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Year: 1873

FELoN ON THE FINGER.-Many per-
sons are liable to extreme suffering from
felons on the finger. These Affections
not unfrequently occasion permanent
crippling of the members affected. The
following simple prescription is recon-
mended as a cure for the distressing all
ment Take common rock salt, such as
is used for sailing down beef or pork !;
dry it in an oven then poundit fine, and
mix it with spirits of turpentine in equal
parts put it in rag and wrap it round
the parts affected, and, as it gets dry,
put on more, and in twenty-four hours
we are cured-the felon will be dead. 1t
will do no harm to try it.
Year: 1873

Among the incidents of a reeen


excursion from Washington to Mount


Vernon was the following, related ir
the Alexandra Gazette. of an inter.


view between General Fitz Lee and


Miss Nellie Grant. The Gazette says:


The Confederate having acci-


dentally met friend among the Wis


itors, was introduced by her to her


daughter, and also to his great sur


prise, when he heard her name, to her


daughters friend, the daughter ofthe


President; but being As courteous as
he is brave, he strove to render him.
self agreeable to his distinguished
acquaintance, aud by his affability
and genial manners was so successful
that in a short time the reserve
of new acquaintanc ceship was worn off
and they were talking together as
Familiarity as if they had known each
other for years.


On their return he was particularly
attentive, pointing out to her from the
deck OF the steamer the several OBJ
jects Of interest along the banks OF
the Potomac, aud narrating the le-
yends attached to them; and as the
boat neared this city, he expressed
his regret at not being able to escort
her to her home, saying he would
most certainly beg that honor we're it
not that he must meet near and
dear relative, and invalid lady, who
was expected to arrive here that eve
ming. Then, taking the hand she
Droffered him as be arose to leave her,
ne said with a smile, please bear my
'egards to the President, and be kind
enough to tell him that if he'll only
'urnish the necessary rations and
transportation, I'll take squadron Of
he Black Horse Cavalry and promise
o end the Modoc war and make him
present of Captain Jack, dressed in
General Canby's uniform within thir-
y days." and, lifting his hat, bowed
himself toward the companionway,
Iown which he disappeared, she hav-
nc laughingly rem arked as he babe
Ter adieu, "Well, sir, | must say you
re the most iTpu dent man / ever
net"
Year: 1873

SIR SAMUEL BAKER OK EoYPT.-Sir Sam
uel Baker, IN a letter from Alexandria Egypt,
says THE Viceroy has determined that an
English officer shall succeed me in the govern
orship of Central Africa. This is nconteSti-
hle proof of the determination of the great
Egyptian reformer To carry the work to a good
end. There can be no change of the slave
trade The sO-called traders are to be driven
out en- masse, and the government will assume
a monopoly of the ivory trade until such time
as an opportunity may afford for further
change"
Year: 1873

THE REGISTRATION LAw.-But few people,
even registrars themselves, appear to under
stand the laws Of registration now IN force.
Section 7 of the amended act, approved
March II. 1873, is as follows:


"Section !. Each registrar shall annually,
on the second Tuesday in May, at bis voting
place, proceed to register the names OF all
The qualified voters within bis voting district
not previously registered in the said district,
in accordance with the provisions of this act,
who shall apply to be registered, commend
ing at sunrise and closing at sunset, and
shall complete such registration on the said
second Tuesday in May. Ten days previous
to the November elections the registrar
shall sit one day for the purpose of amending
and correcting the list, at which time any
qualified voter applying and not previously
reristered may be added. Provided, That
in each city or town having more than two
thousand inhabitants the registrar may sit
three days previous to any State, city, coun-
ty, or township election. The registrars
shall give notice of the time and place of all


registrations for ut least ten days before each


sitting by posting written or printed notices
thereof ut ten ur more public places in their
townships, wards, and election districts.
And the registrar shall, at any time previous
to the regular days OF registration, register


any voter who may apply to him to be regis


tered and who will he entitled to vote at the
next succeeding election; and the registrar


shall receive the same compensation for the


names so registered on days other than the


regular days of registration that assessors


may be entitled to for listing births and


deaths"


