked it fast to his friend on the left,
and up he went, while the chatty driver
drove off alone. Sure enough, the sec.
ond man was an uncommunicative
stiff" and L had been n consummate
fool not to think of it sooner. He went
up in less than five seconds, and was
snatched in at an upper window in q
twinklipg. That driver was clever
sooundrel, with considerable talent for
ventriloquism.
Year: 1875

They are ringing, they are ringing,
Our merry Christmas bells,
In the village, in the city,


In the dale-church DER the fells,
Be ours Of life 81 varied,


Be our fortunes poor or bright,
Hand in hand with all our brothers,
We ara one at least tonight
Nor tho noble in the mansion,


Nor the sovereign on the throne,
Nor the beggar in his hovel,


VIII enjoy themselves alone.
We all seek the kindly greeting


Ofsome dear, familiar face
We all know that hermit feeling


For tonight is out Of place.
But one night! Why not for ever
Should we bind the golden chain
That shows man his poorest fellow
Was not sent to earth in vain.
That each sorrow hath purpose.
That each joy hath al alloy,
That ever finely balanced


Are the scales of grief and joy.
Spare little, then, ye rich ones,


From your laden golfers now;
Bring to poverty a sun-ray,


Bring a smile to sorrows brow.
Take it gratefully, ye toilers,


Toilers up earth's weary hill;
lis green spot in your desert,
lis good sprung from your ill.
Yes ye rich and poor united,


lis most grand in Heavens sight,
And blessing, not earth's blessing.
Is on all the world tonight.
Year: 1875

HILLsBoRo, July II, 1915.
To the Editor Of the ChiIIieotIe Advertiser:


My attention has just been called to an article in
the last number of the Advertiser, in which occurs
the following somewhat singular statement -
There seems to be no doubt among the immediate
friends of Senator Shepherd that his present state
of health will not permit him to make the for
reelection" The source from which you OBJ
tanned this information is certainly not very rea-
BILE. Ny health is improving rapidly. I got ont of
bed to-day, with very little assistance, and sat in
my easy chair an hour or more-long enough, at
any rate to read the Advertiser. Should my health
continue to improve at the same rate, as 1 have
every reason to believe it WILL will certainly be
able to take the stump and engage regularly in the
active work of the campaign. Ny brother, DR..
Shepherd, who Is with me now, and who has been
in constant attendance upon me during my illness,
is OF the same opinion. To me, well as to those
who have been with me constantly, this change
seems almost miraculous. Eighteen weeks ago to-
day was prostraied by stroke of paralysis which
came upon me almost like thunderbolt. For ten
weeks lay at the American House, in Columbus,
.aovering between life and death. Finally, at my
urgent request, I was brought home-brought
home, as every one thought to die. But it was not
so to be. From that time my health has constantly
improved. To-day, strange as it may seem, / can
stand upon my feet again, man among men. If
any man proposes to oppose me as a candidate for
denomination, would advise him in aIl kindness,
to trump up some other and better excuse for his
opposition than my physical disability.


Permit me to thank you, in conclusion, for the
complimentary manner in which you have referred
to me in the last two or three numbers of the Ad-
vertiser. 1t is exceedingly gratifying to me to
know that my course in the Senate is approved by
the people of the district which have been so
proud to representa- district which has given to
the country such men Allen, Thurman, Mc-Ar-
thur, Trimble and Worthington. Very truly, &C.,


HENRY A. SHEPHERD,
Year: 1875

The ChilhcOthe Gazette OF last
week, says that Mr.. Chapman, who
is at the head of the Valley road en-
terprise, has completed his surveys,
and is ready to commence grading
as soon as the balance of the $780,
900 subscription is raised. The de-
ficiency is only S6O,OO0, which viii
probably be forthcoming in a short
time, when the work of construction
will be commenced and pushed for
ward as fast as possible.


