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Year: 1875

Hall century ago bellows making was
a thriving trade. Every house had its
pair Of bellows, and in every well furnished
mansion there was pair hung BY the side
Of every fireplace.


But as stoves and CRATES took the place
Of oven tireplaces, and as coal was substi-
tuted for wood, the demand for bellows
diminished, and the business, as seperate
trade. died out


The same is true ot hint-cutting Flints
were once necessary not only for tinder-
boxes and tinder-box was az necessary
for every house AS grldiron Or a skillet.
Every one who looks back to a childhood
of forty odd years ago must remember the
cold winter mornings when the persistent
crack, crack Of the flint against the steel
sent up from the kitchen and odor Of gnit-
ing tinder and sulphur which pervaded the
house. We have no more idea what be-
came of the flint producers than Of the old
man of sorrowful memories, who three or
four times week called at our store with
birthstone matches for sale at penny the
half dozen bunches. Both nave complete
" vanished from the country.


Inen again, are gone the pm makers
who, though they have been in their
graves this quarter of century, still fig
ure in lectures and to illustrate the advan-
tages Of division Of labor. Instead Of
pin taking doven men or more to cut,
grind, point, head polish and what not, as
it used to do, pins are now made by neat
little mschines at the fate of three hundred
a minute, Of which machines single child
tends to half dozen.


Nail making at the forge is another lost
industry. Time was, and that in the
nineteenth century, when every nail was
made on the anvil. Now, from one hun
dred 10 one thousand nails per minute are
made by machines. The mailer who works
at the forge has but a bad chance compet-
ing with such antagonists, and he would
have 10 chance at all were it not that
his nails are tenfold tougher than the for
mer.
Year: 1875

Five per cent of the female population
cf Belgium is engaged in lace-making,
little girls being apprenticed to the art at
as early an age as tive, and often earning
their own living thereby. About SO an
inch is paid for real Valenciennes, though
the artist working twelve hours day can
produce but one-third Of an inch a week.
The best Brussels thread IS spun in under
ground cells, because dry air causes the
thread to snap, and the worker his but a
single ray Of light to guide his hand
Many operators lose their sight and grow
cOnsumptive in the noisome work shops.
In reading of the patient labors Of the
poor, ill-paid operators one recalls Hoods
lines of the seamstress


Sewing at once with single thread


shroud well as a shirt.
Year: 1875

This age IL one peculiarly given to
humbugs. When the historian Of
the future comes to classify this peri
od Of time, he will record II ~ an
epoch OF deIusions. People seem 10
have a mania for being gulled and
deceived. and appear frequently to
relish "sell." Hydra is no term
for this modern monster, and its
name Is more than legion.


One Of the phases In which we
m eet this thing IL that OF so-cailed
independent journalism. We do not
wish to be understood as disparaging
the true article; but there Is spuri-
ous kind which struts forth In the
I" fuss and fury" OF Its own boastful
littleness, and proclaims itself the
great mogul TO which obelsance must
be made. As general thing the
greater the boaster the bigger the
coward, or the less worthy the per-
son or thing that Is vaunted. This
rule holds good with the press that
loudly busters about independence.


Take the papers of the country
that claim to be independent, and
eliminate from them the personal
portions that are vindiciive and spie-
netic, and the remainder will scarce
~ make respectable shadow II held
up I'm the sunshine. We might name
some OF these journals, but ii ls hard
ly necessary. Put them all in a batch
ard they are much the same color.
Their venoinous Trades are as far
removed from just criticism as logic
il from cant, or reason from dogma
tism. The men who conduct this
class ef papers have a wonderful
command OF the diabolical adjec-
tiyes, and can use them with a fu.
ency which almost challenges our
admiration. Nothing escapes them.
They cut and slash like crazy looms,
and strive to make the impression
that but for them the country would
20 TO nciernal ssaask," and ind'-
Year: 1875

ocrats as Irish, Evans, Claggett,
Campbell, Dodge, Harris, Mahoney,
ct al, will be the subservient dema-
gogues who esteem political promo
ton above principle, and care not
for name. They will be the men
who one short year ago declared the
Democratic party corrupt and
unworthy the support of honest
men. To-day they are as ready to
assist at the resurrection as they were
then pirate ofthe death and hide the
unsightly remains from the sight of
men.


