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Year: 1872

To the Railroad Committee Of tie Coun-


eli Of tie City Of Wheeling:


GRSrLFxEN:-I herewith present q
statement Of the local subscriptions to
the stock OF the wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad Company" the engineers
estimates Of the cost OF construction and
the action Of the Board Of Directors 10
reference to the subscription of your
city to the stock Of said company, and
the aid proposed to be given to the
sWhssling and Ohio Unioa Rsilroad
Year: 1872

for the future, and with doubts Of the
propriety Of distinct organization OF
the Democratic party in the approaching
canvass, have become quite confident
and hopeful, They have refused 20 20
into caucus upon the situation, because
it would be impolitlc, at this moment to
define rules Of action againstthe domi-
nant party, while the latter y undergo
ing such material changes, and likely to
divide into two or more distinct wings


The Democrats prefer to stand back for
two or three months. and let the Radi-
Gals 20 on With their family quarrels,
which bid fair to end in general disso-
luton, and which may require different
treatment on the part Of the Democratic
party than that which would seem ad-
yisable as matters stand to-day. Z
Year: 1872

This Is what an exchange says about tlIem.


Once upon a time, not very long ago a party
OF men left salt Lake City for St. Louis with
the United States mail, to be delivered at Inde-
pendence or st. Joe, 1t was winter They
found the prairies covered with snow and final
ly their animals perished with hunger; at This
stage the six men found themselves utterly des
tltute OF food; the game had taken to the woods
there were no rivers, the ground was covered
with snow, they were still hundreds of miles
from their journeys end, while the bleak winter
winds whistled across the wide prairies in upob-
structed fury, trOze them sometimes almost to
the hearts core. All absolutely they had to sub
sist upon under these desperate circumstances
was snow water and a quantity of green coffee /.
this they burned and boiled in snow water, and
upon it travelled six days, until they reached n
place of help.


These are bare facts of the case as reported to
the government, and demonstrate that coffee
alone is a stlstenant as well as a stimulaut anJ
all that has been said of mere stimuant " il not
applicable to it. Coffee, then being of itself ntl-
tntlous, capable OF sustaining life for davs at a
time under circumstances of severe cold and the
labor OF travelling on foot, and it being casto-
mary to use 1t with cream and sugar which are
themselves concentrated nutrimeuts; and withal
being drank hot the conclusion appears to rs
legitimate as Of Euclid's corrollaries that coffee
as generally used in this country, is yalua-
bic, nutritious, heaithtul and comfortable item


Chemical annaysis has Of late under the d-
rection OF the most competent and intelligent
minds Of the age, arrived at the point Just sta
ted, and declares that coffee is a nutrment. and
that it's essential principle, although one hun
req ana twenty-five per cent less, is identical
with that OF the tea Of commerce;and when facts
universal custom, and science all unite on one
point, surely we may feel safe and hereafter take
our cup OF coffee and tea in peace and quietness


Having said so much about a cup OF tea and
coffee, it is proper to say something of its pre-
paration. individuals aud nations have their
preferences, but some things must be laid down
as of universal application.


The first cup of coffee is the best


The last cup Of tea is the best


Never take more than one cup at a meal.


Never increase the strength.


If it were a mere stimulant then. after awhile.
it might, if not increased in strength or quality
produce no sensible effect might do no good. az
brandy, opium, or any other mere stimulant !;
but as tea and coffee are nutritious, the more 80
az they are used with milk and sugar. a cup of
the self same is likely to do you as much good
ana as little harm twenty years hence as to-day.
Year: 1872

The Philadelphia papers congratulate them
selyes-and apparently with good reason on the
increasing interest shown by the newspapers
throughout the country, in the proposed grand
Centennial Celebration. Even New York begins
to speak in kind and fair terms of it, though it
is to be held in Philadelphia,
Year: 1872

the different unions when they make their
I quarterly report due September 10. 1872,
they shall report the full amount Of their


striking fund in their possession up To that
date Also that the Int See be instructed to
open a new account with lncal unions IN regard
to their striking funds.
On motion the resolution was adopted
On motion Of Rep. Smith. the Cnnven-
tiou then adjourned
Year: 1872