The same paper says the surveys
made down the west side ofthe river
show that the road cannot be built
on that side without considerable
difficulty, and that the cost would be
much greater than if built on the
east side. In regard to the latter
route, the Gazette says:


San excellent route was obtained
ON the east side, and there is scarce
ly any doubt but that is the one that
will be adopted. The grade at no
point will exceed 20 feet to the mile,
and no difficulties of consequence
will be encountered along the entire
line, the greatest being, perhaps,
that at the crossing of Salt Greek,
three-fourths of mile below Rich
mondale, where aspretty extensive
fill will be required. Some little diff
fculty is also met just this side of
Portsmouth, where deep gulleys have
been washed out, which will require
the expenditure of considerable time
and labor in preparing for road
bed. Taking it for all in all, how
ever, the route is pronounced an ex-
cellent one, and is highly satisfacto-
ry to the engineers. The corps are
completing their work as they go,
al d upon their arrival here, will be
able to present full estimates TO ena-
BILE them to conclude upon the route
to be adopted"


An effort is being made by the
people of Kingston, Ross county, to
hare the road pass near that village,
which would increase the distance
about & of a mile over the route down
the river. Mr.. Chapman agreed to
change the route if Kingston will
raise $4,000 additional subscription,
which will probably be done.


Everything looks favorable for
the speedy construction of the road,
and we hope soon to hear that work
has actually commenced
Year: 1875

buffalo Commercial Advertiserl


Within the past week three avow-
edly independent" papers in Ohio
have announced purpose to support
the Republican candidates. Large
numbers of those who were seduced
into the Liberal sedition are rapidly
that folly, and are prepar-
ing to return to the Republican fold
The party is ready at any time to
give them q welcome, and it will have
quite as many of thesereturning wan
derers by honestly and manfully ad-
herring to its present policy, without
going out of the way to win anybody
back.
Year: 1875

How do the Confederate currency
Democracy who are clamoring for
an increase of paper money account
for the fact that banks and capital
lists are burdened with q surplus of
'cash on hand" and are loaning free
ly at rates ranging from two to five
per cent per annum? If business
has become dull and depression gen
eral for the want of an increase of
money, will Mr. Infationist explain
why those who need more money do
not go into the market and supply
their necessities while it can be done
at lower rates than ever before in the
history of the country? In other
words, cannot every business man in
the State obtain just as much CAPT
tai as his business requires, provided
he has the necessary securities to
offer! And if he has not this indis-
pensable requisite how else does he
expect to obtain the use of other pee
pies money, even if the government
added one hundred per cent. to its
circulation of greenbacks7
Year: 1875

What is the difference between having n tooth
drawn by dentist, or knocked out by accident?
One is dental, the other accidental.


What is the form of an escaped parrot? A
polly-gone.


Al wnat season did Eve eat the apple? Early in
the fall.


What kind of robbery is not dangerous? safe
robbery of course.


Why cannot temperance man kiss jewess
lie has sworn not 10 taste jew-lips.


What's the difference between the lower part of
the leg. and the late comet? Ones shin and bone,
and the others been and shOne-


Why is a pig the most prOvident Of animals
Because he always carries spare-rib or two about
him.


WHY is a church bell more affable than church
organ? Because one viii 90 when it is tOlled, but
the other will be 'blowed" first.
Year: 1875

The last number of the Toledo
Catholic Review says that "ecery
Catholic should vote for the Demo-
cratic ticket. Those who do not do
it will be false to themselves and
false to their own interests" "The
only political favors which Catholics
have ever had in this country have
been received at the hands of the
Democratic party"
Year: 1875

They say that the number of aged
men who are in training for the Cen
tennial would startle the country
were it known. Dazzled by the hon
ors which are bestowed upon cen
tenarians many wrinkled old gentle
men have gone, like prize-fghters,
into regular course of training, to
qualify themselves for an appearance
at the Exhibition.
Year: 1875

when they already exist There are
great numbers of Catholic negroes and
colored people in this very city. have
they been distinguished as class from
other colored people as being more Demo-
cratic If so the fact has not got abroad.
Nobody knows of such q class as
Catholic colored Democratic. If colored
Catholics were Democratic with something
of unanimity, that party would be certain
of carrying the State easily. We hear oc-
casionally of colored Democratic cluos.
Do they consist of Catholics We do NOT
believe that one in ten of their members
is a Catholic. Mississippi has just gone
overwhelmingly Democratic by the Access
sioa to that party of an immense eolored
vote. Was that vote Catholicf Why,
there are com mparatively NO Catholic ne
groes in Mississippi.