These are not the men who can
lead the Republican Anti-Monopo-
lists into another trap. The latter
having once been deceived into a
halfway endorsement of Democracy
and sold out, cannot be induced to
take asecond step in that direction
by the side of their betrayers.


The men I'm the above list who
represent no more dollars and cents
than does the gentleman whose
name bangles like Gratz Brown at
the tail of the list, will enjoy no
chance for preferment. The man
the Democracy place on the head Of
their ticket must be able and willing
to shell out the ducats in generous
measure for campaign expenses.
Year: 1875

The chairman Of the Board OF
Health Is I'm favor Of furnishing
drunkenness by placing the drunk
ard under political disabilities. We
would like to see proposition OF this
kind adopted as an amendment to
the constitution Of the United States,
to be IN force by November, 1876.
The Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent wouldn't get a single electoral
vote. Kentucky would go Republic
can by 100, 600 majority.
Year: 1875

The Charlton Leader and TT. Mad
ison Democrat think the best name
for the opposition State Convention
ia the name adopted whan the call
was made" Democratic land that
the best name for a Democrat Is
Democrat. Then there is no sailing
under false colors, no clap-trap poll
cy about it.
Year: 1875

The people of Ottumwa are prou q
over the prospect Of water power in
that city. AS new departure from
the general rule, water works ought
to be appreciated there as much as
anywhere else in Iowa. The distill-
ers. however, are not uneasy.
Year: 1875

We have only space to-day TO say
that We utterly and altogether, and
without reserve, condemn the murder
Of the negro Reid by the handful OF
Nashville ssssssins. The people Of the
State capital enjoy the benefits OF the
State organization and have that Of. q city
and county controlled by themselves and
are, therefore, without excuse or pzllia-
tor for the murder Of the wretched
murderer OF the policeman Frazer. II
they do not wipe the stain away by the
arrest and punishment Of the miscre-
ants, they must forever bear the brand.
We are glad to notice, however, that
both the Union and American and Ban
neT condemn this gross crime against
civilization in unstinted terms.
Year: 1875

SEC. 4. The Clerk of the Common Council
shall certify to the passage OF this resolution
and shall cause the same to be published
once In Engiish In the Los Angeles DAILY
HERALD and once in Spanish In La Cronica,
and thereupon and thereafter It shall take
effect and be In force.
Year: 1875

A baby Is a very tender thing.


people say; but most Of them are


very far from knowing how ten,
der. Imagine how nervous you
are In certain states-when recOv-
ering from illness, say, when the
fall Of a took or slam of a door
makes you culver and feel faint,
as if some one gave you a blow
That is the way a young baby feels
at its best. A puff of wind will
set it gasping, its little breath
blown quite away. Anoise makes
it shiver, change of summer air
makes it turn death old. A ba-
by is the most nervous of beings,
and the tortures it suffers in going
to sleep and being wakened by
careless sounds when just drop
ping of" are only comparable to
the same experience of an older
person during an acute nervous
headache. Young babies ought
to pass the first months of their
lives in the country, for It's still
ness no less than its fresh air. But
where silence is not to be com
manded baby may be soothed by
folding soft napkin, wetin warm
ish water, lightly ever the top OF
its head, its eyes, and ears. 1t is
the best to put nervous babies to
sleep. | have tried it a hundred
times for a child so irritable that
paregoric and soothing syrup only
made it wide-awake. a fine tow
ell would be wet and laid yer its
head: the ends twisted little till
it made a sort of scull cap. aud
though baby sometimes fought a.
gainst being blindfolded in this
way, five minutes usually sent him
off into deep and blissful slumber.
The compress cooled the little ft-
vtrish brain, deadened sound in
his ears and shut out everything
that took his attention, so that
sleep took him unaware. Teeth.
ing babies find this very comfort
able, for their heads are always hot,
and these is fevered beating in
the arteries each side.
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon a young


lady in the Navy-yard was terrib,


ly shocked by her own foolish


mistake. Being sent Tor some
-four to Harry Combs store in a
hurry, she took up what she sup
posed to be clean pillow slip from


the bureau drawer. When she


b)unded into the store, smiling
like basket of chips, she handed


the thing to Harry to fill With
-four. He didn't notice what
they were till a scoop Of -four
had gone through them. When
he raised them up and exposed
two outlets at the bottom, nicely
fringed, etc, the young lady ran
toward the tunnel, without say
ing a word, and poor Harry, COW
cred with flour, laid the garment
in the money drawer to await her
return. At a late hour, last even
ing, nobody had called for the
-four, and Harry had engaged a
seamstress to sew up the bottoms
and make a salt sack out of 'em.
Year: 1875