SEC. /. No local Union shall he entitled
To elect a cigarmaker who is under charges
Of any local Union under the jurisdiction
Of the International Union. Local Unions
shall publish all applicants, state where said
applicants claim to have worked previous
to their application, and allow thirty days
to elapse from time Of being published be-
fore being accepted. Should any applicant
make false statement, he shall be liable
to such further punishment as the Union
that initiates him shall infiict, in accord
ance with their bylaws Local Unions
failing to comply with this section shall be
held accountable for all charges that may
be brought against such applicant


SEc ?. Each local Union shall require .
Union card from any cigar-maker obtaining
employment under its jurisdiction pro
vided, however, such cigar maker comes
from a city, county. or district where a
local Union exists. An applicant for nem-
bership, not having card and claiming to
be a member Of Union, shall be allowed
sufficient time to hear frum the Secretary
Of the Union from whence he came, and he
shall deposit a sum, not exceeding ten dol
lars, as forfeit, which may be paid in in
stalments, provided the card Is not receiv
ell in the time granted, but IN no case shall
the sum be less than the initiation fee.


SEC. 3. In case any nOn-Cn mon cigar
maker obtains employment under the iuris-
dictiOn Of any local Union, he shAll deposit
ten dollars With said Union ~ forfeit,
Year: 1872

SEC. /. Any member who shall neglect
to pay the dues, fines and assessments set
forth in the bylaws, for such times as may
be mentioned therein, shall be reported to
the union by the Financial Secretary at its
next stated meeting whereupon the Presi-
dent shall declare such member suspend
ed provided, that no member shall be
considered suspended until the adjourn
ment of the meeting at which the name Of
said member is read.


Sc. 2 Amy member suspended from
any local union cannot be admitted into
another union, but shall first be reinstated
in the union from which said member was
suspended, and shall pay such sum as their
bylaws may prescribe.


SEC. 5. Any member in good standing.
wishing to withdraw from amy local union
for the purpose Of leaving the district, shall
make application to the Financial Secretary
for a travelling Or a retiring card, which
shall be granted upon payment Of all fines,
dues and assessments, lawfully charged
against SAID member on the Secretary ;
books
Year: 1872

Executive Board shall forthwith elect
said officer or officers, but i'll all cases the
vacancy Of President shall be filled by the
Vice Presidents in their respective order
and that Of the Secretary by the Assistant
Secretary.
Year: 1872

"A correspondent Of the Mechanical
Ne'Es gives the following rule for ascer-
tanning the length Of belts:


Having never seen any rule or theory
by which could be ascertained what
length of betting would be required for
any two wheels or pulleys whose sizesand
distance apart are known, | have attemp-
ted to prepare some, and respectfully Of
fer them to the consideration Of this pa.
per, especially to that of mill owners and
maehinists They are as follows:


To find the length for a siraight belt
for two pulleys of the same size: Add
the circumference of one of them to twice
the distance between their eonieis.


For a cross belt between two pulleys
of the same size: Add the square of their
diameters TO the square of the distance
between their centers, and TO twice the
square. root Of this sum, add the eireum-
ference of one of them.


For a straight belt of different sizes;
Take the radius of the less from that Of
the greater pulley; TO the square of their
difference add the square of the distance
between tn cir ccnters; and to twice the
square rto. Of this sum add halfthe cir
cumlerence Of each.


For cross belt for pulleys of different
sizes. To half the difference between the ir
diameters add that Of the less; to tho
square of this add the square of the dis
tance between their centers; and to twice
the square root of this sum, add half the
circumference of each.


| claim that these rules will give the
exact distance around the pullcys, provi-
ded they are not so different in size or so
near each other as to cause the belt to
touch more than half the circumference
Of the larger and less than half that of the
smaller. This is not the case, perhaps,
more than one time out of ten, and even
then small allowance can &c made
which would still make the rules sufficient
ly exact for all ordinary purpoees. If a
pulley,on horizontal shaft was belted on
to one on perpendicular shaft, would
calculate the length of their belt as a
straight belt for parallel shafts and then
make allowance for the twist and the dis
tance over the idler.
Year: 1872

would not change with you, my sweet,


For all your April beauty
Nor give. for all the hearts that meet
To offer at your pretty feet