But the enemies of the Church do not
pretend to base their charges on facts ;
they draw simply on their perverted lmag-
nations for suspicions out of which they
boldly and rashly make allegations. Thus,
ought not respectable man, on calm re
Election, to be ashamed of the allegation
implied in the last proposition found in the
above extract 7 The implication is that
priests in the confessional present Demo
cratic tickets to their penitents and
threaten them with loss of eternal life II


they vote the Republican ticket. Now, why


is such an allegation made or insinuated


Does the Gazette know of any such case


Did it ever hear Of one7 If 30, publish it


If not, why insinuate it True manhood


ought to revolt at such oldmaidish scan'


dal-mongering based on-nothing.
If the Republican party should assume


the role of persecator, no true Catholic
could, of course, sustain it as against


party that would not persecute /; but as I
merely political party; the Church can ant
f will take no sides in its controversy wit


any other party. 1t is we'll known tina
thousands of our most faithful Catholics


including numbers of priests were in oil
f times Wings, and not Democrats, and tina
thousands of them are to day honest Re
publicans.


IL is only consciousness of evil inten
( tions towards Catholics as such that make
, party afraid of their inclining toward
the opposing party.
Year: 1875

there are known to be great number OF
Catholic institutions In this city, and they
are as liable as the others to bear the
onus of the rather indefinite charge
of the Times. The Poydras Asylum "a
Catholic in stitution become Protestant by
usurpation) is. in our opinion, the only one
in the category constructed by the Tis"es,
and that, as we understand it, is by con-
tract with the State, which capnot be shaken
OF except by open repudiation.


It would be hard to add to the burthen of
the poor Sisters who have already a severe
struggle in providing food for their little
charge. 1t would be an outrage at which
humanity itself ought to shudder. A tax
upon Charity! We should fear that nation
which would go to that length would be
accursed of God. But if anti Catholics in
their blind rage, with Gen. Grant at their
head, are determined to go to that extreme,
they will fipd out that their malice will re-
bound against themselves by destroying
Protestantism, without hurting the Church
of Ages.
Year: 1875

We are republic whereof one man is as


good as another before the law. Under snch q
form of government it ia of the greatest i'm


portance that all should be possessed of edu-
cation and intelligence enough to cast a vote


with right understanding of its meaning. A


any considerable period oppose a successful


resistance to tyranny and oppression from the
educated few, but will inevitably sink Into
acguiescence to the will of intelligence
whether directed by the demagogue OF priest
craft. Hence the education of the masses be-
comes of the first necessity for the preservation
of our institutions. They are worth preserv-
ing because they have secured the greatest good
to the greatest portion of the population OF
any form of government yet devised. All
other forms of government approach it just
in proportion to the general diffusion of edu


cation and independence of thought and
action. AS the primary step therefore, to our
| advancement in all that has marked our pro.
! gress in the past century, suggest for your
| earnest consideration and most earnestly recon.
| mitted to the Legislatures of the several Statel
| for ratification, making it the duty of each oi
| the several States to establish and for evel
| maintain free public schools, adequate to. the
| education of all the children in the rudimen
| tary branches within their respective limits
irrespective of sex, color, or birth-place o
| Religions, according to the teachin 1s in saiI
! schools of religious, atheistic or pagan tenetg


and prohibiting the granting of any school fund
or school taxes, any part thereof eithe


by legislative, municipal or other authority


for the benefit or in aid, directly or indirectly


OF any religious sect or denomination, or ii
Year: 1875

This Society has been to its members perhaps
the least expensive of any Society of its kind
in the city. The members have seldom or
never been called upon to contribute towards
the payment of any expense incurred, all bills
being paid out of the treasury. This shows
with what promptness the members pay their
dues, and what interest they take in their as
sociation.