The boys in blue and the boys
in gray continue to fraternize. A
telegram from New York yester-
day is to the effect that the Wash
ington Light Infantry, of Charles
ton, South.CaroIina, will accompa-
ny the New Eagland society and
the Old Guard, of New York, in
tie trip TO Boston in June, to par
ticipate iu the Bunker Hill cen-
tennial. It's not Improbable that
the Fifth Mary land regiment will
also unite with the above and
make the trip with them on The
steamer Providence.
Year: 1875

A grand banquet Of horse,ass,
and mule flesh took place in the
Grand Hotel in Paris recently.
About seventy persons sat
down. Mr.. Bickne!l, who took
the chair, traced the history of
horse flesh as an article of food
from the earlier times. In the
course Of his speech he express
ed the opinion that the prejudice
was so strong in England that
he did not think a single horse
butchers stall could be set up
in London with any chance Of
success. 1t was afterwards an
nounced that an honorable med
al would be given to any one
willing to make the attempt, as
we'll as 5e20 to distributed to
the poor Of the district. 1t ap
pears that there are now no
fewer than twenty shops open
in the French capital for the
sale of horse, mule and ass flesh.
The consumption is so consid-
crablc that a horse which was
formerly worth, when dead, on
ly from fifteen to twenty frances,
is now worth one hundred and
twenty.
Year: 1875

1t is stated that the transfu--


sion of blood in the case of Gen.


Frank Blair is producing no.
ticeable improvement in the con-


htiOn of the patient. He has


been so long prOstrated under


the effects of a paralytic attack


that his physician, after resort
ing to various remedies, now


entertains a strong hope that
the new treatment will result in


a cure. Already two operations


have been performed OH the pa


tient. In the first experiment


two ounces of blood were injec-


ted into the system, and a week
thereafter over four ounces were


transfused, the doctor having
first depleted the patient of two
ounces by bleeding. The blood
for TRANSMISSION is drawn from
the vein of a healthy man into
a vessel, where it is allowed to
remain in contact with the oxy-
genizing properties of. the at
mosphere short time, bnt not
long enough to commence coag-
ulating. tits thence sucked in
to an exhausted receiver, to
which a tube is. attached and
connected with a vein of the
patients arm: The blood is
then forced by a piston in the
receiver into the general circu-
latiOn Of the system. On the
side Of the exhausted receiver is
a scale of fine lines, so that the
quantity forced into the vein is
graduated and timed under the
practiced eye OF the physician.
Year: 1875

At fishcrman's feast in an
Ulster seaport Il gentleman was
seated next to an''old salt, who,
before he would begin his dir
Ler, insisted upon having some
OF every kind Of food that was
Oh the table pat altogether upon
his plate, which was thus loaded
with an incongluous mess Of
fish, flesh, fowl, and vegetables,
all in one heap. The gentle
man asked his neighbor why he
did this, and suggested that it
would be better for him to eat
the different sorts Of food sepa-
rateIy. But the son of Neptune
saw 10 necessity for any such
distinction. lie said; 'Do you
think l keep separate shelves for
them down below? Let them
all go into the hold together"
Year: 1875

"What's this crowd around here
for?" demanded a policeman the
other night as he came upon a
dozen boys grouped near the gate
of the house ON Second street
"Keep STILL" T piled one Of the
lads, There comes Old John, tight
as a brick, and we re waiting here
to see his wife pop him with the
rolling pin as be opens the front
door. -EnteTpriSe Courier.
Year: 1875

That was a shrewd method
which an Iowa girl recently adopt
ed to induce all her friends to at.
tend her wedding. She didn't
let them know up to the last mo-
meut who the groom was to be.
Year: 1875