Their undivided duty,
The one that unforgctting went


For ten long years together
The one whose crowning love has lent
"The winter ofmy discomfort


IT. flush Of summer weather.
Year: 1872

The frost has melted from the pane,


For rime is not in reason
When flowers begin to bloom again,
And the clear shining after rain


Forctells an April season.
know how white the snow-drifts lie


Against the hawthorn hedges I;
And do rot venture TO deny
That icicles hang high and dry


Along the window-ledges.
But some have found the flower of life


A delicate May-comer
Some find the winters storm and strife
With more of blooming sweetness rife


Than any hour of Summer
And let me tell you why to-day
| The frost leaves no impression
And why when all the world is gray
hold, so confidently gay,


The sunshine in possession.
An hour ago this very room,


That now you find so CHEEKY,
Was dull and darksome rs tomb
Whereon the flowers have ceased to bloom,


And was just as dreary.
But while, with secret sense of shame, n


Yet secret sense of yearning,
I Ibreathed rarely-uttered name,-
Behold n letter to me came


Withnews of his returning
Then all the wintry world grew bright


With summer warmth and shining
And every cloud that day or night
Had darkened over my delight,


Revealed silver lining.
For long ago, 0 long ago.
| No need now to remember,
If April violets were in blow,
Or if the fields were wrapt in snow,


Of dreary cold Deccmber,-
My love was proud, my love and


Were proud, and tender-heared; sH
We passed each other coldly by,
Nor ever told the reason why


So foolishly we parted.
We went our weary ways alone, sUa5


He sailed the wide seas over;
kept my secret for my own,
And saw the pinky blossoms grown


Ten times upon the clover,
Ten times heard the honey-bees


Among them swectly humming;
But never summer bee nor breeze
Brought me such welcome words as these,


"Your love is coming, coming!"
Upon the bitter biting blast


OF January flying,
The happy message came at last ;
And 50, you see, my winters past,


For all the SHOWS denying.
You need not smile because the snow


Upon my hair is sprinkled
Hearts may keep spring-time still, although
The brow above, like mine, you know,


Is just little wrinklci
Year: 1872

bound. They that have withheld
bread from the hungry, themselves
a hungered, They that have grown
rich and covetuous, keeping their
wealth for themselves will be gnawed
by the canker-worm Of riches, &c, and
mingled with all this, will be a sense
Of the justice of God displayed in the
penalty, and a ready acknowledgement
on the part of the lost Of the justice of
their doom Adonbozek said "as ]
have done so hath God reqmted me. "
Also as in the case Of Jacob sons:
Justly now do we suffer for our cruel
ty to our brother to whom we refused
mercy, though he begged it in the an
guish of his soul, therefore God is
sending upon us this distress, "


Oh, my hearers let us so live that
ours may be clean records, let us look
30 ourselves now, let us agree with
our adversary quickly while we are in
the way with him, lest at any time the
adversary deliver US to the judge and
the Judge deliver US to the officers, and
we be cast into prison" 1t stands us
in hand to look well to these things
now that We may be prepared when
"the evil days ''draw nigh, when
thou shalt say ] have no pleasure in
them. In the day when the Keepers
of the house shall tremble and the
strong men shall bow thenselve and
the grinder cease because th,y are few,
and those that look cut Of the windows
be darkened "


Oh, if at that time We can stand and
look back e1caiming with the Apostle
II have fought a good fight, ] have fin
ished my course, have kept the faith, y
and then as we turn to look upon the
future, exclaim, "Henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousness
which the righteous judge shall give
unto mo at that day" happy will
it be.
Year: 1872