From this section it will be seen that per-


sons can register at any time previous to the


regular days of registration, in any town
ship or ward. Registration books will also,
in accordance with the above law, be opened


on Saturday the 25th, and on Monday and


Tuesday the 9th and 18th. Every Conser-
yative should see that his name is properly


registered. Every vote should be polled on


election-day. See, therefore, that your name
is properly registered. If you have changed


your residence, you may have to change


your voting-place also. See to it that not u


vote is lost
Year: 1873

THE NEW POSTAL CARDS-very useful for busi-
ness purposes. Cards or announcements of any
kind printed OIL them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly and
cheauly done at this office
Year: 1873

A case which has happened within
two weeks reads like some of the
scenes in the novels of Eugene Sue
and Dumas, where perils in dungeon
vaults and mysterious underground
passages frequently play their parts.
Two workmen in a New England fac
tory town went down into long and
desp subterranean passage connected
with the waterways of several mills,
to clear away Instructions. They were
at work long time, at distance from
the place of exit, when one of them
noticed that the water was rising rap.
idly behind them. They started to.
wards the only place of escape, when,
by an unfortunate misstep, one of
them fell, dropped his lantern, and
extinguished their only means of light.
Then they went grooping their way
along through the black darkness, the
rising water swelling up faster and
faster until it reached their armpits.
At this time they had got to the place
of exit, but the wooden ladder by
which they had descended had been
carried away by the rush of water.
Their case was now desperate, for, dur
ing the time spent in trying to find
the ladder, tho water had risen TO
their necks, leaving but about one foot
of space between the surface of the wa
ter and the top of the vault. Just
then, wheA all hope of escape seemed
to be cut of-immediate death staring
them. in the face-a surge in the waters
swept the floating ladder against the
shoulder of one Of them. They set il
in its place, one of them mounted to
the trap" at the entrance to the vault
while the other held it fast, and in Il
few seconds both were safe on the sur
face of the earth, in the glad light OF
day.


Why is the letter Y like young
Year: 1873

A WARNING TO CoRRUPTIoNIsTs.-
One of the most cheering signs of the
times which comes to us in the mass of
Eastern news, is that which shows that
"Boss" Tweed, the head and front of the
gang by whom the people of New York
city were Systematically plundered thro'
their city government, has been sentenced
to twelve years imprisonment, and to pay
fine of twelve thousand dollars. Of
late years, the facility with which wealthy
criminals escaped the punishment due
their crimes through venal courts and
purchaseable juries, has made justice
mockery. 1t was q common sentiment Of
the people, which invariably found ex-
preston in words, that no matter how
glaring the crime, if the culprit possessed
money and would spend it freely, he
was sure to go unwhipt of justice.


When Tweed was arrested by Sheriff
Brennan, all hands concerned seemed to
think the matter good joke. The sher-
iff laid his hand on Tweed's shoulder with
laugh ; Tweed also laughed and his
friends around seemed much amused at
opening of the comedy. They had every
faith that the stolen millions of the great
villain would be all-potential to set law
and justice at defiance; to corrupt the
bench, and its accessories. That this has
not been the case, gives hopeful show
ing on the side of free government. 1t
indicates that the time is past when Off
cial corruption and the abuse of public
trust can pass unpunished. That there
has been an awakening Of public thought
that will demand something more than a
mere rhetorical profession of obligations
at the hands of public servants in all de-
partments of government, high and low.


We hope this is the beginning Of the
era of reformation in public abuses which
will continue until public criminals in
every station have been taught that Of
fences against the majesty of the law
can be only vindicated by the prompt
and severe punishment of the offender.
And we believe this to be the case. In
the close drawing Of party lines made
necessary by the issues of the last decade,
demagogues and plunderers of all par
ties found their time of harvest. Revo-
lutons, it is said, never go backward,
and the sign of the times are that hence
forth, those who have sought public life
to find an opportunity to grow wealthy
through corruption and malfeasance in
Office must seek other fields for the dis
play of their peculiar talents, or expect
to be dealt with by the law the same as
ordinary criminals.
Year: 1873