We congratulate the members Of st. Alphon-
sus Total Abstinence Association upon their
brilliant record and wish them the sNccese
they SO justly merit.
Year: 1875

A San Francisco newspaper gives the
following account of an invention on
which young mechanic Of that city has
applied for patent. The idea is to turn
electricity to the purpose of motor for
railway trains: "The principle is the
construction of driving wheels of enor-
nous electro magnets, which diverge
from the center in the same form as the
spokes of an ordinary wheel, the poles of
each magnet terminating with the outer
circum ference The electric current is
complete as the magnet impinges upon
the steel rails of the track AS the poles
of each magnet forming the driving
wheel approach the track, an enormous
magnetic attraction is exerted, and as
they pass the center, or perpendicular
point of the magnet upon the track, the
current is cut off from each particular
magnet and the attraction abated. By
the multiplication of driving wheels of
this description, the inventor expects to
acquire any degree of power requisite,
and accomplish any rate of speed at
which railroad car is capable of travel
ing, with no possible danger of the loco
motives leaving the track. In place of
the cumbersome steam boiler and tender
loaded with coal, the locomotive will
carry magnetic battery of immense
no,rarV
Year: 1875

A peddler named James Marburger
has for many years tramped over var
ious sections Of this and neighboring
counties selling his wares; and by con-
sistent course he has won the confidence
and esteem of large number of ac-
quaintances. On Tuesday afternoon
about 5 o'clock the peddler opened his
pack in the kitchen of man named
EsheIstaub, in Albany township. The
farmers wife purchased what she desir-
ed, and the peddler, according to the
custom of that neighborhood, was asked
to remain for supper, which he did, and
subsequently determined to stay all
night.


At about o'clock the peddler was
shown to large garret under the roof,
where he was to sleep. The family re-
tired and nothing unusual occurred un
til some time near midnight, when the
farmer was awakened by the barking of
watch dogs and the tramping of horses
hcofs. He arose and looked out of the
window toward the barn, when an ex-
traordInary sight met his gaze. The
dogs were in an adjoining field, and,
strange to say, there appeared to be
ghost riding about on one of the farmers
young horses. The farmer called the
hired man, and on going to the garret
with a lantern they found the bed which
had been occupied empty, and the ped
dler gone, but his clothes still hanging
on chair, where he had evidently plac-
ed them. The farmer and hired man
went down stairs, and found that all the
doors were locked as they were before
they retired. Going out, they found
the horse still on full gallop under the
direction of his mysterious rider. The
hired man watched his chances, caught
the animal, and upon close examination
found that the rider was the peddler
who sat there like statue, and was in a
complete state of somnambulism. He
had nothing on him excepting his shirt,
undershirt, drawers and stockings, and
notwithstanding the coldness of the
night, he was perspiring freely when
lifted down. They could not waken
him properly until he was led into the
house, and when he came to his senses
he seemed to know nothing of what had
occurred. He seemed startled at being
out of bed and down stairs in such ap-


parel. Subsequent examination showed


that the man. in his strange state, had


worked his way out of a trap door to


the roof and thence down to a roof of a


back building and thence to the ground.
C-Reading Eagle.
Year: 1875

There is a secret about plum raising.
We have discovered it in travelling over
the country. We never visited large
plum orchard in our life that we did not
find plenty of fruit. And we never
visited any place with eight or ten trees,
and found good crop of this fruit.
Now, these facts set us to thinking; and
the result Of our thoughts is this: that
it is very easy to have all the plums you
want to eat and sell. The secret con.
nected with plum -raisingI is to plant
plenty Of trees, so as to give fruit to the
curculio and to yourself also. II you
plant fifty or hundred trees, you will
have fruit enough for everybody. Ev-
cry such orchard that we ever visited
had plenty of ripe fruit. Some even
complained that the curculio did not
thin out the fruit enough-that the trees
were overloaded So we say TO our
readers, if you plant plums at all, plant
fifty or one hundred trees-then you
will be sure TO have all the fruit you
want, and it is one Of the most profita-
bic crops raised.-[A Annual of Phrenolo-
gy and Physiognomy for 1875.