Sydney Smith cut the following
from newspaper and preserved it for
himself: "When you rise in the morn
ing, form resolution to make the
day happy one. 1t is easily done;
left-off garment to the man who
needs it; kind word to the sorrow
ful; an encouraging expression to the
strivihg-trifies in themselves as light
as air-will do at least for the twenty
four hours. And if you are young,
depend upon it, it will tell when you
are old, rest assured it will send you
gently and happily down the stream
of time to eternity. BY the most SIM
pie arithmetical sum, look at the re-
suit. If you send one person, only
one, happily through each day, that
is three hundred and sixty-five in the
course of the year. And suppose you
live forty years only after you COM
mence that course of medicine, you
have made l4,60O beings happy-at all
events for time.
Year: 1875

Every one who has lived in Middle
town, Conn.,, will resollect vouno
H, for long time eonnected
with the Union Company and well
known among his intimate frienas ms
| the Doctor Early one Fall they em.
ployed tall son of Erin toclear up an
alley in the rear of the store. Now
BART" as he was called, had an un-
pleasant habit of coming softly into
the store, and when he thought there
was no one looking, eating and drink
ing most anything he could lay hands
on. The Doctor determined to break
him of this, and a favorable opportu-
nifty soon presented. A glass of wine
was one day left standing on q shelf,
and Bart, coming in as usual, saw it,
drank il, and with his pipe comfort
ably seated himself on board near
by. The Doctor saw him, and mov-
ing leisurely toward the shelf called
out to the clerk: &


John. where is that glass of fly
poison l just left here?'
Il don't know


Bart now looked danxiously up, and
the Doctor asked him


Bart, have you seen glass of fly
poison standing here?'


WAS it that tumbler, STRIP asked
Bart, turning white.


Yes


Bart's worst fears were realized and
springing from the barrel in terror he
cried out:


oh! drank! drank it! Oh! it will
kill me-? and was about to run out
when the Doctor called him back
and said:


There is no danger; can save you.
How do you feel?'


Jure, sir, Pve an awful pain in my
stomach and my arm. Oh! Holy Moth
er! can't you do anything for me sir?


Come with me said the Doctor


Bart followed, and the Doctor got a
glass half full Of salt, filled it up with
vinegar, and gave it to him. Bart
drank it off at swallow; after which
there can be no doubt that he did feel
u pain in his stomach. The Doctor
then mixed him up some powders,
composed of everything from gro
GERS drawers, and giving them to him
said:


Now, Bart, go home and go to bed;
take one of the powders in a glass of
water every hour until all are gone


Bart had become very weak, but
with the aid of friend he started for
home, where, after frightning his wife
with all account of what had occurred,
he went to bed The Doctor gent to
see him, and after keeping him under
treatment two days, declared him to
be q we'll man. Bart has never troubl-
ed any thing at the Union Company
since, and to this day looks upon the
doctor as the preserver of his life.
Year: 1875

How TO Stop A PAPER.-Do not take
your paper to the postmaster and tell
him to send it back in nine cases out
of ten you will fail to stop it in this way.
Do not attempt to return it yourself,


and write on the wrapper to discontin-
ue ; this is against the law, and lays you
open to fine. Before your subscription
expires, send to the editor postal card,
saying your subscription expires on
such a date; please discontinue at that
time. Sign your name, also the town
and State where your paper is sent, in
full. If the paper has been sent two
weeks or more over the time for which
it was paid, don't send a postal card; it
will do no goob; rather write letter
and enclose what is due for arrearages,
always allowing that one number will
be sent before the letter reaches the pub
Usher and his list is corrected. BY OBJ.
serving these simple rules, your request
will always be promptly attended to-
Printers Circular.
Year: 1875