---Or all the causes which are oper-
ating and can operate to the bringing
about the perfection of the human race,
the first place is assigned to the ciuca-
tion of the young, a thorough and wise
education, hot AZ education after the
manner of the colleges which, it
seems to be considered, is chiefly put
an instruction in the use and manipuIa
ton of words out Of old languages, which
are the storchouses the thoughts of an.
cient men, Of little value nov bat an
education, that shall make strong aud
apt for all the encounter and service oi'
the world in which the scholar shall
live and move. That the young be
taught and trained all the young, not
one being neglected is constantly en-
forced as the great duty and the wis.
dom of society, this being the sur
est hope of continual and rapid od-
vance,
Year: 1872

The relation between ide. which
excite surprise, in order to be witty.
must not excite any feeling Of the
beautiful The good man, SAYS a
iindoo eplsram "goes not upon enmi-
ty. but rewards with Kindness the very
being who Injuries him. So the sandal
wood, while it is G'lling impsrts to the
edge Of the axe It's aromatic flavor.
Now here is q relation which would be
witty Tit wore not beautiful tho rcla
tion discovered betwixt the falling SAN
dal-wood aud the returning good for
evil is a new relation which cxcitos sur
prise but the mere surprise at the re-
lation is swallowed up by the contemp-
lation of the moral beauty of tho
thought which throws the miad into a
more solemn and elevated mood than
is compatible with tho feeling Of wit
-- Sidney S0ith
Year: 1872

The farm is remarkable for It's odd
characters, leading isolated lives, taking
no paper, and never venturing beyond
the nearest market.town. We have
heard of men who kept their hops and
wool safely stored for twenty years,


waiting for higher prices. And lately
we have fallen upon gentleman of the
old school. who boasts of hay in his barn
cut in the year 1912. He has an excellent
grazing-farm, and hay has always been
one of its chief products. He inherited
propensity to keep over old stacks
from his father, and the propensity has
grown with his years. At the close of
this season of foddering, when hay has
been quick of sale at forty dollars ton,
he has at least hundred tons on hand.
Stacks are numerous, from two to SIX
years old, and some so old that the tops
grow an annual crop of weeds. He
could have got thirty dollars ton for
his hay year ago. 1t has startled him
that hay has risen twenty-five per cent
in a year. 1t is easy by ciphering to
show that he has made thousand dol
lars by holding on, within year. He
holds confidently for a rise, and expects
fifty dollars ton next spring. The hay
crops on hand to-day are worth more
than the farm would sell for. He never
ciphers on the waste OF dead capital or
the reproductive power of money well
invested. He has been so saving of hay
that he has always been afraid Of stock
ing his farm up to its full capacity. The
one thing needful in his life has been
more old hay. This is good illustration
of the persistent abuse of old proverbs.
It is well enough for farmer to keep
over a few tons of hay to guard against
the contingencies of dry season, which
may compel him to sell stock at loss OF
to buy hay at extravagant prices. But
hundred tons of hay unsold, when
worth $40 a ton, is another story
Hearth and Home.
Year: 1872

We have read story of little boy,
who, when he wanted new suit of
clothes, begged his mother to ask his
father if he might have it. The mother
suggested that the boy might ask for him
self. II would" said the boy, "but don't
feel well enough acquainted with him."
There is a sharp reproof to the father in
the reply of his son. Many father keeps
his children so at distance from him
that they never feel confidently acquainted
with him. They feel that he is sort of
monarch in the family. They feel no fa-
miliarity with him. They fear him and
respect him, and even love him some, for
children cannot help. loving somebody
about them; but they seldom get near
enough to him to feel intimate with him
They seldom 60 to him with their wants
and trials. They approach him through
the mother. They tell her everything.
They have a highway to her heart on
which they 60 In and out with perfect
freedom. In this keeping off plan fathers
are to blame. Children should not be
held off. Let them come near. Let them
be as intimate with the father as mother.
Let their little hearts be freely opened
1t is wicked to freeze up the love foun-
tains of little ones hearts. Fathers do
them an injury by living with them as
strangers. This drives many child away
from home for the sympathy his heart
Graves, and often into improper society.
1t nurses discomfort and mistrust, which
many child does not outgrow in his life
time. Open your hearts and your arms,
oh, fathers! be free with your children 4:
ask for their wants and trials; play with
them; be fathers to them truly, and they
will not need a mediator between them
selves and you.
Year: 1872

SUGAR BEErs FOR SWINE. "A writer in
the Practical Farmer. says that he finds
the sugar beet very good to fatten his
hogs with. He begins with the beets
and finishes off on corn. As the result OF
his experience, he found that his hogs
fattened earlier, with material saving
of corn.