How SHEPHERD Docs ARE TRAINED.
You may go over the hills and plains of
Southern California for miles and see
thousands of sheep, but not a man to
watch them. Around each flock or band
of say thousand of sheep, are half a
dozen dogs Of a peculiar breed dogs
whose progenitors were imported from
the sheep pastures of the Old World
These dogs take the entire care of the
sheep, drive them out to pasture in the
morning, keep them from strayng during
the day, and bring them home at night.
They have inherited talent for keeping
sheep. But the shepherds do not depend
wholly on that they cultivate it in this
way, so at least the old shepherds says /:
When a lamb is born it is taken away
from the mother sheen before she has
seen it, and puppy put in its place. The
sheep suckles the puppy and learns to
love it. When the puppy grows old
enough to learn to eat meat, it is fed in
the morning and sent out with the sheep.
1t stays with them because it is accus-
toned to be with its mother, but it can
not feed with them. AS they get full the
dogs get hungry. At length, impatient
to return where it hopes to get another
piece of meat, it be gins to tease and wor-
ry its mother, ard finally starts her to-
ward home, the other sheep follow, and
thus the whole flock is brought in. II
the dog brings the sheep home too soon,
or comes without them, he gets no sup
per, or is punished in some way. Hence,
he soon learns when to come, and to see
to it that none of his charge are lett be-
hind. These animals are trained by tax
ing advantage of their instincts and appe-
tites.
Year: 1873

CHICAGO is just now excited over an
aerial fire escape, the invention of Mrs.
Scott Uda. 1t weighs about four humid
red pounds, and can be used to rescue
people from very high buildings. 1t is
also to be used as derrick. AT pub
lie exhibition in one of the stone yards a
few days since, it elevated stone weigh
ing more than ton and a half to fair
hight and wheeled it around the yard.
when it again deposited its burden on the
ground. 1t is thought that the power or
combination of powers might have been
used to build the pyramids in Egypt.
Year: 1873

On account of the destruction of the
labor market in the East by the financial
panic, recently arrived emigrants from
Europe find nothing to do, and are offer
ing to work their passage back in the ves-
sells which brought them over even pay
ing what little money they have left for
this privilege.
Year: 1873

A Mrs. BLAND, of Douglas county,
Oregon, sat at the foot of tree in the
dark woods and watched bear while her
husband went six miles for ammunition to
shoot it with. We should say the woman
was brave, but if the husband had be-
come widower, what would he have
thought of his own courage in setting his
wife to watch bear =?
Year: 1873

SoLANo county citizens will have am
pie opportunity for the exercise of the
prerogative of Americans this year. In
addition to the general and judicial cleo
tions already held, they vote this week
on the location of the county seat, and on
the 10th of December for county Judge,
the vote for that official in October hav-
ing resulted in tie.
Year: 1873

INK is one Of the things in which mod
ern science seems to have made very little
improvement. A recent analyas of the
ink found on manuscript of the year
9l0 showed that its composition was sim
liar to that OF the inks now in general use.
Year: 1873

A MEMBER Of the Legislature while
looking for boarding house in Sacra-
mento on Wednesday, received a pan of
dishwater in the face for ringing the
door-bell Of house where a mischiev-
GUS boy lived. All he heard before the
dishwater came was, That's Bill"
Year: 1873

Help for the Poor Laborers-A Million Dollars
Additional Appropriation To Be Made for the
Work Of the Departmental Fine Row
in the Board of Aldermen-The
Fathers Attempt to Arrest Each


Other for Contempt-Are the


County Canvassers Exempt


from Aldermanic Duty!
Year: 1873

A leech kept in a phial of water is
said to be an infallible weather glass,
and certainly it is very cheap one.
The experiment has been tried in Eng
land, with this result:


If the weather continues serene and
beautiful, the leech lies motionless at
the bottom of the glass, and rolled to-
gether in q spiral form. II it rains
either before or after noon, it is found
to have crept up to the top Of its lodg-
ing; and there remains till the weather
is settled. If we are to have wind, the
poor prisoner moves through its limped
habitation with amazing swiftness, and
seldom rests till it begins to blow hard.
II remarkable storm Of thunder and
rain is to succeed, for some days before,
it lodges almost continually out of the
water, and discovers great uneasiness
in violent throes and convulsive-like
motions. In frost, as in clear, summer
like weather, it is constantly at the bot
tom; and in snowy, as in rainy weather,
it pitches its dwelling upon the very
mouth of the phial. 1t may not be
amiss to note that the leech is kept in a
common eight-ounce glass phial, about
threefourths filled with water, and GOV.
cred on the mouth with bit of linen
rag. In the summer time the water is
changed once week, and in the winter
once a fortniOht
Year: 1873