upon my ear. Pausing the second
time and taking a seat upon a moss
covered log close at hand. | determin.
ell TO satisfy my curiosity. | had
not long to wait before | discovered
from whence the sound preceded,
and casting my eyes in that direction
saw creeping slowly through the
leaves what supposed to be coon
Having heard the pupils remark that
"Coon skins made good shoe strings"
| formed a determination to capture
the snimal if possible. | watched it
noislessly and almost breathlessly, un-
til it disappeared behind an old time
eaten log. next proceeded to lay
off my things. and setting down my
dinner basket. searched for a club.
Finding one close at hand, | slipped
cautiously around the end of the log
with nv clnb raised, and AT first sight
dealt the animal a blow which caused
it tocurl up into a knot of fur. Think
inc the animal dead. seized it by the
foot, pulled it out, then nv next task
was to get it home. Searching my
pocket, found a piece OF twine
string ! had taken from one of the
boys. tied it around one of the ami
mails legs; then tving the other end
u stick about four feet long, | took
it across NV shoulder, leaving the
supposed coon in dangling position.
Taking my dinner basket in the 9th
er hand, | then proceeded on my
-homeward journey. reached home
as the twilight was drawing to close,
and feeling pronl cf my capture |
coon ] hastened to show it to the IN
mates of the house when in an in
slant there was general tumult.
| stood with steadfast gaze waiting
to be told the cause of it all. when to
nv great surprise | was told that my
coon was nothing more nor less than
an OpOSslim.
Year: 1875

Bottles and wills that have had
medicine in them may he cleaned by
putting ashes in each one. and i'm
mersing them in a pot of cold water.
hen heating the water gradually un-
til boils. When they have boiled in
it an hour. take il from the fire, and
let them remain in it till cod: then
wash them in soapsuds, and rinse
them in fair water until clean.
Year: 1875

Here is another argument in favor
Of hard money: A Georgia farmer,
while plowing struck hollow log,
tearing out piece Of it, when out
rolled eight hundred and FIVE dollars
in gold. If the eight hundred anc
FIVE dollars had been in paper money
the chances are that it would not
have rolled out.
Year: 1875

In shooting ducks, prarie chickens,
etc, if you do not wish to draw them,
hang them mp by the legs, not by
the neck they will keep twice as
long in wet weather. Also when
you cat,h a large f.h, kill him at
once by striking him on the back OF
the head with hammer or piece Of
iron; it will keep as long again as If
left TO die gradually.
Year: 1875

L
| Especial Dispatch to the IntellgCncOr.)


We have had another day Of excite
ment at this interesting place Things
are coming to head pretty last, To-
morrow will settle the question whether
the Governor of'West Virginia can ex.
ercisc the power Of his high Office, or
whether he is merely the creature Of any
Judge who sees fit to enjoin him from
the performance OF his duties.


The preliminary skirmish between the
contcnding powers began to-day with the
removal OF portion Of the public prop.
erty to the wharibOat, there to await the
coming Of the Emma Graham. While 1t
was in progress the contractor who had
charge Of the job was summoned to an.
swer for contempt Of court lie came
before Judge Smith and stated that he was
simply carrying into effect contract
that he had entered into with the Gov.
ernor to remove certain boxes from the
Capitol building to the river. The Judge
then sent note to Governor Jacob, in.
forming him that anapplication hnd been
made for rule against him for contempt
Of the injunction, and desiring TO be in.
formed whether the Governor would ap.
pear in court without resort to the Gus.
tomary process, and show cause why he
should not he proceeded against accord.
ing to law To this note Governor Jacob
promptly replied, saying, in substance,
that in the name Of the people Of West
Virginia he protested against this attempt
to interfere with the discharge Of his
duties under the constitution and laws Of
the State, md declining to recognize any
authority on the part Of Judge Smith to
issue process against him. In conclusion
he asks Judge Smith whether other
orders, having in view the carrying out
Of the injunction, are to be expected from
his court.


Court Ia now in session. and the house
is crowded with people anxious to see the
progress and denOucmcnt Of this interest.
ing conflict between the Judicial and ES.
ccutive departments of the State. AT the
Capitol things begin to wear deserted
look. Almost everything in the way Of
public property Is packed and ready for
shipment. The steamer Emma Graham
is expected tomorrow, at which time we
shall see what we shall see. II the Court
persists in It's present attitude and un-
lcrtnkes to letain the public property,
all the State officers will go aboard and
depart for Wheeling, leaving the property
in custody Of Judge Smith.


Everything is quiet on the streets, cx.
ccpt near the Court House.


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