PoTAToEs.-I once lined some pota.
toes, says a correspondent, and found
that they could not be boiled soft.
I couldn't eat them hard, and I did not
think it would be honest to sell them,
so | threw them away. I would not ap.
ply lime as some do, even to dry the
pieces when they are cut for seed.


SoRREL.-I have seen, says Mr.. Stew.
art in the farmers club, old ime-kilns
perfectly green with a growth of sorrel
The fact is that no farmer who produces
40 or so bushels of corn per acre, or two
tons of hay, ever complains of being
troubled with sorrel. If the soil is vel
manured the crops grow freely, and
sorrel, as well as other weeds, become
duu hlllCu OuU.


CURE FOR WHIsTLNe N HORSES.
have tried the following, and cured 6
horse that whistled badly. The recipe
was furnished me by skilled horseman.
Put from 10 to 20 drops of spongio
tosta on the tongue of the animal in the
morning and at night the same propor.
ton of Fowler's Solution, in the same
manner. Repeat alternately from fou,
to six weeks, giving more or less accord
ing to the severity of the case.


To PREPARE RHUBARB FOR PIES OF
TARTs.-Cut the stalks from the plant
ridding them of their leaves. With 6
knife scrape off the outer skin, and cut
transversely into little pieces, being sure
to remove any fbres that adhere, just as
you do in striuging beans. To each
pound of this substitute for fruit allow
half a pound of sugar if for immediate
use, one pound if designed to keep as
preserve. The addition of little grated
lemon rind is esteemed by most persons
a great Improvement to the flavor. Spice
of any kind, however, may be added il
fancied. This is the most common use
to which rhubarb is put.


Mock GoosEBERRY-FooL. up and
scrape as much rhubarb as will be enough
to half ill glass bowl of the size you
wish to use Stew in enough water to
cover it well. When tender, rub through
a colander to smooth pulp. 10 quart
of the fruit, well sweetened and favored
with lemon peel, add quart of sweet
cream, stirred smoothly in till well mixed
Heap the bowl up high with whipped
syllabub. If you have no cream, substi-
tute quart of custard, made with the
yolks of six eggs. In place of the sylla-
bub, use the whisked whites of the six
eggs, sweetened with six tablespoonful
of fine white sugar, and brown the top
slightly with hot salamander or clean
shovel.
Year: 1872

VAccINATIoN.-About two years ago a
Small -pox Hospital was established at
Hampstead. near London, on account of
the increasing prevalence of that disease.
The Superintendent lately published an
account of his observations in that hospital
of the effects of vaccination in mitigating
the severity Of the disease. Nothing
could be more conclusive than the result
The percentage of deaths among those ad
mitted without vaccination marks was
55.43. Among those with one mark the
percentage of faal cases sank to 1879 !;
among those with two marks 1t was 1929 !;
among those with three marks only 1858
per cent died only S.38 of those with
four marks, and only 6.l3 Of those with
five or more marks. OF cases of small -pox
after successful re-vaccnation there were
but three out of 622l, but there were
many cases to prove the fallaciOusness OF
the doctrine that persons not susceptible
to vaccination are proof against smallpox
But the conclusion is that successful re-
vaccination after the age of fifteen years
is sure protection against the disease.
Cases are rarer than those of second small
pox, and are very mild when they do
occur.
Year: 1872

There must be those who bear the heat
And burden on with weary feet
They toll along the noontide way,
Nor rest when comes the fall Of day.
Through dewy morns, through tender ewes,
Loves labor keeps them binding sheaves
Which no man cares for: One on high
Will count their earnings by-and-by.
o patient heart heroic will
That bends to work such strength and skill
The angels sometimes stoop to ask
The meaning of thy daily task.
God knows, beyond an angels ken,
The grandeur God bestows on men
Whom sorrow, failure, pain, and loss
But crown anew at every cross.