Many an old topper will declare that
the author Of the following has head
decidedly level:


Gentlemen, there is one thing about
drinking. i almost wish every man was
reformed drunkard. No man who
hasn't drunk liquor knows what a lux
ury cold water is. have got up in the
night in cold weather, after | had been
spreeing around, and gone TO the we'll
burning up with thirst feeling like the
gallows and the grave, and the internal
regions we're all too good for me, and
when / took up the bucket in my hands,
and my elbows trembling like ] had the
shaking ague, put the water TO
licious, satisfying, luxurious 1raught
that ever went down my throat.
| stood there and drank, and drank,
until / could drink no more, and
gone back to bed thanking God for the
pure, innocent, and cooling beverage,
and cursing myself from my inmost soul
for ever touching the accursed whisky.
In my torture Of mind and body | have
made VOWS and promises, and broken
them within day. But il you want to
know the luxury of cold water, get
drunk and keep at it until you get on
FIRE, and try bucketful at the well in
the middle OF the night. You wont
wan: gourd full. You'll feel like the
bucket amt big enough, and when you
begin to drink an earthquake couldn't
stop you. / know hundred men who
will swear to the truth Of what | say
but you see it's thing they don't want
to talk about; it's too humiliating.
Year: 1873

Under this heading the Louisville
Commercial tells Of the adventures Of a
stylish woman hailing from Memphis
and calling herself Clara Remsen. The
Commercial says:


She had considerable baggage with
her, and seemed to have plenty Of money,
as she was in the habit of taking rides
about the city daily. and spent consid'
erable in the way of dry goods, notions,
etc., requisite for a fashionable lady to
appear in public. She was decidedly
good.looking, and attracted great deal
OF attention, especially from shop-keep-
ers and young gentlemen, who had heard,
through some source or other, that she
was an heiress, or laid claim to large
amount of property in Cuba, through
the death OF relative. A certain young
man, living in the Western district was
80 infatuated with her, or her anticipated
fortune, that he has, during her stay,
been at her side constantly, accompany
ing her to places Of amusement, and even
loaning her small sums Of money at va
rious times, as her remittances from
the South had been delayed. Her land
lady, with whom she boarded three
weeks, told her rather bluntly that she
must seek other quarters, as it was not
her custom to board people on their good
looks alone. She wanted something
more substantial, and didn't see why her
banker could not advance the required
amount. Miss R. was actually compelled
to leave part of her baggage as security,
and go to hotel. Here she gave out
that her funds were so tied up that she
could not use them until she heard from
her bankers, and that she had expended
large sum for a charitable purpose.
This story was the means of tine room
being placed at her disposal, but unfor-
tunately it leaked out that she was
averse to paying out money for anything
if she could possibly aveid it,
and the landlord, coming to the con-
clusion that she was travelling on
her good looks, politely requested her to
leave. He allowed her to take her bag
gage with her. She visited several other
hotels, and succeeded better than she at
first anticipated, getting her board at a
greatly reduced figure. The last one she
stopped at, however, she had the temerity
to order a champagne supper for a select
party, which upset all her plans for the
future and dispelled her Cuba story. The
bill for this supper amounted to quite a
sum, which is still on the books of the
hotel against her. The landlord per
emptorily ordered her to leave. Her
baggage was held as security until such
time as she could pay the amount. She
took what she could carry in a small
portmanteau and left for Jeffersonville,
since which time her whereabouts are
unknown.
Year: 1873

house in the outskirts of the town. II
was 2 dark winter evening; 8 the. enemy
was expected; and in their anxiety they
took the Book of Psalms, and opened
it to see if the psalms which they first
met would render them aid or comfort.
They opened the book, and turned to
the psalm, {" A mighty fortress is our
God" Full of confidence they sang it;
and, strengthened in faith, they went
to bed and slept well. kept by Lords
guardianship. When they awoke in
the morning, it was quite dark in the
room, and the daylight could not pene-
trate; they went to the door but could
not open it: Then they mounted the
loft, got the trap-door open, and saw
that it was broad daylight; but heavy
drift of snow had, in the night, fallen
upon the whole house and hidden it
from the enemy, who, in the night time,
had pillaged and burned the town.
Then they clasped their hands in thank
fulness, and repeated the psalm, A
mighty fortress is our God!" The
Lord had guarded them, and raised an
intrenchment Of snow around them
Hans Christian anderson.
Year: 1873

"A u4SAmMh11OaA SOIOA4ON.s


Who will say that grammar is = dry
study, when = wide.awake teacher can
put so much fun into one of the famous
problems in grammar, as in the follow
ing instance. There wonld be no dull
or sleepy scholars in a school, where
such illustrations are common:


A searcher after truth writes to ask
us which is grammatically correct, to
saw "the house is building," or the
house is being built" "the street is
paving" or "the street is being paw
ed?" There is wide diversity of
opinion on this subject; but we incline
to favor is being built" for the fol-
lowing reason Suppose you wish to
express another kind of an idea, would
you say, for instance, "Johnny is spank
ing," or Johnny is being spanked ?"
The difference to you may seem i'm
material, but it is matter of consider
able Importance to Johnny. and it is
probable that if any choice were given
him, he would suddenly select the for
nler alternative.


You say again, the missionary is
eating" Certainly that expresses a
very different and much pleasanter
idea than the former: The missionary
is being eaten;" and the sensation is
very different for the missionary, too.
We have consulted several missionaries
about it, and they all seem to think that
the two things are somehow not the
same; no matter what the grammarians
say.


But it is to be confessed that there
are occasions when the difference in
the form is not so marked. You as
sert, we say, that " Hannah is hug
ging (which, by the way. would be
a very improper thing for Hannah to
do; it would be positively scandalous,
indeed. Percisely a similar idea is
conveyed fyou say" Hannah is being
hugged," because it is popularity Of
the fact that it is hardly ever one.sided
there is no selishness about it.


And it is the same thing with kissing.
"Jaae is kissing and her mother
ought to know about it if she ISIS
just exactly as if we should say" Jane
is being kissed; and the Sensation is
the same, although the grammar, by a
single inadvertance, mention the fact.


1t will not be necessary, for our cor
respondent to attempt to prove these
last mentioned facts by practice. He
must take our own word for them.
Unless he does so we shall answer no
more questions in syntax for him or
any one else. Our duty is to conserve
the morals of the community, not to
start people to playing private games Of
Copenhagen.
Year: 1873

WHEN orce sense Of degradation
has taken possession of an individual
or of race it is no easy matter to eradi-
cate it. There is much reality in the
feeling indicated in the following some-
what humorous anecdote:


Work IN HEAvEN.-A colored
man was so convinced Of the lowliness
of his position-that labor was his
natural lot-that he was even indiffer-
ent as to future state, believing that
they'd make niggers work, even if he
go to heben." A clergyman tried to
argue him out of this opinion, by rep
resenting that this could not be the
case, as there was absolutely, no work
for him to do in heaven. His answer
was, "Oh, you 70 away, massa, l knows
better. If dare's no work for colored
folks dare, dey'll make 'em sub de
clouds away"
Year: 1873

Better to wear calico dress without
trimming, if it is p'id for, than to owe
the shop-keeper for the most elegant silk,
cut and trimmed in the most bewitch-
ing manner.


Better to live in log cabin all your
own than brown stone mansion be-
longing to somebody else.


Better to walk forever than run in
debt for a horse and carriage.


Better to sit by the pine table for
which you paid three dollars ten years
ago, than send home a new extension
black walnut top, and promise to pay
for it next week.


Better to use the old cane-seated
chairs and faded two-ply carpet then
tremble at the bills sent home from the
upholsterer's for the most elegant par
lor set ever made.


Better to eat thin soup from earthen-
ware, if you owe your butcher nothing,
than to dine off lamb and roast beef and
know that it does not belong to you.


Better to let your wives have fit of
Mysteries than to run in debt for nice
new furniture, or clothes, or jewelry.